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The Detroit times., 1911-09-13
HELD AS A SwINDLER;
LIFE OF LUXURY ENDS
Alleged Leader Of Green Goods"
Band Arrested In Sumptuous
Parlor.

CHICAGO. Sept. 13.-The deft touch
OF woman at plano sounded through
the apartment OF s. A. Potter, f2223
East Fifty y-second-st, Potter lolled COM
fortably in a large arm chair. blowing
rings of smoke from his cigar to the
ceiling. The apartment was furnished
without account OF cost Oriental rugs
covered the floors and rare damask
hangings adorned the walls.
I'VE are so happy. aren't we. dad
dyw said the woman at the piano.
questioningly to the silent figure
Indeed we are" came the reply.
Then the bell rang. A maid opened
the door and into the room stepped
three men. One. advancing toward
the lolling figure in the great chair,
touched him on the shoulder and said: ::
Potter. the government wants you.
! Get your hat and coat and come along
quietly
The contentment which had found
expression on the woman's face a min
ute before was clouded, and, sinking
TO her knees. she burst into tears
Potter was led from the room by G.
+. De Woody. superintendent Of the
department OF justice, who had arrest
ed him. The door was closed. Out
side the husband was led away by the
officers. Within the wife was weep
Ing.
Potter. alias George W. Post. Is de-
clared by De Woody to be the leader
Of band OF gold brick" and green
goods men. which for daring has
rivaled the operations OF the Maybray
gang, now dispersed
When Potter was taken to the fed
eral building after his arrest late Mon
day night he offered a cash bond OF
$50 900, but the government refused IL.
The federal agents are searching
for other members or the band. Pot
ter and Edward Starkloff are under
Indictment In Chicago charged with
using the malls to defraud and to
operate confidence game. An indict-
ment charging illegal use of the mails
also is pending against them in New
York
Known TO Detectives.
Potter and Starkloff are Familiarity
known to government agents as the
Gold Dust Twins" because OF their
many alleged schemes to separate
money from their victims. Starkloff
Is known by more than a dozen
aliases
According to the federal agents. the
members OF the band continually shift
ed the scene OF their operations.
Late In the afternoon Judge Carpen-
ter cancelled an order allowing Pot.
ter's release on a $4,000 bond. Super
intendent De Woody declared last
night that Potter would not be able
to obtain release even II he put up
$150.000 in cash.
The Detroit times., 1911-09-13
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

