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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
JOHN KIRBY, JR.
PRESIDENT Of
MANU- ACT URES
DEMONSTRATION IN HONOR OF
j. w. VAN CLEAVE, THE RETIR-
ING PRESIDENT, WHOSE POLL
CIES KIRBY WILL CONTINUE.
BY Associated Press.

New York, May 19.-John Kirby,
JT. was unanimously elected to the
presidency of the National AssOcia-
ton of Manufacturers at tOday's ses-
sion of the annual meeting The cleo
ton was made the occasion of a de-
monstTation in honor of J. w. Van
Cleave, the retiring president, whose
policies Kirby has pledged himself TO
follow.
..Gemners, said Kirby, has said
that While Van C1eare-~etsld- Isrstessd
10 refuse the denomination, he wouLl
in reality be dropped by the aSSocia-
ton. If GOmpers could have been
present today when Van Cleave was
made the recipient of every mark OF
appreciation and respect within the
gift of the association and members
individually. he undoubtedly would
have amended his judgment of the
causes lying at the bottom of my
election. Now that l have been
chosen to succeed Van Cleave, how
ever. | do not know where his COnsO-
latiOn is to come from.
Our organization is pledged to
face the labor question. 1t involves
great principle which cannot he
fooled with, compromised with, or
temporized with. if America is to re-
main America. The life of the
American Federation is hanging by q
thread and there will be no malitant
of organized labor today if it was not
for the support of misguided philan-
thrOpists and women's societies who
are constantly keeping up the agita-
ton. My policy will be that of
James W. Van ,Ieave. ! do not be-
lieve i'm a compromise with criminals
1t is better TO bring the whole labor
question 70 a pointed issue, instead
Of temDOrizing and fooling with it.
The only way to deal with this animal
is to take it by the horns till it can
be made Obedient."
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20

SUSPENDED FOR
A SHORT TIME
ATTORNEY GENERAL DOES NOT
THINK AT PRESENT TIME 1T is
ADVISABLE TO CHANGE CoUN-
Sci IN LAND FRAUD CASES.
sy Associated Press.

Washington, May 19.-In the Wash
ington dispatch sent out last night as
a follow TO the Tulsa story on the land
fraud case, it was enormously stated
the attorney general had decided to
suspend further proceedings, whereas
it should have read that the attorney
general had decided ii would not be
for the best interest of the govern
ment to substitute other counsel for
those now conducting the. cases in
Oklahoma and to suspend further
proceedings pending the receipt of
testimony in support of the charges
alleging improper conduct on the part
of government counsel having direc-
tion of the cases before the grand
Jury.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
BY Associated Press,

Cincinnati. May 19.-"Al this talk
about signalling to Mars or even the
suggestion that Mars may be inhab-
ited by intelligent beings. is pure
nonsense, in my OpiH.on, said Jer-
main G. Porter. director of the Gin
cinnad observatory and professor OF
astronomy at Cincinnati University,
There is no basis whatever for be-
lieving that any signals can be sent
from or TO the planet or that there
Is anyone there to send or receive
them. Personally, [ do not thinG il
possible that life can exist Oh Mars.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
SALVATION ARMY MEET.

Chicago, May 19.-Four hundred of
hcers of the Salvation Army were in
attendance at the annual National
Congress of the Western America dis
tIict which opened a five days meet
ing nere today. \ preliminary coun-
Gil of officers and addresses by Com
;nander Eva Booth were the features
% the days program. Commander
Booth, who was suffering from a Sc
we're nervous attack on her arrival
from New York last night. was re-
ported as entirely recovered today.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
HENRY II. ROGERS, OF
THE STANDARD OIL
CO., PASSES AWAY
BY AssoeIstsa Press.

Nashville, Tenn, May 19.-Quo war
wanto proceedings have been institut-
ed in the chancery court by certain
members of the Cumberland Presby-
terrain church, claiming to be mem
bers of the. board of directors of the
educational society of the Cumber-
land Presbyterian church, against Ger
tain persons who have affiliated with
the Presbyterian church, u. S. A, a1d
who also claim to constitute the board
of directors. The action taken is an
effort to GUST the defendants as mem
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
DISFRANCHISEMENT LEGISL ALTON
AT AN END, Boards BILL BEING
KILLED IN HOUSE; VOTE SO TO 20
The PresbyterianS of
Tenn. Continue to Fight

bers of the board of directors. to hay e
the REALTORS recognized as such and
10 have a receiver appointed to take
charge of the assets and property of
the educational society. The bill was
taken to Attorney General McCarn,
who approved and signed it.
This proceeding is but another step
in the now intricate litigation be-
tween the Cumberland Presbyterian
church and the Presbyterian church,
l. S. A, arising over the union of a
portion of the members of the Cum
berland Presbyterian church with the
Presbyterian church, L. S. y.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
Sentiment Turned Since the
Vote Taken a Week
Ago.
GENERAL PENSION
BILL DISCUSSED

SENATE DEVOTED ENTIRE MORN
ING SESSION TO MATTER, BUT
WILL NOT BE DISPOSED OF FOR
SEVERAL DAYS-STOKES IN
PRODUCES BILL PROVIDING FOR
ASSESSMENT, LEVY AND COL
LECTION OF TAXES IN CITY OF
PENSACOLA.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
RETURNS FROM ADANA.

MeTsina, Asiatic Turkey. May 10
Edward I. Nathan. the American con-
sui at Mersina. has returned after
a three days visit TO Alana. He
reports that the military are now
controlling that city and that conf
dence gradually is being restored
Several thousand Armenian refugees
have left the camps established for
them and are returning to their
hCmeS. il these are still standing. and
l. not, to the vineyards. They are
going out under military guard.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
JACK JOHNSON
FAILED To WHIP
JACK 0 BRIEN
THE COLORED HEAVY WEIGHT
COULD NOT LAND ON THE PHIL
ADELPHIA MAN, WHO DID MOST
OF THE FIGHTING.
BY Associated Press.

Philadelphia. Pa. MAY 19.-Jack
Johnson. tne big cOloTed heavyweight
champion, failed 10 Win over Jack
O'BTien. of Philadelphia. the light
heavyweight, tonight in the siX-rOund
GCut. The fight was even and the
concensus of opinion was it should
Lave been a draw, had a decision
been permissible.
O'BTien's maTyelOusIy fast foot
work and his superior blocking saved
him from damage in several close
mixes, and three times he was forced
20 his knees by the negTo'S great
strength and weight.
Ii was fast fight, O'Brien doing
most of the landing Johnson was
slow on his feet and appeared not 10
be in good condition.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
TERRIFIC STORM CAUSES
THREE DEATHS AND DOES
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
Talk About Signalling
Mars is All Nonsense

In the first place, tIe temperature
is extremely cold, far below any
thing we know of on earth. Then
the air is very rare-much rdrer
than on the peaks of the Hottest
TOmtains We know anything about
\ third great objection 10 the theory
that Mars is inhabited is the fact that
We have no evidence that there Is
any water Whatever on the planet.
The sO-caIled canals of Schiaparelli
were not so termed by heir discov-
erer. He calls them channels and
does not contend that they contain
water
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
College Directors Are Old
Maids Declares Dabney

unworthy" on the ground that il was
intended 10 diSconcert the players OF
the opposing team
Next tding they will be passing
resolutions cOndemning pink lemon
ade and whistling and college col
Ors," declared Dabney. What are
YOU going TO do with the college boy
If YOU bottle mp his enthusiasm and
refuse to let him holler? This Is a
frst-ClasS way to go about trying to
kill off the college spirit"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
To INvEST|GATE
THE GOVERNORS
LAST MESSAGE
PRESIDENT HUDSON NAMES COM
MITTEE WHICH is STYLED
COMMITTEE ON EXECUTIVE
AND SENATORIAL VERACITY."
BY Fred M. Allen.

Tallahassee. Fla, May 19.-Presi-
dent of the Senate Hudson tonight
announced the appointment OF Sena-
tors HUMPHREYS, Henderson, Harris,
FlournOy and Dayton on the special
committee 10 investigate the COVER
nor's Wales claim message and the
Beard speech.
The committee was dubbed the
committee on executive and sena-
toriaI veTacity.'
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
The Illinois Senatorial
Deadlock WILDE Broken

are those who insist that the Hop
kins men hold the balance of power
and are sufficiently strong to with
stand any possible coalition against
them
When the break comes the Oldest
hands at the political game assert
that il viii be without warning and
that y sfs8rt fifteen minutes might
decide the long drawn out contest
which has been waged since the Le-
ginning of the session.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
sly Associated Press.

New York, May 19.-Henry II.
Rogers, vice president Of the Stand
ard Oil Co, a moving spirit in the
organization of the Amalgamated Cop
her Company, builder of railroads,
and phiIanthropist, died here this
morning from a stroke o. apOplexy.
Death came about an hour after Mr..
Rogers had risen for the day, men
tioning to his wife he was feeling i'll.
At I o'clock he lapsed into uncOn-
seriousness, and before the family pay
stefan arrived he was dead Mr..
Rogers was siXty-nine years of age.
While Rogers death was uneXpeCt-
ed, he had been in Indifferent health
since he suffered an apOplectic stroke
in 1907, and was almost constantly
under a physician care. His death at
this time, however. was a great shock
20 his family and business aSsO-
ciates. as yesterday and last evening
he was cheerful and apparently nor
NAL. He went down to his business
yesterday In the evening he visited
Ithe homes in this vicinity of his
son-in-laws, Urben II. Broughton and
William r. Coe, where ne played with
his grandchildren and later returned
TO his home.
1 Nc maj diEduSClACtitS III Tux AtAtl-
eral were not completed tonight. but
il has been decided 10 hold the SER
vices at the Church of Messiah, a
Unitarian institution, Friday morning.
The body will be taken to Fairhaven,
Mass. Mr.. Rogers native town, tor
tntGTment.
A SUCCESSFUL MAN.
H. H. Rogers was one o. the most
successful men of the sO-called Stand
ard Oil group. He began life a poor
coy at FaiThaven. where he was born
and retained his legal residence until
death. He was vaTiously reported as
having commenced life as a newsboy
and as driver Of a grocery cart. I'm
I'll recently he held the reins of the
Standard Oil Co. following the retire
ment of John d. Rockefeller, although
]. u. ArchibOld attended to the rou-
tine management of the great corpo-
ration.
His fortune is vaTiOusIy estimated
a, from fifty million to seventy-five
million dollars. which will make his
son, II. II. Rogers. JT., one of the
richest men in the country.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
HORNED TOAOS
WILL BE- USED
FOR HAT PINS
FIFTY THOUSAND OF THEM TO
BE PUT OUT BY CHICAGO FIRM,
AND WOMEN WHO LIKE FADS
CAN BE Accommodated.
BY Associated Press.

Chicago. May 1.-two thousand
horned tOads from Texas are going
through the metalizing process at a
metallic reproduction plant at Wau-
kegan and being formed into hat
pins. To make each pin, a toad is
ChIOTOfOrmed before being put into
the process. The company plans to
put out $4,000 of. these toad pins. The
toads come from a man who, is gath
ering them for the company. The
idea of using them for ffst pms is ex-
pected to appeal to the women who
like fads.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20

detached from the regular Washing
ton train at Richmond and was run as
a SPECIAL from there. The president
went Immediately 10 Fort Stedman,
where a tablet was unveiled and then
proceeded to Fort Malone, where he
made his first address of the DAY.
The day was warm, but the sky was
overcast throughout the morning and
the heat was not seriously felt The
president coupled with every tribute
TO the Union soldiers a .uiogy of the
vaior Of the Confederates.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
Large Trees Blown Down in
Many Sections, Falling
on Houses.
WRECKED
AND TWO DROWNED

DROWNED AT LITTLE
BAYOU WHEN BOAT CONTAIN
ING WoRKMEN CAPSIZED-THE
WIND ATTAINED VELOCITY OF
SIXTY MILES AN HOUR FOR a
SHORT TIME, AND BLEW STEAD
lily AT FoRTY-FoUR MILES AN
HOUR.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
End Came Suddenly at His
Home in New
York City.
ESTIMATED WEALTH
IS ABOUT $75,OO0,00G

WAS VICE PRESIDENT OF STAND
ARD OIL, AND ONE OF MOST
SUCCESSFUL OF THE MANY FL
HANGERS OF THAT COMPANY
WAS ALSO HEAVILY INTEREST
ED IN ANAL GAMATED COPPER
COMPANY AND MANY RAIL
ROADS.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
President Taft Talks
at Unwilling Ceremony

Petersbur, Va, May 19--Paying a
tribute alike to the soldiers of the
north and the south, President Taft
today witnessed the unveiling of
heroic statue in bronze erected at
Fort Malone. on the Petersburg bat
tIefeIds. in memory OF General Hart
raft. and ne Pennsylvania volunteers
who fell in the stubborn fight about
this outpost of the Confederate cap
itoI. The president arrived in Pc
tersburg shortly after o'clock in mis-
private car. the Olympia, which was
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
BY Associated Press.

Cincinnati, May 19.-"They are l
fine lot of old maids. Aren't they2
II was with an expressive accent
that {. w. Dabney of Cincinnati,
made this declaration yesterday con-
corning the action of the conference
of nineteen big New England col
leees last week in Boston, where a
resolution was passed COndemning or
ganized cheering at college games
and sports as "unspOTtsmanlike and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
Mississippi Curiosity
on Trip up the River

deaYors of some of the young officers,
hardly out OF Annapolis. to carry on
conversation with them in French.
Soundings were taken today and IL
was found that the battIeship is
anchored here in eighty eight feet Of
water Tomorrow morning the jour
ney to Natchez will be resumed.
Natchez viii be reached tomorrow az
ternOOn.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
BY Associated Pres.

