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The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-01-28
RARE Z
hIillladelphia Has II handsome Bot
anical Spec iiillell with History.
Only Few Of Gordonia or Franklin In
Existence, First Found in Georgia
Closely Related TO Japanese
Species.

I Philadelphia. A rare and hand.
some tree with a curious history is
the GOrdonia or Franklin tree, which,
owing ito the Bartran1s, can now be
seen in few Philadelphia gardens.
IS The tree was first discovered by;
John Bartra1n, who, with his son Will
liam, was on one of his extensive
botanizing expeditions in the southern
part Of the country, on the Altomaha
river in Georgia, near Fort Barring.
ton. Some years afterward, about
1890 Of 1891, William Bartram found
the tree again in the same locality
He brought plant and some seeds
home and planted them in his faith
ers garden, where, fortunately, they
took root and grew. ISL
The tree was of the Gordonia fami.
5ly they perceived, but Of an unknown
variety, and differing from the Cor
donna in numerous respects The
flowers were so beautiful, the tree SO
handsome, that they felt they must
honor it with an appropriate name, SO
they called it Franklin Altamah, as
Franklin was an intimate friend OF
both father and son.
The curious part of the history OF
the tree is that it has never been
found since, not even in Its original
locality, though botanists without
number have made diligent search
where there was the slightest proba,
bility of finding it.
The tree lie exceedingly difficult tc
propagate, as it does not perfect its
seeds, and all the specimens that are
known to be in existence are the de
scendants Of that first tree that grew
in Bartram's garden. 1t is, incidental
| ly the last member Of an expiring
family. ... s
Audubon mentions the tree and has
a picture of it with a bird near by.
Strange to say, 1t is closely related
to a species that is numerous In ia
pan, and those who believe that II
prehistoric ages there was land con
nection between eastern Asia and oul
American continent think the Frank
lin tree is conclusive evidence Of thu
1 fact that the Pacific ocean is a recen
formation and that the Gordonia is
survivor Of the age when plant trave
over the land was not interrupted
by the intervention Of great bod!
| Of water.
2 The tree blossoms very freely i
late August and early September, tn
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-01-28
FROST ALARM BELL

able the fruit grower Of the future to-
know with certainty when the tenn.
sperature reaches the danger point.
about so degrees above zero.
In the season OF probable danger.
from frost last spring the Hazeltines,
had#20 men in readiness to respond at
a moments notice throughout the
hight and day until the danger point
was passed.
The efficiency Of vapor in connec-
tion with fire and smoke has been
recognized as an agencyin the protec-
ton Of the bloom Of fruit trees from
frost damage and the experiments to
be carried forward In Ozark orchards
next year will take into account the
possibilities Of yapor5 as an agent for
the preservation Of the tender crops.
Hundreds Of fruit growers through.
out the big orchard country Of south
Missouri are preparing to join in the
experiments next spring
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-01-28
WHERE GREAT FRAUDS HAVE. BEEN REVEALED

The eyes OF the nation have turned turned
OF late to the custom house IN New
York, for it is there that the great
frauds perpetrated on the government.
by the American Sugar Refining Com
pany have come to light. Both Pres.
ident Taft in his message to congress
and Secretary of the Treasury Mac
iVeagh in his annual report used Wig
orous language concerning these 81.
gantic custom swindles, and the inves-
stigation into the corruption OF en-
.ployes by the sugar trust is being car
ried on unrelentingly by William
Loeb, collector Of the port OF New
York. Many Of the employees already
have been discharged and 1t Is be-
#lieved that many more are Ito fall.
Secretary MacVeagh asserts that In
squiry has revealed that the democrat
ization which has been uncovered ID
the customs service at New York can
be traced largely to two causes-the
influence Of local politics and politi-
clans, and the evasion of legal d:ties
by Americans returning from abroad.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-01-28
The Selfish n inter. y.

JAMES r.. Seene, apropos OF the
Jumping contests at the New Fork
horse show, talked about fox hunting.
Iunting, he said Yelops
race al cry 81 savage. selfish men
There was, for instance Jones.
ones, On q bitter cold tday, was
riding hard At q brook when he per
neiyed the head of his deares. friend.
sticking dismally out of the icy water
Did Jones 90 his friend = assist
3sance Nat 4 bit of 4. s5
sIanek you fool! q he shouted and
1Smhansd over him :, 81 Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-01-28

