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The San Francisco call., 1910-03-19
FORESTERS REFUSE TO
CUT TREES ON FRIDAYS
Peasants Want Oaks FelIed
When Moon Wanes

The foresters of Bucks refuse to cut
timber on Friday. saying that ii is
bound to be wet if this is done. and
there is also a popular superstition,
shared likewise by the French peas
ants, that oaks should only be felled
IN the wsne of the moon, also when
the wind is at north.
In many parts of England, says Farm
and Home, special attention is paid to
the day of the week upon which the
new moon appears, as much is said to
depend upon this. A Saturday moon
is usually held to foretell bad weather
In Worcestershire the saving goes:
IF the moon on Saturday be new or
full
There always was rain, and there al
ways Wull''
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-19
ENGINEERS MAKE ADVERSE
REPORT ABOUT CYRENAICA
Lack of Water Makes the Dis
trict a Desert

Hard luck apparently attends the ef-
forts of those who are endeavoring to
find country which the Jews may
make into 'fatherland' of their own.
Even the Zionists can hardly hope to
attract the children of Israel to agri-
cultural pursuits in Palestine under
existing climatic conditions, and dis
coura ging reports come from the en-
gineers and scientific men employed to
examine another projected Zion on the
shore of the Mediterranean, the sea-
coast west of Egypt with the land
back of it. Barka, as it is called on the
maps, the Cyreniaco of the ancients,
says the New York Sun.
Not only is there no water, the ex-
perts declare, which is the reason why
the population is small, but there is
no means Of obtaining or storing 1t,
which makes them believe that it's fer
tility and population in classical times
have been exaggerated.
The soil is excellent, the climate
healthy, and in places along the shore
where water can be procured the crops
are good and include everything that
grows in the Mediterranean region. The
whole country. however, consists prac-
tically ''of solid mass of porous lime
stone which rises gradually from the
coast to height of $500 feet inland
and through which the rainfall perco-
lates to the sea" Water from wells
can only be had where natural catch
n1ent basins are formed by thick beds
or loan or mari"
This is no land. therefore. for pioneer
agricultural colonies, and the explorers
took no account of the nature of the
seas and shadows that encompass it.
the stormy Syrtes of Horace The re-
patriation of the Jews, if il is TO take
place. may yet be to the country from
which Abraham set out. the land be-
tween the rivers. which will need a
new population when the Turkish gov
ernment has carried out its scheme of
irrigation and turned Masabotamia into
a paradise gain.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-19
MANY WILL ATTEND
BIG CELEBRATION
AT Least 1000 Graduates Will
Take Part in SenlicentenniaI
of California College

BERKELEY, March lS.-At least
1000 graduates of the university, or
nearly half the full number, are ex-
pected to attend the semicentennial
celebration May 1S to IS of California
college, the precursor of the University
of California
Milton T. Farmer, chairman of the
alumni committee in charge of the
golden jubilee celebration has re-
ceived definite answers from 1929
graduates that they will be present.
Nearly 1900 hope to be here, but can
not at this time give q definite an
swer.
Replies have been received from 95s
former students announcing that they
will not attend the big celebration on
the campus.
A large number of residents of the
bay cities have not as yet answered
Farmers letters, but many of them
will attend.
In anticipation of the part that the
graduating class of 1910 will play in
the golden jubilee celebration, Presi-
dent j. A. D. Brookman has appointed
Ralph Matthews as chairman of the
senior committee, which will represent
the class at the semicentennial this
year. Other members of the commit
tee are: j. Adams, H. H. Ashley and F.
Elkus and Misses Charlotte Bieden-
bach, Grace NORM and Thalia Graham.
Mayor Hodghead has announced the
names of the committee that will rep
resent Berkeley at the university cele-
bration as follows:
| Rufus A. Berry, chair Perry T. Tompkins
man Victor ]. Robertson
c. C. Juster Frank II. Wilson
/ F. w. Naylor f. +. Fearby
Wells Drury William E. Woolsey
4 George Z. Baxter II. D. Irwin
FEapk wais F. Bunker d0sr- Warren X ,,s;pe Gregory
A constitutional amendment will be
placed before the college voters at the
annual student body election in April
| to place debating and its allied inter-
ests in the bands of a council of seven.
| two to act in an advisory ca pacity and
| probably be selected from the faculty.
At the present time debating is han
died by a committee chosen by the
president of the student body. The five
students on the committee will repre-
] debating societies. the congress and
senate, which have gone on record as
/ favoring the new plan.
A prize of SIS has been offered by the
senior eXtrava ganza committee for the
/ best play poster drawn by a student.
d. Y. Lamont, chairman of the extrav-
aSahzd coHhlttee' IL III cHdISe Oh the
contest.
The informal dance given to the
class of 1913 by the university student
body for selling the greatest number
of tickets for membership was held in
| Hearst hall tonight and largely at
tended The patrons and patronesses
were:
Prof. T. o'Neili Mrs. o'Nell
Prof ". c. Morgan Mrs. Morgan
/ Prof I. H. Reed Mrs. Reed
/ Prof. ]. B. Newell Mrs. Newell
Or. Bancroft
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-19
STREET is NAMED FOR
PIONEER BALLOONIST
PiIatre de Rozier Honored by
Residents of Metz

