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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-08-11

i $500
ed from visit at St. Cloud.
Miss McDermont of the Bee
Hive Store is enjoying her va
ton.
v. c. Fandel returned Tues.
day from a visit with relatives
in st. Cloud.
Art Cisue of South Bend,
Ind, is Il guest of the Cairn.
cross family.
Miss Ethel Quick of Fargo is
visiting her cousins Hazel and
Modella Quick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Krause are the
proud parents of a little boy
since yesterday.
The Degree of Honor and
families picniced on the Island
yesterday afternoon.
DR.. Douglass of Fessenden
was visiting at the home of
Atty. Wallace and wife.
Mrs. Roxy Helgeson of Kali
ispel, Mont, was here visiting
Cecil Clifford this week.
Misses Sleeper, Hannah and
Marie Overboe and Anna Mel.
son are frustrating at the lake.
A marriage license was is
sued to Albert Lelm and Miss
Hedwig Krause both of Manta
dor.
Bear In mind and Try q box
Of Dr.. QuIck's Alaska Liver
Pills. For sale by all Druggists
Mre. NJ. 8. Dugar is a visitor
in the Twin Cities and before
returning will visit her daugh
ter at Benson.
Atty. Freerks arrived home
last night from a two weeks
business trip down in Iowa,
Missouri and Kansas.
Positively no hunting allow
ed on these premises. Cards
with the above notice on are
for sale at the Times office.
Mrs. James Mckenzie of Mil.
nor passed through Wyndmere
Thursday on her way to Bos.
ton, Mass, where she will visit
with relatives and friends for
a few months.
Miss Dorothy Rice entertain
ed number of h Ter little
friends last Friday afternoon
and evening in honor of the
Misses Echo and Alva Wiper
man of Hankinson.
E S. Cameron and brother,
Frank of Moorhead, leave to-
night for Michigan to visit
their aged parents. They will
stop at the twin cities and Chi
cago on business enroute.
DR.. and Mrs. Sorkness and
their two children and Mr.. and
Mrs. Thos. Larson came down
from Fargo Sunday via the
auto and were the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Rice. They
returned the same day.
Bessie Walker had an IN
formal. comfortable tie" last
Friday afternoon. the girls had
a jolly time aud Bessie has two
new comforts to take to Grand
Forks with her, where she will
enter the "U" this fall.
The writer while in Williston
attending the Editorial Asso-
citation meeting. was entertain
ed by Attorney Bessie and wife
in their beautiful home, which
is one of the finest in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bessie have three
children and are surrounded
by every evidince of content
ment, happiness and prosper
ity.
A jolly crowd of girls gather
| ed at the home of Miss Phoebe
Wylie, Monday evening, j n
honor of Miss Helen Michigan,
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A Hit.

Pretty Miss Jones-"As I play an
old lady in this piece / shall have IA
have wrinkles painted round INV evea
cheeks and mouth" Brown-"Ah.
they will be lines cast in pleasant
places"
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Lons-Lived Paupers.

long-Lived Paupers.
There is an inmate in the Colches
ter workhouse. England, who is 9e
years of age. one who is 90, 21 be.
tween 80 and 80, and So between 20
ind 80.
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ADVERTISED LETTERS

Advertised letters in h e
Wahpeton, N. d., Postoffice,
Aug. Ord, 1910.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-04

the fall. If you are going to seed in the
spring, however, we would suggest that
you try the Burt, and that you sow as
early as practicable after danger of Sc
we're freezing in past. We would be in
clined to put the oats in open burrows
and to fertilize literally, using as much
as to per cent of nitrogen under the
crop about per cent of phosphoric acid
and per cent of potash. Top dressing
may be done with nitrate of soda later
on in the season If the crop has not made
vigorous growth. Land for spring oats
should be carefully prepared, but one of
the chief troubles in growing this crop
is to get it in the ground early enough
to insure it's development before warm
weather sets in. The oat, as you know,
is essentially a cold weather crop, and for
this reason early planting is advisable.
You can certainly make excellent hay and
large quantities of it from the hairy
vetch and oats seeded the previous fall, or
you may use crimson clover, cowpeas ana
sorghum, or peas and millet, or even
soy beans Corn stalks which have been
properly preserved and shredded and
which are moistened with brine water
before feeding will prove quite palatable
to horses, and are more desirable for
feeding to this class of stock than hulis
and have nearly the same nutritive value
as low-grade timothy hay.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-04
UNIONS COMMITTEE To
PLAN ANT|-FUTURE BILL
President Barrett Has Situa-
ton Well in Hand for Sec
Ond Conference
BY RALPH SMITH.

y WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The Farmers
union executive committee has arranged
another big congressional conference Tor
tonight at the National hotel, when a
score or more members of the house and
senate will meet with the union men and
discuss ways and means for insuring the
passage of the anti-gambling bill.
Congressman Hardwick, Lee and Brant-
ley are the Georgians who have been
invited to attend tonight's conference.
They were not present last Saturday
night, not because of lack of interest in
the campaign the farmers are making
but because they had no notice of the
meeting.
President Charles S. Barrett, who is
directing the campaign, has the situation
we'll in hand, and it is regarded as prac-
tically certain that the house will, at this
session, pass a bill prohibiting gambling
in farm products. President Barrett and
members of the executive committee
realize that the senate is the weak point
in their campaign, and even now the
Georgia leader is directing his guns on
the members of the upper house.
The Georgia senator, and indeed prac-
tically all of the Democratic senators,
are favorable to the proposed legislation.
Senator Clay, in an interview, is out
spoken in his advocacy of the legislation,
and can be relied upon to use his best
efforts to secure it in the senate.
The IS congressman who attended the
conference last Saturday night and obli-
gatad themselves to see two members Of
the house each in interest of the legisla-
ton are expected to report to the legis-
lative committee Thursday night. 1t is
known that they are at work, and it is
believed that their report as a whole will
be encouraging.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-04

But on the state college demonstration
field, there were three experiments with
the Cooks cotton and three with the
Broadwell. These three experiments with
each of these two varieties of short sta
pie upland, show that it is quite hard
to get accurate figures relative to cotton
varieties. Figures, only in a general way,
do not mean very much when applied to
variety tests. Another fact should be
mentioned in this connection. A variety
has not been tested rightly until the
suggestions of the originator hava been
complied with. Under certain conditions
with regard to distances, fertilization and
cultivation, cotton does best, and if these
conditions are not met in variety test.
there has not been an ideal test. Small
weed cottons, such as the King, Greer,
Broadwell and Poulnot should be plant
ed closer in the drill to get fair test
with the Cook type, such as Cleveland,
Beat-All, Mortgage Litter and Wyche.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-04
VARIETY TESTS OF COTTON

over the old from which il originated.
Then the claim would be easier justified
and the public would not have so many
claims against a variety that did not
come up 10 the guarantee made by the
originator.
The only varieties recalled by the
writer. of short-staple upland cottons
that have enough distinctive features to
be called varieties, are the King with
the purple spot in the bloom, the Jack
sons Lirmbless or the old African cot
ton. the Okra Leaf cotton. the Wille-s
Red Leaf, and the Long Shank. Some
differences are shown in the other cottons,
but they are not 50 distinct, and can not
he named without the reference table
even by the most expert eye. From these.
many other varieties have originated, by
accidental crosses and by selecting for
distinctive features.
Many cOttons under different variety
names, aside from these distinct types
are synonymous. For instance, I'VE see
very little difference in the Cleveland, the
Wyche. Mortgage Litter, Beatall and the
Cook, and a complete history, real his
tory OF these varieties would be quite
interesting From the King have come the
Greer and the Rroadwell, which are gem
orally claimed to be intensified King along
certain lines.
A variety test is not an attempt to
make any study of varieties, or to give
descriptions, but is an effort to show
how the different varieties rank accord
ing to yield of seed cotton, per cent of
lint. ard size Of boil, plant and seed
and the information is largely local in
meaning and application. One other ecc-
nomic question that should be given an
ordinary variety test is the relative ques-
ton that should be given an ordinary
variety test is the relative ease with
which the different varieties can lie
picked. or. stating IL another way, the
labor units invested in gathering each
variety. This must be taken into &C.
count in the future development of vari-
ETY..
Varieties are termed early" medium"
or late" usually by yield Of the sec
ond picking. though this is not always the
final test. II first and third picking is near
the same weight, the variety is IN.
dunn" but IL the first is largest the cot
ton is early. provided we gather lint ac-
cording to the usual custom, as ii opens.
IL this third picking is heaviest, the va
riety is late. All calculations are made
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-04
STEPHENS TO FURNISH
CANDIDATE FOR SENATE

