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forth to the coarse laughter and strident
exclamations of the groups at the tables,
Then q slender, pasty faced young man,
whom We heard called "Dago Frank,
moved along the bar. He was fashily
dressed-the camp gambler. I watched
him &C smirking past and was surprised
to see all the women nod to him.
He brings 'em up here" whispered my
guide. Then he narrowed his eyes and
fancied him being all eagerness for q
chance to belabor "Dago Frank" with his
nightstick. The slender youth called for
a drink and tsen, strolhng over to pool
table, rolled pair of dice across the
worn baize. He watched them q moment
and, looking up, cried
This way, boys! The bones 20 to the
first man here!'
Chairs were hurled back against the
wall, glasses overturned and dropped
cIinking on the floor; men jostIed toward
the pool table, scufded, gained the vantage
game began. Others, too late,
skunk suIlenly away to play the @poker
near the bar. The piano tangled
louder, the dancers writhed fercer, voices
and laughter became more unnaturaEthe
orgies were reaching their limit.
Then the door was thrown open violent
ly. A blast Of cold air swept into the
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dollars. In its humble way II has done
earnest and indefatigable work, especial
" in Florida ard the other States on the
Gulf coast Although, until the present
time, no one was exactly sure about it, 1t
was always believed that some planter
accidentally imported it from Asia Ap-
parent corroborstion Of this was found
when in 1881 some trees brought into the
country By Bishop Young, Of Panasof-
skee, Fla. developed the pest 1t spread
with great rapldity, until in 19o7-19os It
infested half Of the groves in the State
and was extending dts field o. endesyor
rapidly.
The dismayed growers called upon the
government for aid, and heroic measures
were adopted. But although the treat
ment of hydrocyanic acid, which had been
successfully used on other similar invs-
ders, did not exactly agree with the white
ay It did not kill it. The larvae sucked
the sap out of the leaves, stunted the
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Form Prmev Colony Where Frontier Lawesness Fourishes

Che pointed to the "muckcs"). I lost
my arm dynsmiting, because a man
stopped to make cigarette. He blocked
the passage. If I caught one of the sans
with a cigarette during working hours I'd
waIlop him. Now, if you're any kind Of
sports you'll buy a drink"
This ceremony complied with, we turned
to leave, but were arrested by the sound
of his heavy voice. He was standing in
the middle of the dance floor, pointing to
all parts of the room with the steel hook.
You 'muckers,'" he cried, had better
git out O. here; all o yer; dig, damn yer!
Ny white men are comm soon"
Again the hush that had heralded hi
arrival, but this time it was followed by
the sound of chairs being pushed back
against the wall, of departing footballs, as
the more sober Of the ''muckers' obeyed.
Many of the women followed them. Other
"muckers" with stupid braggadocio called
loudly for the negro walters, while, as n
reward for this show of courage, the re-
naming women patted their red faces and
leered.
The aristocrats, the Boss gang, going
to clean out the dance hail." said the officer
in low voice.
-Four. ten, twenty of them passed quietly
and were gone. We walked on. A few
minutes later there came to us from tbs
direction the "aristocrats" had gone
chorus of alarmed voices, of brawlinx, Of
frozen twiss breaking under fleeing feet a
swift pursuit, cry, awful in its sudden
ness.
They must have met a 'mucker,' re
marked the man beside me.
Now we were nearing the outskirts OF
the camp. From behind US, family audi
bic, came tumult of fighting, low aud
confused. Once we heard a woman
scream and a mans voice, blaspheming
in some foreign tongue. Somewhere be-
hind the hills the night shifts were at
work. Dynamite rumbled distinctly; der
ricks creaked and groaned, machinery
whirred, the glare of countless campfres
played redly over the snow. Above it
the black sky glistened with stars,
chilled specks like the tips of icicles, and
over it all cleaned the moon, cold and
hard, a disk Of FURNISHED steel.
Such is the camp just beyond White
Plains. New York wants water. To
provide it men of many nationaIities
have been drawn from the mining camps.
They've come from the savage North
west, from more savage Mexico. These
men are paid. Shelter and food are pro-
vided for them. There the responsible
iU of the contractors erds.
The price? We saw that in the shacks
and dance halls, In 'Dago Frank" in
the wretched women, in the armed po-
lice who must patrol the beaches when
the aotsam and jetsaE- of the earth 10
washed up by the tide,
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the shouldering hills. On either side o.
the road we could make out, family dis
cernible, figures sulking in the shadows.
That crowd" he waved toward the
shadows, figure in knifngs every week
or %. I'd bet a weeks pay they're wait
ing for a grudge scrap with some men
from the other camp before going over to
the dance hall"
Suddenly we heard a hoarse exclama-
ton, scufie, the sound of q body falling,
brutal laugh.
That's Mikail the Pole" remarked the
Officer quite casually. "He's dropped
somebody. I'd know his laugh any
where"
We walked on. Gradually little squares
of amber light transformed vague shad-
ows into rows of low shacks.
This is another camp" explained my
guide. at is the. most orderly of them
all. The other camps call it the Fifth
Avenue of the Aqueduct.'
We walked down the streets and saw
that the place was indeed luxurious. The
hastily put together shacks where the
laborers live were connected by great
steam pipe that, piercing the floor of
each, gave heat. We approached one Of
these shacks. 1t was in darkness. Il
saw my companion's hand slip into the
slit in his oyercoat. He opened the door,
but there was no sound from within.
Then he flashed his dark lantern around
the room and ] saw it was empty. Bunks
three tiers high were piled up against its
four walls. In the centre were q rough
table and some chairs. From a bracket
near the door extended an oil lamp. II
touched the globe of this lamp and found
it damp. The air was heavy, moist, un-
pleasant; the odor-. We hastened back
to the street.
A mile down the road more uncertain
shadows CONCEALED in the cold air into
the form of another camp.
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parasite.
That is, he didn't exactly 6nd the para
site right away. He found some pupas
Of the white sy, with neat little holes
bored through the shells. It struck hfm
as peculiarly Significant that the perfor-
atedp pupae never developed into maturity,
the Importance of this being that some
parasite had delyed its way into the
white fy-to-be and had devoureG 1t in ita
adolescence.
Woglum's scientific interest gave
great bound. Just about that time, how
ever, an unkind fate took him down with
an acute attack of appendicitis and he
hurried away to Hong Kong, where he
went under the surgeons knife. Some
time later, still weak from his illness. he
retraced his steps to the region Of Lahore
and secured some leaves with the para
sites at work and sent them on to tn,
United States, but by the time they
reached Washington, which was a month
later, they were dead. DIR. Howard ap
prised him of this fact by cable.
when he found the parasite to find out in
how many countries it bred. but his chiefs
notified him that it would perhaps be
best for him TO stay at Lahore and devote
the rest of his time to getting some live
specimens bacI to the United States per-
sonslly if he could.
So woglun set to work vigorously,
only to find himself tottering under the
terrific heat, which, combined with the
unhealthful nature of the jungle, proved
too much for him. His porters helped
him reach a neighboring town, where he
spent week getting the dizzy feeling
out Of his head.
When he returned to Lahore once more
the sight that met his astonished eyes
might have discouraged many men. The
suns fierce rays had killed the specimens
which he had been watching on the trees.
and it seemed that all the rest in the
vicinity were doomed to q similar uu-
timely end.
wogium covered the trees with tents
but the heat got through just the same.
Finally q heavy rain revived the dying
parasites-they seemed to flourish in damp
climates, but not where there was dry
heat-and he finally secured six trees
which he shipped overland to Bombay.
There he was delayed somewhat by ths
unexplained refusal of the British cap
tain to give him passage. He finally found
accommoda lions on a tramp steamer which
took him to Naples, where he took another
steamer for New York city.
! Immediately upon his arrival in New
York city Woslum had his cases shipped
to Orlando, Fla, where the parasites are
being carefully watched until they ara
sufficiently developed to 90 out and meet
the enemy.
Both DR.. Howard and Mr.. Marlatt de-
clare there is no question that the In
sects found BY Woglum are the true para
sites. ..s"-
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In the meanwhile the white sy had not
only infested ninety per cent of the
groves in the State but It had also
spread to Alabama, Louisians and Texas,
causing an equally b, W loss to growers.
and had succeeded in closing California
and Arizona 10 the Florida nurserynen.
Then in July, 1910, L. o. Howard,
chief Of the Bureau of Entonolosy, and
@. L. MarIatt, the next in rank. be-
thought themselves of young Woglum,
who had been working for two years in
the orange groves OF Callfornis
Somewhere out In ASS, or perhaps It
is India, or China. or the Philippines,
there is parasite with taste for white
Ay," they told him. Go out and End it,
woglum packed up few of the things
he thought he might need, including
some anti-fsyer pills, his precious micro
scopes and a camera, and set his face
eastward. He stopped for while In
Spain, where they wanted him to lecture
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Uncle Sam had been hopelessly struggling
with for thirty years.
The name of the insect for which wog
lum crossed many lands and seas is Pros
paltells lahorensis, a scientific appella
ton strangely out of proportion TO the
size Of the creature itself. Its chief value
however, is a we'll developed and enthu
siastic appetite for white flies.
The white fy is a pest which has cost
the orange growers and other fruit raisers
in the United States many millions ot
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rrefused to ship him at Bombay and a
storm at sea which threatened almost at
the eleventh hour to snatch his prize away
from him interfered with the trip some
what.
But Wogium made gooP because his
superiors expected him to and because he
was-and is-young, and level headed and
determined. Therefore he is now continu-
ing his governmeptal work at Orlando,
Fla, trying not to look fustered when they
tell him he has solved the problem which
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growth of the trees, reduced the size Of
the fruit and hurt the sale on the market.
One Of the disagreeable features Of the
pest was the sooty mold which it indi-
rectly created on the oranges. Fruit Of
this sort had to be scrubbed, and even
then all the rust could not be removed,
and it had 10 be sold at a considerable re-
duction. County after county fell victim
to the scourge, and Florida's loss, which
in 1907-19oS was something like $780,
900, was a great deal more last summer.
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bnan intrusted with the unique commission.
Officially he is a special agent in the ser
vice of the Bureau of Entomology of the
Department of Agriculture and his normal
business is peering through microscopes al
ugly looking insects and devising ways and
means to rid the earth thereof.
| Woglum made his quest of the bug in be.
half of the United States government. A
touch of the sun at Lahore, India; q
surgical operation in Hong Kong, China
the obstinacy Of a British skipper who
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on his experiences among the insecticides,
and in the course of time he reached Cey-
lon. There, and in Calcutta, he found
specimens of the white fy in the mu-
seums, but nowhere else. He went to
Burma, Java, Singapore, Hong Kong and
Manila, but without success. Skirting
the foothills Of the Himalryas, he found
himself in the lowlands of the Ganges,
where he came across the white fly. From
the Ganges lowlands he ultimately pro-
ceeded TO Lahore, where he found the
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~ RAvELLING fifty thousand
miles in pursuit Of a bug hardly
larger than the point of pin may
seem like a supererogative under
taking. Especially so if it means
real hardships and real dangers in
foreign lands and among alien peoples.
R. S. Woglum, of New York, who little
more than four years ago was still at his
books at Cornell University, was the young
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last rays threw out a dazzling radi-
ance; deep shadows had fallen over the
countryside, and the bitches by the road
where the snow had drifted took on hues
almost unnaturally gorgeous winter
twilight was descending. 1t was a Sun
day very recently and we were walking to
a friends house some miles from Croton.
As we made up the frozen road there ap-
peared on the crest of the nearest hill a
solitary figure, silhouetted sharply against
the yellowing distances.
Going through the camps?"
He put the question to us somewhat
grufhy before we could speak.
What camps" we asked, surprised.
''Oh, see,'' he grinned, you don't know
the country here. / mean the labor camps,
where the men live who are building the
aqueduct. I'm on duty here, you see, to
warn people who pass the boundaries of
the camps"
Five men from the camp were sen
tenced to death for the brutal murder Of
Mrs. Mary Hall and nine men await
ing the electric chair st Sing Sing have
been taken from along the aqueduct.
In one part of the camp there were
twenty-one knifngs and three shootings
in seven months.
The whole is picture of mad lawless-
ness and elemental passions.
We were nearing the first Of the camps
now, back in a barren country. hidden By
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EYOND the unfriendly
shoulder of hills the sky
was changing from dusky
gray to yellow; over in
the direction of White
Plains the windows of a
bopso car,bt in t,a xun's
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FIFTY THOUSAND NILE HUNT FOR A BUG

Mr. R S. Woglums Tlrslsss Trip Around the Work
Searching for Parasite to Kill the White Fly. Pes
That Has Cost Fruit Growers Millions of Dolass anc
Which the Government Has Been Trying to Eliminate fo
Thirty Years ~
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14
Increase Your Yields
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J. Shillito, of Rhea Springs,
Tenn, did.

Mr.. F. J. ShilIito, of Shillito,
Hardins d Ewing, Rhea Springs,
Tenn, writes: | have used fertili-
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and south of Spring City, for the
past several years. Your brands
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was sown last winter just before
the great freeze, and some lay in
the ground. and never came mp un-
I'll about February LIST OF this
SPRING, obtaining a coed stand, how
ever and il made an increase OF
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Ny present corn eeop co4sidee
he best crop haFefaa-at in many
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your fertilizers 1T thet'mo of plant
ng same / am eouideut ,hat if I
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This is only one of many letters
from farmers who have been very
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reading in the Notwithstanding
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Carolina Chemical CO., Advertising
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them your name, they will be glad
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This company also has sales
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The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

5 or 6 doses of 666 will break
any case Of Chills and Fever; it
lcts on the liver better than Cal
omel, and does not grippe or sick
en-. 25c. 6-14-3m
Saxon Regain Ieturned home
asst week from Washington D.
c. where he has been attending
7Iiss Electrical College at that
5i4ee,
Buy your drugs at Guthrie
Drug Store.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14
LOCALS

Wednesday.
Big Elk Sheriff Ed Hood was
In the city Monday.
Mrs. Mary Baeur, of Texarka-
ma is visiting in the city.
Earl Wood of Blevins was a
Prescott visitor Tuesday.
+. c. and Miner Stephens of
BIeVins Werein the city Tuesday.
W. J. WalthaII, of Bearden
was a Prescott visitor this week.
Miss Ruth Luck, of Rosston.
Is attending the singing school.
Pure Drugs and square deal
Tor every one. thrie Drug
Store
Born To Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Crow Tuesday morn
ing girl.
Mrs. Roy Daniels of Little
Rock is visiting relatives in Pres
colt and vicinity.
When you are in Prescott call
and drink an ice cold soda at
Guthrie Drug Store.
Miss Myrtle Herring, of Bod
cav is attending the singing
school in the city.
Mrs. j. r. York is visiting in
Wilton and other points on the
Kansas City Southern.
AHousehold goods for sale cheap
at Perry Chappell House West
Elem St. C. A. Hosmer.
Mrs. Chas. McKelvy returned
to her home in Cottonvalley La.
after a week S visit here.
Mr.. Haley, representative of
the Tayloe Paper Co. of Mem
phis was in the city Tuesday.
Rexall Remedies. The Remedies
that are positively guaranteed.
Sold at Guthrie Drug Store.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Turner.
Of Pocahontas are visiting their
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Hal
tom.
Mrs. Douglas Brooks, who has
been visiting her sister in Nor
mangee, Texas. returned home
last week.
Nh. and Mrs. W. B. Waller, OF
Prescott, attended the funeral of
Geo. W. Brown here yesterday
Camden Beacon.
Carl Wi.t Of Easland Texas is
IA the city on a visit. He for
merry lived here, in fact he was
faised in this county.
Lost-On the 0kolona road be-
tween the river and Prescott a
pair of sold framed glasses.
hey We're in a leather hand
5atehel and name was in same.
Liberal reward for the finder.
T. II. Ingram. Prescott, Ark.
The OLD depot is now d thing Of
he past o. far as passenger use
coucerra8. The officers and
4aloyas moved 10 the new stat
a ai9aoa h. NJ 6, Mon
49, .erHesf - tsa last tran
STOP 1t tg.a 8ez.
t.eora e..ae
1 less IA 2 ais -
ere ties. been atte06
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

III 10 Ic4ht, Duy lIleH IECfIlIG.
Mcdaniel Hdw. Co.
1t takes rich man to draw
check, pretty girl to draw at
tenti0n a horse to draw cart,
a porus plaster to draw the skin,
TOPPER to draw a OK, free
lunch to draw a crowd, and a
we'll displayed advertisement in
The Picayune to draw trade.
Are you in on this?
The Presbyterian congregation
worshipped in their new church
last Sunday. This is an edifice
that the cntire town is proud of,
much less this particular congre-
CATION. 1t has twelve class rooms
and is up-to-date in every parti-
cular. The cost Of this magni-
ticient building is in the neigh
oorhood of $12, 100000.
StraveG or Stolen from my
home III Prescott Sunday night
JUNE 10th a black horse mule
about u years old about Ia 2
hands high. recently shod in front
some whip marks en- hind legs.
Liberal reward for information
leading to his whereabouts.
c. A, Oliver or New Supply Co.
Prescott Ark.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

Deering Mowers and Rakes
latest Improvement. lightest
draft, longest life, don't make
buy the Daering.
Mcdaniel Hdw Co.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14
tOORT REPORTERS

NM II to be The Best, about
Eispo',, per eeut % the official
Si'efS Of the United states
h SSanss,e employees write the sys-
h iT9ahi taught a Draughn :
M ;. Q catalogue. address
ERoeg atleal Blsine s.Gollege,
M VI II Smith Fexarkana or
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14

Tuesday afternoon the house
OF J. w. Franks was reported on
fire, BIT was saved before the
Fire company arrived. The
hoYsa was recently piped for Gas
p leak was in the pipe some
ACE and one of the boys begun
a search for it ty testing at Zach
joiut with a lighted match. 1t
seems that at ore Joint there
sas . split ia the pipe and when
Achod that. tie gas ignited
u came u4-e causing a serious
.aee,f tae young man
..d.d In putting It out with
J guls=t .. T4ger before il gain
Cd auch headWay.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-20
EXCELLENT DRY FARM CROPS
Alfalfa and Other Deep Roofing Plants
Avail Themselves Of Moisture
at Great Depths.

In bulletin recently issued by the
experiment station of the Montana Ag-
Tieultural college on crops for dry
land farms, the following general OBJ
seryations are given:
Success is more likely to follow the
careful selection of crops adapted to
dry land conditions than to promiscu-
Gus planting of seeds regardless of ca
pacity to withstand conditions i'm
posed. Among the qualities desirable
are hardness and ability to survive
severe winter weather unprotected,
drought resistance. structuraIly ca
pable of living in dry atmosphere with
out undue Transportation of water. The
cactus is an example Of great drought
resistance. Plants with small leaf
surface are less likely to suffer in
dry climate. Early maturity enables
the plant to mature It's seed before the
pinch Of drought overtakes it. Gen
orally, cay maturing varieties are
best suited to dry climate. Deep
roofing habits are more favorable than
superficial root system. Alfalfa and
other deep roofing plantS avail them
selves Of moisture at great depths and
may even find perennial success in
subteTranean water. Such plants are
least affected by the drying out of the
surface soil. Plants that remain dor.
mant during drought and do not die,
but start into growth with new sup
plies OF moisture, are Of great adYan.
tage.
posed by Doser by Arithmetic.
before wireless telegraphy was
Thought of, and the patient could COM
r.unicata with the shore doctor, the
certain vas the ships doctor, says
the Tendon Chronicle. He had a med
iosne chest with numbered bottles.
.,S = hook OF instructions. There Is a
el,s,,s carpenter still living who owes
hiz life TO the captains treatment II
wes rheumatism. The captain read
a. the book Of instructions; ~In cases
- rheumatism one tablespoonful OF
10 II three times a day" There had
haan 9 run on No. II. But g" and
s5- we're full. Z reckon that makes
IL" said the captain. And be cured
TIA carpenter By arithmetic.