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The Coconino sun., 1908-10-23
Local and Personal

Blake's, 20 and 30 cents each.
 l., Montario is visiting friends in Phoenix for a couple of weeks.
 Times are exceedingly hard when barbers have to cut down bee tree for a comb.
 MT, and Mrs. Wm Tyson of Del Rio, were in the city last week visiting friends.
 Ben Witter is much elated at the bornin of boy at his home Monday.
 Henry F. Ashurst left monday for Bisbee to make speeches for Mark Smith.
 Miss Mary Bart returned last week from a months vacation in Los Angeles.
 Mrs. T. $. Schnebly and Mrs. Wm. F. Wallace visited the Grand Canyon Monday.
 Miss Jennie Gavin of Albuquer- que is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Gavin.
 Harry Hibben has been ship ping his largr potato crop to Prescott the past week,
 Lieut. Wm. Olds of the territorial range force was in the city from Williams short time Monday.
 Judge N. G. Layton, clerk of the court is assisting the clerk of the court at Kingman this week.
 G. w. Mover cams in Saturday from Bull Basin where he has been bgilding a sheep dip for Rabbit Brothers.
 Matthew Murphy, Indian allot- ting agent, was in the city from the Indian reservation the first of the week
 Mir. NJ. Mendal, of the Bargain House, left Tuesday for San Fran cisco to buy more goods for their store here,
 The snow Saturday and Sunday was heavier than our usual mid October storm. Abost foot fell but melted rapidly.
 Dr. w. P. Sipe and Dr. John E.. Adams have formed a partner ship and consolidated their offices in the Pollock block.
 Mir. Henry Tuning and wife and his son Fred Tuning and wife of Pasadena, were entertained by friends here last week.
 Greene x C O., the tailors have moved into h e Beasley building where they will be pleas ed to see their customers.
 Ben. Taylor is rejoicing over the arrival of a boy weighing eleven and half pounds who came to his home Saturday.
 C. C. Compton left yesterday with the election equipment for Fredonia. He expects to remain there until after the election.
 Sheepmen are shivering some and are longing for that dear old Phoenix country. Most of them will leave shortly after election.
 Frank Hochderifer who was accidentlv shot in the leg last week is improving rapidly and will soon be able to get out again.
 Mrs. l.. 5, Drum injured her arm on the ranch on Stoneman Lake and will be brought to Flag staff to remain the balance of the winter.
 Geo. Black Ir. received word that a new baby girl joined his fam fly on the 10th in California. George will go over at an early date to see the new conner.
 MT. James Murry the veteran express man accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. George Perry, left for Phoenix overland last week to spend the winter
 Harry Simmington wife and mo- ther came in overland from Cherry Sunday and left Monday for the Grand Canyon, They will return direct to Cherry.
 Ira Owenby IS carrying few ribs in sling as result of a AL l.. sTl...,
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-23

You tink | way dead? Not so. l am the livliest corpse you ever run up against. Orders for wood filled in five minutes, S4.oo per cord. If. $. WRIGHr.
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-23

CEDAR wooD-by the cord or load.
 So. 50 per cord or $ per load. Leave orders at Rabbit S, Coffin S or Thos. Wagner S.
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-23

FoR SALE Coles hot blast stove, coal or wood, used one sea son SIo. Apply to E. M. Brown.
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-23

BLOCK WOOD--Dry mill block wood in any quantity now. Order early. See Vim. Beeson. Phone 8
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-23

FOR SALE-Good phaeton will sell cheap. Apply to Sun office.
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-23

WooD FOR SALE IT Four foot pine wood at S3.5o per cord. All sizes wood furnished on applica- ton. JoE MoNToYA.
The Coconino sun., 1908-10-23
BUSINESS NOTICES.