DETROIT. Sept. ls.--Close: France
II out with bearish crop report show
ing production OF 32O.0o0.0O0 bu.
compared with 2ss. 100000 bu year
This had a depressing effect on Liver
pool There was a lot Of realiEing and
some cargoes were resold by the con-
tinent. Offerings by Russia and india
increased.
The feeling In wheat was greatly i'm
proved by the advance of q cent be-
fore the close In Chicago on Tuesday.
but weakness set In again AZ the OPEN
there will be no pronounced improve
ment or decline until after the reel
procity vote has been taken. IL Is the
general feeling that failure OF the
pact to receive the support OF the
Canadian people will mean much
stronger American market Members
CT the trade recently returned from
the northwest believe the spring
wheat crop he's been overestimated.
Cables are disappointing 10 the bulls
and the great stock OF wheat in Chi
cago Is as formidable q bear argument
as ever. Nobody wants the wheat
Minneapolis millers were buying
wheat In Winnipeg and northwestern
Wheat was without interest all day
and after some aHimportant hnctna=
lions closed at Tuesdays closing
prices
Wheat quotations: Cash No. . red,
s0zc; Sept opened with n loss of &c
at SIC. moved up to sIhc and declined
TO s7kc: May opened at tl.o1+. ad-'
vanceu TO t1.02A and declined 20 ti.02:
No / white. s7&c: No. 2 mixed. car
at S7ikc Coarse grain quotations: Corn,
cash No. ,. 6shc: No. 2 yellow, ! car
at roc: No. . yellow. ssMc bid. Oats:
: white. 45xc. Rye: Cash No. 3. ssc.
Beans: Immediate. prompt. Sept and
Oct s3.05: Nov. and Dec. 81 Clover
seed: Prime spot. 20 bags at s12; Oct.
and an, Mar. sia; sample IS bags At
alsike. $3.50; sample alsike. II bags
at sic. IS NJ t9.2S. at $3.50. Timothy
seed: Prime spot. $50 bags at 81
Receipts In the Detroit market We'd
nesday included $50 bbls of nour. 8 cars
OF wheat, 7 OF corn, 8 of oats and OF
rye. Withdrawals were 400 bbis or
flour and 2,29e bu of wheat. Stocks
are 27ss74 bu or wheat 211.s31 bu OF
corn. 2s2.oss ba OF oats and 21.iS2 bu
OF rye.
Liverpool wheat closed unchanged to
Nd lower and corn k6hd higher
Exports OF wheat and -four wednes-
day. 23s.0 900 bu.
Primary wheat receipts were LOO. :
ooe bu. against f.fi3.eee bu a year ago.
Wheat receipts Wednesday: Mime
apolis. 2l6 cars, against 50 year ago:
Duluth. ESQ cars. against 50: Winnipeg.
bu. against $4,000 bu: Kansas City, %
cars. against 2Is.
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
CHICAGO. Sept. 1a.--O d en- In e.
Wheat: Sept. up Nc: Dec. down &c.
Corn: Sept. &c; Dec. unchanged Oats:
Sept. adD.ec nhrdlu aoipiu aoip au an
Sept. and Dec. unchanged. Provisions,
steady.
Noon--wheat: Sept and Dec. mn
&c. Corn: Sept. up NC: Dec. up sc
Oats; Sept. and Dec up &c
Close--wheat: Sept. up &c: Dec. mn
Nc Corn. Sept. up lac; Dec. up hc
Oats: Sept. and Dec. up Ne. Pro-
visions. slightly higher
The Detroit times., 1911-09-13
LIVE STOCK.
EAST BUFFALO--OpeaiaE
Dunnlng a stevens Live stock Repor

EAST NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Dunning a stevens Live stock Report.
East BUFFALO. ~ X. sept is-.
steady: others. 10 10 Is cents lower:
hest 1.40O 10 1.s00-lb. steers. $500
IT'S: good prime l.a00 10 Is 10.
steers 'sssS .SI sSSd prime best sTO GlSS 90
TO i.20o-lb. shipping steers. s6.s50e.to;
medium butcher steers. 1000 20 1.lOo
lbs. $3.50 5.s6; light butcher steers,
~. .5oaS25; best fat cows. s4.I6@ $40;
medium do. s2.7s0125: trimmers.
ti.f502TS: best fat heifers. sb.7b06-1b:
good fat heifers. t605.So; fair 70 good
do. s4.2506: stock heifers. sS:soqt ~:
$50: common feeding steers, dehorned.
t3760l: prime export bulls. 1880
$3.50; best butcher bulls. t4.500b: boz
iogna bulls. ss.So04; stock bulls. 1923
3 60: s.' common TO good do. yao@s5.
.los heavy: ',tOoIsO; workers.
.,Sass ssssp TOR RsGslR isRSs q ssssSs4o "sT sssr
linsF t4.so9S; wethers. si041S; ewes.
Caves: ,4So0s7s
EAST BUFFALO-CIose.
EAST BUFFALO. n. Y. Sept IA
cattle; Receipts. lis head; market.
ANttNS ahN
$3.50 07.eo: butcher grades. t3.5OQl.
Cows: Receipts. 125 head market. ae-
tive and steady: Gull to choice. $50
$50 Sheep and lambs: Receipts. 5000
head; market. active and CSC higher;
choice lambs, ts.s0Qe4o: Gull to fair.
t45O@625; yearlings. N.5O65; sheep.
te0L2B. Hogs: Receipts. 1900 Head.
market. slow and i0015c lower; york.
ers $7.b0@755 pigs. 81: mixed. sT.55;
heavy. $3.50; roughs. ,s9s.fs; stays.
10
UNION STOCK YARDS.
UNION STOCK YARDS, CHICAGO.
Sept l3.-Hogs: Receipts. 10000 head:
market weak: mixed and butchers.
$3.50 @7.45: good heavy. $3.50 7.35:
rough heavy. ss.sS9ss6: light, $3.50
T45: pigs. N.so07.10 Cattle: Receipts.
1900 head. market. steady: beeves.
$50 Oslo: cows and heifers. 1880
$50: stockers and feeders. t365.50:
Texans. t4400s40: calves. 36.25d9.s5.
Sheep: Receipts. $4,000 head. market.
steady; native. s2ls@4: western. $3.50
"a; lambs. ss.s5@5.75; western. sI.2s
CLEVELAND.
CLEVELAND. Sept. l3.-Hogs: Re-
ceipts, 1000; b910c lower: neavies.
$3.50. yorkers and mixed. $3.50: pigs.
$3.50 Cattle: Receipts. cars; weak.
Sheep and lambs: Receipts. cars;
IS top. Calves: Rsceitps. zoo; ss.26
top
The Detroit times., 1911-09-13
nOHTON COPPER LETTERs.

