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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-01-31

do, then l went to supper" Hicks
vouchsafed to explain.
"And no one saw or heard the team
drive in?"
"Not as know of" said Hicks.
"Mas'r 'Carrington's done gone off to
get a pack OF dawgs lows hits
might important to find what's come
of George" said Steve.
Hicks started violently at this
piece OF news.
81 reckon he'll have to travel a right
smart distance to find pack OF
dogs" he muttered. 81 don't know OF
none this side of Colonel Bates down
below Girard."
"The judge was lost in thought. He
permitted an interval of silence to
elapse in which Hicks glance slid
round in furtive circle.
when did Mr.. Ware set out for
Memphis?" asked the judge at length.
EARLY yesterday. He goes there
pretty often on business"
you talked with Mr.. Ware before
he left?" Hicks shook his head. did
he speak of Miss Malroy?" Hicks
shook his head. did you see her dur.
ing the afternoon"
"No-maybe you think these mig.
gers amt enoukh to keep a man stir.
ring?" said Hicks uneasily and with
a scowl. The Judge noticed both the
uneasiness and the scoWl.
81 should imagine they would alb
sorb every moment of your time, Mr.
Hicks he agreed affaby.
IA mans got to be a hog for work
to hold a job like nine" said Hicks
sourly.
But it came to your notice that
Miss Malroy has been in disturbed
mental state ever since Mr.. Norton's
murder? | am interested in this point
Mr.. Hicks, because your experience is
so entirely at variance with my OWL
1t was my privilege to see and speak
with her yesterday afternoon; l was
profoundly impressed by her natural
ness and composure." The judge
smiled, then he leaned forward across
the desk. What were you doing ul
here early this morning-hasn't hog
for work like you got any business Of
his own at that hour?" The judges
tone was suddenly offensive.
Look here, what right have you go1
to try and pump me?" cried Hicks.
For no discernible reason Mr.. Cav
endish spat on his palms.
"Mr. Hicks" said the judge, urbanf
and gracious, 81 believe in frank
ness"
Sure" agreed Hicks, Modified by
the judges altered tone
Therefore do not hesitate to say
that | consider you damned scoun
drel!" concluded the judge
Mr.. Cavendish, accepting the judges
ultimatum as something which must
debar Hicks from all further consider
alton, an dbeing, as he was. exceed
ingly active and energetic by nature
lif one passed over the various forms
of gainful industry, uttered a loud
whoop and threw himself on the over
seer. There was a brief struggle and
Hicks went down with the Earl Of
Lambeth astride of him; then from
his bootleg that knightly soul flashed
a horn-handled ticker of formidable
dimensions.
(To be Continued.)
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-01-31
iowa WOMAN
WELL AGAIN
Freed From Shooting Pains,
Spinal Weakness, Dizziness,
by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Ottumwa, Iowa. -"For years I was
almost constant sufferer from female

trouble in all its
dreadful forms /;
shooting pains all
over my body, sick
h headache, spinal
weakness, dizziness,
depression, and
everything that was
horrid. I tried many
doctors in different
parts of the United
States, but Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vepeta-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-01-31
While waiting for something to turn
up it were better to get the ploW
ready for turning something up.

The psychologists tell us that we
have five senses, and yet some folks
act as if they had none.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-08-09

Dallas is going to pull of a genu-
ins aviation meet August Il, Is and
l6, with daily aeroplane flights by
the daring and successful aviators,
Savidge Bros. This will be the first
exhibit of aeroplane flying in the
Rosebud country, and is expected to
be an immense drawing card.
The contract made with the aviators
by Dallas business men provides that
satisfactory flights must be given or
no pay. The Savidge Bros. held
meets at Norfolk, Ainsworth and
other Nebraska points, and gave fine
exhibitions.
In connection with the aviation
meet there will be a three days base.
ball carnival. The Dallas team will
play all three days, with Burke the
first day, Colome the second day, and
the Omaha Luxus on the third day.
The aeroplane flights will follow
the baseball game each day, and one
admission--50 ,cents-will pay for
both attractions.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-08-09
THE MELLETTE COUNTY PIONEER
Published Weekly By B. K. COLE


