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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-07-21
Canada Thistle
a Serious Pest.
Andrsw Boss, Minnesota Exper-
lment Station.

+ i.
The Canada thistle has been spread
tag rapidly in Minnesota during the
paUt two or three years and is-becom-
~ serious post. It grows persistent
u ard vigorously and crowds the grain
GOps badly where allowed te survive.
ThD sharp spines on the leaves are
exceedingly annoying in harvesting
the grain and are equally offensive to
animals at work or in pasture.
Identification. The Canada thistle is
perennial weed with deep root stalks
which spread rapidly in all directions
The stems are erect and from two to
four feet high The leaves are deeply
notched, armed with numerous sharp
spines and somewhat downy on the
under side. The blossoms are small
and vary in color from pale purple to
nearly white.
Method Of Spreading. This thistle
spreads by seeds and from the root
stocks. The seeds are carried in grass
and clover seeds and seed grain, By
the wind and by farm machinery. The
root stocks are dragged about the
fields by farm implements and new
spots often infected from this source.
-. Eradication. When fields are only
sxGhtly infested with thistles they
nay be destroyed by cutting the plants
q. with spade deeply beneath the
saR5ace Of the ground every time they
apDsar. This requires constant watch
fuaness throughout the entire growing
season and must be kept up for a mum.
her Of years. Where large fold is
badly infested the most practical
method Of eradication will be to bare
fail0w the land. The thistles should
be plowed under deeply early in tho
summer before they. come into bios.
som. The land should then be worked
frequently enough with a surface slic-
ing implement such as disc or Acme
harrow to prevent any OF the plants
appearing above ground. The cultiva-
ton must be kept up until late in the
fall, as the Canada thistle is a very
persistent grower. If cultivated crop
can follow the next year the eradioa-
ton will be more sure. .-"~.
Thistles seldom trouble much where
short crop rotations are practiced A
three-year rotation Of grain, clover
and cultivated crops will eftectuaily
check the spread Of the thistle and in
time with good cultivation eradicate
It. Where the thistlss are bad the
clover should be heavily seeded and
plowed in July or August after the
frst crop has been cut tor hay. Ere
Quent cultivation during the fall and
hand hoeing the affected spots in the
cultivated crops the following year will
soon exhaust the thistloa
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-07-21
Great Benefit to Soil.
Formula for Cheap Poison.

Where clover has been grown
throughout the state, crops rotated,
live stock kept and farm manure used
on the soil, experiments at the Min
nesota Experiment Station and num-
Der Of farms where record of expert
ments have been kept show that an
equilibrium as to nitrogen has been
maintained. In those cases the min
sral plant food has been kept in a
splendid available condition. Under
such conditions ma ximum crops have
bOon raised.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-07-21

4 Canada thistle just coming Into bios.
som. Note the strength Of the root
stock and the frequency with which
stems are thrown up. These root
stocks have been known to extend
ten to twelve feet from the parent
plant In single season.
Formula for Cheap Poison.
A very cheap and effective insects.
Ode for use on plum curculio or cod.
ling moth, potato bugs, ETC.. Is made
- follows: One pound white arsenic,
four pounds crystal sal soda, one GAL
Ion water. Boil in an iron kettle (ket-
tls never to be used for any other pur-
pose, It is full of poison) twenty min
utes, or until dissolved. This IL
arsenite of soda. Bottle and label
POISON. When ready to spray take
three or four pounds of stone lime and
while It ID shaking add to the lime
one to two pints of the arsenite Of
soda. Pour the mixture as now pre-.
pared into the spray tank, which
should contain forty .or fifty gallons
Of water or Bordeaux mixture. The
spray is now ready for use. The
Bordeaux mixture formula will be sent
on application to the Minnesota Elk
pertinent Station, University Farm, st.
Paul, free of charge.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
Talking Through his Hat.

Our old friend, Senator Bradley q,
who is old enough to know better,
praised the tariff bill and damned
the insurgents with faint praise at
the Louisville Convention. Con-
sldering, he said that most of the
insurgents came from Iowa and
Kansas, which furnished most of
the populists, he does not think
there is much need to waste sleep
over them, believing that if they
have not beer. entirely bereft of
sanity, they will return to their
first love and help in the big Re-
publican majority that he conf
IDENTIFY predicts.
Senator Bradley is a mighty
clever man and very smart one,
but he has one particular failing
and that is the propensity to talk
through his old white hat. LEX
ington Herald.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
CarverS Still Busy.

