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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-15

like Kelly. or M. J., a S he figured o the payroll, was of the
$4,000 boys IN baseball. j G. Clarkson al the other. They set a pac
Not so long ago a lank, mild eyed, good natured young gentleman named
Marquard, a acquired by h New York Giants from the miners. A e.
porter boy who just had to have a story for his paper, printed something
to the effect that Master Rubes purchase price was $1,000. that being a n
odd number and attractive. The $1,000 stuck. Did you yer hear II the
Poor fellow. you draw only s25 a week, while I pull $3.50. Aren't you
sorry" mo" said Traps, for I get mine" So with Mike Kelly He got
his, o somebody did And ts good betting it a M J. for very few
things did this lad pass up. For he had the y and the ear and the brain
and the way with him He figured in many a champ season a outhelder
and catcher for the Chi team, and whatever was learned on that team at
that time you may be ue mainly of "Kins" Kellys teaching; Why.
see hsre-the IA was fn Of tricks, n lot even Arson had anything OF
him. Didn't he time, when his boys were in the field, and he was OF
the bench. and the ball came sailing toward third where there weren't n
folk to head 1t off, didn't this Kelly dart wei. from the shed, and yell to
his left fielder that the left fielder "a out Of the game, and didn't
M. J. then sub for him and grab the ball and claim out and get away
with It? And didn't he n time skate from frs to bird right across the
field without making the angle to second. when the umpres back vas
turned, and didn't they have to allow him the base because the ump
hadn't see the deception. and didn't they thereafter institute the double
umpire system They did &c. And after a long and honorable service in
the field. didn't this Kelly 90 behind the bat, and steady the pitchers and
help Carkson o a lot of his fame, and make possible that famous $1OOOO
And wasn't NJ :. always the broth Of a boy and the life II every party and
a nauonai celebrity when, after his woman years e and Honest John #
the same name went to New York and opened the place of the 2 kels?
He a He vas A good sort and a proper, and may his ashes never
scatter.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-15
Die Unique Story ofits Discover,

So there's the story of the champion
ear as Palm told 1t himself. And on
the strength Of It who will say that
Fred G.. Palm doesn't justly merit the
title, 1.-THE man who knows corn?"
But that's not all of Palms story.
He tells 1t willingly, though modestly,
for he knows that his story whenever
told Is a source of great encouragement
Of the thousands Of farmers who never
had a better chance thai he had him
self. Palm vas born and brought up
on a farm near Newtown. Ind. He has
never owned a foot Of farm land in
his life, and the 360-acre farm on
which the champion ear of corn which
won the Kellogg trophy was grown is
a rented farm.
Mr.. Palms real experience as a farm
err began about. JIG years ago.. He had
been On the roSd as a grocery speciality
salesman, when he took a notion that
he would rather be an agriculturist,
so he took a few short courses at Pur-
due university and rented a portion Of
the farm he now occupies. Nine years
ago he began carefully breeding this
new variety Of corn. For two years
he planted two rows Of Reds Yellow
Dent, then two of Alexander's Gold
Standard, detasseling the Gold tand-
ard. From the detasseled rows he
picked for seed only the ears carrying
the characteristics he wanted to repro
duce, planting these in breeding plots
n maintaining careful selection so
that In nine years time he had devel"
oped a well settled type.
The Palm champion "a was the first
winner Of the w. X. Kellogg national
corn trophy, a handsome silver and
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-15
TOMMY BoND-WHO PROVED THE CURVE.

