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Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09
THE HOTREp.

As there are always those every
 spring who are taking up gardening for the first time it will be in place
 to again give simple directions for
 making the hotbed, which will not only pay for itself in the toothsome
 radishes and lettuce which 1t will pro- vide for the table, but also in furnish ing tomato, cabbage, caulifower, pep per, eggplant, etc, for transplanting into the open ground. The location of the bed is important, and preferably
 this should be on the south side of a building or tight board fence, where the suns rays will be cornered. The length and width of the hotbed will depend upon ones purpose and upon the dimension of the window sash which are available. The frame should be so built that the sash will slope to the south five or six inches and may be built about a trench dug in the ground or made of wider stuff set on the ground and banked with manure. We have tried both ways and prefer the former. Into the pit prepared should be placed eight or ten inches of fresh horse manure containing about one third short straw or other litter, which will keep it from heating too rapidly. The chemical reaction which generates the heat will be hastened if a few pails of water are poured over the ma nure. This should be allowed to heat some before the earth is put in, which should be of a rich, mellow loam if possible and spread evenly to depth of five inches. The sash should then be put on and things allowed to warm up When the air in the bed shows a temperature of about TO degrees the seed may be planted in rows or broad cast, as one may prefer. The bed should be watered frequently enough 10 keep the soil moist and if the ther- mometer or hand shows the bed is get ting too hot the sash should be lifted turing the day to permit ventilation. Where one does not have window sash for the purpose white cotton cloth tackled on a frame will answer the same purpose if the weather is not too severe and will make the bed self ven tilating. AS a safeguard against a cold snap pieces of old carpet or can vas or a pile of straw with which to cover the bed should be kept handy. Before the plants which are to be transferred to the open ground are re- moved the sash should be removed en- hrely to allow the plants to toughen.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09
STABS A BOY, THEN DIES.

Would Be Murderer at Yonkers, N. Y-
 Is Found Dead In Cell.
 After outraging and attempting to murder a fifteen-year-old boy at Yon- kers, N. Y, a man who said he was Herbert Alexander Welch, Columbia University graduate, was strangely stricken in cell at police headquar- ters and died in half an hour after being removed to the hospital.
 The boy. James McGowan, is in St. Johns Riverside hospital with stab wound in his neck, but is expected to recover, Welch refused, the police say, information as to his home He said he was ,twenty-eight years old, had once been a teacher, but lately a salesman. He was well dressed.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

wants the patronage. they say, in the belief that if 1t has this it can keep its finger on the pulse of legislation.
 It is a contest between New York and Indiana, the two traditionally doubtful states. New York wants the best position in the house for William Henry Ryan of Buffalo, four times a member of congress.
 Indiana wants the plum-it is worth $6,5OO a year and a lot of subsidiary patronage-for U. Stokes Jackson of Indianapolis, chairman of the Indiana state committee and the man who is credited with leading contribution to making the state almost solidly Demo cratic
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

While it Is a mighty fine thing for the farmer to have an automobile and all right for him to do so If he has the money in the bank with which to pur- chase the machine, 1t is very. ques- tionable procedure for any fellow who has to increase his indebtedness to buy one We have in mind fellow who did just this thing, and in the end it meant that he lost the farm, as he couldn't get his moneys worth out of the machine without using 1t, and he couldn't do this without neglecting the farm work.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09
F or Sale Second hand. Bargains
 worth looking after.

50 h. p. New York Safety En- zine; 60 Il. D. Return Tubular Boiler; 20 inch Unique Nutrition Mill, very little used; Munson Burr Mill, Steel Pulleys, Wood Pulleys and Shafting; No. 1 Lane Saw Mill. "
 Also new Shafting, Hangers, Pulleys and Gears of all descrip- tions, Unique Nutrition Mills, Steam Engines and Boilers, Gas and Gasoline Engines, Turbine Water Wheels, Circular Saw Mills, Saws and Betting, Wood Saving Machines. If you don't see what you want ask for it.
 20 New Gasolene Engines at a low price for cash. #
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09
500 BANDITS ARE KILLED.