In a general negro row in Rat
Alley last week Ella Fields re-
ceived an ugly cash in the right
temple; John White was cut across
the back and AL Young stabbed
in the face below the eye and near
the nose. Will Jackson, also
colored, is said to have done most
of the cutting, while John White
is also believed to have had hand
in it to some extent.
The knife used was small one
and it took the entire strength of
DR.. 5. f. Spratt to remove the
blade from Young's face, where
it had been firmly buried. Jack
son was unhurt and after the af-
fair made his escape and has not
yet been apprehended. None of
the wounded negroes will die.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
kemper Again A Winner.

"A new amateur record was
made last Wednesday afternoon
on the range of the Bourbon Gun
Club, when Mr.. Joseph H. KEN
per, of this city, won the Blue
Grass Championship, making a
total score of 124 birds in 1875.
The tenth annual tournament
for the Blue Grass Championship
at targets was held on the range
of the Bourbon Gun Club at the
Bourbon county fair grounds,
under the auspices of the gun
club of that county.
For the past half a score of
years this shooting meet bas been
of scarcely less importance to
those interested in trap-shooting
to that of the State tournament at
which State honors are competed
for. Kemper has won this con
test ) times in the last nine years.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
Beautiful German.

1t was the general opinion of
all present that the German given
last Wednesday night by the AS
sembly Cotillion Club at their
Club Rooms in the Mckee build
ing was the prettiest and most de-
lightful one yet given by the Club.
The many intricate new figures
were led by Mr.. Badger Robinson
and Miss Gladys Samuels.
The hall was beautifully deco
rated with sunhowers and golden
glow, the color scheme being car
ried out in the favors which were
appropriate and pretty.
All members of the Club were
present and among the guests from
a distance were Misses Susie and
Ruth Warner, of Louisville; the
house party of Miss Arabella
Bogie, composed of Misses Mar
garet and Joan Mountz, of Lam
caster; Miss Sallie Taylor Woods,
of Stanford, and Miss Elenor
Robertson, of Cincinnati.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
California Insurgents Win.

That California is insurgent in
its Republican politics was proved
beyond question when Hiram
johnson, leading exponent of anti
machine doctrines, swept the field
in the direct primaries, winning
the party's nomination for Cover
nor by plurality that will border
on $4,000.
- Just how great was the extent
of the disaster in the stalwarts
cannot be known until outlying
districts have been heard from,
but every indication points to a
clean cut declaration by the party
for insurgency.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
Mrs. Kate Smith Dead.

Mrs. Kate Smith died at her
home on VIM street last We'd
nesday night. The funeral servic-
es were held at her late resider ce
at 10 o'clock Friday morning by
Rev. w. j. Bolin. Burial in
Machpelah Cemetery. Mrs. Smith
was member of the Baptist
church. She was lady of splen-
did Christian character, a loving
and dutiful mother, enjoying a
host of friends who will learn of
her death with much regret. She
is survived by 3 children: Miss
Lucy Smith and Mrs. L. Z.
Griggs. of this City, and Robert
Smith, of Ohio. To the bereaved
family in this their hour of sorrow
we extend our sincere sympathy.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
Surely Not.

A farmer and his wife killed
their last hog and left the carcass
out at night to cool. 1t was gone
next morning. They agreed to
say nothing and they would know
the first person mentioning their
loss was the thief. Sunday as they
entered the church the preacher
read out his text. Il have meat
to eat that you know not Of
Nudging his wife, the old man
whispered: Maria, we never
did suspect him, did weT-Ex.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
Louisville Gets the Next Meet
inq of fIkS.

