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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-20

cents per pound. or mayhap. YOU
have. in a moment of cxtrayagance,
Maid as high as rs or 80 cents per
pound as has been done on some
Thanksgiving weeks when turkeys
we're not as plentiful AZ they bid fair
10 be This week Yet in the face of
the fancy prices that confront the nj
timatc consumer. no less an authority
than the experts of the Department OF
Agriculture have declared That tur-
KEYS can. II grown In favorable 10
cality be made to return proiit 10
The grower if sold as low as eight
cents per pound. live weight. and II
they bring a price three or four cents
per pound above that figure. as 'bey
usually do there Is every reason why
the turkey grower should feel well
satisiied with his occupation
Now. as matter of fact. II is an
unhcard of corner of our country
where turkeys. nowadays do not brinH
two. or in emergency. even thte"
times .bc light cents that unric
Sans expert has set down as basic
nuurc. OF course. the price asked by
the producer ought tn be good mar
Gin 10 ser than the prevailing quota
tion In the retail market. since al
most all turkeys are handled through
commission merchants aa'' they must
rake something out of IT, transac-
ton. But you would be arprised
! what small proportion OF he iinai
selling price goes TO this mid'i'ehnah.
Naturally the commission man N'ihS
paid on the percentage basis Is err''
to get as high price as possible :
the turkeys intrusted to his care. anu
he will plead eloquently Tor many
minutes to swin an advance OF one
half cent per pound, and then regret
after the sale has been made that nc
did not hold out for full cent.
+, Another factor that helps TO put
| the price OF turkey above even that
OF porterhouse steak is found In the
circumstance that nowadays large
! Continued on Sixteents Page'.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-20

more difficult each year to find first
class tender turkeys that weigh only
six. seven or eight pounds. II really
begins 10 look rs though the time was
coming when small families, not Tor
tunate enough to be invited out 10
Thanks giving dinner by friends would
be forced TO resort to hotel or res
taurant for the annual turkey feast
or else accept the alternative OF
huge turkey that will compel the fam
ily to eat turkey. cold or warmed
over. for days and days after the
glamor of the holiday has passed.
There is no difficulty in fixing the
responsibility for this disappearance
of the small turkeys. II is due TO the
growing tendency among turkey rails
ers to devote their efforts to the
bronze variety of fowl-the largest
variety of the bird. The lure OF the
American love for bigness has made
itself felt on the turkey realm ana
the fame that has come to the 80
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-20

idsy hunger Of a naiioh ever expand
INK in poulaiiOn.
In another sense. however. the out
come OF the ncw era i'm the cranberry
industry has been the exact opposite
Of what has occurred in Taany ano'ner
activity tina. has been infused with
new life blood these past Few years.
We hear a great deal nowadays Of
The lxfrnf 10 which women and chill
drcn. vita their lower wage scales
have becE disyisciug men In many
occupations. Nothing ri tho kind Is
taking place in the cranberry indus
Try. however ON the contrary the
exact opposite h true. Strange ~ u
NAV appcsr the men arc crowding "ui
The women in the field Of labor IN
which the latter oacc had almost =
IrOaopols. The cxrlauafioE D found
IN she advent 81 the scif same ma
chimes 10 width reference ha- been
made above Tho Frsrhincs thsf havc
been introduced fos picking crsEi'eg-
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all but monopolizcd the work on the
cranberry boys in the old BAY stare
The inyaders-and this seems to nc
tho only place In America where they
have sought n foothoid-arc not Euro
moan peasants. but Portuguese speak
ing negroes from the Cape Verde Is
lands. As has been stated above
foreign born women OF a totaiiy al
fcreut class. notably Swcdes and
Films. still do some OF tho cranberry
piekiuy. having succeeded N the task
when the advent Of the new machines
drove out their Yank g sisters. but
the great and ever increasing propor-
lion Of the work is in the hands oil
tke dusky natives OF the Cape Verde
Island.
The country at large has had no
hint of the manner IN which tnesc
dark skinned folk from beyond the
Atlantic have stolen In and captured
the brunf Of the labor in time hon
ored rev England industry sight
sccrs and automobile tourists who
have not been forcVarncd are suusilF
DcrfecfIv asfouudcd when on nearing
carc Cod. and within a short ride loi
historic Plymouth and i's famous rocS
they begin to run across odd hitie
communities like trauspianied Wcs'
Indian villages. the people OF ~h'cn
speak a strange tona<Se and haze Az
the manncrisrns Of aliens In their owl
crviroureut These arc tho ~bravas
Who have been iursd by the magnc'
Of the high wages paid in the Gran
berry industry.
Many of the Cage Verdi slsndcrs
arc tr,Ic noraads IN thcis visits 10 ths
cranberry country. arriving IN IN
sprine when cultivation on me boz,
,,rzlns end remaining Until ihc end ~
the-plcking SEASON late In the autumn
maklux ihc "trip both vays In sailins
vcssclE which they charter Tor ~
pufpovc and Which are engaged dur
inr the winter months In the cost
Ing trade On the ccaSi 81 Africa
Others ct this dark skinned race set
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-20

