The Columbus journal., 1894-05-23
A Close Call for the Grand Pacific.

Friday morning last about 10 O'Clock
the Grand Pacific hotel, corner of Olive
and Tenth streets, was noticed to be on
fire on the northwest corner, the flames
bursting from the cOrnice of the third
story.
The under stories Of this part of the
building were Of cottonwood, veneered
with brick, which was given as the rea-
son by some, why the building did not
burn more readily.
Within five minutes after the alarm
was sounded the fire department were
on hand in force, and in a very few
minutes thereafter had three streams Of
water pounding the very life out of the
fire in short order.
Tie stand pipe was full at the start of
the fire and was lowered only fifteen
feet, and ii was not necessary to use the
engine, the pressure of the stand-pipe
being sufficient to throw the streams in
fine shape. So soon as the water began
to play upon the flames, there was no
question with the spectators as to the
control OF the fire and that in only a
few Minutes time. Columbus may we'll
congratulate herself on having an active,
efficient, wide-swske fire department.
The building is owned jointly by 1.
Gluck OF this city, and an eastern man
represented by the State bank. The
loss to the building is estimated at from
$1,000 to $500, and on the furniture,
$50 to 500, the last wholly by water.
The furniture was owned by the land
lord, Samuel Mahood, and was insured
for $50.
Repairs will be made. so SOOn as losses
a be adjusted, and the business OF the
house will beresumed as soon as posi-
BILE.
STILL ANOTHER.
A second alarm was sounded at 2
O'Clock last Friday which brought out
the fire companies in short order, a.
they were together in squads talking
about the hotel hre from which they had
but Just returned. The second blaze
was found to be in some old rubbish on
a lot back of the q On which stands
the stand-pipe. 1t was 500 extinguish-
ed by Engineer John Burrell. at the
pump house, with the help of an old
lady with a bucket, and the iremen did
mot have to use their hose. There was
considerable uneasiness at first, as it
was reported that the planing-mill had
caught fire, and everybody breathed
easier when they learned that this was
not the case.
1T will pay you to send your name
to the Agricultural Experiment Station
Of Nebraska, under direction of the
State University, Lincoln, and ask them
to send you copies of the bulletins that
they issue from time to time. Those of
our farmer readers who have as yet
given no attention to the raising Of
alfalfa would do we'll to look it up, in
one of the late bulletins, which gives a
report of an interesting series of expert
ments which seem to show the great
superiority of alfalfa over all other
forage plants. 1t gives a yield of about
SIX and a half tons per acre of good
forage, and was cut four times during
the summer The plants we're twenty
six inches high at the first cutting, June
%; twenty-six inches at the second,
August =, and twenty-four inches when
the last crop was cut on the first Of
September. There remained an after
growth six inches high, which would
have made an excellent fall pasturage.
The first cut was SIG lbs, the second
SO5, the third 743, while the estimated
fourth was $50, a total of 2.5A Oh a plat
Of one-ffth of an acre. Alfalfa not only
wristbands the most severe drouth, but
lives on for an indefinite time without
~replanting, producing from three to four
abundant crops every season. 1t en-
riches instead of exhausts the soil.
What can You raise that will yield you
greater value?