Entered rs second class mail matter NJ
Wood. :. d.. March %. 1919, under act OF
March ). 1879.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-08-09

Sunday morning a strong wind
with a twist to its tail came along, and
finding the big grandstand in its way,
deliberately spread it around on the
prairie, breaking up the lumber to a
considerable extent.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-08-09

Al FLIGHTS take place. at the Baseball Park and the machinsw viii b. on exhibition there. Bias
called at 3 D. m sharp The flight will Immediately follow tes game. One admission pays for bot
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-05

they were taught one of the most i'm
portant things In orse-breaking
namely, to stand tied when hitched.
This one quality Is about half OF
the education of horse, and without
1t no horse is properly broken
When old enough to eat solid food,
they we're fed each day, and later on
turned out to pasture, but still were
given some extra feed and their
mothers milk until ready to wean,
when they were put out in a good
grazing field.
The dams were we'll fed, and regu-
larly worked at least eleven months
out of the twelve, if the weather per-
mitted. They kept in good working
order, did good work all the year
round, and four out of five raised a
thrifty colt.
Never let colt grow to any age
and size without halter-breaking him.
Hundreds of valuable young horses
are much injured in disposition by
letting them run until they are from
two to three years of age, and then
for the first time cornered in a stall
by several farm hands, which may be
frolic to the latter. but quite the
contrary to the former.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-05
IRRIGATION IS NOTHING NEW
In Ancient Babylonia There Has Been
Discovered System Larger Than
Any In This Country.

A great many believe that irriga-
ton on large scale is a comparative
ly new project Many also imagine
that before the United States authori-
ties began to reclaim great tracts of
western lands, 1t was an unheard of
proposition. But you didn't know. did
you, that out in Babylonia. ancient
Babylonia, mind you, there has been
discovered a system Of irrigation said
to be larger than anything attempted
In that line in this country or any
where else? OF course it is now moth
ing but waste lands, swamps, etc.
but In it's day It was something to be
wondered at.
In that part of Babylonia known as
fraq Ell Arabia, the great plains were
covered with a network of canals
which carried agricultural prosperity
to all parts of the country The neg
lect of these has so changed the condi-
lions of the country that instead of a
fertility that was once the wonder of
the ancient world. cherries waste
now presents itself. Some months of
the year the country is practically
covered with swamps and marshes,
while the remaining portion is des-
plate plain.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-05
THE EARTH'S LOWEST SPOT
From His Tent in Death Valley Miner
Sees Highest Peak in the
World.

"I can walk a half dozen miles from
my tent at Windgate Pass and step
into the lowest depression in the earth
in the world, and standing there l can
see the highest mountain peak in the
United States. The depression is
Death Valley in Inyo and San Bernar.
nardino counties. the peak Mount
Whitney, 1902 feet In height, in
Tulare county. all in this great big
state of ours"
The speaker was F. M. Myrick, old
prospector. old miner, all-around good
fellow and a most pleasing talker. who
is in Los Angeles from his mining
property in San Bernardino county.
Il have mined for the precious
metals in Colorado, in Utah. in Cali
fornia,' he continued. 81 have mined
for the baser metals In the way OF
copper. and now | am mining for
bloodstone and | have demonstrated
that I find 1t because ship my prod
uct to Los Angeles to the Southwest
Turquoise company, and | have Just
brought in with me, or rather had 1t
shipped in by express. 172 pounds of
this mineral.
"Bloodstone is of the mineral hello
trope and it is not widely distributed
throughout the world. 1t is found in
the basaltic rocks of the Isle OF Rum
in the west of Scotland, and in but few
other localities, the find in the local
ity where | am mining being one OF
4
as in the Scottish isle Haematite, or
native peroxide Of iron. is found In
many places and is called bloodstone
but it is not the real stone"-Los An.
geles Express.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-05
= 80, :. y - r :
OF MUCH VALUE
Chief of Investigations of Department
of Agriculture Says It, Builds
Up Commemorative.

