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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-17
ADAPTABILITY OF ALFALFA.
Crops Produced In Most Climates Of
the united States,

Crops Produced In Most Climates Of
the United States.
While experts have been declaring
that alfalfa would grow only in GER
tain soils and in certain climates. it
has proved a%daptability to nearly all
climates and almost all soils. 1t pro-
duces with a rainfall as scant as four
teen inches and in the gulf states fiour-
ishes with sixty-ive inches. 1t gives
crops at an elevation Of 5000 feet
above sea level. and in southern Cali.
fornia 1t grows below sea level to q
height Of six feet or over, with nine
cuttings a year. aggregating ten to
twelve tons. An authenticated photo
graph shows a wonderful alfalfa plant
raised in the irrigated desert Of south
ern California. sixty feet below sea
level, that measured considerably more
than ten feet In height. Satisfactory
crops are raised. but on limited areas!
a. yet. in Vermont and Florida. New
York has grown 1t for owe 100 years
in her clay and gravel. Nebraska
grows 1t in her western sand hills
without plowing. as does Nevada on
her sagebrush desert. The depleted
cotton soils Of Alabama and rich corn
lands Of Illinois and Missouri each re-
spond generously with profitable yields
to the enterprising farmer. while it's
accumulated nitrogen and the subsoil-
ing it effects are making the rich land
more valuable and giving back to the
crop worn land the priceless elements
Of which 1t has been In successive gen.
erations despoiled by a conscienceless
hnaha ndrv.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-17
Nay Have sIeeplns sIekness.

Phoenix. Ariz., Dec. 15.-Charles
Nelson, q Swedish ranch hand, is un-
der observation here for sleeping i'll.
ness. Since Friday morning he has
been In q sound slumber and previous
~ has had periods Of sleep lasting
days. Little is known Of Nelson ex-
cOpt that formerly he vas q sailor
and visited many parts Of the world.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-17
GAS POCKET MENAcEs CITY
Six Persons Hurt by Explosion at To
peka, Kan.

six Persons Hurt by Explosion at To.
peka, Kan.
Topeka, Kan, Dec. 15.-Six men
were seriously injured in an explosion
Of natural gas in a fire cistern here.
One of the six, Frank Snyder, street
commissioner, was fatally burned.
While the men, who are members Of
the street force. were cleaning out the
cistern one struck q match to light a
cigar. The explosion followed. The
gas came from q broken main.
City oficials will at once take action
to relieve a pressure Of natural gas
which 1t has been discovered under.
Hes the business section of the city.
The gas, 1t is believed. has escaped
from mains under the streets and 1t
IL believed that a pocket has formed
containing enough gas to be a menace
to the city.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-17
FOR zELAYA's LIFE
Population Of Leon, Nicaragua,
State Of Revolt.

Population Of Leon, Nicaragua, in
State Of Revolt.
Port Limon, Costa Rica, Dec. 49,
The population Of the department of
Leon, Nicaragua, is in a state Of re-
volt, according to advices here, and
clamoring for the life Of Zelaya. Gov
ernment troops. 1t IL reported. have
refused to march against the people
Of Leon. It is said the people favor
Dr.. Francisco Bacca for president.
Bacca was aspirant for the presidency
in the revolution against Zelaya in
1896.
The people of Leon favored him
then but the spirit of revolution was
crushed at the battle Of Navgorte.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-17
SEVEN PERSONS
DIE IN F|RETRAP
Number: Of Others Injured
at Cincinnati
-
no CHANCE FOR ESCAPE

IHfa+EG -itlHTL 49, N-siA4sA -AH. A--.S-4 4-E -.
Emergency Doors Are Mailed Up and
When Police and Firsmen Break
Them Down several Bodies Are
Found In the Passaaeway-over
turning Of Lamp During Fight Be-
twssn Tenants Cause Of Blaze.
Cincinnati, Dec. 15.-seven persons
lest their lives, seven others were in
jured, two probably fatally, and fifty
sthers had narrow escapes from In
slant death in q fire which destroyed
. four.story tenement at Third street
and Sycamore.
The fire started on the second floor
Of the building and was due to the
upsetting of a kerosene lamp during
. quarrel between tenants. The flames
spread rapidly to the stairways and
halls, cutting on escape.
When the sleeping inmates awoke
many rushed to the windows and 9TH
srs to the roof. The hremenS and po-
icemen rescued many, but other in
mates were too frightened to heed the
cries of rescuers and threw them
selves from the windows. Some OF
these were caught in blankets held
below, but others jumped to the side
walk. !
On n OF the upper floors Of the
building Mrs. Henderson was found
dead clasping her twelve-year-old
daughter Ruth, also dead. The wo-
mans two other children were discov-
Nred dead in m adjoining room. The
nother and daughter were almost to
tally incinerated.
The building was q death trap. The
snly fire escape was rendered useless
~ the flames and the emergency
doors. supposed to lead to safety and.
ordered to be kept open BY the fire
department, were nailed shut. When
Aremens chopped them down they
found the passageway blocked with
6hlrred bodies. ri
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-17
Revolt BREAKS. !.
OUT IN M|ANACUA
Demonstration Against the
zelaya Government
NO MOVE TO CHECK MOB

