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Arizona republican., 1910-07-14
PROLONGED DROUTH
 HASN'T HURT CATTLE
Range Cattle Are Fatter Than Usual
 in Spite of Dried Forage.

In spite of the fact that there has been but one rain in the cattle country between Phoenix and Prescott since the latter part of March, the reports brought in by cattle owners are un- usually favorable. It is said that the open range cattle are looking better far better-now than they did year ago at the same time.
 Tom Caveness has a range with some six or eight hundred cattle on it up close to the southern boundary of Yavapai county. some twelve miles north of Seven Springs. His own range is the "51" and in addition he has the general management of the ''6 bar which was recently purchased by R. w Bishop and John Pike Cave ness came to town a day or so ago on account of the illness of his little boy. He was asked about conditions in the cattle country. just what the prolonged drouth has done to the cattle and how many of the cattle are dying of thirst. In reply he said:
 Tt is strange fact that I cannot well account for, that the open range cattle are really in better condition than they were last year. There has been less water, and, consequently, one would suppose less forage. but the cat tie are as fat and sleek as they can be. They seem to thrive on the dried grass and brush, for there is nothing green left for them to eat. I sometimes think that the new salt we are giving them may have something to do with their healthy condition. This salt con- tai cttlra In gredient of the old rock salt we gave them up to year ago.
 "A few of the springs have run dry, but by digging water has been de- veloped again. This is the case with the Lone Mountain spring. some seven miles this side of Camp Creek station. Camp Creek itself is a dry bed for the longest part of it's course, and there Is less water in it than at any period since I have been punching cattle up that way. There is plenty of water at Magazine and the springs on the "51" provide enough water for the cat tie and also for the irrigation of lit- tie garden. 1 have started. I haven't heard of any cattle loss from lack of water.
 "The last rain in our district was July 1. It sprinkled for two days and just enough rain fell to get the feed started. In the cattle country we do not look for a good rain til about July 25 It came on the 26th last year We depend a great deal on rains in Au- gust also The cattle won't suffer from the present drouth-provided, of course, we get the expected rains in August. If
Arizona republican., 1910-07-14

be on East Adams street at home The Leonards are living in South Hope street.
 Then, called to see a friend in a little rose covered bungalow out west of St. James Park, and who do you think came strolling in-Miss Olive Matthews. who used to live out Capitol way. Miss Matthews has been stop ping with friends in Bank street for the last three years. And an hour or SO later Miss B. Mitchell, who spent last winter with her brother. Samuel Mitchell, arrived. Miss Mitchell has q very responsible position in the Central building.
 Then one day. while passing the
Arizona republican., 1910-07-14
PHOENIX PEOPLE
 N LOS ANGELES

l 'The gentleman who wrote that say
 ing about old friends looking very good l to one, when he is in a strange place knew what he was writing about" remarked the lady from Phoe- nix.
 T didn't see any color but blue any where in Los Angeles, and then just by chance l came face to face with old friends from Phoenix. There was Miss
 Brensen. You know her very well; she
 used to run Bide-a-Wee Well, Miss Brensen is occupying a responsible po-
 sition in the Los Angeles library, and
 when she held out her hand 10 me the
 other day when l wandered into the
 library and said, How do you do,
 Phoenix? knew tNat every dooryard
 in Los Angeles (ne; ly) was a big red
 geranium, and that he whole town is
 red, red, not blue. Miss Brensen is do-
 ing well in Los Angeles. That pretty
 little brown and green home on Cha
 nenga avenue is my evidence.
 Mrs. Blount came next. She was out shopping" continued the lady from Phoenix, and in answer to my stream of questions she said, Yes, Professor Blount is very well. We are living near to Occidental college in Highland Park. Herbert and Winfield have just finished their second year in college, and expect to spend the summer vaca- tion at the beach. They both secured work. which is very fortunate when so many men are looking for positions. Yes, We like Los Angeles and Highland pa rk h1tt FtS in fN and our daughter, Miss Bertha Blount, the missionary. you know, who is teaching in a Presbyterian mission school in Siam, always speaks of Phoe- nix as the home place
 Yes. we have quite a Phoenix col ony in Highland Park" continued the lady from Phoenix. The Rice fami- ly. l.. J. Rice and his wife and daugh- ters, are living in their beautiful home. MT. Rice designed the house. It is in the Spanish style of architecture. slightly modified to suit conditions.
 But, returning to the Blount fami- ly, Mrs. Gill, Mrs. Blount's sister, ex poets to spend the month of August in Highland Park as the guest of the BlOunts. You may remember that the Rev. MT. Gill and Mrs. Gill were mis- sionaries stationed at Fort Mcdowell for several years. Ben Kimher spent Monday afternoon with the Blounts. MT Kimber said he had to hunt up the old Phoenix people when he came to Los Angeles.
 q haven't told you nearly all. Why, the old friends just seem to crawl about one" the lady from Phoenix ex- claimed delightedly. q was looking from the window of Washington street car Clos Angeles has a Washington street. too, you see) and who should l see crossing the street by dainty steps but Mrs. Edward Leonard. who used to
Arizona republican., 1910-07-14

