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The Green Forest tribune., 1909-02-05
IN THE SENATE.
Bills Passed.

House Bill No. 31 (Parks), to appro priate $50,000 for the use of the gover- nor and Railroad Commission to fight the railroad rate cases through the federal courts.
 Senate Bill No 63 (Toney), to pre- vent the assignment of claims to per sons outside the state when both parties in interest reside in the state; bill drafted by Arkansas Federation Of Labor
 Senate Bill No. no (Pindall, John son and Toney), to amend the law creating the Auburn and Linwood Levee District so that it may issue bonds not exceeding $50,00O for the repair of the levee from Jefferson to the Desha couty line, on the south bank of the Arkansas river.
 Bills Introduced.
 Senate Bill No. 98 (Fletcher), to ap- propriate $4964 to pay the salaries of legislators and officers of the last General Assembly who did work after vouchers were not honored, referred to Judiciary Committee.
 Senate Bill No 100 (Glover), to regulate hunting, fishing and trapping in Grant, Saline and Hot Springs counties; campers and trappers must obtain a license, referred to Judiciary Committee.
 Senate Bill No. 101 (Yopp), to regu- late changes of venue in civil actions so that a change of venue cannot be had in the county in which the suit originated, referred to the Circuit ana Justice Courts Committee.
 Senate Bil! No. 104 (Greenhaw). to amend section 561 of Kirby's Digest so as to include mountain ranges in act authorizing County Courts to toll bridges or turnpikes. referred to Public Roads Committee.
 Senate Bill No. 105 (Robertson), to authorize County Courts to redistrict and change the lines between school districts so as to equalize the paying of school taxes, referred to Judiciary Committee.
 Senate Bill No 106 (Bush), to amend Act 112 of last General Assembly so that conductors on trains may be peace officers for the purpose of en- forcing the law which prevents drunk enness on trains, referred to Temper ance Committee.
 Senate Bill No. 112 (KeeD, to re- move the University of Arkansas to the city of Little Rock. Read twice Amendments offered to strike Little Rock" and include De Queen Ar kansas City" and Pine Blufl.' Two thousand copies ordered printed and referred with amendments to Educa- ion Committee.
 Senate Bill No. 109 DilD, to amend section 3519 of Kirby's Digest so that grand and petit jurors shall receive s instead of $2 per day, referred to Labor Committee.
 Senate Bill No 107 (Rowland, by re oues0, to appropriate $50,000 for the erection and maintenance of a tuber- culosis hospital, referred to Public Health Committee.
 Senate Bill ho. 113 (McXnighD, to require corporations to have person | designated in each county, in which i the corporation transacts business. upon whom service of summons may 1 be had. Referred to Juriciary Com mittee.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-02-05
ANNUAL PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Committee to Fix Place May Select
 Little Rock or Fort Smith

Little Rock-Preparation are on foot for the gathering of the commit tee of the Arkansas Press Association for the purpose of naming conven- ton city for the annual spring con vention. The committee will meet here on February II. Secretary Earle Hodges is in charge of the prelimi- npries and is mailing circulars to the members of the committee notifying them of the meeting
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-02-05
Committee Reports FavorabIy.

The discussion of the agricultural school bill was considered significant in some respects The bill was brought up in committee report, the Agricultural Committee reporting fla vorably on the bill as amended. Dur ing the discussion the Farmers Union was brought into the matter and those favoring the passage of the as amend ed and opposing further amendments and postponement of final action on the measures declared that they took such stand because. they said. the bill met with the approval of the union.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-02-05
Establish Rice Farm.

Wiener.-J G. Probst has broken ground for the establishment of 140-acre rice farm near Wiener, in Poinsett county. The pumping sta ton, when completed, will have a capacity of 1000 gallons minute.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-02-05

Weston.-A fire, famed by heavy by the Edgar Lumber Company of this place. and the residence of w. R. Fillmore, which was located just across the street from the hoStelry. The damage wrought by the flames is es6i- mated at Sl0,000. The guests at the hotel did not have time to save their belongings, and many lost all of their possessions, save the clothing which they wore.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-02-05
Occupation Tax Bill Presented.

