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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22
COSTS LESS THAN SIS
CENTS BUSHEL TO
RAISE WHEAT IN
CANADA.
A FREQUENT QUESTION AN
SWERED.

Western Canada probably suffered
less from weather conditions during
the year Of 1911 than did almost any
other portion Of the country. Seeding
was most successful and the growing
conditions up to July were never bet
ter. Crops Of all kinds showed won.
derful growth at hat time and were
universally good. but there was not
the usually excellent ripening weather
in August and the effects OF this were
felt. Many fields that late in July
promised 40 and SO bushels yield Of
wheat we're reduced to Is and so BUSH
els. Whilo some Of course gave the
full expectancy and others somewhat
less. The quality was also lowered.
In ACE of these conditions. 1t Is found
that during the months of September
and October, the total amount OF con-
tract wheat marketed and inspected
was about 20 million bushels, which
realized q total of 1871 million dollars,
the average price for this wheat be-
ing 97& cents: that below contract
for the two months was q little over
Is million bushels. which at an aver
age price Of SSh cents per bushel
realized q little over eleven million
dollars. or q grand total for all wheat
of IS million bushels. which realized
a total Of a little Owe thirty-one mil
lion dollars.
On the first Of November, there
was in the hands Of the farmers Of
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
for sale and seed about 100 million
bushels Of wheat, from which fact
some idea may be had Of the value
Of the wheat GRO of 1911.
A careful canvass made by the Win
nipeg Free Press made Of a number
Of men farming in a large way indi-
Gates that even with the extreme ex-
pense of harvesting the crop, which
has been caused by the bad weather
and difficulty in threshing, wheat has
been produced and put on the market
for less than 55 cts. a bushel. The
average freight rate is not Eel 13
cts. per bushel. This would make the
cost Of production and freight 6S cts.
and would leave the farmer an actual
margin on his low-grade wheat OF
17h cts. and for his high-grade wheat
of 1919 cts; and though this Is not
as large a profit as the farmer has
every right to expect. 1t Is a profit
not to be despised, and which should
leave a very fair amount Of money to
his credit when all the expenses Of
the veal have been paid. unless the
value Of low-grade wheat sinks very
much below it's present level.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22
What! Rub a Kiss Off?

At the tender age of three mascu-
line conceit had gripped that small
boy with a relentless clutch. He had
kissed a little girl Of three, and she
was rubbing her lips vigorously.
You mustn't do that again." said
the boys mother. She doesn't like
it. Just see how hard she is trying
to rub your kiss off,
"Oh, no, she amt" said the boy.
She's rubbing it in"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22
Wonder What Whistler Said.

Robert Henri, the New York paint
err, was talking about those million
aires who buy merely to show off,
doubtful "old masters" at fabulous
prices.
Their knowledge of art" Mr..
Henri said, sis about equal to that Of
the sausage manufacturer who said
to Whistler:
What would you charge to do me
in oil?'
"'Ten thousand answered Whist
Ter, promptly.
but suppose I furnish the oil?
said the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22
SUCCESS at Sea.

A youthful Canadian, who Is pos
sessed of the romantic idea Of go
ing to sea-" is meeting with much
parental opposition
1.-The sailor never amounts to any
thing, my boy" urged his prosaic "a
Their. He works hard, has few holi.
days and never achieves great sue
cess"
That's where you're mistaken" e.
claimed Young Canada. triumphant
~. Look at King GEORGE! He start.
ed on. as a sailor. and Low he's got
to be the head Of the empire
Kingston Whin
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22
Paid S2.31 After 46 Years.

Forty-six years after he had put in
a claim against the government for
s2.31, James B.. Earl of Denver, Colo.
n yeteran of the civil a received
his money. AS the government pays
no interest. Earl's check, which he re-
ceived recently, was for the exact
amount he claimed or Aug. 16, 1865,
when he was mustered out OF the
Union army. At that time his pay
check was short S1.60. and his cloth
ing allowance II cents.
Earl served with the 5th Iowa in
fantry and later with the 5th Iowa
cavalry.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22
Modern Methods

ridicule doctors and medicine. Louis
XIV. heard that the author had, how
ever, a doctor at his service since he
became famous and well to do, so the
king one day called upon Moliere and
said to him:
Il have heard, Moliere, that you
have a physician. What Is he doing
to you?"
Sire" answered the author of the
Malade Imaginaire, I'VE chat together,
he writes prescriptions for me, 1 don't
take them, and I am cured!"-Life.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22
He Knew Her Well.

