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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-27
Grow Fruit In the
Rio Grande Valley

The fruit industry is yet in it's in
fancy. In fact it is only five years ago
that the railroad was completed into
this valley. Already this short branch
of road from Harrington west, in a dis
lance of 45 miles, contributes over so
per cent of all of the freight of the st.
L., b. IL NJ. r. r., which is over 400
miles in length. So concerned are the
railroad men over the future of the val
ley and what it will produce that two
other lines are proposed and one al
ready under construction. This means
that there will be easy transportation
for all of the fruit grown. In ad-
dition the United States government
has undertaken to deepen Point Isabel
Harbor, just twenty miles east of
Brownsville, and this will mean ship
transportation and low freight rates.
This deep water harbor will also mean
much in the development of the u
try when the Panama Canal is complet-
ed, being on the through route for
steamers from Galveston, New Orleans
and Mobile to the canal. In a very
few years it will be possible to ship
any surplus fruit from the valley di-
rect to European markets by boat. 1t
is no stretch of the imagination to see
that there is a wonderful future for
this valley in fruit. Should there be a
surplus, just as surely there will be
drying and preserving companies to
take care of it. At no time in the his
tory of the United States has there
been such a demand for canned and
dried fruits as exists today. Ask any
wholesale merchant if this is not true.
Bear in mind that while your orange
grove is growing you a grow alfalfa
or vegetables, corn or potatoes, cab
bage or beans between the rows and
make therefrom a good profit. Why d
good profitg Because you can grow
those things in the fall and winter
when there is a demand in the north.
ern markets. Farming in the north
means n crop a year-ten crops in
ten years. Farming in Rio Grande
Valley e eight to ten cuttings OF
alfalfa in one year, a summer crop OF
corn and a winter crop of vegetables,
something coming ON every month o.
the twelve. If you grow apples OF
other fruit in the north you can count
On possibly three crops in five years,
or six in ten. You should get oranges
or lemons or any of the citrus fruits
every year in the Rio Grande Valley O
Texas.
The author of this writing having
been a nurseryman for more than hal
a century, would not be likely to rem
der a report that would depress the
sale of his own product. Mr.. Onder
donk has no superior and few equals
in knowledge concerning the growth
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-27
MONOPOLIES TO
Be THE TARGET
Antitrust Law Not Aimed at
Other Ol~dingCOmpanies.
RESTRAINT MUST EXIST

Purpose Of the Administration, the
President Explains, ls to Foster
Natural Growth Where Business u
Carried on LepItimately.
Washington. Jan. 27.-Nothing In
President Wilson's trust program
against holding companies will be In.
tended Il bar anything that is not in
nature and spirit a monopoly"
President Wilson indicated this
when discussing the situation 1t was
pointed out that a sweeping prohibit
tion of holding companies would nat
urally affect concern which had been
required to organize subsidiary com
panies to comply with certain state
laws.
The president let It be known that
where such . business vas being car
ried on by practically the same cor
poration there would be no restriction
on IL.
ne as the 8OVoInAue
principle in the whole question tina!
corporations organized and merged
with others for purposes Of monopoly
or restraint OF trade would be clearly
barred and that those which obviously
did not interfere with interstate com
merce would be let alone.
The purpose Of the administrator
would be. the president declared. ia
let things grow that grow naturally
and laxitinatalY.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-27

