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The Monte Vista journal., 1913-02-08

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left, | would advise you to get rid
of them and clean up the place.
Rake up all the straw and loose
stuff around, clean out the hog
pens and scatter lime all around
the pens where the hogs have
been. Whitewash the inside of
the pig pens and the poles. Use
plenty of three per cent. creolin
solution with the wbitewash solu-
ton. Set the boys to work with
an old broom. Just go at it. Clean
up. When you go home the fret
thing for you to do is to go out
where that hog died of cholera and
burn him up. If you haven't the
fuel to burn him with and can't
get some of your neighbours fence
to do it, bury him four feet deep
and cover him with lime and the
lime will burn him up. Those of
you who have hogs and cholera is
among them, what had you better
do? Well, in the first place I be-
lieve l would vacoinate and save
all you can, but this is merely q
temporary remedy.
II believe you should have a
depot in the San Luis valley where
you could keep this serum for vac
cination purposes and plenty of it
and not have to wait three or four
days to get it.
"The next thing you should do is
to have some one to lead in this
work; someone with authority. 1
believe 1 know of veterinarian,
one Of our own graduates, who is
now in the city of Denver. l be-
lieve he could be induced to come
here aud lead in this work and get
out from farm to farm on a motor
cycle if nothing else and help in
the vaccination of hogs. He
should also be deputy sheriff and
if you get stubborn and won't do
anything, be should have the
authority to make you do it..
Every man that leaves dead hog
lying in the road should be taken
by the nape of the neck and thrown
in behind the bars. / believe l
can secure the man whom / have
just mentioned to come over here
if you want him.. But you must
not expect him to do it all, you
must help yourselves. 1t is up to
you farmers to do it.
Another important thing is to
have an organization to protect the
hogs and fight this disease. With
such an organization believe you
should be able to control this stu.
alton and keep on with the hog in
dustry, but if you do not do some-
thing this disease will put you out
of business. Let us get together
and figure this out on business
basis, let us figure it out like any
business proposition. Think it
over and decide what is to be done
and then do it,"
At the conclusion Of the address,
most Of the farmers present signi-
fed their willingness to become
members of an organization to
assist in stamping out the hog dis.
ease in this valley and temporary
officers were chosen as follows:
Officers: President, William Fl.
Tully; Vioe-President, Walter w.
Wright; Secretary and Treasurer,
j. f. Golf
| Me- A L
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-02-08
ABLE ADDRESS
AROUSES FARMERS

Continued From First Page
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-02-08

Mrs. Middleton Of Alamosa spent
the day here Tuesday on business.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-10-03
TWO CENT RATE
ON RAILROADS

All the railways Of the state
will be giving a two-cent rate to
Bismarck during the Exposition
and many special trains will be
run to accommodate visitors on
the special days which will be q
distinctive feature.
Do not fail to avail yourself Of
this exceptional opportunity to
see the biggest exposition ever
undertaken at Bismarck.
Threshing will be practically
finished by the date Of the first
day, and if you ever thought
that a holiday was coming now is
the time to give that thought
practical expression by purchasin
ticket for the capital city.
You will have the best time ever;
you will be combining pleasure
with instruction, and. if you are
an exhibitor, may return home
with substantial cash premiums
to remind you of your outing.
It is possible for any farmer to
win $500 in cash prizes for grains
grasses and live stock exhibits.
See how much of it you can Sc
cure.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-10-03
WHAT OTHERS SAY
ABOUT OUR CITIZENS

Geo. NJ. Robinson, of Colehar-
bor, is among the guests. in the
city: Mr.. Robinson has one Of
the best improved farms in Nc
Lean county. While farmers in
that section Of the state did not
b. rye t q bumper crop, Mr.. Robin
son is Of the opinion that they
have no reason to complain.
Wheat yielded fairly well and
corn is very good. According to
Mr.. Robinson many farmers up
that way are raising large num-
bers Of hogs and quite q number
are giving . great deal Of at
tention to the dairy industry.
Bismarck Times.
Attorney j. "A. Hyland, a form
'er partner Of Judge Nuessle in
the practice Of law at Washburn,
was greeting Bismarck friends
Saturday. Bisma rex Times.
II. G. Madden, one e5of Washburn'
well known attorneys was in
the city Tuesday on legal busi-
ness. Bismarck Times.
Rev. Leslie Burgum Of Wash
burn attended the quarterly con-
ference at the Methodist church
here on Wednesday. Underwood
Journal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-10-03
ADVISED SENDING Ex-
HIBITs TO EXPOSITION

