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The Dolores star., 1915-09-10
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LIFE OF BLACKBERRY ROOTS
After Fruitins Season Canes Should
De Cut Out and 8urned-Train
Plants on Wire TreIiis.

Blackberry roots live for many years
but the canes, excepting two varieties.
bear only In their second year. After
the fruiting season. therefore, they
should be cut out and burned. The
one-year-old canes may usually be left
to themselves throughout the winter.
Not more than three or four new
canes should be left to each plant.
however. and the others should be
thinned out at the same time that the
canes which have fruited are thinned.
In some cases, It will also be desir-
able to train the plants in order to
facilitate cultivation as well as to pre-
vent them being damaged by winter
SHOWS. A wire trellis may then be-
come a profitable investment. The
simplest form of such trellis consists
Of q single wire attached to posts set
at intervals of from fifteen to thirty
feet in each row Of plants. The canes
are tied to this wire about two and
one-half feet above the ground.
Another method is to nail cross
pieces to the posts and stretch two
wires from the ends of these cross
pieces. which form a support for the
blackberry canes on each side. Varie-
ties that grow somewhat like a grape
vine require a much higher trellis with
two wires; one about three and one
about five feet from the ground.
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10
SHEEP PARASITES
ARE TROUBLESOME
Scrawny, Unthrifty Animals VIII
usually Be Found Suffer-
ing With Worms.

Next to dogs internal parasites are
the greatest detriment to the farm
sheep business. The trouble seems
to be aggravated by pasturing sheep
year after year on the same ground
The best cure is prevention and the
practical way Of prevention is chang.
ing pastures as frequently az possible.
scrawny. unthrifty lambs will usual.
ly be found suffering from intestinal
worms. providing. Of course, feed con.
ditions are such that they normally
should be in good shape. Gasoline 10
the best treatment.
Mix we'll one-quarter ounce gasoline
In three ounces sweet milk and drencb
each lamb for three mornings in sue.
cession. Before the first treatment
put them in a pen and give them no
feed nor water for Is hours. Repeat
the treatment again in three weeks
Be careful not to let the lamb strangle
and draw the mixture into the lungs.
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10
GOOD POINTS IN MAKEUP OF BROOD sow
tBy II. N. CorTRELL,

tBy H N. CoTTRELI.)
young SOW should be selected
whose mother and grandmother have
eight or more good pigs at q time,
are heavy mixers and quiet. good
mothers. The strain should be sum
GENTLY active to thrive on pasture.
The young SOW should be thick, deep
and lengthy and should have not less
than ten good teats.
The SOW pig intended for a breeder
should be pushed for the first year
and given feeds that will make rapid
growth. but that will not fatten. Such
feeds as milk. alfalfa or clover pas
ture. or hay. and moderate quantities
Of grain, such as wheat, peas. barley.
milo maize. and shorts. She should
weigh from 300 to 375 pounds at
twelve months Of age when in thrifty
condition, but not fat. Ample exercise
every day is necessary for health and
to develop muscles and lungs. II the
SOW has made good growth, she may
be bred to drop her first litter when
she becomes twelve months old. She
should be in perfect health and in
good flesh when bred. The CESSATION
period for the SOW is about 112 days.
As soon as the pigs have been
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10
PREVENT SERIOUS
LOSS FROM SMUT
Formalin Treatment Is Wholly
Effective and Economical
How to Apply Liquid.

Growers who wish to prevent seri.
GUS loss from smut will find the for
malin treatment wholly effective and
economical. The formalin may be
bought at any drug store at from fifty
cents to one dollar a pint and this
amount will do for treating about
forty bushels of seed. Add one pint
OF formalin, which should be bought
In sealed bottles to insure full
strength. to forty gallons of water.
Mix thoroughly and apply to the
seed oats at once. Spread the grain
on a floor. or in the bottom of a
wagon-bed. Use a common garden
sprinkler to put on the solution and
sprinkle until wet. mix the grain with
shovel and sprinkle again. Every
grain must be thoroughly wet with
some of the mixture or the smut will
not be killed.
After sprinkling. put the grain in a
pile and cover with blankets or sacks
for ten or twelve hours, or over night,
This will kill some smut which other.
wise would not be touched. Spread
the grain out and SOW as soon as SUN.
ciently dry.
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10
FUTURE OF KING ALCOHOL.

