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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-06
Canton Township

Jan. 4, 1911.
The party who appropriated a har-
ness line belonging to Mr.. Hunter, a
month or so ago, returned the same
some time Wednesday, leaving IL
by one Of the neighhors. Mr.. Hunter
was very glad it was returned. tho.
It's coming was mysterious.
John Zimmerle enjoyed a visit last
week, with his brother who lives in
N. D., and arrived Monday after
Christmas.
John johnson and G.. W. Dixon,
who went to Sioux City to interview
the cattle market, returned Friday.
Mr.. Dixon bought a a of young
cattle for feeding purposes.
Augustus Hoffman and Evan Dixon
began school again Tuesday. School
in No. 5 will not begin until next
Monday and we hope for better
weather then.
Mrs. A. M. Hunter came home
Tuesday after a two weeks visit in
Sioux City with her daughter and
family. Mrs. Hunter says the storm
was fierce there Monday.
Hugh Sullivan visited Augustus
fiIoinf man a few days last week, during
cStii0n.
Mrs. Theo. Thompson and children
left on the morning train Wednesday
for Minneapolis, after a two weeks
visit with relatives In Canton.
Arthur Arnold sold a load OF porkers
to John Benz, and delivered them
Wednesday, much against his will, as
the weather didn't suit him, tho a
great improvement on the day before.
We are not favorably impressed
with the sample of January weather,
and hope a bad beginning means a
good ending.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-06

Miss Lulu Sheldon spent a few Oars
visiting relatives in Canton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erickson and Mr.. and
Mrs. Osvog attended the ladies aid
society sale at Romsdahl church last
Friday.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-06
Fairview.

Jan. T., 1911.
Happy New Year to all.
We all awoke New Years morning
to find ourselves in the grasp Of
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. John johnson and
daughter Ruby went to Inwood
Thursday where they will visit with
Mrs. johnson folks for awhile after
which they will leave for Ill, neal
Chicago where Mr.. Johnson has
bought a half interest in q large de.
partment store. Mr.. Johnson had
been station agent at F'atrview for
about a year.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Helder, Mrs.
Jones ana Mrs. A. G. Pond and Henry
z. Jefferson spent Friday at the
Kennison home.
Ira Bartholomew Is back here again
as station agent. Ira has been work
Ing at Sioux Falls for some time as
freight agent. He always makes good
where ever he fingers the key board.
Frank Fetters come down from
Elrod and has been visiting with old
friends during Christmas and New
/ ears @
Julia Kenison came down from
Sioux Falls Saturday where she is
employed as steneographer at the
American Exchange bank, and spent
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-07-13
Harm From Soil Drying Out

~ Os - SsO
w G. Palmer, N. Oak. Agri
College.
The more nearly constant
the moisture content of a soil
can be kept the more available
plant food it will have.
What the moisture does. The
moisture is all the time exert.
ing solvent action, bringing
plant food into form that the
plant can use. 1t, however,
does something else fully as
important and that is to make
it possible for germs to live.
These germs work on the inso-
luble plant food and make it
! available. The importance of
this work is usually under.
estimated. When the soil be.
comes dry the solvent action +
the water ceases aud the germs
become inactive: many of them
die. Thus the two principal
agencies that make plant food
available are cut off at once.
The effect that drying has on
bacteria is we'll illustrated in
drying fruit or hay 20 make it
keep. The killing of the germs
is good deal like allowing the
live stock to due from thirst or
hunger. 1t will take some time
to restock the farm again, and
likewise it will take some time
for the germs to increase SO as
to do the work needed to pro-
duce a big crop. A big crop
can not be produced without
them.
How to remedy. The great
est damage is usually done af-
ter harvest. The soil is com
pact, the crop is removed aud
the rain scant. The land should
be disced as soon as cut, in fact
follow the binder with the disc,
which loosens the surface soil
and kills weeds that take large
amounts of moisture. This will
save a good deal of moisture.
Organic matter is also neces
sary for the germs to do we'll.
1t furnishes them food and en-.
ables the soil to hold more
moisture.
Deep blowing is one of the
most effective ways of keeping
good moisture content in the
soil. 1t also gives the germs
more space to work in as they
live principally in the soil turn
ed with the pillow.
Germs and live stock. TIE
germs are sort of live stock
and the more live stock kept
on farm the more germs there
will be in the soil due to rotat-
ing crops and applying manure.
Don't neglect the soil germs
even if they are small. There
are 80 many of them. and they
are working for you just as
much as your horse or your
cow.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-07-13
Saturday Mint

