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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-01
NASHVILLE
Always Political Storm
Center of Tennessee, the
Scene of Much Activity
Not Confined to Local
Significance.
Three Candidates for Mayor
Before NonP artisan Primary

Last Friday was q great day
for political conferences and
general juggling in the city Of
Nashville, which is, has always
been and will continue to be the
storm center Of politics in Ten
nessee. Memphis may steal an
election, debauch politics, revel
in carnival Of crime, but you
have to get away from the city
to hear of il; not even Crump
and his bunch of political slaves
have the notoriety at home that
they have won in Nashville and
elsewhere all over the state. In
Nashville 1t is different. She
always has troubles of her own,
is rapidly forging up to the Mem
phis standard Of lawlessness and
the political difficulties Of all the
larger communities or individ-
uals concerned therein, are trans.
ported to Nashville.
Last Friday was a red letter
day in Nashville. With Hilary
E. Howse, the infamous whiskey
mayor, the pet and pride Of the
criminal element, 10 the race for
reelection, Hon. Noah Cooper,
a clean, God.fearing, decent
citizen speaking on the sire ct
corners, telling the people how
Howse IL making a hell Of Nash.
vile, debauching with fostered
dens Of iniQuity the men, women
and children and asking votes
for the mayorality nomination,
Ham Patterson comes over from
Memphis, it was said to lend his
assistance toward prevailing on
Judge M. H. Meeks to enter the
race against Howse, and sue.
ceeded with the influence of
others to the extent that Judge
Meeks announced his candidacy
in the papers Saturday morning.
The condition in Nashville is of
state.wid interest and for the
benefit Of our readers we sum up
the standing of the three candi-
dates at this time.
Noah Cooper is for economy,
for law enforcement, for the abo-
lition Of the dens of vice that are
making the city Infamous and is
at least doing the good work of
exposing the rottenness Of the
Howse administration.
Howse is the pet Of the crimi-
nal element, for under him the
saloon, the gambling hell and
the bawdy house flourish. No
candidate can take from Howse
the support Of the criminal out
right and the near criminal who
often poses as q decent but
progressive" and at the same
time q conservative man.
Nashville mas grown in desperate
criminality and back boneless
citizenship until Howse will be
hard to beat.
Judge Meeks is q regular
Democrat and, unfortunately, a
friend Of NJ. R. Patterson. he
is o man Of considerable ability
and ia this section Of the State
I, -.om which he comes, he made
1.-The reputation of being officially
honest and absolutely fearless in
! the conduct Of the Office Of attor-
ey-general. In his first announ-
cement, Judge Meeks made no
promises in regard to the enforce.
ment of the laws, but we do not
see how he could afford to dis.
honor bis own character and his
family history ~ following in
the footsteps cf Howse and
Crump. If Judge MesSs prom.
ises to enforce thelaw, we should
feel encouraged, for we have
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-01
Report Of tbe Mayor.
To the Mayor and Board Of Aldermen:

Gentlemen :-Report Of John F. Hail. Mayor of date July
7h 9l8 to Office held by him to this December 4h
1872 covering fines privileges aud advaorem handled by him
such officer for the Town Of Lexington
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-01

A prominent business woman
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-05
T. R. IS PLANNING NEXT TOUR
Says He Will Be Too Busy to At
tend Bull Moose Convention

Kansas City, Mo. Theodore Roose-
welt spent 10 minutes in Kansas City
on his way East after his vacation on
the deserts of Arizona and the Grand
Canyon of the Colorado. To newspa-
permen and a number of friends,
Colonel Roosevelt expressed himself
as highly pleased with his trip and
with the observations he was able to
make among the Hopis, Moquis and
other Indian tribes of the Southwest.
In response to question the Colonel
said he would be unable to attend the
conference of the Progressive party in
Chicago next Saturday, on account of
his plans for visiting South America
next fall.
"My stay in the West was lengthy
becaue / waited to see the snake
dance, you see,' Colonel Roosevelt
said. CHOW must occupy myself in
getting ready for my trip to South
America. I leave October A and can
hardly spare the time to attend the
Chicago meeting
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-05
BERRY JUICE "kEEPS"

Oregon Agricultural College, Corval-
lis.-Among other remarkable quail
ties loganberry juice has the property
of retaining it's freshness for several
weeks without any sterilization what
ever, according to recent investiga-
tons conducted by Professor G. /.
Lewis, horticulturist of the Oregon
Agricultural college. About the first
of July Professor Lewis took consid-
cradle quantities of loganberry juice,
without heat, sweetened it to taste and
poured it into bottles which he set
away in the basement rooms of the
horticultural building. The bottles
were not sealed, nor was the tempera-
ture of the room cooled below normal.
At the end of six weeks an examina-
ton of the juice showed that it's ap-
pearance was unchanged and that fer
mentation was just beginning to set in.
Upon tasting, the juice was found to
be sweet, with no more than just a
Sparkling taste to enrich it's flavor.
Professor Lewis considers its self
sterilizing power very unusual and de,
stined to make it a popular beverage
wherever loganberries are grown.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-05
FISHERMEN ARE RICHLY PAID
Season on Sound Declared Most
Successful in History.

Tacoma, Wash.-Five hundred dol
lars a week is the average earned by
salmon fishers who are returning from
the salmon banks to Tacoma with ship
load after shipload of their lucrative
catches and their faces wreathed in
smiles over what they declare was the
most successful season in history.
Jack Anich, one of the dozen Of
salmon fishers, of Tacoma, that during
the comparatively short period, four
weeks, during which they are allowed
to fish, no less than 1000, 900 cases of
salmon had been caught on Puget
Sound and British Columbia waters
valued at $15, 900, 900. Only small
part of the fishing fleet has arrived.
Tacoma and Gig Harbor fishermen are
bringing $3.50, 900 worth Of salmon to
Old Town alone.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-05
EARLY PASTURE FOR HOGS.

AS early in the spring as possible
prepare a piece of rich ground. When
a good seed bed is made, drill in from
one to liz bushels of barley or early
oats per acre; or, better still, a mix
ture of these. Be sure to use the
beardless barley Then follow with a
grass seeder, sowing mixture of four
pounds Dwarf Essex rape, three
pounds timothy, and eight pounds
clover seeds per acre. I have been
using alsike, medium and mammoth
clovers, but this spring shall include
alfalfa, writes an expert in Farm and
Home.
I cover the seed with a weeder,
sometimes crossing. A light spike
tooth harrow will answer also. II
sown early, and the earlier the better,
this light covering will be sufficient,
as there is usually plenty of moisture
in the ground at this time.
When the rape is about six inches
high, which will be in six to eight
weeks, hogs may be turned in; the
rape, barley and oats should furnish
abundant pasture for about Is shotes
per acre. In the meantime timothy
and the clovers are growing to sup
plant the maturing barley and oats,
and, with the rape, will furnish well
balanced ration until covered with
snow. This lot will next year furnish
the best meadow or pasture on the
farm.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-05
Idle Man is Held in Bail.

Wilmington, Del. - For the first
time in this state man was held IN
bail in the Municipal court here on
charge of idleness. When Alphonse
M. Action was arraigned on specific
charge of breach of the peace, pre-
ferred by his wife, Judge Churchman
remarked that, according to the defen-
dant's wife, he would not work. The
Judge then said that having undertood
idleness is a crime, according to
Blackstone, he would also place that
charge against the accused. Action
was held under $500 peace bond and
an order to give $500 bail additional
for hearing on the idleness charge.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-05
'sHOG SPECIAL" BIG SUCCESS
Great Results Follow in Wake of
Demonstration Train.

In December last the Oregon Wash
ington Railroad &. Navigation COM
pany operated a demonstration train
called the ''Dairy and Hog Special"
through the Touchet, Walla Walla and
Yakima valleys, in Washington. A
few days ago representative Of the
company was instructed to 60 over the
route followed by the train and to re-
port the results.
This report has just been received
and the figures submitted show an in
crease in the number of dairy cattle
and hogs much in excess of expecta-
lions. In Columbia county the in
crease in hogs has been so per cent,
and while the number of dairy cows is
not doubled, there are many additional
herds. The land owners are buying
thoroughbred stock. The largest
dairy herd in the county is made up of
Jerseys and Guernseys. The farmers
in this vicinity also are planting corn
in from 10 to 40 acre tracts. One
farmer planted no other grain this
year. Some of the corn is allowed to
ripen, but more is cut for silage.
The land owners along the river all
have hogs and most Of them dairy cat
tie. At Waitsburg and Prescott there
are more grain farms, but the dairy
and swinegrowing industries are rec
ognized as important.
Walla Walla valley is prospecting,
the report shows, and the men on the
land there attribute good share of
their prosperity to the fact that they
are engaging in diversified farming.
One creamery is turning out 5000
pounds of butter daily. E. c. Burl-
ingame, prominent farmer, says
that this is the greatest dairying and
stockraising country in the world.
He is believer in silage and is build
ing a 15O-ton concrete silo. Bert
Coyle, who operates dairy farm
three miles west of Walla Walla, cut
18 tons Of green corn an acre and it
cost him S1.75 ton when in the silo.
At Touchet there are dairy cows
and hogs and corn is grown without
irrigation.
Alfalfa is point where the work OF
the demonstration men is manifest.
Last December there were few cows
in the district. Now there are more
than 200 dairy cows in the immediate
vicinity.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-05
FARM AMP :!:!!' ORCHARD
Notes and Instructions from Agricultural Colleges and Erperbe Ssore
Of Oregon and Washington Specially Suitable Pacific Goes con.
CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT FiREBLIeHT

Oregon Agricultural College, Corval.
lls.-The general and rapid spread OF
the deadly fireblight in the pear and
apple orchards of Oregon can De
checked by means of organized cam
paigns to carry out the standard treat
ment of cutting out all diseased parts
of the tree, disinfecting the wounds
and burning the brush, according to
Professor H. S. Jackson, head OF the
plant pathology department, Oregon
Agricultural college. These radical
measures have already been Instituted
in one of the important fruit districts
of the state and are in fair way to
be applied in one other. AS the dis
ease is prevalent in a more or less
serious aspect in every county of east
ern Oregon with the possible excep-
ton of Wasco, experts in plant dis
eases believe that no time should be
lost in putting control measures into
effect.
While measures of procedure will
vary somewhat in the different sec
lions of the state, the plan followed
successfully in the La Grande district
can be made the basis of plans suit
able in most other districts. This
campaign, which has been in operation
for several days, is described by Pro-
lessor Jackson as follows:
Requests for aid for the La Grande
district came through the state board
of horticulture. In response l went to
La Grande about July Z, and held lee
lures there and at Elgin. Subsequent
ly visited all parts of the Grand
Ronde valley. AS a result of this
inspection of the orchards there a
meeting was held Saturday afternoon,
July II, at which the matter of hand
ling the situation throughout the val
ley was discussed and committee ap-
pointed to present to the county court
petition asking for funds to provide
for demonstration work. AS result
of that action $500 was appropriated
by the county court on August 6.
II secured for the fruit growers the
services of c. G. Hyde and M. M.
Winslow, graduates of 0. A. c. in
horticulture, who spent the summer in
the Rogue River valley as blight ex-
perts and are thoroughly familiar with
methods of cutting out the disease.
The campaign was organized in such
way that demonstrations in cutting
out the disease and disinfecting the
wounds are being conducted in various
orchards by these men. They expect
to cover all parts Of the valley. They
will follow up the demonstrations with
careful inspection as carried on by
the inspection service, as soon as the
growers are thoroughly familiar with
the details of the work. This proceed
ure interferes in no way with the
regular county inspection service but
is an aid to inspectors in familiarizing
them with the disease and the best
methods of treatment. My part in
the work has been purely that of Or
ganization under the general direction
of the college extension service"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-05
ExTERMlNATE SOW THISTLE.

oregon Agricultural College, Corval.
lis.-AAs the SOW thistle, the weed SO
common along roadsides and in waste
places, is an annual, it may be de
stroyed merely by preventing it from
going to Seed" says Professor H. D.
Scudder, head of the department of
agronomy, Oregon Agricultural col
lege. IL the land can be put into
cultivated crops" continued Professor
Scudder, there should be no difficult
" In getting rid of the thistle. Then
AFTER the crop is harvested and the
weeds begin to appear in the fall, the
ground should be disked, and the disk
Ing repeated in the spring. This will
cause the seeds to terminate and the
plants may be completely destroyed
by the blowing or cultivation that fol
lows.
in badly infested fields, the land
cannot be entirely cleaned of this
weed until cultivated in row crops. If
this does not seem possible, the fields
should be disked after harvest, and
again as soon as the young seedlings
have started to grow. Then, early in
the fall, use the disk plow, set deep,
and SOW the field thickly to vetch and
oats or vetch and rye. If this crop
is seeded early in September and gets
a good start, it will smother out the
thistle and most other annual weeds.
1t can then be cut early in the spring
for soiling, or plowed under as green
manure.
Where the SOW thistle appears in
pastures, sheep are very effective in
keeping it down. In any case, it
should not be allowed to go to seed, as
it can propagate itself in no other
way
'The weed is especially liable to ac-
cumulate along the roadside and in
waste places. Here the best method
is to clip such areas before the seeds
form, and follow by thorough burning.
If possible, these waste places should
be plowed and seeded to some such
grass as perennial rye, which will
crowd out most of the weeds. The
grass may later be cut for hay or
pastured off with sheep"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-05
NEW GEM BECOMES FAD.

"d'sers Admiration for the HeIiodore
starts Craze in Germany.
Dtrlln.-The heliodore, a new gem
c cncn was recently discovered in the
u ueInlan African colonies, will be the
o 0uSue among fashionable people be-
E Stuse the Kaiser has just expressed
Ms bS aanlration. The new gem resem-
NJ Of's ,Alexandrite and has a popularity
N W., e!!anglng its color from golden yell
T IES IN daylight to green in artificial
boa me Kaiser was so struck with the
saT rusS OF this gem that he ordered
mor Dn stones set with pearls and dia-
fo uil Is IN the form of a cross, a gift
Sbsro sne kalserine. The latter, who
b aai Is the emperor's admiration for
her 95v n,' ordered an heliodore ring for
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-05
BIG BURGLAR OUTFIT FOUND
Trunk Full Of Up to Date Tools
Uncovered by Police.

San Francisco Three trunks. filled
with equipment for burglary and safe
blowing of the most scientific and M
to-the-minute sort, the outfit includ-
ing oxy-acetylene tanks, blowpipes.
electric drills, illuminate Of mercury.
crucibles, nitro-glycerine and dyna-
mite, fell into the hands Of the police
here Monday, when they arrested
Clarence French, alias B. Athol.
George Ashton, John O'Keefe and
Harvey Taylor. The men are held on
suspicion and the authorities hope to
connect them with some of the unex-
planned safe robberies and burglaries
that have happened in this city recent
ly.
The arrest of the four men was the
result of weeks Of sleuthing by the
local police and a private detective
agency, who have been on the trail of
French, alleged to be the leader of the
crowd, in an endeavor to obtain evil
dence that would warrant his arrest.
The police are positive that French is
an ex-convict.
French and Ashton have been living
in apartments on Golden Gate avenue
for some weeks, since the return of
the former from Seattle, whittier he
was trailed by detectives from this
city. The other two men under arrest
are believed to be recent additions to
the gang.
So complete was the outfit found in
the trunks taken to the police station
that the police admit there are some
appliances with which they have never
met. The trunks were constructed to
afford places for the sundry scientific
appliances, which only the most mod
ern Raff1es would be able to use. Con-
siderable jewelry and merchandise,
which the police believe to be loot,
was also found in the trunks. The
men are held for investigation.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-05
Parasite to Fight Pest.

Sacramento, Cal. An insect para
site that the state horticultural com
mission believes will prove effective
against the ssblack scale, = pest that
annually jeopardizes California's fruit
industry, has been imported from the
West Indies. Until it was discovered
recently, scientists had been unable TO
find an effective enemy Of the 'tscale',
after it had passed from the egg
stage. The black scale" is the most
destructive pest with which citrus
fruit growers have to deal.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-05
Prince of India WEEDS.

London-Two Of the most powerful
native ruling families of British In
dia were united when the Princess In
dira only daughter of the reignlng
Maharaia Gaekwar Of Baroda, was
married to Prince Jitendra, son OF the
Maharaia Of Cooch- Behar, after ro-
mantle courtship. The initial cere-
monv which took place in the strictest
privacy, was performed at the motel
where the princess had been staying,
and was accompanied by the custom,
arv Hindu rites. Princess lndlra nad
haen received into Brahmanist faith.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-05
New Animals in National Zoo.

Washington, D. G. - Twenty one
new animals are on the way to the Ma
tional Geological park in Washington,
from Gieza, Egypt, where they were
purchased by w. H. Blackbourne,
from Captain Stanley Flower, director
Of the government geological park.
The shipment includes three Arabian
camels, two elephants of the form
that occurs in the Sudan region, three
Hamadryas balloons, two cheetahs,
three lemurs, three Circassisn goats
and three Arabian, one Korin and one
Dorcas gazelle.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-05
American Envoy Stabbed.

Huelva, Spain While working AZ
h;s daak the American consular agent
At Huelva, William J. Alcock, was
stabbed ia the back by q mailman.
Mr. Alcock's assailant was span
lard named Bejarano, who apparently
i sufferine from the delusion that
Arar;cans have stolen patents OF an
;,nnortant invention belonging to MN.
The consular agent was severely
wounded, but will recover. DeJai a''o
was sent to jail.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-05
POWERS WOULD
SWAY HUERTA
Mexicans Fear Effect Of Mes
sage by Wilson.
Effort Is Made for Further Delay
Mexico In Financial Straits
and Troops Mutinous.

Washington, D. C.-Great Britain,
France and Japan are among the coun-
tries who have interposed their in
fiuence upon the Huerta administra-
tlon in Mexico in support of the efforts
OF the United States to bring about a
peaceful settlement of the revolution.
While administration officials are
silent regarding this phase of the stu
alton, there was lively interest man
ifest in diplomatic circles here as to
the probable effect of foreign pressure
on the Huerta government.
1t was learned that the Mexican au-
thorities hoped President Wilson
would not read his message to con-
gress as he had planned, and showed a
disposition to prolong the negotiations.
Unless some tangible overture, how
ever, is received from the Huerta Off
Gals indicating a desire to accept the
fundamental proposals of the United
States, the President will proclaim to
congress and to the world the attitude
of this government toward the south
ern republic.
The fact that diplomats from some
of the very countries which not only
have formally recognized Huerta, but
whose bankers hitherto have floated
loans for him, are using their in
f1uence on the Mexican administration
is calculated to produce something def
mite shortly.
Official reports to the State depart
ment show the Huerta regime to be in
desperate financial straits with little
prospect of getting funds anywhere to
meet the running expenses of the gov
eminent or pay its troops, already res
tive because of deferred payments.
So important is this aspect of the
situation regarded that an air of in
tense expectancy prevail in official cir
cles, where it lis believed that some
pronouncemet will be forthcoming
from Mexico City before President
Wilson finally determines to commune
cate his message to congress.
The insistence of the United States
on constitutional election and the
elimination Of Huerta was reiterated
positively by administration officials
a position which Mr.. Lind had been
instructed to emphasize. Only con-
cessions by the Huerta government it
is believed here, will now persuade
President Wilson to hold up the pre-
sentation of his message.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-05
Unalaska Furs Arrive.

San Francisco-Th essteamer Homer,
under charter to the United States
government, has arrived here from the
Pribiloff islands and Unalaska with a
cargo of 2, 294 sealskin and thousands
Of fox skins, including large num-
her of rare and costly skins of the sill
yer fox. The United States exercises
a guardianship over the northern group
of islands, in accordance with foreign
treaties. and to pay for guarding the
seals from poachers the government is
permitted to kill certain number OF
seals and foxes each season.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-05
California Heat Intense.

Sacramento Sacramento and inter-
ior California from noon Saturday un-
fiji Sunday night suffered the hottest
az hours in the history of the govern
ment weather observations. The Their
mometer registered 100 Saturday at
ternoon and LOG Sunday in Sacrament
to. while the minimum for the 36-hour
neriod was IA, at 5 q m. Sunday.
From all parts Of the valley came re-
norts Of abnormal temperatures.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-05
Dress Issue in CONGRESS.

90. "'nington, D. C.-Breathing accu-
~, OuS against the diaphanous gown
Ren,loas companion, the slashed skirt,
the .,SeHtatlve Helm, the Adonis Of
attan+;nlS ulIrage adherents, turned his
i IN 1nsl to dress reforms. He said
their g., instead of the scriptural by
vOnI5 nults We shall know Them it
dress sd Gay by their dress or lack Of
genius We snail know them The evil
nodest VI lustful fashion through inn
the wor, uress is playing havoc with
these ins OF this country who follow
public lucent fashions and make our
byword nnouse-Ways a scandal and a