Advertise ment sunaer Iul> neal will br tue 'erted at the rate Of ten ceuts pc riine for tn ir>t insertion and i've cents per lIne for each subsequent insertion An aN craze ot i've words making 3, line.
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Muck Rakers,

just as present we have been pass
Ing through a siege of attacks upon
our social and political systems by gen.
tlemen whom President Roosevelt has
properly denominated 1.-THE men with
the muck rake" Either In order that
they may sell their articles or in order
that for political purposes they may
stir a spirit Of unrest they exaggerate
the abuses thought to exist in political
and business life and give distorted
and therefore false view of actual
conditions. They attribute corrupt
!: motives without proof, and BY aWell.
ing on instances Of evil they destroy,
or they seek to destroy. the sense az
proportion Of their hearers and read
ers in general condemnation of so
eiety at large. There never was time.
IN the history Of the worldEwhen5 there
was more virtue, more charity; more
sense Of brotherly affection than there
is today: Gould anything be more IN
spring than the bounteous outgiying
OF money, provisions and labor for the
benefit Of our fellow men whicI, was
evoked by the disaster In California r.
William. Howard Taft.
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Once the boards are in position only a
few minutes are required to finish the
process, and. as rule, do that par,
OF the work myself. The boards are
kept together by wire hook caught
across the two boards on opposite
sides of the rows Of celery at each end
Of the boards. This is done over the
entire patch until nothing Of the celery
is visible but the green tops showing
above the boards. Four or five days
after boarding the celery is ready to
ship.
Though the shipping time means ex
ira hard work, always enjoy it, not
only because 1t comes at time OF
the year when l enjoy being out OF
doors, but because it brings money re
turns. You get the fruits of your five
months labor. and If you have kept
up with the market you can cal
culate within fraction Of cent wha,
each shipment will bring you. The
wire hooks are jerked of the boardf
and the tall bleached stalks Of celery
pulled up bunch by bunch. A few
strokes Of sharp knife, and the roots
with the few unsightly outer stalks
drop of, and the transformed plant Is
loaded into the baskets to be takes
70 the washing and packing shed.
This final process should be done IN
fresh cold water, and the celery should
be washed and picked over until each
bunch looks rs white and glossy al
ivory. 1t Is then put a dozen punches
at time into a wooden form and tied
with tape the color preferred by thu
grower into g square. compact hurdle
AL excess top La trimmed away, ana
tho bundles are then packed, whils
dripping wet with fresh cold water
into paper lined crates.
I have sold celery as low as q
cents dozen and as high as 81. Tn,
frst price hardly pays, while the latter
gives enormous profits from the farm
eT's standpoint. In the New York mar
ket grower can count on getting AZ
cents a dozen for good celery and Ct
cents dozen for all extras. Thai
gives good living profit and has ad
vantage of being sure
j. After paying all bills for labor, fer
tnizer. rent on land (Which of course
goes into my own pocket and is only
a matter Of form. the wear and teal
on the greenhouse. garden tools anG
the boards l always count on having
$1,000 year from my little patch OF
ground
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THE FALL WEBWORM.

passes the winter as dark brown
helpless creature, entirely unlike either
the worm from which it came or the
rioth into which it transforms. This
dark brown pupa, inclosed in a thin
cocoon Of silk intermixed with hair, is
stored away in some crack or crevice,
under rubbish or even in the ground it.
self. In April or May the nearly or
quite white moth emerges from the CO.
coon, flies into the trees and In some
cases deposits as many as 500 eggs
These eggs are set close together on
one leaf, forming a single tier and COW
ering an irregular patch on the sur
face. The larvae, Matching, construct
tiny web under which they feed. AS
they increase in size more and more
foliage is included in their web until
they may exceed three feet In diameter.
When the caterpillars become fully
grown they crawl down the trees and
seek out hiding places, as already
described, In which to transform and
lie. during their helpless stage. From
the cocoons thus formed in late July
Or early August, the second brood of
moths energies and deposits it's eggs Oh
the leaves for the second brood of
worms This brood On reaching ma
ttlty forms tia cocoonS in which IL
passes the winter
Ordinarily certain two and four
winged flies PARASITIC ii sufficient per
cent of the catcrpilars to prevent them
from seriously threatening the life of
any we'll grown tree, but this para
sitlsm is rarely sufficient to prevent the
formation Of some webs.
The property owner who values the
beauty Of his shade trees cannot afford
to depend on natural enemies, but must
resort to artificial measures. If the
nests are within reach, the simplest
method is to wipe them out Of the
trees and crush their contents. II
they are beyond reach, they must be
destroyed in any one of three ways
they may be burned ont by means of
q long handled torch; they may, be cut
away. with pruning shears and their
contents crushed $or burned; their oc-
cupants may be poisoned by thorough
ly spraying the foliage Immediately
about the nest with arsenate Of lead at
the rate Of three pounds to fifty gal
Ions OF water. Paris green mixed with
twice its weight of unalaked aime and
used at the rate OF sin ounces to Afty
gallons Of water Ensy be substituted
Cor the arSsnate OF lead, bus Coos NOT
STICK 10 tho 9ssagssso wen
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extra large heads l receive so cents
a dozen. There isn't a month in the
year when celery is not in demand in
New York city, so there can be no
doubt about getting good prices, pro-
vided the celery is up to the mark.
To raise celery to be marketed in
June my work begins in January The
6rst step is to get good celery seed
and SOW 1t in boxes in greenhouse.
Under normal conditions it will re-
Qutre three weeks for celery seed to
come up, though there have been oc-
casions when have forced it up with
In eight days, and the result was in
every way satisfactory. AS soon as
the two little leaves appear on the
plants the process Of 'pricking" begins
and drags through February and
March.
AS regards the greenhouse, would
advise plenty of moisture and air, but
not too much heat. At whatever tenn
perature you begin always be careful
to keep it>from the time the seeds go
In the ground until the plants are
taken out to be set in the fields. When
have had occasion to force my seeds
I have carried the forcing process
straight on until the plants were ready
to set out. AS u rule, put my seed in
with the thermometer in the eighties
and keep that temperature right
straight through
In April, as soon US the ground is
warm enough to pillow. the out OF door
work begins. After the ground is
thoroughly plowed the fertilizer must
be sown and with a rake and harrow
the surface must be made to look as
smooth rs velvet. The young plants
are then taken from the greenhouse. not
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too many at time. and set out After
the setting out the raking begins and
then the fight against weeds If there
Is any place where weeds grow faster
than in celery patch, ! have never
seen it. OF course 1t is because there
Sc always SO much more moisture in a
celery patch than on land where other
vegeta bles are grown. If the weeds
ever get a start In a celery patch, the
only thing to do is to pull them up by
hand and haul to q pile and burn. II
sTeeds don't grow ON the ground, It Is
mo use to plant celery.
n Along aboutathe first of June begin
10 board the fallest Of my celery.
Boardfng celery now takes the place
sg banking earth around 1t. In June
SsE fs impossible to: bank celery with
ANYTHING lfke satisfactory results. Even
aaaEs boards WIN sometimes rot 1t BE-
gssge the T,Iauehing is begun. Fer
g gssf rs,s,se use ten inch boards ten
sssgS4 Ioaa Trsseae are carried into the
III 49,
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balance wheel being on the end of thu
crank shaft in this type of automobile
Other styles Of autos. might requir..
different methods of3connectionz @~ss -
T. The machine as arranged makes I
very convenient addition to the farm
equipment. being available either fol
travel or for farm power or for: a
combination when work is to be done
In locations some distance from the
farm.
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A WOMAN'S CELERY FARM.

