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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26
USEFUL AS GRASS CATCHER
Device Fastened to Back of Mower
Makes Use of Rake Unnecessary
How 1t Is Made.

A rake will be unnecessary to the
man who mows grass with the device
shown here attached to the back of
the mower. This is the invention of
a Minnesota genius, and it is said to
leave a clean sward in the wake of
grass that flies up in the rear before
it has a chance to fall again. The ap-
paratus is made with a galvanized
steel bottom and heavy duck sides
and is easily detached and emptied
when it becomes full Two hooks are
fastened at the ends of the roller OF
the mower and circular wire pieces fiji
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26
POOR ROADS ARE EXPENSIVE
Only 2 Fer Cent of 2,1oo,coo Miles Q.
Public Thorouas,fares in This
Country Are Improved.

There are 100000 miles of public
roads In this country. Only 10000
miles, or per cent, are improved
All the rest can be fairly described as
bad roads, The waste Of our natural
resources, reckless as it is, is moth
ing compared to the money waste
brought about by this condition of our
highways.
It costs tbs French peasant an av.
erage of II cents a mile per ton to
haul his produce to market 1t costs
the American farmer an average of
20 cents mile per ton, or 100 per
cent more than the Frenchman. Dur
ing the year 1905-1936 hauling Of farm
produce to shipping points amounted
to between forty and forty-fve million
tons weight. The average haul WAS
9.4 miles. If the farmers could have
done their hauling over French roads,
instead of their own inferior ones,
they would have Melted $5S,900,000
more on their crops.
But all the hauling to shipping
points is not done by farmers by any
means. The interstate commerce
commission tells us that in all some.
thing like 250,0OOO0O tons are hauled
for shipment every year The willing
ness to move this immense volume Of
freight over poor roads, as against
good roads such as France !. enjoys
costs the country g. cool unnecessary
1905, 100000 year.
These figures and facts come from
the Office of Logan Waller Page, the
United States director of public works.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26
TWO Enough for Her.

He was a small boy with dark,
eager face and he was waiting at the
end of the line of eight Or ten per-
sons for chance to make his wants
known to the librarian. When his
turn came ne inquired briefly; Have
you got Twenty Thousand Legs I'm
der the Sea?"
NO. responded the librarian lit
tie snappily, for she was tired, I'm
thankful to say I've only got two.
They're not under the seal"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26
misinterpreted.

William Shaw, the secretary OF the
famous Christian Endeavor society,
said in witty after-dinner address in
Boston:
There is little Back Bay girl who
is much interested in her auntie's
Christian Endeavor work. The little
girl was writing letter to her broth
er at Yale one day, and in the midst
of the epistle she looked up and said:
"'Auntie, how do you spell devil?'
Devil cried her aunt, with a
shocked sfile. Why, child, don't you
know you mustn't use such word as
devil?'
But, auntie,' protested the little
girl I want to tell brother about your
Christian and devil meetings?'"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26
A WINNING START
A Perfectly Dgested Breakfast Makes
Nerve Force for the Day.

Everything goes wrong if the break
fast lies in your stomach like a mud
pie. What you eat does harm if you
can't digest tit turns to poison.
A bright lady teacher found this to
be true, even of an ordinary light
breakfast of eggs and toast. She
says:
Two years ago contracted a very
annoying form of Indigestion. My stom-
ach was in such condition that sim
pie breakfast Of fruit, toast and egg
gave ME great distress.
Il was slow to believe that trouble
could come from such a simple diet,
but finally had to give it up, and found
a great change upon a cup Of hot
Postum and GrapeNuts with cream,
for my morning meal. For more than
year | have held to this course and
have not suffered except when injudi-
ciously varying my diet.
Il have been teacher for several
years and find that my easily digest
ed breakfast means saving Of nerv-
Gus force for the entire day. My gain
of ten pounds in weight also causes
me to want to testify to the value of
Grape-Nuts.
"Grape-Nuts holds first rank at our
table"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich
There's reason" Read the little
book. The Road to Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letterf A new
G-.t Gp;se1rs from time to risRe. They
Genuine. true, aRG full cf human
!. .--b%&s.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26
ON THE ROADS OF PERSIA
Vehicles, Called PaIakis and kajava.1s,
Are Quaint and Very
Uncomfortable.

Bushire, Persia-The most useful
vehicles for long journeys In Persia
are the palakis and kajavahs, the
quaintest contrivances for travel to
cabs are fixed upon mules. Each
animal carries two Of them, one on
each side. They are furnished with
bedding. Men, women and children
sit in them cross-legged, a painful and
irksome position for Europeans, who
usually prefer to ride horse Or dom
key rather than screw themselves up
in these boxes.
The only difference between the
kajavah and the palaki is that the lat
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26
TOO EaQer.

