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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-09-05
MINISTER TO ALSO
PRACTICE AS LAWYER

ia
Aberdeen, S. De. E. Kneedy.
who has been filling the passionate of
the Christian church here for sever
al months, has accepted a call to the
place, and will remove here from
Watertown. In addition to his
ministerial work, Mr.. Kneedy is a
lawyer, and has formed a partner
ship with Attorney l.. T. Van Slyke
for the practice of law. Concerning
his dual professions, Mr.. Kneedy
stated: Some people are of the
impression that a minister of the
gospel should not engage in any
other occupation. but / see no ma.
terial reason why I cannot practice
law, engage In newspaper work, OF
anything else that is honorable"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-09-05
REAL ESTATE
PER CAPITA 1894.
RANKS FOURTH IN STATE IN Az
ERAGE INDIVIDUAL WEALTH
ACCORDING TO RAILWAY
TAX COMMISSIONER.

That the average per capita wealth
in real estate of the citizens Of Nit
chell is 1894. is statement Of T. A.
Polleys, tax commissioner of the Chi
cago, St. Paul, Minneapolis &. Omaha
railway in an annual report submit
ted today. Taking cities OF between
1000 and 10000 in the state he giv-
es the following estimated true values
of real estate per capita in 1912:
Watertown, population 1910,
$3.50.
Mitchell. population, 6,516. 1894.
Huron. population 5.s71, (878.
Pierre, population. 1856, $1.399.
The richest city in per capita real
estate in the state, Sioux Falls is
given a population of 14,094, and
a per capita real estate calue oft$1.-.
1874.
The proportion OF general property
taxes born by real estate in Mitchell
is given at rs pers cent and personal
property the remaining 2b per cent.
The 1911 real estate taxessbasedson
the true tax rate on eetimHted lea2
true values in Mitchell liz 1925.
mills. The 1911 real estate and PER-
sonal property taxes on general pro-
perty perscapita in this city ID 5000.
A comparative study OF real estate
values and tax burdens In various
groups of cities and yiliagesspf like
population located IN the fo6yt states
of Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska and
South Dakota, gives the per capita
real estate wealth in this state the
most of the four, or $996. 90; Mtseon.
sin. 1898; Iowa, 1868; and Nebfisks
I46k7 ~
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-09-05
4g by others as you would be done

iA6 ny oSHcIS us " Wouiu Ue uOne
by.
1t is my honest conviction that if
you persist in wilfully preventing the
republican voters of this state from
their rights, you will never cast a
vote for a Bull Moose" That the
spirit of fair play will overwhelm-
ingly defeat your ambition, and that
IT persisted in, and for the purpose
of Eliminating those who seek to ride
into power by abusing the party they
are betraying. VIC will use heroic
measures. IL pushed to it.
If the Bull Loose" is so popular
in this state, what harm can come to
stand for?-"A Square Deal?"
lf-as you say-there is only "a
hopeless minority" of Taft men in
the state, be fair and honest with
them, and give them a chance to dis
play at the ballot box the exact num-
of that hopeless minority"
Have You the spirit of fairness left
to do it? 81
GEO. A. SILSBY.
Mitchell. S. d., Sept. 2. 1912.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-09-05

I also again refer you to our Saw
ior's statement. that "Those who
are not for us, are against u.s." And
1 know that you know that in assum-
ing your present position you are not
following the Golden Rule, and do
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-04-05
In Orchard and Field
9Fiappenings Of Moment to the Man Behind the Pox

throw a Gaping of dirt into the
hole. The fumes of carbon disul.
phide are very heavy and will rap.
idly pass through all the nests, fiji.
ling all the chambers and suffocat.
ing the ants. This liquid can be
purchased at the drug store. Care
must be taken in using it as it is ex.
tremely inilamable like gasnlene
This method is much better than
using ashes or boiling water, which
are usually unsuccessful in extermi-
mating ants.
Ants in houses can be trapped to
a sponge moistened in sweetened
water. When many ants congre-
gate on the sponge they can be de-
stroyed by a little boiling water from
the tea kettle.
II ants crawl up fruit trees and
destroy the blossoms or young shoots
they can be kept from doing this by
tying fluffy band of cotton around
the trunks. Ants will not walk
over fluffy cotton unless they are
very much excited.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-04-05
ABOUT SETTING HENS