the CROSSES" which have be- made
in the cas- of the bronze variety have
been particularly fortunate IN Undue
Ing mammoth size. However. one oil
the officials of the Department or Az
riculturc recently declared that the
bronze turkey has been developed too
much in the direction OF size ana II
he can get other people to conform TO
his way of thinking perhaps we may
see. few years hence. an era OF
small turkeys OF even finer fiavor
than those over which the American
public has been smacking its lips
these past few seasons
Even now the Wanted bronze tur'
sey is not the whole thing In turkey
dom for there are six standard va
rieties. the branches of the family III
addition to the bronze being the Var
ragsnsett. the buzz. the slate. the
white and the black. .
Many people who may think thar
they have been enjoying pretty MP
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-20

- I'D the cranberry sauce that
was served with your Thanks :
giving turkey this past year
" or two taste any different
from the kind that mother
uscd tn make years ago! vi c"o'9c
M, Won say. What prcpos'eross
dc, uheu. as everybody knows. u
shore Is any dcIicacy that always docs
taste pretty much the same II Is 'his
~cif. same rudy relish. And yet. as
a matter of fact. u would not be the
Ic.-t bit strange II the crimson 5er-
rics had undergone q change OF ndeO'
for a new era has dayncd IN the cram
Terry industry. bringing vish II new
methods Of cultivation std barveSr
ing II a like revolution took place
in Tho process OF making maple syrup
of growing watermcioas or evolving
plum budding. VIC should expect the
now order Of things to be reflected IN
INC appctiziag quality Of the producl-
The changes that have taken place
IN the cranberry industry have been
nj a dual charzctcr-that - there mas
hem an upsctflng Of old ideas In Two
dia.reut directions. For one thing
there has been a change IN the tcch-
uical side of the cranberry Industry
that Is. revision Of the agricultural
Il hcms. on the other hand there has
h~en a corresponding shake np a.
20 ,bc human forcc that rouducis tht
,,ffvitv 20 essential to>Sstisfyiug The
cravings Of our holiday appcti'cs-
rranS~rTics xrcw IN Just the same
favored srcfious NJ The country where
thcv have nourithcs fo- generations
rsyi. snd shaf grow IN yr~'iy mnch
The rame, way 81 they I'D IN The days
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-20