The Russian minister of finance Of
fers $362.500 In prizes for the discov.
cry Of new methods for utilizing aico-
hol. Three prizes totaling S25 900, will
be given for the discovery OF new de-
naturizing substances, the improve
ments to be such rs will guarantee .
general use and make alcohol abso-
lutely UNIT for use a. . beverage.
Twenty-one prizes, totaling 1887 500,
are offered for suggestions for adding
to and improving the uses Of spirits
for heating. lighting. motive power
and In the industrial branches OF
chemical technology. The largest
single prize OF $4,000 supplemented
by two other prizes totaling S50.000
Is offered for an invention relating to
the utilization Of spirits in internal
combustion engines; the production Of
such substances as vinegar, ether,
chloroform. dissolving agents. fuel.
lighting, etc.
Russias wise and practical policy
with regard to King Alcohol points to
the time when that most powerful en-
envy Of the human race from the begin
ming Of time shall be transformed into
valued servant and friend. Thus do
we become more than conquerors."
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10

weaned the sows should be culled and
those that are cross or nervous or
have produced small itters or are
inclined to be poor suckers, should
be discarded.
Good sows improve for several
years in the number and size OF the
pigs they have At . litter. The United
States department of agriculture COM
piled the records OF over six thousand
sows and found yearling sows aver.
aged 6.65 pigs per litter. and fve-year-
old sows averaged 81 pigs per litter.
At the Wisconsin experiment station
the year-old sows averaged rs pigs
per litter. with an average weight per
litter OF 14.2 pounds, while sows from
four to five years old averaged nine
pigs per litter with an average weight
per litter OF &c pounds. The common
practice Of farmers selling their old
brood sows each year and reserving
immature ones for breeding is a bad
practice, as the older sows are much
better mothers and their pigs have a
strong advantage in greater vitality
at the start.
One OF the most profitable sows the
writer ever handled had a choice lit.
Ter when she was nine years old.
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10
1fauunEs1f
WATER ron CHRISTENING.

WATER FoA CHRISTENING.
There seems to be some confusion
on the part OF certain good people com
corning the attitude OF the w. C. T. U.
with regard to the christening Of ships
with champagne. The Outlook said
editorially: The opposition Of en-.
treme temperance advocates has a.
ways been dificult to understand" Il
contends that inasmuch as - bottle
smashed on the bow Of battleship 10
one bottle that can never be drunk.
such an event ought to be regarded ~
another blow to the consumption Of
liquor"
Miss Anna A. Gordon. president Of
the National Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union. being asked to give the
white-ribboners' viewpoint. said: sour
friends. the 'nonextremists.' are taking
q narrow and superficial view Of the
question. They are losing sight Of the
symbolism Of the rite itself. Consider
the root meaning of the word christen.
ing. One Of the dictionary definitions
OF to christen is, to name. as ship
by a ceremony likened to baptism Al.
ways baptism In the Christian econ
omy has been with water. II in day.
gone by spirituous liquors. were sup
posed to give long life and to bring
good luck. the revelations of science
have thoroughly exploded that theory.
Water Ia a symbol Of life, alcohol q
symbol Of disease, destruction and
death. tho enemy OF life and OF EN-.
cheney; hence the christening Of any
ship with champagne is an absurdity
and an anachronism." -.. r..
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10
VENTILATION AND
LIGHT IN STABLES
Filth and Darkness Almost In.
variabIy Go Together-Put
in More Windows.

Provide plenty of light. A dark
stable 10 an abomination. regardless
Of what kind Of stock it contains. Filth
and darkness almost invariably go to-
gether. Procure some sash (old ones
are just a. good for this purpose) and
mt with glass. When there is ordi-
narily one window there should be two
or three. Three square feet of sash
is none too much for each ten linear
feet of siding.
The windows may be made to slide,
or be hinged at the lower edge, and
held In place with a catch. providing
for a method Of ventilation which,
while crude, il better than none.
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10
SAVE ALL OF GOOD
+ BREEDING ANIMALS
Desirable Pigs, Lambs, Calves
and Colts Should Receive
Best Of Attention.

