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The Florida agriculturist., 1907-05-22
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1907.
A Mistaken Idea.

A correspondent Of the Farmers S
Home Journal, has spent the past
winter in Florida, and written a num-
Der of letters back to his paper, sever
al of which we have copied. He spent
all his time on a narrow section OF
the West Coast, and from his sur
roundings, imbibed some very erron-
eous ideas. In saying this, we have
no intention Of saying anything
against the West Coast, only that
they do not constitute all of Florida,
and some things which cannot be
done there, are successfully done in
other parts of the state Before 60
ing, he wrote a farewell letter in
which he gives expression to some
mistaken notions. AS an example, we
will quote a few sentences:
"The orange is the mainstay, and
best promise of reward Of Florida
fruits as showing up now. The grape
fruit is an easy second The lemon,
the pineapple, the banana, guava, ETC..
are proving hardly worth planting as
general crops. Whoever plants, takes
the risks, and the risks mostly over
run the profits" What will our East
Coast pineapple growers say to that!
Of course, it does not pay to plant
any of these fruits unless there is a
reasonable prospect of freedom from
frost. But there are thousands OF crates
of pineapples grown each year on the
East Coast at a good profit to the
owners of the plantations. There are
some successful lemon groves IN
South Florida, and an almost certain
prospect that there will be more in
the future. At least one man IN
Florida is making the raising Of ba-
nanas profitable and what man has
done, man can do" it is certain that
If the everglades are drained, many
acres of them will be found adapted
to bananas, and their cultivation will
be found quite profitable.
Florida is large state, in which
more varied industries can be found
to be carried on successfully and
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-05-22
Unfair Rates For Shippers.

This is attracting much attention
just now The New York Packer
contained a long article on the sub
ject, in which some of the gross in
justices suffered by the shipper of,
Florida, at the hands of the railroads,
are shown up in their most glaring
details. For instance, Florida ship
pers have no carload rates to Eastern
points on vegetables, oranges, or
plneapples. All shipping points in
Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, Califor-
MIA, and even Cuba and Porto Rico,
have cheaper freight and refrigeration
rates than Florida, although we pro-
duce about one-tenth to one-twelfth
of the early seasonable vegetables and
fruits of the country. To show in
particular some of the. inequalities
that exist in the rates, we quote from
the Packer, few paragraphs verba-
tim:
AS an example, California, basing
the rate on 100 pounds per hundred
miles, enjoys much better advantage
in freight rates on oranges than Florl
da, California having a rate of $50
against Our 7.2c, taking New York
as a receiving point. On vegetables,
such as celery, lettuce, ETC., California
has rate of 4.8c against 1870 for
Florida.
The refrigeration rate from Cali
fornla, distance of 3,26I miles, is
$67.5o per car, where Florida shippers
must pay for I,I4o miles, little more
than one-third the distance, $50 per
car for same number Of packages.
On vegetables of all kinds the Flori-
da shippers have a carload rate to the
West, taking Cincinnati as a receiving
point, of 7.Ic per 100 pounds per 100
miles, and they are compelled to pay
o8c for the same service to the East,
taking New York as receiving point
while the rates from the West, in
cluding California, are great deal
lower
Truckers on the East Coast are COM
PEELED to pay II.Ic per 100 pounds per
100 miles to Atlanta as a receiving
point on pineapples, while Cuba, sew
eral hundred miles farther, with a
transfer to make, puts the same goods
on the same market at &C."
The railroads would no doubt, say
in reference to the lower rates from
California, that they were over a
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-05-22

