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Morris tribune., 1913-03-07

s ssss DID. n n thirLy-paSe document ana
represents weeks OF labor, al OF which
was given by Mr.. Dunn.
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The nearest thing to actual prohibi-
ton came last week when the house,
by an overwhelming vote, passed the
0'NeiH "roadhouse" bill The meas
ure prohibits county boards of com
missioners from granting saloon Ii
censes. 1t puts the country saloon
out of business. That nearly eighty
saloons scattered over the state will
be compelled to close their doors If
the bill becomes law is not SO bad,
but the fact that at the same time
over $4,000 in road and bridge reve-
regret. Under the law all revenue
from country saloons goes to roads
and bridges and this revenue Is wiped
out by the new bill. The bill is pri-
marily directed at closing out a lot
of groggeries which flourish In the
timber country and near lumber
camps At the same time more than
one respectable saloon is hit. This
is especially so in those counties hay
ing heavy German population.
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The O'Neill bill is the first bit of
real liquor regulation that has gotten
by the house since the session began
and for body composed OF men cred
tied with drastic ideas In an anti
liquor way its failure in this line to
date has caused considerable COM
ment The whole trouble Is that both
house and senate want to do too
much In the regulation line and the
hopper is ch0ked in consequence.
Again there is a constant suspicion
on the part of fairly large minority
that those engaged in trying to Sc
cure sane regulation are in league
with the brewers and there is much
wrangling as a result. For two weeks
now the house committee on temper
ance has put in its entire time dis
cussing a bill permitting saloon to
continue on the death of the pr0pri-
etor pending the prcbating of the es-
tate and 1t is no nearer settlement
than when the discussion started.
The committee at first favored It.,
then attorneys for the breweries,
when asked what they thought of It,
gave it their approval and now the
committee is split. In the meantime
the opposition is looking on and smii-
ing. 1t is an old story and they know
the text by heart.
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With the national senate holding
up one Of the appointments to the In
terstate commerce commission, and
confirmation unlikely while President
Taft is in Office, report has it that P.
M. Ringdal of the state board of con
troll is favored by President Elect
Wilson for the place. If this is so his
name will likely be presented to the
new senate. Mr. RingdaI will sever
his connection with the state board
of control April /. when he will be
succeeded by Ralph w. Wheelock.
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This session of the two houses has
been free from any personal encoun
tiers, but there came near being one
last week when H. H. Dunn of Albert
Lea invited Representative ChiidS Of
Minneapolis to step outside because
he accused him of being in league
with firm of printers who hold the
contract for legislative printing
Chiids did not accept the invitation
and there is much coldness betweeH
the two. The controversy was over
the printing of some legislative mat
ter which the committee in charge re-
Morris tribune., 1913-03-07
HOW THE NORTHWEST JARED
Appropriations Carried in the Public
Buildings RiIl.

Washington, March 5.-The public
building bill, which was finally agreed
to by both houses, carries the follow
ing appropriations for Minnesota and
the Northwest:
Minnesota-Little Falls, $4,000;
Montevideo, $4,000; Anoka, $4,000:
Bemidji, $4,000; Fairmont, $4,000;
st. Peter, 100000 For Moorhead the
appropriation was Increased from
$4,000 to $4,000, and an increase
for Minneapolis of $4,000 was
agreed to.
North Dakota Dickinson, $4,000;
jamestown, $4,000; Valley City, $75,.
600.
South Dakota-Redfield, $4,000;
Madison, $4,000; Belle Fourche, $751;
600, and Chamberlain, 100000.
Morris tribune., 1913-03-07
GOVERNMENT SUES RAILROAD
Alleged to Have Violated Hours Of
Service Law.

