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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-27

AFOper oil, so a portion of the time ne
was obliged 20 burn kerosene. But in
spite of the fact that the thermometer
fell to % for three or four nights in
succession he was able to save the en-
tire crop of apples on the protected
area, while the fruit on the rest of his
orchard which was not so protected
was entirely lost. The expense for
equipment and labor in this case was
about $1,000. but it resulted in an
$1,000 crop. This was certainly cheap
insurance. and the pots are ready for
future use. In another orchard the
owner succeeded in saving an enOr-
nous crop of fruit, while just across
a barbed wire fence in adjoining or
chards the crop was an entire loss.
Since then a number Of forms of
heaters. both coal and oil, have been
invented, and many people have equip
ped themselves with these appliances.
The oil heaters. which were first used.
are about the size and form OF a ten
pound lard pail made Of light sheet
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-27
Culture Of chives.

The culture of this plant is simple.
as 1t will grow in any ordinary gar
den soil. 1t is usually propagated by
division Of the roots, because 1t does
not seed readily. The roots or clumps
OF roots may be purchased at moderate
prices. The clumps should be planted
in beds about nine inches apart in
rows which are two feet apart. The
planting may be done In either spring
or autumn. The chives may also be
planted In the border Of the vegetable
garden and make an excellent border.
As a border plant the clumps should
be planted about six inches apart.
The leaves win grow thickly and form
q dense green mat.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-27
A Curious Error.

The Rev. DR.. Edward Everett Hale
told how a curious error crept into the
translation Of the Lords Prayer into
the Delaware Indian tongue. The Eng
lish translator had as an assistant an
Indian who knew English. what In
'hallow' I'm DelawareT asked the trans
lator. The Indian thought he said 'hai-
Loo and gave him the equivalent.
Therefore the Delaware version Of the
Lords Prayer reads. "Our Father. who
art In heaven, halloQed BE- thy name"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-27
q arm ano
Garden
FIGHTING FROST IN ORCHARDS

Devices In Use by Fruit Growers In
Colorado.
Frost season twice a year.
The frst is over: the last is In the fu.
ture. But 1t Is never too late to pre-
pare for the next season. Early in the
spring Of the current year several Colo
RADIO fruit growers equipped their or
chards with the SO called California
oil orchard heaters. One man who
tried the pots bought enough equip
ment to protect ten acres. He was
new at the work and did not have
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-27
Evolution of the Apple.

Apples are new I'm the economy OF
the worlds use and taste. At the be
ginning of the last century few yarle
ties were known, and we can go back
In history to a time when all apples
We're little, sOu and puckery-crab ap'
pies and nothing else. The crab apple
was and is in its wildness nothing but
q rosebush. Away back In time the
wild rose, with its pretty blossoms
that turn to little red balls, apple fla
vored, and the thorny crab had the
same grandmother.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-27
Painting Farm implements.

The farmer who takes proper care
of his implements not only houses
them and keeps them in good adjust.
ment, but he paints them occasionally
Paint closes all cracks and keeps out
the moisture. 1t not only preserves
the wood, but the iron parts are bene,
flied as well. 1t also gives the tools
a much better appearance, Before ap'
plying new paint remove all old paint
that is likely to scale off and see that
all parts are thoroughly clean and dry
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-27
Take Care Of the Doc.

A New Jersey man with an eye to
the health and comfort of our canine
will make the dogs life a happier one.
The kennel IS made In two parts. and
the top section opens on a hinge so
that the straw may be aired every day
and quickly changed when necessary.
Studs on the lower portion fit into
plates on the lower part so that the
whole is a firm structure when closed.
Animals as well as human beings are
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-27
Chickens a Money Brinaer.

The chicken is universal. a money
bringer of more or less amount upon
every farm, and no other staple is SO.
A farm may have no grain to sell, but
it is sure to sell in the year some
chickens and eggs. There are no farms
where there are no chickens and
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-27
Webster, So. Dak.
With Large Capital,
Reliable Connections,
Conservative Policy.
Fully equipped to handle any banking business
entrusted to us.
GEO. C.. DUNTON, Cashier.
First
National
Bank
AIabama's Capitals.

