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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-08-25

from SO to $40 per yearly. The net profit.
however, averages about $50 per acre in the
various banana producing sections The banana
often grows in combination with other products.
In some cases 1t is used a shade for young
coffee plants.
A great many people are OF the opinion that
the banana would be much better If it was al
lowed TO ripen on the plant, but this is not the
case. Such fruit is strong in favor, does not
mature TO perfection, and the skin breaks, at
tracing numerous insects while the weight OF
the bunch itself becomes too great for the plant,
either one or both coming TO the ground The
punches are cut when the fruit is one-half TO
three-quarters matured though still green and
as hard as nails. It continues TO feed from the
cut stalk, which contains a great amount OF
sap, until fully ripe Should the cutting occur
too soon, however, the fruit although turning
yellow, will never attain the perfect flavor.
With the cutting of the bunch ends the life
OF the plant, for IT bears but once and is usual
ly cut down to obtain the fruit or succumbs
few days later TO the cleaning process, which is
merely the bringing OF a spent piece TO the
ground. Cutting the fruit itself involves the
only careful labor on the banana plantation,
the punches weigh from fifty to sixty pounds,
and even slight knocks are followed by bruised
spots under which the fruit quickly ripens and
decays However, by the liberal use Of dried
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-08-25

Forty years ago there we're very few people in
this country who could boast of having seen
bunch of bananas. The fruit was practically un-
known. Now, in even the most remote country
store, this pride Of the tropics is a familiar
sight.
Despite the fact that millions of punches are
consumed, they belong almost wholly to one
member of the family, the common yellow
Guineo
Scientists have recognized and classified as
many as 40 different species, ranging from the
ornamental groups that do not develop fruit to
the giant bananas, the Platano OF the Spanards
The red banana is not common in the Ameri-
can markets. In the United States it is used
only to dress" fancy baskets Of fruit but i'm
the tropical countries 1t is quite a favorite. The
individual banana is large, but the stalk does
not carry as many hands as the yellow varie
ties, so as 1t does not bring as large price TO
the grower and wholesaler, its extensive culuva-
ton is not encouraged
Banana culture is one Of the oldest Of indus
tries. 1t has been known since the origin of
the human race Long before the dawn of his
tory in the old world, perhaps long before the
old world rose from the waters, man lived on
the fruit of the NIusas. The banana was gen.
orally considered a native of southern Asia,
and to have been carried into America by
Europeans, until Humboldt threw doubt upon
It's purely Asiatic origin, quoting early authors
who asserted that the banana was cultivated
in America long before the conquest II is
claimed that at the time Of the lncas in Peru,
bananas formed one of the staple foods Of the
natives Of the warm and temperate regions OF
the Montana. In spite of the uncertainty as
TO just which country may claim the fruit as
indigenous, all tropical lands assert their right
TO It,
The first importation Of bananas 10 the
United States occurred i'm 1904, when the
schooner Reynard, on a voyage from Cuba,
brought into New York, as a commercial ven.
tuTe, a consignment of 30 lunches; but the
real beginning OF the trade dates back TO 1866,
when Mr.. Charles Frank undertook the i'm
portation OF fruit from Colon to New York
Previous TO that venture small cargoes con-
ssting mainly Of the red banana had been re-
ceived at irregular intervals from Cuba. In
1870 Captain Baker. an owner OF Cape Cod
schooner, took a charter to carry gold miners
and machinery 300 miles up the Orinoco river
In Venezuela. After discharging his cargo,
Captain Baker ran into Jamaica to secure
some cocoanuts as ballast 10 New York, carry
ing few punches of bananas on the deck as
an experiment The result promised a great
future for the industry on that island, which
has been fulfilled, the exports last year reach.
ing $4,000,000.
Z On the American continent, bananas are sue.
cessfully grown through so degrees OF latitude,
from Tampico, Mexico, 25 degrees north, to
Asuncion in Paraguay in the Tropic OF Capri
corn, 20 degrees south-a belt over 1900 miles
In width. Cultivation Of the fruit is practical
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-08-25