a Crop That Tieids Good Reeurna
Near City. -
Miss Helen L. Bailey writes enter
eainingly Of her experience in raishg
celery for the early New York market:
My home is twenty miles up the
state and convenient to the railroad.
All told have less than three acres of
hand, and when started in to earn my
Ewing there was mortgage ON the
Dlace.and less than 500 in my pocket.
Celery has. paid the mortgage ON my
acme, has put money in the bank for
me and has enabled me to educate a
Qephew and niece. My average crop
Of celery is $4,000 heads. and the aver.
age price is 40 cents dozen. For
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.z, .S.e-S-
The Party to Trust

l DeheTe our strong party with 1ts
great principles is only in ITS Infancy.
Our glory as nation has but Just be-
gun. There are mighty problems vet
TO pc solved, grave questions ID be5 an
swered' complex issues to be wrought
out, but ! believe We can trust the
grand old party and Its leaders to care
Tor the, future Of our nation ana DE-
our people as n has cared for them
SO well in the past.-Jameg IS. sher-
man. ss Ut - 3 Z ~
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Never a Hero IN, n sa..si,.

He may not know it; but MI. Bryan
mas never been a*hero In the aout Iii. E Ess
would take no great mistake ssis
part t. lose Tennessee, North assaaS
5or Georgia; a mistake Of real na# a,sssss
9suds would he the doing Of any tassaagI
; I. would arouse affecting sss
leader and u eand siiate s Of TIA
efafse party isrstssnuiating
esasal"t among tho aegroes. E
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. Most Useful Tree..

The carnahuba palm Of Brazil is saio
to be the worlds most useful tree II
gives to the people OF = that country
everything from drugs to cattle feed.
Its roots make valuable medicine
blood purifier Its timber takes high
polish and is In demand by cabinet.
makers. The sap becomes wine or vim
egar, according. to the way IT. ls pre-.
pared, and sugar and starch may also
he made from from the sap: The fruit 81
the tree is used as5 cat tie food. ana i
NUT bears ~ fairly good substisufe
seas5cpRse: 1Frosndthe pitt os tsIa tres
.,eagks1 aYs made. :
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Reyond Raaaei1,

A Scottish singer named wilson, who
#as being trained for professional
work, sang q love song with exqnisite
quality Of voice. but with SinsnfSicien,
passion and expression. His teache,
told him he must put more feeling
into it and sing as if he ss'e really In
love. = ~
"Eh, man." he replied. hoo canI do
that and me a marriet manp-Tit
Bits,
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Capital.

Capital represents and measures the
difference between the present condi-
tion Of society and that which pre-
vailed when men lived by what their
hands would produce without nipple
rnents Or other means Of Increasing the
results of their labor--,that Is. between
the utter barbarian Of prehistoric ages
and modern civilization. without It The
whole world would ,stilI DE CROPPING Id
tbs darkness iofs the tribe Or commune
ssage Of civilization, with ;aI teerrnatiag
psFiodsz Of starvation and; spient and
40 happiness but that !soe gorgiags .lssrs.
strained .saDpa yssllaansp 81 Howard 4 ii
z TSsST %}siS3s+ @''EaES@ Sss~s~sFE5E& SS
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AUTO POWER IN FARMING.
The Ingenious Device of a Connecticut
Farmer

The ingenious Device Of q Connecticut
Farmer.
An enterprising farmer, e. @. BeldeL
Of Suffolk, Conn.,, uses his automobile
to drive farm machinery. The illustra.
ton shows the auto In position and
connected with one Of the farm ma.
chimes. He uses it quite extensively
for driving wood saw
i The wheels are blocked to keep tn.
machine steady. using sticks Of wood
or making small holes in the ground,
into which the wheels are set. To
connect with the machine Mr. Belden
made an extension for the crank shaft.
The extension has a hange with holes
for cap screws, which are threaded
into the hr' of the balance wheel. tn
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An Qniniasa.

An Opinion. 3;1
"A little learning ma ~: be- danger
ous thing,": 1sanarked the observer q
events ana things, ,ashuts the, man, iwits
q little learning is not nearly 90 dan
geeous as the man who knows all; -
Yonkers Statesman.
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Hard to Please.

Professor Ito his wife. provoked)-l
never know how to take you, Amelia
Two years ago you were crazy for tina,
hat, and now I've bought it for you
you don't like it at ALL Fliegende
Batter.
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SHADE TREE PESTS.

