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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-29

ent kinds which are most abundant
upon their farms. Sometimes the
weed is known by the right name and
the seed is not known at all. Some
times the seed is we'll recognized be-
cause perhaps, millers and elevator
men have refused to buy grain con-
tanning it at the normal price, while
the weed which produces the seed is
not recognized It is not at all un-
common to find persons who have
been damaged for years by the growth
of destructive weed pests, wholly un-
certain as to the possible methods the
weed may have of reproducing itself.
One of the commonest questions that
this department has TO answer is.
Does this weed grow from the root
year after year or does it grow simply
from the seed?" This is such very
simple question that one could sus-
pect anyone might be able tc answer
it, should he take the trouble to make
few daily observations during the
farming operations. Naturally, the an
swer is of direct importance when de-
Gliding as to what method to pursue
in attempting to control the weed. The
person who does not know the habits
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-29

1896 were, perhaps, the first expert
ments Of the kind conducietf in any
country Since that date various ex-
perimenters have recommended either
copper or iron sulphate for the de-
struction OF weeds under varying con.
ditIons.
Each year our experiments nave re-
suited in success Of such marked ma
ture that the writer feels safe in as.
serting that when the farming public
have accepted this method Of attack
ing weeds as a regular farm operation
that the gain to the country al large
win be much greater In monetary con-
sideration than that which has been
afforded by any other single piece Of
investigation applied to field work IN
agriculture, not even excepting the
now generally used formaldehyde
method OF seed dlsinfeciion which has
saved to the state Of North Dakota an
nually. wheat and other cereals to the
value OF several millions OF dollars.
The writer is not over sanguine in
this matter and recognizes that this
method OF destroying weeds cannot re-
place the approved methods OF eradl-
cation by cultivation. seed cleaning.
crop rotation, manure composing.
proper pasturing and vigilant hand
work. There are, however. great
areas In the north and western cereal
growing regions which, until sufficient
people have occupied the land 10
break It up into small farms, must be
cropped upon the large plan charac-
teristic of cereal and meadow produe-
ton. This allows the introduction OF
annual and other types Of weeda in
spite Of the best efforts Of cultivators-
Proper plowIag and good cultivation
alone do not prevent constant intro
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-29

Typical Method Used by the Cana
da Thistle in Reproducing itself frong
the Underground Stems. The Same u
Employed by Quack-Grass and sols
Thistle.
comes filed to the depth of the furr0w
slice with seeds which remain viabEo
from season to season according az
proper air and moisture conditions
are available. II, therefore, this
method of attacking weeds by meany
of chemical sprays is quarter o
one-half as successful In general opee
alton as the writer is willing 8
vouch for, the money returns to TIN
spring wheat growing states must ia
exceed the hopes of the most opti
mistic.
Suffice it to say, the proper handling
of spraying machinery and propa
spraying at the proper time giyes
splendid results in weed destrlcEfoR
without material injury to growing
cereals. to grass of the pasture laRdl
or to lawn grasses.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-29

may be third universe at some other distance, and
vet a fourth at another, and a hundred and even
thousand millions Of niyerses either similar or not
to ours and to each other. Moreover, the mverses
may be separated from another by absolutely
empty spaces in which there is no ether and may thus
be quite invisible to each other
Our humanity and its entire history resem-
bles but minute ant heap, and our most
immense astronomic iourneyings never can carry
y beyond the mere threshold Of the infinite
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-29
WEEDS THE PERSISTENT
FOE OF THE FARMER
They Depreciate Values Crop
Rid OF Them-By IL. l. BoIIey, M. S., Botanist,
North Dakota Experiment Station.

The characteristics OF the weeds. II
only comparatively well known, would
give breadth Of knowledge sufficient
to allow one TO control practically all
types Of plant gIowths which are II.
able to become weedy Most farmers
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-29
Special
lists
Among
Thieves
By WILLIAM N. CLEMENS,
Expert In criminolosy.

ober
Large numbers stolen from different churches
every wear both here abroad In Presbyterian church, where
every provided with separate cup during the past year
21s IF those miniature chaces been stolen The valuable large
weuddd cace and paen however, appear to have no fascination
for the thief or thieves though they might be as easily carried away as the
small cups
In New Jersey there is man who undergoing Imprisonment a
ba r confirmed he-who steals anything srt toys
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-29

There are rays Of light arriving on the
earth to-day which have been jouneying
since the. epoch when Europe was still one
immense forest, the haunt of wild beasts
and impenetrable by man. who himself had
scarcely yet risen above the level Of the
brute Other rays already had set out ON
their journey when Hesiod, Homer's con-
temporary, maintained that the distance 5e-
tween heaven and hell had been measured
by Nulcan's anvil. which he declared had
taken nine days and nine nights TO fall
from heaven to earth and an equal number
Of days and nights TO fall from the earth 10
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-29

There has recently developed among
thieves and burglars movement toward
special lines Of work SO that we now have
specialists among Crooks" as well as in
the learned professions. During the past
year the establishment Of well-known New
York firm Of opticians was broken into.
The place contained a magnificent stock Of
valuable lenses, microscopical instruments,
gold chains and similar goods worth several
thousand dollars The robber took none
Of these things, though they we're lying
around ready to his hand. He simply Sc
cured about hundred glass eyes and de-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-29

Photograph Showing the Amount of
Weeds Which Were Sorted from the
Bundle Representing the Treatment
and That From the Bundle Represent
ing the Untrcated Lot Respectively.
of a particular weed may be pursu-
ing exactly the wrong method in han
ding his ground. 1t ought to be easy
for an observing person to decide the
proper steps to take in cropping and
cultivating in order to give the particu-
lar weed pest the hardest possible con-
ditions under which to thrive.
Experiments in spraying to eradi-
cate weeds in cereal grain fields have
been conducted at this experiment
statios. from season to season since
1896. The preliminary field trials IN
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-29
Wonders
of
AStrOn-
Ony
By Prof. Camille FIsmmaFion.

the abode Of lost souls really they
actually the when looking them Instead
them they when they emitted the rays light which reaching
The histories all the worlds thus eernay travelling through
spaei
Every star is shining with its light and thousands and
millions, of times luminous than globe Yet so
closely packed the stars celestial maps we'll the
photographs the heavens that eyes they appear truly like
dust
In the utermosi depths of space discover great compact
Of nebuae which would transport still farther s
immensites.
There nothing however, prove that this exists
alone the infinite Another comprising equal number of
stars may exist million times the palax of the limit of uni
verse; considered onehousandt second Of the There
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-29

Alfalfa for Hogs. Even withoul
grain alfalfa viii cause hogs to shOa
gains.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-29

duction of wind-blown seeds, ana. once
established, many Of the worst crop
destroying weeds become permanent
because of their peculiar methods or
roofing and propagation by disiointed
or broken parts. Many seed so pro-
fusely that the ground quickly be-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-29

Feeding the Brood scw.- Brood sowN
should be well fed, but should noe -
made tco fat
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-29

The oats were Is inches high with the
weeds just overlapping them. The spray
used was li1 pounds OF sodium arsenitc
10 the acre, using 90 gallons of water
The two punches represent the growths
which occurred upon one yard square OF
ground, treated and untreated: the left
lot from treated ground, the right from
untreated ground.
live with weeds about them during
their entire lives. II is a notable fact
that very few really know the differ
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-02-15

