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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-24

To follow an occupation for fifty
years without n break is a record made
by few men. The man who can look
back over half century spent in one
occupation IS in a position to recall
many changes and probably many evil
dences of the spirit of invention and
improvement. This is the story of the
service rendered by a Portland man
who spent fifty years working for
Maine railways. His work began
when the railway lines in Maine were
in their infancy: when trains were few
and slow and the comfort and luxury
of travel, as understood today, were
unknown. To read his "Reminiscences
of his life on the road is to bring home
to the mind the fact that the railroad
as ew see it in the twentieth century
is after all a modern invention, for
the first road running out of Portland
had been in operation only little
more than ten years when this veteran
begin in the business. Orlando +.
Cram commenced railroading April !,
1853, at twenty years of age. COM
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-24

A census of the senior class at Bow
dOin shows that the Ga young men who
will get their diplomas from that COL
lege, tomorrow, are divided as follows
as to their future occupations: IS will
enter law, 9 medicine. s manufacturing,
business, teaching, newspaper
work, 2 ministry, 2 graduate studies, 1
science, 1 insurance, and l rairoading,
while the rest are yet undecided. The
class has stood high in scholarship and
10 members have won the coveted
b in athletics.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-24

bee and Portland r. r., now Maine
Central r. r. He received wages of 30
cents a day, but was raised to 81 day
about a month after commencing work.
A few years later the name of the
road was changed to Portland and
Kennebec railroad, and still later it be-
came a part of the Maine Central rail-
road. The road then extended from
Westbrook Junction to Augusta, with
branch line from Brunswick to Bath.
Envy at another woman's clothing
evidently actuated a Lewiston woman
the other day when she threw pail
full of water out of a window onto the
head of a neighbor who was passing
beneath dressed in stunning new cape
and hat. The articles were ruined and
the woman upon whom the water fell
resembled "a drowned rat as one of
her witnesses stated to the police. The
woman who was suspected of throw
ing the water laughed when inter-
viewed by the police. Oh, no! She
didn't throw anything out of the win
dow. She might have thrown q cupful
of water at the children. She was
positive that she did not wet down the
woman. She was glad to hear how
ever, that some one had thrown the
water as the woman needed a bath.
That was why she laughed when she
heard the story of the damage. Be
sides she laughed to think how funny
the woman must have appeared when
the water struck her. She would have
given a dollar to have seen what the
woman looked like. All this and very
much more she said with jOcose smile
upon her face. The officers We're in
clined to think that she was guilty of
throwing the water. She denied it..
Whenever the condition of the wo-
mans clothing was mentioned she
passed her hand down over the face as
if trying to straighten out the muscles
so that they would not form into a
laugh. The woman who received the
contents of the bucket placed the mat
ter in the hands of the constable who
finally brought about a settlement with
damage, it's said, amounting to nearly
800. But that is no reason why the
innocently accused shouldn't smile.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-24

From every sanctum in the State the
signs arise, today, from those who
have to keep at work and can't go out
to play. We're thinking of the lucky
ones down by the Camden shore, with
ocean scenery all around and clans
piled UP before.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-24

f. z. Pitzer
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17

require the farmers who use fertiliz-
ers, as a class, to support them. Let
the support and improvements come
from the State Treasury, as the 9th
er State schools are. supported, and
we have nothing to say.
I have been told this act was pass
ed as a rebuke to the management
of the College; which reminds me of
the man who fell out with his neigh
Dor and to get even with him brutal
ly beat his neighbor's horse.
The farmers of the State are not
responsible for the management of
the College. If there has been mis-
management, correct it in the proper
way, but not by laying burdens on
the farmers of the State-who are
not at all responsible for the man
agement of the A. & M College, any
more than they are responsible for
that of any other State institution.
It may be the Legislature could
not distinguish between the mechan-
ical, textile, engineering and agri
cultural departments of the College
and treated it as a whole, designat
ing it simply as a farmers college.
If this is true, their ignorance of the
real situation may be their excuse
for the act as passed.
am sure the Legislature did moth
ing that will be as disappointing to
the farmers as the passage of this
act. T. B. PARKER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17

this plan failed after a few years.
Labor troubles will come, and the
wisest men are often puzzled to
know what is best to do. The plan
of proft-sharing seems to us to be
the most equitable of any we have
tried. Some of the most success
full business men pursue this course
with their employees. If you will
give any one an interest in a bust
ness, let it be farming, merchandise
ing, or any other occupation, he
will do better work.
HARRY FARMER.
Columbus Co., n. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17
The Agricultural Department and the
A. & NJ. College.


