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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-09-21
From Harper's Weekly.l

From Harper's Weekly.l
Another nitrogen fertilizer. nitrate OF
soda or Guile saltpeter. which has
been secured from ancient deposits OF
guano. IL fast being exhausted. not |
only by farm demands. but by the de- |
mand for gunpowder. We must there
fore look elsewhe for nitrogen TO |
nourish plants. for soon the supply OF |
natural nitrogen fertilizers will fall |
short OF the demand. says Harper's
Weekly.
Now. certain plants have the proper.
ty OF absorbing nitrogen from the at
mosphere through the medium OF mil
lions OF bacteria which gather the free
nitrogen from the air. and this nitro
gen can be used in place OF expensive
commercial fertilizers. The most bene-
fetal nitrogen gathering bacteria form
excrescences called ''nodules" on the
roots Of certain plants OF the pod
bearing family. These plants are cali
ed legumes and include clovers. peas,
beans. alfalfa. peanuts. etc These
bacteria have one function only 10 per
form-they form a copartnership with
the plant TO supply 1t with nitrogen
They gather in great numbers on the
roots of legumes. forming nodules.
which are large colonies of bacteria
| stored with nitrogen. In exchange for
sugar food which the legumeS give the
bacteria and on which they thrive the
bacteria gather nitrogen from the air
and feed IL TO the plants as desired
| The plant by giving per cent Of sugar
receives 90 per cent OF nitrogen from
| the bacteria. When roots OF leGumes
die in the ground the nitrogen which
the bacteria have already gathered and
stored in these little punches or nodules
on the roots is given to the soil. which
Is then rich In nitrogen. When the
next crop Is planted In that soil. no
matter what crop 1t may be, nitrogen
Is thers-the more nodules the more
nitrogen Therefore II is TO the farm
er's advantage to the advantage of the
world, to encourage the increase in
growth of these nodules-
The more nodules that are formed on
the roots the more nitrogen is fed to
the plant. and this makes the plant
grow more healthily. makes the foliage
. deeper in color. more abundant and OF
greater food value. the roots stronger
and longer and the stalks taller and
. sturdier-
T Experiments in transferring nitrogen
rich soil from some sections OF the
D country where these bacteria flourish
e to new localities. to mix with worked
n out soil, have been made. Sometimes
D the experiment Is successful More OF
ten, however. some harmful ingredien
= Of the soil is also spread to the new
ii soil. The only safe way Is to appl.
4 healthy bacteria direct 10 the seeds
h the crop before planting-to inoculat
n the seeds with bacteria which Wi
= gather nitrogen from the air TO fee
= to the growing roots.
II When every farmer whose soil lack
/ nitrogen employs the aid of bacteri
e there will be a wonderful Increase
II size and weight Of crops; there Will
n a wonderful increase in the protei
d value of food for cattle. which wi
le make for increased food value f(
in ! man
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-09-21
Har,AAstina Clover Seed.

The seed should be we'll matured
before being cut. The heads must be
well Drowned. and the seed should
rub out in the hand. lf the clover
is cut too green much seed Is lost. SO
It is a very important point to let II
get thoroughly ripe before cutting.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-09-21

How many farmers rotate crops4
How many are exhaustins the Ter
6Ety Of their farms instead OF IN
creasing itp
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-09-21
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson xIll.-Third Quarter, For
Sept. rs, 1910.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Text of the Lesson, Gal. v. 1926.
Memory Verses. D, 23-Golden Text,
Gal. v, 25-Commentsry Prepared by
Rev. D. M. Stearns-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-26
CRAWLS z MILES
WITH BROKEN LEG
Injured in Powder Explosion,
Miner Drags Self Across the
Desert to Railroad
Especial to Th Herald