Now, old man, make yourself com
Portable. and let's talk over the good
old times. We haven't seen each 9th
err since we were boys together.
told you l was married, didn't l? BY
the way, did you ever live in Paines'
ville?"
Eyes, I lived there three years."
Ever meet Miss Katish?"
"Ha! ha! Why, l was engaged tc
her! But that's nothing-all the fel
lows in my crowd were engaged to
her at one time or another. / see
you've lived in gainesville. Why did
you ask about her, in particular
Come-confess?"
why, I-er-I married her"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22
WILD TURKEY OF HONDURAS
Originally Native Of Central America,
Is Described as Most Beauti-
full In Coloring.

The wild species Of turkey, known
as the Ocellated or Honduras turkey.
was originally a native of Honduras
and other parts Of Central America.
Some describe it as most beautiful
In coloring, equal to the Inpeyan
pheasant, If not richer. The head and
neck Of this wild variety are naked
and no breast tuft Is present. The
caruncles Of the head and neck diff
fer somewhat from those Of other
turkeys.
The ground color Of the plumage Is
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22
TO MAKE GOOD EGG SINNER
Simple Device Can Easily Be Made
Out of Box Just Big Enough
to Accommodate Lamp.

The sketch shows a simple egg
sinner. Take a box that will just per-
NIT the top Of the lamp chimney to
extend out Of the hole in the bottom
of the box when the box is upside
down over the lamp as it should be,
says the Homestead. Cut two holes
at one side of the box so two eggs
can be tested at the same time. Back
of the lamp in this box you should
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22
Close Grazing Injurious.

Much of the decline in the stock
carving capacity of pasture lands is
due to close grazing. 1t is against
natures laws of plant growth to main
tain themselves and produce a healthy
growth when cropped too close by the
live stock.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22
Up to Both.

Harry Lauder, landing from the
Saxonia, told a New York reporter a
new story.
It's a story" he began, about one
Of your American peeresses, a lady of
striking independence. She rang for
her maid the other afternoon, and
said very sharply:
"'Yvonne, if l catch you and my
husband kissing again, one of you will
have to co."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22
Name and Function.

The following story Is told Of DR..
Boyd Carpenter, the bishop Of Ripon.
In the days Of his early ministry there
came to him one day a young man and
a maiden, very bashful, very self-con-
scious, and on a very obvious errand.
Are you Mr.. Carpenter" asked the
young man in a faltering voice.
Yes" was the reassuring reply,
Il am Carpenter-and joiner"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22
In Deer Water,

Jacks Uncle Coming up on piazza
What do you suppose? Jack has
just rescued that young widow, Mrs.
Wiles, from the surf!
His Aunt-There! 1 expected some
thing Of the sort. Now we'll have to
rescue Jack.-Boston Transcript.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22
The Ocellated Turkey.

a beautiful bronze-green, banded with
g~old-bronze, blue and red. with some
bands of brilliant black.
1t is to be deplored that this varie-
ty can not be bred successfully Is a
domestic fowl in northern climates.
The writer can not learn hat it has
ever been successfully bred outside
of it's native heath.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22

why do you insist on investing
you money away from your home
town."
WELL replied Farmer Corntossel,
I've got a good deal of local pride,
I have, and 1 regard the people in this
here township as bein' SO smart that
o n Of EN- is goin' to let any real
bargains git away from him"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22
kindly Repartee,

81 refused him because l want a
husband who has known sorrow and
acquired wisdom"
But, my dear, if you had accepted
him he would soon have met your re-
quirements."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22
Maintain Soil Fertility.

It is time land owners were insisting
upon systems of farming which will
conserve fertility. Long leases, crop
rotation and stock feeding form a pol
lev of maintaining soil fertility that
should be demanded by every LAND
owner.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22
Dumping Hens Nests.

nests are to be cleaned, the bottom
can be dropped and all the contents
will fall out. The nests should be at
least IL inches square, and for the
large-sized breeds Is inches will be
better.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22
Dry Soil for Floor.

Have plenty of dry soil for the floor
covering Gf board or cement), In the
poultry buildings. Dry soil is a handy
thing to have about. Have it stored
for winter use before frost gets In
the ground.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22
A Good Egg Sinner.

place a looking glass to reflect the
light out strongly at the two open
ings where the eggs are tested. This
makes it much easier to shine the
eggs.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22
Demand for Fall Chicks.

Produce commission men state that
of late years there has sprung up a
great demand for late fall Matched
chicks to be marketed in early spring
before broilers are ripe
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22

A woman who beats the street car
company out Of a nickel and puts it
in the church plate may believe In
the eternal fitness of things.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22

AS a man grows older he sees some
thing in himself every day that is cal
culated to make him a little less con-
ceited.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22

Tightness across the chest means a cold
on the lungs. That's the danger signal.
Cure that cold with Hamlins Wizard Oil
before it runs into Consumption or Pneu-
monia-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22
lmportant 70 Mothers
Sain1ec Leo.

