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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01
POINTERS FOR PACKING FRUIT.

At this season of the year it is well for the fruit
growers to begin looking forward to the method
which they going to use in packing and pre-
pairing their produce for the market New growers
especially can get many pointers which will be OF
value to them by talking with the older and more
experienced horticulturists and by reading all the
literature which they obtain on this point. We
are in receipt of the following communication from
Richey e Gilbert of Toppenish, Wash, giving
few salient facts about preparing and packing OF
fruit. AS we believe there are few of our readers
who will not profit from giving it careful study,
glad to reproduce the letter, which is as
follows:
Judging from the number of boxes being order
ed by apple, pear and peach growers, it APP
pears that we will have enormous crop of apples
and pears, and taking the Valley altogether, more
peaches than have ever had before Owing
to the very different situation from last year. to
the general prosperity of the country, cannot
expect to get such high prices and it will be neces
sary for us to raise the grade and pack consider
ably over that of last year.
For best success the Yakima Valley must see
to it that our peaches, pears and apples are graded
carefully 1t must be no longer said that Call
fornia, Colorado, Hood River, any other high
grade fruit section exces the Yakima Valley in
any particular.
We are destined to be the most important fruit
growing section in the United States. 1t is impor-
tant that we see to it at that grade pack,
packages and fruit of all kinds are the best.
1t is not too early now to use every possible
agency to improve grade:
First. Thin the fruit carefully.
Second. On young trees-especally peach and
apple. where color and flavor the most inn
portant things-see that any excess of foliage is
thinned out to extent during June and July
that the can get in to color the fruit.
Third. Do not buy boxes because they are
cheap, but get the best Remember that strong
boxes are necessity in long distance shipping,
and fruit put up in fimsy boxes will not be re-
ceived for long distance shipments Keep the
boxes clean and bright, and get a good colored
label.
The Shippers Associations and Unions
ranging uniform grading system for the Valley.
Quality, color, uniformity and honesty Of pack
will be essential
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01
RAILROAD FREIGHT RATES.

When the editorial this subject-which ap-
peared in the June 18th. issue of The Ranch-Was
placed in type it seemed certain that the business
of the country would be convulsed by consider
able raise in rates for transportation of freight.
However, at recent meeting of presidents and
operating officials of important railroads held in
New York, it was the consensus OF opinion that it
would be undesirable, if not absolutely imprac
ticable, to put into effect at this time an increase
of freight rates. 1t pointed out that the pro-
posed increase, in time of depression, would tend
rather to increase freight stagnation than to slim
uate freight movement. Such result would be
only additional disadvantage to the carriers,
the opinion being general that it would not induce
increased revenues.
That conclusion, even though tardily arrived at,
is correct. 1t may be the decision of the Interstate
Commerce Commission on the attempted increase
in rates for carrying timber products aided the
officials in reaching the conclusion However that
may be, it is certain that public service is always
promoted by reduction of rates and retarded
by an increase of carrying charges. The postal
service and passenger traffic are replete with ex-
amples proving this statement.
Michigan railroads were recently placed under
a reduced passenger rate by statute. TO offset
this considerable advances were made IN frelght
rates. The report of the State Railroad Commits
sion for the first three months of this year shows
that passenger service earnings were reduced by
the financial depression but per cent in the
Lower Peninsula compared with last year while
freight earnings were reduced 1913 per cent.
few minor roads exempted from reduction by the
law gained per cent on passenger earnings but
lost 10 per cent freight earnings, while the
Wabash road previously operating the two
cent fare basis, gained 81 per cent.
Commissioner Lane Western member of the In
terstate Commerce Commission, says: "Of course
the railroads have not done well as last year.
Generally, they have decided not to make any re-
auctions either in wages or in rates OF freight al
fecting the next three months, which is an indi-
cation that they believe that business will keep
up.
"'The prospect of large crops in the West is
extremely good Railroad men do not expect nor
NAL conditions to be recovered suddenly, but look
for steady improvement.
1.-THE railroads must spend money in maintaining
the road bed and equipment of their lines in order
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01
In the death of Grover Cleveland the coun