SAN BERNARDINO, Aug. 25.-His
left leg broken by powder explosion
in which he miraculously escaped in
stant death, Guss Williams, a we'll
known mining man, crawled for two
miles across the desert to the tracks
of the Santa Fe railroad and tagged
a passenger train, which picked him
up and carried him to San Bernardino.
He is at the county hospital.
While on his way to his mining
property, fifteen miles north of Siam,
a small station on the Santa Fe on the
desert of this county, Williams discov-
cred that the cinch on one of his bur-
ros was loose. The animal was loaded
with two cans of giant powder and
provisions. He was smoking, and, not
stopping to take his pipe from his
mouth, the miner rearranged the
pack. In some manner the top of one
of the cans was knocked off. A spark
from his pipe fell among the black
grains and the explosion followed.
Williams had dropped to the ground,
and escaped the full force of the ex-
plosion. A huge boulder, however,
struck him forcibly on the left ankle,
badly fracturing 1t. The burros, which
had been waiting for the pack to be
again loaded, stampeded and left the
injured man helpless on the ground.
Several months ago Williams was
severely injured by the same burro,
when it kicked him while hauling ce-
ment to Big Bear valley.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-26
TWELVE INJURED
WHEN CARS CRASH
IN GRAND AVENUE
Two o-Passengers Are Seriously
Bruised in Rear End COL
IiSion of TroIIeyS
MANY CUT BY FLYING GLASS
Motorman Says He Mistook Stop
ping Place of Car in Front
of Him
NANY CUT BY FLYING GLASS

Twelve persons were injured-two Sc
rlously-when two Grand avenue cars
collided at Twentieth street and Grand
avenue, about $3.50 o'clock last evening.
1t was a rear end collision. One car
was stopping at the street intersection
and the other crashed into it while run
ming at speed of ten miles an hour.
Those injured were bruised or cut by
flying fragments of glass from the
broken windows.
Mary Goaillardeau and Leontina
Chambre, both living at 2515 Third ave-
nue., were the only passengers badly
hurt. The former had a tWo-inch cut
on the left side of the forehead, caused
by a piece of broken glass from the
front part of the car striking her after
the sudden impact. Miss Chambre re-
ceived cuts and bruises on her face and
lips by being hurled forward against
the forward part of the car Both were
riding on the front seat of the rear car.
They were taken to the Y. w. c. A.
boarding hall, near the scene of the
collision. The matron telephoned for
physician and did all in her power TO
aid the two young women.
Others either bruised by the shock
or slightly cut by flying glass We're:
Mrs. L. c. Kerr, S24 West Forty-ninth
street, arm bruised; Mrs. E. M. Wurtz,
$50 West Forty-fifth street, bruised
hand and shoulder; J. E. Merritt, West
Forty-sixth street, bruised shoulder;
Robert Peck, 1926 West Forty-sixth
street. bruised on head. All were able
to go home.
others who suffered lesser injuries
and Immediately went home were c.
G. Runyon, S64S South Grand avenue
p. Leonard, 2SO5 South Grand avenue;
Adolph Mabel, 1916 West Fortieth
street; D. F. Mead, 972 West Forty
seventh street; H. A. Smith, S72 west
Forty-seventh street; Hector McGreg-
or, 424 West Fourth street.
Grand avenue car No. $50, with
brakes applied, was coming to stop
at Twentieth street, with Motorman
Rice and Conductor Pell IN charge,
when car AIS, in charge of Motorman
F. G. Smith and Conductor Ed. Koehn,
ran into it while travelling at the rate
of ten miles per hour.
Twentieth street iogS at CIR ma ave-
nue., making the Twentieth street IN
tersections about one-third of q block
apart. The stopping point IS between
the two intersections and, accordi1g TO
the street car men, Il is difficult to
locate the right place for stops. The
collision is attributed to this fact, the
motorman of the rear car claiming
that he could not see that the stop was
being made by the car ahead In time to
stop his car.
The rear fender on the front car and
the fender of the rear car were both
smashed-the glass in these two ends
were broken to fragments and scat
tered all over the street.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-26
BULLET Of RIFLE
HITS GUESTS HIP
W. E. Snyder, Salesman from
East, Meets Strange Mishap
in Hotel Room

