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The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-01-14
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The teachers of Wagner an
vicinity held the second meeting
Of . series of three in Wagner,
Saturday, January, 9Th. There
are 4o teachers enrolled and
there were 40 pres ent.
The ses sion opened with Kel-
ler's American Hymn, followed
by a paper on School room
Adornment," by Miss Ora Sven
son. She gave some good ide as
for making the surroundings of
our s ;hool children more pleas
ant and inviting, as well as offer
ing q means of cultivating an
appreciation for the beautiful.
THE Value of Music in The
Grades" was we'll presented by
Miss G race Wicks. She outlin.
ed the most successful methods
Of teaching the fundamentals of
music and gave some helpful
suggestions.
The paper on Current
Events" by Warren Wicks was
excellent. 1t contained many
practical ways of introducing
them into daily schoolroom use,
and emphasized their value to
the pupils.
Frank Junek presented one Of
the most important school
questions in q paper on "Cen-
tralize5 Schools" He brought
out strongly the economy Of
such q system in as much as it
would furnish better equipment
aud grading for the school and
better facilities foe the teacher,
ct the same expense. 1t would
increase the average attendance
and do away with tardiness. He
cited states in which the system
has been put to test successfully.
very interesting as we'll as
instructive paper was read by
Mrs. Z. Baker on the question,
"How Far is a Teacher Re.
spousib.e For The Moral Train.
ing of d Chlld?" She took up
particularly the personal infu
ence of a tactful teacher. A
discussion of this vital question
was lead by Prot. l. E. Wright.
Mr.. E. Baker discussed, in a
very thorough manner, the ca re
!. Of the teeth and its relation to
health. He stated that many
diseases are caused by their
improper care, and advocated
frequent medical examinations.
Miss Eve Miller further discus
sed the subject.
Miss Grace Thomas review
ofDunsmore's District School
was full of good ideas for the
teacher.
Supt. Murphy closed the ses.
sion with a few remarks and
announcements. He is promot
ing . contest in rapid calcula'
ton for the grades.
Ash Grove F1ats
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-01-14

81 South Dakota Cosnt of Charles Mix, IS:
Ha Wilson. udnor being hrssd duly sworn+ doth y hat. the treasure. .saso.
BY hsh oohs and that thea auditors exhibit Is = true and correct statement OF All
wsrrsntsd raw on the treasury during theq quarter and THAT 1.-The tatemea of asssss and
liabilities list uea and correct H0 WILSON
subscribed and sworn. besoreu e this nth day of January. 1910
JAS II EXON. NoaaryP Public . d
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-01-14

We are very much in need OF
money as our bills have to be
paid. Therefore we insist on
all those knowing themselves in.
debted to the firm OF Cole &
Kirkpatrick to call and pay or
make satisfactory arrangements
at once. In order to get money
quick we will give q 10 per cent
discount on any Of our goods,
for cash until January LIST.
Cole & Kirkpatrick,
Furniture 4 Undertaking.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-01-14
All parties knowing them.
selves indebted to US please call
and make settlement at once.
Schnose & knight.

Owing to q change in fr m
owning and operating the Da'
kota Elevator, all parties owing
accounts to said company are
requested TO call an1 settle
same at once. II it is imIros
sible for you TO pay your &C.
count in full, come and see Us
ANYWAY. Mr.. Strohbehn has
retired from the business aud
all outstanding accounts are due
and payable to M. King Grain
Co. &C. w. Henn:es, Mgr.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-03-18

We regret that we had to a disappoint
fyou on Souvenirs last Saturday, as *
'plained to you, it being no fault of ours
The railroad company failed to deliver,
has they were lost in transit. We imme-
Ediately placed a depuicate order, which
is here with the original order. FREE
SOUVENIRS for everybody; call and
get the one you were entitled to on last
Saturday.
We will again offer FREE SOUVEN-
RSSaturday with LOO purchase or over
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17

1t has only been in recent years that
farmers have been awakening to the
fact that by taking an inventory once
a year and by keeping an accurate
book account that many valuable les
sons could be learned and that by SO
doing they could place their farms on
more profitable basis. With business
men, competition is so keen and profits
necessarily so small that without keep
ing an accurate book account they
would soon be forced out of business,
but with farmers more slack methods
do not necessarily result in bank
ruptcy, due, no doubt, to the fact that
the farmer gets most of his living from
the farm without any cash outlay,
whereas the merchant must pay cash
for everything he eats and wears. Not
withstanding this fact, however, the
farmer who keeps a book account will
find 1t just as profitable. IL not more
so, as the merchant.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17
Brace for Fence Post.

In about four cases out Of every ten
sagging Of wire fences is due to poor,
improper bracing. 1t is not enough to
staple the separate strands secured to
each post-that is splendid as far as
1t goes. To have a well-stretched
fence and keep 1t taut, 1t is absolutely
necessary that a good brace or anchor
post be used and that the fence be
stretched from these anchors. A good
brace is illustrated. The construction
Is very simple and the cost is as mod
crate as any.
The end post should be of good
size and perfectly sound. The brace
post need not be large, but must be
In good condition If 1t is to wear.
Other posts may be easily reset with
out interfering greatly with the fence,
but this Is not the case with either
OF the bracers. The AKA running from
the top Of one post to the base OF the
other should be well selected, as con-
siderable stress is placed upon 1t. 1t
Is best to mortise the ends of the cross
bar or brace into the posts, as blocks
nailed on give way In time. A fairly
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17
rnrmern nnd High Prlcen.


The farmer is not guilty. He is a
Eery small factor in the high prices
now being paid for products. A study
of prices paid in Chicago for beeves,
sheep and hogs and for produce will
show that the farmer is not getting
more than his share. Recently
the writer purchased a hind quar-
ter of beef, dressed and delivered on
his farm, for 8 cents pound. This
same piece of meat would retail in
Chicago for twice that amount. Any
one can buy dressed meat from the
farmers for that price-7 cents a
pound for fore quarter and cents
for hind quarter.
Our hogs sell for nearly cents q
pound on the hoof and can be pur-
chased from farmers. killed and
dressed, at IL cents. There Is no
waste in either dressed pork or beef
purchased from farmers-the same
kind as that you get from your local
butcher. The farmer Is paying high
"a Avs AOA ONOA IAAhS uoCo ohA LIS
land must earn an income on an In
vestment of from 500 to 5000 an acre.
His farm machinery and horses have
doubled in price.
Don't blame the farmer; he is work
ing hard for very ordinary wages.
am farming 160 acres. l will be high
ly pleased If get $40 an acre for
my crop, or $4,000 for the year. The
landlord gets one-half the crop for
rent. leaving me $1,000 for a years
work for myself. wife and son. and
$4,000 worth Of horses and machinery.
To earn this $1,000 we work from 4
a. m. until s p. M, eight months of
the year, and during the other four
months put in more than eight hours
a day at hard manual labor. 1t is not
all milk and honey on the farm, and
the writer believes that the farmer, as
a consumer as we'll as a producer, is
buying too many automobiles for mid
1lemen, paying dividends on too much
stock and being the fall guy"
rs well as the cliff dwellers of the city.
"A Farmer.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17

Nora was a treasure of a servant,
whose habit of speech was often indi-
rect, but was frequently picturesque
and Unexpectedly expressive. One even
ing "the master" was sitting in the IL
brary when the doorbell rang Nora
answered it, and on her return through
the hall "the master" inquired who it
was.
"It was a young man, sor," replied
Nora.
"well, what did he want?" was the
question.
ooh, he was Just lookin' for the
wrong number, sor." - Lippincott's
Magazine.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17
The story of n TurtIe,1 Meal,

A butterfly hunter tells the follow
Ing story of swamp life:
I'm the water right between my feet
was a spotted turtle that had just cap
tured an appetizing but by no means
dainty morsel. This was a terrapin-
like bug that was more than mouth.
full. His body was already out Of
sight, but clawlike legs protruded from
both sides of that isoceles triangle
which a turtles mouth makes when 1t
Is closed and waved a frantic fare
well to the passing underwater world.
The turtle was long time in masti-
eating his terrapin, but it was happy
time. His whole body blinked con-
tentedly, and he waved his fore legs
with a caressing outpush, motion ex-
actly lie that of a child at the breast.
Then he wagged his head solemnly
from side to side, as a wise turtle
might who feels that such good lunch
es are put up by fate only for the
knowing ones Of this watery world,
and pushed himself halfway under the
roots of tussock for nap"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17

pinerent Methodn.

1t Is generally conceded by the best
stockmen and farmers, as well as by
authorities Of some of the experiment
stations, that meat animals of the fu-
ture will have to be fed and finished
In different manner from what they
have been. Less corn and more nitrog-
enous feeds in the- form of clover, cow
peas and alfalfa, supplemented with
better pastures, must be used In order
to make the production profitable and
at the same time make more and bet
ter manure for maintaining the fer
tility of the land.
Corn fodder and stover have in the
past been used to considerable ex-
tent in steer feeding. thus utilizing
nearly all the corn plant Feeding
silage to beef steers Is gradually gain
ing In favor. and by the use of silos
and silage in beef production all of
the corn plant can be used to good
advantage.
The legumes, including clover and
alfalfa of the north and cowpeas of
the south, have been found very profit
able and economical In feeding both
steers and hogs. Careful experiments
have shown that a steer will make
more economical gains on about half
the corn usually fed with about an
equal weight of alfalfa hay than on
a diet of corn, with the dressed meat
Of higher grade. Alfalfa on the
farm before It is baled and marketed
is worth only about half as much as
corn, pound for pound. hence the gain
to the grower In using the hay as q
part of the finishing ration.
Growing and finishing hogs has al
ready been radically changed over
wide sections. More OF forage crops
such as alfalfa and cowpeas are being
used, with less corn.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17
DANGEROUS THINGS TO HAND1u


Articles OF Daily Use Which May Ba
n Peril to Human Life.
Thousands of people are handling
certain articles daily without any idea
Of their dangerous nature.
The ordinary soda water siphon, for
instance, is a bomb, and an exceeding
ly powerful one to boot, charged, as
it frequently is, up to pressure Of
between 1870 and 100 pounds.
A child who dropped one of these
dangerous contrivances in the street
the other day was almost as shocking
ly mangled by the resultant explosion
as was M. Won Plehve, the assassinated
Russian Minister of the Interior, by
the dynamite bomb thrown by the
Anarchist Porzonef.
The large celluloid combs, again,
which ladies are so fond nowadays of
wearing in their hair, will, If acci-
dentally brought into contact with
naked light, burst into flame of explo-
sive violence.
Nor is this to be greatly wondered
at, seeing that one of the ingredients
to celluloid is guncotton, while anoth-
er is camphor, than which is no more
inhammable substance known to
chemists.
Iodide of nitrogen, for instance,
which is frequently prescribed in COM
bination with other drugs, is highly
explosive chemical, and accidents have
happened over and over again through
Its incautious handling by persons ig
norant Of its dangerous properties.
Ticture of iron and diluted aqua
regia, again. mixture often pre-
scribed as tonic, gives off an explo-
sive gas which has been known to
shatter the strongest vessels
Chloride of potash lozenges are high
ly dangerous If accidentally brought
into contact with an unlighted phos-
phorus match. Chloral hydrate and
sal volatile, the favorite nerve tonic,
become, under certain conditions, as
deadly as dynamite.
LILO spontaneous cAplOSlFS COulDuS-
tion Of box of oxide of silver pills
has ere now caused fatal injury to
their unfortunate possessor. Bicar-
Donate of potash, a common remedy
for flatulence, will cause a dangerous
explosion if accidentally mixed with
subnitrate of bismuth.
Ordinary spirits Of wine is a sub
stance possessing tremendous perils.
A pint Of it If suddenly ignited will
produce the very same destructive ef-
fects as three or four pounds weight
of gunpowder. This has been proved
on many different occasions.
Once at the Royal Surrey County
Hospital clergyman rashly threw
small quantity on to "snapdragon"
dish, around which number of choir
boys were gathered. The resultant
explosion killed one unfortunate lad
and severely injured several others
Pearson'S Weekly
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17
CHAPTER Ill

Some little distance from the Majors
abode stood a long, low rambling house
on a slight rise. Surrounded by deep
verandahs, 1t was placed In the mid
die of emerald green lawns, smoothly
clipped; and these. lower down, were
girdled by a belt Of ash. and syca-
mores, and poplars, which shut out
the house from the high road. The
mansion, with It's fiat roof and wide
verandas had a tropical look, and In
deed 1t had been built by a retired In
dian nabob, at the beginning of this
century. When he died the house had
been sold. and now It was occupied by
Mrs. Dallas. who leased It because OF
its suggestion of tropical habitation.
She came from the West Indies, and
had lived IN The Wigwam," as the
house was called. for over ten years
Mrs Dallas was a large, fat and
eminently lazy woman. who passed
most OF her time In knitting or sleep
ing, or eating. Her husband had died
before she had come to this country,
and II was the desire to preserve her
daughters health which had brought
her % far from the sun-baked islands
which her soul loved
Her languid Creole nature and leth-
argic habits were unsuited to brisk,
practical grey skies. the frequent alb
sence Of sunlight. and the lack Of rich
and ssnsuous eoloring. Often she
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17
Fatteninr Fowls

A fowl should always be fattened
quickly as possible. Ten days is long
enough, but 1t should be confined
either in a coop or number in a
small yard. They must have a con-
tinual supply of fresh water and
should be fed four times a day, ths
first meal being given early and the
last one late. A recommended mix
ture is three parts corn meal, one part
ground oats, one part bran, one part
crude tallow, the entire lot scalded
and fed for the first three meals, with
all the corn and wheat that can be
eaten up clean at night. Weigh the
articles given.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17
Little willie KneYr.

Little Willie, the son of a German
town woman, was playing one day
with the girl next door when the lat
ter exclaimed:
Don't you hear your mother calling
you? That's three times she's done so.
Aren't you going in?"
"Not yet" responded Willie imper-
turbably.
won't she whip your" demanded
the little girl, awed.
''Naw!" exclaimed Willie in disgust.
She amt goin' to whip nobody! She's
got company. So, when go in, she'll
Just say, The poor little man has been
SO deaf since he's had the measles!' I"
-Lippincott's.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17
The Island of NickeIs and Dir


This past summer seven to eight
million people made twenty million
trips to Coney Island. They spent
there forty-five million dollars, mostly
in nickels and dimes, and the total
sum was three times what the nation
paid to Napoleon for Louisiana, or six
times what we paid Russia for Alaska
There are in Coney Island peanut
stands, the size of broad top desk
which rent for fifteen hundred dollars
a season. The men who sell frank.
furters" pay enormous sums for the
right to stand where they do. and get
their money back in the nickels of
the twenty millions.
On weekdays the attendance is
large, but on Sundays. and holidays
1t rises to a point where each visitor
has room only to be happy standing
still. On the Fourth of July four
hundred thousand people crowded into
the little island. bathed. shot the
chutes, were photographed and ate
"red-hots." 1t was believed then that
Coney would not hold a single addi-
tional visitor but on August 18th
new hundred thousand came, making
half million in one day.
1t is a wonderful business-this
Coney Island-but very risky one
The nine hundred million nickels de-
pend upon the weather When the
drops, profits fall to nothing.
If a plague should break out and the
island be quarantined, boats would
stop running and the people would !
stay in their city homes. The Coney
Island farmer must harvest his crop
Of nickels while the sun shines.-Suc-
,ess Magazine.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17

AuMBSten Lhmph Tor Farms.
The introduction of tungsten lamps
is doing much to advance the use of
electricity on farms. 1t is possible for
the farmer with a small plant driven
either by a gasoline engine or by
damming a small stream, to obtain
sufficient current to light his house
and barn with this economical type Of
incandescent lamp. The use of cleo
tricity on the farm, by the way, is
growing, and, as pointed out by the
Electrical World, farmers will In time
come to consider electricity a neces-
sity. Then 1t will be found profitable
to establish central generating stations
for farming districts to take the place
of the small individual plants now be-
ing installed.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17

and clean the farm well, writes j. L..
Risley. Any floating matter may be
removed by using an ordinary hand
sieve. After marking off the rim into
three parts attach a wire to any Of
these parts or points, and for handle
use an attached rope. Fasten the end
of the rope to the third point In the
rim and weight to the sieve, so It
will sink after lowering. In using
sink the sieve edgewise in the water,
pull the rope with single attachment,
lifting out of well all the floating
sticks and other debris from the sur
face Of the water.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17

Where help can be obtained to eper-
ate the dairy, milk production is one
Of the best paying branches Of animal
husbandry. The farmers operating
their holdings with milch cows are
enabled to market all the roughage
and grain produced on the farm in
milk. butter, cream or cheese. The
dairy industry Is especially adapted to
build up and increase the fertility Of
the farm. 1t is popular among farm
ers because the farmer realizes a
monthly income on his investments
AS a rule, dairymen are thrifty ana
prosperous agriculturists. - Drovers'
Journal
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17
Lire stock nul1d. un lana

1t is very well known that in the
old agricultural districts of Europe
where land has been under cultivation
for 1000 years there is an increasing
tendency to expand live stock indus
try. 1t is now recognized that animal
husbandry is a wonderful help in not
only maintaining the fertility Of the
soil, but also live stock Industry
builds up the land. Germany now has
10.967.OO0 milk COWS, an increase of
100000 in the past seven years. The
total number Of cattle In the empire
Aggregates 2O.631 900. a gain Of nearly
100000 since 1883. Pigs total a.
147.OOO, as against 9,206,OOO In 1888.
The only class Of live stock which
shows q decrease is sheep. which de-
clined 100000 in the past seven
YeH
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17
Retween Frfendn.

Miss Homeleigh-Perhaps you won't
believe It, but strange man tried to
kiss me once.
Miss Cutting-Really! Well. he'd
have been a strange man II he'd tried
to kiss you twice.-Illustrated Bits
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17
NOT Too Blind.

Angelina-Oh, dear! The diamond In
nv engagement ring has got a flaw
In It.
Edwin-Take no notice, darling.
Love should be blind, you know.
Angelina-Yes, but it hasn't got to
be stone blind.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17
Nip and Tuck.

He-I wouldn't marry a girl who
put on false hair.
6he-And I wouldn't marry a man
who put on q false fronti-Bostop
Herald
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17

Lightning kills one-half Of those It
strikes, while a few Of the survivors
are rendered blind, deaf, dumb or paT
tally paralyzed
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17
To Glenn the wen.

1t is well to make one of these de-
vices against time OF need. The dry
season is the best and only time to fix
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17

soft wire is better for the binding
strand than one more liable to break
with winding.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-14
BASKETBALL IS GOOD
BOX OFFICE GAME

Chicago, Feb. 13.-When college students
return from their Christmas vacations
the season of the minor sports will begin
to boom. Basketball and track athletics
will. as usual occupy the center Of the
stage Within the last few years basket
ball has Ieaped into great popularity
Not only does il afford an excellent train
ing for a great many athletes, but it is
virtually the only winter sport that is
PENNSYLVANIA basketball has flourished to
such an extent that the sport last year
turned over to the athletic association
profit Of nearly $1,000 In fact it was the
only sport at the Quaker institution be-
sides football which was self supporting.
once more Harvard has decided not TO
place a basketball team on the floor. The
Crimsol never did make. q good showing
in the cage gam. md last year the attn
letic committee a7Glished it as university
sport. This FOLLOWED the action of the
intercollegiate Basketball association in
abandoning it's organization. Tt was
thought that the association would take
Official charge of the sport this winter,
but il has not done so, except through an
intercollegiate rules committee. Still the
different managers have so arranged their
schedules that the results Of the sea-
sons games will virtually decide the IN
tercOllegiat8 championship. Cornell IS
still off the Yale schedule, due 20 a mis-
understanding and some hard feeling en-
gendered two years ago, but otherwise
the various teams viii play the usual
two games with each other.
As for track athletics there has been
announced q great many indoor meets
throughout the eastern cities and college
men will not lack for opportunities TO
compete and prepare for the outdoor
season