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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1917-06-16
FOR SALE

FOR SALE
Iwenty-one acre farm partly
in the Corporation of St. Mar
tinville at a very reasonable
price, will make terms to suit.
Laizaire Bienvenu,
Real Estate Agent.
We do all kinds OF Printing
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
PARADISE FOR GAME HUNTERS
PRAIRIE CHICKEN, GROUSE. DUCK
AND GEESE ARE PLENTIFUL.
Deer Protected Until 1920 and Beaver
and otter acknowledgements
Get Many Mink and Muskrat.

North Dakota is swarming witt
game OF various kinds and is a yer
liable paradise for the sportsman-pro
vided he is real sportsman aid obeys
the laws. For the state, like most
others. is now awake to the fact that
game is easily exterminated and pro
tects Its own most stringently.
In 1915 there was new codificatiou
OF the game laws by which the legal
bag OF ducks was reduced from 25 to
IL and various changes were made
to conform to the federal laws. The
example of Pennsylvania was followed
by the insertion of provision forbid.
ding any alien to own or carry a gun,
and number Of game refugees were
established. More of these sanctuaries
will be set apart later.
For four years no Spring shooting
OF game birds has been allowed, and
the result already is seen in the great
increase in the number of geese and
ducks. The present legislature doubt.
less will be asked to pass other pro.
tective measures, among them bein9
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
Land Values Going Up.

Now that homestead areas are prac
tically exhausted and the public do
main rapidly coming into private own.
ership. land values are bound to tend
steadily upward. The time to secure q
home while lanG in the state is still
comparatively cheap cannot long be
postponed. Land values are constant
ly rising here as in the middle states.
These lands will continue to rise In
value.
The time is near at hand, however
when many OF the large farms will
be broken up into comparatively small
farms in order to comply with the de.
mands OF modern scientic farming
methods. This will afford opportuni.
ties for 'landless" families to secure
home of moderate size, but upon which
a good living can be made and a fair
surplus set aside annually to meet
the needs of old age.
One of the most favorable things
that can be said for the state is the
fact that those who have been here
longest a.e the most enthusiastic ad.
mirers of the natural conditions that
prevail. For every drawback" they
find several Offsets and meet every ad.
verse argument with conclusive evi
dence that Nature wisely provided the
soil with climatic conditions exactly
sGiued to make the Northwest the
br cad basket" of the world.
North Dakotaps are Convinced oI
this because their faith is founded up
on actual experience They are Iowa
to the state because they apr-eciats
what Nature has done for it, and arr
| willing e devote one week each veal
| in giving to the outside world a knowl
edge of the boundless resources of tn,
F, commonwealth
The state extends a welcome to tn,
| thousands of landless families else
| where, with assurance that honest la
Dor will be rewarded and reasonable
| ambitions may be gratified.
The immigrant will find good schools
good soil and good neighbors. He ais,
will find church facilities regardless O
his denomnational preferences.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24

Then livestock for dairy products as
well as for beef are being introduced
In growing numbers, all of which dem
onstrates the waning Of pioneer and
the ushering in of scientific methods
of farm management
The Agricultural College with it's
Experiment Stations and Extension de-
partments has contributed largely
toward improving farming methods.
No state has more up-to-date edu-
cational system nor citizenship more
devoted to child welfare than those OF
our commonwealth. Few states IL any
have as large permanent school fund
as North Dakota and perhaps no other
state eXpends as large sum of money
per capita for educational purposes
More than three hundred consolidated
schools indicate the interest taken in
and the support that is given to the
rural and village schools.
Advantages Of the Weather.
The most serious objections urged
against this state by the uniformed
. are TO its cold winters and limited
rainfall. To the initiated, however
these are considered favorable condi.
tions. The precipitation occurs mainly
during the growing season and is am.
pie. where moisture conservation is
practiceG by means of special tillage
to insure crop with greater certain.
ty than where the rainfall is excessive
Moreover, the special tillage required
to conserve moisture involves no more
abor than soil should receive in any
country where intensive cultivation il
practiced.
I The cold and somewhat protracte ed
winters CONCEAL the conserved mois
ture and hold it intact until the crops
| need 1t in the spring following
While the winters do average cold
yet the Gryness OF the atmosphere
| makes the cold even more tolerablt
than the chill that is experienced ir
the more humid atmosphere of lati
| tudes where the thermometer ranges
| higher during the winter months.
There is no question but that the
extreme fertility of the Northwestern
prairies is due to limited precipitation
and the fact that only a negligible
amount Of evaporation occurs durins
the winter months. For where rainfall
IS superintendent a large amount o,
available fertility is taken up In solu
tion and carried away in the run on ;
which fertility must be restored agail
In the form of costly commercial fer
lilizers. This does not occur In North
Dakota and accounts for the fertilit,
OF her virgin soils and their wearin
qualities when under cultivation.
In other words the chief objection
the uninformed urge against the stat
are among its most valued assets q
understood by tie experienced.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24

