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Sharp County record., 1909-11-26
Calico Rock Wants Pair.

The Progress wants the Farm"
ers' Union Of lizard, Stone, Full
ton and Baxter COUNTIES TO eetab'
lIsh an annual four.eounty fair
at Calico Rock,
Sharp County record., 1909-11-26
Brakeman Killed.

James Crawford, a railroad
brakeman, while working in the
Newport yards p Jew days ago
was run over and killed by a
freight train. His legs were cut
off and he was otherwise mangl-
cd.
Sharp County record., 1909-11-26

us last issue the Hardy Her.
quoted Webster's Dictionary
means of elucidation 10 this
IT, OF all the papers that
Po To our exchange table not
n . o d 9 u more thorough
'wledge Of Webster worse than
+ the Herald, and we are glad
Pee our contemporary taking
|the study.
Sharp County record., 1909-11-26

DR.. s. b. Richmond Of Salem
has been adiudged insane and
placed In the insane Asylum at
Litllo Rock,
Sharp County record., 1909-11-26

(he Pocahontas Star Herald,
Poo Rock Progress, Baxter
Phty Citizen and some other
Pors In this judicial circuit
not making $3.50 a month
|haps' They are not being
Foted to either Independence
Iog'h something 10 come folks,
Sharp County record., 1909-11-26
DRY FARMING IN ARKANSAS
Is Practical Says Professor In The State
College OF Agriculture.

Professor of Agricultural Education, Arkansas
College of Agriculture Fayetteville. Ark
Much has been written in the
last few years about dry farming
and the ideas have been demon.
strated in our western country,
but here in Arkansas, where we
nearly always have a drouth in
the late growing season, we do
not hear anything about dry
farming.
Are not the principles just as
practical here, where we can
raise a crop every year, as they
are in those western states where
crop every two years is all that
can be raised?
We say that dry farming is
practical in Arkansas, and the
principles can be carried out cas-
ier and cheaper than in these
arid countries.
The average farmer demands
proof when~a statement like the
above is made, and it is nothing
but right that he should demand
it.
We have the proof right here
in our office in the shape of sam
pie ears Of corn raised near here,
in Washington county, whore
the grower made rs bushels per
acre on corn with the May and
June rains and 40 bushels per
acre on patch of June corn that
never had one drop of rain. This
last crop was planted June 7, and
any one who knows anything
about the drouth in this section
will tell you that this corn was
never rained on.
These crops were not grown by
the Experiment Station, but
were grown by o practical farm
er in one Of the farming sections
Of this county, where the corn
crop grown in the old slip. shod
way averaged, this year, 10 to
20 bushels per acre.
The. principles OF dry farming
are, (1) preparing the land so it
will hold moisture and (2) cult
vate in such way that the
moisture will not be lost by evap-
grafton.
In those arid regions, where
the rainfall is not sufficient for a
crop each year, the farmer is
forced to prepare his land one
year 80 it will hold water enough
for the next years crop. This is
done by deep plowing and sub.
soil packing in the early part of
the season 80 the soil will hold
the rain that falls and in the
summer, by cultivating with
harrows and other tools, to form
what is known as a dust mulch
TO prevent the loss Of this water
by evaporation.
We do no not need a system
like this that calls for special
kinds Of tools and much work,
but we can by adopting the prin.
oiples tho western farmer uses
produce good crops in a dry year,
by plowing deep in the spring
when we have plenty Of rainfall
we can form a reservoir that will
take up most Of the rainfall in.
stead Of letting 1t run off and be
lost Then by surface tlllage
keep the moisture from being
lost by evaporation. To UNDER
stand how this surface tillage or
dust mulch formed by the sur
face tlllago prevents evaporation
one must understand something
about soil moisture; especially
capillary water. Capillary wa.
ter Is that water held between the
soil particles and carried to the
roots by capillary attraction,
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Sharp County record., 1909-11-26
Store z ak =.
...CLOTEYNG...

...CLOTHYNG...
Come i'm and let US fit you out i'm a
well made suit of cE3fhing at a'price
that cannot fail to please yOu. We
sell SchWab's Clothing, famous the
country over for durability as Wei
as cheaPneSS.
SHOES.
For years we hare been selling a
greater part OF the shoes worn i'm this
territory, which is good evidence of
the merit of our goods. This firm
handles
Star Brand Shoes
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BECAUSE THEY NRE BETTER.
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Connecticut western news., 1909-09-23
TERRIFIC GULF STORM
 SWEEPS FOUR STATES
New Orleans Isolated and Rail-
 roads BIOCkdded.

Atlanta, Ga, Sept. 9. - Alabama Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas were gripped by q tropical hurricane. Mo- bile was flooded by tidal wave, and many nearby points were hard hit. Throughout the entire coast district houses were demolished, trees uprOOt- ed, railroad bridges washed away, miles of track submerged, telephone and telegraph wires torn down and damage done amounting to more than $3,OO0,O0 to crops.
 Thousands of persons whose homes are in the lowlands near the AIisSis- sippi and elsewhere were forced to flee to higher ground to save them selves from drowning.
 The last news received from New Orleans was that the big horticultural hall in Audubon park was destroyed. Ten deaths were reported.
 The backwater in the gulf caused the water i'll the mouth of the AIissis- sippi to pile up three feet higher than normal high tide. Such q rise in the water is unprecedented. New Orleans is isolated.
 The storm struck Biloxi. Miss. with a velocity of fifty miles an hour. Prop. erty damage exceeding $JO.OOO was done.
Connecticut western news., 1909-09-23
THE scHooLHoUsE WELL.

A reader who lives in township in which there are no wells on any of the eight or nine school grounds in the area calls attention to the fact that there ought to be wells, made frog and mouse tight, so that the boys and girls would have a convenient and pure wa ter supply and would not have to both CT neighbOrs in the vicinity going after water and often leaving gates unfas- tened and windmill out of gear. He makes the further suggestion that it would be advantageous all around if the schoOlhOuse well were located just outside the fence beside the road, so that it could be used not only by the school population, but also by travel CTS along the highway. who, if a small trough were provided, would find it very convenient for the watering of their horses or in furnishing a drink for themselves. A distinct advantage of this over the usual location would be that with the increased use of the water it would keep fresher and purer and be much less liable to become fouled through disuse during vacation time
Connecticut western news., 1909-09-23
AN OREGON MOSsRAck.

One old mossback who lives in an Oregon fruit vakey, whose case was reported to us not long since, sold out a short time ago and moved out of the state because the fruit inspector insisted that he spray his fruit trees. The old codger said he'd be hanged if he'd stay ill state where he couldn't enjoy personal liberty and do as he pleased. Ii is the discouraging of the type of horticulture that men of this character would follow if left to them selves that is largely responsible for the splendid reputation a number of western states are making as proGu- cers of gilt edged fruit If other cen tral and eastern states would go after this proposition in the same hammer and tOngs fashion long step would be taken toward putting horticulture on q rational basis.
Connecticut western news., 1909-09-23
PEARY REACHES SYDNEY.
Nova Scotians Give Him Welcome as
 Greatest Polar Explorer.

Nova Scotians Give Him Welcome as
 Greatest Polar Explorer.
 Sydney. N S., Sept. 22.-Commander Robert E. Peary reached here on his steamship, the Roosevelt, and the peo- pie welcomed him enthusias stically.
 The tug C. NJ. Winch, gayly decOrat- ed with flags, carrying the mayor of Sydney, Wallace Richardson, the heads of the city departments and other prominent officials, bade Com mander Peary welcome and cOnSrat- ulated him on his discovery of the north pole.
 Nova ScOtians regard Peary as the greatest living explorer and the only real discoverer of the north pole. Few here attach any weight to the claims of pr. Cook that he reached the north pole.
 Commander Peary's wife and chil- dren greeted him first, going out to meet him on the steam yacht Sheelah. There was hardly dry eye in the lit tie party of those who saw the reun- ion of husband, wife, son and daugh- ter after so long a separation to be followed by so glorious and successful a return to civilization.
Connecticut western news., 1909-09-23
DR. F. 4, COOK LANDS; GETS WARM WELCOME
Thousands Greet Arctic Ex-
 pIOrer Off Quarantine.

