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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28

err quantity of milk for the food con-
sumed than any other breed. An
other excellent quality of the Ayrshire
breed is their freedom from lung
diseases; their hardy, rugged charac-
ter and their ability to stand cold
weather without injury. For cheese
and milk at the lowest cost, the Ayr
shire and the Ayrshire cross will give
the largest returns.
FOr cream and butter buy the
Guernsey or the Milking Polls. The
Guernsey is much larger than the
Jersey, they give a larger flow of
milk and the milk. being highly col
Ored, can be sold at an advanced
price. l know of dairymen keeping a
few well-bred Guernseys for the ex-
press object of their milk being used
to color and flavor the milk from
their grade cows. Nearly all the
dairy farmers that make a business
of selling milk to the city want large
cows. The COWS preferred are the
grade Shorthorns or the H%olsteins,
says a writer in the Baltimore Amer
lean. Most of these COWS come to
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28
measure for Measure"

Country Editor-"Billy, run owe
to the store and ask Mr.. Krump for
the loan OF his peck measure for a
short time" New Office Boy-"Yes,
sir; but whatll l say you want it for
he's sure to ask me?" Country Ed.
itor-"Well. the fact is that Silas
Skinf1int is due here in half an hour
to renew his subscription with two
bushels of apples and-well, l know
Sllas OF old!-Illustrated Sunday
Magazine.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28
Corner In Ancestors
DiggeS Family
By ELEANOR LEXINGTON
Copyright by Mcclure syndicate)

Records of this family begin with
Leonard Digges of Kent, a famous
mathematician of the sixteenth cen.
fury.
His sons children could read their
titles clear to Edward III. of England,
and his queen, PhiMppa, through Lady
Anne st. Ledger. born 1855, and wife
of Thomas, son Of Leonard Digges.
While speaking Of titles and the
blood royal, we may as we'll mention
that the dukes Of Dorset and Rutland,
and the Earls de la War; were
Obliging enough to fit in somewhere in
the family history, also George Me-
Vile, lord of Abergavenny.
Thomas of Digges Court and Lady
Anne had Dudley knighted by James I.
Sir Dudley Digges of Chilham castle.
Kent, and it was his son, Col. Edward
Digges. whom all the Digges of this
country claim as a common ancestor.
The usual photography in the north
and west is Diggs. Simplified spelling,
you may say. and then inquire why,
when and by whom was the "e''
dropped The writer can only echo
your query, and continue to use "e.'
Dyges and Digz are variants of the
uame.
Leonard, mentioned above, must be
remembered for his scientific studies.
His son Thomas, writing in 1879. says:
MY father had a method of discover.
ing, by perspective glasses, set at due
angles, all objects pretty far distant"
This was some 20 years before the
discovery Of the telescope in Holland.
The Digges' family seat, for genera.
tons, was in Kent, where the family,
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28


ness with a fair dogree of heat starts
the germ to developing, which later
when the seed is again dried, is ar
rested and the soft cells harden. and
the germ dies. Corn especially should
be kept from dampness.
When the weather in the fall is
such that the corn fully natures and
the ears dry out before the frost
comes, almost any amount of cold fails
to injure it.
Not so the seed that has not thor.
oughly dried out. The heavy freezes
destroy the germ life because of the
moisture in the germ. 1t is probable
that the minute particles of moisture
are expanded in the freezing and
burst the cells of which they form a
part.
The drying of corr is therefore a
necessity if good seed is to be had.
The worst feature about this expert
ence with corn is that it leaves no eX-
ternal mark to show what has taken
place in the germ.
The farmer picks out the nicely ap-
pearing ears and shells the corn for
seed. Not till it fails to come up the
next year does he begin to suspect
that it's g~erminability had been in.
jured before he selected it for seed.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28