The famous pioneer of ballooning,
Pilatre de Rozier, was born at Metz.
and the natives of that town honored
him by giving his name to one of their
streets. After the annexation, how
ever, the street was Germanized and
renamed. Recently the municipal coun-
cillors. enthusias site like all Germans at
the success of Count Zeppelin, proposed
to name a new street after that famous
aeronaut, whereupon the Lorrainers de !
manded that the glorif1cation of Yep
pelin should be accompanied by that of
his predecessor, Rozier. The request
has now been granted, and Rue de
Pilatre de Rozier once again adorns the
ancient street from which it had been
deposed. In the opinion of French
contemporary. La Revue Lorraine, this
is a pacific victory, but French VIC
tory, nevertheless
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-19
BED ONLY REFUGE FROM
WHISKY AND SODA DIET
British Traveller Finds Ships
Orderly Attentive

While at sea between Malaga and
1elilla, rather an amusing incident oc-
CURED, which, says Walter L. Cory, in
Black and White, shows US English
men -as others see u.s.
After dinner an orderly approached
me unasked. and produced a whisky
end soda. After a pause of 10 min
rites he repeated the performance. At
the third repitition I demonstrated. and
at the same time asked what I owed
him.
Nothing. senor,' he replied But we
were told you were an Englishman. and
that we were to give you a whisky
soda every 10 minutes before you went
TO bed. and we have to obey orders. -
] went to bed
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-19
SEAL PUPS TAUGHT
TO SWIM BY MOTHER
Little Ones Take Daily Lessons
on Parents FIipper

The habits of the seals are very in
teresting. The very young seal is
helpless in the water until he is taught
by his mother to swim, says the London
Globe. She takes him into the water
daily on her fin and dumps him in, and
when he gets tired of fioundering
about places him on her fin again and
returns to her camp. When the young
seals are well grown they suddenly
disappear with their mothers and the
bull seals. No one knows where they
go, and their return is equally as sud
den as their departure. The bulls are
the first TO put in an appearance at the
camping ground. When they arrive
they commence at once to prepare a
camp for their mates, which they stake
off and for which they fight until they
die In the meantime the female seals
remain quite a distance from land
floating lazily on the water and SEEM
inglv having a good time.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-19
CHILD UNWITTINGLY IS
A GUARD FOR BURGLAR
Thief Watches Girls Move-
ments as Warning TO Flee

OAKLAND. March 1S.-While the
year old daughter Of the house, uncon-
scious Of anything wrong, sat on the
front steps a burglar ransacked the
home Of " ". Crane at "a Bella Vista
avenue yesterday afternoon, relying
upon the child TO warn him If any OF
the older members of the family re-
turned.
His calculations were correct. for the
girl heralded her mothers approach
with shout, which was a signal for
the intruder TO make his escape through
the back door.
When Mrs. Crane reached the house
she found that the front door had been
forced open with a Jimmy and then
braced shut from within. so that the
intruder was locked inside. Mrs
Cranes return frightened him away
however. and he left without taking
ANYTHING
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-19
GANSHOREN HEALTHIEST
LOCALITY IN EUROPE
Ideal Spot Within Short Dis
tanCe of Brussels

This is the headline of a note in a
Belgian contemporary. Evidently the
French is not sufficiently expressive for
the occasion. Ganshoren is a commune
of 1000 inhabitants, and it would ap-
pear TO be the healthiest spot in Bel
gium, if not in all Europe. for in April.
June and August no one within the
limits of the commune died. and in July
only one death was registered. This
healthy spot is only 90 minutes tram
ride from the heart of Brussels. Now
that these good tidings have been pub
lished the population of Gansf1oren will
not long remain at 1000.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-19
STRANGE WHISTLING TREE
PLAYS WIERD MELODIES
Natives Say Spirits of Dead Sing
Among Branches

