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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07
By WILLIAM d. HAYWOOD
PART II.

There was an explosion one night
under corner of Dukes hotel. The
next morning l was in front of Law
rence's store when a woman, called
"Old Mother" Bennett, came walk
ing down the street muttering some
thing about burning down the town.
A man who was sitting on the edge
of the sidewalk jumped to his feet
and struck her in the face. 1t was
Johnny Drake, the owner of the
hotel. This woman and her man
had Dragged about planting the pow
der, and after the incident on the
sidewalk both were arrested and the
Vigilante Committee drove them
down the canyon that very after
noon.
Another day two schoolmates of
mine were playing in the livery
barn. They were in the room where
the hostler slept and found pistol
under the pillow. Accidentally, Pete
Bethel pulled the trigger and killed
Willie Duke. When I heard the shot
I ran to the stable and found Willie
dead. saw the blood running out of
his head. Little Pete Bethel was
scared speeches..
These scenes of blood and violence
happened when l was seven years
old. After the talk of massacres
and killings at Salt Lake City, l ac-
cepted it all as a natural part of
life.
1t was an event-when the Dutch
shoemaker's family arrived in the
camp. A day or two after their an
rival / was playing down by the
creek near the shoemaker's house
when ] saw little girl in the shadow
of 2 clump of willows. Going over
to her, found that she was very
pretty, with cheeks 1ike big red APP
pies. When I spoke to her she only
smiled. l took her hand, then I
kissed her ard she seemed to like
that. Someone called, her mother, ]
guessed. Breaking away from me she
ran to the house, smiling back at me
over her shoulder. The next day ]
went back and there she was, dip
ping up a bucket of water from the
creek. went up quietly and put my
arms around her, when she turned
and scratched my face, spat at me
and lifted the bucket as though to
throw the water at me. / ran away,
not knowing what had come over
her. Later l found that it was not
she at all; it was her twin sister.
Most Of the boys in the camp had
slingshots. ! was going to make one
for myself. l was back of the house
trying to cut a handle from scrub
oak, when the knife slipped and pen
ttrated my eye. They sent me to
SSlt Lake Immediately for medical
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07

ing use of the glaring vices and con-
Predictions in that administration to
prepare the way. for their own pro-
teges to come to power. They es-
pecially propaganda the Shanghai
bankers and compradores, who groan
under the levies of the ministry of
finance, and the taxpayers who must
pay the Kuomintang four times the
taxes formerly collected by the
Northern militarists. When, a few
weeks ago, the Nationalist govern
ment announced a public competi-
ton for a new national song, the
leading British organ in Shanghai,
North China Daily News" offered
the following cynical bit as its con-
tribution:
"Sing a song of Marking,
Busy with the eye
Wash for all the people,
Eager to espy
Something for the millions
The Government has spent,
Wondering where the dickens
All the dollars went.
The Ministry of Finance
Is wangling the money,
The banker and the merchant
Think it very funny,
The less there il of fighting
The more the army grows,
The more there are Of soldiers
The greater are the woes.
etc., etc."
and they certainly are, then there's
a reason" as the American adver-
Users say. And the reason is, that
though there has been temporary
cessation of open fighting, brief
truce in China's interminable civil
war, every man with a little power
knows quite well that the fighting
will soon begin again. When that
happens, woe to the General" with
out soldiers and ammunition or
whose army has lost its fighting
abilities! For few months the
militarists posed in Marking in a
public love-feast, but not one moved
from his rooms without a heavy
bodyguard.
Arm for Party Congress.
As the time for the showdown
comes, the National Congress Of the
Kuomintang, and the impossibility
Of settling their differences around
the table becomes clear, the con-
gress has been postponed to enable
the generals to hurry to their re-
spective territories to prepare their
armies for the congress! Ii Chi-sen
has gone to Canton, Yen Shi-san has
retired to Shansi, Chang Kai-shek
is inspecting" the First Army and
bewailing "the astonishing lack of
discipline and disorganization aris-
ing from luxury and leftist move
ments"; Ii Tsung- jen has returned
to his base at Hankow; Bel Chung
hsi has respectfully declined to obey
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07
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Daily - g, 1Worker
Central Organ of the Workers Community Party 90

Published by National Daily Worker Publishing
Assn, Inc, Daily, Except Sunday, at 26-2S
Union Square, New York, ~ Y. Telephone,
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ROBERT MINOR. ...............E Editor
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
THE PEACH BORER

