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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27

1.-THE four insect pests-the gypsy
moth. the brown-tail moth, the
< leopard moth, and the elm-leaf
beetle-that are working so much
havoc anlong shade trees in the east
are insects that have been imported
into this country. It is feared that
unless some better method is found
to keep them in check, they will
eventually destroy all the shade trees
in the country. The larva or grub Of
these insects eats downward in the
larger branches of the trees, effect
ualIy girdling them; they die and the
winds blow them over.
StrEngIess String Beans.
c. n. Keeney, of Terry, \. Y, after
much time spent in the search, has
found stringless string beans, and
moreover, has planted and replanted
the seed until he has definitely fixed
the Characteristic Back in the sos
he planted a peck Of Refugee wax
beans and then searched the vines
until he found a few pods that did not
have the obnoxious strings These
plants were marked and when the pods
matured he kept them for propaga-
ton the next year. BY planting the
seed separate from others year after
year he firmly established this valu-
able trait At the same time he Sc
lected for productiveness and quality,
50 that now instead of being fat, his
new race is round-podded and con-
tains more meat
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27
Poultry Notes and Other Items
Of Interest For the Farmers

square boxes and round cheese boxes
from a grocer and put them in these
Although this happened in March in
New York state. yet the loss was prac-
ticalIy nothing and the chicks actu-
ally appeared stronger, larger and
more vigorous than those raised in
heated brooders-
The fact that poultry could be Kept
in close confinement was also learned
through accident by Mr.. Philo. His
plant was crowded for room and ten
pullats were left in a Sx6 colony coop,
they having been put there direct from
the fireiess breeders They began lay
ing. much to the owners surprise. ana
upon putting a male bird with them
the eggs began running 90 to 95 per-
cent fertile after two weeks Two
hens kept under these conditions for
five years are producing as many fer
tile eggs now as five year old free
range hens He has grown seven gem
erations on this plan without apparent
retrogressiOn.
Charcoal Used in Valley
W B. Franklin. manager of the Tong
Poultry farm. at San ElizariO. is
firm believer in the merits of char
coal. grit and water for keeping pOUl-
try healthy and vigorous. He says that
the disease which charcoal will not
prevent is most easily cured with an
axe
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27

NOWN the county road, near So
zorro, is a 90 acre farm with
buildings on it that were con-
structed with a view 20 permanency.
The house is large and commodious
and well finished inside. There is
wooden barn for the storage of hay
and implements and the shelteriHg of
cattle that is unusually well built for
this region. Then there are smaller
buildings Of adobe for the horses, hogs
and poultry It is the Moon farm
Chick Feed Bad for Turkeys
Mrs Moon is an enthusiastic turkey
raiser and has had very good sue
cess. This year she listened to those
who had raised turkeys in way
somewhat different from hers and the
result of the experiment is that this
season she viii maSket less than 80
fowls One hundred pOults were kept
I'D and fed on chick feed, but they be
gan dropping off until. only 81 were
left Then she returned to her usual
way Of managing, or rather, not man
aging, them
Last year she sold 1000 pounds Of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27
StringIess String Beans Are
Discovered By New Yorker

Copper has a germicidal or antiSep-
tic influence on bacteria that is used
10 good effect in sterilizing drinking
water. Suspending a copper plate IN
the water will result in germic dal ac-
ton upon typhoid fever and cholera
germs To secure results the water
should not be muddy and the copper
must be kept bright
Water Cress Easily Grown.
Water cress is easily propagated. A
single leaf inserted in a moist soil
will cause it to reproduce readily. Four
or five inches of good soil in a shall
low box kept on the shady side of the
house and watered with cold drawings
from the refrigerator will give quite
a supply for the home. 1t is a peren-
NAL belonging to the mustard family
and is found growing Wild in shallow
running water in almost every part
Of the world.
Causes of Horse Stumbling.
a horse breeder in Spokane, Wash.
denies that faulty shoeing or long toes
will cause horse to stumble. II has
been his experience that. until the. ami
mails back sinews have been injured
by strain, weakness or soreness, he
viii not begin to stumble. A badly
fitting saddle or harness that causes
the horse TO finch just as the spine
rises in the stride, viii interfere with
the natural fetlock and knee action.
Two wheeled carts also make STUN
blers of good horses
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27
Rarharie sunerstition.

