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The San Francisco call., 1910-04-18
PULP MILL PROMOTERS
LEAVE FOR THIS CITY
Will Return to Eureka Prepared
to Start Building
Especial Dispatch 10 The CALI

EUREKA. April 17.-DonaId ]. Nc
Kay and f. B. Wilson of the Pacific
Press pulp paper and products COM
pany of San Francisco, which purchased
paper and pulp mill site near the
Holmes Eureka mill Friday, will leave
for San Francisco Tuesday of this week
for few days, returning prepared to
start active building operations on the
proposed plant DR.. Robert Johnston of
this city will care for the business of
the Pacific pulp paper and products
company locally. Mckay states that
work Immediately will be started on a
gigantic pulp and paper mill and that
the total investment of his company in
this county will amount to upward of
S2,00O,O0O.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-18

We were going along smoothly,
and had just passed Goodyear,
going toward Benicia, when the
holdup occurred. 1 was sitting in
my fireman's seat, reading over
the new train orders, and the
first intimation / had of. impend-
ing danger was when, turning
toward the water tank on the
tender, after hearing a slight
noise, 1 found myself looking
into the muzzle of IA revolver
in the hands of a small, rather
thick set man, who wore a mask
made of a black rag. AS / threw
up my hands another man, taller
than the first, and also masked,
came over the tank and covered
Marsh, the engineer. They ordered
US to drive the locomotive on, and
the taller man then decided to be
engineer himself Making Marsh
get down from his seat, this man
took the throttle and ran the
train a short way, soon stopping
with a jerk, which caused the
passengers to poke their heads
out of windows, fearing a wreck.
A fusillade of bullets from the
two men made the heads disap-
pear. and 1 believe that not an
other head appeared at a car
window during the trip.
The men made Marsh and my
self alight from the engine. and
after they had secured the mail
sacks, made us do all their fetch
ing and carrying. They kept us
n front of them as they ap-
preached the car where the mail
bags were, and told us that we
would be the first to get shot if
there was a fight. 1 was afraid
that they were going to take me
on the engine when they made
their getaway, to fire for them,
and later drop me off, or do away
with me, but this course seemed,
1 suppose, too risky for them, as
they finally decided to go on
alone.
The men in the mail car at
first refused to surrender, but the
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-18
BRUSH FIRE ALMOST
REACHES MAGAZINE
Disaster Averted Only After a
Hard Struggle

SAN DIEGO. April 17.-Flames of a
brush fire were prevented from reach
ing a powder magazine only after a
hard fight in a canyon back of the
Childrens home this afternoon.
The magazine belongs to a con-
tractor and is said to contain a large
amount OF explosives.
The ground was too rough to permit
the usual methods Of fighting a fire.
+ A careless smoker is supposed to have
caused the trouble.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-18
BOILER EXPLODES AND
BUILDING is WRECKED
Engineer Standing Before Fur
mace Escapes Alive

SANTA MARIA, April 17.-The boiler
of the Municipal light and power plant
blew up this afternoon with roar tnat
alarmed every one for miles around.
Charles Kennedy, the engineer, was
standing in front of the furnace at the
time, but escaped death, although the
building was wrecked and fragments
hurled all about the plant.
Kennedy, however, was painfully
burned.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-18

Professor Leschetizky. the eminent
pianist, still teaches at his home in vi
emma, though he is nearly 80.
Negotiations are proceeding between
Italy and France with regard to a pro-
posed tunnel through Mount Blanc.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-18

After stating the statistics as to the
mortality from different diseases in
Panama, at different periods, Dr. Osler
said that in 1908 the combined tropical
diseases. malaria, dysentery and beri-
beri, killed fewer there than the two
great killing diseases of the temperate
zone, pneumonia and tuberculosis.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-18

Discoveries of great archaeological
Importance are being made near Santa
Vfttoria, Cagliari, in Sardinia, whittier
many experts are now bound. The
ruins of an entire town have been ex-
cavated and numbers of artistic objects
have been recovered, all of which sug-
gest that the remains are those of a
town of the bronze age.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-18

The city council of Eaton, Me-, voted
by a large majority to ask the legisla-
ture to amend the city charter so as to
give the municipal suffrage to women
owning $500 worth of property.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-18

Mrs. Dinah z. Sprague. who celeorat-
ed her one-hundredth birthday last
May, is the oldest member of the Wo-
mems Relief corps.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-18
Believed Wild Engine

