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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-10-19

The fight against it III the Senate
was conducted by Senator Walsh,
who certainly stands we'll with the
administration. After Senator
Walsh had sufficiently shown it's
danger and its weakness he, ana
various opponents Of the bill,
voted to pass it for the express
purpose of letting it get into con-
ference. 1t was fully explained
that in the conference they would
oppose the passage of any bill un
less it was in substance the Ferris
bill and not the Shields bill.
The Ferris bill is the bill ap-
proved by Mr.. Pilchot and other
conservationists. I don't believe
that anybody who stands close TO
the administration has any doubt
that the President would have
vetoed the Shields bill ii. it had
come to him in the shape in
which it left the Senate. If Mr..
Pinchot really possesses the ia
formation he indicates he does
possess, it would be startlingly
interesting TO have him tell the
public how he got it and exactly
what it is.
Ii is pretty vague to attack the
Secretary of the Interior for let
ting Mr.. Newell go from the re-
.clamation service and merely al
legine that the commission which
takes his place is controlled by
politicians. Nobody doubts Mr..
Newell's highmindedness, but
many doubt his business ability.
Secretary Lane was endeavoring
to keep conservation ideals but at
the same time TO increase effici-
eacy and accuracy when he made
this change and if there have been
any hut results it might he we'll
for Mr.. Pinchot to name them.
The President has so many
tremendous problems to work out
and has such an unexampled re-
cord of constructive success L.,
handling them that it is hardly
right for a citizen of Mr.. Pinchot
standing, however strong his
party leanings not to give the Pre-
sident square deal.
happen to know, as Mr.. Pin
chot could have found out by in
quiring that the President has
close friends watching the con-
servatiOn situation and that he
has no intention of allowing any,
thing to happen that ought not to
happen.
NORMAN HAPGOOD,
Vice President Woodrow Wilson
Independent League
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-10-19
WESTERN ENTERPRISES

Among the new enterprises re-
ported at Grand Forks, are pack
ing plant at Dickinson and all ice
manufacturing plant at the same
place. The packing plant is not
intended TO be Strengthening
plant, but a local curing plant
Dressed animals will be bought on
the market and the meat then
be cured in various ways. Several
such local plants, operating in a
small way, have made good profits
in the past. The ice plant is be-
ing started i'm pursuance of in
vestigations which has shown
that unless the facilities for put
ting up natural ice are very good,
even in this northern latitude it
pays better to manufacture ice
than to depend on winter weather
to do the freezing.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-10-19
VALLEY DRAINAGE

The drainage meeting held at
Crookston recently was attended
by a number of Grand Forks men.
The whole drainage question, as
it affects the Red River Valley,
was, discussed at Considerable
length. 1t develops that there
are two main phases of the sub
ject each distinct from the
other.
First come the conditios at the
headwaters Of the Red River.
where the construction of many
drainage bitches hastens the flow
to The river Of immense quanti-
ties of water which would normal
ly move slowly. The. narrow
channel of the river is soon filled
and the flat land arounr Lake
Traverse and Big Stone Lakes are
flooded. This affects in some
measure, the country along the
entire length of the river. but the
greatest effect is felt along the
upper portion of the stream.
These conditions ere of spe 'ia! in
terest to those in the Red River
Valley proper, especially those in
the upper portion. The Red Lake
basin is not affected at all.
Second, there is the Red Lake
basin. Red Lake receives the
drainage from an immense area
of land in northern Minnesota,
and in fairly wet spring the
lake outlet does, not remove the
water fast enough to- take care
of this drainage Experienced
engineers have all adopted the
views of Prof. E. +. Chandler of
the University of North Dakota,
who several years ago recommend
ed the dredging of the outlet at
the mouth of the lake, and of the
Red Lake River for a few miles
down; and the installation at the
mouth of a dam with control
gates. The plan would be to
lower the lake to about the pre-
sent low water stage by the e Ill
of each winter, and then TO close
the gates. The immense area of
the land would then be able to
take care of all the drainage from
its basin without augementing the
spring floods below at all. Later
during dry spells, the gates would
be opened, and the imprisoned
waters would be released. This
would insure good drainage and &
good stage of water in the river
at all times, so that water would
always be available for, the use OF
res idents along its course. This
plan could be put in operation
without affecting the valley of the
Red River above Grand Forks in
any manner whatever.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-10-19
the PRESIDENTS STAND
FOR CONSERVATION

