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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-11-06

Last Friday night several Hallowe' >
en- parties were held in different
parts Of the city, but perhaps the one
most largely attended was the one
held at the home Of Ed. Isakson. "a
mask party" so the invitation read
and truly wonderful affair it was.
Grotesque were many figures, death"
was there, as we'll as cow-punchers,
Dutch musicians and old gra 1nies In
their night gown and cap carrying
their candles. IL was with one of the
latter makeups that Stanley Forrest
carried away the prize for men as did
Agnes Henry for the girls in a
Spanish costume. All in all it was a
wonderful party and greatly enjoyed
by all.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-11-06
Senior Party

Once again the Hobgoblins and
witches met this time at the home OF
Bernice Byrnes. Ones heart qualed
within, upon entering the door, for
all about were grinnins Jack . Ian
terms; and spooky ghosts greeted us
with sinister faces. All was silent
and quiet until the last guest had ar
rived and then the lights came on,
causing the ghosts to disappear and
everywhere was heard praise of ella
borate decorations. The color scheme
was orange and black; black cats and
witches on brooms adorned the cur
tains. In short one was reminded of
Halloween on all sides. A short im-
promptu program was rendered after
which games were played until deli
cious refreshments were served, 1t
seems to be habit for the Seniors to
have good time at their parties.
This was no exception TO the rule.
Much credit Is due the hostess Miss
ByrneS.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-11-06

The su fferage meeting at the Ken
nedy Theatre Sunday night was quite
we'll attended. Two of the pastors Of
our local churches considered the
meeting from a political standpoint
and held services in their respective
churches.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-11-06

Mr.. and Mrs Thos. Rood, accom-.
panied by Mrs. Matt Lien, came by
auto from Canton to Fairview Wed
nesday afternoon and met mum bel
of their friends here who are always
glad to welcome them. FairvieW
Eaule
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-11-06
Teachers Examination

Examinations for Second. Third, I,
Primary and State Certificates will
be given at the Courthouse at Can
ton on Nov. at, 1914.
II. M. DALE, Co. Supt.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-11-06

Elmer Helgerson remembered the
LEADER with two wild ducks on his
returned trip from Lake Albert where
he spent week hunting
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-11-06
High School

hlRl SClOOl
EnrOllmenG ....... .9S
Mum Der of days absence. p. "a
Number of days attendance 1896
Average daily attendance. ..... .94.S
Number of cases of tardiness ...92
Number neither absent nor tardy As
Per cent Of attendance !. 1850. 1872
Eighth Grade, Cora Slagg, Teacher
Enrolment ................. 80
Number of days absence ...-.......5 5
Number Of days attendance .5S4
Average daily attendance 1856
Numb Der neither absent nor tardy 26
Per cent Of attendance. -. ;. SO
Westside School
Sixth Grade, Ellen Campbell, Teacher
Enrolment. ............... ......54
Number of days absence. 81
Number Of days attendance. .S62t
Average daily attendance ...., 81. 2
Number of cases of tardineSS. ....7
Number neither absent nor tardy. .2S
Per cent of attendance 1868
Fourth and Fifth Grad es, Corinne
Milliman, Teacher
Enrolment. Observation-Disclosures. .... IA
Mum Der of days absence .... ....... 33i
Mum Der of days attendance. .:6SSf
Average daily attendance. Al
Number Of cases of hardness 80. %
Number neither absent nor tardy 20
Per cent OF attendance. .95
Second and Third Grades, Mrs. May
Whitehead, Teacher.
Enrolment 81
Number of days absence. ..... Is
Mum Der of days attendance. .S26
Average daily attendance. so
Mum Der OF cases of tardiness 49,. Il
Number neither absent nor tardy 3S
Per cent Of attendance. .9S.2
First Grade, Mineva Laxson, Teacher
Enrolment ..... Observation-Disclosures. 36
Mum ber Of days absence. ........ IS
Number of days attendance. -. 5S4
Average daily attendance. ........3 .35 6
Number OF cases of hardness. ..... 3
Number neither absent nor tardy 26
Per cent OF attendance ;. .... so
Eastside School
Seventh Grade. Edna Lee, Teacher
Enrollment.. ............. .43
Number Of days absence. ....... .13a
Number Of days attendance -. 100!
Average daily attendance. 80. ...43
Number OF cases of tardiness
Mum Der neither absen nor tardy 35
Per cenoof attendance. -. .9s
Fourth and Fifth Grades, Bertha
Tosseland. Teacher.
Enrolment. -. ........... .....4
Number of days absence -. ...94
Number OF days attendance. 1854
Average daily attendance -. .39
Number of cases of tardiness. -. 4
Mum Der neither absent nor tardy 33
Per cent Of attendance ........... 50
Second and Third Grades. Aida San
dveD, Teacher
Enrolment ...... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 40
Number of days abSen ce... >. .,.. 10
Number OF days attendance. .......754
Average daily attend ance.... 49,. .46
Number Of cases Of tardiness. ......1
Mum Der neither absent nor tardy 80
Per cent of attendance. ........ 90
First Grade, Mrs. Edna Tonseth,
Teacher
Number of days absence Pa
Number of days attendance. 460
Average daily atte ndance. ...... .2
Number Of cases of tardiuess. ..,,...1
Number neither absent nor tardy, II
Per cent of attendance ...........9 80
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-11-06

