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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-05
Tale of AIaddin.Iike Proqress.

Like an aladdin tale Is the story of the Rock Islands development from a road of 3s0O miles since the Moores obtained con trol two years ago. One of It's first coups was the purchase of the Burlington, quired line from Kansas City to St. Louis and an entrance Into St. Louis. The Goulds fought It's entrance as they had seldom fought before, but In vain But it's cleverest coup was a threat to par ale the Houston and Texas Central and other Southern Pacific north and south lines in Texas needed to complete the Rock Islands system in the southwest To prevent this the Southern Pacific sold 1t half interest in these roads, thus giv- ing it an entrance to Galveston and the Texas oil fields.
 In the organization of Atchison. in ls96 the Frisco went to the scrap heap. The men who took it up have developed 1t into a splendid property. B. r. Yoakum its president who grew up from the ranks in Texas and Colorado, has shown himself a particularly brilliant operator For such men there are always places higher mp.
 The surface facts regarding the Frisco purchase are easily told. The 'lsrlseos authorized capital stock is $lO1. .000.000 Of this only $fs, 40S zoo has been Issued. of which s27, i0s.70O is common s5.00O0O0 first preferred and S1G.0O0OO0 second preferred. Thus the common carried control Most of 1t was held by a syndicate which lodged it's holdings with J. P. Morgan * Co The purchase of these. together with the stock previously acquired by the Rock Island, gives the latter controlling in- terest The reported price paid for each share of Frisco stock. in cash. Rock Island bonds. and Rock Island common stock Is eaiiiva.ert to. about sso share
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-05
The Executive. Committee.

The most interesting political body in Birmingham is the city democratic exc cutive committee. It Is said that a prize has been offered the man who can go back in it's history and find a time when it worked in harmony.
 The committee does it's work all right and does not let the welfare of demo- craey suffer, but the sessions it holds. the way everything gets mixed up like succotash the motions, counter lotions, amendments to motions, are, as the small boy would express it. "cautious." Parlia- men law would have to be taken up as .udy for a chairman to be ready to meet the onslaught that is sure to come at every meeting.
 The committee is composed of staunch democrats, men who have the good of the party at heart, but the ends to attain the means are sometimes of an extraor- dinary nature
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-05
GOSSIP HERE AND THERE
 M THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS
BY HOWARD s. WILLIAMS.

are the words. "From your friend, Jacob Pepperman." MT. Yerby was surprised. but not altogether disagreeably so, when the gift was rendered him. He expressed his deep appreciation in receiving the pretty emblem, not so much for it's value, as the friendship that prompted the piVar-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-05

Just received a car load of high class harness and sad dle horses. Call and see them. Fies & Sons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-05
Woodmen of the World.

Meet at Magnolia hall at 3 D. m Sunday to attend funeral of Sovereign R. V. Taylor L. N. ARCHER. c. C., CHARLES PFIESTER. Clerk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-05

Prettiest line CT Easter mil. linery in the city. Miss E. A. Mccarthy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-05
A cup of coffee that gets your trade. Dairy Depot.

@lOo per lot. Choice block of II lots on car line near Ensley. B. F. Eborn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-05

Remington Standard Type writers. No. Steiner BNild- ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-05

leading exhibitor at the New York horse show. His penchant however, Is special trains, in which he travels like a prince. Of the four he is the most liberal spender.n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-05

S4OOO-9 room house LOOK 300 Highlands. Eborn.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-06-01

