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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1916
Page
7
The feeding value of wheat in rusted straw depends on the grain content. Healthy straw is poor feed while plumper grain increases value. shrunken kernels provide less. Rusted straw can be fed with caution, a little other roughage, and gradual introduction to monitor for illness, per North Dakota Experiment Station findings.
Northern Farmer reports a California notice promoting a wheat variety named tanic saying it originated in England four years ago and sent from the Titanic survivor. Claims of extraordinary yields and a photo allegedly matching Alaska wheat circulate with five acres growing in Wassinntens. Caution urged to farmers and dealers about this new exploitation and vague details.
Article explains two preventive methods for hog cholera: indoor management and disinfection during outbreaks, and vaccination with protective serum offering four weeks of immunity. If herd infection occurs, serum must be used immediately. North Dakota State Serum Institute supplies serum at three fourths cent per cubic centimeter for bottles of 120, 240, and 500 cc, orderable by telegraph with C. O. D. by express. no germ can be returned.
A North Dakota Experiment Station note explains amortization by contrasting a $1000, ten year loan at 6 percent. Under simple interest the borrower pays $360 yearly for ten years totaling $3600, then $1000 principal. Under amortization the yearly payment is $135.87, ending with $196.87 due at year ten, totaling $1398.70.
Advice from inventor D Ward King on using the split log road drag to smooth surfaces and cut dust. Moist soil with non sticky earth, occasional slushy passes before cold spells, and dragging to center can prevent ruts and promote hard, water resistant clay surfaces. Variations by locality and road factors mean no universal number of treatments.
The rusted blighted wheat crop may or may not prove to be poor seed. In past years similar rust has yielded fair results when seed was used under certain seasonal conditions.
A Dakota farmer urges quick procurement of 1916 wheat seed as ample stock remains in granaries and elevators in the northwest. He warns supply may become scarce and expensive, advising sowing with the 1916 variety if available and noting its hardiness and prolific potential.
Plums are native to North Dakota and grow wild along rivers. Improved varieties such as DeSoto, The Surprise, Cheney, Stoddard, and Weaver perform well. Grafting on mauve stock ensures hardiness. Plums prefer mellow, moisture-rich soil and need cultivation away from weeds and grass.
The editor urges boys to be good and well behaved as the path to a better future. He argues that good boys are admired and more likely to receive opportunities, while misbehavior brings trouble and regret. The piece emphasizes personal growth from boyhood toward adulthood and warns against negative reputations.
The piece notes a six week summer period called dog days from the Sirius rising, then shifts to a literal town dog scene. It highlights many dog varieties seen on streets, questions if a dog catcher would be overwhelmed.
The report covers the Medicine Lodge School District No 38 for year ending June 30 1916 detailing receipts from state tuition funds county tuition funds and other sources totaling 486 20 cash on hand July 1 and expenditures including school houses apparatus teachers' wages and retirement fund payments. It notes sinking fund activity and warrants outstanding with total indebtedness 2709.34 as of June 30 1916. Approved Aug 8 by District School Board Präsident Albert Heffelfinger and Clerk M S Phillips.
A fragmented OCR page lists multiple foreclosure actions and public notices from Williston and Kenmare in Williams and Ward counties. Movant mortgagors Peter Sintsby and Louie Sines, Barnes Brothers Incorporated, and others appear with dates in 1908 to 1918, detailing mortgage conditions, due amounts, and sale dates at court houses. Also contains land contest and publication notices for homestead entries and proofs of character, with names like Mary Brokke and Samuel Ferrell.
The notice states Hulda Carlson and C W Carlson mortgaged property to Superior Lime and Cement Company on August 29 1918 and was recorded September 10 1913. It describes the property and schedules a foreclosure sale at the Williams County Courthouse on August 26 1916 to satisfy $915.00 plus costs. Bank of Minot is listed as attorney for Farmers State Bank of Northwest and an attorney for the mortgage holder is named.
The Department of the Interior Williston Land Office announces Gertrude D. Simmons as divorced wife of Toy Simmons of Williston North Dakota seeks three year proof to establish claim to Lot 1 36 1/4 NE 14 8 1/4 NE 5 and other parcels in Section 9 Township 166 North Range 100 West Fifth Meridian. Witnesses listed include J W Brown Wylie Thompson Mary Dahmen Anna Rongstad all of Williston North Dakota. Also notices Frank Tagues Route No 1 Williston North Dakota and James Banion Williston North Dakota with witnesses William Vanalat Ike Webb Ronan Markham Guy Collins Bert Alexander Frank Manson Axel Beigen M A Jeffrey all of Williston.
Notice of mortgage foreclosures and assignments involving Kenmare and Williston interests in Williams County North Dakota. Documents reference A H Turrillin Tarn Brothers Incorporated and Farmers State Bank with details on parcels in sections 1 16 and related ranges, plus dates spanning 1910 to 1918 and a Frank G Hyde homestead affidavit.
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