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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-18
Speeches of Welcome.

SpceCncS OF MticOnlt.
In his address of welcome to the
city Mayor Yeiser in brief but hap
py speech placed not only himself
but all private citizens under obliga-
tions to make the delegates and Wis
itors have a good time. He said the
size of the audience would not count
in the ultimate results of the con-
vention provided those present bent
their energies toward making it
success.
w. f. Bradshaw, ST.. the chair
man, welcomed the delegates in be-
half OF the county institute, and
said that while It was young, It
showed signs of vigorous growth and
possibilities, evidenced, in point. by
McCracken county securing the first
state institute. He said II used to be
the case that a father picked out his
brainiest sons for the professions
and business and put his dull sons to
farming. but that the reverse. is the
case now. farming requiring as much
ability as any other line of endeavot.
As an indication OF the change in
agricultural conditions. he said the
present scientific treatment of farm
ing made it so that brains would
play a larger part in farming in the
future, than muscle.
President J. l.. Friedman spoke
for the Commercial club In part as
follows:
This meeting represents an ep-
och, a new era, in my opinion. in the
farming interests of McCracken
county and throughout the Purchase.
In the inauguration of the farmers
institute in this county through the
fundamentally of the Commercial
club,we had in mind the upbuilding
of the farming interests. We feel as
sured that the farmers themselves
would take great interest in the ben
efcial advice that will be given them
and that they will make this Pur-
chase a garden spot of the state.
There has always been great
desire on my part to see one hun
dred farmers of this county attempt
the raising of from two to four
acres of strawberries and canta-
loupes, and giving a studious atten-
ton to this culture. would love TO
see the commission merchants of
New York and Chicago and other
large cities vie with each other in
prices to secure your berries, that are
the finest and most luscious raised
in America. ! would love to see you
putting out car loads from each sta
ton, enabling you to ship at reason
able prices and secure the largest
profits.
zone small county in Arkansas,
namely, Crawford county, ships
from l75 to $50 car loads of straw
berries and 500 ear loads of pota-
toes. The revenue from these sour
ces is more than the cotton crop of
that county.
81 am confident that the results
of this meeting will do much good
toward upbuilding the farming in
terests OF this section"
Exhibits.
The Sun predicts that the corn
and tobacco exhibits viii prove one
of the most interesting features of
the convention. While there were on
ly four exhibitors this morning, the
exhibit stand was the center of at
traction after the morning session.
f. "a. Watkins. representing the
Hickman County Farmers institute,
had fine corn exhibit; G. NJ. Spitz-
er OF rural route. No. 3, had an ex-
hibit; Thomas j. Reed, Of rural route
No. 4, had an exhibit for quality and
not size; r. L. Bower of McCrack-
on had fhrpa Qxhfhifc ne fna large
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-18

WEATHER - Rain tonight
and Friday. Colder Friday in
west portion tonight. The high
est temperature reached yester-
day was ~ and the lowest to-
day was 63.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-18

Mrs. C. Pickering and son, of
Princeton, KY. are, visiting Mrs.
Charles Frederick. Iof North Sixth
street.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-18

II Is the daily average circu-
lation Of a newspaper that the
shrewd advertiser Investigates
"High Water" days don't count.
The Suns daily average last
month was 1880.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-18

pounds, and is about five inches
thick. and contains 100000 words.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-23

