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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-04-15
TILE DRAINS.
Simple Means Of Increasing the Water
Movement.

Simple Means Of Increasing the Water
Movement.
Where land requires the use of tile
drains the following hints may prove
useful. A writer in Iowa Homestead
says:
l will give you my plan Of increasing
the working capacity of Il tile drain.
l extend the upper end out to a fence
when practical and to the last tile laid
l add an elbow sewer the same size
as the tile. and to the upper end of
this add enough more to extend above
the surface of the ground This gives
it air and causes it to draw faster
when it is running full or nearly SO.
BY having this vent under or near a
fence it is out Of the way Of stock and
farming tools.
Another thing to do is to go to the
low places in your field directly over
the tile. dig to the tile and uncover
three or four joints and fill in over the
tile with old hay or trash of any kind
cobs are good-and leave it this way
through the winter and spring. provid
ed there Is no stock to get in 1t. Thi.;
will also let the water in much faster.
Before farming begins these holes may
be filled with dirt leaving the trash in.
Still another good trick might be
mentioned. II you have natural sur
face drain underlaid with tile and wish
to prevent surface washing. dig down
to your tile (where it passes under a
fence is the best place. and take out
one section of tile and pick hole in
it as large as necessary and replace it
with the hole upward. Then take an
other section with the same diameter
as the hole you made and fit it over the
hole as close as possible ana cement
around 1t to prevent dirt washing in.
On top of this section set another, and
so on until your last one extends few
inches above the surface. Fill dirt in
carefully, taking care that you do not
disturb your stand pipe. Just below or
near this inlet make Il bank or dam
across the drain so as to back the over
flowing surface water up enough to
flow into this sink or inlet
A sink of this kind near Il large out
let is very valuable in preventing the
washing around the "header." or abut-
ment. These sinks should be made as
large as practicable. They can be
screened Or grated If necessary.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-04-15
Birds Eat Scale Insects.

Few kinds of insects are so inimical
to the health and existence Of fruit
trees and other crop plants as the
scales, and owing to their small size
and peculiar habits few are so diff
cult to cope with. 1t has been general
" supposed that birds lend no assist
ance in the destruction Of scales. This
proves to be an error, for the biological
survey has already found that more
than fifty species Of birds eat scale in
sects. Not only is this true. but in
the case of certain species, as the gros-
beaks, scales have been ascertained to
form large percentage Of the food.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-04-15
. FROM COOLING MOTH INJURY.

lustration decay is shown starting
from cut on the surface Of an apple;
In the second figure decay occurs
around a codling moth injury.
There has been gradual improve
ment since the beginning of the fruit
industry in the methods of handling
the crops. The early crude methods
Of harvesting and packing are giving
way to better methods in the orchard
and in the packing houses. There
needs to be further Improvement along
these lines in every branch of the fruit
industry. In the apple industry, for
instance, when the fruit is handled
with more than average care. 10 per
cent of the fruit is frequently made
susceptible to decay by stem punctures
caused by dropping the fruit roughly
into the basket, on the sorting table
or into the shipping package.-G. II.
Powell
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-04-15
Farms In Colorado.

Sugar beet growing in Colorado has
been a prominent cause of great in
creases in land values, and in large
degree the same may be said of fruit
and vegetable farms. Everywhere
farms on which alfalfa can enter into
rotation with other crops are greatly
gaining in value. or course by far the
largest rates Of gain In value have
gone to farms with good water rights
The foregoing observations upon Col
orado apply to this entire mountain
group Of states and territories.-G. X
Holmes.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-04-15
DECAY FROM A BRUrsE.

overripeness or by other adverse con-
ditions. The least abrasion or cut in
the skin gives the molds foothold.
and, once started. the decay Is likely
to continue under the most favorabl
transportation conditions.
1t is we'll known that decay in fruit
in transit and in storage generally de-
velops from wound on the surface,
though few persons know how COM
mon these injuries are. The common
est injuries are caused by punctures
Of insects, by the stem of one fruit
penetrating another. by cuts from the
finger nails Of the handler. by ruptures
caused by the rapid growth Of the
fruit. by windstorms or by cutting the
surface in some way. In the first H.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-04-15
THE DRAFT HORSE.
A Money Making Business Raising
/ Hioh Class Aniroals

