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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-17

one day than all the baHyhooers will
in a month.
Cut out the bunk and let us get
down to business. We don't want or
need a draft. Give the volunteer sys-
tenn a fair trial. It isn't getting it
now-Dadie A. Mack Gaffney 7. T,
Dugan Club.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-17

Gle and the taste still fingers with me,
so that accounts for my desire to see
you succeed in building the proposed
club and hope there will be many
others who will welcome this pro-
pOsal-S. E.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15
WEATHER MAN PROVIDES PHOENIX AND VALLEY WITH MAMUM SUNSHINE
RECLAMATION EXPERT
 FIXES STRAW VALUES

| D. O'Donnell, irrigation expert of the t. ;. Reclamation Service, has figured out ill the Reclamation Record, the value of straw stack.
 Every little while something happens to bring horIe the truth of the old .c.g. We never miss the water till the well goes dry. While l think of Good straw 10 use around the barns and yards as the average farmer l confess l have never taken the trouble to figure out just what the value of straw is until very recently. A 21- ton straw stack was accidentally burned on i1esper Farm last fall and I have missed this straw very much. Burning straw on Hesper Farm is something out of the ordinary, and # has led me to compute the loss to the farm.
 The 20 tons of straw used through the barn or feed yards would have ac- cumulated to 40 tons of manure in the spring. Forty tons of manure would fertilize acres of land A req sonabe estimate of the increase in crops the first two years due to this fertiliZing would be the equivaient of three tons of sugar beets per acre. Beets are worth minimum of $6 per ton, which means that the loss of the straw stack is equivalent to a loss of SIP in crops.
 This does not take into consideration the loss of comfort to live stock in case plenty of bedding is not available for the stables and for putting over wet places in feed yards
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15
ALFALFA EXPERT PROSCR|BEs GRADES

The following grades of alfalfa hay were adopted by the National Hay association.
 Choice Alfalfa-Shall be reasonably fine leafy alfalfa of bright green color, properly cured, sound, sweet, and well baled.
 No ] Alfalfa-Shall be reasonably coarse alfalfa, or bright green color, or reasonably fine leafy alfalfa of a good color, or reasonably fine leafy alfalfa of good color and may con tain per cent of foreign grasses, , per cent of air bleached hay on outside of bale allowed, but must be sound and we'll baled.
 Standard Alfalfa-May be of green color of coarse or medium texture and may contain } per cent foreign matter; or it may be of green color. of coarse or medium texture 20 per cent bleach ed and 2 per cent foreign matter; or it may be greenish cast, of fine stem and clinging foliage, and may contain [ per cent foreign matter. All to be sound, sweet and well baled.
 No. Alfalfa-Shall be sound, sweet and well baled alfalfa. not good enough for Standard, and may contain 10 per cent foreign matter.
 No. Alfalfa-May contain 20 per cent stack. spotted hay. must be dry and not contain more than per cent of foreign matter; or it may be of green color and may contain 50 per cent of foreign matter; or it may be set al- falfa and may contain per cent for eign matter. All to be reasonably well baled
 No Grade Alfalfa-Shall include all alfalfa not good enough for No. 3.
 kafir
 The kafirs. of which there are three varieties, the white, red and black
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15

when protected can be kept green throughout the winter
 2 An annual rainfall of slightly more than eight inches is distributed rather irregularly throughout the year, the least occurring in April, May, and June, and the heaviest in July. Rains occur occasionally during the winter months.
 Southern Arizona is the only section of the United States having more than so per cent of the possible amount of sunshine. The records at Phoenix show that an average of 26l days in the year receive more than so per cent of sunshine, while there are but 16 days in the year that have less than 20 per cent of the possible amount of sun shine. Days without sunshine are rare, averaging about four n q year There never has been a day without sunshine in June or August since the record be- gan in 1895.
 notable feature of the climate of Phoenix is the light wind movement. There is q light easterly wind late at night and in the morning, and per- ceptible breeze from the southwest in the afternoon. It is seldom that there is any departure fro4a these mountain and valley winds.
 " The Weather During 1916
 During the year 1916, there were several marked departures from the normal climatic conditions. The most notable perhaps were the unusually large number of rainy days in January and the persistence of abnormaliy cool weather in November and December.
 January was, comparatively speak ing. a wet month. There were eleven days with rain, with one period of five successive days with precipitation.
 Februa was warm and sunny. The last killing frost of spring occurred on the second.
 Similar conditions prevailed in Marcn, except that a cool spell followed a storm near the close of the month.
 April was mostly clear and warm, the afternoons becoming hot after about the twentieth Z In May the seasonaEadvanCe in tenn peiature was entirely obscured, the first half of the month being warmer than the last. The first hundred degree reading of the season was recorded on
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15

