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Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-15

The two grains, Indian corn and KAT
hr corn, are almost identical in chem
ical composition. In the table aver
age analyses are shown of seven sam
pies OF Kaffr corn obtained during
the past season from different parts of
Oklahoma and adjoining states. A
glance at this table shows that Kaffr
corn Is superior in protein. the most
important constituent Of food: and
when this Is considered with the other
ingredients one might be led to CON-
clude that II is more valuable feed
than cora. However. digestive experi-
ments seem to demonstrate that il is
not quite equal to corn as a food for
animals. This may be explained as he
ing due to the size Of the grains, which
when fed whole are not masticated
thoroughly and a more or less yaria-
BILE percentage passes through The al
sestive system without being acted
upon A series of experiments has
demonstrated that If the grain ;s
ground before being fed, a much larger
proportion is digested. Corn Yields it's
fat as an oil. while the fat extracted
from Kaffir corn is a solid, melting
at about 11o degrees. This fat has
a pleasant nutlike taste and odor which
indicates that food similar to pea
nut butter NAV he pooda fro,, "a
For a time Kaffir corn was not plant
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-15

didate securing the second largest
vote.
The third capital prize, a 100000
building lot, will be awarded the can
didate securing the third largest vote.
Then, eliminating the automobile
and building lot winners, the field the
Press covers divides into five districts,
1, 2, 3, and 5. There are two prizes
for each; the first 4 $4,000 furniture
order, and the second a $4,000 furni-
ture order, to be given the candidates
in each district securing the first and
second largest vote.
District Boundarfes-Prizcs
First Capital Prize at Large
Studebaker Touring Car, $4,000.
Second Capital Prize at Large
Building Lot, $4,000.
Third Capital Prize at Large
Building Lot, 100000.
Supervisoral District l.
The Prizes:
First, Furniture Order, $4,000.
Second, Furniture Order. $1,000.
District !.
Supervisoral District .
The Prizes;
First, Furniture Order, $4,000.
Second. Furniture Order, $4,000
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-15
EUGENE McCLARREN

EUGENE McCLARREN
All kinds of building plans drawn
with Specifications.
ROOM 8, Ell CENTRO BANK BLDG
Ell CENTRIC, CAL.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-15

values of haffr Corn
Dr. c. X. Francis, chemist, Okla ahoma
agricultural experiment station, writes
as follows for Oklahoma Farmer:
Kaffir corn, a species of sorghum
named after the Kaffrs of South
Africa, was introduced to this coun-
try by the United States departmen
of agriculture about 1885, and within
a few years became an important crop
A native of semi-tropical Africa, the
plant has been found capable of with
standing long dry spells and hot winds
to remarkable degree. The amount
planted increases every year, and in
the cattle states it is solving the feed
problem, especially where cured as en-
duces a meal which is equal to corn
m cal, and it is also used in the prep
aration of breakfast foods.
Kaffr corn furnishes a suitable raw
material for the manufacturer of de-
natured or industrial alcohol. At 81
cents a bushel for the grain it would
cost about 20 cents to make one gal
Ion of the alcohol. 1t will pop, and
in this form serves as a good material
for candy popcorn bars.
If very dry conditions exist at the
time when ordinary corn is in tassel
the pollen and silk will shriveI, with
the result that the seed is not fertil-
lied, and no grain is produced, no
matter how favorable the conditions
may be later. This is not true of KAT
fir corn, for the plant has great vital
ity and possesses characteristics which
are especially favorable for the pro
ductlon of seed. 1t may remain sta
tionary with curled leaves for davs
and even weeks, but after favorable
rain RECEIVERS rapidly and produces a
good crop of grain and fodder. The
reasons for this are that the plant Is
not as tall as corn; its nodes are
shorter and the leaves closer together,
SO tnat there is not as much surface
exposed for evaporation, and in this
way the moisture is conserved. The
kernels or seeds are borne at the to2
of the plant in an elongated head,
bringing the flowers close together.
thus making conditions favorable for
fertilization
kaftir corn is one of the most i'm,
portant crops grown in the southwest
ern states. Even in poor years Yields
of from Is to 80 bushels to the acre
are common. Last season when the
corn crop was a total failure in the
dry districts, Kaffir corn yielded on the
Oklahoma experiment station farm
as much as 76 bushels per acre. and
the entire crop averaged So bushels
For the season 1911-12 the grain easily
sold for an average of more than
% cents per bushel which makes il
valuable crop, even at yield Of
only 20 bushels TO the acre.
Composition of Kaffr corn and In
dian corn
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-15

than Milo. but will stand up to M
trouble than the latter plant.
NaIues of kuf6r Corn
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-15

