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The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-08
FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Nashville. Tenn Mas 3 The an
1uai convention of tae TcHHcs -
Funeral Directors aud Enhalmcrs' as
sociat'oa iz in SOS son here with mem
ne3s present from many points r.. tee
.taa President y r. Sp'cpr. oi
Paris. Trnn allied tho Gathering to
1rfer ihis morning and Mayor Morris
welcomed the visitors. Address s.
1spers and practical demonstrations
il embaIming will occupy the three
days the convention VIII be In Ses
sion
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-08
MEXICO MAKES A
SECOND DEMAND
CRISIS BETWEEN DlAZ'S GOVERN,
MENT AND GUATEMALA
GROWING GRAVER.
ARBITRATION is URGED
Upon Latter Country BY Minister ic
the U. 6. Who Cites Previous
Agreement to Settle Difficult
ties Without War.

NJ Nico City May Z. According to
the state department today the Qua
temalan question remains unchanged
Minister Of Foreign Aifairs Mariscal
denied emphatically that Diplomatic
relations between the two countries
had b en- broken off. Mexico has sen.
another and stronger note to Guate.
mala insisting upon he delivery Of
General Lima.
What viii happen in the case Of d
second refusal on the part Of Gaute-
n,aIa is a matter not discessed in
official circles Thoss well informed
consider the situation 10 be grow
ing graver hourly
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-08
FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS
In Los Angeles Began Last Evening
In Honor Of the Gathering Of
the Mystic Shriners.

10, Angeles, May Routine busi-
ness engaged the attention Of The
Mystic Shriners today. The mayor
presented Imperial Potcntate Alvah
r. Clayton 4 massive gold key to the
city. Claston responded briefly. The
election Of oHicers and selections of
lie next place Of meeting Eill take
place tomorrOw.
The festival of flowers began this
evening with the f st Of a series Of
electrical psrades in which nearly
10000 Shriners took part. Among the
grand marshals aides we're Frank o.
Evans Of Des Maines. lowa. and II. g.
ceteheM. u ST. Joseph, so
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-08
BALTIMORE ELECTION TO-DAY.

Baltimore. N. y. Nav THE city
campaign which has been holly con
tested for several weeks ends 0dav
with the election of mayor and
other city officials. The contest is
being fought out on straight party
lines TIE Republican candidate for
the mayoralty is E. Clay Tinanus.
while the Democratic ticke is headed
b. J. Earry Mah0ol. Each candidate
has the solid support Of his party or
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-08
THAW HOME MORTCACED
Mother of Whites Slayer Secures
100000 on "Lyndhurst" pace
in East Pittsburg.

Pittsbulg. May Lyndhurst
the pre- entions home Of Mrs William
Thaw in the east end section OF this
city has been mortgaged for 100000
according to the Pittsburg Leader.
The mortgage was secured some time
ago and the book containing the
record has been hidden, according TO
this newspaper, and Information con
eerning the document did not become
public until today.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-08
FEDERATION couNcIL ARRIvEs.

Boise, Idaho May Attorney John
NJ. Murphy. of Denver counsel Tor
the Western F deration of Miners.
arrived today and joined the other At
torneys for Haywood and his fellow
prisoners. Murphy had q cons ltatioa
with the miners attorneys ami la'cr
conferred with The prisoners.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-08
ALLEGED BANDIT
DENIES MURD!'R
sHERlFF'S POSSE ARREST VII.
LIAM POWERS AS ONE OF
THREE TRAIN HoLD-uPS
ENGINEER SAVED TRAIN
6y Turning On Air Brakes just Be-
fore He Was Shot Down and
KiIed--PIans to Get $780,
600 in Cash Failed