which was given to him for services in
the continental army.
Cole DiRges was a major of cavalry
in the Revolutionary war. Both of mis-
sons were in the War of 1912, ant
one. William, became q western pi
oneeer.
One OF Washington's most intimate
friends was his neighbor, William
Digges. whose home was on the Poto
mac. at what is now Fort Washington
When Washington died William
Digges. as a nea friend, had full au
thority and charge of the funeral.
The Digges Family association keeps
green the memory of forefathers, anc
possesses much valuable data and in
teresting relics. Photographs of Sil
Dudley and his home in Kent and also
the church where he is buried, are ex
tremely interesting.
There are also epitaphs to the mem
ory of dead and gone forelathers
which make good reading. For ex
ample:
Here Ives Robert Diggs and William Dig.
There's no living soule knew which wa:
the bigger:
They Jared well and lived easy.
And now they're both dead. ant shall
please We.
Among stories handed down, at fam
lily reunions, one has to do with E
place near Chilham castle, called Ole
Wives Lees, where a race is run each
18th of May between young maid
ems and bachelors of good CONVEX
sation, and between the ages of six
teen and twenty-four." The two vic
tors, a maid and a bachelor, are
entitled to $40 each, under the will
of Sir Dudley Digges.
The coat-of-arms Of the Digges, O /,
Diggs family, is blazoned: gules, on {
cross argent, five double-headed eagles
heads, erased, sable.
Crests: Cd An Eeagle's leg, coupled
at the thigh, sable, issuant therefrom
three ostrich feathers, argent; CD A
double-headed eagles head, erased
sable.
Motto: Che Sara Sara-what will
be, will be.
Regarding the symbolism of this
coat-armor, gules (red), denotes mill
tary courage and magnanimity; ar
gent (%silver), sincerity: sable (black)
constancy. An eagle, or any part o.
an eagle, means one occupied in high
pursuits; ostrich feathers, or any 9th
ers, willing obedience and serenity
King Stephens crest had a plume O.
feathers and the legend: "No force al
tiers their fashion"
Coat-of-arms, in the middle ages
were signs Of gentlemen in England
and the rigid etiquette, observed ir
county records of it in Virginia during
the seventeenth century, shows thai
these distinctions prevailed here as
we'll. No one assumed the name OF
gentleman without a claim to arms
and the bearer of arms was a gentle
man." according to usage of the time
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28
SEEDS INJURED
BY MOISTURE
Varieties Like Blue Grass VIII
Heat Quickly If Not Dried In
Sun or With Artificial
Heat of Some Kind.
(By CHAS. X. WEATHERSON.)

(By CHAS. X. WEATHERSON.)
The drying of seeds affects their
germinability to a considerable ex-
tent. Some seed, like blue grass seed,
will quickly heat and spoil if not
thoroughly dried in the sun or with
artificial heat.
Much of the poor blue grass seed
has been made poor by being too
quickly put in large receptacles where
it does not have an opportunity to
thoroughly dry.
, Even when piled in the field after
it has been taken from the blue grass
ficiently to spoil it.
1t is unfortunate that when a man
has a lot of blue grass seed that has
been so spoiled that he cannot resist
the temptation to sell it for good seed.
Many other seeds are injuriously af-
fected by too great u moisture content,
but few so much as the blue grass
seed. The higher the starch content
Of the seed the more necessary does it
appear to be to keep it from damp
uess.
Corn, being high in percentage of
starchy matter, must be kept from
dampness or it's germinability will be
destroyed. So readily does it heat
under warm, moist conditions that it
is regarded as very difficult to send a
cargo of corn across the equator.
1t may be accepted as a good rule
that all seeds should be kept from
dampness, most Of all such seeds as
corn. Just how the dampness affects
the germinability we do not fully
know.
' In some cases doubtless the damp.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28
Prudent ~Brjdeuroom.

1.-The uncertainties of life in New
York are reflected in wedding rings"
said the jeweler. "Of all the wedding
rings l have sold this season more
than half were brought back after the
ceremony to have the date put on. The
rest of the Inscription was engraved
when the ring was purchased, but in
order that the date might be correct
it was cautiously omitted until after
the knot was tied"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28
French Market Poultry.

