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All the News All the Time VOLUME XXV, NUMBER 42. Time To Be Think ing of Silo Building Maine Preparation* Now and' Have thqi Silo Builtf in, Time tp Be Filled This Fall The question of which is the best silo, is keeping many farm ers from having any. The big question is not, which is the best silo, but, ha vie you a silo? A man' without a silo cannot af ford to waste valuable time try ing to decide which 'S the best, any more than a drowning man can afford to refuse help from a ned^haired man because he wants to be saved by a black haired one. The more we study silos the more convinced we are that there is no best silo. They all Biavc (their good and bad points. Out of forty-odd silos visited the past year, we find seven dif ferent types. Omly three out of the forty owners want to change. Tlie wcod-fctavie silos are like the light autos, in that there are more of them and eivery one who has no si^o or has some other make is finding fault with them. The fac*. is that wood stavie silos have made good with most owners. Other makes have also made good, mo there- is little if any cause to complain. Cement silos are very good when proper ly constructed. There is no truth in the idea that silage eats cement. Cement will chip or peel where moisture gets into it and 'freezes, but properly made cement foundations and silos will not be affected in that way. Men who are afraid of nement silos' ustially have cement founda tions under their silos, whatever type they may be. If the cement ill the,foundation is all right cement 'will do in* the rest of the silo. Clay tile silos are doing all thai was expected of them, except that they were supposed to keep out the frost.. The frost proposition is not settled by any make of silo yet invented. Out of the forty silos reporting, the frost varied fnom two to twenty-four inches. The average fior the seven dif ferent types is about the same. The silos having one-^nch walls were, in some cases, frozen less than the lief vy air-spaced and insulated silos. One man hav ing two silos found one frozen about fifteen inches and the other not frozen at all. The dif ference, however, was due to the conil being more mature in one tlian in the other, and the silo with the ripe corn not being o] e^d'^M alter'the cold weather \i?as over. Two silos of the Same'make with about the same conditions showed a difference in froaen 8»'age of nearly twelve inches. The silo with, the most frost had been filled first, using green corn, no effort had been made to keep the center of the silage highest or to keep the froaen silage cut away from the walls. The silo having only thrcflj inches of frost had been filled with ripe corn and kept level, leaving no silage on. the walls. Thin-walled cement silos seeih to have on* advantage, as in mild weather the silage will fall off the walls. Some of the thin-walled cemeifc silos showed remarkably littlp frost. Probably the instruction.? furnished the owners by the silo company accounts for this. The company instructs their men to keep the silage level, the doors silage on top after throwing out what is needed each time. There is no doubt but that the same instructions followed out would help to make other types of silos more popular in regard to the frost question. The cheap home-made silos are doing remarkably well. Most home-made silos are of inch lumber bent, inside of «tuddings placed twelve inches opart. Two thicknesses o'f lumber with pa per interlining .make up the wall. The first cost is small, being, afoout $200 for a 14x30 silo. While! they are. well worth the money, there are some good arguments for putting up more permanent types, as a more permanent silo £pst» only a trifle more. Siloe are no longer experi 1 ments. They have been found successful. A good permanent silo will certainly be one of the cheapest improvements you can. put on your place. People com ing from older 6dlo countries tell us that as long as we erect cheap silos we are still of the "{backwoods." They say a silo should be at least fifty feet high and of cement, clay tile, brick, or stone. They have' the experience which we will have in another ten. years, so it may be worth while listening to their advice. It is true the first silos were on]^ low "tubs" compared with the new ones. Mott of the farmers who have silos know now that they should have made them high er and 'arger. Can you learn anything from them or do you have to learn from your own ex perience? The experience of others' is cheap compared with your own. Before, deciding to put up a silo, you should know that care less feeders can lose more money with a silo than without one. If you are keeping stock/ at a loos now, the chances are you will not do muich better with a silo but a silo rightly used will pay for. itself in a surprisingly short time. It will save more of the feeding value of corn than can be &a>ved in any other way. It will give summer pasture condi tions in winter when prices of .butter and meat are high. It will make oit possible to keep your stocky in good condition dur ing the winter and put them onto the pasture in fine shape. It will save a lot of work in winter hauling corn, grinding, and fighting com stocks in manure. It will tide your cattle over the dry spell when pasture is •hort and flies are bad. It makes it pos&rible to save feed *n wet weather when hay cannot ibe made. Silage is good this year, heist year and the year af ter. Silage in a good silo has pulled many a man out of a tight place.