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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-26
A Sample of Our Every Day Prices
Canned Goods

Canned Goods
Fancy DC Pineapple lsc
Fancy 20c Pineapple. No size can 14c
Large can Pineapple -...-.---.--1 lac
Little can Fancy Pineapple. &c
Very fancy 25c Lemon Cling Peaches 1se
Very fancy 25c Aprieots. 19c
SOC can fancy Bartlett Pears. csc
Very fancy Plums. 25c can. 1sc
Many Kinds at Cut Prices
Sample Of Our Every Day Prices
Canned Vegetables
Fancy 15c Corn lie
7 Inc 1-12c Torn tOc
10 can ezra good Corn Sc
1sc fancy little Peas...-.......-.l5 e
15c can fine Peas. lie
Can good standard Peas &c
Can StringIss Beans Sc
Ice can very fine Stringless Beans lee
15c can fine Tomatoes ..-....-.--..-1I lie
lie can good tomatoes. -.....---.-9 Sc
1sc can Whole packed Tomatoes. 49, I5e
1 cans fine hraut- Observation-Disclosures 5c
cans Toe Honiny Csc
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
Watertown Boosters.

ELECTROMAGNETIC factory whistles
screeching, the membership soliciting
committees of the new Watertown
Chamber of Commerce went forth to
work to carry out the reorganization
program under the supervision of
George Irving. A banquet was held
at the Lincoln hotel, which taxed the
capacity of the dining room. A bud
get system with a paid secretary and
possibly a traffic bureau are among
the things contemplated in the reor.
g~anization. At the end Of the cam
paign the WATERFOWL citizens conf
IDENTIFY expect to have one of the very
best booster organizations in this sec.
tion Of the country.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
Pianker.

farmers garden. Field methods should
be practiced in preparing the land for
planting. and as much preliminary
work done in the fall as is possible,
for the sake of both securing an early
garden and reducing the amount Of la
Dor in spring. After the land is cleared
Of refuse from preceding crops 1t
should be heavily MANFRED and plowed
in the fall. The amount Of manure to
be applied will depend somewhat upon
the fertility OF the land, but more
largely upon the trueness of the farm
er's conception of the plant food re-
quirements Of garden crops. The best
gardens are possible only where plant
food is supplied much more literally
than is considered ample for field
crops.
II the land has been MANFRED and
plowed in the fall, and is worked at
the proper time in spring, very little
labor is necessary in the preparation
OF a seed bed for the early planting.
Soil containing sufficient humus to
grow vegetable crops advantageously,
a be fitted for planting without the
use Of hand tools. II the precaution is
taken to work 1t at the exact time it
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
EXACT MEASURES IN FEEDING
Practical Way Is to Weigh Definitely
What Each Vessel VIII Hold
Guess Work Improbable.

1t is always best to be exact in feed
ing. Too much guess work. is done
oil the farm. That is one reason why
some of us find farming no more prof
liable.
In computing rations and feeding,
the various feeds should be weighed.
1t Is not always necessary to weigh
every feed, as this may take consider
able time. 1t Is not always practical
to weigh every feed, as feeding is
sometimes done after dark or before
dawn. The practical way is to weigh
q definite quantity as the amount a
measure will hold and estimate each
feed.
A quart measure Is q convenient
vessel in which to estimate grain and
other concentrated feeds. A quart of
the following common feeds weighs:
C~ottonseed meal, is pounds; wheat
bran (coarse), s. pounds; wheat mid
ding. coarse (shorts), 8 pounds;
wheat middling, fine, IL pounds; corn
meal, LIS pounds; oats, IL pounds;
gluten meal, IL pounds; gluten seed,
IL pounds.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
Benefit OF LIME ON SOILS
Getting Stand Of Aifa'fa-How
to Distribute.

