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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-30
MOBILE WOMAN KILLED
 WHILE LYING IN BED
Mrs. Dickson Strangled to Death by Unknown Man. William Godeau ASsaSSinated-- Attempt
 to Kidnap Little Girl.

Although the police and sheriff depart ments have been working assiduously since the commission of the murders they have gained nothing to lead them to make any further arrests.
 After Alex Ford.
 Sheriff Powers telegraphed to his son, Deputy Will Powers, at Mertz. this after noon Took out for and arrest Alex Ford" Alex Ford is the negro who was arrested here about year ago dur ing the Jack the Slapper" excitement and was sent to the lunatic asylum at Mount Vernon, after admitting that he had struck a number of women with a stick and naming the houses at which he had made the assaults. It is believed by many from evidence at hand that this negro has been in Mobile for the past ten days. and there are many who believe that he is responsible for the murder of Mrs Dickson. though the chief of police takes no stock in this theory
 Chief Soost states that the killing Of Mrs. Dickson was evidently done by a man familiar with the house and grounds and that the detectives could find no evl- dence of any footprints around the house outside the window. They nave evidence of family troubles in both me murder of Mrs. Dickson and the attempt ed Kidnapping of the little Binzer chllo' but could make nothing public as yet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-30
Heavy Earthouakes.

The Norwegian steamship Managua' which arrived here this morning from Belize, British Honduras. brings start ling news of frightful earthquake shocks all along the Central American coast eA- tending from Puerto Barrios to Santa Thomas in Guatemala and from Stittee River to Belize.
 The Managua sailed from Puerto Bar rios last Tuesday and 1t was during that day that severe earthquake shocks were felt lasting for a period of three min utes. The citizens were excited beyond description. The shocks came from the direction of Guatemala City which was visited by a destructive earthquake sev- eral months ago, but up to the time of the Managua's departure nothing was heard from that place. At each place touched at, the steamer tried to ascer- tain the location of the earthquake, but communication being cut off with Qua temala City, nothing could be learned.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1902-09-01
THE MODERN FARMER.

A few years ago not many people
living in cities concerned themselves
about the farmer. They knew he lived
and delved, provided the markets with
all the good things of life, but to him
further attention was not given. or
course the poets sang songs of praise
to a rural life, but that has always
been a great part of their occupation.
But nobody told of the farmers pro-
gress, of his new ways of life and what
he was doing to add to the comforts
of the rest of the world. There was
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1902-09-01

the first of November, and the last
year it was measured as fed and sold
by weight The hay weighed out 200
Probably if the hay were all measured
November first it would have been
equivalent to same by weight as by
measure. ri. M. Lichty, in the Sun
nyside Sun.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1902-09-01
A Giant Harvester.

The Los Angeles Herald describes
the biggest harvesting machine in the
world. 1t consists of traction en-
CINE, capable of handling seventy-fve
tons, and which takes the place OF
sixty horses, header or moving ma
chine, which cuts a swath thirty-six
feet. and a threshing machine all COM
plete The threshing machine and
header are run by thirty-horse-power
engine, entirely separate from the trac-
ton engine, save that they both get
steam from the same boiler. The ap-
paratus moves over the ground at
different speeds, according to the
thickness of the crop, while all the
time the header and thresher are going
at full speed, whether the grain be
thick or thin. The average speed
made is three and a half miles an hour
and 100 acres day can be threshed
by the machine. The drive wheels
of this monster traction engine are
eight feet in diameter and have tires
forty eight inches wide, on which are
ridges an inch and half high. Eight
men are employed on the thresher.
Half a minute after the header starts
to work the threshed grain begins to
fall into the sacks on the other side
from where it is cut, while the straw
falls into a cart behind. The heads
are carried away from the header by
draper, or moving belt, forty-eight
inches wide They are carried through
colander, which breaks the beard
from the barley and shells it at the
same time, then by a narrow belt
through two cleanrs, and finally to a
bin, from which it is sacked. The
sacks are sewed and set aside as fast
as filed When twelve sacks have
been filled they are allowed to slide
off the cart on which they are stacked
to the ground. Likewise when the
straw cart is full it is dumped This
giant automobile is sixty feet long
and half as wide, weighing over hun
dred tons. It uses oil as fuel, necessi-
tating the use of four horses to haul
oil and water for the boiler as it trav-
els around large areas.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1902-09-01
Number Tons of Alfalfa to the Acre.

Sometime since in conversation with
O. A. Fechter of North Yakima, whose
judgment as to land and property val
ues in the valley we regard very high
ly, expressed himself as having some
doubts that the Sunnyside country
was producing the large yields of al
falfa that was claimed for it. He said
that his own experience and obserVa-
ton in handling alfalfa lands in the
valley would lead him to believe that
this class Of lands about Sunnyside
were not producing the crops that
were claimed for them.
In the past lew days had an inter
view with Mr.. Arthur Stewart, who is
visiting his brother-in-law, j. K. Whit
ney, of this place, and who is now In
vestigating the claims Of this country
for lands as an investment OF capital,
and he expresses himself the same as
Mr.. fechter.
We have always contended that
seven tons of hay per acre was very
conservative estimate for the average
yield of alfalfa at this place. rearing
that the gentlemen named above
might be correct in their conclusions
| have interviewed number OF the
leading alfalfa producers OF this dis
trict. The questions asked were;
How many years have you oeen pro
ducing alfalfa?" From your own eX-
perience and observations what do you
regard as the average product OF the
alfalfa fields that you have harvested
or seen harvested, one year with an
other, since you were -4ere, your Judg-
ment to be based on actual measure
ments of the meadow and weight or
measurement of hay?'
Name Years experience No. tons
and observation. per acre.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1902-09-01

one reason for this silence in the days
that are past, and that was that the
farmer had not reached the plane
that he has reached today. Now he is
surrounded by every comfort in life,
and when he signs for more it is be-
cause human nature is never satisfied,
and human nature is the same on the
farm as anywhere else.
In saying which nothing out of the
ordinary is told to the world, but the
facts in connection with the new con-
ditions should never be lost sight of.
We are all so accustomed to modern
marvels of improvement that no soon
er are we interested in the practical
development of one idea than another
is presented for our consideration. II
our grandfathers on the farm had been
told that their grandchildren would en-
joy the convenience of electric cars
passing their doors in the country,
that they might transport themselves
from one town to another, or that they
could remain in their homes and talk
to their neighbOrs roundabout every
where, send messages, order goods and
transact other business in the towns
and cities equally as we'll as If they
had gone thither to perform these
things; or that they could find their
letters and newspapers delivered at
their doors, and at those very doors
pay bills by post checks; or that they
could have libraries composed of the
best books written placed within easy
reach, and always receive supplies of
new books on all manner of subjects;
or have central schools, which would
be colleges in fact, SO far as teachers
and methods and instructions were
concerned, and that the children OF
large district would be conveyed to
and from these schools in comfortable
carriages; or that-impossibl they
never would have allowed the enum-
Grafton to proceed half that length,
but would have told the informant
that his prattle had better cease, as
there was no inclination to listen to
such fairy tales. And yet, even now,
all these things have been accom-
plished, and evidences are presenting
themselves every day that even great
er wonders are in store for us. There
are some modern prophets who are
shouting from housetops that the mil
lenium is near at hand, but if those
grandparents we have just mentioned
had believed that they were to expert
ence such things as the farmers of
today are enjoying they would not
have hesitated in concluding that the
world had no longer to wait for the
promised glorious epoch, as it had al
ready arrived.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1902-09-01

