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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-31
BEAUTY OF OUR STATE ROADS
Plan of Planting Shade Trees Along
Roadside Is Good One-Decision
of Maryland Court.

The decision of the court of appeals
which confers upon the state board of
forestry regulative power and author
fty in the matter of planting or cutting
and pruning trees along the state high
connection with the latest proposal
to improve the side lines of the state
roads by the planting of forest or fruit
trees. The state road law apparently
in the original draft, contemplated
such a scheme of improvement, says
Baltimore American. While the plant
ing of shade trees is not made man.
datory duty on the state road
commission, there is a clause in the
law that opens the way for such a
plan of Identification.
The state forestry board would per.
haps be the agency through which
such plan could be best realized.
The activities Of the annual arbor
days have not been largely resultful in
the matter of roadside tree planting.
Such a scheme can only be brought
to realization through systematic and
persistently maintained effort. But
the idea is good one and should be
brought to realization even though it
is necessary for the state to invest
some money in the undertaking. Moth.
ing would moro conduce to the beau
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-31
WHEN LINES ARE PROSPEROUS
Means Time of General Welfare for
Practically All Sections of the
Community.

For years / have tried to impress
upon my readers the fact that the
prosperity of the railroads meant the
prosperity Of the whole country, Jas
per writes in Leslie's. was struck by
the extraordinary statement made,
some time ago, by a leading railroad
official to the effect that if the rail
roads were prosperous they would
spend billion dollars year for five
continuous years because of the need
Of requirements, repairs and extern
sions.
See how correct this statement real
ly is. The, railroads suddenly have
found themselves crowded with bust
ness. The sharp cut in expenses they
were compelled to make while earn
ings were declining has placed them
where every penny counts and, as a
result, their increased business is re-
flected in increased profits Now what
are they doing with the first money
they earn? They are putting it into
equipment.
Since the first of the new year the
railroads have ordered 1890 freight
cars, against only $500 during Janu-
airy of 1915, and they are now nego-
tiating for 10000 more cars. The
Pullman company has just taken back
1000 of it's former employees, laid off
because of the lack of orders. This
brings the Pullman employees up
again to more than $1,000
All over this country the railroads
that are making money are spending it
among their million employees, and
these employees are spending the
wages in the stores and the stores are
ordering goods from the factories and
the factories are buying supplies of
raw products from the wool growers
and cotton raisers, so that everybody
is benefited when the railroads are
prosperous.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-31

two great stars shone together, their
exceeding brilliance making the lights
of the other stars ashamed, so that
those two flashed alone from the clear
sky. That was what we saw, and it
was a marvellous thing that we could
see them thus, for one was the great
est star of all, Jupiter, and the other
was the most beautiful of all, Venus,
and Venus was a hundred million
miles from us, and Jupiter five times
as far as from US, and four times as
far from Venus. And still, there they
were, so close together that it seemed
we could have taken them both in one
hand. Five hundred million miles of
beauty and light is very far beyond our
understanding, and 4O0,000,O00 miles
in the space of a hands breadth is
likewise incomprehensible. But we
saw it as simple, perfect thing, two
stars in winter sky. Two stars in
a winter sky-and suddenly we felt a
greatness more vast than 500,000,000
miles, even 500,000,000 miles of beau
ty and light. The snow and the win
ter air and the quiet houses were
part of it. We were part of it. A
flash of the understanding of great
ness is worth many little days and
nights. And the mystery of it was
that we saw the greatest stars as lit
tie things, and thus felt their great
ness and ours and the greatness OF
all things.-EXchange.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-31

Imagines that they are very hardy and
can forage for themselves because
they will eat anything that is placed
in front of them. Hogs will weather
many bad storms and considerable ex-
posure but, if man is raising hogs
for profit and not just to eat up all
the leftover material from the house,
he will protect them and keep them
in good condition. The raising of
hogs is one Of the most profitable
phases of farming if hogs are given or
binary care.
The floor, the foundation, and the
walls up to IS inches above grade are
constructed of concrete and are made
solidly together. This construction
positively protects the building from
being infested with vermin and also
makes it possible to wash down the
floor and the lower part of the walls,
which are the most likely to become
dirty. Another advantage of the walls
extended above grade is that it pro-
tects the hogs from a draft, which is
very important.
The hoghouse is, of course, faced
toward the south, so that the hogs can
have the benefit of all the sunshine
that is available. The windows are
built long and extend from about a
foot or two above the concrete to
within 6 inches of the roof This al
lows the sunshine to penetrate into
the back corners of the house and
keeps the interior in clean, sanitary
condition. More provision should be
made for sunshine in hoghouse than
in any other farm building.
Small doors are placed under the
windows, so that the hogs can come
out during the nice weather. A yard
can be built around the house, as
shown in this illustration, or outside
pens can be made. If the pens are
built they are often made with con-
crete floors, so that they can be cas-
lily kept clean. The concrete for these
floors does not have to be of very good
material, as it can be more easily re.
paired than If made in an expensive
way.
In the construction of the hoghouse
the walls and ceilings are made dou.
BILE, so as to keep the interior warm
and comfortable, The walls are made
Of by studding which is placed on
a sill on the concrete side walls. The
connection between the sill and the
wall must be carefully made so as to
eliminate the possibility of drafts.
The outside of the studding is covered
with siding.
The inside can be finished in several
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-31

