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Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-03
OVER VETO.


Senator Burton. from the committee
on public lands. reported a resolution
favorable to the passage of the bill
granting right of way across the San
francisco mountain reserve In Arizona
to the Central Arizona Railway compa-
Notwithstanding the objections OF
the president set forth in a veto mes
sage recently sent to the senate, says q
dispatch from Washington.
The president based his criticism of
the bill on the ground that there is al
ready a general law authorizing the
secretary of the interior to permit rail-
roads to cross forest reservations, but
the railroad company interested makes
the objection mat under the existing
law the ~secretary's regulations require
an indemnity bond against damage
to the reservation by fire, and the
claim is made that such an obligation
Is a drawback in placing its bonds. The
railroad also urges that congress has
just as much right to grant relief by
special bill in a Ease of this kind as In
any other case The committee was
unanimous in authorizing a report fav-
orable to the passage OF the bill over
the veto.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-03
Raspberry Plants.

The spraying of raspberry plants
with bordeaux mixture, made with FIVE
or six pounds of copper sulphate to
four pounds of lime in fifty gallons of
water, is said to be an almost certain
preventive of anthracnose or red rust
on r~aspberries. This disease has not
appeared to any alarming extent in the
immediate vicinity of Denver, but we
have heard of its presence on newly
imported stock in other parts of the
state. Spray just before the leaf buds
break and again before the blossoms
open: also about twice at intervals of
ten to twenty days after the fruit is
picked. Use the same treatment for
blackberry and dewberry vines and II
red or brown spots appear cut out the
canes on which they are seen, remove
and burn them at once. This care
should begin the first year the plants
are set and be kept up every season.
They should not be taken from the
field where il has been seen. Even
with this care the raspberry plantation
cannot often be kept in good condition
for more than three or four years OF
bearing, although some will do so on
good soil exceptionally well cared FOR.
The blackcap raspberry is thought less
subject 10 anthracnose than he ed,
but is not wholly free from II. Thls
treatment is good although not always
entirely successful for nearly all iun-
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-03
DEFECTIVE ENGINES.
Mechanical Experts Meet to Confer at
San B~ernardino.

san Bernardino.
The local round house was the scene
of a meeting of locomotive experts.
who came all the way from New York
state to the Pacific coast. says q San
Bernardino, Cal. dispatch. They were
brought here by a difficulty which the
Santa Fe is experiencing with it's new
Baldwin engines. which was discussed
several days ago. For some time the
tubes of the engine known as the Nor
rison. have been giving the company
much trouble. At first blame was laid
on the enginemen for burning them
out. but later the railroad men were
brought to believe that the fault was
in the manufacture of the tube. The
Baldwin Locomotive works, which
turned the engines out, were acquaint-
ed with this last conclusion, where
upon the manufacturers sent H. e.
Slower west to represent them in a
test to be made On one of the tubes in
question, which took place the other
day.
Other experts present were James
Finley. of Brooklyn. N. ". who is a
tester of reputation; A. F. Parfitt. fore
man Of the boiler department at To-
peka; c. F. Lape, division master me
chanic of this division. and c. w.
Werst, general foreman of the iron
workers at the local shops. The test
was made on the boiler of Oregon"
No. SOP, the result of the investigation
being that, whatever has been the
cause of destruction, the tube was
found to be comparatively useless and
that it would have to be replaced by
new one. Just who will stand the ex-
pense of replacement was not stated.
and in all probability will not be until
others of the series have been exam
ined. The ext engine to be overhaul
ed will be at Barstow or Needles.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-03
Root-Graftinq

