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New-York tribune., 1910-04-03
By Elizabeth A. Reed

the United States sometimes amounts to ninety
million dollars III year During the late summer
and early fall robins destroy vast numbers of moths
butterflies, wasps. ants. bugs aphids, etc. Great
numbers of the Larvae of the owlet moth are also
eaten. and this family includes caterpiarS which are
known and dreaded under the name of cutworm.
Redbreast IS charged with being fond OF cherries
and strawberries: but while it that he does
take toll of early fruits he leaves the hortculturSt
largely his debtor when the is gone for the
fruit he has taken has been paid for hundr ed times
by the destruction of harmful insects on the
property. 1t is better to pay Robin few quarts of
fruit than to have the whole crop destroyed by the
pests upon which the bird SO freely feeds.
Vegetable food forms nearly fifty eight per cent.
of the stomach contents b,it forty-Seven per
cent. is wild fruits only little more than four per
cent. being possibly cultivated fruits.
The cherry unto tLnately rpens early that IL is
almost the only fruit accessible at time when the
BIRDS appetite has been sharpened by long CON
tnued diet OF insects earthworms and dried berries
and 1t Is no wonder that 1t eagerly eaten but
view of the fact that the robin takes ten times as
much wild he does of the cultivated fruit II poor
economy to kill these helpful friends to little.
Where fruits are grown Large scale 1t is easy To
protect orchards by planting ne Puss mulberry
around or here and there through Jneu This tree is
a vigorous grower and protuse bearer, ripenng its
New-York tribune., 1910-04-03
REDBREAST ON THE ROAD

% OBlN'S mgratIOnS cover a vast extent OF terri
N tory. Bringing the first of spring to the
Northland, his voice is heard during the summer
throughout North America and its borders He often
comes from the southern end of the Mexican table
lands and journeys nOrthward to the shores of
Labrador and Alaska. His familiar notes ring out in
the valleys of the Rockies, in shady hooks beneath
the naples along the streams and shores of the
lakes, and summer advances he goes higher the
mountainsideS. But when the season has closed he
down with other tourists, keeping out of the
first heavy and eating the frOstbtten wild
cherries he finds on way and also the seeds of
countless weeds and mul.tudes of injurious insects
on the trees OF the great western forests.
In the Gulf States they gather in enormous hOCks
early January and talk over the journey they
to make in the near future and soon some morn
ing wake up and look in vain for the countless
birds that running about under t"e orange
trees the day before Man of them however, win
ter farther north small focks single birds being
sometimes found in winter far north Massa-
chusetts; while they abundant in Virginia
and other States on the same parallel increasing III
numbers as we 90 southwark
A few robins winter IN the Yosemite Valley
taking care of many species of injurious beetles
which would gladly defoate the small trees If they
were left alone.
Critical Investigations of the United States Gov
ernment have proved that over forty-two per cent
of the robins food is animal matter, principally in
sects grasshopper furnishing onetenth of his whole
sustenance and the damage done by grasshoppers III
New-York tribune., 1910-04-03

