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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-08-21

UNITED STATES OBJECT LESSON ROAD.
the way it ought to be done. There is
great dearth of competent highway
engineers in this country. 1t IS work
that has never been seriously taken up
by the American people, and they are
Just beginning to realize the need of it.
This need the road office is trying to
supply.
When a locality decides that 1t is 60
Ing to put in road and spend certain
amount of money on it, the local au-
thorites can apply. If they desire, to
the road office. 1t will test their avail
able material and tell them what is the
best and cheapest sort Of road to build.
Samples are sent in to the Office
daily. There Is a great awakening all
over the country on the subject of road
construction. and the government. while
1t cannot build roads itself for the va
rious communities, is ready to give eX-
pert advice, not wherever it is wanted,
but so far as it is able. The fact Is
that the requests for engineers ana
advice far outrun the capacity Of the
sections of the country-several parties
along the Atlantic seaboard, some in
the middle west in the far west and or
the Pacific coast. Wherever commu-
nifty shows itself thoroughly IN earnest
and is willing to spend good money in
road construction the road o',ice does
its best to get Il working parry there.
1t has developed several schemes that
have been of value in road building
Reference was made some time ago to
the burnt clay" roads that had been
tried in the gumbo mud regions of the
south. These have proved success
and have stood up we'll. making roads
possible where there IS no stone ana
where there has never been a wet
weather road before. The burnt clay
Idea is being developed with view to
helping out other communities where
rock is scarce.
There are good many places where
there is a dcarth of good road building
pck. Clay is plentiful to the point of
being nuisance in good many
places. especially In Virginia. where
Virginia mud has passed into PROV
erb The road Office is now expert
menting with burning the Virginia
claws, and owing to the fact that clay
once burnt loses It's power of getting
sticky under the action of water there
is some hope that the road problem in
Virginia may be partly solved through
the burnt clay agency.
The office has carried on a good
many other interesting experiments,
among others the use of tar and oil on
roads. and while it is too early yet to
say Just how surfaces treated in this
way will wear. the results so far 90
tanned have been satisfactory and
promise well,
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-08-21
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HOME FRUIT GARDEN.


1t Gives II Pleasant Air of Thrift and
Comfort.
The home fruit garden should be
near the house. for the convenience Of
the family. and not too near the road.
for the convenience of the public. 1t
should be of reasonable size. On most
farms it ought to comprise ut least one
acre. 1t should be located on the best
land available The soil should be not
only rich, but deep, well drained and
easily worked. Deep soil and good
drainage are more important than fer
tility. a loose, Eravclly subsoil coy
crcl with IL heavy. sandy loan which
does not bake makes an ideal situation
for fruit garden.
A slope to the east is probably best,
though this matter is not of first i'm
portance. Slightly sloping land is bet
ter than perfectly level land. The fruit
garden should not come at the bottom
Of slope, and especially not in Il
pocket of low land.
The fruit plantation ought to be pro-
tected by windbreaks on the north and
the south. However, If the land slopes
care should be taken not to have the
windbreak too dense on the lower side,
as it keeps the cold air from running
OFF,. a. Waugh.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-08-21
BEEF MAKING.


