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The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
DAIRY NOTES.

Care and feed are as essential as
breed and strain.
A good supply of alfalfa will cut
down the bran bills.
The dairy harvest never ends with
the COWS of the right sort
The COW is and has always been the
farm er's standby in hard times.
The fall fresh COW will be the money
maker If the right care is given.
No farm animal is so easily sold
at good figure as a good milk COW.
Farm dairying certainly pays. even
when conducted by ordinary methods
The demand for good milking cows
not only continues good but is increas-
ing.
Timothy hay is better than nothing
as a feed for dairy cows, but it is worth
more to sell on the market.
The COW that is a non-producer is
always out of place on the farm, but
especially this year, with prices of
feeds ranging as they are.
Hurrying through the milking never
pays at any season. Milking and caring
for the cows is the most important and
profitable work on the farm. Never
slight it
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
REGULATE WATER IN ORCHARD
SerViceable Tube May Be Made From
Pine Lath to Divert Water
Supply.

In recent years short tubes or
sprouts have been used in many of
the head bitches of orchards to di-
vert small quantities of water to fur
rows. These tubes are usually made
of wood, but pipes made of clay, black
iron, galvanized iron and tin are occa-
sionally used. For nurseries and young
trees especially and also for mature
trees cheap and serviceable tube
may be made from pine lath, such as
are used for plastering. The four-foot
lengths cut into two equal parts and
four of these pieces are nailed to-
gether to form a tube.
One of these tubes when placed
with its center two inches below the
surface of the water in the head ditch
discharges nearly three-quarters of a
miners inch of water and if placed
four inches below the surface will dis
charge more than one miners inch,
writes Samuel Fortier in Desert Farm
er In some places the lumber mills
manufacture a special lath for this
purpose. 1t is made one-half inch
thick, two inches wide and SO inches
long. If such tubes when thoroughly
dry are dipped In hot asphalt they
will last much longer time. In some
Of the deciduous orchards of California
still larger wooden tube or box is
used. 1t Is made of three or four
pieces of three-fourths by three and
three-fourths inch redwood boards of
the desired length. The flow through
this tube is regulated by cheap gate,
consisting of a piece of galvanized
iron fastened by means of a leather
washer and a wire nail
An orchardist can often purchase at
low figure pieces of wornout and dis
carded piping varying from three
fourths to two inches in diameter
Such pipes when cut into suitable
lengths make good substitute for
wooden spouts. Tin tubes one-half
inch in diameter and of the proper
length have been used with good sue
cess. In compact soils through which
water passes very slowly the burrows
must be near together and under such
conditions small tin tubes are to be
preferred. IN making use of tubes Of
various kinds to distribute water to
burrows it is necessary to maintain
a constant head In the supply ditch.
This is done by inserting checks at
regular distances.
These distances vary with the grade
of the ditch but $50 feet is not far
from being an average spacing. In
temporary bitches the canvas dam is
perhaps the best check, but In per-
manent bitches it pays to use wood
or concrete. In the latter the opening
is controlled by dashboard which
may be adjusted SO as to hold the wa
ter at any desired height and at the
same time permit the surplus to flow
over the top to feed the next lower
set of burrows.
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION OF ILLU.
MlNATlNG GAS PLAYS
HAVOC.
DAMAGE THREE MILLION
OF THE INJURED MANY WILL
DIE; SEVERAL ARE
MISSING.

New York.-The terrific explosion
OF Illuminating gas in the auxiliary
power house at the Grand Central
station, which sent tremor along the
entire rock backbone of Manhattan
Monday caused the death of ten per-
sons, two of them women, the injury
Of 125 others and property damage
estimated at from $2,0OO,0OO to So, ,0OO,-.
600.
-Four workmen who are missing are
believed to have perished, and of 125
injured, 98 were removed to hospitals.
Of these eight may die!
A passing surface car carrying sew
en- passengers was lifted from it's
tracks and hurled on an automobile
running alongside Four of the seven
passengers were killed outright, but
the chauffeur of the motor car was
Cnly cut and bruised
Traffic on the New York Central
railroad ceased entirely for some
hours, and was disorganized for the
rest OF the day, but the new station
itself, now in process of construction.
was not damaged
For some hours it was believed dy-
ramite alone could have wrought
such instantaneous and demolishing
havoc, but late in the afternoon Fire
Chief Croker said he was convinced
the explosion was due to mixture of
air and Illuminating gas used in light
ing railroad cars, touched off by an
electric spark. The gas had accumu-
lated in the auxiliary power house
from broken pipe snapped off by a
runaway passenger car.
The force of the explosion ran norta
and south from one to two miles
along the rocky ridge that is the
backbone of the island, and east and
west laterally for a mile.
Foundations were Jared, walls
were shaken out of plumb, windows
were blown in by the thousands, cell
ings came crashing down on the
heads of those beneath, and the pave
ments were Uttered with pulverized
glass that topped the shoe soles.
little schoolgirl was about to en-
ter candy store on Fifty-first street
when the blast came She was picked
up bodily and carried through the
plate glass door of the store and
cropped uninjured in front of the
candy counter There was not
scratch on her
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24

