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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-09-17

There is a newly erected ice plant
at Smyrna, built by an American
company, and it is now doing a good
business,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-09-17

The theory of gravitation was adj
vanced by Kepler in 1917, 70 years
before Newton announced his dis
cOYerY
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-09-17

Brazil grows more coffee than any
other country in the world.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-09-17

The United States has 100000
apple trees. b. N. U. SO.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-09-17

Out of total of IS south pole
expeditions nine have been British.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-09-17

In India there are nearly 26,00O,-
900 widows.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-09-17
YEARS OF 1T.

A Dark Picture to Look Back Upon.
John Corey, Constable, Attica, N.
T.. says: From September, 1896,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-09-17

Bank notes were first issued in
China 2697 B. c.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-09-17

In some English warehouses pau
pers have golf outfits given them
and use of grounds for playing the
game
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-09-17

rJ,wENrY DIFFERENT FOUR CoLoRED VIEW
New York, Coney Island and Atlantic City
pocket sLereoscope. Beautiful novelty. send 1S
stamps. rs Royal NJ Il & Dis Co, Bssthssofe'
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-09-17

THE BACK YARD BEAUTIFUL.
The life that has never contained
a garden of some sort is a barren
waste. no matter with what artificial
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-09-17

Glove-ftting bodices are predicted.
The bolero fashion is at hand again.
Children once more wear the pima
fores.
Orange is among the most popular
cOlOrs.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-09-17

GIVEN AwAY.-Dr. Pierce's Commo
new revised Edition, is sent free Cd
expense of mailing only. Send Fl
book in paper covers, or 81 stamps
ume. Address DR.. r. V. Pierce,
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-04

terminating in the early spring may be
killed by spring blowing. When red rice
has obtained a firm hold in the field,
some other crop should be grown until
the weed has disappeared, and if the
land is too low and acid to produce good
crops, it may be fall plowed and left IN
the fallow until spring, plowed again,
fallowed until midsummer, and then
plowed for a crop of rice.
Suggestions regarding methods of cul-
ture adapted to Arkansas conditions are
given in the bulletins from which this
article is compiled"
Farmers Bulletin No. ITO, United
States Department of Agriculture, by
DIR. S. A. Knapp, contains information
concerning the varieties to plant, the
production and Importation of rice. soils,
adapted to rice, irrigation, preparing the
ground, drainage, sowing, flooding, fer
tilizing, weedy grasses, harvesting,
threshing, yield per acre, milling, effects
OF fashion in rice, rice as food, by
products, etc. This bulletin will be fur
nished those especially interested upon
application to the Mississippi Depart
ment of Agriculture and Commerce, a
limited supply of same being on hand.
Bulletin No. 201 of the United States
Department of Agriculture, gives de-
tailed investigation of the costs of build
ing and operating 1s irrigation stations
for small rice farms in Louisiana and
Arkansas. The following extracts are
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-04

uIeSSt5 luli VI uOpclul cntuuoidoM.
Kavanaugh Opens Convention.
William X. Kavanaugh of Missouri,
president of the association, called the
convention to order Saturday morning
and set forth briefly the aims and
plans of the organization. He said the
deep waterway work Is now in this
condition.:
1. The sanitary district of Chicago
has built the deep waterway, practi-
cally to Joliet, nearly 40 miles, and
$60,000,000 have been spent thus far
on the work.
2. The entire route of the lakes-to-
the-gulf deep waterway from Joliet to
New Orleans, through the Des PLANES
river, the Illinois river and the Mis-
sissippi river, has been surveyed I'M
der direction of congress by United
States engineers, who have officially
reported to congress that the building
of the deep waterway is feasible.
8. The people of the state of ILL
nois have adopted constitutional
amendment providing for bond is
sue of $20,000,000, the money to be
spent in constructing the deep water
way southwark from Joliet
4. A bill introduced by United States
Representative Richard Bartholdt of
Missouri is now pending in congress,
| providing for the issuance by the
| United States government of bonds to
the amount of 10000, 900, the money
to be spent in constructing this deep
waterway from the lakes to the gulf
and other meritorious projected river
| improvements.
5. 1t is intended to ask the Sixty
| first congress to pass bill providing
| definitely that the United States gov
eminent undertake the construction
of the deep waterway from the point
where the Illinois work will end, to
the Gulf of Mexico.
In the afternoon, following the ad-
dress of President Taft, Clifford. Pin
chot, head of the government forestry
department, made an address on the
conservation of the nations natural
resources.
In the evening the delegates to the
convention were entertained at stag
smoker by the Progressive union of
New Orleans. This evening all the
delegates and the ladies accompany
ing them were the guests of the Pro-
gressive union at the New Orleans
Opera house, where La Juive" was
given by the French Opera Com
pany.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-04
DEEP WATERWAY IS
DEMANDED BY ALL
Great River Convention Is Held
in New Orleans.
PRESIDENT FAvORS PROJECT
Promises the Present Administration
Will Support Issuance Of Federal
Bonds II Fourteen-Foot Pro-
gram Proves Feasible.

New Orleans, Nov. L. Ringing
demands for IA feet through the val
ley" and elaborate argument in sup
port of the program for the creation
of deep waterway from the lakes to
the gulf have marked the great con-
vention Of the Deep Waterway asso-
citation that opened here Saturday.
President Taft, Vice-President Sher-
man, Speaker Cannon, governors Of
tn Mississippi valley states, innumer-
able senators and representatives and
mighty throng of private citizens
who believe in the big river project
are here and all urge that 1t be un-
dertaken and carried to a speedy con-
clusion.
President Taft Promises Support.
President Taft, who arrived in New
Orleans escorted by great fotil'a,
after an Illuminating trip down the
Mississippi river from st. Louis, land
ed from the lighthouse tender Clean
der about eight o'clock Saturday
morning, and was driven to his ho-
tel through streets that were cano-
pied with magnolia branches, palmet-
toes and southern moss, and every
where entwined in the decorations
were the notices Fourteen Feet
Through the Valley" and River Rate
Regulation Is Rate Regulation" At
the Athenaeum in the afternoon the
president aroused storm of cheers
by promising that if the 14-feet project
proved feasible and advisable, the
present administration would favor
the issuance of government bonds to
| defray the cost.
Not for "Pork Barrel"
| At the same time Mr.. Taft made 1t
plain that he would not stand for any
plan to make a pork barrep of the
project. He said he opposed any
such general bond issue of s500,000,-
900 or s1,000,0 100000 for waterways
improvement, the money to be cut
up and parceled out to different sec
tions. He declared that the improve
ment of waterways had been carried
forward in a haphazard fashion in
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-04

the past, and that a new method
should be adopted
Il believe in the deep waterway"
said the president Il am for it, and
shall use all the power that | pos
sess in doing what may be accom-
plished to give you citizens of this
great valley what you so earnestly de-
sire. 1t is all part of still great
er movement inaugurated by Theo-
dore Roosevelt, and properly called
by him the conservation of our ma
tional resources.
THE projects for irrigation and for
the Improvement of waterways in the
future are not to be for the purpose
of distributing pork to every part of
the country. Every measure is to be
adopted on the ground that it will be
useful to the whole country. They
are not to be adopted for sending
certain congressman back to Wash
ington or for making certain parts Of
the country profitable during the ex-
penditure of the money.
I'VE should take up every compre-
hensive project on its merits and de-
termine whether the country where
the project is to be carried out has so
far developed as to justify the enor-
nous expenditure of money and if 1t
will be useful when done When we
decide in favor of project, believe
in issuing bonds to carry it to COM
pletion as rapidly as possible. 1t has
been proposed that we issue bonds for
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-04

geological formation is such that the
lift is not usually more than from TWEEN
ty to forty feet. Delta lands of the
Mississippi and those of the rivers of
the Carolinas and Georgia produce a
fine grade of rice, which reaches the
market early and brings fancy prices.
However, in many cases. these lands are
not adapted to the use of the improved
machinery, consequently the expense OF
growing the crop is greater than that
of the prairie lands.
"'The alluvial lands of South Arkan-
sas are in many places adapted to rice
culture. Pure warm water, with nitrates
and other soluble plant food, can be
taken from lakes, ponds, bayous, and
rivers at very little expense.
at is stated that the lands which are
now devoted to rice are lands that, ow-
ing to lack of drainage and reclamation,
were not adapted to other field crops and
were almost exclusively used for graz
ing. A farmer planted forty acres of
bottom land lying adjacent to Bearskin
Lake with rice in order to determine
whether irrigation would kill nut grass,
which was very abundant in the field,
and at the same time produce crop of
rice. The experiment was successful and
an average yield of 46 1-2 bushels of
rice per acre was secured.
"The time of planting largely depends
upon the season, but it is recommended
fDr entxtb AL hot ba
planted as soon as all danger of frost is
over and the ground warm enough to
terminate the seed, which will usually be
from April 1st to May 18th. Honduras
should be planted earlier than Japan,
which may be sown any time until May
18th.
$50 far few insect pests and fungus
diseases and no noxious weeds, except
red rice, have appeared in the rice fields
of the State.
RED rice according to DIR. s. A.
Knapp, is so called from the red color
of the grains. In most cases the grain
is colored a dark rcd through the entire
substance. In other instances seeds may
present any shade of color between the
red and the white; again, only the seed
coat contains the coloring matter, and
in this case the grain comes from the
mis- clean and white, or with little
stripes of red where the coat has beer
imperfectly removed, The presence of Q
few grains of red rice in milled rice low
ers its grade and reduces its price. II
is, therefore, important to keep red rice
out of rice fields.
! 'sIn order to keep red rice from ths
rice field it is advised to grow few
acres isolated and planted on sod or new
land for seed, and to select the largest
earliest and best heads for the next crop
| When red rice appears the field should
be plowed, disked and narrowed as soor
as the crop is harvested. If the land i
dry and hard, flooding will germinats
many Of the seeds, which will then b.
killed during the winter. Other SEED
I
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-04

two varieties, which are the only two
kinds now planted in Arkansas, are
briefly described as follows:
"'The Japan has short, thick kernel,
thick hull and heavy grain. 1t is not
SO tall as the Honduras, and the straw
is smaller and green when the grain is
ripe. The percentage of bran in the
Japan is small. Since the grains do not
break so badly, it will mill more head
rice than the Honduras. The market
price for Japan, however, is a little less
than for Honduras, but the yield is
greater.
1.-The Honduras has large grain, a
tall, stiff stalk, ard is not so easily
blown down. Both varieties have their
advantages and disadvantages. Our ex-
periments, based upon two years tests,
proved that Japan is well adapted to our
soil and climate. Japan may be planted
later than Honduras with good results.
"The character of the soil of the
Prairie Tongue and Grand Prairie re-
gions of Arkansas, which have been
found especially adapted to rice culture,
are thus described:
"'The low, level character of the land
the stiff texture, and impervious subsoil
are peculiarly favorable to holding water
during irrigation, thus economizing the
amount necessary. The ground dries inn
mediately after the water has been turn
ed off, so the binder and team will pass
over it. An abundant supply of pure
water can be secured from wells rang
ing in depth from 100 to 200 feet. The
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-04
His Politics at Home.