Money Making Business Raising
High Class Animals.
Discussing the draft horse before the
Iowa state farmers institute recent
ly, w. ]. Kennedy said:
For several years the demand for
good draft horses has been unusually
good. Each succeeding year has been
trifle better than its predecessor
until at the present time high class
draft horses are selling for higher
prices than ever before realized for
this class Of animals Are those high
prices to continue? Some one will say
that such a thing would be impossible
because Of the large number of horses
now being produced each year. To all
appearances our farmers are heavily
engaged in the production Of horses.
, What are the real facts concerning
the number Of horses In Iowa today
compared with that Of six years ago?
According to the most recent statistioa
published by our department Of agri-
culture, we had In the state of Iowa in
the year 1905 horses Of all ages to the
number Of 1928 159, while on June 1.
1900. we had 1,302.573, or 154,414 more
horses than in 1905. If these figures
mean anything. 1t will be some time
yet before there will be an oversupply
Of good horses in this state. 1t Is
doubtful If there was ever time in
the last decade when good. high class
draft horses were as scarce in this
state as they are at the present time.
Ready Sale at Real Value.
Horse buyers will tell you that 1t Is
next to impossible to find car load of
good draft horses Of a salable age in
any one locality in Iowa. Even the
men who make 1t business to feed
out young horses are experiencing no
end Of difficulty in finding suitable AMI
mails for their feed lots. The time Is
not near at hand when good draft
horses will have to go begging on the
market.
A study of the market demands as
they pertain to the draft horse reveals
the fact that weight is still as desir
able rs in past years. SO that draft
horse to sell we'll must weigh from
1000 pounds upward and be Of the de-
sire.1 draft typc-that is. he should he
massively built, deep bodied, short
coupled, heavily muscled, short legged.
a good actor and possess good feet
which are properly constructed and out
Of durable material. Such horse can
be economically raised on any Iowa
farm. and owing to the strong de-
mand for him he finds ready sale ut
price much nearer his real market
value than any other class Of horse
that can be produced.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-04-15
Foot Notes.

The best way to doctor sheep Is
by the feed given. Cure-alls for sick
sheep are dangerous things. Let them
alone.
If you see big patches Of wool loos
ening up on the backs Of the sheep
look out for scab. Get those sheep out
of the flock.
A good looking horse with sound
leg on each of its four corners and not
afraid of anything is worth coed
money just now.-Farm Journal.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-04-15
Get a Receipt.

Farmers, do you make practice Of
taking receipts for all moneys paid?
Sometimes persons Of integrity forget.
They wouldn't ask you to pay the same
account twice Intentionally. 1t is not
much trouble to get a receipt. and re-
ceipts don't require very much storage
room. Business men think more Of
you for asking for receipt.-Farn
Press
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-04-15
Compiled by the U. S. Government for
GRAYS HARBOR
AND VICINITY

NoTE--These Tide Tables are compiled by the
U. S. Government for Astoria, Oregon, as the
standard port for reference. To frd out the
exuct time tides occur use following table:
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-04-15
Gardening Points.

Sow peas as soon as the ground can
be worked.
Spinach may be sown early in spring
and in succession through the summer.
Late in March remove the flats of
cabbage plants to cold frame and
harden them off ready for setting in the
open ground,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-04-15
Doesn't Paw TO Pasture Too L ate,

OOesH ray 10 TdStUre 7 90 Cdte'
The results Of three years of test at
the Oklahoma experiment station show
without variation that the yield Of
wheat is greatly reduced usually about
one-half, by late spring pasturing.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-04-15
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DECAY OF APPLES.

