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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-27
Loss in Paris Fully So, ooo,o 900.

The loss.jn Paris alone is already
placed at IS, Q 900. with every inch
fise of the Seine adding thousands to
the loss.
In the country districts the situation
amounts to a national disaster.
The river here presents an awe in,
spring spectacle. A quarter Of a mil.
lion people in a drsnching rain throng
the stone parapets and quays, watch.
ing the yellow tide, which is crowded
with driftwood, wine casks and other
wreckage, rushing seaward. The wa.
ter is now almost flush with the arches
OF the bridges.
Firemen, police and troops are work.
ing like mac at all the bridges, Olsen,
tangling blockades, resulting from the
floating debris, and it is hoped that
all the bridges will be saved. Traffic
on several Of the Trailer ones, how
ever, has been stopped.
The tunnel between the Quai dor.
say and the DUAL d'Austerlitz stations
Is a rushing stream.
The basement Of the Palais de Jus.
tice is full Of water and the first floor
OF the Central police station Is un-
tenable.
A fourth of France, it Is estimated,
Is under water. Snow and rain are
adding to the floods, which are I'M
precedented in the history of the pres
emit generation. The dyke at Saone
au Doubs broke, i%nundating ten vii
lagos. The streets Of Chalons are un-
der water and two persons have been
drowned. Hundreds of persons are
on the roofs of their nearly submerged
homes, crying for help. Boats are
being used by ~rescuing parties.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-27
Situation Desperate in Many
Sections Of the Country.
IMMENSE DAMAGE At PARIS
Property Loss in French Capital
Aggregates Millions.

Paris, Jan. 25.-The weather Is
warm and it is still raining, causing q
continuation of the alarming rise OF
the Seine, which is already at an ui.
p~recedented height, threatening the
city with i~ncalculable loss.
The Seine will likely food the road.
way CT the famous Place de lie Con,
COrde within a few hours.
The entire city is in danger of a
water famine. Five ACCOMPLISHMENTS
are already without water, due to the
breaking OF their water mains and the
contamination of the supply by sew.
age. The suburb of Iyry, with 20, 200
inhabitants, is completely under water.
The basement OF the Louvre, the
worlds greatest art palace, is flooded,
putting the heating plant out of com.
mission. Owing to the continued
dampness pictures and plaster casts
in the Louvre are being damaged and
the loss promises to be irreparable.
Unless some way is found imme.
diately of ventilating that part Of the
subway that has not yet been flooded
the entire underground system will be
put out of commission. The vilest
odors permeate the subway, making
travel in it almost impossible. Refuse
from broken sewers has been swept
into the subway.
The government is taking active
steps to prevent an epidemic of ty-
phoid, of which there is great Danger.
While the situation in Paris is
alarming it is no more serious than in
the Eastern and Southern parts of
France, where 100000 are homeless
and in destitute circumstances.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-27
why BLUE RIBBON HARNESS!

is great seller. Because it is made of the best Oak tanned leather,
is fully guaranteed for five years and is the best value for the money
on the market. These harnesses have the new patent metal loop.
new oscelating tug fastening and ther new improved devicee.
Place your order with us at once. Below we quote a few prices.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-14
HEARD IN HOTEL LOBBIES

back OF It and have a boundless con-
fidence In its future"
II want 20 ask you a question, 4"
said Baker City man to a friend in
the lobby OF the Hotel Eldridge last
evening.
Fire away, old man; what Is t.?
was the friends response.
"well," said the Baker City man,
III YOU we're a restaurant man and
a customer ordered half dozen
raw what would you understand
him to mean2'
"a half a dozen raw oysters, of
course" replied the friend.
"That Is what / thought" said the
Baker City man, ''but It does not
mean that here does not mean that
in Salem at least In one eating
house"
What does It mean theni" asked
the friend.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-14

II visited Salem during the
Alaska-Yukon Exposition and I was
pleased with 1t them" said W. G.,
East to representative of the
Capital Journal last night in the lob
by OF the Hotel Salem. Mr. East is
lately from Kansas and is one OF the
incoFp0rators OF the Salem Bank &
Trust company of this city and which
institution will open its doors to the
public June l.
II was pleased with It them" he
continued, "but It was not until !
had made visit 10 the other cities
on the coast and returned to my
home Ia Kaasas that fully realized
the many advantages and opportuni.
Ties It had over the other places !
had seen. After considering the
matter made up my mind 10 dis
pose OF my interests IN the east and
return here and enter business and |
ala 90. am most favorAbly I'm.
pressed With the city and country
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-14
Confucius.

