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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-25

Officer of the day, Capt. Henry Paul
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-25

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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
orated]

ing cotton for a price below profit that
the world elsewhere may buy the
manufactured product at a price
pleasing and economical. Nor is 1T i'm
perative the producer should live in
poverty all his days that the spinner
may earn huge dividends for his
stockholders. The man and woman
the world owe pays the bill and If
they cannot, which seems ridiculous
when one takes into consideration the
prosperity of the grain grower, the
live stock producer, the worker in the
mine and forest and those engaged in
commerce., manufacturing and bank
ing, then It's best to study the profits
made by spinners as compared with
Profits made by grower and see if
something cannot be done for the real
benefit of the Southern planter.
a Project of Great Magnitude.
The project is Of such magnitude
that men Of courage in business and
finance seem to look upon it as some
thing almost beyond and above human
agency, yet when the plan is perfect
ed it will seem simple and cOmpre-
hensive, such as mark the d Of
all other grand enterprises.
When our crop is marketed with
system, the saving to the South Of
from $500, 900, 600 to $500, 0O0,0OO an
nually, viii aid materially in putting
Ill Jul iCS, lll1S. COIIlIIlC1 =
cial, manufacturing and banking, on
a much more satisfactory basis, hence
the South's business man is interested
| or will be az soon as he al be made
to look ut this great question in a
business-like manner
The writer has given this question
considerable thought from time to
time, and knowing the gigantic UNI
~dertaking involved has tried to strip
it Of all antiquities with the object
in view Of encouraging men to con-
slider the problem in the light of a
purely business undertaking.
The attention of every loyal South
ern man, banker, merchant, the pro-
fessions and planter should be called
to the mighty subject and some day a
convention Of business men should be
called to consider the ways and mean
for giving to the cotton belt new and
greater significance by carrying out
the plan as briefly stated in this com-
munication.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14

tax of half a cent a gallon is paid and
That the oil comes up to the test re-
CURED by the Department of A%gricul-
ture, collecting samples to be analysed
and tested by the State oil chemist
me collection Of the tax has gone on
during the time of the temporary re-
stralnlng order, this allowing the tax
to be collected.
There are rumors that the oil COM
pan1eS VIII advance the price of oil in
the State five cents a gallon, the in
crease to be made this fall. AS yet
there has been no increase, but DUR
ing he litigation the companies have
indicated hat there would be an in
crease. Since the act for the inspec-
ton OF oil was passed there have been
two new companies entering the State,
n Cape Fear Oil Company. of Will
mln2ton, and a Richmond company.
Previously there had been four COM
panles operating in North Carolina,
the Standard Oil, the Red G. of Balti-
more. the National. and the North
Carolina Oil Company of Goldsboro.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
A COTTON CROP BACkSET
WAKE COUNTY HAS BEEN HURT
TWENTY-FIVE PER
CENT.
Drouth For Four Weeks Has Caused
The Crop to Deteriorate But Good
Rains Will Help Some.

With the outlook good for an aver
ege crop of cotton in Wake county
four weeks ago the condition has
changed and the report yesterday was
that the crop had gone backward some
25 per cent.
The cause is set down to the lack
Of rain. Up to four weeks ago there
had been a suffciency Of rain in his
section to make the outlook fine for
an average crop, but on top Of his
a drouth followed.
For -four weeks until yesterday there
had been no general rain over the
county, only a few sections having
had s~pasmodic showers. The cotton
crop was in such a condition that it
required rain and failing to get this
the squares began to open with the
cotton immature and there was much
shedding.
Messrs. D. B. Harrison and Bert
Wilder, we'll known farmers of Wake,
estimate the backSet to the crop to
be fully Is per cent in the past tour
| weeks. Mr.. Wilder said yesterday that
one farmer a told him of a crop
which he had expected would yield
him two bales to the acre, but which
would not produce now more h a d
good bale to the acre. Another farm
er said that recently he had picked
up on two square yards Of ground
fully a peck Of the uar which had
fallen, off a Of the lack Of rain,
the heat causing the trouble.
II the rain in Raleigh which began
yesterday afternoon and was going on
through the night is general in the
county it will help much, for ever at
this time a good rain will help. The
farmers throughout the county are
| said to be very blue over the present
conditions, while q short time ago
the outlook was very bright for a
good crop of cotton in Wake county
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
WILL OIL PRICES co UP?
Rumor That Increase Will Be
Five Cents A Gallon
Two New Companies Selling INuIni-
mating Oil Enter the State for Bust
ness and the Ten Oil Inspectors
Are Put at Work Again.

