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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-06-01
SPRAYING NOT DANGEROUS

"How soon after spraying with
arsenate of lead is it safe to cut clover
or alfalfa in an orchard and feed to
cows?"
At one of the State horticultural
Conventions of Washington the ques-
tion was discussed: els there
danger to persons in eating apples,
without wiping, on which there is
still the arsena to Of lead spray?'
After discussing the question at
length it was decided. that it was
not possible to eat enough apples to
receive any perceptibIe injury on ac-
count of poison. From this would
infer that it would not be possible
for COW to eat enough alfalfa or
clover to receive any perceptible in
jury from poisoning with arsenate of
lead. Further, we spray our own or
chard sown to alfalfa. cut the crop
whenever it is ready, feed the hay to
the horses and have noticed no in
jury; nor have we ever heard of stock
being injured in that way.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-06-01
EQUILIBRIUM OF NUTRITIVE
SUBSTANCES

There is in nature what has some
times been called the law of COM
pensation. This term implies that in
order to spend on one side nature is
bound to economic on the other.
When nourishment flows to one part
in excess, it rarely flows of another
part in great degree. For instance,
If nourishment is required in large
measure to keep up the supply of
muscle necessary to the laborer, it
cannot supply, ordinarily, large
amount of fat; COW thatssis heavy
mixer will not fatten, at least while
she is furnishing a good supply of
milk. In like manner il the seeds of
fruit are large, the fruit itself is gen.
orally small; il there is heavy crop
of fruit, the wood growth is general
ly not large, or it the wood growth is
small the fruit growth is more likely
to be large, provided the tree is get
ting sufficient nourishment. 1t is
important, therefore, to keep prop
or equilibrium between the growth of
the wood and the production of fruit.
This can be done by thinning if the
fruit supply is too large, or pruning
to cut out the wood growth and throw
the vital forces into the fruit If the
fruit supply is not sufficiently large.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-06-01
FOR ROOT MAGGOT

The government is still carrying on
the experimental work on the white
root maggot on Vashon Island. A re-
port will not be out in time for use
this year.
To the present the best remedies
discovered are as follows:
First. three pints of lime Stacked
to cream in a gallon of water with
tablespoonful of crude carbolic acid
added and apply around the plant.
Second, tar paper discs around the
plant.
Third, Napthaline flakes, or moth
balls, put near the plant and renew
when eVaporated. They are inexpen-
sive and effective.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-06-01
saw files,

rmy worms, cut worms, sawfiles,
horse flies, cattle ticks, etc.
The English sparrow is pest. 1t
eats but few insectsS feeds on fruits
as we'll as seeds and by combining in
numbers to fight the larger and more
useful birds, drives them away.
Make friends of all the useful birds
and see that the cats do not kill their
young.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-06-01

grackle from Texas had eaten at one
meal about 100 cotton boil worms,
besides few other insects. A ring
necked pheasant's crop from Wash.
ington contained 1000 seeds of chick
weed and a dandelion's head. More
than 70, 900 seeds have been found in
a single ducks stomach taken in
Louisiana in February.
Birds Especially Useful
Bluebird's diet consists of 68 per
cent insects and 80 per cent of vegeta-
BILE matter and fruits.
Ruby crowned kniglet is one of the
worst enemies of scale insects.
Eighty-seven per cent of its food is
wasps, bugs, leaf hoppers, plant lice,
scale insects and other pests. The
rest of it's food is mostly weed seeds.
Chickadee-Ab two-thirds of its
food is made up of beetles, ants,
wasps. flies, bugs, grasshoppers,
spiders, etc. The other one-third is
mostly seeds of weeds, vegetables,
etc.
Brown creeper eats no vegetable
matter, but feeds entirely on ants,
moths. wasps, insect eggs, scale and
other injurious insects.
House wren feeds on grasshoppers,
beetles, bugs, spiders. caterpillars,
cutworms, weevils, ticks and plant
lice.
Brown thrssher uses nearly all ami
NAL food and scarcely any vegetables.
Myrtle warbler eats mostly insects,
scale and plant lice forming consid
cradle portion of it's diet.
Loggerhead shrike feeds on beetles,
moths, caterpillars, ants, wasps.
Barn swallow feeds almost exclu
sively on insects taken on the wing,
such as flies, gnats and few useful
insects.
Purple martin-More than three
fourths Of it's food consists of wasps,
bugs and beetles.
Song sparrow makes it's diet about
three-fourths of noxious weeds, and
one-fourth of injurious insects.
Upland plover feeds on weevils,
beetles, wire worms, white grubs,
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-06-01
WESTERN CANADA NOW