and culture of citrus fruits.
No prospective purchaser of Gulf
Coast or South Texas land can afford
to ignore the advice of Mr.. Onderdonk
considering he has SO clearly stated
localities, even giving the boundary
lines where the husbandman may
settle and expect 10 more than six or
sever crops of citrus fruit in ten
years, He has as clearly stated where
the settler may locate and as reason
ably expect ten crops in ten years.
Certainly no sane or sensible man
should lose the opportunity of inquir.
ing into and inspecting the PROPOSE
ton offered by the La Feria Land
Syndicate, which can fulfill all the
conditions to secure ten crops of or
angeS and other citrus fruit instead
of six or seven crops in ten years.
In conclusion the writer wishes to
offer a word of explanation to the pros
pective purchaser. Pursuing the
foregoing facts as presented and com
piled from a report of the Agricultur-
al Department of Texas, it is neces-
Sary to explain that one must not ex-
pect to see large old groves of oranges,
lemons or grape fruit because the val
ley has only about seven years in its
growth and until confidence was estab.
lished during the first two years the
developments were very slow. 1t fol.
lows therefore, marvellous as the de-
velopments in the Rio Grande Valley
are they principally have been within
five years. The settlers have found
it necessary to raise crops which
would give them immediate returns,
consequently Bermuda onions, cab
bage, head lettuce, celery and general
truck have been the products, which,
attractive as they are, yielding from
three to five hundred dollars annually
per acre, must eventually give way tC
citrus fruit, which will Yield from $500
to 81 800 per acre.
The section, however with the frs
and second lift of water from the Ri,
Grande river. with the gigantic centri
fugal pumps ut the pumping station on
the La Feria tract, has sufficient fal
for conveying water for irrigatins
crops OF whatever nature or kind to al
parts of this tract of land. A soil mar
velous in it's richness and productive
ness.
"A citizenship that is an amalgama
ton of the hardy American races from
all points north of us. There is n,
doubt in the mind of any thoughtful
man that there is o being created
out of the boundless wealth of the Lo
wer Rio Grande Valley a district tina
Undoubtedly will become the richest
agriculturally, of any in the world anC
that will support a larger population
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-27
ASSAlL MOYER INDICTMENTS
Counsel for Labor Leaders Ask
Quashino Of Charges.

Houghton, Mich, Jan. PA motion
to quash the conspiracy indictments
against copper mine strikers and Off
Gals OF the Western Federation of
Miners was filed by attorneys for the
accused men when the men were ar
raigned for trial in the Houghton
circuit court. Pleas will not be en-
tered until the motion has been
heard and passed on. The grand jury
was illegally summoned and conduct
er, 1t is ~contended.
A. w. Kerr, for the defendants, said
that later he would apply for a
change OF venue in the strike cases
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-27
with respect to the proposed inter.

With respect to the proposed inter.
state trade commission the president
cleared up various impressions of it
by saying II would not be an admins
trative body but one Of publicity and
information.
He said it would have no possible
conflict with any other department OF
the government because it would not
have the right to act in the field
any other constituted authority.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-27
SEES SOME STRANGE THINGS
Army Surgeon Reports on Discoveries
In hin

Washington, Jan. 27.-Major f. M.
Ashburn of the army medical corps
has unearthed some strange things
In China as the result of his studies
in tropical diseases. He reports to
the war department that he found
three giants. each about eight feet
high. One Of them had a harsh,
resonant. deep bass voice. such as !
have never heard before"
Many baldheaded ome also at
tracted the majors attention and
these women attempted to hide their
badness by the use of black paint
or stain, which merely looks dirty"
Major Ashburn discovered that the
practice Of footbinding Is carried on
by the Chinese women to such an ex.
cess as sometimes to necessitate the
amputation OF the foot.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-27
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis. Jan. 26.-Wheat-May.
S9hc: July, 9O% 990Ac. Cash close
on track; No. l hard, 9ih091Ac; No.
l Northern, S7& @90hc; to arrive.
90Mc; No. 3 Northern. S5h0S7hc;
No. 8 Northern, S3h @85hc; No. 3
yellow corn. 57hc; No. 4 corn, SAC
66hc; No. 3 white oats. 3sA 036h No:
to arrive. 36hc; No. 3 oats. san 0SSe;
barley, e206lc: max. tl.61M.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-27
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Jan. 26.-Wheat-May.
94kc; July, S9Ac. Corn-May, 85Nc;
July, 65bc. Oats May, 39Hc; July,
1850. Pork-Jan. s21.62; May, $21.-
80. Butter-Creameries. 30c. Eggs
29930c. Poultry-Springs, 13c; hens,
lac; turkeys, is.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-27
South St. Paul Live Stock.

South st. Paul, JAM. 26.-Cattle-
Steers, $5.50@7.75; cows and heifers.
$4.50@6.60: calves, S4.5069.50; feed
ers, S4.30@7.00. Hogs-$7. @8.15.
Sheep-Lambs, s5.75@7.40: wethers,
$3.7595.40; ewes, $2.5O@5.00.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-27

Every mar who grows a crop, wheth-
err it be grain, alfalfa, vegetables or
fruit, realizes that his profits depend
upon nearnesS to the consumer. We
propose showing the possibilities for
the growing of citrus and semi tropi-
cal fruits i'm the Lower Rio Grande
Valley of Texas.
Few persons realize how near this
favored valley is to the northern mar
kets, to the big cities of the north and
east with their teeming millions who
must be fed and who must have fruit.
When the Rio Grande Valley is once
well developed as a fruit district there
will be vast quantities shipped out,
and the saving on freight over ship
ments from far famed and favored Cal
ifornia will alone make a good profit on
the investment. From La Feria. Texas
to Chicago or New York or Boston is
q saving of 1900 miles as compared
with fruits shipped from California.
Not everyone realizes the bigness of
Texas or knows that this sunny valley
is more than 300 miles further south
than San Diego, California. No o
fertile soil can be found than that along
the Rio Grande Valley. This is a fact
easily demonstrated. The water sup
ply taken from that river, is abundant,
and this combination-a soil of an
fathomed richness, perfect climate and
abundance of water-must yield the
richest returns. In fact there is a
continuous growing season twelve
months in every year.
You have heard much and read more
of the famous orange belt of California,
of Riverside, Redlands, of San Bernar-
dino and Pomona and other favored
beauty spots where oranges, lemons,
olives grape fruit and lines are grown
TO perfection and where men have
made fortunes from their groves and
orchards. Perhaps you have envied
the men who got first into those fertile
valleys. You know that now there
are no more lands to be had in those
sections and not any water for
future development. You know, too,
that q producing orange grove is
worth q great deal of money, t2,500 to
$40, 900 per acre. Had you been there
in an early day you would have laugh.
ed at the idea of anything ever being
grown in southern California. We
offer you a better opportunity today
than was ever presented to the first
settlers of California. We are placing
before you a chance to get in
ON THE GROUND FLOOR
The pioneers in the Rio Grande Val.
ley of Texas have found that their
orange and lemon trees make a wonder
fully rapid growth; that these citrus
fruits begin producing at two and
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-27
Alfonso to Visit Argentina.

Madrid. Jan. Fixing Alfonso will
pay a visit to Argentina in June. The
king will be accompanied by the pre-
mier and the minister of marine He
will make the voyage on a Spanish
transatlantic liner and the visit will
occupy two months.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-27
CHICAGO Live Stock.

Chicago. Jan. 26.-Cattle-Beevos,
$6.SO@9.50; Texas steers, $6.90Q8.10;
Western steers, $6.40@8.00; stockers
and feeders. S5.60Q8.20; cows and
heifers, $3.00@S.60; calves. $500
HOO. Hogs-Light. $8.10@8.40; mix
ed, $s.2O@s.45; heavy. .$S.20@8.50;
rough, $s.20QS.25; pigs, $6.75Q8.00.
Sheep-Native. $4.9006.00; yearlings,
81 .Som7.15.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-27
TROPICAL FRUITS IN A
TEMPERATE CLIMATE.