down the weeds and care
fully clean the ground
about the the root Of each
stalk.
The banana plant will
grow with wonderful rap
idity under favorable cir
cumstances. In fact. the
development from a new
ly planted sucker to the
plant in full bearing is
simply short of marvel
Gus. Within a space OF
six or seven weeks the
two or three foot plant
has more than doubled in
size, and a month or so
later the leaves cease TO
unfold and a spike APP
pears out of the center or
the crown. This is the flu
ture stalk Of the bunch
and carries a huge red
blossom at the end. lt
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-08-25

the 1910 importation. at point of export, was
over $12.500 000 while in all probability the con
suming public of the United States expended
over $35, ,O00. 900 for this delectable fruit.
During the past ten years the number OF
bananas consumed in the United States has
more than doubled, and the increased tropical
acreage under cultivation assures even more
startling figures for the next decade. Many
European countries importing large quanti-
ties of bananas; last year Great Britain con
sumed $8,O00,00O worth, Germany over
$l,000,000 and France, S500,000
With the worlds decreasing food supply, and
the wheat crop at a standstll the banana comes
forward as an important factor in saving the
day. One acre with little labor will annually
produce 1900 pounds of bananas, or more than
one and one-third times as much food substance
acre of corn, two and one-third times as
much as oats, almost three times as much per
acre as wheat and potatoes, and four times
much rye The chemical composition of ba
nanas and potatoes is almost identical
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-08-25

F. you did not eat three dozen
bananas last year, you did not
have your share. Over 10000
900 punches, or more than
00,000,O00 bananas, were i'm
ported into the United States in
1910. The immensity OF this
shipment can be more readily
grasped by the statement that
1t would cover an area 20 feet
wide, reaching from New York
to San Francisco, or, placed end
TO end, would extend thirteen
times around the earth at the
equator. The slip" In the peels
would launch the ships Of the
world. The wholesale value OF
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-08-25

in my side, sick
headaches and ner-
vousness. had Ia
ken so many medi-
cines that / w as
disc outraged an d
thought L would
never get we'll. A
friend told me Of
Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Veg e t table Com
pound and It re-
stored me TO health.
IN ava M nnnEA
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-08-25
Good Vacation Advice.
A DIFFERENCE.

Bishop Scalding, on a hot summer
morning, gave one Of the congrega-
tions of Portland. Ore, timely piece
of advice.
Don't" he said, when you go of
on your vacation, leave all your re-
ligion behind and take all your cob
lection away with you"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-08-25
INFLAM=
-
NATION
AND PAIN
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Creston, Iowa.-"I was troubled for
/ long time with Inflammation. pains
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-08-25

Many a man who claims to be self
made has a wife who superintended
the fob.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-08-25
A Thirst for Information.

Say, pa?"
What is it?"
"Who made the after-dinner
speeches at Belshazzar's feast?"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-11-09
EXHIBIT TO

The Brookings county exhibit,
which won first prize at both the
state fair and the Mitchell corn pal
ace, was shipped to Chicago last
night where it will be on display at
the National Land show. The ex-
hibit was r~eplenished and fixed up, so
that it will present fully as good an
appearance as it did at Huron and
Mitchell. At Chicago the Brookings
county exhibit will occupy the Gen.
ter of the big space allotted to South
Dakota, the other county exhibits
radiating from Brookings county. A
big plush banner will proclaim to
the world that the exhibit is from
Brookings county and also it's prize
winning record. The exhibit will be
a big advertisement for this county.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-11-09
AS VIEWED BY
WASHINGTON
SOUTH DAKOTA POLITICS AND
HOW THEY ARE REGARDED
AT CAPITAL
VIEWS on IA TOILETTE MOVEMENT
A Fight Among Followers of Wiscon-
sin Senator May Help Swing State
to Column of President Taft

