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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-06-11
INCREASE THE GRAIN YIELDS
Result Of Experiment at North Dakota
Station to Ascertain Value
Of Timothy Sod.

To secure measure Of the effect
Of sod on yield an experiment was
started at the North Dakota Expert
ment station in 1893.
One plot was kept in timothy two
years, and then in wheat four years,
followed by two years timothy, four
years wheat and so on. The plot next
to 1t was kept in wheat. The results
for IL years are as follows: Wheat,
first year after timothy seed sod, one
third busha less than wheat a1er
wheat Second year Increase ia
bushels. Third year increase, 7.67
bushels. Fourth year increase, s.78
bushels, or an increase of 1883 BUSH
els wheat for the four years Of wheat
following timothy.
It will be noted that the first crop
Of wheat after the timothy did not
show an increase while the Other
three did.
It 10 suggested In bulletin 100,
North Dakota Experiment station,
from which these data arc taken. that
It would be well to put Z cultivated
crop or nAx on the sod the n11t year.
Farmers have, as q rule. reported IN
creased yields after timothy has ben
grown. and especially when the sod
u plowed q early = IN July. Lats
fan blowing sod usually dives poor -.
turns.
Timothy usually Gives the best crops
tho nrst two or th1se ysars, and H.
same 10 true Of bronze grass This IN
connection with the fact that such
good increase In grain yields follows
the grass crops, emphasizes changing
the grass crop from field to flald
Quite similar results can be expected
from bronze grass az from timothy, In
Increasing the grain crops that fol
low It.
Growing a grass crop brings the son
back more nearly to its virgin state
than the growing Of any other crop.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-06-11
Cooling Wash Stops That Itch

Yss-not In half an hour-not in
Ten mtnutes-but in seconds.
Just q few drops Of that mild, sooth-
Ing, cooling wash, the D. D. D. Pre-
ccription, the famous cure for Eczema,
and the itch is gone. Your burning skin
10 instantly relieved and you have alb
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-06-11

FOR RENT-11 room modern house,
close in, S35 per month. Houses and
lots for sale or rent, easy terms.
Peter Vandenoever, owner, Minot.
Cliff
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-06-11
Calf Born on Sunshine Limited"

Calf Born on "Sunshine Limited"
When Colonel Wynn started out
from Granville for his trip up the line
this afternoon, he carried full blood
ed Holstein COW, shipped from Wis
consin to Thos. Brown, Of Mohall, by
express. Before the animal reached
her destination, she had given birth
to calf. The Colonel was as busy as
a cranberry merchant before he got
his cargo unloaded.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-06-11
Big Picnic at CarpiO.

The Carpio Farmers Land Assn.
will hold a big picnic at the grove six
miles east Of Carpio Saturday of this
week. Music by the Carpio band,
speeches and ball games will make the
affair worth attending.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-06-11
Posts for Beans and Peas.

A. soon as the running varieties a
peas and beans are well started ~
Q stout post at each end Of the vw
and string poultry netting along Il.
You win find It much better than poaes
sd good deal less work.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-06-11

troubles. We can give you Z good sizS
trial bottle Of the genuine d. d. ..
Prescription for only Is cents.
Don't fail to try this famous remedy
for any kind Of summer skin trouble,
we know p. .. D. will give you instant
relief,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-06-11