Reported for The Times by Paine
Webber q Co. Sept i3; London metal
market opening steady; spot. fSb IS I'd.
up S., futures. f56 % Cd. up So. There
was little doing in the Boston eoppers
this morning. The market was trregu-
lar but price changes were confined 20
narrow fractions Sentiment is some
what mixed. but unless the outside de-
mand broadens there does not seem
TO be much likelihood OF higher prices
In the immediate future.
The Detroit times., 1911-09-13

X7T0Tfed Tor The Times by Paine,
<T<bbtr 4 Co. Sept Is: The main
<h1racferistics OF the stock market this
morning was extreme duilness. Prices
were within the narrowest fractions
and trading was confined to compara-
<|<ely few Issues Paris was reported
<o be heavy seller in London. but lit
<Ie attention. however. was paid TO the
foreign situation BY local traders. Out
aide participation In the market was
1lmost nothing The sentiment OF the
room traders stili continues bearish.
The Detroit times., 1911-09-13

ana sent. sSkc: Dec, sSc: May.
si'osM M Germ: cash and sept. sss:
bee. s4Ec: May el&e. oats: Sasn
and sept. 4skc; Dec, 4sSe; May.
50hc Rye: casfR ssc; sspI. r svs'
sisl0: March, si2.i2h, No. :. slls6;
No. :. siI55; rejected. til,2s. Alsike'
Prime. SiO.sS; Dec. tll; March. til.OS.
Timothy: Prime. 7.lb. Sept Dec. anu
March. SAC Eggs and nay un-
The Detroit times., 1911-09-13

Ariz. Coml.. 65: Ahmeek. $50: Butte
Ckalifion. i4M: Cal q Ariz.. 4s%: Cal.
4 Hecla. 40: Centeni. Sk; Chief 75:
chino. ISM Copper Range. 81: DAILY
w @st sH East Butte. Ie:s Franklin.
lion. s1-1s: Isie Royaie. i2H: Kerr
Lake. ~ Keweenaw. 2k; Lake. "a;
Hiamf rs: Michigan. q Mohawk, ss:
New. Cons. 1s% Nav. Utah. s.: Nipis-
Of5bway. 4M: Old Dom. 81;
Quincy. "a: Ray Cons. f4: Shannon.
B y super Copper. q; super q Bos-
ton. AZ: Trinity, 8; Utah Cons. IL. U.
81 smeIting. s2h: q. s. sweiting. prd..
The Detroit times., 1911-09-13
STOP THAT sNEEzINGn

Sufferers from hay fever will
secure positive relief al MackI-
nae Island. The pine laden air.
is sure cure. Special excursion
via ID. & c. next Saturday to the
north country, One fare round
trip. Make your arrangements
early.
The Detroit times., 1911-09-13
PRODUCE.

