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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-14

region. Such, too, is the history of
the Gypsy moth, save that it was of
very recent introduction. 1t is related
that a French naturalist residing near
Boston imported in 1868 a lot of eggs
of the common silk worm. Among
them came a few of the eggs Of the
Gypsy moth. well known in Europe.
He had these eggs sitting on a win
dowsill when they were scattered by
q gust OF wind. and thus was started
the pest which costs Massachusetts
o than 5 l 1000, 900 a year.
This list given above does not, Of
course, enumerate anywhere near all
of the injurious insects known in
country. There are dozens and even
hundreds Of others, which, in the opin-
ion of the agricultural department,
would swell the total of insect loss to
more than $500. 900, 900 annually. 1t
probably would be considered that If
the United States had thrust upon it
each year a war of the magnitude of
our recent conflict with Spain, the
early result would be a bankrupt peo-
pie and a bankrupt nation. Yet every
year we accept as a matter of course a
loss far greater than the cost of the
Spanish war in the way of crops de-
vOured by insects. From a moral
standpoint, he who should invent or
discover a means of preventing all
human conflicts would be entitled to
the highest pinnacle of the tower of
fame. But from the financial or eco
nomic standpoint, he who should dis
cover or invent a means of exter-
minating the insect pest of the
United States of America would carr
a monument towering above the great.
est shafts erected to statesmen or pa.
triots. He would save to his people a
total of breadstuffs almost equal to
the amount which they consume. He
would contribute annually $500. OOO. OOC
to the comfort and sustenance of his
fellow man-outpointing the widest
dreams Of charity or 5e~nefcence
And possibly in the swift development
OF scientific lore such an inventor OF
discoverer will yet be found. Or. more
probable still, the government will find
it a method of economy to proceed in
a wholesale fashion against these pests
with the means already known.-Kan
sas City Journal.
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There may be two reasons for this.
The strychnine is not soluble to any
great extent even In hot water and
gophers eat but little food at n time.
To successfully destroy these pests
the poison should be present In the
food in considerable quantity and the
strychnine should be soluble and In a
form or mass acceptable to the animal
to be poisoned. =,
S~tyrchnine is readily soluble in hot
calculated water and we recommend
the following method:
Bring one quart Of vinegar to boil
ing, add one ounce of strychnine. stir
with a stick until fully dissolved. and
then add six quarts Of hot water. Pour
this on twenty pounds Of wheat or
corn and allow to stand for about
eighteen hours or until the solution
is entirely absorbed. but the mass
must be frequently stirred vigorously
SO that it will become uniformly sat
urated with the poison. The grain
should now be spread out to dry, where
it cannot be reached by animals or
children. for you have a highly poison
u grain.
Now dissolve six pounds of sugar and
boil until gallon remains and then
allow to cool. When cold add one Ia
b~lespoon Of anis oil (can be had at
any drug store). You now have a
thick syrup which should be poured
over the nearly dry poisoned grain and
the whole stirred so as to cover each
grain with q layer of syrup. Allow the
grain to thoroughly dry, stirring so as
to prevent its sticking in a mass. The
odor of anis oil is very attractive to
the gopher and each kernel should con-
tain enough poison to destroy one
gopher. This sugar coated grain can
be used at any time, but great care
should be taken to prevent any posi-.
blbe poisoning of birds or animals. A
little of this grain buried near each
gopher burrow will be pretty sure to
attract and destroy its victim.
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$35s,OOO,OOO

