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Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17
New Habits of Living.

The farm idea OF the old-time towns
people has been educated out OF them, and
their posterity are coming In under new
habits OF living. The family COW, the family
driving horse, the few poultry kept for
eggs the garden. tho fruit on the back mart
OF the town lot are all gone. because IL Is
too oountryfied to have such things. They
are no longer recognized as luxurles. It is
better taste to use doctored-up milk. cold
storage eggs and the stale and long dis
lance fruits. the automobile, than not To
adhere TO present-day customs. These
things seem TO be the Inevitable and he
who Wills otherwise must move to the farm
The milk COW has suffered an abuse ana
q degeneracy In her kind. by having anv
thing IN the line OF she cattle added 10 the
dairy COW stock OF the town and city. nick
ups, eulls shipped into the central stock
yards. Just TO get rid OF them. In the
general dairy business OF the country, there
has recently been a reform IN sentiment
which seems TO have struck the foot hills
of ascension In dairy COW quality. There
now seems TO be prevailing opinion among
dAirymen, persons familiar with cows, that
for the class OF COWS to be used for milk
purposes. there must be more attention
paid TO quality and quantity OF Droduc4iou.
IL r. not enough that COW freshens once
= ysAr and produces a fairly good quality
and quantity Of milk. bur she must DO a
hig producer as a money maker. IIish priced
feeds hiah priced labor and general tend
ency 10 cost. makes Il imperative that the
dairy COW to be used must be a large pro
duoer,
In view Of these rAGts the up-tO-dats
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17

and grown in value. And TO Buhl, Miner
said: III It only had the water" And a
few miles away the Snake, the seventh
largest river on the continent. wound its
serpentine way to the Columbia. And the
solution was there, and the land and the
dream and the dreamers. Money alone,
was needed. And money has never. in all
the history Of the world withstood the as
saults Of the man determined to make his
dream came true. woman at Lisbon
pawned her jewels once for a dreamer.
And once 100000 men starved at Valley
Forge, and lent their credit and brains and
brawn for a dreamer. The world stands
back and gapes for a dreamer. The world
cheerfully shoulders mis- burdens and bears
them to his home. And so Miner and
Buhl dreamed And so almost 400 square
miles this Sunday morning are in blossom.
and the sun slants on the irrigation canals.
filled with water, and children play. church
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17

bf Nebraska. This Is what an Iowa boy
and Pennsylvania capitalist added TO
the wealth OF the west This Is what tho
desert will produce when it Is made to
bloom as a rose" IL Is what two dreamers.
astrlde cowponies. saw seven years ago.
when they, as 1 do now, sat here and
looked away TO the purpled foot hills. the
snow peaks OF the Caribou.
And what 1 want to know is: whats
the matter with omaha7'
Where are the Omaha capitalists who
had hand in his rejuvenation Of Mother
Earth? In what bank in Omaha do the
Nebraska men who have helped such a
thing along keep their millions7 Can I
get an Omaha made shoe, smoke an Omaha
cigar wear an Omaha hat or get an
Omaha shirt out here, where all this ox-
pansion is going on?
Not on your lifel
From behind his counter the unctious
clothing salesman comes and explains that
he has something just as good from Kan
sas City. He shows me a st. Louis shoe.
tries to sell me a Philadelphia hat and
tears the tissue from a New York shirt
why Is thls7 Has Omaha no dreamers7
Are there no men there who can see the
trade Of this country developing growing
like hop vine, and ell Of It going other
where? 1 tried to get a draft on Omaha
the other day for some money I wanted
to send to The Bee and the banker looked
from his cage long enough to tell me he
kept his reserve In Kansas City. Like
Togo, rise to inquire, whats the mat
ter with omaha?"
The trade is here. And the state is filled
with Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa men.
They have come to this new land to share
in the second expansion OF the west Their
families are here and they were accus-
toned to doing business with Omaha, back
where they came from-"back home" they
say. And they would go on doing business
with Omaha; wearing Omaha clothing.
keeping their money in Omaha banks and
visiting Omaha shops theaters and walking
up and down Omaha streets, to drop now
and then, into Omaha cafes. The very
suitcase carry bears a Chicago trade
mark had to buy one out here, and tbe
one bought had to come through Omaha.
the primary hide market Of the world. and
1 had to pay the freight on It for a thou
sand miles farther away. Hashimura Togo
would say: II set up to make question"
and II set up to make question" say I.
What's the matter with Omaha?
FOWLER
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17

