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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01

In ATTITUDES where the strawberry
bed requires covering for winter pro-
lection this should not be put on until
the ground is thoroughly frozen When
the covering is applied. and this may
be straw. cornstalks or coarse hay. it
should be only thick enough to eifec-
tiyely prevent the alternate thaWin@
and freezing during the winter anG
early spring months.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01

There is very good reason why tu-
berculOsis doesn't make very much
Roadway in hogs that are raised for
market the bulk Of them being con.
verted into bacon. hams and salt pork
before the germs get squared away
and ready for business.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01

A boy without moral stamina and
backbone is like boat without sail or
rudder-destined to be tloatcr and
drifter and sooner or later doomed to
be wrecked on the rocks and shoals.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01

In the matter Of acres Of land under
ditch Idaho is said to be in the lead,
with California close second.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01

The University of Missouri has q
Holstein COW that in recent six
months milking test gave 400 pounds
Ike period on record. She is now on
the last half of the period. and it Is
expected that she will break all rec
ords for both milk and butter fat pro-
ductiOn.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01

The United States army regulations
provide the following rations for ami
mails in the service: For horses. four
teen pounds Of hay and twelve pounds
OF corn. oats or barley per day; for
mules. fourteen pounds of hay and
nine pounds Of corn cats or barley.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01

In view of the number Of sheep
which have been killed in different
parts of the country the past Few
weeks by worthless neighborhood dogs
whose only other activity seems 10 be
chasing teams on the public highway.
it would seem a very appropriate time
to dig canine graves behind many Il
barn with single markers bearing the
emblem. "In Memory of Our Towscr
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01

When an article or commodity is
advertised at 80 or 10 per cent below
the prices which usually prevail there
is quite likely reason for it. ana in
Il good many eases this reason is an
inferior quality. The commodity MAJ
be "wrccking house" lumber, $491
morris chairs or $l9oS buggies. We
are not urging folks to stop buying At
the bargain, but only to appreciate the
fact that considerable reduction in
price almost invariably denotes lack
in both quality and durability.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01

The COW that just barely pays her
way may be carried through the sum-
mer on pasture without the owner be-
ing the loser thereby, but when the
winter season comes on and hlgh
priced hay and grain must be fed TO
secure results at the pail it is time to
sell such lOafers to the butcher for
whatever they will bring. It's dead
sure thing that dairyman who is
we'll to do won't want to keep this
type of cows. while the man who Is
poor can't afford to.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01

For Pressed brick and Concrete
,,cks, see G.. A. Knox.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01

One of the warmest as we'll as dri-
est stationary poultry houses we ever
saw was made Of clay hollow blocks.
the dead air spaces in the block insur-
ing both of these conditions The in
ter10r Of the house was plastcred with
thin coat of cement. which served
ana filled NJ srevices Which would
serve as Il refuge for lice.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01

purino the pa'. ";;.i. ~" , ."'-s from
the District of tciui..,i wee to the
erect HAT :; noLn.y a. ! cen Il hum
dfed WAS laid f,r flies. Noin.rll. this
might result in determination Of the
pest II there weren't folks Just deprav-
"a en'u; i I" view til. j., unity suffl-
cleht to Justify Irrciin@ t'irri purpose.
~ the way some f"rnler> nou;'ish pa
VI oid wolves So rs 10 g,l bounty
tue pelts of the whelps in the full
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01

A newspaper clipping which came
under our notice the other day told of
a tight listed old codger who gave as
an excuse for not taking the home
paper that he was too poor. but who
a few days later read an nd. in some
other paper telling of Il recipe for
making horse stop slabbering. sent
on receipt of $3.50 He bit on this
bait and when the recipe came it con
tanned the laconic direction. "Teach
your horse to spit" The account
doesn't state what this fellow did
next
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01
Holiday
HandkerchiefS

Great variety in cotton,
linen and silk-White Silk
Initial Hdkfs for men and
boys-25c to Soc.
We call attention to a spe-
cial in Ladies' White Emb'd
Hddfs at 35c each, ; for 81
A very fine Emb'd Hdkf
put up in a handsome Holi-
day box, 3 in box at $500
a box.
A very choice linen and
lace Hdkf-put up one in a
beautiful folder box-$1.5O
each.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01

