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Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26

upon an understanding Of both Of
them.
For ordinary purposes the snatch
link or clevis should be fastened far
enough toward the blade end Of the
chain to follow the team at an angle
Of 45 degrees. This will cause the
earth to move along the face of the
drag smoothly and will give compare
lively light draft to the team, provided
the driver rides in the line of draft.
Sometimes, however, conditions are
met which require special treatment.
and in rolling country such condi-
lions are not infrequent. Often fiat
place several rods in length or q
seepy spot needs special attention.
The distance from the drag at which
the team is hitched affects the depth
Of the cutting. Shortening the chain
tends to lift the front slab from the
ground; a longer hitch causes the
blade to cut more deeply. The length
Of hitch may be regulated by length
ening and shortening the chain at the
end which runs through the hole in
the blade end of the drag. II small
weeds are to be cut the doubletree
should be attached rather closer to the
ditch end Of the drag. The drag VIII
now move nearly ditch end foremost,
and the driver should stand with one
foot on the extreme forward end of
the front slab. This will swing the
drag back to the proper angle and
will cause the blade to pillow.
The drag does the best work when
the soil is moist, but not sticky. The
earth then moves freely along the
faces Of the slabs. If the roadway is
very badly rutted and full of holes, it
may be well to use the drag once when
the ground is slushy. This treatment
is particularly applicable before cold
spell in winter when it is possible to
have roadway freeze smooth.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
THIS KIND OF FARMING PAYS
Ohio Farmer Raises 1853 Bushels Of
Corn Per Acre by Using Plenty
Of Manure and Good Seed.

On a recent trip through northwest
ern Ohio instructors from the College
Of Agriculture, Ohio State university,
met 9 farmer, Mr.. s. A. Luthy Of
Swanton, who said that this last year
he had raised 4,4O0 bushels Of corn on
~ acres, or nearly 1853 bushels per
acre. He did not state how this corn
was measured, says the American Cul.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
GOOD POADs
8FAPM NOTES

Single crop and grain farming must
be replaced by diversified system.
Probably the great majority of soils
Will rot be benefited by an applica-
ton Of lime.
The COW, the pig and the hen are a
great trio that can scarcely fail to
bring success.
There is only one sure way of deter
mining whether soil needs lime, and
that IL by trial.
The three essential fertilizing con-
stituents Of soils are nitrogen, phos-
phoric acid and potash.
In applying lime to soils 1t should
be remembered that not all soils are
benefited by such applications.
Do not pile manure around the barn
and do not pile it in the fields. Spread
1t as fast as 1t can be taken out.
The requirements for rhubarb are
rich soil with plenty of fertilizer,
but fertilizer not strong enough to
eat the roots.
The land that was plowed in the
fall for next years garden will work
UP better than that that must be
plowed in the spring.
The average depreciation Of farm
machinery is figured at 10 per cent.
year. A good machine shed win
cut this down materially.
Rhubarb is SO easily grown that
many fail because Of the simplicity.
Like asparagus. rhubarb has few but
very important requirements.
Hang the ladder under the caves of
the hen house; do not have it lying
on the ground In the orchard to rot
and break with some one next TALL.
The seven states, Ohio. Indiana, Mi.
nois. Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas. and
Missouri, grow annually about 1900.
900 acres Of corn. The average yield
for this area for the past i've years
has been about 81 bushels per acre
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
stebbins ls Cleared.

Bonesteel.-The preliminary hear
ing of w. P. Stebbins, arraigned on a
charge of embezzlement upon COM
plant filed by K. L. Flisram, one of
the directors Of the Farmers Coop
erative association of Bonesteel, ter
minated in the discharge Of the de-
PENDANT, Judge higgins took occasion
to make some pointed remarks con-
corning the f1imsiness of the evidence
presented The charge was the out
growth of a quarrel among the stock
holders of the farmers company,
which caused Mr.. Stebbins to resign
as secretary and manager. Mr. Steb-
bins is now manager of cooperative
company at Albion. Neb. He lived
here for ten years.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
FREEZES sorn ARMS.