A bill providing for the levying Of an occupation tax on corporations operating in Arkansas was introduced in the house by MT. Smith of Ashley. Briefly, the bill provides: That al corporations doing business by rail road or water shall pay to the treas urer of the state a sum equal to ? 1-2 per cent of the gross recepits of the organization; that all telegraph lines snail do the same; that all electric light, gas or water plants shall pay One-fourth of one per cent or one half of one percent of the receipts, according to the size of the town; that collecting agencies shall pay one-half of one percent; that individuals, com paries, corporations or associations re- siding outside the state or incorporat- ed under the laws of any other state or territory owning stock cars or other kinds of cars, shall pay three per cent that pipe line companies shall pay two per cent of the gross receipts; that sleeping car companies shall pay three per cent; that the insurance companies shall pay three and other classes of insurance companies two per cent that wholesale dealers in coal or mineral oils shall pay two per cent; that interurban companies shall pay one per cent, or three-fourthS Of one per cent; that wholesale dealers or distributors of intoXicants shall pay one-half of one per cent; that owners of coal mines shall pay three per cent; that sawmill operators shall pay three per cet; that other mill operators shall pay one per cent; that publish ing companies shall pay one per cent; telephone companies shall pay one and one-half per cent; that terminal com panies shall pay one per cent.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-02-05
Root Arrives at Hot Springs.

Hot Springs Secretary of State Elihu Root arrived at Hot Springs Sunday ito get away from the strenuous life and give sprained knee chance to mend,' he explained. He was unaccompanied and will re- main three weeks, previous to the re linquishment of the duties of secre- tary of state and the assuming of those of United States senator from New York The injury to his knee was sustained while alighting from carriage in Washington.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-02-05

Jonesboro-The club house at Big Bay. in Craighead county, near Jones' boro, was destroyed by fire Thursday night, which put an unexpected and unpleasant end to hunting trip planned by several nimrods from In diana. The party consisted of Dr. J. NJ. Schutt, John Troutman, k. c. Shu- man and Samuel Carr of Fort Wayne. Ind. The party expected to spend a month fishing and hunting at Big Bay Several fine guns and all the sporting aAcoutrements of the party. together with all the clothing of the sportsmen, were burned.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-02-05
Per Diam Bill Up.

Although the Senate managed to find time to introduce several bills and pass several bills introduced early in the session, the day was spent in the main in debate on the bill to implement the fence and stock laws of the state and in a debate in the Senate, sitting as committee of the whole, on the bill to appropriate $4, 946 to pay the per diam of legisla- tors and officers of the last General Assemblyewho did work after the ses- sion adjourned relative to reading the proof on the journals of both houses as printed, against the transcribed journals The first debate began in the morning, and was not finished until about 8 o'clock in the afternoon.
 The result of the debate on the stock and fence bill was that the bill was sent back to second reading for amendments.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-02-05
With The Legislators
Agricultural School Bill Up