The feature OF the market this morn
Ing was very weak poultry deal Re-
ceipts have been on a liberal scale for
some time. the big buyers are filled
up and out OF the market for the time
The Detroit times., 1911-09-13

NEW YORK. Sept 1s.-Although
price changes at the opening Of the
stock market were irregular. the tone
vas generally steady. ana as trading
Progressed the majority Of the list was
established at q level shade above
Yesterdays close.
IL a. m.--Afte- the show Of steadi-
ness In the early trading the market
became unsettled and at the end OF
ne FIRST hour declines of point or
more were recorded.
Qoyernment's unchanged; other
bonds hrm.
Noon Increased weakness prevail
ID In the late forenoon.
The Detroit times., 1911-09-13
BUTTER AND EGGS.

B.tter-Extras. 2sc: frsts, .5c lb. /;
dairy. 1sc: packing stock, lie 10.
EEEs-Current receipts. cases In
cIuded. ace Receipts on Wednesday,
1 .O75 cases. Market Arm.
The Detroit times., 1911-09-13

Appie.-sSc0u bu; siSoOaSo bbi-
nsnsnss-oood shipping stock. tj.se
s.ss.-prisd Lima sxe7e per ID
California FrSttsEPi9ms. sLSo0
"C.isr,-Home grown. 2o0ase doa
Cheese--Michigan nats, old. IIe; new.
ith 0istc; domestic SWISS: i7gxoc;
asa nc: Lmburger. isk 0itc: brick.
cheese. 16016o.
CasslInoWer-sl26 bu
Cabbags-s23662.5o bbi.
D.ses-Psrsian. s0se ID; Fards ioh
pressed C.ixe.--Fancy. IiOlic ID;
E,E.5ImPeIt,S. new. ii0ise per ID;
Fresh VeretabIes--Cucumb nom.
grown. $50 zoe dox; lettuce. so - soc per
bu: head lettuce. 3i.x6 bu; green beans
Is 3 SEC bu: onions. iaI disc dol: 6eets.
csc bu: home grown tomatoes. C00eoo
bu; parsnips. s5c bu: carrots. csc bu.
Grape Fruit-Fiorida. t4bo0S per
Gr.pe.-concords. s-lb. baskets. $50
a0c; ponies, s0l0e per basket: Ma
earas e0Q26c per basket
Ss::y.Esass .l,ras,.S yH.;s s.sa itgise; No
Hsy-Detroit shippers are paying the
foliowing prices for baled hay ip car
lots. 4 o. b. Detroit: No. i Timothy.
new t2l o a.: No. timothy. tl90le:
clover. mixed. sis@2o: rye straw. si.so:
wheat and oat straw. ~. Loose hay
from farmers wagons on the city mar
kets ranged from $40 126 as TO quality.
Hiaes-No. 4 cured. 12c: No. I green,
lOc; No, I cured bulls. 10c: No. green.
&c: No. i cured kip l2hc; No. I green.
lac; cured calf No. I. lie; green calf.
No. 1, l6c per ID; horse hides. No. I.
Ss7S; No. I. s276: sheepskins. as to
wool. 200 soc: No. > hides. lc on on
kip, NO on on calf
Lensns-California, S4.S006.S0 oox.
Limes-S1 OILS per ooz
Melons - Usage melons. Sl.660L7k
bu: s20225 bbL
Onion.--Y elbow. s1.1sOL2s per sack:
Spanish, sl40@1.50 crate.
CONGRATULATIONS, $4.5o05 box.
Penches - Small baskets, 200 soc.
fancy yellow. $1.76; AA. sl.60; \. si.e5;
b, T5c q 81 per bu
Poultry y-Springs, l30I3hc; fowls.
l2@I2lbc: geese. SQ9c: ducks, young
I4GIISc: turkeys. 14015c per 10.
Pears-sc07se ou: Bartlstrs. 1sc0
ineappIe.-Floridas, ss.7s04: crate.
k'et.tses-car lots. track Detroit 81
Pium.-MichIgan. sl0125 bu
sweet POtatoes-Virginias- t1.so per
bu, tlD4.50 bbl: Jerseys. S1.S5 per bu:
Tsiiow-No. !. shc: No :. thc per
w..,-Msdium, unwashed. i7c: nns
unwashed. .9015c: rejections. i3c Id.
The Detroit times., 1911-09-13
NEW YORK MONEY.

