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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-08-30
LIVE STOCK SCARCE
IN NORTHWEST
Shipments to Packing Houses Are
Getting Small.

Getting small.
If the present condition in the Lew
iston, Idaho, stock market continues to
prevail stock buyers will be confront
ed with a serious problem. For six
months buyers from all the leading
cities of the northwest have invaded
the Lewiston territory and have pur-
chased the largest shipments of cattle,
hogs and sheep ever consigned out of
the city.
According to the statements of
well-known stockmen the stock sup
ply of the northw st for this year
is unusually low and it is becoming
difficult to purchase suitable stock
for shipment to packing establish
ments.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-08-30

A Marathon.-"I believe honesty
pays in the long run"
$50 do I; but often wish It were
not such a mighty long run. Chicago
Record Herald.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-08-30
VALUE OF FARM CROPS IN THE
UNITED STATES.

'HITteShtn NShsus STATISTICS TOT TIE
United States for 1909 and 1899.
Washington, d. C.-The total value
of the crops of Continental United
States in 1909 was, in round numbers
s5,4S7, 100000, as compared with So,
999,000,000 in 1899. The increase was
thus $2,4SS, 100000, or SO per cent, ac
cording to statement issued by E
Dana Durand, director of the bureau OF
the census, department of commerce
and labor.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-08-30

A fruit fair will be held this fall at
Kaaln Il @
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-08-30
COMING toward Boundar,

A body of Mexican rebels, headed
by General Campo, one of Orozco's
lieutenants, is reported to be working
around the town of Magdalena, in So
nora, making its way along the rail-
road toward Nogales, the boundary.
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vain-tbat Chs nation, under 0od. shall ba

familiar. he certainly did not "hold
piece Of paper crumpled in his hand,
but did not once refer to it while
speaking"
On the contrary, he held in his right
hand and constantly before him a
large, open piece Of paper and glanced
at it many times.
Common Misconceptions.
Tho impression conveyed to the
writer Of this at the time was that he
had jotted down the speech before
hand, possibly in tho railroad car, and
had got some one to make the copy
from which he read Most Of the other
statements In the above summary are
certainly wide Of the marx. The speech
was not read In q low tone Of voice,
but in q very loud tone and without
any hesitation whatever.
1t was publishsd In many papers
throughout the country the morning
after 1t was delivered. The speech
was literally applauded, and 1t may
be safely said that few speeches Of the
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-02-15

same length (only 30 words) were
ever spoken that made q profounder
impression. And yet there were prob
ably not ten persons in the audience
who were SO deeply impressed with It
at the time ~ nine out Of ten are who
read 1t now. Not q single New York
paper had 4 word to say about it the
morning that It drst appeared In its
columns, though they all made edito-
rial comment on Mr.. Everett's grafton
and on Henry Ward Beecher's speech.
In giving his recollectons Of the
facts and as an excuse for what may
appear to bs overconndencs in their
accuracy the writer Of this may bs
permitted to state that he occupied q
seat in front Of the platform and with
In ten feet Of Mr.. Lincoln while he
was speaking.
Independently Of his present recollec-
ton Of the events Of that day-Nov, 10,
1s63-which is very distinct, he Is able
to refresh his memory from a letter
written BY him the same day and pub
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-02-15
Erection Of Another Monument
on Historic Battlefield The
War Presidents Famous Ad-
dress.


