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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-03-13
ILLINOIS CENTRAL LINE TO EN-.
PLoY ELECTRICITY.
IN THE LARGER YARDS
But Ultimately the Innovation Will be
Used Over the Entire System
Old Oil Lamps a Thing of the
Past-Other Notes of Interest
on the Rail.

Electric switch lights are to replace
the old-time oil lamps on the Illinois
| Central system. Officers of the road
have been experimenting with the new
style lamps and they are so pleased
with the results that contracts have
been let for equipping the yards in
Fulton, Ky, and Fort Dodge Iowa.
with the new device, The device to
| be used is in the shape of an iron arm
that drops the lamp into the switch
standard from above. The wires are
run along the track and through the
arm. A cap protects the top of the
switch and prevents water from get
telegraph department of the road
said that for the present the electric
switches would be used only in the
large yards and at terminals, where
allnight electric power was furnished
by the municipalities. Later wires
may be strung from one of these
power stations to another and every
switch lamp on the system changed
from oil to electricity In speaking
of the change an official said
THE electric switch lamp is an in
novation, but the experiments have
demonstrated their superiority over
the oil lamp. The great trouble with
the later is its liability to go out.
The passing of a train over a switch
probably puts out more switch lights
than any other one thing. There is
an element of danger in this and much
unnecessary work caused When an
engineer discovers a switch light out
he reports it to the first agent and the
latter must go at once and relight it..
In addition to the ease with which the
oil lights are extinguished they are ex-
pensive in the way of maintenance.
In many places men are employed to
attend to these lamps exclusively.
They must be taken down every day
cleaned and replaced. The electric
switch light cannot be jolted out.
They take care of themselves and no
cleaning of the globes is necessary.
They may also be seen a much longer
distance than the oil lights"
The Illinois Central is going in for
electricity with vim. In addition to
the switch lights telephones are to
supplant telegraph instruments for
| operating trains and conducting the
company'S other business.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-03-13

Next Tuesday the Milwaukee and st
Paul road will begin operating it's own
sleepers over the Superior division
of the system, the contract with the
Pullman company have expired. Ten
new sleepers will be put in the service
between Chicago and Milwaukee and
Houghton, Calumet Superior and On
tonagon.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-02

broad ground that Kansas has no
rights or interest in the stream, and
that the appropriations of water by
Colorado are in accordance with the
doctrine respecting the use of water
of a natural stream for beneficial
purposes which has prevailed always
in the arid regions of this country.
Kansas will contend that notwith-
standing the fact that the Arkansas
takes its head among the mountains
of Colorado, all the country through
which that river passes has proper
tionate claims to it's waters. The
overruling of the demurrer indicates
that the court purposes to hear the
Kansas side of the case, and it is to
be hoped that the final decision will
deal with the broad principles in
volved and establish a just basis for
the use of water from interstate
streams throughout the irrigated
West"
GUY E. MITCHELL.
Washington, D.. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-02

is to be the work of ". F. MASSEY,
T. Z. Bruner and Franklin Sher-
man, and will cover the best varie-
ties, spraying, treatment, etc. Much
will be devoted to the apple. There
is remarkable interest in this fruit
since the notably fine apple show
at the State Fair. Inquiries as to
apples and apple-growing lands are
coming in all the way from Mime
sofa. There is no limit to the posi-
bilities of this business In the noun
tain counties. Moses Cone, who has
10000 trees in Watauga, will set out
thousands more, among them 500
Grimes's Golden.
Colonel Olds: Commissioner of
Agriculture Patterson returned to-
day, having held several Farmers In
stitutes. At two of these the at
tendance was good. The Commits
sioner says that the fall sales of
f~ertilizer-tax tags r not so large
as they were last autumn, but that
a lot of tags may have been carried
over by the fertilizer manufacturers
which we're not used for the spring
trade.-The North Carolina crop
report for November, issued by the
State Agricultural Department,
gives the following figures: Yield of
cotton compared with average Sc
per cent: compared with last year,
1O2. Yield of tobacco compared
with average 81 per cent: compared
with last year, 100. The following
are percentages of the yield as COM
pared with average: Corn, 90; pea
nuts, 81; sweet potatoes, SO; peas, IS.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-02
Alfalfa for Dairy Cows.
Editor of The Progressive Farmer:

Editor OF The progressive Farmer:
Hoard's Dairyman has completed
an investigation showing the econo-
my of feeding alfalfa to COWS for
milk production. The returns from
40 dairy herds which were fed alfalfa
as a part of their ration are com
pared with the returns from 40 dairy
herds which received no alfalfa. The
frst-named class comprised a total
of 495 COWS, and the second-named
class 357 cows. All of these COWS
are in Onondaga County, New York,
not far from the city of Syracuse.
The returns show that the alfalfa
fed cows produced a net profit of
$1O.05 per year, while the COWS which
received no alfalfa produced a net
profit of only $1.53 per year, or a
difference in favor of the alfalfa-fed
10Y of 1882 per year.
North Carolina readers are not
as much interested in dairying as
the New York farmers are, but there
is a lesson in this test for every feed
er of live stock. New York farmers
have for years been paying a mint
of money for bran, gluten feeds and
cotton-seed meal or the so-called
protein" feeds. This test shows
that money can be saved by growing
at least a part of the protein at
home. The same thing can be done
in this State by growing cow-peas
and perhaps alfalfa, too. for both
of these crops contain large quaint
ties of protein.
A. D. M'NAIR.
Experiment Farm, Southern Pines,
N. @.
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-02
North Carolina Farming Notes.

Monroe Enquirer: From samples
sent to this Office we judge that the
velVet-bean crop in this county is
fine. A number of farmers in this
county planted velvet-beans as an *
perimental crop last spring. The
vines are fine and are full of beans,
but the beans will not mature in this
climate. Even in exceptionally
late fall the indications are that
frost will kill the beans.
Washington Gazette: A farmer
tells us he is now engaged in picking
a crop of cotton that would not have
matured but for the mild weather
that has been prevalent this month,
and while he was in Norfolk last
week he was informed the truckers,
if no frost came within ten days,
would be shipping Strawberries and
a second crop of beans.
L~ittleton Reporter: Reports from
tobacco-growers are discouraging.
They report decline in prices on all
the lower prades of tobacco. The
high prices prevailing prior to the
consolidation of the two big tobacco
companies are no more. This is as
we expected. Let our farmers pre-
pare a small crop of tobacco for the
next season andogreatly reduce the
supply, and thereby enhance it's
value.
Charlotte Observer: Col. John S.
Cunningham, of Person, sees danger
in the present high prices of tobac-
co-frst, that it may cause the
raisers to rush their tobacco on the
market in such quantities as to de-
press the prices; second, it may cause
the too large abandonment of food
crops and too great concentration
upon tobacco, and this, with a bad
season, would result in disaster.
There is-no doubt that these points
are well taken. The tobacco farm
ers of this State, especially of the
east, have made a great deal of
money in the last year, and under the
circumstances the position for
"plunging" will be well-nigh ire
sistible.
Raleigh Cor. Charlotte Observer:
The Agricultural Department is pre-
pairing a bulletin on Tree Fruits. It
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-02

