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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-02-07
Farmers Week at Orono.

The fifth annual Farmers Week will
be given by the College of Agriculture,
University of Maine, Orono, Maine,
March 9th TO 10,h inclusive. As usual
the course has been divided into three
sections in order that those who are
especially interested in some particular
line of farming may be convened, not
only as regards the time actually neces-
sary to spend in attending the course
but also that as complete course as
possible may be presented. The sections
into which the course has been divided
are
1st. Farm Crops, Farm Management
aud Horticulture.
"a. Animal Industry, Veterinary
Science, and Poultry Management.
Sd. Women's Section taking up vari-
ous phases of Domestic Science and
Home Economics.
Many new and important features
have been added to the course the pres
ent year. Since the last annual Farmers
Week was held department of farm
management has been added to the COL
lege organization and this department
will discuss some very important prob
lens of our Maine agriculture such as
drainage, organization of the farm,
Names pastures, and fertilizer prob
lens.
In the farm crops division special at
tention will be given to corn, grain, and
potato breeding, growing and judging.
Just 9Vw when so much interest in the
Improvement of farm crops IL being
taken here in Maine discussions along
these lines are timely and will be espe-
cially helpful. In connection with the
growing Of crops lectures on fertility
maintenance and demonstrations in the
home mixing of fertilizers will be given.
In the horticultural division the leo
lures and demonstrations include such
important phases of the fruit business
as the selection and buying Of nursery
stock, pruning, grating, orchard spray
ing, preparation of orchard spray ma
terial, winter killing, and winter injury
of fruit trees and their control, orchard
cultivation and fertilization and the
grading and packing of apples.
Lecturers of national reputation have
been secured for the evening lectures.
The various railroads of the state rec0g-
nizing the state wide interest taken in
the annual Farmers Week have offered
reduced rates covering the entire week.
The complete program of the course
will be forwarded to any one desiring
the same. A letter addressed to the
College of Agriculture, University OF
Maine, Orono, Maine, or to Leon s. Mer-
rill, Director of Agricultural Extension,
asking for program or for any informs-
ton concerning the course will receive
prompt attention.
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NUMBER 6.
knnw what you're sayingm

know what you're saying.
"Yes. | do" She returned bis look
of shocked horror with half hearted
defiance. You must have known VINO
[ am. Frnser knew. and he must have
told you. You knew l had followed
the mining camps. You knew had
lived by my wits. You must nave
known what people thought OF me. l
cast my lot in with the people OF this
country. and had to match my wits
with those Of every man | met. Some
times | won. sometimes did not. You
know the north"
81 didn't know" he said slowly. Il
never thought wouldn't allow my
self to think"-
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The question with most farmers Is
really not whether they can afford an
equipment for running water, ou, ou,
whether they can afford to go witnoa'
:, Those who have installed sucn an
souipment are usually prompt In An
swering this question with an emphatc
negative.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-02-07

