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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-07-15

thoroughly familiar with the country.
ton from Ohio, five years ago, since
which time he has studied scientific
methods of orcharding and the details
of managing commercial ranch: Mr..
Vannice has had Sc years experience
as a farmer in Columbia county, re-
firing four years ago, and Mr.. Hub
bard native of Washington has farm
ed in the southeastern part of the
state all his life. They have made
several entries in the carload class at
the Third National Apple show in
Spokane, November Ia to 10.
Pomona ranch came into national
prominence four years ago, when it
produced it's first big crop. The gross
receipts exceeded $4,000 during tie
three succeeding years. Apples grown
there commanded the highest price in
the Liverpool markets; the value of
prizes won at the National apple show
in Spokane in 1908 exceeded that of
any individual exhibitor, and this,
with other achievements, have made
Pomona and it's owners famous, as
we'll as aiding materially in placing
the Touchet valley in the front rank
of the great fruit districts of the
world. Pomona ranch is the pioneer
commercial orchard of the valley and
forerunner of an industry which is
rapidly eclipsing all others except
grain farming in that part of the
country.
MIR. Dumas migrated to Washington
from Missouri in 1882. He had been
left an orphan at the age of IA. He
worked his way through Whitman col
lege at Walla Walla, WASH. and pre-
pared himself for career as teacher.
He accepted a position as principal
OF a normal school in Honolulu,
Hawaii. in 1892. While there he con-
ceived the idea of commercial or
chard in the Touchet valley and re-
turned to perfect his plans. People
of the locality scoffed at the idea, but
he heard them not, neither did he
hesitate to make a reality out of
possibility. The sale of the ranch,
his prominence in horticultural circles
in the United States, the confidence
placed in his opinions regarding or
chard methods and his standing among
MOI Invest horticulturists, show to
what extent Mr.. Dumas has succeeded.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-07-15

light green badly diseased foliage.
Both mildew and anthracnose serious
ly attack the foliage, and the mildew
practically ruins the fruit. The
plants are fairly productive, but the
fruit is very uneven in size and de-
velopment, making a very unsatis-
factory variety.
6. The Lancashire Lad has medium
sized plant with short, stiff erect
canes, and a fair amount of dark
green, practically healthy foliage. The
plants are moderately productive, but
the fruit is always more or less injur
ed by the mildew, thus making it un-
salable. TIE berries are variable in
size, have a thick, heavy dark red
skin, and are of fair quality ripening
about the 18th of July. 1t is not pre-
ferable.
:. The Portage is a medium sized,
oren, spreading plant with good,
strong short canes and an abundance
of dark green, healthy foliage. The
plants are very productive and the
fruit ripens about the first of August.
The berries are very large, even in
size. of light green color, having
thin, tender skins, and an excellent
flavor. 1t is one of the best all round
sorts for both home and market pur-
DOSeS
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-07-15
CARRIES ARE HARDY

Among the American varieties, the
Carries is very hardy, large, spread
ing plant with strong, spreading
canes, and an abundance of fine,
dark green foliage entirely free from
both mildew and anthracnose. The
plants are very productive and the fruit
is free from disease. ripening about
the 23rd of July. The berries are me-
dunn sized, and of light green color
tender skinned and of excellent flavor.
This is very valuable variety for the
unfavoIable localities.
8. The Downing is very strong,
free growing plant with long. fine
canes and an abundance of healthy,
dark green foliage. The plants are
very productive, and the fruit is free
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-07-15
Gooseberry Valuable for
Home and Market Use
by Prof. w. s. Thornber, State
College)

