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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-01-01
HUNDRED THOUSAND DIE
IN WFUL EARTHQUAKE
Seismic Shocks Tidal Waves and Fires DeOasfafe Mes
sina, Reggie and Scores Of Other Cities
and Towns Of Calabria.

xhx Described BY Winees-M Nations
Offer Sympathy Go American Cons"
Arthur Cheney Reported Ee Among the Victims the
TeyribteD :
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-01-01
All Nations Offer Aid.

The hands of all the nations have
been extended to Italy in her affection.
From rulers have come messages OF
coincidence and from the people spon.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-07-08
Business Locals.

Prompt service, and quality guar
anteed, on everything you buy at
Simpsons market.
Lightbody's famous headache pow
ders, the guaranteed kind, at Samp-
son & Avore's only.
Nine Des Rochers' Hair Tonic and
toilet articles are sold at the manicur-
ing parlors, 70 Water street.
F. P. Moore continues the business
Of sleigh and carriage painting, Sec
ond floor of his repository. Water st.
For sale: A fax wheel one hun
dred fifty mine years old and a good
one. Write to lock box IL, North
Arson.
A pair of telephones, suitable for a
short independent line, or for an in
terror set, are offered for sale at $500.
Inquire at the REPORTER Office.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-07-08

Miss Lizzie Haines went to Massa-
chusetts, last Tuesday, and is visiting
with relatives in Jamaica Plain.
Parker Foss, clerk in the Waterville
postoffice, passed Sunday with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Uriah Foss.
Mrs. o. A. Priest, Mrs. J. H. Lam
caster, and Misses Adelaide and &C.
neva, Mrs. Lanoaster's daughters, are
stopping at the Ordway cottage at
Peaks Island.
Mrs. II. L. Coombs of Damariscotta
Mills arrived here last evening for
visit with Miss Hester Maddocks.
The two ladies left here this morning
to pass few days with acquaintance
in Brewer.
The furniture first to be offered for
sale at the auction, So. Side Boarding
House, next Saturday morning, will
be that of the private family, men
toned in the hand bills recently dis
tributed.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-07-08
Lakewood Theatre.

1.-THE Professors Love Story" will
be the offering at Lakewood Theatre
next week and an elaborate produc-
ton is now in preparation. Particu-
lar interest will center in Miss
Fealy's work as she originated the
role of Lucy with Mr.. E. S. Willard
during his tour of America. The play
tells the story of an absent minded
Professor, who calls his physician to
determine the cause of his lack of
concentration.
His inability to finish his life's
greatest work is matter of concern
% all his friends, who greatly fear a
mental collapse, but the truth is the
Professor is the victim of love for the
first time. and his stenographer Lucy
is the cause.
The play is filled with many de-
hghtful touches characteristic of 1.-THE
Middleman" and will prove a strong
rival to those who witness it.
Miss Fealy will be supported by
Mr.. Durkin who will appear as the
quaint old professor.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-07-08

Summer Suits, marked down. Ira
A. Norton.
The Blunt Hardware 90. have the
Osborne moving machine repairs.
George HI. Pishon has a new gift
Buckeye mower and few rakes that
you can buy right as he wants to close
them out.
Save seventy five per cent of your
fuel by using the Chatham FireIess
cookers, sold by Steward Hardware
q Plumbing Co.
Book your order with w. Fl. Norton
Tor ride in his Stanley steamer.
Will take you anywhere, one mile or
hundred. Prices reasonable. Tele-
phone, Still.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-07-08
B. 7. Steward, Practical Workman
3ml7 Shop in Morrison Rug Works Building
FOR SALE.

1 will give anyone n great bargain In q
hard rubber tire Stanhope or In plano box
top buggy. Both nearly new.
Inquire of
trio CHARLES FAIRBROTH Err.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-07-08

Sandals for little feet, just the thing
for warm weather, at Poulin's on
Court street.
Ihave secured an option on just 20
shares of La Zacualpa No. 2, Planta-
tion. Rubber and Coffee up to the
18th inst. only, at $500. Cash, or 80
a month for 80 months. Buy at least
one share. E. F. FAIRRRoTHER.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-07-08
Notice

The law office of Forrest Goodwin
will be closed Saturday afternoons,
during June, July and August.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-07-08
Farm For Sale

l offer for sale a 200 acre farm with equip
ment, located in the heart of the Penobscot
County. Especially adapted to potato rails.
ing. VIII sell for part cash and 1000 bbls of
potatoes delivered on line of railroad. Can
give immediate possession. 2w26
Address Box 1856, Old Town, Me.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-07-08

