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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-28

John W. Foster. ex-secretary of
state and known the world over
through his connection with the dip
lomatic corps of the United States.
has come into the limelight through
the publication of alleged facts con-
cerning the collection of claim
against the Chinese government. II
was the claim of the heirs of Freder.
ick T. Ward, an American soldier of
fortune. who was killed in 1862 while
in the military service of China. China
paid to the United States more than
s24. 100000 indemnity for outrages
during the Boxer outbreak. OF this
less than s11. 100000 was awarded to
claimants by this government and the
remainder was returned to China
with the exception of s2,000.000 re
served for belated claims.
Mr.. Foster received for this work
a fee of $1SO.0OO. The matter is now
in the hands of congressional com
mittee for investigation. The amount
paid the claimants was $368,237.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-28
Cleaning Brooder and Coop.

Keep your brooders and coops
clean. Disinfect at least once a week
by spraying or dusting with some
louise powder. Pure fresh air is essen
tial to the life of the chicks. Be sure
that you have properly constructed
brooder
Almost any kind of an incubator, II
given the proper care, will hatch
chicks. but you must have good
brooder to raise them.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-28

CBy NJ. H swENK. University of Ne
braska Agricultural Experiment STA
tion.)
Without question the most generally
Injurious insect pest of the cucumber
and melon plants, is the aphis or
plant louise, which attacks and de
stroys these vines. For mony years
past this insect has greatly curtailed
the crop of melons and pickles in va
rious sections of the United States,
where these vegetables are much
grown. The loss of crops from this
aphis In many states aggregates thou
sands of dollars annually. The same
aphis is a common pest of cotton In
the southern states and occurs in the
West Indies. Mexico. Brazil. South At
rica and Australia. Most probably 1t
is an insect of tropical origin.
In addition to melons and cucum-
bers, and to a lesser extent, squashes,
pumpkins and gourds. along with cot
ton in the south, the melon aphis feeds
upon an exceedingly large variety of
other plants, including several COM
mon garden vegetables, such as beets,
tomatoes, asparagus, etc. a large num-
ber of ornamental plants and a long
list of common weeds.
Is The melon aphis has a large number
sof natural enemies. including princi-
pally internal hymenorterous para
sites and predaceous lady bird beetles
and larvae, surplus fly larvae and lace
winged fly larvae. These find a gen.
erous food supply when the aphis in
creases in number, and sometimes
gain at least a partial control of the
the aphids and save a part of the
crop. OF them all the ladybird
beetles and their larvae are probably
the most valuable and effective. while
the small hymenopterous parasites are
also exceedingly valuable and some
times rapidly reduce an abundance of
these aphids until they are practically
exterminated in that particular in
festation.
As to artificial control of this in
sect there is no avoiding the fact that
we have here a pest hard to deal with
and one which requires a great deal
of vigilance and careful work to mas
ter. Methods of treatment include both
spraying and fumigation. but spraying
seems to be the most practical and
successful method, at least in our ex-
spraying be done at the first indica-
ton of an abundance of wingless
aphids on the vines. before the insects
have had time to cause any notice
able whiting or curling up of the leaves.
in order to do this the vines must
be gone over frequently and the lower
side of the leaves examined thorough
Iy. The spraying must be repeated
n whenever 1t is noted that the aphids
: are reappearing upon the plants. In
the application of the wash
should be made with an undersprayer,
or If the vines are still small, by very
carefully lifting them back and spray
ing the under surface of the leaves and
then replacing them to their orig
inal position. Badly curled leaves
should be opened by hand and the un-
der surface drenched with the wash.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-28
Turkey Production in United States.