Chicago, March 1.-The federal gov
eminent filed suit in the district court
here for $4,000 penalties against TIT
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
company, alleging series Of viola
lions of the hour of service law en-
acted for the protection Of employees.
It is alleged that the railroad has al
lowed employees to work from eighteen
to twenty-four hours day between
points In Illinois and Indiana, and be-
tween points in Illinois. The suit con-
tains 104 separate charges and pen
alty Of $500 for each violation is asked
Morris tribune., 1913-03-07

reprisals. Every committee dominat |
ed by these members has showed out |
on thn floor all kinds of bills and gen. |
era1 orders in consequence have be-
com" @'utted A clash, if it should
cove. coUl@ only have one result and
that s. = t!eup, erd 1t is hardly neces-
sa~v = say that cutie few are pray
is '3C ttc break.
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- 81 49, run-cr IS to be accepted
So4a -. hines 1es designs on State
Auditor IversOl.'s job two years from
nov, which - .loither here nor there
a. lar as tals comment is concerned.
Inc laoG is tie Kannebec county man
n.~ 49, good and possibly it is re-
gpc ne for the murmurings of dis
content on the part OF the radicals.
Rines might be called the coDserva-
i've end Of the radical element which
practically dominates the present
house. He has steadily refused to tie
himself up to any legislation of the
extreme character and in his fight for
clean and progressive legislation has
surrounded himself with comfortable
majority who are of his way of think
Ing Some of this majority would
like to line up with the other crowd,
but good sense has kept them with
him. One of the things that is said to
have brought him the Ill will of his
opponents was his stand on tonnage
tax. He voted against it,. but he
could not do otherwise, as his county
Was opposed to the measure. Mr..
Rines has tolerated number of things
that he belisves is bad for the pro-
RTess4yA cause because he wants
peace, but would not be surprised to
see him openly declare himself most
any time.
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In the face of what promised to be
trouble all down the line the r. c.
punn good roads bill passed the house
By g good majority. The finish was
greeted with cheers and Mr. Dunn was
given an ovation. The only amend
nents permitted were those offered by
he author. The Dunn bill, which
low goes to the senate for ratification,
md there Is nothing to show that it
win not receive similar consideration
here, is the most comprehensive and
complete road measure ever attempt
ID by any Minnesota legislature. It
ID codification Of all the old road
and bridge laws, with the same
brought down to date and a tax added
that will net good roads and bridges
fully S1,500,000 year. 1t was proud
day for the Princeton representative
and he was congratulated on all sides.
Morris tribune., 1913-03-07
TRUST KILLS COMPETITION
President Receives Report on Harves-
ter Combine.

UT VVIEtWVIIVR
Washington, March S.-The power
of the international Harvester com.
pany-the so called harvester trust
which the federal government is seek
ing to dissolve under the Sherman
law, Hes in its monopolistic position,
its superior command of capital, in
Guiding its connections with ]. p.
Morgan & Co. and John D. Rockefeller
and certain Objectionable competitive
methods, according to Luther Conant,
Jr., commissioner of corporations, in
his report on the operations of the
giant corporation, submitted to Presi-
dent Taft.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-01
FROM THE HEN DOCTOR.
Remedies That Restore Health to ALL
ina Fowls-Homemad Hopper.

Continental feeds should always be
avoided except in case of sickness,
when they should be used as medi-
cine and the supply stopped as soon as
the bird RECEIVERS Instead of paying
three prices for these combinations.
supply the flock with hopper of char
coal and occasionally clean out the di-
gestive tract by putting epson salts II.
the mash Half teaspoonful to eacn
bird can be given without danger.
In feeding the mash dry and keeping
a supply of oyster shell. grit. charcoal
and so on before the birds at all times
hopper or feeding device of some
sort is necessary. To supply this want
a varied assortment of devices has
been invented. The merits of some
would warrant their use If the price
were not beyond the farmers pocket
book but that is just where the dlln-
.ulty lies Every time the farmer pays
big price for something he can easily
manufacture at home he is roDbinS
himself of Just that much clear profit
\ hopper that can be built any length
desired and have as many compare
rIents as the feeder has need for IS
FIVE feet long. eight inches wide ana
twelve inches high to the square. Inc
board which forms the front of the
trough is five inches wide. The latns
are placed two inches apart INSIDE
measurement The top strip, to whicn
the laths are nailed. Is two and hair
inches wide. The top may be gwen
any slant desired. When raised from
the floor platform must be provided
With these simple directions and some
odd pieces of lumber cheap elhcleh'
hopper may easily be made III le"
hours
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-01
Killing the Country.

