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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-08
NOT QUITE GONE.

The esteemed Pittsburg Sun Is get ting worked up. "Ts patriotism per- ished out of the land? Is a great in- come the only thing worth living for? Is 1t worth dying to all higher life to get?" These are the queries it hurls at it's readers without regard to the effect they might have on sen sitive people.
 All this disturbance is caused by the resignation of Senator John c. Spooner of wisconsin. That gentleman resign ed on account of "pressure of private duty" he says. That Is understood to mean that he is going to get better paying job. The President in his usual extravagance of language. refers to hiin as ''one of the ablest, most efi- cient, most fearless and upright public servants that the nation has,"
 That was laying 1t on pretty thick, which is the Roosevelt way. Possibly he is deserving of such high praise, but all those transcendent qualities were not powerful enough to hold him to the service of the nation" when some- thing better was offered him. Under the new salary law, as we understand 1t, the pay of the members will be $675 a month, and The Sun intinates that even a Senator should be able to live comfortably on that figure, and that he ought not to let his desire for gain get the better of his patriotism. Can any one under any circumstances im- agine a Washington or a Lincoln thus tempted away from the post of patri- otic duty by financial considerations?' It asks.
 Well. we prefer not to indulge in vain imaginings. We can't say as to Lincoln, but Washington was very rich man and could afford to serve his country even without any pay. Mod ern statesmen, especially of the Re- publican persuasion. are made of differ ent stun They get high political of- flee when they can and usually hang to it till they see something better coming their way. Still we may assure The Sun that in our opinion patriotism is not entirely perished from the land
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-08
FOR ALDERNIAN-wARD FOUR.

hereby announce myself candidate for Alderman of Ward 4 subject to the action if if sN' w. W. sEIDLH
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-08

I hereby announce myself as a candi- date for Alderman, Ward 4. subject to the action of the Democratic primary
 A. L. TYSON.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-08

I hereby announce myself a candidate for Alderman of Ward Four. subject to tho action of the Democratic Primary.
 WALTER R. BRASSELLN
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-08
FOR ALDERSIAN-wARD SEVEN.

hereby announce myself a candidate for Alderman from Ward Seven. subject to the a'''0n '' '"s NFi'''''4 '4' T. F. GIBSON.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-08
FOR ALDERMAN-WARD FIVE
FOR ALDERMAN-WARD ST.

hereby announce myself candidate for reelection as Alderman from Ward Six, subject to the action of the Democratic Primary. JAMES J. SULLIVAN.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-09-25

In the five miles south of Fort Pierce
where [ live there have been thirty
two families that have bought and de-
veloped pineapple plantations. AS a
rule these plantations are small, about
ten acres in each plantation, and the
owners live on them, with a residence
built to overlook the river and county
road.
The development of the county has
been in about the same proportion all
along the river in the pineapple region
In this five miles mentioned there are
seven plantations that have been devel-
oped, the owners living In the north and
coming down in the winter. There are
few cases where planters carry on
their plantations and find time to fol-
low their trade in the off season for
about six months in the year.
There is no tenancy movement as a
planter can pay for his place in three
years with his crops. Most of our la
Dor is negro help and they are o.
employed during harvest and planting
season, in the pineapples; they find
employment in other parts of the cOun-
ty and state in trucking season, pick
ing beans, tomatoes, etc. Money cir
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-09-25
The Florida Begger Weed.