The census of 1900 shows that with
a little over 100000 farms in the
United States, not much over $780,
900 turkeys were produced. Among
the states Texas leads. having pro-
duced almost 650.000 turkeys.
Following came Missouri. Illinois,
Iowa and Indiana In the order named.
1t may be remarked that Rhode Island
produces 5000 turkeys. and of such
good quality that the returns were
nearly double the amount of other
states.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-28
MAN AT THE CUSTOMS GATE

William Loeb, Jr., is the collector
of the Port of New York. He is the
Man at the Gate. Against him come
yearly 100000 tourists and million
immigrants in the fleet of 5000 ships.
All manner of merchandise goes
through his gate-more than a thou
sand million dollars worth in year.
This man has to sort 1t and appraise
1t and tax 1t II 1t is taxable. OF all
the people and the merchandise that
enter the United States seven-tenths
come through the port Of New York
and Loeb stands there with staff
to take the toll for the government
on all that stupendous amount of traf-
fic.
Although he has been no more
than 27 months In office he has In
creased the gettings of the govern
ment by more than $15.O00,000. He
has enforced the commandment
Thou shalt not smuggle" as fully
on the rich as upon the poor. He has
locked up nearly a dozen persistent
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-28


crime coneeng passing bad checks The law that declares
to a
this that 1909
receive a salary s12 900 a
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-28
HAS UNWATERED THE MAINE

General Bixby. chief of the army en-
gineers. who has had charge Of the un-
watering of the Maine, recently ex-
pressed the opinion that the destruc-
tion of the battleship was caused by
the explosion of her magazines. No
external explosion, in his judgment,
could have caused the conditions OBJ
served in the remains of the vessel.
But General Bixby added that the pri-
mary cause of the explosion would
likely never be known. SO the mys-
terry of the Maine, unlike the hull it
self. may never be revealed. General
Bixby said that unless the fragment
of torpedo could be found there is
no way of connecting an outside
agency with the blowing up of the
vessel
The destruction to the vessel was
such, says General Bixby. and the de-
terioration has been SO great that 1t
is impossible to tell whether the ship
was blown up from force within or
u
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-28
Horses of World

The horse population of the world
is estimated as more than Ill. 900. 900.
of which about 100000 are in Eu-
rope. 2s.000,00 in North America. H.
90 900 in Asia.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-28
In the Office.

"I am afraid to hear that report"
"Why so?"
st is likely to mean some firing 60
ing on
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-28

from the inside Indicating that
sympathetic
remain
right
distinct explosions the hrst OF which
between the courts findings and the view OF
that
batthp torpedo or mine will be INDICATED In the
rtment
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-28

Transient
international Importance
international
and logic than sentiment
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-28

with the state department and our ms @
with settlement Of the war be
70 the avment this claim
case dwith the claims
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-28

For trainwrecker no punishment
can be too severe.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-28

Aliens Foot-Rase, tho Antiseptio powder for Tired
aching. swollen, nervous feet. Gives rest and
comfort. Makes walking delight Sold evcrywhere
8e. Don't accept any substitute. For EBhh
sample. address Allen &. olmsted, Le Roy, N 7.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-28

Wyandottes, Dorkings and Rhode Is
land Reds are general purpose breeds.
and, lately. the Orpingtons as we'll
The illustration gives the contrast
in length Of legs and outline of body
of the Wyandotte and Dorking.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-28

The egg breeds of fowls indicate
the smaller breeds-Leghorns, Minor
cas-. Hamburgs. etc. The meat breeds
indicate the Brahmas. Cochins. Lang
shans The general purpose breeds
mean the breeds which can be count
ed on to lay and make good table
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-28

a, winged female aphis of usual color;
b. newly produced young aphis; C. adult
wingless female aphis; d. last stage of
nymph of winged female aphis: e. dark
colored winged female aphis sucking juice
from the surface of the leaf: (. melon
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-07-28
suAKnINro YOUR SHOES

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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-28

1t is now understood that the un-
pleasantness in President Taft's cab
met will not result in the resignation
of either DR.. Wiley nor Attorney Cen
eral Wickersham. The mistake of DR..
Wiley was, at worst, merely a tech
nical one. There is need of a better
system and less red tape in the hand
ling of governmental affairs. And it
is generally conceded that II the obso-
lete methods of keeping books and
records were systematized according
to modern business methods, about
80 percent of the clerks might be dis
pensed with. Congress, however, has
not yet mustered up the courage to re-
duce the number of government en-
ployes in any radical way. 1t is a
matter of public congratulation that
neither of these able heads of depart
ments will be lost to the public SER
vice.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-28