GREAT BUSINESS YEAR COMING
 One of the foremost bankers in the country, Mr. David R. Forgan, presi- dent of the National City bank of Chicago, has just placed on record his prediction that the year 1908, at the threshold of which we are now stand ing, is to be one of the great business years of our history. Mr. Forgan is a banker of international experience and observation, and is looked up to l in his own circles as one of the best | judges of business conditions. His prediction was not made for general publication, but came out incidentally in remarks before semi-public body.
 This prediction is the more emphat- ic because it is in contrast with the anticipation of some of our less in- formed brethren of the business world, who are prone, just now, to take pessimistic view of the situa- tion. and see only the prospect that there may be no revival of business before the presidential election. The latter observers ought to weigh the moral tone of the tokens of republican sentiment, in the straw vote of lead ing men of the Empire state, and their overwhelming support of the po- stion of the republican administra- ton. They ought to know that when the spirit of the country is as united and determined as that, affairs are bound to move with a unity and pur- pose out of which grow great things.
 Mr. Forgan is in touch with the financial world on both sides of the water, and knows that in other lands we are regarded as being in splendid condition. We have the business re- sources all in great power, and every means of production is ia prime work ing order. After the holidays a gen. eral resumption is coming, as MT. Forgan sees; and the late interruption will soon be forgotten. The great business IS institutions of the transpOrta- tion lines have just declared greater dividends than ever, all out of late earnings. They know what is coming in the way of an active year.
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The Ketchikan miner., 1908-02-15

And so Thaw always was crazy. We'll, it is by no means improbable. But why did not his family say so In the first instance and spare the coun- try the wretched exhibition to which it has been treated?
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-02-15

The Mikado is about the biggest little man in the world today. His government and his people are now, in truth, the exposure of all eyes. China, Russia, Korea, Great Britain and the United States are quite fully occupied in watching the expansive programme of the nimble little brown man, who at times displays an embar rassing penchant for independence ot action in territories outside the bord- CTS of his own empire.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-02-15

There is rather general agreement that if the Hughes presidential cam paign had reached its present stage about four months ago there would be much more hope for it.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-02-15

It is the part of wisdom to spend little of your time upon the things that vex and anger you, and much oi your time upon the things that bring you ouietness and confidence and good cheer. Henry Van Dyke.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-02-15

One wants no better evidence that the financial situation throughout the world is improving than is conveyed in the announcement that the Bank ot England has reduced it's rate of dis count from ) to f per cent.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-02-15

Many women drink ir public; some smoke in public. The next logical developmert will be for them to rip off few dainty oaths in public. Then it will be principally by their skirts that we will be able to fix the identity of the sex.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-02-15

A vein of white coal is reported to have been discovered in Kentucky. fall of black snow would be an in- teresting offset to it.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-02-15

A St. Joseph, Mo-, clergyman has given up the pulpit for the rear plat form of street car. Perhaps the Lord originally planned him for the street car service.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-02-15

The proposal that light t-houses shall send their beams perpendicularly in stead of horizontally is meeting with very considerable favor. It is pointed out that search light on ship car project it's beam for fifty miles, and the reason assigned is that they arc projected not horizontally, but at ar angle. The claim is made that with vertical light the beams could be shown at a distance of from eighty tc one hundred miles with much less expenditure of power than is required for an efficient horizontal light.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-02-15

The Western Federation of Miners seems to have lost in the Coldfield struggle. What an absurdity it is for any set of men to insist that their views and theirs only shall prevail in a matter in which others have great interests? We are glad to be able to think that the events Of the past year point to the establishment of a better understanding between employers and employed. For ourselves we have all ways had great confidence in the good sense of the great majority of wage earners, and have been satisfied that it would not take very long for them to realize that their interests and those of their employers are identical in far more particulars than they are antogonistc.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-02-15

Those who think that federal" means ''national' should think again.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-02-15

