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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-12
Creditors Hint That Some of Talk At Meeting Will Be
 Very Pointed
POSSIBLE DISPOSITIONS
 WHICH MIGHT BE MADE
A., B. 6 A. Syndicate Is Not To Be Purchaser, But the Sloss Company Is Suggested as Logical
 Future Owner.

The creditors of the Southern Steel company will meet in the federad build ing tomorrow for. the purpose of hear g a report of the receivers.
 G. r. Rosson, well known expert accountant. has been at work on the books of the bankrupt concern for sev eral weeks. lie has gone over the ac- counts. 1t is said, most thoroughly and has submitted to the receivers a full statement of the company's assets and liabilities, with side light notes.
 The receivers were occupied yester- day in analysing and digesting MT. Rosson's report. 1t is understood that they will supplement it with q com pleto list of all tie company's proper ties and state just what physical con- dition these properties are in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-12
Creditors Are Numerous.

The creditors of the Southern Steel in this district are very numerous, and due them totals considerably more than $500 000. What most concerns the cred itors is what provision can be made for paying them. The Southern Steel Is an Alabama corporation and according to the state law stockholders who have not actually paid in full for their hold ings are liable for the difference be- tween the amount paid and par or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the creditors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-12
Properties of the Companies.

The Southern Steels properties, be- fore it acquired the Lacoy- Buck Iron company, the Chattanooga company and the Georgia Steel company, for merly the Georgia Iron and Coal com pany included a blast furnace and steel mill at Gadsden, wire and nail nhil at Ersley, ore nnnes at Porterville and DittGevil on the Alabama Great Southern road, coal mines at Virginia City and coal mines at Altoona. The companies above named were recently taken over by the Southern Steel company and merged.
 When Col. T. C.. Bush accepted the chairmanship of the receivers he expected to be able to raise enough money to operate all the properties and gradually put the company on it's feet. But owing to the stress in the money market it was impossible to finance the concern, and one by one the plants have been shut down,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-12
constitdtionality Often Questioned.

The system of collecting the tax from the merchants ahead of time has often been questioned as to it's constitutionality, but the matter has never been tested and still is in doubt. So it is evident that if a merchants license is raised $100 he has to pay just that much to the city in excess of what he paid for 1907. The suggestion of the committee, while it sounds we'll on it's face, is believed to amount to nothing, and several citizens are redoubling their demands for de- crease in the schedule.
Connecticut western news., 1907-04-04
A WANTON WASTE.

Secretary Coburn of the Kansas state board of agriculture is authority for the statement that of the 2S,854, ,206 pounds of butter produced in the state last year only 25 per cent was of first class quality and good enough to coln- mand IS cents per pound. While Kan sas may be behind some of her sister states in the quality of the butter she produces, the situation which Secre- tary Coburn comments upon is one that may be duplicated to a greater or less extent in almost every state the farmers of which make any pretense at doing a dairy business. The loss that dairymen suffer in this respect as a result of a poor butter product is one that has no compensation, as it is a loss which nobody profits by and which is never made up. Millions upon millions of dollars are lost annually by the dairymen of the country in this way, yet there seems no likelihood of a change for the better until the indi- vidual cream producer is converted to methods of strict cleanliness and ordi- nary horse sense in the handling of his milk and cream.
Connecticut western news., 1907-04-04
Warm Quarters For Hogs.

Hogs need warm, comfortable quar- tssrs in cold weather more than horses or cattle because their hair is coarser aad thinner, says a writer in Ohio Farmer. Our best breeds of hogs have very little hair The higher their i'm proNement for pork production has been carried the thinner has become the covering of their bodies. Animals that were designed to endure the rigors Of winter without shelter are covered with a coat of warm, thick wool or hair. Tbe wild hog has long, thick hair, with a finer furry covering under it next the skin. The man who has his horses clipped must keep them blan- keted even in the stable during cold weather. The men who keep the hogs which have had their thick coating of hair bred off must have warm pens for keeping them comfortable in wintry weather
Connecticut western news., 1907-04-04
.ADULTERATED GRASS SEEDS.


 In consonance with the campaign which is being conducted in several states looking to putting a stop to the adulterated stock foods, grass seeds, etc, the Nebraska experiment station has of late been getting after the adul- terators of alfalfa seed and has found, among other things, that cheat seed, a worthless grass from the central west ern states, is being quite generally sold in place of the meadow fescue, or Eng fish blue grass, and as a substitute for the valuable brome grass. Two farm CTS of Rising City, Neb., lately shipped G0,OO0 pounds of the cheat seed to a Kansas City firm under the impression that it was the seed of the English blue grass. This is but one of many instances coming to light which tend to show conclusively that if conditions prevailing in the country justify the passage of pure food law there is even better ground for the passage of a stringent federal pure seed law, since the power of impure seed for future damage and mischief Is far greater than in the case of any one or several kinds of impure foodstuffs.
Connecticut western news., 1907-04-04

most seriously threatened haNe;appeared necessity to the government bureau of plant industry if the products are not to disappear from the materia medca. One of the most interesting among a number of plants recently re' ported upon is Cascara sagrada. .Dr. True of the bureau mentioned says that the cultivation of the Casca~a sagrada tree Rhamnus purshianusI has been made a subject of study fer about two years. The tree producing this useful bark, known as Cascara sl- grada, is a native of the upper Pacific coast region, where it chooses moist situations in the mountains. This ,usu
 ally small tree grows readily from seed 'sown in rich wood soil and makes S fair growth the first year. It is under observation both at Washington and at Ebenezer $. C. In both places it seems thus far to do well. Professor O. $. Sargent of Harvard university states. that at the Arnold arboretum, near Boston, the tree maintains an existence for some years after transplanting, but eventually dies. So far both the seed lings grown at Washington and the tranSDlanted trees sent in from the Isa- cite coast have made a good growta and look we'll 1t is very desirable that the cultivation of this tree on an eXpgr- imental scale should be taken up in the country to which it is native. The de mand for this bark is great not only i-a America, but to an increasing degree In foreign lands, and since the amount of available material wherewith to supply this demand is decreasing rap idly and considerable time is required to grow trees large enough to peel it is apparent that in the not very distant 1.uture a shortage is inevitable.
Connecticut western news., 1907-04-04
SOME QUERIES ABOUT VIRGINIA.

A reader of these notes living in Wis consin writes making inquiries about virginia-why farm lands are offered for sale at from $S to $20 per acre, whether stock raising could be carried on successfully there, whether the climate would be too tropical for northern man, etc. Replying to the queries in order, we should say that the prevailing low price of the agri- cultural lands in question seems to be due to the same causes that make them low throughout the New England states-namely, depletion of soil fer tility and the fact that the work of tilling is done at considerable disad- vantage as compared with the rich and level prairie lands of the central and western states. Then, too, in sections there is likely to be difference in origi- nal soil fertility, while the lands in question may also be stony or have a poor subsoil. That stock raising is car ried on successfully and extensively in Virginia is evidenced by the census of farm animals given in the government Crop Reporter for February, 1907. Vir- ginia Is credited with BOT, ,920 head of horses, 50,733 mules, 29O,7OO milk cows, 566 TOO other cattle, 512, ,261 head of sheep and 79S.0S0 hogs. While these figures are far from being the largest in the table, they nevertheless make a creditable showing for Virginia as a stock raising state. We believe that with lands not costing more than the amounts named sheep raising, concern ing which an especial query is made, could be carried on very successfully and profitably The best authorities at hand touching the climate of Virginia indicate that it varies from the tenn perature of the plains to the cold of the northwestern mountain districts. The climate is generally dry and mild and lhealthful the year around. The av- craze July temperature for the past twenty years has been 76 degrees F., while for January it has been 25.6 de- grees. The mean average temperature for the whole year during that period has been about 57 degrees. The average annual rainfall during a period of twenty-one years is given as 429I inches. From the figures given it would seem that the climate is quite moderate, the summer temperature I'comparing very favorably with that I.prevailing in Wisconsin and other northern states, while the winter weather is not nearly so severe. Since our friend has ready money, we would advise him to look into the Virginia proposition; also Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, where sheep raising is car .ried on much more excluively and ex- I;tensively.
Connecticut western news., 1907-04-04
THE GAS BAG sEEDsMAN.

The scotsman who advertises va riety of corn that he claims will pro duce 400 bushels per acre, onions that will produce 1,200 bushels and pota- toes that will produce 800 bushels might just as we'll be put in the Ana nfas class before you buy his seed as after you have found by bitter expe- rience that he is an all round liar, and a scotsman who will deliberately mis- represent to his customers the quantity which a given vegetable or grain will yield is quite likely to do violence to the truth when it comes to quality purity and reliability. Steer shy of the windy salesman. He's a slippery proposition.
Connecticut western news., 1907-04-04
RESTRICT OF CORNWALL. ss. Pro

RESTRICT OF CORNWALL, ss. Pro- D bate Court, March 25th, 1907.
 Estate of George c. Harrison late of Cornwall in said District, deceased.
 Upon the application of Carolyn Wells Harrison praying that letters of admins tration on said estate be granted to John E. Calhoun of said Cornwall as per appli- cation on file more fully appears, it is
 ORDERED-Th That said application be heard and determined at the Probate office in Cornwall in said District, on the 9th day of April A. D. 1907 at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and that notice be given of the pendency of said application and the time and place of hearing thereon, by publishing the same once in some news paper having d circulation in said District and by posting a copy thereof on the public sign post in the town of Cornwall in said District.
 CHARLES l.. GOLD, Judge.
Connecticut western news., 1907-04-04
DISTRICT OF CANAAN, ss., Probate

