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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-26

But just what are the adventures, the
hardships, the hazards of these journey
ings of the maynard are not often put
down. There is the fantastic tale some
times told and often credited to the
imagination of the fiction writer. But
the following incidents are blunt fact
recorded just as they have happened and
just as they may harpen to any indi-
vidual of the 10000 this summer on the
read.
Midway from front to rear OF freigh.
car. and underneath. are two paraiiei
rods of iron, foot and half apart ana
connected at one point by narrow
board. The whole is but foot from the
ground. A man may lie upon these. but
never with comfort. When the train Is
i'm motion he is safe from his arch enemy
the brakeman, and sure of ride TO the
next stop The rods are the Last resort
of the man who is anxious to get over
the road and can find no other place
to ride. He Swings under after inc
train is in motion.
A California fruit train was eastbound
and passing through Arizona. A dozen
boy tramps were making a special eHort
to ride the train, for it was On scheduie
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-26

FIGURE a.-APPEARANCE OF JUPI-
TER AND ITS MOONS AS VIEWED
WITH SMALL TELESCOPE JULY
IL, D M. 1910.
(The markings and the positions OF
the moons are continually changtng)
ton during the month being only along
the short path shown in figure 1. July 1
it will appear only one-twenty-fifth the
part as bright as one month previously
1t is no longer visible to the naked eye,
though readily seen in a moderately large
telescope. The tail during this month
will doubtless entirely disappear, the
comet presenting the appearance OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-26
TOUR Hundred Thousand

EOUR Hundred Thousand
1 Young Men Tramp the
Country for the Fun Of 1t,
Says a College Professor.
Life of the Hobo and the
Dangers of Riding" on
Trains-Perpetual Warfare
cen Brakemen and
Tramps-A Hobo Who Went
to Sleep While Riding the
Rods" Another Who Jump
ed From Train Speeding
Along at Fifty Miles an
Hour-Their Adventures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-26

ever known. The Indian fighters of early
days led prOsaic lives compared with
theirs. Nor was their life humiliating to
them any more than the cast of the actor
who plays the dOwntrOdden behind the
foot light is humil ng 10 him. Ii was "A
Part Of the adventure and they gloried in
it The novice told the first woman from
whom he solicited the eats that he was
just out of the hospital in ST. Louis, ana
that he was trying to get home to mother
in Council Bluffs. 1t was an inspirations.
1t got results. He used the same spiel
throughout the season. changing the
towns to fit the situation of the moment.
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bristled no brakeman. swung aboard and
scrambled up the little ladder which leads
to the top of the car. This act in the
parlance of the profession is known as
decking her.
The top of a passenger train offers no
bed of roses as resting place The
slope is uncomfortably great and the
top is broken by one portion that is a
foot or two higher than the other. There
is not room to lie down without danger
of rolling off.
SO precarious is the footing that tho
brakeman comes up to run the tramps on
no oftener than is necessary. When he
appears there is a scrambling down lad
ders. often a hurried passage through a
car and up again at the other END. Inc
train must he stopped and time lost IN
putting the trespsssers of. On the night
in question the hoboes were so numerous
that the crew could not ignore them and
waged a battle throughout the night In
Kidding the train Of them.
Meantime the amateur tramp had done
an unconventional thing in trampland-a
thing so simple that 1t was successful he
crawled from the blind baggage upon the
tender among the coal and went to sleep
His hiding place was so easily founo tnat
no tramp Of experience would have chosen
it, and no trainman would look Tor
tramp there. When the fireman came
hack to take water he saw the lad, but
the fireman's business IL 20 shovel coal
and not to fight trampS. so ne mercy
stepped over the PROSTATE form with
Good for you, kid. Lie low, ana the
amateur rode safe through the night
Just as day broke the train stopped TOT
water and the brakeman and conductor
made their iaSt .ght in an attempt 10 get
rid of their Improbable passengers. Inc
conductor went forward to prevent the
dislodged tramps from going up the rienI
of way and swinging on as the tram
nassed Then, when she had gained con-
siderable speed, he swung onto the en-
CINE and started back over the train.
This was the undoing OF the amateur ior,
in passing over the tender. the conductor
stepped on him. Psycholog1caily, from
the standpoint of the tramp, this was the
worst possible moment for such thing
to happen. The conductor was In nasty
mood because of the trouble the framps
had given him. But. finally. ne was con
graduating himself upon having gotten
rid of them. Finding the amateur thre"
him into a white rage.
Get out of here!' he ordered heateoiy.
IT am on my way" responded the
tramp, scrambling down onto the Dino
baggage.
further retreat except by leaping from
the train, and by this time 1t was running
fun speed. The conductor still admon-
ished in language picturesque ana iuriu.
The boy protested that the tram was
der the law he could not be put on I'M
less the train was stopped.
But the conductors temper was afiame.
He would show the tramp whether he
would get off or mott He was six feet
above on the tender. This was piled hfsn
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and July 81 four hours earlier.
Mars, on account of it's rapid east
ward motion. is still to be seen low down
in the northwest, but it is now much too
far. away from the earth to be a salts
factory object in a small telescope.
Throughout the month it will rapidly APP
prOach the bright star Regulus. at f,
figure /. 1t will finally pass the star
August 3, on which date the planet will
be north of the star. a distance almost
equal to the diameter of the moon. AT
this time the two objects will appear as
a striking pair of bright stars in the
western sky. Jupiter, now the brightert
object in the heavens, still shines out
high up from the ground in the south
west. Its slow eastward motion among
the stars can now be easily detected, for
while July 1 it will be seen to be about
half way between the stars G and H,
figure 1. July 81 it will pass directly be-
low the interesting double star at G, a
motion just rapid enough to carry the
planet completely around the heavens in
twelve years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-26

