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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-17

and for assisting in the trapping" he
said. IF he received such a sum for
so tri1ing a service it is possible that
this may be the same sum which Gal
lagher himself got for what he did in
arranging matters. The evidence is
that Spreckels was displaying exceed
ing generosity about that time
Imagine this meeting at the Glad
stone apartments of these gladstone
gentlemen for glad purpose. Can you
not see Spreckels and the supervisors
with Heney behind, lining up chest to
chest and ranging themselves to march
on what they deemed the doomed city
for the work of regeneration of the I'M
regenerate. and can you not see them
as they all went down the line sing
ing, He certainly was good to me-?
And then there was the formation
of this firm of attorneys with Mr..
Heney at the head. 1t was formed
with the principal object in view of
combining itself to the work of the
graft prosecution and it lasted until
recently, when work got slack. Then
everybody got out of it all they could.
and went into business for himself,
and Dwyer saved out of the wreck
about $4,000 and retired to the OBJ
security whence he came"
As final offering for the afternoon
Moore took up the. expense account.
showing all receipts end disbursements
of the graft prosecution from the time
of its inception. and attacked item
after item individually. He picked out
the names of various members of the
prosecution and assistants on the staff
of William j. Burns, and asserted that
the amounts paid them were out of all
proportion to
which they could possibly have rem
dered.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-17
REFERS TO FREE COUNTRY

Enough of that now he concluded
except to state the notifying cir
cumstance that in our free country and
our free state of California a priva te
citizen can spend $23S, 600 in money and
can pick himself out a private prose-
cutor and can get the district attorney
to appoint this man he has employed
to public office, and the district at
torney does it, and an army of men.
every one of them a suborned man.
willing to do the bidding of his en-
ployer, can be brought in here. What
can you expect to be the RESULT"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05
SuppIY of Nitrate.

II is claimed that at the present rate
of use the known supply Of nitrate Of
soda will be exhausted in less than
fifty years, while as matter Of fact
the consumption is increasing steadily
and rapidly. 1t is therefore safe to
say that before twenty-five years have
passed the supply will be low, unless
new fields are discovered, and that the
price will be high. Over million and
half tons were used last year. This
is not encouraging for the young gen.
Grafton Of farmers, except for the fact
that we will always have our clovers,
our alfalfa, our cowpeas-the great le-
gume family - and properly rotated
these will supply the soil with nitro
gen from the inexhaustible supply In
the air.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05
Cultivate the Orchard.

The young orchard should be culti-
vated, but not with grain or grass
crops. Corn, potatoes, beans or other
vegetables, well cultivated are Ideal
for a young orchard. The ground
should be stirred every two or three
weeks until the middle of August. In
going through the orchard with the
harrow, care should be taken not to
injure, bruise or bark" the trees. To
avoid this the horses ought to be
muzzled and the outside portions Of
traces and whiffletrees padded.
In going through some young or
chards early in the season for the pur-
pose Of demonstrating pruning, Prof,
Surface found many cases of trees
which had been seriously damaged
through being grazed by whiffietrees,
or struck or bitten by the horses. In
going through the orchard, rub off all
unnecessary sprouts.-Rural World.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05
Women and Poultry.

There is no field open to women to-
day that. is less crowded than the
poultry field; none that offers as good
returns for ones labor; none that
affords so much freedom when taken
as a vocation, and none that makes
one so nearly Independent of others.
Some of our best planned poultry
farms, as we'll as our best-paying ones,
are the outgrowth Of woman's skill
and ingenuity In planning and her
financial ability in conducting the en-
terprise. Most women show a quail
flcation for neatness about poultry OF
which men are occasionally void, and
as cleanliness is an important factor,
she often outstrips our lords of crea-
tion" in results obtained. The care
of poultry is productive Of good health
to women engaged therein, giving
them sufficient exercise in the open
air, and just enough care and respon
sibility to make their work interest
ing and to make them feel their i'm
portance The field for women Is
almost unlimited, and 1t pays her bet
ter profits than she can reasonably ex
peet from most other business ven
tures.-Commercial Poultry.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05
A Butter Fraud.

An ingenious fraud in the butter
line was brought to light recently in
England. In that country the amount
of moisture in butter is limited by
law to 16 per cent. Australian and
New Zealand buffers, on the other
hand, usually contain only per cent
of water. Taking advantage Of this
fact, several firms imported large
quantities of these colonial buffers,
to which per cent of water was then
added, thus bringing them down to
the British standard. AS the added
water naturally cost nothing and the
product was sold at the current price.
a substantial profit was made.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05
Ants Destroy Scale Insects.

Prof Harlan of California has dis
covered that the ordinary black ant
will remove the scale from fruit trees
without injuring the tree or leaves in
the least. He says their work is more
complete than that accomplished by
spraying or by any of the imported
insects. The ants are captured by
placing plate Of sugar near an ant
hill, and when covered with ants the
plate is put in the forks of the infect
ed tree. The ants leave the sugar and
go to work on the scale. AS soon as
they all leave the sugar the plate Is
placed at the foot of the tree, and as
the ants come down after having
cleaned the tree of scale, they again
assemble on the sugar and are thus
easily removed to another tree.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05
A Threshing Record.

George w. Mcknight of Howell, KY,
in run of twelve and one-half days,
threshed $4,000 bushels of wheat.
moved every day, sometimes as far as
three miles, and never broke a belt
or touched the cylinder. Mr.. Nc
Knight reports that the best yield he
found was twenty-three acres for
George Wood, that averaged twenty
six bushels. OF his own crop fifty
acres averaged twenty-five bushels,
and the whole crop of 100 acres aver
aged twenty bushels. All of the crops
he threshed made from fifteen to twen-
ty bushels an acre.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05

When .one comes to figure on a
difference in weight for the same age
and feed Of 200 to 400 pounds, and
a difference in price Of several cents,
he can see as plainly as he can see
anything that there is more money in
improved stock. Suppose 2-year-old
scrub steer weighs 900 pounds and
sells for cents pound, while a
2-year-old pure bred weighs 1,2OO
and sells for 6A cents, there will be
$36 for one and SIS for the other.
Is there any man in his right senses
who can think 1t will not pay to keep
well-bred stock when he compares
these figures? They are not imag-
inary at all, but represent the quota
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05

Virginia, North Carolina and Ten,
nessee have the undesirable dlstinc-
tion of being the only states in the
Union where the slaughter of robins
Is permitted by law. Recent investi-
cations show that not less than 9,OO0,-
900 robins are killed in these three
states during the winter months. It
Is a fact that every robin earns 81 in
the destruction of insects Injurious to
crops every year. The hunters sell
them at 5 cents apiece. This is a
waste Of millions of dollars and ought
to appeal to the hard, common sense
of every farmer. 1t ought to be
stopped in every state.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05
Destroying Water Hyacinth.

Spraying is the methed followed at
the present time by the government
in destroying the water hyacinth,
which has proved serious impedi-
ment to navigation on many of the
Southern rivers of this country. A
great number of suggestions have
been tried, and the fine spraying pro-
cess has been found to be the most
effectual and economical. Two gov
ernment boats are engaged in the
work Each is equipped with tanks
for the boiling of mixture Of white
arsenic, sal soda and water. This is
sprayed on the plants, and as the lat
ter are about SO per cent water there
is very little residue after they wilt
down under the action of the poison
Gus solution. That the solution kills
the plants absolutely has been proved
in every case where the conditions
were such as to prevent the introduc
tion of new plants within the area
sprayed.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05
CHAPTER XIX

