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The PtrPePhospnate Pofttier
25 Per Full Pound
FARMERS EXCHANGE.
The Seed and Stock Exchange Will Be a Feat
ure of the Convention
To The Forum: During the Tri
State Gram and Stock Growers con
vention held in Fargo last January, so
much inquiry was made about seed
grain, especially timothy seed and seed
corn, that a Farmers Exchange was
organized. Farmers having seed grain
of any kind for sale therefore will do
themselves and their neighbors a fa
vor by exhibiting samples with prices
at the convention to be held this year
Jan i9-.\3.
Stockmen also frequently have sires
that cannot longer be profitably used
on their herds or (locks and who de
sire to exchange them for similar ani
mals but of different kin. Considerable
money can frequently be saved by such
exchanges.
It is hoped that farmers will take
advantage of the Farmers Exchange
and make it a feature of the forthcom
ing convention.
Pictures and pedigrees as well as
descriptions of the stock offered for
exchange can be bulletined and inter
ested parties thus be brought together
without inconvenience.
Samples of grain and grasses of good
,v-typc and fine quality also can be ex
•jilibited, to demonstrate the advantage
of proper seed selection and good cul
tivation.
I would like, in addition, to suggest
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The enormous consumption of Egg-O-See wherever introduced,
exceeding that of all other Flaked Wheat Foods combined,
proves conclusively that the introduction of a high-class-iuil
weight package of Flaked Wheat Food which
has struck a popular chord. By manufacturing in enormous
quantities in the largest and most perfectly equipped food mill
in the world, we can produce a full weight, high-grade product
at this lower price.
ASK YOUR GROOER FOR THE GREEN PAOKAOE.
If your grocer does not keep it, send us his name and lOoents
and we will send you a package, prepaid.
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A. WALL
LUMBER DEALER
Corner Front and Eleventh Struts, Fargo, N. 0.
4T I lilt (Tl I fi 11 fljbWSMWfct*
If yoti had not thought
as a general theme for a "go as you
please" discussion, the following: What
system of crop rotation have you found
most profitable for your locality?
Owing to the importance of this
question, it' is desirable to give it due
prominence and it is hoped therefore
that many farmers will come to the
convention prepared to give their ex
perience. A score of short talks on
crop rotation will prove interesting
and instructive. J. H. Worst,
v-« Secretary.
4: i CONWAY NOTES.
•.••3ottvay, N. D., Dec. i.—T$ The, Fo
rum Jas. Mclntyre came over from
Towner last Monday returning Satur
day.
Maud Rea tristtted iti 'Part River last
Wednesday.
E. Herwick came down from Park
River last Friday returning Saturday,
Mrs. Jos. Phelan, Miss Annie Berri
gan and Ed Drager visited in Park
River last Saturday.
Clinton Johnson spent Thanksgiving
with his parents in Union,
Mrs. Finley had the inisfortune to fall
down the cellar last Friday and' break
her leg. She is doing nicely and we all
hope for her speedy recovery.
The Thanksgiving ball which was
held for the benefit of the school was
not a success. The weather being bad
kept a number of people at home.
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man standard and tourist sleepers.
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There is only one road which takes you up in Chicago Ofl
Kansas C'itv and puts you down in Los Angeles or
Francisco without the aid or consent of another. Tikis
ono railroad i& the SANTA FE. It is thfe only lity?
under one management between points named, which
insures uniform and efficient service. ,:,i
Upon request we will gladly mail
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fact.
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book describes the trip to California by the way of the
old Santa Fe trail. The booklet tolls of the Ca|i-*
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THE NINE SHIP CANALS.
Sketch «l Cull That Already EtM-QrcM
Value.
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Washington^ Dec. a.—The renewed
attention being given to the proposed
isthmian canal at this time lends e$p
'pccial discussion of the great canals of
ilic world., presented hy the department
of conunercc and labor through .its bu
reau of statistics. The ship canals of
,the world, it says, are nine in number,
ja& follows:
ir (i) The Suez Canal, begun in. 1859
jand completed 'in 1869.
