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seemed to delight in them as food. and
just as the frog legs we're beginning to
stick out through the tadpole skin mys-
terious maladies would carry them off by
thousands.
1t was learned also that they were can
nibals and that 1t was impossible to raise
little frogs where they could be gobbled
up by the big fellows. So all sorts of pre-
cautions had to be taken and lessons
learned from sad experience. But the
matter has now passed the experimental
stage and the state commission has made
a number Of shipments Of young frogs
to private breeders. Many of these have
met with failure. as there is practically
no literature on the subject and the pri-
vate breeders have to depend chiefly or
experience and verbal instructions.
Effect on Market Price.
Mr.. Meehan was asked whether the
work of the commission had yet had any
appreciate effect on the market price OF
frogs. but he replied that it had not, and
would not
I'm the first place." he said. there Is
not enough being done yet in a COM
mercial way to show in the market
and If there were a great many more
private plants they would not affect the
price. We could send out million young
frogs a year for the next ten years
without affecting the market. for the de-
mand Is steady and always about six or
seven times in excess of the supply.
The commission started its work on the
small, green frog because that was ma
tive to the locality where the work was
commenced, but there have been subse-
quent experiments made on the bigger
bull frogs, and there are now a number
of specimens three years old that have
been raised from the egg and are OF
marketa BILE size.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

EIGHTH STREET SOUTHEAST be.
tween K and streets-William F.
Ward ct ux. to Alfred r. Johnson
part lots l. and NJ. square 9O3: $40
ELEVENTH AND G. STREETS NORTH
EAST-Herman X. Howenstein ct ux
TO Peter A. Radice lot Ga, square ego
BELLEVTE-Percy H. Russell ct ux tc
William F. Mcdaniel and Mary a. Nc
Daniel. lot 100: $40
49, KENYON STREET NORTHWEST
George y. Worthington ct al trustees
TO Emma Becker lot 81 block 4
Mount Pleasant and Pleasant Plains
50 $50
MOORE AND BARBOUR'S ADDITION
William G johnson trustee TO Henri
NJ. Ensor. lot ~. block 4: s.. 300 HenrS
NJ. Ensor conveys same property l.
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company; $40.
SnS TWENTY SECOND STREET
NORTH W EST-Alice NJ Johnston 81
vir. William c.. to Maurice J. Colbert
lot &. square -: $40
r STREET NORTHEAST between 6tl
and 9TH streets-William II. Fox ct Tx
10 j. Walter Estes, lot ), square $50
TWENTY THIRD STREET NORTH
WEST between l. and NJ streets-Pat
rick T. INLAND ct TX. to Helen Kamin
sky. lot 81. square 81: $40
CHEVY CHAsE-Chevy Chase Lant
Company 10 Harper j. McClurg lot 3.
and part lot II. square 1864: $40.
NEWTON STREET NORTHWEST be
tween 18th and 18th streets-Harry Il
Wilson ct al. to Ada Brown. lot So
square 2s36; $40. Same to John X
Frederici lot So, square 2s36: SO
HOLMEAD ESTATE-Lewis E. Breunin
ger ct uY. to Heloise Macmillan To-
/, square 1886: $40
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congress yesterday.
in the west Both the civilized packers
and the Indians pursue the most waste
full methods of fishing. and the rivers are
so obstructed in many places with traps
Seines and gill nets that it is hard for
any of the breeding fish to get past the
distractions to the parts of the rivers
where they spawn.
The government has spent a great deal
of money in supervising the work in
Alaska. and has taken protective steps
so far as it was able. but it has been an
uphill fight against the cupidity of the
fishermen, and is not yet won by any
means.
Government Frog Farm.
One of the points that has interested
many of the delegates is the fact that
Pennsylvania is maintaining the only
government frog farm in the world, and
is making a success of it. This has been
brought to the attention of the foreign
and local delegates and will result in
the extension of the work in other places.
OF course, Pennsylvania is not the only
place where frog farming is done. They
are reared in France to some extent, and
there are a few private farms in the
United States. One woman in southern
California has a frog ranch that has
been in existence for several years and
from Wnlch she Is SdlO 10 MAKE d SOOO
deal of money, but Pennsylvania was
the first instance of a state taking up the
work officially
w. +. Meehan. the state commissioner.
had been interested in the project for
many years. and one of his men. knowing
of the matter, without the commissioners
knowledge in 1904 caught lot of green
frogs in the peninsula region of the state
and tried raising them. 1t was a little
semi private experiment and before the
commissioner knew anything about 1t the
deputy was able to show him about go 600
frogs raised from spawn.
Success Of Experiments.
The experiment was so successful that
the next year it was extended and four
stations took up the work. Strange to
say three of them were complete fail
ures 1t was found that frogs were one
of the hardest things to bring through
successfully from the egg through the
tadpole to the mature frog estate
In some places thousands of frogs in a
pond would disappear overnight just as
they were coming to what looked like
real froShood. II was found that the
frogs had more enemies than any sort of
fish Birds. snakes. insects and every
thing down to the larval of the daphne
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

