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helmets for them to wear in showery
weather."
An Illustration Of the fact that opin-
ions vary on many subjects was afforded
this vicinity. 1.-The mistake" said this
authority, "in raising turkeys, which
leads more than anything else to their
dying off, is coddling. Turkeys should be
let alone to hunt for their food ana
accommodate themselves in the open air.
For raising In this manner however. 1t Is
best to cross the breed every now and
then with strain Of the wild turkey.
It Is even inadvisable to provide roosts
for the birds. The wild turkey, which, IN
the opinion Of many. is superior to the
tame in flavor. appearance and every re-
specr, is hardy bird and thrives In the
most bitter and stormy weather. Which
fact should indicate to poultrymen the
BY putting the birds in shelters-some
even keep them In cellars-the turkeys
are weakened and rendered liable to dis
ease.
'The breast Of the wild bird" con-
dark hue, and this shade is communi-
Gated markedly to the flesh Of the crossed
turkey. which also has q decidedly gamy
flavor This commends It to numerous
epicures and commands for It a higher
from wild eggs found in the woods are
apt to be difficult to handle at first. but,
as a rule, become perfectly tame after a
while.
"Of course, the presumption is that ir
the course Of time the wild turkeys In
this country will become extinct. or prac-
tically SO, and thus no hardy blood will
be obtainable from the forest with which
to recruit the degenerated domesticated
stock. When that time arrives the farm
ers will have to depend on the fanciers,
who will preserve the qualities OF the
finer varieties by scientific breeding"
Center market dealers have their owl
ideas on turkeys. too, and the customers
who purchase them. They ask US all
sorts Of questions observed one vender.
who affirmed that he had got in more
birds this Thanksgiving season than ever
before. Some % them kick" he con-
tinued, "at the high prices Of the special
Iy fattened birds. One lady wanted to
know why the western turkeys 1 offered
her cost only 20 and % cents a pound
and the New Jersey. Pennsylvania, Mary
land and Vermont varieties a couple OF
cents higher.
western turkeys are. as a rule, raised
on bigger stretches Of land. They hav'
more territory to scratch around In than
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CCORDING to the
head of one of the
largest wholesale
poultry establish
ments in Washing
ton. there will be a
turkey sold for
every family in
the city for their
Thanksgiving din
ner. while some
families - perhaps
quite a number Of
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tresses and pillows. F'irst-class tail feath
ers. suitable for busters and ornamental
purposes, are valued at 40 cents pound,
and skirt feathers are worth nearly as
much. The wing and point feathers are
sold principally to manufacturers of
featherbone.
81 once estimated what would be the
approximate bulk of the feathers OF all
the turkeys consumed in this city alone
around Thanksgiving. The result of the
make was that they would fill a crate as
large as the dome Of the Capitol. Think
what an indication of the city's great
feast!
"A white turkey is a rarity, compare
lively speaking, and, although its flesh
is no better for table purposes than the
bird Of ordinary plumage, its feathers are
rated as special fancy, and fetch high
price; indeed. they are worth three times
as much as the dark feathers. They are
used largely by milliners for trimming
hats, being easy to dye in any color"
The turkey is now being recognized for
its picturesque attributes, and taxtder-
mist in this city aff1rms that he is receiv-
ing quite a number Of orders for the
mounting Of specimens as table decora-
tons. A finely plumed turkey, with tail
expanded. is beautiful bird, and recalls
the fact that Benjamin Franklin wished
to have it as the national emblem instead
of the oft-used eagle.
4
The Rhode Island turkey has a ma
tional reputation, but the fact is that
in the veins Of the Narragansett bird
runs the blood Of the wild stock once
SO abundant in the immediate vicinity
of Washington, as well as Of the Ken
lucky and Iowa stock. Rhode Island is
the smallest state. and 1t would NOT do,
say the turkey fanciers, to breed and
interbreed its fiocks to the exclusion OF
all other strains. So that, although the
turkey that comes to the White House
from Little RhCdy' is now generally
held to represent the acme OF perfection
of its sort, it ia quite probable that it's
ancestors cackled over the very ground
upon which the Executive Mansion now
stands. oblivious Of the fate of their
far-off progeny.
The Rhode Island turkey is bred and
supplemented by the varied food he picks
up by his own exertions, and four or five
weeks before the fatal day Of late fall
he is subjected to q special fattening
process, but there is not, say the dealers,
any special secret about the process.
Although the largest centers # the tur-
key supply have moved, within the past
few years, west and south, Rhode Island
and Connecticut turkeys are still sent in
of the country. Various localities have
their own distinctive methods of ship
ping the birds. Those from Boston, for
example, are shipped minus their heads
and feathers, while New York turkeys 60
forth with beaks and wings. Royal tables
of Europe are supplied by American
farmers with Thanksgiving turkeys, and
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thenls-will have no turkey, Salu INC
merchant, there will be just as many
who will purchase two or more birds, so
one for each family is a conservative esti-
mate"
In the population of 331 ,O39 estimated for
this city by the census of 1910, there are
at least $4,000 domestic establishments.
Allowing a ten-pound turkey-a fair aver
age of weight-for each family, one ar
ives at total of 100000 pounds of the
Succulent meat which will grace the
boards of Washingtonians this festive
Jason. Fer the rest of the population
no will partake OF their seasonable
owl at their favorite restaurant or at
heir boarding house table d'hote the
ealer before quoted allows 1900 birds,
adding to the weight of flesh 10000
pounds, and making the imposing total OF
10000 pounds representing. as 1t were,
he figure at which the entire would tip
the scales, were any scales In existence to
register such an enormous pull OF gravity.
Allowing % cents per pound as the
average price of the holiday fowl, one
arrives at the interesting conclusion that
WASHINGTON will spend this year the sum
OF 100000 for its Thanksgiving turkey.
Certainly an ircira ion of prosperity
worthy Of Thanksgiving.
-
Never before" said the wholesale
dealer, "has there been so large a supply
of turkeys, and we have every prospect
that the demand will be correspondingly
enormous. The cult of the Thanksgiving
turkey is on the increase rather than the
wane. and has become, in a manner OF
speaking, a necessary luxury to the peo-
pie at large"
Surprising Washington's Thanksgiving
turkey to constitute one huge bird, what
an imposing dish it would make for one
of the tabled giants of old! One can
fancy indeed, a company Of such giants,
who would think nothing Of striding over
the tallest house in this city, feasting
upon such a fowl, and leaving enough
over for several cold repasts and a hash
or two.
Taking eighteen inches as the average
lenTth OF dressed turkey. 1T is readily
computed that. laid end to end. the $1,000
birds sold for the occasion of Thanksgiv-
ing would extend a length Of more than
eighteen miles. Attired in the proud
psnoply Of feathers and strutting in the
exurberance of life, the flock of 64.OO0
turkeys butchered to make Washing
ton holiday could not be accommodated
in the largest hall in the city. Indeed
the vast public waiting room at the
Union station could be filled with the
birds. and the latter would fill all the
rest Of the building and extend six deep
completely around the structure.
It has been estimated that considerably
more than 100000 turkeys will be
slaughtered throughout the country this
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wv ASHINGTON'S Fami-

WI ASHINGTON'S Fani-
w lies Will Consume 64o,-
900 Pounds of Turkey This
Year-At rs Cents Per
Pound, This Means 100000
Demand Was Never So
Great as 1t Is Now-Where
the Fowls Come From, and
Who Raises Them-How a
Good Turkey Can Be Selected
by the Observation-Disclosures
giving in the Markets:
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1.-THE feathers are classified by the
wholesale trade in seven or eight grades.
running in value from cents to 40 cents
a pound The small body feathers. rated
as common mixed fetch cents a pound.
and are used chiefly for stuffing mat
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as many as 200 have been sent abroad
at one time.
~
A talk with a farmer in the vicinity OF
this city in regard to his method Of rails
ing turkeys affords an insight into the
ways Of the smaller producer upon whom
the large dealers are, of necessity, de-
pendent for a considerable portion, if not
all. Of their stock. II save over a COB
bier. that fellow there" pointing to fine
male turkey, land ten hens FIR next sea-
son. If the total egg product Of these
hens was Matched. the result would be
flock Of 800 or 400 young birds, but
half that number are all that need:
The youngsters are Matched in April and
May, and during the first ten weeks or
their life they have to be carefully raised
on crackers and milk. Turkeys are very
fond OF oats, and as Thanksgiving time
draws near they can have as many as
they can eat. In fact. about this sea-
son. we sock the oats to EN-, as we
say. The gobblers don't eat as greedily
as do the hens. They will come around
when you throw out the grain, ana eat
a little, and then walk off to forage
around the fields. Then they come stroll
ing back and peck away at the cats some
more. But they get their fill In the long
run-trust 'em for that"
Turkeys are pugnaciOus birds, as was
evident from an incident witnessed on
this farm. Two young birds were seen
to go for each other anG commence fight
ing as stubbornly as a pair Of bulldogs.
One of them grabbed tae other by the
neck, obtaining a vantage hold. and to
this he chung as If his life depended upon
it Around the two sauawking, excited
birds lowered the old father turkey. SEEM
ingly anxious to separate them. He did
not actually interfere, but the moment
that the bird with the vantage grip let
go he grabbed him in the same way and
gave him some good solid punishment in
his own coin.
although" said the farmer. 1.-The in
dications this season are that the supply
will be fully up to the demand, the aver
age person does not appreciate the risk
run by the people who raise the birds.
Let a brood of young turkeys be caught
in a bad rainstorm and 30 per cent of
them are likely to turn up their toes
before night. Almost any poultry raiser
counts himself lucky IL he succeeds in
raising one-half Of his turkey crop. The
fact is that turkeys have such delicate
constitutions that I've heard some talk
Of inventing raincoats, overshoes and
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-06-27
BRYAN WAS MUCH
DISAPPOINTED
Felt Worse Over Defeat Be
cause of Losing Past
Ardent Supporters.

Grand Island, Neb., July IS
Hardly an echo of yesterdays demo
cratic state convention was heard to-
day. Most of the delegates left the
city on late night trains and the few
stragglers got away this morning. Mr.
Bryan himself was among the first to
leave and declined to speak of last
nights occurrences before starting for
home, except to refer interviewers to
his convention speech.
1t was apparent that he had antici-
pated the action of the convention
and If he felt any chagrin he did not
manifest it after the adjournment.
A close friend of the former leader
however, stated that Mr.. Bryan's par
ticular disappointment was in the
boiling from his standard of many
men who had been ardent supporters
in the past No intimation of what
might be his future actions politically
could be secured either from Mr.
Bryan or his friends who might be
able to speak for him.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-06-27
KOREANS TO RESIST
ANNEXATION
Will Oppose Annexation of
Their Country by
Japan.

Toxic, July 2S.-The annexation
of Korea by Japan, which will prob
ably be accompanied by a great up
rising of the Koreans, according to
predictions made here, is expected
by the middle of August. This in
formation was obtained from authori-
tative source. japanese officials have
been quietly preparing for the ANAL
gamation of Korea as part of the
japanese empire and although they
will not discuss the intended move,
high officials admit privately that
serious trouble will follow the loss
of identity by the Hermit Kingdom.
According to dispatches from Ha-
waii, 800 Koreans, members of the
anti-Japanese league, have left there
for Korea to head a revolt. 1t is
reported that scores of Koreans in
the United States and Mexico also
are planning to reenter Korea and
have made arrangements to purchase
arms and supplies and ship them to
the Korean coasts to aid the rebels.
Koreans are secretly arming to
prevent annexation, it is reported,
and it is reported that annexation
cannot be accomplished without
bloodshed.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-06-27
To |RR|GATE MET
HOW TRACT
Weeks Pope Investment Co.
to Install Water
System.

At a cost of something over $780,
900 the Weeks-Pope Investment CON-
pany of Spokane is to construct an
irrigation system to water about 500
acres for a commercial apple orchard
along the Methow river, between Car
Teton and the town of Methow. Water
rights for the system have already
been secured by the company and a
force of men is just beginning work
on the ditch, which taps the Methow
river near Carleton and carries the
water about seven miles down the
country to the new project.
1--WE are not developing this part
of the country so much with an idea
to selling the land as we are inter-
ested in establishing commercial Or
chards there, where we will grow
Spitzenburg, Jonathans and Yellow
Newtown apples for commercial pur-
poses," states C.. H. Weeks of this
concern.
TESTS have been made in this part
of the country with the result that it
has been found to be well adapted to
the culture of grapes, something
quite rare for the northwestern farm
ing regions.
Our project is located near the
well-known fruit farms of Nixon-Pe-
terson and Mr.. Averill. Mr.. Averill
took a total of 10 out of possible 90
prizes in the National Apple show
here last fall. The Great Northern is
now building to Brewster, which is
at the mouth of the Methow river.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-06-27
MURDOCH GOT TIP
FROM LILLY
Gave Him Intimation That
Something Was Wrong
in Congress.

Ottawa, Kan, July 28.-Congress-
man Victor Murdoch, in a speech
here, said Speaker Joseph G. Cannon
had been a standpatter ever since he
had been in congress.
Don't let anybody fool you about
this man Cannon" Murdoch said.
He was against the resumption of
specie payment, thing we had for
gotten long time. He was opposed
to any regulation of railroads; he OPP
posed the Hepburn bill; he fought
the pure food law. His friends and
associates are those who have waxed
fat off special interests, and Cannon
believes in letting we'll enough
alone"
Mr.. Murdoch told his hearers his
attention was first directed to the
Cannon organization because of it's
power to finish its enemies.
1T was the case of Lilly of Con-
necticut, he said. "One day l was
walking down the street with Con-
gresham Lilly and he said:
I wonder if the people will ever
get on to this crowd?'
That was the first intimation l
had ever heard that anything was
wrong in congress.
Il had hoped / would not be forced
into this fight, but they brought Jos.
G. Cannon to Kansas and Cannon at
tackled a cause near to my heart
He was brought here to abuse
insurgents of the house, and I pro-
pose to tell the people Of Kansas
what the insurgents are fighting for.
This question is yours to settle.
1t is question as to whether Kan
sas shall have representative govern
ment or whether it shall have a rep
resentative in congress that takes
orders from corrupt and greedy
system"
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-06-27
Big Electric Road Project,

Augusta, Ga, July 2S.-One of the
biggest interurban deals ever made
in the south will be consummated
tomorrow when Redmon & Company,
of New York, will take over the hold
ings of the E. Fl. Hartman estate
in the stocks and bonds of the Au-
gusta-Aiken Railway & Electric COM
pany and allied properties. The pur-
chase price is stated to be s2,700,-
000 The new owners intend to i'm
mediately begin the extension of the
road from Augusta westward to At
lanta and from Aiken northward to
Columbia. The completion of the
project will give a continuous line
between the capitals Of South Caro-
lima and Georgia, a total distance of
ESQ miles.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-06-27
To Lay Claim to SwOpe Millions.

Pennington, n j., July 2S.-Coun-
sci representing Elmer C. Swope
commenced the taking of dispositions
here today in support of the latter's
claim to being a son of the late Col.
Thomas Fl. Swope, the Kansas City
millionaire for whose alleged MUIR
der sentence of life Imprisonment.
An attempt will be made to prove
that Elmer c. Swope is the legiti-
mate offspring of union of Colonel
Swope and a woman he is alleged to
have married during a brief resi-
dence here in the early sixties.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-06-27
COURT HOUSE BlOTTER

Deed-John E. Shore ct ux. to C.
w. Cook ct al, 81, IL acres in east
IL of NE IA Sec. 14-24-17.
r. E. Cont-Martha E. Wyckoff
ct vir. to r. E. Simons, $4,000, lots
5 and 6, Sec. S-24-18, containing
51.95 acres.
Deed-W. r. Prowell ct TX. to
John F. Chase, $4,000, lots 10 and
20, block 3, Peachey add to Wenat-
|chee.
Mtg-F. w. Hoffman ct al to
jean F. Chase, $4,000, lots II and
IS, block 8, Amended G. N. plat of
Wenatchee.
DEEDS. E. Phillips ct Tx. 70 T..
B. Henderson, $500, w 1-2 of SW
IA and Sc IA of SW IA Sec. II
and Sc IA Sc IA Sec. 10, all in TIP.
%. r. %.
DEEDS. E. Phillips ct ux. to E.
B. Henderson, $500, E IA of NE Ia
and SW IA of NE IA and NE Ia
of Sc IA Sec. 15-28-22.
Mtg. B. Henderson to M. p.
Van Slyke, $3.50, $50 acres in Sec.
1882.
Deed-Columbia Valley bank to
w R. Prowell, $3.50. 90 acres in
NV IA Sec. 1920.
Deed-V. L. Eighme ct tx to Ida
Staples, $3.50, lot Is, block 2, Gar
den Home add to Wenatchee except
s It. of north side OF lot.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-06-27

Supt. A. l.. Brown has received the
designations of two valuable teachers
of the public schools. J. A. West
colt of the high school and L. D.
Sparks, principal of the Lincoln
school have decided to forsake We
natchee and will register for the
coming year as students in the Uni
versity of Wisconsin at Madison.
Their successors have not been
chosen. Applications in number will
probably be received soon.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-06-27
HIGH PRICE FOR
WHEAT
First Sale of $4,000 Bushels
of Bluestem at 80 Cents
at Walla Walla.

The first sale of new wheat was re-
corded here this afternoon by VIM.
Struthers selling $4,000 bushels of
Bluestem at 90 cents This is the
highest price paid in six months.
Bluestem is excellent in quality, test
ing better than so. The wheat was
raised on Eureka flats.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-06-27
"WetS" Win in Hawaii.

Honolulu, Hawaii, July 28.-In
the special election ordered by con-
gress to determine whether the Ha-
waiian Islands shall become dry"
and the importation of all liquor pro-
hibited, the vets won in Honolulu
today by vote of 1888 to 915.
Incomplete returns from all the
islands give the "wets" 1915 votes
and the '.drys" 2.140
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-06-27
NOTICE TO CARPENTERS.

The Carpenters Union will meet
at Maxwell's hall next Thursday
evening, July 28th. The charter has
arrived and P. w. Dowler of Taco
ma will be here to install the off,
GERS who shall be elected. $3.50
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-06-27
ODE Home Study
Course

of the Wenatcee Business College well
bilious who do not feel that they all their
quite extraordinary
they the necessity business training
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-06-27
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
County Auditor.

/ hereby announce myself as a
Auditor of Chelan county, subject to
the will of the republican voters of
the primaries to be held September
8, 1910. F. A. REYNOLDS.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-19
ASK HOME RULE FOR CITY
Milwaukee Council Will Push New
Legislation.
Favorable Reports Made on Bills
Intended to Give MunieipaI Con-
troll Over Enterprises.

Milwaukee. Dec. 1S.-CompIete home
rule and permission 10 establish and
maintain such new enterprises as the
voters may decide by referendum. and a
fun score Of other laws, all tending to-
ward home rule, will be asked from the
legislature.
The council legislation committee has
recommended for adoption twenty-seven
resolutions asking that the city attor-
ney draft bills To be presented at the
next legislative session. The council has
already recommended favorably upon four
teen bills 10 be presented, which. added
TO the additional twenty-seven. VIII make
forty-one new Milwaukee bills.
Resolutions recommended include bills
TO empower the city to establish and
maintain four municipal hospitals: 10
enable the city 10 take over and operate
all public utilities now in private hands;
that the voters, by a referendum, may
decide TO raise the city bond limit to
meet the purchase price; to secure per-
mission to have the city acquire land
for building mOdarn homes for working
men; empowering the city TO build mu-
nicipal Strengthening houses and cold
storage plants. and empowering the city
to have city plumbers do private plumb
ing and sewer work
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-19
DENIES GIRLS WILL STRIKE
Principal Small, of Eastern, Brands
Story as Absurd.
Declares Wearing of BioOmers by
Pupils During Exercises Has
Led to No Complaints.

Principal Willard S. Small. of the
Eastern High School, last night dis
claimed any knowledge OF any contem-
plated strike" on the part OF girls at
the school because they have 10 wear
short skirts during their physical exer-
cises. 10 which ''Peeping Toms are al
legged TO have been attracted on several
occasions.
THE whole thing is absurd" Mr.
Small said, and as far as ! am con-
eerned. no complaints have been made
10 me about the matter / deny that
there Is anything 10 the stories circu-
lated although there may be a few in
dividual cases of timid girls But they
have made no complaint TO me-"
MIR Small said that the suits the girls
we're using were the same as those worn
by the girls al the other high schools. as
far as he knew. Supt. A T. Stuart, OF
the District public schools. says that if
the matter is submitted to him the board
OF education will give it attention, but
as far as is known no such move has
been made
Short-skirted boomer suits are said to
be one Of the troubles, and the fact that
the boys can look right in" the exer-
else room is another. But the bows
deny that they have been ''peeplng." and
Mr.. Small laughed at the idea of their
having an opportunity of doing so. But
Some of the girls, it is said, stiH persist
that they should not be forced to wear
the gymnasium boomers.