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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-05
chine Invented For
Making Flax Fibre
Farmers May Have Some Facts to Decide Whether
It VIII Pay to Hold the Flax For Time to
Get Large Profits From the Fibre.

It VIII Pay to Hold the Flax For Time to
Get Large Profits From the Fibre.
To the Forum: Believing that
the matter herein presented is of
great interest and benefit to the
Dakota farmers, the writer Of this
article respectfully requests the
Forum to publish this article,
Briefly speaking, the writer came
to Fargo to have the Fargo foun-
dry make a sample machine of a
new invention relative to obtaining
fibre from flax straw, previously
threshed out to obtain the seed in
such manner as to leave all the
stalks full length. The managers
of the Fargo foundry didn't make
a sample machine and no other
opportunity is at hand to have one
made. So that the public trial that
was arranged for at the U. S. ex-
pertinent station cannot be made,
as I am compelled to 60 to the twin
cities or Chicago to have sample
machine made. The inventor will
probably have to get the bulk of
the construction of the machine
there also, and the probabilities
are that it will take two months to
construct any number of machines.
In order that farmers may have a
few facts to decide whether it will
pay them to hold their flax for a
time SO as to get the benefits Of
the profits from the fibre, [ present
my claims as to the operation of
the machine.
The blue prints were shown to
number of experts, some of which
were President Worst, the foundry
machinist, Graham and the secre-
tary of the commercial club, all of
whom pronounced the machine as
practical.
In short, the machine is intend
ed in the first operation to thresh
the seed out of flax clean. and in
the second operation it is to break,
scutch and hackle out the woody
matter and deliver the clean fibre
at the rear of the machine.
Then after the threshed straw
has been prepared by retting in
water or spread on the meadows to
be retted by the dew, which takes
from thirty to forty-five days after
the second operation, there is also
provided wheel attachment to
finish the cleaning of the fibre. We
will state the least the work can
be done for by hard work is 50 per
hundredweight, and also a waste
of about 20 per cent of the finest
fibre. Saving this and cost not
exceeding so cents is the benefit of
the machine. Besides, the mach.
inc will thresh out alfalfa and clio.
YER seed better than a separator;
also beans and peas. Grain can al
80 be threshed but not in a COM
mercial way.
In handling the fax for fibre it
should be cut on green side, thrown
off in bundles and set mp at once,
and stacked as soon as dry this year
as leaving it stand on bare ground
ruins about four inches of the fibre
thus lessening the price obtainable.
This year it will probably pay us
to run fax up to eighteen inches
high through the separator. Flax
two feet high and q thick stand
will probably net SO per acre in
fibre. Those growing fax on al
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-05
Underwood Miner

The crop Of prairie chickens will
be large this year, the dry weather
fayoring the ching Of broods..
Now the game Warlens want to see
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-02-09
JAMES w. M EANS

The following letter from Mcintosh
appeared III Tuesdays Times Union:
The citizens of Mcintosh and vi
cinity We're shocked Sunday by the
death of one OF the best. and most
we'll known citizens. James W. Means.
who died about midnight. with pneu-
m0nia
Mr.. Means was about his business.
and at work on Tuesday, when sud-
suddenly severe pains began to strike
through th. lungs and body. H. left
his field for his house and sent for
his brother. DR.. G. :. Means. who at
once diagnosed the case as pneumonia.
Mr.. Means gradually grew worse. Dr..
Montgomery of Micanopy. and DR.. y.
C Walkup Of this place We're called
in consultation. and everything that
human aid could offer was done. but
the AllWiSe Creator Willed otherwise.
j. w Means came from one of the
oldest and We'll known families of this
section of the state. being the Young
est son of the late Judge George W.
Means. Mr. Means was member Of
the order of Masons. knights of Ply
thias and Woodmen OF the World. All
of these orders participated in burial
rites. which took place AZ MicanOpy
Monday afternoon. Funeral was
preached in the Presbyterian church
at this place by Rev. l. w. Waddell at
o'clock. Mr.. Means was deacon in
this church. He leaves Il Wife and
little son. and a host Of friends to
mourn his death. besides this com
munity loses one of its best citizens.
Jim Means was everbody's friend. and
not an enemy did he have.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-02-09
A JULES VERNE WAGER
Coffroth's Attempt to Travel from
London to Frisco in Ten Days

