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Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-19
To Regulate Pool Halls.


A committee from the Commercial club,
Of which w. F. Baxter and Clement Chase
were spokesman, appeared before the coun-
ell in behalf of an ordinance regulating
pool halls. The Commercial club mem
bers pleaded for an ordinance licensing
these halls and providing for closing hours
and the elimination of minors.
Council members agreed with the rep
resentatives of the club that regulation
was necessary. difference of opinion,
however. existed as to the closing hour,
some favoring 1919, and others an hour
later.
Councilmen Berka and Sheldon, who are
having an ordinance drawn, explained their
Measure, which the club members stated
satisfied them. The ordinance calls for a
license fee OF % for the first table and 81
for each additional table. 1t also names
IL 81 as the closing hour This section may
be amended before the ordinance is passed
The protest of property owners along
Twenty-fourth street between Cunning and
Burt streets was referred to the street i'm
provement committee. the paving commit
tee and the city engineer after an Informal
discussion. City Engineer Craig advised
ignoring the protest, but Councilman Hum
mel came to the front for the measure
The protest recites that the street car
tracks are below the established grade and
asks that they be raised
A resolution ordering the contractors
who are building the county court house
TO move the fences on Seventeenth, Eight
zenith and Harvey streets back to the
curb lines, having not been complied with,
Councilman McGovern stated that he
would bring In a new resolution tonight
ordering the building commissioner to re-
move the fences.
Councilman McGoven told the members
that the contractors had stated they would
not move the fences until they had con-
suited their lawyers and that the fore
man had said the fences would not be
moved until the contractors got ready and
would remain where they are, doSpite the
order OF the council
Plans OF assessment for opening Fortieth
street from Blonde to Lake and Lake to
Bedford avenue were approved and the ap-
prsisers' report recommended for passage
Damages Of $500 are assessed.
The city engineer was instructed to
formulate a plan OF assessment for the
opening of Second street from the south
line OF Smiths addition to Spring street
The appraisers report names damages in
the sum OF 1880
The chairman of the committee was or
dered to bring in a resolution tonight d.
rectinB tho city clerk to advertise for bids
for the removal OF garbage. under the same
conditions as maintained last year. Claude
Bessie dairy inspector. requested a salary
raise OF $26 a month He was told to con-
fer with the health commissioner
A request that the water hydrant on
Thirty-fifth avenue between Poppleton and
Woolworth avenues be moved twelve feet
north was placed on file
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-19

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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25
JUST WHEN TO PICK PEARS
Should Always Be Done Before Fully
Ripe, Without Bruisine and with
Stems On-Also Graded.

Pears should always be picked care
fully before fully ripe. without pruls'
ing, with the stems on They should
be laid carefully in the picking-bask-
cts, which should hold half a bushel
or so, and then be hauled to the pack
ing-house or other convenient place
and at once sorted into grades, and
either packed or shipped or placed in
the ripening house for future ship
ment. 1t is usually better, In most
cases, especially with summer fruit,
to pick the trees over TWO or three
times, although this is not absolutely
necessary, and unless the trees are
overloaded may not be worth while.
When the fruit has not been properly
thinned n the trees are overloaded
many growers begin to pick the fruit
long before it Is full grown and send
It to market. BY this means the trees
are not only relieved somewhat, but
the fruit that is left sWells to the
largest possible bulk; moreover, salts
factory returns are often secured from
the early pickings This method Is
particularly successful with Clapp's
F~avorite and Bartlett Both Of these
varieties will ripen up tolerably well
when they are not much more tina
half grown. The same principle is
successfully used in handling LeConte
and Kieffer pears, but these should be
nearer maturity to be good.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25

hibited by law. Saccharin is injurious
to every one and affects children ser1-
ously. Much of the ~carbonated water
that is mixed with the favors con-
tains lead. Such a mixture should
be prohibited by law. A great per-
centage of the flavor is made of var1-
GUS kinds of chemicals, all OF which
are more or less injurious.
Caffeine. which is being used SO
generally by many INSCRIPTIONS SOFT
drink dispensers, should be driven
from the market by Law. Its effects.
especially on young people. compares
with the effect Of cocaine and NOR
phine."
It's rather q hard matter to point
to the soda water fountain where o
will get a habit-producing drug or
where you will get pure soda water l
know Of a number OF stores where
scrupulous proprietors sell only pure
soda water. l know OF many others
where they will sell anything that
will help fill their Golfers.
THE only thing to do Is to lind
out which man sells pure soda water
and then stay away from the other
shops. This is not a hard job for n
one who has much respect for his
nerves and internal organs"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25
Farm and Factory Share Export Gain

