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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-05-20
Commissioners Sale of Land

Pursuant to a decree of the circuit
court of Highland county rendered on
the Goth day of april 1910. in a
cause therein pending in which Frances
L. Sieg, by etc. is plaintiff and j. Nc Sieg
and others are defendants, will on
Tuesday, the 3lst day May 1910,
in front of the court house of said county
offer for sale by public auction that GER
tain parcel of land containing So acres,
lying on the headwaters of JacksOn's
River in said county, adjoining the land
of J. Nc Sieg and others and being the
same land devised 10 the said Frances l..
Sieg and others by the last will f VSieg.
This is excellent blue grass sod land,
well watered, and suitable for farming
and grazing.
Terms-Purchaser will be required to
pay the costs of suit and sale in cash,
and the residue in three equal annual
instalments from day of sale. and bear
ing Interest therefrom and to execute
bonds for said deferred payments with
good security, and the title will be re
tanned as ultimate security.
Edwin B, Jones, Comr.
l, w Matheny, clerk of the circuit
court of Highland county, certify that
the bond required by the above decree
of said commissioner has been executed.
w II MatheDy, Clerk
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-05-20
home PHILOSOPHY OF THE COMET.

The reason you can't see the tail
is because it's like Little Bo-Peep's
sheep, it carries its tail behind 1t.
Should it be coming tail first, it
would not be coming, it would be
going. Should it be going slaunch-
wise across the heavens specially
for us to see the tail, it wouldn' t
get to the place it's going to.
The Comic" as we heard it
called the other day, don't care
specially about showing us its tail,
and will not wheel about and strut
across our horizon like pea fowl
to give us free fireworks display.
And it can be excused to some ex-
tent, for it don't think WE are IT,
as WE think WE are the only bios
SONS on the vine. Then the INC
Cormick," Gas we heard it called
the other day also,) may be in the
dumps with us. Don't we say all
manner of bad things about it? The
fruit crop is mostly gone, the enc
Cormick" did it; garden truck is
late, corn planting delayed, grass
short, sun don't shine right, too
wet, too dry-it's the "McCor-
MICK 1t was responsible for tie
hot March weather; It makes the
smoker smoke more, the drinker
drink harder, and puts more fight
in the fighter, and it carries poison
in it's tail. All this has been told
on the Mccormick" and has it
not just cause for not showing us
it's tail.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-05-20
A Protest
Wilma Va, May IL, 1910

Mr.. Editor:
hope YOU will grant me space
in the RECORDER for a few lines in
regard to Our roads, in which we
are all interested. Our present
road law seems to be defective, to
certain extent at least, inasmuch
as the contractors get their pay
whether the road gets what we pay
for or not. know by experience
on our section (between S. u p.
road and the head of South Fork,
on the Cowpasture River there has
been practically nothing done fol
twelve months, although the road
has been in a very bad condition
during this time. Yet the contrac-
tor gets twelve dollars and fifty
cents per mile, l hear. Last year
he didn't spend over eight per mile
on the road, and yet understand
he got his pay. 1 have always
thought the road commissioners
duty was to look after the pr ople's
interests, but it seems he is looking
after the contractors interest in
stead. The people pay their taxes,
have bad roads, and the contrac-
tor gets the mony whether he earns
it or not. And this is all within
the full knowledge of our commits
sioner. He was over our section
of road about the middle of last
June and acknowledged himself
that the road was in bad condition,
and yet there was not one hour OF
work done on the road, to my
knowledge, until the end of the year
the LIST of Aug. This was not only
within the knowledge of our road
com'r but also within the knowledge
of our Commonwealth Attorney,
as he was notified twice within the
last year of the condition of this
section of road, and yet there has
been nothing done. Under the
circumstances the people have but
two privileges: Pay their taxes
and travel a bad road. Now, l
think it is up to the Supervisors to
investigate where the peoples
money goes, and whether they get
value received or not. Are they
not elected to look after the coun-
tvs finances? If so, let them in
vestigate for themselves. | don't
ask them to believe what l have
said, but let them summons three
of the best men on this section OF
road and take their sworn testi-
mony. That is the way to get the
facts Jack.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-05-20
WANTS VIRGINIA PORTION