lie playtime OF the
hobo is at hand.
When the first
warm DAYS of sum
mer come the feet
of the tramp, pro-
fessioual and anna
teur, begin TO tickle
and he simply can t
stand still. He
drifts into the
freight yards of
the city, town or
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PEEK THROUGH THE TELESCOPE AT THE HEAVENS IN JULY
VAS AND ONLY VISIBLE THROUGH TELESCOPE.

round nebulous mass. just as it did four
months ago. During the next few months
this. with the enormously increasing dis
tance will grow smaller and fainter, and
finally be entirely lost to view.
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between us and the planet Saturn, but,
unfortunately, this very interesting phe-
nomenon will not be visible to observers
in the United States, the planet will
not have risen at that hour. The next
morning, however, the TWO BODIES VIII
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beauty. III he possesses small telescope
he will find hundreds of interesting OBJ
jects as he explores one region OF the
sky after another. He may first be at
tracted by the wonderful star clouds anc
clusters OF stars which he discovers i'm
great numbers along the milky way.
great swarms OF suns whose stupendOus
extent battles imagination. Next he may
become interested I'm the many double
stars he will find, those strange systems
of two or more great suns revolving
ceaselessly around one another. The study
OF how the distortions which these plastic
masses produce i'm one anotherseslowly
change their paths the ages go on.
announcing to US unmistakably how Tar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-26

they have progressed in their develop
ment from an original nebula, is a chap
ter of astronomy full of interest. And
in connection with the comparative ages
of the stars he will find il very profitable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-26
By Prof. Eric DOOlittIe Of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania.
EIGJ RE 1.-THE

