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Seward daily gateway., 1926-11-16

Picture rram1ns-Schallerer Alas ka Shop.
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CLUB NOTES

The awarding Of the prize for the
best flower in the recent Takoma Park
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PERSIMMONS

There is quite a sharp contrast be-
tween the large orange-yelloW per.
simmons now appearing on our local
market and the wild forms which
grow so abundantly' in the vicinity
Of Washington. The market varie'
ties are from trees originally import
ed from Japan, where this fruit is
greatly priced and has been improved
by centuries Of selection and breeding.
Undoubtedly, the native persismmons
could be improved in the same way.
AS a matter Of fact, there are already
some selected types offered under dis
tinct variety names.
The native persimmon is peculiar
In the fact that fruit-bearing flowers
are usually produced on one tree and
pollen-bearing flowers on another.
This explains why certain trees re-
main fruitless and makes necessary
the planting of several trees together,
so that both types of flowers may be
present. 1t is generally believed that
persimmons need a frost to become
edible, but this is not true. as many
trees may be found with ripe fruit
previous to frosty weather.
Because of long, single main root,
the persimmon trees is hard to move
except when very small.
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in-that is. the roots should be COW
cred with firmly tamped soil.
In planting a tree, shrub or vine,
the hole should be large enough to ac.
commodate the roots spread In q hor-
izontal plane. Manure may be dug
in beneath the plant. but should not
bs placed directly on the roots. The
roots should be spread with some
care and covered with pulverized and
not lumpy soil. Soil should be firmed
about the roots. either by simply
t1eading with the feet or with a
tamper.
Many Of the cider gardeners about
the city are firmly in favor Of ,Au-
tumn planting Of fruit trees, vines
and shrubs. Experience has shown
that these plants start forth in the
Spring much stronger than Spring
planted stock.
Mr. w. T. Simmons informs us
that carrots and beets may be kept
in the open ground through the Win
held in place by chicken wire or
brush. This mulch should be put on
about the end of November.
Forest Leaves, the official publica-
ton of the Pennsylvania Department
of Forestry, imparts the interesting
information that ton of fallen oak
leaves contains approximately $3.50
worth of fertilizer. This supports w.
T. Simmons of Takoma Park in his
contention that gardeners are throw
ing away fine opportunity for soil
Improvement when they burn their
leaves rather than piling them up and
covering them with a layer of soil to
rot away into valuable fertility.
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LAWNS

According to information obtained
from the Department of Agriculture,
1t is now too late to SOW grass seed.
Quite likely the first heavy freeze
would kill the small seedlings. About
the only thing that the owner Of a
new lawn can do Is to sow winter
rye. which will serve to hold the sur
face of the lawn from washing and
perhaps furnish little green manure
for turning under next April, when
the grass seed can be safely sown.
Good clean grass seed is expensive,
and when used, as often recommended,
at the rate Of 4 to S pounds per 1000
square feet. one can Ill afford to lose
the seed.
A mixture recommended by the De-
partment Of Agric cAlture in Circular
90 consists Of II parts Kentucky blue
grass, parts recleaned redtop, 8
parts perennial rye grass and l part
white clover. Red fescue or Chewings
fescue is recommended for shady
spots. Lawns should be prepared as
faithfully as any part Of the garden.
IN spading the soil at least 20 pounds
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place northeast Got SO, square 5211);
to cost $500.
A. H. Blakeslee. owner; Wilson
wynn. builder; to make repairs. 1920
r street Got al, square $500; to cost
$3.50.
Mary Tucker, owner and builder;
to erect brick garage, 326 Tenth
street northeast Got 46. square 93S),
to cost $500.
BENJAMIN April, owner; to make re.
pairs, 922-924 Tenth street dot II.
square 343); to cost 5000.
Tom Moore, owner and builder; I.
NJ. Medford, architect; to make re,
pairs, 1911 North Capitol street Qot
SO, square 670); to cost $4,000.
May Rouse. owner; s. NJ. Jenkins,
Ouarles street northeast; to cost $500.
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SAN JOSE SCALE