Lincoln made his memorable
speech on the famous battle
field Of Gettysburg. Numerous
monuments have been erected on this
historic ground in memory of the occa-
sion, and the latest was started last
December. It IL erected within sight
of the place where Lincoln delivered
his address.
This monument Is surmounted by q
bronze bust Of the civil war president
and also contains two granite tablets,
ON one Of which u inscribed the Get
tysburg speech. An appropriation by
congress some year, ago provided for
the cost.
1t is doubtful, says tho writer who
reported Lincoln's Gettysburg address
for the New York Times, whether
among all the people who attended the
famous battleneld's ceremonies ON Nov.
10, 1868, dozen could have been found
directly after 1t who would agree, even
in essential points, as to the manner Of
its delivery or how It was received by
tho audience. Even the speech itself,
undergone no less than half a dozen
verbal changes at the hands of authors
who have had occasion to insert 1t in
their books. For example, the ninth
sentence Of the speech was written and
spoken by Mr. Lincoln as follows: "1t
Is for US, the living, rather to be dedi-
Gated here to the unfinished work
which they who fought here have thus
far so nobly carried on" But in most
of the lives Of Lincoln, including that
of Henry ]. Raymond, and in General
Logan's "Great Conspiracy" the last
two words Of the sentence are dropped
and the word advanced" substituted
in their place, change smacking more
Of Latin than Of Lincoln and less ex-
pressive than the original. These slight
verbal changes are trifling, however,
compared with the diverse and contra
dictory accounts that have been given
of the circumstances attending its de-
livery by those who claim to have heard
the speech. A writer thus summarizes
the misstatements that he says have
been made:
First, the oratlon was hastily written
on the train between Baltimore and Get
tysburg: second, 1t was read by the aid
of spectacles. hesitatingly and in low
tone of voice, SO as to be inaudible except
to those in the immediate vicinity OF the
speaker: third, 1t made but slight i'm
preston upon the audience, was not re-
ported ard but for fortunate circum-
stances would have passed into oblivion.
Most oS the above are unquestion-
ably miSStatements, but not all. Mr.
Lincoln certainly did read his speech,
though not by the aid of spectacles
He did not confine himself closely to
the manuscript, as some c!ersymen do,
but read 1t us lawyer would read a
paper with whose contents he was
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the coach and talked in low tons With
the two robbers there. One Of the
farmers heard him say: "If this luck
holds Wen be wh~re We can 20 IN
either If i've directions. In this dreary
region we'd sit starvation sure" Then
he went forward again.
1t was about O'Clock. The two rob
bers In the passenger coach were sit
ding talking together. They had taken
q position where they could keep ths
party OF farmers before them. The
farmers occupied two seats facing each
other. the men facing the women and
the robbers. the women with their
backs to the robbers. The latter had
quieted down. One OF them got up and
walked past the outlaws to the rear Of
the car. They followed her with their
eyes till they saw that she had gone to
get q glass Of water. then ceased to
pay any attention to her. Suddenly two
words rang out sharp and clear above
the rattle Of the train:
"Hands up"
The order was shouted within q foot
Of tho two robbers' ears. At the same
moment the farmers each whipped ont
q revolver. Tho robbers nrst impulse
was to look back. They saw . woman
with revolver In each hand, the muz-
Eles within few inches Of their heads.
Then the two farmers approached and
disarmed the robbers, while the two
women threw OF their outside apparel
and appeared in mems attire. One Of
the two robbers gave q yell ~ q signal
for his fellows, but his voice was
drowned BY the rattle Of the train.
Two Of the farmers now proceeded
to the baggage car. One Of them threw
open tho door. while tho other stood
with Z revolver pointed into the car.
Tho robbsr there was ON the lookout
and fred - soon a. the door was
opened, but ~ ths man who threatened
him stood beside instead Of before the
door he was uninjured. eimms at the
time was on the locomotive. Hearing
the shot he was climbing over the coal
In the tender to 20 to the baggage car
when tho engineer shot him dead. The
robber in the baggage car. not rsesiv-
ing assistance. soon yielded 10 an order
to throw up bis hands. In I've minutes
from the time the supposed woman
went to get q drink Of water three OF
the gang had besn captured and thsis
leader killed.
A vigilance committee had TOR soak
time been trying to stop tho dsprsdA1
lions Of simms and his men. bot lad
failed The cashier Of ths hank tAv
had last robbed, . vsry sosEEse1s nalI
attended to following tAs s1Ag M
self. He tracked them int Q pukasu
from which he felt sure thsfr Quiekas3
and surest plan Of exit was b capeurd
train. This one was puxpossay ~
pared Tho engineer. conductor ana an
train hands weE0 armed. ana ths farm-
ers and their wives were picked men
disguised. The leader Of the posse was
the woman who went for the eiasp Of
water.
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When the Pacific railroads were new
Q great DEAL Of the property along the
hnas vas . Wilderness 1t was often
many miles between stations, and q
station was frequently merely . place
for people to come from q distance to
st aboard tAs cars.
ons svsaing In December . train ap-
pssaehinS one Of thsss sheds-for that
b all It was-was tagged with . ban
danna handkerchief BY four men. The
engineer pulled up at the platform, and
the men got aboard. They were for
tins very well behaved. looking about
thsm evidently with q view to observ-
ing their surroundings. Tho train con-
sisted Of . locomotive. q baggage car
and Q coach. The only passengers
were two men. peaceable looking farm
81. and tve women. apparently their
wives.
"ses here. Mr.. Conductor said one
Of tho party. "I'm the president Of this
company jist now. and you're to look
to mo for orders. I'll trouble you to
increase this funeral pace ana snake
us along to the next station across the
divide. You 30 tell the engineer that
I'll give him three hours to make the
112 miles"
"who are your asked the conductor.
"Who am II I'm Simms."
There was q grim silsnca The two
farmers cast glances at each other, and
their wives got down under the seats.
simms and his gans had terrorized the
region for months without being mo-
lestsd. No one either dared or felt dis
posed to make It his business to hunt
them down. A few days before they
had entered q town. plundered q bank
in broad daylight and taken to the des-
olate region through which they were
travelling.
"Now. We don't want nothing" con-
tinued Simms, "but to git on. THERE'S
no plunder aboard this train, and We
don't want 1t II there is. Git Us to
B. by Q o'clock, and neither you nor
your passengers will be molested."
"An right" said tho conductor. 'TT
got you through without fan"
One Of ths gang went forward with
the conductor TO take position on the
locomotive. another stationed himself
In tho baggags car. while the other two
remained amoog the passengefs- The
train peocesdsd ON tts Way a. II moth
ing had happened Gmms at nrst re-
manned I'm the coach, but soon got up
and won't forward, but not until he had
called Q man 10 take his place. He was
vsey sharp with his msa. eautionins
them not to relax their vigilance b.
cause thsy had sv0ythfng their own
way, but thsy seemed 10 dread moth
ING, at least within the train, and In
dsed there did not appear to be any
thing to dread The few train hands
aboard moved about at ths1r usual du-
t1as, while tho farmers and thelr wives
seemed 10 be dreading svesy moment
that they would b murdered. Dark
mess came on, and one Of the hands
lighted the lamps. simms came into
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-02-15
Mutual FssoseSulnosA