Every little while we receive letters
from friends here and there over the
west, asking for an opinion regarding
this or that plan of root-grafting or
budding as best adapted to our climate.
We have studied the subject a good
deal. AS a general rule s~low-growing
kinds should not be root-grafted but
should be budded or grated above the
surface and only on strong growing
stocks. Varieties of vigorous growth,
especially those which make good
roots of their own may be root-grafted.
Northern Spy is one of these and Stay
man has wen a better root system.
With such varieties the best plan
would sem to be to use a short piece of
root and a rather long scion and then
plant deep enough to allow the scion
to send out roots of its own This is of
great value in the colder attitudes of
our upper mountain valleys where
many good apple trees give way in
roots and stems in winter but which
have been found to do admirably when
grated standard high on resistant
stock. Duchess of Oldenburg has been
the stock generally used for this pur-
pose in the far west and it has done
well, being entirely hardy in root and
stem. The I'M of grating this va
riety in preparing it as a stock for
more tender kinds is the short root
and long scion. In removing h young
trees to the orchard it is best to plant
from three to six inches lower than IN
the nursery in order to facilitate furth-
er re-rooting as well as to allow the
setting of our light soils when first ir-
rigated. Northern Spy has been found
to make an excellent stock in this way
in more favorable climates and it is
also proving itself the most valuable
thing upon which to topwork
salable varieties when it ome to
changing over an old orchard for this
purpose.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-03
Railroad to the Mission.

Cable reports the compile
ton of a colossal railroad enterprise
in Equatorial Africa. After nearly five
and a half years of arduous toll, and
the expenditure Of $25, 900 900, the first
train has reached the shores of the
Victoria Nyanza from Mombasa On the
eastern coast. The length of the line
is only 572 miles, but the difficulties
which were encountered and overcome
have been prodigious. The road in
many places runs through the prime
val forest, in others, 1t passes through
channels cut in the solid rock, and
over bridges constructed across
streams subject to high and sudden
rises from tropical rains Its terminus
on the lake shore is 1900 feet higher
than it's terminus on the island or
Mombasa, and in some parts OF its
course il passes over mountain ranges
varying from 5000 to 1000 feet bov
the level of the sea The English en-
gineers who superintendent the con-
.struction of the road, met with obsta-
cles unprecedented In railroad build
ing. Not the least of these was a
strike of the African laborers. caused
by the lear of wild beasts. When near
Isavo. about 100 miles from the east
tIO COdStt the liOHo dpPtoiNN ~ -
comDlned to prevent a further
of the work that crossed their LARS.
No less thar tw~enty-eight OF the la
borers were carried off by the enraged
beasts and eaten, and it was no easy
to persuade the others to go on with
the enterprise. Droves of elephants
disputed its way on the higher pla-
teaus and in the valleys the fevers did
their fatal work. But the line Is now
completed, TO the amazement OF the
natives, who look in wonder at the To-
connective as it passes swiftly through
the land. The road opens up a country
rich in minerals and tropical products.
Heretofore the only means OF convey
ing them to the coast has been by a I
man with his burden on his
back. The railroad should therefore
enormously develop the trade OF the
region. by the facilities it provides for
conveyance. 1t is probable, too, that
from other districts farther in the In
terror. freight will come, as it will save
time and money to send ii to the ter
minus of the railroad at Victoria
Nyanza, thus shortening the long jour
ney to the coast. Ii il proves as profit
able an investment as is predicted, We
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-03
WHITE OAKS INTERESTED.
Mass Meeting Held and Railroads Dis
cussed.

Mass Meeting Held and Railroads Dis
cussed.
A mass meeting of the citizens of the
town was called to meet at the Congre-
gational church last night. VIM. Wat
son called the meeting to order and
placed the name of John Y. Hewitt be-
fore the meeting for president. Mr..
Hewitt was chosen president and DR..
]. F. Mains secretary. F. ]. Sager was
called upon to state the object of the
meeting, and he said, in substance,
that the primary object of the meeting
was to get the town interested in the
sinking of the oil we'll, and to see what
aid the town would give Messrs. Chap
MAJ and Ludlam in this undertaking.
He further stated tnat since the meet
ing had been propose. two other mat
tiers deserved some attention: viz. con-
struction, of a line of railroad connect
ing Roswell with Belen, which would
in all probability come within a few
miles of White Oaks, and urged that
the town make an effort to get this line
through the town; and another matter
for consideration was to get the post
Office to reconsider its action in cut
ting our mail service to a six day SER
vice after July l.. Three committees
we're appointed to look after these mat
tiers, and the meeting adjourned sub
ject to the call of the president
White Oaks Eagle.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-03
A VALUABLE FIND.
Prot. e. m. Skeats Describes SaItpeter
Find In Lower Valley.

