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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-17
HUMAN ROOKERIES.
Monks Perched on Rocks Where the
Turks Can't Get at Them.

New York Journal: The mere fact
that the Turks Qverrun Thessaly on the
Grecian frontier does not by any means
imply that they can easily extirpate
the Christians in that once fertile vale.
Some of the Christian strongholds in
this territory. which for generations
has been in dispute between the adher-
ents of the cross and crescent, are
perched high on inaccessible rocks
The monastery of All Saints, pOpu-
larry known as Haglos Barlaam. is on
the top of lofty monolith, rising sew
eral hundred feet sheer from the
ground The monastery buildings
crown the top of this rock clear to the
outer edge and it is only to be
reached when the monks deign to let
down rope ladder or net. in which
the visitor is slowly hauled by a cum
bersOme windlass TO the lofty summit
The monks on top of this lofty rock
have stores OF wine and warehouses
filed with grain. They are men of alb
stemious habits. accustomed TO live
upon the minimum of food which will
support human life. and a siege by the
Turks they would look upon as an
event requiring special fortitude and
sacrifice.
This monastery in Thessaly was built
in the fifteenth century. The rope by
which it is reached is $40 feet in length
This rope is lowered by the monks
when they consent to receive the visit
of some stranger who has been we'll
recommended to them. On the end of
the rope is a net and in this the visitor
with his baggage takes his place.
Then the monks far above turn an
ancient windlass and the visitor in his
net slowly ascends. If for any reason
the monks do not like the look of the
visitor. or if they change their minds
while the rope is being hauled up, the
burden in the net can be let down again
if necessary with a run
BY uncOupling one of the wheels of
the windlass the visitor can be dumped
on the ground in an unceremOnious
manner, with several lengths of the
stout rope on top of him. This form Of
treatment, il is said. was accorded by
the monks TO suspicious visitors in
former times. Spies attempting to as
cend the rock by means of the rope
ladder have had the ladder cut above
them when a few feet from the TOD.
falling on the rocks below and being
dashed to death.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-17

showing the necessity of abundant mois
ture at the feeding section of the roots.
believe that cultivation Is a twin sis
ter to irrigation Neither can do all the
work properly, but unitedly it may. be
accomplished. When to cultivate, how
dees and how often, are questions we'll
worth considering.
| would guard against too much surface
irrisa ton on clay or heavy soil where
alfalfa or anything equally tender Is
seeded, that cannot be properly cultlvat-
ed Just how much they. vii. stand, or
need. requires exercise of judgment a
heavy rain prevents grain from springing
up: q flooded surface would naturally
act worse on smaller seeds.
/ believe that there are specific times
to irrigate individual plants and fruits
to greatly increase their production
am Informed that a heavy rainfall In
November and December Will insure {.
heavy yield of grapes in the north and
middle of this state where they do not
irrigate- Also. that an abundance or
will almost insure a heavy budding for
fruit of the prune, thereby laying a
foundation for coming crop. The prac-
teal fruit grower can go farther and
state when and how much water to use
to mature different fruits to the best ad-
vantage. The growing of alfalfa seems
simple vet no two fields produce the
same amount The soil differs. but no
more than the minds of the owners. 1t is
no trick to grow from two TO three tons
per acre on light soil by using sufficient
water dlleF Cutting. HEAVIER SUI Will
make good yield on less water than
light. but it is safe after your field is
well rooted to use all the water you can
get. and your profits will be greatly in
creased thereby.
Arizona. with but a scant rainfall. is
dependent on irrigation. Her broad rivers
are turned from their courses to water
her fertile soil. Her system of distribute
ing the water is crude-with level land
and abundance of water ii is flooded from
bitches. What results from it? She has
not only heavy fields of alfalfa. but of
barley and wheat for hay. and today she
is selling bright barley hay for so per
ton. Deducting freight and baling, the
producer will not receive half of this
price. and yet they are satisfied. willing
to compete with the dry ranching of our
state. their yield being so much heavier
per acre
Those who have made a practical test
of irrigation for growing hay crops in
our vicinity are satisfied with the re-
suits. Another link closely connected
with tree and shrub irrigation where
cultivation IS inconvenient or too labor
ious. is mulching with material that is
well rotted, if possible. BY test I am
convinced that a limited amount of water
will do double service under mulching,
besides saving much labor with the hoe
or spade. F. J. FOGG.
Read before the PERKS (Cal1 Horticul-
tural club.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-17
HENRY STERLING.
---S-<4o~c-
Pertinent Points on Irrigation.

