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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-04-15
Petition To Discontinue The
Distribution OF Mail By
The City Carriers On
Sunday

We, the undersigned, patrons of
the Post Office Of Fitzgerald, Ca,
seeing that the present system Of
distributing mail by the city carriers
upon the Sabbath deprives them Of
a day for complete rest and worship:
and believing that all mail necessary
to be delivered can be satisfactorily
handled by the lock-boXes and the
general and special deliveries, re-
specially petition you, the honor
able Post Master, to secure the
disc0ntinuance of the city carriers
delivery upon the Sabbath day"
The above petition, which will be
presented by the various ministers
of the city tomorrow at their re-
spective churches, speaks for itself
Under the present system of
Sunday Postal service each carrier
and clerk has to be on duty a por-
ton of nearly every Sabbath The
hardship of this and the fact that
it is often to answer unnecessary
calls is being recognized by the
Post Office Department and the
public generally.
The Post Master General has
issued orders that wherever the
people wish it all Sunday distribu-
ton of mail is to be discontinued
except the lock-boxes, the special
delivery, and a sufficient time at the
general delivery window to meet
the urgent needs Of the travelling
public. The general public, recog-
nizing that all the service actually
needed is thus furnished, has gener-
ally taken advantage Of this act of
the Department, and thousands OF
Post Offices, among them New York,
Chicago and Savannah, have dis
continued all work not required by
the Department to the benefit Of the
Postal force and no material incOn-
venience to the public.
The Ministerial Alliance felt that
Fitzgerald ought not to behind so
many of her sister towns in taking
advantage Of this act, and in consul
tation with Post Master Marston
obtained his opinion that it would
be a decided benefit to the Postal
force. Accordingly the pastors will
present this petition tomorrow at
their churches with the hope that
the people will grant their carriers
one day for complete rest and Wor-
ship and the public better kept
Sabbath generally.
Come, citizens, do this good work.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-04-15
Trimmers' Association.

Yesterday the trimmers OF the
city met at the store of Mrs. M. c.
Russ and organized a trimmerS
association. The object of the Or
SANITATION is for the protection Of
the local milliners in the matter of
bad accounts and the regulation of
prices and the promotion Of leglti-
mate competition.
The trimmers present were: Mrs.
M. C. Russ, Mrs. E. j. Walker, Miss
S. Alexander, Miss Eliza King,
Mrs. E. P. Groves, Miss Sedlemeyer,
Miss Ethel Hail, Mrs, M. K. Day
and Miss Ada Walker.
This is probably the first trim
mers' Association ever organized
in the United States. For a num-
Der of years there have been at
tempts ofmovement of the kind.
Permanent officers of the organ
ization will be elected next Tuesday.
This does not mean lhat $4,000
hats will 60 up to $500, but with
the protection that comes from the
organization it may be possible
to reduce the prices.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-04-15
Knight Templar
Election
Annual

Last night Gethsemane held its
regular election of officers for the
insueing year. With the following
results:
Imminent Commander-Almonte
E. Jones.
General Isimo-J. E. Turner.
Captain Generate. NJ. Wise.
Senior Warden-W. R. Dykes
Junior Warden-S, G. Pryor.
Prelate-Rev. Guyton Fisher.
Treasurer-J. H. Goodman.
Recorder-J. B. Seanor.
Standard Bearer-C. S. IsIer.
Sword Bearer. w. Morris.
Warder-J. B. Russell.
Sentinal-J. H. Hicks.
Three Guards-E. K. Farmer, j.
H. Mayes and F c. Austin.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-04-15
NOTICE.

The public is again asked to see
that all the rubbish about the prem
ises is gathered and BURNED as
far as possible and that what can
not be burned is placed in the alley
convenient for the city teams. On
account of there being so many who
have not cleaned up their premises
the civ teams will not start for
another week.
DR.. L. S. OSBORNE,
Health Officer.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-04-15
Petition For A New Trial

Judge Haygood went down to
Baxley Thursday afternoon to argue
before the city court against the
motion of the A. B. & A. R. R. Co.
for a new trial in a damage suit in
which a negro woman secured a
verdict of $4,000 for the death of
her son and only support, who was
killed by a train while in discharge
of his duty as an employee OF the
road. It is claimed that the virdlct
this case was the largest ever
secured in the South for the death
of a negro.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-04-15
Easter Services To Be
Held For knight Templar's