The secretary of the treasury has begun a withdrawal of the govern ment funds placed on deposit with the national banks to ease up conditions during the period of strain some weeks ago. The process will go on slowly, if steadily, and in such a man. ner as not to disturb the improved condition of the money market. That
 it is now judged possible to draw in the governments money without ill effects illustrates how far the improve ment in moneytary conditions has gone. The withdrawal of these de- posits, however, is bound to cause some pressure here and there, and in the degree that it is carried on will tighten money little. But the step is wise one, and is properly taken.
 In the annual report of General J. Franklin Bell, chief of staff of the army, which has just been made pub lie, is found the following comment on the canteen question: "When the canteen was in operation there were fewer assertions, fewer fines and for feitures imposed by sentence of cuurt- martial, less alcoholism and less ven- cal disease than prior to its aboli- ton. l am satisfied that careful consideration of the whole subject as set forth in the special report. togeth- CT with the views of the department commanders, will be convincing evil delce that the abolition of the can teen has resulted in injury to the army. The morals and discipline of the army have suffered in consequence, though, of course, no one should be so 'rrow as to ascribe to the abolition e the canteen feature all the evils observable. !" Congress, however, is fighting shy of the canteen question, and there is no prospect that it will it any early day move for the repeal of the law which has, according to the testimony of nearly all the leading army commanders, done such harm to the service.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-02-15

-COncefning the pr0DnSed new liquor license law for Alaska, making flat rate of $l, 000, the Skawgay Alas kan says the aim is, ''no doubt, to prevent the sale of liquor in the more thinly populated districts distant from police protection. It is blow to the roadhouse keepers and is calculated to encourage the propagation of blind pigs. Few roadhouses can afford to pay the license, and of all places in Alaska where the sale of liquor is ex- cusable it is at the roadhouse. It is likely the man who framed the bill never travelled the trail. At present the roadhouse license is S500, under a sliding scale that provides a license fee Of that sum for all places having a population under thousand For a thousand and under fifteen hundred population the fee is Sl 000. Above that population the fee is $1 ,500 This populatio provision has created a great deal of confusion and pickering, since the government has made no provision for taking the census and the saloon men have to pay the ex- pense of the annual count. It is to their interest, of course, to keep the population down-in the count. It will be seen, therefore, there is room for amendments to the law, but there is equal room for complaint as to the way in which it is being amended. Another point that. needs attention is the provision for whoesaling, of which the wire gives us no hint as to the new law. The license fec for
Evening star., 1908-01-28
IMMIGRATION FALLING OFF.
Decrease of Over 100 Per Cent Com
pared With Last Year.

NEW YORK. January 2S.-Thc remark
able outbound or eastward movement of
the foreign labor element has continued
uninterruptedly during the month of jan
uary. The records or the first twenty
four days of this month show that 80. .03a
more of the foreign labor element left the
United States than was brought in during
that time
The inbound thicdclass passengers for
the first twenty-four days of January
said Gustav SchWab Of the North German
LLOYD Steamship Company. TODAY mum
bered 1l.2sa. against -. ~ for the
same period in 1867. a falling off in i'm
migration Of more than lo1 per cent
The number of departing steerase pas
senaers is .S,j per cent greater than those
arriving. During the twenty-four DAYS
period of this month 4:t..,.,I steerage pas
sengers returned To Europe. while only
II .>g arrived in the United States
''rhe eastbound movement ~ tnt for
ei.n labor element for 1905 is -. per cent
greater than for the same period in 1907
The eastbound second cabin travel is
81 ne! cent greater for the first twenty
four days Of January than it was for the
same period in 1897. While the eastbound
first cabin travel shows slight decrease
The number Of incoming second cabin
passengers shows n decrease of - per cent
over the same period in 1907
Evening star., 1908-01-28

