davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-03
Seattle Assay Office Begins New
Fiscal Year.
A MILLION DOLLARS A DAY
Three Hundred and Fifty Persons
Deposited Treasure From Golden
North overwhelmingly Nearly
Half as Much Received as in the
Canadian Banks Big share.

The new fiscal year. beginning July l.
opens auspiciously at the United States
assay office in Seattle with deposits ag-
regating in value over sos. 900. This IN
cludes deposits made Saturday. as the
accounts for the past fiscal year were
closed Friday.
The receipts Of the office for the month
OF June. 1900. were 81, is7, 75s a.
The receipts for the fiscal year ending
June %, 1903. were Sc, go. s2s5s.
The deposits so far credited to the
month OF July, 1900, and amounting, as
stated, to over 81. eos. 900. were made in the
names OF go persons. most Of whom were
passengers on the steamers arriving from
Sksgway and Nome during the past few
days. The other dcpositors were persons
to whom the gold had been consigned by
relatives or business connections in the
North
The scene at the assay Office yesterday
was busy one. From the opening untl
the closing hour the place was thronged
with visitors. including many who had
no treasure to deposit, but came TO watch,
perhaps to rejoice with, maybe TO envy.
those who had. There was hardly mo-
ment Of the day when some one Of the
lucky many was not at the receiving win
dow of the office. and both sets Of weigh
ers' scales were constantly employed.
So busy were the officers kept in at
tending to depositors who appeared in
person that no time was found during Of
fee hours 10 weigh in the big consgn-
ments OF gold belonging to the Canadian
Bank OF Commerce. This was brought
out from Dawson and arrived at the as
say office In Seattle in nine steel boxes,
Weighing about $50 pounds each. The
value OF the consignment is estimated at
500. 90
Prof. T. =. IIppy. OF Seattle, who
brought down by far the largest amount
of any one person has not so far made
any deposit i'm the assay office. His re-
cent acquisition ~ treasure valued at
about $500 0o0. is still In the safety deposit
vaults.
The receipts OF the assay Office in July
of last year amounted to 81 20. 90 on
the second day Of July this year Geoo GEO
had already been deposited, and as much
IL known 10 be now on the way Tbs re-
cepts for this month win probably treble
those Of July fSg9
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-03
BIG MONEY FOR CREDITORS.
BLUE STAR LITIGATION OVER
HERA's CARGO Is ENDED.
Court Holds That Net Proceeds OF
Cargo Are Property Applicable
to the Liabilities of tse
fnsofvent Navigation Company.

Judge Houser yesterday rendered a le-
cision in the equity department OF the
superior court wherein il is 3ecrecd that
the creditors of the Blue Star Navigr tioa
Company, which has been In the hands
of receiver for some months past. are
entitled 10 the proceeds Of the sale or the
cargo Of the schooner Hera, amounting
to S2.50l The decision rs the result Il
long drawn out litigation which has been
waged IN the superior court almns, con-
tinually for the past ten days
Duval and Fitch. president and manager
respectively OF tho Blue Star vi-ation
Company. were sued by \. c. Morrison a
former employe of the company. fpr 81 .565
alleged - be due for services performed
on the companies river boat plying the
Yukon. The court decrecd that the claim
OF Morrison was a Just one and payable
from the proceeds Of the sale Of the 1a-go
incidentally making available for distri-
button among creditors more than S"l.tHl
which the defendants averred vas the
result of their individual operations and
therefore not properly applicable - the
assets Of the company.
In 1893 the defendants Duval and Fitch
purchased two cargnes Of lUmhc~ for
Hera and Maweema out OF which the evil
dence tended To show they made a net
profit Of approx Tnately So 400. In the suit
terminated yesterday Duval and Fitch re-
the cargOes were their personal property.
separate and apart from the interests Of
the navigation company. A mass OF ..9cu-
nentary evidence was exhibited in the
case together with an affidavit Of Count
Dies Garetts. who claimed 10 have pers u
ally owned the cargo Of the Maweetna,
the sale OF which constituted ts7 J1l Of The
net profit realized
Judge Housef held that the proceeds
Of the latter cargo had proved TO re the
individual property NJ Dies CARROTS. but
also held that the Hera's cargo. lpon
which net pfrtt Of 50 j00 WINS realize =
was pr lpsrlv applicable to a liquidation
OF the l,abiitleF 81 the Blue star Navf-
cation Company and rendered Judgment
In favor n the receiver in accordance
with the finding.
The case consumed over three days in
argument and was stuhbornly contested
by both litrants. Mcclure & Mcclure
appeared IN behalf OF Claimant Morrison
and w. A Peters and II. II. Albertson rep
resented tho defendants. Attorney CAas
T.. Patterson appeared for the receiver
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-03

