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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-19

Commenting on a recent editorial Oh the organ
cation of tobacco growers, the Southern Tobacco
Journal says: The above is from The Progressive
Farmer and truer words were never written.
This spasmodic, periodical actions of the farm
es will do no good. We have noticed for years
that there is a howl and call for organization
whenever prices were depressed, and then when
the Clouds rolled by" and prices again salts
factory, there was no more talk of organizing. As
The Progressive Farmer suggests, eternal vigil
ance' is the stuff. Tobacco farmers can accom-
plish a great deal by organizing and working
along business lines. If they should accomplish
nothing more than arranging some way to Sc
cure statistics, as was recently suggested to Col.
Grimes, why they will have done a good work.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-19

345 pounds copper sulphate at &C.,. $2O.70
5 bushels lime at 35c. ............ LIS
10 pounds white arsenic at 5112c...... SIS
30I2 hours labor for man at 17H2c.... 5.33
IS hours labor for man at 15c. $500. 3.75
28h hours labor for team at 171ac... 4.99
Wear on sprayer. 300
Total $4O.O7
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-19

20 u y d dG c'bc
28R hours labor for team at 1712c... 499
Wear on sprayer. 800
Total $4O.W
The cost of spraying per acre for each applica-
ton was eighty cents. The increase in yield, due
to spraying, was ~sixty-two and oue-half bushels
per acre, or six hundred and twenty-five bushels
on ten acres. At the time the potatoes were dug
they could have been sold in Phelps at fifty cents
per bushel. That is to say, the six hundred and
| twenty-five bushels were worth 1928 Deducting
from this sum the expense of spraying, $40.07,
there is left $272.43, which is the net profit on
ten acres. This is at the rate of 1924 per acre"
With these figures before us, it is evident that
the spraying of potatoes for the prevention of
fungous diseases is highly profitable. In a case
under my own observation last summer, the pota-
toes, soils and everything for the entire field were
:dentically alike, but upon digging equal portions
from parallel rows, the unsprayed yielded ten
bushels and the sprayed seventeen and one-half
bushels. This, on a forty acre field, would amount
to something over $1,000 net profit from spraying.
A horsepower syrayer of suitable capacity can
be secured for between $50 to $50, and the bene-
fits from one seasons use will turn a handsome
profit on the investment. An advertisement of a
four-row potato sprayer is now appearing in The
Progressive Farmer. The fungous diseases on the
potatoes are worse some years than others, but
spraying will always much more than pay for it
self, and in bad years the profit will be enormous.
One or two friends in this State have to my knowl-
edge sprayed their potatoes and they are ~unquali-
fled in their praise of it's benefits, and say emphati-
cally that they cannot in the future afford to neg
lect this form of insurance.
L. STEVENS,
Biologist North Carolina Agricultural Expert
ment Station, Raleigh.
There ought to be a cottonseed oil mill for
every thousand bales of cotton.-Dr. r. III.
Speight.
Such was the opinion expressed by DR.. r. III.
Speight in a Farmers Institute in Tarboro a few
days ago.
DR.. Speight is one of the foremost and best in
formed citizens of Edgecombe County, and what
he says on a subject on which he is so well posted
ought to have much weight with those who do not
know so well.
The Commonwealth has from time to time
urged the people of Scotland Neck to establish
a cottonseed oil mill. DIR. Speight has had ex-
where there several oil mills, and he is correct
in urging the farmers to manufacture their prod
ucts as far as they can.-Scotland Neck Common
wealth.
Commenting on a recent editorial Oh the organ
zation of tobacco growers, the Southern Tobacco
Journal says: The above is from The Progressive
Farmer and truer words were never written.
This spasmodic, periodical actions of the farm
ers will do no good. We have noticed for years
that there is a howl and call for organization
whenever prices were depressed, and then when
tho Ha1O116c rolled hv0 and nrIcPS AGAIN salts
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-19

receive careful consideration by every potato
grower in the State"
The total expense of spraying ten acres five
times was $4O.O7, the items being as follows:
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-16
What Senate Will Do.