Total ............. 1858, 600 600
The cinch bug is said to be a native
of America, as also in all probability
is the grasshopper, though this is not
the right name of the insect popularity
known by it. The ~so-called g~rasshop-
per which travels in swarms is really
a locust, differing little if any from the
species spoken of in scripture. The
Hessian fly, third in destructiveness
of all the pests. is an importation
which has been traced directly to the
Hessian troops hired by the British in
the war of the American Revolution,
and 1t was introduced in the straw
brought to America by those troops
along with their horses. The army
worm is Of American origin, as also is
the potato bug. native of Colorado and
New Mexico. and the same can be said
with a reasonable degree of certainty
about the several insects which infict
such tremendous losses on the grow
ing cotton. However, cotton itself is
surrounded with no little mystery.
Cotton was grown in India and China
many centuries before the time of
Christ. It was found in both CONT
nents Of America, by Columbus and
other Spanish explorers, but in small
quantities and under circumstances
which indicated a comparatively re-
cent importation. Still, to say that it
was recently imported from China or
India would require a reorganization
of the popular idea with respect to
pre-COlumbus relations between the
two hemispheres.
The San Jose scale was imported at
a recent date from Australia or Hawaii.
or all the insects known to America
the scale has the greatest power of re-
production. A single female Is said
to produce 5000, 900 900 Of it's kind in
a single season. 1t is easy, therefore,
to understand how an orchard invaded
by this pest can be overrun as though
by a prairie fire in a part of one sum-
mef.
The weevil is another insect which
we a charge to foreign countries. It
came with our earliest settlements
and is a native of the Mediterranean
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-14
POISONING
Prof. z. =. Laid Of the North Dakota
Agricultural College Tells How 10
Poison the Pests.

Prof. e. F. Laid Of the North Dakota
Agricultural College Tells How to
Poison the Pests.
North Dakota Experiment Station bull
letin by Prof. E. F. Ladd:
Frequent inquiries are received at
the experiment station asking how
best to employ s~trychnine for poison.
ing gophers.
The amount of damage to farm crops
by these little pests is very great. It
Is estimated that in 1901 the damage
to the alfalfa growers of Kansas from
the ravages of the pocket gopher was
100000. Grass. small grains. corn.
vegetables, ETC., suffer largely from
gophers. Their damage is of twofold
character in that they not only destroy
the growing grain but throw IN little
mounds of dirt in the fields to inter-
fere with cutting the crops. The 70.
piers also tramp down and destroy
each season a large amount of grain
n it may be safely said that in
North Dakota the damage to farm
crops In the aggregate is greater than
the estimated damage to the alfalfa
growers Of Kansas.
The early spring is the breeding sea.
son n gophers r very PROLIFIC.
sometimes producing as many as ten
or eleven young in a single litter:
therefore. the destruction of one fe-
a gopher at this season, means a
much as many killed later in the sea.
son.
Many complaints are made that
s~trychnine does not seem to destroy
man OF the gophers in some instan.
ces where 1t has been employed.
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ments that manifest themselves to an
alarming extent as spring advances.
Tired and deathly feelings in the
morning, sluggish and poisoned blood,
defective digestion. constipation, kid
neys and liver unable to perform their
functions-all tend to make life a
heavy burden. Men and women
should commence this very day to ex-
ercise the Godgiven quality of CON-
mon sense and use Paine's Celery
Compound, the one and only reliable
spring health builder. Mr.. w. H.
Peedan, business manager of the
"Globe-Gazette." Mason City. Iowa,
says
Il feel impelled by a deep sense Of
gratitude to express how much | have
been benefited by Paine's Celery
Compound: it has made me a new per-
son. There is nothing else which 80
well restores vitality to the system"
The Hon. Edward McKenny, Jefer.
son City. Mo-. says: "Paine's Celery
Compound is the great national rem.
edy. can cheerfully recommend It."
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-14
Pure Food Law.

George B. Keen, representing the old
reliable Price and Royal baking pow
der company was among the men do
ing business in the city today. He
like other travelling men represent
ing food concerns, is interested in the
new pure food law, and his company
will at once comply with the provi
siOns of the law so far as it relates
to baking powder, which is that ar
anlysis Of the contents must be printed
on each al or package. The Mime
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-14
A FAIR TRIAL

Is all that is necessary to convince
you that HOstetter's Stomach Bitters
is the best medicine in the world to
cure Dizziness, seiehins, FiatuIency,
Heartburn. Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Con.
stipation or e~iiIiousness. We there
fore urge you to try it at once, for your
health's sake. 1t is also an excellent
spring tonic and will fortify the sys.
tenn against attacks of La Grippe,
Colds, chiils or Malaria, Fever and
Aeue.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-14
PROMINENT NEWSPAPER BUSINESS
MANAGER Who USED
PAINE'S
Says: There is Nothing Else
Which So Well Restores
Vitality to the System"

