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Evening journal., 1906-11-27

keys TO private customers at local retail
prices. Indeed. experienced men declare
that there Is no other Kind OF live stock
that win return so large a proat 70 the
successful producer as VIII poultry. and
no Kind OF poultry that hrings In more
money than turkeys when properly handled.
II costs comparatively little 10 raise
turkeys by renson OF the fact that the
birds are able from the, time they are six
weeks old until wiafer srts In TO gain
the grenter part of their entire living
from bugs. grasshoppers ana waste grain
that they pick mp In their wunderlngs
over the farm. IN other words. they nrs
sef-snstainlne forngers whore they have
sufficient space TO roam over. Turkeys
that nre Matched In the early spring
should grow TO weigh from lf TO 20 pounds
by Thanksgiving. These weights are. OF
ronrse, often excecdcd by the hirr.s fnri-
ished by the hest groyvrrs. but all N nh.
they may be pronounced the most popular.
Six standard varieties OF turkeys ARE
more or less grown IN this country. nnmt-
ly, the Bronze. Narragnnsctt. Dun. Sinte.
White nnd BLACK. The main differences
nre IN the size and In the color NJ pium.
ngc The Bronze and Narraeanseti inr.
keys nre the lnrgest: the BuG and Slate
aie medium. aud the Black aud White
the smallest There Is. however. scnrrely
enough preference shown in the open mar
ket for any one Of these varieties far
table use 10 cause q to bc favored IN the
production Of turkeys for the markei
Even In Rhode Island. where the highest
quality Is attained. there Is NOT much pre-
ference for any particular variety TAX
lug the country rs a whole. probably more
Bronze turkeys are grown than any oihcr
variety. The Bronze Is cross hctwren
the Wild and the tame turkey. und It's
beautiful rirh nlumnge aud It's slze nre
bound 10 make Il cVnspicuous IN the iur.
key family.
The siitcrssiri turgey-growrr hns 20
continually bear In mind many ronSldcrn
uous regarding turkeys that may seem
strange % the person whose only nc.
quaintance With the bird l. IN the form
IN which Il appears on the dinner-tahr.
While our present-day turkeys are classed
as domestic fowls they arr IN reality
only semidomestic When COMPARED with
other poultry. The commonpacr hoases
or coops thar are given 10 hens aud
chickens will not do for them NJ all Sat.
isfnctory results can never be secured hy
handling turkeys likc cage birds ~ not
house plants. Indeed too much carr and
attention IL the worst possible thing for
n future ruler OF the Thanksgiving feast.
In their wi d state the turkeys ran hiihrr
aud thther. seeking smaH grains. seeds
mud bugs ana getiiug plenfy OF cxercisr
In the qnest for fond Consequently b. Is
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meadows. for the cranberry. while not a
water plant. thriyes best on soils In which
the water level Is within n few inches OF
the surface OF the soil The irst step 10
the preparation OF q cranberry bog or
meadow Is TO eradicate an bushes and
tree growth, following whita the surface
vegetation Is reainvel ny a process known
as "turnng," which, consists 10 removing
a layer OF soil to a q pth OF from two TO
four Inches.
After the removal OF the turf the AREA
TO be planted is graded In order to make
Il perfectly level. the object being 10
maintain the water level at a uniform
depth below the surface OF the soil and
az the same time make II possible 10 fiood
the area with water. as II may be ueces-
sary 70 do from November to May In To-
cali;les where e Is desired TO protect the
plants from insects and from late spring
frosts Dams are also provided IN order
70 store a sufficient quantity OF water to
hood the area. The next operation IN
providing a source OF cranberrics Is sand
Ing which consists IN covering the nrea
70 he planted TO n depth OF three or four
inches with n coating OF sand.
In the coast regions. where n large pro-
portion OF our best cranberries are grown.
the sanding OF the meadows is a simple
matter since the borders OF the bogs are
usually made up OF sand blown 10 from
the ocean IN the Cape COD country sand
Ing is done almost entirely by hand labor.
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. nnwiSe IN their present semidomesiie con-
dition 20 pamper them and ovcrfeed the
birds on unnatural foods.
Feeding the newly hatched turkeys Is
one of the rcsponshlilt'cs that devolve
upon the turkry-ralser. Some feed bread
and niilk IN suncer as soon as the
diminutve birds will eat. while others
soai; bread Ia milk and squeeze Il dry be-
fore Feeding. still others adhere 10 an
. absolute grain diet. while goodly num-
her OF turkey growers feed the rising gen
erntlon OF birds anything they Imagine
they viii eat. IN thr autumn. when the
weather hegins TO iurn cold and lnrect
food becomes scarce. an Increased grain
diet IS provided for the growing birds.
The policy Of the most sucreSsful grow
crs is TO keep the turkeys growing from
the start 10 the finish of ther com
pnratively brief lives and 10 have them
ready for the Thanksgiving market. when
the prices are the best of the year Com.
piete growth and the greatest pOsslble
weight viii. n plans have been rightly
laid. be attained toward the close OF the
e'eveuth month of the year. for the rye
nrls of years show That the highest value
of markct turkeys has Invariably been
reached during the last week Of Novem-
her. The prices are almost MS high Al
Chrlstmas-iimc. hut the demand Is not
70 brisk
Many %! tar fnrmers "a Rsoir Island
and elsewhere VIM grow turkeys FOR q
fancy market fecd them chc,tnufS aud
CELERY seed during the last few weeks FOR
fnttening However. such drlicncics are
rnthcr expensive articles OF food and can
only he used by those who sell their
product fur ALMOST double the average
market price. Such feeding lmpntts o
pleasant flavor that adds vu ne To ihe
turkeys which are hnishei lu this way.
and these specially nurtured birds fnh
ready sale at the highest prices for the
tebcs OF thuse With whom cost Is a minor
,onsi icrntion.
Qnitc MS much attention must he given
10 the killing and shipplne Of The turkeys
10 market as has been bestowed upon the
proper growing 0f thr birds After turkeys
arr killcd they must be dressed according
to the requirements OF the market 10 which
they are 10 lie sent. For Instance. 10 the
case Of turkeys sent 20 Boston lt * the ems
Evening journal., 1906-11-27

