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The Florida agriculturist., 1910-01-01
Winter Pruning for Withertip.
Bv H. S. Fawcett.

L. >.
Withertip is one of the worst fungus
diseases Of citrus trees in Florida. In
the winter season, diseased trees may
be distinguished by the yellowing and
falling Of their leaves, the dropping Of
their fruit, and the dying of their tWlgs
and branches. A citrus tree affected
with withertip will begin to lose its in
side leaves. The outer leaves then turn
yellow and fall leaving many bare and
discolored branches. The fruit also
drops, with or without SpOtting.
The important thing in pruning is to
cut out enough of the wood, in order
to get rid, not only Of the bare branches,
but also Of all the branches that show
even slight sign Of the disease. In
severe cases of withertip, there are seen
in addition to bare branches, many limbs
on which the yellowiSh leaves are about
to fall Close examination will show
that the disease is slowly making its
way back and poisoning these limbs.
This poisoning may start from an in
lection at the tip, or from an infection
on a side branch lower down. from
which the poisonous effect has spread
to the main limb Sometimes only one
side of a tree or only one branch, is
severely affected, while the remaining
part Of the tree is uninjured What
ever may be the conditions, it is i'm
portant to get rid of these poisoned
limbs. All limbs that show the be-
ginnings of the disease must be taken
out Drastic measures must be en-
p1oyed, and many bearing limbs may
have to be sacrificed. To prune only
half-heartedly may make matters worse
rather than better When pruning, care
should be taken to make smooth cuts,
usually at the base of branch or limb,
SO as not to leave any projecting stubs,
in which infection is almost sure to
start again. After pruning paint the
larger cut surfaces with carbolineum or
pine tar.
The grove should be given unusual
care after a severe pruning Of this kind.
1t should be fertilized, so as to bring
about a vigorous healthy growth, and
to render the trees resistant to further
attacks Of the fungus
Winter pruning for withertip should
be done between the middle of Decem-
Der and the middle of January. It is
important not to delay the work beyond
this date. Do not prune while the new
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-01-01
Wax from Sugar Cane.

A recent issue of the Board of Trade
Journal mentions that the process which
has lately been patented for the extrac-
ton of wax from the epidermis of the
sugar cane will be adopted on over a
hundred estates in Java during the COM
ing reaping season. 1t is estimated that
about one pound of wax will be recov-
cred from a ton of cane The product is
somewhat similar to Carnauba wax, and
can it is thought, be used for the manu-
facture of phonograph records
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-01-01

of all that had happened during the long
months Of Our separation.
Some Of the more necessary articles
of furniture I had bought at the two
general merchandise stores that Sup
piled our little village and the surround
ing back country and some Our travel
erS had purchased at my suggestion in
Jacksonville, where there was a greater
choice, and these they had brought along
with them. So from the very first the
two rooms were fairly home-like, the
one serving as a combination kitchen
and dining-rOom, the other as a bed
room for my wife and her mother and
the children Jack and I slept in the
tent close by, on couple of COTS with
mosquito bars to shut out unwelcOme
visitors. The building, Of course, was
protected by screens in doors and Win
dOWs At the same time, I would re
mark here in passing, that mosquitoes
were by no means the pest that they
were in many other localities I had visi-
ted, whether in Florida or in the North
and West I had pitched my home site
on high, dry land, with a clear water
lake in front, having a clean, sandy
beach, and with a back country not of
sWamps but of dry hammock or pine
lands, and we benefited accordingly.
The surroundings Of the new home
were shrouded in darkness when the
travellers arrived, and so they could see
little of the outside view. The back
porch paralleled the lake, and I shall
never forget the surprise and delight
that beamed over my Wife'S sweet face
as she stepped out in the early dawn
to take her first look at the new home.
For a time she stood speechless, her
eyes sparkling. Then she turned to me.
"Oh, Harry" she exclaimed, "it is
beautiful beautiful And this is to be
our home, ours, all this lovely view is
our own; the noble oaks, the drooping
vines, the flowers and the sparkling
lake! 1t seems as if it must be a dream
from which | shall wake up Shiverlng
as of old You dear boy, you never
told me the half of the beauty of it.
And to think this is October, and when
we left the West it was bitter cold and
snow was falling and bleak wind howl
ing after more chilly Victims And here
are flowers and birds and butterflies, and
warm sunshine! What a contrast, and
how happy we shall be. [ can hardly
believe that this is really our own home,
to have and to hold as long as we live"
I said nothing; truth to tell, my heart
was too full of JOY and thankfulness for
words, but looked a great deal, if my
looks told one-fourth Of what I felt. [
c1asped the little woman close to my
heart, and together we gazed out over
the lovely lake in a silence that meant
more than speech. AS we stood thus,
there came a patter of little feet, Cob,
how many times I had 1onged to hear
that familiar soundD and the twins,
Joe and Jean, trotted out on the porch
in search of the missing parents. Scarce
less delighted were they than their dear
mother as they shouted their wonder at
the big trees, the lake, the warm sun
shine, and all the green things about
them, not forgetting themselves, for
they were very, very. green, the little
tots. They had never seen SO much
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-01-01