New York, Sept. 22.-Dr. Frederick A. Cook, fresh from receiving royal hOnOrs in Denmark as discOverer of the north pole, was taken from the Danish steamship Oscar II. and escort ed to Brooklyn by demonstration of honor such as few Americans return ing to their native shores have been accorded.
 A delegation of more than 1000 friends went down the bay on the steamer Grand Republic and welcOm- ed the explorer at quarantine. Mrs. Cook and the children, on a special tug, reached the Oscar II. ahead of the larger vessel, and Mrs. Cook was the first to greet her husband, whom she had not seen for more than two years and for whose safety she had often trembled.
 Members of the Arctic club and pr. Cooks fellow townsmen of Brooklyn formed a committee which took Dr. Cook off the vessel and escorted him to Brooklyn, where he was guest of honor at the Bushwick club.
 On the pier when the steamboat landed and the streets through which the explorer passed crowds cheered him enthusiastically, and he seemed delighted at his reception.
 "I have no fears as to the outcome of the controversy with Commander Peary," he said in the first talk to the newspaper men. My story has been told and my records cannot be dis puted. All will come right in the end.
 Ut is good to be an American. It seems about ten years since left" he added, 'instead of only two and a half. I would much prefer to have landed quickly and quietly without repetition of the scenes at COpen- hagen"
 Some New York papers were shown him containing long reports concern ing Commander Peary's achievement. Dr. Cook read them carefully, then said. There is nothing new here, and I shall wait until something more def mite is published before saying any thing further on the matter"
 Aside from this short reference to Peary. Dr. Cooks expressions chiefly concerned the joy of his arrival at home
Connecticut western news., 1909-09-23
ovERPRoDucTioN OF APPLES.

OVERPRODUCTION OF APPLES.
 The point has been raised by many who have visited sections of the west where large areas are being planted to apple trees under conditions which
 make possible the production of a maximum quantity of fruit of the high ct quality whether so many trees are being set as to result in serious over production and a reduction of present prices to the point where there will be little or nothing left for the grower after necessary expenses and freight charges have been met. The question is one which may and should be taken into account, but does not seem to fur nish cause for alarm for a good many years to come. Among some reasons for this attitude may be mentioned the fact that many orchards in New Eng land, Michigan, Missouri, Arkansas and lesser apple states are past their prime either through advanced age, insect and fungous pests or lack of tillage of the soil and are today pro drciug less fruit than in years gone by a!4d will produce less in the future than now. Coupled with this decline of old orchards is a quite limited plant ing of new trees in the sections men, toned. This means that much of the western planting will be required to take the place of orchards that are now doing business in other sections. Another factor to be taken into con- siderati0n is that the highest grade fruit wherever produced never comes into competition with that which is understood undercOlored, scabby and wOrmy It is likely, too, that should there be an enormous increase in the production of high quality apples the well organized fruit growers associa- tiOns will take pains to see before that time comes that market is developed at home or abroad where the surplus can be disposed of at good prices. In fact, this is already being done, de- mand having been created for Amer jean apples in number of European and Asiatic countries. A last factor that may be taken into account is that even under the most favorable cOndi- tions of climate and soil there will al- ways be many who through lack of knowing how or of forethought and industry will not be able to maintain their orchards or ranches on a profit able basis. Another commendable safe guard will be to set only the best varie- ties of apples, so that in seasons of heavy crops the fruit produced may be disposed of at remunerative prices.
Connecticut western news., 1909-09-23
CHINA WAKING UP.

Prospects are certainly brightening in China, as shown in the recent deci- sion of tie government to establish agricultural schools in Manchuria, where young men of agricultural tastes may acQuaint themselves with better methods of farming. The crops to be grown will be much the same as those produced i'll the northern part of thr J-..l .t. t@s. Naturally the Chi ne&2 roy"rnncut ts locking to this r"HnII f"2 instructors and has set .>4. '.' "f~""T f.~ t.'' "@E,.ort of tho new school.
Connecticut western news., 1909-09-23

It has been found as a result of ex- periments in sections where peat soils prevail that the application of q good supply of barnyard manure will do set bacterial life to working, which will make their fertilizer content avail able for plant life. In this respect nat. ural fertilizers seem to be much more effective than commercial fertilizers, which are of an inorganic nature.
Connecticut western news., 1909-09-23

It is estimated that 300,OOO people in all registered for the land drawings held in Spokane, Billings and Occur dAlene. If each person on the aver age spent S20 in car fare and hotel bills to make the trip to one of the three places the process of registering alone cost in the aggregate $6,000,00O. This is a good round sum and would have bought 60,OO0 acres of land at $100 per acre.
Connecticut western news., 1909-09-23
Dome Of CcpitoI Crushed In.