The importance of saving all of the
breeding animals that would make de-
Sirable sires and dams will certainly
be apparent to those who think Of the
subject seriously. There seems to be
. strong demand for breeding animals
to place at the head of herds. Many
who have never given animals a place
on their farms are now beginning
herds or wish to get breeding stock
for the purpose of making a beginning
with animals. Let every man who has
desirable pigs, lambs, calves and colts
take care of the animals SO they may
be of use to the people who need
them.
The man who raises breeding stock
for those who need them deserves
credit. He Is making It possible for
his neighbors to raise better stock
BY his diligence in breeding live stock
he helps his neighbors and is making
1t possible for farms to produce more
wealth.
Every breeder who has animals that
are desirable for breeders owes 1t to
his neighbors and friends as we'll as
to the country to advertise his animals
80 others who need breeding stock
may buy. Poor animals should not be
used and it Is useless to advertise
them. Successful breeders recognize
this and Gull out the undesirable and
offer only those that are valuable for
breeders. Every registered animal is
not suitable for breeding stock. Many
are not. These undesirables should be
slaughtered. 1t takes more than regis
tration papers to make a desirable
sire or dam. The animals must have
type and conformation, with pure
blood.-Farm and Ranch.
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10
STUDY OF ALCOHOL.

That the dangers Of alcohol should
be emphasized in every school in the
land, was the opinion voiced by DR..
G. d. Cameron OF Ohio, speaking be-
fore the bureau OF sanitary science
OF the American Institute Of Homeo-
patty. While the schools had touched
upon the subject somewhat, he said.
1t remained for the European war to
set forth the true relation Of this
demoralizer Of human efficiency"
The utter desolation alcohol Gre
ates in the home makes It Ike war;"
he asserted. Like war. It Gigs the
untimely grave. II psuperises.
Through heredity It creates the neu-
rotic. II damns and degenerates
wherever 1t comes In contact with
the human tissue. It paves the way
for tuberculosis and il first assistant
in disseminating the diseases Of vice.
Yet the schools do not manifest the
strong interest in this subject which
its importance In social science de-
serves. Let the forces Of enlightenment
array themselves where the enemies
Of society are making their strong
est attack. The schools should teach
that good health IL LIES greatest as~
set"
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10
CONDEMN rnE SALOON.

Tho Catholic Total Abstinence
union at its annual convention n MI
waukee voted to join hands with the
Dry Chicago federation and appoint.
cd Q committee to cooperate with
that organization. The saloon" do
clared the Catholics, rs engaged IN
destroying civilized society. So long
as It confined its destroying influence
to the male portion Of our population
temporizing remedies and expedientS
were FIRST to be thought Of. but since
the alcohol octopus has enmeshed the
whole family in its Shiny teutacleG
with commercialized vice, q symptom
Of the alcoholic blight. with woman
hood dishpnored and motherhood dc.
stroyed, the manhood that remains nm
sullied must arise In defense till tbs
whole bad business il swept from our
land"
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10

q
!" govern the fashions during o
the matter OF served
who annually pgtmage
more restricted supply Of foreign fashionable
han
attracting the attention Of houses
city a
In the -
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10
VISIT SHEEPFOLD
DURING The NIGHT
No Better Way Of Judging Needs
of AnimaIs-Do Not Let Dogs
Bother the Lambs.

Did you ever go to your sheepfold
at night? II not. you have missed one
OF the treats of your life In no other
way can you come SO near Judging
the real needs Of your sheep. If one
IL little thin or in discomfort 1t is
easy to diagnose their case
Rettor watch that the dogs do not
bother your sheep. Many fine lamb
has been lost by the eve being fright
ened at q dog. An actual bite is not
necessary. A bad scare is enough.
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10

One of the hooks is thrown over
sound upper limb. near the crotch.
and the other il adjusted on the limb
below that requires support. A piece
of strong wire is then fastened to both
hooks by means of the slots and per-
forations. and pulled up till the sag
ging branch is in proper position.
The wire is then twisted fast and
there is no danger of its yielding or
breaking, as rope has been known
to do. g
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10


pleasant habitat
Daby
70 shown him.
At his owners home the
reclining
and he real nice
when the movie man. arrived to chronicle his
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The Dolores star., 1915-09-10


established
changes
them =
compu.d and
up date with additional notifications
conditions Of the
Secretary chase time
Experience showed
destruction
=
Of these
by joint committees This policy
Adoo's d. ~
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10
SOCIAL AND CIVIC pRoBLEM.

William A. Pinkerton has said that
MI Of us are more or less potentially
criminal, and that this innate ten.
dency II kept submerged by most men
through habits Of temperate selfcon-
troll.
That the city and state are rcspon-
sible for deliberately breaking down
the resisting power Of their citixeno
there NO longer can be any question
In other words. the problem Of crime
II. not merely matter Of individual
responsibility. Its prevention II 8
question Of social and civic obligation-
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10
FUNGUS CAUSE OF GRAPE ROT
NotIeed-can Be Prevented by
Bordeaux Spraying.