lnaction Of Police Emboldens the Riot.
srs and Fiery Speeches Are Made
o%enuneiatory Of the Present Regime.
Manifestation Of Approval Made Be.
fore the Home Of the United States
Consul.
Managua, Nicaragua, Dec. 15.-Re.
bellion has broken out at the capital.
The streets are filed with unre.
strained demonstrators. Shouts OF
Long live liberty. the United States
and Estrada" fill the air. The police
have not made any move to check the
mob. It is said that President Zelaya
has promised to make public at once
the announcement of his resignation
from the presidency.
While fiery speeches were being
made and the crowd was as angry as
it could be the police made no show
rived in the city and his advent was
the signal for a demonstration that
made the earlier outbreak appear tenn.
perate in comparison. The crowd had
become emboldened because of the
nonipterference of police and violent
denunciations Of the present regime
voiced apparently without
thought of a possible consequence. In
the confusion of shouts one could
make out viva Mexico" Long live
the United States" "The hand writing
is on the WALL"
Following demonstrations at the no.
tel of Senior Corda, who was but re.
Gently released from prison, the crowd
moved to the home of Henry Caldera,
the United States vice consul. Here
they cried, "Live Estrada" Live the
revolution Live the United States
Still the police did not interfere and
the tramping and shouting went on
until the m~anifestants had tired
themselves out.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-17

by the Standard Oil company. MI.
Shaw throughout his address opposed
the proposed central bank. He said:
II am frank to say that 1t seems to
be quite un.American to place with
any group of men the power to con-
tract. or expand currency at will
and to grant or withhold credit to any
bank, to any merchant and to any cor
pcration at pleasure"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-17
MICHIGAN MINERS ENToMBED
-Four Men May Be Dead AZ Result Of
Accident.

Negaunee, Mich, Dec. 15.-Four
miners are entombed in the second
level Of the Negaunee iron mine. Two
OF the miners are Italians and two are
Firms. The men were buried by q
fall of ground and there is no way of
telling whether the men are alive or
dead. The other miners are working
In short relays in an effort to reach
them.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-17
OPPOSES CENTRAL BANK lDEl
Leslie N. Shaw Says Standard Oil
Would Control ilt.

Indianapolis, Dec. 15.-Leslte M.
Shaw, former secretary Of the treas.
ury, speaking to about 400 business
men at the board of trade, declared
there is NO doubt in the minds OF
those who have studied the proposed
central bank that such an institution
would be owned or at least controlled
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-17

Possibly the rough riders are ~ ~
ready for the assembly call, and ths
sequel to ''back from Elba' Will; &
.on to Nicaragua" 4
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-17
TO TAX WOOD PULP
Export Duty Will Be Put Into Effect
Next September.

EXPoTT Outy VIII DO tut INTO EH0ct
Next September
Ottawa, Ont, Dec. 15.-The province
Of Quebec will put an export tax into
effect Sept. / upon pulp wood ship
ments to the United States. The an
nouncement comes publicly from Mr..
Taschereau, minister of public works
for the province, that the plans have
not been changed for putting this ex-
port tax into effect, even II the action
of the provincial government may
bring on the threatened tariff war and
disruption of trade relations with the
neighboring nation.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-17

Taft .selnsS r. think thersAs aslop /
'suglIalirin that ksSdssesaliegs5
- 4 over. 1aSs sag sss sSsls 3s5s Il
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-17

ANYWAY; let us remember that NH.
strsi william Watsonspiped valioroullaliEyyI
for IL Beers. 81 5s
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-17

When zelaya thought that two
Americans wouldn't connt he forget;
that every Americans ! sonS q lUn.ssaes
Sam. Sss .sWsss
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-17

