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Evening star., 1926-11-23

oil for money and use those funds
to build the tanks. Then Fall left for
Three Rivers.
'If DENLY had accepted this recon-
mendation," declared Mr.. Hogan. 1.-The
Pan-American Co. would have been
put out of this entire proposition. In
stead, he turned it over to Admiral
Robson. and the latter. said that If
no satisfactory bids are received there
is still time to apply for authority,
but if the bids are all right then Mr..
Falls letter was pessimistic."
Consequently, the bids were opened
in Finney's office here and three were
received. The Pan.American Co. put
in two bids, the first of which was
$120, 900 lower than the Associated Oil
Co.'S proposition.
Bids Opened Publicly.
A year after the loan of 100000 to
Fall and when the Interior Secretary
was in Three Rivers and Doheny on
his way to old Mexico, Mr.. Hogan
said, the bids were opened publicly by
Secretary Finney.
The bid of the Pan-American Co..
he declared, was found to be below
the others and therefore more ad-
vantageous to the Government. In
effect, he said, it was bid number B.
and was found to be less than half
of 1 per cent of the cost of the con-
struction work at Pearl Harbor.
Admiral Robson notified Secretary
Finney to go ahead and make out
the lease, Hogan told the jury. Re
member" he said, that Fall then was
in Three Rivers and Doheny knew
nothing personally of the details"
On April II, 1921, the attorney
pointed out, Mr.. Finney notified Fall
by telegram that the Pan-American
bid was the lowest and most advan-
tageous for the Government. The
message stated that Secretary DENLY
had recommended it's acceptance and
Finney suggested that he be given
authority to make out the lease.
Says Fall Asked Publicity.
"And that's all Fall knew Of it,"
said Hogan.
To this message he said that Fall
replied in effect: "If Secretary Den
by and Admiral Robson approve, go
ahead and make the award to the
Pan-American Co., but give the full
est possible publicity"
Hogan said the evidence shows tnat
Fall never made a suggestion or per-
sonal move on his own part to get the
approval on the lease.
"What he said in effect was, DO
what the Navy Department says to
do"
That exchange of messages the
attorney brought out really ratified
Evening star., 1926-11-23
Fall-Doheny Jurors
Average 33 Years;
Age Range % to 43

The jury selected to pass on
the charges against Albert B.
Fall and Edward l.. DOheney is
one of the youngest empanelled
i'm such an important case here
i'm years. the oldest member be-
ing 43; the youngest %, and the
average age of the IL. 33. Six
of the jurors are 80 or younger.
Its personnel, all residents OF
Washington, follow:
Herbert III. Via. Al, cigar
clerk, 1851 Perry place.
Henry ID. Byers, q, express
driver, 1918 Newton street.
William B. Farmer, 26, elec-
trician, 1855 w street.
George IL. Cobb, %, railway
clerk, 2O18 Third street north
east.
Christian Vogel, 40, restaurant
steward, 1O1 LOngfellOw street.
AlphOnso f.. Parker, is, news.
dealer, 1869 Twenty-eighth
street.
Henry j. Briggs, 35, architect,
2137 Newton street.
Stephen VermilliOn, 20, clerk,
1855 Fifth street northeast.
Clinton Carver, "a, steamf1tter,
1865 Emerson street.
Vernon S. Snow, q. CONNER
cial artist, 3709 Thirteenth
street.
Winfield Martindill, %, clerk,
1853 ~ street.
Chester F. Parker, 40, gro
Gerry salesman, 228 Third street
northeast.
Evening star., 1926-11-23
SINCLAIR OPPOSES DELAY.
Objects to Postponing Action on
Teapot Dome Suit Appeal.

Counsel for Harry F. Sinclair OBJ
jected in the Supreme Court today to
postponement of action on his appeal
in the Teapot Dome civil suit, which
he lost in the Circuit Court of Ap-
peals.
The Government asserting that the
Doheny civil suit, now before the
court. contained the same questions
Of law, has asked that nothing be done
with the Sinclair case until the Do
heny question is disposed of. Sin
clair's counsel today argued that such
a statement was incorrect. The Tea
pot Dome case. they insisted, involved
vital questions of law not present In
the Doheny appeal and which could
not be determined by a decision in thr
Doheny case.
Evening star., 1926-11-23
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