Tie Saturday night. To crow n
the climax of the weeks work
with beauty; to be joy crown.
ing with sweet influence over
other lives; to have our lives
like a book whose pure page
contains no record but tn e
sweetest and kindest thoughts
for friends and enemies alike
This may seem paradoxical,
but when closely studied, it is
the acme of refinement; for az
Shakespear s.ye, 1--WE live to
do benefit"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-07-13
More Rabies

During the past week the
dok owned by F. w. Gertson
showed symptoms of rabies
and he was shut up, but not
until he had bitten his owner.
The dog became worse and fin.
ally was killed OH Tuesday, af.
ter it being quite certain that
he had the disease. Mr.. Cert.
son left Wednesday evening for
Grand Forks to take the Past.
eur treatment at the public
health laboratory.
During the past week it has
also been learned that Bert
Jackson had been bitten by the
Reynolds dog and he too, goes
TO Grand Forks for !he same
treatment
No other cases have develop.
cd aud it is hoped that none
will. Every precau,ion is be.
ing taken to prevent further
spread of the disease.-Lidger
wood Broadaxe.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-07-13
Phone No. III

Farmers if You need hired
help or have wants Of any ma.
ture. Make vour wants known
at the sh-riffs flee. Write.
phone or call, just as the case
may require. NJ charges.
G. E. Moody, Sheriff.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-08-01
KENTUCKY, TUESDAY. AUGUST 1, 1911.


Two persons were painfully I'M
and three others had narrow escapes
as the result of an automobile accident
which occurred Friday night while a
party composed of Albert Lyons, Jonn
j. Williams, Bonnie Weissberg. VIM.
Giltner and Frank Goodman, mem
Der of the Paris Base Ball Club, were
returning from the base ball game at
Winchester.
The accident occurred about two
miles from Clintonvllle when the
party was enroute to Lexington from
Winchester after the game. VIM. Gilt
vner, who was driving the machine,
was unfamiliar with the road and at a
sharp curve the machine crashed into
tree at the side of the road.
The occupants of the machine were
thrown out by the force Of the impact
and it is a miracle that all escaped
without serious injury, as the car was
being driven at very rapid rate OF
speed. Lyons and Williams were the
worst injured of the party. the former
sustained fracture of two ribs and
was bruised about the head and body.
while the latter suffered broken
collar bone and was badly cut about
the face and head.
The injured men were attended by
DR.. VIM. Kenney. who went to their
aid in an auto, and returned with them
to Paris.
Another accident which came near
resulting seriously occurred a short
time after the news of the first acct
dent was received here. While Mrs.
VIM. Giltner, Miss Effie Patton and DR..
w. G. Ussery were enroute to the
scene in an automobile driven by
George Bedford, a few miles from
Paris, and at a sharp curve in the
road, the brake of the machine refused
to work with the result the auto ran
into a stone fence. Fortunately none
uf the occupants were injured and the
machine was damaged but little.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-08-01
Bourbon County Crop Conditions

Widespread is the distress occasion
ed by tie protracted drought and far
mers have looked for relief in the
form of a downpour of rain.
Each day the corn crop is nearer
condition of absolute sfailure and the
loss in the county will run up into the
thousands of dollars.
The tobacco crop will be the lightest
in years, In, fact, a smaller yield than
that produced during the dry year of
1887, when tobacco sold at an average
price of from Is to 20 cents per pound,
is indicated.
Pastures are without the semblance
of life and the last blade of green
has pefished.
Pools and springs are getting low
and water for both man and beast is
sought after.
The usual crop of rag weed is being
held in check by the drought and the
failure of the crop is indicated.
Many farmers who staked the result
of the years work upon returns fro
crops of corn and tobacco see nothing
in sight but failure.
Live stock are being sold and rushed
to market. as the eed problem is such
that it will not pay to carry them
through the coming winter.
Farmers who stand ready co sow
stubble fields in clover, cow peas,
alfalfa. rye and late corn as roughage
crops to take the place of hay for
winter use and fall grazing are but
waiting for rain, the ground is too
hard and dry to pillow.
Feed of all kinds for live stock is
going to be higher than for many
years and already old hay is being i'm
ported into the county from the West.
Farmers who have supply of old
curn wont sell at 1.-THE present market,
prices. high as these are. and are
going to hold for the advance that
must come with the failure of the new
crop, which now seems inevitable.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-08-01
Claim Holders Receive Their
Money.

