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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-20
First Strawberries of
Oregon from Umpqua
Valley Crop Earliest on Market for
Fifteen Consecutive Years at
Highest Prices.

For the fifteenth consecutive year the
Umpque valley marketed the first Oregon
grown strawberries in the Portland mar
kets. These berries brought from 81 to g
per crate, while California berries were
sold in the same markets for less than g.
Contracts have been let for over five
miles of additional paving in Roseburg.
which Will be completed this summer.
There will also be an extension Of eight
miles Of water mains. and the sewer sys-
tenn is being extended ahead OF the pave
ment.
A party of San Francisco capitalists have
secured a gas franchise in the city of Rose
burg. and will install a complete gas sys-
tom, covering the city and suburbs during
the year. 1t is expected to have the system
we'll completed within five months.
strawberry carnival, under the aus
picies Of the Roseburg Commercial club,
was held May IL and was one of thu
largest and most successful affairs ever
held In southwestern Oregon. RoseburE.
In addition to having the earliest and best
strawberries grown in Oregon, has more
varieties of roses than any other city IN
America, and claims to grow more roses
per capita than any other city in the world.
The rose show was one of the special fea-
lures of the carnival.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-20
LEFT $4,000 TO
BE LOANED OUT


A gentleman who has Just gone
abroad, has left $4,000 with me to
be loaned out in sums from SO, up
wards. to needy people, at q low rate
on household goods, pianos, horses
and wagons.
All leans will be drawn to be re-
paid in small monthly installments
to suit the individual borrower.
If you need money and want to &c,
1t at q reasonable cost and In q strict
" confidential manner. address GIGS,
IN care OF Bee. stating the amount
wanted. the security you have to offer
your address and the time 1t will be
convenient for me to sec you
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-20
LIFE OF STILS0N HUTcHINS
Old Newspaper Man, Now said to BE
Insane, Had Notable Career
~ Editor.

Stilson Hutchfns is one Of the most
widely known newspaper men in the United
States. In his heyday he was practically
the democratic leader in the three states,
New Hampshire. Missouri and Iowa, and
until he sold out his properties in Wash
ington he was considered in a way the
boss" OF the District of Columbia
At one time he owned every daily paper
in washington with the single exception
Of the Evening Star, He was once de-
seribed as the only man who had ever
made q morning paper support itself in the
capital without government patronage He
made a large fortune out Of buying, build
ing up and selling newspaper properties
in the three states in which he was inter
ested
Born In New Hampshire in 1898, he en-
tered the journalistic field soon after hav-
ing been graduated from Harvard Going
to Iowa he was prominently connected with
the Des Moines State Journal, founded the
Dubuque Herald and became a power in
Iowa politics. After the civil war he
moved to St Louis and bought two papers
the Times, a morning democratic paper
and the Dispatch, an evening independent
paper.
Later he moved to the capital, and in
December, 1877, founded the Washington
Post, which he controlled for more than
twelve years. In 1896 he bought the Wash
ington Times At the same time he pub
lished a paper in New Hampshire, where
he had a beautiful country seat on Lake
Winnepesaukee, gave great house parties
on the English plan and was influential
In politics.
His Washington home Is in Massaehu-
sets avenue, In sight of the colossal statue
in Scott Circle OF Daniel Webster by Trent
anove, which he presented to the nation
and which was unveiled by the late Presi-
dent Mckinley, attended by the whole
of his cabinet. He also maintained q house
in Paris. and eighteen months ago. when
he was attacked by paralysis there. It was
for days feared he would die.
The greater part of his big fortune he
made out OF the Linotype printing machine
of which he was the chief promoter and
for many years the active head. He also
was interested In the International North
and South American Transportation and
Cypress company. in an invention called
the telSSrAphons and In real estate.
4 story which 10 typical Of him II told
OF the time when he had two papers In
81 Louis. He kept standing along the top
OF the editorial page OF each, while the
Despatch ana Times are under the same
proprietorship. they are under distinct
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-20