Little Girl-Your papa has only got
one leg, hasn't he?
Veterans Little Girl-Yes.
Little Girl-Where's his other one?
Veterans Little Girl-Hush, dear.
It's in Heaven.-Home Herald.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22

Bronson-So you claim to have In
vented a flying machine?
Woodson-Yes.
Bronson-Does it fly?
Woodson-Yes. All I've got to do
now is to devise some means of
finding out where it is going to light.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22
Dampness ENCOURAGES Disease.

Fight against dampness. Nothing
will produce disease so quickly as
damp quarters. Chicken pox, dlstem-
per. roup and kindred ailments can
he traced to this trouble.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22

The defeated candidate is surprised
at the number Of misguided men who
tailed to vote fer him.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22

AS a mans mind is bent, SO is his
inclined.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22

Mrs. Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces nhamma
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c a bottle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22
Exact Description

Exact Description.
MY brother has just got a snap Of
a job"
What is it,"
Setting traps"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22

vince ourselves that we are over
worked-but the family is skeptical!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-16
WHAT CAUSES FREC6hES, AND
HOW THEY MAY PE co.
PLETELY RENO VT,
Wilson's Freckle Cream Does the
Work or IOar j, ncy
Refunded.

The medical profession tell us that
freCkles are caused by deposit Of
pigment III numerous small areas, al
though the actual reason 10" these de
posts having formed has never been
discovered. The old fallacy, once
freckled, always freckled, has not
held true since the discovery Of VII
sons Freckle Cream.
Miss Lucille Scott, Of Scotia. S. C..
recently wrote us as follGWs: 81 have
used many things to get rid Of my
freckles. but I have never found any
thing SO good as Wilson's Freck!e
Cream. l cannot say enough for it.
This is a mild face bleach, and is
positively guaranteed to cure treckles
Oimples and blackheads. 1t leaves the
skin smooth and soft as velvet. i'm
parting a kealthful glow and youthful
radience.
The first jar Of Wilson's Freckle
Cream will cause your freckles to per
ceptibly fade, and the second jar will
entirely remove them. Should it fail
to do SO, your druggist is authorized
to return you your money. If he can
not supply you, send so cents to VIII
sons Freckle Cream COMFY Charles
ton, c. c., and we will mail you a full
size jar.
This is the only real way to get rid
Of freckles.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-16

feet that a man has, and love him
none the less and on the ather hand
would not recognize a thousand faults
1t is part of the blessedRess of love
that it does not require perfection of
its object.
Not every adoring husband thinks
his plain Maria q living picture He
isn't blind to the fact that she has
snub nose and carroty hair and a fig
ure like a feather bed. Nor does his
affection enable him to look into her
mind and see a wit and intelligence
that the general public do not see,
and that. in reality, are not there. He
sees her just ordinary and common
place as she is, but he loves her just
the same.
If most Of us would canvass the list
Of those We love best We would find
that we convicted them of a thousand
defe is and weaknesses. Indeed we
do not like people for their projections
but for their faults. Every drunken
scapegrace, every high-tempered wo-
man has a hundred friends where your
model Sunday School scholar and per
feet little lady has none
The only place, however, where love
is not only blind, but has pads over its
eyes, is parental love. Men and wo-
men love each other in spite of their
faults, but parents actually perceive
no faults. There is probably not a
mother alive who doesn't think that
her children are paragons of beauty
and intelligence such as the world
has never been privileged to behold
before, and to make her perceive that
her offspring are even ordinary hui
man beings is an impossibility
One of the pious lies that the re-
cording angel must surely accredit 10
us for virtue is that one that we tell
when a mother presents to a red
faced, squirting little creature, with
no more individuality than a ream
cheese, and asks US if it isn't the pref
test thing we ever saw, and if We
ever beheld such intelligence displayed
on a human face.
Who has not suffered from listening
to the long-winded story of some dot
| ing papa about the wonderful things
that his little Johnnie did and his lit
tie Susie said? Who has not been
bored to the verge of extinction by hay
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-16
is LOVE BLIND? YES,
AND DEAF AND DUMB

distance telescope glued to his eye
that enables him to see charms aud
PROJECTIONS in individuals that are in
visible to the balance of us.
The almost universal comment ut
a wedding is: 4 can't imagine what
he saw in her to make him want 20
marry her" and for heavens sake,
what do you suppose she saw in him
that made her pick him out for a
husband?" and We go home bordering
this mystery Of love darkly.
The truth of the matter, so far as
love between man and woman is con-
cerned, is that it is entirely a matter
of sex attraction, and that neither eye
sight nor judgment plays any part in
it whatever. We love or we hate by
instinct, and not by reason. 1t is a
matter of the heart, not of the head.
A woman may see in a man every
admirable quality, and yet her vision
of his projections does not make her
love him. A man may perceive a wo-
man to be the incarnation of all the
desirable feminine virtues, yet this alb
stract knowledge does not quicken his
veins.
On the contrary woman may 90
serve with perfect clearness every de-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-16
BY Dorothy Dix

