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The Daily Missoulian., 1912-03-24

Northern Spys and lSpitzcnbergs. APP
pies that retail for Is. 20 and even rs
cents apiece have as far eclipscd the
Kind that arc sold by the bushcl and
barrel as the sprayed outclassed the
unsprayed fruit. The city men have
had no small part in the fruit grow
ing that has nctted hundreds of dol
lars pcr acre Growers of Delicious
and Of King David apples have the
high profit records, many orchards OF
those varieties having come into bear
Ing i'm recent years and upset previous
records by the phenomenal returns in
money which the growers received
Consequently horticultural society con-
ventions are now enlivcncd by eager
questioning AZ to tile points which
have put them into class by them
selves like the Hale and Elberta
peaches. However The planting Of the
old varieties Is stii enormous The
discovery OF fruit az the solution Of
the problem of worn n-out farms of New
England has made that region the
center Of the orchard planting boom.
this being attributed to low freight
rates and the necessity OF using the
land more profitably. Everywhere
the ordinary varieties are planted, but
without the possibility" authorities
say. that they will or can compete
with those which are Of exceptional
quality and sell at the tip-top prices
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-03-24
MAN IN CITY TRIES
RAISING fruit
RESIDENTS OF THE METROPOLIS
TAKE GREAT INTEREST
IN HORTICULTURE.

Chicago. March 23.-Tiat fruit
growing now is a city mans new voca-
tion was shown by the number of Chi
cago men who have been enrolled in
the short course In horticulture at the
Michigan Agricultural college this
year. former superintendent of the
big steel plant of the trust at South
Chicago being one IN the class. Other
members included nearly as many
from city business life as from farm
Ing and fruit growing. one was a
chemist and concrete inspector, an
other "A mechanic, third a clerk, a
fourth salesman ana Il fifth a teach
er. There also were enrolled civil
engineer. merchant and a student of
the general agricultural course who
was specializing on fruit. The fruit
growers who took the course We're
particularly seeking information at
first hand on hQEy to make more
money out of the crops they grow. for
in recent years the bonanza profits
have resulted from varieties that
brought higher prices on the markets
than the old favorites, Baldwlns,
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-03-24

One of the curious things about the
church is Its lighting, for each per-
son brings his own candle to put In
the candlestick beside his pew, thus
saving the cost of lighting the church
from the general expenses There is
little amusement In Edam, and trip
TO Amsterdam on market day seems to
be the widest dissipation of the resi-
dents The people seem to be ever at
work making cheese.
One liz always welcome to visit the
cheese farms and nearly every farmer
In Holland makes at least a few OF the
bis. yellow balls for the market These
Dutch homes are study In them
good. II not better. quarters than the
family. The house is generally n
square, one-storied affair, with n pyr-
aInid-shaped roof The space between
opex Of the roof and ceiling of the
dwelling part Is generally used as a
storehouse for the winter food for the
cattle. The living room invariably
overlooks one of the picturesque canals
and is In the center OF the house. II
has strips of bright carpet ON the floor
and In the center or the room there Is
always highly-polished mahogany
table where the family Bible Is dis
played. Frequently there Is a collec
tion of beaten brass and rare old Delft
ware such as can be found only among
the old families Of Holland. The In :
evitable row OF wooden shoes Is al
ways near the door. for the Holland
peasant woman always walks about the
house In her stocking feet. The sleep
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Hez@A1nS cheese Sl tAs LoszH2 11sRfAsN

days. or longer IL tho cheese happens
to be large. At the end of this tlmo
tho cheese Is rubbed with melted but
ter To prevent any cracks In the find.
Later. each cheese ~ washed In vine-
gar and set on the shelf for IA month
to ripcn Just before II Is ready for
market II Ia rubbed with linsccd oil to
Improve its color. II tho cheese IA for
export II IL colorcd a beautiful ma
gcnta. All cheese Is sold In the public
markets whic', arc held In the differ.
cnt towns. ana market day is the event
Of the week 'or the townspcoplc. AK
maar. Ppsicrcnd and Edam have the
greatest sales and the scenes enacted
In the buying and selling at these
places arc as interesting AZ the process
Of manufactures. Alkmaar has the
largest market. and last yoar over
100000 pounds OF cheese were sold
there. y
The markets give one an excellent
Idea Of the Hollandcr's method Of do
Ing business. The Dntchman Is an
carly riser and before o'clock In htc
morning tho farmers begin to arrive
at tic HldTNt ptSte Will theiT ulE, yci-
low products. They bring the cheese
IN all sorts OF vehicles. wagons OF all
kinds. carts pulled by both dogs and
men, and whenever possible boats are
pressed into service The cheese Is
then piled up In pyramids nikc the
ornges on our American fruit standa)
In the public square In front OF the
wcighhousc. by o'clock the markc,
is In full swing and everybody seems
to be talking mt once. poriers rush
! about tossing the great yellow balls
10 each other and jabbcring. There IL
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Tosgln cheeSs ~ k1eR Press


