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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-11
SHOULD PROVIDE
DIPPING TANK FOR SHEEP
Advantages of This Treatment Are Great and Not Elk
pensive or Difficult to Bui1d-A
Good Plan.

one of the galvanized tanks and haul
it to their respective farms as it is
wanted. A dipping vat for sheep
should be narrow enough to prevent
the sheep turning around in it., and
deep enough to swim large sheep.
The length Of the vat should depend
upon the number Of sheep which can
be dipped in a day. There is consid-
cradle variation as to the width Of
watts found on different farms, and as
a usual thing they are wider than
necessary. Then, too, the narrower
the vat the less the dip required to
fill it. A vat twenty inches wide at
the top and eight inches wide at the
bottom is a fair average as regards
width, although some very practical
sheep men construct their watts as nar
row as sixteen inches at the top and
six inches at the bottom when the
vat is four feet deep.
The dipping vat used at the Ken
lucky experiment station is located
in the driveway of the hoghouse and
can be used for the dipping of sheep
and young pigs. 1t is built entirely
of concrete, the walls Of which are
six inches in width, with the eXcep.
ton of the partition between the vat
and dry chamber, which has a thick
ness Of nine inches. The end Of the
vat into which the hogs and sheep
are plunged is perpendicular, while
the opposite end is provided with an
incline which is quite deeply creased
SO hat the animal can walk out. The
floor around the end of the vat from
which the sheep emerge is so graded
that all drippings return to the vat
There are w connections with this
outfit, the valve of which is located
in the dry chamber. The dry cham.
Der allows the attendant to carefully
control the dripping. break up thick
scabs with a brush, and, if necessary
help the sheep up the incline, and
also go to the aid of a sheep quickly
if it shows signs Of strangling. This
vat is quite inexpensive.
\ chute like this can be built with
little trouble. The incline tn the val
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-11

RALLIED TO THE DEFENSE
ParIor Maid Was Loyal, But 1t 10
Doubtful If Explanation Helped
Matters Very Much.

Walter Lonsdale, DR.. Cooks secre-
tary, was adducing facts in praise Of
DR.. Cook.
And these facts" he concluded,
prove my chiefs honor; and the 9TH
er sides defense is as weak as the
~well-known defense OF the parlor
maid"
Mr.. Lonsdale glanced at his lug.
gage packed for Copenhagen. Then he
laughed and resumed:
"'Mary,' said a mistress to her par
Tor maid, what time did my husband
get home last night?'
"'Not till four, num- the maid an
swered.
81 thought so,' said the mistress.
Here, it's evening, and the brute not
up YETI
THE maid bridled defensively.
"'Oh, but, num- she said, he has
been up once, mum; but he just drank
his bath and went back to bed
again."
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-11

ment files, but when Robert T. Lin.
coin, son of the martyr president, was
secretary Of war, he gave it to his
fathers Ole guard.
Another Of Col. Crooks souvenirs is
a mahogany can made from the rail
of the little spiral stairway whereby
Lincoln reached hi5 office on the sec
ond floor of the White House-a stair
way long since torn away. Col. Crook
has some almost priceless specimens
or the china service which Mrs. Lin
coin selected for the White House, and
which Col. Crook declares to have
been more beautiful thar any table
ware purchased before or since for
use on the presidential table. Among
the pieces are a CUP and saucer which
Lincoln used. These, like all of the
pieces OF this service, are ornamented
by a BROAD maroon band and adorned
with the American eagle and coat of
arms in colors.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-11

barn they will not chill as quickly as
if turned inside a building at once.
Dipping watts can be made of wood,
metal or concrete. A farmer owning
as many as % sheep should have a
good dipping vat. For a small number
than this the barrel used to scald the
pigs will do if the farmer feels that
he cannot afford to purchase or build
a vat. A good galvanized vat ten feet
long and four feet deep, made pur-
posely for dipping, can be purchased
for about $12. There are smaller
sizes than this that can be purchased
for less money. Three or four farm
ers can club together and purchase
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-11

