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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-15
Cannery Combine.

An attempt has been made to unite
the fruit Gamers of the State in a COM
bination, says the Oakland Enquirer.
1t was proposed to gst together the
proprietors representing 80 per cent
of the pack but this did not succeed,
owing to diversity of views. But.
under the lead of Colonel d. Bendel,
six concerns have been brought into an
arrangement. The canneries affected
are the San Jose Fruit Packing Com
pany of San Jose, with capacity OF
$4,000 cases; the R. Hiokmott Pack
ing Company of Oakland, 70, 900 cases;
the Hickmott Bouldin Island Cannery,
40, 900 cases; the Marysville Fruit
Packing Company of Marysville, CO.,
900 cases; the Gridley Canning Com
pany of Gridley, $4,000 cases, and
the Hickmott & Nelson Company Of
Biggs. 10000 cases.
Our companies have merely agreed
on common selling agent" said Col
onel Bendel in speaking of the new
combine. I'VE shall not attempt to
change prices; in fact, we could not II
we would, since wo only represent
about one.fourth of the crop. But we
can lower expenses by having one can.
merry pack for all what it can pack to
the best advantage.
For instance, Santa Clara apricots
are superior to any others. Their
abundance makes them cheap, to. Sc
the San Jose Fruit Packing company
will pa,k the apricots for the rest OF
the canneries. None of the other
places will be closed though, but all
will be worked on only those goods
that offer the best margins. Any
other fruits they will buy in tins bear.
ing their own labels, but made by one
of the other combine companies.
The agent Of the new combination il
to be the California Distributing Com
pany of California street. The en-.
tire pack of the six canneries is to be
placed through this medium.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-15

stocking its streams with trout, using
from ESQ, 900 70 500, 900 year.
Work on eDlarging the beet-sugsI
mill at Alyarado is being hurried in
order 70 be ready foy the seasons crop.
The capacity will be increased from
500 to 1000 toUs per twenty -four
hours. Instead Of five boilers in the
engine.room there will be eleven. A
large beet shed will soon be in course
Of construction and a construction
gang will at once commence laying a
new track through the sheds. The
crop of sugar beets is light in that
section, owing to the continued dry
spell, but the yield at Pleasanton will
be quite heavy.
The Santa Fe Railroad lines on the
Pacific Coast will soon be indepen'
! dent of oil combines and can burn al
the liquid fuel they require and ON al
/ economical basis. The Southern Cal
/ ifornia Company contemplated aban
| doning the burning Of oil IN locomo
tives, but as a last resort did som'
exploiting for oil on its own lands al
Fullerton. The experiment has beeI
successful and the railroad people arr
elated over the progress being made
They have one well producing a goot
yield and today the second well be
gan most profitable flow. The pros
poets are that the company S wells vii
soon yield ali the oil needed on tn
lines, but oil is SO much cheaper thai
coal that its use for locomotives ma!
be extended over the entire system.
The refinery of the Mexican Sui
phur Company, an industry which viii
give employment to many hands
proposes to erect plant in Ventura
providing the company is given de
sirable building site. At specia
meeting Of the Manufacturers and Pro
dncers' Association held in San Fran
cisco, it was decided to commuDicat
directly with President Mckinley, tn
Secretary of the Treasury, and tn
representatives Of the Pacific Coast i
Congress with reference to the Iecen
: shipment for export of soma so-calle
California brandy, and protestin
against the issuance of a permit, q
proposed by the Treasury Department
: A telegram was sent to Senator PEI
kins requesting him to have said PEI
nit withheld until the matter can
investigated.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-15
Make Them Work.