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ReXall Remedies
Some of the Remedies
you will need this month
Rexall Antiseptic Tooth Powder.
1t removes tartar and preserves
the teeth ---------------25c
Rexall Aromatic Castor Oil. A
palatable, harmless laxative for
children ----------25c and SOC
Rexall Baby Syrup. A safe
remedy for babies and chill
dren ------------------25c
Rexall Bamboo Brier Co. A
blood purifier and tonic, espec-
tally for those skin trou-
bles ---- som
Rexall Beef, Wine and Iron.
Promotes appetite, tonic for
run down people -------S1.0O
Rexall Blemish Soap. Good for
the skin. Antiseptic----- Csc
Rexall Blood Tablets. For gen
eral tonic. Very effective for
those who need blood nourish-
n,ent 5()c
Rexall Carbolic Salve. A simple
old fashioned treatment for
sores, cuts and burns-25 c
Rexall Catarrh Jelly. A relief
Of head colds, nasal catarrh- 25c
Rexall Cathartic Pills. A pill
for constipation ----------25e
Rexall Chilblain Remedy. Paint
on the parts affected
Rexall Cherry Bark Cough syr-
up. A pleasant remedy for most
forms of cough---25c-50c-$1.00
Rexall Cod Liver Oil Emulsion.
Made of Pure Norwegian Cod
Liver Oil. Pleasant tasting -$1.00
Rexall Cold Cream. An ideal
cold cream 15c-25c.5Oc
Rexall Cold Tablets. An easy to
take remedy for colds------25c
Rexall Compound Syrup of Hy-
pophosphite. A general tonic.
Full pint ----------------$1.0O
Rexall Corn Salve. An anti
septic salve used as filler for
corn plaster ---------------25c
Rexall Earache Remedy. For
the relief of earache-
Rexall Headache Tablets---25c
Rexall Internal Pile Remedy-5Oc
Rexall Kidney Pills. A very re-
liable remedy for disorders of
the kidneys
Rexall Ko-Ko-Kas-Kets. Very
easy to take. A gentle laxa-
alive
Rexall Little Liver Pills. A lax
alive --------------25c
Mentholine Balm. A soothing
menthol preparation for neural
gia, bruises, fever sores, after
shaving, etc. -------------25c
Rexall Mother Kroh's Worm
Syrup. For pin worms and
stomach worms ----------25c
Rexall White Pine and Tar
Cough Syrup. A very fine
cough remedy----------25c
We guarantee each
remedy in the Rexall
line, and cheerfully re-
fund the money paid,
for the asking.
Mccoy Drug Co.
The Rexall Store
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1914-02-20

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WASHINGTON, D. c.
The New PIeatings Here in
Almost Infi1.ite Variety
many very originate the
New Taffeta Rufflngs with the picot edges in white
or black to be used on dresses hats and jackets,
Yard SLIGO
Moistproof Maline Peatings in black yd SOC to ST.
Pompadour Pleatings, of moist proof ma1ine,
yard :. 75c to $150
Black Moire Rufngs, for flounces, often used to
make the simulated tunic the style dress;
also much in demand for hat trimn1ings;a yd $15O
Accordion-Pleated Chffons in plain coors and black
and white also in the dainty Dolly Warden designs;
widths 10 to 80 inches yard SIPS
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-11-19
PRESIDENT
OBSERVES BIRTHRAY

In full enjoyment of his usual rug
ged health, President Joseph F. Smith
OF the Mormon church Friday round
ed out his seventy-sixth year of life.
He spent his birthday anniversary
quietly, deviating but little from his
daily habits. A few of the older
members Of the presidents family
gathered at the Beehive house in an
informal way last night. Today the
entire family will DO together for din
ner' Many kilograms and letters were
received yesterday by President Smith
congratulating him on the advent of
the day that places him six years
beyond the three score and ten years
Biblically allotted for the life of man.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-11-19
THE NEW WET
AND DRY LINEUP

AS result of the November elec-
tions there are now fourteen states
in the dry column. They are Art
IONA, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas,
Maine, Mississippi, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon,
Tennessee. virginia, Washington and
West Virginia.
There remain Is states in which
half the population live in so-called
no-license territory. They are Ala
bama, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, In
diana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana
Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hamp.
shire, South Dakota, Texas and Yer.
mont.
There remain eleven states in
which rs per cent of the population
lives in no-license territory. They ara
California, Delaware, Illinois, Mary.
land, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mis-.
souri, Ohio, Utah, Wisconsin and Wyo
ming. At different times in the past
% states have adopted the policy OF
prohibition. All but nine for one rea.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-11-19

son or another, abandoned it for local
option or control by license.
California and Ohio, out of the six
states in which statewide prohibition
amendments were voted on this fall,
elected to remain in the wet column.
In Ohio the new amendment to the
constitution practically places the
state in the wet column forever, as
it provides that no new liquor legisla-
ton shall be introduced into the legis-
lature. The present laws, however,
are very strict and are carried out to
the letter. The new amendment does
not prohibit the holding of wet and
dry elections in communities, under
tho laws that are at present in force.
The states that have voted dry dur.
ing the year 1914 are Arizona, Colo
RADIO. Oregon, Washington and Vir.
ginia.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-11-19
HOW CITIES ARE MADE

