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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11

cared for until this time don't worry
about her moi making a good COW If
abe is bred right. think a COW
ought to have at least eight weeks
rest. Get her in fine condition; don't
be afraid Of milk fever. Get a milk
fever outfit and watch her. ] think
breeders and dairymen ought to bear
in mind that the last feed given 9 COW
10 where the profit comes In.
Mix your own feed: don't use any
stock food or medicated salt or any
thing Of the kind. II your cows are
sick give medicine. II we'll give good.
clean food. we'll cured hay. sflage.
roots and pasture.
When stabbed give them a good,
warm. well lighted. well ventilated
stable. a good bed and good water al
ways before them. Give them a few
hours Of exercise every day except In
bad weather. I feed silage. hay and
grass and roots literally. and grain
except in flush Of feed, just enough
to call them into the stable.
NV grain ration is two-thirds bran
and mids. one-third distillery and oil.
meal or hominy. When making an
A. R. o. record have q mixture Of
four parts of gluten. four parts distl-
.lery. four parts oilmeal. two parts
hominy. I lind that with the Holstein
COW bred and developed in this way it
IL very easy to have an entire herd Of
milking cows. many Of them heifers.
averaging over 10000 pounds Of milk
in one year. My herd Of milking cows
have averaged each year over 10000
pounds Of milk for the last fourteen
years.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
IN FARM =
BEEF PRODUCTION

To produce beef on the farm I be-
lieve that the farmer must raise his
own cattle. There is too much haz-
ard in buying cattle to feed. To raise
cattle for feeding there r three ma
jor items for consideration-frst, pas
ture and feed. These must be provid-
ed, writes T. G. Haney in Kansas
Farmer. Pasture, when properly han
died, is the most economical feed for
stock and can be made to rebuild the
soil at the same time.
Second consideration is the 0Ws.
To get together a profitable herd Of
beef producing cow l believe will be
more difficult than getting q dairy
herd and will take longer. A twenty
five cent pair Of scales will tell you
within a month or so after the GOV
comes fresh whether she will be a
profitable mixer or not. But with the
beef COW the calf must be put on feed
to determine whether she will be a
profitable producer or not. With the
beef COW the question of the proper
type to cross to be made also enters.
Also l believe that a COW may not
produce her best calves while young.
Next come the bulls. Here again is
a hard proposition. None of us will
buy a poor heshed bull, and we can
not tell by looking at the fat bull
whether he put the fat on easily or
whether it took a skilled feeder
months to put it on. Two years ago
I bought six bulls for our herd, most
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11

Aberdeen Angus cattle raising is
a comparatively new department OF
farm industry in the United States.
Few breeds Of domestic animals
have been transferred from their
native land to this country under
auspices SO favorable. The earlier
importations were made by those
who, having an excellent knowl-
edge Of Aberdeen Angus merit. had
also the business acumen and cap
ital to obtain animals Of highest
quality. The great popularity Of
the breed is a credit to the Scotch
breeders who developed 1t. Indeed.
less than 100 years ago the Aber-
deem Angus as such. with the Pc
culiarities now considered charac-
~teristic, was not in existence. 1t IL
but little more than q quarter of q
century since the first Importation
Of Aberdeen Angus cattle reached
America. These went to the then
prairies Of Kansas and were the
seed from which has grown a most
wonderful crop Of beef producing
cattle. The Angus bull illustrated
is a fine specimen Of the breed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11

According to the scale of points
adopted by the Holstein associa:
ton, an ideal Holstein COW should
have nice square udders. well placed
teats, all hanging level; forward
quarters fully Al well developed az
the hind quarters and al straight
az q line: broad hips. broad back
of hips. deep bodied. fine over the
Shoulders. long fine neck. broad
forehead. a full bright eye. hide not
too thick or too thin. but medium
veins large and long. with forks
and double extension. The illus
tration shows a pure bred young
Holstein Of good form.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
LABOR E W

The street car strike at Des Moines
has been ended by an order of Judge
De Graft, which compelled the COM
pany and the striking employees to
resume service. The judge also order
cd the reinstatement of the man
whose discharge was largely RESPONSE
BILE for precipitating the trouble. Ar
bitrators will decide whether or not
he is to remain with the company.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
scours In Pins.

scours in pigs is readily overcome.
says an authority. by giving each a
raw egg and I've to ten grains Of sub
nitrate Of bismnth twice daily. in addi-
ton 10 changing the food Of the SOW
and mixing copperhs in her food.
Where this does not promptly cure
give a dose of castor oil. shaken well.
in milk. Set right all errors in diet
and sanitation aud give the pigs dry.
sunny, we'll ventilated quarters.-Farm
Journal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
Fed Grain 70 the calf.

