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The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1910-08-05
Where Crops
Have Failed
BY PROF. THOMAS SHAW.

IN VERY many instances where the crops have
failed in Montana, the farmers are allowing the
land to remain undisturbed. This means that
A the land is losing any moisture that it may have
contained and this thus far affect the crop ad.
versey the following season. The only instances in which
would be commendable to leave such lands undsturbed
those in which they producing enough to justify
cutting the crop for hay.
Where the seed has failed to gerrninate the land
should also be treated as summer faow. Where the
termination is partial and some crop is growing on the
land it should also be faowed # left lying as was
when the seeding had been completed the moisture which
will all be lost hence the hazard Of failure will be incurred
next season should be dry This hazard may be
avoided by fallowing the land.
Where the seed has failed to germnae. not a day
should be lost in stirring the surface Of the ground thor
oughy with the harrow, subsequently and occasional har
rowing should be given until fall crops, winter wheat
rye son. When these are not sown the occasional
narrowing say every three four weeks should be given
until winter is near.
Where the termination has been partial and the
grain that has germinated is making feeble growth the
disc should be at used on the land to destroy all
growth upon it, The harrow should be at once used on
the land destroy all growth upon it. The harrow should
at follow the disc. The treatment subsequently,
should be as outlined above
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1910-08-05

only in the carrying on Of the busi-
ness and affairs Of said city and
making Improvements therein, and
shall be apportioned as follows: To
the street and alley fund, three
mill; to the light and water fund,
three mills; and to the general fund
four mills.
Six amendments to city ordin-
ances were presented by Alderman
Murray.
Moved by Graham, seconded by
Murray, that ordinances be ordered
drawn including the proposed
amendments. Carried.
Bond Of w. r. Evans on cross
walks contract was read and on
motion Of Graham, seconded by
Johnson, was accepted until surety
company bond was received.
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Moved by Johnson, seconded by
Graham, that e. w. Ray be allowed
$500 as expenses for the month
July. Carried.
Mayor announced that he had
instructed Chief of Police Ray to
preform the duties of street COM
missioner.
Moved by Johnson, seconded by
Ogle that Council adjourn until
Monday, August 18th, at 8 O'Clock,
p. m.
Did it ever occur to you, the
Fad?
The Sayre House provides excel
lent accommodations for its guests.
Engage a room there for your stay
in Roundup. Upper Main street.
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woman's nerves are taken into con-
sideration as well as the baby's in
clinations. At the>date of writing this
l know three bottle fed babies, and
they couldn't be healthier. The mother
is free to be out and around. and
weaving time" terrors are eliminated.
The old fashioned mother used TO
make a slave of herself, and what did
she gain?
She rocked the baby to sleep. Some
times it took as much as an hour and
a half to do it. Think of that on
warm night. my friends, or when you
wanted to go to the theater. but sup
pose she didn't want to go. Well,s per-
haps not
And she picked up baby whenever
it cried.
And father walked the floor with it
at night.
What larks!
Now baby is put in its little crib,
and that's all If it cries, it cries.
And when it finds out no one is there
to humor It it goes to sleep. 1t isn't
wrapped up to its ears on every occa-
sion. Result: II doesn't take cold and
it is 'ttoughened" by having its little
bath in a real tub every day and
SpidSHinS eAIOuIu like d grown person.
v D
And the modern baby eats and sleeps
and grows fat without wearing its
mother to skin and bone, if she is a
wise mother.
Later ON baby will need her and her
brains and her strength. How can she
give them to the growing child if she
wastes them all on the infant?
If there is one type of woman un-
bearable above all other it is she who
shows her disapproval-"
Now why in the name of goodness
should she?
The childish cry of NJ. Y. o. B. (mind
your own business) may be rude, but
what a good thing to have dinned into
the ears of certain women.
