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The Detroit times., 1913-11-20

Fancy Patterns and Plain Blues
Wonderful Values b
On Sale Tomorrow. ........ -
The Detroit times., 1913-11-20

Mems Continental Shoes :
Russia Calf and Gun Metal,
Reg. 81 and So co OE
values. .............' AsOO
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-23
TOBACCO growers
ARE IN THE SWIM
Virginia Weed Bringing Record
Prices, and Farmers Making
Good This Year.
ONE CLOUD IN BRIGHT. SKY
Bright Belt People Happy-Sun-
Curers Making Good-Rich-
mond Market Active.

Old Virginia, tho original tobacco
growing State and still the greatest
of tobacco producers, so far as the
quality and popularity of the goods
are concerned. is right in the swim
this good year. Never in the memory
OF any OF the present dealers In the
weed las the leaf tobacco, fresh from
the barns of the grower. brought such
prices as the home manufacturers are
now paying for tho same. The re-
ports published in this paper from
week 10 week from the markets of
the bright belt of Virginia and North
Carolina have shown and continue to
show that this Is particularly true OF
the "old Virginia Bright" Danvillc,
South Boston, South Hill. Chase city,
Martinsville, Chatham and the amb-
;ious little market Of Rice over in
Prince Edward County all report the
highest figures known for years, ana
apparently they are going even higher
as the days go by.
The activity is not confined to the
brights. for In the Martlnsvillc and
otiicr NndrketS Wncre the tine mahO-
gany leaf for the making of the chew
Ing tobacco shows up the manufac-
turers arc paying figures that compare
well with those prevailing in the
strictly bright markets. In Farmvllc
too, the goods that are available for
manufacture in this country are bring
ing prices that not only please, but
surprise, the growers What is here
said of tho Virginia markets is equally
true OF those OF North Carolina
There is but cloud in the bright Sky
painted above and that Is the cloud
which still hangs over tho grower Of
the heavy brown and black shipping
tobaccos. grown for the most part In
Southside Virginia. The growers OF
this type are still complaining OF
low prices, figures which they claim
arc down to or below the cost cs pro-
duction.
However. as Is shown by reports
from Farmville. blackstone. Dillwyn.
Kenbridge. Keysville and other dark
tobacco markets there has been with
In tho past few weeks noticeable i'm
nrovement In tho figures paid for
these goods. made for foreign manu-
facturc, and the growers are hoping
for yet better things
The suncured leaf. all of which is
Continued on Third Page.y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-23
BIRD AND BEAST OF
PREOAC|OUS KIND
Destroyers Of Insect and Mammal
Pests That Should Ever
Be Encouraged.
SOME FACTS WORTH KNOWING
Hawks. Crows, Foxes, Minks. and
Even the Despised Skunks,
Are Useful.

Washington. D. c.. November %
The annual damage to crops by insect
and mammal pests in the United States
now amounts TO many millions OF
dollars. and is steadily increasing part
y as the result of the encroa elements
Of new insect enemies and rodent
pests. but mainly. perhaps. because OF
mans unthinking destruction of his
natural allies which Kill the crop
destroying pests. Man, instead of
permitting these natural allies to keep
pace with the multiplication of the
pests upon which they feed. has de.
s'roSed them until their numbers ara
entirely inadequate to preserve tina
balance 1t is therefore important
that the farmer and stockman shouK
everywhere seek to protect and en-
courage the natural foes OF injuri :
GUS mammals, and not wantonly or
because OF unfounded prejudice or mis-
information, kill many animals that
he regards as enemies, but which are
real friends
Predacious animals and birds, that
Is, those which live by prey. have an
important function to perform In their
capacity as natural enemies to crop
destroying insects and pests. accord
ing to DR.. a. X. Fisher, economic in
vestlgator Of the Biological Survey,
United States Department OF Agricul-
ture. Before man interfered with the
Intricate relations Of wild creatures
and disturbed the balance of nature.
the carnivorous animals served admir-
ably to prevent undue Increase OF the
hordes OF smaller animals that fed on
herbage seeds fruits and other vege-
tables. So perfectly was the balance
regulated that temporary increase
or decrease in one direction was fol-
lowed sooner Or later by n correspond
ing change in another.
Study OF the Animals.
But valuable as many predacious
animals are In aiding to. maintain tho
balance Of nature, man is liable to
look askance at every mammal or
bird that ever molests his poultry or,
under exceptional conditions, seems to
attack tho game Of tho State. states
DR.. Fisher. without regard to consc-
quences. he sots out to kill everything
that resembles the particular offend
or. He declines to. grant mere pit
lance in return for value received, and
Continued on Third Page-)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-23
TARHEEL FARMERS
''ON EASY STREET"
Government Investigator Finds
Much Prosperity in Rural
North Carolina.
MANY HAVE BANK ACCOUNTS
Cry Going Up for Torrens Sys-
tenn, or Something That's
lust as Good.
BY s. r. WINTERS.

