WESTERN CANADA COM
Wins First Honors at Kansas
City.
Whllo visiting tlie Cnnndlnn Govern
ment Infonnntlon Rurcnu nt KatiHiis
City, where there Is at. exhibition a
very creditable display of Caniidlun
products, my nttentlon, says n writer
In the agricultural press, was tlirecte!
to a few ears of Dent corn, bearing
the modest Inscription,
"This Northwestern Dent corn look
the first prize at the Soil Products
Exposition recently held In Kansas
City. Mo., and was grown by John
Hamilton of Kelwood, Manitoba."
Kelwood, Manitoba, lies about twelve
hundred miles north of ICwisa City,
and It was quite pardonable that these
Canadians should so proudly parade
the fact that they had been able to
carry off for their corn display the
blue ribbon that for years the old
"corn-growing" stntes had looked up
on as being practically their own, nnd
for which they were strong contest
tnts In the recent show.
I asked Mr. Hewitt, agent In charge
of the Canadl m Government ofllce nt
2012 Main Street, Knnsas City, what
the winning of the prize means for
Canada. Ills reply was that It means
the "com belt" In moving northward,
nnd In a few years to the fame that
Cannda has alrendy achieved as n
wheat, barley nnd oats producing coun
try, will have to he added that of
crowing the host corn In America.
"Why." he said, "twenty years ago
n friend of mine was attracted at the
Mlnnesotn State Fair by the number
of those who were examining some
corn growth north orCrookston. Min
nesota, It was riot the large ear pro
duced farther south, but It was an even
car and perfect kernel. The Interest
centered In It wns the fact that It had
been grown so far north. That was
twenty years ago. Today, the trav
eler on nny of the railways In that
ectlon of the country may see field
after field of corn. In many portions
of Mnnltoba," he continued, "out Into
Saskatchewan nnd Alberta, tho grow
ing of corn Is receiving much atten
tion, nt presently mnlnly for fodder,
but within a short time, with nccllma
ted seed n maturing corn of good qual
ity may reasonably be expected. Al
ready the number of silos In use In
Western Canndn Indicates that the pro
gressive farmers there look forward
to the day when corn will he one of
their most Important crops.
"Corn Innds In South Dakota ar
said to he selling as high as .$'250 per
acre, nnd If corn hns been the means
of plnclng these lands nt this price
what may be expected of Western Can
ada lnnds, when the day come Mint
corn will bo grown as successfully
tlicrer
It wns not In corn alone Mint West
ern Cannda carried off the honors nt
the Soil Products Exposition. Tho
awards won by Western Canada were
40 first, 2ft second, nnd 20 third
prizes. Theso Included 1st. 2nd nnd
8rd prizes for hard spring wheat; the
aweepstakes for wheat nnd tho cup of
fered by Cnnntllnn Pnclflc Hallway for
the best half-bushel of hard spring
wheat; 1st, 2nd nnd Unl prizes nnd
sweepstnkes for oats; 1st. 2nd and
Unl prizes for bnrloy; and 2nd nnd
8rd prizes for onts.
It Is Interesting to note that the
sweepstakes for wheat nnd tlrst prize
for hard red spring whent hnvo been
won hy Saskatchewan exhibitors
seven times In tho last eight years,
Manitoba winning one yeur.
Potato classes have some Interesting
successes for Western Cnnndlan ex
hibitors, who won four llrsts, three
Rpcnrwlrt nml tlirrw thirds Hvlilliltnna
from these provinces also made flno
showing In the vegetable classes, win
nig among other prizes the premium
prizes for cnbbages, cauliflowers,
pumpkins squash and watermelons.
Adv.
No Harmony.
Pntlenco Do you lmvo hurinony In
your church cholr7
Patrice Do we? Listen. Last Sun
day tho soprano wore n pink hat and
u green waist, tho ulto appeared In
a green wulst and n yellow hat, and
the tenor woro n green necktlo and a
very red nosol
if You Need a Medicine
You Should Have the Best
Have you ever stopped to reason why
ft is that bo many products that ore ex
tcntively advertised, all at once drop out
of eight and aro soon forgotten? The
reason ii plain the article did not fulfill
the promises of tho manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to a medicine.
