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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-29

said Mr.. Rice, during chat with
a Press reporter, relative to the
information he is prepared to pre-
sent before the apple show, land
the days of the early Indian wars,
when men were called to bear
arms, many farms were permitted
to run to waste and weeds. The
wilderness stretched forth it's
hands and reclaimed it's own.
THE young orchards, which,
with the populars and other trees
served as wind breakers, were
quickly surrounded and outstripped
in growth by the native wood, the
tangled underbrush choked the
tender trees and the fruit revert
ed to the wild, free manner of the
pigeonbery and the beechnut.
wild apples, so called, had a
peculiar charm of their own, large
ly on account Of their spicy flavor.
The blanketed reds used them as
staples of diet and the pioneers of
the backwoods and frontiersmen
often stepped off the trail to obtain
store.
when the yeomen returned
from the wars to resume the Guilt
walton of the soil many farmers
set themselves to demonstrating
the apple. Trees were cleared OF
the underbrush and pruned, and
scions were developed and pruned
in turn, until after much patient
toll, as long in duration as the pc
riod of retrogression had been, the
wild fruit became once again the
, apple of civilization and with this
came it's development as COM
mercial product.
1T is a peculiar fact, yet one
easily explained that apple grow.
ing as, an industry has not kept
pace with the Increase in popula,
tion in the United States and Can
ada. The entire crop this year, es
timated at 25,OO0,000 barrels, is as
many barrels less than the pro
duction in 1896, when the growers
in the United States harvested g.,
100000 barrels.
The lands already planted Ii
Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Mon
tana and the province of British
Columbia, should produce crop in
| 1915 equal to the production of the
| United States in 1896. From thai
! time on, with orchards in Other
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-29

to enter his room there. yesterfzy
evening, and held him at bay till
his partner, . second burglar. maze
good his escape. It was bu. . IT.
tie while after IS d'ciocks wien no
member Of the Olmstead family
was at home.
!. The burglar with the gun was
not abusive. He simply command
ed Hill to hold on a minute, then
called aloud to his partner TO beat
it" Hills investigation revealed
the fact that the burglars had
taken two handbags and few val
tables.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-29
APPLES--BELLEFLEUR OR CRAB--
THE Y'LL ALL BE ON THE CARPET

western and southwestern states,
California, Colorado, Texas, Utah
Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico
there should be a definite increase
every season until the apple be.
comes again the every day fruit
and food of the. people, instead OF
a luxury, as 1t appears to be today
in view of the under production
and high prices"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-29
BclENrlFlc oRcHARpisrs rne
WORLD OVER WILL DISCUSS
j AT NATIONAL APPLE SHOW
~ THIS CITY MEANS TO IN
CREASE PRODUCTION UNTIL
FRUIT SHALL BECOME AGAIN
A STAPLE, NOT a LUXURY.


Many long-hidden skeletons Of
the apple family are to be dragged
from the ancestral closets and ex-
hibited to the world during the
meetings OF the national apple
show, which is to open here for a
six-day session November Is.
While Il is not probable that the
apple geneol0gists will be able to
trace the apple back to its histori-
cal source in hte Eve-Satan cpl
sode, It is certain that they will
follow the family in its ups and
downs for at least $50 years to
produce and set forth facts and
figures which they are confident
will be of tremendous benefit to
this and other nations which at
present are facing very real ap-
pie famine.
Prominent among the fruit ex-
rerts who will take part in the de-
alterations is Rem II. Rice, secre-
tary-manager of the apple show.
Mr. Rice has just completed re-
search work showing that the So
called wild apple" and wild crab"
from which many of the present
standard commercial varieties
have sprung, were hayward de-
scendants of trees originally i'm
ported from England and other for
eign countries, more than $50
years ago.
During revolutionary times"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-29

comes inseparate from agriculture.
II waste can be- stopped, It would
save more Nancy for the farmer
than the railroads could If they cdr
ried all his grain to market free OF
charge. lxs
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-29

Percy: I--aw-wrestIed fob 0vah
an hour with me scarf this mawn-
ing.
Algernon: Which won the vic.
tory. deah boy-you or the scarfe
Percy: Neither. Cawn't you seo
the match wesulted in tie? Haws
Haw! i,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-29
HOLD CITIZEN !.
. WITH HANDS Up

