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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-20
nv FRANC g. CARPENTER.


Washington, ID. c.. August i3.-Lincle
Fam raised enough dates last year TO
give every man, woman and child IN
the country handful and leave some
10 spare. The amount was 2o.0o0.0ro
pounds, and the fruit was as fine az
that which comes from the Gases of the
Sahara Much of II was raised about
the ssiton Sea, in southern California,
whero Il IS so hot that tho hens ar.
said to lay boiled eggs. and where. AZ
is alleged b. others. there Is only a
sheet OF brown paper between IL and
the lower regions. Other dates were
grown in the Rio Grande Valley OF
Texas and others on the scorchinE
tands Of Southern Arizona The Arabs
say that the date palm must have ,ts
feet in the water and It's head in the
burning sun.
Those are the conditions in many
parts OF our great Southwest. The sun
rs white hot. but by irrigation the
palms are Kept moist. and they produce
this delicious fruit. which contains
more sugar than any other on ear>f.
These potential date regions are very
extensive. / have been inqu:rins about
Thorn of the Agricultural Department
and Walter T. sWlngle. who has spe-
c!al charge Of this industry. tells me
that We have several million acres that
Tiil raise excellent dates and that
we could. If we would supply all the
uates that are eaten by man.
The Duties Of tie Sahara.
But before ! give you my talk with
Professor S"ingia. Let me take you
through some OF the date countries OF
the world NAM OF our dates come
from the Sahara, that great stretch OF
desert which runs across North Africa.
covering almost as much land as the
whole United states. ! have visited a
dates from the trees
The Gases are garden spots In this
vast region of sand and rock. There
are 10000 square miles OF them. ter
ri,ory equal 10 twice that Of Ohio. Ken
tueky and Virginia. and upon all OF
them the chief crop Is dates. Each
oasis is measured. not by It's area, bE
b. the number Of date trees II contsins
and the French OF Morocco and Algeria
tax the people according to the size OF
their orchards
Dates have the same place in the sa-
hara that our wheat has in the North
and cotton IN the South II is the
mon.y crop and the chief support OF
tne people I, is the date that loads
the caravans OF camels tina; move to
and fro over the desert It might also
be called the bread of the Sahara. for
In some places the Arabs eat but little
else, the fruit being fed to the cameIs
and even 10 the dogs
This date stock feed however. is
different from the fruit we have in
America. The GASES have as many
kinds of dates as We have apples. ThsIe
are more than 100 different date palms
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Williamsburg Social News.
Especial 10 This r!mes-Dispateh.l