Agriculture on the newer sections Is
carried on at the expense of the ferdl-
ity in the soil. A twenty bushel crop
of wheat removes from the soil in the
straw and grain $3.50 worth of plant
food per acre, or 46ia cents per bushel
In selling wheat and burning straw
this is actually removed. Last years
crop of wheat-15O. 100000 bushels-re-
moved from the soil S7O.OOO,0OO worth
of plant food In other words. the
state of North Dakota is worth less as
Il crop factory by S70,000.0OO than be-
fore the past seasons crop of wheat
was grown. Add to this all other grain
sent out of the state, and the sum Will
be much ncreased.-North Dakota Ex-
pertinent Station.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-01
WHAT ONE MAN
HAS DONE WITH
WORKOUT LAND

farm of 100 acres. twenty-five
miles out of Philadelphia and with
good railroad faciliHes. was sold for
taxes some years ago because the land
was worn out. 1t had a thin. gravelly
soil. Most of the land lies on the side
of ridge and has IA moderate slope,
but about five acres are level meadow,
on which fine spring is situated
a market gardener purchased the
farm at tax sale He cut trenches
about 500 feet long and 20 feet wide
across the meadow the bottoms of
which were covered with gravel and
diverted the spring water into them.
\ stand of watercress was then start
ed, and by fall it covered the trenches.
and the owner began to cut and ship
it to the Philadelphia markets AS
cold weather approaches the cress Is
protected from frost by rough houses
built over the trenches The north
sides of the houses are of inch boards,
against which corn fodder is stacked
to keep out the wind The south sides
are of glass. The heat of the sun and
the WARMTH VI tHe SplihS "atei arc
sufficient to keep the cress growing
RAPIDLY all winter without resort to
artificial heat. A portion of the beds
is cut over each day. and in about ten
days it is again ready for cutting. The
returns the first winter were about
500 a day from the cress. A narrow
strip of soil between the back of the
house and the edge Of the trench is
devoted to violets and has proved very
profitable.
On the remainder Of the farm
French lilacs are set about four feet
apart and kept well cultivated for
four years. The bushes are then taken
up and forced to bloom about the
Christmas holidays. A handsome prof.
1t is realized each year. and steady
employment is given to large num-
Der of men. The former owner
couldn't make it pay."-Country Cen
tleman.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-01
THOSE FERTILIZER FIGURES.
They Tell How Much Nitrogen. Phos-
phorc Acid and Potash You Buy.

An occasional question comes regard
ing the meaning of the numerals used
in designating a fertilizer. 1t would
be well if no other designation ever
were used. rs it calls attention to the
composition of the fertilizer and that
is the one important thing
The first number gives the percent
age of nitrogen in the fertilizer. the
second gives the phosphoric acid and
the third the potash When ferti-
liZer is designated in this way one 5
mind is drawn directly to the actual
content of plant food
We want TO know how many pounds
of each plant food constituent we are
getting when we buy fertilizer and
would prefer to use 100 pounds OF a
IS 10 fertilizer rather than 200 pounds
of 80. because we would be get
ting the same amount of plant food by
handling only 100 pounds of WATERFALL
National Stockman and Farmer
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-01
Let Out the Gas.

~ severe cases of fatulency or wind
WY Tue life of the horse may be say
~ W prompt tapping for the removal
= sas Inc trocar and canula used
~ tne purpose are thrust into the
A, 49, u'stended part of the right flank,
su up near to the rib and at the edge
= ue FEATHER Of hair which runs the
''1"s''e way Of that on the ribs. In
VOW tapping is done on the left side
., .s'e ~ little danger in using the in
, ,s'''n'ent' but it must be sterilized be
MS. .Ss' ana the wound should be dis
Farm Journal. 'Ae '''''
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-01
FOR THE GARDENER.

How to get rid of some common
pests:
Suna. h Beetle Spray with paris
green
Tomato Worm. Hand pick with
gloves or spray with paris green
Potato Beetle. Spray with paris
green and lime or brush off in shall
low pan and destroy.
Cutworms. Mix paris green and bran
md spread as bait before plants are
set Put paper collars around young
plants
Ants may be controlled by punching
holes near their nests. putting in few
.poonfuls OF carbon hisuphide and
losing the opening
Striped Cucumber Beetle. = Cover
plants with cheesecloth screens. spray
with arsenate of lead. five pounds to
fifty gallons OF water
Army Worm Spray with paris
green. spread bran paris green bait or
plow deep ditch with steep side
next to crops and kill them in the
trench
Cabbage Worm Spray with paris
green to which is added some resin
soap to make ii stick to the leaves
Use hellebore for full grown heads
Country Gentleman
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-01
Simple SiIo Wisdom.

