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Non Coal Land.
Notice For Publication.

United States Land Office at Great Falls, Mon
tana, January IL, 1913.
Notice is hereby given that
DORA E. MURRAY,
of Fort Benton, Montana, who, on June z. 1909
made desert land entry No. 06s79, for SWh
NEA. VIZ SE4, Eh SWA. SEk NWA section
6; NWA MEX, and Mex NWh section Z, town
ship % north, range east, Montana meridian
has filed notice Of intention to make final proof
to establish claim to the land above described
before Chas. II. Boyle, U. s. commissioner, al
his Office, at Fort Benton. Montana, on the 24th
day of February, 1918.
Claimant names as witnesses: John W
Iewellen, John Jacoby, George T. Murray, Merle
4. Morgan, all of Fort Benton, Mont.
JULIUS q. PETERS, Register.
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Not a Fool.

Mr.. Gnaggs-I want you to under
stand, Mrs. Gnaggs. that l am no fool.
Mrs. Gnaggs-For once agree with
you. A fool and his money are soon
parted. and ! have never been able to
get dollar out Of you.-Philadelpha
Record.
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Ref ned.

"Have we exercised refining influ-
ence In American politics?"
Beyond doubt Our association
has passed resolution that hereafter
the pork barrel shall be known as the
er as the tart buffet Washington
Star.
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Stallion for Sale

One grey stallion, eight years old. Weight
1900 poends. Very heavy boned. Was bred ON
the late Marcus Daily ranch. Both dam and sire
were imported. Judging by his progeny he
should be worth $2OOO.OO-will take $6OO.O0 if
taken soon. Enquire of
A. X. PRESCOTT, Helena, Mont,
or A. G. COUGH, Chester, Mont.
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year. At this rate how long with It
take him to reach the last book!

Only one newspaper man out Of ev-
cry sixty-tve ever has Il sharp knife,
but only one lawyer out of every 120
carries lead pencil. How much bet
ter Is 1t to be newspaper man than
a lawyer:
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In the vaults of Il state treasury is
100000. ana the treasurer starts for
Mexico. How much does he leave be-
hind him?
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new ARITHMETIC.
Up to Date Stepping Stones to a
Higher Education.
BOUND TO IMPROVE THE MIND
Take the Problem Of the Duel Home to
Dinner With You and Let the Chill
dren Puzzle Over lt-They Won't Eat
So Much.
BY M. QUAD.

BY M. QUAD.
copyright. 1912. by Associated Literary
Press
TWO men who regarded their
sacred honor as at stake go out
to fight duel. One shoots u
calf in field and the other
pops a farmer sitting on a fence, and
they shake hands and declare their
sacred honors freed from all stains.
How much sacred honor does it take to
fl, -four sack. and how long would 1t
take grasshopper to eat the whole
business up?
A tramp hires out to farmer for
$14 per month. He gets boss dinner
works an hour and skips. Counting
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Estray Notice.

