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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-05

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-05
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On sl1is ( 3 u 80 49, ~ KS
FOR SALE Only four more Of my!
Thompson Ringlet Barred Plymouth
r Rock cockerels left VIII sell cheap
4 II taken at once. 4. u. HENDERSON,
Bell Phone 1881 R. r. NO. 4. IS
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-05

tosT-At Grand opera house or be-
tween there and Quincy street. gold
bar pin, chased, engraved on back;
"B7zl9lo-C ~ Return to this office for
reward. iS3S
The Redwood gazette., 1910-09-20

Last page. fifth column.
The Redwood gazette., 1910-09-20
Thurs,

how often it will occur again is
problematical. There was some
water there when the engineer made
his survey. bat the calculations as
benefits seem to have been made
not on the water that was there,
but on the areas that had at some
prior time been overf1owed or wet.
While no doubt there might be some
benefits to such lands in the future,
yet taking into consideration present
conditions and the uncertainty of
future events as well as the question
of the maintenance of the drain in
the future and its liability to fill up
and become out of repair it seems
to me that the benefits assessed by
the viewers are not sufficiently GER
tain and are in excess of any bene-
fits warranted by the evidence.
Under such circumstances the
court does not feel warranted in
leyying an assessment of over $780,
000.00 against about so land owners.
|. M. OLSEN, Judge.
The Redwood gazette., 1910-09-20
c. 0. Morgan Hurt.

Redwood Falls friends of C. o.
Morgan, now living with his family
at Mortified, will learn with regret
that he was recently the victim of a
serious accident. noted in The News
which says that a collision occurred
in that city Wednesday forenoon in
which G. O. Morgan, who was driv-
ing a delivery wagon belonging to
the West Side hardware, suffered
several broken ribs and some serious
bruises. A team and wagon driven
by Frank Gibbs collided with Mr..
Morgan's vehicle and he was thrown
to the ground and the horses and
wagon passed over him. He was
assisted to Rev. Garland's home and
DR.. Strang called and his injuries
were located as given above. The
delivery wagon was ditched and
somewhat damaged.
The Redwood gazette., 1910-09-20
.vESTA DITCH
TURNED DOWN
Judge Olsen Refused to Issue
Order for Judicial Ditch
No. 8.

From what we have learned in
regard to the testimony offered at
the hearing on Redwood Yellow
Medicine judicial ditch No. 8, last
week, Judge Olsen was amply justi-
fed, after careful consideration, in
issuing his order last Thursday re-
fusing to grant the petition for go
ing ahead with the ditch.
Reviewing the evidence, the
judge finds that the testimony of
witnesses led to the conclusion as
to the facts that the cost of the pro-
posed ditch and branches would be
$51, ,131 .29, while the benefits would
only amount to $45, ,263.OO.
The order of court was accompa-
MED by the following memorandum
which fully sets forth the consider
ations which led the Judge to refuse
the order sustaining the ditch pro-
ceedlngS.
MEMORANDUM.
The conditions shown by the evil
dence in this case do not appear to
warrant the construction of this
ditch.
Outside of small meandered lake
at the head of the ditch there is now
practically no surface water on any
of the lands. A few years ago in
extreme wet seasons there was a
large amount of water,.but that con.
dition has passed and how soon OF
The Redwood gazette., 1910-09-20
RELIEF FOR M. & ST. [. PATRONS.
Not Yet But Soon, We May Hope for
Night Telegraph Service.

Railroad Commissioner Staples and
Division Supt. j. A. Swygart, the
latter representing the NJ. & st. l..
company, met with members of the
Commercial club of this city and
others last Friday afternoon, and
heard the testimony Of number of
our business men as to conditions at
the North Redwood station and ex-
tent OF business done there. The
visitors learned that on specific oc-
caslons during the past winter lad
les and inyaIids had been compelled
to spend hours Of waiting in the
night hours under conditions rot at
all creditable to the road, the wait
ing being made almost necessary on
account of no telegraph service to
give patrons notice when trains were
likely to arrive. The testimony was
conclusive on the point that the
railroad has an average of at least
half a dozen fares out of Redwood
station on the night trains the year
around, instead of selling an aver
age of $50 per month as claimed by
the company. Not counting return
fares, this would indicate ticket
sale between three and four hun
dred dollars a month, and we are
inclined to think that the railroad
representative as well as Commits
sioner Staples became convinced that
a night operator would be paying
proposition for the road. From
what was dropped by the visitors,
we are convinced that there will be
a night telegraph service and an
open station for Redwood Falls
patrons of the road the coming
winter which tallies one more good
service done for the town by the
Commercial club, in which its presi-
dent. Senator Clague, has been
specially active.
The Redwood gazette., 1910-09-20
AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS.
R. Stensvad of This City Tells of Its
Great Water Power, Etc.

