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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-20

ILc church people, here had an ice
cream festival Saturday night for the
purpose Of raising tund to paint the
church. There was q large crowd
present and It was . financial success.
The work on No. 3 oil well on sths
Manaet lease is progressing nicely,
Well No. osn the Anchor was I'm
ishsd and shot last week 10 q good
ciler andhss Q very fne dow Of gas.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-20
HALE THE WORLD woNpERs

how the other half lives. Those who
use Bucklsn's Arnica Saive never
wonder If 1t will cure Cuts, Wounds.
Burns, Sores and all Skin eruptious.
they know it will. Mrs. Grant Shy
1l30 E Reynolds st. Sprinffeld Ill
Gays al regard il one of the absolute
necessities of Housekeeping, Guar
anteed by all druggists, 25c.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-20
r. A. lies went to Erie Friday on q
visit returning Sunday. 81.

r. A. lies went to Erie : Friday on
visit returning Sunday. 81.
Cicero Crowl visited. at Chanute
from Saturday morning until Monday
evening and then went to the ball
game at Thayer Tuesday afternoon.
F. M. Thomas has traded his farm
here for land in Howell county Miss
louri and will sell his personal pro-
perty here on the 10th and move to
MISSOURI, Mr.. Thomas ia a good
citizen aud we regret to lose him.
Harry Turner and George Titzpat-
rick were visiting friends here Mon
day and taking look at the old home
place.
John Barton is here this week visit
ins relatives and friends.
We are some nearer getting our
phones. The switch board is here and
the phones are At the depot. 1t may
be that Christmas will be here next.
The farmers are cutting fax this
week.
Mr.. Mccoy Is threshing two miles
north OF town this week. ~
The Austin machine is still tied up
at the Nicely farm and grain danag-
Ing in the shock for want of thresh-
ing.
Thos. Lacen is doing some much
needed work grading on the highway
east OF town.
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p. deserving Strict Silence.

In Korea the women, on their wed.
ding day, will not open their mouths
to peak, no matter what the tempta-
ton or provocation.
Sometimes this silence is continued
through the first week of married life.
Although no such custom exists in
the Western world, extraordinary cases
are not wanting. In the early forties
New York lady undertook, for a
wager of $3.50, to remain mute during
the month of her married life.
Her new-made h'sband, who, natur.
ally, was not in the secret, was so much
incensed at his brides behavior, that
he left her before her TASK was com.
pleted, only to return later when ap-
prised of the real reason for this un-
natural silence.
On one anniversary OF their wedding
| day a Brussels couple quarrelled SO
bitterly that the wife, in a passion,
vowed that her husband should never
again hear the sound of her voice. She
would there and then have left the
| house, but her now penltent husband
| implored her not to desert him. TIC
that extent only did his entreaties pre-
vail, for she kept the letter of her oath
and never in her spouse's presence
did she unloose her tongue.
An Austrian woman, whose husband
was in hiding from the authorities, In
Iadvertently betrayed his whereabouts
to a neighbor, who was secretly in the
pay of the police. AS a result, he was
taken, and received term Of imprison
lment.
So much did his wife take to heart
this misfortune, which had beer
brought about by her gossip, that she
resolved for the remainder of her life
Ito remain mute. She would not make
an exception even in her husbands
favor, for, although she received him
lon his release with the utmost affec
ton, she maintained an obduratc
silence till her death, three years later
The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-14
AMERICAN SEED GROWING
Cheap Seeds the Most Expensive
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL

lies idle and he curses his luck which
has thus shown itself against him
whereas the fault was his own, and h(
was simply penny wise and pounc
foolish.
This can be said of many different
kinds of seed.
Or suppose he buys expensive early
cabbage or radish seed, it is an easy
matter for the unscrupulous dealer to
mix this seed half and half with very
cheap late cabbage or radish seeds, pre-
viously killed $50 that they will not
come untrue TO name), and unless the
buyer is particularly observant it may
never occur to him that he has been
buncoed.
Tricks of Some Dealers.
Another method of defrauding the
seed buyer, practiced by cheap seedsmen
who never expect to do business a sec
ond time with the customer, is to sell
him outright the cheap seeds of some
plant such as 4 muskmelon, for instance,
under a label of some new or high
priced variety. He puts in hard sea-
sons work trying to raise good musk
melons, and at the end he finds he has
heterogeneous collection of inferior
sorts. Still another practice which the
reputable seedsmen will not counten-
ance is to sell seeds which may be true
to name and which will also germinate,
but which are weak and poor. An ex-
ample of this was noticed by the writer
in the Colorado muskmelon fields. The
Rocky Ford cantaloupes had for some
years attained a countrywide fame
through their sweetness and fine flavor.
They were shipped all over the United
States. Then came a great demand for
The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-14