trade, against $4,000 900 in 1910 n
$481, 900 900 in 1907. the former hlgh
record year.
Meat and dairy products sho" d
total of about $3.50, 10000, against
S131, OOO, 900 last year, but materially
less than in certain earlier years III
which the total ranged as / as
S2O2, O0O. 900 in 1907 and S211, 600 OOo III
1906.
Food animals show a total OF slo'
600, 900, against a little less than sL|'-
900, 1000 last year. but much belo" Ine
figures Of earlier years, when the tolal
figures of food animals exceeded Sfo''
OoO, 900 in the high record Of 1906
Flour amounted to about 50,ooo'Oo
in value, against SAT, 500, 900 last year
but much less than in certain carrier
years, the high record In flour exports
in 1898 showing a total OF sIS,ooo'Ooo
In manufactures the increase IN INC
group manufactures ready for con
sumption" is about 500. 00O, 1000, ana
in the group manufactures for 1urInel
use in manufacturing" the increase Is
$40. 900, 900. The increase in
lures is apparent IN a large number
Of articles. Agricultural implements,
as a whole, show an increase Oh
about IS, 1000, 600.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25

poration may also be fined for Its neg
lect, This fine IS in the discretion OF
he commissioner, and the law says IL
shall not be less than $1,000 or more
than 10000. Cases Of fraud are pun
tshed more severely. The AK is
doubled. and in addition to that the
ofic of a corporation who makes a
false return may be convicted or a
misdemeanor, fined $1,000 and sent to
Jail for a year.
There are thousands OF delinquent
corporations in most internal revenue
districts. Through their representa-
tives they are besieg1ng the treasury
department tor lenient treatment. Inc
best that most Of them expect Is to
be relieved of the fine, but some OF
them are even trying to evade the oo
per cent. additional tax. This can be
done only by an act Of congress- Most
of the offending corporations are small
ones. The general cry is that the
CORPORATION tax law is altogether too
stringent and that the United States
treats the corporations as If they were
criminals.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25
SAVING THE GIRDLED TREES
Grating Is Often Necessary Where
Mice and Rabbits Have Been at
Work-How It Is Done.

1t Is often necessary to resort to
grating to save a tree that has been
girdled by mice or rabbits. This Is
done by forming what is called a
bridge graft. The wound should first
be dressed by cutting away the rag
ged edges n painting the exposed
surface with lead paint.
Slender scions are used and are cut
thinly. wedge-shaped at both ends and
from one and nne-half &c two inches
longer than the wound Is wide. Slip
the knife blade between the bark and
wood on one side of the wound. Start
one end of the scion under the BARK
and push down firmly, then spring out
the scion and start the other end I'm
der the bark on the other side in the
same way.
The scion should now extend three
fourths to n inch under the bark on
each side. The bark is tied tightly
over the scions and the whole, scions
and all. covered with wax. These
scions are to serve as a bridge
through which plant food may pass
and if growth starts on them 1t should
be rubbed off. They should be set as
close together as possible around the
stem.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25

r HE war department for the hrst
l time in many years has a case OF
an alleged spy in the army. Capt
James Watson. the army recruiting
officer at indianapolis, Ind. ha In
formed the department that he hoids
~afidavits charging Private George
Peters with being an Austrian secret
agent
one of the papers In the possession
of Captain Watson is an attldaVl OF
Miss Clara A. Dyer. She said Peters
was stationed at Fort Totten, N. T.,
in the 135th company, Coast artillery
corps. and that he was an Austrian
spy sent to the United States to obtain
the secret Of manufacturing the pow
erful explosive used by the United
States government. Miss Dyer as
serted she had become engaged to Pc
tiers. The girl turned over a number
of letters. in which he told OF his
plans. Peters rea name. she sald'
was Count Windisch-Graetz n MIS-
is at Prague, Bohemia.
The country probably Will keep
TRANQUIL in the face Of the report that
this Austrian spy has been examining
Its defenses and %offenses for tive years
as a private In the army ranks. he
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25
Corporations Find Tax Law Is Strict

w LILLE the treasury department Is
W not disposed to be unduly harsh
with those corporations which have
failed to file their returns within the
specified time under the corporation
tax law. provided the failure has not
been due to a deliberate attempt to
evade the statute, at the same time 1t
Is not given much leeway under the
terms Of the act.
That is why several bills have beef
introduced in congress for the purpose
of relieving delinquent corporations
from the penalties Of the law for the
current year. Just why there should
be so many delinquents 1T is hard to
understand, because this is the second
year that the law has been in force.
and the government officials think cor
porations and their officers ought to
be familiar with it's provisions by this
time.
The commissioner Of internal rev.
enue, who collects h corporation tax.
is busy sending out letters to corpora
tons and persons who write to learn
how they can be relieved OF the penal
ties imposed by the law. He does
not give them much encouragement. for
the statute is stringent.
When a corporation neglects to
make it's return March l. SO per ent
Is added automatically to the amount
Of the tax. This cannot be RENTED
BY the commissioner. because the law
specifically prescribes it. But In add
ion to this increase of the tax a cor
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25
ScaIdinq Peach Borers.

A reader who wants information
concerning the possibilities Of hot wa
ter in fighting the peach tree borers
will be interested in the following:
1.-The hot water cure is recommend
ed by many for peach tree borers. 1t
is a somewhat drastic treatment for
the borer, though it does not hurt the
tree. The borers work either at or d.
rectly beneath the surface of the
ground, around the trunk. The tree
may be hilled up in the form of a sau-
Ger, the dirt packed a little and the
scalding water poured in. This will
invariably bring out any borers. 1t Is
not believed to hurt the tree. although
an excess Of water should not be used.
An emulsion Of l part Of naptholeum
to $50 parts of water is also recon-
mended."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25

Wy SHINGTON.-The farmer and the
w manufacturer shared about equal
ly in the remarkable growth in ex-
ports which characterized the fiscal
year recently ended. The total IN
crease was 1904, OOO, 900 when com
pared with the Immediately preceding
year, being a larger gain han ever
before shown in a single year of our
export trade.
OF this gain manufacturers as a
whole supplied $4,000, 900; cotton
about $135, 900, 900; meats and dairy
products about SO, 900, 900; corn, slO.-
600, 900; food animals. 81, 500, 900; -four.
about 81. 500, 900, while wheat shows
a marked decline.
Cotton is king in the exports OF
products OF agriculture. the value ex-
ported during the year being S5S5.O0O,-
900 IN 1910, by far the largest
Total ever shown in the cotton export
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25

B1q0TES

The soil for strawberries should be
a deep, rich loan, capable of holding
much moisture.
Girdling or ringing consists in re-
moving a ring Of bark from the trunk
or larger limbs.
Whenever a large limb Is sawed
from the tree the wound should be at
once covered with wax or thick paint
More depends upon the right choice
Of kinds of fruit to set than upon any
other factor as to profit in the or
chard.
Every orchard ought to be planted
in checks to admit of clean cultiva-
ton with the smallest amount of hoe
ing.
Horticulturists have for many years
practiced various methods to induce
fruitfulness and with some degree of
success.
The longer apples remain on the
tree. unless the weather becomes too
cold to permit their exposure. the bet
ter the flavor and the keeping quail
ties.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25
Spy Charge Arouses Army Officials