Oeaf Clara" wrote Tho young HaA,
pardon me. but I'm getting % forvst-
ful. I proposed to you last night, but
really forget whether you said yss OF
no."
Dear wil," she rcpnsd By notA 80
glad to hear from you know said
No to some one last night but had
forgotten Just who II WaA"-London
Opinion.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-02-15
Weekly illustrated Humor
Man's Nay end Weaas'a

Mss's Wy end Wsaas'A
4 wom3n's convsnt1on, chi WHAT
do women know about snthusiasmI
Now at the last national oouvsnt3on
We men cheered our candidate for IN!
hour
THAT'S an EtSht" sid Ms with.
We threw kisses at ours for sixty.
seven minutes By the clock-L~uisytIls
Courier Journal
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A proeaueIen

A preeautIoW.
Mother" said little Elsis, Mrs,
Tan 10 the nrst LADY In the land, tm.t
she?"
"Yes, DEAR" whispsred her mother.
but for goodness sake don't let tho
cook hear you say it"-Cathollc Stand
ard and Times.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-02-15
Lincoln's Favorite Poem
20 Why Should the Spirit Of Mortal Be Proud?"
BY WILLIAM KNOX.

~ "b@@l
o why should the spir.t Of mortal b.
proud7
Like . swift festing meteor. . fast flying
cloud.
A fash Of the lightning, . break Of tho
He passeth from Life to his rest IN the
Tho leaves Of the oak and the willow shan
fade,
Be scattered around and together be laid.
As tho young and the old. the low and
the high.
Shall crumbls to dust and togsthsr shall
lie
Tho infant q mother attended and loved:
Tho mother that infants affection who
Tho father that mother and infant who
blest-
Each. all, are away to that dwelling of
rest.
Tho maid on whose brow, on whose ehesk.
shone beauty and pleasure-her triumphs
are by;
And alike from the minds Of the living
erased
Are tho memories Of mortals who loved
her and praised.
The head Of the king that the sceptsr hath
borne,
Tho brow Of the priest that tho miter hath
worn,
The eye OF the sage and the heart Of the
brave
Are hidden and lost In the depth Of the
grave.
The peasant whose lot was to sow and to
reap.
The herdsman who climbed with his roats
up the steep,
The beggar. who wandered in search of
his bread.
Have faded away like the grass that we
tread.
So the multitude goes, like the flower or
weed,
That withers away to let others succeed;
So the multitude comes, even those we
behold,
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-02-15

eisamy.
Professor-Mr. Billion. you wm kind
ly outline briefly the fundamental law
against bigamy.
Bilton-Yes'r. YouU ind Il IN the
Bible It says no man can serve two
masters.-Lippincott
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-02-15


To repeat every tale thai, has often been
told.
For we are the same our fathers have
We sec the same sights our fathers have
seen,
We drink the same stream, ~ ~ the
same sun
And run tho sans course our fathers have
run.
The thoughts we are thinking our fathers
did think:
From the death We are shrinkinS our Ia
thers did shrink:
To tho life We are clinEtng our fathers ala
cling.
But it speeds from u. an nh. tn. bird On
the wing.
They loved. but the story We cannot un-
They scorned. but the heart Of the h.ushty
is cold;
They Erieved. but no wan from their
slumber will come;
They Joyed, but tho tongue Of their xlad-
ness is dumb.
They died. ali! they died: We. thing. that
are now,
That walk on the turf that lies over their
brow,
And make in their dwelling . transisnt
abode,
Meet tho things that they met On thsir
pilgrimage road.
Yea. hope and despondency, pleasure and
pain.
Arc mingled together In sunshine and
rain:
And the smile and the tear. and the song
and the dirge,
Still follow each other like surge upon
surge.
'Tls the wink OF an eye: ills the draft Of
breath
From the blossom Of health to the pale
ness of death.
From the gilded saloon to the bier and
the shroud.
o why should the spirit Of mortal be
proud7
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Then They're kun,,,,,.

hen They're Numeroua
son-What kind Of man is a drono
papa? uiohe'
Father-One who stands in revo,v
ing ooor and waits for some one else
son.-Judga Ill my
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Ethel-so good Of you. pa, to offer to
send me to Berlin to finish my music
wnen l asked only to be sent to Bos-
ton.
Father-Yes, but Berlin's farther
away.-Chicago News.
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Secondary Consideration.
"Awfully smart costumes at the Nv.
ing meeting"
Were there! And whom did von
see dyT' ''1
Nobody. I wasn't going to take Off
my nat to see couple Of aeroplanesw
London Opinion.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-02-15
In Aiqh Terms,

Lofty-Did he speak In high terms OF
the doctor?
Yes. He said he charged $40
visit. Town Topics.
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A Cool Reception.

A Cool Reception.
Kin | eat some of the snow of your
iot, lady" asked the hobo, hoping to
arouse compassion.
I'm not sure" the woman replied
uncertainty. 1--WE only rent the upper
hat.'-Buffalo Express.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-02-15

Glover Little Brownie,
Jones-Yea. sir, that boy Of mine 10 a
piano player. Why. hs can play with
his toeA.
Bfown-HoW old p Nel
Jones-T1fteen.
Brown-1'vs got q boy at homo who
can play with his toes, and he's only
one year old.-Atlanta Constitution.
An Unimpsrtant Detail.
DON'T know whether ought to rec
ognise him here in the city or not. Our
acquaintance at the seashore was yerv
slight"
You promised to marry him, did you
not7'
"Yes, but that was all.--Nev York
Post.
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"inform ation."
YES" remarked the telephone girl
as she gazed out at the waves and
wondered what their number was, II
am connected with the best families in
our y."-Catholic Universe.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-02-15

Credit Where It's Due.
"Giddings willingly gives his wife
full credit for what he is"
What Is he?"
"Bankrupt."-Chicag 60 Record Herald.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-11-07
INTENSIVE FARMING
Conducted by FRANK S. MONTGOMERY, MS.
Instructor in Animal Husbandry and Special Investigator
Taking Care of the Corn

low the corn to cure out rapidly
enough to husk out and crib before
bad weather. 1t will cure enough
sooner In small shocks to more than
offset the slight injury TO fodder by
additional exposure in smaller shocks
Then the corn can be husked and crib
bed safely early in November and The
fodder bound into bundles and -four
shocks set together in one big fodder
shock, where 1t will keep well until
husking is done when 1t should be
stacked close to the barn, where It
IL to be fed and the stalks used in
making manure.
II you have not already saved
your seed corn don't fail to do 90
when you husk out your corn, for
you are taking too great chances 4
you wait till spring. Many farmers
paid 81 bushcl fer 1t last spring.
You can save your own now, worth
81 cents q bushel, and 1t will be
better than what you pay SO much
for in the spring.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-11-07

year at least, in applying good dress
ing of lime to the garden this fall.
A still better way would be TO secure,
next year. good, healthy plants and
set them in new patch, preferably
a rich piece OF recently turned clover
sod. Cabbages are gross feeders, and
II takes manure or fertilizers, of the
latter, especially potash (muriate), to
produce big heads and big crop. On
nest farms such a piece of land can
easily be set apart to raise such
valuable crop as late cabbages."
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-11-07
Free Seed Test in Kentucky

