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The Washington herald., 1916-12-08
NEW YORK CURB MARKET.

New York. Dec There was general improve
meut throushout the curb list today. Industriais
In general were much hnner. Standard OILS were
IN demand and hrmr. Mining stocks were hrepa-
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New York.
New Orleans.
BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

Boston. Dec. The market was active and strong
in American Zinc and some Of the 0wer-pSiced
mining stocks
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NEW YORK BOND MARKET,

New York. Dec. 7.-Ffum p m to closing:
American Foreign Securities A.....,.....
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WASHINGTON PRODUCE.

SE1-Hvidend.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
U. S. PLANS TO SEEK
CALIFORNIA POTASH

WASHINGTON Jan. 11.-An alarm
ing scarcity of fertilizer material, due
principally to- the German embargo
against the expectation of potash, has
caused Secretary of Agriculture Hous-
ton to take a personal interest in the
situation.
'The department is investigating all
aspects of the situation, and is plan
ming to send experts to California to
study the situation, and especially to
consider possibilities of production on
commercial SCALE" said the secre-
tary.
Investigations by government ex-
perts have shown the possibilities of
producing from American sources an
ample supply of potash salts for do
mestic consumption. The sources in
clude the giant kelp beds of the Pa
cific coast from Lower California to
Alaska; the alunite deposits, mainly
in the mountains of Utah; the field
spathic rocks of the eastern part of
the United States, and the mud of
Searles lake in California.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
ONE CROP OF WHEAT
PAID FOR HIS FARM

ATCHISON, Kan, Jan. 11.-Albert
Armstrong, of this city, who has just
returned from a trip to Lane county,
says the farmers out there are worry
ing about what to do with their
money this year, instead of worrying
about how to get along for lack of it.
This has been a wonderful year for
Western Kansas farmers, according to
Armstrong. Last spring one Lane
county farmer traded a heifer for a
piece of volunteer wheat for the pur-
pose of pasturing his cattle on it.
The wheat did so well he decided
to let it grow and harvest it. Result:
He harvested 1900 bushels of wheat
which he sold for $1,000. Another far
mer bought half section of land for
SIS an acre, and this years crop paid
for the land.
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CROP ROTATION ADVANTAGES
POINTED OUT BY EXPERTS
CONTINUOUS CLOSE PASTURING
STARVES PLANT ROOT
System of Rotation Pasturing Adopted
in Arizona Offers Great Posi-
biIities to Alfalfa Raisers
of the Southwest

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-An inter
esting bulletin issued by the United
States department of agriculture has
the following to say concerning alfalfa
pasture and the benefits to be attained
by the rancher through rotation of his
crops:
"a system of rotation pasturing is
being adopted in Arizona which, in the
opinion of specialists in the depart
ment, offers great possibilities to al
falfa raisers in the southwest. Far
mers who pasture alfalfa frequently
have difficulty in maintaining the
stand. This problem is specially acute
in the irrigation sections of the south
west, where the season is long and
livestock kept on the fields practically
the entire year
Continuous close pasturing starves
the roots of the plants, and the tramp
ing of the wet soil does further dam
age. In consequence the stand thins
out rapidly, weeds gain footing, and
the productivity of the fields is much
decreased. The Arizona system over
comes these difficulties by keeping the
livestock off the fields until the alfalfa
is sufficiently mature to make hay. The
animals are then turned into the fields
in large enough numbers to harvest
the crop quickly.
"This system has been partly devel-
Oped on many farms in the state, but
has been perfected on two farms to an
extent which deserves particular at
tention. The system practiced is fully
outlined in Circular 81 of the Office of
the secretary.
zone of these farms, situated near
Phoenix, Ariz., comprises 100 acres of
alfalfa of the best type found in the
state. 1t is divided into eight fields of
twenty acres each, all in alfalfa These
fields are pastured at different times
during the year, but occasionally the
crop is cut off for hay instead of being
pastured off, When ready for pasture,
dairy cows giving milk are first turned
into the fields. After they have Sc
cured the best Of the feed they are
turned into new field, and followed
by dry cows and young stock. These
clean up the field, and are in turn
transferred to another, the first field
being watered and left to mature an
other crop. In the case of those fields
which are cut for hay, after the crop
Aoo OOOA put uP Will q udy IOGuSI
dry COWS and young stock are utilized
to clean up the waste hay before the
| field is watered.
"The obvious advantage of this sys.
tenn is that the milch cows are con.
stantly supplied with the best feed on
the farm. Maximum returns from them
are thus secured, while the second
class feed is quite good enough to keep
the dry cows and young stock in con.
dition. Under this system the equiva-
lent of 168 full-grown cattle are kept
on the farm for twelve months, and
$50 tons of surplus feed produced in
addition. The stand of alfalfa has
been maintained in excellent condi.
ton for ten years now"
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
MERCHANT SHIPS OF U. S.
GROW IN SIZE AND NUMBERS
MERCHANT MARINE HAS GREAT
EST GAIN IN HISTORY
Increased Tonnage and improvement
Of Craft Reported - Numerous
American-oWned Vessels
Fly Foreign Flags