THE CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART
Will reopen to the public ON week days on
TUESDAY. September 30. 1908. The date OF
the opening Of the Sunday exhibitions viii be
announced later. F. b. MCGUIRE, Director
sr25-It
THE I-BI.IC CEREMONY To CELEBRATE
the a1th anniversary OF the organization of the
Rehekah Degree of Odd Fellow ship Will be held
i'm the auditorium of Odd Fellows Temple Mon
day evening. September 2S. at o'clock. TO
which all friends Of the order are especially
invited. Se2b-at-
4 MASS MEETING OF WASHINGTON'S JEW
ish citizens is called for Sunday evening. Sep
tember -. 1908. AT the Sth Street Temple. All
citizens OF the Jewish faith are urged to attend
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Col. H. K. White, granted sick leave of
absence for three months.

Col. II. K. White. granted sick leave of
absence for three months.
Capt. C. r. Sanderson, A. Q. NJ. from
Philadelphia. Pa, to Washington. D. c.
Capt. C. r. Sanderson, A. Q. M, from
Manila, P. l., for duty in charge of depot
of supplies.
First Lieut.. F. D. Kilgore, granted
thirty days leave of absence.
Lieut. Col. c. r. McCawley, A. O. M,
to Boston, Mass, for temporary duty.
Second Lieut.. c. A. LutZ, qualified for
promotion.
First Lieut.. r. b. Creecy, granted leave
of absence to October I.
Marine examining board. consisting of
Lieut.. Col r. H. Lane, A. A. and l., pres
ident; Maj. N. H. Hall and Capt A. j.
Matthews, members, and First Lieut.. G..
Ancrum, recorder, ordered to convene at
marine barracks, navy yard, Mare Island,
Cal, September %, 1908
First Lieut.. T. G. Turner and First
Lieut.. w. G. Fay, to examination for pro-
motion.
Capt w c. Harilee. report to major
general, commandant, for special duty in
his office.
Col. l.. Karmany. granted further ex-
tension of leave for a period of fifteen
days.
Naval Movements.
The battleship Idaho has arrived at
Hampton roads. the collier Abarenda at
Newport News and the tug Tecumseh at
Norfolk.
The cruiser Colorad do has sailed from
Bremerton for San Francisco.
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occupied with more papers, mostly tech
meal, on lobster culture, white fish propo-
cation and protection. In the evening the
delegates were the guests of Secretary
Straus of the Department of Commerce
and Labor at his home, 26OO 18th street.
The members of the congress were
much interested in a report issued by the
United States fish commission on the sal
mon industry in Alaska. 1t is pointed
out by the commission that more than
half of the SIS, 900 600 produced annually
by Alaska comes from the salmon fish
cries. The wealth of the country in such
fish makes their protection difficult. as
there seems to be an inexhaustible sup
ply. and the fishermen are too short
sighted to realize that the salmon can be
killed out exactly as were the buffalo
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Naval Movements.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair Tonight and Saturday, Light
Variable Winds,

