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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-08
RICHMOND, KANSAS, JANUARY 4, 1897
AIcCJ Diamond Dick,

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DR. G B. MCCLELLAN Diamond Dck ,, a f emma md c,r treatment
vifs Drp She has been BAD way Tor sew
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of all
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her ana her heart does
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% E~ooh and Kidney the numerous to mention
areultsale
Respectfully Co.o4 tlao
RCuMo JANUARY I, 1897
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for
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man ofm with troubles peculiar to her sex and ~op also
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GARNET HAS.
DIR G B. MCCLELLAN Diamond DnkC
LIN w. - i weeks
ghbos have known great suffering and the
feeble condition could food stomach was failing last
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tnoun Ito
food meats all kinds
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hosuhrwnh Chronic Diseases
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s. H. few days ago l"S
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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-08
Observation-Disclosures SUCCESSFUL
DIR. ssDlN]1!llMOND DICK"

sand
His theory
70 MANY Ct practitioners where others fail
70 st,rd the money beneha results
The following testimonials from wekn0~" trustworthy people Will Y HIS
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is 3 per cent. above the general aver
age. My experience has proven to me
that beets thrive and grow to an ex-
ceptional size on all sediment. or made
lands
"On the Cutter ranch I pulled q %
ounce beet which / assayed Monday,
and found that it contained over II per
cent of succose, or sugar-a remarkable
showing for any section, though I have
tested beets from ether patches grown
in the county which went as nigh as p
per cent. sugar.
UP-LANDS FOR BEETS.
In respect to the bench, or up
lands" continued Mr.. Gird, [ am ia
vorably impressed. On these lands
planting can be commenced as early as
February or March, and the crop viii
be ready fer harvesting anywhere from
the fourth to the last of July. The
advantage of such a section is appar-
ent. 1t gives a factory two months
longer to run than in section wholly
comprised of bottom land and the
farmer should plant his crop-say ten
acres on the 1st of March, 10 acres Oh
the 10Th, and another 10 acres on the
1st of April, and so on. thus giving him
plenty Of time to cultivate and harvest
it without employing an army of men,
as the hop-raisers of the district are
obliged 10 do when their crop ripens.
While the beets grown on the up-lands
will probably not attain the size of
those grown in the bottoms. that they
are of superior richness. is shown from
the tests 1 have made and tabulated,
many of them running UP to 10 and ~
per cent. sugar.
The first upland patch l examined
was that grown on the Herman Smith
place. and l was informed that the
seed had been planted after the rains
ceased. The heets, as 1 have said,
were OF superior richness
The McGregor place. one and one-half
miles above Perkins, was visited after
which a general examination was made
Of the land above Mayhem Station.
While the land on the north side of and
adjacent to the American River was not
examined. Mr.. Gird stated that he was
certain. from information received, that
it was equally adapted to the culture
of beets as that on the south side.
From the Herman Smith place Mr..
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Work Together Salts
factory Authority.