—The Farmer. NORTH DAKOTA POTATO DAT AT FRISCO FAIR Grand Forks, April 6, 1915. —North Dakota, through the in itiative and activity of one of 'her progressive cities, is to have an added advertising feature at the Panama Pacific flair at San Drancuco, Larimore, North Da? kota, has asked, and has been granted by the officials of the big fair, a special North Dakota Day, when enough big* North Dakota potatoes will be fur nished free by Larimore to feed the crowds at the big show. Larimore and Grand Forks coun ty are greet producers of the 'Great Spuds'' and the genial E,'L.- Riehter,president of the\NfoHiH Dakota Bd'itbS^ai Association, who runs the Lari more Pioneer, is always to the front 'n publicity matters, hence North Dakota Potato Day. The Great Northern Railway is ar ranging to transport the po tatoes by special service, and the same line will furnish a chef to superintend the prepar ing and serving of the potatoes. It is hard to appreciate the great publicity that will come, to our state from the Potato Day. Nonth Dakota has always been known, where she is known, as a strictly wheat producing state. Potato Day will not ©niy thoroughly advertise North Da kota but it will also call atten tion to the fact that we are no longer a one crop: state but that our lands will produce anything grc.\n anywhere. SERIES OF DIME NOVEL STORIES GIVEN IN DAILY No attempt has evier been made by the manager of this paper to write a "movie", nor. a novel, but the following out line, selected from articles in a daLy paper, might help those who feel moved write. All stories, it is said, must have ac tion and end with a climax. The outline follows: Wednesday-Six, desperate Convicts escaped from the penitentiary biggest jail delivery in history of the state. Thursday—Blood hounds on the track and working faithfully. rViday—'Word -of escape spread like wildfire. Country is fairly blanketed with, postcards de scribing the criminals. Sat urday—Autos have.been aband oned, pursuit is continued on horseback. Sunday—Four of the de.'paradoes are being surrounded) in the woods where the under brush is heavy. Bloody battle is expected. Convicts said to be heavily armed. Monday—Four surrendered without a struggle. Found un armed. (This story will do doubt be continued until the othe»r two men are caught.) TO RENEW FIGHT FOR NATIONAL PROHIBITION Washington, March 31.—The, fight for nation-wide prohibition will bp- ~enewed with greater, vigor than ever at the next ses-t sicn of congress, Senator Shep pard started the movement for local prohibition in the District, of Columbia, which, however, Ifailed of passage at the last! session. "We will renew the fight all along the line," he said, "asi soon as congress convenes. I expec* we will have strong sup port from the Republican side as well as '^from the Democratic party. Tne effort ^frill be $or both fjivi^rable acuon for sub mission* "'of a proposed constitu tional amendment for prohibi tion the country over, as well1 as 'ceal prohibition in the Dist rict of Columbia." EASTER SERVICES HELD The tervicts in the Methodist, and German Baotist churches began at ten o'clock and many 'firojn the country came in early to attend them. At the Methodkt church, after the organ voluntary played by Miss Emma Brummund, the Girls' Glee club marched in twos ftom outside to the alter sing ing "Joy to the World." This was followed by a beautiful East er iuitheni by the church choir, a chorus by the young ladies of the church arid a tenor solo "Th Holy City" by C. A. Rfice. Each number was very well rendered. Many ifrojn other churches who had never heard Rev. Rieid went to hear him Sunday morning. Hie gave a splendid sermon on "The Resurrection" which was listened to very attentively by the entire congregation. He clos ed the services promptly at eleven as many wanted to at tend the children's exercises of the Congregational Sunday schcol THE WA8HBURN LEADER The Methodist church was WASHBURN. NORTH DAKOTA, APRIL 9, 1915. SPRINGTIME IN EUROPE'S GARDEN. -Richmond Times-Dispatch. a large crayon picture that Air. Re-id had drawn which showed the tomb and the