cared for, at four years from trans
planting. When they are twelve
years old they may bear 800 boxes
of oranges to the acre, which will
likely net the grower $500; and if
his orchard is well located and not
subject to frost, he will probably
hold it at $4,000 an acre. An enor-
nous figure, yet warranted by the
returns. But, on the other hand,
many acres, through mismanage-
ment and poor location, barely re-
turn expenses.
The soil of Southern California is
rich, and this fact, it seems to me,
is not proving an unmixed blessing
to the people. They have not ap-
parently given exhaustive study to
the fertilizing question. Many of
the older orchards are not producing
as vigorously as the smaller trees
where the soil has not been depleted.
The growers do not seem to expect
so much of an old tree.
As a matter of fact, age should
be no bar to an increasing yield
until the orange attains it's full
growth and the foliage interlocks in
the rows. In Florida the growers
apparently understand feeding the
trees better, and again for the same
reason that has in general built up
Southern California. The Florida
orange-grower has no soil, so to
speak. He plants his trees in al
most pure sand, and so has had to
make a close study of supplying them
with food from the start. In a crop
so intensive and valuable as the or
ange or lemon, the question of the
cost of fertilizer does not really en-
ter. Half a ton to the acre is a
large application in California. A
ton to the acre is not unusual in
Florida.
Irrigation begets good cultivation.
The old way was to food on the
water; after it had sunk into the
ground, run the cultivator over
lightly, and then in a short time irri-
gate again. This left the roots at
the surface and necessitated the use
of much water. Now better results
are obtained by three, four or five
good soakings, followed by a deep
and continual stirring of the soil.
The orchards of Southern California
are as clean of weeds and as smooth
as a kitchen garden in spring-time,
ready for planting.
By the way, this irrigation bust
ness occasionally develops features
hat sound strange enough to East
ern farmers. Take this paragraph,
for example, from the Chicago Rural
Voice:
"The United States Supreme Court
has overruled the demurrer of the
State of Colorado to the bill brought
by the State of Kansas to test the
right of Colorado to use so large a
quantity of the water from the Ar
kansas River for irrigation purposes
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-02
FARMING.

Editor of The Progressive Farmer:
Southern California undoubtedly
possesses the most highly developed
irrigation in the United States,
Water there has been difficult to get
and is expensive, consequently the
greatest value has been put upon it,
and every drop is made to count. 1t
is equally rich in natural resources,
and has, besides, in the Sacramento
River a limitless water supply to ir-
rigate millions of acres. Yet, be-
cause the San Joaquin has rainfall,
no irrigation has been developed, and
the lands are planted to vast fields
of wheat, resulting in an entire lack
of settlement of the valley, whereas
the region around Los Angeles, hav-
ing practically no rainfall, has be-
come thickly settled with a prosper
ous, energetic class of people, who
are making it one of the most won
derful regions of the United States.
Los Angeles is simply an instance
of where adverse conditions have &C
tually forced development. This is
often possible where the active fac
tor of development is the pushing,
aggressive American. Under the old
Spanish regime, Southern California
would be to-day where she was at the
time of the Mexican conquest.
And this good, coming out of sup
posed evil or misfortune, al be seen
in a still different phase in this same
locality. The last five years have
been very dry ones. Many water
source have failed. lido not remem-
Der the figures, but l think what was
considered in earlier years an aver
age annual rainfall for Los Angeles
was Is or Is inches. The last few
years it has ranged Z, s or 8 inches;
so that bitches and canals have large
ly failed. About the third year of
the drouth the fruit-growers said:
eff we do not get rain the country
is lost" They did not get it, and
yet this fact has proven the greatest
blessing to their industries. Giving
up in despair the idea of getting
enough water out of the mountains,
they commenced boring and pumping
tests to try and save their orchards.
The result has been a marvellous IN
foreground water DEVELOPMENT, ever
lasting in its supply and easily con-
trolIed. Twelve thousand acres of
oranges at Riverside are irrigated
from underground waters. Water
was found in many places where it
had been said there could be no
water.
It seems strange that Just south
of Southern California, where water
is so precious-in fact, still in South
ern California; great river runs to
waste which would irrigate ten mil
lion acres-the Nile of America-the
Colorado River. But the diversion
of it's waters is a great engineering
problem, and but little has been done
thus far to utilize them. Eventually
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-02

