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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-07-03

IL xiii De seen oy the foregoing IA DIE
ths. the only counties TO show & decrease
in the business in the State last year were
Sagadshoc, York and Hancock.
In 1893 there were eighteen clam canning
factories in the State, valued at -, 9no.
while on December 81, last, there were sew
enteen valued at sIs, 100. In 1905 there were
ST. boats, valued al lbs, and 1879 persons
engaged in the business. That year Ihe
employees Of the canning factories re-
ceived in wages s5e.556. Last year there
were s27 boats worth sIi.sss, and 1859 per-
sons engaged in the claiming business
The pay OF factory help for the year was
s55, 500.
OF the seventeen canning factories in
the State Cumberland and Hancock
counties each have five, Knox four, Lin
coin two and the other is in Washington
county. Ii is now understood, however,
tina, thescoming fall viii see a new factory
established at Luoec in Washington
county.
All the digging of CLANS is done by
hand. no machine having yet been devised
which can do the work The men use
what IS known as a clam hoe, though II
could be called with equal propriety s
rake. 1t IS a long tined iron rake fastened
to a short handle with which the digger
hoes up the flats, wherever he sees clam
signs. The digging must all Be done al
low water and the number of bushels
which good digger can get al tide is a
questionable proposition; as much de-
ponds upon the fats as upon the man
On a fat which has not been hard dug 8
good man ought TO average three bushels
per tide, while on others he would be
lucky could he get half that number.
The process of canning clans which
Is most generally followed is first to cut
of the snour. remove the skin or film COW
ering and clean the clam as for the table.
Next they are placed in cans and the cans
filed with liquid diluted with fresh, salt
or sea water, and the covers soldered On.
Next the cans are placed in crates and the
contents cooked in q tank OF boiling
water. The length of this boiling de-
ponds upon the freshness OF the clans
the fresner the CLAIMS the longer the cook
ing.
When this boiling is completed the cans
are al once vented, that is = small hole IS
made in one END TO let out the gas This
is at once sealed and there is another boil
ing of an hour and half and the clam is
ready for labelling and the market.
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PLANT RETARDArioS.


Osf 81 season.
Lilies 81 the valley and many other
plants are now placed on the markets
OF the worlds great cities months aft
er they are cut Of season This is ac-
cosnpiished By plant rstarsiatioa. .
holding back the Development by
means Of cold and darkness until what
ever time is desired. Then they are
once more subjected 10 light ana
warmth. when they blossom. TIE
mcst prominent feature OF : plant re-
ta7catOn establishment is the huge
coid storage building in which tie
pants are slowed away. Under tie
care Of the guide the visitor passes the
portals In a moment he steps from
the warmth and light OF a summers
day into the cold bitterness Of a wiz
ter's night. the darkness OF which i
but feebly relieved by the fickering
hand lanterns. The interior Of the
building is divided Into various cham
bers. and each one OF these is allotted
TO some particular Kind Of plant one
chamber IS fun Of lily OF the valley
roots. the next IS packed with boxes
containing lilium bulbs. while again
compartment Is erammed with small
ported plants Of azalea and spi-aea.
Each and al Of these varieties are IN
a dormant condition. sleeping away
their time entirely unconscious Of the
changing seasons in the outside world
The walls OF the chambers are thickiy
coated with deposit OF frost CRYSTALS.
and millions Of these fash Ike dia-
monds in response TO the rays Of light
from the lamp. The degree OF cold is
usually obtained by mesns Of a CON-
pressed air apparatus. and the freez-
ting current IS led into the different
chambers through wooden channels
In course u time these passages get
ehoked with hoarfro>t. and it becomes
necessary for a man 10 enter them and
clean the accumulation away This Is
is as low As - degrees below zero
The costume Of workman engaged
in this clearing out operation is p-2c-
tically an arctic outfit Every part
of the BODY with the exception OF
small holes fer eyes and mouth must
be protected with thick wool Other
wise serious frostbites would ensue-
Retarded plants may be kept in
cheek for eight months or at times as
long as a year. and curiously enough
they do not seem TO be any the worse
for the treatment. Indeed. the expert
eace seems 10 make them grow all the
faster when they are allowed 70 make
a start Some varieties grow at ire
mendous rate when they are brought
into hea..-Chics go News
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THE HUMBLE CLAN
BRINGS MANY DOLLARS INTO
MAINE YEARLY.
HANCOCK THE BANNER CLAN COUNTY
The PROCESS OF CANNING
CLANS.



