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impossible to secure cuttings of the Won
derful tree.
The Daglet Moor variety, the finest now
raised in the United States, will produce
fruit worth 30 to GO cents per pound, Mr..
Swingle believes, when the industry has
been put upon a substantial basis. At
present the United States gets but few
first-class dates, and nearly 21.o00.Oo
pounds of the second-class imported an
nually, mostly from the Persian gulf
region. The results of Mr. Swingles last
trip will be given to the date industry of
the southwest in the shape Of instructions
and recommendations for packing and
handling. He believes the consumption of
dates in this country will expand Won
derfully when clean. fresh, American fruit
of the best quality can be had in the
markets.
The explorations of Prof. Piper in
southern China have been another fea-
ture of the years foreign work of the
Agricultural Department. Prof. Piper was
sent to the Philippines to make thor
ough study of conditions with a view to
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introducing new grasses and forage
plants into the islands
His return trip from Manila was an
exploring expedition that covered Malaga,
Java, southern China, India and Ceylon
Il regard southern China as the most
important part Of the world TO study
carefully for the benefit that may be Sc
cured for our southern states" said Prof
flper. The Chinese have taken fruits
OF the temperate zone and pushed them
gradually southwark BY a study Of their
methods and results We may greatly aid
fruit growing in the southern part Of the
United States
Prof. Piper expects great results from
foreign grasses and forage plants. Japan
clover, Bermuda grass and other foreign
plants have already demonstrated their
wide usefulness in the United States
Prof. Piper believes many other i'm
portant grasses from India and from the
, valley of the Ganges will become agrees
siye in the United States. supplanting
native grasses. and increasing the value
of grazing and hay lands.
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many parts OF the American southwest,
and Mr.. Meyer secured seeds of all of the
Turkestan plants and bushes that had
been found useful in the experiments.
These are now under test by the govern
ment and will be given thorough trial
in sandy regions of this country.
X X
Permission was secured by Mr.. Meyer
to cross the border into Chinese Turkes-
tan, and he left the railroad at Andjan
and made up a caravan and pushed
through the mountains to kashgar. From
this point much important exploration
work was done. In the GASES of Khotan
and Yark and. to the southeast, he secured
cuttings of grapes apples and pears that
thrive in those regions. He found water
melons and muskmelons that keep all
winter, and many new varieties of fruits.
From Kashgar Mr.. Meyer sent back
nearly half ton of seeds and plants. The
problem of packing was big one. Ameri
can fVe-gallon kerosene cans, thoroughly
scrubbed with soap and ashes and then
packed with native felt, were used for
the specimens which were securely seal
ed. The consignment was nearly six
months in reaching Washington, but most
of the specimens were In good condition.
Mr.. Meyer then worked up along the
foothills of the Tian Shan range to
Asku, where he deserted his twowheeled
cart and put his outfit on pack horses to
cross the mountains. He crossed at Mus
sart pass one of the most dangerous
places in China, where glacier must be
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States Department of Agriculture.
lieves persimmon growing will ultimately
become one of the great fruit industries
of the United States.
Explorer Meyer is a Dutch gardener and
man trained in research work and in
plant culture. He Joined the Agricultural
Departments force in 1903 and spent a
year or two Immediately after that in
studying the fruit and nut orchards of
China. His last trip began in 1909. He
went to st. Petersburg under a commits
apples in the large orchards and breed
ers' collections of Europe, and to later
take up the important tour through Rus
sian and Chinese Turkestan which has
resulted In the finding of many BILE
plants and fruits.
Mr.. Meyer worked southwark into the
Caucasus, where he made search for
specimens. Among his most important
finds was the hardy olive, which had with
stood a temperature of 13 below zero, and
which he recognized as possessing great
possibilities breeding stock for Amer
lean olive growers. In the Caucasus he
secured many seeds and plants of promis-
ing alfalfas. He then pushed into Rus
sian Turkestan and went to Chardjui,
where some of the most important sand
binding" experiments in the world have
been in progress. Railroads that were
impossible because of the drifting sand
have been fully protected by the Develop
ment OF plants having the binding quail
ties necessary to hold the sand In place.
Similar problems are encountered in
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search for hardy alfalfa varieties, in
which the government has been engaged
for several years. Many alfalfas are now
being experimental with in the effort to
extend the range of this valuable crop
northward to the Canadian boundary.
This is an outline of the work of one
of Uncle Sans explorers. OF quite a
different character was the work done
during the last few months in the heart
of the Sahara desert by Walter T. Swim
gle, who has been working twelve years
to establish in the alkali regions of the
southwest the profitable industry of date
growing. Mr.. Swingle is not an agricul-
tural explorer. He is the head of one of
the important divisions of the agricul-
tural department. that of plant life his
tory. But his work in Africa in con-
nection with the introduction of date
growing in this country has been of an
interesting character.
Mr. Swingle'S connection with the eff
forts to establish date-growing in this
country began in 1899, and since then
the experiments have developed so salts
factorily in Arizona and California that
there were nearly 1900 bearing date
palms in the southwest this year.
1.-THE time has arrived to teach Ameri-
can growers how to pack, handle and
market their dates,'' said Mr. Swingle.
My visit to the Sahara regions this
year was with the particular object Of
studying the handling and packing
methods of the French, German and
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A Voter.

MFRS. o. II. P. BELMONT, at a tea at
Iva the Colony Club in New York, said
with a smile:
Il have no vote, but my groom has"
She smiled bitterly and added:
Il admire my groom for his proficiency,
but I'm quite sure that if | went TO him
next November and said, We'll, James,
are you gong to exercise the franchise?
he would touch his rosy forehead with his
forefinger and respectfully reply:
Please, madam, which horse is
that - -
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NneCdOfe8 COncelflinU
Well-kn0Wn PEOPLE.
The BIindeSt.

TAR HARRISON DALLAS TROTTER,
II in a recent lecture in Duluth, spoke
very strongly against the before-break-
fast drink.
There are actually" he said, men
who think that it does them good to take
on rising. a stiff glass of whisky. How
blind such men are
The eminent psychologist smiled
''Of course he added, none are so
blind as those who take too many eye
OpenerS"
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NEW Methods and New
L y Varieties Are Brought
to Washington by Agricul-
tural Experts-Tre asures
From All Corners of the
Earth-The Men Who Lead
Expeditions Into Far Coun-
tries in Order to Benefit
American Farmers-Olive
Trees of the Caucasus and
ApriCots of Chinese Turkes-
tan-Tests of Fruits and
Seeds All Made in This
Country.
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ing all the Moros. After long experiment
it had been found that there was no pos
sible provision by which these people
could be prevented from lawless and
possessed of arms. When the order went
forth all the friendly tribes, after having
the matter thoroughly explained to them,
came in and surrendered their rifles, for
which they We're adequately paid The
outlaws however around Lake Lanao In
Mindanao and around Bud Dajo in Jolo,
refused to give up their arms and took
to the brush. The war of the last few
months has resulted from the attempt TO
deprive these renegades of their arms
December 1 First Lieut.. Col Hearne.
commanding Company B, Sd Infantry.
stationed at Camp Taglibi, nine miles
from the town of Jolo, got into a run
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Lenten Fare.

EGERTON i. WINTHROP, at the end
- of one of the meetings of the board
OF education in New York, said apropos
of severity in the schoolroom:
These over-severe teachers always re-
mind me of an over-severe parson. He,
at dinner party during Lent said to one
of the guests, famous raconteur:
My dear sir as il is Lent-and a Fri
day to boot-would you mind ii / asked
YOU 10 confine your efforts exclusively TO
fish stories?'
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0Id-Time Versatility.

HENRY WATTERSON, in an interview
= in Washington. praised the American
Journalist of the old school.
THE journalist of the old school, said
Mr.. Watterson. with his hearty laugh.
was remarkable above all things for YER
satility. He, unlike your college-b bred
journalist of today, never knew. when he
turned up at the Office. whether he'd be
handed mop. an opera ticket or a pair
of shears-and he was equally at home
with all three
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will be captured and outlawrY will he
stamped out. The natives themselves are
coming to sympathize with us as against
this lewlessness and to lend their infiu-
ence toward putting an end to it,
The troops under Gen. Pershing who
are engaged in this campaign are >. 800
strong. There Is the I'd Infantry the "a
Cavalry, four companies of scouts. three
companies of constabulary, one field bat
terry of artillery and one provisional bat
terry. The sunboat Pampansa is con-
stantly in the waters near the seat OF
trouble and lends aid whenever oppor-
tunity offers Practically all of these
men are seasoned troops, such as give
most excellent account of themselves in
action. Their officers are al veterans of
much Philippine warfare. and it is
relentless and most efficient campaign
that is. being prosecuted and pushed to-
ward a elimination.
Copyright. 1912, by W. A. Du Puy)
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a BAND OF FANATICAL MOROS.

had been killed. In this battle the sailors
from the gunboat Pampanga took part
in the engagement, and Ensign Hovey
was killed and two sailsrs We're wound
ed. 1t was ten days later that the siege
of Bud Dajo took place, with the result
Of dead and wounded already stated,
and with capture of 400 prisoners.
January IL came the fight on Seit lake,
already described So slow is news in
reaching the outside world from this
isolated community that the report of
later engagements, which have probably
taken place, are not yet in hand. But
this record of a single six weeks of
fighting in Moroland shows that this
government has upon its hands a very
merry little scrap, and that the pot is
still boiling.
There may be more trouble in Jolo,
says Gen. Pershing in a communication
just received from him. but L do not ex-
pect it. Most of the opposition to dis
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Arabian date merchants, and to ascer-
tain what features of their methods Were
adaptable to the conditions in America.
This was Mr.. Swingles third trip into
the desert regions. He has travelled by
caravan as much as a hundred miles
for new varieties of dates to be tried IN
the United States The first date palm
he brought over came in tub, and date
palm importation seemed doomed be-
cause no cheap and effective way could
be devised to bring over young oHShoots
for American cultivation.
On his second trip Mr.. SWingle found
that fifty trees could be brought over
safely in a box, with their roots packed
in moss, for the price of one specimen
rooted and growing in q tub. That dis
covery marked the real beginning of date
culture development in the southwest
The government now has five experiment
tai orchards, at Indio and Mecca in Cali
fOrnia, Tampe and Yuma in Arizona, and
Laredo in Texas.
Because it will grow in alkali SOIL and
thrives in extreme heat, the date will be
a most valuable resource for the irrigated
lands of the southwest. Further than
this, Mr.. Swingle believes it viii ulti-
mately be highly profitable fruit crop
for more valuable lands. because of the
rapid growth and heavy yield of the
date palms.
X :.
Over 200 varieties of dates have been i'm
ported and set out in the government 5
orchards through the efforts of Mr.. Swim
gle, Mr.. Fairchild and Thomas II. Kear-
ney, head of the office of alkali and
drought resistance Investigations, who
made trip into the Sahara region in
1904 and 1865. The choice date varieties
are only reproduced by offshoots, and
the trees cannot be budded grated.
For this reason it has become necessary
to find out what varieties are best suited
to particular localities. and the govern
ment gardens In the southwest are soly-
ing that riddle.
The date must be poIIenated by hand
another thing that makes it's culture Pc
cullar. One male tree to 100 female trees
is the basis OF planting now decided upon,
and the pollen-bearng flowers from the
male palm, which bears no fruit, must be
broken off and tied by hand among the
clusters of blossoms of the female trees.
The palm sometimes begins to bear at the
age of three years, and so far as the
records of the Sahara desert show, it
may continue to bear for 900 years.
There is one spot in the desert to which
Mr.. Swingle could not obtain access. Be
fore his return to the United States the
Agricultural Department gave out state
ment that he had found at Alcazar in
Morocco, a remarkable seeding date, an
offshoot of which would be worth 81 600
in California. E
x x
This date has not been secured, and
probably will not be for some time. 1t
is product of the oasis of Tablet, which
is the home of the Sultan of Morocco.
The tree has spread throughout the oasis,
by means of offshoots, but the royal fam
lily refuses to permit it to be transplanted
elsewhere, and guards it carefully The
dates are packed with great care, and
sent to England and Spain, where they
command a high price. Thus far growers
outside of the Tablet oasis have found 1t
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TWENTY-FIVE Hundred

L Good American Troops
Are Every Day Beating the
Brush in Mindanao and Jolo
in Campaign Against Those
Moro Mohamnedan Subjects
of the United States-Hardly
a Week Passes That Blood Is
Not Spilled-This War Has
Been Conducted Intermit-
tently for Ten Years, But
Is at Present Being Pushed
With Especial Vigor by Brig.
Gen. John ]. Pershing. Gov
ernor and Commander of the
Military Force Throughout
the Southern Part of the
Philippines.
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armament is dying. and We have tie ma
1ority Of the arms in the district. The
government pays for these at a fair
price. We allow the Moros To retain
their krises and holos. but they must
keep them at home. | believe even the
Jolo Moro Is coming to realize that the
deprivation Of his arms Is necessary IN
the progress Of his people
In Xamboanga and Cotabato districts
we have not the slightest difficulty ia
enforcing disarmament In Zamboanga
there are still a few outlaws but the
troops are hunting them down. and the
forces VIII be kept in the field until the
last outlaw is captured.
Heretofore outlawry has not been
stamped out, but this time il will be.
Cotabato is too peaceful to warrant any
fear. The constabulary desertcrs are
causing some trouble but We have cap
tured many OF them and viii get the bal
ance in short order. Lanao has Tor years
been the home of irrecOncilable outlaws.
II is a district which is almost impene-
trable in some parts. In its mountains
and jungles outlaw bands have found
an impregnable home. But the day OF
the I-anao outlaw is past. Troops are in
the fled conquering difficulties whose eN-
tent is almost incredible. These bands
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pies, native berries and other things
were added to his collection, and later
sent to the United States. He finally
worked northward to Chugutchak on the
border of Mongolia, and ultimately west
and north to Barnaoul and Biisk in ST.
IBERIA. From the latter place he took
river steamer to connect with the Trans
siberian railroad.
Mr.. Meyer continued in Siberia the
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A General on Bravery.

Gen. MARION. MAUS. apropos of
~ bravery, uttered at a dinner at Van
couver barracks an epigram that was
quoted with approval in Portland.
1T is very easy said Gen. Maus, "for
a man to be as brave as David when Co
Hath is going to tackle some one else"
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THIN the last few
weeks three experts
from Uncle Sans
a Agriculture Depart
Inent have return
ed from exploring
expeditions through
Europe. Asia and
Africa. with inn
portant secrets for
the 4 III erica n
farmer and fruit
grower.
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side porducing sustenance in time of
siege. To the Americans alone has this
stronghold ever yielded. Its second
yielding came last Christmas day.
The Moros. after being whipped in
many battles. fled to this stronghold.
American troops. thousand strong. I'M
der the command OF Gen. John ] Perish
ing. pursued them up the mountains. The
American troops from long experience
have become almost as clever in the
jungles as the natives themselves. They
followed native trails and made new
ones for themselves, until they had
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ming fight with the Moros which kept up
for ten miles through the jungles AS a
result of this fight, twelve Moros were
killed and Private Gustav Deuchmann
of Company b lost his life. December Is
Capt. John w. Baker of the Sd Infantry
was encamped temporarily in wild
region of interior Jolo- The Americans
had learned to fear particularly the
wild rushes upon their camps that these
Moros frequently make. While a scout
ing party is bivouacked at some quiet
streamside for lunch the fanatics break
from the brush nearby and rush the
camp like so many wild bulls Perma-
merit camps are surrounded by high
fences of barbed wire to prevent this,
yet it happened December q. Capt.
Baker and his following We're not
thoroughly surprised, as these American
troops never left their guns out of their
hands when encamped in Moro country.
So the onrushing Moros Were met with d
deadly voley from the American rifles.
The result was the killing OF fifteen ma
tives. Two American soldiers and one
native scout We're killed in the engage
ment.
In a similar engagement December II
the execution was even greater. A
stronghold of the Moros was attacked
by a scouting party, and before the out
laws We're disarmed forty-two of them
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from all pickering qualities, which may
be picked and eaten while hard, and may
be kept in good condition for months.
The "tamopan," as it is known, is de-
clared by Mr.. Meyer to be the choicest
persimmon product of China. Whole vail
leys there are given over exclusively to
persimmon production. Mr.. Fairchild be-
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guided, people is battling itself into very
extinction against the advance of Amer
lean civilization?
You do not know these things, in
all probability, but they are never
theless facts. They are taking
place in that extremity of the Phil
ippine Islands which projects its nose
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battles? Have YOU by chance grasped the
fact that this campaign which is now at
its height is the last of a series of three
OF its kind that has been prosecuted in
the last ten years? Do YOU know that
courageous and religious, though mis-
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RE YOU aware of
the fact that the
United States is en-
ga ged in a war to
the death? Do you
know that there
has been an aver
age of a battle a
week for the Ia ST
three months and
that half a hundred
lives have been lost
in each of these
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reached an elevation within 300 yards of
the top of the mountain. Here they
prepared for siege The distance
around the mountain at this point near
its summit was not great The Ameri-
cans cut band around Bud Dajo, which
was like a cleared road in the jungle.
Taking their position in this cleared strip,
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will ultimately be worth millions of dol
lars in the annual agricultural production
of the country.
The three who have recently returned
are Frank y. Meyer, the government 8
official agricultural explorer; Walter
T. Swingle. who has been pursuing date
palm Investigations in the heart of the
Sahara desert, and Prof. Charles V.
Piper, who has made an investigation OF
forage plants and fruits in the Straits
Settlements, southern China and India.
New varieties and new methods have
been brought to Washington by the eX-
plorers, and will undergo rigid test and
trial in the gardens and laboratories of
the department Ultimately it is expected
that great Improvement in fruits, new
species of vegetables. new Forage
grasses for the southwest, new al
falfas for the north, and new methods of
pushing the interesting experiments in
date raising in Arizona, California and
Texas will result from the work OF the
returned travellers. Beaten tracks were
deserted, rough mountain and desert
trails were followed for hundreds OF
miles, and hardships were undergone In
many lands in the pursuit OF new agri-
cultural treasures. The trip Mr.. meyer
has just completed is one of the most I'M
portant in the history Of exploration I'M
der the department.
In the highlands of Chinese Turkestan.
far from the regular routes of trade, he
found wild apricots that showed remark
able hardness. They will be experimental
with in this country in the hope or de-
veloping American varieties that Will pear
the extremes of temperature in the north
ern Mississippi valley, and aid in extend
ing northward the range of apricot cul-
ture He found olive trees in the Caucasus
that had withstood Is degrees below zero
without suffering injury. Such hardness
in olives was unknown to the United
States agricultural authorities, and, like
the hardy apricot, the tree may prove the
base Tor experiments to greatly improve
the olive orchards now being developed
in California.
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These men are part Of the small force
that is constantly securing remote
corners OF the earth for new agricultural