There is a woman know who per-
haps does not take life as seriously as
she might. and one of these feminine
little tattles comes to see me and sits
down by my. IRE and drinks my tea
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and called the day st. Valentines day.
instead of the day of Pan and Feb
ruanta Juno. who had also been wor-
SHIPPED at the Lupercaiia. Alban But
Ter. in the Lives of the Saints says:
Ito abolish the heathenish. super
stitious custom of boys drawing the
names of girls in honor of their god
dess Februanta Juno on the 18th of
February, several jealous pastors sub
stituted the names of saints in biilets
given on that day Thus instead of
drawing his girls name the youth
drew the name of saint.
"All the same. however though the
festival of the Lupercalia was not call
ed that any more. but St. Valentines
day instead, and though the holiday
was made to come Feb. Ii in place of
the 18th, the young people of old Ro-
man times continued to pair off and
have their merry parties the middle of
February. So they do to this day,
though few think they are celebrating
festival which was kept in the time
of Romulus and Remus.
Fortune telling practices now COM
mon among girls at Halloween used to
be the vogue in England on Valentine
day One of the beliefs was that the
first man a girl met on Valentine
morning was her fate. The members
of this club being women, it is not
necessary to inform them that girl
was quite able to arrange it that the
man she first met on the day of fate
was exactly. the man she wished to
meet. In a bit of writing over 200
years old a girl says, speaking of the
right man:
ct lay abed and shut my eyes all
the morning till he came to our house,
for would not have seen another man
before him for all the world
you will be interested to know it
was a woman, a Miss Esther Rowland
of Massachusetts, who started the val
entine making industry in this country
about seventy-five years ago"
"Oh, yes, she was a Massachusetts
woman, of course" whispered west
ern Sociolog to her neighbor.
Miss Howlands father kept book
store. Valentines were then all inn
ported from England. But they were
expensive and hard to get. Miss How
land ingenious with her fingers and
scissors and having an artistic eye
began cutting out small pretty pictures
wherever she could find them, and
she decorated in various ways. Soon
she had far larger trade than she
could supply and had to call in as
sistants. She made a large fortune, it
is a satisfaction to record.
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"The spirit of this commercial age IL
strangely reflected in the change from
the valentine of thirty years ago 70
that of today. Then a pretty. mex
pensive picture with bit of lace paper
or ribbon around it gave a girl thrills
of delight. Now the valentine must
be costly gift, a gem or piece OF brio
a-brac or something Chinese or Japa-
nese-no matter what, anything-so II
costs like everything. In our time SEN
timent. romance, affection, seem 10 pc
gagged by the money price one Is Will
ing to pay for them"
That was the end. A whole lot OF
repressed coughs and a round OF nand
clapping followed, the loudest clapping
being made, as usual by those VINO
had been in the anteroom gossiping all
the hour and had not heard six words
of the paper.
AS Mrs. Warren sat down there was
movement at the door. Two pretty
girls in pink-the youngest members
of the club, they were-walked lightly
down the aisle bearing between them
basket of splendid crimson hearted
roses large vivid throbbing with
color. The basket that held them was
crimson and heart shaped. The roses
were forty in number, one for each
member of the club. A pretty card
was tied by crimson ribbon to the bas-
ket, and upon the card were these two
lines:
While roses bloom and hearts are true
| Our faithful love will last for you.
3 -
The basket was placed before Miss
Bruning. But for once the handsome
F., gracious president seemed unready.
She appeared not to notice.
whats the matter with the presi-
dent?" the women whispered.
The lapse was for no more than half
a minute, though. The president re-
covered herself. She spoke a few
words of thanks in her sweet, calm
voice, and everybody was satisfied. But
| in that brief half minute, when she
seemed not to notice, the soul of Orella
Bruning was away back in the past.
the civil war time, when she was six
teen, studying Latin grammar in the
high school. A yellow haired, blue eyed
i boy of seventeen was in the class, too,
and he sent her her first valentine.
The yellow haired lad became a soldier
and died on the battlefield, but Orella
1 Bruning had that cheap little old val
entine still. 1t was only Autograph
with some red roses upon it and above
them a dove bearing a letter in it's
mouth. Underneath in schoolboy Latin
were the words:
| "Amo Te'' HELEN BARNABY.