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-According
to the annual report of the commits
sioner of navigation, the merchant ma
rine of the United States, including all
kinds of documented shipping, COM
prised on June 80 last 26,7O1 vessels
of 1888, ,249 gross tons, compared with
26,843 vessels of 7,920,688 gross tons
one year earlier The years absolute
increase in tonnage, 6S,561, has never
been equaled in the history of the
United States.
American shipping registered for the
foreign trade included in the figures
above numbered on June 80, 1915
2,794 vessels of 1,O71, ,543 gross tons, an
increase during the year of 389 vessels
of 795,391 gross tons. This increase
is three times as great as the increase
in registered tonnage during any pre-
vious year in our history.
During the last year under the ship
registry act of Aug. 18, 1914, total
of 1914 vessels and of 193,650 tons, val,
ued at $93,392,756, and manned by
6,149 men, were transferred from for
eign flags to the American flag and
register. These transfers in most
cases involved a change only in the
ownership of record, made possible
by the act referred to, which enabled
American owners to place under their
own flags ships built in foreign coun.
tries.
During the year 1,157 vessels of 225,.
1872 gross tons were built and docu.
mented in the United States, COM
pared with 1,153 vessels of 316,25O
gross tons for the previous year. The
output is the smallest since 1898, and
was anticipated in the report for last
year because of the general depres-
sion in shipbuilding and other indus
tries prevailing in the summer and
early autumn of 1914.
The receipts from tonnage duties
during the year ended June 80, 1915,
were $1,315,425, compared with 81 ,31O,.
759 for the previous year, and are the
largest annual receipts from this
source in over thirty years. The re.
ceipts from navigation fees for the
year amounted to 1868, ,450, decrease
of $104,25O.
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MAY COIN "SlX-BIT" PIECE AS
SOUVENIR OF SAN DIEGO FAIR

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 11.-According to
announcement made by President G.
A. Davidson of the Panama-California
international exposition, Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo is considering
plans for the coming of silver "six-bit
(75 cent? pieces in commemoration of
the exposition.
It is proposed that the coin be
octagonal in shape, the same as was
the "1849 slug" of early California
days.
"The plan provides for the pieces to
be legal tender as we'll as to serve as
exposition, souvenirs" said President
Davidson. "The request for the issue
is now before the treasury depart
ment, and if granted it will be the
first time that an exposition has adopt
ed a United States coin of a value
other than those in daily use. Having
a legal tender value of six bits the
coin will be symbolical of California" :"
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
BRITISH MAIL SEIZURES
OCCASION U. S. PROTEST

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-This gov
ernment formally has protested Brit
ish seizures of mail from steamers
touching at ports, of Great Britain. The
protest will be made public within a
few days.
Much American mail thus has been
held up recently. One suggestion was
that Great Britain has been seeking
to get bonds and other German docu-
ments being forwarded to America
after having been seized in France and
Belgium.
The seizures have caused loss and
delay to American business houses,
and have called forth considerable
complaint.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
TEST NEW SPRAY TO
KILL CITRUS SCALE

LOS ANGELES, JAM ia spray
that destroys the scale on citrus trees
a malady that has troubled the fruit
growers of California, Louisiana and
Florida for many years, has been in
vented by John H. Talbot, chemist
of this city, and is now being expert
mented with by local citrus men.
The spray is being used successfully
in combating the scale pest in the or.
ange groves of Florida, where the en-
tire crop of $2,000,O00 is endangered.
The association of Florida orange
growers has already petitioned the
government for an appropriation of
$1,OO0,O0O to fight the plague L. S.
Byers, representative of the Califor-
MIA Spray Company of California, is
conducting the experiments in this
state.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
RIDDLED ANCONA
LIFEBOAT Is FOUND

