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TR1DAY, JUNE 26,1914
Farmers Hold
Annual Meeting
Stockholders of Sentinel Butte
Elevator Elect Officers and
Transact Yearly Business.
President W. Y. Barnett call-
ed the meeting to order at 2
o'clock p. m., and before the
regular business of the meeting
-was taken up, introduced
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Eckerle, representative of a
.farmers' newbpaper and a worti
for co-operation among farmers.
Mr. Eckerle was secured by the
bar5d of directors to address this
meeting and he proved a very
interesting talker. He -told
.some very good stories and
made good points in favor of
-co-operation. He also got the
stockholders to agree to sub
scribe for his paper for each
patron of the elevator, but this
action was later rescinded and
-will be given further considera
iion.
The regular annual meeting of
the stockholders of the Sentinel
Butte Farmers' Elevator Co. was
held at the opera house in this
city last Thursday afternoon,
with a good attendance.
Immediately following Mr.
Eckerle's address the regular
business of the meeting was tak
en up and the old bcatd of di
rectors was re-elected by accla
mation—a very strong evidence
ct the perfect satisfaction that
they have given during their
term of office. The directors are:
"W Y. Barnett, president J. H.
ker, Roy C. Doyle, John
Haugen, Wm. Tester, Geo. W.
L.ncisey and J. A. Norem.
following the election of the
board of directors the annual di
vidend was declared, which
amounted to more than 12 per
cent on the shares and to be
tween 1c and 2c per bushel on
the bushel returns.
it was then moved and carried
to held a big farmers' meeting at
a date to be set later, and to take
part in this meeting the Chama
and Beach farmers' elevator or
ganizations will be invited. It is
planned to have a representative
of each of the so-called co-op
erative organizations present at
this meeting to address the peo
ple. There is great rivalry be
tween these concerns and if two
speakers can be secured simul
taneously it is thought that inter
esting developments may be
seen. When this meetine is fully
decided upon the date and furth
er announcement of it will be giv
en in the Republican.
The farmers are well satisfied
with the business of the past year
for their elevator. Mr. VanDe
water, whose resignation was re
ported in the Republican some
time ago, will not be with them
next year, and the new manager
has not yet been appointed, but
they have an exceptionally good
man in view and should they be
successful in getting him the busi
ness will doubtless be conducted
even more satisfactorily than be
fore.—Sentinel Butte Republi
can.
DON'T MISS IT
THE
Miles City
Round-Up
aad
Frontier Celebration
Miles City, July 2-3-4
A reproduction of Montana'*
Pioneer Days—a ml "Wild
Wast" Show. Bronco Busting,
Trick Riding, Indian Relay Races,
Indian Foot Races, in fact all die
daring and spectacular feature* of
•arly diy* in Montana.
LowRoundTripFares
From many points in Montana
and Western North Dakota—via
Northern Pacific
Railway
Come in and *ee ma about our
convenient train service and fan*
to the Round-Up.
S
R. D.
Williams,
Agent,
Beach,
N. Dak.
PRACTICAL PLANT BREEDING
Outline of Simple Method for tho Im
provomsnt of Grain Crops in the
School District'
(By Ik R. WAtiDHON, Superintendent
Dickinson (N. D.) Sub-Station.)
A simple method may be outlined
for the Improvement of grain crops In
the school district. It is known as
the field method, and while the meth
od is not a refined one, It has been
shown conclusively that It will pro
duce satisfactory results. The meth
od is as follows: Just before a field
of grain Is to be cut, a person goes
through the field carrying a grain
Back slung over the shoulder. The
person going through the field selects
the best appearing heads of the kind
of grain that is grown in the field
and places them in the sack. This is
continued until enough heads are
collected to produce a sufficient
amount of threshed grain to sow a
half or a quarter of an acre the year
following. The selected heads must,
of course, be threshed by hand. This
can be done in the winter, but the
heads must be kept in a well protec
ed place. The peck or half bushel of
selected grain must be sown upon
clean land the following year, and
care must be taken with that piece of
ground. The piece of ground should be
one of the best upon the farm. The
grain from this ground should be
threshed in a clea nseparator. Per
haps 10 or 15 bushels of reasonably
pure seed will result The increase
of this for another year will furnish
the desired amount of seed, and some
will be left over for the neighbors,
who will likely be glad to purchase at
a price enough in advaneq of the mar
ket to pay the breeder for his extra
labor and trouble. It 1b apparent
that the person selecting the heads in
the first instance must need to have
a pretty good idea of the proper kind
of head to be selected. A pupil who
has studied the wheat in school will
have a much better idea of what type
of head to select than one who has
not done the studying. It will be well
and indeed necessary, to repeat the
above work every two or three years.