Supervisoral District s.
The Prizes:
First, Furniture Order, $4,000
Second, Furniture Order, $4,000
District 4
Supervisoral District A.
The Prizes:
First, Furniture Order, $4,000
Second, Furniture Order, $4,000
District 5
Supervisoral District s.
The Prizes:
First, Furniture Order, 10000
Second, Furniture Order, $4,000.
No Losers
Ten per cent cash commission will
be paid on all new subscription bust
ness turned in during the campaign
to those candidates who fail to win
a prize, providing they remain active
until it's end, December 21st.
Rules of Awarding
Each candidate is limited to winnins
one prize.
In case of a tie, the value of the
prize will be equally divided among
those polling a tie vote.
Write for an announcement contain
ing the full detailed particulars of tbs
Press Circulation Campaign.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-15
Numerous experiments go to show
that Milo has nearly the feeding value

Numerous experiments go to show
that Milo has nearly the feeding value
of corn; Kaffir corn nine-tenths that
of the king cereal, and although ex-
perimental data is somewhat meager
we would place the other grain sor-
ghums in the same class with Kaffir
The canes drop to seven-tenths the
value of corn. Like corn itself, all
sorghum grain is short on protein, and
in order TO be fed TO the best ad-
vantage should be balanced with some
thing like alfalfa or the other clovers.
Last winter 1 ground my grain sor-
ghums and made a slop of it, then
balanced with blood meal. This made
fine ration and it kept the hogs in
good condition. Unlike corn, all these
grains will have to be either ground
in the head or threshed and then
ground as a grain.
HilQ lndl So ldl dS nus
goes the whole grain will give no end
of trouble and still put on little fat.
Sometimes, however, Kaffier or Milo is
fed in the head to work horses and
with good results. In rare cases cane
has been fed to hogs while yet in the
stalk. but that was back in the days
when hogs were worth only 5 cents
pound and cane % cents a bushel.
One farmer feeding cane thus fed out
ished with corn. The grain sorghums
make good work horse feed when fed
alone, but of cane 1 know little. How
ever, do know of one farmer here in
Southwestern Nebraska who mixed one
part of cane seed with two parts of
corn ground together and he said his
horses were in better condition than
when on corn alone.
Although there is little difference III
the digestible nutrients of sorghum
and Kaffr, yet in actual practice-that
is in the dryer parts of the West
there is a vast difference. Many farm
ers are loud in Kaffir's praise as a
milk producer, and oftentimes place
it ahead of cane, millet and alfalfa.
Again, many prefer it as roughness
for work horses to cane or anything
else if they can have no grain. Kaffir
is the only grain sorghum that pro
duces a passable forage along with a.
bumper grain crop. The other grain
sorghums, 50 far as l am aware, run
to pithy stalks and a small leaf area.
but this objection might be overcome
in the silo. In a few years it may be
possible to grow a selected Kaffir
wherever the earliest Milos will ma
ture
For those living at the higher alti-
tudes where the seasons are too short
for either Milo or Kaffr and who need
grain sorghum, I doubt if anything
could be found up to the present time
that Will outclass white durra, which
is an evolution of the old time Je-
rusalem corn. This variety is about
two weeks earlier than Milo, and here
in Southw estern Nebraska ripens al
most with the earliest canes. This
particular variety yields somewhat less
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-15
SECRET SOCIETIES

YUMA LODGE NO. 476, Benevolent
and Protective Order Of Elks. meets
every "Wednesday evening at Elks'
Hail. Visiting brothers are heartily wei
cons Meeting hours o'clock w c.
Pryor Exalted Ruler. c. A LIVING
STON. Secretary.
J. CENTRO LODGE NO. 397, LO.O.F.
Meets every Wednesday, night in Ma
sonic hall. Opera House block Vis-
ttors most cordially welcomed. j. l..
TRAVERS. ~ q r. ~ SHERMAN SEC
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VALUE Of KAFFIR CORN
md RELATED GRAINS
6ROWN IN CALIFORNIA