For the District of Columbia, Eastern
New York. Eastern Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Delaware. Maryland and Vir-
ginia, fair tonight and Saturday; light
variable winds
A well-defined tropical storm is central
this morning near the Island of ST. Kits,
w. l., whence it will move westwardly.
The western disturbance moved slowly
eastward during the last twenty four
hours, its center being over eastern Colo
RADIO this morning. 1t is causing general
precipitation in the Rocky mountain re-
gion and the Dakotas. The precipitation
was in the form of snow and rain in Mon
tana and Wyoming. Local rains were re-
ported also from the gulf coast and Flor
ida. In all districts other than these re-
ferred to fair weather continues.
Much colder weather prevails on the
Pacific slope and in the Rocky mountain
region and the Dakotas. and this morning
the temperature is at or below the freez-
ing point in Wyoming, Montana, Oregon,
Washington and Nevada.
The indications are that the weather in
the middle Atlantic and North Atlantic
states, the lower lake region. the upper
Ohio valley and North and South Caro-
lima will continue fair during tonight and
Saturday. In the east gulf states the
weather will be partly cloudy, with show
ers near the coast, and In Eastern Florida
showers will continue during the next
thirty-siX hours.
No important changes in temperature
are expected in the eastern and southeast
ern states
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast will be light variable; on the south
Atlantic coast light to fresh east and
northeast, and the east Gulf coast
light to fresh east and northeast.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have light to fresh variable
winds and fair weather to the Grand
Banks.
The following heavy precipitation lin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours; Burrwood, 1.26; Jack
sonville, LOO
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide, 2:02 am. and c:2O
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pm: high tide. 7:4S am. and sos pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 2:4O a. m and 2:o2
pm; high tide. S:25 am. and $40 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose $50 am; sun sets
5:53 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 5:53 am.
Moon-New moon, 9:51 am. today
The City Lights.
The city. lights and naphtha lamps
all lighted by thirty minutes after sun
set; extinguishing begun one hour be-
fore sunrise. All arc and incanuescent
lamps lighted fifteen minutes after sun
set and extinguished forty-five minutes
before sunrise.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
am Great Falls-Temperature. 73:
condition. II. Dalecarlia reservoir-Tem-
perature, 73: condition at north connec-
ton, Is: condition at south connection.
10 Georgetown distributing reservoir
Temperature. II; condition at inf1uent
gatehouse. l.; condition at effiuent gate
house, IL.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY, w. Va, September
25.-Both rivers are clear this morning
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ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

Capt. William F. Clark, paymaster. is
relieved from duty in Omaha, Neb., and
will proceed to Kansas City, Mo-
Capt. Thomas r. Harker, 10Th Infantry,
will assume charge of construction work
at Fort Douglas, Utah, relieving Capt.
Frank NJ. Savage. 10Th Infantry.
Chaplain Walter Marvine, Coast Artll-
lery Corps. is relieved from station at
Fort Niche. n. Y, and will proceed to
Fort Trumbull. Conn.
First Lieut.. Morrison C.. Slayer, Metii-
cal Reserve Corps, recently appointed. Or
dered to this city for a course of instruc-
ton.
Capt Matthew F. Steele. 9Th Cavalry,
will repair to this city and report to the
chief of staff for temporary duty in his
office.
Capt. Earl c. Carnahan. paymaster, at
San Francisco, Cal. will proceed to
Omaha Neb.. for duty.
Capt. Seaborn G. Chiles. 18th Infantry,
will proceed to Fort Leavenworth, Kan,
of which he will proceed to join his regi-
ment.
Naval Orders.
Capt. W. P. Potter, by direction of the
President. is assigned command second
division, U. s. Atlantic fleet, with the
rank and title of rear admiral
Commanders H. A. Field and G. R.
Slocum have been commissioned
Midshipman G. X. Calhoun to the U. S.
Naval Medical School Hospital, Wash
ington, D. c.. for treatment.
Passed Assistant Sugeon G. S. Hatha-
way has been commissioned.
Chief Sailmaker NJ. Watkins from
navy yard, Pensacola. Fla, to duty, ma
val training station, Newport, r. 1.
First Lieut.. G. A. Lutz has been COM
missioned a first lieutenant in the U. s.
Marine Corps.
Marine Corps Orders.
Second Lieut.. c. III. Wells, to United
States marine barracks and school of ap-
plication. Annapolis, Md, for instruction.
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CAESER DEATH TO BE PROBED.
Commissioner Will Consider Lack of
License at Shooting Gallery.