A V ending summer, but never
SO hot as the extreme heat i'm Iowa,
Nebraska or other northern states.
The winters are a constant delight,
bright sunshine, soft air, skies of sap
phire blue. You can plant your gard
en- any day in the winter. The orange
trees with their rich green leaves, the
banana palms so tall and stately, the
strange eucalyptus, which sheds it's
bark but not its leaves, the native
trees which are always green-all of
these things show plant vitality and
that there is continual growth. 1t be.
ing fartherest south the fruit ripens
earliest and is first on the market in
the United States.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-27
ANSWER THE CALL
Madison People Have Found
That This 10 Necessary

A cold. a sprain, q sudden wrench,
A little aus may hurt the kidneys.
Spells of backache often follow,
Or some irree ularity of the urine.
A splendid remedy for such attacks,
A medicine that has satisfied thous.
ands
Is Doan's Kidney Pills, a special
kidney remedy.
Many Madison people rely on it.
Here is Madison proof
Mrs. G. Donovan, Madison, S. D.,
says: "Wbile l have had no kidney
trouble myself. / know DoaE's Kidney
Pills to be a good kidney remedy. They
have been used by one of my family
with good results. The one who took
them had been suffering very much
with pains in the back and head, and
complained of dizzy spells. Since
Doan's Kidney Pills were used, / have
heard no further complaint of kidney
trouble. l do not hesitate to recon
mend a remedy of such great value"
For sale by all dealers. Price sc
cents. Foster -Milburn Co Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name oan's-and
take no other.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-27
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Jan. 26.--Wheat-On track
and to arrive, No. l hard, 8SAc; No.
1 Northern, S7Ac; No. 2 Northern,
85%c. Flax-On track and to arrive,
S1.50.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-27

three years old. Contrast that with
either Florida or California, where
seven to ten years are necessary to
bring a tree into fruitage. Then the
flavor, color and size of the Texas fruit
are points to be considered. You
would not believe US if we were to tell
you of the size of some of the lemons
and grape fruit in that valley. They
are hanging on the trees and we want
you to &c with us and see for yourself.
What some one tells you is not so sat
~isfactory as personal investigation.
Those now living in the valley are
experimenting with all varieties of cit
rus fruits-lemons, oranges, grape
fruit and also with semi-tropical and
tropical fruits, such as bananas, qua
vas, breadfruit, roselles and with all
the varieties of grapes produced in any
other country-raisin, wine and table
fruit. So far all these fruits give pro
mise of great success. This in itself
is a guarantee for a remarkable future
in the valley. There is no cold wealth
er, no storms, no high winds, no in
sect pests. 1t is furthermost south OF
any mainland in the United States and
most immune from frost.
Tests of the temperature have been
made and it is found that the soil is al
ways warm, showing 10 degrees in
January at a depth of ID feet. Is il
any wonder trees will grow2 They
never stop. On the other hand it is
not SO excessively warm in summer
the invigorating and cool gulf breezes
keep down the summer heat so that a
temperature in excess of 80 degrees is
unusual. Contrast this with the range
of temperature in the corn belt, from
los degrees above to 20 degrees below
There is not as great a range of tenn
pe~rature in the Rio Grande Valley o
Texas as is in the orange belt of either
California or Florida. Here we have
the opportunity to
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-27

Sneffles, Col, A. j. Walsh was bad
Iy done up with rheumatism and sent
for Foley Kidney Pills which was the
only thing that would cure him.
Geo. Potter of Pontiac, Mo-. was down
on his back with kidney and bladder
trouble and Foley Kidney Pills made
him well and able to work. 1t is a
splendid medicine and always helps.
just try it. For sale by all druggists
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-27
Notice Of Hearing Petition for Letters
of Administration.

State Of South Dakota, county oil
Lake, rs: In county court, January
term, 1914. In the matter of the es.
tate of Frederick Chapman, deceased.
The state Of South Dakota sends greet.
ing, to Ford Chapman. Frank Chap
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-27