Confucius regarded his own life as
a failure. He spoke against ambi-
tion, yet he coveted high office.
nothing less than that of political ad-
wiser to some great ruler. A man
of the highest lineage in China, re-
was yet poor and early supported
himself by teaching. His pupils
showed him an extraordinary devo-
ton. The pick, of the young men in
his native state of Lu sat at his feet
and 1t was they who transmitted his
tremendous influence. But Con-
fueius saw not his immortal success.
but his temporal failure. Only for
few brief years did circumstances
permit him to exercise his practical
genius for government. He becama
first a magistrate. then chief Grim
inal judge in Lu, and, to quote Pro-
fessor Legge, "crlme ceased" Con-
fueius, however, became dissatisfied
with the ruler whom he served. a
weak man who neglected his duty
and gave himself up more and more
to dissipation, so he resigned his
post and banished himself.-London
Spectator.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-14

Eggs" replied the Baker City
man.
"Give me the story" said the
friend, II might as we'll bite"
"No bite to IT., said the other,
but actual fact and here is the
story:
II went into a restaurant this
afternoon, wasn't feeling just right
well you know-and a waiter ap-
preached me to take my order.
guess he was new man--probably
just breaking him in, but anyway l
gave him an order for a half doz-
en- raw, and he strolled off towards
the kitchen,
After while he came back and
asked me IL wanted the shells
cracked and said certainly did
and to bring them TO me In a bowl
and also bring some pepper and
salt"
Imagine my surprise and aston
ishment when upon bringing the
order in there was instead OF a half
a dozen raw oysters a half a dozen
raw eggs"
what did you do. eat them,
said the friend.
mo, just said. 'stung and
walked OUT was the reply.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-14

Rheumatic poisons are quickly and
surely driven out of the blood with
Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Remedy
liquid or tablet form. DR.. Shoop's
booklet on Rheumatism plainly and
Interestingly tells Just how this is
done. Tell some sufferer of this
book, or better still, write DR.. Shoop.
Racine. Wis, for the book and free
test samples. Send no money. Just
join with DR.. Shoop and give some
sufferer a pleasant surprise. Capt.
tai Drug Store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-14
OTHERS
HAVE TO SAY
ABOUT HOMER
1T WILL BE VOTED THAT HE
GETS RIGHT IN NEXT TO EV-
ERY FELLOW S Feelings THAT
HE METS WITH.

Charles Dana Gibson, the worlds
famous artist says; was delighted
with Davenport's lecture and firmly
expressed my pleasure, He is JUS.
the same on the platform as off and
that is the secret Of his success"
Davenport's speech will never be
printed in the school books or re-
produced on graphophone records
It's too original and requires the
mans personality too much to 60
into the pickle barrel Of fame, He
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-14

has avoided the dust of the beaten
path which the Bureau lecturers
have travelled since Wendell Phil
lips. He has cut cross lots and
waded through the fresh herbage OF
a greener pasture. but he has ar
rived beyond the canal. The Daven-
port lecture is as refreshing as the
woods in June. It has picturesque
ness and pith and point. It's alto
gether worth while.-Portland Ore
gonian.
Homer Davenport tells the best
story of any man 1 have ever known
in all my life. and have heard some
pretty good ones and heard some
pretty interesting stories. Daven-
port is the most human man l havs
ever known. and the most enter
tanning. 1t is not only because ]
love him that am so enthusiastic.
but it is because ne is the real thing.
Casper Whitney. Editor of Colliers
have been delighted with Mr.
Davenport both as a man and as
lecturer Personally he is the mos.
charming fellow, with a great fund
of humor and very sane way GO
looking at things. aud as a lecturer
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-14

he is as yet unspoiled; tells all sorts
of good stories in a natural way and
draws pictures that cannot fail to
delight any audience.-David Starr
Jordan, President Leland Stanford
Jr. University.
Mr.. Davenport is all that is
claimed for him. His lecture last
night was a rare treat. Perhaps his
greatest charm is the fact that the
rural mannerism, and rural collo-
quialisms of speech which he ac-
quired in what he delights to call
"the happiest part of his life" have
never left him. and that he still
shows through the veneer given by
experience and fame as the Silver
ton Farmer Boy, grown up.-The
Walla Walla. Wn.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-14

