Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 21, 1907, Page 9

_t | i | i i WHAT FATHER AND HARRY ACCOMPLISHED ILLINOIS MAN WRITES RE- GARDING HIS. SUCCESS IN WESTERN CANADA. AN in Homestead Regulations Makes Entry Easily Accomplished. Change “Nothing succeeds like success” is an old and true saying having many applications in Western Canada. The following letter is an illustration. The writer, Mr. Gerts, left Chicago a short time ago and the success he has achieved may well be gained by any- one having pluck and energy by locat- ing on the free homestead lands in Western Canada. A change recently made in the Canadian Land Regula- tions concerning homesteads makes it possible for any member of a family to make entry for any other member of the family entitled to a homestead. For instance, a man may now make entry before the local agent for his father or for his brother or brothers, or for his son or sons, or for a sister or daughter who may be the head of the family having minor children de- pending upon her for support. A sis- ter, daughter or mother are also en- titled to make entry upon a home- stead. The only fee required is $10.00 for each entry. A great saving in rail- way expenses is thus made. Read what Mr. Gerts has to say: Battleford, Sask., Aug. 4, 1907. Dear Sir:— Thinking a letter from us Northwest settlers might interest you, and I write a few lines and let you know we are progressing finely and well pleased’ with our new home. When I think of the many hard working, industrious men east with families who are struggling for a liv- ing and doing the strenuous, laying up practically nothing for old age and the thousands of acres of land here yet to be plowed and cultivated capable of raising sixty to eighty bushels of oats, thirty to forty bushe]s of wheat, it cer- tainly seems a pity the two cannot be brought together. But I will repeat, this country is only for the industrious and thrifty; also I might add, it re- quires some capital to start. A man should have at least a team of three good horses; better to have mares so as to have some colts com. ing along each year. It is best to bring them with him as work horses are high. He should be able to purchase plow, disc and drag, harrow, drill, binder and hay rake. Of course sev- eral taking up claims or buying land near together can divide up the pur- chasing of the above machinery and exchange work. This plan will work well for a few years or until crops will warrant each individual to purchase a full outfit. We have 480 acres of as good farm land as lies in the famous Cut Knife district. Every foot.can be plowed. Last year our oats run 60 bushels per acre. I sold them for 50c per bushel on the place. The indications are for a good crop this year, though we were very late in seeding owing to the late spring. Last winter was the coldest known in this country by the oldest settlers (some who have been here 35 years), but with a comfortable house and plenty of firewood, which we hauled four miles, we passed the winter quite pleasantly. The air is clear and dry. Some of the days I came from work I was surprised to find the thermometer registering 40° below zero. Though we never keep fire at night, we had nothing freeze in our cellar. Our stock and chickens wintered fine. I have a yearling heifer, who would hold her own in any. “tat stock show.” She has never had a drop of milk since she was four months old and has never had a mouthful of grain. A gentleman who saw her made the remark, “He bet that heifer had eaten her head off with grain,” but would hardly believe she had never had any grain. This is a great country for growing all kinds of vegetables and we are certainly enjoying our garden. The flavor of the green peas is especiauy fine. LaSt season Mrs. G. canted a lot of them, and we have enjoyed them up to the fresh crop. I am sorry I did not have time this past season to attend to transplanting trees, but will keep the land I had pre- pared worked up for next’ season’s planting. I received a number of small trees (ash and maple) from the Gov- ernment Experimental Farm at Indian Head. I-put them around the edge of the garden and they are doing fine. I also received quite a lot of other seeds, oats, wheat, potatoes and rhubarb roots which were acceptable. It is useless for us to bother with garden flowers as wild ones grow in profusion. We are located near a fine creek, the water of which is soft“and fine for bathing and washing. We have a well of water near the house, 32 feet deep and 21 feet of water all the time, though it is harder than the creek water. Land which could be bought for five dollars per acre three years ago is now worth $14 per acre and steadily advancing each year. All kinds of improvements are going on. Steam plows and large threshing outfits are already in. Roads are be- ing graded, bridges being built across rivers, and creeks. Last year I took my family, also wagon, across the Sas- katchewan river in a row boat, swam my team across and now the contract has been let for $200,000 bridge at that place. The C. N. R. have run their final survey from Battleford to Calgary, running west about one mile north of us. The C. P. R. have run a survey, which runs northwest passes about 500 feet from the northeast corner of our farm. The country will soon be cov- ered with a net work of railroads and it will keep them busy hauling the out- put of grain. It is certainly encourag- ing to us settlers. Two years ago, Harry, my son, and I as you know unloaded our car at Saskatoon and drove 130 miles to our claim.’ Last fall we had only 18 miles to haul our wheat to railroad and as you see, the prospects. are we will have a railroad at our very door and a town near-by. This district can support a good town and it will be well patron- ized. Harry arrived home at 12 p. m. last night after going fourteen miles ‘to blacksmith shop to get plowshares beat out. The shop was full of work and it was eight p. m. when Harry left for home and parties still in line to have work done. We will need stores nearer and good mechanics. We are all enjoying the best of health which is a great. blessing. When we left Chicago over a year ago my youngest son’s (four years of age) health was'so poor that I almost de- spaired of raising him, but he is cer- tainly a hearty, healthy little fellow now. The pure fresh air has done him warlds of good. oo to sum up the whole. Why should we not be glad we made the break? A good farm, stock increasing, health and an independent life. What more can we expect? Did we have to make an effort? You can bet we did and hustle, too. Should you pass this way with your shotgun this fall, we should be pleased to let you shoot prairie chickens ‘off our grain stocks. Respectfully yours, CHAS. M. GERTS AND FAMILY. What He Knew. Stre—K is said that a woman’s voice wi go mech farther than a man’s. He—4 don’t doubt it. I know it goes much benger. Deafmess Cannot Be Cured by local appttcations, as they cannot reach the die eased portion of the’ ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous Itning of the Eustachian Tube, When this tube is faflamed yon have arumbling sound or im- perfect hearing, and when {t is entirely closed, Deaf- ness is the pesult, and unless the inflammatton can be taken ont and vhis tube restored to {ts normal cond tion, hearing will be degeroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but an faflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any cass of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Cacarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. escen J. CHENEY & CO., Toled?, 0. ol na rugg!si Take ¥ Ham's Famtiy ‘Pins for constipation. A Poor Diet. “I gmess the track team men are glad to break training and eat what they please.” “Yes, tt must be pretty tough to live on field day meets.” Shake Into Your Shoes It cures painful,swollen, feet. Allen’s Foot-Ease. Makes new shoes ists and Shoe Stores. Don t accept any substitute. SampleFREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Even the rhinoceros may be proud of his beauty, but he never blows his own horn. GUNS, TRAPS, DECOYS, ETC. Lowest prices. Write for free catalog No. 1 N. W. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis, Minn, Some folks think they are pious be- eause the sight of pain gives them | pleasure. Mrs. Wins! Soothing Por children teeth: téns the gums, reduces in fumaation allays ures wind eo! Sea bottle. Light hearted people are those who always are looking for the sunshine. HIGHER CREAM PRICES. Write us to-day for pertnnten and tags. MILTON DAIRY . St. Paul, Minn, Laughing at little trials is more than half of winning great triumphs. One Enterprising Ambassador. Mr. Whitelaw Reid, American am- bassador in London, is said to be the first war correspondent who ever tele- graphed a description of a battle from the battlefield while fighting was actu- ally in progress, PATENTS. List of Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors. Reported by Lothrop & Johnson, patent lawyers, 911 Pioneer Press building, St. Paul, Minn.: John Ar- coren, Rosebud, S. D., vehicle seat lock; Reiner Braun, Glen Ullin, N. D., belt holder; Homer Charles, Rapid City, 8. D., explosive engines; Low- zelle W. Sprague, Osakis, Minn., rail brace; Lewis P. Thompson, Minneapo- lis, Minn., floor scraper; Ellis