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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

IA high places that we are inclined to
regard the whole controversy as a huge
joke. But IN England the problem mas
assumed more serious aspect. There
II is not so much the death OF the
race that is feared as its gradual de-
terioration-physicallG mentally, ana
morally.
In his presidential address before the
sanitary Inspectors congress at Black
pool Sir James CrlchtJu Browne out
lined the situation and It's dangers.
We have a reduced fertility In the
more intellectual tho more prosperous,
the more thrifty and Ce1nly classes,
which cannot be accounted for by the
variation In the mean age Of possibly
productive wives.
Some hope might be found in the fact
that the operative causes Of a low birth
rate have not yet affected the rural
population, from which we might hope
TO draw inyigoratng elements. Ths
relative fertility OF women living IN
the country is from s 10 IL per cent
greater than OF women living I'm towns
But urbanization Is going on at a rate
that must rapidly reduce and before
long cut off the supplies from this
source OF sound, progressive human
material.
In the main the decline must be
ascrlbed either TO physical degeneration
which is affecting reproductive power
and diminishing fecundty or TO a will
full, systematic prevention of child
bearing. II is race failure or race sui.
eide we have TO deal with--or simply
race failure-for the deterioration of the
moral standard, which the practise Of
race suicide implies in itself is an indi-
cation Of debility and decay.
not over and finally decided in our fa-
vor. The strategy OF the struggle and
the weapons employed In II are chang
ing daily. But II goes on. II a second
Hague conference tomorrow were to
succeed In abolishlng war and securing
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

us with q method, however, by which
nitrogen may be applied very simple to
the soil. |, so happens that lucern, clo-
yer, peas. beans, yetches, and In gem
eral the plants that carry their seeds
IN pods, have the power through the
agency OF microscopic living beings
that exist on plant roots. Of gather
ing the essential element nitrogen from
the atmosphere. The sugar beet itself
has no power to do this. IT, therefore.
the sugar beet field is run down, and
deficient in nitrogen, It is well to plant
II to lucern or some similar crop which
will restore the lost nitrogen. When
the lucern Is agnl plowed up the soil
Will again be IN a suitable condition
for sugar beet production. IT may be
noted here. however, that the luccrn
roots and leaves which contain the
precious nitrogen require some time for
their decay and II seldom happens that
the best beet yield is obtained the first
year lucern Is plowed IN. II is more
generally true that the full benefit OF
the lucern Is not felt until the second
third or fourth year.
The use Of lucern and other pod bear
ing plants for the restoration of the fer
tility of sugar beets fields points, OF
course, towards q rotation of crops,
which in turn points toward a combna-
tiOn of dairying or some other branch
OF the live stock industry with the SUI
gar beet business. The feeding of ami
mails invariably preserves a large por-
tion of the fertility taken from the
soil in the form of manure, which
may be returned, to the soil. one great
weakness of the sugar beet industry
OF this state. is that the sugar beet
farmers. as a body, are dislnclined
to maintain live stock on their farms
This prevents the rational rotation Of
crops. which preserves the fertility OF
the soil. Ultimately the failure to
combine the live stock and sugar beet
lines will lead to the exhaustion OF the
soil, with a consequent reduction of
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

Tse soils Of Utah and the surround
M, states are naturally very fertile,
-bs plant food IN them Is usually sufli-
t1nt TO produce crops for hundreds
"a IN some cases even thousands OF
Ssors. Soils may however, possess a
s-slt store of fertility. and yet be In,
Enable OF producing large crops, be-
s,,se plant foods may exist In soils
!, various forms. A part OF the fer
INV soluble In water and weak acids
s1c6 as are fund in the air and In the
s8pt roots. is readily taken up by the
rnnts Another form Is somewhat in
sluble and therefore untitled for i'm
mediate use by the plant. When the
s,mble fertility is large, the crop yield
4 correspOndingly large; In fact, the
y,eM OF any one year depends upon the
amount of soluble plant food available
dnring the season of growth. The in
soluble fertility, however, may be made
soluble by proper methods of culture,
eps Is really Of greatest Importance,
l3use Il determines the number Of
vars that a soil may last, without the
,sifcial application of plant foods.
Many sugar beet farmers have made
M mistake OF taking very little
nught about the maintenance of the
ABILITY OF their soils, consequently
N. soluble portion of the soil has been
uhausted, and the remaining fertill-
b. because Of its insolubility Is largely
Inaccessible 10 the plant. 1t should
be lhe aim of the man who desires to
keep his soil In the greatest state of
fertility 10 maintain in IL the largest
anount OF water soluble plant food
This may be done by permitting the
elements to act freely upon the fine
rock particles of which soils are made
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