Prof. E. M. Skeats, of Ell Paso. re-
Gently made a report to the, Texas
state mineral survey on the deposits of
saltpeter in FL Paso county. but the re-
port not being given out yet, the pro-
fessor kindly gave out the following In
formation, says the Herald. D.
About two miles west Of the Black
Mountain Cattle companysH ranch.
and about thirty-seven miles from
Van Horn, in this county, a deposit Of
saltpeter is found in a cave. 1t shows
up in small veins an inch or two In
width, in the iron stone underneath.
The iron stone Is very much decom-
posed. There has not ben enough
work done to show whether there is
any considerable deposit or not, but |
think that there is very little. Such
deposits as these turf out to be
large. 1t is my opinion that the sui
phur was leeched out of bat and rat
manure and deposited in the openings
in the iron stone underneath.
Some New York people have pur-
chased the claim on which the salt
peter is found, and working the veins
for gold. silver, lead and copper, all
of when are carried in paying guam
titles, IL the value is shown on devel-
opment. The saltpeter is not likely
to be mined, only as a b~y-product. If
at all. 1t is of fine quality, however,
being pure nitrate Of potash.
"This is a very promising copper
region continue. Professor Skeats,
from Van Horn north, although not
much work has been done, as yet.
Gold, silved and lead are found with
the copper.
"Scme strong mining people are
working near Van Horn on some good
prospects. This is part OF the same
copper belt as that at the south point
of the Guadalupe mountains.
Here copper mining has been car
ried on for some time and consider
able ore has been proftably shipped
to Carlsbad, after standing a sixty
five mile wagon haul. | think this
large copper belt is certainly a prom
Using one and the country around is
worth prospecting and doing consider
able development work to demonstrate
the quantity of the ores and the gold,
silver. lead and, particularly the cop
per values.
There has been some talk of a
smelter in this section. There are
plenty of iuxes at hand, borax, salt
in inexhaustible quantities. and lime.
The borax is with the salt, bu whether
or not there is sufficient to pay to mine
for for the borax, has not been shown
as vet"
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-03

One of the most interesting and sue
cessful missions in Africa Is that of the
Church of England in Uganda, on the
shores OF the great inland sea, the Vic
toria Nyanza. II will be remembered
that when Stanley first visited that
region old King Mtesa was reigning.
Stanley was so much attracted to him
and his warlike. but intelligent and
self-reliant. people that he made an
appeal for missionaries for Uganda.
The Church Missionary society quickly
responded and sent a force of men to
Mtesa's capital. 1t was a long. costly,
and perilous journey by a caravan
route of about 500 miles.
Mtesa was pleased at first with the
missionaries and their teaching, but he
was unstable, and his son. Mwanga,
who succeeded him, was cruel and in
clined to prosecute the Christians. The
mission was founded in blood, the
noble Bishop Harrington being one of
the martyrs.
been completed from. the coast to
and a remarkable civilization Is to he
found where barbarism reigned not
many years ago.
A more wonderful story of success
of the gospel in Africa has never been
told than that which Bishop Tucker,
of Uganda (Anglican), has to tell.
After sowing with patience and pain.
in tears and blood, the reaping time
for Uganda began about ten years ago.
Then there were 800 baptized Chris
tians. now there are 10000; then there
were a few communicates, now there
are 10000; then there we're only twen-
ty native e~vangelists, now there are
1000. Then the name of Christ was
known only in Uganda; now 1t Is
known in Bunyoro to the north, Blu
soga to the east, and Toro to the west,
and missionaries of the infant church
are also carrying the good news to the
pygmies, among whom the. first Chris
tian baptism recently occurred.
There are also Christian schools and
a press, and intelligence IL being dis.
seminated. The chiefs who o few years
ago were w%orshiping the lubari. or
spirits of the lake. and planning cruel
wars now carry on correspondence like
statesmen by the use Of the type
writer!
How. was SO great a work accom-
plished? Bishop Tucker says by self
extension, s~elf-support and self-govern-
ment. The policy was In the begin.
ming that the missionaries were to do
nothing that the native preachers
could do, to grant no money which the
native Christians could raise, and to
take no responsibility which could be
laid upon the native churches. The
work of the missionary was to train
native evangelists and teachers; the
latter were to do the rest. Not a dollar
of European money goes to support the
1000 native ev~angelists. The native
Christians provide it. Natives build.
support, repair the churches, and also
the schools. Converts are from h
first impressed with the sense Of the
duty, privilege and responsibility of
supporting and spreading the gospel,
and one in every five is doing some
kind of work.
Self-support, in Bishop fuckers opin-
ion, entities to s~elf-control. So In
Uganda there is self-government.
Is there not a lesson in this Uganda
history worth studying?
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-03
Sprayed Fruit Trees.

Dry sulphur sprayed upon fruit trees
will kill red spiders provided the heat
is sufficient to yaporize the sulphur.
When the heat is not sufficient the
following remedy is recommended for
tree mites: Mix ten pounds of caustic
soda with fifteen pounds of good sui
phur; mix the sulphur to a paste and
add the dry caustic soda-9S per cent
pure. Chemical action will immediate
ly begin and the caustic will cook the
sulphur by its own chemical fire. AS it
begins to boil add water to control it
as is done in shaking lime: continue
until twenty gallons are put in. Now
of this compound or stock solution,
which will keep indefinitely. put one
or two gallons in forty gallons of wa
ter and the spray is ready to kill
mites. 1t should be put on with good
force.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-03
A Insect.

- dangerous insect.
The plum curculio m forth from
winter quarters usually in May. The
egg-laying mark of this insect is so
characteristic that this c%urculio is CON-
monty known as the little turk. The
snout is used in cutting the deep cres-
cent mark, while the spot representing
the star of the turkish emblem is part
ly made by the ovipositor. The egg
matches and the small. footless maggot
begins feeding on the plum under the
tiny wilted flap which formerly pro-
tected the egg. AS the larvae grows
1t eats its way to the pit of the young
plum and there it sets up an irritation
which eventually causes the imma.
ture fritu to drop. The larvae soon
leaves the fruit and enters the ground
to pupate, emerging in a few weeks
as an adult beetle. 1t is reported by
growers of European plums that the
%curculio can be controlled by the use of
arsenical sprays alone, the uccess of
the operation depending entirely upon
the thoroughness of the application. A,
is advised by way of preparation to
prune the plum tree so that no cross
or parallel branches remain. The tree
must be sufficiently open to allow the
nozzles to be used freely in all parts of
the head. The plums must hang free
from the branches. Shortly after the
blossoms fall. a very thorough spray
of paris green should be thrown from
the inside of the tree outward as well
as from the outside inward. In case
of rain the poison must be renewed.
When the mark of the little turk is n %.
ticed the strength of the spray should
be doubled and sufficient lime added to
protect the foliage. This mixture
should be put on the plums themselves,
~drenching them thoroughly, the object
being to fill the missions made by the
insects in the ~egg-laying process. II
this is done carefully the larva is us
ually killed shortly after Matching. the
wound gradually grows together and
the fruit develops perfectly .-Denver
Field and Farm.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-03
STOCK NOTES.