When Alabama was a territory its
capital was at st. Stephens, In Wash
ington county. The convention that
framed the constitution under which
It was admitted into the Union was
held in Huntsville. where the first leg
islature met in October, 1919, and the
FIRST governor was inaugurated. Caha-
ba became the seat Of government In
1890. In 1926 the capital was removed
20 Tuscaloosa, and In 1848 It vas again
removed, this time to Montgomery.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-27

money return from them. The univer.
salty of the chicken on farms gives
the business. incidental as it is in each
particular case. the first place as a
money getter. The sum of infinite
small units against the finite and linn
tied larger ones gives the xce to the
poultry returns in Missouri.
Odd again is ii that this industry, so
large and vast, is conducted so easily
and quietly. There is no sweat, no
strain. no worry over chickens. The
industry eel to are for itself and
cares extremely well. Men Of the
farms look slightingly upon it as a
woman's affair, unworthy of a grown
mans serious attention. and 1t Is at
tended to almost exclusively by the
women and children, while the money
return Is woman's money to spend as
she sees fit. independent of that for
support and maintenance furnished as
duty calls by the lord and master from
sources under his direction. mans
work. That the chicken money. the
woman's money. is big as 1t Is speaks
the story for the hen and the house
wife. They Guido che male and any
thing Of his EXCEPT In the ability to
crow
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-27
Birds Which Destroy chinch BUGS.

The birds which are the most bene.
fetal in destroying chinch bugs are
quail, prairie chicken, meadow lark,
red wing blackbird and catbird. 1t
has come to be the belief of most en-
tomOlogists and botanists that little
help can be expected from the para
site fungi in holding this in ~ect pest
In check.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-27
Rye Meal For Dairy Cows.

The Pennsylvania experiment station
has discovered that rye meal rs a part
Of a properly balanced ration for dairy
cows is as efficient In milk and butter
production as al equal weight OF corn
tnesl.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-27
Agriculture Taught.

Oklahoma is the only state which
requires the teaching of agriculture in
al country schools. The courses In.
clude agriculture, horticulture. stock
raising. fertilizers. dairying. drainage.
irrigation and grazing.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-27

healthier when they live in clean sur
roundings, and it Is important that
their bedding should be aired and
kept clean. With the new kennel it
Is easy to open the top each day and
let the sunlight and fresh air purify
the straw upon which the animal
sleeps at night. People who have
dogs for which they have real affec-
ton and who indulge these pets to
. sometimes foolish degree seldom
think Of paying ordinary attention to
hygienic laws which they accept as
absolutely necessary In the case Of
humans.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-27
Nutrition In Milk.

In nutrition a quart Of milk Is said
to equal a pound OF beefsteak or two
pounds of bread A pound Of beef
steak costs from 10 to 80 cents and
two pounds OF bread from 10 to IL
cents
The Mena weekly star., 1910-05-19
Crafty Politics.

Democrats and Insurgent Repub- licans together licked the Railroad bill into shape so that, as it passed the house, it is a good, progressive measure. The amendments that transformed the character of the bill were adopted by combination of Democratic and Insurgent votes. Without the help of the Democrats the efforts of the Insurgents would have failed.
 But, having corrected the measure, the Democrats were ordered by their party leaders to vote against it, pre- sumabIy to emphasize the traditional antagonism between the two parties. The more conspicuous result has been to deprive the Democrats in the eyes of the country of the credit that was justly theirs. If the house bill should become a law in substan- tially it's present shape, to the ad- vantage of the shippers and the country generally. the Republican campaign speakers could call atten- tion to the fact that the measure was enacted in the face of Demo cratic opposition. The Republican party would be given credit again for a monopoly on constructive legis- lation, and the Democrats would be held up as futile obstructionists.
 Evidently the Democratic leaders thought they were playing crafty politics. But just how they have helped the party the average plug citizen can't see. Kansas City Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-05-19
DISCUSS THE BAD CHILDREN
Conference on Backward, Truant, De lnquent and Dependent Little
 Ones Opens in St. Louis.

