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The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-31
ARKANSAS FRUIT
 INDUSTRY EXPANDS
Canning and Vinegar Factories and Evaporators Flouish and Bring Large Sums to People of
 the State.

| Rogers, Oct. 24.-Three big industries, which depend entirely upon the apple crop in northwest Arkansas, have been developed during the past few years. It IS only within the last two or three years that these industries have assumed large proportions, and and they have grown in import ance more during the past year than in any two previous seasons. These three industries are the canning of fruit, the manufacture of vinegar and the production of eyaporated, or dried, apples.
 The value of the apple crop to the growers of northwest Arkan- sas has been estimated in this column at S3,OO0, 900. This sum, however, does not represent the entire income which northwest Arkansas receives from it's apple crop. With the establishment of the canning factory, the vinegar factory and the evaporation, the profit that is made from the prep aration of it's crop for the market in its various forms is kept at home. This profit, which amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars every year, must be added to the $500, 0O0,000 which the apple crop has been estimated to be worth to the growers, if an accurate idea it to be had of the total income from the fruit crop of northwest Arkansas.
 Money in Dried Fruits.
 The dried fruit business has assumed big proportions through out the three big apple raising raising counties of Benton, Wash ing ton and Madison, and 1t has been immensely profitable this year, owing to the high prices that have prevailed for dried fruit of all kinds. At present prices a carload of dried apples is worth approximately S2, 500. At that rate the shipments from Rogers would be worth about S62, 500, and Rogers IS only one of the many shipping points in the fruit belt.
 Canning Factories on Every Hand.
 Canning factories are to be found this year ia almost every town of any size in Washington and Benton counties. There were five such factories in oper- ation in Washington county, and about the same number in Benton county. It is estimated that S200,0 900 worth of canned goods will be shipped from Washington county alone during the present season, The manager of one factory at Fayetteville estimated the value of his output at $l00,- 900. There are two canning factories in Rogers, each with a capacity of about 1000 bushels per day. Each of these factories employs from 90 to 150 men, women and girls, principally girls, and has a payroll of 5000 $l, ,000 per week. The great value of the canning factories 10 the growers lies in the fact that they furnish ready for all sec ond grade apples, as we'll as what are known as first grade culls.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-31

Watkins Bros. have just re. ceived a carload of field anc i'ous ' fence. See them for prices os fore buying.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-31

Do you want interest on your idle or surplus money ? fso de. posit it in the
 FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK at Mena and get 4 per cent in- terest. 42tf
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-31
Vinegar Making Industry.

Tue third of these new indus tries, that of vinegar-making, is also of great importance to the apple growers, from the fact that 1t furnishes market for all grades and sizes of apples. The operations of the vinegar plant at Rogers last year were upon 8 sufficiently large scale to give au idea of what proportions this business is likely to reach within the next few years. This one factory has capacity of $500 bushels per day, and last year it s30,0O0 gallons of vinegar.
 A large vinegar factory is now being erected in Siloam Springs. The plant, when completed, will represent an expenditure of about SIS, 900, aud it will have capac- ity equal 10 that of any plant of the kidd in this territory. A vinegar factory is also in oper- ation now at Gravette in Benton county.
 Future for New Industries.
 These three industries are practically in their infancy, and it is predicted that their growth will be rapid during the next few years. Each of them is of i'm. portauce to the grower, the dried fruit business most directly, for he can prepare that product for the market himself with the ex-
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-31

Best Collection of Apples. Second Pre-
 mium. First prize on best plate of Arkansas
 Black Apples. First prize on Winesap Apples.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-31

Washington, Oct 26. - Colonel Downs, special agent of the Indian office. is at the Cheyenne river reser- vation and a telegram was received from him saying that the Utes had become unruly and troops are need ed. Fort Meade is about 100 miles from the reservation and it will be necessary for the cavalry to make a oross-country hike" as there is no railroad between the two points.
 It was dissatisfaction with advanc- ing civilization that caused the Utes to leave their reservation in Utah and take the road the last time. The sec retary of the interior finally agreed that the Indians would not be com pelled to return to Utah but that they must settle down on some reservation. At the Ute's request the Cheyenne River reservation was slected and two townships were leased for a period of five years in order to supply them with homes.
 There are about 600 of the Utes in. volved, including many young Indians. among whom the greatest dissatisfac. tion has been shown.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-31