Samuel Fortier, chief of irrigation
Investigations of the U. s. Department
of Agriculture, speaking before the IT.
rigation Congress. at Chicago, declar~
ed that If the cost of irrigation works
was to be reckoned in the millions, the
value created by the water which
these works had furnished was to be
reckoned in billions.
Unlike mining which has unearthed
countless millions by the toll of the
many, but has allowed nearly all this
vast wealth to pass Into the hands of
the few, leaving the original toiler
stranded and helpless, irrigation builds
up enduring commemorative by estab-
fishing homes on the land and by fcs-
tering a high order of citizenship,
good institutions. and a stable govern
ment," he said.
Mr.. Fortier asserted that the prob
lem now was to show the farmer on
irrigated land how to secure increased
yields.
THE farmers are not getting any
thing like the greatest possible re-
turns from their irrigated farms" he
continued. 'At our demonstration
farms a seasons yield of eight or ten
tons of either red clover or alfalfa Is
readily obtained It is, therefore, dis
concerning to find that the average
yield Of irrigated alfalfa in some parts
of the west, as obtained by the census
in 1911, was only 1926 tons per acre"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-05
ANTI-SKID CHAINS VALUABLE
Makers of Horse Accessories Learn
Excellent Lesson from Automobile
Manufacturers.


When ice forms on the streets and
motor car owners get out their chains
in order to travel in safety, it's a
poor time for the horses. They slip
around, and If they don't fall down
on their way to the blacksmith shop
to be SHARP shod" they're in luck.
The sharp calks the blacksmith puts
on soon wear off, however, and then
the horse is In as bad shape as ever.
That is, unless his owner chances to
have bought him a set of anti-skidding
chains.
For the makers of harness and
horse accessories have learned from
the motorist, and today chains are
made to fit horses hoofs, clad in
which they can safely traverse the
most slippery hill.
The anti-skid attachments are very
simple, consisting of a stout strap,
bit of rope and two strong chains that
go under the horses hoof and take
firm hold on the Icy surface.
Several hundred of these horse
chains" have been sold this winter,
though it costs 81 to ft horse out.
For all four Of the animals feet must
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-05

In November and sometimes earlier
the herring return after short inter
val, and then, being valuable as food
are caught. The fish caught at bay OF
Islands are the bank or Labrador her
ring OF the finest quality They are
caught mainly in the Humber sound
but often up the Humber river for a
considerable distance. Nets are used
OF "a and inches mesh. During the
period when the bay is frozen the her
ring are taken in nets put down holes
and drains cut through the ice. Ere
quently two men may catch as much
as eight barrels in a day. The meth
cd at Bonne bay is the same, though
carried on in smaller scale.
Herring are variously treated after
purchase by the Gloucester interests
Some are frozen, others are picked,
or placed in salt, while still others are
smoked. From Gloucester they are
shipped in large quantities to the Bos-
ton and New York markets. The fish.
ing smacks which make the trip for
cargoes are usually the small two
masted type of vessel, manned by
crew of eight men, and capable of re
turning with from 1.400 to 1000 bar
rels of fish. With good luck, which
means favorable weather, a schooner
can make two or sometimes three
trips during the winter season, afford
ing profitable employment for fisher
men who otherwise would have little
to do until warmer weather The
whole herring fleet of Gloucester will
probably number about 40 boats Last
year the entire fleet brought home
$1,000 barrels of salt bulk herring
those which are in the ships hold
without being packed in barrels
5000 barrels of picked herring and
1900 barrels Of the frozen fish. max
ing II cargoes in all
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-05
USE OF BURLAP ON LATERAL
May Be Used to Advantage in Case
Embankment Slips Out, Causing
Any Kind of Break.
CBy r. L. PARSTIALL. Colorado Agri-
cultural College.)