The steering committee of the sen.
ate has framed the programme of the
senate during the holiday recess. Four
matters will be given attention during
this period. They are the Philippine
bill, on which the senate agreed to
vote December 16; statehood legisla-
ton, the nomination of William Crum
to be collector of the port of Charles.
ton, S. c., and the question of filling
vacancies on senate committees.
No effort was made to outline a pro-
gramme for the session, nor to preju-
dice action on urgent business which
failed in the last session of congress,
or was advocated by the president in
his message to congress. 1t is believed
by senate leaders that there will be no
substantial opposition to the statehood
bill in its present form, admitting
Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one
state, and Arizona and New Mexico as
one state
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-16

Many women become middle-agee
from the simple reason that they AZ
low middle-aged habits to steal upon
them, and relapse into state OF phys
ical incidence just at a time wneB
they should fight against this ten
dency to give up exercise. says Wom
ans Life. THE best preventatlVes
against growing middle-aged.' says
charming woman Of as. whose u"
wrinkled face and slim figure g's
her the appearance Of being at leas'
Is years younger than her real ago.
ARE cheerfulness. a strict determine
ton not to worry over trifes, ana
sense Of humor that saves one from
depression. A cold tub every mofI
ing, a walk every day in rain and sur
shine, face massage with cold cream
at night, ten minutes physical eSer
else Immediately on rising, friction ~ :"
the hair to stimulate its growth wiz
keep any woman free from wrlnKieN
and will preserve the contour Of he'
figure.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-16
REDUCES SOUTH'S ORATORS
SENATOR PLATT WOULD HAVE
FEWER coNeREssMEN.
Introduces q Bill Which Reduces the
Representation Of Southern States
That Have DISTINGUISHED the
Negro Vote.

Senator Platt of New York has In.
troduced a bill, prepared under the
direction of the committee on national
affairs Of the Republican club OF the
city Of New York, having as its pur
pose the reduction of the representa-
ton in congress of southern states
that have disfranchised the negro vote.
The measure, If enacted Ia its pres.
ent form, would lessen the member.
ship in congress by nineteen, accord
ing to the estimate that has been made
by the Republican club. which organ.
lied 1t.
The bill and an explanatory state.
ment issued by Senator Plat were re.
ferred to the committee on the census.
The bill provides for the reduction OF
representation in the house of repre-.
sentatives as follows:
Alabama, from nine to seven. Arkan.
sas. seven to six; Florida, three to
two; Georgia, eleven to eight; Louisi.
ant, seven to FIVE; Mississippi, eight 20
six; North Carolina, ten to eight;
South Carolina, seven to five; Tennes.
see, ten to nine; Texas, sixteen to fiji.
teen; Virginia. ten to eight.
The statement says: "This bill is
framed on the lowest limitation pos.
sible, and treats as excluded from the
suffrage only the male negro citizens
over Fl years Of age. classed by he
Twelfth census as illiterate under the
1900 census tables, published since the
appointment act of January 16, 1901"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-16
CONGRESS MET AND ADJOURNED
Little Business Done In Either Branch
at First Days Session.

Little Business Done In Either Branch
at First Days Session.
With the senate in session thirteen
minutes, the last session Of the Fifty.
eighth congress was assembled Mon.
day. In both the senate and the house
q committee was appointed to wait
upon the president and inform him
that congress was ready to receive any
communication he had to send. Reso.
lutions of respect to the memory Of
the late Senator Hoar Of Massachu.
sets and Quay of Pennsylvania were
adopted by both houses, and the ad-
tournaments taken were in further trib.
ute to their memory. The only busi-
ness outside CT the usual first day ro1.
tine was the adoption Of a resolution
In the house extending until January
5, 1905, the time within which the
merchant marine commission may
make its report.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-16
TERRIBLE MINE ACCIDENT.
Fifteen Men Lose Their Lives as Re
suit Of Explosion.


A special from Burnett, Wash,
brings the news Of one Of the most
terrible calamities that has ever
blighted the mining industry in the
state of Washington. occurring in the
Burnett coal mine. Without mo-
ment's warning at least eleven lives
were snuffed out and 1t is believed
that the death list will total fifteen.
OF these unfortunate victims eight are
men Of families, while the rest were
unmarried.
The cause Of the explosion has not
been definitely ascertained and opin'
ions vary. BY some the theory Is ad'
vanced that fire damp is responsible
for the disaster, but this will not be
known until an investigation has been
held. The Burnett mine is owned by
the South Prairie Coal company.
At the time of the accident there
were about forty men at work. Just
prior to the fatal explosion some OF
the miners had assembled to the sur
face and others, more fortunate than
the victims, were able to make their
way to safety after the terrible blast
which shook the neighboring territory
like an earthquake.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-16
DOWN WITH AuTocRAcX.
Russian Reformers Meet and DEMAND
Free Speech and . Parliament.