The fact that the export demand mas
been limited has also added 10 this
Cutting of the home market. At load
Ing stations good wheat has. peen sold
at from As to So cents per bushel, net to
the producer. Wheat damaged by the
rain to such an extent as to be UNIT
for milling purposes brought 80 to 40
cents a bushel.
OF spoiled wheat there was a good
deal this year. This was because OF the
unexpected and unprecedented rains
that broke in extensive areas over the
state right in the heart OF the harvest
season. In this country no provision
has been made for heavy storms during
harvest and great deal Of wheat was
soaked IN the shock A following period
OF warm weather sprouted good deal
of this wheat, making II unfit for mill
ing. Probably between 20 and 80 per
cent OF the total crop was damaged in
this way.
The problem of marketing the dam
aged wheat, III only for feed, was made
difficult by the absence Of hogs In any
number. Had the stock yards been in
full operation, and demand thus
created for Utah hogs, the problem Of
disposing OF the damaged wheat would
have been solved in the local market
AS 1t was a good deal was fed TO cattle
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

and sheep, but this did not bring the
results that feeding 1t to hogs would
have brought.
The year has been wet one Up to
the middle OF July the prospect was for
not only the largest yield, but the best
In quality. At that time the fields were
In splendid condition the season well
along, and the wheat as green and pref
" as any that ever waved over
country. 1t hardened down splendidly
after II began to head out, and It was
not until the harvest rains came that
the first cloud appeared on the hori-
Zon
The fall weather this year was ideal
Tor blowing and seeding and the larg-
est crop ever planted in the state is now
under the winter SHOWS waiting the
coming springtime to show Utah stil
further what her possibilities as a grain
state can be made
The contribution Of the season to
knowledge of dry farming has been
enormous. Its extent will never be
known until il is reaped into dollars
in the years TO come, and among those
who have followed the science there are
big plans maturing for next year and
the years after, The Wild soc farm,
operated now by an Incorporated COM
pany, reaped a harvest on 200 acres
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

oeprPTTY in wheat is always
y nrosperlty that foreb"des good
r. Pn,srs ahead. and the fun dinner
no0 This year Utah broke all
cords just as she broke the
Vlsa, m III other lines from mining
l''Ol ,,,merl to football victories.
as ns yleld FOR 1906 is a million and a
in' tYsbels better than the yield for
aua rho total runs up this fall to
l.@ ooao INST 45oo,ooo for last year
h'Nh fall wheat is sown on new
L'o15 6y farms this year to give
pV",s, AZ vast increase In another
~ Tbe era Of Utah as a great
So , mr~. instead Of a great desert
S IS fen irrigated GASES, is at hand
VIZ ba i've and three quarter
,n,,n bushels raised t.ils year
H'a tals came from irrigated
qua, Snj nJ The marvel of the sit
,on ~ Ia &c the wheat from the lana
nm season ago was the home Of
'-'"' n,ora and jack rabbit, is this year
.r hardest. best, and most demanded
an.cle.
70 me general reader it is good news
49,, no price of wheat Is falling. Utah
's.rsd her greater wheat crop with all
of America and Canada, so that
=. orice b down to lower standard
s.r n ha8 held for several seasons,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

