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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-17
TOTAL TAXES SHOW
AN INCREASE
SMALLER RATE BUT GREATER
VALUATION, YET LEVY is
$11,s26.76 HIGHER.

with rate that is not as high as
last years but with an increase of
NOR. than million dollars in the
assessed valuation Of county property.
County Treasurer Hugh Kennedy is
tn collect s1l.s26.1s more than in 1908
This years total tax for the entire
county Ii s4a5.s56.5l. as compared with
1898 1875 for last year. The assessed
value Of all property in 1908 was s12-
LEO. and for 1909 is s14.425.i1l. an
increase OF Sl,ssi.35i
The following table gives the APP
poriionment of the s4o5 s50.51 into the
state. county. schools and city funds:
State taxes
State general and bond fund. s3as.3 S.
State horticultural fund
tspraying fruit trees)....... 2.I91.95
city Of Mssnula taxes. w 5403I 70
School district taxes
District school fund tamount
to be received account of
special levies in ~ school
districts ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81. Iss 81
General school fund tamount
received from general 4-mili
levy on all property in coun-
ty and to be apportioned
among all OF the a school
districts in the county in
proportion as the total num-
of children nj each district
bears to the total in the
county Observation-Disclosures. 57.Gsa IS
Total for schools .1ig sgs SO
County high school fund -. 25.243 IS
Higgins avenue bridge fund 2s,s49. 30
County If Missouia taxes
General fund ................ 25.24s e.
Contingent fund ......... as,Si3 20
Bond. interest and sinking
fund ............. ,........... 2l.s31 as
Poor fund .................... 1882 50
Bridge fund tfor exclusive
use of bridges outside city
limits Of Missoula This tax
IL levied on city property.
as well as that outside Of
the city limits Of Missonla) l4,424. %
Road fund for exclusive use
of all county roads outside
city limits of Missoula. This
tax is not levied on any
property in city limtsD -. 21,012. IS
Total amount of taxes
charged to treasurer 1905. $50 81
Comparisons.
The increase in the state taxes
amounts to ss.s2l.37. This years total
Is sil.s6i.90, as compared with s3a.-
0i3a3.
The city's taxes. compared With the
amount assessed last, show gain of
s.a55.24. This years levy is $5i.-
oslis. and last years was S4s,o1655
This year the city collects its own
sprinkling tax.
The levy for educational purposes.
including the city and county schools
and the Missoula county high school,
totals siia.l42.3i. Last years ktotal
was sl25.s5l.25 The increase for this
year Is si3.5sl.oa. for which an addi-
iion of almost $4,000 to the high
schools general fund Is partly respon-
sibl..
The county taxes show rather
small increase for 1909. This years
levy. exclusive of the Higgins avenue
bridge fund tax. amounts To $l26. eel "a,
which gives an increase OF $l3.G21. 10
over last years SIZE. i3i.2 90
1t Is interesting 10 note that there
Is bridge fund for bridges outside
OF the limits Of the city of Missouia.
The property of the city is, however.
taxed for these bridges.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-14
Large Root Crops.

While not possessing high feeding
value as shown by achemist's table,
yet their succulence and the laxative
effect which comes from feeding roots
on the digestive organs of a COW, make
them in a most desirable feed. 1t is
possible in Maine to grow from 500
bushels to 1000 bushels to the acre,
says writer in the American Cultivat-
or. For several years past we have
grown an acre to acre and half each
of mungel wurtzels and rutabagas. The
mangels are planted in drills three feet
apart on c7ean light land as early in
the sprirg as possible, using about six
pounds of seed to the acre AS soon
as thew are up nicely the beets are
thinned to four or five inches apart
in the row. The rutabagas need not
be sown so early and only two to
three pounds of seed need be used
to the acre. If the land is clean, very
little hand labor is required. Harvest
ed late in the fall just before the
ground freezes and stored in cool eel
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-14
METHOD FOR cuRRANT CUTTING.
Plant in Latter Part OF Summer from
Wood Grown That Year.

