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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-07-07
SLASH IN RAIL RATES
Interstate Commerce Commits
). sion Orders Reductions.
~ M,..

Washington, June 30.-Decisions
were handed down by the interstate
commerce commission countrywide In
importance. They affect freight rates
both class and commodity-on all
transcontinental lines operating be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
The decisions are of what are known
popularity as the Pacific coast cases,
heard last autumn by the commission
on its six weeks trip to the Pacific
coast and intermountain territory.
In every instance reductions in the
existing rates complained of were
made and In some instances they
amounted to nearly 80 per cent. The
commission found, through it's inquiry,
q remarkable rate situation existing
on the Pacific coast and even a more
remarkable one in the intermountain
territory. This is notably true of the
rates to and from Spokane, Wash,
and Reno. New.
In the Spokane case the commission
decided that present freight rates are
unreasonable and excessive. Just and
reasonable rates on both class and
commodity freight were established
for the future.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-07-07
HE GUESSED 1T WAS GOING TO RAIN

or speak words of consolation to her.
She looked at him and mentally called
him names-real hard names.
The agent had a home, wife and two
children. The home was quite pear,
and the right thing would have been
to invite Miss Carrie to tarry there.
He didn't do the right thing. He didn't
care whether she walked the platform
or roasted on the haystack.
And that young mana nice speci-
men he was! OF course Miss Carrie
had made up her mind when she first
got off that IL he tried to scrape ac-
quaintance she would promptly freeze
him out, but that was on the under
standing that the G. and s. train was
on time. Now 1t was hours late, and
that made oil the difference In the
world. He ought to, know that it did.
Just after the red headed man had
told Miss Carrie that she still had two
hours to wait she looked at her watch
and found that 1t had stopped. There
was no clock in the depot. The young
man had watch, which he frequently
consulted in somewhat ostentatious
way, but would the girl humble her.
self to ask him what time 1t was?
Never iI this world! There were some
yellow flowers growing alongside the
tracks twenty rods away, and he could
have jumped down and culled her a
bouquet.
The two hours were about up when
the red headed man went out TO Miss
Carrie to say:
"Your train is another two hours
late. making FIVE hours In all. Mebbo
1t will be six, but I'll say five to you."
"And live got to wait two or three
hours morew she almost screeched.
"Unless you want to walk"
J The young man was at the far end
scfY the platform inspecting patent
washing machine that had arrived by
freight. and yet he must have heard
the message and known her feelings.
II not. why did he grin? For min
ute Miss Carrie looked around for
dynamite to blow him Off the face OF
the earth. but then 1t began to rain,
and she had TO seek shelter. The
young man also sought shelter.
The sitting room was about twelve
feet square. II contained rusty stove
and single bench. Its windows had
not been washed since the surrender
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-07-07
STOCK Gl.EANlNGS.
Some Suggestions of Value For the
Stock Breeder.

There seem to be much stewing and
fretting among many farmers about
covering cement floors where the cows
lie 1t has been proved in many in
stances that the ordinary cement floor.
even with all the straw bedding they
can provide. is injurious TO cows in
various ways. The cold cement floor
and it is always cold to the hand, is
very productive in causing udder trou-
bles-like garget-and rheumatism in
the body of the COW. Now, 1t Is a
simple thing TO cover the cement with
inch boards. Do this and all will be
well. Why not do it?
The hog is well regulated machine
for the transformation Of food into
crude material for the packing house.
The hog which can assimilate the most
during a given period is the most prof
table to the growers. Therein lies the
difference between the purpose bred
animal and the razorback. as shown in
recent experiments.
From many quarters of the south
west and from practically ali parts of
the main hog breeding states come re-
ports of a shortage in brood sows
High prices of feed and the extra good
prices offered by the packers for all
kinds of swine lave combined to send
the hogs from the farming districts to
the packing houses.
Put small quantity Of copperas in
the drinking troughs and tanks for
stock. 1t purifies the water and rids
1t of the green scum known as alga.
Musty or moldy hay is harmful as
feed, and the one who feeds such
to his stock will be rewarded by cases
of sickness. paralysis and sometimes
death.
Ohio has appropriated $4,000 to as
sist in fighting epidemics Of hog chol
era in that state. Large appropriations
made by other states consist Of $751;
600 for Iowa and $4,000 for Missouri.
Texas has appropriated $1,000 to aid
In the work, and other states have
given considerable amounts.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-07-07
Liberty versu. Greens.