hulled white, are very drought resist ant. They were introduced mostly from South Africa and possess the habit of standing for extended periods awaiting moisture. Unlike corn this drought period does not appear to in jure the plant. AS soon as moisture is supplied it renews growth and con- tinues to mature it's grain. The grow ing season for kafir is about I2O days, provided time is not taken out for ar rested development on account of in- sufficient moisture. The date of planting in both the irrigated and dry farming sections should be as early as late spring frost will permit. Under dry farming conditions it is well to take chances in late, frosts and put the crop in as early as March 10 to 15 in the southern part of the state, so as to take advantage of the winters moisture to germinate and establish the plant in the soil.
 The Blackhull White Kafir is the most popular variety grown in Arizona both for grain and silage purposes. J. r. Nicholson, Agronomist U. of A.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15
BEST GRAIN TO SOW IN ALFALFA

The Maricopa Farm Bureau is asked the question: what >S tle best grain to SOW with alfalfa for earliest spring feed?' and is answered as follows:
 Tt is rather late in the season to SOW grain with alfalfa to make the best of spring feed. Grain is usually sown in the alfalfa fields in the fall of the year, and barley is used for this purpose more than any other grain. At this season of the year you would probably find that Texas red oats would make a quicker growth and produce more feed or hay than would barley or wheat. We are advised by Marshall Humphrey of the Phoenix Seed and Feed company of this city, that they sell more oats for sowing with alfalfa than any other grain at this season. Club wheat would make a fairly quick growth but would not produce the hay or feed that oats would" .A.sIA
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15
COW TESTING REPORT

The December report of the Arizona Pioneer Co-operaf i've Cow Testing as sociation, w. Watson Pickrell, tester shows 22 cows to have produced over 40 pounds of butter fat during the month. Four of these were grade Holsteins owned by Peter Truog. four registered Holstein -Friesians owned by John R. Bradshaw, one grade Jersey owned by T. R. Armstrong, one grade Folstein owned by H. ]. Hansen: two grade Holsteins owned by c. M. Moore two grade Holsteins owned by Otto Green, one grade Holstein owned by Ivy Wilson; four grade Holsteins and one Shorthorn owned by F. M. Will kinson: one Jersey Holstein owned by Lowrey and Nafinger; and one reg istered Jersey owned by W. ". Brad shaw
 Six of these produced over 50 pounds each The highest record was made by a grade Holstein owned by Peter Truog, which produced l,7SS.7 pounds of milk testing Al making 73.t pounds butter fat, or over s5 pounds ot butter for the month.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15
Es MANY OF THESE RANCHES PLANT COTTON THIS

the ninth. but the temperature did not reach that point again during the month.
 June was practically cloudless, with hot days and cool nights. On a ma jority of days the temperature ex- ceeded 100 degrees. and the highest temperature for the year, Ill degrees, was recorded on the fifteenth.
 Early in July the weather became partly cloudy and sultry, with hot nights. This condition continued throughout the remainder of the month. Thunderstorms occurred every day or two, but afforded little relief from the oppressiveness of high temperature and increased humidity
 In August record breaking cool spell occurred from the eighteenth to the tWentyfirst. At other times the weather was hot and sultry although not to such marked degree as in July. Thunderstorms occurred every few days.
 A gradual moderation in temperature and decrease in humidity took place in September The last day with 100 de- grees was the fourteenth, and by the end of the month the E:ghts were quite cool. Heavy rains on the eighth and ninth caused local floJcs.
 HalHS occurred Tn the 1lrSt week Of October. The remainCer of the month was clear and the seasonal decline in temperature was very noticeable
 Clear, cool weather obtained through out November. The first killing frost of autumn was observed on the thir- teenth, this being about three weeks earlier than the average date. Within the second and third decades tempera- lures dropped to the freezing point on five dates.
 Abnormally cool weather persisted throughout December There was no precipitation until the twenty fifth when there was a moderate rain storm followed by a light fall of snow pellets
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15
BAtNf WINTERS ENCOURAGE B|G
 SUMMER CROPS