City the cupping hoofs beneath them driving up
spray of soppy mud Slack uttered in staCCato gasps,
"Guess-it's stopped rainin cause.-the supply
had run out
Must We come down to beat Noahs big storm,
Red added.
A huge moon Ieered at the riders comp1acent1y
from over the tree softened outline of keewatn Hills
as their horses ate the westward trail at pound
ing gaop. The two men had lapsed into the silence
that comes with sleeping Natures hush. Where the
trail swept the base Of Keewatin Hills with the
of Eugenes sinitar suddenly lOomed like cavern
door, dark and forbidding. the Devils Pass.
That's where LamOnte got hisn, Red said.
Fifty yards beyond Slack muttered. Comes of
hookin up with breed. He orter knowed bettern
to travel with of that kidney.
A MOTHER half-rnle silent but for the rubberlike
pound of the hoofs, and with snort of alright,
Reds horse stiened his fore legs swerved and then
stood STILL throwing his head rrltably up and down,
the bit clanking against his set teeth.
Meekns was diligently trying to recover his
equilibrium
" Black Waters chewed it UP, that's what it done!
Meekns looked with angry reproach at the surg
ing flood which had swept away the primitive wooden
bridge, We'll, I'm dashed!" he growled. How're
we goin' to get to the Big Pine nOw?"
We can't" Slack answered fatly. There amt
a hoss Ivin' thatd tackle that cranky crick an if
he did he couldn't get up that straight bank acrOst
Well, I'm dangedl" Red objurgated.
There's nothn for it but to go back to Peloo's,'
Slack said resignedly.
An get the laugh throwed inter good an
plenty" Meekins contributed. "Peloo'd be in bed,
an evervthn shut up
We got to go" Slack persisted.
Il amt goin' back six miles like DANCED fool"
RED declared. Coin back there means boozin'. /
been off the liquor for three months cept tonight.
an amt goin' to take chanst We'd have to wait
two three days. p'raps. an / got to be on my
claim tO-mOrTer.
How're you goin to get there?" Slack asked sar-
CaSticav.
by ridn the trail through Keewatin Pass that's
how! 'Tain't mOre'n four miles farder.
Meekns swung his horse he said this. Slack
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fruit at the same time S the cherry and tl- As
official observation extends only the r1h.- hut
all other cherry loving birds prefer muberre O. any
other fruit.
Redbreast on the road is a blessing wherevcr ne
goes, and II Is lamentable that he has legal pro-
lection whatever the Southland where his scr-
vices are so greatly needed These rob> -lIuL1-
tered by thousands partly for sport t'l and pl.ty
tor the tiny bt of flesh found on their breasts
In Central Tennessee there large tracts ot cedar
the berries of which attract mutItudcS OF robins 10
winter. One small hamlet IN this district sends 90
market one hundred and twenty thousand hrd> an
nuay at the rate of five cents dozen thu, lea, iuE
the harmful insects upon which they would have Ted
To destroy the crops.
The great hOCkS start for the South IN Septemocr.
although many remain LiuCh later. but m eithcr
case thy fiy straight INTO the regions where cruel
guns aItnP for them. and. after escaping count
less peIilS by land and sometimes bv thousands
fall. the victims of brutality large bdgtuls beng
gathered while many wounded are LETT C. die.
RedbTea>t and his comrades on the long airy road
Will save the grasses and the orchards the gram and
even the If their faithful work allowed o. -
They ask for assistance. they ask only 10 pS
allowed To- save the trees by killing their eneuIts
Robin Is the first To bring his CHEEKY into thS
drearneSS OF the northern spring. where he sings Ui
leaty hooks and running streams where he toreIelS
the coming of the bluebIrd the Orole aud the LtfA
Soon all the summer sOngsterS reOiC'ng with hm
and the home builders working IN the hedges anu
shrubs. IN the treetoPs and among the tli grasses
New-York tribune., 1910-04-03