Acting under the directions Of the
Department of Agriculture the ten in
spectors of illuminating oil in North
Carolina have one u on their work
again after Judge Conner, Of the Fed
eral Court, had dismissed the tenn
porary injunction allowed by Judge
Pritchard on the application of the
Red c.. Oil Company.
These inspectors will see that the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
CORN AND WHEAT REPORT
AVERAGE CONDITIONS BY STATES
ON SEPTEMBER FIRST-TO-
BACCO FIGURES.

Washington, Sept. 6.-Ihe crop re-
porting board Of the Department Of
Agriculture estimates the average con-
dition Of crops on September 1st last
as follows: Corn 74.6 as cOmpored
with 1914 on the same date last year;
spring wheat $50 as compared with
77.6 in 1908.
Cam NJ riS0nc for corn show.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
Comparisons for corn show:

comparisons for wheat snow condl-
tons:
United states. Sept. !, 1909, $50;
Sept. /, 1908, 77.6; ten year average,
75.9.
The average condition Of the oat
crop when harvested was 1913 against
CO. when harvested in 1908.
The average condition Of tobacco on
September l is stated as 8O.2 against
S4.3.
The condition of tobacco on Sept.
| in the important States a Ken
tuckv so: North Carolina. II; Virginia
IS; Tennessee so; South Carolina, 50;
Connecticut, "a; Florida, SIS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14

The school census shows that ther'
are more girls in Kinston than boys
This shows that we are not gong Il
have another war soon.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-08
PROTESTING AGAINST
METHODS OF INSPECTION

Vancouver, B. c., Oct. 2.-Horticul~
turists of Vancouver and vicinity are
so thoroughly indignant at the way
they have been treated by provincial
government officials that they are get
ting up signed protest to the depart
ment at Ottawa to protest against
what they allege is wanton destruc-
ton of nursery stock consigned to
them from outside points.
All ornamental nursery and green
house stock entering this province has
to be inspected and fumigated to guard
against pests which may infect the
plants. The compliments allege that
after this fumigation has taken place
the plants are passed to the provincial
department, which detains them for
some time, often so long that hundreds
of dollars worth of stock rots, is spoil
ed or condemned.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-08
REPORT SAYS HAY WILL
ENTER SENATORIAL RACE

Portland, Oct. "A special to the
Oregonian from Spokane says:
Is Governor Hay planning to take up
his permanent residence west of the
mountains with view to becoming a
candidate for United States Senator
to succeed Senator Piles, whose term
expires in 1911?
The sale of the governors home in
this city is interpreted by many as be-
ing confirmation of the report which
was circulated some time ago on the
coast, that Governor Hay would move
to Seattle and enter the race. The
property, which has been sold to Judge
Twohy, of the firm of Twohy Bros.
was purchased by Mr.. Hay about a
year ago, from w. T. Clark, of We.
uatchee, for $4,000. 1t is understood
the price paid by Judge Twohy is in
the neighborhood of $4,000.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-08
RECORD PRICES FOR OREGON
AND WASHINGTON FRUIT

Spokane, Wash, Oct. 2.-Contracts
have been closed by Joseph H. Stein
hardt of the firm of Steinhardt &
Kelly, New York, for more than $780,
900 worth of Washington and Oregon
apples for Eastern and European
trade, and he expects to reach the
$1,000,000 mark before returning home,
after looking over the orchards in Gen.
trail Idaho and western Montana.
Mr.. Steinhardt said the prices res
ceived by the growers in the Hood
river district were the highest ever
paid for their fruit. His purchases
aggregated more than 100000, and
he paid as high as $3.50 a box, or 8
cents a pound. He said:
my contract with the Dumas or
chard people specifies that one car of
Yellow Newtowns shall be exhibited at
the second national apple show in Spo-
kane, Nov. Is to 20, for the $1,000
prize, as the property of the Dumas
orchard. 1t will be shipped direct to
New York afterward.'
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-08
OREGON EXPECTS
DOUBLE COAST WHEAT