How shall the. best results be obtained?
A concise reply would be by applying the
water inteliigently. statement from
good authority at our farmers institute
warned US against the use of water when
:. was too cold or colder than TIE soil.
especially on citrus trees. A point like
this once gained should not be forgot
ten. The grain, the grass, the vegetables,
trees, may each call for it's application in
separate ways. Different soils call for
dlllcrent application. different quantities
at an appnCation. and different spaces of
time between applications.
ii you- soil Is loose, you may use Il
large quantity at time and less length
OF time. II your soil is compact. or your
Land rails oil rapidly, You Will get far
better results by using just water enough
to kee-, The entire length OF furrow oD-
sorbinS water, and continue the stream
"A or IS hours If you are irrigating veg
etables, less time VIII suffice than if you
are TO force the water down to tree roots
At the same time you must allow for
exhaustion by evaporation sooner. even
under good cultivation. than when forced
deeply into the soil. BY actual test [
LaYe proved that trees made far better
growth even in loose SOIL where water
was run n hours slowly, after the soil is
first wet. than where IT was abundantly
applied for few hours. In sinking a
hole where water had run for "a hours a
week previous, | found the soil quite
wet to a depth of four feet. l know not
how much farther down it was moist
| think it was Professor Cook who stat
ed that plants feed only on soluble SOIL
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-17

noon costumes which have come over
from Paris are very handsome
The jacketwaist and basque are very
much in evidence. The favored pat
terms are in some new silk tissues of
exquisite coloring. Changeable effects
are still in vogue, but the chromatic
combinations are not so strongly con-
trasted as last season.
The new skirts are eight and six
gored, are smoothly fitting in
'front.' and on the sides, and are
gathered or pleated at the back or
pleated at the sides and back
The prevailing style, however. is the
moderately smooth front. the snug fit
over the hips and loose, graceful waves.
rather than pleats. upon the side and
back.
This style of making is very favor
able TO rich goods. especially silks and
SILK mixtures, as the wavelilxe cross
section brings out all the tints and
tones or which the tissues are capable
Instead of belt, a handsome cein-
ture in black velvet, in velvet and gold
or in velvet of the same general color
as the skirt is now worn.
The jackets are cut away. in various
modes. Sometimes it is a circular line
from the yoke to go under the arm;
sometimes it is a straight angle, and at
others an angle formed by the inter-
series of small currents. and again it
is line of serpentine waves.
The sleeves are neatly fitting, and
the shoulders very slightly puffed. The
lapels of the jacket have been seized
by the artists for decorative purposes.
They are large, and extend on either
side to beyond the shoulder seams, and
fall down upon the back like the old
fashioned sailors collar
They must not ne left DiaiO no mat
ter what school of treatment is en-
ployed; better the Oldest fashion than
none at all.
One favorite way of treatment is to-
cover them with fine lace; another is toi
make them mass of intricate en-
an ornate surface with velvet
applique; still another employs pas
Sementerie. while a more de-
corative mode uses both lace and
passementerie. very much as the bolerO
of last fall and winter was treated.
The hat or bonnet should be of the
same color and material as the toilet
The vest has a fancy front. consist
ing IN the main, or in many cases, of
the yoke treatment, with lace or with
rosettes, or a line of bows of the same
material as the waist itself
me collar is moderately high and
flares trifie out and around the neck
me GUNS are simple or trimmed in the
same general way as the lapels.
Another idea runs along the same
groove as the one described, but sub
stitutes cloth or silk mixture jacket
basque for the bolero jacket of the
former.
1t is, of course, warmer than the
other style, and will stand somewhat
rougher uses. 1t is better. so far as
health is concerned. or to protect the
wearer against sudden changes in tenn
perature, draughts and cold winds.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-17

