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The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-09-30
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Washington, Sept. 29.-R. D.
Chaplin, treasurer and general man
agef Of the Chalmers-Detroit Motor
company, has just returned from a
two months' trip abroad in the
course Of which he, visited various
automobile factories, and studied
conditions generally in the automo-
bile industry. He also attended! the
aeroplane carnival at Rheims.
Our business depression Of 1907
affected the automobile industry in
Europe rather seriously, as Of course
the panic was reflected in the bust
ness Of all European counties" said
Mr.. Chaplin. THE industry is again
just coming into its own over there,
however, and the big companies
which are producing we1l made cars
are all/ busy. I went through the
factory Of almost every large manu-
facturer in Europe, and found that
as rule they are equipped with
very fine machinery, and capable of
turning out high quality cars. AL
most without exception the plants
are Of single story construction,
whereas our most modern type of
American automobiles factory con-
structton is Of the REINFORCED con-
crete three or four-storied type.
Unfortunately for the European
manufacturer his home demand isl
limited, and 1t Is very hard to at
tain large volume Of business. The
hgures l gave them az to the\size Of
the production Of some Of our large
manufacturers seemed Incredible,
and 1T was hard TO convince them
that the American public would buy
such tremendous number OF cars.
over here, every American thinks
ne must own some type of automo-
bile, whereas sales on the other side
are confined to the Weather class
es. For this reason, the European
manufacturer today finds 1t difficult
to appro climate the value Tor the
price in his cars which, is to be had
In America.
Volume of Business
"This result the American makers
obtain through spreading nthe over
head expense OF their factories over
great production, so that the &C
tua1 charge per car is smaller COM
pared with our foreign brothers |
Nowhere is this so much In evidences /
as with OUT light American cars
sold ut moderate price, for where
our factories make thousands Of |
cars yearly, theirs make hundredsS |
II find a decided tendency ITO use I
chassis Of small horsepower for |
closed cars. The closed car Is usesl |
entirely for town work, and. they |
figure that the motor of moderate |
Hize affords ample power toy town |
requirements 'At;iY 81 u, IN ~
"Few new types OF cars are, bednsI
produced. Standardization seeme |
to he approaching. The six-cv1in4fr |
motor does ROT create rs n{T"K In. |
terest rs it did two yoafs ntyo. onlt
the most prominent. maa afaeturer
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-09-30
SQUIRRELS RI DON'T |. D SHOOT
!: INTERESTING u :R|i'E|:;S;! WAR STORY

w. H. Heull, writing In the Poca-
hoRtas Times, gives some interesting
war "reminiscences. Among them lis
the following paper: -. "....
Col. John S. Hoffman, who tobk
the place of COL William l.. jack
son. as colonel Of the 3lst Virginia
regiment, was a resident Of Clarks-
burg, in this state, and a lawyer by
profession. before the war he had
made a considerable reputation as a
land lawyer. He had come into Drac-
t1ce at time when the fand titles lin
what were then the western co,In-
ties of Virginia, were in ~consufn-
mate tangle. There were often
times patents and grants covering
the same land, and then there we're
locks and interlocks and laps caused
by careless surveying, all Of whidh.
when the country became settled up
from the elder sections Of the state.
and from ether states, and the land
became more valuable, brought
about almost endless litigation: and
thus what was termed the Gland
lawyer" came into prominence in
settling the legal disputes growing
out Of the unsettled condGfion Of
land titles. It has been said that q.
great deal of the surveying In tn ose
days was done around log fires.
drinking hard cider, sometimes
harder Whiskey, and swapping yarns.
After bhe war Col Hoffman was
ELECTED member Of the state court
of appeals and served with both
honor and distinction. AS soldier
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or s1x-cylfnder cars, over there is tSSssslss
DAY producing probably from tn
three times as many four4cyifnff6S:
chassis as he Is of six. ys, 81
was much impressed MI 81
sreat variety of makes In which stEi
four-cylinders were east ton az
Almost all Of the small Cd rSsSs Df klf sSss
prominent makers have tfei q 81 fss l
ders made in this way: i antief
that the American designers 81 sisaSs
use this construction more aid sSTs3S
every year. Among those lS rs rs $50 Sag
building cylinders cast In one .s,i .Ssts
are the Panhard, Fiat, Napier.
racq, Hotchkiss, Charron s, CI exsISYf S.
and the Isotta. - l% ;s., IEs.s
Taxicabs in Londnls F$SS
AS everybody knows. the stresfs
OF London, Paris and Berlin as
NODDED with taxlcabs. Rates De Il aI
over there are cheaper than wifi sSsEs
and, owing to the rapidity Of fflSsS|
means Of loeomotion, 4taxicabs 81
exceedingly popular" sS;9
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emohies by Bishop Kineman- Of Della.
ware and Bishop Harding of Wash
ington. The presenting bishops
were Darlington of Harrisburg and
Mccormick of western Michigan.
Bishop Nelson of Atlanta preached
the sermon. The ceremony took
place In the church of St. Michael
and All Angels which was elaborate
~ decorated for the occasion.
The new bishop is fifty-two years
old and native Of Maryland. He re-
ce1Ved his theological education at
Drew Theological Seminary, from
which institution he withdrew to en-
ter upon o business career upon the
death OF his'father. Following bus
mess career in Kansas, New Mexico,
and later In Alabama, he retired in
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-09-30
ALL FRANCE MIOUBN
ID FOR DEAD .AIIl|AIu