Fortunate perhaps that Il was Mica
ragua and not Germany we were nov
ing against when the war transport
Prairie got stuck in the mud in Delal--
ware river. # &
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-17

Will Nicaragua havesany money 81
pay that indemnity after ths present
festivities are over! Ss.S
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-17

than In the oats. the stand was far
better and more vigorous. towering
above the other beside II. and the col
or, too. was different. being Z rich
green Of a darker hue"
Similar. experiments have been made
in Illinois and Ohio.
The cuts here presented show the
benedciai effect Of acid phosphate -
corn. An increased yield Of large ana
well 1lled ears resulted where phos-
phate was used compared with . Hight
yield and nubbins where none was
ussd.
gieetrietty IN Farms.
Electric power companies are being
formed % Pennsylvania and othag
eastern states which are thickly ~
tlsd 10 supply Msht an power T.
flr1ns. One Phiadelp1a eSenpany
aov naking eoatzaets 49, axe
g.. 81
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-08-27
From SUWanRee.

Editor DemOcrat:-Will you let me
tell the sister" churches, Qm so
sure they will rejoice to hear that Bro.
J. S. Hurst held a short series Of good
meetings at Suwannee Missionary Bap-
fist church, closing Tuesday night, Au-
gust 18th.
While there were no additions, We
fell much comforted with the evident
presence Of the Lords spirit among the
visiting brethren as well as the mem
bers Of our individual church and sur
rounding community, and We hope that
the results may be to the upbuilding Of
the Lords cause at this place.
We thank our friends for their chris
tan assistance in this meeting.
A MEMBER.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-08-27
SEA ISLAND CONVENTION.
President knight, Of Florida, Talks
interestingly Of Big Meeting.

President NJ. S. Knight, Of the Farm
ers' Union of Florida, came up from
Lake City and is spending today in this
city.
President Knight talked interestingly
Of the big convention Of Sea Island cot
ton growers and dealers to be held in
YaldoSta on September II. He said it
Is to be a convention of growers, ship
pers, dealers and manufacturers com
bined, and said he expected it to be the
greatest meeting Of the kind yet held
Mr.. knight said a large delegation
would be here from Florida represent
ing the Sea Island cotton interest
throughout the State of Florida, and
that he expected that Georgia would
meet Florida here with an enthusiastic
delegation. -Valdosta ga. Times.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-08-27
RECORD BREAKING CROPS.
Figures OF Agricultural Department
Show Seven Million Dollar Crop.

Washington, Aug. = Billions upon bill
lions the farmer has again piled up his
wealth, " says Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson, in his annual report. In the
crop year of 1903 the total valuation of
farm products was S7,778,OOO,O 900, the
biggest in the worlds history, as Sec
rotary Wilson suggests.
ut is real tangible wealth as it ex-
lists at the time it leaves the hands of
the producer, 1t is about four times
the value of the products of the mines.
including mineral oils and precious met
ais. From these agricultural products
the manufacturing and mechanical m
dustries that use the agricultural pro-
ducts as materials draw IS per cent Of
their total materials, and these indus
tries use AZ per cent of all materials
used in the eLtire business Of manutae-
turing.
THE farm value of farm products
this year is S2O0, 900, 600 above the value
for 1907, and SS,O6l, 100000 above the
census amount for 1899. During the
last ten years the wealth production of
the farms of this country has exceeded
the fabulous amount of $50, 900, OOO, 900.
Greatest of all crops is Indian corn.
The value of this crop is 81, SIS, 600, 900.
This is enough to pay for the Panama
Canal and fifty battIeships.
''FOr the first time in the history of
the cOuntry's agriculture, the value Of
the cotton crop, including the seed, has
apparently exceeded the value of the
hay crop, 1921, OOO,O 900, which has here
tOfOre, held second place for a long
series Of years.
Wheat is LIS per cent above the s.
year average in production and 1913
above that average total value. The
value was $500, 900, 900, which was never
approached nearer than sec, 600, 900. =
"The value of the farm products Of
the dairy cow are getting closer to
$500, 900, and the egg and poultry
produced on the farm are worth as
much as the cotton crop, seed included,
or the hay crop, or the wheat crop. To
the farmer who has averaged 20 cents
a pound for butter that he has sold, 8
and 4 cents quart for his milk, and
about II cents for each egg, and even
to the consumer, who has paid prices
much above these, this increase in val
ue is striking"
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-08-27
NeWman-HO
ton