individual flowers lasting only ashort
time. The Withered blossoms have
an odor not unlike boiled tea, and
the fresh flowers have delicate and
pleasing perfume. There are some
fine specimens Of the Franklin tree
in Germantown and a few In the old
gardens Of mansions that are now in.
cluded in Fairmount park
The late Thomas Meehan, we'll
known botanist, is responsible for
those now in existence. The orig
inal tree that grew in Bartram's gar
den is no longer living, but its de
scendants which grow to a height Of
twenty or thirty feet with their beau.
tiful white flowers, are not unlike the
camellia. Indeed, the tree is Of the
same family as the camellia and Is
we'll worthy admiration. 5
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-01-28
Fruit Trees in 0zarks Supplied
with System Of Warnings.
When the Cold Begins TO Tinglea Bells 8
Win Do Likewise, a hen snudges
Viii Be Automatically
5s551 Lighted.

!. Springfield, NJ o.In the evolution
of the fruit growing industry in the tn,
Ozarks the apple trees may wear e:
bells. This condition is to be brought
about ii many orchards with the 4
coming Of the next season Of ballmEy
breezes and blossoms. q.
The scheme Of prot Getting the buds " g
OF the orchards Of the south Missouri ri
country By the use Of the smudge,
with which the ancients were familiar
has grown In popularity In recent cent
years, and in its deV elopment there
has been devised a system Of alarms
to he sounded sautoma tically when the
temperature in the orchard falls be- eE 4
low the danger point, thus enabling
the fruit grower to light his lamps
and fires and protect the trees with 18th
smoke while providing sufficient lhleg
toSraise the temp ature from 2 oEl q
degrees.
An order recently has been placed
for 10000 oil lamps, or stoves, Which.
are to be added to the equipment OF
the SHazeltine orc hards, embracing
1000 acres; and containing I s., 600 90
trees. The Hazeltine orchard repre-
ssents the growth an industry
founded BY Ira Hazeltine. u pioneer
who. settled ii! the Ozark country IS
years ago, and who became impressed
early in life with the ossibilities OF
this region as q fruit growing col 1ll J:
try. saSs
Last spring when the trees OF the
big orchards were loaded with bios
SONS and Injury and loss By cold and
frost was threatened Il i. Hazeltine
tried for the first# time Is his locality
the experiment Of burning oil IA q
/ sheet iron device. Hundreds Of these
oil lamps were used and with such
erect that the harvest monstrated
siin measure the utillty 81 the expert.
men The Hazelt tines and Others ir-
.terested irl the fruit Industry OF
Greene and adj dining counties expect
Ito give. The smudge sa more perfect
test next spring @ is
While the owners of the big q.
schards III this elton are eeking 70
develop On a scient ifi & s basis the
theories recognized by the pioneers,
|shund reds Of the hill settlers are reap:
ling benefits from the sn1udg sSused %
fa crude way sWh ere fuel Sis plentiful
and where the small farmers family
provides the stumps and brush and
IWisps off hay ma ke the dense
smoke requirea and the heat that
EE3ssavas the bloc he % d.time inner
Iafs the hills. however, never heard sso1
he thernostat &c alarm etmometer
That Is coming into use and 81 en-
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-01-28
Farmers Buy Many Autos

Detroit, Mic G. Coe, q Moose.
Jaw (saskatch eWan) farmer, dropped
into Detroit the other day and by the
time he had finished his errand he
had purchased so automo biles for his
farmer friends Of the far mort Invest.
He told his neigh bors he was going
to buy an auto mobile and they gave
him their orders. accomp MED by
bank drafts, The deals were mostly
cash and aggregated nearly 100000.
3Coe paid $4,000 for his own machine.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-01-28
Saves Her as Elrst. 9

kiln, During an early
morning IRE ii the regide nce 81 DE-.
B. PEBBLES. the Doctor sought
console his daug al, Genayieye,
aged "a, over the loss 81 her Two kit.
tens.
They're not burned, dad "; here
they are she SAT Us she drew them
from the folds sofs her nig htdress, 81
soon. ST the IRE was diaco yered
she had rushed through ths amoka
and rescued her ets. s=sEI
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-01-28

It'll e HREE Ess EN- TIL S Il III I
ssAR 6 GIvlN q EsTERN CANADA
SGreatertI Impulse Than Ever This Year.


