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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-12
THE STALK BORER.

A rhubarb stalk was sent to the
Division of Zoology of the Pennsyl-
vania Department of Agriculture
for examination, and Professor H.
A. Surface, the State Zoologist
found it infested by the insect
known as the Stalk Borer (Papai-
Pema niteIa). In sending report
concerning this pest to the person
from whom the specimen plant was
received, Professor Surface said;
This is a very curious pest be-
cause it bores in the stalks of many
kinds of cultivated plants; likewise
into other plants, as we'll as weeds,
large enough to nourish it. | note
with interest that you found it bor-
ing in corn stalks. 1t is destructive
to potatoes and tomatoes, and to
the stalks of many kinds of flower
ing plants, but / have not before
found it in the rhubarb.
II do not believe that you will
continue to find it becoming a seri-
Gus pest on the farm if you will
follow the directions given below.
You cannot kill it after it once at
tacks the plant, and save the in
tested stalk, because it bores in the
inside and the remedies usually em-
ployed for insects will not reach it..
Therefore, it must be destroyed, OF
prevented, by the following means:
1. Now all weeds, of whatever
kinds, that have stems large enough
for the borer to enter. Do this at
least once every six weeks.
2. Gather and burn all infested
stalks, or parts Of cultivated plants,
as soon as the borers are seen.
3. AS soon as potatoes are re.
moved from the ground, rake the
vines together and burn them i'm.
mediately. Do not wait for the
vines to become dry, but throw
them on hot brush fire at once.
q. Likewise, destroy tomato
vines as soon as possible after the
crop is gathered, and in fact other
plants where this can be done.
S. Rotate, or change, crops, Sc
that the same kind of crop does moi
grow many years in succession or
the same ground.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-12
THE PLUM CURCULIO.

A we'll known Philadelphia at
:orney, having a country place,
,ent to Professor Surface, the State
Loologist, Harrisburg, specimens
IF peaches and apples which indi-
,ated, as he expressed it, that the
.rees seemed "to require some treat
nent."
The Professor gave the following
answer: THE green peaches and
,pples which you sent to us are
)unctured by the Plum Curculio.
This is destructive beetle, which
nakes holes in fruit and lays its
.ggs therein. The eggs hatch and
ause wormy fruit and the worms,
lso, cause the fruit to drop prema-
urely, as you have observed. The
,est to do now is to gather and
)urn the fallen fruit as fast as it
rops, or at least once every few
.ays. Of course, if there are many
,thers in your neighborhood who
ikewise have this trouble and who
re rot doing the same, there is no
iced of you going to that trouble.
Jeighbors should cooperate to ell
innate such pests. The proper
curse would have been to spray
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-12
Cabs for All the Drunks.
W. C. 7. U. Will Ask Lawmakers TO Provide
for Them.

The drunken a man may get the
more certain he will be to get home
safely, if legislation indorsed by the
Womens Christian Temperance
Union, of York, Pa, should go in
to effect.
The white ribbon women propose
that as an effective means to stop
the selling of liquor to persons al
ready intoxicated, law be enacted
compelling any retail liquor man
who sells a customer enough to
make him dizzy must pay for a cab
in which to take the customer
home.
In case the patron has visited
other saloons earlier in the evening
the proprietor of the one in which
he first flies signals of distress is
the party responsible for his fare.
Saloon men, who have heard OF
the project which the women pro-
pose to take to the Legislature, are
against it; but cab men think it
would be a good thing.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-12
Names of Veterans.
Local Post Wants List OF all Gettysburg
Heroes.

Officers of the local G.. A. r.
like i'll every other part of the state
have received a communication
asking t1at the names of all in this
vicinity who fought in the battle of
Gettysburg on July 1, and g.,
1868, be sent to the state pension
agent at once. The state has ap-
propriated money for the erection
of magnificent monument on the
battlefield to the memory of her
sons who took part in the struggle,
and on the base of the monument
are to be brass plates on which are
to be the names of all those of the
sons of Pennsylvania who partici-
pated in that great battle. The
communication asks that the post
members take the matter up, and
get the names of every Gettysburg
veteran, dead or living, his name
correctly spelled and the regiment
and company TO which he belonged.
Columbia county sent large num-
bers of men to the fight on the
border line in '63. All the relatives
of dead soldiers as we'll as those
who survive after forty-four years
of peace, should come forward at
once and give the names of the
veterans to the post in Bloomsbury
There is also request in the letter
for men who will look over the
rolls of certain companies and
select names of those who they
knew, as the rolls are incomplete
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-12

Connecticut Repeals Ancient Statutes Re
garting Sunday.