Chapel Hill. n. C.. November Ell
the relation Of the farming interests
to the banking interests is a safe
guide TO adjudgc the wealth OF the
farmer, then the farmers OF North
Carolina are n thrifty class OF people
The farmers deposit IN the banks more
than they borrow in many counties:
ties, with respect to rate OF interest
and security; they have become com
paratively important depositors. and IN
many rural banking centres they can
borrow more money than they care to
borrow.
These general observations, along
with figures to substantiate the size
OF loans to farmers. the rate OF inter
est charged. etc, will be included in
report made to the United States
Rural Organization Service by DR..
Charles Lee Raper, professor Of econo-
mics OF the University of North Caro-
lima. and official representative Of the
United States Department of Agricul-
turc In this now bureau OF rural SER
vice. Dr.. Raper's territory for inves-
tigation in gathering actual facts about
rural life, especially Its financial con-
dition. embraces the States of North
Carolina, Virginia. South Carolina and
Maryland. His intinerary for the wide
cxpanse of territory Is to first make
an exhaustive study Of conditions In
this State, visiting practically every
representative banking centre in North
Carolina, and early the coming year
map out route for Investigations
into the conditions in Virginia.
Things Already Seen.
The scope Of the investigation as
already covered In this State included
some twonty representative counties
in two divisions Of the State-the
middle and northeastern sections A
weeks tour was made. DIR. Raper Wis
tied the counties of She middle section,
and Prof. w. r. Camp. professor of
rural economics In Agricultural and
Mechanical College, and in charge of
the markets OF the North Carolina
Experiment Station, gathered data in
the counties OF the northeastern por-
ton of the State. Representative
banking centres in tho following coun-
ties came In for consideration: Wilson.
Pitt Beaufort Washington, Chowan.
Gates. HEREFORD, Northampton. Hall
Continued on Third Peggy
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-23
The NEW BOHEMIA
IN OLD VIRGINIA
Prosperous Farmers in Prince
George County, and How
They Came There
CHEAP LANDS MADE VAL UABLE
Bohemians Came to the Land OF
Freedom, and Became
Free Indeed.
ny +. II. LABAUME.

Some fifteen or twenty years ago n
little handful Of Bohemian farmers
determined that they would leave the
the Land OF Promise and establish
homes for themselves and their chill
dren. Most of these people were very
poor although some OF them had Il
little nest egg OF few hundred dol
lars with which to start life anew in
this country. They had heard through
friends that land could be obtained at
very low prices. and on long time in
Virginia and for that reason. after
discussing the matter thoroughly. they
decided to locate In the South They
came with their families ana what
few effects they could carry with them
They bought few hundred acres OF
land. paying little or nothing down
i'll many instances. and then went to
work. Probably no thriftier. more in
dustrious or moro honest people ever
came into the Southland, and this lit
tie nucleus OF half a dozen families
was the start of a Bohemian imrnigra-
ton movement that has resulted in
over 500 Bohemian families locating,
in Chesterfield. Dinwiddic, Prince
George, Surry and Sussex Counties
within the past ten years. MANY of
these farmers are wealthy men to-
day. owning farms valued at $4,000
to $4,000 or more, and all OF them
have prospercd exceedingly. and either
own or are buying productive farms
some or their experiences are detailed
in short interviews that they gave us
recently when we had the pleasure Of
visiting them and being entertained
In their community.
Tour of Observation.
took trip to Petersburg tho
other day to meet some friends, who
were TO take me out to this prosperous.
thtving Bohemian colony lying east OF
Petersburg, on the Norfolk and West
crn Hallway, and covering an area OF
several thousand acres My friend.
James II. Cuthbert. was waiting for me
with his car and we Immediately start
ed for the centre of the colony at New
Bohemia. In Prince George County
on the way We stopped at the homes
or several OF the most prosperous Ro-
hemlan farmers. including Mr.. Joseph
Wagner, Mr. Joseph Machat. Mr.. Paul
Kutchan. Mr.. Frank Kvasnickn and
CONTINUED On Third Page)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-23
CAT TIE SHORTAGE
COSTLY SHOES
Country Must Grow More Steers
for Butcher or Pay More
for Leather.