ToCCOA, Ga, Feb. lat the Slst as
+rict senatorial convention held at La
vonia it was decided unanimously tha'
,,Udnr the rotation plan Stephens county
should furnish the next senator.
The convention was held because OF
the fact that both Habersham and ste
nbens were contending for the senator
shin in 1910 Habersham delegates do
not attend the convention held today. the
district is composed of Franklin Haoer-
sham, Hart and Stephens. Hon: D. z
slTelton was elected chairman of the con-
vention.
Col. ]. d. Prather. who resides near
Toccoa, in Stephens county, has already
announced his candidacy for the senate.
Hon. Fermor Barrett, who at present rep
resents Stephens county in the lower
house of the general assembly, 1t is SAID,
will soon announce for the senate.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-04
BIG COTTON MEETING
WILL BE 4 SUCCESS
Governor Campbell, of Texas,
Will Send Delegates -Agri-
CuIturiStS Interested

Governor Campbell, of Texas, has just
notified G. S. Viewer that he will send
ten delegates to the meeting to be held
in the Piedmont hotel convention hall on
February 10 for the purpose of organic
ing National Cotton and Cotton Pro-
ducts association.
Prospects for the success of the meet
ing grow brighter every day. Mr.. Viewer
is in receipt of communications from prac-
tically every leader in agricultural mat
ters in the southern states. and the pro-
gram will include addresses and papers
from most of them.
Vice President Gray, of the Frisco sys-
TEN, has heartily Endorsed the project,
and will send Mr.. White, his agricultural
agent, as a delegate to the meeting. NJ.
V. Richards, industrial agent of the
Southern railway, will be one of the
speakers, on the subject, 1.-THE Railroads
AS An Economic Factor in the South s
Development Quite number of other
prominent railroad officials have signified
their Endorsement of the movement. and
not a few will attend.
In addition, most all the leading agri-
cultural educators of the south are in
terested. President A. NJ. Soule, of the
Georgia State College of Agriculture. will
speak on behalf of agricultural education,
and it is probable that member of the
faculty of the state agricultural coHege
of North Carolina will attend. Among the
editors of agricultural publications who
have promised to lend their presence at
the meeting are Clarence H. Poe. editor
Of the Progressive Farmer, and others.
President Barrett of the Farmers union,
will either speak, or contribute a paper.
Cotton seed crushing industries will
likewise be well represented. A. ID. Al
len, president of the Interstate Cotton
Seed Crushers' association, win attend.
G. S. Viewer, who is publicity agent of
the Iast-named association, originated the
plan, and is devoting much of his time
to it.
An annual southern exposition will prob
ably be one of the substantial results OF
the proposed association. 1t will be held
for the purpose of putting on exhibit the
practical benefits of improved agricultural
methods. and the plan contemplates eX-
hibits from all the southern states.
Among the topics which will be en-
phasized at the meeting on February 10
are the following: Crop Adaptation,
..EartiIization." seed Selection" Deep
Flowing" Rotation" and "Diverslhca-
ton"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-04
ALIENS BUY FARM
LANDS IN EUROPE

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-More than $780,
OCO. 900 of good American money is sent
every year to Europe for the purchase OF
farming lands there by alien workme1
who earn wages in the United State J,
according to Lagos Steiner. of the New
York department of agriculture. This. he
says, represents a tremendous strain on
the countrys resources and strain
which would be unnecessary OF they only
knew how much cheaper they could buy
farm lands here than in Europe
Mr.. Steiner advocates the establishment
of a bureau in the department. of agri-
culture which shall keep lookout for
good farm land which is on the market
and endeavor to induce foreign laborers
to purchase it.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-04

