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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
GREAT VALUES FOUND ON
BARKER CREEK, ALASKA
INTENSE EXCITEMENT OVER
THE STRIKE. sEt

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
DAWSON, Jan. 1.-two dol
lars to the pan in coarse gold are
vouched for by some of the late
arrivals from Barker creek as hav-
ing been found there.
The applications for claims
keep pouring in at the gold office,
and the excitement over the strike
is Increasing.
Joseph Butler, the discoverer,
was In town for q short time ar
ranging details ut the gold office
regarding his claim, and told an
interesting story OF how he. as a
cheechaco, made the rich find, ana
demonstrating therein how 1t Is
possible by persistence and hope
to unearth rich gold placers In the
Yukon today.
Butler came into this country
only last summer. Before COM
ing he had been enamored OF
the North from what he had read,
and was SO DESTROYS Of learning
how to prospect and to recover
gold that he read everything on
which he could lay his hands
which touched on the subject.
Among other things he read
that gold is where you find 1t, and
that greenhorns often get it where
old timers would not deign to dig.
Butler also read that often gold
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
MRS. MEAD IS
H0N0RED
(Times Special seryice.l

OLYMPIA. Jan. Is. - Mrs.
Mead. wife of Governor Mead.
was the guest of honor of a large
tea given by seven Olympia hos
tesses yesterday afternono, when
the prominent matrons Of the cap
ital city were received, with the
wives OF the legislators. Men,
bers Of the house and senate call
ed at 6.
The AFFAIR. which was given at
the home of Mrs. George FilIey.
was the first entertainment offer
ed the visitors, the guests, both
from out of town and of the town,
took occasion to become acguaint-
ed,
The hostesses were: Mrs. Geo.
Filley, Mrs. John R. Mitchell, Mrs.
Edward Kelvin, Mrs. Hugh Ross,
Mrs. A. H. Chambers, Mrs. p. H.
Carlyon and Mrs. Clarence J.
Lord.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13

A bill has been adopted pro-
viding an engineering and finan-
ciaf program compriaing extern
sive plans for boulevard and stree,
Improvement, the construction OF
harbors. piers and railway facili-
ties.
The bill acts automatically and
with no extraordinary expenditure
completes its work by 1916 so
that by the following year the
government will be ready for the
exposition of 1917.
The year 1917 will be the f1r-
tieth anniversary Of the emperor's
coronation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
SURVIVOR OF EARTHQUAKE
ON REACHING AMERICA
TELLS OF NARROW ESCAPE

NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-Gius-
Ueppi Cutrones. a cattle dealer or
Messlna, the first eyewitness or
the Southern italian earthquake
10 reach this co"-try, landed here
Today from u nship D'Italia
which sailed pies two days
after the cat Ie.
Cutrones said 1nat he went to
Messina ON the morning Of the
shake to buy cattle and that the
earthquake occurred Just as his
train entered che depot. The sta
ton was demolished and the train
buried in debris.
After he had been dug out,
Cutrones hurried to Palermo,
found that his family was safe
and then boarded the ship for
America. He said that the immi-
grafton OFFICIALS were not relax
ing their vigilance because of the
number OF earthquake sufferers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13

Joseph Parfaroni, a banker OF
Pittsburg. who left OalabriA be.
fore the earthquake. said that he
feared his father, mother, three
sisters and a brother were killed.
He had been visiting his family
at Sidroni, 90 miles from Reggie
but was In Naples on the day Of
the earthquake.
DR.. Natal, q Spaniard, who as
sisted in the relief work, arrived
on the D'Italia. He said:
"The natives were all horror.
stricken. We could not get q
word out Of them except cries OF
terrible, terrible, everyone IL
killed. 30
Constantine Serando, who arriv.
ed on the D'Italia from Messina
did not hear of the disaster until
aboard ship at Naples. lie said
he feared his wife and three chill.
dren had been killed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
Still UNDECIDED
ON HIRING OF
ENGINEER

Mayor Linck and the city coun-l
ell are wrestling with the prob
lem of securing an engineer to
take charge Of the Nisqually pow
err plant and at the same time
considering the proposition OF
building a steam plant to run un-
til the waterpower plant is fin
ished.
The effort of the power trust to
embarrass the city has thrown
some Of the city officials. into
CONSERVATION, but the lighting de-
partment Is not worried. City
Electrician Lauzon believes the
city can make arrangements with
the st. Paul mill or some other
local mill to put In an extra gen.
orator and furnish q little extra
power next winter to tide the city
over the high peak and the MIS-
qually plant should be in before
the following winter.
Mayor Lnck this morning put
In considerable time considering
the problem of an engineer. The
fire and water committee of the
council also tackled the job yes
terday afternoon.
Engineer Sylvester Of Spokane,
has been here after the Job and
the Northwestern Engineering
corporation yesterday appeared
through w. H. Graves after the
place. City Electrician Lauzon
believes that either Cunningham
or Trenner should be selected as
both have already been over the
proposition. Some of the coucil-
men favor Cunningham. He did
most Of the work on the Electron
plant and has been building power
plants ever since.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13

Fairbanks, In the interior, felt no
earth movement. At Juneau,
Valdez and Douglas the first In
timation that an earthquake shock
had occurred, was when press dis
patches were received asking IL
the towns were still on the map
or whether they had slid into the
sea.
The disaptch from Nome bears
out the theory that it is believed
that some extinct volcano on the
Aleutian islands may have be-
come active. There is great re-
lief In this section by Alaskans
that their friends and relatives in
the north are safe-,-crr = '' Nv.
When the United States cable
went out of commission and de-
lays were experienced In securing
answers to wires sent out the Do
minion government wires the
gravest fears were entertained
that some calamity had occurred.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
WORK OF CLOSING
GAPS TN THE ALASKA
CABLE IS STARTED

SEATTLE, Jan. 13.-The cable
ship Burnside started this fore
non for Cape Flattery, where
graphing will begin for the loose
ends of the Alaska cable, which
went out of commission yester-
day following the earthquake
shock OF Monday. Tests show that
several breaks have resulted from
the quake.
According to dispatches from
Alaska cities received by the Unit
ed Press association today only
two Northern towns felt the
shock.
A wireless received at Nome
from st. Michael stated that at 5
O'Clock shock lasting fifteen Sec
onds was followed by one of sew
en- seconds duration. The move
ment appered to he from west to
east. No damage was reported.
At Ketchikan, a slight shock
was felt shorty after 8 O'Clock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
JAP ANS EXPOSITION TO
Be OF VAST SCOPE
tBy United Press Leased Wire,

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 13.
The reasons for the postpone
ment of the Japanese imperial
worlds exposition at Tokyo were
revealed today when report or
Hlhe American commissioners TO
the exposition was sent to con-
gress.
The report shows that the an
nounced intention of foreign gov
ernments to cooperate on a great
scale has caused the Japanese gov
eminent 10 postpone the date IN
order to provide suitable accom-
modations.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
TURKEY RATTLE USED As BLIND
FOR ROULETTE WHEEL

keys were merely hung to the
ceiling as blind and the circu-
lating medium consisted of stacks
of silver, Marshal Vawter arrested
Dell Clark, one of the operators,
and the raffling Of turkeys ceased.
Owing to the absence from town
Of the district attorney Clark's
trial for gambling will not come
up until later in the month. In
Fairbanks all forms of raffles have
been prohibited, but no attention
was paid to them here until they
developed into straight gambling
games,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
DIVORCED WIVES
TIE UP FORTUNE
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. H.
Because the claims of his two d.
vorced wives have tied up his for
tune in the courts, L. B. Coates,
formerly of Los Angeles, is hav-
ing a hard time to pay his daily
expenses. In Judge Trout's court
today he said:
81 am living on wind, your
honor, and I would like this action
settled as soon as possible" ,iAil
Coates and his first wife, Ida,
lived on a Southern California;
ranch, where in the course Of q
number of years they amasseH \
fortune. Then Coates came to
San Francisco and met Mrs
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
WON'T ISSUE WARRANTS
FOR YOUNG WOMEN WHO
SIT ONiE:lANCES' KNEES
(By United Press Leased wire

(By United Press Leased Wite.J
CLEVELAND, o., Jan. 10
Judge A. A. Adams reiterated to-
day that he would consistently re-
fuse to issue warrants for the ar
rest of young women who sit
upon their finances knees, de-
spite parental objection and re-
proof.
The judges dictum follows his
refusal yesterday afternoon to ac-
an irate parent with a
warrant for the arrest of hi.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
FREE BEDS FOR the
HOMELESS men

Work on twenty-four canvas
hunks was commenced at the. city
jail this morning, and will be
completed in a few days. The
hunks are to be installed In the
dodgers room of the Jail, and VIII
be permanent affairs. Heretofore
all persons seeking free lodging
have been forced to sleep on the
cement floor of the cell.
Last night sixty-seven homeless
men were given lodging at the
Jail and were turned out this
morning after being furnished
with substantial breakfast. The
number will decrease with the
coming of warmer weather.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13

daughter for what the father
termed a heinous offense.
81 want to teach her a lesson"
cried the angry man to the judge.
81 found her sitting on his knee
and when l ordered him from the
house, he had the andacity 60
kiss her good night-before my
eyes,"
The court declared there was
no law against the action of the
young lady and declined to inter-
fere.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
PRESIDENT MAKING
NINETY-MILE RIDE

WARRENTON, Va, Jan. 49,
President Roosevelt fs giving an
object lesson today to those Of
f1cers Of the army who objected
to the riding test. which required
them to cover ninety miles In
three days. Having left the
White House at O'Clock this
morning, the president expects 70
have covered ninety miles before
nightfall, thus tripping the re-
Quirement set in the general Or
der.
Accompanied by three other
horsemen, the president arrived
here at noon today and ate lunch
con at the hotel.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13

Coates No. 2. whose charms were
quite difference from those of his
rustic spouse, who obtained d.
vorce. The change from the ranch
to the Rialto was too much for
Coates and soon he was the de-
PENDANT in another divorce action.
Wife No. 2 obtained decree on
the grounds of cruelty and a good
ly portion of his money. Then
somebody told Wife No. l about
the community interest law" and
she told a lawyer the story of the
dong years of struggling on the
ranch.
q Now the whole estate Is tied
|jp and Coates has no wife and
mo money.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
SENATOR PERKINS
THANKS SOL0NS

CBy United Press Leased Wire.)
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 13.-The
final formaHty to approve the
election of United States Senator
George G. Perkins took place at
noon today, the upper and lower
houses, of the legislature meeting
in joint session. Following the
verification of the vote in each
house, Senator Perkins telegram
of thanks was read.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
NO ACTION ON
STADIUM BIDS

No action will be taken by tine
school board in letting the con-
tract for the erection Of the sra,-
dunn until the board hears from
the Northern Pacific as TO whetni
er or not it can get the land nee4I
ed nthe BLUR.
The board committee has been
considering the matter today bli;
has reached no conclusion.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
O r. U DE PA RAPHERNALIA.
USED BUT REAL MONEY Is
STACKED HIGH,

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
VALDEZ, Jan. 13.-Since the
departure Of Judge Reid for Fair
banks an attempt has been made
by the gambling fraternity to tilt
the lid which the Judge kept so
carefully over all games Of chance
at Valdez. During the holidays
several crude roulette wheels were
) in operation ostensibly for the raf-
fling of turkeys, but as the tur-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
WILL ENDORSE
HANSON s BILL

OLYMPIA, Jan. 13.-Ole Han
sons anti-racetrack gambling bill
will be made one of the orders OF
business in the legislature tomor-
row morning. The morals" Will
caucus tonight and will complete
the anti-saloon bill to be intro
duced tomorrow in the senate.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
GLASS TO Ill
TO APPEAR IN
COURT

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. H.
Louis Glass, vice president of the
Pacific States Telephone q Tel
egraph company, convicted of Of
fering a bride, was represented
by his attorneys as being too i'll
to appear In court to answer sew
eral indictments pending against
him.
Upon this showing the prosecu-
tion moved continuance of the
cases until Eth. 10 and Judge
Lawlor so ordered.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
(By United Press Leased Wire.

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
SEATTLE, Jan. 13.-Mrs. Mar
garet Doenitz, aged %, was shot
and instantly killed in her home
at Elliott Station, ner Renton, at
$3.50 o'clock last night.
The only witness to the tragedy
was the woman's husband, who
declares that the Shooting was &C
cidental.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
Ideal Winter
Route East

Take Southern Pacific; no
snow; no delays; fast time;
splendid service; throug CALI
fornia, Land OF Sunshine and
Flowers. See San Francisco and
Los Angeles. Low rates to all
points East. Tacoma to San Fran
cisco, all rail, only S19.35. For
particulars call on Robert Lee,
agent, 11th and Pacific ave-, Ber-
lin bldg. $50
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
MEMORIAL DAY
FOR DEPARTED
SOLONS
(Times Special Service.)