NEW YORK. Sept 13.--Time money:
3hd4 per cent for six months. Bar
silver: London. 241bd: New York. y hc.
Demand sterling. t4S6.2016s6.2S 70.
The Detroit times., 1911-09-13

BY .FINANcE-

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The Detroit times., 1911-09-13

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The Detroit times., 1911-09-13
STOCK MARKET
TURNS DOWNWARD
1llsr show Of steadinsss in Early
Trading List Becomes Unsettled
Il Ind Of First Hour.

Am Az Chem 52k. Am sus ssS,
ANAL Cop Bbk, Am q 4 n AZ. Am Cot
Oh 5iE Am Eoc pf l0s. Am smeIs 81 y.
An 4 4 4 ls4. Am Tob pf -, Am
Wool lIH, DO pf 90. Atch 1914 Bait
4 0sS. BRT "a, Can Pac 222A, Cen
Lea<h x1h. ches a o 20. Chino Cop
I81<. Chi q q WHY, G. N q 81 Paul
IIoI. Chi 4 N 1917. Col II y l an,
F<od i1K. Del q Hud 1eo. Den 4 q
II&. DIS Sec Cof 30k. Erie - ~. do lst
u ~. do I'd pf 40. Gen Elec l49, CT Nor
0f IA. OF Nor ore eff 46M. Ills Cent
t<53.. Int Net 1lit. do pr A y. Kan c .
1IX. DO pr IS, Leh Val 1b1k. Louis a
N iS8h. N. K& T 20. No pac "a. Nat
Lead az, N c 10lh, N Y. . q w
5s5.. Nor 4 W looz. n Pac iIsk; Penn
I/tt. Ray Cons iS4 Read l31 y, Rep
81 2SK. Rock Island 20 ". do pf AZ,
<oush Pac lesh South Ry ION Tenn
s RAN com s6&. u s steel ST. do pr
IllE. u sBonds iOsk, vir-Car Chem
- ctah Cop 42h. Wabash, T. do pr
<tk. West Un Tel 74h. West 1fg si1t.
a NJ Sehs
The Detroit times., 1911-09-13

TOLEDO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
TOLEDO. o.. Sept. 13.-wheat: Cash
The Detroit times., 1911-09-13
U. S. Co. BONDS.
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK. Sept. 1s.--Fiour: Quiet
and steady Pork: Steady: mess. $3.50
aIS.Ts. Lard Quiet: middle west
spot. S. s0Gs7o. Sugar: Raw. quiet;
centrifugal. ss test, $5.75; muscoyado.
80 test. S525; refined. quiet; cut loaf,
S7s5: crushed. S7456T70; powdered,
se.sS9 T.lO; granuated, ts.75q7. ccf-
Zee lilo No. 2 on spot. 1859. Tai
low: steady; city, 7Ac; country. 90
GTHc. Hay: Dull; prime. ;l.25: No.
). socGsii clover. soc@.Lls. Dressed
poultry: Quiet: turkeys i39s9c;
ducks. IS6lTc. Live poultry: Steady:
geese. lie; ducks. lac; fowls. 14w145se;
turkeys, 1sc; roosters, &c; spring cSiek /,
flrm; state milk. common TO specials.
ICH F213hc: skins. common 10 spe-
cinis. ~ Ole.
Butter: steady: receipts. 14,s24 ;
creamery. extra, 26626hc; state dairy.
tubs, 1s6e5hc. Eggs: Steady; re-
ceipts 1554O: nearby white fancy. 30 ~
abc. nearby mixed fancy, 81 a 26c !;
fresh nrsts. 2i@27c.
The Detroit times., 1911-09-13
BOSTON WOOL.