Appealing to the national pride
of Virginians, which he says, should
be greater than their traditional
love for Old Dominion soil, former
Senator William +. Chandler, of
New Hampshire, in letter to Sen
ator Martin, entreats Virginians to
make the nation a gift of the Vir-
ginia portion of the District and
thereby place bright jewel in the
crown of the State.
Terming the reacquisition Gin
evitable," he writes that it will &C.
crue untold benefits to the nation,
the State, and the District and that
"the sooner it comes, the better 1t
will be for all concerned"
"The question of Alexandria
coming into the district may be sep
arated from the main ISSUE" says
the letter.
washington is going to be one
of the finest capitals in the world.
Millions of dollars are going to be
expended here by an admiring and
willing people, now ninety million
strong. The national government
must have sole jurisdiction over
the shore line opposite Wash
ington and few miles beyond.
Il believe that land will double
in cash value within three years at
ter the reunion. | am sure the
land directly opposite the city will
so double and | do not doubt tba,
every piece of real estate in Alex
andria will so multiply immediate.
lily. Very shortly the increased
taxation outside the District in Vir'
ginia, will more than equal all the
taxation now imposed which will be
lost to Virginia.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-05-20
SOME OHIO SPRAYING RESULTS.


When the average orchard owner
who has not been spraying his trees
Is preached on the question Of spray
Ing. quite naturally one OF the first
points he raises Is, Does 1t payT
With view to giving an emphatic
affirmative answer to this question
number Of the state experiment sta
tons have during the past three or
four years conducted most instructive
cooperative spraying experiments, IN
which the matter seems to have been
given very conclusive demonstration.
OF the above type Of experiments
were those conducted by the Ohio sta
ton in 1907. Twelve acres Of an or
chard near Amherst were selected for
the experiment, the trees being twenty
feet in height and having about an
equal spread Of top. A few trees were
left unsprayed for purposes Of COM
parison. At harvest time $500 bushels
Of perfect apples were gathered. a
conservative estimate of the gain due
to spraying being $1,400. or over 800
per acre, and this after the cost OF
spraying, amounting to $125, had been
subtracted. Set, as this orchard was,
in the midst Of many other unsprayed
orchards, the demonstration was very
convincing, and as result OF the
showing made many orchardists OF
the state were convinced Of the practi-
cal value of spraying and took the
work up the following year. The av-
erage of picked sound fruit at harvest
time on all the trees sprayed was
SO per cent, while the same average
for the unsprayed trees was less than
IS per cent. The main fact proved In
connection with this work Is that II
one has an orchard which is worth
anything at all he cannot afford to
leave it unsprayed, as so doing will
reduce both the quantity and quality
of his fruit below the point where he
can successfully compete with the
growers Of clean fruit On the other
hand. II the orchard is too far gone
to justify the expense Of spraying, 1t
were better cut out and converted into
stove wood. as it is merely an incum-
brance on the ground.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-05-20
I arm ana
Garden
ENGLISH SPARROW PEST.
Uncle Sam Tells How to Get Rid of tho
Multitudinous Command.


The department Of agriculture has
Just issued bulletin, by Ned Dear
born, assistant in the biological survey,
which tells farmers how they may rid
their premises Of the English sparrow,
which has been inspected and con-
demned as q nuisance, though some
good points, notably that Of destruc-
ton of obnoxious insects, are admitted
in it's favor.
Mr.. Dearborn says the sparrow's nat
ural diet consists Of seeds, though 1t
eats a great variety Of other foods.
The English sparrow seems to be the
champion bird gormand and thief IL
even steals houses made for the good
brides. 1t destroys small fruits, such
as cherries, grapes, pears and peaches.
1t nips off tender garden vegetables as
they appear above ground. 1.-The evil
dence against the English sparrow Is
overwhelming" continues Mr.. Dear
horn, who offers these suggestions,
among others, for its determination:
The most effective method Of pre-
venting the increase Of sparrows IN a
locality is to destroy their nests at In
tervals Of ten or twelve days through
out the breeding season. BY con-
certed and continued movement to de-
stroy every nest after the eggs are laid
English sparrows in any locality may
be gradually reduced without resorting
to shot or poison.
Preliminary to the following de-
structive measures sparrows should
be baited until they are attached to
the SPOT selected for their execution.
Seeds. grain or waste from the table,
If supplied regularly, will soon estab'
lisl feeding place. If general cam
paign Is to be undertaken enough SUCH
feeding places should be maintained
to attract to them practically all the
English sparrows in the neighbor-
hood. This can easily be done In win
ter when food is scarce. After thus
batting the sparrows they may be
trapped or shot.
Traps alone are inadequate to exter.
inmate sparrows, but reduction OF
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-05-20
Wire Photography