Hartford Man Loses One by Amputa.
tion-ln Serious Condition. Az
Sioux Falls-The first victim in this
part of the state Of the excessively
cold weather was Scott Babcock Of
Hartford, who had both arms frozen
while driving to Hartford from Sioux
Falls. He is in a serious condition.
One arm was SO badly frozen that 1t
had to be amputated to save his life,
and 1T is feared he also will lose the
other arm. A companion had jumped
out of the wagon and walked behind
it for some distance ia order to get
warm. When the companion called to
Babcock and failed to receive a reply
he hurried to the wagon and found
Babcock SO severely frozen that he
could not talk.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
Best Seed Corn.

The best seed corn is that grown on
ones own farm. In selecting it remem-
Der that next years corn will be like
the type you select for seed. In cur
ing seed corn remember that it will
not grow II It freezes before being
dried. Shuck ears when they come
from the field and place in racks. or
tie up with strings so that ears do
not touch. A good place for drying
y in the attic or in an upstairs room
"a the house, provided the air can cir
culate freely. Corn viii not dry well
II placed in barns or over grain bins
In the granary.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
DIsFIGuRED WITH cRusTs

Some time ago I was taken with
eczema from the top Of my head to
my waist. It began with scales on my
body / suffered untold itching and
burning, and could not sleep. was
greae disflgured with scales and
crustg:T My ears looked as II they had
been most cut on with a razor. and
my neck was perfectly raw. suffered
untold agony and pain. I tried two
doctors who said had eczema in its
fullest stage. and that It could not
be cured. then tried other rem
edies to no avail. At last, tried q set
of the genuine Cuticura Remedies.
which cured me Of eczema when all
else had failed, therefore cannot
praise them too highly.
Il suffered withs eczema about ten
months, but am now entirely cured.
and / believe Cuticura Remedies are
the best skin cure there is." (Signed)
Miss Matte J. Shaffer, R. F. D. 1. Boz
8. Dancy. Miss, Oct. ~, 1910.
Il had suffered from eczema about
four years when boils began to break
out on different parts of my body. It
started with a fine red rash. My
back was affected first. when 1t also
spread over my face. The itching was
almost unbearable at times. l tried
different soaps and salves, but nothing
seemed to help me until l began to
use the Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
Opa ~ ~ fhoY1 c1,rad ma enffralY 1
recommended them to my sister for
her baby who was troubled with tooth
eczema, and they completely cured her
baby" (Signed) Mrs. F. L. Marber-
ger. Drehersviile, Pa. Sept. 6. 1910.
Although Cuticura Soap and ONT
ment are sold everywhere, sample
Of each, with 32-page book, will be
mailed free on application to CUT
cvgaH" Dept. L. Boston.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
Lawrence Vital Statistics.

Deadwood.-St. Paul, Mimi, recent
ly made the claim to having the low
est death rate in the United States,
10.5 per thousand. Vital statistics for
Lawrence county for 1911, just COM
piled, show the death rate here to be
IL per thousand. There were 222
deaths in the county last year of
which IS were minors, SO were men
and Al women. There were 466 births.
258 of which were girls, five sets of
twins being born. The highest birth
rate was in May with an average of
two a day, and the highest death rate
in February with an average of one
q day.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26

the dentist uses, 1t gives side pull,
by the use Of a long handle forming
the lever. The arm is rigidly attached
to the base and the arm has at the
end strong jaw, capable Of with
standing great strain. On the end
Of the lever is another jaw co-operat-
ing with the first. The instrument is
thrust close to the roots of a bush, the
stem Of which is seized between the
two jaws and pull on the lever
brings 1t up by the roots.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
GREAT AID TO THE eRuBsER
Virginia Man Has Invented lmpIe'
ment With Powerful Lever Which
10 Quite Effective.
CIV W. b. LENTZ.l

By W. b. LENTZ.)
Il there is any way on earth by
which grubbing can be made easy, we
have never heard Of 1t, but the follow
ing will help some. We know Of no
harder work than grubbing up bushes
and trees.
A Virginia man has invented an In
strument with powerful lever, which
has been found on trial to be quite
effective in uprooting small trees. It
acts good deal as dentists forceps,
only instead Of straight pull, which
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
Conductor Saw pouble.

