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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-12

county thirty-eight years ago, and has
lived here all that time except for q
brief period which he spent in 81.
Louis, where he was employed in the
circulation department of the st. Louis
Post-Dispatch. VI
The many Ottumwa friends OF MI.
Giltner and his estimable family. white
regretting their departure from this
city. will wish them much success IN
their new home.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-12
THOMAS GIVES
RIVER HISTORY
orruMWA BOOSTER WRITES OF
THE DIES MONIES RIVER
WITH DAMS
OUTLINES WORK DONE
Six Years Have Been Spent BY the
Navigation Men and Fruits
May Be Reaped
Soon

What has been accomplished in the
six years of agitation and work by the
Des Moines river Improvement boost
ers is referred to in an article written
for the Courier by E. H. Thomas. Mr..
! Thomas believes that congress will
fpermit the power companies to build
the dams in the river and thus be able
to generate water power and make
navigation nearer. Mr.. Thomas this
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-12
WIFE ARRIVES HOME; .
HUSBAND IN JAIL

Sioux City, Dec. 11.-lntending to
surprise her husband. Mrs. Harry
Murphy arrived here yesterday from
a ranch in Colorado only to find ner
husband in Jail. The charges against
Murphy were brought by Louise
Browning of Pendar, Neb., who claims
that she was induced to come to Sioux
City and then was held a prisoner In
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
FALL FLOWING
MUCH DEEPER
Greatly Increases the Capacity of
the Soil for Storing I'D
and Conserving the
Moisture.

(By o. M. OLSON. Minnesota Experiment
Station)
1t is especially urged that fall plow-
ing this year be deeper than has been
customary in most parts Of the state.
Flowing to the depth Of six or seven
inches, as compared with the custom
airy four or five inches, will not only
afford more room for the develop
ment of the root system of whatever
crops may be sown, but it will greatly
increase the capacity Of the ground
for storing up and retaining moisture,
against the necessities of what may be
another dry season. OF course, how
ever, the depth Of the blowing should
be adjusted to the nature Of the soil.
The light soil of the Jack pine" farm
cannot be deeply plowed. Light soils
have this advantage, however; they
may be plowed much sooner after a
rain, and without the liability of max
ing 1t lumpy or cloddy, as occurs In
the case of heavy soils, especially
those which are clayey in texture.
Deep blowing in the fall permits OF
the settling and compacting of the
soil before the coming Of the spring.
when the seed bed should be finished
with disk and harrow. The more cul-
tivation that can be given before plant
ing, the less will be the amount re-
Quired after the crop is shown.
Cultivation after planting is for the
triple purpose Of keeping down weeds,
loosening soil for the admission Of
air and warmth to the roots, and Gre
ating an earth mulch which will pre-
vent the abstraction Of moisture from
the soil by evaporation. Earth mulch,
by the way, is the proper term-not
dust mulch" There is such a thing
as making this mulch too fine. and
thereby giving the wind spirit an op-
portunity for misch
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
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Spring Bee Escape.

to the surface Of the combs, which
by the inexperienced is often mistak-
en- for mold
The bees also must be kept dry. A
substantial hive, with a tight roof,
will keep out the rain.
A few inches of dry, porous material,
such as chaff or ground cork packed
between the cluster and the roof, VILE
have a good effect on keeping the bees
comfortable, allowing the moisture to-
pass off slowly.
A draught would be injurious. We
advise wind-break of some sort ON
the north and west sides of the hives
Also guard against the mice, and have
the hive entrances shallow and long,
rather than round.
Do not neglect the bees; see to It
that they have food enough and to
spare Bees differ from other farm
stock in this respect, that they can
be given their full supply Of food at
once and they will help themselves
as their need requires. Plenty of
good food above the cluster is what
takes them through every time.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
PoKANE WHOLESALE MARKET.

