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and other vegetables are raised only
18th care and in favorable seasons.
Farms Now Cultivated.

and other vegetables are raised only
18th care and in favorable seasons.
Farms Now Cultivated.
As one enters the valleys of south
ern Alaska the agricu tural possibilities
improve. Potatoes and other vegetables
have done well In the past, but as
rule grains fail to rpen and are valu'
able only for feediag stock. Farther
north. in what is known as Copper
valley. conditions are more favorable
for vegetables. and quite a number or
good gardens and small farms are now
cultivated. The growing season here
tofore has stretched over six months
or more in the islands and the iniets
of southeastern Alaska. 1t decreases
to five months at Skagway. and Is
about four in the interior
While the Seward peninsula and the
arctic coast have no agricultural pos
sibilities, yet considerable parts OF the
Yukon basin are suitable for garden
ing to degree astonishing to the un-
informed The best known instance OF
succes sful farming is that at the Holy
Cross mir sion, on the Yukon, 62 de-
grees north There cattle have been
raised for l2 years and more, and the
products of the land under cultivation
excite establishment in all visitors. All
through the valley OF the Yukon pota-
toes and vegetables mature when
proper ground is chosen and skilled
attention given.
At Fort Gibbon at the junction OF
the Yukon and the Tanana rivers. ana
at Fort Egbert. near the arctic circle.
the military garrsons have raised
large quantities OF vegetables, pota-
toes being especially successful. Even
at Coldfoot. within the arctic circle, at
6S degrees north. potatoes. cabbage,
peas, turnips. rhubarb and berries are
grown Of large size and good flavor.
Truck farming and hay farming are
fourishing industries in the lower Ta'
mana valley. where 1t Is said that more
than 10000. acres of land have been
homesteaded While grain Will ripen
only under favorable conditions, pota'
toes, with other veeeiatles, do very
well, and the native and selected for'
eien grasses are productive OF good
crops.
That the productivity of Alaskan
agriculture Is important both In guam
tiiy and In valve is clearly indicated
by the diminution OF the shipment OF
potatoes from the United States to
Alaska. which dropped In two years
from 2ll,215 bushels to l67 .O33 bush
els. In the same length of time the
value Of all vegetable shipments fell
from $696.92S to $4S3,S55, decrease
of more than 80 per cent.
A warmer climate In Alaska would,
no doubt, cause these figures TO dimin.
ish rapidly and soon disappear In
fact. 1t is not an extravagant state
ment, according to men who have in
vestigated the subject, to say that the
switching of the Japan current may
mean that Alaska will forge ahead In
its agricultural products until Its ex.
ports will be the very things which In
the past were imported.
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He FOLLOWED the DOG
LITTLE BROOKLYN LAD SHOWS
SHERLOCK HOLMES MIND.
Example Of Good Deductive Reason
Ing by Eighty ear-old In Discuss
ine the Home Of Lost
Child.

There is a youngster out In Dyket
Heights. Brooklyn. who. although he Is
only about years old, as a deductive
reasoner is already In the Sherlock
Holmes class. His name Is Jimmie
Sullivan. and he Is best known In the
neighborhood for his devilment. his
freckles and his pure boyishness.
The other day Jimmie went to the
house Of Mr. Saitta and inquired II
little boy lived there and II he was
lost There is a little boy who lives
in that house who has a penchant for
losing himself He is the son OF the
cook and is about 3 years old Not
long ago he wandered about mile
and half from home and was gone
six or eight hours A little later ne
toddled over to Van Pelt Manor ana
was picked up In a cemetery. Jimmie.
however. did not know any OF these
things He did not know, even. that
there was such a little boy. He was
Just following up a perfectly good
clue
Mrs Saitta asked Jimmie Sullivan
what sort OF little boy 1t was, ana
Jimmie described Joe. Jimmie ex-
planned that the wandering infant had
been found at Seventy ninth street and
Thirteenth avenue There was black
dog with him. No one ever had seen
the child or the dog in that neighbor'
hood before Some one had telephoned
for a policeman. who came In due
course and conveyed little Joe to the
station house at Eighty-sixth street
and Fifth avenue via a trolley car,
Jammie Sullivan had been an inter-
ested spectator Of the proceedings
AS the result OF the information that
Jimmie gave Mr. Saitta and other
members OF the family fastened to
the police station and there found Joe,
perfectly happy, sitting behind the
desk alongside the lieutenant.
One thing that MIR, Saitta could not
quite understand was how Jimmie sui
livan ever discovered that the lost boy
belonged to his house. Not only was
Joe a stranger to Jimmie. but Jimmie
had never seen Mrs Saitta or any
member OF her household The black
dog was also a stranger In these parts.
having been adopted by the Saittas
on last st Patrick's day. receiving the
name OF Patsy in consequence. with
all these facts In mind Mrs. Saitta
made inquiry OF James why he had
concluded the lost youngster might
have belonged where he did
"Oh, that's easy" responded Jimmie
nonchalantly 1T was no trouble at
all When the cop took the baby away
on the car just followed the dog
knew he would go back home and that
he and the kid must live in the same
house"
Catoctin clarion., 1912-07-04
Brjefjy EXPLAINED,

