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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-01
Crops Rotation
Produce Big Yield
Farmers Can Get Object Lesson By
Looking At The Demonstration
Farms

North Dakota farmers must r0-
tate their crops if they hope to sue
cessfully continue to produce
yields. This method seems to be
about the only solution of the
great problem maintaining the fer
tility and q sanitary condition of
the soil.
There are various methods of 70.
tating. Some are good-others are
better.
It has been demonstrated be-
yond contradiction that soils
cropped for years to certain grains
finally become soil sick. Dis
eases of the plant infect the soil to
such q serious extent the yields are
reduced. Plant life takes certain
things from the soil. Continued
cropping along one line finally
destroys the fertility of the soil.
Crop rotation cures all these
evils. By a change of the plant
life soil that is fax or wheat sick
will produce corn or potatoes
or grasses or other crops and no
damage will result from the dis
eased condition. A change of crops
from one that has been taking too
much Of q certain thing away from
the soil will give the soil rest
and at the same time some other
kind Of crop can be grown.
For many years the North Da-
kota Agricultural college faculty
and the farmers institute workers
have urged crop rotation. At first
the idea did not meet with ready
response. Some farmers regarded
the professors and lecturers as
theorists. They referred to them
as ...book farmers" and in other
disparaging language. All that is
athing Of the past. The intelligent
farmer Of today who does not
recognize and appreciate the value
Of the work done by the A. c. pro.
fessors and the farmers institute
workers along crop rotation-and
other lines--is now the rarest
exception. The man who ignores
that great work is almost as much
without regard for the agricultural
interests of the state as Governor
Burke.
There are some farmers who do
not appreciate the imperative me-
cessity Of crop rotation. Some OF
them do not realize the conditions
that cry go loudly for change.
They see their land yielding less
crops each year-but do not under
1 stand Why. They carefully watch
. sick horse or COW, bnt tail to
kesp their fingers on the pulse Of
thsir siok soil. They don't realize
the soil their greateet and surest
source Of wealth = ysts out 81 sorts
and its tummy becomes rilel up
from pestiferous fungi. They ig-
more the colics and pains Of their
land and fail to call in q soil doc.
Tor to write out ! crop rotation Of
some other good prescription.
If there was q case Of typhoid
fever at their home they would moi
only secure doctor and a nurse
81 care for the patient = but they
would also take the necessary san
ifazy precautions to remove the
! causes which produced the fever
Why don't they use the curative
preventive methods for their soili
Nothing is % be gained By en-
deavoring e conceal the actual
soonditions 81 the sick soil amy
y marc than there would be e cover
ups the oauses that produce typhoid
evsr and leavs to oreate 90 Cpl
Semic.
i. seoessary that owners q
li@l "A educated up g. the oondi-
Ii + hes onos thsy fulls s-resl.
Id Ia iui tim they will nsed
II,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-01

that Mrs. Campbell likes North
Dakota and at some future time
when funds are provided it may be
possible to secure her services for
this state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-14
QUAKER MEDTTAuoNs.

From the Philadelphia Record.]
"SiIence in the court"-A deaf mute
making love.
Many a barber sharpens his razor in
the nick of time.
We can generally forgive a bore If
he carries q corkscrew.
The rock of adversely is frequently
caused by little rye on the side.
A shady transaction is one in which
somebody gets a shade the better of
it.
A man never knows who his friends
are, especially when he is his own worst
enemy.
If you want your wife to believe ev-
erything you tell her, don't marry a
widow.
Blobbs-" Bigwad was born with q
silver spoon in his mouth Slobbs-
well, I don't gee him making much
of a stir with it,
Criticus-"Women seldom make sue
cessfuI artists because they don't seem
able to hold the mirror up to nature.
Cynicus-''No; they are too busy look
ing in it themselves"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-14
TRADE SCHoOTS