Central Oregon will, in a few -
double the crop of the Pacifo , Years,
west, is the belief of Theodore D ,'o ,,
COX, of the Portland FIGURING = M will
says the Portland, Or, Telepren, WIS,
other words. Central Oregon will IN
duce alone crop equal to thai p'o
raised in Oregon and Washington n ~,
Wilcox is probably the best AMI MI
on the subject of wheat in this sao4. i'y
of the country, owing to his busi h'lOn
and the necessity of studying tho o.
ture of exporting. IL
There are about 100000 aoro.
the Northwest devoted to wheat ~. ~
ing" explained Mr.. Wilcox "and . .als'
an average of 20 bushels to the s ",.a
the crop this year would ho oS" ~
100000 bushels. But this soas Ou'
the crop does not average anvwho Ou
near 20 bushels to the acre, and 10y
lieve that the yield will be under :"
100000. w
''This can be demonstrated nv ~.
threshers. Every man, of course coz
that he has a full crop, but thai 4hs
others have not, but We make inou;r;as
from ESQ points in the country .ns
can gain a pretty good idea of tho sit
uation.
I'm Central Oregon there arc mil
lions and millions of acres of lana
which, unless I am greatly mistaken
in the nature of the soil, will bA ov
cellent for grain growing without rri
cation. Out of this vast TERRITORY in
Central Oregon there must be at least
100000 acres available for wheat
''This is as large a grain acreage &C.
is now used in Oregon and Wasbinp.
ton, and, considered 20 bushels to tho
acre, it is easy to see that the ve1d
of the Northwest will be doubled nv
Central Oregon.
Cali that Central Oregon has need.
ed to open up the new wheat belt is
railroad, and with two lines now enter.
ing that section it will be a matter Of
only short time before the country
will develop. Increasing the wheat
yield will not reduce prices. James
J. Hill says that within six years the
United States will be importing wheat
IF Mr.. Hill is correct in his predic
ton, wheat and flour, instead of being
shipped from the Pacific Coast to the
Orient, will be sent to the East and
we will be raising wheat for home con-
sumption exclusively. With such
condition of affairs there is not much
danger of prices falling through the
exploitation of wheat fields in Central
Oregon"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-08
Washington State News

Whitman county is to vote on local
option Nov. 80.
Mount Vernon is to have sewerage
system to cost $4,000.
The Great Northern is planning to
build a new station at Anacortes.
The Entiat Water Power Company
has its machinery on the ground and
has begun it's installment. The COM
pany expects to be able to furnish
Wenatchee with light and power by
Jan. 1, 1910.
State Oil Inspector F. A. Clark, of
Everett, has deposited $1,74S.66 with
the State treasurer, being collections
of his department for September. This
is about double the collections for the
same month last year.
The supreme court, in the case OF
the Northern Pacific against Pierce
county, ordered that the railroad pay
s2S.2OS taxes on it's Tacoma property,
The company claimed that it had been
doubly assessed and wanted to pay but
1854.
The new townsite of Malott, located
eight miles south of Okanogan, will be
placed on the market Oct. 9. The new
town. owing to the proposed railroad
will witness a quick growth. Nearly
every line of business will be repre-
sented from the start. Ten thousand
acres of land, includingTarheel Flats,
is tributary.
The secretary of the interior, accord
ing to a notice received at the Yakima
land office, has withdrawn from public
entry lands in townships Z, and 3,
range y; township 9, range 13, near
the head of the Klickitat river, be-
cause of proposed legislation affecting
water power sites on the public do
main.
The national forest service has
started the work of reseeding about
60 acres of land in the Kaniksu ma
tional forest reserve, near Newport,
Wash. The land to be reseeded was
logged off last winter under govern
ment supervision and the brush clear
ed off and burned this spring. Expert
foresters have charge of the work and
white pine is being seeded.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-08
HARTMAN LINES ARE
BUYING MANY CARS

