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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-17
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POINTS OF INTEREST.
Warning!

Warning!
 Don't forget ito order your winter supply of coal put in. Tie a piece of string around your finger when you read this and then send your or der to the Naugatuck Valley Ice CO. or call at their downtown office on Fairfield avenue near Main and leave instruction. You'll then be sure of good coal all the winter.
 The Soft Water Cure.
 Try the soft water cure if the case is obstinate and your linen refuses to become snowy white after being wash ed in ordinary water. Scientific prin- ciples is the cornerstone of the success of the Crawford Laundry Go. Family washings are a speciality. Telephone 2910 and the wagon will call and will return your washing promptly With all the worry and work eliminated at a minimum cost.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-17

The Republican organs are evidently record closely, and are as evidently happy over finding that in 1907, sew en Democratic representatives in the General Assembly voted against con- frming his nomination for Chief Jus tice. We are not informed of the reasons for action of the seven, but presumably. they acted under the inn .pression that he had not voted the Democratic Presidential ticket on sev- eral occasidps. It was an erroneous impression.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-17
TARIFF AND TRUSTS AND
 HIGHER COST OF LIVING

Tho rvyort of the Dsmocratic min- orieF of the Senate commdttee on the cost of nvAg is both Interesting and jExRru0Sfve. It attributes the increas- s9 ouzt st commodities to the tariff tho trusts aRd nncnopolies and the Da11Sf money supr1H and with this oDdnfon most close. unpre5udtcsd and afamterestsd observers will agree. The report clssses the tariff and tho trusts as 'sthe dhiaf m1lefactors'' which are, 1t say1 stsef our own creation CT per mAsdon.a
 It saves some particularly choice in- stances sf the gross indussice of the AldAeA torhf-champagne taxed at H so~ - CT cs1yt while wearing ap- pars1 carries burden of 30 to 90 Dar osnt, ana hats worth $4.5e a dozen aap Ha4ed 1T par cent whRe those val ued ct nkor6 MAn <fS a dozen carry only A, per cent These show dis crirndnation against the poor and in favor of the rich. Protection, the re- port says, results in "great fortunes for the few and great suffering for the many One has but to consider some highly protected Industry for pRoof of this statement For in stance. compare the 30 to 60 per cent dividends in the cotton goods indus try with the average wage of $7.50 a week for cotton mill employees, and very similar conditions are found in other heavily protected industries. The tariff duty is added to the price, ths consumer pays the bill, and the operative receives the smallest wage at which his labor can be procured.
 "There are few trusts that could survive revenue tariff. They flour ish only under the shadow of high protective walls. Standing behind those walls that shut off foreign competition and destroying domestic competition by consultations and ab- sorptions, they are limited only to selffng at fraction less than the for eign price plus the protective duty" They may reduce the cost of produc- ton, but they seldom or never share that gain with either the consumers or their employees. a.v
 Of the Meat trust, the report states that it's methods "seem to be admir- ably adapted to taking from the con- sumner, and the producer the largest amount that the traffic will bear"
 Wages would not be reduced as a result of tariff revision downward. In Great Britain, during 60 years of free trade, wages have increased nearly s2 per cent and prices only per cent. In this country, wages are dependent, not upon tariff duties, but upon the supply of labor on the one side, and upon the action of the trade unions on the other. As the Beef trust ex- acts the highest obtainable prices, so the tariff protected trusts obtain la bor at the lowest possible wage, which Is too often the very least upon which human life can be maintained. Tar if duties are the employers perqui- sites, the materials from which multi millionaires are made.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-17
he D. M. Read Co.
 Estabtisbed 1857.
7be Store Closes ct 5 2. M. Excebt Satnrdaps.
Special Values in Mems Wear