l. Here Is a pest which should not be
forgotten with the coming of Win
| ter, the logical season for lighting
| this destructive insect. Fruit trees
pear, apple, ounce, plum and cur
rant-soon die if not freed from the
San Jose scale pest, which kills by
sucking the sap. Dogwoods, poplars,
| cherries, roses, willows and lilacs are
listed among the 100 odd plants at
tackled. In apples and pears the
| scales may be frequently seen on the
| fruits in the form Of small, reddish,
| circular spots with a grayish center.
On badly infested bushes or trees the
scales offer a sort of gray, scurvy
| appearance. BY scraping with
blade or finger nail, the scales may be
readily displaced, leaving clean bark
beneath. In Winter the insects re-
main beneath the scale, but may be
destroyed by using a lime-sulphur
wash, strong enough to dissolve the
| waxy scale and reach the insect be-
meath. Badly infested plants should be
sprayed in late Fall or early Winter,
and again in Spring Just as buds are
beginning to swell. Lime sulphur Is
sold in the city and suburbs by seed
merchants and hardware stores. Full
directions for diluting with water and
lime-sulphur spray must be applied
thoroughly to the entire tree, trunk
and branches.
AS other pests, insect and fungus,
yield to lime sulphur, it is safe to say
that every fruit tree and many of the
ornamentals, such as Towering cherry
and Japanese ounces, should be
sprayed every Winter. By virtue of
the San Jose insects habit of hatch
ing unevenly in Summer, some in
sects are protected by scales at the
time the young are moving about.
Hence 1t is quite useless to rely on
Summer spraying with the weaker
materials which must then be used.
| Commercial orchardists are using oil
sprays with success, but lime sulphur
Is safer and probably still the best
| material for the small gardener.
Don't forget that the dormant Winter
season is the time to fight the San
Jose scale.
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Washington Gas Light Co., owners;
Chicago Bridge and Iron Works, New
York City, builders and architects; to
erect one steel gas container, etc.
1857 Benning road northeast parcel
1859. square 5OS3); to cost $500.
H. C. r. Bohnke, owner: 7. ID.
Sewers, builder; to make repairs. 1900
Bladensburg road northeast Cots Is
and S33. square 407S); to cost $500.
John De Lullo, owner; l.. o. Beck,
builder; to erect one cement block pri-
vate garage. 1119 Tenth street Got
%, square 369); to cost $500:
Harry Chidakel, owner; Norris H.
Berkman. architect; to erect frame
addition, 716 G street southwest Got
80, square 43S); to cost $500.
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LILIES FOR
WASHINGTON.