Rud. StensYad arrived home from
trip to international Falls last
week. and has given US some Of his
impressions of that future great
manufacturing center, for Gazette
readers:
Arriving at international Falls
Sunday morning and escorted by
A. L. Jones, of the American Sub
urbs Co. of Minneapolis, we went
through the paper mills, where they
turn out $50 tons of news print pa
per per day at present, and they
told US that when the plant is COM
pleted it will have capacity of 450
tons per day and will employ 5000
people. 1t is very interesting to see
the different machines working in
this plant.
From the paper plant we went
through the power house and across
the large dam over to Fort Francis,
Canada. They have four large gen.
orators installed in the power plant,
and they claim a water power that
will produce $4,000 horsepower.
The paper mill company is now coz
structing large office building and
two large boarding houses for their
employees. There is also founda-
tion being built for large lumber
mill and all through the town there
are number of buildings in course
of construction, both residence and
business houses.
I'VE took a trip up the lake in the
afternoon. This lake is full of is
lands, some small and some larger,
but all very pretty to look at. Some
of these islands have been bought by
wealthy people and they have sum-
mer homes on them. Returning on
the train. / talked with two parties
from Minneapolis who own islands
there and have built cottages on
them.
Having this immense water pow
er and an almost unlimited supply
of raw material, international Falls
viii surely become a great manufac-
turing city,"
The Redwood gazette., 1910-09-20
BANK ROBBER
BOUND OVER
Charles Adams, With a Penitentiary
Record, Arrested at Fond do
Lac and Brought Here.
Is Examined at LambertOn, Identified
as SeafOrth Bank RObber and
Bound Over for Trial.

Unless Sheriff Schueller and A. C.
Burmeister of this city, together
with Julius Fritz of Seaforth, who
saw the bank robbers at work at
Seaforth last spring, are all open to
the charge of mistaken identity, the
party who cracked the safe at Sea-
forth is now in the Redwood county
Jail, awaiting none too patiently the
assembling of the next grand jury.
This morning he was pacing his cell
like Gagged animal, and whether he
escapes the charge against him or
not, there can be little doubt about
our county Jail having a born GRIM
inal in it's confines in the person of
Charles Adams, man with state
penitentiary record which is undis-
putable.
Adams was hunted down and ar
rested at Fond du Lac. by detect
i've in the employ of the Bank Pro-
tective association. and as stated last
week, Sheriff Schueller went there
armed with requisition papers,
which he procured after some delay,
and brought his prisoner back last
Saturday.
Monday Sheriff Schueller took his
prisoner before Justice Albin Zindell
of Lamberton, from whom the war
rant was procured by County At
torney Emerson, who conducted the
examination. The principal wit
nesses at the hearing were Sheriff
Schueller, who positively identified
him as the man whom he arrested
last spring and who soon after
turned his guns upon the sheriff and
escaped; julius Fritz of Seaforth
who testified that he saw the rob
bers at Seaforth and that the pris
oner was one of them; and Banker
Sylvester of the same place, who tes
titled as to the amount and kind Of
money taken from the bank safe
which was made part of the war
rant afterwards issued out of Jus
tice ZindelPs court, providing fol
the incarceration of the man unit
such time as he could be brought be
fore the grand jury. The charge i
grand larceny, with the specification
in accordance with the facts connect
ed with the Seaforth safe blowing
Sheriff Schueller gave his prison
er, who seems to have been so font
of joy riding that he kept it up al
night on one historic occasion, a fre,
ride to Lamberton and back, accom-
panied by c. E. Lamberton of thi
city and Deputy Sheriff Tolman O
Morgan. The prisoner went witt
his regalia on both wrists, for oul
Sheriff will not be taking chance
with his guest again.
The Redwood gazette., 1910-09-20
REDWOOD co.
OVER-VALUfD
Secretary SchmahI Gets Tax Com
mission to Grant..a Reduction
of Another 20 per Cent.
COmparisOnl Shows Redwood and
RenyiIIe Counties Assessed
Higher than Others.

