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PREDICT GRASS
HOPPER PLAGUE
Nicollet County Old Settlers Look Forward
to a Visitation of the Grasshop
per Plague Throughout
Minnesota in
1911.
A special of the 19th inst. from St.
Peter, Minn., to the Minneapolis Jour
nal, says: Old settlers of-Nicollet coun
ty predict a plague of grasshoppers for
southern Minnesota in 1911. Flights
of locusts that have been seen during
the "last few days have Revived the old
l'ear of the pests, and they declare that,
a year hence, there will be an invasion
which will rival the visitation of 1874-5.
That there are grounds for their ap
prehensions is admitted, and the history
of "grasshopper times'' is such that
many farmers are talking of plans to
destroy the pests. The first invasion of
locusts of which there is an authentic
record occurred in 1857, large areas in
Nicollett and Le Sueur, counties suffer
ing. Again in 1865 great damage to
crops was done by the insects, but it
was in 1875 and 1876 that they made
themselves a terror to allparts of Min
nesota.
LOCUSTS BY MILLIONS.
In the fall of 1874 vast quantities of
eggs were deposited in the ground, and
the following spring the locusts appear
ed by the millions. So numerous were
they that, they devoured every green
thing, and, when they migrated, thev
flew in immense clouds Growing crops
were cut to the earth and consumed,
the army- of locusts leaving in their
wake a country that was wholly devas
tated and blacked as though by fire,
and for two years the farmers harvest
ed no crops.
To rid the country of the plague
bounty was offered by many counties,
and even by the boards of supervisors
in individual townships. I n Nicollet
county the board of county commission
ers adopted a resolution offering a grad
uated bounty, the prices ranging from
$6 a bushel for locusts taken in the
larvae stage to $1 a bushel for those of
mature growth. With these prices as
an incentive hundreds of persons drop
ped their ordinary vocations and took
up the more profitable employment of
locust-catching, but' their efforts pro
duced no appreciable effect upon the
swarm of insects.
It was the cuBtom to deliver the dead
locusts to persons designated by the
board of county commissioners, the lo
custs being buried in long trenches dug
for the purpose, and orders on the coun
ty treasurer being issued in payment
for them.
COUNTY PAYS
$18,000.
The records show that in this way
Nicollet county paid out $18,000, and
it is estimated that nearly as much
more was appropriated from the town
ship treasuries. Blue Earth, an adjoin
ing county, did not abandon the practice
as aoon as Nicollet, and practically ex
hausted its credit, bonds being issued to
take jip the locust orders and the same
forming part of its floating indebtedness
for a period of nearly twenty years.
So serious had the situation become
Land
wants to purchase or other­
wise deal For a farm, and
while I do n o claim o
make a business of this land
dealing, still these people
run in and see me and talk
over their wan s. Why
not you do the same?
in 1876 that the state was compelled to
provide the destitute farmers with seed
grain, and in the spring Governor Pills
bury designated a certain Sunday as a
day of prayer. It was so observed in
every church in Minnesota, and within
a few days an unexpected frost caught
the squirming larvae and wholly destroy
ed them.
This year locusts have done much
damage, but the crop in this section is
so much better than the average that
the farmers have paid little attention
to them. For a week, however, the
insects have been swarming, and their
flights, while not on a prodigious scale,
greatly resemble those of a third of a
century ago. In fields that have been
examined it has been found that the
ground is perforated with holes where
the insects have deposited their eggs,
and it is this fact that causes farmers
to regard the locust as a real menace.
WHERE OYSTERS
GROW ON TREES
Bivalves Haye a Good Flavor and Are
Found Attached to the Roots and
L'ower Branches of Mangrove
Trees on South Shore
of Porto Rico.
Washington, August 21.—Oysters
grown on trees in Porto Rico and fish
that have never yet had the honor of
mention on expensive restaurant menus
swim unsuspectingly in the waters of
Porto Rico fish of hitherto unknown
varities will eat out of the anglers' hand
in Porto Rico fish of every kind and
description are waiting to be c&ught in
Porto Rico.