rock that was roEed away. The children's program was given at the Opera House as the. Congregational church is being remodeled. The little tots were the attraction during these ex ercises. Mang of their pieces, could not be heard but it was a pleasure just to see them in their efforts, so sweet and shy. They were assisted by the church choir. Miss Beulah Forbes was the only soloist on the program. The hall was prettily decorati di With many flowetring plants. Two canary birds added their voices to those of the children and sang with all their bird energy. In the evening the large con gregation enjoyed the special numbers by the choir and a con net solo by Leo Wilson, follow-, ing by the sermon "An Easter Message" by Rev. Pengelly. Easter services were held in the school house Sunday after-, noon by Rev. J. A. Diesen of the Norwegian Lutheran church. MRS. IN ALL CHURCHES Llast Sunday was Easter. It was a beautiful bright day and everyone was able to be out to attend church services morning and evening. A. W. CARLSON PASSED AWAY FRIDAY Liavt Friday afternoon Mrs. Aug. W. Carlson passed away at hvr hpnie neilr Underwood. She had been sick two years with tuberculoses and had spent the greater part of the time in Colorado on account of the climate. She was brought home from tlere in February by a trained nurse who stayed with htr until the end. Mrs. Carlson twas born in St. Plaul on April 19, 1883 and came to this state with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H&hlgren, when a young girl. In 1903 she was married and has since made her home on the' farm near Underwood. She leaves to mourn her death, a husband, three daughters, Emily, Amanda and Hilda, and one son, William, three1 years old. Funeral servic es were held at the home Sun day afternoon. The services were largely attended and all exftend their sympathy to the sorrowing relatives. The mother less children are being taken care of by an aunt. SOME SPLENDID SERMONS HEARD IN vt ry pretty with its many house jthey did not hesitate to spend au plants. Bp&ck of the alter was. entire afternoon gossiping about BISMARCK Evangelist Robert L. Jones has been in Bismarck for some time holding services every eve ning in the Presbyterian church. One sermon recently given was published in a local paper and parts are given below. ,. The subject was "Stick Out /-Tour Tongue" and was handled in the following manner: "I have known of some ehUrch members," said Evangelist Jones "'who thought it a great sin to play a game of cards, and yet their neighbors. If at Ae close o'f this service tonight I went out and got drunk, the people ol this church would not allow ine to preach here again, and every, person in town would know all about what had happened before to-morrow night. "The- newspapers would come out with big headlines, Treacher Gone Wrong: Evangelist ^Jones got drunk while conducting a series of meetings.' This would be copied in all the newspapers where I have ever held meet ings it would travel faster than all the sermons I have ever tried to preach. "But I might come to your house to-morrow and spend the afternoon gossiping about a brother minister or about your neighbor across the street and yet be looked upon as a consist ent Christian and remain in any church in town in good standing. If I had to choose be tween two evils, I would rather be a drunkard and have my nose as red as this hynuibook, than to be a gossiper gadding about the community sowing the seeds of (hell. "In a certain Pennsylvania town where I conducted meetings some years ago, there was a large class of people who claimed to be entirely sanctified. The acid test o'f this state of grace, according to the scriptures, is the tongue, therefore 1 said to these persistent brethren, 'Stick out your tongue and I can soon tell whether you are sanctified. Are you a busybody Do you dcV light in whispering bits of scan dal? Then you are not sanctified, for as the Divine Writer said, 'If any man among you seem to Ibe religious, and bridleth not his tongue, that man's religion is in vain.' "'Some of you church members think it a terrible sin to go to the movies or attend a respect able theater and yet you would gladly rehearse some morbid scandal or suggest some un charitable motive for Mrs. So and So's going to Fargo. I have known of husbands and wives to ibe separated and children scattered because of one or two gossips in a community. Young men have become disheartened and young women have been driven to despair (because of old Mother Grundy and her allies. Christ ref:i(! to a class ple who went of peo about with ':in un der the tongue as a sweet mor sel,' and if you are at all in doubt as to whether you belong to this class of evil-doers, it can readily be determined your anxiety to tell others what 'they say' and of course all this you learned on good authority.'