Broadly speaking, the growing of farm
and garden seeds may be considered the
most important OF agricultural indus
tries. for unless the quality of the seed
Is maintained, the succeeding crop IS
greatly diminished in volume and deter
iorated in quality, so that if applied tc
the country as a whole, the loss would
be enormous.
"The great magnitude of the American
seed business is little appreciated, SAID
a prominent seed dealer i'll describing
the carloads of field and garden seeds
which he handles each spring. ne
producing capacity of the seeds quickly
deteriorates, in most instances, and the
most successful farmers buy large guam
titles of seeds. The farmer is some
what cautious individual, and although
he buys, on an average, double the
amount of seeds he did ten years ago,
he has not, in every instance, reached
the point where he recognizes that the
greatest economy lies in getting the best
and patronizing only those houses whose
reputation forbids them to sell poor and
adulterated seeds
Seeds Apt to Retrograde.
The deterioration in many seeds is
very marked, and large seedmcn go to
great lengths to produce the best pos
sible seed and to have various establish
ments in different parts of the country
where the conditions are the best for
production. 1t is not possible that the
best results can be attained in produc-
ing a great number of seeds on any one
farm or in any one locality, however
favored The soil and climate which
may be the best adapted for producing
cne kind of seed may result only in a
very inferior seed from some other kind
The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-14

Courtesy A. J. Pieters, Department OF Agriculture.
of plant. SO that seeds, as they are
handled by the big seedsmen, are gath
cred in by them from all parts OF the
country from Maine to California. In
the latter state some Of the vastest seed
fields Of the world are found, where the
eye ranges over unbroken rows, miles in
extent, at least as far rs the eye can
reach If all this industry should cease
for year and the farmer and gardener
became dependent for the succeeding
crop on the seeds which he would him
self save during the year, the shrinkage
in production throughout the country
would amount TO tens of millions OF
dollars.
In the Olden Times.
OF course, in the early days each
farmer saved his own seed; possibly he
exchanged seeds with one or two neigh
bors or friends. At that time there was
little competition in farming, the produc-
ton of the farm was used mainly for
the support OF the family, and the farm
supplied practically all the necessities
and even the luxuries of life.
The earliest seed-farm in the United
States is believed to have been started
by David Landreth, the originator of
the present big seed house. This was
before the Revolutionary war, on a
small farm, now included in the city
of Philadelphia. 1t is estimated that
over 100000 acres, including land In
probably every state in the Union, are
now devoted solely to growing seed
crops, and some of the largest growers
plant annually as high as 1000 acres.
Get Good Clover Seed.
The advantage of securing good ger
minating seed is manifest. Take for
instance clover seed which is sown on
wheat-stubble in the spring. 1t is al
ways possible to secure it at so cents or
$Ioo per bushel below the market price
quoted by the reputable seedsmen.
What is the result of ssing such seed
1t must be considered foregone con-
clusion that such seed is poor, worth
even less than the reduced price al
which il is offered The land has been
prepared for pasture or hay, some of the
fertilizer used on the wheat crop still
remaining in the soil for the use of the
clover and timothy, and the grass anC
clover seed is sown to become the de-
pendence of the farmer for his hay
crop. He buys cheap seed; 80, 40, &c
or 20 per cent. of it is an adulteratioI
of seed which has been killed or is old
dead or weak clover seed. The re
mainder is good, fresh seed. If he buy
this seed, likely putting off purchas.
until the eleventh hour, and uses
without testing its terminating quail
tiles, he may be lucky if he gets. half
stand. In other words. half his lant
The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-14

