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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-07-04
SPRAYING POTATOES
TO CONTROL BLIGHT
Experiments Prove That Bor-
deaux Mixture Is Effective.
Results Given of Tests Conducted
Last Year in Aroostook County,
Maine, BY the Department
of Agriculture.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
That thorough spraying will control
late blight in seasons Of bad infec-
ton has been proven many times in
the past and most recently in tests
conducted last year in Aroost00k
county, Maine by the United States
department OF agriculture in cooper
alton with the Maine agricultural eX-
pertinent station. Some potato grow
erS have expressed their opinion that
1t does not pay TO spray potatoes for
this disease. Growers of this opinion
claim that when the weather cundl-
lions are such that the blight is Sc
we're, spraying does not control it sulli-
GENTLY to give an appreciable increase
In the yield, and that in seasons when
the attack is light the increase in the
yield from spraying is not sufficient
to cover the added cost. In one block
where small test plots sprayed with
standard bordeaux mixture were in
terSpersed with untreated check
plots, the average yield on IL of the
former was at the rate of 1912 bush
els per acre, while that on an equal
number OF untreated plots was at the
rate of 143.5 bushels per acre. This
was an increase of 37.7 bushels per
acre, or more than 26 per cent in
favor of bordeaux mixture.
In another similar block the aver
age yield of five plots sprayed with
bordeaux mixture was at the rate of
nearly 237 bushels per acre, while that
of the four untreated check plots in
the same block was 174.3 bushels.
The gain here was 62.5 bushels per
acre or about &c per cent due to
spraying. Six applications were made
on all the aforementioned sprayed
plots.
On these experimental plots, spray
ing ought to have been started ten days
or two weeks sooner or by the end
of the fist week in July. In spite of
this fact, the yields given above lndi.
cate quite plainly that spraying paid.
Moreover, many persons who saw the
plots during the lat r. part of the sea-
son have testified to the striking diff
fereuces on sprayed and unsprayed
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-07-04
KEEPING THE TRACTOR BUSY
Owners of Power Outfits Urged to
Make Good Use of Them in In
creasing Food Supply.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Owners of tractors which are not
kept busy through the blowing and
seeding season will perform Il patri,
otto neighborly duty by granting use
of these outfits to neighbo"3, who may
be short of labor or hands to prepare
seedbeds. A reasonable rate of hire
for the tractor would enable the trac-
tors to make a return during other
wise idle periods, but, most important,
will make it possible for others at rea-
sonable expenditure to have full acre
age and add to the nations important
food supplies. The same might be fol-
lowed with regard to horses and va
riOus farm machines, which should not
be allowed to remain idle when Il food
producing neighbOr can keep them busy
on victory crops.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-07-04

portions. On all the treated plots, the
spraying was done with a traction
sprayer which maintained good
working pressure of at least 100 pounds
per square inch.
Adjoining one of the experimental
blocks was Il field where spraying was
begun earlier and eight or nine appli-
cations were made. 1t was planted
with the same lot of the same variety
of seed, fertiliZed the same. and, ex-
cept for spraying, received similar
treatment in every respect. The yield
on the portion of this field immediate
ly adjOiniag one of the unsprayed
check plots was 1913 bushels per acre.
Comparing this with the averages of
the unsprayed check plots mentioned
above, shows gain of 1873 and %
bushels per acre, respectively. or over
So and % per cent. In none of the
above figures is any account made of
the extra loss resulting from tuber
rot in storage in the crop produced
on the unSprayed plots.
Nineteen hundred and seventeen
was one Of the worst blight years in
the history of ArooStook potato grow
ing. The results cited above show
concluSiyely that, even under the con-
ditiOns thar existed, late blight can be
controlled by grower who sets out
TO do the job thoroughly. Moreover.
they indicate that it can be done at Il
fair profit when the cost is considered
in connection with the value of the
increased yield resulting from the
treatment
These recommendations apply par
ticularly to the potato sections lying
north of line drawn from New York
to Chicago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-07-04

post was the first place in the United
States to he named for Washington
and that its existence antedates by
years Washington, d. C.
When General Washington was in
Carlisle during the whisky rebellion
he, with Alexander Hamilton, wor.
SHIPPED in the "Old Presbyterian Meet.
ing House on the public square ir
Carlisle, and it was in this Identical
meeting house, on July -, 1874, a yeal
before the Mecklenburg declaration, 3
public meeting of patriotic citizens
gathered from the town and surround
ing country, condemned the act of the
British parliament and urged vigorou!
measures to correct the wrong. Col
John Montgomery was the presiding
officer. James Wilson was present ant
was appointed one of the members OF
the committee to meet with other com
mittees to take action. He was later
member of the Continental congress, o
signer of the Declaration and a justice
Of the Supreme court. Wings history
states, "and when in the Continental
congress he received instructions from
his constituents in Cumberland county
to advocate an entire separation from
the mother country. This was prob
ably the first utterance of that senti
ment of the country"
Bancroft's Tribute to Wilson.
Bancroft says of Wilson: ''He was ar
ardent patriot, like many other emf.
nent men of that day-not at first
avOwedly in favor of severance from
the mother country, but he desired it
when he received definite instruction
from his constituents"
Bellman, writing of the potency OF
this meeting held in the "Old Meeting
House" on July II, 17T4, says: 1.-THE
influence, therefore, of the meeting, OF
of subsequent instructions to which il
gave rise, seems to have determined
the action of Pennsylvania in that
great crisis which men even like John
Dickinson were too timid or too cow
ardly TO meet"
The vote OF James Wilson deter
mined the vote of PENNSYLVANIA. Had
Pennsylvania failed to accept the reso-
luton we today would be under an
other flag.
Philadelphia may he considered "The
birthplace of American liberty" but
its conception in the cold Presbyterian
Meeting House." in Carlisle, Cumber-
land county. Pennsylvania, made it
possible to be born.
The ScotchIrish part in the RevOlu
tionary war and the events preceding
it is becoming more apparent and i'm
portant, and the actions taken in the
Presbyterian meeting houses through
out Pennsylvania are vital to historic
recital.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-07-04

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
The problem OF suppressing weeds
Is a many-sided one and an important
part of the management of the farm.
Successful crop management includes
successful weed management.
Larger Crops Mean Fewer Weeds.
Generally speaking. the larger the
crops, the fewer the weeds present.
This is especially true with small
grain and hay, since good stands of
these crops will tend to smother out
weeds. Furthermore, pastures that
are given good care by top-dreSsings
and by not Over-grazing always con-
tain fewer weeds and more grass than
those poorly managed
Special Methods of Handling Certain
Weeds.
The farmer should know the kind of
weeds which he has to fight because
in the case of some of them special
methods have been discovered which
greatly reduce the amount of work
necessary. The United States depart
ment of agriculture has issued bull
letins treating individually number
of the worst weeds and these publca-
tons may be obtained on request.
Rotations and Weeds.
An important benefit from practic-
Ing rotation is in the control OF
weeds. If land is planted to the same
crop year after year, certain weeds
have ample opportunity to make top
growth and mature their seeds, and
these weeds therefore become firmly
established; but if the land is planted
to different crops in succession these
weeds do not have the opportunity to
make nearly as much Roadway. Fur
thermore, adopting rotation usually
means the growth of grass, clover, or
other forage crops. These crops not
only discourage many kinds of weeds
by their shading effect, but also give
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-07-04
Principle Must Be Adhered To.

One of the statesmen who fashioned
this government upon its broad lines
that have endured left us the guiding
words that eternal vigilance is the
price of liberty" and we should hold
fast to that in all our future; that
vigilance which shall make us pre-
pared in peace for possible war, pre-
pared in war for promised peace, and
watchful both in peace and war for
the principles and the policies which
have safeguarded the constitution and
which will save, if anything will save,
our republic till nations are no more.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-07-04
MILITARY POST
THAT WAS NAMED
FOR WASHINGTON
Carlisle, Pa, Claims to Have Had
Within its limits a Station of I'm
sovtance That Antedates the Nation
al Capital by Many Years-Made
EiFst Move for American Liberty.