Checks to 10000 claim holders
against the defunct Southern Mutual
Investment and American Reserv e
Bond companies were sentout Friday
by j. G Rogers. receiver of the con-
Germs. The amount represented by
the checks totals 100000. This is the
second dividend paid to investors. 1t
is not known when the next and final
payment will be made, but it is said
that claimholders will receive in all
about Is per cent of their dues.
The claimants live in practically
every state in the Union. The COM
panies failed about ten years ago for
more than $1,000.000.
A number of claimholders of the
concern were residents of this city.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-08-01
Echo Issues Industrial Edition

The Mountain Echo, of London, came
to US Saturday in the form of an in
dustrial edition. coL piled by Dortch
Campbell. of Middlesboro. The review
is an excellent publication, setting
forth the developments of the coal
fields in Laurel county. The edition
is lone of exceptional beauty typo
graphically and reflects credit upon
the enterprising publisher of the Echo.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-08-01
Woman Cremated.

Mrs. Calvin Brakeman, aged AZ. was
burned to death in Nicholasville Sun
day night at her home when she trip
ped and fell down the cellar steps
while carrying lighted lamp. In an
effort to extlnguish the flames her
husband and son were severely burn
ed
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-08-01
Wall Paper Bargains.

Come in and secure some of the bar
gains l am offering in wall paper and
mattings this week.
J. T. HINTON.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-08-01
Your Chance.

Special drives in wall paper this
week.
J. T. HINTON.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-07
THE S0UAW'S SHAWL.

Il Must Be Just So to Suit Her Fas-
tidious Taste.
The Indian wears his blanket on the
hottest summer days. His theory is
that II 1t keeps out the cold in winter
it will keep out the heat in summer,
says Ben NJ. Myers of Oklahoma City.
While he might not care to buy any
thing else expensive, the price Of a
suitable blanket is never questioned,
but it would be difficult indeed to de-
ceive him as to the texture of any
robe.
"a squaw will initiate almost any
thing that pleases her fancy, but In
the matter Of her blanket or shawl she
exhibits an unusual amount Of individ-
uality. With great care and patience
she designs her blanket, and when she
places the order with the mill man he
does not dare duplicate it until she has
had an opportunity to wear 1t.
''If she makes the request that 1T
shall not be duplicated her wishes are
regarded, because II is the one article
she possesses in which excIusiveness is
much coveted and also because what
would please one sQuaw would not ap-
pear at all attractive to another.
'"The lightweight shawl or blanket is
thrown over the head Of the squsw,
and unless she is able to purchase a
bright colored silk kerchief it Will
serve as her only bonnet as well. II is
just as common a sight now TO see the
papoose securely bound on the back of
fits mother by portion Of her blanket
as it used to be to see the wee head of
the Indian babe peeping from the te-
kas, or frame cradle - Washington
Her6h
The Washington bee., 1911-10-07
Legend of HoIyrood Palace.

HOlyroOd palace Edinburgh. Scot
land, once a British royal residence, is
the subject of a strange legend. Rob
ert Louis Stevenson alludes to it in bis
little book on Edinburgh. There is a
silly story he writes, "Of a subterra-
mean passage between the castle of
HOlyrOOd and a bold highland piper
who volunteered to explore it's wind
ings. He made his entrance by the up
per end, playing a strathspey. The GU
rious footed it after him down the
street, following bis descent by the
sound of the chanter from below, until
all of a sudden, about the level Of st.
Giles, the music came abruptly to an
end and the people in the street stood
at fault with hands uplifted. Whether
he was chOked with gases or perished
In a Quag or was removed bodily by
the evil one remains a point OF doubt.
but the piper has never again been
seen or heard of from that day to this u
The Washington bee., 1911-10-07
rrudninn For the Wash.