On a few soils which have a ten
dency to sourness, the use Of lime Is
beneficial in getting a stand of alfalfa,
and in some cases Is necessary to sue
cess. To begin with, one should use
lime experimentally and il possible
learn to grow alfalfa on and that does
not need lime. Where lime is used
1t should be applied at the rate of
5000 to 1000 pounds an acre In any
convenient form except that from gas
works, which contains injurious CON-
pounds. Where only a small area Ia
to be lined, the ordinary barrel lime
allowed to air Stake or water slake to
a powder may be used. The ground
limestone is the cheapest form where
large amounts are to be applied. This
Is best applied by means OF a lime dis
tributor after blowing and before
working the ground down so that the
preparation OF the seeded may work
the lime into the soil. For a small
area. however. 1t will be more FEAST
BILE to scatter the lime from a wagon
box with a shovel by hand.
The limestone so common in middle
West states Is now becoming available
through the use Of machine which
grinds the stone into suitable form.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
Madison Clean Up Plans.

Madison.-The Civic and Child Wei
fare club of Madison planned a series
of contests for the children that Gre
ated much interest. During "clean
up week" cash prizes were given to
the five children bringing in the larg-
est quantity of dandelion plants. Other
contests announced for the summer
carry cash prizes for the best kept
front yard, the best kept back yard,
the best kept flower garden, the best
kept vegetable garden, the best con.
structed fiytraps and bird houses, and
Cor the greatest number of bird houses
occupied by birds other than sparrows.
The work is being carried on in CO.
operation with the public schools and
che state normal school.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
SCENIC HIGHWAY PROPOSED.
Jackson County for Better Roads
Started by kadoka.

Started by kadoka.
Kadoka.-The people of Jackson
county are very much alive to the
value Of good roads. A movement is
now on foot to build a turnpike across
Jackson county from Stamford on the
east to Interior on the west, a dis
lance of about fifty-eight miles. The
town of Kadoka started the ball roll
ing" by turnpiking the one and a half
miles of the Scenic highway within
its corporate limits last year. Wall
township has recently laid out a new
road across the entire width of the
township lying along the south side
Of the Milwaukee tracks. Weta town
ship has selected a route to join the
Wall township line and making a d.
rect route from Kadoka to Weta. Weta
and Interior townships will no doubt
be able to open a new short line be-
tween their respective towns this sum-
mer. Belvidere township is alive on
the east and expects to open a short
line between there and Kadoka. A
strong effort is being made to have
Kadoka township grade and turnpike
the line from the town limits to the
Belvidere township line. Without
doubt this line will be very much i'm
proved and a large part of it graded
in good shape before fall. Part of
the route is already marked and the
balance will be attended to in the near
future.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
Save Eggs to Aid Prohibition.

Pierre.-In the interest of prohibit
ton, a statewide campaign is to be
made shortly On the suggestion that
each farmers wife save the proceeds
from her sale of eggs for one week,
beginning May rs, and send the
amount to the Anti-Saloon league
headquarters at Mitchell. The funds
thus derived will be used in the anti
liquor campaign this fall in South Da-
kota. Miss F. Adelaide Ayers, a Pirre
girl, has left Pierre to visit each of the
towns between Pierre and Huron to or
ganize the movement in those towns.
She will interview the farmers wives
and secure the cooperation of several
women in each of these villages and
these women will in turn take charge
in the country surrounding their
towns,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
USE OF DYNAMITE ON SOILS
Its Usefulness May Depend Largely
Upon Local Conditions-Test at
Pennsylvania Station.

The Pennsylvania station has re-
ported to the department of agricul-
ture the results Of experiments con
Quoted to determine the influence Of
dynamiting on the physical condition
OF soils; soil. moisture and drainage,
newly planted fruit trees, mature
trees. field crops and insects in the
soil.
While the results cannot be taken
as conclusive for all conditions, yet
they may indicate that the useful ap-
~plication of dynamite as a soil improv-
er is limited. It's usefulness may de-
pend largely upon local conditions.
No definite benefits were derived
from its use in either orchard or field
crops. What 1t might do under diff
ferent conditions, or over longer Pc
RODS, is yet to be determined. One
pond was drained and the other was
not. It's usefulness in shooting an open
ditch, blasting powders and blowing
stumps cannot be questioned.
1t may be very useful in draining
land where no outlet can be found for
a tile drain. How permanent its ef-
feet may be is not known. AS to de-
stroying insects (ants), 1t has not
proved to be OF any use. It Is proba-
bly, safe to conclude that the applica-
ton of dynamite as a soil improver il
greatly limited and that 1t would al
ways be advisable to try It out in q
small way before investing much
money In its USE"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
Pigeons Go on a Debauch.

