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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

Try the experiment anyhow and send
the boy this winter to some good agri-
cultural school or college for three
months term. 1t will not cost very
much-less than 500 for clothes, books
and board-and see If it is not money
well invested. The farmer under com
ing agricultural conditions must know
more than his father who wrestled with
pioneer discouragements and cheap
land.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

Now comes friend of the English
sparrow and claims that these birds
will eat the box elder bugs. We seri-
ously doubt the truth Of this state
ment We have watched both the birds
and the bugs closely and have never
yet had the pleasure of seeing the
sparrows making a meal off the bugs.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

The bur oak tree, in keeping with its
native ruggedness, rarely ever shows
any coloration Of it's foliage in the au-
tumn, the leaves passing from normal
green to rusty brown. The Jack oak,
on the contrary, affords some of the
most beautiful color schemes to be
seen anywhere in the fall of the year.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

1t has never been entirely clear to us
why the pests of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
pers, chinch bugs, potato bugs, bdfers,
hessian fly, aphides, purslane pigweed,
foxtail. ragweed and the like-should
have been endowed with such marvel
GUS powers Of reproduction. They are
all propagated on ratio not of twenty,
sixty or one hundred fold, but million
fold, and need but just foothold to
claim all the earth. The good things
Of life lack this power of fecundity.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05
America furnished England me

America furnished England meats,
oats, hay, mules, horses, flour and
many other things for the conduct of
the Boer war. We are inclined to be-
lieve that if we had also furnished the
men the war would long ago have been
ended.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

In the abstract an ear of corn, a
stalk of clover and a milk COW are the
commonest of things, but just the same
they have offered problems which tax
the best knowledge and wisdom Of the
most wise and learned of men, and
they have not yet found out all there
is to know about this remarkable trim
ity Of good things. The COW and her
milk, corn and it's utilities and clover
as soil redeemer will still furnish
texts for valuable agricultural sermons
many years hence.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

A northern lake which has for many
years been known as great resort
for canvasback and redhead ducks,
which fed on the wild celery which
grew abundantly in the lake, is now
entirely avoided by these valued game
birds because the carp placed in the
waters have eaten all the celery.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

Florida comes to the front with fine
crop of her delicious oranges this year,
the trees having mostly recovered from
the baneful and destructive effects of
the great freeze of a few years ago.
The Florida orange is one of the very
best of it's tribe.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

AS soon as the ground is frozen the
strawberry bed may be covered for
the winter. For this purpose nothing is
better than marsh hay. The next best
material is cornstalks, then clean straw
of any sort. The sole object Of covering
the bed is to prevent the thawing of
the ground and not the freezing.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

A young lady friend of ours is work
ing as hired girl for $3.50 per week
for the sole purpose of getting the
means wherewith to pay her way
through course at some college. That's
the sort of girl we like. Her enter
prise ought to secure her not only an
education, but one of the best men for
a husband
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

The government has interesting re-
ports from its expert sent to examine
the agricultural capabilities Of the Yu-
kon valley in Alaska. He reports that
nearly all the common yegetables-po-
tatoes, turnlps. cabbage, onions, let
tuce, radish-and in cereals barley can
be raised there without difficulty, the
almost perpetual sunshine of the sum-
mer largely compensating for the
shortness Of the growing season. The
native grasses are reported as very
luXurlant.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

Over 100 different attempts were
made at great expense to find water
supply upon what, with water, would
have made very desirable ranch in
Texas. Failing to get water, the sec
ton was abandoned to the prairie dogs
and wolves.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

The adulteration of food products
seems to find it's largest development
in France of any country. OF 652 sam
pies of native wines recently tested
only ia were found pure, and of 376
samples of milk only so were not adul-
terated. 1t is no wonder there are
more deaths than births in that coun-
try.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

We were in one of the largest poul-
try establishments Of the west not long
sorts Of dressed poultry were being
received. Talking with the proprietor,
he said that there was loss Of from
25 to so per cent to the average shipper
or producer solely on account of care
less dressing of the birds. He showed
us turkeys which he was selling at 10
cents a pound, these well dressed, and
others equally fat which he could not
get rid of at s cents owing to their bad
appearance.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

When a man plants out a honey To-
Gust tree, he starts quite little trou-
BILE for himself as general thing. No
tree of which we know will so persist
emily extend itself by suckers, and the
more these suckers are cut off the more
they will spread, almost exactly follow
ing the habit of the Canada thistle in
this particular. We know Of one case
where single locust planted thirty
years ago has covered over several
acres of land with these sucker trees.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