Leaping from. window In the
Olmstead residence, 2414 Mantle
boulevard, a burglar, armed with q
revolver and heavily masked, con-
fronted Fl. w. Hill as he was about
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-29
City Water

Condemned in some parts of the
city. You need not be alarmed If
you have been drinking that water
If you will get a bottle of Powell's
Stomach Remedy from your drug
gist and take it according to di-
rections. 1t will guard against
typhoid and other diseases caused
by drinking water containing
germs that cause disease.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-29
Powell's
Stomach
Remedy

Is acknowledged to be the great
cure for indigestion, gastritis and
all stomach troubles. 1t does
cleanse and heal the stomach and
bowels. Perfectly safe for chill
dren or adults. Pleasant to. take.
For sale at an drug stores.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-06

said that il was impossible for a horse
to go over a good deal of the country
near the fort. But tie instructor put the
propo sition to them in this wise:
Suppose you are surrounded by an en-
envy and the only way out is over some %
this same country, are you going to make
the stagger to get through o. are you 60
ing to lie down and get captured? Sup
pose you make the rustic and break
leg or two; the enemy will get hold or
you, say you are coed fellow and put
you I'm the hospital with the honors OF
war If you get captured with whole
skin they will say you are mutt ana
put you i'm Jail, and serve you right. too
Now, let's take little problem. You
are surrounded by the enemy. You nave
important dispatches to get through, ana
the only way out is an air line across
country Now git out and git.
The class tried a number of problems OF
this sort and liked the excitement so well
that it is trying now to find bad country
to go over The chances are that the Of
ficers' class will be increased. and that
the course will be made compulsory Tor
all non-commissioned officers. But from
indications they will not need much COM
pulsion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-06

GERS a good deal of fun was made of put
ting a fat colonel on a horse and making
him cover thirty miles day for series
of days 1t resulted in wedding out some
of the older and more corpuent officers
but the youngsters, most of whom were
pretty hard anyhow. considered it merely
a lark Still, a ride of that sort once
year or once in six months meant moth
ing toward keeping in condition. What
the good riders among the younger ele-
ment wanted was exercise every day or
two polo and that sort of thing. So the
cross-country classes began to be formed
There was regular routine, OF course an
order from the President. another from
the Secretary of War and finally one from
the post commandant. Col. Hatfield. The
material was all ready to hand The
government has kept a Fort Riley, Kan,
for some years an officers riding schOoi
modelled somewhat after the big army
riding schools of France and Italy. The
instructor at Riley. by the way, Is capt
Walter Short, who used to be at Fort
Myer with the 9Th Cavalry. He is one OF
the best horsemen in the army. has
served in the Philippines and been de-
tailed at the French riding school since
he was here. He is little tougher than
hickory and has managed to embue most
of his graduates at Riley with some or
his own enthusiasm. One of these Is
Capt Hennessy of the Sd Field Artillery
He was detailed as instructor when II
was decided to institute the cross-country
classes at Myer. The instruction is given
on the theory that there is lot OF differ
ence between a good rider and a good
horseman. There are plenty of the for
mer in the army. but fewer OF the latter
than the authorities would like to see. So
the instruction has been devoted to get
ting the riders and the horses in touch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-06
McKINNON-SULLIVAN DRAW.
Go Twelve Even-Up Rounds a
Armory A. A.. Boston.

BOSTON, Mass. January SACK
(Twin) Sullivan and Bill McKinnon, the
rising young light heavyweight, went
twelve even-up rounds last night be-
fore a crowd that packed the Armory
A. a. to the doors. 1t was Mckinnon's
maiden effort as star" performer in
the ring of the big club. and he acquit-
ted himself creditably.
Sullivan resorted to his usual jabbing
tactics sending his left often to the
face and body of the rushing McKin-
non. In the early rounds Big Bill was
doing all the fighting. but as the bout
wore on the experience and coy tactics
of Sullivan told. McKinnon tired in the
last four rounds. one right to the jaw
In the ninth round nearly finishing him
He made up some of his lost ground in
the last two sessions and fairly earned a
draw.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-06
THEY MAY PICK GREGORY.
Virginia League Is Unsettled Yet.
Bower Likes South Atlantic.

LYNCHBURG. Va. January ct
would not be surprise to persons who
are following the situation in the Vir-
ginia League this winter to see f. \.
Gregory. jr., of Richmond elected presi-
dent of the league. Mr. Gregory has
been OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the league
since its formation. and much of the di-
rection of the league has been done by
him. this being especially true when Mr..
Wells has been away from Richmond
on theatrical business. 1t does not seem
possible to re-elect Mr.. Wells. and Greg
DRY is looked upon by some as a strong
probability. The whole matter will come
up here next Monday.
1t is hardly expected that c. w. Boyer
will be candidate for the office, as he is
alleged to have stated since the last
meeting that he was never d candidate
for il and did not want it, but that he
does want to be reelected president OF
the South Atlantic League for another
year
There is "A big fight in that circuit for
and against Mr.. Boyer, and the Macon
tGa) Telegraph seems to be one of the
leaders against the Hagerstown man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-06
REAL ESTATE SALES.
Valuable Property in Massachu-
sets Avenue Transferred.

Mrs Margaret 3. Confer has purchased.
through the Office OF Liebermann & Hawn
the three-story residence 921 MaSSa chu-
setts avenue northwest. The house has
pressed brick double bay-window front
brownstone trimmings and contains TWEEN
" rooms and three bathrooms: it is
heated by steam. The lot has a frontage
Of forty feet. running bact about 100
feet 10 l. street. The purchaser intends
erecting four-story apartment house on
the J. street frontage. Mrs. Confer's SON
in-law and daughter. DR.. and Mrs. Bailey,
and her grandson. will accupy the house
as their home. The price is not given.
hut is understood 10 be in the neishbor-
bod of $4,000
Stone X Fairfax Real Estate Corpora
ton reports sale for II. w Mahoney of
the two-story and cellar bay-window
brick dwelling III r street southeast.
This house is heated by steam and con-
tainS seven rooms and bath. The pur-
chaser will occupy il as home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-06
SENT DOWN AS MIGRANTS.
Colored Men Arrested for Begging
on the Avenue.

Policeman Jerry Mccarthy saw Jack
Thomas. Sammy Hamilton and George
Ray, colored begging nickels from pass
ersby last night on Pennsylvania avenue
and proceeded to arrest them. AS he
placed his hands upon the shoulder of
one of them they bolted and ran. A long
chase in which several citizens participant
ed followed. and the three were eventual
ly loaded into the sixth precinct patrol
wagon, but not before one of them pulled
out an ugly looking iron bar and threat
ened to use it. A tightly gripped police
mans mace and a peremptory order was
sufficient to make him drop it however.
before any damage was done.
They were convicted in the Police Court
this morning of vagrancy and in default
of SO fine committed to the workhouse
for thirty days each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-06

War Department for the polo team but
all of the officers and a number of the
non-comTisSioned officers have bought
the saddles with their own money. En-
thusiasm that touches the pocket looks
like the real thing. The riders go without
spurs and in many cases without stirrups.
It is done for the sake of balance. ''Of
course, anybody can ride with a COW
saddle or Mcclellan said one of the
officers. This is not strictly true, as any
tyro knows but it answers for purposes
of illustration and it indicates why the
riders use the English saddle.
The classes start in the early afternoon
from the fort and the instructor takes
them on roundabout road for an hour or
so over the worst country he can find.
They jump bitches. ford streams go up
and down perpendicular banks and loop
the loop across the Arlington cemetery
wall where there is a good chance
Some of the officers and men have been
securing the country to find bad spots
that the instructor has overlooked, and
il the classes keep on progressively they
expect to try climbing some of the stone
quarries along the river pretty soon.
War Problems Suggested.
When the classes were started some of
the officers, and pretty good riders 100
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-06

