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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-29

I "a :
Hiram Lynch. was here Tuesela1
from gyneh.
al ". F'erreli. Of EIlSins, e
waldo guest
Lloyd Rineharb OF Buckhannoni
rs a visitor here.
o. q. Ogdin. Of St Mary's. Is
guest at the Waldo.
G. q. n Smith. OF wheeling. is 9
guest at the Waldo.
H. D. Harris. 81 Parkersburg, ts
ia visitor IN the city.
Hubert Callahan spent Monday IN
iFairm0nt visiting friends.
Lorentz C. Hamilton, of Parkers-
burg, Is a. business visitor here.
J. NJ. Hoover. Of webster Springs.
is business visitor in the city.
Jasper n. wilkinson, OF Bridge
port, was a city visitor Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nichols, OF
AGorgantown, are visitors in the
city.
Dr.. W. P. Cor returned home
Tuesday morning from a short bust
ness trip East.
Harry Thompson, OF shinnston,
was in the city Tuesday looking at
ter business affairs.
Mrs. H. S. Stotler, of piedmont, is
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs S. o. Feas-
ter for few dayae
James Paul Tserney returned from
Fafrmont Tuesday morning where he
had been visiting friends.
Miss Henrietta Bailey is a guest OF
Miss HTurI Holt at her home on
Quincy street, Fairmont.
Simfe Nusbaum returned from the
East Tuesday morning, where h.
had been for the last two weeks.
Mrs. Lee Maxwell is spending n
few days in Fairmont a guest OF
Mrs. Wilbur Herman, of Fourth
street.
chas. Destifanis. who visited reIa-
tives in the city for the last ten days
has returned to his home in Scott
dale. Pa.
Miss Ethel Thomas who has been
visiting Miss Anna Cook of North
cott Avenue will leave this evening
! for her home in Maryland.
H. C. Bartlett went to Weston
tuesday morning. where he will
spend several days visiting relatives.
/ From weston he will go to sutton and
spend several days.
Robert C. Lanerty, architect, re-
turned Monday night from Poea-
hontas county, where he looked af-
| ter business for the firm OF Holm
boo and Laferty,s which has extern
sivo work in thaticounty.
Judge George Wesley Atkinson in
here from Charleston for a visit
of few days. He Will return to
tChnrleston before going back to
washington to resume his %1ties as
member OF the federal court OF
claims.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-29
E.m POSTPONED.

on account Of rain, the PenhsDoFO
ra,r has been postponed one day and
viii he held wednesday. Thursday
and Friday. August &c. 81 ana sep
tenber !.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-29
OIL NEWS.

On TenmIIe creek, Sardis district
Brast and Agnew are down 1900
feet at test on the Il. ID. Barnes
farm. On Indian run, Eagle dis
trict, the Carnegie Gas Company is
drilling tests on the III. S. Davis
and. w. Robinson farms, and has
rigs Completed on the Ruth Hawker
and R. r. Cunningham farms. On
the West Fork river, in the same
district, schaffner Brothers, are due
in the sand at a test on their own
farm.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-11-01

less fruit. | am writing early enough
so you will have lots of time to reply
before spring. l am going to inclose
a circular about an apple which l had
handed to me at the Fair at Van
couver and the agent claimed great
things for this apple. Now If this
apple is what is claimed for it, l
would like very much to plant one
hundred trees"
This letter opens up wide field of
inquiry. l do not hope to fully treat
all the points raised, but will try to
answer the most important inquiries
here presented and as briefly as | can
and present my positions clearly.
There Is false notion prevalent in
the minds of many people that leads
them to make many mistakes in fruit
growing. That fallacy is that the
more vigorous we make the growth of
the plant by the use of fertilizers, the
greater will be its production Of fruit.
So far from this being true we may
almost say that the reverse is true.
1t is true that there is limit to this
checking of growth beyond which we
must not 60 for we may endanger the
life of the plant. AS long as tree is
growing with excessive vigor it will
be unfruitful. That is the reason
that young and vigorous trees, such
as apples and pears do not bear any
fruit to amount to anything during
the first few years after they are set
in the orchard. Sorauer in his great
work on "Plant Physiology, page
235, says:
"In the case of our trees, we may
also observe that the formation of
fruits is not commenced in the earlier
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-11-01
FertiIizing Strawberries