~ ARLiSLE, Pa, claims to have
had within its limits the first
place Washingtonburg) in the
United States to be named for
Te0rge Washington and to have the
aidest meeting house west of the Sus-
&6ehanna. wherein the germ of Ameri-
GO liberty was conceived.
Access to hidden records and facts
A1S buried in state archives is re-
visiting history and lately discovered
''GRc0mpeted Paper" by the late
christian 2. Humrich Esq, discloses
Tlle fact that on the present site of the
Emitted States Indian school at Car
Isle in prerevolutionary times was an
establishment of recognized impor-
-Rnce, and Of great historical interest,""
known rs Washingtouburg.
No record is found in state or coun-
y of its existence, but research shows
chat it was quite an important place
and more than a suburb of Carlisle.
4 was a national and not state es-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-07-04
Put His Americanism First.

"You must remember" said he who
first came TO US as Marquis de Ia Fay
cite when he was asked by what title
he preferred to be addressed when he
was last on these shores, that 1 am
an American general"
He had renowned meanwhile one
Of the proudest patents of nobility in
France that he might feel stronger
within him the call of freedom. The
reply IS Characteristic Of his whole
outlook Of life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-07-04

weeds poor chance to mature seeds
as they are cut for hay before mos
weeds ripen. Again, adopting a rota
ton often means growing cultivated
crops on land where such crops have
not been raised. The value of culti-
waited crops in cleaning land of weeds
has already been emphasized
Demonstrations of the value of a
rotation in controlling weeds are avail
able in many localities. For example,
in western Kansas wheat is usually
grown continuously, and when this is
the case weeds are very troublesome;
but when Il rotation, including a cul-
tiVated crop and a forage crop, IS
adopted, the weeds that are so COM
mon under continuous wheat growing
do not have so much chance to make
growth and to mature their seeds.
Hence, weeds become very much re-
duced. Another example is furnished
in parts of eastern New York, where
it is customary to keep land in mead
0W for many years. These meadows
become foul with orange hawkweed,
oX-eye daisy, wild carrot, and other
weeds. Introducing cultivated crop
and grain crop soon disposeS of most
of these weeds.
Cooperation in Controlling Weeds.
Probably no feature of weed control
is more important than cooperation
among those concerned. Weed con-
troll is Il community problem rather
than one for the individual farmer to
solve, and without the cooperation of
his neighbOrS the results of the in
dividual farmers efforts are more or
less diScouraging, because where
weeds are allowed to grow undls
turbed they produce sufficient seeds
to infest the adjacent lands. The nee
eSsary cooperation might be arranged
through agricultural clubs and other
farm organizations.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-07-04
High as Hannah.

There is one religious rite that war
correspondents would often take de-
light in-swinging the censor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-07-04
Color of Alcohol.

Alcohol, when pure, is greenish In
color, while water is distinctly blue in
shade.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-07-04
Fat Cats Wanted.

The mayor of a suburb of Antwerp
has been ordered to deliver TO the Ger
mays 10 fat cats.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-07-04

can DO controlled more quickly with GROVES
BABY BOWEL MEDICINE and 1t is a5so utely
harmess. just as effective for Adults as for
Children.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-07-04

A torpid liver condition prevents proper
food assimilation. Tone up your liver with
Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills. They act
gently and surely. Adv.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-07-04

Over 100000 Women Teachers.

More than 100000 women are en-
plOyed as teachers in the elementary
schools of the United States.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-07-04
Not Worried.

"Why don't you mix inf'
"Those people" said the aloof one,
ARE nobodieS."
Maybe so, but when enough n0bod-
les get together they manage to have
q pretty GOOD time"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-07-04
Coal Used IndustriaIIy.

Or. Charles L. Hines of Dickinson
college writes at was too, an up-to-
date, or rather. away-ahead-of-date,
establishment. at least in regard to
fuel employed, for anthracite coal from
Vilkesbarre region was ll0ated down
Eile Susquehanna and hauled in wagons
2rom Harris Ferry (Harrisburg) to
this point This was the first use of
such coal, on such q scale, and for in
'tustriaI purposes" Evidence of the
arge force Ct woriimen employed is
Sound in a meat bill, dated February Z,
T7Sl, FOR $50 head Of beef cattle to
S1pply the artificers and others at
Washingtonburg, at the Continental
Fgsi'ks near Carlisle"
Ihy c0ntention is that this military
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-07-04

One Of our ambitions is some day
to have fine black soil in our garden.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-07-04

Many a fluent talller never says the
right thing at the right time.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-07-04

adjustment, for Col. Flower, Commits
sary-General of Military Stores" re-
quests that he might have Carpenters,
Carriers, Gun Smiths. Tinmen, Sad
dlers and Shoemakers' for work at
Gs1is place.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-07-04
A Tiqi1tWad.

