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The Jasper news., 1922-09-07
Digging Must Be Complete and
Thorough in Order Not to
Leave Pieces of Roots.
BUSHES DIFFICULT TO KILL
Large Number Of Seedlings Some
times Are Found Growing Under
Dead Plants That Were Dug
When In Frultaoe Stage.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
In carrying on the fight against the
common barberry, the plant that har-
bOrs stem rust of wheat, the United
States Department Of Agriculture has
found that it is very important to do
the Job Of digging thoroughly and to
destroy plants having berries, even
though they are only partly matured.
The bushes are hard to kill, and seeds
from plants that were dug August l
produced a high percentage of seed
lings.
After the bushes are taken out the
tops should be separated from the
crown and balls Of earth shaken from
the roots. Grubbed bushes, lying on
the ground, have been found produc-
ing green leaves. In such cases one
or more roots were In contact with the
soil. Some Of the grubbed bushes
were completely severed from the soil
but there was enough earth left on the
roots to hold moisture until secondary
roots we're formed. This condition
happens most frequently In wei
weather or In moist woodlands.
Seedlings Under Dead Bushes.
The Jasper news., 1922-09-07
WILL CONDUCT BAND CONTEST
Charles E. 6oehIer, Veteran Musician,
Selected to Direct National Con-
vention Feature. A.

Judging a baby show Is an easy task
compared to the role assigned to
The Jasper news., 1922-09-07

Sandy soil makes the best poultry
run.
The Jasper news., 1922-09-07
Seedlings Under Dead Bushes.

Great numbers of seedlings some
times are found growing under dead
bushes that were dug when in fruit.
The last of September berries were
collected from bushes dug August l,
Evening star., 1922-07-02

had to come to them, to die within
their own lines, and that death could
possibly pass them by. il in the hands
of Clusters Michigan cavalry. was
more fanciful than that it would
snow in July. No. do as he pleased
with them. but go through Custer to
Sheridan. even with a flag of truce,
they would not!
Mosby was about to abandon the
noble impulse which had prompted
him when he suddenly thought of a
young soldier of his command. Lieut..
John 8. Russell. who not only had
stood by him in many close places,
but who had himself brought into
camp fifty-fve Of the very prisoners
then under sentence of hanging.
As last resort he sent for John.
and after explaining fully to him
his desire that a letter he had writ
ten Gen. Sheridan begging that this
inhuman sort of warfare stop, and
offering that, in the event Of his men
being in future treated as any other
Confederate belligerents, he would
rescind the sentence of death on the
unfortunate one hundred and send
them as prisoners Of war to Rich
mond. and after further telling him
that already four of his comrades had
stated that they preferred being
hanged by Mosby rather than the GER
a nf h. h,yr
had therefore fatty refused to un-
dertake the mission. asked him If he
felt that he could or would attempt
to get through.
Lieut.. Russell had just witnessed
the fatal drawing of lots and had
witnessed also the heartrending hu-
man feelings brought out in the un-
fortunate one hundred, and his heart
was touched. He recognized the peril
Of the trip. He fully knew that unless
good luck, the very best sort of luck,
attended him, he would soon find
himself hanging high to an oak limb
without having had a chance to ex-
plain that his efforts were in the
cause of saving the lives Of one hun
dred miserable beings who wore the
same uniforms as did his execution
ers.
No one knew the conditions better
than Lieut.. Russell, for had he not
been In touch with all the sorry in
cidents of the vendetta. and had he
not commanded at least one party
whose sad duty 1t had been to execute
Justice and make reprisals through
the medium OF a rope and the bough of
q tree? He was q young man, twen-
ty-two years old. and life and the joy
Of living. especially as he saw it
through the glasses Of excitement of
battle and raid, were keen In him.
However. he had also seen the pris-
oners. He could net forget them. It
did mot take him; long to make mp
his mind that y he. lost ~ own lie
Evening star., 1922-07-02