Although the Maoris of New Zealand
haze made considerable strides in civil
lization in recent years. some OF their
barbaric sUperstitions survive One OF
the most persistent is belief in the
''tohunga,'' or tribal medicine man.
His patients sometimes succumb TO his
energetic methods of treatment The
latest case of that sort comes from
Waikato. A sick girl after having been
immersed in cold water for some hours.
was beaten with sticks to drive the
evil spirits out, the ''tohunga" after
ward gripping her throat TO prevent
their re-entering. She died next day.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27
Ell PASO HERALD

ing-ear stage, beats 1t as the new ma
chine will not work the crops at such
stage.
Cultivate Late.
Here is a good place to say, incident
ally, that l believe in late cultivation OF
crops. A soil-mulch after rain, Will
do corn or cotton a world Of good,
after they are in roasting-ear, or burst
ing-boH, if their root systems are not
torn up. The reason so many farmers
claim that late cultivation hurts corn
or cotton, is because they set into the
feeding roots The drag does not do
this 1t is, however, a great destroyer
of boll-weevil
The irrigator is as much interested
in the soil-mulch as the dry farmer
The western Texas irrigator Is too
slow in working out Of the old system
Of making the water do it all. Gener-
ally speaking. he seems the better to
understand how to put water on than
to hold II in; hence, on the mistaken
theory that there can't be too mach or
good thing he wastes water 10 peat
the band, damages his products, and
sooner or later faces a drainage prob
lem.
IrrfgatOrs' Careiessness.
Down in the lower Rio Grande valley.
recently, I passed a field upon which
its owner could not find room enough
for his surplus water, so he had over
flowed the roadway.
He floods the face of nature, and
when the~water soaks in, he leaves the
surface to bake and crack. OF course,
he needs more water right away. When
he learns to water reasonably, and TO
| hold it in with the soil-mulch, he viii
| not need mOdicum of the water he at
present wastes. He will also grow bet
tn ind n inns a
against a drainage problem to relieve
] his H%water-sogged' soil.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27

nut forth the effort. l believe the pos
sibiIities are great along this line for
southwest Texas. Put on yOus think
ing cap and give this matter some
thought then put your thoughts into
action and reap the bounteous harvest
that awaits YOU
ANY reader who wants further in
formation regarding these crops may
dreD postal card to secretary Wilson
or DR.. s. ) Knapp. Washington. D. c..
fer Farmers Bulletin Nos 1879, 2SS. S3l.
s32 and e66. or, write to any congress
man and receive these bulletins abso-
luteiy free Of cost
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27

"SHE arguments in favor of raising
nothing but standard bred chick
l. ems may be summed up as fol-
lows: They are attractive iTe appear
ance; they are strong and vigorous on
account of generations OF careful breed
ing; the egg production is greater per
hen now than when little attention was
given to selection and mating.
Her Majesty the Hen.
It will be interesting TO see the posi-
ton the poultry industry will hold
when the census returns have been
complied Now we know that market
poultry and eggs are only surpassed In
value by our corn. wheat and hay crops
The fact that the 1910 census will in
clude only the poultry raised on farms,
without taking into account the egg
and meat production of floeks belong
ing to Iaboring, professional and busl-
ness men. Will leave many thousands OF
dollars out of the returns. The 1910 cen
sus considers as poultry farms those
that are OF three or more acres in eX-
tent, and producing at least $3.50
year in prOd'@s.
The PhiIo BrOOding Mode.
The PhiIo method of brOoding
chicks without heat was discovered by
z. ". Philo by mere accident soma
eight years ago He had about 500
chicks more on hand than he had ac-
commodations for, so he secured small
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27
Former New Mexico Cook Rakes
In Some Of the Fair Millions
Story of the Rise of a Man of the Southwest