especial to TIL. rimes-Dispateh.I
Williamsburg. Va, August Ia-Fred' r.
burg. left to-day FOR Berlin. Nd. to spend
his vacation with his parents.
John Hundicy. of Norfolk. has been hero
this week Visiting his mother. Mrs. Julia
Hundley.
Sir. nnG Mrs Hodges II. Christian. OF
Hampton. who havs been spending their
vacation here with relatives. Will return
home tho first OF next week.
Van F. Garrett and two children. ana a. D.
Cole loft the frst OF the week for New
York City. Boaton. Albany and other points,
to be away several days 5{.
Norfolk. whence she will go by steamer to-
New York en- route to Newport to be the;
guest OF Mrs a. II. Miles. Later she will
ylSit friends in Pittsneld Mass, and Will
be gone one month.
Mr.. and hrs. Henley Sweeney. Jr-. left
Thursday for stauuton. where they will
spend a couple OF weeks with friends and
relatives
Miss Mary Bowry has been the su.st -
friends in Charles city this week.
Miss Rosetta Houge has gone to Rich.
mond where she will remain some time.
l.. +. Barnes OF Richmond. was in Will
lismsburg Monday and spent the day wtths
brother. A. ]. Barnes.
Mrs. W. J. Young and SON Faulkner oc
Hampton. spent the week hero With tho
formers daughter. Mrs. Spencer Lane.
Misses ocio and Rebecca Jones and Miss
Minnie Davis spent several days this weein
MIS-. l.. ". Lane, Jr.. has been the guest
OF friends this week in Norfolk and Suffolk.
B. F Wolfe returned Yesterday from q
utoy Of several days IN Norfolk.
Mrs. F. 5. Roldcroft and Miss Ida Hold
croft, OF Richmond. are spending sonno ti.i,s
With friends in chnrless City county,
E. NJ Brooks - .
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chards once in bearing prove enor-
mously profitable. The trees begin to
fruit in three years. and the dates
sell at retail for from 10 to so cents
pound, according to quality. The
average yield of a Deglet Moor palm
is put at from SIS to 1872 pounds. and
an estimate of $3.50 profit per acre a
counting only IS pounds to a tree. an
acre should yield 1000 or 5000 pounds
a year.
There is no doubt but that the de-
mand for dates can he greatly in
creased. The California Fruit Grow
ers' Association has by advertising
and marketing added 80 per cent. to
the demand for oranges in Iowa. and
it is spending 100000 this year to
increase the sale of that fruit in iii.
ncis. Wisconsin and other States. The
same may be done with the date.
This fruit is the great dessert food of
France. and a box of ine dates forms
the chief Christmas present there. The
Agricultural Department believes that
the time Will come when dates will
he consumed by our people much as
oranges are now, and they tell Inc that
we have the soil and climate which can
, supply any demand.
Our Big Fig Crop.
Another tropical fruit which is now
affecting California, Arizona and Texas
as we'll as other parts of the West. is
the Smyrna fig. This fruit can lie
raised over a great area, and there Is
no doubt hut that we could produce al
we consume. Nevertheless, nine-tenths
of our figs still come from abroad. and
we are importing 100000 pounds every
year. California has long realized the
money that might be made out Of the
business, and 1t has tried again and
again 10 go into It. II did not succeed,
however. until Mr.. Swingle brought
here from Asia Minor the blastopha gas
and trained it to work in the harness
of the horticulturist.
I wonder if you have ever heard of
the blastophagas. 1t Is little insect
which looks like a wasp. only much
smaller. Its chief job in life is carry
Ing the pollen from the male As tree
to ths female fig tree, and thereby fer
tiliZing the fruit. Unless it is ferti-
iized the fruit is not good. 1t will not
stay on the tree and is of no CONNER
cial value whatever
Now the blastophngas Is like the
boil weevIl. in that 1t will feed upon
only ono crop. The boil weevil will eat
nothing but cotton The blastopha gas
can live on nothing but the Smyrna
hg. 1t can he torn only in the capri
fig, which is the male variety of the
Smyrna fig, and the fgs Of the male
tree are seemingly good for nothing
else but to serve as a breeding ground
for this insect.
While talking about this matter
with Mr.. swipgle he drew for me two
pictures OF the blossoms of the male
and female trees. Each is OF the shape
of bell with a narrow mouth, min
ute flowers being on the inside OF the
bell In the male tree the flowers are
so short that when the Nine Blast
ophasas sticks in her tail and deposits
| the eggs they are close enough To
become q part of the fruit. and they
coon hatch therein and crawl forth as
wasps like their mother. II one OF
these capri figs Is cut open before IL
| is ripe 1t will be seen to he full OF
| grains which look much like seeds
| These grains are minute gals. each OF
wh3 a !lg Insect When ths
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Egypt from arabia and from other
places which ne visited during his
travels.
bringing Dates TO America.
The man who has done more for
Gate culture In the United States than
any other. however. Walter I. Swim
gle. who is botanist and plant
breeder ranks as high as Luther Bur.
bank, the so-celled wizard of Califor-
mia. Mr. Swingle has bred new dates.
new figs and new citrus fruits. in