A medicinal preparation that has real
curative valuo almost Bells itself, as liko
an endless chain system tho remedy is
recommended by those who have been
benefited, to those who aro In need of it.
A prominent druggist says "Toko for
example Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a
preparation I have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend, for in
almost every caee it shows excellent re
sults, as many of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy has so largo a
sale."
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of thousands who have
used the preparation, the success of Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root is due to 'the fact,
so many people claim, that it fulfills al
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments; corrects uri
nary troubles and neutralizes tho urio
acid which uauses rheumatism.
You may receive a sample bottlo of
Bwamp-ltoot by Parcels Post. Address
Dr, Kilmer & Co., llinglmmton, N. Y.,
and enclose ten cents; also mention thin
paper. Largo and medium size bottles
tor sale at all drug stores. Adr.
Work 1 1 ) (it bus not a cent In It mat
be the best puytag Job in the world.
mSHNCSEpN CITY
Hawaii Territory Is Desirous to Enter the Union'
WASHINGTON'.- Hawaii territory wants to be a state A concurrent reso
lution adopted by the Hawaiian legislature sets forth this desire. The
territory nlso wants various legislation ut the hands of congress.
A Hawaiian commission will pre
COME
ITHE UHtOrtJ
if s .
The members of the commission. It
Is announced, will Initiate no discussion of the Japanese question.
Authority to Incur public debt In an amount of !l per cent In excess of the
amount llxed by present laws. 7 per cent, Is to be sought from congress. The
present debt Is ?10,8I)I,(KH). The additional money is suld to be seriously
needed for road building and schools.
Another proposal Is that- the governor, lnnd commissioner and land board
be given the right to pass upon quallllcatlons of applicants for homesteads, to
assure that "the remaining small body of agricultural land should be settled
by a class of farmers who will remnlii tho active owners thereof, and Inter
ested and actively concerned In Us development."
Other concurrent resolutions to be put before congress ask :
A law requiring residence of not less than one year In Hawuil for eligibil
ity to appointment to federal olllce In the territory.
Kxtenslon to Hawaii of the farm loan uct and tho reclamation uct of
June 17, 11)02.
Appropriation of iSl.OOO.OOO for roads, pipe lines and water works In home
stead tracts.
Permission for Hnwnll to retain 50 per cent of ull customs and Internal
revenues collected In the territory.
Long-time leases on arid lands upon which water may be brought.
Mexico Has Been a Nuisance Since Jackson's Time
MHXICO has been a nuisance for a
Utah read Into the Congressional
annual messages by President Andrew
latter, under date of February 0, 18U7,
Is In part
"The length of tlmo slnco some
of the Injuries have been committed,
the repeated ami unavailing applica
tions for redress, the wanton churacter
of some of the outrages upon the prop
erty it nd persons of our citizens, upon
the otllcers and Hag of the United
States, independent of recent Insults
to this government and people by the
late extraordinary Mexican minister,
would Justify in the eyes of nil nations-
Immedlute war. . . .
"We should act with both wisdom and moderation by giving to Mexico one
more opportunity to atone for the past before we take redress into our own
hands. To avoid all misconception on the part of Mexico, as well us to protect
our own national character from reproach, this opportunity should be given
with the avowed design and full preparation to take immediate satisfaction
If It should not be obtained on a repetition of the demand for It.
"To this end I recommend that an net be passed authorizing reprisals and
the use of the naval force of the United States by the executive against
Mexico to enforce them, In the event of u refusal by the Mexican government
to come to an amicable adjustment of the matters in controversy between us
upon another dcmuiia thereof, made from on board one of our vessels of war
on the coast of Mexico."
Exit Automobile, and Enter Fool-Proof Airplane?
THE world Is now entering tho aerial age the last stage of civilization.
This Is the opinion of Prof. Samuel Plckard. niesldent of the K
(Mo ) Aeroplane school. "Man has conquered land nnd water transportation."
HURRY UP
I'M COMING
k will enable one to land on the street
or rise directly In theTUr, for It Is nothing more than a llghter-than-alr airplane.
