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The Daily Missoulian., 1909-05-30
THE WARD DITCH.

The extensive irrigation proposition
of the Bitter Root which is being car
ried out without the aid of eastern
capital, outside boomers, or profes-
sional influence, Is one that is being
successfully carried through by one Of
the pioneer residents Of the Bitter
Root valley. G. W. Ward Is known to
every one of the older residents OF
the Bitter Root valley. Thirty years
ago he came here to make his home.
AT that time the Indian residents of
the valley outnumbered the white pop
ulation three to one Whatever farm
ing was done was crude and orchard
ing had not been dreamed Of in this
locality. Mr.. Ward has seen the val
ley develop and expand and he has
kept pace with il, He owns tract
of land south of the town OF Hamil-
ton which is nearly all developed and
which is remarkably fertile. 1t lies
along the base of the Filter Root
mountains and extends down to the
river. Mr.. Ward has constructed in
dependently big irrigating canal and
every foot of Wards Cove" is under
ditch
Sidney M. Ward is managing this
development and the remarkably fine
location and the extreme fertility of
the soil make these lands very desir-
able and their exists no small demand
for them
The Daily Missoulian., 1909-05-30
BITTER ROOT TORCHARDING
DATES BACK THIRTY YEARS

IT. is so years ago that the Bitter
as one of the leading fruit raising dis
tricts in the United States; 20 years
trees We're planted and last year 225
carloads Of apples alone We're shipped
from the Bitter Root at an average
price of $500 a car While the growth
of the fruit industry in the Bitter
Root has been one Of sleady consist
ency, stiH the past few years have
meant as much as the quarter century
that caine before, Last season 1850
acres of orchards produced heavy
crops. OF this total acreage, 1000
acres have been planted within The
past five years. Four thousand, five
hundred acres have been contracted to
be planted during the coming spring
This will bring the total number or
tree planted acres in the valley up to
over 5000. The estimated output in
apples for the coming season is tnree
hundred cars; future years are ex-
pected to bring corresponding in
crcases. .s.
There are gold mines in Montana
mines that pay heavily in the king cf
that bring greater net returns for, che
money time and labor expended on
them than does an orchard in the Bit
ter Root. Bearing orchards of stand
ard fruit pay from $500 to $1,000 an
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slight advantage. with higher ground
nearby on one side and lower ground
on the other. A basin or flat should
be avoided. The soil should be deep;
the deeper the better 1T is seldom
profitable to plant an apple orchard
where there is less than three feet Of
good soil over the rock or where there
is hardpan within three feet of the
surface. A clay loan. is preferable.
'As a rule it would be found un-
profitable to try to grow apples on
sandy or gravely soil without irriga-
tion. The ground should be worked
deep and fine before planting. 1t trees
can be secured that have ripened their
wood early, then late fall planting
| is better than spring. Spring planting
| Is all right; but the earlier 1t Is done
| the better. Get clean, thrifty, but not
| overgroWn -year-old trees; three to
| four feet in size better than the
larger sizes. Procure them from the
| nearest reliable grower; or what is
| better, procure scions from trees that
| you know have borne the kind of ap-
| pie you want, and grow your own
| trees.
"If trees are ordered from a nursery
insist on careful handling and packing,
and when the trees are received i'm
medately heel them in. being careful
! to work fine soil close to and around
| the roots. Do this even if you expect
| to plant the next day Never expose
| tn roots to sun or wind Or allow them
| to get dry. Trim off all bruised or
, broken roots. Make the holes large
enough to spread the roots naturally
| set one OR tow inches deeper than
they grew in the nursery, work the
fine soil firmly around the roots-not
| against them; when the roots are
we'll covered firm down with the feet
pressing the earth down and toward
| the tree. Cut back Is inches"
The Daily Missoulian., 1909-05-30
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Spokane, May 2o-"To grow apples
successfully without irrigation it is
necessary to exercise judgment in the
selection of soil, location, varieties,
quality of stock, preparation Of land,