A political canvasser called at a
home the other day and inquired as
to the political affiliations of the man
of the house.
"Oh, WELL" said the housewife,
he's everything. He's nice when he's
away, and he's not so nice at other
times
But about politics." said the can
vasser. rs he Democrat or Re-
publican?"
We'll, 1t depends on who he is
with" said the lady. IF it's policy
to be Democrat when he's with Dem
ocrats, he's Democrat. and when
he's with Republicans he's Repub-
lican."
81 understand" persisted the can
vasser. but between ourselves, what
is he at homer"
"Oh. at home he's perfect terror. !"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-04

rights to one-fifth of the crop. In case
of sufficient rainfall to mature crop
and the planter draws little water from
the company the latter is still entitled to
its share of the crop. While the eX-
treme case Just cited is never realized
in actual practice, the fact remains that
the demand for water varies greatly
with different seasons.
In part to avoid the provisions of
these contracts and have an Independent
supply and in part to cover the lands
not reached by the large canals, many
growers have put down wells and in
stalled their own pumping machinery.
For several years the author has been
making pump tests in the rice districts,
the results of which have been published
in previous reports, but with few ex-
ceptions the plants tested have been the
large ones taking water from streams
and bayous; that is, those furnishing
water to planters under. contracts such
as described above. During the season
of 1907, however, the small pumping
plants lifting water from wells for the
use of the owners received special at.
tention. This was done for the pur-
pose of determining the cost of water
supplied in this way, and in general the
efficiency of the methods and machinery
used.
This follows the result of the test OF
the IS plants. These pumping plants
consisted of engines, boilers, running
from rs to 60 horse power, centrifugal
pumps of sufficient capacity, wells OF
varying depths and expense of boring,
cost of fuel, labor, per cent. interest on
the money invested and 10 per cent. per
annum depreciation. The general re-
suits are given in the following tables:
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-04

at the Arkansas plants is $11.61 per
acre irrigated. The average lift at the
Louisiana plants is approximately 20
feet, and at the Arkansas plants APP
proximately 40 feet, the increase in cost
not being quite proportional to the in
crease in lift. Although the Arkansas
rice planters secure their water supply
at slightly smaller cost per acre per
foot of lift, yet they must contend
against a considerably higher cost of
water than that borne by the Louisiana
planters, due entirely to the increased
lift.
Coming to the comparison between
taking water from canal company in
Louisiana and installing and operating
pumping plant large enough for farm
of ordinary size, in discussing this mat
ter in former report the writer said
in substance: Assume an 8-barrcl crop
and that the average price of rice is So
per barrel. In case water is taken from
a canal system, the charges of the canal
company win be 1/5xsx$3=$4.S0 per
acre. With rice selling at $3.50 per
barrel the amount paid the canal COM
pany would amount to $500. When the
farmer raises ten barrel crop, and the
price is SO per BARREL the cost will be
$500, while the price of rice is $3.50,
the water for the ten barrel crop will
cost $500 The average cost of pump
ing per acre in Louisiana, as shown by
the table, is $6.67. This is based on the
pumping OF ia acre-fect per acre. If
more water is used, the cost will be APP
proximately $500 additional per acre.
foot used. 1t appears, then, that under
ordinary conditions there is slight
financial advantage in securing water
from canal. Under abnoraml condl
lions there are advantages on either
side, and it is a matter of balancing
these In years of heavy rainfall and
good crops the canal company secures
it's share of the crop for minimum OF
service. Under the same circumstances
the owner of pumping plant saves his
fuel charges. His interest is the same
and his depreciation is nearly as great
as in years when his plant is in full
operation. On the basis of the plants
shown in the table, the cost, ii no pump
ing is done, will be $2.66 per acre, and
the owner would gain the difference be-
tween this and the payments to the
company. On the other hand, in the
case of crop failure for any reason,
there are no payments to the canal COM
pany, while the cost to the pump owner
will still be $2.66 per acre in addition to
whatever is spent for fuel and attend
ance. This comes at time when he has
no crop from which to meet it, while
the increased payments to the canal COM
pany come at time when he is best
able to bear them"
A limited supply of Bulletin No. POI
will be furnished those especially inter
ested upon application to this office. 1t
was the intention of the writer to make
trip into the rice section of Louisiana
some time ago, but illness prevented.
Additional information concerning rice
culture will be given from time to time
as has already been stated.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-04

