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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-09

one OF the greatest and most imnortap+
of the government bureaus Nhan ~
L. o. Howard was put In CHARGE of ~
work, in 1894, it employed the services
Of just five experts. Today its s+os.
numbers about 500 men, more thar Iao
Of whom are scientifically trained
The Typhoid Fly.v
DIR. Howard himself is New yor,,
man. A graduate of Cornell he cama
direct from that university. in 1875. TO
engage in chronological work in the
department Of agriculture. He has since
earned worldwide reputation AS an or
iginal investigator in his chosen branch
of science, and his studies of diseosa
CARRYING insects. especially the na1ari.
mosquito and the houseIIy, have e-reatI1-
developed human knowledge In tbat
line of research 1t is he who has Give
to the housefly the appropriate name %
typhoid fly" and he has done NOR
than any other living man TO make
known the Importance of extermina+
ing this particular plague. as well as
the means whereby such an end NAV -
accomplished.
Even more remarkable, PERTAINS ;s
the work which DR.. Howard is carr,,in.
on with parasites of destructive insects
The worst of such pests in this countrv
like the dreaded gypsy moth and brown.
tail moth, are immigrants from abroad
accidentally imported. AS a rule. they
are not serious plaques in regions
whence they came, because their num-
bers are kept down by natural enemies:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-09

but. in the United States. their foes are
net on hand to attack them. and so they
multiply unchecked
The larva of the gypsy moth. for eX-
ample, is common caterpillar in
Europe, but does comparatively little
damage. for the reason that other in
sects prey upon 1t.
Import Enemies.
The best remedy for the mischief
seems to be to import these enemies.
and give them a chance to get in their
deadly work on this side of the water.
at the expense of the injurious insects.
Thus thousands of boxes of parasitized
caterpillars. chrysalids. and egg masses
of the gypsy moth have been fetched
from southern France, as well as from
other parts of the world. including Rus
STA and Japan with view TO Matching
out these little friends of ours and
turning them loose. This sort of work,
as we'll as the breeding of fierce beetles
likewise imported), which devour the
caterpilars, is being carried on by DR..
Howard. in cooperation with the state
authorities of Massachusetts,. at a labor
atory, established for the purpose. at
Melrose Highlands. not far from Boston
Destructive Mill Pest
Meanwhile Dr. F. H Chittenden ca
engaged in making some most useful
Investigations in regard to insects that
attack stored food products. One of
the worst of these is the socaHed Medit-
erranean flour moth. which is the most
destructive mill pest in the world.
First recognized in this country in
1S9A2 it now infeStS nearly all Of our
milling districts. The damage it does
Is very great, the female moth laying
her eggs in flour which the caterpillars.
on being Matched out. proceed TO ruin
bv spinning webs in it and felting it
together in Jumps. No way to get rid
of the plague mas been found effect
i've as 10 fumigate the milling estab
lishment with hydrocyanic-acid gas
DIR. Crittenden also makes a study of
insects that assail garden truck. In
cooneration with the Virginia truck ex-
periment station, he is working out
plans for the destruction of potato bugs.
the spinch and cabbage plant-lice the
striped cucumber beetle. the pea aphis,
and the cabbage webworm.
But the most interesting of his re-
cent discoveries was that of a small fly
which lows IFS eggs in the eggs of the
asnaragus beetle. in New England On
one farm this parasite was so success
fully utilized as TO render artificial
remedies such as Insecticides, unneces-
sary.
Further investigation of the subject
is now being made, with a view to in
Producing this friendly fly into other
localities where its services are needed.
New Mexico Ranges Attacked.
a very unusual and serious state of
affairs has recently been found to exist
in northeastern New Mexico. where the
caterpillar of a large moth has been at
lacking the grass and cattle ranges In
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-09

Fourteen years ago last Tuesday las
told in The Herald of Tuesday OF this
week was enacted in the city OF Ell
Paso one of the chapters of blood that
were written in the history of the city
by men called bad. On that day George
Scarborough, deputy United States mar
shal, shot down and killed John Selman,
constable Selman had short time
previous killed Bass Outlaw and John
Wesley Hardin and Scarborough was
himself a few years later, to meet the
same fate as Outlaw, Hardin and Sci
man. That was time when 1.-The bad
man" played most conspicuous part in
the history Of FL Paso, and when kill
ing was commoner than an automobile
accident today, and when the friends of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-09