Jewish societies of the United States
have united in a general movement to
ulation Of this nation toward the farms.
The best available figures place the num-
Der of Jewish families in the country en-
gagged in agriculture at about 5000
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-01-01

Money does not grow on trees, but
that which grows on trees in the or
chard can easily be turned into money
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-12
CLERGYMAN TELLS OF
HAVING MARRIED THE
PAIR AT WILMINGTON

SEATTLE, June 11.--Rev. Albert A.
Clay of Wilmington, Del, who is spend
ing the summer in Seattle, had heard
nothing of the death of Mrs. Charlton
until an Associated Press reporter gave
him the news today. Clay remembered
the circumstances of the Charlton mar
riage very well. He said:
"The couple came to me at Whining
ton from New York and asked to be
married. They answered all my ques-
tions satisfactorily and 1 performed the
ceremony. Charlton seemed to be high
Iy educated. as did the woman.
II noted that the woman was much
older than Charlton and that he seemed
to be In poor health. He spoke of hav-
ing been abroad, but did not mention a
purpose to go again. / inferred from
his conversation that he was connected
with a New York bank and that he
would return to New York to resume
his work there.
Some weeks after the marriage
received a letter from Charlton's faith
er asking if the report of his sons
marriage was correct. The father
seemed to be surprised at the report
and unable to believe it. The letter
said that young Charlton had known
Mrs. Castle only short time, having
met her in the office of a friend. 1t
stated also that Charlton had incipient
consumption and that his father was
greatly worried over his sons health"
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-12
RUSSIAN SUSPECT
SAYS THAT CHARLTON
WAS SHORT OF FUNDS
Especial Gable 10 The Call

COMO, June 11.-Constantine Is
polatoff the Russian suspect, says that
Charlton had tramped on foot from
Como TO Frankfort because of his linn
tied means and had to go there to
seek a position in the American bank.
Disappointed at not getting it. he re-
turned here.
This statement is contradicted by
many persons and many facts. Per-
sons who knew Charlton say that he
appeared to have plenty of ready
money.
The Russian says he quarreled with
Charlton. In spite Of this. when his
rooms were searched there were found
many books and other goods that have
been identified as belonging to Charl-
ton
The theory upon which the police are
working is that the husband is alive
and that he committed the crime Is
polatoff they believe, was at least con-
cerned in the carrying away of the
trunk.
The woman. they say, was no longer
young. She was enamored of the
young husband and jealous The pair
quarreled. At times she threatened
Charlton, according to the prisoner.
He says that once he heard her say
that what happened to Craig would
happen to him"
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-12
ENEMY Of night
RIDERS DROWNED
Judge Harris, Threatened With
Assassination, Loses Life
Swimming in Lake
Home Fortified and BOdyguard
Attended Him for Many
Months