Start up the trap nests. They are in
valuable 10 pointing out the productive
hens as we'll as the drones. They make
1t possible, by picking out the poor lay
ers, to get more eggs from fewer num-
Der of hens. That is economy-it saves
feed and 1t gives the workers more room.
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YoU?"
she even dared 10 critlcise her. Nil
dred Wayland. for her treatment U
Boyd.
II shall ask him about 1t again thi'
evening"" she continued. IF there
has really been persecution. as yol
suggest. shall tell my father"
"You won't see Boyd this evening,
said Cherry.
"Oh. yes, SHALL"
HE is very busy. and-I don't thinl
he can see you"
"You don't understand. told hin
to come QUITO the yacht" Mildred:
temper rose ut the light she saw In th'
other woman's face.
But If he should disappoint you?
Cherry insisted. Remember that tht
fish are running. and you have no time
to lose If you are going to help"
Mildred tossed her head. ITO bt
frank with you. I never liked this en-
terprise of Boyd's. Now that ! have
seen the place and the people-well.
can't say that like It better"
1.-THE country is bit different. bu
the people are much the same In kal
vik and In Chicago. You will lind un
scrupuous men and unseltlsh wOmeI
| everywhere"
Mildred gave her cool glance tha
| took her in from head to foot.
"And vice versa. dare say. Yot
speak from a wider experience thar
L." With careless nod she picked
her way toward the launch. where
her friends were already assembling
She was angry and suspicious. He
pride wus hurt because she had no
been able TO feel superior to the othel
| woman. Instead she had descended
| to the weak resource Of innuendo
while Cherry had been simple ant
direct. She had expected to rec0g
nize instantly the type Of person witt
whom she had to deal. but she fount
herself batlied. Who was this wo
man: What was she doing here
Why had Boyd never told her Of this
extraordinary Intimacy? Boyd mus
! either give up Cherry or
During the talk between the two
young women Constantine had KEEP
at a respectful distance. but wher
Mildred had gone he came up to Cher
ry with the question:
"Who IN thutT. .
THAT is Miss wayland. That Il
the richest girl in the world. Constan
tine"
"Humph!"
"And the pity of 1t is she doesn''
understand how very rich she is. hel
father owns all these canneries ant
MANY more besides and lots OF rail
roads. But you don't know what
raiIrOad Is. do you?" -,
"Mebbe him rich us MIR. Marsh. en-:
"a Thousand time richer. MIR. Marst
works for him the way you work ro'
me-
"Sbe more han'somer than you De''
he added with reluctant candor
"Mebbe THAT'S lie bout Mr.. Marsh. en-
White men all work for Mr.. Marsh
He no work for nobody"
"No: 1t Ia true. MIR. Marsh knows
how rich she Is. and that Is why h'
wants to marry her"
The breed wheeled swiftly. bis sof
soles crunching the gravel.
"Mr. Marsh want marry her.? ne re
peated. as II doubling his ears.
Eyes. That IL why he has fough
MIR. Emerson. They both want to mar
lry her. That Is why Marsh broke
Mr.. Emerson's machinery and hiret
his men away from him and cut hi
nets. They hate each other. Do yot
understand"
"Me savvy.' said Constantine short
", then strode on beside the girl. M
think all the time Mr. Emerson goin
marry you"
Cherry gasped. mo. no! Why. h'
Is IN love with Miss Wayland."
"S'pose he don marry ysher2"
"Then Mr. Marsh will get her, / dar'
L
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Watch the hired man with your horses.
II they cringe, dodge or show signs OF
fear while with him, take my advice and
''fire" him. A good horse 10 spoiled
when he IL Q victim Of fear.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-02-07

The possibility of profit in dairy farm
ing is every day becoming moro sP'
parent.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-02-07

The dairy cow is II, but there's ssi'i .
place for the heller.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-02-07
The Niddlemen.

a NECESSARY EVIL IN NEARLY ALL
MARKETING OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
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AMONG THE FARMERS.
SPEED THE PLOw."

Correspondence on practical agricultural topic
Is solicited. Address all communications In
tended for this department 70 HENRY ID
HAMMOND, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat. Paris. Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-02-07

they? A lawless ruffian. who openly
threatened Willis Marsh's murder. and
a loose woman from the dance halls.
"Take carew cried Emerson In a
sharp voice.
The old man waved his hands as II
at loss for words. Look here! You
can't be an utter idiot. You must
know who she Is"
"Do you? Then tell me-"
Wayne Wayland turned bis back In
disgust. do you really wish to
know" Marsh's smooth voice qucs'
toned.
81 do"
"she is a very common Sort" said
Willis Marsh. II am surprised that
you never heard of her while you were
in the upper country She followed
the mining camps and lived e. Ycn
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-02-07
CHAPTER XX.

IL that night Boyd stayed at
IA his post. while the cavernous
HN building shuddered and Kissed
~ to the strainiug toll of the ma
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X Me x x
Silver Horde
n nHv nE EANrJ Author Of Sponers" and
Dy MA eDCAN1 The Barrier
Author Of THE Spoilers" and
The Barrier"
By REX BEACH

copYR1eHr. 1900. by HARPER BROTHERS
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life IN ICELAND.

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CHAPTER XIX.
heard the news" cried
Ill Cherry later that afternoon.
shrieking to make herself
~ heard above the rattle and
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-14
FIFTY PERISH IN MINE FIRE
Imprisoned In Tunnel, Escape Being
Completely 5locksded by Fire,
Smoke and the Generated Gases.