Chicago, Oct. 2.-Orders for equip
ment and power have just been placed
bv Hartman lines which will bring the
total expenditure for this purpose dur
ing the last six months up to fully $17,-
100000.
The latest order is for 1900 steel
under frame refrigerator cars, which
are being constructed by the Pullman
Company, and an order for 500 all-steel
ballast cars. Orders have also been
given which bring the Hartman lines
all-steel passenger equipment up to
nearly 600 cars. Orders which are
now being delivered are for 480 all
steel passenger cars, the largest or
der, with one possible exception, that
of the Pennsylvania road, ever given.
In this connection it is stated that
the Hartman lines were pioneers in
the use of all-steel passenger cars in
the West, and that they will hereafter
use nothing in their passenger service
which is not all-steel and practically
indestructible.
Hartman lines are also beginning
to receive the first of 5,4O0 freight
cars and 105 locomotives ordered less
than six months ago. The order for
locomotives calls for 33 of the heavy
Mallet compound type. These loco
motives, it is claimed, will haul fully
10 per cent. more than any two of the
ordinary locomotives in use.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-08
PLAN FOR FUND FOR
UNIVERSITY PARK

At the last meeting of the New York
State Society of Washington the ques.
ton of conservation of the A.-Y.-P
grounds was strongly urged. 1t is the
idea of the society to maintain the
exposition site in the form of per-
manent park in connection with the
university campus.
A resolution was adopted by the so
ciety requesting the authorities to
give a university Park Day." and
that the net proceeds of this day be
given to the regents to help maintain
the grounds in their present excel
lent condition. The money derived
in this way can be used until legisla
tive appropriation can be made to
maintain the grounds permanently.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-08
THE AMERICAN PATENT
OFFICES VERY BEST YEAR

Washington, Oct. 2-That the last
fiscal year was the banner year In
the history of the patent office Will De
shown by the forthcoming annual re-
mort of the commissioner OF patents.
During the twelve months there were
is sued 1882 patents, or 229 more
than the previous year, and far In ex-
cess of the business ever done by
that branch of the public service with
in a single year.
The business of the patent office
has increased with great regularity
since 1886. when the first patent was
granted. Panics have had but small
effect upon the number of patents Is
sued. Since the financial depres sion
of 1907 there has been an increase OF
business in the patent office far be-
yond anything previously experienced,
so that, although fortunes and employ
ment may have been interfered with,
there has been no decrease in the in
yentive activity of the people.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-08
Minor Happenings
of the Week

Brazil now has II 900 miles of rail-
way.
Il is announced at San Bernardino,
Sal, that on Nov. l the transconti-
mental rate on lemons will be raised
from 81 to S1.15 per 100 pounds.
Governor Fort, of New Jersey, in an
address at Newark, aligned himself
souarely with Governor Hughes of
New York on the subject of direct pri'
marieS.
Advices to the London Daily Mail
from Saragossa, dated Sept. 10, say
the situation throughout Spain is dis
quoting Not day passes in BARGE
Iona without a bomb exploding in the
streets.
Announcement is made of the en-
gagement of Miss Ethel Herrick'
daughter of Mrs. Frederick Herrick,
formerly of Boston, but now of New
York, to Walbridge S. Taft, Yale 'O7,
q nephew of the President.
There was an aggregate increase OF
s119O,137 in internal revenue receipts
for last month as compared with the
corresponding period of 1908. The
August, 1909, receipts aggregated $780,
2S4,735.
A new commercial enterprise
known as the South American Fruit
IL Steamship Company, has been
launched at Baltimore, to run steam
ships along both coasts of Ecuador,
trading in bananas, oranges and CO.
cOanuts.
The members of the American wat
erways commission arrived at Paris
last week and will spend five of the
nine days they will remain in France
in examining the River Seine and 9TH
er typical French waterways from the
viewpoint of navigation.
F. Augustus Heinze pleaded not
guilty in the criminal branch of the
United States circuit court at New
York to the solitary count left in the
indictment, filed May 16 last, charging
wilful misappropriation of the funds
of the Mercantile National Bank.
Rumors that control of the Wabash
Railroad Company is to be changed
have again been revived, and it is now
reported that five companies will joint
ly take over the Wabash, the Wabash
Pittsburg Terminal Railway, and the
Whpp1inp g AXE Erie The OrrchaS-
ing companies, it is said, include the
Lackawanna, the Lake Shore, the Erie,
the Rock Island and one other.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-08
DREADNOUCHTS TO
HAVE TURBINE ENGINES