Senator La Follstte said Of a notorious
financier the other day:
'fie got rather a setback In a talk he
had last session with one OF our men.
MONEY! he said. 'Bahi There are
thousands OF ways OF making money
Yes, but only one honest way our
man remarked.
What ways thatY
thought you wouldn't know IT, was
the reply"
Scotch Highlanders, who still speak the
Gaelic at times. settled much OF the coun-
try north OF Toronto. One day Dr. Ruth
erford. locally famous. was looking for
some men 10 do some work for him He
went TO village blacksmith shop and
found several OF these scotchmen standing
about.
Are you mechsnio?' he asked one OF
them.
"Noy" he replied. "rm q Mecuig.s--
Saturday Evening Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17

man. Alexander Agassiz was several times
millionaire, and was president Of the
Calumet and Hecla Mining company es-
tablished to develop the rich deposits of
native copper he had discovered on the
southern shores Of Lake Superior Scarcely
does the career of Thomas A. Edison af-
FORD more remarkable example OF the
profit aceruing to an individual through
the commercial application Of science SAYS
the philadelphia Ledger. All that Alexander
Asassiz knew of chemistry, geology and
engineering was used by him I'm his cana
city as superintendent Of the initial mining
operations which eventually enriched him
and his associates.
But Alexander Agassiz spent only a
small part Of his great fortunt ON hlmself
He gave more than $1OOO,OOO TO further the
study of the natural sciences at Harvard
and elsewhere and to enlarge the great
museum that bears the family name He
never retained a penny OF his salary as
university professor. The fact that he
was rich man did not prevent ham from
working hard all his life long for the ad-
vanoement OF science. along lines OF inquiry
that could not enrich the investigator. He
was perhaps the foremost authority on the
subject OF marine zoology. and in his sx-
ploration OF the deep seas he had visited
all parts of the globe.
Louis Agassiz, at the age OF % years.
had indicated the goal OF his ambition. II
was not wealth, nor was II the unworthy
sort OF fame that some men have sought
most eagerly. He said; Il wish Il may be
said Of Louis Agassiz that he was the
first naturalist OF his time a good citizen
and beloved OF those who knew
him These ideals we're realized IN his
lie and Alexander Agassiz was the worthy
son Of such a father
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17

was, of course directed to ascend TO the
adobe Of the just But during the ascent
the editors journalistic curiosity asserted
itself and he said:
is It permitted for one to have a look
at-er-the other place?
Certainly was the gracious reply, and
accordingly descent to the other place
was made. Here the editor found much to
interest him. He scurried about and was
soon lost to view
His angelic escort got worried at last
and began systematic search for his
charge. He found him at last seated be-
fore furnace, tanning himself and gazing
st the people in the fire. on the door of
the furnace was plate, saying: De.
linquent subscribers
Come said the angel to the editor. we
must be going
" You go on, the editor answered, with
out lifting his eyes. I'm not coming. This
is heaven though for me "--Louisyille
Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17

gets salary OF 500 per month. This IS
guaranteed by the dairymen who make up
the club for testing COWS in their herds.
Sixteen cows each at 81 per head for a
club OF twenty-five darymen pays the
salary OF $4OO There has been a great re-
vival in this locality in the matter of own
ing better dairy cows. The tendency is TO
buy good, pure-bred cows and the best
bulls that can be had. In this class of
twenty-five dairymen there are four breedHi
ers OF pure-bred cattle. Many have pure
bred bulls. The Holstein breed seems to
have the ascendancy in this locality, It
Is only matter Of very short time until
the herds in this association viii be on a
pure-bred basis, at least very high
grades.
The expert is recommending the tests OF
different rations. This is going TO result
In furnishing great amount of data, in
feed ration for the milk COW, for producing
best results, that will be very valuable. All
records Of pure-bred COWS in these tests
are authenticated by the dairy department
of the Nebraska State university. which
gives them a standing with their breed as
ISOLATION in point OF production This ls
due to the fact that the head of the dairy
department, Prof. A. l.. Hacker has as
sumed supervision OF the work Of this club.
That is he has taken supervisory direction
Of its work.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17
STE 4EKs 4E Ry TSq! M Hi A1 q NAVY o7lE 9os

