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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-07-05

W. A. Clark Of Ft. Ripley was taken
to the hospital July 2nd and was
operated on for appendicitis. he
stood the operation well and at this
time seems to be on the road to
recovery.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-07-05

The city IS being billed for the
Pawnee Hill Wild West shows, which
will appear at this place July 18th.
The show is said to be a good one.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-07-05

Ths pay roll Of the street COM
missioner for the month of June in
the sum of e4Oe. 81 was approved.
Justice 0sudet reported fines for
June to tho amount of $26.
A bill Of t35 presented by s. Trebby
for Insurance on city roller and sheds
was rejected, as it is the intention of
the council to carry less insurance on
tho machine.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-07-05

Susan and Ned Huff of Minneapolis,
orme rly Of Little Falls, will spend
their vacation at Vancouver Island.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-07-05

A cement walk has been constructed
in the Carnegie library grounds, lead.
ing from the front Of the library to
Third street, which adds greatly to
the appearance of the place.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-07-05

j. A. Jetka left for Excelsior thii
morning. where he will spend ten
day vacation. Mrs. Jetka is also
visiting at Excelsior.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
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terlal Is removed In similar manner un-
obtained from the outer layers will be
dark and coarse, and the quality will Inn
prove with each layer In the progress to
the center, the last strips yielding a
soft, fine and white material. stronger
than the conrser sort when worked up
into rope. The finest fiber is extensively
used by the natives In the manufacture
of n homespun of great durability and
susceptible. with the aid of dyes, to
pleasing effects
The fiber strips are carried to a nearby
shed In which rude apparatus has been
set up for extracting the desired ma
terlal This apparatus called the pan
guinJan," consists Of n log fixed In a
horizontal position one or two feet from
the ground with block Of smooth, hard
wood fastened to the top OF It, over this
block is placed n bolo with short blade
and long handle. A rattan connects the
knife blade with a bamboo spring above.
and a similar contrivance effects a juno
tlon between the handle and a treadle
beneath. The spring exerts a pressure of
the blade upon the block. and the treadle
enables the operator 10 counteract 1t
when he desires 70 Insert or remove a
strip of fiber.
In the process OF extraction the opera
tor holds In his hand a strip of hber, or,
perhaps more than one, and also a short.
round piece of wood. The strips are
placed under the knife and are drawn
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28

though the inducement to the inventor
Is as great In the former case as In the
latter. One of the chief difficulties lies In
the fact that Abaca. being n very long
fiber, will not bear the strain of a full
tension whilst being cleaned, and 1t Is
necessary to wind IT around a cylinder,
and the result is discooration no matter
what material Is used. Another difficulty
has lain In the necessity of making the
machine portable so that 1t could be car
red by three or four men over the rough
ground on which the plant usually grows.
A recent inventor claims to have over
come the first of these difficulties, and
proposes to surmount the other by carry
ing the material through fumes to the
machine after the manner Of conveying
sugarcane to central in Hawaii. Wheth-
er or not this particular Invention proves
successful It Is improbable that the pc
cullar genius of Americans for mechanl-
cal construction will permit of the prob
lem remaining much longer unsolved. A
satisfactory machine would work a revo-
luton In the Industry aud place Abaca
beyond the power of successful competi-
tion on the part of slsal or any other
fiber.
Whilst the principal use OF Abaca is
in the manufacture of cordage, ropes and
cables, 1t is turned to several other high
ly important accounts. From old and dis
integrated ropes is made manila paper. of
which enormous quantities are consumed.
In Europe, and especially In France,
many different articles of clothing. such
as shirts, trousers, wells, grapes and hats
are made from Abaca. In the Philippines.
as has been said. dress material is extern
sively made from the hber. In fact. the
native dress Of both sexes in all parts OF
the Archipelago is made chiefly from "sin-
amay," or Abaca cloth. The 1ber for this
purpose is especially prepared, being gen.
orally extracted from the plant stalk by
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28