several times and searched by the matrou.
she tanpted thar Indy With her lack OF
success. whereupon tie matrou lost her
temper ntd 20 teil the truth dld some
Thing which made her liable 10 lose her
place. She slapped the susprrted fhief.
nad the two women got into regular
hairpailing match The suspected thief
bad a spiendid sui; % hair ard 10 aud
irhoid bank notes fell ont of her hair
Five thousaud dollars worth Of bank
notes were lying on ihe desk when the
niatron got through explorins ihat won
drrful suit Of hair The girl had simply
dressed h"r hair. pntting the hank notes
hrtv cen the heavy rolls of hair The
nlatron was forgiven The hnir-pulllug cpl
srdc IN consideration OF the iunrrrons
rcSuif,i
Another I'D woman wus being helped
by charitable Organization until one day
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tom 70 remove al the feathers and chop
the heads on. whereas Kew York demands
is turkeys with the heads on also the tail
and outer wing feathers.
Few turkey rasers sell their product
direct Most OF the birds are disposed Of
By the farmers 10 johbers OF middlemen.
who make a business Of handling such
stock and who ship 10 the various city
markets A large portion OF the turkey
crop that comes to American cities at
Thanksgiving time must Of necessity be-
packed IN ice. although experts declare
TINT turkeys not thus packed are AZ their
best. The men who pack turkeys for ship
menf become marveously adept In their
work. Mr. vose. OF Rhode Island. who
has for more than one-third OF century
supplied the Thanksgiving turkeys for the
White House at Washington. on one occn-
tlon. with the aid Of two men. packed and
shipped $1,000 pounds OF turkey.
Next 10 turkey be chief standby OF the
American housewife az Thanksgiving time
Is the Indispensable cranberry. This np.
petizlug product OF nature is native TO a
narrow belt Of country along the Atlantic
roast from Maine 70 New Jersey end IN
Isolated areas along the Allegheny Noun
tnns from southern Pennsylvania 10
forth Carolina. The Middle West also
fcceivcs portion Of its holiday supply OF
e-anherries from Mlchicgn. Wisconsin and
Minnesota The enrliest plantlngs of The
cruubcrry were made In the Cape COT
region OF Massachusetts during the mrs,
quarter Of the nineteenth century ana
from this meager start the Industry has
grown 10 It's prcseat proportions when
worc iann 10000 acres of cranberries are
rndcr cultivation. producing more than
i.nnnnun bushels per yenr.
The old Bay State still enjoys the dis.
iiaction Of leading all her sisters In the
production OF This Thanksgiving delicacy.
Tor whereas New Jersey has a cranberry
domoin OF $3.50 ncres. or nenrly half as
much again ns Massachusetts. the Jersey
cranberry growers harvest each veur only
about one-fourth OF a million bushels.
whereas the land % the Pilgrims. with It's
smaller arca Ia cranherrics. sends ncarly
Gn0.con bushels 20 the dinner tables Of
hungry natlon.. The Massachusetts Yield
Of III bushels per acre is exceeded only
IN that garden spot Western Oregon.
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y QUEER HIDING PLACES FOR FORTUNES y