Residents of Dobbs Ferry, N. j.,
were shocked recently at the sight of
intoxicated pigeons trying to stagger
home after an enforced absence.
During the week a hundred pigeons
belonging to various persons were
stolen. Two boys were found with
eve pigeons, and when arraigned be-
fore Justice of the Peace Glover they
confessed that they were members of
a gang Of pigeon thieves. The boys,
James Phillip and Harry O'Leary,
were released on suspended sentences
when they promised to get the other
lads to liberate the stolen pigeons.
This was done and the air was full of
birds.
A company OF pigeons that had
made their home around the brewery
lured the recently freed ones to the
malt heaps outside the brewery, where
all wined and dined. They became in
ebriated, as their unavailing efforts
to get back to their houses testified.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
For Better Training Of Teachers.

To impress on language departments
OF universities and colleges the need
for better training of high school
teachers and to develop gradually by
precept and example a greater uni
formity in the work, a committee of
the Modern Language Association OF
America, Of which Prof. A. r. Hohl.
field, head Of the German department
OF the University OF Wisconsin, is
chairman, is making a detailed study
OF the problem On the basis of q ques-
tionaire sent to $50 different institu.
lions. The committee, which was ap.
pointed In December. 1914. returned a
tentative report at the recent annual
meeting of the association at Cieve.
land, o., and has been continued with
a view to putting It's findings into per.
manent shape.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
Floor plan Of Barn.

!oist between the concrete and the
walls should be made very carefully,
SO that the cold air cannot blow in.
This particular part of the barn should
be given careful attention, because 1t
is more likely to be loosely made than
any other part.
All the stanchion fittings are made
Of iron, which presents a smooth sur
face that a be easily cleaned. Dust
and dirt do not readily collect on such
q surface, and the fixtures can be
washed down at the same time as the
loor. The surface Of stanchion fix
lures IL either japanned or enameled.
30 that the fixtures will not rust.
A fairly large silo is built at the
end of the barn. and the chute from
this goes directly to the feeding al
ley. The silo can be built of a size
that will readily handle tho silage
that IL needed for the number Of cows
that are to be kept. The floor plan
does not show q feed carrier. as the
barn 10 small enough. 30 that one prob
ably will not be needed. II 1t is de-
sired, however. It can easily be In
stalled.
Plenty Of light and 3 good supply
Of DIR are very necessary to secure
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
EXPERIMENTING WITH GOATS
California Station Gives Complete REQ
ord for Year-comparison Made
In Milk Cost.

Three mich goats at the California
station completed a years record as
follows: A t~wo-year-old pure Tog-
genburg, 2,158 pounds Of milk and 1913
pounds Of milk fat; a ~two-year-old
~Toggenburg, 1,11S pounds of milk and
40.7 pounds of milk fat; and a year
ling grade Toggenburg, 1888 pounds
OF milk and 1912 pounds of milk fat.
The cost of feed of one pound of milk
from these goats was approximately
80 per cent that OF one pound of milk
Of a similar average fat content pro-
duced by a group of FIVE cows in the
university dairy herd.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04

tho best sanitary conditions In a dairy
stable. These features are taken care
OF in good style in the well-arranged
barn that is shown here. The win.
dows are plentiful and are large
enough so that the interior will be
bright and cheerful. They can be
made as easement windows or with
q sliding sash, so that they can be
opened in the warm weather. Dutch
doors are also included, so that the
upper part a be left open for addi-
tional ventilation in the warm
weather.
The ventilating system Is most com.
plete and well arranged. The air is
carried in through fiues and is dis
charged into the stable in front of the
cows and owe their heads. The out
take openings are placed behind the
COWS and lead to foul-air shafts run
ming up the walls and along the roof
to the ventilator placed on the peak.
The barn is SO well built that 1t is
practically alright, and the ventilating
system must be so we'll arranged hat
a plentiful supply of air will be as
sured during the cold weather.
The ceiling over the stable should
be made of dressed and matched
flooring, so that none Of the dust
from the haymow will sift down into
the stable. Dust has a bad effect on
cows, and this method Of construc.
ton will eliminate danger.
A large storage space Is available
In the upper part Of the barn, as the
trussed gambrel roof leaves all the
space open so hat the supply Of hay
and fodder that "a be kept will be
plentiful. A hay track is provided,
SO that the material can be easily
got into the barn. This track ex.
tends out through the large sliding
hay doors and is protected by a hood
root projection at the peak. The door
slides on an inclined track placed
Just under the caves. The tendency
at the present time is to make the
hay doors rather large, So that q
good load Of hay can be handled read,
lily by the hayfork. With sliding
doors this has not made 1t necessary
to waste space in the NOW for doors,
and makes the filling Of the haymow
a simple, quick process.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
FEEDING MILK TO CHICKENS
Has Most Favorable influence on
Growth Of Young Fowis-Abun-
dant Exercise 10 Urged.