Temple auditorium" the lady from Phoenix continued, walking along slowly on the opposite side of the street and looking upward at the scores of bright signs in the scores of big windows. I saw the well known name, pr. Duffield. Los Angeles is not such a strange place. after all. l said to myself. when we may see the good doctors name in such a prominent place
 But the new corners are asking about the Phoenix people who are spending their vacation in Los An geles." the lady from Phoenix con tinued briskly "The Mintz family. Mrs. MintZ and daughter are stopping at the
Arizona republican., 1910-07-14

Hampden Arms in Fifth street. and Mrs. Hornburgher is stopping at the same hotel Professor Homer Grunn played before the Gamutt club one night last week. The Examiner re- ported the concert as the most delight ful affair of the year at the club. The professor spent one day last week in santa Ana as the guest of a former pupil
 By the by, while speaking of musical people from Phoenix, Miss Grace Ab- bic Andrews is quite prominent in Los Angeles musical circles. Miss An drews and MT. Irving Andrews were most helpful in establishing a true in terest in music in our home town"
Arizona republican., 1910-07-14
pI AIMING SAFE.

Johnny" said the teacher. "this is the third time I have had to punish you this week. Why are you so naughty"
 Because" answered the incorrigible yOungster. grandpa says the good die young, and I ain't takin' any chances" Chicago News.
Arizona republican., 1910-07-14

For Sale-WeII drilling outfit, the best in Arizona. Everything complete, including hydraulic jacks and string of tools for wells of all sizes from g. inch to 16-inch.. Outfit cost more than S4,500. Is good as new and can be bought for S3,000 if taken at once. Address We'll Outfit, care Republican.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-16
WORK ACCOMPLISHED BY
 VARIOUS PLANT ORGANS
Problem Explained o Poots Leaves Came to Be What Would Result if
 Plant Deprived of Them.

This difference is strikingly shown in the illustration, taken from photo graph of a potato planted so that some of the buds were above the surface and some below The potato was in pot in warm greenhouse and from below the surface of the soil came a stem which developed rap idly into a rather slender shoot with the ordinary aspect of potato plant It was found to have a good supply of roots. From the upper part of the tuber came two very different shoots. The stems were short and thick but apparently vigorous and healthy, while the leaves were small in size but dark green in color.
 What made all this difference? Both
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-16

