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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-11-07

Julia Byrnes came up from Cedar
Rapids on Monday.
Martha Becker came Friday for a
sho. t visit at home. ''' 81. ~
Bargains IN second hand organs at kel'
logg's Music House. LOTT
For Sale-A nice bunch of young
ewes. Z M. w. Drew. -. TIT
Mrs. Ed Thomas ST., left Tuesday
for a visit at DEBORAH.
For RENT-l20.acre farm in Vernon
Springs Twp, EDWIN BETS, Adm.
lOt2 -.,a.-... Cresco, Iowa.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-11-07

SEseg i. N ~ ~ isas,,.a5 M .isF. '5 y
L. j. Owens was a Chester business
visitor, yesterday.
Lizzie Jones was down from Lime
Springs on "Wednesday.
E. A. Hoopman was business visit
or at Chester. Tuesday. s5z.94a
WANTED-To rent a piano for the
school year. Phone IS. s
Ed. Hess was a business visitor at
Chester on Wednesday.
j., Mrs. F. A. Paul was down from
Lime Springs yesterday.
HAY WANTED, by j. H. Jones. Phone
AZ, Lime Springs, Iowa. Stf
Mae and Esther Paley came up from
Ridgeway on Friday last.
For SALE-An coax" heater.
Phone 293a, Cresco. Iowa.
N. A. lackburn, Lawyer, Office over
the Fields furniture store. s.
Augusta Parchman was an over Sun
day visitor in Lime Springs.
Don't forget Old Bill, when you
want one of those 15c hair cuts.
Mrs. Sarah Lapham was down from
Bonair Wednesday. on business.
Gladys Larsen went Wednesday to
Adams, Mimi, to visit relatives.
Joseph Becker returned Monday
from trip to Mason City, Iowa.
Mrs. Chas. Gray returned Saturday
to her home at Rochester, MIMI.
w. A. Eaton was down from Chest
er, this week, visiting his brothers.
S. ]. Moore came up from DEBORAH
yesterday for short visit at home.
Gladys Goocher returned Monday to
her school work at Mortified, MINI.
The place to buy your watch
SwENsoN's, The Jeweler.
Collie pups for sale. Enquire of
9 H. E. SCHAFFER
Mrs. Wesley Johnson was down
from Lime Springs on Saturd ay last.
Vera Fifield went to Fayette, We'd
nesday, to visit friends for few days.
Mrs. G. W. Brinkman and daughter
were up from Ridgeway on Saturday..
Lucy and Marie Herzog left Wednes.
day for visit with relatives in Austin.
Florence Gilmore returned Friday to
DEBORAH, where she is teaching school.
Francis Clancy and Fred Miller made
business trip to DEBORAH last Friday.
For Sale or Rent-My place at Vern-
on Springs. Enquire of Mrs. P. E.
Hall. H.. .< lott :
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Meyers, of Sar-
atoga, were Cresco shoppers yester-
day. E
Gladys Ellingson came home from
Austin, Mimi, for an over Sunday
visit. ,.....
Mrs. Andrew Erixon, of Trenton, S.
D., is q guest at the Frank Moen
home.
Louise Grinhaug left Tuesday for q
months visit with friends at Mason
City. ..:-
Roy Miller returned Saturday even
ing from . visit with Lime Springs rel
atives.
Mrs. O. E. Thomas and Esther Ev-
ans were down from Lime Springs last
Friday.
F. E. Silver, cashier of Elma's new
bank, was Cresco business visitor on
Monday. IT,. ......
Louise Salisbury spent Sunday in
Lime Springs with her sister, Mrs.
Schacht. .,.,..
Lucy Letter returned to Bonair,
Monday, after a visit among Cresco
relatives.
Laura Gilmore left Friday for De-
corah to visit her sister, Mrs. H. c.
Courtney.
Mrs. j. J. Thomas and daughter
Rosina were down from Bonair last
Saturday.
LosT-On Tuesday evening a pocket
book containing $3.50. Finder leave at
this Office. .r
Frances Rose visited in lie Roy over
Sunday at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Williams. .a...
Sister Adeltrudis and Sister Gotlieb,
of St. josephs School, went to st. Paul
Saturday last.
Mrs. E. H. Black went to Chester
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-11-07
Kate Fitzgerald went to DEBORAH on

Kate Fitzgerald went to DEBORAH on
Friday.
Fife Sanborn visited Bonair friends
over Sunday.
Father Wagner was Dubuque Wis.
itor yesterday.
Carrie Hill returned Monday morn.
ing to Minneapolis. a&a&$% sS+.&,
Mrs. Glen Johnson was down from
Bonair on Tuesday.
The right place to buy your engage
ment and wedding rings
SwENsoN's, The Jeweler.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-03-20
o1rRmAN OPPOSES NELL.

