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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
BITS Of INFORMATION


Since 1870 white illiteracy In Geor-
eia has been reduced from q to Z per
cent and black from 90 to SO per
cent. ~.
To aid in walking ON icy sidewalks
an inventor has patented sandals Of q
non-slipping material, that can be
clamped on shoes. :.
Electric locomotives are In use In
Switzerland, in which powerful cleo
tro magnets are used instead Of coup
lings in drawing cars.
Tokyo has 2,244. 798 Inhabitants.
The word "plate'' is often incorrectly
applied to vessels Of gold. 1t Is de-
rived from the word plata, which in
Spanish means wrought silver.
To save time in unloading bulk car
goes from vessels there has been in
vented gasoline propelled motor
SCOOP that can be driven about their
decks and holds.
According to the manufacturing
plans Of the 80 large rubber tire COM
panies in the United States, their out
put during the present calendar year
will exceed II, 900. 600 tires. of an aver
age value Of $40 at retail.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES.


It required one and one-half pounds
Of leather to double tap and heel one
pair Of q Bath (Me.) policeman's
shoes.
A new trap to be attached to re-
frigerator drain pipe permits waste
water to flow out, but prevents the en-
trance of warm air or vermfn.
A pneumatic helmet composed Of
inflatable rubber tubes has been pat
ented for protecting babies heads
from bumps and bruises.
An extensive area In New Zealand
which was devastated by volcano
quarter Of a, century ago is being re-
forested with larch trees.
Patents have been granted to a Mary
land inventor for gasoline cartridge
for breaking up farm soil in the same
way that dynamite Is used.
A German inventors disk talking
machine record has groove that au-
tomatically returns the needle to the
starting point to make 1t repeat.
Fully so feet higher and more than
twice as wide as Niagara, the falls
of Igrazu, in South America. form one
Of the wonders of that continent.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
SOUR, ACID sToMAcHs,
GASES OR INDIGESTION
Each "Pape's Diapepsin" disests 5000
grains food, ending all stomach
misery In five minutes,

Time it! In five minutes all stom.
ach distress will 60. No indigestion.
heartburn, sourness or belching Of
gas, acid, or eructations of undigested
food, no dizziness, bloating, foul
breath or headache.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for Its
speed in regulating upset stomachs.
It is the surest, quickest stomach rem.
edy In the whole world and besides it
is harmless. Put an end to stomach
trouble forever by getting a large
ffty-cent case Of Pape's Diapepsin
from any drug store. You realize in
five minutes how needless 1t Is to sui.
fer from indigestion, dyspepsia or any
stomach disorder. It's the quickest,
surest and most harmless stomach
doctor In the world.-Adv.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
THOROUGH O a4, DRAINAGE z@ G@ opp
FARM PRACTICE. s,,<zz 2AtH
The farmer should study conditions causing poor
drainage ON his land and find remedy for it-then
he should plan drainage system TO the trouble

cost of only $e1.50 against $129.72
per acre, paid for tillable land and In
the original purchase. +
But this added value Of $682.O does
not represent all the benefits which
have come to the farm from the In
PRODUCTION of undertakings. The dis
appearance of the sloughs, and OF the
superfuous water in other places. per-
mits the division Of the land into reg
ular, and therefore more easily Gull
tiyated fields. Such fields, having now
a uniform soil, can be cultivated In
less time, and crop rotations can be ar
ranged to better advantage, than
where the land is broken up by nom
cultivable areas. A dry, loose soil can
be worked more easily than web
sticky soil.
Furthermore, field which in some
seasons is productive, and In others
non.productive by reason Of excessive
moisture may be more detrimental 10
the farmers success than swamp
land: for such lands are often plowed,
planted, cultivated, and then the crop
is destroyed by an influx Of water
whereby not only are they made nom
productive, but labor and seed are
lost. Drainage not only removes the
risk Of such losses but improves the
landscape by substituting broad, fully
cultivated areas for such as are dotted
with sloughs, breeding frogs and mos
ouitoes and giving forth i'll odors from
dead fish and decaying vegetation. Il
Is a first step in good bodybuilding,
and. as q permanent Improvement It
increases the value Of all neighboring
lands. and benefits the entire COM
munity. .
All Of these benefits are illustrated
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
10 cNT scAscARETs"
+. IF BILIOUS OR C0STlvE.
Tor six Headache, Sour Stomach,
alunah Liver and eowels-They
il vris while you sleep.