Wounded as he was dining in the
Hotel Howell $40 South Main street.
by a bullet from a rifle accidentally
discharged in an upstairs room, was
the strange mishap which befell w.
Z. Snyder, a salesman from Indiana,
last evening. The bullet entered the
fleshy part of his right hip and caused
a painful wound.
According to statements made by
detectives from central police station
who investigated the case, Charles S.
Applegate, an entertainer at the Ship
hotel, Venice, was explaining the
mechanism of the rifle to Dave Nor
ris in room 26, on the third floor of
the Howell, when the gun was acci-
dentally discharged The leaden mis-
sile passed through three floors and
struck Snyder, who had just taken
seat at one Of the tables
Attorney F. M. Fowler occupied the
same chair five minutes previous to
the accidental shooting of Snyder but
for some unexplainable reason he arose
and took a seat at an adjoining table.
Snyder then entered and had no
sooner taken his seat than the bullet
struck him. He was Immediately
taken to the receiving hospital, where
the wound was drained Today Police
Surgeons Carter and Kidder will take
an X-ray photograph of Snyder's hip
in order to locate the bullet.
The wounded man came from La
Grange, Ind, Wednesday and occupied
room at the Howell. The bullet went
through room Z, adjoining, on its
downward course.
Applegate informed the detectives
that the weapon was lying on his bed
and that his dog knocked it to the
floor, causing it to be discharged. APP
plegate was questioned at police mead
quarters, but was not detained.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-26
NORTHERN WAREHOUSES;
CROWDED WITH GRAIN

STOCKTON, Aug 25. - Freight
steamers and barges which have been
employed in hauling barley from
Stockton to Port Costa for delivery to
ocean-going vessels, have been hauled
off and steamboat officials say they
cannot deliver more grain there owing
to lack of storage room. The ware
houses there and here are filled with
grain and it is feared all of it cannot
be stored before the fall rains begin.
Stockton warehouses are taking care
of grain of their patrons, but they are
well stocked up and the surplus
bought for shipment to other points Is
the cause of worry. Local prices for
barley today were csc to $1.00, and
growers are storing for better figures.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-26
LOSS OF LIFE IN IDAHO
ALONE MORE THAN 200
Damage from Great ConfIagra-
ton Over S20,000,000

SPOKANE, Aug. 25.-If the stories
of men who returned today from the
st. Joe country Of Idaho are to be
believed, the. loss of life along Big
creek, a tributary to the st. Joe river.
was appalling and the dead in Idaho
alone will number more than 200 even
if Ranger Joseph B. Hahn and his
eighty-four men turn up, of which the
forest officers in Wallace are not
hopeful.
Two lumbermen say they saw thirty
italian fire fighters burned to death on
Big creek. A party of Austrian
laborers report the death of seventeen
of their comrades, and the loss of
twenty-seven American laborers. who
enlisted in Missoula, is announced by
their surviving companions.
Supervisor Weigle has given up hope
for the safety of Ranger Joseph B.
Hahn, who, with eighty-four men, was
in the thick of the fight on the head
waters on st. Joe river last Saturday.
A relief party has searched in vain
the whole country where Hahn was
last seen.
Ranger f. A. Ferns, at the head OF
CONTINUED ON Page Threel
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-26
BLAME ENGINEER FOR
GRAND TRUNK WRECK

MONTREAL, Aug. 25.-After the pre-
liminary investigation Of the collision
near Durand, Mich, last night an Of
ficial statement has been issued by the
Grand Trunk railway.
All blame is placed on the engineer of
the second train, who failed to heed
signals.
Passengers on the Montreal train
say it's rear lights were burning clearly.
They also heard the torpedoes explode
before the crash.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-26
Four Grand Aerie
Former Officers
Ousted by Eagles
Find Them Guilty of Div
erting $4,000 of Funds
of the Order