The question of dust spraying is receiving
considerable attention in Missouri and Kan
sas Some prominent growers recommend
this method highly Others think it best to
continue the use of liquid spray. On the
Pacific Coast the dust spray has not been
tried. so far as I know. 1t might be well to
experiment with it in small way, and then
be governed by the results But what is the
dust spray? 1t consists in applying the
spray materials in the dry form. The West
ern Fruit Grower tells how to prepare the.
dust spray in the following clipping:
We publish herewith the formula which hasf
been so successfully used by w. d. MAXWELL
His formula is as follows: One barrel OF freshI
lime 25 pounds blue stOne pounds concentrated
lye Is pounds powdered sulphur; 5 pounds Paris
green (pure) Increase Paris green to 10 pounds
for canker worms Break lime into small pieces
and put it into box by 6 feet Dissolve blue
stone in boiling water, gallons. Dissolve I've
in 5 gallons hot water. Keep the two solutions
separate Take sprinkler and sprinkle the sou-
lions on the lime; if not enough to slack into
dust, use water. Cover over the dust when through
Stacking. Make sieve of fine wire and attacn
long handle Sieve out the dust. Rub sulphur
through sieve into the dust and put Paris green in
Stir thoroughly. Be careful not to get dust too
damp. Your compound is now ready for use
Spray just before bloom opens, then just as 1t
drops, then once week until you have sprayed
six times. Then once every two weeks until the
first of August.
Peaches will not be heavy crop. They
are badly killed in the Mississippi Valley
and are injured to some extent in the peach
growing sections of the Northwest. Good
peaches will sell we'll this year.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-06-01

the calvx cup. Prof Clarke urges the neces-
sity of more systematic spraying, and recon-
mends that fungus diseases be fought at
the same time Apple scab, so-called, is
often met with, and powdery mildeW is
frequently seen in the coast valleys.
Two points are often overlooked in cod
lin moth spraying. One is that caution must
be used in getting the purest ingredients,
and the other that the spray must be ap-
piled as mist, and not to that extent that
it drips from the trees. In deluging the tree
the material is wasted, it is apt to inJure
the foliage, and the poison will be washed
out of the blossom cup instead of remaining
in it. In the Pajaronian are the following
directions given by Prof. Warren L. Clarke
for the making of the compound after the
most approved methods:
The Bordeau mixture should be made up
in the following proportions: Copper sui
phate (buestone), pound; lime, I pound;
water, I25 gallons. The bluestone should be
dissolved in water in a wooden receptacle
and this can best be done by hanging the
material in sack just beneath the surface
of the water. The lime should be Stacked
in another receptacle and then the two solu-
tons should be so diluted that when they
are brought together that the total will
equal the ueSlIeu AMOUNT vi llqulu. ~ io'
mix the concentrated solutions and then d1-
lutte, as the best results are not obtained if
this is done. Following out this formula, we
would use fourteen and a half pounds Of
b1uestone and the same amount of lime to 80
gallons of water, and to this amount of liquid
we would add one pound of Paris green.
By this combination we have an effective
fungicide and insecticide. The material
should be SPRAYED on as mist or foo, and
spraying not be carried so far that dripping
occurs. as the material is TOO expensive to
be wasted and DAMAGE. particularly from the
buestone in the Bordeau mixture, NAV occur
from overspravine. This matter of care in
application should be borne in mind as it
is one of the fundamental principles in cor
rect spraying methods.-Ca1ifornia Fruit
World.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-06-01
GOBLIN MOTH SPRAYING.

Orchardists should watch closely the work
going on under the direction of the expert
ment station experts in fighting the apple
worm. While experiments made in Oregon
seem to warrant the conclusion arrived at
that the first spray does little or no good, yet
in the opinion of Prof. Woodworth it would
be unwise to omit it, as he believes that
this is the best time to retain the poison in
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-06-01
THE RANCH.

tell us how to catch or control them.
In the meantime, please don't forget that
we all have a modcum OF common sense
"gumption," and let us use 1t.
The irrigation bitches and rich soils OF
today will produce the same results as the
"putrid water and excessive manure OF
hundred and twenty-five years ago. Lessen
wood growth, and destroy all diseased
wood as soon as seen, sterllzlng the shears
L. c.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-06-01
PEAR BLIGHT.