Making an average VI q lAI|AN wv
tons per acre.
John Chisholm, Fred Allen and W..
H. Cline are among our heaviest pro-
ducers of alfalfa, they have always
sold their hay to feeders and are there-
fore in position to give figures as TO
what their meadows have ylelueu
them. Mr.. Chisholm now has meadow
aggregating Is acres, some OF THIS Is
late seeding. He is willing to be
quoted as stating that his meadows
have returned him SA tons per acre.
Fred Allen has about 80 acres OF pro-
ducing meadow and his report is the
same as Mr.. Chisholm's. The three
gentlemen named above were among
the first to plant alfalfa at Sunnysloe'
and are in the best position to give
figures as to what meadows Will no.
one wear with another, for the longest
period known in Sunnyslde. new
meadows do not yield as well as ola
ones. and for this reason | think those
who have been here a shorter numper
of wears, are not able to report DIS
high as those of longer years OF eX-
perienca.
w. n. Cline says, while l have
been harvesting alfalfa for six or elght
wears I have kept an exact record only
the mast three years. | now have l4l
acres in alfalfa. The past three years
my alfalfa meadows have averaged
me 1923 tons to the acre. me TWO
years prior the hay was measured on
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1902-09-01
Wearing Out Wheat Lands.


likely to be practiced on many of the
arid farms of the west for some years
to come is justly charged with reduc-
ing fertility of the soil. The main rea-
son for this is that the grain and fire.
quently the straw are taken off the
land and nothing is returned. In the
practice of arid farming, however, sew
eral causes tend to diminish the evil
effects of continued wheat cropping.
First, the yields are smaller than those
obtained on irrigated farms and less
plant food is taken away as result.
Secondly, the header is commonly used
on arid farms which practically leaves
all of the straw on the ground to fer
tilize it.
Then again, our ordinary soils are
extremely fertile as compared with
those under humid conditions so that
there is no immediate danger of soil
exhaustion. Experience has shown,
however, that the fertility of our soils,
if cropped too persistently and in an
unscientific manner, must necessarily
suffer gradual and serious diminution.
A rational system of rotating crops
will prevent this in the case of irri-
gated places, but on the arid ranch
such rotation is, with our present ex-
perience, almost impossible. The fire.
quent following and deep fall blowing
so often recommended for the rain
belt will in large measure offset this
difficulty.
The only element of plant food that
is likely to be exhausted is nitrogen
which by the application of modern
scientific results, may be restored to
the soil. The element nitrogen occurs
in great quantities in the atmosphere
but is present in such form that most
plants cannot use it, All leguminous
or pod bearing plants such as alfalfa,
the clover, vetches, peas and beans,
differ from other crops in possessing a
special power of taking nitrogen from
the air. 1t would, therefore, seem wise
at certain intervals, to sow alfalfa
or some annual leguminous crop on
the arid ranch in order to fertilize
the soil.
This will be profitable, even though
the crop terminates and grows only
for a few weeks and withered by the
hot weather, for during it's growth it
will take from the air considerable
quantities of nitrogen which, if left in
the roots and stubble of the crop will
add to the soils store of nitrogen. 1t
may be said that where some legume
is grown simply to enrich the leaves
and stalks of the crop for the purpose
of fertilization alfalfa is not best
adapted to this purpose and something
else, preferably an annual, should be
grown. On the great plains of eastern
Colorado where most of our non-rrri-
gated wheat is raised, the wild sun
flower and other rankly grown weeds
spring up Immediately after breaking
the soil or harvesting a grain crop.
This growth is excellent to turn under
as a fertilizer or to improve the me-
chanical condition of the soil.-Field
and Farm.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1902-09-01

All we want is your dollar
for The Ranch.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-27
OLD CHUMS
They Drank Out of Same Old
 0aken Bucket.