Butte, Mont May T. William
Powers. aged 81, who says he came
here last week from Sand Point,
Idaho was arrested near WoodviIe
hy sheriff's posse this afternoon,
suspected OF being orc of the men
who this morning held up the North
Coast Limited ON the Northern Paci.
Sc nears Welchs.
He said he meant 10 board the train
al Woodyillc and beat his way out Of
The country. He denied all know.
edge OF The murder and hodup at
Welch's, bu- he was sent TO Butte by
lhe sheriff
The last heraio act Of Engines
CLOVIS. who was killed by Tie bandits.
IN turning on the air brakes probably
saved hundreds Of lives Tho grade
AZ Welch's is on top 0f the divide.
with very steep curve. Hal both
mon in the cab fallen before the
brakes were put on. the express train
undoubtedly would have attained a
rate Of speed sufficient to jump the
track and plunge into The canyon
There were three in the gang and
they stopped the train with a tei|
lantern in the middle of the track.
The signal Is unusual, but was sol
ntominent that tho engineer did moi
la'e to dis regard it
There was $t00 0o0l In cash aboard
the train Ell route from Seattle Port
hand and Tacoma to eastern cities.
The railroad officials say that the
r1bhers made no attempt 70 enter the
Express car or to rob The passengers
hut took fight as soon as they killed
Engineer Frank Claw, seeing that
theii plans had gone wrong. Tnel
fireman was wounded in the arm.
Helena, Mont, May IA dispatch
To Slfefiff ShJaspsker says the trssta
robbers of The North Coast Limited
nave be Il arrested at Basin, few
niles from Woodvile, where the
caught the train. They are mere
Youths,
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-08

with rifles. If any strike breakers
start any shooting from cars they
will be shot in turn by the police.H
Thirteen strike breakers were ar
rested. Three were released on bail
and the Hemalnder held awaiting de.
velopments.
Mayor Schmitz said tonight that
there is no need Of troops, that the
police are able To handle the situa-
tion. The police have been ordered
to arrest ANYBODY carrying arms, con
cealed or otherwise.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-08
JACKSONVILLE GETS MEETING,

Rock island, H., May THE iii
nos Federation of Colleges voted this
afternoon to hold the next meeting al
Illinois College, Jacksonville, May,
1908.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-08
GIVE UP COAL LANDS
Between 1000 and 1000 Acres Of
Ground Worth $3,ooo,ooo is Vol
unfairly Returned to U. S.

Denver, May 7.- Through the in
sirumentality Of officials Of the de-
partment OF Justice here, certain per-
sons in state farther east have vol
surrendered to United states
AttorneY General Burch patents for,
and decided back to the government
between 1000 and 1000 acres of val
liable coal lands in Routt county,
Colorado, worth nearly $3,000,000.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-08
NO cHlLD'S PLAY
In Calling Out the Militia Declares
Gov. Gilette--Waits on Police.

| Los Angeles. Cal, May 7.-"I viii
rot cal out the militia to auell the
riots in sar Francisco until the civil
authorities have asked me to do so
lor am satisfied from my own nyesti-
cations that there is no other way o
handle the situation" said Governor
Gillette tonight.
81 am watching the situation
closely ard will act the moment | be-
lieve 1t necessary 1t the riots 70 on
and they continue to kill men there
and the police are unable to stop it,
will call out the militia, There will
be no child's play about it. either, if
take that action will see tha the
riots are stopped and stopped at
cnce.'
All Lines Tied Up.
Not only all the lines of the United
Railroads, but also. The Geary stieat
line and the California street cab q
ars are tied up as result Of the
strike Hitherto these street ear com
panies have always avoided a walk
out by their men by promising to
abide by the result of strike ON the
United Railroads. But this time they
have announced that they cannot af
-ford 10 grant tha 80 and eight haur-
demand under any consideration and
have allowed their men to strike with
the rest.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-08

The Bulletin Is the only seveu day
Paper in Cairo.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-08

san Francisco. May James
Walsh, Who was injured in the street
car iol died late tonight.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-08

Batteries White. Sullivan and
Hart. Rhoadcs. BE nhard Wafe
field and Clark.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-08

rhlIadcIpbIa New Yofl-raln. no ral1o
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-08

TaffcTIos -l8CIHs1n am Spcn rf.
Sicycrs and payue.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-08
Ameriesn Learue.

WaabIneioa.rosion-rain No eame.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-08

Minneapolis Columbus snow. no
game
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-08

THIS NEWSPAPER NEVER conf
talred an advertisements that was not
important to someone. No issue Of
i ever failed to contain al least one
that was important to YOU.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-08

DON'T try to sell phonograph to
a deaf man or a painting to blind
man--nor hope TO be able to build up
a business without advertising.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-08

tOoaeluslcd ou seelud gaEe)
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-08
SCORES OF YESTERDAY

pitsbu 2 Chicago grounds, no
amc.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-08

New York. May New York Won
another game from Ilooklyn today.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-02
Concerning Date Palms.