The borer is without question one
of the big problems of the peach
grower, whether home gardener or pro-
fesSional grower. It is not exaggeration
to state that the chances Of a peach
tree amounting to anything are prac-
tically nil unless this perniciouS insect
is controlled. The young tree will
usually start off in good shape; but by
the third or fourth season win be badly
weakened and dying. The borers work
in the wood near the base of the tree
and actually girdle the tree in their
feeding. Obviously, sprays are OF no
advantage since the insects are work.
ing beneath the bark. For years the
peach grower had only one method OF
control, that of digging out the insects
with a knife and sharpened wires.
Where the borerS were numerous In
any one tree, the treatment was often
so severe as to be quite as hard on the
tree as the borers themselves. Hence
it was a most profound blessing to
peach growers when the casing method
of control was devised.
The credit for the development Of
this new treatment belongs to the De-
partment of Agriculture and the sub
| ject is fully covered in Farmers Bulle-
| tin No. 1915, prepared by DR.. A. L.
| Quaintance. The chemical has long
name-paradichlor is rel
atively simple in its use and not at
all dangerous to apply. A glance at
the accompanying photograph illustrates
far better than words the method of
use. The first step is to clear space
about the base of the tree, using a
hoe or spade or whatever tool may be
at hand. The observation-disclosures is
then applied in circle about the base
of the trunk, keeping the material at
least two inches from the bark. After
spreading, the chemical should be Gov
cred with soil banked up against the
trunk of the tree. This constitutes the
whole of the treatment, except that
after four or five weeks the soil should
be leveled to stop the treatment.
Concerning the amount Of chemical
to use per tree, DR.. Quaintance, in the
above bulletin. recommends one quar-
ter of one ounce for trees completing
their second year in the garden or
orchard, progressively increasing this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
GRAPE VARIETIES

Concord. Niagara and Delaware
grapes have been prominent so long
that it is exceedingly difficult for any
new variety to replace them, notwith-.
standing that it may be equally good
or even slightly better in certain re-
spects. The same statement applies to
other fruit and vegetable varieties, but
is particularly noticeable just now In
grapes because there are some excel
lent new varieties waiting to gain the
attention of home gardeners.
Brilliant, Caco and Captivator are
all varieties of real merit. 1t happens
that all three varieties are red in color.
Brilliant is exceptionally attractive be-
cause of its fine aromatic flavor, lacking
in that foxy tang characteristic Of over
ripe Northern grapes. Caco and Cap
tivator are almost as inviting. One adj
vantage in enlarging the home grape
collection to more than one or two
kinds is to lengthen out the season of
ripening. Niagara and Concord are so
near alike in time of ripening that there
is flush of grapes and the season of
fruit Is gone for another whole year.
1t is possible to have grapes maturing
for several weeks If some OF the newer
and somewhat different type grapes are
grown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
THE HOME GARDENER
THE LAWN

September is d good month in which
to sow grass seed, providing, OF course,
that rains have arrived or there are
adeouate means of watering the Eewly
planted areas. The young grass that
Is started in September usually has a
distinct advantage over Spring planted
grass IN that it Is In q condition to
benefit by the early Spring rains ana
make an excellent start before hot
weather comes again. When one
comes right down to rock bottom facts,
grass may be seeded at any time dur
ing the long growing season from April
to November, but September and early
october are particularly favorable
months. AS evidence in support of this
statement, one may observe that the
gardeners in charge of the city parks
and lawns do much of their lawn reno
walton work at this season.
Grass is often termed the king of
weeds because of its ability to take
ultimate possession of any open area.
However, no one cares to wait for the
tedious procedure of the grass establish
ing itself. The fundamentals of good
lawn are good preparation, which in
cludes tillage and fertilization and the
use Of good seed. Merely scattering
seed over bare areas is extremely
unsatisfactory and Is really not giving
the grass q IalE zeal. 0HdllOW SpduulS
and breaking of clods and raking, much
as in preparing the vegetable garden,
is highly desirable. FertilizeE-- should
be applied during this preparation proc
ess and worked into the soil. Finally,
after seeding, the surface should be
rolled. or, on small areas, flattened with
a board or other device. With moisture
in sufficient supply. grass comes up in
very few days. The matter Of seed Is of
utmost Importance. There are all
grades of seed, from the lowest to the
best. The last named is none too good.
The home gardener should go to the
garden supply houses and not take
chances on ordinary stock which is
pretty apt to be partly weed seed and
of low viability.
Nothing equals a new lawn in beauty
and, at the same time, nothing makes
property look so run down as does
a patchy. ragged lawn. Good seed, good
preparation and little protection dur
ing the early stages will go long way
toward making a beautiful and attrac-
tive lawn a source of pride and joy to
the home owner and the community.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
GARDEN ITEMS