An experiment was recently carried
on at the Virginia station with sixty
head of beef cattle for the purpose Of
comparing the relative feeding value of
silage, st0vcr and timothy hay. The
cattle were divided into groups, and
each group was fed one of these three
roughagcS, together with corn and cob
meal and linSecd meal.
The largest gain per head per day was
made by the group which received Silagc
There was IL difference of from three
tenthS to fivc-tcnthS of pound of gain
per head per day in favor of the silagp
fed cattle. They also finished out bet
ter and, it is claimed, would in any
discriminating market certainly bring
better price than the dry fed cattle
OF the three forms of roughncss fed
the silagc was eaten with the greatest
relish and absolutely no waste.
An inexperienced Point.
The relative merit of different forms
of roughncSs in feeding cattle is not
fully appreciated. The silage fed cat
tie in this experiment made an average
tie 81 pound and the hay fed cattle
10 pounds. Also bear in mind the
consumption of grain for a pound of
gain and the importance of selecting
and utilizing Il palatable roughncss
that is cheap and well suited to the
needs of cattle will be more clearly
appreciated.
The average consumption of grain
for pound of gain with silagc was
G.54 pounCs, with Stovcr Ills pounds,
or nearly twice as much, and with hay
500 pount.s, or 30 pounds more per
head than with the sila%c fed cattle
Things CattIcmen Should Know.
The results Of this test in the opinion
of Professor Andrew NJ. Soule. bring
to light facts worthy of the careful
consideration of cattlcmcn everywhere
namely, that various forms of rough.
ness which are now not generally util-
tied can be fed to beef cattle to the
greatest advantage; that silage, after
all, will enable the feeders to maintain
their animals at Il lower cost and to
secure greater gains than they have
heretofore obtained: that animals to
be fed for immediate slaughter can
safely receive silage as the sole rough
ness. Animals so fed will kill out Il
high per cent of dressed meat will ship
well ana will show Il superior finish to
animals fed on dry. coarse roughncss.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-08-21
1906 $THIS is PLATFORM YEAR

Within the next few weeks state and
county political parties will have given
expression to their respective policies
In accordance with our usual custom of
keeping up to date it is proper that we
also announce our platform thus early
i'll the campaign that you may become
perfectly familiar with our method of
doing business and vote with due wis
dom Like the trainers of political
platforms. we too, may point with just
pride" to our past achievements and lay
emphasis on the significant fact that the
volume of our business for the past year
was nearly double that of the preceding
year-all due to rigid observance of the
principles of fair dealings, to which we
reaffirm our allegiance.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-08-21
ORCHARD PRACTICE.
What Is Bcst In TiIlaSc and Cover
Crops, Rule.

believe that the best practice that
our present knowledge indicates Is to
begin to till the orchard as early as
the ground il lit to keep it well TILED
till the middle of July or LIST of August
and to then seed to clover. OF course
there will he any number of special
cases in which this general rule may be
varied, but believe that it is Il safe
rule to follow unless there is some spe-
cial reason for doing otherwise There
Is no doubt that Il peach orchard should
be TILED every year. Old apple Or
chardS may in some cases be benefited
by year III sol. Some good growers
in New York till until about Aux. l,
then seed to clover The next year
this is allowed to grow. but is clit sew
eral times and left on the Ground. The
following year it is TILED again, etc.
No general r;lic can always be follow
ed. but the tlla@c during the fore part
of the season followed by cover crop
or by natures cover crop. weeds. is un-
doubtcdly the safe standard to set.
In the case of pears we have the
blight problem entering into the cues
ton, so that we must adapt or prac-
tce to meet this enemy. Rank. s9ppy
growth mates tits d ease much IL ore
severe. TO combat it we should keep
the barnylrd manure ont of the pear
orchard AMI should generally avoid the
use of lcCumnous cover crops. Use
commercial fertilizers till early in the
season and either follow by nonlcgu-
minous cover crop or let the weeds
grow, the point being to avoid tn,
rank growth that organic nitrogen fa
vors.-Dr. G. +. Warren. New Jersey
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-08-21
STRAY Pc T A L S

Pansies for early bloom the next sea-
son may he sown in the open ground
early in the fall. about the time the
plants naturally shed their seeds.
Spraying or sprnllling with strong
tobacco tea or with the kerosene emul-
sion are the means most likely to give
relief from aphis on chrysanthemums.
Some gardeners say that to plant
tritomas deep, with six or eight inches
of soil over the crown. Is a very good
plan with these torch lilies"
Ageratum for winter towering must
be cut back and held in check.
TO prolong the Towering Of ANIMALS
keep the ground well stirred about the
plants, or better, apply mulch. Give
water freely in Il dry time. Pluck all
faded flowers.
Keep the ground we'll stirred among
the astors. Water, mulch and stake as
required.
Too much heterogeneous manure causes
the chrysanthemum to rust
Give supports to the tall flower stalks
Of gladious The spikes from especial
" strong bulbs may be cut early to
finish Towering in water. This will en-
courage the growth of secondary
spikes.
AUGUST. after the plant goes to rest,
is planting time for Lililm candidum
(Annunciation lily, because this lily
makes an autumn growth. Set the bulbs
from four to six inches deep,
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-08-21
Hogs In Summer,