tanned. Accordingly the new South
ern Pacific locomotives are designed
to run with the fire box end first, and
the tender back of the smoke box.
With coal burning locomotive such
a plan would, of course, be impracti-
cable, but no difficulty is anticipated
when using oil as fuel.
In the new design the cab is en-
tered through side doorways, reached
by suitable ladders. An unobstructed
view of the track is obtained through
the front windows. The cab fittings
are conveniently arranged within easy
reach of the engineman, who occupies
the right-hand side when looking
ahead.-From Railway and Locomo-
tive Engineering, New York.
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.

l, George u. Young, Acting Governor
OF Arizona, in accordance with the Act
OF Congress known as the Enabling
Act, approved June 90 1910. and Elec-
t1on Ordinance Number 1, for the Pro-
posed State of Arizona, approved by
the Constitutional Convention, Decem-
Der s, 1910, do hereby order and pro-
claim:
That, on Thursday, the 9th day of
February, 1911, a general election shall
be held by the qualified electors of the
Territory of Arizona for the ratification
or rejection of a constitution framed
and adopted by a constitutional con-
yention, the members thereof having
been duly and legally elected by the
qualified electors of Arizona pursuant
TO the Act of Congress known as the
Enabling Act, approved June 90 1910.
That said election shall, in all re-
spects, be held and conducted in the
manner required by the laws of the
Territory of Arizona, for elections
therein, when not in conflict with said
Enabling Act, and as supplemented by
Election Ordinance No. 1, of the Con-
Stitutional Convention.
| further proclaim that the ballots
used in voting at said election shall be
prepared, printed, furnished and dis
tributed as required by the election
laws of the Territory of Arizona.
GEORGE u. YOUNG
Acting Governor.
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
IRRIGATION IN WEST
Already Done Great Deal for De-
velopment OF Country.
Lands Now Utilized for Pasturaqe II
Planted to Wheat at Present Aver
age Would Produce More
Than Double Crop.

irrigation has done much for the de-
velopment of the far west and will do
much more, but irrigated lands, wheth-
er reclaimed by private enterprise or
by the government, whether yielding
profit to the investor or sold by the
government at the bare cost of recla-
nation, are expensive, although well
worth the expenditure of any reason
able price. Furthermore the area that
can be reclaimed by irrigation in the
west is limited as compared with the
mighty expense of this vast territory.
When we shall have well irrigated 50,-
100000 acres we shall have performed
the most prodigious task ever accom-
plished by man in agricultural devel-
ment, writes F. W. Mondell in Field
and Farm.
On the other hand the lands in pri-
vate ownership and on the public do
main between the ninety-eighth meri-
dian and the coast range now utilized
only for pasturage purposes-which
will ultimately yield profitable crops
by proper methods of cultivation-far
exceeds the area that can eventually
be irrigated, and he is a bold man in
deed who would limit the area Of sue
cessful dry farming yet to be under
taken to 100,00000O acres. Planted to
wheat at the present average yield
throughout the country these lands
would produce more than double our
present annual wheat crops.
Some say that this increase in our
supply of breadstuffs, in wheat and
rye-for rye will yield well with less
moisture than any other cereal-must
be at the expense of our beef and NUT
ton supply, a considerable part of
which now comes from the lands be,
ing and to be occupied by dry farm,
ers. Those who argue thus have ta-
ken but superficial view of the situ-
alton. When the dry farmer has culti-
waited all the lands in the intermoun-
tain west that will successfully grow
crops without irrigation there will still
remain millions of acres of grazing
lands and for each acre that the dry
farmer takes from the open range he
will produce in cheap forage, in addi-
tion to his grain, much more in feed
ing value than the sparse grasses this
land formerly produced.
Our methods will gradually change.
The large herds and flocks will be
more or less divided, depending upon
local conditions Winter grazing with
it's losses and dangers will be aban-
doned for winter feeding and the ag-
gregate of beef and mutton will not be
diminished but increased. In conclu-
sion, lest | be put down as an unrea-
soning optimist and dreamer let me
add a word of caution. Because wide
range of crops can be profitably grown
on the right kind Of soil, with proper
tillage, with limited amount of mo1s-
ture delivered in the usual way, 1t
does not follow that all classes OF
crops can be grown on any sort OF soil
with no moisture to speak of. 1t can
not be done successfully. Further
more there are some regions in the
southwest where the prevalence OF hot
winds render farming uncertain and
precarious except with liberal supplies
of moisture
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
Reasonable Request.

A gentleman riding in crowded
car of Boston street tunnel train the
other day won the admiration Of his
fellow passengers by stoical endur-
ance of pain. A young woman,
adorned with a sample of the last
word in millinery, entered at the Win
ter street station. She slowly revolv-
ed to face out the side door, and the
edge Of her hat brim rubbed into the
mans face. He bent backward, but
the lady continued to revolve. Re-
treat was impossible because of the
crowd. Tears of anguish streamed
out of his other eye, yet he did not
falter. In a quiet, musical voice he
said: Pardon me, madam. Would
you mind removing your hat-brim
from my eye for a moment? l desire
to wink"
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
PIGS for Market.

Pigs intended for market should
weigh between $50 and 300 pounds at
ten months of age or less To make
this weight they must be pushed from
birth to market day.
The pig that makes a good steady
growth from birth to market gives a
good steady profit.
1t would be better if you could keep
all pigs of about a certain size to-
gether, though you cannot always do
this.
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24

petuate the memory of the crime Of
Judas in this modern day and gener-
alton by establishing lasting remind
er and warning to all men. Accord
ingly, he set trees for the IL disciples,
placing II fourishing young naples
in a row and at the end a pine These
trees have grown up and are today
known as the Disciple Trees"
There is a tradition that Judas
hanged himself to a poplar, since
which time the leaves have been CON
stantly quaking, but perhaps Mr..
Holden had not heard the old legend
At any rate, his idea has failed it's
purpose to recall the religious sig
nificance, for his trees are a monu-
ment to himself now. And pine as
we'll as maple, they all furnish CRATE
full shade over the old country road
to Shirley.
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
WhV We PIOw.

Flowing loosens up the SOIL expos
ing more of it to be acted on by the
sun and air. Stubble and weed seed
are buried, and so changed to humus
The water holding capacity of the soil
is increased, and rainfall can get into
plowed ground easier and faster. On
deep plowing a heavier rainfall can get
in without running off better than on
shallow plowing. Do not take wider
furrow than the plow will cut Thor
ough plowing pays. 1t Is also a good
practice to disk right after harvest;
this puts the ground in better shape
fo- plowing.
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
NEW MEXICO.

Work on Silver City's new 100000
school building is progressing nicely.
A carload shipment of horses was
made recently by T. w. Holland of
Gila.
The Santa Fe is laying the ties and
rails on the branch line from the juno
ton to the site of the Elephant Butte
dam.
T. A. Berlin and son, Gus, the con
tractors in charge of the well-drilling
operations for the State Line Oil Com
pany a few miles east of Albuquerque
state a fine quality of oil has been
found.
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
Engineers and Railroads Firm.

Chicago-Commissioner of Labor
to bring the railroad managers and
the locomotive engineers together, but
without success. A strike of the en-
glneers would prove the worst labor
conflict that the country has ever seen
in the railroad business, as sixty-one
systems are involved and every line
west of Chicago would be tied up.
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
Frazier Says Votes Tainted.

Chattanooga.-Un States Sena-
tor James B. Frazier denies he signed
the report of the subcommittee of
privileges and elections of the Senate,
which found the election of Senator
Lorimer of Illinois free from scandal.
Instead he says he filed statement
ir which he said he believed seven OF
the votes. cast for Lorimer in the
legislature were tainted. 1t has been
generally reported that all members
Of the subcommittee signed the re-
port which gave Lorimer a clear
record.
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
GET BETTER VIEW OF TRACK
Engine Crew Found to Be Aided by
Idea of Running the Locomotives
Cab First.

