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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-04-04

the surface improved The three weak
ponies wer" sent back. but these unYor-
tuuatcly wore caught IN another hliz-
ZIrd and two SuCnUmNCu with IN" T"r
mating ponies aud the dogs W. r.tch'i
latitude Tgig degrees on tho lGlh warU
/ decided owing 20 the condition u Nh"
weather and tn" animals 70 iH1kn d".
,.p' F..rt. and rrrulu W. lrft mprr th.u
a ton OF stnr"s At this point. which ""
named one Ton Camp and which shoU!d
be a great help to us this season. ""
~ returned to our base camp with
do" teams.
Whilst cutting corner NJ Whit"
leland In a had light tho Who'll" NJ on"
dog team foil into crcyags" Moar"-.
myself ana the sledgc were miraculOusly
held up on part OF bridge across tho
Cr0vuss" along which We had boon tray.
cling and most Of the dogs hung by
their harness with great difficulty ana
after three hours work we "NiritHfrd
tho animals ono or which was badly in
wr.d by falling sixty feet, and nftrrvard
died.
At base camp found every single
pony woll and visiting Hut Point | r"-
crtvrd ncws Of tho Terra Nova and tho
Fran
Phenomenal Blizzard
on February - with men On ska ana
. stngl" pony started 10 take NOR"
stores tn Corner Camp on the inward
Journey we passed returning ponies going
vol Returning from Corner Camp /
was hold up by a blizzard IN tho nth
Tut reached faS' lamp on the 18th !
found the storm had been phenomenal NJ
this place. ringing for thwe days lud
causing an enormous accumulation u
snow. Shifts Of wind had bafflrd all Of
forts to shelter the ponies with snow
walls and tho animals had suffered very
badly SO | decided to retire to Hut
Point without delay.
Wilson and Moares. driving dog teams.
reached Hut Point I'm safety with oates
and Cream. and | remained to try and
save one pony which had been badly hit
Gerard ana Cream. with the four best
ponies set out TO follow the dogs Near
Ing Hut Point they found badly working
cracks In the Sra itse and hastily turned
and marched four miles south
There at . n. m. on March / the tired
condition Of the ponies obliged the party
10 camp at $50. Bowers awakened by
a noise found the ice broken all around
the camp and moving with the heavy
the picketng line and was not seen
again. Hastily packing their scdgcs. tho
party decided to try and work southwest
o, pr the pack ice With infinite dfIi-
Guilty the sledGes were dragged the po-
MES jumping from foe to foe toward
the barrier. About noon the party
ncarcd the barrier but found It's Ice wall
uuclimbabie and the swell churninr and
breaking heavy foes against It. Within
tempt to obtain help. He Travelled cast
over the moving pack TO find h break In
Tho ice wall and eventually hoigtpd him
self to the barrier surface by wedEinE
his ski Rtick in n crack
Ignorant OF these events, after falling
10 save our sick pony my own party had
reacehd the barrier. where Ice. breaking
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-04-04
CUT BACK FROZEN TREES
METHOD OF INDUCING STRONG
GROWTH OF INJURED TREES.
BY w. H. Chandler, Assistant Pro-
lessor Of Horticulture. Univer-
sty Of Missouri.

When the peach buds have been
killed. It may be very advantageous
to cut the tree back into two or three
year.old wood to throw il into new.
vigorous growth This cutting back
is generally spoken OF as "dehorning"
and is especially beneficial If the
wood has been badly injured by win
ter cold Trees on the Missouri Ex-
pertinent Station orchard have reCOy-
cred from the effects OF very severe
winter and made healthy trees where
those not dehorned nearly all died.
This dchornng had probably best
be done before growth has started IN
the spring, though We have done it.
without any apparent harm to the
trees. after considerable growth had
started In the spring Such late de-
horning would be rs effective how
ever. in enabling the tree to recover
from severe freezing and when it Is
done for that purpose II should GER
tainly be done before growth starts.
If II Is done when the wood Ia not
injured, but the buds have been
killed in winter by freeze that did
not last long enough to injure the
wood, or the blossoms or young fruit
have been killed by spring frosts, It
may be done even after considerable
growth has started If the wood 10
not injured. dehorning will not ba
necessary unless the tree Is too tall
for convenience, or the branches are
too weak and slender
This dehornIng throws the tree into
a very vigorous growth and generally
diminishcs the number OF fruit buds
formed the summer following tn" de-
hornIng The more severe the de-
morning. the fewer the fruit buds
formed the summer following the de-
horning. The more severe the dehCrn-
ing, the fewer the buds formed, kHu.
orally speaking This effect is more
noticeable with some varieties than
with others
Heath Cling severely dehorued Will
form very small number OF fruit
buds. For this reason should s,udy
my trees carefully, and II it became
necessary to dchorn, should never
cut back severely enough that the
growth would be bunchy with no fruit
buds. and should not cut bacN the
Heath Cling as much as | should the
liberia
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-04-04
The Concise Fate Of John Smith.