1t has been known, for many years,
that date palms would grow thriftily
in Florida, and will stand as much
cold weather as an orange tree. There
has been but little if any fruit In
most cases this has, Of course, been
owing to the fact that, while the
date is diecious, very often only one
kind will be found in place. Not
long ago we quoted an item from
Texas exchange telling OF the re-
suit of hand pOllinating date bloom
1t may be that experiment will prove
that it can be profitab1y done in this
state. If SO, we see no reason why
we should not grow an ample supply
Tor home use, if not for market
We find, in a California exchange
the following:
In answer to a letter of inquiry,
b. q. Johnson, superintendent of the
government plant industry station at
Mecca, CAL, has written to the Los
Angeles Times some interesting in
formation as to the effort to cultivate
trees and make them commercially
profitable He says that at this sta
ton there are planted twelve acres
of date palm trees from six impor-
tatlons, from several date growing
countries. The largest number of
trees planted are from Algeria, Tunis,
Egypt and the Persian Gulf region.
There have been all degrees of sue
cess, depending upon the vigor of the
varieties, the distance transported, the
care given on the trip and after hav-
ing been planted While not bearing
commercial quantities of fruit until
about five years old, quite number
OF trees have borne fruit when two
years old. This year there are
number of both two and three-vear-
old trees in bearing.
Three men are now employed at
the station. When the orchard was
established three years ago, Nav. 1904.
only y one man was employed. In adj
dltlon to the dates, those in charge
are trying grapes and a large col
lection of figs and ornamental plants
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-02
A Little Object Lesson.

On Our little farm Of 24o acres we
employ only one hand, and Our total
expense for labor for one year, in
cluding filling the silo, is under $500,
not counting my own and the labor of
our twelve-year-old lad. During the
past year our farm produced in crops
and pasture-at the market price for
such products in Our neighborhood-
$3,264oo We handle absolutely no
thing but live stock-cattle, hogs, and
sheep, with an occasional colt-and
crop for the winter feeding of the
same. In other words, we practice
what we preach, breed and feed first
class live stock, make living, and
something besides, by the practice,
and the farm is increasing in value
about $500 per year. I believe we
shall continue right along this line.
And in travelling over Our state, l
am gratified to see the advancement
being made in the live stock business.
A little seed has fallen here and there
during the past few years which is
springing up, and the fruit is becom-
ing apparent on all sides. Let the
good work go on; it is the greatest
force we have for upbuilding of the
agriculture of Our state.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-02
Place Live Stock Should Occupy in North
Carolina Farming
A. I.
in Augu

The Progressive Farmer prints an
address in full, under the above head
ing. Believing, as we do, that there
is vast field for stock raising in
Florida, and that all he says applies
much more fully to this state than
to North Carolina, we copy it entire.
Of course, we have no such rocky
area of land as is found in N c., but
we have thousands Of acres of land
which have little value for any other
purpose than stock, but which could
be extremely profitable if devoted to
that branch of agriculture. Where the
speaker says North Carolina substi-
tute Florida in every case. The ar
ticle is as follows:
We are glad to print this address
of Mr.. French's in full. 1t is a no.
table presentation Of the live stock
question in it's relation to the I'M
provement Of agriculture not only in
North Carolina, but throughout the
Piedmont South. While it was pre-
pared for a North Carolina gathering,
its principles will be found applicable
throughout Progressive Farmers ter
llCOly. Ml. IlCllCu SpOkc DIS lOIOWS. {.
No State in the Union is better
fitted by nature to produce all class
es of live stock than is North Caro-
lima From Currituck to Cherokee
conditions exist which, if taken ad-
vantage of, will insure a profitable
live stock business for our farmers.
Conditions are such over a large
part OF Our state that Our farms can
not be handled with any profit with
out the help of live stock.
In other sections the greatest profit
can be secured only by the aid of
live stock to a greater or less de-
gree. Farming, to be made the
most profitable for term of years,
both for the farm and farmer, re-
qulres that good rotation of crops
be followed in which the legumes
play an important part North Car
ollna is spending five to six millions
OF dollars each year for the purchase
OF nitrogen Almost every dollar of
this vast sum may be saved bv our
farmers when the legumes are given
their proper place in our agricultural
scheme
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-02
The Hen for the EAGLE.