A colored man from Georgia had
lived in Washington but few days
when he was arrested for some slight
violation of the city ordinances. Upon
hearing that the negro was in Jail the
secretary of the colored Y. NJ. G. A.
secured the services Of minister to
go with him and sign the prisoners
bail bond. They reached the jail short
~ before noon and told the negro the
object of their visit. In response to
the proffered kindness he said:
"Mistah Johnsing. sho Is glad you
all Is gwine tab gift me out, but I
wants you all to fix It so I can't git
out tell late dis ebenin'.".
OF course the two Samaritans were
somewhat taken aback by the unusual
request. But moment later they lost
their breath when In answer to the
secretary's question the Georgia negro
replied In whisper:
SWELL sab. dey's a-gittin' dinnah
ready. an dey's cookin' green's. an
sho would like to git some o. dem
greens befo' I leabes dis placew-Lip-
pincott's.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-07-07
SCORE DEAD IN WRECK
Several Other Persons injured,
Three Fatally.

Middletown. o.. July 5.-Nineteen
persons were killed outright, three
probably fatally hurt and half dozen
were seriously injured In head on
collision between a freight and pas.
senger train on the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton and Dayton railroad here. or the
killed eighteen were passengers, the
other victim being a member of the
passenger train crew.
The trains were the Cincinnati Sec
ton of the Twentieth Century limited
on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago
and st. Louis railroad (Big Four) and
the second section of freight train
on the Cincinnati. Hamilton and Day.
ton road
The latter was attempting to make
a siding to give the passenger train
clear track when the flying limited.
travelling at rate of fifty miles an
hour, flashed around curve and
crashed into Il.
The Big Four train had been de-
toured to avoid blocked track on that
road at Genoa, few miles south of
here, caused by freight wreck earlier
In the day. In addition to its regular
crew 1t carried a pilot engineer of the
Cincinnati. Hamilton and Dayton road.
A misunderstanding Of orders
caused the disaster. which was one of
the worst that this section of the coun-
try has ever experienced
Directly behind the passenger loco
motive and the tender was a combina-
ton baggage and smoking car. fol-
lowed by day coach and chair car.
All the dead and injured were in the
first two cars, there being six passen-
gers in the smoker and twenty-one in
the day coach
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-07-07
AT THE JUNCTION,
The Situation That Grew Out of
a Long Wait.
BY DONALD ALLEN.

Copyrighted. 1909, by Associated Literary
Press.I
Miss Carrie Mayberry had made a
Journey OF seventy miles up the state
10 pay months visit to her aunt. She
had had TO change cars at a Junction
en- route, but the conductor had been
so courteous and there had been so
many passengers changing with her
that she had not minded the ten min.
ute wait. In returning after her visit
was up things were different. The CON
ductor was crossgrained old chap
who had no good looking daughter Of
his own, and then the only other pas
senger TO get off and take the q. and
Il. road was young man. who pro-
ceeded to saunter up and down the
platform without giving Miss Carrie n
second look.
AS If these three or four things were
not bad enough. she learned that the
train she had to wait for was three
hours behind time. She did not learn
this from the young man-oh. no. He
found out for himself and then kept
the information to himself. though he
must have known what a hurry she
was in TO get back home and see pa
and ma. He just didn't care whether
she got home that day or the week
after.
Miss Carrie learned about the late
ness Of the train from the red headed
depot agent. 1t was a country juno
ton. The depot and his house were
the only two buildings there. The only
landscape for three miles around was
made up Of spotted COW, swamp.
a haystack and a water tank. 1t took
the red headed man just one hour to
get ready to come out on the platform
and say:
your train was three hours late an
hour ago; now it's only two hours"
"What-my train late!' was the ex-
clamation. why didn't you tell me so
when I got OFF,
mo good. You'd have had to stay
Just the same"
The young man saw her look of cha
grin, disappointment and anger from
the -four barrel on which he was sit
ting, but did not come forward and
take the red headed man by the neck
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-07-07
Dairy Gems.