Hon. E. s. Neal of Bismarck
was in the city Tuesday after
noon in the interests Of the North
Dakota Industrial Exposition
which opens at Bismarck Oct.
ober 1. Mr.. Neal met with the
executive committee of the COM
mercial club Friday evening and
talked over the advisability Of
sending an exhibit from Nc
Henry county to the exposition.
In Mclean county the county
commissioners have appropriated
q sum of money to defray the ex-
penses Of collecting a suitable
exhibit and it was thought that
such arrangements could be made
in McHenry county. The resi-
dents Of Towner have expressed
themselves e willing to cooper
ate also. It il hoped that some.
thing win be done and that Nc
Henry county will bs. properly
represented q the sxpoitisn -.
Velya Journal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-10-03
8 PER CENT TAX
ON FARMERS CROP
Use Poor Seed and the Results Are Always Un
satisfactory Save Best Seed Now

Northwest Farmstead tested q
sample Of grain for a reader with
the above result, and the Farm
stead comments as follows:
One-thrd of this whole crop
is weed seed, not wheat!
One-quarter of it is the pest
ferrous wild! oat: And my friend
was going to use this stuff for
seed!
1t is not fit to sow on any
land. If the usual quantity, 11-2
bushels of such seed, is sown on
an acre, you put into the Land
half a bushel of weed seed to
one bushel Of pure wheat. No
farmer can afford to do that.
It is agricultural suicide to do
so.
To be sure, it cost money to
grow such crop. But one-third
of all the moisture it required
was used in producing wild oats,
cookie and wild flax. Besides
this, third of the time and
labor Of harvesting was consumed
in setting these worse than use
less impurities. They made one
load in three, in hauling from
field to market; that is, two
loads of wheat, and one load Of
weeds!
This means that on each acre
Of twelve bushels, eight bushels
are wheat and. four bushels wesd,
seed. Wheat at 80 cents per BUSH
el means that if this entire field
had yielded twelve bushels of
wheat and no weeds, the ad-
ditional profit at the close of
the season would have been
$2,304.
As matter of fact, although
zach bushel of this grain con
tains Only about twenty pounds
of weed seed, it will be docked
twenty-five pounds per bushel at
the elevator. Which means that
if pure wheat is worth 80 cents
bushel. this man will get only
81 cents a bashel for the stuff
lie delivers at the elevator!
This one farmers loss in this
one season upon this one crop is
over $2:5''O' Hc was slave to
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-10-03
QUESTIONS ANSWERED
BY FACULTY MEMBERS

The teachers in the Agricul-
cultural College publish quest
ions that are given them by
the farmers. They are often of
interest to many as they are on
subjects in which all should be
posted:
@. Is the milk from q cow a
few days previous to calving fit
for use9
Ans. G.. L. Martin, Professor
of Dairying.
1t should not be used for ten
days OR two weeks previous to
calving.
@. Should corn be drilled or
checked?
Ans. o. o. Churchill, Agrono-
mist.
If corn is used to clean up
weedy land, it should be check
ed. If all that is desired is a
large yield of fodder, drilling
will give the best results.
Q. What breed of cattle is
considered the best adapted for
dairying in North Dakota?
Ans. w. B. Richards, Prof. Of
Animal Husbandry.
There are four breeds Of dairy
cattle that will give good re-
suits if properly fed and cared
for. They are the Holsteins,
Jerseys, Guernseys and A yrs
shires. The Jerseys and Holstein
breeds are easier obtainable in
the state at present. The number
breeding pure bred dairy cattle
in the state is very small. Many
seem to favor dairying with a
dual purpose breed. One to pro-
duce milk and Beef both. For
this purpose, l would recommend
the Red Polled or the milking
strain of short Horn although
the latter are rather scarce at
present.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-10-03
were suspended; as if there
brooded over me a .dovelike and
ha}cvOn calm.