getables-Hubbard squash, 81 per
90 lbs; onions, $1.5O@1.75 per cwt.;
potatoes, $1.1O@125; rutabagas, $3.50
W.T.; turnips, $3.50 cwt.; carrots, $1.25
W.T.; beets, $3.50 cwt.; cabbage, $3.50
W.T..
Fruit-New navel oranges, $3@3.50;
ranberries, $12 Dbl, $3.50 box.
Beef Steers-Dressed, Size to &c b.;
ow beef, 7h@sc b.; mutton, dressed,
15@sc h.; pork, lie b.; bacon, light,
$4,000 ID; lard, 1115c ID. in cases;
ans, 151ac h.; turkeys, dressed, 25c
b.; ducks, dressed, 1sc b.; fresh hens,
ressed, 15c ID.
Dairy Products-Eggs, fancy fresh,
12.5O@13 case; carton, SIS case; but
er, fresh Washington state creameriesi
DC ID; fresh western extras, sec lb.
Timothy-$17 ton; alfalfa, SIS ton;
ats, $50 ton; grain hay, s14 ton; bran
p ton; bran and shorts, $23 ton; rolled
arley, $35 ton; shorts, $2s ton; whole
orn, $3s; cracked corn, $40; wheat
27 ton; Soy bean oil meal, $45 ton.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
PRESIDENT TAFT
UPHOLD JUDGES
in Speech AT new YORK HE
STRONGLY OPPOSES RECALL
OF COURT JUDGES.
Says He Sees Faults of Government and
Admits in Trying to Eradicate Them
Reformers Might Do 1t, but to Inter
fere With the Courts Would Be De
struction-Must Get Together.

New York.-On the eve of his three
days visit to Ohio, his home state,
President Taft spoke here to the Ohio
Society of New York, delivering proba-
bly, the most imprisoned speech he has
made in many months, directed against
the "nostrums of reform" and particu-
larly aimed at the recall of Judges.
In the efforts which the president
said have been made to reform legisla
ton in this country he saw much that
eminent in the United States today and
admitted that in trying to eradicate
them much might be accomplished by
reformers. But in the effort to make
the judiciary responsive to "every
within - of the people he saw destruction.
He declared that the conservative ele-
ment of the nation eventually must
get together" to prevent movement
that would make the courts the crea-
lures of popular will and might make
the decision in every case but accord
with what a majority of the people
thought the law should be.
HThey are having a constitutional
convention in Ohio" said the presi-
dent, "and I am told one of the propo-
sitions is to propose the judicial recall.
Orators and statesmen are going up and
down the country denouncing the
courts; pointing out their corrupt ma
ture. The time is coming, in my jugd-
ment, when the conservative people OF
this country who are in favor of the
eternal principles of justice and their
administration so as to make them pre-
vail should rise to meet these misguided
supporters of an utterly indefensible
theory and end the agitation against
the courts"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
CBy F. C. HERMANN

In considering the requisites for
cessful bee wintering, 1t may be we'll
to note that success is frequently
hinged upon very small things. The
neglect In attending to the small af-
fairs of life is sure to bring about dis
aster
Bees starve to death with honey
In the hives, and sometimes that with
in two inches Of them, from the fact
that during cold weather bees form
themselves into one compact body,
and when all the honey is consumed
within their reach, unless the weather
is warm enough for them to change
their location from one part of the
hive to another, in order to reach
their stores, they will surely starve
with plenty of feed near them.
This Is usually the case with single
walled hives. hence the option of chaff
hives to confine the heat arising from
the bees. Bees usually move toward
the warmer part of the hive. II the
sun shines on one side of the hive in
cool or cold weather, the cluster goes
W NAdI nluOs hdNC oANSh hdu Ooi-
onies eat out all the honey in one end
of the hive, and leave the other end
full.
AS to passageways through the
combs, there is a difference of opinion.
However, my experience leads me to
conclude that they are unnecessary.
1t is true that they afford an oppor-
tunity for an outer portion of the clus-
ter to reach an adjacent inner comb
space II the bees happen to be To-
Gated directly over the passageway
and the weather is warm, otherwise
they serve no purpose.
I have settled down for my own
part on using a wooden blanket OF
carpet cover, and on top of it, porus
and absorbent material such as say
dust, char, cut straw and leaves.
The wooden material next the bees
conveys the moisture to the other side
of the piece of blanket or carpet
where contact with with the absorbent
material causes it to pass upward, Sc
rendering 1t harmless to the bees.
suppose there is the slightest pos
sible upward ventilation, a sort O
slow percolation of air and moisture
but it works well, provided the en-
trance of the hive is not too narrow
and contracted.
Beese inhale vapor, and when thi
vapor strikes the cold walls Of IN
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
TREATING SEED
WHEAT FOR SMUT
Easy to Safeguard Against Disease
and This Should Not be
NegIected-How
tits Done.