All the foregoing is described in a re
port to the Bureau of Insul&r Affairs
from San Juan. At one port the follow
ing food fishes are taken by hand-hook
and line or trotting candil, red goat
Spanish mackerel, 2 to 10 pounds king
fish, 10 to 40 pounds runner, cabra
mora, Nassau grouper, red hiijd, toro,
red grouper, 5 to 100 pounds pargo
priesto, 5 to 30 pounds dog^napper,
5 to 20 pounds schoolmaster, red snap
per, mutton fish, lane snapper, margate,
yellow tail, pluma, 2 to 8 pounds chopa
amarilla, 1 pound red-goat,5 to 8 pounds
trunk fish, 1 to 4 pounds robalo, 6 to
25 pounds balaju,-1 to pounds.
As for oysters, Gapt. John H. Kerr,
of Baltimore, who is in Porto Rico look
ing over the fishing field, is authority for
the declaration that they grow on trees
and the report to the Bureau-of Insular
Affairs says:
"Oysters of good flavor are quite
plentiful on the south side of the island.
They are usually attached to the roots
and lower branchs of the mangrove
trees at the shore."
In spite of all these conditions, the
report shows that Porto Rico imported
more than $654,000 worth of dried fish
last year and exported none.
When the digestion is alright, the
action of the bowels regular, there is a
natural craving and lelish for food.
When this is lacking you may know that
you need a dose o Chamberlain's
Stomach a n Liver Tablets. They
I strenghthen the digestive organs, im-
E1rove the appetite and regulate the
owels. Sold by all dealers.
and in
'fact quite often, there
comes along a man who
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Vol. 12, No- 9. Bowbells, Burke County, North Dakota, Friday, Aug. 26, 1910.
Mill ASSESSED UUID VALUE OF N. D. Ill 1910
Considerable Increase In Acreage Shown, and There Are Only
Four Counties That Show a Decrease in Acreage in
the Table of Figures Prepared by the State
SAGE ADVICE
TO FARMERS
Professor Shepperd of the North Dakota
Agricultural College Urges farfners
to Hold Onto Their Stock, as
the Present is No Time
to Sell.
Stock-raising is the most profitable
part o farming, next to dairying,
though it is very hard to develop, says
a well-known authority. Prof. Shep
perd. of the State Agricultural College,
Board of Equalization.
Complete figures of the assessed value of land in North Dakota as left by the
state equalization board show that there was a gain in the assessed acreage in
1910 of 1,378,111 acres over 1909.
Only four counties in the state show a decrease. Cass is one of these and
shows the largest decrease, 1,184 acres. Grand Forks has a decrease of 13
acres, Rolette 72 acres and Traill 25 acres.
The average assessed value per acre of North Dakota land for 1910 is $3.97.
As stated before in the Forum, when partial figures of the assessed value per
acre were published, Cass county has the largest assessed value per acre—$7.52.
