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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-06-01
Carbon Disu1phide as a Squirrel Killer
(Prof. L. F. Henderson,

The use of carbon disulphide Cor as
is more commonly known carbon pl-
sulphide) as a solvent for grease and
oils has been known for many years.
Likewise its use as germ1c1de ana
insecticide in agriculture, museums, and
herbaria has been recognized for con-
siderable period of time. 1t has been
employed for several years in the ex-
termination of rats, gophers and prairie
dogs, but 1 know Of no one who has
made careful use of it in the exterm1na-
ton Of ground squirrels and then
checked up his work. Therefore I de-
termined to give the substance most
careful test this spring, as my expert
ence with it in former years had been
of too haphazard a character to war
rant it's being placed in press bulletin.
Wherever during the past two years, L
had dug out the run-ways of dens, after
employing the disulphide, 1 had found
the squirrels dead, but I had found too
few of them to say that 1t always Kills
them. After a trial this spring, can
state with certainty that where en-
ployed in the right way and in required
amounts, it kills all of the squirrels in
all of their dens. It has been thought
that this knowledge would benefit grow
ers of grain, alfalfa, clover or grasses
in the state and has led to the present
bulletin.
Carbon bisulphide Cor more accurate
ly disulphide) is made by passing sui
phur vapor over coax or charcoal which
has been heated to a cherry red color
in a vertical retort of cast iron or
glazed earthenware. In so doing two
atoms of sulphur unite with one of car
bon, giving us the compound CS2 1t is
generally, when impure as ordinarily
sold and used, of yellow color and
of a sickening fetid odor. When pure
it has almost no odor and is glistenlng
white owing to it's high retroactive In
dex. Tt is extremely volatile, that is,
passes off readily into gas, and should
consequently be closely stoppered. 1t
is extremely infammab1e, It's vapor tax
ing fire at 149 degrees centigrade or
900 degrees Fahrenheit, and 1t should
never be used in the presence OF lights,
pipes or cigars. It's specific gravity is
about 1928, making 1t therefore con-
siderably heavier than water. In fact
compared with water which weighs
about s35 pounds per gallon this would
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-06-01
BRUSSELS CARPETS.

ways did not seem to connect, nor were
squirrels present. In one, the two holes
of which were nearly fifty feet apart,
two dead squirrels were found, male
and a female. The first was entirely
EMBODIED in a perfectly round, soft nest,
into which he must have rum and ten
feet from the entrance. The other was
found about three feet from the other
entrance.
Experiment v. Two holes five feet
apart. Put in one tablespoonful at
$3.50 a. m Began digging out at 11:45
a. M, went 1 IL feet and found dead
female
Experiment VI. Four holes eighteen
feet apart. Put into each hole two
tablespoonful at $3.50 a. m. At 1 p. m.
began digging, and five feet from hole
found dead male.
Experiment VII. Den Of three holes
about six feet apart. Put in poison at
II a. M, one tablespoonful to hole, at
80 found dead squirrel
Experiment VIII. Large den of seven
apparently connecting holes, furthest
80 feet apart. Put one tablespoonful
to each hole at $3.50 a. m. Began dig
ging out at 1880 p. m. About ten feet
from one hole found dead squirrel.
Many other dens were dug out but no
squirrels were found In others, dead
squirrels were found, but the expert
ments were merely duplicates of those
given above.
From my present experience I do not
now hesitate to say that would all the
farmers Of any community fight the
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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-06-01
Tapestry
POrtiereS

Combination Col rs,
Green and Red, Dark
Olive, Old Red, Roman
Stripes--Soft Mercerized
Tapestry Goods; very
effective. Suitable for
double doors and arch
ways or wherever drap-
cry is needed to furnish
your rooms. All our
portiereS are reversible.
Prices: Sass, $2.75,
1886, $4.25 the Pair.
Derby Tapestry, width
As inches; colorS, rose,
gold, blue and Nile.
Our Price, Express
Prepaid, $500 the Pair.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-06-01
LARGE BRUSSELS RUGS.

These are the most popular floor cover
ings and every home should have at least
two of them. You can take them up and
work of taking up a carpet. We have all
sizes of Rugs. Let us know size Of rooms,
designs preferred, and price you want to
large assortment of All Wool Rugs in all
colors. any pattern ,. prr. ox,o o.
that sell at $40, we will send you, freight
prepaid for $l6.85.
Heavy Administer Rugs, 9x12 regular
price $35, our price, only $26.25.
1t is always a pleasure to answer
samples. Let us know your require1
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-06-01
FINE NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS.