(From Our Washington Correspondent
AS Washington is the headquarters
of the Progressive movement by rea-
son of having the official establish
ment presided over by Senator Jona-
than Bourne, and the promotion bur-
eau of Senator La Toilette, a good
deal of interest is found in the feud
between Senator Crawford and r. o.
Richards. 1t is believed that the di-
vision in the La Toilette forces in
South Dakota matters will make GER
ain the election Of delegates to the
next Republican Convention, who will
support President Taft for renomina-
ton. The P~rogressives do not relish
the cordial manner in which the peo-
pie of South Dakota received the
President, and now that Crawford and
Richards have fallen put there is
considerable weakness of heart among
those who have been laying their
claims to South Dakota.
Quite naturally a Representative
who has been so long in the service,
and so prominently identified with big
legislations as has Congressman
Burke, has become a valuable force
in Congress. 1t is doubtful if many
Representatives were shown as much
consideration by the President on his
tour of the country as the South Da-
kotan. In view of his long experience,
and his familiarity with all subjects
of legislation, it is quite ~inconceivable
that Judge Frank McNulty, or State
Senator Ira o. Curtis, Of Aberdeen;
or NJ. P. Bromley of Redfeld, or w.
s. Glass of Watertown, could expect to
perform as valuable work for the Sec
ond district, as the present incumb-
ent. While Washington is a long
ways from South Dakota, yet the in
formation here is to the effect that
all of the opponents to Mr.. Burke are
of the Progressive branch Of the
party, and indications r that they
are about as nearly agreed as to a
policy as are Messrs. Richards and
Crawford. The Senatorship situation
of South Dakota is one OF a good deal
Of interest throughout the country,
and the fact that Mr.. Gamble Is be-
ing opposed by Dean Thomas Sterl-
ing is not strange when the Pro-
gressive tendencies alive In South Da-
kota, where the La Toilette people
are working to secure every advan-
tage. il taken into consideration. The
sentiment Of Washington naturally
favors Mr.. Gamble, In a. much a. he
(continusd on Page rhrss.)
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-11-09
1.-THE e MILL"

Extravagant praise is generally sus-
p~icious. but in announcing the forth.
coming engagement of Martin &
Emery Co.'S production of "The Red
Mill" at the opera house on December
4th the management has scarcely done
the play justice. 1t has already de-
monstrated its worth and lasting quail.
ity. 1t was originally produced at
the Knickerbocker Theatre. New York,
where it was given continuously fol-
one entire year and played to the
largest gross receipts ever known al
that theatre; engagements Of three
months each in Chicago. Boston, Phila'
delphia followed. 1.-THE Red Mill" ID
By Henry Blossom and Victor Her
bert, whose earlier success. Mile
Mediate" easily proclaimed them thu
peer Of al musical composers.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-11-09
FISCHER is GOOD.

On account of severe illness Phi.
delah Rice, the impersonator, was un.
able to keep his date with the col.
lege lecture course on Monday even
ing. However, Arthur Fischer was
substituted, and he gave an enter.
tainment that made his audience for
get any regrets they may have had
over Mr.. Rice's non-appearance. Mr..
Fischer read "a Pair of Spectacles,'
carrying out the eight separate char
acters in a truly remarkable manner,
and he received enthusiastic applause
upon his conclusion. Mr.. Fischer in
his spare moments publishes per.
sonality," a very interesting little
magazine of individuality and ideas.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-11-09
S. D. S. C.. Wins
FROM MINERS
COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM HANDS
A BEATING TO THE STATE
SCHOOL OF MINES
HIGH SCHOOL LOSES HURON GAME
Both Games Are Close and Hard
Fought Contests-Marquette and
Sioux Falls Games Saturday

