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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-31
From Harper's Magazine.

Silver is a metal that has it's prob
lens. The t-arnisaahility ef silver.
particularly to people who live in the
smoke-enyeloped cities OF the present
day, Is a time and muscle consuming
annoyance. 1t is not surprising, then.
that a prominent company manufac-
turing ~silverware should inquire as to
the possibility Of adding small quanti-
ties Of other elements to silver, with
he idea of l%essening or eliminating its
tendency to tarnisl. ST far as thf.
writer is aware, no work of any kind
whatever has been carried II with
SUCH an idea in view. and it thus Ger
tainly offers opportunities of distinct
promise.
1t is extraordinary, the diversity OF
demands made by manufacturers for q
really resistive enamel with which to
coat their wares. and equally %extraordi-
nary is the entire inability OF manufac-
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-31
Problems that Await Inventors


turers OF enaniels to respond to their
One manufacturer desires an
e,iaiiei for coating the malleable iron
shells used on the Bunsen burners en-
ployed IN lncandescent ga~s-lighting me-
chanisms. The enamel used is destroved
by, DAFT n by the ammonia and
sulphur found in the gas. Another man
ufacturer desires an enamel resistive
TO the reagents used in photography;
ne manufactures Photographic nlaehin.
cry and Photographic trays. Still an
ether is desperately in need OF a re-
sistive name with which to coat his
storage-battery cells. The art IF
ehtiheiiing cooking utensils is practiced
under medieval conditions of super
stition and empfricism, and in no IN
stance do these cooking utensils even
remotely approximate the ideal. No
enamel in the market intended for the
sells responds to the needs of manu-
facturers.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-31

splendid country, all INT beautiful ne.
ture, and such an opportunity to usa
ones imagination il figuring IN ~
amount of the wealth of the crnns
through which the trip into rn-na .-,
us. was not to be enjoyed every uav
And away WE started.
1t was delightful. We drove Ana
drove through venue of wheat
which today, having yellowed with
the beneticent sun, is being laid low
by the reaper, stacked and threshed
by the thousands OF hands required IN
do it. and in great wagons is beinp
taken to the elevator.
A nights ride by train took no
through 225 miles of this great prov.
ince OF Saskatchewan-into the south.
western part-and from appearances
it might have been as though a trans
fer had been made acros a township
There were wheat fields, oat fields
barley fields and flax fields, and MANY
more that could not be seen. YET
there they were, and during the night
we had passed through a country sim.
ilarly cultivated.
1t will all secure a market and get
It's way to ocean or local mill by
means of the great railways whose
well-arranged systems are penetrating
everywhere into the agricultural parts.
Prosperous Alberta.
We afterward went over into All.
berta, and here again it was grain and
cattle. cattle and grain, comfortable
farm homes. splendidly built cities
and towns, the best of churches and
the most thoroughly equipped schools.
While talking with 3 Southern Sas.
katchewan farmer he said that ire
land he was working, and for With
he had been offered $50 an acre. had
been purchased five years ago for s12
an ccre, but he won't sell. He is
making q good profit on his land at
$50 an acre, and why should he sell?
Farther north, land was selling at
from $15 to SIS and $40 an acre. 1t
was learned afterward that the soil
was similar to that in the south, the
price of which today is $50 an acre.
The climate was similar and the mar
kets as good. In fact the only differ
ence was that today these northern
lands occupy the same position that
the more s%outherly ones did five years
ago. and there are found many who
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-31
Uncounted Miles Of Bountiful
Crops Make Glad the Farmers
Of Western Canada.
YIELD WILL BE RECORD ONE
Practically Beyond Reach of Accident,
the Fruit of the Fertile Fields
Is Being Gathered-Eievators
and Railroads Will Be Taxed
to Their Capacity.

