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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-29
VALUE OF THE S|L0
ON DAIRY FARMS

. and silnye mean more to the
dairy farmer than most OF US nave e
INV conception of, and in the future 1t
mi he used more than it has been In
ne uast, writes Hugh Van Pelt in the
American Agriculturist. Commercial
toodsturs have doubled in price
hiring the last few years. The time
~, come when the farmer must rely
more and more upon his own efforts
- nroauce and preserve upon his own
arm those foods that will supply the
,seds Of bis dairy herds. He must
,..ctice intensive farming in the broad
- sense That which in the past has
hon wasted will in the future meas
ure to great extent the profits. And
dare say there is no one thing that
.onld he added to the farm equipment
That would promote intensive farming
- greatly as a good silo. The silo
v,ll make it possible to produce two
nounds Of milk where one was FORMER
i, produced, and in so doing fertilizing
constituents will be made available
mat when returned to the land will In
crease the productivity in the same
proportions
Like any other farm improvement.
however. the building Of silo incurs
considerable expense. yet it is quite
doubtful whether or not any other
building can be built for the storage
At roughness as will the silo. Compar-
ipe the digestive feeding nutrients.
which indicate more nearly than any
thing else the value Of foodstuffs. we
and that one ton of clover hay. which
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-29
THE BY-PRODUCT
Of OUR POULTRY

A hens egg contains 80 per cent wa
ter, and what big profit there is In
this water when eggs sell from 20 to
60 cents dozen. and yet some poul-
trymen are too slow and lazy to give
their hens enough water to drink.
Wouldn't the milkm man jump at such a
chance?
An evening feed of good. sound yell
low corn Is Il heating. satisfying. last.
ing meal for the hens on IL cold night
Try 1t yourself by eating more mush
and milk and corn pone and also thus
reduce the high cost of living
The postofiice department insists
that eggs must be marked eggs" AS
the United States district court at Phil
adelphia has decreed an egg is an egg.
even though 1t contains Il chick. until
that chick gets out. the shipper Of hay
NOW antiques may tag them eggs"
without breaking the law or busting
his elastic conscience
Eggs that are frozen and then thaw-
ed always change in appearance. and
customer Is apt to suspect you OF SELL
ing ancient or preserved eggs. Gather
ing them often on cold days saves trou
Bile and gives you chance to pick up
any eggs dropped on the floor and to
inspect the flock for signs OF winter
ailments.
Those egg speculat tors who borrow.
ed money to store eggs to sell at fabu
lous prices to the public during the
winter forgot there are two sure things
the men cant control the women and
the weather Well. yes. they did go up
against it, didn't they? Busted Is no
name.
When you get those birds home from
the show put them in a roomy. COM
Portable place and give them chance
to stretch Don't turn them out at
once, feed them good nourishing food
and keep them by themselves. They
need rest. Besides. they are now
strangers to the rest Of the flock and
are apt to get henpecked. and then. too.
they may have some disease germs In
their feathers brought home as sou
venirs.
AS preliminary test Of what the
parcel post would do to eggs a carton
containing ore dozen was sent as
merchandise" to Postmaster General
Hitchcock at Washington from Okla
homa City. a distance Of 1900 miles.
The eggs were knocked around In the
ordinary mail. but arrived In dne con-
dition
Mssouri's poultry product for 1910
was over half billion dollars more
than the gold and silver produced the
same year in Colorado. California and
Arizona. Let our poultry pessimists
put that in their pipe and smoke 1t.
The Crystal palace show. London.
had an entry of 100 turkeys, SO Bronze
and Al White Holland. Many Of the
aristocracy breed and show the big
bird. In this country turkeys are seen
at but few shows Some associations
do not encourage eleir exhibition. con-
sidering them too difficult to coop and
care for.
Never use lamp that leaks for heat
ing incubator or brooder. A friend
showed us his incubator in operation
In the room where family Of three
slept Underneath the lamp was
basin to catch the leaking oil. The
probable results of such criminal care
lessness are too dreadful to contem-
plate. Friend. use a good clean lamp
and handle ii with care.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-29
HOW TO SET PLANTS
SPEEDILY WITH EASE

The illustration shown herewith, ia
ken with the description from the Or
ange Judd Farmer. indicates how
dibble may be made to space plants at
equal distances 1t consists Of beam
in which pegs are set at the desired
intervals and a handle which bolts to
the beam.
If an old spade handle is not to b,
had Il crocheted limb, as shown at C,
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-29
For the Sake Of the Young Pigs.