A trade school which has the COM
mendation of employers, trade union
lists, and educational experts is worth
more than ordinary attention, for it is
a phenomenon all too true, says the
Survey for February.
When David Ranken,. jr., decided over
to the David Ranken, Jr., School OF
Mechanical Trades the whole of his
large fortune exceeding $4,000, 900, he
then and there endowed it with the
freedom which characterizes it, for
ideas can always be carried out il
there is no concern as to where the
money is to come from-a hampering
even Gripping consideration which
confronts nearly every institution and
Individual Many Of the trade schools
opposed by trade unionists are not eff
ficient; they profess to turn out a good
plumber in three months. The Ranken
school, however, trains boys long and
carefully and raises rather than low
erS any standard of trade workman-
ship. But these three months schools"
have not freedom of action; they must
be self-supporting on a low tuition
rate. At the Ranken school the per
SS'OA@e NSSS III Tic Jay -5CIlOOl +QuTl11S
1909-10 was $226.40, and the tuition re-
cefpts were but thirty dollars per boy
Lewis Gustafson. the superintendent.
seems to have no idea that the per
capita cost to the school will decrease
1t is likely that the self-supporting or
money making trade school will pass
and that the growing general belief in
the value of trade education will mani
fest itself bv further endowments from
philanthropists and in the establish
mert and maintenance of trade
schools as part of public education.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-14
Condolences bal ohio.

A monument has recently been put
in place on the Crubaugh farm in Col
unlbiana County, Ohio. which marks the
farthest northern point reached by the
confederate forces during the civil war
1t also marks the spot where Gen.
John H. Morgan. the famous southern
leader, surrendered. Many will not re-
ahze without looking at the map that
Wellsville is north of Gettysburg.
For many years an old locust tree
marked the place of surrender, but a
short time ago it died and was cut
down. the stump being taken to East
Liverpool, Ohio. and placed in the pub
lie library for safe keeping as a his
torical relic. 1t was the idea of the
late w. L. Thompson, the well known
song writer, who lived near the scene
Of the fight, to erect a monument to
mark the spot.
He had fund well started when ne
suddenly died, but his friends took up
the work and carried it through. A
huge granite bowlder was put in place
last year. but it was not until a few
weeks ago that the bronze tablet was
put in place and the monument dedi-
Gated. The tablet bears the inscrip-
ton: This stone marks the spot where
the confederate raider, Gen. John H.
Morgan, surrendered his command to
Major George w. Rue, July 26, 1863, and
is, the farthest point north ever reach
ed by any body of confederate troops
during the civil war. ''-Springfeld Re
publican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-14
PEoPLE ARE sHoRr.CHANGEn.

PEOPLE ARE -CTIANGED.
It is not unusual these days to hear
complaints from patrons of the local
street car company that the conductors
on the pay-as-you-ente cars are not
overly particular in the matter of
making change. Indeed, many of the
compliments insist that some of the
conductors on these cars purposely in
dulge in the profitable "short-change"
game whenever the opportunity offers.
In other words, the conductors so dis
posed who have been deprived by the
company of extra revenue through the
establishment of the P. A Y. E. sys-
tenn are now taking their toll on the
passengers. And this is a practice that
the company owes it to it's patrons to
break I'D.
The ease with which the game is
worked is best described by the ex-
perience of one of its recent victims.
He rendered the conductor a dollar
the other day. and the conductor
promptly passed him out a stack of
>nfckels. One of these he dropped in
the slot. and the rest. he put in his
pocket On reaching his place of en-
ployment he thought he would change
SS-i1C VI Tic HICheIS LOT a ndlIe QOlldr
and a quarter as they made quite a
load in his pocket He pulled out his
nickels and found that he had only is.
The: conductor had given. him II nick
els when he should have given him
20. He mentioned the fact to the
cashier in the office, and the latter
turned out to be a fellow-victfna on a
previous day when a conductor had
given him only seven nickels in change
for. a half dollar. This is all the in
dication needed that the practice is a
pretty general one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-14

starting point of this road, because 1t
was practically the head of navigation,
being connected with Washington ana
the Potomac by the. Chesapeake &
Ohio canal. From Cumberland 1t ran
to Washington, Pa. then to Wheeling
w. Va; Columbus. Ohio: Richmond
Ind; Indianapolis, Terre Haute, van
dalia, Ill, and finally to st. Louis.
This highway was the longest ana
stralghtest ever built by any govern
ment, and the total cost paid out OF the
United States treasury was ABOUT
$7,O00,00O. The total width of the
road was 66 feet, of which 80 feet was
grade and 20 feet was macadam.
At the present time good deal OF
this national highway is In fairly good
repair. At a moderate cost it is be-
lieved that it could be brought to a
high state of perfection. furnishing
the most ideal tour for motorists driv-
ing to either the east or middle west
This is the hope of those. promoting
the interests of the good roads move
ment, and there is chance that the
famous old pike" may yet be restored
to some of its ancient giory.-Boston
Globe. Ea% 80
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-14
National Hiphwav-