Rapid City.-While on rotary snow
pillow in the wards here, Conductor Pat
rick Hayes, one of the old-time pas
senger conductors on the Chicago &
Northwestern system, looked through
the smoke and believing he. saw col
lision ahead, jumped and broke his
right leg above the ankle. There
was nothing on the track ahead; the
smoke deceived Hayes.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
Boy Accidentally Killed.

MISUNDERSTANDING on a snowbank
ind watching moving freight train
pass his home at Rockford, on the
Burlington south of here, Frank Mel
son, aged II, was precipitated under
the wheels when the bank gave way,
death ensuing almost Immediately.
The accident was not discovered until
some time later, when one Of the rail
road employees found the remains of
the child as they lay on the track
where several heavy cars had evident
" passed over him.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
Impossible to Initiate Opal.

Alone among jewels the opal defies
the ingenuity of the imitatur. 1t owes
its charm not SO much t. rs own in
trinsic merits as to the splendor Of
the rays Of light that it reflects II
is the chameleon of stones. Pliny
writing 1919 years ago, remarked that
it displays at once the piercing fire
of carbuncles, the purple brilliancy O.
amethysts and the sea green of emer
sssis, the uhole blended together an,
refulgent with brightness that /
quite incredible"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
Milkman Injured.

Brooklngs.-While M. z. Bacon was
driving his milk wagon over the Me.
Diary avenue crossing of the North.
western road the wagon was struck
by passenger train from the east
Four hours later Mr.. Bacon was found
unconscious and considerably bruised
about the head and face. The wagon,
which was thrown into the ditch, was
wrecked, and the harness torn up
The horses escaped unscratched.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
HOW AND WHEN TO USE DRAG
successfuI Operation Of Implement In.
wolves Two Princlples-6oth
Must 30 Understood.
nv w n. KING,

(By W. d. KING.)
The Successful operation Of road
drag involves two principles, which.
when thoroughly understood and in
telligently applied, make road work
ing with this implement very simple.
The first concerns the length and po-
sition Of the hitch, while the second
deals with the position Of the driver
on the drag. Each influences the
other to large extent, and successful
manipulation Of the drag IL dependent
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
Henderson-1'm not living with my
mother-in-law any more"
Henpeck-I don't blame her.

See Value In open-Air Schools.
During the year 1911 the greatest
percentage Of increase among the diff
ferent forms Of anti-tuberculosis work
was among the open-air schools for
anemic and tuberculous children. On
January 1, 1911, there were only %
open-air schools in operation or pro-
vided for in the entire country. On
January 1, 1912. there were 81, an in
crease Of PA per cent. Sixty-two new
schools have been established or pro-
vided for this past year. This entire
number of open-air schools have been
established since January /, 1907.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
Promotion Shoots.

A wise old financier confides he has
often found it valuable to put a stupid
man on promotion scheme. He un.
derstands baseball, and this is the
way he explains it: A great batter
doesn't expect to see ball come to
him straight over the plate; when
the dull promoter puts his straight
over the plate it catches some Of the
keenest of 'em mapping.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
Value Of ThistIes as Feed.

Pierre.-On acout of the shortage
Of hay last summer many farmers cut
and stacked Russian thistles for feed
for the winter. Now that they have
been giving this fodder an actual test
the results from its use. as reported
by different farmers, range all the way
from good, fair, poor and Indifferent
to bad. Some of those who are using
this fodder say it is excellent feed and
that they will use it regularly. Others
do not find it of much value, and yet
others claim loss of stock from at
tempting to feed it.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
Fire Loss Of $50, 600.