Jackson, Miss Sept. 2.4:.--TWo men were killed by falling walls as the rr- suit of the storm horN T)- yu>t us.u.' tf tn" capitol nuildirG w&@ cruslod .@. and Hundreds of buildings were uu- -Oufcd.
Connecticut western news., 1909-09-23

Cold storage experiments which have been conducted by the pomological di- vision of the department of agriculture seems to show quite conclusively that apples will keep most perfectly in storage which are picked when full ripe and a minimum of the starch con- tent is turned to sugar. The keeping quality of the fruit is further increased by the carefulest possible handling in picking and packing and placing in storage as soon as may be after pick
 ing. It was found that underripe fruit tended to shrink in storage and lost much of its sweetness and flavor.
Connecticut western news., 1909-09-23

If the colts are halter broken by weaning time and used to bridle and harness by the time they are yearlings, the task of finishing them up as tracta ble, well broken horses wtA'be a sim Dle one
Connecticut western news., 1909-09-23

Danish dairymen seek to head off an infection of their calves by tubercu losis by removing them from their dams at once if the latter are found to be tuberculous. This malady is one that is not inherited at birth, but con- tracted by drinking germ laden milk. Thus removal and giving the calves pure milk insure their healthy develop ment.
Connecticut western news., 1909-09-23

Preliminary returns indicate a win ter wheat crop of 43o, ,02O bushels, with yield of 15.5 bushels per acre. While the total yield is a trife less than 5,O00,O00 bushels below that of last year, the yield per acre is Il bushels better.
Connecticut western news., 1909-09-23

A good many folks will burn kero- sene lamps all night, with the doors and windows closed, and then wonder why they feel thick headed and dull in the morning or are afflicted with nerv- Ousness and indigestion, when the thing is a plain case of cause and effect
Connecticut western news., 1909-09-23

Spraying the backs of infected ani- malls with crude petroleum has been found to be an effective means of rid ding them of ticks.
Connecticut western news., 1909-09-23

One of the first things that strike the attention of the eastern tourist in California is the extensive use of crude petroleum as a substitute for coal. Steam engines have an oil tank instead of a coal tender, the oil being drawn from elevated tanks in the same way that water is for the supply of steam. Manufacturing plants not operated by electricity use the crude oil almost eX- clusively. as do ocean and river steam boats as far north as Seattle. The crude oil is also used extensively in sprinkling railroad tracks. suburban streets and country roads, and when the road is once made" but q single application of oil is needed in eight or ten months to keep it in excellent shape The discovery of oil in Cali fornia has been q boon to her transpOr, tatiOn and manufacturing interests that it would be difficult to estimate, as it is cheap, economical and easily handled.
Connecticut western news., 1909-09-23

Trials which have been made with "hogging down" corn by experiment stations and individual feeders seem to demonstrate quite clearly that corn crop fed in this way is handled with the least possible expense, while the hogs make more rapid gain in weight than under any other system of feeding This is a somewhat rare instance of where that which seems to be the easiest way of doing thing is also the most to be commended from the standpoint of dollars and cents. To make the plan most effective the field should be fenced off in small areas and the hogs made to eat one section up clean before being turned into another.
Connecticut western news., 1909-09-23

Unadulterated milk should contain about ST per cent of water and 13 per cent of solids. It also contains bacteria which hasten the souriDg and ripening processes. The number of harmful bacteria which it may contain depends largely upon the degree of cleanliness observed in handling it.
Connecticut western news., 1909-09-23

The Turkish red variety of winter wheat is being sown this fall by many a farmer in the small grain belt who has not raised a bushel of wheat on his place for score of years or more. Among the advantages of substituting winter wheat for oats i'll crop rota- ton may be mentioned the fact that where conditions are at all favorable 1t will give a larger net return per acre than oats. while it natures two weeks earlier than early oats, enabling one to turn under the stubble early and thus keeping myriads of weeds from maturing a crop of seed Where one wishes 10 make a fall sowing Of alfalfa. winter wheat makes an excel lent preceding crop, as there is time to give the land several diskings before th" alfalfa K @rwn With conditions %t aiI favorable there should be a yield of froj twenty-five tu thirty '''-n IU@hrI" .:.. .-'';l' th0 p"ico t-ould be not jess than $1 per 0ushel.
Connecticut western news., 1909-09-23

l am also equipped to do machine work
Connecticut western news., 1909-09-23

new school
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-01
REPORTED TO
Have LOST HIS
Mind YESTERDAY
W. STORER Is BELIEVED TO
HAVE LOST HIS
MIND.