In the current issue of Farm
and Fireside" is the following in
teresting article about setting hens:
My experience in setting hens
has been a very successful one, and
I sincerely hope this little article
will be of benifit to many readers.
First, select a suitable place where
wind and rain cannot enter and
where there are no rats. Don't try
to set hens in the house where your
keep your other fowls. No
matter if they are shut in, the
other fowls will bother them and
cause them to become uneasy and
break their eggs, with the result of
a poor hatch.
For nests | use cheese boxes,
which can be procured at the gro
GERS at cents each, and in some
instances for the asking. These
; boxes being round and low insure
the eggs from being broken by the
hen jumping down into the nest.
| In the bottom of the nests I place
s me slightly moistened earth.
Teen / fill it as full as | can with
fine hay, packing it very firmly and
orinkling a good lice powder thor
oughly through the hay. After
every hatch I destroy the hay by
burning and replace it with fresh
supply to guard against lice and
mites. After filling the nest with
hay l place some eggs therein.
After dark | get the setting hen,
dust her thoroughly with lice pow
der, place her gently on the nest,
cover with a splint bushel basket
and let her sit. Then l put box
of road-dust for dust-bath in the
room and have plenty of clean
fresh water, corn and grit always
accessible. On the following even
ing I uncover her. In the morning
she will come off to eat and will re-
turn to her nest. let her sit un-
til she thoroughly makes up her
mind to stay, then place from thir-
teen to seventeen eggs under her
according to the size of the hen.
Il have had as many as eighteen
hens setting in the same room with
no disturbances and no broken eggs.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-04-05
ANTS

Common ants are becoming a SER
ious pest, both indoors and out Of
doors, in many parts of this state.
The etomologist of the State Exper-
mental Station, at Pullman, gives
the following advice as to methods OF
controlling or combating them:
The surest way of preventing in
jury by ants is to destroy their nests.
Usually their nests can be readily
found, but if there is any difficulty,
a little watching of where the ants
travel will show where the nest is
located. If the nests are out in the
field, punch a few holes with a
stick in the nests and place a cou-
pie Of tablespoons of carbon disul-
phide in each hole, covering up inn
mediately with the foot so as to
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-04-05
COWS WORTH HAVING

John l.. Smith, manager of the
Hardwood Holstein farms in Spo-
kane and Ferry counties, Wash.
claims two worlds records for but
ter productions by his COWS made at
official tests under the direction of
the dairy department of Washington
State College, as follows: Hazelwood
Aggie DeKol, three years and three
months of age, bred in Spokane,
34.89 pounds of butter in seven
days and 1O3 pounds of milk in one
day. The butter production is three
and a half pounds more than the
former record for three-year-old
COWS. Gerben Queen, eight years
old, produced 36.41 pounds of but
ter in seven days and 1874. 80 pounds
in 30 days; milk, 1872 pounds in
one day. This a new record for
COWS over eight years. Gerben
Queens stable mate, Bonnie Lassie
Pauline, five years old, produced
1878 pounds of butter in seven days
and 1887 pounds in 30 days. The
two older COWS were bred in Wiscon-
sin. Dairying is rapidly becoming
an important Industry in the North
western states, but it is estimated
that fully 100000 mich COWS are
required to supply the demand.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-04-05
ORDINANCE No, 1873.

An Ordinance creating an Irrigation
District to be known as Local I'm
provement District No. and provid-
ing for the improvement of property
therein by the construction of pipe
lines for irrigation and providing for
the manner of making payment for
such improvements.
The City Council of the City of Ken
newick do ordain as follows:
Section l. That there is hereby
created in the City of Kennewick an
Irrigation District to be known as
Local improvement District No. ~
which shall include the following prop
erty:
All the tracts 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, II and
IL and the south one-half of block 8 and
all blocks 4, S, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10; all of
the said property being in Amon's Ad-
dition to Kennewick.
Section 2. That the property men,
toned and described in paragraph one
of this ordinance shall be improved by
the construction and installation of an
irrigation system by pipe lines which
shall be of the size, material and speci-
fications shown by the plans therefor
prepared by the City Engineer of the
said City and said pipe lines shall be
laid and said irrigation system installed
- H. ~~~l
the location shown by the maps, plans
and specifications prepared by the City
Engineer of said City and now on file
in the office of the City Clerk of the sale
City of Kennewick, which said maps
plans and specifications are in all things
adopted and approved.
Section 3. Hereafter there shall be
charged against each lot or tract OF
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-04-05
No. 179
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF AC.