Scranton, Pa.-Without moments
warning, fifty men and boys are be-
lieved to have persisted in mine fire
in the Pancoast colliery at Throop,
three miles from here, on Friday.
Some estimates place the number at
sixty. Three bodies have been recov-
cred.
John Evans, head of the United
States rescue car, died at 9 o'clock
Friday night. A defective rescue he'll
met caused him to suffoeate
A majority of the missing men and
boys are foreigners, but two Ameri-
cans, Foreman Walter Knight and
Fire Boss Alfred Dave, are thought
to have persisted.
The fire started in an engine house
at the opening Of slope leading from
the Diamond vein $50 feet from the
surface. There were 400 men In the
mine, about sixty of them being at
work in a blind" tunnel at the end
of the slope. Escape was completely
blocked by fire, smoke and the gen.
Grated gases. The other men, scat
tered in different workings, got out by
various exits.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-14
INSURGENT BAND ANNIHILATED
Eighty Insurreetos Under Leadership
Of American Attack Five Hundred
Mexican Regulars Near Mexlcali.

Mexicali, Mexico.-General Stanley
Williams hurled his little battalion of
rebels against Colonel Miguel Mayot's
500 Mexican regulars on the MEGA
five miles south of Mexicah on Satur-
day. Eighty insurrectos went into the
fight; twenty returned from the bat
tlefield.
Williams himself was fatally wound
ed, being carried into the custom
house here with his head torn by a
fragment from an exploding shell,
where he died Sunday.
With half dozen fugitives o. his
fleeing command he was overtaken by
federal shell that lit a. the
of them and sent UP geyser of flame
and smoke and fragments of human
bodies. His wagon trains were cap
tured with nearly all of the stores and
livestock which he took in his raid on
Friday on American ranchers.
Survivors struggling into Mexicali
declare that the federals took no pris-
oners. All those not killed by the
fire of the federal rifles, machine guns
and artillery, were. it is believed,
slaughtered mercilessly with bayonets
in the hands of federal soldirs.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-14
WIN Not Proroaue conaress.

Observation-Disclosures on Sunday
among congressman of the letter
written by President Taft to Represen-
tative Mccall of Massachusetts, assur-
ing Democratic leaders In the house
that he had no intention of proroguing
congress Immediately after the pas
sage of the Canadian reciprocity
agreement, led to an authorization
from the White House to Mr.. Mccall
Sunday to confirm the presidents
views. Democratic leaders were ap-
prised by the president that there was
no foundation for the report. and it is
believed the Canadian reciprocity
agreement will be acted upon before
general tariff legislation.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-14
PARTIES ARE DIVIDED
LEADERS HAVE LITTLE HOPE OF
RESTORING MORE THAN SUR
FACE HARMONY At PRESENT.
Storms Ahead In Extra Session Of
Congress, There Being Virtually
Four Parties, Each With Large
Representation, Working Very
Much at Odds.

Washington.--It is daily becoming
manifest that congress is facing a
stormy session, and there can be no
forecast of the probabilities.
The fact that both of the great po-
litical parties are divided is no
longer denied, and the leaders appear
to have little hope of restoring more
than surface harmony.
There are virtually four parties,
each with large representation,
working at odds. in the present SEES
sion. The Republican minority of the
house is divided between regulars and
insurgents, as was evidenced by the
vote on the speakership contest.
The breach between these two fac.
tons is even wider in the Republican
majority Of the senate.
A sharp line has been drawn be-
tween the conservative Democrats OF
the senate, who are opposed to any
attempt at dictation by william ].
Bryan, and the progressive Demo
Gratis, including practically all the new
members and several veterans like
Senator Stone of Missouri, who are
Bryan adherents. The house Demo.
cratic majority seems to have es.
capped a break, but the leaders fear
the party contest in the senate may
at any time spread to the other
branch. The situation has interfered
with the selection of committees and
the beginning of legislative work.
Possibly there never has been a
congress where SO much uncertainty
existed and where the uneasiness has
been so equally distributed between
the two major political parties. OF
course this is due in part to the fact
that in the present congress the Dem
ocrats are In power in the house and
the Republicans are in control of the
senate.
The real cause of the anxiety Is be,
lieved to be the proximity of the
party conventions which will select
the standard bearers for 1912, and the
knowledge that slip by either in the
extraordinary session of the regular
session may determine the result Of
the next national campaign.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-14

Wednesday, April 5. He had been
gaining strength ever since he came
home after spending the summer on
Nantucket island.
Tom L. Johnson once referred to-
himself in a public address as a
stormy petrol" and this metaphor
aptly described him and indicated the
course of his career. From the time
he entered the offices of Louisville
street railway company as boy of
fifteen until his defeat for a fifth term
as mayor of Cleveland, on November
2, 1909. he was ever in the center of
some storm, financial or political. He
often said 1t was thus that he enjoyed
himself best.
Johnson was born In Georgetown,
KY, July Is, 1854.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-14
American eunners Hit the Marx.

