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The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1913-04-25
INMAN
AWAKES INTEREST

Pierre Dakotan.-Secretary Inman
OF the Great Plains Irrigation Project,
who has been in the city several day S
comforting with and interesting the
people of tho city in this project about
which much has been heard and
about which comparatively lutte is
known left here for other points down
the river in the interest of the project.
During the few days he was here
Mr. Inman was busy undoing and
panishing the large amount of misin-
formation that has gained footing
in the city relative TO the business
and the methods of the association,
and before leaving expressed the
opinion that there was now a better
understanding than there had previ-
ously been and that he was much
gratiiied oyer the manner in which
it. was finally being received and TAX
en- hold of.
At the meeting of the Commercial
Club at which Mr.. Inman was present.
the club formally approved of the
plan upon which the association is
working after he had dispelled some
of the erroneous ideas that were
abroad concerning it, and commits
tee consisting of Messrs. DeLaud,
Brink and Mcclure was appointed to
assist the secretary of the association
in soliciting the support of the people
of Pierre.
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1913-04-25
ARE
MOSTLY LAWYERS

Washington, ID. C.-There are SO
lawyers in the Senate aud 270 in the
House, according to the new congress
sional directory issued Monday.
In the Senate there are eight edit
ors, six farmers, five business men,
live bankers, two doctors and one
soldier.
In the House there are 20 business
men. 1 soldier, editors, bankers, 6
doctors. / author, / preacher and
lecturer.
The directory lists in the Senate
81 democrats, "A republicans, and
progressive; in the House, 290 dem
ocrats, 1877 republicans, progressive
republicans, Progressives, inde-
pendent and one seat vacant.
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1913-04-25
MAKE SUGGESTIONS
TO THE ASSESSORS

Sioux Falls Prgss: Instruction to
follow the law in every detail togeth-
er with suggestions as TO how they
ohall appraise property nave been is
sued to assessors and county auditors
Of tho state by the tax commissioners,
Ine fact that everything must be as
sessed at its true value in money is
strongly impressed on officials. Be-
low are few of the suggestions made
by the commission:
In assessing any tract or lot or
real property, the value Of the land,
exclusive Of improvements, shall be
determined; also the value of all i'm
provements, and structures thereon.
and the aggregate value OF the prop
erty including all structures and 9TH
er improvements, excluding the value
of crops growing upon cultivated
lands.
\ Assess all personal property at its
true and full value IN money, just as
the law provides; 6he only basis of
Taluaaion is true aad full value in
money not oue-third or any other
per cent, of valuation not what it
would sell for at auction, or forced
eHie,-cr in the aggreoato with all Of
,ae property in the assessors district,
Assess each article by itself, and at
such sum or price as the assessor be-
Iieves the same to be fairly worth in
money.
Moneys and Credits in the past
have escaped taxation almost entire
ly. We therefore urge the county
commissioners, and county auditors
and assessors to make united and
special effort to get such property on
the assessment rolls. The assessors
are required to pu5 under oath any
iodiyiduals or officers of a corpora
tiou who has property to list. And
the assessors are requested to com
ply wi5n Tie requirements of law in
this respect"
Bank stock should be assessed as
follows: The value of bank stock
shoala be determined by adding to
the capital stock the surplus and net
undivided profits. The assessed value
of real estate carried b. the bank TO
be deducted from the assessed value
of bank stock.
1T is the duty of tie assessors to
determine the value Of ali property
listed, and TO enter the amount of
each item in the proper column; the
owner lists the property. The asses
sor must fix the value"
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1913-04-25
BEN Nj. WOOD In
CHAUTAUQUA WORK

Rapid City Journal: Ben n. Wood,
secretary OF the South Dakota Good
Roads Association has signed con-
tract with the Britt Lyceum Bureau
to lecture for iU on Cocoa Roads"
during the month of July, at n salary
Of SlC0 per week aud expenses. The
territory assigned to Secretary Wood
includes Nebraska and Colorado and
he will be called upon to address
Chautauqua audiences in towns and
cities where the Britt company is
conducting meetings.
The step taken by Mr., Wood has
been in contemplation for some time
and several other organizations have
been seeking his services, there be-
ing only three lecturers at present
time covering the good roads field
from a professional standpoint.
Secretary Woods work in organ
izing the South Dakata Good Roads
Association and his preparation of
the road law recently passed by the
legislature has attracted attention to
him, which is not confined to the
boundaries of his own state. There
is scarcely day passes that the pest
does not ask him to attend road con-
ventions in other states as well AS
his own. He is scheduled to speak
at Mitchell in few days and present
a report of the work accomplished by
the state organization.
The Delta independent., 1913-06-27
Explosives for the Orchard.