The almost universal instructions
with regard to propagation OF currants
by cuttings are to make the cuttings
in the fall after the growing season
is past and bury them top down un-
til planting time the next spring; or
to Immediately plant them in rows as
they are to grow the following year,
covering them with mulch, etc., for
winter propagation, says contributor
to the American Cultivator. Like
others | had followed these plans, I'M
til by accident Ii discovered a method
which involved little loss and gave
nearly half a seasons start over the
old method. Happening to break OIL
a vigorous current cane of new
growth, and rather sappy at that,
mechanically stuck it in between the
bushes, setting my heel against 1t,
but expecting it to die, especially as
it was rather dry time in August,
Several days after, saw its tender
leaves wilted down fiat and the cut
ting" apparently as good as dead.
WlI0ln week SOOu toih Cc"iiiC
along and probably two weeks after
the first careless setting | was aston
isheG to see fresh green leaves put
ting out and a vigorous growth evil
IDENTIFY progressing. By frost a strong
advance had been made and fairly
good root system established. I have
never attempted any currant cut
tines since on the old plan. Make
your cuttings in the latter part of the
summer-August Is, from wood
grown that year, and plant them I'M
mediately in the rows they are to oc-
cupy the following year. Instead,
however, of the usual six or eight
inches between cuttings, they should
have foot, for by the end of the fol-
towing year they will be almost twice
the size of spring-planted cuttings.
The only extra trouble will be pos
sible drenching in case of drouth I'M
mediately following the planting.
This, however, will be less trouble
than fuss with keeping cuttings
over winter, and planting in the
spring when other work presses.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-14
Poisonous Gas for Insects.

1t is now more than 20 years since
the first attempts were made to de-
stroy scale insects on fruit trees by
means of a poisonous gas. The gas
used is known as hydrocyanic acid
gas and is extremely poisonous to
human beings and domestic animals
as we'll as to insects. This method
has gradually increased in popularity
until i. has largely displaced all
others in the orange and lemon or
, chards of California. In order to use
the gas effectively the tree is covered
with a tent.
A small quantity OF sulphuric acid is
dissolved in a small quantity of water
in a jar which is placed on the ground
in the tent The proper amount of
potassium cyanide is weighed out,
carried into the tent by the operator
and dropped into the jar, after which
he gets out quickly, closing the tent
after him The gas forms very quickly
rises, and fills the tent, destroying all
or most OF the scale insects within
and placed over another tree. In the
use of this gas there have been va
rietv of methods employed, much va
ration in the amount of chemicals
fused, and much difference in the re-
suits secured. In order to determine
the most satisfactory methods and
proportions of chemicals, the United
States department. of agriculture sent
out an expert fumigator to the Pacific
coast to conduct a series of expert
merits with hydrocyanic acid gas.
The first report of this work has Just
been published in bulletin entitled
'Fumigation Investigations in Cali
fornia-' BY an extensive series of
experiments with trees of different
proportions of cyanide, sulphuric acid,
and water, and fumigation at different
seasons, the experimenter has deter
mined the most economical and effec-
tive method of dealing with the pur-
pie scale; and his recommendations
are now being followed by many sue
cessful fumigators. These expert
ments will be continued and extended
SC as to cover every phase of the
work against all the principal scale
pests. 1t is believed that this work
will result in a great saving to the
citrus fruit growers of California, and
at the same time make fumigation
more uniformly effective.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-14
AS EVER.

We met in the country this summer
Twas love at first sight, I suppose.
She sure was a daisy, a hummer;
I never saw natter clothes.
She stopped at "The Rill,'' at Noun
tains;''
The park was just perfect at night
We fingered and talked by the foun-
Oh, yes, it was love at first sight
Two weeks, was so short! l was wary
OF saying vacation" to her,
For fear that my plans would hsmarry
| just let her guess or infer.
I popped, she accepted. Twas over
Before I had known her a day;
AS we'll get right into the clover
/ had such a short time to stay.
A diamond was out of the question
No jewellers up there, you know.
I had one whole nights indigestion
Through taking and order-to show
spoke of my town house discreetly,
She mentioned an auto or two
We did the thing up very neatly,
AS newly made lovers should do.
AT parting went first, confound it
/ said that my stocks needed care;
She looked quite distressed, but got
round it
BY nipping a lock of my hair.
Then just as each hand clasped the
other,
She gurgled: Il am coming back
home
AS soon as my father and mother
Return from their touring in Rome. ;,
fortnight has passed In the CITY
I'm holding my job as of yore:
try out each popular dirty
In Racey & Co.'S seventh floor.
She's still in the country | fancy
These teachers get beautiful resist
But her home is somewhere on De-
lancey,
And her Pa makes his dough build
ing vests
-Lurana w. shelGon in New York
Times.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-14
Notes..

with the recurrence of the summer
season the problem of dandelion eradl-
cation is again in agitation. Inc iron
sulphate spray recommended by ProI.
RoIley has not in most cases proved
permanently effective. The spray Kills
the tops and may, by continued ap-
p,ication keep the roots SO starved
thai they will eventually die. This de-
gree of perseverance seems beyond
most lawn growers and new plants are
constantly springing up from the roots
and in time the lawn is as badly IN
tested as before. A more sure rem
edy is sulphuric acid. Two or three
drops applied with a dropper to the
crown of the plants will XIII TOP
crown and root. There is no recur-
renee of the plants. This treatment
is rather laborious IT the lawn is baby
infested, as each plant must pc
treated separately. AS a preventive
measure when dandelions first appear
in lawn it will serve to hold them 10
check.
An extensive dealer in potatoes in
Bermuda has shipped to Avoca, Steu-
ben county, N. Y, 125 bushels OF a
choice variety of this years crop, 10
be grown in that locality, the crop to
be shipped back to Bermuda TO use
as seed for next seasons planting
This method is adopted to Obtain
hardy and vigorous seed, and in case
the experiment is as successful as II
is believed it will be it is proDapie
that it will be repeated on a much
larger scale in succeeding seasons.
Most of the seed has already been
placed among leading growers, who
have contracted to grow it for 40 cents
a bushel. Last year Bermuda
grower put this method to trial at
Waterville, L. l., and the idea is EVIL
IDENTIFY gaining favor.
Watch the pickers carefully Some
will crowd too many berries into the
hand. resulting in filing their boxes
with wet, sticky mass. Other PICK
ers continually fail to reject green
and overripe fruit Still others rest
their knees upon the row, crushing
the berries anu pldACo. h1O'iAN P-OAAS-~
are disorderly and unreliable. Care
full observation will enable the
grower to- pick out corps of plckers
which will give fair satisfaction IN
these respects. Prompt pay and
promise of work next year will usually
keep a good picker all through the
season. But some growers prefer to
vary the price paid somewhat ac-
cording to the picking, paying lit
tie more when the berries begin TO
run small.
While continued corn cropping
rapidly depletes the soil on account of
the cultivation rendering available
and using the locked up nutriment OF
the soil, one year of corn previous to
small grain leaves the land in bet
ter condition to produce large grain
crop on account of the stimulatiye ac-
ton given to the soil by corn culture.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-14
THE PHILosoPHIc FAN.

There was time, not long ago,
That baseball games distressed me so
That when the Clevelands had to play
fused all through the fateful day
But now a change came DER ny
dream;
No longer do nervous seem,
But when the Maps are put to test
| simply wait and hope the best.
Ii they should win | murmur Great,
But if they lose call it fate.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-14
AGRICUL TLRAL NOTES

lars. they make a valuable and cheap
feed to supplement dry hay and grain
during the winter.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-02
W0LGAST AND
MURPHY DRAW
FIGHT WAS FAST FROM THE
START BUT FANS DECLARE 1T
WAS A CLEAN DRAW - BOTH
MEN ARE LOOKING FOR AN
OTHER MATCH.

Pittsburg, Sept. 1.-Neither Ad
Wolgast nor Harlem Tommy
Murphy could show a shade at thier
six-round bout, before the National
Sporting Club tonight. Throughout
the bout each struggled to assume a
lead, but fight fans declared that it
was cleanest at Draw witnessed here
for some years. Both fighters clam
ored loudly for a return match. Each
round was divided between the two
light-weights lads, and neither out
classed the other at any stage of the
game. In spite of his defeat of Bat
thing Nelson, Wolgast failed to show
the form which is expected of a
champion. After three rounds of
cautious fighting, Murphy tried ag-
gressive tactics which proves a dis
nal failure.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-02

PRESIDENT OF BIG MORTON
y COUNTY STATE BANK TAKEN
! INTO CUSTODY AT MANDAN-
I TURNS OVER ALL HIS PRIVATE
ASSETS.

Mandan, N. D., Sept. 1.-W. r.
Moore, president Of the German
State Bank at Glen Ullin was placed
under arrest here this morning on a
warrant. charging him with embezzle-
ment.. The warrant was issued by
States Attorney & James N. Hanley
following an Investigation of the
banks affairs. =, 4 S%% s Z
Moore has turned over all his pri-
vate assets and property. to the bank
and is assisting in suntangling its
affairs. .ss., u. s.ss ~ ~ = Z a
= According to a statement made to
Tribune representative this after
noon by States Attorney Hanley it
now looks as though the, depositors
will lose nothing. The exact amount
of the shortage has not as yet been
ascertained. T.. (T -
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-02
SCI $ !! |I,,! LEuH. |! PAYS RI Y :. =. +.
s1El l|l EXCHAlNGEFEE
|5Hls 3sATToRNEY SENDS CHECK
Fqk ,a75,4 As FOR EXCHANGE .
G. f. ON cHEcks.
sStateaGSThat Case Against Present
y Commissioner Cooper Will Be Set
s tied the Same Way.