The local Knights Templar, Geth-
semane No. 80 will hold their regu-
lar Easter service at the Central
Methodist church next Sunday, to-
morrow.
Rev. C. A. Jackson, Presiding
Elder of the Americas district, has
been invited and will deliver the
sermon at II a. m.
The Sir Knights will assemble at
the Armory at 1915 and will go in
a body to the church in full dress.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-04-15

TERRA GOTTA well curbing is
the best guarantee of pure drinking
water for your family. Telephone
JE. Mercer for prices.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-04-15
The Awakening Of the South

The people all over the South are
rapidly awakening to the dangers of
calomel. This is attested by the
steady increase in sales of Dodson's
Liver-Tone, which is superior to cal
omel. 1t is a pleasant tasting vege-
table compound and acts promptly
and efficiently. Your money back
if dissatisfied. Buy SOC bottle to-
day. Sold and guaranteed by j. H.
Goodman Drug Co.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-04-15

The Ladies Aid Society of the
First M. E. Church will serve their
regular monthly dinner at the W.
R. C. Hall Wednesday April 1891.
Dinner Csc.
Mrs. M. E. WHITMAN, Sec.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-04-15
BUSINESS LOCALS

WANTED-Three or four hundred
bushels red spanish peanuts, notify
J. E. Mercer at once.
Valdez daily prospector., 1911-08-14
Filed for Record.

Quartz locatiOn--ROsc lode Chas. Ncwbill, l.. c. Larson, To- catOrS.
 Quartz lOcation--JumbO claim same lOcators.
 Quartz lOcatiOn--ClimaX lode ; same locatOrs.
 Quartz location--LOst Hope lode; C. A. Ramsey, II. J. Ruthcr- ford, locators.
 Quartz Iocation--IIopc No. ? lode; same lOcatOrS.
 Quit claim--L. Archibald to C.. F.. Bunncll, lot Keystone avenue and Front street.
 Quartz lOcatiOn--ArrOW lode A. l.. McNaughtOn, locator.
 Quartz lOcation--NaldcZ gla- cicr; Blair Cleveland, Pete ;ohn- son, lOcators.
Valdez daily prospector., 1911-08-14
OPEN UP ALASKA.

Everywhere in the Northwest, the slogan is heard, "Opcn Up Alaska.' In as far as metal mines arc concerned, this is being done continually abreast of addition of transportation facilities, whose betlcrmcnt is being retarded by the failure of a "patcrnal" gov crnment, to understand that the theories of "ncW natiOnaliSm" which were borrowed from a dead fcudal system and seem so pOpu- lar about the comfortable IObbieS of fashionable hOstclrics of the national capitol, do not solve the problems of stupid laws that en- barrass intelligent development of Alaska.
 Reports of newer discoveries in Alaska are confirmed again and again in the great gold, copper and coal fields tributary to Seward and Valdez and the quartz and placer zones farther north. De- VclOpmcnt of these resources is discouraged by many obsolete laws and some stupid new ones that make investments unsafe in Alaska. Cheaper coal is needed for power for mines. mills, the more economical operation of Alaskan railroads and cheaper power for steamships.
 The most that Alaska needs is lO be better understood by the great majority of people who cast the votes that made the laws that laid down the "fcuda" rules of iIaction now in "fOrcc."
 In the interest of general pub licily for Alaska, a staff cOrres- pOndent for Power, Mine and Fac tory, will visit cities of southern and northwestern Alaska during the months of August and Sep tcmbcr, calling further attention of all chapters of the American Mining Congress and the nation al press to the needs of the north. --Powcr, Mine and Factory.
Valdez daily prospector., 1911-08-14
Cooper Pol.on,no.

In the research laboratory of the General Electric Co. at Sch- nectady, N. Y., a number of men felt certain injurious effects fol- lowing the melting of 5000 lbs. of electrolytic copper scrap in an arc furnace. As the copper was uncontaminated the conclusion was reached that the physiologi- cal effects were due to the fumes of the metal. The melting occu- pied five hours, and some time af- ter the ten men present all eXper- fenced difficulty in breathing, se- we're nausea and soreness throughout the system resem- bling an attack of grip.
Valdez daily prospector., 1911-08-14
TEARS, IDLE TEARS"

