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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-10
6heDACKYARD
1 FARMER3
y PROF JkILLARD DOLIE
A BACKYARD BERRY PATCH.
Copyright. Western Newspaper Union

Every backyard farm should raise
some blackberries and raspberries.
They will grow almost everywhere,
cost little or nothing to set out, and
after they are once planted they will
continue to grow and bear luscious
fruit for a long period of years with
practically no attention. The only
work involved is few minutes spent
in pruning and spraying each year.
Why not plant some in your garden
this year?
April is the best month to set out
berry bushes and they may be planted
even earlier if the ground thaws and
dries sufficiently TO work 1t. The
plants may be secured from nursery
man at small expense or you can cut
short canes from some established bed
and plant them. Be sure in this case
that the canes are last years wood.
strong and healthy and have two buds
at least on the portion OF the stalk
that goes into the ground. These leaf
buds will send out roots when buried
and new plant will be the result
BY planting these cuttings in moist
sand in warm place they will de
yelop a root system much earlier and
can then be transplanted to the per
manent bed Another good way to
get cuttings from an old bush is TO
bend over some OF the canes and bury
the tips in the ground. Roots will
develop at the tip and Il can then be
cut of and transplanted.
These cuttings should be planted in
rows eight feet apart, with the cut
tings three feet apart in the row
Raspberries require only half the dis
lance needed by blackberries. as the
latter spread very rapidly
The soil for raspberres should be
richer than for blackberries and they
do not require quite as much water
for best results. A very dry soil is bad
for either, however, as dry weather
Will pAOduIt Wy piAhy boi llN''
Hoe the soil about the canes well
the first year and after the leaves have
dropped, prune back the stalks one
half, to force the plant to produce lat
eral branches and fruit. After the
second season this should be done
every winter
These small fruits bear heavily
every year and are exceedingly hardy
The canes do not need to be tied up
If properly pruned, but If the climate
is very cold they should be bent over
and covered with earth and straw dur
ing the winter
If your bushes are infected with
parasites, either bacterial or insect,
spray them with Bordeaux mixture
containing arsenate Of lead Good va.
reties of blackberries are the Edo
RADIO and Snyder. while the Cuthbert
red raspberry and the Gregg black.
berry are very widely grown.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-10
CALENDAR or ILLINOIS HISTORY

May 10, 1S4S-Nauyoo & Warsaw
Railroad Company commissioners
give notice that on May 10, subscrlp
ton books will be opened at ST. Louis
Alton, Quincy, Nauvoo and Galena IN
this state. and in Bloomington, Butl
ington and Dubuque in Iowa.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-10
FlatterInp Comparison.

Are you fond of grand opera7"
Yes replied Mr.. Cumrox. "Next to
the cheering at ball game, the noise a
good chorus can make IN about the
most Inspiring thing know off,
Washington Star.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-10-06
FOOD CONSERVATION At
SOUTHWESTERN OR
WITH LEE IN THE
TRENCHES

(By Special Cable from Rooters.l
Lafayette, La, October 2, 1917.
On account of the great scare
ity of harvest hands, Prof. ]. g.
Lee. Jr., Of the Agricultural De-
partment of the Southwestern In
dustrial Institute, has employed
sixty-six pigs to gather a val'l-
able good crop now ready for har-
vest, which otherwise might be
wasted. He has one plot Of two
and one-half acres Of corn and
peanuts in alternating rows.
another plot Of four acres Of corr
and soy beans, three Of corn and
one of beans. and another plot of
three acres Of corn and sweet DO
tatoes. half and half. The pigs
are good husky fellows. not afraid
Of work (of this sort) ar | 'la7a
been highly recommended for the
job. Yet they all belong to the
nobility. being pure bred Hamp-
shires, Duroc Jerseys. and crosses
between the two. They are ali
right in character. personality. in
dustry and attention to business.
and have passed the physical ex7
animation. The bunch Of them
WEIGHED 1880 pounds or the day
they started to work-an average
of Is pounds each. They work
from Reveille till call-to-quarters
and put in as much overtime as
they please. Thew don't even stop
for meals! And they will prob
ABLY clean up the Job in less than
sixty DAYS. Each laboreA will
turn in his "time" by mounting
the scales. and will draw his
wages accordingly.
Forty-four hounger pigs are
now registered in the second
traininc camp and will 60 into
the trenches next March-for the
Big Push next Spring. Students
on Lees Staff in the Agricultural
Department Of Southwestern are
attached to these corps of labor
ers, with instructions to observe
and report upon the work accomp-
lished by the forces in action on
the field!
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-10-06