planting, cultivation, pruning, thin
ming and spraying. However, this is
only half the problem. The gathering,
packing and marketing is the biggest
half. If the first half is well done it
makes the second half much easier.
Neglect of any one of the factors will
modify or entirely wipe out any pos
sibe profit
Professor Cyrus l.. Smith, a veteran
institute lecturer, now agricultural ex-
pert for the Spokane & Inland Empire
Electric Railway system, emphasized
this in the course Of an address on
Apple Growing Without Irrigation,
to the students at the Spokane Y. M
c. A. He said among other things:
Apple production in the northwest
has, for number of reasons, been
greatest and most remarkable in the
irrigated valleys. The marvellous re-
suits that have beAn achieved by in
dividuals and associations, have at
tracted world wide attention, and be-
cause Of this many people believe that
profitable apple production is limited
to the irrigation districts.
"Apple growers in irrigated districts
are, as a rule, engaged in no other
line of farming. They are generally
organized into associations and do their
gathering, picking, packing and mar
keting more intelligently than the
scattered unorganized growers in the
unirrigated districts, who are carrying
on a diversified system of farming
in which orcharding is a minor factor
and, far too often, a neglected one.
yet with these handicaps the pro.
duction of apples along the foothills
in Washington is an important anG
profitable industry. 1t is SO profitable
that no other line of productive in.
dustry can show such high percent
age of profit as well-planted, we'll
care-for orchard will pay on the labor
and capital invested
Another fact that has been learned
by experience is that some yarietie:
that are profitable and satisfactory il
the lower valleys are not adapted t.
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sold at s1,25 a l1oX--a total of $54O.
This yield of crab apples will be
doubled in the fifth year, when you
will also have 200 boxes of Mcintosh
Reds for the market at S1.5O a box,
or $500. This will make your revenue
for the fifth year $1,3S0. Next year
you will have 1000 boxes of crabs,
which, at the very least estimate, will
bring you S1,G40. There will be 400
boxes of rel apples and the $500 IRON
this source brings your years receipts
up to $2,44o
TN the seventh year your income
from 1,4o0 boxes Of crabs will be
$3.50, and 500 boxes of apples will
bring the annual total up to $4,000.
In the eighth year there will be 1000
boxes Of crab apples to bring total
of $2,tc0l and 1000 boxes of Mcintosh
Reds to be sold for $500, making the
total fos. this year $500. In the ninth
year you will have 1000 boxes of crab
apples and 1000 boxes of Mcintosh
Reds, and your income will be S., ,04O.
I'm the 10th year your orchard will
produce $500 boxes Of crabs, worth
$3,4S0, and 1000 boxes of Mcintosh
Reds worth $4,000, total of $6,4SO.
Your total income for the 10 years
will have been $23,47O. Minus the
original Investment of $1,940, you have
1O-acre orchard"
The Bitter Root Fruit Growers as
sociation vas organized in the spring
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acre-not once in while, but all the
time. This statement is made by the
authority of j. O. Read of Hamilton,
lfruitgroWers association and now
vice president of the organization and
president of the Montana State Hor-
ticultural society," Mr.. Read says that,
starting with an investment of less
than $1,000, a net total of more than
$4,000 can be made in 10 years on
10 acres of Bitter Root orchard land.
His logic is that of figures and facts,
aided by a thorough Knowledge of
conditions in the valley and rich ex-
perience, for MIR. Read is one of the
most successful apple growers in Mon
tana,
Mr.. Reads recipe for finding gold
in apples is as follows:
Starting with 10 acres at cost Of
$l5o an acre, spending $50 on fencing
and ditching, s10O to put the ground
in shape, $24o for the trees and $50
for planting; them, you have total
expense of $1,940 for the first year
Garden truck planted between the
trees and the raising of bees will take
care of the place and give a living
during the years when you arc watt
ing for the first returns on your ven-
ture.
ION your 10 acres you have planted
400 crab apple trees and 400 Mcintosh
Reds. In the fourth year you will
have 400 boxes of crabs, which can be
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SUCCESSFUL HORTICULTURE
DEMANDS THE CLOSEST CARE