The Scripps- McRac papers are constantly harping on the alleged attempt of Lhc Guggcnhcims to steal Alaska. Here is one of the latest:
 Business interests with axes to grind, their followers and sympa- thiZcrS arc weeping crocodile tears for the 'poOr people in Alas ka who cant get the coa! they need SO badIy,' and are cXccrat- ing Pinch0t, Garfield and other champions of the conservation movement as ObstructiOnists and undesirable citizens.
 IL iS pleasant to see these much a@itaicd gentlemen coming forth for the downtroddcn and the Op- pressed, even for business rca- sons, but they would obtain more credit for horse sense in matters of public policy if they would cease bowling long enough lo grasp thc situation.
 There is a law on the national statute books which vc"y clearly IorbidS tn" practices which the Gugg"uhcimS have rcsOrIcd to tO get control of the Alaskan coal lands. The CuGScrNaiiOniJS insist that iIiiS law in iIS Various pro- visions be strictly enforced, first, because it is the law, and second. because thcy do not believe that it is lO the interest of the Amer ican people Io let any man or group of men get a throttle hold of a natural monopoly.
 In the matter of the Alaskan coal lands IhcY have thus far been pretty successful in spite of the favor which the would-b be mOnOp- olisis have found with the off ciaIs nf inc interior department, and jhi5 very success probably constitutes Jhcir crime.
 The people of Alaska are no doubt suffering inconvenience from being unable to obtain the Alaska coal, but they arc not be- ginning IO suffer as thousands and hundreds of thousands in tho United States have been forced for years IO pay tribute to the coal carrying roads of Pcnnsylvania, which have obtained in lhc Unit ed States what tho Guggenhcim contingent is after in Alaska q monopoly of the peoples birth right.
 The Alaskans should have the use of the coal, and they will get it once Congress becomes sufri- ciently stirred up to their needs. But when they do, it will be under law which places the coal fields under the control of the govern ment.
 ', One Divine Right" Baer is enough on the American conti- nent.
Valdez daily prospector., 1911-08-14

My dcar," Mrs. Jones said lo her considerably lesser half, "I want you to do little shopping for me this afternoon"
 Mr. Jones blinkcd paLhcticalIy. He had arranged to spend a quiet afternoon at the cricket match.
 "I--I was thinking of going tO the match, my dovc," he began. fccbly.
 "lndccdw observed his wife SLOniIy, "WcIl, I've got a better match for you than that. want you to match this piece of ma Lcrial at MasOn's--"
 "At the counter where that lil- tie blonde girl scrvCs?" inter- rupCcd Mr.. Jones suddenly, ''lhat nice little thing, you know, with the frizzy curls and bright eyes. and jolly, roguish smiIc--ch?"
 Perhaps, after all,' rclOrtcd Mrs. Jones, with a below zero glare, "Td better do my own shop ping
Valdez daily prospector., 1911-08-14

A Georgia woman has applied for five pensions because she married five veterans of the Civil war
Valdez daily prospector., 1911-08-14

A story is going the rounds of a couple of young folks who attended church recently. When the collection was being taken up the young man commenced fishing for a dime. His face expressed his embarrassment as he hoarSc- ly whispered, "I guess I haven't a ccnt--I changed my pants" ." The young lady, who had been examining the unknown regions of Woman's dress for her purse, turned pink color and said: "I'm in the same lX.'
Valdez daily prospector., 1911-08-14

By the way, whom would the Republicans nominate for the presidency next year if Pres. Taft were not rcnOminatcd
Valdez daily prospector., 1911-08-14

Tragedies told in headlines:
 ''Tricd to Jump on the Boat as It Was Leaving the"Dock."
 'Carclcssly Threw the Match Away"
 "POliccman Happened to be Standing Just Back of the Mash er."
 "MOtOrman'S Attention Was Attracted by Dog Fight"
 "UndcrtOOk to Milk a Cow on the Wrong Side"
 "llc Flirtcd With a pugiliSts Best Girl"
 "OTiccr Was Trying to Shoot a Dog"
Valdez daily prospector., 1911-08-14
HORNETS NEST.

When the careless printer set It. up: "PrcS. Taft is Simm"rinG at Washington hc wasn't so far wrong, after all.
Valdez daily prospector., 1911-08-14

Undertaken How do you hap pen to be one of tho mOurncrs at Lhis funeral?
 PaL-- Bcgob, an didn't th' corpse owe me Cwiuly-foivc dOl- lars ?"
Valdez daily prospector., 1911-08-14

Do you think only of mc?" in- quircd the girl.
 "fIl be frank with you," replied the young man. Now and then 1 think of baseball"
Valdez daily prospector., 1911-08-14

Don't be satisfied with some- thing "just as good" insist on cut glass with the Hawkes. trade mark on it, and have the best.
Valdez daily prospector., 1911-08-14

FOR SALE Good house fur nished on Broadway. Inquire Prospector office. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1911-08-14