(By r. l. PARSHALL. Colorado Agri-
cultural College)
A newly made lateral, with loose
earth embankment on the lower side,
is very easily damaged should the
water be turned out over the soft
banks successfully. Water may be di-
verified over these loose earth embank.
ments if piece of burlap or canvas
is made fast to one end on the in
side of the lateral and the other end
let fall outside. This will tend TO pro-
tect the banks, and. as the water is
flowing out. its weight will hold the
burlap in place.
If your lateral seems to be cut bad
ly in the bottom at any place. you
may be able greatly to reduce this by
taking burlap and lining the bottom
and sides. The burlap can best be
held in place by several slender stakes
driven in the bottom and sides of the
lateral.
If your embaRkment slips out, aaus-
ing break, this may be successfully
closed by using small burlap sacks
filed with earth and laid in such man.
ner as TO stop the flow of the water.
If there is not too much water flow.
ing. the break may be stopped, it not
being necessary to turn the water out
of the lateral for repairs
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-05
LIVE STOCK|
- saN1

Teach the colt to draw loads by de
grees.
Gentleness pays best with the colt
| or horse.
1t is dangerous to feed millet to the
brood mare.
Wet the hay and not the oats for a
coughing horse.
Always approach a strange horse
at the shoulder.
Stop at the top of the hill and let
your horse get breath.
Use few words with a horse. but
have them understood.
A draft horse should have large
chest and square shoulders.
There is nc better place to fit colt
for market than on the farm.
A horse that is trained without
blinds is usually the safer horse.
Match horses with reference to size
and motion particularly, to color If
you can.
If you find 1t necessary to change
the horses feed cut the amount down
for a time.
Be careful about feeding horses In
clined to heayes, too much hay, or hay
that is dusty.
Great care should be used in wa
tering the horses. A little and often
is the best way.
One of the chief advantages of feed
Ing live stock on the farm is the main
tenance Of soil fertility.
The shoe should fit the foot. Don't
let the blacksmith cut the bars or
frogs to make the foot fit the shoe.
Satisfactory results were obtained
asst year at the Kansas Agricultural
sollege from tho use Of Kafr a. Stage.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-05
10 illuminate Elowers.

The Tungsten filament has made
possible new and artistic electric Ia.
Bile lighting effects without the neces.
sity of running wire up under the
table or dropping them from the cell
ing to provide current. Instead.
the new table pieces are self con.
tanned. being provided with single
storage cell capable of supplying cur.
rent for three Tungsten lamps
The flowers are held In position by
glass disk provided with perfora-
lions through which the stems are in
serted. The Illumination passing
through the glass and water and diff.
fusing itself around the flowers and
leaves produces beautiful effect
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-05

good way to use loose salt is to con.
struct a box, as shown In the illus.
tration, which is partially filed with
salt, says the Homestead. The hole
should be large enough that the ami
nal can put its nose into it and lift
the lid up. The cattle will examine
the box, and smelling the salt through
the half-moon shaped hole, put their
noses in and lift the lid up. AS soon
as they are through licking, the lid
will drop down and protect the salt
from dirt and dust, and from rain, ii
the box is placed in pasture.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-05
sILAGE is GOOD FOR SHEEP
WIN Be Found Most Beneficial Feed
for Animals During Long Winter
Season for Feeding.
(By ]. C. coURTER.)

10y j. Z. COURTER.)
There has been great difference OF
opinion concerning the value Of silage
as a sheep feed. In our opinion sill
age Is good and safe feed for old and
young sheep If it is free from mold,
and II 1t Is fed carefully. Moreover,
the central western farmer will find
silage a most beneficial food to tone
up the digestive tract of his sheep
throughout the long winter season for
feeding. Silage acts through the win
ter much the same as grass does
through the summer, keeping a bloom
and a thrift on the sheep that is hard
to equal without 1t.
Lambs which are being fattened for
market need less silage than the older
ewes, and particular pains must be
taken to keep only fresh, sweet silage
for them. Cattle feeders find good
sound silage very excellent fatten-
ing feed in itself, but sheep will not
handle as much straight silage as cat
tie.
Lambs being fed for the market
should be slowly started on silage, Civ
ing them only taste during the first
week. Gradually then for three more
weeks the quantity should be in
creased until they are getting all they
Will eat up nearly clean
All these rules can be changed
somewhat, Of course, yet they will
serve as reliable, practical guide,
for they are the result of experience.
However, any farmer feeding silage
should remember:
1. Never feed moldy silage.
2. Never feed silage for long
time that is noticeably sour.
8. Never start in heavily at first.
4. Never feed silage heavy In the
grain one day and silage light in the
grain the next.
5. Never allow silage to lay in the
troughs from one feeding time to the
other.
6. Never feed silage that is notice
ably frosted.
7. Never leave the salt box empty
8. Always watch the appetites of
the sheep. and if they seem tired Of
silage cut down on the ration until
they grow eager for more.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-05