Saci6c Rural Press: Californians
xc- growing sorghums for grain and
sirzge in very large amount, and in
EEuy places in our interior valleys
~s.re heat and long frostIess sea
seA allow the plant to make maximum
sssash. and in fact several growths
N succession for forage purposes.
AU the varieties popular elsewhere
EzES be found somewhere in Califor-
H.E- and all information which is cor
gesS about sorghum anywhere is in
ssrsSsing here. For this reason we
SENATE several things which have To-
Sal Pertinence.
SsceraT Facts About Growing and
Using
ne md in the Denver Field and
Y4rE some statements credited to {.
fss1es-
Tae farmer who plants but small
fage1 of sorghum, whether cane, milo
2AtEr, or what not, gives but little
tsaughI to its real worth. since most
IF z goes to chickens anyway, and
100 often they do not count 1t is the
tslg0w who has out large field Of
2hs grain-Milo, Kaffir, Jerusalem
atsI, brown durra, or cane-who is
interested in their feeding value as
1EzzzFared with our good old friend
zszG- So far as palatability goes, the
Ez-4sa orghums-excepting brown dur
nx-zre the equal of corn, but the
1&R4s, excepting white amber. are in a
EzKss Of their own, so much so that
E1r< and horses would rather have
s<Ee other grain.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-15
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
PHYSICIANS

Or. VIRGIL MccoMsS
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Ell CENTRIC CALIFORNIA
Office, Opera House block; residence. 9Th
AMI Olive SITS. Office hours. to 5 o. m.
Forenoons. evenings and Sundays at res
'Gence- Office phone. Main 6: residence
phone. Main IS
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-05
PROCLAMATION,

Whereas, Petitions signed by the requisite
number of voters and praying for the initiation
of four certain measures to be hereinafter more
particularly described have been duly and regu-
farly filed in the Office of the secretary of state
constitution of the state Of Montana; and
Whereas, The governor OF the state Is required
by law to issue this proclamation announcing
Now, Therefore, l, Edwin L.. Norris, as gov
ernor Of the state of Montana, do hereby pro-
claim the filing of such petitions for the submits
sion to the voters of the state of Montana for
their approval or rejection, at the regular cleo
ton to be held on the fifth day of November, A.
D. 1912, of the four following measures:
"A law to provide for party nominations by
direct vote"
tive assembly to vote for and elect the candidates
selected by the people for United States senator
from Montana"
"A law to provide for the expression by the
ence for party candidates for president and vice
president of the United States, the election of
delegates to presidential conventions and the
nomination Of presidential electors by direct
vote"
"a law to limit candidates election expenses;
to define, prevent and punish corrupt and illegal
practices in nominations and elections; to secure
and protect the purity Of the ballot; to provide
provide the manner of conducting contests fol
| nominations and elections in certain cases"
| In Witness Whereof l have hereuntO set my
~---- hand and caused the Grea1
G. eSs s Sea- So Seal Be OF a tss State OF h0nt'n'
of Montana Done at Helena, the Capital
--,--- this, the twenty.fourth day O.
| April, in the year of Lord one thousand nint
hundred and twelve. EDWIN l.. NORRIS,
| By the Governor:
T. NJ. SwINDLEHURsT,
First publication May p, 1912.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-05
Affecting Glacier Park.

WASHINGTON, May 27.-On motion
of Representative Pray the house pub
lie lands committee today favorably
reported the Pray bill placing Glacier
National park under the exclusive
jurisdiction Of the United States and
extending United States laws to the
park. The bill directs the United
States district court in Montana to
appoint a commissioner to reside in
and to enforce the laws and regula-
tions governing the park, the commits.
sioner to receive s $1,000, and to appoint
deputy marshals to reside in the park
and serve under him. The bill appro-
PIRATES $40, 600 for the erection Of q
building In the park to accommod ate
the commissioner, and of other Offices
and a Jail.
Service in the park of any civil or
criminal process of any court having
Jurisdiction in Montana Is provided
for. Killing of game IN the park il
prohibited. The secretary of the in
terror is given authority to make regu
lations governing the park.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-05
friends, hundreds of miles away. but
Geo them mite distinct1v "a we'll.

friends, hundreds of miles away. but
see them quite distinctly as we'll.
Electricity travels at nearly the same
speed az light, 1876. 900 miles q second.
and it is planned to change the light
vibrations into electrical vibrations,
send them ove the wire, and then
change them back into light vibra-
tions, which will be visible to the
naked eye. This ts exactly what oc-
ours in q telephone in q much simpler
way. The sound waves are changed
into electric waves, these electric
waves are flashed over q wire and the
receiver changes them back again into
sound waves with the aid of a delicate
magnet and q metal disk.
Prof. Rosing, Of the chronological
Institute Of St. Petersburg, has al
ready accomplished much in sending
rays of light over q wire with the
assistance of electricity The Rosing
apparatus Ia as yet in its infancy, but
very small objects can be seen with il
and it Is only reasonable to suppose
that within q short time We will be
able to see a person while speaking
TO him yer the telephone.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-05
Notice Of Sale of Real Estate.