RESTRICT OF CANAAN, ss., Probate U Court, March 14. 1907.
 Estate of Laura J. Turner late of Ga naan in said District, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the District of Canaan hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof, for the cred itors of said estate to exhibit their claIms for settlement. Those who neglect 10 pre- sent their accounts, properly attested, within said time, will be debarred recov- cry. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to CLARENCE E. TURNER, Executor.
 Falls Village, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1907-04-04
Tax Collectors Notice

Litchfield County, Conn.,, hereby gives notice that the taxes laid upon the list of 1906 will become due ard payable on the 1st day of April, 1907, when shall be ready to receive them at the Town Hall in sharon on the first Monday in April and will be at Ellsworth postoffice on April from l o'clock, p.m.I to 3 o'clock p.m., at Amenia Union on Monday, April 15 from o'clock pm. until o'clock p. m. On all taxes not paid on or before May 1, interest at the rate of go per annum will be charged as perstatute.
 FRANK P. HAYNES, Collector.
Connecticut western news., 1907-04-04

RESTRICT OF CORNWALL ss. Pro- bbate Court, March 30th, 1907.
 Estate of Charlotte Orton Wedge late of Cornwall in said District.
 Upon the application of Mark Wedge, Administrator praying that certain real estate may be sold as per application on file more fully appears, it is
 ORDERED, That said application be heard and determined at tine Probate Office in Cornwall in said District. on the Sth day of April A. D. 1907 at one o'clock in the afternoon, and that notice be given of the pendency of said applicatioE and the time and place of hearing thereoh, by pub- fishing the same one time in some news paper having circulation in said District.
 CHARLES l.. GOLD, Judge
Connecticut western news., 1907-04-04
LEGAL NOTICES
RESTRICT OF SHARON, ss. Probate

RESTRICT OF SHARON, ss. Probate U Court March 29th, 1907.
 Estate of Baldwin Reed, late of Sharon in said Distrit, deceased.
 Upon the application of James B. Reed of Millerton, N. T., praying that an in- strument in writing purporting to be the last will and testament of said Baldwin Reed, deceased may be proved, approved, allowed and admitted to probate, as per application on file more fully appears, it is
 ORDERED-That said application be heard and determined at the Probate Office in sharon, Conn.,, in said District on the 18th day of April A. D., 1907 at 10.30 o'clock in the forenoon, and that notice of the pendency of said application and time and place of hearing thereon be given by publishing this order once in some newspaper, having circulation in said district, and by posting copy thereof on the sign-pos5 in the town of sharon, Conn.,, in said District, and by sending a like copy, postage paid, by registered mail to Isaac w. Reed, Litchfield, Conn.,, and Frank K. Reed, Petaluma, California, all at least one week before the day assigned for said hearing.
 Attest. LAWRENCE VAN ALsTYNE, Judge.
Connecticut western news., 1907-04-04
nISTRICT OF SHARON ss., Probat U Court April l. l9U7

nISTRICT OF SHARON ss, Probate U Court, April l, 1907.
 Estate of John H. Cleveland residing in Sharon in said District, an incompetent person.
 The Conservator of said incompetent person having presented his sannual account with said person and estate for acceptance by said court as per application on file more fully appears, it is
 ORDERED-That said application be heard and determined at the Probate Office in sharon in said District on the 18th day of April A. D. 1907 at one o'clock in the afternoon, and that notice be given of the pendency of said application and the time and place of hearing thereon, by publish ing the same once in some newspaper hay ing circulation in said District, and by posting copy thereof on the public sign post in the town of Sharon in said District days before said hearing. LAWRENCE VAN ALsTYNE, Judge.
Connecticut western news., 1907-04-04
EAAtR HyE:an::=
 1ssag|CHRBRA
NATIVE DRUG PLANT.

The Valuable Cascara Sagrada Is
 Rapidly Disappearing.
 An examination of the official list of crude drugs of plant origin develops the fact that d large proportion of the species represented is found growing in the United States. Many of them are weeds, often classed as noxious by the farmers; others are simply wild plants of the fields and forests of diff ferent parts of the country.
 The domestication and cultivation of tbose valuable wild plants that are
Connecticut western news., 1907-04-04
ROPE DEVICE.

then draw long rope between front feet and over nose, then back again over short rope; pull forward over nose and back again as before and tie. With this arrangement the hog is in com plete control
Connecticut western news., 1907-04-04
Winter Pruning.