Rubber neck. is what they call them in
some parts Of NrYork. while in some
places remote from salt water they are re-
terred to as .ssuccuient bivaives-. but
down here on the coast OF Maine they're
known - plain clans. Natives make
cho~dsrs and stews from them; steam
en- bake and fry them and each year 1t
the country fairs ..Uncie Beanem OF Sears
port makes good thing from selling the
sighs-ssers a.soutses clans at ten cents
the plate.
Time ras when the clam was more or
less csspzsed- II Was too abundant then
TO Be regarded as a dsliczcy. Like the sal
mon on the Penoescos. shad on the Ken
netec and the Delaware, natives looked
down upon this she'll fish Times have
changed To-day the clam is much
sought after. Il Is harder to secure and,
a. with The lobster, prices are higher than
they used 10 be- But a few years ago
town wanted q clam ehoxdsr or steamed
clans, one OF the family took him or her
self 10 the fats snd dug 3 basket in no
time Now they, too, depend upon ped
dlers. Just as do the inhabitants Of the in
Land places.
Asa business proposition the clam is .
valuable asset TO the State Of Maine. Il Is
one Of the products o. cur coast mud
Eats which Is deserving OF protection.
The money returns from the clam business
10 the people of Maine increased from
So. ai2 in 1905 to sss3a3 in 1915. gain
of sI3,i5i. And this has nothing TO do
whatever with the thousands OF bushels
Of clans which were dug tos private con-
sumption and for which no money was
paid; neither does il hare TO do with those
many barrels dug by occasional work
ers. taken to nearby towns and sold from
house 10 house
Ii deals entirely with the clam business
carried on in this State, and where if is
possible to secure information concerning
the amount Of business done Could all
these other interests be cznvassed without
question the figures quoted would be
much larger The clam statistics are d.
vided as follows: Those sold in shells, sold
40A DAAts S~41 t&rsA .aANAr4- Na1UC1 AltA
clam juice and canned clam chowder.
In 1915 the total receipss from sale of
clans exclusive OF canned chowder and
clam juice were s3R.ias while for juice
and clam chowdsr add $1,000 In 1906 the
figures for all sources save juice and chow
der were ssp, iie and for the last named,
s13,e74.
From all tina; one sees and reads con-
corning Scarbo-o clans, it would natur
ally Be dedueed ihss York county would
Be the big clam county of the State.
whereas it IS the smallest. Hancock
county does the bigges, business in CLAIMS
Knox comes next, Lincoln and Cumber-
land are tied for third plsce and then
comes Washington county. The follow
ing table shows ths business done by each
of the eight counties that have clam re-
sources in the past two years:
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ChTHRRH

Taste and Smell. Full size Scots, Al Drug
gists or BIZ rail Trial Size 10 CTS. by mall
Ely B-ct-.e-s, IS " ---aZ S1-es q. New YORK
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-07-03
ELECTRIC ROAD.


Mt. Desert Transit Securing Desira-
Bile shore Property.
The MI. Desert Transit Co., which pro-
poses to build an electric road between
Ellsworth and Bar HArbor, has purchased
the Thoms- Emery place at Salisbury
Cove. The property consists OF over fifty
acres, with a shore frontage Of considsra-
bic extent.
A meeting Of the directors of the
company Was held at Bar Hsrbor last Fri
day. One of the things that received con-
siderstion was the purchase Of site for
q terminal station IN Bar Hsrhor. Nego-
tiations have been in progress for some
time for the sale to the company of q
tract of land containing several acres in
the lower part OF the town. conveniently
located and admirably suited for station
IL is expected thss the deal Will go
through.
Saturday the directors. accompanied by
Mr. Baker. chief engineer, went 10 South
west Harbor to examine property at that
place As well as other property along the
route of the proposed road. The company
has an option on CIark's point al south
west Harbor, and this valuable piece Of
property with fine shore frontage viii
probably be purchased for terminal.
The titles to many pieces of property on
the island along the proposed route have
been examined by the company attorneys.
The preliminary survey for the road has
been completed. and the engineers are
now engaged in checking their work.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-07-03

Luck is knowing when your hour strikes.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-07-03

,,,,le New Business Before the Al
dermen Monday Evening.