Pet and fondle your birds all you
ike-the tanner you have them the
better for you and them-but it is no
worse for them to work for their vic
tuals than it is for you to work for
yours, says the Poultry Tribune.
Have you scratching pen, or do you
throw the grain on the bare ground
and let them pick it up without lift
ing toe-nail Set four boards, foot
or more wide, on edge, nail them to-
gether at corners, and fill with cut
straw, grass, litter, cbaff, leaves or
something of the sort that is short and
will not mat. to the depth of four to
eight inches. Into this throw every
kernel of grain you feed-the fowls
will find every one of them. 1t may
cause them work, but that is just what
they need. In this manner they get
their crops full much as they do when
at liberty-one grain and scratch,
then another grain and scratch. This
is the way they are built to work.
Fowls by nature are strong of leg and
wing
Chicks from strong, working sire
and dam are stronger chicks than such
as are Matched from indolent ones.
In the absence of scratching pen,
first-rate substitute is found by dig
ging up the ground-either all the
yard or part of it-making it mellow
and fine and raking in the grain to the
depth of two or three inches. Fowls
soon learn to dig for it, and unless
buried too deep will scratch it all
out and apparently delight in the ex.
ercise. Hens that have been poor
layers for months have been made to
lay generously by just such scheme.
In cold climates, of course, this latter
process cannot be used in the winter
| time.
The best layers are the ones that are
busiest. as rule. The strong hens lay
eggs from which strong chicks are
/ hatohed.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-15
The Free Market.


The Harbor Commissioners have
given the free market scheme a start
by setting aside the Pacific-street
wharf for the receipt and sale of pro-
duce and calling for applications for
space, says the S. F. Examiner. This
is enough to make an experiment and
see what can be done in this line. It
is evident, however. that if anything
is going to be done the producers and
shippers themselves must take more
active interest in the business than
they have yet shown. The State
Board of Trade has taken some steps
to get the project under way, but if
it is to be success there will have to
be an organization to run or oversee
the practical details of the business.
The thing is certainly not going to
run itself.
1t would appear that the advocates
Of the free market had entertained the
idea that the only thing necessary
was to order the Harbor Commission
ers to establish the market, and moth
luB IuOTo WAS VI 10 uOHo. llbble
consideration will show that this is only
the beginning of 1T. . Markets need
very close oversight by men who have
an interest in them if they are to be
made a success. To receive and sell
produce to the best advantage, to see
that it is paid for and that the money
gets to the man it belongs to, requires
good deal of work. and this is moi
work that the Harbor Commission is
fitted to do. The men who should
attend to this part of it are the pro.
ducers themselves and if they cannot
attend to it in person, as most Of
them cannot, they should combine and
appoint some one who will do it fol
them. If they get active and energetic
men from their own number to lool
out for these details the scheme may
work successfully. II they do not il
will fail.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-15
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
Helpful Suggestions For the
AgricuIturists.
HINTS THAT ARE INTERESTING.
some Coed Advice for the Rurallsts-A
Budget Of knowledge ThAtMay
Prove Beneficial.


The leading feature of interest and
ultimate success in agriculture is a
correct and thorough knowledge Of the
nature and habits of the bee. says N.
l.. Colegrove. Next, a knowledge Of
the various plants upon which they
work and render an equivalent for the
labor bestowed. The nectar is the
bees reward; it is the sweet and
tempting bait that Turks in the bloom
that entices or causes the insect to
yield and partake. This constitutes
the philosophy of the relation be-
tween flowers and bees and their in
separable connection. The study of
the honey or nectar producing family
of plants should engage the attention
Of every apiarist; likewise the Guilt
walton of the same. He who would
succeed in any industry or enterprise
should be thoroughly inbued with all
its parts and character istics. Obser-
walton and the power of application
are important requisites to success.
Beekeepers should note the forage,
especially that which bees give the
preference, in order to ascertain the
best nectar-p producing plants as well as
the grade and quality of honey.
The black or ball sage is the leading
honey plant in Southern California.
1t has been in bloom for the past
month, and in our locality it is rarely
visited by the bee, yet bees are storing
honey of an excellent quality, but
from what plant no one seems to know
as bees appear to fly long distance
We have observed them working thu
hoarhound, showing decided pref
erence for it. continuing their visits
from early morn until dewy eve, anC
if the conditions of the weather ar,
favorable with heavy dews, bounti
full flow is secured. Their appearance
while working on the hoarhound i
quite similar to that when working
on the sage and are to be found abou
the hive in all conditions of fatigue
This plant should command the atten
ton of honey producers and is one o
easy cultivation adapted to almost an
moist land.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-15