1t takes a long time to convince some people Of the possibility Of the
little understood Lotso Of folks have laughed right outlo loud at the sugges-
ton of the telegraph. the telephone. the automobile and the arship. Even
today, there's are adherent of the SUI 10 move theory and some dssenters
are not going to believe the earth is round till you hang it out in their back
yard fol them to observe in all it's circumference So 1t has been with the
baseball advances.
Certain geniuses of thu early game, after experimenting with pitching,
came to the announced conclusion that a ball could be curved If the mn It
the finger end knew what he a about. Some accepted this; others didn't
About the time that Tommy Bond a the pride and glory If the Boston
team thu iscussion a heating II, and the pooh poohers Of the curve
theory were demanding to be shown. Bond told some Of them II they would
watohh him n action he would show them a few things, ut they said the ball
didn't curve SOS they could notice It., and how a Bond going tt prove 1t.
Bond might think he was curving tn ball but a there as n @ such thing
q s a curve, Bond was proofng himself Now, it is a main hard thing to
make the unwishful see with your eyes, and SO Bond found.
Finally, however, a happy thought came to the Boston pitcher. The
team was playing a n engagement in Cincinnati Mr. Bond gave certain in
apart. When you've done that plant a post between them, and let adj be
in line"
Better draw yourself a simple diagram of this, SOS you'll understand.
Put Tommy" Bond at the left Of ne fence and note then what he did O.
that Cincinnati day in 1873 He pitched the ball to the left Of the fence.
There, gents" says Mr.. Bond, lis our curve" But still there were some
who were fol- doubling Thomas, These talked of the wind and laid the
curve to that So Bond sent a left hand pitcher named Mitchell at the other
end Of the fence. Standing a. the right Mitchell put something o. the ball,
and it flashed to tn left of the post n then darted to a finish point at
the right IF the opposite fence. After that everybody knew there was a
curve. and most Of them said they'd know it before Tommy" Bono.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-15

The champion a Of corn was not
an accident. There can be no greater
lesson in the value OF careful study
and painstaking selection of seed and
breeding than the experiences Of this
same Palm. The farmer who thinks
he stands a chance to go into his corn
field and by a piece of luck pick out ar
ear which nature has fashioned even
more perfectly and with 1t wrest the
honors from this Indiana man, n
do better to disabuse his mind of this,
fa%llacious notion thar to read the story
of Palm and his champion ear. ,
In the first place, Palm knows corn.
If there were no more proof Of this
fact than the bare story of the develop
ment n discovery Of the champion
ear, 1t would be enough. And In proof
of this fact, here Is the story as ne told
1t himself:
TT was in November, 1910, and we
were just harvesting our crop. The
weather had been good. but we were a
little late with the harvest. The men
were going through the fields with the
wagon In the usual way gathering the
corn. and the harvest was a promising
one
I'VE have a sort of corn show at my
farm all the time, and there Is always
an award for exceptionally good ears Of
corn-ears sufficiently true to type to
permit Of their being exhibited. There
Is a small on every corn wagon In
which the most perfect ears are thrown.
These, when properly selected, consti-
tute the seed corn, and among these
more perfect ears we occasionally find
an ear that we are willing to exhibit in
a contest.
"On the day the champion ear was
found, I was at the house and at dinner
time one Of the men brought In II and
laid 1t, with a number of other ears,
upon the window sill in the we'll room
for me to take and put away in the
seed house.
"'Well,' 1 said, do you think you've
got a good ear there?'
1T looks to me like a good ear h
said. What do you think Of itT'
II picked 1t up, and looked 1t over.
Well / said finally, I think 1t Ia the
most perfect ear Of corn I ever saw.
It's good enough to wiz the w. X. KEEL
logg $1,000 trophy this year at Omaha
And I was confident the moment l
saw It, and looked 1t over, that I held
the trophy winner in my hand. So
much so that when I left for Omaha
to exhibit the ear, I took it out of my
grip and showed II to the station agent
with the words, that's the ear I'm go
ing to win the 1000 trophy WITH"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-15
A TROUBLE MAKER
Coffee Poison Breeds Variety Of Ills.