Both houses of the Connecticut
Legislature have passed a bill re-
pealing the so-called "blue laws
relating to Sunday observance,
which forbid almost every form OF
recreation and secular activity. The
laws, which have been seldom en-
forced, are relics of enactments by
the law giving body of 1872.
One of the laws specifically re-
pealed is that which provides for a
fine of 81 on each person who shall
attend a concert or entertainment
on the Lords day.
The new Sunday bill is short. 1t
defines the Sunday, and prohibits
all sports and secular activities "ex-
cept such as are demanded by ne'
cessity and mercy and such as are
for the general welfare of the COM
munity." The penal section pro-
vides both fines and imprisonment
for violation. Under the words
general welfare of the COMMUNE
ty" Sunday base ball is probably
permitted, and the advocates OF the
bill admit that the Courts must in
terpret the wording in several
places.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-12
After the Bakers.
Daily and Food Commissioner Will AnaIyze
Samples Throughout State.

For the purpose of ascertaining
whether or not the bread now being
sold in Pennsylvania contains alum,
Dairy and Food Commissioner
James Foust will cause a large
number of samples to be purchased
in all parts of the State and an
alyzed. In all cases where traces
of alum are found prosecutions will
be instituted.
Agents for alum baking powder
firms declare that alum used in
bread or cake is evaporated by the
baking process, and, while Mr..
Foust says he is in no position TO
discuss this, he intends to find out
by practical tests whether the peo-
pie of the State are eating alum in
their bakery products.
Bleached -four firms in western
States have recently addressed let
tiers to the commissioner asking
about the sale of that product il
this State. Each has received &
copy of the law, setting fortn tha
it is not only unlawful to sell here
but to ship bleached flour into tn,
State, and the name of each firm
has been forwarded to the fedora
authorities at Washington, for thei
..!3-mation.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-12
The Corn Crop.
Will Be A Failure Unless Rain Comes Soon

Farmers throughout this section
are satisfied that if rain does not
fall within the next few days there
will be an almost complete loss of
the corn crop. Corn has begun to
tassel and in many fields the stalks
are only little over two feet. In
others they are taller but in no
place is the height of the growing
fodder what it usually is at this
time of the year. A visit by re-
porter to various townships, where
corn is regarded as mainstay crop
and the farmers have traditions of
yields of the golden grain so large
that agriculturists from other
counties are tempted to demand
proofs on the spot, but which the
corn growers of these fertile regions
say theyi:can furnish without the
least difficulty, developed the fact
that, this year the corn growers
are not only doubtful of the size of
their crops, but that they will be
thankful for a yield that they
usually regard as beneath the dig
nifty of their fat, we'll conditioned
farms. Conditions in other places
are no better and the farmers there
regard their outlook for anything
like full crop as disappearing
quantity.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-12
Freda Rabb Hall
Walter Townsend Hall

To Walter Townsend Hail. Respond
ent in the above cited case. You are
hereby notified, in pursuance of the or
der of the Court of Common Pleas of
the said county of Columbia and State
of Pennsylvania. to be and appear in
said Court on or before the Fourth Mon
day of August, 1909, being the o3rd day
of said month, to answer petition here
tofore preferred by the libellant, Freda
Rabb Hall, your wife, and show cause,
if any you have, why the said Freda
Rabb Hall should not be divorced from
the bonds of matrimony entered into
with you, agreesbly to the Act of AS
sembly in such case made and provided.
Hereof fail not, under the penalty of
having the said petition heard and de-
cree of divorce granted against you in
your absence.
CHARLES B. ENT,
Sheriff.
Clinton Herring, Attorney, 7-22-4t.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-12

Souvenir Post Cards are printed
at this Office. Half tones supplied.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-12
License Appeal Granted.