Dynamite is being used eNtensively
by farmers all over the United States
! Although some have never heard OF
! plowing with dynamite. yet II is being
used in this manner by great many
! up to date farmers. as well as for
ditching. both large and small bitches
digging wells, post holes. eNcavating
for cellars and cisterns. removing
stumps. breaking up rock. telling
trees. regenerating old orchards and
shooting holes in which to set young
trees. All these things are being done
with dynamite at large financial
saving to the farmers throughout the
country.
Many more farmers could profit
by the use of high explosives. but are
somewhat timid about handling 1t. As
matter of fact dynamite is as safe
to handle as matches. coal oil or gaso-
line. and to enable farmers to use it
with the least amount of damage we
now have the Red Cross brand made
expressly for the use of farmers 1t
comes in several strengths. from TWEEN
ty per cent to sixty per cent. The
twenty per cent is used for subsoilinc
or plowing more extensively than the
higher grades. as II gives a more heav-
ing effect, thus loosening the ground
and cracking the hard subsoil for
several feet in each direction from
the shot.
When 1t is used in tree planting it
not only makes the hole in which TO
set the young tree, but II opens up the
ground so that the young, tender roots
can reach out and grow far into the
soil very quickly and thus II enables
them to make much better growth
than trees set in spade dug holes r.
have had several years experience
with these explosives and find that
trees set in holes blasted with dyna-
mite come into bearing about two
years earlier than those set in plowed
out or dug holes, This makes it
paving proposition II nothing more
We're gained, but the tree contrives
as the years so on. to be very much
superior to its neiehbors set In holes
made with spade Then too. the
fumes of smoke from the dynamite
kills all the insects and grubs so in.
furious to young plant life. even when
trees have been killed by fungus.
II the ground is shot with dynamite
and another tree set in its place it
The Delta independent., 1913-06-27
The Price Of Butter Eat.

Should dairyman receive as much
for a pound of butter fat as cream
cry does for its butter? In other
words, can creamery operate on the
overrun in butter making? Very sell
dom is this price obtained for butter
fat in Colorado and there seems to
be a feeling that it is unreasonable
to expect.
A study OF the reports OF co-opera-
tive creameries shows that thirty-two
creameries paid an average OF 262
cents more for butter fat than the net
price received for butter. The aver
age overrun in these creameries was
2O9 percent. Aside from the actual
cost OF manufacturing the butter these
creameries spent on the average
$500 yearly for dividends, repairs,
new machinery or buildings. This
shows that while paving such prices
they were also paying interest on in.
vestment, depreciation, etc.
To illustrate how this can be done,
The Delta independent., 1913-06-27

VIII destroy the germs and the second
tree will come on and flourish as if
there had never been any fungus pres
ent.
In shooting holes for tree planting
l 1ind that one stick of twenty per
cent strength is about the proper
thing to use, the sticks being 1AxS
inches, or one half pound each, which
makes the cost very low While some
others advocate the use of forty per
cent strength for tree planting, yet
they may never have tried the twenty
per cent sticks. l have used both
and prefer the twenty per cent to any
other strength.-Field and Farm.
The Delta independent., 1913-06-27
Sailing the Hay in the Stack.