The accompanying floor plan and
perspective view show a small hog
house of size that will be suited to
many farm where the raising of hogs
is not the main occupation but is
conducted on smaller basis 1t is
very necessary to have a good winter
house for hogs, whether the business
Of raising them is taken up on small
or larger scale. In spite of all the
fat which they carry around they are
the most sensitive of all the farm ami
mails to cold and exposure
The construction of good hoghouse
does not present many difficulties and
there is, therefore, very little excuse
for farmer who will not build one to
keep his hogs in. The average person
who has had no experience with hogs
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-31
Under the Same Roof.

On the blotting-paper of the writ
ing room in a certain hotel is printed
this suggestion to its guests:
In this house you may meet those
not of your own sort. They may diff
fer from you in nationality, birth, po-
sition, possessions, education or Atm
ity. But we are maintaining here a
small part of the worlds great future
democracy; we ask you, therefore,
courtesy and tolerance for all alike"
Need it be said that the hotel is an
American one and that the author of
the kindly sentiment is a New England
man?-The Outlook.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-31
LARGE Locomotive Order.

The Chicago & Northwestern rail-
road is to spend $1,500,00O for motive
power to be delivered by September
l. 1t has sent out inquiries for rs
freight Mikados, IL passenger, and
% switch and transfer engines.
The Omaha asks bids for ten Mi
kado freight and two passenger en-
glnes. 1t also has $1,000 tons of rails
to be delivered by April /, for the
North Western, and has 10000 tons
for the Omaha ordered last fall
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-31
Back TO Mutton.

John Masefeld the visiting English
poet, told a story of Tennyson the
other day to show how human the real
poet often is. At a dinner the lady
seated next to Tennyson had talked eff
fusively to him about art, literature
and other high themes. Finally Tenny-
son broke his silence by saying; Il
don't like this mutton. 1t ought to
have been cut In hunks!"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-31
Italian State Railways.

The rolling stock of the Italian
state railways at the close of the tis-
cal year 1912, included 4,971 steam
locomotives, so electric locomotives,
10,O37 passenger coaches, 92,927
freight cars, 1871 baggage and postal
cars and 1898 work and repair cars.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-31
WONDER OF THE UNIVERSE
Great Mystery Is Something That the
Human Mind Feels at a Loss in
Contemplation.

The mystery of it is, perhaps, that
things so great can be made small
enough for our vision, and that, even
as they are made small for our vision
they can impart the sense of theil
greatness to us. We saw only thai
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-31
Using the Drag.

The drag should be light and should
be drawn over the road at an anglo of
about As degrees. The driver should
ride On the drag and should not drive
faster than walk. One or two round
trips, the first straddling the wheel
tracks, is usually sufficient to fill the
ruts and smooth the surface. If neces-
sary, the road should be dragged after
every bad spell of weather, when the
soil is in proper condition to puddle
we'll and still not adhere to the drag
II the road is very had it may be
dragged when very wet and again
when it begins to dry out. A few trips
over the road will give the operator
an idea as to the best time to drag.
Drag at all seasons but do not drag
a dry road.
The side slope or crown of an
earth road should be about one inch
to the foot. II the crown becomes too
high it may be reduced by dragging
toward the ditch instead OF from it.
If the drag cuts too much, the hitch
should be shortened ard the driver
should change his position en- the drag.
IL it is necessary to protect the face
Of the drag with strip of iron, it
should be placed flush with the edge
of the drag and not projecting. A
cutting edge snould be avoided as the
paiu object CT the drag is to move but
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-31
Small RoyhouSe Which Win
Quickly Pay for Itself in
Benefit to the Stock.
MATTER OF BUSINESS SENSE
Hogs Need Protection From Bad
Weather if Their Raising Is to Be
Profitable - This Building
Meets Every Requirement
for the Animals.
BY WILLIAM A. RAOFORD.

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
the readers of this paper. On account of
his wide experience as Editor. Author and
Manufacturer, he is. without doubt. the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all inquiries to William A. Rad
ford, No. 1897 Prairie avenue, Chicago,
Ill, and only inclose two-cent stamp for
reply.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-31
Electrical Power Best.

The change to electric power on
Sweden's most northerly railroad in
the world has increased the tram ca
pacity 40 per cent, and the speed so
per cent over steam operation.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-31
Extend Spanish Lines.