because 1t is illustrative of the hundred
or more similar openings for American
capital in the Philippines. 1t is difficult
to understand why our people are so
tardy In availing themselves OF these
really splendid opportunities. Distance
seems to be the chief deterrent though
1t is not easy to comprehend the attitude
of the man who advances that argument
against an investment In the Philippines,
whilst he is putting money into some
wildcat mining scheme in the Far West.
The probability is that he has no more
knowledge of conditions In one case than
In the other, nor any greater chance OF
overlooking the manipulation of his
money. Indeed, there is n great advan
tage in the former proposition, in as
much as the government Bureau of Insu
lar Affairs. at Washington, is able and
ready to afford the inquirer the fullest
information as to all matters relating TO
the Islands.
The first harvest from an Abaca planta-
tion is generally at the end of the third
year, and from that time the plants are
cut over every eight months. The full
grown plant carries a cluster OF from II
to 20 stalks, all rising from one root.
These are In various stages OF maturity
and three or four are taken from each
plant at a cutting, They are Topped or
with a bolo-the universal tool and
weapon In countries settled by the Span
iards-Nnd should be stripped within "a
hours, in order to prevent discoloration.
The stalk being from - to 15 feet In
length and of considerable weight, the
stripping takes place In the immediate
vicinity of the plant which has been cut.
There ace two distinct processes In the
extraetion-nrst, the removal of the rib
bonlike strips OF hbrous material from
the leaf stems, and, second, the separa-
tion OF tl& individual hbers by pulling
these ribbons under a knife.
The laborer, squattlng on the ground,
With trunk or stalk of Abaea across his
knees, inserts small, sharp piece OF
bone, called "loenit," under the bark
OF one of the leaf stems. and pulls OFF
hbrous strip two or three inches wide
ana as long as the trunk. From each
stem he will secure three or four such
strips When these hbrous strips have
been removed the remaining neshy ma
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28

through with a quick but steady move
mept. They are rnen removed and re-
versed the cleaned end being wound
three or four times round the stick. This
process removes all the feshy pulp, leav-
ing In the hand of the operator a bunch
of clean, wet fiber. 1t is usual to make
a rol gh assortment of the fiber into two
classes Mt the time of extracting 1t.
To the onlooker the work of hber-eS-
traction looks simple and comparatively
easy. 1t is, however, delicate operation
and an extremely exhaustlng one. The ex-
cessve strain frequently results in rup-
ture and n man who extracts % pounds
day and works three days In the week
Is valuable laborer. AS might be ex-
pected, there Is a tendency to shlrk thor
ough work. and n great deal of lndffer-
ent material Is produced through various
lmproprieties in the processes Indeed,
were 1t not for the pronounced superior
ity Of Abaca and Its indispensable place
In commerce 1t must have suffered a loss
of prestige long ago on account of the
large percentage of defective fiber ship
ped from Manila. Steps have recently
been taken by the interests concerned to
minimize this disadvantage.
II will readily be understood from what
has been said Of the method of extrac-
tion that a more effective machine than
that which has been In use from time i'm
memorial is urgently needed. The neces-
sity was quite patent to the spanlards,
and during their time many attempts
were made to construct a suitable Appa-
ratus that should replace the primitive
contrivnnce OF the Filipinos, but up to
the present the "panguinjan" has held
its own. Every few years we hear that
the problem has been solved. but each re-
port OF the kind Is shortly followed by
the statement that the machine In ques-
tion Is found to lack Just one little requl.
site. The Abaca machine appears to be as
elusive as the self f-destructible bottle, al
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28

hand and afterward subjected to proc
ess which is capable of reducing 1t to
the hneness and softness of silk, so that
the stuff which is woven from 1t rivals
in beauty and delicacy the famed pima
and just fabrics. The fiber Is frequently
woven with either cotton or silk in the
greatest variety of patterns. A market
should be created in America for the
finer qualities of the Philippine fabrics,
which are admirably adapted for wom-
ems wear, and particularly for summer
clothing
There is every indication that with the
rapid growth of shipping, the increasing
use of binder twine and the extension in
many other directions Of the use of Abaca
the demand for that fiber will continue
to grow at a rate In excess of any likely
expansion of the production. The oppor-
tunities for the enlargement of the indus
try are exceptionally promising. The
Abaca plantation OF the past has seldom
been conducted upon business methods.
The processes of production have been
crude and wasteful, and the management
-Justifying itself, perhaps, with 80 per
cent. proht-has been careless and short
sighted.
The planter who shall go into the bust
ness with carefully selected land, good
management and the intelligent use Of
modern methods and machinery, cannot
fail to secure large profits With no dan
ger from insect or plant diseases. and
but little from typhoons or unfavorable
climatic conditions, Abaca is eminently
a safe crop. With the present prices and
the assurance of a continued demand, 1t
is one OF the most profitable branches OF
agriculture available In the Philippines
FORBES LINDSAY.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28