md nOn-ap1aT1SlS are giving lolth Wiouoih
m the vexed question of pear blight, one
act remains which is admitted by all and
hat is that a vigorous wood growth is con-
1ncive of the health of the disease (pardon
he expressonD Therefore, to check this
wood growth should be the aim OF the pear
grower. This he can do IN various ways
7ccording to the surrunding conditions and
,be ace of the trees. In California, where
here are no summer rains, and irrigation
: optional, this is simple matter Stop
.,n1tivating or do only so much as Will
5e necessary to keep the trees alive. In
,tead of blowing the pear orchard run the
1isc over it in the spring before the weeds
row too high, and let that suffice.
# is we'll known that pear-blight or fire
l1ioht has existed in this country for more
han hundred years, and also that 1t IS
d, disease of a more or less spasmodlc ma
t,re These very facts show the absurdity
If blaming the bee for the spread of the dis
ease No one disputes that the bee may be-
j., means for its distribution, or that the
common househv will carry the germs OF
disease into the human family, or that the
air we breathe will carry many seeds
which are visible as we'll as many spores
which are invisible But these are natural
AGENTS which we cannot get rid OF II we
would but where their influence is for
evil we can but endeavor to make the con-
ditions unfavorable to their termination or
growth.
We may go back further still, in the year
1853, and find what was probably similar
disease existing in Europe. Quoting from
NJ Duhame1. a noted French authority
"The sap corrupted by putrid water or the
excess of manure, bursts the cellular mem
branes in some places, extends itself be-
tween the wood and the bark, which It sep
arates. and carries its poisonous acr1d IN
nuence to all parts, like gangrene When
# attacks the small branches they should
be cut off if it appears in the large branch
es or BODY Of the tree, all the cankered
parts must be cut out down to the SOUND
wood, and the wound covered with compo-
stion. If the evil be produced by manure
or staenant water, (and it may be produced
bv other causes,) the old earth must be re-
moved from the roots, and fresh soil put IN
its place. and means taken to draw OFT the
water from the roots. But If the disease
has made much progress on the trunk, the
tree is lost
A century and a quarter has EXTENDED
the vocabulary relating TO plant PdtnoioSy'
This disease, described by Duhamel, was
probably the same that we call fire-bllght,
only now we read of COLONIES of bacilli' .
''inoculation with culture Of bacterial dis
ease" ETC., which scientific terms are not,
presumably, used to confuse those less eerud-
lite, but to show us what these men OF SCI
ence are doing.
The knowledge gained a hundred and
more years ago by concentrated observa-
aoxoo 1,,c not heep
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-06-01
PORTER BROS. BANKRUPT.

One of the largest fruit commission
houses in America has gone to the wall-the
Porter Bros. Company.
It is said the debts will prove larger than
the assets which are worth from $ToOOoo TO
$2ooooo The concern was caDita1ized for
ST 100000 and had high financial rating.
The stores of the COMPANY in Chicago are at
OF South Water street and 46 River street
The concern also owns large branch horses
in New York Boston, Minneapolis and at
several places in California. The announce
ment Of the action in court against the
Porter Bros. Company caused a commotion
in South Water street.
The commission house of Porter Bros
was started in 1860 by Washington Porter
and his brother Fred. The latter died
some years ago. About 1905 the corpora
ton, known. as the Porter Bros. COMPANY,
was formed and Mr.. Porter drew ont of it.
The present officers are James s. Watson,
presidents John R. Adams treasurer; F. F.
Chapman, secretary, and s. G. Palmer, vice
president.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-06-01

Meanness is more in half doing than in
emitting acts of generosity.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-06-01

AS man grows in experience his theories
of conduct become fewer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-06
HORSES SOLD WELL.
Prairie Dell Farm Sale Brings
Mr.. Lee a Large Sum.