Dollar having been crushed in the Boring
sea tee. These stories were equally truth
less and even after the report OF her ar
rival at Nome. tales were persistently
circulated Of the vessel being SIN fast in
the ice
In due time the Dollars arrival at
Dutch harbor on her way to Seattle was
chronicled. This was about week ago
and every day since there have been
rumors galore that the Dollar had passed
Cape F1attery. Friday several such tele-
grams, II was alleged. had been received
and one Of these gave the hour OF her
having passed Port Townsend. That night
brought forth another report that the
Dollar had arrived in the harbor and two
or three hundred people went scurrying
down to the fesier dock to meet the ship.
but they saw instead the freighter Ruth.
which had just returned from Lynn canal.
But yesterday the Dollar came and sin
gularly enough. unheralded.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-03
ARE GOING TO NOME AGAIN.
Robert Dollar and Aberdeen Each
TO Make n second Voyage to the
Northern Cold Fields.

Two more OF S,attle's fleet will sail
Saturday on their second trip this season
90 Nome They are thc Pacific n Alaska
Steamship Company Robert Dollar and
the Alaska Transport Co = steamer Alb
erdaen The former has over 80 and the
latter IN excess Of 100 pa sse nEers booked.
The heavy demand for second voyage
pa Rsage ~ very much uf surprise TO
transportation manager, Zach weasel has
considerable freight secured tor the sec
ond trip.
There IL some talk Of the steam g. hoon-
er Fulton. which arrived Saturday night
from Nons, making another voyage 10
the gold delds.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-03

A mistaken impression seems to he
abroad that on account ~ the two davs
celebration OF the Fourth the banks OF
the city will he closed today. The banks
viii be closed only on the Fourth
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-03
BREVITIEs.

A false alarm If fire about II N last nigh, from
box 81 gave the department run down TO the
Lake onion district.
The wSsbnr.on State Pathological Society viii
rrptaAy meet in seattle newt September The
announcement that tho meeting to he held here
ia June incorrect.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-03

And Oregon Srort Line.

LOWEST HAIEs-sItOHIEsT ROUTE.
Seattle - al paints East ana Southeast.
va Portland ssN LAKE Cliy Ana Denver.
Pullman gatRes slRsPars, Ahfsrf sHl dtn.
ing cars. gbnulsteFsd iaaFist Fih@Qsfs sn1
free reclining chair rau. steam NaaK.
FtntHcn LEht For Nrksts ~ or from snY
Point ia the TINTED Etats4 Canada ~ Hn.
fa.s. caii On ~ address r.. r. E.is. Cen
srai ARenf fts FIRST avenue Naattis. W.
81 Hsrhut q ? A.. Portland
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-03

Tho monthly meeting ~ the directors %
the seattle Charity Organization Society
WIS held yesterday Afternoon in the New
YORK Hook
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-03

+ members - Columbia l~ocge, 4 .,
L " are +-vst~d .o Rttea& mo .au.- 4
% BrotheT \. !. FArks. a. vcside--a ~
Terry avenue north. a. o-rtr,k Do 91-
Z. W. HITTER NE-E
Matter WaEkmAa
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-12

Current Comment

BEANs.-Re ceipts have been very light OF
late, none arriving during the past week.
Demand Is slack, however, and buyers find
no difficulty in supplying their wants from
stocks on hand. Prices show no material
change. Choice hand. picked marrow pea
are selling rs wanted at S2.l5. Best yellow
ewes steady at 50 10 Red kidneys quiet at
81 90 to 5.
DRESSED POULTRY - Receipts have been
light again this week, especially of western
fowls, which have been In steady demand
since Monday at 1lac, with occasional sales
of extra marks at l2c. Invoices are larger
at the close, however, and receivers are
looking for an easier market soon. Chick.
ems have been in fair supply and steady,
but demand has fallen off little and 1t
takes a fancy mark OF western today to
bring anything over 12c. Choice large
eastern chickens steady at 16 to 1885, Choice
nearby spring ducks in steady demand at
IL to 1910.
LuMBKR.-The trouble about supplies is
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-12

