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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
6
Farmers see quack grass as a serious issue in the state. For small patches hand digging suffices, but large patches require a summer fallow system with deep tilling, harrowing, raking, drying and burning of the weed, weekly through summer, and careful non cultivation to prevent spread. The following spring corn planting uses check rows and continued hoeing to eradicate the pest.
An analysis notes that $700 million in farm manure is wasted annually while manure application can greatly raise crop yields. Ten tons per acre, evenly plowed in, paid back many times over, with benefits lasting for years beyond the first harvest.
Space is key for vegetable rows and root crops. Thin radishes early, provide three inches for beets, and give foliage crops extra room. Transplant in May or June using a pencil sized stick, keeping soil around roots moist and shaded for a few days.
A letter from P. J. Philbin of Spalding Nebraska describes sweet clover germination after seed coats were scratched. Tests by the South Dakota Experiment Station show germination rising from a small natural percent to over 90 percent after preparation.
Wash and cut young pie plant into half inch pieces. Layer pie plant with water and steam until tender. Pack into hot jars, seal, and store. Use one cup of syrup per one and a half quarts of prepared pieplant. Do not stir to avoid breaking pieces. The results are superior to stove top canning.
Three travelers Gray Brown and Green breakfast at a southern hotel. Green requests eggs eliminated but the kitchen cannot remove eggs and the cook vows to try next time. Green threatens to complain as waiters relay the predicament and the cook explains the limitation in a humorous dialect from Lippincott's.
A quote attributed to Charles Kingsley speaks on the lingering need for inner strength rather than ease in a harsh world. The remark frames comfort as a force that sustains through hardship.
Rube Waddell, pitching for his team against the Giants at the Polo Grounds, nearly loses focus as a brass band and German picnic wagons distract him. He overthrows and dives into a passing wagon, delaying the game while Giants score two runs. The visitors win in a ninth inning comeback, though Connie Mack never forgave the moment.
During a Jamaica visit Sir James Crichton-Browne notes loneliness and asks a colored official if many Scots are nearby. The reply is blunt not many just a few but quite enough. The anecdote shows his willingness to tell a joke at his own expense.
Nubert Vos, a noted artist, displayed paintings at the Corcoran in Washington. He presented a portrait to Wu Ching, Chinese minister to the United States, who questioned the likeness and conversation followed about the three-quarter view and identification.
In a Harvard Graduates Magazine anecdote Owen Wister recalls Horace Furness the editor of the Variorum Shakspere. A deaf German visitor entered Furnesss house during a lively chase involving a cat and a squirrel. Furness tripped and struck the cat with his trumpet as the maid and animals scurried. The German departed in silence.
A Ruskin quote asserts knowledge requires toil and true pleasure comes through effort. It states toil is the guiding law and self indulgence or laziness does not yield genuine satisfaction.
The London Tatler recounts how Rev Dr Howard, chaplain to Princess Augusta, accumulated debts with parish tradesmen and used a sermon on patience to hint at repayment. He preached on patience and then deferred the second part promising to pay all at a future time.
A foreign railway company devised a method to grow shade trees quickly. They plant a small elm with its top buried, roots left exposed, causing the tree to root from the top and leaf out fast. In two years it yields shade like a fifteen to twenty year old tree seen at Kensington Gardens.
The piece traces overlapping stone bronze and iron ages and suggests iron knowledge began 8 000 to 10 000 years ago. It notes iron use predates stone end and proposes meteoric iron sparked early understanding. Columbus era marks late stone age discovery in America about 400 years ago.
A patient asks which operation the doctor is best at and agrees to proceed. The Detroit Free Press cites a witty exchange about medical skill and a suggested surgical remedy.
The Detroit Free Press notes Brown, described as a lucky dog, still holds the $1,000 inheritance a year after it was received. The story hints at his ongoing good fortune and public curiosity about his affairs.
Samuel Johnson argues that wealth cannot raise character or happiness. He notes that abundance oppresses the wealthy, making them idle and irritable, while true fulfillment depends on nature and virtue rather than fortune or royal power.
Rev. Lucas G. Engelstad serves as pastor inviting parishioners to Sunday School at Big Timber every Sunday at 10 p m and to attend regular services.
The First Congregational Church invites everyone to Sunday School at 10 am on Sunday. All are welcome to attend for instruction and fellowship.
William T. Stead, famed Titanic victim, recounts meeting a Turkish sultan who offered a jeweled cigarette case. Stead preferred a jeweled cigar case and proposed a swap. The sultan agreed, and Stead gifted a jeweled fountain pen in return, leaving the sultan unable to write.
Rev. G. W. G. VanWinkle presides at St. Mark's Church with morning and evening services on the first and third Sundays each month. Sunday school runs every Sunday at 10 a.m.
First Methodist Episcopal Church reports Rev Thomas Clarkson as pastor with Sunday school at 10 a m Epworth League at 7 p m worship at 11 a m on the 2nd 4th and 5th Sundays and 7 30 p m every Sunday evening prayer meeting Thursday evenings at 8 o'clock St Pauls Methodist Reed Point holds divine worship on the 1st and 3rd Sundays at 10 30 a m and 8 p m on Saturdays preceding these dates.
G R Sims recalls bohemian London clubs and frugal weeks with bankers a distant rumor. A six man party chased a £50 publisher’s open check to a bank, joking they had no cab outside as cash awaited.
Sunday eleven a m service and Wednesday eight pm gathering announced for South McEd Building located at Anderson street and Fifth. all are welcome to attend.
Rev Father Joseph Blaere held Mass on the third Saturday of each month at 104 m.
The notice lists timetable details for Northern Pacific trains including the North Coast Limited No. 1 and No. 2, Western Express No. 6, Puget Sound Express, Atlantic Express, Eastern Express, and Miss. Valley Express with posted departure and arrival times and routes avoiding stops via Helena and via Butte.
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