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The Raymer enterprise., 1911-01-12
DRY FARMERS ERRORS
Many Failures Directly TraceabIe
to Lack Of knowledge.
PIow, Packer and Harrow Must Be
Used Often and Thoroughly to
Catch and Retain Moisture
Falls During Winter.

The great majority OF failures from
dry farming the past season and d..
rectly traceable to a lack OF knowl.
edge as TO the requirements OF the
crops. The greatest mistake was
made in the preparation OF the soil
and until this part OF the business
becomes thoroughly understood the
settlers might as we'll give up the
idea OF dry farming and go into the
chicken business, says the Denver
Field and Farm. A slipshod method
In preparing the seed bed is the first
step toward failure. The plow, the
packer and harrow must be used Oft
en- and thoroughly. Plow the land Ii
summer or fall as conditions will per
nit and plow as deeply as possible
When We first break the virgin sod
We can seldom plow deeper than two
and one-half to three inches. but after
that We can gradually increase this
depth 10 eight or ten inches.
The object OF plowing deep in sum
mer or fall is to catch and retain all
the moisture possible that will fall
during the winter and spring and thus
have a large reservoir OF loose soil
TO retain the water. II the precipi.
tation Is heavy enough during this
period to thoroughly fill the soil with
moisture. disk and harrow the land
as soon as soil conditions will per
init in the spring A crop may then
be planted with some prospect OF sue.
cess. In exceptionally dry years II
will be found necessary TO summer
fallow the land and seed II year
later. On level land where the wind
blows a great deal and is ap. TO carry
the snow of OF the fields. a method
often practised TO great advantage is
10 plow deep iurrows across the field
every ten or twelve feet In opposite
direction TO the prevailing winds.
The snow is driven and held In these
!urrows and lister can be used TO
burst out these rows.
The roller and harrow all should
be used freely. There are upon the
market number OF corrugated roll
ers. One with deep corrugation Is
preferable. Never use the roller
when the ground Is too moist or when
It can not be followed by the harrow.
Many tendertOOt farmers work the
soil when 1t has sandency to stick
and this Is a bad policy wherever IL
Is done. but II means ruin II done at
all In the semi.arid region. After ey-
cry rain. just as soon as the soil Is
IN working condition. run over II
with harrow so as TO break the
crust.
Small grain can be narrowed TO ad
vantage until It is four inches high
When doing this set the teeth back
ward at an angle OF forty-fve degrees
and run Crossw!se with the drill
rows. All the work done upon the
fields should be with the one end In
v!ew-'hst Of conserving moisture.
The moisture lost from the soil
through neglect means a proportion,
at" decrease In the crop. A practise
that Is quite common is 10 follow the
grain binder with a good sharp disc
harrow, the object OF this being to
break up the hard surface OF the soil
and thus prevent evaporation. When
small grain OF spring seeding is to
follow corn, thoroughly disc the
ground as rapidly as the corn is cut.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-01-12

band Is cut in with front panels and
Is carried round waist to back panel.
The large collar IS braided.
Felt hat trimmed with large silk
bow.
Material required; Four and one
half yards IS inches wide. one dozen
yards oraId. four and one-half yards
silk or satin for lining to waist eight
buttons, one and onc.half yard cord.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-01-12
Breeding Mares.

Breed sound mares to sound horses
and II you are a careful man you will
be well paid for your feed and trouble.
Keep the colt growing from the start.
When working the mare always leave
colt In stable, give It some oats and
bran to eat and remember oats and
bran are always the feed Feed the
corn TO hogs and cattle.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-01-12
RAFFA HAT FOR WINTER NOVtllY IN CUI OF SKIRTS
Smartly Cut Garment That Has Many
Points That viii Appeal to
the Fancy.