Through the Hummer-May. June.
July and .August--fccd los but once
a day, after the sun has gone down.
that is, if you have Il NICE large pas
turc. After shutdown your chickens
have gone to roost and your hogs get
the corn. They sleep all night, get UP
the next morning and 20 out in the
pasture and eat grass with the CATTLE
w. II. Beacham. Iowa
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-08-21
CLElIATIS HENRY.

failure After care consists chiefly !
training the young growth Oh sllita-
bic trellis and applying every fall IL
liberal mulch Of stable manure that
may be allowed to remain all winter.
Do not bother about the complicated
direction for pruning different varieties
Of clematis that appear in florists pa
ners. Cut out all dead or obviously
weak wood when growth has well
started in spring, and you will be re-
warded with fine blooms if your plants
are strong ana healthy. IIenryi is very
desirable to plant as Il relief to the gor-
geous but somewhat funereal deep pur-
pie G.. Jackmani
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-08-21
FINE CLEMATIS.
An Attractive, Large Powered, Light
COlored Variety.

the effect of a cluster of large lowered
clematis blooms in almost any light
colored variety. This one is Clcmatis
lanuginosa, variety IIcnry, one of the
oldest and most generally successful
Of the hybrid group.
Rural New Yorker, in which the cut
occurs, advises that clematis should be
planted where possible in cool, moist
loan, well enriched and deeply worked.
Care should be taken to spread the
roots out well and work the soil be-
tween them. tanning the brittle roots
into a bunch results in almost certain
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-08-21
Good Time. to Root Cuttings.

Cuttings of many subtropical plants.
especially ficus clcrodendron, etc, also
of rex bcGonias, may be rooted more
successfully in August than at almost
any other time. according to good
gardening authority. Place the green
cuttings in sand. cover them with n
bell glass or tumbler and water lightly
as needed. Cuttings may also he made
of colcus. geraniums and many other
plants desired for window or green
house decoration next winter and
spring.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-08-21

Vow Located In New BuiIdiag-Nate-
rails Tested and Advice Given to
Communities Only Object Lesson
Roads Built.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-08-21
Set a Few Pecan Trees.

When one does not feel like setting
aside a portion of his tillable land for
pccans the rough places on the sides Of
hollows and ravines and even fence
corners are excellent places to plant.
These trees need no special cultivation.
yet cultivation hastens the growth to
the bearing size. All that Is neces-
sary is to cut grass and weeds immedi-
ately around the young trees for the
first year or two to keep them from be-
Ing smothered, says Texas grower.
Corn Hay.
Recent Investigations appear to show
very clearly that stover If made under
the best conditions and handled ju-
diciously will take the place of tim
othy hay to good advantage. Under
these conditions the timothy can be
sold to dealers in cities and to owners
Of livery stables at decided profit
and benefit to the farmer.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-27
TEMPEST IN THE TEAPOT.