Don't attempt to raisc the cS!f on
skfmmilk alone. but get Il to eating
small grain and clean clover or alfalfa
Just as soon as possible to help supply
something to take the place Of the
cream that has been extracted from
the milk IT drinks.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
Feed the mukmaksr.

Don't stop feeding the dairy cows
Just because they can gorge them
selves on green grass. Furnish them
with a little grain and roughage right
along through the entire summer and
consider that 1t enriches the milk dow,
Keeps the animals in iirmer Dish and
saves pasturage.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
She knew!

Dentist Ito old lady who wants tooth
pulled)-Do you want gas, madam?
Old Lady-Well. ! shonid say SO.
don't propose to stay in the dark with
you or any other man.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
Water Ear the Cow.

Water Il a necessary constituent Of
milk. and the COW must have It during
the time II tis being manufactured.
The best plan - to have = supply
where she can have access to It q an
times.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
Yes, Indeed.

Yes. Indeed.
Blobbs-The average wife tells her
husband everything she hears. Slobbs
And a lot she Observation-Disclosures
Record.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
cau,e Of Axoturia.

Cause Of Axoturia.
Axoturia comes from ~overfeeding idle
horses. Save feed and horses. too. by
reducing the ration when they are not
working.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-07-03
THE CAPTIVE RUFF CELE.
BRATES LIBERTY.

Dramatic circles will be pleased with
the information that recruit has been
found in the person of Abe Ruef, for.
mer Warwick of Frisco politics, A de.
Gcious farce has just come from his
pen, which is to be presented to a small
but select audience of his acknowledges
in st. Quentin's penitentiaEy tomorrow
His love of freedom is perhaps in,
tensiied by the restrictions of his
present surroundings. If this little
composition comes as fresh and spon-
taneous from the heart as one would
expect, it ought to be pslpable hit.
Viewed from another angle, the pining
captive is just the man to whom liberty
would appeal as the raw material for
farce.
However that may be, the former
boss is living up to his reputation in
making the most of his opportunities,
in spite of hard environment. The
facile descent from q, strut to lock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-07-03
Had His Troubles
With Superiors Here.
II In the Mai Bag X

spect, which fact will be we'll Illus
trated by citing their ruling in regard
to staybolt inspection. All mechanical
men know that staybolts are to stay
the firebox; that is their office, and
when they become defective the firebox
is liable to explode.
Were II not for the sadness of the
constant occurrence OF locomotive fire.
box explosions they might be termed
monotonous, and certainly with the ac-
knowledged danger greater care should
be exercised in the design and inspec-
ton of this particular part of the boiler,
so that this long list of accidents
should be curtailed.
The officials Nof the bureau say that
I am unfair inNmy statements, though
defy them to show one Incorrect
statement. The Pennsylvania railroad
had in their boiler rules before the en-
actmcnt of the law the following:
Frequency of test-The stayboltS' OF
locomotive in service must be tested not
less frequently than once each week
Here is what the Locomotive Boiler
Insp action Bureau officials prepared
and had adopted:
"Ali stayboits shall be tested at least
once each month"
II the Pennsylvania railroad found II
| to be true economy TO test the stay
bolts once each week-and this mus;
this trouble and eXpense-it Is plain
that since they are now authorized by
law to test the Staybolts once a month
instead of once a week, as formerly
that boiler disasters, especially ireboX
explosions, will be more frequent in the
future than in the past unless the rail-
roads of their own accord do inspect
II. s. JEFFERY,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-07-03
DEATH OF EUGENE WARE A
LOSS TO LETTERS.

