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The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-21
PRAIRIE DOGS.
One of the Pests Of the West.

the biologists were loaded for rabbit
so to speak, and they furnished the
forest people with harmless wash
TO soak their pine nuts in before plant
ing. and with Il cheap dip for the
nursery stock which a self-respecting
rabbit will no more nibble than will
an ordinary human being smell auto
mobile odor for perfume.
In this the biologists confessedly
took leaf out of the book of the
Piute and other desert-dwelling In
dians. The Piutes have been caching
food supplies of pine and pinion nuts
in the desert for hundreds of years
and they found that the rabbits, the
ground squirrels and prairie dogs
would clean out their cache. But
they found by experience that there
was a little desert weed that the
ground animals disliked excessively
and that anything dipped In tea
stepped from the bark of the weed was
rabbit-proof for long time thereafter.
So the rabbits We're cbeckmnted on
that play and the forest officers have
no more trouble from that quarter.
PLAGUE OF THE WOLVES.
But 1t is the very presence of the
forest reserves that has bred the
pEeSeuL pluSue VI ltulDCT Wolves Ill
the West. No hunting is allowed in
the reserves and they form nurseries
for game of all sorts. But it seems
that they breed wolves quite as fast
as they breed anything else, of which
fact the cattle raisers have been made
painfully aware.
| In the days of the buffalo on the
plains, thousands of wolves lived on
the herds, When the buffalo were
killed off the wolves disappeared also,
till there was not one where there used
to be a thousand. Then the cattle
men began to stock the ranges. and
the wolves found conditions much the
same as in the buffalo days. They
promptly multiplied and increased till
they are now doing an immense
amount of damage, aided largely by
their asylum In the forest reserves.
The biological survey has sent out
Mr.. Vernon Bailey. one of its best
men, to study the wolf problem, and
he has been skeeing and snOwshoeing
through Wyoming and Montana while
the snow was on the ground and the
wolves We're particularly easy to track
and study. He has not done any
shooting. but is trying the effects of
poisons and traps. But the wolves are
about as cunning as foxes, and after
you have trapped and poisoned few
in given district the rest grow wary
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-21
BUSINESS METHODS IN EARA1NG
Successfu, Kansas Farmer Who Ha 5
Kept Trace Of Receipts and Ex-
penditures for Twenty Years.

the Kansas City Journal Of the sue
cess of A. L. Hollinger, well-to-do
Kansas farmer who opened set of
books when he began farming twenty
years ago and who has kept his ac-
counts as accurately as a bank does
its. The other day he struck trial
balance and found himself $4,000 to
the good. He has now retired from
the farm and will make tour of
America.
The compilation Of his long record
beginning with 1886 shows the total
figures given as follows: He has
raised 5,265 acres of wheat, yearly
average of over 263 acres, and on
that area has raised SO, ,791 bushels, or
an average per acre for twenty years
Of 1Sh bushels. During all the two
decades he never hadan entire failureof
wheat, although an average of ~
bushels an acre in 1895 came very near
to It.
His corn record is equally interest
ing. He has raised 2,S46 acres of
corn, yearly average Of 142 acres.
The total number of bushels was H.
672, or an average per acre for twenty
years Of 25a bushels. The corn
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-21
GREAT BEAR COUNTRY.
Representative Bede of Minnesota
Tells the President About Big
Game Hunting In Duluth.