Among the curiosities of tree life is the sofar,
or whistling tree of Nubia. When the winds
blow over this tree 1t give out futelike sounds
playing away to the wilderness for hours at
time strange. weird melodies. says the London
Globe. 1t is the spirit Of the dead singing among
the branches, the natives say, but the scientific
white man says that the sounds are due to
myriad of small holes which an insect bores in
the spines of the branches The weeping tree
of the Canary islands is another arboreal freak.
This tree In the driest weather will rain down
showers from its leaves and the natives gather
up the water from the pool formed at the foot
of the trunk and find 1t pure and fresh The tree
exudcs the water from innumerable pores at the
base of the leaves.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-19
SIX VOLUMES OF MOLIERE
ARE BOUGHT FOR S35, 900
Books Published i'm 1873 With
33 Engrayings

The recent sale of the famous Moliere in Paris
for $4,000 leads Paris paper TO review some
of the books which have brought high prices.
II is said that this set Of Moliere in six vol
umes octave holds the record for price. The
volumes containued SO engrsvings of Moreau le
Jeune, before and after letters. and were pub
lished In 1713 We learn that in England about
a quarter of century ago. says the London
Globe. a Psa1ter of 1859 sold for S25, 600. A
manuscript work in the Didot sale in 1879 fetched
SIS 200 The first edition of Boccaccios DE
cameron in the duke Of Roxhurghe's sale in
1912 was sold for S1l.30o. This was such an
event that it led TO the formation of the Rox-
burghe club.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-19
TO HAVE
BIG ITALIAN COLONY
100000 to Emigrate to South
America

There are rumors of an organization about to
be started which. if carried through success
fully. will mean big increase in the popula-
tion of Argentina and a corresponding benefit TO
its commerce. 1t is stated that. under the
auspices of the pope, an emigration society has
been formed with view to directing wouldbe
emigrants to Argentina. says the London Globe.
1t is said that of the agents of this society
has just concluded agreement with the Ar
gentine government for the colonization of one
of the territories and it is expected that 900
italian colonsts will be sent and that they will
be accompanied by priests.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-19
CHIC0RY USED AS
ARTICLE OF DIET
Not Particularly PaIatabIe, but
i'm No Way DistastefuI

A correspondent of the Manchester Guardian
gives in that journal his experience with chicory
as an article of diet. When cooked. he SAYS
the whiteness Of the chicory tops faded TO the
pale inkness of boiled artichokes. The favor of
The chicory was not at all distinctive. II had a
faint resemblance TO celery without the sweet
ness TO leeks without their pungency and to
spinach. but that only on account Of the slight
and very pleasant bitterness. Eaten cold there
Was reminiscence Of cold asparagus. The
dish made no strong appeal TO the palate, but
ii was in no way distasteful.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-19
GRAY COW SHOWS
"HOMING" INSTINCT
Returns to Old Stall Months
After Being Sold

A Cumberland lady tells in the Liverpool Post
Of cows fondness for home" The lady in
question sold a gray to a farmer in dis
tant parish. Several months later the new
owner decided 10 take Lucy Gray, along with
several other COWS. to a fair az some distance
from his home. He had 10 pass through the
village in the Eden Valley, where he had bought
Lucy Gray" Here MS attention was dis
tracted from his animals by farmer friend
and when he proceeded to drive them on he
found that the gray COW was missing on hue
and cry having been raised. he at last found
'.I.ucy.'' She discovered in her old hyre
In the very same stall she used 10 occupy before
her Edensidesmaster sold her She had used her
opportunity. stolen away. and gone in quietly of
her own accord. all unobServed.
In Is months there will be direct
railway communication between BuenOs
Aires and Asuncion, the capital of
Paraguay.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-19

Letters can now be automatically
registered in Berlin by an automatic
penny in the slot machine placed in
the postofices. which specially stamps
the letters and saves the sender from
waiting.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-09-15
Washington Derby Sept. ~
To Be Run at State Fair

