The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-06-22
NEWS NOTES OF
NATIONS CAPITAL
Especial to the Silver State. J


silver wedding celebration of the
President and Mrs. Taft, held in the
White house and the surrounding
grounds Monday evening.
There was an unusually large guest
list, as not only were all those asked
who are usually honored with cards to
the four winter receptions, but there
were great many out -of-town per-
sons hidden to the affair Consr-
quently it was hopeless to try to en-
terrain them all in the White house,
spacious though it is, and the grounds
were opened to help accommodate the
throng. Electric lights and colored
lanterns made the grounds festive,
while from the open windows of the
east room floated the laughter and
buzz of conversation. mingled with the
music of the marine band.
There was an almost unexampled
attendance. Diplomats, begemmed
with orders and insignia; military men
laden down with gold lace; ladies in
Paris gowns and coruscating with
1jewels-all helped to make uu a spec
tacle which can be seen nowhere else
in the United States. The President
and Mrs. Taft were almost overwhelm-
ed with congratulations and good
wishes.
In just month the first ground
will be broken for an exposition to be
held in celebration of completion and
opening of the Panama canal, and
President Taft will press a button
which will close an electric circuit in
San Diego, CAL, and "break out
great flag-the Presidents own flag,
especially constructed of unusually
large size for this particular event
right over the spot where the ceremo-
MES are to take place. The ceremonies
will last four days and will be Of
unique splendor. The President very
cheerfully promised Director General
d. G. Collier that he would do this.
for, he said, he took an unusual inter-
est in the San Diego exposition be-
cause it will exploit the achievements
of Uncle Sam in reclamation, irriga-
ton, forestation and conservation, and
it also aims to bring together the
Latin American republics and unite
them in an illustration of what has
been done in the development of the
new world. While not outlined on such
a large scale as the Panama Pacific ex-,
position to be held coincidently in San.
Francisco, the San Diego exposition,
with $2,500,000 already available, has
definite plan and idea, and promises
to be an artistic, financial and indus
trial triumph.
Washington being essentially a
southern city-as one would quickly
judge from its big negro population,
numbering one third of the total pop
ulation-it is very fitting that il
should see annual ceremonies over the
/ Il of ha fo1.
rate dead in the National cemetery at
Arlington The floral tributes this
| year, on June IL, were impressive, and
there was large attendance. Music
was by a United States cavalry band,
and Senator Taylor, of Tennessee,
made the principal address.
1t isn't so common to hear people
decry farming as an occupation as it
used to be. Young men are flocking
to the agricultural schools and colleges
and many of them are graduating into
professorships, or into positions as ex-
perts with the government. One of
the latter has just returned to Wash
4 ington after spending two months in
Spain and Sicily investigating lemon
growing. He is G.. Harold Powell,
whose work for the department of ag-
riculture in the investigation of causes
of fruit decay in cold storage and in
4 transit attracted such wide attention.
The citrus fruit growers of California
held his talents in such esteem that
they tried to get him to go out there.
When they got up to $4,000 year, he
succumbed, and he is now secretary
and manager of the Citrus Protective
League of California, model business
organization of agriculturists which
has been fighting for tarih on lemons
that will permit the industry to sur
vive Having secured that tariff, the
organization is now combating the or
ganized campaign of the Sicilian i'm
porters to have it reduced.
Florida, according to the census bu
reau, has 5,231 900 acres in 49,S34
farms, as compared with 4,364,O0
acres in 40,S14 farms ten years ago.
OF this 1903, 900 acres were improved
in 1910, representing an increase of 10
per cent in ten years. The average
number Of acres in farm is los. Farm
land is valued at 500, ,2SS, 900, and
buildings at $24335,000, while imple-
ments and machinery are valued st $4,-
429 900 The average value of land
and buildings is $22.49 per acre. In
1900 it was only $9.35, so the percent
age of increase is 141. OF all the farms
II per cent are operated by white
farmers as compared with 81 per cent
SO operaed in 1910.
Connecticut, in 1910, raised 3,008,-
PSI bushels of cereals, worth $2,039,-
211. That's not very indicative of
abandoned farms, and for small
state, generally supposed to be given
over largely to manufacturing, 1T -
Z" going some' Some other crops
harvested by Connecticut were: Hay
and forage, 549,3 1866 tons; potatoes, q
6S4, Ala bushels; tobacco, 2S,ll0,453
pounds Ginseng is grown in Con
necticut. Two farms reported pro-
duction of $sl7 worth of it. There is
decrease in the production of hay
and potatoes, but an increase in corn
and tobacco.
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