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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-08-30

and only n trip in each direction was
necessary. Where more trips of the
drag were required the rate was, Of
course, correspondingly diminished.
In this way county teams with driv-
ers cost from $3.50 to SIS per working
day of from 8 to 10 hours, and the
cost per mile for dragging a road In
one trip showed a corresponding varia-
ton. The number of draggings neces-
sary per year varied over q wide range
and depended on the length Of time
the road had been constructed and the
character of the material composing
the road.
The average cost per mile of drag
ging IN earth road 8 miles long In
Alexandria county, Virginia, during
1911 and 1912 was $1.25 for each drag
ging, which included an average Of
three round trips, and the total number
Of %draggings necessary to maintain the
road in good condition vas "a per year,
making the average cost for dragging
$50 per mile per year. This road was
maintained as an experiment by the
Office Of public roads and rural en-
cheering.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-08-30

evolution. 1t has been with us for many years,
but the older members Of the family. though big
in stature, were extremely awkward, had many
Ills and didn't believe in efficiency. They were
very impressive to look at, but when the farmer
bought one he usually found that it made the
most durable impression upon the ground. 1t was
n better staller than a politician.
Through education, however, it was developed
into a finer thing. 1t lost a lot of its awkwardness
with its size and gained in strength and fexibility.
Its groans were converted into action. 1t began
to wear new shoes, and when a mudhole or a
gully confronted 1t, instead of putting and snorting
and marking time, as the older ones did, it rolled
on through the soft spots, or climbed out of the
bitches. Its new revolving track shoes could go
anywhere, and it did. The latest proof of this is
seen in the reports from the European battle
fields. where the armored tanks" are walking
over all obstacles. 1t is said on reliable authori-
ty that these tanks are built upon a foundation
of nm American type Of tractor.
1t is in orchard work that the tractor has won
Its way into the hearts Of many owners. In q
well-managed orchard 1t is necessary to pillow up
the soil as close to the trees as possible. With a
team and the old-fashioned pillow, it is impossible
to cut corners and reach little out-of-the-way
hooks. but not so with the tractor. 1t can turn
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-08-30

around like n whirling dervisl ami can come
close enough to a tree or the fence to caress but
not offend 1t. A favorite trick of one make Of a
California tractor is to turn completely around
on an ordinary railroad flat car. When one con.
elders the width of these cars the feat Is n re-
markable one. If all else fails, the machine
can get u job in a circus as a contortionist.
One of the odd uses to which tractors are put
is that of clearing land for cultivation. On the
virgin fields of Canada the ranchers found the
new land to be thickly covered with tough brush
and young trees, forming a dense mat, to clear
which by hand seemed a formidable task. A
tractor owner rugged up a sort of summer snow
pillow" made of two sharp blades at the bottom
and a number Of steel rods placed horizontally
over n V-slaped frame that ran to a height Of
four or five feet. BY fastening this contrivance
to the front of his tractor, and by bucking the
forest growth as he would n snowdrift, the brush
was cut off close to the ground and thrown to
one side and burned. Later the same tractor
went over the ground with a .%gangplow and
cut out all the roots and turned up the soil for
planting.
The tractor on the farm has come to stay, and
the up-to-date farmer will find it as hard to get
along without one as a wife. and much easier to
get along with.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-08-30
COMFORTABLE HOGS
MAKE LARGE GAINS
No Farm Animal Suffers as Much
From Extremes of Heat and
CoId-Provide Shade.