lie down in America for an intcrsai
of some years and such n:Iiaiiy eIins
with them their wives and famiiies-
a custom that is not common among
tho cranberry workers who como 10
tarrv merely from spring 10 tail
whether the stay OF the Ncrae 10
lander nc long or short, however. he
seems 10 have IL ever ir h. mind 70
return 10 his home and live In the al
fiucucc that little store Of Amerifs"
cold will assure to him Moreover
he piles up wealth more rapidly thsn
Won might suppose. for good cram
bcrrv Kicker will earn all the way
from 81 to s. per day and he need nc
under no expeuse for lodging u nc ~
content to live in the quarters pro-
yided on the boys.
This class Of pickcrs have With
,bcir strength and ability 10 work
long hours without fatigue establish
cd new standards Of berry picking III
this old industry After all. ho~eseT'
the major part of the credit eeiohss
10 the cranberry picking machines
which have set the old timers by me
cara for all that they we're sioN 10
adopt them. at dE<t. fearing that they
would inju-e the cranberry boss-
There arc two principal styles @.
mschincs One resembles sms'
wooden box Of convenient stze 70 DC
held IN the hand and with jaws whIch
omen and close BY the pressure OF TIC
hand saich holds ;be machine "
operation the jaws arc opened ana
The machine thrust into che '1nsic o'
cranberry plants. Then the js~s'
each armed With a ro~ Of teeth. are
made TO close and when The machirt
!. Withdrawn the berries are ins'@n'
tancu1siy striped from inc s.e.,s.
remaining co. the receptacle aniii me
- ~ 80 machiu~ arr sesin oreucd
and tho bcrrics fan into The ~aiiinz
measure or tray.
The other style psckisz wachino
(Coutinucf on Sixteenth fsFsl-
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I'll Out.
However, the autumn Is even o yet
more crucial time i'm the turked Indus-
try. This year with its exceptionally
mild and open autumn has been most
favorable for turkey production. 'giv-
ing promise of large crop and more
rational prices than haze prevailed in
some gears within the memory OF
every turkey eater how living. OF
cours @ there are some turkey puryey-
ors who are never satisfied and who
are complaining because in some OF
the leading turkey raising sections
we have not had this year that com
binatioa of an open autumn with cool
crisp. bracing weather which inspires
the turkeys to roam in search Of food
and causes them 10 fatten In prime
condition. But for all that. II Is
doubtful ii any city dweller will be
asked more than % cents per pound
for turkey this Thanksgiving and res
idents of the smaller cities and
towns ought to get it proportionateiy
less unless there is some unexpected
DEVELOPMENT on the eve of the hoii-
day.
But whatever the price or turkeys
per pound there is another problem
in turkeydom that has been growing
more and more acute with each sue
ceeding year and is apt to be more
noticeable than ever this autumn. TINS
new turn of affairs is seen in the
growing scarcity Of the small turkey
The housewife who buys for family
OF two or three is finding ii more and
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petizine turkey from time out of mind
may be surprised To learn that the
prestige Of the turkey as all article oil
food was seriously threatened few
years ago through ca.clossncss and
lack of foresight In Gree ting methods.
MOI much was said about II except
in the poultry papers and nj the con
vcniIons of poultry raiser'. but the
menace wa sufficient TO arouse the
more progressive turkey raisers Win
the result, that they ncnded their
ways. put ban vn inbrccdms ana
went on for the pure bred or standard
bred turkey. with the result that ricil'
new vigorous blood made it's influence
felt In infusing strength and vigor 10
turkey nocks In all parts of the ccuii-
try.
Certainty turkey raisers ought 70
nav attention to business. for there
is tremendous and constantly In
crcasing demand-one might almost
say. regardless of pricc--for the
fcaihcred arlsiocrat that becomes our
national bird al Thanksgiving time
All this means money, OF course. io'
the turkey farmer. and Just here II
may be added that there are spichuiu
nrofits In turkey raising. No othei
kind OF live stock will return so large
n nroilt TO the successful producer a.
will poultry. and turkeys constitute
the most profitable class OF poultr,
II properly handled. Why. from th'
time the turkey is six weeks old M
virtually makes his own livelihood
u,ap,.,rtoy around and eating bugs
rrasshoppers. Waste grain and othel
eatables that II not an actual pest
are useless to the farmers. TO d
il sure sonsp OF the fancy turkey raiser'
are credited with fatiening thes'
Thanksgiving offerings on milk ans
che.tnuts and other delicacies. Du
they get enough higher prices 10 re
eompersse them for all that.
And do you know. gentle reader
what. proportion of profit you return
to the poultry grower when you pur
chase your Thanksgiving bird at q
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-20

I'D tho cranberry sauce that
was served with your Thanks
giving turkey this past year
or two taste any diheren,
from the kind that mother
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w
giving turkey yet! NO! Wen'
probably it does not matter,
= for there will be no turkey
famine this year. From early
autumn all indications pointed to
large crop of the fowl that for the
time being becomes our national bird.
Moreover your turkey in this glorious
year 1910. is not likely to cost You
any more per pound than II ala
year ago and that is something 10 DC
thankful for i'm this dire day of sta
tionary incomes and steadily advanc-
ing cost of living. However. il you
should get any concession in the price
Of turkey this year It will not be due
to any turkey trust" suddenly con-
scious stricken. but to good OLD Dame
Nature herself.
For, be it known. general weather
conditions throughout the spring,
summer and autumn have most i'm
portant bearing upon the turkey crop
at Thank giving and, consequently,
at Thanksgiving time, and, conse-
quently, indirectly. OF course. upon
the price of the birds Weather
conditions this year have baen on the
whole, very satisfactory for turkey
raising. This turned out to be a
rather pleasant surprise. too, for in
some parts of the country the outlook
in the spring was decidedly unprom-
ising. in those numerous districts
where q wet spring was encountered
great numbers of the young turkeys
suffered. being almost literally grown
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-20
ar LHS fETsz2