] S a%s%@ E%@sT%
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-14

Read the Journal Want Ads.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-14

This will amazing shoe tremendous for The
prices astonishing surprising striking Consider cogate and efecten
come qukt means such big saving of dollars afford
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-14

you this and not take advantage t the sale the
Salem this other of the will be missing
inspect this choice stock stocked
| ndiCuOuSy
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-03
FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL

The most notable and farreaching
increase in freight rates made in sew.
eral years was announced in Washing
ton when an agent Of the Western
Trunk Line association filed a sched-
ule of increased tariffs on commodity
shipments of sugar and coffee from
Eastern markets to Missouri and Mis-
sissippi river terminals and the Head
of the Lakes.
The private settlement Of Theodore
H. Waterman's squeeze in May
wheat, the unloading Of 8,000,0 900 bush
els of September wheat by James "A.
and George H. Patten and announce
ment of their withdrawal from bust
ness, caused a net decline In prices
ranging from ~ cents in September
to more thani5 cents in May.
The firm Of Durent & Gilmore, grain
merchants with offices in Albany, N.
Y, Chicago, Buffalo and Boston, is
practically in the hands Of the officials
Of the National Commercial and First
National banks of Albany, who are its
creditors to the extent Of nearly
100000.
Diamonds and other precious stones
to the value Of $40,0O0,0O0 have been
brought into New York during the
last ten mosths, according to statistics
given out by the United States ap.
nraiser's Office. s
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-03
CONGRESSIONAL DoINes.

Although the house voted to appro-
pirate $250,G0N to be used by the pres
ident in investigating the cost of pro-
duction of manufactured articles at
home and abroad, Representative Taw-
ney, chairman of the appropriations
committee, failed in his fight to retain
in the sundry civil bill the provision
creating a tariff board with enlarged
and comprehensive powers.
Interstate telegraph and telephone
companies We're suddenly popped un-
der control of the interstate commerce
commission by a viva VOC vote of the
senate, almost without debate and be-
fore some of the %bewildered senators
fully understood the exact Importance
Of the amendment that was being
placed in the railroad bill.
Strenuous denial of the charge that
he had obtained his seat in the United
States senate through bribery and cor
ruption was made before that body by
William Lorimer of Illinois. In con-
clusion. Mr.. Lorimer asked that the
charges be investigated.
While the leadership has discour-
aged it a movement has been started
in the house to force the passage at
this session of the bill introduced by
Representative Goode of Iowa provid-
ing for the creation of a tariff commits
sion of five members.
The Cummins amendment to the
railroad bill prohibiting the increa.s-
ing of rates by railroads until they
have been declared by the interstate
commerce commission to be just and
reasonable was defeated by the senate
by a vote of 20 to 49,.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-03
GROWING Potatoes.

In Ireland. in the best potato grow
ing localities. a yield Of 400 bushels to
the acre is nothing unusual. 1t is OBJ
tanned by the use of about thirty loads
Of barnyard manure to the acre. sup
plemented by 500 pounds Of CONNER
cial fertilizers. proportional as follows:
One hundred pounds Of muriate Of
potash and 400 pounds of superphos-
phate.' III England the best results
are obtained by the use Of twenty to
twenty-five loads Of barnyard manure
to the acre. supplemented with 100
pounds of sulphate of ammonia, $50
pounds of superphosphate and SO
pounds Of su'phate Of potash. The
popular fertilizer for growing potatoes
In Maine. when planted where n two
year-old crop Of clover or grass has
been grown. is made up on the farm
Of 1876 pounds Of nitrate of soda. GOO
pounds of tankage. 200 pounds Of acid
phosphate and 400 pounds of sulphate
of potash. making in all 1885 pounds.
One-haIf this amount is used In the
planter or mixed in the furrow and
the other half at the first narrowing,
when the plants begin to appear.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-03
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