Sailing the Hay in the Stack.
The most rapid way of putting up
alfalfa hay is by the use of go-devils
and sweep stackers, or swinging stack
ers. This necessitates stacking the
hay in the field where it is cut and
is the plan almost universally followed
here in the dry climate of Colorado
where hay is made on large scale.
On the small farm the practical meth
cd is to load the hay ON wagons and
haul it to the stack or NOW. The hay
is rapidly removed from the load and
dumped into the NOV or stack by
means of the hay fork or sling. Slings
are often preferable 10 hay forks
for unloading on account of the clean.
er and more rapid work which may
be done. For barn shed storing
a carrier and track is usually more
convenient For field stacking some
form of hay poles with the pulley and
rope is in common use.
Hay should not be stacked on the
ground. but on an elevated bottom
made of poles and brush. If the hay
is green or unevenly cured, it is
apt to burn or spoil when there is no
ventilation beneath the stack. Great
care should be taken to keep the
middle of the stack full, SO that when
the hay settles the stack will shed
rain. There is no better grass COW
ering for stacks than marsh hay.
When the stack is finished and topped
out, do not fail to bind on the cover
with good hangers of wire attach ed
to stones or heavy sticks of wood.
AS a rule duck canvas is regarded as
the best kind of cover, as it is made
waterproof. II is becoming common
practice in the more humid sections
where the method of farming is in
tensive rather than extensive, to pro-
tect the hay in the field by covering
the cocks with canvas caps There
is little question regarding the prac-
ticability and economy of such prac-
tice on small farms and there is
little question also that the same meth
cd may be used profitably when al
falfa is put mp on a large scale.
II is also a common practice in some
sections to stack alfalfa in green or
partially cured condition. applying salt
or lime for the purpose Of preventing
the hay from heating. There seems
to be no sufficient data to prove that
the application of lime or salt prevents
hay from heating. There is little
question but that the salted hay is
relished better by stock. The fact
that cattle eat the hay with greater
relish may be the cause for the opinion
among farmers that sailing preserves
the hay or makes it keep better.
The application of a small amount of
salt to new hay in stacking may be
recommended even when hay is well
cured. From two to four quarts of
salt to the ton is usually sufficient
but II the hay is green or only partial
ly cured more salt may be used
BY putting hay up as sandwich with
alternating layers OF oat or wheat
straw. the hay can be put up good
deal greener than otherwise and the
sailing can be done in the same way
The Delta independent., 1913-06-27

suppose we take 100 pounds of butter
manufactured in one of these cream
cries, that sells for thirty cents per
pound and brings $50. The cost of
making a pound of butte- is about two
cents, and other expenses one cent
If the butter is SO per cent fat, there
will be left s27 to pay for So pounds
of fat, or at the rate of 32.5 cents
per pound. This is % cents above
the price of butter.
The Delta independent., 1913-06-27

You can see the result of all leaguc
baseball games each evening after +
o'clock at the Trechter pool rooms,
Boards have been put in and the
scores are received regularly and
hulletined. This will doubtless prove
a great convenience and privilege for
local fans. n.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-18
Daddy Bedtime
. O., The Yellow
OLOI - Birds and the
Pussy Cats.

ADDY laid down his newspaper with a sigh. "There" said he; there's
another man writing to the paper against cats rye noticed that the
10 people that haven't a good word for pussy are the kind that nj self
respecting cat wants to live with"
What does he say about the cats daddyT Jack and Evelyn wanted to
know.
"rhis man, who says that cats kilt young birds at night, does not seem
to know that well brought up cats sleep IN barns Or stables or In ON
Portable corners in the furnace room instead of proving of to caterwaul with
wild companions. Only tramp cats act this way and such cats should not be
blamed for the sins of their fellows any more than your daddy ought to be
blamed for all the mischief that some men dc. ~"
"Pusses will not hunt birds if they ARE well fed and If they are taught that
they must not do Il.
mo farmer would own a cat that caught birds, for the same cat would go
THE people who talk so much about cats hunting the song birds forget
country sparrows are just as plentiful as ever.
THE fact is catsw would rather catch rats and mice and no!es than bother
with birds Birds are not s o easy to catch as you might thnk.
any one who talks about cats stealing young birds out of the nest doesn't know
"One spring after a storm we went out and found a young yellow bird on
the lawn. 1t vas half dead with cold and fright but we warmed it and put
outside IN top of the porch in a box. where the parent birds. who were flying
about crying for their young ne could SCI and feed It,
They brought it worms, and the little thing acted as If it felt quite at
home IL the little box, and it stayed with u till it was ready to dy.
But the parent yellow birds would not allow our Tom to show his whskers
the back yard. and they chased away a ramp cat that had been STAYING with
u.s. sleeping ut nights o the back porch. Even Don, III neighbours dog, which
spent most o. his time with u.s., never dared come in for a visit till that little
yellow bird could fy.
How did the parent birds scare the cats and dog? They wtuld ey down
at them With "A great chatterng. flap their wings in the animals faces and
even peck at their eyes
Afraid Of the btrds' Why. evea your daddy a afraid of themw
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-18
FRI DAY, APRIL 10, 1918.
H TOUR.