I the higher attitudes, while other va
rieties that produce Indifferent results
tion on the higher lands. 1000 to $500
in the lower valleys grow to perfec-
| feet above sea level.
This is true of the Kagener. a va
rety that is of doubtful value for
planting in the valleys. but seems spe
cialy adapted to the hill lands. The
! tree is a hardy, thrifty, upright, grow
err bears young and yields enormously.
| The fruit is finely Favored, crisp and
! juicy, medium size, bright red or red
and yellow, good keeped and good
| seller.
another variety that has DEM
| onstrated it's adaptation to these hill
| lands is the Rome Beauty. a fine
| Favored, longkeeping, red-striped ap-
| pie of we'll recognized commercial
value. The tree is an upright grower.
so thrifty, in fact, that it is some-
times difficult to keep in shape and
train until it comes into bearing. 1t
bears young, and with proper care it
will produce annual crops. uniform
in size and color. It's shape, size and
color are all attractive, and make it
a good market variety, especially for
| late winter.
"The Jonathan is another variety
that has shown wonderful adaptation
| to the soil and climate of the hill
lands. Good Jonathans are grown in
other places, but nowhere else can
| they grow Jonathans with the same
flavor texture and keeping qualities.
| The tree is hardy, healthy but not so
strong d grower as Wagner or Rome
eauty, the branches are slender and
inclined to droop. 1t bears young,
six-year-old apple tree producing
six to eighth oxes (bushels) of ap-
pies.
"These trees are the commercial
sorts for hill lands, although nearly
all the leading sorts of the country,
| such as the Pippins, Greetings, Spitz-
enberg, Baldwin. Beleflower Spy,
Pearmain, etc, are to be found in the
older orchards. None of these other
varieties has demonstrated it's special
adaptation to the soil and climatic
conditions as the three mentioned.
"These statements are not based on
any theory or guesswork; but on act
ual experience and observation in the
orchard, and careful study of the
| methods and practices of others;
successful and unsuccessful. The best
orchard site is a moderately sloping
hillside, northern slope having some
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of 1907, and 95 per cent. of the fruit
raisers of the valley are now MEM
bers. The purpose of the organiza
ton is to protect common interests
and to assist and supervise in the
handling of the fruit that is shipped
each season from the famous valley
The association plans to revolutionize
the handling of fruit in the Bitter
Root and a system of rigid supervi-
sion Of packing is now being inaugur-
ated. Honest fruit is to be shipped
from the valley, if the association can
make sure of it, and the association
is powerful. Not that the fruit ship
ped from the Bitter Root in pas, ears
has not been of unusual grade and
The Daily Missoulian., 1909-05-30
/ quality but the fruit growers, organi-

quality, but the fruit growers organi-
zation intends to raise the standard
even higher.
The association owns four ware
houses, situated at Victor, Woodside.
Darby and Hamilton, and railroad
spurs and real estate in connection
with these establishments. The hold
ings of the association are valued at
$5 900 and it's members number 298.
D. l.. Woodruff is president of the or
ganization j. 0. Read, vice president,
and G. M. Allen. E. A. johnson and
Arthur Platt are directors. Emmett
MacMurray is secretary and o. G.
Cooper, of the Citizens State bank, is
treasurer.
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More than 500 different kinds Of
insects make their homes in oak
trees.
Sewage screenings are compressed
into blocks and burned under tho
boilers of a Boston sewage pumping
station '
The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-23
TEST COAL CLAIMS.
Kennedy Testifies as to Inspecting
 the Claims.

Kennedy Testifies as to Inspecting
 the Claims.
 Seattle. Wash, Nov. 22.-Much of today's session of the inquiry into the validit yof the Alaska coal land claims was taken up with a croes-examination ef Andrew Kennedy, the government coal expert. who inspected the land in question last summer.
 Kennedy testified that last week the work done on the claims was near ly all prospectins with view to de- termining the thickness and quality of the veins; that no actual develop ment work had been done except on one claim. where a tuniel had been daiven with the evident intention of working several claims from this one opening.
 The questions nut by the defense today were framed to lav the fonnda- tion of imneachment of Kennedy's tes- timony He YVES asked minutely as 10 the character of the country. the weather, distance covered. etc. The defense maintains that Kennedy could not have made the explorations which he insists be made in the time stated the country being very broken anj ~efns hrvine fallen almost continu- cnsly during the summer.
The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-23
PUBLICITY
 CAMPAIGN TO BE lNAuGURATE0 BY THE OR eANlzATloN COMMITTEE OF
 THE Y. M. c. A. Meeting Held Last Night, at Which Details of Mass Meeting Later
 Were Discussed.