A station is a point on any rail-
road where there is cinder platform
on one side of the track and an
elevator on the other. The inhabi-
tant of station operates the platform
twice day and the elevator three
months in the year The remainder
OF his time is spent in an effort to
make living for his family. It re-
quires only two generations and con-
tinued good crops to attract a general
store, newspaper and cemetery.
The opera house, church, school and
politician follow in their order, after
which the station has only to await
the next census enumeration to get
on the map in lower case letters and
be referred to in the marginal index
as village. The village stage in
municipal life is that era in which
the post office box numbers do not
run higher than 275, and while the re-
sldents point out telephone pole
with more than one cross-arm as evil
dence of their right to recognition in
the commercial world. Another twen-
ty years, void Of cyclones and con-
flagrations, generally develop such a
feeling of unrest that something more
than matrimonial ties is needed to
hold the population together and keep
the municipal metamorphosis headed
in the right direction. The village
board then meets and orders a CITY
charter and the destiny of the city
is placed in the hands Of it's first
mayor. This dignitary either starts
reform" Of some kind and kills the
town forever or he inaugurates an
annual chautauqua, encourages clean
sports, harmless amusements and ever
perhaps permits Sunday base ball, all
to keep the young fellows interested
in their new city and then he sits
back and sees the town grow faster
than a politicians appetite for power.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-11-19
THE "WIsE GUYS" DICTIONARY

Reub. A man who owns 24O acres
OF farm land valued at about s2O(
an acre.
Jay. A man who owns an 1917
automobile.
Country Jake A man whose home
is equipped with gas-lights, hot and
cold running water, bath room and
hot water heating plant.
zap. A man whose son is LEADING
his class at the University.
Hick. A man whose signature is
good for $4,000 at any bank in the
county.
Boob. A man whose daughter finds
herself worth 5000 when the will
is read.
Simp. A man, to corral whose vote
the congressman tramps over forty
acres Of plowed land.
Wise Guy. A city chap, with about
30 cents in his pocket, who uses the
above terms.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-11-19

munity high schools pro rata on the
average daily attendance in such high
schools, as shown by the annual re-
ports next preceding the date of ap-
portiOnment
Tax Levy One Mill
The total amount apportioned to
each community high school shall be
reported to the state board of educa-
ton, to the state treasurer, and to
the clerk of the board of trustees o.
each such high school not later than
dhc Goth day of March of each year.
and the funds 50 transferred to each
district shall be used by said board
only for purposes of maintenance of
said high school, and shall be drawn
upon vouchers as provided by law.
Section g. To provide for the Idaho
high school fund and a system of free
community high schools in the state
Of Idaho, it is hereby enacted that
the state board of equalization shalt
annually levy a tax Of one CD mill
on the dollar of the assessed valua-
ton of the state for the said Idaho
high school fund. All moneys pro-
duced by said tax and placed in
said fund to be appropriated accord
ing to the foregoing requirements.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-11-19
Best Cough Medicine for Children

0os1 OOU0H WcuICIHe TOT OnJIuren
Three years ago when I was Ii,
ing in Pittsburgh one of my children
had hard cold and coughed dread
fully. Upon the advice of a druggist
I purchased bottle Of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and it benefited him
at once. find it the best cough
medicine for children because it is
pleasant to take. They do not object
to taking it," writes Mrs Lafayette
Tuck, Homer City, Pa. This remedy
contains no opium or other or other
narcotic, and may be given to a child
as confidently as to an adult. Sold
by all dealers adv.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-11-19

Greensburg, Pa.-James Wilson. 4
farmer, wondered why his favorite
cow was not giving milk. He follow.
ed her one morning and found the
cow was mothering a fawn that had
escaped from the State Game Pre-.
serve.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-11-19
MUST WORK OR STARVE

London, Nov. 1O.-A proclamation
issued by the Germans at Brussels
specifically threatens, according to a
dispatch to Reuters Telegram COM
pany from Amsterdam, to stop the
distribution OF food by the American
relief committee among the unemploy-
ed unless the Belgians go to work.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-11-19

Phone 366. McVicar. regarding hour
fer dancing lessons. Glass and pri.
vats lessons evenings BY apDolltnsat
Gall q Dhsna Boyle Building. adv.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-11-19

Bear in mind that Chamberlain
Tablets not only move the bowelA
but improve the appetite and strength
en- the digestion For sale by all
dealers. adv.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-11-19

Section 4. The regular meetings Of
the board Of trustees shall be held
on the second Tuesday in March.
June, September and December of
each year. The board may, however.
hold special or adjourned meetings as
they may from time to time deter
mine.
The board shall have power:
(a) To supervise and visit the
school;
(b) To admit al children Of ths
The Spectator., 1914-12-29
FAIR VIEW.