The present administration is de-
termined to bring about penny post
age if it is possible. After careful
investigation of the amounts paid to
railroads for carrying the mails it has
been discovered by the postal depart.
ment that the government has been
paying the roads $9,000,000 year
more than the transportation is worth
The department expects to show just
where excessive amounts have been
paid and what readjustments are nee
essary. 1t will ask congress for an
adjustment of the rate of pay and the
manner of affixing compensation. AS
soon as this can be accomplished one
cent postage will be an immediate
possibility.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-28

The workingman who gets along
year after year without this interval
Of recuperation occupies IL position
like that of the man with u small In
vested capital, who breaks in on his
principal to pay his ordinary expenses.
The theory of working class" life, is
that there shall be children coming
along who will support the old folks
after the physical capital is all con.
sumed. Usually there are. But In
how many cases where children die,
are sick or unsuccessful, or never
come, is there heart breaking poverty
for the human machine cast to the
scrap heap before its time!
Here is a condition bringing eco.
nomic loss to the whole people. If
the people who do the solid work of
our industries grow old ten years be-
fore their time, the total production of
our people is reduced by an enormous
percentage.
To this, the ordinary manufactures
replies that vacations for work peo-
pie mean heavier and prohibitory
manufacturing costs.
Nevertheless, We venture to predict
that the time will come when the pro.
duction of our people will be increased
by a general agreement of productive
industries to run not over fifty weeks
in a year.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-28
OIL AND WATER.

Some day the theory that oil is to be
found under the ground in the vicinity
of Norfolk, will be tested out. Some
day experiments will be made by bor-
ing for oil. And II it is found, the
man who has the nerve, or the set of
men, to venture Il bit, will get rich.
Oil for years has risen to the top of
the ground in certain spots near Nor
folk, in the wet season of the spring.
DIR. j. II. Mackay has for years con-
tended that oil was to be had, and
has urged capital to experiment
Some day little money will be
ventured to test out this theory, just
as some day-and not so very far
away, at that-the thousands of horse
power going to waste in the Elkhorn
and Northfork rivers, will be utilized
for manufacturing plants, solving the
fuel problem that has always been an
obstacle.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-28
The fear which Herbert Spencer ex-

The fear which Herbert Spencer eX-
pressed for the world a century hence
has already come to pass in China.
The population is so dense that no
room can be spared for pastures, orch
ards, common parks or pleasure
grounds, the land is far too precious.
The forests are consumed for fuel,
and the hills are terraced to the tops
the people are so thick that they have
poisoned the soil, the water and the
air. The death rate of sixty to the
thousand is really a blessing, for the
struggle for existence is most hope
less and desperate one.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-28

Platinum is becoming so scarce that
European manufacturers who need il
in their business are investigating the
western coast of the United States, in
the hope of finding deposits of this
useful metal in larger quantities than
it has yet been found. 1t has been
found chiefly where gold placers have
been worked.
Whether Senator La Toilette would
rather be right than to be president
is not now up for discussion. 1t is
very evident, however, that Senator
La Toilette would like very much to
be president. 1t is laudable ambi.
tion II it does not destroy a mans
judgment upon public problems OF the
day.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-28
HOW ABOUT PAVING?