In a, Surrey (Engs) county court an
old woman was put in the witness boz
to tell what she knew about the am
initiation OF prize pig by a motor
car. Being sworn. she was asked II
she had seen the car kill the. pig In
question
IL seed IT,"
Then" said counsel, tell the court
In as lew words as possible just how
II occurred"
THAT can, CUR. II just footed and
tuck him"
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How He Was Hurt.

Sunday School Teacher-And when
the prodigal son came home. what
happened. Tommy?
Tommy-His father ran to meet him
and hurt himself.
Sunday School Teacher-Why,
where did you get that?
Tommy-It said his father ran and
fell on his neck ] bet 1t would hurt
YOU to fall on your neck!-Judge
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HOLIDAY GOODS.
IL. 5. Landis, 33 y. Market st.


Leading Jeweler of Frederick.
We respectfully request you to call and
aspect the many pretty and useful
rticles suitable for Holiday Gifts. Court
'ous treatment whether you buy or not.
DIAMONDS, WATCHES, CLOCKS. JEW WELRY,
STERLING sli.NERWARE, Cl"r GLASS,
ILNEErLArED WARE, HAND-PAlNrED
HINA, CANES, SrNSHADES, UMBRELLAS,
COMB, BRUSH AND MIRROR SETS,
MILITARY BRUSHES, CLOTHES BRUSHES,
MEAT rARVEns, STEAK cARVERs, &c.
.ook for the name Lands" on the Big
Watch. Best and Quick Repairing
nd Engraving. Engraving Free.
none l53 F may II Tyr
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MunicjpaI Golf Course.

A piece OF waste land near Canoe
Lake which has long been an eyesore
has been leased at nominal rent by
the Ryde Corporation, and Charles
Jacobs. the professional to the Royal
Isle of Wight Golf club, has been en-
gagged to lay out a miniature nine
hole course, where he and his sons
will give lessons.-Londop Daily Mail.
Catoctin clarion., 1912-07-04
Peculiar Choice Of Fiance.

A pretty young woman in France
recently chose as her tiance harden
ed criminal who had been condemned
to death. She herself was serving
sentence in prison for theft. and when
she heard that fellow prisoner was
to be guillotined she Immediately pc
titioned the authorities to be allowed
TO wed him. Her strange request was
not granted.
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Technically Explalned.

A Rockford Nll) boy, while at the
table the other day asked what
spinster was. Before anyone else had
time to explain his ten-year-old broth
sr condesc endingly said: Huh! Don't
you know? A spinster is woman
who amt married to her husband"
Catoctin clarion., 1912-07-04
Work for Hair Dresser.

Str Edward Sugden, celebrated
English lawyer, who was elected to
parliament in 1885, having heard that
he had been turned into ridicule for be-
ing the son of a hairdresser, replied:
$50 am, and come into the house to
give q dressing to the Wings"
Catoctin clarion., 1912-07-04
Giddv Girl.

els your daughter of practical
turn OF mind?" inquired the South
Side man mo, she Is very frivolous"
replied the North Side citizen. Wants
to take cooking lessons instead Of i'm
proving her game of bridge"
Catoctin clarion., 1912-07-04
Snai,s a PLAQUE In CeyIon.