old bull, branded Y on left hip. Owner will
please call and pay charres, and take animal
away. X. ID. HUISMAN, Fort Benton.
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garding his speed. At this rate how
many times would he lie in year. and
how would it help the speed Of the
horse any?
A schoolteacher gives a pupil four
teen paragraphs in the science of gov
ernment, thirteen examples in arith-
metic. three pages of history, one page
Of grammar. one Of photography and
half an hour of writing as daily les
son and expects him to pass IS per
cent. At this rate how long will it
take her to rush him into a lunatic
asylum?
If lawyer charges plumber IS for
advice and the plumber charges the
lawyer $3.50 for stopping a leak in
water pipe. how much is the lawyer
ahead?
A saloonist buys barrel of whisky
in bulk and draws two barrels from 1t
by the drink There is nothing to fig
ure on this The figuring was all done
by the salooniSt.
A poor man who has forty feet Of
sidewalk cleans it twenty-four times
between Dec. and Feb. %, while q
rich man with 400 feet does not clean
his once. Where does the poor man
get ahead of him, and why is 1t that a
rich man never falls on the ice and
I,,ix- h,,ff y1vN fn h1c
shoulder blades?
In a schoolroom are twelve benches
and nine boys on Il bench. Find who
stole the teachers gad.
A laundress takes in twelve shirts
and has four stolen from her line.
How many are left, and what are the
losers going to do about It?
A farmer sold eleven bushels of po.
tatoes, and the product purchased two
gallons of whisky at 80 cents per GAL
lon. How much per bushel did he get
for his tubers, and where did he keep
the jug?
What velocity must a locomotive
have to pick up deaf man walking
on the track and fling him so high that
six cars pass before he comes down?
A boy earned 20 cents per day for
eighteen days and bought his mother
muskrat muff costing $210. How
much did he have left to 60 to the cir
| Gus with?
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the dinner worth 80 cents, how much
did he make? Counting the three bites
he got from the farmers dog at 25
cents each, how much did he lose?
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A citizen who thinks it would be nice
to have fresh eggs every day buys thir-
teen fowls at 60 cents each, lumber to
the amount of $12, hires a man for S.
to build park and in three months
pays out $4.2O for feed. In the twelve
weeks he gets four dozen eggs and
loses five hens by death and mysteri
GUS disappearance. How much have
his eggs cost him per dozen?
A father pays 5000 to educate his
daughter in music, $50 to enable her
to say good day" in French, 500 to
give her lessons in painting, $25 to
learn to dance. She then marries a
man who Is working on salary of $14
per week. How much will she save by
doing her own kitchen work for five
years, estimating girls salary at $3.50
per week?
A boy buys harvest apple for a
cent. He gives a boy a taste for
kite worth 4 cents, another boy a small
bite for marble worth a penny,
third boy big bite for jackknife
worth cents and then has enough
left to get up case of collie worth 81.
How much does he make by the spec
ulation?
A servant girl works in certain
family for three weeks at So per week.
She breaks four goblets at % cents
each. three teacups valued at 20 cents
apiece, throws $1.2O worth of bread
| and biscuit into the alley and gets
away with half a set of knives and
forks costing So. How much is the
family out of pocket?
A druggist mixes three ounces of wa
ter and cents worth Of powder to-
gether and charges Sc cents for the
prescription. Estimating the water at
so cents and his time at 20, how much
| does he lose? It's curious, but drug
gists lose money just that way.
At sc per ton how many tons Of coal
can be bought for $24? The green
horn will answer -four tons.'S
A stagecoach robber was enabled to
lay up $3.50 in ten months. but a
Niagara Falls hackman salted down
$S,265 in nine. How much better is
it to rob at Niagara Falls than out
| west?
A tramp gets cold biscuit at one
house, a piece Of meat at another. an
old vest at the third. and the owner
| Of the fourth house runs him three
| blocks with dog. How much moro
does the tramp respect the fourth per
son than the other three combined?
| 1t takes twenty blows Of a hammer
In the hands of woman to drive a
ten-penny nail three inches. She misses
the nail twice where she hits it once
How many blows does she strike in
all. and how far can her voice ht.
heard when she strikes her thumb?
| A gentleman who has Il library of
ic.Hc0 volumes opens ten volumes per
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Jones sells his farm for $1,000 and
invests the money in mining stock.
paying dividend of 16 per cent. How
long will it take the company to absorb
his capital and leave him as fat as a
pancake?
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. Good reading broadens the
. vision, quickens the intellect
. and increases mans capacity
. for work and enjoyment. The
. we'll read farmer is not more
: intelligent, but enjoys greater
. prosperity and is better
. citizen as we'll.
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Strayed or Stolen.

One light bay gelding. branded on right
shoulder-brand blotched.
One brown bay eeldinp, branded on left
shoulder. and right thigh.
Will pay q reward of $lO.OV Tor infor-
matiou leading 70 the recovery Of each one.
JURGEN ENGELLANT,
Fort Benton, Mont
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Hay For Sale.

Raied hay for sale. When in want of car
write or wire. II. FARNUM, Harlem, Mont
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In one month the owner of three
minute horse lied ninety-four times re-
garding his speed. At this rate how
many times would he lie in year, and
how would it help the speed Of the
horse any?
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What velocity must a locomotive
have to pick up a deaf man walking
on the track and fling him so high that
six cars pass before he comes down?
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A boy earned 20 cents per day for
eighteen days and bought his mother
a muskrat muff costing $2.10 How
much did he have left to 60 to the cir
Gus with?
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A farmer sold eleven bushels of po.
tatoes, and the product purchased two
gallons of whisky at 80 cents per gal
lon. How much per bushel did he get
for his tubers, and where did he keep
the jug?
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1913-09-04

whom the writer has not heard. but
would like to hear. for the purpose
Of making the fact known in the
Record.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1913-09-04
Strange Frsak of Memory