certained by an overflow displacement
meter, or gravameter. in which is
placed the hydrometer, causing an
overflow of fluid exactly correspond
ing to its own weight.
After the exact amount of fluid re-
quired has been secured, a few drops
of basic acetate Of lead is mixed in,
and the whole is poured into a flask Of
100 centimeters.
After a thorough shaking, the flask
is filed with filtered water, 100 cent?
meters being the standard of all sugar
beet tests.
The solution is next filtered and
poured into a tube 200 ms in length.
and the twist of the rays of light pass
ing through the tube is accurately reg
istered and read directly from the
polariscope, which reading gives the
amount of sugar in the juice. Deduct
D per cent. from the amount, and the
result is the amount of sugar in the
beet. The amount of sugar in the juice
divided by the solid contents, or brix,
gives the purity"
Ever since the sugar beet became a
factor in California Industry, William
r. GiTd has devoted his whole time and
attention to the subject, and is not only
the most expert tester in the State, out
has made study of the soils in which
the beet thrives best. During his stay
in this city, and after he had made a
number of tests, showing that beets
grown in Sacramento County, gave as
high, if not the highest per cent. in
sugar, of any grown in the State, his
interest in this section went away above
par, and he expressed a desire to ex
pert the soil in which the beets were
grown.
THE SOIL EXAMINED.
Accordingly, J. o. Coleman, under
the direction Of the Board of Directors
of the Chamber of Commerce, acted as
escort to the Chino expert, and two
trips were made, the first, on the 12tn
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inst. being down the Sacramento River,
eighteen miles; the last, up the Amer
lean River about twelve miles.
The personal examination Of the soil,
coupled with the tests made by him at
the Pavilion, have made of Mr.. Gird an
enthusiastic admirer of Sacramento
County. in respect to its future in rela-
ton to the culture of the sugar beet, as
will be seen from the following state
ment made by him to a "Record-Union
reporter:
EXPERT GIRD'S OBSERVATIONS.
The first trip made by Mr.. Coleman
and myself was through the districts
down the river on the Sacramento side,
and I made a general examination Of
the soil and natural conditions until
Senator William Johnstons ranch, the
Rosebud. was reached. There 1 saw
the first patch of beets grown under
the SUPERVISION OF the Chamber of Com
merce. and experienced great surprise
at the size and quality of the veseta-
bles grown. Senator Johnston's ranch,
by the way. is about fifteen miles down
the river. and from Sacramento to that
point, l did not pass an acre Of land
which would not, in my opinion, grow
beets OF good size and superior quality.
Prom Senator Johnson's place We
moved on into the Pierson District, two
and one-half miles further down, and
accompanied by Dwight Hollister, Wis
ireG the ranches of T. J. Stevenson and
/. D. Green. on both of which the city
Chamber of Commerce had patches Of
beets.
FAVORABLE COMPARISONS.
Prom these two patches I pulled
tventy-four beets-pulled them at ran
dom. too-and I wish to say tnat for
size and beauty and perfection. have
never yet seen their equal Frorn
these twenty-four beets. six We're Sc
lected and have been photographed. and
anybody who knows anything about the
vegetable viii see at a glance that they
are perfectly formed and are perfect in
size ! had with me an exhibit at the
Fair, a photograph of six beets select
ed from a fve-ton lot of Chino beets,
and am constrained to admit that the
six selected from the lot Of twenty-four
pulled from the Stevenson and Green
ranches are more nearly perfect and
equal if not superior in quality to those
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COOMBS' CONDUCT.
1t Was Such That He is Bound
Over to Keep the Peace.

In the Police Court yesterday morn
ing VIM. Coombs, milk vender, was
required to give bonds to keep the
peace, the sum being fixed at $500.
The complaint which led to the is
suance of the order was sworn to by
Miss Alice Hammer, who testified that
she and Coombs had been engaged to
be married, but that she had broken
the engagement after she learned that
be had wife living, and that he was
also thoroughly bad man.
She stated that when she broke the
enga cement Coombs had said he could
neither live nor die without her, and
had since that time annoyed her in
almost every conceivable way. He had
humiliated her before her employer
by presenting a dill for % cents for
soda water which he and she had
drank, and while not wishing to harm
him. she was afraid he would kill her.
Coombs testified that he had not
threatened the woman, but had great
affection for her. His story, however.
failed to convince the Judge, and he
was placed under bonds for a period
of six months.
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A CARD-AN INJUSTICE.