Milk regularly and at reasonable.
hours.
The farmer who milks cows is not,
always dairyman.
A few good cows are worth more
than lot of ordinary ones.
It's good management. not luck, that
makes dairying profitable.
Spend plenty of time at the dairy
barns on the state fair grounds.
The cow that pays through the pail
and separator is the COW to keep.
Care in marketing the butter is al
most as important as care in produc-
ing 1t.
Fly repellants are still necessary. Do,
not try to get along without them.
Even forty bushels Of wheat to the,
acre at 81 per bushel can't beat dairy
farming.
It's a mistake to build a creamery
before there are cows enough to make
It success.
The statement that the Standard OH
company can make butter out of its
byproducts isn't worrying real dairy. |
men much.
When you admit that you haven't
time to test and weigh the milk 40 as
20 keep record OF each COW. Won I
haven't time to dairy right. !
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-07-07
Swine MANAGEMENT,

Referring to an authority, 1t may be
Of interest to quote few paragraphs
on the care Of the young pig:
A hog is half made when past the
weaving period without stunt or
kink In its growth. Every check or
halt In prosperity through its first two
months is more expensive than at any
later period. Too much rich, feverish
milk of the dam, causing thumps or
other ailment, may leave harmful re-
suits, perhaps as much SO as scant
feeding or other neglect Of the SOW.
More injury may be done to a pigs
growth in two or three days than can
be repaired In month even II he is
made the subject of special care, which
where many are raised is not the rule
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-07-07
WAGE ISSUE NEAR CLIMAX
Canadian Pacific Trainmen and Con-
ductors Firm In Demands.

Winnipeg. July 5.--Negotiations con-
tinue between the representatives of
the trainmen and conductors and the
Canadian Pacific railway and while 1t
Is stated that gradual progress Is be.
ing made the men say that 1t Is really
only progress toward point where
they will know definitely whether
they are going to agree or disagree
Representatives OF the men declare a
settlement remains absolutely with
the company, since from the start OF
negotiations they have not changed
their demands one iota, standing
straight through for the standard
wage rate of the territory. The dis
cussions have been as to the applica
ton OF these standards to the men
working under different conditions. as
to mileage, etc., will secure the stand
ard rate throughout
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-07-07
THE HORSEMAN

The cooperative plan Of keeping
stations in a community is found sue
cessful by many. This consists of a
number of owners Of live stock club
bling together and purchasing highly
bred animal to be used by the commu-
nifty.
Breed For Merit.
Fashion in breeding and booms in
certain trotting families invariably
follow unusual success. Breed for merit
as well as pedigree. A mature horse
Of unusual merit will always sell for
good price even though not fashion
ably bred. The time has gone by,
however, that fashionably bred ami
mails which lack genuine merit can be
sold for high prices.
Silage For Horses.
If the horses can be taught to relish
silage, it will be very good for them
In small quantities, say from ten to
twenty pounds per day. Some have
refused to learn. but most Of them
will soon learn to like the peculiar
pungent odor, especially If aided at
first by some Of natures "plain sauce"
Some feeders mix one part Of corn
silage and two quarts cut straw and
let this be the regular diet.
The Arabian Horse.
The Arab horses have been used for
centuries to effect Improvement of
other breeds. The Arabian horse has
been bred In certain lines for many
centuries and transmits its qualities
with great certainty. The first Ara
bian stallion was brought to this coun-
try In 1765. The impression of style.
intelligence, fineness, spirit and high
breeding is well sustained by the ap-
pearance Of the best specimens Of the
breed.
No Eggs For Horses.
1t has been claimed that 1t Is a good
thing to feed eggs to stations during
the breeding season, but a noted New
England veterinarian says well nour-
ished horse would not be greatly bene-
nted by being fed eggs. 1t is a fact
that eggs are highly nutritious and
might be used to advantage II an ami
NAL lacked vitality. However. the d.
gestive system Of the horse Is not
capable Of digesting animal proteids.
ana consequently he would not be able
70 secure the full benefit Of such foods.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-07-07
SHEEP FOR WOOL.
For Best Results Animals Must Be
Strong and Healthy.