Springfield, H., May 19.-There is
growing feeling in Springfield that
important changes in the senatorial
lineup is at hand. 1t is not gener-
ally believed that the shift will come
today nor perhaps this week. but an
effort 10 break the deadlock and elect
q senator before the adjournment Is
the unquestiOned purpose of the Hop
kins forces in the legislature. There
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
FARMER KILLS ANOTHER.

Winchester Ky. May 19-CharIes
Y. Falkner today snot and instantly
killed Tandy HaggaTd. near Pilot
View. this county. Both men are far
mers and lived near each other. The
quarrel witch eliminated in the kill
ing. grew out of a law suit between
Falkner and son Of HaggaTd which
was tried Yesterday. Immediately al
ter the killing FalkneT telepaoneF for
the sheriff TO come after him. -.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
FIRE IN TENNESSEE TOWN.

Nashville. Tenn, May IA fire
at Portland, Tenn, 40 miles north
OF here Yesterday destroyed property
&c the extent of $50. 900 The fire was
confined TO the business portion OF
tie place, and several business houses
were burned. Incendiarism is Sis
npctpd
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20

Three lives were lost and much
damage done TO property by the storm
OF yesterday, which struck the city
in all of its force at 11.56 in the
morning, blowing at the rate of 90
miles an hour for a short time ard
steadily at fOrty-four miles an hour.
The storm was from the north north
west and was accompanied by a heavy
dcwnpour of rain, the fall being "A
inCnes in "a minutes. \ number o.
houses were mTOOfed, windows brok-
Ell and trees upTooted and in one or
two instances there were narrow es-
cspes of occupants of houses where
the big trees crashed down upon
them.
TWO MEN DROWNED.
Two men lost their lives when a
schooner from up Escambia bay for
Gulf Point with wood was wrecked
about two miles of Escanibia bridge.
On the boat were Capt. Williams, a
man named Jack and negro named
Israel Brown. The latter was rescued
By the launch Warren X, after he
had chung TO the upturned boat for
a long period. The Iadach placed
him on Escambia bridge, but so worn
out was he from his long fight in the
water for his life that he remained
AUGht uUlll the lux AtltSllIts I'd Ut
Mckay. and Engineer J. March, came
along and brought him to the city
His story, as told when he aFriv-
ed here, was TO the effect that this
boat, upon which he, had just begun
v DIRK, was coming down the bay with
all sails set when she was struck by
the storm. Seas began breaking over
her. and it was soon seen that she
would go down. Can't. Williams and
the man Jack, he said, launched a
small boat and both got in il. but as
the two crowded it they would not
let him in. They started for shore,
but went down after going some dis
lance. Brown chung to the wrecked
schooner until the launch Warren K
sighted the wreck and rescued him.
He says he did not know the name
Of the schooner, a. il was not painted
on her stern. but knew she was for
merly from Biloxi, as this much re-
NAMED on the stern
SEARCH WAS MADE.
When the old negro told mis- story
the Celestine, which had TWO baTges
in tow, began a search for the two
" bite men and the boat, and spent
Sc me time steaming about in the vi
cinity of where they We're last seen,
but nothing could be found. Capt.
Mckay says that his boat was caught
in the storm, and that 1t was n ter.
rife one and no small boat could
weather it.
He came 10 the city late in the
afternoon bringing the negro TO town
with him. The wrecked schooner
drifted up to Escambia bridge and
was tied there by the crew of the
Celestine.
SMALL BOAT cAPSIZED.
At Little Bayou. where the mill
of the Florida & Alabama Land Co
Continued on Page Four.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
VICTORY FOR SALOON MEN.

Springfield. ILL.,, May 19.-The local
option bill, giving cities and villages
the right TO vote on the saloon Ques-
ton regardless of the township vote
under the present law, was passed by
the house today by vote of as ayes,
20 nays.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
sHERIFF is SHOT.

Columbia. s. C, May 19-Great ex-
element was created at Lexington,
ten miles from Columbia, today BY
the shooting from ambush OF Sheriff
F. H. CoTley by negro for whom he
had a warrant and evictment papers
Corley was shot in the face with
buckshot and is said 10 be diving. The
negro probably viii be Iynched.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
BY Associates Press.