increasing numbers and over continu-
aly-widening areas. Hundreds of acres
were ravaged last year, leaving the
ground as bare as if it had been burned
over
In October and early November the
moths swarmed over the country. flying
long distances. and depositing their
eggs in millions. The pest bids fair to
render great extent of territory abso-
lutely worthless for grazing. unless
something can be done to fight it.
This particular work is under the
charge of F. N. Webster-an entomolo-
gist OF high reputation, who was for
merly connected with the agricultural
experiment station in Ohio. His di
vision of the bureau attends to the
business of fighting insects which at
tack food crops and forage crops-such
for instance, as the Hessian fly, the
wheat-straw worm. and the much-feared
green bug" of the southwest.
The Boil weesi.
Another fact >of importance which
the bureau has learned is that the ma
ural enemies of the cotton boil weevil
may be greatly helped by certain
changes in matters of planting and cul-
tivating the cotton plant This dreaded
insect destroyed something like 100000
senting a value of at least $4,000. 600.
1t is q plague most difficult to deal with
but great hopes are entertained of
plant that is now being carried out for
introducing its parasites from regions
where they are plentiful into other re-
giOns where they are scarce.
Prof A. l. Quaintance was formerly
an instructor in the Florida Agricul-
turai college He became a member of
the staff of the bureau in 1903 after
being attached for several years to the
experiment stations in three southern
states His line of work relates espec-
tally to insects that assail deciuOus
fruits. such as the pear and apple.
long and hopeful fight is being
carried on by him against the abomin-
able "codling MOTH" whose offspring
is the common apple worm. Thanks to
the efforts Of his division. a practical
solution. through spraying and certain
methods of cultivation. has been found
for the problem Of the "thrips"-a small
and wicked fly which threatened to
wipe out the pear orchard of California.
and possibly TO spread disastrously over
fruit-growing regions in other parts or
the country.
Forest Insects.
In charge of matters relating 70 IN
furious insects OF the forests is pr A
D. Hopkins. who came TO the bureau
from the West Virginia experiment sta
ton. He has devoted special attention
recently to a pest of the white pine
tree. which causes what is known as
"twig blight" in New Hampshire and |
Maine; and likewise TO the BLACK Hills |
beetle" which does enormous damage to |
pine timber in the central Rocky Noun |
tain region. In his belief, it Will be |
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-09
BiIiousness

II have used your valuable Cascarets
ana l lind them perfect. Couldn't do
without them. I have used them for
some time for indigestion and biliousness
and am now completely cured. Recon-
mend them to everyone. Once tried, you
Will never be without them in the
family. Edward A. Marx. Albany, Ny.
Peasant, Palatable, Potent. Taste Good.
Do Good. Never Sicken. Weaken or Gripe.
lOc. sc. Soc. Never sold in bulk The gem
uinc tablet stamped c. Guaranteed to
cure or your money back. a2Q
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-09
THE KILLING Of JOHN SELMAN, KILLER
Slayer Of Bass Outlaw and John Wesley Hardin
Meets Eeafh At Anothers Hands.

slain scarcely ever gave the slayer an
opportunity TO face trial-it was the
day of the gun man. and the man quick
est with the gun lived the longest; that
was about all.
An Easter Killing.
The files of The Herald of March 5,
1896, tell of the killing of Selman as
follows:
Easter morning was ushered in by four
pistol shots right in the center of town
and when the people rushed into the
alley between the Wigwam saloon ana
the Wells Fargo building, they found
John Selman, constable Of precinct No.
1 lying on the ground in apparently a
dying condition George Scarborough,
deputy United States marshal, surren-
dered to officer Tyra and said that he
did the shooting.
Scarborough was taken to Jail and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-09
Household Remedy
Taken in the Spring for Years.

Ralph Rust, Willis. Mich, writes:
Hoods Sarsaparilla has been a house
hold remedy in our home as long as 1
can remember. l have taken it in the
spring for several years. 1t has no
equal for cleansing the blood and ex-
polling the humors that accumulate
during the winter. Being a farmer
and exposed to bad weather, my sys-
TEN is often affected, and l often take
Hoods Sarsaparilla with good results
Hoods SarSaparilla is Peculiar to
Itself. There is no "just as good"
Get it today in usual liquid form or
tablets called Sarsatabs.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-09