Misers. as q siiic. have no faifh in banks :
ana thicvrs. wien they. Rave stolen money
or realized 1u The hroceeis of gooi
taul. dnfe mt trmsi fhea wealth 10 a.
bank or trust company THUS n las come
about ihai misers nnl rngnes of all de
scriptlons fcsori 10 mare stran-r ,lcyircs
10 safeeuard heir w,mnh aud yesh out
places thai fney swc,tly imagine will
never H. c. 'ni 10y Pryi - Fingers
a nwe'i n'issf in Man~A"s,srl Eng.anL
vio died rrrfgiy, ksi hag i,,xra piarcs
to conceal ii- tealfh he frni O Ia The
form of 'nn'. ,eI"S or .srpflii"s. which
'4inil easils D, r"'llepi oi fiis fellow
hl 10 q rrr- ii. he.llsr hause ami
w.rn he ''f'. s.-', 4i .'s str4's his soi'cl
rH'- of r.H. ,i .'e',t ''i'ailnsslla
jF1is i~ff etslil tfAtsttt ). ~ bis.
'l."Hr ef' - 'sas .atii-,i b. rr,i fii"n
s-nl dpllais "a lie sisle e.. y llsh gov
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many singular tricks for concealing stolen
money. The most curlons was found In
connection with servant girl who worked
for weli-to-do shopkecpcr. She was
often left In charge OF the small shop
while tho proprietor went ont on other
business. one day she disappeared ana
the savings OF her employer went along
with hef. 20 the police thought s5O0O
was The amount OF money misslng and Il
was all lu bills OF hig denominations.
After two weeks hard search the deiec.
tives found the girl. but no trace Of the
money. Her rooms were searched thor.
oughiy ana the girl was carefully gone
over by the matrou al the poicr siafioa
where she was taken NJ oncr. Nothing
Yves found, aud, although a srarch was re-
peatedly made both OF the GIT AID her
room and all the places she rnull he
traced TO. no money was recovered
Finally. after the girl had brcu arrested
Evening journal., 1906-11-27

crnu,eat bonds i'ndcr o plank 10 his one
loom were fmna lun sold snlneas. masing
all toia s0nO IN gold The gold pieres
were All wrapped up IN dirty rags. so as
noi 10 unglA
In RHEIMS. France. notorious heErar
and misrg kept great SUNS snugiy hidden
rwny- 10 bis nil battered high hai. In
is-rlin i;crnan sprcimea of the misrr.
ciqss Nns srnt 10 fhr city poorhnnse and
be-. vns ~ ragce'l and hllhy that tue nu
iioriiies 20 once gave hui haih 60 him
and rroceedetl 10 fnrnish him WITH clean.
u wnrr. ciothing lie took u an. but
whei ifey wanted 20 niyp him decent
shoc> hs' lnslsicl an wearing ihr battered
Old sllplcrs TO no Wuru fnf many. years.
linailr ifcT fnrcef hin "a wear he shoes.
hui i,ef fif~f o. uuN be kept The slip
leis g.. Hi, i,o'i aul "a search showed
rearly = .rnr 90 q'ii''s s.cirled Ia them
The .,ea irit Police records contain
Evening journal., 1906-11-27

common red flower pot which stood IN
her window sill was knocked Into the
street by a stray cat. When u broke on
the pavement stream OF gold pieces
spread out on the pavement The char
itahle organization after that selected
somebody else to help along IA llfe
Hollow waisins. sticks have frequentiy
boon used By beggees as safe deposit
box. The police IN Europc always iu-
vesilsnte the stnEs whlch continental
hcggars carry whc. they arr arrested.
IN one case Ss.50O were foand IN the
head OF the stnn Of a beggar al Tm,n.
Italy. in general these misers choosc
hiding places h articles Ia runstant us..
and usually somcthing IN plain sieht of
everybody. One reasoit for this Is THAT
this enables them TO keep an eye on tasir
concealed wealth practically ali the tlinl'
nnd at the same tine such fhlngs arr
lenst lke'y to be suspected by the police.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-09
THE ILLINOIS cENrRAL FIGHT.