growth, bat owing to t,tr gre,, vh..
crop harvested in the spasnr q, ,s,i
there was a receding in dairy artha /
asm to some extent.
The time has arri, ed bovero.
says the commissions, whom .ba =.
erage farmer is favurahh jpcI;na
toward keeping sufficient nnwhsr !,
cows as safeguard in the event =, /,
crop failure. MANY farmers arc 4 :.
posing Of the cows found To hs -,
profitable and are investing in M, ,
bred and high grade dair, animals
Our farmers need to learn martin
larry to care for the COWS during N.
summer months. A goody number :,
dairy farmers are now provided Wit.
silOs and. with the heavy increase !,
the acreage OF alfalfa. our farmers VII,
be well supplied with feed for the win
ter time. Therefore We NAV soo,
look to this state to furnish the besyt
est production of butterfat during II,
winter season"
From the dairy products Of the stat,
during the fiscal year ending June 4,
1916, the producers received the sun
Of 35.277,770.61, and there is every re,
son to believe that this total will b
considerably increased in the year end
Ing June 30, 1917. The number ,
cows milking during the year was 22l
s22.
There are IS licensed creameries i
the state.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
WHY NORTH DAKOTA
IS ( GREAT STATE
NONE OFFERS BETTER CHANCE
TO MAN or LIMITED MEANS.
CROPS ALWAYS PROFITABLE {
Weather Conditions Considered Most
Favorable by Those Who Know
Values Of the Farming Lands
Moving Upward.
By J. n. Worst.

First impressions OF new country
are not always favorable. But few
OF the old timers were even at first
favorably impressed but after they be
came acquainted with the peculiarities
OF soil. climate and with each other,
with few exceptions they came to look
upon North Dakota not only with favor
but with pride For no state offers
better opportunities for the man OF
limited means to become independent
and now here will labor and intelligent
planning insure better results.
1t is a common saying that every
country has its advantages and disad.
yantages. North Dakota is no excep.
ton. IL is a matter OF common OBJ
sers alton. however, that the advan.
tages and disadvantages OF countries
average with each other. What our
commonwealth lacks In winter bloom.
ing flowers and out door bathing facil.
tiles il more than makes up in its pro,
dacIiye soil and pleasant summers with
their many hours of sunshine during
Tue growing season.
After third OF d centurys residence
in the state and hayiug been intimately
assoc iatel with the business of agri
culture during this time, ! am conyinc
ed that North Dakota is destined even
tuaily TO rank, productivity. with the
very best Of the great agricultural
states OF the Union
This canno, he expected, however
until the state outgrows It's pioneer
conditions. For in a comparatively
new country IL requires time TO per.
feet general and somewhat uniform
system OF farm management, many
farmers still persist In practicing the
single crop fallacy; OF growing wheat
continuously on their farms
Moreover, on account OF farms aver.
aging larger than labor and capital
are available for their proper cultiva-
ton. the best results are not always
secured
Profits from Farming.
On the other hand wherever a ration
Al system of crop rotation is practiced
and corn, alfalfa and other forage
crops also are grown and where live.
stock is kept on the farm the resulting
proflts are more than satisfactory
These profits will be materially in.
creased when farmers engage more
largely III cooperative manufacturing
and marketing as they are preparing
to do in the immediate future.
II has been conc!usively demonstrat
ed tina: both corn and alfalfa can be
grown In the state with complete g
success. According to government
crop reports the yield of corn for
North Dakota for 1916 vas l3,5l5,0o(
bushels. while the acreage seeded tc
alfalfa is increasing from year to
year
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24