brooded ove~ me a .dovelike and
halcyon calm.
It / go to church. because l love
1.-The music that I hear there, the
mighty roll Of the great organ,
mingledawith the marvellous sym
!phonies of that divine stringed
instrument, the human voice, un-
twisting all the chains that tie
the hidden soul Of harmony.
II go to church because l de-
light to hear the teachings Of
the preacher, whose soul is dedi-
Gated to God, whose field is as
wide as God 3 universe, whose
theme is the destiny Of man,
and whose words are the oracles
of Fate. Marvellous is the spell
Of the preacher to whom God
has given genious and consecra-
tion and the power Of illustra-
ton drawn from the old sacred,
Immortal Book, and from the
miracles Of nature, no less re-
vealed in the crimson-tipped
flower. turned up by the plow-
share of Robert Burns upon the
soil of Ayr than in the long reach
es of the stargirt skies.
81 go to church because the
way is dark and I am far from
home and because the church is
the polar star to light my path
way in the rayless night.
Il go to church because the
church ministers not only to the
spiritual but also t'e material
needs of life, and because it is
there that the charities that
soothe and heal and bless are
scattered at the feet of man like
towers. :.
81 go to church because in
that atmosphere vice and crime
wither and die.
81 go to church because I
near the teachings of the philoso-
ply of Jesus, the Incompatible
man; and if you say his teach
ings is philosophy and not re-
ligion and that he was a man
and not a god, then the philoso-
phy of that man has redeemed
the world from savagery and
blessed mankind with Christian
civilization, and, to my mind, it
is a thing worth while to hear.
81 go to church because l
find there consolation and hope ;
because ! see there the dawn and
not the sunset; and it is better
for man, if the hope is baseless
and the vision but an elusive
phantom, to cherish a dream SO
glorious ard beautiful than to
be weighed down and crushed
with tfe quarried mountains OF
Ia world without hope and with
out God.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-10-03
a GOOD PLACE
TO FIND PEACE

Some members Of congress be-
come famous by making speech
es. Others achieve fame through
the enactment Of legislation bear
ing their names.
Congressman Claude Weaver Of
Oklahoma, has become famous by:
simply telling why he goes to
church. He wrote an article on
this subject for one Of the large
magazines. His colleague, Con-
greesman Scott Ferris, Of Okla
homa, had the article read on
the floor Of the house. The re-
suit is that Claude Weaver is
now famous. Here is why Claude
Weaver goes to church:
s. It 10 sweet on a summers
morning, when the air is aquiver
with the love songs Of the birds
and fragrant with the odDr OF
roses blown, to hear the music
yof the churt going bells, an m
vitation to; the world d-wearied to
enter God = temple and find
peace, because the instinct of
worship iis ID the heart Of man.
and the church i the temple Of
the living God. .
4 & I 50 10 church because i find
peace there, that peace wlaic ch De-
Quincy described as resting from
human laboren, j. 6abbatl
.po y 81 pite granted from the
secret burd den of the heart o ifi
~ stood 81 j. Il ance and 1 alo0f
from fiae uproar of life O. q;
the tumult and ferver and strife
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-10-03

King Weed, and paid to this ty-
rannical taxmaster toll amount
ing to oneJthird of all the work,
brains and money invested in
that $40 acres for a whole year.
The docking for weeds in this
grain amounts to nearly 81 an
acre. If the land is worth an
average of $50 an acre, this
tribute to King Weed is equiva-
lent to a tax Of 8 per cent an
nually on the value of the land
# the normal income of the land
is measured by twelve bushels of
wheat per acre, then this loss is
equivalent to a tax Of 33 per
cent upon the income from the
aand each and every year!
If your local assessor and tax
gatherer made you pay a tax
equal to $50 a year on each ST.
900 of the value of your proper
Wy, how long could you stand itY
If you had to pay out in cash
each year one-third Of the value
of everything your land and lab
Or produced, how long could you
stand it, But this is exactly
what tbs farmer is doing on "a
whole section of wheat each year,
and it is costing him a loss equal
to over 5000 a month.
Il Better not use such wheat for
seeding purposes at all. What
Enyer grain is sown, clean it
thoroughly by running through a
tanning mill. Practice a rotation
in which there is cultivated
crop occasionally to keep down
foul W eds. Such a crop as
this sample should be cleaned by
tanning mill before hauling to
the levator. Otherwise the ele-
vatop man cleans it before load
ing, and docks you enough to
pay for his work.
You canrot afford to farm in
this way-you are putting your
self out of business, and you
do not realize it. You would
better send us a two ounce sam
pie Of your other seed grain for
purity tests. Know what you are
sowing, if you expect to get any
profit from your work.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-10-03
HELGELsoN TAKES RAP
AT M0CRATs

