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The Redwood gazette., 1902-07-23
WHEAT AREA OF ARGENTINA.

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One of the criticisms made
four years ago upon Sir Will
liam Crookes's prediction of a
world famine in wheat at a
date not latter than 1881 point
ed out the unwisdom of fixing
a date for such a calamity. if it
were ever to come, because our
knowledge of the worlds ca
pacity for wheat production is
still very imperfect. His ad-
dress had not been published
a month before his statement
of facts and statistical proba-
bilities was sharply challenged
by commercial experts.
Sir William held that the ca
pacity Of Canada had been
greatly overestimated; but
facts were brought forward to
show that the eastern part of
Athabasca for l25 miles west of
it's eastern boundary was an
extension to the north of the
same soil that has preeminent-
ly adapted Manitoba for wheat
raising and that the climatic
conditions favored the exten-
sion of wheat culture into Ath-
abasCa as soon as the land was
needed. Events have since
confirmed the accuracy of
these statements.
Sir William also said that an
exaggerated view was held as
to the capacity of Australia.
1t was shown, however, by the
highest British authorities in
the grain trade that 100000
acres of suitab bile lands for
wheat were still uncultivated
in Queensland alone. A few
months ago The Sun printed
an article showing that a very
large area in Queensland,
which until now has been used
only for pastures, is being
turned into farms, made fertile
by irrigation, with wheat as
one of the principal crops.
Sir William also took a
gloomy view of the ability of
South America to supply much
wheat to the bread eaters of
the world, 1t is the purpose to
give here the results of the lat
est inquiries on this subject.
A book recently published in
Leipzig, entitled "Landwirts-
chaft und Spanischen Ameri-
ka, has already been accepted
by the leading authorities as
of the first importance for all
who wish to get a clear idea of
the economic geography of Ar
gentina. Its author, K. kaer-
ger, has lived in Argentina for
years. In view of the large
German immigration into that
republic, he was commissioned
by competent: German author
tiles to make special study of
certain economic questions,
and his book is the result of
these Investigations.
Only one-sixtieth part of the
surface of Argentina. Mr.. Kaer-
ger says, is now under the
pillow. In our country, it may
be interesting to say by way of
comparison, about a fourth of
the land in the humid regions
is now being titled.
There are two predominant
reasons why the great fields Of
wheat and maize, as we'll as
the tloCks and herds Of Argen-
tina, are now almost entirely
confined to the eastern provin-
ces Of Bunenos Ayres, Santa
re. Entire Rios and Cordoba.
One is that Argentina holds
business relations with the
rest of the world mainly
through the ports of Buenos
Aires and Rosario.
lhe provinces nearest to
these two ports were the first
to be developed and will al
ways be nearest the best home
and foreign markets. But
this cause for the ConCentra
ton OF wheat and maize raising
IN the east will tend to de
crease IN Importance with the
extension of transportation
facilities to the west. now ia
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advanced, and the spread of ir-

advanced, anu tue SpIcdu VI -
rigation.
A more permanent cause,
however, will always keep the
great area of wheat raising in
the east, though many other
parts of the country, if irriga-
ted, are we'll adapted for the
crop. Wheat is grown even in
Patagonia by means of irriga-
ton; but throughout this part
of Argentina, as we'll as the
northwest and west of the
country, the principal obstacle
to wheat culture is the insuffi-
cheney of the rainfall.
Mr.. Kaerger has given a
great deal of study to the ex-
tent of country in which wheat
may be grown to perfection
without the aid of irrigation.
In the naturally we'll watered
region he expects that wheat
culture will have it's greatest
development and contribute
the bulk of Argentine's sales
of breadstuffs to the rest of the
world. The conclusions he has
reached are based upon his
personal investivations and a
meteorological observations ex-
tending over many years.
The eastern limit of Argenti-
ma wheat culture without irri-
cation, he believes, will be the
frontier between Argentina
and Uruguay which it will fol-
low as far north as the point
where the boundary between
the provinces of Entire Rios
and Corrientes touches the Ur-
uguav River
The northern boundary of
unirrigated wheat will follow
the line of mean annual pre-
Cipitation of one meter to the
west till it meets the annual
isotherm of 2l degrees; the
western boundary will pass
southeast through the provin-
ce of Cordoba to Villa Merced-
es in the province of San Luis;
the southern limit will be
line connecting Villa Merced-
es with the Atlantic some dis
tance south of the city of Bue-
nos Ayres.
All of this is land adapted
for wheat. According to the
calculations of Mr. Kaerger,
the territory comprised within
these limits embraces an area
of 157,O0O,OOO acres.
In 1898, when Sir William
Crookes published his gloomy
forecast of world starving for
wheat, our own area devoted
to the cereal was only <4,OOO,-
600 acres, a little more than
one-fourth of the territory
which, according to the au-
thority we are quoting, may be
devoted to wheat in Argentina
under the most favorable eli
matte conditions.
Deducting a fourth of this
area as needed for pasturage
and for other crops required
by the farming population,
there would still remain about
four times as large an area Of
wheat land as we at present
are giving to wheat culture;
and we are producing about
one-tifth of the worlds crop
and far more than any other
country.
But we are giving nine
times as much land to the cul-
turc of wheat as is now sown
with that grain in Argentina.
That country raises only about
9o,OOO,OOO bushels a year. 1t is
able to export great deal only
because the population of the
republic is small.
The time has not yet come
to include Argentina among
the great granaries of the
world. The country has not
sufficient labor as yet to devel
op its wheat growing interests
rapidly; the cattle and sheep
raising in this favored region
and maize culture are under
some circumstances more prof
table than wheat.
| The point which Mr.. kaer-
ger makes is that when the
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-08-16
A COMING TREASURY DEFICIT.