A great number of short railways
are in the course of construction in
Spain These will act as feeders to
the main lines.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-31

which packs very hard so that the
next rain, instead of finding ruts and
expressions in which to collect, runs
off, leaving the surface but little af-
fected
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-31

small amount of the damp soil which
is smeared over the surface of the
road
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-11-03
Two Die At Big Stone Of Infant
Plague.

Two deaths, the. first death
due to infantile paralysis in the
vicinity of Big Stone City, have
occurred within the past week
according to word received here
to day. The victims were a sis
terand brother, Ruth Hall. 20
years, a school teacher, who died
Monday of this week. and Lester
Hall ,1S years, who died Saturday
Lester Hall became i'll Friday
of last week and died Saturday
while his sister was taken i'll
Thursday and died Monday.
The parents will live upon a
diary farm in the vicinity of Big
Stone City. No other cases have
been reported, it is said.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-11-03
Warden State Pen Commits Suicide

Ole S. Swanson, warden of the
state penitentitiary, was found dead
Sunday with a bullet through his
head. III health and despondency
is thought to be responsible for the
rash deed. Sunday afternoon
Swanson's son, Ernest, found the
dead body of his father in the pen
itentiary Office. witha pistol lying
beside it. A bullet hole through
the head evidenced the manner IN
which he had met his death. No
commotion nor the report of the
pistol had been heard by inmates
of the prison so the exact time of
the suicide is not known.
Swenson who was born in Nor
way, cameto Minnesota at the age
of IL and lived in Nicollett county
until 1880 when he came to Sioux
Falls. He has held several political
positions, including that of trea-
surer of Minnehaha county and
chairman of the republican county
central committee. In May 1901 he
was appointed warden of the state
penitentiary by Gov. G. N. Herreid
Swenson was prominent men,
Der of the Masonic lodge and we'll
known throughout the state. He
has been in i'll health for some time
and this is believed to have been
the cause for his suicide,
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-11-03
OBITUARY OF
ALONZO BURCH
Was Old Soldier and a Pic.
neer of Dakota.

After prolonged illness of
about seven months, Alonzo Burch
a pioneer resident living three miles
south Of Claire City was called to
his inal resting place on Wednes-
day evening, October 18th. Mr..
Burch had been suffering with can
Ger of the mouth for many years
and last May was confined to his
bed where he spent the majority
Of the time until death came to re-
lieve him of his suffering.
Mr.. Burch was veteran of the
Civil war aud one of the early set
tiers in Lien Township having
homesteaded there in 1891.
Deceased was born in Michigan
on December 18th. He moved from
there to Morristown. Rice County
Minnesota where he was joined in
marriage to Miss Idel Harmon.
Eleven children were born to this
happy union. seven Of them still
living to mourn the loss of their be
loved father.
Funeral services were held at
the house on Saturday afternoon
by Rev. Christensen and the re.
mains laid to rest beside those oi
Mrs. Burch who died about three
years ago. Old soldiers acted as
pail bearers aud carried the remain.
of their beloved comrade to his lasi
resting place.
Deceased was prosperous farm
er and good citizen and although
his death has been expected for tn,
past month. it has cast shadow o
sorrow over the entire community.
claire City Press.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-11-03

1t appears that Amendment No y.
3 which the democrats are knock
ing isa just amendment and the
ones who are working against it
are the big corporations, express
companies, and such companies
who are trying to avoid income
taxes. With this amendment in
effect it would mean classification
of taxable property. One instance
would mean that the speculator
would have to pay more taxes on
his unimproved lands and the farm
er pay the same amount but less
taxes OH his improvements.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-11-03
TAX COMMISSION WRITES

II is being claimed that the pro-
posed Tax Amendment. Number 5
OH the Long Ballot, proposes 10
Allow custodians of public money
to speculate with it," because pres
ent section II is dropped from the
amendment. The omitted section
reads:
The making of profit directly
out Of state, county, city. town or
school district money or using the
same for any purpose not author
lied by law, shall be deemed Z
felony and shall he punished Is
provided by law"
The Tax Commission on in its
first publication on Tax Reform"
stated in this connection: The
present section (ll) is dropped for
the reason that the subject is purely
a legislative proposition, and is very
thoroughly covered at this time by
statute. Not proper subject for
constitutional treatment"
The opposition goes far in its
efforts to unduly alarm the voters
SO we repeat our former statement.
adding to its strength, II possible,
by the following
ADDITIONAL STATEMENT
Section 224l of the Political
Code is the most radical and se-
we're measure covering the misuse
of public funds to be found on the
statute books Of any state in the
Union. No Legislature will ever
dare make statute inffectual. This
statute Goes not depend ON the
constitutional provision in question
for its support. This section is
useless.
In this connection we call atten.
tion to the fact that there are no
constitutional provisions covering
the offenses Of offering bribe to
a judge. aiding persons to escape
from the penitentiary, conspiracy,
kidnapping, rape or seduction aud
many other statutory offenses.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-11-03
Held GOOD
CONVENTION
Mrs. Bassett Writes of R. N.
Convention.