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ana DuttereU, are
served or toast or little cakes. In
summer fresh berries are sometimes
added
The whole thing is most unconven-
tionaI and cozy.
Silver vegetable dishes are very
much in fashion. They are in two
halves, and both can be used as dishes,
for the handle snaps down.
IL you want to give q pretty we'd
ding present. why not choose a break
fast set of dainty china? This comes
with coffeepot, cream pitcher, sugar
bowl. two cups. two saucers and two
plates, and there sometimes is added
fancy dish for eggs.
Really it is tremendous temptation
to see the fine array of china and sill
yer novelties in the shops nowadays.
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HE regular meeting of the So
ciologia club fell on Valentine
day.
The club consisted of forty
members-women, of course-all the
constitution allowed. Some people
called the Sociologs the Forty Immor-
tdls; the municipal politicians called
them the Forty Adeddlers. Their presi-
dent was Miss Orella Bruning, white
haired, sixty years old, if a day but
with soft pink cheeks, sparkling black
eyes and straight, dark eyebrows. Miss
Orella was noted for her knowledge of
parliamentary usage and her gracious
tact and courtesy. Other women
sputtered and squabbled. Miss Orella
never once was known to lose either
her temper or her head.
On the occasion of the SOCIOLOGICAL VAL
entine day meeting the clubroom was
decked with club colors, white and deli
cate pink, which by coincidence also
happened to be the appropriate valen-
tine colors. Pink and white bunting
was festooned around and caught up
and held by crimson hearts. Miss
Orella wore a white gown touched up
with crimson here and there in honor
of the day.
Mrs. Warren 'read a paper" She
had chosen for her subject valentine
Day-Its Origin and Old Time OBJ
servance.'' The president announced
the title, and as Mrs. Warren rose
amid a murmur of applause one gentle
Sociolog whispered to another:
"Ah, that's what Warren has been
grubbing away in the library for, for a
month past"
Eyes, and L know now why she's been
going into the elocute school so much
the last six weeks. She's been having
voice culture lessons The ideal"
ThereupOn Miss Sara Needles, who
sat in front of the two gentle Socio-
logs and overheard what they said and
who was noted. besides, for saying
what she thought and all she thought,
twisted her neck backward and re-
marked:
tits pity some more of the women
in this club didn't take lessons in voice
culture. Daily practice in Sitting In
the Silence would be a mighty good
thing for most of our members too
The two gentle Sociologs who had
first spoken nudged each other and
lapsed into quiet
Meantime the show had begun.
1T was d strange joke of destiny that
made pious celibate Christian priest
the patron saint of love and lovers, j"
began Mrs. Warren in her distinct elo-
cutionary tone. Bishop Valentine
lived in the third century after Christ
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Fdfher talked the POOR out" col rheo
NTH il at n;oht of the silk shirt
waist costumes.
Try making a simple gown at home
during the bad weather we are bound
to have for few weeks now and see
how pleased you will be.
p y
If you are looking. for fur bargains
(and who is not at this time of the
year?) bear this in mind-don't buy a
fur jacket with short sleeves. as they
will be entirely out of style next WIN
ter. and you will only have the expense
of having the sleeves pieced.
Likewise in buying velvet suits
with an eye to next winters wear).
Select the plainest skirts cut the
closest to the circular model, as this
will be seen to the exclusion of every
thing else. Only in princess gowns
and in very thin materials is little
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and remarks that she intends to show
her disapproval
Then ] remark that we are none of
she goes away feeling there is some
thing wanting in. me.
But why be censors of our neigh
bors? Why seek to force them to live
according to our lights by freezing
them into doing as we see fit? Such
actions smack of the middle ages, when
people were burned at the stake for
thinking differently.
That is why social life is such a gay
care free thing in Paris There is no
such thing as censorship by female
busybodies. If you don't like certain
people. why. you don't go with them.
that's all There are plenty more. But
you don't nag them. you don't criticise
them. you don't become their keepers
You remember that the earth is free
for all. and you leave them alone.