To THE EDITOR: An item in one
of the st. Paul daily newspapers of
last Thursday containing the start
ling statement that Redwood coun-
ty people must have bought lots of
furniture and farm property during
the past year, as the personal prop
erty tax in that county was SO per
cent. more than it was a year ago,
making a total increase in the as
sessment of that county of $976, ,529,
came to my attention, and caused
an investigation of conditions as they
exist in the state auditors Office,
and in the office of the Minnesota
tax commission.
have not been entirely unacqaint-
ed with some of the Redwood coun-
ty tax valuation conditions which
have prevailed for the past many
years, but | have often wondered
just when the people of that county
would commence an investigation
for themselves, and attempt to
ascertain just why their property
should be valued so much higher
than the property in many of the
older and wealthier counties of the
state.
Permit me, therefore, to state, be-
fore giving some of the startl-
ing figures which haYe prevailed
throughout Redwood county, in
comparison with the other counties,
that when | visited Ethe tax COM
missions office this morning Il was
informed that the assessors had re-
turned the valuation of real and
personal property in Redwood coun-
ty at S20,000,000, and that the coun-
ty commissioners of that county,
startled at the tremendous figure.
apparently comparing it with the
returns from other counties. and
probably still further realizing what
it meant in the line of salary boosts,
cut this valuation $8,000,000, and
made that return to the Minnesota
tax commission. After an extended
conference with Messrs. Lord and
Armson of the tax commission, held
this morning, | succeeded in secur-
ing the promise from those two
gentlemen, that the return of the
Redwood county board of equali-
zation would be cut still more-to
the extent of 20 per cent, at least,
and thus place the property valua-
tion of Redwood county somewhere
on the level or in harmony with the
other counties of Minnesota.
In order that the members of the
commission might have something
tangible on which to base a justifi-
cation of the reduction by the county
board of equalization, and a still
further reduction on the part of the
commission, the report of real and
personal property valuations of each
county, as returned by the various
county auditors, was resorted to.
the returns recently made differing
very little from the returns published
and made part of the report of
the state auditor for 1907 and 1908.
the figures of which are easy to
obtain. and those of which pertain
to counties having known wealth
similar or greater, or comparatively
so, are herewith given:
The Redwood gazette., 1910-09-20
Presbyterian Church Notes.

Services for next Sunday.
1000 a. m. Prayer meeting.
1920 a. m. Sermon on ''The Social
ism of Christianity"
1900 m. Sunday school with classes
for all ages.
$50 p. m. An inspiring, unlifting
young peoples meeting.
7:30 p. m. Song service and a
gospel message on Your
After. Man: Who He Is. and Why"
Something worth hearing. Come,
and bring a friend with you.
Robt. Hoppenrath wants people
who are particular about their shoe
repairing to leave their work with
him, at Heilman's store. Good work
and reasonable prices guaranteed. If
The Redwood gazette., 1910-09-20

Hard coal base-burner, nearly as
good as new, for sale. Look at it
at Gnauck's. the tailor.
The Redwood gazette., 1910-09-20
So. ave herewith given:

Most of the readers of The Ga
zette are acquainted with the geog-
raphy of Minnesota. SO far as it
The Redwood gazette., 1910-09-20

George Jaehnings and G. F. Gales
with their ladies, went to Marshall
and back last Sunday, in Mr.. Jaehn-
ings car.
The Redwood gazette., 1910-09-20

