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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-30
State Of Maryland
Trouble Caused BY Revival OF An
Old Law. AZ

Old Law. . 4s
Chestertown.-The fishermen OF
the lower part Of the county are very
much excited over the enforcement
of the law which provides that
license of SIS must be gotten from
the clerk of the court before a per-
son can fish in any manner except
with hook and line 1t seems that
this law was passed at the session
of the Legislature on 1896.
AT that time Commander T. C. B.
Howard, of the State Fishery force,
notified Captain Ashley, of the local
found without the required license.
This Immediately threw the fisher
men into a fever of excitement, and
there is much feeling in the matter.
There are 500 men in the lower part
of the county who are affected by
the law and they have been engaged
in the business for years. They claim
that the enforcement of the law,
of which they profess ignorance, will
work injustice to them at this time
and they fail to see the reason for
its enforcement now IL 1t has been
allowed to sleep through so many
years. Furthermore, they claim that
the law does not affect the fishermen
above Pooles Island, and this, they
claim, is an unjust discrimination.
An effort will be made during the
present session of court to test the
validity of the law, and for this pur-
pose Willis Wheat, a prominent fish,
erman of Rock Hall, has consented
to be the defendant in the proceed
ings. The fishermen of the lower
section of the county will fight the
matter strenuously.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-30

more common causes of failure have
doing the work and neglect of the
trees after they are planted In this
way much of the educational value OF
the work is lost. BY leaving the trees
unprotected from animals, insects
and other destructive agencies the
intended good example is turned, for
want of a little care, into negative
one.
But even when the planting has
been well conceived and wisely car
ried out there is often lacking, in
work of this nature, all reference to
the larger aspect Of forest planting.
The ultimate aim of the day. might
well be to prompt and encourage not
so much sentiment for trees as a
sentiment for the forest. Yet the
practice has been to plant individual
trees rather than groves, and the
est has not been pointed out. Talks
on Arbor Day have not dwelt enough
upon the economic side of forestry,
or have tended to give wrong i'm
preston of the whole subject by Ia
menting all cutting of trees. The
effect of this has been actually op-
posed to the forester's teachings.
Arbor Day is the time for dissent
mating sound. practical knowledge re-
garding forestry in it's broader as
pect. The mere act of setting few
trees. without reference to the COM
mercial utility and the protective
value of forests. is but small part
Of the work of the day.
The proper season for planting is
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-30

green's may be planted somewhat
later than hardwoods. The day to
plant is almost as important as the
season. Sunny, windy weather is
very unfavorable; cool, damp days
are the best. For this reason it is
well to leave the date for Arbor Day
unfixed, so that the best opportunity
may be chosen. Such exercises as
are desired can follow when the
planting is done.
The careful selection Of trees for
a specific use and situation is essen
tial to success, and proper planting
is equally important. Though less
fastidtous than agricultural crops in
their demands upon the soil, trees
cannot be set in rough soil at ran
dom and then expected to flourish.
They should be planted without al
lowing their roots time to dry out
from exposure to the air. When de-
lay between procuring the trees and
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-30
GQMMRCIll COLUMN
Weekly Review d Trade and Latest
as Market RsBort&
Bradstreet's says:

OAduStlOGtS Says
Trade conditions are without
much change and irregularity Is still
the leading feature in business and
industrial lines. Results of spring
business Sare as a whole disappoint-
Ing. There is, however. more doing
in wholesale lines for next fall and,
winter, and the tone In this branch
Is fairly optimistic.
In the leading textile industries
there Is little change to note. Cot
ton goods are reported firm, with
most wooden goods strong and raw
wool prices hardening. Foreign
woods are in increased sale, and East
ern buyers are reported contracting
more freely for Western clips. There
Is a better tone in the leather mar
ket. where prices are firmer both for
the finished product and for hides.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ended were 247,
against 201 last week, 254 in the like
week of 1908, 1853 in 1907, lit in
1906 and 1913 in 1905.
Wheat, including -four, exports
from the United States and Canada
for the week aggregate 1,585,778
bushels, against 1,475,506 bushels
last week, and 2,417,003 bushels this
week last year"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-30
ARBoR DAY.
~ arass gbx.