In the death of Grover Cleveland the coun-
try has lost one of its most prominent citi-
zens. To it he had given service as sheriff,
mayor, governor and President. He taught
that public office is a public trust" and
vigorously enforced the laws. He averred
that cit is condition and not theory that
confronts U.s." and established gold mono
metallism, although it enforced cOnfscation
of homes and business to many. He pro-
claimed "a renewed respect for the Monroe
doctrine" in the international relations of
Venezuela. He asserted a state of 'innocu-
Gus desuetude" ere he retired from the
White House, in which he was the first
President to be married and where one of
his five children was born.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01
ON THE CLIFF.

| watched the amber sink noislessly,
And drown in amber pillows of the west;
And the great crescent moon sails forth in quest
OF height to sentinel the
From out it's silver heart the light broke free
And dropt in splendor in it's tide-rocked breast,
And every rose upon the cliffs broad crest
Grew into bridal white, at its decree
Across the shore-kissed it's soft beams fell.
And from soul of great violin swept,
An agony of music seemed to swell
AS if the sea, like Il blanched mourner, kept
Divinely murmuring divine farewell
Above the where the dead Triton slept
-Selec ted.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01
GRAIN HANDLING.

The Farmers Cooperative and Educational Un-
ion, at a recent meeting at Garfield, adopted the
following:
Resolved That it is the sense of this conven-
ton that handling grain in bulk is the more eco
nomical method and that We as members of the
Farmers Union hereby pledge ourselves to han
die our grain in bulk possible. But
in order to do so a revolution in the method of
handling grain from the mouth of the machine to
Liverpool must take place, and of the best
means of finally accomplishing this revolution is
by continual agitation"
The Palouse farmers have also secured control
of the warehouse situation, the o. R. & N. having
acceded to their demands for warehouse sites.
Last year the Northern Pacific told the wheat
growers that they could have anything in sight,
therefore the grain all hauled by that COM
pany. If the Palouse farmers, through co-Opera-
ton establish their own elevator system and han
die grain in bulk it will be the entering wedge
for the general adoption of the more economical
system.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01

during the ensuing year Special efforts are every
where in evidence of this interest 1t is praise
worthy work that will yield large measure of
reward, both directly and indirectly to this i'm
pOrant section of our country.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01

The first state organization of the Farmers Edu-
cational and Cooperative Union west of the Rocky
Mountains perfected at Pullman, June 16,
with membership of more than 5000. Northern
Idaho admitted as initial part of Washing
ton Officers of the state organization N.
b. Atkinson, Waitsburg president; Milan STILL La
Crosse vice president A. d. Cross, Douglas coun-
ty, secretary; A. A. Elmer, Waitsburg, state or
ganiZer.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01

to meet the demands of commerce because they
most seriously embarrassed when they are not
able to handle business offered them, and there is
doubt that there is an abundance of money in
the United States which can be secured for egiti-
mate railroad investment. This shown by
the floating of the Pennsylvania bond issue.
1.-THE railway rate act is admitted by candid
railroad men themselves to have been of inestim-
able values The enforcement of the law against
batting and tenacious purpose to stop discrim-
nation have held them up to a conformity to
the law that is without precedent"
For the first time in the history of the college
commencements the President appeared in cap and
gown and the full regala of his office" The fore
going written concerning one of our industrial
landgrant colleges. 1t is the aim of these insti-
buttons "to add dignity to labor and it would
seem that initiating the foibles of those classical
institutions that inherit the trend of medieval
eccesasticism, is much out of place would
be the placing of Spanish bull on the platform,
decked out with scarlet blanket and board over
his face, to represent the progress made by mod
agriculture in the beef dairy types of cat
tie
New-York tribune., 1908-03-22
Where Money Is Useless

NOV and then one hears Of out Of the way
places where the conventions OF hte, as
they are understood. do not exist One OF
these Is where money Is useless This is Ascen-
sion Island. in the Atlantic
This island is the property Of the British
Admiraltv and Is governed by a Captain Of
the roval navy. There : no private property
in land: 50 there are no rents. taxes. etc The
fiocIs and herds are public property, and the
meat killed IS issued IN ratIons- SO are the
vegetables grown on the farms.
Here, il would seem, Is real socialism When
a fisherman makes catch, he brings It to
the guard room. where it Is issued by the
sergeant major. The only private property
is fowls and pigeons. Even the wild donkeyS
are under Government control. They are
listed ON the books of the paymaSter. and are
handed over At stock taking
The population consists of a few blue
jackets, "a company of marines and some
krOos from Sierra Leone.
There a marine can do anything The
muleteer Is a marine: so are the gardeners,
the shepherds, the >tockmen. the grooms. the
masons, the carpenters, and the plumbers.
Even the island trapper. who gets rewards
for the tails of rats. Is marine.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-22
" Exaggerated " Deaths

