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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-10
SEA SOLID WITH cRAss.
Hundreds of Thousands Encountered
South CT Cape Henry.

Philadelphia.-To sail through sea
of crabs is by no means an everyday
occurrence, yet the record of such an
experience is written upon the log
book of the steamship Capt. Bennett,
which arrived here from Jamaica.
The Capt. Bennett was sailing just
south of Cape Henry when she ran
into the live sea. Hundreds Of thou
sands of crabs, some floating singly,
others collected in immense masses,
swarmed around the ship. There was
no trouble in scooping them up by
bucketfuls. the sailors say, and Capt.
Olsen and his men had their fill Of
crabs, prepared by the ships doctor"
1t is thought that the crabs were
carried ont to sea by recent storms
from Chesapeake bay and were unable
to return TO their accustomed waters.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-10
SCIENTISTS NEW METHOD TO
PREVENT SEA DISASTERS.
Daily Forecasts on Steamers by Wire
less Data Plan Of German
Guest of Secretary of
Agriculture.
Copyright by waidon Favee;t.

New York.-Shipwrecks at sea are
unnecessary, according to DR.. Peter
Polls, German meteorologist, who ar
rived here the other day as repre-
sentative of the German government
to consult with the American depart
ment of agriculture.
The German visitor, who was ac-
companied by his wife, has inaugu-
rated a system of interchangeable
wireless weather reports among trans
Atlantic ships whereby an official
weather map is to be issued aboard
every cross-sea liner every day, Civ
ing weather forecasts up to SO hours.
by means OF which ships can be
warned in time to prepare for any
kind of a storm. In the case OF
smaller vessels coming over the
Grand Banks, the forecast can be sent
far enough ahead to permit them to
take refuge at st. Johns or Halifax.
DR.. Polls, who is director of the
Ocken meteorological observatory,
was in communication every day dur
ing the trip across the ocean with both
continents by wireless through ships
that were passing between his vessel
and either shore.
In this way he got the latest infor-
nation as to the weather and was
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-10
DON'T SELL THE DAIRY
HEIFERS-RAISE THEM
Use Good Sire and Improve the Herd
BY WILDER j. Fraser. Chief IN Dairy
bandry, Illinois University.

have good parentage On tho male
side
An inspection of dairy herds viil
show that many times comparatively
little attention Ia paid 20 The quality
of the sire. In a recent visit 10 the
dairy region Of northern Illinois. the
writer noted six herds in which the
heifer calves we're raised for future
cows. but in which the sires used
we're miserable Iittle scrubs. veritable
runts and weakllngs. obtained b. sim
ply saving a grade calf from a poor
herd. OF many other Hres fairly good
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-10

Travel.
From the days % Herodotus and
Marco Polo, travel has been recog-
nlzed az an educative and eiyillzing
experience. 4 year on the continent
of Europe is considered the best pos
sible ~fnishingr course for English
end American youth whose parents
can afford e.: 5g; u - not 20 com
rlDnly perceived that a great and val
uable advance is steadily going on In
this country By virtue of the inter
change Of visitors between north and
south and east and west II Is a
commonplace that the United states
presents great diversity % climate.
and that lt has been peopled from
many different nations. Of widely vary
lag habits of life and thought Such
a diversity of elements united IN one
national entity would be a great source
Of weakness were it not for the con
slant travel for which Americans are
noted. Much Of this ls due 10 the an
nual conventions OF national organlza-
tlons. The Christian Endeayor so
ciety. the National Educational assO-
citation. the Grand Army. and many
other bodies meet once a year. each
time In a new place; and special rail
road rates induce large numbers TO
vis.t cities which they might other
wise never gee. The local pride OF
those vino act as hosts inEures a full
appreciation Of whatever is OF inter.
est in the surroundings; and the in
terchange Of hospitality draws people
from the different sections more close
~ together. and gives them an oppor-
tunity 20 broaden their outlook and
get new points OF view. In a smaller
way. hundreds OF trade associations
and fraternal orders are doing the
same thing for their members. The
influence Of It is probably greater
than any one can see, declares the
Youths Companion. II has demon
strated the fact that hospitality is not
the exclusive possession OF any one
section; that communities which differ
widely in their views on many matters
may each have good reason for the
faith that is in them; and in the
end II will greatly help to form and
foster feeling OF national solidarity.
Even the gain in mere geographical
knowledge is something. Il have seen
wonderful crops OF corn and wheat In
my country" said recent western
visitor to the New England coast, but
this ia the first time have ever seen
rocks growing out OF the water"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-10
GOLD FEVER LURES BOYS.
Parents Hunt fer Thre. Newsiss Walk
inu to Nevada.