Here is but one design of a very large
variety we keep constantly hand. We can
fill your. order same day as it is received.
length three yards, Marie Antoinette pattern,
Point d'Esprit center or ground-very dainty
for chambers; will wash and do UP like
piece of cotton Regular retail price g. Our
Price, freight paid, $1.15 the Pair. You will
never regret ordering pair of these curtains
Guiding Furniture, Cook and Heating
5, Bedding of all kinds, Etc.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-06-01
SWISS RUFFLED CURTAINS.

Every home has some windows that nee
something CHEAP er than the heavy. expensiN
curtains, and this necessity the Swiss Ruff1e
Curtains fill. These dainty curtains hay
pleased thousands and we know they wi
please you. We have them with Pure Whit
Plain Centers, with fancy insertion; Polk
Dot Centers; Fancy Stripe Centers and Media
csc, $1.oo, S1.25. Let us have a trial orde
We have Everything for the Home,
Stoves, Floor Coverings, Window Sh;
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Continued on Page Five.)
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-08
SENATOR DRYpENs DEFEAT

The defeat of Senator Dryden for
reelection in New Jersey adds to the
long list of proofs of the seriousness
and permanence of popular revolt
against corporation rule. The as
tendency Of the machine of which
Senator Dryden was the head and
front seemed absolute at the outset
of the contest, including the party or
ganization in the state. the full fed
eral patronage and a confederation of
all the powerful corporations of New
Jersey, conspicuous among which was
the senator's own great insurance
company and it's numerous collateral
concerns. And the state has been for
decades VIGOROUSLY under the power
and manipulation of corporation and
trust influences, all of which, 1t is
Familiarity known, were at the nod and
beck of Dryden.
That a movement could be so rap
idly organized under, these circum-
stances with sufficient power in the
legislature to defeat Dryden must be
regarded as signal evidence of the
strength of popular revolt in New
Jersey. 1t may be that his successor
is not free from corporation influence,
but corporate domination has never
theless suffered grave reverse. Its
chosen and most conspicuous repre-
sentative has been rejected and indie
pendent and patriotic sentiment slim
ulated and strengthened to such de-
gree that it can no longer be disre-
garded or contemptuously overridden.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-08
THE RiKER orEsrIoN.

The vote of las to 43. by which the
amendment to the rivers and harbors
bill providing for fourteen-foot chan
mel from Chicago to st. Louis was
lost, must not be taken to express the
real feeling in the house or the senu-
ment of the country on the commit
tees general attitude toward western
waterway improvement The pending
bill does make some concessions, al
though they are inadequate, for clear
ing the channels of the Missouri and
other main branches of the Mississippi,
and the tendency in the house, when
the test comes, is powerful for sus-
tanning the committee, even when, as
in this case, there is widespread dis
satisfaction with the details of its bill.
There are. too, doubts of the wis
dom of committing the government at
this time to the expenditure of not less
than $30,O0O,OOO which would be re-
quired for a fourteen-foot stage of
water from st. Louis up to the Chicago
drainage canal That undertaking
should be considered as a part of a
comprehensive scheme of river navi-
cation, and such a scheme has not yet
been matured, although there has
lately been notable awakening of mid
continent sentiment to its Importance.
The deepening of the stretch north of
St. Louis is naturally related to navi-
cation south to the gulf, but this has
at the present time no assurance of
more than a nine or ten-foot depth
over a long distance.
The house, therefore, submitted to
the alternative of supporting the COM
mittee bill, under which there is some
hope of reviving commerce on the
Missouri and other rivers. leaving to
the future the large general question
of internal navigation. But it has
been abundantly demonstrated in and
out of congress that this question can
not be indefinitely postponed and SEN
timent is now being solidified through
out the central valley states that will
command its solution as vital to trans
portation interests.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-08
Personal NOTES.


Leroy Hilman Of Indianapolis. n years
old, Is the youngest chaplain in the United
States army. He is now on duty at the
arsenal in Rock Island, ILL.,
Prof Charles Eliot Morton, close
friend OF Longfellow during the poets
Cambridge life, has written a memoir OF
thirty pages which he will issue as a
memoriam of Longfellow's centenary.
Let the farmers take courage. The New
York Evening Post informs them that
''thermodynamically in the cylinder and as
to price, alcohol will be the best fuel for
internal combustion engines within few
years"
Mrs. Britannia w. Kennon, great-grand-
daughter of Martha Washington and a des-
cendant Of the last Lord Baltimore, eele-
brated her ninety-second birthday a few
days ago at her home In Georgetown, d. G.
She was born there and has lived in the
same place all her life.
Robert w. Chandler, the millionaire
sheriff OF Duchess county, New York, is
believed to be the richest American citizen
holding such a position. He went into Of
fee on a reform WAVE pledged to economy
and is making good He is feeding pris-
oners for a little over 60 cents a week.
The nearest surviving relative of Abra-
ham Lincoln in Indiana is Elijah Lincoln OF
Fort Branch, cousin, who strongly re-
sembles the martyred president He Is six
feet two inches tall. OF the lank and mascu-
lar Lincoln build and though past the age
OF "a he is still vigorous and takes active
interest in general affairs. Like his
famous cousin, he is unpretentious to a
degree. .s...'
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-08
PURE FOOD INSPECTION.
Efforts to Administer KHOck-Out
Drops 20 Federal Law.
New York Evening Post.

New York Evening Post.
The peoples lobby leaps suddenly to
light exposings7a committee amendment 70
one Of this years appropriation bills. de-
signed TO weaken the pure food law. 1t Is
an amendment providing that no federal
money shall be available to pay, wholly or
IN part, salaries or expenses of state ard
local officials. It is doubtless true that 1t
would knock Secretary Wilson's present
plans into a cooked hat. yet Chairman
Tawney's defence of the amendment Hos.
ne said, ito check the very apparent and
growing tendency of the states to reduce
or eliminate altogether their appropriations
for pure food inspection, and let the gov
ornment stand the entire expense" Co
operation between state and federal author
tiles is talked about more than ever before.
Does II, in fact, mean that the states are
leaving all the troubles and expense to the
national government? That agitation at
Washington stimulates action in the state
legislatures is well known. Not only pure
food laws but railroad control measures,
corrupt practices acts and many other lines
OF legislation, were accepted by the states
generally before congress had got ready to
act But II Mr.. Tawney's opinion is backed
by facts. they are disposed to be content
with passing laws. The point is at least
worth attention. II the states are trying
to save money by depending upon the fed
eral government, they should consider that
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-08
EFFoRT TO INFLUENCE ROOSEVELT.

EFFORT TO INFLUENCE ROOSEVELT.
The extended call at the White
House of Thomas F, Ryan. the New
York multi-millionaire capitalist and
captain of industry, is naturally con-
nected with the movement in progress
for weeks to convince the president
that he is going too far in investiga-
tions and prosecutions of great trans
portation and Industrial corporations.
This effort, indeed. is. understood to
have begun In a concerted way about
the opening Of the present session of
congress, in which It was believed that
the opponents OF the president could
contrive to block any positive progress
sive legislation In continuance of the
notable work of the preceding long
session. But the real aim OF the cor
poration interests In addition has been
and is by all means to influence the
president to ''let up" on his policy now
and in the interim before the regular
session of the new congress next De-
cember.
To state the proposition plainly is,
of course. to dispose of it, although
no one imagines that 1t has been
stated in naked substance by Mr.. Ryan
or any of his associates who have been
directly or indirectly pressing the
president. The argument has come In
the disguise of solicitude for business
and financial stability which official in
reference and popular agitation are
pictured as now grayely imperilling.
The necessity of helping transporta-
ton and industrial concerns to new
capital for betterments and extensions
has been emphasized. And the last
few weeks a tambling stock market
has been eagerly used TO point the
moral and adorn the tale.
The corroboratiye assurances ema-
mating from Washington are hardly
needed that the attitude of the presi-
dent has not changed by so much as a
hairs breadth. In his view collision
with authority will cease the moment
the great corporations cease to run
counter to 1t and to vital public in
terest, obeying the laws that have
been enacted OF may be needed to pro-
hibit abuses. That is the substantial
and sole purpose OF the policy for
which the president enlisted during
the war.
1t is altogether credible that the IN
terviews the president has had with
Mr.. Ryan and others. have really
proved a great opportunity for i'm
pressing them with the imperative
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-08
REAL WALL STREET PANIC.
stock Gamblers TerrOriEed by visions
of Roosevelt,