 no longer able to control hira. leapel on his back. Even then he could rot stop the horse, which moment later shook him to the ground. The horse continued his flight until near .ne cor ner of Adams street where the Wa gon collided with a dray and was 0verturn- ed One shaft was broken, d few spokes loosened and although ''ie wa gon was a soHdly built one, it was badly sprung all over and the sun shade and seat demolished. Meantime the horse had separated itself from the wreck, crossed the street to McKee's store and ran down the sidewalk fifty yards before he was stopped.
 A GOOD MAN GONE-C. H. Gilbert, who for the last two or three years has held the position of night operator for the Western Union in this city, will leave in a day or so, perhaps to remain away permanently. He will spend some time visiting relatives, after which he expects to go to Chicago, but whether he will resume telegraphins after his vacation he has not decided He is a very competent man in his business and has made a wide ac- quaintance since living here, among whom are many personal friends who will hope for his return. MT Gilbert is succeeded here by Dick Hobgood. who | was formerly a resident of this city, having been employed at different | times by both telegraph companies Mir. Hobgood held a position in San | Francisco during the big prizefight be- | tween the earthquake and the fire, bu, | two days before he went to Los An ] geIes for a vacation. He has not been | back, for obvious reasons. He left a l trunkful of his personal effects in his San Francisco apartments, and he has l neglected even to send for the trunk. A friend sent him a photograph of a hole in the ground where the boarding | house used to stand.
 REAL ESTATE LOOKING UP-The | real estate market was never in a healthier condition in Phoenix. With from three to four sales of considerable magnitude every day, and in many of them the purchasers are Phoenix men who have had an excellent opportunity to watch conditions and know when t1 buy, there is every reason to predict that the present active market will continue. Yesterday C. T. Hirst man. ager of the real estate department oi the Dwight B. Heard company, report ed the following sales: pr. Morton bought TO acres of land under the Grand canal, what was known as ShC Frank Fowler ranch, for a figure trihe less than SS,OOO. The purchas, was made for investment purposes. A large part of the land is at present un- der cultivation and the balance will b, planted the coming year to suga beets. A second deal was the purchas, of forty acres under the Utah canal made by Rupert Westover. He alread. owns land adjoining. which makes al the more interesting this sale, for tn
 price per acre was $1OO. J. R. Riddle come was the former owner. Mir. West over is one of the most prosperou farmers in the Utah canal section.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-23
PROMOTION ON THE BATTLE
 FIELD.

I was ordered to carry some amTnu- milton to the boys at the very front. The regiment lay against the hillside under a galling fire. One hardly lifted his head above the ground fearing to be killed. I got my bundles of cart ridges to the men and sat down in a depression in the hillside I was safe as long as I did not move. Once more I had a chance to think. there, with the bullets whizzing within three feet of me. We could go neither forward nor back. We were just sitting around and being killed. Still a dozen soldiers with heads bowed low, crept past me Each carried a musket and a little lad der. They were to make the desperate attempt to try and place these ladders across Ehe ditch, when the regiment would climb over them and cross into the works. These laddermen passed so close I could look into their eyes. For once. at least. l felt death to be hoy ering very near. These men had surely volunteered to die. Few. or none Of them. ever were seen again. Our as sault failed. Our whole brigade crept down the gullies and ravines as best we could, and got away. Again we tried it at another point, and there our leader Colonel Boomer, calling to the
 
 | was sundown and the storming of the city was abandoned. The siege commenced. Like beavers, we dug and dug till all the hills in front of the forts were honeycombed with riff pits. Every soldier at the front fired his hundred rounds a day. whether an en- emy was seen or not. The men inside the forts did the same with us, and at ! intervals a hundred cannon poured ex- | ploding shells into the city.
 | One morning when I was out at the | front rifle pits I saw General Mathies creeping along the galleries to the pit ! where I was firing He had a package 1 wrapped in brown paper. To ray as 1 tonishment he unfolded the paper and 1 gave me an officers sash. No wonder | it hangs above my table as I write
 - ou are to be the adjutant of the regi- ment" he said do not know if tn,
 roar of the musketry then going or drowned my voice as I tried to tlanl i him or if in the circumstance Of wal | he witnessed my delight.-S. Fl. M | Byers in Harper's for May.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-23
NOT VERY LOGICAL

POultney Bigelow was arguing with a New York man about the Panama canal.
 You are not very logical MT Bige- low said. at length. Indeed. ygu are as illogical as an old man I used to know in Berlin This old man um- brella in hand. set out one morning on a shopping trip He visited the shoe makers shop for shoes. the hatter-s for a hat, tke grOcer's for groceries. and so on. and when he got back home ir tho evening he found that he had left his umbrella behind him somewhere- Ac- cordingly the next morning the old man set out again in quest of his umbrella He was unlucky at first The seventh shop he visited was the one where his umbrella turned up
 Well he said. after thanking the shopman. as he started out with the recovered umbrella under his arm. I must say that you are more honest here than they are at those other shops-'-
Arizona republican., 1906-05-23
AUTOMOBILE sPEcTAcLEs.