COUNT
In the Superior Court of the State of
Washington, in and for Benton Comfy.
Tin Probate).
In the matter of the estate of R. J.
Moore, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that ]. w.
Moore, the administrator of the estate
of K. j. Moore. deceased, has rendered
and presented for settlement to, and
filed in the Superior Court of said coun-
ty and state, his final account as such
administrator; and that Monday, the
18th day o. April, 1912, at 10 o'clock A.
NJ, at the court room of our said Su-
perior Court, in the City of Prosser in
said County, has been duly appointed
by our said Superior Court for the set
tlement of the Final Account, at which
time and place any person interested in
said estate may appear and file his ex-
ceptions in writing to the said final &C.
count, and contest the same.
Witness the Hon. o. R. HoLCoMB,
Judge of the said Superior Court, and
the seal of said Court, affixed this End
day of April, 1912.
FRANK E. SNIvELY, County Clerk.
and Clerk of said Superior Court.
By M. c. DELE, Deputy.
[SEAL] Seal of the Superior Court
OF Benton County, State of Washington,
April 5-12-19-26.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-04-05
FARM STATISTICS

According to bulletin recently
issued by the Census Bureau, the
total wealth in form of farm proper
ty in the state of Washington is
$637 ,543, 900, an increase of 1874
per cent since 1900. In 1870 the
value of farm property in this state
was but $3,97S,OOO.
The average size of Washington
farms is 2O8 acres and the average
value, including equipment, is SILL
346. The number of farms in the
state is Sc, 1872, an increase of 50. 2
per cent as compared with the num-
Der in 1900. In 1890 there were
1906.
The total land area of the state is
approximately 42,775, O4O acres, OF
which 11,712,235 acres, or 27.4 per
cent are included in farms. OF the
farm land 6,3..3,311 acres, or 81 4
per cent are reported as improved.
OF the Sc, 1872 farms in the state,
1854, or 49, per cent were reported
as irrigated in 1910. The acreage
reported as irrigated in 1910 was
1874, 1878 acres, or So percent of the
improved lands in farms. The area
to which enterprises existing in 1910
were capable of supplying water
was 40, 514 acres, and and the total
acreage included in irrigation pro-
jects completed or under way in
1910 was 1902 acres.
OF the 24.4 per cent of the states
area which is devoted to farming,
the highest percentage is found to
be in Walla Walla county, where
Ola per cent of the county's land
is being titled.
For the state as whole, the aver.
age value of farm land per acre is
$44.1 49,, Land values are reported
highest in King, Chelan and Yaki-
ma counties, where the average
price runs above $l25 per acre.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-04-05
NOTICE TO CREDITORS TO FILE
CLAIMS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS TO FILE
CLAIMS
In the Superior Court of Washington, in
and for Benton County-In Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of Richard
F. Richardson, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that letters of
administration on the estate of Richard
F. Richardson, deceased, were granted
to the undersigned on the 7th day of
February, 1912, by the said Superior
Court. All persons having claims
against said estate, are required to
present them with the necessary
vouchers to me at my residence in the
City of Kennewick, Benton County,
Washington, or at the law Office Of
Lockerby & Kolb, attorneys. at their
office in the City of Kennewick, Benton
County, Washington, within one year
after the date of this notice, or they
shall be forever barred.
Dated at Kennewick. Washington,
this 9th day of March, 1912.
LUCY A. RICHARDSON,
Administrative of Said Estate.
LOCKERBY & KoLB,
Attorneys for said Administrative,
Kennewick, Washington.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-04-05
SHERIFF'S SALE
State of Washington IS.
County of Benton