Deciding on a publicity campaign 10 be waged in the interest of local branch of the Young Mems Christian Association here. and to arrange later for mass meeting when the details os organization may be taken up. the committee on local Y M. C. A. held an important meeting last night at the Sigler apartments.
 Another meeting will be held at the same place this evening, at which time further affairs in this connection will be decided on. The committee on organization is composed of w. S. Sorrells, c. N. Rix, F. M. Sigler, Dr. Wooten, James A Schneck, T. A : CockbuEn, J. n. Brock, Mon. w. H. Martin, Rabbi Rhine, Rev French Thompson. Rev. W. T. Amis, M. J. Henderson, Dd A U Williams, Hon. Harry Meyers and Hamp Williams.
 In order to disisipate the impression created by radicals that this move ment is factional, the following state. ment was authorized.
 To the Citizens of Hot Springs:
 A perusal of the members of the organization of the Y. M. C.. 4. will show you that itr is not the offspring of any faction or clique. It's purpose will be to provide for decent and up- lifting place of amusement and recre. alton for citizens and visitors, for old and young, for rich or poor.
The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-23
RESCUE WORK
 IS UNABATED
continued fIom Page one.

The rescuers who carried up the bodies found today, said there was evidence that the men had walled themselves in for several days, but had emerged to seek food or water and had met death from the black damp
 At point beyond where the search CTS had gone several declared they could see the shattered blocking of q pocket, where the men had taken refuge. The bodies were scattered alorig the gallery for many yards, and the men who found them believed they collapsed of weakness before they had gone fifty yards toward the en. trance.
 Some of the bodies were burned and It is probable that not all had been inmates of the pockets. The exist ence of the refuge was denied by oth- CT members of the party, who assert ed they had seen no evidence of it.
The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-23
NEGRO ATTACKS
 A VISITOR
SAID TO HAVE CUT MAN WHO HAD NOT GIVEN "TiPsD FOR
 ATTENDANCE.
Negro makes Escape and the Matter Is Flushed Up from the Police
 by Friends.

A visitor whose name could not be learned, was cut by negro bellman or night porter at the Eddy Hotel last night, it is said1 as Ia result of the visitor not coming across with "tipss sufficient to sooth the employe.
 The injured man was taken to Lus- by's drug store, where Dr. Ernest Thompson attended his injuries. The injuries were net believed to be seri- ous.
 The matter was kept from the po- Ice, or was not reported to them, and inquiry hast night failed to secure further information concerning the affray, other than rumor to the effect that the visitor had called for hot water, had been served before with out tips and that the negro insult ed the visitor, who hurled the bottle at him, after which the negro retail lated witk 2 knife.
The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-23
LIFE ISN'T WORTH LIVING.
When This Statemen Is Made It May Be Generally Attributed to the
 Lack of Good Health

We want to talk to people who are
 nervous, who suffer frequent headache
 who don't enjoy their food, who are irritable, quickly lose their temper.
 who are so exhausted that they feel they must give up. and have become
 so Respondent that life doesn't seem
 worth living We believe we know
 what is the matter with these people
 in this condition, and if they will fol-
 low our advice we can tell them how
 to regain good health and that buoy
 ancy of feeling which makes life seem surrounded with happiness and sun
 shine
 Most of the above described condi-
 tions are chiefly caused by what is
 commonly called catarrh. below
 par condition of mucous membranes
 This delicate lining of certain of the
 body cavities becomes weakened. in-
 famed and congested until the whole
 system is weakened. mental depres-
 sion ensuing as one of the results.
 The wfse way to overcome this con
 dition is through treatment of the
 general system We have the treat
 ment, and we are so positive it will RtRAhNN Nht .AtirNtAo We NAidtM TOT " that we will supply fl to any one with
 the understanding that we will return to them every penny paid to us in every instance where the treatment is not in every way satisfactory and beneficial to them.
 We want you to try Rexall Mucu- Tone, which is a scientifically devised altesatiye tonic and hody builder. its action being to aid the body in its eff fort to re-establish the natural and healthy functions of the mucous mem blsanes
 Rexall Aiucu-Tne thus acts to expel the catarrhal poison, restore the mucous cells to good health, tone up the whole body. aliay inflammation remove congestion and stimulate the system tc healthy activity IL is splendid for aiding in the building ur Of flesh and muscle tissue and remov ing weaknesses
 ] Come to our store and get a bottle Of Ajuctl-ToDe. and after giving it a reasonable trial, if you are not satis feA simply tell us so and we will hand back your money without ques fion Surely nothing could be more fair than this. Rexall MmcuTon is i in two sizes. 50 cents and $1.00. Re member you can obtain Rexall Rem c6ies in Hot Springs only at oui store The Rexall Store. The R. G
 a1oiais Drug Co.
The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-23
An Old Friend Pays Tribute
 To Kings Rayal Cermetuer

This is to certify that ! have used and recommended Kings Royal Ger metuer for the past ten or twelve years and cannot recommend ii too highly for cases of lung trouble and slow fever.
 About ten years ago my son used 1t in "a long standing case of contin' ued fever with satisfactory results I, also, knew lady who took il when the doctors had pronounced the case consumption. She got well and is living today, ten years later. 1 have been living in Eliot, Ark, for the past thirty years, and give this testimony unsolicited.
 Truly,
 B. F. ROGERS. Philadelphia, Nov. 20, 1909,
The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-23
THE AMERICAN HOTEL.