 The Negligee Shirts we are showing for $1.oo are all exclusive patterns, and are regularly sold for $200 At present we have all sizes from 131a up to IS inclusive. Special price $1O0. Mems Soisette Shirts which have been sellino for $20O are now offered at special sale prices Shirts with band, $1.39 each Shirts with collar attached S1 50 each Mems Neckwear in early fall patterns in silks that usually go into 50 ct. neckwear Four-in-hands made with open ends One of the best values we have ever offered. Special at 9 cts Iron Flower Boxes and Jardinieres.
 at half price Of heavy cast iron, artistic in design with white enamel outside. Suitable for use on porch or lawn and especially nice for cemetery purposes. Several designs and sizes, made to hang by chains $2OO style for $1OO $350 style for $1.75 $4OO style for $2OO $500 style for $25O $500 style for $500 s7oo style for s35o
 $900 style for $450
 Initial Handkerchiefs Women's initial handkerchiefs in fine sheer quality of pure linen with hand embroidered script initial 13 cts each, two for 9 cts Mems pure linen with initial 13 cts each two for 25 cts
 Bandannas for bathing caps in red and b1ue at 8, g. 10 and 13 cts. each.
 Black and white check, 25 and 50 cents each. Black silk bandannas 50 cents each "A line of Jet Brooches and collar pins at the jew ery counter worth 25 and 50 cen special at 10 cents each Tho D M Road C.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-16
Seed and Contest" Corn

The ears of corn which the extension
division has described as the best to
be selected for seed corn should by
rights be regarded as also the best for
exhibition in the boys corn contests" /"
AS has been repeatedly shown, the
largest ears, while more attractive to
the eye and affording greater amount
of shelled corn, are very likely to be
insufficient1y matured to afford the
best quality of seed; or, If matured, the
time required for their perfect matur-
ity has been too long to Justify their
use for seed in a region where jack
frost is so likely to pay an unwelcome
visit in the "ripening days" of Sep
tember.
The judges of corn contests, as we'll
as the exhibitors, should bear Mime
sofa conditions in mind. Those ears
are "the best ears" the planting of ker-
nels from which will produce the
greatest proportion of ear bearing
stalks, and therefore the largest num-
ber of bushels to the acre. 1t is hardly
the part of wisdom, then, to encourage
the boys to direct their efforts too ex-
clusively to the raising of big ears
which make fine show at the ex-
hibition.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-16
Keeping Manure in Winter

One of the important problems on
the farm is to conserve as much of the
fertility as possible and still produce
good crops. 1t is we'll recognized that
one of the best ways of doing this is
to feed to livestock a large proportion
of the crops grown and to return the
by product, manure, to the land. This
brings up the important question Of
how best to handle this manure so that
it will be best conserved.
The Journal of Agriculture says: 1t
is quite generally considered now that
the most economical way, both as to
the economy of labor and elements of
fertility, is to haul the manure direct
from the barn to the field. In the
northern states there are, of course,
some days in the winter when it is
difficult to get the manure on the
field. However, every day that it is
possible manure should be hauled di-
rect1y to the field and spread.
There are two ways by which the
fertilizing value is lost. The first is by
heating, and the second is by teaching.
If manure is left in piles about the
barn it soon begins to heat, especially
If it contains large proportion of
horse manure. When it heats, the
manure is decomposed and the element
of most value, nitrogen, is lost in the
form of gas. In the spring and early
summer, if manure is lying about the
yards, where rain can fall on it, much
of the fertility is leached out and car
ried away. If manure is spread on the
field directly from the barn, heating is
prevented until the manure is covered
up in the soil. Then any elements that
are liberated by decomposition are
taken up by the soil and saved. When
manure is spread out on the field 1t
dries out; and. as the larger part of
the manure is in soluble form, even if
1t does rain on the fields, very little
fertility is washed out, because 1t is
not soluble. 1t does not become solu-
BILE until covered UP in the ground,
where it is kept moist and where de-
composition can take place. Then the
teaching leaves the fertility in the soil.
where it is used
Considering these facts, and the fact
that manure is handled fewer times
when hauled direct from the barn to
the field, makes 1t quite evident that,
from the standpoint of economy, this
is the practical way of handling ma
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-16
The Weevil as an Educator