They should be pushed for rapid
growth, but must be fed for a growth
of frame and bone; not fattened on
corn, but expanded by a feed rich in
protein.
At six to eight or ten months of age
they should show more length of body
and more scale than the market hogs
and be smooth and we'll covered, but
not so fat as for market.
Ih1s can be very easily done by
feeding a mixed grain ration, with ten
per cent. Of tankage or ten per cent.
of oil meal.
Use corn, barley and oats ground
together. mixed thickly with water and
fed at once while sweet. It is much
better to mix three pounds of milk to
one pound of grain.
If one has no milk the next best feed
IS ten per cent. of tankage. If one has
the cOrn and does not want to buy
the mill feeds, he can use so per cent.
Of corn and 90 per cent. of tankage
and have a ~well-balanced ration.
The summer treatment Of young pigs
sheuld be about the same as for the
market pigs. For late summer and
fall | have made it a practice to have
a field Of Evergreen sweet corn to feed
in the roasting ear.
l begin by adding one stalk and ear
for each pig in addition to his other
feed; In a few days, two stalks and
two ears, and gradually increase this
amount to a full feed, while diminish.
ing the other ration.
In winter the brood sows should
have something to take the place OF
the green pasture.
If one cannot have alfalfa, bright,
w%ell-cured clover is good. Sorghum
cane Is a good fall feed until heavy
freezing. Mangles or sugar beets are
of course very good.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-11

be allowed to stand for at least half an
hour before being put into the bath.
sheep should be immersed in the
dip for two minutes by the watch, the
head being ducked at least once just
before the animal energies from the
vat. Within 10 or IA days the dipping
should be repeated in order to kill
all mites Matched since the first dip
ping, as h eggs are more resistant
to the dips than are the mites.
Sheep may be dipped in the winter
in many localities, but warm, dry days
must be selected for the purpose and
the dipping discontinued in the middle
Of the afternoon. If the sheep, after
being dipped, are allowed to stand for
a few hours on the sunny side of a
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-11
PROPER CARE
GIVEN SWINE
Feed and Attention Must Be Var.
led in Accordance with What
Is Desired to Be Done
with Animal.
(By A. ].

The pig that is to be sold for meat
has but a few months to live and there
should be no let-up in feeding from
birth.
1t will begin to eat shelled corn at
three or four weeks of age, and a lit
tie sweet skim-milk or a thick mush
Of the same material as that given the
mother is a great help to hasten
growth.
Well-bred or even good-grade pigs
should weigh sixty to eighty pounds
when weaned at three months Of age,
and should then go on alfalfa or 9TH
er green pasture and have corn twice
a day.
Late in the summer there should be
ready for them a pasture Of rape, field
peas or soy beans, besides the corn.
II their teeth become sore, change
to shelled corn, soaked "a hours in
water slightly sailed.
The feeder should watch closely to
see that every pig is eating with a
relish.
If pigs cough it is probably due to
a dusty shed. Worms will also cause
a cough, and if the hair becomes starry
ing and dead in appearance it Is we'll
to give a worm powder.
In raising hogs to be used as breed
ers the object is very different. They
are not to go to market at six to ten
months Of age, but 20 grow on to ma
turity.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-11

night OF tho assassination. He always
refers to his absence on this occasion
with deep regret. for he had a special
president o. such public appearances,
and he i, convinced to this day that If
he had been at his usual station at the
door Of the presidents box. Booth
could never have passed him. There
would seem to be some ground for
Cooks confidence, for the bodyguard
did Illustrate the plans of a man who
sought to gain audience with Lincoln
during the 'atter's famous visit to City
point, and Who, when refused admis-
sion, made threats against the presi-
dent. At the time the man gave the
name OF Smith, but Crook has always
been confident that it was none other
appearance under normal conditions
he was familiar through having lived
in the same county in Maryland before
the war.
The home of 60, Crook in the city
of Washington is a veritable museum
of relics and mementoes Of Lincoln
and other presidents. Probably the
most priced of all the keepsakes is a
card in Lincoln's handwriting which
the president addressed to the provost
marshal general when Crook and an
other bodyguard, Alexander Smith,
were drafted Tor service in the army.
The president wrote that he could not
spare the men and asked the above
mentioned official to please fix" the
matter. This precious bit of paper re.
posed for years in the war depart.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-11
fRv EDWIN s. GOODD