bushol and tho first car load brought
a telegram to ship all the wheat OF that
quality thal could be obtained as It
was the best that over came out Of the
intermountaiu region It was hard.
er. stronger. and more nutritious they
said than the irrigated products. The
FIRST car had brought only IS cents, but
the next seven cars we're taken at once
at CD cents, which was wen over the
general market average. II cost to
clear and burn an acre Of sascbrush an
average OF $l40 with wajfer four
miles away and coal five miles away. Il
costs $3.50 20 plow To harrow, cost GO
cents more an acre. 10 drll IN the
wheat 40 cents. and TO buy seed &c.
This would make a total cost Of seed
ed acre $500, with n value OF the yield
about $ll: In estimating profits OF
course Of the cos, OF the harvest and OF
the land must BE- figured in to cut
down the margin Of clear profit.
Next year there are plans for dry
forms in Cedar Valley, in Parowan. in
Cedar City IN Willard county and city.
in Man.i and in many other valleys.
while there are at present nourishing
dry farms IN Tooela as well as in the
north and south
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

ried off by the beet crop than is added
annually by the action of weatherng
upon the insoluble constituents OF tae
soil. Usually, also. the land on which
sugar Deets are grown Is SO valua BILE
that II doese not pay to allow 1t TO lie
fallow every other year. III this could
be done and beets be planted on the
soil only every other year. there would
be very much larger amount of solu-
BILE plant food available for the crop.
Since this Is not feasible, It becomes
necessary to return to the soil the equi-
valent of some of the fertility which
the crop has removed.
Plant food may be returned TO the soil
by adding barn-yard manure, which Is
especially rich In nitrogen, the sub
stance in which our soils are most de-
ficient. The proper amount of manure
added to the soil every year would en-
able the farmer 10 grow the usual crop
OF sugar beets year after year, indeh-
nitely. The plant food In manure, how
ever, Is also partly in a locked UP or
insoluble condition. 1t Is only as the
manure rots. that the plant food is lib.
Grated and made available for plants.
For that reason, well rotted manure is
generally preferable to green manure.
The best time to apply the manure or
dinarily found on our Utah farms, is
in the fall. 1t should be scattered on
the soil just before blowing, and then
turned under. During the winter IL
viii gradually decompose and in the
spring and early summer will be in
prime condition for the use of plants.
New manure especially, must be APP
piled to the soil In the fall; when well
rotted II may be equally effective II
applied In the spring.
As already remarked, the element Of
nitrogen is the one which Is usually
deficient in soils on which sugar beets
are not doing well. In districts where
livestock is not kept to a great extent.
stable manure becomes scarce and ex-
penslve article. Nature has provided
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

of land this year, all plowed by the
modern steam appliances that are going
to revolutionize the west. The fall
planting covered an area of 900 acres OF
new land, and next summer the sage
brush fires will consume the crop Of
ages from 1000 acres more Of virgin
sagebrush soil all OF (. to go into wheat
next season. The 200 acres plowed last
year lies fallow with a fall blowing
this year, and II will be planted again
next fall. following the rule Of planting
only in alternate years, so that the
land may save up the moisture Of two
seasons. under the blowing and harrow
ing system that makes II a reservoir, In
stead Of just q dish to hold its water
tin evaporation robs the soil OF ali that
It drank M.
Besides the Widtsoe farm in Dog val
ley near Nephl. there are the big Pax
man and Grace Bros. farms at Nephi
and Levan, and the farms Of the old
veteran George l.. Farrell at smithfeld
1t Is one OF the wonders Of Utah his
tory that Mr. Farrell will not now trade
his dry acres for the best irrigated
land in Cache county, with a good cash
bounty ito boot He Is the original
Utah dry farmer, and he can talk by
the hour on the trick Of making grain
grow where only sagebrush ever fought
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15
ASTHMA SUFFERERS SHOULD
KNOW THIS.

Foley's HoGery and Tar has cured many
cases Of asthma that were considered
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cured me Of asthma which bad been grow
ing on me for twelve years II | had taken
Il at the start / would have been saved
years Of suffering" For sale by f. j. Hill
Drug co.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15
MAKES THE LIVER Lively.

Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup gives per-
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torres the natural action of the bowels
without irritating these organs like pl' Is
or ordinary cathnrtics Does not nauseate
or grippe and is mild and pleasant to take
substitutes. For sale by Il. J. Hin Drug
Co.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15
JAMES WHITcoMB RILEY!