Overlooking the calf is Just as
dangerous a practice as underfeeding.
Raising the heifer calves is one of
the dairy farmers most important
tasks.
The milk scale and the Babcock
test must have place in every sue
cessful dairy
The silo is the best policy to pro
tect the dairy farmer against scare
ity of feed
OF flayors in milk. cream and but
ter are usually due to some mistake
in handling the raw product.
In the feeding of calves there is
a splendid opportunity for man to
exercise patience and kindness.
Wheat bran is a good dairy feed,
and generally speaking it is a good
supplement to other grain feeds.
To the dairyman who would con-
duct his work on a business basis
the Babcock test is indispensable.
We may look at the silage ques-
ton from any angle, we are forced to
accept It as the cheapest food known
for stock.
Very many unruly cows would lose
this unhappy trait If they were well
supplied with what their instinct and
appetite craved.
One thing should be kept in mind
by dairymen is that clean pure milk
cannot be produced on a dirty. liz
kent dairy farm.
The pedigree is not voucher as
to the excellence of the animal, but
simply makes it possible to trace that
ancestry.
Many of the catastrophes that are
by the herd bull are not
accidents, but rather the result Of per
iistent carelessness.
Better feed the COW a little more
han she will consume each time to
make sure you are operating your
actory at full capacity.
The dairy cows must be kept com
ortable if the best results are to be
btained. High priced feeds are very'
Expensive fuel to maintain animal
eat.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-05
Trade In Horses.

A. B. Afford, transfer man OF Phil
adelphia, states that with statistics
showing larger number OF horses In
the United States than ever before, 1t
Is harder to get hold OF good draft
animal, at a fair price, than 1t was 10
years ago. when he could buy all he
wanted for from 500 to s125, and to-
day he cannot get horses of the same
kind for 5000 OF $3.50.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-05
BREAKING A WEAVING COLT
Half of Education of Horse Is In Get
ting Him Used to Stand Tied
When Hitched.
(Hv r M. BELL. Virginia,

A New York horse dealer came to
Virginia twenty-odd years ago and
bought farm for the purpose Of
raising colts in addition to small farm
ing. His method of handling colts is
worthy of imitation.
At thirty-six hours of age the colts
were battered and left in the stalls
one to stall, of course, as their dams
slept there at night.
Very soon the colts were perfectly
halter-broken (long before they were
weaned) and in being halter broken,
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-05
Regular Hours for Eeedino.

Have regular hours for feeding your
a arrangement of the digestive organs
and this means impaired health and
fewer eggs.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-05
Dry Bed Appreciated.

Keep plenty OF bright straw under
the live stock. 1t will do more good
there than standing in the fields rot
ting. A warm, dry bed for a horse,
pow or hog is appreciated these days
and the manure makes grand mulch
Tor the garden
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-05
SALT NECESSARY FOR CATTLE
Can Always Be Available for Animals
by Use of Small Box With Moon
Shaped Hole.

The best way of sailing cattle is to
have it always available so that they
may go to it at pleasure. This can
be accomplished by having brick OF
salt tackled up under the shed where
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-05
Diamonds on keener.

Whether the pure-bred herd viii pay
Or not depends very largely upon the
keeper. One thing is absolutely GER
tain, If man win give the cows half
chance profits will be his.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-05
Cost of IRRIGATION.

It is estiated that it costs from
$40 to $40 an acre to irrigate in some
sections.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-05
Eaypt Needs WindmlIIs.

Egypt needs American windmills
for its irrigation enterprises.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-05
Careful.

rs your new chauffeur a careful
driver?"
Very. He never hits any one who
10 likely to get up and hit back
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-05

be shod with the anti-skid chains II
they are to be of any effect Then
the faithful beast can give the black
smith the horse laugh, and stand IN
slippery places without his aid.