1t is not likely that the summary
custer of Stuyvesant Fish from the
presidency of tho Illinois Central will
end the struggle for control of that
great railroad property, or that it can
be ended short of final explicit ex-
preston Of the will of the stockhold-
ers, the real owners, who, of right,
should dispose of it's future. Whether
action of the directors was prompted
in part by motives of revenge for Mr..
Fish's courageous stand for thorough
investigation into abuses of the big
life insurance companies in which d.
rectors and high finance interests
back of them we're implicated. as is
charged, it is obvious that the stock
holders were not consulted, but that
on the contrary effectual measures
were taken to prevent an expression of
their will
II will be strange, therefore, IL the
vital issue of stockholders rights is
not decisively raised. The question
whether the Illinois Central, which has
unique and honorable history for
more than half century as an indie
pendent railroad. shall continue in its
independent career, or be subordinated
to the interests Of combination OF
other railroad systems, the whole
dominated by a few money-swoIlen
magnates. is fundamental and the
most momentous that could be thrust
upon the stockholders. Whatever
may be said as to the question of YER
acity between Mr.. Fish and his oppo-
nents, whose aim is widely believed
20 be to destroy the INDEPENDENCE of
the road without saying to its owners,
by your leave" that point is trivial,
and the apparent effort to shift the
issue TO that question is suspicious, 10
say the least.
The issue regarding this great west
ern transportation property may well
become test case at this particular
iuneture. for II the Wall street inter-
ests undertake thus summarily 10
crush a man OF the stamp OF stuyve-
SAINT Fish for presuming TO stand out
against them this is favorable time
for the real owners to assert them
selves. AT the very least. not until
the stockholders shall have fullest OPP
portunity deliberately and explicitly
70 sanction or repudiate such a step
should it be conceded even from their
standpoint Then there remain the
other question whether the pubic has
any rights to be protected. For II the
practical result should be to deprive
the public OF the dement's OF the devel-
opment OF the Illinois Central as a
great independent north and south
system by which the interior Of the
continent is served from the gulf. es-
pecially as the situation will stand
when the Panama canal is completed.
then a public emergency is involved
transcending any possible stockholders
Interest,
All these and many more possibili-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-09
Personal NOTES.

The shooting of a New York chauffeur
Is said to have had a calming effect. Even
the chauffeur is amenable to treatment,
and hospital treatment seems to At the
case.
The best paid British governor, with
the single exception of the lord lieutenant
Of ireland, is the earl of Mimic. who as
viceroy OF India receives a salary OF
100000 year.
Governor Higgins OF New York. who will
retire from politics next January, doesn t
need to worry about his future, He is worth
100000. which he made in groceries, in oil
leases and in copper mines.
j. Pierpont Morgan has imported $780,
900 worth of the manuscripts and relics
Of the poet Robert Burns. For twenty
years he has been fighting to outdo col
lectors of the poet A number of unpub-
lished poems are included in the pur-
chase
Sarasate, the Spanish violinist, makes
$4,000 a year out of his fiddle. To an
acquaintance who asked the secret of
his success he replied: "Six hours prac-
tice every day since I was 10 years old"
He hates and often reproves inattentive
audiences.
Vincent f. Barnes, a man of unique and
original ideas of Springfield. Mass. has
a plan for supplying this city with Ice
water. His scheme is to form natural
ice reservoir in Little River Gorge by
freezing 100000 gallons of water into
a solid mass. which would gradually melt
and supply Springfield people with ice
water through the hot weather.
"Fiddling Bob" Taylor, the New senator
from Tennessee. can dance Jig. play the
fiddle, argue lawsuit. debate political
questions, lead prayer meeting, tell
funny stories. write interesting poetry
and has many other accomplishments.
Taylor was recently elected senator after
hve attempts Not SO long ago he gained
note by stamping the state for governor
against his brother.
William Barrett Ridgely, comptroller o.
the currency since 1901, is a human
treasure-house for boarded romances and
tragedies in money. He has been educated
to this business since childhood. as his
grandfather was associated with Nicholas
Biddle in the old United States bank
in ST. Louis. and the Ridge1eys- have been
men OF wealth and power in Springfield,
ILL.,. for Sc enty-two years
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-09