The death of Eugene Ware removes
one of the brightest and most original
members of the coterie who have
given Kansas a high place in the
world of letters. He distinguished
himself in the civil war and won ap-
plause as lawyer and orator. For a
brief period he was in public life. As
pension commissioner under President
Roosevelt he became we'll known in
Washington, where his striking per-
sonality and unconventional views at
tracted great deal of attention.
But it is as "Ironquill," and the
author of the rhymes" associated with
the name, that he will be best remem-
bered. Judged by the strictest literary
standards, they were but level part
ridge flights, and yet for that very
reason they appeal more directly to the
great heart of the masses. The
homely philosophy and sustaining
optimism of The Washerwoman's
FRIEND marked the skill of the true
artist in the ability to lift what so
easily might have been burlesque to a
place on the borderland of tears. The
most celebrated of his rhymes" it was
but one of the many happy conceits
which have given him unique place
in our literature.
Time was when there seemed a kind
of incongruity in the idea that any
thing in the nature of literature could
come out of Kansas, and as men like
Ingalls,, Ed Howe, Walt Mason, and
William Allen White caught the ma
tional ear, surprise deepened into ad-
miration until the Sunfower State has
become a very center of literary tradi-
ton. The witchery of Ingalls, is still
remembered, although his voice is still.
Howe rests on his laurels. The EN-
poria Gazette, however, is still rich
with the daily contributions of Mason
and White. Eugene Ware has long en-
joyed full fellowship in this magic
circle. Washington mourns him as a
man as well as a poet, and his work,
unambitious though it be, will long be
remembered.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-07-03
Fourth, and may be proud of the fact
that hundreds of other cities are follow
ing It, .
THE UNION PACIFIC MERGER
DECISION.

1t is decidedly to be hoped that thu
decision of the circuit court for thu
Eighth cireSit, in the Union Pacifi'
meIger case, will be sustained by thu
Supreme Court. -
That case was inaugurated undel
the Sherman act to disintegrate th'
Union Pacific, or Hartman system
with particular reference to forcing tht
Union Pacific to relinquish it's contro
of the Southern Pacific and the Lol
Angeles, San Pedro and Salt Lake.
Should these properties be priec
apart, there is no logical reason why
several other important systems in the
country should not be treated in the
same way. There should be sharp dis
tinction between railroad consolida
tions brought about merely for the
suppression of competition, and those
which make for better service without
injury to the public.
In its beginnings, the antitrust act
was not intended to be applied to rail,
roads. 1t was designed for rigorous
application to industrial trusts. How
strangely our system of judicial inter,
probation sometimes works, is shown
by the fact that the courts promptly
turned this whole legislation upside
down: they refused to sustain it as
against industrial trusts in the Knight
case, while they applied it with vigor
as against railroads, in the Traffic As
ISOLATION and Northern Securities
cases.
So for the first twenty years of its
existence the law was interpreted in a
way directly antagonistic to the intent
of its trainers. This good year 1911
has seen the former mal-interpreta-
tions at last Strengthened out. In the
Standard Oil and, Tobacco trust cases
the Knight decision has been wiped of
the books, and the act has been in
voked in most drastic fashion against
the industrial trusts; while in the
Hartman merger case we have a de-
cision which seems to point the way
back to the legislative intent, by re-
fusing to apply the act to railroads.
The country will be safe enough, as
to railroad consultations, in view of
the firm establishment of the legis-
lative policy. There ought to be eff
fective control of capitalization. That
accomplished, it would be safe to let
the railroads out from under the anti
trust acts shadow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-07-03
SUNDAY RESTRICTION
DEFEATS OWN OBJECT
To the Editor of THE TINES:

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
1t is greatly to be regretted that at
every session of Congress we must
have this embittering and futile con-
tention for a stricter observance OF
Sunday in this city. where the day is
already, SO we'll observed. Most of US
favor the proper keeping of Sunday,
but the proposed legislation Is en-
tirely too drastic and Ill advised:
There is already local law here OF
the same character as that proposed
which IL has been found impractical
BILE to enforce, except as to the closing
of barber shops, and the proposed law
is not likely to have any better sue
cess. Indeed such laws defeat their
on the liberty of the Individual. That
part of the proposed law which pro-
hibits any labor on Sunday would be
constantly violated by most people
and without scruple.
Regular rest is necessary but a day
of rest should not be a day of rust
There is rest in innocent amusement
and in change of occupation, and as
Cowper well says,
Absence of occupation is not rest;
A mind quite vacant Is a mind dis
tressed.'
Another bad feature of the proposed
legislation is the pretense that 1t is
not religious in character, but is only
designed to prevent men from work.
ing too much. The fact Is that the
movement is essentially religious and
prompted mainly by few well mean
ing, but overZealous clergymen and
by the same feeling which led the
Puritans to prescribe bear-baiting, n"
because ii gave pain to the bear, but
because il gave pleasure to the spec
tators. 1t was this same feeling
which the other day led a preache
in addressing an audience at the 7,
NJ. c. A. in this city, to condemn the
eating of ice cream on Sunday be-
cause It is a pleasure.
To such people the lines of the poet
Hood were evidently addressed:
no solemn sanctimonious face 1 pull
Nor think 1 am pious when I am
only bilious,
Nor study in my sanctum supercil-
iouS
To frame a Sabbath bill or forge a
Bull"
Promoters of Sabbath bills should
bear in mind that the Bible distinct
ly calls the Sabbath day a day of joy
or feast day. and says the Sabbath
was made for man and not man for
the Sabbath, and enjoins us not to
be religious oVermuch. The said pro-
motors should also be reminded that
work is worship, that religion was
never intended 20 lessen mems pleas
ure harmlessly pursued. and that the
Fourth Commandment enjoining the
observance of the seventh day, not
dressed solely to the Jews and as
pointed out by Luther. does not APP
ply to us Gentiles or Christians
TOT Err ALTON.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-07-03
What's on the Program in
Washington Today.

CThe Times will be pleased to an
nounce meetings and entertainments in
this co!umn.)
Concert by the United States Engineer
Band, Washington Barracks, S p. m.
Concert by the Fifteenth Cavalry Band,
Franklin Park. 7:3O p. m.
The following Masonic organizations
Will meet tonight: Lodges ,Potoalac,
No. :, F. c.: b. b. French, No. Is, Z.
a.; Anacostia, No. y, +. c.; Pent-
alpha, No. %, E. A; Mt. Pleasant,
No. 80, NJ. ". Eastern Star-Kuth.
No. !.
The following i. o. o. F. organization
will meet tonight: Lodges-Union, No.
IL; Covenant, No. Ii; Beacon, No. Is;
Excelsior, No. II, and Langdon, No.
e, installation of officers. Rebekah
degree-Naomi, No. !, installation of
officers.
The following Knights of Pythias lodges
will meet tonight: Amaranth. No. IS,
regular business; Equal, No. II, con-
ferring page rank; Century, No. 80,
routine business.
Meeting of Camp No. 2, Patriotic Order
Sons of America, Mariners Temple,
Seventh street, near n street south
west. tonight
Meeting of Camp No. 6, Patriotic Order
Sons of America, 81 Eighth street
southeast, tonight.
McSIlnB VI SdlAp -NO. o, lOllC OLuCt
Sons of America, Odd Fellows Hall,
Georgetown, tonight.
Meeting of Benning Council, No. q, Jr.
.. U. A. M, Benning, tonight.
Meeting of Usage Tribe, No. s, 1. O.
R. NJ, Fifth and G Streets northwest,
tonight.
Meeting of Sioux Tribe, No. IS, I. o.
r. NJ, 623 Louisiana avenue north
west, tonight.
Meeting CT Oneita Council, No. 2, De-
gree of Pocahontas, Masonic Hall,
Anacostia, tonight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-07-03

step, from the dainties of San Fran
cisco restaurants to the wholesome but
commonplace cookery of st. Quentin's,
would have damped the ardor of a
less buoyant spirit. He would have
spent his colorless hours with his head
in his hands, rejecting upon the vanity
of human greatness. Drifting into
literature as a means of retribution, he
would have poured out his brooding
soul in blank verse tragedies or prob
lem novels to deepen the general gloom.
Not SO the cheerful litterateur of st.
Quentin's. His cell is narrow and his
outlook dark. Humming a merry tune
to the effect that "Stone walls do not
a prison make" or my mind to me
kingdom is" he sets to work to
illuminate the dull precincts with some
of the coruscations of his own mind.
Having evolved something bright and
catchy, he proceeds to have 1t staged.
The material was limited from which
to draw his cast of characters. Those
who entered there were supposed to
have left their character behind. It
is a difficult matter to stage a play
where every player is temperamentaliy
and artistically fitted for the part of
the villain. A great deal depends on
the plot, even in q farce, and of this
we have no hint, beyond the fact that
it celebrates Independence Day in a
vague sort of way, but those who know
Ruef feel sure that after life of in
ventive fertility he has not fallen down
on little thing like plot. If tomor-
rows performance makes the hit which
the friends and admirers of Mr.. Ruef
confidently expecH his work should be
warmly welcomed on the prison cir
cult. The audience could be relied upon
to sit it through and gladly lay aside
all other duties in order to attend
again.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-07-03
Kin Separated Eighteen
Years Meet in New York

