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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-23
GOOD ROADS.
They are Badly Needed in Nearly
Every Section of the State.

Every Section Of the State.
Our State exchanges favor good
roads, yet they have little to say on the
subject except at long intervals. Pa
tient, persistent work would win; no.
thing else will Two items which have
appeared in State papers are quoted
below. The Suwannee Democrat says:
There has been enough talk about
good roads in Florida to pave all
the highways and byways OF Hades
with our good intentions on the sub
ject, but the bad roads are all here yet
and the good ones still repose in the
ideal future But there will be one man
in the next legislature who intends to
take hold of this subject with a firm
grip and inaugurate a comprehensive
road system for the whole State. The
Fort Pierce Tribune tells about him
and his plans as follows:
"Hon. C. F. Olmstead, representa-
tive in the legislature from St. Lucie
county, is preparing a bill to pre-
sent to the next legislature, provid
ing for a thorough system of good
roads all over the State. Mr.. Ohm
stead has not yet progressed far
enough in the preparation Of his bill
for The Tribune to give draft of it,
in fact, Mr.. Olmstead realizes the
necessity Of consulting good roads
advocates all over the State, as we'll
as constitutional lawyers, before COM
pletlng his bill, but the main feature
OF it will be uniform tax of two cents
per acre on all taxable lands in the
State for period Of five years. This
would produce a revenue of about
5000, 900 year, and in the period given
would raise sufficient to build trunk
roads in every section of the State.
The other item is from the Month
cello News:
The News hammers away all the
year round on the subject of good
roads, and stock-law. These ques-
tons will be agitated till they are set
tied. This country makes a rotten
showing in the agricultural reports.
This is due largely to the shiftless style
of farming that prevails under the
operation Of the free range. Progress
demands change. 1t will come in
time
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-23

OF the member. AS IdSL DIS new III
formation is obtained it will be sent to
the same men in the same manner.
The farmers selected will be requested
to furnish to the department the re-
suits of their experiments, and in this
way thousands of farms would be
converted into miniature experiment
stations, while doubtless many farm
ers would be put in possession of
crops and information which would
yield them handsome profits.
Speaking of his plan DR.. Galloway
says:
1--WE import in the neighborhood of
100000 or $5,ooo,ooo worth of drugs
each year, and preliminary investiga-
tons would indicate that a consider
able portion of these drug plants
might be grown at home. The work
would be equally applicable to nearly
all the states bordering on the Attain
tic coast, including New England, and
also some of the Western States, such
as Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin
and Northern Iowa. The object
would be to introduce the seeds Of
promising drug plants and encourage
the production of the crops, this be-
ing in cooperation with individual
farmers and Others"
Speaking of the introduction OF
hardy apples, DR.. Galloway says:
"This work would be applicable to
the entire tier of Northern States
from Maine to and including Montana
The object would be to find out,
through a study of published accounts
of travellers and explorers, where IN
different parts of the world are to be
found apples or forms related to them
which are likely to prove valuable IN
the breeding of harder and more
drouth-resisting apples for this north
ern country. This work would lie
largely done in cooperation with the
experiment stations"
Secretary Wilson is especially inter-
ested in the introduction of mating
plants in the United States, for it is
a part of the gospel to the Secretary
of Agriculture that it is a sin to i'm
port what can just as we'll be grown
in the United States. To that end the
department has for some time been
conducting experiments. Dr. Gallo
way says that the United States i'm
ports about 100000 worth of mat
tings annually, and that he believes
the material from which they are
made could just as we'll be grown in
this country as abroad. There is, in
his estimation, plenty of land in the
Caro1inas, Georgia, Alabama, Missis-
sippi and Louisiana which could
proftably be devoted to growing these
plants. But to obtain the best results
it is important that only the best va
rieties be grown and that the growers
be started right.
The Department of Agriculture has
been and is sending agricultural ex-
plorers to all parts of the world to
ascertain new and profitable features
of agriculture in it's broadest sense; to
Chinese Tibet and Chinese Turkestan
after alfalfas and hul1ess barleys; to
Russian Turkestan for naked oats; to
Han Chung for glutinous rice; to Ara
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-23
GOVERNMENT FREE SEED.
Galloway Has New Free Seed Plan
Secretary Wilson Would Sub
stitute Valuable Feature for
Old Abuse.

We have frequently called atten-
ton to the great waste Of public
money which takes place every year
in the free distribution of common
varieties of garden seeds. 1t has been
called farce and fraud, and it is
something of both It should be
abolished
The original idea, that of finding
and disseminating new and valuable
varieties is still being carried out by
the department, and is good one, but
it forms a small part of the gigantic
seed business now carried on by the
government.
DR.. Beverly T. Galloway, chief of
the bureau of plant industry, has de-
vised new system of seed and plant
distribution which he hopes to induce
Congress to adopt in place of the an
tiquated and worse than useless meth
Cd of distributing free seeds now pop
u1ar with the men who seek to curry
favor with their agricultural consti
tuents. Some Of the most prominent
Representatives and Senators, notably
Senators Lodge and Hale, have sought
earnestly in sessions past to abolish
the ridiculous system of free seed dis
tribution now in vogue, though to no
effect, but there is reason to hope that
members of Congress will appreciate
the advantages to be derived from DR..
Galloway's new plan and that it will
be adopted.
The new plan consists in the in
PRODUCTION of new varieties of seeds
and plants, together with the publ
cation of information bearing on their
cultivation, the seeds, plants and bull
letins to be distributed on the order
of members Of Congress and to farm
ers whom they will name All the de-
tails of the plan have been carefully
worked out, and DR.. Galloway has al
ready submitted to members of the
agricultural committees maps and da-
ia showing the practicabi1ity and the
benefits to be derived from the adop-
ton of his substitute Nor would this
substitute be wholly in the nature of
an experiment, as in a small way DR..
Galloway has already attempted the
scheme and has found it to work
most satisfactorily when conducted by
the department independent of the
members of Congress.
In outlining this plan Dr. Galloway
has submitted to the members of the
agricultural committees eighteen sub
divisions of the plan, among them be-
ing Extension Of alfalfa growing in
to states where it is not now a staple
CROP" Extension of co1d-resistant al
fa1fas," Extension of dry-1and a1fa1-
fas," redistribution of new varieties of
cotton" "Tntroduction Of mating
plants and their culture in the United
States" Improvement of cowpeas,"
"New tobacco varieties" "Introduc-
ton and testing of a1ka1i-resisting
crops" "Grains for high attitudes"
ADAPTATION of winter oats" "Sugar
beet seed growing" Improvement of
corn" "Bu1b growing in the United
States" "Cultivation of drug plants"
"Dry land arboricu1tura1 work." "In-
Producing of hardy apples" and "Tn-
PRODUCTION and breeding of citrus
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-23

the useless and wasteful free seed dis
tribution can be abolished without the
loss of vote to the bucolic candidate.
The daily sentinel., 1907-04-30
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These are some of the remarkable
statements made in Circular 81 of
the Forest Service, which deals with
the timber supply OF the United Sta
Inmates made by all the important
authorities. a study OF the circular
must lead directly to the conclusion
that the rate at which forest products
in the United States have been and
are being consumed is far too lavish,
unless steps are promptly taken to
prevent waste in use and to increase
the growth rate of every acre of for
est in the United States. This result
today in the same position with re-
gard to forest resources as was Ger
many $50 years ago. During this
period of $50 years such German Sta
ties as Saxony and Prussia, ,partic-
ularly the latter, have applied a
policy of government control and reg
ulation which has immensely increas-
eu the productivity of their forests
The same policy Will achieve even
better results in the United States.
the lessons which Europe has learn
ed and paid for in the course of a
century of theory and practice.
Lest 1t might be assumed that the
rapid and gaining depletion of Amer
lean forest resources is sufficiently
accounted for by the Increase of pop
ulation since 1880 is barely more
than half the increase in lumber cut
in the same period. Two areas sup
plying timber have already reached
and passed their maximum produc-
tion-the Northeastern States in 1870
and the Lake States in 1890. Today
| the Southern States, which cut yellow
| pine amounting to one-third the total
annual lumber cut of the country, are
undoubtedly near their maximum.
| The Pacific Coast States will soon
take the ascendency. The State of
/ Washington within few years has
come to the front and now ranks first
of all individual States in volume of
cut
At present but one-fifth of the total
| forest area of the United States Is
embraced in National Forests. The
remaining four-fifths have already
passed or are most likely to pass Into
| private hands. The average age of the
trees felled for lumber this year is
not less than $50 years. In other
words. II he is to secure second crop
of trees of the same size, the lumber
man or private forest owner must
wait. say, at least one hundred years
for the second crop to grow. AS n
rule, such longtime investments as
this waiting would involve do not
commend themselves to business men
who are accustomed to quick returns.
But the states and the nation can look
much farther ahead. The larger,
then, the area of National and State
/ control over woodlands, the greater
is the likelihood that the forest of the
country will be kept permanently pro-
ductive.
The daily sentinel., 1907-04-30
THEY SHOULD NOT STOP.

We understand some of our fruit
growers do not intend to spray their
trees, this on account of the recent
frosts killing a portion of the fruit.
Spraying is for the purpose of killing
off the insectes that hurt the trees
and 1t seems to us 1t would be a good
fruit is raised or not, If these fruit
growers expect to raise fruit another
year. Insects would be easier to
handle with no fruit on the trees, and
they will do more damage to the trees
this year If let alone than IL there
means spray your trees this season.
If it will pay when there is an abund-
ance of fruit, it will certainly pay
when there is a scarcity.-Fruita
Telegram.
The daily sentinel., 1907-04-30
SENATOR DeLoNG WRITES.
Grand Junction Man Has Something
to Say to the Governor Regard
ing the Loan Shark Bill.

Following out the interest Senator
Horace T. DeLong is taking, in hav-
ing the mystery regarding the DOC
toring" of the loan shark bill clear
ed up he has written the following
letter to Governor Buchtel:
Grand Junction. Colo, April "a;
''To His Excellency Henry A. Buchtei
Denver. Colo,
My Dear Governor:
81 have learned by telephone and
have since read in the. papers that
someone has interferred with SO as
TO make void senate bill No. 2S4 by
Senator Bardwell, an act concerning
wage brokers 1 find that this was
among the best bills delivered TO
your office and my record shows that
YOU received it as late as 11:46 p. m.
81 regret exceedingly that there mas
been any Interpolation in this Dill ana
trust that the guilty party may be
ferreted out and properly puDished
''It was a physical impossiblity Tor
me and also for the senators who In
troduced the various bills to make
a personal and careful examination
of the final enrolment before deliV-
ering them to you owing to the great
rush in the closing hours OF the legis-
lature.
81 feel personally that it is almost
criminal for a legislature to waste its
time at the beginning OF session
and almost equally waste Its time at
the close of the session by hasty leg
islation.
"The law made it my duty to GER
tify that all bills delivered at our
office were correctly enrolled. Con
ditions made 1t impossible for me. to
personally compare and know that
my certificate was correct. If there
is anything that 1 can do to assist
In bringing to light the cause of the
trouble or anything that l can dc. in
any way to advance the investigation
l am ready and willing to come to
Denver on the first train after l re-
ceive notice. VERY respectfully,
HORACE T. DeLONG."
Grand Junction"
The daily sentinel., 1907-04-30

NEW YORK CITY, April 80. .
Especial. The" Allen, long called
the wickedest man in New York" "
has locomoter ataxia and will take
long chance for n cure. He is "A
self for the purpose of experimental
tion by surgeons who see a cure for
the dread disease. Allen says he does
not believe there is any cure, but is
ready to submit to any torture II by
so doing he can be of assistance in
relieving the sufferings of others.
Allen has been a prominent sporting
character of the metropolis for half
a century, has had his gambling
house raided hundreds of times, but
was never convicted, and today is
held by many to be the neryiest as
well as the "wickedest'' of men. Ex-
peniments are soon to begin and he
Will place both himself and his money
at the disposal of the surgeons.
The daily sentinel., 1907-04-30
| Pncumonia's Deadly Work had so

Pneumonia's Deadly Work had so
seriously affected my right Innp y
writes Mrs. Fannie Connor.of Rural
Route l, Georgetown, Tenn, that I
coughed continuously night and day
and the neighbors' prediction-con-
sumpuon-seemed inevitable, until
my husband brought home a bottle of
DR.. Kings New Discovery. which in
my case proved to be the only REAL,
cough cure and restorer of weak. sore
lungs When all other remedies
utterly fail. ysu may still win IN the
battle against lung and throat trou-
oles with New Discovery, the real.
cure. Guaranteed by C. d. Smith e
Co. druggists. soc and s1.o0. Trial
bottle free.
The daily sentinel., 1907-04-30
BARTLTr's CONFESSION.
The Text of the Statement With
Which n Murderer Broke the
Silence of Many Years
Grand Mesa Tragedy.

The following is the text of the
written confession that Frank Bart
lett, hopelessly i'll in a hospital at
Indio, Calf, made to the sheriff of
of Fred Teliman. the old trapper
and hunter, on Grand Mesa many
"Indio. Calf. April II, 1907.
ITO the Sheriff of Delta County,
SDear sir:-In the summer of
1888 (2). l, with Frank Irwin. Mr..
Eggleston and n hunter and trapper
named. Fred, either German or Aus
train descent, were on the Grand Mesa
together. about 80 miles from the
city of Delta, Delta county, at the
source of Forked Tongue and Surface
Creeks. Fred the trapper and l tent
ed together that summer. During
that time we got into dispute about
something that has since then left my
mind. At all events, one evening af-
ter coming home from hunting, Fred
sat down to clean gun and a sage
hen which we had shot. Whether we
were disputing at that time or not l
can't recall, but the awful idea
struck me to kill him then and there.
| was sitting to his rear and taking
up an old muZzle loading shot gun, |
shot him about the right ear, break
ing in his skull and causing instant
death.
"The coroner's jury was summon
ed. which after hearing the evidence
/ of all present, brought in the verdict
of death by accidental discharge OF
gun in hands of deceased, or some
thing to that effect.
Il have never mentioned the mat
! ter to any person until now to the
writer, Chas. j. Dittrich, who is the
means of bringing me to my God, who
so willingly for His beloved Son
Christ's sake has forgiven me all. He
further convinced me that it is neces-
sary to notify you, the civil authority
and give myself up for any action
you wish to take
Yours faithfully,
"F. c. BARTLETT"
The daily sentinel., 1907-04-30

1t will be held at the Auditorium.
the annual May Day ball of the Wom-
en- OF Woodcraft. 1t is an event gen
orally, looked forward to with the
very keenest pleasure. Don't miss
tendance. ''' "'
The daily sentinel., 1907-04-30
SOME AMAZING FACTS.
United States Consumes Each Day
Many Times More Wood Than is
Grown in That Time.

Every person in the Unit
ed States is using over six
times as much wood as he
would use If he were in Eu-
rope. The country as a
whole consumes every year
between three and four times
more wood than all of the
forests of the United States
grow in the meantime. The
average acre of forest lays up
a store of only 0 cubic feet
annually, whereas It ought to
be laying up at least 80 cubic
feet In order to furnish the
products taken out of 1t.
Since 1880 more than 700,-
000,000,000 feet of timber
have been cut for lumber
alone, including S0.000,-
100000 feet of conferous
timber in excess of the total
confierous stumpage estimate
Of fba Cauaue pf 1880
The daily sentinel., 1907-04-30

Ready to serve you in everything
you want in the grocery or salted
meat line. Fruits and vegetables
Call us up. The Corcoran Grocery
and Meat Market, Second and Colo
rado.
The daily sentinel., 1907-04-30

w. C. Libby & Son, the real estate
this week. We refer to the sale of
the Reed place from A. ]. Branson to
C. C. Jones, of Casey. Iowa. The
place is all set to young peaches and
contains seven and one-half acres.
Although Mr.. Branson cleans up
about $4,000 profit in year on the
sale of the place it was the greatest
bargain of the year and was only on
the market about three days till it
was sold In our estimation the
place is easily worth $12, 900 and
should have brought that price.
The daily sentinel., 1907-04-30

