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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-02
OKLAHOMA BONANZA FARMING.
The Biggest Wheat Crop in the Entire
West.

This wears wheat crop In Oklahoma now
is being threshed. and is promising rec
ord-breaIer. Figures as to the yield In the
whole state OF course. are lacking at this
time but lOl Ranch win do its share to
swell the total with a crop estimated at
$4,000 bushels.
sounds big doesn't it, Well. it's a big
ranch There are 10000 acres Of 1t. and
5000 acres devoted to wheat. This 1ol
ranch is where they do things on large
scale.
They had forty-six harvesters hacking off
the grain IL took three horses TO drag each
OF these harvesters. which were of the type
cutting a six-foot swath. Some OF these
swaths were easily mile long. III you
want to become statistical figure out how
many bushels to the mile, reckoning twenty
bushels 10 the acre.
And. again Joe Miller will tell you. with
the other Miller boys to back him up. that
each of the machines cost from 5000 to
900 Also IL Is undisputed and indls-
putaiJie fact that IL takes forty-six drivers
to drive forty-six harvesters. Then there
are twenty-three water haulers, twine
haulers. etc, to say nothing OF few super
tutendents and a gang OF men at the sta
ton to feed and harness the mules and
horses
n YOU are used to some small or garden
variety Of farm II will mean something to
you 10 hear from Joe Miller-no relation to
the Joker Of that name-that he now has
out six threshing outfits. besides the thresh-
ing machines. Each outfit needs ten bundle
wagons. ten grain wagons. one cook wagon
and one water wagon. 1t calls for q total
OF sixty drivers OF bundle wagons. six engi-
neers six separator men. six water wagon
drivers six coal haulers six cooks. six as
sstant cooks. sixty grain wagon drivers
and thirty-six pitchers tgrain. not base
BALD. Each OF these machines thresh from
900 to Il O0c bushels of grain daily
On the Miller ranch the harvesters eat
and sleep In the field as they are from one
90 ten miles away from the house. cook
wagon, very much like the owl lunch wagons
you see down town In cities. stays by them
out In the field. There is little counter
in Il and stools for the men. while the rear
IS taken up with the cook stove and a re-
frigerator. The men go to bed by the simple
process OF lying down on the ground. pill
lowing their heads upon a shock OF wheat
and pulling a wagon over them for COM
fort. The mules do not eat IN tina field.
They are fed at the ranch stables. where
100 or 800 of them are allowed to iii up on
corn and oats all night long, This Is their
only meal in the twenty-fodr hours, but Il
Is one that lasts.
The iOl ranch wheat crop. although nam
moth. IL not its only one. The big tract OF
land. leased from the Ponca Indians. also
produces 10000 bushels OF corn a year.
5000 tons OF prairie hay. 1900 tons of alfal-
IA hay. and IL supports lAAoo cattle ard
5000 hogs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-02
NEWS FROM ROCKVILLE.
Action of School Commissioners In Re-
gard to Scholarships.

garu TO Scholarships.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Nd, August 1. 1906
At meeting of the county public
school commissioners, held here today, ap-
pointments OF teachers were confirmed as
follows: Miss Beulah Fawcett, as principal
OF the school at Spencerville: Miss Grace
e. Birgfeldt as principal OF the school at
Linden; Miss Ida NJ, Hickman. as princi-
pal of the school at Martinsburg; Miss
Emma Hughes, as principal of the school
at Burnt Mills, and J. Forest Gott, as prin-
ctpal of the school at GAINESVILLE The
designations of r.. @. Harley as principal
of the school at Travilah, and Richie
Haney. as principal of the Old Union School,
were accepted. The board granted re-
quest of the trustees of the school at
Wheaton that Miss Dora Ctssel. who has
been selected for principal OF that school,
be examined.
Secretary s. R. White submitted re-
port showing that the total receipts for
the year ending July 81 were H5988. O3 ana
the disbursements $75.675.7o. leaving ball
ance OF S3f72 Is. The sum of $436268. due
from the state. 1t was shown. will soon be
available. The secretary announced .nat
Miss Ella Kicker Of the State Normal
School, who was recently proffered appoint
Rockville High School, had declined to ac-
aept II, and Ii was decided to advertise for
q suitable instructor for this position. It
was decided to purchase lot for the erec-
ton OF new school building at Clarks-
burg.
Much Interest centered in the action OF
the board In regard to the awarding Of
free Scholarships In st. Johns and West
petitive examinations. according to the re-
port Of the examiner. l. F. Parsley Of
Bruokeviile, for 81. Johns. and Russell v.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-02
Luna Park.