Grape rot 10 caused by a fungus
that grows in the tissues of the fruit
itself. The mischief is done before
the trouble il noticed. There is no
remedy after the grapes have begun
to dot. 1t can be prevented by spray
ing with bordeaux mixture
Spray just before the leaves open in
the spring. and at least three times
after the grapes have Set
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10
YOUNG PIGS NEED
A GROWING RATION
Feeding Must Be Tempered With
Judgment-Avoid Too Much
Fattening Materials.

The hog grower. Of the future in
pork production as a business PROPOSE.
ton and not using hogs merely as
scavengers in the feed lot, must take
cognizance Of the fact that the young
pigs up to the age Of six months need
q growing and not a fattening ration,
and that their feeding must be tenn.
pered with judgment.
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10
SUPPORTING LIMBS OF TREES
Device Invented by California Man
Which 10 Quite Praetieal-sae-
qino Branch 10 Kept Up.

A California man has invented a
device for supporting limbs of trees
that are either broken or sagging with
their burden of fruit. which is very
practical. Two iron hooks have slots
at both ends and q hole at one end.
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10

uAue uy inc chumber OF cOmmerc0
through negotiations with the Amer.
lean chamber OF commerce at the
French capital; the proposition 10 now
to enlist the united efforts Of mer-
chants in the scheme which might re-
suit in magnificent benefits to Wash.
ington.
The world war has dealt stun.
ming blows to modistss Of France,
Coming with . suddenness that was
startling. the connagration that was
destined to envelop the greater part
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10

undomesticated baby jaguar for
chum and companion. To be sure. 1t
Is only two months old. and no larger
than big house cat, but It has a
formidable array OF long. white. sharp
teeth encircling its jaws. small. pierre
ing, yellow eyes AMI very short tenn
per.
. Although Mrs. Wilson and Beauty
have been friends only a few weeks
the little wild pet seems to take his
captivity as a matter of course, and
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10

found
1t.
Ordinary to
Dust shape and sze Is
the stamps
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10
Trouble with Peaches,

1t is not because peaches are not
good nor q fine crop to grow, that we
sometimes hear it said. There is no
money in the business" The trouble
Is to get the peaches to the right
spot. Thousands Of people never ret
their share.
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10

~o'"""'""V "o'ln was uobtroye0
each day.
In 1865 only 100000 pieces Of
paper money with a nominal value of
$144.219.920 were destroyed. Regula-
tons for the destruction OF paper
money have rece' .ly bean codified
and revised by the treasury depart
ment.'
The government first Il sued paper
money in connection with the Civil
war finances. and Secretary Chase's
HRRulafinna zrneA hnaod s,x<1.. A.
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10

P1CP@yIHB pObIHB6 UH pHFCeB HHu
postage and insurance fee on insured
parcels amounting to II cents.
The local postage rate upon parcel
post is II cents upon parcels Weighing
IL and 10 pounds. In the first and
second zones packages weighing seven
pounds take II cents.
In the fourth zone, II cents il re-
quired for two-pound parcels. and In
the seventh zone for one-pound par
cells. The rate IN the seventh zone for
IL pounds 70 gill. Hence 1t was
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10
Society Woman in Washington Has a Pet Jaauar

oC1ETY explored
Of unique decorations miady
the happy distinction
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10
Money Destroyed at Rate Of $5,OO0,OOO a Day

EDEEMED with nominal s77s
~
ended June go
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10
Washington May Be Worlds Capital Of Fashion

for the transferring the dctatorship
fashions
toward making this city
The Dolores star., 1915-09-10
Eleven-cent Stamp Is Now Sold by Uncle San


this denomination The
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-10
Notice of Election

Notice is hereby given that a Gen. eral Municipal Election will be held in the Town of Valdez, Alaska, oa the sixth day of April 1915, for the purpose of elcctin@ seven members of the Common Council, who shall hold office for the term of one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified also one member of the Valdez School Board who shall serve as director for a term of three years and until his successor is elect. ed and qualified.
 The Town Hall has been designat- ed as the polling place for said elec- tion.
 Said election shall commence at g o'clock a. m. and shall continue un- til o'clock p. m. of the same day. without closing the polls.
 R. E. ASHBY,
 Town Clerk. Publications March 8, 15. 22. 29.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-10
The Prospector office for job work,
Summons By Publication