ROsTON. Sept. 13.--Prices have held
arm I'm the local wool market during
ths-Iasi week. although trading has
been light Buyers are willing TO pay
current prices. but mills are not laying
in stocks In excess or requirements.
are a. follows: Ohio neeces--Delaine
washed, 30m3ic: a blood combing. 26c;
a. do Csc; "A do. 25c: XIX. 2SC: de-
laine unwashed. Is n 26c: fine dnwash-
ed. % 26c: fine unwashed, z1c. NfB=
sourI--H blood. Csc. Secured basis.
staple. 60m62c; u
bluod combing. So 5sc: y do. 700 52c:
a do. 81 i6c.
The Detroit times., 1911-09-13

Both OF these companies are pros
porous and well-established organiza.
'tions and seem to have paid pretty well
up TO the present The Southern
Michigan company Is the larger. hay'
The Detroit times., 1911-09-13

being and peddllng sales Sof Few
coops at a time tor retailers make but
little impression on stocks sales this
morning were more often at inside
quotations than above. and with the
usual heavy mid-week receipts In
sight the outlook IL heavy. Butter
and eggs are very nrIn and almost
anything may be expected In the sugar
market The peach deal In little
quiet this week: plume are over the
rush. but pears and apples are In large
supply and gsapes are plentiful
The Detroit times., 1911-09-13
pROVIsIOy MARKET.

CHICAGO. sept. ts.-Batter- Extras.
ssc: frsts. 22c: dairy extras. 24c: irsts.
2Ics Eggs: Prime firsts, 1ahc; frsts.
iSc. cheese; skins, 12A ~ l3c; young
Americas. 13hG13Ac. Live poultry:
Fowls, ish d13c. ducks, l3Qi3hc;
geese Sngc
The Detroit times., 1911-09-13
Markets aaa Finance
BOSTON COPPER.

reported Tor The Times by Hayden.
stone Co. Sept. &i3:
The Detroit times., 1911-09-13

CLEVELAND, Sept. l3.-Hogs: Re-
ceipts. 1000; b@10c lower: neavies.
$3.50: yorkers and mixed. $3.50: pigs.
$3.50 Cattle: Receipts. 2 cars; weak.
Sheep and lambs: Receipts. cars;
Ss top. Calves: Rsceitps. zoo; ss26
top.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-04
.lII; ;jj[.l'a!l,lI {
:,.lSNfdI5S2ga:;lAh

Thorough and constant spraying is
the price of good fruit.
Ground bone and wood ashes make
a complete fertilizer for fruit trees
and plants.
Partially girdled trees may often be
saved by binding on the wound paste
Of COW manure and clay.
Don't set your trees less than 80
feet apart in the western states and
40 feet in the eastern states.
There is one thing which grapes
REQUIRE which must not be overlooked.
namely. a well-drained subsoil.
One man can grow and care for
four acres of strawberries, but it will
take much extra help to pick them.
In setting trees see that the holes
are dug first, then level the bottom OF
the hole where the tree is to stand.
Whether the orchard is infested
with scale or not the winter or dor
mant spray should never be omitted.
The man who counts on a certain
number of bushels from his peach
orchard practices what his orchard
ought to peach.
Some fruit growers say that it is
not a good plan to pillow an orchard
when the trees are in blossom,-bet
ter do it before or after.
Hope you did that grating job last
month as we then advised. If you
forgot It, perhaps it's not too late
even now, if you hurry.
Stable manure is hard to beat as
an orchard fertilizer.
Rubbish and brush in the orchard
yet? Gather and burn at once, and
thus destroy harboring places of in
sects, fungi and other pests.
/ 1t is essential to successful planting
to have good trees, sound, vigorous
and properly handled before they come
| into the planters hands, as well as
afterwards
/ In starting a new patch of straw
berry plants in the spring, measure
off % feet each way on land where
for two or three years vegetables have
been grown.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-04