New York, May 15.-Wire photo
graphy had it's initial demonstration
in this country yesterday when pho
tographs of prominent men were
transmitted by means of the telec.
trograph system from the offices of
the Boston American to The Amer
lean in this city and back again.
The tests were pronounced by
committe of we'll known New York
ers who gathered at the American
offices to be an unqualified success.
The photographs as they came to
the American office were received by
T. Thorne Baker, the English telec-
trograph inventor, who took charge
of the machine at this end of the
line.
He had a trained assistant at the
Boston American offices, who sent
photographs over and received those
which Mr.. Baker transmitted.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-05-20


numbers can be effected by using a
shallow box not less than four feet
square. open on one side and covered
with woven wire on the other. One
side Of this trap rests on the ground,
while the opposite side is supported
by a stick eighteen inches long. Near
the upper end Of this stick is attached
q long cord, and between the top of
It and the edge Of the trap Is placed
a chip. BY setting the trap over bait
and pulling the cord from a sheltered
point of observation when a flock OF
sparrows Is beneath 1t numbers OF
them may be caught. Instead OF the
box described above, by which the
birds are taken alive, an old door or
similar device may be employed as
deadfall.
Sparrows are accustomed to feed In
close focks, and when thus assembled
large number can be killed by a
charge Of No. 10 shot.
Many persons will be surprised to
learn that the English sparrow is good
to eat. MFR. Dearborn says the bird
has been eaten for centuries In Eu-
rope. In America 1t Is. served often
under the disguise Of the reed bird.
Farmers who shoot or trap large num-
bers Of the birds will find them very
palatable food.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-05-20
Doe Hill.

Doe Hill, Va. May H. DR.. NJ.
P. Jones and wife, of Churchville,
were the guests of MIR. and Mrs. j..
NJ. Jones last week.
y. L. Jones spent Saturday with
friends here.
| dared NJ. Wilson and Miss Elva
Rexrode were married in Washing
ton last Tuesday. They returned
Thursday to the home of the groom
and were entertained that evening
by the music of bells, horns, tin
pans, etc. We wish these young
people happy voyage through
life.
Miss Matte Jones was in Mellow
ell Saturday.
Mrs. w. E. Wilson has sold her
property, consisting of house and
two lots in town and 80 acres of
land ga of q mile north of town.
Fred Holt purchased the house and
lots for S658, and VIM. Holt the
tract of land for $3l2.
Miss Mary Bradshaw is visiting
her sister, Mrs. John Blagg.
Ezra Beverage, John Blagg and
VIM. Vint have gone to Eastern
Virginia to look at land, with a
view to purchasing.
Mr.. Price still improves. They
have resumed work on his new
house,.
Frank Crummett and Bert Rex
rode have gone to White Sulphur.
| OCCASIONAL
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-05-20
LION FoNDLEs A CHILD

In Pittsburg savage hon fond
led the hand that a child thrust in
to his cage. Danger to child is
sometimes great when least regard
ed. Often it comes through colds,
crouph, and whooping cough. They
slay thousands that DR.. Kings
New Discovery could have saved.
"a few doses cured our baby of a
very bad case of Group" writes
Mrs. George B. Davis, of Flat Rock,
N. c., owe always give 1t to him
when he takes cold. It's q Won
derful medicine for babies. /" Best
for coughs, colds, lagrippe, asthma,
hemmorrhages, weak lungs. SOC.
and 81. Trial bottle free. Guaran-
teed by X. H. Trimbls.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-05-20

Tho Dramatic Experience Of Two Ant
arctic Explorers.