When Samuel G. Blythe. the writer,
was editing II newspaper In New York
state green reporter one night
turned in Il long and thrilling story
regarding the rough treatment handed
out to John Smith, a visitor to the
town. The story related that Mr.
Smith. wearing n high silk hat, had
vcnturcd down TO the docks after
nightfall and, a silk hat being un.
usual aud provocative Of antagonisms
In that section. Mr. Smith had
emerged from among the dock hands
without the hat Nevertheless, he car.
RED out OF the melee so many wounds
cuts ana bruises that he had to be
sent to the hospital
The article, in its original form,
was too long. and not in keeping with
the style Of the paper, Accordingly,
Blythe started to rewrite II. This is
the form in which it appeared in the
paper the next morning
John Smith, wearing q high silk
hat, went down to the docks last ",-ht
Emergency Hospital"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-04-04

Copyrighted. lolg by tho Now York
Tmoa Company Al rights reserved
Copyrighted tn the United Kingdom
b. tho Central News. Ltd.. l.uudJu.t
AKrnrt New Zealand. Lieut. rcnu,'i
commander n tho Terra Nova ~ the
British Antarot" Expedition at 1910.
which arrived here, brought with him
Il long and Intensely Interesting az
count Of the work and experiences
written expressly for IN" Now York
Times hv Captain Robert f scott. the
leader Of the expedition.
Scott the leader Of tn" expedition
Captain SCOTS story II as follow.
BY Robert E. Scott
MavS,uruo Sound. oct. 90, 1871 .a-
Shortly after the departure Of the do
rot-aying party from cape Evans on
January %. 1911. tn" sea Ice hruk" ~
with the ship The depot party con
Fistng Of twelve men. eight ponies and
two dog teams. occupied ,ill January 80,
H. establishing u has" camp mt In" bar
Tlcr seven miles east southeast OF Hut
Point owing to tn" heavy weights 10
he transported tn" main part ~ III"
supplies wrr" left NJ ~" rHtUU. IN,
party proceeded with sIuEl" loads "H -
southeast twmty-s"Nou mii"s 70 a spot
i.outh to avoid the crcyusa", Of Whit"
island The snow sUrfl"" proved worry
SOFT making terribly hard work for n"
puuirs \ three days heavy blizzard 90
Coiu'r Camp was It further a"y,rr trial
to tn" animals. which WEI" not IN good
condition
on February Sth "" proceeded south.
marching by night and resting by day
tn weather was exceptionally bad but
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-04-04
Clever Idea,

At the services one Sunday morning
In q church for the colored folks OF
q Mississippi town there was OBJ.
served one dusky youngster accom-
panying his grandparents ant sitting
az wise as a young owl throughout
the long sermon.
At the close OF the service some.
body congratulated the grandfather
upon the excellence OF the child's be-
havior.
The grandfather smiled significant
~. Dat boy is always well threat.
cned befo' he goes in de church
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-04-04
USE ALFALFA AS A FORAGE
q. r. Mumford, Director Missouri Aari'
cultural Experiment
Station.

