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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-05-01
The Seattle Produce Association.

TIC SCdltlC TiOoNSS 0oSSS'~N'S''
A subscriber asks us: what is the
Seattle Produce Association? Do all
the produce dealers of Seattle belong
to it? What are the objects OF the
organization? Upon receiving this
request The Ranch called upon the
secretary, who kindly furnished us
with the list of members, as follows:
J. w. Goodwin & Co., Walter Bowen
& Co., Ferguson, Klyce & Co., A. d.
Blowers & Co., G. w. Chamberlain &
Co., M. G. Mason & Co., Cal. Comm.
Co., Frank Jobst, F. P. Taylor & Co.,
Gordon & Co., Ryan & Newton Co., w.
Biglow & Co, H. S. Emerson Co.,
Puget Sound Supply Co., ]. P. Warner,
Mignery e Cousins, Smith & Bloxom,
Aggers & BOsworth Co.
The officers are: Frank l.. Wheeler,
president; M. G. Mason, vice-presi-
dent; Chas f. Frasch, secretary-treas-
urer. The association was organized
eighteen months ago, and by now has
on it's membership roll eighteen firms.
AS there are over fifty firms in Seattle
handling produce, it will be seen that
only a few more than one-third are
members of the association. A good
many of these nOn-members are en-
gagged in handling special lines, how
ever. and it is no advantage for them
to be members. Quite a number OF
others would like to be but their rec
ords are against them. 1.-TWO per
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-05-01
School of Experience

This department is by and for the sub
scribers of The Ranch. Contributions OF not
over 800 wards are asked Of all who have
anything valuable and of practical utility 10 y!
relate, No definite subject is named, but it
is desired that what is written for this de-
partment be pertinent to farming conditions
in the Northwest. All are at liberty to
write and no restriction is placed on the
number of articles you send in. For each
accepted article credit will be given on our
books for 80 cents, to be taken out in either
subscription or advertising Write on one
side Of the paper only and always give your
full name and address, though not neces-
sarily for publication If not desired by the
correspondent.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-05-01

cent r. Merchant" is not a member. A
Dillon and T. S. Lippy were members
but since the recent unsavory failure
of Dillon e Co. they couldn't break
in, again with an ak.
The association has abolished free
delivery of produce throughout Seattle.
1t insists upon prompt settlement of
all accounts due members once a
week. Every member of the associa-
ton is strictly honest-or else he is
too bright to be caught, which is the
same thing.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-05-01
A B C of Bee Culture.

There are left IN the office of The
Ranch a very few copies of the above
favorite work for the apiarist. The
book contains 400 pages, with numer-
Gus illustrations. and is 6%x10 inches
in size, bound in heavy cloth, with
gilt lettering. Regular price is SLIPS.
but to dispose of the few copies left
we will send them to any address at
rs cents per copy
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-05-01

but will not last long in sheep pas
ture. The orchard grass, after it is
once established, gives the earliest
spring feed of any of the grasses. 1t
is fully six inches high before other
food is high enough for sheep to get
a fair bite and it grows all summer.
AS it grows in c1umps, the rye or blue
grass is sown with it to fill in be-
tween these. The white clover will
also have to fill up the spaces made
vacant, should any of the grass be
killed from any cause. Such seeding
ought to make mat and provide FEED
all the year around for sheep, If not
overstocked.-C. e. Flint, Whatcom
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PUBLIC LAND AND RANGE GRAZ
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27
bright RITS.

-Kate-"Charley and Bessie are very
fond of each other Bertha-"Rather
say they are both very fond of Char
ley. 1t is a case of two souls with
but a single thought, you know
Boston Transcript.
The Urbanite Visiting the subur-
banite)-"A mile and half to the
stationl Great Caesarl And how can
you make train after a heavy snow
Storm" The Suburbanite (smilingly)
-"Easly, my boy; the train is sure
to be an hour late!"-Puck.
II have never borrowed a dollar in
my life," said the man who had lived
fifty years without having a wrinkle
upon his brow. We'll, that may be
commendable," replied the thoughtful
looking citizen, but it isn't likely to
make you historical character. Chi
cago Record-Herald.
Mrs. Newleywed. Doctor, that bot
tie of medicine you left for baby is
all gone.
Doctor: Impossible! 1 told you to
give him a teaspoonful once an hour
Mrs. Newlywed: Yes; but John, and
I, and mother, and the nurse have to
each take a teaspoonful too, in order
to induce baby to take it.-Puck.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27
PERSONAL.