The reports from the grain fields Of
Central Canada, (Which comprises the.
Provinces Of Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta) are to hand. The year
1909 has not only kept pace with pre-
yious years In proving that, this por.
ton Of the Continent Isl capable Of
producing splendid yield of all the
smaller grains, but it has thoroughly
outstripped previous seasons. There
is quantity, quality and price and from
all parts of an area Of about 5000
square miles there comes the strong
refrain Of contentment and satisfac-
ton. In the distribution Of the CON
dttions causing it no district has been
overlooked. 5.#
Various estimates of the total yield
of wheat for the country have been
made, but it is not the vast total that
influences the general reader so much
/ as what has been done individually.
The grand total-say 100 million BUSH
els--may have its effect on the grain
price Of the world; 1t may be interest
ing to know that in the worlds mar
/ kets the wheat crop Of Canada has
suddenly broken upon the trading
: boards. and with the Argentine, and
with Russia and India. is now a fac.
tor in the making of prices. II SO to.
day, what will be its effect five or ten
years from now, when, instead of
there being seven million acres under
crop with a total yield Of 1875 or 1870
million. bushels, there will be from II
3 to 80 million acres in wheat with a
yield Of from 325 to 900 million BUSH
els. When it is considered that the
largest yield in the United States bur
slightly exceeded 700 million bushels,
the greatness Of these figures may be
understood. Well, such is safe fore
cast, for Canada has the land and 1t
has the soil Even today the Prov
ince Of Saskatchewan, one Of the three
great wheat growing provinces Of Can
& ada, with 100000 acres under wheat,
produces nearly 80 million bushels, or
upwards of one tenth of the greatest
yield Of the United States. And Sas-
katcheWan is yet only in the begin
# ming Of its development. AS Lord
Grey recently pointed out in speaking
Il on this very subject. this years crop
does not represent one-tenth of the
soil equally fertile that is yet to be
& brought under the plough.
Individually, reports are to hand
OF yields of TWENTY-FIVE, thirty and
8 thirty.fYe bushels to the acre Scores
Of yields are reported OF forty and
Y some as high as sixty bushels. The
farmer, who takes care Of his soil,
who gets his seed,bed ready early, is
certain Of "a splendid crop.
The news Of the magnificent crop
yield throughout the Canadian West
will be pleasing to$the friends Of the
thousands Of Americans who are resi-
dents III that country and who are
vastly instrume entail in the assistance
they are rendering to let the world
know its capabilities
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-01-28
Stops l4arrleness
Much Of the chronic lameness

Much Of the chronic lameness
in horses is due to neglect.
See that your horse is not ale
lowed to go lame. Keep Sloan's
,Liniment on hand and apply at
the first sign of stiffness. It's
wonderfully penetrating - goes
right to the spot relieves the
soreness - limbers up the joints
and makes the muscles elastic
and plant.
Here's the Proof.
MI. G. T. Roberts Of Resaca, Ga,
RID. No. !, Box 43, writes: "Ihaye
used your Liniment on horse for swee- /
ney and effected a thorough cure. l ale
20 removed SPAWN on mule. This
SPAWN was as large as guinea egg. In
my estimation the best remedy for lame I
ness and soreness is
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-01-28
W00DPECKERs re MAKE. WOOD
Aged Maine Naturalist Trains Birda
to Transform Ordinary Timber
ia Into Valuable Variety.

Bangor, Me.-After having spent
more than sixty years and more than
$4,000 in hunting bears and studying
the ways Of wild creatures, Greenlea1
Davis Of Mount Katahdin has begun
to raise tame woodpeckers with the
purpose of using them to convert vel I, OF OF
binary rock naples into the rare ana
costly wood known as bro s-eyee
maple. Mr.. Davis is more than SO.
It has been Mr.. Davis belief that
no creature should be kept in capt II Y:
ity more than q month. He has TWO Vl'
crows, one more than 80 years old,
which have stayed by him and never
sought the society Of their kind. Two
robins lived with him for three years
His great success, however, has oee .
won with woody ckers, Of WHO l17 ~. ne
now has nearly 100. Most Of them en-. are g
the red-headed sap suckers, Whlc men
pick round holes in the bark. t=a
He passed weeks in his grove
watching the result OF the wounds y '9l11 y
which the birds inflicted in barb. as
the scars healed he motto I'd that tnere
was a bright red spot left on t 3:
wood directly below the wound. 81 y
occurred to him that as the markings g
of bird's.eye maple were due TO reg
spots IN the wood, and as nobody nae
ever been able to account for them en-
it was possible that this variety mign'
owe its origin ito the work OF wood wood
peckers. 81
from elm bark boiled down to 2 ]. t l11'c
batter he can smear the trunks 50 g
thrifty naples with such. food as tn l1t
woodpeckers require, and while the.
are getting meal from the bark. the
bills are boring new holes in the tree
and Transforming ordinary maple
worth no more than s12 q Thousand
feet, into bird s.eye maple that sell
anywhere from $50 to $50 9 thousand
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-01-28
Good Example.