F. D. Coburn, secretary of the
Board of Agriculture of Kansas. said
in a report recently:
1.-The hen, while everything else was
going to rack and ruin, she increased
and multiplied; she supported herself
and the family too The very insects
which would have despoi1ed the farm
she fattened upon, laying her daily
egg-the blessed egg that took the
place of beef and milk. mutton and
pork-and in good time, after all these
services, surrendered her toothsome
body to the cause Of humanity. am
in favor Of making the hen the nation
al issue. Let us discard from our coat
of arms the eagle and put cock ram
pant and hen couchant, with gold
en- field emblazoned with eggs and the
motto: 1--WE keep the pot boiling and
don't you forget "-Exchange.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-02

necessity that the North Carolina
farmer finds some means of handling
his farm other than by hand labor
On a we'll regulated stock farm the
hand labor necessary for the hand
ling of a good-sized business is re-
duced to the minimum. The animals
themselves harvest without cost-ex-
cept for fencing-all the feed consum-
ed during six to eight months of the
year. The winter feed required may
be, and is grown and handled princi
pally by the use of large tools 'operat-
ed by horsepower, consequently the
cost of production is low, and, too,
the live stock will consume large
amounts of the by-products of grain
growing that are worth very little on
the markets, but which must be made
use of to the best advantage if the
farmer wishes to reap the highest re-
ward for his labor.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-02
How Live Stock Adds Value to the Legumes.

0 00"0~ ]Auus NdIue TO the LegumeS.
lhe legumlnous plants have a
three-fold value to the farmer, ()
as humus makers, (2) as nitrogen
gatherers, and CD as food for ami
mails. The first two values NAV be
obtained without the aid of live
stock, but as | will endeavor to point
out they are obtained at too great a
Sacrlflce of food value. Take on1v
one example, that of the cowpea.
Two tons of this most popular 1e-
gulne grown on one acre of land
Will produce about SIS worth of plant
food, and its value as humus will be
at least one-half of this sum. That is
TO say, that if we allow two tons of
coWpea vine to remain on the acre of
land on which it was produced. we
Will have added to the soil some $28
worth OF plant food and humus. But
this two tons of pea vine, when har-
vested as hay, has a food value of
from $25 to $27. Now if we plow this
valuable TODD in we are losing alto
gether more than we can afford to
lose: 1t is not good business to bury
$25 In each acre Of our land when we
can with little labor and at small ex
pense secure each the manurial, the
humus, and the food values of this
legume: The harvesting of the two
tons OF pea vine may be accomplish
ed by the use of machine tools at a
cost OF $3 at the most The prod
uct may be fed to animals and the
manure returned to the land at a
cost OF not more than ST. The hu-
mus value of the plants will be the
same whether plowed under in the
natural state or after having passed
through the animal. But in the
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-02

suitable to a desert soil and climate
Seventy varieties Of grapes are under
cultivation.
There are many sections of Cali
fornia where the date palm fourishes,
especially in the southern part of the
State, where the rainfall is light. It
will flourish in the Mojave desert,
Death valley, in the San Joaquin val
ley and in the Sacramento valley. But
humid sections in these valleys should
not be selected, as the fruit will not
rpen in humid climate, especially
such as that of Florida, though it is
warm enough there for the tree. 1t
will also flourish at Keeler and at
Barstow. Ordinarily the trees are
planted thirty feet distant from each
other; though some are planted at
twenty-five or even twenty feet apart
Its yield depends upon the soil and
the climate. Under ordinary condi-
tons it bears within four years after
the seed is planted and in a year or
two more it produces dates in paying
quantities-from 800 to 400 pounds Or
more year. This will last a century
or two centuries and even longer.
About 40 to so per cent. is sugar.
The Arab sweet date is about 60 per
cent. sugar.
The date plant differs from an or
dinary fruit tree as to the water sup-
ply and the climate. There is no
other tree like it. Heat is necessary,
yet it will stand cold, as low as 20
degrees, and much better than the
orange will Heat is necessary from
May to November, the time of fruit
ing. The mean temperature should
be about IS degrees and in June.
July and August, it should be 80 de-
grees. Where late varieties are de-
sired the temperature should be at
least 90 degrees during these three
months. This is found in Death val
ley, the Mojave desert, the Colorado
desert, the Volcanic springs and the
Salton sea section. There is a ther-
NAL belt along the foothills of the
Sierra Nevada, adjoining the interior
valley region, where the date could
be prohtab1y grown, and for COM
mercial purposes The date is not
strictly desert plant, as is shown bv
It's being cultivated at Berkeley, Fres
no, Pomona and other sections of
sem1-arld California. While it's leaves
are adapted to stand the driest of
climates, its roots must have water,
out not as much water as ordinary
plants, however. It grows more pro-
tusely on the desert, of course, pro-
vlded it be we'll watered. The plant
is cultivated with very little trouble
and the returns are very profitable.
considering the little time emploved
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-02