Rev. Elisha w. Cook, the last but
two of the survivors of the famous class
of 1887 at Yale College, died on Sunday
night at his home, 40 Putnam avenue.
Brooklyn, after a protracted illness, in
his SOth year. Among his fellow grad
yates from Yale were: William M.
Evarts, Samuel ]. Tilden, Edward
Pierrepont and Chief Justice Morrison
r. Waite. The two survivors of the
class are Thomas Mills Day of Hart
ford, Conn, and Harvey Hyde of Gin
cinnati.
Delegate Rodeyt of New Mexico
raises question as to the eligibility
to the presidency Of a man born in one
of the territories. The constitution
says that ''all duties, imposts and ex-
ercises shall be uniform throughout the
United States" The Supreme Court
held that this provision did not apply
to a territory of the United States. The
constitution also says that mo person
except natural born citizen or a citi-
zen of the United States at the time of
the adoption of this constitution shall
be eligible to the of4ice of President"
Delegate Rodey Therefore asks:{ would
not it be just as logical to say that this
debarred inhabitants of territories from
the presidency as that it barred them
from equal participation in tariff
rights? We cannot accept the term
United States as meaning one thing in
one section of the constitution and as
meaning something else in another sec
tiQn.''
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27
UNITED STATES AS A DEBT COLI
LECTOR.

1t seems the administration is wor.
ried by that clause of The Hague
Tribunals decision in the Ven
ezuelan case which commissions
the United States to carry out
the award in three months. 1t
will be recalled that when the cable
synopsis of the decision was received
it was stated that the State Depart
ment was not pleased with the de-
cision for the reason that II gave
preference to the three Powers which
undertook to collect by force from
Venezuela the amounts which they
lclaimed. The department took the
ground that the decision sanctioned
the use of armies and navies in the
collection of debts from weak nations.
But that isn't what troubles the ad-
ministration. The cause of its uneasl-
ness is the clause OF the decision
which indicates that the United States
are expected to collect the debt which
Venezuela owes England, Germany and
France and turn the amount over to
them-that they must play the part
OF a SheriH.
It may be that this understanding
of the decision is erroneous. and it
is to be hoped it is, but from a story
told in Washington there seems to be
ground for thinking that that is just
what the decision means. When the
warships of Germany, England and
France were blockadlug the chief port
OF Venezuela, demanding the payment
OF their claims, President Roosevelt
protested against the collection OF
their claims IN that way. He proposed
arbitration. and. Il viii be recalled
they agreed to that propositions but
insisted that he should act az the
arbitrator. lie was about to. accept
tie position, but the newspapers pro-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Norfolk Landmark (Dem.) says:
Mr.. Bryan is entirely right when he
says that the desire to get something
for nothing is one that needs to be
curbed, but why should he add, 'es-
pecially among young men" Is the
distinguished speaker sensitive on that
point? Many men were led to support
the 16-to-1 issue because of a desire to
get something for nothing. That was
the strongest force behind the free
silver propaganda.
Here is the issue in the coming
Presidential campaign, according TO
the New Orleans Times-Democrat
(Dem.) that "transcends all others
present or prospective:" Mr.. Roose-
welt has by word and deed held out to
the negro hopes which never can be
realized, unless we sink to the social
depths of Hayti or San Domingo. The
challenge should be accepted without
the shadow of reserve. The Demo-
cracy should declare in trumpet tones
that this is a white mans country. and
is destined to remain so to the end of
time
The New Orleans Picayune (Dem.)
says: 1.-THE Northern papers have rails
ed a great hullabaloo because the price
of cotton has been raised upon them,
and they have poured out unstinted
vituperdtion upon the Southern people
for 1t all because cotton is a Southern
product, and Southern farmers made
money by the rise in their staple crop.
But wheat is Northern product, and
Northern farmers are making money
out of the enhanced prices. That is
as IL should be, and nobody is denounc-
ing the Northern dealers or bowling
about the wheat fiends who are gam
bling in the peoples bread at the cost
OF every bread-eater in this country,
and virtually IN the world, since the
prices OF wheat are made I'm the Unit
ed States. There is good reason 10 be-
lieve that the price OF cotton has ad-
yanced because OF the increased de-
mand for II. But how about wheat
II there an honest increase In the de-
mand? II the people who control the
wheat market In the interest OF North
ern grain farmers are honest, can't
some honesty also be- credited 10 the
Southern cotton farmersY The rule
ehoted work both ways"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27
The Pnthon of Loss.

