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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-08-18


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Young orchards should be cult
waited.
Peas put back the fertility that the
corn takes out.
Keep the land constantly at work
growing some crop.
Head lice are the great drawback
OF chicks raised under hens.
Lima beans will require more ma
nure than other beans or peas.
The tractor is going to be the new.
est and biggest help to the farmer.
The manure for peas, beets and
onions should be fine. rich and well
rotted.
The hens need lime and the best
way to furnish 1t is to feed crushed
oyster shells.
A uniform quality of dairy products
whether 1t be milk, cream or butter,
Is always best.
Melons Of all kinds require an
abundance Of moisture and clean,
deep mellow soil.
Frequent watering Of the teams
during harvest is good insurance
against sunstroke.
Good poultry can be reared and
made to produce in close quarters of
city and suburban lots.
Manure as well as fertilizers should
be thoroughly mixed in the soil be-
tore drilling in the seed.
Do you ever give your horse a cool
oASA al 0u0AAOAS 4O0 0nOW INV
good 1t feels when you battle.
Hungarian grass seed sown in rich,
mellow soil will mature and be fit to
curt 60 days from termination Of seed.
Some people claim that hog is
scavenger by nature, but he certainly
thrives better on clean feed and de-
cent surroundings.
Prepotency does not come by
chance, but through years of proper
breeding for certain characteristics
and specific functions.
Many farmers do not have supply
Of cabbage for winter because they
neglect starting plants in midsum-
mer for the fall crop.
Every Enclosure for the hogs should
be perfectly tight, and with excellent
wire fences that are now manufac-
tured this is an easy matter.
The silo is almost indispensable to
the really up-to-date dairy, but silage
is the best form in which to feed
corn to sheep or to beef cattle.
A eve that Is troubled with caked
udder would better be fattened and
sold to the butcher. II she has 1t once
1t may be worse the second time.
The average ensilage ration is for
ty pounds per cow daily. This is
seven and three-fifths tons per year.
An acre will yield fifteen tons of
silage.
Milk giving Is habit that responds
to encouragement or neglect. It is a
function which may develop or
diminish by the treatment accorded
the cow.
When acorns are fed pigs their flesh
is apt to become very soft and oily.
but this difficulty may be overcome BY
feeding corn for three weeks before
slaughtering.
The Indian Runner ducks are not
very good sitters, although they are
often inclined to incubate. Their eggs
are generally put into incubators or
under hens for Matching.
II There is no better. feed for young
pigs than fresh skinned milk. It ig
& also good supplementary feed for
81 brood sows. and, IN fact, good feed
for hops Of all kinds and ages.
Spring pigs can get along very well
without shelter except from rain un.
tn fall. then II you are 60 shiftless
! as to fail to, provide shelter they are
better able to stand cold and rain.
Al excellent destroyer Of Ice Il
four ounces Sof powdered lobeaia! SEED
d and two quarts Of of boiling water. 4
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-08-18

Oats make the bsst grain ration
Tor horses n summer.
Cows differ somewhat in the amount
Of roughase' they wiz take.
q IN the care d chickens women
prove their superiority over men.
In preparing birds for the show.
room women are more handy than
men.
Watch out for worms in the hook;
they will cause lots Of trouble and
loss.
Feeding sour or sloppy food is one
way Of inviting bowel trouble in the
young chick.
Opinions vary somewhat as yet an
to the comparative feeding value Of
pea vine silage.
The farmer who keeps better poul.
try, or the best, is on the right road
to a paying business.
Asparagus shoots should not be cut
too late. as late cutting will injure the
vitality Of the roots.
The proper way to apply manure rs
to remove 1t from the stable directly
to the field and spread 1t.
Imratience with the heifer that is
freshening for the first time is one
sure way of spelling the cow.
Do not attempt to raise fall pigs
without having first prepared a per-
feet system of housing for the winter.
Tomatoes should be given the last
working with cultivator and then
bedded Just before the vines fall over.
If dusty hay is fed, sprinkle with
water and it will save the horse much
annoyance; but better not feed it at
all.
The greatest forage crop in the
world is corn, and the silo is the most
economical device for use in dish
ing 1t up.
Free range for hogs does not mean
that they should be allowed to run in
the highways and through the neigh
bors' fences.
Stall manure applied to the ground
fresh is much better than manure
that hos been weathered by standing
in the barnyard.
All vegetables which require warm
soil, as okra, beans, tomatoes and
egg plant, should have warm manure
and never muck.
Farmers everywhere are looking for
some economical way Of maintaining
the soil fertility or improving it.
Dairying is the answer.
Fence corners full of dead weeds
make fine alternating place for all
kinds of bugs 'hich will get busy with
your crop next spring.
The alfalfa farmer is not cutting as
heavy crop this year as ordinarily,
but he is just as many laps ahead Of
the all-grain farmer as ever.
The man who is sincerely interested
in his dairy work is pretty sure to
be a prosperous dairyman and in his
case the dairy business booms.
Stall manure, mixed with ground
phosphate and applied on the ground
fresh. is vastly better as fertilizer
than manure in any other form.
The cream from the milkings must
not be kept so long that it will de-
velop a sharp acid, for that would
impart an unpleasant flavor to the but.
ter.
You would think the manufactures
a fool who would feed cotton into his
mill and expect silk goods to be woven
from 1t, and yet the hen is simply a
machine.
Try the plan of flushing the ewes
from now until breeding season, then
follow with good pasture. and you will
see from results that the plan makes
most profits.
We need to have a clear idea Of
what breeding does, Of what feeding
does. Of what care. and environment
do, II we secure and maintain a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-07
RUSH CANAL FORTIFICATioN
Prospect liz That Work VIII BE Com
-picted Within n Yeur.