An Old-fashiOned dance will be given
at St. Joseph's Hall. 315 Second street
northeast, tomorrow at $3.50 pm.
Washington Alliance of Delta Delta
Delta Fraternity will celebrate Found
ers' day at banquet at Grace Dodge
Hotel tomorrow, $50 pm.
The study class, United Lodge of
Theosophists, Hill Building, Seven
teenth and l streets, will meet tomor-
row, 8 pm. Continuation Of study
of 1.-THE Ocean of Theosophy." Pub
lie welcome.
The knights of Columbus will give
O Thanksgiving party and dance to-
morrow, 9 pm, in X. of c. Hall.
Tenth street.
Association of Oldest Inhabitants
will meet December l. 1880 pm, in
the Union engine house. Nineteenth
and H streets. Election of officers.
The Liberty Council, No. 6, Daugh-
ters of America, will hold a card
party tomorrow night, s O'Clock.
Pythian Temple.
The Turks bury their dead in cork
cOffinS.
Evening star., 1926-11-23

the contract with Denby's full
approval.
On April IS. after the award had
been made. a statement was prepared
at the Navy Department and dis
tributed to the press with Denby's
approval
Arizona state miner., 1926-05-22
PURE-BRED DAIRY
SIRES HELP MILK

The value of using pure-bred dairy
sires is indicated by the high records
made by some grade cows. One of the
highest testing cows ever developed
in the Cow Testing Association of
America was Aggie, a Holstein
grade COW owned by D. w. Huenink
of Cedar Grove, Wis, who had devel-
oped his herd through COW testing as
sociation work and by the use Of pure
bred Holstein sires, selecting his herd
carefully on the basis Of production
and profits. This COW produced in
12 months some 2O,932 pounds of milk
and 817.4 pounds of fat, equal to
1,O22 pounds of butter
The reader may ask what profit
such cow would make over the or
dinary cow. According to the eX-
tension service of the Holstein-F'riesian
association the owner of Aggie re-
ceived $2,1S0.49 for her milk in five
years sold at butterfat prices Her feed
cost during that time was 1852 and
her average profit above feed cost was
$245.85.
The high COW for milk production
in the Johnstown (Colo.) testing asso-
citation is Claria III, owned by c..
w. Henry, a grade Holstein with rec
ord of 20,331 pounds of milk and 631.8
pounds of butterfat The high COW
for butterfat in the Fort Lupton
association is a Guernsey grade and
the high milk producer is a grade
Holstein. Many of the most profit
able herds in the state are grade
herds, but are all headed by pure-bred
sires.-Charles L. Bray, Colorado Ag-
ricultural College.
Arizona state miner., 1926-05-22
Horticultural ZI!!|1t+n!|
.opss 81 IIIA%2 G1'
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STRAWBERRIES ON
AN OLD PASTURE

A good many readers, especially in
New England, are writing us about
the possibilities in strawberries and
other small fruits There are good op-
portunities in this line, especially in
the northern sections where a late
berry like Grandy or Chesapeake can
be grown SO as to come into the mar
disposed of, says a writer in the Ru, al
New Yorker. There is not likely to be
serious glut in the late strawberry
crop.
Many Of these people say that they
have an old pasture, level, or gently
rolling, where the ground seems to be
we'll fitted for berries. The wild straw
berry crop does we'll on these fields
and that is generally good evidence
that the cultivated crop will thrive,
and many of these men propose to
plOw the old pasture up this spring
and fit the ground and set out the
plants at once.
This would be one of the worst
things they can do, and we would not
under any circumstances advise it. In
nine cases out of ten these old pas
lures are completely filled with white
grubs and somewhat similar insects.
Planted in berries just as they are
these white grubs will probably de-
stroy the crop by eating off the roots
OF the plants, and there is no practi-
cal way of fighting them successfully.
1t would, therefore, be the height Of
folly to plow up the old pasture this
spring and Immediately set the plants.
A much better plan will be to plow
the land, fit it thoroughly, and plant
such crop as corn, or some similar
crop which can be worked both ways
with the cultivatOr, and then thor
oughly hoed. Constant work will kill
out many of the white grubs, and at
the last cultivation a crop of buck
wheat and alsike clover can be seeded
directly in the crop. Buckwheat seems
to have some peculiar power to kill
out or discourage white grubs, and If
the field is handled in this way it will
give fair crop of corn and may be
plowed and planted to Strawberries in
1927, so as to give good start to the
crop. This would be the practical way
Of starting Strawberries on one Of
these old fields. 1t is the sensible way
to do it, and we would not under any
circumstances advise the immediate
use of these old pastures for straw
berry planting.
Arizona state miner., 1926-05-22
HORSE SHORTAGE
NOW IMPENDING

