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The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-11-30

Grass Is Abundant and So Are Calves.
from the highway. This plan has
proven an effective means of advertis-
ing and lends an attractiveness to the
farm that would otherwise be lacking.
The pastures are skirted by native
timber, providing ample shade and:
adding to the beauty of the landscape.
Valuable Asset. |:
Neatness and order in the farms
appearance is regarded as a valuable
asset. Silos are an. important fea-
ture of the improvements. Automo-!
biles are necessary part of the;
equipment. The whole achievement
is based upon safe, practical methods:
and the intelligent use of good blood;
good seed and crop rotation. The
farms today have more than doubled
the producing power they had twenty
years ago. With these methods con-;
tinued what will the producing value:
of their acres be in the next twenty:
years?
The accomplishment of Tomsoni
ing and instructive within our knowl-'
edge, considering it is the result Of:
practical, near-conservative methods:
and continuous faith in livestock
husbandry. With the improvement OF
the farm and herd, Tomson Brothers;
have grown in influence. John R., the
senior member, is director and vice.
president of the American Shorthorn;
Breeders association, the strongest or;
ganization of its kind in America
Both he and the junior member,
James G., are recognized as expert
cattle judges and their services in this|
capacity are in demand in leading
shows from Chicago to the Pacifc|
coast. The third member, Frank D.,
has been conspicuously identified with
the agricultural press for decade and
more.
The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-11-30
BLAOKTOoT HIGH DBFRAf0
TECH SECOND TEAM, 41-O

Blackfoot High School defeated the
Idaho Tech, second team from Pocatello
Friday by the score of "a to 0, running
up score of "a points in the first half,
then trying out new men and defensive
play in the second. The game rounded
out total score of 100 points against Z
for the opponents.
Blackfoot has defeated all the high
schools in this section and now is in line
for a contest with Weiser or Caldwell
for state championship honors on
Thanksgiving day. Coach Dice, an old
Indiana star, has rounded out the
strongest high school team this section
of Idaho has seen for years.
Captain Louis Stephens with his 225
pounds of beef and bone would be a
star on any western university squad
Mulville has shown wonderful ability
as line smasher, Thomas at quarter
is ten second man and a kicker of re.
markable ability, Blomquist fresh
man half back is whirlwind and Jack
Reay at center is star both Extensively
and defensively. The team as whole
is well balanced in weight and every
man is fast and reliable.
Twin Falls has refused Thanks
giving day contest for southern Idaho
honors, so Blackfoot has clear title
The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-11-30
BY G. H. Afford. State Farm Den
stratinn Agent MarYlandl

BY g. H. Afford, State Farm Demon~
stration Agent. Maryland)
A study of the methods of any sue
,essful man or firm has more than a
passing interest. The career of
Tomson Brothers, Shorthorn cattle
breeders, Dover and Carbondale,
Kan, offers an instructive illustration
Of success attained along purely prac-
tical lines. Spectacular features such
as attach to blooded stock breeding
operations occasionally. have been few
and far between. This has been a
steady. even course, for the most part,
but continuously in the forward direc-
zion.
In 1883, their father, T. X. Tomson,
Kansas pioneer Of modest means
purchased a farm in the Mission
Creek valley, a few miles out from
Topeka, the capital city. The farm
The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-11-30

fore available at a nominal price. He
was kept in service several years. His
daughters retained in the breeding
herd were large, roomy, well-feshed
cows, trife prominent at the hips,
but useful breeders: A small adver-
tisement was placed in standard
agricultural publication in the hope
of interesting prospective buyers from
outside the local community, a hope
that was readily realized.
The firm Of T. X. Tomson & Sons
became widely known under the ac-
tive management of the junior men,
bers, who, in later years, succeeded to
the ownership. They added well-bred
females from time to time at modest
prices. and from the first continually
weeded out such as did not prove
satisfactory breeders. or that repre-
The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-11-30

sented blood lines Of less desirability.
From the first they recognized he
Of the sire, and their ~
lections have been made with dis
elimination. In several cases, bulls
that had demonstrated their prepo-
tency in other hands were secured,
among them Brampton Knight. whose |
get in Tomson Brothers hands werej
champion winners at the InternatDn-!
al, American Royal and other promi-;
nent shows. Tomson-bred cattle, both |;
in the breeding and fat classes, have!
been champion winners at the Inter-
national, American Royal, at st. Jo-I
seph, Oklahoma City and various
state fairs. These facts are men,
toned here to show the actual result
from the use of good blood and intel
ligent breeding methods.
While the course Of economy fol-
lowed was safe one, controlled
largely by limited finances, yet Tom
son Brothers are of the opinion now
that they would have made large prof
its had they invested several thou
sand dollars in fashionably bred
females for breeding purposes earlier
in their operations. They did acquire
them eventually, but they feel that
they lost considerable time by not
launching out earlier. They recog-
nize, however. that the best successes
in cattle breeding are made by men
who grow with the business from q
small beginning and learn each step
by actual experience.
Basis Of Improvement.
During these years constant atten-
tion has been paid to farming meth
DDS. The use Of tame grasses and
barnyard manure is the basis of their
soil improvement. The profits from
year to year we're invested in land
and such improvements as were neces
sary. The original holdings of 256
acres have increased to LOO acres,
and the improvements have been
greatly enlarged and modernized. The
| farms have long since been nominally
free from weeds. Alfalfa, blue grass
clover and timothy now abound in
their stead. The soil has steadily In
creased in producing power.
The Shorthorn herd numbers ove1
200 head of the richest lines of breed
ing and is recognized among beef cat
tie authorities as one of the best in
dividual herds in the entire country
This is the direct result of careful
patient, intelligent management and
not any considerable expenditure o
money.
While the breeding herd is of the
beef type, the good milking females
are given preference, for experience
has shown that they are usually mor'
reliable and useful producers. 1t ii
generally regarded that hogs shoult
be part of the farms live stock Th'
Tomson farms are not exactly an ex
ception, for a few are raised eacl
year, but the number is small and ex
perience does not encourage them tt
increase the number. The farms ar
devoted almost wholly to Shorthorns
1 for it has been observed that if ther'
is room for more stock, that NOR
Shorthorns best fit into the workinl
plan.
On one Of the Tomson farms, tn
main buildings are in the center of I
520-acre tract. Eight pastures opel
out from the barnyards, most cor
venient arrangement. The herd is d
vided chiefly as to ages in the severa
pastures, most Of which are in viey
The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-11-30

Everybody wants peace in Europe,
but nobody wants it on the other fell
lows terms. Hit 'er up!
The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-11-30

If you simply must open your mouth
whistle. The noise will not be so dis
tressing to other people.
The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-11-30

Don t nag at your husband because
he smokes, sister. 1t is better to smoke
in this world than in the next.
The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-11-30
FattenIng Beef Cattle.

Corn silage is better and far
cheaper feed for fattening beef cattle
han cottonseed meal and milk.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-10

THERE has been enough cop
per roofing purchased for the
state capital at Bismarck to
cover a township or two, and
yet the dilapidated old building
stands there with a leaky old
roof-and we naturally wonder
what has become of all the
copper. Oh, you little .old
state house, located in Col.
Little's and Ed Hughes back
ard! If all the sins committed
in your name by Bismarck
politicians could be gathered
into a book it would make
THE Looting of Alaska look
like a moral uplift yarn by
Ralph Conner. -Cando Record.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-10

GUNDER OLSON, ex-state
treasurer, announces himself
a candidate for Republican
National Committeeman in
last weeks issue of the Graf
ton Record. Tom Marshall, it
is understood, is also a candi-
date for reelection, and a clash
somewhere down the line is
impending. According to the
Grand Forks Herald, Marshall
is authority for the statement
that all Republicans r now
progressive throughout the
length and breadth of the land
and his tilt with Gunder will
consequently assume the
nature of a popularity contest
Or perchance a beauty show.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-10

PRESIDENT Wilson says he
has changed his mind about Il
tariff board and is now an
ardant advocate of this propo-
sition. In his recent speech to
the New York railroad men he
announced that.he had changed
his mind of fourteen months
ago about national defence.
While he has not said so, it is
quite evident that he has
changed his mind about the
one term policy. Perhaps the
common people will also show a
fickleness of mind in the forth
coming election.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-10
DEMOCRATIC ESTIMATION.

The Devils Lake Journal is
the leading Democratic news
paper in North Dakota. Its
editor and proprietor is John
III. Bloom. Mrs. Bloom is the
postmistress of Devils Lake,
under an appointment of
President Wilson. And this is
what the Journal has to say
regarding the administra-
tons preparedness program:
Militarism in America means
a perpetual burden.
A big army and navy adds
one thousand million dollars
to the load we now carry.
One billion dollars is the
war cry of the big lobby at
Washin gton.
The government has already
imposed a war tax and still
runs short of revenue.
The claim, We must prepare
to fight Germany is the armor
plate and powder trusts in
sleeps clothing,
If we prepare for war whence
will come the added billion
dollars?
There is only one answer.
Three letters tell the tale.
TAX. Who will pay the fid-
dler? YOU.
We get stronger every day
because Europe wears out and
gets weaker daily.
If Wall street and the rich
want a big army and navy,
why not tax the income of the
rich to pay the cost?
If such a law is proposed
there will instantly be a
change of opinion in New York
city.
President Wilson and both
political parties should keep
within due bounds.
We now pay $1,000 a minute
to feed the war lord in this
country.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-10

THAT excellent publication,
the Fargo Courier-News in q
recent editorial refers to the
pending township conventions
of the Nonpartisan League as q
movement to ignore the prim-
airy elections and a return to
the old time convention system
of nominating a ticket. The
|Courant does not speak with
authority, but we are led to be-
lie We that the members of the
league will participate in the
primaries in the regular way.
The league, as we understand
it, proposes to endorse candi-
dates that it considers salts
factory, regardless of party
affiliations. There il nothin &
irregular about that. 1t has
been done time and again by
the w. G.. T. o., The State En-
forcement League and other
organizations, and in no way
i~nterferes with the operations
of the primary election law.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-10

PERCY TRUBsHAw editor of
the Valley City Courier, an
nounces himself a candidate
for representative from Barnes
county. ~ r b" is one
of the brainest newspaper men
in the state. And added to
this a pleasing personality,
sterling honesty and a back
bone that does not wabble I'M
der pressure, it would seem
that he possesses all the
qualifications of an ideal law
maker. 1t is not our putin,
but we would like to live in
Barnes county so as to vote
early and often for 'Trub in
the coming primaries.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-10

ed will rid the country Of this
unnecessary pest. The cost Of
the strychnine and other in
gradients will be refunded to
the county by the townships
adopting this method who will
in this way get the service free
and the material at wholesale
price at cost. 100 ounces Of
strychnine are ready on hand
to commence the work and
more will be provided as fast
as the demand warrants.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-10

10 days after treating failed to
show a single living ground
squirrel or any signs of their
work, though they were abund-
ant in both fields previous to
poisoning. Average cost for
the 80 acres slightly over 212
cents.
Including the poisoned grain
and labor for distributing the
same, the cost varied from
approximately 2 to 4 cents per
acre according to the abundance
Of holes.
One man can cover from IS
to 100 acres in 8 hours work.
It is thus evident that the
cost of DISCRIMINATING these
pests in much less than the
loss caused by them during a
single year.
If communities do this work
thoroughly over large areas,
this will mean the stopping
of the losses for all succeeding
years.
The plan for a general ex-
termination of the gopher as
adopted by the board of
county commissioners is for
meetings to be held in each
commissioners district of the
township supervisors and others
interested when demonstra-
tions of mixing this formula
will be given, and to such
townships as apply the county
agent will go and at some CEN
trally located point mix 100
bushels of oats which will
poison the land in a township,
after which each farmer and
land owner can come to this
place and get enough poisoned
oats ready prepared to poison
his farm, and for such as do
not avail themselves of this
privilege the Township super
visors may under the law ap-
point a man or men to dis
tribute the poison on such
land as is not otherwise
cared for and charge the adj
ditional amount in the taxes
against said tracts.
This plan if thoroughly adopt
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-10
Eradicating the
Ground Squirrel
Bv A. P.

Section No. 4, Excerpts from
Circular No. 4, N. d. Agri-
cultural Experiment Station.
The most favorable time for
poisoning the Richardson
ground squirrel is early in April
as soon as they are all out of
Information.
They are then hungry and
the young are not yet born.
Excellent results were given
by poisoned oats through April,
May. June and July wherever
the ground was in condition 80
; that the holes could be found
readily.
The ground squirrels took
the poison freely even when
their cheek pouches were al
ready filled with new wheat,
flax. barley, alfalfa, buds or
other green food.
Ten grains of oats poisoned
in this way and placed in the
cheek pouches were found suf-
ticient to kill squirrels three
fourths grown. The larger
the quantity of poison taken,
however the more quickly
they died.
Many of the ground squirrels
are killed outside of their holes
but as the strychnine acts by
causing a series of commissions
with intervening periods of
rest they frequently run into
their holes between the con-
WILSON'S and die there.
Tests were made on a large
scale to determine the cost per
acre of complete determination
on heavily infested fields.
The two following records
are typical cases.
A field Of 100 acres was
treated. 963 ground squirrel
holes were being poisoned.
10 quarts of strychnine coated
grain was used which cost 6a
cents. It required 8 hours for
one man to distribute this
poison which at 10 cents a hour
would cost ST. 90. This makes a
total Of 1888 for treating loo
acres or less than 2 cents pei
acre.
Another field of 35 acres was
treated on which 565 ground
squirrel holes were poisoned
quarts Of strychnine coated
oats were used which cost sc
cents. Labor Of one man fol
/ hours distributing the poison
at rs cents an hour would cos1
0O cents. The total cost, IN
/ Guiding poisoned grain ane
labor for treating s. acres, wa
06 cents which Is less than
lcents per acre. Careful inspectI
ion az both III these zelda fo1
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-10

The Bottineau county COM
missioners have let a contract
for the printing of so, 900 book
let's descriptive of Bottineau
county and her resources. A
wise and sensible move and
one that could be followed with
IMMUNITY by many other
counties. Mott Spotlight.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-10
Editorial Views
on Metigoshe
Summer Meeting

THE Press association voted
to hold the sum mer meeting at
Lake Metigoshe in Bottineau
county, the warm invitation
being extended by that live
wire, Editor O. T. Rishoff.
who is putting the town Of
Bottineau on the map in great
big letters. Lake Metigoshe
is said to be one of the most
beautiful spots in the state and
the editors are assured in ad-
vance of a fine ~time.-Valley
City Courier.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-10

THAT man Estabrook appears
to have got by" with a lot of
his free political advertising
in the North Dakota news
papers. And, at that, there
is perhaps not a publisher in
the state that would give the
"Preparedness'' candidate his
editorial support.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-10

jim HILL entertained one
hundred North Dakota farmers
at his bull barns near St. Paul
last week. After that dandy
tip on the wheat market last
fall, the North Dakota farmers
are amply convinced that Jim
is there with the bull.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-10

THE N. u. press association
will hold it's summer session at
Lake Metigoshe. Take it from
US that lake in the Turtle
Mountains is one of the fairest
spots in North Dakota, and the
pen pushers will surely have a
delightful outing there. For
one, we will be there. -Upham
Star.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-10

... F '#3|&F
THE summer meeting of the
North Dakota Press Association
will be held at Lake Metigoshe.
Editor Rishoff presented the
invitation of the Bottineau
Commercial Club to the editors
at their meeting in Grand
Forks last week. Minot was
after it, but lost out by two
votes. This affords the press
gang an opportunity to see the
States most beautiful summer
resort. -Omemee Herald.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-10

in view and that was to land
the summer meeting at Lake
Metigoshe. Preceding him
was a telegram from the city
Of Bottineau, signed by the
mayor and secretary Of the
Commercial Club, inviting the
association to hold the next
session in one Of the most
beautiful spots in the whole
state. Minot representatives
were also on hand for the same
purpose, but when it came to
votes Rish won out.-Grand
Forks Observer.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-10

AFTER a spirited fight, chief
ly between Minot and Botti-
neau representatives, LAX
Metigoshe, a beautiful summer
resort in the Turtle mountains,
was awarded the summer meet
ing of the North Dakota Press
Association. Bismarck was
selected as the winter meeting
place. -Williston Graphic.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-10

The fact that the people Of
Minot go after everything that
they can possibly bring to
their city accounts for much Of
what they already have. They
did not land the summer meet
ing of the State press assucia-
ton, and there are other things
that may escape their jealous
efforts. For instance there is
the Equity packing plant
Valley City Times Record.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-10
F. @. Bacon OF Granville h,

r. @. Bacon OF Granville has
a freak Jersey COW that has
been giving milk without a
break for seventeen years.
This cow has had only one call
and that was il 1899. and has
given milk continuously ever
since.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-10

In view of the numerous
hold-ups murders and burg
laries being successfully pulled
off in Minneapolis it would
appear that the Mill City could
with profit stand for a modi-
fed preparedness policy.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-10
Summons
State Of North Dakota.
County of Bottineau


Ea-|L&E
County of Bottineau
In District Court
Ninth Judicial District.
Plaintiff.
Erwin Topper. Erwin TUT
fis, John J.. Holiday
and his wife, James }.
Holleday, and all per-
sons unknown claiming
any estate or interests
in or lien or i~ncumbrance
upon the property de
scribed in the COM
plant, Defendants.
THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFEND
ANTS: GREETING:
You.and each of you are thereby tsunn-
m~oned:to answer h complaint i'm 1thie
action, a copy of which is on file: with the
Clerk of h District CORTLAND to serve a
cop of your answer upon the subscribers
within thirty lays after the service of his
summons apo your exclusive of the day
of service; and in case of o failure -
appear or answer, judgment will be taken
against you by default for . the relief
demanded in the complaint.
Dated February 8, l9l6.
Bowen e Adams
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
OF NO PERSONAL CLAIM.
TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFEND
ANTS AND EACH AND. ALL. OF
THEM:
You will please take notice. That ne
personal judgment is claimedE against
any of said defendants; that the object of
the foregoing entitled action is to de-
termine adverse claims in and to the
Northwest quarter of Section 81, in town
ship 1872, of Range n. in Bottineau County,
North Dakota.
Dated February 9, 1916.
Bowen & Adams
Attorneys for the plaintiff.
2-1O-31s
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-10

AFTER the presidential prim-
ary perhaps it will appear that
the central committee followed
8 rule rather then an excep-
ton in selecting dead ones az
delegates to the national con-
xention.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-10

PERHAPS after Gov
ernor Frame has pulled out OF
that little hole the Nonpartisan
League put him in. he will
conclude that the governor 8
job is not such a lead-pipe
cinch after all.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-10

EDITOR o. T.. Rishoff of. the
Bottineau Courant, ably assist
ed by Lee and Drake went
down to Grand Forks last week
determined to land the sum
mer meeting of the North Da.
kota Press association for Lake
Metigoshe. and as a majority
of the members present thought
that the minority would need a
bath pretty bad by that time
they selected that most beauti-
full spot in the state for the
meeting place this summer,
probably in July. This will be
one the grandest advertising
schemes ever pulled off in the
county, for it is expected sever
al hundred editors from all
parts of the state will be at
the meeting and once they see
the beauty spot of the entire
state they r going to tel
their readers about it. Let the
whole county unite in enter
tanning these visitors for Botti-
neau county as a whole will
get advertising that could not
be bought for hard cash. The
burden of entertaining the hun
dreds of editors and their wives
and families will, of course,
fall heaviest upon the Botti-
neau people and the CONNER
cial club of that city, but mas
much as the whole county will
share in the benefits of the pub
licity to be derived, we think
it only just and equitable that
each city and town in the
county be given the opportun-
ity to share in the expense.
Willow City Eagle.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-10

G. w. Kirkeby, cashier. of
the Mouse River Valley Bank
at Souris, was a county seat
visitor yesterday.