Has quit business and has consigned all the goods therein to the Lewis Storage Co, for sale at Auction, com mencing Wednesday, November 24th. at 10 o'clock This hotel has fifty five rooms elegantly furnished with Chartered Oak and Mahogany furni- fure. rugs and art squares. iron beds. bed and table linens Tn fact, every thing In iirst-class shape for a well
 equipped hotel, including $40 range. money safe and office fixtures. Sale at American Hotel. corner Qua paw avenue and Market stfeeirain or shine. li-2s-2t
The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-23
Fire Breaks out.

Cherry, Ill., Nov 23-Fire has brot. en out with renewed violence in the second gallery of the St. Paul mine and now threatlens the main shaft. All work of rescue has ceased while the entire working force available is fighting the fire.
 Mine Manager Taylor Is in charge of the work.
 Should the main shaft be injured materially by the fire, all hope of aid ing those in the mine for many days will be ended
The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-23
FIVE CHAPTERS ARE JOINED.

Tenerriffe, Nov 22--An earth shock occurred here today and the volcanic eruption increased. Two of the five active craters have joined and are belching forth flames to the height of ls500 feet. The lava flow, however, is not so rapid as it was a few days ago and there is no immediate danger to the villages.
The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-23
WILL SUBMIT ALsoP CLAIM.

Santiago, Nov. 22--The Chilean, government has again announced, it's desire to subscribe to a protocol sub. mitting the Alsop claim to the Hague tribunal for arbitration and has de- posted in Londons $1.000,000 to the order of the Hague permanent court. The government. however, will insist on a complete examination into all the details of the questions without tie least restriction
The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-23
ANTI MILITARY MEETINGS.
Strong Message Was Delivered by
 Count Le ToIstoi.

Count Le Tolstoi.
 Geneva, Nov 22-Count Lea TolstOi has given another message to the world through an antimilitary meet ing held at Bienne, at which 100 Swiss and foreign delegates were assembled The message was written especially for the recent peace congress at Stockholm, but would have been great ly ebarrassing on account of it's yio- lence, to the Swedish authorities. who. however, were saved by the timely strike, which caused pos.ponement of the congress- Later 1t was arrang- ed to read 1t at Berlin, but the police prohibited it.
 Yesterday Tolstoiis friends delivered his message at Bienne The message appeals to the good sense of the worlds peoples to refuse 10 serve as a soldier, either voluntarily or under pressure Killing. even by soldiers he asserts. is a criminal act.
The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-23
TO CLOSE RAILROAD CONTRACT.

Berlin. Nov 22--The IlolVal Anzei- ger learns from authoritative sources that the Russian government intends to close a contract with an American isynkalnte ito develop the Trans,Si- berian Railroad, which will be double tracked throughout it's whole length. The project involves hundreds of mil. lions end. according to the paper, rep resen4stives of the syndicate are now in Europe awaiting the emperors re- to St. Petersburg. They will then proceed to St. Petersburg to cont plefe the contract.
The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-23
STEAMSHIP PASSENGERS.
Rebel at the Treatment That They
 Receive.

Los Angeles Nov. 22.-Indignant because they say the Los Angeles agents Of the steamship St. Croix which burned at sea on Saturday. did not act more promptly in succoring them after they had been landed at Point Doumafi many passengers de. c'9red today they will hold a meeting in San Francisco to determine what action shall be taken.
 For the most past the passengers declared today they would not accept transportation via steamer to San Francisco and when 1t was offered them they would go by rail
 Several women almost became hys. terical when railroad transportation was refused them by the steamship company.
The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-23
GAMING; FINED s1o.

Two negroes. Ed Jackson and John Gordon. were arrested Sunday night by officers Mosher and Davis, in the rear of the 99 Bar, and were tried i'll police court Monday morning for gam ing.
 After pleading guilty they were fin ed Sl0 and committed to jail until they were able to pay their fines.