H.. uod Senator Does not like Ap-
noinfee for Commissioners OF Lap0I.
W. shinafon (SpeciaL)A hght las
boan started in the senate s
conformation OF Charles Nell g
"Reminiscences OF labor. senator 49,
man of North Carolina salallae .
intandod 10 fight the confirmation -
+ho 1aberz commmissioner ~
tho anderou reports which 1t. 4Neal5
bad nrintad and circulated IN Teear4
40 aTfaaad conditions In the cotV9A
noi11s md also about the lie oIaths
neoDle of western NORTH IaL-
o1Gna In these reports Dr.. NeliLcoln
oarod the conditions. in the coseol
m;1Is IN the state with those OF tns
fodaTo1 nenitentfary. At that lAls
Sanator 6verman called uponztae SCI
rotary of the department = [ennrfs
and labor and denouneea 80 6rally
as false and Secretary
agreed to have heHsdesLL9y; rr,ons
Senators 0vermm ana Iaas =
and Representatiye SteadmaMn s.raas
the treasury department.
Secretary McAdo0 to.app0An. sfarna,
n Osborne. Of Greensboro 80 c+ed.
revenue commissioner. MaIoA 9sor,
man is coming all II,
greensboro to say a good W0f1
personal friend.
Colonel Osborne has Tss "
nv men in all walks OF ne Mr.sc
dorsement include 1900
men and bankers ! q $500
besides the almost u~nanIho 49, raro
ment of the public men y 49, Wah
lima. Representatives, faes bafar
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-03-20
NNfice ar Sale.

~ virtue of d power OF sale Con
tanned inaDeed or Trust executed 9n
the 23rd day of March@l91 ! pg 9
Buquos "a wife Leta BuqAo t0
Martin, Trustee to q u certain lhs
E~debtedness fully described thereIn
which Deed in trust II recorded ~ chs
Eofhce Of the Register of Deeds Tor Hen
aerson county NORTH Carolina
Book NO. 29 on page 1S6 et seqY ~
which Deed IN Trust reference is mere
by made for all purposes, the
j. &. Martin trustee; will sell
the land conveyed in said deed I'M trust
land hereinafter described at the ouT
house door of Henderson county. la
1.-THE city of Hendersonvflles ait pubic
Auction, to the highest bidder for cash
on Tuesday, the41st day OF April 1915
said land being described as follows
Lying and being I'M the County o.
Henderson, North Carolina n bound
ed as follows. Beginning at q roc
Ion the bank Of Ashevf1le and Hender-
sonviEe road, the Northeast corner q
John Walkers tract, and running WITH
the walker line North eighty-niRe 1dg)
Idegrees west forty-one and four-tentns
EIfI.41Np poles to a stake thence south
thirty (SA@ minutes east tWenty-t0ul
and three-tenths e2431 poles to Har-
risonss line thence with Harrisonis
line North eighty-eight (8Sl degrees
thirty f30) minutes West sixteen ant
one-tenth d61) poles to stake
thence North fifteen (15@ degrees 10
minutes west thirty-tWO and hFe-tentl
sE132.5l DoIes to astake and pointers OF
Jfhe East bank Of Westfeldt Road
thanea with the road North twenty
eve l25J degrees east twelve an
! eiqht-tenths q2.8 poles and following
crnnks a. the aod ais follows: theme
North ffty-fwo (52l degrees th1rt'
fsOl minutes east ten and hye-tenth
1861 poles; thence South seventy
+ seven C7) degrees thirty 500 minute
elFast eighteen (181 poles; thence soul
/, eighty 600 degrees east eighteen ele
poles: thence North fftF-tWo 19z1 ne
prees thirty 800 minutes east ten an
sfx-tenfhs Q0.6l poles 20 2 stake !
AshevflIe and Hendersonyille Toao
thence with the bank of said roa
II south eighteen (181 degrees thirty l5s
minutes east t~wenty-seven 1241 poll
TO the beginning containing ten a.
seven-tenths QO.71 acres
This sale I'd made at the request an
direction Of the owner and n0lueE
the deed secured BIZ said deed Of tr1
and after failure on the part OF y
makers Of said deed of trust 70 cor
NV with the terms thereof by reasc
ef which default the debt secur,
IA thereby has been declared instant
dne and payable and the power OF "a
In said deed of trusthas become oper
tive. This the 9th day OF FebFuaI
y 1913.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-03-20
q MARTIN, trnstee
NOTICE.