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 25.-Fours former
officers and members of the Eagles. on
trial here before the convention.
charged with the diversion of $4,000 OF
the orders funds, were found guilty
and their expulsion from the grand
aerie was recommended. The men are
Edward Krause, Wilmington, Del;
Martin Gray, New Haven, Conn; Thos.
c. Hays, Newark, N. j., and b. f.
Monaghan, philadelphia.
Among the witnesses last night was
Edward Krause of Wilmington, Del,
former vice president, who took the
stand in his own behalf.
B. r. Monaghan of philadelphia also
was recalled to the stand in his own
defense.
The principal feature of today's pro-
gram was a parade. in which nearly
5000 Eagles participated. Special en-
tertainment for the visitors was pro-
Vided at, a local park.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-26
EASTERN

Freezing weather suddenly descends on
Rocky mountain districts. PAGE 4
Roosevelt in speeches in Ohio nays the dis
honest among rich and poor alike. PAGE 1
Fire destroys wreckage of Pullman car in
Durand wreck and number Of dead may
never be known. PAGE /
Market in Wall street suffers sudden re-
versal in trade PAGE 7
Senator Lodge OF Massachusetts, begins
tive campaign to hold seat in upper house
of congress. PAGE
Travis Park Methodists OF San Antonio,
Tex, combine church with modern office
building. PAGE 2
Broker in Denver arrested on charge OF
selling counterfeit butter PAGE 2
Frontier celebration at Cheyenne witnesses
wholesale "pilings'' of crack riders. PAGE 16
Eagles in grand aerie find four former
officers guilty of diverting funds and
vote to oust them from order. PAGE
Chairman woodruff of New York state
committee blames Roosevelts friend.
Griscom, for slight to colonel PAGE 10
Congressional committee hear Osage
Indian tell of his business methods.
PAGE 0
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-26
(Associated Press)


SPOKANE, Wash, Aug. 25.-FollOwing is
a revised list of the number of killed in the
Idaho, Montana and Washington forest fires
last Saturday and Sunday:
Forest and state employees Idaho and Mon
tana, 100.
Settlers and fire fighters at St. Joe valley,
Idaho, so.
At Newport, WASH, 4.
At Wallace, Idaho, 3.
At Mullan and Spokane, 8.
Total, 100.
The Missoula forest offices list of 10 dead
forest employees Omits 21 killed at the Bull
lion mine, Montana, and on the Big Fork of
the Coeur d'Alene.
Missing-NegrO soldiers, near Avery,
Idaho, 4.
Ranger Halm's party, headquarters of St.
Joe, $50.
Forest employees In st. Joe valley, 25.
MISSOULA, Mont, Aug. 25.-The
district forestry office here succeeded
tonight in compiling returns from all
points included in the Montana and
Idaho forest fires, showing the total
number of dead and missing in the
forestry service, settlers and miners
not included.
While the returns are not complete
from the Coeur d'Alene and Pend
dOreile districts, it is thought the
final figures win make no change.
The result of the compilation given
out tonight places the known dead,
among the forest rangers, at 10, of
which 73 died in the Occur d'Alene for
est, in the Cabinet forest at Tuscor
and 2 in the Pend dOreille.
These totals were the result of
day of searching. In the Occur
d'Alene forest some men are still miss
ing and the reports are not all in
from the Pend dOreille.
So far as the local office is aware,
the only men now unaccounted for in
the government service are Ranger
Joseph B. Hahn and a party now said
to consist of 10 men.
DETAILED LOSSES
The detailed losses among the gov
ernment employees to date are:
Eighteen unidentified men on Big
creek.
Thirty identified men on Big creek.
Seventeen unidentified men on Self
ser creek.
Four men at Tuscor.
Two men on the Pend dOreille.
Six men on Placer creek.
Two men on Pine creek.
According to an uncontirmed report,
three settlers are missing in the Rull
river valley. Bull river is small
stream in the northern part of the
Cabinet forest.
The homes of so settlers along the
Clarks fork were burned, but nc lives
were lost.
The fires in the Nez Perce forest are
still fierce.
A telegram from Grangeville tonight
brought word the flames are wreaking
havoc all along the Salmon river. Five
hundred sheep have been killed in the
fires along this valley and the flames
are now threatening all of the settle
ments along the river, the range and
the stock.
Ranger Haines left tonight for the
headwaters of the ST. Joe where his
crew, left under the orders OF Ranger
Joseph B. Hahn, was last reported.
Word was received from Iron noun
tain tonight thatNthe five members or
Ranger Fridays party who were re-
ported lost by their fellows, had ar
rived at Iron mountain. All of the
men were safe and uninjured.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-26
SOUTH CALIFORNIA