,,tt,e New Business Before the Al
dermen Monday Evening.
Monday evenings meeting Of the hoerd
:, aldermen was short. little new business
so,ning before the board Important
..,s,,er. c,uceruing the reorganization Of
.hs Are department were deferred until .
recess meeting.
Msyor Greedy presided. Aldermen pres
sns. stuart, Curtis, staples and Alexander.
The committee to which was referred
request for change OF location Of the
standpipe at the corner Of High and
Main streets ssked further time, suisa-
nls location not having been found.
The committee to which was referred
r,s,ition for an electric Light at High and
Washington streets also asked for fur
Their time.
eolIs Of accounts were passed as fol-
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-07-03

Electricity is said to be the only sale
able product which cannot be adui'erateo'
1--WE don't lynch man often, anyhow,
remarked the visitor from Iowa "Neather
do we,~ volunteered the man with the
Southern accent; ''neysr, in faet, oa'
once
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-11-28

Peter Jensen, the cement block
maker, moved out to Sharon Sunday
where he will remain during the
winter and until the mandatory
opens up for work again in the
spring.
Buttermaker Heileman was an in
terested visitor at the Buttermakers'
Convention in Des Moines last week
aud stored up few points for future
application in the science of butter
making.
Charles Spar was looking quite
happy Monday as he has been rust
ling along for while for his coal
and now it has arrived, is unloaded
and he is insured a good comfortable
room, both for himself and waiting
passengers.
Hans Christensen was oiling and
cleaning his rifle Monday morning
preparatory to attending a big tur-
key shoot out at Chris Molgaard's
that afternoon and all acquainted
with Hans felt sure he would not re-
turn empty handed.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-11-28
kinnbal1ton

Bernt Rasmussen spent Sunday
with Soren Faaborg.
Mr.. K. j. Petersen went to Bray
ton on business last Monday.
Miss Lily and Victor Boysen spent
Sunday with M. N. Esbeck's.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. N. Esbeck were
Sunday guests of Martin Nelson.
Mr.. K. j. Petersen visited over
Sunday with Severin Jopgensen's.
Mr.. Henry Jensen of Council
Bluffs was Kimballton visitor last
Sunday.
Peter Bladt, southwest OF Kim
ballton, will have big sale Monday,
December I'd.
Miss Carrie Jensen returned from
Omaha last Thursday where she had
been on visit.
Buttermaker Thuesen returned
from Des Moines Saturday where hi
went to attend the Buttermakers'
Convention which was held there.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-11-28

j. E. Tvenstrup has fine assort-
ment of confectionery ordered for
his trade.
Mrs. Fred Nissen will celebrate her
twentieth birthday Wednesday, No
VEN Der 9th.
William Olsen aud wife visited
their daughter, Mrs..J. Jacobsen in
Extra Sunday.
Oluf Hansen and j. E. Tvenstrup
were Sunday guests of Mr.. aud Mrs.
Charley Higgins northeast of town.
John Ebert and wife of southeast
Hamlin report the birth of fine
big boy at their home on November
9th.
Mr.. Christoffersen is putting the
finishing touches on the Bonnesen
residence with his brush and white
paint.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Christofer-
sen returned Saturday from three
weeks visit with relatives in
Nebraska.
Several losses of cattle are reported
from west of town, on account of
dry corn stalks and not enough salt
and water.
johnson and Christensen received a
very fine rubber tired buggy Monday
MOI ming for some young man whose
name was not given US.
johnson & Christensen attended the
Implement Dealers Convention in
Omaha last week and report an in
teresting meeting to all present.
A big shooting match for all will
be held in this town Wednesday and
thirty big tat geese have been pro-
vided as prizes for the best marksmen.
Will johnson was IN town Mon
day on his way to the county seat
and reported nearly all the farmers
in his neighborhood through husk-
ing corn.
| The coal bins in both yards are
filled full of comfort givers and still
more on track and looked for 80 that
there is no Immediate danger of a
coal famine here.
Mrs. c. Brandt, sister of Tom
Bruhp, left one day last week for
Hooper, Nebraska, for visit with a
brother residing there, before return
| ing to her home at Pocatello, Idaho.
John Ebert was in town Monday
with wagon load of seven cent
geese which our dealer johnson
purchased for the shoot Wednesday.
Mr.. Ebert raised over four hundred
bushels of "Murphy's" this year
which he disposed of except what he
kept for home use, at seventy cents
per bushel.
The venerable wife of Mr.. j. Mis-
sen, west of town, accidentally made
a miss-step and fell down cellar one
evening the last of last week and Sc
verely bruised her hip. A doctor
was called and attended to her in
juries which, with the shock of the
fall will keep her confined to her
room and bed for some time.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-11-28
HanAlin