MISS MAUD FEALY
Particular interest will center in the
work of Miss Fealy, as she originated
the role of "Lucy" with Mr.. e. S.
Willard during his tour of America.
"The Professors Love Story" is
similar to "The Middleman" which
enjoyed such success at Lakewood
during previous seasons.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-07-08
.fw ADVERTISEMENTS

o., saIe-O. f. Hall.
TTSaater-Lake
Ii.a.i i1stes-paniel Lewis.
Nsnoaacliial-Ira A. Norton;
SSpp9Tire-First Nat. Bank.
S ISea ssaie--C. p. Greenleat
10 i2oa,n,Ied-RepoIter ONCE.
,MH,saann1nnt-S NTH q Bussey.
B Bist1re Supplies-Meservey
Plea ,gias Saie-C. F. Ward Co.
SaeiiiiNS ,rice-Second Nat. Bank.
Bar g,esrators-Bragg & Varney.
Rel[ikS9ii ,Sttoves-F. W. Buchanan:
A,dielo1snnlmer Specials--W. p. Ordway.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-05
Home-Mixed Plant Food

T NJ. B., Stilesboro, Ca, writes:
vvo,,ld like some information in regard
to home-mxing fertilizers for gray land
for both corn and cotton. 1 expect to use
cotton seed meal, parts of which will be
commercial meal and the balance will be
the kernels of seed only partly cracked
with the oil not extracted, ground in what
we call a separator, that separates the
hull from the kernel. Does It contain any
more plant food than the commercial
meal? Would you advise the use of kainit
with this meal? How much would you adj
wise per acre on land that will produce
one-half bale with 100 pounds of COM
mercial fertilizer or 10 bushels of corn
with 50 pounds of commercial fertilizer?
With regard to your question on fertill-
zers. the kind and amount to use on gray
land will depend a good deal on the char
acter of your soil This you failed to de-
scribe in a way that makes it possible to
give very definite suggestions. For in
stance, gray land may have a red clay
subsoil Much land that was red Original
" IS now white on top because the iron
which gave 1t its color has been leached
out of the soil. Where you have good
stiff clay subsoil, you have naturally a
better soil than where the gray color is
due to what is sometimes called craw-
fish, or to a preponderance of sand. Land
with a red clay subsoil is naturally much
stronger than the other types mentioned,
and one would probably not need to use
so much fertilizer on this land, nor would
they need to use fertilizer so rich in
potash, and probably nitrogen as well.
We presume you wish to prepare a
formula for both corn and cotton, and
that it is your desire to use some cotton
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-05

gether. or cover the land well with COM
post made from leaves, weeds and trash.
This viii supply vegetable matter to the
soil improving it's mechanical condition,
and the need of nitrogen-the most ex-
pensive element of plant food the farmer
has to purchase and utilize will not be so
great.
A good formula to use on corn and
cotton is. as follows: Mix together 1000
pounds of high grade acid phosphate, GOO
pounds of tankage and 900 pounds of mu-
riate of potash. To bring the total up to
1000 pounds add 200 pounds Of compost.
This mixture should contain approx
mately "a per cent of nitrogen, 9.5 per
cent of phosphoric acid and per cent
of potash. We would use il at the rate
of at least 500 pounds per acre on both
corn and cotton. For cabbage the fol-
lowing formula will answer very we'll:
700 pounds of acid phosphate. 500 pounds
of tankage. 900 pounds of nitrate of soda
and 800 pounds of muriate of potash. This
mixture would contain approximately as
per cent Of nitrogen. rs per cent of phos-
phoric acid and rs per cent of potash.
A suitable formula for potatoes and SUI
gar cane might be prepared as follows:
Mix together 1000 pounds of high grade
acid phosphate, coo pounds of dried blood.
and 800 pounds Of high grade sulphate OF
potash. This mixture would contain ap-
proximately SO per cent of nitrogen, s per
cent of phosphoric acid. and 10 per cent
Of potash. Use at the rate of 800 to 1,O0G
pounds per acre.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-05
TAFT WILL BE MADE
MASON AT SIGHT