There were nineteen different styles of automobile spectacles and goggles on one tray in an opticians window. an interesting proof of the benefit of mo- tOring to this trade. The opticians are quick to cater to the patrons in every sport. and some of the automobile spectacles seemed the first cousins of sorts first offered to bicvclists. They sell, too. glasses with a special clip for golfers, warranted not to fall off when playing a shot, besides special spec tacles for rife shots, field gunners and fishermen, the latter of opaque glass to offset the suns reflection from the wa ter. 'Yachtsmen and horsemen are also customers for special spectacles as well as for field glasses.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-23
REWARD SIXTY YEARS DELAYED.

A kind act performed by the parents of Margaret Mueller in Germany has borne fruit after more than sixty years
 Miss Mueller, who is now SD years old, travelled throughout the world lu her younger days as a musician. with brother. but has been in indigent cir cumstances here for a long time An annuity that will make her remaining years comfortable has just been settled upon her.
 Miss Mueller's parents were wealthy and once befriended a little girl. who is now rich and living in Philadelphia This woman has come 10 the aid of the daughter Of the people who gave her a home when she was without friends Those who know the name of the Philadelphia woman refuse To reveal it. saying that il is in accordance with her wish-WOoster sp0udence Pittsburg Dispatch
Arizona republican., 1906-05-23
! FRISCO MANS
 FREE HOSTELRY
He Takes Upon Himself the Burden
 of the Hotels.

Dwight B. Heard has received a couple of letters from San Francisco. that will no doubt be of interest to many Phoenix people, and if for no other reason as an illustration of the public spirit of at least one San Fran cisco man. The letters indicate the in- terest this man has in his home city and the willingness with which he sets about to do his part in restoring it to its former proud position on the map. At the same time the letters show that in their trouble the San Francisco peo- pie are fully appreciative of the out side help that has been furnished and are anxious to return the favors as much as possible when opportunity is offered.
 One of the letters is from Charles C. Moore of the firm of Charles C. Moore & Co.,, engineers, and the other is from J. R. Atchison, representing the same firm. He encloses MT. AIoOre's letter at the request of the writer and gives information to MT Heard concerning the temporary offices and other busi- ness arrangements of the firm. He also notes the ready responses of this valley to San Francisco's necessities,
 
 MT. MoOre's letter deals with some thing that may be of interest to Phoe- nix people who expect to visit San Francisco this summer. He tells MT. Heard that his family will be away for the summer and that he has decided to keep open house for his friends and his friends friends. He says that, owing to the destruction of the ho- tels it is very difficult for strangers to get desirable entertainment. He will have available for this purpose four or five bedrooms and can fit up three or four additional rooms with cots. He will also have servants to take the best possible care of all who accept his hospitality, and it is all offered free with the compliments of MT Moore Continuing, he says: 'I decided prima rily to do this for my friends, but ] | feel a further desire to do something of the kind for the good of the cause | and to take care of as many strangers as I can; this in partial recognition oi ! the great generosity shown by the cit 1 izens of the country at large. My i house is conveniently located close tC | the car lines and while the culinary and sleeping apartments are not up tc ] the Waldorf-Astoria standard, yet i think they will be satisfactory anC | comfortable. I will keep a couple O ! automobiles in commission. which vii | also be at the service of obr guests This gift is extended only to such peo-
 pie as you would feel willing to hav' ! come into your own home, and you !! judgment in this matter is all that
 ask. Simply give a letter of introduc tion to any friend of yours that yol
 would like to have us take care of, an, 1 we will do the rest"
Arizona republican., 1906-05-23
suPERsTITIoNs OF FARMERS.