On a beautiful Saturday afternoon.
four weeks ago, the writer started for
a twenty-mile drive into the country,
from n of the hundred or more new
own that have been we'll started dur
ing the past spring, in the Province of
saskatchewan, in Western Canada.
Mile after mile, and mile after mile,
was trayersed through what was one
continuous wheat field, the only relief
TO the scene being the roadways that
led back into other settlements.
Where would have been repeated the
same great vista of wheat.
What a wealth. Here were hun
dreds and thousands. and millions CT
bushels of what was declared to be a
quality of grain equal to any that has
ever been grown IN the province. AS
VIC drove on and on l thought of those
fellows down on the Board of Trade
at Chicago, ST. Louis, Minneapolis
and Duluth. While they were exploit
ing each others energies the farmer
OF Saskatchewan, Alberta and Mani.
topa was contemplating how much he
would realize out of his crop, now
past any danger of accident, over
what his an%ticipations were two
months ago. One man said to me:
The profits of that field of whea will
give me sufficient money tt purchase
$40 acres Of land, for which the rail.
way company is asking $G,40O, and
pay it in cash" Another, with a field
OF fiax-it was only $40 a~cres--said
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-31
new HAMPSHIRE HAS
HUMAN EARTHQUAKE
That's a Proper Estimate Of
Fighting Governor" Bass,
Who Does Things.
From I.ampton's Magazine.


Up in New Hampshire they cali Rob.
ert Perkins Bass their Fighting GOV.
%ernor," but that is q weak description
of him. He is not q fighter: he is an
earthquake. The progressive republI-
cans. with Bass showing them how,
have turned New Hampshire upside
down: and as things appear now. the
members OF tho old guard" and their
machine are resting un~comfcrtably at
the bottom OF the heap.
Rob Bass. rs e~veryone IN New
Hampshire calls him, got into politics
IN 1904, He vas not called" There
was no urgent bshest OF friends Out
or PsteCboru. where he had been rath-
eT busy taking care OF 4 SEQ acre farm
ever since he vas graduated from Har-
ward in 1886. few persons knew who
he was. He felt ttIat somebody ought
To take : punch at the Boston * Maine
railroad monopoly, which was reliev-
ing n people OF a few OF the burdens
connected with the government OF the
state. He went out and told the PEG
pie who lie a They made him one
OF the S9S members OF the New Hamp-
shire house OF representatives. He had
done no public service before. Appen-
dicitis kept him from serving many
days OF that term. and two years later
ne was sent back Chairman 81 :hA
committed on r-etrenChment and reform
was his Job that session. This COM
mivtee n never been known to do
any OF the things its cam implied II
should do. Bass put II to work. One
of his little Investigations saved the
state about Sle0.ooo.
Two Years later he went back TO the
state senate. There d wrote and in
troduced the direct primary bin which.
with q number OF other progressive
measures hat he supported. was
passed after o furious battle. The pro-
gressives wanted him to III for COVER
nor. y committee to him last
summer with the proposition.
No" he said firmly. y wifi take no
job where I have 10 wear Z silk hat in
the daytime"
He joined the committee in 2 search
for a candidate. They could not find
one.
Come on, Bob. take It." the COM
mittee pleaded. You know you might
win
What about the silk hat?"
You dom need TO wear one If you
don't want to the committee agreed,
regretfully. He consented to make the
race. He has not slept much since.
IN the legislature this year he had
rather rough argument with a most
un~progressive senate. He won. The
legislature passed nine platform mea-
sures and solved 4 railroad problem the
way experts said was correct. not the
the Boston & Maine suggested. T.!
lie got the railroad out of politics and
now he is walking a peat around the
state house to be sure that the rail.
cad stays where he put ii.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-31
Problems Of Industrial Chemistry
From Harper's Magaatne.