A9rICultuTdI SCnooI 6ill up.
 The House spent an entire day dis
 cussing the Bellamy agricultural
 school bill without having disposed of
 the measure and leaving the bill still
 in tile same God5eiuI position before the house that it stood Saturday noon when adjournment was taken over Sunday. The entire day was spent | in considering and in most cases turn ing down amendments to the bill, the Bellamy forces having the better of the battle as far as the amendments were concerned. Toward the close of the afternoon, however, after, MT. DuLaney of Little River had introduc- ed a bill identical to the one intro
 duced in the Senate by Cenator Glover | which provides for the establishment
 of one school only there were indica- tions of a shift to the opinion that it would be best to establish one or four schools. The apparent change in opinion was marked by several
 emphatic speeches which were made at the close of the afternoon and the
 reception of the sentiment expressed
 in those speeches. A strenuous, stuD- bron fight waged the day through by those opposing four schools show ed results, while the supporters of
 the four-school bill, Tagged to an ex- tent by fighting off amendments | throughout the morning and afternoon
 sessions, showed less resistance to- l ward the last of the days tedious ses- sion. The Farmers Union was ire quently mentioned in the dis cussion, those favoring the Bel lamy bill backing their action by the declaration that the bill was recom- | mended by the union, while on the other hand, those opposing it fought the measure on the ground that it
 would be foolheardy to start by es- | tablishing four schools; that there | would not be enough students to at | tend more than one; that it would
 be too costly and that one would suffice. It was also contended by MT.
 Glover of Hot Springs, who delivered
 long speech at the close of the session, for the substitute bill and
 who declared that he was member of the Farmers Union, that the Bel
 lamy bill was only endorsed by 5 out of S0,000 members of the organi- xation.
 The greater part of the session was spent in fighting over the location | of the schools. an attempt being made | to provide that one of the schools be established at Fayetteville in con
 nection with the agricultural expert
 ment station. AS the bill now stands it does not designate any certain place in any one of the four districts
 named When first drawn it provided that one of the schools be located at Conway, where the State Normal | School is. Many amendments at ! tempting to reduce the appropriation were also considered and defeated.
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-12-01

Rabi-All vegetables of this class do
not succeed here upon the red lands.
The different varieties of broccoli.
brussels sprouts, and cauI1hoWer
have all done very poorly. Cabbage
and kohl rabi can be very success
Iully grown. 1t is quite possible that
some OF the kinds which do not give
good results with us might on land
Of different character.
For these vegetables the seed
should be grown In seed-beds during
september or October, and, when the
seedlings are about one inch high,
they should be transplanted to an
other bed, setting them four inches
apart each way, and should be left
to grow until four or five inches
nigh, when they should be trans
planted into the field. For the home
garden the rows should be at least
twenty inches apart, and the planls
Twelve to fifteen inches apart in the
rows. For commercial culture, plant
N rows three to three and One-half
1eet apart, leaving from eighteen to
.Wenty-tour inches between the
plants in the row, according to the
size of the variety. Plants Of this
lass succeed upon almost any soil
mat is mellow, moist, and rich. In
order to give the best results they
must have a good supply Of water
and be kept growing rapidly and Wig
OrOuSly.
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-12-01
THE ISLE OF PINES
Is Peopled Largely by Americans, But
Under Cuban Control.

The Isle of Pines lies south of Cuba,
hugged by the great arm made by Pinar
del kio province in the west. 1t is 800
miles from New York, sixty miles south
Of the port Of Batahano, Cuba, and ninety
miles by rail and boat from Havana.
Everywhere American colonies are
springing up. 1t is popularity known as
the American district of Cuba," for
ninety per cent. of the good agricultural
lands of the Isle of Pines are owned by
Americans. You hear no more Spanish
there than in one of our own Gulf cities.
In fact, American money passes current
everywhere, English is the ordinary lam
guage, and American school houses and
churches have sprung up on all sides. In
the eight hundred square miles, nearly
the size of the State of Rhode Island,
there are over fifteen hundred Americans,
while some five thousand have bought
land there, and are, many of them. pre-
pairing to emigrate. The native Pineros
themselves number something less than
one thousand. They are of Spanish ex-
traction, with all the courtesy and hos
pitality of the Latin races.
The largest town is Nueva Corona, ON
he north shore nearest Cuba. There the
typically American is gradually submerg-
ing the typically Spanish. There, also,
besides the school house and church. and
the government wireless telegraph sta
tion. is the American bank, whose direc-
tors are drawn from the Estates" Van
NOrden.
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-12-01