Married, on Sunday, August 22nd, at
the residence of J. W. Powers, near
Falmouth, Mr.. George c. Newman, of
Lancaster, and Miss SaIie Hodge, Of
Hahira, Ga, George 7. Meeks oficiat-
ing. The happy couple left immedi-
ately after the ceremony for Lancaster,
where they will make their home.
Mr.. Newman is q well known and
prosperous farmer of this county, and
the bride is highly respected and re-
fined lady of Hshira, Ca, and loved
and respected by all who have had the
pleasure Of her acquaintance.
May peace, prosperity and happiness
attend them through life.
ONE PRESENT.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-08-27
G. H. DORMAN,
Organizer.

Work on both the new depot and
round house and machine shops Of the
c. H. & n. Ry. Co. at Arcadia is being
rapidly pushed to completion. Il is ex-
pected that all of these buildings VIII
be completed by the middle Of Septem-
Der, when all the officials viii move into
their permanent quarters.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-08-27
PANIC IN ALAEAA
One Hundred Cases d PolagFa a
Clark County.

MONTGOMERY, Als.-With Eve deaths
from pOllagra in Butler county, three
persons are dying and Eve cases are
under observation.
There is almost a panic in that sec
ton Of the state, and the department
Of health has been importuned to send
help, but DR.. N. Mason, the only ex-
pert in the service, is investigating in
Clark county, where more than 100
cases are reported
County health officers have been IN
structed to isolate all the cases and
watch them, with the view to deter
mining whether or not they are infec-
tiOus.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-08-27
FRAUDULENT CERTIFICATES.
State Superintendent Holloway Issues
Strong Circular.


Tallahassee, Fla. Hon. W. NJ. HOl-
lOway, state superintendent of public
instruction, who, in the past, has been
greatly annoyed by the fraudulent
practices of certain negro applicants
for teachers certificates, has issued to
the county superintendent of public
instruction the following circular letter
in which he yields the big stick" in
true ROOsevelteaH fashion
To the County Superintendent Of Pub
lie Instruction:
l. On account of the fraudulent
practices in connection with the uni
form examinations of applicants for
teachers certificates in this state,
have this day, by Virtue of the author
ity vested in me under the provisions
Of section S74 of the General Statutes
of the State of Florida, revoked the
certificates of the following named
teachers: Bessie Watts, Gainesville;
S. K. Kelley, Lawtey; W. A. RO-
chelle, Gainesville; ]. C. Jones, Mon
teOeha; H. G.. Williams. Newberrv.
William Madison, La Crosse; S. A.
Tllman, st. Augustine; Anna P. Nc
Elvin, Gainesville; Lucy Murrell,
Gainesville.
2. Each county superintendent of
public instruction is hereby requested
not to admit to any future examination
in this state, as applicants for teach
ers' certificates, William Madison, S.
A. Tillman and Anna P. Melvin; and
if by oversight any one Of these per.
sons should be admitted to an exam
nation, and a certificate issued to hin
or her, as the result of such examina-
ton, said certificate will be promptly
revoked by the state superintendent Of
| public instruction.
3. Every applicant for a teachers
certificate in this state, shall be re.
| guired to take the examination in his
or her home county, unless he or she al
the time of examination shall present
to the examiner written permit from
the state superintendent of public in.
structiOn, emitting him or her to take
examination elsewhere.
4. A reward of 500 is hereby
offered and will be paid to any person
who shall produce sufficient evidence
in any court of competent jurisdiction
in this state, to convict any one of lille
gally securing or attempting to secure
the questions to be used in any exam
nation of applicants for teachers Ger
tifcateS.
5. Each county board of public in
structiOn is hereby requested to Offel
a reward of $50 for the same purpose
6. Before the negro youth of thi
state shall be permitted to be instruct
ed by a class of thieves and scOundrels
the state superintendent Of public in
structiOn will revoke the certificate o
every teacher and close the doors o
every negro schOOlhOuse in Florida.
Yours very truly,
(Signedl w. NJ. HOLLOWAY,
State Superintendent Of Public Instruc
ton.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-08-27
Notice