The increasing shortage of horses
on the farms of the United States
makes the growing of colts especially
attractive to some farmers. Some
fOresighted men are already growing
more colts and are receiving good
prices for them.
According to Prof. r. S. Curtis of
the animal husbandry department at
the North Carolina college, there has
been a decrease in the number of
horses on the farms of the United
States of 1853 per cent in the last five
years. On January first of last year,
there were 16,536,759 compared to 49,
1915 horses five years before.
There is a decrease of II per cent in
young horses foaled in 1923 and 1924.
Mules show an increase Of 5.5 per
cent during the last five years, but
young mules foaled during 1928 and
1924 show a decrease of 44.5.
"Those who have good mares pro-
ducing good horses and mules have
increased the production of colts"
says Professor Curtis. "Those who
have been producing inferior animals
have received such poor prices for the
colts that they have been discouraged
and have about quit the business.
This is exactly as it should be and
encourages the production Of good
horses. Competition with mechanical
power requires not only the use of
horses in more efficient ways, such as
larger teams, but also the production
of better horses and mules, capable of
doing more work in a given time"
Professor Curtis states that those
who have farms we'll equipped for the
production of live stock, with plenty
Of pasture and hay crops, should inves-
tigate the possibilities of. producing
colts for market.
Arizona state miner., 1926-05-22
Dust WalloWs Essential
for Health of Chickens

A dust bath Is as essential for the
health of chickens as water bath is
for humans. BY it's use fowls are able
to rid themselves Of many lice, as we'll
as to remove the scales and scurf from
the skin
Large, deep dust boxes are essential
in the laying pens. They should be
deep enough to hold about six inches
Of busting material. They are usually
placed in the corner of the pen, in the
sunshine, and elevated so that the lit
ter from the floor will not be thrown
into them.
The material used for busting should
be fine, light and dry. If it is to kill
lice it must be fine enough to fill the
breathing pores of these parasites.
Sandy loan mixed with road dust
makes fairly good busting material.
Sifted coal ashes will help in making
it finer.
If no provision has been made for
securing busting material before win
ter, 1t will usually be necessary to de-
pend upon loan which can be dug up
and dried and mixed with one-third
sifted coal ashes.
Arizona state miner., 1926-05-22
New Disease of Cattle
Due to Spoiled Glover

A new disease in farm cattle, ap-
parently due to the feeding of dam
aged or spoiled sweet clover hay and
silage, has been under close observa-
tion for some time by A. F. Schalk,
veterinarian, North Dakota Agricul-
tural college Doctor Schalk, after
personal study, observations and re-
ports received from farmers who have
had similar cases of this disease, con-
cludes that certain specimens of
moldy, spoiled or damaged sweet clov-
er hay and silage cause a definite
hemorrhagic disease in cattle.
"There is no evidence of such dis
ease from feeding on good, clean, we'll
preserved sweet clover hay and ST.
lage," says Schalk. He also has found
that not all specimens of spoiled
sweet clover hay and silage cause the
disease The kind and degree Of mold
or spoilage, as determined by ordinary
inspection, do not determine whether
a specimen is or is not dangerous for
cattle, he believes.
Arizona state miner., 1926-05-22
Rickets and Paralysis
Caused by Poor Feeding

Fall pigs fed a basal ration of
ground white corn, -four wheat mid
dlings, old process oilmeal and salt at
the Ohio experiment station, suffered
severely from pneumonia, ricketts, and
paralysis of the hind quarters.
Paralysis was found to follow sud-
den exertion or slipping. A post
mortem examination showed crushed
vertebra in the back almost severing
the spinal cord. Or in less severe
cases, irregularities in the vertebra.
One lot received blood meal, others
received ground limestone, ground
peanut hulls to furnish fiber, cod-liver
oil and yeast and various cOmbina-
tions. Blood meal as a carrier of an
efficient protein soon proved failure
in preventing ricketts,, as did peanut
hulls and vitamin B in yeast. Blood
meal seemed to hasten the trouble.
Cod-liver oil alone caused a powerful
growth impulse and a weak though
large bone results The addition of
a calcium salt, as In ground lime
stone, to the cod-liver oil, produced
satisfactory results.
The less severe cases of paralysis
were cured by the use of a corrective
diet, containing particularly cod-liver
oil and suitable minerals. Properly
cured alfalfa hay has recently been
found very valuable for fall pigs.
Arizona state miner., 1926-05-22
FarI:'2r!nEIIj,|,l,t1ET. arm! IIj,|,l,t1ET