In selecting your breed, go slow
and careful. Much depends upon
your personal satisfaction. When
once started always '.look higher
When breeding your animals. If you
cannot afford the sire you want, per-
haps mutual clubbing arrangement
could be made with a neigh hbor.
Much depends on the sire.
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-12-01

rots to the New York market, but
the results were not very satisfac-
tory, for, as already explained, if
this class of truck is to please the
choice winter trade it must be ship
ped in punches of four to six, with
the tops on, and must reach the mar
ket with the tops fresh and green.
This is impossible under the present
transportation conditions. Success
might be possible with refrigeration,
yet we are told by the commission
firms that there is usually very lib
3ral supply from the southern part
Of the United States.
They are sold in the wholesale
market in lots of a hundred punches
each. When shipped without the
tops, we have found the onion crate
very convenient one to use.
For the Habana wholesale market,
beets, carrots, etc., should be tied in
punches of six each, and then three
of these tied into a larger bunch, and
two of the larger punches tied to-
gether, making the final bunch con-
tain six small punches. This large
bunch is sold as dozen or one
count.
The selling of vegetables in the
Habana markets has been very un-
satisfactory, for the price which the
grower receives for his product is
altogether too low in comparison
with the price which the consumer
has to pay. There is absolutely no
relation between the two. Many of
the vegetable products are grown at
loss to the farmer, while the price
that the consumer has to pay is ex-
Ceedingly high. We know Of no
other city where there is such an
opportunity as there is in Habana
for a live, honest, active, reliable
person to take up the wholesale and
retail produce business.
Corn Salad, DandeliOns, Endive,
and Parsley. We have found that
all classes of salad vegetables
can be very successfully grown, and
there is no reason why they should
not be common in every garden. Our
cessful from November to May.
The seed for the first crop should be
soWn in September or October and
after that the sowings should be as
frequent as may be necessary to
Keep up d CouCIuuOuS supply OII1I
the seed thickly in rows from sixteen
to eighteen inches apart, for the
home garden, but, where horse culti-
vation is to be used, leave from two
and one-half to three feet between
the rows. AS soon as the plants are
we'll started, thin them out and COM
mence using them. Swiss Chard
should be thinned out until the
plants stand from eight to twelve
inches apart, and the stalks should
be cut off and used when needed
To bleach endive so as to make
the centers white and tender, bring
the outer leaves up around the head
and tie, few days before using.
Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cauli-
flower, Cabbage, COllards, and Kohl
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-12-01
TRUCK GROWING IN CUBA
General Directions for Cultivating Some of the
Principal Vegetables Grown on the Island
By E. w. Halstead

It is difficult to give accurate in
formation as to the expense of grow
ing vegetables for market, for it de-
pends on many conditions, such as
the season, the soil, etc. The cost of
growing such crops as tomatoes,
eggplant, squash, okra and peppers,
taken on the basis of cleared sod
land, such as exists in this country
in the fall, will vary from $4,000 to
$4,000 per acre. Soils that are in
fine condition and do not have to
be plOwed but once can be handled
for less cost, while on the other
hand there are soils that are harder
to prepare and will cost much more.
The items Of cost may be divided as
follows:
Fertilizers cost about $4,000 per
ton and most soils require from 500
to 1000 pounds per acre, according
to the kind Of crop grown and the
general fertility of the soil.
The cost Of harvesting and ship
ping the crop will vary from $1.00
to $1.40 per crate according to the
size Of shipment and the distance
from shipping point
For convenience Of treatment we
shall separate the different varieties
= of the vegetables which we wish to
consider into groups having about
the same cultural methods. 1t must
be remembered that our work has
been done upon the heavy red lands
and that our suggestions for soils of
different character are made from
conversation with the growers in
those sections.
Beets, Carrots, Parsnips, Radishes,
Rutabegas, Satisfy, and Turnips.-
The results have shown very clearly
that all of the root crop vegetables
can be successfully grown in this
country. During the past three years
we have produced good many crops
of these vegetables, and We feel con-
fident that in no othher place can
any better or choicer line of root
vegetables be grown. There is ab-
solutely no reason why a full supply
of these should not be in every gar
den from November until May.
For the home garden the seed
should be sown thickly in drills from
sixteen to eighteen inches apart. AS
soon as the young plants have made
a good start, thin out until they
stand from two to four inches apart.
For commercial purposes we have
found it best to grow them in slight
ly raised beds, just high enough to
prevent washing from heavy rains.
The beds should be from two and
one-half to three feet apart, and in
each bed from two to three rows of
seed should be sown, according to
the kind. 1t is usually best to make
the beds far enough apart to cult
vate with a horse.
The ground should be frequently
worked and watered whenever nee
essary to keep the plants growing
rapidly, for the value of these vege-
tables lies in having them fresh, ten
der and crisp.
During the past winter we made
a few shipments of beets and car
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-09

