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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-16
Poultry Pointers.

The color of the comb has more to
do with the laying Of the fowl than
tine size. We have never noticed that
Wyandottes with small combs were
inferior layers to those with very large
combs. Redcaps have the most mag
nifioent combs, as far as size is CON
cerned, Of all domestic fowls. and
while they are good layers there are
other breeds with small combs that ex-
Gel them. We believe that the egg
trait must be developed in a strain of
fowls by a thorough and systematic
selection, and not depending on ex-
ternal signs alone.
Begin now TO weed out the old and
Improbable hens. They will very
soon stop laying, and should go to
market before the stock of chickens
gets too abundant. Kill every hen
not wanted for breeding as soon as she
stops laying. 1t is easy in this way to
very materially cut down expenses.
The economy Of poultry keeping is
something to be studied and here is
one step not to be neglected.
The selection of a breed depends EN-.
tirely on what it is wanted for. Those
that lay the most Eggs do not always
furnish them when the prices are high
est. nor do the most profitable layers
make the most desirable market poul.
try, hence it is that our requirements
OF poultry must be considered in
selecting the breed.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-16
NEW STRIKE NEAR DAWSON.
Bonanza Discovery Made by Miners ell
sulphur Creek.

Discovery Made by Miners en-
sulphur Creek.
Seattle. Wash. John E. Light of
Chicago, who arrived here yesterday
from st. Michael on the steamer South
Coast. reports that on the evening of
his departure from Dawson a rich
strike was made on Sulphur Creek and
that it promised to prove a veritable
bonanza. Sulphur Creek is tributary
to Dominion Creek and Indian River
and is in the very center of the gold
fields.
The first prospectors and locators did
exceedingly we'll and as high as $34 to
the pan was taken out. The first pros
pect-holes proved very rich and some
OF the original ~locators more than
earned wages while conducting simple
prospect work. The news of the strike
came to Dawson about the middle Of
August and there was an immediate
rush to the creek. A large number of
claims had been located when Light
left Dawson. Light expresses the
opinion that the creek will prove one
OF the richest in the district and add to
the millions that it will produce this
win ter.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-16

lection of what is called the meroan-
tile system. A result Of its adoption
will be a reduction of premiums and
a general readjustment of rates.
The Duarte-M ~onrovia Fruit Elk.
change this year shipped 52,460 boxes
of oranges, receiving therefor $75, $685.
.3S net cash paid to growers, $3.50, 1872
sc. The cost of handling the fruit
was reduced ~ cents per box. The
exchange also handled 1873 tons of april
cots for its members, paying, after de-
Quoting all expenses. IS. 10 per ton.
Foreclosure proceedings are under
way against the Redondo Beach proper
ty, involving the largest foreclosure
ever effected in Los Angeles, except
the old cable railway. The amount
asked is over 5000, 900. fudge Lamme
and E. E. Milliken are, attorneys for
the plaintiffs. and E. K. Blades, attor-
ney, in the Stowell Block, is the com-
missioner appointed by the court to sell
the property.
The forest fires which started on the
Brown ranch in the upper Carmel val
ley. near Monterey, about two weeks
ago, and which has ragged constantly
since, destroying valuable timber, as
we'll as grain, stock %pasturage, barns
and other ranch buildings, has finally
been controlled. The fire extended over
an area of more than thirty square
miles and caused great loss to the
ranches in the district.
The first car of raisins for the season
of 1897 was recently shipped to Phila
delphia from Fresno by Chaddock &,
Co. This is a very early shipment.
The indications are for a short crop
and increased prices, which cause on
siderable friction between packers, and
growers. Just now the growers, who
control the situation, demand 80 to
4c per pound cash in the sweat boxes,
which Is being met slowly by the buy.
e1s.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-16
Precious Meals.