Hoover looks at the heavens
on one OF the warm evenings
OF July will see the numerous
summer consultations spread
ont hefpra hin, in all thofr.
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warm days of summer come on. Then
some evening while they doZe on the
front porches of their comfortable home
they are suddenly aroused by the distant
and melodious toot of freight engine.
and wake to an almost uncomfortable de-
sire to scramble aboard and ride away
again into the land of adventure and ro-
nance.
For these are the men who yesterday
asked for handouts at your back doors.
The housewife regarded them as poor.
aims. On the contrary, they were the
boldest adventures that the country has
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II Prof Kelly reckoning is correct.
here are SOME 10000 of these young
tiers on the road this summer. Next
ear most of them VIII have graduated
rom this rough school OF experience. The
act that but few become haoitual tramps
. shown by the small percentage culled
Trough the years who are mature men.
nc vast majority have gone back TO the
rdinary walks Of life.
There are scores OF business and pro-
.ssional men III this town today who
ave ridden the rods. They seldom speak
{ II, for their associates would give them
lie unbelieving ha, ha, Who would
redit u story ibat a man of affairs had
rem thrown from the blind baggage"
Il !0w-nrowed brakeman? Yet with
1900 graduates year from wander
ist college these men are 10 be found
) every walk OF life. They almost for
et the wiiGness OF their youth Until the
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hamlet which happens 10 be his tenn
,orary domiciIe anG. as d mighty train
y cars pulls majestically out, he swings
rnder." or hits the bumpers" or decks
ler'' and Is away on his wanderings.
II the figures of Prof. Edmond Kelly
4 Columbia University may be taken as
guide. the tramp population Of the
United States = about 10000 The same
authority estimates that JEree-fourths
f these are Youngsters under twenty
ne. who are tramping for fun. They are
ut youths who respond 20 that spirit
within which calls for adventure They
ue the lads who have hit upon the
method that is fullest TO the brim o.
possibilities of taking ones life in hand.
wagering j; dozen times a day against
he mere bagate.le of a ride. getting the
brill OF . filtration with the grim reaper.
nd oftentim-s tragically losing the
vaGer. They have found diversion with
hangers ter times as great as cowboying
and q hundred times as great as going
U war.
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But the conductors temper was afiame.
He would show the tramp whether he
would get off or not. He was six feet
above on the tender. This was piled high
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Just rising in the east is the groul
and If toward midnight o
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-02-02

Let us hope that Montana farmers
will appreciate this proposition and
enter into it with the same degree of
interest and enthusiasm that the rail-
road officials and Professor Shaw are
showing. We have good farmers in
every community and their success
has been an inspiration and a help to
others, but such work has been car
ried on entirely at their own expense.
Under the plan proposed by the Great
Northern officials whereby the seed
is furnished free, the use of the
ground is paid for and the resulting
crop reverts back to the farmer him
self, there is no reason why those
who are selected to carry on the work
should not give it their very best
care and attention.
Full information relative to the
proposition can be secured by ad-
dressing Mr.. E. G. Leedy, General
Immigration Agent. Great Northern
Railway, st. Paul, Minnesota, or
Professor Thomas Shaw, Great North
ern Building, st. Paul, Minnesota.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-02-02
LETTER TOSHEEPMEN

A letter is being sent out by State
' eterinarian Knowles to all Montana
sheepmen warning them of the dang
ers of lip and leg ulcerations. The
letter concludes.
81 sincerely trust that this word of
warning will be sufficient, and that if
you have sheep affected with this
disease they will be Immediately and
persistently treated..and cured, so that
no further action will be necessary
on the part of this department.
"Should you have this disease
among your sheep, and fail to carry
out instructions repeatedly given as
to it's treatment and cure, it will be
incumbent ON the department to send
an inspector to your place or range
and have him accomplish the desired
results at your expense.
"Would further state that if you
are not duly advised how to treat lip
and leg liberation, any inquiries will
be cheerfully answered"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-02-02
THE MAUDE HENDERSON CO.

MThe Maude' Henderson Company
which is so we'll known through out
the middle west, will hold the boards
at the opera house nights only, pre-
senting high class repertoire plays
consisting mostly Of royalty bills.
Many pleasing specialties are intro
duced between acts. The play select
ed for theEorening performance will
be the beautiful four act southern
drama, cover the Ridge" The story
deals with two young men who We're
babies together and because of an ex-
change by the colored nurse for the
purpose of revenge on the people who
had wronged her.: vast difference
developes in thellives of the boys but
right prevails in the end. There is
sufficient comedy in the story to keep
the audience smiling. The Maude
Henderson company comes to us we'll
recommended by the press of larger
cities where they have appeared this
season.
There have" been so many poor
shows through the country that it
was necessary.for me to look up the
reputation of this company before
taking them on and found them to
be tirstclass and highly recommended
by Mr.; Bacon, manager of the opera
house Of Minot, where they made a
weeks stand previous to coming
here. Now to show my faith in this
company and their faith in them
selves they have giveRme the privi-
lege of refunding any one their mo-
ney providing they do not give salts
faction, and this l personally guar
antee to do. w. c. Stevens, manager
of opera house.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-02-02
GOVERNMENT MAY SURVEY
LANDS IN NORTH MONTANA
ACCORDING TO A MINNESOTA PAPER CHAIRMAN TAWNEY
OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATION HAS GIVEN
ASSISTANCE TO MILK RIVER COMMITTEE