The French method Of preparing
poultry for market is acknowledged in
some respects superior to others. The
birds are made very fat and plump,
and are manipulated to increase
plumpness. A few feathers are left
on the tail and neck. The skin is
white and delicate. Each carcass is
tied with a ribbon and is shown back
uppermost, instead of breast up, &C.
cording to American and English
usage.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28
Anqio-S Bread.

The food of the Anglo-Saxons was
largely bread. This is shown by the
fact that a domestic was called a
loaf eater" and the mistress of the
house was called a loaf giver." The
bread was baked in round. fiat cakes,
which the superstition of the cook
marked with a cross to preserve them
from the perils Of the fire.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28
Lightning.

Lightning has struck, pluckeo
feathers from and insides out of chick.
ems, and, better than some cooks,
roasted them to a proper turn for the
table. 1t has roasted apples on the
tree and corn on the stalk. and has
struck goober and potato vines, aid
cooked the COOLERS and tubers in the
very ground.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28

ness should take the S%horthorn OF
Holstein cross. The dairyman living
on his clay or rough mountain farm
should take the Ayrshire bull and
raise the choicest female calves to
keep up his. herd. This he car do
much cheaper, as his expenses are
much less.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28
American Hous,

Five distinct breeds of hogs arr
credited to American skill, and every
one of them is better adapted to Amer.
lean conditions than any foreign
breed, barring the Berkshire. The
Berkshire seems to be a good hog
anywhere.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28
FIeaS and Mites,

1t is said that crude carbolic acic
dissolved in boiling water and sprin
killed. about the barn or henhouse is
sure death to f1eas and mites. Use
10 cents worth of the carbolic acit
to a bucket of water.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28
Keep Hay Loft Clean.

The floor of the hay loft should be
seed and dust tight. Horses are often
injured by seeds and dirt falling into
their eyes and ears.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28
Bad Breath

For months I had great trouble with my
stomach and used all kinds of medicines.
My tongue has been actually as green a.
grass, my breath having a bad odor. Two
weeksago a friend recommended Cascarets
and after using them I can willingly and
c~heerfully say that they have entirely
cured me. I therefore let you know that I
shall recommend them to any one suffer-
ing from such troubles. "-Chas. H. Hal
perm, IA E. 9TH St., New York, N. Y.
Pleasant, Palatable, Potent. Taste Good.
Do Good. Never Sicken, Weaken or Gripe.
lOc, 25c, soc. Never sold in bulk. The gen.
ulne tablet stamped CCC. Guaranteed to
cure or your money back. w
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-02-03
Government Buildings,

The government works in funny
ways. It builds stone federal build
ing in mining camp, the life of which
Is limited to few decades at most, to
endure through the days of decadence
and mark the once prosperous life Of
the camp as monument. In Fallont
town that must endure through time
because of the permanent resources
that surround it, Uncle Sammy's agents
elect to build federal building of
wood. When the town has come into
its own and its tributary country is de-
veloped to its maximum, the building
will be ramshackle affair very much
out of tune with the conditions. But
we shouldn't complain, for after all we
are lucky to get building at all. At
the present time those having govern
ment business must walk more than
two miles to transact it. Taxicabs and
and streetcars are not available now,
though in time, we will count them
among our local conveniences. But it
moves us to say that Uncle Sam is
very much misguided individual, de-
pending as he Goes upon politicians and
administration favorites for advice.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-02-03
Sugar Beets
Live Topic
Fred Hinze Arrives In Fallon And
Is Working For Projected
Factory.