A. & M. College.
Editor of The Progressive Farmer:
You will please publish in full for
the benefit of your readers the act
concerning the buildings and gen
eral appropriations made for the A.
& M. College as finally passed by the
Legislature, giving the vote, names,
for and against the measure, by the
Senate
/ read your editorial this week on
this appropriation with a great deal
of interest. I was thoroughly dis
appointed, and I might say disgust
ed, with the action of the Senate in
the matter. I am sure the people of
the State, especially the farmers, ex-
pected no such legislation, a discrim
nation against the farmers who have
to buy fertilizers. If I am correctly
informed there is no positive assur-
ance of an Agricultural Building for
at least two years yet. The farmers
of the State asked for this building,
but instead of getting it, are made
to complete the unfinished buildings
at the College at a cost not exceed
ing $4,000 this year, and to contri-
butte to the maintenance of the Col
lege next year, $1O,OOO-an amount
equal to the annual maintenance ap-
preparation .of the State. This is
where the farmers are Disseminated
against. They pay their share of the
taxes from which all the State in
stitutions are maintained, now those
of them who use fertilizers are made
to pay a special appropriation to
State College that is open to any
boy in the State who wishes an in
dustrial education regardless of
whether he is a farmers son or not.
I am informed there are 20 or more
Raleigh boys attending this school
and boys from nearly all the towns
and cities in the State, none of
whom, probably, are taking the agri-
cultural course. We are glad to
have these town boys attend the col
lege, but we do not think it right to
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17
Gazette-Messenger :

Washington Gazette-Messenger:
One of our leading farmers remarked
this morning that the question Of la
Dor and the securing Of sufficient
number of the hands to run crop
was fast becoming a serious matter.
Last year at least half Of the pea
crop rotted in the fields for the want
of hands to gather them, and so
many of the negroes were leaving
the country and moving to town, un-
less the farmers secured labor from
abroad, it looked as if it will be
useless to pitch a crop.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17
Number e.
The scab of the Irish Potato.
Editor of The Progressive Farmer:

Editor of The Progressive Farmer:
The potato scab is readily recog-
nized by all growers of the potato
by the scabby depression in the nor
mally smooth skin of the potato.
These scabs may be single or scat
tered, but are often so abundant as
to involve nearly the whole surface
of the potato. To the consumer
they are of considerable Importance,
since they necessitate very thick
pairing, and consequent loss of the
edible portion of the potato. To the
farmer who wishes to sell his 'po-
tatoes, the loss is even greater, as
the scabby tubers command in the
market a much less price than clean,
healthy potatoes.
The scab is due to fungus which
grows in the skin of the potato. This
fungus on old fields, which have
been used repeatedly for potatoes,
may be thoroughly distributed
through the soil. In ground which
has not been used for potatoes so
much, the scab causing fungus may
be absent If, however, scabby po-
tatoes be planted in a clean soil the
scab will be carried to this soil by
such planting, and a scabby crop
will result
One method then by which the
scab gains access to the field is
through the seed. This means of
entrance is under the control Of the
farmer, and may be readily cut off
by soaking the seed in a chemical
which will kill the fungus adhering
to the surface Of the potato, and yet
not injure the potato itself. Such
a chemical is formalin.
To treat your seed potatoes mix
eight ounces of formalin with ff-
teen gallons of water, and soak the
seed in this solution for two hours.
Then cut and plant. The solution
may be used repeatedly, but it is
we'll after it has been used two or
three times, to either lengthen the
time of immersion or to add little
more formalin to make up for any
loss in strength. Formalin is a
harmless non-poisonous substance
(when used externally which can
be used with safety anywhere. It
can be purchased at any drug store
for about 80 cents per pint.
in many cases the value of the
crop has been doubled by this treat
ment, and yet the treatment itself,
including both material and labor,
costs only a few cents per acre.
If you are troubled with the scab
do not neglect treatment.
F. L. STEVENS,
Biologist, n. G. Exp. Station.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17