"These machines will be small in size, not much bigger than the present
live-passenger automobile. It will be possible to rise or descend with as much
facility and ease as to go forward or backward. As much of the power of the
present plane Is utilized In keeping the machine aloft, only a lightweight
motor will bo necessary.
"The new type of machine will bo absolutely safe and In perfect control
at all times. It will he possible to operate It at any speed, from two or three
nines up to sixty or Uu miles an hour,
"It will be the universal mode of
producing the machine will make tho
ncaiiy everyone, incnming ine sullied
dent to buy und operate one."
Only Our Rich Men Can
ta'TMIH pew position of the United States In world's alValrs urgently demands '
1 that the agencies through which the foreign affairs of this government
are conducted no improved to a degree
similar agencies of other governments
with which the United Slates main
tains relations."
Tim i N the theory upon which Sec
retary of State Lansing bases his re
t., t i. eongresH for the addition of
$l.:m.000 to tho appropriation for his
department and for permission to re
organize our entire foreign relations
service on a basis that would add still
further large Items of expense.
Leading the list of Increases pro
posed by Lansing Is a sum of $1KIM)0
for salary raises to anibassHtlors and ministers at foreign capitals. I-'lfteen
ambassadors now receiving !?17,."HXi annuall.v would bo raised by Lansing to
$25,000 each; three ministers would he raised from $12,000 to $ir.,lHX) and
tuent.v-nlne ministers from $10,000 to $12,000.
As coniuro(l to the salary of $17,B00 allowed ambassadors at the chief
capitals, for Instance, with no olllclal residence provided or allowances made
to cover same, (J rent P.titnln pays her ambassador to Italy $;tr.(KX, to Japan
2fl,000 and to France $r7,f(0. and. In each Instance, supplies in addition a
well-equipped residence.
The result has been. tityl Is. that It Is often Impossible to till mi Important
post with Mie man best qiinlltletl for tho position. The deciding factor is not
iiiuth his dlplommle attalnnieins or knowledge of public and International
a ll'u I r as t Is the size of h:s pncketboolt.
Ill
sent to congress a series of concurrent
resolutions adopted by the Hawaiian
legislature setting forth the desires of
the territory.
Gov. Charles J. McCarthy beads
the commission, which Includes Attor
ney General Harry Irwin, Senator Rob
ert W. Shingle, Senator John II. Wise.
secretary of tho commission; Repre
sentative William T. Rawlins and Rep
resentative Henry .1. Lyman.
long time, ijt appears. Senutor King of
Record the other day extracts from two
Jackson and a special message. The
said Prof. Plckard, "and he Is now j
conquering nlr transportation. Air
travel eventually will bo safer than
traveling by land or water. In fnct. It
Is now only a question of a few months
when n new fool-proof machine will be
ready for the market.
"It is a simple combination of tho
features of tho aeroplane and bnlloon,
with helium gas. The new air machine
will be on an equal competitive basis
commercially with the automobile. It
depending upon the power of the motor.
transportation and travel. The cost of
selling price within the reach of prac- 1
workman, whose present Income Is sutll
Afford to Be Ambassadors
which shall compare favorably with
A teak
FOR i
AMD
ICS. -'Js
' tf-' j"
Labor Is very precious these ilnys;
so miicli to do, and so few to do It,
has hrouKht the wise housewife to
economlzo without Hacrlflclnur tho
comfort of tho family.
Happy, Indeed, Is tho woman who
hn tho richness of health back of
her and the faculty fordolnn thlnKS-
If tho war has taught us any
thing It Is tlmt Idleness Is unpopu-
lar. Tho womnn who has time "to
kill" I pi not recognized among tho
Intelligent.
GOOD THINGS FOR DINNER.
If one has u good-sized French potu
to cutter thero may bo mnde nny num
ber of attractive
dishes using pota
toes. The scraps
need not be wast
ed, for they may
be cooked and
mushed, served
as mashed pota
to or used In
bread or potato mulllns. as desired.
Potatoes Cooked In Broth. Cut the
potatoes with a cutter into balls, or
they may be cut in cubes; cover with
boiling salted water and let boll live
minutes. Drain and set to finish cook
lug In well seasoned broth. When ten
der, drain und sprinkle with salt and
finely minced parsley. This dish Is es
pecially good for those who cannot eat
solid meat.