They had lost everything in the fire,
says the Baltimore American.
Dependence reigned in the De-
Sweller home.
The tears of Mrs. DeSweller likewise
rained.
The husband was trying to be brave
and philosophical.
Leaning over and touching his wife
on the arm, he said:
My dear, life without occasion for
self-denial is wasted. The sweetest
thing in all this world is giving up
something for the sake of those we
love. There is no other discipline
that can approach 1t.
Yet still she sobbed on, throwing
saturated handkerchief No. from her
and reaching into her dressihg-table
drawer for No. 3.
Now, you know that we had Just
ordered that imported bonnet and
frock for yourself, and the full-dress
overcoat for me"
"Y-y-y-y-yes. d-d-d-darling!"
1T might not be a bad idea for us"
20 my preciousl" she cried, leaplng
up and throwing her arms about mis-
neck, you are right as always. So
noble, so forgetful Of self, you have
made me ashamed OF my tears and
wailings that have only made II harder
instead OF easier for you. BY ali
means-and. my darling. you certain
~ know what courage II required 10
say this when I picked II out all my
self--yOu may-go-and cancel the or
der-for the oyercoaL"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27

tested so vigorously that he finally
decided to decline. They said if he
were to act as arbitrator the United
States would be put in the position
of debt collector for European govern
ments which had claims against Gen.
trail and South American states.
Then it was that the President sug-
gested that the claims be referred
to The Hague, and now the story is
being circulated that there was a
promise given on the part Of the ad-
ministration that if the decision of
that tribunal should be in favor of the
claimants the United States would see
to it that their claims were paid.
Whether or not there is foundation
to this story seems to be a matter
of doubt. At the State Department
it is said there isn't a scrap of paper
to show there was any such promise
If there was it was oral Neverthe-
less it is asserted that at the time
the claims were referred to The Hague
there was a story circulated in the
embassies at Washington to the eff
Used that the claims should be paid
if the decision were against Vene-
zuela.
But why should the United States
have given such a pledge? The only
answer to this is that the allied Pow
ers refused. to refer their claims to
arbitration unless they had guar
anty that they would be paid in the
event they won their suit, or else the
United States thought there was no
chance that the allied Powers would
be made preferred creditors.
If it should turn out that the United
States did. give the pledge in ques-
ton, and the decision is what it is
believed to be from the synopsis at
hand, the United States will be placed
in very unpleasant position. If Ven
ezuela should resist payment United
States soldiers would have to under
take the collection of the claims. And
a precedent would be established that
might give this country vast amount
of trouble. The United States would
be put in the very position which the
President tried to avoid when he re-
fused to act as arbitrator.
But it is difficult to see how The
Hague Tribunal could have decided the
award must be collected by the United
States unless that point were made
before it, and if it had been made
wouldn't the fact have been made
known to our government? 1t GER
tainly seems so.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27
THE VALUE OF A LETTER.