The DespoiIers Of Some Of Our Fa-
vorite Shade Trees
The nests of the fall webworm ar
forming unsightly white blotches on
the rich green foliage of our shade
trees. They are mostfrequently found
on the elm. hickory. ash. apple and
plum, but occur only less commonly
on many other sorts of deciduous trees.
The insect that constructs these webs
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He's Very MI IN Alive.

'Deadbeat' we call the scurvy wight
Who cheats us. 'Twould be great
II he were really dead. We might
Collect from his estate.
PHILADELPHIA Press
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Secure Enough.

Barber-Did Weaver give you any
security for the money be borrowed Of
you? ::
Draper-No; he said it would be SO
cure enough in his possession: r.
Barber-Come to think about it,
guess 1t will be.-Boston Transcript.
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To Help the World Along. =,
We're living in an age of doubt,
And, II FOR woe or veal, y: AZ
No more with simple; faith we put
Our shoulders to tho wheel.
- 5i-l - . esq sE.s'E :'.H
But In these rapid auto, days ,,ia
We count that help too dow.
We all crawl underneath 70 ma
Just whyzit 'doesRtI to- ! VIZ q.
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Honafui Hint.

He Gust engaged)-Darling, I sim.
ply can't kiss you enough.
She-Well. why waste any time talk.
ing about it?-Chicago News.
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Like Papa.

He kissed! Although she oughter
Have frowned upon such pranks,
The editors coy daughter
Returned the thing with thanks
Topeka Journal
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Isn't This Awful

There once was a girl named Miss Mary,
Whose mother baked excellent doughnuts
One day the girl married
A man with harelip-
Let's lean up against the deep river.
Denver Post.
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The Honker Haunted

what makes old Blank so uneasy
when motor car comes along?'
why. his wife ran away in one
and he is always afraid she Is coming
back"-Tit-B Bits.
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Discourauina.

"Perhaps you could learn to love me
i in time?"
II don't know. l never was any
good at learning things didn't like
| Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Keeps Him BUSY,

I'm what form Of literary work do
you indulge?'' :.
I'm an inventor Of reminiscences."-
New York Life. >.
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What Me All Want,

''Gan wants but little here below"
This summer how we've prayed g
To get little here below T., : -
One hundred In the shade!
Philadelphia Press.
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Thouuht,

Thought Is the most wonderful thing
In the world. No man ever kicked a
bulldog after stopping to think twice.
Chicago Record Herald.
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One Consolation,

The poor man has one happy thought
AS he eats bread and water
AS long as he is poor no duke
VIII ever wed his daughter.
San Francisco Examiner.
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A Natural Question.

Jenkins-Poor Bjones! It's just about
year now since he passed the great
divide.
Tompkins-Dead or divorced fudge
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The Fjirt's Fate,

She watched the gallants come and 60;
She hirted so with every beau.
Now when she'd have one come and stay
They merely come-and go.
New Orleans Times Democrat
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, A Fine Distinction

els her husband medical MANI"
'eNo; think he's just specialist or
gomethin'. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Upon the moonlit sea we float,
And likewise in a little boat. -
II we the latter should ignore, = . :
I fear we should not float much more.
Buffalo Express.
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The Prospective Elephant Hunt.
Ye mighty pachyderms, beware,
Nor linger in your native lair
The only places safe for you
Are now the circus and the zoo.
washington Star
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STAGE Money.

/ Thine 10 stage money to the man who
= out on the highway ia quest or a
3eb.-Judge.@ *.>S = r.. = 4 u
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Another Hammock Falling Out.
Two in hammock;
The old hammock, tilted;
Coming a word.
The, lovers were 'spilted."
Dan Cupid took wing;
All his hopes wilted:
The maiden went home
And the young man was Tilted.
Detroit Tribune.
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HuEaas1 Mature.

FFuFStaH TT@TUFNs ~
To err 10 human, yea, -
And yet we know -. y.
9ors human Ills to say, 35z&
: II told you sol" "a. .s Z
''''t Detroit Frss 4sssa,
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