u'hs 10 'he views expressed oE
high in this country until the farm
orc ,1 ,,.o 49, IT., $50
'''"e
steers ne 1ourhai says:
When the PayneAldrich tariff law
put hides on the free LIST /, was ne
,, ~.
'N'''N az" o'i'Fl ie"'hc'
goods would be cheaper. Instead Of
that. prices walked upwards An
,is,,o, ~. 49,. ...
''e 9" "''1e was ioF reasons ho' con
trolled by the Sherman law.
The cnnsus chow, ,b,t - -ooo ,,
.'''''' '''''' s''''s '"'''ieo
:" nc o"''eu states compared with
100 III isof. rms Is an increase
of III per cent in five years. Less
than one-rourth Of this ,o,,I , .,
,o,oe., ,.
''oeN' me NUMBER on hidcs
ana skins taken off in the United states
In 1909 being
Co,ro
'''''''''''' l5''oi,6SG
can ana Kip .............. 5.l9G,043
Sheep and goat ,sc,o,o
lTorsa and otho
'''''''''''' l4-'o"o
roto,
~ ;, -. .'''..'.. 3".o6o,l69
$500, a." many macs ana skins were
the tier,,,es o"nhol ne stated as
The ISen,rt,nar+ =, ,oi "c'e". only
s,ivou ~ ; .' Noi''''e'co mas nov
eiebt ,,nn+, ,''p ~ ., Tor tho first
conorar,s ~ me present year.
with thnsa ,so ~, OF thcse importations
of Iooo shon. ,'ie corresponding period
be,r., TO-. as ioiiows inc hgures
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-29

She looked at him nscrutab1y her red lips parted in . thirsty smile
 "Do you love me more than your brother?" she asked.
 "I hate him." Ephrara cried, vehement1y. "A11 my life have hated him, for he has always followed me like shadow. Never, by night day, have been alone, but somewhere he 1ur1ed And now he stands between you and me, and want you alone. There is not for him live the same earth Come with Leave him under the sands, to guard our treasure store, and will south to- gether to Texas; will carve out kingdom there, and you shall be my queen"
 "What will you do to him?" she whispered, pressing her red mouth to his and then withdrawing it. "FCn him. he snarled.
 Tonight"
 "With my knife, while he s1eeps" he missed; and saw her white teeth gleam
 "Ah but it has failed you twice., she said.
 Because he looks at dare not face his eyes. If he should stand Up defenceless, looking at me, should fall his And he never sleeps His eyes always open"
 Listen then, Ephrann. will ply him with drink tonight; but you drink sparingy. Do not sleep; and when the shines through the back of the wagon crawl up, and strike hard and swiftly
 Later in the day Caleb returned dragging with him a buffalo shoulder. He looked fxedly at Ephram, and, with compressed lips, began cut thin strips of flesh and hang them in the to dry
 That evening their long silence broken.
 They were sitting beside the pool still watchful of each other alert cats with taut muscles and tense nerves They rose and walked side by side up the steep bank. Then Caleb turned, faced Ephram, and said:
 'I shall yoke up the oxen at dawn and start east ward You are rnad Ephrairn I have known it long time. The gold has bewtched you. If you stay here we will divide our dust and food and will purchase your share in the wagon and Choose; will you remain come with us
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-29

"'Us'a" snarled Ephrairn. and flung himself at his brothers throat
 Caleb staggered under the impetus of the attack Then he grappled with his brother with scarcely less fury They had been bathing and their hunting knives lay with their pans distance away, but neither sought for his. They tore at each other like wild beasts striving rend the flesh from the throat and reach the channels of the blood beneath and growng incoherently they rocked backward and forward fight ing with limbs and nails and teeth, that the blood spurted from deep furrows in their necks and faces and rolling down their chests and dripping upon the ground and seepng into the sand. And, suddenly, in the midst of it, both became of shadow cast them and looking up, they that the woman the blood lust careless who won, that they fought for her with bloody sweat of agonizng life. Then Caleb tripped and rolling down the shelving bank to the edge of the stream, turning and over his enemy still cutching at him. And when they lay still Caleb underneath.
 tic from blows, peered into his Then slow grin passed over it. For him. half foot distant his knife lay in its sheath upon the sand. He stretched his hand forth and possessed himself of it, and held 1t poised against Ca1ebs throat waiting, with the slow, nerciless rage of the of Teutonic blood, who strikes after he grows cold
 "You are going die Caleb" he said. "But first I shall make you cry out and beg for mercy. Curse you! have always hated you; you have been at my
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-29