How 1t happened that the war cor
respondents at Washington found out
about ]. Adam Rede's conference on
bears with President Roosevelt does
not appear. However, full report of
the Minnesota Congressman's tales
has been made, and was made public
in the New York Evening Post. 1t
makes an alluring document. Mr. Bede,
who is the acknowledged wit OF the
House, sought the President with the
friendliest intention. You like to
shoot BEARS" said "Jadam." diplo-
matically. Mr.. Roosevelt admitted It,.
But you don't have to go into the
wild West for your sport" went on the
Minnesota statesman. Think of this
fact: thirteen bears were shot in the
luth, the pride of the Northwest, that
beautiful city on the great unsalted
sea-" The statement had a perceptible
effect on the President. and Mr.. Bede
was encouraged to go on. Its the
only place in the whole world, Mr.
President, where you can go bear
hunting by trolley car, under the cleo
trio light, and on asphalt pavements.
We have all the conveniences SO dear
to the heart of the true sportsman,
and without leaving your hunting
ground you can walk across the street
to the mail box and drop in a postal
card to your friends, telling them all
about the game you have bagged."
With the Congressman was Duluth
constituent, lady with first-hand
knowledge Of bear hunting In that
city. She added her corroborative
statement: "Oh. yes, Mr. President, q
short time ago friend of mine heard
q ,tas1 hiC rryfn nd
looking out saw that it was a bear try
ing to climb a telegraph pole. He shot
that fellow without leaving his bed
ROOM" Then, to the joy of the Presl-
dent, Mr.. Bede took up the tale: why,
bears are common things with us up
In Minnesota, Mr.. President Last ye ar
five bears held up one OF our trolley
cars. They were two old ones and
three cubs. This occurred right in the
streets of Duluth. The big fellow got
in front of the car and put his paws
on the dashboard, driving the motor
man of. while mamma and the Gu bs
went around after the conductor. After
they had had enough OF this sport tn ey
raised the siege and trotted off toward
the outskirts of the city. Oh, no, we
don't let the bears trouble us much.
When they get too bothersome we turn
them over to the police, who drive
them out of town; but it's great bear
country up there, and I'm sure you
would like to see bit OF It," Now, II
1t is announced that President Roose-
welt means to take vacation up in
the Minnesota woods. the correspond
ents may go straight to Duluth, where,
as Mr.. Bede is true prophet, the
great bear slayer may be found sitting
in the door Of an up-to-date hotel. a |
rife across his knees. waiting for the
promised sport.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-21

and other necessities is not SO
high as In the colder parts Of
the country, as much OF 1t is
usually produced near at hand. All
OF these things combine to make the
regions of Southern California most
attractive to poultry growers, who may
be seeking a softer climate to lessen
the aggravation which the rigors of
winter heap upon some member OF
the family. Many have gone there
seeking place merely to benefit their
health, and have been much improved
by so doing; but they have also been
able to make u living for themselves
and their families through the COM
bination above described.
ALL CANNOT SUCCEED.
All do not succeed. This can not be
in any following of life. Those who
do succeed usually have more or less
experience in the business before they
embark upon it. The failures come
to the inexperienced. and those who
are unable to contend with the diff
culties always confronting one In the
upbuilding of new home In any To-
cality.
What are known in the San Fran
cisco market as range" eggs, the Nc "
York market designateG as "fresh-laid"
eggs. Ranch eggs of California are
the fresh-laid eggs that are brought
direct to the market and sold us such.
During November and December last
this quality of eggs sold in the mar
kets of San Francisco as high as fifty
one cents dozen, and as low as thirty
cents, influenced. no doubt, by the sup
ply and demand, governing this pro-
duct in every locality.
Eggs sold in Chicago during the
year Of 1905 as low as fifteen cents.
In San Francisco the lowest price
quoted for the year was fourteen
cents. When the lesser expense of
caring for them is Considered. the ad-
vantages or profit from poultry grow
ing should be fully equal to, If not bet
ter than would be the same pursuit In
Illinois.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-21

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The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-21
Egg Earms OF CaIifarnia.