Tho Dramatic Experience OF TWO An''
arctic Explorers.
G. F.. BOrchgrevink. commander Oh
the antarctic expedition OF 1898. near
ly lost his life by an accident OF MI
ture so peculiar that 1t IL probable no
other man could duplicate the expert
ence. At the foot of Mount Terror IN
February. 1900, he landed from his
ship with Captain Jensen and three
other men. Then, wishing to take
picture of the shore. he sent his boat
back to the vessel to get camera. ana
he and Captain Jensen were LETT alone
on the rough beach. Before the boat
returned strange and awful hhing
happened. Mr.. Borchgrevink told the
story In the Outlook:
A roar and rush, with tremendous
explosions. shook the beach. Inc
thought came to us that the perpen-
dicuar rocks above us were railing
Then we realized what was taking
place. The mighty glacier immed'-
ately to the west Of US was giving
birth to an iceberg.
Millions of tons of ice plunged into
the ocean. We could see nothing be-
yond an immense cloud OF rolling
snow. The water rose from the plunge
of this antarctic monarch. | sang QUO
to Jensen. Now we shall have to race
the wavP"'
We rushed TO the highest point or
our limited beach. four feet above the
sea. We saw advancing Oh us dark
green ridge with white crest.
called to Jensen to struggle for dear
life. We clutched the uneven rocks.
with our backs toward the advancing
water. Although 1t could not have
taken more than seven minutes. the
time seemed long before the water
closed over our heads.
Floating upward. scrambling upon
the rocks. / tore the nails from my
flesh in my endeavOr to keep from be-
ing dragged out. After the second
wave we again felt the rocks under
our feet.
At the place where Jensen and !
6rst stocd the rock was wet twenty
feet above our heads Ii was some
what lower when it struck us. Where
the wave had struck with full force
the face of the rock had been altered.
and rocks were still falling when the
three men In the boat found us. bleed
ing and torn.
Two facts had saved us. To our
right small peninsula of ice protrud-
ed some five feet from the rock. and
the rock Itself bent toward the west.
From the moment 1t struck the curve
of the mountain rock to the west OF
us the wave took course more east
erly than where Jensen and | stood.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-05-20

paddocks the Dorsets are exceptional
ly gentle. and ram having a pro.
pensity for butting and exercising on
human beings Is seldom found.
The ewes are noted for their tenden-
cy to breed at off season or iD the
spring. This enables the breeder to
have his lambs born In October and
November, which permits him to place
on the market what is justly cOnSid-
cred a dollhouse lamb without the ne
cessity and expense Of maintaining a
heated barn for the purpose. No breed
is as great blk producers as the Dor
sets. Therefore the lamb from the
time it is born is forced to grow and
If LANDED under favorable conditions
and with proper care should be ready
for market In from nine to eleven
weeks from the time it is born.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-05-20
Announcement

Hortenfe No. 1900 NO. 64437j
is handsome Black Percheron
Stallion and will make the season of
1910 at the stables OF j. N. Slower
and Ira @. Simmons, in the Blue
grass Valley.
If you wish size, beauty, strength
and kind disposition. breed to Hor-
tenfe. No better draft horse.
Terms: $50 to insure mare with
foal, parting with mare before foal-
ing time forfeits insurance.
Care will be taken to prevent ac-
cidents but will not be re ponslble
for any that might occur.5
For further particulars address
J. N. Slower, Monterey, Va, K. F.
d. No. |.
Blue Grass Percheron Horse
Breeding Association.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-05-20
HIGHLAND M. f. CHURCH.

HIGHLAND vi. T.. CHUhCh.
1st Sunday, Union Chapel, ii a
M, Crabbottom, 3 p. m.
2 nd Sunday, Wesley Chapel, II
a. M, Victor 3 p. M, Vanderpool
Z p. m.
3rd Sunday, Asburry Chapel, II
a. M, Thorny Bottom, 3 p. m.
18th Sunday, Green Hill, II a
M, Fairview, 3 p. m.
j. l.. DoTsoN, P. G.
NJ. E. CHURCH, SOUTH, CRABBoT'
TOM CIRCUIT.
LIST Sunday: Circleville, IL a. m.
Dry Run, 8 p. M; Central, 8 p. m
End Sunday: New Church, 1926
a, M; Union Chapel, 3 p. M; Cen
trail, 8 p. m.
3rd Sunday: Central, II a. m.
Union Chapel, 3p. M; New Church
8 p. m.
4th Sunday: Central, IL a. m.
New Church, 3 p. m.
9Th Sunday: Circleville, IL a. m
Dry Run. 3 p. m.
H. LAWSON, P. C.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-05-20
PloWlnq by Motor.