Extensive repairs are being made on
the national highway, the famous
turnpike connecting the middle west
with the east. and which is also
known as the Cumberland road from
the fact that it passes through one of
the most scenic parts of the Allie
gheny mountains-Cumber gap.
this thoroughfare passes are doing
their part toward repairing it-Penn-
sylvania is resurfacing its part, and
many countieS in Ohio and Indiana
are doing what they can to mend it.
Hopes are also entertained by motor
lists interested in the promotion of
good roads throughout the country
that the federal government may be
persuaded to cooperate with the
states in a scheme for the reconstruc-
ton of this pike all the way from
terminus. st. Louis, Mo-. a distance of
nearly 500 miles.
With the rehabilitation of the
highway motoring would receive an
other great acquisition in the good
roads movement, while tourists would
be provided with another drive con-
Meeting the east and the west. more
beautiful by far than the course now
usually taken across northern Indiana,
Ohio and New York
The Cumberland road is a national
highway, built by the government in
the early part of the nineteenth cen
fury to bind together the east and the
west and help the nation to grow Its
purpose was not primarily that of a
pathway for travel, but to furnish a
practicable route for, the transporta-
ton of freight.
Cumberland. Nd, was chosen as the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-14

stepped into the room. Janet, have
brought you a valentine"
Janet took the letter and reaa Won~
deringly.
At found that tonight. Janet-I
thought--but that does not excuse ne.
Can you care. after all this time aiter
all have made you suffer z?
Janet's breath caught in SOD, ana
he took her in his arms.
IF only you will trust me again ~
try so hard to make to you Tor All
these hard years"
obi" breathed Janet in protest.
LET US have our ride tonight, dear.
We will go down and tell Parson
Andrews that we shall need him to-
morrow"
Tomorrow" cried Janet, reused 70
action by this impetuous setting OF
affairs. 'tOh. Jim. you know I cannot
think of marrying you tomorrow.
The brightness in the mans race
died down
"Of course. DEAR ne said hurnbly.
7 do not wonder that you cannot trust
me. i will do anything you say; wait
as long as you wish"
Watching him, Janet reached up
suddenly and drew his face down gent
ly to her own.
il come with you,'' she whispered.
"And, Jim. do trust you! know
that YOU win be good and dear to me-
always. "-(Copyrighted 1911, by Assoc
ciated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-14
KANSAS COMMENT
READING THE BIBLE.

~S-<-~@4&NAL D1oLG<.
A certain Salina business man, who
possibly has not been to church for
year or TWO, and who is not suspected
OF having any religious inclinations. is
[eaolng MS Bible every evening for an
hour or so.
II made up my mind. said this
man, ito read the Bible through, in
stead OF reading novels and magazines,
ana l like the change. I don't pro-
Tess TO be very pious, but I would ad-
wise anybody who wants to find some
lining worth reading, to try the Bible"
The man who said this is rich; he
does not have to put on sayle, or
profess to virtue which he does not
possess he is popular with the bust
ness men; he is public spirited: he is
philanthropic. 1t might also be
Claimed that he is worldly, because he
does not care much about churches.
And there are probably not more than
naiI a dozen people. in Salina, outside
reading the Bible as an evening amuse-
ment.
It may be an unorthodox idea, but
there are a good many people who
somehow feel that a man who will
quietly sit down at his own fireside
olously and thoughtfully, as he would
read Emerson, or Darwin, is doing
himself and the community about as
much good as the man who goes to
prayer meeting at midweek.
Reading the. Bible is worth while
There are a lot of things in the Bible
which from a purely materialistic
standpoint it will do man good to
know. Even If you do not believe
that the Bible is inspired, and hence
must all be literally true, you will find
satisfaction in the old book from a.
literary and historical standpoint.
Once in a while the Journal prints
nv 70 cd 1r.I Vt not
from the Bible; you may have noticed
it. Those extracts are not published
with any mushy, sentimental object,
but purely because they are good read
ing and worthy Of any mans atten-
ton.
And Incidentally, they may arouse
somebody's interest sufficiently to
make them do what this rich and
worldly Salina man above mention
ed is doing; read the Bible through
from Genesis TO Revelations.-Salina
Journal.
ARCHAEOLOGY TO THE FORE.
The Psychologists have been play
ing smash" with history during the
last few years. The discovery of the
the highest character in Central
America has now been followed by
the discovery in Crete of relics of an
advanced civilization that existed be-
fore the primitive people who have
always been supposed to be the orig
inal inhabitants of that region. This
discovery disproves the historic the
DRY that the people of Southern Eur
ope were savages until the blonde
beasts of the north came down and
overwhelmed them. These people
existed in the neolithic and paleo-
lithic times. While the Psychologists
in Europe have been rewriting the
ancient history offthe world ont in
Nebraska, Glider has proved beyond
contradiction that race Inhabited
these western pIains thousands of
years before the Indians came.
Archaeology is doing some wonderful
things.-Ottawa Republic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-14
CACTUS CENTER REsoLUTToNs.