The sale of r. I. Lees horses at the
fair grounds Thursday afternoon IS said
by horsemen to be the greatest sale OF
young horses since the boom days.
The horses from Prairie Dell farm VIII
go to Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Boston
St. Louis, Lincoln, Beatrice, Pennsyl-
vania, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas
points. The highest price paid for a
horse to go out of Topeka was paid by
G. A. Mckenzie, of St. Louis, who
bought the plucky little trotter King
Jackie for $3.50 King Jackie gave a
great performance at the fair grounds
during the fall races, and has a record
Of 2:2112. The average price was nearly
$500, and the aggregate amount some
where near $4,000. Following are the
Jackdaw, $4,000, to G. c. Pritchard.
ToneJxa.
Flying Bird, s. S. Smith. Clay Center.
$500
Royal Highlander, s425, sherman
Bros, Monticello, Kas.
Elsiedaw. 5000, W. F. Redmond.
Jack KeIpie. $425. F. E. Kimban. Be
Fairy Dawn. $780, J. S. Sanders, Min
Julia Arthur, $3.50, Thos. w. Lawson.
Boston.
Maud Adams. $500. D. Orr. Riley. Kas
Jack Daniels, 1920, F. E Kimball. Be
Jack creeper SIPS, F. H. Benson. Hun.
ter. Okla.
The Shamrock, s14OO. D. NJ. Duggan.
Kansas City.
The Mermaid. $40. ]. c. Nelson, Mil
waulzee
mr.. Dooley. $500. Luitz & Co. Lincoln.
Albert Parker $780, Dr. J. J. Barber.
Boss Mccormick. $3.50. ]. A. sprague.
Selden, Kan.
Rory o'Moore, 5000. DR.. J. ]. Barber.
Hunter, Okla
Brocatel, s245, c. o. Knowles. Milan.
BaiIina, SIPS, ]. J. Nice. Humboldt,
Black Match. s225, ]. Kriepe. Topeka
The Winner $780, J. H. Gregg, Riley,
Kan.
The Eloquent. $3.50. Geo. Bradshaw,
Fergus Magic, $3.50. Campbell, Cairo.
Fergustane. $3.50. J. w. Beck. Osborn.
King Jackie, s1,575. C. A. Mckenzie.
Jack Bird. s1s5. c. B. Samson. To-
Clara Morris, $3.50, W. P. Brockett.
Gienwood. $3.50, Claud Barringer. sa-
Victoria Regina, $3.50, Frank Foster.
Topeka.
Shamrock Queen, $500. Thos.w. Law
Kilrush. 500, John Foley. Topeka.
Shamrock Lady, $195,I w. De Long,
Imperial. Pa
shinelagh, SITS, ]. H. King. Riley
Elsie Shamrock, 500, John Mitchell,
Grey Court, $40. George Bradshaw.
Pilgrim Prince. $3.50. T. P. Newell.
No. 81, $3.50, Frank Blanch, Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-06
KILLED BY A TRAIN.
II. E Barney, Rock Island Switch
man, Loses His Life.

NJ E. Barney, switchman in the
Rock Island yards at Herington, was
struck and killed last night by a pas
senger engine that was backing down
the track toward the round-house. The
engine was in charge Of Engineer Orr.
The report received at the Rock Island
division offices this morning states that
Barney had stepped on the track for the
purpose of giving a signal. He did not
see or hear the engine, and those in
charge of the engine did not see him.
The engine ran completely over him.
killing him instantly.
Mr. Barney was a married man and
leaves a family. His remains will be
taken care of by his family.
There was a curious coincidence con-
nected with the death of Mr. Barney. In
a great many cases the employees of the
Rock Island who carry life insurance
have the premium deducted from their
one of these. The premium was deduct
ed from his wages with his consent un,
til last month. when he decided that ne
would discontinue his insurance and
wrote a. letter to the division offices ask
ing that there be no deduction from his
February pay. The letter was received
at the division offices too late for the
correction to be made, the pay rolls
having already been made up and the
money deducted from his wages. Con-
seQuently the matter was allowed to rest
until the next pay day, which will come
on the 18th of this month. Mr. Barney
was killed last night. 1t was fortunate
for his family that the letter he wrote
arrived at the division offices too late
for the correction to be made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-06
COMPLACENT CABINEERs.

High up on the side of the Cumber-
land mountain I found a cabin situated
in such lonely place and so far from a
neighbours, that I had a curiosity to
know how the old mountaineer and Lis
had talked for little while I asked:
DO you and your wife see many peo-
pie here ?"
@skassly ever see anybody. sun" was
his reply.
Then you have to depend entirely
upon yourselves for sOciety?"
That's it. sun
And what do-you find to talk about?''
7 continued, having noticed that neither
was inclined in conversation.
What do we find. Martha?" he ap-
pealed to her.
Heaps. I reckon" she said when
breakfast is ready in the maWnin says
to yo' to sot down to con coffee and
hoe-cake."
Yes"
when it's noon and yo' are hangin'
about I says that hoe-eaHe and con cof-
fee is ready"
Yes"
And when it's candle-light L sort O.
jerks my head an yo' bitches up to
sorghum and hOe-cake and wants 10
know why we don't hev bacon. Ain t
that talk huff stranger2''
But there's the evenings, suggest
ed.
Yes thar's the evenings. of co'se and
Us ] reckon it viii be a fine day, to-
morrer and Jeb he reckOns the same
thing, and we wind up the clock and 90
to bed oh, I don't reckon we ar suf-
ferin' to death for the want of some
body to CAB to-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-06
DAYHOFF SENDS LETTERS.
Appeals to Schools to Aid Famine
Sufferers.

State superintendent Dayhon advises
the public schools to take hand in the
raising of money for the famine suf-
ferers of Sweden, and he is sending out
letters to the public school officers of
the state urging that a Gay be set apart
in each school on which the school chill
dren may contribute what they wish to
the fund. In his letter he says:
THE governor of the state has issued
his proclamation for the relief of the
famine sufferers of northern Sweden.
That the schools of the state may
have oppor tunity to aid, in this worthy
cause. this department urges and recon-
mends that you set an early date in all
the schools under your charge, when all
pupils therein viii be given an oppor-
tunity to contribute a free viii offering
to this relief fund.
Send all contributions to this Office
or to any member of the committee des-
ignated by the governors proclamation
and you win receive a receipt for the
amount and your contribution will be
forwarded promptly"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-06

Seed sweet potatoes, 75cuS1.25 per 5u-, az
cording TO variety.
NEGET AJLES
Wisconsin Holland, s1.l5 per
100 lbs.
)NIONS-Spanish onions. S1.75 per cratcs
Kansas grown, 1oc per bu-i Wisconsin red
globe, soc per blu.
OYSTERS York count 40c pei
can: extra select, soc per can standard,
Csc per can. bulk standard. per gallon.
sl.35; bulk, extra. select. S1-60 per gallon.
CELERY-California blue ribbon, 55c pei
d0z. California jumbo. l5c per doz.
CRANBERRY Jerseys, 81. 500 2-00 pei
DBL, per standard box. $4.00lt425
DATEs-Fair. 4sza5e h.: Fard. $3.50
cocoANUTs- $3.50 per sack; 45cs per
RADIsHEs-T Texas radishes. 95c per
f0zen bEuches; Texas green onions, 255
per dozen punches
SPINA CH-Texas. 90cQS1.00 per bu.
NEY-Colorado 24-rack cases. So SO
BUTTER. EGGS. POULTRY
BJTTER-Country. PC.
EGGS-Case count. 13c.
POULTRY Hens. Sc ID; ROSTERS. 15e
each ducks. 73sc ID; geese, &C lb- turkeys.
11lac ID; young ROSTERS. 63zc ID; live
spring chickens e ii Ky
PRAIRIE HAY-By ar......-...-. So SCAT. 90
PhAIRIE HAY-By ton (baled). 6-00q6.58
PRAIRIE HAY Qoose) ....-.-.-..- 5.00d6.J8
ALFALFA HAY-By load per ton. $1,000
ALFALFA HAY-Baled, per ton, SS.00uI09a
3TRAW per ton -.-...................-.S 50. %
Market very dull
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-06
SUNFLOWER is CHOSEN.
Senate Gives It omcial Sanction as
the State Flower.