Hamburg Steak With Brussels
Sprouts. Chop one pound of steak
from the top of the round, add one-half
cupful of cold water and u tenspoonful
of salt. Mix thoroughly and shapo into
snmll cakes. Rub over a hot frying
pan with n bit of suet and lay In the
cakes. When the juice Is seen on the
top of the cakes turn at once to cook
on the other side. Have rendy a
smooth brown sauce; cook In It n little
chopped ham and n few tablespoonfuls
of mushrooms. Have cooked until ten
der some brussels sprouts. Drain off
the water, add salt, pepper and butter
to season, then shake the saucepan
over the fire till the sprouts have
taken up all the seasonings. Set tho
sprouts In the -center of' a hot platter,
the steak around them, und pour the1
sauce around the steak.
Potato Doughnuts. Sift together
four and one-half cupfuls of Hour, half
a teaspoonftii of soda, four teaspoon
f ills of baking powder and half a tea
spoonful of mace or nutmeg. Heat
three eggs; ndd one cupful of sugar
and beat again, then beat in one cup
ful of boiled and rlced potato and two
t Minis of n cupful of sour or butter
milk. If the sour milk Is skimmed, u
generous tablespoonful of melted
shortening should be added. The fat
for frying should be hot enough to
brown n cube of bread In one minute.
The cake when dropped Into the fat
should rise at once to the surface.
Turn at once and often during the
cooking.
Escalloped Cabbage. Shred and
boll a cabbage as for hot slaw. Make a
white sauce. Rtttter a baking dish and
put In a layer of boiled cabbage, then a
layer of white sauce, and sprinkle with
grated cheese. Continue until the cub
bnge Is used or the casserole Is full.
Season each layer with salt and pep
per und bake 20 minutes In a moderate
oven.
A tiny houso; a plot of earth;
And thou, and I, ah. theso make
homo!
Speak not of poverty nor dearth
A tiny house, u plot of earth
Aro ample causu for thanks and
mirth,
For bliss wo need no further roam.
A tiny house; a plot of earth;
And thou, und I, ah, theso muke
homo I nitincho E. Wado.
HOUSEKEEPING HINTS.
When hot applications nre neces
sary, dip a cloth In hot water, wring
out and lay It
between folds of
paper placed on
top of the kitchen
stove or In the
oven.
When beating
egg whites mid u
p I n c h of salt,
which makes them beat more quickly
and stand up better, as the salt tough
ens the albumen.
Lemons will keep a long time If kept
In a dish of cold water, changing the
wuter from time to time.
To clean discolored white enamel
ware: Make a strong solution of
baking soda and soft water, put the
utensils Into It and boll them hard.
Goose fat well tried out makes flue
shortening for cakes, biscuit and
pastry.
To prevent tho erenin pitcher from
dripping put a llttlo butter under the
edge of the spout.
An old organ or pluno stool makes
a tine kitchen stool as It may he raised
or lowered at will nnd Is out of the
way when pushed under the table.
Lace curtains tuny be patched with
a piece of net as near like the curtain
as Is possible lo get. Dip the net In
starch, cover the place to be mended
nnd place over It a cloth. Iron until
dry. The torn place will be unnoticed
If the edges nro carefully trimmed.
When soaking a salt fish remember
to put It skin side up In the water as
the salt, being heavier than water, will
go down to the bottom of the pnn.
"Tho laboring man deserves all
he can got out of life and then
some. Hut he will never bo strong
for his own welfare economically,
socially or politically until he learns
to save systematically."
CEREAL FOODS.
Oatmeal bread, when mnde careful
ly nnd well baked. Is light and di
gestible. Boll po
tatoes to make
two ctipfub when
ninshod. S 'vc
t h e w nfr In
which they were
cooked and add
enough wnter to
make a nuart of
liquid. Pour this over tho potatoes,
add two tablespoonfuls of shortening,
one tablespoonful of sugar nnd one of
salt. Put the mixture over the heat,
and when It bolls stir In two cupfuls
of rolled oats. Let It cook ;vo min
utes, then remove nnd cool. When
lukewarm, add one und one-half yeast
cakes dissolved In n quarter of a cup
ful of lukewarm water, a quarter of a
tenspoonful of soda nnd two qunrts of
Hour. Mix until the dough is smooth.