A, ID. Garrett is shearing about 5000
wethers at the head of North Spring
river, Chaves county.
Several sheepmen have been in town
this week looking for herders and
lambers. but without success, the ue.
mand having exhausted the supply.
The executive committee Of the
Panhandle Stockgrowers association
met in Amarillo, Texas. Sam Dunn
was appointed inspector for the Pecos
Valley line.
Frank ID. Parks, who has been engag.
sd In The heepsbusinesssfor several
years withJ. SaLea, of Roswell. sold
his ~interest,to his partner and thinks
of making a trip into the northwest.
The firm had about 5000 sheep besides
their lambs.
]. w. Stockard has put in thirty-two
acres of alfalfa on his farm four miles
southwest of Roswell and is planting
fifty acres in Kaffir corn. He bought
100 acres of land from ]. p. White
this spring and $50 from j. II. Devine.
This gives him $50 acres in all.
Paul Russell, Of Miami county, Kan.
sas. bought last summer when the
Qlou6th was SO dia Iiih6 III NhlooOui
and KANSAS, 462 head of cattle at an
average price of $3.50, and after feed
ing eight months sold the cattle, after
deducting expenses, at a profit of SIS
a head.
Forty horses were burned at the sta
bles of the Depot Carriage and Bag
gage company at Kansas City. The fire
started on the first floor and the smoke
was so dense that 1t is believed that
the horses which were in the basement
were asphyxiated before they were
burned.
The t. Louis and st. Joseph com
mission firms are taking advantage
of the trouble on in Kansas City be-
tween the Live Stock Exchange and
the Kansas City Stock Yards company
and are flooding the country with cir
culars calling attention to the excel
lent markets in those cities.
The Roswell Register says a dipping
va has been built about one mile from
Quanah to test the Car-sal cattle dip
Two hundred and ten head of cattle
were dipped on the 10th and were re
ported in good condition next day. A
rigid inspection will be made after
few days and a report made as to the
condition of the cattle and the success
of the dip.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-03

In India. where more than 10000 per-
sons die annually from snake bite, this
serum would no doubt prove a valuable
life saving agent. IL there could only
be some one at hand to inject the SER
UNI as soon as a poor native is bitten.
Unfortunately, nearly all die hours be-
fore aid can be summoned.-American
Medicine.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-03
Should BE Sold.

Delegate Rodey, of New Mexico, has
applied to the interior department on
behalf of the citizens of Santa Fe ask
ing that Fort Marcy. long ago aban-
doned by the army, be advertised m
sold to the highest bidder. 1t was
some time ago contemplated making
this old fort into an army sanitarium,
but the project has been abandoned.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-03

Advices from Valdes. Alaska, state
that the Havemeyers. of New York.
are at the head of a syndicate that has
just purchased an extensive copper
property in the Chittyna district on
Copper river. consisting OF forty-fye
claims, for the stipulated price Of ST.
100000.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-03

In the Superstition mountains. Ari-
ona engineers have found an artifc-
ial gorge four miles long and 100 feet
deep, cut down through solid rock by
prehistoric irigators and leading into
120 miles of bitches, which irrigated
nearly 1000 acres of land, only a
desert waste covered with the ruins of
the ancient people.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-03

may soon see other lines constructed.
and so the region we have called the
Dark Continent may become we'll
known to the world.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-03
Tree, Plant and Vine.

The best season to remove large
limbs so that they will heal over in the
shortest time is late in me sprigg. At
this time the cambium layer is active
and will not die back from the cut but
will sart to heal over at once. Cover
the wound with white lead.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-03

gous diseases, such as rust, leaf blight,
black or brown rot on fruit. 1t may be
used with paris green or with arsenites
Tor insect pests and with hellebore for
the currant or gooseberry worm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-28
The Two Hundred Thousand
 Mile Mark is Passed
DISTRIBUTION OF TRACKS
Construction Statistics of General and Local Interest Which Show That Many Large Systems Are
 Building Extensions.

Considerable informt tion of local and general interest Is given ir extracts from the advance sheet from the Railway Age. received yesterday. This information has particular reference to railway building for the past SIX months.
 The railway mileage of the United States hns passed the 200 COO mile mark. The figures at the close of 1901 were ap- Treximately 19e525 miles, and the con- struction for the first six months of 1902 brings the total up to 201.S3a miles, the track laid during the first half of this year on 155 lines aggregating 2314 miles. I his Is nearly ECO miles in excess Of the new mileage for the tirst six months of 1901, when 1877 miles were built. The total for the l2 months last year was 5222 miles snd if he same ratio is maintained this year 1t Will readily be seen that the con. struction for the year 1902 a1li easily ex- coed 6Jn miles. TraelSlaying thus far this year has been distributed throughout Il states and territories. the following states reporting no new mileage a- though lines are under construction in all of these with the exception of two or three New England states--New Hamp- shire. Massachusetts, i,hode Island, New Jersey. pelaw aware, Wyoming, Nevada and Idaho. I he following table shows the de- tails by states:
 Track laid from January to June 1.