The 4th Annual Meeting of the
Roberts and Grant Co.'S X. N. A.
Convention met at the K. of Pithi-
es Hall Tuesday, Oct. "a, 1916.
With large attendance all camps
were we'll represented except Mar
vim. Meeting called to order by
Pres. Ross Seating of officers by
Sisseton was done beautifully and
was critized and approved by Neid-
bor Moran Estate Supervising De.
putty of Watertown.
The Address of Welcome given
by Pres. Ross was very impressive
and dealt with number of the
problems we were in need of. We
were glad to be welcomed by one
SD ready to see aud respond to our
need.
The response by neighbor Jud-
kins was enjoyed by all. We are
glad to hear one so willingly and
ready to add their words of good
cheer. the advice given should not
be passed over lightly.
Exemplification of Pass word by
Milbank was instructive and well
done.
Next i'll order was Ballot March
by Milbank. As each and every
one is looking for instructions. We
were pleased to have this put on
the second time. Discussion on
Balloting, How to cast the Ballot
was brot out i'll very pleasing
way by Neighbor Houde.
Motion to adjourn until 7:3C
wasin order.
The evening session was opened
by Pres. Ross. She was asked to
deliver the Address of Welcome
the second time. As many were
not present i'll the afternoon.
Neighbor Judkins responded in
her very pleasing way relating
some of the bye cones Also tell
ing of the tie that has bound us to.
gether, and of the pleasure of hav.
ing neighbor Moran with us and
that South Dakota had so fine a
woman representing them in this
their fraternal Order, The Roy.
al Neighbor of America.
The evening program was car
ried out as only deep study and
patience could do, and we were
each and every one pleased with
the time spent at this, Our best
Convention.
We must not forget to add in
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-11-03
Gasoline Measure Defr.ud

Many complaints have been
made to the state oil inspector
that gasoline vending machines
in the state are giving short
measure. The inspector says
he is powerl.ss under the law to
prevent it. Quality of gasoline
sold also has met objection and
tests have shown that fluid of a
lover specific gravity than that
furnished by law is being sold.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-11-03
Republican Rally

A Republican Rally will be held
in the Opera House at Sisseton
Monday night Nov. 4th at 500
p. m. Mr.. Marvick will explain
the Amendments, and Mr.. Jorgen-
son will give his now famous talk
OIL National Issues.
We expect to have double male
quartette to furnish the music.
Rep. Central Committee
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-11-03

"A joint resolution proposing
and agreeing to an amendment
of the constitution of the State
of South Dakota, and to he known
as Article XXIV of said Consti-
tuition, relating to the prohibition
of the Intoxicating liquor traffic,
and submitting the same to the
vote of the people.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-11-03
Shot Any Of Thi. Kind?

If you kill or capture wild duck
bearing an aluminium band around
one leg. having number ON one
side, and on the other statement
requesting that the United States
department of agriculture or the
biological survey, be notified, you
are requested to send this band at
once to the bureau of biological
survey, department of agriculture,
Washington, D. G. This band if
accompanied by statement as to
date place aud circumstances under
which the bird was taken, will be
of service to the survey in it's efforts
to determine the splongrevity of in
dividual ducks and the routes of
migration of the species. The bands
are being attached to considerable
numbers of wild ducks of several
species which have been cured of
the duck sickhess prevalent around
Great Salt Lake, Utah and then
released. The department is par
ticularly anxious is secure reports
from these birds to determine their
complete recovery from this malady
which has killed hundreds of
thousands of ducks in Utah.
The candidate for county COM
missioner from the fifth district
is our present commissioner.
Harry Granbois. He has made
a splendid record during his ten
ure of office and has always look
ed carefully after the interests
of his own district. The present
great road building campaign i'm
this county is due largely to his
efforts, and as a result Roberts
county will eventually have sys-
tenn of public highways second
to none i'm the state. New Effing-
ton Record.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1916-11-03
M'Keevcr Saves Wife

The presence of mind display
ed by John II. Mc'Keever, editor
of the A b e + d cen American
saved his wife, a bride of fifteen
minutes, from death by fire.
Her bridal veil swung across the
ia tier as she turned to
greet friend and caught fire
from the candles. The guests
were not aware of the accident
before Mr. Mc'Keever had Jump
ed behind his wife and torn the
veil from her head smothered
the flames in his gloved hands.
The blaze slightly singed Mrs.
Nc 'Keever hair and ruined the
veil, but otherwise did no dam
age to either bride or groom.
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