With. Ssa a5shaximum temperature of S3.5 degrees for tie entire perlou from September 1895 co December 1916 inclusive, with mean minimum tenn perature of 557 degrees. and with .56 hours of sunshine out of a possible 4444 hours, the temperature in Phoenix and the. Salt River alley has main tained q steady Fange which can sbe appreciated#onlys by those who have actually sliSed in. tn. district.
 Winter months. except for January and Febrtiary and possibly the last three weeks ia December, are as com fortable as the spring and fall months in the far east. In December and the first two months of the year, heavy frosts occasionally are felt and colder bracing days are experienced. By the middle of February. however. the weather again is balmy and comfort able, and continues at about the same daily average until the summer has set in.
 Of course the summers are hot. After the first of June there are hot days. In July the days become lit tie sultry, due to heavy rains in this month. In August the sultry days con- tinue, but not to such a degree as in the month just past. In September
 
 the month the nights and days are cool.
 During the greater part of the year moderate temperatures and an abun- dance of sunshine ro 1der the weather higher attractive. Even in December and January, which are the coldest months, the afternoons are warm and pleasant, the daily maximum tempera lures for these montnS ranging from so to 70 degrees. At night. although frosts are common, temperatures only occasionally go below freezing. Unlike the climates of the eastern states, the coldest weather usually occurs late in December while springlike tendency is very noticeable in January. From February to June the weather is ideal.
 High daytime temperatures, often passing 100 degrees but rarely reach ing 1l0 degrees, prevail from about June 15 to about September 10, but owing to the small amount of atmos- pheric humidity, cooling is rapid at night so that conditions are rendered endurable and to many enjoyable. Dur ing July and August, however, there are periods of cloudlness, attended by increased humidity, when the high tenn peratures become less tolera ble. These sultry periods often last for d week or iiole ana are uSudlly featured Dy dItef- noon and evening thunder-storms and an occasional dust storm. By the mid dle of September cool nights are again the rule. and there is a steady decline in temperature from sGa; time until the winter minimum late in December.
 characteristic feature, common to all arid climates, is the large daily range In temperature, amounting to thirty degrees. or more.
 2 Vegetation .t6rlves4a bout ten months of the year. It is generally killed by frost by the first wcS:s of December. and becomes-green- again in February Hardy vegetables and Towering plants
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15
STORE NATURAL ICE

About 300 tons of natural ice is be- ing stored at Williams this season, and the plan of an artificial ice-plant has been abandoned.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15

Guy and Waldo Boxarth have started d cattle ranch at Santa Maria, near Hillside, with five hundred head of Mexican cattle
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15
CANTALOUPE ACREAGE

Estimates of the valley acreage of cantaleoupes for the coming season at the present time are $500 acres.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-10-05

Few cities in the United States
rank higher than Baltimore as job
bling center. It's annual wholesale
business, exclusive of the commission
business, amounts, in round figures,
to $250,0O0,OOO There are more than
1000 wholesale and jobbing concerns
in the city.
This class Of trade is done with the
South, but Baltimore concerns pur-
chase merchandise from the jObbing
and wholesale establishments TO the
approximate amount Of about $50
10000 il has been estimated that
Baltimore wholesale and tobbinS
houses have accounts with about
100000 buyers in the Southern States.
Year by year, however, this kind of
trade has been coming in increased
amounts from the North and West.
The largest items in the list Of
articles thus sold are Cottons and
prints, the Aldred survey giving the
figures for 1918 as $21, 527,942. The
value Of other textiles, except silk
and manufactures. ranges, for seven
varieties of textiles, from a little
more than 81 ,000, 900 to $4,000. 600.
Spirituous liquors amount to $25,-
1865; chemicals and Oil, $4,546. 800 ;
drugs and preparations, $3,33S, 762 ;
cereals. teas and coffee, $15,3S2, S24;
preserves and canned foods, $15,SS3, "a
269: Strengthening and mcat-packing
products, $685. sos; tobacco. $6,605, 633;
millinery and lace goods, $9,151, S11; ag-
riculturaI implements and seeds,
$7.4S6, 1SS. Strengthening and meat
packing products are almost eX-
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-10-05