Hundreds of acres of cantaloupes
will be planted on the new land un-
der the stub ditch this year. Most
of the farmers expect to make their
expenses by raising them between the
tree rows while their young orchards
are coming into bearing.
The daily sentinel., 1907-04-30

II you have old bottles or junk Of
any kind to sell take them to the
Western Slope Junk House, at 1877
W. Colorado avenue.
The daily sentinel., 1907-04-30

Remember the great May day ball
at the Auditorium on Wednesday
night, under the auspices of Apple
bIossom Circle, Women of Wood
The daily sentinel., 1907-04-30

Colorado Shoe Store, Mcconnell
and Lowe proprietors. Right shoes at
The daily sentinel., 1907-04-30

All kinds of feed at the Grand juno
tion Feed and Implement company.
The daily sentinel., 1907-04-30

Nozzles and goose necks for gard
en- hose at the and 10 cent store.
The daily sentinel., 1907-04-30

Refrigerator pans at the 5 and
10 cent store.
The daily sentinel., 1907-04-30

MAKING OUT BIZ L,i.sr.
seems to be the best a'''1'' ~, D,
of some plumbers They ,, ~ ssos!
ticular to have them i'i9 ,-r
though they haven't S. sh2%1 ,ssr ars re- 8
cessiye zeal in the work the!
posed to represent, ,,rrrRENI
p' WE ARE VERY DIFF DIFF. hI11rs T5rs
We can do real plumbing Ilt sils :
our ability the neLI l',y1iFE.
us.-LEWIS AND
The daily sentinel., 1907-04-30

Feed your chickens bone meal. &c
per pound at Hilbert and Rettig's.
The daily sentinel., 1907-04-30

At the regular meeting of the
town board last Tuesday evening the
newly elected members were sworn
and other routine business attended
to. Ordinances number "a and 20
we're adopted and ordered published
after a great deal of discussion. VIII
liam Donavan was appointed as town
marshal, street commissioner and
teamster at a salary of $40 per month
and all fees collected.
The daily sentinel., 1907-04-30
ELRERrAs TO BE $500 A BOX.
Big Prices Expected for the Famous
Peach at Palisade-Hundreds Of
Acres of CantaIoupes--PaH-
sade News.

The following interesting items are
CLEANED from Saturdays Palisade
Tribune:
Those who know are predicting
s3.o0 per box for Elberta peaches
this year. Now that all countries
which have heretofore been in com
petition with Palisade, during the
Shipping season, are laid on the shelf
bv the cold wave that visited the en-
tire United States a few days ago.
We of PaIisade. with almost full
crop of every kind of peaches this
year will have something to say re-
garding prices, too. AS we predicted
three weeks ago, more dollars will be
received by Palisade growers as a
whole, this year, than in any other
year in the history of the valley.
The daily sentinel., 1907-04-30
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The Washington bee., 1907-02-16
PEF. S. p. ". DREW

Rey. Simon P. w. Drew. DID. is one
of the best-known evangelists of the
Negro race of the United States. He
IS born, gifted preacher, endowed with
gifts peculiar to his work. His SER
mons are spiritual and philosophical
compositions. His power as an evan
gelist has won from every denomina-
ton the title of "The Colored D. L.
Moody of America" and the "evan-
gelist artist" Few white evangelistic
preachers excel him in the success of
convicting and converting sinners. and
no negro evangelist is his equal. He
has an unusual manner with a noble.
dignihed bearing, and he adds much
to his acquired talents by his pulpit
delivery. His voice is deep and mel
low, under perfect control, at times
striking like a thunderbolt and COM
pelling obedience to his words; again
plaintive and persuasive, attracting his
hearers by an irresistible force.
As a pastor DR.. Drew is likewise
successful, his straightforward manli-
ness opens the hearts of his people, and
his unmistakable sincerity (for he prac-
tiCes what he preaches) gives him a
clear pathway to those whom he would
bring under the influence Of the church
In revival meetings, through his ef-
forts, many unconyerted persons have
professed religion. Fully fifty thous-
and persons have been saved through
his instrumentality as preacher and
an evangelist in different parts of the
United States He is a great favorite
of both old and young folk. He is a