1t was yea and nay,
In the long ago,
Then there came a day.
When Twas yes and no.
Once again we sought
Something new to get:
This is what we got,
Now it's yah and nit
MrS q
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-11-06

Mozart Skartvedt has been doing
special duty in the Treasurer's Office
the past few weeks
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-11-06
CANTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Report for the Month Ending
October 80, 1914
High School Faculty

II IIK IT SCIIUUI dCUIUY
l.. Hockstad, Principal
Cora Juel, Mrs. E. b. Meader
l.. BENZ. Reber Gertrude Anderson
Mabel Vincent Walter Deming
- G. G. Lawrence, Supt.
High School
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-20
F. H. Rogers & Co.

negotiated with mere shaking-up OF
the passengers, while the engineer was
little disturbed in body.
Is this sort of thing good railroading
Are the railroad lines and their employees
doing all they can do to protect the lives
of the passengers who entrust them
selves to the tender mercies Of the COM
bination of steel and human brain and
muscle when they allow such slipshod
methods to be folowedg Would it have
been terrible hardship for a brakeman
OF the freight train in this instance to
have gone back few feet after his train
came to halt in order to determine
whether the main line track was clear
for the passing of the oncoming train,
assuming, of course. that there was time
enough for the slight duty. as there
should have been in reasonably safe rail
reading?
1t is bad enough for the public to be
compelled to trust in steel that may
have flaws and in roadbed that may
sink without being further endangered
by such rank negligence as apparently
ruled in this accident at South Berwick.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-20

A great deal OF significance may be at
tached to the fact that Martin A. Brown
the Democratic chief adviser as to dis
tribution of official preferment in Yer.
mont, has purchased the weekly news
paper called the Deerfeld Valley Times
and printed at Wilmington in southern
Vermont, where the new owner makes
his Vermont home; and again perhaps
Mr.. Brown simply sees a good business
opportunity and promptly grasps it.
You may draw your own conclusions re-
garding the purchase. However. consid-
cradle bias to the line of reasoning over
the purpose of the purchase is lent by
the general understanding that the news
paper field about Wilmington is not so
fertile as TO give promise of great re-
turns, although il may be fairly good
field of operation as Vermont country
newspaperdom goes. But suffice it to
say that Mr.. Brown now has an un-
doubted organ for the dissemination of
his political claims-something which all
politicians cannot afford to have, much
as they would perhaps enjoy it.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-20
FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL INSECTS
AND T0ADS-II.
By JOHN ASHLEY