Worn and sick in body and mind
is the unfortunate condition of a vast
army of u American people, young
and old, in the springtime. The siren.
uous life of business. professional and
literary men and women-their wor.
ries, cares and anxieties, all contrib.
ute to weaknesses and physical all
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KNIGHTS OF

ST. Elmo Lodge. No. 4. Meets every
Wednesday evening at X. P. hall, Baker
Block. !. w. Healy, C. c. Frank G. Titus
X. Of r. and 8.
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G. A. r.

James B. Mcpherson Post No. 2, Depart
!nent OF North Dakota. Grand Army or the
Republic. Meets every second and fourth
Thursday In each month at G. A. r.. hall.
Bismarck, N. D.: w. H. Winchester, Com
mander: John F. Wallace, AdJutant.
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Bismarck Lodge, No. 10. Meets tn,
first and third Tuesday evenings OF eacI
|. O'Clock. c.. f.. Murrell, IN. W.; Bradley I
Marks, Recorder.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-14
THE FOES OF AGRICULTURE.
immense Annual Loss Caused BY In
secto.

The statement is made by the agri-
cultural department at Washington
that every year insects infict damage
to the growing crops of the United
States to the enormous total of $780,
900, 000, or about the value Of all the
wheat crop. A table is given setting
forth the destructive power Of the
twelve leading families of bugs and
worms as follows:
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-14
BROTHERHOOD OF AMERICAN YEO.
MEN

A .fraternal life and accident insurance or
ganization, meets the last Tuesday Of each
month IN the Odd Fellows hall. l. w. Healy
Foreman, "a Hose, correspondent. Ma
chino shop. r. L. Best, n. a..
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-14

Tancred C~Ommandery, Kniehts Templan
No. 1. Meets third Thursday In each
month at Masonic hall. Dakota Block. n.
". Cook, E. c. w. F. CochraDe Recorder.
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SECRET SOCIETIES.

Bismarck Lodge, A. r. & A. H., No. g.
Meets first and third Mondays 10 each
month at Masonic hall. NJ. NJ. Cook, ". NJ.
Burt Finney, Secretary.
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:. O. q. E.

Capital City Lodge No. 2-Meets ever,
Friday ut MCGOWAN hall at 8 O'Clock q. m.
John Wray, N. g.; VIM. D. Gorsuch, Sec'y.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-14

sofa law requires this same label.
Mr.. Keen does not think the pure food
law in the state will be as successful
as that in Minnesota, for the aso
that the responsibility for the enforce
ment of the law is toe much divided.
In Minnesota, there is a pure food
commissioner with a number of depu-
ties, whose duty it is to make pur-
chases Of articles that are labeled pure.
and have them analysed. The finding
of impure goods in packages marked
pure means fine for the dealers who
sell them. and as a result dealers are
careful about putting any a%dulterated
goods on the market marked pure.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-14

THE FLORENCE CRITTENTON HOME AMI
Hospital for Friendless Women and Children
Incorporated November %. 1901. No. Il9 East
second Street, Bismarck: n. OAK. President
corresponding Secretary. N. l.. Ashley
Recording Secretary. Albina E. Couch; Treas
falling; Mstron. Margaret L. Ashley.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-14
NIcHoLsoN REBEKAH NO. 20

Meets the FIRST aud third SATURDAY. Of
every. month - Odd VelOW6 halL. a. (
clock. Mary Whitecraft, n. g.. Jenny O'Con
or. Secretary. 800
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-14

Bismarck Chapter. NO. IL, O.. e. 3.
Meets first and third Fridays 10 each month
81 Masonic hall. Dakota Block. Dorothy
Field, w. NJ. Hattie SHELTON. Secretary.
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woMEN's RELIEF coRPs