With the transmission of Secretary MetcaIfs report to Congress, dealing with the San Francisco Japanese incl dent, the President shows signs of less strenuousness upon the subject. From all accounts he has backed clean over the dashboard on his proposition to cornpel the state of California to per init Japanese school children 10 attend inc public schools with American chil- dren. California refused to bow the neck at the first flourish of the big stick. and a careful investigation of the affair shows that there has been much ado about nothing. There is no doubt that the city of San Francisco. and the state of California, have the right under the law and under any treaty which may exist with Japan, or any other country, to provide separate schools for the Caucasian and Mon golian races. The same public school system should be over all. As good schools should be provided for the Mongoiian as the Caucasian children. but Japan is asking little to much if that government insists that little Japs must sit with American boys and girls, if in the opinion of the local board of school trustees, such asso- citation is not for their general good. Japanese residents of the United States are assured of protection fer themselves and their property under a binding treaty with this county, but we have yet to learn that the little brown nation can dictate how we shall conduct our public school sys- tenn San Francisco owes to the Jap snese children good public school education. If the school trustees pro vide separate schools and adequate and convenient facilities, this result will be obtained just as well as if the Japanese sat in the same room with the American children. Japan in at ssna'sng to make an international qlsestio over this matter appears in ,ae a. ie of lightweight walking s-oaad ! a chip on his shoulder.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-27
sNoraEa FOOL CONTEST.

Sad now they have contest in fasanri county. wherein the demo- cratic candidate for district attorney seeks to ttrow out one of the voting districts in Prescott for no other reas- on than that the board of supervisors failed to designate where the election should be held in that district. Bob Morrison was the republican candi. date for district attorney and was elected by nearly 200 majority. hay. ing beaten his democratic opponent in the district complained of by that number. If the precinct in Prescott was thrown out it would elect all the defeated democrats in Yarapai county except one.
 This contest is based on very much similar grounds to the one in this connsy. involving the legality Of fht election in district No. 1 in Douglas Here the original contest paper com p,ained that the election board had failed to observe certain direction. contained in the statutes; later Geo iiardiker in his complaint institutins the contest charged that ~handsfull oI ballots were taken from the boot, aud scattered about the room during the coant and that twenty-seven bal
Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-27

her father fhat Barley snaps were far superior to Barley Drops as breakfast food and that she would marry me or die an old maid Her fathers reply was box on the ear. As she wrote me the note she was on the point of leaving the house. She was going she knew not where. but somewhere. She bade me to find her and make her my own
 "tAnd she didn't tell you where she could be found?' asked Miss Fanny.
 "'Aias. no, I waited a week for an- other note, but none came. Then I set out in search for her.
 ".And you couldn't find her:'
 "I have not found her to this day.
 "'But where could she have gone? Where have you looked for her?'
 "'Where have l not looked for the Lulu of my heartT I answered. as I wiped a tear from my eye. Where she went no man has ever been able to tell me. I have looked the world over dur ing theJe last ten years, but not a trace of her have found.'
 She probably drowned herself in the vinegar bar'l,' chuckled the jealous hired man.
 "The farmer jumped for him, but the fellow leaped over the veranda rail and disappeared in the darkness. The farmer returned to his chair and said:
 "'By gum. girls, but that's quite a story. I knew this feller was no com mon tramp when saw him coming up the road
 "Tt's a story to sadden the heart added the wife.
 "It Is. indeed announced the old maid It appeals to romance. pity and all the more beautiful sentiments in the human breast. Lulu wanders OCT the face of the earth and hourly hopes to meet you, and yet you never meet
 "That is the case, miss, but know that wherever she is she has not lost faith in me. She knows am searching spares me long enough I shall find her and clasp her in my arms
 ":James, is there no way you can help himT asked the wife of her hus- band.
 "T'd be durned glad to. stranger. but don't see how I can.' he replied to me. I'll keep watch of the road as much as can, and if Lulu comes along I'll tell her you were here and asking for her. and I am sure ma will give her something to eat
 "'And she will find sympathetic friend in me- added the old maid.
 'I sighed. rose up and wandered down to the gate. There I met the jealous hired man. Without saying q word he hauled off and made q swipe at me. blocked and swung my right and knocked him into bed of catnip. Next morning when he got up with a black eye he explained that he had run against the cherry tree. I was an honored guest over Sunday. and when Monday came resumed my search for the lost Lulu NJ. QUAD.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-27
ARIZONA MORNING DECEMBER 27 1sos