San Francisco Feb. 9.-Rushing
from London to San Francisco in an
attempt to cover the distance in ten
days and win a wager of So 500. James
Coffroth. the western prize fight pro-
moter, is dashing here on the Over
land Limited from New York, which
place he left last Friday,
If everything goes right COffroth will
arrive in San Francisco tonight at
o'clock. This gives him just four
hours time to spare. for he left Liv-
erpOOl on the Mauretania January 50.
and the ten days will be up at mid
night February 9Th.
Coffroth's wager was made in the
Eccentric Club, in London, the club in
which the incident Of Jules Nernes 5
famous "Around the World in Eighty
Days had its beginning with a SINH
lar bet Coffroth was in the club talk
ing to Eugene Corri a London bro
ker. who is a prize fight enthusiast
Coffroth exhibited some letters which
he said had come from Frisco in two
weeks time, and Corri declared that
mail could not travel that distance il
fourteen days.
Why III bet l can go from this
club TO my home in San Francisco in
nine days" replied Cofroth.
I've got 500 pounds which says
you can't do it in ten" responded
COrri. and the bet was made imme-
diately.
That was on the night Of January
27th. just after Coffroth had returned
from Paris. on the morning Of Jan
uary 29th. Coffroth started for Liver
poor in an automobile. No time was
lost in Liverpool. Coffroth catching
the Mauretania the same day. and he
arrived in New York without accident
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-02-09

s'co REWARD 500

The readers Of this paper VIII be
pleased to learn that there i at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able 70 cure in al its stages and
that is catarrh. Halls CaTarrh cure
is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. catarrh
being a constitutional disease. requires
constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally. act
ing directly upon the blood and mu-
cOus surfaces Of the system. thereby
destroying the foundation OF the di
sease. and giving I'll" patient strength
by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing it> work
The proprietors have 50 much faith in
its curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that
it fails to cure. Send for a list of tes-
timonials. Address +. J. Cheney &
Co. Toledo. o. Sold by all druggists,
75c. Take Halls Family Pills for con
Stipa ton
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-02-09
LIFE ON PANAMA CANAL

has had one frightful dra wback-
alaria trOuble-that has brought
suffering and death to thousands. The
germs cause chills. fever and ague.
biliousness. jaundice. lassitude. weak
ness and general debility. But Flee
tric Bitters never fail to destroy them
and cure malaria troubles. Three
bottles completely cured me Of very
severe attack of malaria" writes VIM.
A. F'retWeu of Lucama, y. c. and
I've had good health ever since Cure
stomach liver and kidney troubles.
and prevent typhoid soc, Guaranteed
hN I'll drugStOreS.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-02-09
OVATION TO THE EXPLORER
Admiration Of the Country for Peary
Expressed by Leading Men. Ac-
companied by a Substantial
Tribute of lash

New York. Feb. 9-ln the Mrtro-
pOlitan opera house last night Com
mander Robert f. Peary received the
most notab tribute ever accorded
him in his long and brilliant career.
\ committee which included in its
membership Andrew Carnegie. Henry
c. Frick. Seth Low. Henry Clews
Stuyvesant Fish and others equally
we'll known, presented the testimonial.
which was national in It's character.
and intended to express the admira :
tion and respect that the whole coun-
try feels for the discoverer of the
north pole. commander Pcary dAliv-
cred his lecture and received in turn
purse of 10000 donated by his ad-
mirers. Governor Hughes delivered
the speech accompanying the prescn-
tatiOn of the purse.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-02-09

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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-02-09
THREATENED BY THE TRUSTS
The President is Warned that Further
Prosecution Of the Big Combines
Will Bring on Another Panic