A California woman who didn't
know for twenty years what kept her
I'll, writes to tell how she won back her
health by quitting coffee:
Il am "a years DID," she says, "have
used coffee all my life. and for 20
years suffered from indigestion and
insomnia. Life was q burden and a
drag to me all the time, and about
once a year my ailments got such hold
upon me that l was regularly sick in
bed for several weeks each time.
Il was reluctant to conclude that
coffee was the cause Of my trouble, but
! am thankful that l found out the
truth.
Then / determined to use Postum
exclusively-for q week at first-for l
doubted my ability to do without cof-
Tee for any length Of time. / made
the Postum carefully, as directed, and
before the week expired had my re-
ward in a perceptible increase in
strength and spirits.
Seeing the good that my short ex-
pertinent had accomplished. / resolved
to continue the use Of Postum, cutting
out the coffee entirely. This l did for
nine months, finding, daily. increased
cause for qualification at my steadily
improving health. My indigestion grad
ually left me, my sleep returned, /
gained &c. pounds In weight, my color
changed from sallow to a fresh, rosy
hue and life became a blessing.
Then I thought I would try coffee
again, and did SO for a few weeks. The
punishment for deserving my good
friend, Postum, was a return OF my old
troubles.
That taught me wisdom, and I am
now and shall be all my life hereafter
using Postum exclusively and enjoy
Ing the benefits it brings me-" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
There's a reason" and 1t is explain
ed in the little book, 1.-THE Road 10
Wellvilie," In pkgs.
I've rend above letter. A new
ono appears fr0m time to time. The
are genuine, true, and full Of human
enteyo9e.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-15

Just a CONFERENCE.-The ALL" is
the way the grower OF this remarkable
ear of corn, Mr.. Fred C. Palm, styles
himself. Though he is admitted to be
n Of the leading corn experts in the
country-one whose services are great
ly in demand as a judge of corn ex-
hibits, Mr.. Palm asks for no greater
honor or distinction than TO be known
as a plain Hoosier farmer, and while
he openly processes q reasonable pride
In the achievement of growing the
famous a of corn which was adjudged
the most perfect yer grown, it Is with
u q shadow Of ostentation.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-15
GREATEST EAR OF CORN.

Variety-PaIip'3 Corn Flake
Yellow. Manned after winning
the w. K. Kellogg $1,000 trophy
A Hybrid-The seventh year
production.
Parent Punishable, Reds
Yellow Dent; female, Alexan-
der's Gold Standard.
Dimensions Length, 10h
inches. Circumference, tx In
ches. Number Of rows, 20.
Length Of kernels, y Of an inch.
Width Of kernels, about * of an
inch. Thickness Of kernels, lie
Of an inch. Arrangement, very
uniform. kernels running In
straight rows the entire length
Of the a without a misplaced
grain, holding their length well
to the ends Of the ear, tip be-
ing we'll covered with denied
grains. Weight. 20 ounces. Es-
timated proportions-corn, 80
per cent; cob, 8 per cent.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-15
COST OF GRAIN
GROWING IN
CENTRAL CANADA