E ~ by Grace Eby.
With Joy we hall A.rbor Day, aspect.
ally for its influence ON the children.
May every school collect a good sup
ply of trees and shrubs with which
to adorn. its grounds, and may there
be added to eu,Ty home some new
attraction. would see our farms
and houses protected by windbreaks
of sturdy growing evergreens, and at
each homestead a coy cornerrwhere
rustic seats might invite the weary
farm hands TO cooling shade and rest
at noontide, all through the heated
harvest time and give the worn
housewife quiet retreat for little
time after the kitchen work is done,
and a healthful resort for the chill
dren just returned from their long
and heated walk from school; and,
oh how precious the hours of even
tide, when all the family is gathered
| for little while of sweet commun-
ion and quietude before retiring.
If farmers would plant clump or
| two of shade trees in the pasture
| fields and grateful kline would appre-
ciate the kindness and yield larger
| and more wholesome flow of milk
than If toiling in a broiling sun the
whole livelong day.
A few trees by the roadside are
such comfort to the heated traveller:
yes, and to his tired beast. Then
plant trees by the wayside with
here and there some inviting luscious
fruit, adding value to the farm and
attractiveness to the neighborhood.
Who does not love to travel through
to have been planned for utility, COM
fort and beauty, rather than through
some dreary, unsightly locality, and
over uncomfortable, unshaded roads
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-30
A MARYLAND BOYS SUCCESS
ID. Lee Staley Elected Treasurer or
A Colorado County.

Annapolis. -Information has been
received here that D. Lee Staley, the
crack pitcher of St. Johns College
baseball nine of 1905, has risen to
sudden prominence in San Miguel
County, Colorado, and has been elect
ed county treasurer, and that his
popularity is due in measure to the
great work he has done for the local
baseball nine. The popularity that
he won as an exponent of the Ameri-
can game, together with his other
qualit es, secured him his election as
Democrat, when every other Office
was filled by Republican.
Staley is the son of D. H. Staiey,
the chief clerk of the tax commission
er, and his former, home is Washing
ton County, Md. While at st. Johns
he was great athlete, being pitcher
on the nine and tackle of the foot
ball team.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-30
rreea Of Historic Note.

The Burgoyne elm at Albany, N.
r, planted the day Burgoyne was
brought there prisoner.
The elm tree at Philadelphia under
which william Penn made his famous
treaty with nineteen tribes of bar
barians.
The charter oak at Hartford which
preserved the written guarantee Of
the liberties Of the colony of Connec.
ticut.
The tulip tree on Kings mountain
battlefield in South Carolina on which
ten bloodthirsty tories were hanged
at one time.
The huge French apple tree near
Fort Wayne, Indiana, where Title
Turtle, the great Miami chief, gath.
cred his warriors.
The wide-spreading oak tree Of
Flushing, L. l., under which George
Fox, the founder of the Society Of
Friends, or Quakers, preached.
The elm tree at Cambridge in the
shade of which Washington first took
command of the Continental army on
hot summers day.
The Freedmans oak, or Emancipa-
ton oak, Hampton institute, Hamp-
ton, Va, under which the slaves OF
this region first heard read President
Lincoln's emancipation proclamation.
The magnificent black walnut tree
near w-on-the-Hudson at
=.
forces at midnight, preparatory to his
gallant and successful attack on
Stony Point.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-30

Arbor Day was instituted in Nebras-
ka in 1872 by J. Sterling Morton, af-
terward Secretary Of Agriculture, and
has since made its way from State to
State until provision for its observ-
ance exists in almost every State and
Territory.
The central idea of Arbor Day Is
0he intelligent and appreciative plant
ang of trees by school children. The
planting Is usually accompanied by
exercises which are intended to i'm
press upon uhe children the beauty
and usefulness OF trees and thus to
lend to the work the value Of a bit
Of nature study. Arbor Day has un-
doubtedly done much to inculcate a
love of trees. and has given added i'm.
petus to the general movement for
the better knowledge and the wiser
use of forests.
Yet there is no question that Arbor
Day can be made more practical than
1t has been; that it can be brought
into closer touch with forestry by
being made the opportunity for car
rying out simple steps in forest work.
The permanent results of Arbor Day
from the standpoint of successful
planting have frequently been disap-
pointing. Too often species entirely
unsuited for either economic or orna-
mental planting have been used Still
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-30
OFF FOR PHILIPPINES.
Two Cambridge Men To Take Gov.
eminent Posts.