Washington. d. G.. Feb. 9.-It has
become known here that New York
financiers and Wall street interests 5
have served President Taft with d
positive warning that unless there Is
an abatement Of the present vigorous
antitrust program of the administra- =
ton panic much greater than that
which marked the Roosevelt admins
tration in 1907 is imminent.
These warning have come. 1T is
learned on high authority both by
letter during the last few days and
through personal call Of some Of the
country's biggest financiers.
Taft in Quandary
For the first time since his admin
istration began. it may be said. the
president is worried as to just how
far to go in the program of legisla
ton and prosecution against the So
called trusts
The president. it is understood, has
taken some of his closest advisors
into his confidence with respect to the
warning given by the financial inter-
ests and his consequent indecision as
to whether the administra ton should
make further and more definite an
nouncement as to what it has in view
especially with reference to trust pro-
SecutiOn.
Warning is Plain
1t is said that letters received by
the president from the financial kings
of New York are by no means vague
in their meaning. They have boldly
informed the president that there is
unrest in the financial centers and
that a panic may be precipitated if
matters remain as they are.
These letters have followed recent
visits to the White House of J. Pier
pont Morgan, George W. Perkins of
the Morgan interests James J. Hill,
the railroad magnate. and Frank A.
Eanderlip. president of the National
City Bank of New York.
Tobacco Trust Decision
1t is intimated that Wall street is
in fear that the decision Of the United
States supreme court in the tobacco
trust case is going to be with the
government. In that event ii is
pointed out, panic in the stock mar
ket naturally may follow. in that it is
now understood that the administra-
tion's attitude is to follow the tobacco
trust prosecution with suits against
other trusts
In other words. the president has
been called upon for the showdown.
The money kings want the soft pedal
applied until the excitement subsidies.
Rooseveit's Panic Recalled
Especially is the proposed railroad
legislation creating an interstate COM
merce court and broadening the pow
er of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission opposed. The same interests
that oppose this legislation are in IA
vor Of the national Incorporate ton bill
else they point out d number of prose
cutions may result under the Sher-
man law.
The president, it is known is Wor-
ried over the threat which comes
from New York. This warning re-
counts the Roosevelt panic. and sets
forth that the disastrous times of 1907
will be comparatively insignificant
compared to the panic that may fol-
low if Mr.. Taft's attitude is not bet
ter understood. This comes both from
firms and individuals whose financial
power is fully recognized
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-02-09
SUBMISSION OR STARVATION
The Reply of the Beef 4arons to the
Boycott is to Raise Prices Toward
the Prohibtive Point

New York. Feb. @.-Wh"Irsai~ and
retail meat dealers here declare that
the prices 81 meat viii reach the
highest ever known before The week
ends. They declare that this is the
answer OF the packers TO the nation
wide boycott. They say that the
packers ar, putting more meat into
cold storage. killing less and selling
for higher prices.
Wholesale lamb is three cents above
normal, while retail beef. mutton and
pork have gone up one and one-half
cents per pound.
The supply is declared 10 be made
quate in the retail markets on account
of the prices and similar conditions
are foretold FOR the entire country
which is dependent upon the packers
for supplies.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-02-09
HAMLET

had melancholy, probably caused by
an inactive liver. \ bad liver makes
one cross and irritable, causes mental
and physical depression and may re-
suit disastrouSIy. Ballard'S Herbine
is acknowledged 10 b. the perfec; liv-
- regulator. If you're blue and OUT Of
sorts. get d bottle today. \ positive
cure for bilious headache. constipa =
ton. chills and fever and all liver
complain ints.-- Sold by all druggists.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-02-09
SEVEN MEN KILLED BY
EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE

Phoenix. AriZ.. Feb. ".-HeedIrss Of
the warning of a foreman in charge
of eXcaVating operations along the
line OF the private motor road from
Kelvin TO the Ray Copper mines. the
m0t0rman of a gasoline car contain
ing six passengers ran his car clos
TO q sputtering fuSe uf 4 heavy charge
of dynamite Yesterday and tha car
To atoms
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-02-09
A SAFEGUARD TO CHILDREN