Pruning can be done at any time, at the convenience of the owner, in the winter. Good judgment Is needed in this work or the injury may overbal- ance the benefits from 1t.
Connecticut western news., 1907-04-04

end, as shown in
 the cut. Now tie the remaining sev- en feet to the cen ter of the short rope midway be- tween the loops.
 Pass the loops over hind feet of hog:
Connecticut western news., 1907-04-04
Card the Cows.

Farmers will find 1t profitable to enjoy 1t, and it does them good when confined in tho stable during long winter.
Connecticut western news., 1907-04-04
To Handle n Vicious Hog.

An easy way for one man to handle large, vicious hog is by means of a
 five-eighths inch rope ten feet long. says a writer in Indiana Farmer. Cut off three feet and tie a loop in each
Connecticut western news., 1907-04-04
Tax notice

I hereby notify the taxpayers of the town of Canaan that the Rate Bill for 1907 on list of 1906 is due and in my hands for collection. I will be at Bartle's store, Falls Village April l and A. A. Roth's store, Falls Village April also at E. W. Spur Co.'S store Falls, Village April 15 from 9 a. m. till 12 m. to receive said taxes and to all taxes unpaid May 1, 1907 interest at the rate of per cent will be added until paid and all taxes must be settled by the first of October, 1907.
 Dated March 20, 1907.
 H. P. MORSE, Collector. Falls Village, Conn.,. R. F. D. No. 1.
Connecticut western news., 1907-04-04

No. S511.
 DEPORT OF THE CONDITION OF .IO THE CANAAN NATIONAL BANK, at Canaan. in the State of Connecticut, at the close of business, March 22nd, 1907.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-18
OFFICIAL AVERAGES
OF WORLDS SERIES
Figures Showing How Chicago
Nationals OutcIasSed De-
troit Americans.

The official average of the world s
championship baseball series have been
compiled and mada public by Francis c.
Richter of Philadelphia. and A. G. Elan
merry of ST. Louis. the official scorers for
the series, the tables showing at a glance
what the teams and the players as in
dividuals did in the five gamcs played
between Chicago and Detroit. The aver
ages show plainly how far Chicago out
classed Detroit in every department OF
the game.
Intere sting features of the series are
the sensational work of the champion
Chicago team on the bases and the hit
ting of the team against that of Detroit,
which was supposed to outclass the Cubs
in this department. Chicago outbatted
Detroit by a margin of 40 points Ross
man carried off the batting honors for
Detroit, with an average of 400 while
Cobb and Crawford who did such splen-
did work during the American League
pennant race, fell away off in their bat
ting in the five games.
Steinfeldt, Chicagos third baseman, led
all players in hitting uring the series,
with an average of 40. Jones of De-
troit and E,vers of Chicago were the
only other players to hit over 300. Kill
liam has an average of 500, but went to
bat only twice.
Following is a composite score of the
five games played, thus arranged to show
at a glance the total work in every de-
partment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-18
LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER
LONG BOW STORY

WORCESTER, October 1S.-Big John
Anderson, who quit the Washington team
this season, may be with the Philadel-
phia Athletics next eason If the plans of
Connie Mack are carried through success
fully Connie arrived here yesterday to
visit with his brother. Tom Mack. at
Hotel Franklin. He came here princ-
pally to watch Anderson work in the
game between Worcester and South
Bridge on Saturday. He has learned that
Anderson is back in the game. and 1t is
known that he will try to arrange a deal
whereby he may secure him for the Ath-
letics. He is close mouthed in the mat
ter and will have nothing to say beyond
that he came here to watch him work
Anderson could not be located last
night. Connie also entered vigorous
denial of the story that the Athletics
were to let Jimmy Collins go. He says
he has no intention of taking any action
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-18
YALE GOLFER LEADS
IN MEDAL ROUND

NEW YORK, October 1s.-Ellis Knowles
of Yale, with sterling card of II, yes
terday led the field in the qualifying
round for the individual championship of
the intercollegiate Golf Association in
progress over the links of the Nassau
Country Club. He was stroke better
than Ralph Peters, jr.. the Princeton
captain, and his college mates. Robert
Abbott and r. B. Merriam, the Yale sub
stitute. H. H. Wilder the Harvard cham
pion, came fifth with 70, and Dwight
Partridge sixth, with an even so. The
last man was f. w Kemble of Harvard,
who squeezed in with card of 50.
OF the sixteen to qualify seven hailed
from Yale. four each from Harvard and
Princeton and one from Pennsylvania
Ellis Knowles, the leader, was runner
up to Robert Abbott for the title two
years ago, and last year he was defeated
in the semi-final of the amateur cham
pionship by George II. Lyon. In all his
matches he has proved a hard nut to
crack, no matter how good the c.ass OF
his opponent. He halls from Pensacola,
Fla, and is seldom seen in tournaments
in this section.