than any other section of the same area
in our country. So stupendeous are
the possibilities that the mind fails to
fully grasp them; in fact, the mind fall
ters, the tongue becomes dumb, and
only the dreamer of dreams would
dare to prophesy the future of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley.
The first glimpse of the light was the
realization of the fact that the tender
ness of the orange tree depends much
upon the degree of dormancy of sap
movement at the time of low tempera-
ture. This thought was the leader to
the beginning of success in the study
of methods for citrus fruit culture.
must confess that | believe that the
Lower Rio Grande Valley is a tremen-
dous store house bursting with oppor-
tunities for winning fortunes and fame.
h marvellous stores of wealth in this
soil would create opulence for all who
embrace the splendid opportunity now
open to them, and a c~ompentency for
their declining years unequalled in
America.
The pursuit of agriculture today of
ferS inducement as were undreamed of
a generation ago. Picture If you can a
valley intersected here and there by
canals and laterals, but otherwise APP
parently as level as a billiard table,
and you have in your minds eye a con
ception of this district in Texas that
has suddenly leaped to the front as q
winter vegetable section unequalled in
any section of the United States-and
poSSih1y in tho world
Why not get away from the ice and
nov of the north, from uncertain crop
conditions, from mud and sleet? Why
not investigate this remarkable valley
which is drawing people from all corn
ers and from every state. 1t offers
you comfort, a competence, old age in
surance, sure crops. Why not liter
ally live under your own vine and
fig tree. Forty acres i'm the Rio
Grande Valley of Texas will make you
independent, and five acres in fruit
and vegetables will give you a nice in
come. Living is cheap no fuel bill in
winter, no heavy clothing.
Come with us on a trip to Texas.
Come see the orange groves and lemon
trees, the palms, the dates, the figs,
the bananas, the grape vines and the
: grape fruit. You will be filled with
/ wonder and declare that the half has
, not been told.
Ask for particulars as to our excur-
sions on the Tuesday of February Bird.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-27
ON THE o u LOO

The pioneers in the Rio Grande Val
ley of Texas have found that their
orange and lemon trees make a wonder
fully rapid growth; that these citrus
fruits begin producing at two and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-15
Y. M. e. A. MAKES AsouT $500.
Receipts From Sunday Meeting
ThouQht to Be. That Much.

Altho it was not possible to get the
exact figures today because the re-
ceipts and expenses have not all been
figured up. General Secretary H. E..
Wilson, Of the Y. M. C. A.. thought the
association would make about 5000 by
the Sunday meeting Monday afternoon.
The money will probably be used in the
general support fund OF the associa-
ton. The expenses were not large.
Rev. Mr. Sunday gave his services Free.
and no charge was made for the use.
Of the Methodist church.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-15
Christmas cant.ta.

Friday. Dec. IS, 1914, at Methodist
church. given by choir, benefit Of new
Y. M. G. A. building. Tickets 25 cents
and 10 Observation-Disclosures.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-15

Ford's popcorn. It is guaranteed to
pop. Phone 2s4. George c. McCord's
grocery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-15

Every little while thruout his SER
mon he paid vi.rolic compliment to
evil -doers Of all kinds. Here are few:
OF Saul he said: can forgive Zaccheus
for climbing tree, but can't for
give Saul for crawling in hole and
dragging the camp luggage in after
him..
This compliment he paid saurs father.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-03-12
FINGER PRINT SIGNATURES.
Method Adopted by SmeIter Company
EmpIoyjnu Mexicans.

The Engineering and Mining Journal
says that besides good metallurgist,
r. G. Candy should also bear the rep
utation Of being the "Bertillon of the
smelling industry" When the Kansas
City Consolidated Smelling company
began operations at FL Paso, Texas
the labor chiefly available was Mex
leans of the peon class, few of whom
could read or write. On pay day, about
90 per cent of these men signed the
payroll by merely making a cross after
e'r names. Occasionally pay checks
were cashed by other persons than the
workmen to whom they belonged, ant
1t became something of problem to
5ltam satisfactory receipt from the
men. r. c. Candy. then superintend-
ent Of the company. had just been
reading Mark Twain's "Pudd'nhead
Wilson," and the idea of adopting the
finger print system of signing the pay
roll was suggested and after some
discussion, adopted. The workman as
he received his check put his finger
% = rubber stamp pad and then made
an impression after his name on the
payroll, this constituting the evidence
that the smelling company had paid
to him the check This was in 1895
We understand that this system is still
in use at the FL Paso Smelling works
and is also used by several mining
companies.