Almost any dish which had to recon-
mend it rarity, costliness, indigestibil-
ity, and, TO our way of thinking, nasti-
ness, was sure to take with the Roman
epicure. And if he were unable to make
it costly any other way he would add
powdered precious stones or gold dust.
Nero dined Oh one occasion from a
peacock which was sprinkled with dia-
mond dust, and specimens Of that bird
dressed with gold Or with crushed pearls
were by no means a rarity at the tri-
clinia of the moneyed Romans. A dish
of parrots tongues was a great delica-
cy. But a dish Of parrots tongues which
had been capable, when in their proper
place, of framing words, was Of almost
incalculable value, which increased in
a direct ratio with the vocabularies of
the defunct parrots. i.
Another bird for which the Roman
epicure was in the habit Of paying fab
ulous prices was the phenecoptrix,
which is believed to have been the ptar-
migan. 1t had its home in the most
northerly parts of Scotland and Norway,
and as this made it hard to get at the
Romans appreciated it all the more and
put it in the same rank with ostriches.
buzzards and peacocks. The tongues of
these birds were specially prepared. to-
gether with the brains, and took the
place which a hors d'ouvre would now
take. New York Post.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-16
Hop Lice Spray.

The following practical formula is
given for an emulsion which will not
injure the hop vines and will kill the
lice: Cut up one.half pound of hard
soap, put into a gallon of rain water
and place it on the stove. leaving it
there until it comes to boiling point,
or until all the soap is dissolved. Then
remove to some convenient place in the
yard and add two gallons of kerosene.
The mixture should now be thoroughly
stir red with a syringe or force pump,
or if a spraying apparatus is at hand,
run the emulsion through the sprayer
two or three times, or beat vigorously
with a paddle for 10 or 30 minutes.
When completed the emulsion will
look like thin buttermilk. and will ad-
here without oiliness to the surface of
glass. Add 10 gallons of rain water for
every gallon of emulsion, so the three
gallons of EMULSION can be added to
45 gallons Of rain water. If the emul-
sion has not been thoroughly mixed,
globules of oil will separate and rise
to the surface of the emulsion and will
produce white spots on the leav ,s.
The most satisfactory way of applying
the emulsion is by means of a KNAPP
sack sprayer, which can be bought at
a moderate price. The spray can be
regulated to suit the needs of the
operator and it is easily applied by
walking between the rows. There is
also an attachment for reaching the
vines where on high poles.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-16
uous Pruning.

Pruning deciduous fruit trees is a
subject generally treated of during the
winter months, says the California
Fruit Grower. That we may ''prune
whenever the knife is sharp" or when
ever there is no fruit ready to pick,
should be considered An axiom in hor-
ticulture. This is modified, like all
other methods, according to environ
ment. In California, where hot, dry
summers prevail, trees may be pruned
while in leaf with less chances of in
jury than where summer rains are fire.
quent. This again must be modified
where water is supplied artificially, as
in the irrigated districts.
The current seasons growth should
never be cut back except when dor
mant. To shorten in the growing
shoots in the summer will merely
cause buds to break" lower down,
with a resulting bush of weak laterals.
Where these shoots are too thick and
crowded they may be cut out entirely,
next to the older wood.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-16
Naming q Burmese Baby.

A Burmese baby when q fortnight
old is named. On the suspicious day,
which the astrologer has selected, there
Is a feast to which relatives and friends
have been invited. The baby's head is
washed for the first time, and his name
is chosen. An English lady residing in
Burma describes the process of select.
ing the name:
The limits of the choice are deter
mined by the day of the week upon
which he was born. Burmese custom
divides the letters of the alphabet
among the days of the week, and a
child born on Monday must receive a
name initiated by one of the letters be-
longing to that day.
Ka, kha, ga, CHA, nga, Taninla
Sa, hsa, "a, zha. nya, Amiga.
Ia, tina, da, dha, ma, Sanay,
is the beginning of a jingle which every
Burmese child learns, as you and I
learned, Thirty days hath September,
April, June and November"
A child born on Taninla Monday
must have a name beginning with "k,"
'g" or m" and when he is old
enough to 60 to the pagodas the nature
OF the Offering he carries, or rather its
shape, is determined by the day of his
birth.
Each day of the week is under the
protection or subject to the fury of
some animal. The tiger rules Monday,
and a Bu1man born on Monday will
offer to Gautama a candle shaped like a
tiger and fashioned of scarlet or of vel
low wax. Tuesday belongs tt the king
OF beasts, Wednesday is the tusked ele-
plants, Thursday is sacred to the rat
and Friday to the guinea pig. The drag
on dominates Saturday, and Sunday is
dedicated to another fabulous creature,
half bird, half beast. Youths Com
panion.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-16
NEWS NOTES..