Apricots and sweet cherries suffered the
most and II IL doubtful II there win be
over Is per cent OF q crop in these varieties,
From a commercial standpoint this crop
IL not an important factor. The crop OF
sour cherries will be about rs per cant OF
the normal.
Cache valley being somewhat later than
Salt Lake and Utah valleys was not sf-
fectsd to any extent by the freese of April
lS-M This valley will have a large crop
OF apples this season. which Is its leading
fruit crop.
From brigham City in Boxelder county,
south through Weber and the north end of
Davis to Layton there will be a large crop
of peaches. The frost has thinned the
crop enough to insure good size and quail
ity. In some spots in this section the
p crop has been considerably damaged, but
the district as a whole. viii have more
peaches than last season. The sweet cherry
crop will be about 20 per cent and the
Apricots about y per cent
From Layton south through Davis and
Salt Lake counties the damage to the
peach, apricot and sweet cherry has been
very heavy. This section will probably
not have over Is 10 20 per can't Of a peach
crop and fewer sweet cherries and aprioots
This section ships but few cars and ths
local markets will be most affected by tn,
shortage.
The peach, cherry and apricot likewise
suffered heavily in Utah county. but thu
county will produce more peaches than las
year. The area planted TO sweet cherries
10 limited. the loss lie not important
There will also be a larger crop OF peari
and apples than last year.
There will be q normal crop OF apples
IN the Bear river valley which is one o.
the leading apple sections OF the state.
In most OF the outlying counties there Il
q good crop OF apples and pears and II
many cases a good crop OF peaches snC
other stone fruits. These sections affec
only the local mArketS
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-20
Musings of an Old Sport.

Hard luck hates q never-teched-me
man.
Mr. Maybe generally gets the sun In hi
eyes and muffs It
Promise and performance ought to be
cut at least fifty-fifty!
The truth that's found only on the bot
tom of we'll isn't worth the dive
We never saw a horse win In a walk
and we've been to the races a hull lot
tool
The shave-shampoo-au d-shine treatment
has brought back many a mans self-re.
spect.
we never reached out for anything thai
looked pretty soft that we didn't get a pail
of burnt mittsl
There are times plenty to take to the tai
timber-but it's bad medicine to climb
tree during a typhoonl
Whenever we meet a man who brags thai
he never changes his mind, we seem tc
hear hee-hawing somewhere!
Some of have to turn 20 before W,
find out how badly we want a housefui o.
chidren-or one or two anyhow!-Nev
York World
Enter The Bees Booklover Contest now
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-20

and separate management" One day he
learned that Stanley Huntley, author OF
the "Spoopendyke Papers" his correspond
emit at Jefferson City had been celebrating
unwisely. He telegraphed. Diminishing him
and signed the message, IS. H
Huntley replied: Il was gay last might
and am sick today, and my condition Of
last night, while under the same pro
prietorship. are under distinct and sep
arate management s. H"
Hutchins wired back. retaining HuntleS
and raising his salary.-New York World
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-20

gun. New farming territory lie being
opened up every year by new railroads.
The value OF the principal crops in 1900
and in 1910, respectively. were: Wheat.
S1177,277 and SeOs1,OOO; oats. S1,O7ss6e and
s1s,OOO; barley. tes.s7S and s0OsOOO; hay;
s lbs, 725 and t1O.5OOO 900; and flaxseed leaped
from 100000 in 1908 to S1,OOs,OoO in 1904
sum that may be doubled in 1911 Montana
farmers are flourishing and they know
that the soil is excellent and the climate
good.
]. H. Hall, commissioner Bureau Of Agri-
culture, Helena, will supply information
about Montana TO homeseekers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-20

MURRAY, Utah. May ls.-President ].
W. McHenry of the Commercial club has
received some broom corn seed from the
agricultural college at Logan Tor expert
ment purposes. Farmers from different
parts OF the county will plant enough
ground TO demonstrate just what can be
realized from this industry. II It can be
successfully grown here a broom factory
will be erected. Small experimental patches
have shown q fine quality OF broom corn
and now Il viii be tried from a commercial
standpoint
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-20
Great Prospects for
Fruit Crop Of Value
in Orchards Of Utah
]. Edward Taylor Says Peaches Have
Escaped the Effects Of
the Frost.
CBY J. EDWARD TAYLOR, STATE HOR-
rICIIH ,IIRAI. INRPECTORl