VIII you please correct a mistake
that was in your paper of January
18th? I don't know who made it,
the typesetter or myself. It made
me say that J. E. Glasgow cleared
81, 900 on his farm in 1901; it should
have read 800.
From what I can learn there will
be but little tobacco planted in this
section this year. Cotton and pea
nuts will be the money crop. There
will be a very large acreage of corn
and field peas planted, as we farm
ers are determined, by the help of
the Master, to make our hog and
hominy at home in the future
Leonidas, Halifax Co., N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17
AGRICULTURE
HARRY FARMERS TALKS.
CXI.
CXI.

Editor of The Progressive Farmer:
How are the farmers going to
manage the day-laborers to the best
advantage of both? The season for
picking strawberries and cotton gen
orally causes the laborer to go away
from home to where it is necessary
to have large numbers to do the
work quickly. This leaves the small
farmer in bad way. He does not
have sufficient work to keep his la
borers employed all the time so as
to be profitable to both. The labor
crs being mostly women and children
cannot do heavy work. In the win
ter the children go to school Cor
some pretend to go but just go
enough to have the name). It may
be that the farmers have supplied
them with meat and bread through
the winter with the expectation that
they can have the bill paid in~Work
the following spring and summer.
The IabOrers are not always dishon-
est for some go away and make
money and pay their bills, but this
does not choD the farmers cotton,
hoe his potatoes or replant his corn.
The labor is what he needs and wants
at this particular time more than
money. The labOrers can make bet
Ter wages while picking berries or
cotton, so he is not altogether to
blame.
Now this is getting to be a serious
matter with a large number of farm
'rN' 1t Is problem that must be
solved. he complaint is made in
nearly every newspaper published in
me central and eastern part of this
State. People must eat and dress,
ana the man who can give work for
uiN class of labor the whole year
winch will be profitable to himself
anu f1mlnerative to the laborer will
nave solved the vexed question.
on our own farm we employ some
IoFng the winter months, raking
"a'eS and litter for the stalls and
Pe"S' b"tchering hogs, etc. The
large boys cut wood and split rails
"oogh We do but little of the last
named work. Now it is almost use
.2>' 10 say that if we cannot have
Iem during the busiest season Of
s year. that we will not employ
."sl" at all. We knew some farm
IN long time ago who would not
-" coIored people any sweet potato
b so IN the spring so that it would
1s easy to have them work for DO
"''el dlgglng time came, but
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17

Editor of The Progressive Farmer:
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-02-24

machine used at Cargill Creek, Andres.
Bahamas, gives 700 pounds a day with
eleven laborers in the mill and forty
laborers employed In the field. Another
mill there putting out 1000 pounds a
day employs eleven men in the mill and
fifty in the field. We are putting out
the same number of pounds, or half a
ton, with only twenty-five men. jap
anese are employed at our plantation
and they are painstaking laborers and
give the best results.
I'm this connection IL might be of
interest to those interested in this new
industry that the receipts from the first
crop will pay for all the expenditures be-
ginning with the breaking OF the ground
for the plants, putting up houses on
the land. putting in the water system,
mill machinery, wages and salaries. or
the total expenses up to the market
ing Of this crop. In our case it was n
period of between three and four years
before the first crop was taken off.
Sometime ago | said we would have
in this country 100000 acres inside OF
six years devoted to the cultivation OF
sisal. What l mean by this is that the
ssal business will be so popular that
there will be enough plants raised here
in that time to cover IO0,0 900 acres of
land. The main question is the getting
of the plants for covering this area
Our own plantation will give about
100000 plants year. Financial opera
tors can readily see that sisai Is a pay
ing business.
Last year thousands OF plants were
taken To Mr.. Knudsen's place on Kauai
and ure nov h,inp prnpu tod and a., q,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-02-24