Justice John P. Elkin, of the
State Supreme Court, has granted
the Indiana brewery an appeal for
hearing from decision of the Ill
diana County Court in refusing it
license. At the time the license
was asked for a favorable petition
signed by 5000 people was present
ed. A remonstrance, however,
signed by 5000 persons, 5000 of
them women, was also handed to
the Court, with the result that the
company did not get its license. IT
appealed to the Superior Court, but
that body upheld the decision of
the lower Court.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-12

your trees with arsenate of lead,
using two or three pounds of arsen-
ate Of lead to fifty gallons of water
or Bordeaux mixture. If you had
done this shortly after the blossoms
dropped, and again repeated it i'll
ten days, you would have destroyed
these pests in the same manner as
the Coddling Moth is disposed of.
l trust you will do this another
year."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-12
RIDDING FIELDS OF DoDDER.


There has been considerable COM
plant this year in regard to the ap-
pearance in grass fields of the plant
known as Dodder. A specimen was
sent to the Department of Agricul-
ture from Lancaster county, and
Professor H. A. Surface, the State
Zoologist, gave the following infor-
nation in regard to it:
"The parasitic plant which you
sent US is Clover Dodder { Cnsenfa
Glomeraia), as you suggested. l
think that this weed will be entire
H destroyed in the usual three or
four years rotation of crops, and
even in less time. The best means
of getting rid OF it is to put the
field into cultivation, or, where this
is not practical, NOW it as soon and
as often as it comes into bloom and
thus keep it from going to seed.
1T produces seed of its own,
and these grow, sending up stalks
until they are high enough to reach
some plant to which they fasten
and from which they draw nourish-
ment. Its own roots and stalk then
die. 1t was doubtless brought into
your field in the grass seed which
you sowed last year. There ha:
been quite an unusual amount of il
in hay fields in this State during
he past two years and it is quite
nuisance.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-12
500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be
leased to learn that there is at
.ast one dreaded disease that sci
nee has been able to cure in all its
ages, and that is Catarrh. Hall 5
atarrh Cure is the only positive
Ire now known to the medical fra
.rnity. Catarrh being a cons,itu-
onal disease, requires a constitu-
onal treatment. Halls Catarrh
ure is taken internally, acting
irectly upon the blood and mucous
, faces of the system, thereby de-
.yoyiIg the foundation of the dis
.se, and giving the ratient strength
building up the constitution and
sisting nature in doing its work
he proprietors have so much faith
its curative powers that they
Ter One Hundred Dollars for any
sc that i, fails TO cure. ccnd fol
t of ties imonials.
AGdr,as 7. '. CHENEY s. Co,
To!c4o, O
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con
,ipation.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-12
Elwelrs Concert, Theatre and Dance
Orchestra.

Any number of pieces furnished
for any occasion.
SEASON IYoS.oo.
Columbia Theatre.
Midway Dance Hall and Summer
Garden
Knight Templar Dance, Masonic
Temple.
Midway Club Dances.
High School Commencement
Week.
Elks and Wheelmen Banquets.
Store Openings, ETC., etc.
For terms address,
CHAS. P. ELWELL,
Manager and Director,
Bloomsbury, Pa.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-12
DIVORCE NOTICE.

In the Court
of c o m m o Il
Pleas of Colum'
bia County, Pa
Subpoena in
divorce.
No: I6I May
Term. lOOO-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-12
For Discussions of Matters Of Vita
Interest.

Did you ever want to tell the
public what you thought about
some public question Do you en-
Joy reading what others think on
matters of common interest ? Is
there some old song or poem that
you but half remember and would
like to see in printed form9 Do
you want accurate information on
some happening recent or remote ?
Read and use "Zhe Press Forum"
printed every day in Tie Philadei-
bhid Press.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-12
The Geological Press Bulletin

of the Division of Zoology, Penn
sylvania Department of Agricul-
ture. Timely Topics of Plants and
Pests Discussed Weekly. BY H. A.
Surface, State Zoologist.
NEW RASPBERRY PEST.
A raspberry pest, which is COM
paratively new, has appeared, and
is liable to do considerable damage
in different sections of Pennsylva-
MIA. Rapberry canes, girdled by
this pest, have been received by
State Zoologist Surface, at his of
fee in Harrisburg, and in reporting
on their condition, the Professor
said
"They have been girdled by an
insect known as the raspberry-cane
borer { O6eroa bimaeHldta). The
thing to do is to cut off the twigs
Just below the lower puncture and
burn them. This will cause the
plant 10 throw out side branches,
and the damage will not be so great.
1t is comparatively new pest in
this State, and in some sections is
entirely new. 1t would be well for
all raspberry growers to unite fot
its suppression by cutting off and
burning the injured branches at
this time of the year, as there is
practically nothing else that can be
done to check its development and
prevent its spreading"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-02
REPUBLICANS.
cunton Associated Press.l

BOSTON, Oct. 2.-Tho largest num-
Der OF delegates that ever attended a
political convention in Massachusetts
gathered in Symphony Hall today to
nominate a candidate for Governor
Bx-Mayor Edwin U. Curtis, of Boston,
presided and Ex-Governor John L.
Bates read the platform. 1t is gener-
ally believed that Governor Draper
will be named to scceed himself
. The appointment of delegates is
made up on a basis of one for every
seventy-fve votes cast for Governor
Draper last November, when the total
number of ballots cast was 22s,S1S.
The same division applies at all Re
publican conventions during the pres
ent year except those for Representa-
tives.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-02
ST. LOUIS CENTENNIAL.

TJnIon Associated Press.l
ST. DoUIS, Mo-, Oct. 2.-The on-
servance of the centennial anniversary
OF the city of st. Louis will begin here
tomorrow with a church day celebra'
ton. At sunrise all church bells will
clang in a grand chorus upon signal
to be given by all of the ffrebells OF
the city; then will follow the ringing
of chimes. Services at the usEli
morning hour in every church in the
city will have special programmes
ana sermons beraing upon the celebra-
tons. On Monday the festivities will
begin in earnest with carnivals, pa
.rades and sports of oil kinds, for
which many valuable prizes have been
offered.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-02
srocKHoLpERs, MEETINe.

A meeting of the stockholders Of
Fairmont and Northern Traction Com
pany is called to be held at the ONCE
of A. B. Fleming, IN the City of Fair
mont, Marion county. West Virginia,
on the goth day of october, 1909. at
eleven O'Clock a. m, for the purpose
OF ratifying an agreement entered
into between the directors of said
Fairmoht and Northern Traction Com
pany and G. l.. Shaver for the pur'
chase OF said Fairmont and Northern
Traction Company of the said Shaver
of certain property, rights, privileges
and franchises.
BY order OF the Board of Directors
WALTON MILLER,
Secretary Fairmont and Northern
Traction Company. soda
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-02
stoo REWARD 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive euro now known
to the medical fraternity. catarrn be
ing a constitutional disease, requires
a constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system, thereby de
stroying the foundation of the disease,
and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing it's work. Tie
proprietors have SO much faith in It's
curative powers that they offer One
Hundred DOLLARS for any case that 1t
fails to cure. Send for list of testimo-
mails.
IS Sold by all druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consa-
patton.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-02
RErrER THAN SPANKING.

Spanking does not cure children Of
|bad.wetting. There is a constitution
al cause for this trouble. Mrs. NJ. SUM
mers, Box w, Notre Dame. Ind, will
send free to any mother her success
full home treatment, with full in
structions. Send no money, but write
her to-day If your children trouble you
In this way. Don't blame the child,
the chances are it can't help it. This
treatment also cures adults and aged
people troubled with urine dificulttes
by dag or night.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-02
1AEr M PoRTLAND.
.1 4. Aaaocinted Preas.l