Data which have been collected by
the Minnesota experiment station rela-
tive to the cost of keeping farm work
horses show that this averages about
800 per head per year. including feed.
care. Shoeing, veterinary attendance
and depreciation. OF this amount about
500 is for the feed bill The informa.
ton collected shows further that but
three hours work per day through the
year is had from the average work
horse. Two methods are suggested
whereby this situation may be imprOV
ed-fceding Il cheaper winter ration
when the horses are idle and so arrang
ing their work through the year as to
get more work out of them.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01

inaSmuch as IL tile drainage system
is no better than the poorest section
of it. it is Il matter Of long run economy
and good business management TO cX-
erclse especial care in the selection of
tile of the best make for the drainage
system When this has been done the
purchaser should Gull out with utmost
care any pieces that are weak and de
fective. An attempt is made to do
this at the factory, but the process
should be repeated by the purchaser
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01

These make one of the most
acceptable and practical Hol-
iday Gifts-beautiful color
ings and designs-last a life
time.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01

Many man has solved the problem
Of keeping rhe boy on the farm by TAX
ing him into partnership. rs it were
at least in some department of the
farmin" operations. This is frequently
shown on barns in which pure bred
stock is kept in the inscription MIR
Blank x Son Briefly stated. the rea
son why SO many boys leave the farm
is because they have little or no inter
est in Il financial way in its opera
tons, which expressed in another way
means that they have nothing to look
forward to or work for. This partner
ship idea ought not only to bring ia
Their and son nearer together, but To
simplify and increase the profits from
all of the farming operations.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01

The new mixtures i'll man
nish effects-also heavy wool
COATINGS in both brown
and gray mixtures for LONG
COATS very desirable goods
now.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23
The Farmers Warned.

(Hampshire Gazette. Northampton
Mr. Foss. the reciprocity man from
Massachusetts, was inaugurated to his
seat in Congress recently. with the
display of much enthusiasm by the
Western corn growers. It's all very
funny now, when the corn growers are
banging away at Uncle Joe. and having
lots of sport with Taft and his policies,
but just wait till they get onto what
Foss' scheme really is. Foss looks up
in Canada and sees potatoes selling for
80 cents bushel below our price. and
oats. butter. eggs, cheese, everything
from the soil. cheaper than it is on
this side Of the line. Then. Foss says.
Let's buy our products up there!
Why do we pay the West SO much
more for our food than we can get it
for of our neighbors over the line? ?
This is exactly what Foss means by
reciprocity, and what everybody else
who talks about it means But wait
till our agricultural friends of the
West have thought this business over
awhile. and you will see dimnution
of their enthusiasm for this great
reciprocity champion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23
The China Trade.

"Thc use of American goods in Asia
is diminishing" says Worlds Work
in discussing Melville +. Stones re-
cent trip around the world. The
Orientals are already able to grind
their own wheat more cheaply than
they can get it from Minneapolis.
India and China, not to speak of Jap
an, are manufacturing cotton goods.
The Chinese are making steel rails
for their own roads. L cannot help
believing, says Mr.. Stone. that what
out of her exports to China. she must
make SOON"
This pessimistic view of the matter
may be subject to qualification The
people of China are using less foreign
goods in proportion to the total
amount used, than formerly, but the
amount OF foreign goods imported by
the people of that nation can hardly
be said to be on the decrease The
ent just as rapidly as possible, much
more rapidly than we of the western
hemisphere thought possible, but II
is hardly likely that undermining
China is going to restrict the amount
of goods the Chinese will buy in for
oign countries
China may cease to buy cotton cloth
and steel rails. but it will buy some
thing else. We may learn to grow our
own tea and our trade with China
may be greatly diminished thereby.
but we will most certainly learn to
have to Sell. They will look after
tnat. 1t is up to the American man
ufacturer ami merchant to sec to il
that the Chinese learn to use some.
thing else that we have to sell.
Trade with nations such as China
is largely a matter of hustle and
adaptability on the part of the sales
man. If we are sitting calmly by the
roadside and watching Germany,
Russia. Japan and England walk by
with the bulk of the Chinese trade.
China is not to blame. 1t is UP to
American salesman to bestir them
selves. To that should be added adc
quate government influence and aid
to American shipping and then our
trade with the Orient would be Sc
cure
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23
Kansas a Wooded State.