rremedatle breach she naturally takes her daugh
ers side of the difference she is apt to do her best to
heal it. Besides In time of trouble, who is ready
to help and to comfort the wife's mother?
The prejudice against mothers-inaw is a modern
for which Thaekeray is largely responsible The moth
ersin-aw whom he portrays are drawn with lampback
and acid, and 1t is difficult to how any though
endowed with the patience Of JOB could dwell in peace
and harmony with such women those whom he in
ficted upon Give Newcome and Philip. Mrs. Mac
kenze and Mrs. Baynes are unusual, let hope
improbable, any Of the villains of fiction and it Is
grossly unfair to accept them normal types Just
why Thackeray, whose written cyniciSm In the main
kindly and who in social intercourse was among
the most genial of men, should have shown such
towards mothers-n-law is hard guess Certainly it
not from personal experience since his wife had
long been an orphan when he married her.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-09
A Vegetable Cow

The Japanese have discovered q
very cheap and good substitute for
the mich COW in the form of a tiny
bean. The juice extracted by a spe.
cial process from the bean is said to
be an excellent vegetable milk the
properties Of which render 1t highly
suitable for use in tropical countries
The preparation is obtained from
the Sofa bean, member of the legu-
minous family of plants, and a very
popular article Of food among the
poorer classes of Chinese and jana
nese. In making the vegetable milk
the beans are first Of all softened by
soaking and are then pressed and
boiled In water. The resultant lIouid
is exactly similar to cows milk in an
pearance, but Is entirely different in
It's composition. This Sofa bean mill,
contains 92.5 per cent water, 3.o2 per
cent protein, 213 per cent fat. 0O3
per cent fibre, 1.SS per cent non.
heterogeneous substances and O41 ner
cent ash. Some sugar and a little
phosphate Of potassium are added in
order to prevent the elimination of
the albumen, and then the mixture is
boiled down till a substance like con-
densed milk is obtained. This con
densed vegetable milk" Is of a yellow
ish color and has very pleasant
taste, hardly to be distinguished from
that of real cows milk.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-09
FONDY HAS GAY TIME.
Military Maneuvers, Address by Ban
croft and Night Carnival Features
of Big Fourth.

FOND DU LAC, Wis, July G.-The
preliminary events of the Uaited Span
ish-American war veterans state CON
Fond du Lac Monday seen here in a gen
GRAFTON. Troop \. Battery A, and Co. l
of the First regiment national guard and
practically all of the Second regiment,
led by Gen. King, participated in the
parade and sham battle, following which
there was dress parade and review by
Gov. Davidson.
The evening was being given over to
carnival and a military ball. One of
the features of the day was the ora
ton by l.. Fl. Bancroft, speaker of the
Assembly, who has just been appointed
by Gov. Davidson TO deliver the ora
ton on Wisconsin day at the Alaska
Yukon exposition.
With the governor occupying q seat
at his right Col. Bancroft assailed the
plan to amend the constitution to per
NIT the election of United States SEN
ators by popular vote and declared there
was time enough to amend the docu-
ment when such an emergency arose as
occurred in the civil war.
''In these days of primary elections
and cheap political claptrap there are
too many refOrmers laying sacrilegious
hands on these sacred documents" he
said.
Continuing, he declared that the in
Sidious hypocrite who creates prejudice
by melting men against their fellows,
who plays upon human credulity for self
seeking and self-serving purposes, is an
anarchist, infinitely more dangerous than
the brazen type which plants its red ban
ners in the open places and breaches its
doctrine of sham and ignorance in open
defiance of the law.