From Harpcr's Magazine.
Problems OF manufacture in the ira
ditional Industries ,ra rra4 is !, no: 20
probrerls that a few years ago were
not only not wo~rrieG1uyer, but We're not
known.
Is It possible 10 recotor and replenish
leather Certainly it is. In the process
OF chrome tanning. the flank and shout
ders of hides are flat. very, very flat.
in the mineral tannage employed. The
best answer | can give q such Il cues
tion is that were l a young chemist
seeking an arbeit, I should plunge into
leather for a lifc's work. What science
does rot know about leather would fiji
volumes.
Dentists are desperately in need OF a
cement that is absolutely, insoluble
IN the mouth. The glass-makers are
eagerly DESTROYS of a method of manu-
featuring a ruby glass In the pots, for,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-31

the same conditions as certified milk.
The demand for such butter could
never be general. as the price would be
prohibitive to many. but there arc
many who. il aware of the danger Of
ordinary butter, would willingly pay the
additional price for a safe product for
their children. Certified butter would
be, primarily, for children, just as GER
titled milk is. primarily. for nfants,
children and invalids. On the other
hand, pasteurized butter-that is, out
ter made of -pasteurized milk-costs
but little more than ordinary butter,
and does not differ from it in taste.
color or appearance. In Denmark, for
instance, pasteurized butter is the
staple. 1t is also made n sold In
many European countries. A pas
teufized butter viii be put on the mar
ket of New York in the near future. at
q cost of . cents per pound more than
raw butter. This increase is permis-
slble under the circumstances, but it
VIII probably not be necessary when
the demand for such butter has been
established.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-31
Stocking Feet at Emperor's Dinner

patent leather shoes evidently much
toe tight for him. During the dinner
he relieved his suffering by slipping
his aching toes out of them. All went
we'll until his chair was suddenly drawn
from underneath him as their majesties
We're about to pass. In utter desnair
ne made the most frantic efforts to re-
cover h wandering shoes from under
the table, but alas. the naughy things
had made their escape far beyond reach
"a little way shoes lave of doing when
left to themselves), consequently he
was obliged to trip across the red car
pet as best he could without them. The
empress. who appreciates keenly a
comical situation, had noticed with
great amuTsment his maaeuvers and
nbarrassme and (was it just for a
little fun?) stopped In passing and
spoke to him, much to his confusion. for
1t was impossible to prevent her from
seeing his little white shoeless feet.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-31

The dinner at the court of Napoleon
III. tasted about an hour. (The emperor
dlsiikes sitting long at tabIe.) 1t seem
ed almost impossible hat so much eat
ing and drinking n changing of plates
IN fact, such an elaborate repast-
could be got through within such a
short time. But it was!
When their majesties had finished
h arose and every one rose at the
same time All the chairs were drawn
from under Q tant pis if YOU were
In the act of eating a pear and had not
yet washed your fingers; but never
mind, you had to skip across the rcd
carpet in order to let their maiesties
pass,
A rather amusing incident occurred
at dinner. One of the foreign min
listers, who is very vain of the small
ness OF his feet. had donned a pair of
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-31

os II Is and always has been, the ruby
s't----srasii QUIZ only on
n or more reheatings--an expensive
operation. A certain enormous man
nfactory of artificial cereals In mack
ages Isl seriously concerned with the
rats. and 1t desires II possfbia =
mttaod of making these packages dis
TASTEFUL to rats without conflicting with
the pure-food laws. Another. e11aIiv
huge II the extent OF lis m%anufactupe
ana its operations. Is embarrassed
throus the curious fact that while
g~Tassnoppers will ave nothing to do
With binder-twine made of imported
flax. They avidly devour the domestic
product and with "a consequent loss Of
sl.00O.Go0 a year TO the company corr
cerned to say nothing OF its loss Of
reputation among the farmers.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-31