Do bees destroy ripe grapes? This is
a debated question that still remains
unsolved. Professional entomologists
are quite positive In their assertions
that bees are not able to pierce the skin
of the grape or other fruits. However,
the sight Of hundreds Of bees busily en-
gagged in sucking the juice Of the well
ripened berries is disturbing evidence
that is hard to explain away. About
the only way to keep clusters perfect
after they once begin to color Is to bag
them in paper sacks, which in itself Is
a tedious task that few care to under
take.
An association between brilliant col
oring and high quality Is often noted
in fruits. Conditions of sunlight ex-
posure and nutrition which favor color
development seem to favor an increase
in sugars and aromatic flavors. Pruning
that tends to this out the tops Of fruit
trees and allows sunlight to reach the
fruit Is beneficial and is now recon-
mended in preference to drastic cutting
of large branches or severe cutting
back.
Clematis is a variable family, rang
ing from the small Towering paniculata
nov in bloom to the large Powered blue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07

in September and october. Plants
which were stunted by the long drought
may be brought into greater vegetative
activity by the use of nitrate of soda
or ammonium sulphate. about one half
ounce per plant, scattered few inches
from the stalk. Light cultivation will
help also to get the plants into activity
again.
The National Capital Dahlia and
Iris Society is planning its annual Fall
dahlia show, realizing that few weeks
of good growing weather will greatly
restore the dahlia plants to a normal
condition. The gardener that comes
through with fine flowers in an adverse
season deserves particular commenda-
ton. On the other hand. those that
fail In years like this has been need not
feel discouraged because such unfavor-
able conditions are extremely rare in
this locality. At all events. 1t Is safe to
prophecy that there will be an abun-
dance of fine dahlias when show time
arrives
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07

varieties such as Jackmani., For mass ass
erect or an arbor or wall, clemats
pariculata is very useful but 1t has
one bad fault, that Of shedding seed
which grows readily, and becomes
yeritable weed with q very determined
root.
Speaking Of determined roots, the
catalpa is remarkably persistent. a
Certain tree cut down four years ago
has sent up shoots from the roots each
successive sic season despite their consis-
tent removal. After while the reserve
foods stored up in the roots must be-
come exhausted.
One of the finest Of the eyefgreens
Is the Deodar cedar. Cedrus deodara:
from the Himalayan Mountains Of
India. The long pendulous branches
covered with delicate blush white
foliage are exceedingly graceful. There
is q fine specimen Of this tree near the
Lee Mansion In Arlington Cemetery.
How many home gardeners nave
noticed that tomato plants set out with
Young fruits partially developed are
exceedingly slow to grow? The energy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
BUILDINGS LIFE
SUBJECT OF STUDY
ObsoIescence Must Be Con.
sidered in Planning to Make
Structure Pay.

"The gradual ageing of a structure as
\ q result of the slow action Of the eie.
ments until very recently dominated
most of our thinking with reference to
the length of life of real estate i'm
.provements. Within the last few years,
however, hard experience as well as tax
laws have forced recognition of another
factor governing the life of improve
ments more important than deprecia-
ton, namely, obsolescence," DR.. Arthur
J. Mertzke of Chicago, director OF re-
search for the National Association OF
Real Estate Boards. declares.
The fact that structure may De USE
less long before 1t is physically worn
out has some very important economic
consequences which cannot be over
looked in any businesslike treatment OF
any type of improved real estate, Dr.
Mertzke pointed out.
New Concept in Business.
"obsoleseence is, practically speaking,
q new concept in the business world.
II it Is true that obSolescence definitely
limits the useful life of real estate I'M
provementS. then this becomes factor
Of major Importance not only IN the
planning and construction OF all I'M
proyements, but also in the return or
earning power which these improve
ments are capable of yielding" DR..
Mertzke said.
LAS long as the popular impression
prevailed that amy structure was likely
to outlive its owners, naturally very
little thought was given to the matter
of recovering or even OF maintaining
the investment represented by such I'M
provenlents. Once the fact Is recog-
nized, however. that the life OF these
improvements is comparatively short, II
becomes obvious that the only valid ex-
cuse for building them is the return
which they will yield during the term
of their useful life. and this return must
be not only a fair rate of interest on
the capital invested, but also return
of the principal itself.
This thought leads very logically to
two rather obvious and unacceptable con-
illusions, namely: (a) That structures
should be carefully planned and To-
Gated with a view to yielding a maxi
their useful life, and (b) that the num-
Der or supply Of any type of structure
should not be multiplied to the point
where competition among them will
make 1t impossible for any of them tc
earn an adequate return.
Practice Is Condemned.
1.-THE practice, commonly advocated
and often followed, of letting apprecia-
ton in land values Offset depreciation
in buildings, should be condemned as
unsound and unbusinesSlike because:
81. Such increases as are already an
ticipated have already been paid for In
ground values.
70. Further and unreasonable In
creases in ground values are uncertain
IS. The higher the cost of improve
ments In proportion to the value Of the
site, the greater would have to be the
increase in site values to Offset depre-
citation.
~ Increased ground values mean in
creased tax burdens, which are not al
ways accompanied by a corresponding
increase in earning capacity" :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07

quantity to a full ounce for trees five
years and older It is readily seen that
the new treatment is neither laborious
nor costly. Certain of the larger gar
den supply stores of the city handle the
material.
In action, the chemical slowly vo-
latilizes from solid substance to gas,
which penetrates the openings OF the
borers and kills them. A simpler and
more effective treatment could not be
devised, September is the best month
for combating the borer..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
Books Linked With Homes.