Jackson auction sale next Thurs
day.
The Dickinson press., 1910-12-10

less dry and it is hungry for the moisture
in the soil. The moisture keeps passing
from the compact soil out into the air
until the soil is too dry to support plant
growth. We see this happen every sum
mer and indeed many times every sum-
mer.
Now it is a very simple method to
prevent the loss of moisture from the
layer of earth. If we dig up or cultivate
the top two or three inches of the soil,
we will largely prevent the loss Of mois-
ture. We can force the water to stay
in the soil. BY keeping the water in
the soil we make it more available for
the plant and just as much IS we do
this. we increase Our crops. This in
brief, is the principle of the Soil Mulch
and the future success of the Stark
county farmer depends in a very large
measure upon the extent to which he is
willing and able to put this principle
into practice.
This principle is one of the most i'm
portant that is being developed by the
Dry Farming Congress. 1t is this
principle which is being preached by
leading farmers, by institute men. and
by farm papers. Over a very large por-
ton of this country, the successful far
mer is the n that can best put this
principle into practice.
Some of the western farmers are con-
siderably ahead of us in the use of this
principle. For instance, they run a disc
Immediately behind a binder even be-
fore the grain is shocked. They claim
that the standing grain shades the
ground and conserves the moisture but
as soon as the grain is cut the shade is
removed from the ground and what little
moisture is in the soil passes off with
tremendous rapidity. Again the most
successful dry land farmer does not let
his soil, in his wheat field become so
compact.'a does the average Stark
county farmer. In order to prevent this
he harrows his grain. The average
Stark county farmer never touches his
grain field from the time of drilling to
the time Of cutting. but good dry land
farmers often harrow their grain repeat
eddy after it is up, even until the grain
is nearly ready to head.
There is another important principle
which the dry land farmer must recog-
nize and that is the storage of water.
We would not think much of an irriga-
ton farmer that dug his bitches and
leveled his fields for irrigation but who
had failed to provide a proper storage
of his irrigation water but it is to be
feared that many Stark county farmers
never think of water storage as they
conduct their farm operations. AS far
as water is concerned, too many of
them are content to live merely from
hand to mouth. One of the surest ways
of storing water is by deep blowing.
The Dickinson press., 1910-12-10

If but three or four inches of the top
soil is loosened by the pillow it is quite
evident that the denser layers under
meath can not easily absorb water.
Only a small portion of the rains that
come will be taken into the ground and
very much of the rainfall will 20 into
the streams.
If one should dig into prairie sod to
a depth of ten or fifteen feet one would
generally find dry soil to that depth ex-
cept for the upper two or three feet after
recent rains. The prairie turf is so
dense and the prairie grass turns the
water so we'll that the sod as a whole
from almost a waterproof covering for
the prairie. Beside this the soil has
become packed through thousands of
years so that we find very Door con-
ditions for the absorption of the rain
fall. II the farmer plows this prairie
sod and puts it Immediately into some
grain crop, he is following natures
way pretty closely. He is not providing
for the storage of water as he continues
to grow grain. He is following a very
poor method.
After breaking the prairie and before
trying to grow very much of any grain,
the ground should be treated to store up
the water against seasons of excessive
dryness. To bring this about two very
simple things are necessary; first, the
water must be allowed to 20 into the
soil and second, the water must be pre-
vented from getting out again.
We may do the first by deep blowing
and by growing a cultivated crop or
having a clean summer fallow during
the season. We may prevent the es-
cape of the water by growing a crop or
summer fallow we'll cultivated. This
brings into use the principle of the
soil mulch. The amount of water that
can be stored in ten or fifteen feet of
soil is something enormous.
The storage of this water really
means an addition to the farmers bank
account. The more water that we can
store. the more closely will our soils ap-
proach a sub irrigated condition. The
crop having a water reservoir to draw
upon is more or less independent of the
seasons rainfall. In 1910 it was very
noticeable that some fields were yield
ing we'll while Others were a practical
failure. The main eason ohthis YVES
the difference in the amount of water
stored in the soil n crop had some
thing 10 draw upon and the otter crop
had to suffer.
1t seems strange that the average
farmer does not get at it and learn
these two principles of the storage of
water and of the saving of water when
stored. If the average farmer does
know these principles, it is even more
strange that he does not put them into
practice. A successful engineer, banker,
physician, or any professional man
learns as soon as possible, the few under.
lying principles of his business and puts
them into practice. Too often the
farmer does lot study his business.
He does not try to learn the principles
The Dickinson press., 1910-12-10
and not having learned them he cannot

and not having learned them he cannot
put them into practice.
It Is better not to write q f~atterinp
article for the farmers here but to ret
down to brass tacks'', as the saving
goes. Nature has been kind to Stark
county for the past few years but even
at that the farmers are not doing any
too we'll. The farmers must learn the
necessity of taking advantage of every
thing that would be an aid to them.
They must especially learn the princi-
pies of dry land farming and they must
apply these principles to their conditions
as ~rigorously as possible. If they do
this they can make a successful living
from farming and an occasional n
will make good money.
Space does not permit of disc issine
the necessity of growing livestock and
of including in the rotation some of the
!eguminous crops. preferably alfalfa.
Perhaps in the future 1 may be able to
discuss these matters in detail.
L. K. WALDRON.
Supt. Dickinon Experiment Station.
The Dickinson press., 1910-12-10