Methods nearly as simple as the fore
going could be outlined for corn and
potatoes.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR WEEDS
Many Poor Crops in North Dakota
Due to Noxious Plant 8eeds
From Nearby Seeds.
(By W. C. PALMER. Agricultural Edi
tor, North Dakota Agricultural Col
lege.)
Is a. man responsible for the weeds
he raises? In other words if weeds
are allowed to ripen and the seed
blow onto a neighbor's field and dam
age his crop, is the man who raised
the weeds responsible for the dam
age? If a man's stock damage his
neighbor's field he is held responsible.
In Alberta a man allowed weeds to
ripen seed. These blew onto a neigh
bor's field. Suit was brought and the
man who allowed the weeds to go to
seed had to pay damages of $672.00.
In North Daliota this year, 1913,
many summer fallow and corn fields
that were kept clean in 1913 have a
poor crop due to the weeds that have
drifted in from other fields, and in
many cases they were neighbor's
fields. It is hard on the farmer who'
spends a year preparing his land to
grow a good crop of grain to have
his season's work put to naught by a
neighbor who is growing weeds. On
the open prairie tjie wind will carry
weeds and weed seed for miles.
The encouragement of the weed
law would remedy this. Another way
is to plant several rows of willows
around the farm.
The enforcement of the weed law
would be a big step In bringing better
farming. Without its enforcement a
few careless farmers keep back the
progress that the better farmers are
trying to make—or making each farm
er responsible for the weeds he grows
would soon put an end to weed grow
ing.
Pen for Winter.
The larger the pen in which the
birds are confined during the winter
the less number of square feet at floor
space will be required for each bird,
because each bird can exercise over a
greater area.
8orghums Relished.
Sweet sorghums are more palatable,
therefore relished better by both
horses and cattle than corn stover.
BIGGER YIELD OF POTATOES
When Digging Tubers Be on Lookout
for Hill That Has Exceptional
Number for 8eed.
(By W. C. PALMER, Agricultural Editor,
North Dakota Agricultural College.)
The first step In securing bigger
yields of potatoes Is to know the
principle of seed selection. The po
tato tuber is not a true seed but an
enlarged stem. The eyes correspond
to the buds en a stem. In fact are the
buds. When planting a potato tuber
It Is really a part of the old plant Just
as a willow cutting is a part of the
old willow. The plant from which
the tuber came will be reproduced.
If the plant produced a lot of small
potatoes and only a few big ones, and
the big ones are planted the new
plant will likewise produce mostly
small potatoes. The plant that pro
duces big potatoes will likewise be re
produced if these are planted.
This makes it clear that the pota
toes for seed must be selected when
the potatoes are being dug. The hills
that have the kind of potatoes want
ed must be saved for seed. When
this system Is followed the potatoes
can be improved from year to year.
The common way of securing seed
potatoes is to put the potatoes In
the cellar in the fall during the win
ter, to pick out the best for cooking
and in the spring plant what is left.
This method of seed selection Is sure
to make the potatoes run out. When
digging potatoes be on the lookout
for the hill that has an exceptional
number of fine potatoes and save It
for seed.
Quarantine 8heep.
Quarantine each and every new
shees. you buy until yeu. are thrice
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THE KISS
i! STEALER
He WM Very, Adroit In
His Thefts
By F. A. MITCHEL
The railroad, like everything else, Is
a development The first rails were
strap Iron on wooden beams. The first
car was a stagecoach, then several
stagecoaches together mounted on
wheels. Then came the passenger car
of the present day, only much smaller.
When these cars were pulled through
a tunnel the passengers were left in
total darkness. Indeed, the lighting of
railway cars passing through tunnels
Is a feature of recent years.