ROME, Jan. 1O.-An Italian sailing
ship arrived at Anzic this afternoon,
towing one of the Ancona's lifeboats,
which it picked up off Gaeta on Dec. 4.
The lifeboat was riddled by bullets
and damaged by she'll fire, and con-
tanned feminine garments which had
been used in stopping the leaks.
There were hairpins and stockings and
torn Italian bank notes. There also
were splinters of shells which evil
IDENTIFY. had caused the capsizing of the
lifeboat when, loaded with survivors,
mostly women, as the garments used
in stopping the holes caused by the
shell and bullet fire showed, it was at
tackled by the submarine which sank
the Ancona or some other underwater
craft.
The boat is now being examined by
naval experts with the object of ascer-
tanning whether the splinters are of
shells of German or of Austrian man
ufacture.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15

in the Yucaipa, Oak Glen and Beau
mont districts, and 2,400 acres are
planted, 1000 of which are bearing
fruit.
One of the best apple-bearing dis
tricts is at Julian, in San Diego coun-
ty. The county has 1,100 acres in
bearing. Julian is located on mesas,
more than 1000 feet above sea level,
where the snowfall in winter is very
heavy and the falls are frequent
enough to give color and snap to the
fruit grown in that locality.
The same conditions prevail in the
Yucaipa and Oak Glen district, near
Mount San Bernardino, the elevation
varying from 5000 to 1000 feet. The
Yucaipa valley has 500 acres of bear
ing trees and 4,100 that are non-bear-
ing. The yield this year is estimated
at 100 carloads, or $4,000 boxes.
The care given to the picking and
packing of the apples in these terri
tories is as scrupulous as that given to
the orange. and lemon industry. Each
of the apples is hand-picked and
placed in leaf-lined buckets. The fruit
is then sifted singly into boxes, and
again lifted by hand on to canvas ta-
bles to be sorted and graded. Most
of the fruit is shipped to Los Angeles
to be placed in cold storage for the
California and Arizona markets.
While there are thousands of acres
of apple, plum, pear, peach and apri-
cot and other fruit trees in Southern
California, the supply of the fruit is
kept for the local or nearby consump.
ton, and little of it is sent out of the
immediate territory Most of the sup
ply goes to the canneries.
The ideal climate and the unlimited
summer sunshine make the apricot
one of the most promising assets in
the deciduous fruit group, because it
is not affected by frosts as easily as
other more delicate products from the
orchards.
Grapes are gradually coming into
their own, and the eastern market for
raisins during the last few years has
almost doubled The eastern consum.
ers are beginning to recognize the su.
perior quality of the raisins from this
section.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
CIVIL SERVICE TESTS
ANNOUNCED BY U. S.

: LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1.-THE Unit
ed States civil service commission will
hold an examination Jan. 18 for civil
engineer to fill vacancies as they may
occur in the Philippine service, at sal
aries ranging from $1,8O0 to $4,000 a
year.
The commission is seeking men and
women teachers in the Indian service.
1t has experienced considerable diff
Guilty in securing sufficient eligibles
for this position, and qualified per-
sons are urged to take the examina-
tion Jan. 10 and 20.
On Feb. 2 the commission will hold
an examination for assistant in meta
bolism Investigations. The salary is
800 year.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
OF DFC|D|OUS
fruit CROP IS REMARKABLE
THOUSANDS OF ACRES PLANTED TO Trees OF VARIOUS KINDS
ARE DESTINED TO MAKE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FAMOUS
Basis of Bulk Of Southern Caos Revenue Found In Canned Goods
Thousands Of Acres Of Apples Ps Pears Peaches and Aprcos
In SouhAppe Industry Only Beginning to Make Itself Known

While the name of California is
linked in the popular mind with fruit
it is still in the infant stage compare.
lively to it's resources as far as the de.
ciduous variety of dainty foods are
concerned. Southern California is fab
ulously wealthy in citrus fruit, and the
pioneers of the other variety are hope
full that they will be in the same en-
viable position before many more
years.
At the present time the basis of the
bulk of Southern California's revenues
is found in canned goods, raisins, dried
peaches and apricots in this variety of
food. The shipment of fresh fruit has
been more highly developed in other
parts of the state.
While the aggregate production of
these fruits in Southern California has
already reached into the millions, the
growers who are nursing this industry
maintain that the industry is still in
it's swaddling clothes and has not
shown any of it's real strength, and
possibilities.
Apple Prospects Bright
The apple industry has only. begun
thousands of acres of trees which in
the near future will help to put this
part of the state on the map as an
apple-growing country which are now
only patiently awaiting development
There are about 5000 acres of apple
bearing trees in Southern California
and there are more than $4,000 acres
of trees which are not bearing. More
are being planted, as the proper eleva,
tion and soil and water conditions are
discovered, as the most advantageous
manner in which to raise these hardy
and delectable articles of food.
Apples in this part of the state thrive
best at an elevation of about 5000 feet
it has been proven, and it is there that
the growers are starting their orch
ards. In Los Angeles county it has
been estimated that there are about
$4,000 bearing trees and only 41,00(
non-bearing trees.
In San Bernardino county there are
about 10000 acres of apple trees which
are not bearing fruit and 1000 that
produce crops. The bearing trees are
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
ONE INJURED IN N. Y. STREET
ACCIDENT EVERY % MINUTES