Clifford Pinchot is an intimate
friend of mine and | have a high
opinion of his character and of
the work he has done. His pub
lie letter conservation however,
shows a failure to get at the facts
of what the Wilson administra-
ton has done. Some of the mis-
statements in it are wholly out
side the domain of opinion and arc
demonstrably unjust. After Civ
ing Mr.. Wilson credit for the AL
aska Railroad bill and the bill
which assured government control
of coal lands in Alaska. Mr.. pin-
chot goes on to talk about the
Presidents indorsing various bills
when they were not in satisfact-
DRY condition.
Will Mr.. Pinchot be good en-
ough to explain where these in
dorsements by the President are
found? He makes a special point
of the Shields bill. Anybody who
really undertook to get informa-
ton about this bill could do SO.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-10-19
PASTURE IRRIGATED
ALFALFA WITH HOGS
By pasturing. irrigated alfalfa

BY pasturing, irrigated alfalfa
pastures with hogs, the superin-
tendent Of the Huntley (Montana)
Reclamation Project Experiment
Farm reports that he got returns
in 1915 at the rate Of $75 to $89
per acre. This estimated re-
turn he figures, is equivalent to
siO.8l per ton, on the farm, for
the hay crop which was harvested
and consumed by the hogs.
In discussing this experime 1T
in a report of the work of that
farm for 1915, just issued by the
U. S. Department of Agriculture
he says in part.
'This rotation consisted of
corn. flax, beets and three years
Of alfalfa. The third-year alfal-
ia and the corn are harvested by
hogs. the object of this expert
ment being to ASCERTAIN the value
of alfalfa and corn crops, when SD
1.-THE alfalfa pasturing expert
ment was divided into two periods
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-10-19

April to July. or the spring peri
cd, and July to September or the
summer period. The plat used
was divided into two equal por-
tions and the hogs we're pastured
alternately for 10 days at time
on each part. This allows for
more uniform growth and con-
venience in irrigating. In ad-
dition to the pasture, the hogs
were given a supplementary "a
ton of 2 pounds of corn per day
per 100 pounds live weight.
''On April "a five high-grade
Duroc-Jersey hogs weighing 789
pounds were placed on the alfal-
ia plat. On May "a it was fou d
necessary to remove one hog. as
the supply of feed was inadequate
The remaining four hogs were
taken off July IL and on the same
date eight pure-bred Duroc-Jer-
'sey shoats were placed on the
plat. These shoats, having a total
initial weight Of 500 pounds, re-
manned Oh the pasture until
September 90.
During the two periods GIG
pounds of pork were produced.
The corn consumed during the
season amounted to 1910 pounds.
Estimating the value of the pork
at ! cents per pound gives a to-
tai return from the platof S43.33.
The valueofthe corn fed, estimat-
ed as worth $l.25 per 100 pounds
was S24.36. This leaves a net
return from the alfalfa crop of
lSi8.97 for the plat, which is at
the rate of S75.88 per acre, as com
pared with a net return of $76.-
t88 from a similar experiment
conducted in 1914.
J. "These results and also those
i secured in 1913 and 1914 indie
ate that the possibilities of past
uriag alafalfa with hogs should
receive careful consideration by
the farmers on the Huntley pro-
ject.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-10-19
FALL PLANTED ornoNs

Certain kinds of onions can be
planted in the fall, according to
a market gardner near Grand
Forks, that will be ready for use
early in the spring. IL is not
generally known That ONIONS of
the perennial variety may be plant
cd in the autumn. and will be
ready for use almost as soon as
the SLOW is off the ground in the
spring. In fact, they have been
found to make quite IL start under
the snow.
The sets of this variety grow
at the end of the seed stalks, aud
should be gathered as soon as
formed and kept in a cool, dry
place until September OF October.
\ rich bed should be made and
the sets planted and they will be
ready for use before the ordinary
onions are grown. While these
onions are perennial and increase
by roots and tip sets, they are
more tender when a new bed is
put out every year instead of al
lowing them to multiply in their
own fashion.
These onions never grow large
bulbs. In fact the bulb is lit
tie if any larger than the stem.
But it is white and tender early in
the spring. 1t is slightly strong
er in flavor than ordinary onions
hut if this is disliked, soaking
the onion for an hour or two in
salt water just before using will
elissipate some of the flavor.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-10-19
FORMER hENNEPIN a. o. p.
CHAIRMAN NOW FOR WILSON