In an interesting lecture delivered
before the Takoma Horticultural Club
on October 25 Roy G. Pierce Of 504
Aspen street gave some valuable An
formation on lilies and their culture
In this vicinity. From a list OF bs
species which have f1owered in the
District the following 10 were recon-
mended as best suited from stand
point Of hardness. beauty and ease of
growing: Brownu, candidum (Ma-
donna). longiflorum Easter), regale.
auratum. henryi. speciosum, Tigri-
mum (tiger), batemanneae, concolor.
croceum. canadense. dalmaticum, han
soni, humboldtii, paradlinum. elegans,
tenufolium and testaceum. One well
known lily. superbum, is a native
the District, occurring in Swampy,
wild areas.
Every one knows the tiger lily and
Mr.. Pierce recommends this as d.
Sirable beginning to a lily collection
because of its extreme hardness an
quick propagation by means Of bul
bets, which form In the leaf axis.
Lilies may be planted now. In fac
the time Of planting is largely regu
lated by the ability to procure stocj
from the dealer. Mr.. Pierce states
that he has planted lily bulbs as late
2s Christmas without bad results.
Large bulbs may be set six inches
or more in depth. No manure shoul'
come in contact with the bulb bu'
may be dug in beneath or placed G
the soil above. The Easter lily, such
as we commonly associate with flor
fst shops, bloom outdoors about July
l. When planted in beds this lily
makes a beautiful sight in the gar
den. Lily bulbs are quite expensive,
but by adding a few each season one
can soon acquire a nicegcollection.
Mice and moles are the worst
enemies of the lily, greedilS devourine
the bulbs. Temporary protection may
% obtained by sinking a galvanized
wire cylinder in the ground and plac-
ing the bulb in the center.
Suggested readings follow:
Books Of a popular nature
c. d. Adams. Lilies" Mcbride
Mast q Co, publishers.
w. S. Goldring. "The Book of the
Lily" John Lane. publisher.
A. Grove. Lilies" London.
z. Fl. Wilson, THE Lilies of Eastern
Asia Bulau & Co., London, pub.
8. Jekyll. Lilies for English Gar.
dens." Charles Scribner's Sons, pub
fishers.
Bulletins of Department of Agri.
culture
D. Grifiith. Bulletin s62, "The Pro.
Auction Of the Easter Lily in Northern
Climates"
Bulletin 1891, THE Madonna Lily"
Bulletin 1889. 1.-THE Regal Lily"
Magazine articles on lilies for Dis
trict Of Columbia
Roy G. Pierce, The Flower Grower
for April, 1924; July, 1925, and May.
1926.
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chrysanthemum show to w. T. Sim
mons is not in itself significant
thing. Most any one may chance at
some time to be the lucky winner.
However, in the case Of Mr.. Simmons.
winning is not a matter Of luck. It
Is the result of good gardening.
Months before a show Is to occur
Mr.. Simmons commences to put his
plants into condition to produce ex-
hibition material. The soil is prepared
with cover crops, tillage' is carefully
attended to and water given in dry
spells. A gardener of this type does
not work simply when so inclined.
Practically every Summer morning
will find Mr.. Simmons at the job.
Takoma Park gardeners are quite
proud of Mr.. Simmons and rely upon
him for aid in garden problems. One
fine thing is that information Is al
ways cheerfully given.
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Painter Sues for $50, 900.

The Wardman Construction Co.
was sued yesterday in the District
Supreme Court by Joseph 7. Bod
mer for $4,000 damages for alleged
personal injuries. Through Attor-
neys Easby-Smith, Pine and Hill.
Bodmer says he was employed by tbs
Wardman concern as n house painter
of new dwellings in course of erec-
ton on Rittenhouse street, between
Fifth and Seventh streets. and that
on July 3 last, while coming down
the stairway from the second to the
first floor of one of the houses "a
board got loose and threw him I"
the floor below, infiicting serious and
nermanent injuries.
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Owen X. Truitt. owner and builder;
l.. w. Giles. architect: to erect one
three-story brick and tile ,manufac'
turing building, 1912 v street DOT Q,
square 273); to cost $1S,500.
T. J. Molloy. owner; Walter Case.
builder; to erect brick addition. 3245
M street Got 90. square 1207); to cost
5000. .
Rauscher's, Inc, owners: ]. A.
Richards, builder; to erect one four
story brick manufacturing building.
2212-2214 M street Got 823, square 81;
to cost $4,000.
Mrs. Catherine Ford, owner and
builder; Vaughn. & Ferguson Co.,
architects: to erect addition. 907 Bell
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Gardening in Washington

AND. IT'S ENTIRONS

Of bone meal can be applied for 1000
square feet. Old composted manure
would be even better but is unavall-
able to many. Established lawns VIII
benefit from annual applications OF
bone meal, 10 to Is pounds per 1,00O
square feet.
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TIMELY SUGGESTIONS