Leave your neighbor alonei" would
be a fine motto to post up in some
towns | know. even in some big cities
where people are supposed to be broad
minded and progressive. It's a good
thing TO remember I'VE can't be too
broad minded-about other people!"
l notice good many sales of yelling
during this month. Why don't you buy
some the color of tan shoes and make
yourself a simple little morning frock
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it was the end of everything for the
mother in her individual character as
a woman. With the advent of the baby
she becomes merely its head nurse.
How pleasant for the man of the
house!
Many a divorce has been secured
because there was nothing but BABY
in the home.
l know of one woman who wouldn't
go with her husband to the theater for
fully a year after the baby was born,
and another who finally was per-
suaded to go and who rushed madly
home after the second act because she
was afraid something would happen to
baby. although it had not been left
alone by any means.
Now what in the name of goodness
could happen to it?
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dress or manner. The mannish busi-
ness woman is out of fashion, fortu-
nately.
Don't be late to your work and then
expect consideration because you are
woman.
Don't wear overturned and fussy
clothes. Wear plain clothes with ap-
propriate blouses.
Don't expect to be treated as if you
were in society. You are probably do
ing the work that was done formerly
by man, and if in small ways you
are not considered as much as you
were at home, remember that you are
in business.
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I'LL MS4
New York
WHEN LOVE DIES.
New York.

Once an engagement has been broken,
treat the matter with dignity. Do not
discuss it with even your intimate
friends or permit them to mention it to
you. And never commit the indiscretion
of abusing man or woman to whom
you have been formerly betrothed. No
matter how. great the temptation or
how badly you have been treated, a dig
nified silence is the only course for a
well bred man or woman.
While q dignified reserve can only
command the respect of those who
know Of your painful experience. never
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to wear later on
with a brown
leather belt. a
burnt straw hat
and the above
mentioned tan
shoes ?
I assure you
such a color
scheme will be
very smart, and
it is economical
as well, for
think of the
shirt waists it
saves.
king of
yelling, it is
lightweight and
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tie, teapot. cream
pitcher and SUI
gar bowl, with
a waste bowl all
matching in de-
sign. The whole
thing is on the
tray, as l said,
and this is set
down on the
table by the fire
eff there be
one). The cups
used are the
regular size in
stead of the tiny
ones which have
gone entirely out
of fashion.
w t h t e a
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betray secrets that have been commit
ted to you in trustful hours. and let
nothing that may have occurred during
courtship be breathed to your most in
innate friends.
Letters, photographs and presents
should be returned. No other course is
possible to the well bred man or wo-
man.
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This sort of thing is too utterly silly
for words and, thank heaven, mothers
are becoming more sensible.
Doctors do not look upon bottle fed
babies with the same horror as they
did twenty-five years ago even, and a
A STARE to the bdbU
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He was noted for his good works. In.
his time the Christian church had not
yet lost the power of healing, and
Bishop Valentine cured so many people
of their ailments that the Emperor
Claudius feared all the Roman empire
would be converted to Christianity. So
Claudius sent Asterius as a messenger
to persuade Valentine back into the
pagan fold. On the contrary, however.
Bishop Valentine proved the power of
the new faith by restoring her sight to
the blind daughter of Asterius. There
upon Asterius was so overjoyed that he
himself embraced the Christian faith
instead of turning Valentine back to
paganism.
'Claudius. enraged at the failure of
his plan. seized Valentine and had him
beheaded. That is the true story of
Valentine, one of the Christian martyrs
whose name will ever be held in holy
remembrance.
But how did he happen to become
the patron saint of cupids and hearts
pierced with arrows and of lovers, bird
lovers. too. even geese, for there is
tradition that young geese choose their
mates on Valentines day? All, well,
it's not uniting. Many other valen-
tine lovers turn out to be geese too.