First prize on Limbertwig Apples. First prize on Mammoth Black Twig
 Apples.
 First prize on Nico Jack Apples. First prize on Shockly Apples. First prize on Apple Preserves.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-31
POLK COUNTY GROWS
 THE FINEST APPLES
Won First Second Premiums the Arkansas State Fair for Best Collections of Apples and First Premiums on Many Varieties--Also First on Other
 Products.

Jasper Stockton successful of apples peaches of Hatfield this county made personal display of apples at the State Fair and received the following awards
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-31
UIES ARE AGAIN UNRU[Y
Agent Downs, of the Cheyenne River Reservation, Wires Government
 of Outbreak There.
TROOPS HURRIED TO sUBDUE IADIANi
Commander of Department of Mia sourl Ordered to Send Soldiers a Once to Scene of Disturbance Scarcity of RatIons the Probablt Cause of Unrest Among the Utes.

Omaha. Neb., Oct 26.-Dispatchei were received Thursday evening from Washington by Major Moves, in com mand of the department of Missouri ordering troops to be sent to tht Cheyenne River reservation immedt ately, where it Is understood the Utt Indians have become restless again after their voluntarily transposition from their Utah lands last year. Fol lowing the instrr etions from Washing ton orders have been sent to Fort Des Moines, that four troops compos. ing a squadron of the second cavalry proceed with all haste to the Chey. enne Agency where Indian Agent Downs is located. It is expected the soldiers will reach the end of the railroad Friday night and will be at the scene of the uprising within 24 hours thereafter.
 Orders were sent to the troops at Forts Meade, Des Moines and Robin. son late Thursday afternoon to be in readiness for instant departure upon receipt of advices from Fort Meade that Agent Downs had telegraphed for troops. When Washington was pro vided with the facts, the order for the squadron from Fort Des Moinss was issued Fort Meade is the near. est military point to the reservation, 100 miles distant, but only one troop is located there of the sixth cavalry Seven are at Fort Robinson, belong ing to the eighth regiment. 200 miles away, but the distance by rail is least from Des Moines.
 The cause of the unrest among the Indians is not explained. nor has the army headquarters here any informa' tion. The Utes own much land of their own from which their sustenance is derived, and it Is thought likely rations became low for some reason as the tribe has been muttering for some weeks following a period of plenty.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

communicated direct with the
front Office. Now this fellow was
granted every reasonable request
that he ever made, bat one day he
broke his official, or rather his un-
official pick right OFF at the handle
when he asked the powers that be
for collar and necktie.
One Of the most brazen cases OF
plagiarism that ever came under
my notice took place three or four
years ago. Now when a trio of
burglars rob jewelry store they
generally leave at least cheap
Waterbury watch for the proprie-
tor to take gap at when he opens
the store the next morning, but
the plagiarist whom I refer to
lifted an article bodily. He did
not even leave comma, but that lie
not the. worst of it. He could not
read the article after he did boost
it, but got the president to read it
for him. 1t was a dirty Irish
trick to play on the official head
of the circle, at least the fellow
who manipulated the derrick bore
an Irish name. M.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11
Signs Of Spring.

We welcome the time of the year when the
ground
Has discarded its mantle of snow:
With pleasure we view signs of Spring that
abound
When the landscapes with verdure aglow.
When each blade and Ieafet with vigor responds
To the calling of Nature anew,
When LIES mystic forces have severed the
bonds
That have held them the long winter thru.
Quite true that of signs so familiar of old,
Some are missing within our retreat.
We miss the glad sights of the youngsters so
bold
With their marbles and tops on the street.
No longer their shouts from the lots, playing
ball;
Nor yet the harsh voice of the fan;
No beating of carpets, no hucksters loud calls,
Not glimpse of the huge moving-van.
Tho the weather so fine, while zephyrs allure,
Tho the grass be ever SO green
OF spring-time's arrival we're never quite sure
IT'LL the robin appears on the scene.
He jOyOusly, merriy carols his lay,
From the dawn until twilight has passed.
Whenever we hear him, then safely we say.
Now the winters departed at last
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11
"reminiscences.