the same as that of the receiving chute, but 1t Is longer. the distance be- tween the posts being five instead of four feet. The floor here should also be covered with galvanized sheeting and the cleats nailed so as to allow the dripping from the wet animals to run back into the tank Unless this ia done the supply of solution in the tank Will soon all be lost, and the dipping made unnecessarily much more ex. pensiye. The cleats, instead of run- ming directly across, are short pieces nailed at angles, so that their inner ends are lower than the outer ends. ana do not meet so as to let the drip pings cum down the center. When sheep are dipped 1t may become nee essary to retain them in the dripping chute for a time, as those with long wool will carry even a gallon or two of the dip in their fieeces, which takes time to drain out.
 The dipping tank should be at least four feet deep at the end into which the animals are plunged to admit of their being entirely submerged, and should be about fifteen feet long, so that sufficient time is required by the animal to pass through for them to receive a thorough wetting from the solution. otherwise 1 will be neces- sary to hold them back for a time un- til this Is accomplished. The deep part of the tank need not be longer than five feet, the rest of the tank becom- ing gradually shallower up to the dripping chute and the bottom having cleats or grooves across to assist the animals in wading along At the top the tank should be IS inches wide, but at the bottom width only sufficient for the animals feet is necessary This will properly be about one foot
 The material of which the dipping tank Is made may be either wood, gal vanized sheeting or concrete Con- crete will prove the most lasting, and can easily enough be nodded by the owner.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-16
A Practical Dipping Tank.

The time to rid f1ocks of sheep and herds of swine of ticks and lice is during the warm months and then there will be none to bother with in the winter time and to annoy animals so that only half or no profits can be had from them. Of course while the focks and herds are cleaned up, the buildings must also be properly reno yated and cleaned up, or there may be a general reinfesting from them, says Wisconsin Agriculturist. Every hog and sheep farm should have a dipping plant as a part of its regular equip ment, for even carefully kept herds and flocks are liable to become infest- ed with vermin such as lice and ticks.
 A convenient, inexpensive and durable dipping plant may be con- structed on the plan of the one repre- sented in the accompany illustration. The sheep or hogs are driven in at a receiving chute, plunged into tank containing a disinfectant solution, made to swim to the other end, where they can climb out over another chute anu itlui II Io lic pSHS UT lulO pdu- docks The general construction of the chutes does not need much ex- planation That Is quite clear from the plan of the illustration. Good cedar posts set firmly into the ground three feet apart, with the exception of those at the ends of the tank, which should be no farther apart than the top width of the tank, answer the purpose of sup ports. Pieces of 2x4-inch studding are nailed to each pair at proper height to give the incline to the floors. Planks are used for the flooring and inch boards for the sides. The incline of the receiving chute to the right of the illustration has cleats nailed across its floor to aid the animals in making the climb; the decline has no cleats and is covered with a sheet of galvanized zinc to prevent the animals resisting being plunged into the tank. The ceats of the former are nailed straight across A gate Is attached at the en- trance to the chute so that a number of animals may be inclosed at time while the dippers are working at the tank. The distance between the posts of the receiving chute on the sides Is four feet, and the height of the incline is one foot and half.
 The incline of the chute through which the animals leave the tank is
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-16

Indian Runner ducks are becoming popular breed, and this is because of their great capacity for laying eggs. Great egg records are given for every flock of the Runners. The smaller you breed these ducks the better the lay ing capacity. They are not a market duck by any means if you would sell by weight, as from four to five pounds is their normal weight. You can breed them larger than this. but at the ex- pense of eggs. They remind one of penguin when sitting nearly up right. There are two varieties, the fawn and white and black and white. You cannot confine them as you do the Pekins and the Aylesbury They must have range to be healthy and do we'll With the larger breeds of ducks you must keep one drake for every three to five ducks If you would be sure of fertility. but with the h. dian Runner, on good range, you need keep but one drake with from ten to dozen ducks. The Indian Runner is not great glutton as Is the lazy
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-16

Occasionally stems may be grown without roots Now we do not know exactly what is necessary to cause root development-probably there are different causes in different plants but in the common potato a contact with the soil or with some similar ma terial seems needful. If potato be placed in the soil in such a manner that all the "eyes" are above the sur face and exposed to the sunlight, sev- eral interesting changes will take place. It will very slowly take up some water from the moist soil and 1t will change in color, becoming green. The buds or "eyes" will start into growth and stems and leaves will de- velop These will differ from those springing from a potato covered with the soil.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-16