Benjamin Drake former Repub-
lican Hennepin county c'lairma I
today declined to serve as IA MEM
Der of the county Hughes Repub-
lican committee.
He will support president Will
son.
This came as a shock and sur
prise to Republican leaders lin
Minneapolis.
Mr.. Drake is prominent Min
meapolis attorney, and has been
associated in legal capacity with
the Equity Cooperative exchang.
of st. Paul.
Il expect to support and vote
for President Woodrow Wilson
this year cannot act. accept
or indorse the dcfamatory tactics
of Judge Hughes and his sup
porters in the nation.' said Mr..
Drake.
II am opposed to rampant mil
itaryism. think the Wilson adj :
mlnlstratloa has gone quite far
enough to- satisfy any conserva-
tive i'm its policy-o preparedness
Judge Hughes would plunge
this country into war if we are to
believe what he says. Therefore
! must decline to serve on a COM
mittec that is working for his sue
cess"
State Democratic Chairman f.
r. Weaton. when told of Mr.
brakes announcements, said i,
was just like other thousands of
Republicans in Minnesota who a.,
turning toward the president.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-10-19

only received a much better price
for the cleaned grain, but in the
screenings which were left be-
hind he had large quantity Of
valuable feed.
Four years ago Arne Moen of
Deep, Bottineau County, bought
i25 breeding ewes in Montana,
paying $4,000 for the lot. He
has kept them on waste land
along the river bottom, and they
have required little attention.
Since he bought the sheep he has
sold wool for close to 100000
and last week he sold $50 head,
raised from The original flock for
$3.50.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-10-19
GIRLS EARN THEIR WAY
THRU COLLEGE

Come prepared with the neces-
sary clothing and enough money
for books and fees, about twenty
dollars and you can earn the rest
after you arrive. This is not q
fairy story. but real PROPOSE
ton. October 23rd is the date of
opening for the Home Makers
courses at the State Agricultural
College and the full. five months
course is thrown open to any girl
who wishes to come.
Well Balanced Course
The course includes work i'm the
selection and preparation of food
house planning and sanitation
home nursing, free-hand drawing
home decoration and manage.
ment, household accounts ant
practical work in garment ana
millinery. In addition to the do.
nestle science study many splen.
did opportunities are also offer
ed in music, both chorus and in.
strumental, dramatics and pub
AAO SpCdhluS.
Plans Now Working
This opportunity for girls {.
earn their way thru college ha.
been made possible by the Agri.
cultural College Young Women.
Christian Association, who have
found many homes near the COL
lege grounds where girls. may
earn their board and room. Many
girls at the present time are al
work such as this and are at
tending College. The work they
do includes the care of children
and house work averaging in all
about four hours work day
Some girls who prefer to work on
ly a few hours day or at odd
times are able to- do so at the raj.
OF about twenty cents per hour.
This work is directely under
the charge of Miss Rose Meth
Secretary of the Y. w. c.. A., ana
all inquiries regarding this meth
cd of earning one way thru COL
lege should be directed to her.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-10-19
JUST THOUGHTS

Ridicule is often more blighting than
knocks of the hammer.
Too many of us seem to think that
the time to say no is the next time.
Success sometimes comes from the
ability to read keep off the grass
signs.
''The Lord will provides" and that's
ab0ut as far as the lazy mans religion
ever gets.
The under dog sometimes proves
that lots of US never do our best fight
ing until we are down.
Elocution may be a good thing, but
It doesn't go far enough. 1t merely
teaches us how to speak, not when.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-10-19
SAYINGS OF A sPINsTER