Senator Leutz, formerly state in
/ gnrance commissioner. has paid to
the state, $s75.45, being the, amount
mentioned In the suit started against
him sSby Attorney General Miller on
behalf of. the state for the return
EOf money paid to banks for exchange
on checks received from insurance
companies.
The attorney generals Office held
that the state was entitled to the en-
tire face value of the checks and as
the commissioners have been allow
ing banks to take exchange out.
The suits had. been instituted to get
at the true meaning of the law.
Il There has been papers served
against present Insurance Commis-
sioner Cooper for case of the same
kind and the amount involved is now
about $2,100. 1t is stated that set
Element will be made in this case the
same as was done by Senator Leutz.
& The payment of the fees by these
gentlemen will have the same effect
as though a trial was had as it es-
tabishes a precedent and there will
In the future be no question as to
who will be expected to pay the ex-
change bills on checks received from
3the insurance companies.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-02
!. HITCHCOCK WILL
BE ECONOMICAL
DEFICIT FOR LAST PAST FISCAL.
ss YEAR MAS lAR'GEsTs I'm HIS.
TORY or THE ouNTRY CO. CO.,
= MANY LEAKS 70 pr PLUGGED
!. = UP SAYS HITCHCOCK. 4,

4 Beverly, Sept. Postmaster Gem
eral Hitchcock had an important.
conference with President Taft this.
afternoon regarding plans he had
formed for cutting down expenses in
sthes postal department He told the
president that according to latest es-
Inmates, the postofiee department
will show, for year end June 30th
last a deficit of more than $40, ,OG0. Geo.
This is the largest deficit known in.
the service and Hitchcock informed
the president that it was his purpose
and ambition to show material
change during the time that he has
control of the department. The defic-
it for the fiscal year ending June
30th, 1908, was about $4,000, 900.
The increase as nearly as can be as
certained was due in part to exten-T
sion of service and the cumbersome
and expressive methods of handling
mail and in other departments of
postal Office. 49,,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-02
.L|S1|0F D|ElDI|N + TEXAS |
Fl FLOOD NOV. PIT At | 5000

San Juan 357 were found BY search.
Fers. ii Monterey s63 bodies. many
Eunidantiaed. have been buried and
the work of searchers is still far
from completed. Many bodies are
Unreasonable. and lie buried in quick
sands Of the river bed. In San Lus-
ito terrible conditions affronts the
searchers as the stencil from bodies
half buried In sands are almost ur-
bearable. Soldiers are burying these
bodies and BY morning IT is expected
most OF them will have been inferred.
Reports received from all along Tam
pico branch as far as telegraph line
has been opened indicate that the
country has been terribly damaged.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-02
MISS JONES !! / ! ! ! ELECTED. ] D. /.
]. TO 4 GOOD POSITION
WILL AcTlAs PRINCIPAL At LAS
VEGAS, NEvAoAFoR COMING :;
.&flE, rf y
TERM. j
..~,--
Engagement Was Made ~ Wire -
Peculiar Incident Connected With
. the Engagement. !.

Miss Elizabeth Jones has beer
elected principal Of the" high schoo
at Las Vegas, Nevada, and wired he,
acceptance yesterday. y
Miss Jones has refused offers Of 8
number Of fine positions as she de-
sired a change of climate SO as te
avoid the extreme cold of the winter
months. The town she goes to is II
the southeast corner, of Nevada or
the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Sail
Lake railroad, very close to Los An
geles, Cal.
She leaves Sunday and will go by
way of st. Paul, Omaha, Ogden and
Salt Lake City.
Miss Jones has been most sue.
cessful teacher of history and Eng
lish for some eight years in the city
high school and has been prominent
in club work and musical circles, and
will be missed in the various lines
in which she has been interested. SSs
The; way in which her election
came about shows how small the
world is>after all. =;
The clerk of the school board Of
Las Vegas, and the state superintend-
'ent of Nevada stepped into a Los
Angeles, Ca, teachers agency to look
over what applications had been 81.
ed with them. A letter, of William
Moores In regard to- Miss Jones, at
tracted &the clerks attention, as he
was mold friend Of some years
standing. He got in communication
with Mr.. Moore and the result was
the election of Miss Jones to the po'
sition she goes to fill
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-02
ENI EXP II0RER COOK HAS DISCOVERED THE NORTH POLE
ISREP0RT THAT IS RECEIVED FROM COZ PEN|fAGEN
BRIEF MESSAGE RECEIVED ~ MFE OF CAPTAIN COOK SAYS
SUCCESSFUL We'll AND THAT HIS ls coP
EnHAaEn 81 MEMBERS or VARIOUS SOCIETIES ARE SAID sTo
CREDIT REPORT WIZ # +" &..k% = #% 4 >$ ~rs4