Huron.-Fire entailing loss of over
$4,000 broke out in the World build
ing here and burned for four hours
before it was controlled. One-half Of
the lower floor of the building is gut
ted and nearly as much of the second,
and the entire structure is so damaged
in the floors and walls that most of Il
will have to be rebuilt.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26

Il tried to cure this for eighteen
months, but it gradually got worse. A
doctor advised me to have my tonsils cut
out, but did not like the idea. Another
doctor examined me, and told me the
same thing. / finally got bottle Of
Peruna, and after had taken one bottle
my throat was better. I bought and used
q dozen bottles, and saw was going to
get well, and did"
Ask Your Druggist for . Free Peruns
Almanac for 1919.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
Fire at Canton.

Conton.-Shortly after II o'clock at
night fire was discovered in the Pal
ace libery barn, and before the. de-
partment got to work the blaze broke
out through the side and roof and
blazed fiercely. The firemen, headed
by Mayor Tank, did good service and
confined the flames to the barn. Six
teen animals were suffocated. The
total loss is about $4,000, with insur-
ance for $1,000.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
Cute Hole in lee; browns Self.

S0so SsSsO ~ wv osV"uD Sosbs
Belle ,Fourche.-With the thermom.
e.er 20 below zero, Douglas May, a
well known Custer county, Mont, res.
ident, went to a small water hole
northwest of Knowlton, Wyo., and
drowned himself. He was staying at
the ranch of friends and had been de.
spondent, and is believed to have be.
come mentally unbalanced. He took
an ak, went to the water hole, chopped
into the water, and then climbed In
after it.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
And the Pilgrim Left.

Pilgrim-"If l came in will thet
dorg bite me?" Mrs. Hawkins-"We
amt no ways sure, mister. But the
Teller that let us take him on trial
said he'd chew up tramp in less'n
two minutes. but, land sakes, we amt
goin' to believe it till we see it DONE"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
The Grateful Heart.

Cultivate the thankful spirit. It will
be to thee perpetual feast. There
is, or ought to be, with us, no such
thing as small mercies; all are great,
because the least are undeserved In
deed, really thankful heart will ex
tract motive for gratitude from every.
thing, making the most even of scanty
Observation-Disclosures
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
A Useful Sled.

in piles as wanted. It is much bet
ter to have q sled OF this kind, and for
this purpose alone, than to use the
bob-sleds which are generally in use.
OF course this is a mighty poor sub
stitute for a manure-spreader. but it
is better to use it and get the manure
out in the fields, than to allow It to
run to waste near the barn.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
Fire at Hjuhmore.

Highmore.- The McLauhlin com.
pany's department store building was
Quilted by fire. The buildings covered
about eight lots. One Of the buildings
was about 100 feet long and was made
of concrete. The fire department
worked hard, but could do but little
except to prevent the fire from spread.
ing.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
Cattle Likely to Perish.

Miller.-A cattleman in town from
west of Forest City says that 1000
head of cattle were punched together
on Swift Bird creek, dying from hun
ger and freezing of feet during the
recent cold weather.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
Amusing the Children.

A good way to amuse the children
on rainy day is to cut colored pic.
lures from old magazines. These are
pasted on cardboard squares and the
squares are fastened together by
piercing them with knife and thread
ing them upon a bright piece of rib
bon. Select pictures of all kinds, in
Guiding plenty Of animals, birds and
flowers,
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
A Celebrated Basso.

A Celebrated Basso.
when Herr Growler began to sing
did you not observe how our hostess
glanced apprehensively at the win
dows?"
YES. I dare say she was afraid
the window-panes would be shat
tered"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
Not Militant.

The social function at Mrs. Come
ups, the other afternoon ended in
drawn battle"
What? Not quarrel?"
mo. just teafight."
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
HAULING MANURE IN WINTER
Sled Shown In Illustration ls Better
Than Bob-SIed, but Poor Sub
stitute for Spreader.

It is sometimes difficult to get ma
nure out to the field in winter, and
then q sled comes in very handy.
If it is balanced on a short Franc.
the contents can be easily dumped
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26

Temperature Of Storage Room.
For keeping vegetable and fruits
In storage over winter the tempera-
ture Of the storage room must be low
and even.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
A man may have his price, but 1t
Ntakcs woman to make him feel like
q bargain counter remnant.
stoo the pain.