valuable links between the wild antelopes
and the tame cattle and also the bison
and bunalo. The only animal at all re-
sembllng the Takin is the musk OK OF
the Arctic circle regions. II seems prob
able that the Takin Is another freak OF
the antelope stock, which ultimately pro-
duees the musk-ox near the Polar circle.
II looks like discarded model OF nature,
with his slender body, but clumsy legs,
Rnd It's oxlike horns, where the antelope
has its long, graceful prongs. II Is said
also 10 be a close first cousin TO the gnu,
another scarce type OF the cloyen-hoofed
animals turned out IN natures workship.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28

far Western China, where the interior
plains have been visiting by any Western
scientist. Some are yellow, some pale
lemon color and some brindled, although
this last variety Is very rare, indeed.
1t is not rare In the lofty plateau OF
the Himalayas, which vast mountainous
region, by the way. extends clear through
the central heart Of Asue and borders
both on British India and the western
confines Of the unexplored sections OF the
Chinese Empire. The real scientific inter-
est attaching TO the Takin depends on
the fact that It furnishes one OF the most
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
ThiberS Strange BuII-AnteIope.

Now that Savage Landor has opened
mysterious Thibet to the civilized world
great mass of wanderers aud scientists
are following along the trail he blazed
and discovering some Of the strangest
freks of nature that the world has
ever seen. Prot. Ray Lancaster seems to
have found a marvellous animal I'm the an
teloDe-ox. as he has called It. This crea-
ture he has named the Takin, after the
native name given these queer creatures
by the Inhabitants OF the Mishmi HUI
country, which borders on the state OF
Assam. II Is said to also be found 10
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
MUCH IN LITTLE.

Railway servants in England are sup.
posed to receive 100000 year In tips.
The gold mines In Western Australia
have paid dividends amounting 70 over
$40, 100000.
A Reuter- telegram from Athens an
nounces that excavations at Thebes have
brought TO light the ruins OF what Is be-
lieved to have been the palace OF King
Cadmus, the Legendary founder OF Thebes.
OF the tubereulous patients treated In
Pennsylvania Camp Sanatorium," which
was established with the aid OF the state,
10 per cent have either recovered or been
greatly improved.
Dogs OF the st. Bernard strain tracked
ont a number Of the people buried under
a snowsllde at Geisenger, Norway, in
which lS persons perlshed. The animals
dragged several Of the victims 10 places
OF safety.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28

Railway servants in England are sup
posed to receive S1,5OO.00O a year In tips.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-03-08
Material for Good Roads.

The Interlaehen Gravel company
of Interlachen, this county, has been
organized with j. I. Wimberly, pres
ident, Chas. Francis, treasurer and
J. H. Wylie, secretary and general
manager.
The company controls a large
amount of gravel suitable for per-
manent hard roads, sidewalks and
concrete work and will engage in the
business of supplying the same to
municipalities in this state that are
ready to make improvements along
this line.
The Interlachen gravel has been
pronounced by expert road makers
to be the very best material yet
found in this state for hard surface
roads. The gravel packs and grows
harder and harder with use. 1t APP
pears to be a mixture of clay and
gravel, and it is from this material
that the new road leading from Pa
latka west through the county will
be made.
There is bound to be some big
transactions in this material with
the new company in this state from
now on; for good roads is the slogan
of the state administration, many
counties and more municipalities.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-03-08
City Hall Park Improvement.

The work of improving the grounds
about the City Hall is progressing
but slowly owing to the difficulty
and time required in securing pal
metto trees of the required size, but
many additional ones have been
placed this week and now there is a
row of them almost the entire length
of the Reed street front.
Mrs. Geo. f. Gay, chairman of the
philanthropic committee of the
Fortnightly club states that the
club has secured over $500 so far for
the work and that more will be need
ed. The committee will secure the
necessary funds either by private
subscriptions, or entertainments, or
both, but will need much more
money.
BY understanding with the city
council the city is to lay off the
grounds and build the walks, while
the ladies will attend to the work OF
ornamentation and will erect foun-
tain in the front centre. The PLANS
as outlined by Mrs. Gay to the News,
if carried out will make of the city
hall park beauty spot in Palatka
and all citizens should give the work
the utmost encouragement.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-03-08
Big Turpentine Deal.