But after that they watched each other constantly by night, that the other awoke if either stirred from his place; by day. the while they shoveed and washed beside the pool.
 One morning fresh prints of buffalo were seen on the sandy bed of the By this time almost all their food gone; they dared not kill another of their draught beasts; in consequence was imperative that fresh should be obtained Since it clear that the buffalo would down to the pool night for water agreed that the brothers should stalk them from a range of low hills by which hanked the grazing ground, each taking side that they might pick off the animals they passed through.
 They started away sunset; but, when he had seen his brother posted await the coming of the herd dawn Ephraim made detour and returned to the camp again. For the first time he with the woman alone He had come by blind force of compui- sion which not clear; but at length he under stood the of that mighty torrent of hatred that sundered Caleb from him. He glanced round him. The golden hung like ball the horizon. rising into the amber sky gliding the sands to it's color ing There was gold everywhere. It fired his brain; it frenzied him with it's exaltation.
 She came out of her wagon, back against the light her long shadow preceding her, stretched out inordnate1y against the plain. She had been washing her gold hair and hung to the ground, shrnnering she moved in dazzling waves of light. Ephraim flung himself upon the ground before her. seized her hands and pressed them to his lips.
 'I love you" he stammered in broken accents. I love gold and hair more than my river gold"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-29

Each felt and sweeping ndercurrent of emotions which threatened to carry him away toward uucharted oceans
 Once, when they had been eating together side by side, Ephraim and stroed idly away, saying no word His brother stood up follow; then, turning he that rattlesnake lay ready to strike where he had been. Caleb looked Ephraim searchngy, but said nothing
 Another time, when Caleb was cleaning his nnusket having first made that it unloaded the piece suddenly discharged the bullet ploughed through his hair, grazing the scalp and his hands scorched from the powder. And again the night when Caleb, awaISng suddenly within the wagon, Epa- ram kneeling his side knife in his hand Ephrai inurmured something about alarm of Indians, placed it, and erawled to his place.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-29

T is there" said Ephraim, rising in the wagon and pointing west over the sands.
 There was no blade of grass, nor any tree, save the tall, jointed spiny cactus plants that rose, solitary and gaunt, upon the crests of the low hills which emerged like lonely sentine1s above the face of the land. The weary oxen, as if divining that water lay not far distant, lowed, bent their heads under the yo1es, and pulled with renewed effort. They had travelled since midnight, and it was now dawn. Soon the sun appeared, rising bIood-eolored mon the eastern verge of
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-10

onizaon Their action has been repudaed by of the
 subordinate camps Alaska and it believed that all the camps of the North will take like action Grand Arctic Recorder Ke of Sagway that he will refuse to sign charters any camp that may be established without the Jurisdiction of the Order and looks seconstued Grand Camp will find itself without clientele.
 call has been already issued for meeting of delegates from the different subordinate at Juneau early in March inc avowed object being the repudaon of the Vancouver Grand Camp of Candesnes the institution of bona fde Grand Camp of the Brotherhood
 The Arctic Brotherhood is dsnctively Northern order and as such has achieved international reputation TO pre- serve tb distnctveness be maintained such and to hermit handful of NorheerS and nearNortherners Tn Vancouver and to capture it, will not be tolerated we believe by the men the North The cosmogon so to speak, of the Brotherhood must be maintained shall not be dovod The Vancouver Grand Camp should be repudiaed
 There can be no secession since there nothing to secede from But new grand camp o by and for Aaskans and all others
 within it's jurisdiction should be organized and all its conventions hereafter held within it's jursdictional boundarleS'
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-10
WHEN ALL OTHERS FAIL"

A recent meeting of New York medical society lead A ing physician pronounced what be figurativey
 termed funeral oraon for the general practitioner He said that the day the family doctor had passed forever and the specialist had taken his place.
 Considering the place and the circumstances this may regarded official hail and farewell by the spe ciasts the doctor But is not sure that public long put in the family physician will accept summary dismissal Stranger things have happened in the development medical than that the methods of today should be dscreded tomorrow and it by certain that coming generation of patients will rely more on special ists than on doctors trained in the general practice
 The Limitations of the "od family physician admitted But he family history and that knowledge be thought to compensated for lack of familiarity with the newest drug German laboratory the latest de pro- of the knife The faith his patients had in him was curative agency value That faith have been partially but it is premature his obituary For the general physician who keeps abreast of medical ress there is still weldefned field of usefulness equally with the specialist,
 Alaska is healthy country, but fancy if you what we would be up against with the family doctor gone and mo- thing left but specialists
 This the season the endorsement of favOte sons
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-10
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

Satisfies are also used to prove a good many things that aren't so.
 People will pardon good deal of conceit if there is some occasion for it.
 Sometimes it seems that the conver- sation doesn't lag as much as it should.
 A man who says he won't take sides should stop right there; he will if he says any more.
 A little boy is seldom bold enough to attend a girls party without feel ing kind of sneaking about it.
 Most of the arguments against pro- hibition fall down before the fact that the saloon keepers oppose it.
 Except in the jewellery business, it isn't a very good idea to spend much of the working day looking at the clock.
 It would help some, perhaps, if boys could understand how the man who smokes envies the one who never did.
 What is the feminine dictator? Prompted by the fact that there are a good many of that more or less gen tie gender.
 It isn't good idea to visit over business phone in business hours, un- less you want the boss to succumb to prostration.
 Nothing is abused more than good appetite.
 Any number of girls are spoiled by being told they are beautiful.
 Many people fail to get their rights because they don't know what they are.
 Loyalty that is purchased by pres ents is not a very substantial char acter.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-10
The Juneau Steamship Co.
J. s. Mail Steamer
 GEORGIA

Juneau.Sitka Route - Leaves Juneau for Hoonah, Gypsum, Tenakee, Killisnoo and Sitka- S:00 8. m., Nov. 5, II, IF, 23, 29, Dec. 5, II. F, 23, 29, Jan. 4, 10, Is, 22, 2S, Feb. 3, 9, 15, 21, 27, March 5, II, IT, 23 and 29.
 Leaves Juneau for Funter and Chatham, 500 a. m.-Nov. F, Dec. II, Jan. 4, 28, Feb. q, March IT.
 Leaves Juneau for Tyee, 500 a. m.-Nov. 23, Dec. 23, Jan. 22, Feb. 21, March 23.
 Juneau Skagway Route - Leaves Juneau for Pearl Harbor, Eagle River, Yankee Cove, Sen- tinel Light Station, Jualin, El dred Rock Light Station, Com ct, Haines, Skagway. 500 a. m. Nov. 3, g, 15, 21, 27, Dec. 3, g, 15, 21, 27, Jan. 2, 8, 14, 20, 26, Feb. l, 2, 13, i9, 25, March 8, g, 15, 21, 27.
 Returning leaves Skagway the following day at 500 a. m. WILLIS E. HOWELL, MANAGER
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-10
DENTIST FINDS A
 MODEL BRIDE

EVANSVILLE, Wis, Jan. 1O.-Dr A, p. Burns, the eccentric dentist who last August asked the Rev. G. l., Mor- Til, of Minneapolis, to find him a wife. and later expressed his love for Miss Virginia Brooks, the Joan of Arc of West Hammond, and whose description of the perfect woman brought letters from women all over the country. has at last found the "oueen of his household" and is to be married in Fort Atkinson on Jan 24 to Emma Britton.
 Dr. Burrus' description of the model woman is in part as follows:
 Her age must be between 25 and S5. When her arms are extended the measurement from tip of fingers to tip of fingers should equal her height, She must not have hollow back. She must not have a pug nose or thick lips. Her upper lip must not be short with upper teeth projecting She must not have lop ears. She must have fine hair and fine features and a well.devaloped chin.
 Good cooks and nurses are gener- ally preferable and make the best wives.
 After Burrus' entrance into the mat rimonial market he received in one mail letters from more than fifty women.
 The doctor, who is 70 years old, has been a resident of Fort Atkin- son and Janesville for more than forty years.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-01-10
THAT'S THE CHAP.

You've seen the chap who worries
 When the winter starts off mild; Who is eager for snow flurries
 And the winted winds so wild; Who says an open winter
 Brings all manner of disease That a fellow is far safer
 When he thinks he's going to freeze He longs to see a blizzard
 Of the good old-fashioned kind; It could break the ancient records,
 But he really wouldn't mind; There's something in him hankers
 At this season of the year For weather that is ugly
 And excessively austere. Somehow, it strikes me funny
 That, when winter gets it's grip, And the real old zero weather
 Sort O gets us on the hip,
 That this open winter fellow
 Is the chap who hollers first; And, though every one is kicking,
 You can bet he'll kick the worst.