say they will come into a price neare,
Their legitimate value of $50 or $50 az
acre quite as quickly as the southern,
lands. And | believe it.
Throughout all this great country
practically 500 by 500 miles square.
thele are still a great many home
steads which are given free to actual
settlers, Many who have secured pat
ents for their homesteads consider
their land worth from s18 to s25 DER
acre.
lrnmenRe Crops Assured.
Throughout the southern portion of
Alberta, a district that suffered more
or less last year from drouth. there
will be harvested this year one of the
best crops OF fall wheat, winter wheat,
oats, flax and alfalfa that has ever
beer taken off Ghese highly productive
lands.
In Central Alberta, which comprises
the district north of Calgary and east
two hundred miles, through Camrose,
Sedgewick, Castor. Red Deer, Wetas-
kiWln. Edmonton, Lacombe, Vegre-
Vile, Tofieid, Vefmillion and a score
OF other localities, where are settled
large numbers of Americans, the
wheat, oats and fax, three weeks ago,
was standing strong and erect. large
heads and promising from 80 to IS
bushels of wheat and as high as 100
bushels of oats oa carefully titled
fields, while fax would probably
yield from Is to 10 bushels per acre.
In these parts the h~arvesters are
busy today g~arneriag this great crop
and it will shortly be known whether
the great a~nticipat.ons are to be real.
ized.
Throughout all parts of Saskatche-
wan, whether north, south. east : or
west, the same story was heard. and
the evidence was seen of the splendid
and bountiful crop.
Rich Yield In Manitoba.
In Manitoba it was the same. The
fields OF grain that were passed
fou IN this province promised to
give to the growers a bumper WELD.
and as high as 35 bushels of WHEAT
and go bushels of pats was freely dis
cussed.
1t would appear as If the expecta.
ton Of an average Of rs bushels Of
wheat throughout the three provinces
would be met.
In a few days the 10000, 900 hushel
elevator capacity throughout the coun-
try will be taxed, the Is, 000, 900 bush
els capacity at Fort William and Port
Arthur will be taken up. and the rail
ways and their equipment will he
called upon for their best. Today the
great, broad. yellow fields are indus
trial haunts. the s%elf-binder IS at work
in it's giant task of reducing into
sheaves the standing grain. the har-
vesters are busy stocking and stack
Ing. the threshing machines are being
fed the sheaves. the large box wagons
are taking It to the elevators. and no
matter where you go 1t Is the same
story and a picture such as can only
DO seer in the great grim fields OF
Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Alberta.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-31

he could do the same and still have a
balance in the bank. Flax produces
wonderfully we'll, and the current
price is about $3.50 per bushel. We
then drove oyer into another town
ship, ~getting further back from the
railway, and the main travelled road.
Here we found ourselves in the center
of a Swedish settlement. Those form
Ing the settlement were originally
from Nebraska. Invited to put up our
horses and stay over fer dinner, and
a dinner that was enjoyed not only OF
account Of the generous appetite Gre
ated by the e~xhilarating drive, but
also because of the clean linen. the
well-prepared dishes of roast fowl, po-
tatoes, cabbage. and a delightful des-
sert. some of the history of the settle
ment was learned. The host and
hostess were modest in describing
their W achievements, and equally
modest as to those Of their friends,
blu enough was learned to satisfy us
that they had come there about three
years ago, in moderate. almost poor,
~ .lOSG Ol =lllEIlI ESA re
ceived their homesteads as .. gift from
the government, and by careful dill
gence had purchased and paid for ad-
joining land. They had plenty of cat
tie and horses, some sheep and hogs,
and large wel[kept gardens, showing
an abundance of potatoes and cabbage
aIr1 other vegetables. Their buildings
txYapr. az, II a GnhnnIc- u-ara ~, H. ,z{-l,
boyhood and there was evidence of
comfort everywhere.
On to the Park Country.
Reluctant to leave these interesting
people, the horses thoroughly rested.
were hooked up and driven on, un-
der a sun still high in the heavens,
with the horses pulling on the bit and
travelling at a 12-mile an hour gait
V g a road that would put to shame
many of the macadamized streets. we
were whirled along a sinuous drive
through the woods and then out in the
| park country.
Here was another scene OF beauty,
| groves of poplar, herds of cattle.
fenced fields of wheat and oats and
| DdTley dHQ ldx. f1eTe was wealth,
and happiness and surely content
ment. The crops were magnificent.
The settlers. most of them, by the
way, from Iowa, had selected this To-
cation because Of its beauty. Its en-
tire charm was wholesome. Fuel was
in abundance. the soil was the best,
the shelter for the cattle afforded by
the groves gave a splendid supply of
food, while hay was easy to get. They
liked 1t. Here vas a sturdy farmer.
with his three boys. He had formerly
been a merchant in an Iowa town. his
children had been given a college eeu-
cation aid one of the boys was about
to MARI, the accomplished daughter
OF a neighboring farmer.
Through Land Of Wealth.
The invitation to remain to sumner
was accepted. but that given to re-.
main over night was tabled. It was
only . 2k-mile drive into town oyer
the best Of roads, through such q
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-31
Getting Measured for a Shotgun

merely enclose the price and the IN
formation that you are 80 years old. q
brunette. OF good habits. a Methodist.
a democrat OF 30 years standing. ana n
total abstaincr. That isn't what he
Wants u know.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-31
From Outing.