In this weeks issue we give resume
OF the work conducted by Prof. DeLoaon
I'm the Demonstration Field at Athens
These results shfiow some interesting
facts which will be of value TO the farm
er in planning his work for 1910. The data
shows that the variety selected for seed
pIays an important part i'm crop produc-
ton after all. Be careful, therefore, about
your seed II you would secure large
yield IN 1910.
A great many farmers are interested
In the general Improvement OF their cot
ton crop and are striving TO that end
Consequently they soon begin to see an
Improvement IN the yield and uniformity
of type OF the variety they begin with.
Not infrequently new environment Is Gre
sted. and large applications OF fertilizers
deep blowing and rotation OF crops brings
cotton that the farmer sets ABOUT
about such general Improvement in the
find a new name for it. AS soon as prac-
teal the old name is not only dropped.
but purposely withheld for fear the grow
er OF cotton under the same name will be
attacked or exposed in the public press
by the distributor under the old name
One originator with a very suspicious
look told that he selected hi1 strain from
a field OF badly mixed cotton, that he
had no ieea what all was in the field
when he started
Carelessness may account in a meas
ure for this condition of affairs, but one
who is that careleness will hardly be-
come the origiuator Of a new variety
OF cotton However this may be. the
great number OF variety names now on
the market is very confusing to the
student who tries to trace their his
tory to the source; and get some defin-
tie information on tks relation Of the
different varieties
What We need is a complete history
OF the varieties, so we can construct
methods by which greater undertakings
can be made. The writer would. there
fore. urge every person who undertakes TO
create a new variety Of cotton to first
get all the information possible on the
variety with which he starts. and make
a record OF IT, This will enhance the
value OF the cotton seed. and give the
student some definite knowledge. at the
same time. &C the general development
Of the cotton plant. Growers should fur
Their give their methods, and just what
merit is claimed for the new variety
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-04

1t is now too late to seed the Oregon
vetch. In our experience this variety has
not proven nearly so hardy as the hairy
Vetch. The Oregon vetch should be
planted early in August and it will de-
velop rather rapidly and make consider
able pasture during the fall and early
winter. A severe freeze, however, in De-
cember or January is likely to destroy
it. Last year it made vigorous growth
with us and a large amount of grazing.
but the severe freeze the last of January
destroyed it. Up to that time the hairy
vetch had made practically no develop
ment, but it came on Immediately the
warm weather set in in the spring and we
gathered a splendid harvest OF hay. We
would suggest, therefore. that where
man wants the crop for pasture, it
might not be a bad idea to mix the seed,
and SOW a little Oregon vetch for fall
grazing and depend on the hairy vetch
for spring grazing.
Spring oats will give you nothing like
AS ruuch satisfaction as those seeded In
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-04
COMET A 1910 HAS A
TAIL 43 DEGREES LONG

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 1.-Comet A 1910 has
tail 43 degrees in length. according TO
Father c. M. Charroppin, astronomer at
st. Louis university.
The nucleus is diminishing in brilliancy.
he says, and the nebulous matter about
the nucleus has contracted, but the tail
has grown to an enormous length.
Father Charroppin believes that the
comet is paying its first and last visit TO
the earth. He is now figuring out wheth-
er its path is an eliipse or paraoola- III
the course is found to be elliptic he says
that the comet will visit the earth again
in few thousand years; otherwise. the
stranger will travel to some other star.
He believes that the path is a parabola.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-04
New BuiIdinu Planned

ACWORTh, Ga, Feb Ia movement Is on
foot in Acworth to build a large new dormi-
tory in connection with the Smith Lemon In
stitute here and install a military system IN
connection with the institution. The Acwortn
board of trade hes taken the matter In hand
and plans are being pushed forward
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-04

We would advise sowing oats at this
season of the year in what is known as
the open furrow. You may seed the oats
with an ordinary drill such as is for sale
by the merchants in practically all the
towns and cities throughout the state,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-04
QUESTION AND ANSWER DEPARTMENT.


OF
which Informal
wiz punhshed
In thesec
W. win
ad
Conege
replies VIII be pun
ushed In seni-w Journal
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-04
SEEDING SPRING OATS.

c. G. F., Draketown, Ca, writes: !
want to know how to sow Appler oats
and how to prepare the land to make the
largest yield per acre; and also Burt
oats, and what kind of fertilizer would
be the best to use. 1 have deep red
land.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-04
Questions Answered
WHICH FORMULA IS CHEAPEST?