In the senate chamber Thursday night
the club women of Kansas We're given
the courtesy Of selecting the state
flower That is. the senate passed the
bill making the sunhower the floral
emblem of Kansas. as the club women
the club women, and introduced the
bill Here is what the MorehOuse bill
says about the "helianthus''
Whereas. Kansas has a. native wild
flower common throughout her border.s,
hardy and conspicuous. Of definite. un-
varying and striking shape, easily
sketched. nodded and carved, having
armorial capacities, ideally adapted for
artistic reproduction, with its strOne
distinct disk and its golden circle OF
clear. glowing rays-a flower that a child
can draw on slate. d woman can work
IN silk or a man can carve on stone or
fashion in clay:
w hereas, This flower has to all Kan
sans a historic symbolism which speaks
Of frontier days, winding trails over path
less Drairies, full of the life and glory
of the past, the pride of the present and
richly emblematic of the majesty of a
golden future. this flower which has
given Kansas the worldwide NAME
The Sunfower state therefore
Be it enacted by the legislature Of
the state of Kansas. That the helia1-
thus or wild native sunfiower, is hereby
made, designated, and declared to be
the state flower. and floral emblem Of
the state of Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-06
THE DE BOISsIERE CASE.
First Damage Action Is Filed in Otta-
wa Court.

Ottawa, Kan, March 6-The first
damage suit in the series that is ex-
pected to result from the seizure of
property in the orphans home case
was filed in district court Thursday
The plaintiff is F. P. Martin, of Will
liamsburg, who asks for damages
against Sheriff Costigan in the sum Of
Sc. 200.
Mr. Martin is the keeper of a livery
stable at Williamsburg. He states that
he was the owner on March , of fifty
seven head of mules valued at $500
and eight head of horses-tha total
value of the live stock being placed at
$500. This property, Martin states.
was wrongfuIy seized upon and taken
away by the sheriff, wherefore the
plaintiff asks damages in the sum of
$500, with interest at the rate of six
per cent from March 2, and costs.
The stock was taken by the sheriff
under attachment proceedings by
Troutman & Stone as the property Of
L. c. Slime or the trustees OF the
orphans home. Troutman & Stone
claim that the sale to F. P. Martin oc-
CURED on the day the attachment pro-
ceedings We're begun and that the
transfer was not bona fide one.
The papers were served on the sheriff
today by Coroner Haggart. Sheriff
Costigan is protected from personal
loss by the possession of the property.
and an indemnity bond for $40 600 fur
nished by Troutman & Stone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-06

Chicago. March 6.-CATTLE-R Receipts
today. $500 head including 258 head of
Texans. Market steady Good to prime
steers SJ.l5N5.75. poor to medium S3-500
4.g0. stoc<ers and feeders. 81 75N5.00. cows
S15o0460. heifers. S2-25Q4475. bulls. s200a
4-25. calves S3-5006.75. Texas fed steers.
So 1G0 65.
IOGS-Rcceipts today. 10000 head. esti-
mated Saturday. 1900 head. left over from
Thursday 4,l35 head. Market slow to ice
lower. Mixed and butchers s. 950I7. IS.
good to choice heavy, S7.35a7.50: rough
heavy. s1l0Q $50, light. S6.7oQL00; bulk of
sales. S1.0007.30
SHEEP Receipts today. 5000 head
Sheep and lambs steady. Good to choice
wethers. S5-OJu5.65; fair to choice mixed
81 0oftf-75, western sheep. 81. 1850 native
lambs. Sd.5Gn69O; western lambs. s.. 750 ITO.