Scabby sheep should be dipped at
the first opportunity, for If kept until
shearing time most of the wool may be
lost and the vitality Of the animal
greatly reduced. All sheep badly af-
fected with the disease should, before
being dipped, have the thick scabs
softened by pouring some of the dip
on them and rubbing them with a
smooth stick, care being taken, how
ever, not to draw blood, for upon CO.
agulation it is likely to protect the
mite from the dip. They should then
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-11
HARD TO DROP
But Many Drop 1t.

A young Calf. wife talks about coffee:
1T was hard to drop Mocha and
Java and give Postum a trial, but my
nerves were SO shattered that I was
a nervous wreck and of curse that
means all kinds Of ais.
cat first I thought bicycle riding
caused it and I gave it up, but my con-
lition remained unchanged. I did not
want to acknowledge coffee caused the
trouble for | was very fond Of it. At
that time a friend came to live with
us, and l noticed that after he had
been with us a week he would not
drink his coffee any more. asked him
the reason. He replied, I have not had
1 headache since l left off drinking cof-
fee. some months ago. till last week,
when began again, here at yOur table.
[ don't see how anyone can like coffee.
anyway, after drinking Postum
Il said nothing, but at once ordered
a package of Postum. That was five
months ago, and w have drank no
coffee since, except on two occasions
when we had company, and the result
edCu llllo Was lldL NY uuSDdlu COulu
not sleep, but lay awake and tossed
and talked half the night. We were
convinced that coffee caused his suffer-
ing, so he returned to Postum, con-
WINGED hat coffee was an enemy, in
stead of a friend. and he is troubled
no more with insomnia.
81, myself, have gained s pounds in
weight, and my nerves have ceased to
culver. 1t seem so easy now to quit
coffee that caused our aches and ails
and take up Postum"
Read the little book, "The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter.? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine. true, and full of human
interest.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-11
Foq.Eye's P!aintive Protest.

Fog-Eye Smith of northwest wy.
oming bore an appalling facade. His
style of beauty was a blight. Depend
ing upon his horrific exterior, he was
in the habit of trying to awe newcom-
ers. On n occasion, affecting some
~displeasure at the name in which a
pallid stranger watered his liquor, Mr..
Smith announced, frowning, that un-
less he detected immediate amend
ments he would send the neophyte
home in a market basket. (which I'll
sure tear you up a whole lot" said
Fog-Eye. Half an hour later Mr.. Smith
was found cropping about on the floor
under the poker table, hunting for his
glass eye, and %muttering to himself.
The stranger asked with some evil
dence of Impotence what new line Of
sentiments Mr.. Smith was now har-
boring. That injured resident, glazing
inadvertently from beneath the furni-
ture, replied: (Which l sure do hate a
man with no sense of humOr."
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-11

bedroom opened. Often as he paced
up and down he could hear the great
man sigh CIR moan in his sleep after a
day OF unusual anguish and anxiety.
Occasionally he would have to awake
the sleeper to deliver some important
telegram. but Crook declares that Lin
coin never displayed any irritation at
such Interruptions. On one occasion,
when he entered the presidents room
in response to the usual Come in"
he was surprised to find Lincoln busily
engaged in sewing a button on his
trousers. Just repairing damages"
explained the droll president, with a
half smile.
Crook. who mad been on duty all
day with the president, did not accom-
pany Lincoln to Ford's theater on the
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-11

should be made of smooth lumber and
creased when hogs or sheep are dip.
ped. In dipping animals the second
time they usually remember the first
experience and endeavor to jump the
length of the vat unless the swing
door is attached to the end of the
chute. AS an extra blind to either
sheep or hogs a board can be fixed
on a pivot and extended horizontally
from the top of the chute toward the
vat. The sheep imagines it a Level
surface on which to walk, only to find
as one or two steps are taken, that
the end toward the vat tips down
plunging him quickly into the vat.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-11