State of Washington IS.
County of Benton
By virtue of an Order of Sale and Ex-
ecution issued out of the Honorable
Superior Court of Benton County, on
the 18th day of March, 1912, by the
Clerk thereof, in the case of De Tweede
Northwestern & Pacific Hypotheekbank,
Plaintiff, versus, Charles F. Lott, and
ants, No. 1854, and to me, as Sheriff,
directed and delivered.
Notice is hereby given that will pro-
coed to sell to the highest bidder, for
cash within the hours prescribed by law
for Sheriff's Sales, to-wit: At ten
clock a. M, on the 9th day of April,
A. D. 1912, before the Court House door
of Said Benton County, in the State of
Washington, the following described
property, to-wit: The South Half of
the South Half of the Southeast Quarter
(S1a So SEQ of Section Thirty-four
(34) in Township nine 90 North of
Range Twenty mine (29) E. w. =, to-
gether with all water-rights for irriga-
ton or otherwise, to satisfy Judge
ment amounting to $4240.0O in favor of
plaintiff and against defendants with
interest at eight per cent per annum
from March 6, 1912, and $4,000 attor.
ney's fees, and $2l.8O costs and in.
creased costs.
Given under my hand, this 18th day
of March 1912.
w. R. MAHAN, Sheriff
By HUGH FORSYTH, Deputy
Posi-, AVERY & HIGGINS,
Plaintiff Attorneys,
| Spokane, Wash.
S.C0-d.26
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-04-05
ORDER FIXING THE TIME AND
PLACE OF HEARING ON PETI-
TON FOR SpECJEIC DID

TORRANCE
In the Superior Court of the State of
Washington for Benton County.
Lucy Tanner Travis, Plaintiff,
F. H. Gloyd, executor of the last will
and testament of J. E. Prouty, deceased;
Matilda Prouty, Carrie M. thinner and
John Earl Prouty, Defendants.
This matter coming on regularly for
hearing upon presentation of petition
of plaintiff, duly filed in this court, for
the specific performance of contract
for the sale of real estate in Benton
County, Washington, described as fol-
lows:
The Southeast quarter of the South
east quarter of the Northwest quarter
Of Section Thirty-one (3D, Township
Nine 49,, North, Range Twenty-four
ga, E. w. M, which said contract is
alleged to have been executed by the
said J: E: Prouty, deceased and his wife,
Matilda Prouty.
Now therefore, it is ordered that on
Friday, the 10th day of May, 1912, at
the hour of $50 a. m. at the Superior
Court room in the Benton County Wash
ington) Court House at Prosser, Wash
ington, be fixed as the time and place
of hearing upon said petition, and all
persons interested in said estate are
hereby directed to appear at said time
and place and show cause, if any there
be, why petition should not be granted.
1t is further ordered that this order
shall be printed in the Kennewick
Courier. newspaper of general circula-
ton in Benton County, Washington, for
four successive weeks next before such
day of hearing, and that copy of this
order be personally served upon the ex-
ecutor named herein by delivery to him
of copy thereof together with copy
of the petition.
Dated this first day Of April, 1872
ANDREW Brown,
Court Commissioner in and for Benton
County, Washington.
(SeaD 3-5-12-19-26
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-04-05
No. 179
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY DIS
TRIBUTION SHOULD NOT BE
MADE

In the Superior Court of the State of
Washington, for Benton County. Gin
Probate).
In the matter of the estate of R. ].
Moore, deceased.
Application having been filed in this
Court on the End day of April, A. D.,
1912, by J. w. Moore, administrator of
the estate of R. j. Moore, deceased,
for final distribution of the residue of
said estate;
1t is Ordered, That all persons inter-
ested in the estate of said R. ]. Moore,
deceased, be and are hereby directed to
appear in the Court Room of this Court
at the Court House, in Prosser, in said
County and State, on Monday, the 10Th
day of April, A. D., 1912, at the hour
of 10 o'clock A. M, and show cause, if
any they have, why the Court should
not proceed to distribute the residue of
said estate among the persons who, by
law, are entitled thereto.
1t is Further Ordered, That copy of
this order be personally served on all
persons interested in said estate at
least 20 days before the time appointed
| for said hearing, or that said order be
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-04-05

published once each week for four sue.
cessive weeks in the Kennewick Courier,
newspaper published and of general
circulation in said County.
Dated this End day of April, A. D.,
1917. ANDREW Brown,
Court Commissioner in and for Benton
County, Washington.
April 5-12-I9-26.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-02-29
Beware Of couslnsI

Cousins are not as simple as they
seem. The very fact Of being a cousin
Or having a cousin, is complicated.
The laissez-faire of cousinship is both
eluding and deluding-cousins Will be
cousins, even If you did not choose
them. They can borrow money from
you, visit you without being asked, tell
people they belong to your family
contest your will, even fall in love
with you-and a cousin once removed
is twice as apt to. Never completely
trust a cousin-never depend on his
not doing any Of these things. Never
take him for granted. The "cousinly
kiss" may or may not mean what 1t
means. And cousins always do kiss
It's part Of being cousins.
mot that cousins need necessarily
prove perilous. Once in a blue moon
they invite you to Europe, or leave
you money, but that almost always
takes an aunt or an uncle.)-Atlantic.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-02-29
Staining Glass.

