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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-04-01
Poultry Department

of the rats to be seen about that the
thought of the vast quantity of food
consumed by them disguised him and
when the young stock was raised he
withdrew the feed that he had been
SO liberal with, and in a. few days the
starving rats began to eat the full
grown hens; the first occurrence of
the kind on this place. A British
Columbia chicken rancher tells me
that he is content with keeping the
rats away from the young chicks.
His place is ten acres in extent and
he does all his rat fighting on the
young chicks side of the place. So
far he has been successful in keeping
them away from the young chicks but
they are pretty numerous on the op-
posite side of the ranch.
The ten cent "out of sight" trap
laid along the runways and set around
the food hoppers is quite effective for
a few evenings and then the rats are
wise to it and it's usefulness is over
for while. The wire cage trap will
generally get more of them. | have
had one rat enter the trap, left him
in it the next night for bait and
found it jammed full by no less than
eight rats the next morning. Strych-
nine is effective for perhaps week
at a time and is much better, | think,
than most of the patent rat poisons.
On one place that [ know of where
the rats are plentiful the boys have
rat drive with clubs about one even
ing every week and sometimes kill as
many as twenty big fellows. Just
after dark is the time when the rats
venture out in greatest numbers and
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-04-01
LARGE AND SMALL BR0ODERS.

Here in part is Mr.. L. E. Keyser's
opinion of room brooding versus the
small brooders. Mr. Keyser, however,
has never used the room brooder, nor
has he seen it in operation, but he is
an old and experienced poultryman
and has much valuable knowledge of
the business of poultry raising:
"Brooding chicks in large focks is
thought by many to reduce the labor
materially, but does it really do SO?
In the old style brooder house we had
our chicks in flocks of so or 100 and
warm hover for each lot. The heat
was all generated from one furnace,
but each flock of chicks had a separate
hover. If the house was of the square
type with pens on each side of a
center aisle we did not have to travel
far to care for 1000 or 1000 chicks with
100 to hover Of course, we had ten
or twenty hovers to clean and they
occupied some more space than the
same number of chicks do with a
brooder stove and 1000 or 1000 in a
flock. If anything was the matter
with the chicks we would notice it
more readily in the small flock, and l
believe where one is raising but 1000
chicks the small focks will be an
advantage. To the large grower the
stove may be more economical. :"
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-04-01
Egg Laying Contest In the West.

TACOMA, March 1O.-To learn how
many eggs hen will lay in II months,
the committee appointed by the Com
mercial Club decided yesterday to
hold contest in which hens from all
over the world will be in competition.
1t is said that the average hen in
America will lay 80 eggs per year. 1t
was recently demonstrated at the
national contest held in Missouri that
the average hen under good care
would lay 126 eggs. One hen in that
contest made the remarkable record
of 292 eggs. This hen was a White
Plymouth and she was sold by her
owner at the end of the contest for
$500.
The committee consisting of Fred
A. johnson, Harry I'll. Collier, II. D.
Whitman, q. r. Nevius and Frank N.
McCandless, met in room 226, Per-
kins building yesterday to formulate
it's report to the Commercial Club.
Mr.. McCandless was made chairman
and Mr.. Collier secretary. After de-
liberation, it was decided to recon-
mend to the Commercial Club that a
contest should be held in this city
beginning November 1st, entries to
close September LIST, all birds to be
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-04-01

in Tacoma October LIST. The idea of
getting the birds month early was
to give them a month IS best before
the official contest should begin. 1t
was decided to have an entry fee of
$40 for each pen. Pens will consist
of one male and five females.
The prizes for the winners will be
as follows: The pen laying the larg-
est number of eggs, 800. The pen
laying the largest number of eggs
among the light (non-setting breeds),
S75. The pen laying the largest num-
Der of eggs among the heavy (setting
breeds), S75. There will also be
second, third and fourth prizes of $780,
S25 and $40 in each class. A prize of
$50 will be offered for the hen laying
the largest number of eggs. Besides
the cash premiums, there will be cups
and trophies to be given by those in
terested in the contest. s. A. Perkins
has already offered a fine trophy for
the hen that lays the greatest number
of eggs and Mr.. McCandless will offer
a cup for the pen laying the largest
number.
Arrangements have been made to
secure the land on which the con-
test will be held and proper buildings
and yards will be erected to accom-
modate 200 pens. One man will be
hired to care for the fowls and another
to take visitors around. The secre-
tarv of agriculture will be asked to
send a poultry expert from Washing
ton, D. c., to be in attendance part
of the time the contest is running.
The government has experts that it is
sending all over the United States
teaching the latest methods in poultry
raising. 1t is expected that Uncle
Sam will grant request for such a
man.
The Washington poultrymen believe
that in this climate hens will lay a
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-04-01