OF the coyote; melting into the green grey
OF the sage brush; the cry Of a hungry
1ackal a moving sagetiek, the call Of a
meadow lark Fastening on its way to
people and life and crumbs; for the rest:
silence amidst which the call Of human
voice sounds the boom of a cannon; so
unusual is It, sky, air, earth and silence.
Almost 400 miles of 1t, fair, grey plain,
stretching from mountains to mountains,
a paradise in embryo. lying here with the
soft zephyrs Of southern Idaho sweeping
over It since primum tempus first began.
This is what Frank Bull found here
seven years ago, next August, when he
first rode over it on the back Of a pinto
pony, musing at the waste and dreaming
his great dream 1t was what Archie
Miner had known for years and years
And to Miner It presented The Possibility.
for he knew of what had occurred in Iowa;
of how the worthless land there had grown
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17
DodEiaE ne Twenty-Fir..

Alderman Bauler OF Chicago was dis
cnssiug his famous anti-hatpin resolution.
some women he said. smiling, ''obieot
TO my resolution. They want to carry hat
pins as a defense when they walk homa
late AZ night from the office or the ths-
ater' But that plea. II these women viii
forgive me. lodges the real issue
Yes. 1t lodges the real issue. a. sch.r.
Ihefhorn lodged It. schermerhorn, poor
ielio"' got dyspepsia and suffered for seven
years though he tried every remedy under
the sun.
Finally ne was advised 70 visit DR..
Deer the great dyspepsia specialist.
Deer viii cure you. sclIermerhorn..
the mans friends said. hut hs'u make
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17

supplies II all with water. and today, five
years later, Its value has been appraised
at not less than $50 and up to s225 per aero
FOR each and every acre OF this 10000 acre
tract Archie Miner is we'll known at
Charles City, Ia A cousin Of his lives here
now and this effort has added Just a little
better than 100000 to his already $1,000 900
wealth. Bull a Pennsylvania capitalist of
note. has added S2,25OOOO TO his needles
eye" handicap; city has been built, or
chards are in bloom, and will bear this
year, and happy, contented, prosperous
homes have driven the lean coyote and the
call OF the 1ackal to the far away can
yons Of the green and white hills.
I want you to realize what this means
Here are S72 square miles Of desert land;
miles and miles, hundreds Of miles OF
rolling sage brush; with not one single
Vestige of life; not single blade OF green
grass, not anything but the leaping grey
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17


oesan to make walking unpleasant, they
aceosted a farmer
How far is it," they asked, ito Inter
laken2"
Two miles" was the reply.
They walked hopefully on. A half bo,r
passed. Interlaken was not yet in sirht
30 seeing another farmer in a field, they
shouted to himi
Are We near Interlaken?'
Keep straight forward" the farmer
shouted back, TITS just two miles"
The tired hungry tourists trudFed on
again, Another half hour passed ana .,ni
no sign OF Interlaken.
rs Interlahen very far from here?" they
asked another farmer.
NO gentlemen" said the farmer. .tt ia
only two miles"
Ihen the tourists looked at one another
and the younger one sighed and exclaimed.
Well thank goodness, were holding our
o"n' anyhow. w."-Cleveland Leader.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17