Following is a table showing the totals for every county in the state. The
second column of figures shows the total acreage of the county before school
lands and other lands, which are not assessed, were taken out:
Ass'd Value T'l Ac'age T'l Ac'age Ass'd Ac'age
County— Per Acre'10 Each Co. Ass'd'10 Gain over'09
Adams ..$3.00 632,082 427,878 68,653
Barnes 6.04 950,165 938,937 2,737
Benson 4.09 870,871 714,809 15,449
Billings 2.33 2,157,302 1,125,049 7,287
Bottineau 4.60 1,076,790 1,053,102 10,629
Bowman 3.34 742,446 316,914 44,302
Burke See Ward 601,324
Burleigh 3.25 1,050,626 871,038 27,664
Cass 7.52 1,125,621 1,094,686 *1,184
Cavalier .« 4.85 961,589 948,303 29,786
Dickey 4.59 728,758 688,256 5,691
Dunn. 2.25 1,311,557 618,288 88,333
Eddy 4.55 407,982 370,200 23,129
Emmons 2.79 -983,246 811,729 35,142
Foster 5.12 411,183 525,862 45,481
Grand Forks 6.55 917,437 902,491 *13
Griggs 6.10 455,127 450,193 8,905
Hettinger 3.03 724,063 440,634 26,827
Kidder 2.94 883,039 633,543 31.979
LaMoure .. 4.85 734,703 714,890 1,142
Logan 3.21 641,991 497,711 7,252
McHenry 3.79 1,211,549 1,905,212 36,142
Mcintosh 3.48 633.357 537,749 19,466
McKenzie 2.21 1,738,452 477,033 44,356
McLean 3.27 1,462,231 967,790 62,661
Mercer 2.88 705,268 449,310 27,345
Morton 2.78 3,020,183 1,368,329 73,080
Mountrail 2.52 1,257,001 616,174 71,295
Nelson 4.67 636,752 619,072 236
Oliver..... 2.64 461,418 348,427 26,255
Pembina 5.35 716,872 706,393 3,492
Pierce 4.14 670,116 603,331 7,298
Ramsey 4.55 770,360 738,-647 1,622
Ransom 5.26 557,173 530,630 2,353
Renville.' See Ward 506,258
Richland 6.54 917,407 898,242 17,829
Rolette 4.13 584,035 492,149 *72
Sargent 4.53 556,506 527,649 7,984
Sheridan 1 3.76 636,754 500,767 39,585
Stark 2.94 864,157 645,687 22,352
Steele 6.31 456,280 452,447 12,425
Stutsman.. 4.69 1,453,872 1,325,960 57,942
Towner 4.71 665,206 627,888 5,197
Traill 7.42 546,387 542,599 *25
Walsh 6.19 824,088 817,248 11,656
Ward 3.76 2,604,319 1,135,124 147,036
Wells 4.40 823,047 780,218 31,353
Williams 3.40 2,188,143 1,239,071 168,759
Total (state average) $3.97 44,736,461 34,394,240 1,378,111
*Shows decrease.
{JJF YOU CONTEMPLATE taking out new
insurance or putting on additional insurance on
your property, I will be pleased of the opportunity to
talk the matter over with you, as I represent some of
the best old-line companies doing business in America
today. If you are building you should not fail to take
out insurance and y6u should not, be without it.
Ijt costs nothing to talk!
Come in and make you* wants known, and chances are that I
can be of assistance to you.
THOMAS B. HURLY
in his annual report, shows that the
amount of stock in this state has de
creased in the last five years, and de
creased more than the breaking up of
ranges will account for. The amount
of stock in Illinois has also decreased,
and the number of cattle, hogs and
sheep is decreasing. This is not a good
sign.
In view of the shortage of hay and
fodder in some sections, Professor'Shejj
perd is urging the farmers to keep their
stock if at all possible. In sections
where this condition prevails the price
that can be realized will not be good,
Insurance Loans
and it will be a difficult thing to buy
stock again, as there will not be much
in the state that can be bought when
feed becomes more abundant.
He also calls attention to the fact
that it has taken time to get the stock
and the blood lines that one knows, so
that it would take years to get back
into good stock again. It would mean
a setback of several years in one's
farming. Grain that is not fit for mar
ket will make good stock food and
should be utilized in this way.
Those" who have planted corn this
year will be in good shape to take care
of their stock. Those who sell their
stock will find that it will be shipped to
the states to the south that are growing
more corn and there corn-fed. This
corn can be grown in this state, and
this year is a good time to take note of
the corn crop and what it will do. In
the absence of any other feed, utilize
the old straw stack, or new straw if it
can be had it will not be an ideal ra
tion, but it will be better than disposing
of the stock.
The Soldier's Wail.
The Forum of last Friday contained
the following "pome," said to have
been written by one of the members of
the North Dakota National Guard while
in camp at Sparta, Wis., recently:
In the wilds of bleak Wisconsin, in a
wilderness of sand,
With the sijkly oaks and underbrush
about on every hand,
There's a lost battalion stranded, there
to vegetate and rot,
The outside world forgotten and by the
world forgot.
Around us forest fires rage, the air is
parched and dry.