The region about Bernwala, in Cey.
lon, was not long ago afflicted with a
veritable plague OF snails. Though
these animals are extraordinarily pro-
life. they do not often appear in suffi-
ciently large numbers to make them
selves obnoxious.
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Electric iuht Which La Cold.

A French Physician, DR.. Russand,
has produced an electric light which
Is absolutely cold. The new light Is
perfectly harmless and could be en-
ployed without danger In mines and
powder magazines.
Catoctin clarion., 1912-07-04

%Sl&
Don't plant corn in weedy ground.
1t never pays to hurry a colt at first.
Never feed a horse when 1t is very
warm.
Move the brood coops al often ~
possible.
You cannot begin to feed and train
a colt too early.
Lice will find a sitting hen II moth.
ing is done to prevent 1t.
The aim should be to mako each
heifer better than her dam.
A thermometer for churning time
earns its way summer and winter.
Don't wait for the beetle to appear
on the early potatoes before you spray.
Scours are brought on by feeding
cold milk and In keeping In dirty. wet
pens.
1t takes pretty good grit to let some
oil nd unf 10 w
to do.
The Silver Campine is not Q new
breed, but one not generally known In
this country.
The eve has been found as econom.
ical as the COW In turning hay and
i,rain into milk.
Work done for your cows, sheep and
hogs now will show itself next fall In
the returns you get.
The SOW that Is SO clumsy or nerv-
Gus that she always kills half her
pigs had better go to market.
large udder Is not always q sure
sign of good mixer, but more often
than not 1t Is a good indication.
II you take the young colt with the
mother when at work. put halter
mare.
When the lambs are ten days old
there Is no danger in docking them
after that dock them Just as soon as
possible.
The printer and butter spade
should be soaked first In hot water
and then in cold water for some time
before they are used.
The horses stomach Is in no condi-
tion to receive food Immediately after
severe labor. hence the necessity OF a
short period Of rest first.
The calf should be taken from the
COW very soon after birth. 1t learns
to drink much more easily than II
left several days with the COW.
Unless It runs smoothly and does
not vibrate, separator will not do
Its best work. A solid foundation
means long life for the machine.
nnl 90 hAu thAv
ever got along without cream separa.
tors. Five years from now they will
wonder how they ever got along with
out silos.
Stations and mares having small
heart girths.or light fianks are objec.
tionable from the breeders standpoint.
A horse needs lots of room for heart
and lungs.
Rape Is cool weather plant and
does best in northern latitudes. Drill
in 1k to 2 pounds to the acre as
early In the spring as the danger from
hard freezing is past.
The value OF silaSe to sheep mas
been well enough established for US
to know that In the future 1t Is going
to play an important part in the pro.
duction Of mutton and wool.
II the hogs are lousy get some crude
oil and Just as soon as warm weather
comes pour gallon or so Of the oil
on the holes where they wallow.
Grease of any kind Is death to lice.
Tar paint nor any other application
OF that kind will kill the peach tree
borers already in the tree. The sharp
wire Is the only remedy then and the
closest inspection is necessary to find
his lair.
Save pooling" beans whenever pos.
sible by planting along the garden
fence or in corn. Sunfowers, too,
make good supports for beans. but It
Is preferable that the rows be planted
north and south, so that the beans
may get plenty of sun.
The value of stable manure or 9th
Catoctin clarion., 1912-07-04

The man who makes a success at
dairying or any other line OF work
starts with the right aim and neve'
changes or loses sight of 1t.
Catoctin clarion., 1912-07-04

Tests at experiment stations have
shown that 20 per cent of the cream
Is saved by the use Of a separator as
compared with hand skimming.
Catoctin clarion., 1912-07-04

Better dairying should be the aim
of every dairy farmer. 1t Is only as
he strives for better things that he
can approach his ideal.
Catoctin clarion., 1912-07-04

Fruit trees planted in the hog pas.
ture will supply shade and abundance
OF food in the fall when the trees
come into bearing.
Catoctin clarion., 1912-07-04

There Is no problem that Is OF
greater Importance today than con.
servation of soil fertility. The dairy
cow. the hog and the hen help solve 1t.
Catoctin clarion., 1912-07-04

II is easy to notice the effect OF
grass on the milk, but. with the cows
that have silage, the change will be
less perceptible.
Catoctin clarion., 1912-07-04