j. Frank Randall, of Seattle, but
temporarily in Vancouver, B. c.,
writes as follows:
"Having read and appreciated your
articles in The Ranch for the last five
years, am going to take the liberty
of asking few questions on straw
berry culture: First, how much hen
manure per acre, broadcast In the
winter, will give the best results?
Last spring set out an acre Of straw
berries and on about half of the land
| scattered broadcast hen manure as
collected from the coops, and then it
was plowed under. Some of the plants
thus treated could not be covered
with half bushel basket, while the
plants which had no fertilizer have
not done as we'll by half.
am able to get all of the above
mentioned fertilizer | want at $40
per ton. The man who has it for sale
has grown Strawberries very success
fully. He recommends three tons per
acre which seems too much. Second
ly, what treatment should plants
receive in the spring? One grower
here who has been very fortunate
with berries says plants should be
cultivated all summer after fruiting
and up till they start to grow IN the
spring and then let alone as he claims
that they start to form what he calls
fruit rootlets close to the surface and
that if they are mutulated by hoe or
cultivator it means just that much
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-11-01

you, the harder you shoes, the more
you to read my free book, "The Sole of Steel" -
just want you to know why mud, brush, water,
snow ice, are all alike, all good footing, if you
have pair of my Steel Shoes l want to show
you why Steel Shoes will corns, bunions cal
louses you have them-or how to always keep your
feet free of these troubles l want to show you how
half million each saving about $40. 90
shoe money year because Steel Shoes outwear
about pairs of leather shoes or rubber boots. Not
only that, but want to prove to you that
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-11-01

years of their growth, when the trees
are occupied with the development of
their crown. Oaks generally attain
an age of fifty years, pines forty
years, frs twenty years, and our fruit
trees, with artificial aid, twelve or
fifteen years before the development
of new branches has 80 far abated as
to allow the formation of short flower
ing shoots to take place, Only when
this youthful period of life is over
does the APPEAL growth of the branches
cease at the proper period and sufti-
cient nutriment is stored up in the
axis
Some one may want to say, "What
has the growth of trees to do with the
growth of strawberry rlants?'' To
this we may answer that the same
underlying principles as to the forma-
ton of fruit buds apply to trees and
the ANNALS like strawberry. Hence,
on the same page Sorauer says: 'To
ANIMALS and biennials the same rules
apply as to shrubs and trees That
this tendency to sterility by over
fertilizing the strawberry plants as
we'll as to trees and shrubs was in the
mind of Sorauer is clearly evident,
for he adds: sin the case of the
strawberry, the succulent axis is not
hollow, but forms a conical protuber
ance, and in its development we may
sometimes see the bad effects of too
copious supply of water or nutritive
salts (fertilizers). Many flowers re-
main sterile, and the smaller number
produce enormous fruits, which often
become hollow at their CENTER" See
page 237.
How all this works out may be shown
by another quotation from this great
German author: 'Our entire method
of cultivation tends to the sterility of
our cultivated plants. This is caused
by the endeavor to grow vigorous
plants, in which the vegetative growth
is stimulated by abundant water and
food supply, until the functioning
powers of the various organs are tax
ed to their utmost limit. Our Gull
tivated plants exhibit the most luxu-
rious foliage, the most rapid growth,
the most succulent tissues, the largest
flowers and the most juicy fruits.
But this all entails a retrOgressiOn OF
the sexual reproduction, as is shown
by the proliferation and the doubling
of flowers. in both of which. processes
the stamens and carpets are trans
formed into sterile leaves.
This language of Sorauer's is some
what technical but 1 believe that any
one, whether versed in technical
language or not, can clearly see that
excessive fertilization by the use of
too much concentrated manure, tends
to sterility or the non production OF
fruit. Don't use too much fertilizer
on your orchards of berry patches.
When strawberry plants grow so
enormously that single plant can
not be covered with a half bushel
basket, you may be sure that too
much fertilizer has been used. Some
very large berries will no doubt be
produced, but very close inspection
by competent person will show that
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-11-01
MATURED STOCK
HEAVY GRADES
PROPERLY HANDLED