Get h gun TO suit you IL you can
possibly afford It. Better one of them
every 10 years than a poor ON every
year or SO. But when sou write the
maker OF the gun of your choice. don.t
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-31
Cautious Supervision.

$ Z afffaid my work is going to
DC complicated" said the new teach,
err.
.In what way?"
Mrs. Cumrox was looking through
the ext book on arithmetic and it 90
CURED to her to suggest that | refrain
from teaching her daughter any e3
amples in improper fractions.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-31

Reggy--I wish I knew what caar
Acter to assume at the
party tomorrow night.
Cholly-Put a display head on your
self and so as a society column.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-31

he only way in which a mar CO,
nave the last word with a woman il
70 say It over the phone. and the.
hang up.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-30
MAKE GUEST ROOM PLEASANT
Easily Done II a Little Thought 10 DE-
voted to Its Appearance and
Furnlshinos.

Now, when weekend visits are -,
universal. even the most retiring fam
lilies are apt to find frequent use for
their guest room.
Fortunately, the old-fashioned
spare" room Is thing Of the past
And we'll 1t is SO. Guests are no long
er left to shiver in its closed and un-
friendly shadows, nor to gaze in dis
tress upon the horrors Of Photographic
art which haunted its walls, nor to toss
in despair upon its more or less fur
rowed bed.
The metamorphosis Of the spare"
room into the guest room is only an
other Of the delightful Improvements
of modern life. The modern room has
now become thing Of Joy. A clever
hostess, instead of making 1t a re-
ceiving room for every family horror.
now strives to fill it with all that II
soothing and artistic
A charming scheme for such room
is in mauve and gray. The paint
should be Of ivory and the family pat
termed paper have frieze of drowsy
mauve poppies and the rug have cream
and mauve tones.
This scheme is not 30 expensive as
one might think, for good mauve and
green pottery can be had at low prices.
while mauve and green-patterned
chintzes are easy to get.
Little landscapes. which tone in with
the color scheme, should be hung on
the walls in narrow or silver frames.
A well-appointed writing desk, with
dainty stationery. is a necessity of
every guest room. as well as a little
framed card stating post and meal
hours.
There should be plenty of room un-
Uttered with the household bric-a-brac.
SO that guest may place her own
belongings about her and feel instant
ly at home. Then flood the room with
sunshine. and you have a guest room
full Of enticement and charm, instead
of the bleakness of the old-fashioned
spare room. where ones friendship
was sorely strained II one stopped
longer than a night.
Gilpin observer., 1911-03-30
LIKE ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS
Women Of Fashion Prefer Them to
the Real Thing In the Way
Of Posies.

Chrysanthemums. violets. carna-
tioLs, poinsettia, all the lovely flowers
favored by fashion. are reproduced
this season in artificial form. Not
only are they perfect in appearance.
but they are scented Thus. the won.
an who has all her gowns. laces. furs.
etc. fragrant Of violets may wear her
favorite flower Of a much more lasting
nature than those nature offers her.
redolent. too. of sweet perfume.
This custom Of reproducing the
beauties Of natures flowers by artih-
cial means is no modern one. In the
tombs OF the Egyptians artificial flow
ers were discovered, made out Of dyed
linen. Although they had lain for
5000 years. they kept some semblance
of their original appearance.
In the Rocco days. when all lux
ury was carried to a pitch OF extrava-
gance. elegant ladies' preferred imita-
ton flowers I'd real ones. famous
artist in artificial flower making was
engaged to give Marie Antoinette and
her ladies lessons in his art.