UHL Idaho, April 2-(special
HN Correspondence Of The Bee)-
This Is Sunday morning out
- here in Idaho. in Omaha
~ late sleepers are being reused
~ by the raucous voice OF vocif-
erous newsboys; early risers groomed
and brushed, hated and feathered. are
on their way to church. But the
odor Of the city is over all; the smoke OF
the stacks, the steam OF wet streets and
the close, fetid smell Of the town, fills the
air, frets the nostril and the morrow's
work IN stuffy office flaunts It's shapa
Penned, prisoned, held between walls of
steel and brick and granite, with an i'll
paid task for ones keeper-that is the life
the fate OF the city dweller
But am in Idaho. An Aprit RaIs sirbs
and whistles and sings muslcally about
the corners Of the tent The fly rises and
falls tugging at its guys and Tapping, with
sharp bass note, the major chords in the
dapason the wind creates, hurrying across
this vast plane OF earth. on its way from
tho waves Of tho Bruneau hills to the
snow clothed peaks OF the Caribou. From
the little window in the tent gable I can
eco for thirty miles; a vista OF smiling
green; with bars OF silver. where the
laterals Of the irrigation canals reflect the
light OF the sun. Above tine sky is tur-
quoise, mottled with cream; for the cloud.
IN Idaho are not white; that gIaring wbito
OK the middle west, but cream, as though
some light OF the golden west had Timed
the very clouds with its subdued glow. The
Bruneau hills lift their lofty peaks. piero-
ingiy sharp, silhoutted against the blua
the clear. high atmosphere allowing
stereoptleon brightness. Thirty miles away
the Caribou, hills. a range of the Rockies
ssrTate their saw-tooth tops against the
same blue dome, half hidden behind their
purple foothills. As group OF pretty high
school misses modestly shrink from too
Tee gaze, so these saw-tooth mountains
are half hidden by the gentle rise OF the
foothills; now blue now green, now nIr-
pie as morning, noon and night come an
and pass, leaving only the memory NJ
exquisite beauty
am in almost the exact center os tba ,
south Side Project; Carey act segregation.
promoted and financed by Frank II. Bubl ,
or Sharon Penn, and Archibald Muner
OF salt Lake City, Utah It conprises ,
s4NOOO acres of land; worthless without
water sold, In point OF fact, for so cents :
Der acre. The Miner dam OF the snake !,
river put in at cost OF over S.OOOOOO 9
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17

49, nus SoAtiuduueu special at
tention from all classes of consumers and
producers. Formerly the family COW had
q place in almost every home. The vii
lager the townsman and even the city man
OK means Drfded himself in keeping the
family COW and providing his family with
real milk and cream. This was esteemed
hslf the living with these people.
Conditions have changed greatly within
the last dozen years with families and the
family COW. No longer do we see the town
herd being gathered up and driven out TO
the suburbs Of the city or large town 10
pasture. The milk supply has settled down
TO business all over the country. The
town and city dairyman have taken the
business that the family cow formerly was
employed TO carry on. Large dairy herds
are kept close to the town and from these
and the shipped-in product the milk suppiv
Tor the people is provided, delivered from
the milk wagon once a day to the home at
so much per quart This method has baan
regarded as a great convenience, though
not always as satisfactory In quality as
that which the family COW was in the
habit OF supplying
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17

There Is a striking contrast IN one par
ticular In the careers OF Louis Agassiz and
Alexander Agassiz. his son. who died at
sea few days ago Louis AEassiz often
said that he had no time to make money;
he lived and died a comparatively poor
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17

Richard Croker at a luncheon at Palm
Beach was reminded by a course OF grilled
sardines OF a story;
You know OF course" he said "the
Horse Guards al whitehall. in London.
They are the finest English regiment
Every man Is over ak feet. from the coli
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17
0PPy snort Stories Selected Sources for SUNDAY

you pay by jingol Yes he'll make you
pay ssS for the first visit and $3.50 for every
subsequent visit
Ierrible! groaned sehermerhorn. Tu
die first! and-in a paroxysm of heartburn
he gulped and shuddered.
But week or two later schermer-
horn's dyspepsia became acute and intol-
cradle and he set out for DIR. Deer's after
all he was ushered into the consulting
room and in due course the physician ap-
peared
schermerhorn at his entry gave a glad
cry and jumped up and seized him by both
hands.
Weh' doctor. here we are again. he
cried Here we are agaIn! "-ChicaRo
Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17


Secretary Coburn and Dave L,eabv war;.
Nisiuns the other day and Leahy mentioned
the ten-story skyscraper which some farmer
was erecting in Wichita.
DO you know Dave" said Coburn. with
out batting an eye that until 1 became
secretary OF the State Board OF Agriculture
you never heard Of a farmer having enough
money TO build a skyscraper?'
Well said Dave. when I was a young
ster over In Illinois, / worked on a sec
uon' and then got a promotion handling
oaesase al station. ] was the chauffeur
n a truck felt pretty big about II.
Though l thought l was setting a Rood
pay check, wanted more But the boss
didn't raise me any He always kept tell
ing me how poor the road was. So I Just
quit And do you know that the next year
that road built 100 miles or track Y'-Topeka
Capital
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17

Frederick c. Boyer a well known Cleve-
land editor told at a recent press banquet
newspaper story.
"A Medina editor died. he said. "apa
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17
Holding Their Own