Rvsslan Refermsrs Meet and oemano
Free Speech and q Parliament
A remarkable meeting OF TOO per-
sous the cream of the Russian inteiii
gent classes, was held in st. Peters
burg Saturday night. Korolonko, a
prominent Russian novelist, presided
and among those in attendance were
Maxim Cork, in his customary peas
ants attire: somevsky, the historian
Madame Gallina, the poetess; Madame
shapia. the novelist, and other writer's
Numerous resolutions were adopted
demanding constitutional reforms
freedom Of speech, q parliament ETC.
A poem was read denouncing bureau
cracy, for carrying on an unjust war IN
Manchuria. Many women were IN tears
when Cork, in a scene Of enthusiasm
kissed one of the orators. The meet
Ing closed at 3 o'clock in the morning
amid shouts of "Down with the auto
cracy."
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-16
GREAT IRRIGATION SCHEME.
Millionaire Demonstrates Successful
Experiments With Soil Culture
Method.

J. P. Pomeroy, who has been en-.
gagged in reclamation projects for
years, has determined to interest rail.
road companies traversing Kansas,
Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, New
Mexico, Utah and Texas in soil re.
clamation. He hopes thereby to re.
claim fifty million acres of land.
Mr.. Pomeroy is millionaire mine
owner, and also owns $4,000 acres Of
land in western Kansas. He owns the
Pomeroy Model farm at Hill City,
Kan. where he has spent thousands
of dollars experimenting, employing
the Campbell soil culture method in.
troduced by Prof. H. w. Campbell, un.
der the latter's direction.
1t Is, in brief, a method Of conserv'
Ing moisture by treatment Of the soil
and has been so successful that the
larger project is to be undertaken.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-16
MURDERED az eEooAR.
San Francisco Woman Killed by Man
She Had Fed.

San Francisco Woman Killed by Man
She Had Fed.
Murdered, the police believe, by q
beggar to whom she had given food,
the body of Mrs. Margaret Kelly was
found one day last week in San Fran
cisco by her son James. The boy, who
is IL years old, had returned from
school with his sister, and he hurried
upstairs to ask permission to play IN
the street. The door was locked and
he climbed up the fire escape. when ne
came upon his mothers body. At the
time his playfellows were waiting at
the street door for him.
One of the most important clues to
the murderer is the bloody mark left
by a mans thumb on the tablecloth.
The mark Is plain, showing thumb OF
unusual shape, and will be most con-
vincing testimony, according to the
famous Bertillon system of measure
ments.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-16
THE LOSS FROM STRIKES.
Labor Disturbances Cost an Immense
Amount Of Money.

LABOR disturbances lost an Immense
Amount Of Money.
The statistics on this subject show
loss to the country from strikes that
is simply appalling. We, who are SO
familiar with the word strike" that
we scarcely give It second glance
while reading our papers, have not tae
slightest conception Of the vast
amount of money that has been lost
through labor disturbances.
Available figures show that In the
twenty years between 1881 and 1900
there were 22,793 strikes, which cost
the country in wages, expenses and
direct loss Of trade the enormous sum
Of 1896, 769,392! During the same pc
Rod there were zoos lockouts, costing
$72,199,1S9, making total of $685.
968.5S1!
Here is a loss Of almost half
billion dollars figured from three items
Only-that Is, loss Of wages, assist
ance. or money advanced to strikers
by their sympathizers, and loss to EN-
ployers. It would be fair compute
ton to estimate an equal sum lost d.
rectly and indirectly by the genera
public because of the strikes.
Total, one billion dollars In twenty
years!-Womans Home Companion.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-16
Burglar Under the Piano.

For half an hour Miss BERTHA Black
played the piano In her fathers parIor
in Columbus, O., while a big negro
burglar lay crouched beneath it. I'm.
able to keep his cramped position
longer, he stretched his legs. and in
doing SO moved the piano. Miss Black
stopped playing and looked under the
instrument. The negro presented a
revolver and ordered her not to move
or make noise on pain Of death. He
quietly backed toward the hall door
and disappeared.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-16
Tried to KIN Mine Promoter.

