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Charlevoix county herald., 1906-03-17
a.
KILLING FEVER TICKS.
Promising Experiments Undertaken by the Agricu
tural Department
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

To stamp out Texas cattle fever.
This is the hope of the Department OF
Agriculture. The Department has been
working on the problem for some
time, and it has almost been proved
TO the satisfaction of officials that the
tick which causes the fever can be
eradicated from a pasture simply by
keeping cattle out of that pasture. The
tick is not herbivorous insect, and
1t will die out If the pasture is kept
free of cattle. 1t is believed that II
one pasture on farm is always kept
free Of cattle over what might be
termed the life period of the tick, 1t
will furnish perfectly safe pasturage
Cor unaffected animals in case fever
breaks out in the rest Of the herd.
OF course, the Department of Agri-
culture has no right to go into State
and enforce the free pasturage policy,
and the matter cannot be, or at least is
not, always dealt with satisfactorily
by State officials. But in cases where
the Department is officially invited to
come into a State and take charge OF
cleaning it up, it is quite ready to do
so. Tentative arrangements have al
ready been made for this work with
the authorities in some States, and 1t
is believed that it will be quite pos
sible to stamp out the fever and al
low the free interstate transportation
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-03-17

front of which and facing it, May sat.
l was just then acting as engineer
and fireman, and as / happened to
look in their direction, to my horror,
saw an immense RATHER, coiled within
a foot or less of Mays back, his body
swaying to and fro, and his angry eyes
shining like sparks of fire. l was lit
orally paralyzed with terror, for
though but twenty feet away, it seemed
as If the blow would be struck be-
fore I could take even the first step.
Motz must have seen the snake at the
same moment, for l heard his voice
clear and sharp above the roar of all
the machinery, MAY, there's a rattle
snake that will strike If you move; sit
perfectly still" AS he spoke he
grabbed from beam the bull whip,
which we used for our OK team, and
with the slightest movement of his
powerful wrist snapped it at the rep
tile, as IL striking at fly. I remem-
Der I thought what fool action that
was, why didn't he dash forward and
at least attract its attention.! But
looked again and the body lay quiv-
ering and twisting, but with a broken
neck.
pretty close call, May" he said
cheerily, "but its easy when you know
the trick"
May had been perfectly cool and
then, womanlike, she quietly swooned
away, and for day or two we did our
! own cooking.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-03-17

OF cattle, which is now prohibited. The
saving in money and the convenience
to shippers of this arrangement can
easily be understood.
To Introduce Cattle from India.
While this quarantine and extirpa-
ton work is going on, a similar expert
ment on different lines directed to
the same end will soon be under way.
There have been imported to some
of the Texas ranges specimens of the
Indian sacred cattle, and it has been
found that they were immune to the
Texas fever. Apparently there is an
oil in the skin that is repugnant to the
tick. At any rate they will not har-
Dor the parasite. The half-bloods and
even animals containing but one-six-
teenth part Indian blood have been
found immune, and they make just as
good beef cattle as can be found.
There are very stringent laws
against the importation of foreign
stock into this country without thor
ough examination and quarantine;
therefore 1T is risky to import stock
from so far away as India without
especial provisions for its examination.
MIR. A. s. Borden of Pierce, Tex, has
arranged, however, with the Agricul-
tural Department to make large i'm
portation Of the immune Indian cat
tie, and has already left for British
India to pick them out. The Depart
ment of Agriculture will send spe-
cial veterinary after him, and the first
shipment Of about 100 head will be
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-03-17
The Manure Pit.

Where is the wise farmer who would
sell to his neighbor load of his finest
corn or load of some green crop for
dollar bill, Yet there are thousands
of agriculturists all over the country
who are doing practically this very
thing when they dispose Of their barn.
yard manure for 81 load. Others
are wasting the most valuable constitu-
ents Of the manure they save. The
manure produced on the farm is its
most valuable asset.
There are in the United States, in
round numbers, 100000 horses, 61,-
100000 cattle, 100000 hogs and 49,
100000 sheep. Experiments have
shown that if these animals were kept
in stalls or pens throughout the year
and the manure, both liquid and solid,
carefully saved, the approximate value
of the manure produced by each horse
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-03-17
RatLIesnake Den.