The microbe Of love would so0u
starve in an. old bachelors heart.
There's many a slip between the en-.
gagement ring and the wedding ring.
Many q man would be smarter If he
knew one-half as much as he thinks
he does.
After meeting famous man one 10
apt to discover that his reputation ia
about four sizes larger than his char
ecter.
What good does it do the unmarried
man II his sweet little bride does fix
up Q cozy corner in the perlor, If he
lsr,'t allowed to sit in it?
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-10-19
SHIPPING ASSOCIATIONS

One of the important aids to
the growth of the live stock in
dustry is the local shipping as
ISOLATION, of which many have
been organized in North Dakota
within the past year. The farm
er who is starting in the busi.e
in a modest way may have only a
small number of animals for
market at given time, and as
shipping i'm less than car lots is
impracticable several of these odd
lots must be combined in order to
reach the market. IN some local
tiles there are men who make a
business of buying and shipping
stock, and very often this works
out we'll for all concerned. The
producer received proper value
for his ANIMALS, and the buyer
makes sufficient profit to pay him
for his time and for the use Of
his money. In other cases there
is no regular buyer, and other
means must be adopted. To meet
this need cooperative associa-
tons have been organized among
neighboring farmers and at con-
venieat times date for the ship
ment of one or more carloads is
fixed. The members deliver thn;..
animals at the shipping point
where they are loaded. An agent
of the association may acomp-
any to the terminal, where he sells
to the best possible advantage.
This expense, like the freight
charge, is pro rata, and the pro-
ducers receive cash for their an
imals. This plan is usually
found to work we'll 1t is being
with attention by the In
dustrial Committee of the Grand
Forks Commercial Club, and an
effort will be made to get in
touch with all such associations.
as i'm the near future the Grand
Forks packing plant will be in the
for shipments of cattle
and hogs, and it is desired to en-
courage in every way the creation
of such agencies as can be made
to work to the mutual advantage
of grower and packer.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-10-19
MAKING GOOD IN NORTH OAK.

Among the cases illustrating
the manner in which men are max
ing good on the farms of North
Dakota. the following is taken
from the files Of the North Dakota
Development League Press Bur-
eau at Grand Forks.
Last spring Joseph Floven bot
100 acres of land near Watford
On the greater part Of this land
he sowed flax. This fall he .har-
vested and threshed 1900 bushels
of flax and sold it at 1925 per bus
Out of the $1,000 in roundnumb-
ers, which he received, he paid all
of his expenses for the year and
then had more than enough left
to pay for his farm.
E. B. Dewey of WoodMorth,
Stutsman County, wished to avoid
paying the cost of shipping screen
ings to market, therefore, he-set
two men at work cleaning his
grain before it was hauled tc
town. He found that he was
making profit of IL cents a
bushel by doing this, and even
though the price of grain is high
he thought that al additional IA
cents was worth while. He moi
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-04-20
FORMAL CALL ISSUED.
Call for Conference to Nominate a
United States Senator Is Issued
by the Republicans.

The call for the meeting in Madison
of the committee of ITO is being mailed
by George A. West, chairman of the con-
vention committee, to delegates and al
ternates. Following is the call:
On Wednesday, April 26, 1916, at 2
p m. there will be held at Madison
Republican convention or conference,
composed of ten delegates from each
congressional district of this state, for
the purpose of celebrating and acting
upon the Endorsement of a candidate
for the United States senate, to be voted
for at the general election to be held
Nov. Z, 1916.
This call is in pursuance of resolu-
ton passed by the Republican conven-
ton held at Madison, Jan. 81, 1916,
which convention was directed to be
held by the Republican state central
committee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-04-20
DISCHARGED IN RACINE.
Judge Palmer Holds That There Was
No Evidence to Warrant the Ar
rest of Frank Hansmann.