CINCINNATI, o.. Feb. 2-The grand
master of Ohio Masons Charles S. Hos
of GAINESVILLE, has rendered to
William Howard Taft the rare and high
honor of being made a Mason at sight.
Judge Taft has accepted and will return
to Cincinnati on Thursday. February 49,
when the grand master will convene a
distinguished company of Masons in the
Scottish Rite cathedral and exercise the
high prerogative which belongs only to a
grand master of Masons.
This honor is so rarely conferred that
there is but a single instance on record
in the one hundred years history of Ma
sonry in Ohio. On October Is, 1892. the
Hon. Asa S. Bushnell, of Springfield, was
made a Mason at sight by Grand Master
Levi c. Goodale, of this city.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-05
PATTERSON'S VETO
AGAIN 0YERRIDDEN

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. AT 80
o'clock the bill TO prevent the manufac-
ture of intoxicants was passed by the
senate over the governors veto by vote
of 20 to r. The message will not reach
the house before tomorrow.
Gov. NJ. r. Patterson today sent to the
state senate a special message vetoing
the bill prohibiting the manufacture Of
intoxicants in Tennessee after Janu-
airy l, 1910. The message in part fol-
lows:
To the Honorable Members OF the
Senate:
II return Senate Bill No. IL, entitled
An Act to Prohibit the Manufacture in
This State OF Intoxicating Liquors for
the Purpose of Sale with my disap-
proval.
IF this legislature shall destroy all
the distilleries and breweries, why can
not the next forbid the raising or sell
ing of the grains or the cultivation of
the grape out Of which spirituous, malt
or vineous liquors are made.
"Shall this or some future legislature
prevent the farmer from raising or sell
ing tobacco or the manufacturer from
placing it on the market?
IF we thus start, where shall we
end? 1t is better not to make the
start.
I'm the exercise of my constitutional
power as governor, 1 veto this measure
and ask it's reconsideration:
First, because it ruthlessly deprives
the state Of revenue without any sort
OF corresponding benefit.
Second, 1t discriminates against our
own people in favor of the people of
other states.
Third, 1t destroys the property of
the citizen without compensation.
Fourth, 1t makes a dangerous pre-
cedent, humilitates tennessee and low
ers the place of dignity she has occu-
pied as one Of the proudest and most
conservative Of the union.
Fifth. It violates the will of the
people thrice expressed at the ballot box,
offends against their sense of justice,
and under the plea Of civic righteo as
ness, sacrifices a great moral princi-
pie of government at the very altar
where it should be guarded and de-
Tended"
There will probably be a lengthy dis
cussion on the subject, but it is a fore
gone conclusion that the bill will be
passed over the governors veto.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-05
WAS $1,OOO,OOO GIVEN
TO DEFEAT PROHIBITION!

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Feb. 3.-An
interview purporting to have been given
to a Huntington, w. Va, paper by Theo-
dore Alvord, former president, and now
legislative agent Of the Anti-Saloon
league, charging that $1,OOO,O0O has been
raised to defeat the pending prohibition
amendment in the senate. has aroused
members of the upper house. Senator
Adam b. Littiepage. of Kanawha county
denounced the statement as untrue, and
announced that he will offer a resolution
calling for investigation of the charges.
lie further said he would move the
election of Alvord from the senate, if it
were shown that he gave the interview.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-05

factory as a pasture for hogs than
great many other crops. From this
YOU should not gather that it is adj
visable to abandon sorghum altogether,
as il may fill in a gap during the grow
ing season which no other crop viii
bridge over very satisfactorily, but
when possible, we think 1T good policy
to use other crops. A good rotation to
follow on a five-acre tract might be as
follows: Winter oats and hairy vetch
seeded in the later summer or early
fall, say in August or September. Early
seeding will give the crop a good start
and will furnish considerable pasture
through the fall and into the winter
when artichokes should become avail
able. In the spring the oats and vetch
may be grazed again while small and
tender, and a section Of the field mag
be left to mature grain which the
hogs will clean up very thoroughly ana
do we'll on. We would plant rape early
IN the spring to be pastured alternately
with the oats and vetch. We nave
found rape a most satisfactory crop Tor
grazing hogs, and it has succeeded very
well with us when planted as spring
crop i'm drills about "a inches apart.
we would follow the winter oats and
vetch and rape with cowpeas and soy
Deans respectively; these crops to be
grazed OFF in midsummer and fall. An
other section of the land should be de-
voted to Spanish peanuts which viii be
grazed in me late fall Then, if posi-
BILE, we would have another section de-
voted to alfalfa, as this crop may be
grazed several times during the season.
It would be comparatively easy to
develop a five-acre rotation system and
use these or other crops which may
succeed especially we'll in your section
Of the state. The greatest difficulty
we have experienced in carrying hogs on
grazing crops throughout the year is
TO get a crop in between the ripenfng
of the oats and the time when the cow
peas are ready to Craze. Sorghum or
early maturing sweet corn have been
used some times with advantage, but
we would rather devise a system, II
possible, in which these crops are not
used to any appreciable extent. When
a gap has occurred at the time sug-
gested, we have found a blue grass or
Bermuda sod an advantage for the
maintenance of the hogs until the cow
peas and soy beans become ready for
grazing. AS there are early and late
maturing varieties of these crops, the
grazing season can be extended consid-
erably by using varieties which ripen in
a succession.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-05
QUESTION AND ANSWER DEPARTMENT.
balancing Up Cotton Seed Meal.