Plenty of exercise is important for
the pregnant SOW. 1t should be insist
ed upon and provided in the way the
breeder finds best adapted to his sit
uation. A large pasture is not always
available, but the breeder may secure
results by arranging the house at one
end Of the hog lot and the feeding floor
at the other end or by giving the sows
water in such a way that to procure 1t
they will be compelled to walk some
distance a number of times each day
Coburn's Swine In America"
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-29

!. Aae very best treatment for worms
49, I. a0lses Is a good purge following a
\ w.. Jay or two. The best purge
-. sven Gu IN the form Of a ball, but If
.r.h uuu dlfficnlty in administering
vS,., ~! quart Of raw linseed oil into
a. n, .ase been shaken two ounces
s W o. turpentine in a drencb. being
th,s ~" ~ not to strangle the animal. as
M. WI. WI set up a fatal pneumonia. Do
vi,h wee VIZ week apart. Follow this
lIttls s sow'ers solution on feed. say a
roS 1 'ran twice day for short ne.
pos, 1--WE one-half ounce of standard
n,rs !. solution to each horse. If a
dyIn, :. uear foaling hesitate about
's Tue oil purge. DR.. G. r Babh
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-29

% froon v'eeds milk records are broken
The wo Sss.'y that the last few years
title hu v''u record COW" has held her
than . ~ "a = Few months or not more
Farmer % AT most. says the Kansas
hrxelv superior breeding has been
but tho hr .p for the big records.
d e, as breeding could not have assert.
Ing Of io,,, "r a thorough understand.
sood caso ''''ns for milk and with this
dairy hr'.,,, Each is necessary to make
ptedict th,, ,'.,. count. We confidently
f the knn,,' WIN a more general spread
product,o""' ~'edve Of feeding for mill,
shbllsh"a,si more high records will be
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-29
What Ais the Glover Field.

Frequent failures Of clover may not
be due so much to poor soil or dry
seasons as to the absence of the proper
kind of bacteria. Glover bacteria do
not thrive on acid soils. The applica-
ton of ground limestone to such soils
and the Introduction Of a few hundred
pounds of ground from clover fielC
may quickly cure clover sick plot
Iowa Homestead
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-29

Shropshire sheep in general form
are deep, thick and Of medium
length. This form is Of the mutton
type, carries a medium to heavy
fleece of very good character,
though of course lacking the oil
and flneness of the Merino breed.
The head is carried erect with much
style and strength and is well COW
cred with wool. The Shropshire is
adapted to grazing, stands cold
weather we'll and the ewes are ex-
ceptionally good mothers. The sires
are used TO a large extent upon fine
wooded strains, lmparting greater
vigor and strength to the lambs,
improving their feeding qualities
and producing greater size. The
yearling Shropshire eve shown was
a prize winner at last years inter-
national show
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-29
The Hoofs of Colts.

Keep the feet Of colts level by the
use of rasp and see that the toes of
their boots are round ana not too Iona
when turned to pasture: otherwise the
hoofs are liable to be so badly broken
MS to cause temporary lameness.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-29
TIM e.

Time is the cradle of hope, but
the grave of ambition-the sal
utary counselor of the wise. but
the stern corrector of fools. Wis
dorn walks before it. opportunity
with it and repentance behind it.
He that has made it his friend
will have little fear from his enc
mics. but he that has made it his
enemy will have little hope from
his friends. go Bacon.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-29

Have that bright boy or girl make
two or three rag doll corn seed testers
and let them be testing the seed corn
while you are busy with the seeding
operations and getting the corn ground
in shape. 1t will save time at busy
season. will insure a supply of seed
corn that will grow. and besides this.
the testing of the corn will be interest
ing as well as instructive to the young
people.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-29

Raw potatoes make a good ration fol
milk COWS; but. having so large a
starch content, they should be balanced
with protein feeds, such as bran. oil
meal, clover and alfalfa hay. Potatoes
have about one-siXth the feeding value
of grain-that is. twenty pounds of DO
tatoes are equivalent to little over
three pounds of grain
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-29
V. MoNewcuk.
Horse Collars Should Fit.