loped out of sight in the woods. II
was then just about sundown.
They came only little way and
stopped shooting. think they feared
a trap. went back, to Pagebrook,
saw the judge and told rim just what
had happened. He again told me
that was a fool, and that had bet
ter go on back to Mosby and tell
him that the Yankees had fired on a
flag of truce and that l could not
make it to Winchester. l felt that he
was right-that l was fool-but
still I had promised the colonel to
/. get tfat letter to Gen. Sheridan or be
killed doing it, and 1 had not been
killed Besides, I could not forget
those prisoners. 1 asked the judge
IL I could stay all night at Page
brook and he said no. l then asked
him II I could sleep in the barn. and
he told me he would rather I went
somewhere else. He was, naturally,
afraid the Yankees would come, find
me there and burn his house. 1 did
not blame the old gentleman at all
Il told him tfat maybe I would
take chance on the barn, but he
, need not know 1 was there. He then
asked me to come on down and get
supper, which 1 was very glad to do
I put up my horse. put the saddle
and bride near at hand and went to
sleep in the feed room, after having
made up my mind to try again in
the morning.
"I was up before sun-up, fed my
horse and when he was through eat
ing, saddled him and rode out in the
back road again. After had got to
the clearing I saw a. vidette up the
road and commenced waving my
white handkerchief again. He shout
ed to me to halt. He was about q
hundred yards or more away from
mo. I halted and he commenced to
call. Omcer Of the guard! Officer OF
tie guard!'
II kept on waving the handker-
chief and presently an officer and
several men rode up to the vidette
This officer shouted to me to advance,
and the men covered me with their car
bines as did 60. 1 continued to wave
the white handkerchief and when got
= few yards from them the officer told
| me to halt and asked me what I wanted.
told him / had . letter from Col. Mos
Evening star., 1922-07-02
ONE FOR ONE HUNDRED.
BY HENRY W. CARPENTER.

motor smooth macadam
historic
I \ of Winchester possibly be
by a keen. ld:erlyf amblng
de a grayho
more
other thanIi IieutJ S. Russell a
Russell with
Co Battalion of
Confederate
wi be
daring
and
with
in
this world we'll with the noble
Americas
mila comm in Gen. Philip H. Sheridan
no life for his
friend" and
Evening star., 1922-07-02

in an attempt to save the lives of one
| hundred Americans it was very yell
| worth the effort.
With little hesitation and without
| the slightest sign of heroics. he in
formed his commander that he would
go-that he would take the letter to
Gen. Sheridan. deliver it into the gen.
erals hand-if he was able to get by
Gen. Clusters men without being hung
or shot at sight.
Now let US use Lieut.. RusselTs own
words as to what occurred:
uTHE colonel looked at me for a
minute or so and then said.
| John. you know what you are going
up against, don't you" Yes, colonel.
I told him. I know 1t is going to be
hell to get through Clusters men at
Millwood, but I can't think of those
boys and men up there in the gap
being hung simply because 1 am
afraid of making the attempt
THE colonel told me that he would
, keep every man Of his commandNon
the east side Of the Shenandoah river
till 1 got back. or until he got word
that they had hanged or shot me.
There was nothing else to say. so
he gave me a letter, sealed, to Gen.
Philip H. Sheridan, commanding the
United States forces in the valley OF
Virginia, and about a hundred letters
written by the condemned prisoners
to mothers, sisters, wives and other
relatives at home. There were sew
eral letters written by officers among
those condemned to Gen. Sheridan ana
to other officers ofAthe Yankees. VINO
II supposed they believed might heip
them, and I wrapped all these letters
in piece of paper and put them In
my pocket.
There was nothing more to say to
the colonel, except I believe l told
him I would start at once. think 1t
was them about 2 O'Clock. and hao
eight miles to go before could ex-
pect to see Yankee troops.
"I got on my horse and slipped out
of Paris (va) with as little fuss as 1
could, for 1 did not want any one ex-
cept the colonel to know where was
going. 1 had no difhcuIty down the
mountain, and I, crossed the Shenan-
doah river at Berrys ferry without
interference.
when got to Millwood. three
miles west Of the river. went to old
Mr.. Clarke, who kept store at Mill
wood, to find out II the Yankee lines
had been changed. and he told me
that they were about four miles to
the west of Wildwood. and that Gen.
Custer, whose command was hold
ing, that part of the Yankee lines.
had his headquarters about a,mile be-
hind the lines, which would be about
. mile to the east OF the i0pequon
Icreeik. Mr.sc1arlxe thought ! was ont
on Asscout. for Z had frequently been
Evening star., 1922-07-02