Paris, Sept. 29.--Crepe aying ff BIZ
every public Flagstaff In FrHfitsas ~
DAY lnd1categ, the intensity OF the SD
nc grief over the hdsstructa on or 81 kSSgs
dlr1gtble balloon Republique ana ffl Xs
death Of her crew. Of four arm iBss
GERS, near ,Moulfns, Sarurd ay q
The funeral OF the four Wet
Captain Marshal, Lieutenant Gu
ana Subltentenants2a XtheHlfE 2Ssiafs
heaux, will be held at VerBai lteW %
morrow and will be national iTfS
acter The men will be buried sEf SE%
full. military honors and many rsElf e
sentattves Of the government viii L
tend. 1t Is possible that Prssig sill
Fallieries will be present. sSss
Dispatches from Moulins saw III
almosts the entirs4 popu18ffon OF
city turned out. today IS the HI sgS5
draped caissons bearing tho bodfsS8kS
the Victims Of the Republicans dis68s
ter paraded through, the streets "a HIS
depot. The crowds stood with .baTaSi
heads as the caissons passed q & f33SSs ,syS'
That Subheutenant Reaux had sxg
premonition Of his death was 3 Safsss
crossed today by q friend OF the dead
aeronaut. 1t develops that ont ~ Is
gust ~ the Republfque began q ~ EnSsz
id descent willie sailing over HE fs0fSss
CLAIMANT. 1t looked for 81 wiki
though the balloon would he 81 70 sS5S
to@picces; bub1the crew saved thsk 4
loon and themselves by 2tiaEU IS
overheard everything in the bA1lu3f
even the fuel cans and parta OF NE
machinery that could be sIjssresf
. 1--WE escaped this time, y haAik 81
marked to friend, e9bub the u XXI
time will probably fffB6 Bas' t
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':tt = <22ta ~ T. tl-:2 ~ Si:5TE
he was braYe: and always manifested
his men,. OF whom he was very
proud, and always seemed to think
that what they could not" accomplish
was impossible Of Accomplishment
We Shall only relaHe ione Instance
out OF a,number that could be given
TO illustrate the esteem in~ which he
held his hmGn. At the battle OF Mine
Run his regiment was ordered to
hold a salient in, the line Of breast
works where we We're not only el-
posed to- an assault from the front,
but from either or both TANKS at
the same tinte. To add to the seri-
ous1fess of the situation the enemy
were very active in our frunt. They
were planting batteries on an emf
hence commanding our position,
masstng, their infantry in the woods
IN our. front and their field officers
could be seen gall6ping up and
down their" lines. - &c., = s,
At this juncture I'm the affairs
General John Pegram, then in COM
4nand OF our brigade, rode up and
after looking over the situation for
q few: moments, he rode up still
closer to our: men and said ,"Men,
YOU are liable to be attacked here at
any moment. Keep cool and re-
serve your fire for short range. Aim
low and knock the pegs from under
the1n-4sh'oot them in the legs. 1T Is
much better to wound men III battle
than. to kill them. If you wound a
man 1t will require two men to car
ry him off the field and In that case
1t would bs%a LOGS to the enemy of
three men; IL you kill man, it is
the loss of one man" When Cen
eraI Pegram was turning his horse
as though he would ride away, Co..
Hoffman, who was standing only a.
short distance away In respectful
Silence, yet nervously plucking his
beard, came stepping up quickly,
and, wfth''a good deal of aanimation,
said, General, Snny men never fail
to do their duty. They are from the
mountains OF West Virginia and
know how to shoot. They are ia
mliar with the use OF the rife, and
almost any one Of them could shoot
squirrel out OF the tallest of these
trees. If one Of my men should
come suddenly on q squirrel he
would not hesitate to step back
twenty PAGES in order to give the
squirrel chance for lis life" To
which Gen. Pegram replied, "Col.
hoffman, I do not dtstrust your
mon, nor do ] doubt your state
ments, bit there Is difference,
squirrels do not Shoot"
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-09-30