Trees, shrubs and vines received
from the nursery should not be left
in the house or cellar to await an op-
perfume time for planting. but should
be taken out in the garden and heeled
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A firm in Melbourne, Australia. is
seeking to have its printing done In
America.
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PERMITS ISSUED SHOW
DROP OF $4OO, 900 IN D. c.
BUILDING PAST WEEK

Continued from Eighteenth Page.)
The Kusko times., 1926-03-20
Senate Committee
 Recommends .Unseat-
 ing of Sen. Brookhart

Washingtonsz March 19.-+Thea Sen ate elections committee today faced the question of accepting CT rejecting zhe reports of its subcommittee rec ommending the 4unseating of Senator Brookhart, Republican, of Iowa. ,ln favor of his. Democratic. opponent Daniel F. Steck..
 Braokhart announcedc that heit will contest the case to it's end.
 At the executive session, late yes terday, the subcommittee reported that it had concludedathat. .Mr. .Steck had received majority of the votes and should~be seated.
The Kusko times., 1926-03-20
Govt. to Take Over IUnclaimed Money of
 Demented Of Alaska

Washington, March 18-The United States will take over unclaimed moneys of legally adjudged insane Alaskans if the bill passed by the Senate today becomes a law. ..
 The latssufe provides that all money belonging to insane persons, that has been deposited by them with person or institution, under con- tract with the Department of the h. terior for the care of Alaskan insane, who have died, been discharged, or who have eloped, and whose where abouts is unknown, shall, if un- claimed by the person or his legal heirs within three years be deposited in the United States Treasury by the Department of the Interior, This would be subject, however, to recla- nation by an insane person or his heir within five years from the date of the passage of the bill.
The Kusko times., 1926-03-20
TAKING OF PHOTOGRAPHS
 OF WILKINS. EXPEDITION

Fairbanks.-The District Court has dissolved the injunction restraining photographers from taking pictures of the Wilkins expedition holding that the: undertaking is a-public enter prise. The plaintiffs were given five days in which to-file-an amended com plaint.
 The leaders of the expedition claim the enterprise is of a private nature, financed with a view of taking and selling photographs and moving pie lures and the taking of pictures by others will spoil their own sales:
The Kusko times., 1926-03-20
ACTIVITIES
 OF . ALASKA
Plan Suggested fos Re- organizations of Ter
 ritorial Govt.

Washington, March fs.-A plan suggested by the Interior Department to reorganize Federal Government az tivities in Alaska, with the view to de- standardization and to give greater au- thority@ in local affairs to officials in the Territory, is before Secretry Hoover, of the Chamber of Commerce, and Secretary Jardine, of the Agricul- tural Departments, for revision and ap- provaI.
 The proposal provides that the Sec retaries Of Agriculture and Com merce- each appoint from among their present forces in Alaska man to supervise and coordinate all work in his own department. which in some cases is divided among twenty-five bureaus. These executive officers These executive officers, who would not occupy any new position. would have power, subject to final appeal tc their respective. secretaries, to decide all local administrative matters. The plan will be submitted to Congress.
 Governor of Alaska Parks, who leaves for home tomorrow, said the plan was in formative stage
 A floating hospital will be in opera tion on the Yukon river next. sum 'mer, Governor Parks said.
The Kusko times., 1926-03-20
CAY THEATRICAL PARTY
 THRILLED OLD NEW YORK

New York-z+Pelice and prohibition. officers have been ordered to make an investigation. a gay, parF reported to have been staged in this city last night by Earl Carroll, producer at the local theater bearing his name. . The party is said ito have been arranged by Carroll in honor of his packer, w. R. Burlington, Texas millionaire, and the 300 guests included "a number of notables, among whom were the Countess of Cathcart; Harry K. Thaw, slayer, of Stanford White; Irwin Cobb, humorist, c. T. Brainerd, publisher, and. Condo Mast.
 After the guests had been feasted in lavish style, with much champagne in evidence, bathtub was placed on the stage and filled with the wine rand a pretty stage girl who served the guests until the tub was drained. Other stage girls danced about the stage in scanty attire.
 Countess Cathcart declares that nothing involving moral turpitude oc-- cured during the party She said 1t was wonderful and that no such affair was ever staged in England
The Kusko times., 1926-03-20
Palmer Hutchinson, of Detroit News. Meets
 Death at Fairbanks

