The Washington herald., 1910-11-12
AT THE HOTELS.

land. where he had Iook-in not long
ago, Capt Seth Bullock. Of Deadwoed.
S. Oak, who was IN at the shoreham.
said he does not like persons who smoke
cigarettes. wear monoeles and forked
coats, or carry canes. He feels like
glowering at wearers of silk hats, al
though acknowledging they have a right
to do SO. Capt. Bullock despises young
men who teeter from toe 70 heel ana say,
"Ha-a, ya-as. bah Jove" by way Of
parley.
The United States marshal objects TO
being quoted in his own particular lingo
on his British views. so IT is rather difi-
cult 10 portray his exact words But he
said he loathed those who wear their
trousers at half-mast. in order to display
a section from the international code OF
marine signals. To all Of these Offenders
he applies the general term Of sheep
face"
The tall, broad-shouldered Westerner.
II should be remembered. Is the man who
cleaned out Deadw0od; and he cleaned II
until it shone morally. It's population as
sayed high criminally, but they did not
work at the trade when they were in
town. II is a legend that some one
dropped a d0uble-eagle at the principal
street corner and the inhabitants wore
a trail on either side OF IT, Finally the
mayor had 10 tell Bullock TO go and get II.
The boys think you're framing some
thing" said he. ''and they've got so they
won't go down that street no more, and
it's running trade
That may be true. Anyhow. when Bull
lock was made sheriff OF the county,
night he was sheriff he personally ar
rested thirty-seven bad men, carefully
beating each into insensibility with the
butt-end OF his gun before making the
arrest. Three escaped and "holed up
in deserted mine not far from the town.
Bullock sat over the mouth with a rifle
while he sent a message TO a Chinese
( laundry and borrowed the makings Of an
old-fashioned fumigatory affair He set
this deadliest Of Celestial weapons afre,
| lowered II into the mine, and by and by
those desperadoes begged permission 70
surrender.
''or else" said they. "Iet US burn a rag.
We need fresh air"
Bullock was born in Sandwich, Canada,
just across the river from Detroit, about
! sixty years ago, and struck out for the
West as soon as he could sit horse. He
was miner and prOspector and police
officer and cattleman By turns. Bullock
is not popular with all Of his State-all
the time. He is so silent that he has
practically lost the power Of speech, but
he does not like 10 be referred 10 as
man-killer.
'They say I've killed forty-seven men,
| he said once. "Son. I tell you what
never killed but tWO-and the mistake
made was not killing EN- soon enough
James r. Miller. Of San Antonio. Tex,
who was seen at the Raleigh last night,
said that a new industry is springing up
/ in Texas in growing cork trees.
/ Through experiments conducted 10y
the United States Department of Agri-
culture" said Mr.. Miller, "there Is
possibility. from results already obtained
and approaching a certainty. that Texas
will materially help 10 save the worlds
cork supply After the shooting up OF
/ the town Of Brownsville, Fort Brown
military reservation was abandoned. II
/ is the ideal site for the establishment OF
a plant testing and Introduction garden.
being the most southern locality IN the
/ United States where such a garden could
/ be established. Prof +. c. Green. who
/ has charge at Fort Brown, has accom-
pliShed wonderful results IN growing va
rious kinds of products. many OF which
] have heretofore been unknown in this
country.
While many OF his tests are neces-
sarily incomplete. continued Mr.. Miller.
/ "he has demonstrated that some OF them
can be successfully introduced IN South
western Texas and made OF commercial
! Importance. One OF the most important
/
! The acorns from which these trees spring
are brought from Spain barrel Of
acorns is being planted every year. The
| trees are Of slow growth. but are very
valuable when they attain a commercial
size, which is at the age of about twenty
years. IL Is from the cork-oak that the
cork supply OF the world is obtained, and
il is a fact that this supply is now very
/ low. IL IS on this account that metal
devices for bottle shoppers were invented.
1T is stated by Prof Green that when
a cork-oak has attained the age OF TWEEN
" years II is good for a hundred years
of production. 4 wide strip OF drifting sand
runs across more than a hundred miles
OF Texas, about fifty miles north OF Fort
Brown. and this territory al present IS
practically worthless. Here and there
upon the sand are growing clusters or
I
found the cork-Oak will thrive, and by
planting cork-oaks in this sand strip the
desert waste will be converted into one
Of the most productive parts of the
country when the trees attain CONNER
cial size. The cork-Oak trees now grow
ing in Fort Brown gardens are doing
| splendidly."
Discussing problems OF labor, Rev
Alexander Pringle. of the Leadville, Colo,
Presbyterian church. who was seen at the
Arlington recently. said that the first
/ great issue which confronts the American
people is the food question.
THE prices OF commodities" said Or.
! Pringle. have risen from 30 TO 40 per
cent during the past few years, while
wages are at a standstill. Railroads
have increased their rates, and every
/ thing seems to be rising in price. l do
not wonder young men do not get mar
ried any faster. when the high cost Of
| living is considered.
The great mass of producers are not
paid as they should be. They are not
getting their share Of the wealth which
] they produce Some Of the labor unions
are at present paid too well and demand
too much for their services, and while
am not opposed 10 labor unions. / am op-
posed TO any kind OF despOtiSm. No man
ought 10 work more than eight hours
a day at hard labor, and no man has
a right TO work seven days in the week