GLIDING oranges which can be grown
S far North as central Georgia. He
has been largely instrumental in in
Producing the date and the fig into
cur country. and has also given US
the pistachio and other valusbl plants
of the Mediterranean region. He has
been connected with the Department
| OF Agriculture for more than twenty
years, and became interested In the in
| PRODUCTION Of dates and figs during his
| stay at Naples. where he went to
study tropical agriculture about de-
| cade or so ago He then travelled
| through Asia Minor and crossed over
into Africa. going down into the sa-
hara- Prior to his visit to the date
regions there SON. seeding date trees
J had been grown in California and Art
iona, and there had been attempts by
|
suckers from the date trees of Africa.
The chief way of starting date
| grove in the Sahara is TO take up the
| suckers which sprout out from about
the trunk of the palm. and plant them.
| The method OF shipping them TO the
| United States was 10 set them out
in tubs near the trees from which
they were taken and to allow them
! 20 grow for one year. At the end of
| he
sent to New York and thence to the
West. This method was costly The
steamboats, did not like to handle this
| tubs, and they charged freight at the
rate OF one ton per tub. The expense
was almost prohibitive.
| Mr.. Swingle conceived the idea of
sending the shoots fresh from the tree.
He sent to Paris for a hale Of a spe-
cial kind of moss, and with this, af-
ter 1T had been well wet, he wrapped
the end of the suckers. He then tied
each up in straw and packed them in
| ordinary shoe boxes which he was
able to ship at the regular freight
rates. II was foanA that the shoots
arrived in Arizona and California In
| excellent condition. They were trans
| planted in the date gardens there and
rapidly grew.
| Where Our Date Farms Arc.
During his second visit to Algeria.
Mr.. Swingle made. one shipment OF
over four hundred of these suckers,
three-fourths OF which became trees.
| and since then We have had other I'M
| portations made the same way. Some
| of the suckers were set out at Tempe,
Arizona, not far from Phoenix Thco-
dore Roosevelt while President feast
| cf on dates from those trees and
thousands OF pounds We're harves. ted
from them this year. others OF the
| suckers went to California, and some
have been sent to an extensive date
region which is now being tested near
Laredo, Texas. Not a few so import
! ed are growing In the Imperial VAL
ley of Southern California. Mr. Swim
gle tells me that dates may be grown
In California as far north as Sacra-
mento. but that the finest varieties
Wan succeed best about tYumas Art.
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cH lima t1G
In the Sahara. and many others In the
Persian Gulf region. The dates We eat
are full of sugar and are so soft and
juicy that they must be drained before
being packed. The favorite date OF
The Sahara is dry date, which can be
Kept long TING and which Is some
times pulverized and so cooked An
other date is dsliciously sweet It IS
prune before II is pressed.
Fersinn Gulf Dnte..
One OF the most interesting date
regions of the world Is about the Per-
sian Gulf IN the valley of the Euphra-
ties. not far from where the Tower Of
BABEL once stood, and near the sup
posed location o, the Garden Of Eden
have taxed about this country with
Mr.. David Fa,rchild. the agricultural
explorer. who has gone around the
world. Ike watch spring. scratching
It's surface for new plants and trees
10 introduce into the United States
He made a special trip TO study the
date groves OF the Persian Gulf, which
are sthl furnishing most Of that fruit
that comes 10 America. Sir Falrch!ld
says there are something like 20. 900. 900
date palms in that territory. and that
an unbrokcn date forest runs along tho
Shatel-Arah which forms the mouth
OF the Euphrates ana Tisrls Rivers,
Tor distance of over seventy miles.
That mighty date grove is several miles
widc. and it contains altogether about
100000 trees. II IL irrigated By the
river the tides hacking the fresh wa
ter into the canals and giving the roots
OF each Palm bath twice day.
The Persian dates are of hundreds of
varieties. and Mr.. Fsirchild heard of
some that are said TO be seedless. In
this respect corresponding perhaps TO
tho navel orange, which is now SO com
mon all over our country.
Mr. Fairchild sent shoots Of several
varieties of dates to the United States.
and has thus been instrumental in
giving us some of the first trees plant
ed in our arid West. He also forward
cd date trees from the Fayoum, In
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ing regions OF Asia Minor. North Africa
and Europe In addition tho Depart
ment has several thousand other seed
lings produced from the finest varieties
OF hgs and these are being distributed
to lg growers in different parts OF the
West. The result will be that the
United States Will eventually not only
raise all it's own figs. but that It will,
nave the best figs that can be pro-
duced.
Copyright. 1911. by Frank G. carpen-'
teri
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-20
FRECKLES GONE
simple Remedy from Tragic ,Drugecos
Removed Them" Says Society Lady.

The best skin specialists told m. th.x
nothing would remove my freckles, and thai
] would carry them TO my grave" said a
we!-known society woman. but feoeH
tnsm all with drug. oth!se-0oubls.
streH9 th-that I bought at Tragic ,pruS
co.'s which cleared my skin and gave rae
nne complexion" ~
The action OF othins is really remark-.
aole, for when applied at night many OF
the ireGkles disappear entlrely ,by morning
and the rest have begun TO fade. An ounce
" usually all that is needed. even for thd
worst case. = ~
BE sure TO ask Tragic Drug Co. for tha
douols strength othlne as this 10 sold unda1
a guarantee OF money back II It fails "a
remove the freckles
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Big Money Datesw Uncle Is Raising Tropical Fruits On
Southwestern Deserts-Tventy Million Pounds Dates Last Y

The Palm Gardens of Arizona.
The Date Trees of the Sahara
and the Persian Outflow the
Fruit Was Introduced-Breed-
ing New Varieties-All About
the Fig and the Blastophagas,
a Little Insect Whose Eggs
Are Worth Millions-The Mas
lin Fig Orchard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22
COERCION ACT IS VOID.
EMPLOYER Has Right to Discharge
Union Employee.

independence. Kan, Dec. 22.-The
waterloo here when Judge Thomas
Flanellv Of the district court held 1t
unconstitutional and void, basing his
decision upon similar decisions relating
to similar statutes enacted in other
states and upon a decision OF the
United States supreme court.
He laid down the principle that it
was as much the right of an employer
to discharge an employee as it is for
an employee to quit unsatisfactory en-
pIoyment The cases bringing forth
the decision were those of the State VS..
Bundy. a Missouri Pacific foreman,
who discharged men for belonging to
a labor organization and the State VS..
Rossman and others Of the American
Zinc and Smelling company, who dis
charged men from their plants at Ca
nev and bearing. this county, for join
ing the American Federation of La
bor
The federation took a hand in the
prosecution and the cases have been
closely watched all over the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22

that Avis Linnen. the chorus singer
who met death by cyanide of potas-
SUM at the Young Women's Christian
association dormitory, went through
a secret ceremony which, it will be
charged. Richeson suggested.
Il can marry others, why not our
selves is the argument Richeson is
alleged to have made to the little coun-
try girl
Wont that be romantic?'' was the
answer of Avis Linnel. Then follow
ed a ceremony, it will be asserted,
which brought great happiness tenn
porarily to Avis.
The unusual ceremony is alleged to
have taken place last summer at Hy-
annis on Cape Cod. where both were
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22
LAW MAKES THEM QUIT.
First Cousins, Twice Happily Wed, Are
Divorced.

Independence, Kan. Dec. 22.-Jen-
ME Balm and J. w. Balm. first cousins,
were granted a divorce in the district
court, the decree being applied for by
the wife and no objection being filed
bv the husband Both appeared anx-
ions to have the bonds which bound
them insecurity broken. They were
married in Wichita, in 1908, and did
not know at the time that the mar
riage of first cousins was forbidden by
the laws of Kansas. When they We're
informed Of the illegality of the union,
thev went to Missouri and had the i'm
preston that marriage between first
cousins was permitted in Missouri
When they once more learned of their
mistake they decided to quit trying to
get married hence the formal separa-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22

scholars as are not able TO take the
prescribed course OF four years. There
seems to be many reasons in it's favor.
a four-year course is a luxury many
cannot afford. The consequence is that.
rather than go in for a more limited
number of years of high school work
and retire without a diploma. many pu-
pills stop after finishing the grammar
grade.
The modern idea seems 20 be to
make the education ut the individual.
and give the greatest good to the
greatest number. A practical two years
course, with the incentive OF a diploma.
would undoubtedly prove OF great
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22
SLUMP in IMMIGRATION
Falling OFF of Nearly 100000 From
Last Years Figures.

New York, Dec. 22.-One of the greatest
siumps in immigration ever received at
the port of New York is being written
into the records at Ellis Island during
the closing days of the year. Already
the records show that nearly 300, 600 fewer
immigrants have landed there up to the
present time than for the corresponding
period in 1910 and indications are, Com
missioner Williams says, that there will
be a reduction of 90 per cent or more
from 1910 figures for the year
The increasing tide of humanity is lower
now than at any time since 1903 With
the tide at its ebb every special leaving
for Europe is crowded as never before
one vessel sailing two days ago left 500
steerag e passengers on the wharf because
of inability to find accommodations
aboard for them During the first ten
days of December, 1870 Is, 706 third class
passengers sailed for Europe, this year
5,245. Outbound vessels carried nearly
so per cent more third class passengers
this year than last
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22
wAKEENEY STILL IN RACE.
Fight for New Hospital Still Being
Made.


WaKeeney, Kan. Dec. 22.-No
harder fight has been made for the
new state hospital than that by the
people of WaKeeney- If this town
does not finally win the town will still
be on the maps. The WaKeeneyites
are backing up their bid with plain.
every day facts, which they claim they
can substantiate- Hence the claim
thev make that their bid was not only
the lowest but the site where the
building will be located. if it comes
here. has all the requirements asked
for. and more, too, thrown in for good
measure The towns in the Sixth dis
trict which put in bids for the new
state hospital have dropped out, and
while the board of control located it
at Larned. in the Seventh district,
which has not yet been sanctioned by
Governor Stubs. the WaKeeneyites
want it understood that their town
will be in the race as long as there is
a chance to win.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22
ROAD PROGRAM IS OUT
Good Roads Men VIII Meet in EN-
pofia, January II.