price of white beet sugar be de-
fined by saying that it. shall be
on the parity Of seaboard white
cane sugar, the whole situation
is left ambiguous and would seem
to be an arrangement left for the
protection of the western and
mountain states to get a higher
price for their beet sugar because
of their locations. They have the
power to insist on 7.25 cents plus
the freight to Omaha, Denver and
to the various beet sugar centers.
It is only when the beet sugar
men have been anxious to sell
their crops out that they have
reached through to the Atlantic
seaboard, and Of course their sales
there have been in direct compe-
tition with Cuba cane sugars, and
have generally had a depressing
effect upon the seaboard markets
when these beet sugars were there
offered and were also sold at al
lower price than the correspond.
ing grades of cane sugar, because
Of the common, belief in the in
feriority of beet sugars, as com
pared with cane sugars, although
when pure they both have exact
ly the same analysis. The slight
est impurity renders the beet su-
gar Objectionable, and does not
have any such effect upon cane
sugar. The sugar producers OF
America ask for simple justice
but do not want their chief enc
mics to be made judges of what
is justice to them.-The La. Plant
err and Sugar Manufacturer.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-10-06

from one place to another. There
are various situations that arise
in handling unbalanced persons
that make cells of this type ex-
ceedingly serviceable. When such
a prisoner is to be given an ex-
animation, medical or other treat
ment, or taken for an airing, one
or two attendants can push the
cell to different parts of the jail,
or to the "roof garden, without
difficulty or danger.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-10-06
WHEAT DIFFERENTIALS AND
SUGAR DIFFERENTIALS.

4
The U. S. Government gives a
public notice Of a seriesSof wheat
differentials established by the
U. S. Food Administration to COW
er tbs wheat crop Of 1917 up to
July LIST, 1918. We in louisiana
arc interested in this as it ilidi-
Gates the method of establishing
differences in value for the great
wheat crop and logically some ST.
milar plan will be finally applied
to sugar. The wheat basis is
1920 for No. /, northern spring
wheat at Chicago. or its equiva-
lent. Ather wheats may be high
er or lower than this adopted
standard, as will be shown by the
various, prices quoted on the six
teen grades of wheat tabulated
with further variations for grades
Of Nos. 2, 8 and 4 and with varia-
tions in the market bases as re-
moter cities are gagged at lower
prices based upon differences in
freights and Atlantic seaboard
pricse reaching the highest level.
From all the talk about sugar
thus far and considering the fact
that we get three-quarters Of our
entire supply Of sugar. Of course
including our export sugar, from
Cnba, our basic price should be
for Cuba So test sugar, duty paid,
delivered in New York with diff
ferentials to meet the various
other sugars, including Louisiana
So test and increases for grades
above, Texas sugar as well as the
Hawaiian, Porto Rico and st.
Cfoix sugars and the American
crop Of beet sugar.
Strange to say, the Food Com
mission seems already to have
chosen the non-existent Ameri-
can beet sugar crop as the stand
ard with which all Of the rest Of
the sugars consumed in the Uni-l
ted States must be correlated by
some system Of differentials, Of
which we perhaps see the type in
these wheat differentials pub
ished by the government. APP
parently the beet sugar men have
been chosen by the sugar commit
tee Of the Food Control Commits
sion and this sugar committee is
composed of the president Of the
American Sugar Refining Co., of
tho chief officer Of the Arbuckle
corporation and of Mr.. R0lph Of
the Pacific coast. who, we believe,
is connected with the Crockett
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-10-06

refinery below San francisco
The sublime confidence shown by
Mr.. Hoover in his appointment OF
the majority Of this American SUI
gar committee, that is, of Mr..
Babst and Mr.. Jameson, to take
charge Of the American distribu-
ton, and then Of these three gen.
tlemen named also with two Eng
lishmen to take charge of the in
ternational purchasing. Of sugars,
shows degree Of confidence in
these sugar men, and especially
In the heads Of these two great
sugar men, and especially in the
heads Of these two great sugar ret
fining corporations that we be-
lieve their past record does not
entitle them to.
Of course perhaps more cor
rect Judgment can be passed later
on when this committee makes
some announcement, but we have
seen none thus far excepting that
the price Of beet sugars Of 1926
cents shall be based on the At
lantic seaboard value or parity
Of value. There would seem to
be some serious objec tions to this
arrangement from the fact that
these two gentlemen, forming a
majority Of the sugar committee
having been, in the past, fercely
competitive, but now apparently
in placid combination, will con-
troll the production Of sugars of
which they do not themselves pro-
duce a pound and concerning
which we know that every act of
theirs is made in the attempt to
depress the price Of the refining
grades and to enhance their own
margin or differential for the cost
Of refining, which Of late has been
standing at about threetimes its
former presumed cost and its
former margin, at which differen-
tial in dull times they kept on
refining, evidencing that they
were making no losses.
As the situation now stands, it
looks simply absurd to have these
men in the position they are, and
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-10-06
CARD OF THANKS.

New Iberia, Oct. 9Th, 1917.
The Camp meeting that was
held on Charles and Prairie Ave.
by Rev. Jones was a ~sdc96Ss.
About five hundred or more per-
sons came to be prayed for. Three
persons were converted and will
be baptised October 18th. We
thank the white people for their
liberal help and financial assist
ance rendered during the meet
ing.
REV. FRANK JONES,
Evangelist Preacher. New Iberia.
ADVERTISEMENT
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-10-06
A news item from Philadelphia,


A news item from Philadelphia,
Pa, the 25th, states that when
John Kennedy, a painter, was
asked by the trial judge of Hol-
lidoysburg what recompense he
could offer to the complainant
against him for minor offense
Kennedy had committed. he said
he could paint the mans house
for him. The court accepted the
proposition and made the painting
OF the house the sentence of the
court.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-10-06
MODEL JAIL IS PROVIDED IN
COUNTY BUILDING.

10 Eli FaSO county In IeXdS De-
longs the distinction Of support
ing one Of the finest courthouses
and most modernly planned and
equipped jails in the Southwest.
Both of these institutions are I'M
der the same roof and have only
recently been completed and
placed in use. A complete des-
cription and many photographs of
its modern and attractive fea-
lures form an interesting article
in the October number Of Popu-
lar Mechanics Magazine. The
first floor Of the building is oc
cupied by various county Offices,
whole on the second and third
floors are the judicial chambers
Of the several courts. The top
floors are devoted to the jail. The
latter might we'll serve as model
for most communities. 1t is light
and airy, and so thoroughly out
fitted with sanitary and other ia
cilities that it reflects credit upon
the ingenuity Of those who de-
signed it.
The cells are arranged in segre-
gated groups and may be locked
or unlocked simultaneously from
the corridors. The interior of
each is finished in white enamel!
equipped with porcelain toilet
facilities, and supplied with hot
and cold water. A shower bath
is installed in each compartment
to serve the occupants Of the ~
cells inclosed. A chapel and small
library are also maintained. At
the present time there are about
300 cells, but space is available
for the installation of as many
more should they eventually be
needed.
Outdoor cells, or Gagged porches,
where gymnasium apparatus is IN
stalled, are among the unusual
features of the institution. These
spaces are large and airy and pro-
vide excellent opportunity for
prisoners to exercise and enjoy
the suns rays. Inmates in good
standing are allowed the priv
ileees Of these "roof gardens, as
they are locally termed, for an
hour each day. This enables.
them to keep in good physical
and mental trim. although they
are confined. Proper recreation
has the additional advantage OF
improving the morale Of prlso-
ners.
The equipment provided for i'm
posing death penalties is some
what unusual. The execution Isl
accomplished without requiring
the services Of a hangman. A con
demned man is bound in chair
SO that he cannot free himself ana
q moose is placed around his neck.
He is then left to his fate. The
iailer locks the door of the cham
Der and from the outside sets
time clock which. through electric
connections. releases the trap and
ends the prisoners life without
The affair being witnessed.
81 Paso County has rather
mixed population. For that rea-
ION tn women s section of the jail
IS arranged so that white, Mexl-
can, and negro girls and women
nay be segregated.
Mobile padded cells are used
FOR violent and dangerously insane
inmates. The heavy npholstering
md soft-rubber mating in these
,ells may be removed. when de-
Iired. leaying . light portable
.agc. These are mounted on .
Rhsels and can Be readily pushed
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-02