of cranes, which fly IN regular mill
tary-like formations that are most in
teresting to watch.
Rabbits OF course abound in North
Dakota and the hunter is free to go
out and shoot them at any time and in
any numbers, for they are one of the
pests of the agriculturist.
Trapping is still profitable avoca'
tion in North Dakota, mink and musk.
rat being fairly numerous and their
skins fetching ever increasing prices.
The trapping season for these animals
10 from Nov. Is to April Is.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24

,ae reduction of the bag or prairie
chicken and grouse from ten to five
and the setting of later date for the
opening of thl chicken and duck sea-
son
Separate licenses are required for
hunting and trapping. the fee for each
being s. for residents of the state and
s25 for non-residents. The latter are
permitted to take out of the state two
days kill A resident may hunt or
trap on his own land without license.
Deer are wholly protected until 1920,
after which only bucks may be killed.
Beaver and otter are protected in
definitely. The legislature may be
asked however. to remove from the
beaver the shield of the law. for while
this animal by his cams helps the
stockman. he causes ;aucb trouble for
the farmer.
Grouse, Ducks and Geese Numerous.
Both the pinnated grouse, known
as the prairie chicken. and the sharp.
allied grouse are found in large num-
bers in North Dakota As for ducks,
every fresh water variety is known
here. and they, as we'll as the white
brant ard grey goose, are almost un.
belieyably numerous.
The visitor in the western part OF
the state will be astonished at the
vast fiocks of cranes that are seen
there. these birds also being protected
since 1915. At the proper season one
may travel for hours beneath millions
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
DA|Rr|MG GROWING STEADILY
WISE FARMER NOW KEEPS
HERD OF GOOD cows.
Many Are Investing In Pure Dres
AnimaIs--vaiue Of the States
Dairy Products.

In the last report of the state dairy
department there is evidence of a de-
ciied growth of the dairying industry
In North Dakota and of marked i'm.
provement In the quality OF the milch
animals. During the period covered by
the report, says the commissioner,
daryine enjoyed a steady and natural
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-20
~ novel of and rebellion beautiful ys
Cuba during exciting of the revolt against

she was none other than the Dauntless.
that most famous OF Cuban blockade
runners, and that dynamite Johnny"
o'Brien himself was in command, in.
terest grew. The exploits of that re
doubtable mariner were familiar TO the
citizens OF Charleston. and their syn,
pathies were quite naturally with the
cause he served; therefore they were
disappointed to behold revenue cutter
at anchor close alongside the Dauntless.
Her steam was up; she was ready for
instant action; IL seemed impossible for
Dynamite Johnny" TO get his cargo and
his passengers aboard under her very
nose. Some imaginative person Xlaimeo
to have Tip that the Dauntless Intended
to ram the revenue cutter, and n warning
to that effect appeared In the evening
paper, together with the rumor that a
Spanish cruiser was waiting Just outside
the three.mile limit.
Charleston awoke with start. and the
Cuban patriots who found themselves the
object Of this sudden inASrsst busxed IKE
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flies. They muttered and whispered more
mysteriously than ever, and consumed
even greater quantities of tobacco. Th>
detectives became painfully alert,
Failure?
To OReilly and his two companions 1t
seemed that the expedition had already
failed. Through some blunder its plans
had evidently become known. and all was
ruined. That was the worst of these
Cubans; they couldn't keep "A secret.
Branch stalked the hotel lobby like
restless wrath. OReilly was furious. or
the entire party Ramos alone maintained
an unrufiled pleasantly; he spent the
evening in Miss Evanss company, quite,
oblivious to the general feeling Of dsmay.
On the next afternoon word was
quietly passed to get ready. and the fill
busters. carrying their scant hand bag
gage. began to leave the hotel in groups,
followed. Of course. by the watchfukspies.
As the three Americans prepared for de-
psrturs Norins whispered: "Iistenl Every
thing y ~ right' Ws'Ps pot soann shoor1
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r RAINBOW'S END Il X .....!