The Navassars Ladies' Band. the only
musical organization outside of Washing
ton which ever had the honor Of appear
Ing on the White Lot adjoining the exec
utive mansion. and which enjoyed a most
successful engagement at Washington Luna
Park earlier In ths present season, has
been secured for return to that popular
amusement resort. They will arrive In
Washington Sunday afternoon. August d
and will be heard In the big musical shell
each afternoon and evening during their
engagement OF one week. The Navassars
a sufficiently high standard to put them In
a class entirely by themselves.
Miss LilliAn Sieger, cornetlst. 10 still q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-02
ICE CARGOES AT SEA
FOUR LARGE VESSELS BOUND
FOR THIS PORT.

A letter received by Capt. Frank Tayior'
managing owner of the Taylor fleet OF fo-
to,nac and Chesapeake bay tow boats, from
Cant. George w. Dudley. master Oh the pis
fo,,r-masted schooner Edward Il. Briery'
states that that schooner sailed ironi
Roothe Bay, Me, for this city July d. win
a cargo of about 1000 tons OF Ice iof .he
American Ice Company of this city. WIN
good weather on the coast she should arrive
here somewhere about the lWh OF TINS
,,,o,tb There are now at sea COM
ing to this city with Ice aboard FOUR
vessels the schooner Frank b. Stihsoh'
which is due here now and is expected 70
pass in at the capes at any time anu tIe
schooners H. s. Worthington. Henry -;
Rarrett and the Briery. These vessels all
have aboard considerably more than Low
TONS each. except the Worthington, which
has on board LOCO tons.
THE barge Kennebec Is now unloading
her 3OOO tons of pond ice at the 9th street
wharf of the American Ice Company, put
so heavy is the demand that not pound
OF the cargo of the barge or or the schooner
Kreager which has just completed unload
ing has been placed in the ice storage
houses As fast 1t Is taken from the
vessel 1t Is placed In the wagons ana sent
out to fill orders.
The schooner Stinson Is expected In port
here before the barge Kennebec completes
unloading her cargo, but should the winds
at sea be adverse and delay the schooner
until after the cargo on the barge Is ex-
hausted another shortage of Ice in the city
would probably result. OF this, however
but little fear il felt. 1t will require
several days to complete unloading the
barge. and by that time the big schooner
will In all probability be here raedy to I'M
load her cargo.
Plans Of American Ice Company.
1t is stated that the plans of the American
Ice Company for the building of an ice-mak-
ing plant on the 10th street wharf of the
company will materialize. but exactly when
the work on the plant will be started is not
definitely known. 1t may not be bsfore next
summer or the summer after that the plant
will be ready to turn out ice.
Several years ago there was some talk OF
putting up an ice-making plant on the 10th
street wharf and the old plant OF the Dia-
mond Ice Company Of Baltimore was
brought here for the purpose, For some
machinery has been lying since that time in
the warehouses of the ice company on the
9th and 10th street wharves- 1t Is this
machinery IL is stated. that will be used
in the plant the American Ice Company are
talking of building. but at the wharf this
morning some doubt was expressed as to
the availability of the old plant. It being
said that 1t was Anticipated and In very
bad state of repair.
Even IL the plant is built and this
machinery can be used. 1t Will require the
output of six or eight such plants to make
good the deficiency In the output OF the Ice
making plants and the local demand, which
has now to be supplied by natural Ice
brought here from the north.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-02

With the arrival of thu 9th United states
Infantry Regiment from Fort Sheridan at
Fort Benjamin Harrison, near Indianapolis
Ind. yesterday. the camp Of instruction for
thu troops Of the United States array In
the Department Of the Lakes. commanded
by Brig. Gen. william HI. Certex, vas
organized, and final arrangements for the
summer maneuvers were completed IN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-02
Applications for chapla;nc,s.

some Time ago widely published nara
graph stated that the Navy Department
was In want OF chaplains, and that a num-
Der or ships and stations were without
spiritual advisers. This has resulted In
the department being flooded with letter.
ana applications for situations as cham
iains Some OF these have come from min
ts.ers VINO are earnest In their solicitation
for the positions, and other annlicstion.
are somewhat freakish I'm their suggestions,
quite brisk correspondence has been the
result OF the announcement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-02
Funeral of Col. Regain.