MY motto is: Never give up"
81 noticed that when the Red Cross
people came around"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-07-04

ARLiSLE, Pa, claims to have
had within its limits the first
place ashingtonburg) in the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-23
THINK STAYING OF TWO
WILL SHORTLY BE SOLVED
Announcement of EnsaHcment OF Fac
tory supcrint ehticnt believed To
Have Necn Motive

RAILWAY. N. j.. August 22.-The
mystery shrouding tho murder of Miss
Edith Jsnney and her fancc, Arthur
Kupecr, both OF Perth Anboy. may be
explained. according to a statement
issued Tonight by Chief OF Police
Burg'. OF that place. through tho royo.
latioh that direct threat was made
Was In i ovS Willy ~ S Mthother man who
lowing tho announcement OF their en-
Miss Janney and Kupsor. who wn.
superintendent OF a large c,@nr fars
tory, which employs 1905 hands. were
a 10 nave been married ON September 6.
ing nuptials had already been made.
:, Their bodies. shot to death, were
Milton Avenue. Kupser's Bod V' IN, " os in
me rSnd and that OF his fiancS was i'm
had been riding. and I'm which n also
the double tragedy is believed To- have
d Iswn enacted on was used by tho MUIR
nartinY through Linden ut breakneck
speed, II threatened to run over a po-
exseednrw h 10 so sns to hold i up for
muh was noticed in the car BIZ the
s,'iiSer' out II was not impossible. he
Later the car was Sdiscovered apan.
doned on the road leading to elizabeth
us RADIATOR was smashed as If from a
The shots were fred at close range,
inc police believe. They were notified
ny telephone at 2 a. M by Or. Moore,
of the New Jersey re-
tt.ornatory. that he had heard two shots
hred near his home, and Immediately
niterward heard some one shout:
now" W. VI e'
The investigation, which this warn
ing Immediately set on foot. resulted
In the discovery OF tho bodies
me mystery surrounding the identi-
deepened by the discovery in Kupser's
car or little mirror and powder nun.
MISS Genevieve Hendrickson, a friend
car with Miss Janney and Kupser early
last night. declared the toilet articles
belonged neither to her nor 10 the MUIR
dered girl. '
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-23
:2lst 20 -he Ma
EIGHT THOUSAND SOLDIERS
Sc BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS
iTo.rEk. Over BuyS. IN Six
".ii-rHtiEkt Fight
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-23
NEW TREATY WITH SWEDEN
IS HELPFUL TO ENTENTE
Gives Allies 100000 Tons of Dead
weight Shipping and
Much Ore.
REDUCES GERMANY's SUPPL,
In Return, Bread. Cereals and Gen
eral Supplies Are to Be Sent 60
Scandinavian Country on Agree
mcnt Not to Reship to Enemy.
tBy Associated Press. ]

NEW YORK. August o2.-Terms OF
the commercial treaty recently signed
by the entente allies and Sweden, and
which is expected to diminish the send
ing OF supplies to Germany. were made
public here to-day by AXel r. Nord-
VAIL head of the special commiSsio
Of the Swedish government to the
United States. II gives to the allies
100000 tons of deadweisht shipping
ana 100000 tons of Swedish iron ore.
Sweden also agrees to license the
export 10 the allied governments OF
wood pulp. paper, iron, steel. etc, and
to grant to the allies suitable credit
IN Sweden for the purchase of Swedish
goods during the continuance OF the
present unfavorable monetary eX-
change.
The Stockholm government. accord
ing 10 Mr.. Nordvall. has given salts
factory guarantees that no goods i'm
ported to Sweden from allied countries
or any nations whose shipping the al
lies control will be exported TO any
OF the central powers.
In exchange for these commodities
facilities ana guarantees. the allies
have agreed TO ship TO Sweden bread
cereals, coal and coke, mineral and edi-
BILE oils. sugar. rubber and rubber
goods, cotton and cotton goods, hides.
leather and tanning material coffee.
cocoa. tobacco. copper, ferro alloys.
tin, tinplate, nitrate OF soda, raw phos-
pilates. sulphur and other goods and
materials necessary for Sweden's eco
nomic life"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-23
CHARTERS ISSUED