any vessel we try to sail on. We must he
careful"
The hotel 10 which Major Ramos l"
his guests appeared to he wen hileu,
there were many Cubans Yin the lobby
and the air was heavy with the aroma OF
their strong. black cigarettes. AS the
major entered they turned interested and
expectant faces toward him and they
eyed his companions with frank curios-
ity. Miss Evans became the target for
more than one warmly admiring glance.
Comrades
As for O'Reilly, the familiar odor of
those Cuban cigarettes. the snatchcs Of
Spanish conversation which he over
heard, awoke in him IA great excitement;
he realized with an odd thrill that these
eager. dark-visaged men were now his
friends and comrades. and that those
Americans lettering watchfully among
them were his enemies-the spies OF
whom Ramos had spoken. There were
at least score Of the latter, and all were
plainly stsmped with the distinctive
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By REX BEACH

marks of their calling. That they, too,
We're interested in the latest arrivals was
soon made evident by their efforts to get
acquainted.
TO Norine Evans it was all immensely
exciting. The attention she evoked de-
lighted her vastly. and she was almost
Offended when O'Reilly threatened one
particularly forward sleuth with thrash.
ing, thereby ending her fun.
II was a strangely restless gathering.
The Cubans sat in groups or in pairs
with their heads together, smoking
furiously and whispering, pausing now
and then to glare balefully at some de.
tectivo who drew within earshot. Every
hour increased the strain.
Public Interest
On the street it became known that a
party of filibusters was in the city and
curious townspeople came to- investigate.
while others journeyed to the water front
TO stare at the big ocean-going tug which
had slipped into the harbor on the eve
nipg previous. Whom they learned that
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY ofA PENNSYLVANIA
GMA BY JaMue/ NJ WRcMyzoochcr zzzSs 81 ,zz;
So sGsassS &E and Ene1Sehc Governor '
,5S> ,Sgs g:,EF;5
8. ssS,@)'..., Es.:.
LCCXCUS
and EaelSeHc Governor

mate boy of my age named Loved Hathaway a son of
the tenant the house where the accident brother John
occurred Ereong the Hathaways moved to the far West At
their sale paymaes grandmother Granny Blake
large hammer, which through my life and
remains my oldest possession
One of very early recolectons pictures Bayard
Taylor To me he poet, but companion Ny father
owned fat-botomed boat the
mile beneath the willows which grew the banks
these willows learned make whistles when the
running Taylor had just returned Europe wanting
thing to do thought of starting newspaper My father had
another and much the
end of his tract Main upon the site
Moses Coates the first settler the had lived in his
In it family named Allen fallen the family of
the Colonial Chief Justice William Aen powerful their
but who lost their hold the time the Revolution With
was very aged relative Elizabeth Oakman,
the period Of that who father the key
trunk Nathaniel Allen brought from Europe and made for him
with finest needework shirt which represent the
art Of the of the Colonies My father persuaded Taylor
to Phoenixvle and printing office this house
advertisement of the millinery establishment Mrs
beck he published weekly called the PhoeniXvle
Pioneer far above the heads the community which
of his eusons and upon local Young
vigorous and full Of vitality he climbed along the dam
in the midst freshet surgng
Somebody had discovered the ether ancshe
the subject much discussed by father other
Taylor determined nhae the drug experiment | well
remember the excited which he flung himself
sitting He told tale of adventure, onderu
Of having been robbed with his
him and abandoned California and how he
through the cords, getting them where he could
his teeth Here hero the hearstone and the
of the listening boy he easily imagined The earliest
portrait of him a drawing black white
~ p Thramer with autograph underneath he
father well dagueeotype taken by the Buckeye
Blacksmith have likewise the only file of the PhoenX
vile Pioneer number of autograph poems and series of his
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Copyright. 1917. Harper & Bros.
CHAPTER XV Continued