4Z#
By virtue OF the power Of sale con-
tanned In d mortgage deed made 70 the
undersigned MORTGAGE by V Z. MOI
fft. dated the 21st day of November
1911. To secure the payment OF one GER
stafn note. therein mentioned together
with the interest theron, and default
having been made in the payment
theerof OF both interest and principals
n wills sell at court house door In the
town of Hendersonvil1e, for cash, 70
satisfy said debt and interest t0ztne
hiahest bidder. on the 9th Of March at
A. o'clock noonl 1913 all . oAo
ing described piece p~arcel-or tract OF
land lying and being I'm HendersenY1lle
township, Henderson county and ae-
Iserfbed as follows:
I All the land described ina deed LToM
NJ Brannon 10 ". r Mofatt which
aid deed ID dated the midday Of AN
nary. 1907. and recorded in Book 56 a.
mage 900 OF the Henderson county re-
cords for deeds to which references lf
hmadesfor a conpIetA description or 81
hoNndary or So acres more OF less
Thereby conveyed.
This the 4th day Of February, Ill
w. L. MILLER, Mortgagee
HShinn ii EWbanks Attprneys 1-2t-4'
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-03-20
WILSON FOR PEACE.


,,..snds Olive Branch q Sister hsnss
Eze and Outlines Policy He VIII
nes in Handiine Inter-Natlanat
problems.
b;noton. (SpeciaL)-PrAsident
Wasn issued this formal statement
Wllson nolicy toward the GentEal aaha
o. us 4 American republics
Soutn -;ow ofsthe questions Whtch are
IN MI nTDermost m he pubic
natulany+ now the President issues the
Ia inp " statement
10ln0no of the chief objects oI my a4T
.N?atration will be to cultivate the
nlnlsIh; and deserve the confidence 81.
frienua tnr renlbiics ofGentTa1 andS0uEh.
our sl soe and to promote in every pro-
Amell 10 hanoranIe way the interests
Ip PEI are common to the peoplss -
W. two continents. ! 1sssls
u cordial understanding 80
n Dnration between the peoples 49,
op"ders of America = 1here1oEe 49,
is@ mv duty to make this pFlehs
ment. = nossible only when.
oortpd at & lurn by theaprder-
upnprocesses Of just OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
V plGIooTSn NOT upon arbitrary or irreg-
upon force we hold. as I am sure AZ
ulaI ,abtfui leaders of Republican GOV
thoueanf EVERYWHERE do, that just gog=
ernn nIon rests always upon the con
cru If fhe governed and thai there
SEN no no freedom without order based
can ca law and pom the public con
upo onca and approval. We shall look
sciG nloIa these principles the basis @
10 na1 ;~nferconrse. respect and help,
MIo between our sister republics
1 ulH1 o~nrseIyes. We shall lend our Ia,
anu If every kind 10 the retaliation
nut thosa PRINCIPLES and in fact AM
u oroctice knowing that disorder, per
pnnai intrigue and defiance ct ms
auaLornmenf and inJure none SO M
the neople who 7 unfortunav
1" oh to have their common lie an
their common affairs 20 tainted an
s sist,rhed. We can have no zYlnpatns
l;tb those who seek to seize the pow
wiz aovarnment ia advance their owl
esrsonal interests or ambition "
pelS the friends az peace but We kno1
are aooca In such circumstances
PGa ands therefore, We shall prefe
hose who act in the interest OF peae
tnoST honor VINO protect private right
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-03-20

shipp 8 Evbank Attorneya
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-03-20
Ship d EWbank Attorneys
Notice.