Milton, N. D., Sept. 81
Democrats ale doing away al
most entirely with the civil
service department. of the fede-
raj government, overriding it at
every opportunity and, if they
continue their present methods,
they will practically wreck the
services, according to Congress
man H. T. Helgelson, who return
ed to his home at Milton, N. D.,
today.
7 In Their scramble for appoint
ments, and in the efforts Of the
administration to please them.
the democrats are overriding
every principle Of civil service
They are practically abolishing5
it, and, as southern members
generally admit, they are going
on the theory that to the victor.
belongs the spoils. q
Pointing to changes in post
masters, he declares that the
postal department 10 extremely.
plant to the wishes Of the lead.
ing politicians, and that, if any
body sets out to get the resigna-
hon or; removal Of a republican
official there are many and de-
yi0us ways by which this can be
accomplished. As to the Fargo
postal situation, were the re-
moval of Postmaster II. G. Plum-
ley was sought, lie does not be-
ieve any thing further will come
OF II, 90 the postal authorities:
found the case extnemel y raw. 81 &
g he democratic tariff bill isS
no better than the Payne Aldrich
bill says Mr.: gelson. With
out going into details ], u il vic
iously discr with sec
tional adYantag g being given
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-10-03

adopted practices that they con-
demned, but they also improved
on them vastly"
Congressman Helgelson expects
to remain at home for some time,
as, with the tariff practically out
of the way, and the currency
measure disposed of so far as
the present is concerned, there re-
mains practically nothing of i'm
portance for the house to consid-
er at this time.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-10-03

the south. Certain industries, as,
for instance, steel, are amply
protected, but the producer, the
wool grower and the grain rails
4er are overlooked. g.
/" As for President Wilson, he
is welding the big stick in a
manner that Colonel Roosevelt
never dared attempt. Demo-
Gratis are as subservient to his
will as any dictator might wish.
If all goes well with democratic
legislation, if Wilson is always
right in the legislation he seeks
to bring about, and no financial
or business depression, or similar
disaster come over the country
during his period in office, he
will go before the people three
years hence as a strong candidate
But let one Of his measures cause
trouble, and Mr.. Wilson would be
one Of the worst beaten presi-
dental candidates.
There is little or no question
but what Wilson will again be
q candidate, despite the demo-
cratic platform. Wilson and his
friends are even now preparing
to claim that the plank in ques-
ton, pledging Wilson for a four
year or single term was simply
in the form Of q recommendation
Wilson will be the candidate
again of that there Is no doubt.
The caucus system practiced5
by the democrats 10 more vicious
than anything ever attempted I'M
der Cannon or AIdrich.
Z TAINTED over it, democrats
point to conditions when Can
non and Aldrich were in control.
But that isg hardly an answer or
8 defense !; i is simply justify
ing tlleiF aetion on something
which they for years, had been
Aeclaring q int They not only
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-10-03
Finance In North
Dakota Progressing
Congress Adopted a Plan That
Has Be:n in Operation in I,
This s. ate long Time