kinder made your lungs ache an you didn care to
tackle 1t. Don't say noth1n about the ghosts, or
they'll laugh at YOU
''Of all the DANCED fellers TO be sot IN their way
that ever see, YOU We got EN- skinned both avs OF
the lack Mr.. Meekinsi You re wuSs a kid an In
gOin' to play the fool humOrin YOU. Shove along
an we'll see who's afeered an who's dang
But Meekins had slipped into the gloom OF the
pass; for the moon had now dipped behind the bar
rer of Keewatin Hills and the penCiled hne Of the
trail had blurred to nothing.
WITH heads low hung in the freedom Of SACKED
w rein the horses sought the trail With cautious
stride. Sometimes stone Clnked a metaL-c note
from the iron shoes: sometimes a quICkered rush
told of maSkeeg stretch; sometimes a rOcNy wall
brushed leg the path they rode lOOpe5 some
sharp point: but ALWAYS theV drove INTO q deeper
gloom which Law in heaviness upon their hearts.
Strange broken fragments of the organs wal came
hauntingly to Meekins in the sOmber stilnes 90 the
gorge. Once SlaCk's horse nli>T laced a hCot and
foundered on the giving edge OF a cut bans and,
startled, he cried out IN sudden fear, -1c1 ne
COughed and swOre TO reaSSert his nerve.
Kinder dark. Red threw back. but IN mile
she'll hit the open. l been through here wu---.
The uplift of the horses backs told thar they
climbed heavy grade. n wind blew n the,- aces
now it chilled as though beyond lay snow.
We're gettin' there Red called back % Sack.
I'm gettin' Of keeU atin's breath
Il wisht he was gettin punch IN the face SACK
muttered TO himself. I'D like TO give HIM orc.
Soft waIl1ng strains came from the pine ..-Ens
overhead the Wind cut through their v.re.ike
screen Afraid, Slack rode with nerves as Vibrant as
though he dangled a preCipiCe. He 1St
screamed in agony when something perhar- - --ar-
tied wolf fled IN noisy haste their atl ne
horses snorted. They too seemed on the edge " ear
Il was fool TO come inter these DANCED I-s.
Slack muttered.
Red spoke to his horse some needless word. as
though he sought a change 10 the silent STRAIN.
Gradually. imperCeptibly. the wind grew >-- ger
as thew rode the hill. The music of the pines vas
now one heightened hum, though bees hung On
every limb.
We're on top. Slack" Red advised. as ,heif
Corezasa gegs 70
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turned his mount and IN silence rode at
the other side. AT the mouth ot Devils
Pass Slack checked his steed. saying:
Tain 7 much use goin' N there.
A fellers Jus as like to hit the wrong
trail an fetch up at Loon Lake.
Thought YOU wasn't feared Of en-
squaw stories. Red sneered-
Il amt feared of nothin' TO uOren
YOU are" Slack retOrted angrily, but
/ don't want TO go mOOrin' round Ike
a stray goat jus' for the fun Of the thing.
Well. I'm gOin' to the Big Pine TO
night by this trail" Red declared All
| got to do is keep bearin' 70 the lef' an
come out inter Kettle Valley then it's
as good as a sidewalk to the Big Pine.
If YOU want TO 60 back to PelOo' $. Slack,
nus tell EN- that the air I'D IN these hills
New-York tribune., 1910-04-03

I'm put the screws on that breed an see II can
make him sing that same thing-see, PelOO' But
want to get kinder familiar with the rim: of it.
When romasso had played the dirgel1ke thing for
the third time, Red said, That's the kind of music
that drives a teller to drink
"Ben as you're pressin, Red, don't mind II L
do Peloo said suggestively.
1t crter be the house for harborin' the cause
of complaint" " Red proclaimed; but Mr.. Tomat-
the musicianer has been mos oblign an entertainn,
an my proposition goes.
THEY adjourned to the bar, and there was
round of drinks
Then Peloo said The house now rises to the occa-
sion remark that its ready to discharge its OF Sa-
tions. What II you have, gentlemen?
The Constable as cause of the trouble. felt called
upon to keep up his end that the expiration OF
half an hour Tonasso having gone back 10 the organ,
the four friends were lett somewhat IN mellow con-
fidential mood
Il don't mind sayin', felers,' Peloo remarked,
THAT I've heerd that kinder dead march piece be-
fore" He looked with wise gravity at SPeers and
winked
That what was sorter drvin' at the Constable
observed. Was it the FrenChman an the breed!
1t was" PelO declared dramatically. That
DANCED breed would stand there howln by the
organ, an Lamonte he's thumPin the ivories an
scrawlin' sOmethln on paper. See!
Maxim it up" Speers suggested, nodding his
head.
THAT don't prove nothn" Slack objected.
They was both nutty. You fellers put in mind
of o women that, when they hear dog howl, they
say it's a sign somebody's gOin TO die.
Slack Meekins put his hand on the last speak
erS shoulder, you go and get the hOSSeS an we IL
pull for the Big Pine. know it's stopped ranin,
: feel DANCED dry. l amt goin' to get full to-
.l-srt cause the water wagon.
Meekins la lghed fOolishly his foot missed the
strrup This black mud's so DANCED slip'ryl" he
remarked extenuating explanation to PelOO
and Speers, who stood in the doorway. AT the next
try he made it. and, lifting the saddle, sang out,
as the impatient horse lurChed forward Goodnight,
boys. Hope Slack don't want to go up into the
Keewatin Hills tonight.
As the horsemen swung to the trail from Silver
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per's importance. In his perpiexity he
turned again to the organ and sang
wordless refrain to the score. Red and
Slack caught themselves humming the
weird refrain. 1t was creepy, as Red
had declared.
III tell YOU what it's like. Tomasso
said. as he finished, Its like a storm at
sea shrieking through the rigging. It's
what we call mad music, seeking for
something, trying to harness the turmoil
to music"
Its kinder like that" Peloo agreed.
With some wolves +hrowed in, howlln
their level best" Slack added.
Would you mind playin' it again,
mister?" Speers requested.
What're YOU irwin to get out of
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28

