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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-06-24
Mark Grating Wood.

Why will farmers keep WorInlesS
apple trees on their farms When IL
perfectly easy to have all good. IL
an orchard of a hundred trees VI
mixed varieties, some will Dc Feis
good and some will be very poor. 1et
we have seen such orchards stand anu
for twenty years bear the same oiu
kinds of fruit with which they starteu'
The trees that bore only cider apples
at first continued to bear cider apples'
Why do not farmers oftener graIt thelr
best varieties of fruit onto the trees
bearing the poorer varieties! Is IL
because they do not think ABOUT 1t VI
because they never get around TO DO
ing what they know should be oone'
BY grating we can in Few years
have all the trees in an orchard pear
ing good fruit During the summer
months is the time to mark gra1tlns
wood, for it is altogether prooaDle
that the quality of the fruit on differ'
ent branches Of trees varies and that
the fruitful bough, if made up into
gratis, will give better returns In
fruit than the unfruitful bough. This
is the claim of some that have made
study Of the subject, though it must
be acknowledged that no one has as
yet probed very deeply into the mat
ter. Some of the varieties, like the
Gano, have been propagated by mere
ly selecting certain boughs that bore
apples of a certain color and form. 1t
would therefore be well to mark all
wood that is to be used for grating
next year so tnat the orchardist may
be sure to have his scions from wood
that has the habit of fruit bearing. In
this way some of the worthless fruit
trees that are now taking up room
without returning any rent for it will
become valuable.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-06-24
BRIDGE Over the Zanbcsi

A huge one-span arched steel bridge
which is to carry the Cape to Cairo
railroad across the waters Of the Zam-
hesi river just below the Victoria
falls, will shortly be swung into posi-
ton. This bridge will be the highest
in the world, with main span of 500
feet. The materials us2d in the con-
struction of the bridge a'c TO be
transported from ono bank to the
other across tbs gorge by an electric
c. ..,laway.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-06-24
PLAN FOR WOODEN BARN.
Now, Driveway and Cow Stalls All on
The Same Floor,

Now, Driveway and Cow Stalls All on
The Same Floor.
; w. H. B.-Please publish particu-
lars of barn 40x60 feet, with COW
stalls on the same floor as the NOW
and driveway. | have plenty of tam
arack, elm and pines and shall build
entirely of wood.
The plan shown provides an 1S-foot
NOW, driveway of IL feet and two
bents of Is feet each, in all 60 feet.
The 15-foot bent comes directly over
the passage behind the cattle. In
order to avoid placing posts in its
passage way, they are placed on the
side of each gutter opposite each
other, and a 12x12 in timber, spans
from one to the other and the sill
rests on it. The dimensions of the
stable and stalls are given in the
plan. The 1S-foot NOW can be con-
verted into a horse stable and gran
ary, if desired.
If you have plenty of timber on
your farm. why not frame your posts
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-06-24

There are two more or less stand
ard remedies for the prevention Of po-
tato scab: % Soak uncut seed rota-
toes in a solution of one ounce of cor
rosive sublimate in eight gallons of
water; (2) soak cut or uncut seed po-
tatoes in a solution of one pound Of
formalin in fifteen gallons Of water.
These solutions are about equally ef-
fective, and ones choice will depend
upon the ease with which they can
be procured. F'ormalin has the ad-
vantage of not being violent poison
like the corrosive sublimate.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-06-24

l do not think that the oat plant
makes an ideal orchard cover crop.
Nevertheless, it is very much better
than no cover crop. The fact that
you are to grow a hoed crop in your
orchard during the fore part of the
season increases the possibility of in
jury from the using of oats in the lat
ter part. If you can get good catch
of crimson clover and can SOW this be-
tween the rows of your hoed crop,
should use it in preference to oats.
If this is not feasible, then sow oats
and peas, but would take care 20 use
a fertilizer with the spring crop.
While it is true that the oat crop will
not be harvested, yet the cereals draw
SO heavily on the moisture of the soil
that, should the season be dry, it
might prove a dangerous competitor
for the young fruit trees. This is
system of double cropping and Should
be conducted with caution.-J. C.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-06-24
Women and Their Shoes,

Women are paying more and more
attention to the shoes worn with all
costumes. Fashionable women are
wearing bronze shoes with their go1-
den-brown costumes, grey suede ties
and pumps with their grey costumes,
oyster-colored suede with a costume
of that shade, and SO through the end
less gamut of fashionable COLES.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-06-24
chiId,s Pinafore Eroek.