if two lads go together one carrying a
lantern and the other a club, they
can get lots of the rodents. The great
thing to remember is that co-opera-
ton is what is needed in fighting
these rapidly increasing pests. Do
all you can to arouse your neighbour
interest in the matter. Don't fail to
remind him that ever rat costs 60
cents year for feed and this is a
picayune compared to the value of the
chicks destroyed when the rats get
firmly esta blished on poultry ranch.
So let every neighborhood get to-
gether over it.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-04-01
DO YOU KNOW?

that the critical period of chick life
IS the first ten days, that if the chic
s not properly fed food supplying
wa rmth and nutr iment for this period it
wi L most likely become failure as a
money-maker?
ALBERS PROGRESSIVE CHICK STARTER i the
ONE food prepared especially for this pur-
pose-no dust, grit or she'll, not a grain
in it that is not brlm full Of food va lue.
No animal matter to lrrl tate the tender
organs and retarding proper digestion.
ALBERS PROGRESSIVE CHICK FOOD should
be used after the first ten days and up to
six weeks of age. supplying protein, phos-
pilates and Their elements that nee
essary to the chick at this time
ALBERS PROGRESSIVE MASH MIXTURE fed
wet or dry, in conjunc tt on wi tn our Chi OK
Starter or Chi ok Food viii produce aston
fishing results, being rich in protein and
potash value, thus assuring sound frames
and bodies.
ALBERS PROGRESSIVE POULTRY FOODS
are rich in XII In dried hulled oatsa
recognized body bui lder.
Hi CHEST quality and years of experience
defy Contradiction.
ALWAYS THE SAME.
ALBERS BROS. MILLING co.
Seattle, Tacoma, Portland
San Franc isco. Los Angeles
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-04-01

greater numb Der of eggs than they
would in the East or Middle West.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-04-01

WHITE Leghorn baby chicks from winter
w layers. Kellerstraus White Orpington
eggs. Attractive prices. Twenty five wavs to
select big layers free with orders. w. F.
Kemper, Kent, Wash. 12-8t
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-04-01

A NGLE Lake Poultry Yards: White and
"A Black MiDorcas; Brown, Buff and White
Leghorns; Barred Rocks and s. S. Hamburgs.
Eggs, 81 so and $500 per Is; 5000 and 81 90 per
100. M. ]. Berry, Sta. S., Rt. 3, Seattle, Wash.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-04-01

CIRCULAR FREE, OF the best Buff and w hite
, ~ Leghorns, Buff, White and Partridge Wyan-
dottes, Black Minorcas and Barred Rocks
Fred A. Johnson, 5l3 35th st Tacoma, Wash.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-04-01
.POULTRYMAN'S CLASSIFIED

Q G. White Leghorn Day-Old Chicks 15c EACH
y. Matching Eggs $3.50 per 15 Also few fine
cockerels for breeding Mrs. G. C. Cain, Puyal-
lup, Wash, Box 443.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-04-01

T EARNED'S strain trap nested White Leg
IL horns. Send for circular Gts free) and
learn more about our birds-it is worth while.
A. e. Learned, Des Moines, Wash.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-04-01

TOULOUSE Geese Eggs So per TO- Barred Rock
eggs 81. rs per I5; White Leghorn and Black
Mirorca eggs $3.50 per Is. Also Pea Fowls.
W. d. Good, Mt. Vernon, Wash.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-07
SALT LAKERS TAKE
OUTSIDE BANK STOCK
Block of Shares in American
Fork Institution Acquired
by Local Capitalists.