market, says the Los Angeles Record.
Those interested II the project propose
to see that it is done if there is any
virtue in continued effort.
In talking about the matter James
Hill Of James Hill & Sons company,
said: I'VE believe it is now good
time to push our olives in the East.
The prospects are that the present
Congress will put on sufficient tariff
to allow us to compete on an equality
with the foreign product. In doing
this, however, we must be careful not
to put an inferior article ON the mar
ket or we will kill the goose which
we expect to lay the golden egg. Only
recently have eastern consumers real
lied that the California olive is of a
superior quality. Within the past
few weeks we have received numerous
letters from eastern dealers inquiring
if we could supply them entirely. We
have not been in position 70 do this,
but shall be in the near future. II
has been our aim to put up the very
best quality of goods and in this way
we expect to be able to hold all the
trade which may come to us. "
Mr.. Hill bases his opinion Of thu
success of the California olive on it
superior quality. The nutriment il
it is much greater than in those re
ceived from Spain. Then the importe'
olives are picked green and are mucl
less palatable than if allowed to ripel
ON the tree. The crop outlook for thi
year is excellent and if the producer
will be careful that only the bes
grade goes on the market there is n
reason why Southern California ca
not in the near future supply almos
the entire eastern trade.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-15

A certain circular.letter has been
sent out by well.known commission
house where presumably, it would do
the most good. The California Fruit
Grower reproduces it as follows:
Our quotations are for actual sales;
we cannot specify. each lot as there are
various kinds and qualities of every
kind OF fruit. 1t also arrives in all
kinds OF conditions-some we'll put up
and and some very poorly, some over
ripe and some too green. The same
conditions apply to almost everything
that comes to this market. Each con-
signor's goods are sold ON merit, there
fore. those who take pains in packing
and putting up their fruit and pro-
duce receive the benefit of their labor,
while the Indifferent packers receive
just what their goods bring. Ii pays
to assert your fruit and produce, MAX
ing at least two qualities, No. 1 and
No. 2. All small and inferior, and
over-ripe and green fruit should not
be shipped to this market as it only
lowers the price of the better quality.
Often the poor quality does not real
ize the freight and carriage. Too much
inferior fruit and produce is shipped
here and too often much indifference
prevails in packing an article. 1t will
pay to handle your orchard products
with great care; pack in nice, clean
packages and stencil them neatly.
The average buyer purchases that
which attracts the eye.''
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-15
The New Tariff.

Agitation, persistency and the pres.
entation Of solid front to the enemy
have won for the fruit interests of
California a notable legislative vic.
tory, says the Cal. Fruit Grower.
Horticulturists may be congratulated
upon being accorded fair measure of
protection, one which goes far to coun-
teract the low standard of European
wages and living and which, in great
part, will counterfeit cheap ocean
freight charges. A promising industry
has been recognized by the Senate and
in such way that leaves little OIL no
ground for complaint.
Figs, plums and prunes under the
present German tariff rate pay duty
of IL cents per pound; the Senate
rate is 2 cents. Raisins and Other
dried grapes, present rate p cents
per pound; Senate rate 81 cents.
Zante and other currants, present
rate, 4 cents per pound; Senate rate
2 cents. Olives, present rate 90 pei
cent ad valorem; Senate rate, 90 cents
a gallon and in casks Is cents gal
Ion. Oranges, lemons and lines. pres
ent rate 8 cents per cubic foot in pack
ages and in bulk $3.50 per thousand
Senate rate, cent per pound. AL
monds. present rate, unshelled cent
and shelled cents per pound; Senat
rate, unshelled. cents. and shelled.
cents. Walnuts. present rate, 2 and
cents per pound; Senate rate. az AM
cents.
These are substantial increases an
the effect should be gratifying an
immediate The wine schedule show
that the Senate and House are fla
apart and it will have to be settled i
s. Conference. So far. Californians hav
made splendid battle and they hav
triumphed. In this they have bee
splendidly aided by Senators Perbir
and White. Their faithful perform
ance of duty carries with it its ow
reward.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-15
The President has sent the folio,