General fire insurance. North ern Trust company. tf
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-08-01
$3.50 Recipe For
Weak Kidneys, Free
Relieves Urinary and Kidney Troubles
Backache, Straining, Swelling, Etc.
Stops Pain in the Bladder,
Kidneys and Back

Wouldn't it be nice within a week or 30 to
begin to say goodbye forever to the scalding,
dribbling, straining or too-frequent passage OF
urine; the forehead and back-of-the-head aches;
the stitches and pains in the back; the growing
muscle weakness; spots before the eyes; yellow
skin; sluggish bowels; swollen eyelids or ankles;
leg cramps unnatural short breath; sleepless-
ness and dependency.
l have a recipe for these troubles that you can
depend on and and If you want to make quick
recovery, you ought to write and get copy OF
it. Many a doctor would charge you So. 80 just
for writing this prescription, but have 1t and
will be glad to send it to you entirely free Just
drop me line like this: Dr. A. e. Robinson,
Kl90 Luck Building, Detroit, Mich, and l will
send 1t by return mail in plain envelope. AS
you will see when you get 1t this recipe contains
only pure harmless remedies but 1t has great
healing and pain conquering power
;. 1t will quickly show its power once you use
without delay. will send you q copy free
yon can nse II and cnre vourself at howe.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-08-01
FORAGE IN THE ORCHARD.

B. K. Julian, Omak, Okanogan
county, WASH, writes:
81 am regular reader of The
Ranch. The Horticultural Depart
ment is OF very great interest to me
and | always read it first. | am going
to ask few questions which, il you
can find time to answer either through
The Ranch or by personal letter, will
be very much appreciated. under
stand that you have an orchard in the
Yakima valley in which you have
alfalfa. In what way do you dispose
of the crops of alfalfa? DO you cut
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-08-01
Apple Dryers.

j. T. Lowry, Route 2, WiDlock,
WASH, under date of June 80, writes:
'Can you inform me of a locality
where it would be advisable to start
an apple dryer? How about the Big
Bottom Country? We are newcomers
in this country, so we come to you,
though | know you must be a busy
man, for we read The Ranch and
think it great paper for the farmers.
If it is not asking too much of you,
I would be greatly obliged it you
could give me any information as to
the prospect of apple drying"
An answer was sent to this inquiry
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-08-01
EDITED BY T. WALDEN.

by mail, but [ wish to make it a text
for some things | wish to say about
dryers on the ranch. One Of the vital
problems that confronts fruit growers
in the Pacific Northwest is how to
best take care of our surplus fruits.
The waste in all our large orchards is
something frightful. Last year not
less than five carloads OF peaches rot
ted in our orchard and we would have
been better off financially if at least
two more carloads had gone the same
road. On a number of our old peach
trees the peaches were too small to
pack within the limits agreed on by
the growers. In this way at least FIVE
carloads went to waste. Our Elbertas,
Champions and Fosters ON our young
trees were large and made us good
money, but over two carloads of late
Crawfords, though fine peaches, struck
such bad market that in some cases
we did not realize enough to pay for
our boxes and as whole did not pay
all expenses. If all these peaches
that would not sell at all and those
that did not pay all expenses could
have been evaporated, they would
have paid good money.
Then when it came to our apples,
there was big waste in culls. And
this thing happens every year. All
culls among our apples would not be
suitable to dry, but very many OF
them would be. 1t would not pay us
to put up a dryer for our own use,
but big dryer in the neighborhood
could buy all this surplus fruit at a
profit to us as we'll to the dryer.
There is an inviting field in such
localities as ours for dryers, and
canneries. We trust that men with
adequate capital and proper ex-
perience will come to our locality and
prepare for this line of business.
Philip D. Armour, the noted pork
racker, who commenced life poor and
died multi millionaire, accumula ted
most of his great fortune by taking
care of what was going to waste in
the packing business. The story of
his methods of saving everything
when butcherine hogs and cattle, reads
like fairy tale. Some one has said
that he saved everything in butcher
ing a hog but the squeal and finally
that was caught and ground out on
the photograph. Many a man finds
himself in a vrey Strengthened circum-
stances in old age who might be liv-
ing on easy street if he had learned
to be saving in his younger days, and
one way to save is to take care of
the waste.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-08-01
they're
ROOFING.