Fred Poyner, Chicago dentist, was
recently at a banquet given by the
Dental association.
He said: "On one side is the right
of things and on the other is wrong;
sometimes the difference between the
two is. slight. AS the following story
shows: A gypsy upon release from
jail met friend. What were you in
for?' asked the friend.
81 found horse the gypsy re-
piled.
Found a horse? Nonsense! They
would never put you in Jail for finding
a horse
before the owner lost him.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26
Episcopal Church, Heirout, Syria.


December delivered a series Of lee
lures in which nobody could recog-
nize an idea or illustration they re-
called reading in any book.
II had interviews says Doctor
Bliss, with the orthodox patriarchs
of Antioch, Jerusalem-Greek, Cath
Ollie, Syrian, Maronite-who impaired
valuable information. Missionaries,
Roman Catholic and Protestant gave
of their knowledge and experience.
Moslems of all classes spoke freely of
their religion.
Learned books on the dervishes
have been consulted, but it was
through the quaint tales of gentle
eyed sheik in Jerusalem. who left his
humble task Of securing pots and ket-
ties to make me visit, that learned,
past all forgetting, that in spite of the
wild demonstrations which travellers
witness for a fee in Constantinople
and Cairo the controlling motive OF
the dervish life is the hunger and
thirst after righteousness"
Doctor Bliss is dean Of the Univer
sity of Rochester.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26
Quantity Of Lime Needed.

The quantity of lime needed under
different conditions varies from a few
hundred pounds to several tons; but
an average of about one ton of good
lime to the acre will usually be suffi-
cient. If grades Of lime are used
which contain so per cent or less of
calcium oxide larger quantities will
be required.
Smaller plications-perhaps 800
to 600 pounds-once in two to four
years-will be preferable to very
heavy applications at longer inter-
walls; and if the basic Stag be freely
used as source of phosphoric acid,
1t Is probable that second applica-
ton of lime will, in most cases, be
necessary.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26
Good Roads


Weeds multiply from year to year.
when quite small
Reading good farm papers will in
terest people in better farm condi'
tons.
One of the worst pests with which
the grower of onions has to contend is
the onion maggot.
Fall blowing Of field areas will often
be of service. in controlling cut worms
that are affecting field crops.
Rotation allows or assists Nature to
repair her waste places and incident
ally facilitates the war with weeds.
Different crops for different years
on the same soil will produce the vari
ETY. of elements which insure fertility.
The grain grower should have the
cows freshen in the fall, in order to
provide an income while the fields are
idle.
A border of nasturtiums or some Of
the late foliage plants all around the
vegetable garden produces fine eff
feet.
Do not be afraid to apply air-slaked
lime to the cabbages with blow gun,
It will destroy the worms on the head
Of the cabbage.
A garden cultivator does much bet.
ter work than hoe. 1t is easier,
quicker and keeps the soil in much
better conditions.
We cannot bring rain when it is
needed, but we can keep the cultivat-
ors going during the worst drough
that ever happened.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26
Handy Grass Catcher.

over these at each end of the catcher
A third piece of wire hooks over the
handle of the mower to keep the
scoop in position. Another wire con-
trivance comes with this device by
means Of which the catcher can be
made wider or narrower or in some
other way adapted to the size of the
mower
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26

compound has done
for me. Fortwoyears
/ suffered. The dec
tor said | had q t,mor
and the only remedy
as tn e surgeons
knife. My mother
bought me Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound, and
today l am a we'll and
healthy woman. For
months I suffered
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26
Manure and SiIage Corn.

Twenty tons of corn silage an acre
were harvested last fall by George
L. Hyslop of Ohio. He uses it for fat
tening cattling and hogs. The most
interesting thing about this yield is
that it is the result of proper utiliza-
ton of barnyard manure. The ma
nure shed has an important place on
the farm.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26
Fit Punishment.

The Wicked Soul was sitting on a
hot stove, drinking molten lava and
tanning himself with a chunk of red
hot sheet iron.
And who is the poor wretch?"
asked Dante
That replied Satan, lis the first
man who said, is it hot enough for
you milwaukee Sentinel
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26
CHUTE TO CLEAN POTATOES
Stats Arranged, as Shown in ilIustra-
ton, Allows All Dirt to Fall
Through to Ground.