The experiment stations seem to
agree that, weight for weight, the cobs
when ground up fine are worth as
much to feed as the corn. 1t is hard
for the average stockman to believe
this statement and harder for the cow
to whom he feeds it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

The inexhaustible forests of Alaska
prove to be good deal of a myth, the
timber supply all along the Yukon riv-
err having already been so depleted in
supplying fuel for the steamers that
unless supplies of coal can be secured
the navigation of that river will soon
have to cease.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

A late writer calls attention to the
marked advance in live stock by citing
the fact that in the year 1900 in Great
Britain calf sold for as small sum
as "a cents. This is not good evidence,
for in the year 1895 it was common
practice for the dairymen in the CEN
trail west to feed their calves to their
hogs
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

The government of this country is
more than likely to spend near $780,
100000 in the near future to get water
Panama, While the Dutch government
is going to spend nearly half as much
to bale out corner of the North sea so
as to reclaim land enough to make
about 5000 farms.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

The little island of Porto Rico is
showing this winter what she can do
in the way of furnishing Uncle Sam
with nice oranges to eat. While the
shipments this year will not be large.
the fruit comes along the first of any
in the orange season and will be fac
tor in this business Of considerable inn
portance later on
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

1t. Turning on my heel, 1 left the room
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-18
OF
GRAND JURY
Bribe Takers Not
To Be Ferret
ed Out.
DIFFICULT TO
GET EVIDENCE
Much of the Testimony Was Con.
tradictory-Large Number Of
Witnesses We're Heard.

THE report of the grand jury was
opened and read before Judge Gear
u yesterday. After quoting the
charges of Judge Humphreys, the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-18

ern European languages; first. second
and third grade examinations for the
custom house; examiner of general mer-
chandise for the custom house; compost
tor, bookbinder, electrotyper, pressman
and stereotyper for the Government
printing Office, Washington, D. c.;
teachers, matron. physician, industrial
teacher, teacher OF industries, ETC., for
Indian service; also railway mai service
clerk, it being understood that the post
soffice department intends to appoint
some persons for service as clerks on
steamers or other mail transportation
lines in the Islands.
In addition to the different examina-
tions, which are for the United States
service, persons desiring also to be ex-
amined for employment In the Philippine
Islands under the United States Commits
sion they will have an opportunity to
take examinations for stenographer
typewriter and department assistant.
This last examination requires a unrver-
sity education, and qualifications may be
tested on some thirty different lines of
special work.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-18

Pearl Harbor affairs, and a great deal
of his time is likely to be spent there.
The lands chosen by the Government
for a naval station are those recon-
mended by Captains Merry and Ponc
Concerning the condemnation of the
required lands at Pearl Harbor the San
Francisco Chronicle of the 8th instant
has the following:
WASHINGTON, June AT the re-
quest of the Secretary of the Navy the
Attorney General has instructed the
United States District Attorney at Ho-
nolulu to institute proceedings imme-
diately for the condemnation of certain
lands on the border of Pearl Harbor
on the Island of Oahu, selected as a
site for the proposed naval station. The
Naval Commandant at Honolulu has
been instructed to cooperate with the
District Attorney and render all neces-
sary assistance. Condemnatory pro-
ceedings were necessitated by the ac-
ton of the owners of the property in
refusing to sell it except at what was
regarded as an eXorbitant price.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-18
NEEDLESS DENUDATION OF
THE HIGH TANTALUS SLOPE

1t was a long time before camps of
men. watering and cultivating the young
gum trees, could make them grow, and
since that these trees have exhausted the
soil, as eucalyptus trees always will.
am afraid mat, having lost our forest
which has been reared at a cost of
from $4,000 TO s100. .00o-we shall get moth
ing in It's place.
'.And, think of 1.-THE wood that was
cut Is being sold to Portuguese at 81 per
cord, when it would bring IS or 50 in the
city. Then, again, the hauling of this
wood will cut up the Tantalus road and
leave it in bad shape"
Professor koebele, the Territorial en-
tomologist, expressed himself as to the
destruction of the forests in like man
ner.
Il do not tnnk that Mr.. Jared Smith.
the experiment station director is 70 be
blamed. He says he has his orders from
the United States Government and of
course he has to obey them. But 1t
seems pity to me that such a beautiful
forest, which has been grown under cir
cumstances which have been extremely
difficult, should be sacrificed About
eighteen years ago the late Albert Jae-
ing of various varieties of trees to see
which ones would thrive best. The eu-
calyptus seemed to be the most hardy
there, as the heavy winds did much dam
age to other varieties Mr.. JaegerSWork-
ed for nothing. He received no4compen-
sation whatever from the Government,
and in the payment of labor used in
planting trees he often had TO reach
down into his own pocket. David
Haughs followed him, as a Government
official, and a Tremendous work was ac-
complished under his administration. i
believe that in the neighborhood of $780,
600 has been expended in the growing OF
| this forest The eucalyptus trees are
very dense. There are about thirty spe-
! cies of the eucalyptus, together with a
number of species of the acacia and plu-
| maria, and a few lava plums."
Director Smith has so far cleared
| away about fifteen acres of forest land
There are altogether 200 acres set apart
| by the Government for the experiment
station work and on the greater part OF
| the tract the forest is very dense.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-18