This smartly cut ught,ftting Goa,
has panel down center OF back and
one each side front. which meet In
the middle where fastening is formed
by buttons sewn on each side and
connected with loops OF cords, a
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-01-12
use for lennlS Rackef-

An old tennis racket. threaded with
stout cord, makes the bes, kind Of
flower rack for trailing plants ,ha,
need a frame. Cut on half the handle.
sharpen the end and drive 1t into the
flower pot.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-01-12

And II sometimes happens that a
man likes to have his wife get so mad
she wont speak to him-then she will
not ask him for money
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-01-12

PILES CURED IN TOI DAYS
Your druggist will refund money II PAZO 0INT-
MEST falls To cure any case Os Itching. Blind,
Bleeding Uf Prutruiing Piles in $40 u days. &c
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-01-12

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first put up
20 years ago. They regulate and invigor-
ate. stomach. liver and bowels. Sugar.
,Oated tiny granules.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-01-12
bi|iousness

~ have used your valuable cascarets
and 1 find them perfect. Couldn't do
without them. I have used them for
some time for indigestion and biliousness
and am now completely cured. Recon-
mend them to everyone. Once tried, You
will never be without them in tho
family A. Marx, Albany, NY.
Pleasant. Palatable. Potent Taste Good
Do Good. Never Sicken. Weaken or GfipA
lCc, sc. Soc. Never sold In bulk. Tho geo
u!ne tablet stamped CCC. Guaranteed TO
cure or your money back. "
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-01-12

Avoid pushing to the front by going
back on your friends.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-01-12

Cmart Russian Coat.-This would
~ look well in material to match
the skirt, or might be made in tweed
or serge to wear with any dress. It
fastons down left side OF front. where
braid and buttons form trimming;
the turn down collar and sleeves are
trimmed to match. black patent
leather waist.band encircles the waist
iilt OF black satin trimmed with
masses OF white wings completes the
costume.
Materials required: Four yards IS
lncues wide; 6Ha yards silk for lining,
rIns buttons, one dozen yards braid.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-01-12
oods
SarsapariIIa

Cures all humors, catarrh and
rheumatism, relieves that tired
feeling, restores the appetite, :
cures paleness, nervousness,
builds up the whole system.
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-01-12

Don't make the mistake OF claiming
you never make one.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-01-12

Dinner Dress.-Apricot Korean
crepe makes an exceptionally pretty
dress carried out to this simple de-
sign Both the over and underskirts
are trimmed with wide and narrow In.
scrtion TO match The bodice has the
sleeves cut In with It. and Is trimmed
with a strip Of Insertion over the
shoulders, also at edge OF sleeves: the
under sleeves are OF fine lace to match
yoke
Materials required: Ten yards crepe
22 Inches wide. one yard lace. -,
yards silk and five yards narrow inscr
ton.
Douglas Island news., 1911-10-25
The NOrthI2nd The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed. Information for Everybody.

Provisions are short in the Chande- lar.
 Ira H. King is now town treasurer of Hatnes.
 Ruby City will have two newspapers this winter.
 The houses in Prince Rupert are be. ing numbered.
 Governor Clark says thereis nothing wrong at Mt. Tabor.
 The Wrangell Sentinel reports that deer are plentiful on Admiralty island.
 The Ketchikan sawmll burned on the 14th. The loss is estimated at S5OOOO.
 The completion of the fifth census reveals the population of Canada as 8,OOO,OOO
 Our Canadian neighbors will observe October 3Oth as a day of general thanksgiving.
 A subscriber for the Tacoma Fri bune, who lives at Chicken, Alaska, pays for his paper in gold dust.
 Ruby City has now solidly built Front street running half mile along the bank of the Yukon and built on both sides.
 Captain Taafs, of the wrecked steamship Ramona, was given a six months vaction as a penalty for un- skillful navigation.
 Alaskaus who visit Seattle should be on the lookout A burglar robbed three stores there last week, and got g in cash and watch chain.
 Capt. Frank Daniels, who put the big frieghter Edith ashore on Level island, has been put to the bad for two months. The charge was bad naviga- tion.
 Heavy rains have nearly destroyed the government road from Haines to Porcupine. Trees and big bou!ders have been washed into the road bed in many places.
 Rumor has it that the Alaska Steam ship Co.,, the Alaska Pacific Steamship Go. and the Northern Pacific Steam ship Go. are soon to be merged into one big thing.
 A term of the district court, Judge Cushman presiding, is called to con- vene in Seward, beginning February 13, 1912, and continuing as long there after as the public interest may re- quire.
 In the near vicinity of Uyak, on Ko. diak island, two miners have uncover, ed placer diggings which may prove, upon development, of vast importance, and add another gold camp to the many established ones.
Douglas Island news., 1911-10-25