BY T. F. McGREW.
Many years ago l assisted a frienC
in the loading of car of poultry fol
California. This car was shipped from
Central Ohio. and the fowls contained
therein We're very well selected from
tlocks of desirable varieties. The
owner of this car crossed the CONT.
nent in care of his birds and settled in
Central California. Reports from
| there a few years later told direful
story of the impoSsbility of success
in poultry-growing in California.
1t Is unnecessary to relate the many
troubles experienced, except to say
that the amateur in poultry at tha It
time imagined that the birds would
live and prosper in the California eli
mate without proper shelter within
houses during the cold. damp weather
A close study of these conditions
has entirely eliminated all these mis-
takes, and to-day there is no place
in the United States where there is an
enthusiasm equal to that found
throughout California with reference
to this industry.
The construction of proper houses.
the selecting of proper breeds and the
proper caring for them has built up an
enormous egg business through that
section of the country.
In the neighborhOod of Petaluma,
more Leghorn fowls are probably kept
for producing the white-shelled eggs
for the California city markets than
can be found within the same number
of miles in any other place in the
world. One enthusiastic visitor to that
locality has made the statement that
every acre in the fifty thousand acres
visited contained hundred Leghorns.
The climate of Southern California,
the beauties of the scenery, the pleas
ure of fruit cultivation and the profit
able growing of poultry have attracted
many hundreds to that section to en-
bark in these pursuits under pleasant
conditions.
A Mr.. Brownlow who purchased
few acres of ground in that locality
ten years ago has built up for himself,
children, most profitable combination
of poultry, fruit, bees and squads. all
of which thrive continually under the
softer climates of that locality, ena-
bling these people to produce broilers
every month with minimum amount
of care and attention, the fruit and
bees being remarkable source of
profit during the greater part of the
year.
PROTECTION AGAINST DAMP
IMPORTANT.
The buildings used for poultry In
these localities need not be so expen-
sive in construction as Is necessary in
that portion OF the country visited
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-21

feeding the fowls; and the facility
with zero weather during the winter
months. Protection from rain. damp
and vermin is the most necessary ad-
junct to properly constructed poultry
house when the poultry can not run
at large and range over the land.
There is no month in the year in which
they can not find more or less animal
and vegetable life for food upon the
range. This II months of food supply
reduces the expense very materially in
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-21

and the poisons and traps are rele-
gated to seat %. The wolves get so
crafty that they will not swallow q
piece of meat without mouthing 1t.
and If they get the bitter taste of
strychnine or arsenic they drop it and
look for something else to eat.
Whether or not the survey will be able
to XIII them off with some contagious
disease is u question. but they are
rapidly becoming as great a pest and
far more dangerous than the smaller
"varmints."
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-21

with which squad breeders can fly
their birds at large, continually adds
vigor and strength to the breeding
stock, which naturally assists In the
quick growth and size obtained in the
squads.
The quotation of eggs. dressed
poultry and squads in the California
market. while not the egunl of the
New York and Boston markets. will
grade well In value with the average
markets of our larger inland cities.
The expense Of living as to food
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-21

made two entire failures, one in 1895
and one in 1901. In 1895 1t was very
near a failure, only 3 bushels per
acre. Less attention was paid to oats
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-21

gfYQ Permanently Cured No nts sness after
q nTss days Of DR.. Kllne's Great Nerve ke-
storer Send for FREE ea0o trial bottle and treatise
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-21
THE RABBIT PEST.

The biological survey has been able
to do a good deal in a practical way
with the rabbit pest. Some time ago
the forest service set up Il howl of in
dignation. 1t had planted some hun
dred thousand young trees, nursery
stock. in one of the California forest
reserves. and the rabbits ate them
up in about Il week. Then it seeded
several hundred acres with white pine
to restore the land after Il fire, and
the rabbits cheerfully set to work, dug
up all the seeds and ate them. But
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-21
REAL ESTATE.

70 ACRE TRACTS CHOICEST fruit and farm I,n.
ION @ the e. Gaif Coast Hghlands In Alabamal for S g
cent? Crops pay t76 TO SaO an acre year Remspssi
ably healthful. Send for booklet. lrying,on + ans
Co.. 1874 La Sale St, Chicago, lii ~" LANG
WANTED: WICHITA PROPERTY Lands in
Southwest Kansas. What have you for saie7 y y
years buying and ceiling Kansas dirt, Choice "a
acres near Garden City. u, O0 Write + l. Spencer.
CALIFORNIA COLONIZATION LANDS. Tract,
Of 200 to G,0O acres low prices; easy terms; level
ttch. auvial soil; abundance Of water best climate
on earth. U. l.. Dixie Investment Co Incl N
Mason Bldg. Los Angeles, Cal. -
COUNTRY PROPERTY YoNLY-EvERYwHERE
Farms, residences. hotelA stores, etc Catalos
cali or wrte at once Phns WelIs M 1thse q sei
Building New York.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-21
TO BREED UP A DISEASE.
cnt to Start plague Among Destructive varmin
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL

be bought by the pound and spread
on bread. The contagious quality
has not developed yet in any of the
foreign cultures tried.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-21
BUSINESS EQUIPMENT.