The inevitable attack Of delirium tire
me1s has followed Wall streets prolonged
financial debauch. Millions Of Theodore
Roosevelts are now dancing around the vic
tim. PhosphOrescent spectacles CLEAN
from every nook and corner of the Stock
exchange. The crashing of presidential
teeth is heard above the roar OF trafic. The
sky is darkened by big sticks that hang
In clouds. There is no refuge from the ter
TOR by day or the pestilence that walketh
in the darkness. And the worst is yet to
come.
He is going to order a horizontal reduc-
ton OF 10 per cent in railroad rates. He is
going to squeeze all the water out OF rail-
road stocks He is going TO prevent the Is
sue OF new securities. He Is going to burn
the constitution at the stake. He is going
to obliterate state lines. He Is. going TO in
vestigate everything and sentence every
body that owns stock In a corporation to
life Imprisonment. He is going 10 abolish
the supreme court. Maybe he will hang
congress, especially the senate. He Is go
ing 10 indict everybody that has more that
q. Everything over si1 Is a swollen fortune
and must be conhscated.
Flesh and blood cannot endure this ag-
ony much longer. Two years more OF Roose~
welt ia likely to ind all Wall street in a
padded cell. while the attending physicians
shake their heads ominousy. Already the
suffering Of the victim melts the coolest
heart TO pity.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-08
Legislative Courtesy,
New York SUI


CushIng's Manual and true courtesy
still rule the Illinois house OF representa-
tives. win the gentleman from Vermilon
yield TO a question:" asked Mr.. Lantz. at
would II / thought the gentleman had
enough sense to comprehend an answer"
replied Mr.. Allen. who went on to say that
II the members Of the house were elected
for their honesty there would not be
enough able to qualify to make quorum"
Would you qualify?" was the too personal
question OF Mr.. A. Daugherty. 81 would.
but you wouldn't" was the Vermilion
mans reply. You couldn't qualify even
II your hair were twice as red as II is.''
These are hot sparks from the Olympian
chariot wheels. The race OF legislation
goes swiftly on. Even In the slower senate
bill to prohibit college students under
the age of n from smoking cigarettes.
cigars or tobacco has been reported favor
ably
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-08
THE GRIPPE.
Snmerville Journal.

Somervllle Journal.
An ache In the back. and a pain In the
head
That's the grippel
A choke in the throat, and a yearning for
bed 4..I.
That's the grippe t.
A river of heat, then a shiver OF cold.
A feeling of being three hundred years old,
A willingness even to do as you're told
That's the grippe!
An arrow of pain, now in this place. now
That's the grippe!
feeling of doubt as to where you are at
That's the grippe!
stupid sensaton--of course, wholly newt
A foolish depression-why should you feel
blue?-
A doubt as to whether this really is you--
That's the grippel
Strange visions at night, that deprive you
of rest
That's the grippel
A taste in your mouth. and a weight on
your chest
That's the grippei
A tired sensation that runs through your
veins,
A queer combination of aches and OF pains.
A vapid admission of absence of brains
That's the grippe!
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-08

The charges publicly made by State
Senator Patrick that large sums Of
money we're used by the liquor inter
ests two years ago to influence legis-
lation, and that still larger sums have
been raised by them this time for the
same purpose, would be serious If
true.
Quite a few of the members of the
last legislature are also members of
this legislature, and the charges
would reflect doubly upon them.
Senator Patrick bases his state
ments entirely upon hearsay and re-
port. He has evidently reiterated
them without tracing them down or
verifying the1n at the source. He has
made these charges either because he
believes them to be true or because
reckless of their truth he thinks they
would help him put through the anti
liquor bills which he has drawn and
introduced by himself or by his proxy.
In either case the legislature will
be fully warranted in calling upon
him to make his charges specific so
that they may form the basis of an
official investigation, or to put them
merely in the rumor class.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-08
TREASURY DEPARTMENT REFORMS.