The Kentucky Elks' Reunion
Association at it's final meeting at
Frankfort selected Louisville as
the next place of meeting, next
August, and elected the following
officers:
President j. Swigert Taylor, of
Frankfort; first vice president, T.
j. Smith, of Richmond; second
vice president, Dennis Dundon, of
Paris; third vice president, w. H.
Albritton, of Mayheld.
W. NJ. O'Bryan, of Greensboro,
was reelected secretary, and 7. j.
O'Brien, of Covington, treasurer.
The three-year members of the
Executive Committee elected were
M. T. Shine, of Covington, and
Ed j. Duncan, of Hopkinsville.
The invitation to hold the 1911
meeting in Louisville was extended
through the Louisville Convention
and Publicity League.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
W. S. Lloyd Successful.

After a great deal of effort and
correspondence W. 5. Lloyd, the
popular druggist, has succeeded
in getting the DR.. Howard Co. to
make special half-price intro
ductOry offer on the regular fifty
cent size of their celebrated spe-
ciiic for the cure of constipation
and dyspepsia.
This medicine is a recent dis
covery for the cure of all diseases
of the stomach and bowls. 1t
not only gives quick relief, but it
makes permanent cures.
DIR. Towards specific has been
so remarkably successful in curing
constipation, dyspepsia and ali
liver troubles that W. ). Lloyd is
willing to return the price paid in
every case where it does not give
relief.
So great is the demand for this
specific that W. :. Lloyd has
been able to secure only a limited
supply, and every one who is.
troubled with dyspepsia, constipa-
ton or liver trouble should call
upon him at once. All.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
Miss Prewitt tntertdinS.

Miss Annie Caswell Prewitt
entertained a large number of
young people at her beautiful
country home near Prewitt's Sta
ton last Thursday in honor of her
visitors: Misses Martha and Anna
G. VanMeter and Mary Vance, Of
Lexington; Laura Carpenter, of
Stanford, and Nancy Cooper, of
Midway. Delightful refresh
ments were served ane all present
thoroughly enjoyed the evening.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
At 0WenSbOrp.

One of the most important
gatherings to be held in the State
this year will be the convention of
the Christian church of Kentucky.
which will convene in Greensboro
September 10 to %, and the con-
vention of the Christian Woman's
Board Of Missions and the State
Bible School convention, which
will be held in connection with the
church convention.
1t is expected that between 500
and 1000 delegates from the
State will be in attendance during
the convention and an elaborate
program is being prepared. A
special train will be run for the
delegates over the l.. H. & st. l..
railroad from Cincinnati, Lexing-
ton and Louisville, arriving at
.Owensboro September 10.
Mrs. A. NJ. Harrison, of Lex
ngton, who was IA delegate to the
Edinburgh, Scotland, convention,
will be in attendance. The church
convention proper convenes on
September %. The Rev. W. Z.
Ellis, of Cynthiana, will preside
over this convention.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
Roosevelt May Stay at Home.

Theodore Roosevelt may stay
out of politics in New York State
during the coming campaign as a
result of the action of the Repub-
lican State Committee in refusing
to recommend him as temporary
chairman of the State Convention.
Col. Roosevelt laughed as he
talked of the meeting and said the
result gave him genuine pleasure.
He explained his attitude by say
ing he felt the committee had re-
lieved him of a responsibility in
connection with the conduct and
result of the campaign.
He added that he had not de-
cided whether he would attend the
convention. He would talk things
over with Representative w. w.
Cocks and other political leaders
of his home district, he said, be-
fore deciding, and he is inclined to
the belief that it would be better
to stay away and let the odd
guard" carry on the fight by itself.
Col. Roosevelt made it clear
that ander no circumstances would
he allow his name to be presented
to the convention as a candidate
for the nomination for Governor.
Reports from the California
primaries, which indicated that
the "progressivesn under the
leadership of Hiram johnson had
won victory, were read by Col.
Roosevelt with much interest.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
Mrs. Gibbons Dead.

Mrs. Katherine Gibbons, widow
of Michael Gibbons, died at her
home on Elm street, in this city,
August Is, after a long illness.
The burial took place in St.
Thomas Cemetery. Mrs. Gibbons
was born in 1887. She was one of
the oldest citizens in Montgomery
county. Her husband died several
years ago, but she is survived by
several children.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
The Amusing Mr.. Hepburn.