bacco. crops widely and commonly Guilt
waited i'm the south? A suitable fertilizer
for corn might be prepared as follows:
Mix together 200 pounds Of cotton seed
meal. LOCO pounds of acid phosphate, 100
pounds of nitrate of soda and 200 pounds
of muriate OF potash. This mixture Will
contain about 80 per cent of available
nitrogen. 81 per cent of available phos-
phoric acid and 81 per cent of potash,
when only high-grade goods are used. A
good formula for cotton might be pre-
pared as follows: Mix together $40 pounds
OF cotton seed meal. 1000 punds of acid
phosphate and 160 pounds Of muriate OF
potash. This mixture will contain APP
proximately % per cent of nitrogen, SIS
per cent Of phosphoric acid and As per
cent OF potash, and will be very well
adapted to cotton except probably on
sandy soils. when the per cent OF potash
may be proftably increased. For pea
nuts only a limited amount of nitrogen
would be needed. while a high per CEN
taee of potash is desirable. This result
may be attained by mixing together 500
pounds of cotton seed meal, LOO pounds
Of acid phosphate and 400 pounds of mu-
rate of potash This mixture would
contain approximately II per cent of
nitrogen. SIS per cent OF phosphoric acid
and 10.5 per cent of potash, and should
rovide an ideal combination Tor the pea
nut crop. Irish potatoes require high
grade complete fertilizer. rich I'm available
potash and phosphoric acid. Such fer
tilizer may be prepared by mixing to-
gether COO pounds of cotton seed meal
900 hounds of nitrate of soda, $50 pounds
of acid phosphate and $50 pounds of high
grade sulphate OF potash. This combine
ton would contain about 81 per cent
OF nitrogen. IA per cent of phosphoric
acid and "a per cent of potash. Tobacco
IS anther gross feeding plant requiring
a highly concentrated fertilizer and one
especially rich I'm potash formula
suitable for tobacco might be composed
as follows: Mix together 800 pounds OF
cotton seed meal. 10 pounds of nitrate
OF soda, 600 pounds Of acid phosphate
and 40 pounds OF sulphate of potash.
This mixture would contain about 4S5
per cent of nitrogen. 81 per cent Of avail
able phosphoric acid and 965 per cent
Of potash.
The foregoing suggestions indicate how
the farmer may utilize his cotton seed
meal to the best advantage as the basis
o fa fertilizer formula. They also Illus
trate how essential Il becomes for him
TO purchase and use large amounts OF
potash and phosphoric acid in order to
balance I'D his cotton seed meal and pro-
vide formulas that will meet fully the
plant food requirements of his crop.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-05

seed meal which you have purchased
from an oil mill and the crushed kernels
from which the hull has been removed, but
the oil not extracted. The kernels will
not be as rich in plant food per hun
bred pounds as the meal because of the
fact that the oil has not been extracted,
and they have not been condensed. The
oil is of no advantage to a fertilizer, and
1t is better whenever you can make
reasonable trade to let the oil mill have
the seed and use the meal as the basis
of your fertilizer.
To prepare a formula for corn and
cotton, you may proceed as follows, using
cotton seed meal as the basis: Mix to-
gether 800 pounds of high grade acid phos-
phate, 1000 pounds of cotton seed meal
and 100 pounds of muriate of potash. If
high-grade goods are used, this mixture
should contain about 3.5 per cent of nj
trogen, SO per cent of phosRhoric acid
and 3.5 per cent of potash. The potash
might be increased somewhat for sandy
lands with advantage This mixture
should be used at the rate of 200 to 500
pounds per acre; probably 300 pounds at
the time of planting and 200 pounds as a
side application later in the season when
the crop is partly matured. You will no.
tice that this is a much heavier appli-
cation of fertilizers than you have sug-
gested. We are of the opinion that the
amount used by you was so small as to
have little effect on the crop yield. I feel
quite certain if you use high grade mkt
ture in the proportions suggested that
your crop yields win be increased and
that you will find the application a profit
able one e.te.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-05
WILL TRY CAPTAIN - &
FOR BEING DRUNK