Washington. : American gunners
have once more demonstrated their eff
ficiency in handling the guns of the
big battleships The first reports of
the battle practice held a week ago
by the Atlantic. Pacific and Asiatic
fleets have been received by the navy
department, and the results indicate
remarkable improvement in skill.
In statment on Sunday, Secretary
Meyer said the results of the firing
showed remarkable accuracy at
ranges of 10000 yards and over dis
tances of five to seven miles.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-14
Calls President inspired Leader.

New York.-The Rev. DR.. Charles f.
Aked, after four years of service here,
delivered his farewell sermon at the
Fifth Avenue Baptist church on Sun
day and will depart for San Francisco
to assume the pastorate of the First
Congregational church. A thousand
persons crowded into the church
which normally holds 600, and a spe
cial squad of police had to be called tc
restrain the hundreds outside. DR.
Aked referred to President Taft as the
inspired leader" in the cause of In.
ternational peace.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-14
STEAMER CAPS|zED
TWENTY LIVES LOST WHEN THE
IRoQUoIs WENT DOWN JUST
AFTER LEAVING PORT.
People on Shore Could See Survivors
clingins to Wreckase, Men and
Women Struggling for Their
Lives, But In Vain.

Victoria, B. Cit is believed that
twenty lives were lost when the little
wooden steamer, Iroquois, plying be-
tween Sidney Vancouver Is and, and
the islands of the gulf of &c rgia, was
capsized soon after leaving Sidney on
Monday.
The purser, who had a record OF
fares collected, is among the dead.
and it is not likely that the exact
number that persisted will ever be
known. Four passengers ana seven
members Of the crew were saved and
four members of the crew and prob
ably sixteen passengers were
drowned.
The lroquois foundc-sd fifteen
minutes after leaving Sidney. Her
cargo shifting, she swung over on her
port side, circled around as If about
to make back to port, partly righted
again, went on her beam ends, and
apparently filling with water, foun
dered in comparatively shallow water
her engines blowing up and part o.
her house work remaining unsub
merged.
When the Iroqouls foundered, par
of the upper works were left abovt
water, and persons ashore could sex
the survivors, clinging to that portion
Of the wreck. The swirl of the waters
soon tore of the house, and the Sc;
was covered with wreckage, annie
which were men and women strug
Cling for their lives OF the bodies
hich drifted ashore, many were
equipped with life belts.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-14
DRAGGED TO DEATH
BRIDE OF FEW WEEKS BRUTAL
LY MURDERED BY coWsoY
HUSBAND IN MONTANA.
Driven Insane by Marital Troubles,
Westerner Runs Amuck, Kills
Four People and Then Ends
His Own Life.

Billings, Mont-DrIven temporarily
insane by marital troubles, and suf-
fering from an injury resulting from
a fall with his horse early In the
winter, Cliff Roots, a cowboy and
freighter residing about forty miles
north of here, on Thursday ran amuck
with rope and six-shooter and, after
killing his young bride of few
weeks, her brother, Andy Render, his
own stepson, James Bridges, and his
wife's sister, Mrs. W. S. Thompson,
committed suicide.
Mounting his horse, Roots threw a
rope around his wife's neck and drag
ged her at gallop over his ranch
until the back of her head had been
crushed by striking against stones
and other objects. He dragged the
body back to the ranch house and
left 1t in the stable, where it was
found by officers. The immediate
cause for the act will never be known.
Render was playing cards with a
friend when Roots rode up and, look
Ing through the keyhole, fired three
SHOTS through the door, killing Reh.
der instantly and tearing one of his
companions ears off. Roots then
| went to the ranch of James Bridges
son of his first wife, and shot him
to death without warning. From there
he rode to the ranch of Mrs. w. s.
Thompson, widowed sister of his first
wife. and shot her dead. Returning
to his own ranch, Roots went into a
field and blew out his brains.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-14
curtiss Sails on Great Sale Lake.