given full credence here, although
details are lacking Of his dash across
the ice. A message was. received al
the Colonial offices here this morning
via Lerwick, Shetland Islands, an
nonncing that DR.. Cook had reached
the Pole April 81, 1908. This dis.
patch was sent by a Greenland off
cial on board the Danish government
steamer Han Egede, which passed
Lerwick at noon today en- route fo1
Denmark, and read as follows:
"We have on board an American
traveller, DR.. Cook, who reached the
North Pole April 21, 1908. DR.. Cook
arrived at Upernayik in May, 1909,
from Cape. The captain confirmed
Mr.. Cooks story of his Journey"
It Is understood :. that the Danish
consulate at Lerwick, where the Hans
Egede remained for two hours, was
officially notified of Cooks success in
his attempt to reach the North Pole,
but that he was bound o secrecy con-
cerning he extent of the explorers s
discovery. Director Ryberg, head OF
the Greenland administration said TO-
night that he did not expect to reach
any further details of Cooks accom-.
plishment before the arrival of Cook,
which probably would be Saturday, af
ternoon.. The vessel will make no
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-02

Fargo, Id. Sept. 1.-Andy #
Jones, alleged wrecker o fthe First
National Bank Of Rugby arrived in
Fargo this morning in charge Of two
officers. At, s:aosin: tha afternoon
bonds were signed inss. the sumNsof
$4,000 for his appearance at}t the next
term of the federal court.
The trip from Texas was unevent-
full and the !, ,7dO miles was covered
in about so hours. Jones made the
statement shortly after hiss arrest
that he was gald the end had come
as he was tired Of lodging the Off
GERS Of the law and would have re-
turned to North Dakota to face. the
music in a short time even If he had
not been captdred. t His wife has
gone to the home Of her, father in
Oklahoma. # &, b s :5ss4. .,ts,.s. - : ;. );
The sheriff OF Pierre county had
not put in an appearance at Fargo
up to late hour this afternoon. It
was stated that he was on the way to
the Gate City with q warrant for
Jones arrest on q charge of embeE-
element from the Barton State Bank
OF which institution Jones was also
president. ,s@ + s5SZ55s5 5.5 hi I a g
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-02
BASEBALL KINGS
meet IN HARMONY.


Cincinnati, O., Sept. AFTER hav-
ing made the heaviest draftings up
on minor leagues that have been
made within the history Of organized
baseball, the National baseball COM
mission tonight promulgated list
of draftings made by the major
leagues and adjourned with harmony
prevailing among the leaders of the
national game. There were several
spirited contests in the meeting dur
ing the day and early evening, but
none of them developed any real bit
terness. -
The principal fight of the day was
in the case of Pitcher Vaughn, for
merly of Macon, but now with the
Louisville American association team,
and recently awarded to Cincinnati
nationals over the protest of the New
York Americans The national body
by unanimous vote today agreed to
reopen the case to hear the claims
of the New WeYork Americans for
the services of Vaughn, and after evil
dence had been heard Vaughn was
awarded to the New York club with
the understanding that he is to re-
main with Louisville during the re-
mainder of the present season.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-02
SCH0EW|LLE STRIKERS
gain ANOTHER POINT

Pittsburg, Sept. 1.--Another vic.
tory was recorded by the5s schoen-
vile strikers today. when it. was re-
ported that the members of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
employed on the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne and Chicago railroad had re-
fused to bring any more strike
breakers to the Pressed Steel Car
company's plant. A committee rep
resenting the trainmen called at
strikers headquarters at McKees
Rocks and after a conference, Chair
man Wise, of the strikers executive
committee, stated that no more i'm