VIII Mr.. Roosevelt be called upon to
face a deficit in the treasury before he
stands for reelection in 1904? is the
serious question which officials of the
administration are asking themselves and
each other, every day. AS is well known
the deficit for the month of July was
81. 507,S SIG but it was confidently predicted
that there would be no deficit for August,
for, it was said, July was always a
month in which unusual expenses had
to be met. But the figures for this month
four days of the month the expenses of
the government exceeded the receipts by
$55. 437. 81 and the officials of the treasury
admit tina the deficits for each succeed
ing month are likely to show an increase.
Many of the expenditures authorized by
the recent Congress are, as yet hardly
under way and when the contractors
vouchers begin to come in there is every
likelihood that the discrepancy between
receipts anu expenses Will ~ C even SiCot-
er. While the enormous surplus of $685.
600, 900 may not be wiped out during the
current fiscal year, continuous deficits
will necessitate the material reduction of
the deposits in national banks, reducing
the loanable funds of those banks and
affecting general business most seriously.
There are now numerous business men
to be found who predict that any serious
check to the financial operations of tie
country will be followed by a rapid de-
m%oralization of the markets and that
recovery will be impossible until many
of the trusts, whose stock is composed
very largely of water have been WHIP
ed out of existence. Such an operation
must be attended by a serious panic and
resultant hard times and the effect
on the hopes of the administration would
be most disastrous. When the receipts
and expenses of the government for
August and September nave been COM
piled it will be possible to forecast the
entire fiscal year and then the President
his cabinet will be able to see will
be the conditions against which they will
have to contend.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-08-16
Notice to Creditors.

IN THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Court of the State of Nevada, in and for
the county of Humboldt.-In the matter
of the estate of Arthur Rodgers, de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given that Elizabeth
A. Rodgers, the undersigned, was on the
18th day of August, 1902, duly appointed
and qualified by the Fifth Judicial Dis
trict Court of the State of Nevada, in
and for the county of Humboldt, as the
e%xecutrix of the last will and testament
of Arthur Rodgers, late of the city and
county of San Francisco, State of Cali
fornia, deceased. All creditors having
claims against said estate are required
to file the same, with proper vouchers at
tached, with the Clerk of said Court,
within three months after the first pub
LEGATION of this notice.
Dated Winnemucca, Nevada, August
10th, 1902.
ELIZABETH A. RODGERS,
Executrix of the Last Will n Tesla
ment of Arthur Rodgers, Deceased.
au16w4.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-08-16

A most interesting statement, made
recently by Commissioner of Pensions
Ware is to the effect that during the
last session of Congress special pension
bills were passed which added 1000 names
to the pension rolls and general legis-
Iation was enacted which would even
tually add 10000 names to the already
long list of pensioners. 1t has been the
number of years past, to announce that
each year had witnessed the extreme
limit In the number of pensioners and
hat the year following would see a re-
duction in the list. Such. however, has
not been the case. AS the number be-
came reduced by deaths, Congress promt-
ly took steps to increase the number of
eligibles' by new legislation and now
thirty-seven years after the close of the
Civil wal there are on the rolls but GA
less h one million pensioners. With
the constant stream of applications from
veterans of the Spanish war and from
the soldiers who nave seen duty in the
Philippines there is little promise of re-
lief for the tax payers for many years
to come. The unfortunate fact that every
pension usually means a gooely number
OF votes for the member of Congress who
Is Instrumental in securing 1t is one OF
the deplorable factors which nave served
TO enlarge the pension rolls beyond all
reason.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-08-16
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT.

US. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
W~INNEMUCCA STATION, Aug ID, 1907
Conditions of weather for the "a hours ending
SPIN. 18th meridian time or 500 Pm. local
time.
Mean barometer, 1894
Maximum temperature, IS degrees.
Minimum temperature. 46 above zero.
Mean temperature, 81 degrees.
Normal temperature, 70 degrees.
Prevailing wind-direction s.W.
Precipitation for "a hours Q. inches.
Min. temperature, Aug 16, As above zero.
J. HAYDEN.
Observer Weather Bureau.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair tonight and Sunday.
McADIE.
II, 1902
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-08-16

The editor who characterized the Re-
publican policy as "murderous' was not
so extravagant after all. A Republican
tariff has resulted in abnormally high
prices for the necessaries OF life ana the
high prices have resulted in a fearful
increase of the number of suicides. Re-
publican statesmen are at least accessor-
les before the fact.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-08-16

The Internal Revenue Commissioners,
Mr.. Yerkes, reports the receipts of the
bureau for the year to be $271 1861, $3.50. 20,
from all sources. This Is a decrease OF
$35, O03, 679.1 II from the receipts of last year
resulting from the repeating of the war
revenue taxes.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-08-16

If it is his surplus that the American
manufacturer is selling abroad at cost
which means for IS per cent less h in
America, the American consumer would
like to have him change about n sell
to him at cost while he makes his pro-
fit of the foreigner.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-08-16

Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.. Littlefield will
now apply themselves to entertaining the
public with an antitrust hippodrome
while the other Republican leaders will
leaders that there's nothing in It,"
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-08-16
HENRY w. NEWLY,
CIVIL ENGINEER.

County Surveyor Of Humboldt County.
Deputy State Land Register. and U. B.
Deputy Mineral Surveyor.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-08-16

Fol- a good livery rig, inquire OF H. J
Lorentzen at the Giroux stable.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-08-16

stated communication Of Winnemucca Lodge
y: III :. x a. M VIII De neid AZ tneir nalI IN
$50 p. m. on the first saturday evening OF each
month. All Master Masons In good standing
Are cordially invited TO attend.
w. A. BROWN, W. M.
CHRIS WOLF Secretary
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-08-16
81. James Lodge No. 8, 4. 0. U. ".

The Lodge meets AZ their hall in "6ilver State"
building on the first and third Tuesdays of every
month at 7 p. m. SojourninR members IN good
standing are invited to attend.
J. W. GUTHRIE M. w.
g. +. MULLER, Financler.
JOS. ROUGON. Recorder.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-24
There is more catarrh in this section Of the

There is more Catarrh in this section OF the
and until the last few years was supposed to he
incurable. For great many years doctors pro-
nounced it local disease. and prescribed local
remedies. and by constantly failing to cure with
ence has proven catarrh to be q constitutional
disease, and, therefore, requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by g. J. Cheney g. Co. Toledo, Ohio, is the only
constitutional cure on the market. 1t is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops to a Teaspoons
full. 1t acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred
dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials. Address,
F..J. CHENEY b co., Toledo, q.
szrsold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the bsst.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-24
Up ANOTHER NOTCH
Provisions in the Local Markets
Again Advance. Including
Many Necessaries.
Potatoes Up IS Cents Today.--
Flour Also Higher and Butt
ter Expensive.
Vegetables Scarce and Con-
sidered Luxuries at the
Present Prices.

Another sharp advance in the prices
of groceries and provisions has taker
place, as a result of scarcity in some
products and the high price of meats.
Local grocers say they are being
criticised on all sides by those who do
not understand the situation and
charge the dealers with elevating prices
on their own responsibility and without
slight margin, however, to pay rent and
help and other expenses, and the recent
advance in prices is not of his doing.
Potatoes advanced today Is cents per
bushel at retail, as the jobbers raised
their price by that figure in car load
lots. The tubers have been selling at
so cents per bushel in car lots, but were
today quoted at S1.15 retail and may go
higher. Flour is also advancing with
the recent rise in wheat, and in the
past ten days has been marked up 80
centssper berrel. With every advance
Of 2 cents in the price of wheat flour Is
showed up 10 cents per barrel.
Eggs, which have been retailing at a
shilling per dozen, are quoted today at
Is cents. Grocers say there is not one
third enough country butter to meet
the demands. while creamery butter is
retailing at 80 cents. They attribute
the scarcity of country butter at this
time to the high price being paid by
the creameries for cream. When farm
ers can secure % cents per inch for
cream the profit to the farmer is as
great as If he churned it, and he thus
avoids the work and care necessary to
the production of marketable butter.
While fresh vegetables are to be
found in the local markets, the prices
are so high they are considered lux
uries, as usual at this season before
home grown garden truck is to be
procured.
Bacon and lard have kept pace with
the Increase in prices of beef and pork
but other staples, such as sugars. cof-
fee, dried fruits. ETC., have shown nc
material changes in their quotations.
With the appearance of home grown
vegetables and small fruits and de-
creased demand for other edibles
prices are expected to recede to their
normal level.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-24
"Pome" by a Benedict.