Farm animals must be comfortable
in order that they do as we'll as pos
sible. This is especially true Of swine,
since no farm animal suffers as much
from extremes Of heat and cold as the
hog. Most men prefer to feed hogs in
the spring and fall, for they say the
hogs gain more ut these times on the
same feeds than during. summer and
winter. This is perhaps in a large
measure true only because they are
more comfortable.
L. A. Weaver Of the University of
Missouri college Of agriculture men,
tons some Of the things which may he
done to make fattening hogs comfort
able:
1. Provide adequate shade. If the
hog lot does not contain plenty of ma
tural shade, then artificial shade
should be supplied. Hog cots, made
so as to have at least one removable
side, would be good to use at this
time, or shade may be made by setting
four ordinary fence posts so that they
may be covered with planks or canvas.
2. Provide plenty Of pure drinking
water. This may be cheaply and sat-
isfactorily done with a barrel waterer.
If an adequate supply cannot be had
otherwise. Two or three pounds of wa
ter are stored in the animal body for
every pound Of muscle added, hence
the necessity and economy of furnish
ing plenty Of water to drink. Most
feeders realize the Importance of sup
plying plenty of drinking water, but it
oftentimes is an easy thing to neglect.
Some think if they are feeding slop
that enough water is supplied. The
water in the slop, Of course, helps to
supply the water requirement, but the
hogs should have access to additional
water.
8. Keep pools or wallows clean.
Clean pools or wallows keep the hogs
comfortable, permitting rapid and eco-
nomic gains. This does not meaa,
however, that any kind of a wallow
is good, for water which is stagnant
and filthy may keep the hogs cool, but
the evil results from unsanitary con-
ditions may more than overbalance
the good derived from the protection
from heat.
4. Keep hogs free from lice, by dip
ping, spraying or by putting hog dip in
wallows.
5. Keep sleeping quarters free from
dust, which irritates bronchial tubes.
lungs and other organs. This may be
done by spraying with crude oil. No
hog can thrive IL it is continually
coughing and wheeling.
6. Keep hogs free from worms. Re-
cipes of some good worm remedies
may be found in Agricultural Exten-
sion Service, Circular II, Columbia,
Mo.
The foregoing measures are not usu-
ally expensive, but they are essential
for maximum gains.
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COMFORTABLE NEST FOR HEN
Late sitters Should Be Put In Cool,
Shaded Place-Do Not Leave
Them In Hen House.

In setting hens for late hatcnes,
give them a shaded. cool, comfortable
nest. Don't leave them in the chick
en- house. A nest followed out Of the
ground under a shady tree 70 ideal
Shelter them from the rain.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-08-30
EEZ0 NOOK

The gasoline horse is rapidly
"revolutiOnizing American
agriculture: Robert H. Moul-
ton describes for our readers
some of the wonders per-
formed by the mechanical
hired hand on our broad acres
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-08-30

He farmer took to the autOmO-
bile as he does to a circus. Old
DObbins of the buggy has long
since been smotllered by the
exhaust from the four-cylinder
gas vehicles. and now he is be-
ing ousted from his old and
ardu0us vocation Of blowing
and harvesting. If it were not
for the welcoming arms Of the
belligerent war buyers, there
would be no one to love or
cherish our black beauties.
and, like poor relations, they
would have to survive on the
husks. Farming has ever been
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-23
$50 LAWSUIT OVER
RUNAWAY HORSE
John Krenzler Buys Steed for 500
and Then Brings Action to Re.
cover Damages from Phillip
Purpur.

A suit over a horse deal will be
tried before County Justice OF the
Peace Phil Mclaughlin this evening.
The plaintiff is John Krenzler and the
defendant Is Phillip Purpur, from,
whom Krenzler recently purchased
the horse for 500. Krenzler alleges
that the horse is a runaway and an
unsafe animal to drive. He ia suing
to recover $3.50 damages, the extra
$50 being for grief Of mind" At
torney o. B. Burtness s~represents the
plaintiff and Attorney ]. B. Wineman
is counsel for the defendant.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-23
FINE CONDITIONS FOR
BUMPER CROP EXIST