TRENTON, July 3.-After having been
parted eighteen years, Herbert w. Brad
lev, a Trenton engineer and contractor.
and mis- sister Muriel, of Durham, South
africa, met yesterday in New York. the
means of recognition being little bows
of ribbon. The young woman made the
rrip alone on the steamer Philadelphia.
she will spend two months with her
brother.
here bit eighteen years ago went
abroad on pleasure trip and while II:
England the rather obtained position
win the government railroad tneSouth
Africa. Herbert returned to this city;
Two of mis- sisters have married and
settled in South Africa.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-07-03
CONSOLIDATION OF STREET
RAILWAY SYSTEMS.

Major Judson has Started some.
thing with his suggestion that the two
street railway systems of Washington
be consolidated. He has given voice to
a question that must sooner or later be
taken up and settled in the public in
terest. 1t could well be added that the
sooner it is taken up the better.
Major Judson has just returned from
Boston, whittier he journeyed for the
purpose of being decorated with a de-
gree by Harvard University. While in
Boston he studied municipal conditions
and was particularly impressed by the
efforts now being made to consolidate
the Boston street railways. He says a
bill has been sent to the Legislature
by the governor, requiring two com
panies in Boston to merge. As to the
desirability of legislation for the con-
solidation of the Washington COM
panies, Major Judson is quoted as fol-
lows:
1t would be we'll If we could get con-
solidation here. Boston has a universal
transfer system, but aside from this,
other advantages would accrue to the
public. The cost of operation would be
decreased from to 10 per cent. With
the placing of transportation facilities
under one management and under the
control of a public utilities commission,
which the Commissioners are urging.
undoubtedly the result would be a
vastly improved service.
The street railway service in city
the size of Washington is a natural
monopoly. The interests of the public
and of the investors who furnish the
money for constructing and equipping
the lines can best be conserved if there
is but one company. In Washington
many expenses are duplicated, notably
that for administration. Major Jud-
sons estimate that the saving would be
s or 10 per cent is conservative. 1t
would probably be more. Were that
saving put into reduced fares and i'm
proved service the people of Washing
ton would have adequate transporta-
ton facilities, which they do not enjoy
now.
The actual details of consolidation
ought to be easy of solution, especially
after we get our public service CON-
mission. The commission could OBJ
tain the information needed for the
construction of merger bill and could
act as the agent that eSects the con-
solidation after the bill is passed.
We hope Major Judson is in earnest
in this proposal, and that he will use
his influence as Commissioner to obtain
legislation requiring The companies to
combine. This legislation, by the way,
should lay down such rigid terms for
the consolidation that it would be i'm
possible for any "watered" securities
to be floated or. for any promoters to
divide up a "rake off" 1t would be
unique-but eminently proper-for
Congress to see to it that for once two
public utility corporations were merged
without the merger being made the ex-
cuse for imitation of values. 1t is time
to have one consolidation in the in
terest of the public.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-07-03

istration. He published his poems. sew
eral of which have remarkable merit, in
the Topeka Daily Capital. That was
a good enough place for them, he said,
because If they were good at all they d
get TO be known
And they did get TO be known. They
were printed throughout the United
States. Take that poem of Dewey"
written the night the news of the Ma
Mia bay victory was received, and pub
lished next day in the Daily Capital:
DEWEY.
20, Dewey was the morning
Upon the LIST of May,
And Dewey was the admiral
Down in Manila bay;
And Dewey were the Regents eyes,
Them orbs of royal blue!
And Dewey feel discoura ged?
Dew not think we Dew
There was THE Ballad in G." too:
"A man with a marvellous mug
Rode out of Fort Scott on rag" etc.
They were quotable things, aud people