A careful canvass made Of q linn.
Der OF men farming in q large wa,
indicates that even with the extrem.
expense Of harvesting the crop, which
a been caused by the bad weathe,
and difficulty in threshing. wheat ha,
been produced and put on the marke,
for less than IS cents q bushel: tn.
average freight rate Is not over IA
cents per bushel. This would max.
the cost Of production and freight Ga
cents and would leave the farmer an
actual margin on his low-grade wheat
or I'M cents and for his high-grads
wheat OF 1914 cents; and though this
Is not as large a profit as the farme,
has every right to expect. 1t is a prof,
not to be despised, and which should
leave a very fair amount of non 70
his credit when all the expenses q,
the year have been paid, unless tia
value OF low-grade wheat sinks very
much below its present level. A ma.
ter of Importance to the prosperity.
settler is that of the cost of produo
ton. The following table has been
prepared after careful investigation,
Interest on 800 acres, value
$50 per acre, 3 years at 6
per cent interest. 81, 720.0o
Interest on horses, machin-
cry, wagons, ploughs, har-
rows, etc., to operate 800
acres-say $4,000 for 3
years $4,000
Getting 800 acres ready for
crop first year, doing ones
own work, with hired help,
about $3.50 per acre. ...... 1,120.oo
Getting 800 acres ready for
crop, second and third
year, about $1.25 per acre
per year, or $3.50 per acre
2 years ones own work and
hired help. 10000
Seed per year, wheat, per
acre $1.25, 3 years ....... 10000 |
Seeding. 800 acres, rs cents
per acre, 3 years.......... 24O.0o
Irvine, 800 acres, 80 cents
per acre, 3 years ........ 2880c
Harvesting, 500 acres, 80
cents per acre, 8 years.. 2sS.N
800 acres, esti-
mate 20 bushels per acre
per year for 3 years, 3
cents per bushel, or 9 cents
per bushel for 3 years.. 576.0o
800 acres, estimate
20 bushels per acre per
year for 3 years, 6 cents
per bushel per year or Is
cents for 3 years. ....... 1,152.oo
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-15
TAKE A DOSE OF
HDTSOs&
~ THE BEST MEDICINE 40
for COUC HIS z COLDS
PECULIAR LINE OF COMFORT
Most People Who Have Eeen Afflicted
With Colds Will Recognize This
Type Of Human Hyena.

Binks-Got a cold, I see.
Jinks-Yes, a little one.
You ought to be very careful. That
cold needs attention"
Think so?"
ut has q regulss graveyard sound"
Good gracious"
"Awfully dangerous time for colds
Influenza. pneumonia and quick con
sumption everywhere"
'Eh?"
Yes, a friend of mine took a cold
not half SO bad as yours. last week
and In three days he was dead!"
MY stars!"
Fact The doctor said my friend
might have pulled through II he hadn't
worried SO much. Take my advice
and try not to think about it."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-15
Dental Operation on Pony.

A remarkable operation has been
performed by a Wanstead (Eng.) vet
Urinary surgeon on a pony which had a
bad fracture Of the lower jaw. Aft
er injecting cocaine and wiring the
teeth together. the surgeon drilled a
hole through the jawbone. and the
broken parts were then firmly drawn
together by strong silver wire. The
pony is expected to make a complete
recovery.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-15
TIM MURNANE, FIRST BUNIER.

AS had beer hitherto hinteda at in these advices, the early batsmanw vas
animated by the desire to knock the cover off the ball: If he couldn't catch
it o. the zeal and SEND it soaring over the centerhed fence he pouted It
himself and wasn't good company. ANYTHING Ike hnesse Of diplomacy was
foreign to his rugsol. open, batting nature. And o. until "Od Boy Tim
Murnane happened along. there wasn't anything in baseball you could
rightly characterize a a conscious bunt
Tim, att this writing. is a magnate in thu New England territory. Be-
sides, HI prepares able artcles or the papers and has the CHEEKY red face
and head covered with beautiful white hair He as capitalized his exper-
iences and / rather reckon you or ! wouldn't sneez at TINS takein. al IL
come down to keeping a box score on earned dollars
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-15
Total


CT.
BY wheat crop farm 800 acres
for 3 years, average 20
bushels per acre per year
for 3 years, or a total Of so
bushels. = $4,000 bushels at
80 cents per bushel. -. .$15,3 $4,000
Balance to credit of farm aft
er 3 years operation, ST.
$4,000 per 7,526,M
ITO operate 480 acres would cost
less In proportion, as the plant 10
quired for 800 acres would do for the
larger farm, and the interest on plan,
for the extra 160 acres would b.
saved"
The figures given may be open to
criticism, but they will be found 10
be reasonably accurate, with a fair
ness given to the expense columns
There are those who profess to do
the work at q much less cost thar
those given.
A..
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-15
Columbus and Colon.