The feeding of milk to young chicks
has a most favorable influence on the
growth, and on lessening the mortal
fly average.
Sweet and sou milk are Of equal
value in chick feeding. The degree of
sourness does not affect the nutritive
value.
Chicks fed milk freely should have
abundant exercise. This applies par
ticularly to earlier matches or brooder
chicks.
In no way ia milk injurious. but
whether you feed sweet or Jour milk.
the same should be fed continually
Until the end of the milk feeding %
nod. Whichever 10 most convenient,
adhere to consistently.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
LAY OUT HOME GARDEN
Field Methods Should Be Used in
Preparing Land.
Preliminary Work Done In Fall Saves
Much Time and Labor During
Spring Rush-liberal Use Of
Manure Is Favored.
lRN j "


In planning the home garden, It Is
we'll to arrange the vegetables in the
order IN which they are to be planted.
This facilitates the preparation of the
land for planting, and makes 1t possi-
BILE to maintain the implanted portion
in a good friable condition with the
least expenditure Of labor. In order that
the vegetables may be so arranged. it
Is necessary to know the proper time
for planting each crop. This depends
primarily upon the temperature and
moisture requirements Of the particu-
lar crop in question.
The arrangement of the garden as
to length of rows and time of planting,
Is not the only labor.saving feature
that should characterize the typical
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04

name for himself and to enlarge his
consuming field, with the resulting
profit. Quality is the most important
consideration In milk production. and
the construction of the stable, so that
the best sanitary conditions prevail.
is the most important factor in at
tanning this result.
The inside of this barn is made
in such a way that 1t can be easily
kept in the finest condition. The
floors are of concrete, though cork or
treated wood block can also be used
II desired. The foundations are car
ried down below frost line to spread
footings which distribute the weight
of the barn Over a large enough area
so that there will. be ne danger Of the
building settling. The concrete walls
are carried about IS inches above
grade and furnish a protection against
rodents or other vermin. They also
aid in keeping the building warm. The
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
Made Teacher In PHILIPPINES.

Parkston.-Myron Brink, a former
Parkston boy and whose parents re-
side here, has received word from
Washington that be has passed the
civil service examination and has been
appointed to the position of teacher
in the Philippines. For the past four
years he has been attending Dakota
Wesleyan at Mitchell. He expects to
sail from Vancouver on May Is.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
Dynamite Cap Injuries Boy.

Hudson.-Harold Rogness. aged IA,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hedge Rogness,
living on a farm neal here, was badly
injured as the result of the explosion
of a dynamite cap. He found the cap,
and not realizing the danger laid it on
a stone and struck it with a hammer
to ascertain if it would explode. The
pieces Of the cap badly lacerated his
face and cut and gashed his hand and
arm in a hundred places. Some of the
pieces OF shell lodged under the skin,
while others slashed the cuticle as
though with a knife. Fortunately his
eyes were not injured.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
Goes to BIackwejps Island.

Mitchell.-Dr. Floyd B. Gillespie, a
Mitchell boy who graduated last week
from the medical school of Creighton
university at Omaha, has been appoint.
ed a member of the internal staff at
the Metropolitan hospital, Blackwell's
Island, New York City. This was an
honor open to 20 graduates of 120 med
zeal schools in the United States.
Metropolitan hospital is the largest in
stitution of it's kind in the country,
having a capacity of 1900 beds.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
GETTING START WITH DUCKS
Demand for Fowls Has Been Built Up
In Large Eastern Cities and on
Pacific Coast.