OLYMPIA, Jan. 13.-Taylor of
King, had a resolution passed in
the house today making Feb. 23
the final day for the introduction
of bills. Jan. 80 was set as me-
mortal day for w. H. Thompson.
Walter ]. Reed and John Earles,
deceased members of the legisla-
ture. There was no morning ses-
sion of the senate, but the two
houses met In joint session at 1
o'clock to listen to the givernor's
message.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
BOY Is
INJURED

Homer Henselman, aged Is,
while coasting on South N and
Center streets yesterday dashed
into a mail box post and suffered
a fracture of the shoulder blade.
He was taken to q hospital.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
BUILDING COMPANY
INCORPORATED

The w. M. Lucas Building COM
pany was Incorporated yesterday
with capital stock of 100000.
The trustees for the new company
are w. M. Lucas, G. A. Harrison,
A. B. Crosier, j. F. RAINING and
M. L. Weber
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
ASSERTS RIGHT
OF CONGRESS

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. 13.
Senator Bacon today introduced
resolution asserting the right OF
congress to call upon the executive
department for all papers and In
formation In It's possession. Sem
ator Bacon addressed his fellow
senators in support of his resoIu-
ton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
AGENTS WANTED.

MEN OR WOMEN--I have an ex-
ce1lent proposition that will bear
and Will insure a per-
manent income for successful ones.
Apply Room 201 Donnelly Annex,
9Th and Pacific av., 210 So. 9th st.
7uaITs 300 to f1:00 q. m. and 200
10 II :O0Ip. Ina1 lTJs
Make money easy, quick. sure, men,
women; experience unnecessary;
part or all time; see what others
are doing; c. Q. Garrett. O.. showed
q families, sold 8, profit SIS; A. B.
Verrett, La, sold 8 one day; profit
SEA; NJ. Boucher orders rs more,
says Everybody wants one = best
business I ever had" Mrs. j. Brown.
Only two sales per day means $36
per week profit. Free sample to act
I've agents. Famous Easy Way
clothes washer. cleans family wash
in 80 to SO minutes, while you rest.
No work, only move knob occasion
ally; not a washing machine. Moth
ing else like 1t; no chemicals. no
rubbing, no washboard or boiler;
every family wants one; easy to sell,
low price, Sc. We create demand.
Write today; specify territory; act
This won't appear again.
Harrison Mfg. Co., 81 Harrison
Bldg. Cincinnati. o.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13

Loren Marquis Samuel Basher,
the tnfsnf son Of Mr.. and MLrzs
Samuel Basher, died last night az
the family residence, o27 North
Pzogpoot. The funeral Win be
hold tomorrow afternoon at Z
O'Clock from the residence. IN
terment viii be In Tacoma Genie
tery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
4lotS
E. F. Gregory Co., Inc.
3. \ WEBB n y. oREGoRG
100 Twelfth Street

Being but
$1,000. &
$725
shortlo lots, and So. 81 + 81
- CALL ROOMS s2O-sal n -g-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13

ORCHARD LAND. in and 10 acre
tracts, best soil, church, school,
store, wharf, boating, clans and
health. Located on beautiful bay, 20
miles from Tacoma, $50 per acre.
$40 monthly plan. Owner, 962h Pa
lcifc ay.. Room FOUR.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13

being the place for the tr4u11
* thu business Of said eff0<r
date OF iesulnu and N<4e 30 II
lion the soth Day e p q
Admznss srako< g the z.E4l1
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
Timber Claims

Choice timber and we'll located.
from to million feet. Terms very
reasonable and easy. Address p. o.
Box 998, Tacoma
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
WANTED.
ZIG SNAP,

$3.50 cash and $40 month will buy
la new Groom house, 2 nice lots,
lcleared, fenced and in cultivation.
near p. d. car line in North End
Price only $500.
HI. r. LAWHORN
GA Bernice Bldg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13
7-room modern house on o st.,
near eth ave. car line. Pricc $3.50.
Goor terms.
TERRY 4 wINDLEY,
s10-t1 Berlin Bldg.