isfied. In 1905 his mother, who from
a second marriage was Mrs. Hannah
E. Nelson. died. and he went east
Smiths Fortune.
While in the east. in Newmarket. F.
P. Smith announced himself as aR heir
to the Fair estate and opened up the
case for himself with speedy settle
ment out of court What he received
has never been made public. but IL Is
believed TO have been more than s4.-
100000. He is now rich. extremely so,
and his cooking days are over.
Smith owns several farms near La
mar Mo. where he lives with his
family. but ne is tired of farm life and
says he has purchased a handsome
$4,000 residence on Armour boulevard
which will be his residence hereafter.
He will divide his time between Kan
sas City, and his five Kansas and Mis-
souri, farms and his tract in Sonora
"A good many people, OF course,
think that I am more satisfied now
than / was when I was throwing hash
at $50 per. but that isn't true" said
Mr.. Smith in a recent interview. Il
had my wife with me and my daugh-
ter and adopted son all those years.
What more does a healthy man want?
Specially if he holds his jobs we'll like
1 did.
Reach Man Through stomach.
'I have knocked around this world
a lot and met people The way To get
a man is through his stomach. and !
calculate 1 have as many friends IS
the next one. I've got plenty of money
now. but I'm not blowing about ii. To
tell the truth, I'm just as proud Of my
record as az frstciass cook as any
thing else"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27
A Successful Turkey Raiser
In the Ell Paso Valley

turkey in the Ell Paso market, which
brought from IS to % cents pound.
No attention whatever was given 10
the food, and turkeys hatched in April
were large marketable birds when
Thanksgiving ard Christmas came
When the poults are Matched. the tur
key hen takes them into the alfalfa
fields and garden patches, where they
find all the insects they wish plenty
of green food and quantities of weed
seeds. At night they return to the
cOops and are locked up TO keep out
nocturnal providers.
Lice E&iII Turkeys.
With a sufficient number of tur-
keys at the beginning CT the season,
II is possible to raise a large number
Of birds for the holiday market on
almost any of our farms. 1t is prob
able that the reason why so many peO-
pie lose their young poults is that
they allow them TO become infested
with lice, which seem to injure poults
even more than chicks. With prac-
ticaIy no expense in raising htem,
growing turkeys, when once learned,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27

not entirely different from the former
chef of the CentrOpolis. the Midland
the Blossom house. the Harvey system,
and the Santa Fe hospital association
of Topeka When he extends soft
fieShy hand 10 meet yours, remember
that only five years ago the third I'm
ger from which now flashes an i'm
mense diamond, was wont to wrap II
self with the other dlgits around the
handle of an iron spoon; that those
same blue eyes with the speculative
wrinkles around them got their ex-
preston from peering into the depths
of untold kettles of soup, and that
chin. so like a fnancief's, once ruled
the kitchen
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27

From cook to capitalist not by plod-
ding. but by one boost of fate, tells in
brief the extraordinary story or a
former New Mexican, F. P./Smith, only
one of the hundreds of Smiths who are
walIowing in wealth Smith Is a son
of the southwest. but is now resi-
dent of Lamar, Mo
Many years ago, when Smith, this
Smith was IS fears of age, he was
riding the range down here in New
Mexico. He was might herder,
and rode around 'em" for John W.
Young. since a Santa Fe railway con-
tractor. also a son of Brigham Young,
the mighty Mormon, and recently one
of the promoters of the Columous
road.
Later Smith was a cook, worked as
chef in Harvey houses and hotels with
out number
But now F. P Smith is a multimil-
lionaire, with a fine residence in Kan
sas City. many rich farms in Mis-
souri, and Kansas and a fourth inter
est in a 100000 acre tract in the
Mexican state of Sonora.
How 1T Happened.
This change all happened through
an automobile accident near Paris,
France. The story sounds like novel
extract but is not too strange to Do
trua At the age of II years, in 1872,
Smith lef his widowed mother. Mrs.
Hannah Smith and the old family
home in Newmarket, N J., and came
west He arrived in Cheyenne, Wyo-,
in the spring Of 1875, and took JOB
tending the stage horses of the old
Dea wood ard Cheyenne stage COM
oany. He soon demonstrated his abil-
of six and
given the position Of driver on one
of the coaches In this capacity he
was held up twice By the Doc Middle
ton gang, and once two cattle rust
Icrs'' we're taken away from the sheriff
in his stage and hanged to lone
tree.
When he was about IS years old. Mr..
Smith went to New Mexico and might
herded'' for John Young. Then he be-
came a cook and finally came to Kan
sas City in 1879, where he has lived
more or less constantly since. All this
time he had not heard a word of his
mother or of his five brothers and sis
ters He was utterly lost to them and
they believed him dead On his side
he sometimes idly wondered If all OF
his relatives were yet living. letter
10 the postmaster at Newmarket would
have brought the information, but he
put off writing from day 10 day. When
al last he did hear from them it was
through the newspapers and he could
hardly believe his eyes
The Fair killing.
The papers said that over in Paris
muIti-milIionaire named Charles Fair
and his wife. formerly Miss Carrie
Smith. Of Newmarket, n. J., had been
killed instantly in an automobile acct
dent. leaving an estate valued at s1o.-
100000
Carrie Smith" said the obscure
cook in the kitchen. of the Santa Fe
hospital Like lightning his mind went
back over the years that had separated
him from his family. Why" he ex-
claimed. that must have been my little
sister. CARRIE
The fight of the Smiths for the pos
session of the Fair millions on the
grounds that the wife survived by 4
few minutes the death of her husband
was a matter Of much newspaper COM
ment in 1903 and 1904. The case al
most reached the courts when it was
settled privately F.. P. Smith still
worked in a restaurant in Topeka,
drew his pay and apparently was sat
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27