The garrison voted to attend the funeral
OF the late Col. Regain OF the 9th United
States Infantry upon the arrival of the re-
mains in this city from the Philippines The
9th United States Infantry Veteran Asso-
citation will join with Barry garrison at the
obsequies.
The Joint committee OF arrangements of
"Army and Navy Union day at Chesa-
peake Beach. Nd, August n. will meet to-
night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-02
New Jersey. ..pe.th Hound. },

A dog whose weird feats have won for
him the title OF the Death Hound" Is own
ed by DIR. Thomas Gordon of Alton. N. J.
Read OF his strangcst action In DOC Cor
don," Mary z. wilkins masterpiece which
win appear exclusively In this paper, begin
ming Saturday. .August 4.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-01-31
The Logan Nurseries
Trees, Plants, Seeds and Flowers.
As fine stock of ornamental trees as
could be desired; prices reasonable
South Main street
DRAWBACK 70 THE ENJOYMENT
Why "Artemus Ward" PFefs;7u6 NO.
to Lecture IN Churches.

Why "Artemus Ward" PfeSs'5u6 NO.
to Lecture IN Churches.
In the earl sixties OF the iast ccl,
fury "ArtemGs Ward" delivered one OF
his humorous lectures In the church AZ
Bradford, n. II. There was o COED
sized audience and he eyerted al h.
powers TO entertain them, but nelthci
the humor Of dictlon nor his quaint
manner Of delivery brought forth more
than a sickly smile, where he was uscl
to penls Of laughter and round upoa
round of applause.
At the close of the lecture he sat
down, utterly exhausted First amcl1
those who came forward TO speak with
him was an old fellow, who shook him
heartily by the hand and said:
That was a fine discourse of yours,
Mr.. Browne. and In two or three places
| almost forgot | was In the meotiGg 8
house and cer'tinly thought | should
smoker"
After this incident "ArteTlLs WnrF
would not lecture in a church when
other arrangements could possibly be
made.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-01-31
Length of the irish Mile.

Irish miles are longer than Ameri.
can miles, in fact. eleven of them
make fourteen of such as are meas.
ured in this country. American trav-
elers soon find out, and II they are
disposed to complain of the character
OF Irish roads they learn that Inc
Irish think It unreasonable of the
stranger to expect both quality and
quantity. To one such grunlbler the
answer was: IF the quality is in
farior, we give you plinty of It, any,
how" To another visitor who com
planned OF the narrowness OF the road
the retort was, well. what 20 lose
in the breadth ye gain in the length"
New York Tribune.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-01-31

perfect as any place in the United
States.
$50 days i'll the year on which the
sun shines.
Short, mild winter, and long cool
summers.
Seldom IS below in the winter and
but 90 i'll the summer, with cool
mountain breezes.
Every night cool enough for light
blankets.
Purest mountain water in un-
limited quantity.
Atmosphere dry and highly in
MIGRATING.
Valley is 60 miles in length by IL
miles wide
Named Cache (cash) Valley be-
cause it is hidden, being entirelp sur
rounded by the Wasatch mountains.
Mountains are rich in mineral
wealth, and the valley contains $780,
900 acres of finest soil on earth.
Farm lands easily worth 500 per
acre.
Gas, coal, iron, gold, silver. cop
per, marble groupings found in many
prospects.
Conditions exceedingly favorable to
scientific farming and raising of
fruits.
Valley is the greatest dairy section
of the state, containing two condensed
milk factories and numberless cream
cries
Cache is noted for fine horses and
largely supplies the San Francisco
market.
Cache Valley is IS miles north of
Ogden and 100 miles north of Salt
Lake City.
LOGAN
is the county seat of Cache county
with population of 1000, the center
of $4,000
Is located at the base of the eastern
range of the Wasatch mountains.
Is the "Temple City of the North"
and the "Athens of Utah"
The Agricultural College with
100000 buildings and $50 students
is located here. All higher courses
taught.
The Brigham Young College with
magnificent buildings and US stud
ents is here.
The New Jersey Academy with $50
students is located here.
The city school system is one of
the best in the west.
The city has wide streets, paved
sidewalks and crossings.
A $150,000 waterworks system
owned by the city.
A 100000 light plant owned by
the city.
An independent electric system,
'The Hercules"
The Bell telephone system with
800 subscribers.
Unlimited water power for estab-
lishment of factories.
The city will soon have astreet
railway.
An electric suburban line with
Salt Lake connections is certain
prospect
Logan has commodious and beau
tiful opera house, good hotels, a $10,-
900 pavilion and numberless amuse-
ment halls, as well as a Novelty
Theatre"
Three Gentle churches and ten
Mormon meeting houses.
inc residences and up-to-date
business blocks.
A Commercial Club" Of $50
members.
Three miles from Logan canyon,
most picturesque in west, from which
flows the Logan river, a beautiful
stream filled with trout.
Every opportunity for growth.
People are progressive and liberal.
City, county and valley wants out
side capital invested in mines, gas,
railroads, factories.
| 10000 other GOOD points will be
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-26
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