Frank Hansmann and Eva Major
Goerndt, arrested in Racine last Thurs
day night after they had been found
at rooming place in that city, were
discharged by Judge Walter Palmer in
the municipal court on Monday after
noon. Judge Palmer held that the
evidence of the police showed that
there was no warrant for the arrest of
the couple. Attorney R. V. Baker of
Kenosha, appeared for the defendants
and he sought their discharge without
putting in any evidence for the defen-
dants. 1t was held by Hansmann that
Mrs. Goerndt had been rooming at the
house in question and that he had
been with her to attend theatre and
had taken her back to her boarding
house when the police officers came to
the house and arrested them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-04-20

council recommendation that the prop
erty to the north of the cemetery on
Sheridan Road be turned over to the
wider use committee of the board of
education for a term of three years or
use as a playground and the recommen-
dation met with the unanimous consent
of the council The school board CON-
mittee viii at once take steps to con-
vert the property into a model play
ground for the children of that section
of the city. The council accepted the
foundation for the rebuilt intereepting
sewer along the river and paid for it at
a cost OF So, 22060. The contractors for
the extension of the trunk sewer were
allowed $3,051.50 on the contract max
ing total paid to date of $3O,S00.
The formal resignation of DR., J. J..
McShane as health commissioner was
received and accepted. The council
fixed the bond of the city treasurer at
$4,000 and voted that the cost of the
bond should be paid by the city. The
treasurer was allowed $500 for clerk
hire for the year with the understand
ing that this is to be paid monthly.
The council sent a recommendation
to the new council that higher bonds
be demanded from the banks acting as
city repositories.
The city clerk was ordered to adver-
tise for the sprinkling of Prairie Az
enue, South Chicago street from Prairie
Avenue to Market street, North Main,
Milwaukee Avenue and Park Avenue.
1t is understood that the contracts are
to provide for sprinkling during the en-
tire year if the sprinkling is found
necessary. Bids for this work are to
be opened at the next meeting of the
council. Under the state law the coun-
Gil has the right to order the sprinkling
of streets without petition from the
property owners. The cost of this work
will be charged to the property owners
on the tax roll.
In the closing minutes of the last
session of the council the resolution
was passed turning over $32,330 to the
Simmons library and the sum of $4,000
to the Kenosha Cemetery Association.
The annual audit of the books of the
city was ordered. Votes of thanks were
passed for the mayor and the retiring
aldermen, and Alderman Gundlach of
the eighth ward made the final motion
that the council adjourn sine die.
The whole work of the old council
was completed before nine O'Clock.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-04-20
ENTERTAIN MILWAUKEEANs.
Forty-fve Members of Milwaukee K,
of G. Bowl and Feast in Keno
sha Monday Night.

Monday night was "Milwaukee
night" for the members of the Keno
sha council of the Knights of Columbus
and forty-fve members Of the Milwau-
kee council came to the city in a
special car to be the guests of the Ke-
nosha members of the order. There
were big "doings." The Knights had
taken over all the bowling alleys at the
Academy and at the Eagles club house
for the night and ten teams represent
ing Milwaukee and Kenosha boWled
for honors during the early hours of
the evening. The Milwaukee Knights
rolled in "hard luck. and when the
scores were totaled up it was found
that the Kenosha boys led by total
of more than 280 pins Following the
bowling match there was banquet at
X, of G. hall at which covers were laid
for a hundred guests. Ed. Dayton act
ed as POSTMASTER for the banquet and
responses were made by prominent
members of the Milwaukee and Keno
sha councils. It was after one O'Clock
before the Milwaukee Knights left for
their homes. Plans are already under
way for a "Kenosha night" which is
to be pulled off at the handsome new
temple of the Milwaukee council with
in the next few weeks.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-04-20
THOUGHT HE WAS A WOMAN.
Simon Lorinitus, Who Had Strange
Hallucinatioh, is Sent to Mendoza
on Monday Afternoon.

Simon Lorinitus, Russian thirty
five years Of age, was adjudicated in
sane in the county court ON Monday
afternoon and Judge Taylor directed
that he be taken to the state hospital
at Mendoza for treatment. Lorinitus
had the strangest hallucination ever
reported to the lunacy commission in
Kenosha-he believed that he was a
woman. Not only did he believe this,
but he proceeded to clothe himself just
as a woman should be dressed. He was
arrested by the police week ago and
taken to the county Jail as woman,
but when an investigation was made it
was found that he had on full suit of
mems clothing under his "dresses. ="
He was released at this time but later
he was picked up again. The man ap-
peared to be in helpless condition and
he insisted that he be permitted to
wear woman s clothing. He was taken
to the state hospital by Sheriff Stahl
this morning. He had resided in Ke-
nosha for the past three years, but so
far as can be found he has no rela-
tives in the city.