Injured in powder explosion. mining
man crawls two miles across desert
and flags train. PAGE 1
Shop employees of the Pacific Electric
enjoy big annual picnic at Long
Beach. PAGE b
Pomona valley produces s2,5oo.ooo citrus
fruits for season. PAGE IA
Two hundred veterans victims of
ptomaine poisoning in camp at Hunt
ington Beach are recovering. PAGE IA
Valuables that tourist claimed were
stolen from bath room are found in
safe where he had deposited them.
PAGE IA
Woman's league gives outing and two
hundred members attend. PAGE II
Asa Gregory, former convict. and Percy
Carter, negro, arrested in Riverside on
charge of forgery. PAGE IA
Los Angeles merchants aid Santa Ana
carnival of products. PAGE IA
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-26
BOY GETS WIRELESS CALL;
COAST STEAMER SAVED

PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 25.-1he
steamer Roanoke, of the North Pacific
Steamship company, bound to Califor-
MIA ports, was disabled in the Colum-
bia river last night, and Is back in
port.
Owing to the thick smoke Pilot Sui
livan decided to anchor. After the en-
gines stopped the stern swung in-shore,
breaking the rudder couplings. The
wireless call flashed out was picked
up by the apparatus of boy in East
Portland, who notified the port auth
critics and a tow boat was sent to
the Roanoke's assistance.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-26
.FINANCIERS WANT RESERVE
CENTER IN SAN FRANCISCO
Seattle Banker Addresses Let
terS to Coast Concerns

SEATTLE, Aug. 25.-Arguing that
the time has. come for congress to
recognize the financial strength Of the
Pacific coast states, N. H. Latimer'
president of the Dexter Horton Ma
tional bank of Seattle, yesterday ad-
dressed letters to prominent national
bankers in the leading cities of the
Pacific coast, asking that steps be
taken to have San Francisco named as
the fourth central reserve point in the
United States.
The present central reserve cities are
New York, Chicago and st. Louis.
"Under the present arrangement,
said Mr.. Latimer, 1--WE must carry large
balances at the central reserve points,
whereas our balance at San Francisco,
where we obtain our currency supply,
does not count as legal reserve"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-26
CHARGED WITH
PLOT AGAINST GOMEZ

CARACAS, Aug. 25.-The govern
ment today published statement con-
cerning the recent conspiracy against
President Vicente Gomez, in which 1t
is said that Cypriano Castro, former
president of Venezuela, now in exile in
Europe, was the instigator of the plot.
A sister of Castro, the statement de-
clares, guaranteed 100000 to the con-
spirators.
The statement concludes by saying
the Castro family have been expelled
from Venezuela, that General Ruiz es-
caped and that several others of the
alleged plotters are under arrest.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-26
FLORIST WANTS TO HIRE
CUPID-PROOF CASHIER
Specifies That Applicants Must
Be Ugly