Washington July 2-The draft system is one of equal
ity and fairness President Wilson explained today in
proclamation accompanying exemption and draft regula
tons issued today. His proclamation sad
"The regulations which am today causing to be pro-
mugated pursuant to the direction Of the seectve
ice law the remaining steps Of the plan for calling
into service Of the United States qualified men from
this process to constitute with the regular army the
tonal guard and the navy the fighting forces of the
tOn all OF which forces are under the terms OF the law
placed in position of equal right dignity and response
bility with the members of all other military forces
"The regulations have been drawn with view to the
needs and circumstances of the whole country and pro-
vide system which it is expected win work with the
least inequality and personal hardsps. Any system for
selecting for military service, whether voluntary
involuntary in its operation necessarily selects men
to bear the burden of danger and sacrifice for the whole
nation The system here provided places all men of mill
tary age upon plane and hen by selection which
neither favors the penalties the other calls out
the requisite number for service
The successful operation of this law and these regua
tOns depends necessarily upon the loyalty patriotism and
Justice Of the members of the boards to whom its oper
alton is committed, and / admonsh every member of
every local board and of each district board of review
that their duty to their country requires an impartial and
fearless performance of the delicate and difficult duties
entrusted to them They should remember to each in
dvdua presented to them that they called upon
to adudcate the most sacred rights of the individual and
to preserve untarnished the honor Of the nation.
"Our armies at the front will be strengthened and
tanned they be composed of free from any of
injustice in their mode Of selection and they will be in
Spred loftier efforts in behalf Of country in which
the citizens called upon perform high public functions
perform them with justice fearessness and mpartiaty
(Signed) Woodrow Wilson"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-02
Plans Are Changed for
Calling Out Of National
Guard to Active Duty

Washington, July 2..N- Shifting its
original plans, the war department
announced today that instead of hold
ing national guard troops in their home
quarters in the north after they are
called out, they will be sent directly
to southern camps Calls are arranged
for July Is and 25 and August 5, but
it may be necessary to make the gen
eral call August ).
As originally arranged, the national
guardsmen were to be held in their
home quarters for perhaps several
weeks. Now there will be practically
no delay in getting them into southern
and southeastern department camps.
The reason for the possible delay un@
til August ) is that officers are rated
for rank according to the actual time
they are in service. Hence, some of
the officers coming ON July 10, for in
stance, would have opportunity to get
higher rank than equally efficient off.
GERS called later, merely on the strength
of seniority.
The matter of havino joint call
August 5 is still in allegiance, and the
three dates originally announced stand
for the present.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-02
Prices Fluctuated
But Trading Was Light

New York, July 2.-The New York
Evening Sun financial review today
said:
There was little inclination in Wall
Street today to take the initiative In
any direction and the result was
quiet securities market, which did a
good deal Of lazy surging backward
and forward with prices rather below
than above the previous closing level
There was real strength among the
equipment and munitions groups, but
the whole course of the market had
seant significance.
The trading was quite obviously OF
professional inspiration.
Throughout the forenoon session the
trend of prices was irregnlarly down
ward. althounh there were sharp reae,,
tionary issueA Nhio Cities Gas and
United States 'ial Alcohol. On
the other handA in Locomotive
sold above 70. Crt Necl and Am
erican Locomotive 80 in high
favor.
Rails were soft thro. .shout and grad
lnally lost ground until their losyes were
] to points or more.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-02
Wheat Above $500 Again
Corn Also Some Higher