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE World,
after an investigation of accidents in
the streets of New York, publishes
these statistics:
Every twenty-five minutes someone
is injured in an accident. From Jan.
to Dec. 1 of the current year there
were 1928 accidents and 21,723 per-
sons were injured in them.
Every thirteen hours someone is
killed in an accident. From Jan. 1 to
Dec. 1 the number of such fatalities
was 612.
Two of every five killed were chill
dren under 16 years of age-277 for
the eleven months.
Three of every ten injured were
children-7,126 for the eleven months.
The deaths are greater in number
and in proportion to population than
is the case in any other great city of
America or Europe.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
PLANS RECEIVED FOR
SAN BERNARDlNO p. o.

SAN BERNARDINO, Jan. 11.-Gen-
eral plans for the new postoffice build
ing have been received by Postmaster
T. E. Klipstein. The structure is to
be located at the corner of G and
Eighteenth streets, with the principal
entrance on Eighteenth street. Mis-
sion style of architecture will be used
throughout. The exterior will be
stone, with a red tile roof The Sec
ond floor will be occupied by the vari-
GUS federal Offices, and club room for
the postal clerks will be fitted up in
the basement. An appropriation Of
$135,000 has been made by the gov
ernment, and actual construction will
be commenced some time in the early
spring.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
U. S. TO TEST HUGE
ARMED AEROPLANE

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 1.-THE Curtiss
Aeroplane factory in Buffalo is re-
ported to be constructing a huge tri-
plane equipped with 160 h. p. motors
and armed with a battery of six-inch
non-recoil guns. 1t is said the ma
chine will be capable of flying 1000
miles at maximum speed without
replenishing its fuel supply. It will
have accommodations for fourteen
passengers. 1t is reported the ma
chine when finished will be shipped to
San Diego for trial by the govern
ment.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
1888, ,33278 BALANCE
IN STATE SCHOOL FUND

I SACRAMENTO, Jan. 11-State Con.
troller Chambers notified State Super
intendent of Public instruction Hyatt
that there was a balance of $685.
1928 in the state school fund, and
that the money was available for ap-
portionment.
Increased inheritance taxes, late
poll tax collections and additional at
tendance money provided by the state
board of control have eliminated the
deficit the schools faced at the begin
ming of the year.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
NEW STATE is PREDICTED
BY DIVIDING MICHIGAN

CALUMET, Mich, Jan. 11-That
the forty-ninth state of the Union will
be Superior, comprising the present
upper peninsula of Michigan, was the
prediction made by Roger M. Andrews
of Menominee at the annual banquet
of the Calumet Business Mems asso-
citation
The fifteen counties of the upper
peninsula are geographically separat-
ed from the lower peninsula, and were
ceded to Michigan by congress in 1887
in settlement of the Ohio boundary
dispute.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
NEW FAIR BEING MADE
BY PLUCKY SAN DIEGO

SAN DIEGO, Jan. ia new expo
sition is in the making here Scores
OF new exhibits are being installed at
the Panama-California International
exposition, some of them the finest
showing at the recent San Francisco
fair. Among these are the Canadian,
French and United States government
exhibits. The local exposition has
not closed it's gates, however, during
the reconstruction, and hundreds of
visitors are seeing the sights there
daily.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
BUG, is BLAMED FOR
ELECTROLYSIS WORK

SAN BERNARDINO, Jan. ia hard
shelled bug with an appetite for lead
pipe is responsible for the perforation
of cable coverings for which telephone
experts have blamed electrolysis, ac-
cording to Albert Schuler of Santa
Barbara, who exhibited three of the in
sects in the course of an address de-
livered at the convention of the Inde-
pendent Telephone Association of
America.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
GRIP QUARANTINE TO
STAMP OUT EPIDEMIC