Meets second and fourth Fridays of each
month at their hall nj 2:S0 D. N. Hattie
Skelton, president; Emma B. Falconer, secre.
rary.
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AFTERNOON DISPATCHES
FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS

SUMPTER s. G., June 3-Thirty passengers in
train week Sumpter today.
ST LOUIS No. June 3The Mississippi steadily
the vicinity steps being
prevent loss life
FAYA, Azores June 3Sr Thomas Iiptons Shamrocks
with their tender arrived at Faya today The
their trip ia unusual incident
ROCKFORD Ill, June 3Presden Roosevelt participated il
the dedication the today The
President made short speech in which he paid beautiful
to the martyred President.
ODESSA, Russia June Coaded by the persecution which
thy have been subjected
sanction the Jews of Odessa arming themselves
Tense against further outrages
KANSAS CITY Kan. June 3The this city
Topeka gradually improving caring
refugees rapidly becoming organized with the steadily
receding the outlook is
LONDON England, 3The Cathusans been expel
ed from Charruse of their activity the
Hebride The Carthusan order founded by Bruno 1911
the headquarters originally being in London but later transferred
to GOdaming, Surrey
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~, Farmers Bull. No. 4, John ". Gl, vI,9
Preliminary Report on the ConHeISlai FiOe'S
Of the philippines; Manila, r l.. IsOS'
70, Pacific Commercial Advertiser hSy 10
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reached its maturity and harvesting
is in process, the old plants are cut
near the roots and the suckers are
left to grow up. After the plants
reach maturity the crop is constantly
renewing itself, so that harvesting can
go on almost continuously. The plant
is in the best condition for producing
fiber about the time the flower bud
reaches the top of the plant. The
stalk is then cut as near the root as
possible and the Ieaf-sheaths are strip
ped off. The fiber is the so-called
f6rO-rdsculdr bundles which make up
part of the structural substance of the
leaf-sheath surrounding the flower
stem from the ground to the expan-
sion of the leaves. The length of the
Ieaf-sheath surrounding the flower
stem determines to some extent the
length of the fiber. This leaf-sheath
is thicker along the center than at the
sides, and in order to facilitate the
stripping of the fiber it is split longi-
tudinally into strips two or three inches
wide. The strips from the thicker por-
ton of the sheath are then torn tan
CENTRALLY, inasmuch as the fber is con-
tanned mainly in the outer part of the
sheath, and the inner portion of the
thick strips which are torn off consist
mainly of valueless pulp.
'For stripping the fiber the method
almost universally in use is to draw
these prepared strips between the edge
of a knife and a hard, smooth block.
The apparatus can be set up at fire.
quent intervals in the vicinity Of the
plants to be cut. a nipa Cpalm-
thatched) shed is constructed, though
sometimes the protection and shade
of a large tree is chosen. To two up
rights set in the ground a horizontal
pole is attached with rattan canes. 4
short strong knife with a wooden han
die is firmly attaced on a pivot or
fulcrum upon the upper surface of the
horizontal pole The handle is at
tached by a rattan cane TO a bamboo
spring arranged in the roof of the shed
OF to a branch of the tree, while an
other rattan cane runs from the handle
to a treadle on the ground, which can
be worked by the foot of the operator.
The spring in the roof above holds the
knife upon the pole, or IN some cases
a block, with uniform pressure while
the strip of the leaf-sheath is being
drawn between its edge and the pole
or block. By placing the foot upon the
treadle the pressure is released and
the fiber may be redrawn or new
strip inserted.
when it is not the desire OF the op-
orator to produce a fiber OF fine tex
ture and white color knife with fine
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ly serrated edge may be used BY
using knife of this kind there is less
waste of the fiber, but at the same
time more of the undesirable pulp and
consequently, fresh juice is left with
the fiber. This residue of pulp and
juice drying upon the fiber, gives it an
undesirable color, and if too much is
left on, the strength of the fiber is in
jured and the market value is much