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-10-02

Our famous 8 TO II o'clock
bargain list for Friday. Oct. 3,
is as follows:
Well finished Wood Potato Mash
ers; from to Al. at sc.
Fine Wood Rolling Pins. snameied
handle. selected white maple. from
to II at &c.
Fins Hpringy firooms, medium
weight. worth &c. Mt ise.
Only one TO a buyer and none de-
livered at this price.
Pretty Glass Salt and Pepper
Shakes. stirling tops. worth &C each;
from 20 II at 2be.
Only one pair 90 a buyer.
Womsn's Fast Black Wool Hose.
extra fne quality, double toe, heel
and knea. worth zsc. from 10 IL at
i9c.
chlldren's Coats. fun length. Boucle
cloth. with eapes OF Venetian, braid
trimmed fun lined. all colorn and
fs.ss.
Eldersiown saeques, In all coIors,
with crochet Hheii edges. ribbon ties.
worth ti.oo. from Q TO II at Isc.
Burnt Wood Souvenirs. worth soc,
a, ssc.
Box Paper. 70 sheets and 70 en-
velopess at iac.
werBers Universal Educator, $500
edition bound Ia sheep. at gt.ss.
Funk and wagnali's standard
Dictionary. worth sis. from . TO II
colored SIX Moire Tane,a Ribbon.
inches wide. only a few shades
left. worth ibc and lie yard. from
60 II at lac.
wemen'a crean Haitenberg and
Point vsnise Lace Collars, new open
patterns. this seasons selections.
nne qualities. never sold less than
n al ssc.
women's White Linen f.axn En-
broifered Turnover coiiarctfsn, new
assorted patterns. washable, worth
Ssc. from : 10 IL at tsc.
white Apron Lawn. 70 inches wide.
fancy border. worth I've yard. from
20 II AZ &c.
1914 unbleaehed shessins. sooa
quality. worth lie. from 90 II at
isi4c.
indigo Blue Prints. good assort-
msnt Of styles. worth &c yard: from
10 II AZ &c.
Paper rooks. aso kind: from . To
n at &C.
Many titles 90 choose from
Home Linen Finished Thread, very
best quality In black only. full sisa
srools. worth Sc spool. from 70 II
at ic.
Best Quality shoe Strings. metal
tipped. worth 80 pair. from . % II
at ie pair.
Cream sad white Cotton oaioons.
Nefy nns quality and new designs
worth iec 10 ftc yard. from 4 20 II
az &C..
A few pieces % narrow Mohair
Tublar and slIk soatssh Braid. ali
ooior& worth up % a. yard. from Q
20 II At -
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-10-02
CREMATORY
ORDINANCE

The ordinance providing for the
erection 81 cfvmatory for the con-
eumptson Of the city's refuse VIII be
reported 10 tho city council Tor hnai
action in the near future. The ordi-
nance WAS introduced Ia the council
several weeks ago At the instance OF
the board OF health. IL Was referred
20 the committee on health and san
Ration. OF whom DIR. J. y. Crichton
q chairman.
Or. crirhton stated this morning
that a careful Investigation as to the
location, sixc and other necessary
details u being prosecuted. 80 that
when q special meeting Of the COM
usIttee IL held next week the orti-
nance can be perfected and win be
IN codition TO be reported beck 20
the council the following Monday
night.
1'hsrr Is no doubt but that the
committee will report fayorahly ON
the proposition. hut the details are
nor yet Ia a tangible condition.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-10-02
TAILOR SUITS