SECRETARY HITCHCOCK RETIREMENT
The announced forthcoming retire
ment of Secretary Hitchcock from the
cabinet, coming so soon after the an
nouncement Of the cabinet rearrange-
| ment which was supposed to be final,
naturally causes surprise. Excepting
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, Mr..
Hitchcock is the last of the presi-
Dental family Of Mckinley, and re-
NAMED up to this time in the cabinet
only at the personal solicitation of the
president
Secretary Hitchcock's chief claim to
credit in the public service arises out
of the reforms he has instituted in the
administration of the land laws with
a view to safeguarding from spoliation
what remains of the public domain
and restoring to the government inn
mense tracts of whose title it had been
Invested by fraud and official conniv-
ance. The great and important
changes inaugurated under him, in
volving the prosecution of g small
army of offenders, including govern
ment officials and their confederates,
amount almost to a revolution in the
practice of the department and are
probably now so thoroughly estab-
lished that they will not again be re-
versed.
The administration of the Indian bu-
reau under Secretary Hitchcock, how
ever, has not been at all satisfactory.
He not only gave former Indian Com
missioner Jones free hand for per-
nicious activity, but for some mex
plicable reason stood by the Indian
bureau underlings, who were protect
ing graft on the Indian reservations
and refused to so back of the returns
of bribed inspectors even in the face
of overwhelming and convincing proof.
Notwithstanding the noteworthy inn
provement in the Indian service since
Commissioner Leupp took charge,
there is still room for much more prog
ress. which it is hoped may be brought
about under Mr.. Hitchcock's successor
reforms which friends of the Indian
had practically given up all hope of
achieving so long as Secretary Hitch
cock blocked the way
The new secretary. James r. Gar
field. comes to the head of the Interior
department with an enviable record
for conscientious work as head of the
bureau of corporations If he lives up
to his reputation for courageous and
unfiinching devotion to duty, he will
execute the task of cleaning out the
thieves on the Indian reservations
which Secretary Hitchcock refused
to do.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-09
PuIIman Evaalon of Nv.
Hartford Courant.

AOuldlA
II was mentioned the other day that the
Pullman company had decided to decline
to obey the interstate rate law, taking the
ground that II was not common carrier,
but hotel company. This knocker for the
government seems likely to come home
again to the company in an amusing way.
1t is said now that II any such assumption
is sanctioned then the Pullman concern
will at once be brought under the hotel
law and will have to keep a register of all
guests lodged. to provide safes for their
valuables and to have all doors TO open
outward. We cannot see, too. why the
company would not be compelled to take
out a liquor license In every town that It's
cars ran through. That would make things
interesting and be. something like the ia
nous evasion by which the frying pan was
escaped.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-09
4 Ppsr MoRrEM PARODY.

Chairman Allen Of the democratic
state committee is not even good
loser. He has given out q post NOR
tenn election statement in which he
finally admits that the republicans
have won In Nebraska, but tries to ex-
plain II by ascribing democratic defeat
to republican Misrepresentation. Be
fore the returns from half the state
are in he pretends to see signs indi-
eating that the railroads and the brew
ers. and all the other interests with
whom he had made a hard and last
alliance, gave the democrats the dou-
BILE cross and swung in for the victori-
Gus republicans.
The author of the tell-tale terminal
taxation letter. begging democratic
editors to insert, free of charge, argu-
ments for railroad tax evasion, which
the railroads three years ago we're
glad to pay for, humorously declares,
I'VE lost because we stood for re-
form" when the only hope of demo-
cratic victory hung on the slender
promise of support from the railroads
and their allied dependents. His slur
at Douglas county is made up OF the
whole cloth because the only districts
where the democrats carried we're
three wards in Omaha and South
Omaha which are the strongholds Of
the liberal elements.
The trouble with Chairman Allen is
that he is being charged by democrats
all over the state with frightfully mis-
managing their campaign and dissi-
pating by his succession of blunders
any chances they might have had of
making gains. This is a good time
for the democratic state chairman to
keep quiet.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-09
IRoN MARKEr INpIcA r1oNs.


The situation of the iron market
and industry presents one of the most
extraordinary facts in the Industrial
world. On a few occasions iron has
ruled as high as the present quotation
of $24 per ton, but they have been
merely temporary and recognized at
the time as extreme strains of acct
dental demand. On the contrary the
demand today is universal and refers
to conditions which extend indefinitely
into the future, on a basis, too, to
which the business world has already
actually adjusted itself, The iron
supplies in this country are already
contracted from six to nine months
ahead, but with new enterprises on
foot which at the end of that time bid
fair to leave pig iron stocks more de-
pleted even than they now are
With universal industry firmly ad-
iusted on such a scale to the material
that is regarded as basic, it is impos-
sible now to foresee a probable point
for shrinkage in prosperity. There is
absolutely no sign of the under con-
sumption that ordinarily begins when
the price of an article of general con
sumption becomes excessive. On the
contrary, all the indications point to
marked increase of demand on the
basis of the higher general price level
that has been reached.