We you engaged your Thanks
giving turkey yet? No? Well,
probably it does not matter
for there will be no turkey
famine this year. From early
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-07
ROOSEVELT ENJOYS
LAFOLETTE'S VICTORY

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept. T.
Things began to move in Milwaukee
almost the minute Colonel Roose-
welt stepped from his train here to-
day. When told that an effort may
be made to defeat Senator LaFol-
lette for reelection when the legis-
lature convenes at Madison, al
though the senator scored an over
whelming victory in yesterdays pri-
maries, Roosevelt declared:
81 don't for minute believe this
report. LaFollette won in the pri-
maries after a fair and open con-
test. Any attempt to act at variance
with the wishes of the voters of
Wisconsin. expressed in the pri-
maries. would be direct and delib-
crate violation of all the tenets OF
good faith.
when, in Oregon, Governor
Chamberlain carried the primaries,
only to encounter a proposal that
the republican Legislature reject
him. | announced publicly my BELIEF
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-07

that such action would be in bad
faith. | must take the same posi-
ton here"
The colonel's statement is taken
here to be a complete endorsement
of the radical insurgency on which
LaFOllette based his campaign.
Roosevelt was then shown a let
ter written by Emil Seidel, Milwau-
KEGS socialist mayor, refusing to
serve as chairman of the commit
tee appointed to welcome the dis
tinguished visitor. because of his at
titude toward socialism. After read
ing the letter Roosevelt said:
when / started on this trip I
said ! would make no partisan
speeches or discuss party politics
concerning states or municipalities
| don't intend to break that rule.
There are places where my views
on socialism can be found, set forth
in such terms that they cannot be
misunderstood or misinterpreted."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-07
SAM FEELS REAL
FINE TODAY
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BOSTON, Sept. 7.-Following his
victory over Joe jeanette last night,
Sam Langford announces his inten-
ton of halling in Jack Johnson for
the heavyweight title. The National
Sporting club of London, he said,
already has offered substantial
purse for the match. LangfOrd
shows no marks today resulting
from his encounter with jeanette.
On the other hand, the larger negro
bears signs of severe punishment.
He was bruised badly about the
head and face and his right eye is
partly closed.
jeanette made a good showing in
the first three rounds of the battle
From the fourth on, however, the
going was all in Langford's favor.
The tar baby" walloped Joe's kid
neys mercilessly, varying this with
a series of short arm jolts to the
head. Although Langford clearly
was the better map, Jeanette gave
him the hardest fight he has had
since he was defeated by johnson
several years ago.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-07
ADDITIONAL
SPORT
THROW
DOWN GAUNTLET.
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(By United Press Leased Wire)
CHICAGO, Sept. 7.-Declaring
that they will play on an all-star
team after the close of the regular
season, despite the ruling of the
national commission, Evers, Hoff-
man, King, Overall and Brown,
members of the Cubs, have thrown
down the gauntlet to Garry Herr
mann and all other baseball mag
mates. The edict, they declare, Is
unjust and exceeds any authority
their contracts give to the powers
of organized baseball.
Whether other major league play
ers will follow this lead remains
to be seen.
When the ruling of the commits
sion against barn storming" was
promulgated, it was accepted by
the majority of the players as final,
and several whose names had been
included in the all-star lineup de-
clined to play.
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IS KILLED
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(ey United Press Leased Wlre)
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 7.-6ecause he
missed a train, Emil Freund of Chi
cago has confessed to the police
today that he did not help, as he
had planned, In the robbery Of the
Pacific Coast express on the Bur-
linqton railroad as 1t left St. Louis
last night.
Freund, arrested as a suspect, has
planned to participate in the holdup
in which Flagman j. NJ. Wine was
killed and four passengers robbed.
The man who committed the rob-
berry and murder, according to
Freund, is Albert Julien, also of Chi
cago. The police are seeking Julien
today. They believe he is in st.
Louis. Freund says that he and
Julien planned to rob the express
and that he was to meet his confed-
crate at the Union station. He was
late in getting there, he said, and
when he reached the station the big
iron gates that separate the area
way from the trainshed proper had
been banged shut and the train was
crawling around the curve at the
end of the platform and across the
switches that lead to the station
yards. Julien, he thinks, was con-
cealed on the rear platform of the
train when it pulled away from the
station.
After Freund's arrest he was
questioned closely by the police. 1t
was at first believed that he was
the man who committed the rob-
berry, but he has convinced the de-
tectives that the story he tells of
plan to participate in the holdup
is true and has, it is believed, es-
tablished the sfact that he was not
on the robbed train.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-07
LIABILITY Of
PARK BOARD