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T( 7) The Welland Canal, connecting
Lake Erie with Lake Ontario.
(8 and 9) The two canals, United
States and Canadian, respectively, con
necting Lake Superior with Lake Huron.
THE SUEZ CANAL.
The Sliez Canel is usually considered
the' most important example of ship
canals, though the number of vessels
passing through it annually dots not
equal that passing through the canals
collecting Lake Superior with the chain
of Great Lakes at the south. In length,
it exceeds any of the other great ship
canals, its total length being 90 miles,
of which about two-thirds is through
shallow lakes. The material excavated
was usually sand, though in some cases
strata of solid rock from 2 to 3 feet fn
thickness were encountered. TTftfi' total
excavation was about 8o,odo,ooo, cubic
yards under the original plan, which
gave a depth of 25 feet. In 1895 the ca
nal was so enlarged as to give a depth
of 31 feet, a width at the bottom' of k8
•feet and at the surface of 420. feet'. Tlifc
original cost was $95,coo,oofr, and for
the canal in its present fonii'slightly in
excess of $ico.ccq,cco. Thk num
ber of vessels passing tbr6ugh
the canal in 1870. was 486,
with a gross tonnage of 654,
915 tons in 1875, 1,494 vessels, ^ross
tonnage. 2,940.708 tons in 1886, vessels,
2,026. gross tonnage, 4.344.519 tons in
i8qo, 3,389 vessels gfoss tonnage 9,749,
129 tons in 1895. 3,434 vessels, gross
tonnage. 11,833,637 tons and in 1900,
3,441 vessels, with a gross tonnage of
THE CORINTH CANAL.
The next of the great ship canals con
necting bodies of salt water in the order
of date of construction is the Corinth
Canal, which connects the Gulf of Cor
inth with the Gulf of Aegina. The ca
nal reduces the distance from the Adria
tic ports about 175 miles and from Medi
terranean ports about 100 miles. Its
length is about four miles, a part of
which was cut through granitic soft rock
and the remainder through soil. There
are 110 locks, as is also the case in both
the Suez and Cronstadt canals already
dcScribed. The width of the canal is
72 feet at boUoin and the depth
2!b%
toward payi
which the
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THE FARGO FORUM AND DAILY REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1003.
The Constadt and St. Petersburg
Csnal, begun in 1877 and completed in
jiSpo,
I (3) The Corinth Canal, begun in
1884 and completed in 1893.
(4) The Manchester Ship Canal,
completed in 1894.
(5) The Kaiser Wilhelm Canal, con
necting the Baltic and North seas, com
pleted in 1895.
(6) The-Elbe'aiid Trave Canal, con
necting the North Sea and Baltic, open
ed in 1900.
tons. The revenue of the ca­
nal is apparently large in proportion to
its cost, the Statesman's Yearbook for
1901 giving the net profits of 1899 at 54,
153.660 francs, and the total amount dis
tributed amon.?' the shareholders 5!,
538.028 francs, or about 10 per cent 6f
the estimated cost 01 $100,000,000.
The canal is wthout locks, being at
sea level the entire distance. The length
of time occupied in parsing through
the canal averages about eighteen hours.
By the use of electric lights throughout
the entire length of the canal passages
are made at night with nearly equal fa
cility to that of day. The tolls charged
are 9 francs per ton net register. Dan
ube measurement," which amounts to
slightly more than $2 per ton United'
States ndt measurement. Steain vessels
massing through the canal are propelled
by their own power.
CKONSTADT AKD ST. PETERSBURG CANAti.'
The canal connecting the Bay of Cron
stadt with St. Petersburg is described as
a work of great strategic and commercial
importance to Russia. The canal and
sailing course in the Bay of Cronstadt
arc about 16 miles long, the canal proper
being 6 miles and the bay channel about
10 miles, and they together extend from
Cronstadt. 011 the Gulf of Finland, to
St. Petersburg. The canal was opened
in 1890 with a navigable depth of 20V2
feat, the original depth having been
about 9 feet the width ranges from 220
to 350 feet. The total cost is estimated
at about $10,000,000.
fefit.