J. Wolf, Minneapolis, Minn., explosive engine; August Zastrow, Aberdeen, S. D., self- feeder for threshing machine. There Are a Lot Like Him. “I’m sorry for that man. He can hardly walk. I suppose he’s suffering with rheumatism?” “Rheumatism, nothing! He’s suffer- ing from the effects of an idea that he could still play baseball.” Important to Mothers. ‘Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORTA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years, The Kind You Have Always Bought, It isn’t alone the despondent lover who loses, heart. The successful one must lose’ his, too. SHIP YOUR CREAM TO US. We always pay highest market price. Samels Bros., Minneapolis, Minn. “There is no virtue in doing right in| such a way as to lead others wrong. is. NOT “MIS MISTRESS” PRESIDENT’S WIFE HAS FEW DU- TIES OR RESPONSIBILITIES. Social Functions at the White House Are in no Way Under Her Control Does Not Even Select Guests. The death of Mrs. McKinley, apart from its ‘painful pathetic circum- stances, had the social interest that is necessarily attached to a lady who was once the “mistress of the White House.” This is a phrase in very general use, but it has little if any of the signifi- cance usually attached to it in the popular mind. The wife of the presi- dent of the United States is not the mistress of the White House in the sense that any other lady is the mis- tress of her own home or the head of its social activities. She has neither the duties nor the responsibilities that would be hers in private life, and she does not concern herself at all with the social functions that are the usual lot of those less highly placed. All these activities so far as the White House is concerned, are so ar- ranged as to exclude all feminine in- fluence or control. They are placed di- rectly under the management of one or more young officers of the army and navy, who direct all the social ma- chinery of the White House, and the reality and scope of this direction ‘would be a surprise to a good many who attach a real social meaning to the position of “mistress of the White House.” The wife of the president, for example, has nothing to do with the selection of ordinary guests. This is a matter that is left entirely to the discretion of the young officers in question. She has nothing to do with the ararngements of the table or the order of precedence, or with the menu. \All these matters are attended to with- out her consultation. Her sole function is to sit at the head of the table. She is the wife of the president and that is all. She has neither part nor lot in any of those ‘social and hospitable functions in which she would be supreme were she tthe wife of any one else in the coun- ‘try. She has, of course, her own per- sonal friends, to whom she shows such courtesies and kindnesses as may be agreeable to her, but these are her own personal and private concern. They are not chronicled as White House activities, nor even heard of in any public widespread way. The success of a president’s wife de- pends entirely upon the extent to which she is willing thus to efface her- self. The moment she asserts herself, or attempts rebellion against well-es- tablished precedent she is on danger- ous ground and is threatened with fiasco.— Argonaut. Showing Time’s Changes. Something happened recently at the state department that, two years ago, would have filled the whole world with column after column of news and comment under a Washington date line. There is nothing very startling in the statement that a big red auto swept up in front of the state depart- ment building. Big red autos stop there every day. But out of this auto stepped first a little slender man with brown skin, and eyes ever so slightly slant; then a big, military looking chap, broad of chest and erect. The little man was Viscount Aoki, ambas- ,sador from the Mikado, and his com- panion was Baron Rosen, the Russian ambassador. Viscount’ Aoki, usually tomes to the state department behind & spanking team, in a carriage with panels emblazoned with the insignia ef Japan. The motor car he rode in that day is the property of Baron Ro- sen. The two diplomats had made ap- pointments with Acting Secretary of State Adee for the formal filing of the recent treaty between Japan and Russia, recognizing the integrity of China and the plan of the “open door.” Baron Rosen suggested to the vis- count that they go to the department together. So he stopped at the Jap- nese embassy on his way, picked up the little man, and whisked him along to visit Mr. Adee. They walked up the steps of the building arm in arm and chatting vivaciously. Their busi- ness at the department did not oc- cupy