The President has sent the follow
ing to the Senate: Department of
State-To be Consul General, Church
Howe Of Nebraska at Apia and Nu-
kulofa, Tonga; John P. Day, North
Dakota, at Melbourne, Australia. TIC
be Consuls of the United States-Hugo
Donzelmann, Wyoming, at Prague,
Bohemia: Louis A. Dent, District OF
Columbia, at Kingston, Jamaica;
Samuel S. Lyon, New Jersey, at
Osaka and Hogo, Japan; Rounseville
Wildman, California, at Hongkong,
China; Charles v. Herlisk. District OF
Columbia, to be Secretary Of the lie.
CATION of thu United States at Vienna,
Austria.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-15

A dispatch to the New York World
from Havana states that determination
in the island is an appalling, actual
fact. The death rate is increasing
and during the next few months il
is expected that it will be doubled.
Spanish soldiers and pacificos are
dying side by side of the pestilence. A
Spanish medical Official estimates
that il the war continues fifteen
months longer. the eutire western end
OF the island will DO depopulated.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-15

The Federal Council has authorized
the Swiss Minister at Paris to sign
the supplementary convention con-
cluded with the states of the Latin
Monetary Union, increasing the pro-
PORTION of silver coins to be struck by
each of the contracting parties. This
,tep is due to the deficiency of small
change.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-15
olive Outlook.

There is a probability that Califor-
MIA grown olives may soon supplant
the Spanish product in the eastern
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-26
WEALTH IN THE WASTE
STABLEMAN AT THE PAPER MILL
FINDS A VALUABLE PACKET.
One Letter Contained $400 and others
Smaller Amounts-HOw the
Letters Were Lost.

While looking over the waste paper and
scraps from the postofiice yesterday morn
ing Richard Stevenson, stabeman of the
Indiana Paper Company, found number
of unopened letters. He examined the let
tiers and opened one. When he saw the
contents he was so affected that he de-
scribes it this way:
What 1 saw knocked me out Inside the
envelope was a check for $780, payable to
the Sinker-Davis Company, of this city.
The check was from Schaeffer & Rarick,
of Argosa, Ind. 1 opened some more let
tiers and in two others found postoffice or
ders for 81 and ST. In some more / found
love and other things"
Stevenson communicated with the post
office and a clerk was sent down after the
mail. Later in the day they were deliv-
cred. There were about twenty in the
bunch, and all bore the postmarl1 of
June 90
Postmaster Sahm explains the matter
thus: "A late mail last night brought in
number OF letters. They were thrown
out on the table, and the sack in being
taken oft knocked them in a waste basket
at the side of the table. They were not
noticed, and early this morning the office
was cleaned and the waste paper sent to
the mill. NO mail is thrown away If not
called Tor, excepting circular mail. 1t is a
pemtenuary ofIense for a postmaster to
throw away mail, and if any mail has been
FOUND IN the waste paper before il GOT in
II by accident. l am very glad that those
letters We're found. 1t would have caused
a great deal of trouble had they been sent
to the mill and ground into paper again.
1t Is expected that any one missing a let
ter with money in it for q month to come
whether or not their mail was thrown in
the dump.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-26
COPELAND CASE AGAIN
CELEBRATED CONTROVERSY AGAIN
APPEARS IN THE FEDERAL COURT,
How an Italian Claims to Have Been
Fooled-Female Thief Convict
ed in short order.

The estate of Clara Copeland came up be-
fore Judge Baker while holding court In
chambers yesterday afternoon. The case
came up on petition from the mortgages
of the property who asked that the re-
ceiver of the estate, the Indiana Trust
Company, be compelled to do something for
the Copeland home, in Madison, so that it
will earn some money. 1t is averred that
the property has been lying idle for some
time and that the value is depreciating.
The place is mortgaged, with various peo-
pie, for 1890 The Copeland case has been
a celebrated one. While the application
for a receivership was being tried Will
liam M. Copeland tried to shoot his broth
er-in-law, Bruning, in the office of Miller
Winter & ELAN, and in doing so shot Ad-
olson c. Harris in the arm.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-26
SAYS HE WAS DECEIVED.
Plea OF an Italian Fruit Vender-Did
Not Understand English.

Frank Larossa, an Italian fruit vender
doing business on Maryland street, has sued
Charles Dammeyer, whose premises he oc-
cupies, for damages. The suit is brought
on account Of an alleged breach of contract.
Larossa shows in his complaint that he
rented the premises by verbal agreement at
the rate of $40 month The plaintiff ayers
that he was to have the place as long as
Dammeyer was the lawful owner of the
property. This contract was entered into
in 1894. The plaintiff says he can neither
read nor write the English language, which
fact was well known to the defendant He
AYERS that some time ago the owner of the
property put the rental of the same into the
hands of the A. Metzger agency and that
a representative of that firm came to him
for the rent the first of last May The
Plaintiff paid the money and the agent
placed what purported to be receipt for
the amount In his hands. Larossa says he
took the instrument in good faith and after
ward found that it was not a receipt but
that 1t annulled the contract he had made
with Dammeyer in 1894. He AYERS that the
defendant took advantage Of his ignorance
of the English language.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-26
MR.. MILLIKAN'S DRAFTS.
Man Who Is Representing Himself as
an Insurance Agent.

Frank Girardin, of Richmond, recently
Endorsed a draft for $50 on the Indiana
Life Insurance Company, of this city,
drawn by one Thomas F. Millkan who
represented himself to be a general agent
of the company. The draft was returned
unpaid. Girardin will have to make the
amount good. Subsequently Mr.. Girardin
learned that other Richmond people had
been victimized. Several weeks ago Mill
kan opened an office in Richmond, repre-
Sentlng himself to be an agent of the in
surance company. Furnishings We're OBJ
tanned on credit, and he was preparing TO
do business on a large scale. He gained
Mr.. GirardinS confidence, with the result
noted. After the draft was returned I'M
paid Mr.. Girardin discovered that Milljkan
had no connection with the company and
that he had suddenly left the city without
settling with his creditors.
Charles KahlO, manager of the company,
says that Millikan had no connection with
the company Several weeks ago he
opened up q correspondence from Ohio,
saying that he wished to locate at Rich
mond as the agent of. the company, pro-
viding he could be given territory of five
or six counties. He afterwards came to
Indianapolis and said that he was ready to
go into the field. Mr.: Kahlo says that
Millikan was ,, man. OF good ADDRESS sp
He had with him a number of letters of
introduction from prominent Ohio business
men and politicians, and showed himself
to be well posted as to the insurance
business. 1t is rule of the company to
require all agents to give bond, and Mr..
Kahlo explained that contract. could not
be made with him until he complied with
the rule. He left the office, taking blank
bond and also q blank agents contract.
Neither was ever returned. A few days
later Millikan drew on the company for
$50. The draft was returned unhonored.
Mr.. Kahlo sent a representative of the
company to Richmond. Millikan explained
that he had found it necessary to open
an office at a good deal of expense, and
that was why he drew on the company.
He said that he had sent the bond away
for the signatures Of bondsmen, and 1t
would be forwarded in a few days He
was a plausible talker, and succeeded in
borrowing $40 from the companys repre-
sentative. A few days later the Girardin
draft was presented. 1t was also returned,
as no bond had yet been furnished and
Millikan had not done any business for the
company.
Mr.. Kahlo yesterday learned that Mill
kan had turned up in Charlottesville att
er leaving Richmond, and had succeeded
in getting another draft cashed there, this
time signing himself general manager of
the company. Instructions were telephoned
to Charlottesville for the mans arrest, but
unless he has really signed his name as
general manager the company can take no
action against him. Mr.. Kahlo declares
that he has absolutely no connection with
the company.