A rather curious development is
seen in the latest style of locomotives
on the Southern Pacific, which are run
cab-f1rst, the smoke stack end bringing
up the rear.
Experience gained in operating
these engines through tunnels and
snow sheds has proved the desirability
of placing the engine crew where a
better view of the track can be OBJ
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24

PnOenlX has well organized ana
active Humane Society.
Phoenix is making a hard fight for
more and better-paved streets.
The people of Miami have posted no.
ticeS that Chinese will not be allowed
in that town.
F, W. De Croix has started weekly
newspaper in Bisbee, known as the
Labor Advocate.
Samuel Montgomery, As years old,
prominent farmer of Gila Bend, near
Phoenix, is dead of pneumonia.
Autoists of Arizona are taking a
lively interest in the race meet at Tue
son on January 1st and End.
Arizona railroads are preparing to
handle the largest crowds of tourists
from the east in the history of the
southwest.
1t is understood that the grammar
school board of Temple will soon
build new cement sidewalks around
the grammar school buildings.
Arizona has enjoyed heavy tourist
business this fall, which fact leads
the railroads to assume that the rush
after the holidays are over will break
all records.
The city of Phoenix is now equipped
with a pumping capacity that insures
for years to come an ample water sup
ply. The new million-gallon pump is
Some extensive gardening is being
done this winter by S. o. Furrey of
Glendale. He has $4,000 cabbage
plants set out and other garden truck
for the early spring market.
people all over the world are now
investing in aerial transportation COM
panies and they're all being buncoed,'
declared j. c. Mars, the aviator who
flew at the fair grounds at Phoenix.
The Tucson automobile race meet
On January 1st and End is rapidly TAX
ing shape and form and with every ad-
dition the program assumes more for
midable proportions until there is no
longer any doubt that the meet will be
of much interest and furnish some
great sport.
Miss Carrie E. Fish, a frail, slender
little Ohio girl who left her native
town less than two months ago to
teach school in Fredonia, Ariz., trav-
eled from her new home, three days
by stage and three days by rail
through three states and one territory
in order to reach Flagstaff, 130 miles
away as the crow flies, and take the
examination that would entitle her tt
a teachers certificate.
While in Kingman, recently, E. S
Clark, attorney of Prescott, says that
he had the first opportunity in his life
to see what big gold mining propo
sition is capable of doing, when he
looked at $4,000 bar of gold bullion
that was received in that city from
the famous Tom Reed mine. This
immense amount of gold was the re
suit of an eighteen days run of ten
stamp mill, and while it created con
siderable comment, there was no sur
prise expressed over the massive size
of this production.
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
Loan Usurers Fined.

Philadelphia.-Art " Hill, man
ager of loan company, the first per
son to be convicted in this state un-
Ger a decision which classes money
loan offices where usurious rates are
charged, as disorderly houses, was
sentenced to pay fine of $500 and
costs.
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
Mnnster Suction Hose.

What is said to be the largest rub
Der suction hose ever made was re-
Gently made for a Philadelphia dredg
ing firm to be used in deep water
operation about to be undertaken.
The outside diameter of this hose Is
33 inches, while inside 1t measures
29. The 1,290-pound spiral spring
which comprises the foundation of the
hose was rolled cold from rod one
inch in diameter. The rubber and
fabric entering into it's construction
weighed 3,215 pounds. The rubber and
duck we're applied in alternative lay
ers with coating of gum, after which
the entire piece was placed in con-
tainer and vulcanized with live steam.
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
Varieqated Bug.

In some parts of the west this sea,
son bug with variegated rings. slight
ly smaller than the potato bug, has
destroyed these pests in large mum,
bers, so that in many cases these bugs
have been sent to the experiment sta
tions for investigation.
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
as $4,000 per year. payable in the

as $4,000 per year. payable in the
equivalent of gold
Porto Velho has modern Office
buildings and residences for the Off
cials, fine hospital with physicians
of the highest skill, complete sewer
age system, immense car barn, plan
ing mill, machine shop, factory to re-
pair boilers, ice plant, sawmill, laun-
dry, commissary store and wireless
telegraph station. All buildings are
on concrete foundations. All water
used there is boiled and filtered and
sanitary precautions of all kinds are
taken.
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
The Disciple Trees.