and tracing their relationship TO tho peo
pies Of Asia. He has srnt expeditions to
Alaska. Siberia the antartic regions. and
last year Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn
went 1T his expense to the Fayum Desert.
I'm Egypt. to find fossils OF the ancestors
Of The elephant The explorations were
remarkably successful and the reports
when published VII add much intor-
nation of value tu science.
These are only a part Of tn" life WORK
OF Mr.. JesuD. II would take much space
TO tell of all the good that hc has don ::
and my object in calling attention to his
character and his work IS TO remind
people that the rich men of this country
are not all ''malcfactors and that wealth
is not synonymous with unWorthincss. Mr.
Bryan and other apostles of discomfort are
continually rcciting the injury that Is done
TO society by the accumulation Of large
fortunes They tell IFS that Truth is ever
on the scaffoid: wroa@ forever on the
throne" but that quotation is "A miserable
falsehood and their sense of justice ought
10 prompt them now and then to do honor
and give credit To II rich man when he
lives such 4 life as Mr.. Jesuo has lived
and when h has done the good that Mr..
Jesup has done. Eut venture to say tha.
YOU vii never hear q word Of co!nmeiida- :
lion from their lips. If Mir. JesuD had
stolen his money: if he had robbed the
public and oppressed the poor. every dem
acogUe il the country wnJld be rcc!tng
his evil deeds in fluent and fervid Ian
euaee and every Se7Sat tiunai newspaper
would advertise them on its front page
under black headlines. But ii YOU VIII
look at the flies Of the yellow journals for
this week YOU will fird that the references
TO Mr. Jesup's life and death are short
and obscure.
Evening star., 1908-01-28

fact was being doplored in the national
convention by shouting:
What are we here foro'
Coy. Hughes has publicly taken that ex-
traordnary ground and has declared a
principle entirely new in American poll
tics and in The politics Of the world at
large. that the men who organize parucs.
attend conventions. manage campaigns
and take the stump for their faNorite can
didatcsare not to he rewarded. because
they should he sat 'Stied with the triumphS
of the principles they represent. He has
not only declared that doctrine repeatedly
in public speeches aud in private conTef-
sat ons. but has actually applied ii in his
appointment of state officers. Not long
ago the office Of surrogate in the city OF
New York. one Of the most lucrative and
influential in the entire list. becani" va
cant. The republican leaders OF the state.
the United States senator's. tho dcicsa-
ton in the House of representatives.. the
state committee. the county and city or
ganiZatiors all united in recommending
ger. enlan of conspicuous ability and in
tcgrity. and they sent a delegation TO
Gov. Hughes to inform him of their
choice. To their utter anazement he in
formed them that. while he admitted the
trlth of all they had said. he could not
appoint the gentleman they had recon-
mnnded because Of the principal reason
urged in his helalf-that he had aban-
doned his law practice Tor several weeks
10 assist in the management of the cam
paigu that made Charles Evans Hughes
governor of New York. That was a fatal
error in his case. 1t made him ineligible
for appointment 10 any office in the state
as long as the man he had assisted to
elect occupied the executive chair. He
laid down the doctrine and announced hts
policy to he that the yictor could not
share tho Spots under any circumstances.
Therefore. unless Gov. Hughes recants
this extraordinary pronuuncement. Inc
men who support HIM for tue presidential
norliuation must necessarily bo d sinter-
csind. They undertake this task with the
full Knowledge that they render them
selves ineligible for office in the event
that their efforts are successful and the
more they do to promote his nomination
the more ineligible they become.
A cynical observer at Albany remarked
the other day that if Gov. hughes ad-
hered 10 thar principe he would have to
select his cabinet and other officeholders
in his administration entirely from the
democratic party.
Evening star., 1908-01-28
WOMAN LEAPS UNDER L TRAIN.
Had Lost $4,000 in a Financial
Transaction.

NEW YORK January aS.-Mrs. fl"r-
ence Caliche. Il handsomely dressed "onl-
an who had taken precautions to moe
her identity, threw herself before 9tt
avenue IL train at 65th street ana ~
lumbus avenue yesterday aud was m
stantly killed. ,
fer Tillie who went to tn" West "Nth
street police station to report her -
missing The two women lived .t -
West 63d street Miss calichc sald NJ
mother had lost 5000 in a financial
venture last week. ,.
Mrs. caliche's husband is Il traNc,lis
salesman. The daughter is engaged -
III. married and she and her iiahc" i,''t
arranged to go IN" city nan ''''
ia obtain n marriage license.