Our football teams closed the past
week with n victory and n defeat.
The State college won from the Rapid
City School Of Mines at the local park
last Friday afternoon by a score OF
II to 3, while the high school team
met defeat at the hands, and feet, OF
Huron high at Huron on Saturday.
The college-Rapid City game was
one of the best and most exciting
games of the local season. The visi-
tors started out like winners, walking
all over Brookings in the first quar-
ter and scoring three points. How
ever, their jubilation was short-lived,
as the State college boys turned on
them and handed them a beautiful
trimming in the remaining three pc
RODS of play. The game was clean
and with one exception, free from
roughness. In the last few minutes
of play while the teams we're fighting
desperately Treacy of B~rookings, and
Dickey of the visitors became tangled
up, more from the excitement of the
battle than from any real grievance,
and both removed from the
game.
Catlett was the star for Brookings
and his two sensational runs were the
feature of the game. He scored two
Of the Brookings t~ouchdowns and
made a third which was not allowed.
Bibby made the other score for Brook
ings. Lockhart did good work, as
usual, and Kremer was a star on
defense. T. Jensen evidently is I'M
willing that all the honors of the
family should be COPIED by his broth
er and he put up a game that must
have w surprised himself. Fat"
did himself proud and was a terror in
breaking up the visitors plays.
The high school defeat at Huron
seems to have been somewhat of a
hard luck one. The Brookings boys
claim that they have a better team
than Huron, but did not play their
game on Saturday, which, however,
Is not Huron's fault and they must
be given credit for the victory. The
Brookings boys carried the ball down
to the Huron 5-yard line at the start
of the game. but were unable to put
1t over. Several times afterward they
has chances to score, but fell q little
short.
The college team play MarQuet.s u
Milwaukee Saturday. but the high
school boys win b idle, Thoy play
SIOUX Falls e aioux yn1le = woeh
! tcsatisusa - 49, 4Asea,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-11-09
READY IN w MONTHS.

The court house crew have the
stone tower nearly completed, but had
to lay off a day or two the last week
on account of the cold weather. An
inside crew is now engaged in
laying the Clipped marbel floor. This
is done by machinery and it is really
astonishing how easily and well the
machine does the work. ]. b. Nelson,
the contractor, was here from Man
kato yesterday and stated that he
thought the building would be com
pleted in a couple of months, unless
some unforeseen delay should turn up.
This will be a couple Of months ahead
of the time expected.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-11-09
NEW PASTOR INSTALLED.

Last evening at the First Presby-
terian church the new pastor, Rev.
A. F. Won Tobel, was installed. The
event was an impressive n and was
conducted by prominent clergymen of
the church, participated in by the
pastors of the different churches of
the city. The ceremony was wit
messed by a large number Of the
congregation and friends.
After the devotional exercises, which
consisted of sacred music by the
choir, reading of the scriptures by
Rev. c. F. Hoffman of the United
Presbyterian church, and prayer by
Rev. w. A. Black of the NJ. e. church,
the sermon Of the evening, a very
able effort, was given by Rev. J. r.
Henderson of Minneapolis. Follow
ing the ceremony the installation
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-11-09
THE PREVENTION
OF HOG CHOLERA
DR.. e. L. MOORE AND HIS DEPART.
MENT DOING A GREAT WORK
FOR THE STATE
COLLEGE news OF THE PAST week
Florist Stoltenberg Has Fine Display
Of FIowers-FootbaII Team Leaves
Tonight for Milwaukee

In the past three seasons the veter-
mary department of the State college
has used owe five hundred hogs in
getting serum to be distributed for the
prevention of hog cholera in South
Dakota. DR.. E. l.. Moore. professor
OF veterinary medicine is work
ing constantly on serums for the pre-
vention of disease OF live stock in
the state. The hog cholera serum
which he is now producing and dis
tributing over the state costs about
forty-two cents for a full dose to a
hog weighing one hundred pounds.
Considering the great value of the
work DIR. More is doing, the state
appropriation of five thousand dollars
Is a many fold investment. The vet
Urinary department expects soon to
produce he serum on a larger scale
and therefore at a cheaper rate for
the state. DR.. Moore is constantly re-
ceiving a large number Of inquiries
regarding the prevention and treat
ment OF hog cholera, and has issued
a bulletin containing full information
on the subject. DR.. Moore and his
assistant, It. B. Kelly, are working
over time on the serum, but cannot
produce a sufficient quantity to Salts
fly the demand. South Dakota Is re-
markable free from hog cholera but
the wide awake farmer of today con-
siders it a good investment to insure
his stock against the disease even
though 1t should never come.
With fifty different varieties of
chrysanthemums, thirty varieties Of
foliage plants, and at least one hun
dred kinds OF Towering plants on dis
play, Fred ~Stoltenberg. florist at the
State college, held his annual recep-
ton to visitors last Sunday at the
college green house. One prominent
feature Of the exhibit was a bridal
table most elegantly decorated with
pihh Diiu iOotS anu lilllcS OIL Lue
valley. The practical value of the
display was it's use by the class in
home economies in the study of house
and table decorations. The college
goes to considerable expense and
trouble each year to give the girls
practical demonstrations in the art
OF decorating in connection with the
class in home economics. Mr.. Stol-
tenberg also makes a speciality of the
annual display of chrysanthemums,
and usually has every variety repre-
sented.
The college football team leaves to-
night for Milwaukee, where on Satur-
day they play Marquette university.
Marquette has had the reputation in
past years of turning out fast foot
ball teams, but the Bookings boys
are confident that they will make a
good showing, If they do not humble
the Milwaukians. The boys will make
the trip in a special a
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-11-09