Our two children of six and eight
years have been since infancy subject
10 colds and Group. About three years
go l started 10 use F'oley'S Honey
and Tar. and it has never failed to
prevent and cure these troubles. II is
the only medicine l can get Che child
rem to take without a row" The above
from ". {. Ornstein. Green Bay. Wis,
duplicates the experience Of thousands
of other users of FoleyS Honey and
Tar Sold by the Court Pharmacy.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-02-09
STRUCK A RICH NINE

S. W. Bends. of Coal City. Ala. says
he struck a perfect mine of health in
DR.. Kings New Life Pills for they
cured him Of liver and kidney trouble
after l. years Of suffering. They are
the best pills on earth for cnnStipa-
ton. malaria. headache. dyspepsia
debility. 35c. at all drugStores
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-02-09
SAFE AT KEY WEST

Key West. Fla. Feb. a-Ths steam
ship Alamo. with 1he crew of tha
steamship Kentucky which foundered
off the Carolina coast Friday. arrived
here yesterday. Capt Moore and the
forty five members Of the crew ~ the
Kentucky We're landed here
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-02-09
READ THIS

| Dunnellon. Fla. Sept. 1st. 1909.-l
have sold Halls Texas Wonder of st
| Louis. Mo. for six years. Every bot
! tie | sell adds a customer for it. It i
| "A genuine cure for kidney. bladder and
rheumatic troubles George ohnmaCht
| Merchant. Sixty days treatment in
| each hottie
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-02-09
SORE LUNGS AND RAW LUNGS

Most people know the feeling. and
the miserable state of i'll health il in
dicates. All people should know that
Foleys Honey and Tar. the greatest
throat and lung remedy. will quickly
cure the soreness and cough and re-
store a normal condition. ASK for Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar. Sold by the
Court Pharmacy.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-02-09

FOR SALE-Several imported sheep
wool mattresses. feather beds. piano.
etc. Cheap for cash. Address, Victor
Martinez, Carlton House. city.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-02-09
"Uncie Joe Cabin"

Tn" insurgents got their griiiing.
too: " hen between courses was rem
drred an affecting scene from TN
q" Toms Cabin" for this occasion
described az "Cnclc Joes Cabin. or
Life Among the Insurgents. y pre-
sentiment ot Speaker cannon was th-
clever lawyer ''Marks:' another nf
Whip Dwight was the brutal ovcrscer
"LeSree." ana various prominent in
surgcntS figured as Uncle Tom and
his fellow slaves. and Little Eva :
They were roughly treated. told that
they had been deprived of all patron
age. and their appeals IL the speaker
Ia resign" We're met by demands for
their return [" tine republican caucus
Finally put up"n th- block At auction
in a dubious market. tn. democrats
and republicans alike holding off from
The bidding the sale was stopped by
orders from the White House in tn
shap" of an emancipation progIuma-
tion. III order 70 secure party har-
mnHN.
II the insurgents We're srilIed. th-
trusts wer. fairly roasted in another
Skit pnrtraying the Infant Indus
trios"--the lumber whisky. be-t. coal
ana tobacco truSts-S.-iing rrot.C-
ZION from number uf ugly looking
customers Identified a. "The Ultimate
ConS'im,r~
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-02-09

E-a-l-e-n-t-i-n-e-s at Fishers.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-02-09
No Place Else to Go

This was verse from one q IL.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-02-09
Back from Eiba"

Scarcely had peace and quiet been
restored when another interruption
came. when to the strains Of III"
"Marseliaisr. entered tie Back
From I,lbI club" c'a1 in :<airuleoni,.
uniforms. AMI Including pcrSnnitica-
ti"ns "f pUbIic men who hav. been
Identified by common report with the
movement t. return Rno>vVolt to the
White House.
The Big Stick figured in this. and
in the fierce glare 0f the electric light
and in defiance of all rules OF secret
orders. and in tn" presence uf several
hundred "Ouitlanders'' We're dragged
forth and daily initiated tn" two un-
Fortunate n."p,ytcs of tine Cirdirnn
club George Edmund Miller resident
correspondent of tn" Detroit News.
ana John Calian O'I.aUehlin "f tn"
Chicago Tribune.
They We're made to foreSWtar ali of
the policies of their respective news
papers ana to pledge themselves to be
on the pier 70 welcome ''Th" only
one WHEN h" returned from Africa a
all this t. tn" chant of "When Teddy
comes Sailing Home Again. Hurrah -
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-02-09

Woodmep meet Friday evening.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-02-09
PROMINENT MEN AND POLICIES
Humorously Roasted at the Silver
Dinner of the Gridiron Club.