more than 15 minutes, and the big red outo soon whirled away toward the Japanese embassy, with the two former enemies snugly ensconced in the capacious tonneau. ba Dog Days in Washington. Limp and damp are the dog days in Washington. It was a wise fore thought of our forefathers that con- gressional sessions were not planned for August. Changing linen five times In one day, mopping moisture assidu- ously from the face every two sec- onds—this is braving the climate in ‘Washington during dog days. An army of clerks and other government officials remain at their posts the whole year around, with the exception of the liberal breathing spell allowed them by way of annual vacation—-30 days regular, and 30 days sick leave. The buzzing honey bees around the executive mansion had no presidential candidational stories to tell on that hot day, but the tourist bands from the exposition insisted upon looking “at the place” where the president transacts business. The stuffy air of the corridors in the capitol and the sizzling pavements—on which an ur- chin remarked that “you could fry eggs”—did not deter these much-en- during sigltt-seers.—Joe Mitchell Chap- ple in “Affairs at Washington,” in bf tional Magazine for August. . MEDICAL FAILURES. An Authority Says Three-Fourths of Graduates Are Unfitted’ to. Practice. That 3,000 out of the 4,000 gradu- ates turned out by the Medical Col- leges each year are whollly unfitted to practice médi¢ine and‘are menaces to the communities in which they set- tle was stated by Dr..Chester Mayer, of the State Board of Medical Exam- iners of Kentucky at a-meeting of the Ameriean Medical Association’s Com- mittee on Medical Education, held in Chicago not long ago. Dr. Mayer said that only 25 to 28 per cent of the graduates are qualified. Fifty-eight per cent of the graduates examined in 28 states were refused licenses. With few exceptions these failures took a | second examination in a few weeks and only 50 per cent of them passed. “This does not mean that deficien- cies in their training were corrected in those few weeks,” Dr. Mayer said. | “It probably shows that experience showed them what the test would probably be and they ‘crammed’ for the examination. Dr. W. T. Gott, Secretary of the Indiana Board said: “The majority of our schools now teach their students how to pass ex- aminations, not how to be good" phy- sicians.” At the session of the American Medical Association held in Atlantic City in June, Dr. M. Clayton Thrush, a professor in the Medico Chirurgical College in Philadelphia said: “Many doctors turned out of the Medical Schools are so ignorant in matters pertaining to pharmacy that they know nothing about the properties of the drugs they prescribe for their patients!” Dr. Henry Beats, Jr., Pres- ident of the Pennsylvania State Board of Medical Examiners, after scrutiniz- ing the papers of a class of candi- dates for licensure said: “About one quarter of the papers show a degree of illiteracy that renders the candi- dates for licensure incapable of un- derstanding medicine.” A great many more physicians and chemists might be quoted in support of the astounding charge that 3,000 in- competents are being dumped onto an unsuspecting public each year. What the damage done amounts to can never be estimated for these in- competents enjoy the privilege of di- agnosing, prescribing or dispensing drugs regarding the properties of which they know nothing and then of signing death certificates that are not passed upon by anyone unless the coroner is called in. Probably there is not a grave yard from one end of the country to the other that does not contain the buried evidences of the mistakes or criminal carelessness of incompetent physicians. During the last year there have eases where surgeons, after perform- ing operations have sewed up the in- cisions without first removing the Bauze sponges used to absorb the blood, and in some cases forceps and even surgeon’s scissors have been left in the wound. How many of these cases there have been, where the patient died, there is no means ort knowing and comparatively few of the cases where the discovery is made in time to save life become gen- erally. public. Reports from Sanita- tiums for the treatment of the Drug Habit show that members of the medi- cal profession are more often treated in these institutions than members of any other profession, and that a majority of the patients, excluding the | trace | their downfall directly to a careless only are dodging the duty of thinking. | | physicians themselves, can physician. How many criminal operations are performed by physicians is also a | matter. of conjecture. Operations of this class