GIBRALTAR, Feb. 3.-The courtmar-
tial which is to try Edward +. Quail
trough, of the battleship Georgia, on
charges preferred by Rear Admiral VAIN
wright that he was under the influence
of intoxicants at a reception given at
Tangier by Samuel R. Gummere, the
American minister TO Morocco, met this
morning on board the battleship Louis
lana.
The court is composed of Rear Admirals
seaton Schroeder and William P. Potter.
Captains Niles of the Louisiana; Hub
bard, of Minnesota; Murdoch, of the
Rhode Island; Osterhaus, Of the Con-
necticut, and Vreeland, of the Kansas
City. Major Dixon Williams, fleet marine
officer, acted as judge advocate, while
lTeutenant Commander William K. Har-
rison of the Minnesota ana Lieutenant
Commander John K. Robinson, of the
Kentucky, acted as counsel for the de-
Tense.
AS Captain Qualtrough was present at
Mr.. Gummere's reception officially, the
specifications charge him with drunk
enness on duty" The penalty for this
offense is anything up to dismissal from
the navy.
Rear Admiral Wainwright, Lieutenant
Commander George w. Kline and Lieu
tenant Pope Washington, of the Georgia,
and Lieutenant Stephen c. Rowan, flag
lieutenant to Rear Admiral Wainwright,
testified at the morning session.
Captain Qualtrough was present in full
uniform, but without his sword, which
he surrendered to Lieutenant Comman-
der Kline when he was placed under ar
rest.
The hearing of testimony was conclud-
ed at the afternoon session of the court.
Captain Qualtrough, appearing in his
own behalf, swore he was i'll the night
of the reception, and drank only one
glass of sherry.
All the witnesses against the captain
expressed the opinion that he was under
the influence Of intoxicants and unfit for
duty.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-05

The utilization OF cotton seed or cotton
seed meal for fertiIizing purposes Is a
matter OF more than passing interest TO
,outhern farmers Statistics show that
more than two million ton OF cotton seed
are retained on our farms and used either
as feed or fertilizer Undoubtedly a large
part OF the seed is used as a fertilizer'
and Il Is well known that a large guam
fifty OF the meal is used I'm similar
manner. Cotton seed or cotton seed
meal Is not at all a balanced plant food.
A ton OF high grade meal contains,
roughly speaking, per cent Of nitrogen.
2 per cent OF phosphoric acid. and per
cent of potash respectively. ton Of
seed would contain about One-half Of the
above amounts. There IS no crop known
which can use a '"7-2-g' formula advant-
ageousIy. II Is OF course true that several
truck crops can use large amounts Of nj
trogen. but I'm that case II is better 10
use a quickly available form of this ele-
ment such as nitrate OF soda would pro-
vide. and make the application as top
dressing TO the growing crop.
Since nitrogen Is the most expensive ell
ement OF fertility one could not AFFORD
70 use cotton seed or cotton seed meal
alone without a great and unnecessary
WHSLE u TINS - NEAA1AhN NANAANAN- -AAe-NNf
er. cotton seed meal is OF itself deficient
IN phosphates and potash, and would not
begin TO supply the needs OF ordinary
farm crops with respect TO these two ele-
ments Il has been demonstrated many
times thar plants require well balanced
food supply. In other words, that lack
in any enc element can not be supplied
by an excessive application Of another
element The Importance. Of maintain
ing an equilibrium OF a balance OF the
several elements I'm crop growing be-
comes apparent. and the BENEFITS which
follow the application Of fertilizers will
be largely determined by the skill with
which the farmer maintains the neces-
sary balance OF plant food in his soil II
IN for this reason that one who depends
chiefly on cotton seed or cotton seed meal
as a fertilixing material is bound to be
disappointed with the results obtained.
II also explains why cotton seed or cot
ton seed meal TO give its best results must
be mixed with phosphates and potash i'm
such amount as win supply these several
mineral salts TO the oil in the right pro-
portions.
Suppose one has a supply OF cotton seed
meal on hand, having exchanged it for
seed at the OIL mill. how should he pro-
eeed to prepare fertilizer formulas best
suited TO the needs OF such crops as corn,
cotton. oats. peanuts, potatoes and to-