Hon, Dudley G. Woo,sn and Phll A6ra- hams were ln wears gone bv childhood ehums ln the Lone Star state and with bo, lsh glse hunted the poSSum and the coon along the m'rglns of the moOnlit eom6slds that skirt the llvs-oSk forests on the shores of the Guli Of Mexico When they met ! St summer thers were "reminiscences g ,lore dug ont ot the almost .rgo,isn past. The Cottige City brought Phil a letter from h's old college ehum, ln whith ths congressman from Texas h nd' ou, the following bouquets Co hls mshy good and appreda'lvs friends ln SSaEwaY;
 "l wish that vcu W ult express Co ali of my irisnds at Skagwlv my Intense ap- preOlilolS of thslr generous feellngs to- wards ne, and say to them tha, am ready and anxious Co srvs them in any way ln my power.
 There is delegation of citizens from Alaskl at Washington now, working h the interest of appropriate legislation for th,t tsrriiorv and am d-ing all tha, ! can to help them.
 Please siy (, the members o' the Skag- way chamber of commerce tha, received thelr uftsouS and q tlsrIng letter, written about a n5rtn gs, and had !, published n the Tsxls D pefs.
 expect Co visit vour country again, lf possible, next summer, and the Interest which my late visit excited will never de out.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-27
RIGHT AWAY
Another Yld 2 RJilrOad
 Story.

Capt. Sohn He4lv, ciplt4llsi, Interested In Che towusiie oi Valdez snd the build ing of th. rilro q Co Copper Center, Is expected in seattle.
 Dulng ibe present winter ll Is stated by thoS. ass,ciitd with Capt. HsAly, pre5,rii-rs will s- completed for putting oI5I r.c uum5,i rf meu On the cJ' Struel- i.n .u The srring, wiin the intention Vi e.m-Is-ing the line as far as Copper Cen Ger by fin
 Whsthsr or not lt Is to be extended further north than that point, at Ones. will not be known until after the aHiy ] Oi Csp,. He-ly, and it my be that he will not es able Co make any definite statement.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-27
Grips and valis.s 9, Ciayson g.
All klrdS of good things with beer ht 10 cents st the Pack Train Saloon.

psopoSALS roe WuAET Ar NEw AENY Posr, HANEs. ALAskA.-CunstructinE Quaitefmas tet's once. SkagNay Alaska, Dec. !, fVl. Sealed prorusals iu tripIicfte will bc tccelHeu ncie un' tu u AM Wednesday Drc. 3l, l9Q2, and then Dpsnad fof Che construction of a wharf, an- 1roach warckuusc &c., at New Army Pot on Portare Cove. Haines. Alnska. Pia and speci- HcatiOus nay bc seen and any further intormA tIuu ob. aimed here Hho at Ofices Of Depot Guar tcrmastcr, Poriaud. Quartermaster, Seattle, and SIEuaI Unirc. Juneau Alaska. Right 70 e. .erted to accept or reject any of all proposal ls. Envelope shOuld De- m-fkci .ftopo-sla iol i y, harfa Haines' and addressed to CAPTAIN W. P. RICHARDSON, CogstrucunL Quartermaa- Ger. skagWay, Alaska.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-27
Ths Northsrn PasIAo

Is ths ru'e D tronlzej by experienced trlv .ers over tnlS continent and you can n0, t5 Better than ( ke this route when n-xr vuu are going E1st. Three trans c1ntinrn'al ,rll g diilv. For tickets ana alI afuim ti n, sal Jn or write 10 A. Tin.nr. Gsni Agent, Tacoma, or ]. A. Na1eau, Gsnl. Agent, Seattle.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-27

1u- Royal L1undrv cannot be excellsd The, n suit your taste and eonVeniene. and ftv v.u ln prices. Phone o7, next to eleculc light y'ant.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-27

Furnished rooms and houses for rent advertised in the Daily Alaskan-always bring plenty of applicants.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1902-05-02
CUENTOS Y MARRIAGE ZONES
d CUELLO VUELTO