Washington. August 6.-The formid-
able task of fortifying the banana
Canal is almost certain to prog :es,
with a rapidly without precedent IN
the construction of fortitications. Any
officers just returned from the isthmus
are Immensely pleased by the pros
pect OF the works completion with n
a year if Congress provides the neces-
sary funds. This result Is expected
through the employment of the vast
army of skilled labor and the mechani-
cal resources which Colonel Goethals
has got together to build the canal.
The 10000 tons of cement conStruc-
ton required for single fortress
might in the ordinary course employ
contractors year or more Yet the
canal builders would think nothing OF
moving that quantity of material and
putting it in place in few days. Al
ready Colonel Goethals has Begun the
construction
The big guns are now being mace
at the army arsenals and by er.va.a
contractors. and should be in place At
least a year before the nrsr YES sci
PASSES through the canal. The general
staff of the army already Is turning
its attention to the selection ami early
dispatch of troops to garrison the
fortihcations.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-07

stood beside the two motormen and
pla!neiothes men riding in threes and
Tours over the system stood ready to
repel attacks upon crews and passep-
gers. One detachment OF detectives
was attacked by dozen or more men
who inistook them for passengers. Two
OF the detectives were dragged to the
street. but when they showed their re-
Nolvers and shields. their assailants
took to their heels.
More than a dozen cars were pelted
with missiles. and in each case blood
was spilled Mrs. Lena Deisengrum.
of fonkers, passenger. was taken
10 hospital probably with a frac-
tured skull. y dozen persons. or
therea bouts. were rendered unconsci-
Gus by flying stones. while many more
sustained decorations and bruises. The
rloting became so serious late to-day
that many cars were turned back TO
the barns after having gone less than
half way to Coney Island
Mayor Gaynor probably will be
asked TO intervene.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-07
WOMEN REFUSE TO BE
DIVORCE CASE JURORS
'oh. My! Mo-" SayS Spokane olntron
~ Think Our Place Is
M Home"

Spokane. Wash, August 6.-Ten wo-
men drawn for jury duty a the COM
ing term OF the Spokane County Su-
perior Court declare they will not
serve. unless compelled to do so by
law
Mrs. sarah witheren, the first wo-
man drawn for the venire, voiced the
sentiments OF her sisters in saying
that. while women should use thor
franchise in voting for good govern
ment she believes jury duty is mans
work.
y voted because am taxpayer,
she added and because l had the
right to vote Mrs. Flora p. Atchison
said There are certain cases where
IL is all RICH; for woman TO serve
on jury, but they are scattered !
will not serve if called My home IS
the place for me am not an advo-
cate Of the equal suffrage cause. al.
though I think that women will be
able TO accomplish much good with
their votes"
Mrs. L. G. Hubbard told her story
in a few words: II prefer to stay al
home, for think that is the woman's
place. Women jurors on a divorce
case? oh, my! Nor =
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-07
WHOLESALE PLOT TO
POISON CHILDREN