Clyde B. Guptill, agent for the Alaska Steamship company, at Skag- way, was found last Thursday morning lying in the rear of the office in a pool of blood, with his skull crushed. Later Lionel E. Berriman, MT. Cup till's assistant, was arrested for the deed At last accounts Guptil was still unconscious, with small hopes of his recovery. If robbery was the in- tent of the deed, it was. unsuccessful as the safe was found locked and the contents unmolested Berriman has been discharged because of insufficient evidence to bind him over.
 While walking the beach at Katalla near the midnight hour, the weather being cold and rainy, w. E. Smythe, the representative of the Scripps Me- Rae Press association, which news or gauizGtiou sent broadcast from Wash ingtom tue famous "Dick ,to-Dick" fake story, said to Governor Clark: q am convinced of two things, governor. First, that the Guggenheims did not seek to gain control of Controller bay" Smythe hesitated a moment. "And second?" queried the governor "Sec- ond, that the damned bay isn't worth controlling"-Seward Gateway.
 
 Officers of the revenue cutter ser vice who have spent the summer in the annual patrol of BeriDg sea, under taken for the protection of the sealing berd, report pitiable condition exist ing among the natives of the Aleutian islands. There has been great scare ity of food for several years past, and as d result of low diet and insufficient nonrishmeut disease of various kinds is making fearful ravages among them. These officers state that unless food and medical attendance is furnished them, on many islands the entire na- tive population will probably be ex- tiuct before long.
 The big cannery ship A. J. Fuller, which arrived from Uyak, Kodiak island, a few days ago, won the distinc- tion yesterday of having the biggest pay roll so far this season, says the P.-I. When the shipping commis" sioners at the CoIman dock yesterday completed their work of paying off the crew and fishermen who were with the vessel during the summer total of S23, 300 had been paid out. There were fifty. nine men, including members of the crew and fishermen, and they aver aged about $500 each. The nineteen men on the tug Shelikof, which came from the same cannery averaged about S40O apiece.
 Bringing the thrilling details of an explosion at sea, as a result of which her chief engineer was terribly burned about the face and hands, her engine wrecked and the vessel left to drift helplessly off the North Pacific coast, the power schooner Bender Brothers, of Seattle, Capt. Louis Knafisch, ar rived at Port Townsend yesterday in tow of the life-saving tug Snohomish, says the P.-I. The Bender Brothers, bound from Nome and ports on the Kuskokwim river, was completing a voyage fraught with difficulties and trying experiences. When 180 miles from Cape Flattery her gasoline engine exploded, injuring her chief engineer and leaving her at the mercy of a heavy gale,
Douglas Island news., 1911-10-25

Innoko is about to join the ranks of the other Alaskan communities where the quartz mining industry is making start, for its first stamp mill is to be landed this fall, say recent arrivals from the lower country.
 A Dawson politician, in letter to the Whitehorse Star, makes state ment which might be applied to Alaska with some degree of sense: "Thjs ter ritory cannot afford to fight the gov. erument which sustains it."
 The Fairbanks Commercial Club has decided to impIore the next Con- gress to appropriate annually for the next five years, one million dollars d year, for improvements, construction and maintenance of roads in Alaska.
 Considerable excitement prevails at Sitka over what is believed to be rich gold strike made by party of Indians somewhere on Peril Straits last week. The Indians, among whom was Ru dolph Walden, who owns curio store at Sitka, attempted to keep the matter a secret, but rumors of strike became rife, and when the Indians left in a gas boat with Superintendent Bridgem an, of the Sheldon Jackson Mission, a mum Der of other gas boats followed Dispatch
 Twenty ptarmigan captured at sea in waters off the Alaskan coast are on their way to Golden Gate park, in San Francisco. J. w. Williamson, BIAS Fulton street, San Francisco, has the birds in charge. They will be set free in the big park. The birds alighted aboard steamship on which Mir, Will. iamson was passenger from St. Michael to Nome. They were appar ently bewildered and would not be driven off the vessel. Twenty-Five were captured and twenty are living now.
 An examination of the hull of the steamship Edith, of the Alaska Steam. ship company, discloses the fact that the vessel has been badly damaged by her mishap in Sumner strait. Nearly dozen of her plates have buckled, and probably will have to be replaced. The steamship was also badly dam aged at the bow when she plowed her way into the shore of Level island. The vessel had a cargo of 60,000 cases of canned salmon, which undoubtedly made her mishap more serious than if she had been light when she grounded.
 Frank Manley recently arrived at Skagway from the Iditarod where he has been operating on Flat creek. In speaking of the conditions in the Idita rod district, MT. Manley said that there were only two creeks, Flat and Otter, that were yielding this year and they would probably put out from S3,5O0,OOO to S4,OOO,OOO this year, Iditarod City now has about 500 or 600 population, and Flat City is practically dead, most of the inhabitants having gone either to Ruby City or Good News bay. It is MT. Manley's opinion that the Iditarod district will be the greatest quartz camp in Alaska, although very little prospecting for quartz has been done, but in almost every cut which has been made in the heads of the creeks, stringers of free gold has been disclosed, and it is only matter of ] time until good lodges aye foultd,
Douglas Island news., 1911-10-25