Farmers stick to the noon ln re- gard to planting corn and other crops Some of them will not under any cir cumstances plant corn in moonlight nights claiming that corn planted then win produce a tall stalk with short ears. O hers just as successfully plant when they are ready. when nights are dark or moonlight as the case may be
 Other notions are indulged in. such as throwing the cObs in running water to keep corn from firing Some farm CTS would under no consideration burn binder hulls the seed Of which Is to be used for planting: they mus be seat tered along a path or highway. 60 be trodden upon in order to secure good crop.
 Green butter bean hulls must be thrown in a road after being shelled for table use from day to day to insure good crop the fo lowing season. | Charleston News and Courier
Arizona republican., 1906-05-23
SHE READ BETWEEN THE LINES.

After the Willoughbys had said good by to Mrs. Kent they walked on in si- lence for a moment. Then MT. Will loughby spoke thoughtfully:
 ''It was pleasant of her to say that about wishing she could see more of people like us, who are interested in real things, instead of the foolish round of gayety that takes up so mucn of her time and gives her so little sat isfaction, wasn't it?"
 His wife stole a sidewise glance al his gratified face, and a satirical smile crossed her own countenance.
 "Very pleasant. George" she said clearly But what I knew she meant. and what she knew that I knew sht
Arizona republican., 1906-05-23
BANKS OF SAN FRANCISCO.
They Will be ReoPened For Business
 Earlier Than Was Expected.

San Francisco. May 22.-That abso- lute confidence reigns in banking cir cles here, was made evident today, when several savings institutions an nounced that they would open their doors for business tomorrow morning.
 The announcement came in the na- ture of a mild surprise, as it had been decided that the savings institutions would open on May 2s, but some of the largest savings banks desired to reopen at once. The commercial banks will also reopen tomorrow.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-23

meant. was that my walking skirt Is an inch too long and my zaeeves are old style, and your coat. poor dear. is beginning to look shiny in the back
 hy-What-how- began MT Wi1oughby, helplessly; then he shook his head and gave it up.-Ho-th's Companion
Arizona republican., 1906-05-23
ARIzoNA's COPPER PRODUCTION

Boston. Mass, May 22.-CSpeciaO- Dwight E. Woodbridge. copper statis- tician. estimates that Arizonas copper production this year will approximate 300. 100000 pounds. against 222, ,S66.024 last year and O5.46O,OO0 pounds in 1900. Of this the Copper Queen VII turn out one third
Arizona republican., 1906-05-23
FoR oveR sIxTY YEARs.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind collie. and is the best remedy
 for Diarrhoea- Twenty-Five cents bottle
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-07-19
RIVER PACKET is BURNED
Steamer Quincy of Diamond 10 Line
Runs on Bank Near Trenpealeau
and Turns Turtle.

La Crosse, Wis.-Nearly all of 200
passengers on the steamer Quincy of
the Diamond 10 line Wednesday night
narrowly escaped death when the big
packet struck bank in the dark near
Trempealeau, Wis, turned half over
and then caught fire.
1t is believed that the majority of
the passengers were saved and only
one drowning is definitely known, that
of an infant which was washed from
it's mothers arms.
A belated train brought 60 passen-
gers who were on the boat to this
city Accounts given by them of the
disaster do not include positive state
ments as to drOwnings, but it is be-
lieved comparatively few met death.
At about 10:30 o'clock the steamer
plying up river, struck bank. At the
time, it is said the boat carried no
searchlight. One passenger says he
saw babe washed overheard from its
mothers arms. The boat was sinking,
though not in deep water.
Amid a crashing of timbers, with
the boat on it's side, the lifeboats were
got out and the passengers, 200 in
number, were taken off before the
flames gained any considerable head
WGy.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-07-19
MUST EARN RIGHT TO LABEL
Meat Packers Cannot Secure Govern
ment Certificates Until Perfect
Conditions Prevail.

Chicago.-Secretary James Wilson
OF the department of agriculture CON
cluded his work in Chicago Wednes-
day by issuing statement in which
he denied the Chicago meat packers
the use of the United States govern
ment inspection label as a guarantee
to the world of the fitness Of their
products as food, until they have made
perfect the sanitary conditions in the
buildings where food is prepared. He
then took train for the west where
he will continue to look into the pack
ing industry.
This move by the government is
looked upon as drastic action to
force the packers to pursue with Wig
or the work of renovating their plants.
Announcement is made in the same
declaration that the inspection under
the new law will begin at once in
plants where sanitary conditions JUS
tify it, and the government label may
be used by the owners of such plants.
Chicago establishments are mentioned
specifically and are said to be on
the way to improvement. The sec
retary says he considers that they
will be ready for inspection by Au-
gust l, but that if they are not they
viii not get the inspection even then.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-07-19
HOW CRAFT IS MADE.

mixed pour into cold water; after
greasing the hands, pull like candy.
When 1t reaches a light yellow color
it can be used. If to be used in cold
weather it may be softened with
warm water, while for warm weather
the amount Of resin should be slight
ly increased.
The best results in grating are OBJ
tanned when stock and scion come
from plants of equal vigor and be-
longing to the same species, says the
Prairie Farmer, but in many cases
fairly good success can be obtained
between plants of nearly related spe-
cies. Thus the apple, pear, ounce,
thorn and mountain ash can be graft
ed upon one or the other, but the
union in most cases will not be So
perfect or durable as between plants
Of the same species.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-07-19
Operators and Miners
Reach Agreement.
IS A COMPROMISE
Miners Get an Advance and Opera
tors the Open ShOp--Forty
thousand Men Affected.

Harrisburg, Pa. The men in
the collieries of the central Penn
sylvania bituminous coal district, num-
bering nearly 10000, who have been
idle since April l, when the mines
closed down because the operators
would not restore the scale of 1908,
will resume work on practically the
same scale as 1905.
The agreement to do this was made
Friday in a conference that was at
tended by prominent operators Presi-
dent John Mitchell and Secretary Will
son, of the United Mine Workers of
America, and representatives of the
districts in the affected territory.
The session. lasted six hours, and
the following scale was agreed upon:
"F1rst-Pick mining per gross ton,
CG cents; per net ton, $3.50 cents ma
chine loading shall be five-ninths OF
the pick price. plus one-half cent, and
cutting and scraping, whether by the
ton, day or task, will be advanced G45
per cent. above the price paid in 1905.
Coke men to receive an advance of
5.S5 per cent
All other day wages and monthly
men, both inside and outside the
mines, and all yardage shall be ad-
vanced 5.85 per cent. above the rates
paid during the scale year ending
March 81 1906.
"Second-Eieht hours Of actual
work shall constitute days work for
all labor inside the mines, except
pump men and monthly men, who
shall work the number of hours re-
quired. All outside labor to work the
number of hours required and to be
paid as per rates specified.
"Third-There is to be no change of
working conditions and customs under
this scale from such conditions and
customs as have applied at this mine
and have been in practice thereat dur
ing the scale year ending March 81,
1906"
In addition to the adoption of the
scale the following agreement was en-
tered into for machine loading:
'The right to hire and discharge,
the management of the mine and the
direction Of the working force are
vested exclusively in the operator and
the United Mine Workers OF America
shall not ab.idge chat right.
The agreement is regarded as a COM
promise, the miners getting the wage
advance and the operators the open
shop, arbitration and check weighnan
points.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-07-19
TRADE BULLETIN.
r. C. Dun & Co. Report Business to DC
in Good Condition.

New York.-R. G. Dun & Co.'S
Weekly Review of Trade says:
Midsummer quiet conditions are
more in evidence than at any previous
time this season, although trade con
tinues far in excess of other years,
and preparations for fall and winter
are undated. Confidence in the com
mercial sentiment, induced by excep-
tionally favorable crop reports and
the absence Of any distinctly adverse
factor.
Not only the leading industries, but
nearly all manufacturing undertake
inGs, have orders assuring activity
well into the future, and scarcity of
labor is still the chief complaint
Evidences of the uneXcelled busi-
ness during the fiscal year Just ended
are found in every statement that ap-
pears.
Many iron furnaces and steel mills
have resumed after brief season of
idleness for repairs, inventories and
settlement of wage scales, SO that the
production is once more very heavy.
Failures this week numbered POP in
the United States, against 223 last
year, and q in Canada, compared with
2G year ago.