hAoChI OEEAhL " mr. OAhhc'
Wall street and Washington are
considerably exercised over a report
that George B. Cortelyou, who is soon
to succeed Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw, has announced a plan of reor-
ganization to prevent leaks of infor-
nation valuable to the speculative in
terests on Wall street. 1t is not likely
that Mr.. Cortelyou has made any such
statement. He has achieved a success
in every federal position he has held,
but he has never INDUCED in any ad-
vance advertising of his plans He
has wrought valuable reforms in the
Postoffice department, without any as
sistance OF self-written interviews or
appeals to publicity bureaus, and 1t is
presumed that any plans he may have
for the reorganization of the person
mel of the Treasury department will
be carried out without any beating OF
drums or blowing of trumpets.
Evidence is wholly lacking to sup
port the recent charges that there have
been any leaks in the Treasury depart
ment that have resulted in benefit to
the speculative interests of Wall street.
Secretary Shaw's recent statement on
this subject, challenging the makers
Of the charges to produce any evidence
that would throw even a suspicion on
any prominent treasury Official, re-
mains unanswered. The departments
at Washington have of late been par
ticularly free from scandal. The ex-
pose of the postofice thievery a few
years ago and the cotton report leak in
the Agricultural department furnish
the only instances in years of official
misconduct, a remarkable showing
when the vast number of employees
and the opportunity and temptations
for fraud are considered. Advance in
formation of Treasury department
moves, such as increasing deposits in
the national banks, anticipating bond
interest payments or the calling for
bank statements, is highly valuable
to spectators in Wall street. and yet
there has been no evidence, since the
bond selling days of the Cleveland ad-
ministration, that such information
has been secured by those who would
benefit by 1t in a financial way.
Reports of Mr.. Cortelyou's reorgan-
ization plans are probably due to the
work OF the Keep commission. which
has been for more than year engaged
in the preparation of an improved
system of bookkeeping for the Treas
ury department This commission, au-
thorized at the instance of the presi
dent, has examined and investigated
each of the executive departments in
Washington and recommended changes
which have been very generally
adopted for the marked betterment of
the public service. It's proposed
changes In the Treasury departments
operating methods have met the sp-
prevail of Secretary Shaw and will be
put into effect with Mr.. Cortelyou's in
duction into Office as secretary of the
treasury. These plans simply call for
the installation of more modern busi-
ness methods to supplant the cumber-
some and outgrown system in vogue
for generations in the greatest inan-
eial institution in the world.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-08
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.

Paw" asked Tommy, what is an In
Anything you have to buy these days,
looking over his grocery, coal and meat
bills for the preceding month.-ChicaSo Tri-
bune. ...
You must have the highest admiration
for man of punetilious political prtn-
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum; IL
have the highest admiration for him, but
no particular use for him.
Star.
The vegetables hurtled upon the stage.
Safe In the wings the star took stock.
There's a cabbage" he said, and po-
tatoes, and turnips.
Then stepping boldly to the front, he
Kissed, do your worst: -, a.. 1890
for which he had pinned. philadelphia
Ledger
He rolls his eyes at me,".
Il don't like it. What would you DOR :.
step on one Of 'em. Then he may stop.
Houston Chronicle.
whats the matter with that old repro
bate, Geesicks? l hear he goes everywhere
he can hear a sermon Has he changed
mot a bit OF It. But he's been suffering
over a year from insomnia and he's get
ting desperate enough to try any remedy
baltimore American. ,I
miss Freezems skating party was
cold and formal affair, l understand" 90
ut was until that huge Miss Plump
came"
what did she do?''
"she fell and that broke the ice."-cieve-
land Plain Dealer.
st believe every man ought to eat good
and plenty always" said the fat man.
ut never pays to work on an empty stom-
ach." .a.
II disagree with YOU" remarked the
quiet stranger; I've found that 1t often
pays very we'll"
THAT so2 /, What kind ef work do, you
nm a surgeon" -Philadelphia Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-08

II the railroads paid city taxes on
their terminals the same as are ex-
acted from other private property en-
toying the benefits of municipal gov
eminent the municipal revenues would
be increased by approximately $780,
600 a year. and 5000. 900 year would
enable the city to make all kinds of
improvements not now justified by the
contents of its pocketbook.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-08

need of conforming to the laws rather
than influencing him to abandon or re-
lax their enforcement upon big as well
as small violators. IL has been made
plain that continued resistance and
conflict must inevitably call broader
public powers into play and the peace
that is plead for in corporation inter
est Is available at any moment, but
only by corporation submission to pub
lie authority.