Be- careful how you use ,turpentine
around the lamp or fire. While warm
ing some over the lamp a portion of
1t dropped inside the chimney. Thefe
was flash, and-.-Farm Journal.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-02

WILL EXCHANGE ten weeks sub
scription to the Agriculturist for 10
cents (cash)-if you are not already
a subscriber.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-02

five per cent. Of the plant food value
will have been lost, going to make
up animal tissue and later sold from
the farm.
Getting the Most Out of Home Grown Feed.
So we will charge Our feeding &C
count with twenty-five per cent Of
the plant food value, or $6.25; add
ing the cost of harvesting and feed
ing to this we have total of $1o.25
to be subtracted from the food value
of the hay ($27), and have as the
result $I675 as clear profit per acre
to pay us for Our enterprise in hand
ling the product in this up-to-date
business manner Further, we re-
turn Our manure to the poorer Sec
tons of the field where the humus
and plant are most needed, instead
of turning in the bulk of the pea
vine on the richest spots on which
the bulk of it was produced and
where it is least needed.
We p1ow under millions of dollars
worth of cottonseed meal each year
for fertilizer, when we could just as
we'll secure both three-fourths of the
manurial and all the food value by
combining it with corn si1age and
feeding to first-class animals The
foregoing part of my talk applies
more particularly to the eastern sec
ton Of Our state.
How Live Stock May Wiring Profit from
Rough Land.
Now let us turn our attention for
little to the Piedmont section All
over this vast section-probably the
most fertile of our state-may be
seen thousands and thousands of
acres of land lying idle, growing up
in worthless brush and briars, bring
ing not a cent to their owners All
these vast acres should be producing
grass on which to Craze frst-class
COWS, hogs, sheep, and horses. The
rougher portions of this land can
never be made profitable p1ow land
because Of the great loss (by wash
ing) Of soil and fertility which at
tends the blowing and working of
this character Of soil. So the only
course in our opinion, open to the
farmers of this favored section is
the production of live stock, hay and
grass, uses to which this section is
especially adapted.
The people Of our mountain sec
ton have already found that only in
live stock farming can they hope to
attain to the greatest success; and
our northwestern counties with their
clean fields, productive meadows, and
fne. nicely painted homes, are as
good an argument as we need to con-
vince the most sceptical as to what
live stock can do in a country, and
am glad to know of the increasing
numbers of good animals being pro-
duced in this section. Only one thing,
IN nv opinion, stands in the way Of
doubling the number of animals pro-
duced annually in this section, and
that is the scarcity of level land on
whl"h to produce the feed for carrying
the young stock through the first
winter This trouble will be over
come. | am sure, in the near future
by the introduction of the silo, bv
means of which immense quantities
OF hne succulent food may be pro-
duced from small areas of land.
When this time comes, we expect to
see our mountain section disposing of
the bulk of her feeders as vearlings
instead OF as twos and threes. as at
present, and thus by feeding on1v
Voung, growing animals, secure the
greater profit to be obtained bv
handling this class of stock.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-02

TEN WEEKS FOR TEN CENTS.
Until further notice we will send n. A.-;
culturist ten weeks for TO cents to new suh.
scribers only.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-02

feeding of the product about twenty
five per cent. of the plant food value
will have been lost, going to make
up animal tissue and later sold from
the farm.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-02

''Fe STOCK Heips to Solve the Labor Prob
lem
The labor problem is becoming
more and more troublesome from
year to year, and it seems almost a