An old saying is, Go away from
home to learn the news" The follow
ing from Ainslie's Magazine, will be
news to many of you. Beggar weed
IS good thing which is not suifi-
ciently appreciated, ye- we think that
it is not SO new as the writer would
lave his readers to believe.
The government has induced farm
ers to try the Florida beggar weed.
One experimenter reported that by
planting it in his field and blowing
under the annual crops for two ste
cessive years the soil had been COM
p1etely changed in texture and color.
Another farmer discovered that a
crop of beggar weeds turned under
will, when decomposed, retain near
the surface in ready reach of the roots
of succeeding crops not only all the
nitrogen that is taken ont of the at
mosphere, but also much of the fer
tilizers that were subsequently, applied.
A third reported that all his fields
produced more luxurious crops after
having been given over one season
to rank growth of this weed.
To find out how much chemical VAL
Tie this plant really takes from the air
and subsoil, the government planted a
sandy field (bare of any of the quail
ties of which ordinary cereals and
vegetables can thrive) with beggar
weed, and when the crop was at its
height harvested it rot and all.
The crop was then reduced to ashes
and the result analyzed. It was found
that every ton of beggar weed ashes
contained SOB pounds of lime, 23o
pounds of phosphoric acid and 49,
pounds of potash. Twenty to twenty
five tons of beggar weed hay were re-
quired to make a ton Of ashes, but
every acre yielded four tons of beggar
weed
1t was figured out that at four ton
yield per acre, which is an average,
one acre of beggar weed would
yield $50 pounds of nitrogen,
worth IS cents pound or $22. 50
weed would yield $50 pounds of nitro
gen, worth IS cents pound or S23 50
worth of nitrogen, and potash and
phosphoric acid worth $5.25, making
total of $27.75 worth of fertilizing
chemicals taken from an acre of soil
worth nothing at ALL
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-09-25
Pressing Needlework.

Many handsome, heavily embroid-
cred pieces cannot be dampened or
made wet
In such cases, lay the piece, inverted
over several thicknesses of dampened
white cloth
In short, the ironing board is damp
ened instead of the piece
The depth of soft folds allows the
raised parts to sink in, so that when
the pressing is done they stand. out
well.-American Cultivator.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-09-25
Some Florida Wealth.


This is the title of an editorial in a
late number Of the St. Augustine Rec
ord. 1t is one Of the most sarcastic
indictments of Florida farmers that
we have ever seen. What makes it
worse is the fact that it has a strong
foundation of truth under it. An old
proverb tells of the man who, LOCKED
the stable door after the horse was
stolen We seem to be in fair way
to do the same thing The Record
says:
One of Our esteemed contemporaries
in neighboring State is bit sur
prised to learn that cassava contains
more alcohol than apples, costs less to
grow and will grow in Florida on the
average soil almost without cultivation:
why then are not F1oridians rich? Why
is not casSava cultivated as a whole
sale business and alcohol taken from it
to supply a large demand? Well, Flor
ida grows some cassava which makes
excellent pudding as we'll as alcohol
and F1oridians are not as anxious to
get rich on alcohol as some others.
But cassava makes exceller4 e
all domestic animals as we'll as man:
why ruin it for alcohol? By another
process the starch is saved and the
residue makes an excellent substitute
for celluloid. Cassava will, in time,
become a wealth producing crop and If
it were the only one Florida could
grow it would already be known in all
the markets of the world, but the truth
is we have too many others.
In the Philippines and in Central
America the fbres are valued-here we
have half dozen of the best fibre pro-
ducing plants growing wild in the
primeva1 woods and we simply let them
grow. Now in a country where people
wanted to make living or grow rich
there would be bales of these fbrous
plants exported and mills put up to
change them into ropes and coarse
cloth and twine-here we let them
grow and love to see them grow
We have the clay for which the pot
ters of Ohio and New Jersey send to
Germany, but we take no notice of it:
Germans and Ohioans and Jerseymen
may make fortunes out of this dirt, but
Floridians have something better to do.
We have the finest sand for making
glass known to the arts-it has been
examined and we know because of
practical tests But Florida has so
much sand that if We began to sell it
or use it in commerce all of us would
be too rich to go fishing and so be
ruined.
The people of Maryland and Vir-
ginia are mourning the determination
of their oysters; Florida wouldn't take
care to preserve hers if nobody ever
had one to eat from Christmas to
Christmas Washington and New
York mourn the disappearance of the
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-09-25
Report of Crop Reporter, in the
Pineapple Section, to the y. S.
Dept. of Agriculture.