The work was begun in 1884 and com
pleted in 1893 at a cost of about'$5,000,
000. The average tolls are 18 ce:nts per
ton land 20 cenfs per passenger.!'
THE MAKCHESTER SHIP CAKiUU
The Manchester Ship Canal, which
connects Manchester, England, with the
Mersey River,. Liverpool, and the At
lantic Ocean, was opened for traffic
Jan. 1, 1894. The length of the eatlal is
35 5^ miles, the total rise from thtf ,yater
level to Manchester being 60 feet, which
is divided between four sets' tof locks,
priving an average to each of 15 feet.
The minimum width is lao-feet.at the
bottom and averages 175 feet at.th?,wa*
ter level, though in places the y^4thi Wj
extended to 230 feet. .The, pninjmuip
depth is 26 feet, and the time required
for navigating the canal from five, to,
eight hours. The total amount,.of
cavation in the canal and docks was
about 45,000000 cubic yards,
of
which
about. one-fourth was sandstone rock.
The gates are operated by hydraulic
power railways and bridges crossing the
route of the canal have been raised to.
gi\*e a height of 75 feet to vessels tra^
versing the canal, and an ordinary canal
whose route it crosses is carried acros
by a springing aqueduct composed
an iron caisson resting upon a piy
pier. The total co«t of the canal is givefir
at $75,ooo.ooq. The revenue in 1931, ac
cording to the Statesman's' Yearbook,
was £621,ia&. and the working exL
£483.467. For-the half year ettiin
June 30, 1990 thf canal yielded
te. £ita,SPO of in
rf Master his
the enter
that of the corresponding period of the
preceding year.
THE KAISER WILHELM cXNAL.
Two canals conect the Baltic and
North Seas through Germany,.the first
known as the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal,
having been completed in 1895 and con
structed largely for military and naval
purposes, but proving also of great value'
to general mercantile traftic. Work upon
the Kaiser Wilhelm^Canal was begun in
J887. and completed as above indicated,
in 1895. The length of the canal is 61
miles, the terminus in the Baltic Sea be
ing at the harbor of Kiel. The rl*
is 29^ feet, the width at the bottom
72 feet, and the minimum width at the
surface 190. feet. The route lies chieflv
through marshes and shallow lakes and
along river valleys. The total excavation
amotmted to about 100,000,000 cubic
yards, and the cost to about $40,000,000.
The number of vessels passing through
the canal in 1900 was 21.571 with a ton
nage of 4,382,258. and the dues collected
amounted to 2.133,155 marks.
GREAT LAKE CANALS.
Three ship canals intending to give
continuous passage to vessels from the'
head of Lake Superior to Lake Ontario
and 'the St. Lawrence River are the Wel
land Canal, origially constructed in 1833
and enlarged in 1871 and 1900 the St.
Marys Falls Canal at Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich., opened in 1855 and enlarged in
1881 and -1896, and the Canadian Canal
at St. Marys River opened in 1895. In
uoint of importance, measured at least
by their present use, the canals at the St.
Marys River by far surpass that of the
Welland Canal, the number of vessels
passing through the canals at St. Marys
River being eight times as great as the
number passing through the Weliand,
and the tonnage ©f the former nearly
forty times as great as the latter. One
of the important products of .the Lake
Superior region, iron ore, is chiefly used
in the section contigiotis to Lake Erie,
and a large proportion of grain coming
from Lake Superior passes from Buffalo
ta' the Atlantic coast by way of the Erie
Canals and the railroads centering in
Buffalo. The most important article in
the: westward shipments through the
Sault Ste. Marie canals, coal, originates
iii the territory contiguous to Lake
Erie. These conditions largely account
for the fact that the number and ton
nage of vessels passing through the St.