Although the spring has been back
ward in North Dakota, conditions now
point to the fact that the state will
have a fine crop this fall. >Informa-
ton from several points in the state
go to show that the wheat is practic-
ally in and that more land in certain
parts will be seeded to flax.
j. r. Waters, state examiner. who
has Just returned to Bismarck from
q several weeks' stay in Iowa, reports
that the. season is as far advanced in
North Dakota as 1t is in Minnesota
and Iowa. He stated that fruit trees
are just budding in states in which
they should be in blossom at his time
Of the year under ordinary conditions.
Farmers in Iowa have just begun
seeding corn. which also is in pro-
gress in parts of this state, according
to Mr.. waters.
At Grafton seeding Of the smaller
weather the past week has given the
grain a fine chance to sprout. Farm
ers in that section Of the valley
state, however, say that a little cooler
weather would be preferable. as the
grain would hen have a better chance
to root.
At Deering 1t is reported that gen.
never been better. All grain vas
sown early. and with plenty of moist
ure in the ground. h grain is MAX
ing a good growth. The warm wealth.
er Of the past two weeks has been
just what was needed and with favor
able conditions the rest of the season,
this section of the state can expect a
bumper crop. Some farmers in this
district are planting oats and more
flax than have ever before been plant
ed.
In the Bantry country. wheat and
rye is In a most healthy condition.
The ground appears to be dry on top,
but just under the surface there is
ers, to give all the grain that is plant
ed a frst-class start. Several sections
Of peH soil are being broken this year
and 1t Is expected that a large amount
Of fax will be planted.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-23

Until June 1, will sell all hair goods
at half price,. The Elite Hair Store,
319 Kittson ave.-Adv.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-23
STUDENT NURSE IS
CLAIMED BY A
Kathleen McAuley Of Grafton Passes
Away from Acute Bright's DIS
ease After Illness of One Week.

Miss Kathleen McAuley, % year.
old, student nurses at St. Michaels
hospital, died this morning at $3.50
o'clock from acute Bright's disease,
having been i'll for just one week.
Miss McAuley's home was at Graf
ton. where her mother lives. The fer
ther Is dead. Relatives at Grafton
have been notified and the body will
in all probability be sent to that city
for burial.
For the past year Miss McAuley has
been attending the hospital as a stu
dent nurse, and was quite we'll known
in this city.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-23

Arithmetic. physiology, civics. or
typography and agriculture .examina-
lions will be given on Thursday, and
on the following day, geography, read
Ing. grammar and history are the sub
jects on which pupils will write.
The examinations, which for the
successful participants mark the
close Of the grammar school work, are
being conducted on these dates in va.
rious schools through the state. Pa.
pers averaging more than $50 are tc
be sent by county and city superin-
tendents to the state examiner at the
university, who will issue state certih.
Gates to those Of passing grade.
Herald Want Ads Bring Results.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-23

independent Ice Co.-47.LrPrices
right best service guaranteed-Adv.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-23

Special Rates for Ice-Order today.
Independent Ice Co.-47-L-Adv.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-23
ELEVATOR
FOR M'cANNA, N. D.

P. P. Engh. prominent banker. and
]. G. McWtlliams and Andrew Jorgen-
son, Of McCanpa, N. D., are in Grand
Forks today attending to business
matters in connection with the or
~ganization Of the Farmers Elevator
company of McCanna. They are ne
gotiating particularly for the purchase
of q site for the elevator.
The company plans on putting up
q large. full-equtpped modern ele-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-23

Ice, Ice, Ice-Phone US today and
get our new arrangement for ice de.
~liveries. Grand Forks Ice & Fuel Co
Phone 447.-Adv.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-23

Committee Meets-The Decoration
day committee of the Commercial
club held a memeting this noon and
made further arrangements for the
observance Of the national holiday In
this city on May 80.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-23

Herald Want Ads Bring Results.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-23

Malone to Bemidji-James Malone.
member of the editorial staff Of the
Grand Forks Herald, left last evening
on a visit of a few dayss with rela-
tives at Bemidjl, MINI.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-23
EIGHTH GRADE
EXAMS TOMORROW
Finals to b Conducted 1t Courthouse
and tn Villages Of County Thurs
day ana Friday.