y ercnt dcnl or bursaiitlns and liand-
shaking. FOR no matter wiiat The first
offer the seller refuses II. ana when The
seller In turn offers his wares at his
own price. tho buyer. not to be out
done. rejects his offer After an IN
ternlinable number Of offers and re-
fusals the bargain Ia completed and
sealed by the buyer and seller clasping
hands three times. Tho cheese Ii then
taken to the wcighhousc at the expense 4.
OF the seller who PAYS the porter four
cents Cor every hundred pounds lie car
riea These porters arc worse than
public hacltmcn at Il railroad station
hal IA dozen go after the same cheese
aud the usual result is d war of words
and general uproar for few minutes
The portcrs have peculiar sled-lllsc car
ricrs for tho cheese and two or three
hundred pounds can be carried at a
time. During the rush hour the men
must stand In line nj the scales. The
buyer and seller are present when the
Weighing Is done. and thcro IA more
when the cheese is taken
away by the buyers porter
The queer market with It's noisy ac-
compartment takes place III the public
square Of the town CASUALLY in the min,
for Holland IL rainy country under
the big trees which have stood for
centuries. II IN an interesting an well
as q pretty picture for the green
leaves OF tho trees harmopiac with the
great piles OF bright yellow and rc,l
cheese. while the dull clothes of tho
sturdy Dutchman forms an artistic
background 10 the scene. By noon tho
market is over and the mon 20 Off to
lunch at one OF tho numerous eating
houses nearby. after which there Is Il
settlement OF accounts.
| The American likes Edam cheese
and seems to DO growing moro fond OF
| 1t every year According TO the sta
tistics OF the bureau Of commerce and
labor the United States purchased
/ over 100000 pounds of this staple arti-
| Gle last year
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CTfv1erS for Cheese 01
sTt La'sY1.2 ISLeFIz0

Holland IL a picturesque land with
lis dykes, its wintimills, lis canals, It's
ccr-looking boats and its brilliant
green fields where It's thousands OF
and white, and. as they stand about
the fields. their forms silhouetted
Ing resemblance to tho cows OF the
Noah's ark OF our childhood days.
These splendid cattle are the founda-
tion of the great cheese industry of
Holland, and the big. spotted COW is
tho pnmpercd pet of the Dutch farmer
and the source Of his greatest income
The making of Edam cheese, ono Of
the popular articles of diet In the
United States. Is one OF the few indus
tries which can be termed picturesque.
The whole process from beginning to
cleanly fashion by the simple Dutch
people who still cling to the primitive
methods of work aud abhor tho mod
crn mechanical cheese press, even
though II would tighten their work.
Edam the town from which the
famous cheese derives its name. is now
regarded as one Of the dead cities of
Holland and has shrunk to third Of
its former size. The best pasturage Of
the Dutch country is round about
Edam, and while Edam cheese tthe
recipe originated In this town is made
In all parts Of Holland, the very finest
Is obtained in the city from which II
derives It's name. Few tourists visit
the dead city as II is off the beaten
track and not included in the tourist
excursions which go out OF Amsterdam
every day. This fact makes the place
more interesting. because here one may
find the cheese maker leading the sim
pie life OF the Dutch farmer and abb
solutely unspoiled by the tourist. They
are church-goers. these good people of
Edam. ana their church was built away
back in the seventeenth century when
Edam was a prosperous city. and 1t
is large enough to hold twice the popu-
lation Of the town OF the present day,
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cheese and sold IN all parts Of tho
world.
The dairy whore the cheese IL made
is on the opposite side OF the house, al.
though the cheese IL set TO rlpcn at
the far end or tho cowshcd. The
process OF cheese making Is simple
when understood, although there Is
much labor In pcrfecting IL IN flavor
and color. The hand cheese press is
uscd--such as has been III use IN Ilol-
land for the last 200 years After the
curd has been prepared In the biz
tub by mixing II with whey II is
pressed into circular moIds and left In
the cheese press for 10 hours Then
comes the sailing. which takes about 10
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-03-24