S FurTet Tongue, Bad Taste. Indiges..
Hon. Silbw Skin and Miserable Head
aches 4me from q torpid liver and
elogEd bowels. which cause your
|stomsh to become filed with undi-
|Restet food, which sours and ferments
like erbage In a ,swill barrel. That's
the fist step to untold misery-indi-
gestiu, foul gases, bad breath, yellow
skin, mental fears, everything that Is
horriHe and nauseating. A Cascaret
to-niht win give your constipated
bowes q thorough cleansing and
straifhten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 10-cent box
from your druggist will keep you feel.
jne rood for months.-Adv.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04

furrOW or stakes, 1t Will save much
time when 1t is desired to begin lay
ing tiles.
Any drainage system should be
planned with reference both to the
work 1t is to perform and to its future
maintenance. Expense should not ne
spared in securing accurate data on
which to base the plan.
It is well to maintain the shallow
open-ditch system, in use before the
tile are laid. These surface-drains as
sist in quickly clearing the land OF
water from heavy rains, in amounts
for which it would not be economical
to provide tile of sufficient size to. do
tho work so quickly. In Minnesota.
spring floods are often carried off by
the surface drains before the frost is
out sufficiently to permit tile-drains
to work. Time spent in opening sur
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
Comparison.

Comparison.
s.Dr. Isaiah b. Scott, Methodist bish-
op of Africa" said a Methodist divine,
COLLECTED In Monrovia great deal of
valuable chronological matter.
talking about cannibalism one day,
Bishop Scott declared:
"sYour cannibal is not wicked. He
eats other people as you and I go to
church-in order to improve himself
for he has been taught that he will &C
quire the virtues-th bravery, beauty,
wisdom and what not-of all those
whom he eats"
Bishop Scott chuckled. "a
"a savage cannibal," he ended, sis a
sanity chap alongside Of a civilized
backbiter.'"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
EF EFF MAN BEHIND PLoW
No use In Trying for Successful Farm.
Inn with Crop Not Suited to Con-
dltions Of Soil.

Wallace's Farmer says that success
full farming depends on hitching up
the man, the crop and the soil. Ihere
ia no sort of use in trying to achieve
success with a crop not fitted to the
soil" says that paper, "or with man
not capable of taking care of the crop,
nor with a soil that is not fitted for
growing the crop which the man de-
crees shall DC grown thereon"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04

will get it at the temperature at which
II comes from the well. Water half an
hour before feeding.
Keep Il piece of rock salt in each
stall or else give a pinch of common
salt in the grain feed two or three
times week.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
TEMPERATE WATER FOR COLT
He will Not Drink Sufficient Quantity
for Needs When It 10 Icy Cold
Salt Is Essential.

The colt should be allowed all the
pure water he wants. Icy water Is
not good, as he will not drink a suffi-
cient quantity for the needs of his
body, but it Is not necessary to heat
the water. Pump fresh supply just
before he is led to the tank. then he
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
Score Of waterpower Projects.

score OF WaterpoWer Projects.
Chief Forester Graves announced
that 20 new waterpower projects utiliz-
ing national forest lands began opera
ton in the year ending June 80, and ~
applications for power project per-
mits were received, including eight
from Alaska. Forty-two per cent of
the total developed waterpower Of the
country is from streams on national
forest land, he declared.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
DIAGRAM OF a LINE OF LEVELS.

poles. four or five feet long by an
inch or, two. thick. These they lay
crosswlse, filling all crevices with mud.
''The beaver digs up mud with, his
fore feet, then holds 1t close to his
breast with his fore legs. swims to
where he has started his dam, and,
having deposited It in its proper place,
beats the mud down with his paws
not with his tail as has been believed"
st. Nicholas.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
Or. j. Il. RiNpLAuB (speelalIst).
iEye, Ear, Nose and Throat &
Fargo, N. 3.