in the West, even though very at
tractive financial returns have been
realized from this crop. Two causes
are apparent for this neglect, one the
difficulty in picking the fruit, and
the second, the almost uni versAl be-
lief, though an erroneous one, that
gooseberries are good only when used
in their green state. Rarely, if ever,
do we see ripe gooseberIies upon the
market, yet there is no better fruit
grown for canning, splicing and pre-
serving than our large rich gooseber-
ries.
TWO KINDS DO WE'LL
Both the English and American
sorts do we'll in most sections of the
state, but in few places gooseberry
mildew does some damage to some
of the English sorts, yet 1t can be
successfully controlled by thorough
spraying at the proper time. Spray
with sulphur lime just before the
buds open.
European ones are the Carman, Col
umbus, Crown Bob, Industry, Keep.
sake, Lancashire Lad and Portage
Briefly mentioned the characteristics
of each variety are:
The Carman is small, poor, unsatls-
factory plant with short, recoumbept
canes. and small amount of yellow
ish green foliage, which is nearly
always seriously affected with both
anthrancose and gooseberry mildew.
1t is light yielder of medium sized,
yellow colored, poorly developed fruit
ripening about August l. 1t is not
preferable.
2. The Columbus is a small, bushy
plant with a short, stubby, poorly
grown canes, and a fair amount of
badly diseased foliage. The tips OF
the canes, the leaves and the berries
are all more or less covered with
mildew. The berries are very uneven
in size, varying from very large to
small. are of greenish color, and have
thick firm skins. The plants are only
fairly productive.
3. The Crown Bob is a poor. un-
satisfactory plant with short slender
canes and a small amount of badly
diseased foliage. Both anthracnose
and mildew seriously affected the
fruit. The plants are moderately
productive, ripening the fruit about
July 10Th. The berries are large to
very large, oblong in shape, of deep
red color, thin tough skin, and are
almost covered with stiff hairllke
bristles. The size and quality of this
berry is very popular in most mark
cts.
4. The Industry is a large, thrifty
plant with good strong canes. and an
abundance of dark green, healthy foil
age entirely free from anthracnose
and rarely or ever affected with mil
dew. The plants are very productive
and the fruit ripens about the middle
of July each year. The berries are
very large. uniform in size and color,
and have thick tender skins and
rich. sweet flavor. The size, color
and quality of the berries and the pro
ductiveness of the plants easily makes
this the best European sort tested. 1t
Co. bOpoa uaI1 az mar X of
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-06-03
BIG BREWER HAS NEW USE FOR
CONVICTS.

Adophus Busch, the St. Louis brew
er, while in Kansas City recently, ex-
pressed himself greatly in favor Of riv-
er navigation. He advocated the en-
ployment Of the state prisoners along
the rivers, building walls, improving
the banks and such other work that is
needed to make the river navigable.
This, together with making and keep
ing in order the highways, should
prove ample employment for the con-
victs without having them leased out
to compete with free labor.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-06-03
The Office Boys
Little Observations

My pay check ain t as big as tn fore
man s, but I'm thinkin l earn more Of
it.
My chum tells me his boss don't say
''goodnight'' half as nice as he says
"good mornin''
When I can't stick up FIR tn man
that hands me tn envelope I'll be
ashamed t take it any more.
1 don't never expect t. git so inter-
ested in my work that I'll fergit t.
ask FIR tn wages think I'm earnin.
After I give my boss eight hours
good work l ain It barred from giving
him thought or two when I'm on my
own time.
TIL boss kin write pay checks with a
smile, but / notice that he offun looks
mighty peaked when he is addin' up
tn stubs.
Th' other day woman in tn street
car turned up her nose at me cause
my face was dirty an had my over
alls on That was couple Of hours al
ter tn boss sent me t. her husband t
collect a bill and he told me t call the
first O. tn month.
1t didn't take me long to learn that
lot of fellers that kick against the
union rule FIR apprentices don't do it
because they are anxious f'r boys t.
get a chance t. learn trades, but be-
cause they want t have chance t. get
lot of kids t. do tn work O. full
grown men on kids pay.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-06-03

der the Henry George theory this II
per cent Of land value would pay just
II per cent of the land tax But
guess, after all, the farmer who op-
poses the George theory isn't a bit
more foolish than the workingman who
refuses to join the union of his craft
l still believe that most of the trou-
bles the Traction Co. is laboring under
are troubles of it's own making, but
candor compels the statement that Lin
coin is the only city Of it's size in the
United States that has six-for- -a-quar-
ter far, twelve school tickets for quar-
ter and universal transfers. The ser
vice might easily be improved, but on
the whole l guess we're getting about
as good as we pay for, measuring
things by the price and the service in
other cities Of Lincoln s class.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-06-03
HOUSE TO HAVE AND HOUSE TO
WANT