The fatal shooting of Edward Caeser at
the Benning race track during the barbe-
cue and entertainment of the Master
Butchers. Association September g is to
be probed by the Commissioners of the
District.
Caeser was accidentally shot by bull
let which went astray from a temporary
shooting gallery on the grounds The
four days later. Physicians announced
that death was due to sepsis. or blood
poisoning.
Although license to conduct the bar
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becue was issued by the assessors office.
there was no special license for the shoot
ing gallery, as there should have been.
according to the chief of police.
Maj. Sylvester contends that the gallery
should have been first approved by the
building department before being permit
ted to operate The question of requiring
licenses for such entertainment will be
considered by the Commissioners.
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II matters little what il is that YOU
wart-whether a situation or a servant
Il want al i'm The Star will reach the
person who can fill your need.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-01-20
SLAIN BY OFFICERS
SAID HE WOULD RATHER DIE
THAN co TO JAIl-IS
VERY DEAD.

Lufkln. Texas. Jan. 19.-Jesse
Knight, son Of X. A. knight, a prom
inent citizen of Lufkln. was shot and
killed by night marshal Houston last
night because he resisted arrest and
cut the officer severely on the face
with knife.
The affair took place at the home
of John Hottie, near the courthouse.
Young Knight called at the house
about 1880 o'clock last night and
tried TO gain admittance. Mrs. Hot.
tle told him that he could not get
in. and he stated that II the door
was not opened he wSnld break II
down. Mrs. Hottie slipped her little
boy out the back doc and sent him
after an officer. Omcer Houston,
receiving the word, summoned tAree
or four men to go with MIN. After
arriving at the hous" they found that
Knight had left, bI, a search found
him hidden near the jail. They took
him To the Hottie nome so tnat ne
could be identified. but when Mr..
Houston started with him TO the jail
knight said that he would die be
fore he would go to jail. and pulled
pocket knife, cutting the officer
across the ear and face. Mr.. llous-
ton called to the other men to help
him. but as they did not respond. he
had to help himself. and as the room
was In darkness, he could not see
what the other party was fixing TO
do Just as he saw the outline of
the knife coming his way again, he
shot and killed Knight. the ball en-
tering the breast, just to the right
of the heart.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-01-20
The Disappearance Of cortelyou.

Nearly six weeks ago | said in
this correspondence that Secretary
Cortelyou would retire from the
treasury department. Today it is
generally believed in Washington and
in New York that his retirement will
be matter of only few days. Like
many men of force, men who have
made themselves. Mr.. Cortelyou has
declined TO submit to the complete
domination of the man in the white
house. His resignation. which is
in the possession of the presidents S
staff, followed an attempt on the part
of Mr.. Roosevelt to control the sec
retarys policy in matters of partisan
politics.
do not believe myself that Sec
retary Cortelyou had ever chance
of nomination for the presidency by
| his party. Nobody here in Washing
| ton thinks that If he resigns his
change will be any better, Mr.. Cor
telyou has made record as n good
clerk, not as a good politician. lie
/ has been a good collector Of funds
| for the benefit of President Roosr
welt. lie was able to get from tn,
| three big insurance companies OF the
| United States fifty thousand dollars
each for the Roosevelt campaign
/ fund. After having collected this
money, he was appointed first post
master-general, which is the bes
place for politician who desires tC
utilize the patronage of the govern
ment, second, secretary of the treas
ury which is the best place for
politician who wishes to collect funds
for political purposes. Mr.. Cortelyo'
has utilized the powers of his place;
in both INSTANCES. That he is nov
to be forced out, as doubtless h
will be. indicates only that after hay
ing done everything for his iates
chief, he failed TO be n servile sur
porter OF that chiefs heir apparent
Secretary Cortelyou might well sa,
now the words that Shakespeare pu
into the mouth OF Woolsley.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-01-20
CURRENT TOPICS AT CAPITAL
DEMOCRATIC P0LL..0KLAHOMA

whether even this man is violently
opposed. When this poll is com
pleted it will be sent out to all the
newspapers taking this service. Poll
ing the house Is not the best way
Of getting political sentiment. But If
two newspapers bitterly antagonistic
to the probable nominee of the dem
ocratic party use their device in or
der so defeat his followers, II seems
fair 20 send out like statement
gathered by and for men who believe
In him.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-01-20