1898. 1t was a year later that he
was ordained to the priesthood. and
at first was assigned to service, on the
Alabama river missions. After serv-
ing eight different congregations, he
was at last called to the Advent
church, Birmingham, where he sery-
ed seven years. From Birmingham
he lame. to st. Michael and All An
gels in this city. t..-'
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-09-30

The service at st. Paul q. M. e.
church Sunday: Sunday school 900
a. m. Preaching II a. m. Subject
Where God Found a Leader" 1890
p. M, Rev. b. w. Ford, subject
Fhe Secret Of True Friendship
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-09-30
LoNDoN's NEW lord MAYOR.

London, Sept. 29.-Having been
an alderman Of the City OF Lon ou
for twelve years, and filled the office
of sheriff for one term, Sir John c..
Knill was today elected Lord Mayor
The election was accompanied by all
Of the time-honored ceremony, which
Is almost as interesting and pictuns
esque in Its way as the gorgeous pa
geant with which the new c.-.ef mag.
istrate will be indicted into office on
the 9th Of November. The new Lord
Mayor is fifty-three years old and
was created q baronet in 1893. He Is
the head of large mercantile es-
tablishment and the possessor OF q
large fortune. ,~ ., ~.fs. =
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-09-30
CI)DSECRAEDN0F BISHOP
OF EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Baltimore, Md, Sept. 29.-With
Imposing ceremonies Rev. John Gard
ner Murray, rector of the Protestant
Episcopal Church Of st. Michael and
All Angels in this city, was conse-
Grated as coadjutor bishop of the do
cese OF Maryland today by Bishop,
Paret, whose assistant he becomes.
Bishop Pafet was assisted in the GER
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-09-30
CHoKEs no TEs.

Clarksbug, w, va, Sept = !. q! WI q
While attempting t6 awaIl6w IS
OF beefsteak, s3averlO, Gapezzss Is
eigned, choked te sf6 etfk s tsls
became lodged mn tsiS lib xosk .assgs e
efforts TO dislodga It proved G1tilass
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-09-30
Are 7 GU Working for Money?
Or is Your Money Working for You?


interest,"
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PEE share eur
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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-02-18
Profitob ble feeding consists In giving

Profitable feeding consists In giving
an animal all that 1t will eat and d.
gest properly.
1t is not the hardest labor, but the
best directed labor, that accomplishes
the best results.
The nearer an article is put In con-
dition to suit the purchaser the better
1t Is for the seller.
Good food and shelter pay well in
either case. but always best when CIV
en- to the best stock.
The value Of commercial fertilizers
depends on their containing the ele-
ments which the soil needs.
Profit in farming depends upon three
factors-the cost of production, the
time consumed in producing, and the
price received.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-02-18
Electricity in Agriculture.