I most skeptical of his bonafideness as ;
man of means and ability to do. HI
is recognized as builder by the sugar
capital of the country, rather than {
promoter, and after reading the many
excellent testimonials from leading mer
with whom he has had business dealings
one is forced to conclude that the resi-
dents of this valley will be losing ar
opportunity that comes but seldom al
best, If they fail to give Mr.. Hinze
their undivided moral and financial sup.
port. As promised by the Hinze
Brothers at the outset, they will invest
500, 900 of their own money, which is
pointed out will secure them approxi-
mately a one-fourth interest in the pro-
posed factory, and that the control will
rest with the stockholders of the pro-
posed company. In this connection it
is hoped by those behind the scheme
that as much Of the capital stock will
be subscribed locally as Is possible, for
it is pointed out that moral support u.s.
ually goes with financial investment
and that gigantic undertaking of this
nature would be useless to commune
ty and total loss to the builders with
out the. hearty cooperation of every
local resident, to whom a successfully
operated beet sugar factory must mean
benefit that ID inestimable.
Mr.. Hinze wishes to state through
the columns Of this paper that DR.. Has
call does not at this time, represent
even In the rsmotest manner the Hinze
Brothers. nor b he directly or indirect.
ly empowered to commit the sugar
company's policy, for these are mat
ters that must be served by the direc-
torate, the personnel of which IL yet to
be determined.
While all is not gold that slinks, nor
is every sparkle diamond, still the
beet sugar industry makes communities
and deals out prosperity in liberal por-
ton, raising land values and insuring
an annual income to farmers, which we
must out of all frankness say Is greatly
needed. If we reject this opportunity,
1t will be of our own election; due to
apathy and sheer neglect and the In
stance will be only illustrative Of how
near prosperity can stalk with jingling
yellow coin in its jeans without recogni-
tion by local folks.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-02-03
Coasting Is Now Enjoyed.

A number of the young folks of the
town have been disporting themselves
on the sides of Rattlesnake hill lately,
bobsleds being invoked for rapid transit
down the sides. OF course the ride
down is worth the walk back to the
head of the slide way.
The leaders in the coasting escapades
are Tommy Burcheil. Fred Schaffer ai,d
Russell Burch. Lunches are served
during the course of the evening and a
good time had generally. 1t is not
often that coasting is afforded in the
great Lahontan cactus belt and it may
be many years before it will come
again. You fellow with pink checked
girl, better get out your bobsled and
slide for your life.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-02-03

Mesdames Ed. F. Dunbar, A. Z
SCHNEIDER, P. B. Kinney and Thomas I
Means entertained the members of III
Five Hundred" card club at tn
Commercial club rooms last evening
A number of invited guests were presei
and good time is reported by those
attendance. The occasion was on
wherein the husbands of the club men
bers participated in both the card pla
and refreshments which followed. A
usual the men won the prizes for heay
eating, while their wives walked awd
with the palm for intricate and SUI
cessful card play.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-02-03
ADDITIONAL LOCAL BREVT|Es
Some of The Overflow From
Our Regular Local
Columns.

IA Modern Ananias." play replete
with laughable features, was presented
by the Lahonton Dramatic Club at
Clark's pavilion Saturday evening to
a good sized crowd, which was ap-
preciative throughout the entertain
ment. The cast maintained the various
parts in excellent manner and the home
talent company comprising the Lahon-
ton aggregation must perforce, submit
to being called extraordinary repre-
sentatives of the histrionic art. The
proceeds of the evening amounted to
$l1l.50, the net portion of which will
be donated to the Episcopal church fund.
We had a phone message from
Verne Whipp yesterday from the pest
house and he stated that the half dozen
occupants were getting along swim
mingly and that some were to be dis
charged right away, but that his exis-
tence there would be prolonged about
two weeks. Verne says that "Slim"
Bryant is chef worthy of praise and
the boys are faring admirably. Read
ing matter has been provided and mas
much as none Of those confined in the
pest house are I'D, good time is being
had
1t is reported that Fulton H. Sears is
contemplating the erection Of an alfalfa
meal mill in this place. Recently. he
has inquired quite exhaustively into the
merits of alfalfa meal manufacture and
finds that it is an industry well adapted
to this section and should he conclude
to install the innovation, he will be
assured abundant support.
The Truckee-C Carson Farmers As
sociation will hold their next regular
meeting at the court house, Saturday,
Feb. 9Th at 2 P. M. We will have with
US the president of the National Water
Users Association who will give Us q
talk on "The Benefits to be Derived
from Waters Users Association.
A. o. FOSKETT, Ses.
Deputy Game Warden N. r. tits
patrick wishes the assistance Of several
able bodied young men, who live IN tha
quail sections throughout the COLI
period. Grain will be furnished those
who apply. Remember you will be
serving a humane purpose by accepting
Mr.. Fitzpatrick's proposal.
FOR SALE: A double oven steele
range In first class condition. For
particulars call at the Overland. A
genuine bargain, Il you need one.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-02-03