The quality of silage depends upon
water tight sio. the age of the corn and
the manner in which it is put into the
silo With the proper construction silos
Of concrete. brick. tile or wood may
fulfill these conditions Recent expert
ments in Iowa show that the amount
rs "A preservative. did not vary greatly
between the silage' from brick. wood
and hollow tile silos. indica ting that
the material of which silo is made
does not materially affect the quality
of the contents provided the silo is
carefully constructed so us to be air
and water tight Country Gentleman
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-01

Inc land for an asparagus bed must
De well drained. warm. rich soil and
thoroughly worked. For a home patch
oeep spading may do. but care must be
uken to get the manure well mixed
WIN tue soil If best results are desired
FOR larger beds the manure should be
turned under with pillow. Deep plow-
ing Is advantageous in most cases. The
nFst blowing should be done late in the
.s'l' the second early in the spring.
vood' strong one-year-old roots are the
JEST A long bed. single row for the
u'ne garden. is better and more easily
~.uaged than a short bed of mum.
pe' OF rows. The plants should have
plenty Of space.-American Agricultur
1t ~ u''ui
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-01
Economical Hog Trough.

When rough lumber is SIS thou
sand. about the price at present. a six
foot hog trough made of two inch
nlank costs about 30 cents for lum Der
Labor and nails add % cents to the
cost Hogs destroy from one to three
such troughs in a year Feed gets
wasted. too. for a new trough Is sci
dom made till the old one Is poorer
than it ought to be Three troughs at
the above estimate cost 1925 An iron
trough six feet long costs 1925 and
will last a lifetime American AEri
cuturiSt.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-01

Sweet peas are hardy and may be
sown lust as soon as the soil warns UP
enough to insure termination. 1t is
,tel to have the plants deep rooted
md for this reason the seed should De
planted ut the bottom of trench hVe
or six inches deep. with the bottom
made mellow and covered with COW
ole of inches Of soil. When the pea>
have germinated and come through the
soil the trench should be gradually
filled with mellow earth. The SOL
should be rich and mellow. the peas
should be watered Frequently II II De
comes dry. and the blossoms should be
picked regularly. This treatment VIII
insure maximum amount or Dloom'
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-01
WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT TH|SB EAN d?

The broad bean. known sometimes in
this country as the English broad
bean. is the common bean of Europe
Some authorities say it cannot succeed
i'm the United States or continental
Europe. being not we'll adapted to hot
dry summers. but it may be worth
trial 1t grows we'll in England
The broad bean requires heavy,
rich and well drained soil The plant
is erect. two to four feet high. has
thick angular stems, leaves with two
TO five oval leaflets flowers in clusters.
generally white with black eyed wing.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-01
ADVANTAGES of Dairyinc,

The great advantages of dairying are
that the products are always in de-
mand at good prices, that the product
Is condensed and removes froln the
farm a very small quantity Of fertility,
the product Is economical in delivery
and, being a perishable product, must
be sold often. which means that the
cash Is realized few days after it Is
produced. The fact that dairying fur.
nishes steady income throughout the
year. along with the insurance above
mentioned. commends 1t to the best
farmers.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-01
THE MISCH|EvOUS
MOTH AND ITS
DEADLY WORK

The coding moth Is perhaps the
worst enemy with which the apple
grower must contend II lays an enor
nous tax upon the apple growers Of
this country. not only in the destruc-
ton of fruit but in the cost of sprays
for this pernicious pest has made
spraying Il necessary part of orchard
ing 1t has been estimated that the
codling moth destroys fruit annually
in the United States to the value of
Sl2.O0O.0O0.
Trees must he sprayed for this pest
when the petals of the flowers close
and before the calyx lobes close and
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-01

Passersby always appreciate that
pride which farmer takes in his prem
ises which causes him to fix things up
and make them shipshape. so that be
takes pride in giving the farm name
and putting that. with his own beneath
on a neat signboard over the entrance
of the driveway leading from the main
road Entirely apart from the advan
tace which may come to the owner of
the farm by doing thus, it is real con
yenience in that it enables those who
pass the place to know who it is who
lives there.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-01
AUSTRIAN OR BLACK
FOR A W|NDBREAK