Wisdom.
Fan owl isn't really the bird Of Wis
dom. He merely looks wise and does
nothing. = -E3. ~
.sWell," replied Senator Sorghum,
..under the circumstances, isn't that
the wisests thing he could dot"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04

wetteSt and most d1mcult 10 nanule,
and 1t is necessary that construction
be carried on during the wettest sea-
sons. Consequently, the contractor
should base his calculations as to time
and methods on the worst conditions.
To let contract to the "lowest bid
der" regardless Of his experience or
equipment, is often to invite serious
disappointment and loss.
Delays, especially, are expensive to
for not only is money in
vested in incomplete work, but often
times failure to have the ditch COM
plete at the time fixed means the loss
of crop. In the drainage Of swamp
land, which cannot be plowed until
after the work is completed, it means
a delay Of one or more years before
the cultivation will be paying invest
ment. With scarcely an exception,
where losses have accrued to agricul-
tural interests through the delay OF a
year in the construction Of proposed
drainage works, these losses have been
greater than the cost Of the improve
ments. The attempt to save one or
two cents on the cubic yard for ditch
ing, or on the rod for tile trenches, by
giving the job to a poorly equipped
man, often becomes an expensive pro
ceeding. Better pay more to COM
petent man, and be sure Of good
a. Ssov. %@,,ao - go
The kind, size and completeness Of
the drainage works needed in a given
locality, the methods Of doing the work
and adjusting the costs, must be de-
terminedby the local conditions. What
Is good practice In one place may
not De practical in another. The char
acter of the ground, surface slopes,
crops raised, and value Of land, all
have a. bearing on the subject. In
any locality the first consideration is
an tlet or channel by which the wa
ter Nay be carried away. In some
localities nature has provided such an
outlet. III others, it may be necessary
for several landowners to band togeth-
er and construct d channel, Of suf-
ficient size and depth to serve as the
main outlet Of a network Of bitches
which will give relief during wet
years. In many parts Of the state.
where such outlets naturally exist or
are already completed, crops have suf-
fered from an excess Of water in the
immediate vicinity, for the reason that
the water from the cultivated fields
could not readily escape Consequent
" for complete drainage, It is neces-
sary to have, on the individual farm,
a thorough system for collecting the
water as it falls and carrying 1t to the
main outlet. Is 81
| Unless the ground is very fiat, the
location Of proposed drains can be
best determined when the ground is
free from vegetable srowths. A heavy
growth Of crops or weeds may cause
low places to look high and high places
low. A field freshly plowed or sown
is in the best condition for locating
lines Of drainage. Il such a field is
examined Immediately after a heavy
rain, there viii be little danger Of
making a mistake In locating the lines.
II these are at once marked out by a
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
Heioht Of Boastfulnr,

& tieiaht Of Boastfulness.
.Is&'t blower inclined to be Just .
little boastful 2"
.Boastful7 Well. I guess yes. After
4 beggar has touched Blower for q
nickel he win tell yousthat he has just
been giving q little dinner to an ac-
qutaintance OF his
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
All q these benefits are illustrated
200 nav
Il OBTAINING TkuE GRADE LINE GRADE EATH METHOD.
he line 81 at ne and parallel T. BY set
nu te sh stakes lining aht the Grade
trench 10 %ff%S5&.