TIPToNvILLE. Tenn. June IL
Judge Harris of this city. whose life is
said to have been sought several times
by night riders. was drowned while
swimming near here this afternoon.
Harris. with a party of friends, was
in a launch on Reel Foot lake when to
demonstrate his ability as a swimmer
he plunged into the lake. He swan but
short distance when he sank His
body was recovered. A post mortem
examination showed that his death was
due to heart failure.
Harris. as president of the West
Tennessee land company, which claimed
the ownership of the lake. incurred the
enmity of the night riders. He received
a number of letters from the band
threatening him with assassination For
months he was constantly accompanied
by an armed guard.
Following the ssassinat tiOn OF cap
tain Quentin Rankin at Walnut Log. on
the lake. in October, 1905. Harris home
was strongly fortified. mines were
planted around it and a strong guard
kept watch night and day
Judge Harris was one of the wealth
lest men in the state. He was so years
old.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-12
BROTHER LAST HEARD
FROM SISTER WHEN SHE
DEPARTED FOR EUROPE

NEW YORK. June 11.-Captain Henry
H. Scott of the United States coast ar
tillery, now stationed at Fort Wright,
Fishers island. was told over the tele-
phone today that the woman murdered
in Como was his sister, Mrs Mary
said:
The last I heard from Mary was
when she sailed for Europe. She then
wrote a steamer letter saying she had
married the son of Judge Charlton of
Washington, and that her honeymoon
would be spent in Europe.
She said the marriage ceremony
was performed in Wilmington, Del.
March u, 1910, and that she and her
husband had selected Frankfort on the
Rhine. Germany, as the city in which
they would spend the better part of
their two years stay abroad. The let
ter was dated Anril Is"
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-12
S3,OOO,OOO OIL
DEAL COMPLETED
|. Strassburger Sells 64O Acres
in North Midway District
to the Associated

Negotiations have Just been brought
to successful completion by which the
Associated oil company purchases from
]. Strassburger of San Francisco sec
tion 80 of the famous Pioneer Midway
oil company, embracing $40 acres, for
s3,00O,000. The property is in the
North Midway and is regarded as one
of the choicest petroleum areas in the
world. Two wells have already been
drilled One has been held in check.
The other has been flowing from 5000
to 10000 barrels a day.
Strassburger returned from Bakers
field yesterday and confirmed the de-
tails of the sale. While in the southern
city he assisted in the Incorporation of
new company to be known as the
Pioneer Midway Consolidated, which
will handle the property. Strassburger
will act as a director of this organiza-
tion with officials of the Associated oil
company. The capital of the new con-
cern is placed at $4,000, 900.
The price paid will average S46S7 an
acre. The new owners come at once
into possession of one of the largest
producers of the field. With the ex-
ception of the Lakeview there is prob
ably not heavier producing well in
the state. When the we'll first came in
it yielded about 5000 barrels a day.
1t was capped while storage was pro
vided. Two weeks ago it was opened
up and has been going steadily from
5000 to 10000 barrels daily.
Strassburger has conducted a brok-
erage office in the Kohl building at
California and Montgomery streets for
number of years. His oil interests
include, besides the Pioneer Midway.
the St. Lawrence and an interest in the
extensive Santa Fe territory.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-12

also rest in the board of public works
under the street assessment plan unless
the charter specifically so provides.
If the property owners are satisfied
to stand the assessment for this i'm
provement there can be no objection to
their taking the initiative and perform
ing the work themselves under such
regulations as your board may pre-
scribe, but if the charter does not give
the board of supervisors jurisdiction to
compel the property owners to stand
the assessment. then the smallest
owner in the district would have the
right to prevent the work.
In the case of Sievers VS.. Root 10
Cal, 3S7 the district court of appeal
held that the board of supervisors of
this city and county was without power
to change the grade at Polk and Chest
nut streets to the damage of a prop
erty owner without first making pro-
vision for compensation for the dam
age resulting. The court there said
that the property owner could recover
damages in an action at law after they
had been inflicted, or could prevent the
threatened injury by injunction, quot
ing. Guerkink VS.. Petaluma, 112 Cal,
80, as follows:
Until compensation was made the
city had no right to damage the plain
tiH's property. Payment of such damage
was condition precedent to the crea-
tion of the right, and until payment
the city was a trespasser. In such a
case Injunction is the plain. ordinary
and best remedy.
"A great many cases of the supreme
court of this state are quoted in the
Sievers case, and the law may be taken
as settled that the city is without
power to change an established grade
until compensation is made to the ad :
joining property owners for the dam
age caused.
SUGGESTS TEST CASE
1T is apparent that in view of the
unsettled condition on the question in
yolyed, both as to the power to form an
assessment district for the construction
of tunnel and the power to improve
accepted streets by local assessment,
difficulty would be experienced in in
ducing contractors to undertake the
work under the assessment plan. 1 am
not sufficiently satisfied in my own
mind that the work can not be done
under the assessment plan as to advise
you it can not be so done. and it seems
to me that, in view of the Importance
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-12
JEALOUSY SUGGESTED
VALUABLE WARDROBE

II. Castle. the divorced husband of Mary
Scott Castle Charlton, was greatly
shocked today when informed by the
Associated Press of the finding of his
former wifes body in~a trunk sub
merged in an Italian lake.
He said that the last news received
of her was a message telling of her
marriage to Charlton and their subse-
Quent departure to Europe. He was
unable to throw any light upon the
probable cause of her murder.
Castle grieved much over his wife's
action in leaving him, and said that he
was never able to account for 1t.
Although he secured a divorce last
January, Castle said that he still loved
his former wife very much.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-12
PASSAGE OF BIG COMET
CAUSES NO COMMOTfON
Head Appears Five Times Die
ameter of the Moon

Nothing is more remarkable abopt
comets than their immense size and
small mass, says the London Globe.
LeNell's comet when nearest the earth
(July l, I770) had no tail, but its neb-
ulous head. had an apparent diameter
five times that of the. moon It's dis
tance from the earth was then 1900
GOO miles, so that its actual diameter
was $4,000 miles; yet this comet had
passed close to Jupiter without produce
ing any observable effects even on
Jupiter's satellites. The following are
some record figures in comets. which
are given in the University Core
spondent: Diameter of nucleus. 5000
miles (1S45)-as big as the earth: df-
ameter of head, 1,125,000 miles CSI1)-
bigger than the sun; length sof tail.
2Oo,000,000 miles (1S43)-twice the
earth's distance from the sun.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-12
NEGRO GRAND LODGE
SELECTS OFFICERS
c. II. Tinsley of San Francisco
Is Appointed Orator

SAN DIEGO. June 1.-THE sovereign
grand lodge. coIored MasOns OF CalifOT-
MIA. elected these officers today:
WorshipfuI grand master G. ". Wilson.
MarySvile; deputy grand master, =. z. Alex
ander. Los Angeles: senior grand warden, j. H.
Burrows. StOcktOn: Junior warden, J. z, Long,
Pasadena: treasurer /. A. Harris. Los Angeles,
secretary. r. H. Hsrbert. San Diego; lecturer.
r. W. ROyden stockton
AppOintive positions were filed by
Grand Master Wilson as follows:
Grand chaplain Rev. F. w Cooper River
side: grand orator. G. r. TinSIey San Fran
cisco: grand marshal ;. C. Rivers. OAKLAND.
grand senior deacon. J. IT, Wildinghsm. Los
Angeles.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-12
TWO MEN MUST HAVE
CARRIED THE TRUNK TO
THE LAKE FROM HOTEL