Marys River canals so greatlyt exceed
tliose of the Welland Canal. V
The IVclland Canal—
In 1900 the number of ves­
sels passing through the United States
caqal was 16,144. and through the Ca
nadian 3,003, showing an increase of
1.2po in the number of vessels passing
through the Canadian canal, and a slight
decrease in the number through the
United States canal, tKe increase in num
ber in passing through tne Canadian ca
nal having been due to the development
of the Michipocoten district. The ton
nage passing through the United States
ca^al in 1902 was: Registered tonnage,
27,408,021 tons in 1901,22,222.334 tons,
against 20,136.782 in the year 1900 the
freight tonnage was 25,026,522 tons,
against 23.251-539 tons in 1900. The Ca
nadian canal shows: Registered ton
nage in 1902,4.547,561 in 1901. 2404.642
tons, against' 2,160.490 in 900. A marked
contrast between the business of the St.
Miarys Falls and the Welland canals is
wound in a comparison of their figures
for a term of years. The number of ves-,
sels passing through the Welland canal
in 1873 was 6.425 and in 1899, 2,202, a re
duction of more than one-half in the
number of vessels. The number of ves
sels passing through the St. Marys Falls
Canal in 1873 was 3,517, and in 1902,
through the American and Canadian ta
naU, 22,659.
t} QUESTION ANSWEREP.
Ves.
Apgust Flower still has the lifgf-
est sale of- any medicine in the -civilised
World. Your mothers and grandmoth
ers
never thought of using anything,
else
for indigestion or biliousness. Doc
tors
were scarce aud they seldom heard
of
appendicitis, nervou* prostration or
ift
failure, ctc. Th*jp psei Attj
'V to clean out thft.
fermentation of So&&.
ktc, the action pf tlMj^ver, stimu
nirvous and online action of
jyst«m, and
that
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The Welland
Canal connects Lake Ontario and Lake
Erie on the Canadian side of the river.
It was constructed in 1833 and enlarged
in 1871 and again in 1900. The length
of the canal is 27 miles, the number of
focks 25. the total rise of lockage 327
feet, arid the total cost about $25,000,000.
The annual collection of tolls on freight,
passengers and vessels averages about
$225,coo and the canal is open on an
average of about 240 days in a year.
The Sault Ste. Marie Canals—The
nals pf Sault Ste. Marie, -Mich., and
Ontario, are located adjacent to the falls
of the St. Marys River, which connects
Lake Superior with Lake Huron and
lower or raise vessels from one level
to another a height of 17 to 20 feet. The.
canal belonging to the United States was
begun in 1853 by the state of Michigan
and .opened in 1855, the length Of the ci
lia! being 5,674 feet,' and provided tfith
t*\Vo tandem locks, each being 350 feet
in-length and 70 feet* wide, and allow
ing passage of vessels drawing 12 feet,
tile original cost being $1,000,000. The
United States government, by consent of
the state, began in 1870 to enlarge the
canal, and by 1881 had increased its
length to 1.6 miles, its width to an aver
age of 160 feet, and its depth to 16 feet:
also had built a single lock 515 feet long
apd 80 feet wide, with a depth of 17 feet
on Hie sills,' which \va's "located 100 feet
south of the state locks. The state re
linquished all control of the canal in
March', 1882. In 1887 the state locks were
torn down and replacetl bv a single lock
800 Ifeet Jong, 190 feet widel and a .depth
of 22 feet of water on the sills. This lock
was put in commission in 1896. The ca
nal was also deepened to 25 feet. The
Canadian calial, 1% miles long, 150 feet
Wide and 2 fee* deep, with lock 900 feet
long[, 60 feet wide, with 22 feet on the
miter sills, was built on the north side
of the river during the years 1888 to
1895. The mimber of vessels passing
through the United States canal in 1902
was 15.588. and through the Canadian
canal
4.204.
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