Down here in Cactus Centre we've been
passin resolutions
Were goin', past all doubtin, to be
awful, awful good;
We have vowed there amt a-goin to be
bullet distributions
OnleSS some trouble hunter don't be-
have as real gents should.
We have vowed we're goin' to show re-
spect for judges in the ermine,
cause we see that necktie parties Is q
sign Of lack OF tact
There is goin' to be no lynchin's-g
the cattlemen are squirmin'-
CniesS, OF course, some ruStler's caught
red handed in the act.
We are goin' to cut out gamblin'-au the
cyard brigade is only
Too glad to burn the tables and to cut
out all such play,
Onless it sorter follers that some home
less chaps git lonely
And we start game, real quiet, lest
to while the time away
And SO it is with drinkin', onless some
one else is treatin'
60 refuse a social duty is offenSe
gafnSt friendships laws)
We're opposed to too much harshness-
LIES black medicine we'd sweeten-
So in each resolve fer New Year we've
put in savin' clause.
Denver Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-14
GLOBE SIGHTS.

LFrom the Atchison GIobe.1
AS rule people you want to forget
won't let you.
Just hoping alone never built up
bank account.
A booze fighter likes to blame his
misfortunes on his kin.
Every man thinks he would make
good automobile driver.
Our effort of wasted transportation
is that devoted to, running down a
rumor.
Our notion of false economy is to
wear whiskers to save the price of a
necktie.
Some men who hurry a good deal
are simply making a heroic effort to
catch up.
Ignoring an accusation is frequent
ly about as effective as denying it,
and so much easier.
Unlike the owl, you can't gain a
reputation for wisdom by following
the all, night circuit.
II mans wishes come true, that
is sign he is so busy he doesn't have
time to make many.
No matter how fierce a dog may
look, its owner will always declare
that it wouldn't bite anybody.
No man ever ought to want a drink
bad enough to take it in an alley or
the back stall of livery barn.
Somehow 1t doesn't seem like home
unless there's an almanac hanging on
nail near the kitchen stove.
About once every week every mar
ried woman asks her husband: "What
would you do, dear, if 1 were to die?"
An Atchison woman is away visiting
kin so much that her kin are never
going to have chance to break even.
Our theory is that anyone who is
misled by a picture show is too easily
led to make much of a stand on any
thing.
Ever hear an old-fashioned man
say that he didn't want his shoes to
touch his feet anywhere except the
soles.
1t must be remembered that some
of these children who are credited
with such smart sayings have smart
mothers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-14
.NYHAWKER JOTS