Wo tired tourists were tramping
IN Switzerland. They were on
the way to Interlaken, where
they proposed to dine and pass
the night. Late in the after
noon, when hlinper ana fn4i....
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17

per year. This association has all of its
products handled through its organization,
mus making it an object for the milk trade
OF the city to control its output
This association has a complete form OF
organization, board Of supervisors who do
the contracting of a certain amount OF milk
20 the ereameries to be furnished by its
members. Each member estimates the
amount OF milk he will himself be responsi-
Die for in the contracted supply. This as
ISOLATION is also organized for the purpose
OF furthing the interests Of the community
IN breeding up the quality of dairy cattle
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17

IN general way, how to breed, etc 1t is a
dairy school on wheels a practical train
Ing of how to get results and how to Judge
the dairy COW. The testing of these cows
on the farm and in the hands OF their
owners has the effect OF encouraging the
Keeping Of better class of cows The
COWS in these herds are full bloods high
grades and cross breds, generally a pretty
good class of cows for the common milk
dairy.
The expert tester and dairy instructor
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17

not know the day that the expert is to call
on him, until he drops in, thus giving
him no chance to have an extra large yield
fixed up ready, in case he was so in
clined.
There is committee appointed that fixes
prices on the feeds consumed by the cowR
in these tests. The expert also keeps breed
Ing dates of these cows. a kind Of pedigree
is kept, in fact, OF each calf produced. He
directs each dairyman as to how the cows
should be fed, how to care for his cows
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17
MIX Producers OrRaniHinr

rms association is largely composed OF
Germans, a highly prosperous community
OF farmers who are representative men IN
business intelligence and farm managemept
farmers who have taken up the idea OF
wholesale milk production. The plan being
TO contract certain amount of milk per
year to the city of Omaha. MEMBERSHIP re-
quires that the person be a producer and
wholesaler OF milk. The membership fee "a
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17

onel down, and on guard before yYhitehaII
with their Jackboots. their snowy buckslSin
Dreeches. their enormous shakos and their
brass breastplateJ, they make, on their
fine horses, an imposing sight.
Once as / motored past whitehall I
saw little street urchin leaping dp and
down before one OF the stately guards in
his bright, bulging breastplate and shout
ing;
Now then, old tin jacket, I'm after
you with a sardine openert Boston
Traveller.
"here the Scripture Was silent.
An elderly man OF the northwestern part
OF Philadelphia, who is noted for his piety.
was accosted the other evening at lonely
spot on Allegheny avenue as he was re-
turning from services and grossly insuIted
with respect to his religious belief.
At first he paid no attention to the insults
and tried to pass on The other man would
not permit It, however, and grew moro
abusive, concluding by giving the old man
a stinging slap in the face The Old mans
patience gave way at this and he spoke
angrily to the fellow.
This seemed to be what the ruffian de-
s'red' and he retorted by saying that in
stead OF getting angry the old man, accord
ing to the scriptural Injunction, should
have turned the other cheek
He was promptly rewarded by another
singing blow
Now" said the injured man, 'the scrip
ture does not tell US what TO do next but
win show you. With that he suddenly
seized the Towdy by the collar and beat him
unmersifully with the heavy cane that he
carried. and then went on his way.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17

Ihls association has introduced as an
auxiliary in the building up of its inter
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17

uaiIyneh all over the country, are ex-
eruhs every effort to increase quality in
'heir breeding A very good illustration of
these laeus Is observed in the Milk Pro-
uucers association. recently formed among
me ehterprising farmers Of a locality In
Douglas county. Nebraska. near Omaha
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17

HE milk supply Of the oouhtry
has always been an important
factor in the feeding of our
people, though it has only been
in recent years that this prod
uct has commanded soaot,t -.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-05-20
w. O. w.

White Pine Camp had q largely
attended meeting last Wednesday
evening. at which officers We're
elected for the coming term as fol
lows: &C, Sam Bechtol; AL, Chas
Carlson; Escort. John Thomas;
Waterman, Neil Durbin; Sentinel, Il.
B. Way; Manager, n. B. Long.
These officers are elected for the term
commencing July 1st.
At the next regular meeting, We'd
nesday evening, June LIST, there will
be an initiation and d good attend
ance is requested.
On Sunday, June 18th, the monu-
ment to the late Charles Hamin in
kendrick cemetery will be unveiled,
the address for this occasion to be
delivered by p. e, S1ookey of Lewis.
ton. All are invited to attend.