reduced. The whitest fiber is drawn
under a knife with a smooth edge and
Immediately after the plant is cut. If
the stalks and strips are allowed to lie
in the sun for any length of time be-
fore the fiber is drawn the fiber will
be colored more or less yellow. AS
means of increasing the fineness and
wilderness of the fiber the strips may
be drawn several times when they are
fresh. Of course the greater the
number of times the fiber is drawn
and the greater the pressure upon
the knife the more is the waste,
bat the increased value of white fiber
will compensate for a certain amount
of waste.
'In yield Musa tertiIis varies con-
siderably. In Albay, Sorgoson, and
Masbate, where the rainfall is heavy
and the humidity Of the atmosphere is
high, the yield ranges from 6S7.5 to
967.6 pounds of dry fibre per acre each
year In other provinces where the
climate is dryer the yield may not ex-
coed $40 pounds per acre. In some To-
calities the quality of the fiber is in
jured by the work of borers. Wherever
these insects work the fiber is either
cut entirely or it is injured in color
and strength.
Several attempts have been made
to perfect machines for extracting this
fiber economically, but these machines
have either fallen far short Of their
reouiremnts or have not met with
favor among the natives who had oc-
casion to use them. The most essen
tial feature at the present time Of
machine for this work is that il be
light and portable. The greater part
of Manila hemp is produced on the
mountain or volcanic slopes or on very
rough ground. and as the plant stalks
are quite heavy ali planters have found
it most economical to transport their
apparatus rather than the material. 1t
IS hoped, however. that some appara-
tus can be devised TO avoid the great
waste which renders the present
method Objectionable. It is variously
estimated that from 20 to 80 per cent.
of the fiber is wasted by this crude
process Of drawing, and this fiber. too,
is fine and Of good quality. The thong.
IContinued on Page 81
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A recent bulletin % published by
the Philippine Bureau of Agriculture,
Manila, gives many facts in regard TO
the cultivation of Abaca or Manila
hemp, of immediate interest to farm
err and planters in Hawaii.
Manila hemp was introduced into
Hawaii many years ago as has been
recently noted by Hon. w. NJ. Giffard
(2) and other contributors to the daily
press. There are a considerable num-
Der of mature plants in lao Valley on
Maui; and they have been so widely
distributed in the past that many
plants will undoubtedly be reported on
all the isalnds of this Territory when
search is made for them.
That portion of the Philippine Farm
ers' Bulletin, relating to Manila hemp,
not being available for distribution in
is republished herewith.
The conditions requisite to the Gull
tivation of this crop, as outlined by
Gilmore, would be looked for
in the windward districts, such as
Hanalei. Kauai, Nahiku. Maui, and
Hilo, Puma, Olaa and portions of Kau
and Kona on Hawaii.
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CorTespOuuenIs. Ine Bank or Cal1f0f
MIA, Commercial Banking Co. Of sgd
ney, Ltd, London.
Drafts and cable transfers on Chi, \
and japan through the HongkonK ana
Shanghai Banking Corporation ant
Chartered Bank OF India, Australia an<
China
Interest allowed on term deposits .
the following rates per annum, viz:
Seven days notice, at per cent
Three months, at per cent.
Six months, at 3h per cent.
Twelve months, at per cent
Trust Department.
Act as trustees under mortgages.
Manage estates, real and personal
Collect rents and dividends.
Valuable papers, wills, bonds, ets
received for safe keeping.
Accountant Department.
Auditors for corporations and pr,
Vate firms.
Books examined and reported OF
Statements OF affairs prepared.
Trustees on bankrupt or insolvsnt e.
tates.
ONCE, ga Bethel street.
Savings Department.
Deposits received and interest allow
Cd at "A per cent per annum, In AZ
cordance with rules and regulations
copies OF which may be obtained o.
application.
Insurance Department
Agents for FIRE. MARINE, LIFH
ACCIDENT and EMPLOYERS LA
BILITY INSURANCE COMPANIES
Insurance office, ga Bethel street
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Agents for FIRE, MARINE, LITN
ACCIDENT and EMPLOYERS LA
BILITY INSURANCE COMPANIES
Insurance office, ga Bethel street