trio furnace. this industry is not only
rev to Baltimore, but represents plo-
neer work in the United States. It's
operation has met with success and
the plant will develop on a large scale.
As a result OF studies made in con-
nectiOn with the Industrial Survey,
Mr.. AIdred launched 4 plan to cstab-
lish large mills for the manufacturing
Of tin plate in Baltimore. He organ
ized the Baltimore Sheet and Tin Plato
Company. 1t was we'll financed, and
as arran gements were being COM
Dletcd TO build the plant announce
ment was made Of the purchase or the
Maryland Steel Corporation by the
bethlehem Steel Company. MT.
Schwab's interests purchased the Bal
timore Sheet and Tin Plate Com
pany with a profit to all subscribers
to it's stock. and greatly enlarged the
plans for the tin plate mills These
mills have been constructed at Spar
rows Point, have been put into opera
ton and are already very large IN
dustrial unit.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-10-05

plant for the treatment Of bauNlte 10
be used in the manufacture or alum
mum. This will be a branch or the
Aluminium Company or America
whose headquarters are to be in Ne"
York and Pittsburgh, and winch IS
the largest manufacturers OF alumI-
mum in the world, controlling great
resources in the line OF raw material
at East St. Louis and plants for the
manufacture Of aluminium at Niagara
Falls and Messina Springs. n. Y, and
Shawinigan Falls, Canada. the Sc
lection Of this city as site for the
ncw plant is based upon the sole
foundation Of the advantages or Bal
timore as a place of manufacture and
distribution.
In the eastern suburbs there is an
other industry already we'll estab-
Iisncd by the same intcrests-the
Shawinigan Electro-Products Com
p4ny. which IS operating plant tor
the manufacture of ferrO-silicon and
calcium carbide. This industry, which
f. allied with the Pennsylvania Water
and Power Company, represents the
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-10-05
Federal Census Of Manufactures

According manufactures the cap
limits Of the city of Baltimore as T
gain Of $2S64O or I per cent
capital establishment
approximately 1909 In this
contained in the census
the both owned and ooro"en
the value OF rented properly
employed the conduct OF manud
turing enterprises. ..o., - oo+,a4
$12OJs3ON as
in $350O0 or 126 per cent Inc
establishment in 1914
addition the component materS
the establishment Tor the
fuel mill supplies anu VA
and heat cost of not include
bought either for speculation or " ~
subsequent period
inquiry does include amounts paid TOT Sce
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-10-05

first instance in this country Of the
operation Of electric furnaces on Il
large scale from The current supplied
by hydro-electric plant to location
Cn tidewater.
10 Manufacture EnamelWare.
Inc Porcelain Enamel and Manu-
featuring Company with a capital of
N'0OoOOO is another industry fostered
pE the Consolidated interests. This
new Company has taken over as
sets and is developing the rapidly eX-
Pandlng business Of the Maryland
Lhamel AMI ign Company. and is en-
gagged in the Manufacture of porcelain
enamel signs, enamel kitchen tables
enamel gas range parts and enamel
kitchen furniture on a large scale.
10 Build Wooden Ships.
When the United States Government
decided to combat the menace Of the
German submarines through the con-
structl0n Of new ships, the Industrial
corporation undertook the formation
Of the Maryland Ship Building Com
pany. This Company leased 80 acres
on Bear creek, and work is we'll under
"~' ~ VIC S'LSti uSLIOiI VI "OouSL
vessels for the Government. The Com
pany has contracts for wooden ships
in sufficient numbers to keep the yards
running at capacity for about two
years.
All OF these industries have given
employment to large numbers Of men
Their payrolls form a substantial CON
tribution to the distribution OF money
to labor in Baltimore. They have
created o demand for real estate that
was hitherto idle. They have proved
profitable to the men and women who
invested in their securities.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-10-05
Opened Up New Field.

UpCHeU Up new TIVIu-
The Industrial Corporation and Bal
timores low electric rates proved a
combination that brought to this city
The Hess Steel Corporation. Manu-
featuring high speed steel in the cleo
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-10-05
Put Up Great Building.