by to Gen. Sheridan and wanted to go
through to Winchester to deliver it, but
he said as / belonged to Mosby's COM
mand he had orders to shoot on sight.
Il told him that Moosby had 100
man prisoners who were going to be
hanged unless got through to Sheri-
dan, or if he shot me, and advised
him not to do it. 1 think 1 was
little upset for a while. He sent one
of his men away, and after about
fifteen minutes a colonel came gall
looping up with his staff and an escort.
NTHIS colonel asked me what
wanted-came right up to me
and seemed to be a very good sort
Of man, by his conversation.
told him what l had told the other
officer and he said that l had better
give him the letter from Col Mosby
as well as the other letters. 1 told
him I had orders to deliver the let
ters to Gen. Philip H. Sheridan and
that, while he could kill me and take
them away from me, he would only
get them in that way. l intended to
obey my orders if possibly could.
THE colonel, after thinking a
while, said he would take chance
Of taking me to Gen. Custer. and they
fell in around me and we rode up
the road toward the west. About a
ia th1t IL
a lawn where there were a large
number of>horses tied to the fence
and trees and some soldiers lounging
around. and rode up to the porch.
where I was told to dismount.
LAS was getting Off my horse a
young man with long yellow hair
hanging down over his shoulders,
came out of the door and, after
saluting. the colonel told him what
had happened.
"When the colonel stated that j
was one of Mosbys men, and be-
fore he said anything about the let
ters, this young man, whe knew by
will hang the - to the first limb
in the woods! The colonel went on
telling him about the one hundred
prisoners about to be hanged and
then he cooled down.
He told them to take me inside,
which they did. and then said to me:
Give me those letters. 1 told him that
he had force enough to take them
away from me, but I had orders to
deliver the letters to Gen. Sheridan
| and L intended to do SO unless he took
them.
HE then went across the hall and
called several officers and shut the
door. What they talked about.
don't know, but while they were
away. the colonel and several other
officers came up to me and asked me
about the men who were to be
hanged. I told them I did not know
anything about it except that
thought the colonel intended hanging
them in retaliation for our men that
they had hanged at Front Royal and
elsewhere.
After q while Custer came out and
told me he ought to have me hung.
but he would send ma to Winchester.
1 told him to suit himself, as was in
I his power. 1 also suggested that II I
did not get back to Paris he could
depend on It that one hundred of his
men would be swung up. He went
away. swearing and mumbling and
Isoon after that was blindfoided. put
on INV f,rse and with q number OF
Evening star., 1922-07-02

by Millwood when trying to get in
formation for the colonel.
However, when l asked him as tc
what he thought my chances were OF
getting into Winchester under a nag
of truce to carry a letter. to Gen
Sheridan from Col. Mosby he seemed
scared to death.
HE told me that 1 was fool. and
that Custer's men knew there were
no Confederate cavalry anywhere
near there except Mosby..s men, and
that they would shoot me on sight
He advised me to. go on back to
Paris, as 1t was impossible for me
to get through.
"I studied a while, and believe
was a little 'skeered.' asked him If
Judge Page Of ,Pagebrook was at
home, and he told me that he was
I made up my mind to go on and have
a talk with the judge, and 1t was not
far from sundown when I got there
II told the Judge that was going
to try to get through to Winches-
ter, and the old gentleman also told
me that he thought I was fool.
kind Of commenced to believe that
was myself, but 1 could not get the
faces of those 100 prisoners out OF
my mind.
uTHE Judge told me the nearest
Yankee picket was on the back
road about q mile and half from
Pagebrook, and / bade him goodbye
and rode on out Of the back gate OF
Pagebrook into the, back road to
Winchester.
"After-I had gone about a mile and
a half 1 came out of the woods and
saw some Yankee troops on the hill
to the right of the road. and imme-
diately commenced waving a white
handkerchief which had tied to q
stick. The soldiers did not seem to
see the handkerchief, for they came
riding down the hill in a trot,. firing
their carbines at me as them came
I waved the handk erchief as high AZ
1 could and tried to. dodge the balls
that came slipping around me. They
did not seem to pay any attention to
me-. and when they-there were q
dosen or more of them-came within
| (assquarter OF d mile: and were still
,thooting. u tsrjgsd my horse and gal
Evening star., 1922-07-02

