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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1911)
l V KOTA CITY IlKHAIil JOHN H. REAM, Publisher. CA.:r-A city. NEDRAS.. h(m;n. and fv Thirteen men were killed whllo on burning excursions In this state In the brief open season. That Is the num ber of young men killed in football in tbe whole country this year, or as many Pennsylvanlans as havs died from this cause In a century. These figures are offered not to prove that football Is without a certain amount of risk, but to show that all human oc cupations are occompnnled by some dangers, says the Philadelphia Inquir er. The iaw of averages is a reman able one. It Indicates that about a certain number of persons die each year from fortuitous causes and If One class Is lacking tbe other supplies the deficiency. Parents who are afraid their boys will be injured or 'killed playlDg football may be encour aged by the fact that It Is proved to be one of tbe most innocuous of sports. ,The danger from death or severe In jury In any college sport Is not any thing like so great as that of being run down by an automobile or trolley car. Human life Is precious and must be conserved. Science has done much for those who err In certain directions, but It has nothing to offer those who auffer from pure accident. All of which means that what Is needed by young and old is simply a modicum of common sense. It Is not to be foi got ten that the mother who kept ber boy home from school because he dream ed be had died was an actual mourner a few hours later because be fell off tbe roof. Let us all act sensibly, with courage, faith and proper caution. Those who take the most pains to es cape accidents are apt to be the worst sufferers, but it Is certain that boyish sports are not dar,gyiuu compared with tbe most ordinary avocations of adults. A New York chauffeur, 17 years old, convicted of manslaughter In the sec ond degree while on a joy ride, has been sentenced to spend 15 years in the Elmlra reformatory. Tbe judge remarked that tbe next joy rider brought before htm would be sentenced to Sing Sing, adding: "You are only 17 years old, and It seems to me that tbe state of New York Is guilty It self la permitting such a youth as you to drive an automobile on our pub lic thoroughfares." The judge was right both In Inflicting the penalty and in bis comment on the recklessness that permits children to handle these powerful machines, says the Indian spoils Star. It Is not until adequate punishment Is measured out to care less automobile drivers that their dis regard for public rights will be check' d. At the same time It Is worth while to remember that not all tbe many ac cidents by any means occur when young drivers are In charge. There ia tbe Anderson case for example, re ported tbe other day, where a business man of mature years turned to look back while driving his machine, and at that moment ran down and killed a child. Canada has custom bouse troubles also. It seems some of tbe fair dam sels and matrons of tbe Dominion have the bablt of coming over to "the States," getting new gowns and wear ing them back across tbe border, with out going through the form of paying duty, says the Troy Times. And It Is nor than hinted that the ladles not Infrequently indulge la smuggling in other ways. So the Canadian collect ors have taken a leaf from the book of Collector "Loeb of New York and at the mora important lines of travel to and from the Dominion have estab lished sxtra Vigilant guards, assisted by women searchers. The result has been some clever captures and a con siderable addition to tbe Canadian revenue. From all of which It will be seen -that trying to cheat the govern ment is a practice confined to no one dim or country. Proportionately, it is said, the num ber of insane people In this country is increasing faster than the population is growing, taking asylum statistics for It Even at that, there is scarcely a fellow but will declare that the asy lums don't get them all, either. A feminine scientist wants a moth ers' course established In colleges. Still, tbe old-faBbloned mother appar ntly understood her business very well, and probably present day scien tlflo Infants are not so happy as her cuddled and pitted bable.i. A prisoner who stole 16 cents was discharged