We were numbering in central Penn
sylvania during the summer OF 1870,
our portable steam mill standing in
piece of woodland, near a small
stream and within a short half mile
of a rocky ledge, known as Rattle
snake Den."
During the hot days, rattlers were
constantly met, and Harry" who
drove the daily stage through the MAR
rows" had won quite a local reputa-
ton from having killed more than a
score since the melting Of the SHOWS.
The pretty young wife Of our en-
gineer had charge Of the boarding
house, and after the noon meal was
served, the dishes cleared away and
the house put in order, she was &C
customed to bring her sewing into the
shade near our Planer, which was the
cleanest and coolest part Of the mill,
and sit for an hour or two before COM
mencing the preparation of the sup
per.
She was a sweet, attractive sight
that hot afternoon of which l speak,
her beautiful arms and neck rival
ling the wilderness of her simple frock,
the only female in our camp Of rough,
brawny men, but one whom any of
us would have defended from all harm
at any risk.
Some Of the men were rolling up
the logs on the skid, some saving them
into boards, others carrying the boards
to the yard, while my partner, Manuel
Motz, was personally tending to the
more skillful work at the planer. In
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-03-17
CATTLE INFECTED WITH TEXAS FEVER.

annually would be $27, by each head OF
cattle $40, by each hog $12 and by
each sheep So. The fertilizing value
of all the manure produced would,
therefore, be for horses, $459, 900, 900;
CATTLE, $1,159,000; hogs, $564,000, 900;
and sheep, $90,0O0,000, or a total OF
$2,272, 100000.
These estimates are based on the
values usually assigned to phosphoric
acid, potash and nitrogen in CONNER.
cial fertilizers, and are possibly some.
what too high from practical stand
point. On the other hand, no account
is here taken of the value of manure
for improving the, mechanical condi
ton and drainage of soils which is
almost as important consideration
as it's direct fertilizing value. 1t is
generally conceded that at least one
third Of the value Of manure is lost by
present wasteful management or q
total loss to the country Of over
$3.50, 100000.
Return Full Value to the Soil.
If farmer desires to maintain the
productiveness of his land, it Is es
sential that the amount Of potash
phosphoric acid and nitrogen removed
through the selling of meat, milk
grain, hay, fruits, vegetables, etc.,
should be restored through an intel.
ligent conservation of the barnyard
manure.
1t seems to be a hard matter to in.
duce the average farmer to abandon
the time-honored practice OF piling
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-03-17

strated that the value OF the manure
obtained In cattle feeding represents
largely, IL not entirely, the profit OF
feeding. There are sound, scientific
reasons for the high esteem in which
farm manure is held. 1t contains all
the fertilizing elements required by
plants In quickly available forms that
insure plentiful crops and permanent
fertility. 1t supplies nitrogen, phos-
phoric acid and potash, and 1t also rem
ders the stored-up materials OF the
soil more available, makes 1t more fri
able and warmer, and enables 1t to
retain more moisture.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-03-17

yards have obtained unsatisfactory re-
suits, but the Department of Agricul-
ture believes that this is probably due
to the fact that these structures have
generally been loosely put together,
allowing a free circulation of air,
which has dried out the manure. On
this account barn cellars, SO common
in New England, possess decided adj
vantages as receptacles for manure.
The common practice of allowing
swine to work over" the manure in
these cellars is a wise one, since it
mixes the manure and keeps it well
packed and moist In fact, If these
cellars are provided with impervious
bottoms to hold the liquid manure,
this system of storage is probably the
most perfect practiced.
Manure the Best Fertilizer.
Barnyard manure Is the most eff.
fective means at the disposal of the
average farmer to permanently i'm.
prove his soil. No other fertilizer pos
sesses to SO great degree the power
of restoring worn out soils to produc.
tiveness and giving them lasting fer
tility. 1t provides actual fertilizing
constituents; it improves the physical
properties of the soil, increasing the
amount of humus, which is generally
deficient in worn soils, lettering its
texture and increasing its waterfall
sorbing and water-holding power. Elk
periments have shown that the infiu
ence of manure may be perceptible
twenty years after application. 1t di
rectly represents fertility drawn from
the soil and must be returned to Il
| If productiveness is to be maintained
In many cases it has been demon
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-03-17
THE WASTE or BARNARD MANURE.

out evenly over these yards, covered
with coarse litter, and the whole kept
firmly packed by allowing animals to
run over it, thus preventing injurious
fermentation.
To Save All the Fertility.
A more elaborate and expensive
style of covered yard, plan for which
is furnished by the Department Of
Agriculture, provides not only for the
required protection of both animals
and manure, but also affords an ex-
cellent grain chamber where feed can
be stored for convenient use. Under
the side roofs is also afforded a chance
for the storing of small tools and a
great variety of articles that are con-
tinually in the way when lying about
the farm buildings. 1t also provides
splendid protection to animals when
housed at night during the summer,
this roof protecting them from heavy
showers in the night and affording
good chance for exercise in the win
ter, as all the sides, except that
toward the south, can be protected
against cold winds through tempo
rary boarding.
Many stables are so situated that
by adding a cheap lean-to, manure
'pit" is easily produced. The out
side boarding of the lean-to should
be, for a part of the way at least, put
horizontally and hung in the form of
fiat doors, so that the manure can be
easily loaded on a wagon standing on
the outside of the building
A great number of farmers who have
adopted manure sheds and covered
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-03-17

into practice the new idea that the
manure should be as carefully pre-
served from unnecessary loss, as
should any other farm product, after
he has for twenty years stored the
farmyard manure under the ca, IS upon
the slope which forms one ] ruer OF
the running brook.
Experiments made by various Gov.
eminent experiment stations show that
the construction of sheds or covered
yards for the protection of manure is
well worth while. The manure from
the horse and cattle stables and the
sheep and calf pens should be spread
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-03-17

manure in the open air, exposing it to
teaching by rains and fermentation by
hot midsummer suns, and adopt ra-
tional scientific methods. He also hest
tates to incur the necessary expense
of building suitable receptacles for the
storage of manure, frequently assum-
ing that this expense is greater than
1t really is. Manure is considered a
waste and it Is hard for him to put
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-03-17

that they will produce fever-resisting
strain that will be a valuable acquisi-
ton to the cattle men of the South
west.
These two experiments OF Uncle
Sans farm department hold out a
promise of very great Importance to
the livestock industry, and conse-
quently to all meat consumers.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-03-17

Automobiles are now running a mile
In less than half a minute, and two
miles in one minute.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-03-17

examined before they are shipped, and
then quarantined on one of the small
islands off the gulf coast till it is de-
termined that there is no danger OF
their bringing into this country some
strange bovine affection even worse
perhaps than Texas fever.
After the animals have been thor
oughly proven, they will be introduced
among the Texas herds, and it is hoped
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-09-18
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-31
non -UNI0N Men
GET GOOD PAY

The nonunion men employed by
the Washington Water Power COM
pany are, it is reported, receiving
more money than they were getting
when they first went to work. 1t
is said that Is strikebreakers, who
are attempting to convince the inc
men that they should return to
work, are now receiving 43 cents
per hour. This was the scale paid
the union men when employed by
the company, There has been no
change in the strike situation, both
sides remaining firm. All the strik-
ers have gone to work for other
electric companies, excepting those
necessary to properly conduct the
strike.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-31
NEGR0S T0HAVE
HEARING

Dick Swape, the colored man who
created pandemonium at the Iro-
quois club Tuesday night by shoot
ing at a colored member named
Dan Foster, was arraigned before
Police Judge Hinkle today and
Saturday set for the hearing of the
case. Foster was also arraigned on
the charge of being a disorderly
person and his case will also be
heard On Saturday.
Detectives Macdonald and Nc
Dermott arrested the men yester-
day after having some trouble in
locating them, and the story as
told the police by witnesses Of
the shooting Is that Swape entered
the place and demanded that Fos-
ter give him back his lady, and
on Fosters refusal to pay heed to
the demand Swape fired at him
as he jumped through the open
doorway. The woman in the case,
the police say, is named Baker,
and Foster is said to be in her
company much of the time.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-31
KING OF SPAIN AND
PRINCESS ENA MARRY

The king wore the handsome uni
form Of his guard regiment, with
the exquisite jeweled sword, a pres
ent Of Princess Ena. She had the
sword specially made after an ar
tistic design by one Of the most
famous armorers Of Toledo.
The ceremony. accompanied by
all the impressive and gorgeous
ceremonial Of the Roman Catholic
church, was conducted by the arch
bishop of Madrid, who was assisted
by a number Of other distinguished
prelates of the Spanish clergy.
When the archbishop pronounced
the benediction over the royal cou-
pie, the guns of the artillery sta
toned on the plaza Numbered their
salute to the new queen.
After the ceremony King Alfonso
gave his wife several gold pieces,
according to an ancient custom.
The royal couple registered in the
cloister, while the orchestra played
the te deum wedding march.
The wedding procession while re-
turning to the palace was most
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-31
BOARD OF HEALTH and
MAYOR TO INVESTIGATE

The disgraceful and brutal con-
duct of S. H. Hosler, superintend-
ent of the isolation hospital, at the
home Of Mrs. Daniel McAuliffe,
E512 Second avenue, Saturday eve
ming, will be investigated at spe-
cial meeting Of the board Of
health tomorrow afternoon at /
o'clock.
While in an intoxicated condi-
ton Hosler on Saturday evening
attempted to remove one of the
McAuliffe children from the house
to the hospital. He was in such a
condition that when he tried to
lift the child he fell PROSTATE
across the bed. Mrs. McAuliffe,
seeing the condition Hosler was
in, refused to allow him the GUS
tody Of the child, but Hosler in
sisted and was driven away by
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-31

threats of violence at the hands
of neighbors.
AS soon as the matter was re-
ported to Mayor Daggett he de-
termined upon an investigation and
a meeting of the board of health
was called for this afternoon and
Hosler notified to appear before it.
Just previous to the meeting Of
the board word was received from
Superintendent Hosler that he
could not appear this afternoon as
he was suffering from rheumatism.
The conduct of Superintendent
Saturday night was brought to the
attention of the board and it was
determined to hold special meet
ing tomorrow afternoon.
Mayor Daggett will be present at
the meeting tomorrow. 1t will be
held In the quarters of the board
of health in the city hall.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-31
LEAGUES
ENCOURAGING OUTLOOK

pledged by members of all parties
precludes the necessity for sepa-
rate ticket.
Membership cards were sent out
yesterday and nearly 200 signatures
received during the afternoon. The
Indications are that the league will
have a membership of more than
1900 inside of the next few days. 1t
was decided to have 10000 copies
OF the constitution printed and dis
tributed.
A. w. Jones explained at some
length the way in which the prim-
AIRY and referendum laws operate,
after which the meeting adjourned
to a call Of the executive commit
tee.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-31

The meeting OF the Referendum
league at the Central Labor hall
last night was not attended as
argely as was anticipated, but was
successful in every other respect.
The constitution and bylaws
were adopted and the objects of
the league clearly set forth. While
the constitution clause which au-
thorizes the advisory board to call
mass convention for the purpose
of placing in the field ticket COM
posed of men favorable to the prin-
ciples of the league. there Is no
intention to launch a new political
party at this time, and 1t Is said
that the support that Is being
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fScripps News Association.)


CHICAGO, May 31-Health Com
missioner Whalen said that cattle
infected with tuberculosis were
sold to customers upon his advise
that all that was necessary was
to cut out the infected part. The
city has no authority to prosecute
the packers II they brand Magotty
beef and label it "Potted Ham," as
no law reached them. He would
not accept the commission to In
vestigate the packers because all
Of the investigators wkere radicals
who ferment trouble. They have
one inspector at the yards cover
ing 100 acres who watches the
packers all the time. The inspec-
ton of meats Is the governments
business.
Whalen continued: mo scien-
lists have yet proved to my salts
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marine building and entered the
famous bridal coach of tortoise
shell, drawn by eight white horses
with gilded harness and white
plumes. The princess occupied the
coach alone, her mother and at
tendants following in other richly
decorated coaches.
King Alfonso escorted by fficials
drove to the church, where the
bride and groom met. The church
was crowded with jeweled women
and men in court costumes.
Princess Ena wore white
duchess satin gown, made princess
style; the body being trimmed in