should be one of our most profitable
crops.
Besides the income derived from the
sale of the turkeys, there is an indi-
rect profit that is by no means incon-
sidera bic. Some years the insect pest
becomes a source Of great loss, eS-
pecially in dry years when green for
age is scarce They VIII then fall
upon a garden patch and keep the
growing plants eaten to the ground
until they are dead, or stunted be-
yond recovery.
Insects Worst in Fall.
In the fall many of these insects
are at their worst, with a flock Of
turkeys ranging over the farm they
may at least be kept in control. One
disadvantage Of the turkey is that its
large size causes ii to trample alfalfa
and other crops. doing quite a lot of
damage.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27
FORAGE PLANTS FOR
WEST TEXAS

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and find out for himself as to their
direct merit in any given locality.
One Farmers Success.
Now. 1 want to call your attention 10
one farmer, H. Raade, of UvaIde, Tex.
who has grown this year good crop
of milo ard the sale of the heads has
netted to him more than SIS per acre
on the first crop. and he expects TO
yet make a fall crop without any rain
at all You see that is what one of our
demonstration farmers is doing in
Uvalde county. What one man is do
ing many may do if they will only
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27
sOLoNONVILI.E PERSONALS.

SolomonvilIe. Ariz Aug. 2T.-Miss
Laura Wight has returned from a visit
with Miss Lena Campbell in Stafford,
Ariz.
he Pythi2n lodge is having the pub
III school building ard ground put in
order for the commencement OF school
Leonard Stuart has returned from a
trip TO Miami.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27

An Ohio man is reported to be at the
point of death from blood poisoning
caused by henpeck. This is rather
queer. There are many men IN and
around Eskridge who are henpecked a
thousand times year. and. while it
makes the blood boil. no poisoning has
set in.-Wa baunsee Tribune.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27

J. l. Eaton. wife and son, left Friday
for two weeks vactiOn in SOcorro,
N NJ
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27

Peach ice crsam delivered after sup
per. Phone the Elite
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-07
Gaoadiq Giqadab.

There was quaint old man in Man
chester, England, who for many years
went by the unique name Of Gagadig
Gigadab. His original name was John
Smith, and for many years he brooded
over the possibilities of mistaken iden-
tity involved in it. The name figured
frequently in criminal records, and he
became abnormally apprehensive lest
he might be confused with some of
the bad John Smiths. At last what he
feared so much actually happened.
One morning the papers reported the
arrest of an accountant in bank for
embezzlement. and through some blum
der of the reporter the identity of the
embezzler was confused with the sub
ject of this article. who was also q
bank accountant Then and there ne
determined to assume a name like
unto no other ever borne by mortal
man. And in Gagadig Gigadab most
people will agree that he succeeded in
so doing-New York Tribune.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-07
PLANS
TO BOOST SOUTH
important Matters Discussed Today
at Conference Of Southern Com
mercial Congress.
(Bv Associated PrcSS.)