A few shade trees beautify the farm,
but it does not pay to grow dozen or
more large trees on small farm for
shade alone.
There will always be a demand for
maple syrup and sugar at good prices.
Probably few trees could be grown in
places too wet or too rough for plough
land on many farms which would pay
we'll for the sugar they produced, and
make first class firewood when needed.
Nut bearing trees bring many SPUR.
rels to the farm, which prey more or
less on the crops, and the nuts are usu-
ally appropriated by truant boys, who
have little respect for fences or crops.
The Northern Spy apple tree is fair
shade tree, with branches high enough
to be out of reach of stock, and it holds
its fruit until late in the season. 1t
would pay well for all work in planting,
care, etc., for the fruit alone.
There is much loss in allowing any
crop of grain to become overripe before
harvesting, but aside from the Smelling
OF small grain there is more loss, with
a crop of corn than any other crop.
There is little loss in the grain if few
ears are not hard when the crop is cut,
and the stalks are worth nearly twice
as much as they will be after they are
cured and bleached before cutting.
The present season shows the folly
OF planting fruit trees and grapevines
in the garden. Some gardens in this
vicinity-southern central New York
are parched and shrivelled, because the
trees and vines have robbed the crop
of moisture, while those without trees
are in fairly good condition.
There is not much prospect of bee
keeping being overdone. Farmers
should study the business by keeping a
few colonies, in order to have some
thing to work at after they are unable,
by age or poor health, to do the heavy
work of the farm.
Fowls generally bring as much il
sold in the summer when two-thirds
grown, as they will in the fall. / have
known of half flock being sold early
in the season that brought more thar
the other half did some six weeks later
when their weight was nearly double
of those sold frst.-J. II. Andre.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-12
Gardening as a Diversion.

One of the great advantages of love
of gardening is the break it makes on
the continuous strain of business
thought. No real lover and possessor
of garden ever died of insomnia.
This is disease which follows those
by night who cannot throw off the
thoughts of daily life. They retire to
think, instead of to sleep, and the dark
ness and quietness of the night favor
the thought. To leave behind the
business of the city for the pleasures
of the trees and flowers of the suburbs
has saved numerous lives that would
have otherwise been broken down.
This seems better understood in the
Old World than with us. The famous
jurist, Lord Penzance, did not take his
law studies to his country home.
There he thought only of his garden,
and the floral treasures it contained.
One Of his hobbies in the garden was
the Improvement of the sweet briar,
and the many beautiful varieties he
raised obtained as much fame for him.
self as did his legal opinions, to say
nothing of the pleasure the flowers
brought him.-Meehan' Monthly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-12
A Valuable Ounce.

Thinking of our Indiana farmer
growing clover once in three years to
improve his farm brings to mind an ar
ticle in the last "Rural New Yorker"
1t seems to me my friend G. e. Chap
man has got little off. He says:
"The value of clover is not in the
bacteria grown on its roots, but in
the humus furnished by the mass of
70 ots; by its loosening and mellowing
capacity"
He says further, that clover makes
his soil mellow, it holds moisture bet
ter, weeds are smothered by the h avy
growth, and then he refers to the size
OF these bacteria Qke little seeds on
the rcots) as compared to the other
plants, "perhaps an ounce of bacteria
to the ton OF clover" The mellowing
effect of clover is valuable, and so ia
the humus it furnishes, and it does
smother weeds.
These things are all true; but when
our friend says the value of the clover
is not only in the bacteria grown on the
RIOTS of it, and speaks of them slight
ingly as only about an ounce as COM
pared with ton of clover. he certainly
is wrong. think ton of clover will
usually have more than an ounce of
these bacterial homes on the roots, but
| it doesn't matter. Call it one ounce.
Now, DIR. Van Slyke of New York, says
that in each one of these little tuber-
Giles there is mandatory, with an
army of microscopic workers, and they
are Transforming the atmospheric
nitrogen into nitric acid, which may be
absorbed by the clover to make it's
growth. What matter if they don't
weigh more than an ounce, if they can
change thirty or forty pounds of nitro.
gen out of the air into the ton of clover
hay on the roots OF which they grew?
The farmers of New York paid on
the average about twenty cents a pound
for nitrogen in their fertilizers last
year. These little bacteria, if weigh.
ing but an ounce, seem many times
more valuable than their weight would
indicate when we realize that they car
save us Sc or So. 1t isn't the weight
Of them that determines their value
but what they can do or what they are
worth. An ounce of gold is worth
more than ton of clover. The bac
terra on the roots of clover have put
millions of ounces of gold into the
pockets OF farmers; and then they have
had the clover with all its other bene
fits besides.-T. B. Terry in Practica
Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-12
Live Stock Market.