The sinking smut Of wheat causes
considerable losses almost every
where that wheat is grown. 1t is easy
to safeguard against it, and this should
not be neglected. The seed may be
treated in several ways TO kill the
spores of the disease. Any one is ef-
fective.
A solution of bluestone "copper" sui
phate) made Of one pound to five gal-
Ions of water will be satisfactory. The
seed should be immersed in this So
luton for ten minutes. Skim off the
grains that float, as they are infected.
Then it should be spread out on, a
floor or wagon bed to dry. Or forma-
lin may be used, making the solution
Of one pound formalin to fifty gallons
Of water. 1t will take thirty minutes
for this to do the work. Hot water is
also sometimes used effectively.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
Rich MAN KILLED
in PISTOL duel
]. J. MOORE, FUEL DEALER OF
SAN FRANCISCO, In A
FAMILY ROW.
Wife Had Recently Sued Him for Di.
vorce-Duel Took Place Near Hel
Home. Timothy, Chauffeur, Who
Did Shooting, Claims Self Defense
Dying Statement of Moore.

San Mateo, Call. J. Moore, a
wealthy fuel dealer of San Francisco,
was shot and probably fatally wounded
near the residence of his wife here. by
J. Timothy, a chauffeur employed by a
wealthy neighbor of Mrs Moore. Moore
was carried into the residence of his
wife and later taken to hospital,
where it was announced he could not
live. Timothy surrendered and is now
in the custody of the sheriff of San
Mateo county.
Says Moore Fired First.
According to the story told by Tim
othy, he was driving past the Moore
residence when his engine failed. AS
he was bending over the hood of the
ear man stepped from behind tree
on the side of the road opposite the
Moore home and calling out, "You re
the - - I'm laying for" fred
two shots.
Timothy hid behind the car, he says,
in time to escape two more bullets.
Timothy asserts he then drew his own
revolver and fired once. The bullet
struck Moore in the abdomen, but he
did not fall.
Captain II. N Roydon of military
school near by ran to the scene and
found Moore still standing by the road
With the assistance of Timothy and q
maid from the Moore residence the
wounded man was carried into the house
Chorf1xr off Il ATcrro Il
to a hospital, where he made state
ment.
But one chamber of Timothy IS revol
yer had been discharged.
City Attorney Kirkbridge refused tC
make public all of Moore s statement
but in part it is as follows: ''I saw
Mrs. Moore in the car, stopped it and
ordered her to get out of it. She re
fused and I began shooting"
Timothy, it was said, had been seer
frequently purchasing one or more bot
ties of champagne in local saloons.
Timothy is a deputy constable.
Moore Dies.
J. J. Moore, who was shot in a re
volver duel with Samuel Timothy,
chauffeur, died later
Moores Dine in Cafes Together.
To add to the tangled skeins of tn
plot, it is said that of late Moore ant
his wife had been seen in cafes here
dining in apparent amity.
Timothy said: 81 did not want t,
kill Moore. L only shot in self-de
tense, as he advanced and continued t.
fire at me.
Innocent, Says Mrs. Moore.
Mrs. Moore, in an interview denie,
absolutely that she had ever been on
riding with Timothy.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
OPEN NEW TETON UNIT.
Only Those Entitled to Preference
Rights May Make Entries Now.