By the time we had finished our repair,
the morning was still not far advanced
towards noon. l had lighted pipe and
was smoking in the full joy Of rest after
battle, when Rodney came up to me with
a puckered line between his eyebrows.
I'm afraid" he remarked, "we're going
to get let down for the rest of the day."
why, man" l calculated, you
wouldn't be going through that sort of
racket each hour In the twenty-four,
would you?'
He smiled at my answer mot exactly,
but just at present we're playing the part
of lot Of cooped up rats too realistical-
ly to suit your humble servant. I'll be
expecting them to set fire to the house
next. Besides that l shouldn't be sur
prised If the club would start search for
me at any moment. Anything may hap
pened In my Office, the market may have
gone to pot, and pensioners be ready
to tar and feather me-"
"Well,"I agreed, that's all true, and
yet II you go it leaves Duponceau just so
much more unprotected"
Il know" he unused thoughtfully, rub
bing his cheek with his hand. 81 wish to
the deuce knew who the man was" He
looked at me sharply. Haven't you an
inkling, Felix?"
l shook my head. IAN l know is that
he came out of the sea in a storm, with
his precious treasure-box, and that Fate
has apparently appointed us to protect
hin from his enemies until he sees fit to
return into the sea again. On one subject
he's absolutely unapproachable his ante
cedents."
"Then why" pursued Rodney, "did you
ever take such an internal liking to him ~
l considered. "Why did your"
Our eyes met, and we both smiled,
chuckled, and then laughed
There's an old French adage," said
Rodney" 'cheschez la femme" He
took turn or two up and down the room.
Then "See here, Felix he said, there's
no denying the fact that we're both of
us In the same boat, fguratively speaking,
even II no longer physically. You had a
great drag from the start, because you
were living such an unusual sort of life.
and were probably a woman-hater, cer-
tainly had no use for society. Those
things take with girl brought up In New
York"
smoked stolidly. "You won the first
wound, and that takes with woman any
where"
he looked at his bandaged arm and
smiled reminiscentlyf He was probably
thinking of that half-hour wren size had
dressed II.
"But the main point is," he resumed,
that we both knew that the particular
girl In question loved romance better than
anything else In the world"
"And that Duponceau was romance
personiAed," I added, (which fully s1-
plains eur actions.r
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05
Food Value of ButtermiIk,

Buttermilk is nutritious and
wholesome food, or drink, and 1t Is
relished by a great many people.
There is good sale for 1t in all towns
and cities OF any size. The quality of
buttermilk, like all other foods, is de-
termined by the way 1t is prepared.
To secure the most wholesome prod
uct, keep the milk as pure and clean
as possible, use the most pure water
obtalnable and practice absolutely clean
methods in churning. 1t must be held
at low temperature in order to have
it fresh for any great length of time.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05
An Eye TO Business.

Art Dealer-What! You want $500
for that picture? You must be crazy.
De Auber-Not necessarily. I'm
merely trying to discount the future.
Art Dealer-How's that?
De Auber-Two hundred years hence
that picture will probably sell for
$5,O00-but I'm willing to take 30 per
cent off for cash.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05

rolled him out against his comrades. All
this time Monsieur Pierre had fought like
demon, but now one man fell against
his legs, while another struck him glanc-
ing blow across the shoulders, and before
he could gain his footing he fell from the
table back into the room, striking against
the settle. He lay there still. Rodney
was in his place, and 1 jumped beside
him.
Now - l cried, and a moment later
we had what was left of the enemy safe
ly at bay.
The attacking party gathered together,
and, with many i'll looks at us, finally
withdrew. Charles pulled the man he had
in the corner up before us, and asked
what should be done with him. | pointed
out to where the others were turning up
the beach.
1T seems almost too good for him, "
said Charles.
YES" said it; "it does.' l had to hold
myself tight in check now as 7 looked al
my broken door and devastated room
Get out" cried, before l begin to talk
to you, and tell the rest of your gang
that the next time they batter in mans
house l hope they get their just deserts
A nice band of ruffians they make The
next time you look in this door therel
be murder done. Get out p
The man got out, helped over the bar
ricade by none-too gentle lift from
| Charles.
turned to Duponcear; he was JUS
sitting up, rubbing his shoulders. HI
struggled up to his feet and looked abou
him.
I'm afraid, Selden, you'll never forgiv,
yourself for sheltering me. didn't thinl
it would really come to this"
II did," l answered. II knew it, ant
knew we'd beat them off But if the.
ever come again, it'll be the end of on
or the other of u.s.
I'D better surrender" he said
l gave a short laugh. "I'd put you il
chains first. This is my house, and
have what guests l choose. and all tn
powers of Europe shan't prevent me! D.
these people think we're living in the Mid
die Ages"
I'm inclined to think we are," sal
Rodney, from his seat on the overturne
settle. But I've always had liking fo
those days, so l don't object"
Then we went to work to build up tn
front of the house as best we could.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05