Chicago newspapers report the mem
of hicako as making study of 1'just
how the city's poor live by scrutin-
izing the places where they live. AS
far as it goes, good. But laboratory
work Of that kind can hardly be con-
sidered as complete without like
study of "just how the city's rich
live The House of Want cannot be
understood unless the House of Have
is understood also.-Chicago Public.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-06-03
NEW YORK ELECTRICAL WORK
ERS LOSE.

The case of the Electrical Workers
Union against the Electrical Contract
ors' Association of New York for
100000 damages on the charge that
the latter broke up the union by their
refusal to employ members Of the un-
ion, was dismissed by Supreme Court
Justice Greenbaum, who said that there
was nothing to show malicious conspir-
acy by the employers, necessary to sus-
tain action for damages
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-06-03

S'Party lines are shot all to h-l!
was the remark of one of the best
known newspaper men of the stats
while in Lincoln this week. "The mau
who starts out campaigning with tho
cry, stand by the old party is going
to meet up with more grief than he can
survive. The day Of 'yaller dog pol;
tics in Nebraska is gone forever, ami
l m glad of it. -
This newspaper man is republican
who never held an office. having beea
content to bear the burden and let the
other fellows get the loaves and fishes.
He used to opine that every democrat
was foreordained to eternal damnatior,
and every republican predestined t.
eternal salvation. He, like many dem
ocrats of once similar faith-only vice
versa-has learned better. Thank heav.
en-, the time is come in this great state
when something more than party col
lar is required to secure the votes Of
the intelligent citizenship Of Nebraska.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-06-03

Senator Burkett made some state
ments to the School Superintendent
last Monday night that will rise up,
to plague him before the campaign is
over He asserted that congress is
absolutely responsive to the will of the
people Richard L. Metcalfe followed
Senator Burkett, and in his quiet and
transformations way "Met'' fairly skin
ned the senator The man who will
stand up before an intelligent audience
and declare that congress as at pres
ent constituted is responsive to the
will Of the people is either too simple
to be representative Of the people.
or believes the people SO ignorant that
they can be imposed upon with i'm
punity.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-06-03

No one was surprised when the state
railway commission threw County At
torney Tyrrell's s case against the Trac-
tion Company out of court The de-
cision was delayed for months, yet the
decision itself was known to Traction
officials long before it was made pub
lie. It's a funny situation. The COM
mission that eighteen months ago
threw fit Of horror because the Citi-
zens Company injected $4,000 worth
of water into it's stock, now declares
that the injection of $1,5OO,O0O of
water into Traction Company stock is
all right. The commission DEGREES
that to take such action as the county
attorney asks would be wrong, because
the Traction Company is up against
a fearfully hard proposition. The day
the commission so announced the
Traction Company was advertising in
the east that investment in it's stock
and bonds was "gilt-edged, and sub
mitted figures to prove it. They were
unlike the figures the Traction Com
pany submitted to the commission. The
natural query is, which set of figures
represent the real facts?
Remember the time the city council
sat up until midnight on Saturday
night to pass an ordinance giving
railroad the right to build up Ninth
street from s to the alley between o
and p streets? And remember who
the mayor was who kept himself out Of
sight and waited until the ordinance
was handed him for signature-hiding
so that injunction papers could not be
servedf Remember how the railroad
managers had their workmen all ready
to begin the work of laying track just
as soon as the clock struck the hour
of midnight and ushered in Sunday |?
1t was a nicely-laid little scheme to
prevent the taxpayers from protecting
themselves. Well, the hand that sign
ed the decision of the railway COM
mission in the Traction Company case
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-06-03