III
In the case Of the state farm referred
TO-; and the. management feels that
they fully Justify the cost Of the Inn
provement, without considering the
value Of the land reclaimed.
The planning Of drainage system
should be done with the same careful
ness that 10 bestowed on other Inn
provements. When large building is
to be constructed; an architect Is con-
suited, plans are carefully drawn, all,
the details are looked into. and mate
rial Is selected which will be suitable
for the location, the climate and the
purpose for which the building should
be used. During Its construction, in;
spectors see that the details are car
ried out and the requirements Of the
specifications enforced, regardless Of
the fact that the contractor may be-
losing money. and cheaper materials
might be used. But in drainage en-
terprises. the evidences Of such care
are too often painfully lacking, even:
though the cost be as great or greater
than that Of large building. In
many cases an engineer is employed
to stake out a drain on a route which
has been selected only because It is
supposed to be-" the best one. No
examination Is made for another route
or outlet; the area Of the watershed
is not measured. As a result the
size Of the ditch is determined by a
mere guess. Time may develop the
fact that the best route was not Sc
lected, and that the ditch was too large
or too small, and consequently does
not perform the work satisfactorily. A
ditch, being improperly located, either
does not drain all the land 1t should
or 1t is expensive to construct and
maintain. One that is too large will
not clean itself properly; while one
that is too small will not carry re-
quired volume Of water.
A drainage system, open or under
ground, works by gravity, and that it
may remove the water there must be
a sufficient fall; that is, a sufficient
and continuous descent, from q level
somewhat lower than the lowest point
on the land to be drained, to the point
where the water is discharged from
the outlet. It is common practice to
start a drainage ditch from a slough
lat practically the same depth as the
bottom Of the slough. Such 'drain-
age" will not give satisfaction, as the
ground;water will not be lowered, and
the bed Of the slough will continue to
be swampy. For satisfactory drain
age, the water-channel must be deep
enough in the lowest land, and Of suf-
ficient breadth and depth, to carry the
water without an overflow.
DEMONSTRATION, like carpentry or
masonry, is a business in itself; and
for satisfactory results, contracts
should be let In similar manner. The
bidders competence, as shown in his
record In connection with similar I'M
dertakings, should be taken into con-
sideration as well as the size Of his
bid.
bitches are usually dug in soil the
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
Too Much to Ask.

= Too Much to. Ask.
els this train on timer" asked the
impatient passenger.
my friend" replied the conductor,
impressively, "With all we've got to
think about in connection with con.
gress, the Supreme court and the in.
terstate commerce commission, you
surely aren't going to ask US to burden
our minds with q minor detail like
that, are you?"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
Too Severe.

Too Severe.
Doctor-Your husband needs some
good exercise to restore him.
Mrs. like playing golf?
Doctor-More violent than that.
Mrs. XII have it! I'll send him
down to make few purchases at the
bargain counter during the rush hours.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
k..n cow. Comfortable.

Keep your cows warm and comfort
able. 1t costs less to keep n COW in
good condition by giving her COM
Portable quarters than by feeding her
extra rations.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
.HandIfno Alfalfa Hay.

Care should be taken to handle al
fa,fa hay SO as not to lose leaves, as
thosa contain considerably more than
5o nor cent of the feeding value of the
hay
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04

80 I q. 500 2
face-drains is not, therefore, lost, even
when 1t is intended to later Introduce
an undertakings system.
The individual farmer with small
means should first select the area the
thing Of which will drain the most
land at the least expense. In rolling
country, where sufficient fall can be
had for outlets near the surface, Or
without expensive open bitches. small
tiles can be used around the sides Of
drainage areas outletting on d hillside
or at the edge Of a slough. This
method often improves large tracts at
small cost, and as the improved lands
Increase in productiveness. funds will
be supplied by which the tile lines
can be extended, connected. and the
expensive mains finally put in. This
method has been used in many Of the
best tiled countries. In some instances
1t has been twenty years from the lay
ing Of the first laterals to the compile
ton Of the last main.
Immediately after construction, pro-
vision should be made for annual
maintenance. A drainage improve
ment, properly carried out and main
tanned, viii add its initial cost to the
value Of the land and pay dividend
on the original investment. ~
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
Gentle ThrQsl,,

Gentle Thrust d.
Il Niss Oldgirl- remember when the
.s9irls married much younger than they
do now. y I .s; ,si..' 3 ~ q.
D M Pert Is. g grandma tells
NJ. i:
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04

Only One ~BRoMo ou1NnE-
az sef i fs =
0ROVA Cures . Cola in One Day. 16e.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04

j III Literature.
..Nlt litelslure, ekT
sIls only b}ok IL cares for il the
volpse of1pus'hess iii1
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
Plan a pisinfeetino Schedule.