Racing is not dead in Washington
judging from che big entry list for the
Washington Derby, to be run at tht
Washington state fair, North Yakima.
The man or boy with red blood i.
his veins will as long as time seek the
thrills that come from an honest con-
test between game horses which are
the result of generations of breeding
and handling. Time was when a con-
test between two great thoroughbreds
brought together crowds that would
seem large at this time.
The revival of the Washington Derby
Is an event in racing circles Of the
northwest. 1t is for a stake sufficient
ly large to justify owners and trainers
in careful preparation Of the very best
horses. The distance is one and one
eighth miles, and the big race takes
place on Sept. 81.
1t is being demonstrated that first
class racing may be had without bet
ting, despite the fact that large per
centage of humanity is fond Of placing
a wager, even If 1t Is cigar, a hat or
pair of gloves for milady or a box
Of bonbons.
The Washington Derby will draw the
largest crowd eyer seen on the state
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-09-15

corn advanced, their apple crops be-
came more and more unceI tain.
Finally, they sharpened their axes
and made good corn fields of their
neglected orchards. We daresay that
if the census of 1910 takes count of
the apple trees in Illinois, Iowa, Mis-
souri, and Kansas great reduction
will be shown from the number OF ten
years ago. 1t is perhaps true that
more trees have been cut down in
these states than have been planted
in the newer districts which are be-
ing developed in the states farther
west.
We don't believe that the change
which has taken place is to be regret
ted. If man can grow better corn
crop than he can apple crop, then let
him grow corn. If he isn't cut out
for fruit grower, then let him get
out OF the business and into line of
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-09-15
business more to his liking.

business more 10 lis llhluS.
Every now and then someone proph-
estes that the apple business will
be overdone. In the meantime the
production of apples has steadily been
decreasing. Prices of apples have
ruled very high during the past few
years, and the production can be
easily overdone if those prices are to
prevail. With lower prices, how
ever, so that the fruit can be placed
within reach of everybody, this coun-
try will consume great quantities of
the king of fruits. 1t is to be hoped
we shall soon get big crop of apples
so everybody can be supplied. If we
don't get such crop soon, with
reasonable prices, lots of persons will
be educated to eat oranges and ban
anas instead of apples.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-09-15
Can You Judge Live Stock?

ington state fair is the students stock
judging contest. Young men under
twenty-five years are to pass upon a
ring of horses, cattle, sheep and swine
and place them in order of quality.
They are to write their reasons for
CHASING the animals. Judges Of ma
tional repute will correct the ratings
and explain the reasons therefor. This
contest for farmers sons is one of the
very best lessons in live stock work
and valuable every day of after life.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-09-15
Will Apple Growing
Be 0verd0ne 4?
By F. WALDEN.

One of the things that no grower
should overlook is to see to it that
his packing should be the very best.
Never, under any circumstance use
what is called the 'jum BILE pack
which consists in facing your boxes
and pouring in the balance. BE hon.
est and good will come to you.
l have often written on the pro-
position as to whether the apple bust
ness will be overdone. The following
clipped from the editorial page Of the
Fruit Grower SO completely meets my
approval that L take pleasure in re-
producing it here as Il confirmation
OF what have so often written for
The Ranch:
attention to a recent magazine article
in which the prediction is made that
apple growing will be overdone; that
the craze for planting apple trees now
is greater than the famous tulip
craze in Holland. This writer
would discourage the planting OF ap-
pie trees at this time, and our cor
respondent, who has intended plant
ing an orchard in an Eastern state,
wants to know what we think of the
mans conclusions.
Frankly, we do not agree with him
at all. In certain, sections the plant
ing of trees has been very great with
in the past few years, but if investi
cation is made, it will be found that
where planting has been heaviest the
area of really good apple land is
limited, and when all the land is
planted the number of trees will
hardly equal the number Of apple
trees which have been cut down here
in the Middle West.
We must remember that while
planting has been going on in one
section, in other districts many trees
have been cut down within the past
few years. All through the corn belt
there were thousands of acres planted
to apples few years ago which are
now growing corn.
What's the reason? Simply that
some men who could grow corn were
trying to grow apples; they were un-
willing to give their trees the atten-
tion they needed, and as the price OF
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-09-15