by the Judge. That Is great disappointment to tbe authors of weepy poetry, who naturally ex pected the offender to be sentenced to Imprisonment for life. French aviators fell COO feet in an aeroplane and were not hurt. Fate favors the bold, but then fate Is also notoriously caprlclouB, bo experiments need not EO on, depending oa fate's favors. Two Chicago hotel waiters who came to tarn country yeiimii'Ms a lew years bko have bought a million dollar hotel for cash. This may glvu them a chance to bi gin over naln, pentilluss once more. Tbe Harvard scientists have been noti fied that u cluigyman In Ki.gluud has discovered a new star. This is one of the bappy results of following the Axctlleut advice to "look up and not Country Aghast at Opium Consumption D HILADELPHIA, Pa. The recent I raid raids on opium smugglers uade In New York and other cities by fed eral officers are preliminary to a na tion-wide crusade by the authorities in Washington to check the ravages of the opium habit. Government statistics reveal that more opium is consumed In this coun try per capita than In China. Four hundred thousand pounds of crude opium are Imported annually nnd the raids show that vast quantities are smuggled. Tbe population of the United States Is 91,000,000. The an nual consumption of opium In China in all forms Is 1,600,000 pounds. China's population Is more than four hundred million. One of the largest Importers of opium In the United States called the attention of the National Civic Feder ation to the frightful growth of tbe evil. "The figures speak for them selves," he said In an address on the subject at a banquet of druggists In Philadelphia. "Unless an effective chock Is put on the opium evil It will sap the physical as well as tbe moral strength of the nation. Germany, with a population of Burials Cheap in This Arizona Town PHOENIX, Aria. Come to Arizona to die and get burled cheaply. The Maricopa county board of supervisors baa just closed a contract with a local undertaking firm whereby those who die In such circumstances as to ne cessitate burial by the county will be laid away decently at the expense of one mill per person. This Includes an upholstered redwood coffin and full funeral service. Four Arms bid for the county busi ness, and none may be said to have Bought to exact an exorbitant stipend. The highest price asked per corpse was $4.25, while one firm offered to do the work for 10 cents each and another for one cent. The firm bid ding one-tenth of a cent was the "low est responsible" bidder and got the business. It might be gathered from this that Maricopa county Is such a healthy place that no one ever dies. Dut not only do persons die here, but they die by scores. The county burial bill, even at one mill, will in the twelve months for Gotham May Have THE VEKY 10 E A - CV YORK. That New York City has nearly reached Its maximum of growth and will find its supremacy as the biggest city and the most im portant commercial center in the west ern world threatened by competitors during tbe next thirty years is the be lief of Walter Laldlaw, secretary of the New Yoik Federation of Chris tian Organizations and a census ex pert of note. Dr. Laldlaw frankly sets aside as preposterous the commonly aocepted estimates of the tremendous growth of the city in the next three decades and prophecies that in 1940 the population will not exceed 9,600, 000. In a long report on "New York's Future," Dr. Laldlaw notes that the two greatest causes of the city's rapid rise to pre-eminence were the bulld- N Threat to Sing Duet Wins Judgment o MA 11 A, Neb. In addition to music "having charms to soothe the sav age breast," it has been discovered that It has the power to bring about a verdict In the courts. This has been demonstrated In Judge Scars' divi sion of the district court In this city. The case on trial was ono wherein a wife was suing for $5,000 damages. The .allegation being that a saloon keeper had sold liquor to the plain tiff's buKbnnd uutll ho had become a drunkard. II. C. Murphy represented the plaintiff and A. H. Murdock and A. C. Panacoaat were attorneys for th defendant. ' Th testimony hod been Introduced, when Murphy an nounced that, Intdcud of arguing the case, ho would read tho "Drunkard's Men's Clothes. Since tho iloihtug of men baa grown Hluipler nnd