. "If your salvation don't save you today, it won't save you in the sweet bye-and-foye. I would not give four cents for this Bible and the religion that we pro claim if it didn't make me a good man today and help me to over come these miserable traits of character which destroy not only the happiness of life but tlie souls o'f men. The highest con ception some people seem to have of Christianity is that Jes us died a long-time-ago to save us from hell away off in the fut ure. But the real truth is, Chrifti is saving men every day from these sins which so easily be set us and He declared that if we follow Him day by day 'we shall not walk in darkness but dhall have the light of life.' He did not say if we assent to some ereed or phase of religion, but he that 'followeth' Christ is certain of the reward." JACK JOHNSON JL08ES THE CHAMPIONSHIP Many here were interested in the outcome of the battle for tlie heavy-weight championship of the world between Jack John son and Jess Willard. Johnson was older and heavier than Wii lard and although he won er rounds, odds were agaimt iiim and he lost what he prized ,s.o highly for a number of years. The battle took place at Ha vtana on Monday afternoon and big. crowds attended to see John son'a finish. Billy Sunday got $51,000 for converting 40,000 Philladelphians At a little over a dollar a head it ought to be worth the money. "V SUBSCRIPTION, S1.50 PER YEAE They Should Lire In North Dakota Nineteen Inches of Snow! in New York Should Drive the Peo ple to This Sti&te Llast Saturday a wet snow driven by a northeast gale with a velocity of 60 miles' an hour was enjoyed by the residents of New York and the states border ing the Atlantic. Trains were held up, telegraph "wires put out of commission, street cars tied up for several hours while 19 inches of snow fell. Duaing this time the wind was blowing here but the sun was bright and Easter morning was as beautiful a one asi any one would care to enjoy. According to newspaper re ports the weather in this state duiing the last six or eight months cannot be equaled. Mor al—Make yo*ir home in North Dakota. PROF. LIBBY GAVE AN ILLUSTRATED LECTURE Prof. Libby of the state hisi torical society gave an illustrate^ lecture at the Opera House Tuesi day evening on "Pioneer Days." He told of the i'ir&t settlements made in this state by the In-| dians and later by the white) men, how the buffalo were hunt ed and the use made of the, animals after they were killed.. Interesting pictures of the scouts who made the famous Custer, trip were shown. The pictures showed the necessity of saving the pictures of the early days in each locality. After the l4ct-, ure a number stayed and talked over tjie plan of erecting a memorial for the late Joseph Hv Tbylor. A local committee will, be appointed by Mr. Libby in a, short time and later steps Will be taken to get the help of all the people in the county and surrounding country to work, together on this memorial to a deserving man, one whom every-, one is proud of having known. MOVING PICTURE HOUSE OPENED IN WASHBURN! Washburn can now boast of having a moving picture show. The first show was given Mon day night. The pictures were very clear and gocd but only two reels were shown as the machine was not working right. On Wed nesday night the second show was given to a capacity house. The pictures given were not as satisfactory as the manager would,have liked but h.e says if the people will stay with him they will soon see as good pictures as is shown in any picture house in the state. He hopes to have everything in good working order by to-night. He has been unfortunate in having the hall oecupied the evenings (between the shows as it delayed the work on the machine. He has a good outfit and he knows he can please the people when he understands how to run it better. On the opening night the Washburn Orchestra played for the show and for the dance after wards. Not many stayed ft.r the dance but those who did had a good time. Miss Florence Indseth will play the piano during the movies to night. The manager is working hard to show good elear pict.uvs. The following notice from a (Madison, S. D., papter will be of interest t.o the many friends of Mrs. Koth who has ma tie htr home here with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. Schulz, for number of years. All join in extending congratulations. Thu article follows: Last evening at the home of Paid Meyer on East Fifth street Mr. Emil Ko tot-hefsky and Matilda A. Koth were united in marriage by Dr. D. J. Mitterling. The bride is a sister of Mrs. Meyer and the groom is mail carrier on rural route No. 3 out of Madison. AL, few friends were invited- in to enjoy the repast. They go to housekeeping in the groom's house in the northwestern part of the city* ••"A if. &