In the district court of the Twelfth judicial dis
trict of the State Of Montana, in and for the
county of Chouteau.
In the matter of the estate of George Hoffman,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of an
order of the said district court. made on the SSd
day of May, 1912, in the mater of the estate OF
said George Hoffman, deceased, the undersigned
administrator of said estate will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder for cash, and sub
iect to confirmation by said district court, on
SATURDAY., the 18th day OF June, 1912. at 2 O'Clock
D. M, at the residence on the hereinafter de.
scribed land, all of the right, title, interest and
| estate of the said Gerge Hoffman, at the time OF
his death, and all the right, title and interest
that the said estate has. by operation OF law or
| otherwise, acquired other than or in addition to
that of the said George Hoffman, at the time OF
| his death, in and to those certain lots, pieces or
| parcels of land, situate, lying and being In the
county of Chouteau, state of Montana, described
as follows, towit:
Lot numbered seven 90, ard the northwest
quarter of the southwest quarter, and the south
half of the southwest quarter of section twenty
Ave (25), township twenty four north OF range
thirteen (l3) east, and that at said time and place
the undersigned will also sell four hundred (4oo
Terms and conditions of sale: Cash at the
time of sale, to be paid to the auctloneer on tn
day of sale. Deed at the expense OF purchaser
Dated this 23d day of May, 1912.
w. .. DEXTER,
Administrator of the estate of George HOFFMAN
First publication May 20, 1912.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-05
Sheriff's Sale.

In the district conrt of the Twelfth judicial
district of the state of Montana, in and for the
county of Chouteau.
Edward Reichelt, plaintiff. vs.. lob V~alleaux,
Lorraine Valleaux, his wife. &. Lockwood and
Reginald 0. Buck, defendants. b.
June, 1912, at 2 O'Clock p. m, at front entrance
to county court house, Fort Benton, In the SAID
county of Chouteau, state OF Montana, the fol-
lowing described property:
An undivided one fifth interest OF, In and 70
the northwest quarter of section twenty six Coy;
the south. halt of the northeast quarter, me
north half Of the southeast quarter and the west
half of the northwest quarter of section twenty
seven (27); the east half of the northeast quarter
of section twenty eight (2S), and the northwest
quarter of the southeast quarter OF section
twenty-eix( 26), all in township % north range
5 east. Also an undivided one-hfth interest OF,
in and to lots FIVE %, PIX to1 (s), n, seven of 49, 81: ap Sftt the
u5), of the original towneite of Fort Benton,
Montana. Also the full title OF, In and to 15u
feet of the southwesterly end of lot two G), In
/ block one a., of the unincorporated town o.
Montana, described as follows:, Beginning al
the northwesterly corner of said lot two at the
street corner of the intersection of Second stree
and First avenue, thence eoutheasterly Ia
feet, thence northeasterly $50 feet, thence
northwesterly 1O feet, thence southwest
ing! to the Plat Of the townsite 81 said town o.
Carter, on file and of record in the office OF tn
county clerk and recorder of said county o.
Chouteau, together with all and singular tn
tenements, here 1itaments and appurtenances
thereunto belonging or in any wise appertalnlng
Dated this slst day Of a N.Y. BA1 =, X; lgi' sheriff.
By CHAs. CRAWFORD, Under Sheriff:
Stranahan Il Stranahan, attorneys for plalntlf
First publication May %, 1912.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-05
Offers Compromise Tariff Bill.

WASHINGTON, May 2S.-A compro-
mise tariff plan designed to graduate
reductions OF duties and designed ''to
avoid impairing any American indus
try' was offered today by Senator
Newlands as an amendment to the
house steel bill.
1t proposes q ten per cent reduction
on Jan. l from certain duties and q
futher reduction of five per cent on
Jan. / of each year for four years
thereafter until the total reduction of
thirty per cent shall have been made
A non-partisan tariff commission OF
five members appointed by the presi
dent would determine to what products
the Reductions should apply.
Setator Newlands said today tina
his purpose was not to indorse tn
protection principle, but to recogniz
that protective duties had stimuli ate
industries which must suffer by an,
radical change.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-05
KEEP AN EYE ON BRYAN.