Alfalfa will give better results for
hog grazing purposes than any other
forage known. 1t Is heterogeneous
forage rich In protein and calcium,
and therefore furnishes the necessary
protein and mineral matter for the
highest development OF bone and mus
Gle. II is very excellent early for
age, since II begins growth early in
spring. When supplemented with
corn to the extent of one.half of full
ration or TO the extent Of two per cent
Of the weight of the hogs the best re-
suits are obtained When alfalfa is
fed alone 1t is about equal to main
tenauco ration, 50 when corn Is fed
with it every pound fed will be used
for the production OF gain, Alfalfa
and corn, we believe, will produce a
greater profit to the farmer than any
other combination known
Under ordinary conditions alfalfa
will forage from 10 to 20 shoats per
acre. A new seeding should be pas
tured very lightly the first season. No
larger number than 10 shOats per acre
or one SOW and her litter should be
used. After the first season as high
90 "a hand moi, acro mr. tvo SOUS and
;h.tr lit,ors may be nosturad on II
tbrnrch,ut In, season In any event.
it should not be pasturcd so closely
thot mn woody growth will take place.
var, co,d ,uto IN GA hv is not tn
nasturc il so cInsaIv bnt that one cut.
,;r, nr L., r,,y no ,oLer on in the
Torn mar, og ,ho scoson
ono ycor,s axnnrim.pt with alfalfa
bas heon romoIntcd NJ the Agricultural
Ex,er,ra,t Statiop at Columbia and
vcry sotisractnr, results have been OBJ.
,ainea
In July Of 1909 the ground intended
for oIy,ifn Was worked until a firm
hottom with a fine seed bed on top
nos oh,air,d TAis was then worked
o,co ooch uaok thereafter until An.
y,s, ,etn ,rh.r tvo bushels of soil.
,aLan from a fc1d growing success.
suII,, =, cr,r or ,lfalfa and ak barrels
~ i'm. war, ..n,yr and then the plot
oaod,d ia alfalfa at the rate of 30
,,ounds nor nor. yarv thick heavy
rtand ,as ob,.ircd whirh was mas.
,nrad Gov ma srst saason in lgI0 Tho
o,.ror,,,o,, ,,s be,ru with - hogs
nn, acro hrt 49,. r.drcad tho number
" l. -.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-04-04
FEEDING CROPS BACK TO SOIL
BY Nj. F. Miller. Professor OF Agron
omy. Missouri College of
Agriculture.

The feeding of crops back to the soil
Is very important means OF main.
tanning the supply OF nitrogen and all
other elements one Of the most in.
portant constituents OF manure is It's
nitrogen. The table shows in brief
form the amount Of nitrogen, phoS
phorus and potash recovered in the
manure from some OF the more i'm
portant crops
7b.bushpI CrnD of corn contains q.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-04-04
Total in manure

Total in manure
from crop .....SS.s t3.5 $50
other similar examples might b"
given, and the results are nearly the
same in each ease On the average
about so per cent Of the nitrogen, 10
per cent OF the phosphorus, and a5 per
cent OF the potassium Of crops fed Is
.cturned In the manure, III round
numbers this Is often given as 50 per
cent or four.hfths As a matter of fact
1t is rarely possible to recover these
amounts ms there is always more or
less loss In handling
Under an ideal system of manure
saving these percentages could be re.
covered, but practically, the general
figure of 20 per cent is nearer the
truth; and under the careless system
too commonly followed 1t Is very much
less than that. II must be understood
that these figures are general, since
the amounts of the various elements
returned depend on the age OF the anl.
mails fed, the character and amount
of the ration, the kind of animal. anu
especially upon the method by which
the manure Is handled,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-04-04

by hauling out all the manur" care
can hc just about maintained, II all
the crops are fed on the farm To
increase the fertility by making more
humus, It Is necessary that either
some green crops be plowed under
or some manure come from concen-
trated feeds On dairy farms the lat
ter happens.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-04-04

Sparse feeding is not especially ia.
vorahle to reproduction, according to
Dean F. y. Mumford of the Missouri
College OF Agriculture. Excessive fat
ness is uriavOrablc to strong repro
duction. The best condition Is mid
way between. with some surplus fat.
but general healthy condition, with
plenty OF vlGor.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-04-04
CAPT. SCOTT
HAS | TRYING
EXPERIENCE
BRITISH OFFICER GIVES MARIA.
TIVE OF EXPLORATIONS IN
ANTARCTIC REGIONS.
EXPEDITION is STEADILY
APPROACHING THE POLE

r. ports Miraculous Escapes During
Winter Operations viii Camp
Near Pole Until Spring-unearths
Valuable Scientific Work First
Antarctic Telephone Installed Mo-
tor SIedges Did Good Work-Cneo-
matoghaph Records Taken All
Well When Last Reported.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-04-04

Thrcc.fourths CT the value c: feeds
used on the farms goes into the man
urc. II this Is carclessly handled there
Ia q waste OF much valuable material
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-04-04
\ 1h.bnshrl ION ID cOrn c0nlnLns
Total in crop Ill

When this crop Is foI to farm ami
mails and the manure from It analyzod,
there is found tn following remain
der OF the elements.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-04-04

Look for the new serial story in
next weeks paper 1t Will surely
drive away the blues IL you hayo
them.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-04-04

In no case should farmer think Of
using commercial fertilizhs until all
the barnyard manure has been care
fully applied TO the fields
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-04-04

inches Of wet snow covered the originally
safe surface We could not have ad-
yHuced at all had not the leading pony
worn snow shoes The men hauled on
skis II took fourteen hours without a
meal to do eight miles. At the first halt
the ponies were destroyed, as We had
no more forage for them
To-day We have come through tho pass
and descended on Bcardmorc Glacier but
only with infinite difficulties ana after
twelve hours hard work The soft snow
brought by the storm continued over the
mass Men ON foot sank to their knees
and slodgca sank to their Crossbars con-
tlnunIIy. The dogs have given some help
but could only be lightly laden on such
n surface send this note by returning
teams Tho party IL very III but can not
keep up the hours which We have been
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-04-04

Pchind band ridge on tho slopes ~
Mount Terror tn" party sp'ni Ihr"' u..ES
In building a stone hut which thrr rnWcd
with ruu,ra From this camp III" men
had great difficulty I'm crossing the hug"
Larrirr pressure ridges in tn" dim noon
twilight to rcnch the rook"ry They
were -uecrssiGi at second attempt
rNuv found comparatively frw birds ~
tho rlnkcrv but these had begun Ia law
even at this carly date. Fortunately,
som" eggs at different stages ~ develop
mont were secured which would civ"
ruu4Id";Jblr iuf"rmntun concerning u"
entomology Of this Interesting bird, ~
aumr might violent gale commenced
and the ridge proved inadcGuat" shcl"tr
from the hurricane gusts which whirlrd
down on the hut A tent and other carr
fully secured articles were blown away
aud after stTantng for fourteen hours
the roof Of tho hut few to ribbons For
confined in their frozen sleeping beds half
buried beneath snow and rock debris.
For,y-cight hours elapsed before III"
wind decreased and they were able to get
"A meal Searching for lost articles thcg
we've fortunate In finding the missing
tent among som" morainic boulders.
practically unniurcd. The state Of their
equipment now forced them 10 turn
hnmcward On the return Journey they
were held for two days by another storm
after which the temperature fell and
remained below minul GO degrees,
The party returned after Ave weeks
absence Incascd In ice and suffering from
want ~ sleep, but otherwise well
Having regard to the darkness and OK
trcmC temperatures this first winter
Journey In tho Antarctic remains re-
markable feat OF endurance. II also
shows the extraordinarily severe cond
lions that obtain on the great snow plain
barrie during the sunless season. Since
the return Of the sun In August cOnsld-
cradle Increase Of wind has been record
cd and temperatures have remained uS
moderate In spring as In winter
ON Sentcmbcr LIST Mcarcs and Mimntri
with dog teams made their headquarters
ut Hut Point the dogs leaving for thu
depot In splendid form At intervals
since our arrival, however, some obscure
disease has robbed us Of four excellent
dogs In every case the dog attack ID
appeared vigorously healthy, but died in
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-11
UPHOLDS HONOR OF UNIFORM
Drastic Lesson Impressed by Peter the
Great on His Thoushtless
Soldiers.

It is related that Peter the Great,
strolling incognito through the camp,
came upon a party of non-commission-
ed officers and grenadiers enacting a
comedy. All at once his brow became
clouded. In the piece a soldier. in the
uniform of his guard, commits, at a
certain moment, a robbery. Never
theless, he allowed the play to pro-
coed; the court-martial Is summoned
on the stage, and the thief is sentenced
to death. The spectators, composed
of officers and men, showed the most
lively concern in the performance, and
laughed at the grotesque contortions
of the condemned culprit. The anna.
teur actor played his part very well.
Here comes the squad that is to exc
cute him. Fire" orders the lienten.
ant, and the amateur dropped down
dead, his heart pierced by seven bull
lets. No make-believe, but dead In
deed Whereupon the emperor drop
ped his incognito. and addressed those
assembled: "A soldier Of my guard
who committed a robbery must die.
II he did not steal, why did he boast
of 1t, and soil his uniform? 1t is |
who ordered the loaded rifles given to
the men. I henceforth forbid my sol
diers to ply the trade OF mummers.'
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-11
NEW TRIAL FOR PODER
Iowa Supreme Court Overrules the
Mahaska District.