I EXHIBITED At THE LATE STATE
Fair a carriage team of bays, under the
society rules, requiring certain weight and
hight, and match, style, action and SYM
metry of form ] was awarded second
premium ana Lloyd Tevis was given first
premium. The Judges were L. ]. Rose
Jr.. Los Angeles; w. j. Irvine, Sacramen-
TO, and G. J. Cox. l protested to the state
Board Of Agriculture on the ground that
the Teyis team did not comply with the
requirements, namely, only one OF the
horses was required hight and one was
under weight, and neither were. properly
entered. My horses were weighed and
measured, and the requisite certificate pre-
sented to the Entry Clerk. For the TeVis
team no certificate of weight was pre-
sented, as the rule required. [ appealed
10 the State Board and my appeal was
rejected, and the award to Tevis con-
firmed This is an injustice / will not
submit to. If the fair is announced by
rule, and then conducted in defiance OF
rule, what inducement is there for ex-
hibtors? l appeal to the public to Judge
between me and the unjust and arbitrary
action of the State Board. The directors
of the board are: j. Z. Terry, Fred Cox.
Richard Gird. George II. Fox, William
land, John Mackey, John Boggs, c; n
Chase, w. p. Mathews, A. B. Spreckels,
r W. Covey and j. W. Wilson.
MRS. #. c. kNAUER, Sacramento.
Sacramento, Sept. go 1897. II
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brix, 10; sp. gr OF juice, 16; cane sugar,
per cent, l52; purity co-efticient, S41.
son District IS miles S; character of soil,
sediment and tule: variety, seed from
Spreckels; seed planted, May g. 1897; har-
! vested, September IS, 1881; date of analysis,
September 15th weight OF ] beet 10 OF.
brix. 17.6; sp gr. of juice, 145; cane sugar,
per cent, 1873; purity co-efficiient. S24.
Land OWner-L. d. Green; locality, Pier
son District, IS miles s; character of soil,
sediment and tule; variety, seed from
spreclkel.s: seed pi91Intesdd ed May s. 1897: haI-
September H. 1897 weight of l beet, 13 or.
briN, 2l.2; sp. gr. Of Juice, 16.5; cane sugar,
per cent, 15.7: purity co-eficient 77.S
Land owner-ti. Greer; locality So miles
southeast, character OF soil, red clay; va
riety, seed from SDreckels; seed planted,
vested, September A. 1897; date of anaiy-
sis, September nth; weight OF l beet IS
o.; brix q. sp. gr. of juice, 16.2; cane, per
cent, 15.3. purity co-eficient, III.
Land owner-E. Greer; locality, 5l5 miles
southeast; character of soil, red clay; va
riety, seed from Spreckels; seed planted,
vested, September H. 1897: date of analy-
sis, September 18th: weight of / beet, 20
o.: brix 21; sp. gr. of juice, 154; cane su-
gar, per cent, 13.1: purity co-efficient, rs
Land owner-E. Greer: locality, 515 miles
southeast, character of soil, red clay; va
riety, seed from Spreckels; seed planted
April TO- 1897: times cultivated, five: har-
vested, September H. 1897. date of analv-
sis, September II, 1881; weight of l beet. %
o. DIX z34t Sp. ST. Ci JulCe, ZO.0. cane
sugar, per cent, 19.5; purity co-efficient,
! SOL
Land owner-John Mahan; locality. IS
miles S. T.: character soil sandy loan and
sediment: variety seed from SpreckaIs.
seed planted May IS, 1897; harvested Sep
tembeF 13, 1897: date of analysis, Septerl-
Der 18th. weight Of beet, 5S or; brix II
sp. gr. Of Juice. II. cane sugar, per cent
i0.5, purity co-efficient, 7S5.
Land owner-Jchn Mahdn: locality Is
miles s E: character of soil sandy loan
ana sediment: variety, seed from SDreck-
els: seed planted, May Is, 1857; harvested
, September 13, 1897: date of analysis, Sep
tenlber 18th: weight of ! beet, 81 o.; brix
195; SD. gr. of juice, 1872; cane sugar, per
cert, ISL: purity c0-efflcient, So.
Land owner. Gardner: locality 13
miles y. F.: character Of soil. sandy loan:
variety, seed from Sprecl1els; seed planted,
Nav IS 1897. harvested, September II. 1897
date of analysis, September IL, 1887: weight
OF beet, oz.: bTiX, 20; sp. gr. Of juice,
lsS. cane sugar, per cent, 16; purity CO.
efficient 81.
Land owner-1Irs. Crocker: locality, /
mile south: character Of soil, loan and
sediment: variety. seed from SDreckels;
seed planted MAY s. 1897 times cultivated
:; harvested. September II, 1897 date of
analysis. September 18th. weight of 1 beet
II o.; brix, 2o3 sp. gr of juice, 17.6; cane
sugar, per cent, 16.S; purity co-efficient,
SIS.
Land owner-Mrs. Crocker, III miles S. :;
character Of soil, loam and sediment; va
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SUGAR BEETS POINT THE WAY.