There will he consummated today
one of the largest timber and tur-
pentine deals 10 the history of these
big transactions in Putnam county.
The deal contemplates the sale of
all the Crescent Timber company S
holdings at Longs SIT tion, three
miles south OF Crescent City in this
county, consisting of 1900 acres of
the finest timber in the state. The
property is now managed by Mr.. S.
w. Allen, the principle owner, and
in addition to the timber there is "a
fine turpentine still, commissnry,
and several fine dwellings in addi-
tion to the quarters for the hands.
The purchasers are II. G. Middle
ton, w. III. Cook and E. w. Otterson
of Pomona, g. II. Castle and Fred
Wilms of Quincy, Ill and G. E.
Cook and w. H. Ellis of PlatteVille,
Wisconsin, all of whom are at pres
ent spending the winter at Pomona.
These gentlemen have formed a
corporation, all the papers for which
have been prepared by their attor-
ney, Harold f. Merryday of this
city, and the business will be man
aged by Mr.. r. G. Middleton, an eX-
pert turpentine operator and the lar
gest individual share holder.
The price to be paid for the proper
ty is 100000 cash.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-03-08
PIE BIRDS OF BRITTANY.
They MUST Be Pretty Strong, Accord
ing to This Breton Story.

They MUST Be Pretty Strong, Accord
ing to This Breton Story.
speaking of exaggerations," said a
traveller, reminds me of the pie bird
story of the Breton farmer.
There was a farmer In Brittany
farm had been overrun with pies. Pies,
you know, are large birds, black and
white, with long tails-a kind of crow,
Che farmer said the pies devastated
his fields horribly. Ii he put up scare
crows, the birds tore them down. One
day his young son ran into the granite
farmhouse and shouted:
"'Oh, father, hundreds and hundreds
of birds! The wheat is being all eaten
upr
1.-The farmer loaded his gun. But
where was the shot? 1t couldn't be
found. He put in Il few handfuls of
tacks instead. Then he ran out. The
wheatteld was black and white, like a
checkerboard, with pies. The farmer
gave a loud yell, and the birds all flew
up into a tall poplar. He fired, and,
10, every bird was nailed fast to the
tree. They were nailed fast. Their
tapping wings filed the air with a
loud whlr. The farmer, amazed, stood
watching them. Then a strange thing
happened. The birds, with one grand
united effort, pulled up the huge tree
and few away with it."
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-03-08
Bishop to Visit St. Monicas.

Rt. Rev. w. J. Kenny, d. D.,
bishop of st. Augustine, will make
an episcopal visitation to st. Moni-
cas- Catholic church next Sunday,
when the order of services will be as
follows: Ia. IN. Mass; 10 a. m. High
Mass ard sermon by the bishop; 3:30
p. m. Confirmation and benediction.
Rev. Father Barry the popular rec
tor Of st. Monicas informs the News
that the class for confirmation num-
I bers % Of wnon some eight or nine,
are adults, several of them being
converts to the Catholic faith.
Bishop Kenny is an eloquent
preacher and popular as a bishop in
all parts of Florida. He was for
many years pastor of the Church of
the Immaculate Conception in Jack
sonville where his self-sacrificing
and heroic work at the time of the
yellow fever epidemic in 1888 won
for him the love and admiration of
all people.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-03-08
NEWS OF BARDIN.