Washington. d. G.. Feb. THE
Grldiron Club gives two dinners each
year and il fell out that the one given
Saturday night At the New Willard
was the Silver Dinner-markins the
tW"nty-ffth anniversary Of the foun-
datipn of ;he club.
Wherefore there was a great gath
criH9 of n0tables-a president. Cabi-
net officers. ambassadors. iurists
grave and reverend senators. frivOl-
Gus representatives in Congress. and
a number of simple newspaper men
gathered from many states of the. un-
ion Each and all bore off a rcmeIn-
hrance Of the happy event in the
shape of 4 souvenir silver ash reCeiv-
II. crossed by the mystic Gridiron.
The FUN started almost as soon as
the guests We're seated. with Il taneIc
over the Inauguration of the new
president nf the club. Scott {. Bone
editor Of IN" Washington Herald; for
entering untimcly upon the scene.
came Fl Prvsidente Zclaya. with his
army. composed "f half Il dozen gen
erals in FalStaftian uniforms. and one
lone private. Ielaya. looking for job.
had picked out the presidcnc.. of the
Gridiron Club as suitable. and was
elected only by the threat that So
rotary Knox was approaching.
The independent-reporter., 1910-09-22

ing on her cousin whom she had not
seen for more than twenty years.
Mrs. Nettie Lovejoy Stanley.
Lois Foss of Auburn has recently
entered the Cleveland school taught
by Miss Annie Whittier. She is STOP
| ping with her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. A. Foss. Mrs. Foss is so
much improved in health as 70 again
take charge Of her work. The grand
son. Hector Allen and wife, who
have been with them the past year,
have secured rent near by and gone
to housekeeping.
Miss e. B. Dunton is passing a few
weeks at the home of her brother.
: G. F. Dunton.
o. H. Case was called to Augusta
last week by the death of Jesse X.
Brown, whose wife was Miss Emma
Morgan, daughter of the late Mrs
Case. Mr.. Brown will be remember
ed by not few friends in Cornyile
and Athens, as he was in town sew
eral months during the building of
the Ware tomb. The sympathy of
many friends goes out to Mrs. Brown
in her sorrow. Mr.. Browns death oc-
Cured Sunday morning, September
Is, after several months of failing
health from pulmonary tubereulo-
sis. The funeral was from his home
Wednesday forenoon.
R. L. Jacobs and wife of Lynn,
were in town last Thursday to look
after the estate of the late George
H. Burgess. AS soon as matters can
be arranged the colts and real es-
tate will be for sale.
The independent-reporter., 1910-09-22
BINGHAM.

Earl Andrews, Ralph Goodrich and
Ralph Gallant, all Of Bingham, are at
present students of Hebron Academy
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Chadbourne
have moved to Hale Stream where Mr.
Chadbourne will work in the mill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Collins and
Frank Collins, professor Of Botany In
Brown university of Providence, were
guests of Chas. Colby and family on
their way to Pleasant Pond. They
will visit other ponds during the few
weeks they spend In Maine.
Mrs. Winnie Vittum Of Briggs land.
ing and Mrs. Thomas Howes of Con-
cord attended the fair at Skowhegan
last week.
Charles e. Millett has a new fur,
mace installed to- supply heat for his
barber shop.
Mrs. Anna Chase and John Miller
have returned from visit of some
weeks among friends in Augusta, Gar
diner and other cities.
James Reynolds, who has been al
Carry Pond working, was at home or
Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sands, who
have been working at Carry Ponds
this summer, are at home for few
days before going into the woods to
cook for a numbering crew for Preblt
& Robinson.