Rocky Ford seed. At the end of the
cantaloupe season various individuals
could be seen going over the Rocky
Ford cantaloupe patches and disem-
boweling immature and frosted canta-
loupes for their seed This seed, it is
true, was genuine Rocky Ford canta-
loupe seed, and it would probably ger
inmate o5 or % per cent, but it is OBJ
vious, its sale as first-class seed was an
imposition. Nevertheless thousands of
packages were annually foisted upon
seed buyers.
So if you are going to buy seed, and
buying seed to greater or less extent
is advisable, not to say necessary, 1t
becomes a foregone conclusion that it
pays to buy good seed and therefore to
know from whom you are buying.
The Government Seed Business.
The Agricultural Department is buster
than usual sending out millions of pack
ages of free seeds for Congressman. 1t
should be understood that this free seed
distribution, while carried out by the
Secretary of Agriculture, is no scheme
of his, but is a Congressional affair, pure
and simple. In every session there is
one or more bills introduced abolishing
what has been termed by more than one
The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-14

abolishes a system whereby the Con-
gressmen who wants TO keep in touch
with his constituents has an opportunity
to mail out a little package of garden
seeds to his entire list of voters, he
cheerfully votes against the measure and
instead votes for an appropriation of
over a quarter of million of dollars
a yer for free garden and flower seeds.
If somebody would Introduce bill, even
with this big appropriation, but speci-
flying that the Secretary of Agriculture
should expend the money in procuring
and distributing only such seeds and
The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-14
SEED LETTUCE AND ONIONS IN HEAD

partly open from time to time to admit
the exchange of air and gases, using a
good-sized dish with small saucers and
renewing the water occasionally. Sew
eral kinds of seed may be tested at once
at a trihing cost. The Department eau
tions the far. r against extremes OF
temperature and excessive moisture dur
ing the experiments In some of the
larger and more reliable seed houses of
this country there is a well-equpped
and appointed incubator room in which
tests are made by the seedmen in
order to ascertain whether or not the
seeds will really grow. This is done
with every lot of seed that comes in
the warehouse and before distribu-
tion through the country. Results OF
The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-14
Home Tests of Seeds.

The Department of Agriculture in or
der to aid farmers to determine for
themselves without much trouble the
terminating qualities of seeds purchased
by them, has issued a number of bulle-
tins upon the subject. A very simple
apparatus for sprouting seeds is describ-
ed in the bulletin. 1t consists of shall
low tin basin or one of granite ware.
The bottom of the basin is covered with
water and a small fiat bottom of porous
clay is placed inside. The seeds after
having been soaked are laid between
two layers of moist blotting paper or
flannel cloth. A pane of glass covers the
dish, which is to be kept in a tempera-
ture of about 70 degrees. The atmosphere
of an ordinary living room is suitable if
care is taken to set the apparatus near
stove at night The basin may be left
The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-14
A HUNDRED ACRE RADlSH FIELD.

these growths are recorded in a book
and kept for ready reference in the
event of complaints. The busiest times
in the American seed warehouse is from
November to March, and often April,
when enormous quantities of seeds and
bulbs pass through the buildings first in
large sacks and later in smaller pack
ages by mail and express on their way
to the progressive American agricul-
turist
The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-14
Cordial Foreign Relations.

Mrs. O'Riley-And are yez on spalkin'
terms wild Mrs. Zylonski.
Mrs. Murphy-Av course I am. She
called me a thafe an I told her she
was another.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-14

purchase in open market samples of
seeds of grazing and forage plants, test
the same and publish the names of per-
sons selling adulterated seeds.
So extensive is the seed business in
the United States that many seedmen go
to an enormous expense in publishing
each year catalogues giving tire many
varieties offered for sale by them.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-14