A city chicken man has found
good way to break a broody hen He
puts an alarm clock in the nest and
when the clock goes off that hen goes
off too-and never comes back.
Catoctin clarion., 1912-07-04

There are 2S silos within a short
distance of this farm. Many farmers
have been closely pressed in order to
find feed for their stock but none Of
the silo owners were
Catoctin clarion., 1912-07-04

The cost Of hauling over our coun-
try roads is now about 23 cents per
ton per mile. In European countries
the cost Is below 10 cents. Our bad
roads are an expensive proposition.
Catoctin clarion., 1912-07-04

Good care consists in doing every.
thing from milking and caring for the
cows to marketing the butter or cream
as II your whole life success depended
upon It,
Catoctin clarion., 1912-07-04

Mix plaster Of Paris and turpentine.
mould In the shape of eggs. and put
one in each nest to kill lice and
mites. Do not use with eggs that are
Matching.
Catoctin clarion., 1912-07-04

Shallow cultivation Of corn is most
in favor with the experiment stations,
but much seems to depend upon cli-
matte conditions. In dry climates you
can safely cultivate deeper-three to-
fox,r incnoc
Catoctin clarion., 1912-07-04

Hens that roost In damp. close
house are apt to give out In the leg
Joints with trouble somewhat akin
to rheumatism.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-17
OWEN Bill BEFORE SENATE.

The Owen bill has been favoaby reported by the senate
committee public health and national quarantine and now
before the senate as calendar bill No. 561.
provides for an independent establishment to be known
the United States public health service under director of
health to be appointed by the president
To this public health service be transferred the present
health and marine hospital service from the treasury depart
men the division Of vital statistics from the department of com
and labor and that portion Of the bureau chemistry
the department of agriculture charged with the enforcement
of the national food and drugs act
1t will coordinate the public activities of the United States
into service which will be divided into bureaus and d
visions namely bureau of foods and drugs bureau of pub
lie health and marine hospital service bureau of vital sa
tics; bureau of child conservation and divisions of sanitary
engineering, personnel and accounts and publications
The committee in It's report recommending the passage Of the
BILL refers to the annual death loss caused in the United States
to the enormous financial loss caused thereby and to the poss
b of preventing unnecessary disease as shown in Cuba the
canal and elsewhere
The last two paragraphs of the report are inserted to relieve
all doubts the parts of the members Of any sect religious
organization the effect of the bill on personal liberty
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-17
GRAVEL HAULING
RUNNING STREETS
TO Be STOPPED

Chief of Police Hamilton has an
nounced that he will not issue any
more warning to those scattering
gravel or other substances on the
paved streets. He has warned many
contractors and others of the law
when they allow gravel to be scat
tered or strewn on the streets and it
appears as II no heed is to be taken
Of these warnings, except to sweep
up what he called attention to. The
chief does not feel that he is expected
to follow contractors around and warn
them at each job of work, but says
that one warning is all that he will
give. This has already been done,
and now If repetitions are made of the
offense, those violating must suffer
the penalty.
It is a well-known fact that one
days travel over a street with gravel
strewn on 1t does the street more dam
age than would be done by ordinary
wear In a year. The ordinance gov
erning this matter is plain, and ~
penalty is reasonably severe, and
there is no reason why It should not
be observed, and the violators be
made to suffer the penalty.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-17