COMO, italy, June 1.-THE police
have made but little progress in the
direction Of solving the mystery Of the
murder Of Mrs. Porter Charlton Of New
York, whose body was found in a
trunk at the bottom Of Lake Como. It
has been established that the woman
was placed in the trunk while yet
alive. The first idea of the police was
that she had been murdered while
asleep, as the mattress and sheets in
the bed at the house which she occu-
pied were found covered with blood,
but this theory was contradicted by the
fact that the body was entirely clothed
when found.
Among the documents in the trunk
were her certificate OF marriage TO Ne
Vile Castle, dated November 10. 1905.
and a letter from a San Francisco at
tornev addressed to Castle in which
the lawyer refers to a sum Of money to
be paid the woman in case of divorce,
but advising Castle against divorce.
Nothing has been learned as to the
Wherea bouts Of Charlton.
SAID THAT WIFE WAS SICK
Tt is said by the police that on the
evening before the crime is supposed
10 have been. accomplished Charlton
went TO a hotel TO make a purchase and.
being asked about his wife, answered
she was not well.
20 lspOlatoff, the Russian. who is now
in custody. still strongly denies any
completely in the crime.
TWO MEN CARRIED TRUNK
Tie police Investigations show that
the trunk and its contents were found
10 be too heavy 10 be carried to the lake
by one person and that the individual
who first attempted this task called to
his assistance an accomplice. The steps
of both men were heard when they left
the villa carrying q heavy weight.
Ispolatoff, the Russion who figures In
the affair, was arrested especially be-
cause the day before the murder he is
said to have made inquiries of fisher
men concerning the depth OF the lake
at the spot where the trunk was found.
The unusual mystery connected with
the affair, the disappearance of the
husband and the circumstances of bru-
tality developed by the postmortem all
combine to give the case absorbing in
terest.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-12
Traffic Will Naturally Pass Through Stockton Street Bore From
Water Front District Into Residence Section
Continued From Page 20

to the city of the work proposed, the
right to form an assessment district for
such purpose should be brought to an
issue in some test case SO that the law
may be settled.
Secretary Skaller of the Mob Hill
tunnel association has pointed out how
greatly the North beach district will
be benefited by the tunnel. He thus
sketched the advantages to accrue:
Few people realize the possibilities
of the North beach section as soon as
it is brought into communication with
the heart of the city. Perhaps l can
best illustrate this by citing the case
of the Bronx district of New York city
before that northerly section was
united with the downtown districts by
the subway system. Formerly investors
looked for returns of 15 per cent before
they considered a purchase desirable
on account of the uncertainty of values.
AS soon as the subway was built they
were well satisfied with investments
there that yielded to 8 per cent In
other words, the actual value of prop
erty was doubled from an investment
point of view.
FUTURE POPULATION
The building of a tunnel through
Stockton street and the streetcar lines
that will naturally be built through it
anu QOWn 10 the water front Will ndIu-
rally cause ferries from Marin county
to locate there and there is every prob
ability that docks will be built for
ocean steamship lines.
After the Panama canal is built
steamship companies will land Euro
pean emigrants here for only 81 more
than is charged to Atlantic ports. This
will mean that tens and hundreds of
thousands of them will be brought here
every year. They naturally tend to To-
cate for the time being in the imme-
date vicinity of where they land. This
alone will give an enormous population
to the North beach district.
Moreover the location of the ferries
on the North beach shore line will nat
urally lead to the building of a great
number of hotels and lodging houses
near the water front to take care of
the people who come in from the coun-
try. The vicinity of Third and Town
send street station is a good example
of this kind of development. 1t oc-
ours in all cities and towns near rail-
road stations and ferries. This will
have the effect of giving North beach
property values similar to those around
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-12
INTRODUCED CHARLTON
TO FRIEND AS 'MY
LITTLE BOY BLISS
[Spcciol Coblc 10 The Cnnl

NEW YORK, June IA New York
woman who came to know Mrs. CharI-
ton intimately said today: Just be-
fore her marriage to Porter Charl-
ton, she invited me to take luncheon
with her at the Hotel Carlton, where
she was living at that time.
There 1 met a slight, white-faced
youth, who kept his eyes fastened al
ways upon my host He hardly no
ticed me, when she introduced him
to me. But in that introduction, she
did not mention his name
- This is my little boy Bliss. she
said, ''he is my very ideal And he
tells me TO him that. 1 am the perfect
woman"
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-12
TOLD DOCTOR SHE WAS
ANXIOUS TO FOLLOW
IN THE NARROW PATH
Especial Gable 10 The Call

IoPrIIut NuUtt 70 nc NuIII
PARIS, June II.-Mme. Fielder. a
we'll known lecturer. says that she
knew Mrs. Castle in New York. She
said she was introduced to me by
Doctor Carney. who had her under his
care after she had failed to commit
suicide in her hotel The doctor told
me she wanted to stick to the straight
and narrow path and become a hospital
nurse and do some good in the world
but Mrs. Castle told me privately her.
self that she would much rather get
back TO the stage"