Washington Post: The farmers
of North Dakota are as progress
sive in finance as they are in
politics. Reports from Washing
ton to the effect that congress
had adopted! a plan that enables
the farmers of the west and souta
to secure banking accommoda-
tions ON their crops on the same
basis as holders Of commercial
paper has brought out the fact
that such a system has been in
operation n that state for seve-
raj years. The scheme has work
ed out SO satisfactorily that the
people are not bothering their
heads over what congress shall
do in adding to the elasticity Of
the circulating medium.
/; North Dakota's solution of a
scarcity of loanable funds is to
grow a larger crop of spring
wheat. Hauling the grain to the
elevators, the growers take eleva-
tor receipt checks in lieu Of cash,
and pay their bills with these
just as they used to do with bank
checks or currency after waiting
a long time to get the latter.
The plan looks to be as simple
as could be devised, but it is
not new by any means. In the
heyday Of populism the spell
binders and platform-makers wer
want to advocate the theory that
the problem Of hard times-t times
were always hard with
could find it's solution by
making deposits Of grain in ware
houses, whereupon the national
government would issue money
against it, not warehouse receipts
that lent themselves to all the
devices OF the sharpers and
counterfeiters.
The old populist proposition
fell through fo., lack Of support
at tKe 6,li slawned Z on
the farmer that government
dabbling in such security as
wheat easily could result in it
gaining control of the supply
and fixing the price i'm the mar
kets. How ever, the North Da-
kotans have improved on the
plan Of their popuhstic progeni-
tors by localizing the transact
ions. Limited to, small zones
the elevator checks could be
made to pass through the hands
of several persons and finally
reach the hands of the dealer VIII
issued il without mishap. But
where the circulation of evi-
dences of grain in store is more
extended the warehouse itself
must take on the character of a
district or safeguards be thrown
around it's operations. Inevitably
the drift is toward bank control,
and there is where the once
populist, now progressive, pulls
up stakes and seeks refuge in
the more primitive northwest.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-06-26
ALIAS SUMMONS

In The District Court. o. the Filth
judicial District OF the state OF Idaho
n and for tho County OF Power
Thomas c. Eleln. Plaintiff vs. lee
aamees H,m = D. !rS,n. q. |. Lucas
Howard. Mildred Collins. Tom NJ
Cook. Den H.. camobeli, and Boston
riaccr M'nlnu Co.. Defendants.
THE STATE OF IDAHO
Sends Greeting to the above named
You are hereby required to appear In
an action brought against you by the
above named PLAINTIFF In the district
court OF the Fifth judicial District. stat
or Idaho. In and for the County OF
Power. and to answer the comnlalnt file
therein "a copy OF which IL hereto an
tachedl within twenty DAYS exclusive
% the day OF service> after the SER
vice on you Of this II served
within this district, or IL served out Of
this district. within forty DAYS. The
said action IL brought by the plaintiff.
Thomas g Elgin. and for his cause ~
action, alleges; That he Is now and
that he and his grantor. have heen tie
owners. and III actual, peaceful possess
sion and have paid the taxes on GER
am lands living In Power. county, form
eriy Cnssia county. and there Is situate
= certain creek, stream or natural wa
ter course, having It's head In a certain
snring basin. In sec. - T. .. s. Il.
-. h.tt tHt name UT SAID stream Is
LATHE Warm Creek" and the waters
Of said Little Warm Creek have been
used and annlied by the plaintiff herein,
ana hts ~crantors and predecessors FOR
morn than five years last mast. to n
beneficial use. to-wit. Ninnfnr IN the
wtntNr and irrigation In the sururno~ on
~" lands described n the co,r~iri-t
20 the extent of 100 miners inches
and that nv reason OF such annlication
20 a beneficial use. this nialntiff IL
e1t'tled to the right and use Of 100
miners inches to the exclusion of the
parties defendant. and nlaintiff asks
er OF all the land described In his
me court to decree that he Is the own
complaint. n that the said waters Of
little Warm. Creek to the extent of
100 miners inches be adiudged To he
the property of this plaintiff and that
he be adiudged to nave the priority
right over the said defendants named
herein. and each of them. and that tho
SAID defendants and each of them he
perpetually enjoined and forever re-
strained from in any wise molestins or
interfering with the Plaintiff in his use
or the waters aforesaid:
And you are hereby notified, that If
you fail to appear and answer the said
complaint, as above required, the said
p~lalntfff VIII take Judgment as prayed
for in his complaint.
Given under my hand and the seal
Of the district court of the Fifth judi
ca District of the State of Idaho. In
and for the County of Power. this 18th
day of June in the year of our Lord
one thousand. nine hundred and thirteen
(Seal) HI. C. WONFS. Clerk'
Q. r. Baum & w. G.. BisselI.
Attorneys for Plaintiff. residence Ameri-
can Falls. Idaho; p. o. Address. Amerf-
can Falls. Idaho. 6-19-7-17