The ordinary box form used for con-
veying potatoes to the bins in cellar
usually allows all the dirt upon same
to go down with the tubers in the bin
This can be avoided if the bolt pm Of
the chute is made of Stats, as shown
ln illustration, which permits all the
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26

The Paxton Toilet Co. Of Boston,
Mass, will send large trial box of
Paxtine Antiseptic, delightful cleans
ing and germicidal toilet preparation,
to any woman, free, upon request.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26

First Beetle-What kind of meet
ing was that at the Oak hall last
night?
Second Beetle-Must have been
temperance meeting. The place was
full Of water bugs.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26
MINNESOTA EYE, EAR, NOSE AND
THROAT HOSPITAL,

Capacity As beds, strictly modern,
specially equipped for the care Of eye,
ear, nose and throat diseases. Rates
reasonable. For further particulars,
address Supt., White Bear Lake, Mimi,
or physicians in charge.
Drs. Beaudoux & Wheeler,
S33 Lowry Building ST. Paul.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26

from inflammation, and your Sanative
Wash relieved me. | am glad to tell
anyone what your medicines have done
for me. You can use my testimonial in
any way you wish, and / will be glad
to answer letters. - Mrs. CHRISTINA
REED, 105 Mound ST., Peoria, Ill.
Mrs. Lynch Also Avoided
Operation.
Jessup, Pa" After the birth Of ny
fourth child, I had severe organic inhanl-
nation. would have such terrible pains
that it did not seem as though / could
stand it. This kept up for three long
months, until two doctors decided that
an operation was needed.
"Then one of my friends recommended
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable COM
pound and after taking it for two months
Twas a we'll woman. Mrs. JOSEPH A.
LYNCH, Jessup, Pa.
Women who suffer from female ills
should try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, one OF the most success
full remedies the world has ever known,
before submitting to surgical opera
ton.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26
TRUCK TO HAUL FENCE WIRE
Spool Can Easily Be Handled by One
Man by Use of Device Shown in
Illustration.

In the accompanying illustration is
shown handy rig for carrying a
spool of barbed wire when putting
up fence. The manner of construc-
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26

DC YOU HAVE CREAM TO SELL?
Write Eli}SVOiU CREAMERY CO, MinHe polls
for prices and tags They guarantee return 0 ciifiS
and salts faction to you for every shipment.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inHanma-
ton, aliays PAIN cures wind collie, Csc u bottle,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26
Keepino Mice From Pianos.


To prevent mice entering pianos
there has been invented a simple
sliding plate to be mounted on a
pedal so that it covers it's opening.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26

Poets are born-and most of the
great ones are dead.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26

No man is so dull that he can't
make a bore Of himself
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26

ton is obvious, says the Popular
Mechanics. The spool of wire can be
easily handled by one man with this
device
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26

Goodness does not more certainly
make men happy than happiness
makes them good.-LanGor.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26
Saved FROM
I'm OPERATION
How Mrs. Reed of Peoria, I'LL,
Escaped The Sur
geon's Knife.

Peoria, I'LL wish to let every one
know whatLydia E. Pinkham 'sVegetable
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26

A woman's mirror is always a peer
glass.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-26
Save the Babies.

INFANT MORTALITY is something fghta We hardly realize
all the children born in civilized countries twenty-five per cent? nearly
than one before they fve and onh before they feen
We do not hesitate say that timely Casia would
joy these precious lives Neither do hesitate say that many these
inte deaths oned the ofnacoc preparations Drops n
and soothing syrus sold for ohis complaints OPIUM
morphine They considerable quantities. deadly posons any quantity
they spe retad circulation and lead congeso Sickness DEATH Cas
operates exactly the but you that il bears the signature
Chas Fletcher Catora the blood circulate popey opens the
pores Of the skin and alays fever
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-06-27
-Blacks FOR Ranroad Work

The Milwaukee railroad is combing
the country for railroad laborers. The
Sarge amount of track laying, bridge
building and resurfscing being done by
this road on 1t western lines has caused
The shortage.
1t is almost impossible to get Ameri-
cans. TIE supply of Bulgarians, Greeks,
Italians and Syrians has run short, and
the Milwaukee now is importing negro
laborers from the south. This is the
first time black railroad gangs have
been worked in the nor.h.
Two hundred fifty colored laborers
Wednesday passed through Sioux City
on their way to Aberdeen. S. D.. where
they win work on the new construction
between Aberdeen and Montevideo, Min
nesota. They were typical southern
darkies from Hannibal, Mo.
1t looked like a plantation scene at
the railroad station while the gang was
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-06-27
Would Work Convicts

The good good roads committee, which
is making a trip through South Dakota
over the South Dakota scenic highway,
is being well received at all towns. A
stop is made at every town and a pub
lie meeting is held. j.. l.. White of the
committee states that a bill be pre-
sented to the next session of the legis-
lature for the use of convicts in road
work of the state, and further that an
appropriation of 81, 600, 900 will be asked.
Recently the South Dakota scenic high
way vas made a part of the Waubonsie
trail through Iowa, extending from
Omaha to Sioux City, thence to Sioux
Falls. The new state highway has been
adopted by the auto blue book as the
official road through South Dakota to
the scenic Black Hills.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-06-27
Boycott a Town