Notice of the appointment Of Viewers
for Opening, Laying Out, Establish
ing and Extending Nebraska Street
in the City Of Salem, Oregon.
Notice is hereby given that the
common council of the City of Salem
Oregon, has appointed ]. A. Baker
John W. Rowland, and Thomas eau
field vlwers for the opening, laying
out, establishing and extending of
Nebraska street in the City of Salem,
Oregon, and the time and place of
their meeting has been appointed to
be 10 o'clock a. m., on the 18th day
OF May A. D, 1912, in the office of
the city recorder, at the city hall, in
the City Of Salem, Oregon, at which
time and place the said viewers will
proceed to make an apportionment of
the damages to the respective owners
OF property to be appropriated by the
opening, laying out, establishment
and extension of said Nebraska
street and to assess the benefits ac-
cruing to the adjacent property on
account or by reason Of such OMEN
ing, laying out establishment and
extension Of said Nebraska street and
the names of the owners, and the
private property to be appropriated
Tor such purpose is bounded and de-
scribed as follows, to-wlt:
Southern Pacific Company, lessee of
Oregon and California Railroad Com
pany, or Oregon California Railroad
Company commencing at a point
Where the south limo Of Nebraska
street intersects the east line of the
oregon and California Railroad Com
pany right-of-way in the City of sa-
lem, Oregon, and running thence
westerly at right angles to the line
OF track and across the full width of
the above mentioned rlght-of-way:
thence northerly along the west line
OF said right-of-way, sixty (6O feet,
thence easterly at right angles to the
line Of track and across the full
width of the said right of way to a
point where the north line of Ne
oraska street intersects the east line
OF the said rlght-of-way; thence
southerly along the said east line Of
the said right-of-way sixty t6O) feet
to the place Of beginning. All situat-
ed in the City OF Salem, County of
Marion and State of Oregon.
This notice is published for 10 suo-
oessive days in the Daily Capital
Journal, daily newspaper published
IN the City Of Salem, Oregon, the flrst
publication is dated the Sth day Of
May 1912, and the last will be dated
me 18th day OF May, 1912.
cHAs. F. ELGIN, City Recorder
5-S-il
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-17
DAYLIGHT BURGLARY
is SALEM OCCURRENCE

A daylight burglary was committed
shortly before noon at the home Of ].
A. Maplethorpe. 200 South Fourteenth
street in which the thief secured
about 500 in cash. Mrs. Maplethorpe
and some friends were down town In
the forenoon, arriving home about
1880, She laid her handbag on some
grill work near the front door, after
which she attended to some matters
In the different parts Of the back Of
the house, About an hour after ar
riylng home she had occasion to use
her handbag Going TO tho place
where she had deposited II she found
that some unknown person had en-
tered The house and taken the con
tents Of her purse, The thief had
rifled the handbag aud scattered its
contents on the floor, including the
coin purse. which the burglar LOFT be-
hind thinking, probably. that {, might
lead to his Identity Chief Hamilton
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-17
BROOKS Pioneer. IS. Celebrates.

Grandma Moisan who makes her
home with her son, F, X. MOlsan, at
Brooks Or, celebrated her SSth birth
day Sunday. Mrs Moisan is quite
feeble, but in good health for one of
her age. On this occasion two other
octogenarians were present, Mrs.
George Manning, Of Portland, and
Mrs. Bolter, mother of the late T, j.
Bolter, of Brooks. Besides Mrs. Moi
sans two sons, F. x. and Alex Moi
san, her only daughter, Mrs. F, j.
Bolter, and a host of grandchildren
and great-grandchildren were pres
ent.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-17
Bumper Prune Crop Predicted.

That there will. be a 75 per cent
prune crop in the Rosedale district
this year and that the prospects for
prunes never looked better, was the
assertion made in an interview by
A. L. West, a large prune grower,
who has just completed a trip over
the entire district. There are over
600 acres of prunes in the district in
bearing and as many more acres set
into trees not quite in bearing While
many of the prunes are dropping
the trees are so heavily laden-this
is taken as favorable by the growers
The quality will be highest where the
fruit is thinnest.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-17
Notice Of Improvement Of North 18th
Street.

Notice Is hereby given that the
Common Council Of the City of Salem,
Oregon, deems is expedient and pro-
poses to improve North 18th street
from the north line of Court street to
the north line of Marion street with
Gravel Concrete pavement at the ex-
pense Of the adjacent and abutting
property within the said limits, in ac-
cordance with the plans, specifications
and estimates for the improvement of
said North 18th street from the north
line OF Court street to the north line
of Marion street as heretofore adopt
ed by the common council and on file
in the office of the city recorder which
are hereby referred to for a more
particular and detailed description of
said Improvement, and are hereby
made a part Of this notice.
Written remonstrances against the
improvement proposed herein may be
made at any time within ten (1O) days
from the final publication Of this
notice in the manner provided by the
city charter
This notice is published for ten (1O)
days pursuant to a resolution of the
common council and the date of the
first publication thereof is the 14th
day Of May 1912, and the date of the
final publications will be the 25th
day Of May 1912.
CHAs r. ELGN, City Recorder.
a. 80.