Above grade III the hest refl6 6noo|
|soctlon Of the North Nnd. innl6o q
Proctor at. f2clnH the bay, tho ina
STORY ~ = Aoszsa here WouId h4xe =
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13

One and 9 half acres Of lana on
This 10 sure enough snap. and you
lshou1d look tt up.
THOMSON q HUNTING,
t16 California Hldr.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13

CIGAR STAND on Pacific av., doing
good business. 70 trade for gasoline
launch Phone Main 3652.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13

'yANTHD--0ood boys over ~ years
OF age to sell papers on the s<reet.
Apply 70 Newsbc1d un3pn or tiz1E
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-13

IN acres fine bottom land, part
|ly cleared. five room house, elegant
spring and small creek, 20 minutes'
walk to car. easy terms. A bar
gain. Price $3.50. Address Box Il
care Times.
Evening journal., 1909-12-13

WONG before Christmas gifts are on
the counters and IN the shop
windows the preparatory part
A~u-uS OF the season OF tradition and
sentiment IS being worked out In tho
forests which furnish tho decorations
for homes. churches and public places
OF the land and which give verdancy TO
the crowded streets.
Fifty years ago any one in a great
city who wanted a Christmas tree
would have walked a long distance be-
fore finding the desired article. A year
ago II was roughly estimated that more
than 100000 Christmas trees were
sold IN tho country. Tor obvious rea-
SONS New York receives and sells more
Of these trees and OF holly and mlstle-
toe than any city in the United States
For several weeks before the merry
season sets in the streets I'm the lower
end OF Manhattan are filled with these
holiday harbingers. They come by
boats. mostly schooners. and by rail.
More than rs per cent OF these greens
grow on the cold hillsides Of eastern
and northern Maine and on the noun
tains and in the forests Of New Hamp-
shire and Vermont. The harvesting
and shipping 10 points along the At
lantic coast are conducted on an eN-
tensive scale The work gives em-
ployment 20 many young farmers and
timbermen at a season when money for
the harv csters Is not any too plentiful.
for these same men who formerly hunt
ed game in winter have been largely
bereft OF that source OF revenue for
several years.
To understand how the business has
grown one need only remember that
twenty-five years ago. when II began In
Maine. no more than four schoonera
were employed TO bring down the cut
and their cargoes contained less than
5000 trees Today there are not enough
echooners to supply the demand along
tho coast as far as New York city.
Scores OF railroad trains also bring IN
trees from Pennsylvania sections OF
the New England states that are not
accessible 10 the coast and the interior
Evening journal., 1909-12-13

lima and South Carolina in cases OF
from as to 100 pounds in weight, prices
ranging from S1.50 to So per case. ac-
cording TO quality. Much of II comes
IN wreaths varying in size and quality.
These wreaths sell for from SC to S12
per hundred. The prices are those of
last year, and they will probably not
vary much this year. Imported mistle-
toe comes mostly from Normandy,
though some is obtained in England. It
sells for from SO to SIS per case OF
seventy-five pounds. The home mis-
tletoe. which comes from the same
states that produce the holly. brings
from 81 to 50 per barrel.
Besides these decorations there are
wreaths of immortelles, colored accord
ing to the purchasers fancy. From
these the bells which are seen so much
in windows during the Christmas sea-
son are made. Prices OF wreaths and
bells from immortelles vary according
to the size desired.
As the Christmas tree first became a
commercial commodity I'm the cast the
following story as to how it was in
troduced in New York IS Of interest:
A good many years ago the season had
Evening journal., 1909-12-13

trees. holly and other green Growths
constituted the principal traffic OF the
metropolis Almost anything-except a
large tree - intended for decoration
during the Yuletide is on sale on the
Sidewalks, the venders being men. wo-
men and children. But this is only a
part OF the stock. over on the west
side. not far from the docks. is what is
called "the farm" This comprises the
great open spaces along West street.
that being the widest thoroughfare Of
the city. Here are grouped great
stacks of Christmas trees and piles Of
wreaths. This is the wholesale market.
In the center OF intersecting streets
are more Christmas goods of the same
sort but on less extensive lines From
these markets the retail dealer draws
his supply. and from here large con-
signments are shipped TO country
towns a year ago IL was estimated
that more than 200 carloads of trees
and holly and mistletoe were delivered
to the New York market There are
1000 trees TO each carload Make your
own deduction And don't forget that
these trees came by rail. The cargoes
by boat are TO be added
The best seller in the Christmas tree
line is the balsam fir, because. possibly.
of its aromatic fragrance Birs and
spruces for the holiday trade I'm New
York city and vicinity come from
Maine. New Hampshire. Vermont and
the Adirondack. In order to get them
10 market in time the woodcutters start
the work Of cutting. punching and
trimming carly in October. In most
cases tho cuts are hauled long dis