FOR SALE:-Plymouth Rock Chick
ems. If Lulu M. CLARK
Mr.. Joel Crees visited over Snn-
day in Audubon.
FL. J. johnson sent out fine lot of
seventeen pound turkeys Monday for
Thanksgiving day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jorgen Hansen were
in town Sunday, the guests OF J. G.
johnson and wife.
Chris Christensen and wife visited
over Saturday and Sunday with
Gray and Audubon friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Juel were Sunday
guests at the home of @. @. Nelson
and wife out in Kimballton.
Chris 0. Jensen of Elk Horn was
here Monday with another car OF
hogs for the eastern market.
Peter Jorgensen moved out south
Of Elk Horn Tuesday and will work
in that town for Chris Larsen.
Rev. Jensen will hold Thanksgiv-
ing meeting here Thursday afternoon
to which all are heartily invited.
Clark Gray of Greeley was in town
Monday with good bunch of hogs
which he sold TO our local dealer.
Miss Anna Anderson returned TO
Extra Monday after nice visit out
in the country at Mr.. Jess Beck's.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-11-28

Mr.. Joe James and family of Elk
Horn visited over Sunday with DIR.
James of our city.
Mr.. Viggo Sorensen and family of
Elk Horn visited over Sunday with
George Henningsen.
Mr.. Paul Woerth of the W. p.
Soash Land Company was In Kim
ballton on business last Tuesday.
The dance given by the Gymna-
sism Club last Saturday night was
enjoyed by very large crowd and
all report fine time.
A baby boy was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. George Henningsen Friday
morning. Mother and babe are de-
ing we'll while Papa Henningsen is
busy handing out cigars "to the
boys"
L. Slamberg wishes us to correct a
statement which appeared in his
letter in the Journal two weeks ago.
The Journal had it that in March,
1904, he was appointed Act. Assist
ant Surgeon and it should have been
in March 1907.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-11-28
Take Notice

All persons knowing themselves
indebted to the Elk Horn and Kim.
ballton Lumber Company will please
call and settle before December 1st,
1907.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-11-28
Til Salg

Err min 40 Ac. Id. med ct godt
nyt Hus og Stald oed Partridge,
Minnesota, og tillige den Plads,
hoor jeg Dor godt 5 Ac. Id.
d 5 RAsMUs HEDEGAARD.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-11-28
Take Notice

All persons knowing themselves
indebted to the Elk Horn and Kim
ballton Lumber Company will please
call and settle before December 1st,
1907.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-11-28

DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel
Salve penetrates the pores-thoroughly
cleanses-and is healing and soothing.
Good for piles. Sold by Nick Doffing.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-11-28

Write today for free booklet and
full information about this rich
section. Particulars of excursion
rates will accompany 1t.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-05-16
RELATIVE MERITS OF
LIQUID AND DUST SPRAYS
The Former Proved Most En1caciorIs
Illinois Agricultural Station.

apple scab, against which disease the
dust spray was entirely ineffective.
The effects of this loss OF foliage are
very serious. The assimilatory proc
esses of trees are active in proper
ton to the working leaf surface; as
leaves fall, these processes diminish
until brought to a stop by the entire
loss Of foliage, long before the work
of the season should normally end.
The fruit is starved. does not approach
normal size, and buds for the next
year cannot be properly developed.
1t also frequently happens that un-
der the stimulus OF rains and high
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-05-16
Fig. I. Fruit from Liquid Sprayed rees.