Dos 6fAs Yiyieron de 10 cAridad de los We
einoa. los euatro pequenueIos de 10 Gallons;
fneron 1os dos dfas que su madre estuvo en- 10
ekrca.
el cAso fu6 el Iiguisnte:
Maria Peps, alias la salons, Gali6 una
mfdan@ del tendedeFc con IN gran ITO de ropa
blanca, eneRmin6se Al domiciiio de su nueva
psYYcq ans, una senorE que habfa venido de
Madrid y quisn ssrvfa por primsra vsz
Maria Pepa, viudA con cuatro chiquitines,
era unR m ujer alta, huesos1, rudA de tanta
fortaleZA fiHica, que jAm4s habfsn alterado su
aRIud de bronco, nj las fstigas corporaes, nj
Ias inclemenciss del tismpo; 10 miamo iba oil
RIO, cArgadA como una mula con tremendos
envoltorios de ropa, amen del Smam1fsrcD que
tirab& como un diableio del pez6n, aguan-
tando los ardores de nm sol csnicuAr, como
rompia & pufstaEos Ell hielo para ponerse
lRvAr.
Verd&d es que los cuatro rett fias que Ie
hAbfa dejAdo su hombre no consentfan melin-
6res ni vacilaciones trAtAndose de In penosa
fRena con que Sc CANADA In vida.
Cuando lego &l recien construfdo hotel de
IL parroquians, le SAT- al pBao con una remil-
gGda doncela, la cnai ls oi1o, despues de bug
car IN cuRdernO un lhpiz:
Mi mama es muy ssfora de su casa
nulere tomar lss cusntas por 81 mism& ven
case conmigo al iardfn, que es donde estk Aho.
AVA "a fu6 nues, Ia GAIlona en- ros de su
Rufs, una vez en- prgsehcia de L. senor1, co.
memo sscar prendas de fopa p sumar cen.
slmoE por los dedos, mientras 10 Soncella ibR
kpuHt&nQO On 6i CuAucLaOs
-Siete pafiuelos.. slete, tres cEntimos
hacsn venthn o6ntimos; tres ens gnas, y VEIN
10 c6ntlmos, veinte, y veinte cuarentA Sssen-
tA c6ntImoG.
--IC6mo, q veinte c6ntimos l-diio Ia Sc.
horA-SIsmpre he pAgado ounce slRs ena-
guRa.
--Pues 20 llsvo . VENTS.
-Es muy elAro....; pongames cineusnts
por las tres enaguRs.
Bueno, cincusntA e6ntlmos.
-Cincuenta-9pnnt6 In doncella,
--Cuatro fundAs do 8lmohada pro
siaui6 lA o 1llona-a sells centlmos cadA. uno,
hacen veinticuatro; tres sGbanss, ounce
EentinoS, euArentR y cinco; dos chambaAs, .
diez c6ntimos.
20 no es 10 que vale en- todas parties Ell
IaVado De una chambra.
-IPero. sGfiora. -. Bien, pondremos nne-
We e6rumoR....
NO iochci 81 10 convine, bueno, y al no,
buscaFG otra lAvsn6era.
Dies sels esntimos -apunt6 Ia donee-
llh, vfendo que Sc cAllaba ls Maria Pepa, y
eontinu6 esta:
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1902-05-02

