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that they fill cars and load trains and
are transported for great distances.
Feeding the nation has become a ire
mendous undertaking 1t cannot be
done without the agency of men
trained in the work of distribution
- "a description of the usual course
that quart Of strawberries or dozen
peaches follow in getting from the
vine or tree to the ultimate eater
would be long and technical as to
make it unsuitable for newspa per
article. Let me ask you two aues-
tons. How can grower at Rocky
Ford. in Colorado, get one of his
cantaloupes into the ice box of fat
dweller in New York or st. Louis?
Maybe the. grower has 100000 canta-
loupes. Can he send them, say. to $4,000
customers living in one a dozen
cities. Ny questions answer them
selves.
What little retail grocer would be
willing to buy carload of canta-
loupes? And of whom would he buy
them, even were he brave enough to
make the attempt? There are specialists
in cantaloupes just as there are in
apples. potatoes, berries, peaches and
SO on.
THE wholesaler, with many carloads
of cantaloupes and perhaps large con-
signments of other perishable food
products. has to move quickly. He can
cars into large fractions. he turns over
to the jobbers the task of supplying
the retail dealers. Thus the crop of
cantaloupes Is disposed of expeditions
ly and efficiently, as all practice dem
onstrates.
zone day in Chicago cantaloupes Were
being received from Illinois. Michigan.
Indiana, Delaware. Maryland, Texas.
New Mexico and California. The day
before consignments had come in from
practically all of those states, and like
wise from Nevada and Arizona Canta-
loupes were freighted into Chicago by
the trainload. The railroad yards would
have been swamped il the channel OF
distribution had led directly from the
wholesaler to the retailer.
AN association Of fruit growers on
the Pacific coast carefully investigated
the subject of prices and found that
33 cents Of the dollar spent by the con-
sumner of oranges went into the pocket
of the retail dealer There are no
transactions of the Fruit Growers AS
ISOLATION; it sells directly to dealers.
There are $500 cooperative cream
cries in the country, $50 Of which are
in Minnesota; 5000 cooperative ele-
vators and 100 cooperative livestock
associations. The cooperative princi-
pie is spreading. and by and by may cut
out some of tho present additions that
are piled up on prices while food is
moving from the field and orchard to
Tho hon es of city people"
tcoryn.i,,. ;pi6. hy -Jsurs d. MorrowJ
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tiquity. as time in America is meas
ured. of such tract names in and around
the District of Columbia as Gisboro,
Chichester, st. EliZa0eth's. Discomfort,
Barnaby, Cleaning. Locust Thicket.
Maddox Folly. Pasture. Prevention,
Carwick. Eer"ick-uponT Tweed. None
such. Brothers Joint Interest, Friend
ship. White Haven. Philip and Jacob,
and perhaps a few others. 1t is beyond
dispute that these Addison farms were
carved out of the addison grant of
1860. and that they We're known under
those names in 1922. and no doubt had
borne those names for half century
or more before that date.
Thomas Addison, in his will, writes
that Touching the disposition OF such
temporal estate as God in His mercy
has been pleased TO bestow upon me
give the same as follows" He be-
queathes to his son John Addison and
his heirs forever all that tract of land
allied ST. Elizabeth.s. containing about
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1.43o acres. also Discomfort. SIC acres:
also Barnabee, containing o4o acres:
also Carwick. containing ioo aeies aiso
Cleaning containing $40 acres; also
my part of Locust Thickett. containing
$40 acres" and also Maddox FOLLY, con-
tanning $40 acres.
Proceeding with his VIII, ne writes
that II give and bequeath TO my son
Thomas and his heirs forever all tnat
tract of land called Giseorough, con-
tanning about $50 acres; also berry,