In the spring the grooming husband
Eats his victuals in the barn.
For his wife must clean the mansion
And she doesn't care a darn;
And the yard is full of carpets,
And the trees are full of sheets,
And he has to live on crackers,
Cistern water and sliced beets.
And at night the patient husband
Has to sleep upon the floor,
And he feels SO plumb disguised
That he swears that life's bore:
When the blamed old cleaning's over
Then the wife is taken i'll,
And it keeps the husband busted,
Buying dope and drug and pill;
And the mansion Is no cleaner
Than it was when she began,
But she'd STAY him If he said SO,
And he is prudent man.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-24
WAITING ON FRANCIS.
Washington Officials Expect Formal
Announcement Regarding WorId'a

Fair Soon.
Washington, April 24.-President d.
f. Francis, of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition, was expected in Washing
ton yesterday, but instead, has left
New York City for Charleston. A gen
tlemaE who has been in touch with him
during the past few days stated that
unless his plans were changed he
would be in Washington on the evening
OF the 25th This will be in ample time
for any conference which may be de-
sired in connection with the fair post
ronement amendment to the sundry
civil bill, as the bill will not be re-'
ported until some time next week.
There is a movement against one of
the amendments to the fair bill which
provides that all appointments in con-
nection with the government exhibit
shall be with the approval of the sec
rotary of the treasury. 1t is argued that
the provision will greatly hamper
those in charge of the different depart
ment exhibits, as many of the employees
must be engaged In an emergency, and
tant states or waters, as In the case of
institution or the department of agri-
culture. The secretary of the treasury
is Indifferent to the provision. and
would welcome relief from the embar-
easements which it will entail. In any
event he will place no obstacle in the
way of the speedy preparation of the
government exhibit.
1t develops since the return of Gov
ernor Taft to Washington that the de-
sire of the officials of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition Company is that
the appropriation of s250,O00 be great
ly increased by the committee in
charge of the civil administration Of
affairs in the island. There are indica-
tons that the increase, if made at all,
can not be as large as the fair people
hoped. The governor will do all he can
in this connection, but as the expenses
CT the civil government are constantly
increasing, the outcome is doubtful.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-24
JEWISH PASSOVER.

Now Being Celebrated by Reformed
and Orthodox Hebrews.
The jewish passover began Monday,
and for one week from that date the
people who adhere to the ancient Gus
toms of the Jews will eat no leavened
bread and will abstain from many ar
ticles of food which at other times OF
the year are looked upon as necessary
Among the reformed Jews the season
is of Importance only in SO far that
they have religious services at thell
houses of worship on the first and last
days Of the week and have the unleav-
ened bread on their table at meal times
more as reminder of the ancient GUS
tom than as a part of the meal,
But among the orthodox Jews great
preparations are made for the proper
celebration Of the feast. The habita-
lions, no matter whether they are
large or small, a dark apartment in a
double decker tenement house or a pre-
tentious private house, are thoroughly
cleansed, and every kitchen utensil
which is used in the rest of the year
is put away to make room for the. Pa
sach kitchen ware. An orthodox Jew
ish household must be extremely poor
where there are not special kitchen
utensils and tableware for the pass
over.
On the first evening of the feast the
members of the family gather about
the table, which is laid as deliberately
as the householder's purse will allow
and then the story of the passover il
read by the head of the family, ano
the origin of the feast is explained to
the children. wh5 take part in tn
quaint ceremony by responses and
songs. No matter how poor the fam,
lily may be, there is always a vacan
chair at the table when this ceremon.
known as the Seder, takes place. to
typify hospitality. This is the chief
religious ceremony of the week, and is
observed to some extent even among
the reformed Jews who have modern
lied the ceremony, however, by reading
the story in English instead Of using
the original Hebrew
The unleavened bread, which re-
sembles large crackers, Is made en-
tirely from flour and water. In the
large concerns the mass is mixed and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-24
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One of the commonest indications OF
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