Get the hens into laying quarters
couple of weeks before they commence
to lay.
Feeding sour milk to baby chicks
In tin receptacle or In a wooden
trough is practical and safe.
Good pasture might be made of much
rough land that now yields little
grass, just by chopping out the stumps
and brush and moving the weeds
twice a year.
Everything should be in readiness
for the baby chicks when they arrive.
Have the brooder stove set up and in
operation two or three days before
trusting it to take care of the chicks.
The isolated farmer isn't isolated
any more Instead he is able to keep
up close contact with his neighbor In
a social as we'll as a business way.
That is one place that the automobile
beats the horse.
It was only few years ago that
colts were common sight in Midwest :
pastures and fields. Now few colts are
seen. Where is the farmer of the fu-
ture going to secure his horse power?
Ia the form Of machinery perhaps.
Arizona state miner., 1926-05-22
Cooling Very Essential
for All Dairy Products

Cooling is essential in either winter
or summer. Too many dairymen fol
low the practice of leaving cans of
milk in the barn during the winter
months. Such milk will accumulate
odors from the barn and the animal
heat in the milk will allow the bac-
terra to grow so that the milk will
not meet the high standard Of milk
which is given proper attention. The
man who is producing cream should
also give attention to cooling. Prac-
tfcally every producer should be able
to sell sweet cream during the winter
months If he gives his product rea-
sonable attention. The mere fact that
cream is better in the winter than
summer is proof Of the fact that cool
ing is one of the greatest essentials
in the proper handling of dairy prod
ucts.
Arizona state miner., 1926-05-22
Find Strawberry Showing
Anthracnose Resistance

In observations made over a period
Of four years at the experiment sta
ton of the college of agriculture, Uni
versity of Illinois, variety of black
raspberry named the Quillen, which
originated in Indiana a few years ago,
has proved to be quite resistant to an
thracnOse, one of the most common
diseases Of black raspberries and one
which is causing growers heavy losses,
according to A. S. Colby, associate
chief of pomology at the college Of
agriculture, University of Illinois.
The observations made at the ex-
pertinent station during the past four
years are substantiated by counts re-
Gently made on nursery stock of the
Quillen variety being grown near
Bridgeport, Ind. Several hundred canes
were involved in these counts and it
was found that only 1915 per cent of
them were infected with anthracnose,
leaving 97.5 per cent of them clean.
In a similar plantation Of the Cumber-
land variety close by, the count was
94.8 per cent infected canes and only
81 per cent clean.
The CULLEN variety, said to be a
cross between Cumberland and Hop
kins, is a promising commercial vari-
ETY. which is hardy and vigorous and
which produces good crops of high
quality fruit. If it proves to be re-
sistant to anthracnose, it will have
solved big problem for growers. for
they are certainly on the lookout for
promising new varieties that are re-
sistant to the attacks Of insects and
diseases, especially anthracnose.
Careful raspberry growers can con-
troll anthracnOse to marked extent
by following a well-arranged spray
program and sanitary cultural meth
DDS. However, returns from spraying
for anthracnOse control often have been
improbable, even though the disease
has been controlled.
Arizona state miner., 1926-05-22