Frocks made in pinafore style and
worn over guimpes with full sleeves
are exceedingly charming and attrac-
tive and so eminently simple that
they suit the small folk to perfection.
This one is made of sheer nainsook
with trimming of embroidery, but all
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-06-24
Lioht coIored Evening Wraps.

To be fashionable evening wraps
must be light, not in weight, but in
color. Almost every material, fSm
lace to "marabout ropes" will serve
for their making, but they must never
he black or red or brown, and even
dark gray is little under the ban.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-06-24
Ground Floor Plan of Barn.

"a or 26 feet long and make a base
ment of eight feet under the barn ?
This will give you a more handy
barn, with more room. All the extra
cost would be the extra length of
posts, weather boards, girts and floor,
and the same roof answers for both.
To have the stables warm, there
should be either stone or concrete
wall one foot above ground.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-06-24

Your oxalis is infested with aphis
or plant lice. These may be destroyed
by sprinkling the plant with tobacco
dust or by fumigating the liant with
tobacco smoke. If the insects are not
very numerous you may wash them
Off, use soap suds first and then wash
with clear water. Oxalis grows very
rapidly and it might be wei for you
to cut off all infested leaves ard
stems, allowing the plant to make a
new, clea1 growth.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-06-24

ed to the style and can be made over
the fitted foundation and with frills of
lace in place of needlework, while the
yoke can be lace or any fancy mate
rial preferred, and can be made quite
transparent or lined with chiffon when
ever such effect is desired.
The waist consists of the lining,
front. backs and yoke collar with full
sleeves, and is closed invisibly at the
center back. The soft belt is cut bias
and is gathered to form tuck shirrirgs
at the ends.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is 3% yards 81
inches wide, 8 yards q inches wide,
or 1M yards A inches wide, with 8
yards of insertion, 314 yards of wide
embroidery and yards of narrow to
make as illustrated.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-06-24


Alfalfa is not well suited to con-
ditions and treatment suitable for
timothy and red clover. By the time
alfalfa is ready to cut for hay, timothy
and red clover are not sufficiently ad-
vanced for full yield, and if the al
falfa is allowed to stand until the
other crops are ready for cutting the
alfalfa stalks will have become tough,
woody and indigestible and will have
lost many Of their leaves which are
the best part of the fodder. Again, al
falfa should be cut three or our times
in a year, while timothy and red
clover will produce only two crops at
most Some farmers mix in a little
alfalfa seed with permanent pasture
mixtures, but for hay this plant does
not go we'll with red clover and tim
othy.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-06-24
Rolls Into the Window Casing.

the pocket; but upon returning the
awning to its pocket, the facing fol-
lows and closes the opening in such
manner as to completely hide the
shade from view. The improved ap-
pearance of a building thus equipped
is at once obvious.
The inventor is Stephen Prebble of
Brixton, England.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-06-24

the white materials used for purposes
OF the sort and pretty colored ging-
hams. chambrays and the like are
equally suitable and the latter are
even preferable for the hours of play
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-06-24
Alfalfa With Timothy.

R. An seeding down a piece Of
land for hay how would it answer to
add a little alfalfa to the timothy and
red clover mixture?
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-06-24
Oats as a Cover Crcp,

S. W. 81 wish to SOW oats in my
orchard following hoed crop. Would
such crop be injurious to young
trees?
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-06-24
Plant Lice on Oxalis.

w. J. B.-An oxalis is infested with
small, green insects; please tell me
what to do for It.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-06-24
Preparing for an Orcb.rd