Z Fargo may take a %justifable pride
in the honor that has been conferred
upon it by the officials in charge Of
routing the 1913 Glidden tour. When
those who were to map out the route
for this classic reliability event Of the
automobile world met in the twin cit
les recently, they arranged the tour so
that Fargo would be reached on Sat
urday evening and the tourists could
spend all day Sunday here.
This honor is all the more appre-
ciated because it came entirely UNI
year is to largely follow the route hat
was followed by the little Glidden"
last year. 1t will be remembered that
considerable time was spent in Fargo
last year. The twin city auto enthus-
lasts who were in charge Of last years
run were asked to assist in routing
the Glidden trip this year and remem-
bering the splendid reception they re-
ceived in Fargo last year, they sug-
gested Fargo as the logical point to
EpGIlu IlG uSI SuAludS vi TIC 4Odu.
This means one more big event for
Fargo this summer. The summer Of
1913 promises to go down in Fargo's
history as one filed with large affairs.
Starting with the first day of summer,
June !, which ushers in the great Ma
sonic home coming week and contin-
uing through June and July, one big
event will follow another in rapid sue
cession.
The coming of the Glidden tourists
will put Fargo on the nap in big red
letters. The Gltdden tour is always
followed with the keenest interest by
the newspapers of the nation and the
eyes of the entire automobile world
will be focused on Fargo Sunday
July IS. 1t will bring publicity of
immense value not alone to Fargo
bit to all North Dakota, and espe-
cially that section through which the
tour will proceed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-18
Ia FoLLETTE's ATTITUDE.

IL must be gratifying to the dom
1nant element in the United States
senate to feel that whatever may be
the tendency of a few democrats to
make trouble for the administration in
it's efforts al tariff revision, control
and regulation of the trusts. currency
and other progressive legislation, there
is a strong reliance in Senator LaFol-
lette and those who stand with him for
support of these measures in case of
the dire extremity of democratic de-
Election.
II is 10 probable that democrats
will place themselves in the way of
carrying out the pronounced policies
of the democratic party, but if that
should occur It is likely that more than
enough strength will be added from
the republicans to make UP the loss
and to insure the legislation desired.
senator LaFoIlette has indicated in
his weekly what his attitude will be
toward President Wilson's admins
tration. He shows very plainly that
he will support very cordially those
measures that are in harmony with
his views; that he win not sanction
any effort on the part Of the republi.
cans 10 put the democratic party in a
hole, but will advocate the enactment
OF wholesome and needful laws re-
gardIess of what party may be bene.
atad and injured thereby.
Ha says that president Wilson
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-18