If you buy trees and don't insist
on the above three essentials, you
have only yourself to blame if you
don't get satisfaction.
We have the climate and soil con-
ditions to enable us to grow the big
gest and best trees. We have the
proper season in which to mature
our stock, unhampered by unfavor-
able weather and unreasonable
rains, and we know how, and are
equipped for digging, handling and
shipping our stock in a manner
which insures to the purchaser far
or near, trees in the proper condi-
tion for planting so he will save
every tree.
And the grades?
With the largest block of staple
fruit trees in our nursery which is
to be found in the entire Northwest,
we are prepared to give our Gus
toners the heaviest grades obtain
able.
Our apple gratis will be meas
ured from the bud and not from the
union as is the custom in most nur-
series. This makes a difference of
six inches in the lengths and pro-
portionate difference in the caliper
and usually means one grade better
for the same money.
Place your order now and obtain
the class of stock you want. Ii our
salesman overlooks you, write us.
washington N||RSFRY CO
Toppenish, Wash.
More statesmen wanted for some
excellent fields. Write for our
proposition.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-11-01

(All inquiries for information from this
Department should be addressed to
No. Howe Street, Seattle.)
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-11-01
Fortunes Saved
By Wearers of Steel Shoes

want you to know about my Steel Shoes if you
buy pair in your life. The your feet bother
you, the harder you shoes, the more l want
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-03
LOOT EXPRESS CARS
SOLD THIEVES ROB ERIE TRAIN
IN RUN'TO CHICAGO FROM
NEW YORK.
BOOTY MAY BE THOUSANDS
WelIs-Fargo Company Guard News OF
Mysterious Robbery From State Au-
thorIties, But Put Their Own Detec-
tives at Work.

Chicago-Secret service men of the
Wells-Fargo Express company, which
company operates on the Erie railroad,
are investigating a mysterious robbery
Of a through express train on that road
while it was on it's way from New
York to Chicago last Saturday, the
news of which was not made public I'M
til Monday.
The loot, which may reach into the
thousands of dollars, was reported to
the Chicago offices of the company,
but so carefully was the news guard
ed that no report Of the robbery was
made to the police here, the express
company preferring to use its own
men until all clues were exhausted.
The train which was robbed is
made up Of nothing but express cars
and carries no passengers. Cars on
the train are sealed in New York and
the seals are not broken until they
reach Chicago. In spite of these pre-
cautions when the train reached this
city it was found that one Of the cars
had been broken into and number or
packages stolen. The contents OF
these packages are not known. al
though the local officials of the ex-
press company declared that no money
was stolen.
In spite of the denials that money
was stolen the first report of the rob-
berry in Chicago was made to the mon
ey order department of the general Of
fees here by telephone from the rail
road station. Detectives in the employ
of the company at once were called In
to consultation and made hurried ex'
animation of the car which had been
entered.
I'VE have no idea how the robber
or robbers worked" said H. B. Calk1ns
general agent of the company In chi
cago, Monday. "The first we knew OF
the robbery was when the train
reached here l cannot say how much
was taken, but do not think the
packages stolen were of any part1c
ular value. You see, that train doesn't
carry much of great value. 1t is
solid through train, made up of express
| cars only"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-03
MAY CANCEL 5000 CHARTERS
Many Illinois Corporations Liable for
Not Making Annual Report to
Secretary of State.

Springfield, IlI.-More than 5000
Illinois corporations are threatened
with the cancellation of their
charters for failure to comply with the
act requiring them to make annual re
port to the secretary of state, between
February / and March 1, showing the
location of their principal office, kind
of business engaged in, number and
addresses of officers, etc.
The act applies to all corporations,
both foreign and domestic, except
banks, building and loan associations
and insurance companies, which re-
port to other departments of state.
1t is probable Secretary Of State
Rose will allow a few days grace
after next Tuesday, in which delin-
quents may save themselves, after
which time actions will be instituted
to cancel the charters of the corpora
tons that have failed to meet the
laws requirement.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-03
NINE SLAIN IN FIGHT
EIGHT INDIANS AND POLICEMAN
FALL IN NEVADA FIGHT.
Redskins Open Fire on State Author
tiles and Kill One-Only Four
Braves Left Alive.