fair grounds, and the contest promises
to be the best ever had in Washington.
It is the star racing event Of Washing
ton this year.
Speed Program, Washington State Fair
MONDAY, SEPT. 26.
Yakima Valley purse for three-year-
old trotters (two in three) .......... $4OU
Special pace OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Opening handicap, one mile .......... $50
Special running Observation-Disclosures. 200
TUESDAY, SEPT. 81
State Fair stake-2:13 trotters CLOSED
July u ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l,OOO
Kittitas purse-2:25 PAGERS two in
Washington Derby 1h miles CLOSES
Sept. y ......................... 1000
Selling, seven-eighths mile ............ 200
WEDNESDAY. SEPT. g.
Tacoma purse-2:19 trotters 1.-TWO in
tnree) Observation-Disclosures. oOO
Commercial Club stake-2:u PAGERS
CLOSED July u ....................... 1000
One mile, selling OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 25O
Three-fourths mile. selling ........... 200
Special running NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2OO
THURSDAY, SEPT. 29.
two in three) ......................... 500
Pasco- KenneWick purse-2:H PAGERS. BOO
Five -eighths. selling ................ 200
Three-fourths, selling ............. 200
Special running ................... 200
FRIDAY, SEPT. 80.
Benton purse-2:10 trotters ............ 800
Seattle stake 2:18 PAGERS CLOSED
July u Observation-Disclosures. l,OOO
Spokane handicap, one mile CLOSES
Sept. y ...................... 800
Seven eighths, selling ....... 200
Special running ...................... 200
SATURDAY, OCT. 1.
Manufacturers stake-2:N trotters
CLOSED July y Observation-Disclosures. 1000
Klickitat purse-2:0S PAGERS 1.-TWO in
three) ......................... oU
One and one-fourth mile ............. BOO
Farewell handicap ..................... 200
Owners handicap nonwinners .... 200
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-09-15
FOR FALL SOWING
KNOW what you
are PLANTING

We want every farmer in
tho Northwest to send for
samples and prices of our
Diamond Quality" re-clean-
ed Farm and Field Seeds.
We want you to examine
them, compare them with
others, note their purity and
weight.
Selecting, re-cleaning and
grading may cost a little
more, but it insures a good
stand - bigger crops-more
profits.
Tho big "Clipper" Seed
Cleaners in our warehouse,
with their "vertical blast"
and air controllers are the
highest type of tanning mill
made, and our facilities for
grading and cleaning seeds
are unsurpassed.
PORTLAND Sc
RTLAN p,
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-09-15

Tell us the nature of your soil
and your local conditions. Over
20 years experience right here
in tho Pacific Northwest quail
ifes us to advise you.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-22
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--C. S. McNew Real Estate. Rents saa, Loans. 10S Pine street lo-s-u.

-C. s. McNew Real Estate. Rents uaa, Loans, 106 Pine street l0s-f Meyer Berlin. who recently re- inEped from trip to St Louis. is al7zs sick
 Gsp not build, repair. move your Laeaose or put up with leaking build vr,E Tu4il you get our estimate The Estsayte Construction Co D W Bosee saFsSl, 1o6 Pine st.
 -T-he fire department WAS called 1s1s rom Payne's residence, No. 3l0 aeas Fifth avenue, yesterday morn ltHz to extinguish burning aae
 7The Rug Sale of the season is on at EvEmlinson & Knox Co Next to post ss.ssos if
 -E-. US write your fire insurance. n dz4Shback Taylor. Insurance. Real H;aeate and Loans, lis l.. Main street.
 If -sIr. Traweek. the well known sSsuggc, has been quit sick for severa! < Nigga though his condition was re- ssoreed much improved yesterday
 aSock's Hot Blast Heaters are tine aAeSt. and n bargain at s5 per cent dis eaaeaAs right now at Reap < Crawford 0&1rn Co.
 -Gsr best horse shoeing see Tom E5Gg. He knows how and prices zsensonable. 621 South Main street
 M W. Taggart. son Of MT and sgt-s- W. o. Taggart who has been rsnofned to his room with typhoid ssaer, is again able to be up and out with his playmates.
 Mrs Charles McCucn and two st1ildren leave today for their home aa St. Louis, after spending some 9s11e in this city as the guest of her yEsnants, Judge and Mrs. A. E. Grace, C ETa West Barraque street
 Don't think you are going to die if S5au contract Pneumonia, Pneumo szas never failed to relieve suffer A<esg patient 1Z-l4-1m.
 On our Bargain Counter you will Saad many household necessities. and especially heaters, Art squares and 'r'sckers. Reap < Crawford Furn. Co.
 Not a 9x12 Rug in the store re 4ssearved. They all go at the sale priC,. %1.ome early while OUT stock is com .tsasate. Tomlinson & Knox Co. Next door to postoffice
 Cook with Crude 8i. :.D per cent cheaper than wood or coal. The Phoe- efax Burner attlchabie to any cooking -uN heating stove. Fine opportunity -@ary. Sec demonstration. Phoenix Crude Oil Burner Office, Rooms 6 and .; over ROscnberg's BeoA store, Pine Ysluff, Ark. l-i6-6t