The Iowa supreme court Thursday
granted a new trial in the case of lsa-
dor Poder, sent up from this county
on white slave charge. Following
is the entry:
The State of Iowa VS.. Isadore Pod
err, appellant; reversed, from Mahas-
ka county. Defendant convicted on
the charge of conspiracy to do an lille
gal act injurious to public morals.
Opinion by Laid.
In the first decision the supreme
court affirmed the decision. How.
ever, Poders attorney, l.. T. Shangle,
made motion for new trial, which
was granted, and the case was then
reversed. 1t is understood it was re-
versed because of the admission of
certain evidence by the Judge. Poder
will be brought back here for re-trial.
While in Anamosa reformatory Poder
accidentally learned the fact that a
revolver and cartridges had been
slipped into prison to a desperate
prisoner and that escape and probably
murder was anticipated. Poder told
Warden Marc. Barr of the fact and
the warden made a search and found
the revolver and fifty cartridges. For
this reason Warden Barr holds q
good opinion Of Poder as a prisoner.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-11
GET $4,000 LONG MISSING
st. Louis Postotfice inspectors Re-
cover Package from Clerk Lost
Since Sept. Cd, 1910.

st. Louis, Mo.--A package contain.
ing $25,000 which disappeared from
the annex postoffice station Septem,
Der "a, 1910, was recovered here re-
Gently. George " Steck, postoffice
clerk, who was employed in the an
mex station. has had the package since
its disappearance. He confessed to
postoffice inspectors
OF the full amount $1,400 is r"iss-
ing. Steck declares he spent this. but
the postofice authorities will not al
low him to divulge In what manner
Steck has been watched more than
six months by the inspectors. Chief
Inspector Daniel telephoned him to
come to the office. During the en-.
tire afternoon Inspectors Reuter- and
Bunsen worked with Steck. and late
In the afternoon he returned to his
home and brought the package back
to the office of Chief Inspector Daniel.
The $4,000 was sent by the Third
National bank to the Hutchison-See-
ley company Of Galveston. Tex. Steck
will be arraigned before the United
States commissioner.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-11
NO TRACE OF BANDITS
NEITHER SCOUTS NOR DOGS ABLE
90. TO STRIKE TRAIL.
Over Three Weeks Have Elapsed
Since Allen ciansmen Became Fus
itives In Blue Ridge Mountains.

Hillsville, Va, April 6.-Neither de-
tective scouts nor bloodhounds are
able to pick up any recent trail Of
Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards. the
outlaw clsnsmen. +
The men are known to be lodging
back and forth in a strip Of mountain
territory about eight miles long and
two or three miles wide.
The posse now consists of about
ten picked men headed by Capt. Tom
Feltz.
Copies of the proclamation recently
issued by Governor Mann warning all
residents of the county against as
sisting the desperadoes have been
posted throughout the mountain re-
gion. 1t is hoped that these will de-
ter the kinsmen and friends of Allen
and Edwards from secreting or main
tanning them.
The amazing woodcraft and wonder
full endurance Of the two fugitives has
enabled them to elude their pursuers
now for shree weeks and two days.
More than 200 men, most of them
skilled in the ways Of the wild, have
day and night pursued the pair Of out,
laws. The best trained bloodhounds
that could be found in the south have
used their strange faculties to endeav-
or to find them. But although half
famished and able to sleep only few
hours at a time and exposed to cold
and rain and wind, these mountaineers
have been able to evade both man
and beast.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-11
FIRES DURING YEAR
o. Alarms Answered in 1o11-12 and
81 In 1o10-11.

|. II. McCracken, chief of the Oska'
loosa fire department, in his annual
report of the work done by his de-
partment for the year from April /,
1911, to April l, 1912, made to the
city council Tuesday evening, gave
the total number of alarms responded
to by the department in the twelve
months as SO. Seventeen of these
calls were for fires and seventeen
were still alarms. Five of the calls
we're false alarms, making total OF
sc for the period covered. Compared
with the previous year the depart
emnt was much more in demand and
they rendered a good account of them
selves. Figures Of the two years
compared are:
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-11
DoublY in Trouble.

Abba Republican: Bert Jones, OF
this place, insists on getting into trou-
Bile. lie was under bonds in Abba
for assaulting Tom GrOOms and date
for his trial was set for the latter
part of this week. Bert seemed not
content with getting into trouble here
but went over to OskaloOsa where he
jollied several drinks down himself
and was arrested and taken to the
county Jail When in Jail, according
to the OskalOosa Herald, he found a
man who had been arrested and who
boasted of the fact that he had con-
CcaIed about his person wallet con-
tanning a sum of money. Bert is now
charged with stealing that money and