Senator Hepburn, of Idaho, has
hurled himself into the spot light
once again. The lazy stir he
created in the public mind recent
ly by inveighing against the statue
of Lee at Washington, was evil
IDENTIFY not as longlived as he
wished. So the other night at a
reception in Wallace, Idaho, he
stopped the orchestra playing
Dixie" declaring that This is a
Republican meeting! We want
no such tunes here"
A frigid silence followed the
outburst. No one applauded the
grand-stand play; no one cheered;
no one even said, That's right"
Instead, the mayor rose and closed
the meeting-and the incident as
well.
For his own good, both mental
and political, 1t is unfortunate for
Senator Hepburn that he is sub
ject to these attacks of pseudo
patriotism. The waver of the
bloody shirt-no longer bloody,
and no longer interest attracting
must be very lonesome. He
has only himself to cheer when he
makes a banal break like this.
Some friend of Senator Hey
burn should tell him the story of
what Lincoln said, soon after the
war, when band parading past
him began to play Dixie" The
officer standing near the Presi-
dent was shocked and would have
stopped the music; but the gentle
Chief Executive restrained him.
Not at all, colonel" said he,
That tune is ours-by right of
capture"
Still, there is no positive guar
antee that the Senator would see
the point-even at this late date.
Cincinnati Times-Star.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
Spoke at Institute.

Mr.. X. S. Eubank, editor of the
Southern School Journal of Lex
ington, was in our city last Wedn-
esday and made an interesting adj
dress at the teachers institute.
Mr.. Eubank is an educator of
ability, with a wide experience,
and is a gentleman of pleasing
manner. He is a candidate for
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton, subject to the action of the
Democratic party.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
Shooting in Jackson.

jackson was awakened Thurs
day night by the tune of shotguns
in JacksoE's suburb, Bridge
Hollow" when Sam Hensley shot
and seriously wounded Elias Bar
nett The contents of the shotgun
toyk effect in Barnett's arm, tear
ing it almost off, and his recovery
is doubtful. Speaking of the
trouble both parties said that it was
a friendly affair"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
Cannon May Quit at Last.

Speaker Joseph G. Cannon told
the old settlers of Iroquois county
last Thursday that he probably
was ad dressing them for the last
time.
His speech, which had been re-
garded as the opening of the Hill
nois Congressional campaign, con-
tanned little of the old time vigor
of the Representative of the Eigh-
teenth Illinois district.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
Let's Inspect I'm Here

More than so per cent. of the
gas meters in New York register
incorrectly, according to tests
made by the Public Service Com
wission during the month of July.
Out of 25,300 meters examined,
2O,25O were ordered removed and
repaired.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
Raise Rates.

Because wages in other employ
ment have risen the railroads are
forced to advance wages 5 per
cent. To meet this advance they
propose a Is per cent. advance in
freight rates. Here you will find
another explanation of the higher
cost of living in 1911.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
Dinner Party.

Mrs. Ratlif and daughter Mrs.
Bel Myers, entertained at dinner
Saturday, when their guests in
cluded Rev. and Mrs. p. G.. Les
ter, daughter and son, Mrs. N. G,
Ratliff, Miss Frances Ratliff, OF
Owingsville; Mrs. Sallie Thomas,
of Mayslick, and Miss Elizabeth
McConn. Winchester Sun-Sen-
tinel.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
Entertained.

Misses Ida and Blanche Mckee
entertained the Young Woman's
Missionary Society of the Christian
Church with a delightful picnic at
their country home on the Levee
pike last Wednesday. The men,
hers of the society went from the
Christian Church in a body in
wagons and spent a delightful day.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
Poor Man.

The Tarrytown, n. Y, Assess
Ors have again raised their estimate
of the value of John ID. Rookie
feller's home at Pocantico Hills.
This year it goes on the roll at
$500, 900 instead of S25O,OO0. Mr..
Rockefeller sent word that he was
perfectly satisfied with the addi-
tiOnal assessment.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24

Generally debilitated for years.
Had sick headaches, lacked ambi-
ton, was WORKOUT and all run
down. Burdock Blood Bitters
made me well woman. Mrs.
Chas. Freitoy, Moosup, Conn.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
Clark County Institute.