The First National Bank located at
H~endersonville I'm the state Of North
~rhrolina III closing les affairs. All
note-holders and other creditors 81
sid association are hereby notified to
present the notes and other Claims
against the association for payments
This was donetn order to c0nsol-
idate with The sNanteska Trust and
Rankfng Co. and this notice tE given
m order to conform to the National
EBanking Law.
The title of the New Bank is CHS
tFfrst Bank & Trust Cos
]. Mack RHODES Gacnael
lRfc- Feb.21.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-03-20

%HL%@2
Governor Craig sent che following \.
list of appointments TO the Senate and
they were PROMPTLY epnnrmeds
internal Improvements /,
Members a N eBnaTd 81 ~fnternalE
T45nrnvemenfs Tor fha term of tWoH4
vearsEendfnr March A. 1915
Nathan 0Rerry.of Wayne county.
III A London, cf Chatham county
school for Blind
n~or4crs go 4ha c+an achoof fnr
49, pasnT 60 fba neaq PaTasah fnr
~ fs+sns ~ ~ years andine March
foTos
- ps,.na VIE cos,nfv
snrsnf HilI "a fnaTham county
And TT AIdermanso Vance coun
tn, 1 nil out ~unexpired term ending
March 9 1917.
State Prison.
7ran,am e4ba poard 81 -T,fraefors
- +ba sssf5 Prison FOR he term OIL
- Hsrrar g na~;aeon ronafv
eDaanEaa $3.50 4ahnsson e,s,ntv
- SIa4ha,s 60 roSStp
Tba1naa GiIlarn ~ BERTHE county.
$3.50 uallan ~ Dqasl9 1,spahar1aad
sa,,r41
GOldsboro Hospital.
directors for the state Hospital atl
IGoldsboro for the term OF SIX years,
lending March ~. 1919
~. q Hill of Dublin county.
r-renaartfa IN Rladen county.
WSThomnson.1of WAYNE counfys
poard 80 Hool4h
q u $500
hea5tnzIoI ln sa leani -
- Rscbard ~ Lewis of Wake
county.
DE- Edward Jenner Wood of New.
Hanover county.
Roora "a ~grscnIfnra
49, 4.rso,,lz
MeMpers o. = P9at1 saSinr
LIE tol ens ps.l4
rron, tha Eirst Congressional Dis
trfc4-F pIafham. of Beaufort coun-
)
From the Fourth Congressional Dis
trict-rlarenca Poe Of Wake county.
Fron tha seventh congressional
nisfrfcf-c eAWright. Of Wilkes
: county
From the GongEesslonai 80
trict-A CannonaoI henderson, ouney
Tuberculosis Hospital
J D;ractars III STATE Sanitorfum foa
: aTraafman 81 T1lbareulosis for the
I sarn of a4eLt wears ending April
q 3
al DR.. r. Fl. Lewis, Of Wake county
! RlafT If Montgomery county.
Henry A. 2 OF MOOT coaHtg
And GORDON q GuilloIn ooaa a
1T tY. to fill out the tetln EAu
ing April i, 1919
State Hospital ut M~Organton.
. Directors of the State Hospital q
~ Morganton for the term Q SIX years
: ending April i 1879
J. r. Sawyer Of Buneonpe COUNT
- Al 6huIord, oI 80 W.
A e. Tate. of Gullford county
~ Deaf and Dumb.
- Diracfors af The North Carolin
scbaol for and Dumb at MOI
ganfan for the term Of six years. e1
5srina March 70. 1918.
ceo+t r. If Alamance count
M : Whitsons of Buncombe count
Wv Neal of Mcdowell county
" S..s1snntssl = paloiob
p CO. uasp;ta
llrectoIs u lns afsav vaars i
Isaieasl, 80 40
pIlng eR,s.ha ea,,ptv
Ms 2. r NLns 49, co,,rtv
pasr~afanr CONT
~ $500 r. 81 FENDER count,
o. Geological Board.
I'd Members of q Gealoglcal 51a,
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-03-20

i Maxwell viii pay CASH for your
country produce. Bring your eggs ana
butterzAdV.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-03-20