The plant is a parasite, incapable OF
producing its own food and thus de-
pends for its maintenance upon the
! food elaborated by some other plant
This particular species of dodder
cuscuta epithymum confines its
preferences in the main, if not wholly
to the alfalfa plant, which it infests
throughout this country and in Eu-
rope. Statements of this species in
Testing clovers (Trifolium) have been
seen by the writer, but his own
observations in badly infested fields
of mixed alfalfa and red clover failed
to show the infeStation of clover bV
! this species of dodder Other species
of dodder do infest the clovers. but
not in the Truckee valley at the
present time. so far as the writer
knows. This particular dodder pro-
duces a mass of smooth, reddish vel
low wirv stems which encircle the
alfalfa stems, where the latter are
pierced by small suckers from the
stems OF the dodder. These serve to
draw the nourishment from the
alfalfa, resulting in a short, siclxly
growth of the latter The alfalfa usu-
ally survives, but produces but half
CROP or less. With the advance of
summer globular clusters of flowers
the size OF a pea, light colored and
tinged with purple, are produced along
the leaf1esS stems of the dodder. Each
flower develops from one to four seeds.
and as many flowers are produced the
seed production is immense.
The seeds are minute. light colored.
often tinged with green or purple.
globular or irregularly rounded, the
surface very finely roughened. Their
form and appearance should permit
their easy detection among the al
falfe seeds which are larger The en-
bTyo, Furthermore, is not at all like that
of alfalfa. being a simple cylindrical
coiled body.
The seeds can easily reseed a field
once occupied. but would scarcely
reach a distant field EXCEPT through
being carried in some manner One
of the commonest methods of dissent
nation occurs in the transportation of
alfalfa hay. The weight of the rip
ened clusters of dodder flowers per-
mits punches of infested hay to droD
from the load, each bunch carving
hundreds of seeds.
The development OF the plant is
peculiar. The seeds terminate in the
ground. the young stems swinging
from side to side until stem of al
falfa is found, about which it at once
twines. the root then dying. If no
such stem is found. the young dodder
plant oerishes, owing to its inability
to take nourishment from soil food. The
plant is an annual one. starting anew
from the seed each year.
While the eradication Of the weed
is difficult or impossible without in
jury to the alfalfa, it NAV be found
that burning carefully before the
seeds ripen. with a possible addition OF
salt to kill young plants will be success
full. Field experiment and experience
must decide this. AS a last resore the
of the infested field or a jul
dicious CROP rotation should be sue
cessful, and might at the end repay
the loss of the alfalfa for n few sea
sons.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-17
ARIZONA.

Phoenix Republican: People don t
need to go outside of Arizona for sum-
mer resorts. The northern portion of
the territory is full of them. The
trouble is, the residents of that section
are not alive to their opportunities. A
little advertising would send hundreds
OF southern Arizona people to Flag
staff, Prescott and other places up
north"
Joseph Mulhattan. the crowned king
of prevaricators. is visiting Tucsol. A
local paper says of him: This is the
same Joe who saw the big meteor fall
near the Ripsey some months ago
which buried a herd of sheep and a
Mexican family. Mr.. Mulhattan has
seen more wonderful things than any
other man living and in times of peace
has kept the telegraph lines buster
and hotter than any other person.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-17
MONTANA.

John Bloor. secretary of the state
senate, will go to the penitentiary for
one year for secreting a house bill until
it was too late for it to become a law.
Governor Smith has appointed the
following delegates to represent Mon
tana at the hOmeseekers' convention,
TO be held at Chicago in September:
Professor s. H. Emery, director of the
government experiment station at
BoZeman; Edward Larson, of Dupuyer,
and Charles E Hall. of Glasgow.
Tom Stages. a notorious crook, has
been sentenced to 80 years in the peni-
Tertiary for murderous assault on
Emanuel Teron at Feeley.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-17
Thaver's Berry Bulletin.