The Portuguese country people as
usual thing have great physical en-
durance, doubtless as a result OF the
"surviv Of the fittest' for many geH-
srations. The laundry workers are an
example Of this. People come In from
long distances to get sOiled clothes Of
city customers. The clothes will be
placed in big panniers on the family
donkey, and the peasants will start
back late in the afternoon. Some OF
them will travel ali night, and it will
be sunup before they reach their
homes, many miles from Lisbon OF
Oporto. A day or two later they are
trudging back to deliver the clothes,
now spotlessly clean, and to get an
other lot from the same patron. Many
a countryman and his wife take q
taunt of fifteen miles or more, which
makes one think that there might be
many who could rival the feats OF
Weston and O'Leary as walkers Il
they tried.-Christian Herald.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-07
A RECORD FALL.
a Freneh Decorator Jumped From Q
Heisht of EishtY-tN~e Feet and
Sustained No Damage.

Writing In 1S41 OF fall from an Inn
mense altitude which did not result
IN death, q French observer, Il. Man
Kini, declares that he had searched In
vain IN the annals Of science Tor
similar case We can well believe IT.
The victim or patient was a tapis-
sier who had been engaged In putting
up decorations on the occasion or tne
belated obseQuies Of Napoleon the
Great In the lofty dome of the Church
or the Inyalides In Paris. When busy
moving q ladder on the top OF a high
scaholding he oyerbalanced himself
and, in obedience to some obscure In
sttnct, jumped clear of the ladder and
the platform, crying to his fellow
WOTkmen as only Frenchman would,
~Behold me quit" With these cheer
ful words ON his lips he fell eighty two
feet, bounding in one place off the roof
Of little dome, which caused him to
describe a second parabola in the air.
and landing finally, feet first, on the
slate roof Of a small sacristy.
Crashing through the states, he land
ed astride a rafter, where he was
found sitting, surprised but coherent,
for he was able to give his name and
address when asked for them. He had
no recollection of this and became un-
conscious when put to bed shortly aft
erward under the care of the great
Pasquier. His insensibility lasted a
very short time, however, and he made
an extraordinary rapid recovery, hav-
ing sustained no apparent injuries,
either external or internal At the end
OF a month PasQuier found him quite
wen.-London Lancet
The Washington bee., 1911-10-07
Confidense In tho Mails,

Having sent a strong box key by
mail in an unregistered letter, a clerk
was told by his employer that the key
arrived o. K.," but that the means of
transportation adopted showed too
much confidence. In answer the clerk
said, Ever since a New Years eve
incident Of two years standing my
confidence In the postofice is great
And pressed for an explanation he
said: THAT evening, or early In the
morning rather, a man came out Of a
restaurant rather the worse for cele-
rating He had a wallet in his pocket
containing considerable money and
was uncertain as to the honesty Of his
companions. He went to letter box,
forced the wallet through the slot and
continued to make a night of it. 1t
required considerable red tape TO re-
cover his property, but he got it.
New York Tribune.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-07
Tippina and Treating.

There are two practices in this coun-
try that are being justly condemned.
One is tipping and the other treating.
To be sure, we are not responsible for
originating either. Away back in the
days Of Queen Elizabeth every coffee
house had a box bearing the inscrip-
ton, ITO Insure Promptness;" hence
I'll. P. Neither is treating an innova-
tdcn. Some Of the Caesars, so says his
tory, used to get huffy when their
guests could not see the bottom Of the
glass often enough. But both have got
such a hold on Americans that they
have come to be recognized as national
habits, and the latter sometimes as a
national eviL-Indianapolis News.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-07

To Whom 1t May Concern:
Ny dear readers, you are missing
half of your life in misery and shame,
worrying with man that will not try
once to please you, cherish or comfort
you, and hold a bright light of good
moral conduct before his children, by
making home happy Now, listen; II
you have sighed, worried, cried and
pleaded with him, and to no avail, you
pray and let Madame McNairdee
advise you. l know you will never re-
gret it. Ny husband was a drunkard,
a run-abcut and around, a gambler,
and the most wicked man that our
Lord ever let live, until all at once,
after reading so often of this woman,
took up courage and let her hear
from me- Today, l will say it on d
stair-steps of Bibles, | have a model
man in every respect. | will praise
this woman as long as l have breath.
She made my husband man, a hus-
band, a gentleman
| am, yours in Christ and S. NJ. T,
MRS. 7. G. D.,
Oklahoma, Okla.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-07
An EARLY Trust"