possible in future. through the adop
ton Of newly discovered means. to pre-
vent to a great extent the destruction
of storm feIled timber in the forests
by boring insects.
The great storms of 1906. 1907. and
1908. in the four states Of Mississippi.
Observation-Disclosures and Arkansas blew
down trees representing over 1000, 000.-
900 feet of lumber, board measure.
which was reduced in value % percent
by such borers-
Not only Is DR.. Howard importing
friendly insects from various parts OF
the world but he is sending abroad q
number of species which are expected
TO prove useful elsewhere. Not long ago
he sent to the district OF Vanzago in
Italy a parasite to fight scale insect
which attacks the mulberry in south
ern Europe. Already it has wiped out
the scale locally, and within two years
il is expected to clear all Italy OF the
pest.
In like manner. ladybird beetles have
been shipped from southern CaHfor-
MIA to Spain. to prey upon a certain
mealy bug. Parasites Of a scale enemy
of the cotton plant were sent recently
to Peru; and a new tick parasite. found
on dog-tick in Texas, has been for
warded to South Africa. to see IL It
ticks. Of the same genus, which are carl
riers of disease
other Experts.
The above mentioned or course, are
only a few Of the experts attached to
the bureau of entomology. r. p. Cur
RE who edits IT'S publications. is
specialist in dragon flies By no means
the least important member of the, staff
i DIR. E F. Phillips. who Is the Bee
Man. He has been engaged recently in
an elaborate study of the bodily struc-
ture and development of the honey bee:
and. incidentally to other work. he has
begun TO collect samples of beeswax
from all parts of the United States.
for analysis. and for tests of their
bleaching properties and relative COM
mercial values.
DIR. Towards principal assistant is C.
l. Marlatt who has been connected
with the bureau for a good many years
He comes from Kansas, and his first
studies of things chronological were
made IN the agricultural college OF
that state Much attention was excited
by his admirable drawings of insects.
and his exceptional skill in this art
had nuch 10 do with his original en-
ployment by the department of aoricul-
ture- Later on. however he rlade him
seq so valuable as an investigator that
MS attention was taken up with other
and more important ma. ,s-s
AT the present time he IS chiefly Oc
cupied in the fiSht against insects that
attack tropical and suo-tropical fruits
such, ror instance. as the white fly
which is working mach injury to the
citrus fruits in Florida
Rene Bache.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-09

worth Of damage to our crops in d
single year, and that these are only a
few out of thousands of Injurious species
1t will be seen that no small burden Of
responsibility rests upon the men who
are employed by the government to
flght never-ending war against such
pests.
In order to conduct the fight on an
adequate scale. it has been necessary,
WITHIN the last few years, to expand
the little old division OF entomology into
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-09

MEN WHO MAINTAIN THE WAR AGAINST THE
FARMERS FOES
enormous Recent Expansion of the Bureau of Entomo
ogy-An the Resources of Science Used in De
tending the Crops Against a Multitude
of Insect Pests

. ASHINGTON, D. c.. April g.
w When it is considered that IL
species of insects do S25O 600
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-11-11
John Mack Denies Authorship.

The Clinton Gazette has "broke
out in a fresh place" il says 1t is
opposed to John II sriiick because
Of the "intemperate attacks on Nc
Creary by John Nc. Mclean. Hen
bricks chief lieutenant This is
certainly news to us and to our read
ers. We have not attacked Mr.. Nc
Creary in any way, and have the pro-
foundest regard for him. Aside from
the fact that we casually mentioned
his age as a probable handicap N a
strenuous campaign against Repub-
lien nominee. only cue 1,her "attack
has appea red in thcSe columns, and
that was cliDJai from .hig same elm
ton Gazette wnen I rel udia,ei Me-
Creary because OF his alleged alliance
with John Nhallsn, the I.c"lsville
boss. On zee ii 'SoIFht we believe
we did say THAI the Beckham sos {
hoped to manage McCreary's admin
lstration and get he pie ne ry-
pressed the beli,f that he would fool
them. Surely. th's cannot lie con-
strued as an attack
Perhaps an explanation is due Ed'-
tor Walker and otlars. A page of
the Paris Tenn, Partisan of 1898
has been reproduced In apparent fac
smile and is being circulated over
Kentucky, mailed from Dayton. XIV.
This page contains a four column
write-up Of deceased Beckham." and
credited to the editor of the Gallo
way County Gazette, then manager
of the Partisan. We plead guilty In
solar as that article Is concerned and
have nothing to retraet. We stand
pat and are still a-patting. But on
that circular page is another two col
umn article attacking Mr.. McCreary
and a. Mr.. Van Zandt, a candidate for
| lieutenant governor. We have never
before heard of Mr.. Van Zandt until
We read this circular. We dlsclalm
responsibility for that editorial. II
never appeared in the Partisan. as
the files of that paper will show, is
an ingenious and an underhanded at
tempt of some man or set of men 20
attribute expressions TO us that they
evidently thought would have more
effect coming from us than from him
or them. So much for that. Gallo
way Gazette.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-11-11
THE DoCrOR's QUESTION.
Much Sickness Due 10 Bowel
Disorders.

