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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-02-24
PETITION REFUSED

Young g. Watson's petition ask
ing for re-opening of the leased
site case by the Supreme court
has been refused. This means
that all litigation to prevent the
collection of taxes on leased site
property has been stopped.
This action on the part of the
Supreme Court i'm upholding the
right TO tax leased site property
will add about five million dollars
per year Of assessed valuation TO
the state. Upon the basis of the
present tax levy it will net in ex-
cess of five thousand dollars a
year in taxes to the state.
The legality of taxation on leas
ed sites on railroad right-of-Way
has been a question in the courts
during the past two years. In
1913 and 1914 the Tax Commits
sion found that this class of pro-
perty had been totally escaping
taxation.
The flax Commission. through
their field agents, visited every
county and city i'm the state, care
fully listed all those sites OH the
railroad right-a-way and certified
to the county auditors this pro-
perry for hack taxes for a period
of five years.
AS a result of this decision on
the part of the Supreme Court the
state will collect over 100000 in
actual taxes from this class of
property.
Richland county will collect a.
bout $4,000 i'm back taxes ON lease
ed sites within the county. The
annual tax hereafter will be in
the meighborhood of 81, 600.
Credit for carrying through this
litigation is due to George f. Wal
lace, tax commissioners, who has
successfully carried the matter
through all of The lower courts
and finally won the victory in the
Supreme Court.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-02-24
CLOVER Better FOR
WINTER MORSE CROP

\ thin seeding of grain is tn,
best insurance of IL good Stallo
of clover. \ half busIlrl or thrr.
prrkS of grain as IA nurse crul
will protect the young clover
plants. and at the same time civ,
them room tn gr',W.
Winter killing is often brought
about by not allowing the clover
+" max" IA good growth in he fall
IL he farmer cuts his clover TAT,
or pastures il down -, that il
goes into the winter without good
projections to he CROWNS, n" of
tens find much Lpad in he spring
Late pasIuring and late cutting
are especially dangerous to tn"
clover field.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-02-24
CLEAN YOUR SEED
GRAIN IN MARCH

Clean your seed grain i'm March.
II will pay 1" do it we'll. The aver
age mill of farm siz" will clean
about 800 bushels i'm day. If you
take out only 10 per cent for seed
grain. you will get 80 bushels Il
day at a cost of from 5 to 10 cents
a busheI for cleaning and, grad
ing. Experiment station records
show that grain SO graded will in
crease the yield from 10 to % per
cent under normal conditions. 1t
does not take much figuring, there
fore. to see that tlale spent i'm do
ing thoro job of grading and
cleaning seed grain may be am
ong the most profitable days of
the farm year. The increase in
yield is practically all net profit.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-02-24
Silage For Beef Cattle.

The man who is handling herd Of
beef breeding cows may keep them In
ideal condition by grazing in summer
and feeding silage with alfalfa or clio
yer hay in winter, thus carrying them
through the entire year without the
use Of grain or concentrates, says the
Kansas Farmer This method is easily
adaptable to those sections where farm.
ing and azing lands are in close prox-
unity. Where alfalfa or clover hay Is
not produced successfully the addition
Of one pound Of cottonseed meal daily
to ration of silage and straw, fed &C.
cOrding to appetite. will carry breeding
cows through the winter In the best OF
condition.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-02-24
Fattenina Horses For Market.

In the north and west II favorite fat.
teptng ration for horses is based upon
boiled sugar beets. There is another
ration In general use in breeders sta.
bles all over the country that consists
OF bran, cornmeul, barley and sugar
beets. This is a mixture that is boil
ed into soft mash. The formula fof
preparing it is like this: You take a
bushel of barley aid with this place
twenty-five pounds Of sugar beets.
This part of the mixture IS boiled un
til we'll softened, and to three pounds
of this is added two pounds Of cracked
corn or cornmeal and three pounds Of
bran. Boiling water is poured over
after 1t Is mixed. and the mess is fed
while warm. Along with this q pint
Of linseed meal Is fed.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-02-24
NOTICE TO PHYSICIANS
PHYSICIANS desiring'to he de

Physicians desiring To be deSj-
grated as local medical examil.
ers for the United States Civil Ser
vice Commission who are willing
to execute the medical certificat
es in connection with civil ser.
vice examinations for a fee of 81
may have their names registered
for the information of applicant.
requiring examination by filing
written notice, not later than
March l>t, showing name, Office
address, length of practice, and
institution from which Il
graduate with
JOS. j. NONES,
Local Secretary, U. S. Civil Ser
vice Commission
Post Dl1ir", Wallprt"m, n. ID.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-02-24
WEAVING TROUGH FOR PIGS.

keep the trough clean, as there %
plenty Of room for one to work con.
veniently with-a scrubbing brush on
the inside Of the trough. Water ap-
piled freely, together with vigorous
scrubbing, will keep the trough clean
and sanitary. The trough is seven
feet nine inches in length and weighs
only forty-three pounds. making it
very convenient for one man to han.
die. This trough, constructed as
cheaply and as durably as possible. is
sufficiently strong to prevent the pigs
from breaking 1t to pieces.
Lumber seven-eighths Of an inch thick
is used in constructing the trough, with
the exception Of the floor and ridge.
pole. The floor is made from one incl
stun, while the ridgepole can be made
from a piece Of lumber two inches
square dressed.
The following bill of material is nee.
essary to construct the weaving trough
One piece one inch by one foot by
twelve feet for the floor and ends. The
end pieces can be dressed down t.
seven-eighths Of an inch.
One piece seven-eighths by four inch
es by sixteen feet for the two sides.
One piece two inches square by eight
feet dressed for the ridgepole.
One piece seven-eighths by one and
one-quarter inches by fifteen feet FOL
the partition pieces.
Total number of board feet, twenty.
Thirty-six screws one and one quar-.
ter inches (No. 81 to fasten the parti.
ton pieces.
Fifty-two nails (eightpenny), fourteen
used to fasten each end piece to the
ridgepole, sides and bottom, twelve
used to faSten each side piece to the
floor of the trough.
A weaving trough constructed like
the one here described will aid each
pig to get his share of feed and will
also insure comfort to the pigs while
eating. A feeder can handle well
built trough and carry it from place 10
place much more easily than he can u
clumsy, poorly constructed one
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-02-24

wafer is warm or supplied at fire.
luent intervals. BY mixing water
with the grain the feeder controls
the amount of water consumed by
his hogs.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-02-24
Mo Profit In Scrub Cattle.

An Ohio farmer. transplanted to Wiz.
ginia. who produces Aberdeen-Angus
cattle for beef. makes the pithy OBJ
servation that a scrub will eat just AZ
much as good beef grade. land when
fellow who has grown enough feed
for the two sees the difference in the
size Of the checks he gets for them II
usually clinches the matter"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-13
D. Y. C. S. E.

Pert photographers Of the country have
been facetiously employing the succession of
letters, sd. Y c.. S. E." meaning, of course,
''Do Your Christmas Shopping Early" and
the initials have come to be pretty generally
recognized as carrying meaning replete
with commendable common sense.
The advice to shop early is as good now
as when the tocsin was first sounded Christ
mas is only about three weeks distant now,
and it behooves Dawsonians and GeOrgians
to remebmer that by making their holiday
purchases at as early a date as practicable
they are not only helping the mercantile es-
Establishments of their communities, but are
actually doing themselves favor as well.
The early shopper necessarily obtains the
pick of the Christmas goods, before the
stocks have been run down to an extent
where he or she is able merely to have
choice of the left-overs. He-or she, always,
of course-is served by salespeople who
are not wearied to the point of physical ex-
haustion by the rush hours, which means
that he gets better attention when he makes
his wants known. He, himself, finds the
task less laborious, and, his expenditures be-
ing stretched over period of several weeks,
the call upon his wallet is not so sudden and
severe.
But, perhaps, the dominant thought
should be, as it is in the minds of many con-
siderate customers, the kindness involved to
the statesmen and saleswOmen themselves.
Their duties just at Christmas time are oner-
Gus enough at BEST and he who contrives to
Tighten them, even in the smallest degree, is
doing one of those good deeds the commits
sion of which makes all of US feel better for
the doing The golden rule is a laudable
one, after all, and there is no truer way of
observing its provisions than to remember
the men and women who serve us from be-
hind the counters.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-13
BRYAN Names the Issues.

1t is twenty years ago this year that the
people began to know W. J. Bryan as a fig
ure in national politics. They have known
him every year since then, especially in pres
dential years, and if Mr.. Bryan lives (as we
hope he willy the country, and especially
the democratic party, will hear of him and
realize his influence in 1920 presidential
year, you will note.
In a signed article in a recent issue of his
paper, The Commoner, Mr.. Bryan does not
say that he will seek the democratic nomina-
ton in 1920 with prohibition and woman
suffrage as issues, but he is careful to leave
the impression that he will accept it. And,
further, that he and all other dry democrats
should get out of the party if it fails to
take up the two issues named.
Mr. Bryan means business. Will the great
party that has three times honored him by
making him the democratic nominee, that
permitted him to virtually control the nOmi-
nation in 1912-the militant democracy en-
trenched in the white house for four more
years. flushed by the hard-earned recent vic
tory-respond to his call and follow him IN
1920? These are questions that impel dem
ocrats to thought. Watch the procedure in
the congress when that body assemblies Pro-
hibition and woman suffrage are going to be
pressed. No matter what the outcome, dem
ocrats will be put on record. The president
and the majority behind him may defer
action, but that will be the prelude to the
Bryan movement.
Mr.. Bryan gives warning and notice to
the country and party, and The News is not
disposed to minimize the value of his warn
ing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-13
Christmas on the Border.

A Christmas remembrance from this sec
ton for the soldier boys of Georgia who are
down on the Mexican border would be a very
anpropriate and worthy act, and it is to be
hoped that something will be done IN that
direction. AS the Macon Telegraph says,
there is no gloomier day in all the calendar
Than the twenty-ffth of December when one
* far from the warmth and the spirit of the
freside at home Several thousand of the
best Young men Georgia has are away from
home this Christmas without chance to
come home to see face from home, to hear
a voice that comes from the inner circle.
Christmas is a thing of the spirit, and the
spirit only can be manifested by some reach
ing out from this person to that through
thy and remembrance. Individual families,
of course, will be doing what they can for
individual boys, but even so there will be
many lad in khaki with the GA" insignia
on his uniform who will have no one to send
him remembrance of the day and the city
he owns as his own.
There are many young men from Dawson
and Terrell county who would be greatly
cheered by a suitable remembrance from
those "back home" 1t may be a small thing
in itself, but it will mean a whole lot on
Christmas day down among the boys who
are patrolling that little corner of the nation
which, to them, will no doubt seem a very
long way from the cheerful Christmas
hearthstones of their own homes
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-13
"a FOOL THERE WAS"

fool there was and she lowered her pride
Gwen as you and y
To bunch of conceit in a masculine hide.
1--WE saw the faults that could not be denied)
But the fool saw only his manly side
Gwen as you and y.
Oh, the love she laid on her own hearts
grave,
With the care of her head and hand,
Belongs to the man who did not know.
(And now she knows that he never could
know
And did not understand
A fool there was and the best she gave
Gwen as you and u
Of noble thoughts of gay and grave
land all were accepted as due to the
knave),
But the fool would never her folIv save
even as you and y.
Oh, the stabs she hid which the Lord forbid
Had ever been really planned
She took from the man who didn't know whv
land now she knows he never knew why)
And did not understand.
The fool was loved while the game was
new
Gwen as you and y,
And when it was played she took her enc
(Plodding along as most of US do),
Trying to keep his faults from view
Given as you and Ia
And it isn't the ache of the heart or its break
That stings like white-hot brand:
It's the learning to know that she raised a ood
(And bent her head to kiss the rod)
For the one who could not understand
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-13
The Vampire, The Fool;
KipIing and After KipIing
"THE VAMPIRE. 4"

A fool there was and he made his prayer
Gwen as you and y
To rag and bone and hank of hair;
Owe call her the woman who did not care
But the fool he called her his lady fair
Even as you and J.
Oh, the years we waste, and tears we waste
And the works of our head and hand
Belong to the woman who did not know
(And now we know she never could know
And did not understand.
a fool there was and his goods he spent
Gwen as you and y,
Honor and faith and a sure intent
(And it wasn't the least what the lady
meant),
But fool must follow his natural bent
Even as you and y.
Oh, the toll we lost and the spoil we lost,
And the excellent things we planned,
Belong to the woman who didn't know why
(And now we know she never knew why)
And did not understand.
The fool was stripped to his foolish hide
Gwen as you and y,
Which she might have seen when she threw
him aside
(But it isn't of record the lady tried),
So some of him lived, but the most of him
Even as you and y.
And it isn't the shame and it isn't the blame
That stings like whte-hot brand
It's coming to know that she never knew why
tSeeing at last she could never know Why)
And never could understand.
-RUDYARD KIPLING.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-13
Grip Nor Spread by Kissing
OSCILLATION Plays Only Small Part in
the Epidemic, Says Authority.

The much-headlned perils of OSCILLATION,
while kissing like any other form of direct
personal contact, is quite capable of spread
ing the grip the actual per GENTLE part play
ed by it in circulating the infection is prob
ably little more than trivial.
There is so little of it, anyway, except be-
tween mothers and children, and members
of the same family have so many other ways
of passing along the infection that the
kiss probably plays only about as heavy a
part in the mortality" as the bayOnet does
in modern war
With the sneeze killing at 20 feet and
everybody doing it and the kiss deadly only
''hand-to-hand" and only an occasional lux
ury it seems a pity to denounce one of the
few pleasures of life and necessities of a
happy home on account of the intinitesimal
part which it may play in spreading infec-
ton.
The foolish and indiscriminate pecking
practced by some women whenever they
meet might we'll be discouraged, and also
the cheerful custom of expecting or allow
ing every visitor to kiss the children and
slobber over the baby, but the actual num-
Der of recorded cases of disease definitely
known to have been transmitted by a kiss
is distinctly small.
When it comes to local measures for eth
er the prevention or cure of the grip it must
be said at once that any attempt at antisep-
tic treatment, in the sense of aiming to de-
stroy or neutralize the invading germs in
the nose or throat, will defeat itself, because
any remedy strong enough to be really eff
fective as a germicide would do more harm
to our nose or throat than it would to the
germs.
On the other hand, there is a considerable
amount of value in measures directed to
keeping the nose and throat clean and well
flushed out and healthfully stimulated by
means of mild cleansing and weakly antisep-
tic washes and sprays.
The main requirement of these is that
they should be alkaline and contain sufficient
neutral salt or salts to bring them up to
about the specific gravity of the blood serum.
Mild aromatics, such as camphor, menthol
or turpentine series, add to their efficiency
partly because of their mild antiseptic effect
and also by their pungent and convincing
odor Any intelligent physician or hospital
clinic can give you a formula which will be
suited to your particular throat and prove
useful in variety of ways.
Just plain baking soda or salt, half tea
spoonful to glass of lukewarm water, will
serve very well, but the balanced mixtures
are more agreeable and effective.
1t is good thing to keep box of soda
on your dressing table or washstand, both
to wash out the mouth and gargle the throat
with freely whenever it feels uncomfortable,
or when you have been exposed to foul air
and possible infection
Finally, if the grip gets you in spite of
everything don't take it to heart. If you
are in reasonably good health and take intel
! ligent care of yourself you have little serious
trouble to fear from it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-13
Congratulations.

Our esteemed contemporary, the SaVan-
nah Morning News, has again done itself
proud by issuing mammoth edition of 10
pages, in pursuance of habit it has had for
many years of printing an annual fall trade
review. 1t covers the growth and pros
perity of South Georgia in most COM
prehensive and interesting manner, and
mechanically and editorially reflects ~" NJ
credit upon those who produced it. The
Morning News has secure place IN the
Journalism of Georgia and the South, and
deservedly so.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-13
The Great Moral Issue
From the Commoner.

The prohibition is here, and here to stay
until the saloon is driven out of the United
States 1t is the great moral issue of this
generation, and the democratic party is the
party to lead the fight in the nation
The election just held has Unexpectedly
released the party of any obligation it may
have been under to the liquor interests.
They threw their influence to the republ-
can ticket and went down to defeat with it..
And the democratic bosses lie in the same
dishonored grave They must confess either
that they were really against the president
or that they cannot deliver the votes which
they claim to control. Which position will
they take? Did they betray the party or are
they mpotent to aid?
Let the dry democrats begin work at once
to secure control of the democratic organi-
zatiOn, state and national. Nearly half the
states are now dry, and the number will be
swelled to nearly, if not quite, thirty before
1920. 10 take the side of the saloon is to
invite disastrous defeat. To take the side
of the home is to draw to the party the
strong young men who are coming out of
the schools and colleges, and who will, with
in a few years, be the dominant force in pol
itics. Again in the nations life the old ques-
ton demands an answer: "Choose We this
day whom we will serve"
The Commoner is in this fight and calls
upon its readers to organize for the struggle
which is to determine the party's attitude
and its future strength Space will be given
to letters reporting the situation in different
parts of the country. Let the work of or
ganization begin, and begin now.
w. j. BRYAN.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-13
PerilS of the Local Paper
From the Christian Index.

The small weekly papers of Georgia are
in serious peril on account of the high price
| of news printing paper. 1t has been a strug-
gle to keep these papers in existence even
| when news print sold for less than three
cents a pound. The price has advanced to
more than seven cents. Something must be
pers, otherwise their publication must be
suspended.
AS a rule, the value of the local paper is
not appreciated by the counties in which
they are published. Directly or indirectly
these papers contribute to the material, NOR
al, social and religious welfare of their re-
| spectlve communities. In most cases their
| subscription lists are too small and the sub
scrlbers are slow to pay their subscriptions
and alas! a gOOdly number of of them never
pay. The business men of the town adver-
| tlse IN their columns too sparingly. Increas-
ed circulation, the prompt payment of sub
scrlptIons and increased advertising patron
age would help the local papers to tide over
these perllous times. If the citizens of the
communities in which they are published do
not come to the rescue they will be greater
losers than the editors and owners by the
suspension of the papers.
There is another way by which the busi
ness men can help their local papers. and
that is by giving them their job printing
We know this from experience in the publ
cation of the Index.
We would urge more liberal patronage
of the local papers, that their intrinsic value
to the common good of their local communi-
ties and counties may be preserved.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-13
Then and Now.

In the presidential election of 1889, the
first one held in the United States, there
were 81 electoral votes cast. In those days,
and for more than a quarter of a century
following the establishment of the govern
ment, most of the state legislatures appoint
ed the presidential electors, and the people
had the opportunity of voting for them only
indirectly, their choice being expressed by
their votes for members of the legislature.
In the presidential election of 1916 531
electoral votes were at stake-just 440 more
than in the first election, 125 years ago;
but the United States consists of 48 compo-
nent commonwealth now, as against 10
then.
Of the thirteen original states some have
seen their electoral vote grow amazingly in
proportion, others have grown but slightly,
still others not at all; and one has an cleo
toraI vote smaller now than in 1889 This last
named state is New Hampshire, which has
four. electoral votes in 1916, but had five in
1889.
Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland and
Virginia have the same electoral votes now
as them, 3, 8 and II respectively.
New York, of course, records the greatest
growth, having As now as against 8 in
1889. Pennsylvania is next in this respect
the vote being 80 now and 10 then. Geor-
gia is third in the matter of increase, hav-
ing gone from 5 to IA. The growth of the
others has been: Massachusetts,. 10 to 10;
New Jersey, to ii; North Carolina, to
u; Rhode Island, 8 to 5, and South Caro-
lima, to 8.