plants as may be OF real value to the
farmer in a Congressional district new
and improved varieties, even though
only one package could be sent out
where now a score or two are sent, the
expenditure would be defensible. This
would be building up our agriculture,
and there would be cases where the
entire agricultural output would be
changed, greatly to. the advantage. OF
the farm The Secretary is, in fact,
employing this idea, as far as he is lett
any discretion in the matter of seed
distribution. He is allowed by Congress
a small appropriation of this free seed
money, and where his explorers in the
old countries of the world have brought
in new plants and seeds which 1t Is be-
lieved will be an Improvement on those
already grown by American farmers, he
sends these out i'll sufficient amount to
admit OF a rational test by farmer.
Time to Abolish the System.
As it is now carried out, the free seed
distribution should be stopped, and the
work of supplying the ordinary farm and
garden seeds, the results of which are
known to everybody, should be left to
the regular seedmen.
The seed business of the United States
is one of great magnitude. While there
are, of course, unscrupulous and fake
seed houses who do not hesitate to
adulterate the seeds they supply, the re-
putable firms take great care in seeing
that their seeds are not Cn!y fresh, with
good terminating powers, but true to
name. The old-fashioned way was for
each grower TO save his own seed, but
in many of our principal crops it is
found that the seeds grown in certain To-
calities produce heavier yields, and while
if the planting is done a little out OF the
original habitat of the plant the hrst
crop may not appreciably deteriorate the
second year, the crop from that seed
will show a marked falling off in yield.
1t is for this reason that some of the
wisest farmers and planters send regu-
larly considerable distances for seed.
The seed catalogues always carry n
number of pages of novelties and new
varieties which are described in an eX-
tremely attractive form. 1t is well
enough to try these novelties, but it is
good advice to consider them as such
and have the main crop to fall back
upon from the standard or well-tried
varieties which have stood the test of
years.
An examination of many of the seeds
of common vegetable and forage re-
veals the fact that an immense amount
of poor seed is sold to American farm
ers and gardeners. Farmers as a rule
are responsible for this condition, since,
as has been said, many of them buy the
cheapest seed in the market and trust
entirely to luck for it to produce the en-
tire crop. Such seed is dear at any
price, and is withal one of the principal
source of the hosts of bad weeds which
are to be seen upon many farms.
For the last few years there has been
constantly increasing outcry against
The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-14

the seeds sold by unscrupr.ous dealers
and with it a demand for legislation.
Congress and a few states have passed
laws regulating the trade in seeds. The
Secretary of Agriculture under an Act
of Congress has authority to. and does.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-24
The Name. Of R-n,iIe..

lOf the word frog we know nothing,
lthough through the medium OF many
Iguages ii has had rs thorough an
yolution as in its physical life. At
ne time or another il has been fregga,
rosk, frosc, fro, vrosch and fankr, the
liter an Icelandic word. We must ad-
lit our ignorance in regard 20 toad
ls0, backward research revealing only
ide, tode, ted, toode and todie. the
Dot battling all study. Tadpole is de-
ghtfully easy. Old forms OF the for
Yer word are pollywig. polewlggle and
lllywiggle. The last gives us the clew
t'fpur spelling, pollwiggle, which re-
Sfsed and interpreted in modern
NY is wiggle head, most appropriate
rm for those lively little black fel-
rws. Tadpole is somewhat similar.
oadpoll or toad's head Is also very
pt when we think OF these small
odied larval forms.
Salamander Is aNGreek word OF east
n origin. applied IN the earliest times
lizard which was considered to
{, re power OF extinguishing fire. Newt
as a strange history. originating in a
rong division OF two words, 'an
ste" the latter being derived from
4, which Is far more correct than
ewt, though in use now only in a few
aces. This Is an interesting example
word changes. Outing Magazine.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-24

Washington. Jan 24.-The statehood
question opened in the house today
with a tension AZ hi/ pitch. Dal-
zell presented rule which was
agreed upon by the rules committee.
When it was read Dalzell, after con
sulting with Williams. the minority
leader. asked unanimous consent that
the debates for an hour and a half "
allowed on the rule. This was agreed
to and Dalzell explained the terms
of the statehood bill and said IL the
rule was adopted vote on the bill
would be had tomorrow.
Williams stated the rule denied the
house the right TO vote on the ques-
tion of admitting either OF the -four
, territories separately. II was a case
Of holding the whip over the house,
compelling It to agree to admit Ari.
zona and New Mexico as one state.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-24
COLBERT SAYS
HE'S The MAN
is sANGuINE HE WILL RECEIVE
Has Organization Behind Him and a
Strong Outside inruenee-His
Friends Think He Has kin
folk" Applicant showed. 49,.