A doctors first question when
consulted by a patient ~. Are your
bowels regular?" He knows that
90 per cent Of illness Is attended
with Inactive bowels and torpid
liver. and that this condition must
be removed gently and thoroughly
before health can be restored.
Rexall Orderlics are positive.
pleasant and safe remedy for constf-
patton AMI bowel disorders in gen
eral. We are 20 certain OF their
great curative value that We promise
TO return the purchasers money in
every case when they fail TO produce
entire satisfaction.
Rexall Orderlles are eaten like
candy, they act quietly. and have a
soothing, Strengthening. healing IN
fluence on the entire intestinal
tract. They do not purge. grippe.
cause nausea, Fatulence. excessive
looseness. diarrhoea or other annoy
ing effect. They are especially good
for children. weak persons or old
folks. Two sizes, Csc, and Toe. Sold
only at our store.-The Rexall Store.
w. b. Mcpherson.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-11-11

Notice OF first meeting of credi-
tors in the district court OF the
United States for the Western dis
trict OF Kentucky, in Bankruptcy.
In the matter of William ID. Wells.
bankrupt.
To the creditors Of william D.
Wells, OF Paducah, in the county OF
McCracken, and district aforesaid. a
bankrupt: Notice is hereby given
that on the 4th day of November.
A. d., 1910. the said William ID.
Wells was duly adjudicated bank
rupt. and that the first meeting OF
his creditors will be held at my
office in Paducah, McCracken county,,
Kentucky. on the 18th day Of No
vember. A. D.. 1910. at O'Clock IN
the afternoon. at which time the
said creditors may attend, prove
their claims. appoint trustee. eN-
anime the bankrupt and transact
such other business as may come
properly before said meeting.
EMMETT w. BAGBY.
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Paducah. Ky. November 3, 1910.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-11-11
In Circuit Court.

Jury trials in circuit court will be
completed next week. "Wednesday is
the last day that any cases are set
for trial. and with Circuit Judge
Reeds usual promptncss in keeping
up with the docket there is no doubt
but that the jurors will b discharged
next week.
A verdict for $3.50 for the plain
tin was returned this morning in the
trial Of the suit of James ID. Perkins
against Steve Etter. The suit was
fled over conversation OF a
piano for storage.
In the suit Of A. A. Scarborough
against Ben Tally, James Grimes,
one of the defendants. was dismissed
without prejudice.
The suit of Hiram Smedley
against John Harris was dismissed
without prejudice.
The only case on the docket to-
morrow Is: Andrew Maguerza
against the Western Union Tellel
graph company. g.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-11-11

Whatever hesitancy the people of
Hickman county may have felt in
supporting Senator McCreary over
John X. Hendrick for governor Is
fast disappearing owing to the char
acter of the attacks which Mr.. Hen
bricks friends are making upon Mr..
McCreary. In a personal letter TO
the editor of the Gazette about the
time he let II be known that he
would be a candidate for governor,
Mr. Hendrick expressed such warm
personal regard for Mr.. McCreary
and was so sure that no estrange-
ment could possibly arise between
them in this campaign, though both
were seeking the same high office.
that We looked for an entirely differ
ent kind of campaign as be-
tween Mr.. Hendricks and Mr..
McCreary to the one that Is being
lcarried on by Mr. Hendricks chief
lieutenant and mouth-piece, Mr..
John McMeloan of Murray, whose
Iintemperate attacks on Senator Nc
Creary wiM lose Mr.. HendrlclS friends
wherever the Mclean literature cir
loulates. That this literature is given
a broadcast circulation Is due to the
fact that Ben Johnson's campaign
managers are looking after that. Mr..
Hendrick is in this manner giving
aid to Mr.. Johnson, man whom we
have understood Mr.. Hendr.ck to be
Iunalterably opposed to. Mr.. Hen
drick may really be opposed to
johnson to the degree he has as
serted, but it does not necessarily
follow that Mr.. Mclean is OF one
mind with his chief, for we have no
doubt that Mr.. Mclean prefers John
son to McCreary At any rate, the
Gazette. which has always warmly
supported John Hendrick and thinks
more Of him today than any other
public man in kentucky. must de-
cline to be used by the Johnson ma
chine to defeat McCreary, which is
the real purpose of the Hendric1
candidacy as it is being used by Mr..
Hendricks professed friends and
supporters Gazette.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-11-11
BUMPER CROP
ALI CROPS NEARLY Eight PER
GENT. GREATER THAN 1000.
Prices Of Important Crops Averaged
November I About Five Per
Cent. Lower.