simpler. lf ,n) causo of evolution h:is taken uwuy from the nit lure menem ol tho crowd it lias added to the dly.i man. Men's Wetir. of Miu Giving Him the Wont of It. "Saying you cun t bout a corpora tion is all wrong. Why. wbeiievur my factory whlbtlo blows It tells the time of day to a lot of persons who don't pay me a cent for It." EJrr S. dlid. about 60,000,000, consumes only 16,000 pounds, as against the 400,000 pounds actually accounted for in this coun try; In Italy, with a population ol 33,000,000, the consumption Is about 6,000 pounds; in Austria Hungary, whose combined population is nearly DO.000,000, the annual consumption does not exceed 4,000 pounds; Hol land, with a population of 6,000,000, consumes 3,000 pounds annually. "In Europe there are 145,000,000 people who consume annually only about 80,000 pounds of the drug, while our population of 100,000,000, by Im port figures, consumes more than ten times that amount, to say nothing of the vnst quantity that Is clandestinely brought Into the country." President Taft urges Immediate ac tion to check the growth of the evil. There is now pending in both branches of congress a measure, known as the Cullom-Foster bill, to control the traffic by subjecting It to heavy lntcrnnl revenue taxes. The bill also provides for a practically prohibitive tax $200 a pound on smoking opium. The control of other forms, principally morphine, will be more difficult, It Is conceded, although It Is said that In that form the drug Is most widely used. The highest medical authorities es timate that 60,000 pounds of opium should suffice for the medical needs of the United States yearly, and that fully 75 per cent of the 400,000 pounds Imported la manufactured Into mor phine. which tho contract is n ide, run up Into several dollar. This Is due to the fact that Phoenix, the seat of Maricopa county. Is a famed resort for tuberculosis victims. Behind the bid lies the reason. It Is worth something for the undertak ing firm to get its name In the local papers every time a pauper dies. At the same time, one can never tell by the appearance a living man presents what his estate will divulge. It has been demonstrated that not only do the undertakers who have the county contract not lose money, but actually make a good profit In addition to the advertising. It frequently happens that one case makes up for the losses on a whole year's contract and leaves many other cases of supposed Indigents to create a handsome profit for tbe business. The contract at one mill per 'orpse means that the dead wagon must go for the body and remove It to the un dertaking establishment. There It must be prepared for burial, the Arm supplying all the essentials. It must then be transported to the cemetery and Interred. There have been cases where under takers have kept bodies for six months while they sought throughout the country for someone who would pay a fair expense bill for the funeral. In most or such cases they are ultimately successful. Reached Its Growth log of the Erie canal and tbe Immense Immigration, and he declares that there are now certain factors working against a continued Increase. In the first place, Dr. Laldlaw sees a continuation in tho decline In the share of New York In the foreign commerce of the nation. In the last thirty years It has fallen from 54.8 to 47.7. Canada is becoming an Import ant competitor and other American ports are doing their best to overhaul the metropolis. Providence, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia and other ports are formidable rivals. The pro posed lntercoastal canal, tbe develop ment of the. Mississippi, the comple tion of tbe Panama Canal and the favorable positions of cities to the south of New York City to engage In trade with South America, all will tend to dwarf New York. Other factors are the decline of im migration, the diminishing export trade with Europe, the awakening of China and the Increasing importance of Paclflo commerce. The Paclflo coast, the statistician thinks, Is bound to run the East hard for Its present supremacy. Lament," after which he would rocite excerptB from "Ten Nights In a Bar room," thereafter letting the Jury de cide without further argument. Murdock and Pauacoast btated their willingness to submit the case without argument, but before doing