Good = Example
Crimson heal Iere's an item
hich says the swan outliYes ~ any
other bird Id extreme cases reaching
800 years. ssS
rs Grimso And remember
SJJohn. ne aWan lives on water
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-01-28

tired al s. kinds ofs ibloods xeanedies
which failed to d. slie any good but rs
have found the right thing at hi
lace was fill rs pinppl es and b1ack
After taking Cascarets they III left IN
continuing tic me soffa ana
5mending them % MY friends fsets 6nes
when ID rise in the norniing Hope To-
have chance torecpmmendsc ascaKets.sesssss
Fred iittEn, 76 Elm St., Newark
CUT TETS or mall yo,ira at,sss
dress rs Sterling laaetnsd Company
scago Illinois, and recei Ye handsomaS
ssouvenirs gold Bon Bon sIGI1 ga
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-01-28

slL 81S$ 5Iu6 s8sCOmAUUussStSh GnlA6 ~ uUu
shalt love thy neighborn Levi :1Sl 81
Good teaching as FAR as IT went but
sit was limited { ~ their defnit Hon
$of neighbor' as apr wing "a those of
their own race and relig lon, and not
extending to all with whom they came
an contact and BY their addition
Soff9 and hate thine en- y'' ss5
The Ideal and the Goa Do
Sye therefore peri q. he siss
better here than the RE- ". translaii
Perfect means comple every
part, having every B element IS Tho
sheaYenly character IA the fulle de
/ gree. The Speffec 'are those who
hare reached the goa, have attained
maturity Eph perfectp,.,
desert hes fulf.grown men in con trastI
with babes 81 tho goal 81 human
excellence, the comp etc develop
|sment 81 being, the emil odiment 81 al1.
the com ands sof tthe whole moral
Law.
illustrate on, 'sIn the Royal gallery at
IsDresde len may he ften seen group
Lot COMO sseurs who sc Tor hours be.
fore q single painting They walk
around those hall whore walk are 50
eloquent With the ytriunp hs IS 81, ana
they come back and pause again be
fore that one mast pIece: Yeeks are
ISspent yearly in tie studs sofs thai. one
lsWork Sc Raphae ith tttts mat CHESS
Horns. as our 81 lecture gallery oft bible
i characters We may stud many beau.
stIes form rmS and feature but for the
i asterpieee Re must return tinu'
llsally to our g ord Jesus Ghrfs Z Prof
Austin. Phelps II 90 still Hour
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-01-28

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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-02
This in Holy Fergus Falls.

The Fergus Falls Journal (Satur-
day.: ut is understot that the bar
tenders are practically init against
having license restored in Fergus Falls,
and especially those who had the
morning trick. They used to have to
get up at 80 in order to have the
saloons open at 5 o'clock in order to
be ready for the early riser. Under
the no license regime they do not have
to open until z or 1880. The first
morning that the places were opened
after license was voted out they were
on hand at o'clock promptly and a
good many customers were around
about as soon as they had opened up
The first morning the business men
tried malt, the next day tried sassa-
parilla pop and then there was a
marked falling off in the trade as
neither seemed to make very good
base for a breakfast and they are
either sleeping later or drinking
peppersauce at home. In any event it
has resulted in doing away with the
necessity of opening up before z
o'clock. And this greatly pleases the
bartenders."
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-02
APRIL WEATHER
WAS NOT SO COLD
THE TEMPERATURE WAS HIGH
Err THAN MOST PEOPLE ANTic-
IPATED-AND ALL WEATHER
RECORDS WERE BROKEN FOR
ONE DAY, APRIL 2.

The past April was 4.60 warmer
than the average. The month was
also warmer than any April since 1905,
and with that exception was the
warmest since 1901. 1t also broke the
record of the local office for the hottest
day in any April.
The average man will doubt the ng-
ures, but the foregoing are the facts
as given out by Observer Grasse. MOST
people are quite convinced the past
April was the worst since Adam was
kicked out of the Garden of Eden,
but the cold figures refute that idea.
The fact that March was such nne
month made April seem worse than
it really was.
The records of the weather bureau
for thirty years show that the aver
age temperature for the month IS
4I4o. The last April was 460 Last
year the month averaged only 90,
making the past April an average or
10 warmer each day than a year ago.
The coolest April ever reported here
was $50, in 1907.
The total precipitation for April was
1872, as against an average or 2.5S
inches, but there was more moisture
than in any April in four years. There
were TT inches of snowfall during the
month.
There were seventeen clear days,
six partly cloudy and seven that were
altogether so. There were two thun-
derstorms during the month.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-02
MARKET COMMENT OF THE DAY
Grain Opinions.

Chicago, May 2.-Bartlett, Patten &
Co: we continue our advices to buy
September wheat. Until the general
cash corn situa en- improves we can
not advise purchases of futures at
such large premiums.
Finley, Darrell & Co.: We would
advise caution for the present in sell
ing wheat short as should anything
unfavorable develop east Of the river
or in the spring wheat country it
would have a very bullish effect upon
sentiment which in turn would result
in a sharp advance in futures regard
less of the fact that the commercial
situation from a worlds point of view
Is bearish.
Shearson. Hammill & Co.: We are
inclined to think that winter wheat
situation will continue for a time to
greatly dominate speculative feeling.
The high prices and the bearishness
of other conditions, however, rather
were not for the excess premiums
which one must pay for deferred flu
lures we would rather feel disposed to
buy corn for fair rally.-Harris, Win
thrOp & Co.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-02
Indians Are obieetina.

Rumors are rife that the Indians
within the ninth district Of Minnesota
are bucking against the inquisitiveness
of Uncle Sans census agents and
Supervisor Meeker of the Moor
head census Office has begun
to smell trouble in securing the
information required by the bureau of
the census. Mr. Meeker is expecting
to be called to White Earth almost
any moment in fact he is holding
himself in readiness for any emery
ency call that be sent him from Wash
ington or elsewhere. The red men seem
to think that the government wants
to know more about their affairs than
it does about white men. It is said
that some Of the enumerators are find
ing interesting conditions and the
rather ugly attitude Of the chiefs of
the tribe has caused little alarm.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-02
Moorhead Department
new MIDWAY ON FIRE
Prompt Work by the Fire Department
Kept Blaze From Doing Serious
Damage.

The FIRE department was called to
Norman Young's New Midway, shortly
before IL o'clock last night, to ex-
tinguish a blaze in the basement Of
the building which had broken out
in pile of boxes, etc, near the fur
mace. Good work on the part of the
firemen kept the fire confined to the
place where it originated, although at
times it was a little stubborn. NO
damage was done to the main room
on the ground floor, nor to the living
rooms on the second floor and business
was in progress as usual today.
A little damage was done by smoke
to fixtures and interior decorations.
The monster cash register, in the madn
room, was saved from possible de-
struOtion by Chief Malvey who picked
1t up bodily and removed it to a place
Of safety, despite the fact that the
machine weighs 400 pounds. Mr..
Young thinks he had a narrow escape
and he is profuse in his expressions Of
appreciation of the splendid work ac-
complished by the Moorhead depart
ment and the fire boys and police en-
joyed Havanas with, his compliments.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-02
CHANGES in The
WESTERN union
INCREASE IN WAGES AND SEW
ERAL PROMOTIONS ANNOUNCED
CARL DAVIS CHIEF OPERATOR
AND JIMMIE FRENCH NIGHT
cHIEF-oTHER POSITIONS.

Following closely in the wake of the
heavy increase of business and i'm
proved conditions generally for eff
cient service, the Western Union Tele-
graph Co.'S. liberal reorganization
policy was made evident by Manager
Gotto of the local office, where a 10 to
20 per cent salary increase went into
effect today, and with it number of
promotions.
c. e. Davis, for the past eight years,
night clerk, assumes the position of
chief operator, with full charge of the
operating department; ]. B. Springer
Is assistant chief operator; j. e.
French, night chief; F. r. Gregory,
traffic chief and j. e. Sterling, late
night chief
A substantial increase has also been
granted the trick men" based solely
on service and efficiency.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-02
BroomhaII's Report.

Liverpool May 2.-Wheat market at
the start was under the influence of
liberal offerings. The firmness of
American cables was Offset by liberal
tenders of May contracts which
prompted renewed liquidation. Follow
ing the opening May steadied some,
but later the general market developed
renewed pressure and values further
declined "a to a from the opening.
Selling was influenced by the larged
and cheaper La Plata offerings, the
larger worlds shipments and a good
10 the united kingdom. The amount
on passage showed a substantial in
crease for the week and Russia con-
tinues to ship large as shown in this
weeks total and productions are for a
continued liberal shipment for this
country. There is a very poor demand
for forward positions. At midday
the market was heavy and 70 to "a
lower than Saturday. Corn was neg
lected and unuuoted.