Word received here during the past couple of days from Fairbanks states that Palmer Hutchinson, a nationally known newspaper man, was killed at that place by airplane It is assumed that he backed up into the machine while the propeller was running.
 Palmer Hutchinson was a. widely known writer of the Detroit News staff, and had the assignment from that paper for Towering" the expedi- 6ion for the North American News paper Alliance. He arrived in Fair banks only a few days ago.
The Kusko times., 1926-03-20
Eielson Company Not Awarded Contract fora
 Carrying Alaska Mail

Seattle.-W Irving Glover, Second Assistant Postmaster General, who arrived here yesterday on an inspec- ton tour, has announced that the Postoffice Department has rejected the bid of Carl B. EielsOn to carry the Alaska mail by airplane, declar- ing the bid is too high. -This means" /" Glover explained, .'that dog teams will continue to handle the mail con- tract in Interior Alaska"
 Glover is in charge of roilway, air plane, Alaska and foreign mail ser vice.
The Kusko times., 1926-03-20
MEASURE BY
 DELE EGAT'E: '
Proposes Literacy Qual" ifications Required
 of All Voters.

Washington. March. 17.-Congres- sional Delegate Sutherland of Alaska today introduced bill in the House proposing that literacy publications shall be required of all voters in Alaska. For several years a contro- versy has been waged over the ques- tion of permitting natives to vote.
 The bill would not disfranchise those who have previously voted. It would require that voters write their full names. sex and addresses in a poll book, without, aid
The Kusko times., 1926-03-20
Shoots and Kills His
 Wife and Four Other
 Women, and Attorney

Placerville. Calif., March 19!-Be- cause his wife sneeringly refused to occupy the house he had built for her and had instituted proceedings for. di- vorce, John H. Coins, a Stockton busi- ness man, shot and killed. her and four other women, and also her at- torney, and ran off to the mountain grade after he had fired shot into his own brain, while pursuing officers were firing at him
The Kusko times., 1926-03-20
DENY ALL
 CHARGES
Reed and Shoup Defend Their Records Before
 Senate Committee.

Washington, March 19-Judge Reed and District Attorney Shoup, of the First judicial district of Alaska, whose nominations are under fire, de- tended their records today before the Senate judiciary committee, of the charges against them brought by Delegate Sutherland of Alaska.
 Judge Reed prefaced his statement By denying that lawlessness is ram pant in the Territory. He character ized as "a blot upon my administra- tion of the court" the charge that he had sentenced three men to jail for contempt when there was no founda tion for such charge.
The Kusko times., 1926-03-20
Sargent to Accompany
 Mapping Expedition

San Diego, March 18.-R. H. Sar-- gent, chief of the Alaskan survey sec tion of the Department of the h. terior, has been granted permission by the Navy Department to accom- pany the North Island naval air map ping expedition to Alaska this sum- mer. Sargent plans to proceed direct from Washington to Ketchikan, where the naval air expedition will establish it's first base.
 May l is the tentative date set for the departure of the air-mapping de- tachment from San Diego.
The Kusko times., 1926-03-20

Al .Goslaw and Arthur L'heureux, after almost winters season spent in the Poorman and Cripple sections, are among the latest arrivals. Re turning with them are Blizzard and Windy" two haf-wof, cubs, five weeks old, the admiration of all who have seen them.
The Kusko times., 1926-03-20

Mrs. B. J. Boyd, Takotna's popular teacher, and her ward, Miss Bessie Fred, left this morning for Nenana, as passengers, of Owen Gray. Mrs. Boyd is on her way to the Outside, and, aside from visiting with many friends and relatives, she will attend the Teachers College which convenes during the coming summer at Cheney, Wash, returning to Takotna on one of the last up-river boats.
The Kusko times., 1926-03-20
Establishes Flying. Record Between Se-
 attle, San Francisco