DROBABLl no Joke crops up nttcucr than
that one OF Mark TWAIN $ IN which he an
nounced to an anxious American that all
reports of my death greatly exaggerated
He. however, escaped the delight dI~illu
sionment Of reading his own obituary
Not all persons similarly situated, and
England seems To bc particularly rife with
STORES of the kind There was the reported
death OF Lord Willoughby dc Broke in 1000.
and the closely following account of the death
of : Barring Gould the author Both had the
privilege not only OF reading their own uhltu-
arIcs but ot questioning the tmclmcs~ ot
them, over their own slguatures Back IN
1900 Sir Claude Macdonald. and Or George +.
Morrison. the Pcking correspondent OF The
London Time" had the same experience
during the Boxer uprising, and Robert Louis
Stevenson w,,s once dead before his time ac-
curding t. rrpoI Another sort ot under
taker- Iuy was Harriet MIrtuc4u $. for she
wrote her own obituary
The English public take so great an IN
terc-t IN ~ politicians that the suhtertugc OF
Lord Hrpugham perhaps had much more
point there than 1t has Oh tins -iac ui the
Atlanta, The brilliant Lord cauerj letter
To- he sprung un London IN ~ so that SCI every
one aeapc He had bcen killed whI!r driving
from Brougham tiaU IN "a hired carriage 10
visit a ruin SO like him commented Henry
Reeve, To- ,hoos, to e IN Wheelhtrrow IN
stead OF . coach and four And one oi pas
New-York tribune., 1908-03-22
A Harmonious Railway System

DROBABLN the oldest railway IN this or
any other country l. ii line IN Maryland.
twenty miles IN length, which extends from
Brandvwine 10 Nechanicsville. The single
train that runs each way daily Is made up of
the engine, one freight car, and one combine
ton baggage and Passenger car The couduc-
tor of the train who also acts as baggage
master, Is general manager of this odd little
system.
This Pooh Bah of an official ISSUES his orders
as general manager. and ohevs them AS con-
ductor. When. IN the latter capacity. he
thinks the schedule should he changed. "a not
intrequent ease, he notifies the general
manager. himself, who. If he deems IL adj
visable. makes up new schedule and issues
running orders to the conductor. also him
self, and the latter promptly ohevs-
There are no ticket agents along the route
ot this opera bouite line The conductor col
lcctS fares as on street railway car. pune hing
e. hole IN q slip OF cardboard for each fare.
This done, he viii g into the baggage car. 20
~ce that the trunks. If there ATE any. are prop
eTlv delivered. His duties also include the
care of mail and express package
II follows. ot course, that on this system
nothing Is lost or overlooked. for the general
manager. conductor. baggag gemlster. and eN-
press and mail agent has his eagle eve on
everything.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-22
THOUGHTS FOR PASTIME

confreres recalled dinner at which Brougharn
had been the thirteenth at table. Journalists
tumtIed over each other 70 write his obituary.
the bulk of which did not altogether please
his Lordship who was -ivlv reading them
The same trick was tired It few wears ago
by another English politician, who was travel
ing in Morocco IT the time and who thence
cabled 20 a news agency that ne had been
killed In dav or So ne saDled that he was
still alive and likewise sent IN order for cop-eS
Of all the papers containing his obituary
But the champion pc7u~er Of ms own o1lt-
uarv Is Chancellor Curl of Hot Springs, ArAan-
sas. He has read presumably post norton
accounts Of his Itework and character on
several occasions. and has had the unique
experience Of being presented by the under
Il ker with a bill for his own funeral expenses
His son received word that he had expired
en- route TO q town where he was q hold
court The town had no telephone co1rec-
ton. and the son ordered the Hot springs
undertaken to take charge OF the body He
went o. the town 10 10 so. and was met by
the Judge IN person who wa~ duly presented
with the bill for the trip and some pretty Well
advanced funeral arrangements
New-York tribune., 1908-03-22
Thoughts of a Bachelor

TIE man who fails without an excuse Is GER
talnlv lacking IN imaginative powers
Il Is better To- experience the duh. gray
dawn ot the morning after than 10 ht m igno-
rance ot the glorlcS of the night before
Women rarely appreciate - good man until
they have known intimately q bad one
y man gets TWO Kinds OF sympathy on his
wedding day the sympathy uf ms women
friends who think he resembles a fool and the
sympathy of his bachelor friends who think he
Is a fool
II Is better To- be I'll spoken Of than not spoken
ot II all especially II YOU are IN society.
The art of conversation consists ot grouping
words together without taNing your listener
brains
Never confess your faults unlcs, YOU wish
Your friends To agree with vpu
\ shallow person grIcvc> because Others do
not appreciate his depth ot character
The people who bore us least often 4rc yen
erJllv the people who do Not know.
Vanity AS often AS mode>tv keeps d, woman
from holding up her skirts.
Mans proposal Is at woman disposal
-t. =. Rogers
New-York tribune., 1908-03-22
An Odd Test of the Postal Service

DOSTAL officials say that the most -atter-
ing test ever made Of the safety ar Uncle
Sans mail service was an experiment tried
by q Western man
He pasted on one side Of a silver dollar a
bit Of paper on which he wrote his son adj
dress IN another citv On the other side he
affixed a one-cent stamp sending the com 1t
merchandise rates
The sender received letter two days later
from his son acknowledging receipt OF the
dollar
The test was. it Is stated, the result of d dis
pute the sender had had with "a foreigner
who doubted the American assertion vt the
safety IF the United States mails
New-York tribune., 1908-03-22
Hope

| am he who chances hv.
He who makes men $ l'V soar high.
| am he who fingers near.
When the other gods are here.
Foremost Is my eager face.
First to WIN III favor s. race
Love and 90 hand IN hand,
GdIlV DER the sea and land
| am he who chances by
Following sigh
| am he who chances by.
He whom sad eyed griets DEFY.
None can hear my magic song.
And can harbor sorrow long
Looking IN my depthlcss ewes.
You have fingered and grown wise.
Happiness Is all my dover
Joy to part with tor an hour
am he who chances hv
Before men die
- Llr.t Re,
New-York tribune., 1908-03-22
Leading the Rear

ONE Of the stories Leslie " Shaw. ex-Sec-
~ retary Of the Treasury. Is fond Of telling,
concerns an early friend who was a woman
hater Of the most pronounced type
His abhOrrenCe Of woman was lnSlstent
and consistent, said Mr.. Shaw. When he
could not eliminate her altogether. which was
his choice he never failed to pare her to her
smallest dimensions. and IN this point OF view
he included not only woman but everything
Of her sex
To illustrate. Vt one time he was con-
nected with the department ot agriculture ot
a Western State university where. by curious
irony of fate. 1t became his duty t. chronicle
things about the milk and butter produced by
a record breaking COW Of university breeding
Nv friend performed his duty conSclentlously
but when his report Went 10 the printer It
was headed. The Beet Steer and His Sister
New-York tribune., 1908-03-22
n Pleasing View

" She write She Is coming again 20 stay
IN he happy Co ,cr her back once more
Why. / heard YOU declaring the other dAV.
That her visits were quite a bore
Be Now YOU are off ON "a different tack"
Not -o. She VIII come o. U.s. THAT'S quite
clear
But % surely bee happy To- see her u5yk
When she turns Il o. ga. my dear
-Ndls.ins Bridges
New-York tribune., 1908-03-22
Greek Gumption

OF the wise old saws that greet us,
None beats those of EpIctetus,
That old thinker hit the bull seve now and
then
Never brood" IS how he'd Jolly
One bowed down with melancholy.
- For YOU are a man, remember not a hen
-\fr0u II 1tcyUtIH
New-York tribune., 1908-03-22
The M=4sGillette s:ss'y ss.s,
will Last you a aLifetime