Come Enjoy an hour or two with
James Whitcomb Riley. His books
have brought SUNSHINE into. the hearts
of thousands, We have his complete
works, any one OF which is marked
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

universal disarmament. Il would only
mask the conflict and perhaps hasten
the catastrophe,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15
RACE FAILURE IN
GREAT BRITAIN.

In America, says the Scrap Book, We
are accustomed TO hear so many SER
mons on race suicide from those who sit
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15
LOW RATES EAST
Via d. & r G Dec 10

Proportionate rates to other points.
Good returning within sixty days See
any d, g. 4. G. agent for, particulars.
or phone 205
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-13

the water supply for power, irrigation
and civic purposes. This may be oc-
complished by the state coope, ating
with the geological survey in making
an appropriation which will be ex-
pended by the survey. The appropria-
ton only becomes available by the
survey expanding an equal amount.
'In view Of the fact that the Yu-
kon- Alaska-Pac exposition is to be
held in Seattle in 1909 believe it is
good business for the state to appro-
pirate $4,000 for Typographical map
ping and $4,000 for investigating the
water supply which means the total
amount to be expended will be $4,000.
1.-THE maps should show as large
an area Of the state as possible, to-
gether with the resources and the
lands for sale, or distribution, as thou
sands of people from all over the
union will visit the exposition and,
naturally, will be interested in mat
tiers pertaining to the resources Of the
satte. I firmly believe that such a
course will bring many settlers to the
now unoccupied lands, the investment
of much capital and the development
of the states resources"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-13
DEATH OF CARPENTER.
Robert ZeitIer Dies at st. Mary's RIOS
pitaI With Heart Disease.

Robert Zeitler, an old carpenter OF
this city, died ats St. Mary's hospital
about o'clock this afternoon OF Or
ganic heart disease.
He was taken ill when working
along the Walla Walla river some six
weeks ago and brought in to the hos
pital. He was troubled greatly with
swelling in his legs so that he could
hardly walk but about a week ago he
insisted on getting up and coming
down town for shave, in hack.
For some time he has lived in a
shack on the corner of First and
Maple streets supporting himself by
doing odd jobs of carpenter work
Since his sickness his nephew, John
Fairfield, who is working on the
William Hector place at Eureka, has
been helping him.
. He was about so years of age and
had a brother and sister in Wisconsin
where he was born and raised. The
old man only had 81 in cash at the
time of his death.
The body was taken to Pickard &
Hennesey's parlors but no funeral ar.
engagements will be made until the
nephew is heard from.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-13
THEY FORGET TO D|sMouNT
Bicycle Riders Who Thought Jackie
Lambert Was Home in Bed Get
the Significant Wink.

Jack Lambert was out with the big
stick just before noon and arrested
four we'll known Walla Wallans for
failing to dismount from their bicycles
as the law requires.
c. B. Stanton, an attorney, was
caught on Boyer avenue and M. E.
Cutting, c. Moore and w. c. Stock
dale fell from grace on East Main
street.
They were all paroled to appear at
o'clock before Judge Huffman. It
is expected that the attorney will
burn a few rhetorical fireworks in his
own behalf.
There has been so much complaint
on the violation of this ordinance that
we are going to enforce it rigidly,"
said Lambert this afternoon. 1T
don't make any difference who it is
either. Wheelmen are getting so
careless that some bad accidents have
been narrowly averted lately. 1t has
got to STOP"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-13

section provides that ANY ordinance
which shall have passed the council,
shall, before it becomes a law, be pre.
sented to the mayor for his approval
However. when this section is
construed along with the whole of the
city charter and especially with Sec
ton 70, which requires the ordinance
to be authenticated by the signature
of the presiding officer 1 do not be-
lieve it can be construed to mean pre-
siding officer and to authorize the
president of the council to sign tn.
ordinance. I think the ordinances
were properly passed and lawfully
signed by Councilman Mexican, then
president of the council or acting as
mayor for the time being
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-13
Sayings and Suicides Arouse Grave
Suspicious
MAY SHOW UP WHOLESALE MURDERS
IN BED IS LINK IN
CHAIN.