Cambridge.-John C. Leonard and
DR.. John c. Travers left Cambridge
for the Philippine Islands. Mr.. Leon
ard will teach school, while DR.. Trav-
ers will hold position on the Con-
stabulary Medical staff.
Mr.. Leonard is about 26 years of
age, the son of Capt. j. c. Leonard,
president of the Cambridge Manu-
featuring Company. He is a gradu-
ate of Harvard. DR.. Travers is a
well-known Cambridge physician, and
is a graduate of the University of
Maryland.
Mr. Leonard and DR.. Travers were
given a farewell dinner at the Leon
ard residence. They are going to Bal
timore, thence to San Francisco,
where they take a transport to the
Philippines. They will stop at Chica-
go, Denver. Salt Lake City and Homo
lulu
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-30
ANTICIPATION.

am going to plant hickory tree,
And then, when I am a man,
My boys and girls may come and eat
Just all the nuts they can!
And shall say, "My children, dear,
This tree that you enjoy
set for you one Arbor Day
When l was but boy"
And they will answer. ooh, how kind
To plant for us this tree!"
And then they'll crack the latest
nuts,
And give them all to mel
From the Country Gentleman
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-30

Little Tommy's Arbor-Day Speech.
Miss Smith had invited all the peo-
pie in the neighborhood to attend the
Arbor-Day exercises. She had said
to the children:
"We will plant good trees, and IL
we take good care of them, we can
make this bare schoolyard so beauti-
full that in four or five years it will
seem like different place. And just
think how pleasant it will be for the
children who will go to school here
ten years from now" she added, "or
twenty years-or thirty"
With this idea in mind, the chill
dren had worked with will, and
when Arbor Day came the holes were
all dug, and rich earth had been
filed in around the roots. At 2.30
each pupil was in his place, ready
with the song. or speech, or recita.
ton, which he was to give before
planting his tree.
Miss Smith led the visitors from
place to place, and everything went
Oh just as had been arranged till they
came to little Tommy West.
When Miss Smith saw his excited
face, and the trembling of the hand
that held the pine tree, she was sure
that he had forgottn his verses, and
she was just about to prompt him
when he started out on his own hook.
This is a pine tree" he gaspec.
clutching at it as If for support. "And
and l hope it will grow upon into
a forest and-and be comfort to
my ancestors youths Companion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-30
Owens For The state Senate.

Annapolis.-James w. Owens.
counsel to the Board of County Com
missioners, has announced his candi-
dacy for the Democratic nomination
for State Senate from this county.
He favors the repeal of the oyster
culture law, advocates high license,
but not prohibition or local option;
a constitutional convention, the pro-
posed suffrage amendment and a
drastic law against carrying conceal
ed weapons.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-30

not everywhere the same. South of
the thirty-seventh parallel, especially
in the more humid regions, fall plant
ing is perhaps preferable, but north
Of this the winter comes on so quick
ly that the trees have scarcely time
to develop roots strong enough TO
support them until spring, and spring
planting is therefore more advisable.
The right time TO plant in spring Is
when the ground has ceased to freeze
and before budding begins. Ever
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-30

their planting cannot be avoideds The
rootsgmust bel kept meist eby standing
them III d puddle" made 9of earth
and water mixed to the consistency
Of cream, or "heeled in" by nearly
burying them in fresh earth. In set
ing the trees it is important to place
them about three inches deeper than
they stood originally, and to spread
out the roots and pack the soil firmly
about them. Two inches of soil at
the top should be left very loose, to
act as mulch to retain the moisture.
Large trees are by no means al
ways the best to plant Small seed
lings may be secured easily and
cheaply, and are much more likely
to live. If these are set out in good
numbers after the pattern Of a COM
mercial plantation they will become
in due time true forest on a small
scale.
# only few trees are planted, as
Is usually the case, it is still pos
sible to make plain the true rela-
llOn VI SUCH WIN " AOAOSIiJs %N'
matter how few the trees, they, may
be made to illustrate planting for
commercial or protective use.
The scope Of Arbor Day planting
may sometimes be broadened by Sc
curing permission from some public
spirited citizen or nearby farmer for
the children to plant small block
of trees on his land. This could be
made practical demonstration OF
how such work is done on a large
scale.
Outside the scope Of the actual
plantation, it is well to bear in mind
! that Arbor Day is not the only day
on which trees deserve the intelligent
thought OF the children. They need
care throughout the season. Watch
ing the plantation thrive under right
treatment greatly adds to the educa
{ tional value of the work, which other
wise leaves hut a slight impression
It is all important that the planta
| ton should become model OF what
can be done along these lines. In
after years the children should be
able to point with satisfaction to the
work Of their school days.
] Many cast favorable eye ON ths
fr,it froo
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-30
eossIPs.