Let it rise over night, and In the morn
ing make Into three lonves, and let
rise until light. Rake one and one-
quarter hours In a moderate oven.
Oatmeal Cookies. Rent one egg In
a mixing bowl, ndd one and one-half
cupfuls of brown sugnr, six table
spoonfuls of sweet milk, a quarter of
a tenspoonful of snlt, three-quarters of
a cupful of shortening, one tenspoon
ful of sodn dissolved In one-third of a
cupful of cold water, one tenspoonful
of vnnllln. Stir In two cupfuls of flour
nnd two cupfuls of rolled oats. Let
stand two or three hours to chill be
fore baking. When rendy to bake,
drop from a spoon onto n greased
sheet, leaving plnco for the cookies to
spread. A few raisins and nuts may
be added If desired.
Bran Gems. Tt one cupful of flour
add one and one-hnlf teuspoonfuls of
soda,- and sift. Stir In two cupfuls of
bran, three tablespoonfuls of molasses.
one nnd one-half cupfuls of sour milk,
one-fourth of n cupful of shortening
nnd a quarter of a tenspoonful of salt.
Stir until smooth, drop In greased pans
nnd bake three-quarters of an hour.
Spoon Corn Bread. Tuke one cup
ful each of cornmeal, boiled rice, boil
ing wnter. Scald the meal with boil
ing water, add two cupfuls of sweet
milk,' two eggs, half a tenspoonful of
salt, two teuspoonfuls of baking pow
der and one tenspoonful )f sugar.
Rake It In a well greased baking dish
and servo from the dish. Serve with
the spoon bread, liver and bacon.
The only people who make no
mistakes aro In tho graveyard. To
fall Is to grow. Do you know how
to make mistakes? Nothing re
quires more constant practice than
mistake-making. America Is at It
constantly, and knows how. Wo
blunder on and on. but always for
ward. Doctor Crano.
SIMPLE GOOD THINGS.
Almost everybody likes a tomato
souj) either cream or clear. The fol-
1 o w I n g is one
easy to prepare:
Tomato Bisque.
Scald one quart
of milk with a
stnll; of celery
and two slices of
onion. Press
enough cooked to
matoes through a sieve to make one
pint. Add half a tenspoonful of salt
and pepper to taste. Stir one-third of
ii cupful of Hour ar. ! a tenspoonful of
salt with milk to make a smooth bat
ter. Dilute with n little hot milk, stir
until smooth, then mid the rest of the
hot milk. Continue stirring until
smooth nnd thick. Cook fifteen min
utes well covered. Strain Into the hot
tomnto, mix thoroughly, and serve at
once with croutons.
Parsnip Frl'ters. Take left-over
parsnips ami press through u puree
sieve. To u cupful of the puree, add
one-fourth tenspoonful each of salt
find pepper, n beaten egg and n dash
of cayenne. Mix thoroughly nnd ih'oltl
Into live or six lint cakes. Cook In n
small amount of ' iter, browning on
both sides.
Bacon Fritters. To prepare the
fritter butter, dissolve one-fourth of a
tenspoonful of salt In one cupful of
cold water and add It to the well-beaten
yolks of two eggs which have been
blended with ono nnd lne-half table
spoonfuls of melted butter or olive oil.
Add one cupful of Hour, beat well,
cover and put In a cool place for tw
hours or over night. When ready to
use. beat the whites stiff and fold In
the mixture. Dip tho slices of bacon
In the batter or chop In rather coarse
pieces. Fry In fat to tloat the flit
ters. Corn Balls. Put three tablespoon
fills of butter Jn n saucepan. When
the butter Is melted, add two cupfuls
of molasses and two-thirds of u curt'ul
of sugar. Stir until the sugar Is dis
solved. Roll until, when tried In cold
wnter, tho mixture becomes brittle.
Pour over six quarts of popped com.
Rutter the fingers and shape Into balls.
A KANSAS WOMAN
Run-down Nervous, Weak
Kansas City, Kans.: "I t found Dr.