The opportunity of securing free =
homesteads of 16O acres each, and s
the low priced lands of Manitoba, =
Saskatchewan and Alberta, will soon =
have passed.
Canada offers a hearty welcome to. Z
the Settler, to the man with family
looking for home; to the farmers
son, to the renter, to all who wish to Z
live under better conditions.
Canada's grain yield in 1913 is the z
talk of the world. Luxuriant Grasses
give cheap fodder for large herds; cost z
of raising and fattening for market &
is trif1e. z
The sum realized for Beef, Butter, z
Milk and Cheese will pay fifty per y
cent on the investment. e
Write for literature and particular -
as to reduced railway rates to -
Superintendent of immigration, -
:; -: =: !: :: :: :
Ottawa, Canada, or to xYyIlI
Canadian LEI0<N
Government Agent. NN[KA
j. n. Gieve, hJk%l HS
Cor. LIST and Post Streets, IVk MI @
Spokane, Wash. <NH1R
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-22
WEATHER MILD IN
 C0RD0VA PRECINCT

Cordova weather for the past week or two has been peculiar to say the least. All about us, even to the ex- treme southern boundaries of the ter ritory cold is prevalent, with snow and freezing weather. In Cordova we are having rain, and what little snow that had fallen has disappeared. Within three days of Christmas the temperature is indicative of early spring rather than of midwinter. Out the line the same conditions prevail At Chitina this morning it is showing a little. the fall extending in this direc- ton as far as Miles glacier, with rain this side of that point, while the ther. mometer registers 2S to 30 degress above zero in the coldest places.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-22
COUNCIL FIXES 4 TAX RATE IF
 SIX MILLS

At the meeting of the city council last night the tax levy on the assess ment for the year 1914 was fixed at six mills, on a total valuation of s917,- 900, which will yield the city approx imately $5,5OO.
 The report of the board of equaliza- ton showed little change from the as- sessment as turned in by the city as- sessor. A reduction was made on the property of J. p. Hall from $2,35O to $2,05O, and on property of D. NJ. Lynch from $1,S75 to $1,475. Lots 10 and 27, of block II, which were assessed at $350 were exempted by the board from taxation on the ground that they were a portion of the block reserved for the federal building site lots 2S to 36 in the same block not having been assessed.
 It was estimated by the council that the amount derived from the taxes at the rate of mills would leave in the traesury about $2,OOO at the ex- pration of hteir term next April. as the present state of the city treasury was such that after the December bills were paid there would remain on hand about $25O.,
 The property of the town under the assessment of 1913 was valued at st,- 100000 and the tax rate ten mills, { from which the town derived a reven- ne of approximately $11,OOO, and of this amount there was remaining in the treasury at the expiration of the term of the last council about $4,OOO Under the tax ordiance the taxes are due after the fourth Monday in December and become delinquent af ter the fourth Monday in February.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-22
SPECIAL BOXES OF XMAS HOSIERY

If you don't know what else to get for Father or Brother, you'll always guess right if you buy him a box of Fancy Black Hose, In fine cotton, mercerized, llsIe or silk.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-22
BATH ROBES

Experience shows that Wearinu Apparel is about the most substan- tial Christmas Gift of all, and ineIud- ed, should be guaranteed.
 Our Bath Robe Department con tains only the Very best Makes, from the leading woolen mills. Our assortment is large and our prices are reasonable.
 A Suitable Present
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-22
LOCAL JOTTlNGS.

Teddy Thisted is back from a trip to Mckinley Lake, here he visited the property of the Mckinley Lake Min ing Company
 MT. and Mrs. Robert Heron and children were visitors in town today from the power plant.
 w. H. Webb and wife, of Mile 32, are visitors in town, and are registered at the Windsor.
 N N. Jaffe, of Ruby, was an arrival on today's train from the interior, and will leave on the next boat for the states.
 Mrs Ringwald Blk, of Copper Cen ter arrived from the interior on the train this afternoon, and is registered at the Rainier Grand.
 J. Clark Duff, of Valdez Creek. was an arrival on the train this afternoon, and will leave on the Alameda for the states.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-22
TRAVELLERS BAGS
 AND TRUNKS