A woman who visited the British
museum recently inquired of an at
tendant: Have you no skull of Crom-
well? l have been looking all around
for skull Of oliver Cromwell"
mo, madam" replied the attendant.
We've never had one"
How very odd!" she exclaimed.
"They have a fine one In the museum
at Oxford d"=Ladies' Home Journal.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05
NUTS, and consists Of a SQUARE or

nuts, and consists of square or
diamond-shaped hole pressed through
the U bar of the harrow for the re-
ception of the teeth, and W-shaped
fastener pressed out of sheet metal in
serted between the teeth and the back
of the bar, with corresponding
round notch in the tooth to receive
the fastener. Thus, one fastener
holds all the teeth in the bar.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05

dad, was simply great in relay
events" boasted the boy from college.
Good enough, son. Well make use
Of them talents. Your ma will soon
be ready to relay the carpets. Wash
ington Herald
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05
Destroying Weeds.

In Denmark the farmers are com.
PEELED by law to destroy all weeds on
their premises, and in France a farm
er may prosecute his neighbor for
damages If the neighbor allows weeds
to go to seed. 1t would save millions
Of dollars in this country If laws pre-
vailed which prevented farmers from
growing weeds to seed on their own
as well as others farms.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05
Harrow Tooth Fastener.

John A. Johnson, of Lacenter,
Wash, has patented harrow tooth
fastener, the object of which Is to
fasten harrow-teeth in U bar harrows
without the use of clamps, bolts or
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05
z24H! =! e 24lH!I:!g!lY!!5tlk;s: IS!
SssE 49,. 0A eA&

tions in the market reports during the
last few months. The real question
then is, how to get better cattle.
Bulls are cheap just now, and in fact
have been selling lower than cows and
heifers.-Denver Field and Farm.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05
Mora Practical.

when we get married, Nora, III bs
willing to lay down my life for you"
'I1l be quite satisfied II you lay
down carpet or two, now and then"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05

A friends faults should be known
but not Observation-Disclosures.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-11-05
Strange Omission.

Ito be continued.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-26
POSTAL
BANKS! A BLUNDER
BANKERS ADMIT NJ THAT OPPOSE.
TON OF, BANKING INTER.
EsTs Is BOOM ERANG.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2G.-Danker5 al.
ready begin to dolbt the wisdom Of
the action Of lie Chicago Clearing
House Association, watch I Ia the lit.
est. and Of similar bodies Of bankers
in Middle Western cities, In protest
Ing ,nsuinst the proposed postal saw
ings bank bill. The bankers tlem-
selves are not a unit on the protest,
and the feeling created Is intensely
hostile.
Prominent Chicago bankers havo
privately expressed themselves In IA.
yor Of the Carter bill;- now amend
cd. They have said also that the
heads Of many other big banks here
and in other cities wnere "anti"postal
bank" resolutions have been adopted
realize FIAT the establishment Of gov
eminent savings banks will bring
money 10 existing savings banks rath-
er than hurt Mem nut have felt them
selves bound by the action Of tho
American Bankers Association. 1t Is
feared that opposition to the measure
will react as q boomerang upon the
banks In general. SIS
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-26
3.T 7 argument l that postal savings