Seven persons were fatally poisoned
recently in Galloway county, Ken
lucky, by eating a poisoned melon
stolen from a neighbours melon patch.
Residents of Wheeling, Vest Vir-
ginia, have recently presented the gun
boat Wheeling, now completed at San
Francisco, with an elegant silver and
crystal service.
A special to the Denver, Colorado,
Times from Washington says: There
is just 20 a large demand upon the
Treasury Department for small coins
to assist in the movement of crops.
The National Executive Board of
the United Mine Workers have agreed
to recommend to the miners a propo-
sition of the mine operators at Pitts
burg to pay sixty-fve cents a ton until
the end of the year.
The Treasury Department has con-
cluded that it cannot legally enforce
the provisions of the Dingley tariff
law forbidding the insertion of pri re
coupons and other gift devices il pack
ages of cigarettes and smoking tobacco.
A proposition has been made to OBJ
tain from the Federal Government the
collection of Grant relics presented to
the National Museum in New York by
Mrs. Grant and deposit them in the
large room in the northeast corner of
the mausoleum.
In some of the mining districts of
the eastern States the strike is prac-
tically ended. The plan now is for
the miners to return to work at the
rate of Cd cents per ton, and continue
at work during the time that the set
Element by arbitration is pending.
A Wichita, Kansas, man has in
vented an appliance which he says is to
be attached to brooms used in hos.
pitfalls. 1t is a tank to hold disinfec-
tants, and is so arranged that the
stroke of the broom feeds the liquid to
the straws, distributing it regularly
as the broom is drawn over the floor.
The Bank of Durand at Rocksford,
ILL.,, has closed its doors. and Charles
A. Norton, cashier and general man
ager of the institution, has disap-
peared. He is said to have forged the
names of prominent farmers to twenty
seven notes for various amounts. The
bank bad deposits amounting to about
$50, DOC.
Charles W. Caryl, a prominent min
ing mar of Denver, COL, proposes to
present to the miners meeting in Chi
cago the latter part Of the present
month a scheme for the solution of the
labor problem. Mr.. Caryl proposes
to incorporate a company with a CAPT
tai of $40, 900, 600, which is to engage
in all kinds of productive industry.
Stock is to be sold at par and money is
also to be raised by the sale of bonds,
due in twenty-five years, bearing 6 per
cent interest and payable in gold.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-16

The United States Agricultural De-
partment is doing a great deal of hard
work to save the farmer from being
fooled and defrauded in the purchase
Of seeds. says the ST. Call. Attention
should be called to this in order that
the efforts of the government may be
properly appreciated by the people
they are trying to serve. and in order
that farmers may be able to profit by
the work performed.
In some recent seed Investigations it
was discovered that thousands of
pounds, probably tons, of grass and
clover seed III annually shipped into
the country which are mixed with
those of many kinds of injurious weeds.
Not only are the old pests of the field
thus sown and spread, but new yarie-
ties of %nuisances are being introduced.
Paying high prices for this trash would
be bad enough, but this is not the
worst of it; the weeds nee established
on the farms are very diff oult to eradi.
cate and they become a permanent in
jury to the land.
A recent report Of the department
mentions particularly in this regard a
certain German coffee berry," which
is now being extensively advertised as
an economical substitute for genuine
coffee. This can be bought cheaply in
many places where it is known as the
common Sofa bean.
The necessity of caution in seed buy.
ing is made more plain by the state.
ment that some seedmen doing a large
business will sometimes sell half a
dozen different varieties Of seed out of
the same bin. From this it can be
realized how, by giving the same seed
a multitude of names, the business Of
novelty seeds" can be made to -four
ish.
This commendable work of the de.
partment in seed testing is of great
magnitude. This year the experts
have already made half a million tests.
They have a collection of $4,000 walls
of seeds from all over the world to aid
them in identifying the foreign seeds
shipped to this country. Farmers
should keep themselves posted about
the results Of these labors and buy only
seeds recommended by competent au-
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-16
FOR THE FARMERS.
Some interesting News for the
RuraIist
SPOKEN OF in THIS COLUMN
A Few Sensible Hints to Suit the Busy
Agriculturist.-Items That May
Benefit our Readers.
Profits in Honey.