wom~n's white Linen Lawn EN-
broidered and Lace Edge Handler
chiefs, very sheer. fun size. regular
~ &c and iPc: from . 90 II AZ Be-.
Big bottles b~st Fassltne; from
20 II At sc bottle.
Toilet Soap. Pilgrim . cakes for
Toe.
chndren's Umbrellas. boc value;
from 3 to II at DOC.
Fresh Peanut Brittle. worth 20 10.
from . 20 II as fsc.
Beautiful line Of prapery sllka
coed ontor effects. 1f-ineh. worth SIC
and si.os yard: from . TO II At &c
Pretty white and Cream Imported
Madras. 1s-tnch. 4 patterns. 40 VAL
us: from { 20 II at pc.
chlldren's 0inxhsm Aprons. Moth
er Hubbard. with or without hfbs.
large collar and trimmed with mar
row lace edssng. worth tSc. from .
10 II at 1Sc-
womsn's Cambria Gowns. s-xhape
neck. yoke with cluster Of II nne
tucks. and four rows n very fine
insertion. rufyle Of embroidery at
neck and sleeves. worth si-zs. at
NC.
chndr~n's Outing FLANNEL Dresses.
sises and ysarA worth 7sc. AZ
ssc.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-10-02
THE MARKETS
JossIne QUOTATIONS.


Fefetable-
Potatoes sfs.noo1s.oo ton: carrots. coo
sss. .ss e. sss.. .' ss 81 ''s pip NJ
ssisrv. sos ri aos: sweet gst.so-.
2 Per n; . ss Psnesr.. s = boz
s Us :. ss; ssssa,ss' s si'so' '', ss:.
sas 's.Ss ssr g Inn s PEI 5,x III
srfirhsk<-' sse PER aoxs esennbsrs, z5e per
spssas -. SIC: rsubsss e per Is: spin
Sim Per case: green corn. si.oc9i 80:
canfaloupes 3l.oensfz5 case; water
melons. s1.75Gsz.oo.
Green Fruit
L~n1ns-sz COCA. a boz; cooking sp-
ples. 75c bog. graveneteins. gi.25 box:
sss.nss :as s,Hsspss 80 p.
sssasS:. soaSss. earrani.. 7ss: sise y
ries, 81. plums, 75e box; concords. IS
s,. so ss- s'1 sisss ss' esst ana
white, sl.O0Nuz5: Tokays. sl.z5U
$50. Deiauares, 55c crate.
Prsvisiens
rrssh neaf-cow beet. % per NJ stsss
essf s4sze ger -: mutton, vsinsr' snsi
sss.: 1se' Dsrr 10 p~s ID sssA hfs'
trosisions = Hama ises brezkfsss
ssss.: l.s; ss,li..; rl ~ fs,,o~,s. Price. A..
Ssinr srsr-1 20 ts- pre1srsr in rosna lots
sn tbs 1sek ~ y shs sex q s<. , an, "a
vtsn. n sSisk.n 1s lea. ssi.oo. corn. saik
Batter, chess-. Errs ssd Poultry
putter--wsshinxton ersarperiea. zse9z1os
sAs c,s..-e-refsvs wsshinEton fun cream.
Iseixe- Eastern: Me- Yert ls+4ltas
Xkeenzln. 1896 noguefcrL s5cs Liam
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-10-02

Francisco. 10 carry salmon to New
York. The vessel Is AIS tons gross
aud can carry 90 0G0 cases Of sal
mon. The company has also char
tered the steamer Santa Ana. Charien
Nelson Co. owners, to alternate With
the Excelsior ON the Seattle-copper
river run. The Pacific clipper line
has been operating thefetcnmer ON
that route for the rnHt seven monthn.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-10-02
MILK is PURE

That the quality of milk sold in
Seattle II up 20 the standard 10 evil
deneed by the monthly report OF the
milk and dairy Inspector OF the
zsls0 gallons ~ milk. which the re-
port OF the health office shows WIS
inspected during September. none
Vac condemned ~ impure. During
the month f07 complaints we're filed,
Several Of these were found to be IN
founded. some were referred to other
departments and 2s2 nulsances were
abated. No arrests were made.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-10-02
JEWISH NEW YEAR