II. E. c., Warwick. Ca, writes: / would
like your advice on the following: I can
buy a 1884 fertilizer for $3.50, and a
1888 for $3.50. Now, how would the for
mer answer for cotton and the latter for
corn, with nitrate of soda applied after
the crop is up and growing? How much
nitrate would be required? How are these
prices compared with present prices OF
nitrogen in it's many forms, considering
cost of mixing? My land is piny woods
about five years in cultivation, with some
sand and red subsoil.
In our opinion the 1884 fertilizer will
suit better for both corn and cotton than
the 1888. This opinion is based on the
fact that you speak of your land contain
ing sand. There is virtually no difference
in the cost between the 1884 and the
1888 at the prices quoted in your letter
since the 1884 would contain 20 pounds
more potash than the 1888, and this
20 pounds of available plant food at 5
cents a pound would cost 81. A 1884 fer
tilizer should answer very well for both
corn and cotton ordinarily without the
use of additional quantities of nitrate of
soda; though of course the season will
have an important influence, and if your
land is very deficient in vegetable mat
ter, and therefore does not contain any
considerable quantity of nitrogen, you will
probably find it beneficial to top-dress
with nitrate of soda Corn, as you prob
ably know, makes a much heavier draft
on nitrogen than cotton, and being a
gross feeding plant must be literally ted
| in order to insure good results.
Granting that we can buy muriate of
potash at $40 a ton; nitrate of soda at SfS
ton; and cotton-seed meal at $26 a ton,
the price asked for your fertilization does
not seem to be unreasonably high. For
instance, a 1884 fertilizer would con-
tain 200 pounds of available phosphoric
| acid, which at cents per pound would be
worth IS. Sixty pounds Of nitrogen In cot
ton-seed meal costing $26 per ton would
be worth at least Is cents per pound or
$1,000; and so puounds of potash at A
cents a pound would be worth 1920. Nitro
gen in cotton-seed meal can not be Sc
cured at IS cents at the present time, and
| in nitrate of soda it will cost at least
1853 cents. Since it would not be advis-
able to use nitrate of soda as the sole
, source of nitrogen in any fertilizer, it has
pr obably cost the manufacturer between
$21 and $23 to make these goods; and
when the cost of freight, bagging and
mixing is added to this, the price asked
is not an unreasonable one.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-04

on the acre basis. Where varieties yield
the same amount of seed cotton they
come under the same number in rank.
VARIETY TEST OF Cn1vrnN. 1aua
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-02-25

The Grace Church Male Chorus.
together with the church quartet,
will give a grand concert Wednes-
day evening. March q. at Grace
Methodist church, Iath and Taylor
streets. Portland. Those who have
heard this noisy bunch of boys
should not fail to hear them this
time. as they have something new.
Price Of tickets a5c. See Perkins
st Hendricks Hardware store.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-02-25

Mrs. I'd. l.. Stockton has re-
turned from Los Angeles. where
she has been spending the past
several weeks. While the weather
has been very pleasant in that
southern cline during a portion Of
the day, after ; O'Clock p. m. II
becomes very chilly. She was glad
to return to st. Johns.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-02-25

Washingtou's birthday was ush-
cred in Tuesday in rather q cold
and breezy wsy. Snow fell the
greater part Of the day aud the
temperature got down to q rather
chilly degree. A celebration of
the winter spent at Valley Forge it
would have proven quite Q success
Excepting the banks. postof6ce.
public schools. and recorder ofhce,
which observed the day by closing
shop, little heed was given to the
day. Most peopls believed. sppar-
entity. that since George did not
celebrate his own birthday by lay
ing aside manual labor. they had
no good reason for 20 doing.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-02-25

After one Of the bloodiest and
most desperate fights that has ever
been pulled of Ia a prize ring,
Battling Nelson was defeated Mon
day by Wolgast after 30 rounds Of
grueling. Such affairs should not
be attractive to the American peo.
pie. but somehow they are.