,c.. Austrian pine, often spoken OF
Inv ,Sa black pine. is commonly planted
- ~. the United States east OF
t tss RaSsy mountains for ornamental
'us s w;ndbreak purposes. Under favor
y. ~. conditions it will attain a height
- .,,tv or seventy feet, with diain-
:. ~, -, If fully two feet at the stump II
= n,oasing in appearance. grows erect
.,,n ! straight. heavy trunk and resu-
y. vhorls of heavy limbs. The leaves
=. from FIVE to seven inches long
~ dark green and retain their green
oes. throughout the year.
IN keeping with the general appear
.ncs Of the tree the foliage is dense
80 heavy which makes it one OF the
s.rr hest of the pines for windoreah
, M. 1t is readily propagated
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-01
re q Useful Serv,n+

.,s farmer owns wood LOT
hn, ,' " wood he can make an excel
NM Investment by purchasing gaSo
rv.. s"s'ne and wood saving machine
ens,na 'wo and one-fourth horsepower
sdv,s..' WIN 90 lot of work. but it is
hr,.. perhaps. to get "A somewhat
49, que because the chances are thar
end -. larmer gets an engine he will
-'' O'ner work for it to do.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-01
Heavy Fertilization Is Best.

In wheat fertilization experiments n
the Indiana experiment station on c'h.
and hoam soils the complete fertilize
gave the largest average increase ali'
the greatest average profit per acre
rhr use of 200 pounds of fertilizer pa
acre On wheat proved more prohtabl
than the use of 100 pounds DER acre
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-01
THE ENGLISH BROAD BEAN.

The pods are large and thick. and the
beans are thick. tiattened and gener
ally angular.
The varieties and subvarieties in cul-
tivation are numerous and variable
The beans are grown both in the gar
den and field for forage and as human
food The broad bean is an ancient
plant. having been cultivated in Europe
from remote times.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-01
WHEREIN THEY BEAT US.

European farmers think of
nothing so much as they do OF
feeding the soil. Only two
methods of restoring fertility to
the soil are known to man. and
these methods they practice
ceaselessly one is to grow on
it and pow into it the legumi
nous plants clover. alfalfa. rye.
vetch. The other Is to feed 1t
fertilizers-a combination of the
expensive minerals known to
farmers rs commercials" tni-
trate of soda or other nitroge-
nous salts,. and. best Of all
things. barnyard muck.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-01

The girl who was lounging on tha
front porch at o'clock in the morning
one day last summer and reading n
vapid dime novel when her mother
was getting the family washing out is
not the young woman that any chan
who has his eyeteeth cut will pick out
for wife. An infalibe evidence Of
womanliness and good sense as we'll ne
good breeding on the part of Girl is
that she helps her mother and makes
her burdens lighter
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-01

COIltSt.
flIaTY TEAR OLD AUSTRIAN PINES on
KANSAS FARM.
from seed, but the seedlings are Ten
der and susceptible to several funsous
diseases common in nurseries The
seedlings transplant with much ditli-
Guilty. and there is usually heavy loss
b the first transplanting. but only Il
small per cent Of loss in the subse-
quent paintings. Only trees that have
been transplanted once or twice should
be bought for permanent paintings.
and these should be from fifteen to
twenty inches in height.
The Austrian pine is generally prop
agated BY all nurserymen handling
coniferous stock and can be obtained
IN any desired numbers. The tree re
quires special care in the seeding
stage 1t is impra cticable for any eX
cept skilled nurserymen to attempt to
grow it.-Kansas Farmer
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-01
THE FARMERS PROBLEM.

According to Former Secretary
Wilson. every day in the crop
growing season is worth $4,000
600 to the farmers of the United
States. This wealth. however.
represents the work of nature
as well as Of men. The big
problem for the farmer is to so
arrange his affairs that he can
Keep nature working for him all
the time.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-01

ping the fowls head off (for this l pre-
fer a corn cutter or knife to Ratchet
or AK place the fowl in the box,
where it will bleed freely. This meth
cd, to my notion. is more humane than
to have 1t Topping about on the ground.
Farm and Fireside.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-01

each time until once over. then take
off and plow remaining rows.
For small peas six and one half inch
holes in pan fifteen inches in diane
ter on forty four inch wheel will SOW
about one bushel to the acre. A heavy
washer inside of pan will keep holes
from clOgging