4xaminations for the eighth grades
. tal ! CITY ana the villages Of Grand
state board Of education Of North pa
kota. through the office Of county
superintendent Of schools, NJ. Beatrice
yohnseone. at the court house, Thurs
day and Friday.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-23

We Have storage room for a few
more cars. Reasonable rates. First
class service. General Motor Sales
Co.. University at Fourth street
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There comes into Roses life
a new crisis which means more
hard work and much worry. The
next instalIment covers import Z.
ant developments in the story.
(TO BE CONTINUED
Luminous Eyes.

Cats among mammals, and owls
among birds, says w. Fl. Hudson in his
book idle Daysi in Patagonia" are the
most highly favored of any creatures
in the matter of luminous eyes. 'The
feline eyes, as of puma or wildcat,
blazing with wrath, sometimes affect
one like an electric shock; but for in
tense brilliance the yellow globes of
the owl are unparalleled" Mr.. Hud-
son asserts that nature has done COM
paratively little for the human eye
either in these terrifying splendors or
in beauty. He says that in Brazil he
was greatly impressed with the mag
nificent appearance of many of the ne
gro women; but that If they had only
possessed the sgolden irides" of GER
tain intensely black tropical birds
their unique loveliness" would have
been complete.-Outlook.
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PRACTICE OF SWIMMING MILK
To Secure Best Results 1t is Best to
Skim and Milk and Churn Cream,
Says Clemson.

Experience has shown that in gen.
eral practice the churning of whole
milk results in butter of poorer fat
In the buttermilk than if cream is
churned, says Clemson Agricultural
college of South Carolina. 1t is there
fore best to skim the milk and churn
the cream. The best way to skim the
milk is by means of separator. A
farmer who has only two or three
cows, but no separator, may put the
milk into deep, narrow cans (shotgun
cans) and set them in cold water, and
when the cream rises it can be re-
moved with shallow spoon. Where
this system is used it usually takes
about II to Is hours for all the cream
to rise. Care should be taken to keep
the milk cold, in order to make the
cream rise rapidly. The old method
of setting the milk in shallow pans
should not be used, as the cream does
not rise so completely as when set in
deep cans in cold water; furthermore,
the quality of the cream is not so good
and there are more vessels to wash
and care for.
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DESTROYING ODORS AND EUGs
Fresh Air and Sunshine Is Death to
Both-PIace Utensils Where Sun
Will Strike Them.

Fresh air and sunshine being death
both to odors and to ''bugs," there is
close relationship between clean
milk and summing of milk utensils.
Do not stopper the cans when setting
them out to sun. Let the air work
In and out. Choose a place to set
them where the sun shines upon them
most directly. Turn them bottom
side up to keep dust out of them more
effectively-and possibly rain. Nature
will then do her share toward freeing
the milk can from taint. She will ma
terially lessen the number Of bacteria
hiding within.
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SUMMER DISEASE OF CATTLE
"Pinkeye" Is Especially Troublesome
During Hot NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Results in Blindness.

"Pinkeye'' of cattle is a common
disease, especially during summer
months, and sometimes results in total
blindness. 1t is undoubtedly infee-
tious, and is believed to spread from
one animal to another through the
medium of flies. The disease runs its
course in ten days or two weeks, af-
fecting one or both eyes.
A profuse flowing of tears is the
first evidence of the attack. The ami
NAL keeps the eye constantly closed,
for it is very sensitive to light. Grad
ually a film seems to form over the
eye and the ball becomes clouded.
Care at this time is very necessary
and may save the animal from blind
ness. Confinement in a comfortable
stall with all light excluded is the
best. Laxative food will put the ami
NAL in good condition to ward off
complications. If flies are allowed to
irritate the sore eyes they will prob
ably spread the infection to other ami
mails.
Bathing the eyes In strong solu-
tion of boric acid is treatment cas-
lily applied and generally effective. A
better method is to place few drops
of the following mixture in the eyes
with dropper: One-half grain of
zinc sulphate, ten grams of boric acid
and one ounce of distilled water.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
A Business Proposition.