The students of plant life are all
 ways interested in finding out just what work Is done by the different or gans of the plant. They question how roots, stems and leaves came to be, and what would result if a plant should be deprived of any of these structures. AS a rule the plant at once replaces those that are removed. When a frost, late in the spring, kills all the leaves of a tree, call is made upon the food stored in the trunk and branches, and soon dormant buds are quickened into activity and, bursting open, cover the bare branches with foliage. If roots are removed they are usually replaced by new ones.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-16

had the reserve food of the potato upon which to draw, both had the air and sunlight and both became green showing that they were making food for themselves. The chief difference in structure was that the shoots from above ground had no roots. This would mean, among other things, that the stem with roots would have a more generous water supply, and more vigorous growth, especially greater growth in length. Perhaps we may truthfully say that the shoots from the top of the potato were desert plants growing where they could get feed and scanty drops of water, al though food was abundant, while the other shoots from the soil were plants of the well-watered valley where vege- tation fiourishes.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-16
UnfIattering Truth.

A Chicago physician gleefully tells child story at his own expense. The five children of some faithful patients had measles, and during their rather long stay in the improvised home hos pital they never failed to greet his daily visit with pleased exclamation. The good doctor felt duly fiattered, but rashly pressed the children, in the days of convalescense, for the reason of this sudden affection. At last the youngest and most indiscreet let slip the better truth.
 We felt so sick that we wanted awfully to do something naughty. but we were afraid to be bad for fear you and the nurse would give us moro hor- rid medicine. So we were awfully glad to see you, always, cause you made us stick out our tongues. We stuck 'em out awful far"
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-16
Buttermllk for Piqs.

The only tests in feeding buttermilk to pigs to ascertain its comparative pertinent station. These experiments show that buttermilk is practically equal to skim milk as a feed for pigs At the same station 355.6 pounds oi skim milk proved equal to 100 pounds of meal. Therefore, if the conclusion of the Ontario station be correct, four or five pounds of buttermilk are equal to one pound of meal
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-16
POOR METHOD
 OF FARMING
AgricuIturaII I'm mp1ementsE Exposed to IncIernency of Weather and Used By Poultry for
 ROOstin4 Places.
(By s. NJ. MILLERO

In March drove ten miles to big sale in another part of the county and on the way I counted five mowers, one new reaper, and six blows stand ing in the fields or alongside barns without shelter. In one barnyard which confined about twenty Holstein cows good reaper stood at one side Of the barn. Part of 1t was under the caves from which had dripped rain and snow and formed an ice ridge six inches thick. A big Plymouth Rock rooster stood proudly on one of the blades of the machine and there was evidence that this was the favorite roosting place of the flock.
 In one field a breaking blow had been left standing at the end of a furrow in corner of the field and the snow covered the beam. One han
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-16

Pekin and the other heavy breeds but of course, when 1t comes to a mar ket duck, nothing Is going to super sede the Pekin
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-16
Looked Like a Pattern.

My dear" asks the thoughtful hus- band. did you notice large sheet of paper with lot of diagrams on 1t about my desk?"
 You mean that big piece with dots and curves and diagonals and things all over it?"
 Yes. It was my map of the path of Halley's comet. I wanted to-"
 My goodness! I thought 1t was that pattern I asked you to get, and the dressmaker Is cutting out my new shirtwaist by it!"-Chicago Evening Post
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-16

dle was broken of. At the sale a fine reaper and mower were sold The reaper was in a leaky shed but the mower stood in corner of an alfalfa field. The reaper brought $14 and the mower nine dollars. Both were new two years ago. I bought likely looking Jersey heifer but when I got her home discovered that she was lousy. The owner of this farm told me he was going to move to Canada where he could get some cheap land for his boys. There's nothin' in farmin In the states any more," he said. Lands too high. I figger can buy 360 acres up in Canada for what my 120 will bring here"
 Perhaps he was right, but 1t seemed to me that if he had faIuied his 120 acres right up to the handle in every way he would have been better of than after selling out, paying the ex- pense of moving and eQuipping his new big farm in the northwest. The farm showed every evidence of neg lect of small things It was untidy unthrifty in appearance and showed the lack of system. With such a farm CT the bigger the farm the greater the waste. That ten-mile trip was great object lesson to me and to my boys. who went along. as we'll
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-16
Ventilation Is Essential.