There is II strange story of how Sir
Walter Scoctt, producing THE Bride Of
Lamniermoor" during illness. was aft
erwnrd found to have forgotten entire
ly what he had thus created. Accord
ing to james Ballantyne, "the book
was written and published before Mr..
Scott WIS able to rise from his bed,
and he assured ME when 1t was first
put into his hands In complete shape
that he did not recollect single Incl
dent. character or conversation 1t con-
tanned The original incidents Of the
story, which he had known from boy
hood. he still remembered. but he knew
no more about>the story he had written
than he did before he began to write
| or even think about writing it, These
facts were carrobornted by Mr.. Lock.
hart, Sir Walter SCOTS son.in-law and
biographer, no that they are placed be.
yond question.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1913-09-04
cBy NORMAN NJ. Ross.)

tBy NORMAN NJ. ROSS)
The larch, or tamarack. Is found
ranging from the Maritime provinces
as far west as the eastern foothills
of the Rockies. 1t grows naturally in
the low spots and swamps; seems to
easily adapt itself to new conditions.
and strikes root readily and thrives
well on ordinary clay soils found in
the northwest.
The larch Is one of the few confer
Gus trees which lose their leaves In
the fall. Like the spruce, it grows q
single, straight, gradually tapering
stem. The foliage, however, Is not
dense. the tree being one of the light
demanding varieties. From specimens
planted at Brandon and Indian Head
1t seems to be n fairly rapid grower
on ordinary prairie soils, but the trials
have not been extended enough to
furnish accurate information as to its
behavior when set out in clo-e plan.
tations
The wood is one Of the best for fuel
and Is largely used for fencing and
railway ties, as it lasts well in con-
tact with the soil. Planted in mixture
with spruce or with some shade-bear.
ing broad.leaf tree, 1t should give good
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1913-09-04

A FINE FARM AT A BARGAIN.
West half Of section 10. township
l36. range "a, located two and q
half miles from Braddock, near
school, church and grain market.
all tillable. level. black land, go
acres now in crop. Section l9 ID
considered by old settlers, to be
one of the best sections of land in
Emmons county. Price, s29. so per
acre. Easy terms. reasonable rates
OF interest. IL sold soon, will In
3clude landlords share of growing
crop. Address 4
HI. T.. Dnfiield.
Spmerville. Ohio.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1913-09-04
DALE DOINGS.

Correspondence OF the Record. aug. ~
Several new silos are being put up
in this part Of Emmons county this
fall.
People in the Westfield country
will very soon be talking to their
neighbors over the phone line.
Ye scribe has been too busy of late
to pry into other peoples affairs for
news for our county paper. We are
all pleased to know we are again to
have a county fair. Southern En-
mons must be represented in some
way. Let's all do our best and take
interest in the fair. Old Emmons is
not so bad but what she can show
up many different products this
year.
Several Dale people took the time
to attend the picnic at Westfield
last Thursday, including rhe base
ball boys. They were beaten in ths
ball game but won out when it came
to tug of war. The picnic was ,
success in every way, but the relig
ious exercises were ahead of any
thing else. as the speeches we're flint
and up-to.date on missionary top
les. The sale consisted of man,
beautiful things which were mad,
by the young girls. The girls de
serve credit for their work, ant
things sold at big price. Thu
money is to be used in the mission
airy work. Occasional.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1913-09-04

results on the better and moister
soils. 1t may also prove of use in
planting up low, wet places which are
OF no value for ordinary agricultural
operations.
The larch is grown from seed. The
cones ripen early In August. and the
seed very soon drops out 30 that col
lecting should be commenced as soon
as 1t is noticed that the seed is we'll
filled. The seed should be sown either
in late fall or in the spring In beds
similar to those before described. The
young plants require shading during
the first season.
From trials at Indian Head extend
ing over the past five years 1t would
seem that this tree is the most prom
Using variety Cor general prairie plant
ing on any but the very poorest and
driest soils. Sevesal thousands of
seedlings have been obtained from the
natural swamps in Manitoba and
transplanted at Indian Head with re-
markable success. After becoming
established the annual growth aver
ages at least 80 inches. The tree
seems to stand unlimited exposure and
the paintings at Indian Head show far
4 fewer losses than any other variaty.
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Believing that it will be only a
few years until practically every
farm home will have its own supply
Of large and small fruit, the writer
will next week give his method of
planting and caring for fruit trees
and small fruit bushes and vines.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1913-09-04
FURY OF A SPIDER.
An Insect Tragedy as Seen Through 9
Magnifying Glass.