facturers that the addition of a pre-
sentative to food does not properly
constitute adulteration because the pre-
servatives added are of greater COM
mercial value than the foods them
selves. Such a claim, however, seems
to be nothing but a play upon words.
For instance, benzoate of soda has a
greater commercial value, weight for
weight, than tomatoes, and the claim
has been made that for that reason
its addition to tomatoes actually in
creases the expense of the preparation
of tomato catsup. AS matter of fact,
however, it permits the tomato pulp
to be prepared in large quantities and
preserved in barrels in much less eX-
pensive way than can be done without
its use. 1t is evident, therefore, that
even though the preservative employed
is more expensive than the substance
to which it is added, the addition is
really made for the purpose of cheap
ening the product. 1t is not for this
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-26
Selling Chicks u Day old.

The Matching of chicks in quantities
and then selling them direct to poultry
breeders and fanciers is business thai
is developing all over the country
largely doing away with the bother Of
sitting hens and the detail and atten-
ton entailed by operating an incu-
bator. The plan is simplicity itself
Experienced incubator operators put in
substantial Matching plants solely fol-
the production and immediate DISPOSE
ton of chicks direct to poultry people
both amateur and professional. For
the most part the new method possesses
some range in its application. 1t has
been found that day-old chicks will
bear shipment to a considerable dis
lance, and that a car ride Of from ten
to fifteen and twenty hours is not con-
sidered extra hazardous. Prices for
day-old chicks are a matter of barter
between seller and buyer, something
depending on the breeds and strains,
but usually ranging $3.50 and up per
dozen.
There are several establishments in
this country which make this an eX-
elusive business, and enjoy a Matching
of from 1000 to 5000 eggs at
a time. All report a healthy demand
for their living product at remunera-
tive prices.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-26
FREE TRIAL FOR TEN DAYS

To every thousand population in
this country there are just 2 dozen
people troubled with bunions. The
torture they suffer is unnecessary, for
there is a device that is absolutely
guaranteed to remove the pain the
moment it is applied. This device is
available to try for the mere asking.
We can afford. to make this offer
because we did it successfully last
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-26

try, into New England, where large
fattening yards are conducted. These
yards are large plants with lots, some
thing like the stock yards of the large
cities, only smaller in size. The geese
are placed in the enclosures and fed
for heavyweight and fine finish to be
dressed for market. AS many as 10,-
600 geese are gathered at one or two
points in Massachusetts, and fed in
this way for the winter markets. II
takes several weeks to properly finish
them and new supplies are constantly
coming in to replace those that are
sold off. The profitable demand for
geese of this kind extends over a period
of from nine to twelve weeks. begin
ming just before Thanksgiving and end
ing in January.
No attempt has yet been made in
this country for the excessive fattening
of geese, such as is carried on in Ger
many, those SO fattened with us being
only prepared to finish for roasting,
nor has fattening or feeding for the
excessive size of the livers ever gained
any consideration here. The major
per cent of all the geese brought into
the markets for general consumption
are sold and the demand for them
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-26
Why Land is a Good Investment