Washington, Oct. Both the new
American Dreadnaughts, $4,000 tons
displacement, for which contracts were
recently awarded, will be equipped
with Parsons turbine engines. This
decision was reached at conference
yesterday between Secretary Meyer
and Admiral Cone, chief of the bu-
reau OF yards and docks, who has just
returned to the United States from an
extensive tour of European shipyards.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-08
DEMOCRATS NAME LISTER
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS

Olympia, Oct A mass con.
vention of Democrats of the Second
District met here Saturday and unani.
mously nominated Ernest Lister. of
Tacoma. as their party candidate for
congress to succeed Francis w. Cusb-
man. Just as soon as the nomina.
tlon was made, special committee
was directed to prepare the necessary
certificate to be filed with the Score.
fary of State, as that was the last
oay that nominations could be filed
with that officer.
The certificate was filed about 4:3o
p. ~, and it was then learned that
Inc certincate of Judge McCredie. the
republican candidate, had not been
filed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-08
Boundary Survey Work Rests

Dawson, Oct. Bob Wiley and IL
men, who arrived today from the head
of White river, report the internation-
al boundary survey work completed
for the year. The production of the
advance line was made to the glaciers
of the Coast range. Probably it was
not possible to go farther. Some mon
umenting will be completed next year
in the vicinity of the White river.
Hereafter most of the work will be
north of the Yukon river to the Arctic
coast
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-08
Seattle Market Report
Purchasing Prices.

The following prices are offered to
the producer by the local dealers for
delivery in round lots, t. o. b. Seat
tie:
Eggs-Select ranch, 35c per doz.
Poultry-Live hens, 1904 1-2c per
h.; old ROSTERS, &C per h.; spring
broilers, 1Sc per h.; ducks, 12c per
h.; geese, Sc per h.; live turkeys, zoe
per h.; dressed turkeys, 23c per lb.
Potatoes-3-4@1c per Id.
- Dressed veal-Small, 9 1-2@11c per
h.; large, 1000 per Id.
Dressed pork-Small, 900 1-2c per
h.; large, sos lie per Id.
Butter fat-36c per Id.
Ranch butter-20@21c.
Belgian hares-9c per Id.
Spring lambs-9@1Oc.
Tacoma Quotations.
New wheat-Club, $50; bluestem,
Csc; red, SEC.
Poultry-Turkeys live, zoe; dressed,
22c; spring chickens, dressed, zoe;
hens, dressed, 18c; ducks, live, lie;
hens, live, 12c; spring chickens, live,
15c; geese, fresh dressed, 15c; squads,
live, $2.50@3 doz.; dressed, $3.50 doz.
Butter = Washington, SIC; fresh
Eastern, 34@35c.
Eggs-Washingto ranch, candled,
46@47c; Oregon, Sic; Eastern, soc.
Oats-$33@34; rolled oats, $34@35.
Hay, alfalfa, etc.-Wheat hay, $3.50
II; timothy, $22@23; mixed, $16@18;
wild, $13@15! clover, $16@17; tim
othy and clover, $4,000; alfalfa, SIS
@16; straw, $11@13.
Feed-Corn, $36@3S; wheat, $500
80; barley, whole grain, $28@29; roll
led, $31@32; shorts, $27.50@28.5O;
bran, $27.50@2S.50; middlings, 1920
"a; oil meal, $44.