policy TO preserve the nations
resources is the one constructive pol
icy of the present administration,
the only policy in fact In which the
president has achieved any results,
and the only one that can possibly
commend his name TO history. There
Is no doubt that the president had
done something TO call public atten-
ton and grouse public opinion on
this important subject. But the pol.
icy Is not new with him or partisan
in any sense OF the word In fact
the greatest opposition that the pres
ident has had in carrying out his
ideas along these lines has come
from his own party and 1t Is evi-
dent that he has been hampered him
self by his subservience to the ira
ditiDnal principles of his party. II
this is not SO, why Is II that pres
ident so eager to preserve our for
ests was for so long a time obliv-
ious to the special premium put up
on their destruction by the protec-
tive tariff on lumber? That he on
ly recommended the reduction of
a tariff In his last message, and at
time when he must have known
that congress would not act. proves
how his policy to preserve the ma
tons resources is out of harmony
with the policies of the republican
party. 1t is almost a truism to say
that the only effectual way to avert
forest famine lies IN the removal
of the tariff on lumber, so the Amer
lean consumer may draw on foreign
countries for at least part of the
supply necessary TO meet his de-
mands. And what is true of lumber
is true of coal, iron and other min
eral products, fast being wasted like
our forests. But the president has
demanded no reduction of the tariff
on these products.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-01-20
To Remove Restrictions.

Washington. Jan. l9.-Mr. Me
Guire OF Oklahoma has prepared II
bill on the subject of removing re-
strictions. which 1t Is said will have
the support of Secretary Garfield. 1t
proposes to remove restrictions on
all land except that belonging To
mllblOods the restrictions may he
removed In such individual cases as
are approved by the secretary
but the purchase price is to be turn
cd over To the government and paid
to the Indian vendor in installments
Mr.. McGuire's bill. 1t is said
would make 1000 acres OF land avail
able at once,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-01-20
Haileyville.Hartshorn Controversy,

Guthrie, Okla, Jan, l9.-Tho CON
troyersy between lIartshorn and Hail.
eyville over the procession and juris-
diction OF number of blocks of
town property has reached the leg
islature In the shape Of memorials 10
both house and senate asking the
passage of law giving Haileyville
jurisdiction OF the property. Both
towns have been claiming jurisdiction.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-01-20
10y Wiiiis :. Ahbot.)

Ardmorote Special,
Washington. Jan. 20.-A few days
ago paper published in Washing
ton took poll o. the republican
members of congress as to their pref
cr,nces for the presidential nominee
of their party. When the result OF
the poll was announced said in this
correspondence that it was utterly
without authenticity. No member
vas quoted by name; many were
quoted anonymously. Nobody better
than Il trained Washington dOrres-
pondent knows how willing members
OF either the house or the senate
are to announce themselves anony-
mously for one candidate. and TO say
10 the canvasser ION the side that
they are really for another man.
Now follows poll of the demo
cratic side of the house which shows
this vote:
/ bryan '.',.''''''-''''' 'e
Johnston. of Minnesota ........ 81
Judge Gray ... ..........--.... IL
Judge Harmon ...........-.....
Senator Culberson .............
GOV. Hoke Smith .........-- ...
Senator White INSTRUMENTATION.
Joan Sharp Williams .......--
Tom johnson --....,.. ......
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-01-20

Kcnnodys Laxative Cough Syrup
causes free yet gentle action OF
the bowels through which the cold
Is forced out OF the system. Chill
dren like II. Contains no opiates
nor narcotics. Sold by W. +.
Frame. DIV
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-01-20

While this poll shows Mr.. Bryan
strongly in the lead, il means little
in the end. The vote for Governor
Johnston may represent certain
strength, but 1t does not indicate his
following in the convention. The
votes for Judge Gray, Judge Harmon
and the rest OF the lesser favoritcs
amount to nothing. The fact that
Mr. Bryan had more than major
ity of the votes, more than twice
the number of votes cast for all
other candidates combined and more
than three times the vote of his
nearest competitor may possibly in
dicate his strength among the demo
Gratis of the house of representa-
tives.
IL would hardly be NECESSARY to do
more than to print this poll to show
how futile II Is. But today | learned
from certain congressman that they
had been misQuoted in the Washing
| ton Post. have arranged for n
pon To be made based upon the
Washington Post article.
II may not be possible 10 use
names, but every name Will be In
my possession. Already learn that
the Posts assertion that the Ken
lucky delegation showed majority
against the nomination of Mr.. Bryan
is utterly false As a matter of fact
only one man in that delegation is
opposed to him. Personally thought
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-01-20

Had | but served my God with half
the zeal
| served my king, he would not in
mine age
Have left me naked to mine enc
mics"