continuous service. died at his home In
Laurel Md. Monday last.
Mr. Beall was born near Laurel Novem-
Der oS, 1928, and entered the employment
of the Baltimore and Ohio company in
1S49 At that time railroading was i'm is
infancy and the rails were laid on string
ers cross-ties not then being in use. IL
was under the direction OF MIR. Beal that
the Washington branch was equipped
with croSS-tieS.
During the greater portion of his long
service with the railroad company MIR.
Beall was supervisor of the Washington
branch His wife, three sons and four
daughters survive him. His eldest son.
who has been tweDty-siX years in the
employ of the Baltimore and Ohio COM
pany. is assistant supervisor of the Bal
timore terminal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-06
CASTRO JAIL HORRORS
Liberated Political Prisoners
in PitiabIe Condition.
WEAK FROM STARVATION
Communication With Friends and
Relatives Denied Them.
BRUTAL GOVERNOR ARRESTED
Accompanies Freed Men on Board
Ship-Protected Against In
jury by Them. .
BRUTAL GOVERNOR ARRESTED

NEW YORK. January 6.-Fuller de-
tails of the release of more than score
Of Castros political prisoners, their pitia-
BILE condition and tales Of the treatment
they had received in the barbarous dun
geons of Fort San Carlos. on an island
off Maracaibo. were brought here yesterr
day by passengers who arrived on the
steamship Zulia. the ship that carried the
prisoners from the fort to La Guaira.
The prisoners. twenty seven in number,
were men Of the best families in Venezue-
la. They were all that remained of droves
of prisoners sent to the fort for political
reasons by Castro during his term of
power. Their deliverance came because
of Castro's overthrow.
Many Unable to Walk.
The prisoners. when they came aboard
the Zulia at Maracaibo. presented a Gu
rious sight. They were we'll dressed,
shaved and boards trimmed. but they
were cadaverous and weak. Many could
not walk without assistance
The prisoners said they had been sys-
tematically starved the allowance for
their keep presumably going into the
pockets of their jailers or others in the
government employ. They subsisted on
such fish as could be caught off the shore
and cooked by themselves as we'll as they
could.
Communication with relatives and
friends or with any one in the outside
world was denied them. They had no
tidings of even their own families untS
release came.
The Zulia's passengers were over
whelmed with pity at the plight of the
poor fellows, many of whom could not
walk even a few steps without painful
limping.
Two who remained inseparable COM
paniOns on the ship told OF having been
chained together for months to the same
spot and SO close together that when
either wanted to move his fettered leg
he gave the other man warning. Other
wise the chain would chafe the sore
spots where the letters had bitten into
the flesh.
Families Greet Liberated.
There were fearful scenes at La
Guaira, where the forlorn-looking pris-
oners were met by their families and
friends.
Gen. Bello, who had charge Of Fort
San Carlos and of the prisoners, was also
a passenger on the Zulia from Mara
caibo to La Guaira. He is described as
bony. grizzled man of fifty. and, ac-
cordns to the passengers, has a some
what brutal appearance
He. perforce, had to go with his own
prisoners. Several military-looking men
accompanied him, ostensibly as a guard
against violence from his former cap
tives. 1t was suspected they were to
see. too, that he went nowhere but to
Caracas.
Bello enjoyed himself about the decks
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-kipling.
The first of these statements is already
true about the cross-country riding class
at Fort Myer. and the latter part will be
realized if the officers and men keep at
the work with their present enthusiasm.
1t is all an outgrowth of the Presidents
test-ride order. but the younger men of
the army have taken hold and are carry
ing the thing beyond the strict official in
depreciation Of the command, but in
way that is likely to win the approval of
President Roosevelt and rebound in
general. to the good of the service.
For many years the troopers. and lat
terly the artillerymen. at the fort have
been in the habit of giving riding exhibit
tions in the big tan-barked hall there.
They have done bareback and other rid
ing stunts that would be credit to cir
Gus. 1t Is all for the good Of the men
and the horses, for ii gets them familiar
with one another and makes both more
efficient.
Easy for the Youngsters.
Recently when the President insisted on
better physical condition among the Off
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-06
with each other and giving them
fidence in each other.
Where a Horse Will Go.