Salt Lake City.-Ten thousand per-
sens on Saturday witnessed Glenn II.
Curtiss make a wonderful demonstra-
ton of his new hydroaeroplane on the
waters of the Great Salt Lake. This
is the first public demonstration ever
made of the hydro-plane and it was
in every way successful The COM
bination air and water craft sailed
about on the lake for ten or fifteen
altitude Of several hundred feet. 1t
maneuvered in the air for a time and
then settled prettily on lhe water
again. This was repeated several
times
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-14
WIN ostraeise Powers.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Caleb
Powers of Kentucky, Republican,
whose Democratic colleagues have an
nounced that they will not serve with
him on any committee of the house,
left for Kentucky on Friday to look
after his home interests. The plan of
the Democrats to ostracise Mr.. Powers,
IL successful, will prevent the Ken
tuckian from serving on any of the
important committees of particular in
terest to his constituents.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-14
Derrick Crashes Through Building.

New York.-Tons of steel, compris-
ing the huge derrick being used TWEEN
ty-.our stories above the heart of the
financial district for the construction
of the Bankers Trust building, at
Wall and Nassau streets, crashed
through the seven top floors of the
building on Saturday until the derrick
rested upon the huge steel Orders
below. Two workmen were probably
fatally injured, while many had mar
row escapes from death.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-14
lDAHoANs IN TROUBLE.
Indicted on Charges Of Misuse Of the
Mails in Selling Lands.

Indicted on Charges Of Misuse Of the
Mails in Selling Lands.
Boise, Idaho.-The Indictment by a
federal grand jury in Spokane Of d. w.
Standrod, president of the First Ma
tional Bank of Pocatelo, A. B. Moss
of Payette, l. B. Perrine of Twin Falls
and Paul S. A. Bickel of Jerome, all
prominent southern Idaho men, for
fraudulent use of the mails, has Great.
ed genuine sensation. The indict-
ments contain three counts each
charging the six men with being inter.
ested as officers in the American
Hardwood company. corporation, or
ganized to promote sale Of eucalyptus
tree lands In Kerns county, southern
California. The lands were sold to in.
nocent purchasers, who are alleged to
have been duped.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-14
No place for Lazy Husbands.

Sacramento, Cal.-Lazy husbands
will find California a hard place to Ply
their vocations as a result of the sign
ing of bill by Governor Johnson.
The bill provides that in case of con
viction of a husband for failure to
provide he shall be put to work on
the county roads or other public work,
and the county shall pay $3.50 a day
to the wife and babies for each day
the non-provider works.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-14

The Eastern States Mission society
held its reunion Friday night, the af-
fair being one of the most successful
yet held. There was a short impromp-
to program rendered. followed by
dancing and refreshments.
Incidental to the holding OF the
eighty-first annual conference of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. In Salt Lake, fourteen mission
airy reunions were held in various
parts OF the city Saturday night. At
each of the reunions appropriate pro
grams were given.
With the Assembly hall filled to Its
capacity. the Utah Genealogical SO.
ciety held its quarterly meeting
Thursday afternoon. In the absence
Of Anthem H. Lund. president, the
chair was occupied by Joseph F.
Smith, Jr., secretary.
Several hundred missionaries. who
have at one time labored in New Zea.
land and Australia, and their friends,
gathered in Salt Lake. Thursday
evening, for the semi-annual reunion
forming one of the most pleasant and
largest gatherings ever held under
the auspices of the two SOCIETIES.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-14
Preferred Suicide to starvation.

Boise, Ida.-Rather than face star
walton and following an unsuccessful
attempt to melt snow with which to
cook the buckskin gloves he wore for
the purpose OF eating them and in
this manner satisfy his craving hun
ger, James Ross, lost in the woods
last winter in the wilds of eastern
Idaho in Fremont county, whose body
was found Friday. Is believed to have
committed suicide.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-14
Twelve-Year-old Burglar Shot.

Chicago's youngest burg
lar, John Borta, aged IL. is at hos
pital dying from bullet wound re-
ceived while trying to escape from
a saloon which. with seven compan-
ions. he had lust ransacked.