Deep in the woodland you will hear,
II you but lend attentive ear,
A murmurous talk from time to time
And all the words will run to rhyme
By light of sun and light of star,
The wind and trees the gossips are;
In whispers to the questioning trees
The wandering wind tells all he sees
For he can roam and roam and roam
While all the trees must stay at home
Clinton Scotland, from "a Boys
Book of Rhyme; used by permits
sion of the author.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-30
Garrett Tax Rate s1.O2.

Oakland. = The County Commits
sioners of Garrett County have fixed
the tax rate for the coming year at
$1.02 on each 500 of assessable
property reduction of four cents
from last years rate. There is an
additional levy of $4,000 for public
school purposes. The taxable basis
of the county is $S,491,012. and the
revenue to be raised from taxes is
$S6,6O8.32.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-30
Wholesale Markets

New York-Wheat- Spot weak;
No. red, 140c. asked, elevator; No.
red, lao, nominal, f. o. b., afl0at;
No. Northern Duluth, 1923, I. o. b.,
afoat; No. hard winter, 1879, T. o.
b., afloat
Corn Spot steady; No. 2, SO%c..
elevator, and 70, I. o. b., afloat; No. 3
white, 80, nominal, and No. 2 yellow,
70, t. 0. b., afloat
Oats-Spot steady; mixed. 26@22
lbs, SIN @584; natural white, rs
032 lbs, 581s @61; clipped white.
S4@42 lbs, 5Sh @631s.
Butter-Barely steady; receipts,
s,506 pkgs.: Western factory. frsts,
l9@19Ac. Cheese firm; receipts.
1884 boxes: new state, fun cream,
fair to best colored, 1905: do.
white. IAN DIAN. Eggs les arm;
receipts. 28.357 crates; Western
arsts, 22@22hc.; DO, seconds, 20M
@ 81; Southern firsts, 81 n @22; do,
seconds, 20M @21.
Poultry-Alive steady; chickens.
broilers. 25@3Sc.; fowls. 16@16.
Dressed firm; broilers. 45090c.:
fowls. 15@15h.
Observation-Disclosures, &c.
tower; contract grade, April 1850
1870.
Corn-Quiet but steady; April.
77@771ac.
oats-Quiet; No. white. natural.
61@61hc.
Butter Steady. fair demand; ex-
ira Western creamery, 29c.; do,
nearby prints, 80.
Eggs-Firm; Pennsylvania and
other nearby firsts, free cases, 23c. at
mo ri n fnxa tn no
turnable cases, 20 at mark; Western
irsts, free cases, 20 at mark; do.
current receipts, free cases, 81 40
22c.
Cheese Firm; New York full
creams, choice, 15A @16c.; do, fair
to good, 15@15M.
Live Poultry-Quiet but steady:
fowls, 151a @16c.; old ROSTERS,
10h OIL; spring chickens, 32@36;
ducks, 14@15.
Dressed Poultry-Firm; fresh kill
ed fowls, choice, &c.; do, fair to
good, 15@15h; old roosters. 12h;
broiling chickens. nearby. As @5G.
Baltimore-Wheat- market
for Western opened dull and lower;
spot, LA; May, 1.34 asked; July,
1.12A.
Settling prices were: No. rel
Western. LAB; contract spot. LAB;
steamer No. 2 red, lao; steamer No.
2 red Western, lao.
The closing was weak; spot LAP;
May, l.31 asked; July, 1.09 Vs..
Corn-Western opened steady;
spot, 7Sc.; May, 77%; July, TIN.
Prices softened on easier conditions
West, but there was no trading.
Settling prices were: Contract,
7shc.; No. 2 white. IS; steamer
mixed, "a.
The closing was easier: spot and
April, 77hc. bid; May. TN; July,
oats-white No. 2, 6ohc.; No. 8,
5000; No. 4, 6h@57. Mixed
No. 2, 5s@5Sh; No. 8. 57@57h;
No. a, 55@551A.
Hay-No. 1 timothy. large bales,
$3.50; do, small bales, $3.50; No.
2 timothy. as to location, 14@14.50:
No. 3 timothy. $12@13; choice
clover mixed, sac 1880; No.
clover mixed, $12,50@13; No. 2
clover mixed, $11@12; No. clover.
$12@12.50; No. clover. 500
1850; no-grade hay, as to kind.
quality and condition, $500.
Butter-Receipts of desirable stock
Is light and demand somewhat bet
ter. Creamery: Separator. extras,
$1,000, firsts. 28@29; imitation,
extras, % @24, firsts, 20@22.
Cheese-We quote: Jobbing
prices, per h., 1914 @17c.
Eggs-Prices were again advanc-
ed. Fresh stock in steady demand
and the receipts are moderate. We
quote, per dozen: Maryland, Penn
sylvania and nearby frsts, 21c.;
Western firsts, 21; West Virginia
frsts, ri; Southern fists, FL; guinea
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-30
Irish wit.

what brought you here?" said a
magistrate to an Irish offender. 1.-Two
policemen. sorr," was the reply. "Ah.
drunk, of course?" Eyes. sorr, bboth
of them. "A Story Told at the Saw
age Club.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-30
Arbor Day Hints.