-Doee serviIlesss, > seis eeotimos cada
-lMuy caro-, muy carol A einco cSnti-
mog, estan bien ps gadas.
-iVaigame Dlos, sef1oral-dijo con me7cla
de pesadumbre de rabia In lavandera, acor-
dkndose de aua brfos y conteniendo una psls-
bra bestial que lie temblaba en- los Iabios.
En- esto sstAban, cuando vino . intsrrum-
pir tan Iaboriosa operaci6n aritmetisa Ia liega.
d. de dos muy compuestRs ss61ras.
-IMstildei AugsiitaI-axcl&m6 albo-ozs-
dfsima Ii duena de Ii casa, dandolas sendos
abrazos bssuqueAndolas sstrepisosamente-
SCuando h&b6ia lIegado?
Aver noche. qaerida. 20 YES qee POGO
hsmos tardado en- vanir verts.
-iCuanto os 10 agradezcoi
-lQu6 bonito han dejsdo ell hctalI
eI iardin es delcioso.
-Pero oye-dijo ID llAmada Matilds-Ic6.
mo no ha s&lido recibirnos Querubin que
tanto noa quieref
-loalla mujefl Ccmetf In crueldad de de.
tarlo en- Madrid, por misdo que estropea.
ne las q orss, pues 70 sabeis 10 revoltoso que es
-. El pobrsciso estk algo delicado. La puse
de hu6spsG en- casa de aquel memorfaIista que
vlve en- ell soto5sneo, recomend4ndolo mucho
y atustando al pupilajs en- cuatro duros 81 mes
80. Psro hace tres dias comence echsYle
de menos Of ordenas para que me- 10 enviasen.
-lPobre Qaerubin
- Es precioso
ME- han escrito que hoy ilegark, sn ell
tren de Ia nochs.
-9Y qui6n 10 trae?
grstiReo esp'6ndidaments. Ademks, hs
encargado que remitan con Qaerubfn 81 osmi.
ta algodonads, ia mAntits, las dos toalias Y L.
esponia da l2varlo. -; para el viate mRnde
que la hiCiesen una tortilA de iam6n que le
compFasen nm eusrto de kllo de galletas dnAs,
dns va sabeis le GUSTAV mueho......
~ Es mas goioso
Hoy bAjar& Fsrmfn 10 estaci6n con en-.
sarge de Cue 10 traiga en bEasos, porque como
sst6 tan ejos de aquf, puede que 80 c&nss.
La GSliOnA entonces p1eg0nt6 ai dido de
10 doncel
Else Qusrubfn.... Ses aIgdn hijo de 10
se1ora?
ri Gale usted, busna muier, no Olga dis
paPateal HI sefora 80 ya de edad.... soIte.
ra. Qaerubin es IN perrito de lanAs.
Al oir aqaello ls Gallona sinti6 scomo Of lie
subiese los hiios una nube de ssngre.... ltal
fu6 In Ira que d. ella "a apoder5i y acsrckpdo-
ne q In gth1fA levant6 el brAzo.... de cuello
vueto le sacudi6 en- In cara tan recio bofet6n
que tue rodando por IL arena del iardfn.
Ramiro Blaneo.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1902-05-02
Question de yapores
EI Hotel Coamo

q vapor sOoamoS que snteriormente Sc
liam0 Ell sOalfcrnias de In GNsw- York and
Porto. Rico Steamshin Co, prohsblenenta saI
dra de Nueva Yo'k para San Jasn ell 10 de
Mayo. Ell buQue puede decfrse que nuevo,
pues Sc ie han hecho grAndss reparaciones
d2ndosele otra forma
Tiene camerotea sobre cubierta con boni-
tas csmas de bronze todss las comodida ads
modernas pudisndo conducir mss pasaieros
que cns'qu uisr otro vapor de los aoe hscau Ia
sravesfa dabe hgeer ell viais ia Nnevs Yo X
& San Juan en- cuatro aingladnrss.
El GPonces ell sSAn Juans irkn 81 didne
por sigunas senanas cuando smpisea ureasar
servcios ell &Ooamos despn6s 81 @san uans 6
el<Ponce2 hsFan xusesvisgas dfreetsnsnts de
Nueva York Ponce.
Be suponfa gereraIments que Ell xCalifor-
nias llevarfa el nembre de <MayagnszS da
eaalqnier otro puerto ds Ia isls, pero Ii raz6n
de haberle dado al nombre del pueblo de los
bsfos, es Ia de qua 10 eompafiia de vspores
penss fabricar en no LELAND tianpo IN hotsl
para invernRr en- Ooamo 81 eual dar& eomodi
dad . varies cisntos de hu&spsdes
Este hotel sera anuSciado por todos los
Estadoa UnIdos ? las cientos de personas que
dssesn ponerss sslvo del pvIaFno an e Nor
te pasaran esa estaefon en- Puerto Rico.