There were on the market at Brighton
last Tuesday 1914 cattle, APT sheep and
lambs. 419 swine, 433 veal calves, rs horses
and $50 lbs OF poultry.
In Northern and Eastern beef cattle BUSH
ness was slow during the early part of the
day, buyers and sellers being apart in their
views of values. In the afternoon fair
number of sales were effected but at figures
unsatis factory TO drovers. Sales: / OK,
weighing 1920 =, 4lc; l OK, weighing 1900
lbs, 4Ac; steer, weighing 1880 lbs g, S4.60
cwt; steer, weighing 1910 lbs, S460 cwt.;
2 cattle, average 1880 lbs, 45c; cattle, av-
erage 1885 lbs, Die; beef cows, average
97S lbs; 81 4 beef cows average S52 lbs,
Sc; beef COWS, average 92S lbs 3fc; beef
COWS, average 642 lbs, DC
Ia milch cows business was very slow.
The supply was light in excess OF the de-
mand, nevertheless.
The market for veal calves was about
steady for poor stock. firm for choice. Sales:
IL calves, average las lbs, &c; calves, aver
age 1875 lbs, 5ac; IA calves, average 1854 lbs,
&c; IL calves, average 100 lbs, 5hc; 48 calves,
average i25 lbs, 1fc; 25 calves, average 1874
lbs, 6ac.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-12
AGRICULTURAL.
Orchard and Harden.

As many have doubted or pretended
to doubt that the stock into which a
scion is set can greatly affect or charge
the character OF the fruit on the tree,
we will condense what is written on
that subj CT by a correspondent of
GREEN'S Fru : GROCER. He says that
upon the cid homestead where he was
born there was a Baldwin tree, the first
and only one known to him in that vi
cinity. AS he learned to properly
value this apple, he began, when young
TO graft scions from that tree into seed
lings that came up about the farm until
the old homestead was well supplied
with them. But what surprised him
was the difference in the fruit of those
trees all grated from the same tree.
He says: "No two trees produced fruit
just like the old original tree. Some
were very red, others greenish; some
decidedly poor in flavor. We remem.
Der one tree whose fruit was so differ.
ent shape that you could select its fruiI
from all the others when bindfolded."
He also tells of having put gratis from
a Hubbardston Nonesuch into lot OF
trees that had borne Porter apples.
The third season after that he began to
gather Hubbardston Nonesuch apples
from those trees, but they did not look
like the fruit from the tree from which
he took his scions. AL were oval il
shape and some of them elongated like
the Porter, and they were very much
lacking in color, although the trees
were in an open field and were well
pruned. More than forty years of ex-
perience in fruit growing aud careful
observation has convinced him that the
stock can effect the flavor, form and
color of the fruit in some degree, in
nearly every case.
To his testimony we will add our
opinion that all these changes may and
do occur to some extent as result OF
cultivation, fertilization and polleniza-
ton, or that they do modify the charac-
ter of the fruit to an extent that is not
realized by many, If we had an apple
or other fruit that we thought was
nearly perfect in every way, we would
grow seedlings from that same fruit
into which we could set scions from
the original tree. Then we would give
them soil similar to that on which it
had attained perfection, and as good or
better treatment, Those who doubt
the effect of the stock upon the scion
should be puzzled to know what pear
tree grown upon ounce roots or stocks
will be always DIV arr, while another
scion from the same tree will always
make tree of standard size when
grated upon pear stock.-American
Cultivator.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-12
Fruit on the Farm.