-cALIGRAPH TYPEWRITER $1,000. Remington
Yost, Densmore q Jewett, t15.O eich Electric
Commercial Graphaphone OUTFIT, new taper arm
disc phonograph cheap. Edison Mmeograph 5000
o. Hacker. Park Pl.. n. Y.
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bots and incorrect entries without scratchlns Our
terms to Agents. H. A. Ink Eradicator Co. lsD
Washington Ave-, New York
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-21
PROTECTION AGAINST DAMP
IMPORTANT.

The buildings used for poultry In
these localities need not be so expen-
sive in construction as Is necessary in
that portion OF the country visited
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-21
LADIBs' APPAREL.

SHIRT WAIST HOLDER EXTRAORDIS1Bv-
keeps waist down all around no pins or hooEs ~
tear send 8c. with waist measurement over cossS, "
Prince St, New York. W.T. Si
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

SOUVENIR POST CARDS OF NEW YORK CITY,
beautifully colored, no two alike, prominent views
only: Send @ @twenty;nve r. cents In stamps or mo money
81. days F1reign w sadFessss q one % cent additional
New York City. References. Mechanics d Traders
Bank.
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MALE HELD WANTED.

WANTED: Amateur photographs suitable n,
Art and advertising subjects. Malt print and pr,o
Hlth postage Tor return not accepted to The tiso
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-16
Issue Of Patents.

The patent Office has announced the is
sue OF 518 domestic patents this week and
2S1 trademarks. labels and prints. Citi-
xens Of the District of Columbia get three
patents and three In the other ciassfllca-
ton, which IL somewhat below thA average.
To citizens of foreign countries afty-seven
patents we're allowed and ten tradsmarlLs,
labels and prints.
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116Q 6SCn xu6IdnCS6 u 02x0IT06IIuCuCs
Mrs. Catherine C. Goodrich OF Alexandria
county, Virginia, was then called. She
had many friends at the asylum and had
been In the habit of visiting the asylum
from time to time. She claimed that a
year ago she was denied admittance to the
wards.
She did not know why this was done.
Many instances of mfstreatment had come
to her notice. On one occasion she said
she had seen an aged patient walking in
the snow and shivering from the cold His
trousers were too short. and snow came in
contact with his bare legs.
Witness claimed the old man fell down,
and, instead of helping him, the attendant
kicked him and otherwise mistreated him.
In the course OF her visits she saw other
Instances OF mistreatment and had reported
to Dr. Hummer, but had received no salts
faction.
She charged that letters sent by her to
certain inmates and by the inmates adj
dressed to her never had been delivered.
some OF them had been registered, but
that made no difference.
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WHITE HAS INNING

Continued from First Pase.)
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-04-25
AN OPEN LETTER.

Editors of the Messenger:-Permit
the Okolona U. D. C's through your
valuable paper to thank Messrs. B. j.
Abbott and W. D. Mcdowell for their
kind effort in obtaining from our good
citizens the contribution which en- :
ables US to make last payment on our
Confederate monument and to crown
with success our long effort and labor
of love, and to proclaim to the world
that our monument is pad for and
that it stands today momento Of the
generosity of our good and generous
citizens as well as monument to our
loved and gallant boys of 1851 to 1865.
Respectfully
MRS. BETTE pooRE
President OkolOna, U. D G.
MRS SUSIE Love
Rec. SecY.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-04-25
Program for Decoration Day.