James w. Goodman, the Nogales,
Arizona, merchant, who was under
indictment on a charge of attempting
to shoot w. c. Greene, copper mine
promoter in New York City last April,
has been released Oh suspended sen.
tence by Judge Foster in the court Of
general sessions. In moving for the
suspension OF sentence, District Attor-
ney Jerome said: Goodman drew the
revolver under strong provocation, be-
lieving, as he did, that he had lost
large sums of money through Greene"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-16
Lots Of Russians Left,

The military strength of Russia is
still untouched by the present war, &C.
cording to an official report at the war
office. OF the 764 districts in Russia
there has been thus far partial mobili-
zation in 423 districts, and in seventy.
four Of the latter only few categories
were touched. In none are the reserves
exhausted. The regular establishment
includes guard and grenadier corps,
two cavalry corps and twenty-three
regular corps, exclusive of two in the
Caucasus, two in Turkestan and the
Siberian corps.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-16
FOUGHT AMONG FLAMES.
Bandit Caught Tartar In Bingham
Canyon Merchant.


Locked in life and death struggle,
Christopher Trip and a masked BAN
dit fought in burning building Wed.
nesday night near the Highland Boy
smelter, in Bingham Canyon, Utah.
Neither man relaxed his grasp until
their clothing was afire. Then both
crawled through the sitting smoke to
the outer air. The highwayman at.
tempted to hold up Christopher and
Samuel Trip in their brothers store.
He fired at Christopher when the latter
resisted him. In the struggle that fol.
lowed the stove was overturned. The
fire consumed the store, a meat mar.
ket and vacant building. its damage
amounting to $4,000. All this time the
noise Of the battle and the fire was
heard by telephone operator in Muir.
ray. She summoned assistance, but
by that time the bandit had escaped.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-16
BANDIT SHOT EXPRESS MAN
FAITHFUL EMPLoYE LAID Low
BY TRAIN RoBsER.
aold Outlaw Loots Car singie.handed
and Makes Good His Escape win
Contents Of tho Safe.

An unknown bandit entered the OK
press car on the Santa Fe overland
passenger tain. Monday morning.
some time between 2 and 1 O'clock
shot Express Messenger Evan 0. ROD
erts twice, inflicting probably fatal IN
iuries secured the contents OF the
way safe and leaped from the car
while the train was running at full
speed.
The robbery occurred somewhere
between Needles and Daggett, Cal.'
but was not discovered until the train
reached the latter place. Conductor
Halves opened the door of the OK
press car at Daggett and found Mes
senger Roberts lying on the floor OF
the car in a semi-conscious condition
and the contents Of the riled safe
scattered about the car.
Roberts was so seriously wounded
that he was unable to tell how the
robbery occurred, except to say that
he had discovered some one on the
blind baggage" shortly after the train
left Needles, and had opened the door,
when the man, whom he took to be
negro, sprang inside and before the
messenger could draw his revolver
opened fire, shooting and wounding
him twice. One of the bullets struck
Roberts in the left breast, passing
through his body, the other striking
him in the right side. Roberts fell to
the floor and the robber Immediately
went to the open way safe and took
what he wanted of the contents. He
then opened the door and leaped out.
Roberts was so badly hurt that he was
unable to make an cutlery.
The amount of money and valuables
secured Is not known at this time.
Messenger Roberts was brought to
Los Angeles on board the train, which
arrived shortly after noon Monday.
The way safe contained envelopes
holding money and checks which were
being sent to the general offices BY
station agents along the line. Santa
Fe officials in Los Angeles decline to
make any statement regarding the
amount of money that was likely to
lave been In the safe, but maintain
that 1t was not large.
Messenger Roberts was a resident
of Los Angeles, and was one OF the
Oldest and most trusted employees OF
the Wells-Fargo company.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-16
Ten People Injured.