cherries. For once, he was selfish.
To himself he thought it would be
time enough when all the three trees
were ripe.
Then his mother would make
cherry pie and cherry preserves. But
the first cherries-well, it was so ex-
tremely nice to have a little meal
Of them all by himself. He wasn't
usually like this. But he seemed to
have such an appetite for cherries
that he forgot how selfish he was be-
ing in his thoughts and in his plans.
He got rake and pulled down
some branches and took off the deli
cious, ripe red cherries.
"Ah," he said to himself as he
smacked his lips.
. When he had filled a basket full of
them, back he hurried another way.
He heard some squirrels in the
trees calling out to him, and as he
knew he was acting in very mean,
selfish way, he felt quite certain that
the squirrels were saying:
aren't you greedy? Won't you
give US some?"
And he heard the robins chirp, WED
like some, too"
He went on until he reached a little
corner by the side Of the barn which
was all his own.
He used to go there often and read
story books-and he thought the spot
do iT7c% oI,0
Ing.
He ate and ate, but he had picked
so many he couldn't possibly eat them
all. Instead of calling his sister, or
leaving some for the robins and squir-
rels, he hid the rest in the cellar
of the house.
Here they are safe," he said to
himself.
But a certain little squirrel, named
Sharpy, had been watching him get
the cherries, eat all he could, and then
hide the rest.
"T1l teach that boy a lesson" he
scolded.
"The idea of being so selfish. It's
f7isgraceful."
When the farmers son had gone off
to play Sharpy got in through a tiny
hole to the cellar where the cherries
were hidden.
When he found he could get in him
self he called Mrs. Sharpy and the
children-and in they all scampered.
Such meal as they did have, and
I'll the time Sharpy kept muttering.
"Serves him right ~
Later on the farmers son got
hungry once more, and off he went
Arizona state miner., 1926-05-22
Much Moisture Needed

Fruit, being mostly water, requires
a soil that takes and holds moisture
well-one that is rich in humus, or
decayed vegetable matter. A good
apple crop, for instance, requires
enough water to cover the orchard a
foot deep. This quantity will not be
taken up and held unless the soil is
porous from humus so that moisture
fall does not run off, and has a sponge
like quality from the same reason to
resist evaporation.
Arizona state miner., 1926-05-22
Lack of Proper Feed

If you own a flock of Rhode Island
Reds or Barred Rocks that don't seem
to be producing as many eggs as your
neighbor's Wyandottes or Leghorns,
don't make the mistake of wanting to
raise the same breed as your neigh
Dor. You probably are at fault in the
care, feed and method of feeding. If
given proper management your flock
would probably be able to produce as
we'll as your neighbor's. The average
farm flock does not receive the feed
needed for egg production.
Arizona state miner., 1926-05-22
High-Testing Milk From
Fat Cows in Experimen'

There is a growing demand on the
part of consumers for a high-testing
milk. This, says the dairy depart
ment of the New Jersey College Of
Agriculture, makes of interest to dairy
men some recent experiments which
seem to prove that it is possible to
increase a cows fat or "cream" pro-
duction.
series Of tests at the University
of Missouri shows that COWS in fat
condition at calving time will pro-
duce milk testing higher in butterfat
beginning their lactation in this con-
dition gave milk averaging 5.5 per
cent butterfat. Another group of
Jerseys, beginning lactation in a thin,
condition, averaged 50 per cent but
terfat. The same relation held true
with Holsteins and Ayrshires.
Three-tenths of one per cent does
not seem very much, comments the
college, but with herd producing
from so to 100000 pounds of milk
year the increase in butterfat is an
appreciable item.
Contrary to the opinion of some
the butterfat content of a cows milk
cannot be raised by feeding certain
products. Numerous tests at several
experiment stations have established
this.
The conclusion is made that Civ
ing cows a good rest and fitting them
for the following lactation is a saw
ing proposition.
Arizona state miner., 1926-05-22
Spraying Schedule for
GRAPES During a SeasC

Grapes need four sprays during the
season if they are to have adequate
protection against diseases and insects
The Iowa Fruit Growers association
recommends the following spray sched-
ule for grapes.
First Spray-Spray a few days be-
fore the blossoms open for anthranose
and black rot. Use homemade bor-
deaux mixture of four pounds quick
lime and four pounds copper sulphate
to fifty gallons of water, or about six
pounds commercial bordeaux to fifty
gallons of water
Second Spray-Apply the second
spray after the grapes have bloomed
and are about the size of small shot,
before the berries touch in the bunch,
for the control of black rot and leaf
eating insects. Use homemade bor-
deaux mixture, 4-4-5O formula, or about
six pounds Of commercial bordeaux to
fifty gallons Of water. Also add one
and one-half pounds of dry arsenate of
lead to every fifty gallons of water, no
matter whether homemade or COM
mercial bordeaux is used.
Third Spray-Apply the third spray
about two weeks after the second,
using the same spray material as in
the second spray.
Fourth Spray-Apply the fourth
spray ten days to two weeks after the
third spray and use the same spray
material as in the second spray.
The latter sprays are especially i'm
portant for the control of black rot on
grapes, particularly If the season has
been wet.