1t is an old. accepted fact among horse
men that horse can go anywhere that
man can go if the man does not use his
hands. The horse can usually do the
trick also with the man on his back if the
man will stick and let the horse alone.
One Of the first principles of the bank
climbing feats of the classes is to sit still
and sit still. and then keep on sitting still.
When it comes to a jump, of course, the
man can help the horse good deal. but
in the average cross country work the
horse does better when he is let alone.
There some impossible looking
pictures advertising a certain make of
Photographic lens in the back OF the
maya zines showing Italian army officers
going down nearly perpendicular inclines
on horseback. All unknown to the popu-
lation Of Washington there have been
some almost equally remarka BILE feats per-
OR two. There is one drop down by the
pistol range back of the fort where the
horses go over the edge of tweNefoot
drop, sit down and slide and come up
right side up at the bottom.
There are two classes at the fort. one
for officers and the other for non-commis-
stoned officers. One of the indications
that the men all really take to the work
is that every day when the classes go out
some of the officers go along voluntarily
with the non-coms and the non-coms join
the officers classes in the same way.
English Saddle Used.
The classes use the English hunting
saddle for practice. There are a certain
number of these saddles allowed by the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-06
Post Office Department Changes.

The following promotions in the Post
Office Department were announced to-
lay:
w. Hurley Roberts Of Pennsylvania. q
clerk. from sl,i00 to $1,000 per annum.
Malcolm Kerlin of New Jersey. a clerk,
from s1,260 to s1.400 per annum.
Roy l.. Shuman of New Jersey. q clerk
from $1,000 to $1,000 per annum
Mox Roman of Maryland, a clerk, from
5000 to 81 goo per annum.
Also the following reappointment:
Edward W. Chatterton of New York
from the position of clerk at $1,000 per
annum TO that of post Office inspector
at $1,000 per annum, with 50 per diem, in
he office If the Postmaster General
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-06
Castro in No Present Danger.

BERLIN, January 6.-Cipriano Cas-
tro. the former president of Venezuela,
who was operated upon. Monday, had an
undisturbed sleep last night DIR. Israel
said today that the patient was doing
well, and that no dangerous symptoms
were observable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-06

clerk In the office of the auditor for the
Post Office Department. die dthis morning
at Versailles. KY. the former home of his
wife, where he was taken about three
weeks ago in the hope that he would re-
cover his health. He was stricken with
nervous prostration the first part of De-
cember. His wife and infant son survive
him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-06
RICHARD E. BEALL DEAD.
longtime Employe of Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Passes Awav

Richard E. Beall. for sixty years an
employe of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company. and who. with one excep-
ton. was the oldest employe i'm point of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-06

Of the steamer. and professed confidence
that his actions as governor at San
Carlos would not only be Endorsed, but
commended, at Caracas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-06
Joshua =. Stone Dead.

Information was received here today
that Joshua T. Stone. who resided in the
Portsmouth apartment house and was a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-06

We have the kinds of stylish boots
and low shoes you will require for
Florida the West Indies and other
winter resorts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-06
SEEKING BAD ROADS
Fort Myer Riding Classes Look
for Difficult Feats.
HORSEMEN ARE EAGER
Glasses. for Officers and Non.Com-
missioned Men.
WAR PROBLEMS WORKED OUT
ilxo1u - n,,ri,,or q
WAR PROBLEMS WORKED OUT
Situations Likely to Arise During a
State of Hostilities Imagined and
Met by the Riders.

We travel sometimes where the road is,
But mostly goes where il amt.
We'd shin up the side Of signboard
And trust to the stick OF the paint
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-06
War Problems Suggeste,

When the classes were started some of
the officers, and pretty good riders. TOO,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-06
English Saddle Used.

The classes use the English hunting
saddle for practice. There are certain
number of these saddles allowed by the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-30
SAYS WORLD IS
GETTING CLEANER

According TO this man. tho world
Ia becoming cleaner every day.
And he ought to know. because he
has driven laundry wagon here
for ten ycars- When Michael Flynn
first started In laundry work ten
years ago he said that a business
man would usually send two collars
a week TO the laundry. aud that hs
sometimes made one shirt stick on
tho Job for two weeks
Not 30 nov" aaya Flynn. Most
men who care about their looks
wear clean collar ever day and
ditto for tho shirt
Flynn thinks that religion must
have had something 10 do with the
great change
There's becn.so much talk about
cleanliness being acxf to godllnraa
that think II hes made some OF
en- superstitioas. Maybe thor