At the regular meeting of the
park board this morning two de-
cisions were read from Corporation
Counsel Fred B. Morrill,. The first
None declared that the board was
not liable for the cost of improve
ments to abutting property, that is,
that the boards funds should not
be used to pay for street improve
ments. The second stated that the
board was not liable for $2S53, to
rebuild the wall which forms a por-
tjon of Fifth avenue from Perry to
Arthur, but that this expense was
up to the city. Routine business,
including the passage of many bills,
took up the rest of the members
time.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-07
GIRL NOT DRUCCED;
DEATH DECLARED NATURAL

This effectually clears Walter Lo-
gan and the other companions of
the unfortunate girl who were with
her on the night of her collapse.
Hemorrhage of the brain is given
as the cause of death. No rela-
tives of the deceased are known to
be in Spokane and none was pres
ent at the postmOrtem this morn
ing. A sister in Missoula, Mon
tana, is being sought by the author
tiles. While in this city. Miss Bod
ner was employed as cashier at the
Arcade restaurant.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-07

That pretty, 19-year-old Edith
Bodners death was due to natural
causes and that the girl was not
the victim in a mysterious poison
ing mystery was declared this
morning by Coroner Schlegel, after
performing the pOstmOrtem at
Turnbull's undertaking parlors. DR..
Schlegel was assisted by DR.. Reid,
who was the first physician to be
called in to attend the girl, a week
ago Sunday when she fell uncon-
scious in front of the Candy hotel,
Sprague avenue.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-07
C O n TIN u E D
II q
p A @ f O N f
100000 FOR
LAFOLETTE

pie are awake to their interests and
are determined to restore represent
alive government" said Senator La
Toilette. THE victory is nothing
personal-it is simply sign that
the people are once more in COM
mand, that they choose to rule
themselves. They will no longer
suffer the interests to dominate
them"
INsURGENT GOVERNOR.
Francis McGovern, insurgent, was
nominated for governor by plur-
atty of 10000. Thomas Morris, in
surgent, was nominated for lieuten-
ant governor. TIE was opposed by
George Hudnull.
James Frear, insurgent, was NOM
mated for secretary Of state, and
Andrew Dahl, insurgent, for treas
urer.
The state convention. dominated
by the progressives, will name a
candidate to fill fuckers place on
the ticket.
The insurgents swept the con-
gressional districts, nominating
Cooper over ingalls, in the First dis
trict and Nelson over Gilbert In the
Second. Kopp was nominated in the
Third, Cary over Page in the
Fourth, Cochems over Stafford in
the Fifth, Frolich in the Sixth, Esch
in the Seventh. Davidson over
Beedle in the Eighth, Morseman in
the Tenth and Lenroot in the
Eleventh.
The total vote cast was about
10000.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-07
EARL'S HORSE
WINS $50, 900

DORCHESTER, England, Sept. Z.
The earl of Derby's Swyford to-
day won the rich st. Leger derby,
one of the most important events
of the English turf. The victory
was worth 100000. Jockey Wooten,
who had the leg up on Swyford,
rode a wonderful race and displayed
excellent generalship. Swyford cas-
ily was the best of a good field
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-07
ENGLAND REGULATES
NEWFOUNDLAND
FISHING
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THE HAGUE, Sept. 7.-Although
America won five of the seven
points contested in the Newfound-
land fisheries dispute, England was
given the decision on the really i'm
portant issues in the verdict return
ed today by the international court
of arbitration.
The main result of the decision
gives England the right to regulate
Newfoundland fishing. The decree
provides that America must be CIV
en- two months notice when new
regulations are to be put into ef-
feet. 1t is not believed that the de-
cision will have much effect on the
fisheries.