Governor Carroll is a candidate for
reelection and is standing as favoring
neither faction of the republican party,
and, it is believed, he will not care to
appoint anyone until after election.
He may announce an appointment af-
ter election. but it is considered more
likely that he will wait until the legis-
lature meets in about three months
and allow it to elect.
Blaine Hears Of Doliiver.
Blaine heard of Dolliver when the
former was running for president back
in 1884, against Cleveland. Dolliver
was then but &c years old. Blaine
made up his mind to secure the ora
torical services of the young orator,
sent for him and he and Dolliver
stumped the east. Dolliver seemed to
be destined to become a public figure
and would have been heard from much
sooner if Blaine had been elected. But
although Cleveland won out, the young
man from Iowa had accumulated some
fame as an orator. Shortly after that
memorable campaign and after Dol
liver had gone back to his law prac-
tice at Fort Dodge, the "boys" began
to run him for congress. He did not
take this running seriously until 1890
when he got out and carried his dis.
trict. From that time he grew in pro-
minence and his oratorical powers
carried him to leadership.
Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver was born
near kingwood, w. Va, Feb. 6, 1853.
His ancestors were of good old New
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28
PICKED UP BY VESSEL
WELLMAN'S AIRSHiP Is WRECK.
ed OFF ATLANTIC COAST.
Entire Crew is Picked up by the
Steamship Trent After Exciting
Time $50 Miles at Sea.

New York, N. Y, oct. 1S.-A wire.
ess message to the New York Times
rom Captain Dowd of the Royal Mail
steamer Trent says that the Trent
lcked up Wellman and the crew of
he America at 5 o'clock this morn
.ng.
The airship had been abandoned.
The rescue was made in latitude 35.43,
longitude 6S.1S.
The position reported by Captain
Oowd indicates that Wellman and his
crew were picked up at a point about
$50 miles due east of Cape Hatteras
on the North Carolina shore.
New York, Oct. 1S.-A wireless re-
ceived by Sandison Il Son, local agents
Tor the Royal Mail steamer packet line
plying between New York and Cuba
and Bermuda was signed by Com
lander Dowd of the steamer Trent
and read as follows:
AT S a. IN. today sighted Wellman's
airship america in distress. Got sig
nails by the Morse code that she re-
luired assistance and help. After
three hours |maneuvering and, fresh
winds blowing got Wellman with en-
tire crew and the cat. They were
hauled safely on board. All well.
America was abandoned in latitude
55.43 north, longitude 6S.1S west"
New York, N. Y. Oct. 1S.-Presi-
dent Taft sent a telegram from the
Ellis island to the navy department in
Washington today giving the depart
ment authority to act in the Wellman
matter. The president asked tina in
luiries be made as to the situation and
that whatever assistance was neccs-
sary be rendered.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28
Florida Cities Suffer.