Reno, Nev-In a battle 60 miles
west Of Tuscarora Sunday eight Indi'
ans and onep oliceman were killed and
the other members of the Indian band
were captured The battle took place
at Kelly creek, Humboldt county, 25
miles from Golconda, in a northerly
direction.
The Indian band, IL in number, be-
gan the fight when the state police
force came upon them.
For three hours the battle ragged. II
ended only when Ed Hoyle of the state
police force and eight of the Indians
had been killed. Then the remaining
four Indians surrendered.
The police had been trailing the In
dams for week, believing they were
the murderers Of four stockmen, whose
bodies were found ten days ago in a
desolate canyon on the eastern slopes
of the Sierra Nevada mountains. The
victims horses had been taken and
ponies which had been ridden by the
murderers were found shot near by
the outlaws apparently concluding
their own stock too weak to keep up
with them in their flight.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-03
AUSTRALIA TO BAR TRUSTS
Government Announces Determination
to Prevent Foreigners Getting
Foothold on Industries.

Melbourne, Australia. - Australia
served noticed on the business world
that it would not harbor foreign trusts
The following memorandum was given
to the press Monday by Sir R. W. Best,
minister of trade and customs:
For several months it has been an
open secret that representatives of
the American meat trust have been
visiting Australia, ostensibly with the
object of extending it's operations
here The government is determined
to take immediate and drastic action
to discourage and, if necessary, to pro-
hibit its operations in Australia. 1t is
not proposed to wait until the combine
secures vested interests in this coun-
try. The action of the government
will extend to trust operations in Aus
tralia, whether conducted directly or
indirectly, and will not permit the rep
etition in Australia of the scandals and
merciless methods characterizing mo-
nopolies in other parts of the
world.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-03
$4,000 IN GEMS STOLEN
Widow of Marshall Field, Jr., Is Rob
bed of Jewels on Board Allan
tic Steamship.

New York.-As the Hamburg-Ameri.
can liner Amerika reached quarantine
Sunday a wireless message was flashed
to the Hoboken police headquarters
asking that a detective meet the YES
sci to investigate the theft of jewelry
worth $4,000, the property of Mrs
Maldwin Drummond, who was the wild
ow Of Marshall Field, Jr., Of Chicago.
Some time between 10: 80 p. m. Sat
urday and five o'clock Sunday morn
ing Mrs. Drummonds stateroom was
entered and her valuable jewelry, that
she had thrown into a drawer Of her
writing table, was stolen.
Most of the jewelry was purchased
in New York and it is so we'll known
that it will be a difficult task for the
thief or thieves to dispose of it on this
side of the Atlantic.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-03
HlLLEs TO SUCCEED NORTON
Ohioan Is Slated to Become Secretary
to President Taft Immediately
After March 4.

Observation-Disclosures D. Hilles Of
Ohio will be secretary to the presi-
dent to succeed Charles N. Norton of
Chicago.
The change will take place immedi-
ately after March 4, when Mr.. Nor
ton will go to New York to become
president of the First National
bank of that city.
Mr.. Hilles is man of considerable
force and ability, has tact, and knows
politics. He has been assistant secre-
tary to the treasury couple of years
and offered his resignation to take
effect early n"xt month in order to
return to private work. He will be
succeeded in the treasury department
by Robert o. Bailey, former news
paper man.
Mr. Hilles is man of engaging per-
sonality. He Is forty-three years old.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-03

The postmaster general is quoted as
saying that within few years more
than $1O0,0O0,0OO has been taken
fraudu1ently from the people through
the machinery of the post office, and
the spread of the rural free delivery
system, says the Christian Herald
This is an enormous amount, but the
authorities declare that it is far be-
low the actual sum and possibly repre-
SCENTS less than one-half Of the total
amount lost-lost through the rascal,
y of the few and the blind credulity
of the many. The whole nation would
rise in indignant protest if our postal
authorities attempted to emulate those
of Russia by reading the private cor
respondence of our citizens. The
schemers know this, and take advan'
tage of it. This done, the rest is easy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-03
TO PROTECT DITCH
HOUSE DECIDES BY OVERWHELM-
ING VOTE TO FORTIFY
PANAMA CANAL.
AID is GIVEN BY DEMOCRATS
Twenty Republicans Refuse to Sup
port Measure Providing for Bat
teres to Guard Big Waterway
Sentiment In Senate Is Favorable.