One Factor In Keeping the Fruit I'm.
muno From Molds.
The care with which fruit Is han.
died in the orchard or plantation and
in tire packing house is one of the I'M
portant factors in determining It's ship
ping quality. 1t is the one factor
above all others that keeps the thick
skinned fruits. like the apple and or
ange. immune from the attacks of the
common molds. These fruits do not
often decay as long as the skin Is
whole unless they are weakened by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-03
News Of Purcellville, Va.
ecial Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The STAR
PURCELLVILLE, Va, October 3, 1907.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. p. Pancoast, Misses
Lula and Caroline Pancoast, Miss Nellie
Paxson and Mr. and Mrs. c. L. Robey have
gone to the jamestown exposition.
Mrs. L. ]. Osborn has purchased the resi-
dence OF ]. L. Gill, treasurer of Loudoun
county, at Round Hill. Mr.. Gill has re-
moved to Leesburg.
Heaters Island. comprising 1873 acres, in
the Potomac river opposite Point of Rocks.
has been sold to Richard Heater for 5000.
The sale was made by Glenn H. Worthing-
ton, Albert s. Brown and P. F. Pampel,
trustees.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Adams Of Middle
burg have issued invitations to the mar
rage of their daughter Genevieve and DR..
Louis F. Wilson Of Waterford, October %.
Thomas NJ Gale Of Washington Is erect
ing a $4,000 summer home on the Blue
Ridge mountains near the home Of Frank
CARPENTER.
N Moore Of Reedsville. N. c., and Bessie
Lee Downs Of Lincoln. Va, and to ]. T..
Moss and Hattie Cummings. both Of Lou
doun county.
DIR. and Mrs. George E. Plaster Of Blue
mont have announced the engagement Of
their daughter. Marion Mason, to James
Sheriff. Bromfield of Louisville, KY.
DR.. b. L. Rex died at his home at Hills
boro Wednesday, aged f1fty-Nx years.
Heart failure was the cause of death,
which vas very sudden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-03
WAR BALLOON ASCENSION.
Officer of Signal Corps Takes Regular
Trip.

Another ascension was made by the war
balloon of the Signal Corps shortly before
l o'clock this afternoon from the elevated
plateau near the gas works at 18th and NJ
streets southeast. In the car were Capt.
Chandler and Corporal Ward Of the Signal
Corps. The big bag did not attain the
height 1t usually does soon after rising. but
seemed to hang Just above the haze bank
which enveloped the city, and appeared as
a great silver moon. At first 1t moved In
a northerly direction. but was finally caught
in an upper air current and carried to the
northeast, finally vanishing in the distance.
The frequent ascensions are being made, 1t
Is explained to test the efficiency of the
balloon in warfare also as a drill for the
balloon detachment Of the Signal Corps.
The ascension yesterday was made by
Capt. Chandler unattended. The balloon
was cut loose from it's moorings at 1912
o'clock, and Capt. Chandler at $50 o'clock
landed about a mile south Of Annapolis
Junction, Nd, twenty-five miles from here
The highest altitude reached was 4. 500 feet
Capt. Chandler upon reaching this city said
there was practically no wind, only a slow
current of air. and that the balloon con-
seQuently drifted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-03
SEARCH FOR GERM OF LIFE.
Interesting Observations by Prof.
Loeb, Famous Biologist.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BERKELEY, Cal, October 3.-Prof JAG,
ques Loeb. the famous biologist of the Uni.
versity of California, in bulletin issued
yesterday from the office of the president.
makes the statement that the germ of life
can be discovered. providing the chemical
reaction surrounding the process OF fertil-
ization are investigated. The announcement
of Prof. Loeb has been received with great
interest by the university men of science as
a distinct step in the discovery of the pro-
duction Of living matter from the inanimate.
The university savant takes the stand that
all that differentiates living matter from
the machines which he has produced In the
laboratory of the university is the power of
animate objects to develop and reproduce
themselves automatically. All. therefore,
that Is necessary he declares, Is for the
scientist to discover the chemical process
which causes the development of the egg
into the embryo.
Living organisms have the popularity Of
developing and reproducing themselves au-
tomatically, and 1t Is this automatic char
acter Of reproduction and development
which differentiates them for the time be-
ing from machines made from inanimate
matter. Hence the answer to the question
Of what living matter Is will have to be an
answer to the question as to what deter
mines the phenomena Of automatic develop
ment and reproduction.
The admittance of oxygen into the fer
tilted egg Is declared by Prof. Loeb to be
one Of the greatest Importance. Without
oxygen, he says, the egg cannot develop.
On this point he says: THE fortified egg
cannot develop or increase the number OF its
nucleus unless an ample supply Of oxygen
Is present. AS. soon as oxygen Is admitted
to the egg which has been deprived Of it
the synthesis Of nuclein and augmentation
begin again.
The summing up of the bulletin shows
that Prof. Loeb is working along the lines
suggested in his latest writings. He says
that he has not as yet time to continue the
experiments to discover the germ Of life. al
though he thinks he is on the right path.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-03
WANDERING BOY RETURNS.
Young Horton, Fifteen Years Old,
Located in Baltimore.