~X-l f1CtlE are yet living from
II half a dozen to a dozen
NJ a v men who may be said to
&W@xE have known Abraham Lin
~ coin intimately and per-
sonally. OF all these for
mer associates of the martyr presi-
dent, however, M can rival Col. Will
liam II. Crook in the possession of
vivid and unique recollections of the
war president. Moreover, Col. Crooks
"reminiscences of the most interesting
portion OF his long public career have
been kept ever fresh in his memory by
continuous service at the White House
In Washington, of which he has been
an attache for more than two-score
years, and where he constantly sees
objects and incidents that remind him
or the kindly executive who occupied
the presidential mansion when he first
took up his duties there.
Col. Crook, who is now in his seven
heth year, has been for a long time
past the disbursing officer of the presi
dental business establishment, but
during the Lincoln administration he
was the presidents b%odyguard, and
mus, naturally, came more closely and
continuously in contact with the great
American thar did almost any other
individual. Crook was little more than
twenty years of age when the civil
wal broke out, and as soon as he was
Il he enlisted in the union army. At
the expiration of his term of enlist
ment he secured a position on the po-
lice f0rcn ~ fha ro+iDrol oo,;+o1 ooJ -
was while serving in this capacity that
be was chosen as the principal body
guard Of the chief magistrate.
Under present conditions the presi-
dent of the United States need scarce
ly exchange a word with his secret
service protectors, who usually walk
or ride some little distance behind him,
but Lincoln was Won to insist that his
bodySuard walk by his side, after the
manner OF a personal friend rather
than an official protector. The presi-
dent took quite a fancy to Crook, who
was young and, as he confesses, a
tritle bashful at the outset. In his
walks about the capital and his nightly
tramps from the White House to the
war Observation-Disclosures was no tele-
graph office at the White House in
those days and the president went to
the department to get the war news at
first hand-Lincoln talked on a variety
Of subjects with bodyguard Crook, and
even discussed at times the possibility
OF some person attempting to do him
harm. Col. Crooks ~recollections of the
president on these night pilgrimages to
tho raNC ppntpr nOrtr1v n toll Fp,ro
wrapped in a rough gray shawl and
wearing a tall beaver hat. Often the
kindly, sympathetic chief magistrate
would draw his ~bodyguard to his side
and walk hand in hand or arm in arm
wa The younger man.
Wnen Crook was on duty at night at
the White House he would take his
station, after the president retired, in
the corridor on the second floor of the
mansion upon which the presidents
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-11
A Difficulty,

"A DIFFICULTY.
81 would like to take you apart.
sir"
"You can't take me apart. I aim
no human puzzle"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-11
The Living Lincoln.