Speaking of the best soil for an
pie orchard, L. A. Goodman said. y
the preparation of the land ana A. -
distance OF planting, we must bA 'de dt
rected by the climate, the conSs., W III
OF the soil and the surrou,dino Uo
cumstances. believe the virgin 80. ~
ber soil to be the best in evarv LIN I'm
1t has proven such in all INV va. way
ences: Cutting this timber in 49,. pvL-
ana september, burning up ALI 80
bPgSn ng M IN tbe oCfoDer 1ona and November ploW @
January and cross-plowing apain ana 10
March and April, have been the 4r IN
courses we have ever pursras pest
pays to prepare well the Isnd IL
the trees are to be planted esnoo,,r "nere
where the trees are to stand ociaily &c
for many a year, never dnr;n not
life OF that orchard, can that rs. 'ne
plowed again. Prepare Wen ~ iC De
therefore, before planting. iand'
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-06-24

There are predictions that tb,s
again the growers of fruit viii year
trouble in supplying themsaIvala rave
barrels In sufficient number 70 Win
them to market the crop AZ ~ enable
it should be disposed of. tue time
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-06-24
Potato Scab,

A. S.-What will prevent scab on
potatoes?
The oasis., 1904-01-16
Saturday, January 10, 1904.
"Given Him a Fill"

T Sun. which under the caption O
 Mining in Mexico" last week presented the following:
 An exchange discoursing on tn, advantages and disadvantages of
 fered in mining in Mexico has tn,
 following:" Mexico, while pre- senting many very desirable min ing propositions, also present, many obstacles to successful de velopments and improvement ot these properties once acquired. h the first place the law of Mexico makes a purchaser of a mining property citizen of that country unless expressly stated otherwise in the instrument of transfer, and then again, the new law of that country requires the employment of at least seventy-fve per cent of native labor and no distinction Is to be in the wage payment as be- tween the native and foreign labor. Heretofore native labor could be obtained at about seventy-five cents Mexican per day. Under the new law this labor will have to be paid at the same rate as other laborers and miners, which will make the working of the mines, when taken in connection with the excessive tax and other incid- entals, extremely heavy. Many foreign companies that were pre-. pairing to take over Mexican prop critics are now looking elsewhere for investment"
 The statement published is in- accurate in more particulars than one, and even where accurate the point raised is no obstacle to suc- cessful exploitation and operation of mining properties in Mexico. In the first place the alleged prov. ision of law making purchaser of a mining property citizen of the republic unless stated otherwise expressly in the instrument is a fake. There is no such provision in the Mexican law, and even were there such d provision, it would be very easy to comply with the al- legged law and reserve the citizen ship of the purchaser in the in strument of transfer. Again the transfer is usually made to a cor poration, and of what significance is the question of citizenship in such case? Where Americans op- crate mines or other enterprises in Mexico there are usually two cor porate bodies-a Mexican incor- poration which holds title to the properties, and an American cor poration which holds the stock of the Mexican company. In that way the enterprise secures full protection of the laws of both re publics.
 Then the assertion that the | country requires that at least sey- per cent of the labor tC the native and distinction in wages is prohibited by law, is very in accurate. It is true that all cor porations in Mexico are required to give native labor employment to ! certain per centage of the entire force; but there is no truth in the assertion that no discrimination permitted in wages paid; and in the very nature of the work there is hardly a mining operating in Mexico which does not employ a much yreater proportion of native labor han that stipulated in their con
The oasis., 1904-01-16
Mines Wanted.

We have customers for the following kinds of properties, namely: Property from which some ore can be shipped right along. Low grade gold proposition. Must have good sized ledge, and some development work done. Low grade copper; chalcopyrite preferred, but must be sulphide ore. Also two or three good gold or silver prospects.
 In answering all we want to know is what your property is and what you think it IS worth. Then, if we can handle 1t at your figure we will correspond with you, find out where 1t is and make arrangements to go and see it. Address, "BUSCONIONS"
 Care of THE OASIS.
The oasis., 1904-01-16