The cooperation of Prof. Sir Olive.
Lodge has recently been solicited in
England by eXperimenters desirous Of
testing the effects of electricity in
stimulating the growth Of plants Sir
Oliver Lodge himself describes some
of the results Wires are stretched on
low poles over the field to be treated,
one pole per acre being sufficient. Posi-
tive electricity is supplied at a po-
tential Of about 100000 volts. The
negative electricity is conveyed direct
to earth. Persons walking under the
wires feel the electricity in the air.
The current is maintained for several
hours during the day, but is shut Off
at night. During bright sunshine 1t
seems unnecessary, and may even be
harmful. In the case of wheat the
electrified plots showed an Increase OF
Weld of from so to 40 per cent. and
the wheat brought a better price in
the market. Other crops showed I'M
movement also.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-02-18
Humane Slnught tcrinE

In Germany, where the retail meat
dealer is usually his own butcher, eff
forts are being made-->ts elsewhere-to
substitute humane sle sghtering for the
od-time practices that have caused
much suffering Saxony is taking the
lead, and now has strict laws forbid
ding bleeding until the animals have
been made unconscious. Cattle and
other animals are stunned by blow in
the center of the forehead. usually with
something more certain than the ham
mer or ak Of few years ago. Many
butchers apply the slaughtering mask.
which covers the eyes and has a sharp
bolt that is driven into the brain by a
single blow from wooden hammer :;
but less strength and skill are required
in apparatus using powder-one Of
these being in the form Of a tube like
a telephone receiver, that projects q
bolt when the cartridge is exploded
by gentle tapping, while another fires
sharp-pointed bullet instead Of the
| bolt. An improved instrument just in
troduced into England is the poieax
| gun, which has steel barrel in place
| of the striking end of the ordinary pol
eax, with wire through the wooden
handle for pulling the trigger. In Ger
man, italian, Swiss and other cities
abattoirs are public institutions, where
butchers go to slaughter their animals
under municipal supervision.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-02-18
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

More than 100000 bushels of wheat
we're shipped from Portland, Ore, for
European markets in one day last week.
Broomhal cables that the first general
memorandum report, which, however, is
incomplete, gives the acreage under wheat
in India this year at 2l,596.0O0 acres,
compared with 17,142, 900 last year. The
final general memorandum last year gave
acreage, 2O,963,OOO, and crop, 202,0O0,0O0
bushels.
Minneapolis is again enforcing her milk
inspection ordinance. In one day the in
spector poured 630 gallons taken from
uninspected cans into the sewer.
Secretary Wilson has raised the quar-
antine against cattle in the districts where
foot and mouth disease recently appeared.
The disease has apparently been stamped
out.
According to reports from the Ante
lope valley, in California, thousands OF
cattle are roaming the government ranges
In that section with nothing to eat, and
hundreds are said to be dying of starva.
ton.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-02-18

Every poultryman should give the
henhouse a periodical coat OF lime
wash and the oftener he does it the
better. The matter is very simple
one. If the house is small all you may
want is limewash brush and bucket
of water into which few handfulIs
of quicklime have been put, well SUR
red together and allowed to settle Inc
stuff when put on should be about as
thick as cream. A handful of common
rough salt will help it to adhere to the
walls, a spoonful or two of liquid car
bolic acid will help it to do its mur-
derous work on animal life and little
bit of powder blue (washing blue) Will
prevent the white coat turning yellow
by and by.
If the henhouse Is large one 1t will
pay to use a sprayer for putting on
the limewash. This is a most effective
way Of whitewashing any building
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-02-18

Agricultural Colleges

Agricultural colleges generally had
their beginnings in the bill introduced
by Senator Morrill, of Vermont in 1862,
which some time later was enacted into
law, providing that lands be set aside
by the government as they had been
for the construction of the Pacific rail-
roads, from the proceeds of the sale
of which schools should be established
for agricultural instruction. 1t is In
teresting to note, says llarper's week
ly, that in this same year, when most
of the white men folk were away on
southern battlefields, the Sioux Indians
of the state of Minnesota uprose and
massacred some 800 of the frontier
settlers and in the white mans repri-
sal thirty-eight Of the leaders were
hanged on single Scaffold in the town
of Mankato. SO it may readily be be-
lieved farming at that time had not
been reduced to pedagOgic form, ana
little was done in any of the states
for years except to provide few lee
lures on bucolic subjects, for the pur-
pose Of hanging on to the appropria-
tion. When at last President Farwell
organized a real course of instruction,
according to the lights of the time, 1t
was impossible to secure any student
to Pursue it, even by dint Of bribery.
which the worthy instructors industri-
ously tried.
Book farming was secuted and ridi-
culed by every Old-fashioned or 'prac-
ticap farmer, as it is in the way
back" districts in many states even to
this day. If a boy wanted to be law
yer or a doctor, or even a parson,
there was some excuse for his wasting
time in studying books, but 'farmin' "
was 'farmin'" and it wasn't to be
learned in school. Times have changed
since then. The teachers themselves
have learned something. Many secrets
istry of soils as determining their
trea atment and the crops they will grow,
the scientific crossing of breeds of
| plants, as well as animals, the I'M
provement Of seeds by the selection
of exemplary single heads from a plot
where each straw is numbered, over n
period of ten or a dozen years. One
such process as this added IL IL per
cent to the hard dollars in the pockets
Of the farmers who planted one such
variety produced in the Minnesota sta
tion. Spraying with mysterious col
lege connections eliminated the insects
from the orchards and doubled the
value of apples in the fruit market
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-02-18
EaShfnn Aids.