A blood red sun glares daily from a
dismal, smoky sky.
Mosquitoes, flies and rattlesnakes, help
weave a charming spell
If we had a barrel of brimstone, we
could start a first-class h—11.
It seems an age since we left home, to
seek this godless land,
A hundred miles of dusty roads, and a
hundred more of sand.
Our blistered feet and worn out shoes,
the story meekly tell.
We hiked two weeks to get here, and
into Hades we fell.
The flies all carry corkscrews, the
mosquitoes all wear spurs,
The rocks are full of copperheads and
the sand is full of burrs.
The grass is full of rattlesnakes, the
air is full of fleas,
And the dammed incinerators lend their
fragrance to the breeze.
The gentle breezes murmur, as they
blow and blow and blow,
Then sand goes flying through the air
like Minnesota snow,
It grinds itself to powder and sifts
about like flour,
And would keep your rags in color if
you washed them every hour.
The hospital corps is on the ground with
pills and knives and splint,
They bury men at midnignt to keep
them out of print,
They practice on the new recruits and
lay them safe away,
And when the cruel war is over they'll
divvy up their jay.
Farewell to North Dakota, good-bye
to old Fargo,
We'll never see our home again, our
steps are getting slow,
So when your children pass this land
where heroes fought and bled,
They'll find a slender column raised to
the unknown dead.
—Too far gone to sign.
State Historical Society
.50 Per Year
DOPED' SOOTHING
SYRUP UNDER BAN
Fourteen Kinds of Popular Patent Medi
cines, All Containing Morphine in
Quantities, Are Now Designated
as "Baby Kill
ers."
Washington, Aug. 22.—An investiga
tion of more than usual importance into
the excessive use of "dope" in soothing
syrup for children is to be started by
Judge William Delacey, judge of the
children's court here.
The investigation seems to be the
practical result of a n investigation
made some time ago by the department
of agriculture in which "medicines that
put children asleep forever" were bit
terly assailed.
Judge Delacey as a federal official
will have unusual authority and facil
ities for making a complete study of
the subject and enforcing his findings,
as this is a federal jurisdiction.
The following soothing syrups have
been officially designated by the United
States government chemist and experts,
as "baby killers":
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Sirup (mor
phine sulphate).
Children's Comfort (morphine sul
phate).
Dr. Fahey's Pepsin Anodyne Com
pound (morphine and sulphate).
Dr. Fahrney's Teething Sirup (mor
phine and chloroform).
Dr. Fowler's Strawberry and Pepper
mint Mixture (morphine).
Dr. Groves' Anodyne for Infants
(mcrphine sulphate).
Hooper's Anodyne, the Infants'
Friend (morphine hydrochlorid).
Jakway's Elixir for Infants (codein).
Dr. Janes Soothing Sirup (heroin).
Koepp's Baby Friend (morphine sul
phate).
Dr. Miller's Anodyne for Babies (mor
phine sulphate and chloral hydrate).
Dr. Moffett's Teething Powders
(powdered opium).
Victor Infant Relief (chloroform and
cannabis indica).
Told of Justice Brewer
When the late Justice Brewer was
judge in a minor court he was presiding
at the trial of a wife's suit for separa
tion and alimony. The defendant ac
knowlged that e hadn't spoken o
his wife in five years, and Judge Brew
er put in a question:
"What explanation have you," he
asked severely, "for not speaking to
your wife in five years?"
"Your honor," replied the husband,
"1 didn't like to interrupt the lady."
Everybody's.
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an ugly sore. Many salves and oint
ments proved worthless. Then Buck
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Nothing is so prompt and sure for ul
cers, boils, burns, bruises, cuts, corns,
sores, pimples, eczema or piles. 25cts.
at all druggists.
flTIF YOU DESIRE to
negotiate a Farm Loan,
come in and see if you and
I cannot do business also in
this regard. If I cannot
help you out, I will tell you
so at once, and not keep you
in suspense for weeks on
promises that I may know I
cannot fulfill. It's just pos
sible I can help you.