Improvements committee Wright is in
the lead with Lewis favored by some.
Wright will be one OF the workers of
the session and his thought runs along
lines which would make him a valu-
able man at the head OF this committee.
He already has In course of prepara-
ton a measure for sales and recovery
OF lands. based to an extent on the land
laws of New Zealand. He favors roads
throughout the islands and has COM
prehensive acquaintance with the needs
of the group.
This solution OF the difficulty of hav-
ing the dominant party made RESPONSE
BILE for the actions of the majority is
so absolute that the working together
of the two houses, as the Republicans
now will absolutely control both, is as
sured.
There may be introduced also n de-
parture as to local legislatures but
something that is we'll understood and
constantly followed in the States. The
Rules committee may play n greater
part than ever before. There are so
many important matters to come up
that any resolution setting forth day
Tor special bills or fixing the time for
vote, referred to the Rules committee
would have the effect of House order
II passed. and in consequence it is prob
able that the County bill and such
other great measures may be consid-
cred under special rules, in effect thus
establishing closure.
The Senate will get TO work on the
county bill this week and its many
matters will be rushed along.
Members Of the Legislature are far.
ing well at the hands of the Sergeant
alarms this session. Each .ound On
his desk the other day a handsome
fountain pen with most approved spe-
cial, INK bottle, and pen knife with
pearl handle, which was a gift worthy
OF the man who received the votes
OF SO many members. 1t Is supposed
these were presents for no authorize
tlon Tor such purchases, amounting TO
close to 5000. had been made. Some of
the members were new to the use of
the pens but they soon caught the an
giles and write notes all the while now.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-02-24
Death OF James Aud.

Jamrs Auld. . part Hawaiian. and
on" ~ the oldest aud best printers of
these Islands, ASA yesterday morning.
as'd a. A. partner of Captain ], ~.
hlnck 10 once pN nn9 aud published the
AdY'riirrr lR the earliest dhys ~ the
hlA BE- WAS "a valued member of lts
mechanical fnrra Rnd had worked la
other local ossees NJ, Aud was twice
married, ana "a rpn by his nrsi wife Mas
killed ~ dfaNhfidFe accident ai Oak
lah1 10 has Dnr CON iiVing ANA sey p
sIal firprrhildffn ~ tho iays ~ The
monarchy ~ kalakaua, NJ Aud sas
l'ritnna Ffnia "a The palace ana he sas
alAafs llksI ~ hlf assn iaiss ln al
NslhH ~ lur Tho funrfal gill iaks
plass ioday - sn'elofh ifpm 100 N N,
Williams uHatTlatlns paIi0TF. Dnflsl
on ~ ~ ~ rslhollt esmsisly
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-02-24
S|SAL is A TRIUMPH OF
SMALL FARMING IN HAWAII

All the sisal fibre that Hawaii can
produce can find a ready market at San
Francisco. There is no certainty, how
ever, that the Islands will be able to
fulfill the requirements of at least one
of the largest cordage companies in the
United States for at least three or four
years. The Tubbs Cordage Company
of San Francisco, which is handling the
output of the Hawaiian Fibre Company,
of Sisal, Oahu, pronounces the Hawai-
ian sisal of No. 1 quality, equal to the
finest fibre handled by them from other
sources of supply. and the corporation
would like to receive 1900 tons per year
from here. The present output OF the
Hawaiian Fibre Company is between
1870 and 140 tons per year, although in
| February, 1904, the company expects to
double this amount.
The Tubbs Cordage Company has re-
ceived two monthly shipments of fifty
bales of 500 pounds to the bale and after
passing the product through their mills,
have sent the following report to Man
ager A. II. Turner, which was received
in the China's mail:
1.-THE sisal is a No. ! fibre fully up to
the standard OF good current sisal full
ly equal to the X. NJ. mark of Molina s
sisal. 1t is well cleaned and packed
in the bales in fine shape, all straight
with no kinks In II, which Is very rare
with other marks. There is no need of
putting on burlap covers on the bales
at all. We do not like the wire ties
very well. All sisal Is bound with fibre
bands and can be used, whereas the
wire has TO be thrown away. The
weight OF bale does not matter; "a 300
pound bale is all right. although the
usual size IL from 375 to 400 pounds.
THE fibre for good current slsal
should not be less than thirty-six inches
long; II put up any shorter Il Will bring
lower price; We can use a fibre TWEEN
ty-four inches long but not as a No. /
figre as by working II alone IL makes
an uneven yarn and OF course does not
make "A nice looking rope.
III there In any other Information
that can give you shall be pleased
20 do 80. ! should like very muan 10
get all the sisal We use from your plt 20
that would be- about 1900 tons a year"
The Hawaiian Fibre Company has
made two shipments 10 san Francisco.
or about twelve tons each time The
Tubbs people waited until the second
shipment had arrived sO as 10 compare
the two ana found both " excellent
quality.
we are turning out about 1000
pounds day," said Managrr Turner
yesterday, 'and that 10 the present ca
pacliy ~ our min, slsal planis which
Nrfs fui 9hTse months as0 are ready
~ be cur Afain, but sill bs given three
W0Diht longer fIonfh brioIr this 10
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-02-24
REPUBLICANS WILL
ELECT CHAIRMEN IN
HOME RULE PLACES
Find That Rules Give Them Power
to Control All the
Committees.