St. Louis, May 16.-"Do not tell e child how bad you think him. said F. E. Garner superintendent of the Soekanosset School for Boys, of How. ard, K. l., in an address on "Industria Training in State Schools" before the seventh annual session Of the Nation al Conference on Education of Back ward, Truant, Delinquent and Depend ent Children, which began its session here this morning Rather show hin how useful he can become Lead hin to think that good is expected iron everyone and that he amounts to some. thing" This was the keynote of this session.
 The speaker defined the state indus. trial school as an institution provided and supported by the state for the care and instruction of delinquent cntl. dren sent there by the authorities for cause, and whose object it is to fl them as useful law abiding citizens Independent of the condition that was their undolng.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-05-19
J. R. LAMBERT FOR SURVEYOR

In this issue ofThe Star appears the announcement of J. R. Lambert of Egger as an independent candidate for the office of Surveyor, subject to the will of the voters at the gen eral election.
 Mir. Lambert has lived in Polk county for 3S years. During that time he has been actively engaged in farming and school teaching and is well known all over the county. He is an experienced surveyor, hay ing learned the profession before coming to Polk county and followed the work in a private way since. If elected Mir. Lambert assures the people he will give them good and faithful service.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-05-19
Closing in on Gamblers.

The horse-racing fraternity of New York find themselves up against just about as serious a proposition as that encountered by the Hot Springs sports few years ago. The senate passed bill, the other day. that prohibits book-making either with or without writing and, what is more, just on the eve of it's pas sage. friends of Governor Hughes slipped in little joker in the shape of a clause making the directors of a racing association personally liable for gambling within the enclosure controlled by them. Verify, the path of the gambler is becoming a very rocky one. e.-Times Record.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-05-19
nENA SHOULD BE PROUD

There is nothing of which city should be more proud than of the graduation of fine class of young men and women from an excellent high school. This is the end to which the patriotic citizen looks when he votes heavy taxes on him self to support the common schools, and nowadays mighty few men are so small as to vote against giving their children and other mems chil- dren an opportunity to fit themselves for life's work by getting the most essential parts of the worlds knowl- edge in the schools.
 This year Mena is proud that ten of it's young folks eight young ladies and two young men--have taken full advantage of the oppor- tunity our city school can give them. The only cause for regret is that it was not 100 instead of 10.
 It is worthy of note that this class is the first in Mena to graduate d young man. the former ones being composed entirely of the fair sex.
 It is to be hoped that next .ear the number of the class will be at least doubled and that the percent age of young men will be greater. They need the training more, if possible, than the young ladies.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-05-19

be made to realize. and while l be- lieve that young people should be left to make their own selections, l believe also that they should be made to see, before critical stage is reached. as nearly as possible what marriage means. says Erman J. Ridgeway in the Dslineator for June.
 What does marriage mean? Not in transports, high spots, purple days, but in terms of every day. It is generally believed that the most successful marriages follow the mat ing of contrasts, nervous with phleg- matic, sunny with solemn, light with dark, and so on. There is probably something in the theory, though if the contrasts are too marked, the result is likely to to be misery. The chssm is too wide to bridge.
 A perfect mating is hardly attain able. There would be fewer mis- understandings and more success ful" marriages if more people real ized that a marriage can be success full without being perfect. Perhaps, too, there would be easier sledding if more people realized that mar riage is an attempt at three matings: The mating of two souls; the mating of two minds; the mating of two bodies. Two people fairly mated in any two of these can make very happy marriage of it, even if the other mating is hopeless, as long as they Understand the situation and decide to make the best of it. The mischief of nasty marriage is that they are usually body matings only. When the tropic days are succeeded by every days, she does not find in his mind, or his soul, complement of herself. The misery of imper- fectly mated bodies---and there is misery as nothing to the anguish of chained minds that would move in different worlds, but the very dregs of misery must be plumbed when white soul discovers itself pledged to daily contact with a moral leper, or an immoral thing.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-05-19
PROBING THE SALTlLLO WRECK
the Testimony Regarding Sink ing of Steamer.