OWOSSO,, Mich, Nov. 13.-Bert
Seely, suspected of killing Edwin
Edgar, a farmer, VINO was ambusned,
was found dead in bed this morning
beside his dead wife, both having TAX
en- poison evidently through suicide
pact.
Seely left a note saying: II did it.
He murdered Edgar in revenge for
making disparaging remarks about
Seely's wife.
Officials of the county don't regard
the supposed suicide of Bert Seely
and his wife conclusive evidence that
Seely killed Edwin Edgar. Possibly
the couple was murdered.
Seely left note saying he took poi
son and directing that no suspicion
be attached to Dewey Seely, Bert's
brother.
The sheriff says the couple may have
been murdered by Edgar's murderer
to keep silent their knowledge Of the
crime.
The supposed suicide Of Helvins
Houghton the same day Edgar was
murdered is alos bling investigated.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-13
Railroad LabofeP Makes Fatal
misstsp on Ledge
GOES DOWN SIXTY FOOT BANK TO ROCK:
FRIGHTFULLY MANGLED
RESULTING IN DEATH.

A misstep on narrow ledge of rock
on which he was working, near Sim
mons siding, sent William. Elmstadt, a
railroad laborer, to his death on the
jagged rocks 60 feet below, at 9 o'clock
yesterday morning.
Elmstadt was working on a ledge
not over a foot wide on a cliff with
the gang of Parson Mcdonald a few
miles above the camp on Snake river
when the accident occurred. He was
frightfully mangled by the fall, break
ing both legs and crushing his skull
so that death resulted instantly. A
dozen fellow laborers witnessed the
affair which took place so quickly
they were powerless to save him.
Elmstadt was a man Of so years
of age, of quiet and Industrious habits
He has accumulated bank accoun,
more than sufficient to cover his fune-
raj expenses. He leaves a sister IN
Helena, Mont, and a brother in Min
nesota.
Coroner Cookery brought the body
to Walla Walla this morning ard ii
will lie at the undertaking par.ors
until word is received from the rel
atives in the east.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-13
Experiments al Pullman Show the
Best Methods
GREATEST BENEFIT TO APPLE CROP
PLANNED SHOWN
TO HAVE SAVED NINETY
PER CENT OF BEARINGS.

For number Of years the state ex-
pertinent station at Pullman has
given especial attention to the codI-
ing moth. This insect is responsible
for all the wormy apples of this re-
gion, and is accordingly one of the
greatest drains on the profits Of the
farmer. Throughout the state there
are apple-growers who believe that
the codling moth cannot be overcome,
or that to do so would be most eX-
pensive undertaking. 1t was to con-
vince such people that the fight against
the codling moth is both easy and in
expensive that the state experiment
station has given it's attention to the
matter.
During 1903 and 1904 the habits Of
the codling moth were studied, to
note the influence of topographic con-
ditions on the life history of the in
sect. 1t was found that throughout
nearly every apple-growing district
two distinct broods of the insect occur
each year. In 1905 practical appli-
cation Of the knowledge gained was
made by a treatment of 70 acres of
commercial orchard which previous
ly had been Improbable because of
worms in the fruit. This treatment
resulted in a saving of 80 per cent
of the crop, and at less expense for
spraying than had been the case
when the orchard was wormy.
Some very important conclusions
have been drawn from the study of
the codling moth. They show that
no orchard has been so badly infested
but that four careful sprayings or
arsenate of lead will give at least
IS per cent of clean fruit during the
first year of the treatment. They
show that one pound Of arsenate of
lead to 40 gallons of water is the most
effective strength for the spray.
They show also that an orchard sur
rounded by wOrmy orchards can be
kept free from worms if only it be
properly sprayed. But they show also
that carefulness and thoroughness are
essential to success. The full results
of the experiments will soon be pub
lished by the experiment station in
detail in a bulletin which will be sent
free to anyone on application.