We expect you will be little short on items like us, so we have thought of writing a little this evening. If we were to fol- low our feelings we might write a gloomy letter.
 There is some sickness in these parts. Randa Forbus has been real sick for a few days. Seems to be getting along all right at this writing.
 I say, we have been having some rough weather out here at Fair View. If you don't believe it, why, you inst come and see.
 There is some cotton to be picked in this neck of the woods as soon as it clears up so people can get out to work.
 There are lots of things 1 would be glad for the writers to the Spectator to write about. One is, The Four Wire Fence, what it is good for and what it isn't good for, also this appropri- ation for Farm Demonstration Work by the State as we'll as National Government and who pays for it. It may be that there are many readers of the Spectator want to know these things. We don't want to hear these things in the spirit of controversy, but to learn. 1 think we ought to learn some thing of this as well as how to raise a crop and then have to give it away as we have had to do this year. As l see it, it may be that there are laws we do not want, and it may be we want some laws we do not get. o say, ye Editor, we would be glad to see and to know that the farm CTS would begin to look into these things. We don't think there is anything great in what we have written here. We are one of the farmers that is seeing a hard time on account of the price of cotton this year. We should not have any laws or anything that would or will legalize wrong doing in any form.
 Fair View.
The Spectator., 1914-12-29
Meat To Be A Rarity.

Chicago, Dec. Is. Meat in America will be a rarity before the war ends with it's drain on our supply" " said Henry J. Will- iamson, government statistician in the Department of Agricul- ture today,
 "The number of cattle has dim finished and the population in. creased progressively for 10 years until now they are too widely diverged to hope to get a full supply for at least 10 years or more."
 Unless scientific breeding is general and the slaughter of calves ceases before five years have expired, America will find herself in the class of the Euro pean countries that have to inn port beef. y
The Spectator., 1914-12-29
Agricultural School.

State Agricultural School, Sec ond District, Russellville, Ark.
 School opens January 4th 1915. Second term begins February 1st 1915. Board, lights, water, and janitor services averaged for three months SS.61.
 Special course in agriculture and domestic science and art begins January 4th and continues two months to March 4th 1915. This course is arranged to give the best instruction in agricul- ture and domestic science in the time given. It is offered to the farmer and his children who have to make a crop and cannot enter for the purpose of taking the regular course to June.
The Spectator., 1914-12-29
Power On The Farm.

Notwithstanding advances made in all lines of agriculture in the past few decades, still there are many farmers who get along without any form of pow CT except their horses. For vari- ous kinds of work, the engine is superior to the horse.
 There was a time when all work was done by horse power.
 The underlying reason for this is that men are slow to adopt the new things. and slow to see their advantages, afraid to try them lest they should fail. A small portable gasoline engine is no longer an experiment. It has proved itself a great time and labor saving machine for the busy farmer.
 When small. portable, we'll balanced engine of from 25 to 4 horse power can be purchased for from $100 to $150 there is little reason why farmers should not make much of their labor easier.
 These engines are now perfect ed so that they will work with very little fastening to the ground and so they can be easily taken from place to place for the various jobs for which their services are needed.
 Such work as running cream separators, pumping water, saw ing wood, grinding feed, running washing machines and many other duties may be easily and quickly accomplished by this handy man.
 If you have work which a small gasoline engine can do, investigate some of the different makes on the market and make your purchase so that you may have this power at your con- mand as soon as possible.
 w. R. Wheelock. Extension Service, College of Agriculture.
The Spectator., 1914-12-29