Visit Our Nursery any or every
day from March to October and
you'll find our trees standing in the
fertile Yakima Valley soil in the
pink of condition.
There is never time here when
Nature does not seem to be at its
best. The soil is rich as the Garden
of Eden, the sunshine during the
growing months is always on tap
during all the long hours of our
long days and with water at our
command our trees do not suffer
from the lack of moisture as do the
trees of many of our less fortunate
neighbors in other localities who
must depend on rain. During the
hot weeks of July, August and Sep
TENDER we get a magnificent growth
on root and top for we have all the
necessary elements, but with lack
of rain and no irrigation trees and
vegetation do not make the growth
which they do with us.
AND CULTIVATION?
We never stop. We keep a large
field force of men and teams con-
stantly at work with cultivators
loosening the soil, conserving the
moisture and permitting the free
entrance of oxygen into the soil,
all of which is so essential to good
root growth.
The result is found in the magnifi-
Gently rooted trees for which our
Nursery is famous.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-08-01
GOOSEBERRY MOLD.

j. Lester Martin, Twin Bridges,
Montana, writes:
"May | ask the cause and the
remedy of sort of mold that forms
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-08-01

any of it? 1t would also be of inter
est to know how much water you use
in season, that is, how many acre
feet? [ have 90 acre orchard, trees
one year old, in this Okanogan pro.
ject, in which l am growing rec
clover. | would like to cut only
enough of this to feed one team ano
COW. How would it do to cut the
first crop of the season, leaving the
second, or all that grows after, on the
ground?"
On my fruit ranch in the Yakima
valley, which comprises about loo
acres in fruit trees, we have alfalfa
growing in part of it, also red clover,
hairy vetch, yellow trefoil and
sweet clover in other parts. In other
parts we have nothing growing but
the trees and such weeds as get ahead
of us occasionally. We do not try tC
make any hay from anything growing
in our orchards. We have sometimes
cut some of the alfalfa for hay but il
is difficult to handle it among large
trees. One of our apple orchards con
tanning five or six acres, is seeded to
alfalfa and has hog tight fence
around it. My son has % very fine
Poland China hogs running there.
To say that they are as fat ''as fat as
pigs in clover'' is drawing the matter
rather mildly. The hogs do not in
jure the trees at all. OF course they
eat the windfall apples but that is no
loss to us and is some benefit to the
hogs. In the other parts OF the or
chard where we are growing these
Iegumes, We practically do nothing
with the crops. The object we have
in growing these legumes in our
orchards is to renew nitrogen and
they are doing that splendidly. Ii
your trees seem to lack vigor, especial
ly your old trees, you may feel pretty
sure that the nitrogen content is be-
ing used up. Don't buy commercial
nitrates like Chill Salt peter and
guano which are very expensive, but
grow legumes, such as alfalfa, clover
of any kind, vetch of any kind, ire
foil, peas and beans, and you will
renew your nitrates without any cost
at all. The longer any of these leg
umes grow on the ground in an or.
chard or out of it, the richer that
soil will become in nitrogen, which is
the one thing that gives vigor to all
plants.
l think that one crop of clover car
be cut and the remaining growth left
as Mr.. Julian suggests, and the soil
will grow richer. This richness is
not so much in the tops as in the
roots where nodules are formed con
tanning nitrates. This matter is very
imperfectly understood by the aver
age farmer. Water must be abundant
where we allow anything to grow in
our orchard. even weeds. The govern
ment that now owns the Sunnysidt
Canal, allows three acre feet pei
annum which seems to be an abundant
supply.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-08-01

(All inquiries for information from this
Department should be addressed to
No. Howe Street, Seattle.)
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-09-26

the drawl typical OF the section rep
resented.
The Higgins sketch. and "Dave"
wrote II himself. IL brand new. Mon
days performances marked It's pre-
miere, In fact, and II took well with
the packed houses that greeted the
popular actor at both the afternoon
and evening shows. The story re-
wolves around a Mexican girl. Chi
quita, who Is loved by Bill but elopes
with his partner. Jim. Bill follows.
bent on vengeance. but his lighting
spirit is broken when the girl con-
fesses that she IL In love with Jim
and never really cared for Bill There
are some side complications that add
interest and help 20 MI out the story.
Altogether, it's clever little playlet.
worthy OF the producer Mr.. Higgins
Is assisted by Miss Clara Knott, l..
f. Robertson. Walter Parker and Ed
gar Adams.
Perhaps the most elaborate novelty
OF the kind ever offered In vaudeville
is the act of Lambs Menikins. These
figures, numbering about
so, put on a regular production In a
little theater OF their own. stage
within stage. There are seven
numbers, including magic act, an
acrobatic act, a Song and dance turn
by a wooden prima donna, an Indian
war dance, ballet number, q trans
formation, and a wonderfully realis-