In Shirley. Mass, generation or
two ago, one Mr.. Holden set out some
trees alongside the highway. This
was a good deed in itself, but scarce
ly noteworthy except for the manner
in which he did it. He was a religious
man, and it occurred to him to per-
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
Protecr Rhubarb Plants.

Protect rhubarb by a mulch of ma
nure or compost three or four inches
thick. This is not absolutely neces-
sary in the sheltered situations, but
it enables the plants to get an earlier
start in the spring.
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
Fortune In Gifts.

Workers in Chicago's fac
tories. mercantile establishments and
tanks will receive from their en-
rIoyers s1,5OO,O00 in Christmas gifts.
Some of the gifts have been presented
IN gold coin. Many salaries are
Yoicod
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
Society and Auriculture.

CLEAR soil is supposed to produce
the best crops, and yet there are ex-
Geptions."
Il don't quite get it."
For instance: In order to be high
ly cultivated 1t requires lots of rocks. Z"
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
Settlers Time Extended.

Washington.-The Senate passed
CANDLES bill extending time for max
ing settlements on public lands in
Colorado, Wyoming and Montana.
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
Make Crates Light.

Shipping crates should be light and
durable. They should be commodious
and large enough to accommodate the
fowls to be shipped in them.
The Winslow mail., 1910-12-24
~ EWS OF
The SOUTHWEST
ARIZONA.
IN PARAGRAPHS

COMING EVENTS IN ARIZONA.
Jan. 1-2-TucsOn Automobile Race Meet,
Tucson
Feb 9-Election to ratify or reject the
state constitution
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-07-20

city for it. After going carefully
over the contract the city attorney
holds that it is up to the contractors
to malntaih the work in good con-
dition, anyway until after the final
estimate lis accepted. AS a conse-
quence the council last night cut out
the item of some $500 for replacing
the granite curb.
New Hydrants.
The water commissioner was in
strncted to place new hydrants at
the corner of Okanogan and Peachy
the corner of Third and Orondo, and
ON Wenatchee between Kittitas and
Makima.
Arc Light Ordered in.
An arc light was ordered in at the
corner of Thurston and Wenatchee
tavenue. This was on the petition OF
the residents of that section.
The fire committee reported that
the committee was in communication
with wholesale houses regarding the
purchase of rubber coats ana hats
for the firemen.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-07-20
ROUTE ACROSS THE
CASCADES
Mysterious Party of Survey
ors Run Line From
Glacier Into MethoW.

Glacier, July 20.-Survey stakes
mark the path Of prospective rail-
road, the route Of which has been
traced by a party of surveyors from
a point little distance from Glacier
clear through Hannegan Pass and
into the Methow valley, which opens
out upon the rich Wenatchee coun-
try east of the Cascades. Who has
done the work, and whether the sur
vey is for a road actually planned
or is merely a sort of scout for a
practicable route across the noun
tains, is a matter of speculation
merely.
The surveyors would give out no
information as to what road they
were working for or whether the sur
vey was, in fact, railroad route or
not. By engineers who have follow
ed the stakei line, however, 1t is said
that the route as laid out furnishes
a feasible grade.
Taken in connection with the re-
port that the Great Northern will
build a short cut through the Cas-
cades to connect the Canadian cut
off line with the coast line. the sur
vey of this line is spelled Hill by
Glacier people, but there is no real
basis for this belief.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-07-20
|GE[LATLY AUTOES OVER 1000 MILES
paper was as follows:

paper was as follows:
Il will not be a candidate for the
republican congressional nomination
in this district. Now, this isn't an
official declaration; but it repre-
sents my present frame of mind
Something might happen that would
induce me to file a declaration, but
l don't anticipate that l shall do so.
Zone of the reasons why l have
come to this decision is that / have
a good business at home, and If l
go into politics l probably shall lose
it, Another is that under our sys-
tenn of nominating public officials
it takes a great deal of money to
make a successful canvass of con-
gresslonal district, and unless can
didate lives in one of the larger CEN
tiers of population, or is fortunate
to have an old established reputation
of more than local extent he stands
a poor show for a nomination.
don't believe l could be nominated
this year, because / lack the essen
tails, so what's the use of running?"