containing 800 acres; also Pasture con-
tanning e6O acres: also Prevention. con-
tanning 336 acres He also beaueatnes
to Thomas five tracts of lana lying
along Oxon run or Oxon branch as 1t
is written in the will. these being
Union containing o93 acres; Berwick-
Upon Tweed. containing los acres es:
Brothers Joint Interest. containing 200
acres: Nonesuch, containing loo acres,
and North Britton, containing ooo
acres of land. "all Of which make one
body of land"
The testator devises TO ms son Ile.is
Addison the tract called Chlchester.
containing 400 acres: also an ADDITION
to Chichester, containing Zo' acres
land also my part of f'rlehdShlp az t.e
Eastern branch in partnership IL
share of a tract called Friendship lying
the Fails branch, near the 1alIs Oh
the Potomac"
To his son Anthony Addison ne pc
queathes one tract called hlte raven
of 400 acres, another tract calle s
Philip and Jacob, containing 400 acres,
and also a part of his interest," III
Friendship, which he describes as pc
ing near the falls of the fo'omac;
probably meaning Little Falls. and
which tract contained 1000 acres
To his daughters. Rebc"ca Bowles
and Eleanor Low, he beque,tths t''"
sterling each, and a negro girl "ach' 10
be selected by them from among the
slaves. He also divides equally be
tween these daughters tract caliu"
Bachelors Harbour. another tract eau
ed Swami Harbour. containing 1na r; 80
acres. and another tract called STRIFE
containing 3as acres, held with MI.
Parker at Mattawoman.
Thomas Addison, the testator. was
married twice. his first %lIe peihg d
Miss Eleanor Tasker and his second
Eleanor Smith. The daughters, renee
ca Bowles and Eleanor Lowe. We're
children of the first marriage, and by
his second marriage he had a daughter
Ann. No doubt there is provision made
for her in the will but the KAN bier
did not carefully read the whole closely
written instrument.
Thomas Addison. the MAKER o! thlS
will which throws SO much light on
the old tracts was. the Rambler has
already written. a son of the first John
Addison. Thomas % had son Thom-
as t2). That Thomas inherited Gisboro
Thomas (2) had a son John. who in
herited Gisboro. That John had a son
named John. and this last was that
John Addison who sold Gisboro to DR..
John Thomas Shaaf of Annapolis IN
1909 His mother was Rebecca Dulany
of Annapolis, daughter of Walter
Dnlany.
The John Addison who parted with
Gishoro was born in 1850 and made his
home at Colebrooke which is off the
Hamilton road between Good Hope and
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not been food for cannon are back in the
wheat fields
The possession of the oil fields is OF
much more Immediately military adj
vantage to Germany than domination
of the wheat fields. Petroleum is one
of Rumanias greatest assets. 1t might
be called a quick asset. when it comes
to military operations.
The productive oil fields are mostly
in the eastern part of the country. The
production. compared with that of the
United States or Russia. is small, but IT
has been a very considerable source OF
profit to the Rumanian government,
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The world shortage which the institute
at Rome sees probably assures high prices
for next years crop. Rumania entered
the war with a debt in excess Of $780,
00O,0 At the best she hardly can come
out of 1t without having doubled the debt.
and that means that the wealth of her
wheat fields will be severely taxed for
many years in order to meet the interest
and reduce the principal
American manufacturers of agricultural
implements who look ahead are antici-
pating an intensive development Of Ru-
manian wheat production after the war.
They had a good market there and Amer
lean farm machinery was well liked. but
hostilities closed the markets. An IN
creased demand after the war is expected
lost. but this hardly can have much effect
until peace is fully restored and what Is
left of the Rumanian peasants who have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17
Not Fair.

II oTON HORTON, New York milk
IL distributor, was talking to re-
porter about milk prices.
But our adversaries' questions are
not fair" Mr.. Horton said. Our adver-
saries are like the cross-examining
lawyer.
ais it true this lawyer asked a wit
ness, that you were the only sober
man at the banquet"
".No, Of course, not the witness an
swered Indignantly.
"'Who was, then? said the lawyer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17
CHARLES ). BRAND.

spending $4,000 II is known as
the office of markets and rural organ
ization and is under the jurisdiction of
the Department of Agriculture.
Charles J. Brand. agriculturist and
economist. has been chief of the Office
since il was created. He is thirty
seven years old and a native of Min
nesota. Born on farm in the north
west. he now has 400 acres of his own
in Maryland. the cultivation of which
he personally directs. He has an ap-
pie orchard of 1000 trees. From his
1900 peach trees he harvested nine
teen carloads of fruit this fall.
IT bought some of the peaches from
my orchard at retail" he said. land
found that the baskets had been re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17
Watching the Mighty Movements of Food Products
and Sending Out Daily Reports From Washington

the extensions Of our railway system
and of our agricultural area have in
creased the distance between the farm
err and the man who eats the farmer j
crops.
Cities too, have grown enormously.
There was "A time when the people
of Boston were fed by the gardeners,
orchardists and farmers of New Eng
land In those days the potatoes and
apples sold in the markets of Phiia-
delphia were grown near at hand.
Fruits and vegetables for the large
places of consumption can no longer
be hauled in wagons. l have shown
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make an estimate aside even from
the uncertainty of ordinary climatic
and other causes.
No account seems to have been taken
by the institute at Rome of the
amount of wheat which has been de-
stroyed by the Rumanian army in It's
desperate retreat, but cable dispatches
have. had occasional statements that
large quantities of grain were de-
stroved in order that they might not
fall into the hands of the enemy. New
ertheless, it is known that the invading
armies have obtained considerable
quantities. doubtless the same amount
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to say. is it realized that about 1000
carloads OF wberrieS are eaten by
the inhabitants of American cities.
California leads all the other produc-
ing regions with shipments of 200 car
loads.
Now il is no easy matter for grow
erS and dealers, working alone by
states and districts, to regulate the
vast stocks of fruits and vegetables so
that no part of the country Will want
for it's necessary supplies. Indeed, it is
impossible for them to do SO. and that
is the reason the national government
is helping them daily with Informal
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packed and SO arranged that they con-
tanned fewer peaches than originally
las chief of the office of markets. |
asked. with pretended gravity. why
didn't you call policeman and have
the dealer arrestedo"
we collect and distribute informa-
ton Mr.. Brand answered. and stop
there. Authority has not been given
US to prosecute cases of dishonesty on
the part of producers; carriers. dealers
or buyers"
Then the information" / observed,
(which costs 100000 a month to get
and difuse is solely to benefit the
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THE ROMAN ANTHENEUM AT BUCHAREST

which has kept a rigid control and has
not allowed the Standard, French or
German financial interests to obtain
control, although all of them have tried
it,
Production of petroleum in 1913 was
13.5O0,0 900 gallons. and in the following
year. l2S25. 900 gallons. While Ru-
fnanian neutrality continued. Germany
was able to obtain some of this Ru-
r-anian petroleum, but not in un nm
Ited quantities. Should its military oc-
cupancy of the oil territory be made
complete. there is no room for doubt
that Germany. as the military master
of Rumania. will take control or the OIL
production, just as the Rumanian gov
ernment has done in the past
Formerly much of the oil was shipped
out through the Black Sea ports. but
when the allies made their unsuccess-
full drive at Constantinople. and the
monumental failure of Gallipoli sig
nalized their faulty. there were sug-
gestions that the shipments might De
resumed, but even if the oil could nave
been got to Constan;.nople 1t could not
have passed the barrier OF the al
lied fleets in the Aegean and Medi.
terranean Substantially the neutral
markets for Rumanian oil We're closed,
and Russia from the Baku fields was
able to supply the wants OF the eheeHle
allies in the near cas- Germany, as
A customer therefore, was not unac-
ceptable to Rumania. Notwithstanding
the allies declaration of what consul
tuted contra band and their eHorts 10
brighten the Rumanians.
There are other advantages of an
economic character to Germany IN her
military occupation of Rumania Inc
control of a long stretch of the Danube
is one of these, in utilizing the ad-
vantages of making available practi-
callv the whole agricultural and min
erai production of the country. While
Rumania is war-scarred and her pro-
ducttye resources are temporarily in
tertered with. the swiftness OF the
campaign of the central powers prob
ably has spared her much of the spoil
alton that rendered Poland desolate
and unproductive. 1t is possible that
Germany's iron military measures Will
secure as much productiveness in the
fertile agricultural districts as has
been obtained in the agricultural sec
ton of Belgium. But the Rumanian
winter is not one in which farm pro-
duction can be stimulated.
The long winter months of military
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Value of Rnnana's Wheat and Oil Fields to Germany

uncertainty are yet ahead. When the
spring comes, the military situation is
likely to determine in a very large de-
gree what the crops of the country will
be. and how far they will benefit the
armies of the central powers and the
civilian population of Germany.
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I 1ESBORO vas the subject of a
narrative two weeks ago. and
II the Rambler then promised to

WI the Rambler then promised to
present other facts and MEM
cries bearing on this historic estate
and its former owners. He explained
then that Giesboro was ore of the
Eastern branch tracts, that Giesboro
point is that blunt or rounded headland
south of and opposite Greenieaf point,
or the Arsenal point that it marks
the south side of the confluence of the
Eastern branch with the Potomac
river and that the Giesboro tract ex-
tends along the Potomac and the East
ern branch and reaches back from
those rivers to the top OF the ridge
one mile to the east
The first thing to be settled in this
ramble will be correct and rightful
name of this tract. On all the mod
ern maps of the District of Columbia
and on some of those o. about the pc
riod of the middle OF the nineteenth
century the name Of this tract is
marked as .'GieSaorOugh," often alb
breviated to 'tiieshoro. The local
newspapers whenever they have occa-
sion to print this name spell it ''Ciies-
boro. Nearly everybody now having
anything to do with this neghbor-
hood. and many of those persons who
had to do with it half a century or
more ago, speak of it q : Giesboro and
distinctly pronounce it .'Geezebor-
ough.''
The remembrance of the Rambler is
that the oldest deed on record in the
District pertaining to ibis tract spells
it Giesboroush. That Was the deed to
which the Rambler referred two weeks
and recorded September IS. 1909. under
the terms of which John Addison of the
District of Columbia. in consideration
of $500, sold to DIR. John Thomas
Shaaff of Annapolis that tract called
Giesborough Manor in Washington
county in the District OF Columbia be-
ginning on the east side of the main
road leading from the Eastern branch
bridge to Piscataway and extending
westward to the Eastern branch and
the Potomac river
In spite of all this evidence, and much
more could be presented were 1t profita-
BILE to do So the Rambler will hereafter
call this tract GiSboro in this MARIA
tive, believing that 10 be the rightful
and true name of the tract. The spell
ing "Gisboro.' long aatedates Giles
boro'' and several descendants of the
Addisons, who were the first owners OF
this ground, descendants OF the Sfaafs
who owned the tract from 1909 to 1893,
several OF the hllllTtb u NF'oi e " fi7N-
ineton Young who bought this land
from the Shaaff heirs. and the last of
the Youngs to live at that place--ios-
eph n. Young. now resident OF Nash-
ington city-aN pronounce the name
of the old estate "Gisboro.
The origin of the name Gis'oro ana
the reason for the corruption OF this
TO Giesooro are mattere when the
RambIer at this writing is unable to
throw any light UPON
The earlies. record in which the
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~ T the break OF Gay DURING sum-
h\ mer and long before it is light
N\ during winter government re-
q - porters at the larger trading
centers begin to note the weather and
get the morning prices of fruits ana
vegetables Stocks on hand are also an
item OF much importance.
Long before 9 O'Clock special wires
from the east and west and from the
north and south are transmitting the
information to Washington Eight
operators receive it, and some thirty
young men and women whip ii into
coherent and consecutive telegram.
There have also come overnight re-
ports from the superintendent of prac-
tically all the railroads in the United
States telling how many cars Of po-
tatoes. apples. peaches. waterrlelons.
tomatoes and so forth are in transit
and the markets to which they are be-
ing sent The thirty young men and
women use these statements in their
preparation of another telegram.
BY IL O'Clock in the morning the ship
ment wire. as it is called, has gone TO
every part of the country Thirty
minutes later the market wire is in the
hands of large producers and dealers
from one end of the nation 10 the
other.
Conductors. for example, on trolley
roads running into the potato fields OF
Kansas are lacking the market wire to
the walls of the little stations on their
lines. Apple growers in Virginia and
Michigan are getting the latest quota
Gi n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17
BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.

JMANIA'S wheat and oil are
lD) the great prize which Germany
I'M now possesses. They are another
q - illustration of the economic side
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BY JAMES B. MORROW.