Capt. Saglietto, of the Italian bark
King Alfred, has just had an expen-
sive lesson in English photography. He
has learned, at the cost of several hun
bred extra miles sailed and more or
less suffering in severe winter weather,
that there is considerable difference
between "Char,estown' and Charles
ton"
Nearly five months ago Capt. Sagliet-
to sailed from Junin, Chile, with a car
go of nitrate. to be used in the manu-
facture of fertilizers. His real desti-
nation was Charleston, S. c., but by
some misehance the clerk that made
out his manifest wrote into it Charles
town, u. s." 1t is not to be supposed,
of course. that the Chilean clerk did
not know better. He must have heard
of the fame of the original, real and
unique Charleston that sits as a jewel
in a setting of broad and shining wa
tiers. Not to know of Charleston is.
of course to argue ones self ignorant
of the historic and the beautiful. But,
at any rate the clerk wrote it "Charles-
town" And, oddly enough, the gal
liant Capt. Saglietto permitted the error
to lead him astray. It. is odd how tenn
porary mental alterations sometimes
possess the most level-headed of men
and cause them to do queer things.
When the captain examined his man
ifest he saw that he was consigned to
"Charlestown, U. ST." whereupon he
| took his charts to locate the place care
| fully. Up and down the coast line of
the United States he ran his finger.
| There was only one "Charlestown" to
be found on the coast; that near Bos-
ton, in the state of Massachusetts. And
so he poked the royal nose of the King
Alfred towards the latitude of Massa-
| chusetts and sailed for 1856 days, pass
! ing right by the front door of Charles
ton and arriving at Charlestown in the
/ midst of the recent cold wave.
Coming to anchor at Charlestown,
| Capt. Saglietto was astonished to dis
cover that he was not expected: that
nobody had sent for him: that nobody
wanted any nitrate or had any use for
|
wrong pew. The things that he said
in liquid, flowing Italian would not look
well in print If translated into the
harsher English. He broke the news
to the crew, and told them that their
trip in the icy seas of the North At
lantic had been in vain and that they
would have to turn about and sail to
the Charleston without the W. But
the crew wouldn't. The men said they
had signed for voyage to a place of
certain name: that they had arrived
1 at a place of that name under the cap
tain's own navigation, and that they
didn't care the italian equivalent of a
tinker's dam whether the name was
spelled with or without a w. If the
captain would wait till spring, they
told him, they might consent to go to
| Charleston without the W, but just
! then they wanted to go home. At
length. after much persuasion and the
promise of a bonus, the captain induced
them to split the difference; TO go to
Baltimore, about the spelling of which
there was no doubt, and where they
have use for nitrate.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27
INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Post A. T. P. A.
Special Notices-Bids Wanted for
Summer Uniforms, Fire Department;
Vegetables, ETC., NJ. S. Gardner; At
Joyce's To-day.
Business Notices-Hearts, 1. H.
Friedman & Co.; Private Dining
Rooms. Sommers' Cafe; Plasmon, A.
NJ. & c. w. West.
Everything At Cut Price for Cash
New York Cash Grocery.
Just Remember, Please-McGrath &
Ransford
Agents Wanted-Mutual Life Insur-
.ance Company of New York.
The Old Landmark-The Southern
Grocery Company.
Foods-Grape-N Nuts.
Whiskey-Hayner Rye.
The Sterling Mark-E. & w. Laun-
dry.
observation-disclosures Magazine for
March.
The Little Sugared Tabules-Rowlin-
ski. Druggist.
Makes the Teeth Look Like Pearls
CANDLES Tooth Powder.
Sporting Goods-At Lattimore's.
Green River Whiskey-The Delmon-
leo Company.
Scourene-Henry Solomon & Son.
Savannah Theater-"A Friend of the
Family" To-day Matinee and Night;
Haverly Minstrels, Monday Matinee
and Night; King Dodo," Tuesday
Night.
Medical-Herpicide.
Cheap Column Advertisements
Help Wanted; Employment Wanted;
For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal;
Miscellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27
TAMMANY BOOMING CLEVELAND.