of the prescribed examinations would
be legally recognized as a pre-requi-
site for foreign service appointments,
while efficiency should be the only
basis for promotion. Stopping there,
the bill relied upon the moral effect of
the backing of the business interests
of the whole country, who realize the
importance of a trained foreign serv-
ice, and upon the moral force of such
a mandate from congress, to hold III
the hands Of any president against
pressure from the politicians of his
own party, and make it easier for him
to continue to run this service on a
strictly merit basis.
The pressure on President Wilson
to the old PARTISAN methods OF
appointment to the consular service is
unquestionably strong. Precisely
where the secretary of state stands
on the question has not yet been
divulged, but is may be assumed that
he is likely to prove more hOspitabie
than the president to the claims Of
party service. In any case, h ques-
ton is a pressing n whether COM
merciaI organizations do we'll to adopt
merely a waiting attitude at the
present juncture. The activity of the
forces opposed for consular reform
surely furnishes them with sufficient
WARRANT AOI pldCIIlS Oh LeCOIu lIS1l
unequivocal opposition to any revival
of the spoils system and the conse-
quent undoing of nearly twenty years
of progress towards a service con-
Quoted on a purely business basis.
Not even the politicians venture to
dispute the proposition that In order
to assist in the development of
markets for our products and to afford
adequate protection to American inter-
ests in foreign countries, We need the
most efficient consular and diplomatic
service that can be provided. They
may regard themselves as better judges
Of the required competency than a
body of trained and impartial eX-
aminers, and they may be disposed
to dismiss the requirements imposed
by the latter as purely academic tests
of ability. But nobody seriously dis
putes the principle that men sent
abroad to represent their country in
any official capacity should be men
of whom their fellow citizens need
have no reason to feel ashamed. That
President Wilson is in full sympathy
with the efforts made by his prede-
cessors to raise the consular and diplo-
matte services to the rank Of a profess
sion, n to give to he offices includ-
ed under them a flxity of tenure and
a scale of remuneration calculated to
attract a sufficiently high order of
ability, hardly admits of question. But
there seems no reason to doubt that
he would welcome a frank expression
of the commercial opinion of the
country on this subject, and that he
would be greatly strengthened in re-
sisting the demands of professional
politicians to overturn all that has
become permanent in the consular
service during the last seven years,
by having the assurance that business
men were virtually a unit in supper
of the reforms already introduced into
the service no less than of their
further development.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-18
BAD FOR s~cHooLRoYs.

Prof. M. v. O'Shea Of the University
Of Wisconsin, is in line with members
Of the teaching profession generally
when he declares that the use of to-
bacco in the grammar and high
schools Of the country is making
ounces. He asserts that 80 per cent
Of the boys smoke, an estimate that
seems too high.
He does not believe that most boys
smoke because they like tobacco, but
because their schooIfellows smoke. It
is a social thing with the boys and
by smoking the average boy thinks he
is one Of the crowd" On the other
hand he feels he is an outsider" if he
does not smoke. Unruly boys, says
Professor O'Shea. are almost ALWAYS
addicted to the cigarette habit, and he
declares that smoking robs the pupils
OF their docility. Records kept of the
students who were not addicted to the
smoking habit when they entered the
high school, but who acquired 1t later,
show that not only did these pupil be-
come harder to manage, but the quail
ity of their school work also declined
greatly.
The statement Of a number of high
school principals to the effect that
from so to 80 per cent of high school
boys r now using cigarettes shows
what a hold the smoking evil has
gained on them. "It is an interesting
fact" saws Professor OrShea "tba+ +bo
strongest sentiment against smoking
has arisen in communities in which
raising tobacco is the principal indus
try. Tobacco men do not want boys
IN their own communities to smoke.
while in a number Of places in Wis
consin the records show that this
smoking by young boys lessons their
mentality and makes more or less
ounces of them. Many organizations
have taken an active stand against
smoking by school children"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-18
THE SUPPLANTED ONE.

I don't get much attention now,
Although I'm not complaining;
I'm forced to get on anyhow.
Another king is reigning.
She Doesn't run to wait on me,
However rushed l may be,
Whene'er l need assistance. she
Is busy with the baby.
Time was my shirts were all laid out
And all my buds were handy;
And those We're days without a doubt,
When things were fine and dandy
But now the time she gave to me,
She's giving to another.
1t keeps her busy just to be
A fond n doting mother.
oh. / cut a figure then.
To something ] amounted;
| stood above all other men.
With her /, only, counted.
Then often / was petted, too,
And cheered when things went badly,
But now another's come to voc
And I'm neglected sadly,
And now / come and so each day,
Just merely tolerated: 9
And often | am in the way.
AS she has plainly stated.
However hard it may be;
Oh, I've been put up on the shelf,
And put there by a baby.
And yet upon that shelf I'd stay,
And all complainings smother;
The lad who took my wife away
Has given me back his mother.
And every night ] kneei and pray
That neve will the day be
That / shall fail to hear her say:
TIN busy with the baby!"
Edgar A. Guest in Detroit Free Press.