But about Bishop Valentine and the
cupids and bleeding hearts. BY and
by, in spite of persecution, maybe
through persecution. Christianity gain
ed the ascendency over paganism,
though people still observed the days
of feasts to their former gods and god
desses. The feast of the LupercaIia
occurred Feb. Is. when in honor of the
god Lupercus, who was Pan, Pan, the
great god Pan" was held festival
with all kinds of goings on. which the
Christian fathers did not. approve of.
cat the Lupercalia the names of
boys and young men We're placed in one
urn and shaken up and the names of
girls in another urn and shaken up
Then each boy drew girls name from
the feminine urn, and each girl drew a
boys name from the masculine urn
Those whose names were drawn were
1t happened very seldom however, that
a young man and girl mutually drew
each others name, so that thus each
girl and each young man generally had
two sweethearts. The affairs did not
necessarily turn out seriously, but the
Christian authorities were scandalized
by the proceedings, at the same time
that they did not quite dare to stop
them altogether
1T happened that the holy ST. Valen-
tine had been beheaded on Feb "A.
The church authorities changed the
holiday of the LupereaIia to Feb IA
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fullness at the waistband allowable.
Skirts should measure about six yards
around and spring out directly from
the hips.
You have to look out for these little
things when buying marked down
goods.
y y
The fashion OF serving afternoon tea
is more popular now than ever. Tea is
brought in on a silver tray. The serv-
ice consists of a silver hot water ket-
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n make yourself a slave to it.
1t can't be amusing for you. and it
doesn't help the kid.
BY your leave baby is, after all, only
a little animal. 1t wants to be dry
warm and well fed-and that's all.
Kissing it. walking with it and cod
ding it won't help it one bit-except
to yell! And it won't give you one
bit of thanks for these attentions either
now or after it has grown up. So take
my advice-and that of all up to date
doctors-leave baby alone in peace in
its crib and look out for your own
health and appearance.
My sorrows! To see some homes
blessed with a baby you would think
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DONTS FOR BUSINESS -WOMAN.
Don't bring your home troubles to the
Office and air them there.
Don't criticise those who work with
you or those for whom you work.
Don't try to be mannish either in
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de
andhe
tns
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ut was a strange joke of destiny that
made pious celibate Christian priest
the patron saint of love and lovers, -
began Mrs. Warren in her distinct elo-
cutionary tone. Bishop Valentine
lived in the third century after Christ.
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/ ERMIT me to say a few words
on the infant question.
If you have a baby don't
make Yourself q slave tn If
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-06-16
Scared into Sound Health.

Mr.. 3. F. Kelly, Springfield. H.,
writes: " A year ago | began to be
troubled with my kidneys and blad-
der, which grew worse until | became
alarmed at my condition. | suffered
also with dull heavy headaches and
the action OF my bladder was annoy
iag and painful. | read Of Foley $
Kidney Pills and after taking them
a few weeks the headaches left me,
the action Of my bladder was again
normal, and | was free of all distress
Sold by ali Druggists.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-06-16
KANGAROO NEAT.
why the Valve Youngsters Ct Few
Guinea refused il.

IN certain parts Of New Guinea the
,ga4l2bv q species Of kangaroo, are
very plentiful, end the Traveller IN
saarch Of sport finds the pursuit OF
them an exciting occupation. "alis-
Nv steak Is a refreshing change from
canned meats, and the natives are
=, IL too clad TO have the remnants
Of The carcass. 4 writer in an Eng
l;sb magazine tells an amusing
Incident connected with the animal.
He had been ashore in one OF the
zaarslev populated regions OF the
coast and secured four wal!ahy, an
ample supply for the whole party
native guides and servants included.
But he found that, although Walla-
b. is regarded as such d dellcacy
tpat no trouble is considered toe
create obtain it, none Of the boys IN
the party would touch it.
This was 9 mystery until one OF
them explained thai they had beer
raiDsd in childhood in the belief
hat If they ate wallaby before reach
7nr 2 certain age it would stop thee
growth. -,
These boys all belonged to tax
mart Of the country where wailah,
are few and one can imagine tn
craf4v old folks seated around th'
festive BOT and winlling at one an
other as the young people declined tn
s7cculart dainty.