Fred Burrow of Altus made The Spectator office a call today.
 The Standard Oil Go. opened their new oil depot here for bus mess today. Walter Davidson resigned his position with the Ozark Variety Co. and took charge of the oil depot. One of the travelling men is here today and they will go to AliX tomor- row. Mir. Davidson has had some experience in the oil bus mess and will make a good sales man.
 An exchange tells us of a mer- chant who was doing business on the "cheap and soft plan"- hiring no clerks and selling no goods. One day he died in his store and it was two days before the fact was discovered. He didn't advertise and it was so seldom any one visited the es- tablishment that but for the in- trusion of an eastern drummer on his first trip his body might still be lying uncared for in his store.
 With all the effort put forth by the government, bankers, railroads, merchants, Farmers Union, etc. to get the farmers to diversity their crops the Arkan- sas farmers have sown less than one third more wheat this year than last year. Unless they materially cut the cotton acre. age throughout the South next year there will be great suffering next winter. Many merchants, who furnish farmers. will be able to tide over next year and furnish limited amount of goods to cotton growers, but another large crop will make cotton almost valueless and the farmers will starve and the mer- chants fail. It is of vital import ance to every man in the South to cut the cotton crop at least half.
The Spectator., 1914-12-29
Epworth League.
January 3.

January $. Topic, Promises of a Redeemer. Scripture Lesson. Leaguers. What is is a Redeemer? Miss Morrison. The Spirit of a Redeemer. Bert Jeffers. The Method of His Work. Mrs. Galloway. The result of His Work. A. w. Dupriest. Gods Gift to Man. Ella Ander- son.
 Gratitude for the Gift of a Redeemer. Ola Walker. An Illustration of Redemption, Gurney Walker. Never Beyond our Reach, Car rie Hacker. Gods Measuring Rods. Sula Kate Benson.
 Owen Agee.
 Leader.
The Spectator., 1914-12-29
Cooling Mothes

Have you an apple orchard?
 Do you want that orchard to produce every apple it is capable of producing under normal con- ditions?
 Do you want a healthy tree and a healthy fully developed apple?
 If you do, and it is perfectly natural that you do, go out now and look for loosened scales of bark on the apple tree and scrape them off. If you find small worms or larva of codling moth, kill them at once and your apple tree will produce at least one- half bushel more of apples this year.
 Each adult moth lays from 50 to 75 eggs all of which hatch.
 Also examine your peach trees about this time and see if the borers are present. This can be determined by removing the dirt around the base of the tree to the depth of four or five inches. With a long bladed knife scrape portion of the tree thus unc0v- cred. If the worms are present you can find them in this way.
 When the worms are removed and killed the soil should be re- placed and slightly hilled so that next year the adult moth will be forced to deposit her eggs higher on the tree thus making it easier to locate and destroy.
 J. s. Knox, Assistant Horticulturist, College of Agriculture.
The Spectator., 1914-12-29

Now that the time has come to prepare for another crop. are you going to grow all the food and feed crops you need for your use and make cotton a surplus crop or do you intend to put in every available acre in three cent cotton? It is certain that with the large surplus carried over from last year, the big crop this year and a full crop next year cotton will be slow sale at three to four cents.
The Spectator., 1914-12-29
WILEY WAGNER.

Uncle Wiley Wagner died at his home near Lonelm yesterday and was buried in the Wagner grave yard today, Elder c. M. Partin of Altus officiating.
 Mir. Wagner was one of Frank lin county's oldest and best cit izens and has occupied an import ant place in the upbuilding of his community.
The Spectator., 1914-12-29
MRS. DELILAH MCKEE.

Mrs. Delilah Mckee, wife of F. V. Mckee and daughter of MT. and Mrs. w. P. Richardson, formerly of Ozark. died Satur- day morning about one o'clock at the Sparks Memorial Hospital at Fort Smith. Funeral services were held at the family residence at 611 South Nineteenth street Sunday at two o'clock and the remains inferred in the Oak cem- etery, Rev. MT. Gibson pastor of the First Baptist Church. of Ft. Smith. officiating. Her parents. who reside at Patterson. Calif., were notified of her serious con- dition and her mother hastened to her bedside but never reached Fort Smith till Saturday after noon.,
 Mrs. Mckee was the fourth daughter of MT. and Mrs. Rich ardson and was reared in Ozark. She was 8 christian woman of an exceptionally sweet character. Besides parents and five sisters, she leaves a husband and infant.