Chinese Villagers Burn to Death Starv-
 ing Band of Marauders.
 Rendered desperate by hunger, bands of hundreds of starving refugees are rowing through the famine stricken area of China, plundering and killing. and a reign of terror prevails.
 At Kunshan, d walled village within fifty miles of Shanghai, the villagers after d desperate raid. in which stores were footed and many killed, meted out punishment peculiarly Chinese in its callousness to the raiding refugees. A band of more than 800 are report ed to have been surrounded in a com pound and burned to death.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

In all too many cooperative cream cries the buttermaker Is kept tied down too closely to scrubbing, clean ing and stoking. work when this could be done just as well by much cheaper help and the buttermaker given this time to inquire more carefully into the stable and milk house conditions to be found on the farms of the sev- eral hundred patrons of the creamery Owing to this shortsighted effort at economy there is little question that creameries of this type lose thousands of dollars annually, which they might just as well save in an improved but ter quality by giving their buttermak- CT more help, thus enabling him to give them more of his service as a spe- cialiSt.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

Persons afflicted with tuberculosis would do well to keep in mind the curative power of fresh air, whether In the east, west, north or south. Many people of limited means might better stay at home, using the precautions they would take elsewhere of sleeping and living in the open air, in the mean time enjoying the comforts of home, than to go to some far away, strange place without means sufficient for real needs. Still another class might as well stay at home, those who have money, but who go and live in stuffy boarding houses in some large city, keeping late hours and disregarding the fundamental requirements of health with the expectation that elf mate alone will work cure, and that without its being given fair chance.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

One of the reasons why the dairy cows give the largest returns in milk yield in May and June is that the wa ter they drink does not chill them to the bone. This condition can be re- produced in the winter by warming the drinking water with a tank heater by the use of cobs or other fuel instead of making the COW do the job, utiliz- ing corn and other high priced feeds for the purpose. Every bit of heat which the COW has to furnish in the warming of ice cold water means that the energy and vitality which she can devote to milk production are reduced by just so much.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

The problem of keeping the young folks on the farm, as well as the good wife from sinking into an untimely. yet restful grave. will be solved when the head of the house puts by the no ton that he has got to annex the ad- joining eighties and instead devotes some of the hard earned money, in the accumulation of which both wife and children have had a hand, to re modelling the house. improving the grounds and installing some of the improvements and conveniences that tighten labor, make life tolerable and enjoyable and in a measure worth tha living. When the boys and girls hike from the farm as soon as they are well out of kits there's usually req Son for 1t.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

The plebeian prune, which, dressed with thick cream, is O close second to June strawberries, Is greatly improved in edible quality if soaked from twelve to twenty-four hours before cooking, while the uncooked prune soaked In warm water in which the desired amount of sugar has been dissolved Is said to have as fine a flavor as the Tesh fruit.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

A woman can and Is usually willing to stand a good deal of downright hard work If she feels there is good reason for her doing so and that her labors are recognized and appreciated, and this goes far toward Tightening the load, but 1t is indeed hard lines for her who slaves from daylight till dark and long past, who receives only cross words and complaints In acknowledg- ment of her services.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09
RYAN AFTER BIG PLUM.

Former New York Congressman Would
 Re Sergeant at Arms of House.
 Tammany is out to control the or ganization of the next house of repre- sentatives, according to representa- tions which Indiana legislators and others are freely making. Tammany
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

In selecting a breed of dairy cows 1t is not so vital a thing that one should have this or that variety as that he should select the breed which he likes best. The performance of the several leading breeds Is so nearly on san equality that success is largely q matter of the man and his method any way.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

It is an interesting fact that while the average wheat yield of the state of Kansas was but thirteen and one half bushels per acre for 1910 1t was nearly twice this amount on all the land farmed under the direction of the experiment station at Fort Hays. in the western part of the state, where scientific principles were carried out in the blowing and preparation of the soil. Yet, notwithstanding this show ing, you now and then run across a fellow in the thirteen bushel per acre class who has little but derision for the Head penciT' farmers of the state agricultural colleges.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

The Everglades and big cypress swamp of Florida are inhabited by the remnant of a tribe of Indians, the Seminoles, who have been deprived of their lands and have taken up their abode in these swamps as a last re- treat.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

The more frequently the hog raiser can bring his shotes to seven months of age and have them weigh 300 pounds apiece the larger per cent of gain he will make on his investment, as in a majority of cases quick gains are economical gains. The above result can be obtained from a clover, alfalfa or rape pasture, skimmilk or buttermilk during the interval and corn and oil meal at the rate of Q to as a finishing ration. |"f
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

New Mexico has approximately 5O0,- 900 acres already under irrigation, with 3,OOO,O00 more that can be watered arti6cially. When this shall have been accomplished New Mexico's place as an agricultural state will have been secured
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

A chain is no stronger than its weak est link, and a churning of butter is usually no sweeter than the worst mess of cream which was used iR the making of 1t. Sometimes buttermak- CTS and more often creamery mana gers and directors overlook this sim ple fact.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

President Taft has lately signed a proclamation which will throw open to homestead entry more than half a million acres in the Ozark forest re- serve, in Arkansas, south of the White river in the Leatherwood mountains. While much of the tract is rough and covered with timber, there are limited areas that would be ideal for the growing of corn and other crops If cleared. while much larger areas would be suited to fruit raising. The climate is such that stock can range the year through. while the water sup ply is abundant and pure and the country healthful one in which to live. Further information relative to the tract can be got by writing the land office. Washington.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