Ing quarters are unique and certainly
unhealthy from the modern viewpoint
which requires plenty of fresh air In
the bedrooms. The cheesemakcrs bed
Is built In q cupboard like aperture In
the wall and as far from the windows
as possible. There is a door which In
kept closed during the day in order that
the bed may be hidden from view. This
door Is rarely opened from daylight to
bedtime, and the stuffy condition OF
the wallcd-in. like bedroom can
readily be ina aginsd. The linen II al
ways snowy white and the bed pre-
sehts an attractive appearance even to
the decorated strap which hangs from
the ceiling and is used to assist the oc-
cupant Of the couch to rise Tuber-
culosls Is prevalent In Holland, and
after u careful study of these shut In
bedrooms one IL not surprised at the
ravages of the disease.
Both the cowshcd and the dairy are
attached to the house under the same
roof. The cowshed is about three or
four steps below the level of the living
/ room. II is u large apartment with q
high ceiling and has COW stalls on one
! side and q wide passageway between
the stalls and the door of the living
room. These stalls are carefully laid
with sand and will house from 25 10
so COWS during the winter The pas
saseway besitie the stalls is usually Of
red tiling and has stream of water
running through the center which car
ries off the dirt from the stalls. The
cows are curried, and are as we'll kept
as an American racehorse. They are
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-03-24

not allowed to roll IN their stalls, and
to prevent this, each cows tail is tied
to the ceiling by means OF pulley
which permits her to lie down but not
to roll. The stalls arc cleaned daily
ana scrubbed frcquently---in fact. this
scrubbing seems To be a port OF the
Holland woman's lifc for she never
seems to tire of this work and scrubs
everything In sight from her baby TO
the bricks on the front or her house,
There Is absolutely no odor about tho
cowshed and its cleanliness at all times
is remarkable. The COW, in return for
these attentions. rewards her owner
with plentiful supply of rich milk
which Is converted into butter and
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-03-24

age daily output being two tons rum
ming higher than 500 n ton.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-03-24

G. A. Glossner, "a Ontario St,
Rochester. n. H., has recovered from
long and severe attack OF kidney
trouble. his cure being due to Foley
Kidney Pills. After detailing his case.
ne says: Il am only sorry ! did not
learn sooner of Foley Kidney Pills. In
a few days time my backache COM
pletely left me and felt greatly i'm
proved, My Kidneys became stronger,
dizzy spells left me and ! was no
longer annoyed at night. feel 100
per cent nstter since using Foley Kid
ney Pills. Smiths Drug Store.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-03-24

H. c. Collins, Postmaster, Barnegat,
N. j., was troubled with a severe la
grippe cough. lie says: Il would be
completely exhausted after each tit Of
violent coughing. bought a bottle Of
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound and
before ! had taken It all the coughing
spells had entirely ceased. 1t can't be
beat" Smith Drug Store.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-03-24
GEYsER FOR JOHN o.
lt'ron Judgc.l

Bakcr--"Any new ideas at the Bull
lions motor dinner"
Barker--"Yes; In the middle Of the
table fountain Of gasoline was play
ing"
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-03-24
NOTES OF MINING

Spokane. March 23,-Carbonatc Hill
mine i'm the Hunter district. near Null
Ian. Idaho. Is the scene of the latest
strike OF high-grade galena In the
Occur d d'Alenes O'af Johnson, director
In charge of the development work. re-
ports the ore assays 70.6 per cent lead
and "a ounces silver. a total value of
$70.SS ton The face Of the drift is
in mixed ore, some of which is of
shipping quality. the rest being milling
stuff. The width of the ore body has
not yet been determined The miners
are making about three and Il half feet
a day with one machine drill. drifting
on the foot wall side. II Is expected
TO reach a vertical depth of 1000 feet
within 30 days. Plans have been COM
pleted to build sidetrack Of 1000 feet
from the main line OF the Northern
Pacific railway to the portal of the
mine. c. II. Martin OF Spokane Ii
president Of the company
Wenatchee Gold Mining & Milling
company, which produced $4,000
worth of gold from small tunnel In
several months, reports encounter!ng &
new vein on Its property near En-
tiat. Wash. The strata Of gold-bear-
Ing quartz hes on the westerly slope
OF range of hills along the west side
Of the Columbia river, and appears t.
extend from the Entiat river north tc
the chelan river canyon, 20 miles
Maying been located IN three or -four
places along this route, prospectori
think that the vein Is continuous fol
the entire distance The company II
! operating q two.sranp mill, the aver
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-03-24