Only Those Entitled to Preference
Rights May Make Entries Now.
Washington.-In a public notice is
sued recently by the secretary of the
interior for opening the third district Of
the Tieton unit, in the Yakima irriga-
ton project, in Washington, it was
stated that until further notice no home
stead entry will be allowed for any
farm unit shown on plats except the
entries of those persons entitled to pref
erence rights to irrigable lands in the
district, and they are limited to one
farm unit each.
Such persons will be notified by reg
istered mail that they will be allowed
to make homestead entry for one farm
unit under terms of the reclamation act,
and such entries, accompanied by water
rights and by payment of appropriate
charges for building, operation and
maintenance, must be fled in the local
land Office before water can be fur
nished.
The first installment of charges for
building is $27.90 an acre of irrigable
land, and for operation and maintenance
$3.50 an acre, or a total of $29.4O an
acre.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
Ranld Pronress.

Uncle Sam finds that the average
value Of farm lands in New Mexico
has increased 16O per cent; the num-
Der of farms $50 per cent; improved
lands in farms S4S per cent. and the
total value Of farm lands 400 per cent
all in the past ten years. The eda-
cational system has improved about
500 per cent. during this period, and
at its head stands the New Mexico
College Of Agricultu
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
USEFUL RACK
SAVES MUSCLE
Work OF Loading Corn Fodder
Upon Ordinary Wagon Is
Laborious-EaSy
Method.

1t is no easy job to load corn fodder
upon the ordinary wagon. 1t is hard
work, with heavy strain and tug all
day long. A little two-wheeled wagon
can be arranged that will make the
work much easier. A pair of old
wagon wheels, TO which are bolted
poles or planks from II to is feet
long, the ends resting on the ground.
makes handy fodder conveyor. The
cross-pieoe, near the lower ends.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
Young wolter Executed.

Ossining, n Y.-Albert Wolter was
put to death in the electric chair at
Sing Sing prison Monday morning for
the murder of 15-year-old Ruth Wheeler,
nearly two years ago.
The girl came to VOTERS flat in
New York in search of employment and
he killed her after she had been mis-
treated. Wolter left statement deny
ing that he had committed the crime.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
Pacific Northwest wheat.

Portland.-Track prices-Club, s1@
see; bluestem, s4@s5c; fortyfold, s1@
s2c; red Russian, s1@s2c; valley, s1@
s2c.
Taeoma.-Bluestem, seize; fortyfoldi
sac; club, s3e; red Russian, soc.
Walla Walla.-Bluestem, Use; club.
73c.
Colfax.-Red Russian, zoe; club, 71c;
fortyfold, 72c; bluestem, 74e. Oats
$3.50; feed barley, $1.3o; brewing bar
ley, $1.70.
Ritzville.-Bluestem 73c; fife, zoe.
Lewiston Wheat-Bluestem and tur.
KEY red, 72c; club and fortyfold, roc
red Russian, Csc. Oats, s1.30. Barley
Brewing, $3.50; feed, $1.30.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
Danish women cigarmakers.

Paris.-The women and girls EN-
ployed as cigarmakers at the factories
of the state tobacco monopoly are to be
dispensed with, their places being taken
by machinery The state authorities
have decided that it is not in keeping
with modern hygienie requirements to
have cigars rolled by hand and the ends
pointed by the cigar girls lips.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
PROPER PREPARATION OF BEES
FOR SEVERE WINTER MONTHS
Quality, Sound Hives and Good Protection From
Cold and Dampness-Many Little


see water running out of the entrance
which goes to show that the air inside
is damp and impure.
Take a stout piece OF wire with a
hook on the end, and rake out the
dead bees. When frost forms about
the inside of the hive, the vapor from
the bees, together with the CONCEAL
ing Of 1t in the remote parts of tho
hive, gives a blush-white appearances
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
Prisoners Lynched.

Guayaquil, Ecuador.-A mob broke
into the Quito penitentiary in spite of
a double guard, and lynched General
Eloy Alfaro, Flavio Alfaro, Medardo
Alfaro, Ulpiano Paez and Manuel Ter
rano, priminent revolutionists.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
This Rack Saves Muscle.

should be by 6, firmly bolted on, ana
the standards should be inserted In a
mortise through the cross-piece, and
through the long pieces. These should
also be firmly screwed fast, as nails
easily work loose. One man can do
about as much work by using this
wagon as two could do by loading on
the wagon Of average height.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
Feed for Chicks.