 In the District Court for the Terri tory of Alaska, Third Division.
 J. l.. Reed, plaintiff, vs. Fri Thomp- son and NJ. A. Ellis, defendants.- No. S-49. Summons by Publication.
 The President of the United States of America, greeting: To Fri Thomp- son, the above named defendant: You are hereby summoned to appear in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, in the Third Division, at Valdez, within thirty days after the completion of the publication of this summons against you, to-wit: within thirty days after the 18th day of Ap- Til, 1915, and answer the complaint of the above named plaintiff, filed in the clerks office of the above entitled court; and unless you so appear and answer or otherwise plead, the plain tiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in said complain, to-wit: decree subjecting to the lien of certain judgments duly docket ed in the above entitled court, in ia. vor of the plaintiff and the said de- fendant Fri Thompson, on the Battle AK placer mining claim, in Cook Inlet Precinct. Territory of Alaska, and or dering that the same be sold to satis- fly said judgments.
 This summons is served on you by publication thereof, pursuant to an order duly made and entered by the above entitled court, on the Sth day of March, 1915, which publication was directed to be made once a week for six consecutive weeks.
 Witness the Honorable Fred. NJ. Brown, judge of said Court, this Sth day of March, 1915.
 (SeaD ARTHUR LANG,
 Clerk of the District Court
 By CHAS A. HAND. Deputy.
 Date of first publication March S. 1915.
 Date of last publication April 19. 1915.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-10
HAIR AND VITALITY.
The One Acts. In Measure. as an In-
 dex of the Other.

The One Acts. In Measure. as an ln-
 dex of the Other.
 In the course of its continuous growth the hair records the tide of VI. tality as it rises and falls in the body. When hair is held up to the light it may be seen to be smaller at some places than at others. There may be d space of one-eighth of an inch perhaps where the hair is so thin as to appear ready to break off.
 Such spots indicate an appreciable loss of nourishment, sleepess night or an attack of autointOxication. In the last named cases the general vitall' ty is interfered with, and the roots of the hair. not being developed. are not as strong as otherwise.
 The hair grows until the weight is so great that it can no longer be s'ls' tained by the root, and it drops out. That is why hairs are of different lengths. Coarse hair. having large roots, will grow long. When the vital. ity is low all over the body the roots are imperfectly developed. and the hair is likely to fall out. us in cases of ty phoid fever.
 Dandruff is parasitic disease. and the parasites get down around the root of the hair. which becomes diseased. That is another reason why the hair falls out.-Boston Herald.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-10
Notice of Special Meeting of the Stockholders of the Valdez Electric Company.

Notice is hereby given that spec ial meeting of the stockholders of the Valdez Electric Company, will be in he town of Valdez, Alaska, on Thursday, the 22nd day of April, 1915, at the hour of 2 o'clock, in the after noon of said day, for the purpose of considering the question of increasing the capital stock of said company, from it's present capitalization, name ly twenty-five thousand dollars. dl- vided into twenty-five hundred shares of the par value of ten dollars each, to the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, which shall be divided into one hundred thousand shares of the par value of one dollar each. Also authorizing the company to amend It's articles of incorporation, so that its indebtedness may be increased to a sum not to exceed fifty thousand dol lars. with full power to issue bonds in payment of all of its indebted. ness, and to mortgage or otherwise hypothecate it's property or any part thereof, for the purpose of securing such indebtedness. Also authorizing the company to amend it's articles of incorporation, so that it may acquire by purchase or otherwise water rights. water power, and the lands incident al thereto, and that 1t may reduce the number of it's directors from seven to three.
 And you are hereby notified to be present at said meeting either in per son, or by your regularly authorized proxy or attorney in fact for the pur- pose of considering said questions.
 This notice is hereby served on you by publication thereof, in the Valdez Daily Prospector, newspaper published at Valdez, Alaska. which is the principal place of business of said company. Said notice will be published in said newspaper for eight consecutive weeks, beginning with the issue of February 24th, 1915, and end ing with the issue of April 21st, 1915. Witness our hands as directors of said company. this 23rd day of Feb ruary, 1915.
 F. M. BOYLE,
 B. E. RITCHIE,
 w. M. FINICAL,
 GEO. J. LOVE.
 Directors.