Everybody in Norfolk and hundreds
of people in the territory surrounding
Norfolk are watching the movement
which is on at the present time to .eX-
tend the paving of Norfolk avenue to
Fourteenth street. SO few signatures
are lacking to the petition, which has
been circulated this summer, that it
hardly seems possible Norfolk's Gus.
tomary enterprise will permit a fail
ure in this instance.
If Norfolk avenue were paved to
Fourteenth street this city could point
to one of the most beautiful thorough
fares in the state of Nebraska and the
favorable impression upon strangers
in the city would be quite as much in.
creased as it was by the paving of the
downtown portion of the street Cities
that desire to grow and develop have
found that it is a paying proposition
to spend money on public improve,
ments. 1t pays a city to go into debt
for this sort of enterprise. An in.
creased population will result from
all such public improvements and ii
will be the increased population that
pays the cost instead of the pres
ent population as might be assumed
Norfolk has attracted considerable
favorable attention to itself by i'm
proving the downtown portion of its
main street with paving and it is nc
time to stop. A city either advances
or goes backward. To stand still is
to retrograde and right now is no time
for Norfolk to let up in it's forward
march. No city in Nebraska has
made greater strides during the past
two years than Norfolk and the whole
state is expecting us to keep up the
pace we have begun.
But aside from the spirit of enter
prise that should prompt such i'm
provement, the remarkably bettered
condition of the street by paving is
alone enough to give confidence that
the property owners along Norfolk av
enue will not fall down in this enter
prise.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-28

The Council Bluffs Nonpareil very
sensibly philosophers thus: "Happi-
ness is not so much an outward as it
is an inward condition. 1t is not so
much the kind of job man holds
as the manner in which he looks at it.
There is real pleasure in any kind of
work if the worker looks at it in the
right way. Look for roses in your
own pathway, and, as occasion pre-
sents, hand a bunch to the other fell
low. The more roses you give away,
the more you will find in your own
pathway. That is game of give away
which constantly leaves the giver
richer"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-28
TAFT'S VICTORY.

Whether you agree or not with Pres
ident Taft upon the merits Of reciproc-
ity, you must admit that his great vic
tory, in the face of sullen opposition to
that measure, has marked him as a
force in the white house to be reck-
oned with by the congress of the Unit
ed States.
In launching out upon his reciproc-
ity program-the biggest undertaking
of his administration-the president
cut loose from politics and politicians.
He asked neither standpatters nor
progressives, neither democrats nor
republicans, what to do. He recog-
nized the need of reciprocity with
Canada and, instructing experts to go
into the proposition on scientific
rather than a partisan basis, he draft
ed the agreement with the Dominion S
representatives. Then he gave his in
formation to the public and asked pub.
lie support.
the president, with courage and deter
mination, instantly summoned an ex-
ira session to put the agreement into
effect. He made speeenes appealing
for public support. He answered OBJ
jections. He turned the 'imelight upon
those interests which were seeking to
deceive th' American farmer into
thinking the agreement would mean
ruin. And finally even the obstinate
senate was forced to swing into line.
1t has been one of the biggest vic
tories any president ever won against
an opposing congress. And the smooth
ness with which the fight was waged,
the lack of ugly epithets such as have
characterized presidential onslaughts
in the past, all the more demonstrates
the power of William H. Taft as a
chief executive of first rank.
The agreement had the effect, po-
litically, of bringing out the insincer-
ity of many Of the so-called "progres-
sive" reformers. They had been howl.
ing for revision of the tariff; they had
been screaming for progressive legis-
lation. And when the president came
along with this progressive legislation,
offering to revise the tariff, many OF
them, like Cummins of Iowa and Nor.
ris of Nebraska and Crawford of
South Dakota, surrendered the prin.
ciples which they had been claiming
to stand for and fought the president
in this fight for better trade relations
with neighboring country.
On the whole, it was a great victory
"a victory that will mark President
Taft stronger than ever with the
American people, who always have
and always will admire man who
has convictions and who isn't afraid
to stand pat upon them.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-28

j. Ogden Armour says this country
has not been producing enough beef
for its own needs. Yet the beef trust
has been exporting beef, paying
freight on it to foreign country and
then selling it cheaper in Europe than
it does here. If it is true that there
is not beef enough to go around and
every pound exported tends to in
crease the price of what remains, it is
nothing less than criminal to export
beef that is needed here and sell it
abroad cheaper than it could be OBJ.
tanned here.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-28
Automobiles are blamed for the Il

Automobiles are blamed for the loss
of patronage by the baseball clubs,
many of the owners, former patrons Of
the game, being obliged to economize
in various ways to keep the automo-
bile going. At Wichita, Kan, the ball
club was sold to Pueblo, Colo, city
with population of 5000 less than
Wichita, but the latter is the home of
1927 automobiles. Fans" who own
motor cars cannot afford both base
ball and the cars, and are obliged to
stay away from the baseball. Right
down the line from professional to
amateur ball the automobile is cutting
out the ball.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-28