1t would be just like Mr.. Cones,
thinks the Emporia Gazette, to intro
duce a bill. restricting the powers of
the grounding.
Opponents of Sunday baseball should
not be doWncaSt, thinks the Lawrence
Gazette, because as yet there is no law
compelling them to attend the Sunday
games.
It is impossible to beat the Salina
Journal for optimism. One thing is
sure, it is said recently: If we bore for
gas or something in this reg n, we
will get plenty of salt water and can
go to raising asparagus.
Most of the editors of the Kansas
newspapers are finding fault, in one or
more particulars, with the way BUSH
ness is being transacted in the iegfsla-
ture. Yet these same editors played a
large part in the campaigns which
elected the legislators to office.
One Kansas editor enhances his
reputation for perspicacity by finding
fault with the proposed game law
because there is nothing in it to pro-
tect the buffalo herds. He also calls
attention to the fact that 1t makes no
provision for safeguarding the ostrich.
It is said that the Honduras gov
eminent has plenty OF generals
colonies and captains but is short on
privates This calls to mind the
proposition of a noted humortst dur
ing the war to recruit regiment OF
brigadier gen erals. He declared he
could fill the regiment IN day and
have enough left over to organize a
division-Holton Recorder.
OF course you always expect to see
the paper full of local items and
pleasant paragraphs, and the editor
IS always criticized If he doesn't de-
liver the goods. Some time just take
your pencil and just try for thirty min
utes to scribble out string of items,
either news or otherwise and see how
You are in the habit of saying.
| there's nothing In the paper"
Some day take the paper, sit down.
take your pencil, copy off all the local
items and original matter in the
paper, and you will be surprised how
many sheets of manuscript you pile
Iup-Howard Courant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
LF'rom the Chicago News.1

LFrom the Chicago News.1
The rolling tire gathers thet most
punctures. -
Forgive your enemies-if they are big
ger than you are. rss ----.-sss ~
Whiskers are one of the ills that
masculine flesh is heir to-.
If kisses were intoxicating lovers
would not be prohibitionists.
Inspiration is usually due to the fact
that we need the money.
A girl who isn't stylish may look swell
when she has the mumps.
He is a wise man who agrees with
his wife rather than argue with her.
Always. say just what you think-if
YOU don't want to make friends.
One kind of hero is the young man
who boards her father in his den.
If a man has no show at home he
can patronize the moving picture en-
poriums.
Seif-control is an admirable trait
that puts q lot of so called pleasure
in the discard heap.
And the longer a woman is married
to a man the more respect she may
have for an old bachelor.
Almost any truthful married man will
tell you that when he Quarrels with his
wife he doesn't get a chance to say
much.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-14
JOURNAL ENTRIES

It's next to impossible to regain a
good reputation that's been lost.
%s.&
A fluent conversationalist doesn't
often say anything that is worth while.
A.
Buying things on the installment
plan and getting them paid for are
decidedly different propositions.
x
The more prominent the man. the
easier it is for him to get laughs on
the funny stories he tells.
x X X
Wonder was expressed in this col
umn few days ago as to what salts
faction dog gets In barking at a
passing automobile. ''The explanation
seems simple" writes friend THE
dog believes the automobile is afraid
of him and that he has it on the run.
Usually the chauffeur puts on little
more speed to distance the dog. This
encourages the dog in his belief that
he has the machine on the run, all of
which is satisfying to his simple mind.
This feeling is also true of human ma
ture. Does not a small Individual OBJ
tain considerable satisfaction when he
believes he has one of larger dimen-
sions on the hike?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-14

Through q decidedly unintentional'
but nonetheless unfortunate error, 1t
was made to appear in the newspapers
that Captain Joseph G. Waters, chief
counsel for the Larabee Milling COM
pany in its successful suit against the
Missouri Pacific, had been awarded a
Tee by the referee who passed on the
matter of only $4,000. AS matter Of
fact, Capt. Waters was allowed q fee
- 90 nm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-14

There is nothing so very strange in
the fact that Colonel Roosevelt should
favor the election Of United States
senators by the direct vote of the
people OF the several states. The col
oneI has the happy faculty of favoriug
almost every kind Of political propa-
ganda, whether It be progressive or
standpat or any other variety. Still
he is with the people, or the great,
great majority of them on this matter
of eIecting United States senators.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.I

N-O--- ---@c ~ :" = VI n Se5ei
/ A man has to be taught; a woman
learns the finer things of life.
Coal bills are bigger discount on
domestic happiness than most any
thing else.
Wedding presents that come to you
are just like getting back 10 cents on
the dollar.
There's something about winning
money that makes you lose most ev-
erything else that is worth having
If a woman can lose enough sleep
at parties to be sick all day long she
knows she is. having the best time in
her life