culates freely as all are prosperous.
Pineapples are very profitable All
average crop is about $50 crates, 1-2
bbl. per acre After commissions and
freight are paid they net around $1.5o
to $I.65 per crate.
About one half dozen families have
come from France (among them being
the Count de Halherbe) to enter the
pineapple business and they are sue
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-09-25

ceeding.
White City, five miles from Fort
Pierce, is largely composed of Danes
from Chicago. They attract their
countrymen to some extent. AS they
are engaged in trucking in the winter,
many Of them obtain work in the pines
in summer.
The movement of Bahama darkies is
increasing every year. They come
over in May and large number of
them return after harvest season is
over.
The whites that start in as laborers,
in a few years are owners Of their own
plantations.
If you desire any further informa-
ton along these lines I will be glad
to furnish it.
R. L. Goodwin.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-09-25

Editor Florida Agriculturist:
The pineapple region in this county
(St. Lucie) extends from about ten
miles north of Fort Pierce, to about
twenty miles south of Fort Pierce
When l came here in 1899 the country
was thinly settled along the narrow
ridge, not over 1-2 mile wide, compris-
ing the west boundary of the Indian
river.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-09-25

Never have the citrus fruit groves
which are located near this city look
ed better than at the present time,
and a ride through the country is we'll
worth while. The young groves
which have been lately set out give
promise of doing fine, while the older
trees are as healthy and full Of fruit
as can be.-South Florida Record
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-23
Resolutions Adopted
Repudiate Officials
Delegate Macarthur Urges Drastic
Measures Against Bnbe Takers

money to Abe Ruef, Mayor Schmitz or
any of the Supervisors for. special
privileges. Since then Supervisor Gal
lagher has confessed to receiving night
trust money from Ruef and passing II
to the Supervisors, and Morris Levy,
member OF the trust, has gone to As
sistant District Attorney Heney and
told everything he knew, corroborating
Gallagher's story and furnishing direct
evidence against Ruef zGraney's oath
is now at a discount in investigating
circles. and that is why he looks wor-
ried and doesn't find Fillmore street
what it used TO be.
Willus Britt, the fourth member Of
the fight trust, denied last night that
there was any truth in the story that
he had gone TO Ruef and threatened
murder if he We're not given $4,000,
which amount represents fourth Of
the amount of Doodle raised by the
trust There is nothing in the story"
said Britt 1T was circulated simply
as a knock against me- ] never asked
Ruef for a cent My recent statement
is the truth. 1 never gave a cent to
Ruef, Mayor Schmitz or any of the
Supervisors"
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-23
! half the irri-

Half the nervousness. half the irrl-
liability that is so common in everyday
life, is really sickness. and in most
cases a condition that accompanies KID
ney trouble.
1t is the work of the kidneys to keep
the blood free from uric acid and other
poisons, but when the kidneys are sick,
and not doing their duty. the uric acid
poison permeates the body, and attacks
body, brain and nerves. The irritation
causes nervousness. irritability, head
ache. dizzy spells; makes you languid,
unfit for work, and inclined to worry
over trifes. Besides, there is nothing
more annoying than a bad back, and
backache is the most common sign OF
kidney trouble. You feel lame and
tired in the morning, suffer day and
night with a dull aching in the back.
and 1T hurts to stoop or bend or lift.
Keep your temper cool, and get the
kidneys well. No person can feel
cheerful and healthy If the kidneys are
the least bit affected. A few doses Of
Doan's Kidney Pills, taken In the be-
ginning, will set the kidneys right
Continued treatment cures cases OF
long standing
Doan's Kidney Pills are for the Kid
neys only. and contain no poisonous
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-23
Nearly a Million
Spent In Hurry
Street Repair Fund of $665.00O
Has Not Been All
Accounted For

A new graft in municipal affairs-an-
other one in the growing list-came
to light yesterday when IL was discov-
cred that the $S65, 900 supposed TO have
been expended on the streets had not
been fully accounted for. The expendi-
lures were made through the finance
committee Of the Board of Supervisors,
OF which James l. Gallagher is chair
man. An inquiry has been set on foot
and before it is concluded Gallagher
may have a fresh confession to make.
The money was paid out in hurried
manner after the fire and at the Offices
OF the Board of Supervisors it was said
that the emergency made IL impossible
to keep an accurate account.
It is not believed that Gallagher is
alone TO blame for the discrepancy.
Those associated with him in the graft
game are believed to have demanded
q fair" division of the Doodle. The
details may come out in the additional
confessions being made from time to
time by the members Of the board 1t
is asserted that some of the Supervisors
had so much to confess that they could
not remember IL all while on the stand.
Later they recollected that they had
not told all and they visited the red
house IN FRANKLIN street and informed
Heney that their "consciences" de-
manded that they add to what they had
already told the Grand Jury.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-23
FIERCE STORM RAGING
OVER ALL THE NORTHERN
COUNTIES Of THE STATE
Heavy Falls of Rain and
Snow Are Added to the
High Floods
REDDING is ALARMED
Shortage of Provisions Is
Threatened, With Rail
Lines Closed