It is we'll worth while to have per-
feet fitting collar for each work horse.
Collars shoIl not be changed from
one horse :, another unless the collar
is fitted % The second horse. A gcod
method os fitting collars Is to wet
chem until they become soft and plia-
BILE. then put the collar on the horse
Kansas Farmer.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-29

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"ola 'sIolvAnIno 'sI9lupld eql
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Top Guum suuou Mou lqSII uIuJ
9Ql no IBp posn IeM AI9AI
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-29
Hint For Stock Raisers.

A we'll bred animal costs very little
more to purchase and generally less
to feed than a bad one, while the
progeny is always salable.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-29

DIBBEE FOR SPACING PLANTS ECU ALL1
will serve the purpose Stout wires,
as shown at Il. a. indicate the positions
of the next row and help to keep the
planting on the square.
At b. b, are shown other cross beams
spaced differently from the one at
tached to the handle For use in the
greenhouse a handle only three or four
inches high may be used
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-29

A sharp sickle and plenty of first.
class luhricating OIL are gcoo insur-
ance AGAINST breakdown and trouble
with the moving machine. Better
use both.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-29

The Guernsey breed of dairy cat
tie 10 becoming very popular in this
country because they are superior
dairy animals and have the ability
to yield rich. high colored milk.
They are larger and more rugged.
a rule. than. Jerseys and are in
demand for building up milk herds
from common cattle. The Guern-
sey COW does not stand for beauty.
but for profit. She has no pro-
nounced weak points and is admi-
nbly adapted to the conditions of
the average farm. Guernseys are
economical producers. and their
milk tests high In butter fat. The
Guernsey bull shown is Ledyard's
Warwick. and he is owned by Cor
nell university.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-09-21
ON
THE LEVEE front
WILL BE MISSED
Stately Cottonwoods That Line
Stone Wall Directly in Path
of Improvement.

When the leyee contractors get
busy between Fourth and Eighth
streets on the Ohio levee in the near
future the pretty row Of shade trees
that grace the outer portion OF the
present stone wall will have to be
removed, since they are directly in
the path OF the improvements con-
templated.
The trees have added effective
ness to the levee front, from stand
point of the natural and when they
are ct down, they will be decid-
edly conspicuous by their absence
Their shading will likewise be miss
ed, when the summer sun shines re-
lentlessly down upon terra firmat
for many have found a cooling com
fort there along the wall on the hot
days.
The trees were planted when the
wall was built decade or more ago
Whether or not they will be re-
placed by Others when the new con-
crete barrier is completed is mat
ter of conjecture,
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-09-21
ISAAC COHEN HAS
LEFT CITY OWING
SEVERAL HOUSES
Former Proprietor of Golden Eagle
Cleverly Deceives Merchants
Who Extended Credit.
STOCK APPARENTLY WORTH
$500; INVOICE SHOWS $500

Isaac Cohen, who has conducted
a dry goods store at 3311 Sycamore
street for some months past, has left
the city fo- parts unknown. 1t was
discovered after his departure that
he owes several hundred dollars to
wholesale merchants, credit having
been extended to him to this
amount.
His principal creditor Is Weber
& Wolters TO whom he owes between
three and four hundred dollars. He
also is indebted to a trunk house of
ST. Louis.
Saturday morning, Weber e. VOL
ters received the keys to Cohen s
store in letter mailed from this
city. Not knowing that he had left
the city they went to the store, and
began an invoice of the goods The
store was found to contain about
5000 worth, including fixtures At
first sight the stock seemed to be
/. worth $1,000 to $500. but an In
vestigation revealed empty boxes and
show cases cleverly draped to give
The appearance of being full
Since Cohen sta-td in businss at
the present location he has done a
yood business, and has paid his ac.
counts regularly, according to Her
| man Weber, until few weeks ago
Then he ceased to pay his account
on Monday, as had been his custom,
but he continued to buy
Cohen went Bankrupt over a year
| ago at S13 Commercial avenue where
he conducted the Golden Eagle
clothing house, The present pro
| prietors of that concern bought the
bankrupt stock and are doing .
prosperous business.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-09-21
THAW'SLAWYFR'S
READY TO GIVE
FACTS TO court
Mass Of Information Bearing Upon
Extradition Precedent is on
Their Hands
GOV. SELKER EXPRESSES
HIMSELF UPON SUBJECT