Here are two items which in recent years have become very popular as Christmas Gifts, and cause the giver to be long remembered on ac- count of the satisfaction the oft affords.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-22
JUDGE BROWN RETURNS
 SHORTLY AFTER HOLIDAYS

Judge Fred M. Brown, of the Federal court of this division, is now at Long Beach, California, where he has been spending several weeks with Mrs. Brown, who has been in i'll health. Both Judge Brown and Mrs. Brown will return to Valdez shortly after the holidays.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-22
PRESIDENT WILL BE EARLY RISER
 NEW YEARS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22-To open the San Diego exposition, by press ing button in this city which will give signal for the opening of the Fair, President Wilson will be called before o'clock on the moring of the New Year The xeposition opens at midnight in SanDiego, which is 8 a. m. in this city.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-22
Christmas Suggestions

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The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-22
Card of Thanks

l should like to take this opportuni- .ty to express my appreciation of the sympathy and consideration extend ed by my friends at the death of my beloved wife Marie.
 JAMES CARSCADDEN.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-22

One hundred fishing schooners were tied up at Wrangell Narrows last week because of lack of bait. Owing to the cold weather in that section the herring have not begun to run.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-22

Don't forget that both the Daily Times and Alaska Times can be had for only $1.25 per month; or both for $6 for six months, if paid in advance.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-22
Train This Afternoon

The regular train from Chitina ar rived here about 1:15 this afternoon with several passengers and consider. able mail from interior points.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-22
GROCERY NOTES

Quality Highest-Prices Lowest. IA lbs Best Granulated Sugar for $t at BLUM & co.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-22

A great variety of attractive Christ. mas cards at E. A. Hegg's.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-22

Select your Christmas cards now at E. A .Heggs
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-22
SILENCE IS NOT DENIAL.

The recent president of the West
Virginia University, DR.. Thomas
Ellsworth Hodges, called from that
exalted position, though the machin-
atoms of the Chilton-Watson cabal,
TO the candidacy for congressman-at-
large on the Democratic ticket, open
ed his campaign at Parkersburg last
week. AS he stood charged, openly
and specifically, by his distinguish
ed opponent for the nomination, Cal.
Wylie Beall, of Brooke county, OF
being the willing recipient Of filcli-
led honors by the connivance of the
INSTRUCTED l~ieutenants of Senator
Chiffon at the Parkersburg conven-
Ition last June, it was expected he
would, on his first public appearance.
take occasion to refute these charges.
liz they were as slanderous as his
friends have been claiming they
we're. But he did not. He was alb
IsoluteIy and significantly silent with
regard to the grave accusations, not
only as to improper methods resort
tcdt 0 in securing his nomination, but
Ito his personal knowledge of the con-
lspiracy that Matched the plot to dc.
lprive his competitor of a w~ell-earned
Nomination.
1t will not suffice that DR.. Hodges
ileans back on superimposed dignity.
and his relative reputation for politi-
cal probity. Greater men than DR..
| Hodges, for much less completely in
dubious political methods, have been
damned by maintaining what they
presumed to have been a discreet ST.,
lence." The people have only one
alternative left, and that is that ST.
lcnce in this case is a practical con-
fcssion to the truth Of Col. Bcall's
charges. or inability to satisfactorily
explain away his connection vita
the contemplate conspiracy that re-
suited in his opponents defeat, aft
or having been assured of the GER
tainty of his success.
1t may be that he is acting under
orders of his chiefs, and especially at
the dictation of Senator Chiffon.
| That gentleman is also due for an
explanation of the charge that he
switched his support to DR.. Hodges
only when Col. Beall refused to be
blackmailcd into contributing $15.-
900 to aid his Gold Hill wildcat min
ing Notwithstanding Intelligent
Ger.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-22
THE NET RESULTS.

What is the net result of all the
tariff tinkering and other legislation
which the Democrats have forced
upon the people? 1t has not produc-
ed sufficient revenue to equal Dem,
ocratic expenditures. 1t has thrown
hundreds of thousands of men out OF
employment. 1t has torn up business
the country over. The necessities OF
life have steadily gone up.
Isn't it about time for the indi-
vidual voter to decide to put a stop
to this by his ballot in November?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-22
MIR. WHITES REPLY.