A fellow can have a dish of ham and eggs now and then since the egg corner collapsed without borrowing money on his life insurance policy to foot the bill. Ham and eggs used to taste pretty good, but it was so long ago the most of us will have to learn all over again.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

Contrary to m idea that seems to have got root in the minds of some folk here. and there, careful expert ments with the tuberculin test prove exclusively that the application of tuberculin will pot only not cause tu- berculosis in a" healthy animal, but has no harmful effect whatever upon an animal that is affected with tuber- culosis or other disease.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

AS with cattle. the breed of poultry to be selected by any individual should be the one which he prefers or which will best suit his purposes, as any one of a number will pay well if given proper care and attention.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

If the kerosene lamp persists in smoking up the carefully cleaned chim- ney try boiling up the burner. If it still persists try throwing it out the back door.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

In all too many instances a fellows attitude on this matter of bovine tuber- culosis- depends upon whether it is up to him to drink the milk or eat the flesh of animals affected with the dis ease or whether he has some of them on his hands that he Is anxious to get rid of and lose as little as possible.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

If the writer ever had any doubt that birds know a good thing when they see it, 1t was dispelled last sea son when he noted the certainty with which they singled out the ripest and reddest checked peaches and devoured them completely, leaving nothing but the pit hanging to the limb. Other fruit in garden and on mountain slope was scarce at the time, and this doubt less accounts for the trespass of these feathered friends.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

It is just as easy to form good habits as bad ones, and this Is an important point not only in the formation of character in man. but in the training of animals that serve him.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

The one great point in favor of corn silage is that 1t comes nearer than any other winter ration to duplicating>t the succulence of the lush grasses of May and June. It is because of this fact that stock is so fond of silage and that the feeding of 1t results in such a gen. erous milk flow in the dairy COW and the rapid gain in flesh of the other farm animals to which it is fed.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

If the Danish dairyman can make money in dairying on $70o and $500 land and the farmer on the Jersey and Guernsey islands can make a good liv- ing and something besides on land worth from $1,O00 to $1,200 per acre and buy high priced imported feeds to boot, 1t looks as if the farmers of the United States on lands worth from $50 to $15o per acre and capable of pro ducing all of the raw stuff needed in the turning out of finished dairy prod ucts had about the surest and easiest snap that could be imagined.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

A filling in time may not save nine. but it will reduce toothaches and ex- fractions and save a whole lot of pes tering trials with false molar outfits.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

A friend who had fine cutting of alfalfa caught with a heavy rain a couple of years ago hit upon the plan of slowing the crop away in his silo green and wet. Later he filled the silo up with corn. Late the following win ter when he got down to the alfalfa ensilage he found it in perfect condi- tion. and the dairy cows were crazy about it and ate it up clean as whis- tie. This would seem to show that the silo might be used to advantage as a haymow for clover and alfalfa in sec tions where the rainfall prevents the proper curing of the grasses.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF INTEREST

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that have pur- chased the interests of my late coPartner, Darwin Beers, deceased. in the firm of BEERS G TRAFFORD. Contractors and Builders. at Millerton, N. Y, and will continue the firm business in my individual name at the same address.
 Approaching the public confidence long en- joyed by the late firm. 1t is my hope that the same may continue uninterrupted and my aim that the business may be continued along the same efficient and painstaking lines of the past
 WILLIAM TRAFFORD MILLERTON, N. Y., November 2eth, 1910.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09
BTNINrES CARDS

GEORGER NlLN JA. BLACKSMITH Horse shueiug. wood work and
 iron work RAILROAD ST. CANAAN, CoSN.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

THE CANFIELD," CANAAN, Ct An up-to-date hotel. All the mod ern convenienees. Service unsur- passed. A step from the station.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-09

H. D. HUMPHREYS Drug Store,
 "On the Corner" Est. f843.
 Reliable in everything. CANAAN CONN.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-07-20
John LincrOn

BY a strang coincidence John Lin
cron was run over July IA by train
No. II. the same train from which
Willard d. Smell was hurled to his
death July II. Funeral services we're
conducted by Rev. c. e. Mason from
the undertaking rooms Friday at
4:sO o'clock, July IA. Quite num-
Der we're present. among them Mrs.
Evans. who had known him when liv-
ing on their Castle creek ranch. Te
deceased was SIS years Of age. for
many years making his home in
Grand View. where he had accumulat-
ed quite a property, especially in
stock. His native place was Fin
land.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-07-20
VIII visit Land show.