Concord, N. H., Sept. 20.--A mass
of information bearing upon the
extradition precedent in New Hamp,
shire lay before the counsel for
Harry X. Thaw tonight ready for
presentation before Gov. Selker
Tuesday in an effort to defeat the at
tempt to have the slayer of Stanford
White returned to Matteawan asy-
llrmm.
There was considerable uncertainty
tonight whether Mrs. Thaw wou d
be able to make the trip here before
the cxtradition hearing. She is in
charge of physician and nurses
and 1t is feared the excitement, that
is sure to attend the proceedings
make 1t inadvisable to bring her to
Concord. According to present
plans. Gov Selker will arrive Mon
day from his home in Rochester,
He was today quoted by close
friend as saying Nov that this
matter has been put up to me | shal'
decide 1t in accordance with what
seems to me to be my duty, simply
and solely and not influenced by
public clamor or any other outside
consideration. NY mind is perfectly
open on the subject of extradition
and want full information before
| decide"
While Thaw's counsel were work
ing today I'm the state library build
ing their consultation room was in.
vaded by moving picture operators
They were promptly expelled by for
mer Governor Stone of Pennsylvania
'eader of the Thaw forces. whc
Deprecated their introduction OF
what he called the "circus clcmnt'
into the case,
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-09-21
EXCURSION RATE
FOR SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI PEOPLE
iron Mountain to Allow One And One
Third Round Trip For Style
Week.

The Iron Mountain Railroad in or
Ter to boost the Retail Merchants
Fall Fashion Show and Style Weef
which begins Tuesday, are to allow
Southeast Missouri people to come
Cairo all week at special exclusion
rates.
shoppers residing on the road
fifty miles inland from Birds Point
will he enabled to visit this city
at the rate of one fare and a third
for the round trip, good in any day,
to come over in the morning and re-
turn the same afternoon or next
morning.
The Iron Mountain readily respon-
led to the special rate proposition
broached them by the Retail Mer-
Agent R. P. McWilliams said last
evening the road would have liked
to have advertised the affair with
station circulars and bills, but the
the request was not received in time
to go about this Systematically.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-09-21
SUMMONS ISSUED
AGAINST armour
BY JUDGE lUTz
Sausage Made by Packing Company
Found to Contain Bits of
Paper and Glass.
VIOLATION OF ORDINANCE
REGARDING PUTRID MEATS

A summons was issued in Judge
Melcher Lut's court yesterday
afternoon returnable on September
25 at p. m. against Armour and
company to recover a penalty OF
$50 under the city ordinance regard
ing the sale of putrid meats.
The summons was issued at the
instance of Health Officer w. G,
Clarke growing out OF the sale OF
sausage alleged to have been spoiled
and containing bits of paper and
glass.
The sausage was obtained from
the local branch of Armour and
company by II. G. Cowen who con-
duets grocery and meat market at
Thi~ty-second and Poplar streets
Saturday a week ago.
James Barnwell, an uptown resi-.
dent purchased portion Of the
sausage and when he served the
meat on his dinner table, the carv-
ing knife cut through hard sub
stances found to be glass and paper
The sausage was also found to he
spoiled. Barnwell took the meat
back to the dealer, who reported the
matter to DR.. Clarke.
Dr.. Clarke stated last evening, he
was convinced he had a clear case
against Armour and company, but
doubted whether he would win with
out fight from the company.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-09-21
Detectives Look For Further Schmidt
Evidence In The Various
Statistics.
SLAYER STILL HOLDS
HIS CALM DEMEAN0R
Inspector Faurot Holds Murderer
Was Slane When He Com
mitted Deed.

New York, Sept. 20---All death
certificates filed since the first of the
year, fifteen thousand in number
are being examined to ascertain
whether they included any papers
forged by Father Hans Schmidt to
conceal the murder of other persons
beside Anna Aumuller.
The investigation is the result of
| finding death blanks in Schmidt's
room.
With no variation from his Gus
tomary ecclesiastical manner the self
confessed murderer of Anna Aum-
uller has calmly informed the de-
tectives that he had intended to ex-
ecute old persons, cripples, persons
suffering form incurable ailments
and "all who found this world a
hardship" He proposed to execute
| the selected victims either by shoot
ing, poisoning or dissection, which
| he declared to be the easiest forms
| OF death.
Boosting that he had faced death
and had no fear of it, Schmidt said
he wanted to accommodate all who
| wanted to die, but lacked the cour-
age to kill themselves"
Inspector Faurot was not greatly
Impressed by the statement. lie
was inclined to believe that 1t was
merely an afterthought designed to
give the impression of insanity, al
| though 1t was made when Schmidt
Twas confronted with the book OF
blank certificates Wlicl| had been
found among his effects In St
Jospeh's rectory. Schmidt said he
had stolen the certificates for the
purpose of disposng of the body oil
Anna Aumuller in regular way.
+: Murder Premeditated.
Inspector Faurot holds that this
admission proves that the murder
Twas premeditated and that the man
| was absolutely sane when he planned
lie.
/ In addition to his other aliases
Schmidt seems to have used the
name Rev Joseph Schmidt"
post card addressed in this way came
to him at the Tombs today. 1t was
signed "Cathleen OMalley, Hote
Russell, London, w. G." Schmidt de
nied knowing any one by that name
| BY establishing the fact that tht
| Il. o. u from Muret found IL
Schmidt's effects was dated In April
1911, the police believe they hav,
positively the connection with thu
two men, 1t was about this tim,
| that Murct left London for New
York and the police think the $500
| vas advanced by schmidt as a "grul
staKe' to his former associate, wht
is now believed TO be his nephew
Adolph Mueller.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-09-21