NOTICE
8F Virtue of4fhezboEeESof sale con-f
EHiTaAdE s os4ts4n desa 81 frnSf exo
a tb
snTr 4fS%sfsn $3.50 - Ss~%s
Ffav + - $3.50 f@trS ~sSs~ssm
4Ss<S1 Se1S+% Ts+s<~
III @%% -
gFsnTf 5sTsSr Tss. msSe q 49, 49,
S~% ss75 ne4ss go S. ;1fsTesf
- = s1,@I 49,
@a%5e S-1Set~a - -ssr @e~
ss5@ ~,S<5sse f<nsrsn
Ssees.
sala noses ana mte1ss1 80 SCI 8
49, a4 80 psuess
t44s %
S4S@s tS5e ES%@a-ssSs
Y II neAStas tSASs 81
descElpea ~ SAID E q 9 eAeentea
on az OF Max essS
ecF4ea "a POO % pase 4ss9L ne 81
" 81 mottsases aAa nseae
lot the So4hts
lA9Ee 10y 1919
5eslAAAA.s 49, 81
R9lAleAs u she -
500 enSzo 80
hfacA anos1sns WI 49, Ssssh %
heMzo ~ II $50 aa $500
Mes1 e pol9s - 6 500 $50
nv aesIsss $3.50 posgS 1
Shslse 4seAsA S ESaaSgst4 road
n seo4e e1ez On 1890
1nehce VIII sala E9s9 so11n = $500
Mest g pglss anu s $3.50 -
ID saao roae, snsnss ~ 1890
sASs $500 sano
Us suss go 49, - 4beBfe
course 3 polss ~ $500 msa15ors
7PIths $1,000 1900 s a1 ~ $500
or sala oranch 49, polss -
fnenee noE1n Mes 49,.
20 = beglnAlh9s
aho e pr1o.4n rp !
&c. 80
Als9 anosnel 51H resh;
AoEen 49, s-24- 800 s. NJ
aefeslo1 atso - s. rhans.
a1u ~ - LIZ ~ ~ ~ rbaninss
114L E5.azr;IIo 800 With.
1850 nzsl5sSs.@ 49, aaproes
nsIas stsEa fhance S6nths
49, s. noIaa - small
~ I@r@1 cas4k "a 70 daoroAe
J paasA 49, $3.50 Ne Ednavz
eass 1Sssr ~ 81 road
vile = ~ - go mStb1tha
J tn.eHs I n.s.aS 30 5o1@ass eas 5 10
a uas 49, contaipin1 Eve
polss = - 49,
ashss ar rHREH
] naa54 stoLa ard neinters 81
49, EanoT1ilfa roaa in
e tue 80 ~ bcf5-ean tbe Aahwarfh
tase lnEse aAa e sfandina NORTH
. ~ e $50 fsayn -MarL
81 negFess ssSs r,4ns Win fbe
) go g go Qlu es sanssas wssg II II
b strssl $3.50 4hsrea South IA de.
D pulSs aaleagt stahas and pofnf.
= e4sH ce,,sr ~ de
q sls nAo - nolaa 10 the Edney.
70 1873 80 tharee With said road Norti
~ 49, Sseaa East ~ nates Ia the begin.
q sSNe..asn~ aeroa a-ycenfing AM
Asnss s street : 80 fee
- reseTylng
ID ON the nrstsnne
ia Beginning aga STAKE AN
Of the east side e1tne 49,
81 and in the q e -
he tract and runs Sour % Ssae )
III poles TO g stake 9h - 800 III
ID the old EdneyEihe roaos lnenss W. -.
ed the Old road SOUL z aNsrthas
~ 10 Ia poles q 500. ~ .s 49, -
lie corner o. LOT No. e ehelzss 5 49,
of said Q degrees Mese ]. s.
to g stake on 1ne $50 $50 - -;
EdneyV1Ae IAeASs 30 ) al
cad North10 degrees EassA2 -,
oethe beginning contaanln 80 80
be the same p 1ess. -
nIone half OF the ROAD q IN ~
10 feet wide along the S9ss,A
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-03-20

TRY = can of MaxWeIPs tomatoes
and Green Peppers mixed zoe tne
can.-Adv.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-29

Walton has another ?eas
to its credit. Flying high
over the deserts Of rortn"
ern Africa, a dirigible bal
loon, one Of the newest or
the wonderful! inventions
of man. has gust afforded
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-29