Parties in from Orient, say that the
town is in the the thr1es of distress
on account of tie commissioners of
Faulk county refusing to authorize
saloons there after the town had voted
license by AZ majority.
The village is located on the line
between Hand and Faux counties.
The town is supported by a large
number of well-to-do Germans, who
live in Hand county. 1t has little
trade, except from these Germans,
who feel that those who urged the
commissioners to refuse to give them a
saloon must be punished. So they are
withdrawing their money from the
bank at Orient, that was against the
saloon, and have agreed to open a new
one August Is.
Telephones have been hurled from
houses into the streets by some who
believed the company was against
them on the saloon question.
Some Of them are talking of starting
a new town over the line in Hand
county where they viii have less
trouble along the lines that are now
troubling them.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-06-27
Christian Endeavor Omcers

The Christian Endeavor societies of
South Dakota, which held their annual
meeting in WATERFOWL last week, elected
officers as follows for the ensuing year:
Walter j. Loomis, of Redfeld, presi-
dent; Allan Curtiss, of Estelline, vice
president; Miss Mae Camp, of Huron,
secretary; Mrs. John Granger, of Aber-
deem, assistant secretary; Orlin 10th
rop. treasurer; Miss Nellie Kendall, of
Brooking, superintendent of junior and
intermediate work; James Fisher, of
Nina. superintendent of quiet hour; Rob-
ert Jamison, of Canova, superintendent
of good citizenship. The trustees elected
are: Rev. S. G. Butcher, of Redfeld;
Kew. j. w. Christianson, of Sisseton,
and Rev. l.. R. Wise, of Highmore.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-06-27
knights of pythias Meeting

w. o. Jones and C. N. Herreid. are
back in Aberdeen from the grand lodge
of the K. of P, held at Belle Fourche
with word to the local members Of the
biggest crowd at a grand lodge ever
known.
At the business session the order
decided to place a lecturer in the field
for the winter months to do missionary
work for TIE lodges of the state. The
following officers were elected: G.. c..
L. L. Stevens, Pierre; G. V. c., E. A.
Benedict, Milbank; G. P, M. Simmons
Huron; G. C. R. S., w. A. Roberts,
Huron; G. M. E., Art Fountain, Clark;
G. o. G., S, X. Fulkner, Lennon; G
T., F. c. Foster, Rapid City.
Sioux Falls was chosen for the
meeting next year.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-06-27
South Dakota Banks

The report of the state and national
banks doing business in this state
shows that the people of South Dakota
increased their individual deposits
81, 636, $50. 06 in the period from Feb.
20 to April Is, or approximately two
months. They were carrying check
ing, time and savings deposits on
April Is, to the amount of more than
S73, 900, 900, of which the national banks
had approximately $28, 900, 900, and the
state banks the larger sum-. OF this
over So, 900, 900 was in the shape of
savings deposits accounts and over
$36, 00O, 900 in time deposits bearing
interest, these deposits surprising the
shocking accounts which were practi-
calIy $31, 900, 900. This business is
handled through 532 state institutions
and l02 national banks.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-06-27

Franklin Hester, a ~l7.year-old
farmer boy living near Twin Brooks,
has invented and received patent
rights upon q device for cancelling
letters for which he has received an
offer of $50. 900 from an Indiana firm.
Other firms have made offers Of
unlimited capital for the purpose of
building q factory and manufacturing
the machine on q royalty basis. The
postmaster general has invited young
Kester to come to Washington with
his new patent so that 1t IAN be
inspected by the postal department
to ascertain the probable cost of man
ufacture and a~daptability to small
Offices. tits said the device is simple
and can be manufactured at q nominal
cost. Young Kester has departed for
the Twin Cities with a view of inter-
esting capital and manufacturers.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-06-27
Bankers Indicted

d. A. Mcpherson, vice president of
the First National bank of Deadwood,
who was president of the Meade coun,y
bank of Sturgis when it failed last
year, together with Fl. E. Perkins, H.
o. Anderson, Frank M. Stewart and
Charles Francis. directors of the bank,
have been indicted on a charge of
having permitted the stockholders of
the the bank to borrow more than so
per rent of the capital stock. Four
indictments also have been returned
against Harold M. Cooper, cashier, for
having received deposits after the
bank was i~nsolvent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-06-27
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS
Items of Interest From All Parts of the State.

lingering between trains. All that was
needed was a cotton field. They made
a lively crowd. Some carried musical
instruments.
When they reach the railroad camp"
said an observer, they'll find they are
in no field o. cotton"
There was much speculation as to how
the colored men would take to the work.
Ii they prove satisfactory the Milwau-
kee probably will import more, as they
are anxious to finish the big lot of work
which has been started before winter.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-06-27
DARK DAYS
Are Days of Suffering-They are
Becoming Brighter for Some
Webster People

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