As an example Of trusts and mOnOP
olies prevalent even in that early day
il may be mentioned that In 1850 one
BENJAMIN Crabb obtained the exciH
sive right to make sperm candles IL
Massachusetts for fourteen years. A
year later, however, a factory was
started In Providence, R. l.. and WITH
in the decade there were eight rae
tories in New England and one n
Philadelphia. Their output greatly ~
duced the price Of candles, which moi
long before sold for shillings pound
In those days S1.25 was worth fuly
three times as much as IL Is n0w.-N.
Hudson Moore In Designer.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-07
National Shortsiahtedness.

"In this country" said the sOciolO-
gtst, everything possible is done to
discourage people from marrying"
'HOw so?" inquired one OF the lis
teners.
'TYou have to buy the marriage
license. fee the preacher. the boys give
you what they call a 'shivaree,' your
friends throw old shoes at you, the
newspapers print caricatures Of you
life insurance agents hound you, you
bump right up against the cost Of Iiv
ing, and If you find you've made q
mistake you have to go to no end OF
trouble to get a divorce. Chicago
Tribune.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-07
WASHING FURNITURE.
furnished Furniture Is Easily Rs.
stored to Original Freshness
by This Method.

VERY few people know that furnt-
ture ought to be washed" said sales
man In the furniture section Of large
department store. yet" he continued,
1T is the best thing one can do to keep
furniture looking as we'll as it should.
One should take a bucket Of tepid rain
water and make a suds with a good
pure soap. Then with a soft piece of
cheesecloth all the woodwork should
be washed. 1t is astonishing how much
dirt will come off A second piece Of
cheesecloth should be wrung dry out of
hot water. On this should be poured a
tablespoon Of first class furniture pol.
ish. The heat will spread the polish
through the cloth. Next the furniture
should be gone over with the second
cloth. There will be no need of put.
ting on more polish, for that much will
do all one needs. Too many persons
make the mistake Of using too much
polish and leaving it thick on the furni-
ture, where it looks dauby and where
1t gathers more dirt"
There is furniture in homes today
that is cast off because OF its appear
ance when it might be brought back
to its original freshness by this simple
process Of washing. Many persons do
not know that a fine bit Of mahogany
Is improved by careful washing, and
hundreds of pianos have never been
more than busted in years. a square
Of cheesecloth for the washing and an
other for the polishing will do the
work, and the result will well repay
the effort.-Indianapo News.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-07
HOME II. ,LCONRY.
The kirehiz Train the Golden Eagls
to Hunt wolves and
Foxes

An wanderers are lovers OF the
chase, but for sheer love of sport and
daring exploits the Kirghiz take the
palm Central Asia Is the home Of
falconry, which was not introduced
into Europe until the crusaders
brought back falcons with them from
their eastern wanderings. But imagine
the ambition Of the men who fly their
birds at wolves and foxes instead Of
at quails and partridgesl Not content
with hunting game birds with small
falcons. the Kirghiz capture and train
the great golden eagles, with which
they hunt such game as gazeIles. foxes
and even wolves.
A well mounted Kirghtz falcener,
carrying on his wrist one Of these
magnificent birds, is a fine sight The
weight Of the eagle Is such that the
owner requires a support for his wrist,
and the hunters are usually to be seen
with a little wooden bracket that sup
ports the arm against the hip. The
eagles are hooded, as all falcons are,
but can be used only In winter. when
they are hungry and keen. In summer
they are fed on marmots and live a
pestful life. sitting In the sun In front
OF the tent doors
When gazelles or wolves are the OBJ
jects Of the chase the eagles are aided
by long, sleek greyhounds Of a small
breed, the dogs running in and pulling
down the quarry when the eagles have
sufficiently bewildered it.-Wide World
Magazine.