MAJoR RAMOS proved that he knew
now to obey orders even though the
V'ner members Of his party did not. lie
.enained utterly deaf to Miss Evans's en-
oaues that he let her know something
seout the piaiis of the expedition; he
Would not even tell her where he was
sxins her. where the other filibusters
80 assembled. or from what port their
mp would sail. He did go 30 far. how
UT as to explain that an inkling or
'unta's plans had leaked out. ana
A' determined efforts TO upset them
"s'e being made. efforts which necessi-
~'sd the greatest care ON his part This.
course. whetted the girls curiosity;
~ 70 her most artful queries he op-
,sDsed baffiIng silence. When Phiia,
'pn'a' Washington. then Baltimore, and
hichmond We're left behind. Miss
was. in truth. ready to explode.
Il twp coppanions we're In . sim.
~ @/@%@< ,.r. II. II..f ,a.I-. a. . U
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the Dauntless at all; she's here ms
blind" ,- n
Are you sure" oReily shot her a.
quick glance. ,s
Major Ramos himself gave that story
to the newspapers: it's all . part OF his
plan. promised not to tell. butt Just
can't help myself. Gee! I'm having a
good time" 5Y5 ss4.s4
Leslie Branch shook his head mourn
fully. You may enjoy It. but I don't"
he grumbled. Wen end by being pinched.
and that Will finish me. One week n :
damp cell. with my iungs----"
o'Reilly, whose spirits had risen mag.
ically. clapped him heartily on the bsck,
crying; "congratulationsl You're sesiins
better" 4l1
Il never, fel. worse~ the other e6n.
planned 4. 4 Z, -:
"Nonsense. That's the i,rrt hlc, yea|(
made since we hit coll ~ - ~ r.
time we reaeh cpeo xQ
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Major Ramos was not naturally silent
man; he had all the loquac!ty of the
Latin, and all the Latin's appreciation OF
Il pretty woman; he made no secret OF the
fact that his orders irked him. Despite
his official reserve he proved himself
pleasant travelling companion, and he
talked freely on all but one subject. He
played a good game Of cards, too. and The
devoted himself with admirable courtesy
to Norine's comfort. 1t was not until
the train was approaching Charleston
that he finally announced:
Major Ramos's Warning
"Now then, my first command. This is
the end OF the journey; the other members
of the expedition are here. But 1 must
ask YOU not tn talk with them or with
any strangers, for our friends are being
watched by detectives in the employ Of
the Spanish minister at Washington and
by United States deputy marshals. One
little indiscretion might ruin everything"
.spies! Oh. soodyr' cried Miss Evans.
''Ths local authorities intend toA ssise
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The Home Discipline

More vivid by far than that Taylor the image
of the dog jerry household of than ordinary intelligence
He regularly the posoe for the mail He carried basket
to the market brought the things bought He would
glove hidden the house and his
efforts until it secured When he died he buried below
rock in the field and for long afterwad there
pilgrimage Jery In the field but the crest of the
hill the present depot the Schuylk Valley Railroad
stood TALL which marked the site of the
of "Od Skye the last of the Delaware Indians live the neigh
borhood.
The home discipline established by father, wise and
kindly whom He
When stripped the bark from cherry like George
Washington Of old he tools and
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One Particularly Interesting Feature of Governor
Pennypacker's Life to the Present Generation
Is That He Is a Connecting Link BetUeen the
Colonial Period and the TWentieth Century.
Those Living Through the World War Are
Brought. Through Him, Into Intimate Touch
with the Revolutionary War
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P0stimeS of the Boz

lnty, minty, cuty corn,
Apple seed and briar thorn,
Briar, briar timber lock,
Three geese in a flock,
One, two, three,
Out goes she
With rotten dish clout, out.