Good ventilation at all times, both by day and by night, Is essential In maintaining good health with poultry Much of the diseases with which the birds are afflicted may be traced for it's origin to neglect to provide proper ventilation.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-16
METHOD OF FEEDING POULTRY

The device shown In the illustration gives a novel way to feed mangels, cabbage and so on to poultry. When the lower portion is all eaten on the tops fall down sufficiently to allow the chicks share as we'll as the Fowls. The rod is made to rest in a groove on posts set in the ground
 The roots do not get soiled, and this
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-16
Grain Rations.

The Wisconsin experiment station finds lime is deficient in much of the grain ration fed to dairy COWS and hogs. Hogs fed on phosphate and bone mash made consistent and profit able gains.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-16
Surface Culture,

Frequent surface cultivation makes the natural food of the plant more available, prevents escape of moisture and holds water in store for summer use.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-16

A widow may have words of praise for her late husband But a sleepy wife, never!
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-06-08
Agree to Withhold all Advanced Rates Until
New Law Becomes Effective and to Submit
Increases to Interstate Commerce Com
missiOn---President ia His Message on
Railroad Bill Declined to Commit
Himself on the Conference

Washington, June S.--The recent
furry as to the railroad situation be-
came a thing of the past yesterday
The railroad president went home;
President Taft went horseback riding
and the railroad bin went to confer.
ence. Representatives of the eastern
and central railroads at conference
with the president yesterday afternoon
agreed to withhold all proposed freight
rate increases until the new railroad
law became effective and after that
to submit the reasonableness Of the
increases to the interstate commerce
commission. The railroads interested
in the southern territory declared they
had not as yet filed notices of in.
crease, but that If they did they would
be ready to abide by the decision Of
the commission.
At the capitol things were not so
pleasant. President Taft sent special
message to congress telling of the
settlement he had reached with the
railroads and urging that the provision
OF the railroad bill, which gives the
interstate commerce commission the
power to Investigate and suspend new
rates, be made effective Immediately
upon the signing of the act rather
than have it go into effect along with
the other clauses which have sixty
dAg. ljmitatinn followino tho e--1---4s-.~
The president did this as part Of
the agreement with the railroads by
which he promised them square
deal" and a speedy determination as
to the justice of their new rates. He
also did it to prevent the filing of any
new rates during the sixty days be-
tween the signing Of the act and its
taking effect.
There was bitter fight in the house
as to whether the senate amendments
should be accepted as a whole or the
measure should be given into the
hands of conferees from house and
senate. The insurgents and democrats
who were opposed to conference,
said the presidents wishes as to the
immediate effectiveness of the inter-
state commerce rate approval clause
could be met by an agreement by the
house. The regulars, who desired to
have the bill sent to conference for a
smoothing out" process, said the only
way to effect the presidents wishes
was to send the bill to conference.
They finally won by six votes.
President Taft declined to commit
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-06-08
INDIANS LOSE IN SUIT TO
PREVENT TAX COLLECTION

Guthrie. Okla, June S.-The eleven
thousand plaintiffs in the Choctaw
and Chickasha tax sustenances cases
filed here by J. +. McMurray, OF Nc.
Alastar ap9 aIxss' ) sssrrruny wrsrm Gu~
perior Judge Joel M. Sandlin of the
Logan county superior court dissolv-
ed the temporary injunction against
the state and sustained the demurrer
of the state that the case had no
grounds on which to stand and taxed
the costs against the plaintiffs.
The title of the case is, George w.
Choate, ct al, (some eleven thousand
Choctaw and Chickasha allottees), vs..
NJ. e. Trap, secretary of the state
board of equalization and the officers
of some twenty counties of the state.
The Indians claim that all original
allotments are exempt from taxation
for twenty-one years, under the old
Indian treaty known as the Atoka
agreement.