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 25.-There is a good
position in a florist shop which some
st. Louis girl may have for the ask
ing-if she has the right kind of face.
Wanted-Cashier; an ugly cashier.
Permanent position; apply at once, 702
Washington avenue.
This lad" appears among the
wants" in st. Louis newspapers this
morning.
Too frequent peals of wedding bells
for previous cashiers at the florists
shop is given as the reason for the at
tempt of the firm to get an ugly money
handler.
Five cashiers, not ugly, during the
last year have resigned the position
now vacant, and the departures of
some of them have been so unexpected
as to inconvenience seriously their en-
ployer.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-26
BIG STORM IN MICHIGAN

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Aug. 25.-
A storm of cyclonic proportions ragged
today north of Grand Rapids, and
crops, standing timber and many
buildings were ruined. Terrific wind
was accompanied by a heavy rain.
Asylum creek, at Traverse City, over
flowed, flooding a number of resi-
denCes.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-26
CAUGHT AFTER LONG CHASE

JACKSON, Mich, Aug. 25.-Traced
by a detective from San Francisco,
Daniel Bibb was arrested here today
on charge of forgery of draft OF
$4,000 on a San Francisco bank. Ar
rangements are being made to take
him back.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-26
CHAOTIC CONDITIONS
PREVAIL IN NICARAGUA

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 25-Unoffcial
advices received tonight from Man
aqua, indicate that more or less chaot-
ic conditions prevail throughout large
part of Nicaragua as a result OF the
opposition which the conservative
party is said to be giving to the plan
to make General Juan Estrada provis-
ional president.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-26
CUSTOMS MEN SEIZE
MRS. GOODWIN'S' TRUNKS

NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-When Mrs.
Nat G. Goodwin, formerly Edna Good
rich, AND her mother. Mrs; Nellie
Goodrich, arrived on the steamship
Teutonic today their twelve trunks
were held up by customs inspectors
because they considered the trunks
held more dutiable articles than the
declaration disclosed.
The trunks will be released tomor-
row when the additional duty is paid.
Mrs. Goodwin will join her husband in
California.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-26
MINING AND OIL

CONGRESSMAN Smith of Bakersfield says
Ralph Arnold, not he. is responsible for
withdrawal of oil land. PAGE 6
Tom oDonnen urges oil men to stand pat
against any new oil bills. PAGE 6
Quenner dry crusher on demonstration
pleases miping men. PAGE b
Old Jessie gold mine resumes development
work. PAGb
OIL men meet and organize association for
PAGE 4
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-26
TENNESSEE BANK ASSIGNS

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 25.-The
Commercial Bank & Trust company, of
Pulaski, Tenn, made a general assign
ment today. The bank has a capital
of S35,0O0 and has assets estimated at
$152, ,635. Mark Arrowsmith, the cash
ier left town today.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-26
COAST

Fury of forest holocaust in northwest seems
spent loss OF life about 200, and property
loss $4,000 900. PAGE 1
Firemen OF San Francisco to march in Ad-
mission day festival parade. PAGE 2
San Francisco lawyer formally accuses
United States Attorney Devlin with mis-
conduct in office. PAGE 2
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-26
LOS ANGELES

Attorneys scout charges Of deal being fixed
in swamp lands transaction. PAGE .
Bessie Dunlap, leading woman at the
Princess theater. weds Walter Spen-
Ger. IAHH
Charges of Irregularities preferred by
fire commission causes CONSERVATION
in department FAGh :
Petition for distribution OF estate or
Mrs Castine slain at Lancaster. is
filed in Los Angeles court. PAGE D
Fourteen divorces granted in Los An
geles yesterday and only eight mar
riage licenses. PAGb .
Civil service rules loses city hall janl-
tors position. PADh o
Miss Alice Griffin. second victim of re-
ligious enthusiasts fast. dies in the
county hospital PAGE
Imperial valley boosters hold big ban
quet and hail cotton as coming king
of their district. PAGE }
Twelve passengers injured. two seri-
ousy when cars collide in Grand ave-
fAGh
w. F. Snyder. salesman from Indiana
wounded by accidental discharge OF
rifle In Main street hotel PAGE /