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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-24

Libby. Of Maine; John p. Squire &
Company. New Jersey corporation,
with big packing plant In Cambridge,
Mass. and branches oil over New En-.
gland; Boston Packing 4 Provision
Company. Of Massachusetts; New En-.
gland Dressed Meat 4 Wool Company
Of Maine; North Packing 4 Provision
Company OF Maine; Sperry & Barnes
Company OF Connecticut; Sturtegant
4 Haley Of Boston; p. Merwln Com.
pany. Worcester, Mass; Springfield
Provision Company, Springfield, Mass |;
White. Percy & Dexter Company,
Worcester. Mass.; Halstead 4 Com
pany, New York; c. II. Davis & Co.,
Norwich, Conn. Blmbler, Van Wagon.
en- & Company, Newark, New Jersey.
The capital stock OF all Of the above
corporations being owned In Chicago.
Why don't the people Of Chicago get
the benefit Of It?
The Board Of Review certainly ought
to get enough out Of them to enable
the city to equip a good street car line.
Armour & Company, u big Chicago
and Illinois corporation, owns a great
deal of stock In outside corporations.
Among others Armour Il Company
Of New Jersey.
The following taken from pages POI
and ?92 Of the report Of the United
States Commissioner Of Corporations,
tells us something upon this subject !:
"The New Jersey corporation was
formed for the purpose OF transacting
certain business which the Illinois
corporation was not authorized to
transact. Armour & Co. Of New Jer-
sey operates practically all the branch
houses for the sale Of beef and other
packing house products supplied by
Armour & Co. Of Illinois. 1t also owns
the Armour packing houses at Sioux
City aud Fort Worth. For cOnven'
ience the accounts Of Armour & Co. Of
New Jersey are carried on the books
OF Armour & Co. Of Illinois. 10 ascer-
tain the business transactions of the
New Jersey corporation, 1t Ia merely
necessary to take the accOunts' relating
to the branch houses and those relating
to the Fort Worth aud Sioux City
packing houses. The company, how.
ever, Is a genuine one, having large
actual assets OF Its own, not q mere
paper name. It has no separate books
and no profits separate from those ap-
pearIng In the accounts of Armour &
Co. of Illinois"
After reading the above from the re-
port of the United States Commissioner
Of Corporations. we would like to ask
where our Board Of Assessors and
Board Of Review have been?
By going back for i've years and
collecting the taxes on the stock OF this
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-24

foreign corporation owned In Chicago,
our firemcn could lave their pay dou.
bled. our school teachers could be bet.
ter paid, and the city would be much
better OF.
The Board Of Review should sum.
mon the following well.known citizens
and interrOgate them with reference
to the amount Of stock In foreign cor.
porations owned In Chicago. which they
have knowledge Of:
J. Ogden Armour.
Louis Il. Swift.
John A. Sp00r.
Laurence A. Carton.
Arthur Meeker.
Mr.. Swift ana Mr.. Armour are both
reported to he publlc-spirited.
They should both be willing to help
In this matter.
They can. II they will. help a great
deal by telling the Board Of Review
|; what they know.
Mr.. Armour Is a director In the 70
lowing corporations and the Board Of
Review, II 1t wishes, can ascertain how
much stock he owns In each, or what
ChlcagOans do own 1t, as 1t is taxable:
Armour car lines,
Armour Grain Company,
Central Leather Company,
q. II. Hammond Company,
Hammond Packing Company,
National Packing Company,
United States Leather Company.
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail.
way Company,
Fort Worth Stock Yards Company,
Fort Worth, Texas.
Hutchinson Packing Co., Hutchinson,
Kansas.
Northwestern National Fire Insur.
ance Company Of Milwaukee, Wis.
Omaha Packing Company.
Prusslan National Insurance Com
pany Of Stettin, Germany.
Mr.. Louis +. Swift Ia director In
the following. How much stock does
he own? At all events he can give the
Board Of Review much valuable infor-
nation: Z
Union Stock Yards. Chicago.
Fowler Brothers, Limited.
Libby, McNeill & Libby.
National Packing Company.
st. Louis National Stock Yards Com
pany.
swift's Refrigerator transportation
Company.
Hollis Cold Storage Company.
Illinois Cattle Company.
Mechanical Manufacturing Company.
South San Francisco Land & I'm.
prOvement Company.
Springfield Provision Company.
| Swift's Fertilizer Works.
] Western Meat CompauV.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-24

the shares Of the Edison Electric Light
and Power Company, which Is with
out Indebtedness and which owns the
only incandescent electric system In
Kansas City, Mo. The company also
owns all the shares OF stock of the
Consolidated Electric Light and Power
Company ana the United Electric Com
pany, both of Kansas City, Kansas,
which own the only electric light, heat
ing and power systems In that city.
So you can see what big thing this
company Is and how much the people
Of Chicago will gain by thorough
examination of Chairman McRODerts
by the Board of Review.
Another corporation Of which our
esteemed fellow citizen, Samuel Me-
Roberts Is an officer, Is the MetrOpoll-
tan Street Railway Company, of Kan
sas City. The authorized capital stock
Of the road is Ss,OOO,OOO, of which S5,-
G3G, 800 has been issued, much of 1t
to Chicago holders. Mr.. Samuel Nc
Roberts can, II he will. tell the Board
OF Review just what ChlcagOans own
this stock as he Is the chairman of
the board Of directors. What good
thing it would he for Chicago, II this
Kansas City Railroad stock should pay
enough taxes to build another public
school IN this city.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-24

III You want more policemen an
more iiremcn, you must get after tn
tax dodgers. There lies the remedy.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-24

When the supporters of the new char
ter have to call In outsiders to speak
for 1t II shows pretty well what little
chance they think IT has Of passing.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-02

1t sometimes happens that one has to
pillow sod whenever the opportunity pre-
sents itself for doing the work. with
out reference to whether the time
chosen is the best or not Some argu-
ments might be advanced in favor Of
early fall plewlng, while late fall
blowing also has Its advantageous fea-
lures. If plowlng Ia done early in the
fall, say. in September or October, 1t
Is usually necessary to do little disk
ing before the ground freezes up, 9TH
erwise the grass may make consider
able grOwths, and this in turn pre-
vents the sod from decaying. If one
has the available horse power and also
the time to do the work, bluestem sod
may be brought into fine condition by
blowing 1t early and afterwards disk
ing 1t. The ordinary method is to pillow
late In the fall. If the sod is turned
over completely with but little buckling,
the grass will make but little head
way, and consequently a saving of Ia
Dor will be affected. as compared with
early plowing.-Field and Farm.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-02
Electric Farming,

Experiments in electrical farming.
which have been held by Prof. Lem
stroem, Of Helsingsfors, have demon
strated some very interesting facts. In
one experiment with carrots the yield
was increased 30 per cent the first
year and 9w per cent the second year
over plants that were not treated cleo
trically. In another experiment with
potatoes where the current was gener-
ated galvanically in the earth by
means Of copper and zinc plates con-
nected by insulated wires strung above
growing vines, an increased yield Of
from 60 per cent to 100 per cent was
recorded. Some scientists now claim
thaat the large harvests of Spitzbergen
and Finland are due to the electrical
influence Of the aurora borealis.-
Farming.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-02

use ana value OF the BIO
The use and value Of the silo has
made phenomenal progress throughout
the country during recent years. In
1888 the United States Agricultural
Department reported only ninety silos
In the country. The recent report finds
approximately 100000. Formerly the
benefits of the sil0 were almost wholly
unknown to the average farmer; now
1t Is found to be necessity on thou
sands of farms. This is especially true
In the corn belt, where the silo Is almost
a necessity in economical dairying.
Recent experiments prove concluslvely
that the use of silage is quite as much
Of necessity In beef production. 1t
not only provides a palatable, succu-
lent. healthy food. but enables the
farmer to keep about twice the number
Of live stock as before the advent Of
the silo. It not only produces nearly
double the quantity Of dairy products
and beef, but augments the fertility Of
the soil. The silo is here to stay, and
every farmer should plan to have one.
With all its other advantages, there IL
no other way that roughage can be 20
cheaply stored.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-02

Quail starved to death by thousands
In the winter of 19O4-O5, but last winter
they had an easy time except In Febru-
airy and March. From Massachusetts,
to Indiana the quail are so scarce that
restocking has become necessary. The
birds for this purpose are hard to find.
More than 100000 have been captured
In Alabama and the southwest, where
they still occur In abundance, and have
been shipped north for breeding. Even
this supply is inadequate. and may not
last long. The quail Is perhaps our most
popular game bird, and a market will
be found for all that can be procured.
Complete success has been had in rails
ing them on small scale. Why should
not some one go Into the business on
such a scale that he could turn out
100000 quail per year?-Country Life
In America.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-02

In many sections of the country
where there is gravelly sub-strata.
the obtaining Of water Is a compare
lively simple matter by means Of
driven well, says Farming. The method
Is as follows: A section Of pipe "a con-
venient size being inch and a quarter)
Is fitted with point Of iron. This pipe
is bored full Of holes. which are Gov
cred with brass gauze The point IL
driven into the ground by a sledge ham,
mer and fve-foot sections Of galvan-
lied iron pipe are Joined to It as 1t Is
driven into the ground. Frequent tests
are made with pitcher pump to dis
cover when water has been reached.
This method of obtaining water is not
altogether satisfactory, because from the
very nature of things the work has to
be done blindly, and very often one is
obliged to give up entirely after hav-
ing driven twenty or thirty feet of pipe
through quicksand from which no
water can be obtained.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-02
Mulching Peach Trees.

The Nebraska experiment station has
demonstrated that rapidly growing
peach trees are made harder in both
wood and fruit bud by the use of a
cover-crop. By drying the ground some
what in late summer the growth of the
trees is checked and the wood natures
properly before the advent Of freezing
weather. Cover-crops that survive the
winter-rye, for tnstance-are detri-
mental to orchards, because they dry
the ground excessively In spring when
the trees need abundant moisture.
Cover-crops that are killed by the early
frosts are better than those which live
later, because as soon as killed they
stop drying the soil, catch fall rains
and winter SHOWS and check evapora-
flor
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-02

The proper construction Of the silo
is Of the greatest Importance. II the
sides of the sllo are not alright, too
much air is admitted and the siIage
will spoil. If the walls are not per-
fectly rigid the presence Of the silage
will cause them to spring out, thus al
lowing air to enter between the silage
and the wall. and, again. the result Is
deeayed silage.
Before building a silo the most care
full attention should be given to loca.
tion, size, form and method OF con-
struction. These will differ somewhat
according to locality and individual
Understanding.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-02
The Inheritance Of His Fathers,

GO WO boys they were-sne lowly
and poor. ore aristocratic and
q rich!
And they were both the only chill
drea Of their parents.
Likewise they would each In time
come into the inheritance Of their
fathers.
THE vicar. old and gray-haired.
preached q sermon enc day upon this
seif-sams subject-the Inheritance Of
their fathers-and tried to impress his
congregation with the seriousness and
importance Of such q succession. He
pictured to them the rich Inheritance
sf an earthly father, who had laid by,
and saved up. that his son might one
day come into the possession Of an in
heritance worthy Of his name and sire
he drew the other picture-that Of 4
man, a wfne-bibber and 4 giutton,
spending his days in the pursuit Of
evil, and laying up for his children and
his children's children An Inheritance
Of sin and sorrow and suffering!
The words fell on thu ready ears Of
q farmer, who was none too we'll of,
and had some difficulty In making both
ends meet. He silently registered a
vow that the chubby-faced boy lying
IN his cradle in the tiled farmhouse
kitchen should never have occasion to
blush for the inheritance Of his fathers
The opposite side Of che aisle, In his
family pew, the squire Of the parish
sat quietly doing through the old cler-
Uman's Discourse What good could
1t possibly do to keep him awake while
the vicar lectured on morals TO the
tenants and poorer brethren? They
had need Of such sermons, perhaps !;
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-02
OLD
FAvOR'TES

~~~~~~~~~~

I,se Gwine Back to Dixie.
I'se gwine back to Dixie
No more Use gwine to wander:
My hearts turned back to Dixie
l can't stay here no longer.
miss de old plantation;
My home and my relation;
Ny hearts turned back to Dixie
And l must 60.
Use gwine back to Dixie,
Use gwine back to Dixie,
grow;
For l hear de children calling,
l see their sad tears falling.
My hearts turned back to Dixie,
And l must 60.
I've hoed in fields of cotton.
I've worked upon the river:
used to think If got off,
I'd go back there, no, never;
But time has changed de old man,
His head is bending low,
His hearts turned back to Dixie,
And must go.
I'm trav'ling back to Dixie
My step is slow and feeble;
pray de Lord to help me,
And lead me from all evil;
And should my strength forsake me,
Den, kind friends, come and take me;
My hearts turned back to Dixie,
And must 90.
Ruthless Time.
Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back,
Wherein he puts aims for oblivion
A great-sized monster of ingratitudes;
Those scraps are good deeds past; which
are devour'd
As fast as they are made, forgot as soon
As they are done: perseverance, dear my
lord,
Keeps honor bright; to have done is to
hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery. Take tn In
slant way;
For honor travels in a straight 20 mar
row,
Where one but goes abreast; keep, then.
the path;
For emulation hath a thousand sons,
That one by one pursue; if you give way.
Or hedge aside from the direct forth
right,
Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush BY
And leave you hindmost;
Or like a gallant horse fallen in first
rank,
Lie there for pavement to the abject
rear,
Der run and trampled on.
William Shakespeare.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-02
OFFERS ON THE TosoooAN.
Animals Seem to Enjoy CoastinR a.
Much a. Human Beings.

Animals Seem to Enjoy CoastinR a.
Much a. Human BeinRs.
1t seems strange to think that any
full-grown, four-footed animal should
indulge in play like a child, and yet
this Is what the otter does. His
amusement Is tobogganing and his
playground is on slope, covered with
ice or snow, that goes down grade into
a pool of water. Here he takes his
recreation, and no little boy with a
new sled ever enjoyed coast down
an ice-bound hill more than this beau
tiful creature from the frozen north.
The otter Is perhaps the most in
teresting Of the fur-bearing animals.
He is quite large. sometimes weighing
as much as twenty-five pounds. He
resembles the seal and the mink, be-
ing, however. of heavier build, and
is both supple and strong. Living for
the most part in water. he preys on
fish which his swimming and diving
ability enable him to catch easily.
The entrance to his home, which is
a burrow in the bank Of a stream, 10
under the water.
In the early spring, when the Ice
begins to thaw, these animals start
on their travels from one stream to
another, sometimes spending months
on the journey. II they happen to see
an inviting hill by the wayside they
Immediately stop their pilgrimage and
prepare for some sport. One of the
number leaves the water and slowly
climbs the slope, making smooth
hollow in the ice with his body.
When the slide is prepared he lies
fiat on his stomach, thrusts his nose
forward and, turning his forepaws
under his soft sides, goes sailing
swiftly down. The speed steadily in
creases until he reaches the water.
Silently he parts the surface and Is
lost from sight for a few seconds, then
his head appears above the surface
and you can hear him give a call
which sounds like whistle. This
/ Is signal. The next otter assumes
the position and shoots to the bottom
to join his companion, who has mean
while crawled out on the ice. Then
another whistle and the next in order
