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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-01

To the Board of Supervisors of Howard
county, Iowa:
Gentlemen:-We herewith submit
our annual report of the receipts and
disbursements of road funds Of Alton
township for the year 1905, as required
by Section Is, Chapter So, Acts Of the
18th General Assembly.
Receipts.
Connecticut western news., 1907-07-25
HANDLING GASOLINE.

Now that warm weather is coming on, when the gasoline stove will to large extent supplant the kitchen cook stove in many homes, it is we'll to urge the utmost care in the handling of them. While great many accidents are undoubtedly due to the use of stoves of cheap and of faulty construc- tion, just as many are undoubtedly due to gross carelessness on the part of those who operate them. 1t is proba- bly safe to say that for the country as q whole scores are killed outright or are terribly burned and disfigured as q result of the class of accidents re- terred to. The best time to think about preventing this seemingly wanton loss of life is before such accidents hap Den. Ordinary care and horse sense will do much toward reducing the an- nual death list from this cause.
Connecticut western news., 1907-07-25
POCKET GOPHER PEST.

The pocket gopher is hard proposi- tioD because he does practically all Of his work below the surface of the grouml. While there are one or two gopher traps that seem To give fair sat isfactlo!I, the best way to get rid of the pest seems to be 10 poison pieces of potato or apple and put them in the runways, which may be located by thrusting an end gate rod or some oth- CT slender non into the ground be
 tween the piles Of dirt which arc thrown out When the runway is To- cated dig down to it. put in poisoned bait and fill again. If the mounds of earth continue to appear after the poison has been placed, it is safe to as sume that 1t needs doing over again. Often blowing an infested field and putting it into corn Is the only way to be rid of the gopher nuisance.
Connecticut western news., 1907-07-25
THE RAT PEST.

That the agricultural interests of the country suffer greatly from apparent ly insignificant causes is clearly point ed out in recent government bulle- tin on Methods of Destroying Rats" It states that an infallible method for exterminating these rodents would be worth more to the people of the United States in single decade than the de- pertinent of agriculture has cost since its establishment and that if for each horse, COW, sheep and hog on the farms of the United States the farmer SUD- ports one rat on grain the toll levied on the cereals by these rodents would total $100,0Go000 year. The prolific ness of the rat is the chief obstacle to Its extermination. X single pair, breeding without check, in three years would be represented by ten genera tions numbering 20,155,392 individuals.
Connecticut western news., 1907-07-25
THE ARoosTooK COUNTY WAY.

THE AROOSTOOk COUN Y WAY.
 Potato raising is the great industry of Aroostook county, Me. Last year this section raised 20,000,000 bushels of marketable tubers. The average yield per acre throughout the county was 275 bushels. The average cost per acre was $45, while the average gross income from the crop was S100. The Aroostook county potato growers man. age their industry on q strictly scien- tific basis. They follow a crop rota- ton which includes clover, potatoes and oats The first crop of clover is har- vested for hay; the second is plowed under in September. Potatoes follow this the next year, while the third year the land is sown with clover and oats. Under this plan the land not only yields a crop of some kind every season, but 1t is kept in the best of tilth and its fertility is maintained In addition to the clover treatment for the maintenance of soil fertility, from 1000 to 1,500 pounds of artificial fertilizer are used every year when the potato crop Is raised. The growing crop Is carefully sprayed with the bordeaux mixture to prevent blight
 while special emphasis is also placed upon thorough and frequent cultiva- tions. The various points and pre- cautions referred to conspire to give the Maine potato raiser q yield of tubers that is nearly three times that secured in other parts of the country.
Connecticut western news., 1907-07-25
THE OLD HORSE.

It has always struck us as a mer- cenary and heartless thing to sell an old horse for song just because the animal was too old or decrepit to work. He usually falls into the hands of some brute whose sensibilities are not quite so refined as are those of the one who sells, and who will maui the last breath of life out of him in an effort to get an extra day or twos work before he falls dead in the har- ness. If you have a horse that has done you faithful service for sixteen, eighteen or twenty years, and your stall room is so cramped that you can't give 1t lodging place in winter. and your pasture is so cramped that you can't provide 1t run in summer, take the animal out behind the baf-l and knock it i'll the head. This in the end were kindness and not cruelty.
Connecticut western news., 1907-07-25
FOREST RESERVES.

1t is little wonder that the remain ing forest areas of the country are be- ing rapidly denuded in view of bulle- tin recently issued by the forest serv- ice division of the. department of agri- culture. Figures given show that i'll 1880 16,OoO, O,00C,0O0 feet of lumber were cut, in 1890 24,ooO, 100000 and in 1900 3500O.OOO,OOO feet. The present rate of consumption is four times the rate of annual growth, which shows plainly enough what we may expect in the near future unless there is a radical change of methods of management. In the United States the annual per capita consumption of lumber Is 400 feet, while in European countries, where careful system of forest preser- vation is in vogue, 1t Is but sixty feet per capita.
Connecticut western news., 1907-07-25

It is the small saving and prudent mana cement during early years that are responsible for the difference between comfort and poverty in old age.
Connecticut western news., 1907-07-25

A cultivation of the potato field after the vines are ripe and even dead will greatly reduce the production of the weed seed which usually natures after the crop is laid by.
Connecticut western news., 1907-07-25

Geranfums and callas are the better for a summer out of doors in the flower garden plot. The asparagus fern does better if kept in the house.
Connecticut western news., 1907-07-25

The rose breasted grosbeak is one of the few birds that seem to relish good fat potato grub.
Connecticut western news., 1907-07-25

Not all folks can be missionaries, through lack of opportunity or ability, but there are none whoR talents are so modest that they cannoS be kind and helpful in the home and neighborhood life.
Connecticut western news., 1907-07-25
Lost

An opportunity to get bargain ii you don't inspect the stock in our stationery store.
Connecticut western news., 1907-07-25

Kindness shown farm animals Is not only justifable from the standpoint of financial profit, but also because 1t ex- erts a reflex influence upon the charac- ter and disposition of the person who has the care of them.
Connecticut western news., 1907-07-25

As rule, that is the most commenda- ble system of farm management under which a maximum amount of animal fertilizers Is produced. Not only more money is made under such system, but there is a constant increase in soil fertility
Connecticut western news., 1907-07-25

In horsedom the rule also holds good that Ito him that hath shall be given" for it is usually the horse that has the slimmest bill of fare that has to spend most time and energy fighting flies, while the we'll fed animal is usually provided with good nets.
Connecticut western news., 1907-07-25

Only the greatest benignity and leni- ency on the part of the weather man will permit the most belated fields of uniformly belated corn crop to ma ture ears of sufficient soundness to keep through the winter. ....r
Connecticut western news., 1907-07-25

Fruit of all kinds is about three weeks late in all of the northern states. In the locality where the writer lives home grown strawberries, which are usually on the market by the 7th of June, did not show up this year until the 2Sth
Connecticut western news., 1907-07-25

With a little careful training in the first few weeks young turkeys can be taught so that they will keep the cab bage patch free from the green worm which is the worst pest 1t has to con- tend with
Connecticut western news., 1907-07-25

The terrapin scale, resembling in some respects the destructive San Jose scale, is doing considerable damage to orchard and forest trees in states east of the Mississippi as well as some in the south. While the lime sulphur wash is an effective preventive for the San Jose scale. the kerosene emulsion is the only spray that will hold the new pest in check
Connecticut western news., 1907-07-25

WilIiston, Fla, is the center of dis trict which last year produced 56,000 baskets of cucumbers to supply north ern markets and this year expects to produce in the neighborhood of 10000 baskets, making it one of the leading ..cake" producing centers of the csun- t1-y
Connecticut western news., 1907-07-25

There is no fruit which is more luscious when picked at the proper stage than blackberries, and also no fruit which appears In more limited quantities on the average market. The work connected with sse winter cover ing of the vines and the disagreeable work of picking doubtless account for the fact that this prime fruit is not more generally raised.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1907-04-13

q.
We very often hear a great deal
about experts and expert testimo-
ny and SINE, people to
think a great deal of the opinions
of experts in every branch of
science, industry etc. In the fa-
nous Thaw case We see the high
est authorities in medicine, the
greatest experts of the great city
of New York, specialists of the
highest reputation, divided as to
his sanity. Those cited by Dis.
trict Attorney Jerome are unani-
nous that the prisoner is insane,
those of the defense that the pri-
soner is sane. and the commission
appointed by the Court declares
that be is sane. Thaw is now le-
gally sane, but are the mass of the
people satisfied that he is really
rational, there are yet in the
minds Of many, great doubts.
Right here, . in New Orleans We
have the case of the little German
girl Vanderanwera, who was re-
fused admittance to the United
States because her eyes are red,
DR.. White of the Marine Hospital
Service and DR.. Scott his assis-
tant pronounced the girl afflicted
with a certain disease of the eyes;
the girls uncle called eve special
lists. Drs. Rees and Pope, who
made thorough examination of
the, girls eyes, declared that the
irritation of the girls eyes was
caused by the wind and from cry
ing, and that she is not afflicted
with the disease reported by the
Government physicians, and the
matter will now 20 to the Courts.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1907-04-13

We have had several large da-
images in this State during the
past few months and very little
has been said about Tornado In
surance. Many of the Fire lnsu-
rance Companies are. today iesu-
ing Tornado policies which We
understand. at very low rates. ano
very few, if any, in this section,
are carrying any insurance against
the damages of tornadors.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1907-04-13
Go Slow About 1t.

The Thibodaux Sentinel in its
last issue wisely said: Several
of our exchanges are ringing the
slow bell' on the two cent passen :
ger railroad rate proposition. As
the Sentinel suggested some three
issues ago, that is the conservative
view to take of the matter. Poll
ticians may shout lower rates; we
want lower rates; we want lower
rates, if possible; but we want
more railroads also, and if lower
rates will stop railroad building in
this State, then we don't want
lower rates just at present. We
want more railroads worse than we
do lower rates.
Let the advocates of lower rates,
then, busy themselves to show US
how we can get both, more rail-
roads and lower rates at the same
time.
Until they have enlightened us
on this point, ring the slow bell"'
on them. whenever they begin
shouting "two.cent rate"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1907-04-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Bienvenu
and Mrs. L. C. Olivier spent last
Monday at Cade. guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. George Gary.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-09
EDUCATORS, PAY RAISED.
Agricultural College Trus-
tees Hold Busy Meeting.

tees AOtN busF MNSAAhs.
Special to The Washington Herald
College Park. Nd. March S.--The board
Of trustees Of the Maryland Agricultural
College met In quarterly session at the
college to-day State Treasurer Murray
Vandiver presided. with DR.. Joseph r.
Owens. secretary. other trustees present
were Comptroller Gordon T. Atkinson. G.
H. Stanley. David Seibert F. G. Colds
boro. +. G. Merryman, Charles A. Coun-
Gilman, DR.. r. S. Hin. Robert Crane, and
Charles Fl. Evans. The bylaws OF the
college were changed so as to provide for
monthly instead Of quarterly meetings.
Prof f. b. Bomberger was appointed
librarian at a salary Of 500 per year. O..
T. Weldon. assistant entomOlogist, had his
salary increased from 500 to $500 per an
mum. The report Of the agricultural com
mittee, offered by Mr.. GoldsbOro, recon-
mends the erection Of a new dairy and
feeding barn at the experiment station
Plans have been approved for the building
and the money was appropriated by the
legislature of 1906 and is now available.
The salary of 3. Z. Porter, assistant
agronomist. was increased from $3.50 to $500
per year The contract for printing was
awarded to Thomas q Evans. Of Baiu-
more. Z. l. LIGHT, assistant pathologist.
rendered his resignation. which was ac-
Cepted, and r. =. Walls "a graduate Of
the college was appointed temporarily IN
his stead Mr. Walls viii enter Johns
Hopkins University in the fall.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-09
RADICALS v1CTORS IN DONNA.
AcriminOus Debate over Amnesty
for Political Prisoners