4
Although their efforts on our behalf
are 50 ceaseless, some of these insects
are Incredibly small There is, for in
stance, little fly somewhat darker in
color than the Surplus, which lays eggs
in the stomach of plant lice, and after
the lice have served as a resting place
they die, but remain in place until a
full. hedged fy cuts its way out from
the stomach in the most wonderful
fashion.
These two flies, the Surplus and the
one just described, make serious inroads
into the plant.lice family every year,
and reduce their numbers by hundreds of
thousands; the lace-winged fly. or Aphis-
lion, is also an enemy of plant-lice. The
females lay eggs where there is a colony
of plant-lice, and when Matched the lar
vac, being hungry. hunt down the lice,
thrusting their little sharp noses into
them. raising them in the air and suck
ing the juices from them. The ladybug,
too, is a most valuable friend, and ev-
eryone should be familiar with it, hab-
its. There are several kinds, but the
most commonly seen are red, with yell
low spots on their backs, and the Larvae
live on different kinds of scale forms,
found on forest and fruit trees. Among
the largest helpful insects are the drag
only (which lives on young mosquitoesl
and the ground beetle; the larv@ of
this latter insect is long, brown, and
pointed, and somewhat resembles a wire
worm; Il has six legs, with two feathery
tails, and two curving horns in front,
used to pin down his prey, which con
sists of the lsrve of plum eurculios.
The Valuable Toad.
The value OF the toad as a destroyer
Of insects is enormous, and in that sense
he has a jewel in his head. Though on
the wsrty-looking swelling Of the toad's !
body. particularly in the swellinas be- !
hind the eyes, there is q milky fluid OF |
decidedly poisonous nature; one should /
be careful not 70 touch the eyes after /
handling the toad, as il causes great I
irritation. This poison Is the toad's pro- I
lection against his enemies, such a.
snakes. bullfrogs. etc. The toad Gevel- /
BPS slowly, but he lives for many years.
Ind his home y q cool hollowed-out 1
place under a fagstone or boardwalk,
though he gladly accepts an artifeially
quilt home, and amply repays his board
ly catching insects, which are praeti-
ally his sole food. some water should
,e provided for him, for a toad viii re-
urn 70 the same SPOT year after year,
md become very tame.
copyriEht 1914 - r X Fsrtinss.-An
uEhts r1erved
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-20
A Spectacle of Power.

What powerful Office is the presi
dency of the United States! Mr.. Wilson
is now invited to choose a justice oil
the supreme court. And the reports say
that he will name the same man whom
he selected is months ago for attorney.
general. Mr.. Taft in a single term chose
o majority of the supreme court. AT
the age in which lawyers now become
famous enough for such a designation
the average eight year president would
regularly control the court through his
appointees.
ANY president would in a single term
fill places enough to shape the inter
state commerce commission, the federal
reserve board, and countless other tri-
bunals. He mans the department of
secution-curiously called the de-
partment OF justice-as well as picking
the judges before whom they appear.
Such power over Congress as Mr.. Wilson
possesses il in itself a nine-day's wonder.
The law-msking branch now does little
more than register his will. And in for
eign relations the president has always
been in nearly complete control At least.
he can take a course OF action by which
the Senate and the county must stand,
whether they like il or not. Il is only
in ratifying treaties which mark the.
emergence from trouble, that the Senate
really shares with him responsibility for
our outside affairs.
Unlike the chief executives OF France
end OF Switzerland. the president Of the
United States. by the terms Of the fed
cral constitution. AZ IL works out in the
experience OF the nation. is an extreme
" potent Officer And the tendency Of
recent yesrs has been to make him more
20. Mr.. Roosevelt greatly increased the
scope Of the Office. Mr. Taft did not al
low Il 10 lessen Mr. Wilson i carrying
L forward still further.
An elective absolute monarch" has
been = recent Characterization OF our
presidsnt.--Boston Herald
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-20
Gordon an Orator.

II was an eloquent address that John
W. Gordon gave the people OF Rochester,
July 4. Independence day has probably
been the subject for the largest number
of orations in this country. Many Of
them have become historic. Mr.. Gordon
clothed an old subject in a new light and
brought out the essential features that
this government is the best, and that
for four generations we have enjoyed,
"as no other four generations, life, lib
crty and the pursuit Of happiness" Mr..
Gordon goes deep into his subject, yet
clothes his speech in such terms. and
draws his lines of argument so plain as
to be readily understood. Mr.. Gordon
is certainly one of the best orators in
the state. Original, concise, he gets at
the meat of the question and you are not
wearied thereby.-Groton Times.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-20
CURRENT COMMENT
F. G. Fleetwood.

F. G. Fleetwood is a straight Repub
lean; he has always been such and ex.
poets to continue under that banner. He
has, however, many friends, in the Pro.
gressive ranks, and even among the
Democrats, who would like to support
him for governor because the "plsnks''
in his platform are Just what they want
a candidate TO stand upon. Mr. Fleet
wood would command support from all
parties were he nominated for the gov
ernorship. He would make an ideal
candidate and as governor one whom
the state would be proud of. Fleetwood
for governor meets with general APP
proval. News and Citizen.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-20

On one transatlantic liner the steer.
age has been replaced by thirdclass com
psrtments. If the change of name car
ries with it change of conditions seem
ingly commensurate. with the dignity of
the new name, it will be marked step
forward. Steersgc on many liner COM
ing to the United States has been little
better than the hyphenated term of
storage might ndicate-merely place
for cattle.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-20