Legislative action will begin In earnest
III, week as all that mas been cone So
far in the four days OF session must be
considered as curtain raiser to the
real working OF the two houses. The
numbers of bills, OF which notice have
been given, makes the prospect of some
hard work by committees excellent and
the outlook is that no time will be lost
The House will get down to business.
and IL rumors are to be. credited, in more
ways than one. The dissatisfaction
over the committees of the lower
branch grows rather than disappears.
The responsibility of the Republicans
for this legislature has caused a feel
ing of some irritation that two such
committees as those on Public Lands
and Internal improvements and Ac-
counts should be in the hands of Home
Rulers. The former has the eXpendi-
lures of large amounts which will in
clude every Territorial work, appro-
prlation or provision and by its ac-
complishment must the legislature be
judged very largely. On the other hand
the Accounts committee will have the
spending of the public money for car
rying on the session. and there again
record can be made. In this connec-
ton the following, Rule q, is interest
ing:
The first person named on the COM
mittee shall be the chairman, unless
the committee elect another. The
chairman shall call meetings and pre-
side and clerk may be appointed"
1t is now understood that acting un-
der this rule there will be immediate
elections of new chairmen for the COM
mittees which according to Speaker
Beckley were to be presided over by
Home Rulers. There may be no change
in the Printing committee as Fernan-
DEE is said to be satisfactory, but in
the two committees mentioned above
1t Is almost certain that there will be
changes made.
Greenwich has been mentioned for
the Accounts committee as he is a
careful business man and would scruti-
nize expenditures with great care.
For the Public Lands and Internal
The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-02-24
CIRCUIT COURT AT tt!LO SAT
UPON 100 CASES DURING TERM

Hil.o. February ?0.--The Januar,
term OF the Fourth Circuit Court ad
journed sine die Wednesday Afternoon
after q long and arduous terms work
The regular term and the extension oI
ten days were consumed In the trial OF
a very heavy calendar OF casea In ali
there were about lG0 cases tried, among
thom several murder cases and will
contests OF Importance. The long hours
aad prolonged term weighed heavily on
court. jurors. attorneys and litigants
alike. and all we're glad to see the end.
SHERIFF ANDREWS WATCHED.
Sheriff Andrews was presented with
gold watch last Friday by Judge Lit
tie on behalf OF the police OF Hawaii.
He has just ended his twenty-fifth year
In the police service OF the Islands.
WHAT HAWAII WANTS.
The report OF the committee appoint
ed at the Hilo public meeting recon-
mending changes In the county bill will
be sent to Honolulu on the Kinau.
The committee wants East Hawaii di-
vided into Ave districts, with a super
visor for each. They want also the
Office OF tax collector abandoned and
taxes paid direct to the treasurer.
They ask for the election of district
magistrates. and that policemen be in
cluded in the list of public officials to
give bonds. The committee wants the
Income tax exemption raised to $4,000,
and that health matters be under the
control of the supervisors. The COM
mlttee also favors the Kauai educa-
tional bill putting schools under con-
troll Of counties.
A QUEER RAID.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Fernandez
were arrested last week for unlawful
oohabitation, but at the trial before
Judge Hapai exhibited marriage GER
titicate proving their marriage in Ho-
nolulu in 1895, Rev. H. ii. Parker Off
ciating. The defendants were accord
ingly dismissed. The police say the
arrest was made on sworn complaint,
which Is not made public.
HILO WEDDING.
All Of fashionable Hilo attended the