The Aldred interests negotiated one
Of the largest deals in real estate in
Baltimore through the purchase OF
DroDerty at the southeast corner OF
Lexington and Liberty streets and
erected the 20-stOry Lexington Build
ing. This first sky-scraper in the
heart OF BaItimore's shopping district
represents an investment Of some
thing over $4,000, 900. The space In
the building has proved to be in active
demand and the building Will soon
be completely occupied.
Upon completion Of the Lexington
Building, Mr. Aldred and the direc-
tors of the Consolidated Company In
vited =. number Of Baltimoreans to In
spect the building. When they had
assembled no surprised them by an
nouncing that he had interested the
Aluminium Company Of America IN
Baltimore with the result that the
Aluminium Ore Company had been
formed and purchased g. tract OF 150
acres at Sellers Point.
The Company is now erecting a
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-10-05
LDRED Big FACTOR
In CITY'S GROWTH
;ustriaI Wizard Tireless I'm His
Efforts To Develop Balti-
m0re's Resources.
OUGHT CAPITAL TO CITY
hered Many Enterprises Which
ave Grown Into Flourishing
Manufacturing Plants.
OUGHT CAPITAL TO CITY

fhl J. f. Aldred and his osso-
.es acquired q controlling interest
the Consolidated Gas Electric
Int and Power Company announce
nt was imnediIte'v made by Mr.,
red of plans tn develop the in
trial resources of Baltimore.
nee then the public has been made
nafDted with the various steps in
constructive program through
dement's made from time to time
Mr.. -Adred Of the perfection Of
Is to esta blish new industries here.
10 OF the plans has misCarried.
III of these now industries have
we'd successful. They have in
lry way fulfilled the expectations
Tho; who fosterod them. and, in
humber Of Instances, have de
,ned ut a rate which vas surpris-
even to those who were thorough
amiliar with the superior advant-
Ks which Baltimore offered for
acturing.
How Mr.. AIdrcd Came Here.
Ar. Aldred first became interested
baltimore through the Pennsyl-
Ia Water and Power Company,
Ich operates the greatest hydro
trio development on the Atlantic
he. The ability TO supply hydro
trio energy at tidewater III an in
trial force Of great magnitude.
.lization OF this fact led Mr.. Al
q to undertake q. systematic, SCI
hc work Of utilizing the latent
myth OF Baltimore in fun degree
ough the development Of its indus
II resources
Iareful studies have been made OF
advantages which baltimore offers
manufacturers, and these facts
e been presented to the right peo-
I'm the right way. At the right
=, with the result Of q considerable
tease in the industrial prestige OF
city In fact, Baltimore is grow
industrialIy at d greater rate than
other Atlantic seabOard city.
Great Industries FIOuriShfug.
5day the industries which Mr.. AL
4 projected and invited to Bait
% are a foUriShinG and SubStan-
part Of the City's activities. They
ude one Of tho largest tube mills
he country; q gas appliance fac
NJ doing business with more than
gas companies in the United
.es; a large plant for the manufac-
!, of high-speed steel In the cleo
furnace; q sheet and tin plate
Mt of tho first magnitude; a large
lstry manufacturing fcrro silicon
calcium carbide in electric fur
IS. supplied by water power at
water, the first instance In this
ntry; an industrial building hous-
q score Of industries, and ut pres
construction work is well under
for a. great aluminium plant and
guards to build wooden vessels
the United States Emergency Fleet
DoratiOn.
First Industrial Suggestion
r. Aldrcd's first industrial sus-
ion to Baltimore was the cree
OF the Industrial Building. This
warmly received A large build
was erected. 1t was quickly
IA. A second unit was added and
months the occupancy Of this
he structure has been 100 per cent.
n! stock has paid dividends prac-
l-ny from the start. The company
a substantial surplus
IS in n strong financial condt-
\. 1t is serving It's purpose of aid
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clusiveIy local in their sale. The
bulk Of the other items enum-
Grated, ranging from approximate
ly so per cent. to 95 per cent. in
individual cases, IS shipped to other
markets
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Cheap Coal Rates.

Baltimore is at the very threshold
Of the great Maryland. Pennsylvania
and West Virginia coal region =. Vast
volumes OF coal literally pour into the
city-coming in daily at cheap rates
from every nearby mine.