Fred Hinze, of the Santa Ana suga
corporation, arrived in Fallon Saturda!
and has since been busted with work
ing upon the Fallon beet sugar project
Mr.. Hinze feels greatly encourages
over the prospects for the early installa
tion of factory in Fallon, hearty co
operation having been assured hin
from so many sources, that the success
of the undertaking seems highly proba
BILE. In connection with this subject, il
is stated that many men of means, re
siding in Reno and elsewhere in thii
state, have given assurances of theil
financial support, proving at once thai
the Importance of inaugurating The
beet sugar industry in Nevada is gen
orally recognized. That now Is a pro
pitious time to undertake the building
of factory and that this valley is ar
ideal spot in which to inaugurate thu
undertaking, there can be no doubt.
Mr.. Hinze stated that Of the varioui
sections, where he has been engaged In
the manufacturing of beet sugar, and
they are several. this valley offers adj
vantages Of the highest value. The
sugar beet raised here, while not abb
normally high in sugar, Is wonderfully
pure, which fact gives our product un.
equa1ed commercial value.
The state consumption would in the
event of building and operating a fac
tory of four or five hundred tons DAILY
capacity, absorb the entire product
thus obviating the necessity of seeking
outside markets. Tn power whic,
will soon run through the valley and
the government water IRE convenieneU
that assume the nature Of problems b
less favored communities, whise sss
disposition of the refuse of the factory,
another serious problem in communities
where there are no waste lands or
means of drainage, is simple here, ths
government authorities having already
offered to donate right Of way to tn.
Old river channel, which it Is sail
would conduct the sewage to the lowe
basin without damage to any one.
Monday afternoon Mr.. Hinze me-
with number of the local busineu
men, including Thomas Dolf, Hon. W
w. Williams, l. H. Kent and Others
and briefly discussed the methods to b
invoked to make of the undertaking !
success. 1t is highly probable that q
incorporation will be effected shortly
In which event active work woul
quickly follow.
The need of an industry In this com
munity is at once apparent and a ven
large proportion of those now livig
upon farms within this project woui
welcome the innovation. The growing
of sugar beets would. should a markt
at fair prices be provided, be undet
taken in earnest.
Mr.. Hinze brought with him an arrT
of credentials that must convince tlr
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-02-03
MODERN WOODMEN PROSPER
Steps Are Being Taken To
Add Many New Feat
ures.
(Contributed.)

The next meeting of Lahonton Camp,
Modern Woodmen of America, prom
ises to be one of the most important
ever held by this Camp and the largest
in point of attendance, as practically
every one of it's fifty members will be
present.
There are six important features for
this meeting, as follows: First, there
is the usual class to be adopted. Sec
ond, the preliminary steps are to be ta-
ken for the organization of camp of
our auxiliary order, the Royal Neighbors
of America. This will be the only wo-
mans order in Fallon which issues in
surance certificates to eligible candi-
dates. Social certificates will be issued
to ladies who wish to join, but cannot
pass the medical examination. Third,
the organization of the Lahonton Band
of Fallon. Already there are twelve
who have signified their intention to be-
come members. Several who are not
members of the order are expecting to
join the band if one is organized.
Fourth, the organization of dramatic
club among those who cannot become
members of the band will be discussed.
The dramatic club will aim to present
1t stated intervals one of the many
Modern Woodmen plays especially
written for this order. Fifth, the
younger boys are rallying around
Thomas Burchell, who SO ably captained
the single mems baseball team last
year. They want Lahonton baseball
team and its a sure thing they will
have the local pennant when the season
10 over next fall Sixth, plans will be
discussed for increasing our member
ship to one hundred so that the dues
can be reduced to three dollars a year.
Every community needs to encourage
the taking Of insurance among those
who can pass the examination and are
otherwise eligible to membership in
strong organization like the Modern
Woodmeu of America.