When Tom Arnold was about to re
turn to college for his sophomore year
he was asked If be would escort a little
girl who was going in the same direc
tion to boarding school. Tom didn't
like being burdened with the care of a
"little girl," but he couldn't very well
decline. When be saw his charge be
didn't mind taking care of her so much
as he had thought be would. Lucy
Atwood was fourteen years old, but
tall enough for a girl of sixteen. She
was very demure and appeared to be
utterly devoid of conversational pow
ers. Her protector, having reached the
advanced age (to her) of eighteen,
probably filled her with such awe as to
prevent conversation with him.
But If Miss Atwood was tongue tied
•he was very pretty. There is nothing
more delicate, to a young man espe
cially, than a pair of pink coral lips.
Lucy's complexion was as soft and
downy as a peach, and ber lips were a
combination of beautiful curves. Tom
couldn't keen his eyes off them. He
was young and a sophomore in college,
a combination that can occur but once
in a man's life. His thoughts, his ar
guments. therefore were sophomorlc:
"1 have been burdened with the care
of a tougde tied kid without recom
pense. It behooves me to look out for
my own reward. 1 don't know any
payment that would suit me better
than just one kiss of those lips. Ia
half an hour well get to the tunnel. It
requires three minutes for a train to
go through it, and one can do a great
deal In three minutes."
This was the basis of a plan Tom
formed. Before reaching the tunnel
he would go Into another car, first
noting the exact position of his charge.
As soon as the train plunged into dark
ness be would re-enter, make his way
to where Lucy sat, take the kiss and
retire. Some time after the train bad
emerged Into the light he would go
back to his seat yawn, take up a
newspaper and begin to read as if
unconscious of anything eventful hav
ing happened.
It was a very pretty scheme, but
more tempting to a youngster of eight
een than to a full fledged man. There
was one thing about It, however, that
Tom didn't like. The kid bad been
placed in his care, and he didn't con
sider it quite honorable to avail him
self of the situation to take what didn't
belong to him. But the more criminal
the act the more horror attached to
being found out the more attractive
the scheme.
Tom sat looking sideways at those
Hps, before which every vestige of
honor faded. Nevertheless as the train
approached the tunnel his courage be
gan to fall him. What an awful thing
for him to do! But how nice! Sup
pose the girl should scream and some
one should grab him! The very
thought gave him the shivers. But be
was at an age when the greater the
risk the greater the temptation. He
fell, and great was the fall thereof.
He bad often been through the tun
nel and knew th$ approaches well.
Some ten minutes before the trail
reached it be told bis charge that
would go Into the smoking car
while if she didn't mind slttln
the said she didn't and Toe
noted: that the seat was the third one
from the door on the right left the
car. He didn't smoke, fearing that
the odor of tobacco would give him
away. He sat looking out through a
window, a prey to numerous emotions.
When tbe train entered tbe tunnel,
summoning all his resolution, he hur
ried into the car he had left and count
ed the seats on the right by putting a
band on each till he came to tbe seat
required. Folding Lucy in his arms,
he took tbe desired kiss. There was a
smothered cry. followed in a few mo
ments by tbe sound of an opening and
closing door, then no other than the
rattling of the train.
When daylight came again several
passengers who s:it ne.ir Lucy looked
in ber direction for nn explanation of
the cry they had htiird She gave no
indication of anything unusual. She
was wiping tbe dust from her face
with her handkerchief. She would re
move a portion of It. look nt tbe smudge
It had made on her handkerchief, then
rub off some more, scrutinizing It also,
especially in one corner.
Some twenty minutes after tbe train
had left the tunnel Tom Arnold came
back and sat down besid* bis charge.
Had Lucy looked him in tbe face she
would surely have seen signs of guilt
which, despite bis efforts, he was un
able to conceal, but she was looking
out through tbe window and did not
give him a glance.
Tom was delighted with the success
of bis scheme. It was not the kiss
that pleased him, for to have enjoyed
that he should have been Intent upon
It rather than on committing a robbery.
It was the fact that he had carried out
bis scheme without having been detect
ed. He wondered that Lucy made no
mention of the stolen kiss, but a very
young and delicate miss might feel
abashed at communicating such a thing
to a young man.
When the journey was ended and
Tom left his charge at the door of her
school be looked scrutinlzingly into
ber eyes to see if he could detect any
evidence of her suspecting him. She
returned his gaze with a childlike sim
plicity that reassured blm, and be left
Iter feeling very comfortable.
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GOLDEN VALLEY CHRONIC LE
CLEAN THE GARBAGE
CANS.
GARBAGEis
cam should receive your
attention now. See that the nest
cleaning thorough, that all mat
ter is removed from the corners and
that none is permitted to remain on
tbe ground. A good flushing of the
can with a carbolic add solution—three
tablespoonfuls of 95 per cent carbolic
acid to each quart of water, permit
ting tbe excess to remain in the can
will not only destroy any remuining
fly life, in egg or maggot form, but will
also serve to act as a fly repellent un
til the next cleaning, which should b?
within a few days. PmnHor garbagt
cans In use at your
buck
door should
receive daily attention with carbolr
acid solution.
TREAT HOUSE FLY LIKE
DEVIL
S
CREEN your windows! If yon
cannot get wire screening use
mosquito bar. Screen your doors!
Keep out the fly as you would keep out
tbe devil, for he is a devil.
Swat those flies that ure not elimi
nated by tbe starvation process. Keep
a fly swatter for every room in the
house. Cease your game to kill the
fly. Stop conversation with your com
pany and chase that fly. Swat! Never
mind knocking over the vase or upset
ting tbe lamp. Swat!
This is no time for iucrcy or gentl*
ness. The land is invaded. Our ene
mies are upon us. The black typhoid
fever brigade advances.
Kill, entrap, burn, starve. Spare not.
YOU CAN KILL MILLIONS
TODAY.
The Wise
Maid.
'ill
A lot of men have family trees
And of them loudly runt,
But would rather \v il a man
Who has a business pinnt.
—Cincinnati Comnn riial Tribune.
Point of View.
A touching instance of the humor
which never deserts a true Irishman
even in his worst troubles is re
corded.
A soldier was seen in the trenches
holding his hands above the earth
works. His captain asked:
"What are you doing that for,
Pat?"
He replied, with a grin, as he
worked his fingers:
"I'm feeling for a furlough, sir."
Just then a rifle ball struck his
arm just below the wrist. Then a
queer expression of pain and humor
passed over his face as he exclaimed:
"And faith it's a discharge."—
London Answers.
ALABAMA MINSTRELS.
0
Ike Company Gave Good Clean.
Snappy Show to Good
Sized Audtenee.
(Denlton Daily Herald, Oenlson, Tex.)
C. L. Erickson, the manager, owner and
megaphone of the Alabama Minstrels,
played to tent capacity last night, the
audience equally divided between white
and oolored people.
The fun was clean, snappy, fast and
came over the footlights in a steady
stream. The company has a good num
ber of Kersands and Klack Pattis whose
talents In the humor line are natural, not
acquired.
The performance in its entirety -_:'y
met advance notices both in refinement
of action and in originality of jokes and
sketches •These care-killing people should
be welcome in ever community, they
show in.
BEACH, One Night Only, Wed
nesday, JULY 1st.
Broomgrass, Flax
Field Inspection
The North Dakota Experi
ment station will again carry on
field crop inspection in co-opera
tion with farmers growing
broomgrass seed, and in co-op
eration with farmers growing
pure bred varieties of flax and
other seeds.
Any person who has afield of
bromegrass which they would
like to have inspected to deter
mine whether it is free frofen
Quack-grass or not, and hence,
whether it is fit for harvesting for
seed for sowing purposes, or any-
I
one who has a seed plot for the
growing of pure bred flax or
other seeds, should notify us at
once, as the time when brome
grass inspection can be properly
dtfne is close at hand and it is
necessary to map the routes of
the field inspectors. Address H.
L. Bolley, North Dakota Exper
iment Station, Agricultural Col
lege, N. Dak.
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GENUINE NEGRO MINSTRELS.
(Beaumont (Tax.) Enterprise.
The Alabama aggregation of colored
minstrels reached Beaumont yesterday,
traveling in two special cars from a suc
cessful tour through east Texas, and
opened an engagement under their own
canvas last night at the Frisco fair
grounds an Fannin Street.
The Alabama is the first genuine negro
minstrel of the old school to visit Beau
mont in a long time, and that the per
formance put up last night in the way of
«ongs and dancing was appreciated was
shown by the fact that the management
had to turn large crowds away. Such a
decided success was scored, in fact, that
the management cancelled its date at
Port Arthur for today and will again
show here tonight with an entirely new
bill.
BEACH, One Night Only, Wed
nesday, JULY 1st.
Seed Survey
The North Dakota Experiment
Station has for a number of years
carried on a preliminary survey
of bromegrass fields, which are
being saved by farmers for the
production of seed for sowing
purposes. As there has been no
regular appropriation for this
field crop inspection work, it has
largely depended upon the co
operation of farmers, seedsmen,
business men and other parties
interested in procuring good
brdmegrass seed.
Bromegrass inspection will be
continued this season. The num
ber of fields which can be care
fully gone over and inspected for
the presence or absence of Quack
grass will depend very largely
upon the co-cperation of the
growers, seedsmen, real estate
men, and others interested, in
helping us to find the fields and
in getting the field inspector from
the railway station to the fields
to be inspected.
The object of the work is to
find fields of bromegrass which
are fit to be harvested for seed
purposes, free from the presence
of Quackgrass. The seeds of
Quackgrass are so nearly similar
in size and character to that of
of bromegrass that it is practical
ly impossible to clean them out.
The enly way to get good seed
which is free from Quackgrass
and fit for sowing purposes, so
that the land on which it is sown
will not be over-run by Quack
grass, is to inspect the seed pro
ducing fields before they are
harvested.
This field crop inspection will
also help the farmers visited be
cause many of them do not know
Quackgrass when they see it, and
they may have a few spots or
areas just starting. It is the busi
ness of the field inspector to map
out these spots and aid the farm
er in recognizing them.
It is recommended that seed
be saved from all those farms
which are found to be free from
Quackgrass. There would be
sale for almost an unlimited sup
ply of this seed if its purity can
be certified.
The inspection can only be
done while the bromegrass is
heading out, therefore, any farm
er, seedstaen, or other parties
having fields they would like to
have inspected, should write us
at once. State how many acres
you have in the field. If you
have any neighbors who would
co-operate with you, we can ar
range a date to visit your local
ity.
Aside from inspecting brome
grass fields, the inspectors will al
so aid the growers in determin
ing the purity of their seed plots
of whatever kind of seed they
may be trying to grow, but we
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WISCONSIN CAFE
Place has been remodeled and new
Fixtures and Booths installed. It
is now in First Class Shape-Good
Cooking and Good Service.
F. J. ESSENE, Proprietor
Sand and Gravel
Free From Dirt and Coal
Can be shipped on
very short notice....
J. J. THOMMEN,
Medora, N. D.
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HARDWARE FURNITURE a UNDERTAKING]
Overstad & Hoverson
OME TO US FOR
Anything
—in the—
Building Line
Golden Valley Lumber Yard
A. R. THOMPSON, Mgr.
Guaranteed to Give Satisfaction
Do not make your purchase until you have seen the Peerless Oil Stove.
A. N. ELI AS ON
Heavy and Shelf Hardware, Tinware, Stoves, Paints, etc.
THE PEERLESS
OIL STOVE
The burning principal of the Peerless Oil Stove is
radically different from that of the ordinary stove.
Brings the flame direct in contact with the cooking
utensils instead of there being a gap of several inches.
The results is plainly more work with less oil burned. The perforated chimney
infuses great number of jets of air into the flame giving ample oxygen to
thoroughly consume the gases, literally Using air as the principle fuel. The oil
supply is visible at all times in the glass tank of the peerless oil stove, no occasion
for charing of wicks because oil supply is exhausted.
v'"
are particularly interested in
flax
and bromegrass, and in deter*
mining the distribution of Quack
grass, Sow thistle and Canada
thistle. Address H. L. Bolley,
North Dakota Experiment Sta
tion, Agricultural College, N. D.