Twelve buildings were destroyed,
causing a loss of more than $750,O00,
one square block of property was de-
vastated, n man was probably ia
tally burned, several people narrowly
escaped death and the monstrous mill
ing district of Minneapolis was threat
ened by one of the worst fires in the
history of the Twin Cities. The prin-
cipal losers were the Northern Rock
Island Plow company, the Great North
ern Implement company and the Wa
terbury Implement company.
The big steel steamer Frank H.
Goodyear of the Mitchell Transporta-
ton company lies in forty fathoms of
water in Lake Huron, about thirty-five
miles off Point Aux Barques, and
probably eighteen of it's seamen have
met watery graves, following a COLI
sion between that vessel and the
steamer James R. Woods, another
steel boat belonging to the Gilchrist
Transportation company.
Lydia, aged nine years, and Leila,
aged sixteen, daughters of Charles H.
Bonesteel of Huron, S. D., and Jessie
Broe, aged fifteen, living with her
parents on a farm near Lake Byron,
near Huron, were drowned in Lake
Byron while boating.
Rain has subdued the forest fires in
Western Canada which have caused
losses to lumber companies and others
of between 100000 and $4,000, 900.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-03
See Notes.

One must be deliberate and not per-
spire when hiving bees. The bees do
not like the smell of excited persons.
Always have an empty box hive
about the apiary properly set on a
floor board. This will often catch a
swarm that might otherwise be lost.
1t is never good business policy to
sell a customer bad honey or honey
with an undesirable flavor. This will
insure future sales.
1t is well to keep all vegetation
down around the hives. SO that it will
not interfere with the flight of the
working bees between their hive and
the feeding ground.
The number Of colonies which any
locality will support depends OF the
fora of the vicinity. There are but
few places. however, that will not sup
port from ten to twenty-five colonies
to the square mile, and many locali-
ties will support a greater number than
this. Bees fly long distances for for
age, averaging at least two miles.
Smoke is the best agent known
among %beekeepers that can be used
to make bees submit to their wishes.
All sorts Of material may be burned
in Il smoker. such as cotton rags. rot
ten wood. etc. There is a great differ
ence in the disposition of bees. how
eve some requiring more smoking
than otlers.-Farm and Ranch
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-03

lots, but they are often made so that
they can be transported from one part
Of the farm to another. When a chute
Of this kind is built heavy and strong
enough to support the weight Of a ma
ture hog or a large calf it becomes a
clumsy thing to nov L. j. LinscOtt
of Holton. Kan, has solved this prob
len of Inconvenience in a very happy
way, according to the Kansas Farmer.
The wheels and axle used are parts Of
old machinery found on the farm, the
wheels being taken from an old now
er. The upper end of the chute is pro-
vided with two strong iron hooks,
which are sharpened so as to engage
the bottom Of the wagon bed and pre-
vent slipping after the animal starts
upward. With such an arrangement
there is no difficulty in building Il
chute of ample strength, because the
question of weight has relatively little
Importance. The chute can be hooked
on behind the wagon and hauled to
any part of the farm. and it is a COM
paratively easy matter to put it in po'
sition by hand.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-03
FARM NOTES..

Few farmers know the names of one
tenth the weeds and grasses that grow
on their farms. More knowledge In
this direction would help.
When you give the boy a calf to
raise don't pocket the money as soon
as it is sold. That might teach the
little fellow to be dishonest.
A prominent dairy journal declares
that the dual purpose COW is a failure
in the dairy herd. The dairy type cow
ts decidedly the most profitable.
1t is better for both mare and colt
for The latter to come III the spring. 1t
IL the natural growing season and
causes less friction and hardship.
A hog that weighed l.COS pounds
alive a.l .3s3G pounds when dressed
WIS recently slaughtered IN England.
1t was n Jersey red boz. two and one
half years old.
Market products must he viewed
from the buyers side aud not your
own. You think to sell n two pound
male chick Is waste, but the customer
will pay more then than after he Is
ted two or three additional months.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-03
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

The first skirmish in the govern
ment's attack on the so called beef
trust began before Judge Lands in
the United States. district court at
Chicago when counsel for the National
Packing company and it's ten subsid-
larry concerns ~assailed the validity of
the indictments charging a combina-
ton in restraint of trade.
AT its closing session the convention
Of attorneys general at st. Paul
adopted resolutions protesting against
the Interference by federal courts of
inferior Jurisdiction with the enforce
ment Of state laws and insisting that
the Fourteenth amendment shall not
restrict the Eleventh amendment.
Hundreds Of books and records be-
longing to the Illinois Central railroad
have been seized by the United States
government following charges of dis
elimination in tariffs made by CON-
mission men Of Chicago.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-03
POLITICAL NEWS.