IA a fine specimen OF the stable-m1nd-
ed SPY. He gave the first fruits OF
his labors into the keeping OF a
woman
1t cannot be conceived what Austria
wants with maps Of our forts and with
rosters of our regiments. Years ago
so long in the past that perhaps no
man living remembers tive had a
furry with the Austrians. A Yankee
gunbOat captain, name forgotten
threatened to blow Trieste or some
other place out OF the empire into
kingdom come unless something, now
also forgotten, was done, and done
quick. The something was done, and
there has been no occasion since TO
fear that ambassadors were to be Or
dered home and broadsides were to
roar.
1t is suggested that the spy In the
ranks. whose steady company gave
him away, wants to learn how to make
dunnite, our most powerful explosive.
He has been serving at posts where
neither make dunnite nor use 1t.
Moreover. we have a w~ell-de1ned
u Indt lie lhFeHIoi VI Ino oS"o
ly stuff. Colonel Beverly w. Dunn, has
s~afeguarded his secret. Colonel Dunn
is a veteran of thirty-two years active
service. He has thought enough OF
country and the army to give
two sons into their keeping. Private
George Peters. or Prince W1ndisch.
Graetz, whichever he Is, has some
thing to do when he tries to undo
Dunn.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25
Work of Birds.

j. P. Gilbert of the University OF
Illinois, said in a recent lecture on
Birds of the Farm and City" that
the hunters of the cities who did not
realize the value Of birds to farm prod
ucts made possible an annual loss
from farm insects to crops n for
ests of the United States of s70O, OOO,-
900. Mr.. Gilbert said 1t is due to the
destruction Of quail in Illinois that the
potato bug is becoming such a pest;
that quail on the table Is worth a few
cents. but that quail on the farm is
worth many dollars; that every hawk
and owl is worth OF an average of $50
to the state; hat one flicker can
eat 5000 ants at a single meal: that
the kingfisher is the most powerful de-
fender of the poultry yard in exist
ence.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25
In Strict Obedience.

Master Gregory Graham, aged three,
had been having an ocean bath, and
breaking away from his older sister
he ran all dripping wet to the door Of
the living room, where Mrs. Graham
was entertaining a caller from the
fashionable hotel.
why, Greg" his mother greeted
him, you mustn't come in here like
that. dear. Go straight upstairs and
take off your bathing suit first"
A few minutes later Mrs. Graham
turned toward the door in curiosity
as to what sight there had sent her
visitors eyebrows up SO high, and in
the same moment her sons cheerful
voice rang out:
Il footed it off, mother, Ike you
told me to. I'm coming in now for
some cake"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25
DANCER in Dishonest Soda Fountains

THE soda water fountain IS as great
a menace to femininity. in many
cases. as the barroom to mascul1nlty'
according to DR.. Harvey w. whey
the government pure food n drug
expert. Let 1t be understood nat IT,
Wiley Is not defending the barroom.
While not a prohibitionist, he is Ter
ninst" strong drink.
DR.. Wiley is not opposed to SODA
water in itself, nor to the gayly De
decked fountains from which 1t issues.
He is strongly opposed to dangerous
INGREDIENTS which are hidden In the
foam-covered glasses which are hand
ed out to young and old alike.
81 am a friend of the soda water
man." DR.. Wiley said. THE honest
soda water mar who sells real soda
water is a godsend today. would
not part with him for the world. It's
the man who sells injurious chemi-
Gals and habit-producing drugs IN
soda water glasses to whom 1 am op-
posed and whom l would like to see
driven out Of business.
TO be pure and healthy, soda wa
ter should contain three ingredients
pure fruit havors, pure carbonated
water and sugar, not %sacchartn or
some other injurious sweetening. To
sell navors that are made of chemi-
Gals instead Of fruits is criminal. To
begin with, what is soda water? First
of all, soda water does not and II not
supposed to contain any soda The
name is a misnomer. A great deal
Of the stuff hat is sold under the
name of soda water contains ~saccharin
instead of sugar. That should be pro
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25

pain, my nerves are stronger n i can
DO my own work. Lydia i. PlnkhaM
Vegetable Compound cured me after
everything else had failed, and l rec,
ommend it to other suffering women
Mr. WM. SEALS Cos w. Howard ST.,
C~restOn, Iowa.
Thousands of unsolicited and genu-
inc testimonials like the above prove
the efficiency of Lydia E: Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, which IS made
exclusively from roots and herbs.
Women who suffer from those dis.
tressing ills should not lose sight OF
these facts or doubt the abilityo Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to
restore their health.
If you want special advice write
to Mrs. Pinkhanl, at Lynn, Mass.
She will treat your letter as
strictly confidential. EO 20 years
she has been helping sick women
in this way, free of charge. Don't
hesitate-Write at once.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25
COMBINATION RAKE AND HOE
Implement Will Be Found Very Handy
In Cutting Channels in Which to
Set Small Plants.