Magnifying Glass.
One day, rumaging in an old desk. !
found mngnifying glass. 1t was
September. and In sunny, weed rid
den corner Of the garden | had dis.
covered u big black and gold spider
who had strung her web between two
tall burtocks and was doing thriving
business in grasshoppers.
Seated on the ground. now sur
veyed her through the glass for an
hour us, she hung In the middle Of her
engine of destruction. When touch.
ed the net with my finger she swung
frantically TO and fro. prompted donbt-
less by some instinct of self preserya-
ton. but otherwise was as motionless
as IL carved in jet
Grasshoppcrs were not very pienti.
full as yet. but ut last large green
fellow few plump into the tolls. the
spines on his legs TINT had 30 often dis
courscd sweet music becoming entan.
gied. Instantly the crafty spider was
NIL alive. Darling upon her victim,
ale took her station above him. and.
hanging by two legs. seized him in her
other six and rolled him round and
round. uuswathing him in a band OF
silver silk until lie was rs helpless as
mummy, and then she bit him In u
dozen places with fangs oozing with
poison.
At the spectacle of her evil eyes
gllttering with the lust Of killing. mag.
niied MS they were by the glass,
turned sick and rolled over on my
face among the weeds and lay for a
long time miserably inert.-Atlantlc
| Monthly
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1913-09-04
SUN is GREATEST GERMIcIDE
Seml-Darkness Of Medieval Dungeon
! Prevails In Great Many Barns-
How to Place Windows.

kBy r. N. DOLvE. Professor Of Agricul.
7. ture Engineering. North Dakota Agri-
cultural college)
Sunlight is natures greatest germi.
cide-it makes for health and efiicien.
cy among animals as we'll as people,
and yet the semidarkness Of a medieval
dungeon prevails in a great many
barns. There is no good reason for
this deficiency except that it is Gus.
tomary, for windows of sufficient size
do not add greatly to the cost of q
barr and, If properly put In, do not ma.
terially reduce the temperature in
winter. Four square feet of window
surface for each animal is the least
that should be provided. and for dairy
barns six or even eight square feet will
be found beneficial. Windows that are
long up and down admit much more
light than windows Of the same dimen.
sions with their long axes horizontal.
Windows near the ceiling admit more
light and distribute 1t better than win.
dows placed low on the wall. Then,
too, they are less likely to be broken. A
south exposure Is desirable, especially
for swine and poultry. South windows
admit direct sunshine in winter when
the sun 10 low. but, ON account OF the
height of the sun. are not az hot In
summer as is generally supposed.
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they visit Linton, are invited to call
and see the apples on the trees. To
children, particularly, the sight may
prove instructive. as there are many
"grown-up" boys and girls born in
Emmons county who never saw an
apple growing on the tree, and who
do not know what an apple tree
looks like.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1913-09-04