services of the Presbyterian church
we're conducted. Rev. A. W. Cooper
of Miller, moderator of the South
Dakota Presbytery, propunded the
constitutional questions to the pastor
and congregation. The charge to
the pastor var delivered by Rev. j.
c. Linton of Flandreau, and the
charge to the congregation by the
moderator, Rev. Cooper. Benediction
was ~pronouaced by the newly in
stalled pastor.
Rev. Won Tobel during his short
residence in the city has made a
large number Of friends, not only
among his own members but with the
people generally, and hearty good
wishes will be extended to him for
a most successful ~pastorate here.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-11-09
ROAD MEETING AT FALLS.

A meeting will be held at Sioux
Falls today of delegates from the
South Dakota towns interested in the
Gulf to Winnipeg road. The dele
gates from Clear Lake, Toronto,
Milbank, Big Stone, Ortonville and
other towns north of here, arriving
in Brookings last evening by auto
on their way to the meeting and were
the guests of the Bookings Com
mercial club until this morning.
President Harris of the Commercial
club and Prof. H. G. Solberg are the
delegates from Brookings, but there
were quite a number of others who
went down from here. The dele
gates We're all enthusiastically in
favor Of the proposed road and they
Of the opinion that on account
of favorable natural conditions very
little money would have to be ex-
pended to make the proposed road
the equal Of any in the country. The
route favored is from Sioux City to
Big Stone. by way of Sioux Falls.
Brookings and Mifbank. From Big
Stone the road turns into Minnesota
and runs about forty miles north.
then comes back into this state snd
goa into North Dakota at White
Rock. A good meeting Il expecled
Il Sioux Falls, - the towns Ninth
% hsrs are equally intu1Se1s4.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-11-09
BIG BATTLE TOMORROW.

The Seniors and Sophomore classes
OF the high school challenged the
Juniors and Freshmen to a football
game. which was promptly accepted
and the big battle will come on at
the fair grounds tomorrow afternoon
at four O'Clock. There will be no
admission charged and everyone is
invited to come out and enjoy the fun.
One Of the conditions Of the game 10
that the losing classes furnish q ban
quet for tho victors. and this will
b held tomorrow evening. all Of the
high school students to b present.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-11-09
KISSING THE BABIES.

United States Senator r. j. Gamble
OF Yankton. spent Saturday in the city
visiting friends and meeting the voters.
He stated that he expected to leave
In q few days for Washington. con-
gross opening the irst Monday in De-
cember.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1911-11-03

and opened to settlement in the
ordinary way under the Home
stead Act.
1t is not the duty of forest Of
Ulcers to hunt out desirable pieces
Of land so as to be able to show
them to homesteaders but after
a homeSeeker has found land
that looks good to him, the forest
officer is expected to give the
homeseeker all reasonable help
by telling him. how to proceed.
Forms are furnished for making
application for land, and when
they have been properly filled out
they are sent to the district of
flee at Denver, Colorado. If there
Is no adverse claim, the local of
fiters are directed, usually within
week, to make an examination.
Under ordinary circumstances,
field examination is made and a
report submitted to the district
forester within three months at
the outside after the receipt OF
the Instructions to make the ex-
animation.
If it is found that the land is
chiefly valuable for agriculture,
the secretary of agriculture lists
the land with the secretary of the
interior, and in due time it is
thrown open to entry. The ap-
plicant is given sixty days pre-
ference right after the list is
filed in the local land office, to
enter the land. If he does not
enter it within this period the
land is open to entry by any
one. 1t becomes case Of first
come, first served"
After filing this entry, the en-
tryman must live on the land for
five years before he can obtain
patent.