The Clark county teachers in
stitute convened at Winchester
Monday. The instructors are A.
G. Burton, of Morganfeld, and
Miss Mary GoldbOro, of Mime
sofa. Thursday afternoon is to be
Patrons Day.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
Attention, Parents.

School begins Monday, Septem-
Der 5. In order to facilitate the
work of the teachers, try and have
your children there the FIRST day
of school.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
Hot Shot.

An aged Michigan man has left
his property to two monkeys.
Most testators do the same thing
when they bequeath their accumu-
lations to the average young man
to spend as he chooses. Licking
ton Herald.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
American.

Juan Moissant, the aviator who
flew across the channel with pas
senger on his flight from Paris to
London, is an American citizen.
He was born in Chicago.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24

Farmers, mechanics, railroaders,
laborers rely on DR.. Thomas Ec-
lectic Oil. Takes the sting out of
cuts, burns or bruises at once.
Pain cannot stay where it is
used. I'm.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
Bets Quarter of Million.

Col. Sir Henry Pellatt, Canada's
richest stock broker. has bet $3.50
600 that the Queens Own Rifles,
which he commands, is a better,
smarter and altogether more splen-
did regiment than any England
can boast of.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
Bourbon fair.

The dates for the old reliable
Bourbon Fair, September 6-1O.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24

The best live stock exhibits of
all at the Bourbon Fair, September
$40. Write for catalogue.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
DO You Gamble?

Some people do by spending their time and
labor and money by housing crop of hay, oats
: and other farm produce, and keeping thousands
of dollars invested in live stock housed in barns
and gamble with themselves that it will not
: burn. DO YOU?
Othe. people place their savings in home
and handsome furniture and then gamble on
: their luck that it will not burn. DO YOU?
Still others invest thousands in factories
mills, warehouses and other things subject to
: fire, and think they can, by careful watching
prevent fire. DO YOU?
To all persons gambling with themselves
: against loss by fire. wind or tornado, we would
suggest you give the matter careful considera-
ton. Can you afford to take chances of losing
: part or all of your accumuations for lifetime
by gambling on your luck? We think not. See
us before it is too late and do not gamble with
: yourself.
! Hoffman Insurance Agency
; Traders National Bank Building
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-01-28
Hudson-EuIton Celebration.

The launch of the replica of Full
toms "Clermont'' and the arrival in
New York of the reproduction of
Henry Hudson's Half Moon" remind
us of the near approach of the Hud-
son-Fulton celebration in New York.
city, says Scientific American. The.
Clermont. which was built at the
Staten Island Shipbuilding Companys
yards. was christened by Mrs. Arthur
Taylor Sutcliffe, great-granddaught
of Robert Fulton. The Half Moon,
although three-masted vessel. is but
sc feet in length. She was shipped
entire on the deck of the Holland
American liner Soestdyk.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-01-28

es were called and testimony taker
for and against said petitions.
The hearing was continued unit
nine O'Clock Friday morning, Janu.
AIRY 14th, 1910.
In the matter OF the petition oil
e. J. Morrow and 199 other resi-
dents of Gooding precinct, for the
appointment of Anthony Thoma as
Justice of the Peace of said precinct
and the petition of S. w. Hays and
so others for the appointment of T..
e. Bennett, the matter having been
fully considered by the board. and
no one appearing in support of the
petition for the appointment of T.
)etition for the appointment of e. T.
Bennett. is is hereby ordered
hat Anthony Thoma be appointed as
Justice of the Peace of said pre-
met; and his official bond is hereby
.pproved.
The petition of S. w. Hayes and
SO others to appoint T. e. Bennett
rs Justice of the Peace of Cooling
precinct is hereby denied.
Whereupon the board adjourned
Until 9 A. M. tomorrow.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-01-28
Swarming Bees Scout.

Swarms of bees are sometimes COM
PEELED to take refuge in very remark
aDle shelters A peculiar and instruc-
i've instance was observed by the
writer in the spring of 1908. The
swarm flew over large vineyard
which contained few buildings. One
Oh these buildings was constructed of
hollow concrete blocks. The swarm
flew directly toward a small hole in
one OF the blocks and disappeared in
the interior No Doubt the swarm
had rested on a tree or shrub ON the.
proceeding day and had sent ont
scouts to seek home.-Scientifio
American.