There is one very important thing
which is ofttimes never thought OF or
taken into consideration by the sheep
breeder or buyer-that is, constitution.
Weak sheep cannot produce good
strong lambs; neither can they give
returns in the feel lot. The healthy
strong constitutional sheep has mucI
different appearance and general make
up than the weak one. In the exam
ination of a sheep l always start at
the end of the nose and work back,
says buyer The indications
strong constitutions are a wide, open
nostril, a short, broad head, width and
depth of chest. fullness behind the
shoulder both on top and at the side
and well sprung ribs coming wide out
from the backbone. Such a sheep has
room for the vital organs to perform
their work in proper manner Neither
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-07-07

sIx-MoNTHs-oLD BERKSHIRE BARRows.
or easily practicable. Good luck with
pigs calls for attention, and that not
occasional, but frequent and regular.
From the first week after narrowing
until weaving time the SOW will be lit
tie else than a milk machine, and to be
high power machine in perfect opera
ton she must have proper care. Moth
Ing else is so well calculated to make
pigs grow as a bountiful supply Of
wholesome sow's milk, and the pigs
that have plenty Of other feed with
the milk Of well stopped SOW for
eight weeks will ordinarily get much
the start Of those weaned at FIVE or
six weeks, no matter how much food
and attention the earlier weaned pigs
may have had.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-07-07

FINE SPECIMEN IN THE SHROPSHIRE
CLASS.
the breeder nor the feeder can at.
ford to lose sight Of the constitution
in his sheep, because his profits will
certainly be cut short.
To have the wool dense and Of good
length is a prime requisite. Although
the breeders in the corn belt must pay
close attention to the mutton qualities
In their flock, a good fleece can also
be added. The Merino need not be in:
troduced for this purpose. By careful
selection rams of the English NUT
ton breeds can be obtained which
have extremely heavy fleeces that are
very dense. There is great variation
in fieeces. and when making selection
Of your flock leader it Is well not to
be too easy satisfied. The fleece should
be Of good length and the fiber dense.
Notice carefully the wool covering
the belly. We must guard against
baroness here for several reasons.
Proper wool will increase the weight
Of fleece and also serve as a protec-
ton from cold when the sheep is lying
on wet ground. A good heavy fleece
can be produced on mutton sheep Of
the highest type, and we must still
strive to have that sort. Not only
does 1t increase your profits at home,
but It increases the price Of the lambs
you send to market. In our large
market centers sheep pelts are con-
sidered quite an itep, and the lambs
with heavy, dense feeces will outsell
others.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-07-07
Reached the Limit,

An old sailor noticed something sus.
picious about sack Of meal that was
being swung by a crane at Port Mol
10th on to his hip. The sailor told the
captain there seemed to be something
moving in that particular sack. and
the captain said:
"Aha, stowaway, l guess. Keep
1t till the last. Then sling it to the
yard and let it hang there"
The sailor kept the sack till the last
Then he swung it up over the hold
and as the winchman was going to
lower it he shouted:
mo, no! Don't lower down. Let
her hang"
And there the sack hung in midair
The ship put out to sea. The sack
swung this way and that with the
rolling Of the waves. Now it spun like
top. Now it bumped against the
mast. And for nearly three hours
this swaying and banging. this bump
ing and spinning, went on. but never
sound came from the sack.
Finally the captain winked and
shouted:
'That sacks damp. Drop it over
board"
There was a muffled aerial shrek
and the sailor lowered the sack with
great splash into the sea; then he
hauled 1t up again at once.
''Lemme out. Lemme outw splut
tered terrified voice. and the sack
was opened, and out rolled gigantic
Kafir. his superb endurance at last
broken.-P ittsburg Bulletin.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-07-07