men surrounding me, was started out
into the road again.
I'VE evidently passed through a
considerable camp of cavalry. for l
could hear horses on all sides of me.
and a number of men shouted.
The shouts and taunts continued
for several miles. at intervals.
About midday we got to Winches-
ter and halted at the house on the
corner of Loudoun and Picadilly
streets, where the Evans Hotel now
stands, which was the headquarters
of Maj. Parsons. Gen. Sheridan's pro-
vost marshal.
They told me to get down. l was
led inside and the bandage taken off
my eyes. There was a small, nice
looking officer in the room and he
asked the officer who came in with
me. a captain or lieutenant. l think,
who 1 was On being informed he
told me that he was the provost mar
shall and that / should give him the
letters I told him that 1 had orders
to deliver them to Gen. Sheridan and
that 1 would do SO unless they were
taken away from me by force. He
thought for a moment, asked the
officer with me as to his orders and
then said that l was right to obey
my orders and that he would send
me to Gen. Sheridan's headquarters.
The latter were in the house of
Lloyd Logan, a citizen of Winchester.
and thither 1 was taken by two SOL
diers as guards. They had never
offered to take my side arms from
me, but the provost marshal had di-
,rected that my horse be taken away
and cared for.
A FTER arriving at Gen. Sheridan's
headquarters / was taken into
a long room like a parlor, with
number of officers and men at the
far end, and told to sit down. The
two guards sat one on each side OF
me. 1 don't know how long 1 waited.
but after a while a group of officers
| rode up in front of the house and
dismounted. They came up on the
porch, led by a handsome officer, who
passed down to the end Of the room
and sat at desk.
.one of my guards told me that
he was Adjt. Gen. Russell, New
i Yorker. He had the same name as
nv own" After a while he beck
oned to one of my guards and talked
| to him for a while and l was then
directed to come to his desk. He
| received me very courteously, stated
that he understood that our names
! were the same. and after some FUR
Their talk asked me to give him the
letters to Gen. Sheridan. as he was
adjutant general and empowered to
undertake such business.
"I told him that 1 would like to do
as he suggested, but that 1 had or
ders to deliver the letters to Gen.
Sheridan in person.
Gen, Russell laughed and said that
I was perfectly right in obeying or
ders and that II l would wait for q
| few minutes. possibly about half an
hour, Gen. Sheridan would be in.
told him that was sent there to wait
and would wait as long as 1t was
necessary.
.In about fifteen minutes Gen.
Sheridan came In. or. at least. I knew
liz was Gen. Sheridan. for he was q
short, thick-set man In generals
uniform. He walked like q cavalry
man. He went back to the end OF
tba hall and Gen. Russell followed
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-09-20
FORMER JUNEAU MAN
AND PETERSBURG MAN
ARE PROBABLY DROWNED

Tony Corda, a resident of Peters
burg. where he lived with his wife
and several children. and Roy Soft.
single. who resided near the glacier
on Thomas Bay, also former resident
Of Juneau, one Of the best known
trappers in the vicinity Of Peters
burg. are believed to be drowned.
The Petersburg Report says Corda
left in his gasboat about three weeks
ago to take supplies to Soft. He did
not return when expected and his
wife, becoming alarmed, sent people
TO look for him. Deputy United
States Marshal MacGregor joined in
the search. They found Corda's and
Sott's boats securely anchored, but
the tender of the gasboat was upside
down. Supplies taken from Corda's
boat were found under conditions in
dicating they had been in the tender
when it capsized After thoroughly
searching the neighborhood and drag
gfng about the boats without success,
the search was abandoned.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-09-20
"THE BRONZE BELL"
At COLISEUM TONIGHT

Proving itself one of the most re-
markable pictures shown here this
season, "The Bronze Bell" an Ince-
Vance special production for Para
mount, was displayed with success
at the Coliseum Theater last night
and Is on again tonight for the last
time. The scenes of this admiral Bile
polarization of Louis Joseph Vance
novel, are laid for the greater part in
British East India and tells OF a re-
bellion in which the daughter Of a
British officer and a young Ameri-
can are the central figures. The sit
uations are dramatic and thrilling
and the investiture remarkably mas.
sive and effective, as is usual with
Thomas H. Ince's production. Courte-
nay Foote has dual role Of great
power while Doris May, charming
actress, plays opposite him. The
cast is one of exceptional strength
artistically, and the picture as a
whole, is well worth seeing.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-09-20

telligent than great many humans,
which takes directions as readily as
most actors, and which rides to and
from work in private automobile
alone and unescorted, is one Of the
most interesting players in Passing
Thru Douglas MacLean's latest Par
amount picture which comes to the
Coliseum Theater Thursday, Friday
and Saturday matinee.
Patch is the canine comedians
name He belongs to a Los Angeles
dog fancier and is in constant de-
mand by number of film compan-
les, Good dog actors are scarce, so
Patch has little to worry about when
his human colleagues are looking
.sor employment during the slack sea-
sons of production.
In Passing Thru" Patch appears
in number of impe-tant scenes and
is vital factor to the final out
come of the story. .
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-09-20
CHARLIE THOMPSON GOES
TO MAYO BROS; OPERATION