weather that the most serious trouble
seems attributable With low tenn
peratures and frequent rains during
the early half of that month we may
safely predict an outbreak of leaf
curl. During such weather the fungus
develops rapidly and the new leaves
are effected as they are protruded
from the bud In a modified sense
the same takes place during May and
in a still more limited sense during
June. Successful prevention of leaf
curl is secured by thorough early treat
ment with bordeaux mixture Indeed,
1t appears that spraying at any time
shortly before the blossoms open is
several times more effective than any
application afterward. 1t appears
that more effective results are secured
by spraying two weeks before bios
soming than Immediately before the
blossoms open. In any event an ap-
plication made just before the bios
SONS open is more effective than at
any later date. Lime sulphur appli-
cations for scale insects are effective
to prevent leaf-curl.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-04
TO SET YOUNG FRUIT TREES
Just as Well to Dig New Holes in
Space Between Old Ones After
Latter Have Been Cut.

1t would do no harm to set young
fruit trees in the holes where the old
ones are taken out, but other things
being equal, it would be just as we'll
to dig new holes in the spaces be-
tween the old trees after they have
been cut down or pulled up. Answer
ing a question along this line, the
Rural New Yorker advises digging a
wide hole two feet or more a diameter
and eight to twelve inches deep, as
may be needed, placing the rich or
top soil in one pile and the subsoil
in another.
Cut out all broken or injured roots
from the trees to be set, and freshen
the ends of the sound roots with a
slanting cut from below upward, so
that the fresh surface will rest on the
soil. When the roots are in their
natural position, set the trees in the
center of the hole and carefully fill
in around the roots with the best of
the top soil taken out, sitting it from
the edge of the shovel and working 1t
between the rows with the fingers,
/ shaking the tree meanwhile to get the
earth in every crevice between the
/ roots.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-04
ANXIETY WAS FOR THE KEG
OVercharge Small Matter, but Gus
toner Did Hate to See Good
Material Hurt.

Every nail-keg in the store had its
occupant, the checker board was work
ing overtime, and mittens and muf,
f1ers were stuffed in bulgy pockets, as
their owners drew closer round the
big, rusty stove.
The door opened noisily, letting In a
blast of the storm raging outside, and
in its wake followed Rufe Blevins, a
giant wood-chopper, whose good ma
ture and ready wit made him a vel
come addition to the store circle.
The loafeTs moved a little closer to-
gether to make room for Rufe on a
soap-boX, but he marched past the
friendly circle, pumped an empty
molasses-keg down on the counter
and drew a stained bill from his
pocket, which he held out to the pro-
prietor Of the store.
An eXpectant grin went round the
circle, for StOrekeeper jones had the
reputation Of never wronging himself
by overwhelming or undercharging.
The merchant adjusted his glasses
and looked expectantly from the bill
to the Wood-chOpper.
Notice you charged me for five gal
Ions O molasses last time l had this
fourgallon key filed" drawled Rufe.
4 don't mind payin' for the extra gal
lon. Mr.. Jones, but I do kinder hate
to have a good key strained to pieces. 3"
Youths Companion
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-04
Scale on Trees.

In order to do the best work the
trees should be pruned, removing all
dead branches and cutting back others
that have been seriously injured, or
that are very high, says the Agricul-
turist. All surplus shoots and branches
that can be spared from the trees
should be cut away, thus both reduc-
ing the surface to be sprayed and max
ing it possible to do better job when
spraying for the scale.
The best results are secured when
the spraying is done during the latter
part of March, or before growth has
started, although If the trees are badly
infested they should be sprayed in
the fall and again in the spring. The
most effectual remedy is lime-sulphur
solution, using the commercial mix
lures at the rate of one part to ten
parts water, or, one to eight if the
trees are badly incrusted. Be sure
to spray the trees from all sides and
cover every portion from the ground
to the ends of the branches.