so they wanted permission to sing a duet. A settlement was reached by conference and a substantial Judgment agreed upon in favor of the plaintiff. Murphy one year ago won an Im portant suit by singing to the Jury after ho had completed his argument. He sang a few stanzas of a familiar old song. Without leaving tho box the Jury returned a verdict for his client. Opposing attorneys appealed, alleging that Murphy in ringing went outside the record, that bis conduct was Improper and that having a fine and well trained voice, bo took undue advantngo of counsel on tho other iddo. Tlu Supremo court held with Murphy, deciding that an attorney could t:ilk or King his arguments to tho J n i y ami that there was no statute against fucIi proceeding . Wanted to Mend a Tire, Mjyte. We M ut n ( hark'Htuti wall'.i to Now YoiU, but, (f coure, mine postal clerk could nut Ktand tho ton plat Ion, and ho took it. t'hnrleHton NVwh and Coal lor I anri's Horses In Demand. Many of tho hordes rai.-ed In Prince. Kdwaid Itiar.d are noted for their en durance and swiftness, and they gen erally command a higher price than those of tie other eastern provinces of ibo Dominion of Canada. tour BOOK AGENT? What? Yet, why not? Es- , , peclally since an ambitions boy, with selling ability In him, stands the chance of making a mighty good Income as a can- vasser or a manager of canvass- era, or field selling agent for a X X publisher, and In other ways T now a Doy may start as a dook agent, how he will be trained, and how he may go up the ladder of success rung by rung Possible Income at different pe- rlods In his development as an expert seller of books, either personally or as a manager of other agents. By C. W. JENNINGS. H IC-A 1FHAT! Dook agent! i & y boy bo a book agent Vjrjj,y llfework? Why, th Let my t for his that Isn't an occupation! A boon agent Is nothing put a ped dler! Who ever heard of a book agent that amounted to anything or had any money?" This Idea is quite general through out the cointry among people that haven't hart opportunity to know much about the publishing business; who, lmmedlate'y the subject Is mentioned, think of a comic picture they saw somewhere depicting an Irate house keeper emptying the contents of a dish pan over the head of an offend ing book canvasser. It is doubtful if a book agent ever had Buch an ex perience as that or one at all like it. No, the proportion of successful men who have made their place In the world, through the medium of selling books, particularly during the present day. Is probably as great as in most other lines, and if your biy has it in ! him to be a good salesman, and takes , up tho selling of books seriously as I a calling as he would other lines, he has a fine and promising field all his i own. This might be called the book age; for never In history has there been such a tremendous printing of books, I and, as practically all of them are i made to sell, and their publication rests primarily upon thut fact, It ! stands to reaFon that they are sold. I Also, such a great proportion of them ' are sold by direct canvassing that i this gives employment to an army of book agents, who are seen In all the highways and byways of the country. Tho latest figures show that 150,000 volumes are published In the world every year, of which 10,000 are turned out In the United States and an equal number In Great Britain, with which our country maintains close commer cial and publishing relations. Now, we shall take It for granted that you have Investigated the busi ness carefully, have overcome your opposition to It, nnd thut your son Is willing to give It a trial. It Is Impor tant, ns alrendy said, that he possess natural ability as a salesman; but this Is one of the commonest traits In American character, particularly aa nearly every material success based upon It, and there is much more than an even chance that your boy does have this ability. It Is easy enough for him to find an opportunity to try his hand at book soiling; for every publishing house that does any canvassing, and most of them do, is anxious to get good agents, and will respond Instantly to an In quiry. All you have to do Is to pick out the book and the house and write a letter to the publisher or selling agent. In all probability you or the boy will already ave read dozens of