William J. Bryan Is growing rest
i've. The old ambition to run for the
presidency is stirring In his blood
and there are signs that he Is going
to get into the fight on his W behalf,
If he has not done so already. With
the increasing strife in the republican
ranks the Nebraskan probably feels
that there 10 a better chance for demo-
cratic victory this year than ever be-
fore within his time, and consequently
this is the year of golden opportunity
for him. The reports from Washing
ton have it that there Is strong "de-
mand" for Bryan, and this "demand'
is being carefully nursed by the Ne
braskan's friends.
1t would not be at all surprising 1t
the editor of the Commoner should
shy his own sombrero into the ring.
Thus far it is any body's fight 10 the
democratic field, and there Is a pros.
pect that Bryan may fit In nicely as
q "compromise" candidate at Balti.
more. 1t has been predicted from the
start that he would be ready with q
''cross of gold" speech to stampede
the convention to him at the psyche
logical moment, If such a moment
should come. Nobody knows better
than Bry an the fckleness of the crowd.
No doubt he could fix up an Grafton
that would carry the deleg ates of
their feet.
Champ Clark has made q wonder
full campaign for the nomination. 10
q quiet and digniied way be has taken
the delegates of state after state
While attending to his official bust
ness in W ashington he has directed
a campaign Of exceptional force. Iu
the remote event Of Roosevelt's nOmi'
nation or some kind of 'compromise'
in the republican convention the Pike
county man would have an excellen'
chance of victory in November. CLARK
is undou btedly the strongest demo
cratic candid ate now in the field.
But the democrats must expect tt
reckon with Bryan before the nomine'
ia named at Baltimore. If the pros
pect appears sufficiently good for
democratic victory Bryan will wall
into the convention cooked and primet
with q speech intended to thrill tn
assemblage aud start a stampede. /
would grieve the old political dictate
to the very soul to have Clark o
Wilson or Harmon make q winnin
race for the presidency in the one yes
when he himself might salve his mar
defeats with a triumphant fourth ba
tle.-Kansas City Journal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-05
NEW FARMING

Farming with dynamite, says a writ
err in the Strand, has grasped the
United States and is spreading
throughout Canada and Mexico like q
prairie fire. The farmers who have
tried it swear by it, and are upheld by
the leading authorities in agricultural
science. 1t seems a strange way OF
making the ground bring forth its pro-
duce In plenty, but there is no getting
away from the fact that 1t acts.
The explosive force OF dynamite
when it is fired is exerted for the most
part downward. If a pound OF this
explosive is laid upon the ground and
detonated it will tear q big hole or
the spot where it q lying. In ever!
case gone off unexpectedly, a huge pi
il dug. Consequently, when dynamic
cartridges are sunk into the soil an'
the hole above the stick is filled wit
rammed earth or "tamped" as 1t
called, so that the shot cannot blo'
out harmlessly, the force OF the explo
sion il exerted downwards, disinte
grating the earth in all directions t.
a depth of five or six feet, the case
eventually finding a vent into the al
through the ~crevice that heat has mad
through the subsoil.
When news of this method OF breal
ing up the ground first leaked out
was received with considerable d
rision among the sceptical, but Il
agricultural specialist realized tn
there was method in the lakewood
mans apparent madness. The expe
mental farmers tested the matter Il
themselves and found that there was
decided difference in q plot OF groun
one.half of which had been blast
and the other plowed in the usu
manner. When sown.with seed ire
one harvest, the blasted ground "
found to produce crops running frt
so per cent upwards in superiority a
Weld,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-05
Will We Soon See BY Wire?

Laugh, If you will, at the apparent
folly of seeing by wire, but in the
midst OF your mirth please do not
forget that our g%randfathers laughed
just as heartily when there was rumor
of talking over wires.
When it is remembered that the
voice can be reproduced by mechani.
cal a inasmuch as it is but q
series OF vibrations in the air; that
vision is but another kind of vibra-
ton in the ether, If looks as though
seeing over wires would be quite as
simple as talking over the telephone.
Time may come, and not so very far
away either, when we will pick up the
telephone and not only talk with our