Washington.-By an overwhelming
vote the house of representatives Sat
urday night appropriated 100000 to
begin work on the fertilization Of the
Panama canal. The total cost Of pro-
tecting the big waterway will be about
$12,00O,0OO.
There Is no doubt of the result in
the senate, where the sentiment is said
to be two to one in favor of protecting
the waterway with land batteries.
The house disposed of the question
after nearly five hours of debate. The
real test came on an amendment pro-
posed by Representative Tawney of
Minnesota, chairman of the committee
on appropriations, providing that no
part of the 100000 should be used
until the president of the United States
had attempted to negotiate treaties
with all of the leading maritime ma
lions guaranteeing the neutrality and
international protection of the canal.
The Tawney amendment then was
voted down by 100 to 63. A motion
by Representative Keifer of Ohio to
strike out all provision for the FORTH
cation of the canal was lost by vote
Of 1875 to 81.
The real interest in the debate
seemed to center in the Tawney
amendment, and the speeches made
for and against it by Mr.. Tawney and
Mr.. Sherley. Mr.. Tawney, a stalwart
Republican, looked to the Democrat
ic side for sympathy and applause
and received both. Mr.. Sherley, one
of the Democratic leaders of the
house, was accorded an ovation by
the Republican members. The de-
lection of about twenty Republicans
from the general policy of fortifica-
ton was Offset by similar detection
on the Democratic side in favor of
fortification.
In passing the sundry civil bill car
rying approximately $140,000,000, and
of which the canal fortification pro-
vision was the last feature to be con-
sidered, the house made new record.
Never before has this biggest of all
supply bills been put through in two
days without any sort of gag rule"
1t is taken as another evidence that
the house is doing all it can to avoid
an extra session.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-03
KILLED LEADING OHIO POSSE
Farmer, Accusing Others OF Stealing
Corn, Fatally Shot in
Raid.

Bellefontaine, O.-One man is dead
and three others are in Jail as a result
of pitched battle fought by farmers
Of this county.
Burr Kerns, thirty-eight and
wealthy, was shot to death Gibson
Beers and his father, John Beers, are
charged with being principal and ac-
cessory respectively to the killing.
Daniel Kerns is held on a cross-war-
rant.
It is alleged that farmers who had
been missing corn organized a Wig
lance committee and that Burr Kerns
was placed on watch. An accusation
was made against John Beers, and
while leading posse on the Beers
home Burr Kerns was killed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-03

l.. professor of English at Columbia
university doesn't seem to be afraid of
slang. In fact, he says a good deal Of
the so-called slang is good English; if
not today, then it will be tomorrow.
One of the words he was discussing
was Joint" used to denote a gambling
house. The professor is correct. The
English language was not created in
q day, and given to the world in fin
ished state, says the Dayton News. No
other language is, for that matter, but
the English, possibly more than any
other, language, is still growing, and
L. grows through the use of what is
called slang, quite as readily as
through any other process. New in
dustries and inventions naturally add
words to the language. The automo-
BIZ business has been responsible for
many of them Aviation is to add, and
is adding, it's other thousands. Every
new line of human endeavor enlarges
the vocabulary But greater even than
these accretions to the language is
that which comes from what We call
slang.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-03
THE LoRsTER's POPULARITY.

During the year just past the fish
ernen Of Maine caught and marketed
19,936,542 Holsters, an excess of 2,0OO,-
GOO over the catch of the preceding
year and Of 100000 over that of the
year 1905. This increased catch has
been made possible mainly by the
work of the Boothbay Harhor hatcn-
cry, which has Matched out and I'D
Grated in a single year as much as
100000 small Holsters. The fre-
quently announced scarcity OF lopsters
can, therefore, be attributed to the
growing popularity of the lobster him
self. There is a vast difference ne
tween the amount which the Maine
fishermen received for their catch last
year and the price that the patrons OF
the lobster palaces of Broadway ana
elsewhere have had to pay for the
same article. The fishermen received
only $2,145,204, or little over ten
cents per pound, and for that sum
they must keep and tend their traps
maintain steam dories and encounter
many hardsnips and dangers, says the
New Orleans Picayune. After the lob
ster leaves the hand of the fisherman,
however, it's value increases by leaps
and bounds. The wholesaler doubles
the price and the retailer trebles 1t,
" nile the restaurant man marks 1t up
many per cent. more, so that what
costs ten cents when sold by the hsh-
erman, costs $3.50 when eaten in the
lobster palaces of the great White
Way.