age daily output being two tons rum
ming higher than 800 ton. f.
Mining men IN this district are OPP
posed to tae enactment of a blue sky"
law. similar to the one now, in force In
Kansas. and plans are Under way to
start n movement to defeat It, The
chief objection In that such a law
would retard development in the newer
districts OF the northwest. ROSS Il.
Brattain of Spokane. secretary of the
Northwest Bureau OF Mines says the
proposal is q plan of the bankers. who.
he added, never assisted I'm making
any Of the big mines Of the country.
but on the other hand most of them
got tncir start in mining companies.
The Spokane Mining Mems club has
appointed a committee. headed by L.
Is. Armstrong. president, to confer
with a committee Of the Spokane Real
Estate association To investigate the
law and suggest changes made neces-
sary by the industry in the northwest
Randall II. Kemp, consulting cngi-
neer Of the Reardan Co Operative
Gold Mining company, has started
work with a crew to sink n shaft OF
100 feet on the Luke Flood farm near
Reardan, Wash, where high grade gold
ore was discovered recently by we'll
drillers a slanting vein OF quartz
assaying sis2.99 n ton was found at
depth of 120 feet The vein IL five
feet In thickness, A. b. Railton OF
Spokane, Is head Of the company.
| which has been capitalized for
h,5Oo,Ooo Mr.. Kemp says the soil
bears gold from the grass roots, the
samples taken from plonghed burrows
assaying $500. The quartz was en-
.countered AT a depth of 25 feet and
extends 95 feet, Tho rock the entire
distance runs more than $50 a ton
Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-15

in word of their trouble, and the tieup was consequently harder to straighten out. This line also suffered much from sand washing over the tracks, and some crews had almost to shovel their way to Willimantic.
 On the lines of the Southern New England Telephone company, which had hardly got strengthened out from the trouble from last Thursdays storm, the damage was slight, proba- ply about 25 lines, all local, being af- fected.
 At the Norwich electrical plant on North Main street one transformer was burned out, and at the Uncas Power company station at Scotland dam a number of switches weresslost. The trouble at the power station came at about the middle of church service time. depriving some of the churches of lights and of power to run their organs.
 Falling limbs from trees brought down a pair of the city department wires at the fair grounds, and there was also pair of wires down on Starr street.
 Around the city Street Commissioner Lillibridge was given work to do by washouts, but none of any great seri- ousness There was a gulley cut in Yantic street and one in Division street opposite Clairmont avenue.
 About 2.15 o'clock came the con- cluding shower of the day, this deluge being without any special electrical accompaniment.
 Like the storm of last Thursday, the rain, thunder and lightning covered g comparatively restricted area. Nor wich, Willimantic and Plainfield got 1t but neither New London nor Daniel son had the heavy rain.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-15
More Trouble From Electric Storm
Trolley Power Cut Down Burnt Out City Electric Light Plant Scotland Dam Station Also Out of Business-Some Washouts in City Streets.

Norwich experienced another storm on Sunday of the tropical type in suddenness and volume of rainfall, ac- companied with heavy thunder and lightning, although not so severe as that of last Thursday which broke the long dry spell. The total rainfall for the day probably easily exceeded an inch.
 About 8 o'clock the first heavy rain arrived, and about II o'clock there was more rain in torrents, with heavy thunder and lightning, the latter re- cording its presence by partially crip- bling the trolley system and also the power plant of the Uncas Power com pany at the Scotland dam, as well as the city power plant on North Main street.
 The electric fluid got into the rotary engine at the Thamesville power plant of the trolley company, burning out a ring, and causing a four hour curtail- ment of the service until repairs were completed at about 430 o'clock. The big turbine engine at Thamesville, which has just been repaired after a complete eclipse through an electric storm, was not hurt this time, but the disablement of the rotary left only the small engine available to work with. and this necessitated cutting out the Falls cars and the Greeneville cars as well as the half hour service on the Montville line. The rotary was re- paired so that the full service was re- stored by o'clock.
 Willimantic got the heavy part of the electric storm, and two cars were burned out on that line. They were some distance out in the country and away from any telephone when it hap pened, so that 1t was long trip to the nearest telephone for the crew to send
Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-15

that whenever strange boats are em- ployed on the grounds of any owner that the master of the boat shall have to show documentary evidence that authoiity has been given him to dredge on the grounds.
 The trustees of the Maiden, Mass, hospital have announced the gifts of S5,00O from Mrs. Juliet A. Dean as a memorial to her late husband, ex-Sen- ator Charles l.. Dean, native of Westford, Conn. No conditions are at tached to the gifts.
 H. BlaclSledge & company have the contract for alterations to a five-fam- fly house in Baltic for the Baltic mills. The same firm is building a frame clubhouse, 30x50 feet, which will be arranged for a gymnasium and assem- bly hall The building will cost about $6000
 Walter Stearns has been suddenly called back to his home in the west on account of the illness of an uncle. Although born and brought up there he would rather be east any day, he says, on account of the way the people here have used him while on a four weeks visit with some of his older chums.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-15
sToRRs CONTEST, asrH WEEK
White Leehorns Take All Honors for the Week-The Medal Winners for June.

The total number of eggs laid dur ing the 18th week of the egg laying contest at Storrs was 1885. This is a slight increase over the past few weeks. The largest number of eggs laid by one pen durin the week was 29. This was accomplished by five single comb white Leghorns owned by Paul CoIbron of New Canaan, Ct Follow ing is another pen of single comb white Leghorns, with 2S eggs to it's credit. This pen is owned by Toms poultry farm, Toms River N. J. There were three pens that laid 27 eggs for the week. thus taking third honors: Cullencross farms, South Columbia, N. Y, single comb white Leghorns; Mar wood poultry farm, Butler Pa, single comb white Leghorns and Conyers farm Greenwich, single comb white Leghorns.
 The largest egg laid during the week weighed 22100 of a pound. This was laid by 8 barred Plymouth Rock own ed by William Moore or Marshalton, Del. The smallest egg laid during the week weighed 2-100 of a pound. It was laid by a single comb white Leghorn owned by Thomas Baron of Catforth, Eng. This same hen laid two other small eggs during the week
 Robert J. Waldens barred Plymouth Rocks won the silver medal for the l largest number of eggs laid during | the month of June, this number being l 123. A pen of barred Plymouth Rocks | owned by s. M. Boucher of Moores-
 town, N. J., and a pen of single comb white Leghorns owned by Toms poul- | try farm, Toms River, N. J.. tied for
 second medal with 121 eggs to their ! credit A pen of single comb white
 Leghorns owned by Paul Colbron of 1 New Canaan, and pen of single comb white Leghorns owned by Cullencross | farm, South Columbia, N. Y, tied for l third medal, with a credit of 113 eggs | for the month. Some of the other | high scoring pens were: J. B. Burrows
 white Leghorns. 112; Elm poultry yards. white Leghorns. III; Frederick
 Peasley, white Leghorns, III; White
 Rose farm, white Leghorns, 110; Con- | yers farm. white Leghorns. no; Susie
 Abbott, white Leghorns. l10: George H. SchmitZ, buff Leghorns, 109 Frank D. Oesterie. white Leghorns. 109: Dr E. W. Landis, Buttercups, 1os; A. J 1 Clark. barred Rocks, 107; J. O. Thren- ! haUsen, white Leghorns, 10s; N. C.
 Reynal, white Leghorns, 10s; Woods
 Lane poultry farm. white Leghorns
 1O5; W. F. Haley, white Leghorns
 1G5: J. c. Sterling. black Minorcas
 1O5.
 The following Is the list of the. frs
 ten pens as they stand to date, witt
 the total number of eggs laid b,
 each:
 F. G. Yost of Sayre, Pa, single coml white Leghorns, TIA; Thomas Baro1 of Catforth, Eng. single comb whit Leghorns. TAI; Marwood poultr farm, Butler, Pa, single comb whit Leghorns, 794 Beulah farms, HaFil ton. Ont, white Wyandottes, 723 White Rose farm, Vineland, N. J.. sin gle comb white Leghorns, 720; Tom poultry farm, Toms River. N. J., singl comb white Leghorns. TIP; Susie Alb bolt of Parkesburg, Pa, single com |, white Leghorns, 701; Frederick Peas ley of Cheshire, single comb white Leg 8 horns, s7S; o. Wilson of Carlisle. W 3 Va, single comb buff Orpington
 665; Woods Lane farm, Leaman Plac
 Pa, single comb white Leghorns. 6S2