Paper Read Before the ChautauQud Circle.
In announcing the title of my
paper, two weeks ago, the presi.
dent told you that I would delve
into the history of the circle fol
the past fourteen years. Now il
is not the object of this paper tc
deal with the circles past as an
organization, but rather to set be.
fore you character sketch oil
some of the men who were mem.
bers of this great intellectual soci.
ETY. in days gone by and to relate
few incidents that struck me az
being rather funny, or probably il
would be more correct to say, as
being rather cheeky.
became a member Of this cir
Gle twelve or, thirteen years ago,
and the first paper that [ heard
read on the day of my initiation
was one by fellow whom the
boys called John Wise. He
opened up with prelude in the
following words: "At the last
meeting my name was called
among others to have q report
ready for today, but on the Tues
day following our last meeting I
received letter which informed
me that an art convention would
be held in Philadelphia in the
near future and the writer re-
quested that I write FIVE thou
sand word article on Babylonian
art. Now the man who made this
request is an old college chum of
mine and we were art students to-
gether, SO [ did not have the heart
to refuse him. | spent the great
er part of the past two weeks in
writing this paper for my friend
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11
Librarians Register.

We have observed that the var
ious kinds of literature selected
from the prison library differs very
little from month to month. The
number of those reading history,
for instance, will not vary ten
books each way in the course of
year. The books drawn are as
follows: Fiction, 1,345; Maga-
zines, 361; History, 158; Science,
25l; Biography, 55; Travels, So;
Poetry, 26; Religion. 81.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11
Board Of Control.

The State Board of Control met
at the prison yesterday, all the
members being present. After
interviewing the prisoners who
had in applications to see the
board, it was announced thatseven
paroles and four discharges were
granted.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11
Prison Population

During the past week there
was one arrival and four dis
charged on expiration of sentence.
The population of the prison is
7O2, distributed as follows: First
grade, 526, second grade, 1859, and
third grade Z.
The last register number is 2115.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11


the construction of locomotive
boilers, but my work in this line
has not been SO extensive as to
give more than q short sketch OF
their construction. Working at
boiler making in a railroad. shop
is not quite as hard as working
in. contract shop. By this I
mean working in a shop whore
stationary and marine boilers are
made.
The main feature of a Iocomo.
tive boiler is it's fues.' They vary
in number from two hundred and
fifty to. three hundred. On GER
tain railroads in the Rocky Noun
tains, where nothing but the big
mogul or hog is used and where a
high pressure is carried, there are
great deal more than three hum
dred fues in boiler. These fues
are "copperized;" that is, on each
hole of the fue sheet a circular
piece of copper is driven on the
sheet, and is expanded very close
to the metal. The fues on loco
motive are coppered on each end
and nealed.
The fire box is also very i'm
portant factor. On the fire box
there is a space about three or
four inches in. size, and it is called
the mud ring" Around the low
or portion of this mud ring is a
heavy piece of steel. This steel
is from three and one half to four
inches thick, according to the
space there is between the inner
and outer plates. Upon this is
bolted the lower portion of the
fire box and riveted together with
the longest rivets that I have ever
seen. They are one inch in thick
ness and about six or seven inches
long. Above this mud ring, stay
bolts are put in at distance of
five or six inches apart. These
are screwed in by an air machine,
and are then cut off and cham
mered up" They are then drilled
thru. This is done to get the
draft to aid in keeping up steam.
In this article the writer has
only endeavored to give a rough |
sketch of how boilers are made.
What he has written has been
cleaned from experience only. So
f you wish to learn a trade that
pays from three-sixty to four dol
ars a day you can choose nothing
better than the boiler trade.
F. G. M.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