Chicago, July 2.-Despite ideal weath
er conditions over the corn belt, com
mission house buying of corn sent the
price up today from Is to | rs cents
from Saturday 3 close.
July opened 5-S higher and later ad
vanced rs to $1.59 3.s September was
3-S up at the opening and later gained
1l5 to Sl.49la. December opened un-
changed, but later advanced to $1.1C
1-s, an advance of 1S.
The wheat market was dull, but pric.
es were up 215 to 3 cents. July opened
unchanged at $2.02, later gaining 3-s
September opened unchanged at $l.S2
subsequently going to $1;S4H.
Oats was higher in sympathy with
corn, July opening 5-8 up at So "a
later gaining l-S. September opened Us
down. but later gaining 3-S to So 3-s
ecember opened 7s lower at 55, later
going to 81 is.
Provisions were generally higher on
strong and higher hog market.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-02

BY proclamation Of regulations the
president started the huge labor of sing
ling out the manhood of the nation fol
America 3 armies
The regulations fix the general classes
of men free from military service, set
up the exemption boards that sift out
the men and define their duties.
Only very small group of classes
of men are exempt from bearing arms
All others must appear before the tri
bunals. Upon hearing Of evidence they
will be discharged or drafted into the
army as the case may be. Every action
of the boards is hedged with double
safeguards against unfairness and wide
open to the public gaze.
The exact method of the lottery is left
for a later proclamation. Within few
weeks the draft will be made. In mill
tary quarters it stated that one million
men viii be drawn in the first levy.
Glasses That Arc Exempt.
Upon proof of their status the follow
ing classes are exempt:
Men indispensable to industries that
are necessary to the maintenance of the
military establishment or the national
interest
Men with wives. children, parents
brothers or sisters dependent solely up
on them for support.
Members of well recognized religious
seets whose creeds forbid bearing arms
students of divinity and ordained min.
isters-
Legislative. judicial and executive Of
fieers Of the United States or the states
of the Union
Men in the army or navy Of the Uni
ted States.
Aliens who have not taken first eiti
zeuship papers, and subjects Of Ger
many.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-02
ELEVEN KNOWN DEAD
And THIRTY MISSING
This Is the Death Toll When
Car Plunged Into
Niagara River

Niagara Falls, N. Y, July 2--TeI
known dead, at least dozen and pos
sioiv thirty missing and thirty one in
jurcd is the toll today of the worst ca
tastrophe in the history Of scenic nj
agara.
This is the toll claimed when Nj
agara belt line ear, well filled with
pleasure seekers and summer tourists
plunged in the lower river Just above
the cantilevcr bridge
The total number of dead will prob.
ably never be known, as the river new
holds the bodies of the missing and they
may never be recovered. The lower Nj
agara river sometimes give up her dead
and sometimes they are ground to
pieces in the whirlpool or may be swept
out into the lake and be washed ashore
at some desolate, uninhabited point be-
tween the mouth of the river and the
-headwaters of the st. Lawrence.
With the recovery from the river to-
day of the body of Mrs. d. j. Coy, Kan
sas City, the total known dead was in.
creased to eleven. Twenty six persons
were rescued some seriously injured.
Twenty nine ar still missing. The bod
les or some may have been swept away
in the swift current.
These figures are based on the lat
est tabulations of officials early this
morning All through the night and
early today soldiers and police patroled
the river in search of victims of the
car, which plunged into the river at
the edge of the whirlpool rapids Sun
day afternoon.
1t is believed the accident was caus-
ed by washing out of the roadbed by
recent heavy rains Three investiga-
tions were started today, one by the
district attorney of Niagara county, an
other by the state public service COM
mission and the third bv the railroad.