Fulton, Mo. August 6.-What coun
~ officers believe to b. plot for the
wholesale poisoning of children has
been unearthed at Concord, in Gallo
way county. and as result two men
and woman were arrested there to.
day by order OF the prosecuting at
torney and brought to Fulton to be
arraigned. The persons arrested are
Lee Boyd, farmer, his wife, Mrs
Anna Boyd, and jefferson Woods, a
horse dealer.
The children whose lives were en-
dangered belong TO families whose
members tstited in a slandor suit
recently brought by Mrs. Boyd aga'ns'
DR.. w. B Ellis. physician of Con-
cord. Mrs. Boyd asked $4,000 dam
ages. alleging that DR., Ellis had de-
famed her character. The jury brough,
in verdict for the defendant.
The first alleged attempt on the
lives OF the children was made severa
weeks ago when package OF chewing
gum was found in the yard OF Ed.
ward McPheeters, nephew of Judg,
Robert McPheeters. OF Fulton county
Less than a week ago another pack
age OF gum was placed near the gat'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-07
AMERICANS BUSY
At RACECONGRESS
Best Speeches Attributed to
Delegates in London From
United States.

London. August s+One of the
things noticed by nearly all the visi-
tors to the first Universal Races Con-
Sress just held at the, University OF
London in South Kensington was the
nAmber and ability of the delegates
from the United States. The speeches
made by the various Americans mad,
a great impression on the congress, in
spite of the fact that the addresses by
all speakers We're above the mediocre
And it was not forgotten either that
TO a prominent United States citizen
DR.. Felix Adler. the credit is due for
the original conception of the idea OF
such gathering. The Fundamental
Principle OF Inter Racial Ethics, and
Some Practical Applications of 1t" was
the title of DIR. Adlers address TO the
assembled congress. and, in addition
his pronouncements at separate meet
ings of Ethical Society delegates &c
the congress were thought highly of.
DIR. Gilbert Reid. New Yorker.
who has spent thirty years in Shang-
hal, China. made fiery e%tempore
speech in the early part of the second
session, which came like veritable
bomhsheli to his hearers. He asserted
that Americas and Europe's attitude
toward China will force China to arm
herself in earnest. and the result viii
be inevitable mageddon,
Fred C Croxton, OF Washington. eT-
pert at the Bureau of Labor, and Pro-
lessor w. lett Larck contributed
paper on Wages and Immigration
during the time allotted for tao dis
cussion of special problems IN Inter
racial economics. David LuSin, United
States delegate TO the IN: - rational
Institute of Agriculture in Italy. gave
an account of the work of that insti-
tuition. Mrs. Edwin Mead. of Boston.
received an ovation when She deliv-
cred her speech dealing with tbs aims
of the American School 'eacs League
and it's activities at the proeent time.
\ considerable number of prominent
English educators who heard Mrs.
Meads address had interviews with
her on the subject at the CONFUSION
of the congress. evid ,ntlT for the pdr-
pose of trying to arrange u similar Or
ganizat!on in this coun-r"
Perhaps the two most illuminst g
contributions to the discussion IN the
color question We're those Of DR.. w. Z.
B Dubois. a negro. late professor OF
history and political economy in At
lanta University. and Charles AleXan
der Eastman. NJ. D., an Indian. OF AM
herst Mass.
The closing speeches of the proceed
ings were delivered BY two Americans
Louis P. Lochner. of the University
of Wisconsin. and Edwin D. Mead. o.
Boston. The Cosmopolitan Club Move
mcnt" was Mir. Lochner's subject. ant
he is we'll qualified to deal with it. n:
he is the general secretary of the
Association of Cosmopolitan Clubs
Mr.. Mead's paper dealt with "Interna
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-07
HTFOR DIVORCE
AS MORAL FACTOR
National Association to Send
Out Tons Of Literature in
New Propaganda.
MANY MARRIAGES ERROR
Real Causes Cited as Placing
Any Separation Above I'm
proper Wedlock.

Moundsville, w Va, August 6-That
any kind of divorce is better than a
bad marriage is one of the tenets of
the recently formed National Divorce
Reform Association, of which Attorney
L. De Forest Leach, of this city, the
author and lecturer. who probably has
given the subject more study and
thought any any other man in the
world. is president. Under his direction
great educa tional campaign Will nc
conducted by spreading broadcast
through the country tons of literature.
An advisory board made up of one
member from each State is to be
named TO make study of social con-
ditions in his own State and gather
Data to be used as basis for uniform
divorce laws In the States
The association is the outgrowth of
the National Congress on Uniform Di-
vorce Laws which met in WASHINGTON
ana Philadelphia n 1906. when. &C
cording to President Leach, under the
guise of securing uniform divorce leg
isiation certain interests secured the
adoption of recommendation which
sought only to increase the difficuities
or securing divorce in States having
iehient laws. Mr., Leach insists that
the enactment of uniform divorce laws
without well-established data concern
ing divorce causation was worse than
foolish
Often" said Mr. Leach, "a lawyer
Is consulted about the quickest and
easiest way to dissolve the matri-
monial alliance which has become in
'o!eraole regardless of the commits
sion of statutory onenses Even when
an offcnse has bceD committed there
is always another reason.
Drastic Ln,Ys Deepen Evil.
TO test these views. l sent out 5000
letters to physicians throughout tho
United states. asking for opinions on
several phases of the divorce question.
founded on their experience as rrac
tcing physicians One of the queries
was:
What are the actual primary
causes for divorce? Court records
SHOW infidelitv, dcsertion. etc. but are
these primary or secondary causes
"Eighty-nine per cent of the phys!.
clans who replied were unanimous In
saving that infidelity. desertion. etc.
are not the primary causes for d.
Norce hut that the real causes NAV
ne generally expressed as being i'm
proper marriage and unnatural marital
conditions
Many people either from religious
prejudice or pure shallowness, think
that when they urge drastic or re-
strictive legislation in divorce matters
they are working toward morality.
when. in fact, they are usually doing
exactly tho opposite. There Is no
virtue In such legislation, and may be
much harm. for divorces cannot pos
sibly be conducive of moro immorality
and scandal than drastic Legislation
has proven itself to be. Then. too
any kind of divorce is better than a
bad marriage"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-07
ALLEGED BANDIT
is CAP TUREO

Salt Lake City. Utah. August g.
James Mays. thirtysiX years old. who
claims to be an automobile repairer.
recently from Portland, Ore. is under
arrest here. charged with being the
bandit who held UP a coachload of
passengers on the Saltair Railroad
last night The hold-up occurred as
the train was nearing Salt Lake City
from the resort ad three persons were
shot and slightly wounded. The bandit
finally was knocked from the running
board of the open coach, and, although
pursued. escaped in the darkness.
Later Mays was arrested in the rail-
road yards a short distance from the
scene of the robbery. He denied all
knowled ;e of the crime, but to-day
he was identified by four or five OF
the passengers who had been held UP.
including the three who were wound
ed. In his pockets was found a coin
carried as a pocketpiece by one of the
victims. This coin has been positively
identified.
The three persons wounded by the
bandit are all recovering. Mays says
he was scuffiing on the train and was
pushed off.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-07
AEROPLANES VS.. WARSHIPS
Hattie Practice VIII lie Held With
GREAT Atlantic Fleet.


Grcnt Atlantic Fleet.
Washington. d. c.. august 6.-Bat-
tie practice between aeroplanes and
battleships, mode of warfare which
the nayies of the world have begun 10
investigate, will have its first trial IN
connection with the United States
Mass. a week from tomorrow, when
chimes and the guns of the great At
lantic feet o4ttleships Will take place.
Heretofore the battleships have mad
tome practice at aerial targets sus-
pended from large box kites. but these
trials did not approximate the actual
conditions that would arise when an
acroplane In free flight scars over a
fleet The aeroplanes Will be fitted
with pontoons, enabling them to rise
from and alight upon the water. The
aviatdgs VIII try to drop dummy
bombs on the decks OF the ships.
while the naval gunners will try TO
keen their machine guns sighted upon
the planes long enough TO enable them
10 claim theoretical hit AT night
the searchliShts will try to pick up
the aeroplanes, a task realized TO be
vastly more difficult than the discov-
cry OF boat on fiat surface Then
one OF the swift scout cruisers is to
he sent out to sea, and an aviator
Will endeavor TO locate her and report
her position b. wireless to the fleet
of the coast An attempt also will be
made to use the planes to convey
messages between the ships and the
shore.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-07
PRESSURE ON SENATE
Favorable Action Oh Pence Trenties lis
Desired.