A correspondent asks this question:
Does love blind one to the faults
of another, ar does it give one deep
ed insight into the real charm and
goodness Of another that is unseen by
the many?"
That depends upon the kind of love
and also upon the individual
Certainly, judging from the many
unsuitable matches we see, one is in
clined to say that love is not blind, but
deaf and dumb and afflicted with pa
Iesis.
We observe men who have always
been avoWed worshipers of female
beauty marrying women who are as
homely as the proyerbial mud fence.
We see women who are dainty and
cultured and refined marrying men
who are coarse and ignorant. We cant
pick up a paper without reading of an
heiress who has eloped with her chat
feur or the stable man, or of a boy
who has married a woman old enough
to be his grandmama.
And the only way that we can &C
count for these vagaries of sentiment
is on the ground that Cupid has got
oDhthalmia-or else that he has long
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-16

ing had to listen while little Bobby
recites and little Tommy drummed on
the piano, while their parents made
no bone no bone of asserting that they
were exhibiting another little Boot
or Paderewski.
You could see that they We're very
ordinary little children, but Aei~ par
ents eyes were holden ard hey ae-
tually bebeld the qualities i'll t4eir Of
spring that love endowed taen with,
and that never developed
Blessed be such love. and all love
for it enables us TO be bIila or far
sighted at Will.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-16
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-16

Everybody will be happy and con-
tent-when sheep begin to grow
feathers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-16

When a girl begins to boss a fellow
it's pretty good sign she has made
up her mind to marry him
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-16

When a girl has o. her prettiest
sailor hat it's sign she hasn't been
and isn't going sailing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-16

All men are ambitious. Some are
ambitious to live without work.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-16

Even marriage sometimes turns out
to be an agreeable disappointment.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-16

Naturally the naked truth consists
of bare facts
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-16

Even a homely woman looks good
after you get used to her.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-16

When money is tight it prevents a
lot of men from becoming so.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-16

Young man, bewore of swethearIs
with sour dispositions.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-16

Friends seem principally to spend
money on.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-20

second. Miss Blanch Forsythe of Free
land Park, Benton county third and
Miss Blanch Riggle fourth. According
~ the first three go into the state con
test as the regular representatives of
he district while Miss Riggle goes
there as an alternate.
The contest lasted for four hours and
fifty five minutes. More than seventy
five percent of the contestants were
girls. the last boy having gone down
before the contest was half over. Jasper
county failed to send a delegation and
the Warren county contingent appar-
emily failed to make train connections.
Superintendent +. r. eighwayn. J. w.
Huogh of the Griffith school and Miss
Alice Murdell of the Merrilville accom-
panied the Lake county contestants to
Monticello.
The spelling book was not exhausted,
and on the whole the contest. but for
the excitement in connection was not
50 severe as the county cones. Miss
Demmon lost her place by misspelling
the word "blotches" Miss Chester
failed nthe word facilitate ard Miss
Riggle on the word .veering."
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-20
BAD WRECK ON
GRAND TRUNK RY.
Loaded Freight Crashes Into
Lone Engine and Three
Are Hurt.
Especial to THE T1MEs.l

Griffith, Ind. Feb. 2O.-The Grand
Trunk section gang here was called 10
Sedley, the first station west of VAL
paradise. Saturday, on account of a bad
freight wreck. which occurred there
Friday night during a snow storm. y
loaded freight train going 40 miles an
our crashed into a lone engine stand
ing on the main track. demolishing six
cars loaded with merchandise, THROWN z
the engine Of the freight outside tho
right of way. and tearing up the tracks
for considerable distance
The lone engine. which was waiting
to haul heavy train over the the steep
grade at that place. was not greatly
damaged. Fortunately. nobody was
seriously injured. although the conduc-
tor was walking on the top of one of
the wrecked cars when the shock came,
and later found himself planted in the
soft mud of the public highway some
distance away. The binding snow
storm was given s the cause. the en- :
gineer declaring he did not know he
was near the place where the extra
engine is always kept waiting. Traffic
was blocked until nearly noon Satur-
day.