The term of the district court at | Fairbanks this winter bids fair to be 1 record breaker in the matter of mur- der cases. At present there are six men in jail on the charge of murder | These are William Geise, charged with the murder of Boyd, soldier at Gib- bon a year ago last April; Robert John, charged with the murder of William A. ] Clark, Chandelar prospector, more ! than two years ago; John Cooper, held to answer for the murder of William Wimbisch on Gilmore creek last No" vember; Borisia Rokocevich, who shot Fred Sellers, in the Imperial cigar store last spring, and Roy Davis and Michael Joseph Sullivan, charged with having murdered Duncan Angus at the Hot Springs last mouth.
 One of the most important recent discoveries is that of large deposits of iron ore in the neighborhood of Sel- dovia, Alaska. It would be even more important, however, had the discovery been made anywhere else on the Pa cifc coast, rather than in Alaska. This is not because the ore is not as Valna- be there as elsewhere, but because, under conditions as they now exist, the opportunities for the utilization of any important discovery of the kind are probably less in Alaska than else- where in the world. Until there is fur ther legislation, or. at least until the present laws of Congress are permitted to operate iu Alaska, there can oe little utilization of natural resources aad capital Is repelled from any invest ment there.
 Governor Clark, speaking of the needs of the territory for certain local legislation, shows how the commerce of the territory was seriously i'm paired and the lives of the people jeopardized during the past summer because of absence of any quarantine laws during an outbreak of smallpox. Congress has not given the simple, elementary means of protection such as is enjoyed by every other people in the civilized world. Again, there are many private banks now operated in the territory absolutely without any form of gov ernment supervision. There is not a single line on the statute books rela- tive to the conduct of banking in the territory. Neither is there any code of health laws and regulations such as other communities have.
 Bernard s. Eodey, United States dis trict attorney at Nome, who is now in Seattle, was one of the first advocates, if not the originator, of the latest and most striking plan for the regulation of trusts and the sale of trust con- trolled products-a court of maximum prices. MT. Rodey was delegate in Congress from New Mexico from 1900 to 1906. Later he was Federal judge in Porto Rico and little more than year ago was appointed United States attornay at Nome. Judge Rodey is one of the best informed men on terri torial law in the country. More than year ago he wrote an article on the court of maximum prices and circula' ted it privately. Recently the plan which he advocated then and which had been in his mind for years, has attracted national attention.
Douglas Island news., 1911-10-25

Innoko is about to join the ranks of the other Alaskan communities where the quartz mining industry is making a start, for it's first stamp mill is to be landed this fall, say recent arrivals from the lower country.
Douglas Island news., 1911-10-25

A Dawson politician, in a letter to the Whitehorse Star, makes a state ment which might be applied to Alaska with some degree of sense: "This ter rjtory cannot afford to fight the gov. erument which sustains it."
The Arvada enterprise., 1911-06-08
sYNoPsIs.