The art Of colored glass has been
lost and rebound, guarded and stolen
80 many times during the history OF
civilization that 1t seems almost i'm
possible to say anything new on glass
staining. Yet q process has been dis
covered for making the stained glass
used in windows which is a departure
from anything known to the old
timers.
The glass FIRST receives its design in
mineral colors, and the whole is then
fired in heatiso intense that the col
oring matter and the glass are indis'
solubly fused. The most attractive fea'
ture Of this method is that the surface
acquires a peculiar pebbled character
in the heat, so that when the glass is
in place the lights are beautifully soft
and mellow.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-02-29
swImmsra Ii. Prey Of EeIs.

A remarkable story Of the seizure
Of swimmers by cells comes from New
Zealand. A stream in New Zealand
was a favorite bathing place because
the current was swift and strong
Time after time the bather would be
gin to shrek and splash on the sur
face, would disappear before help could
reach him, and when his body had
been found It had invariably been eat
en- by cells. The cause Of the fatality
remained shrouded in mystery, for a
long time, but at length the true cause
was discovered that whilst the swim
mer was almost stationary in the rapid
stream a.hnGe eel would seize him by
the foot or leg and drag him down be
meath the surface.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-02-29
HE Depended ON HIS WIFE
How the Nearslghted Old Man Al.
most Slept Himself to Death,
Never Eating.

It seems that an old man with some
property had married an elderly lady.
The lady was sprightly dame, execu-
tive, lively and keen. The bridegroom
could not see more than an inch be-
yond his nose, and he was pretty hard
of hearing, too. So he depended good
deal on his wife, you understand. He'd
wake up in the morning and wonder II
1t wasn't time to get up for breakfast.
So he'd slide out of bed and look into
his wife's room. II she was up, he'd
begin dressing; II she was still In the
hay, he'd go back and have another
nap. Well, the lady got on to this habit
of his. She fixed up a dummy out OF
bedclothes one morning just before
she went downstairs. The old man
came into the room an hour later,
squinted at the bed and said, "Anna's
still asleep" and went right back to
the feathers. After he had slept
awhile he took another observation.
Same business.
1t was ten days before he found out
how his wife had been fooling him. He
blame near slept himself to death,
meanwhile. He never had a meal and
he got weaker and weaker, but he
never get up. He didn't know 1t was
morning yet. And the old lady had
the time Of her life; she had saved
S1436 in groceries alone.
Higgins, the driver OF the pie wag-
on. told us this. And he swears it's
true but we swear not at all.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-02-29
Reinforced Concrete Of Old Rome.

Although concrete has been used
for many centuries, 1t is generally sup
posed that reinforced concrete is a
modern invention. This, however, has
been disproved, according to Popular
Mechanics by the finding Of bronze
reinforcing rods in the concrete roof
Of an ancient Roman tomb, and in the
discovery Of reinforced concrete in
the construction Of one Of the walls
Of the old palace Of the Louvre, Paris.
The reinforced concrete in the lat
ter dates back only 800 or 400 years,
but created much comment because
the walls were thought to consist en-
lirely Of ashlar and quarry stone. The
discovery that the stone casing con-
sealed core composed in part Of re-
nforced concrete was made while
Workmen were piercing the wall for
IN elevator installation.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-02-29
he
Dirndur1lrneriies

"Whachu doin'?" Queried the small
boy as he peered cautiously out OF the
back gate into the alley where the
apartment house janitor was superin'
tending the cremation Of rubbish
heap. The small boys nostrils
twitched appreciatively as he sniffed
the bonfire.
Mike, the janitor, looked all around
and then cautiously said: Hist" and
crooked finger.
"What is it," gasped the small boy
as he tiptoed hurriedly out and joined
Mike on the windward side OF the
blaze.
TITS O cillybration, Of mine" the
janltor explained. Every vance In q
while l go through the rites"
what rites?" in an awed whisper.
Mike poked in q recalcitrant wad OF
excelsior and, after swatting the blaze
around the edges, put one fist on his
hip "You didn't know" he remarked,
that was chief Of the Dimdum-
meries before came to this country
did you? Well, I was!"
The small boy dragged up a box
that had escaped the blaze and sat
down on It very close to Mike. TELL
me-" he begged.