CBY J. EDWARD TAYLOR, STATE HoR-
TICULTURAL INsPDCToR)
SALT LAKE. May 1A-From the oOm-
mercial standpoint. the present prospects
are that Utah will produce one Of the
largest fruit crops In its history. While
1t is true that there has been considerable
damage In some sections from frost. yet
the states output for commercial purposes
will exceed the crop Of 1910 by about 200
cars. Most of this gain will be In peaches.
The frost did very little damage to the
apple crop In any section, but there will
not bs/any very large increase in the
production Of this crop. While there II q
larger area coming into bearing this 10
offset by the light crop on the orchards,
which produced heavily last year.
(Estimated)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-20
FRESNO DECIDES ON EXHIBIT

FRESNO. Cal. May l9.-(speciaI. 1.-THE
Chamber Of Commerce has decided to ar
range for one OF the largest exhibits to be
placed at the Omaha Land show next fall.
space has already been rented at this
show but II is now proposed to interest
coalinsa and Lindsay in the project and
add an elaborate oil exhibit. Coalinga has
already sisnified that ii desires 10 have an
OIL exhibit at the Land show. Secretary
Robertson is arranging for the enlarged
exhibit
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-20

As these facts become more widely
known land seekers turn 20 Montana In
increasing numbers. They are coming from
every state. many returning from Canada.
The land office figures indicate what mo-
mentum the movement has gained From
LIst.O62 acres entered In Ieo3. the entries
increased TO at0O,So6 acres In 100 and then
jumped TO GSl67a4 acres In lolo Business
at tho land offices this year rivals that
Of last The new settlers have been busy
breaking land. fencing. digging WsllA,
building dwellings and barns and the whole
aspect OF the country has changed In many
neighbOrhoodS. Where formerly the only
living things 20 be sean were q flock
Of sheep and . solitary hsrdsr with his
dogs, farms and school houses dot the
landscape. But there IL yet room for
hundreds OF thousands, Montana has only
1OOoo people In itH i46Ooo square miles Of
territory and moro than ono-third OF them
live In towns and cities. From 1900 20 lsi0
the increase was 81 per cent In population.
q per cent IN the acreage In farms. S6z
per cent In the value OF lands and build
inEs and 50 per cent In the value OF
lAnd-And the Development has seerosly be-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-04-21
EMPTY FARMS? HERE'S A SIREN
The City Girl Teacher Has Lured
Away the Sons of Toll
(From the Chicago Tribune)

(From the Chicago Tribune)
"The city girl who goes into rural
communities to teach is menace to
the agricultural future of the nation.
She strikes at the backbone of the
country's prosperity. From her posi-
ton on the rostrum of the little red
schoolhouse the teacher from the city
turns the thoughts of her boy pupils
into other channels than those leading
to the raising of cattle and corn"
Joseph Chapman,Jr., vice-president
of the Northwestern National bank, of
Minneapolis, pict red the city girl in
this new role in talk recently His
views were expressed in discussion
of the subject of "Agri ultural Educa-
ton and vocational Training" at the
weekly luncheon of the ways and
means committee of the Chicago Asso-
citation of Commence in the LaSalle
hotel.
THE present system of 'education
trains boys away from the farm" the
speaker said. GAS result of this in
fluence on His mind at critical peri
cd the boy fails to see later the posi-
bilities that lie in the scientific de-
velopment of farm land, and, believ-
ing his future lies in the city, soon
deserts the life of tilling the soil.'
In the establishing of agricultural
high schools, Mr., Chapman sees the
only hope of overcoming the prejudice
against the farm and in getting out of
the soil what it really owes to the
country. He advised Illinoisans to
take heed of the situation.
Ten agricultural high schools were
provided for in Minnesota two years
ago." he said. "In a canvass of the
state we 'ould not ind enough teach
ers to man the schools. en- more
schools will now be established. We
must turn back to the soil--keep
close to the drift we are to contin-
ue as prosperous nation. the
rural consolidated schools agriculture
is going to have its place"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-04-21
WILL AFFECT POWELL TRACT
Reorganization of Irrigation Company
is Proposed