In his work of educating the farmers
of cotton growing states of the south
as to the profitab1eness Of diversified
ton, by methods that are remorseless,
1t is true, but effective in the enduring
impressions left, the merciless boil
weevil in it's march of devastation
through the country has advanced into
Alabama
The appearance Of the pest in that
state is officially reported by DR.. w. E.
Kinds of the Alabama polytechnic in
stitute, who states that he found the
weevil at Wilmer, in Mobile county, a
short distance from the Mississippi line.
The appearance OF the weevil In Ala
bama at this time verif1es predictions
by the experts Of the agricultural de-
partment at Washington as to the route
1t would take in it's eastward march
and the rate of progress it would make.
In this connection, the department
has published a chart showing the
progress of the weevil from its start
ing point in 1884 in southwest Texas
and its advance eastward through
Louisiana into Mississippi and on to
Alabama The chart says the weevfl
will reach Georgia in 1914 and remain
there until 1918, when 1t will invade
South Carolina, where 1t will run its
course In that state in 1921. It is ex-
planned that the annual rate Of the
been $4,000 square miles year, hence
the government experts, by a simple
mathematical calculation, were able to
predict the route it would take and the
time when it would appear In different
states.
Doctor Kinds assures the farmers of
Alabama that the insect will do no
damage to the cotton crop of that state
this year, and he further advises that
If they act together with wisdom and
energy the damage wrought by it in the
future will be small. In the fight that
the Alabama farmers will make on
the insect they will have the benefit of
the knowledge and experience gained
from its invasion Of other states, and.
as Doctor Kinds says, should be able to
successfully use that knowledge in
combating it.
For this reason, the announcement of
the appearance Of the insect in that
state has occasioned little excitement.
as the farmers are determined on
adopting effective measures of fight
ing it.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-16
Protecting Trees Against
Rabbits

Rabbits, no doubt, destroy more new
ly planted trees than any other single
cause with which the tree planter has
to contend. In the western part of the
state jack rabbits are especially de-
structive, and 1t is beyond reason to
expect newly planted fruit or forest
trees to survive their attacks unless
we'll protected.
Perhaps the simplest and cheapest
method is that of wrapping the stem
of each tree with strip of building
paper. This costs but little and is
easily and quickly applied. Before go
ing to the field the paper should be
cut in strips wide enough to insure
two wraps of the stem To hold the
paper securely in place 1t should be tied
in at least two places with good
strong cord. Any of the ordinary build
Ing papers will withstand the expo-
sure throughout an entire winter, and
the following summer it will gradually
break down and disappear without
having to be taken off. The cord will
lose its strength and break under pres
sure of the tree as the latter increases
In diameter. The cord has this ad-
vantage over wire tie. Unless the
wire is removed, in time it cuts and
Injuries the tree very seriously.
To protect the tree against early at
tacks they should be wrapped at once.
If this work is delayed until later in
the season, as is often the case, many
of the trees will be girdled that might
well be saved by earlier wrapping.-
Charles A. Scott.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-16
Spread Manure in Fall

The old method of keeping all the
manure produced upon the farm and
spreading it in the spring is practiced
but little at present, says a correspond
ent of the American Cultivator
There is a time, perhaps during the
month Of October, when the average
farmer is too busy husking corn and
getting ready for winter to stop to haul
manure out every day or every few
days and spread broadcast
This method is very advantageous in
that it will give the horses exercise
through the winter. 1t does not take
long each day and cuts out the task
of hauling manure continually for two
or three weeks in the busy spring sea-
SON BY hauling as soon as it is made,
all danger from heating is done away
with and the valuable constituents of
the manure are saved. Nitrogen, one
Of the most valuable constituents of
manure. is often lost by heating when
il piles.
Carefully conducted experiments at
the Massachusetts experiment station
tend TO show there is no loss in rich
ness when the manure is spread broad
cast in the winter. difference is al
ways noted for the better in this
method over the other way of waiting
until spring and spreading
Even though the Jumps of manure
freeze while in the field, it has been
shown that this is just what the ma
nure needs. The action of the weather
on the various constituents is just
what is needed to make the manure
more valuable as plant food
The possibility of washing is prac-
tically the only objection against win
ter spreading, but applies only to hilly
land. With the exception of these
very sloping lands it is found advisable
to cart during the winter in practically
all cases. II is beneficial both as a
saving of time and as a benefit to the
soil.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-16
HUNTED STAG WATTS
FOR ROYAL PURSUERS
Forester Delays Chase to Pre-
vent Clash of Authority