Charles thompson, old-time resi-
dent of Alaska, from Hot Springs,
passed through Juneau on one of the
last boats from the Westward, en-
route to Mayo Brothers hospital in
Rochester, Mimi. where he will un-
dergo an operation for pressure on
the brain. He is accompanied by
Mrs. Thompson and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Peterson of Fairbanks. VINO
are assisting Mrs Thompson in the
care of her husband
Thompson has been suffering with
a pressure on the brain for some
time and recently 1t has affected his
mind. Physicians in the Interior al
vised an operation at once for his
recovery. The sum OF 1855 was
raised by the passengers on the boat
coming down from the Westward for
the benefit of Mr.. Thompson and it
was expected the. sum would be in
creased to 5000 by the time the boat
reached Seattle.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-09-20
CRANKY COMPANY TAKES
BOND ON HYDER MINE

The George copper group, near the
head of Bear River. has been bonded
by the CRANKY Company. who will
commence active development as
soon as the property can be reached
next spring, This is the most i'm
portant deal, made on Bear River
since the present era of mining ac-
tivity commenced and will, if present
plans materialize, result in the re-
construction Of the Bear River rail-
road, which will stimulate interest in
numerous promising properties along
the route.
The George group consists OF 20
claims. and is one of the earliest
locations of the district. 1t is owned
by W.. B. George, of Stewart, and
Observation-Disclosures Mincr.)
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-09-20
TENAkEE P. I.
A. MEETS TO
ELECT OFFICERS
First Meeting Of Year-T. N
F. A. Club Begins
Winter Season.

TENAKEE, Sept. 16.-The PIT. A.
met at the school house Tuesday
evening Officers were elected as
follows: Mrs. Seth Orava. president;
Mr. James Paddock, vice president;
Mrs. w. II. Hobson. secretary, and
Miss Verne Hannah The teachers
reception and PIT. A. were com
played several musical selections.
The following program was given by
several of the pupils: 1.-THE Inven-
tors Wife," Edythe Murphy; "Pa' S
Troubles Theodore Orava; "My
Dolly" Alice Orava; "The Kettle
Allie Orava. A dainty lunch was
served. A dance was held at Mel
sons Hall later in the evening.
r. N. r. A. Meets
The T. N F. A. Club met at Mrs.
Joseph Manleys house Thursday
evening. A business meeting was
held and it was decided to have a
contest for the best and the cleanest
work. The contest is to last two
months A dainty lunch was served
and all had a very enjoyable time
Murrelet Arrives
The Murrelet came in Wednesday
evening with the following passen-
gers for Tcnakce: Jack Phipps, L..
Bensinger and Fred Van Sickle.
School Starts
The Tenakee school started last
Monday with Miss Verne Hannah as
teacher There was large at
tendance.
Nelson Family Back
Mr.. and Mrs. John Nelson and
their children, who have been at
the Columbia Company cannery. re
turned on Tuesday evening The Co.
lumbia Company plant is through
with tho canning of fish for this
season.
Earl M. Leaves
Tho Earl NJ. left Saturday morning
for Juneau with the following pas
sengers: Mrs. Joe Marley, Ross and
Dora Peters. F. NJ. Bolima, Andrew
Soini and Arnio Vcroja.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-09-20
Dry Ticket Now
Lacks Candidates

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. low
ing to the defeat of William d.
Stephens for Governor and Madison
P. Jones for Senator, the Prohibition
party finds itself without candidates
to head its ticket at the coming
November election. Stephens on the
Republican ticket and Jones on the
Democratic ticket were endeayoring
to secure the Prohibition indorse-
ment AS both were defeated by
their own parties, under the law they
cannot become a candidate OF an.
other party. Just what action is to
be taken by the Prohibitionists is not
certain. Registrar Harry Zemansky
stated that he has been told that
an effort might be made to fill in
nominations when the various party
managers meet at Sacramento.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-09-20
Western Beauties Inspire
New Prayer, Episcopalians

PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. 2O.-ln-
spired by the beauties of the West,
the adoption of new prayer is pro
posed by the Episcopal convention.
One part of the prayer will read:
"Open our eyes to our understand
ing OF the beauty of Thy World.
Womc, Denied Seats
Women were today denied seats in
the House of Deputies Of the Episco-
pal Church by the general conven-
ion. Opponents of the admission OF
women argued that if women were
admitted the men would drop out un-
Ter pleas of other business.
The House of Deputies has ap-
proved the financial program to
spend $21000,000 within the next
three years.