Ten persons were injured and $685..
900 worth Of property destroyed as
the result Of explosions caused by .
spark leaping from a gasoline machine
on which chauffeur was working in
New York City. Forty automobiles
were destroyed or badly damaged, and
SO rapid was the progress Of the fire
that men wol king In the second story
Of the building had no opportunity to
escape by way Of the stairways, and
were forced to leap from windows.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-16
Revise Treaties With Other Powers

Revise Treaties With Other Powers.
AS soon as the new Russo German
treaty is ratified, Russia expects to
open negotiations for the revision Of
commercial treaties with other powers.
One Of the most important results,
doubtless, will be the ending Of the
trade war with the United States
which arose over the imposition of a
countervailing duty on Russian sugar
few years ago. Russia retaliated,
imposing the maximum duty on Amer.
lean goods. virtually ending American
and destroying the grow.
ing Russian market for American man.
ufactured goods. The loss OF Amer.
lem trade has been about $4,000, 900
annually.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-16
FELL INTO AN AMsUScADE.
Japs Given a Licking In Attempt 4
Turn Rennenkampff's Flank.

bNs' s~ssNs
There Is a persistent rumor In Muk.
den that the force of Japanese sent to
turn General Rennenkampff's flank
has been repulsed with great loss. The
story Is not yet officially confirmed,
but details are given with great cir.
cumstantiality. It is stated that Gen.
eral Rennenkampff. who knew the
movement was maturing, awaited the
Japanese at the mouth Of one of the
captured passes, and that the Japan
csc turning force threw themselves
unsusrecting into the ambuscade,
where. after the fight, the Russians
collected 500 Japanese corpses. 1t Is
added that there are 1000 more Jap
anese corpses which 1t has been i'm
possible to collect. owing to the fire or
the Japanese. This does not include
the Japanese loss in wounded. The
Russian loss, according to this &C
count. was only thirty or forty men.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-16
NEVER A MISTAKE"
BUT MARTIN socos OWNED up
TO MiscALc'LATloN.
After Slight Accident Caused by Hh
Stepping Down Cellar, Perhaps This
Was the Least He Could %, but
That Was All.

In the course Of a long and eventfua
life Martin Boggs had never been
known to admit that any Of the fail.
ures which had besprinkled his career
had resulted from q mistake on his
part.
II his potatoes did not turn out well
in the new place he had chosen for
them In the face Of advice, It was BE-
cause he had planted them there az
a warning to his son, who had no.
ton to try experiments" II his chill.
dren had scarlet fever because he had
failed to take his wife's wishes into
consideration in regard to visit to
IN infected house, "he wished them
to have it, although he hadn't thought
best to say So"
II an investment turned out badly
he "had Just put the money In to en-.
courage the company, although no
knew 1t was no USE" and II barrel OF
eating apples turned out sour he had
bought them to make into cider"
When he opened the cellar door Of
neighbours house one night under tho
impression that It was the one which
led to another room. and then stepped
of into space ard landed on the cellar
bottom, 1t really seemed as II, for
orce, he would have to own to mis-.
take.
When It was ascertained that be.
yond some bad bruises and one or two
easily.remedied dislocations Martin
was safe and sound, one Of his old
friends ventured little mild banter.
Seems as If. for once in your life,
you did make mistake. Martin" Said
this courageous person; but Mr.. Boegs
turned a bandaged and reproachful
conference toward him.
1T isn't what I'd expect Of You, Ez.
~" he said, mildly. Ito call little
miscalclation like that a regular mis-
take."-Youth' Companion.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-16
sTocKMEN TO COMBINE.
viii Unite In All Branches for Mutual
Benefit.

viii Unite In All Branches for Mutual
Benefit.
Frank J. Hagenbarth Of Spencer,
Idaho, the new president Of the Ma
tional Livestock association, and one
Of the presidential electors of Idaho,
in an interview in Chicago, is quoted
as saying:
1.-THE livestock interests are now
planning a reorganization along mod.
ern lines. The new plan contemplates
an alignment and grouping Of each and
every livestock interest. The object
of the proposed organization IS to pro.
vide medium through which the var
ious branches of the livestock indus
try may meet and confer for the pur-
pose Of securing a better understand
ing of the peculiar conditions affect.
ing each, to secure concerted action
where such action is found to be for
the benefit of the whole industry; to
encourage better organization within
the various branches; to bring before
congress and the governmental de.
partments the requirements and needs
of the livestock industry, and to af-
ford clearing house and establis, a
community of interests for the indus.
try. Each branch or interest con-
nected with the livestock industry
will be regarded as an entity or unit,
and will form the basis of organiza.
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