The State Executive Committee Of
the F. E. and Gu. of A., Florida diyis-
ion are requested to meet at Live Oak,
Fla, at 10 o'clock a. m. on September
IA, 1909, for the purpose Of discussing
and formulating plans for marketing
the present crop of Sea Island cotton.
We hope to have a full delegation
from every county in the Sea Island
cotton belt with US, as We will have a
full report from the manager of the
Sea Island Cotton Co., of Savannah, Ga.
Respectfully,
c. {. PLEDGER,
Chm'n Com.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-08-27
GIRLS TAKE PLACE q
Young Ladies lake BE Wages
westeEn ass E,

Omaha, Neb.. Aue in
harvest that S now Be ssd
throughout Southern and es Ne
braska supplies cOnvinci rof that
the women Of the West are Edly
erOwding the men out q tDs ilelds Of
labor and are candidates for positions
in all Of the respectable avocatiOns.
When the Nebraska small grain harvest
opened there was a great shortage Of
male help. Even three dollars a day,
with board, lodging and washing, did
not attract the city man. A large num-
Of college students went to the rescue
Of the ripenAg grain, but the supply
was far less than the demand. Far
mers became desperate. The price Of
wheat kept on soaring and they could
not afford to let the grain go back into
the ground Out in Beatrice one day
Henry Wilson, a farmer living nine
miles south of town, needed four men
for gathering and shocking wheat. He
offered idle park lOungers $S.25 per day,
they declined to go to work. Stopping
at a lunch counter before going home,
Mr.. Wilson told his troubles to Miss
jeanette Allison, a waitress.
why don't you hire girs?" she
asked.
"TheY would not go into the harvest
field and they would not do the work if
they could, " responded the farmer.
"Trythem, ventured thegirl "Give
me the same wages as you would a man
and will go. Besides. if / do not do
the work of a man will not charge
/ you a cent.
Not only did Miss Allison ride home
with Farmer Wilson that night, but
four Of her girl friends went along.
] The next evening Farmer Wilson told
I, his wife that he had never had harvest
hands that did better work than the FIVE
/ girls. The second day farmers came
from miles about, saw the girls at work,
and that night many Of them went to
Beatrice and other neighbOring towns,
where they hired fifteen young women
to work in the grain fields.
/ Word was passed down to Omaha that
young women could have employment
in the harvest fields of Gage county.
An employment agency published this
ad;
Wanted-0ne hundred young women
to work in the harvest fields. Wages
50 per day. Board and washing.
The next day that employment agent
did business. He was swamped with
applicants, all young women, school
teachers, stenOgraphers, college girls
and girls who had been working in fac
tories at from IS to 81 per week. All
they wanted was to be given a trial,
The farmers gave them the trial and
they made good. They remained with
the farmers until the harvest was fin
ished, and many of them still continue
during the stacking and haying, receiv-
ing from $1.75 to 81 per day and board,
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-08-27
Fined for Drinking on Train.

It remained for Nose Johnson, a ne
gro. to create for himself the diStinc-
ton of being the first to violate one Of
the laws fathered by Senator Beard at
the last session of the legislature. This
law was the one forbidding drinking Of
whiSkey on trains, cars, etc. johnson
enjoyed a long pull at bottle Of gin
while On the bayshore car. He was ar
rested for it yesterday, pleading guilty,
was sent TO the county road works for
four months by Judge Beggs. This IS
the first violation Of the new statute
known Of in the state. Pensacola
Journal
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-08-27
Notice to Cotton Growers.

/ am putting up gins in Live Oak
and solicit your patronage, assuring
you Of the best service l can give. /
have had long years of experience in
the ginning business, and will run the
celebrated Foss gins. / am sure | can
please YOU.
Thanking you in advance, / remain,
YOURS 70 serve, W. FLETCHER.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-08-27
Notice to Teachers.

You are hereby notified that State
Uniform examination for teachers will
begin at the Suwannee High School
building at s o'clock a. n, Tuesday,
Sept. 7th, A. D. 1909. Each applicant
is requested to provide himself with
cap paper, pen, ink, certificate of rec
commentator and an examination fee
of one dollar.
Respectfully,
J. W. 0'HARA,
Supt. Public Instruction.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-08-27

There viii be a local Farmers Edu-
eational and Cooperative Union Of
America organized at the court house
in Live Oak on Saturday, Sept Il, at
2 o'clOck p. m. AL farmers and labor
ing men Of Live Oak and vicinity are
invited 10 attend and take part in the
organization.
G.. H. DORMAN,
Organizer.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-08-27

thereby call special county meeting
of the Farmers Union to meet with the
above named committee. / hope every
local in the county will be represented
at this important meeting.
Respectfully,
G. H. DORNAN, Pres