Adolph Haag, who was found in his home on South Broad street Tuesday evening suffering from cold and hun ger, died Friday night at II o'clock at the railroad hospital. says the Belt With plenty of money in the bank to satisfy his wants until he would have reached a ripe old age. M=. Haag had merely existed in wretched squalor in his small adobe house. in i'll health and alone, living as recluse, with little or no intercourse with his neigh bors. His extreme parsimony pre- vented him from supplying himself with the bare necessities of life and when he became i'll his natural disin- cllnation to ask for assistance pre- vented him from calling to his neigh bors for help or to secure medical attention, of which he was in dire need.
 It is not known how long the aged must have been several days. as for at least three days the neighbors had not seen nor heard him. and during all this time he had neither warmth nor
 ustenance. Tuesday evening one of the neighbors notified Dr. Wightman, who entered the home and found the old man in an apparently dying condi ton. He was unconscious, his body almost entirely cold and but a faint pulse. Dr. Wightman notified Deputy Sheriff Dave Heron and it was agreed that he should be taken to the rail road hospital, as no one could be found to remain in the home whicf was in filthy condition. Thursday Haag seemed to be improving and it was thought for time that he could recover. but his system was apparent ly too greatly weakened and he sue cumbed without ever regaining con sciousness.
 The body of Mir. Haas was removed to the undertaking parlor of l.. F Jones & Son, where it will be held awaiting the result of inquiry which is being made regarding his relatives With the exception of one brother. no other relatives are known of in Globe The brother formerly lived here. but left several years ago. He was known to have had considerable money and a bank book was found in the house af ter his removal showing that he had on deposit in one of the local banks over s4.00O.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-27
Tramp Talks bu
 An Educated Hobo
The Story That Was Told of Satn- day Night Trouble With the
 Hired Man.

tCopyright. 1906. by Eugene Parcellsl NE Saturday afternoon as
 was plodding along the
 highway" said the tramp.
 after he had been coaxcd to tell a story. T came along to a farmhouse. with the farmer standing at the gate. I was passing by with a nod to him. when he called out for me to stop and added:
 "'Say. do you happen to know any thing about moving machine;' .I've seen a few in my time I re- piled. What is the matter with yoursT
 That's what I want to find out. The thing has got tangled up some way and won't work. and I'm in a stew about it. Come over into the field and take look at it
 I'm somethin- of a mechanic, and l hadn't looked twice at the mower before saw what was out of kilter.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-27
PASSING OF GAMBLING.

That the business of public gam bling has nearly run its course in Ari- zona must be apparent to all The people of this territory are evidently of the opinion that public gambling is a detriment to every other interest in ii and this public sentiment is be- coming more active every day. Dur ing the last two years three of the principal cities in Arizona-Tucson. Douglas and Phoenix have voted to suppress public gambling within their limits Other cities will do the same whenever the people are given an op- portunity to vote "yes" or mo" on the question
 But it is not likely that it will be necessary for other cities to take ac- tion on the question of gambling as 1t is almost certain that the coming leg islature will pass law which will end public gambling as a licensed calling in this territory. Such bill will be introduced and it is hardly possible that the members of the legislature will refuse law for which pubic sentime is so strongly in favor.
 In nearly every state in the Union the operation of faro game or a roulette wheel is made felony, while in Arizona at the present time such gambling is licensed by the territory. It is high time the business was ended.
 The habit of gambling is the great. est curse which can come upon any one Only last week stranger died in the city of Douglas His wife was notified of his death and hurried here with her son to whom she entrusted the money to pay the bills incurred with the physician and undertaken and to pay for shipping the body oi his father home Before the time foI starting home with the body of the deceased it became known that the son had gambled of the funeral ex pense money in one Of inc gambling houses in Douglas.
 What must have been the feelings of that mother when told Of the ac tion of her boy. who had stranded noi only herself in strange city. but had literally gambled off the corpse of his father. The undertaken held tbs corpse until friends of the deceaseI arranged for the money to send the widow, wayward boy and dead father to their home.
 In the face of such an incident which is gospel truth. who will con tend that public gambling should bt continued in Douglas, or anywhere
 else