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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-24
WISE USE Or CREDIT

Five rules designed To convince
farmers that there is no magic about
credit are set down in Farmers Bul
letin 1913, How to Use Farm Credit
which the department has just pub.
lished. Unless the farmer who is
thinking of borrowing money fully
understands these rules and is will,
ing to be guided by them, the govern.
ments advice to him is: don't. AS ii
is, there are probably almost as many
farmers in this country who are suf-
fering from too much as from too lit,
tie credit.
OF these rules the three most i'm
portant r
l. Make Ire that the purpose for
which the borrowed money is to be
used will produce a return greater
than needed to pay the debt.
2. The length of time the debt is
to run should have a close relation to
the productive life of the improve
Iaent for which the money is borrow
ed.
2. Provision should be made in
longtime loans for the gradual re-
duction of the principal.
The first rule is, of course the key
to the wise use Of credit. Between
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-24

borrowing money to spend on ones
self and borrowing money to buy
! equipment Of some sort with which
to make more money there is all the
difference between folly and fore
| sight, extravaganza and thrift. If the
1uoney is borrowed for a wise pur-
pose it will produce enough to pay
back the principal and interest and
leave a fair margin of profit for the
borrower into the bargain. 1t it is
borrowed for a foolish purpose it
| will produce nothing and consequent
ly there will be nothing with which
to repay the loan. From this point Of
| view it matters comparatively little
| whether the interest be high or low.
1t is the repayment of the principal
| that is the chief difficulty.
Rules 2 and 3 deal with the most
satisfactory ways of repayment. I'm.
derneath them both is the same prin.
ciple: The loan must be repaid with
| the money it earns itself. For example
| if the money is used to buy a machine
that will last ten years, the machine
| must carr enough in that time to pay
for itself or it will. The loan,
therefore, should be entirely repaid
before the ten years are up or the
farmer will lose money on the trans
action, paying out interest for no ben
eft in return. On the other hand if
too early a date is set for repayment,
the machine will not have had sufi-
cient opportunity to make the requi-
site money and the borrower may
have difficulty in raising it elsewhere.
The bulletin also advises the farm
er to secure the lowest possible in
terest. At first sight this seems too
obvious to be worth mentioning. OF
course the interest should be as small
as possible. Everybody knows that
except the lender. But if the other
rules are observed, if the borrower
. manages his financial affairs sound
. ly, he will be surprised to find how
/ much easier it is to obtain favorable
! terms. The right kind of lender does
not want to fOreclose mortgages; he
wants his money back with a fair
! profit, like any other merchant. For
money that is borrowed wisely, for
| money that is sur to be repaid, he
charges low interest.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-24
Elected Assistant Bishop

Butte, June 22.-Rev. DR.. William
Frederick Faber, pastor of st. Johns
Episcopal church of Detroit, Mich,
was tonight elected coadiutor bishop
o! the Episcopal diocese of Montana
b. the clergy and laity attending the
eleventh annual convention of the
diocese. the first business session of
which was held today.
The election of DR.. Faber was
unanimous. after a deadlock between
the clergy and the lay delegates. which
lasted the entire afternoon. Three
ballots We're taken. the third. at the
conclusion of the evening exercises,
resulting in concurrence in the NOM
inatiOn of DR.. Faber by the lay dele
gates. Rev. G. G. Bennett, pastor Of
st. James church. at Bozeman. was
DR.. Faber's opponent in the election.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-24
Returns From Panama Canal

Washington. June l9.-The first
the hundreds OF millions spent on the
Panama canal was recorded today
from collections on barge traffic be-
gun on May Is. transporting cargoes
because OF the congestion of freight
traffic. They We're mostly composed
of sugar from Hawaii. On that bust
ness the tolls in May amounted to
$~7,356.12 on the basis of $l.2O per net
ton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-24
o o AND POLITICS

Inc prices pdlu lot montana WOOL
this season are a surprise to the poll
ticians as we'll as the f1ockmasters.
With wool on the free list, it was en-
pected that values would remain at
a low level, but unexpected develop
ments in foreign markets have boost
ed prices to a figure that compares
%favorably with the quotations of for
mel seasons when protective wool
duties were in effect.
The politicians have peddled a lot
OF deceptive dope about the wool tar
if in many former campaigns, but
some of them will want to evade that
subject in their oratorical efforts this
year. The conditions, probably, are
unusual, and may not be a fair index
of what will be the situation in other
years, but the voters are likely to pay
more attention to what prevails to-
day than to possible conditions that
may obtain at some future time.
The high tariff advocates have
maintained that protective duties
benefit American producers of the
commodities affected, by adding to
the cost of importing similar foreign
products that are brought to Amer
lean markets. The American price
of such imports is determined by the
cost of such commodities in the for
eign countries from which they were
exported, plus the transportation
charges and tariff duties. The high
tariff politician argues that under
these conditions the American pro-
Queer is not exposed to unrestricted
competition with low cost importa-
tons from foreign countries, and can
obtain a higher price for his product.
This view Of the matter, of course,
ignores the interests Of the consum-
er. If the producer receives a price
that is enhanced by import duties
levied upon competing foreign pro-
ducts, the consumer pays it. Some
of the high tariff politicians make as
sertions TO the contrary. claiming
that their policy brings high prices
to the producer and low prices to the
consumer-an impossiblity tina;
brands their talk as palpable bunk
In the case of wool at current mar
ket values, the low tariff OF free trade
politicians ere also discredited and
pe-pieAeo' III e'c f7'iSioh Oh 'le
iaSie+''o''. Ia" t"e ""''eS were re-
o"oeo Ill d 'al@e hu'loe' u! cases ana
eh'Hc'S 4en,o>e" III ".nerS-"oo De-
ING 'ncl""eu ~ t'le ll5t Oh a't'c'c"
placed on the free list. The avowed
purpose of this legislation was to re-
duce the high cost Of living. 1t was
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'hol" " '"e HE" ]"i'il 10" ''dt ti's
piio1' VI we '"lI''iiooieieS a'ieo'0'
"ou,' w '""1i' '"t III ''g o"ae W
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at nghtness. II he might see Miss
Stanton, Miss Nancy Stanton.
AShe welcomes you" she answered
lightly enough, deciding he had called
to talk business-he often asked her
advice, and she knew he had some Inn
portant matters under consideration.
She bade him enter, and he followed
her into the sitting room, where she
turned on the lights, half binding her
self by the sudden glow. She pointed
to the big chair where she had been
sitting, and then began to resuscitaAe
the IRE; but in his mastering way he
put her aside and went at 1t himself.
Then he turned and faced her, noting
her flush, her lovely disordered hair,
her bright, steady eyes. But she re-
turned his gaze, making herself rise
to the situation, as he questioned her.
what were you doing in the dark1
Where is your family?"
TITS st. Valentines day, and they're
out junketing. AS to what I was do
ing. Mr.. Steele, If you must know, ]
was resigning my secretaryship with
you. Just az you rang I was wording
it-wondering whether to be business
like and polite, or to say simply, Tn
tired Of working for you. want 70
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A, Empty Flat; 3, Oats Started to

A, Empty Flat; 3, Oats Started to
sprout; C, Oats Well sprouted.
When the wheat, oats, and cracked
corn are given, che birds are always
ready and anxious for them, and they
scratch in the litter for the last ker-
mel before going to the trough where
an abundance of feed is in store. The
hens like the broken and whole grains
better than the mixture Of the fine,
dry materials. Yet they help them.
selves To Il. a mouthful or two at a
time, whenever they seem to need It.
There is a general unanimity Of
opinion among poultrymen that the
fowls do best when some form of
green or succulent food is given them
during the winter months.
In fact, It is an absolute necessity,
If best results are to be obtained. The
function Of green food is largely In
the nature of a digestive stimulant.
Green sprouted oats have been
widely used in recent years as a
green food for poultry and it is a
most excellent thing. The oats are
fed when they are from four to six
inches in height, and are fed at the
rate of a piece Of the matted oats and
attached green stalks about six by
eight inches square for each 100 birds
per day.
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Green Food Growers.

upon the raising of poultry proftably,
has the following to say on the sub
ject: at has seemed in studying the
birds In the fall of the year that the
change from the range to the laying
house, was an important one in the
life of the bird, and that the results
during the subseqGent winter with ref
erence to egg production depended
much upon the way this transition
was made. It seemed advisable both
on general grounds and from obserVa-
ton Of the birds themselves to make
this change as gradual as possible.
With this idea in mind the pullets
have been Brought into the houses
from the range much earlier during
the past few years than was the Gus
tom beforehand the results have been
excellent. When the pullets are first
brought in it is not advisable to shut
them up entirely in ths houses at
once. On the contrary, our work is
planned in such way that there is
always a freshly-seeded yard full Of
SACCA SAd6S LUZ IA0 O4A0 " AuA Ii
after they are brought into the house
until cold weather sets in. The fowls
are brought from free range into a
condition Of restricted range, but with
better pasturage on the restricted
range than on the free range. The
yards are freshly seeded and have not
been trampled down or burned or
dried out by the sun, as Is the grass
on the open range from which the
birds are taken. In this way the at
tempt is made to have the transition
from the range conditions to house
conditions as gradual as possible
After about two months Of restricted
range, the birds are finally shut up in
a curtain front house for the winter.
The feed of all adult birds, whether
pullets or not, consists Of two essen
tial parts: (a) The whole or cracked
grains scattered in the litter, and (b),
the mixture of dry ground grains gen
orally known as a dry mash. In addi-
ton to the grains and dry mash, oys-
ter shell, dry cracked bone, grit and
charcoal are kept in Slated troughs,
and are accessible at all times. Plen-
ty Of clean water is furnished.
About five pounds Of clover hay cut
into one-half inch lengths is fed dry
daily to each 100 birds in winter.
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it has now been six months since took
any medicine at all. 1 hope my little
note will assist you in helping other wo-
men. now feel perfectly well and In
the best of health. - - Mrs. AUGUST
w. KoNDNER, 1892 Hollins Street, Bal
timore, Md.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotic or harmful
drugs, and to-day holds the record of
being the most successful remedy for
female ills we know of, and thousands
of voluntary testimonials on file in the
Pinkham laboratory at Lynn, Mass,
seem to prove this fact.
For thirty years it has been the stand
ard remedy for female ills, and has re-
stored the neaIJu OF IITOtI5z1=1t15 q
who have been troubled with such all
ments as displacements, Inflammation,
liberation, tumors, irregularities, etc.
If you want special advice
write to Lydia E. Pinkham Med
icine CO., (cOnfidential) Lynn,
Mass. Your letter will be opened.
read and answered by a woman
and held in strict confidence.
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FEW CLEAN MILK ESSENTIALS
Simple Procedures Are All That Is Re
dulred to Keep the Dirt Down
R.ll nzAanw&fnn1

"All is not gold that glitters" Not
all white substances are clean. The
cleanest appearing Of all foods-virgin
white milk-is the dirtiest of all foods.
One can eat a good deal of dirt with
safety if it has been cooked, but raw
dirt is dangerous. If one can eat
a peck of dirt with safety 1t must be
cooked dirt.
Dirt gets into milk from the mixers
hands, from the cows udder, from the
swish of the cows tail, from the milk
pals and milk cans, from the air Of
the stable, and from any faulty hand.
ling after it leaves the farmer.
Simple procedures are all that are
necessary to keep the dirt down to
small proportions. They are clean
hands, clean udder, and clean pals
and caps.
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.PF .PF(JULTI(l.
|E2[EJE1|
Cn. n u
CARING FOR LAYING PULLETs
Dry, Comfortable Houses Should Be
Provided and an Abundance Of
Green Is Necessary.

Changes in management Of poultry
can not be made during the course Of
the breeding and Matching season
without seriously interfering with the
results. Any new methods Of manage
ment, feeding, etc, which one wishes
to use, must be inaugurated at the be-
ginning of the season and adhered to
throughout.
The bringing, Of the chickens in
rom the range upon which they have
Grown from little chicks, into the lay
ing home, is apt to be a very violent
and abrupt transition. An authority
Middletown transcript., 1914-02-14

go abroad this spring, and intend Il
do it-let F7ossie have my placel'"
She held up her head and smiled a
him. Why couldn't the man say some
thing instead of staring ct her?
''You anticipate me-" he replied
gravely. II came to discharge you.
don't think l can-keep you In thG
Office any longer. In fact, Nancy" he
stammered like a boy, Il can't bear
the sight Of you in that oflce mo
ment longerI oh, can't you see what
sentimental fool you have made oi
me? What are you going to do with
me? See what l did today-wait q
momentl"
He went into the hall while she
stood half dazed. What was he tFy1na
to say, and bungling It, too, this clear
headed man Of business? Was he
jestingi He returned with q purple
box, which he handed her.
"See-violets! The thought Of You
made me buy them and wonder all
day If dared bring them to you'll
And hereI" He drew something from
his pocket. Here is a Iace-papeF
heart surrounded with doves and
rosesl Would you mind taking that,
too, as part Of my general sillinessi
What do you think Of me?"
She was very pale now. but waited
in silence.
tive done even a madder thing
brought you my heart; all 1 have, all
am and ever shall be! Could you
manage to work with me instead of
for me? Couldn't you love me a lit.
tle?-no. mean with all your heart
for you're no halfway woman. Nancyi
Will your"
She nodded, hoping she was not go
ing to be foolish enough to cry be
cause she was so happy.
Il think I-could," she murmured
Il think should like that-even bet
ter than-my-present position!"
He caught her hands in his and
looked at her with delight. The vio.
let's fell unheeded to the floor and the
lace-paper heart futtered and fell just
out Of reach Of the fire ready to Heb
out a lean tongue for 1t.
Then John Steele suddenly clasped
her close in his arms as If he never
would let her go. They stood a long
time before the fire. then they sal
Middletown transcript., 1914-02-14

dimpled, curly-headed, silly, was too
obviously trying to attract her en-
ployer's attention. Nancy reflected
that 1t was none of her business, but
no woman likes a sister woman to
make a fool of herself-and no wo-
man can be mans private secretary
for six years without having an inter
est In his welfare. John Steele de-
served a better mate than that-and
yet Nancy knew that strong men,
past their first youth, were prone to
make Just such q mistake.
She shook herself free Of the
thought and returned to herself. The
plain fact was that her business gave
her little time to cultivate her old
friends, mostly married now and en-
gagged in their own affairs. Her broth
er was wrapped up in his business and
family. She, Nancy, was too much
alone, growing too interpretive. She
was losing her individuality and inde-
pendence, and needed to take more
care Of herself, mentally and physic-
ally.
Still in her black ONCE dress, with
its white collar and cuffs, she stretch
ed out q little in the big chair by the
fireplace where the fire was low, and,
not wanting the lights, sat thinking.
She put up her hands In a fashion Of
her childhood and rumpled her heavy
brown hair, usually so trim; her
sweet, steady gray eyes filed with
tears. which she promptly suppressed.
Selfpity, she thought, was the last
straw Of humiliation! Why should
she be sorry for herself2 If the office
irked her, why not take a rest? Her
grandmother had, with the year past,
left her little money. She would
resign. Why had she not thought Of
It before2 Flossie could take her
place, and she would travel and find
broader interests.
Then 1t came upon her how much
John Steele had been in her mind,
and she fought It out with herself on
the spot. She would not, simply be-
cause she was lonely, let herself fall
In love with the only attractive man
near her own age whom she saw much
of-and her employer, at that That
was too banalI What would he say
when-she resigned2 Would he carel
He was not so foolish! No; he had
showed her every courtesy in the Of
nce-the same courtesy he showed TO
all women, but never the little light
attentions he showed even to FIossie,
to whom, that very morning, he had,
on entering, tossed smile and rose
as one would a ball to a kitten.
The girl was so soft and pretty
he could not be blamed. But she,
Nancy, would straightway resign be-
fore she made q fool OF herself It
was high time.
II had grown dark In the room, and
she was still lost IN planning for the
coming year when the doorbell reused
her. Flushed and startled, not stop
ping even to smooth her hair, she
went into the haIl, where the light
burned low. She opened the door,
She did not realize that It was John
Steele I'll be asked, with an attempt
Middletown transcript., 1914-02-14
GLUTEN FEED TO DAIRY cows
Good Supplementary Food May Be
ProfitabIy Given in Place Of Bean
MeaI-Other Good Feeds. y

Gluten feed forms a good supple
mentary food for dairy COWS and may
be profitably fed to take the place Of
bean meal in forming the concentrate
ed part Of the ration.
Cows eat gluten feed regularly and
it may be safely given up to seven
pounds day, though smaller quanti-
ties fed as part of mixture will prob
ably give the better result
Bean meal and crushed oats have
fully maintained their past reputation
of being an excellent food for dairy
cows, but the mixture is more ex-
pensive than an equal weight Of
gluten feed.
Sugar beet is an excellent food for
the dairy cows. There is little diff
Guilty at first in getting some animals
to take to it. 1t shows a very marked
effect in stimulating and maintaining
the yield of milk, even when the cows
are advanced in lactation.
Cows fed on sugar beets produce a
cream more difficult to churn than
those fed on an equal weight of tur
nies and the butter is very pale in
color.
Gluten feed is the refuse after the
extraction Of starch from grain and
may be had in two forms, either as
gluten meal or as gluten feed, the lat
ter consisting of the hull, the gluten
layer and the germ, the hull being alb
sent in the case of gluten meal
The gluten feed is naturally the
lighter fed of the two and may be
fed to the extent Of seven pounds or
eight pounds daily. Its Feeding com
position approximates fairly closely to
beans and peas and it keeps well.
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1IE n ITIIII 7
MUCH DAIRYING IN SCOTLAND
Cows Kept Are Practically All High
Grade or Pure Ayrshlres-Helfers
Are Raised.

In the southern part of Scotland,
dairying is almost the sole occupa-
ton of the farmers. The COWS kept
are practically all high-grade or pure
bred Ayrshires, and as class are ef-
hcient and economic producers. Heif-
er calves from the best cows are al
ways raised, not sold. A good reg
istered Ayrshire COW brings from
$125 to 5000, and a good grade COW
$50 to $780, Cows that are good milk
ers are kept as long as they are
Middletown transcript., 1914-02-14

down to talk about It-so many things
had to be talked over.
Something was In the air today,
he finished presently. that gave me
courage. And on the street this morn.
ing fool girl know tossed me .
rose. When entered the Office met
FIossie's unendurable, dimpled simper,
and 1 threw the rose at her. Then l
looked at you and seemed to see
something new in your face-I believe
| It was the first time in the months
since I have known that loved you
that I saw a sign Of personal regard
for me, q something that gave me
leave to speak my heart outI don't
know what the look meant, but It
brought you nearer-it somehow
made you human-it1
Nancy finished for him.
1T was 'human'-very human and
like a womani It was plain, vulgar
jealousyl I could have crushed Flos-
sic, curls, dimples, smile and all, for
that rosel How hateful my face must
have beenl" Then they both laughed
and forgot all about Flossie.
CCopvright, by Associated Literary Press.)
Middletown transcript., 1914-02-14
Ioeated Him.

One evening, when a water inspector
was going his round, he stopped at one
of the mains In a busy street to turn
on the water owing to some repairs
He had just put the handle on the tap
and begun turning when a hand was
placed on his shoulder by tipsy gen
tleman, who said, in a drunken tone:
$50 have found you at last, have
1? It's you that's turning the street
round, is itT
Middletown transcript., 1914-02-14
~ VIA. va. = Great sufferer

from rheumatism, writes Walter
Wright, Druggist, Atlantic City, N. J.
Nothing helped her until she tried
Jones' eak-Up. Two bottles entire
II cured her and through her recon-
mendations I have sold great many
bottles. 1t has cured more rheumatic
troubles here than all other remedies
combined" No matter how bad your
case is, Jones' Breakup will cure It
81 per bottle or bottles for IS. II
the 6 bottles do not cure your druggist
is authorized to refund your money.
II not at your dealers write Jones
Breakup Inc. New Egypt. N. J.-AdV.
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healthy. In many herds in Scotland
are cows 20 years old, and still good
producers, but the herds which are
fed heavily on grain they do not last
as long, and the oldest COW is not
more than twelve years old. For
the American dairyman, the striking
features of Scotch dairying are the
uniformly good cows kept, the excel
lent care given them, and the atten-
ton paid to feeding them economic
ally on a small amount of grain, new
er wasting concentrates on COWS that
are not producing heavily. When we
consider the low efficiency Of the aV-
erage cows MIXED in America COM
pared with the average Ayrshires
MIXED in Scotland, it is easy to see
the great possibilities yet unattained
by the dairymen of this country.
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Varied Ratlons for COWS.

Cows should not be kept too long
on one particular ration, good though
it may be, and the feed should consist
of a variety of materials rather than
any single one. A sufficient ration
must be given for the maintenance of
body and the production of milk. 1t is
false economy to allow coz to pro
duce milk at the expoSse SS her own
body,
Middletown transcript., 1914-02-14
al 0mlt IN

The tea drinking Of Great Britain
amounts to about 5000 cups per indi-
vidual for a year, according to stats
tics, which probably accounts for the
tannin' her athletes get whenever
they enter into competition with u.s.
Philadelphia Inquirer.