, AMAAINAS have viewed with re-
gret the destruction of the euca-
lyptus forest on the United States
Government reservation, which Is now
being cleared by order of Jared Smith,
director of the experiment station. For
the past three weeks great fires have
been burning upon the slopes of Tanta-
lus and the Punchbowl, where the reser-
vation has been denuded Of the fine for
est trees, and the work of about eighteen
years and the expenditure of tens of
thousands of dollars has at last come to
naught.
The forests were begun all along Tan
talus and Punchbowl slopes as a measure
of precaution to the inhabitants Of Ho-
nolulu. They were started with the in
tention of attracting rain and holding 1t
on the hillsides and thus give the city
the benefit of il. Otherwise the rain wa
ter washed down the hills and eventually
into the sea without accomplishing any
good whatever.
Hon. A. S. CEeghorn. who has always
sbeen Interested in the propagation of the
TantaIus forests, as well as one of the
promoters of the park system in this
city, stated yesterday to reporter that
the denudation of the reservation is lit
tie less than vandalism
THE steady, patient work which has
been applied to the propagation of forest
trees in this district partially covered
by the United States reservation, is now
being gradually destroyed. Those for
ests are invaluable to a city situated as
Honolulu is. in that they attract the
rain and hold it. The trees were started
under the monarchy and fostered by the
Republic and Provisional Government ]
think it is a shame that our woodland
should be stripped in this manner, and II
there is any way to prevent the further
devastation of the tract, I surely am OF
the opinion we should use it.
There was plenty of bare Government
land to experiment on between Waianae
and Diamond Head and don't see why
Tantalus should have been touched al
all. Mr.. Smith will md it most difficult
to grow anything on the cleared tract
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-18
CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATIONS
When. Where and for What
They Will Take
Place.

American citizens who desire to enter
the public service will have a chance to
try given them on July at the High
School building In this city. President
Rodenberg and Chief Examiner Serven
of the Civil Service Commission, who
came to Honolulu last week to establish
civil service In the Islands, will have re-
turned by that time from trip to the
other Islands.
Thus far these officials have named
but three out of the five persons who
will constitute the board of examiners.
They are Professor w. d. Alexander.
Professor A. B. Ingalls, and Mr.. Bond OF
the money order division of the postof-
flee, who will act as secretary to the
board. Upon the completion Of the ex-
aminations, fourth member will be
chosen from among the successful con-
testants for appointments as letter car
riers. Just why q board member should
be thus chosen is not apparent, but Chief
Examiner Serven says there is a method
In this policy, which is followed else
where.
Both officials leave today on the XII
nau for Hilo, where civil service
turn a similar board will be organized
ar Kahului. Both will act In future
when any examinations are to be held.
Mr.. Serven said to a reporter yesterday
evening:
I'VE are going to attempt to hold our
examinations on July at the High
School. If there are too many applicants
on that day we will split them up and
hold examinations en- the 9Th, too. The
people who want to know can get infor-
nation as to what examinations will be
held and as to what the requirements
will be by applying to u. T. Bond, chief
of the money order division in the post
office, who will act temporarily as secre-
tary to the board.
The examinations which will be held
are the following: Aid, coast and geo.
detic survey; book typewriting; Chinese
inspector; clerk, general service; eleva-
tor conductor; fish culturist; immigration
inspector; meat inspector; weather OBJ
server; stenographer; typewriter; super
intendent of construction; topographer.
including assistant topographer and
copyist draughtsman; translator Of mod
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-18
COSTLY PACIFIC UABLE.
Ten millions for the oansdian-Aus-
trallan Line.

WASHINGTON, June S.-The State
Department is in receipt of information
concerning work on the British Pacific
telegraph cable which is to connect the
Dominion of Canada with the Austria
liam confederation. The new cable Is
to be 5,s341a miles in length-the long
est ever constructed-and will be
transported and laid by one ship, which
is now being built for that purpose
Consul Abraham Smith, at Victoria, B.
c., informs the State Department that
surveying party has located the
landing site of the Canadian end of
the cable at point on Kelp Bay, near
Banfield Creek II is about seven
miles from the entrance to Barclay
Sound, and something over 100 miles
from Victoria The location is de-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-18
SONS OF THE
REVOLUTION
Honolulu Chapter Meets and
Elects a Corps of
Officers.