The implement shown in the illus
tration is a garden weeder combining
a rake with a t%riangularly shaped hoe.
The parts Of the head of the rake ear
be separated for the insertion of new
teeth when the old are bent or broken,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25

Beware OF the man who does not
look o clearly in the eye. He has
possibilities of evil in his nature.
There are eyes which are luminous,
others which seem to be yelled be-
hind a curtain.
Men II women of the world are
accustomed to judge human nature by
the expression Of the eye. Many peo-
pie read character by the eyes,, and
can thus distinguish the false from
the !oyal, the frank from tne deceitTui,
the hare from the tender, the energet-
ic from the indolent, the sympathetic
from the Indifferent.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25

Illustration, says a writer In the Pop
ular Mechanics. | toe a pine stick
twelve feet two inches wide and sew
en-eighths of an incl thick, and
hinged a two-foot length of the same
material to its side so that the ends
were even, and placed an old-fashioned
half-round tin cup on each strip so
thai their openings would register. A
row of holes were punched around the
edge so that a soft pad could be
sewed in each cup.
A stout cord was attached to the
short piece and run through a hole In
the long piece allowing end enough to
equal the length of the long strip. A
piece Of heavy c~lockspring was placed
between the strips to keep them apart.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25
DOES NOT BRUISE THE FRUIT
Picker Invented That VIII Save Ap-
plies Intended to Be Kept for Any
Considerable Time.

Apples for packing or for keeping
any length of time should be carefully
picked from the trees so they will not
be bruised. AS the climbing of the
trees made the picking a tedious job.
! devised a picker. as shown In the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25
USEFUL FOR PLANT SUPPORT
Car Be Used to Much Advantage With
Flowers and VegetabIes-ls Made
Of Galvanized Wire.

The accompanying picture shows a
support for plants which can be used
to good advantage, both for vegetables
and flowers. 1t is a patented article.
but the cost is not great. 1t Is made
of galvanized wire. which will not rust
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25
Best Way to ARRANGE Plants.

Best Way to Arrange Plants.
Low ornamental plants arranged in
a border mass along the base of the
dwelling help to break the mechanical
base line of the dwelling, hide an
ugly foundation and give apparently
greater solidity and repose to the
lower part of the st%ructur-.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25

in my Sluc, SICK
headaches and ner-
~vousness. had Ia
ken 50 many medl-
zines that l a 5
discouraged n d
thought l would
never get we'll. A
friend told me Of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound and it re-
Stored me to health.
/ have no more
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25
Drop Apples for Pigs.

The drop apple from an average
orchard will maintain quite a bunch
of shoats. and Will put them in mar
ket condition at a minimum expense
II the orchard is sown with rape.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25
Oriqin of Crops.

Tobacco was introduced into Eng
land from America by Raleigh in 1868
and wheat, barley and oats were in
troduced into the United States in
1907.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25
Drain Your Fields,

Locate the low spots and water chan
nels in our fields this summer and
see that they are properly drained be-
tore next spring.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25
Just Study PRINCIPLES.

Everyone who attempts to decorate
the home grounds should study the
principles of plant arrangement with
reference to harmony and general
beauty, then plan and plant for him
self
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25
Farm Lands.

Only five and one-half per cent. of
the earth's surface is tillable. Still
there's lots of ~unoccupied farming
land.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25
Useful Plant Support.

Useful Plant Support.
and can be raised n lowered to suit
the plant. When not in use it can be
oiled and packed away for the next
season. 1t is very useful for train
ing tomatoes, carnations. roses or any
plant that needs support
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25
INFLAM=
NATION
AND PAIN
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Creston. Iowa.-"I was troubled for
q LONG time with Inflammation, pains
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25

A Thirst for Information.
Say, pa?"
What is it,"
who made the after-dinne,
speeches at Belshazzar's feast?"