All berry bushes should be protected
from summer heat and drouth.
This may be done in two ways. First,
by frequent cultivation and hoeing,
thus forming an earth mulch which
prevents the rapid escape of moisture
from the soil St cond, by covering the
ground around the hill with coarse ma
nure. straw and other material, which
prevents evaporation and retains the
moisture about the roots.
One of the best and cheapest mulcheS
for the farmer is green clover, cut in
blossom and applied same as manure.
1t is easily applied. retains moisture
enriches the soil. keeps the berries
clean and contains no germ of noxious
weeds.
A good mulch we'll applied is one of
the great necessities in successful
fruit growing.
When new canes of the blackberry
and blackraspbelry are IS inches high,
nip the top off about two inches; this
will cause several new laterals to grow
which should be trimmed severely in
the spring.
The pinching back of new growth is
important. 1t largely increases the
bearing surface, keeps the bush low,
strong, we'll formed and less liable to
injury from severe storms.
Frequent cultivation makes plant
food more available and is especially
necessary after hard rains The
ground must be kept mellow through
out the growing season.
ALLOW TO fruit to grow on strawberry
plants the first season. Pick off all
buds and blossoms.
The matted row with clean paths be-
tween is best for most varieties and
most growers. Avoid having plants too
thick in the row and you will have
larger and better berries. With strong
growing varieties remove first runners.
The ideal method would be to allow
first runners to make plants until mat
ted row is formed, giving each plant
five or six inches square space i'm which
to grow, and removing all runners
thereafter. This is seldom accomplished
in practical berry growing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-17
COURT AT PAROWAN.
LEGAL BUSINESS DISPOSED OF
BY JUDGE HIGGINS.
Different and Divergent Versions of
the State Line Killing-The Coun-
ty Attorney Will Make an In
vestigation.

Parowan, Utah, May 1.-THE following
business was disposed of before Judge
Higgins today:
In the matter of the estate of Eliza
Lawson. settlement of account and dis
charge of the administrator.
The case of Marian A Popkess VS..
Samuel J. Pollock ct AL case set for trial
June -, to be tried by Judge McCarty
of the Sixth district, as Judge Higgins
had been connected with the case as an
attorney.
In the matter of the guardianship of
Martha Cover. the guardian was dis
charged.
Estate of Elizabeth B. Smith; sale of
personal property confirmed; final ac-
count allowed and decree of distribution
ordered.
Estate of Rufus NJ. Norvill; reappraise-
ment ordered and appraisers appointed.
The case of George A. Rice ct al. VS..
Henry Emerson ct al. has taken up nearly
the entire time of the court today. put
ting in the proofs, and a night session is
being held tonight. when the case will
doubtless be finished.
Henry Rice ct al. VS.. ]. ]. Kelly ct al.
plaintiffs were allowed to amend their
complaint.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-17
|5ar11l and Garden
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Clean cultivation is the great safe
guard against fungus diseases and in
sect pests. These enemies are coward
ly. They always attack the weak and
unprotected plants first. Look for them
closely and apply remedies for them
at once.
For the eurrant worm no remedy is
safer or mora easily applied than white
hellebore. Dissolve an ounce of the
powder in two gallons of water and
apply with fine sprinkler or brush
broom. The worm first appears on the
lower branches about the time fruit is
formed.
Thorough work in June insures safety
during the trying months of July and
August. NJ A. THAYER,
SDarta Wis
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-17
Utah Opportunities.

The following editorial. from the Rich
County Round Up. should serve to i'm
press upon Utah farmers the fact that
they are neglectful of their opportuni-
ties:
In conversat ton with some of the
Evanston merchants last Monday we
learned that $3.50 was the weekly aver
age, or $500 per year, that was sent
out of that town to eastern firms for
butter, chickens and eggs. That
$500 might very easily be secured TO
Rich county and kept in circulation
in the west instead of going east.
Here is a source of profit for the boys
and girls who, if they will, can get a
few chickens around them and. by
proper and careful management. raise
enough chickens and eggs to supply
the Evanston market. AS they (the
boys and girls) gained knowledge, by
actual experience, of the best and
most profitable way of raising and
caring for the poultry, they could in
crease their stock and, by attention
to the business. make a comfortable
living and keep the large sums of
money, which annually go from Salt
Lake, Ogden and ether large cities in
Utah and Wyoming to the east for
these products at home, besides having
q pleasant occupation TO keep them
from loafing and getting into mis-
chief. An egg and poultry record
book and a debit and credit account
could be kept in connection and thus
the arithmetic lessons learned during
the school term would be retained.
The butter question again causes
us to reveT. TO the creamery as a
source of profit to Rich county. Butter
for the market should be of uni
form good quality, and this result
cannot be, or rarely is attained when
a large number of people make a few
pounds of butter each for the market.
A creamery is the thing needed, and
one could be established mere on the
cooperative plan just as easily as they
are in other counties of this state.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-17
CALIFORNIA.