Consider the trees.
Above all, don't forget the oak, the
monarch of the forest. Choose any
one of the half hundred native sorts.
The scarlet oak is a favorite, it's
autumnal beauty being tremendous.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-30
i've Stock

Chicago.--Cattle Market steady.
Steers, $5@7; cows, $4@4.75;
heifers, $3.25@6; bulls. $3.50
5.25; calves, $3.50@6.60; stockera
and feeders, s3.30@5.35.
Hogs-Market 5000. higher;
choice heavy shipping, $1,000
7.45; butchers, $7.25@7.40; light
mixed. $6.S5@7.15; choice light.
$7.05 @7.25; packing, $7.10@7.25;
pigs, $5@6.60; bulk of sales, $7.2O
@7.40.
Sheep Market steady; sheep,
$3.75 @6.5O; lambs, $5.5O@S.10;
yearlings, $5.25@7.35.
New York. - Beeves - Feeling
steady. Dressed beef slow, at to
10Nc. for native sides.
Kansas City, MO.-Cattle-Mar
steady to strong. Choice exports and
dressed beef steers, $6@6.60; fab
to good, $5.1O@6; Western steers
$3.50 @6.35; stockers and feeders, 81
a $50; Southern steers, $4.70@
6.10; Southern COWS, 1905; native
cows, 1926 a 5.35; native heifers
s4@6.35; bulls, 1925 @ 5.25; calves
$4@6.55.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-26
WOMAN HOLDS ADAMS EXPRESS co. FOR HER
 LONG MISSING TRUNK
Attachment Follows Alleged Failure of
 Carrier to Deliver Goods

What would you say. If. after pack ing all your personal belongings. foi- lowing a Summer vacation. and send ing them. safely as you thought. on their way home. they should never reach their destination2 Would the air be blue2 Mrs Frances S. Shaw of Red- band N. J.. after spending a delight full Summer vacation at New Canaan. packed her effects in a trunk and sent them to her residence in New Jersey. When she reached home she expected to find the trunk ahead of her. This was July 29. 1909 She beat the trunk by a league. and is still looking for it to show up-
 The Adams Express Company was commissioned to look after her trunk both in this and the Skee-er state Mrs. Shaw says she was ready and willing at all times to pay for the ex- pressage on the trunk which conta ned most of her wearing apparel. and oth- CT articles of value. all of which she aprraiscs as being worth s25S.25- She wants the Express Company to settle up and sues in tf@ Common Peas Court for s400 Deputy Sheriff Doolan has attached several horeses belong ing to the company in this city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-26
FOUR MEMS STRENGTH NEEDED TO BIND GIRL
 CRAZED BY EXPOSURE
Doctors Vainly Give ChIorofOrm to Still Ravings of Victim of Young Walter Hayer for Presence of We'll Known Roller Skating Racer = He Refuses to Wed and is Locked ID.

The strength of her whole being un- dermined by the shame and humilia- tion which she felt was to be made public property because of her conduct with Walter Hayes, the roller skate racer, aged 19, Miss Lizzie Tordon of Nichols street, 16 years of age, went in to mysteries this morning at police headquarters. For a half hour chloro- form was administered in an effort to assist her in regaining control of her. self Instead of growing better she grew worse. With wide open, staring eyes she looked at Drs- E c. Krause and J. M Kiernan and Matron Mrs Jack as the three worked over her and tried to calm her.
 Frequently she would tear her arm and clutch at her own throat, shriek- ing I'm going crazy, I know I ann 2 The thought Of young Hayes never left her mind for moment Let me see Waiter" she would cry. At other times she shrieked What have done She finally became so violent that Dave Jack had to assist in holding her on the table.
 After a half hours work pr. Krause and might do herself or some one else harm if she was not watched Super intendent Jones of the Bridgeport hos pital said he would take her if her cries did not disturb the other patients. She was taken to the Bridgeport hos pitaI and later removed to Lakeview Home.
 It took the united strength of four reople to bind her so that she could not harm herself before she was put in the ambulance Her last cry was, sT want to see Walter
 Meanwhile Walter was in cell as