Senator Geo. E. White, who has
been very busy for the past two
weeks going over the district, has
replied in a very courteous, and we
presume satisfactory manner, to the
challenge recently issued by the Pro-
gressivc chairman, Mr.. Smith, for a
joint debate. His reply is published
by his chairman, NJ .sPrichard, in to-
days paper.
Mr.. White explains that he has al
ready arranged his campaign and
That lie cannot, at this late date,
change his plans. 1t will be his pol
icy to manage his own campaign
without regard to wishes Of other
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-22


candidates, and We believe he has
chosen the wise course. The people
are not Interested SO much in per-
sonal spats by opposing candidates
as they are in knowing what the can
.didates stand for.
Mr.. Holt, 1.-the Socialist candidate,
las issued a challenge to the other
congressional candidates and If MI.
Nicely and tile Progressive candidate
want to hold ajoint debate we have
no doubt but what Mr.. Holtcan make
ut interesting for them. Mr.. Nicely
need not stand back upon his dignity
and refuse to, debate with Mr.. Holt
as he is a good speaker, ands more
too, he will poll far more yotesNin the
district than the Progressive canal
date whom Nj: Nicely wants included
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-22
WHAT'S THE NATTER

There are two Progressive candi-
dates for governor to be voted for in
the New York Observation-Disclosures
and "Bill" Sulzer. The Progressive
leaders, the Colonel in command, OF
course. have issued orders to the
faithful to ignore the Sulzer candi-
dacy. Why? Davenport has pub
licly renowned the initiative, refer
cndum and recall, while sulzcr
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-22
MEN.sTTLL IDLE.

Last winter, Secretary ReQield,
the artful sidestepper of the Cabinet,
when called upon for a reason why
there should be 50 many men out Of
employmentS said it was due to the
climatic conditions and not to bust
ness depression. Well, the frosts OF
Tintershaye changed to the heat of
summer and fall is now here. Men
1afe Tin idle. How,nME Redfield says
The American people are very much
interested in the subject of over
fatigue2 Apparently he would rec
ommend forty-eight hours of sleep
Between days, of work and long
wolks between Jobs, and those on
empty stomachs. This ",ov%er-fatigue"
isia terrible thing and must be avoid
ed at allf hazards.
Laterson, President Wilson admit
tea the business depression and at
tfibuted it@to Psychology" Then
Nd .Redfleld referred to 1t as a 'tworld
Wild etdepression." What a short time
II took for Mr.. Redfeld, when tho
President spoke, to expand a depres-
sion that did not exist into one that
was Worldwide.
II may besthere was some depres-
don but millions of Americana re-
menbering the excellent conditions
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-22
for the triology. What's the
matter with these particular people.
MISUNDERSTANDING Intclligcncer..

Congressman Nicely has been very
prompt in announcing his intentions
as to the challenge to a joint debate
with the Progressive candidate TO.
congress, but is still backward in an,
swering The Inteiiigencer's challenge
to name his selection for the Wheel
ing misunderstanding Intelligent
Ger.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-22

In the triangular s%peechfest. Now
We have three willing debaters why
not set the dates and let the con-
fined and impatient oratory of the
windy ones be set free?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-22

Of 1912 will wonder why it was nee
essary to throw down the bars to for
eign nations and let in so much more
than our share Of that depression.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-22

Congressman Nicely is not so
prompt in replying to the challenge
&c the Socialist candidate for con-
grcss-Why all the silence?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-22

yum, who Will call upon Rev. John
Brown, pastors of the First ward
Baptist, church, to ask the invocation.
Mayor Anthony Bowen will give
the address otfwelcome toathe assem=
,bled visitors, turning over TO them
tile keys OF theScitywIlile theysarein
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-22

why should President Wilson i'm
pose a heavy war tax on us when VIC
are at peace with all the world?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-22

our midst.
This address Will be responded 10
by Hon. JohnsP. Arbehzs o Wheel
ing, Grand Vice cbaneeilor 81 fhe
lodge, who is In Elie fine Qt sncces-
sion for the highest oner that cau
be. bestowed by tie West virginin
Pytriane, the exalted position Of
Grand Chancellor
At 1:30Gthes Grand Lodge VIII get
down to workSand the first btsiness
session Will be held.
The parade will take place prompt
~ at 1880 and at 500 o'clock to-
morrow evening q grand reception
will beBheldSat the Masonic TONE
This reception IS given by the local
knights and the Pytfian Sisters ia
honor OF the visiting delegations.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-13
RECORD NUMBER
AT WORK HOUSE
COUNTYS BASTiLE HAS LARG-
EST POPULATION IN IT'S
WHOLE HISTORY.