Here is prediction: Lancaster coun :
ty will be represented the next legisla-
ture by not more than one farmer, by
three or four lawyers, an insurance
agent or two and couple of corpora .
tion henchmen. If this is not correct
it will knock well established prece.
dent all to smash. It was knocked two
years ago, and there is small hope OF
history repeating itself this year. VIII
some one tell us why a state made up
Of farmers and wage earners always
sends so many ordinary lawyers, cur :.
ming corporation tools and broken-down
politicians to the legislature, and 50
few farmers and wage earners? It is !.
puzzle.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-06-03

torney general who can stand up
against the big salaried attorneys who
the corporations. She is for
tunate in having such one now in
the person Of w. T. Thompson But
Mr.. Thompson will not be a candidate
for a third term. If a lawyer of Nc
Neny's ability will consent to take the
position the people ought to grab him
without hesitation. To expect a two
thousand nddollar-a-year lawyer to be
able to cope with score Of corpora
ton attorneys who each draw as much
per month as the attorney general does
in a year, is something Of joke. We
only reach our expectations when we
pick up such man by accident as
we have done once or twice. If VIC
can get man like McNeny by desigri
it will be great good fortune
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-06-03

The republican organs love to dwell
at length upon the fact that Governor
Shallenberger responds to as many
invitations as possible to appear before
his constituents. The governors pres
ence is demanded day and night, first,
because he is the governor, and second,
because he is splendid orator. But
the g. o. p. papers that denounce the
governor for accepting the invitations
and absenting himself from the execu-
tive office, say nothing about the alb
sence from office Of other state off
cials. For instance, short time ago
Secretary Of State Junkin spent /.
week on his farm in Gosper county,
looking after purely private business.
On his return he put in an expense
voucher for the trip, and the excuse
was that while in Gosper county he
spent an hour or two looking up a
school land lease You'll search the
republican organs in vain for any men
ton Of this little incident.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-06-03

There is a farmer near Gretna who
is as foolish one way as most farmers
are in another way. This Gretna far
mer owns section of fine land near
Gretna upon which he has a tenant.
He wouldn't let the tenant put in
crop this year because he said the COM
ct was going to knock things galley
west, and it would be labor wasted to
put in crop. Of course he was fool
ish, but is he any more foolish than the
farmer who opposes the theory of the
land value tax without ever having
studied it? The farm lands of the
United States represent about II per
cent of the total land values of the ma
tions, yet this IL per cent Of value pays
So per cent of the land tax today. I'm
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-06-03

nance giving paved city street to
the Northwestern Railway Company.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-06-03

G. o. Whedon was present at the
White meeting, and Of course Mr..
Whedon was inclined to take the oppo-
site view. AS result Of his little talk
in practical opposition Mr.. Whedon
sprung bear trap that will keep him
politically limping for some weeks to
come.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-06-03

Inside of thirty days the voters of
Lincoln will be asked to vote on two
propositions, one to issue 100000 OF
park bonds, the other to issue $4,000
of sewer bonds The park bonds should
carry by an overwhelming majority.
The sewer bonds should be defeated.
Why should the one carry and the
other be defeated9 The park bonds
should carry because the park system
will be benefit to the whole people.
The sewer bonds-proposed for the
purpose of building storm sewers-will
benefit only part of the people.
hold that those who get the benefits
should pay for them Why should L,
living at Thirty-third and z streets,
be taxed to take the storm waters
away from a section of the city dis
tant mile from my property? The
property owner is taxed for the sanl-
tary sewer system, and must then pay
for being connected with it. The
storm sewer system is paid for by the
whole people, and those who get the
benefit pay no more than the rest OF
us. | hold that those benefited by
the storm sewers ought to be the ones
to pay for it, That's why oppose the
issuance of the proposed $50,OOO OF
storm sewer bonds.
The people benefited by proper
drainage of the Salt Creek and Ante
lope valleys should pay for it, and will.
The same principle holds good with
the storm sewer system.
The park bonds should be issued.
There is not piece of property in the
city that will not be benefited by an
adequate park system. But regardless
of property benefits, the bonds should
carry because every citizen-men, wo-
men and children-will get a moral
and physical benefit that can not be
measured in dollars and cents.
The action of the base ball manage
ment in getting crosswise with the car
penter's union is not surprising. After
the fiasco connected with the allied
printing trades label the base ball
managers had every reason to believe
that organized labor was four-flushing,
hence there was no reason why the
base ball management should concern
itself about whether the labor it en-
ploys is unfair or unfair. hope the
carpenters will have the "intestines
to go to it, and demonstrate that they
think more of standing by their or
ganizatiOn than they do of putting up
hard-earned money to see base ball
games.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-06-03