REDDING, March 22.-The severest
storm of the season is raging over all
the northern section of the State. Dur
ing the day the rain came down In
torrents, swirling in a gale Tonight
1t is showing and the flakes are coming
down so thickly that the pedestrian
cannot see his hand before him. Two
feet of snow has already fallen at
Sisson.
The situation is grave. Rail COM
munication has been cut off for several
days and there is danger that supplies
will not hold out. Trains are stalled
at the depot and there is much suner-
ing among the passengers. One OF
their number died last night and the
breaking out of an epidemic is feared.
1t will not be possible to restore the
tracks for several days. Slides and
washouts of track and bridge are en-
countered on every hand and it is al
most impossible for the railroad forces
to work in the present weather con-
ditions.
The county bridge across Cow Creek
was washed out, but some hardy, lum-
bermen lassoed 1t and are holding 1T
from going down the river.
A three-story building at Kennel was
washed into the stream to destruction.
Other houses have been forced off their
foundations by the food. The residents
are now busy binding down their
homes with chains.
The bodies of a man and horse
were seen floating past Redding today,
but any effort at rescue was impos-
sible.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-23
Ruef and Halsey
Gases Assigned
Trials on All Seventy-6ve Indid-
ments Are to Be Before
Judge Dunno

The Ruef and Halsey cases, seventy
FIVE indictments in all, were assigned
by Presiding Judge Coffey yesterday
to Judge DUNES department for trial.
The assignment was something of a
surprise TO those students of the situ-
alton who thought that the total of
cases begun and in prospect would be
a burden on the calendar OF single
Judge and predicted that there would
be a division of the cases among the
departments Of the Superior Court. The
action indicates the purpose of the
prosecution not to have the graft issue
clouded by a general distribution Of
the cases.
Dunno already has the Ruef and
Schmitz extortion cases before him,
Ruef being practically on trial, and he
has faced all the tactics for delay pre-
sented by the foxy attorneys Of the in
dicted boss. The Judge has handled
himself in a fashion to win public con-
fidence and his attitude in every in
stance has been supported by the high
er courts.
1t is not likely that the trial of the
extortion cases will be sidetracked to
accommodate the graver charges on
the courts calendar. The defense has
a right TO be heard in the matter of
delay or dismissal of the cases now
pending, and it is not likely that Ruef
or his attorneys will consent to any
action that will hasten the trial of the
sixty-five indictments.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-23
Hol FOR MORE WETNESs
Prognostcator McAdie Sees Trouble
Ahead for Today in the
Weather Line

Everybody who owns an umbrella
after the battle with the wind of yes
terday should carry it today-at least
until it is blown to pieces-for Weather
Forecaster McAdie made the unusual
announcement last night that rain may
he expected. Not only showers are
on the programme for todaysbut great
Quantities of wetness and windstorm
as we'll
1t was blowing thirty-f1ve miles an
hour when McAdie cast his prophetic
eye around the horizon from his gale
swept perch on top of the Merchants
Exchange building at O'Clock last
night and made his final prediction be-
fore coming down to earth for the
night, and then it began increasing
right away and kept on increasing hour
by hour.
High south winds, clouds and what
goes with them constituted the bulk Of
his announcement for what may be ex-
pected today. Yesterday was bad
enough and another session just like
it is promised. Umbrellas and rain
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-23
A GRATEFUL MAN SPEAKS