According to the Minneapolis
journal Assurances of help in secur-
ing survey of the large body of land
in Northeastern Montana, have been
given Louis W. Hill and his asso-
ciates on the Milk River committee,
by Representative Tawney, chair
man of the house committee on ap-
preparations. A letter from Mr..
Tawney to Mr.. Hill was included in a
statement which the committee sub
mlttnd to Secretary Ballinger.
Mr.. Tawney says that if President
Taft should send special message
to congress on the need of making
these surveys, or the secretary of the
interior should present the matter to
the committee on appropriations
when the sundry civil appropriation
bill is being prepared, the matter Of
providing funds especially for this
purpose will be given careful consi-
deratiOn.
The statement submitted to the
secretary calls attention to the two
things the residents of Montana want
done in order that the state may be
properly developed and made avail
/ able for settlement. First is the i'm
mediate survey of the great body of
lands in the northeastern part of the
state. 1t is stated that there are ap-
| proximately $4,000, 900 acres of this
unsurveyed land, Of wich about 1O,-
600, 200 acres can be cultivated with
out irrigation.
The statement says that according
to Land Commissioner bennett, the
survey.will cost about cents an
acre. This would mean an aggregate
expenditure Of $70OO,O0O, but as
against that the Montana men call
attention to the fact that more than
so, 5000, 900 has qeen expended in Ca
NADIA, in the neighborhood of Calgary,
in short time in the immediate past
by people emigrating from the mid
die west states on this side of the line,
and who, they assert, would have
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-02-02
T.S. WHlTCOMB DEAD

L. S. Whitcomb, we'll known
resident of the Little Rocky mining
country, who has resided at Tort
man and Dodson for the past four
years, died in this city last Wednes-
day night, from cirrhosis of the liver,
at the Malta hospital, where he had
been continedufor about week. Mr..
Whitcomb had been sick for over
three months. and as he was failing
fast he was brought to this city from
Zortman in order that he would be
rear medical aid. Everything pos
sible was done for him, but no medi-
cal science seemed to prolong his life.
Funeral services were held at the
M. f. church, Friday at p. nj.
The remains were inferred at the
Malta cemetery. Among his many
acquaintances Mr.. Whitcomb was
always regarded as an uprig and
conscientious man, and through his
good nature he made friends every
where. He was born in 1859 at
Edgerton, Wisconsin, where he lived
for years until he moved to Iowa,
about four years ago he and his family
moved to Zortman and resided there
until his death. The deceased leaves
a wife, one daughter and three sons
to mourn his demise. He was
brother of Charley Whtcomb, the
we'll known mine owner of Zortman.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-02-02
MONTANA'S CLIMATE IS FINE
CHINOOK WINDS PREVAIL
MORE SUNSHINE THAN IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN OR NEW
ENGLAND STATES. MOUNTAINS RIBBED WITH RICH
ORE--yALLEYs AS FERTILE AS THOSE OF THE NILE

the average precipitation for the ten
year period, preceding 1907, based
upon reports of the stations reporting
for those years, was for the whole
state of Montana 1851 inches. 1t is
the opinion of many men who have
observed the effects of settlement and
cultivation in other western states
that the turning of the sod and the
cultivation of large areas heretofore
devoted to grazing-followed as they
should be by a planting Of trees-will
cause permanent increase in the an
nual moisture, and there is scientific
support of this theory.
In considering questions of climate
and rainfall the geat size Of Montana
should always be borne in mind, and
allowances made for local condition
and differences of altitude which affect
both climate and rainfall. The clim-
attic condition at Skowhegan, Me-,
differ from those of Boltimore, Nd,
those at Burlington, VT, from those
at Wilmington, Del, those at Spring
field, Mass, from those at Trenton,
N. j., and those at Buffalo, N. Y,
from those at Newport, r. L., yet,
Montana embraces territory larger
than the combined area of the states
in which are located the cities named.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-02-02

eral immigration Agent, Great North
ern Railway. St. Paul, Minnesota,
and suggest the names of three or
four of the best farmers located ad-
jacent to their respective towns for
the purpose of enabling the railroad
representatives to select one of the
farmers who is in a position to give
the matter proper attention. The
work will be carried on under the
jurisdiction of Professor Thomas
Shaw, the we'll known agricultural
and soil expert, who has already done
SO much toward disseminating valu-
able information relative to the pro-
ductivity of Montana's unmatched
soil. The general outline of the plan
is as follows:
CD Each farmer who engages in
'such experimental work will
furnish where possible, six
acres Of land which has been
summer fallowed the previous
year Or that has grown cul-
tivated crop.
(2) He shall grow on two acres of
the same as he may elect, one
acre of each of the following
crops: Durum spring wheat;
spring rye; oats or white hull
less barley. The third acre
is to be sown to field peas,
one half to be put in with the
grain drill, and the other half
to be drilled in rows and cul-
tivated. The fourth acre is
to be planted to corn. The
fifth acre is to be planted, one
half to field beans and the
other half sown to alfalfa.
The sixth acre is to be sum-
mer-fallowed and sown to
winter wheat.
(3) When new breaking only or
part stubble can be furnished,
the first acre is to be sown to
fax, the second to alfalfa, the
third planted to corn and the
fourth to field beans. The two
remaining acres are to be
summer-fallowed, and one of
them sOWn to winter wheat
and the other to winter rye.
(4) The above crops are to be
grown at the expense of the
farmer, but from seed fur
Northern Railway. The grower
is to harvest and thresh the
crop at his own expense, and
in due time he is to furnish
to the railroad an accurate
statement of yields. The
farmer retains the crop.
(5) The Great Northern Railway
is to pay the farmer $1,000
per acre for each acre of land
so used.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-02-02
CHECKS CAN BE WRITTEN FOR LESS THAN
ONE DOLLAR SAYS WICKERSIAM

According to advice received by L.
p. .Hillyer, secretary Georgia Bankers
Association, from Attorney-G General
Wickersham, it is not illegal to issue
checks for less than 81. The statute
that was recently enacted does not
have any reference to ordinary bank
checks, and does not, therefore, make
it unlawful to issue checks for sum
less than 81. A bank check is not
intended to circulate as money, or to
be received or used in lieu of lawful
money, but is merely an order for the
payment of money, although it fire.
quently takes the place of money to
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-02-02

subject to the Instructions
given by Professor Thomas
Shaw.
Professor Shaw will issue instruc-
t1ons regarding the best methods to
follow in preparing the soil for the
crop and also the proper methods to
be used in cultivating the growing
crops and will either in person or BY
representative visit the farmers
chosen to carry out these expert
ments, Tor the purpose OF co-orerat t.
ing with them and assisting them to
get the hest results. 1t is expected
there will be considerable rivalry
G., ong tne various localities to see
who can make the best showing. The
great interest taken ~ progressive
farmers and by the local develop
n>elt organizations in Montana, has
been great stimulus in creating &
greater and deeper interest in t.
Possibilities Of Montana as an agr-
cultural state. IAe success OF Mon
tana exhibitors at the E:1lin~s Dry
Farming Congress and at the Ma
tional Corn Show, Omaha, Las been
a potent factor in opening the eyes of
the people OF the state and the nation
to the wonderful possibilities Of
MOntana's fertile soil.
Plans are already under way by
many communities, to send exhibits
to number of the state and national
agricultural shows held outside of
Montana next year, in order to fur
ther convince the world that Mon
tana is "long on wealth but short on
farmers"
This movement which the Great
Northern Railway is about to launch,
is the first of it's kind in this country
and from a practical educational
standpoint will be of untold value to
our farmers. While we have state
and national experimental stations
the idea of operating an experimental
station at nearly every important
Point along it's line, is new one and
far in advance of anything of this
nature that has ever been attempted
before. ~