xSes otyss :ss; .sGs;:G r,:: it@' e:
tfmY IN disgraes and his afsoton for
:S' .!.;, .i,Ty y.ous .S.Ts
S,,9ol SysE z: Arctic rsE3on.: hs plea. up =.
soveY = yacht anchored II ths b.y. Be-
co. on an lcs 1o.. He learns that ths
D.. ysaht Ia: com. "I north s.otnt to SEEK o sign:
sfPior.r. 4 party Rom the yscht Is ma.
5:shps hnds Tat he had dropped I GU:
W llryiyIhl crew. Of ii; wrecked vhal9r
aea on .As s.s sHa fPs
Pos.r h. e. lee.sion sE ns ., N
$nSrmous l.d.s q Rur. sold. Roscoe then
4 hta q SsasS; IL: S:ss3SR
& otptvr. the yacht and escape with :
owner Of the ysoht. about the visit Of the
G.ylsy. Fanshaw declares that it is an
d.!t:,. L Tom Fan:hsS returns @ from tSs
Hunter Il toHna % oI. musds5sd here ans
70 nnd the searchsrs. Tom processes his
love for Jeanne. She rows ashore and
Snters An abandoned hut. and there finds
:u.paen Sae Sfs Rosoos Tha the
can returns to the hut and sees Jeanne.
He il intent on murder, when the sky
Han swoops down and tho rufflan fees.
70 rad; Ths yacht disappears and Roi-
GOES plans to capture It are revealed.
JsAnns's only hope is in cayley.
The Arvada enterprise., 1911-06-08
CHAPTER xli.-Contlnued.

"And that's what might have hap
psned, oh. so easily, to you. Yes, It
might I've been realizing that. And
I sha'n't forget" Her eyes had bright
ened and she pressed her hands to
them for just one moment; then she
Strengthened up briskly. Anyway, I'll
not make a scene about it now" she
said. It'll show a little practical
sense and help you with the break
fast"
mo. we're camping out today, and
on such occasions the men always do
tho cooking. Go back to your book
while I skin this fowl and dress it."
Then as she still hesitated, he went
on: The most beautiful garment 1
ever saw. anywhere. was on Chu-
cote Indian girl 1t was made of moth
ing but the breasts of these elders.
But the process isn't pretty. I'd much
rather you went back to your book"
Seeing that he meant 1t, she did
- he asked. A single half page of
what was written upon those closely
ruled pages was enough to absorb her
again completely. The power 1t had
over her seemed to grow rather than
to lessen. When Cayley came up with
the big bird which was to serve for
their breakfast, impaled upon a sharp
stick ready to be roasted over the
IRE, she no more than looked up at
him, with a smile very friendly, but
half-apologetic, and then went on with
her reading. He crouched down near
BY her. built q little framework Of
sticks above the fre and began his
cooking.
1t was, perhaps. ten minutes after
that when he saw the book drop sud-
denly from her hands. When he
glanced up at her, she was looking
seaward-out over those miles OF
plunging. heaving ice. And. under his
eyes. her face turned white as marble.
Her bloodless lips were parted. They
The Arvada enterprise., 1911-06-08
CHAPTER XIII.
Captain FIeidlnq's Gospel.

Side by side. upon that great sheep
skin, they sat, those two people, in
the very lap OF death. A reasonable
estimate Of their chances would give
them, perhaps, n week to live. With
exceptional fortune, that week might
stretch itself into month The great
blue spirit OF the arctic would darken
to purple, and TO black. The Icy hand
OF the savage polar winter would get
Its clutches upon them. They had
nothing to resist It with. No stores OF
ammunition or OF food No clothing,
except what they wore No fuel save
what they could contrive to gather
along the talus before the winter gales
would make further search impossible
Neither Jeanne nor Cayley was OF n
sort TO face the prospect OF that death
with resignation. They were young,
intensely alive, and with Jeanne, at
least, the best and biggest part OF life
lay. or had lain until yesterday, in 4
broad open road before her. But a
prospect like the one that lay before
them brings It's own anaesthetic with
It. II was 30 utterly hopeless that II
became unreal. Tho face OF tho future.
into which she had cast Just ono hor-
rined glance, was so hideous that to
the girl. At least, II was Ike some
monster mask Of carnval-too gro
tesquely horrible to be taken scri-
ously.
That s partly tbs reason why she