OMAHA. July 90. (SpeciaD By
a streak of good fortune large per
cent of the 100000 people who are
expected to file for claims in Mellette
and Bennett counties, South Dakota.
will pass through Omaha and will be
and opportunity to see the Omaha
Land Show at which the resources
and opportunities of the entire west
will be exploited Thus it will be
possible to directly interest thousands
of persons who are actually seeking
homes and who will be in the proper
frame Of mind to receive and absorb
all the information that is thrust upon
him.
AS an example of the great num-
Der of land seekers who will pass
through Omaha in October it is set
forth that in 1904 100000 people
registered in Bonesteel. Four years
later at the Dalles registration for
Tripp county lands 114.00O seekers
made filings On these figures is based
the estimate that there will be at
least 10000 registrations at Dalles,
Gregory. Rapid City and Chamber
lain for the Mellette and Bennett
county lands. At least $4,000 of these
are expected to pass through Omaha
which is the gateway to the west,
and it will be possible to interes a
great many of them in the oppor-
tunities offered in the region fur
ther west. The South Dakota regis
trations will be made between Oc-
tober and 21 and the drawings be-
gin October "a. while the Land Show
will be from the 18th to the 28th.
The dates OF the show will give the
homesekers an opportunity OF visit
ing In Omaha both before and after
they go to South Dakota.
During the last South dakota draw
ings most Of the applicants came
from Iowa. Illinois. Missouri and 9TH
er states in the middle west, and the
bulk OF the coming registrations will
be made by people from these states
It is these people that the west is
now rying to interest through he
medium Of the Land Show.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-07-20
PROFIT IN SUGAR BEErs.
immigration Commissioner Rich De-
clares All Previous Records
Will BE Broken.

Nothing like it has ever been
seen in the history of Idaho" This
is the way Immigration Commissioner
Hich describes crop conditions in
southeastern Idaho on his return to
the city from his home in Blackfoot
yesterday.
THE sugar beet crop will be enor-
NOUS Mr.. Rich continues. "The st.
Anthony or Sugar City factory has
1000 acres of beets out; the Idaho
Falls factory has out 5000 acres and
the Blackfoot factory has out $500
acres. In addition to this, Burley
has over 1000 acres. which will be
shipped to the Blackfoot factory. The
crop is already made. 1t win run
on an average 10 tons to the acre. and
my judgment is that the beets will
yield is per cent of their weight in
sugar"
Taking Mr.. Rich's estimate for II,
this would mean a yield of 1O5, ,3O0,-
600 pounds of sugar for this year. and
this. at the prevailing retail price OF
cents a pound, would represent a
value Of $6,s1S,0OO for this years
crop Of beet sugar in Idaho.
Commissioner Rich says that all
crops are looking exceptionally we'll
inthis section Of the state and the
acreage is large rthan ever. He pre-
diets a record breaking crop in all
lines. This. he says. is accounted for
by the late rains. the abundance Of
water for irrigation and the generally
favorable spring. The dry far mcrops
he says are made now and they will
be larger than ever because of the
greatly increased acreage.
"The Fort Hall syphon," MT. Rich
sa.d, "has been repaired and is again
working perfectly"
Against this fine picture of crop
conditions Mr. Rich says that busi-
ness conditions remain quiet This
he finds to be true, he says, in all
li~es of business and in all parts Of
the state he has visited. The Black
ofot bank. he says, is recovering
slowly from its recent setback, and
in his opinion it will be some time be-
fore its affairs are completely
Strengthened out.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-07-20
The Congregational brotherhood


The Mems brotherhood of the Con
gregational church met Tuesday ev-
ening for an enthusiastic session at
the residence Of W. c. Howie. Plans
were made for the holding of the Aug
ust meeting in the form of hayrack
party at the residence of B. p. Thomp
son four miles south Of town. which
meeting will probably be water
melon feed" as well as a hayrack
festival.
The feature of the Tuesday even
ing meeting was round table dis
cussion of methods of brotherhood
which bid fair to cause boom in
brotherhood stock next fall. The
part which the men of Mountain
Home will take in the Men and Rel
igion" movement. which for South
ernr Idaho and Eastern Oregon CEN
ter in Boise was also discussed. The
men of the various churches of the
city will cooperate in initiating the
The men of the Congregational Bro
therhood decided to indorse the ban
Guet plan suggested by the represen-
tatives of the movement who were
in Mountain Home from Boise last
May and who are expected to assist
in the work Of organization next fall.
The Brotherhood decided to con-
tinue its monthly meetings through
the summer and will not omit the
August session.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howie proved to be
delightful entertainers, music and re-
freshments keeping the guests busy
until a late hour. Mesdames Eaton
and Briegleb and Messrs. Thompson
and Norell sang a selection of quar-
tet music and Prof. Horn played a
piano solo.
Members of the families Of sever
al members Of the brotherhood were
present as invited guests.