With the hearty approval of Mr..
Murphy, the Tammany leader, the
Tammany organization, has begun
series of meetings for the purpose of
booming Mr.. Cleveland for the Demo-
cratic nomination for President. The
first of these meetings was held on
Wednesday in what is known as the
Diamond Back district, and, accord
ing to reports, was largely attended.
The leader Of it is Thomas. e. Rush,
who is the law partner of Mayor Nc
Clellan. One Of the principal speakers
at the meeting said that although Mr..
Cleveland had declared he wouldn't &C
cept the nomination he couldn't refuse
to accept it If it were rendered him.
The sentiment of the meeting seemed
to be that the party would have a bet
ter chance Of winning the election with
him than with any other candidate it
could nominate.
But the strange part of this effort
of Tammany to boom Mr. Cleveland
is that the majority of the Tammany
men seem to be in favor of the nominal
ton OF Judge Pafker. StFOHB elOTlS
are being made in his behalf now in
all parts of New York state, and the
indications are that he will be the
choice of the New York delegation to
the nominating convention.
The only reason apparently that Mr..
Murphy and other Tammany men are
booming Mr.. Cleveland is the hope of
preventing the New York delegation
from being instructed for Judge Park
err. If it be true that Mr.. Murphy's
candidate is Mayor Mcclellan, then
the presence of Mr.. McClellan's law
partner at the Tammany meetings to
boom Mr.. Cleveland is explainable. 1t
| is pretty well understood that Mr..
Cleveland doesn't want the nonina-
ton, and it is quite safe to say that
he knows it isn't going to be offered
to him. But he has many and power
full friends in New York city, and it
looks as if the opponents of Judge
Parker were using him to prevent the
latter from getting the New York del
egation that will be sent to the St.
Louis Convention.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27
A Fairy Tale.

Once there was an awful rich man
says the Chicago Tribune.
Thus far the story is one that can be
easily believed.
He had so much money that he grew
tired of making it.
Here the story begins to sound fishy
but there is worse to come.
He began to devise ways and means
for getting rid Of his wealth. The first
thing he did was to quit making mon
ey.
This seems hard to believe, but you
are requested to make an earnest eff
fort to swallow it.
He did not give any of his wealth tC
the established charities. He founded
no universities and endowed no public
libraries. He gave great chunks of il
to such deserving persons as he could
find, and employed confidential agents
to report to him the names of people
who needed help but were too proud
to ask anybody for it.
His donations were either anonymous
or We're made with, the express under
landing that both the gift and the
/ name of the donor were to be Kept SCI
cret 1+ ~ r-~.'
Here the story becomes almost in
CTeUlDl6-DuI Tedu OIL
One day while waiting at a railway
station in small village for another
train to pass, he strolled into the wait
ing room and picked up a copy of the
village paper that somebody had reaG
and thrown aside
He looked through the paper an6
noted that the editor was making
frantic appeals to his delinquent sub
scribers to pay up, as money was need
ed to keep the Bugle going and enable
him to pay for new press that had
just been added to the Office equipment
He rushed back into the train
grabbed his valise, and started dowr
town.
Entering the office of the BugIe few
minutes later, he addressed a tired
looking young man who was working
off a lob of sale bills for farmer.
Young fellow" he said, taking him
to one side, ARE you the editor AND
proprietor"
Yes, sir"
How much would it take to put
your paper on its feet and make it g
paying institution
1T would take at least $4,000" re.
sponded the editor, looking at him with
suspicion.
1.-TWO thousand nothing! Young man
will you accept a present of $10,0Ol
from a total stranger, who has money
to burn and wants to help his fellow
menu"
The editor passed his hand nervously
across his brow and cleared his throat
mo, SIR he replied, huskily. 90
would not! I don't want any mans
charity"
All this sounds extremely apocryphal
but don't balk at it. The story ISM
all told yet.
Young man." persisted the caller
what is the subscription price of you
paper?"
"One dollar year."
I'm advance?"
Yes, sir"
well, my name is"
His name is suppressed for obvious
reasons.
and I want to subscribe for one
copy of the Bugle for 10000 years, ant
will pay in advance. Will you take the
money for that? Here is my CHECK
for the amount"
Yes, sir" promptly replied the ed
itor. ''I'll take it, because that's bus.
mess. and the paper will go to YOU
address all that time. The Bugle i:
here to stay"
Pocketing his check and shaking his
new subscriber heartily by the hand
he went back 10 his job of sale bills
as if nothing unusual had happened.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27

A Standard Oil man in New York
says he does not look for a conclusion
Of the war between Japan and Rus
sia in a shorter time than five years.
The Standard is watching the war
closely and gathering all the informa-
ton respecting it that it can, since 1t
is understood to be the purpose of
the Standard to invade the Russian
oil trusts territory in the event of
Japanese success.