Another theory is that the engine
was started by the robbers from Jack
snipe, a shooting club station three
miles south Of Suisun. and went on its
own steam under a wide open throttle,
the robbers having jumped from the
cab after the locomotive had been un-
der way.
When the engine was found wrecked
at Tolenas there was found in the cab
an old Orercoat In the pocket of the
overcOat was crude map and mem
orandum, which might have been
planted by the robbers as a false scent,
but which the detectives are consider
ing for what it is worth.
The map bears the location of the
robbery and several towns, including
Nacaville, Sacramento and other ada
cent points are indicated. The memo
randum related the proposed plan of
the robbery and stated that the robbers
would cache their bicycles at the Pierce
rach, in Solano county, and would es-
cape from the train TO the ranch,
where they would bury their booty.
Meeting Place Guarded
we viii meet at the saloon in Sac
ramento," said the note.
The railroad detectives would not
make public the name of the Sacra-
mento saloon where the meeting is TO
occur. The place is being closely
watched, and the Pierce ranch was
watched yesterday by a large posse.
Chief Secret Agent p. J. Kindelon of
the Southern Pacific company and w.
J. Whitney, superintendent Of the west
ern division of the road, stated in
Martinez last night that they believed
that there was third man in the rob-
berry and that he was an experienced
arailrOadnan
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-18
BOUT MAY
END IN MANS DEATH
George Durham's Skull Is Frac-
tured While Wrestling

George Durham, a marine engineer
living at 761 Oak street, may die from
injuries sustained in friendly wrest-
ling match with John Donovan or z5o
Lausset street yesterday afternoon.
Durham and Donovan engaged IN
contest of strength in the saloon or
Farrell & Wilkenson, $50 Haight street
in the presence of four friends.
Both men struggled about the floor OF
the saloon for several minutes and
Durham was finally lifted from on MS
feet and thrown. In falling his head
struck against safe and his skull was
fractured.
Policeman Louis J. Cornelius arrest
ed Donovan and he will be detained
pending the outcome of Durham's IN
iuries Witnesses Informed the police
that the two were the best of friends
and that the contest was a friendly
one.
Skull Is Fractured
Frank Corey of 220s Van Ness ave-
nue. was thrown from Polk street
electric car last evening and sustained
a. fractured skull. Corey was standing
on the rear platform and lost his bal
ance as the car turned corner
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-18

From the days of Joseph down the
only well populated country which had
enough grain to satisfy its own con-
sume-s was Egypt, rich beyond the rec
ord of any other soil this side of Para
disc.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-18

In ffty-four cases out OF every hun
dred the left leg is stronger than the
right
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-18
THUGS TAKE ENGINE
FROM CREW AT POINT
OF FOUR REVOLVERS

Two men. recently of Martinez, be-
neved beyond reasonable doubt to be
the robbers of the Southern Pacific
train No. 10 on the dreary Suisun
marshes at midnight Saturday, were
being searched for yesterday from
Martinez to Oakland and through the
broad country that lays. dotted with
ranches and farms, in the region Of
Mount Diablo. Sheriffs, police. United
States postal officials, United States
marshals and deputy marshals, railroad
detectives and volunteer posses turned
the san Ramon valley into a hunting
ground for the two men. Automobiles
loaded with officers, armed and eager
covered the country roads of Contra
Costa and Alameda counties.
RaiIroadman Implicated
But it is a third man, said by the
perienced railroad engineer. who is be
leved to have directed the robbery and
TO have cleVerly covered the retreat of
the active robbers by running the en-
gine disconnected from the train from
block to block in such a way as to stop
pursuit by rail 1t is thought that
while the two robbers who appeared in
the open as conducting the robbery
were rowing from the scene of the
crime TO Buushead point, near Marti-
nez, this third man got into the locomo-
tie and ran up the line. through Sui
sun, where a hurriedly assembled posse
Of trainmen and citizens were waiting
at the depot for the stolen engine, to
10y crashing into a line of bOxcars on
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03
GENERAL FARM 7

The man who got out with hogs"
a year ago wishes he was In.
It is common to say public land Is
all taken, but there still remains land
open to entry in 20 states and terri
tories.
Goats are found profitable In noun
famous countries where food Is scarce.
why should they not pay on farms
that produce plenty of feed?
Do not fail to plant peanuts. The
nuts are wholesome food for man and
animals, and the hay is excellent food
for stock. Prepare the land for pea
nuts and wait till the soil is warm
before you plant.
There is more in type than breed
Of animals. Some COWS Of a good
dairy breed are poor mixers and
some scrubs give q large quantity Of
good milk. To select a good dairy
COW one must know the charac-
teristics Of a dairy type.
Soy beans are quite similar to COW
peas as soil renovators and as food
for stock. They have an upright
habit Of growth and are therefore
easier harvested for hay than cow
peas. The soy bean may be planted
oarlieS than the cowpeas.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03

was holding something in her hand.
and she laid it on the dressing table
carefully.
81 found it in the linen hamper"
she said. 'It must be Mr. Halsey's,
but it seems queer how it got there"
1t was the half of a link cuff but
ton of unique design, and l looked at
it carefully.
Where was it? In the bottom of
the hamper?" / asked.
"On the very top" she replied. TITS
a mercy it didn't fall out on the way"
When Liddy had gone l examined
the fragment attentively. I had never
seen it before, and l was certain it
was not Halsey's. 1t was of Italian
workmanship, and consisted of a
mother-of-pearl foundation, encrusted
with tiny seed-pearls, strung on
horsehair to hold them. In the cen
ter was a small ruby. The trinket
was odd enough, but not intrinsically
of great value. It's interest for me
lay in this: Liddy had found it lying
in the top of the hamper which had
blocked the east-wing stairs.
That afternoon the Armstrong;
h~ousekeeper, a youngish g~ood-looking
woman, applied for Mrs. Ralston's
place, and / was glad enough to take
her. She looked as though she might
be equal to a dozen of Liddy, with her
swapping black eyes and heavy jaw.
Her name was Anne Watson, and l
dined that evening for the first time
in three days.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03
MEADOW MICE ARE HARMFUL
Mole Is Blamed for Much Injury
Caused by This Little Pest
Readily Killed by Poison.

Moles are not v~egetarians as is com.
monty supposed, but feed almost en-
tirely on earth worms and insects.
They are beneficial to a certain extent
in destroying the larvae of various in
sects that are injurious to crops. The
injury to plants commonly attributed
to them is usually done by mice which
follow the runs. Meadow mice are
especially harmful in this respect. The
mole is therefore only indirectly re-
sponsible for the injury.
The mice may be readily killed by
the use of poisoned grains placed In
the runs. To a certain extent, moles
will eat fresh soft kernels OF sweet
corn in the roasting ear stage, and II
such kernels are soaked for half an
hour in strychnine syrup and placed
In the runs, this is partially success
full in killing them.
Strychnine syrup for poisoning
either dry grain or grains of corn
from roasting LIS is made as follows:
Dissolve one-half ounce Of strychnine
sulphate in a pint Of boiling water;
add a pint Of thick sugar syrup and
stir thoroughly. A smaller quantity
may Of course be prepared with pro
.portional quantities of these materials.
Dry grains, such as wheat, which is
commonly poisoned for mice or rats,
should be soaked over night In this
~strychnine syrup. Dry grains of corn
may be poisoned in the same way.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03


Here is a story about a diplomatic
negro waiters also about two we'll
known Kansas men, who a go by
the names of Smith and Jones, just 70
tell the yarn.
Smith and Jones look much alike
and are frequently taken for each
other. One day Smith was in a GER
lain big hotel not a thousand miles
from Kansas City and went into the
dining room for dinner. The negro
waiter busily brushed off the crumbs
and said: why, how is you, Mr..
Jones, how is you? rs glad to see you.
/ hasn't seen you since | waited on
your table when you all used to have
a little game upstaihs.'
I'm fraid you are mistaken" said
Smith, very quickly. MY name isn't
Jones. You have the wrong man"
huff said; huff said" smiled the ne
gro, with much bowling and %scraping.
"Ah knows all right when to keep
nah mouf shet; All knows all right,
Mr.. Jones."-Kansas City Journal.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03
TO REMOVE FIBER FROM SEED
Convenient Method May Be Made by
Mounting Revolving keg or Bar
ret-Hastens Early Maturity.

To remove the fiber from cotton
seed to facilitate ever planting. and
to accelerate rapid growth after germ
nation, we roll our planting seed in
acid phosphate or a complete COM
mercial fertilizer. This requires very
little time, but will pay you for the
trouble.
A convenient means for removing
the fiber may be made by mounting
a revolving barrel or key as follows:
Make an axis for the barrel and bore
holes in it and put in cross-pieces to
mix the seed when the axis is turned,
says a writer in Farm and Ranch.
Put a hand crank OF the end Of the
axis as a windlass. Mount the barrel
between two posts or stakes so 1t will
~revolve. Dampen the seed and throw
in a large shovelful of dry sand to a
bushel of seed. Put the seed into the
barrel, not over half barrelful at a
time, and pour a half pail of phosphate
over the seed. Revolve the barrel
for a few minutes and the seed will
be clean. This emoves the lint from
the seed so that when they are dis.
tributed by the planter they will not
be in close contact, but a sufficient
distance apart to admit the sun and
air to promote growth. This greatly
facilitates thinning the plants. The
phosphate or fertilizer adheres to the
seed and starts rapid, vigorous growth
Immediately after termination and al.
lows early cultivation. Rapid growth
and early maturity is highly desirable
in boil weevil regions, and anything
that helps early maturity should not
be neglected.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03

with the Sunday golf crowd. Mr.. Bal
ley had not been hard to persuade
probably Gertrude knew why-and
they had carried him Off triumphant
Iy. / reused Liddy to get them some
thing to eat-Thomas was beyond
| reach in the ~lodge-and paid no at
tention to her evident terror of the
kitchen regions. Then l went to bed.
The men were still in the billiard
room when l finally dozed off, and the
last thing / remember was the howl
of a dog in front of the house. 1t
walled a crescendo of woe that trailed
off hopefully, only to break out afresh
from a new point of the compass.
At three o'clock in the morning /
was reused by a revolver shot. The
sound seemed to come from just out
side my door. For a moment l could
not move. Them heard Gertrude
stirring in her room, and the next
moment she had thrown open the con
Meeting door.
20, Aunt Ray! Aunt RAY" she
cried Historically. Some one has
been killed."
Thieves" l said shortly. Thank
| goodness, there are some men in the
house tonight" I was getting into
my slippers and a bath-robe, and Ger
trude with shaking hands was lighting
a lamp. Then we opened the door
into the hall, where, crowded on the
upper landing of the stairs, the maids,
white-faced and trembling, were peer
ing down, headed by Liddy. l was
| greeted by a series of low screams
and questions, and / tried to quiet
them. Gertrude had dropped on a
chair and sat there limp and shiv-
ering.
1 went at once across the hall to
Halsey's room and knocked; then l
pushed the door open. 1t was empty;
the bed had not been occupied!
HE must be in Mr.. Bailey's ROOM"
/ said excitedly, and followed by Lid
dy, we went there. Like Halsey's, 1t
had not been occupied! Gertrude was
on her feet now, but she leaned
against the door for support.
"They have been killed." she
gasped. Then she caught me by the
arm and dragged me toward the
| stairs. They may only be hurt, and
we must find Them" she said, her
Eyes dilated with excitement.
I don't remember how w got down
the stairs; l do remember expecting
every moment to be killed. The cook
was at the telephone upstairs, calling
the Greenwood club, and Liddy was
behind me, afraid to come and not
daring to stay behind. We found the
living room and the drawing room I'M
disturbed. Somehow / felt that what
ever we found would be in the card
room or on the staircase, and nothing
but the fear that Halsey was in dan
ger drove me on; with every step my
knees seemed to give way under me.
| Gertrude was ahead and in the card
room she stopped, holding her can
die high. Then she pointed silently to
the doorway into the hall beyond.
Huddled there on the floor, face down,
with his arms extended, was a a
Gertrude ran forward with a gasp
ing sob. "Jack," she cried, "Oh. Jack!"
Liddy had run, screaming, and the
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03
CHAPTER Ill.
Mr.. John Bailey Appears.