route which gave them much more
business, though that will hardly be
true as the roads to California run
for hundreds of miles through deserts
and mountains where they get no
business. But allowing that excuse
all the weight which they claim for
it, It does not explain why they carry
plneapples from Cuba through the
East Coast section and yet charge
Florida pines, almost double the rate
though the Cuban pines have come
hundreds of miles farther and been
transferred at least once.
From one Of our South Florida ex-
changes we learn that at a meeting
Of the Fruit and Vegetable Shippers
Protective Association, Of Lee county,
some resolutions were adopted, which
were to be presented to the meeting
of the Florida State Horticultural So
ciety at St. Petersburg. Of course,
we have no means of knowing
whether the Society will think best
to adopt the resolutions, but we do
know that as individuals, the members
will most heartily endorse them.
The railroads claim that if it had
not been for the building of the roads,
Florida would be a wilderness. Ad-
hitting that this is true, the work was
done, not from benevolence, but as
an investment which they believed
would be profitable That it has been
so is we'll known. They are still en-
titled to charge rates which will pay
a dividend on their investment, but
there is also no doubt that they are
charging more than is necessary
This will have to be changed soon.
The American people are very patient
and long suffering, but when wronged
beyond a certain limit, they become
aroused and then are apt to go to ex-
tremes. 1t would be much wiser for
the railroads to make the desired re-
ductions voluntarily, because if COM
PEELED to resort to force, the people
may cut them much lower than would
satisfy them, in a volunteer rate OF
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-05-22
Tomatoes.

The very unreasonable weather at
the North has hurt the market for
our tomatoes. Where shipped by
freight, they are always picked before
they begin to color and are expected
to ripen in transit. But owing to the
cold weather, many of them have
failed to color up at all, and turned
black and spoiled. The demand for
good. sound, we'll colored tomatoes
is good, prices ranging from $2.25 to
So. so for fancy stock.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-05-22

SPECIAL NOTICE-Subscribers who find
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sent in promptly the paper will be discon-
tinued.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-05-22
The Potato Crop.

All reports agree that the potato
market is very unsettled, with a
strong upward tendency. Old pota-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-12
SPORTING SNAP SHOTS

Jack Johnson says he will start
Tor the west at once to arrange for
his bout with Tommy Burns Sept.
% at Colma.
Fans In Indianapolis have formed
Kind Word club" Rule one is
Boost; rule two, Don't Knock"
Wilkesbarre has a pitcher named
Prokowski playing under the name
OF" Swift" Can you blame him?
Chances are against the baseball
player who never takes chances.
In Beantown baseball enthusiasts
have about abandoned hope that
Johnny Knight will ever fill Jimmy
Collins shoes.
"Chappie Charlie" Mcfarland of
Oklahoma says he may desert the
wild and woolly west to hurl for
Griffith's Highlanders.
Outflelder Lefty" Davis, OF the
Reds. has been sold to st. Paul.
The Yanger-McFarland match
has been called of. rangers man
ager agreed to the match and went
for a vacation. During his absence
Yanger signed and when Gilman re.
turned found that his boy was tied
up to box at 100 pounds instead OF
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1T the Theatres

tendance that feels impelled to get
up and stamp out of the house be.
fore the play is finished. If their
tastes are SO artistic that they can't
endure the climax the management
ought to declare short intermis-
sion until the sufferers have ad.
journed to drown their sorrows. Or
it might serve the purpose better
for few stout stage hands to go
among the malcontents with a
club and influence more forbear-
ance and better manners. Ken
lucky Sue" which began IS weeks
career last night, is an amiable sort
of play that lifts you up lightly and
let's you down easy. 1t could be
better and might easily be worse.
Sue has plenty of trouble and gets
her husband into whole lot more,
which is the way of some women.
But Sue, although badly handi-
capped at the start, wins out
strong at the finish. Ethel Won
Waldron plays the part, last night
being her first appearance. Robert
Romans Is the william, another new
face to Shirley patrons.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-12
THE COLUMBIA.

The weeks bill opened last night
is literally herce. Cowboys, Cow
girls" and bad men hold the stage
with more guns, chaps, spurs and
bit hats than the genuine article
ever dreamed Of The hero is just
as heroic as Reid could make him,
the heroine as dashing as stage re-
quirements demand, and the viii
liam SO bad he's afraid of himself.
For thrills, kills and chills, 1.-THE
Cowpuncher" stampedes everything
else clear off the range. In conse-
quence the house had to turn away
about 800 people. The Cow
puncher" tracks along pretty close
after the Virginian, even to the
elimination by the rope route of a
bunch of cattle thieves. And it has
local flavor in the character of
Spokane Ike" who opens the &C.
tion by arriving in this city on a
freight train instead of bronco.
Also he Is rated as the biggest liar
on earth, which, Of course, has moth
ing local about it. Russell Lee Bar
rett has the leading part, supported
by Adelaide Knight, and both are
good. Monte Carter is the menda-
cious Spokane Ike" and the part
is played in manner to make
Monte an object of suspicion. There
is plenty of other character work
in the piece, and all the action a
A. IL.
money. At the price THE Cow
puncher" Is the best entertainment
proposition that has hit the town.
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SOMETHING FOR FANS
TO FIGURE OUT

Fan McEnroe, the old time man.
Sger of the Spokane team, pro-
sounds the following baseball
"conundrums" and answers are in
order:
/. A man is on first base and
batter interferes with catcher. Um-
pire calls batter out. Meanwhile
runner legs it for second and catch
er throws him out. Now, is he had
made second the umpire would send
him back to first. How would 1t
be explained. What show had the
runner?
g. A base runner Is ON second ;
the batter drives grounder which
strikes the base runner while he Ia
standing on the base. Is he out
or not?
g. In making double steal to
secure a needed run a man is on
second and another on third. Sec
ond leads off so that when runner
on third tries a steal home second
man Is almost at his heels. First
runner interferes with catcher and
second runner slides in and tags the
bag. Is he out? The first man is
out for interference but is the Sec
ond man out or what becomes of
him?
1t might be suggested that some
of the leading fans take McEnroe
out and hit him on the head with
a baseball bat. He takes everybody
for an umpire.
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WASHINGTON.

What managers term good
clean show Is the new vaudeville
bill. There is nothing extraordin
ary about any particular number
but it is comfortably good through
out. The comedy sketch is clever
enough and the singing and dancing
up to a fair average. An athletic
speciality naturally balances the
bill, being an aerial stunt. The
Webbs and Bud Ross in their bur-
glar skit made hit, and the entire
program was we'll received.
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$64, 100000 LEFT IN YUKON.

OOTAWA, Ont, Aug. 12.-The
Canadian government has had an
examination made of the gold pro-
ducing districts of the Yukon to see
what amount of gold was still to be
obtained from gravel banks, hill
sides and valleys. where the pioneer
miner with placer methods has
skinned off the rich cream. Four
experts spent season sampling,
surveying. boring and measuring
the gravels. The estimate that there
is still about $64 100000 gold to be
taken from gravel which has al
ready yielded $119,O00,0OO. To re-
cover what is still scattered
through the soil advanced mining
methods will have to be used.
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JUDGE FLOGS WlFE-BEATER.

HAZELTON, Pa, Aug. 12.-Louis
Sambolia, accused of wife-beating,
was publicly logged by Alderman
d. A. McKelvey. before whom he
had been brought for a hearing.
After the testimony had been CIV
en- Alderman McKelvey seized the
man by the collar, dragged him into
the street. pulled the coat off his
back, and then handcuffed him to
tie post.
The crowd OWNED the alder
mans intention, and a man took off
his belt and gave it to McKelvey.
The alderman is young and strong
and the logging was vigorous.
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SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. H.
When Danny Long hooked on to
Right Fielder Shaughnessy he made
no mistake, for he has jumped into
popular favor with the local fans
and is accredited to be one of the
best youngsters in the business.
Shaughnessy comes from the
Notre Dame university, and as a
college player showed a lot of class.
This is his first season in the Pa
cific Coast league, but he has made
good from the jump. Asa sun
fielder he Is great, raking down the
high boys in fine shape.
In order to be In the swim with
the other pros" when Shaughnessy
first got into the game he wore sun
glasses. One of his associates
switched the glasses which Shaugh-
messy usually wore attached to his
cap and substituted pair of heavy
magnifying specs. Shaughnessy
kept these on his cap until ball
was hit, and then pulled them down
over his eyes to gather In the fly.
He missed it. The ball looked so
big that instead of reaching for 1t
as 1t came out OF the clouds he
lodged to get out of its way, OF
course, 1t was an error and the
game was lost to Shaughnessy's
team. Since that day he has never
worn glasses, and now can look the
hottest sun In the very eyes and
still go on with his business.
AS a hitter Shaughnesy is there,
and Danny Long leads off his bat
ting order with him.
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PRETTY GIRL FALLS INTO PIE.

HAGERSTOWN, Md. Aug. i2.--
Miss Josephine Eavey. the pretty
daughter of Samuel Eavey, farm
err residing near Keedeysville, this
county. was the victim of peculiar
accident and her beauty may be
married for life. While she was as
sisting her mother to make custard
pies at her home, Miss Eavey faint.
ed and fell face downward into a
pie that Mrs, Eavey had just taken
from the stove and placed on a Ia
BILE. The young woman's face was
frightfully burned and a physician
had to be summoned to attend her.
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1873. as he wanted. He called the
match off.
Jack (Twin) Sullivan has run out
on his match with Jim Flynn at
Denver. Sports are sore and say
he's skeered.
George Herberts has accepted the
challenge Of Fred Landers for bat
tie for a side bet of $1,000
Dick Hyland has agreed to meet
Chas. Neary at Milwaukee. Weight
1873 pounds.
Jackey Bennett and Jimmy Car
roll at lis pounds is talked Of in
California. Both good boys.
Tommy Burns when told that
Jack Johnson would accept terms
for match with him, announced he
leaves soon to fill theatrical engage
ments in the northwest. Rah for
Tommy!
Mick Schreck and AL Kaufman,
heavyweights, fight in Frisco some
time this month.
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SEATTLE FINDS MASTODON

SEATTLE, Aug. 12.-Workmen
In the employ OF Contractor w. II.
Hawley, who is excavating Denny
hill at Virginia and Third av.. have
unearthed half dozen bones of
some huge prehistoric mammal, in
all probability mastodon.
Other pieces of the gigantic beast
are being searched for So far all
the pieces have Deen those of a jaw
bone or teeth, the latter being
about 5 inches long and over
inches broad.
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OPIUM TRUST NO PIPE DREAM

NEW YORK, Aug. 12.--Opium
has advanced in price in the local
market since the LIST of June to an
extent that is little short ofphen-
omenal. Starting on the date men
toned at $3.50 pound. duty paid.
prices at first advanced gradually,
and lately, by leaps and bounds, un-
til the present price of $3.50 a
pound has been reached.
The advance is said to be due to
combine that has cornered the
commodity and unfavorable crop
conditions In Turkey, and the main
poppy producing section of the
world.
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INDIANS NAB
BUTTE SERIES
DU0DALE's siWAsHEs ARE
HERE TUESDAY FOR SCALP.
PULLING CONTEST BETWEEN
TWO TRIBES,
so game today. Seattle tomor-
row

row.
Jensen and Killilay are the heroes
today. The former won yesterdays
first sclae IA to 3, in handy style,
at no time giving the Miners a
chance. Kirby Hoon who opposed
him. was wild, didn't seem to have
anything, and besides, was out OF
luck. Jack Smith, the big Injun,
got sore, muffed a few and made
things generally worse. Hoon took
another chew of disappointment
and threw the ball away a few
Zines. The record crowd howled
and howled Itself out, 80 there were
no bowls left for the second game.
This second game, by the way,
was second battle between Kill
,lilay and Samuels, both kids, who
(were traded, Killilay to Spokane
for Samuels. Both boys pitched a
good game, only Samuels was
backed mostly by encouragement.
The final score was Spokane 5,
Butte a.
Spokane takes the series with
out or games.
Kirby Hoon made 3 out of Butte's
2 errors in the first game. Donovan
dropped dandy in left field. SITS,
Shaw and Smith muffed l each.
SPOKANE encompassed errors, Jen-
sen claiming of EN-. Terry Nc
Kune, Suess and Carney secured
the others.
McKune and hipley hit the long
ones, each securing 3-bagger in
the second game. Altman, Swain,
lJensen and Suess made 2-baggers in
1.-THE first game. Not | Miner got
better than a single in both games.
When Ripley, who was secured
from Dillon, Mont, steadies down
behind the bat, he'll do. A little
confidence is what he needs more
than anything. He does a pretty
rslde on his bread basket that ought
to get the money in circus. He
slid about a third of the distance
AOme yesterday.
At Seattle yesterday Vancouver
was defeated l to 3. Harry Rush
gave the Canucks only hits.
At Aberdeen Tacoma lost to 6.
Higginbotham and Butler were op.
posing pitchers.
Saturday results-Butte 5, Spo'
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MISS MANI OUNLON
LONDON, Aug. 12-When the an
nouncement was made few days
ago that Miss Mary Curzon was en-
gagged to her cousin, Viscount Cur
zon, the family also made the state
ment that the young lady and her
fiance had really been engaged
since they were II. 1t was not a
family arrangement. AS boy and
girl they fell in love, became en-
gagged and now that they are man
and woman the child love continues.
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THE CITY LEAGUE

: Fairbanks-Morse yesterday beat
the Vubs to 1. Holm gave the
leaders only hits. This leaves
the winners only halle game be-
hind the Cubs.
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HAYWOOD AT CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-Willlam d.
Haywood addressed a meeting Of
laboring men here yesterday. He
was given an enthusiastic recep-
ton.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.

st. Louis "a. Boston 40; Cincin-
natl 5-1. Brooklyn 1-2; Chicago IL,
Philadelphia 90.
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FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-6-ROOM MODERN
house and barn. E2727 Fourth
av. only $3.50 month";" water
included. Louis w. Thiele, agent,
S421 Sherman. Phone8305. Ia
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SITUATION WANTED-FEMALk

WANTED - SITUATION AS
housekeeper or companion in re-
fined family or for widower by in
telligent middle aged American
lady. Good seamstress. reliable and
trustworthy; no objection to nice
farm home. Mrs. ]. F. A.. Box 235,
Bisbee, N. D.
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AUDITORIUM.

Something ought to be done to
that part OF the Sunday nights at
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HELP WANTED-MAIE.

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FOR SALE - SMALL BUNGA-
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WANTED-BEST TAILORS AND
good pressers; call at once:
high wages. Up-to-Date Olympia
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Arizona republican., 1907-07-05

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, office Of Comp froller Of the Currency y.Washington, ,D.C-June {. 1907. WHEREAS D, satisfactory evidence pre- sented to the undersigned. il has been made Co appear that ''The National Bank of Arizona at Phoenix" in the City of Phoenix. in the County of Msrieopa, and Territory of Arizona, has complied with all the provisions Of the Act of Con gress to enable National Banking Associa- tions to extend their corporate existence and for other purposes" approved July 11th, 1882. Now therefore, l. Thos. P. Kane, Deputy and Acting Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that "The National Bank of Arizona at Phoenix" in the City of Phoenix, in the Coun- ty or Maricopa, and Territory of Arizona, is authorized to have succession for the period specified in its amended articles of association, namely until close of business on June sth l9Z7. In testimony whereof witness my hand and Seal of office this fourth day of June 1907. T. P. Kane. Deputy & Acting Comptroller of the Currency. No. SIPS Ex. No 2533
Arizona republican., 1907-07-05
BERRYHlLL'S Big Book Store
 The Mail Order House.
The Mail Order House.

fused to enter into the sport and later peached on them. IL has not been de- cided what to do with the boys though they may be hauled over the coals. Al least a watch will be kept on them hereafter with an eye to stopping such mischief by making an example of them if captured in the act. The same boys have been guilty of taking a neighbors egg crop and having a feast in the mesquite of all they could eat, then using the rest of the piunder to play soak-about which is a very yell low sport for boys to indulge in at the expense of some ohes henery.
 AN ARMY oFFicER-CoL Bolton Of the Fourth U. :. infantry with headquarters at Fort Thomas, Ken lucky. near Cincinnati, has for the past few days been looking at some mining property near Hot Springs Junction. He was, before his promo tion the lieutenant colonel of the Tenth '. $. infantry and was at one time. for several years stationed in Alaska.
Arizona republican., 1907-07-05
GOING AWAY

On a combined pleasure and business trip Aug. Sth to be gone a month. Those who have been contemplating having their eyes examined, or their lenses changed. should make it a point to come in early this month and have it attended to. It's pretty hot. but we have a fan to help keep cool.