proach OF the enemy might be sis
nailed In good season.
One Of the most striking of these
eyries is Douirat-"a beehive noun"
tain perched high over deep ravine.'
1t consists OF countless caves and
inches, dug In tiers along the noun.
tainside, and surmounted by "ksar'
or citadel, now in ruins. "a huge
human anthill," the American traveller
calls it.
Among the cave-dwellers of north
ern Africa Is sprinkling Of Jews,
who do most of the business in the
underground villages. In their hands
is an extensive wine trade, for, though
the caye-men, like other Mohamme~
dams, are supposed not to drink the
juice Of the grape, they are lax in their
observance of this rule laid down by
the Prophet.
The people of Matmata and the rest
Of the troglodyte villages are miser-
ably poor. This is true to such an
extent among some OF them that they
look forward with joy to flight Of
locusts, since by capturing plenty Of
these pests they can be assured Of
having something to eat for quite 9
while.
Strange as it may seem to one OF
the Western race, imbued with GER
tain set ideas about the East, those
who have travelled among the troglo-
dytes assert that their women, instead
Of being oppressed as inferior beings
by the men. possess great influence in
the community. They do good deal
of the burden Sing, to be sure, but
this is because they pride themselves
on their strength and insist on exert
ing it. Many have fine figures, clean
cut features and beautiful eyes.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-29

inaccessible. 1t Is of Medenine that
a French traveller said that its style
rof architecture Is due to the fact that
the forefathers of its present inhabl-
tants were cave-dwellers and be-
queath to their descendants their
ideas Of home-building. which the de-
scendants proceeded to- carry out,
emitting only the mere detail OF bur
rowing into the ground
Medenine is only partly Inhabited.
Most Of the houses are used for stor-
ing grain by The tribesmen Of the
neighboring desert. It is a silent,
melancholy place, like & graveyard
out in the desert.
Beyond It are numerous villages
peoplea by what are known as
climbing troglodytes' '-cave-dwellers
who dig into hillsides. They have a
Partially for the most inaccessible
er1inences. LAS soon as. I saw par.
eagers nest. felt sure that it was
honey -combed with troglodytes'
homes" wrotes one French explorer,
sand 1t usually was" The reason is
that the French have only recently
been able to Introduce order and safe
guard life In the sandy stretches
where the cavemen live. Before the
advent Of French rule the district
was the scene Of continual and san
culinary faction fights between the
various tribes, Of sudden raids by the
nomads of the Sahara, who desolated
any village that they caught unpre-
pared, massacred it's fighting men and
carried the rest away to slavery.
Therefore the natives tunneled and
scooped out every peak they could
find and stationed sentinels on the
top most vantage points that the ap-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-29
SUCCESS IN MAKING OVER A NEGLECTED
TREE DEPENDS UPON PRELIMINARY PRUNING
Hundreds of Thousands of Old Native Apple Trees in the United
States That Are Well Worth Grafting-Process Is Sim
pie and interesting for Any One to Undertake.

(By CLARENCE M. WEED. Massacnu-

(Hy CLARENCE NJ WEED, Massachu-
sets College of Agricuiture.)
The other day | saw some apple
trees which had been "dehorned
according to the orders of the new
owner of an old farm. The trunks
were about a foot in diameter and
all the large limbs had been sawed
OF very near the fork so that the
trees looked like great clubs. The
whole operation had been performed
at once, with, Of course, great shock
to the balance Of root and leaf which
the trees will be likely to try to make
up by sending out an enormous crop
OF watersprouts. Whether they will
survive am not sure, but ! am sure
1t would have been better to do the
re1nodelling more gradually by ex-
tending it over two or three years.
There are hundreds Of thousands
Of old native apple trees in the United
States that are well worth making
over into grated trees. This can be
done more quickly than new trees
can be brought into profitable bear
ing, and it Is simple interesting
process for any one to undertake.
Success is fairly certain if one is con-
tent to take few years time rather
than to try to do it all at once.
Success in making over neglected
apple tree depends largely upon the
preliminary pruning; the first thing
to do Is to thin out superfluous
branches and this may be done In
summer, fall Or winter. Especial care
should be taken to open up the cen
ter Of the top. Any young branches
that start low enough to be grated
to advantage should be saved. II two
or three such branches can be grated
the firstMear, others can be grown for
graftinsSin succeeding years.
r Late summer is particularly good
time to begin the preliminary pruning
Of these trees to get them ready for
the following spring.
The spring following the severe
pruning a crop Of young twigs is
likely to appear on the trunk and
larger branches. These furnish a
splendid opportunity for traisang a
new set of branches for grating, so
bear the ground that the fruit will be
within easy reach. In every crop of
these watersprouts there are varia-
lions in the characters Of the indi-
vidual twigs. Some are much more
vigorous than others, an indication