1t may not be generally known 10
farmers and others in Kentucky that
the Kentucky Agricultural Experim snt
Station is well equipped to test sam
pies that may be submitted with a
view to learning their quality, either
as to purity or termination. A new
laboratory for this work has been
planned and is now nearing COM
pletion. When our incubators and
other appliances are established 1t
will be one of the most complete IN
this country.
The Station has already won a
reputation for work of this sort not
only in this country. but in Europe.
and those sending samples can be
assured that they will be tested well
and as promptly as our facilities will
permit. Samples will be examined
in the order in which they are re-
ceived.
To get fair tests 1t is necessary
that the samples be taken from a
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-11-07

This has been an unusually good
fall for drying out the corn, as there
have been but two general rains
since the corn was cut. But yet care
must be taken In cribbing the corn
not to pile too much together, espe-
cially II II has been cut and shock
&c in very large shocks and the husk-
ing and cribbing have to be done in
wet time. 1t 10 better to wait till
IL dries off some so the ears will be
dry when put In the crib. The corn
that has been topped and left stand
ing in the field can be husked and
put In the crib any time now.
Just here | might say that ] can't
see why so many farmers cut their
corn 16 hills square or even larger
where 1t is aot the intention to seed
the ground. Corn that will yield s
to ~ barrels or more per acre should
not be cut more than 10 hills square,
and corn that will yield from to :
barrels should not be cut larger
than IL hills square in order TO al
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-11-07

Although the crops OF this season
have not been entirely harvested the
foresighted farmer has been thinking
about those OF next year. In order to
raise n larger crop. he desires to have
his soil a little more fertile, and TO
this end has been considering the
value OF cover crop and Its effect
upon the soil. Cover crops are just
what the name indicates; 1. e., crops
used to cover the land during the win.
ter. We are beginning to realize that
Il is not desirable to have the soil bare
during the dormant period OF the year.
Soils are Influenced. not only by their
treatment during the growing period.
but the effect of one years operations
arc often felt the next season. Soil
fertility is quite largely dependent
upon bacterial action. All through the
growing season bacteria have been
busy causing decay and by the process
Of nitrincatlon changing the nitrogen
OF the soil to nitrates. These nitrates
are then used by plants as food. Bac-
terra stay at their work late In the
fall. and do not entirely stop until the
soil IL frozen. Where the young wheat
or grass In growing the nitrates are
taken up by the roots and used by the
plants; where the ground is bare and
contains no plant roots to absorb the
nitrates. they must remain In the soil
unchanged. The heavy rains OF winter
and spring are apt to wash large part
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-11-07

The blanching OF celery is accom-
plished by excluding the light from the
developing leaf stalks. This prevents
the formation OF the green coloring
matter and Is conducive to crisp. ten
der stalks.
In the home garden any one OF sew
eral methods OF blanching may be util-
lied according TO the quantity grown,
varieties, and conditions of culture.
For celery planted in rows not more
than feet apart the blanching may
DO successfully accomplished by means
OF wire crossties. The bottoms OF the
boards should have a sufficient guam
tity OF earth thrown against them to
fx their position and exclude all light.
This method is particularly applicable
to the early. so-called self-banching
varieties. II larger. later varieties are
grown and sufficient room has been al
lowed between the rows, the best quail
ity OF celery will be obtained by bank
ing the plants with earth after they
have attained some size and the warm.
er weather has passed. First, go over
the plants and draw the stems into a
compact clump with the hand and
draw up moist earth firmly about
them. This will hold the stems In
place so that upon subsequent add.
tons OF earth none will get into the
heart OF the plant to discolor II or
cause II TO rot. Additional earth may
be drawn up against the plants as they
increase In height. II desired. celery
SO treated. may be allowed TO remain
where grown until wanted for use
After severe frosts. and as cold wealth
er approaches. cover over the tops
with leaves or straw and then with
earth II severe freezes are anticipated
Green celery will be uninjured by
quite severe frosts. but when in the
blanched condition Is very easily af
fected by low temperatures.