Fresh evidence is continually COM.
ing to the front of the many opportun.
tiles that are offered to home-seekers
in California, says the Oakland Tri-
bune. 1t has long since been demon
strated that a man with five acres of
good land in California a clear up
more than with a quarter of a section
in the East.
One of the least exploited of these
small farm industries is as regards
making honey. With a practically
perpetual summer and the ever-recurr-
ing blossoming of wild flowers, it is
no task for the bees to store up the
toothsome extract and the business
takes a comfortable little adjunct to a
farmers income. An idea of what
can be done in this line has just been
given by an %up-country farmer. 81
took up bee culture" he said, ''be-
cause it was little trouble and paid
good money. Three years ago l in
vested 800 in bees and stands. This
season my first crop of honey amounted
to $50 cases of about four pounds to
the case, my second crop will reach
two hundred pounds, my third two
hundred, and my fourth one hundred.
the crops coming off respectively in
the months of June. August, Septem.
Der and October. l get from eight to
ten cents a pound for the honey and
am not able to supply the demand"
At an average Of nine cents a pound
this cleared up $243-a nice little side
issue. The business is in fact best
adapted for small farms instead of he.
ing conducted on a large scale, for in
order to make big profit, it would be
necessary to keep such huge swarms Of
bees that the adjacent country would
have a hard time to furnish the neces.
sary material. With the industry
going on a comparatively small scale
at places scattered here and there, the
bees would have plenty of territory to
work on and there would be NJ question
as to the results. Let more of oul
Alameda county farmers go into the
business. There is a permanent mar
ket for the honey in San Francisco and
no county in the State is better adapted
for bees than ours, so why not take
advantage of it?
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-16
DESERVING SKAGUAY.
Despairing Gold Seekers Turn
Back From the Trail.
EXODUS BEGINS in REAL EARNEST.
Ninety Per Cent Of the Argonauts Give
Up the Attempt to Reach Dawson
h Klondike u Burst Bubble,

Juneau, Alaska (By steamship George
E. Starr to seattle). = The much
Wanted Skagusy is a busted com.
munity. Her glory as the gate t. the
Klondike has tumbled to earth even az
the columns Of Carthage and Rome
have fallen. Even hope has left the
city of tents. and despair. which has
lowered with wild eyes over In scene
for weeks, has taken possession.
An exodus from Skaguay has begun.
The Klondikers are f1ocking in all
directions. The steamship George E.
Starr. now lying here for a half hour
taking in water, is crowded with re-
turning K~londikers. Before she left
Skaguay notices reading, Excursion
rate of $40 to Seattle by this ship"
were posted on her sides and on Broad
way and other conspicuous thorough
fares. This is just half the regular
rate from the head of Lynn Canal to
Puget Sound. This was the kind of a
chance that the disappointed Klondik-
ers had been waiting for, and they
fiocked aboard the Starr and turned
bA0lI ihCOb tOW0Iu hOHOWaIus 1ud
Starr got most of the passengers booked
for the steamship Willamette at $50 a
head. The Willamette met the Starts
cut and will leave Skaguay, returning
by way of Sitka.
Steamships which have been busy
all season and loaded to the gunwales
with Klondikers + now busy carry.
ing them back again. The STAIR came
in here with the passengers shouting
from the decks with evident satisfac.
ton: "Ths bottom has fallen out of
Skaguay. She is a busted town."
Others are fiocking to Dyea and will
make a plunge to get over the Chilcoot
Pass.
They have realized the availability
of the Dyea trail too late. They can
not possibly get their outfits over and
build boats at the lakes before the sea-
son closes. Only the men who have
money are swarming from Skaguay to
Dyea. Hundreds are stranded at Ska
quay without a dollar, unable to leave
the place and unable to get to the
Klondike. Many of the men have
mortgaged their all or spent all the
money they could raise to find the
land of gold, still as far away as when
they left home. Many a strong man,
finding himself in that position, has
been moved to tears. Some have gone
back from the trail and wept in silence
and alone; others did not attempt to
hide their bitter disappointment, but
wept on the highway.
All the small steamers running from
the head of Lynn canal to Juneau are
crowded with men looking for board
and lodging for the winter. The first
corners will be successful, but the
others cannot find accommodations
here. An outfit of two tons of sup
plies on the summit of White Pass,
which cost with the packing added
$3.50, was sold for $3.50. Representa-.
tives of Juneau merchants, of salmon
canneries and of stamp mills working
quartz in Southeastern A~laska:are buy
ing up this stuff at from 5 to 10
cents on the dollar. Thousands of
men on the trail are trying to sell their
outfits for any price they can get in
order to raise money to return home
for the winter.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-16
Citrus BY Products.