Pbiladelphia.-Att by the be-
Hef<nat gold may be had for the ask
ing In Nevada, three boys left their
hcmes in this city for the gold fields
and are being looked for By the police.
Lawrence Noifert, age 10. OF T32 South
Twentieth street; Maxwell BierstCck,
age 16. Of 231 North Ninth street, and
Jacob Jelborn. Is years old. Of 1916
South Sixteenth street. are the youth
ful Adventures for news Of whose
whereabouts their parents have asked
the police
For some time the boys have been
in the habit Of visiting an old miner
who lives in the southern part Of the
city. and from him they heard tales Of
the mines that excited their imagina-
tions. Preparations for the trip were
begun six months ago. when the boys
started to save the money they earned
By selling newspapers. They planned
TO walk the entire distance, stopping
in several Of the large cities on the
way to replenish their funds By doing
odd jobs
The police have learned that they
wer. seen in NoTIistown and are now
supposed to be in Reading, where the
authorities have been notified to ap-
prehend them
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-10

actual milk production Of their female
ancestors.
With herd Of 40 COWS, as here H.
lustrated, each COW represents one
eightieth Of the future herd eacn year,
and the whole number OF 40 cows rep
resent forty-eightieths Of the herd, and
the good well-bred sire represents one
half or forty-eightieths Of all the quail
ity and qualities, character and char.
acteristics. the capacity for milk pro
duction, and everything else, transmit
ted to the calves which are to consti.
tute the succeeding herd.
A fine dairy sire can be bought for
$3.50, and with 40 grade COWS at $50
! per head. the herd comes to $1,000
The bull costs only one-seventeenth OF
the investment, yet he will improve
the future herd as much as the other
sixteen-seventeenths. The extra 800
put into a good sire Is the best invest
ment In the herd
Forty-one animals are purchased;
one animal will influence the future
| herd as much as the other 40. II is
worth while, then, to give much extra
time and study to the selection of that
one, the sire.
From generation 10 generation the
succession OF well-selected sires goes
on increasing and intensifying the i'm
proyement OF the herd In this way
the sire becomes threefourths, seven.
eighths ffteen.sixteenths etc, of the
herd. In fact in few years the sire
is practically "the whole thing"
SO the sire may be much more than
half the herd whether judged by the
| quantity. strength, quality or accumu-
lated effect Of the characteristics he
transmits. II is literally true that the
sire may thus within a few years, at
slight expense, completely transform "A
Gairy herd and mere than double its
| profit.
Every man who has had any ex.
/ tended experience or observation in
the use Of a good pure-bred sire from
high-producing dams at the head of
| dairy herd, will agree that this sire
was Of peculiar value and great econ.
omy in building up the herd The rec
ords OF dairy breeding have proved
] Il cOncluslvely a thousand times over.
| No man who studies the facts can
doubt n. The evidence is to be seen
In the he!fcrs OF every such sire, and
in their contrast with heliers lacking
| such parentage.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-10

known that lumber under water pre-,
serves its integrity. and after many
years comes out perfectly free from
decay. All that is needed is to take
1t out, pile it up and dry it. when 1t
becomes the best of lumber.
In the olden days, when lumber was
plentiful and there was no thought
of scarcity in timber, the rafters
were very careless about their cargoes.
and the loss of thousand logs more
or less did not bother them much
Lumber and logs. especially If green,
soon become water-logged and sink TO
the bottom of the stream, where they
become imbedded in the mud and
sand, sometimes forming dangerous
snags to tear out the bottom of pass
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-10

The post office department makes an
announcement which will be of inter
national interest. The concurrence OF
ahe British postal officials having been
obtained, an order has been issued
that, commencing August IS. there
shall be admitted to the parcelpost
mails exchanged between the United
States and Great Britain parcels. with
out regard to the value Of the con.
tents, which do not exceed IL pounds
or fve Kilograms in weight nor meas
ure more than three feet six inches
In length and six feet In length and
girth combined. The postage rate in
the United States for parcels going to
Great Britain is IL cents per pound
or fraction OF a pound. This addition
10 parcels post facilities win prove
a notable convenience.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-10
END OF SHIPWRECKS

able to give particulars 10 approaching
craft. At all hours. day and night, he
had a radius of 1000 kilometers Gov
cred by the Kaiserin wireless in send
ing weather bulletins.
DR.. Polls will go to Washington to
try to induce the weather bureau to
use numerals instead of words in its
wireless code system. All nations ex-
cept America use numerals. the objec-
ton 10 the use Of code words. par
ticularly those ending in ling" being
that they are confusing and more diff
ficult to decipher.
During his voyage the German
weather expert. by kites flown from
the deck. took features OF the heavens
daily, but on the third day the kite
got away and was travelling Europe
ward at the rate of about 30 miles an
hour when last seen.
The last direct shore-to-ship mes
sage which the German forecaster re
ceived was at a distance of about
5000 kilometers.
Twice a day the temperature,
barometer, force of wind and direction
of the air were taken by DR.. Polls
and recorded in a map which he dis
played on the bulletin board of the
ship.
His weather warnings were sent TO
the Arabic, Lusitania. La Savoie and
several other vessels going and com
ing.
Dangers of collision in fogs, the
unheralded approach Of a storm and
consequent danger TO life and prop
erty," said DR.. Polls, will be elimina-
ted on the ocean when my plan of
daily weather reports is perfected"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-10

Many dairymen are not raising their
heller calves; instead the herd Is re-
plenished by buying COWS. Four pro
fessional COW buyers sold about 1000
cows IN the vicinity q E.lgin. Ill.,.
alone. last year. besides this many
COWS we're shipped Ia by the dairy
men themselves. On many dairy
farms the heifer calves. good bad and
Indifferent. go for veal Where this
is done 10 means there is no provt
sion FOR perpetuatlng the dairy herd or
the best cows IN g.
The dairyman from whom the iii
nois station bought COW No. with a
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-10
NO. 10 CUTS BIG FIGURE.
Urlucky Nureral Runs Clear Through
Real Estate Deal.

Spokane. Wash.-One OF the strang-
est condolences in the history Of real
estate dealers in Spokane has just be-
come a matter of record in the office
Of the auditor OF Spokane county.
Thirteen is prominent throughout
the transaction, but f. Frank Lathrop,
who has 13 letters in his name, laughs
superstition to scorn. He bought lot
10 in block 13 OF Thirteenth avenue OF
Spark brothers. a real estate broker
age firm with 13 letters In its incor'
porated name, for S513, on the after.
noon of August 13. The property is in
an addition legally registered as
Woodlawn place. also containing IL
letters.
Karl G. Malmgren of the firm of Cut
ter & Malmgren, architects, who uses
l3 letters in signing his rame, pre-
pared the plans for a bungalow, now
under construction. which will cost Mr..
Lathrop $1,000. Edwin c. Edwards of
Spokane. candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor Of Washington on the Democrat
ic ticket. who also has j letters in
his name, has received s13 premium
for an insurance policy on the house,
which, according to contract, will be
ready for occupancy September 1&
George MacLean. with 13 letters in
his name. is the builder. Mr. Lathrop
is employed as bill clerk by the Holley-
Mason Co., also composed of 13 let
ters.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-10

Tbis is a skeptical age. notwith-
standing the fact that there are many
easy marks" who can be readily
worked" by appeals to their credul-
ity. a Hindoo hypnotlst out In Ohio
had n lively experience owing to the
prevalent doubt as to the genulneness
OF his exploits. He professed to hyp,
notize a young girl and bury her in
grave In which she was left for nine
days. But certain unbelieyers alleged
that a tunnel led to the grave, that
the coffin had n false bottom and that
the girls pretended hypnotic sleep
without food was fake" SO
wrought up were some OF the crowd.
says the Troy IN. " Times. that
there were threats OF gun play" and
general commotlon. The excitement
calmed down, but while It lasted there
was every prospect of a row. The
man from Ohio nowadays much re.
rembles his fellow-American from Mis-.
souri,. He wants TO be shown.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-10
SEES RIVER FOREST
BOTTOM OF MISSISSIPPI sTREWN
WITH LOGS AND LUMBER.
Professional Diver Declares Bed Of
River is Like Dense Thicket-
Firm Planning to Dredge
for Wood.

Burlington. lathe professional
diver, Eugene Ferris, who has been
searching the bottom OF the river in
front of Burlington for missing pro
peller wheel, has encountered much
difficulty in gaining a solid footing on
the bed OF the river. He states that
the sand and mud forming the bottom
Is so thickly strewn with logs and lum-
ber that it is almost like trying to
tread dense thicket to make his way
about, and there is no solid ground to
walk upon He says the logs and lum-
Der stick up In all directions and are
wedged I'm among each other so tight
ly that II is impossible to push them
aside.
The report OF Diver Ferris cor
roborates that OF other divers here
and elsewhere that the bed OF the Mis-
sissippi river Is a forest OF logs and
lumber that have accumulated dul-
ing the long years OF lumber and log
rafting on the upper river. II is stated
that the Chippewa and other tribu.
taries OF the Mississippi In the north
down which most OF the lumber has
been RATED, is densely sown with lost
lumber, and the proposition has been
made that companies be formed to re-
cover the timber.
In the present day of falling of the
lumber supply It is thought that now
buried in the mud OF the river bed is
immensely valuable. and at least one
firm is said TO be contemplating a sys.
tematic dredging for It. II is well.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-10

ing vessels. II will be one Of the tasks
OF the government. when constructing
the proposed siz-foot channel in ths
upper Mississippi. TO clear the river
bed Of this material. And II is pos
sioIe when the work begins salvage
companies will be formed to take over
the plauks and logs ished UP By the
dredgers.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-10

There might well bo more such at
tacks on summer resort marriages as
was given on a recent Sunday by the
vicar-general OF the Catholic diocese
OF Trenton. n. ]. A pleasure resort
had advertised for a couple to be
married in public, and the yicar-gen,
eral devoted sermon to the matter,
This is the way divorce dockets are
recruited.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-10
The Bull Is one.Hslf OF the Herd.

II takes too much milk This question
was carefully Investigated with As
calves by the Illinois experiment sta.
ton. Twelve calves at a time were
tested at four different times. Il was
found they could be successfully raised
on 15e pounds OF whole milk and 400
pounds Of skimmilk This milk was
fed at the rate OF ten pounds per day
until the calves were so days old.
when IL was gradually lessened one
pound per day for ton days and then
no more was fed. No substitutes for
milk were used Only ordinary grains
which the farmer produces, and a
good quality OF legume hay were fed,
showing that the dairyman can raise
a calf I'm this way with almost no ex.
ira trouble, Several OF these calves
are now cows in milk and good pro
ducers, indicating that they were not
injured by this method Of raising.
The sale value Of the milk fed these
calves was as follows:
l5O No. whole milk a 81 per lOO.,......sl5O
400 N. skim milk a $3.50 per l0O........ / 20
Total u...,.,...........................s2.7o
And these prices OF milk are liberal.
especially as they are paid at the farm,
and no money or labor is expended In
hauling the milk TO market. Il Is not
so expensive TO raise a calf as tie
dairymen have thought, The grain
and hay consumed by the hefcrs of
high quality will give much better re-
turns than the same feed fed to COWS,
Raising the helfer calves OF good
high-producing cows. is great funda-
mental requisite for the best and
easiest Improvement of the dairy
herd. But those calves will take their
qualities from both parents, and IL is
equally important that the calf shall
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-10

Loose shoes.-The horses shoes
should be kept tight. A loose shoe
greatly tires the horse that has to
wear II, especially II he has 10 work
on hard roads, II is often cause Of
lameness. Loose shoes can be pre-
vented by taking the horse to the
blacksmith's occasionally and having
him examine the shoes to see II they
need tIghtenlng.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-10
Now the Pasture W

Now the Pasture Weeds.--It is q
good thing 10 NOW the pasture weeds
at the beginning of summer, so that
the COWS will not get chance to eat
them even II they so desire. This
will help keep the milk from having
a weedy flavor and will also give the
grass chance to begin to supplant
the weeds.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-10
Heayy.Weiaht Can Walk.

York, Pa.-To win a new hat, Miss
Marjorie Stubbins. assistant cook at
the Elmer cafe here, who weighs more
than 200 pounds. accomplished the feat
of walking II miles, from York to
Wrightsyille, in two hours and As min
utes. In spite of the unusual exertion
she experienced little fatigue.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-10

one advantage Of the Wright
brothers aeroplane Is that bullet
carelessly sent through It by some
mundane Joker IS not likely to cause
Il TO collapse and come tumbling ID
the ground.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-10

II IS estimated by experts In the ag-
ricultural department that rats an.
nually damage the crops OF the coun.
try to the extent OF 100000. 900,
which Is vastly more than ami
mails, skins are worth. even when
made into fine kid gloves.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-10

a Paying Tree.-A New York farm
er has Sweet Bough' apple tree
that has not yielded less than three
bushels each year for 10 successive
years. Last year the fruit was Just
as delicious as the first time IL bore
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-10

Exercise the Brood Mare.-The
brood mare should have few hours
exercise in the yard or on the road
every day. Il does not pay 20 keer
her confined.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-10

Selecting a 6reed,--Select breed
and stick 10 II. You will be Just as
well repaid in improving and deye op.
ing a good lot Of fowls as well rs you
would in improving good live stock.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-10

Provide Shade.-Shady hooks ,re
rellshed by the laying hens.
The National tribune., 1908-09-10

earth's raw products and their possi-
bility of utilization is in its infancy. Un-
told wealth yet lies in the grip of Moth
CT Earth-in Georgia and other States
Of the South, in the soils of her surface
that are as yet uadreamed Of and these
in time will be discovered and utilized.
There is ample room and many in
ducements in Fitzgerald for new enter
prisCS. To enumcrate them would be
TO call off long list OF Industries. There
are openings fer wooden mill, a can
ming factory, for this is pre-emiheEtly
fiuit-Growins and a understanding
County, n furniture factory, an a:ri-
cultural implement works, wooaoaware
factory, a veneer plant. and other fac
tories for making things of wood, for
there are millions of uncoined dollars
yet in the virgin forests of this region
Turpentine and rosin, known as ma
val stores,' are important articles for
export. Savannah is the largest naval
stores port in the world, and the coun-
try about Fitzgerald is the center of
this industry. Hundreds of men are
employed at this work in Georgia The
process is interesting, and to briefly
describe it will say that about two
thirds of the bark, to the hight of q
few feet, is peeled from the trunks of
living pine trees, and the resinous gum
that exudes is collected in pockets cut
into the sides of the tree, or else it flows
into earthen cups attached to the trunk.
The sap is put into stills, with a certain
proportion of water, and the turpentinel
distills over. while the residuum is rosin
Every dollar derived from this source
is clear gain, for the trees can be
'turpentined" for years, and they arel
still good for lumber Growth is re-
tarded. but the wood is not injured.
There are several stills in the County.
and thousands OF barrels of turpentine