AS Their esult of the vigorous
crusade of Judge Mcknight and the
other county officials the work house
of Maury county now has the larg-
est population that it has ever held.
There are now seventy-six prisoners
at the county bastile located out on
the Lewisburg turnpike which is just
about double the average for several
years past. Heretofore the average
has been about thirty-five inmates.
Of course most of the prisoners are
in for short terms and therefore the
population is transitory and probably
within few months the number will
be reduced. Bootlegging is respon-
sible for a large portion of the in
crease, but not all for there ara pri-
soners for most all of the minor Of
lenses. Notwithstanding the bad
weather fair progress is being made
ON the new road that is being built
ON the road bed of the old Columbia
and Lewisburg pike. The prisoners,
in spite of the big population, give
the officers very little trouble.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-13
ELIOT DOES NOT
APPROVE UNIONS
FORMER PRESIDENT or HAIR.
WARD SAYS OBJECTIONS
ARE MORAL.

NEW HAVEN, Feb. 11.-Dr Chas.
W. liot, former president of Har-
ward University, in letter to Chas.
IF. Pender, of the local trolleymen's
union, says that while unions have
raised wages and shortened hours,
they have had a bad effect on the
character and happiness of their
members"
Mr.. Pender had written DR.. Eliot
requesting him to explain his rea.
sons for disliking trade unions He
made public the reply today.
DR.. Eliot says his objections to
unions are altogether educational and
moral. Because Of certain objection.
able methods" especially the use OF
violence to gain their ends, he declar.
ed the effect upon the morals and
character of members is bad.
Il cannot agree with you that the
unions have brought happiness to any
working men. Happiness and content
are states of mind. All well-read,
thinking people believe that the pro.
gress of civilization depends upon
universal, steady, productive labor;
the unions seem to believe that the
less one works the better"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-13
Twenty Years
Ago in Columbia

Dake Biddle, William Hine and Err
win Houser have been transferred
from the third to the fourth grade al
the public school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Williamson, of
lCulleoka, have 60 nice, smooth, fat
mules for market.
Wheat is now quoted at IS to 81
/ cents on the market.
Sam Jones closed a three weeks
meeting in Nashville Sunday night
with the greatest audience in the city
of Nashville. The closing sermon was
most effective, men and women being
in tears, while hundreds thronged
around the altar to express a deter
mination to lead better life. No
such sweeping results of a revival
were ever known in Nashville.
Col J. w. S. Ridley has returned
from trip to st. Louis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Sharp have re-
turned from trip to New Orleans.
w. j. Dale has returned from the
East, where he bought full line of
house furnishing goods for the new
firm Of w. A. Dale & Co., which will
occupy the house recently vacated by
Lee Epperson.
A hearts" party was given by sew
eral young ladies' Of Columbia last
Wednesday evening at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Latta. The form
of hearts was carried out in the dec
orations, luncheon, dresses of the
young ladies', etc. A delightful even
ing was spent.
DR.. B. s. Thomas, of Hurricane,
with his many aliases, was here last
Monday.
1t is showing; no, the sum is shin
ing; no, it is showing; yes, it is doing
both.
Will Ridley is still on the sick list.
G. T. Hughes, of the Columbia bar,
was invited by the supreme court last
week to occupy the vacancy on the
bench made vacant by the Illness OF
Judge Lea. Mr.. Hughes declined
with thanks, and pleaded other press
ing engagements, but some of his at
torney friends think that it was due
to his modesty. However, that may
be, it was, a very nice compliment.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-13
TO EXPERIMENT
WITH S. 0.S. SIGNAL
MARCONl COMPANY HAS NEW IN
sTRuMENT TO LOCATE DIS.
TRESSED SHIP.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.-Permis-
sion has been granted the Marconi
Wireless Company by the revenue
cutter service to experiment will: a
new instrument to locate exactly
the position Of a ship sending out the
IS. o. S." signal
Chief Charles A. McAllister today
stated that he had given permission
to the Mareoni company to use three
of the cutters along the Atlantic sea-
board. The cutters will be rugged
with the new instrument, sent out on
the high seas, and to all intents and
purposes become lost. When the IS.
O. S." is sounded the cutters, by
means of the instrument, will be able
to determine from Just what direction
the Hertian waves emanate. This
has been impossible under the old
system.