PORTLAND. ore, Oct. 2.-The pri'
yate car bearing President Taft AMI
party arrived here this morning from
Tacoma and was met by rece7don
committee headed by Mayor Simon.
Contrary to previous reports, Mr.. Taft
win moi. devote most of his time to
golf with United States Senator
bourne. instead mis- programme fn'
cludes public reception and an I'D
dress to be delivered in the National
Guard Armory this afternoon. This
evening a banquet will be rendered
the President at the Hotel Portland
.at which $50 guests will be present
To-morrow afternoon he will hay the
for the First Universali9t
church, of which DR.. James D. Corbs
is pastor, after which ne will start for
Sacramento, his first stop in caltfoF-
mia,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-02
GERMANS AT CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI, Oct. 2:-More tan
100000 delegates are attending the
convention Of the National United Ger
man Societies which opened here to-
day and will continue until next We'd
neyday. President Hexamer reported
that the organization is making OK
cellent progress on tie 100000 find
which tits arising to endow the Ma
tional German Teachers Seminary in
Milwaukee.
The National organization will petit
ton Congress at its next session for
one-half OF the 100000 fund whica it
lis raising to erect a monument to the
first German settlers in Germantown.
CHICAGO, Oct. 2.-The Germans of
Chicago will celebrate tomorrow
German Day" and members of the
race from an parts OF the Middle
West will participate in the cera-
monies which are. intended to mark
the 26Gth anniversary of its first set
Element OF Germans in America.
chicago is the fourth city in the
world in Importance to Germans, and
adjacent States to Illinois include
nearly half the German population of
the United States.
II
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-02
CHICAGO, Oct. .2.-The Germans
pEpEw COMING HOME.

PARIS, Oct. 2.-United States Sen
ator chamcey c NJ. Depew, of New
York, accompanied by Mrs. Depew
started forNew' York to-day, where nc
will take part in the mayoralty cam
paign. He denied the report thai he
will make his home in the future il
California and say little old New
York is good enough for him."
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-02
Sundays Games.
Chicago at Detroit.
Cleveland at st. Louis.
Others not scheduled.
THE Y. N. c. A.

The Y. M. C. A. had ball game Que
day and covered with glory its name )
hut the housewives that day had a dit
ferent gala, when they covered their
floors DER with stain. Every cool
housekeeper enjoys using Spartan
stain and is proud of her home when
u Is clean and bright. In cleaning
housee this fall be suree and use spar,
tan stain and in the spring you WI"
not find housekeeping task. Manu-
featured by The Marietta Paint aa'I
Color Co., Marietta, Ohio. Sold pY
M d. Christie, druggist, Fairmont
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-02
Government cRoP REPORTS

WASHINGTON, Oct, 2.-The Agri-
cultual Department has ready for pub
1fcation at noon the final condition es-
innate of 1909 on the country's cotton
crop. At the same time the Census
Bureau makes public its gfnner's re-
port. Both are expected to be favor
able. although the cotton report is
not regarded as favorable as last yea:'
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-02
cvpsY sMlrH IN CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, ILL.,. Oct. 2.-Gynsy
Smith, the famous English GYPSY
evangelist, will begin series OF re-
viyal meetings in this city tomorrow
night at the 9Th Armory regiment, sim.
liar to the great Alexander-Torrey re-
viYal of few years ago. The armory
seats 5000 persons.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-02
D. A. R. uNvElL ARCH.

STONY POINT. N. Y, Oct. 2.-As a
part of the Rudson-Fulton celebra-
ton the Daughters of the Revolution
to-day unveiled memorial arch erect,
ed at the entrance of Stony Point, the
famous battle ground. Governor
Hughes deliver the Grafton.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-02
wRIaHT7 FLIES in RUSSIA.

ODESSA, Oct. 2.-orville Wright
the American aeroplanist, to-day gave
an exhibition flight before the Odessa
Aero club. Many distinguished army
offcers and scientists witnessed tbs
performance.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-02
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.
st. Louis 5; Cincinnati C.
others not scheduled.
standInn 81 the clubs.

To-day's Games.
PIttsburg at Chicago.
philadelphia at New York.
st. Louis at Cincinnati.
Boston at Brooklyn.