The name Of Bernard McNeny of
Red Cloud is mentioned in connection
with the democratic nomination for
attorney general. The motion is sec
onded with enthusiasm. It is only now
and then that Nebraska secures for
paltry salary Of $4,000 year an at
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-06-03

The people benefited by proper
drainage of the Salt Creek and Ante
lope valleys should pay for it, and will.
The same principle holds good with
the storm sewer system.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-05-20
INDIANA Miners and
OPERATORS agree.
Twenty-Five Per Cent Increase
and Similar Amount
Once Each Year.

Terre Haute, May 6.-The joint
scale committee of the miners and
operators settled the question of
wages in mines south of Baltimore
& Ohio tracks this morning. Accord
ing to the agreement the day men
are to receive twenty-five per cent
increase Immediately, another % per
cent Increase at the end of the Sec
year, a third at the erd of the see
ond, and a fourth at the end of the
third, making a total increase Of 100
per cenC in three years. This matter
was one which caused the greatest
disagreement in all the preliminary
and threatened to cause
a prolonged strike. 1t Is UNDERSTOOD
that the eighteen mines south of the
Baltimore & Ohio tracks which re-
NAMED closed pending the settle
ment will open at once.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-05-20
How often do you
eat this food?

A short time ago there appeared in
the columns of one of the prominent
magazines an article on building brain
and muscle by the proper selection of
the foods you eat.
A good many people were surprised
to find oatmeal placed at the top Of the
list OF foods recommended; but If the
article had appeared in an English or
Scotch paper every reader would have
expected to- see first place given to
good oatmeal.
AS matter of fact Great Britain
and Europe come to us for tremendous
quantities of Quaker Oats because it
represents to them perfect food, being
the richest in favor and best in clean
illness and purity, of all oatmeals.
Convenience and economy are served
by the way it is packed-regular pack
ages l0c, and in Theoretically sealed
tins for hot climates. s.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-05-20

made and the carpet of the infant
becomes The blanket Of the dead
grass, is the forgiveness of nature
her constant benedicton.
Fields tlampled with battle, satu-
rated with blood, torn with the ruts
of cannon. grow green again with
grass, and carnage is forgotten.
Streets abandoned by traffic become
grass grown like rural lanes, and
are obliterated; forests decay, har-
yes. perish, flowers vanish, but grass
is immortal. Beleagueged by the
sullen hosts of winter, it withdyaws
into the impregnable fortress of it's
subterranean vitality, and emerges
upon the first solicitation of spring.
Sown by the winds, by the wander
ino birds, propagabed by the subtle
horticulture of the elements, which
are its ministers and servants, it
softens the rude outlines of the
world. Its tenacious fibers hold the
earth in it's place, and prevent its
soluble components from washing
into the wasting sea. 1t invades
the solitude of deserts, climbs the
inaccessible slopes and forbidding
pinnacles of mountains. mobiles eli
mates, and determines the history,
character and destiny of nations.
Unobtrusive and patient, it has i'm
mortal visor and aggression. Ban
ished from the thoroughfare and
the field, it abides its time 10 return.
And when vigilance is relaxed, or
the dynasty has persisted, it silently
resumes the throne from which it
has been expelled, but which it new
er abdicates. 1t bears no blazonry
Or bloom to charm the senses with
fragrance or splendor, but it's home
" hue is more enchanting than the
lily or The rose. It yields no fruit
n earth or air, and should It's har-
vest fail for single year, famine
would dspopulate the world.