- VI ID = 4. 6
1.-THE argument that postal savings
banks are dlnwise because they would
cause a drain Of funds from existing
institutions is not only selfish but un-
true" said one banker. at is only the
shortslghtel banker wilo does not
realize this. Publicly all bankers are
opposed to the measure. hut privately
there Is no unanimous opinion.
III the people really want postal
banks they have only to demand the
immediate passage Of bill, and OPP
position on the part OF financial In.
.terests will fade away like smoke"
The resolutions Of the. Clearing
House Association drew a vigorous
reply from the Postal Savings Bank
League, OF the United States, which
has headquarters In the First National
B2nk building. In the shape Of a sne.
clal statement by President Julius
Goldzler. who was formerly a mem
her Of Congress from the, Fourth Dis.
trict Of Illinois. The advisory com!
mlttee of the League includes Govern
ors Gilchrlst, of Florida: Noel. Of Mis-
s!ssippl. and Brady, Of Idaho: ex.sen.
ator Mason. Of Chicago, and Mayors
Cornell, Of Kansas City, and Hooker,
Of Hartford. Conn. .'.js
"a complete answer to the fears Of
those who believe or profess to be-
lleve that postal savings banks are a
detrlment to the banking business Is
furnished by the statistics Of those
countries which have established these
peoples banks" said Mr.. GoldSisr.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-26

- 49,. afHH + . . b. g. "
without any exception the figures
show large and marked increases II
deposits and in the number Of deposi'
tors in savings snd commercial banks,
TAKE the instance Of Great Britain
Out Of aGpopnlation Of 100000 1t
records Individual savings deposits
(postall Of 1o.3S2,oO0. These figures
make approximately one out Of every
four Inhabitants depositor without
counting savings deposits of over a
billion dollars. .. 4!
"ln the United States. with q popu'
lation OF S7,0O0,000 there are S.100,Ooo
savings accounts, and thus only one
ont Of every ten. Of the population is a
deposltor. Again, the fact that, say:
ings dep:Iits are made by the well
to do In this country and by the poorer
classes in England is shown BY the
q . : 4 g. s. ..
average amount OF the accounts, which
Is sl2 DIN this country and $13 In the
British postal savings banks. Can any
banker dispute the value to mis- busi'
ness Of having the bulk OF the popula
ton trained and educated to methods
OF saving? 4. ys%
"a conservative estimate places the
amount Of Money which lis withdrawn
from circulation and hid in stockings
stoves and safety deposit vaults at FIVE
hundred million dollars. Does any one
doubt that the bulk Of this money
would so into circulation as soon as a
system Is, established which makes
the savings Of the, sman deDositor as
secure as is the Nation itself? Would
this or would It not result in,beneat
to the banks? II not, then why all
this scheming and planning Of which
% IT, 3D.. 4 -- WE
we have heard so much during the las
year-how to get the funds out Of the
safety deposit vaults and into circula
ton? 4. rs !
zone feature Of postal savings banks
is certainly overlooked by the inter
ests watch oppose them. These banks
Wien established will reach every
nook and corner Of this country where
now no facilities for savings deposits
exist. The savings OF the rural com
munIty OF the miner and woodsMag
will get into the general circulationir
a manner which would be impossible
except under a system where every
crossroads postoiIlce. is q savings bank
with the guarantee OF the government
to back It. iIA,
"Postal savings banks must alwags
be the place OF deposit for the wage
worker and the poorer classes. Nc
inducemcut should be offered to the
wealthy to place large amounts in the
custody Of the Government. Thus
there should be a limit to the size o.
Individual deposits and when that lin
1t is reached interest should cease.
"Upler sucn a system again the
banks and bankers will profit IN the
end, for the man, woman or child Wax
has saved $3.50 to $1,000 in a postal
savings bank must necessarily find
some Investment for that fund, AMI
large part Of these deposits will find
their way into savings banks owing te
the attraction OF the higher Interest
offered"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-26

Perhaps It has taken q long and
force into being some Of todar's "bar.,
gain offers" !,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-26

Passengers baggage carried O,
cars leaving Fairmont 4. 500. Dot
1900, $500. $500 and 300 O'Clock.
Passengers baggage carried on cal
leaving Clarksburg at 1880. lo:so, 1:5t
4:a0, 1870 and 1880 O'Clock. N
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-26

For fine, old Pennsylvania whis
keys, drop into the Oak Liquor stor.
on Pike street, In Ciarksburg. Choics
brands at 81 per quart. Expre5sags
prepaid on gallon orders at list prices
Orders for brandies, vine or beer fnI
family Or medicinal use given prompt
attention. All goods guaranteed strict.
ly pure. II S}ii' \ ~