Charters were issued by the State
Corporation Commission yesterday as
follows:
International Graphite Corporation,
Richmond Va: maximum capital
stock SI.5oo.0oo. minimum $500, 600.
Ihos. b. Gay, president: IL. a. Saun-
ders, vice president, and Floridius S.
Cosby. secrctary-treasurer = all Of
Richmond, Va.
Terminal Storage Corporation. Rich
mond. Va; maximum capital stock
100000. minimum $4,000. w. J. Par
rish. president: NJ. Sharove. l. C. Haz-
elgrove. Richmond, Va; Hugh l.
Cooke. secretary, Richmond, Va
Amendment to charter Of D. s.
Thomas. Incorporated. Harrisonburg.
Fr., creating preferred and common
stock and changing principal office to
BridGcwater, Va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-23
CHARLES M. SCHWAB VISITS
HOG ISLAND YARDS TO-DAY
Eight Steel Ships OF Over 10000 Tons
Launched Last
Week.

WASHINGTON. August 22.-There'll
DO speed and then more speed in the
Hog Island shtpyards tomorrow. Not
that there is not always speed there,
but records arc going to be broken to-
morrow.
And the speed center 60 tho yard
Will be u tall. magnifcently muscled
chap, with graying hair and a per-
pctual smile lurking in the corners of
his generous mouth and In his shrewd
eyes.
For Charles NJ. Schwab, director-gen-
eral OF the Emergency Fleet Corpora
ton, is starting an inspection of all the
Atlantic shipyards there Tomorrow
He'll visit New England and tho South
Atlantic yards later. He has Just re-
turned from an inspection OF all tho
Pacific andsGreat Lakes yards When
he returns he will have personally
visited every yard in tho country
Don't try to reach mo at the Office"
he told Chairman Hurley of tho Ship
ping Board. "fll be out on the yards
working with the men,"
Speed In launching new ships con-
tinues over all yards In the country.
Reports to the Shipping Board show
seven contract steel ships launched
during the week ending August IL
with dead weight tonnage OF 1880.
and one requisitioncd steel ship OF
5000 tons. The wood ships launched
turing the snme period were two of
1000 tons. This brings the total
iaunchings under she Shipping Board
up to SIG. or 2.S4o.423 tons.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-23
BELIEVE TRAMlER TRIUMPH
HAS LEFT NORTH COAST
Naval omciaIs Convinced Craft WINS
onaoie to Escape Net Spread Az
ter Capture Was Made.
tBy Associated Press.l

10y associated Press1
WASHINGTON, August 22.-Absence
OF any definite report OF activity to-day
on the part OF tho raider Triumph. the
converted steam trawler armed by six
teen members of German U-boat's
crew, strengthens the belief held in
naval circles that the vessel is no long
er on the north Atlantic fishing
grounds. While numerous dispatches
were received during the day detailing
the effects OF the Triumph's foray into
the ranks ,ofNAmerican and Canadian
snacks and trawlers, all dealt OF sink.
ings which occurred yesterday and
Tuesday night. So thoroughly have
been the steps taken to safeguard the
fishing fleets, as described by Admiral
benson. that officials here are positive
the Triumph could not have escaped
the net spread for her capture. The
only possible explanation of the fall
er will be that she has been sunk by
her crew. possibly after the men had
returned to the submarine.
Immediately upon receipt of news
that the Triumph had been seized as
an auxiliary by the Germans. naval ex-
perts expressed the opinion that the
cruise Of the raider would be short.
to thirty-six hours. and this fac, was
realized by the German commander in
planning the coup.
In naval circles the belief was held
that the German crew either would
meet the parent submarine at pre-
arranged rendezvous and sink the
trawler. or would sink the craft and
reach some desolate point on the coast
from which point they might hone 10
make their way in inland and places
OF hiding.