THE Sons of the American Revolution
of this city held their annual meeting
yesterday afternoon at o'clock at the
office of the Hawaiian Trust and Invest
ment Company, with fifteen members
present The election of officers for the
ensuing year resulted as follows: Hon.
w. r. Castle, president; F. S. Dodge,
vice president; w ]. Forbes, treasurer;
w. o. Atwater secretary; Prof. Alexan-
der. registrar; A, F. Judd and w. c..
Parke. members of the board of direct
ors
The treasurer's report for the past
year showed a balance Of $500 on hand.
The report of the registrar, Prof. Alex
ander, showed the number of members
residing in this city at the present time
to be fifty-six. The registrar reported
that after long delays the year book had
been printed and delivered by the print
ers last October. The expediency Of
publishing a national register Of all the
members was referred to the national
committee on publication. This commit
tee made an able report last January, in
which they recommended the publishing
of such a register, If the financial sue
cess of the undertaking can be assured.
The National Congress of the Sons of
the American Revolution and Thirteenth
Triennial Conclave was held in Pitts
burg on April 80 last. 1t was suggested
there that the different year books of the
different States and national society be
placed in the public libraries in book
cases owned by the society.
The president read a very interesting
letter from the Daughters of the Revo-
luton with reference to preserving "Old
Ironsides," the famous old frigate Con
stitution,'' which did such gallant SER
vice in the War of 1872. and which is
now at Charlestown Navy Yard. 1t is
proposed that the Sons and Daughters of
the Revolution take up the matter and
make last appeal to the nation to as
sist in preserving the old flagship
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-18

scribed as being admirably adapted for
the purpose.
The cable will run from Vancouver
Island to Tanning Island, which lies
south of Hawaii-a distance of 1887
miles-before a landing is effected.
Thence it is laid to the Fijis, to Nor
folk Island, and thence to Queensland.
Work on the cable proper already
has been commenced In England, and
the first installment, which Will be the
cable for the route from Tanning ISL
and on to Australia, is expected to
leave England in January, 1902. BY the
terms of the contract the whole cable
is to be laid and in working order by
January I, 1903 It will cost $4,000, 900.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-18

NEW YORK, June S.--A cable to the
Sun, from London, dated June 9, says:
The Weekly Dispatch, which recently
anticipated accurately several official
announcements in regard to peace ne
gotiations in South Africa says Lord
Kitchener and General Botha, the
Boer commander in chief, accompan-
led by two aids as witnesses, held a
protracted conference a few miles from
Standerton on June 5th, and arrived at
tentative settlement.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-18
1tata Case Soon to Be Heard.

WASHINGTON, June 6.--The Chilean
Claims Commission will adjourn sine die
on the 18th, leaving behind 1t not a sin
gle unad5udcated claim. The famous
Itata claim, founded upon the capture
of that vessel by the Charleston, will
come up for final argument Saturday.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-18
Civil Service.

John T. Doyle, Secretary OF the Civil
Service Commission, is the ranking off,
cial of the commission. Commissioner
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-18

Proctor is in Massachusetts,, Commits
sioner Harlow is indisposed and Commits
sioner Rodenberg and Chief Examiner
Serven are in Hawaii.-Was shington Star
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-18
THE INSURANCE TRUST.

We quite agree with Mr.. Macfarlane
that the Insurance companies doing
business here, should be brought to the
attention of District Attorney Baird
and made to toe the antitrust mark
after the fashion of the old plumbing
combine. If there ever was a trust
despotic, Indifferent to public welfare
and anxious. through a perfect union of
interests, to make it's business pay
preposterous dividends-it is the insur-
ance trust of Hawaii.
Insurance ought to be one of the
cheapest things sold here. We rarely
have a fire and for very good reasons.
The climate does not permit big fires
to be kept up in houses; there are no
fires in stores or offices; we do not use
CRATES or furnaces or steam heat; cleo
tricity, to a great degree, supplants
Kerosene; gas being minus quantity
there are no gas explosions: thunder
showers are few and far between; the
water supply is under heavy pressure
and the Fire Department Is good one.
Besides, houses in the residential dis
tricts are likely to be far enough apart
to keep one building, if 1t burns, from
setting fire to another. Why. then
should the cost of insurance be so high
1t is merely because the insurance
combine wills to have it so: and a COM
bine of that sort is contrary to Federal
law.
That being the case ample means OF
relief are in the hands of United States
District Attorney Baird and Of the
Federal Grand Jury.