,,lSpeciai to The Times pispatch.l
ashlng ton, August 6.-iressure is
being brought TO bear on the Senate TO
act favorably on the arbitration Urea
Ties recently signed between the
United states and Great Britain ana
the United States and France The
only hitch apparently at the preset t
time is the fear of the Senate that
some OF its treaty kins preroga
tives may be endangered by the new
conventions. This is denied by Score
tary of State Knox.
While the scope of the treaties just
signed" he declared tonight. has
been enlarged TO include questions of
vital interest and national honor. en-
cep;ed in the arbitration treaties now
in force with France and Great Brit
ain, the relations OF the Senate to the
arbitration proceedings remains the
sa1ne as In the treaties now in force
as Will appear from the texts"
Both the President and Secretary
KnoN are highly DESTROYS OF having
the treaties passed by the Senate be-
fore adjournment.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-07

of the McPheeters home A three-year-
old child of the family was detected
In the act of putting a piece of the
gum In Its mouth when an older mem
Der OF the family interfered. The gum
was sent to a chemist who discovered
that 1t was sprinkled profusely with
strychnine Twice since then pack
ages of gum have been placed near
the McPheeters's home and each OF
Them was found to contain strychnine.
After the second package OF gum
was found the McPheeters's home was
watched. The placing of the gum on
the premises of people in the vicinity
OF Concord has become frequent the
last few days. and at least three more
families appear to have been included
In the poisoning plot All the gum
mas been found and has been preserved
and Will be examined by chemist
All the families on whose premises
the poisoned gum has been placed
nave small children. Tonight bond
was hNed at $1,000 for Mrs. Boyd and
$1,000 each for Boyd and Woods. All
gave bail, No preliminary hearing
VIII he held. and the case will be
docketed for the September term OF
| court.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-07
R REVISION BILL
CENTRE OF VORTEX
(con,lnued From First Page,

Cd
ciuzenship by NATURALIZATION are ex-
cluded. the bill proposes to give Asia,io
immigrants the same legal status ac
corded to all other immigrants. Tho
only portion OF the various Chinese
exclusion laws not repealed is that
vides that no State OF Federal court
shall admit Chinese to citizenship.
Senator Diiiingham's bill also pro
v!des for the exclusion from the
United states of ''all male aliens six
teen years OF age or over, who are
physically capable of reading and
writing. out unable TO read ana write
in some language or dialect" 1t pro-
vtdes. however. that an admissible
alien may bring in his father OF
grandfather over hf;y-nvc years OF
age or a son not over eighteen wears
OF age, whether such persons are liter
crate or not.
The bill makes IT unlawful under
penalty OF 500 Tor any steam..ip com
pany 10 bring TO the United States any
alien OF the class mentioned or any
allen not eligible 10 naturalizatI don.
The contract labor provision OF the
immigration law is retained prac-
ticaily in its present form, but TO the
excluded classes persons who have
come In consequence OF advertisements
for manual iaborers published in
foreign country" are added There Is
provision for the criminal prosecution
Of corporations. companies or persons
who solicit or assist in the importa-
ton OF contract laborers.
The provision of the present law
which permits the importation OF
skilled labor II labor OF a like kind
unemployed cannot be found in this
country, is amended so as TO permit
the Secretary of Commerce and Labor
10 determine the necessity for such
Importation prior to its accomplish
men,. A fine of $500 is imposed in
the bill for encouraging or soliciting
alien Immigration. AS a further pun
ishment the President is authorized to
prohibit the landing of passengers at
/! United States ports by steamship com
panies violating this provision.
Authority is given for the deporta-
ton OF immigrants Imprisoned for
crime within five years after arrival,
and of those who become a public
charge within three years of landing
Immigrant stations at Interior points
are provided for as a means of tnsur-
ing a better distribution of the inimi-
, grants.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-07
WILL ATTEMPT FLIGHT

New York, August e.--Harry n At
wood. the aviator. announced tonight
that he received telegram tonight.
from Victor G. Evans. of Washin ton,
offering a prize of $4,000 for sue
cessful flight from Milwaukee to New
York. Atwood said he woull leave
Tomorrow for Milwaukee 20 start from
there on August IL. and hoped to make
the distance in ten or twelve days. The
first scheduled stop is chicago via
Racine. which is down on the schedule
as an emergency station.
Leaving Chicago probab1y the next
day, Atwood's itinerary Will lead him
through La Porte. Elkhavt. Bryan,
Ohio. Toledo. Sandusky. Lorraine, Cleve-
land. Ashtabula. Erie and vnrlous New
York state cities to landing on Coney
Island.