st. Augustine, Fla, oct. 18th.
entire business section Of st. Angus
tine is flooded with inrushing water
todayw lille the wind and waves are
still rising. with no indication of when
their limit will be reached
The water is pouring over the sea
wall from the highest storm line in
sixteen years. 1t is feared that tonight
Will be still worse and that it will
sweep high over the city. SO far the
has been 40 loss of life.
scores Of persons were driven from
their homes today by the rising tide.
Several hotels on the water front were
Hooded in their lower floors. The tide
receded slightly about noon that3is due
to rise again tonight. Two launches
were sunk in the bay, but no lives we're
lost. The electric power plant was
forced to shut down.
Savannah, Ga, oct. 1S.-At 7 o'clock
this morning the wind reached thirty
three miles an hour and was appar-
emily increasing steadily. The bar
Ometer at 9 O'Clock read 29.75, having
steadily declined since yesterday.
Shipping in the harbor is preparing
for the expected blow and the local
wireless station is trying to warn yes-
sells at sea.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28
Personal,

CONGRESSMAN Mccall of Massachu-
sets was renOminated.
Aviator Eugene Ely abandoned his
ChicagO-New York flight.
Charles E. Hughes took the oath as
a justice of the supreme court.
Colonel Roosevelt took an air ride
with Aviator HOxsey at St. Louis.
Senator La Toilette, operated upon
for gall stones, is rapidly recovering.
Governor Eberhart calls the trag.
edy in northern Minnesota a CHASTITY
lesson.
A visit Of Senator Root to President
Taft caused coupling of his name with
1 supreme court vacancy.
Colonel Roosevelt took issue with
President Taft on the duty of the gov
eminent in reclamation work in
states.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28
General,

Argument was concluded in the
government suit to dissolve the mer.
gel of the Union and Southern Pa.
cific.
Every union man at the Illinois
Central shops at Paducah, KY. walk.
ed out through sympathy to the Sunk.
ing carmen.
United States Senator Nelson W..
Aldrich. who, with the members of
his family, has been in Europe for a
month, returned last week.
Stanley Ketchel, champion middle.
weight pugilist of the world, died at
Springfield, Mo-, as a result of being
shot by Walter A. Hurtz, a ranch
hand.
Senator Dolliver, of Iowa, died sud.
denly at his home in Fort Dodge on
the 18th, after an illness of abut one
week. His death was due to dilation
of the heart.
Census Supervisor S. C. Beach, who
directed the census for the Portland
district, secuted the report from
washington that the census returns
Of Portland and other coast cities had
been padded.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28
JONATHAN P. DOLLIVER.
United States Senator from Iowa.

England stock, sailors and fishermen.
Mr.. Delivers father was a circuit
riding preacher in the old dominion,
a strong Methodist and a vigorous
speaker.
Senator Dolliver was graduated from
the University of West Virginia in
1875 and was admitted to the bar in
1878. Previous to this time he had al.
ready begun to interest himself in
politics, and, as early as 1870, when he
was but IS years of age, he made a
political speech at Clinton Furnace.
w. Va, which was thought notable.
During the Hayes-Tilden campaign he
spoke at Morgantown and various 9TH
err places and already began to be
looked upon as a promising man.
Shortly afterward he removed to Iowa,
was elected to the ffty-first congress
from the tenth Iowa district and vas
reelected to the fifty-second, fifty
third. f%ifty-fourth, fifty-fifth and fifty.
sixth congresses. He was appointed
United States senator to fill a vacancy
in 1900 and was elected to the same
Office in 1902. He was reelected in
1907 and was chairman of the commit.
tee on education and labor.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28
Crippen Trial Beuins.