Draper Fairfax Horton, the fifteen-year-
old son Of Mrs. c. H. Leighton, who dis
appeared from his home in the Cumberland
Apartments, 14th street and Massachu-
sets avenue, about two weeks ago, was
found in Baltimore last night by his brother,
Malcolm Horton, and was brought home
last evening.
Young Horton disappeared September II
aud nothing was known of his whereabouts
until last Saturday night, when a friend Of
the family saw the boy in the Oriole city
and notified his parents. His mother stated
to Star reporter today that he had taken
his brothers automobile out for a ride, and
as he did not know how to run 1t the ma
chine became unmanageable and was
broken. Fearing he would be reprimanded,
the lad decided not to return home. and as
he only had 40 cents In his pockets he
boarded a freight train and beat his way
to Baltimore and had been roaming about
that city since.
When his brother went to Baltimore last
evening he found him standing in front of
the Gayety Theater and urged him to
come home. He did not need much urging
1t is stated, as he was glad to get back to
Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-03
Action in Criminal Cases.

Lloyd Dixon, colored, was today convicted
in Criminal Court No. before Justice Bar
nard of shooting George Brown August 16
last. The testimony showed that a quarrel
arose at a social function and Dixon drew
a pistol and began firing. A notice of
motion for a new trial was given, and the
prisoner was remanded to Jail
Walter Cheatham. in the same court, en-
tered a plea of guilty to an indictment for
robbery Sentence was suspended and
Cheatham returned to the reform school.
from which he was at liberty on parole
July q last, when the robbery was COM
mitted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-03
sHEEPSHEAD BAY MYSTERY.
Young Girl Disappears From Hired
Boat-Clue Found.

Boat-Clue Found.
Special Dispatch to The Star. .-
NEW YORK, October 3.-The mystery
of the young girl who hired a boat at
Sheepshead Bay yesterday and disappeared
from it, leaving the small craft drifting
aimlessly was deepened this morning when
Norman L. Archer, who lives at 295 Sterl-
ing place. one of the best neighborhoods
of Brooklyn. identified the pocketbook
longed to his daughter Emma, for whom
a general alarm was sent out by the po-
lice last night.
Miss Archer had been hard student
at Packer Institute. the well-known Brook
iyn school for girls. and too much atten-
ton to her books had made her nervous
but according to the family she had no
herself or take her life. She left home yes
terday morning without telling any one
where she was going or when she would re-
turn. She was an ambitious girl and was
anxious to go to college. but her father
and mother did not think she was physical
iy capable of undertaking college course.
In her summer vacation the family took
trip to the Adirondacks and took her along.
She carried her books with her to con-
tinue her studies in the mountains. The
fresh mountain air seemed to do her good,
and she appeared to be less nervous when
the Archers returned to Brooklyn, but 1t
was thought best not to let her go back to
school at once.
The young woman who appeared at the
boathouse of the Martin Brothers, at
Hheepshead.Bay, and hired a. rowboat yes
terday morning was attractive girl,
dressed In a. brown suit and brown hat. Just
as the Archers say their missing daughter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-03

rostrum; retinted and redecorated walls of
church and chapel; repaired window sashes
and replaced broken glass: put up four new
specially designed brushed brass chande-
liers and four new cluster wall brackets Of
same material; hung three outside wrought
iron lanterns; placed three of former
church chandeliers Ia the chapel; fitted the
pulpit with new reading lamp; vanished
all wainscoting book cases and interior
woodwork Except ceiling of church,; reno
waited the toilet room: renewed with best
quality of tin all cutters and Hastings and
painted same on both sides: repaired slate
roof: pointed up and painted chimney:
painted all fences cornices, downspouts
and base-brick of church.; replaced with
new all broken locks. fasteners and other
hardware; repaired pipe organ in church
and cabinet organ in chapel. This report
was signed by A. w. Pitzer. j. L. Enderle.
r. P. Clarke, James H. Taylor, Selden M.
Ely, James c. Buchanan and ]. Altheus
Johnson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-03
FORTUNE FOB CHICAGO WOMAN.
Heir to $500, 900 by Will of Col. Dent
Of Australia.

Special Dispatch to The Stan
CHICAGO, ILL.,. October 3.-Mrs. Helen st.
Clair Noble nurse at the Chicago Hospi-
tai, was advised yesterday that by the death
OF Col Benjamin Carol Dent. q ranchman
OF Sydney. Australia. she is heir to 5000. 900.
The information was impaired by Dudley
Bagley, an attorney Of Sydney. Col. Dent
was a Confederate veteran of the civil war.
and refusing to be reconstructed. left the
United States and became a sheep rancher
in Australia and amassed a fortune.
Before the war he was a warm friend Of
Mrs. Mobiles family in New Orleans, and
kept track Of her ever since. $685.
Mrs. Noble came to Chicago three years
ago and entered the Chicago Hospital She
has two sons. one studying civil engineer
Ing and the other at school il New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-03

was dressed. 1t was 10 o'clock I'm the
morning when she hired the boat. She
said she wanted 1t only for an hour, and
Joseph Martin. who rented it to her. thought
nothing Of the fact that she was unat-
tended. Tor often In the summer women
go out alone in rowboats on the bay. He
watched her as she pulled out from the
dock and noted that she seemed master OF
the oars. handling them like an expert
He did not bother about her or think much
about the non-arrival OF his boat until the
afternoon. when the empty craft was lowed
back by fisherman who had spied II in
the channel near the west side OF the
Rockaway shoal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-03
DIED FROM EATING ToADsTooLs.
District Girl Among Others Taken
Violently Ill Near Troy, N. Y.

SpeclaI DISPATCH 10 The star.
TROY, n. Y. October 3.-Mrs. Addie Gill
bert a prominent resident of New. Leba-
non Center mother of Capt Ransom II.
Gilbert. a well-known lawyer and national
guard officer of this city. died yesterday at
her home from eating poisonous toadstoos,
bought for mushrooms, Saturday evening
niece Miss Katherine Bradley of WASH
ington. d. c., and a male dinner guest also
partook of the toadstools. All three were
taken violently Ill soon after dinner. but
Mrs Gilbert was the most seriously Affect
ed. The others wqill recover.
Mrs. Gtibert's husband was killed by
fall from a hotel balcony At Lebanon
Springs twenty years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-03
Work Of Church Trustees.

The trustees of the Central Presbyterian
Church, Sd and 1 streets northwest, have
presented a report to the congregation
showing that under authority granted by
the congregation in July last they have
made repairs and improvements to the
church property as follows:
Placed new cathedral carpet on all floors
and rostrums; upholstered, resurface6 and
repaired all seats. chairs, benches and pull
pit furniture; built and furnished Q choir