A large number of people are
every day visiting the Record prem
Uses to see for themselves that apples
can be raised in this latitude. Many
of them have asked. ''How do you
do it," and others have suggested
that the writer print in the paper
his method of planting and caring
for the trees. and next week we shall
follow the suggestion: this week
simply calling attention to the va
rieties that do we'll IN this region.
The writer knew that apples could
be raised here, for the reason that
he had seen in Bismarck apple trees
loaded with fruit. He had also
seen and eaten.apples raised by the
late Comrade Hankinson. of Rich
land county. who, when a member Of
the legislature several years ago,
had. during the session, apples
raised on his farm shipped to the
Capital City which he gave away to
members and visitors. that they
might know that such fruit would
stand the cold climate of this Sec
ton.
At present, on the Record premis-
es in Linton. there are two kinds Of
big apples and two kinds of hybrids
(crab-appies) in bearing. The big
apples are the Wealthy and the
Duchess of Oldenburg. This is the
first year Of bearing Of the large
apple trees. as all of the trees are
young. The crab.apples are the
Hyslop and the Transcendant. The
lattersha proved to be the most pro
life bearer One of these trees hat
borne crop continuously for three
years. On it the fruit is now ripe
Already bushel and q half hav,
been taken from the tree. and ther,
are at least two bushels remainin,
on the tree. These half-breed apples
which are a cross between a crab
apple and big apple. are very pop
ular with houseKeepers for maxim,
preserves, jelly, apple butter. etc
In fact. for every purpose excep
winter keeping they are first-clas
apple. Two or three trees of tn
Transcendant variety will supply
large family with all the apples the
need. Ferdinand Miller. at Hague
also has Transcendant tree tina
has big crop of fruit. Conrad
WAGNER Of Linton has bearing apple
and plums. The Northwestern Greer
ing. the Tetofsky and other varietie
of apples are hardy IN North Dakot,
The writer also has number {
Compass cherry-plums and DE Sot
plums in bearing. The former is
cross between the common Dakot
sand-cherry and the miner plum
They are splendid fruit and yiel
heavily The De Soto plum is
good-siZed fruit of fine havo
There is variety of wild natl,
plums in this region that are of GOO
size and prolific under cultivation
A neighbor, VIM. Bechtle. has son
trees Of this kind in his garden tn,
are heavily loaded with fruit. Othe
in the county who are raising plum
or Compass cherry-plums are Chri
MAIDEN of the Winona countr
Arend Hasper Of the Westfie
country. and Anton Horner here
Linton. There may be others
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1913-09-04

would like to hear. for the purpose
Of making the fact known in the
Record.
Currants and gooseberries are ex-
tremely hardy and are heavy bear
ers. The writer's currants. partic-
ularly, do well. as there are from
two to three bushels of fruit on them
every year. The currants are of
different varieties. the Cherry cur
rant being preferred. The goose
berries are of the Houghton variety.
There is 10 black currant we know
of land up on the homestead near
old Williamsport we tried four or
five varieties) that for size and fla
vor equals the common wild variety
found in these parts. In fact, after
| trying the various kinds for three or
four years. we dug up and threw
over the fence all but the wild ones.
For jelly purposes they are hard to
| beat.
There is no fruit grown that is
more universally popular than straw
berries. They are "a sure thing
in these parts if properly treated.
On two beds about hundred feet
long the writer raises between two
and three bushels yearly. These
berries are of the General Dunlap
variety. Strawberries require a
plentiful supply Of water, especially
while blossoming and in fruit. The
writer covers the vines six or eight
inches with straw for winter protec-
ton, and in the spring leaves on the
plants an inch and half or two
inches. The vines grow through this,
and it keeps the fruit clean and acts
as mulch to the vines. There is q
new variety of strawberries known
as the "Everbearing" which we see
by the newspapers are being grown
in few instances in North Dakot;
and are giving much satisfaction
They WELL ripe berries the whole
season through.
: The raspberries we have raised ar,
: the Cuthbert. a red variety. The.
, require covering few inches il
winter to prevent alternate thawiEi
: and freezing. Last year Landlord
: Knickcrbocker of Eureka made us
: present of duzen Sunbeam" rasp
berries. said to need no winter pro
t lection. doc" Morford. of tn
8 Hartford neighborhood, this county
e also gave US some red.raspberr
q bushes Of an unknown variety tina
Y were hardy with him without white
J, protection. They also came thrnug
t the winter all right here in Linton
e They look just like the Sunbeam,
8 and are probably of that variet,
j. Comrade WAGNER of Linton ha
- found that the Austin dewherr
|. does well without winter covering.
Il Believing that it will be only
o few years until practically ever
a farm home will have its own suppl
q Of large and small fruit, the write
!. will next week give his method {
d planting and caring for fruit tree
q and small fruit bushes and vines.
e We do not claim to lie an expel
"a in this line. as our knowledge of
D. has come only through reading an
'e personal experimentation Their
at may be. and probably are, bette
rs ways than ours; hut ours have bee
Is successful, and. if our efforts
s. raise fruit here will but influence
y, few others to make start in II
d same direction, we shall be satisfied
in In conclusion the people of Elm
IT mons county-or ANYBODY else -whf
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1913-09-04

Emil Naumann. Of Tenyik, here-
by announces that his meat market
in Iemyik is for sale. Will sell on
onable cash terms or will trade
for farm machinery. This includes
building. lot and business. Adv. (28
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pioNsEa PAPER OF THE COUNTY

The Record Is entered Mt Linton postofics
as second-class matter