q 1t will remove in 3 to 5 minutes any
beard that ever grew q The thin,
flexible, double-edged blades require
No Stropping-No Honing. q So
inexpensive that when dull YOU throw
them away as you would an old pen,
q No skill required the most mex
penienced man can obtain d clean, com
Portable shave, at home OF away, with
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-09
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Lexington County.
By Geo. S. Drafts, Esq, Probate Judge:
Whereas, Sarah Black made suit
to me, to grant her letters OF adj
ministration of the estate Of and effects
of Edward Black.
These are therefore to cite and ad-
monish all and singular the kindred and
creditors of the said Edward Black, de-
ceased, that they be and appear. before
me, in the Court of Probate, to be held
at Lexington, G. H., S. c., on 18th Of
September, 1908, next, after publication
hereof at II o'clock in the forenoon, to
show cause, if any they have, why the
said administration should not be grant
ed.
Given under my hand, this s3rd day
of September, Ammo Domini, 1908.
George S. Drafts, IL. S.
Probate Judge, Lexington county, S. 9.
Published on the 9th day of Sept.
1908, in the Lexington Dispatch. W46
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-09
Death Of M. Ballentire.

Mr.. Arthur Ballentine, son of Mr..
George Ballentine, of Ballentine, died
at the home of his sister, Mrs. Wise,
in Gilbert, on Sunday night at 9
O'Clock, after brief, but severe, ILL
ness of typhoid fever.
1t was just three weeks ago that he
left his parents, with fond hopes and
anticipations, to visit his sister. A
few days later he was taken i'll and
gradually grew worse until the end
came on Sunday night.
Arthur Ballentine was just % years
old and had a bright future before
him. BY his amiable disposition he
made friends with all in whom he
came in contact, and his death has
brought sorrow to many heart.
The remains u ere carried to his
home in the Fork where they were
inferred in the presence of large
circle of sorro wing relatives and
friends.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-09
For Rent,

Very desirable farming lands in the
Greenbriar section of Fairfield couli-
ty, S. c., finest cotton section in the
county; splendid neighborhood; fine
graded school and church, with ser
vices every Sunday, within easy
walking distance; fine water and
plenty of wood. These lands can be
rented or leased for term of years
by desirable white tenants at reason
able rentals, and in farms of from
two to twenty-five plows. For fur
ther particulars address,
IT. w. RUFF and
J. II. JENNINGS,
Executors,
4V47 Winnsboro, S. Q.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-09
Unclaimed Mail.

List of letters remaining uncalled
for in this office for the week ending
Sept. 7, 1908:
Males:
Buckley, Wiley.
Allen, B.
Watts, Lewis.
Wilson, Berry.
Females.
Howell, Amanda.
Shoemaker, Mrs. j. e.
These letters will be sent to the
dead letter Office Sept. 21, 1908, If
not delivered before. In calling for
the above please say "adyertised,'
giving date of list
s. J. Leaphart, Postmaster.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-09
VERY LOW RATES
To Lexington, KY, and Return, Via
Southern Railway.

Account 2sth annual session Nation
al Baptist Convention, the Southern
Railway announces greatly reduced
rates to Lexington, KY, and return.
Tickets to be sold Sept. 13, IA and Is,
good to leave Lexington returning
September %, 1908.
The Southern Railway has been
selected as the "offcial route" from
South Carolina, and special high
coaches will be provided and leave
Is, via spartanburg, Asheville and
Knoxville, arriving Lexington the
following morning.
For rates, tickets, ETC., apply 10
Southern Railway ticket agents, or
address J. G. LUSK, D. P. A.,
Charleston, S. G.
J.L. MEEK, A. G. P. A,
Atlanta, Ga.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-09
W. r. Gonckton.

. Mr.. W. H. Monckton, manager Of
the Globe Dry Goods Co., Columbia,
has just returned from the Northern
markets, where he went to purchase
his fall stock of goods. They are
now arriving and his store is crammed
and packed with new and seasonable
goods too numerous to mention here.
When in Columbia visit the Globe
Dry Goods Co. Their prices are
bound to please.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-09
The Tri-County Fair.

In this issue will be found an an
.nouncement of the Tri-C County Fair at
Batesburg. The fair this year will be
held on October 13, IA, Is, Is and II.
The fair last year was an entire sue
cess, and everything points to much
better fair this fall. Everybody in
the three counties should have an
exhibit at the Batesburg fair.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-09
Knots, Dowling & Go.

The firm of Knotts, Bowling & Co.,,
ofsSwansea, are telling the readers of
The Dispatch about the new fall
goods that they are receiving every
day. This firm is too well known to
the people of Swansea and surround
ing section to make any comments.
Suffice it to say that they will treat
you right. Call to see them before
making your purchases.