T. R. Mcdonald, proprietor of the
cigar store at Main and First streets,
and living at 746 South Elm street,
Woodland, CAL, says: "Doan's Kidney
Pills have been used in my family,
and with the best of results. / am
firmly convinced that there is no kid
ney remedy equal to them. To any
one suffering from backache or kidney
complaint I am glad to recommend
this valuable remedy. We procured
Doan's Kidney Pills and we are glad
to recommend them to others suffer-
ing from backache or kidney trouble.
I indorse the claims made for them
whenever opportunity occurs
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-23
Ruef's Detection
Growing Deeper

Abe Ruefs detection continues to in
crease with his incarceration at the st.
Francis Hotel. and, like Napoleon on
st. Helena he has taken to playing
solitaire.
He says himself that he has never
before played cards. One Of his guards
taught him the game.
He's a great gambler" remarked
Ruef, of the guard, affecting cheerful
ness with difficulty, land takes money
from me worse than a Supervisor
= Yesterday afternoon Ruefs father.
sister and brother-in-law paid him :
visit that lasted more than an hour.
The sister had tears in her eyes as she
left the hotel. While his relatives
were closeted with him George Keane.
who resigned as Schmitz's secretary to
become a State Senator, paid a brief
visit to Ruef.
Orders have been issued by Special
Agent Burns to Ruef's guards to al
low no one to confer with him in
secret except his attorneys. The
guards remain in the room while all
other visitors are with Ruef.
Henry Ach was Ruefs only visitor
last night and remained around the
hotel until past midnight. He has lost
his usual debonair manner and, sharing
Ruefs depression, is unable TO give him
any comfort. Ach's friends are all COM
.menting upon the great change that
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-23
TRAINS BEGIN To MOVE
OUT OF CAPITAL CITY,
BUT VERY SLOWLY
Track Over the Mountains
Kept Open With Much
Difficulty
TRACY BRIDGE IN USE
Traffic to Sacramento by
Niles-Stockton Route
Is Resumed

SACRAMENTO, March 22.-condi-
tions on the shthern Pacific lines were
greatly improved today. and nearly all
of the passenger and mail traffic which
has been congested here was sent
through to destinations. although by
roundabout courses and with scarcely
the senblance of schedule.
All of the main line trains bound for
San Francisco that have been tied up
here during the last few days were dis
patched by way of Stockton Thursday
night, and today all main line trains
are kept moving, although many hours
behind time.
Many of the San Francisco trains
were sent on the long course through
Stockton, Modesto and Merced to
Fresno, and back only a few miles to
the west through Coils, Firebaugh,
Tracy and Niles to Oakland. This aft
ernoon, however, the San Joaquin bridge,
between Stockton and Tracy, was
placed in condition to support traffic,
and much shorter route to the bay Is
now open.
The line to the East is still handi-
capped by the slide at Applegate.
Trouble continues there, and the line Is
no more than opened when there is a
recurrence Of the slide and the work of
repair has to be done all over again.
A piledriver is busy filling in a treStle
around the slide to meet the repeated
encroachments of the earth. Many
trains are being sent in that direction,
however, and are getting past the slide
at frequent intervals. Several trains
arrived from San Francisco by way Of
Stockton, and are now being sent for
ward on their way East.
Southern Pacific officials stated today
that they had hoped to get a train
through to MarysvilIe tomorrow morn
ing, but so far traffic in that direction
is blocked beyond WheatIand. The
water is falling between Wheatland
and Marysville, and large force of
men is making repairs. North of
Marysville the track to OrovilIe is still
and no guess is hazarded as to when
the line to the orange district will be
opened.
Mail is now being sent to and from
San Francisco both by boat and rail.
The main line to San Francisco is
still blocked by washouts between
Washington and Webster station. The
water is running over the tracks be-
tween these two points at a depth of
from three to ten feet, and it will be
many days before traffic can be re-
sumed. No effort is being made to re-
pair the embankments, and none will
be made until e.water subsidies.
The Portland line is still blocked be-
yond Redding, and several days will
elapse before trains can be sent through
on the west side of the valley beyond
that place, and 1t is probable that the
service of running through trains
around by Ogden and over the Oregon
Short Line will continue indefinitely.