wages in mine workers in Mexico
 is true; but 1t has been brought
 about by the rapid development of
 the mining industry, and the in-
 creased demand for labor Parti-
 cularly has this been true in So-
 nora, Chihuahua and other north
 ern states of the republic The
 advances there, in the wages of
 native workmen, were voluntary
 upon the part of the companies,
 and made to draw workmen from
 afar Mining enterprises in states
 farther south began to feel the
 draft made upon their laboring
 population by higher wages paid
 along the border, and protested to
 the government. The government
 uniformed the companies interested of protest--and that Is all there
 was to it.
 Another point made in the article under criticism is the al- legged Or hinted excessive tax upon mining enterprises in Mexico.
 Now there is no excessive tax in Mexico But what tax there is has to be paid. Big corporations can not secure the evasions of the law they do in Arizona. Were the Copper Queen and United Verde mines in Mexico they would not evade taxation the way they do in Arizona. There are in Mexico two forms of taxation. The first is the tax upon the mining ground itself. ] It is ten dollars, Mexican, per pertenencia, per annum. That is in lieu of the Sl00 annual assessment work upon each claim required by | the United States law. When computed 1t is found to be not so heavy as the requirement of the United States law. A pertenencia is a square 100 metres on each side. So ten pertenencias-ar- ranged so it would be two wide and five long-would include an area 650x1625 feet, or fifty feet wider and 125 feet longer than an mining claim, 600x1500 Il feet. To hold that area the owner pays Sl00, Mexican per annum, or abont $45, gold. To hold the American claim the owner s required by law to do $100, gold, worth of work every year. The difference Is that in Mexico the money has to be paid, while in the United States the owner works his conscience by swearing he has lone $100 worth of work, when '25 would probably cover the lctual cost. Then there is an ex- port tax upon gold and silver bull ion, when they are shipped out of he country. The only reason here is not a similar tax in Ari- ono is because the mine owners lave heretofore controlled the egislature. But it Is not so exces- . i've that producing mines are com 'elled to close down on account of ts exaction.
The oasis., 1904-01-16

United States Custom House Manifest Blanks for sale at THE OASIS office.
Arizona republican., 1904-10-28

nning oil. An eight-inch pipe line is in operat ton betweel. leere and Kansas City. 200 miles away, owned, of course, by the Standard oil compaity, which has a refinery at Kansas City. built this year. with a capacity of 12.Cc0 barrels per day and tnnlsagc for SOoO.- coo barrels.
 The oil is pumped through this ptpc line to Kansas City. but the quantity received is vastly in excess of the ca paeity of. the refinery. and the Stand ard Oil company is now engaged in building another p'pe line from Kansas City to the refinery at Whiting, Ind, not far from Chicago, The surplus above the capacity of the Kansas City plant will be pumped on 10 Whiting, after completion of the line It is pro- posed, also, to construct ttrce addi- tionaL-pipe boes to eastern points as soon as possible. The Kansas and In dian territory field is now producing at the rate of 5.00O,0Oo barrels per year, and In two years. the doctor says, the output will be increased skiold.
Arizona republican., 1904-10-28

and two solos by MT. E. P. Wilson.
 The convention was also addressed yesterday forenoon by Mir. Ostora Gtb- son, of Tombstone, who is the candi- date of the prohibition party of A1iz- ona for the office of delegate 10 co1.- gress.
 The election of officers for jhe en-u- ing year was held shortly before noon and resulted in the reelection O. Mrs. Imogen La Chance and Mrs. I4uella F. Thomas, os this city, as president and corresponding secretary, respectively. Miss c. GiIchrist, of Phoenix, was chosen for vice-president, and Mrs. s. D. Wilbur. of Mesa, was reelected treasurer, and Ms. Frances Willard Munds. Of Prescott, recording >secre- tary.
 Aside from the devotional exercises and music, the principal topics of dis cussion yesterday, and upon some of which subjects reports were subnlitted by department heads, were:
 Sabbath Observance, Purity and Mothers Meetings, Cradle Roll, Fran chise Christian Citizenship. Tenn ance Literature, School Savings Ranks. Hints on Parliamentary Usage Fran chise Work in Local Unions, Official Organs, Temperance Work in the sun day Schools, Rescue Work, Evangells- tic Work, and Local Work With the Indians. There were also numerous committee reports, and plans made for the work of the society during the coming year.
 Mrs. Battin gave an interesting talk on her visit to the penitentiary at Yuma. It was also brought out that the Prescott local union had gained new membership of v during the last year.
 Miss Gnchrist gave practical illus tration of the effect of alcohol on the brain. Miss Shannon read a paper on Work Among Indians" Mrs. Mac Murray, of Casa Grande, read a paper on Evangelism" The convention closed by singing God Be With You Till We Meet Again" and prayer by Mrs. White.
 Tempe was chosen as the place for holding next years convention.
Arizona republican., 1904-10-28
GROWING ALL THE TIME
Dr. J. If. Ford Home From the Indian
 Territory Oil Fields.