The question of fruits on the farm
does not receive the attention which it
should. Nor is the fruit appreciated.
II We could turn the children of the
cities loose for season with the free
run of the orchard and berry patches it
wodld be an event of their lives and
JUS what every country boy or girl
ought to have during the fruiting sea-
son. There are but few farms, says an
exchange, that have continuous fruit
ing from the earliest to the latest vari-
cites. Why is iL2 Most of the ques-
tons on the farm are settled from the
financial standpoint. Fruit is acknowl-
edged to be healthy, and where the
children have an abundance of fruit,
there are fewer doctor bills in the fam
lily. An abundance of fruit for family
use will reduce the cost of living to a
great extent. Will it pay for the fam.
lily to have good health, with fewer doc
tor bills, and the cost of living reduced?
1t is question which you would au-
swer in the affirmative. To keep up
the supply of fruit, you will need to
keep setting out stock.
Now is the time of year to select the
stock. Iprefer setting trees one year
old from bud or graft. This gives us a
year old top with two year old root.
| These small trees will soon catch up
with the larger ones in growth, as they
stand transplantng better. also pre-
fer fall to spring setting II you do not
know the varieties you wish to set, visit
some of your neighbors and see what
they have. Do not deal with some oily
tongued fruit tree agent, deal direct
with nursery or some agent yon have
confidence in or else have the trees
grated, so as to be sure of the varie.
ties. There is no other field which
offers such inducements to the swinder
as the fruit tree agency. Some nurser.
les will become overstocked with GER.
tain varieties of fruit by there not be.
ing the demand for it that had been
anticipated, they will be glad to dis.
pose of these trees at any price. Some
one who isn't very particular about
the way in which he gets money, just
80 there is enough of it, will buy these
trees by the hundreds or thousands and
then with colored plate book he is
ready for the farmer. The orders viii
be filled with trees labeled according tc
orders taken regardless of varieties
purchased from nursery. Care should
be used in setting the stock, and the
young orchard should be cultivated in
some kind of low crop for a few years
and then sown in clover. Keep the
trees well trimmed from the start as il
don't hurt the tree 30 much to remove
a limb while it is small as it does after
it gets larger
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-12

EASE AND DISEASE. "A short lesson
on the meaning of familiar word.
Disease is the opposite of ease. Web
ster defines disease as slack of ease,
uneasiness, trouble, vexation, disqut.
et." 1t is a condition due to some de-
rangement of the physical organism.
A vast majority of the "disease" from
which people suffer is due to impure
blood. Disease of this kind is cured
by Hoods Sarsaparilla which purities,
enriches and vitalzes the blood. Hoods
Sarsaparilla cures scrofula, salt rheum,
pimples and all eruptions. 1t tones the
stomach and creates a good appetite.
and it gives vigor and vitality to the
whole body. 1t reverses the condi-
ton of things, giving health, comfort
and "ease" in place Of disease"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-12
We VIII Positively Pay You.

One dollar if one bottle of Smiths
Green Mountain Renovation does not
benefit you in case you are troubled
with any blood disorder, chronic rheu-
matism or neugalgia affections. 1t is
endorsed by the best physicians in the
country and is warranted to do what is
claimed for it. G. Blakely, W. E. Ter
rill q Co.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-12
A Profitable Dwarf Bean.

Last spring D. M. Ferry & Co. sent
us some black wax beans. 1 do not
know why they sent them, for, if am
not mistaken, this is an old and COM
paratively well known variety although
l do not remember that we have ever
tested them on our grounds. But it
was a surprise to me to find them earl
Ter than the Davis wax beans, more
prolific, and very much more crisp and
tender. In fact, when we found they
were 80 superior 10 any other wax
beans we had ever got held of before, l
purposely let some of them mature to
see how long they would be good with
out getting tough or stringy. Well,
we have been picking them from the
same row for nearly if not quite
month, and, although there are good
sized beans inside of the pods, the pods
are just as tender and crisp as at first.
do not know whether this is an i'm
proved variety or what is the matter,
Uut w huOW tudJ bOu Couto WOTtu
of seeds has furnished beans almost
daily for large family, and we have
had some to give away to the neigh.
bors. Inever saw any wax beans yield
so well and l never saw any before 80
excellent in quality, besides being ex-
ceedingly early. We shall most assur-
eddy put them in our catalogue next
season. OF course, the ground was
very rich and there was good "dust
mulch" cultivation. They are certainly
an improvement on wax beans in gen.
eral. Oh, yes just one thing more.
There has never been rusty pod in
the patch.-Gleanings in Bee Culture.
This is without doubt the New Pro-
life black bean, of which one seedman
says in his catalogue: sit is an i'm
proved strain of the old black wax, be-
ing stronger grower, with longer,
straighter and rounder pods and twice
as prolific. Its handsome, yellow,
fleshy, stringless pods commend it to
the market as well as to the family gar
den."]