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The Lamar register., 1907-01-23
Preserving Our Forests.

One of the most hopeful signs of the
times is the changing attitude of the
lumbermen toward the science of for
estry as fostered by the federal gov
eminent. They are beginning to see
that their industry is doomed to an
early extinction unless the wastage is
checked and the forest is renewed for
future generations. And, more than
this. says Maxwell's Talisman, unless
the forests are preserved, vast tracts
of fertile and prosperous America will
become desert in the next century.
This is a lesson taught by such coun-
tries as Tunis. now part of the Afri-
can desert. which in old times was a
smiling and populous garden. An
Arab chronicler relates that I'm those
days one could walk from Tunis to
Tripoli in the shade" The Arab con-
quest destroyed the forest, and the
desert swept over the face of the land.
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get on their feet again. but they were
few He was always whore the fray
was hottest, but he was never wound
ed. Yet he never came back from the
firing line without scalp" He took
profits even when the historic anthra-
cite corner brought Jersey Central
down from $40 to So share. He had
a hand in smashing that combination.
and the men who had been behind 1t
knew that he had. and he laughed at
them.
BY this time the little man in q
deacon's collar and hard black tie.
and whose trousers were always
bagged at the knees. had got his
smell" of railroading. He had
tripped J. Pierpont Morgan in that
bankers scheme for the reorganiza-
ton OF the Erie railroad. Morgan
had drawn terms for the stockholders.
Hartman drew counter terms and
much better terms for the stockhold-
ers-and himself He beat Morgan
then and he has beaten him since.
1t was only few years later-in
1SS3-that he went into the Illinois
Central. Stuyvesant Fish helped him
there. but that didn't matter to Har-
riman during the last six months of
1906. Fish had bucked him. or rather
his ally. the Standard OIL. in the reor-
ganization OF the Mutual Life Insur-
ance company. Fish tried to get what
the public believed would be an hon
est administration. Hartman de-
manded that the present controlling
outfit remain In office. 1t is still
there. and Fish Is out Of the presi-
dency of the Illinois Central. which
shows that Hartman will fight and
spare not even his best friend-un-
less he has to spare himself
But this railroad inancier has his
charities. There's a house over on
the east side called the Boys club.
which 1t is said, he built at cost OF
$500 and which 1t is also said he
keeps up with an annual maintenance
check. II is said also of him that he
gives Christmas trees away every
year to the country school children
near Arden. His estate there COM
prises 10000 acres. and a great many
of the little school folks belong to
the employees of his domain.
1t was only two months ngo that
Hartman was 'cornered" In Chicago
by n newspaper man. 1t must be
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buy. II was a time that must have
put iron into the souls OF the boys;
time when they were driven to
make a god OF self-denial.
The good times came to the family
through Mrs. Hartman. A legacy was
left her. and the old days of bitterness
and poverty passed away. but not
their discipline. AS they had been
sufficient unto themselves when they
had little. SO the Harrlmans were suf-
ficient unto themselves when the tide
turned. 1t was not much that Mrs.
Harriman's ship brought in: about as
dollar bill would be to the wealth of
her son, Edward Henry. 1t was
enough to lift the burden from her
husbands shoulders and to buy
home at Eighth and Erie streets. In
Jersey City. where the family lived
comfortably for many years. It was
enough. too. to save the minister from
vestries which would not pay. The
Rev. Mr.. Hartman gave up st. Johns
pulpit In West Hoboken in 1866.
which was shortly after the legacy
fell to his wife.
Henry at this time is described by
men and women who knew him as a
boy of pleasant nature. who liked to
do most OF the things other boys did.
but with view OF life that was much
broader and deeper than most of his
associates of his age. He realized that
his way In the world depended upon
himself, and. whether by chance or
through somebody's aid. he chose
Wall street as a beginning. He APP
peared in the street" not long ,fter
his family moved from West Hoboken
to Jersey City. He was clerk in
small brokerage office and he was
good one. He used to go running
around downtown in those days just
rs the army of youngsters. with wal
lets in hand. are running around down
there now from the time the banks
open and the ticker-tape begins to
run until the market closes for the
day.
1t was while he was on the floor
doing this kind OF work that he met
Stuyvesant Fish. then young man
like Hartman. with his way to make
In the world. Fish had wealth and the
influence Of high social position be-
hind him. Hartman was going II
alone" but there was something in
his makeup that Fish liked. and the
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OIL AND GAS FOR MEXICO.
Oenudins of Forests Causes Diaz to
Grant Concessions.

Gradually Mexico is becoming
Americanized. due to the foresight OF
President Diaz. For years gas was
not allowed to be manufactured in
the republic. A few years ago
small plant was installed in Merida.
the capital of Yucatan. Because the
Mexicans considered gas dangerous
1t was impossible to get a concession
to manufacture it. Another reason
was the great scarcity OF fuel. 1t
has caused the government much
worry.
Z Wood for domestic purposes is sold
In the City of Mexico by stick" and
the forests of any extent are hun
dreds OF miles distant from the cap
ftal. The universal material for do
nestle consumption is charcoal and
the manufacture of the product Is
RAPIDLY denuding the forests which
euist within . reasonable radius OF
the City Of Mexico. 1t was to pre-
sorve these forests and solve the
o. QUESTION that PreIAsnt Dias
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remembered always that Hartman
has to be "cornered' to talk for pub
LEGATION. This is what he said:
Ambition to become a financial SOW
ereign? I'D give it all up tomorrow
II l could.
We have enough railroads now.
What is needed is the development
of the territory through which the
railroads run, and improving tho
lines to the highest standard of Ell
cheney.
Any proposition which would by
agitation or otherwise injure the cred
1t of the big transportation COM
panies SO they would not be able to
raise capital for improvement will Sc
riously affect the business interests of
this country.
To achieve what the world calls
success a man must attend strictly to
business and keep little in advance
OF the times"
There Is warm spot in Harriman's
heart; there is sentiment in it. too.
He is passionately fond u his two
daughters. who are now young ladies,
and of his two young sons. He and
his brother in brooklyn have bought
the rectory of St. George at Hemp.
stead where they were born. to be
seized unto them and their heirs for
ever.
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nile as a whole shall be prosperoA,
Such general prosperity as may. 4yd2
cannot be retained II the institutions
of the already larger and weather.
communities are to continue to be
built up by contributions that should
be spent at home from the thousands
of smaller communities.
The need of the country, a desper-
ate need upon which the welfare OF
the individual depends. is for the
upbuilding and continued progress of
the smaller communities, so that the
wealth of the country may be distrib-
uted over the entire country, and not
congested and controlled in large
amounts in a comparative few centers
of population.
Therefore, the man who sends away
from his own community money which
he might have spent at home and per-
mitted fair profit to the home mer-
chant to be retained there for the
benefit of the community, is injuring
his community, and thereby the pros
poets for his own future prosperity.
In a large number of instances he Is
doing more than this. Unwittingly. or
unthinkingly, perhaps, he Is violating
his own principles of right and Justice.
for, at the expense of his own COM
munity, he is needlessly contributing
profits to the capitalistic combinations
which he continuously cries out are
menacing the country.
The mail order giants direct their
energies particularly toward the peo-
pie of the smaller towns and the agri-
cultural districts. In hundreds OF
thousands of the homes OF these the
catalogue of the mail order house is as
regularly received as the home paper.
The man on the farm last year sent
very large portion Of eighty millions
of dollars to two of these institutions,
in one community, alone.
In all sincerity we ask: Admitting.
purely for the sake of the argument.
that the farmer or the resident of the
small community can save a few dol.
lars on some of his purchases, or even
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two became great friends. According
to the stories told in Wall street to-
day. and which have been turned over
and over again of late on account of
Harriman's ousting of Fish from the
Illinois Central. it was Fish who gave
Hartman most OF his commissions in
those days. commissions which
brought him in touch with men that
he would probably never have met
otherwise. Anyway. when these mo-
guls of finance who belonged to F1sh's
crowd won in the market Hartman
also invariably added to the size of
his bank account
With competence assured f. II.
Hartman sought him a wife: a wo-
man of the elect. II has been said
that poverty stricken though his fam
lily had been they had never permitted
themselves nor the children to forget
the pride of good breeding. He did
not forget. He married Miss Mary
Averell. of Rochester. Her father was
capitalist and she brought to Harri-
man sinews tlat count in the battle
of dollars that is waged in Wall
street. This Averell money came
from railroad source. Mrs. Harri-
mans father is reputed to have made
the most of it in the Rome. Water
town & Ogdensburg company out OF
which so many others have become
enriched
Before he was 80 years old Harri-
man had seen the greatest financiers
OF the time come their troopers one
by one. He had seen some of them
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GRASS IN THE ORCHARD
A Discussion az to the Benefit of the
System.

There are those that believe In
keeping the orchard covered with
grass and there are those that believe
In the absolute adjustment of Grass
from the orchard. The people that be-
lieve in keeping the orchard grassed
say that 1t saves a great deal of labor
to keep the land covered with sod and
that the fruit when 1t falls on the
ground does not become soiled. The
sentimental side of orcharding favors
the grassy carpet under the trees. for
who could have a sentiment toward
the orchard area kept so thoroughly
worked that there would be dust
mulch over 1t in dry time and a
mud carpet over 1t in wet time? SO
far, the experiments have seemed to
show very much in favor of clean Gull
ture of the orchard area as against
the grass covering.
In England some orchardists under
direction of an experiment station
have begun the investigation of the
The experiments have not been con-
Quoted for enough years to be con-
elusive. but some remarkable results
have been obtained. which are not
easily explained. The old New Eng
land plan of digging up the ground
for a distance of about six feet from
each tree was followed In some of
the experiments this circle of grass
came to within five and a half feet OF
the trees. 1t was surprise to the ex-
perimenters that the fruit on the
orchards so treated was double that
on the trees not so treated. Fruit
which normally was green streaked
with red became deep red in color
and in storage kept much better than
it had kept before. One variety kept
three months longer than 1t had been
in the habit of keeping and another
variety was still sound in June.
The same experimenters, says
Farmers Review. in some previous
tests had shown that the trees and
fruit were greatly injured by having
the whole orchard area in grass, and
they were greatly surprised to find
that the results of partial covering
of grass was beneficial. 1t was shown
by Investigation that little of the roots
OF the trees entered the grassy area.
but that they obtained some kind Of
material that they did not find in the
soil that had no grass. In report the
experimenters, referring to this fact,
say: Yet the roots that reached into
the grass ground must have conveyed
to the trees something that had the
power to modify the whole character
of the crop. This points strongly to
the view that the action OF the grass
is due to some active poison"
This is new phase of the subject
that should have further study on
both sides of the Atlantic. 1t requires
thousands of experiments to thorough
ly demonstrate fact of this kind. and
we caution our readers against leap
ing to the conclusion that the general
quality of our apples can be greatly
improved by at once partially grassing
over the orchards. A single series of
experiments should not be taken as
an index of what is profitable. for
there are many unknown quantities
entering into such experiments.
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contributes . large portion OF the vast
their way into the Golfers Of the mail
unities to which II belonged, and which
accordingly.
that he could do so on all OF them. can
he AFFORD to continue to impoverish
his own community, upon which his
own prosperity. the very value of his
lanr depends?
If he will ask himself this question
and consider 1t soberly and fairly in
all of its phases, including the many
which cannot be touched upon within
the limits of single article, we think
his answer must be that he cannot.
The wonderful productivity of this
country has been sufficient to over
come the various adverse economic in
fiuences which have existed during the
period of years in which the mail or
der business has accomplished its
greatest growth. Everyone has been
getting along pretty we'll" While the
increasing flow Of golden millions from
their source in the land Of the coun-
try to the already great centers OF
money and population has held back
the growth of the smaller communi-
ties, 1t has not yet occasioned a great
disaster. The test will come with the
first pinch of hard times" a condi-
ton which no country ever has beer
able to escape at recurring intervals.
When this time arrives those com
munities will best stand the test which
have best conserved and husbanded
their resources
JOHN s. POTTS.
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be raised from the sea level to a
height of 1000 feet. from where it will
be distributed to various towns and
cities on the plateau.
The men to whom have been
granted the concession have issued
instructions to commence the install
lation of gas plant to supply the
City of Mexico and the suburban
towns of Tacabuya. Mixcoac. San An
gel. Cherubusco. Tacuba, Atzacapot-
Zalco. Coyoacan and Tialpam.
Incredible as 1t may seem. there IL
not In the City Of Mexico with near
ly 100000 people single bit of gas
burned. so that the capital has come
TO be known as the electric city. for
it is one Of the most brilliantly light
ed municipalities In the world.
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The Drain in the Orchard.

ins sketch. This plan is said to have
worked very satisfactorily when 1t has
been adopted. On account of the
natural fall of the land, it is some
times impossible to follow out this
idea literally. but Mr.. Thomas early
experience seems to coincide with the
observation of the practical fruit
growers Of latter days. says Farm and
Home. that Is. IL the orchard is To-
Gated upon soil in need OF draining.
1t will be necessary to lay tile to re-
move surplus water before satisfac-
tory results will be secured.
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Fairest Flower Of All.

The roses blushed n deeper red.
The lilies looked more SANITY.
The sweet alysssum hung its head
And smiled and frowned most quantity I.
The daisies even at my feet
Were strangely knowing. strangely sweet.
The hollyhocks against lie wall.
So serious and old-faShioned.
Were all astir: the larkspur tall
Seemed really quite imps ssioned-
watched them all. but could not guess
What made their suddei. ecasciousness-
where'er l looked their little eyes
Were eager. wise and tender.
As II they had some new surprise
Or sympathy to rSndsr-
But turning round. all unaware.
saw that shs was standing there!
--NstrOpoutAn AaSAxtns.
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Depth to Set Trees.

1t is often advised TO set the trees
in the orchard two or more inches
deeper than they were in the nursery
row. So far as our knowledge of ex-
periments goes. this practice il not
followed by results either good OF bad.
and this would indicate that the mat
tetr is of little or no Importance. In
an English experiment. the expert
mentors report that planting trees
four inches too high or too low has
not made any difference in the results
obtained. the trees having readily ad-
justed themselves to their normal
level. Trees appear to sink into the
ground as they grow" This appear
ance is doubtless due to the pushing
up of the earth by the enlarging of
roots.
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granted the concession for the cree
ton of gas plants all over the repub-
lie. So high has the price of wood
been within late years that n short
time ago the railroads found II profit
able to import their ties from Japan
1t is proposed now to build an oil
pipe line from the recently discovered
wells of the gulf coast. near Tampico.
to the City of Mexico. an immense un-
dertaking. for the liquid will have to
The Lamar register., 1907-01-23

Locusts are devastating southern
Algeria The swarms are SO great as
almost to defy imagination. 1t is not
easy to conceive OF an almost solid
phaianx of insects 1875 miles long by
SIX miles wide. Unfortunately. TIN,
devastation which such myriads u
voraeious insects must create in vege-
tation is not SO difiicult to appreciate.
wherever the host has passed moth
ing green remains. Even the houses
are becoming uninhabitable. The
oran province seems doomed for this
year.
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AROUND THE FARM.

The man who raises scrub stock
usually raises scrub grain.-Farm and
Home.
The pullets. II they have been prop
erly bred and fed. should now be doing
steady laying
You never saw a scrawny hen lay
ing. 1t is the well-fed hen. the one
that looks neat and TRIM
Rusty iron placed in the drinking
water at this season serves an excel
lent purpose as tonic
What business have you to sing
Home Sweet Home" until you have
provided a full supply of dry fuel I'm.
der shelter.
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Some time ago a merchant in Mar
blehead. Mass, was discovered in his
store at very late hour, and in reply
ing to inquiries, he said:
My confidential clery is missing"
And what of it?'
why. I'm looking over the books,
but they seem to be all right"
Have you counted your cash."
Yes; and it is correct to a dollar"
Looked over your bank bock?"
Il have. and 1t Is satisfactory.
That's the puzzle. you see. He's
skipped, and I can't make out what
for"
Been home since noon?"
No"
Perhaps he's eloped with your
WIFE
He hurried home. and found this to
be the case
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TILE DRAIN IN THE ORCHARD.
Removal Of Surplus Of Water VIII
Make Trees Profitable.

Frequently an orchard which might
otherwise be a profitable one is seri-
ously handicapped by the presence OF
two much water in the soil. Several
years ago the late John J. Thomas.
formerly vice president of the Fruit
Growers Society Of Western New
York. and for 80 years practical
nurseryman. presented the idea OF
laying of tile between each row OF
trees. as illustrated in the accompany
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were thus deprived OF II, suffered
to coast and from border to border.
A fact not generally known is that
hundreds of concerns throughout the
country which now are doing business
through the regular trade channels are
awaiting only a parcels post law to
unloose literature. already prepared
in many instances, which would pro-
ject them into the mail order field. and
this does not take into account the
hundreds and perhaps thousands of
entirely new mail order concerns
which inevitably would spring into ex-
istence under such friendly auspices.
The two Chicago institutions re-
ferred to. already occupying immense
buildings, found themselves cramped
for room. One of them expended not
less than 81, 900 900. and probably more,
for a new home. The other lately has
secured a new location and also will
expend at least 100000 for an i'm
mense new building.
Anyone who will reflect even casual
ly on the subject must become i'm
pressed that the influence of the mail
order business is toward the central
ization of wealth. and how enormous
a part 1t is playing in this direction
will be understood from second
glance at the figures which have been
given above.
1t is due to himself that every patron
of the mail order house should inquire
honestly of himself what the final out
come is to be II the mail order bust
ness shall continue to make the great
strides which have marked its prog
ress during the last half decade.
1t is useless to repeat the well worn
argument of the mail order concerns
that they are selling goods enough
more cheaply than the merchants in
the regular channels Of trade to leave
their customers more money than
ever to devote to home enterprises
and institutions. The fallacy of this
statement has been proved over and
over again by actual and minute COM
parsons of goods, as to their quality
and prices. TIE refute 1t finally and
indisputably by a simpler and more
direct method it is necessary only to
ask the reliable business men of any
of the smaller communities to show
the evidence from their books and &C.
counts of the harm the mail order
habit is doing their communities.
1t Is a truth as old as the hills and
as certain as the rising and setting of
the sun that no country or section of
country can prosper unless the peo-
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Diseases among children-notably
sore throat aad bad eyes-caussd
through dust raised by motor cars.
are most rife where the schools are
situated on roads frsouented by mo-
tor cars, or whore the children tray.
erse these roads. In one school the
head teacher points out that they had
ten cases Of sore throat whsrS Ave-
years ago they had one.
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In the fifth report Of the woburn ex.
perimen.al fruit farm of England. it
1. stated that the removal of apple
blossoms was found to be very bene-
hcial in the growth and future pro
ductiveness of early-bearing trees.
Trees thus treated appeared to bear
heavier crops for several years after.
wards and not only the year when
they were first allowed to bear. With
varieties that came into bearing
later. it vas not Of so much adyan
tage-
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Wagon Support for Apple Picker.

Wagon Support for Apple Picker.
side to serve as walk. Across these.
as shown in the cut. he placed two
other planks. extending out from the
wagon. With a quiet team the cor.
respondent reports that it is compare
lively easy to reach a large per cent.
of the apples on trees.
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Chickens after being killed should
be picked at once. as at that time the
feathers pull on easiest After the
fowls become cold the feathers pull
hard The skin Is also easily torn
at that time. which OF course 10 a
-detriment where the birds are To Be
SOLD on the market
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Lady Cook says that the women of
England will have the franchise in
less than a year. They must have
something terrible up their sleeves of
which the statesmen of England know
nothing.
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PICKING APPLES FROM WAGON.
A Plan Which Can Be Tried During
the Next Harvest.

A correspondent of Prairie Farmer.
in Bureau county. Illinois, reports that
he has been successful this year in
picking apples from a wagon. He used
a double box with two planks on each
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The new army bullet is shaped
like the Whitfield end Of a lead PEN
ell. and is expected to make its mark.
The Lamar register., 1907-01-23

A New York straphanger secured
damages In the sum of $3.50. probably
because the Jurors all had lame arms.
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Accounted For.
She-Mr. Dudleigh is looking more
Ike himself. don't you think?
is dead.-Puck.