Don't rush into the duck business
because you have heard Of someone
who has made q pile Of money In rails
ing ducks. Just remember that he
spent years in learning the business
before he ventured tar.
The demand for green ducks (ten
to twelve weeks old has been built up
In the large eastern cities and on the
Pacihc coast. There n very little
demand for such ducks In small citie1
an1 towns.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
A CLERGYMAN DIES.
REv. LOUIS DEcoTTAU WAS BEST
KNOWN INDIAN MINISTER
IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
HAPPENINGS OF The STATE
What 10 Going On Here and There
That 10 Of interest to the Read.
ers Throughout South d.
kota and Vicinity.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Services.
Greenwood.-At the family home on
the Yankton Indian reservation near
here occurred the death of Rev. Louis
DeCoteau, one of the best known of
the Sioux Indian clergymen of South
Dakota. The immediate cause of his
death was hemorrhage Of the lungs.
He had been pastor of a reservation
church for a period Of two or three
years and was greatly esteemed by the
Indians of this vicinity. He was a
member of the Sisseton tribe of Sioux,
and his remains were taken to the
Sisseton Indian reservation for inter.
ment.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
Ground in Fine Shape.

Rapid City.-Crop conditions in the
prairie country east and south of Rap
City are twice as promising as they
were n year ago, when the biggest
crop ever raised in this country was
harvested and marketed. Copious
rains and SHOWS since the middle of
February have put the ground in the
best condition possible and there is
every assurance that another booster
crop will be harvested next fall.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
No Criminal Cases.

Woonsocket.-Because Of the fact
that there are no persons charged with
crimes awaiting trial In Sanborn coun-
ty, for the first time In many years,
the county commissioners p~etitioned
Judge Frank B. Smith. Of the Fourth
circuit. that he order no jurors drown
for the May trem. The commissioners
also called attention to the fact that
the farmers are extremely busy at
the present time putting In their crops,
and that It would be a hardship to
summon them to attend cour as Jurors.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
To War on BootIeuuers,

Rapid City.-Bootleggers and others
who are liable to purvey liquor for
drinking purposes only in Rapid City
are apt to come to grief. Mayor w. E,
Robinson has issued a statement in
which he says that, inasmuch as the
majority of the people are in favor of
a dry city, he is going to e that it is
dry. He has instructed all the police
officers to grab anyone they think
guilty and let the matter go to trial.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
Keeping Bag Open.

When 1t is allied, the sack can be eas-
lily removed.
By the use Of this device n man
can do the work of two and in less
time, with practically no outlay.--Pop-
ular Mechanics.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
To Improve the Roads.

Madison.-Plans are being made for
a good roads bee in Lake county at an
early date in June. The plan is to have
every a~ble-bodied man in the county
donate a days work to the roads. A
superintendent for each mile will be
appointed. Teams, as well as men,
will be asked for. The women of the
county will be asked to provide a pic
mic dinner for the workers on each
mile stretch of the road.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
phxsicians In Session

Sioux FaIls.-April 25 and 26 the
State Homeopathic and the State Ec-
lectic associations bsid a joint meet.
ing in this city which was the twenty.
sixth annual gathering Of the former
organization and the twelfth annual
meeting of the latter society.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
AIdrich Is Winner.

Aberdeen.-In a most bitterly cor.
tested secondary election for mayor,
Alva N. Aldrich, former mayor under
the aldermanic plan, was elected over
the present incumbent, Ed. NJ. Hall,
for a five-year term under the commits.
sion form by a majority of 129.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
Circuit Court Opens

Wheeler.-The most important term
Of circuit court held In Charles Mix
county for a year or two is being held
here, with Judge Trip Of Yankton,
presiding. There are 13 criminal cases
and 81 civil actions to be disposed Of
during the term, which will continue
for the better part of two weeks.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-04
Hills presbvterians Convene.

Sturgis.-The annual convention OF
the Black Hills Presbyterian Mission.
airy society was held in this city, with
a good attendance from all parts Of
the district. Much important business
was transacted during the time the
convention was In session.