Deputy Sheriff Tom Marshall was
.called to Manhattan yesterday on
'hdvices from the northern camp
(which stated that j. w. Storer, a
swell known sporting man of the
state, had evidently lost his mind.
Storer has been living at Belmont
=for some time past with his mother.
Some months ago he was found in
zthe vicinity of Millers Siding in a
condition similar to the one which
i now affects him. His mother came
land got him and took the unfortu-
mate man to Belmont in the hopes
THAT seclusion from the world would
5 be of benefit to him. For time it
s is reported he got along nicely.
However, the old malady made it.
self manifest yesterday with the re-
suit that he will be brought to this
city and given medical examination.
For some time Mr. Storer was one
. of the proprietors of the Palace sa-
loon and gaming house at Reno
During that time he was possessed
& of considerable means. Reverses
set in, however, and his friends
state that he has never been the
same man since
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-01
COMPANY IS
FORMED FOR
Big OPERATION
HARRY STIMLER NAMED AS
RESIDENT AGENT OF LARGE
COMPANY.

Articles of incorporation of the
West Coast Exploration company
were yesterday filed in the office of
the county clerk. The incorporation
is for 100000 shares of the par
value of 81 each. The incorporators
are r. w. Martindale, San, Fran
cisco; C. d. Kaeding, San Francisco;
John S. Bagg, Mill Valley. Harry
Stimler is named as resident agent,
the principal place of business be-
ing Tonopah, Nevada.
The purpose of the corporation is
general mining business. 1t pro-
poses to buy and sell mining prop
erty, machinery and to develop
ground in various parts of the west
or whatever it so desires.
Mr. Stimler is now enroute to
Arizona and it is believed that his
mission there has to deal with prop
erty which the new company is fig.
uring on acquiring.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-01
PERCY BONHAM
PASSES AWAY AT
CARSON CITY
FORMER RESIDENT PASSES
\ AWAY AT HIS HOME IN
CARSON CITY.

Word was received in this city
yesterday of the death of Percy Bon
ham, which occurred in Carson City
yesterday morning at 2 O'Clock. Mr..
Bonham was formerly a resident of
Tonopah, occupying the position of
manager of Ryan and Stenson's
store. He was one of the most re-
spected citizens of this place where
legion of friends will be sorrow
stricken to learn of his passing
away
The telegram conveyed no par
ticulars other than to state that the
funeral would be held Sunday. The
deceased has been suffering for some
time past with tuberculosis of the
bowels Mrs. Bonham, wife of the
deceased, is also under a doctors
care. The death of her husband
will add to the pains under which
she is laboring. 1t is to be hoped
that her life will be SPARED
Percy Bonham was in the full
flush of young manhood. His ster
ling qualities were admired of all
1t seems sad that he should have
been called to that bourne from
which no traveller returns" at {
time when he was enjoying
the pleasures of home of which
he was husband and about to be {
father. He was a member of Amt.
Lodge knights of Pythias, Reno
also a member of Zaynab Temple
D. o. K. X.
| To add to the sorrowful scene, ;
sister of the deceased, Miss Blanch
Adel Bonham, died lat the home o
her parents in Berkeley but a few
days ago. She was a native of Day
ton, Nevada, aged 10 years. To tn
stricken families the sympathy of al
is extended.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-01

Charles Hill of Bellehelen is
spending several days in Tonopah.
M. A. Champlin is over from
Goldfield. He is registered at the
hotel Manhattan.
Ira Fancher and Johnny O'Keefe
leave this morning for the Georges
canyon district, where they are in
terested.
Miss Maggie Holmes, Miss Fannie
Holmes and master Robert Holmes
leave this morning for Hobart Mills
to visit with relatives.
Professor Ross leaves this morn
ing for Phoebe, where he will meet
with the county commissioners OF
Lincoln county relative to another
high school for that county. Mr..
Ross will probably visit Los An