Washington, Nov. 11.-Bumper
crops, led by corn with the greatest
harvest ever gathered. were pro
duced by the farmers OF the United
States during the present year. In
a general review OF crop conditions
issued today. the bureau of statistics
of the department of agriculture
says:
"The harvests OF 1910 have been
practically completed. with results
Exceeding the expectations during
the growing period. Preliminary
est mates have been made OF the
important crops, from which II APP
pears that the aggregate production
OF crops In 1910 are approximately
7.6 per cent. greater than the crops
OF i9O9-and about 81 greater than
the average annual production of the
preceding five years. Prices for i'm
portant crops averaged on Nov 1
about "a per cent lower than a
year ego. ..->
THE production OF other crops
In 1910, expressed in percentage Of
the average production In recent
years mot compared with full cIopl
Is estimated as follows:
Peaches. 1871; hops. 1868:
broomcorn, 1854: cranberries,
1864; sweet potatoes. 104.9; sor-
lghum. iOi.6: asparagus. 1928;
cabbage. 1902: lima beans. 1000 /.
Kaffir corn. 99.1: pears. $50: beans
dry, 9S.S; cantaloupes. 97.3:
watermelons. go; onions. ssG.5;
hemp. 955; tomatoes, s3.7; clover
seed. $50; Strawberries. 9t.5;
grapes. $50: apples. 95.S: millet
seed. S5.7: raspberrles, $50; black
berries. 76.6.
"The condition of other crops,
compared with average conditions at
or near time OF gathering was as
follows:
sugar cane. i0i.1; rice. 1913;
sugar bccts. 1919: lemons. 99.3:
cotton. 9S.9; oranges. 95.5."
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-11-11
LEAVE HENDRIcK OUT OF 1T.

Editorials from the Clinton
Gazette and the Galloway Gazette.
which are reproduced at the head of
these columns today. in dictate the
lack OF confidence of the press in the
sincerity OF politicians in Kentucky,
and incidentally injustice is being
done our fellow-townsman John X.
Hendrick, who makes his fights in
the open always. The Galloway
Gazette and the Clinton Gazette have
both professed friendship for him in
the gubernatorial contest: but some
politicians have reproduced an edi-
torial from the Paris (Tenn.)
Partisan, written by John MacMeloan,
Of the Galloway Gazette, about ]. c.
w. Beckham, and with It an attack
on McCreary, as IL he had written
both. The Clinton Gazette, insists
that II Mclean, who processes friend
ship for Hendrick, is using that
method of attacking McCreary. then
Hendricks campaign must be in the
loan replies this week, declaring that
he is not the author of the McCreary
attack, which relieves Mr.. Hendrick
and his friend of any connection
with the screed. IL would require
evidence. sufficient TO convince an
unprejud5ced jury beyond a reason
able doubt, TO male anyone, who
knows John X. Hendrick, believe he
is lending his good name to any
body's else candidacy.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-11-11
NINETEEN YEAR OLD BOY
APPOINTED To THE ARMY

Upon a receipt of a Telegram from
the war department. at Washington
today, Sergeant c. r. Blake accepted
Thomas +. Bryant, 10 years old. for
the United States cavalry. Bryant
enlisted Monday. but was short 5
pounds In weight. As he was a de-
sirable applicant Sergeant Blake
wired the war department, which
consented to his acceptance. Bryant
Is the son of Mrs. Isabella Bryant,
living near Paducah on the Mayfeld
road. Sergeant Blake has received
word that the Owensboro army re-
station has been reopened
with Sergeant Louis r. Jacobs, for
merry at the Paducah office, IN
charge. The station had been dis
continued several months.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-11-11

mission. He has also set on foot In
vestigat,Ons into the cost of conduct
ing the departments Of government,
and so far reduced the annual expense
of government ten millions
Roosevelt lodged. the tariff, threw
It on Taft's administration and left
for Africa. He returned to step in
front of the president in the national
election and got the hot end of it.
Now Mr.. Taft is going to Panama to
look over the Job, leaving Mr.. Roose-
welt to face the consequences of his
effrontery.