are, unfortunately, frequent in large cities. of them of supposed respectability, make an exclusive practice of crim- final medical and surgical treatment. Dr. Henry G. W. Rheinhart, Coroner’s physician of Chicago, estimates the number of criminal operations, annu- | allly, in Chicago alone at 38,000. How many resulted fatally are unknown, as when death results, the real cause is disguised in the death certificate, which the physician signs, and which no one but himself and a clerk sees. Probably not one case of malprac- tice in 1,000 ever becomes the subject of a law suit but in the last year ap- proximately 150 cases wherein the plaintiff has alleged malpractice have been reported in the newspapers, and owing to the social prominence and the favored positions of many physi- cians not more than half the new suits stated, probably, result in any ; newspaper publicity, but it would probably not be an exaggeration to state that the total cases of malprac- | tice, not involving criminal operations | or criminal medical practice, would amount to 150,000 or more than one ease to each physician in the country. | This estimate is, of course, more or less conjecture. permanent disabilities are frequent, and occur within the knowledge of al- most every one, when life could have | been saved, or health restored had : the physician been skillful, and competent. careful Character never is complete. i ever the collector ketches me.” been perhaps, half a dozen known | very || Some gradu- | ated and licensed physicians, many | Untimely deaths and | MEN ADMIRE a pretty face, a good figute, but sooner or laterlearn that the healthy, happy, contented woman is mostofall tobe admired. . 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SMALL PRICE. Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature VP na REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. laa, and Liberal Homestead Regulations in WESTERN CANADA | New Districts Now Opened for Settlement Some of the choicest lands in the grain grow- ing belts of Saskatche- wan and Alberta have recently been opened for settlement under the Revised Homestead Regulations of Canada, Thousands of ome steads of 160 acres each The new regulations make it The Excitement Pian. “The paynients ain’t so hard.” “What terms?” “A dollar down anda dollar when- | MeMURRAY’S VANILLA Worth a dollar a drop,~ sold by all grocers at a low price. Woman’s’ Logis. “Then you won't let me kiss you?” | “Certainly not! You mustn’t desire such things. Besides, if you did, you wouldn’t want to half so much.” WE PAY TOP PRICES FOR CREAM. Cash every day. Write for prices and tags. MILLER & HOLMES. St. Paul, Minn. There never yet was a sermon that could have any force on a head full of fashion. GET A BUS Learn Shorthand, raphy. SS EDUCATION. Bookkeeping, Teleg- Capital City College. St. Paul. | Many think tney are doubting who are now available. possible for entry to’be made by proxy, the oppor tunity that many in the United States have been waiting for. Any member of a family may make entry for any other member of the family, who may be entitled to make entry for himself or kerselt. Entry may now be made before the Agent or Sab Agent of the District by proxy, (on certain condi tions) by the father, m other. daughter, brother or sister of intending homesteader. “Any even numbered section of Dominion Lands in Manitoba or the North-W ovimees, excepting § and 2%, not, reserved. e home: hei family, to the extent of one” quarter section, of 160 acres, more or less. The fee in each case will be $10.00. Churches, Schools and marlsets convenient. Healthy climate, splendid crops and good laws. Grain-growing and cattle raising principal industries. For further particulars as to rates, routes, best | time to go and where to locate, apply to E. T. HOLMES, is the cry of poultry keep- ers during fall and winter when prices are highest. YOU can get them by using Suen owoet the pioneer of tonics to make hens re Causes perfect assimilation of pone! | 825 Jackson Sireet, . Paul, Minnesota. | To convince any | woman that Pax- tine Antiseptic will improve her health and do all we claim for it. We will send her tags tha free @ large trial box of Paxtine with book of instruc- tions and genuine testimonials. Send your name and address on a postal card. t all dealers upeuee j cleanses and heals | mucous seem eS ! H me m- i brane af- fections, such as nasal arty pelvic fem and Its cur ativé power over these troubles is extra- | ff cacarrh ‘and inflammation eaused by | @ nine ills; sore eyes, sore throal mouth, by direct local treatment ordinary and gives immediate relief. 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