ST. Petersburg. March S.-The first Skin
mish for control OF the Opposition in
the lower house of Parliament was won
to-day By the Radicals, who compelled
the Constitutional Democrats to abandon
their candidates for vice presidents and
accept the nominees Of the Radical coali-
tion.
During the afternoon the Socialists in
caucus discussed the immediate introduc-
ton Of IA demand for general amnesty,
and IL is possible that this may be done
at tO-mOrrows session, which is likely 10
precipiJate Il stormy scene, but this att
ernOnn the house was occupied with the
election Of the vice presidents, the sec
rotary. and the latters four assistants.
NJ Berezin OF SaTatov, a newspaper
man, and a member of the Group OF
Toll. received 345 votes for first vice pres
ident to l0I votes east for his opponent,
and NJ POsnanslky, OF Kharkof, law
yer. and member of the Left party. re-
ceived 249 votes for second vice president.
against q for his opponent. Prof.
Kapoustinc, of KaZan University, the
Octoberist leader. was among the de-
feated candidates. This double victory
for the LET'S was loudly cheered-
II. ChelnOkoff Constitutional Democrat
of Moscow, was elected secretary of the
house.
Toward the close of the session the
question Of amnesty 10 political prison
ers precipitated an acrimonious contro-
versy which. however. was fought out
between the factions of the Left and did
not reach the floor of the house.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-09
FURNISH CLEW TO MURDERER.
Bloody Finger Prints May Enable
Police 10 Capture slayer.

ST. Louis, March 0-The only clew to
the murder of Mrs. Kate Queruhein. who
was shot and beaten TO death in her
home late yesterday afternoon. was the
mark of q hand where the victim was
gTaspcd by the slayer and crimson
prints of fingers ON the clothing near by.
The murderer had made the most care
full precautions against clews. but over
looked these. Every window and door
in the house of death was locked. Al
though the struggle progressed through
several rooms and into the basement. no
finger marks or blood stains were found
ON the door handles. Mrs. QueTnheim
was a daughter of the late Charles
Dichn5r. Il retired capitalist The police
expect TO use these bloody finger marks
as "a clew TO hudius the murderer
Edward Bergman, twe9ty-uiue years
old. who is also wanted for burglarizing
his mothers home, is charged with the
murder
The Washington herald., 1907-03-09
CLAPP WILL CASE DISCUSSED
Daughter Tells Why Document
Should Not Be Probated.
Mrs. Robert c. Hall Says Her Father
Was RecOncifed 10 Her
Marriage.

Allegheny Pa. March S.-Mrs. Robert
c.. Hall. i'm referring TO the promised con-
test of the will of her father. John VI.
CIapp said that the objection was that
the viii should not be probated in Wash
ington, but in Lakewood. y. Y. where
her father maintained his residence.
Asked if it was true that her share
should be held i'm trust for her children
because he had opposed her marriage.
she replied that there had been some OBJ
jections 90 her marriage, but this did not
exist al the time Of death. or for several
years before. He had become fully recon-
ciIed. she said, and had given Mr.. Hall
large sums of money 70 invest FOR him.
All these investments turned out splen-
didIy.
AS to my contesting the Will. / do
not know what viii be done said she
Il would not like 10 say that It viii be
contested That is all / think / should
say in the matter
Mr. Clapp was born in Tidioute, War
rem County Pa. and died October IT,,
1895. He was originally I'm the iron bust
ness with his father, but later became an
independent oil operator. He became
very wealthy and retired twenty years
ago, living at Lakewood in the summer
and in Washington in tine winter.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-09