As evidence that the Britisher takes
himself most seriously note the British
golfer who has "a drivers. l6 brassies
three cleeks, seven spoons, y irons, -four
mashies and 10 putters and who then
admits that he has no time for politics
not even love. We suspect, however, he
must have steady and substantial in
come in order to support his small army
of eaddies.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-20

The states of Arizona. Idaho, Nevada
and Wyoming together with Alaska
must sense feeling of backwardness
that they are the only states and terri
tories of the United States that have
failed to enact legislation looking to the
elimination of tuberculosis. But it i.
not to say that all the other states and
territories have done all that they rea-
sonably could be expected to do along
that line
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-20
TEN IN AUTOS
PERILOUS ROLL
Continued from first page.

rious injury, although one lady was
thrown from a machine into small
stream, occurred just below the Pine
woods on the road between Arlington
and Manchester exactly ON the small
wooden bridge over the creek about noon
yesterday. orrinton Boynton Of Man
chester was driving his Ford runabout
towards this place when he collided with
an Overland carrying party Of Sche-
nectady people. The front end Of the
Ford was demolished and a lady rid.
ing with Mr.. Boynton was thrown into
the stream.
The Overland was damaged to the e=-
tent of sprung axle and two tires
blown out. The bridge is one the point
of turn in the road and Mr.. Boynton
says that apparently neither party saw
the other coming,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-20
RANK NEGLIGENCE IN RAILROAD
ING

A freight train on the Boston & Maine
railroad pulled onto a sidetrack at South
Berwick. Me-, in order TO allow pas
senger train to pass. The train was
not drawn far enough on the siding to
enable passing train to clear. The pas
senger train came along and sideswiped
the rear cars of the standing freight
train, causing the wreck Of the front of
the passenger train. although. happily.
no one was killed, the incident being
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-20

calf will cost at least SO She vii
ayerage 10 quarts a day, or 1850 quarts
for the year, A fair average price fol
milk is four cents per quart, or SAG pei
annum. To secure these returns, tht
feed bill for the winter months will BE-
about as follows,
| 2 lbs. bran at lie per h.. ...... S0l024
lbs ground oats, at 7 per h.. 02s
4 lbs. Chicago gluten, at I.5 per ID. .lso
Total ............. s0.2 02
This daily charge comes to $50 per
month, and 1920 for six months. The
other six months the owner viii feed
about two POUNDS OF gluten per day, or
$40 for that period, bringing tie feed
bill up to $3.50. His stable room. de-
probation, and pasture will add about
SIS more, making a total of $3.50, leav-
ing a net profit of $73.40. adding s. for
the calf, we have S7s.40. Now for the
fowls. Here is the initial outlay;
20 fowls, at 81 ........,.......s $4,000
cocks, at $3.50 ............ 500
roll wire, at $3.50 ....... 400
is posts, at Is cents ..a... 2,e5
lbs. staples, at cents ..... rs
] years feed, at sl.45 per head. 3l90
lotai .s.'....t...s .-..+,a... -. 9oo,4V
A hen viii lay, if properly housed and
fed, 1870 eggs year. Out OF this mum.
Der, 20 are saved for setting, so there
are 1000 for sale. The average price for
these will be one and two.thirds cents, a
total of 1888. The 400 eggs set should
produce 260 chicks. OF these may be
raised go; of this number half will
probably be cockerels. Saving 10 for
breeders next year, the balance will be
sold at so cents each, or $50 for the lot.
This money will pay for raising the pull.
lets until they are ready TO lay.
BY November the pullets viii be lay
ing and should give about 40 eggs per
day, 200 per month, or at three cents
each, Sl0s for the three months. The
account on January | will read:
Eggs from fowls one year -. 1898
Eggs from the pullets three
months neutrality-suspicious.. lOs.oO
Total Observation-Disclosures. sl4l.33
Feed for pullets for three months
and loss by death ....... 1852
Balance .................... ss0.7l
A comparison shows balance of
1921 in favor OF the fowls. Rather
worth considering.
Copyright. 1914. by E. X Parkin.on--lAll
rights reserved
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-20
SUMMER CARE OF puLLETs
1t Is the Work Done Now That Will
Count
nv y O. MORTON