Chicago, April 14.--Harrison B.
Riley, president of the Chicago Title
& Trust company, has just left Chi
cago for Boise, Idaho, where he will
confer with the Idaho state land
board regarding tho boards policy
IN the problem of reorganizing the
Big Lost River Irrigation company.
This company defaulted in its bond
interest payments early this year, fol-
lowing difficulties which appeared
last year.
MIR. Riley goes west in the capacity
of chairman of the bondholders' COM
mittee. His mission is to effect a
reorganization If possible, and it was
said at his Office that the rorganiza-
ton, no doubt, would be brought
about soon after his return TO Chi
cago. This appears not unlikely in
asmuch as several of the banks here
have recently reported substantial
awakening of favorable interest in
irrigation securities, resulting in the
placing recently of several large is
sues.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-04-21
TWIN FALLS HAS ELECTRIC
FARM
Ideal Country Home of Paul 8. A.
Bickel-Has No Chimneys

A chimneyless house will be the
boast of Paul s. A. Bichel, the Twin
Falls engineer of note, who was
brought into special prominence lately
through the indictment returned
against him by the federal grand jury
at Spokane for his connection as a
director with the American Hardwood
company, and who, with the balance
of the defendants, including promin-
ent men In southern Idaho, will stand
trial in Boise next September on
change of venue.
Mr.. Bickel is the father of Twin
Falls. He plated the original town
site. He owns a fine farm of 1900
acres adjoining the town, and rum
ming through the middle of it is a
swift stream which tumbles over
some falls on the ranch. j..
Advantage to Ample Power
Being strictly up-to-date, Mr.. Bickel
has constructed hydro-electric pow
err plant on the farm and has unlimit-
ed water power to run all the farm
machinery. Then he decided to build
a fine new residence, and to take ad-
vantage of the power supplied by the
stream. ...-.
When the architects were told to
prepare plans in which no provision
for chimneys was made, they gasped,
and until Mr.. Bickel explained mat
tiers believed they were dealing with
an erratic individual.
Runs House With Push Buttons
This house will contain every mo-
dern electrical device. The pressing
of button will turn on the electric
radiators, and when the temperature
reaches certain degree an automatic
regulator will turn off the heat. Elec-
tricity will heat the water for the
bath, it will clean the floors and walls,
and will tighten to wonderful de-
gree the work of the housewife.
The chief use of the current will be
in the kitchen. The Bickel cook will
have little to do beyond the turning
of switches. Electricity will beat the
eggs, grind the coffee, mix the bread
dough and then prepare the food for
the table. Ingenious devices will
automatically regulate the tempera-
ture of the ovens.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-04-21
THE PANAMA CANAL
(GoodWin's Weekly

The United States is building a
great monument on the Isthmus of
Darius. An artificial river 500 feet
in width and 40 to As feet in depth
through that mountainous isthmus,
will, when completed, make all the
other great works of men seem small
by comparison. And see how events
have adjusted themselves. The French
tried to do the work and failed, and
so would our country have failed ex-
cept for something not dreamed of
when the work was first projected.
1t became necessary to make war
upon Spain in order to arrest and
stamp out the wrongs of centuries.
When the United States obtained pos
session of Cuba, our army was con-
fronted there by pestilence which
had never been driven away in a
full hundred years. Then greater
conquest was attempting than the
subduing of the island.
Our government sent board of
medical men to Havana to try to
search out the cause and find a
remedy for yellow fever. Twenty
five years before Spanish physician
had expressed the belief that the
disease was transmitted by the sting
of mosquito that was prevalent
there.
From the fact that a frost suffici-
emily severe to kill the mosquito, ar
rested at once the pestilence, this
board thought the matter worth in
vestigating. A number of mosquitoes
were caught and then, the matter
being explained, volunteers were call
ed for to submit themselves to the
stings of these mosquitoes. A number
at once responded. OF the number.
if we remember correctly, four, one
physician, one devoted female nurse
and two male nurses, died and all
were very, III. tt was clear then
that the disease came from the mos
quito. but it was unreasonable to
think those insects could transmit
the fever until they were themselves
tainted. So more voluteers were
called to sleep in the clothing Of
yellow fever patients and in rooms
where they had been i'll, and not
one was infected.
Then it was clear that the insects,
in order to transmit the fever, must
first feed upon the patients, i'll or
dead, of the fever The remedy
was then readily suggested. 1t was
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-04-21