Mt. JOHH 0dtfCy HPPSdiS
1 had dinner served in the break
fast room. Somehow the huge dining
room depressed me, and Thomas,
cheerful enough all day, allowed his
spirits to go down with the sun He
had a habit of watching the corners
of the room, left shadowy by the can
dies on the table, and altogether 1t
was not a festive meal.
Dinner over / went into the living
room. I had three hours before the
children could possibly arrive. and l
got out my knitting.
! The chug of the automobile as it
climbed the hill was the most well
come sound l had heard for a long
time, and with Gertrude and Halsey
actually before me, my troubles
seemed over, for good. Gertrude stood
smiling in the hall, with her hat quite
over one ear, and her hair in every
direction under her pink veil. Ger
trude is a very pretty girl, no matter
how her hat is, and l was not sur
prised when Halsey presented a good
looking young man, who bowed at
me and looked at Trude-that is the
ridiculous nickname Gertrude brought
from school.
Il have brought a guest. Aunt Ray"
Halsey said. Il want you to adopt
him into your affections and your Sat
urday-to-Monday list. Let me present
John Bailey. only you must call him
Jack In II hours he'll be calling you
Aunt: I know him."
We shook hands, and l got a chance
to look at Mr. Bailey; he was a tall
fellow, perhaps 80, and he wore a
small mustache. / remember wonder
ing why; he seemed to have a good
mouth and when he smiled his teeth
were above the average. One never
knows why certain men cling to a
messy upper lip that must sget into
things, any more than n under
stands some women building up their
hair on wire atrocities. Otherwise.
he was very good to look at, stalwart
and tanned, with the direct gaze that
I like. 1 am particular about Mr.. Bal
ley, because he was a prominent fig
ure in what happened later.
Gertrude was tired with the trip
and went up to bed very soon. I
made up my mind to tell them moth
ing until the next day, and then to
make as light of our excitement as
possible. After all, what had / to tell?
An inquisitive face peering In at a
window; a crash in the night; a
scratch or two on the stairs, and half
q cuff-button! AS for Thomas and his
forebodings, 1t was always my belief
that a negro is one part thief, one
part pigment, and the rest supersti-
ton.
It was Saturday night. The two
men went to the billiard room. and I
could hear them talking as / went up
stairs. 1t seemed that Halsey had
stopped at the Greenwood club for
gasolsne and found lack Bailey there.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03
Good Pruning Shears.

season I propose to cut my young
trees back to make a proper shaped
head, and pinch the new growth
during the summer from time to time.
Mr.. Hale, the great peach and
plum grower of Connecticut and
Georgia, has visited my orchard and
has proposed the following remedy.
which he practises successfully in his
orchards.
Instead of pinching back in the
summer he allows the shoots to grow
until the rapid growth has ceased.
probably about the first Of August.
Then cut the branches back to a
double shoot, being careful to go close
enough so that no dormant bud is
left above the shoots remaining.
This will force the rest of the
growth of that branch into the short
fruit steps and start new ones below
when pruned.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03
WHEN 10 PRUNE PLUM TREES
Most Serious Question Confronting
Horticuiturists Is Discussed
BY Experienced Men.
(BY &. II. MARSHALL. WISCONSIN
q TIIRAL SOCIETY

(BY 8. Fl. MARSHALL WISCONSIN
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
The most serious problem that con-
fronts the plum grower today Is
pruning. How and when to prune?
head my trees low and the next sea-
son cut off all but three or four main
branches.
The second season there are these
three or four main branches, with q
growth of from four to eight feet. and
each variety with a different shaped
head.
II the branches are let go they Will
be loaded with fruit the following sea-
son, just ready to bend and break with
the first hard wind.
On the other hand, cut the branches
back and the second season there will
be from two to tour branches of near
ly the same length. where the one
would have been had it been left
alone.
Now, what we are after is to get
the fruit closer to the trunk, where it
will not have SO much leverage. Next
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03

H#NN||||Il

two of us were there alone. 1t was
Gertrude who turned him over, final
ly, until we could see his white face.
and then she drew a deep breath and
dropped Imply to her knees. 1t was
the body of a man, a gentleman, In q
dinner coat and white waistcoat,
stained now with blood-the body OF
a man l had never seen before.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03
Woven Wire Fence.

midway between the bottom horizon
tai wire and the ground in order to
discourage the dog from crawling or
digging under. One barbed wire Is
fastened to the posts three inches
higher than the top wire and two
more are attached eight inches apart
to scantling nailed to the posts above
the wire. If these are firmly nailed
and the scantling extended to take
another wire, it will battle the most
determined chicken thief as well as q
dog.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03
THIS FENCE WILL STOP DOG
One Built of Woven Wire viii Battle
Most Determined Chicken THIEF
as Well as Canine.

There are few fences that will baf-
fe a determined dog, but one built
from the lines indicated in the picture
will do the business.
The woven wire fence consists of
II wires, the three lower wires n
and a half inches aaprt and the upper
ones five inches apart.
The wire is fastened to posts rs
feet apart. One barbed wire is set
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03
Fair Exchange No Robbery

and transmitted it to the department
of agriculture. The little melons have
been cultivated with success at the
government experiment stations In
those regions where huge American
melons are grown.
Having gained this desirable DELI
cacy from Rumania. Mr.. Knowles was
anxious to repay the gift. He noticed
that the people were utter strangers
to sweet corn. Accordingly he OBJ
tained seed for this product from the
department Of agriculture. hired sew
eral plots Of ground himself, and inr
structed the Rumanians III its cultura
philadelphia Inquiries.