Buzzing around in the back Of John
Galbraith's mind was an unworded
protest against the way Rose had just
killed her own beauty, with a thick
white veil, so nearly Opaque that all it
let him see of her face was an inter-
mittent CLEAN Of her eyes. The bust
ness between them was over, and
all she was waiting for was a word
Of dismissal, to nod him a fare
well and go swinging away down the
avenue. Still he didn't speak, and she
moved little restlessly.s At last:
''Do you mind crossing the streetT'
he asked abruptly. "Then we can talk
as we walk along" She must have
hesitated, because he added, 'sIt's too
cold to stand here"
"Of course" she said then. All that
had made her hesitate was har sur
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swered, was sort of exaggerated mat.
ter-of-factness. II could design the
costumes and pick out the materials, y
she said, 'but we'd have to get good
sewing woman-perhaps more than
one-to get them DONE"
He wasn't greatly surprised. Per-
haps the notion that she might suggest
something of the sort was responsible
for the tentative, dubious way in which
he had said he supposed it couldn't
be done. O.
you've had-experience in design
ing gowns, have your" Galbraith
asked.
"Only for myself" she admitted.
"But I know I can do that part Of it.
I'm not good at sewing, though"-she
reverted to the other part of the plan.
"Td have to have somebody awfully
good, who'd do exactly what I told
her."
"Oh, that can be managed" he said
a little absently, and at the end of
silence which lasted while they walked
WAoiC oiOSh. was just uS SuTluS out
a way to work It," he said, explaining
his silence. Il shall tell Goldsmith and
Block (Block was the junior partner
in the enterprise) that I've got hold
of costumer who agrees to deliver
twelve costumes satisfactory to me, at
an average OF, say, twenty per cent
less than the ones Mrs. Goldsmith
nicked out. II they aren't satisfactory. |
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prise over his having made request
instead of giving an order.
do you think you'll be able to con-
vince Mrs. Goldsmith" she asked,
as they walked down the east side of
the avenue together, "that her gowns
don't look well on the stage?"
Probably not" he said. "No, she
won't be convinced, and If 1 know
Goldsmith, he'll say his wife's taste is
good enough for him. So If we want a
change, we've fight on our hands,"
The way he had unconsciously
phrased that sentence startled him a
little.
"The question is," he went on,
whether they're worth making a fight
about. Are they as bad as I think
they are?"
"Oh, yes" said Rose. "They're dow
dy and fourth-class and ridiculous. OF
course don't know how many people
IN the audience would know that"
"And I don't care" said John CAL
braith, with flash Of intensity that
made her look around at him. That's
not consideration I'll give any weight
to. When put production under my
name, it's the best can make with
what I've got. When I have to take
a cynical view and try to get by with
bad work because most of the people
out in front won't know the difference,
I'll go out to my little farm on Long
Island and raise garden truck"
There was another momentary 81
lence, for the girl made no comment
at all on this statement of his credo.
But he felt sure, somehow, that she
understood it, and presently he went
on speaking.
"Would it be possible, do you think,
to get better gowns that would also
be cheaper? That argument would
bring Goldsmith around in hurry. It's
ridiculous, of course, but that's the
trouble with making a production for
amateurs. You spend more time fight
ing them than you do producing the
show"
II don't believe" said Rose, "that
you could get better ready-made cos
tunes lot cheaper; the two or three
we might be able to find wouldn't help
us much"
"And l suppose" he said obviously,
ft's out of the question getting them
any other way than ready made; that
is, and cheaper, too."
The only sign of excitement there
was in the girls voice when she an
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Woman Landscape Gardener Succeeds.

Miss Mabel Keyes Babcock, for four
years in charge Of the department of
horticulture and landscape architec-
ture at Wellesley college, has been
chosen to design the great formal gar
den which is to be feature OF the
new residence Of the president of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
at Boston, and which is to be an i'm
pressive detail of the magnificent new
installation Of that institution. Miss
Babcock is one Of the most distin-
guished landscape gardeners Of her sex
in the country, and she has done no.
table work in landscape effects for the
Wellesley grounds, for several great
estates in Chicago and also In greater
Boston.