100000 900 or 1900. 100000, and cut
1t up and parcel the money out in this
and that section of the country.
am opposed to any such proposition,
because it not only smells Of the
pork barrel but would be pork
barrel"
Sherman, Too, 10 for II.
Vice-President James S. Sherman
has brought to the people of the mid
die west the message of the east,
promising enthusiastic support Of the
waterway program. I'VE people of
the east depend ON your people of the
west" said he. when we help you,
we help ourselves, so there is every
reason why we should do all in our
power for you, as soon as we realize
what you want and why you want it."
Speaker Cannon and Secretary of
War Dickinson are no less outspoken
in their assurances of support, and
many senators and representatives,
among them Senator Lorimer of ILL.,
nois, the father Of the deep waterway
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-04
The Russian Dynasty

The present dynasty OF Russia Is
the house of Romanoff. founded by
Gear Michael Fedoroyite Romanoff.
who ascended the throne in 1913.
The Romanoffs are descended from
Andrew Kobyla. who came from Prus-
sia to Moscow In 1914
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-04
Arkansas.

Total and average:
$24,s9s 979 $25 43 $11 81
Following this table is the following
explanation:
'The table shows that the average cost
of pumping at the well plants tested in
Louisiana is s6.67 per acre, while that
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-04

A Missouri farmer was nearly
kicked to death by mule that he
had rescued from burning barn. A
mule may be as ungrateful as q
thoughtless son.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-04
ApprecIatIon.,I

Il was strongly tempted when We
were in the conservatory alone to take
you In my arms and kiss you. Would
you have been very angry with me il
| had done sol" "Yes--very. But
thank you for the compliment"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-04
Farmers Telephone Rates.

Permission has been asked of the Mis-
sissippi Railroad Commission by the lead
ing telephone corporations doing business
in the State to again increase their rates
for long distance messages on account
of recent damage to lines by the storm
that prevailed during the middle of Sep
TENDER. The proposition has not been
acted upon at the time this is written,
but it is believed that the permission
asked will not be granted
Does the general public realize what
has been gained during the past few
years by the telephone companies in the
way of increased rates? Possibly not,
and it might be well to recount some
of it. The free county service by sub
scribers has been done away with, and
we must pay for message to friend,
although he may not be more than a
mile away, and both regular subscrib-
ers. Up to two years ago, night mes
sages were only one-half of the regular
day rate. Now we pay just the same
for a night message as a day message.
Within four years the farmers rate has
ben increased from 200 to 500 per cent.
This last increase is the one to be
most deplored. Telephone lines were
being run to the remotest portions of
the counties, and every farmer was able
to have one in his home, provided he
built and maintained his own line. The
expense then was only So a year for
the privilege OF connecting with the local
exchange Now it runs from SIS to $25
per year.
The rates are surely high enough with
out an increase at this time. The demand
is for network of phones that will
cover the entire State, and to secure
this the rate must be in keeping with
the ability of our people to pay.
This has been phenomenally success
full year for the fairs in Mississippi.
Every one reports goods exhibits and
record-breaking attendance. Corinth with
its first year ran the attendance above
five thousand per day and the same re-
port comes from Holly Springs, which
was also in the initial year. Greenville
held the second fair, but the first on its
own ground, and it was splendid sue
cess. Without exception, the news comes
that all have had good years. With a
little encouragement, the number of fairs
could be doubled and trebled in year
or so and nothing would go farther to-
ward the proper development of the agri-
cultural, horticultural and live stock re-
sources of the state. Is it not about
time that the state was recognizing the
usefulness of these institutions and help.
ing them?
Natchez and Greenville are agitating
the subject of packing plants to afford
market for the hogs that will be raised
after the weevil becomes thoroughly dis
tributed over the adjacent territory
The bug does not eat corn nor the hogs
that corn produces. It is the proper
thing to do. Keep your eye on these
progressive communities.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-04
Birth Of Biblical Art.

The first Biblical illustrative art
consisted in the symbolic frescoes OF
the Catacombs.