to isolate all the sick and destroy
| the insects. So soon as this was
done, there were no more cases-the
pestilence was killed. and there has
ben no yellow fever epidemic since
1t was one of the most superb tri-
umphs ever wrought by science
Then search was made for the cause
of the Charges, or Panama fever.
The yellow fever mosquito was a
monster with two bills, and it was
found that only the female mosquito
carried the poison. 1t would light
upon a person, proceed to make a
breakfast by drawing the blood
through one bill, and at the same
moment inject into the victim its
poison through the other bill, and
when saturated, sail away singing
the only time she ever sang.
The same species of mosquito was
not found at Panama, but another
species with one long, fiat bill fell
under suspicion and investigation
soon established that the suspicion
was we'll founded. When it was ex-
terminated the disease disappeared
from the Isthmus. Except for this,
the canal would never have been
completed. When the building Of
the Panama railroad was commenced.
the. company imported several ship
loads Of laborers from Ireland. In
grading the road over the swampy
lands twenty miles out from Aspin-
wall 10000 of these poor men died
of the fever. Then Jamaica negroes
we're substituted and many OF those
died. The road was finally completed
by Maine fishermen. ~.
Had nothing been found to drive
out the fever the canal would never
have been completed. The sacrifice
would have been so terrible that the
world would have called halt. How
many died when France made the
attempt, no one knows except the
members of the company, but we
suspect that the appalling losses were
really the main reason why the work
was abandoned.
The triumph had to be made over
the disease before the second great
was attempted.
And now the work is taking form,
and with its completion we doubt not
but the gathered nations that came
to the opening ceremonies with un-
covered heads, will joyfully volunteer
their evidence that among the mas
,c@'u! works of mon, nothing else
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-04-21
Idaho Country Life
NO GREAT DAMAGE DONE BY
FROST
Fruit Growers in Vicinity of Nampa
Optimistic Over the Situation
Capital Ncws)

(Capltai NcWS)
Nampa, April 15.-The talk that all
fruit had been killed by the recent
frosts is not true according to reports
from orchardists of the Nampa vicin-
ity today.
The nurscrymen and leading or
chardists are optimistic and while
peaches have been damaged there is
confidence that fairly good crop is
yet assured.
j. w. Pittinger, of the Nampa nur-
sery, thinks most of the peaches and
all of the apricots and sweet cherries
were killed. He states that some of
the earliest varieties of apples were
damaged where they were in bloom,
but the damage to the apple crop Is
not serious and in fact will not be
noticeable.
The Bartlett & Krum orchards are
among the largest in the Nampa sec
ton and they report that the apples
and prunes will be full crop ac-
cording to today's indications. They
have no peaches or early fruit and
we're not able to say as to the frost
on that class of fruit.
c. w. Van Kirk, living short dis
lance west of town has investigated
his peaches and says there are six
good fruit buds out of every eight.
He is convinced that the fruit is not
seriously hurt.
Charles Verheyne, one of the lead
ing fruit growers, is sure there will be
peaches on his trees. Out of each
five buds examined he noted not more
than one that had been killed. He
is confident the apple crop has not
been seriously hurt.
r. A. Orr in speaking of the recent
frosts says there would be but little,
damage because the frosts came in
the light of the moon. He also thinks
the current of air being strong when
the frosts were on had a great deal
to do with protecting the fruit.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-04-21
5000 ACRES STATE LANDS NEAR
Burnley, IDAHO

To be sold at public auction at Bur-
ley, Idaho, April 21st. This land is
under the Minidoka Government pro-
ject. Land selling for twenty-five
dollars an acre or less will require
one-tenth payment on date of pur-
chase, balance in eighteen annual
installments. Land selling for over
twenty-five dollars per acre will re-
quire two-tenths payment on date
of purchase and balance in sixteen
annual installments. Reduced rates
vii b, me- ~ TIC Oregon Short
J 80. {: It's on s-'t an, T.ah p,.i -
4 Az! cot. ;a1 est. So a-cn's 70
races aud fd~.h,e .ar,isssare. 80