T0E~'DH HEEL

which gives it many times the
wearing strength of ordinary
hosiery. This new feature
provides strength where
strength is needed, without
making the sock coarse or
heavy.
The toe-resisting strength Of
this sock is simply marvellous.
We uphesitatingly endorse
this sock as the best a quarter
will buy. Ask for
Int WOVEN
No Holes No Daring
The Dickinson press., 1910-12-10
N MUST STUDY
the MOISTURE CONDITIONS
To the Farmers of Stark County +:

To the Farmers of Stark County:
l have been asked to write upon the
possibilities of farming in Stark county.
I take up this topic with some hest
fancy as ! feel that [ am not able to do
justice to the subject. While there ara
a great many things we do not know in
agriculture, yet it is generally admitted
that the basal elements of farming were
all worked out long ago. Even thous-
ands of years ago farmers practiced. in
many sections, those very principles
which WI are trying to teach the farmer
of today. We have learned many things
in the last hundred years but unfortu-
nately many of these things that we
have learned have not been put into
practice by the average farmer.
The farmers of this section came from
the east and they brought eastern
methods with them. AS q rule their
habits were formed upon coming here
and any change in farming methods
must be q slow process. The farmer has
not yet fully learned the lesson that he
must farm to conserve moisture as far
as his operations in the field are con-
cerned. This is the most vital principal
with which he has to do. Fertility must
also be conserved but in this region
nature is on the side of the farmer in
this respect: We have no excessive
rains outside of the growing season to
leach our soils. With our conditions,
moisture is the limiting factor in crop
production. Any method which saves
the moisture, other things being equal
will increase the yield.
The soil mulch is the most important
factor which the dry land farmer can
BRING to his aid for the saving Of soil
moisture. It has been stated many
times but it will bear repetition.
If we have a compact layer If soil
with moisture stored al the bottom Of
the layer. the water in the soil tends to
pass to the top of the soil and out into
the air. much the same as coal oil passes
up through a lamp wick. The air in
Stark county is nearly always more OF
The Dickinson press., 1910-12-10
SHORT WINTER COURSES

The State Normal Industrial school of
Glendale. North Dakota, has just issued
an announcement of its short winter
courses in d~ressmaking and farm
engineering, beginning January End,
1911. The course in dressmaking in
cludes measuring and drafting, hand
and machine sewing, and gives q
thorough training in the principles of
dressmaking. The course in farm
engineering includes carpentry. black
smithing, the study of steam and gas
engines, including stationary and trac-
ton engine practice, and a course in
agriculture. Tuition free. Expenses
reasonable. Dormitory for young
women. Young people who. are in
terested should write the school for
announcements.
The Dickinson press., 1910-12-10
Hand Painted China

have a large supply of hand painted
china in stock, or will paint articles to
order in any fruit or flower which you de-
sire. Just the thing for Christmas. |
will hold an exhibit every Wednesday
afternoon until Christmas,to which all in
terested are invited. Come and ex.
anime the work.
Instructions given in China painting
on Tuesday and Saturday of each week.
Mrs. Charles H. Stark, I46-5th Ave. w.
II-1o-5t
The Dickinson press., 1910-12-10
announcement

We are offering a NEW 25c
SOCK for men, possessing
wearing qualities, fit and ap-
pearance far superior to any
half-hose ever before offered
at anything like the price.
1t is a fine texture, light
weight, snug-6tting sock in
permanent silk-lustrc colors
and manufactured with the
new wear-resisting
The Dickinson press., 1910-12-10

The greatest danger from influenza is
of its resulting in pneumonia, This a
be obviated by using Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, as it not only cures fin:
huenza, but counteracts any tendency of
the disease toward pneumonia. Sold by
all druggists.
The Dickinson press., 1910-12-10

Notice

All bills due the firm of A. T. Crowl &
Co. are now payable to A. T. Crowl and
should be settled on or before January I,
1911, otherwise they will be put into the
hands of collector.
I2-3-4t Al. Crewl