It is a strange thing that Columbus,
who was not looking for America, at
all, but for the shortest road to India
and Japan, should have caught his first
glimpse Of the American continent at
the very spot where We are now dig
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-15

Deisem, No. Oak. -"I was passing
through Change of Life and felt very
bad. ] could not sleep and was very
nervous. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound restored me to perfect health
and ] would not be without it."-Mrs,
+. N. THORN, Deisem, No. Oak.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-15
TESTIMONY
or five WOMEN
Proves That Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Com
pound Is Reliable.

Reedville, Ore.-"I can truly recon.
mead Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to all women who are passing
through the Change of Life, as it made
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-15

me q Well woman AFTER
suffering three years"
- Mrs. MARY BOGART,
Reedville, Oregon.
New Orleans, La. -
"Whcn passing through
the Change of Life | was
troubled with hot flashes,
weak and dizzy spells and
backache. Twas not fitfor
anything until ! took Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound which
proved worth its weight
in gold to me. - Mrs. GAS.
TON BLONDEAU, 1541 Po-
lymnia St, New Orleans.
Mishawaka, Ind. Wo-
men passing through the
Of Life can take
nothing better than Lydia
f. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. ! am recon-
mendingitt
because of what it has
done for me. MRS. CHAS.
BAUER, 523 E. Marion St.,
Mishawaka, Ind.
Alton Station, Ky.-s'For
months / suffered from
troubles in consequence OF
age and thought ]
could not live. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound made me well
and I want other suffering
to know about it.
Mrs. EMMA BAILEY, Alton
KY.
Oak. -"I was passing
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ging the Panama canal. OF course he
had already seen the islands Of the
West Indies, for this was his fourth
and last voyage across the great Sea
of Darkness; but now arose before
the prows Of his arave the cloudy
peaks Of the San Bias mountains,
and his fleet anchored in that harbor
which we call Limon bay, but which
Columbus called "Naos," or the Bay
OF Ships. There today Is the Atlantic
entrance to the canal, beside the city
of Colon, as the Spaniards called CO.
lumbus.
There are two imperial universities
in Japan, but women are admitted to
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-15

Anyway, a spinster can pretend tina.
she would rather be her own boss.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-05-10
PRESIDENT ATTACKED
BY SENATOR BOURNE

PORTLAND, May 7.-Denounclng
him for his evasion and violation Of
the plain intent of the constitution,
and for pursuing such tactics as tend
to injure the public service, United
States Senator Jonathan Bourne Of
Oregon, in letter made public here
today, bitterly attacks President Tar
for the action he took in the appoint
ment of United States marshal for
Oregon and a collector of customs for
Portland.
In Bourne's letter, which is dated
May , and is addressed to President
Taft, the senator says that when the
term of c. j. Reed as United States
marshal for Oregon expired January
l6, 1910, he recommended ]. Frank
Sinnott as Reeds successor. Senator
Bourne says that President Taft, dis
regarding the senator's recommends
tions and without making any obiec-
tions to Sinnott's qualifications. de-
layed the appointment until Deem
Der T. 1910, when he appointed E. G.
Colwell to the position.
"Colwel was distasteful to both
Senators Chamberlain and myself %
says Bourne, because he was one of
that crowd of unscrupulous politicians
who urged members of the legisla-
ture to violate their written pledge
TO the people OF Oregon that they
would support for United States sem
ator that candidate who received the
largest number Of the peoples votes
at the preceding general election"
Senator Bourne and Senator Cham
berlain protested and the nomination
OF Colwell was not confirmed. Pres
ident Taft, then, according to the lei
ter requested to be permitted 10
withdraw the nomination Of Colweu
Bourne and Chamberlain consented
Bourne assuming you would not
take advantage Of the courtesy"
TAFT, says Bourne, re-appointed
ColwelI in the recess Of congress
Later, the letter says, after Bourne
and Chamberlain again protested and
the president Bourne charges. saw
there was no chance Of nominating
Colwell, he withdrew the nomin..
ion. He later presented the nom
ination Of Leslie NJ Scott. whose an
po'atment is pending
This man Colwel says Bourne
who had tried to overthrow the wil
OF the people OF Oregon and DESTROY