The statistician of the Department Of
Agriculture of the United States esti-
mates that in 1881 the population Of
this country will be 100000 and the
census bureau agrees that this is a con-
sentative estimate. To supply the re-
quirements of this number of people
will necessitate the production of 7O0,-
000, 900 bushels of wheat, 1850, 900, 900
bushels of oats, 345,000,000 bushels OF
corn, 100000 900 tons of hay; and cot
ton, tobacco and fruits and vegetables
in proportion. To produce this i'm
mensely increased quantity of food and
kindred products will necessitate the
bringing under cultivation of an addi-
tional 150,000,000 acres of land, and 1t
is estimated that we have only 10S,-
100000 acres available for cultivation.
OF course these estimates do not take
into account the efforts of Secretary
Wilson, of the Department of Agricul-
ture, whereby every acre will event.
ually produce double its present crop.
Nevertheless these statistics present
matters for serious reflection, and
should bring it home to every thought
full man that good agricultural land to-
day offers the best and safest invest
ment on earth and that there can be no
better object in life than a determina-
ton on the part of every citizen to
acquire at least enough of Mother
Earth to ensure him a living for him
self and his family through his own
individual efforts.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-26
Waterfowl i'm New England.

Broiler ducks are grown by thethou-
sands in several localities of Pennsyl-
vania, New Jersey and Long Island, ae
| well as elsewhere, the greatest num-
| Der, however, coming from the first
| named sections. One farm alone dur
| ing the year just passed marketed 81
900 broiler ducks from its plant. But
New England is the home or breeding
grounds Of the best quality of market
geese sold in this country. The most
| careful, the most determined and the
| most successful breeders and handlers
of high quality market geese are scat
tered from Rhode Island to the end OF
Massachusetts.
The oldtime common or gray goose
has been largely displaced by the state
| ly Embden, Toulouse, African and
China species. The Embden and the
Toulouse are the result of a union of
the efforts of the French and the Eng
lish. The African, the Hong Kong and
the China geese came, perhaps, from
the Asiatic countries.
Recently, at the Boston Poultry
Show, was exhibited the finest lot OF
geese that have been shown in this
country for all time. One pair Of
EInbden (pure white geese) reached the
enormous weight of SO pounds and the
Toulouse (gray market geese) almost
equaled them in size. Next to these in
quality is the African, so much valued
for the rearing of what are known as
the mongrel geese.
The white Embden, said to have
originated from the visit of swan to
some of the commOner flock of a town
of the same name on the Continent, have
been carefully bred and selected until
they are very large, handsome white
geese, which seem to be valued first
as true-bred variety for the producing
of feathers and market poultry. The
Toulouse that came from France are
fully their equal in every way, except
that the feathers are gray or mixed
with gray instead of pure white.
What is known as the wild or Can
ada goose, mated with an African, pro-
duces the mongrel goose, so highly
valued in the Eastern markets from
Thanksgiving through Christmas times.
When the Canada gander and the Afri-
can goose become properly mated they
will be constant one to the other to the
end of their existence, growing each
year one or two brOodS OF mongrel
geese that are ready for market during
Thanksgiving and Christmas times and
dress to weight at this age heavier
than either of the parent pair. The
quality of the meat is excellent, the
price obtained ranging from $2.75 to
81 each, according to the season and
the quality and finish of the individual
specimens themselves.
These, with the Embden, the Tou-
louise and the China geese furnish the
high-priced geese for the winter mar
kets. No one of these of the better
qualities is ever sold for less than % to
80 cents per pound, and there is ready
sale for all of them offered at these
prices. In addition to these, thousands
of geese are gathered from as far north
as Nova Scotia, down through all the
States Of the Western part of the coun-
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-26

In these days of so much talk about
pure foods, and with the protective
legislation by Congress on the subject,
the bulletin of the Bureau of Chem
istry, Department of Agriculture, on
Some Forms of Food Authorizations
and Simple Methods for Their Detec-
ton" is very timely.
Since the middle of the last century
the subject of food adulteration has
attracted constantly increasing
amount of attention. In this country,
however, very little was done in this
line until about 1880. In 1881 the
Division of Chemistry began the study
of food adulteration, and since then
has given q great deal of time to the
subject. Since 1898 the origin and
place of manufacture of the foods
studied by the Bureau have been care
fully noted and special attention also
given to imported foods.
In 1883 the first practicable food
inspection law in the United States was
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-26

you desire to keep the protector you will remit
to us 50 cents for the one you have and ~
cents for one for the other foot if you need it,
If you are one of the "a per cent
The Fischer self-adjusting Bunion Protec-
tor is a neat soft leather device, so pliable that
it conforms to the shape of the foot from the ii
is applied and yet SO firm that it prevents pressl
the sore spot.
1T is vorp ouer the stocking, fills out tn