Today IN the Jewish New Year.
-Iiosh Hashana" Appropriate ser
vices were held last night In the
Temple de Hirsch. Rabbi Joseph de-
hvcred a sermon on Things Perish
able and Imperishable." A well
trained choir rendered sacred selec-
tons.
The feature Of today's services
vas the blowing Of the rams horn.
ceremony with symbolical mean
ing. AZ 10 a. m.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-10-02
AsToNIsH THE NATIvrs

Many photograph galleries are do
ing quite a business now taking pie
lures OF siwaxhes. The latter are re-
turning from the hop fields with
various sums OF money which they
are fond Of investing In photographic.
Ugly squaws, comedy maidens, gal
liant bucks all have pictures taken
with which to asfonish their uncivfl-
lied relations up the sound.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-10-02
WEATHER

The weather bureau report for
September shows that there were II
clear days during the month. 1
cloudy and partly cloudy. The
highest temperature was % degrees
on September II. and the lowest q
degrees on September - The total
precipitation during the month was
Isl inches. The greatest rainfall
during - hours w~s September n
and =. when precipitation was oil
tnche4
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-10-02
MISSIONARY MsurlNo

There VIII be a missionary meeting
at the First baptist church tomorrow
afternoon at a'so, which viii be ad-
Dressed by Rev. j. II. Scott and Mira.
Scott. who are ON their way to
okada. Japan. where they will en-
gage IN mInslonary work.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-10-02
MARINE NEWS

steamships John /. kimtail and
Ohio sail for Meme. tialH evening
with smaih passenger llata.And large
carsOes
The =. y md N. CO. has - hartered
the ship 1. r. Chapman. now al San
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-10-02
NEW APPOINTMENT

Samuel l.. Mcclellan has been an
pointed BY Mayor Humes a member
or the horseshOers board OF exam
nation TO fiji the unexpired term OF
L. G. McCawley.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-10-02
Theaters

tn& o<4fu4cke
One cf the prettiest pastoral plays
ever presented TO a Seattle audience
vas the opening attraction Of the
Se4ii company NJ the Grand last
night. The StArhuckx" beauti-
ful story OF Tennessee. Is depicted.
The story Is written about simple
people. There are no false ciimAxe<
and every character y played with
: naturnlness that Is exceedingly
pleasing. There Is love story to
chs plot which also deals with one
~ the old southern feudz. The
<ein company this year has many
new faces and there are . few OF the
cid fzvorifes missing.
The work OF Geo. Riocunqufxt as
Acpe. stNmmsrfns country boy.
wna one Of the best things In that
Hire seen here for some tirne.
Mr.. Neili had an old man part He
PUT II on IN hts usual careful way.
hut he = batter liked a. young
fellow. The Juvenile part was well
D1Ayed b. Donald Bowiee- He has
= natural way with him that u re-
3rpahing-
ronisht "A Bachelors Romance.
- The Offering.
osiases Juveniles
Manager Howe Of the Seattle thea
Ter announces a return engagement
Of the Beiaseo-Georxe Juveniles.
They open 81 the Seattle sunday
even1ng for . four nights' stand.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-10-02
WEATHER FORECAST

Seattle and vicinity-Tonight and
Friday, fair. with light 20 fresh
north 90 east winds.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-10-02
HIGH ecHooL ELEcTIoN

The election Of officers Of the
senior class of the high school yes
1erday afternoon resulted az follows:
Rex Smith. president; Myra Smith.
vice president, fmogene Cunning
lam, secretary. Edna Newton. treas
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-10-02
JUDGE EMORY ON VACATION

Judge Emory Is spending a month
IN the East His court IL at present
being held by Judge Budkln. In two
weeks Judge Hatch. Of Port An
geies. will take the Judges place un-
I'll his return.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-10-02
CALL FROM
The ST0RK

LONDON. Oct. 3.--The Duchess 81
Manchester, formerly Helen Zir.l-
norman Of Cincinnati. gave bsrsh to
boy this morning.