Although the United States has only
about percent of the worlds popula.
ton, it produces 20 percent of the
worlds wheat, 20 percent Of its gold,
33 percent of it's coal, 35 percent of its
manufactures, 3S percent Of its silver,
40 percent of its pig iron, AZ percent
of its steel, 55 percent of its copper,
60 percent of its petroleum, 70 percent
of it's cotton and so percent OF it's
corn. It's aggregate wealth, which is
approximately $4,000 100000, is as
great as that OF the United Kingdom
and France, its two nearest rivals. In
population it leads all the rest of the
countries except China and Russia,
and the level of civilization and gen.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-28

1t was quite interesting to hear Sen.
ator Cummins Of Iowa refute, or at
tempt to, the arguments of Gov. Cum.
minis of Iowa, in favor of reciprocity
with Canada, which were read before
the senate few days ago. Gov. Cum.
Minis in 1904 put up very good argu,
ment in favor of the agreement; Sen.
ator Cummins in 1911 could only in
sist that times had changed, he did
not tell us how. To some it looks as
though men had changed more than
the times.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-28

The strong government of Stolypin,
the prime minister of Russia for the
past five years, may reassure foreign
capital, but it is not pleasing or salts
factory, in any way to the masses of
the people. 1t is said that thirty mil
lion people in central Russia are liv-
ing on half rations or even less more
than half the year. Under the tyranny
of this strong" man during the past
five years it is stated that over 10000
men and women have been killed.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-28

The plea made by New Orleans that
if the navy yard at Algiers, opposite
New Orleans, is abandoned it will
leave the Mississippi river open to
invasion by hostile fleets, is a falla-
cious one. A navy yard is no protec-
tion, but on the contrary, requires
protection. A great fortified naval
base at Guantanamo, Cuba, which
would sustain fleet in the Caribbean,
at the Windward Passage and on the
approaches to the straits of Florida,
would be a far better protection to
the Mississippi and New Orleans than
Algiers could possibly be.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-28

The era of good road building has
but just begun in this country and yet
the amount that is being expended is
already running up into tall figures
In 1904 the total expenditure for the
construction and maintenance of roads
and bridges in the United States
amounted to about $sO,OOO,OOO, while
the amount paid out for the same pur.
pose in 1911 it is said will aggregate
over s140,0O0,OOO. 1t means a marked
increase in the prosperity and social
enjoyment Of millions of people.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-28

Senator swanson OF West Virginia
wants congress to appropriate twenty
millions annually for scientific road
making. He calls the roads Of the
United States the most wretched with
which any enlightened people in the
world are cursed. Highway freight
ing costs in France seven cents a ton
mile, in England and Germany
eleven cents and in the United States
twenty-three cents.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-28

Whether the Maine was blown up
or not will probably always be mat
ter of speculation. This much is Ger.
tain. 1t was blessed day for the
western hemisphere and modern civil
lization when Cuba and the Philip
pines were forever rid of the incubus
Of Spanish tyranny. 1t took Uncle
Sam to show the cruel despots who
were crushing Cuba at that time
where to get off at. And they got,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-28

China is trying to reform her cur
rency on dollar basis. The Difficult
ties attending this reform may be real
ized from the fact that there are as
many kinds of money in China as
there are provinces, and coin of any
one denomination has different value
in each province. AS may readily be
gathered, such condition does not
promote trade relations between the
provinces, nor between the empire and
foreign nations.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-28

OF COURSE, when we DID go to
the telephone to call up the furnace
man, nobody was around to answer
the phone. Now it'll be another month
before we get up the proper inclina-
ton, coupled with an opportune mo-
ment, and the first thing you know
frost'll be here and there'll be need of
a furnace fire and the house'll be cold,
waiting for that confounded crate to
get here by freight. Was there ever
a world so full of trouble?