Salt Lake capitalists have acquired a
large block of stock in the People 8
State bank OF American Fork, those
making the acquisition being associated
with the Deseret National bank Of this
city.
Chief among the purchasers is W.
w. Ritter, vice president OF the Des-
eret National, who takes tho place of
II. p. Clark on the directorate o. the
American Fork institution. John C..
Cutler, John c. Sharp and II. G. Whit,
ney are the other purchasers, and all
Of these hold places on. the beard OF
tho Deseret National bank.
As now constituted, the officers and
directors of the Peoples State bank
are as follows. John F. Noyes, prcSi-
dent; W. H. Chipman, vice president; /;
Clifford l. Young, cashier; William
Thornton, II. Christensen, Joseph II
Storrs. W. W. Ritter and John w Chip
man. directors. II is said that in a
short time two other Salt Lake men
will be added 10 the board, when the
articles of Incorporation will be amend
cd
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-07

afternoon at o'clock and the evening
meeting at s O'Clock. Important mat
ters, including the annual election of
officers, discussion OF proposed legisla-
tion and the interstate tax proposition
and humane regulations, will be taken
up. The annual meeting of the Utah
State Humane association Will be hold
in connection with the woolgrowers
meeting. The meetings will be held at
the Hotel Utah.
Members Of the local committee
working on entertainment plans for the
convention, have adopted q convention
badge, made by a Utah concern. The
badge will be known as the "Bell.
wether.' 1t carries a picture Of a
wether and has a small bell attached
10 the neck
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-07
MANY AT FUNERAL
OF MRS. JANE BROWN

Funeral services for Mrs. Jane Ger
rard Brown were held at the homo, 5l7
T. street, at 2 o'clock last Tuesday
afternoon. There was largo attend.
ance at the services and many floral
offerings Were sent by friends of the
family. @. w. Penrose, apostle in the
Mormon church, had charge of the
services and was the principal speaker
Mrs lretta Woolley Jackson sang sew
eral solos, Pallbearers were George II
Brown, L. J. Brown, Vernon Brown,
Imri Needham, James Gerard and
Samuel Gerard. Interment was in the
City cemetery.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-07

To Inausurate the opening
OF our now East Side store
at tho corner Of Second
South and Eighth East.
which opened yesterday In
the now, sanitary building
lust completed for us.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-07

HEAR JUDGE RUTHERFORD.
Tabernacle Sunday, o clock Free,
(advertisrrnentl
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-07
UTAH WOOLGROWERS
TO MEET JANUARY Il
Meeting of National Associa-
ton VIII Follow and Con-
tinue Three Days.

January l4-the day preceding the
opening in Salt Lake Of the annual
three days convention OF the National
Woolgrowers association-has been set
for the annual meeting of the Utah
Woolgrowers association. This date
was selected because thousands Of wool
growers from all parts OF the west will
be in the city to attend the national
gathering.
There will be three sessions, the
morning meeting at 10 o'clock, the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-07
MURRAY WILL HAVE
OWN LIGHT SYSTEM
New Years Eve Set AS Time FOL
Elaborate Municipal
Celebration

The installing Of municipal lighting
system in the city of Murray WILL be
celebrated with big street parade,
speeches BY prominent citizens and a
banquet and dance IN Murray, New
Year : eve, December 81. The occa-
sion is being promoted by the Murray
Welfare association and every effort
l. being made by those in charge TO
make the affair n success. Everyone
in Murray IS expected TO take pnrt in
tn" festivities.
The parade viii start from the center
Of tho city promptly st $50 o'clock
and will bc led by three bands from
Salt Lake. Following the bands will
come the police department, the fire
department, frsternal organizations,
commercial bodies and q regiment OF
NUstTlaps. 80 strong. The procession
viii parade through the main parts of
the ciry. returning TO the starting
point. y here the speeches will be made.
Among the speakers viii be the Rev.
7. i. SimpEin and Fire Chief ". II.
Bywaier of Salt Lake
The banquet will he served in Eagles
hall. beginning AT clock. Short
speeches will also be made at the ban
duet. The celebration will be conelud-
cd with dance.
HEAR JUDGE RUTHERFORD.
Tabernacle Sunday, 3 clock. Free,
Acknowledgement
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-07
FRENCH LECTURER
AT ROWLAND HALL

AZ Rowland ball next Friday after
noon, beginning at 4 clock, Profes-
sor Henri Coy of Paris university,
Paris, France, will deliver lecture
entitled. "Colonial Epic of Contem-
porary France
Professor Coy holds the Kahns schol-
arship, which entities the holder TO a
trip around the world for research
work The lecture is to be delivered
in the French tongue, and all who are
capable OF understanding the language
are invited, there being no admission
fee
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-07
POTATO DISEASES
CAUSE OF ALARM