The gasoline motor plOw OF the Gas
Motor works of Deutz, near Cologne,
is designed to take the place Of the
steam plOw and is claimed to be an
important advance In agricultural ma
chinery. Though gasoline is more cost
ly than COAL the fuel expense for plOw-
ing by the new method proves to be
about the same as by the old. Steam
plows are drawn back and forth by a
strong rope between two heavy loco
motives, but the single gasoline loco
motive travels to and fro across the
field, pulling one of its two multiple
blade plows at each trip. Being rever-
sible, with an equal pull In each direc-
ton, the locomotive avoids the trouble
Of turning around, slight turn Of the
wheels giving the shift through the
blowing width. From twelve to twen-
ty-two acres can be plOwed in twelve
hours, and the driver does this with
only occasional assistance from anoth-
er man, while the steam pillow requires
the constant services Of five men.
Having only fifth Of the weight Of
the steam pillow, the new machine
needs no special permit for travelling
OH ordinary roads and bridges.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-05-20
Tn. Way to Manage Cholera Herds.

Carcasses of hogs which have died
from cholera should be Immediately
burned or buried deeply and covered
with Quicklime. Separate the sick
from the well hogs and divide the we'll
hogs into two or more groups and sep
arate them as widely as practicable.
AS the germs Of cholera gain access to
the system only through the digestive
tract, the line of prevention is well
marked. All feed and drinking troughs
should be thoroughly cleaned and dis
infected. If the trOughs are OF metal
holding them over blaze will be eff
fective. Streams that do not rise on
the home farm should be suspected as
a possible carrier of infection. and for
this reason water from wells should
be given. Feed sparingly. Where hog
cholera serum Is used the hogs should
remain In the Infected yards.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-05-20
HORNED DORSET SHEEP.
This Breed Commands Very High
Prices at All Times.

This Breed Commands very H'gn
Prices at All Times.
An expert sheepman says Dorset
sheep belong to the middle woods.
These are the mutton breeds sought
after by butchers on account Of cut.
ting 80 well on the block. In size the
Dorset rams when developed will
weigh from 200 to $50 pounds. some
going a bit higher; ewes from $50 to
1870 pounds. The wool Is Of good, fair
length and FIBER Of the crisp, strong
sort and at all times commands the
highest price.
Both the ewes and rams have horns.
the rams. of course. much heavier,
stronger and larger. Whether on ac-
count of their horns the Dorsets are
less timid than other breeds l am not
prepared to say. Nevertheless it Is
well established that no dog takes his
first lessons In killing sheep from
Dorset flock. though sheep killing dog
proficient in the art will sometimes
become foOlhardy enough to attack
them. Still. In and about the barns and
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-05-20
AN IDEAL HUSBAND

is patient, even with a nagging wife,
for he knows she needs help. She
may be so nervous and rundown
in health that trifes annoy her. II
she is melancholy, excitable, trou-
bled with loss of appetite, headache,
sleeplessness, constipation or faint
ing and dizzy spells, she needs Elec-
trio Bitters the most wonderful
remedy for ailing women. Thous-
ands of sufferers from female trou-
bles, backache and weak kidneys
have used them and become healthy
and happy. Try them. Only SOC.
Satifaction guaranteed by X, II,
Trimble.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-05-20
Fighting Insect Pests
And Plant Diseases

At this time fruit growers, gar
deners and truckers are beginning
to dread the ravages of insects and
diseases on their crops. 1t is esti-
mated that a single insect-the
Cooling Moth-causes loss of
nearly million dollars a year to
Virginia fruit growers. Right now
the striped beetle is destroying
thousands of plants of cucumbers
and melons; the fire blight is blast
ing the twigs of apple, pear and
ounce; beans are beginning to
crust" and so on down the list. A
little later will come the currant
worm, the leaf spot. the potato
bug and a host of lesser pests.
However free from all these trou-
bles crops were fifty years ago, as
our fathers relate, the fruit grower
and trucker of to-day must wage
constant warfare against them.
Circular No. 7, on Fighting In
sect Pests and Diseases. by H. L.
Price, published by the Virginia
Agricultural Experiment Station,
Blacksburg, has just been received.
The first edition of 5000 copies of
this popular circular has been ex-
hausted, and this revised edition of
100000 copies is published to meet
the demand for concise and practi-
cal information along this line. In
this booklet of 14S pages all the
most common insect pests and dis
eases of Virginia crops are describ-
ed, and treatment suggested, based
upon the latest results of expert
ments and experience. There is
also discussion of spray appli-
ances and spraying methods. 1t
Should be in the hands of every
body who grows plants. 1t is sent
free on application to the Expert
Lment Station.