JnaC mu5C De learneu ny dCtu
al experience in boiler shop
The writer does not claim to be {
first-class boiler maker. What ht
knows about the business, how
ever, has been cleaned from work
ing at the trade. The first steI
in the manufacture of tubular
boiler, is the selection of the steel
or, as it is commonly known among
the profession, the 'ssheet." The
metal is placed on two iron OF
wooden horses. The sheet lis now
brushed with wire brushes. This
is done for the purpose of find.
ing the inspectors and makers
name. The sheet is also brushed
on all sides to allow the designer
a clean space for his design.
The man who draws the spaces
where the rivets and manholes are
to be, is not known by his right
name; he is called the "layout"
man, because he does nothing but
this kind of work. His tools con-
sist of pair of calipers, rule,
plenty of chalk, a small clipping
hammer and a center punch. One
might suppose that this work does
not require much learning, but
nevertheless it does.
After all holes and places where
steam connections are to be made
are marked out, the sheet is hoist
ed by tackle and sent to the
punching machine. H. Il holes
are punched carefully A'us sheet
is now taken to the beye'''." shears
and about two or three Inches are
sheared off from all sides. This
is done for the purpose of calking
the sheet after it has been riveted
together. After the beveling has
been completed tits now 'scarffed."
This consists of placing one end
of the sheet on an anvil and ham
mering it until it is fattened.
This is done in order to make
close joint. The sheet is now
taken to the rollers and rolled un-
til it assumes a circular form; or,
in the parlance of boiler makers,
it is called "shell." The shells
are now bolted together and made
ready for the riveting.
The next feature in the making
of boiler, is the hue sheets. One
of them is bolted in position on
each end. The helper, or the man
who does the heavy work on the
inside, now crawls thru the man.
hole. He has with him an oak
board about five feet in length
and about six or eight inches wide.
On the end where he places his
bar to hold the rivet in position,
there is a square piece of boiler
plate bolted on the end of the
board. There also is fastened
strip of steel with a hole thru it to
hold the bar from slipping from
any position that it may be placed.
Now comes the riveting. If the
man on the inside is new at the
business, he is likely to get ratified.
The boiler maker ipstructs him
what to do. The noise is sim ply
terrific. You can imagine what it
is to have two men outside of a
boiler, each with sledge hammer
pounding a rivet. AS soon as the
rivets are red-hot, one is handed
in by the rivet heater. The man
Inside takes it with a pair of
"snips." If the rivet is in any,
way burnt it is detected very
quickly. After placing the rivet
in the hole, it is struck twice by
each man. The snap is now
placed upon it and it is soon
cooled. The boiler maker knows
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