advertisements asking for canvassers, an answer to any one of which would bring an Instant reply. If your boy is in earnest and Intends to take up the work seriously, and to Informs his prospective employer, the i latter will arrange a meeting with one of the experienced general agents to give a series of first lessons In book salesmanship. I had almost exactly this experience when working my way at college. My . name was handed to a geneiai agent necking a likely representative at the college to handle a somewhat popular ! book, and the aent thereupon ar ranged to give me three weeks' In struction In the business of selling. I spent a couple of hours with him ev ery day, my teacher each day using tho part of a probable customer ono day a housewife, the next a busy law yer, then n merchant, then n farmer, then a worklngman, etc.--until I was i quipped, so far as technique was con- erned, to sell a book to anybody on arth. In the meantime I was trying my hand among real people, with tho re sult that, soon after the general agent l ad departed, I was able to average Helling three or four books any after nini.i 1 went out. As this particular hook wan sold for $3. flu, and my com mission was r0 per cent., 1 was able to malio from over $a..V) to $7.f0 each lay. This was not, nnd Is not, at all unusual, even soon alter the begin ning, and I do not know another occu pation that offers such large early tlnauclal returns. Hut I was not content with those re t uits and inv success soon attracted :ho nt titioti of other students who .. ( ro tin i of taU'.i'!- care f horses ami furnaces and saving wood t.i vav V . Ir board bl'ls wliilo :n n-n liip; colloga. I fiivo a number m' tlic-o t!i I'm training I had rec. hod and sot theni out during tho summer vacation ai (MUa'.-'-'i'l's, keeping ''" mils en every votumo tnoy oai i no result was that tlio next vt ;r, its several of tl.o Mm'.etits remained out to aeon mu'at''1 enout.ii money to pay tV Ir way without work on tho File while studv Ing. I had an Indcpeml tit Inoionu of W?3 jr.,,: several dollars a day without doing nioro than to cash these subagents' money orders and send them the books. And then the publishing house offered me a salary of $125 a month and expenses to go out as establlsher and trainer of other agents. This opportunity. In the present day, twenty years later, Is still open to an ambitious boy, and he, can figure on an income of 40 to 50 per cent, on the gross amount of his sales. No money whatever is needed at the start, except enough to pay his board, nnd he can take up his work while still living at home until be accumu lates sufficient to take him elsewhere. A publisher will give him a limited territory exclusively, or he can go all over the country if he wishes, as ev ery man and family are prospective customers, and there are some 20,000, 000 such In tho United States. After succeeding as canvasser, which your boy can demonstrate within a comparatively short, time, say a year or so, he will probably wish to be a sort of general or special agent, the man that gets other agents and puts them to work, in which case he will receive ten per cent, commis sion on all the books these agents of his dispose of. Suppose he has the ability to find and keep in the field an average of twenty canvassers, sell ing a book that retails at $2, and that these agents average four sales a day each, on which they clear 50 per cent. Your boy's commission of 10 per cent., or 20 cents a volume, brings him an income of $16 a day, or $9G a week. Out of this he has to pay his hotel and traveling expenses; but even so he is getting what many would think a very fine Income. tn all probability the next step tak en by your boy will be to arrange with a publishing house to take care of the canvassing in a large specified terri tory such as two or three north western states, for example for one or more books, on the basis of receiv ing C5 to 70 per cent, of retail price. Out of this he has to pay his agents their 40 to 50 per cent, and all ex penses Incident to the agency. His earnings, depending entirely upon his ability to find good salesmen and the popularity of the book, which rests largely upon the ability of these sales men, may amount to thousands of dol lars a year. Of course this has established him In his own business, and he will In all likelihood remain In It as the achieve ment of such success before he Is thirty or thirty-five will be sufficient to keep him at it Instead of taking charge of the sales department of a large publishing house at a salary. If your boy should choose to remain In direct canvassing himself, he will soon grow beyond any mere $2 or $4 book, and will take to selling entire sets, or anything or everything that the publishing house he Is connected with turns out. Or be will make him self a roving canvasser with connec tions with a number of leading pub lishers, to get a commission on every thing ho sells. The writer Is ac quainted with one such who thought nothing of calling on a stranger and coming away In half an hour with an order on which his commission amounted to anywhere from $25 to $100. Indeed, this particular agent had built up a following among rich clients who took practically anything he recommended that they could add to their libraries, and In many In stances he actually selected and shipped to persons suddenly become rich the entire contents of their libra ries, which cost them from $20,000 up ward. Still other canvassers make a spe cialty of hnndling only rare and de luxe editions, which retail from $100 upward, building up a following among rich book collectors. Whichever specialty your boy may choose, he could not find a more re spectable business, nor one in which lie will deserve and receive greater welcome more times than otherwise. Many millionaires have given orders to their employees to admit their fa vorite book agent without announce ment, as In this way they know they will not miss the opportunity to ac quire the best works In tho book market. And at the same time the book agent Is absolutely his own boss and can Increase or decrease his In come at will. (Copyright, l!Un. by tin erary I'rtv AHocinteI is.) Ut- Packs of Hounds In Great Britain. Leonard WUloughby tells us that al together there ur. some 4afi packs of hounds in tho United Kingdom, divid ed up as follows: England and Wales of which 173 are foxhounds, SS harriers, 10 staghounds, 11 drag hounds, C8 beagles and 18 otter hounds; Ireland possesses 25 foxhound packs, 40 harriers, 4 stag and 6 beagle packs; Scotland bus 11 foxhounds, 1 harrier, 2 beagles nnd 2 otter packs. These altogether make up an approxi mate total of some 450 packs of hounds. In round llgures tho packs which hunt the fox and stag or deer number some 9,0(10 couples of hour ds, while tho harriers nnd beagles there nre some ::.,'ui) couples of hounds. Pall Mall Magazine. Revised Version. - Let me see, what's that ? a'eiut tnkin rare- of th,. Scrlbhl. old i.'Ull' pernios? Dl ibh'e pies ami your doi'i T:'.lo c-ire of yonr heirs will our fight pen over Paradoxical Ruin. tp is ono funny thing In busl- tiers lite. Which partlcular thing do you menu 7 "Why, we say firm I hen It toes up going under WIMMIPFR MANITflRA IfllVIVII (.Up IflMlll I JUtf THE GREATEST WHEAT MARKET ON THE CON TINENT REMARKABLE YIELDS OF WHEAT, OAT8, BARLEY AND FLAX IN WESTERN CANADA LAST YEAR. Figures recently Issued show that the wheat receipts at Winnipeg last year were 83,269,330 bushels, as com pared with the Minneapolis receipts of 81,111,410 bushels, this placing Win nipeg at the head of tbe wheat re ceiving markets of the continent. Fol lowing up this information it la found that the yields throughout the prov inces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, as given the writer by agents of the Canadian Government sta tioned In different parts of the States, have been splendid. A few of the Instances are given: Near Redvers, Sank., Jens Hortness threshed about 60 acres of wheat, av eraging 29 bushels to tbe acre. Near Elphmstone, Sask., many of the crops of oats would run to nearly 100 bush els to the acre. A Mr. Muir had about 200 acres of this grain and he esti mates the yield at about 60 bushels per acre. Wheat went 35 bushels to tbe acre on the farm of Mr. A. Loucks, near Wymyard, Sask., In the fall of 1910. K. ErioVson had 27 and P. Solvason 17. In the Dempster (Man.) district last year, wheat went from 25 to 30 bushels per acre. Fifteen acres on the Mackenzie & Mann farm today went forty-three bushels to the acre. In the Walnwrlght and Battle river districts yields of wheat aver aged for the district 26 bushels to the acre. M. D. Ness, of the Tofleld, Al berta, district, got 98 bushels and 28 lbs. of oats to the acre, while near Montrose, over 94 bushels of oats to the acre was threshed by J. Leonle, notwithstanding the dry weather of June. Further reports from the Ed monton district give Frank McLay of the Horse Falls 100 bushels of oats to the acre. They weighed 43 lbs. to the bushel. A 22-acre field of spring wheat on Johnson Bros.' farm near Agrlcola yielded 40 bushels to the acre. Manitoba's record crop for 1910 was grown on McMillan Bros.' farm near Westbourne, who have a total crop of 70,000 bushels, netting $40,000 off 2,200 acres. O. W. Buchanan of Pincher Creek, Alberta, had 25 bushels of No. 1 Bprlng wheat to the acre. Mr. A. Hatton of Macleod dis trict had wheat which averaged 21 bushels to the acre. B. F. Holden, I near Indian Head, Sask., threshed 950 bushels of wheat from 20 acres. On the Experimental Farm at In dian Head, wheat has gone below 40 bushels, while several, such as the Marquis and the Preston, have gone as high as 54 bushels to the acre. At Elstow, Sask., the quantity of wheat to the acre ran, on the average, from 26 right up to 40 bushels per acre, while oats in some cases yielded a return of 70 to 80 bushels per acre, with flax giving 13 to 14 bushels per acre. W. C. Carnell had a yield of 42 bushels per acre from six acres of breaking. Neil Callahan, two miles northwest of Strome, had a yield of 42 bushels' of wheat per acre. Wm. Lindsay, two miles east of Strome, had 1,104 bushels of Regenerated Abundance oats from ten acres Jo seph Scheelar, 11 miles south of Strome, had 12,000 bushels of wheat and oats from 180 acres. Part of the oats yielded 85 oushels to the acre, and the wheat averaged about 40 bushels. Spohn Bros., four miles southwest of Strome, had a splendid grain yield of excellent quality wheat, grading No. 2. A. S. McCulloch, one mile northwest of Strome, had some wheat that went 40 bushels to the acre. J. Blaser, a few miles south west of Strome, threshed 353 buBhels of wheat from 7 acres. Among the good grain yields at Macklln, Alberta, reported are: D. N. Tweedle, 22 bush els to the acre; John Currin, 24 bush els wheat to the acre; Sam Fletcher, 20 bushels to the acre. At Craven, Sask, Albert Clark threshed from CO acres of stubble 1,890 bushels; from 20 acres of fal low 900 bushels of red fife wheat that weighed 65 pounds 'to the bushel. Charles Keith threshed 40 bushels to the acre from 40 acres. Albert Young, of Stony Beach, southwest of Lums dcu, threshed 52 bushels per acre from Bummer fallow, and George Young 6,000 bushels from 130 acres of Btubble and fallow, or an average of 88 1-2 bushels to the acre. Arch Mor ton got 5,600 bushels of red fife from 160 a"res. James Russell got 8,70" bushels from Btubble and late break ing, an average of 23 bushels. At Rostbern Jacob Friesen had 27 bushels per acre from 80 acres on new land and an average over his whole farm of 21 bushels of wheat John Schultz threshed 4.400 bushels from 100 acres, or 44 buiiiels to tin acre. John Lepp had 37 bushels ik; acre from 200 acres. A. H. Dirk hail 42 bushels per acre from 25 acres Robert Hoe of Grand Coulee thresher 45 bushels to the acre from 420 acres. Sedlcy, Sask., Is still another dis trict that has cause to be proud of tho yields of both wheat and flax. J. Cleveland got 30 bushels of wheat per acre on 100 acres and 18 bushels of tlax on 140 acres. T. Dundas. southeast of Sedley. 40 bushels per aero on 30 acres; M. E. Miller, 34 bushels per aero on 170 acres of stub bio, and 35 bushels per acre on 2,'m acres fallow; W. A. Day had 32 bush ols per acre on 200 acres of Ftubble, and 3." bushels on 2:0 acres of fallow; J. O. Scott had 30 bushels of wheat per nore. on L00 acres, and 18 lui.sh ds of tlax per aero on 300 acres; James llullirk averaged 29 bushels of wheat; A. Allen 30 bmshols; Jos. Run Ions, I1'; Alex. Ferguson, oS; W. H. I Thompson, :!.", all !! largo acreages. Tho llax crop of J. Cleveland is rather u wonder, as his land lias yielded him $t;) per ncre In two years with ono ploughing. Russell, Man., funnerd threshed 30 bushels of wheat nnd 60 to SO bushels of onts. A. D. Sten house. near Mclford, Sask., had an rvorngn yield on 13'i acres of now land, H3'2 bushels of Preston wheat to tho acre. Hector W, Swsnston, a farmer near Welwyn, Sask., had 6.150 'bushels n from one quarts gection of land. John Mc.Uan, who owns two sections, threshed bushels of wheat. 11,869 Hli Head Was Hard. It is a common Lellef that the n gro's head Is hard, capable of with standing almost any blow. The following story told by a promW nent young dentist of Danville, 111., would seem to Indicate something of the kind anyhow. Two regro men were employed on tearing down a three-story brick building. One ne gro was on top of the building taking off the bricks and sliding them down a narrow wooden chute to the ground, some thirty feet below, where the other was picking them up and piling them. When this latter negro was stoop ing over to pick up a brick the former accidentally let one fall, striking hlrn directly on the head. Instead of Its killing him, he merely looked up, without rising, nnd Fald, "What you doln' thar, nigger, you make me bite my tongue." The Cir cle. Probably Got Off. Apropos of certain unfounded charges of drunkenness nmong the naval cadets at Annapolis, Admiral Dewey, at a dinner in Washington, told a story about a young sailor. "The sailor, after a long voyage," he said, "went ashore In tbe tropics, and, it being a hot day, he drnnk, in certain tropical bars, too much beer. "As the sailor lurched under his heavy load along a palm-bordered ave nue, his captain hailed bltn Indig nantly. " 'Look here,' the captain said, 'sup pose you were my commnnuer, and you met me In such a condition as you're In now, what would you do to me?' " 'Why, sir,' said the sailor, T would n't condescend to take no notice of you at all. sir.' " And It Was All Imagination. "I wonder how much Imagination governs some persons' senses?" re marked a visitor at the St. Regis yes terday. "For a Christmas present I sent to a young woman of my ac quaintance one of the most elaborate sachet cases I could find. It was such a beautiful thing that I didn't put per fume In It, for some women prefer to use a certain kind all the time, and. I thought I would leave it to the re cipient to put her own particular sach et powder In the case. You may im agine I was somewhat amazed to read this In her enthusiastic letter of thanks: 'Its perfume has pervaded the whole room.' " New York Press. Crutches or Biers. Richard Croker, at a dinner at New York, expressed a distrust for aero planes. 1 "There's nothing underneath them," he said. "If the least thing goes wrong, down they drop. "I said to a Londoner the other day: " 'How Is your son getting on since he bought a flying machine?' " 'On crutches, like the rest of them,' the Londoner replied." Scott's Rebecca In "Ivanhoe." The character of Rebecca, in Scott's "Ivanhoe" was taken from a beautiful Jewess, Miss Rebecca Gratz of Phila delphia. Her steadfastness to Juda ism, when related by Washington Ir ving to Scott, won his admiration nnd caused the creation of one of his fin est characters. Important to Mothers Examine caret ully every Lottie of CASTORIA, a Bare and sure remedy for infants and children, and eeo that it Bears the Signature In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought Willie Knew the Quadrupeds Teacher Willie,' are there feathered quadrupeds. any Willie Yee, sir. Teacher Name one. Willie A feather bed. Didn't Care. Hewitt I guess you don't know who I am. Jewett No, and I haven't any wom an's curiosity about it. Chilly. "Tfcey say the pretty Boston girl Is a good pick. I wonder what kind of a pick she is?" "Ice pick, I suppose." It is unquestionably true thst wealth produces wants, but it is a. still more Important truth that wants produce wealth. Malthus. TO rrRK A COM) IN OXK DAT Take LA X ATI V is I1U( IK) Oulnln TMt. lrur(rUTs refund nmnoy If 1 1 fnfU to cure, b W. UlloVtt'e itfUAiur laun euch box. lc. 1 The Breed. 1b her coat Persian lamb? -No; Podunk mutton. Judge. Stella-Bella- Taking Gfirtieid Tea will prrvenr the r- currence ot Kickiicnuiidic. bilious attacks. All dru; iretiou una i-U. The recording angel may t Interest In your day b ink your hymn book. ike more than in We pay lil(?h prices for Hides and Furs. Sell dims anil trtn.s cheap. N. W. H!d & Fur Co.. Mlnntapc-lls. Minn. When you rind excess of speech look for shortage on sipht. Rv Turk, X Tnrk, bltnlft! 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