With the morning mash We feed
boiled potatoes. All of our little pota-
toes that are not fed to the hogs are
used in this way, says writer in an
exchange. We use no condition pow
der, only meat meal. For green foods
we feed clover hay, ensilage and the
little potatoes.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
PACIFIC COAST GALE.
Straits of San Juan de Fuca and Lower
Puget Sound Lashed by Waves.

Seattle, Wash.-Lashed into bitter
fury, with waves rolling from 30 to SO
feet high, the waters of the straits of
San Juan De Fuca and lower Puget
sound Monday made navigation ex
ceedingly difficult. The gale at Port
Townsend attained a velocity of &C
miles.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
Banker Morris to Aid Prosecution

Portland, Ore.-W. Cooper Morris,
cashier of the defunet Oregon Trust
and Savings bank plead guilty on the
joint Indictment with Louis J. Wilde,
charging him with embezzlement. 1t is
understood Morris win now testify for
the prosecution and against Wilde.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
TWELVE IN RowBoAT LOST.
All Believed Drowned in River Near
Cairo, Illinois-No Bodies
Found

Carlo, Ill.-Twelve persons are be-
lieved to have been drowned two miles
south of here when a rowboat in which
they were being brought to this city
from Bird IS point became lost in an ice
jam. The passengers were part of 1876
who left a noon Cotton Belt train at
Bird IS point, Mo-, and were left with
out conveyance across the river because
the railroad ferryman feared to risk his
steamer in the ice and heavy fog.
A later report says they reached
shore in safety.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03

Drone and Queen Trap on Hive En-
trance.

hive It sometimes congeals into frosts,
melting into water and running out Of
the hive as soon as the weather is
warm enough.
Sometimes 1t merely condenses in
to water and runs out of the hive as
soon as enough is collected. Whether
cold or warm, this vapor is being
sent off all the time, only when it
is warm enough it does not condense
into water or ice.
1t very often occurs that the en-
trance of hives becomes clogged
with dead bees, and the colonies dc
not have ventilation enough. One OF
the indications Of this is when you
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
Author of madame x'' Dead.

Paris.-Alexander Charles Bison,
the dramatist, died here Sunday. He
was born at Brieusse (Orne), April 8,
1s4s. A number of M. Bison IS plays
have been adapted to the English stage.
One of his plays best known to Ameri-
cans is "Madame X"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
High water At wilson Greek.

Flood waters and an ice jam mo-
mentarily threaten the destruction Of
the Great Northern railroad bridge at
Wilson Creek, 90 miles west of Spokane
Monday.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
Jewelrv worth s1oo GOO Stolen.

New York.-During the month of
January thieves stole more than $780,
600 worth of jewelry in New York
city.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
r. R. shons Resume Work.

Sedalia, Mo.-The Missouri, Kansas
& Texas shops have resumed work with
about 300 men, half the normal force,
after a few days suspension.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
CHINESE THRONE STILL THERE
But No Telling How Long 1t Will
Remain.

Peling.-Premier Yuan Shi Kai took
with him to the palace telegraphic
memorial from the generals of the i'm
perial army demanding a republican
form of government. The memorial
accused the younger princes of the i'm
perial clan Of stultifying the best in
terests of the country and preventing
the Manchus from providing funds, thus
destroying the morale of the army. 1t
suggests also that Yuan Shi Kai be ap-
pointed high commissioner pending the
formation of the new government.
The empress dowager and the imperial
prince were impressed deeply by the
memorial and in consequence the ques
tion of a speedy abdication of the
throne again is in the forefront.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03

The Japanese government, which
controls all telephone service in that
country, plans to double the present
equipment within six years.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03
BIG Furniture Store Fire Loss.

Newark, n. Fire destroyed the
big furniture store Of John Mullins &
Sons. The loss is 100000
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-03

Dispatches concerning market quo
tations, conditions and phases are as
follows: