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Mark Twain as a ssadier.

In the current instalment of his
Boys Life of Mark Twain" which is
running serially in st. Nicholas, Albert
Paine tells about the great humorist's
brief experience as soldier at the out
set Of the civil war. 1t was really just
another Tom Sawyer band, he says.
which Sam Clemens and his friends
organized at Hannibal, all but three
electing themselves officers. They met
in a secret place above Bear Creek
Hill" writes Mr.. Paine, "and planned
how they would sell their lives on the
field of glory, just as years before
fierce raids had been arranged on
peach orchards and melon patches,
Secrecy was necessary, for the union
militia had a habit of coming over from
Illinois and arresting suspicious armies
on sight. It would humiliate the finest
army in the world to spend night OF
two in the calaboose.
80 they met in secrecy at night, and
one mysterious evening they called on
girls who either were their sweet
hearts or were pretending to be for the
occasion, and when the time came for
good-by the girls were invited to walk
through the pickets' with them, though
the girls didn't notice any pickets, be-
cause the pickets were calling on their
girls, too, and were a little late getting
to their posts.
That night they marched through
brush and vines. because the highroad
was thought to be dangerous, and the
next morning arrived at the home Of
Colonel RaAs, of Rails county, who had
the army form in dress parade and
made 1t a speech and gave II a hot
breakfast in good southern style. Then
he sent out to Col Bill Splawn and
Farmer Muck Matson a requisition for
supplies that would convert this body
Of infantry into cavalry-roughrider
Of that early day. The community did
not wish to keep an army on its hands
and were willing to send 1t along by
such means as they could spare handl-
ly. When the Quitting was complete
Lieut.. Samuel Clemens, mounted on a
small yellow mrIie whose tail had been
trimmed in the paint brush pattern
then much worn by mules, and sur
rounded by variously attached articles
such as an extra pair of cowhide
boots, a pair of gray blankets, a home
made quilt, frying pan, a carpet sack
l a small valise, an overcoat, an old
| fashioned Kentucky rifle, 20 yards OF
rope, and an umbrella-was a fair
/ sample Of the brigade"
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A Five Mile Railway Tunnel.
From Commerce Reports.


The Rogers Pass five-mile tunnel I'M
der the Selkirk range, now under con-
struction on the Canadian Pacific
route, will be the longest railway tun-
mel on the American continent, the
longest at present being the four and
three -eighths- mile Hoosac tunnel. The
$1O,OOOO00 Rogers Pass tunnel Wall
shorten the route four miles and ma
terially reduce the grade.
The Canadian Pacific railway engi-
neers spent two years seeking a loca-
ton for a tunnel through the Selkirks,
finally deciding upon Rogers Pass,
which crosses the range in the midst
of a vast amphitheater formed by rug
ged, snow-capped mountains.
Silk-mile creek, five miles west Of
Beavermouth, Is the junction point for
the new location, which leaves the
present route, notched into the noun
tain side and rising at an average rate
OF 116 feet in the mile. and descends
into the Beaver valley, following the
river to the eastern portal Of the tun-
mel under Mount Macdonald. The
scene OF the operation Is more than
1000 feet below the present track level
of the Canadian Pacific railway. The
route parallels the course Of Bear creek
after leaving the station of that name,
following a continuous upward grade
through five miles of sheds, erected to
insure the safety Of trains from the
snowslides which frequently occur in
that locality.
The western portal will be located
about LOO feet below and a short dis
lance west Of Glacier house. The main
passage will provide for double tracks,
and the approaches from both ends will
also have parallel lines.
The tunnel, which is 20 feet wide
and 23 feet high, follows a straight line
under Mount Macdonald, emerging in
the Beaver valley at a point about
1000 feet below the present line. The
eastern entrance is directly below Her
NIT, a station just east of Rogers Pass.
The highest point reached in this tun-
mel Is 1916 feet above sea level and
4,065 feet below the summit of Mac
donald peak. The passage through the
mountains will have a grade of l per
cent up to the interior summit.
The pioneer bore is a new method
Of tunnel boring being employed on the
Rogers Pass project. A small prelim-
merry shaft seven by nine feet, paral-
Icing the course of the main tunnel
so feet distant, furnishes ventilation
for the main shaft and by means of
cross sections affords means of dis
posing of the excavations during the
progress of the work.
BY construction of Rogers Pass tun-
mel the Canadian Pacific Is preparing
to compete with other transcontinental
lines-the Canadian Northern and the
Grand Trunk Pacific, which were COM
pleted to the coast last yearly de-
creasing the per cent Of grades and
otherwise improving the line in va
rious ways.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30
TAKE SALTS TO FLUSH
KIDNEYS IF BACK HURTS
Says Too Much Meat Forms Uric Acid
Which Clogs the Kidneys and
Irritates the Bladder.

Most folks forget that the kidneys,
like the bowels, get sluggish and clog
ged and need a flushing occasionally,
else we have backache and dull misery
in the kidney region, severe head
aches, rheumatic twinges, torpid liver,
acid stomach, sleeplessness and all
sorts of bladder disorders.
You simply must keep your kidneys
active and clean, and the moment you
feel an ache or pain in the kidney
region, get about four ounces Of Jad
Salts from any good drug store here,
take q tablespoonful in a glass Of
water before breakfast for a few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid Of grapes and lemon juice, com.
bined with lithia, and is harmless to
flush clogged kidneys and stimulate
them to normal activity. 1t also neu'
tralizes the acids in the urine so it
no longer irritates, thus ending blad.
der disorders.
Jad Salts 10 harmless; inexpensive;
makes q. delightful effervescent lithia'
water drink which everybody should
take now and then to keep their kid
neys clean, thus avoiding serious COM
plications.
A well-known local druggist says he
sells lots of Jad Salts to folks who be-
lieve in overcoming kidney trouble
while it Is only trouble.-Adv.
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What Is "Arterioseierosis2
From the st. Louis Post Dispatch,

The word "sclerosis" gives us our
clew. 1t Is a Greek word. meaning
hard" Arteriosclerosis is one of the
commonest chronic decays or degen-
Grafton in the Lody, including a grad
ual breakfgn down Of the tiny muscles
in the walls of the arteries. with hard
ening and loss of elasticity.
Our arteries are the first organs to
show the changes of advancing age,
They are very elastic tubes, their ma
terial being compared to rubber, and
they are made in three layers-the out
E. middle and inner-and it is the in
her one which suffers this change and
decay.
Being elastic, the arteries dllate with
each heart beat, thus reducing the
shock to the organs which the force
pump action would give If the blood
were conveyed in rigid tubes.
In time, as We age. these hard work
ing arteries grow weak and lose their
elasticity. like the tubes do in an old
steam boiler.
If they become very weak and brittle
they burst and apoplexy is the result.
The most frequent causes Of this dis
ease are, first. overwork. bodily or
mental. particularly the former; and,
second, the poisoned condition Of the
blood produced by infections-such as
blood poisoning, tuberculosis and
Bright's disease-and third. overeating
and the use Of alcohol
These last two causes act by pro-
ducing poisons or toxins in the blood
which weaken the muscles Of the blood
vessels. Overeating tends to arterio-
sclerosis, and we are said to dig our
graves with our teeth. The paralyzing
effect that these causes produce upon
the kidneys results in piling up in the
body an excessive amount of waste and
other self made poisons.
How may we keep our arteries soft
The answer includes the whole cues
ton of personal hygiene. The most
careful and intelligent attention to pro-
noting and maintaining at their high
est efficiency the activity of the kid
neys, skin and liver, the organs which
assist elimination. Too violent exer-
else Is to be avoided as one ages, as
fatigue produces toxin. or poison, which
Is dangerous.
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Our Farmers Need a Kaiser.

TIC NE" OTk sun.
That is a wholesome suggestion which
comes from Chicago to the effect that
American farmers need a secretary OF
agriculture who shald be a kaiser instead
Of functionary This department of the
government has done a great deal to i'm
prove our farming methods, but 1t now
lacks the power to put into force much OF
ture can suggest, but, unlike the secretary
of war the secretary of the navy, the
postmaster general or the secretary OF the
treasury he can not enforce many of his
ideas.
The United States Is now. the world
most out of the soil and 1t reaps the larg-
est harvest Of money therefrom. But of
American farming more than nine-tenths
Of the tillable area IL still crude, wasteful
and haphazard. 1t fails by at least 80 per
cent to measure up in efficiency to any
is that every farmer Is Independent of the
other millions Of farmers. There is no
supreme chief who can compel the adop-
ton of methods that will produce the big
gest results. Scientific farmers contend
that nine farmers out OF 10 do not get half
out of 100 acres of land that they might
get. Were steel mills, railroads, depart
ment stores, street railways or any other
large enterprise conducted In such slip
shod fashion all would be in bankruptcy.
An agricultural kaiser would insist upon
the adoption Of efficient farm methods,
just as Gary puts them Into practice In
steel, or Rockefeller enforced them in oil,
railroad. When we SOP to reflect that
even 10 per cent added to our farm yield
means 81, 200, 100000 the need Of kaiser
OF the soil becomes apparent. To get a
good one the nation could pay him q mill
Hon dollar salary. .,.. j.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30
Knife the Best Weapon.
From the New Republic


Today the defense stands pat on earth
works. wire and machine guns. The at
tack has tried gas. petrol, bayonets,
siege artillery, field artillery, grenades
and mines, and has come out, generally
speaking, second best. Trench mortars
have not developed the requisite accuracy
explosive SHELLS in sufficient quantities
have accomplished. the best offensive
work. and the Infantry is depending more
Is the best for work UNDERGROUND or in
the dark. To sum up; killing the defend
ers Of position Is accomplished by shells
fred at least two miles away on the aver
cali body-to-body lighting, for which a
knife Is the best weapon. The training Of
infantry on the contingent will, In the fu-
ture,. undoubtedly include the technique
OF hand-to-hand struggles-for which
physios, agility and strength must bA da-
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with admiration, but Solomon man
aged to gasp: Did you lay that?"
"Of course l did," remarked Rachel.
That afternoon when Rachel and
Beckey were sitting under the currant
bush Beckey asked: Where is Ikey"
He is not Ear away" laughed Ra-
chel. He heard Solomon ask me If 1
didn't think their duck house was
better place to live in than ours, and
key has kept close watch since then
that Solomon did not get another
chance to talk to me alone.
you will not see him walking with
those young ducks any more. He
knows that the duck that lays the
largest egg in Vermont Is not to be
sighted"
"Quack, quack," called Ikey, waddl-
ing toward the currant bush.
Here we are under the bush,"
quacked Rachel.
"Oh!" quacked key, with a sigh OF
relief.
Rachel gave Beckey a little tap with
her bill. HE thought we had gone
walking with Solomon" she quacked,
there is nothing, like little strategy
to bring about the situation you most
desire"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

say that I have been in good health
since and able to do considerable
work at the advanced age of seventy
two. / am glad you induced me to
continue their use at the time, as
am cured.
Dodd's Kidney Pills, SOC per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Dodds Dyspepsia Tab
let's for indigestion have been proved.
60c per box.-Adv.
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FOR ITCHING SCALP
Ard Falling Hair Use cutieura Soap
and Ointment. Trial Free.

When the scalp is itching because OF
dandruR and eczema a shampoo with
Cuticura Soap and hot water will be
found thoroughly cleansing and sooth-
ing, especially IL shampoo is preceded
by a gentle application Of Cuticura
Ointment to the scalp skin.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-AdV.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

"Why did Wombat leave his none.
60 found a home for servant girls?"
well, you know he was a manufac.
turer Of fine china. And he always
said the girls did lot for his bust
ness"
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Gave Him a Fortune.
From the Boston Transcrip

Gentleman-What would you do with a
nickel II gaveeyou one?
Tramp (sarcastically)-Git a new rig
mister, an some supper an a nights
lodgin' an breakfast an dinner termor-
row.
Gentleman-My good fellow, take this
quarter and support yourself for the rest
OF your life.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30
A Franch Officer who is q prisoner 1

A French officer who is a prisoner in
Germany has on two occasions man
aged to communicate with his family
by attaching letter to a toy balloon.
The Minneapolis robber who Owed
through the plate glass door Of q bank,
bearing in his hand bag marked &c.
600, was stunned by that escapade
enough to be captured, and when the
bag was found to contain only $25 he
got such another stunning that off,
GERS could hardly hold him In his Gag
erness to get to TAIL
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

Dodd 5 Kidney Pills.
1t Is now three
years since / fin.
ished taking these
Pills and l have had
no trouble with my
kidneys since. I
was pretty bad for
ten or twelve years
prior to taking your
treatment. and will
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

The Germans have established
branch Of the Krupp gun works at
Shawl, in KoVno, at which q large part
Of the male population, as well as a
number OF French prisoners are forced
to work, according TO statements made
by German soldiers who have been
taken prisoners by the Russians
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Some Consolation.

Wife-Everything we have here in
the house is so old and shabby.
Hub-Have a little patience, my
dear. When they get bit older they
will be antiques.
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For a really fine coffee at a mod.

For q really nne conee at moo
crate price, drink Denison's Seminole
Brand, Csc the h., in sealed cans.
Only one merchant in each town
sells Seminole. II your grocer isn't
the one, write the Denison Coffee Co,
Chicago, for a souvenir and the name
of your Seminole dealer.
Buy the 3 lb. Canister Can for $1.00.
.-Ady.
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AN APPREcIATIvE LETTER.

Tr. M. A. Page, osceola, Wis, I'm.
der date of Feb. 16, 1916, writes:
Some years ago l was troubled with
my kidneys and was advised to try
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Ei,ne TO Draw From.

Hiker-Young Pellets tells me he
makes a speciality of doctoring cats.
Piker-Well, his patients are lucky.
Hiker-How's that?
Piker-,They each have nine H..
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The NenIseted Vocation.

my daughter writes beautiful poe.
try"
Dear me, dear me-" sighed the man,
"and the world so hungry for good
cooks"
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INDIGNANT Denial,

my poor fellow, fear you are
something of an invertebrate."
mo, ma'am. Never touch q drop"
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Discrimination.

.. PROM Lendon Answers.
Poole-WoRder what time II Is? I'm In
y g.n to dinner ut :. and my watch isn't
Tooie-why wasn't your watch invited.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

Even when a woman can speak with
her eyes her tongue doesn't give them
q chance. .lts
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

The average length Of generation
a. SO years
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30
Statement Of SteveI
Sehweitzberuer

parents when a boy to Stephen Co.,
iowa. / was there farming for so
years. I sold my land there for over
$500 an acre. / moved to Saskatche-
wan, and located near .Briercrest in
the spring of 1912. bought a half
section of land. I nave good neigh
bors. / feel quite at home here the
same as in Iowa. We have perfect
safety and no trouble in living up to
the laws in force. Ny taxes are about
SOS year on the half section for ev-
erythirg. I have had splendid crops.
Wheat in 1915 yielded me over SO
bushels to the acre. That is more than
have ever had in Iowa, and yet the
land there costs four times as much
as it does here. The man who comes
here now and buys land at $50 an acre
or Jess gets a bargain. (Sgd) s.
Schwcitzberger, February 9th, 1916"
Advers - ?ment.
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saw; it's banking system is better than
that Of the United States; one quarter
section I own, with about 100000
worth OF improvements, pays $500 a
year taxes. All tax is on the land; i'm.
plements and personals are not taxed.
I was secretary-treasurer of Aspelund
school district for two years. My du.
ties were to assess all the land in the
district, collect the tax, expend 1t ($1,.
10000 a year,, hire a teacher, etc., for
the sum of $500 a year. Some econ.
omy, Ell!
"All school and road taxes are ex.
pended in the districts where they are
collected. There are no other taxes.
Land titles are guaranteed by the gov.
eminent and an abstract costs fifty
cents. Half Of the population Of AL
berta are Americans or from Eastern
Canada. (Sgd) WILL TRUCKER.
MILLER" Advertisement.
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some WESTERN CANADA
GRAIN REPORTS

In it's issue of February oath, 1915
the Wadena (Minn.) Pioneer Journal
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

Colorado uses more than two mil
lion electrical horse power every day
to run It's industries
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

"T lived many years in Alberta; filed
q homestead in the Edmonton district;
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Oats
115 Bushels
Per Acre.

115 Bushels ern canada written
| Per Acre. Dy waiter Gloedeu,
who is renewing
his subscription to his home paper:
THE times we are having up here
are very good in spite of the war.
have had very good crops this fall
and we are having very good markets
for it all. Wheat went from 80 to 60
Blu. to the acre, oats from so to 100 bu.
to the acre. I had an 1S-acre field Of
oats which yielded me 115 Blu. per acre
by machine measure, so I think this
is a pretty prosperous country.
have purchased another quarter sec
ton, which makes me now the owner
OF three-quarters Of a section Of
land. The weather was very nice this
fall up to Christmas, taen we had quits
severe weather, but at the present
time It is very nice again"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-30

Kansas City public library circulated
ee.13e books In 1915.
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YOU TOLD ME THE Truth
ANDIWANT THEPEOPLE
TO KNOW IT.

The following unsolicited letter has
been received from Mr.. J. F. Ward Of
Donalda, Alberta. 1t is a plain state
ment of conditions as Mr.. Ward has
found them:
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The following unsolicited letter has
been received from Mr.. J. F. Ward OF
Donalda, Alberta. 1t is a plain state
ment of conditions as Mr.. Ward has
found them:
1T is with pleas.
- oe'ue ure drop line to
Fam letter.. you. We had a
good year. on of e5 acres, oats and
wheat, got over $500 bushels of
wheat and oats. Oats w?ut here from
30 to 100 bushels per acre, and wheat
from, 25 to 50 per acre. Just see me
being here one year and have over 700
bushels Of wheat. 1t is now over S1.O0
per bushel. Oats is AZ cents, and go
ing up. You told me the truth, and
want the people of Toledo to know 1t.
Hogs are 81 cents; cattle are high.
Canada is good enough for me. have
5 good horses. I sold 2 good colts, z
cows and IS head of hogs and killed 2.
have 6 hogs left. got 400 bushels
Of potatoes off an acre and a good
garden last summer, fine celery and
good onions. One neighbor had over
1900 bushels Of wheat, and sold over
$700 Of hogs and 1000 bushels of oats.
This is a great country. If you should
tell the people Of Toledo Of this 1t
would get some Of them thinking. The
soil is, rich black loan, and a pleas
nre to work it.
I'VE have a good farm. We have
flowing we'll with soft water. It is
the best water in the country. Some
people think they got to go to war
when they come out here. They need
not be afraid Of war. There is no war
tax on land; only school tax, $1,000
on go acres, and road tax Of two
days with your team. tell you the
truth, there. is no land In or around
Toledo as good as our land here in Al.
berta. II anybody wants to write US,
give them our address.
I'VE have had nice weather. We
have had It quite cold for one week,
but no rain and sleet, and the sun
shines nearly every day. and it is hot
In the sun. Coal Is $2.25 per ton. The
people are very nice and good here.
We are we'll enjoying the West,
The horses and cows are feeding on
the prairies all the winter. We Just
have two horses in the stable to go to
town with. Yours truly, (Sgd) ]. F.
WARD, Donalda, Alberta, Feb. 8, 1915"
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own property II
several parts Of AL.
berta. I found It
one of the best
countries I ever
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-06
CASES OF
Pines ARE EN-
ROUTE

Congestion of canned pines await
ing shipment at Honolulu and other
island ports is still acute. although
the Matson Navigation Company is do
ing everything possible to handle the
business and take care OF sugar ship
ments as well.
The Great Northern took out 6000o
cases Tuesday afternoon and :he Mat
sonia had $4,000 cases on board when
she steamed at 10 O'Clock yesterday
morning. With shipments OF about
$4,000 cases each leaving on the VIII
helmina and Manoa in the last two
weeks, a total of $4,000 cases have
thus left here within the last Is days.
AS there are 100000 cases 10 be
shipped before July, this leaves &c.,
900 cases yet to go. "The Matson
Navigation Company is moving
heaven and earth to get the island
pack to market" says Fred w. Mac
farlane, president and agent Of Libby,
Mcneil & Libby's Honolulu plant, This
morning, ''but IN spite of this the
pines are not being shipped nearly as
fast as We would like"