Everyone has heard of ''treeless
Kansas and it has been generally
supposed that it was very largely re-
claimed portions OF the great Ameri-
can desert. That was all true a
comparatively few years ago. 1t is
not true now. Kansas has become a
wooded state. in fact has more wooded
area than many of her sister states.
A tree was a curiosity in the old days,
but the advance of civilization brought
tree culture with it and now Kan
sas has more than half million acres
of timber, to say nothing of thou
sands of shade trees in the various
towns.
The total area of wild timber in that
state aggregates 435,791 acres, with
jefferson county showing a total OF
20,476 acres and one county only
Stevens, reporting none. The cultl-
waited timber aggregates: Walnut,
$3.50 acres: locust. 20,345; cottonwood,
49, 1853: catalpa. 1851; all other woods,
72,10s.
The development of trees for shade
in the towns has kept pace with the
growth of timber in the country dis
tricts. The returns show there are
500. 700 shade trees in the state. Lyon
county leads with 1Sf2l Harper out
on the plains. comes second with 80, =
1856. Shawnee, with Topeka we'll
shaded is third with $3.50 Wyan-
dotte county. containing the largest
town in the state, reports only 536
shade trees. Sedgwick, with Wichita,
reports 1921.
Three small western counties
Morton, Wallace and Stanton. At
least. no trees were returned by the
authorities having the census of trees
in charge. Edwards county, a short
grass county. reports 34,214 trees.
show that their towns are fairly well
shaded.
that the development of timber and
shade trees during the next twenty
past twenty
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23
Aggressive Republicans.

The aggressive policy recently
adopted by the Republican leaders is
more than likely to upset the plans
of their Democratic brethren. The
confidence in the outcome of the fall
elections. which has been expressed by
the Democrats, is not we'll founded
and hardly as sincere as they would
like to have the general public be-
licve.
The fact of the matter IS that while
Democratic politicians and the Demo-
cratic press have been claiming every
thing in sight. the Republican leaders
have been working quietly but most
efficiently. and if at any time there
has been any doubt as to the complex
ion Of the next House it will be en-
tirely dissipated long before this Ses-
sion of Congress comes to an end.
Not only will the Republicans most
ably and successfully show that the
new tariff law has been beneficial in
every way. but a large part of the
legislation asked for by the Presi-
dent and which was pledged in the
party platform will be enacted into
law. 1t is now thought that this work
will be concluded, and that Congress
will adjourn between the 18th of June
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23
SUNFLoWER PHILOSOPHY.

Women are modest enough until IL
doctor begins asking them questions.
We don't believe the men look for
second wives as industriously as they
used to. -
In trying to get the best of it, every
man is apt to be careless of the rights
of others.
Most of the men looking for work
cannot do it in a satisfactory manner
after they find it.
Every man who gets up picnics
thinks that really he should be known
as The Rain Maker"
Women think one of the best things
that can be said about man is He
isn't hard to cook for
BY the time woman remembers the
size of the glove. shoe. shirt waist
collar. corset. hose and belt she wears
she hasn't enough mind left to be
burdened with further Statistics
Atchison CKan.) Globe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

He who knows Il woman has solved 2
great mystery.
Ana money is also the root of many a
family tree.
y good start has all the requirements
of a bad finish.
Nothing jolts Woman'S sweet, trust
ing disposition like marriage,
When n young man fatters a girl she
decides later that he really meant it.
The kiss of hOmely girl may be
sweeter than that of a pretty one--to a
blind man.
Many Il time heirs who really need
the estate take a chance and hire law
yer to settle it.
Many IL man who expects to go to
heaven pays out lot of good money for
fire insurance.
It's always safe to reserve your con-
ordinations until the pair have been
married at least a year.
Somehow the people who do as they
please seem TO get along just as we'll as
well as those who are always trying 20
please others.-Chicago News
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23

and the 1st of July. Then after va
cation of a few weeks the actual
Congressional campaign VIII begin in
earnest throughout the country.
There will be more speeches made
during September and October of this
wear and more literature distributed,
more editorials and general articles
printed than ever before in our his
tory during Congressional campaign.
There is no argument whether upon
the tariff question or upon general
legislation, or the record of the Re-
publican party or the work of the
present Administration that the Re
publicans will not have the best OF
1t. There is no argument whatever
that the Democratic party can pre-
sent excepting the general negative
one of finding fault with the existing
conditions and of wanting to get the
Republicans out in order that they
can get in. 1t will be- an office mold
ing argument pure and simple. and II
will not again deceive the people as
it has once or twice before midway
between two Presidential campaigns.
Rising wages all over the country,
falling prices, general prosperity, d
redemption of party pledges and saw
ines by the Government of millions
upon millions of dollars through APP
preparations and economies in the
DEPARTMENTS and the increasing pop
ularity of our President all mean a
rallying cry that it will be impossible
for the Democratic orators and edi-
tors to successfully combat. The
victory is already Won; the next
House will have substantial Re-
publican majority and the next Con-
grcss will go on continuing the splen-
did work begun during the first year
of President Taft's term.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23
First Aid.