Il, is doubtful II the disease OF the po-
tato have ever occa stoned more general
apprehension among farmers railroad Of
fic!als and business men that at the
present time declares Louis +. Boyle.
who has Just returned from his large po-
into farm In Cache county He SAYS that
the possible damages from the various
diseases has not been badly over
writers. and that better methods o.
potato growing must DC practiced II Utah
and other states continue 10 have pota-
toes as one OF theiT chief crops
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-07
Election of Officera

Lillian Hollistor hive No, 15, Ladies of
the MoccabeeS. elected the following off,
GERS for the ensuing year:
Commander-Nra. Alice NJ Holden.
Lieutenant commander-MrH. Emma
Wetherbee.
Chaplain-Mrs. Mary Gordon
Record keepcr-Mrs. Mary Bero
Finance auditor-Mrs. Therese Ganser.
Serseant-Mrs Robinson
P!ckot-Nrs. Eynon
Mus!cian-Nrs. Levan NJ Hiu
Captain OF tho guard-Alrs Annie
Weber
After the bslloting the membera were
served with refreshments
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-07
IDAHO FLOUR.

The Lucas Co, Stores are
the only ones who carry
this splendid brand OF flour,
which they sell with q
guarantee. Nothing bot
ter m!lled. or money back"
Just one carload TO so at
these prices.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-07
Cured OF Liver Complaint

"I was suffering with liver com.
plant" says Iva Smith Of Point Blank.
Texas, land decided TO try a 25c box
OF Chamberlain Tablets, and am
happy TO say that 1 am completely
cured and can recommend them 10 every
one.P For sale by all dealers.
(AdveTtiseneat)
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-07
Loses Valuable Rabbits.

Thomas Reddoli. nh employee OF the
city street department. recently suffered
the loss OF three valuable white rabbits
When notified the police at once made
an Investigation. determining that the
rabbits were killed by dogs. Tho prompt
action Of tho police Is appreciated by Mr..
ReGden.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-07

This Ia the time when fat people should
be thinking about reducing their weight
and should stop making the fat that 10
such O burden to them. The best way
and the easiest way Is the one about
which so much has been said and written
this past year. This way is the Marmola
way. The famous Marmo1a Prescription
has been prepared IN tablet forrn. These
little tablets contain nothing but the clo-
ments that go to change the best things
which produce fat Into good. strong blood,
nerves. tissues and bone. Moro than this,
these tablets absorb and remove the fat
remaining at the rate OF from ~ to 10
ounces per day. You must not confuse
Msrrnola Tablets with harmful patent
drugs and hurtful reducing methods.
Those tablets 30 into your stomach just
Ike the food you eat. They build up the
Juices of the digestive organs and correct
these Juices so that they produce no moro
fat They are harmless. yet Thousands
Of men and women all over this hand to-
day are OF firm figures and normal sizS
because OF these little tablets. This is
why every druggist everywhere carries
them IN stock and will sell fhem to you.
II your druggist does not have them, or
you would rather send 76c, the price OF
q case, 20 the Marmola Company, Farmer
Bldg. Detroit. Mich. they will send them
TO you at once In plain package, post
age paid.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-07
HEAR JUDGE RUTHERFORD

Tabernacle Sunday, 3 clock. Free.
CAeye-rsensntl
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-01-21
PLANNING STREET WORK.
No Definite Arrangements Made Yet
for Permanent Paving.

The street committee of the board
of aldermen, of which Alderman B.
w. Clifford is chairman, has not yet
definitely decided upon the premaneLt
paving to be done this year The
committee is considering the type of
paving to be used, it being convinced
that the use of amiesite will entail
an extra expenditure to keep it
sanded. Spring street may be taken
up and permanent paving put down,
the sidewalks graded and curbing and
cutters laid. The scheme of a strip
of amiesite in the middle and ma
cadam on each side, as suggested
by State Road COMMISSIONER stew
ems, is being considered.
Alderman Clifford has taken up the
matter of dumping the street clean
ings in heaps along the streets for
the wagons to collect. An arrange
ment has been made with John Den
man whereby the cleanings from the
park and adjacent streets are taken
to his manure pit while Speedwell
avenues refuse goes to the dump on
Spring street. The use of bags in
stead of the metal cans by the
cleaners is also being considered.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-01-21
OBITUARY.
William T. Cobb.