The hurt OF burn or cut stops whom
Coles Carbolisalve is applied. It heals
druggists. For free sample write to
j. W. Cole g. Co.. Black River Falls. Wis.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
Slow.

Slow.
"Myra. how long has Joe Neviua
been going with your"
about Is years."
"That seems an awful long time"
''Yes; I sometimes wonder II Joe's
ever going to ask me to marry him."
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26

Any man ought to get three square
meals day if he is able to work
and able to keep from being worked.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
sllo 10 Best.

The silo, is the only safe and sure
way and the cheapes. way to handle
he corn crop.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
BAD. CASE
OF GRIP
Caused Sore Throat and Ton.
silltls. Restored By
! Peruna.

Mr.. W. H.
H 0 u . ! . y
Green Y lille,
en- n Q . zee,
writes:
Five years
ago l took .
very sew e r e
Q old which
re 8 u | t ed in.
Ia grippe. \
never was 20
b a d o Fl. l
was in bed
. e v . r o l
" e eks, and
W b e n l did
get up 1 had
to silitis
an d sor 9
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26

Hamlins Wizard Oil is recommended by
many physicians. 1t is used in many pub
lie private hospitals. u ny not keep
a Bottle ON hand in your own home?
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26

It's easier to secure patent than IT.
10 to convert 1t iuio cash.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26

Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA. a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
signature s 60 Of ZH2ZZNx
In Use For Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletchers Castoria
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-07-24

hold the balance between them until,
worn out by the deadlock, the con-
vention should turn to him, 1t is
hardly worth nj while to conjecture.
That he had it In design to creat q
e~randstsnd splutter and splurge and
thus to insure himself four years more
to rattle around. among the churches
and Chautauquas And to grow yet
richer at the cost of the party which
has so honored and trusted him, has
been writ in electric letters over every
clearing of the convention hall.
The greater noise he could make the
better the q Advertising. The longer he
could delay the proceedings the larger
his pay. To such q mercenary the
discomfort OF his colleagues-even the
embarrassment of the unpaid and I'm.
able to pay among them-wss nothing.
To q writer, writing like q schoolboy.
receiving q thousand dollars q day
for his worthless stuff, nothing MAJ
ters except his power to impose him
self upon the credulous and to indict
himself upon the d~efenseless.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-07-24
Defines Right Of Entrymen.

WASHINGTON, July 16. - Senator
Borah has introduced a bill supple.
menting the three.year homestead bill
providing that the rights OF an entry.
man under the old law shall not be
preludiced by his failure to elect I'm.
der which act he contemplates bis
proof. The bill also provides tina,
entrymen under the old law shall be
relieved from the Guilty. alton require
ment of the law as to the second year,
but must show GUILTY. alton of one
eighth of the area of the entry at the
time OF Offering proof.
The interior department ia disposed
TO construe the law strictly az against
those who entered under the old Law
and Senator Borah's bill ia intended
to head them off. Mr.. Borah will
submit his bill as an amendment tc
one of the big appropriation bills and
expects it to pass.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-07-24
Montana Merchants Protest.

WASHINGTON, July 16.-The Mon.
tana Merchants association, in q
complaint fled with the interstate
commerce commerce commission, al
leges that the Northern Pacific rail
road has not resdjusted and reduced
its rates from Minneapolis to Montana
points in accordance with the decree
OF the commission in the Spokane rate
case, and the commission is asked to
order specific reductions in this par
ticular territory.
1t Is pointed out that the difference
between the rates from Spokane to
Minneapolis, and the rates to Mon
tana points from Minneapolis is q
cents first class, whereas the local
rate between Helena and Spokane i:
sl.54. It is claimed that the difference
In through rates should he greater
under the commissions Spokane de-
cision for readjustment Of rates tt
intermediate points. The complain
ants also claim reparation for over
charges on shipments made during
the past two years aggregating %,
900.