selected from the fve-ton Chino lot,
and" continued Mr.. Gird, "the Chino
beet is the best in the world"
The accompanying cut is reproduced
from the photograph of the beets Sc
lected from those pulled on the Stev-
enson and Green ranches and are re-
dUced TO one-sixth of the natural size.
1t will be seen at a glance that th7
long trim roots extend down to a
great depth. showing the soil to be
loose, loamy and free from impediment,
which is one of the first things to be
considered in the successful cultivation
of the sugar beet
AN EMPHATIC STATEMENT.
''To the gentlemen with me-" contin-
ued Mr.. Gird. Il said: You have
section of country which is as good for
growing sugar beets as 1 have ever
seen-as good as any land we have
around Chino, and the beets compare
favorably with any grown at Chino or
the State at large, and l was not pre-
pared to see so brilliant an outlook for
the sugar industry in this part of the
State
ANNANIAS EXPOSED.
I'm fact" continued Mr.. Gird, 'I
have always heard that a foot below
the surface all over Sacramento Coun-
~ one would find hardpan. Why such
a story has been circulated, ] do not
know, but personal examination has
taught me that it was fabrication cir
culated by nineteenth century Anna
Mas. with. not the suspicion of a truth
upon which to lay the foundation.
UP THE AMERICAN.
On Sunday last Mr.. Gird, accompa-
MED by Geo. H. Cutter, who resides
near Perkins Station, and on whose
ranch one of the patches of Chamber
of Commerce beets was planted, and }.
O. Coleman started up the American
River AS far out as Perkins, Mr.. Gird
made a general examination of the soil
and was highly impressed with its
worth as a sugar beet producer.
At the Cutter Bros ranch a careful
examination of the beet patch was
made, and expert Gird did not hesitate
to say that the soil was peculiarly we'll
adapted to beet culture, owing TO its
sedimentary formation. Enough sand
had been brought down by the waters
of the American and mixed with the
alluvial deposit, to give the surface
earth particular 1ooseness necessary
to success in beet culture.
There are several thousands Of acres
of similar land in that immediate sec
tion," said Mr.. Gird, in referring to the
Cutter ranch, 'and from my inspec-
ton and test of the beets grown, and
personal examination of the land and
from what I know of similar land in
other sections of the State, I feel war
ranted in saying that the entire Sec
ton will produce from fifteen to twenty
tons Of beets per acre, with an average
Of Is per cent saccharine mitter, which
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County Warrants.
County warrants purchased at D. Q.
Mills bank
Ice Cream Weather.
Be sure and get the last 1 c. soda
of the season at Barton's.
Try McMorry's Blend Coffee. 35c.
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Sacramento County VIII Be the Mecca of
Beet=GrOWers
Result of Analyses Made by VIM. R. Gird at the
State Fair.

Expert Declares the Soil Peculiarly Adapted
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

TEN THOUSAND YARDS OF EARTH,
more or less. wanted to fill grounds at
on or before MONDAY, September 9th,
at office of Frank D. Ryan, Courthouse.
Bids should state price per yard.
BOARD OF SUTTER'S FORT TRCS-
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Continued on Sixth Page.l
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

SPECIAL low rates on palms, ferns,
umbrella plants, begonias etc. Bell Con-
servatory Co., Nurcery Tenth and Y.
Vehicles-Baker & Hamliton-Hardware
Carts. Buggies, Carriages, Phaetons, Balm
Farm and Header Wagons Wholesale
Hardware. Send for catalogue.
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THE NORTHWEST WONDER,
SHARRICK,

26th. Oak Park Track, Capital City Wheel
men. Seats selling a Eagleson's, Seventh
and j Leibling q Cantield'S, Fifth and X.
Greatest meet ever held here. Big prizes.
The Great Championship Race. Admis-
sion only - 1t
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NEW TODAY.
ATE TAKEN.

co. c., SECOND INFANTRY REGI-
ment, will give its annual ball October
18th, and asks all it's friends to reserve
that date f1Cm all other engagements 1t
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Extension Siq%eI0at Quarter .o,a Of h hundred inbred
Tables fromNsuit IT, your GU p purse as
to price. A first rate
Solid Oak Extension Table is here
for $40. A better table than many
dealers sell for $1j. Top, when
closed, 42x42. Antique finish, ele-
gantly polished. Six feet long nto
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reputation is sawed, hammered and
rubbed into it. Just II inches wide
and p inches deep-exactly the right
size for that corner. Has a bevel
plate mirror of the late French pat
tern. And think Of buying all noc
this for ........... XZu
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-18