Among the objects of interest in the
exhibition of the chase in Berlin is a
stag which was shot by the crown
prince The story of the stag is in
teresting. When members of the i'm
perial family meet in the kaiser's for
ests they must be accompanied by a
forester. The crown prince and his
wife were hunting and the prince
wounded the stag, which they followed
for certain distance. The forester,
accompanying them, then stopped and
said that the stag was beyond his
jurisdiction and it would be necessary
for their imperial highnesses to be
accompanied by the forester in whose
jurisdiction the stag then was. The
princess urged that they should pro-
ceed, but her lord impressed upon her
that they should set an example to
others. Consequently they waited until
the second forester arrived Then the
pursuit was continued and the stag,
presumably also believer In discip-
line, which had not strayed far, was
brought down.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-16
Storing Vegetables

Cabbages keep we'll until late in the
winter If each head is trimmed nicely
and wrapped in paper. then packed in
a barrel that has been set in ground
where there is perfect drainage The
top is closed with a sloping cover of
boards to keep out rain AS the
weather grows colder, straw, corn fod-
der and other rough material (nO
manure) is used to exclude the cold.
Turnips may be kept the same way
For several seasons past we have
made a practice of burying several
bushels of late potatoes in the ground
for spring use. selecting a high and
dry but sheltered place and lining the
trench with hay. On this we place the
potatoes, then more hay, and adding
additional cover as winter approaches.
We do not disturb the contents Of this
trench until planting time the follow
ing spring. When the cellar stored po-
tatoes are wilted and unpalatable,
these are in excellent condition
Our experience is limited to small
quantities, and they have kept remark
ably well. Never allow water to en-
ter the trench--Farmers and Drovers'
Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-16
Value of Good Roads

Our cities are growing faster than
the country districts" B. F. Yoakum
told Oklahoma farmers the other day,
because money is poured into them to
make them grow. Our farming indus
try is not developing as it should be-
cause not enough money is expended
for the farm life to enable it to keep
pace with the town life.'
Farmers constitute nearly a third of
the country's population and farm
products make up nearly a third of the
country's commerce; but of the money
that the country spends on public i'm
provements what proportion goes d.
rectly to the lettering of the farm
Contrast the amount borrowed by
cities for street improvements with the
amount borrowed to improve country
roads.
To make farm life more attractive by
quoting from Mr.. Wordsworth's appre-
citation of nature and by distributing
domestic science literature that shows
how to nourish the hired man without
pie is an amiable and praiseworthy am
bition; but the sordid fact is that max
ing the farm more attractive is going
to take money Rural mail delivery,
telephones and automobiles have added
to the attractiveness- of country life;
and they have cost something, too.
How would the city man enjoy an an
nual appropriation of s37 a mile for
street improvements and a recommen-
dation to read WORDSWORTH
Good country roads will add more to
the farm economically and socially than
almost any other one thing. If city
were in like position it would, as a
matter of course, borrow the money
and make the improvements Farmers
are entitled to use about a third of the
country's credit. Whatever amount of
credit they use for intelligent road i'm
provement will prove a good invest
ment-From the Saturday Evening
Post
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-16
Increasing the Wheat YieId

With the mastery of the land has
come knowledge of plant breeding, for
now we breed fruits and grains Just IS
we do horses and dogs.
One incident will illustrate. Some
years ago a boy worked on an Iowa
farm He heard his father and his
friends talking about wheat failure as
they sat around the stove in winter
The boy began to study wheat; he went
to an agricultural college and later be-
came a professor in another great
farming school, the Minnesota agri-
cultural college, at st. Anthony's park
His name is Willett NJ. Hays. Mr.. Hays
said:
The soil can not be changed, but the
seed can. Instead Of yielding IA bush
els an acre, this state should produce
25."
He began to grow different kinds Of
wheat. From a thousand kernels he
took one and then planted 1t again. He
feTtlized other plants with the pollen.
and the result was a new variety OF
wheat. One of these has increased the
yield in many sections OF the state
from Is to % bushels an acre. In a
single year it added a small fortune
to the wealth of the farmers.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-16
Society W oman and
| Indian Hero Marry
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