Bayou Sara, La, MAY 19.-Several
thousand people today visited the bat
tIeship Mississippi, which becomes a
greater curiosity every time it
anchors on the trip up the river
Much amusement was caused by the
patOis shown by the hundreds of ne
groes who came aboard and the en-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20
ATLANTA MAN TEsTIFIEs

Tulsa, Okla. MAY 19.-Among the
witnesses summoned 20 testify before
the grand jury in the AIuskogee town
IOt case is William A. Leonard, of At
lanta. Ga. who arrived today.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-20

Continued on Page Four.)
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-07-05
CHICKEN QUESTION IN CITIES.

In asking the police to suppress the
Growing Of a rooster kept by neigh
bor the Lake View postman whose
children were unable TO sleep because
of the noisy fowl voiced grievance
Of many city dwellers. However de.
lightful 1t may be for the owner of a
backyard chicken establishment to
have fresh eggs daily and occasionally
a plump broiler that Is certain rot to
have reposed year or longer IN a
cold-storage warehouse, 1t cannot be
denied that the keeping of strong
lunged chanticleer and his harem In "a
thickly settled community causes an
noyance for the neighbors. Inevitably
the masculine part of the establish
ment will assert his existence by emit
ting his defiant cock-a- -doodle-doo at
all hours of the day and night
City dwellers, 1t is true, do not
alone suffer from the rooster's proc
lamations. Visitors to the country
have noted the nlght-crowing habit
and have been kept awake by 1t. The
early neutrality-suspicious. from to Q
o'clock--is a favorite time for the
beginning of the performance. No
daylight.saving bill is needed by the
rooster. While in the country this
choice of the small hours matters lit
tie, It is little short of exasperating
to most city dwellers.
The feminine part OF a chicken es
tablishment makes little noise. 1t is
content to do It's duty by the world and
say little about the matter, save for a
justifiable announcement OF a newly
laid egg. But what the hen lacks In
self-assertiveness vocally she makes
up by her Industry with her claws In
the neighbor's garden. Provided by
nature with means OF quickly uncover
Ing the most carefully planted seeds.
and gifted with a ravenous appetite for
all green growing things, her kind
cause more neighborhood feuds than
all the dogs and cats in existence.
On general grounds the keeping of
chickens In small city back yard
should not be encouraged. The fowls
need room and variety of food such
as they seldom obtain in the city;
their annoyance to neighbors is great
and takes number OF forms.
1t is hardly probable that the keep.
ing OF chickens in closely built city
quarters will go out of existence be-
cause neighbors are annoyed. What
hope, then, has the man or woman
who objects to chicken-keeping?
Clearly In the progress of science
Some Burbank of the animal world
may evolve crowless rooster and =
scratchIess hen for city use. Then
we shall have peace between the city
chicken owner and his neiyhbors.-
ecord-Herald.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-07-05
GILL-ELLioTT.

AT O'Clock last evening at tho
Mrs. Robert Elliott. on Fifth avenue.
Miss Ada A. Elliott became the bride
of Mr.. George Gill.
Rev. w. s. Crozier of the Presby-
terian church performed the ceremony
in the presence of some fifty guests.
The bride looked charming in a beau
tiful dress of pearl gray satin. trimmed
Ia ribbon of lighter shade She car
ried white carnations. The brides
maid. Miss Pattie Graham, of Farming
Ton, wore a dainty costume of Copen-
hagen. blue voiie. Mr.. Elmer Petersen
was best man. Master Harry Bassett
and Miss Erma. sister of the bride,
were attendants. Mrs. Elliott, mother
OF the bride wore dove color, in a soft
silky material The mother OF the
groom. Mrs. William Gill. was in
white
After receiving the congratulations
of those present, the wedding party
repaired TO the dining room, where a
sumptuous supper was served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gill received great
many handsome and useful gifts from
their many friends in this city. Both
are well known having grown to man
hood and womanhood in Durango
Their friends congratulate them on the
happy event and wish them continu
Gus success, lasting happiness, and
| every other good thing mankind may
hope for.
The newly-weds have gone to house
keeping at 22l Fourth avenue, where
they will be at home to their friends
| in few days. Mr. and Mrs. Gill ex
pect TO leave for a trip about the
! last of August
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-07-05

Don't kick because it is hot. You
were kicking few weeks ago because
1t was cold. The hot days of the past
the front in great shape and instead OF
the season being two to three weeks
late cherries are ripening about or
schedule time, the same is true of the
strawberry crop, while all kinds oi
garden truck, alfalfa, wheat, potatoes
ETC., are about as far adv; ied as
usual. It's simply wonderful v At ouI
soil will do when cultivated ID wa
tered