slides and plunges, and the perform.
ance is kept up until each one haa
several trips to his credit.
The first makers Of slide will keep
this up for an indefinite time. speed.
ing down hill and then trudging I'D
again to their positions at the top,
, where they wait for the whistle from
below, in the meantime playfully bit.
ing each other or rolling in the snow.
Finally though, when, like children,
they begin to tire of their amusement,
they 60 back IN the water and fish.
Even then If they should happen to
spy another slide, abandoned by a
different band Of offers, they cannot
resist at least one trip. In fact, offers
prefer the ready-made places; 1t is
only when they are unable to find any
such that they 80 through the labo-
rious business of smoothing a hollow
In the snow.
| There seems to be no reason for this
practice beyond that of pure enjoy.
ment The otter has his play just az
The puppy or kitten. though perhaps
more human in Its methodA
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-02
Fruit Trees and Rabbits.

When snow is on the ground rabbits
have hard time securing food and
will eat anything that will prevent
starvation. 1. is then that they girdle
trees and do damage which is not with
In the power Of the farmer to repair.
Smearing the trunk with blood or
wrapping the trees with tarred paper
or mosquito netting two feet from the
ground serves as a protection.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-02
A vENTILATING DooR.

closed In stormy weather and at night.
Thorough ventilation Of the henhouse
is very essential, since hens need fresh
air quite as badly as they need fresh
water, and modern henhouses are being
bnilt tight, SO that sufficient ventilation
must be provided for through ventilat-
ing fues or openings In the windows
and doors.-Farm and Home.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-02
Worlds sheep supply.

This country is beginning to gain
slowly in its number Of sheep and yield
of wool. But here the lamb and NUT
ton demand has developed SO rapidly
that from this cause the increase is
slower than in some other countries.
Argentina seems to stand at the head
now in numbers. having 74,379,562
head, and Australia 1890, 91S Russia
is third, with about 100000, and the
United States next, with 45,170,423.
The United Kingdom claims 20.076, TT.
France has 17,sO0,9s5 sheep, against
Germany's 7,907,173. Cape Colony has
l1,3lS.S29 sheen and Natal 726.762.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-02
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Convenient Hen House Door.
It is frequently desired to allow
ventilation through the henhouse with
out opening the doors so that the fowls
may get out. An arrangement which
makes this possible Is shown in the
cut, consisting Of an opening in the
upper half Of the door. inside Of which
screen Is placed. This allows ven
tilation in the henhouse without draft
upon the birds. Ordinary poultry
netting may be used in the opening,
with q tight boarded shutter to be
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-02
"Having Fun" with Rover,

One bright summer day, when Lake
Michigan was almost as smooth as q
mill-pond, two boys were taking q row
In q small boat near Jackson Park,
Chicago. Their faithful house-dog, old
Rover" ran along the shore, barking
at them and begging, in the best Ian
guage at his command, to be taken on
board.
Lets have some fun with him." said
one Of the boys. We'll row close to-
the bank and call him out, and give
him q good SWIM"
They backed the boat to within 4
distance of fifteen or twenty feet from
the shore and called to the dog:
Come, Rover! Get absard!"
Rover dashed out into the water.
When he was within a few feet of
them they began rowing away from
him, but encouraged him to come on.
Keeping just ahead Of him. they lured
him out into the lake distance of a
hundred yards or more. Then the old
dog, feeling his strength falling, and
apparently convinced that his young
masters were making game of him.
turned and made feebly for shore.
Then, for the first time, the bows
realized what they were doing. As
quickly as possible they turned the
boat round and rowed after the dog,
whose strokes were growing feebler
every moment
Here, Rover!" they Called out.
Good old doggy! Come backl Wen
help you in"
Old Rover tried to obey, but even
as he made the effort the last rem.
nant Of his strength failed him, and he
sank before their eyes when almost
within an arms length of the boat.
The appealing yet loving look In the
old dogs faithful eyes as the water
closed over his head will haunt those
boys to their dying day.-Youth's Com.
paniOn.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-02
TO THE SUNSHINE.

been long a-waitin' de tine Dc tidA
better ketch Dc freight train reach de yuthe ds
Fer der tnel never heed De river mighty wida.
EN- got sunshine mawnn'i
ben long a-waitin' fer de good times Dc road,
better start meet 'um-so liftin' up my load:
En- I'll reach de Lam Promise des de bes newed
got ter meet de sunshine In de mawnin'l
Oh dey amt tary in de shadderlan' wait
Fer de harricane II ketch de night Is gtin Late
wants ter hear de latch cnk de halleluia GATE
wants ter meet de sunshine In de mawnin'i
Frank L.. Stanton