X HJltv a nil un iuvw
a wonderful help to
mo during middle)
life. At that time I
becamo all run
down, nervous and!
was weak. I would
have smothering
and dizzy spells so
bad that I could
not stand up nnd
my back would
ache terribly all th
tlmo. I took both
Dr. Pierce'B Favor
i to Prescription and
his 'Golden Med
ical Discovery' and these medicines built
mo up, gave mo strength, and brought ma
through tho chango in tho best of health. I
am glad to recommend Dr. Pierce's medi
cines, for I know they nre good." MRS.
GEORGE JACOBS, R. Route 3.
MOTHERS
Bushong, Ivans.: "I am tho mother ot
(our children and from my experience with)
Dr. Pierce's Favorito Prescription I fully
appreciate its value and can highly recom
mend it to prospective mothers na it helps
to alleviate ono'a suffering. During my
first expectancy I suffered untold pains, so
tho second time I was determined that I
would avail myself of some means to lessen
the agony, and I can say without any hesi
tation that tho 'Favorito Prescription
carried mo through that trying timo with alP
tho desired eoso and comfort. Later on,
however, I mado a grievous mistake in
believing that I could dispenr-o with tho
'Favorite Prescription' during motherhood
and I did so to my sorrow. It will always
bo my stand-by hereafter.
"I hope that through this statement
somo other woman may be relieved of tho
dread of motherhood." M RS. V. W.
ROWLEY, Route 1.
Dr. Pierce's Favorito Prescription is a
non-alcoholic remedy that any ailing wo
man can safely take becauee it is prepared
from roots and herbs containing tonic prop
erties of tho most pronounced character.
Send lOo to Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel,
Buffalo, N. Y., for trial package of any of
tus medicines,
Healthy Liver
Healthy Life
Your liver healMiy or clogged, activa
or sluggish makes all the difference
between a vigorous,
cheerful life and low
spirits and fail
ure. To subdue
a stubborn
liver; over
come consti
pation, dizzi
ness, bilious
ness, indigestion, headache and the
blues there is nothing on earth so good
as Ctrtxr's Little Liver PUk Purely vegetable.
Small Pill Small Dose Small Price
DR. CARTER'S IRON PILLS, Nature's
great nerve and blood tonic for
Anemia, Rheumatism, Nervousness,
Sleeplessness and Female Weakness.
UeBolacmnslbiirvignifore Stanis0vC
16799
DIED
in New York City alone from kid
ney trouble last year. Don't allow
yourself to become a victim by
neglecting pains and aches. Guard
against this trouble by taking
GOLDEDAL
Ths world's standard remedy for kidney,,
liver, bladder and uric acid troubles.
Holland's national remedy since 1696.
All druggists, three sizes. Guaranteed.
Look for tha nam Cold Medal on averr hni
and accept no imitation
Accounting for the Weight.
"So you nre pluylnn with your sol
diers, Willie?" said the caller.
"Yes, mn'nni."
"You handle them us If they werer
quite heavy."
"They nre heuvy Just now, mn'nm."
"Whnt makes them so henvy Just
now?"
"Why, they're on their way back
from tho war, und they've got a lot f
loud In 'em, mn'nm."
A Lady of Distinction.
Is recognized by the delicate fnsclnnt
Ing Influence of the perfume she uses
A bath with Cutlcura Sonp and hot
wnter to thoroughly cleanse the pores,
followed by a dusting with Cutieura.
Tnlcuni Powder usunlly means a clear,,
sweet, healthy skin. Adv.
The Reason.
"They suy England Is crazy over
spirits."
"No wonder with a lot of our
Etock probably golnc over there."
If not already acquainted, get to know
Garfield Tea, the advance agent of Abound
ing Health. Adv.
A woman Isn't necessarily shnllnw
beenusp her bomitv Is onlv skin deep.
112 Millions
used last year
to KILL COLDS
HILL'S
CASGARAklQUlNlNE
Standard cold remedy (or 20 years
in laoici lorm Mie, aure, no
naie Dreaai up a cold in 24
hours relieve grip in 3 davs.
Money dick ii it taut. The
genuine box has a Red
top witn Mr. llill'a
picture.
At All Drug 5rirn
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