Enlporia, Kan. Dec. 22.-The Kansas
State Good Roads association is to hold
its annual meeting here on January II
and Is President Horace Greeley
w. S. Gearhart. state highway engi-
neer of Manhattan, are arranging
things in regard to the meeting. which
will likely be largely attended The
meetings will be held in the wigwam,
a spacious building centrally located
The program committee has prepared
FIRST SESSION.
Wednesday Morning, January II.
ao-Registration at Headquarters, the
Wiswam.
s;oo-convention Called to order by the
President.
Invocat ton.
Address Of welcome, William Allen
White. Emporia.
Response to Address of Welcome, Ralph
Faxon. Garden City.
Gulf to Winnipeg, or Benefits of Cross
State Highways" John c. Nicholson,
Starting at the Beginning. Col Sidney
Suggs, state highway commissioner, Okla
homa.
Progress in Good Roads in Kansas in
1911-Our Needs w. S. Gearhart, state
highway engineer, Kansas.
Appointment of Committees.
12:00-Adjournment.
SECOND SESSION.
Wednesday Afternoon, January II.
50. Hnt husiasm as a Factor in ROAD
The States Relation to Good Roads,
Hon Arthur Capper Topeka:
Advantages of the New Road Law,
Hon. J. NJ. Cray, Kirwin.
Interpretation of the New Road Law,
Attorney General Dawson.
Discussion led by State Engineer Gear
hart
..stone Road Construction Senator c.
II. Hodges. Olatlae.
Educational Side of Public Improve
ments'' Prof. J. H Miller Manhattan.
THIRD SESSION.
Wednesday Evening, January T.
7:50-Address Governor w r. Stubbs.
Address. Hon. Henry j. Allen
Address Hon. Charles T. Scott.
FOURTH SESSION.
Thursday Morning, January IS.
9:00-s-What Chautauqua County Is Do
ing for Good Roads, J. H. Edwards, Sc
dan, president Chautauqua County Good
Roads association
Bridge Work in Greenwood County"
County Engineer w. J. Bison, Eureka
Address. T. II. Mcdonald, state high
way engineer, Ames, Iowa.
Necessity of New Bridge Law
County Engineer c. f. Osborn, Howard.
General Discussion.
Address Prof. J. H Waters, Kansas
State Agricultural college.
.'The Railroads and Good Roads,
Frank FARRELL, Topeka.
FIFTH SESSION.
Thursday Afternoon January Il.
1:30-'-Cood Roads and prosperity;
What Good Roads viii Mean to Kansas
Mayer Z. E. Frizell, Larned-
''Sand-Clay Roads-Reno County, Coun-
ty Engineer w. B. Harris, Hutchinson,
Address, State Engineer Geo. w.
Cooley. St. Paul. MINI.
Symposium-'Goo Roads as a Business
Proposition County Commissioner Al
Gray. Chautauqua county. 'Overcomihs
Prejudice and Getting Funds" 3. Buchli.
Alma Economy of Permanent Bridges;
G. W. Mayer. Kansas City. Kan. OllcG
Roads" J. NJ. Allen. Chanute, "Radiating
Roads.
Address. Curtis Hill, state highway en-
gineer. Missouri.
Address. Geo. Black, Master State
Grange, Olathe.
Business
Report of Committees.
Election of Officers
Place of Next Meeting.
All sessions will begin promptly on
time.
Opportunity will be given for general
discussion on all subjects Everybody |
Interested in good roads invited to be |
present and take part in the discussions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22
MOCK MARRIAGE VICTIM
New Light Thrown on Relations of
Riclleson and IinneII Girl.

Boston, Dec. 22.-That the Rev. Car
ence v. Il. Richeson married Avis Lin
nell in weird secret ceremony in which
he was both groom and officiating
clergyman and that the girl implicitly
believed in the legality of the cere-
mony is reported to be the startling
feature of the government case
against the Cambridge minister
When the murder case comes up
next month the government will pro-
ducc witnesses in an attempt to prove
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-22
HORSES KICK KILLS BOY.
Dog Bites Animal After Boy Falls t.
Dangerous Position.

Clay Center. Kan, Dec. 22-Arvid. the
slx-and-a- half-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs Charles johnson, was almost instant
~ Killed by being kicked by a horse
he was playing in the barn with a
little brother at the time. He was walk
ing on a plank placed against the wall and
IN attempting to pass through a door into
the hay NOW, he fell to the ground be-
hind the horse About that time a pet
dog ran up and bit the horse on the leg
and caused it to kick The little fellow
was kicked in the back of the head
crushing the skull in four places. He died
almost instantly