pr. and Mrs J. M. Ford returned home, yesterday from the east, Dr. Ford having spent most of the summer in the oil fields of the Indian territory and Kansas. Both are feeling well, and are glad to get back. F. E. Ford is still in that section. and Mrs. F. F. Ford is still at the fair in St. Louis.
 Dr. Ford is greatly enthused over the oil fields. He says that his son, F. E. Ford. a nephew w. J. Ford. of Washington, D. C., and George Mc- Fall, who left here some time ago, are now extensively interested Tn opera tions there. The doctor also llsts a minor interest with them. They have secured 6S0 acres in fee siElple and lave Ieaseholds on $50 acres of Indian lands, approved by the secretary of the interior They have done no drilling yet, but there are wells all around them and the field extends for fifty miles around them, people finding 0il wher- eyer they bore The field, or oil area, seems to extend from eastern Kansas, south to the Cherokee nation. where they are located, and there is oil all the way between. The headquarters for the operations of the Phoenix men are BartelsviIle, I. T..
 There has been no drilling iI that immediate field till recently, but there is now being produced 100000 barrels per month of high grade, standard re-
Arizona republican., 1904-10-28
THE cOnnIssION ALLOWED
Verdict for Plaintiff in Case OfWarren
 vs. Allen, ct Al.

After being out all night and part of the breeding afternoon, the jury in the case of Laura E. Warren against L. r. Allen and others found for the defense. The plaintiff had brought suit for the recovery of about $47o, which the firm of Allen & Wilson had retained as a commission on real estate transac- ton. The case has attracted more than ordinary attention from lawyers and real estate men.
 It was shown that the real estate firm had entered into a contract with the plaintiff for the sale of the Warren ranch, north of the city. They were to receive. according to the contract. q commission of per cent. on the first S5,0O0 of the purchase price and per cent. on the balance. The firm con cluded negotiations with an intending purchaser. who agreed to pay some thinG over S13,C0O for the ranch, and actually paid 10 per cent. of the pur- chase price, or about $1.SSS, Accord ing to custom, the real estate firm de- ducted from the first payment their commission, which. according to tha contract, amounted to in the neighboT hood of $47O
 That S1,3sS was the last payment tA4eAN " el9 GNGA AltiNAS- Oll lIG IdLCL- ! 4G intending purchaser forfeited the amount he had already paid, the deed. which had been put in escrow, was re- turned to the plaintiff, along with what was left of the forfeited payment after deducting the commission.
 Suit was then begun for the recov- cry of the commission on the ground that the real estate firm had guaran- teed the cOnsummation of the sale Of the ranch. This was denied on the part of the defense, and it was pointed out that the real estate firm had only agreed to find a purchaser the deed had been executed according to the di- rection of the plaintiff, who. on her own motion, had undertaken to sell the ranch on time. 1t was claimed by the defense that it's connection with the matter ended with the finding of the purchaser and the receipt Of part payment
 It was not denied by the plaintiff that that the real estate men were en- titled to a certain commission, but ac- cording to the view of the plaintiT that commission should be calculated upon the amount of the mone1} they had received. In that view the conI- mission would have been about s65 Against this was presented the view that the plaintiff had already received more than $500 of the payment and was still in possession of the ranch.
 In the case of J. D. Crabb against the Maricopa Canal company, notice or which had been given the day be- Tore, a temporary injunction was or dered. In the case of T. F. HedGer against W. T. Smith anC others. the plaintiff was allowed to amend his complaint and the trial order was va cated The trial order was also va cated in the case of Diamond Bros against the Atchison, Topeka ana Santa FTe railroad. The case of Woodell against Gardiner was set for next Monday