IOunt
BY r. o. MORTON
The pullets should now be out on the
range in colony coops, and every effort
made to keep them growing. One of the
greatest hindranees TO rapid develop
ment is in allowing the coekerels to run
with them, for by their nagging atten-
tions they worry the pullets and so
hinder proper growth. Ii should, there
! fore, be the invariable and Interchangeable
rule always to separate the sexes as soon
as they can be distinguished. The ideal
summer home for the growing stock is
either on the edge of the woods, in the
orchard, or at the end of the corn field.
Here the pullets may find shade, insects,
and undisturbed quiet. Care should,
however, be taken TO shut them in with
fine meshed wide door at night, or
foxes and other wandering enemies may
thin their ranks.
The coops should be cleaned twice a
week to keep down the mites and lice,
and the perches gone over with paint
brush dipped in kerosene; too much ex-
ira work, some may exclaim; true, per-
haps. but whatever adds to the comfort
of the future money makers is well
worth the extra labor. Anyone who has
had the task of killing and dressing five
or ten broilers at a time will appreciate
how uncomfortable it proves TO have the
lice from the carcasses crawling up an
arm; rest assured, then, the birds doubt.
less have the same feeling in the matter.
As to Feeding.
As TO feed. the feed.hopper and the
automatic feeder will save no end OF
time, and the pullets will have free &C.
cess to wholesome feed at all times. The
hopper should be amply large, and the
cover should have sufficient oyerhang to
protect the feed from the rain, and also
be covered with some waterproof build
ing paper. For outdoor use, the hopper
that has feed trough on only one side
has its advantages, for wind does not
blow through it, nor does rain beat into
it so readily. The feed should be rich
in bone and muscle-forming foods, such
as bran. middlings, ground oats, and the
best meat scraps, which should be kept |
before the birds constantly. The grains !
in the automatic feeders may be made |
I'D of good wheat (never use burnt or
poor wheat il healthy pullets are ex-
pected), oats, kaffir corn, millet, and a
little cracked corn; the bulk Of the
grains should be wheat and oats. II viii 1
be well to give one feed Of grain in the 4
ate afternoon scattered on the ground,
70 that the birds may go TO roost with
full crops. The roosts for this young
growing stock should be fat and about
.hree inches wide; such roosts will do
way with any chance of the birds de-
feloping crooked breasts.
Finally, keep grit. oyster shells, and
hsreoal before them all the time, and
,rovide plenty Of cool. pure water; kept
n this way. the early Matched pullets
will begin to lay the first weeks in
october.
Copyright. 1914. by z X. Psrkinson-An
rghts reserved
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-20

The third physical attack on Governor
Blease of South Carolina within a month
occurred Saturday afternoon and the ex-
ecutive was saved only by the interven-
tion of his friends. Governor Blease has
himself largely to blame for bringing on
such attacks as these. The wonder is
that the situations have not been worse
than they really were.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-20

Special trousers for
the links or the street
to contrast with your
coat.
Good ones So to So
that will give your legs
the right standing in
the world.
Striped cassimeres at
SIS that will give double
life to your coat.
White flannel, SIS.
Blue serge coats for
$3.50. Just right for
this hot weather.
A few of those 81 and
S1.50 shirts, mostly in
small sizes, only SOC
each.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-20

The estimated 2,o0oOoo0o0 bird popu-
lation of the United States east of the
plain states is none too large for the
great territory covered by the recent cen.
sus. The number should be allowed to
increase largely.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-20

Predictions that the great Clafln store
failure would shake the commercial realm
to the very foundation happily proved
unsupported; business is going along as
If the big collapse had not taken place.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-20
AUTO PLUNGED INTO DITCH.
One Woman Killed and Another Probab
ly Fatally Injured

Lockport. n. Y. July 20.-Mrs. Fred
Miller of Oleott was killed and Mrs.
Edith Bentley, her sister, was probably
fatally hurt in an automobile accident
near here last night, Mr. Miller was
driving along country road when the
automobile plunged into ditch. He
could not tell what caused it.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-20

Tourists going to the White mountains
should determine beforehand the days on
which Harry Thaw holds receptions at
Gorham, last they miss one of the fea-
lures of the trip by being present on one
of the "of" days.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-20
A COW OR HENS. WHICH SHALL
1T BE?
HENRY cASDEE

In these dsys Of high prices for feed
and labor. and low prices for milk. the
following comparison may prove Of IN
ferest- Take, for example, the sum Of
$40 and invest il first in q COW. then in
poultry. and note the result.
A good fresh COW, with her second