Have you disinfecting schedule?
Every farmer should have II definite
plan along which to work towards
keeping the premises free from YER
min and disease.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
important @ Uaotheeo
Examine carefully every bottle %
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that X
s,s ss:ss ~ :; ,z7zss7ssx
, Ii Use fnr Over . Years. I
Children Cry for Fletcher Castoria
!. HeipfuI WORK.

fs$s ss.slptul yvoIk' WI, !.
The United States department Of
agriculture has q large force which De-
votes its entire time to developing new
by-products and methods Of saving
material now wasted. J.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
~. Now.

No News. +; ;s9..
TeaGasr-Your daughter, Sir. haa
70 Ans Carrying voice.
/ Father j know that by the way II
d q carrying az my money. s
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04

A contented mind is a continual
feast.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04

WAen sSims people hit the bottle,
thtyl end y ! the ~. q.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
D. b. JOHN I. STEWART, c. e. Aori-
cultural Engineer, University Of
nl5nnaanta

+ IS not an uncommon
thing for a landowner to
fight a drainage assess
ment, on land which has
a market value Of from
$40 to $50 per acre, and
at almost the same time
buy another tract of
similar land, at the mar
knf mica Hir desire IA
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04

IN. bpst i the cheapest in the end.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04

"A. FARM ,PRoFlTAeLY TILED.
On this eo-aere field three systems Of
tile drainage were necessary. This
shows the advantage with which two
neiehbors can cooperate IN putting
: In 4 line Of tile. An obstacle %
! trivial as q line fence should not be
permitted ia prevent economical
(. drainage. The owner Of this land
Gays that tile pays for itself every
year and that $500 expended on tile
has raised the value Of the 90 acres
$1,000.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-11-10
LABOR WANTED

Highest prices paid to farm hands.
inquire Clarence e. Martin, Peoples
Trust Building. 10 10 If
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-11-10
YOUR BEES WITH GOOD hi.
STORES FOR THE WINTER MONTHS
Need Plenty of Room for Breeding, With Ample Protection From
Cold Winds-West Virginia Beekeepers Lose Annually
10 Per Cent of Their Colonies and Most Others
Are Weak When Winter Is Over. Z
TO the Beekeepers Of West Virginia

TO the Beekeepers Of West Virginia
IN view of the need for a greatly
increased honey crop in 1918, bee
Keepers should at once complete
preparations for winter so that ev.
cry colny will be strong in bees
next spring. 1t cannot be urged too
strongly that these preparations be
made Immediately. Do not be mis-
led into believing that no special
care is needed in winter. Because
OF neglect at this time, honey crops
o. the following year are often re-
duced one-half and the i'll effects of
neglect are too well proven to be de-
batable. Scarcely a winter passes
That West Virginia beekeepers do
not lose 10 per cen of their colonies
and usually rs per cent of the re.
naming colonies are reduced SO that
they cannot do their best the fol
lowing summer
For proper development in the
spring, a normal colony of bees
needs plenty of good STORES, plenty
of rom for breeding and plenty of
protection from cold and wind. In
winter they need only the stores and
protection but, if abundant protect
ton is given then, the room for
spring breeding may also be pro.
yided at this time. If bees are
properly prepared for winter there
is nothing a ~beekeeper can do which
will benefit a normal colony from
October l to swarming time.
1t is suggested that each colony be
given two hive bodies (preferably 10.
frame), the top body well supplied
with stores in addition to what
honey nay be in the lower body.
This arrangement will provide album
dent breeding room and steers. Bee
keepers hesitate to leave so much
honey when they feel that they might
sell it, but this honey is not wasted.
In almost every locality strong col.
onies can gather enough extra honey
in the spring more than to replace
what is consumed in winter and by
spring breeding 1t often costs more
to winter weak colonies than strong
ones because weak colonies cannot
take advantage ofthe earliest honey
flows.