The farmer is equally interested with
The mechani, in the protection of our
home market. The value of the home
market to the former is nowhere shown
any more conclusively and the Demo-
cratic Flee-Trade assertions more con l.
olusiyely proven untrue than by the
United States Treasury Statistical
Abstract The consumption of our
farm products by our people reached its
maximum in 1892 Passing over 1898
the year of the panic. and taking 1894
it shows that more than 81 per cent.
more pounds of our raw cotton were
consumed BY our own people in 1892
under the Republican Tariff than in the
year 1894 under the threat Of Demo-
cratic Free-Trade Tariff; that more
than 10 per cent more wheat was con-
sumed by our people in 1892 than III
1894; that more than 80 per sent.
more pounds of wool we're consumed in
1892 than in 1894
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-18

The Senate of the United States is
composed, when all seats are fillsd, sf
80 members representing As States. All
seats except the one for which MI
Corbett Of Oregon is a claimant are now
diled Il thus requires IS votes to
furnish a majority in the Senate. The
recent statement BY the Washington
Post" analysing the membership poll
teal shows that the Republicans have
but AZ, the Democrats "a, the Populist
7. and Silver Republicans 5. This
shows that the Republicans have not
majority IN the Senate and cannot hope
TO have one during the present Congress
and also shows that the people who are
eri,icising the leaders Of that party for
what they consider slow progress in the
consideration Of The tariff bill in the
Senate do not take into consideration
the embarrassment under which those
leaders are constantly laboring.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-18

The needs Of strong. reliable men in
The legislature of his country is appar-
ent everywhere State Senator Young
Of she Kansas legislature says. "A brief
legislative experience has convinced me
chat our method Of making laws is a
very poor one. Every other business
except lawmaking is understood to re-
quire some previous preparation, ex
Perience and study to qualify any one to
pursue it. But every man is supposed
70 come into life fully equipped to IN
dartake she most responsible to engage
ou moments nosice. The failure Of
tbis supposition to materialize has been
The source Of a good deal of slipshod
Liquidation in other States besides Kan
sas- The only remedy 10 sight would
seem to be to send none but frst-class
men to the legislature and Maryland
would be an excellent State in which to
give this a trial.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-18

The report of President McKinley's
special messenger to Cuba. Judge Cal
houn, revives the prospect of early action
by the administration on the Cuban ques-
lion and the prospect also that this action
will be based upon an intelligent under
standing Of the situation which would
have been impossible had the Demo
era:s III Congress succeeded in their at
tempts to force the matter upon the Pre-
sident BY the passage in the House Of
the Senate belIigereney resolution.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-18

The alienation of the sound money
men Of the Democratic party is to be
made permanent in the coming cam
paign. The silverites, who have control
of the party everywhere are refusing to
permit the gold democrats to participate
in the primaries and are demanding cur
rency platforms upon which they know
that these men cannot renew political
associations with them. Their efforts
drive the gold democrats from them in
to the Republican party seem to highly
successful.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-18

Business reports from all parts Of the
country continue to be encouraging
Dun's Review of last week shows that
the quantity of business handled through
the country is nearly as great as in the
years of greatest prosperity, the May
business exceeding that of April, which
was within 10 per cent of the largest on
record. While the margins of profit
are smaller than heretofore, the amount
of business handled is large and with
gratifying prospects for the future.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-18
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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-18

Three young ladies we're killed Oh
Sunday last by lightning while they were
on their way home from the NJ. 4.
Church, at Jacobsburg, Ohio. The
victims are Minnie McGuire, Alpa
Tayler and Emma White. all aged
about 10 years. Sarah Bohring was
badly stunned and may die. They were
walking together in the road about 100
yards from the church when they we're
struck by fhe lightning It is believed
that the steel corsets worn by the young
ladies that were killed were the CHIEF
cause of their death, as Miss Bohring,
who was only stunned, wore none.