William King and Michael Ford,
farm hands near Vallejo, engaged in an
alteration and Ford rushed at King
with a spade. almost splitting the top
OF mis- head off. On his way to town
to give himself up. Ford fell dead from
heart disease. King is in a critical
condition
Edward W. Logan, hear sawyer at
Cogeins Brothers company's sawmiII
at Igerna, was killed Wednesday
Two iron pulleys which connect the
upper saw arbor with the lower arbor
broke, scattering the iron in all direc-
lions. Logan's position was directly
in front of the pulleys, and he was the
only man injured. His right leg AMI
right arm were horribly mangled. ami
he died in about an hour without re-
gaining consciousness
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-17

excellent district for raising sugar
beets, as they say the soil is suitable
and the season. is about two weeks
ahead of US. They intend experiment.
ing on large scale with the beets this
year and have received a shipment of
seed from here If the experiments are
successful they have the assurance of a
factory being built there. Field Super
lntendent. Austin purchased a drill for
them in Salt Lake and they have writ
ten asking him to go up for few days
ana give the farmers some instructions
We shall watch with interest the en-
beavers of our neighbors on the north
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-17
sTATE LINE MURDER.

There are quite a number of witnesses
here from State Line mining district who
were eye witnesses to the killing of Will
lam Morgan out there last week by Con-
stable j. W. Lund. There seems how
ever. to be quite a diversity in the diff
ferent stories told. Some say that the af-
fair happened as heretofore published in
the Salt Lake papers. and others say it
was a cold-blooded murder. and that the
difficulty arose out of a mining dispute
between the parties. which will material
ize in civil suit later on. The county
attorney will make a thorough snvestiga-
ton of the case in a few days, assisted
by Prosecuting Attorney W. F. Knox. so
ton. .
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-17
A Natural Indienation.

Washington Star: Il want to have this
mar court martialed, said the subOrdi-
nate officer. Il doubt whether his offense
is specifically provided for in any way.
but something ought to happen to him."
What did he do2
He treats serious matters with undue
levity- | had just remarked that the
naughty foe would never make me quail.
when / saw a puff of smoke and lodged.
He observed it. and with what 1 consider
culpable flippancy remarked: The
naughty foe may not make you quail;
but it doesn't have any trouble in max
ing you duck.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-17
A Close Relative.

Chicago Chronicle: Mamma, -
chimed in a young hopeful, who is
my closest relative? Are your"
No. my dear" sweetly replied Mrs.
Peck. your father has that distinction.
He never gives me cent unless 1 ask
him for it"
And it was a full half hour before
Mr. Peck discovered that the news
paper he was reading was upside down.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-17
Berlin Grain and Produce

Berlin. Nav 16.-The Berlin grain
and produce merchants will appeal to
the supreme court against the official
ruling which declares that hereafter
their meetings will be regarded as con-
shutting a produce exchange within
the meaning of the bourse law of 1896,
and calling upon them to furnish the
statutes and regulations of their ex-
changes, in compliance with the law.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-17
s = WESTERN NEWS AND PROGRESS. <

The remains Of Weslie Williamson, a
bachelor and former resident of Wash
ington county, Oregon, were found in
the sInoldering ashes of his cabin at
Goidendale. Foul play is suspect 81.
Tracklaying on the Valley road was
resumed at Hanford at the Kings river
bridge with a force of $50 men. The
road will enter Hanford Sunday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-17
Murder and Suicide

Tacoma, Wash, May 16.-John Nc
Arthur, Northern Pacific conductor,
shot and killed himself and wife at
noon today The shooting took place
in front of their home, just as they
were returning from church. Mccarthy
was formerly yard master at Sprague