and gave it my best thoughts be-
cause it will not only be read be-
| fore the art convention in Phila-
delphia, but like all of my articles
on this subject, will be published
| in the leading srt Journals of the
world"
| I refer to this matter simply be-
cause the paper that I am to read
before you today is not up to the
Literary standard of papers previ-
ously read by me. Now when
John had delivered himself of the
above prelude it was only natural
that the other members smiled.
This made him sore, because
Johns face took on an expression
that would forcibly remind one of
the look of scorn that may be dali.
ly seen on the faces of men in the
dining room. when waiter hands
them a small potato, John was
an entertaining sort of fellow and
could, I believe, write good orig
inal paper, but he fell in with bad
company aud boosted bolt of
rhetorical silk, and the result was
his name was stricken from the
rolls.
One of the funniest incidents, to
my way of thinking, that ever took
place in this circle, was when a
new member was called upon to
read report. He arose and
stated that he could not write a
paper but that he could sing, and
he was promptly given chance
to show what he could do in the
singing line. Now I intended to
give you an imitation of this fell
lows singing and so informed the
president, but he shook his head. |
Just why the president refused to |
let me sing I do not know, unless
it be that he remembers the echo.
In fact I do not see how he could
ever forget it, because it was one
Of the sweetest pieces of vocal
music that has ever been famed
into the ears of the circle and
there is no doubt but what it has
made an indellble impression up
on the plastic cerebrum of our
president. Now I know that in a
singing contest Mr.. P. would make
me look like a thirty nine-cent
photograph that was out of whack,
but [ am going to sing a couple of
lines taken from the songs that
this fellow sung if I lose a leg.
The refrain of the first song
was something like this: "The
old gray mare kicked over the
whippletree, over the whippletree."
The applause that followed the
singing of this song was deafen-
ing and for an encore he sang:
"Oh now Reuben stop your teas
ing and just come up. like man."
The applause was even louder
than that which followed the first,
and the Jay was making for the
platform again when Mr.. Glennon,
who was then Assistant Deputy,
shook the big stick at him.
So far as I know there has been
only one bad man in the circle
since it's inception. By bad
man I mean one of these fellows
who gives first national what it
needs by the way of a good sizing
up. l mean one of these a. cali
bre Jacks, who in his sleep, adj
justs pair of cowboy spurs to his
top boots. jumps astride of the old
bay boss, digs the spurs into his )
TANKS and with loud whoop- pee !
tears down the main stem just a !
footing for tanbark and shoots the
lights out on each side of the I
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11
How Boilers are Made.

LnRC Is, On eAcH Gnu Ol tHlS SIA :
foot boiler and on each aue sheet,
there are six steel braces.
/ Among engineers there is a say
ing that boiler expands. This
idea of boiler expanding after it
has been placed in battery is not
believed by boiler makers. The
purpose of placing braces in a
boiler is to maintain the solidity
| of the boiler. However, if the
shells expand, the boiler would
blow up. I am not so we'll posted
on the generation of steam as [
am on how boilers are made. Most
explosions can be attributed to
the fact that the fireman or engi-
neer was asleep at his post; or, in
other words, low water or a big
head of steam. In such cases no
blame can be attached to the firm
or builders.
The fues are next in order in
the building up of this boiler.
The end of each fue is "nealed;"
that is, the end of the fue is
placed in a fire and heated to only
red heat and then allowed to
cool before being placed in the
boiler. After this has been done
the fues are placed into position.
1 have never known any flue that
was ever put into a boiler to be
more than one-quarter of an inch
for calking. AS the fue is handed
in the boiler maker uses stick to
aid him to guide it to it's right
place. The helper then holds it
in position while the boiler maker
works. He now uses what is
known as the "fogging hammer"
and hammers the fue into it's
proper place. This is known as
'laying over" The next thing in
order is to expand the fue. The
expander is used to draw the fue
close to the fue sheet and also to
expand the fue it's entire length.
The "rolier" is next in order,
and this is used for making the
fue tight to the fue sheet. After
these two courses have been gone
thru, the beading" now comes
in. I would say that this is one of
the most difficult pieces of work
in the whole construction of any
boiler. Not only does it require
skill, but upon the beading of the
fues depend, in large measure,
whether the boiler will give good
and safe service in years to come.
It is we'll to state here that in
rolling fue, also in expanding
it, that this class of work is never
intrusted to an inexperienced
hand. He must know his work
thoroughly before he can qualify
for it, The calking of the whole
boiler now takes place. All seams
are either calked by hand or by
what is known as an air tool. AZ
ter all calking Is done the boiler
is submitted to cold water test.
The writer has helped to build
steam engine boilers that were
to test of three hun
dred and fifty pounds pressure.
They stood the cold water test
splendidly, and were accepted by
the inspector as 0. K. However,
after the engines were put into
service, and as soon as they had
run the steam guage around to the
one hundred and fifty pound mark,
they exploded and killed several
people. The steel was carefully
examined by experts and the local
inspector certified that the boilers
we're sill right. No blame could
be attached to the builders. The
dead engineer was responsible, as
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11
Chapel Service.

The following is the program of
the service held IN the chapel
Sunday, April 7th, Rev. S. j.
Kennedy officiating: