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Milford chronicle., 1908-05-08
COUNCIL WILL INCREASE
POWER OF STREET LIGHTS

At the monthly meeting OF the Light
and Water Commission held last Mon
day evening, it was voted to increase
the power Of each street light by eight
candle power. This was a very proper
decision OF the Board, as the dim lights
OF Milford were noticeable to every Wis
itOr, and an annoyance to our citizens.
The next matter for the Commission
to tackle is the extension OF the water
mains on South Walnut street, where
the new section is buildiHg up. There
is now built within the town limits, and
beyond the railroad, houses which have
cost the owners about twenty five thous-
and dollars, and most Of them are ofthe
better class Of moderate sized homes.
The Water Commission q few years
ago made an extension across the rail-
road Of the water main, but made the
mistake Of putting in a small wrought
iron pipe which will not afford water
for fire plug, and now barely suffices
for the sanitary service required.
We learn that party. S. Short
offered several hundred dollars towards
paying for the extension Of the water
mains out 10 the town limits, which
indicates that there is demand for
water in that section.
What is needed is a fire plug at or
near the boundary line, and as there
will soon be much more building in
that section, the revenues will soon sf-
ford it.
Milford chronicle., 1908-05-08
A BeautIiuI Sunday School Room.

The Sunday School room Of the Pres
bYterian Church has been undergoing
extensive repairs for the last three
weeks, The walls have been covered
with pressed steel, Of ornamental de-
sign, and the painters and decorators
have made Of it beautiful room in
deed. The seating has been changed
and electric fixtures of new design
have been installed. The Sunday School
will meet in this room next Sunday af-
ternOOn at 2 O'Clock and q full attend
ance is confidently expected.
Milford chronicle., 1908-05-08

The Delaware Chsutauqus Company,
an incorporated society Of negro citizens,
headed by Rev. J. H. B. Hubbard Of
Milford, and President w. G. Jason OF
the State College, who propose to hold
educational camps all through the sum-
mer at college settlement, near Dover,
have purchased and are removing the
old grsndstsnd and proscenium boxes
used at the Delaware State Fair The
grandstand will be strengthened and
besutified and made part Of the audi
torium for the camp meetings. 1t is the
purpose Of the leaders to make this in
stitutiOn a power for the improvement
and uplift Of the negro race. DR., Jason
is secretary Of the company.
Milford chronicle., 1908-05-08
Decoration Day

Decoration Day is but three weeks
off and with every American citizen,
should be a day sacred for the inspir-
ing Of patriotism and yet, as has been
in Milford for some years past, no cele.
bration appropriate to the occasion,
will be in evidence. It's a sad reflec-
ton to think Of q town, once the fore.
most in the STATEN celebrations, being
absolutely void Of the real spirit Of
of true AmeTicsnism.
Milford chronicle., 1908-05-08
Celebrate Last wet" Day.

To mark the last day OF license in
Worcester county and the end Of the
famous Line Hotel, which stands on
the State line near Selbyville, between
Delaware and Maryland, Paul Scott,
the proprietor, on Thursday, April Both
gave a monster clam. bake. Hundreds
went from all over Sussex and WOrces-
ter counties and Joined in the big time.
A band was on hand to furnish music.
The bars in Berlin, Bishop, Snow Hill,
Ocean City, PocOmOke City and the
Line Hotel all closed that night as the
effect Of the vote taken in March. With
it's closing the whole Peninsula south
Of New Castle county is dry.
Milford chronicle., 1908-05-08
Picture Exhibition ia Milford Schools

Today and tomorrow the exhibition
OF pictures in the Milford High School
will be the closing opportunity for the
public to see or purchase, and thus help
the schools. The admission is only Is
cents, and not open at nights. Just
remember this and attend.
Milford chronicle., 1908-05-08
Returned From the Navy.

William NJ. Crouch, youngest son Of
John T. Crouch of Milton, and former
employe Of this Office, returned to Mil
ford last Saturday after a four years
cruise on the bsttleship Chicago. His
term Of enlistment expires on May 10th.
Mr.. Crouch has not decided yet whether
to re-enlist or not and has the next four
months in which to make up his mind
in the matter.
Milford chronicle., 1908-05-08
CANNING OF VEGETABLES
AND FRUITS DISCUSSED

The subject at the Grange for last
Saturday was "Canning of Vegetables
and Fruits" Mrs F. P. Ruhl was the
first speaker. She uses glass jars en-
tirely and prefers the Mason cans.
For canned corn she takes the corn
when young and tender, cuts it off the
cob, and to ten cups OF corn adds one
cup Of sugar, one fourth cup Of salt, and
one cup Of cold water. Pack the corn
into the jars tight and put on the tops
without the rubbers. Place the jars on
q rack in a wash boiler filed with cold
water to within two inches Of the top
of the cans. Cook the corn four hours
after the water bOils having it boil hard
all the time Have the rubbers in a
dish of cold water and when the corn
has boiled long enough adjust the rub
bers, fill the jars to overlooking with
boiling water, screw down the tops and
wrsp i'll towels until cool. Turn upside
down for a few hours before putting
away 80 as to be sure all cans are per
fectly tight.
Strawberries, prepare as for cooking,
add one half teaspoonful Of salt to each
jar, fill with cold water, place in boiler
of cold water and boil hard four aud
one half hours, sealing in same manner
as the corn. To can peas follow same
directions as for string beans.
Tomatoes should be canned in July
or September. Peel and pack in cans
whole, add one half teaspeOnful Of salt
to each can, fill with cold water, placein
boiler of cold water and boil ten minutes
Rhubarb prepare as for cooking, pack
tight in cans, fill to overlooking with
cold water and seal. No cooking is re-
quired until it is used
To can peaches put one cup Of sugar
in the jar, add water to dissolve fill
with the fruit, place in the boiler and
cook same as the vegetables, boiling the
fruit ten minutes, fill with hot water if
needed and seal as the other things.
Bartlett pears are done same as the
peaches, cooking them fifteen minutes.
Strawberries boil but ten minutes in
the cans. Blackberries need a cup aud
a quarter Of sugar and to be boiled ten
minutes.
Mrs. A. G. Howe used tin cans last
wear for everything and likes them.
She gets those with large covers and |
seals with "waxed strings" Her sue
cess in keeping vegetables and fruits
was very satisfactory. Mrs. Howe
thinks it important to can all vegetables
when at their best aud not wait until
they are past their prime. Tomatoes
she peels and packs in jars whole ad.
ding one fourth teaspoOnful each Of
sugar and salt and fills the cans with
cold water, same as Mrs. Ruhl, letting
them boil five to ten minutes. By dip
ping the "waxed strings" in hot water
the cans are easily sealed. Peas she does
the same way, boiling three hours. Sue
cotish she kept perfectly, following the
same rule and boiled in four hours. The
new tin cans very often have rOsin in
the bottom which cannot be washed
out but should be scrsped out as it is
likely to spoil the flavor Of anything
canned.
Miss ROsa's rule for canning beets is
to boil, peel and slice as for the table.
Pack in glass jars. Take equal parts OF
cider, vinegar and water, add sugar,
salt and pepper to taste, boil all together
and fill the cans full Of this liquid boil
ing hot, and seal at once.
Milford chronicle., 1908-05-08
COnical Wall Tents.

Delaware's militiamen, or the greater
portion Of them, will live under cOnical
wall tents at the coming encsmpment
at RehOboth this summer. These are
the latest thing in the way of tentage,
and are replacing the old white wall
and common IA" tents the army using
them altogether, and the various militia
organizations are receiving them from
the government rs far as possible. The
new tents are ola brownish color, which
is intended to make them invisible at a
distance. Thirty-twO Of the new tents
have been received in Wilmington, and
will be issued to the Non Commissioned
staff, Band and First Battalion. Each
tent will accommodate Is men. Later
on enough Of these tents will be secured
to accommodate the entire regiment.
Milford chronicle., 1908-05-08
Open Air Performance Rip Van Wrinkle.

Milford is to have a grand treat on
July 18th, 1908, when George Ober, the
celebrated actor of New York, will give
an open air performsnce-probably on
the handsome lawn Of Joseph E. Hol-
Iand-fOr the benefit Of the hospital
fund. There will be rs or more actors
in the various casts, and it will be under
the auspices Of the Red Cross Society.
AS arrangements are made, they will
be made known through the Chronicle.
Milford chronicle., 1908-05-08
Temperance Centennial Conference.

Governor Preston Lea has appointed
the following as delegates from Della
ware to the Temperance Centennial
Conference at Saratoga, New York, in
June Rev. J NJ. Arters, Wilmington
Rev. Robert Watt, Smyrna Rev. A. w.
Lightbourne and A. M. DAILY, Dover
Joseph E. Holland, Milford, and State
Treasurer Thomas N. Rawlins, Seaford.
Milford chronicle., 1908-05-08
Obituary.


. EAEEAAE4s
Captain Thomas ]. Supple died at his
home in Boulder, Colorado, on satur-
day, April 18th, 1908, aged 81 years.
He was brother to William V. Supple,
ST., and Mrs. Aaron w. Bell OF Milford,
and had been a resident Of Colorado for
the past twenty-fOur years. He leaves
a wife but no children. He was a men,
Der of the Grand Army Of the Republic,
having served in the War OF the Rebel
lion with a Rhode Island regiment.
His funeral was with the rites aud
hOnors Of the Benevolent Order of Elks,
Of which he was a member, and it was
one Of the largest in that part Of Colo
RADIO for many years past.
GRIER.
Mrs. Elma Collins Grier, aged IS
years, died at six O'Clock on Thursday
evening, April 8Oth, 1908, at her apart
ments in the Parke, S35 Jefferson street,
Wilmington, Delaware, after a pro-
trscted illness. She was the widow Of
William G. Grier formerly of Milford,
who died in Salisbury, Md, two years
ago. She was the eldest daughter Of
the late Stephen Martindale Collins Of
Milford "a former sheriff of Kent county,
and Mrs Emma Collins, who resides
with her son, John ). COllins- in Dover.
She is survived by her three children,
Alhert q n aud Maud : Griar NJ
Wilmington and w. Haswell Grier Of
Salisbury, Md. Most OF her life was
spent in Wilmington. Mrs. Grier was
sister to Darwin S. Collins and Mrs.
Edward W. Reynolds Of Milford. Rev.
H. W. Kellogg conducted services at
her late home at niue o'clock Monday
morning aud the body was taken to
Salisbury, Md, where interment was
made in the family plot. There were
many handsome floral offerings.
Milford chronicle., 1908-05-08
Public Sales.

The personal property Of Mrs. Ann
Ellen Prettyman will be sold by the
executor, Charles G. Prettyman, on
Tuesday, May 18th, at her late residence
on Front street South Milford. For par
ticulars, see advertisement in this pa
per, and posters.
Milford chronicle., 1908-05-08
Attending GensraI COnrerance.

John P. Holland left on Tuesday for
Baltimore, Md, where he will remain
for the ensuing month attending the
General Conference which is in session
in that city. Mr.. Holland was elected
by the Wilmington NJ. E. Conference
to represent it in that body IS 8 lsy
delegate and will most likely be the
youngest delegate in attendance.
Milford chronicle., 1908-05-08
Base Ban.

The game scheduled to be playee In
Milford last Monday between the Col
ored College Club Of Dover and the
Lucky Nine was postponed until Mem
day, May 18th.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-25

mild open winters In which kale
flourishes and furnishes green sue
culent food, the dairy business thrives
Ali the year around with the exoep-
ton of a short period during the sum-
mer During this period the land Is
out of commission, the cows barely
subsst on the pasture fields and
there is no profit to the farmer.
Forty-cent butter and scarcity Of
good fresh milk is the evidence of a
lack of green food
What is needed In the valley is a
forage crop that Will utilize the soil
and furnish green food and pasture
during the dry season. Will alfalfa
fill the bill? If alfalfa could be rails
ed extensively and successfully 1t
would change the face of nature and
add immensely to the value of the
farms in the Willamette valley. 1t
would increase the dairy products and
the poultry products; It would cheap
en- the production of pork and beef
and mutton. A good summer forage
crop is the one thing needful.
Alfalfa has been grown for two
thousand years In the Mediterranean
region IL has been grown success
fully i'm arid America for half a cen
tury. A gentleman travelling over
what was then regarded as land un-
tit for settlement in Western Ne
braska by reason of its aridity, dis
covered a thrifty green alfalfa plant
growing where no other green thing
could be found for miles around.
That was demonstration that sat
isfied the gentleman and he pur-
chased a large tract of land for a
trifle. on the same land he has
since fed fifty thousand sheep in one
season on alfalfa. Alfalfa goes down
into the depths OF the soil for moist
ure and through wireless communal
cation with the atmosphere brings
down from above food which feeds
the plant and enriches the soil.
Since 1891 the acreage of alfalfa
in Kansas has increased from "a 1888
to 615. 900 In 1906. A recent bulle-
tin from that state says of alfalfa:
The steer feeders and mutton feed
ers of Kansas. Colorado and Nebraska
would be lost without t."
Al the Kansas station Il is stated :.
"A gain of 500 pounds of pork was
NOh vi Nhu n
little less than that amount of gain
was made from an acre of alfalfa. "
Again: I'VE found that 100 pounds
of alfalfa hay saved 96 poundy Of
corn" Figuring on the basis of
these experiments II is stated that
with green alfalfa producing ten
tons per acre 100000 pounds) II
would produce 1000 pounds OF pork,
which, at Gems per pound, would
be worth $50 pen acre"
Director Burkett OF the Kansas
station says: by promoting the sue
cessful production of alfalfa the sta
ton has not only extended the do
minion of an imperial forage crop,
but In so doing has discharged It's
own entire expense. and in addition
has added millions of dollars to the
wealth OF the state"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-25
CAMPAIGN FOR BUILDINGS
IN THE COMING SEASON

The city of Salem for the past year
as shown by the record published
elsewhere in this paper, has made a
remarkable growth, and the prospect
for the coming year is even better
There will be larger expenditure
for street improvements, In the way
OF various kinds OF paving. There
will be hundreds of new houses and
thousands of feet OF sidewalks. In
the residence districts walks are
mostly built of wood owing to cheap
lumber. In the business district and
downtown residence streets concrete
walks are put in. At recent meet
ing of the Board of Trade the follow
ing action was taken:
Resolutions Adopted.
Whereas, he unprecedented emf
grafton to oregon's Capital City dur
Ing the past year resulted in the
building of over three hundred new
houses. and the conceded fact that
1909 will require the building OF
from five 20 eight hundred more new
dwellings TO accommodate the incom-
ing people. and
Whereas, The large amount OF
street improvements made during the
past year. and the much larger
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-25

Reports from Hawaii indicate a
record pineapple crop for 1908 far
in excess of any production yet re-
corded. Conservative estimates place
the shipment, chiefly to the mainland
of the United States, at more than
100000 cases of sliced, crushed and
grated Hawaiian pineapple, or about
g,6O0,000 cans. Six years ago, at
the time of the beginning of the
practical, systematic development of
the pineapple industry in Hawaii, the
output was barely 1000 cases.
Importers, jobbers and retailers re-
port a steady, rapid growth in de-
mand and the prediction In the New
York market is that all of that por-
ton which reaches that city will be
disposed of in this country. Core
spondence from other canned fruit
markets shows a general similar con
dition throughout the United States.
Little of the Hawaiian pineapple goes
into export because, while there Is
a market for it abroad, the produc-
ton so far is not more than adequate
to supply the American demand. The
industry is growing rapidly, however,
and where In 1901 there were only
about 40 acres in Hawaii under pine
apple cultivation there are now more
than $500 acres.
A greatly improved regular weekly
service of fast freight steamers from
Honolulu to San Francisco and the
use of the new route across the Te-
huantepec isthmus, couple of hun
dred miles north OF the Panama 18TH
mus, has greatly facilitated deliveries
in point OF time and the possibility OF
larger cargoes.
James Dole, president OF the Ha-
waiian Pineapple Growers Associa-
tion, is enthusiastic not only about
the record crop OF Hawaiian pineap-
ples for 1908, but also the prospects
for the next few years.
THE pineapple seems to have its
natural home in Hawaii" said Mr..
Dole. THE progress of pineapple
growing and canning industry In our
rart of the globe is one OF the most
remarkable in commercial history.
Seven years ago what few pineapples
were grown in Hawaii were grown
under the native system which really
wasn't any system at all At about
that time American money, brains
and scientific agricultural experience
were injected into the pineapple
business, with the result that today
the Hawaiian pineapple is not only
as well known as any OF the fruit
from longer established producing
centeTs, but IL ranks highest In quail
ity and flavor.
Va process of canning the Ha.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-25

the old plan of every man for himself
and no systematical effort Is made
by them to ascertain the size and
condition of the onion crop In that
state. The only estimates made are
by buyers and spectators and are
inclined to be bearish. According to
the most reliable reports obtainable,
the crop of early onions grown in
California the past season is very
large and holders are in haste to get
rid of them at any price, as they
have been grown by irrigation and
will soon become unfit for market II
not consumed. They are being Of
fered at so and 60 cents per GENITAL,
which is a loss to the growers, and
any one buying a car Will find that
the latter part of the carload will
be a loss to him before he can dis
pose of them.
Regarding the subject of irrigating
onions: The onions grown in the
Willamette valley, which Will practi-
cally keep from one year to the other,
are produced almost entirely without
irrigation and the really good crops
are produced in seasons when the
showers continue during the growing
season and no irrigation is needed.
Irrigation means poor and watery
onions, and when employed at all
should be done by means of under
drains and not by permitting the
water to flow over the surface of the
ground. The reason is apparent
summer showers are accompanied by
cool and cloudy weather which pre-
vents the forced and unnatural
growth incidental to irrigation. Five
months are required for the onions to
come to maturity from the time of
the planting of the seed, and any pro-
cess which shortens this period of
growth will impair the keeping quail
ity. What the onion growers of
Western Oregon need is a keeper. as
early in the season there is always
an abundance of the other sorts, and
he must depend on cultivation and
not on irrigation. BY adopting few
OF the principles of the dry farming
methods a good crop can be grown
any season without water. To get
best results the hoeing of the field
should continue at intervals OF ten
days or two weeks up to the last two
weeks of the growing season.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-25
PACIFIC ISLAND PINEAPPLE
RECORD CROP OF THIS YEAR

waiian pineapple is purely mechani-
cal After they are picked and de-
livered to .tAe cannig factories no
mans hand touches the fruit, and
even those who have touched them up
to this point wear rubber gloves.
They are pared, cored sliced, grated
or crushed entirely by machinery and
they are also put into the cans and
sealed b. machinery.
THE investigation of impurities in
canned fl Its had no fretful effects
upon Hawaiian pineapple Gamers for
the simple reason that there is moth
ing put into the cans with the pine
apple but the purest of granulated
sugar. 1t is unnecessary for us to
use any acids In the canning process,
either for the preservation of the
fruit or to help in an artificial ripen-
ing process. The reason of this is
that we allow our fruit to ripen alb
solutely before picking. This system
imparts to the Hawaiian pineapple
a sweetness and dellcacy of flavor
that IL is impossible to get by any
process in fruit that is picked green
or even partially green. The starch
in the pineapple becomes sugar In
the ripening process but when the
fruit is not permitted to Tipen on the
plant no process yet discovered VIII
turn that starch into sugar.
Reports received from growers in
Hawaii and from agents in the can
ned fruit markets of the country in
dicate a production and demand
which cannot but be pleasing to u.s."
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-25

AT the Ontario Agriculture, r.,
iege In ten years thirty cnttin0a
yielding over five tons an acre yas1
made An experiment showed "1,e I,e
great soil enrichlng qualities Vnhs .'s
grown after alfalfa yielded 81 & busS'
els per acre and after timothy snd
42.1 bushels. In the two succeedIOu Iou
years the alfalfa sod produced "a 3
bushels OF barley and "a bushels 80
corn, while the timothy sod prodmoos NJ
l9'1 bushels of barley and 17.g bush'
els of corn. The three crons IN %.
alfalfa sod were worth about con
while those on the timothy sod wero
worth about $5S. '''e
At the Oregon Agricultural Collooo
alfalfa has been growing successfnii,.
Tor several years, and tests are being
made by the agronomists with differ.
ent varieties to determine when vii,
best suit the conditions in this state
The station men are glad at ali timos
to answer questions i'm regard Tn its
cultivation
A few miles from Corvallis Mr.. w
II. Hamlin cut this year 200 ton
of alfalfa hay. II yielded about two
and a half tons to the acre in two
cuttings. Before seeding to alfalfa
the land had been cropped out" In
fourteen years fourteen grain crops
had been taken from the land. and
Mr.. Hamlin explains that on richer
land the yield is much heavier. He
further explains that the oldest stand
yields the best, showing that II takes
several years on certain classes OF
soil for the alfalfa to make a good
growth.
1t looks as though an alfalfa cam
paign would be worth millions to thi,
state.-James Dryden.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-25
ALFALFA IN OREGON.

There is a good deal OF milk in
the ground that was not spilled and
cried over. but II is there nevertke-
less. At certain seasons of the year
the Thousand-Headed kale pulls the
milk out of Mother Earth and the
COW pulls II out of the kale and puts
IL in the bucket. There is period,
however, during the summer when
the cows go hungry and the milk
languishes in the ground because
there is no green thing to pull IL out
and coax the COW TO fill the milk
bucket.
Western Oregon is one of the best
dairy sections OF the Union. With