Our little town is situated on the
banks of deep Etoniah Greek and al
though the majority of our people
are colored, We occasionally have
shot times in the little town; two
of our boys had scrap only few
days ago. They were feeling good
and couldn't help it. The affair
afforded some amusement for those
not engaged.
Prof. Lawrence w. Black has just
closed his school, and all were much
pleased with him as q teacher.
Mrs. L. M, Upchurch is on the sick
list this week.
Eddie johnson and Willie Will
liams are on "a camp hunt and fishing
expedition, and it is expected. they
rwiir wli III n i4ig my ii III 'Iidts 81 game.
Jamie johnson has gone to Palatka
to accept Il position as drawbridge
tender for few days.
Miss Alice Vause has closed her
school and returned home. She will
be greatly missed here. Before leav-
ing Miss Vause gave an ice cream
party to her many friends at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Conway
There was large number present
and good time was had principally
with music in which all united.
MIR. and Mrs. Oscar Smith have
just moved near our little place.
Duncan Bohanan visited Palatka
last Tuesday on special business.
j. FL. Conner visited the city on
business last week.
Albert McCraney has span of
very fine horses, and when he gets in
his wagon and cracks his whip all
you can see behind him is a cloud of
dust, and until a few days ago,
whenever we saw dust in the dis
tance the people generally would
say "Mr. McCraney is coming.'
Willie Bohanan and JOSEPH Keen
visited us some time since and all
enjoyed their visit.
We have several sick folks in our
place this week, but all are expected
to have speedy recovery.
L. NJ. Upchurch has two fine
blooded pigs which he is going to
sell to some one in want OF good
stock. HONEY Moon.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-03-08

Perhaps no system of treatment for
relieving of human ills has made as
great a headway as that practiced by
Or. E. III. Armstrong. the eye and
nerve specialist of Jacksonville.
Many cases in this locality which had
been given up as incurable have been
cured permanently by this drugless
system of treatment. If you have
any chronic disease or eye trouble,
the opportunity should not be miss
ed of consulting DR.. Armstrong on
his next professional visit to our city
Mar. IL He may be seen in person
at the Arlington Hotel.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-03-08
INDEPENDENT
ACTION ABANDONED
9he Citizens Movement Works
Through Democratic Cau-
cuses dn5 Wins Every
Contest.
List of Aldermanic Candidates and
Delegates.

An independent citizens ticket for
the approaching city election-such
as was outlined in the News last
week as the plan of procedure de-
cided upon by the leaders of the citi-
zens municipal movement in the in
terest of a better city government.
and for the publication of which plan
the leaders of the movement alone
were responsible-ha been aban-
doned.
These leaders took council of their
more sober second thought and
made their campaign in the regular
democratic caucuses, with the result
that in each ward where there was
any show of contest, their candidates
were triumphantly nominated.
The only independent ticket now
likely will be in the Third ward
where w. A Merry day has accepted
an Independent nomination for al
derman. Mr.. Merryday's name was
not presented to the regular demo-
cratic caucus, but had it been known
that he had ambitions for the coun-
ell it is not likely that there would
have been any opposition to him.
The al lermanic nominations are
as follows:
First Ward--H. O. Hamm.
Second Ward John Merryday.
Third Ward--E. f. Dodge.
Fourth Ward-D. w. Ramsaur.
Fifth Ward-J. H. Haughton.
Seventh Ward-Howell A. Davis.
The sixth ward is always repre-
sented by a colored republican and
Il Ns,, /, .
The delegates selected to attend
the Democratic City Convention
next Monday night are as follows by
wards:
First Ward-H. F. Lecks, l.. G..
Stephens, G. r. Neck, II. NJ. de
Montmollin, Howard Gardner.
Second Ward-T. j. Barnett, e. E.
Haskell, H. E. Merryday, Geo. F..
Beal, Stuart Worden.
Third Ward-Jos. d. Points, |. r..
Stelts, K. e. Dodge.
Fourth Wards. J. Kennerly, r.
r. Price, G. =. Yelverton.
Fifth Ward-Tom Holden, P. NJ.
Hagan, F. B. Hagan.
Seventh Ward-C w. Buddington,
w. J. Leavett, j. +. Goza, H. H.
Sanders.
The city democratic nominating
convention will be held in the coun-
Gil chamber next Monday night.
The convention will simply nomi-
nate candidate for mayor.
AT present the only names men,
toned for the honor are John Q.
Tilghman and F. H. Wilson either
of whom will probably be acceptable
to the convention, though neither
are candidates for the place in the
sense that they are seeking the
nomination.
The caucuses were productive of
several surprises, notably those of
the First Second and Fourth wards,
where the reform element exhibited
all the orthodox cunning of old cam
paigners and won in walk
The following notice has been
handed the News by Dr.. H. r. Estes :
"At Citizens League caucus held
in ward Three at p. m. March 4th,
1907, w. A. Merryday- was nOminat-
ed for alderman of ward Three and
John Il. Griffin, Leo. jacobson and
H. r. Estes were selected as dele
gates to the Citizens League City
Convention