"The prevailing mode of dress-the
cinging, soft, droopy effects Il
blessing to theatergoing mankind at
least" remarked an observing young
man to his companion in an orchestra
chair at one Of the seasons opening
plays. "If woman comes in late to
the performance she cannot disturb
every one about her by the rustling or
Of many slken petticoats without pro
claiming herself hopelessly behind the
day in style. The sheath-like gown or
this wear clings and is silent and soft.
For myself I'm glad; I've lost more
than one good speech by the tardy en-
trance of a rustling petticoated wom-
an. I'd as soon hear her shoes
squeak"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-02-18
CHAPTER Y.

During this little conversation the Con
federate war steamer, converted from one
of the sound passenger steamers by
mounting a heavy gun on the forecastle,
had been rapidly oyerhauling the Grey
hound. which, in accordance with her
Captains policy, made no effort to es-
cape. The blockade-runner undoubtedly
had the heels of the gunboat, but it was
not Smiths desire to run away. As he
had said, TO do that would certainly give
alarm. and as the success of his under
taking depended entirely upon sur
prise. it was imperatively necessary for
him not to awaken any suspicion as to
the changed condition Of the Greyhound.
Consequently when the gunboat fired a
shot across the bows of the blockade-run-
ner Smith promptly stopped his ship. The
gunboat rounded to short distance from
the starbOard quarter of the Greyhound
and an officer standing forward of the
pilot house. hailed
"What ship is thatt"
"The blockade-runner Greyhound from
New Providence" replied Smith calmly
"what ship is thatf"
"The Confederate gunboat Pamlico
Captain Coley. We've been expecting
you." continued the Confederate. Have
YOU got the guns for the Ellen aboard?"
II have answered Smith mendaciously
They were at present safely slowed be
low in the hold of the st. Lawrence
However, that didn't matter.
Good ~ said Captain Coley, 'the pri
vateer is all ready except mounting tbs
guns"
"She still lies at the wharf at Jones
Inlet?"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-02-18
Notes on Orchard Culture.

Clover is the apple trees best friend.
Profit from a fruit orchard is not
theory but demonstrated fact.
A few days after pruning paint the
stubs with white lead.
Each tree mas an Individuality Of its
own and must be dealt with accord
ingly.
Good, first-class fruit is the aim Of
our efforts. Never be satisfied with
anything else.
Stable manure Is without doubt the
best general fertilizer that can be ap-
pIied to orchard soils.
Make the orchard a business venture
and keep an account Of everything per-
tanning to Its interests
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-02-18
Too Suggestive.

Wimbleton-IIello, Simpleton! How
did YOU enjoy your visit to the insane
asylum the other day?
Simpleton-Oh, so. so. 1t was all
right enough, | guess.
Wimbleton-Weil,y you don't talk as
though YOU were much impressed with
it. Did you give the superintendent my
note of introduction?
Simpeton-Yes, | gave it to him.
Wimbleton-Well.w what did he say?
Simpleton-Oh. he just looked at me
and said: Make yourself at home.
IinDincOttS.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-02-18
An Explanation.

"How long has this restaurant been
openf" asked the would-be diner.
"Two years." said the proprietor.
81 am sorry I did not know it, said
the guest. II should be better off If
had come here then
"Yes?" smiled the proprietor, very
much pleased. "How is that?'
II should probably have been served
by this time if l had said the guest,
and the entente cordiale vanished
Harper's Weekly.