St. Louis, May 16.-The government steamboat inspectors have begun an investigation into the causes of the wreck of the steamer City of Saltillo near Glen Park, Wednesday night, to fix the responsibility, if any, of the crew. Capt Henry Crane was the first witness and was followed by the other surviving members.
 On the result of the investigation will depend whether charges will be brought against the licensed members of the crew The revocation of their licenses is the seyerest penalty that can be inflicted on them In the event that charges should be sustained, if t should develop that there was criminal carelessness, action will be taken by the federal courts.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-05-19
Sloo Reward. Sroo

The readers of this paper will be p cased to learn that there Is at least one dreaded dis Case that nature nus been able to cure in Ill ts stages, and that is Catarrh. HalI's Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure no,V < no,Vn tn the medical Fraternity Catarrh being con sututiohai disease requires q consti.utionai treatment. Halls Catarrrh Cure is taken fin formally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system. thereby des- troying the foundation Of the disease anf gisingthe patient strength by building up tho cohsNintion and assisting nature in doing it's work. The rroprict0Ts have so much f,itfh ID It's curative powers that they offer one Hundred Dollars for any ease 1t falls to cure Send for lis, Of testimonials. Address:
 Ed. CHENEY & CO, TolcdoD
 s0ldby all Druggists, 75c-
 Take Hall Family Pllls for constipation
The Mena weekly star., 1910-05-19
SEEK LIFE SAVING METHOD
Manufacturers of Nation Meet to Dis cuss Prevention of Accidents
 and Allied Topics.

New York, May f6.--The prevention of accidents in industrial establish ments, employers liability and indus trial insurance are the chief topics to be discussed In the fifteenth an nual convention of the National AS sociation of Manufacturers which opened here today The widespreaa interest in these matters has resulted in making this one Of the largest meet ings ever held by the association.
 The 5000 manufacturers composlps the association are determined to make the action of this convention the pc, ginning of new era in the unileu States in the matter of safcsHafdlhs life and limb of employees and sV curing equitable compensation for 'n juries.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-05-19
ANOTHER CHAPTER IN HE
 BATH TUB MYSTERY CASE
Aged Mother and Aunts of Mrs. Oce> Snead Are Put on Trial for Her Murder at New
 ark, N. ].

Newark, N. j., May 16.-The placing on trial here today of Miss Virginia Wardlaw, Mrs. Caroline B, Martin and Mrs. Mary Snead, charged jointly with the murder of Mrs Ocey w. Sneal marks the beginning of another chap ter in the now famous bath tub" mys tery, one of the most baffling cases in the criminal annals of the east The curious manner in which the beautiful young woman met her death last November, the fact that the three de fendants are sisters and members oi an old southern family, and that one Is the mother and the other two the aunts of the victim, have all com bined to arouse an unusual degree oi interest. To this will be added a mass of uncanny evidence that will be pre- sented by the prosecution at the trial in an attempt to show that these three oll women were responsible fol the death of young Mrs snead, and that this cold-blooded crime was com mitted. in order that they might ob tain the $52O00 insurance on the vic tim's life.
 Although the prosecution has mass of incriminating evidence, it is purely circumstantial and the case hinget on the question of whether or not tho suicide note found pinned to Oces Snead's clothes on the morning hei body was discovered in the bath tub is forgery. Since their incarceration the old women have not written let ter of any kind with the exception ci note which was addressed to the Methodists, in which they appealed for aid. Their note was signed .ThC Wardlaw Sisters"
The Mena weekly star., 1910-05-19