All will meet at the Court House at
80 p. m. Exercises will begin at
$3.50 p. m.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. BrogRn. Music.
Address by Hon. T. U. Sisson. Music.
When the crowd will form in line
and march with Daughters to the
monument, the order Of march will be
as follows: Vardaman Guards, Veter-
ans, Sous of Veterans, Children, Oko
Iona Chapter, W. F. Tucker Chapter,
Citizens and all others who may wish
to join us. After the monument is
decorated the same order Of march
will be continued to the cemetery
whore the children and others will
strew flowers on the graves. (
The exercises will be concluded
with prayer by Rev. J. w. Mcseley.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-04-25
Woop-MccARLEY WEppIMc.

One of the prettiest weddings OF the
season occurred Thursday afternoon
at $3.50, at the home of the BRIDES
parents, when Mr.. B A. Wood, of
Meridian, and Miss Lila McCarley, Of
this city, were united in marriage, q
large number Of guests from Okolona
and other places witnessing the happy
event.
The home was beautifully decorated
with profusion Of spring blossoms of
various kinds and evergreens, and ct
the appointed hour the bridal couple
entered the parlor and stood beneath
an attractive floral bell, where in
impressive language Rev. j. E. Jones,
Of Meridian, performed the sacred
rites.
The wedding march was played by
Miss Hilary Ward. The bride was
attired in beautiful gown of liberty
satin, and carried in her arm q mag
nifcent bunch OF roses.
After receiving congratulations and
happy greetings, the bridal party
entered carriages and drove to their
special car, leaving on the 1905 north
bound M, & o. train for st. Louis,
Yellowsto one Park and other points in
the west. They will be gone several
weeks and will be at homo to their
friends at Meridian on their return.
Mr.. Wood lie head civil engineer of
the Mobile & Ohio Railroad and has
many friends throughout the state
who will congrat ulate him on winning
90 charming a companion for life.
The bride is the accomplished daugh.
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. D. McCarley, and
10 young woman Of lovable charac-
ter and attractive personality. Her
large circle of friends will wish for
her HE Of bliss. A large number
Of handsome and valuable presents
attested the popularity Of the con
tracing parties.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-04-25
Notice to The Vardaman
Guards

On account of the dedication day
aud exercises OF the United Daughters
of the Confederacy on said day, name.
ly, Goth day OF April, you are com
msnded to assemble at the armory at
one O'Clock p. m. OF said date, dressed
in light marching uniforms, namely,
blue shirt, khaki pants and leggins,
cartridge belts and bayonet scab6ard.
Be on hand promptly and let US assist
the ladies in paying due respect and
reverence to the memory of our dis.
tinguished heroes A. T. ETovALL
Captain.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-04-25

Mr.. Jesse Dawson took in Derby
Day at Memphis.
B. j. Abbott left Tuesday for New
Orleans to attend the reunion.
Ice cream time is on and we have
the three minute freezers.
WALTER SMITH.
Mr.. A. H. Nichols, OF Tuscaloosa,
Ala. attending the Wood. MEG arley
wedding.
Miss Hazel Bramlitt came from
Corinth, Tuesday morning with her
father and lie the guest Of Miss Minnie
Frazee
Everything for the fsrw handled by
Adams & Neubert. They understand
business and know what you want.
R. w. Chandler spent few days
last week in Chattanooga, Tenn,
where he went on business.
Grape juice, summers healthy drink
At BEARDEN & KING's.
Mrs. J. J. Kelley and children re-.
turned Monday night from Mobile,
where she went to visit her daughter
Edna, who IL attending school there.
We have q complete line OF Gauze
doors and windowe. Call and see
them. WALTER SMITH.
Miss Bessie Babbitt entertained the
Social club, Friday afternoon. Miss
Lyvia Murphee won first prize in
Euchre and Dominoes and Mrs Jack
Abbott the guest prize. Refreshments
as usual were served.
Fay Hodges, who has represented
this district so well in the United
States naval academy at Annapolis,
Nd, had the misfortune, during gun
practice on board 8 training ship re-
Gently, TO burst the drum Of his ear,
necessItatihg his resignation from The
navy. Fay is bright young man ana
would have made Uncle Sam good
officer.