Seattle, March 1S.-Establishing a new flying record of seven hours and three minutes between San Francisco and Seattle, Vern- c. eGorst, who has the contract for carrying the air mail between Seattle.and Los Angeles ar rived at the local airdrome, this after noon in his monoplane.
The Kusko times., 1926-03-20
ARRIVES AT LEAV-
 WORTH PENITENTIARY

Leavenworth, March 19.-Charles R. Forbes, former director of the United States Veterans Bureau, under sentence of two years for conspiracy to defraud the government. appeared at the federal penitenia. -n this afternoon.
The Kusko times., 1926-03-20

Dr. Westz, of Akiak, and Deputy Marshal Frank Wiseman, of Bethel, left Fairbanks Friday on their way to the Lower Kuskokwim and are due to arrive here within the next days.
The Kusko times., 1926-03-20

The weather bureau takes no stock in suggestions that volcanic activity in Alaska has caused recent high tenn peratures. Instead, the bureau de- clares a peculiar layout of tempera- ture pressure has brought warm ocean winds to Alaska and has de- flected down through Canada the cold waves that usually pass over the Alaskan Siberian sector. That's all there is to it," say the experts. "Vol- canoes may look and act fiery, but the most ferocious one in the world isn't warm enough to heat up even small corner of regular cold wave"
The Kusko times., 1926-03-20

Harry Carter, formc- TT of the N. c. Co. statione .cGrath, is now attending an aQ-.m0bile cleo tricd school at Los Angeles, accord ing to recent word received here a few days ago.
The Kusko times., 1926-03-20
Telegraphlc Ticks.

Washington, March 19.-The Sen ate today rejected the nomination of Wallace McCamant, of Oregon, as judge of the Ninth Federal Circuit Court
 Moslow, March 19-General Alexis Brusselov, who commanded the drive from Pripett to the border of Rou- mania during the world war, died here today
 Seattle March 19-Dr. Arvid c. Silverberg, under sentence for draft evasion, was removed today to Camp Lewis and, from thence to Alcatras military prison.
 Washington, March 19.-The Ad- ministration bill to create bureau of prohibition in the Treasury Depart ment was approved today by the House ways and means committee.
 Washington, March 19-The Sen ate adjourned today, out of respect to Colonel Coolidge Athens, March 19.-Coundouriotis has resigned from the Greek presi- dency
The Kusko times., 1926-03-20
BILL INTRODUCED BY
 DELEGATE SUTHERLAND

Washington, March 19.-Delegate Sutherland of Alaska today intro duced in the House bill to direct army engineers to survey ocean front age at Afognak, Afognak Island, in AIascka.
The Kusko times., 1926-03-20
FOREMA NFOR HAMMON COM
 PANY, NOME. MEETS DEATH

Nome.-Jack. McFadden, foreman foreman for the Hammon Company, died in the hospital here yesterday as the result of exposure on the trail. He was found lying in the snow Mon day night with both hands and one foot frozen, the temperature being 25 below zero.
 Doctors in attendance express the belief that McFadden tainted on the trail as the result of kidney trouble.
The Kusko times., 1926-03-20

Charlie Ross, with the outgoing mail, arrived Thursday, leaving for McGrath on Friday, accompanied by Carl Almsdahl.
The Kusko times., 1926-03-20

Dave Strandberg arrived at Nc Grath last night, en route to the scene of his summer operations at Flat
The Kusko times., 1926-03-20

H. K. Carlisle, timber agent of the U. s. Land Office at fairbanks. de- parted Tuesday, on his way to -Nenana and Fairbanks.
The Kusko times., 1926-03-20

Harry Panther, of Flat, who was a Sunday arrival, left Monday on his re- turn to that place.