ber of times, with bordeaux mixture
and paris green, prepared in the or
dinary way, and the treatment OF other
trees in the same orchards and on the
same dates with an equal number of
applications of dry bordeaux mixture
and paris green applied as dust. Be
tween the plats thus treated were re-
served as control check a row of
trees which received no spraying treat
ment whatever Each method of
spraying was accomplished as thor
oughly as possible, by the use of the
best machinery and power available.
The tests included work on an aggre-
gate of 424 trees, 147 of which were
sprayed with liquid, 167 with dust,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-05-16

temperatures in October, leaf buds
of the defoliated trees, that normally
should remain dormant until spring.
unfold and expand clusters of new
leaves. This renewal and abnormal
activity of the trees affect fruit buds
also, a considerable portion of them
have been observed to swell and some
expand the flowers. All this is greatly
to the detriment of the trees and fatal
to the prospective crop for the next
year. 1t emphasizes the necessity of
such treatment as will retain the foli-
age in working condition until the
end of the season.
Differences in the quality and guam
tity of fruit were as marked as were
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-05-16
Detectives Parable.

Hilary X. Adair. the well-known de-
tective, was complimented in Calves.
ton, Tex, on an arrest that he had
made. The arrest had been mysteri.
ously achieved and Mr.. Adair was
asked to explain it, This. though, he
refused to do.
There are so many ways of catch.
ing criminals" he said, laughing.
You know what the old man told his
wife? She first said to him:
Don't talk. John. You can't say
ever ran after YOU
True, the old man assented. And
you can't say the trap ever runs after
the mouse, either, but it gathers him
In Just the same"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-05-16

The Illinois experiment station has
conducted some very valuable and ex-
tensive experiments along spraying
lines, among them being a series of
tests to determine the relative merits
Of liquid and dust spraying applica.
tions. This particular investigation
was carried on through the seasonH of
1903, 1904 and 1905, in three different
orchards, two in the southern and one
in the western part of the state, and
has given some significant data regard
Ing the efficiency of the two methods.
The work Of the Illinois test consisted
of spraying apple trees a varying nun.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-05-16
FIFTEEN YEARS OF ECZEMA.
Terrible Itching Prevented Sleep
Hands, Arms and Legs Affected
-Cuticura Cured In 6 Days.

Il had eczema nearly fifteen years.
The affected parts were my hands,
arms and legs. They were the worst
in the winter time, and were always
itchy, and / could not keep from
scratching them. l had to keep both
hands bandaged all the time, and at
night l would have to scratch though
the bandages as the itching was so
severe, and at times / would have to
tear everything off my hands to
scratch the skin. / could not rest or
sleep. l had several physicians treat
me but they could not give me a
permanent cure nor even could they
stop the itching. After using the
Cuticura Soap, one box of Cuticura
Ointment and two bottles of Cuticura
Resolvent for about six days the
itching had ceased, and now the sores
have disappeared, and 1 never felt
better in my life than l do now.
Edward Worell, Band 30th U. S. In
fantry, Fort Crook, Nebraska"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-05-16

and 10 maintained as control trees,
which received no spray.
The use of liquid bordeaux-arsenite
mixture has come into general use
and wherever properly applied will
give very satisfactory results. There
is no fault to be found with its ef-
ficiency as fungicide and insecticide.
The dry mixture applied with arsen-
ties as a dust spray was promoted
simply by a desire to decrease the
cost and labor involved in the appli-
cation 1t does both these things, but
its value cannot rest upon cost and
ease of application. The final test of
value is, and must be- efficiency in
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-05-16

differences in foliage. Liquid sprayed
trees gave smooth fruit on good size;
dust sprayed and check trees gave
small, Informed fruit. badly marked
by scab and of very little value even
as evaporated stock. The accompany
ing cuts. kindly loaned by the Illinois
station, show very well just how the
fruit graded which was produced by
the trees included in the experiment.
Fig. l shows the picked fruit from
one tree sprayed seven times with
liquid bordeaux and paris green. The
total number of apples was 1909, d.
vided as follows:
3A bushels No. grade. .440 apples
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-05-16
Coincident Inventions.

Almost at the same time two diff
ferent inventors in different places
have announced their success with
electrical devices for seeing at dis
tance. They are ]. B. Fowler and Will
liam II. Thompson. In Fowler's device
four wires are required to accom-
plish the combined effect of distant
vision and hearing. Details of the
operation are withheld, however, on
the plea of getting out patent. Each
inventor uses the name "Televue."
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-05-16

Starch, like everything else, is be-
Ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market 25 years
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat
est NONCOMPLIANCE Starch-all in
furious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition of another ingredient, in-
vented by us, gives to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never APP
preached by other brands.