How we'll | remember when Lincoln
lived at Petersburg, ILL.,, carrying the
chain for a surveyors party and work.
ing for IS cents a day. The surveyors
wife told me that she often saw him
studying at night. seated on the cellar
door, reading Blackstone often until
midnight by the light of the moon.
Lincoln always took note of the
light and dark Of the moons, as is
shown by an incident which occurred
during his early practice Of law. A
murder vas committed in the neigh.
borhood of the village, and the son OF
the surveyors wife was arrested on
suspicion from the testimony Of ar
"eye Witness" In the meantime Lin.
coin had swung out his single as a
lawyer, at Springfield, and on this
occasion nobly did he prove that the
kindness of the surveyor was not for
gotten by the student who read Black
stone by the moonlight.
He went to the Jail and questioned
the young prisoner, who asserted his
innocence, and Lincoln took up the
case.
At the trial the witness swore that
he saw the murder committed.
Might you not be mistaken" asked
Lincoln. "A dim light is deceptive
and it was a dark night"
The witness fastened to reiterate
that it was bright moonlight, where.
upon Lincoln promptly pulled from
among his books an almanac, and said
calmly:
1T is not necessary for me to make
a plea, for no jury can place any re
lance on a witness who will swea,
that it was a moonlight night when
the almanac proves that it was the
dark of the moon."-Daniel w. Ayers
in the National Magazine.
A Difficulty.
81 would like to take you apart
sir"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-11
LINCOLN'S
BOdyguard
II His Relics
BY Russell Wooda,m

are yet living from
half a dozen to a dozen
men who may be said tC
have known Abraham Lin.
coin intimately and per
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-11

Some cemetery janitorS, unless
closely watched, raise vegetables in
he rich graveyard mold.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-19
Children Cry
 FOR FLETcHER'S C A s Q RIA
NEWEST NOTES OF SCIENCE

Cuba imports more stone from Can ada than from any other source
 Slaked lime, mixed with three times as much sand will scrub grease spots from a wooden floor.
 The discovery of six new chemical clements recently was claimed by a group of German scientists.
 Night classes in aeronautics have been established by a New York Young Mems Christian Association.
 Spain has prohibited the importation of foodStuffs containing Eaccharine, which is regarded as a medical pro- duct
 With new phonograph horn, the in vention of an Arkansan, it is possible to magnify the sound to any desired degree.
 The town of Wabash, Ind, was the first to adopt electricity for general illumination, installing arc lamps in 1880.
 If little salt be sprinkled in a frying pan before it is there will be less grease spattered upon the stove.
 Argentina buys almost one half of it's electrical goods from Germany and less than ten per cent from the United States.
 The Photographic Society of Mos cow will hold an international photo graphic exposition in that city next March and April.
 An attachment for lawn mowers that will tear up moss in a lawn and give young grass chance to grow is a recent invention.
 What is believed to be the smallest colt in the word, a Is pound Shetland, was born recently on a Pennsylvania stock farm.
 A rubber tree will yield marketable sap at the age of four or five years and continue to do so until it is about F years old.
 Cast steel wheels for light automo- biles with the hub, spokes and rim in a single piece, are being made by an English concern.
 Experts have estimated that the seal population of the Bering Sea has decreased from 2,500,000 to 150,000 in the last 30 years.
 According to government figures the death rate among Americans living in the Philippines is less than seven per thousand per year.
 In food value, a pound of ralSlnS IS equal to a pound of bread, two pounds of milk, five pounds of bananas or six pounds of apples.
 So we'll made are modern windmillS that a six-mile current of air will run them with sufficient power to drive electric generators.
 With a view to increasing the num- bers of the chinchilla Chile has prohi- bited the hunting of these valuable animals for three years
 Milk preserved by being dried and ground into powder, when dissolved in water, is said to have a higher nutritive value than fresh milk.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-19
INTRUDER
 IN BATH TOWEL

Greenwich, July 19.-While taking his bath yesterday Joseph Burling, chauffeur for Addison G. Hanan a shoe manufacturer, who has a summer place at Byram Shore, heard a noise as if something was scraping against the side of the house. Jumping from the tub and looking out of a win dow, Burling saw strange man let ting himself down from an upper story window by a rope. The man had a filled bag.
 It was the work of an instant for Burling to knot a towel at his waist line and give chase. Sharp stones and the knowledge that he was being ob- served by summer dwellerS took away some of the chauffeur's speed, but by desperate sprinting he captured his man aDd returned to the Hanan house. one hand on the prisoners col lar and the other serving as suspend CTS for the towel.
 In court the man said he was Zig mond Kopiski and that he lived in Greenwich. He was held for trial.