- T the break of day during sum-
h\ mer and long before it is light
N\ during winter government re-
q y nor+arS n, the larger trading
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Writes Of Gisb0ro and NeighborhoodT Tracts

Brent. we'll remembered by all old
Washingtonians: Mary r. Young. who
married Hampton B. Denman: Wash
ington 4. Young. whose widow is liv-
ing in Washington. and Joseph \.
Young. a resident of Washington.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-31
AGED CITIZEN
PASSED AWAY
George W. Phillips Dies Few
Miles From City Sunday
Morning.

George W. Phillips died Sunday at
the residence OF his step-daughter,
Mrs. Eunice King, about six miles
northeast of this city. Death was due
to uremia Mr.. Phillips was SO years
old and native of Tennessee, but
moved to Livingston county, KY,
about 40 years ago. He had been a
resident of this county for about four
year. He was twice married and is
survived by his second wife. He also
leaves eight children by his first mar
riage. Mrs. l.. w. Guthrie, of this
city, is step-daughter. The deceas-
ed was a member of the Baptist
church and a citizen held in the high
est esteem by every one who knew
him.
The remains were shipped yester-
day to Livingston county and were
laid to rest in the family burying
ground, near Salem.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-31
Political Observer. ere Prac-
tically Unanimous in
View.
LAYS BLAME ON TEDDY
Followers Of Colonel Retort
That Hughes Has Been
Failure as Candidate.

Washington, d, c., Oct. 60 With
the presidential election now near at
hand and with the drift of the cam
paign fixed along well determined
lines, all reliable indications point to
the reelection of President Wilson
next Tuesday.
When itcomes to trying to analyze
the cause of this supposed drift to
the president it is generally agreed
that Col. Roosevelt has been the big,
heavy milestone around the neck Of
the republican candidate for presi-
dent And right in this connection
il may be stated that in case Mr..
Hughes is defeated lot of gentle
men are getting ready to be mad clear
through. The out-and-out Hughes
partisans are saying that if Hughes
suffers a defeat it will be on account
of Roosevelt.
On the other hand the intimates Of
the Colonel declare that if the repub-
lican candidate amounted to snap
and would arise to the occasion like
the colonel would if he were a candi-
date, the country would be afame
with Hughes enthusiasm and a Hughes
landslide would now be in sight.
The analysts of the situation on the
eve of the election say that the col
onel's speeches have had a bearish
influence on the Hughes stock, far
beyond the diversion of the otherwise
sympathetic pro-German element.
The militant note sounded by the
colonel, they believe, has grated
harshly on American ears and has
caused hundreds of thousands of
American voters to adopt what they
believe are safety first" tactics in
casting their ballots. In other words,
they do not want to run any risks of
this country being involved in the
mad orgy of blood that mandates
Europe and while they realize that if
the republican ticket wins Roosevelt
will not be president, yet they fear
his power as "the man behind the
throne"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-31
RUSHING TO
REGISTER
Busy Day Yesterday at The
Clerks Objective
More Days.

Yesterday was the first of the three
supplemental registration days at the
county clerk $ office for'such.voters of
the city precincts as were prevented
from registering Oct. 7 by sickness or
absence.
Early in the morning business OPP
ened with rush and the office was
crowed much of the day. Many of
those who applied to register were
negro voters who went away last
summer but are returning in time to
vote Both sides had challengers on
hand to look after the registration.
The total registrations up to 4 p. m.
were about 100, There will be two
more days, the books being kept
open until 8 p. m. Wednesday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-10-31
"QUININE JIh'S" WORK.

DR.. Bass in his lecture here said
that for two hundred years there had
been an absolute specific for malaria
and that is large doses of quinine, and
that today nothing better or so good
is known. In the delta country OF
Louisiana, from twenty to forty .-rains
day would cure almost am case.
Ten grains day often faileI in ad-
vanced cases. He ridiculed the idez
of persons having physical indiosyn-
craSieS which would prevent them
taking quinine. He said the DOM
fort of taking quinine was noting to
compare with the same disco .nforts
caused by malaria He told # the
practically complete eradication Of
malaria in one delta county which was
taken as test ground, because of the
large number of cases, and solely
through the use of quinine. II was a
Kentucky Congressman, Jas. A. Nc
Kenzie, of Christian county, who put
quinine on the free list nearly 40 years
ago.