Berlin. March Sat the dinner given
at the American Embassy last evening, in
honor of Emperor William. twenty-four
covers were laid, including eight for
ladies' Mrs Tower, wife of the Ambas-
sador. sat at the Kaiser's right, and
Baroness Won Kettler, widow Of the
German Minister who was killed at
Pekiu. on his left Mrs. Burgess, wife
OF Prof Burgess. dean OF Columbia Uni
versity, sat at the right of Mr. Tower.
The Kaiser brought a large bunch Of
dark lilies and vioIets for Mrs. Tower
and two photographs OF himself in the
historical costume he wore at the crown
princes fancy dress ball He also
brought souvenirs 10 the Tower children,
and collection of games which were
presented before the dinner. his majesty
having had them summoned downstairs
in order to receive the gifts.
Much of the Emperor's conversation
was given to the American military and
naval attaches. Among other matters he
referred 60 the introduction into German
military equipment of huge tea samovars-
He said the soldiers greatly appreciated
drinking hot tea, preferring it to beer.
He inquired as TO the anti-liquor laws
of the various States in America, show
ing familiarity with them. He suggested
that although these laws were highly
beneficial there WAS much room for i'm
provement in them. owing TO the practice
OF men. who. being unable 20 obtain
alcoholic drinks IN their own State, fire.
quentIy going 10 low saloons on the Dor
ders OF the states. lie also spoke OF
The Increasingly wide cultivation of Do-
tatoes i'm Germany, and the extensive use
made of the tubers for the manufacture
of alcohol
The Washington herald., 1907-03-09
N. F. KETCHAM DEAD.

Ex-Superintendent Of Fire Alarm
Service Expires in West Virginia.
Special 20 The Washington Herald
Harpers Ferry, ". Va, March 9.-N. P.
Ketcham died this evening at the home
Of his daughter. Mrs H. R Miles. OF
heart trouble. He was in his seventy
eighth year.
He was born in New York; thence he
moved to Kankakee. H.. where he served
as clerk Of the Circuit Court. In recent
years he had made his home in Wash
ington with his sOn-in-law. II. r. Miles.
and removed with the latter TO this place
recently on his retirement from Office
as superintendent Of the District fire
alarm service
He is survived by two sons and
daughter-Dr. c. NJ Ketcham, Of Car
thage. Mo. and d. +. Ketcham, Of Golden
City. No. and Mrs. r. r. Miles.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-09
PROF. HENRY D. TODD DEAD.
Naval officer with Varied Career Ex-
piTeS al Annapolis, Md.


Special o. The Washington Herald
Annapolis Nd. March S-Prof Henry
Davis Todd, L. s. n. who had a varied
naval career died at his home in An
napoHs this morning, aged siN,y-nine
years. Prof Todd, who had been "a line
officer in the navy and reached the rank
of lieutenant commander after serving
through the civil war with distinction
before roeigning, re-entered the service
as a professor of mathematics. and had
served both at the Naval Academy and in
the Naval Observatory ut Washington.
In the latter place he had charge of the
compilation OF the Nautical Almanac. He
resigned from the line in 1876 and enterd
the service again in 1871. He was
nrst assigned as an instructor at the
Naval Academy as head of the depart
mcnt of physics and chemistry
PROT Todd entered the Academy as a
midshipmau on May y, 1853, being ap-
pointed from the State of New York. He
is survived by a wife and one son and
one daughter. Mrs. Todd was, before her
marriage, Miss Flora Johnson, q daughter
of the famous Chancellor John Johnson
The surviving children are Capt Henry
Davis Todd jr., T.. S. A.. now at Fort
Banks, Miss, and Miss Mary Johnson
Todd. of Annapolis.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-09
CHOCOLATE CASE SETTLED.
walter Baker a co. Given Damages
Amounting to 52,GfO.o4.

SU1cI8I y Inc washington HtTad-
Harrisonburg, Va, March S--George f.
Sipe special master commissioner of the
United States Circuit Court for the West
en district of Virginia. to-day rendered
his decision ia the celebrated Baker
chocolate ease, which has been pending
in the Federal courts for ten years
Walter Baker s. Co. Of Boston. brought
suit against ". H. Baker Of Winchester.
alleging that the defendant had infringed
upon certain copyrighted signs. labels. &c.
OF the plaintiffs. The Boston company
secured an injunction IN 1895 Mr. Sipe
was appointed special commissioner 20
ascertain what damages were due the
plaintiffs, and his decision to-day allows
them total OF So 6409t