William T. Cobb, pioneer resi-
dent of Long Branch and one time
resident of Morristown, was found
dead in a barn in Long Branch on
the morning of January 18th. The
discovery of the body was made by
Mr.. Cobb's two sons Henry and Oscar
Cobb, after an all-night search for
their father. Mr.. Cobb had been
working at the place where his body
was found and had been taken sud-
denly i'll, it is believed, and had died
from injuries he received when he
had fallen against a door frame,
striking his head. He was seventy
three years old.
The Cobb home was at Morristown
and when a call for volunteers was
issued for the Union army, William
journeyed with other young men of
the town to the recruiting station at
Camden. There it was learned that
another company would not be en-
rolled for two weeks. Cobb was i'm
patient for service and he went to
! Philadelphia and there, on April goth
i 1861, enlisted in Company l of the
2Sth Pennsylvania volunteers. With
this company he participated in en-.
gagements at Falling Water, along
the upper Potomac and at Shenan.
doah. He was mustered out on Au-
gust 9th, 1861, and sent home only to
enlist on the 9th of the same month
in Company F, 5th New Jersey volun-
teers. On October 26th, 1862, as a
first sergeant, he was honorably dis.
charged because he wanted to join
the regular United States cavalry
As trooper he participated in
many engagements and at Funkstown
received a gunshot wound in the hand
On April 30th, 1864, he was trans
ferred to the United States navy and
served until June 18th, 1865, when he
was honorably discharged He par
ticipated in thirty important engage
ments of the war
Thirty-two years ago Mr. Cobb re
moved from Morristown to Lons
Branch. He joined Company B oi
the National Guard and was for four
teen years its first lieutenant. Wher
the company went out during the
Cobb accompanied the guardsmen. Al
Athens, Captain Morris resigned anC
Cobb was made captain.
Besides Mrs. Cobb and the two sons
Mr.. Cobb is survived by a daughter
Mrs. Alice Bull, of Munroe, N. Y, an,
two brothers, besides the Rev. Dewitt
G. Cobb, of Asbury Park, and two
sisters. They are George w. Cobb
of Long Branch; Captain Freemon
Cobb and Mrs. Anna M. Jones, o.
Morristown, and Mrs. Linda B. Glib
bens, of Philadelphia.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-01-21
Mr.. FREEMAN REELECTED.
Again Heads Morristown Trust Com.
pany--Other Officers Named.

Directors of the Morristown Trust
company met Saturday noon and re-
elected Samuel Freeman, president;
Willard w. Cutler and John H. Cap
stick, vice-presidents; John H. B
Coriell, secretary; Harry A. VanGil.
der, treasurer; Ralph S. STREET., as
sistant secretary and treasurer.
Nicholas +. Brady of New York
succeeds the late s. Minot Jones as
member of the directorate of the
Morristown Trust company. Mr.
Bradys father, Andrew j. Brady, is
large stockholder in the Central
Trust company and also the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit corporation. The di
rectors elected were Samuel Free
man, Willard w. Cutler, Richard A.
McCurdy, George G. Frelinghuysen
Henry F. Taylor, Louis A. Thebaud
John H. Capstick, Samuel S. Dennis
James N. Wallace, Dudley Olcott, A
r. Whitney, jr., James B. Duke, John
Claflin, DR.. Granville M. White
Harrie T. Hull, William V. S. Thorne
S. Harold Freeman and Nicholas F
Brady The directors will elect the
officers on Saturday afternoon.
There was one change in the di.
rectorate of the American Trust com,
pany. DR.. j. w. Farrow, of Dover
succeeds Frank Dufford, of German
Valley, resigned. The directors elec.
ted are:-Harry Pill, w. Judson
Drake, d. S. brink, Albert Bunn
Eugene CarreI, Jacob w. Decker
DR.. ]. w. Farrow, Edward w. Eli
Oft, Lyman J. Fish, Martin r. Hide
brant, Thomas j. Hillery, Clarence
Hodson, A. Hayward McAlpin, Edison
j. Neighbour, Charlton A. Reed
George e. Reeve. George G. Smith
Lewis G. Tompkins, George S. Van
Arsdale, Herman Viedt, Charles r
Whitehead, John " Wise, Edward M
Young, and Walter A. Young. Mr.
Hillery was reelected president; Mr.
Whitehead first vice-president; Mr.
Neighbour, second vice-president; Mr.
Hodson, third vice-president.