Atlanta, Ca, Oct PLANS for the
explanation of the resources of the
entire Southland and the methods
and results that are hoped to be OBJ
tanned were discussed at the opening
session of the conference of the
Southern Commercial Congress, held
here this morning. Delegates were
present from nearly all the Southern
States, and more than 200 were ex-
pected to arrive before the evening
session.
The conference was called to order
by President Jorn NJ. Parker, of New
Orleans, and committees were ap-
pointed to work out the various plans
discussed at the morning session. II
is proposed to secure fund of $100,
600 to 100000 for the advertisement
and development Of the South.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-07
Masculine Music.

The musical doctor stepped into the
shop.
His hair stuck out like stiff straws.
and his joy of life was under his arm;
also two buttons on his waistcoat were
undone. So there was no doubt about
his being genius.
"Aha, ahem, alum" purred the
musical doctor. 'E string for a violin,
please"
The man behind the counter looked
fustered. He went to the shelf, took
off small packet, examined 1t care
fully, examined it again and then hes
itatingly returned to the customer
81 beg your pardon. sir" he began
difidently, but this 'appens to be my
first day in the shop, and yer might
give me little 'elp. The fact is these
ere strings look all alike to me, an /
can't tell the 'es from the shesp-Lon-
don Globe. 4
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-07
LEGALLY Better Off.

The creditors of the ancient king
had become so unpleasantly insistent
that he resolved to put them where
they could trouble him no more. SO
he invited them to a great banquet,
and when they had Toasted and drunk
of his prepared wine he instructed his
servants to convey them to his deepest
dungeons. And the next morning
when lie went down to learn whether
his servants had done his bidding his
creditors raised their voices and en-
treated to be set free. But he remon-
strated with them, saying:
my friends, you have no just cause
for complaint. Are you not better of
in the eye of the law than ever be.
fore? Any lawyer will tell you that
secured creditor has an exceptional
cinch." Then he left them and wen
on his gladstone way. happy in the
knowledge that he could at last &C
through his dominions without being
dunned.-Chicago News.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-07
Oruos and Sickness,

1t is not too much to say that the
medical profession today no longer be-
Heves that any drug with few excep-
tons. like quinine in malaria. mer-
curry and the antitoxins) will cure a
disease as such. All that it will do is
so to modify conditions as to help the
body in its fight against disease.
We are no longer content. in the
biting phrase of Voltaire. to pour
drugs of which we know little into
bodies of which we know less" What
will help one patient will harm another.
and what may be beneficial in the
early stage OF a disease will be useless
or even injurious IN later stage.
In the language of Captain Cutie.
the effect of a drug. like the bearin'
of an observation" depends on the ap-
plication on it." 1t is neither rational
nor safe blindly to swallow down a
drug which is highly recommended in
a certain disease and expect it to do
the rest" There is no such thing as a
universal cure for a disease nor even
a remedy which can be relied upon as
"a good thing to take" at any and al
stages Of it.-Dr. Woods Hutchinson In
| Delineator.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-07

Eastern capital that the business ele.
ment were willing to cooperate with
the management in every way possf
BILE for a resumption of operation.
For years the mills have been rec
ognized as the backbone of this city,
and their present condition is regret
ted. Strong pressure will be brought
to bear upon the supervisors to give
the mill owners relief in their conten-
ton. Suit is pending in the courts
for the necessary reduction, but it is
believed an adjustment will be
reached before trial of the case.
Should a positive assurance be given
that the mills would begin operations
at no distant date, the business citi-
zenship would likely exercise greater
efforts in the premises. 1t is believed
by the larger taxpayers that an equi-
table adjustment of the matter would
be at least an inducement for pros
pective investors.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-07
WOULD REDUCE TAXES
To ENCOURAGE MILLS

Wesson Miss, Oct. Quite a
number of leading business men of
this place are advocating the lower
ing of the textile mill property from
the present assessed valuation, which
is 1862 900. The owners. through
President Odenheimer, have shown
conclusively that the institution does
not warrant such excessive taxation
and that under existing circum-
stances capital cannot be induced to
look favorably upon these mills. Mr..
Odenheimer inferred that the stock
holders would be glad to get so cents
on the dollar for the property and
could not get bidder.
Therefore, $15O,OO0 would be true
valuation for the property at the pres
ent time, and that reduction to this
amount for one year would likely de
| termine the matter either for the bet
ter or worse, would at least prove t.