\ man who travelled considerably
between this city and Philadelphia
told some friends the other evening
of his scoop" in an exciting adven-
ture. II reached Philadelphia early
in the morning." said the traveller.
and was the only one to get off at
that station. Imagine my surprise
when l saw the body of tiny baby
lying on the tracks 1t was neatly
dressed in white clothes and was evil
IDENTIFY child of luxury. believed.
on second thought. that the baby had
fallen out of the car window. The
BODY was wedged between the ties and
the station platform. One arm and
one foot were severed. Gently I pick
ed up the infant. but life was extinct.
Instead of carrying it to the hospital
and notifying the police, l wrapped
the body up in a newspaper and left
the tiny bundle in the baggage ROOM
We'll, isn't that a rather unusual
way of disposing OF child's body ?"
queried an interested listener
In a way, yes; but / was in
hurry and desired no inconvenience.
learned later that each train crew
was asked to identify it. Finally the
station master, acting as coroner,
rendered verdict of death from loss
of sawdust.' with which the body OF
this particular child was filled."-
Washington Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23
The Third District
Republican Convention
Will Be Held in
CITY HALL, AUGUSTA,
Tuesday, June %, 1910,
At 4 o clock, p, M,

for the purpose of nominating "a candi-
date for Congress to be voted for ut the
State Election, Monday. September IL,
1910.
The basis of representation will be as
follows: Each city town and plantation
Will be entitled to one delegate, and for
each seventy-five votes cast for the Re-
publican candidate, for governor in 1908
an additional delegate, and for a fraction
OF forty votes in excess of Seventy-five
votes an additional delegate.
The District Committee will be in ses-
sion in the reception room of the hall at
three o'clock on the afternoon of the
convention for the purpose of receiving
the credentials of delegates. Delegates
in order to be eligible to participate in
the cony entIon. must be elected subse-
quent to the date of the call for this
convention.
Per Order 3fd District Republican Com
mittee.
w. II, WILDES, Sec.
SearspOrt. Me. May 8, 1910.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23

the body, so that q tempting array
of wares is spread out, sloping toward
the windows of the houses on that
side of the street. The men who run
the cars say the new plan increases
sales.-Ncw York Tribune.
The recent announcement was made
of the completion of the ShoshOne
dam, in Wyoming which forms the
most important feature of one of the
most important irrigation projects
contemplated in this country. The
dam is of concrete and measures 1884
feet from foundation to the crest. 1t
Is lis feet long at the top and eighty
five feet long at tho bottom. where
It's thickness is 10S feet The reser-
voir back Of the DAM which has 81
capacity Of 456.000 acre feet. will serve
to irrigate 10000 acres of land. stu
ated about seventy-five miles east OF
tine Yellowstone National, park.
More than half of the young men
who enter college in the United States
are physically defective" said DR.. r.
Tati Mackenzie. physical director, of
the University of Pennsylvania gym
nasi'irn, in recent address. STU
dents are not deformed except In rare
instances DIR. Mackenzie continued.
but more than half Of them are de-
fective. Two thirds of them at least
are round shouldered. 30 per cent. IN
cline to hat-footedness. and lateral
curvature of the spine. more or less
pronounced, is distressingiy frequent.
Cigarette smoking has impaired their
wind, and to some extent their heart
and nerves. The freshman's carriage
Is usually far from erct ana digestion
and eyesight are also apt to be below
normal, due to lack of care.
Odd Items.
Men OF, former ages, unless they lived
near the sea or river, had great diff
flculty in gratifying their taste for
fish. The great houses mad their fish
ponds or stews, but sea fish, such as
cod, Dream, sturgeon, herring and
sprats. were sailed, and the excessive
consumption Of highly sailed fish in
the middle ages IS said to have pro-
duced leprosy. Fish was also baked
in MES to enable it to be carried for
great distances.
Milwaukee's new mayor says that his
city will not be a Utopia. In other
words, 1t will continue to be famous.
A New Jersey man tried to commit
suicide the other day by shooting ae
bis. rersctiop IN aoWirrpra II acra tbrsu,
stg5s an