United States Marshal Colbert,
candidate for re-appointment for the
marshalship of the district, read the
announcement that Porter woald
succeed him, and smiled. The rcpf4F
sentative of the Ardmoreite came
across the Rough Rider marshal when
the matter was being discussed by d
number OF his friends many OF whom
were inclined TO discredit the re
port which appeared In print.
~ suppose you have heard the
news that Porter Is to succeed you,."
suggested the reporter
yes. have just read the news
and II is the first intimation that
have received concerning II. | have
reasons to believe that viii be ap-
pointed to the place" answered Mar
shal Colbert, and he did not seem TO
be the least bit disturbed concerning
the news from Washington. Despite
the report, friends OF Colbert are
odnkuih' ihdN I' VIII nhfNtth MN
self Probably they have good rea-
sons to believe that he will be re
appointed.
Colbert has the organization behind
him in his race for marshal and in nd
dition to this has strong outside in,
fluence. Personally he has been do
ing very little to secure the Office.
AS far as can be learned ne has
made no trips to Washington in his
own behalf. The only barrier in the
way OF re-app0ntment is the charges
that are alleged in an indictment and
tn eannouncement from Washington
received today that the president will
make no appointment until after
Colberts trial, Feb. II. gave his
friends additional courage
The result OF the trial may cut con.
siderable figure in the selection. His
probability OF appointment win de.
pend largely upon his ability TO rid
himself OF the charges now pending.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-24
Cloud Burst in Virginia.

Weston, w Va, Jan. PA heavy
wind and rain storm resembling n
cloudburst passed over the south
eastern portion OF this state yester-
day, flooding the river. carrying away
bridges, houses and many million feet
of valuable timbers. The water
came up so suddenly that men, wo-
men and children had to wade deep
in water out of their homes to the
mountain top.
The report that fifteen lives were
lost is not confirmed. The total money
loss runs into millions.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-24
Gas Works prooress.

The work OF laying the gas pipe
along Main street was resumed yes
terday and good progress is now be-
ing made. Pipe has been laid to
Washington street and II is stated
that the work will be completed with.
in the neN few days. After this is
finished 1t is not known what the
company intends to DO. The asphalt
pavements on Main street gave the
workmen considerable difficulty. The
pavements are of natural asphalt ana
its durability was favorably com.
mented upon. It was declared that
native asphalt was the very thing for
paving Main street. .t
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-24
A SURPRISE WEDDING.
Miss Dove MeBurnett and Earl Hall
Of Gainesville United.

OF CalneSNille United.
Earl Hall Of Gainesville and Miss
Dovie McBurnett, aged IS, a daugh.
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Wash Burnett,
residing on North Washington street
stole a march on their friends yester.
day and were quietly married. The
marriage was in the nature OF an
elopement II is stated thar Miss
Dovie left home without advising her
parents of her intentions and met her
fiancee down town. II could not be
learned what pastor united the. eou.
pie.
Miss Dovir lis an attractive bru
nett and It is said that her parents
objected to the marriage on account
OF her age. The family formerly re
sided in Gainesville.
Mr., Hall Is an employe of the
Santa Fe and ls about 20 years Of age
The couple have been sweepearts
for some time when the license
was obtained Deputy Mccoy stated
that the age OF Miss Dovie was Civ
en- at rs years.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-24
a Serious Collision,

Los Angeles, Cal, JAM 24.--Four'
teen persons were injured slightly
In a collision yesterday at Glendora
betweena SaHta Fe limited wost-
bound and a local train. All We're
passengers on the local. The limited
was running IS miles an hour. going
down grade
The coach OF the local which was
standing at the depot, was crushed
TO kindhng
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-24
Probably Poisoned.

United Suites District Attorney
Johnson, who has been confined to
his home for the past three days, Is
able to be pp after an illness which
gave the family some alarm, Mr..
johnson was taken violently sick
iiSt Saturday evening, He attrib'
utes his sickness TO the eating of
canned peas. 1T was feared fora
time that he would be confined to
his room for longer period but
prompt medical attention was given
him. Mr. Johnson states that he ate
heartily OF the peas and he thinks
that he was probably poisoned. Mem
bers Of his family who ate sparingly
OF the article also complained. lie
stated that II there was any doubt
about the peas making him sick that
he will eat some more, as he is very
fond Of them, and doesn't like the
idea OF giving up the dish.
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