Since it has become certain that the
exporting of Italian oranges and
lemons to the United States will be
much decreased by the new tariff, says
the Los Angeles Times, the Italians
are considering various means Of re-
lieving the glut of fruit which it is ex-
pected there will be in coming seasons.
Among other suggestions, n Italian
paper published in Catania urges that
the Italian government assist in the
establishment of great industrial estab-
lishments, where the crude lemon
juice can be worked into citrate Of
lime OF crystallized oitric acids, and
other similar products, by which means
the market would be relieved of a vast
quantity of poor lemons. The follow
ing resolution is suggested for the Ital-
ian Assembly to adopt:
Considering that to solve the grave
crisis, it would be eff caoious to estab.
lish an industry which would withdraw
from expectation the poorer qualities
of the citrus fruit and put them to use
in the manufacture of products, de.
rived from the raw material, the gov
eminent is prayed that whenever large
establishments with that object in view
are started, there shall be accorded to
them immunity from taxes for a period
of at least ten years, and that likewise,
in justice and equity, the same favor
be granted to similar establishments
already existing; and,
Resolved, that u premium be
awarded to that industrial establish
ment manufacturing citrus products
which shall best correspond with the
plans of the coun oil in the creation Of
new factors of activity likely to relieve
the crisis"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-16

The Minister Of Customs of Canals
has decided that her safter petroleum
imported in tank carr may be stored
in bond in bulk. This is a conces.
sion to importers of American coal
oil. as heretofore duty had to be paid
on the entire consignment before the
oil could be stored away. Under the
new system an importer can bring in
300 gallons at a time by tank cars,
store it In his warehouse, and pay the
duty as he disposes of it in barrels.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-16

The Milwaukee Journal says that,
in furtherance Of a scheme which the
Westinghouse Electric Company OF
Pittsburgh and the Baldwin Locomo.
tive Works Company Of Philadelphia
planned a year ago, to absorb all OF
the more important independent man
ufactories of electric dynamos and mo-
tors, the combination, under the name
of the Westinghouse Electric and Man.
ufacturing Company, has bought out
the interests of the Gibbs Electric
Company of Milwaukee. The consid-
Grafton is said to be $50, 900.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-16
Wheat is King,

The calculations recently made oil
the probable gain to the farmer of Cal.
ifornia by the rise in wheat values
need revision in view of the oontin.
ued advance, and the promise that this
advance will hold for the season, says
the s.. f. Examiner. Since July in
this market milling wheat has ad-
vanced 35 cents per GENITAL, and ship
ping qualities have had an almost
equal lift. As compared with last
year at this date. wheat is worth So
cents per GENITAL more than on August
81, 1895.
These are handsome figures, and
their chief beauty lies in the fact that
the farmer will this year reap the
largest share of the benefit from the
increase. 1t is not an unfair estimate
to place the yield of California this
year at 5000, 900 centals. That is
some 2,000, 900 centals less than last
years crop, according to the returns
of the Department. of Agriculture.
The report from the several counties
in the State indicate loss and gain.
Some counties show an increase and
others the reverse. On the whole, the
gains do not seem to Offset the losses.
At present prices, therefore, the wheat
crop of California should be worth over
$4,000, 900, or nearly SIS, 900, 900
more than a large crop was worth at
this time last year. A difference of
$15, 000, 900 in the pockets of the
farmer, comparing n year with an
other. g Il great deal. 1t is in fact
the difference between bankruptcy and
a comfortable balance, for it is an ad.
mitted fact that the prices prevailing
for the past five years have meant in.
solvency for wheat farmers. It has 80
happened that even for q longer period
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-16

AS a result of a raid on a moonshiDe
distillery in the mountains of Pope
county. Arkansas. two officers were
killed, two mortally wounded, and the
remaining two of the posse are either
dead or in the hands of the bandits.