Jodie Carr. a negro, who runs a
clothes pressing establishment in
the rear of the Blum Block in Mound
City accidentally shot himself four
times In doing this, Jodie used
only one bullet
Jodie was sitting in his shop
dreaming of the fortune he could
make If everyone who passed the
door would bring in his clothes to
he pressed and having nothing else
to do, he took his gun from drawer
and commenced to examine it. II
was loaded. all right, and we'll oiled
and polished
Dreamily he wondered n II would
shoot. 1t did. His finger was on
the sIsgSer and accidentally it
slipped.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-09-21
Many Disbursements.

Washington, Sept. 20---Hope of
the conferees of the senate and
house reached a complete agree
ment on the tariff bill this week
went glimmering when the confer
ence adjourned yesterday with about
eighteen questions still in disagree
ment Half a dozen of these sub
iects have produced determined
deadlocks, with all sides appealing
to President Wilson for assistance.
Close tabulations have been KEEP.
of the effect of the various amend
ments adopted on the revenue to be
produced by the measure Experts
informed Senator Simmons that as
at present drawn and agreed to the
bill will produce an income that
should give the government a sur
plus of S16,000,00 in a normal
yeaf.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-09-21

ing the city. When the heighteninr
of the levees was assured, the com
pany decided that Cairo was an ex.
cellent location for its plant, an(
will move its general office her.
from st. Louis.
A switch track will be laid to tn,
plant early this week, and every
thing possible will be done to rusl
the completion of the buildings
The company will employ abou
100 men.
The company is making prepare
tions to receive about SIX millior
feet of lumber in it's new yards am
this amount will probably be on tn,
premises about the time the new
plant is completed.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-09-21
RICH MAID ANSWERS
'AD' AND is MARRIED

Belfast, Me, Sept. 20---A sensation
has been caused here by the news
which has just been made public OF
L. Pendleton, daughter OF Captain
and Mrs. Lyman G. Pendleton of Is
lesboro, and a member of the rich
Pendleton shop-owning family of
the marriage Tuesday of Miss Saran
Maine and New York, and Radford
S. Russell of Sacramento. Cal. Rus
sell advertised for wife and Miss
Pendleton answered. The bride
groom is fifty-two and his bride
fifty-one.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-09-21
NEW LUMBER COMPANY
STARTS WORK ON PLANT

The Louisiana Lumber Company
has started work on its new plant
on the north side of West Twenty
eight street between the Iron Noun
tain and the Big Four tracks
The Commercial Club and the
commercial agents of the Iron Noun
tain and Big Four railroads have
been enbeavoring for the past two
years to bring this company to Cairo.
A representative from the COM
pany visited the city during the
high water of 1912, but was not
very enthusiastic over the location.
This year he again visited the city,
and stayed until the danger of high
water had passed, noting the efforts
made to keep the water from enter
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-09-21
SHOOTS SELF FOUR
TIMES WITH SAME BULLET

The noise of the shot rang
through the shop. Jodie jumped
from his chair. "Mah brain,'' he
exclaimed. "Ah'm shot"
He ran to a nearby doctors office
and when the doctor examined
Jodie. he found he had four bullet
holes in his two legs. Jodie sill
had the gun in his hand, and the
doctor looked TO see how many
chambers had been discharged.
There was an empty shell IN one
chamber and the other four con-
tanned loaded cartridges.
Jodie had been sitting with his
legs crossed and the bullet had gone
through the fieshy part of both legs
above the knee and then torn its
way through the calf of each leg.