GUTHRIE, OKLA, Dec. 15.-
Mrs. Anna Mcclure, former wife
of Congressman Bird A. Nc
Guire of the first Oklahoma dis
trict, was married tonight at
Payvhuska, In the Usage Nation
to George G.. LamOtte, a scion of
a widely known French Usage
Indian family, member of the
Pawhuska city council, prominent
in social circles and former quar-
ter back on the Haskell Indfsin
school football team.
Congressman Mcclure was di-
vorced by his former wife year
ago In Guthrie, she alleging cruel
treatment. Later she gave out
public interviews urging the yOt-
ers of this district to return her
former husband to congress. Dur
ing the last year she has been
engaged in insurance and real
estate business at Pawhuska and
has become prominent also as
pardon attorney.
In Washington social circles
she was popular as the wife OF
the dean of OlxIahOma's congress-
men and was known as the beSf
dressed woman there. Lamotte
is an attache of the governments
Indian agency department AT
Payvhuska.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-16
PUNISHMENT EVADED
BY FORTUNE TELLERS
Escape Law by Joining Bra
lillian Spiritual Church

When Perch Miller and Annie Merino.
fortune tellers, entered acting Police
Judge Bernard Floods courtroom yes
terday morning the seereses knew
without crossing their palms with sill
yer that they would be discharged from
custody. Their prophetic vision was
excellent, for they shortly afterward
walked out of the courtroom in the
guise of ministers of the Brazilian
Spiritual church.
Some months ago the police decided
to make war on the gypsy fortune tell
ers and had enacted law which pro-
vided that none but accredited minis
ters of church could tell fortunes.
When Perch and Annie were arrested
last week the police were confident that
convictions would be secured.
But yesterday morning, when the
case was called before Flood, the two
oracles produced certificates of their
ordination as ministers of the Brazilian
Spiritual church and a certified copy
Of the articles of incorporation of the
church.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-16
FERRY BOATS ARE BEYOND
CONTROL OF INSPECTORS
BuIger Says He Is PowerIess to
Stop Overcrowding

Replying to the criticism of Walter
Macarthur, secretary of the seamen's
union, and others who have blamed him
lor the oVercrowding of ferry boats,
John K. BuIger, local Inspector Of steam
vessels, stated yesterday that he was
given no power to regulate the number
Of passengers on ferry boats. He quoted
from the federal statutes, which except
ferry boats from the jurisdiction of the
inspectors as far as regulating the
number of passengers to be carried is
concerned. Customs inspectors were
sent aboard all the ferry boats yester-
day TO ascertain that all carried full
complement of employees
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-16
GUSHER Land IS
UNDER DISPUTE
Trial of Suit Is Begun Over
Part of the Lakeview
Property
Especial Dispotch 10 The Call

BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 15.-The case
of G. R. Gibson against O.. O. Mercy
nolds and Parker Barrett, which in
wolves the ownership of portion of
the land on which the Lakeview
gusher is located, was on trial today
before Superior Judge John G. Covert
According to the complaint, Gibson
alleges he entered into an agreement
with McReynolds and Barrett for the
improving of sections IA, IL, 4, 8, 26,
and the northeast quarter, northwest
and southeast quarters of section q.
The northwest, southwest and south
east quarters of section "a, all in 1924,
were entered upon.
He alleges that the claims were To-
Gated by ]. A. Stroud, o. o. Mercy
nolds, J. NJ. Dunn. Parker Barrett. G..
w. Derby and their respective wives.
December 10. 1908. McReynolds was
given a deed of trust for the purpose
of selling or improving the properly.
He claims that McReynolds entered
into an agreement with L. A. Crandall
for the improvement of the property
with the understanding that a fourth
of 1t was to be proved up for the To-
caters who were to pay for the ex-
pense of so doing. This agreement was
transferred to the Lakeview oil COM
pany of Midway. He alleges that on
April s, 1910, the oil company agreed
to purchase the 920 acres, the fourth
claim, from the locaters for $400 per
acre, so per cent of which was to be
paid in cash with promissory note for
the balance. He alleges he was noti-
fed by McReynolds that his share
amounted to 80 acres; that Barrett Of
fered him a check for his portion.
Plaintiff claims that there is $4,000
cash due him and a promissory note
for $4,000, which is held in trust by
McReynolds, which he asks the court
to restore to him.