MILWAUKEE,, Jan. 11.-George C.
Rutland, health commissioner, who,
with his department, has been trying
to stamp out the epidemic of grip
which has affected $4,000 Milwaukee
ans, plans to ask united action in all
the states toward laws to require ply
sicians to report all cases of colds or
grip. He will ask the American Med
lcal association to work for a modi-
fed quarantine in all states.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
HOUSE HARBOR BILL
PLANS $48,O0O,OOO

WASHINGTON, Jan. IA general
harbor bill was formally agreed upon
by the house rivers and harbors com.
mittee, which voted to begin imme-
diately the preparation of measure
on the basis of the projects already
authorized. 1t would embrace a max
imum of $44 100000 for new work un-
der authorized projects, and $4,0OO,OOO
for their maintenance. The question
of new projects was left open.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
MUTINIES BLAMED FOR
LONG LEAVES OF ABSENCE

PARIS, Jan. 10. = The long leaves
of absence now being granted to large
numbers of Greek soldiers are due not
so much to economy, but on account
of mutinies which have broken out,
says the Petit Partisan. The near
ness of their hereditary enemies, the
Bulgarians, is exasperating the troops
to such a degree that their officers
have no control over them.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
Great REVIVAL in Mining

WASHINGTON, Jan. thinning in
the United States is in the midst of
a great revival. Preliminary esti-,
mates of the 1915 production, made
public, by the geological survey, show
large increases over the output last
year in nearly all classes of minerals.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
PAPER SUPPRESSED
AT JAPAN'S REQUEST

PEKIN, Jan. 10.-The Daily Tsin-
Choupao has been suppressed at the
request of Eki Hoki, Japanese min
lister to China, because of published
charges that Japan was promoting the
Chinese revolution.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
10000 Meals at 5 Gents

PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. 11-Fifty
thousand square meals at five cents
each will be contracted for by the city
to feed men given employment by the
city as part of plan to relieve unem-
ployment during the winter months.
Two eating houses made bids of five
cents each on the contract for supply
ing the meals.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
New York Marriages Decrease

NEW YORK, Jan. Wharfage
licenses suffered slump in New York
in 1915, according to Edward H. Hart.
chief marriage clerk here. There were
1888 fewer licenses than in 1914, Hart
said. Only 32,851 licenses were issued
in 1915, against 1864 in the preced-
ing twelve months.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
WEEKS NEWS FROM
NE|GHbORING CITIES
BRIEF outline OF CURRENT EVENTS
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
condensed Resume Of The Weeks Happenings
Covering Events Of Interest from Nearby
Places ---Win Allow Rapid Scanning
Something Slipped; Caused Quake

Something Slipped; Caused Quake
SEATTLE, Jan. 11.-Somewhere in
the Olympic or Cascade mountains
something slipped, and Seattle and the
Northwest suffered an earthquake
shock. This is the explanation of the
recent earthquake offered by Prof. E..
J. Saunders, of the University of
Washington.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
New Seal for San Dieqo Fair

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 11.-This design
for a new seal has been accepted by
the fair managers, viz: Within cir
Gle and the marginal legend, Panama
California international Exposition,
1916" are shown the bridge and tower
of the California building; at the left
a Spanish cavalier; at the right, fac
tories and signs of modern activities;
an artisan with tools in the foreground.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
Athens Food SuppIy Short

ATHENS, Jan. 10.-There have been
riots here because of the shortage of
bread, sugar and COAL M
A crowd of women proceeded to the
residence of Premier Skouloudis and
smashed windows because of the ir-
regular payments to the soldiers. The
troops also are protesting against the
irregularity of their pay.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
CONDENSATION OF
CURRENT EVENTS
CLEANED FROM NUMEROUS SECTIONS
OF BOTH HEMISPHERES
Dispatches PiehHing Developments From the Out.
side World Stripped Of Unnecessary
Details and Presented IN Brief
Greenland Is GROWING

LONDON, Jan. 1O.-Corrections re-
Gently made in maps of Greenland
have shown it to be 10000 square
miles larger than formerly believed.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
Monitor Hero Dead

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 11.-William
burst, said to be the sole survivor of
the crew of the Monitor, which en-
gagged the Merrimac in the historic
battle in Hampton Roads, died at his
home here, from pneumonia. He was
seventy-six years old.
The Parker post., 1916-01-15
No Vodka With Peace

PETROGRAD, Jan. 1O.-Russia's re-
nunciation of vodka is to be MAIN
tanned after the war, Finance Minis
ter Bark declared, on highest author.
ity."