In the latest issue of the Commoner
w. j. Bryan raps Governor Harmon of
Ohio because he did not recommend
tosthe Democratic state committee the
selection of a candidate for United
States senator in the state convention
call. Bryan intimates Governor Har-
mon either lacks courage or is tied up
with@corporations.
Ex-President Roosevelt has written
a letter from London to q prominent
progressive Republican member Of the
house Of representatives requesting
the latter to meet him in a conference
60 soon after the eK-president's arri.
val 81 New York, June 1S, as possible.
Louis Bedell, q New York politician
and Former member Of the state leg
isia.ure, IL back from Europe with the
prophecy that Theodore Roosevelt can
besre-elected president in 1912 by any
party that dominates him.
william y. Gaynor. mayor OF New
York, Is looming larger. as q Demo
cratic presidential possibility in the
5n.:rionG of astute politicai observers
3fsbcth parties in Wa shingIon.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-03
NEWS Of WORLD
important Events Of the Week
in Condensed Form
WASHINGTON NEWS,

"Mr. Ballinger will bear to his
grave scars placed upon him by rea-
son of the disappointment and re-
venge' of men incapable of generous
impulses and sentiments" exclaimed
his defender, Attorney John ]. Yer
trees, during his summing up argu-
ment before the Ballinger-Pinchot in
vestigating committee. For more than
two hours of the final public hearing
of the committee Mr.. Vertrees adj
dressed himself to the subject of the
Cunningham Alaskan coal claims in
support of the contention that there
was nothing in Mr.. Ballinger's connec.
ton with them either as commissioner
of the land office, as secretary of the
interior or as a private citizen that
justified criticism.
In summing up the case of the so
called prosecution before the Balm
ger-Pinchot, investigating committee
Attorney Louis D. Brandeis, counsel for
L. R. CLAWS, declared that it had been
conclusively established that Secretary
Ballinger is not a man $50 ~zealously
devoted to the interests of the COM
mon people, so vigilant and %resolute
in resisting the insidious aggressions
of the special interests, that he may
be safely depended on to carry for
ward the broad policy of conservation
of our national resources"
The announcement is made that the
department of justice is conducting
an inquiry into the prices of lumber
with a view to prosecuting the so
called lumber trust as a combination
in restraint Of trade.
Fred w. Carpenter of Sank Center,
Mimi, has resigned his position as
secretary to the president and Presi-
dent Taft sent his name to the senate
for appointment as minister to Mo.
rocco.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-03

lightly as a pigeon. His average speed
for the distance, 54.06 miles an hour,
surpassed any record ever made by an
aeroplane in long distance flight and
in it's entirety his feat perhaps eclipses
anything man has attempted in a
heavier than air machine.
Mrs. Gunjiro Aoki, formerly Gladys
Emery, daughter of Archdeacon EN-.
cry of San Francisco, who attained
notoriety by marrying a japanese
servant, is at Carson, New, to estab-
fish a six months residence prior to
obtaining a divorce.
Congressman Joel Cook of Philadel-
phia is critically i'll and fears for his
recovery are entertained. Mr.. Cook,
who has been prominently identified
with the commercial interests of Phil
adelphia, is sixty-eight years old.
Telegraphic information from Lon.
don states that Ambassador James
Bryce of Great Britain has written to
the foreign office asking that he be
relieved from further duty az ambas-
sador at Washington.
Reports are being circulated in
Washington to the effect that Asso-
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court
Moody, who has been i'll for the past
six months, will retire from the bench.
Homer Folks of New York has been
named to succeed Miss Jane Adams
of Hull House, Chicago, as president
of the National Conference of Chart
ties and Corrections.