of Lord CORVALLIS, and the only pic
ture on the walls was that Of young
lady with long hair and holding in
I her hand a bottle of the stuff that did
the trick. Miss Carrie took one end
of the bench and the young man the
other. For twenty minutes she gazed
at her toes and he at his. Then they
gazed at the rusty stove. Then they
raised their eyes as high as the long
! haired girl and kept them there long
| time. She could have grown another
! foot of hair while they looked.
Then the red headed man came in
and said he guessed it was going to
rain and went out again. AS it had
been pouring for half an hour his OBJ
servation struck home. The young
man wished to himself that he had
such a father-in-law. and Miss Carrie
wished to herself that he would come
! to the Boston weather bureau and run
| the weather for awhile.
Then the young man consulted his
watch. The girl wished ii would stop
with bang. and she walked over to
one Of the windows to see if the COW
still stood out on the marsh. He walk
ed over TO the other to see If the hay.
stack still stood upright or had Pisa
tower lean to il. Silence for twenty
minutes. The two could almost hear
more rust gathering on the stove.
Then. all Of a sudden. Miss Carrie gave
way. She had been wanting to cry
about something for three weeks past.
The something had come There were
tears and sObs.
whats what's the matter?" asked
the young man.
You are"' she answered tiercely.
How am -
"YOu know. Here I've been for a
whole week, and you haven't-haven't
even spoken to me. No, you haven't.
and I'm ready to tell you what l think
Of you"
But, you know-you know he fall
tered
"Of course l know! Was it my bust
ness 10 come up and speak to you
first? You knew l was impatient.
You knew l was lonesome. You knew
l had nowhere to go. And-and you
just walked and walked and walked,
and. you wouldn't even look at me.
Where are your manners. sir? Are
you a stick Of wood or young man?'
But l flirted with a girl once. and
she froze me-" lameIy protested the
young man.
But am l that girl? Are all girls
alike? Did that girl have to wait five
or six weeks at an old junction? Ii
don't want to flirt. l want to talk
just talk. l want to know when that
old train is coming, when it's going to
stop raining. what time 1t is. If the
curl has come out of my hair in this
dampness and lots and lots more.
Why. if you hadn't been a chump-I
mean if you had been a talker-we
might have had real long visit. and
l could have told you all about my
Aunt Sarah" :. rsrs5ssnss.,
1t wasn't too late to make amends.
The young man hitched nearer and
began to talk. and half an hour later.
when the red headed man came in to
say that the train had concluded to be
two additional hours late. the couple
gave him no attention, and he went to
the house and said to his wife:
"Well. they've took to each other at
last. and just heard him ask her If
she would correspond. If 1t amt a
marriage within year, then I'll dye
my hair and grow chin whiskers."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-07-07
City Milkman.

II the good old saw, early to bed
and early to RISE" really does make a
man healthy. wealthy and WISE" the
milk wagon drivers Of this city ought
to have unlimited stores of wisdom,
health and coin, says the Chicago
Tribune, for the milk wagon driver
arises WHEEL the birds are snoozing
away in their little beds, and he re-
tires, because he's got to do it to get
any sleep, before said birds have sung
their evening songs and gone to rest.
He gets up and has his work done be-
fore many people have arisen for the
day.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-07-07

Powder Magazine at Boulder, Mont,
Used for a Target.

Helena, Mont, July six persons
were killed. twenty or more were in
1ured and number of buildings were
destroyed as the result OF a powder
explosion In the store of the Graves
Mercantile company at Boulder. the
county seat OF Jefferson county, thirty.
five miles south OF Helena.
The explosion was caused by some
person using the powder magazine
back Of hardware store for tar
get. AS result there is not pane
OF glass unbroken on Main street. The
electric light plant was dismantled
and number OF stores were demol-
tshed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-07-07

Los Angeles. CAL, July 5.-While
watching thirteen-inning ball game
AZ Chutes park Marcus Goldwater.
aged forty-six. wealthy manufacturer
81 Los Angeles. dropped dead from
heart failure. Goldwater was sitting
near the front OF the grsndstand and
during the entire game was an intei
osted spectator.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-07-07

Chicago. July 1.-Cattle-Beeve
15.350s.55; Texas steers. s4.2506.s0;
western steers. $5.400735: stockers
and feeders, $S.6005.75: cows and
heifers, $2.S007.00; calves, s5.50@s.-
Is. Hogs-Light, $9.20@s.l5; mixed,
$9.060s.45; heavy, $s.750s.sO; rough,
$S.750S.95; good to choice heavy. S..
9509.S0; pigs, $9.2009.70. Sheep
Native. s2.7504.S5; yearlings. 5000
500; lambs. s4.75@S.4O.