Books" and home" are indissolubly
united in the minds of most people.
Indoors on snowy evenings, on warm
Summer days in the shaded swing, in
bed at night when sleep is elusive, they
are stanch, reliable friends Such
friends as these should be made to feel
sat home. They should be housed with
loving care and one should find room
to accommodate them at all costs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
FIRE AT 0RPHANAGE.
Baptist Plant Near Nashville Lose:
Building-Inmates Escape.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, September :
R1.-One of the central buildings Of
the Baptist State Orphanage. IL miles
from Nashville on the Franklin road
was burned to the ground yesterday
escaped. The institution, consisting OF
i've buildings, houses between 200 and
800 children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
Time to Inspect Heating,

Now is the time to inspect your
heating boiler and have needed repairs
made. Look TO the insulation on boiler
and heating pipes. This must be sound
II II IS TO Keep down fuel bills. Have
the chimney cleaned and thorouehly
examined for fire hazards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
DAHLIAS

Dahlias have had a dificult season 50
far but it is surprising how we'll they
will recover from now on. once rainfall
equals their needs. The dahlia reaches
its finest development in that period of
the year when the days about equal the
nights and when the nights are COOL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07

of the plant goes 10 the fruit instead
Of growth. This Is one reason vhv
young vegetative plants are more de-
sirable for setting in the garden than
are older plants with flowers already
set.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07
Ready to Helr Ruy Home.

Ready assistance awaits the man
who wants to own a home. Your en-
ployer, your banker, your contractor.
your realtor and your builder are ready
to help you give your family the many
advantages and savings that come with
owning home.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
Human Emotion Based
on Electric Current?

Is love simply the result of cleo
trical attraction Is the human body
an electric battery and our life. ener-
gy, and vitality dependent on how
strong q current we create?
A doctor has stirred up tremendous
discussion by declaring that chemical
activity In the cells of the human
body produces electricity, that this
electricity maintains the life process
and that lack of it finally causes
death.
He believes the human current has
q great influence over all our emo
lions, including love, and thinks this
may explain why certain people are
attracted to one another, or vice
versa.
A famous electrical expert says !:
"We have never isolated this current
and the laws of electrophysiolOgy
are not well known, but we have
many proofs that this current exists
The body produces electricity in a
score of different ways. AT every
muscular contraction or irritation of
a nervous center there are vibra.
lions that liberate this mysterious
power.
"The least movement of muscle
produces electricity. For every heart
beat there Is a corresponding oscil
iation Of the galvanometer needle"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
Swastika Always Held
Emblem ar Good Luck

The swastika, which II the cross
made by crossing two letter "Z's" has
been the symbol of. good luck for so
long back that no reliable evidence
has been preserved to indicate just
why this particular telegraph should
have Its present significance. We do
know that from time out Of mind 1t
has had this significance, and among
peoples In all parts of the world ex-
cepting Africa, Polynesia, Australia
and the polar regions.
The swastika as the good-luck sym
Dol is found in China, Korea, Japan
and India. AS far back as in ancient
Troy the swastika was used in this
sense by the Myceneeans. 1t is found
in relics of such widely separated peo-
pies as those who inhabited Europe
during the Bronze age, the Erruscans,
the Indians of our own Colorado and
Mexico, and among others OF North
American natives who antedated Co
lumbus by at least ten centuries.
Another curiously significant fact Is
that In the Indian language the word
''swastika" means good luck; while In
ancient Sanscrit "swasti" means "hail"
or 'be well."-Kansas City Times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
Durability Of Leather
Shown by Recent Find

The durability of leather was proved
by the discovery, in the course of ex
cavating for the foundations of the
new Bank Of England, of soIes of
Roman shoes, one of which bore clear
iy the impress Of the official Roman
eagle.
The soles evidently were those OF
the sandals worn by women and chill
dren. Bronze rivets were used to hold
together two or three thicknesses OF
leather and no doubt accounted In
part for the life obtained from the
footwear, which must have been much
greater In weight than present-day
shoes. The old leather was in about
the same state Of preservation as
might be expected of modern shoe
that had been on a rubbish heap for
q couple Of months.
Although nowadays leather Is pro-
duced with more speed and less me-
chanical crudity, the processes of pre-
serving, toughening, and sOftening II
are not materially different from
those practiced by the Romans in
England about 1000 years ago.