that was an issue, and he was overwhelmingly defeated for re- election.
 Mir. Hamilton states that he has no desire to do me political injury. 1 presume he IS sincere in that, and I can only attribute the gross misstatements made by him to his gross ignorance ol what did actually occur in the legislature, as 1 have proven by the Journals.
 Those statements are like the one he made to MT. Cana, that the House passed bill pension. ing all Confederate soldiers, and that I killed it in the Senate. II such a bill as that ever passed the House, the Journal fails to show II. I defy him to prove by the records that 1 ever at any tima voted against any bill for the benefit of Confederate soldiers.
 I have no apologies to make tor the votes cast in the Senate, tor I believe every oue was cast in the interest of the people and for the benefit of the working people and for the benefit of the work ing people at large. As an evl- dence of my stand in the Senate for labor, the Farmers Union ot the state, through its Legislative committee, selected me as the member of the Senate to look af- ter their interests in that body, and as an evidence of my loyalty to them, resolution of thanks was voted me by that organiza- ton. As au evidence of my loy- alty of other labor organizations, the Federation of Labor and the Organization Railroad Employees pay me a high compliment in their printed reports for my zeal and sincerity in their behalf.
 As far as the depository propo- sition IS concerned, 1 think this question is forever settled. The people spoke in the last primary, and as far as 1 am concerned, as quick as possible after the con vening of the legislature, l shall pass depository bill which wit te properly safeguarded, and ai the same tune secure the highesl rate of interest for the county funds. the same to take effect as soon as passed.
 Ia conclusion, 1 wish to say that there is nothing to be gained by a newsps per controversy, but 1 expect to go before the people this summer in campaign for the interest of the Democratic ticket, both in this and Scott counties, and at the same time l will give an account of my stew ardship to the people, as l have always believed that l owed my election to them, notwithstanding the fact that Mir. Hamilton seems to think, judging from his letter, that 1 owe my election to him. presume that is the reason he thinks 1 should have taken nc action nor cast no vote iu the Senate without first getting his consent.
 Very respectfully,
 JNo. P. LOGAN
The Mena weekly star., 1910-05-19
Young Commentators.

Jerome S McWade, in a Sunday school address at Duluth, quoted oddi- lies from number of children's Biblt cal compositions that had been submit. ted to him in competition for a $15 New Year prize.
 Among the more whimsical oddities were:
 Mana T. being polite"
 Jerusalem was surrounded with walls to keep in the milk and honey
 Jacob was a patriarch by trade. In them days people lived on corn. like horses do now They always called pudden and porridge messes. Jacob could eat good mess. but Esau. who was the oldest could not eat as much as you might think. The patriarch Moses never ate nothing except when Ihere was famine"
The Mena weekly star., 1910-05-19

This has been a Hate" spring and the crops those that escaped the late frost and those replanted- have been held back by the dry weather, But when the rain clouds that have given the earth a good soaking, have rolled by and the warm sun comes out Polk County Prosperity will loom ur in fields of green, for nowhere will
 crops grow faster and with more luxuriance than right here when the conditions indicated exist. And, oi equal importance, the farmers have prepared well for this years harvest
The Mena weekly star., 1910-05-19

The Globe-Democrat has been dig ging into statistics with strange re- suits. According to the internal revenue receipts million more bar rels of beer was consumed in Ameri- ca last March than in the same month year before. despite the fact that the area of dry" territory has largely increased. But with this condition, is it not little strange that the brewers fight pro- hibition?
The Mena weekly star., 1910-05-19
Big Fleet Through Canal.

Washington, May 1G.--That an im- mense fleet of warships sail from Hampton Roads through the panama canal in 1915 and thence tn San Fran. cisco, thereby inaugurating the opeu. Ing Of the great waterway, is the sug. sestion of Washington commercial bodies who desire that this city ana san francisco have simultaneous ex. position when the canal is opened.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-05-19

If you want the smile that won't come off, !" get bottle of Swamp Chill Cure. It will make everything look good to you; and everything will taste good like 1t did when mother used to cook. Any druggist has authority to guarantee theperformance of all lU promises. 44-tf