London, Oct. IS. - DIR. Hawley H.
Crippen today was put on trial for his
life, charged with the murder of his
wife, Cora Belle Crippen. The jury,
a typical body of middle class trades
men and clerks, was secured with lit
tie trouble.
Crippen pleaded not guilty and list
ened intently and with an anxious ex-
preston as Richard d. Muir made the
opening statement for the prosecution.
Lord Chief Justice Presides.
The trial, which is being held in
New Bailey, promises to be one of the
most historic in the annals Of that
famous court. No less a parsonage
than lord chief Justice Alvcrstone is
presiding.
Ethel Clara Leneve, the doctors
typist, who las been indicted as an
accessory after the fact, was not in
court. Her trial will follow in the
event of Crippen's conviction.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28
Foreign.

A Lisbon dispatch to a news agency
in London says that Great Britain
has recognized the republic of Portu.
gal.
The emperor and empress of Ger.
many gave a state banquet conclud.
ing the celebration of the centenary
of the University of Berlin.
King Manuel is engaged in the
preparation of a manifesto for distri.
button to the press of Europe setting
forth his side concerning the revolu.
ton. The manifesto will not be pub.
lished until some time after the
kings arrival in England.
The Philippine legislature has con.
vened. In his message Governor Gen
eral Forbes congratulated the govern
ment on the results of the Payne.
Aldrich tariff bill and says that the
finances of the Philippines are salts.
factory. The fiscal year closes with
a surplus in excess of 81, OOO, 900.
Spanish monks and nuns who have
fled from Lisbon are arriving at vi.
go, Babajoz and other points on the
frontier. At Badajoz, on the order
of a bishop the nuns are succored
at the Carmelite convent. Owing to
pending legislation affecting the re.
llglous orders, the influx of refugees
is embarrassing to the Spanish gov.
eminent.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28
Balloons Making Good Race.

st. Louis, Oct. 1S.-One balloon, the
Million Club, which was entered in the
international race, landed near Racine,
Wis, this morning and nine others are
crossing or have crossed Lake Michi-
gan.
The balloons left here yesterday af-
ernOo in the race for the lanes Cor
don Bennett cup and prizes amounting
to $4,75O.
Only one balloon, the Helvetia entry
and winner of the 1908 race from Ber-
lin, had not been seen or identified
up to noon.
Shelby, Mich, Oct. 1S.-Two balloons
have been sighted after crossing Lake
Michigan. One was seen at Muskegon
and the other northeast of this place.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28
DEATH COMES SUDDENLY
TO SENATOR DOLLIYER
Heart FAILURE SNUFFS OUT THE LIFE OF IOWA'S
PROGRESSIVE STATESMAN AT THE
HEIGnTH OF HIS CAREER

Fort Dodge, Iowa.-Jonathan Prem
ice Dolliver, senior United States
'enator from Iowa, died at his home
lere Saturday evening, while a physi-
ian stood over him making an exam
nation Of his heart with a s%tethoscope.
Death came without a moments
warning, and DR.. e. M. Vanivetten,
Who was making the examination,
vhen the instrument stopped, thought
he stethoscope had been broken. He
ooked up into the face of the senator
o find that, silently and with tragic
Iuddenness, the death messenger had
:alled the soul of the statesman.
Heart trouble vas alone the cause
IT the death, and the minor ills which
lave been bothering the senator dur
ng the last three weeks had little
effect on his passing. Although Sen
ltor Dolliver had been i'll for three
weeks or more, during the last few
lays he had been up and around, even
Is late as 2 p. m. today.
The colleagues of the dead senator
we're early to offer their coincidence,
md there were many words of Sympa-
by from the statesmen and diplomats
If Washington.
Mrs. Dolliver, her two daughters,
Margaret and Frances, and her son
George we're in the room when Sem
ator Dolliver died. A sister, Miss Gay
Oolliver, Is dean of women at Morn.
ngside college in Sioux City, Iowa; r.
Il. Dolliver, brother, is a minister in
he Methodist church, but hes not been