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Events of the Week. 
DOMESTIC.—The Post Office Department April 17 issued 
a fraud order against the (Boston) Ubero Plantation Com¬ 
pany and the Consolidated Ubero Plantation Company, both 
Incorporated in Maine and having headquarters in Boston. 
The department declares that both companies are gigan¬ 
tic swindlers. William D. Owen, formerly a member of 
Congress from Indiana, and later Secretary of State of 
Indiana, and F. E. Borges, formerly of Logansport, are 
pointed to as the two men who are primarily responsible for 
tlie schemes that resulted in the gathering in of nearly a 
million dollars from innocent investors. The prospectus of 
the Ubero company asserted that the company proposed to 
develop and cultivate lands in M'exico, and to market the 
products of the land. As an inducement to men to invest 
It was asserted in the prospectus that ‘‘a small monthly in¬ 
vestment in Ubero plantation insures an income for life.” 
it was further represented that the company owned 3,000 
acres of land in Mexico, for which it had received a deed 
from the Mexican government. "These representations,” 
said the fraud order, "are all fraudulent, as the company did 
not own its plantation there nor does it own now.” ' The 
company entered into a contract with a so-called “La 
Puerto Company,” by which it agreed to buy for $750,000 
a tract of land. Three hundred dollars an acre was to have 
been paid. William D. Owen signed the contract for the 
La Puerto Company, and the department says that its in¬ 
vestigations reveal that tit is company was largely Owen and 
Borges. The Ubero, according to the investigation, has 
paid the La Puerta company $300,000, but has not received 
a deed for any land. The department says the develop¬ 
ment work in Mexico was a failure, it is shown that the 
company has been paying annual dividends of 10 per cent. 
These dividends, the department asserts, have not been 
paid from the sale of crops, for the reason that no side crops 
have been marketed. The payment of these dividends lias 
been one of the chief means by which investors have been 
secured, the report says. . . . According to the Chicago 
Record Herald, the teamsters’ strike in that city was carried 
on with great brutality. Paid “flying squadrons" and 
“wrecking crews” of bruisers have been drafted into the 
Montgomery Ward & Co. strike to discourage non-union 
drivers from taking (ho places of striking teamsters, and to 
bring fear to drivers for other houses who are sent to de¬ 
liver goods to the picketed building. Organized under a sort 
of military system into squads of 10 men, each in charge of 
a captain, with one general director for the entire nine 
squads, it is said that fhcse slugging committees were being 
paid at the rate of $5 to each man a day, and are further 
recompensed on a scale rate covering the amount of injur¬ 
ies inflicted on the person singled out for attack. Vouchers 
for these services had been paid up to April 17 at the 
Chicago Federation of Labor headquarters. The prices paid 
were for broken ribs, nose, etc., or where the victim was left 
unconscious, $3; broken leg or arm, or a hospital case, $5. 
Higher rates were paid for assaults on negroes, as the union 
is trying to discourage them from acting as teamsters. 
. . . With four dead sailors and the remainder of the 
crew helpless from Beri-beri and smallpox, the American 
bark Minerva drifted into (he harbor of Lazuan, Borneo, a 
few days before the transport Sherman sailed from Manila. 
The Sherman brought the news to San Francisco April 18, 
having touched at tlie port. The only person who was cap¬ 
able of being on deck was the captain's servant, a Filipino, 
who was completely ignorant of navigation. . . . For in¬ 
serting tlie following advertisement in newspapers and then 
sending in response to persons sending dimes to him copies 
of the same advertisement, II. Jamison of Long Branch. N. 
.T., was excluded from tlie use of the mails by a frnud order 
issued by Postmaster General Cortelyou April 20 : “Agents 
wanted—Over a quart of dimes was received from one small 
advertisement in Sunday paper. Only forty cents capital 
required. Will send copy of advertisement for ten cents 
coin.” It was stated at the Department that II. Jamison 
was the assumed address of Pliny P. Kline of Long Branch, 
and that his representations as to getting dimes by the quart 
in response to his advertisement were substantially correct. 
To Gates & Leonard and II. W. Gates & Co., of Asbury Park, 
was also denied the use of tlie mails in a fraud order issued 
April 21. The inspectors found that the concerns were ad¬ 
vertising for agents to bronze and fill in cards at fancy 
prices, but that the scheme was to sell a few cents worth 
of bronze for $1. A fraud order was issued against the 
Hustler, of Warren. Ohio, and L. M. Barnett, of Leavitts- 
burg, Ohio, for advertising an alleged get-rlch-qulck con¬ 
cern. The papers in the case say that E. Frank Ilogmer, 
publisher of the Hustler, ” used the name of a young girl 
in his employ, L. M. Barnett, in advertising a scheme to 
furnish for $1 a plan whereby the investor could make as 
much as $42 in a single day and $152 a week. The plan 
was worthless. In his advertisement Ilogmer stated franklv 
that his scheme was founded on the principle that the Amer¬ 
ican people want something for nothing, but omitted to say 
that he was operating on the same principle in offering his 
plan to get rich quick for $1. The Arcade Manufacturing 
Company of Quincy. Ill., which advertised to furnish for 50 
cents a plan whereby the investor could make $100 a week, 
was also debarred from the mails. . . Every telegraph 
pole for 30 miles east of Cheyenne, Wyo., and 20 miles south 
was levelled by snow April 20. The snow is the heaviest 
ever known there, and at several places in the city electric 
light and telephone poles have been broken off by tons of 
snow, obstructing the streets. . . . Orville II. Platt, U. 
S. Senator from Connecticut, died at his native town, Wash¬ 
ington, Conn., April 21. Senator I’latt contracted a severe 
cold sitting as presiding officer at the Swayne impeachment 
trial before the Senate. He had not fully recovered at the 
time of Senator Hawley’s funeral, and caught cold during 
the exercises. His last public utterance was at the State 
Capitol on March 31, when before the General Assembly lie 
delivered the eulogy over Gen. Hawley. Orville II. Platt was 
77 years old last. July. In recent years he had been one 
of the “Big Five” in the United States Senate. With Spoon¬ 
er, of Wisconsin, Hale of Maine. Allison of Iowa, and Aid- 
rich of Rhode Island, he wielded a power which was felt 
on every important matter of legislation. Ilis place on the 
Finance Committee gave him a voice in the inner councils. 
Senator Platt was born at Washington, Conn., on July 1!), 
1827, the son of a farmer. Until he was 21 years old he 
worked on his father’s farm, getting a spasmodic education 
at F. W. Gunn’s Academy for Boys. To eke out his learn¬ 
ing, he studied at home. lie went into the law office of 
Gideon W. Ilolister, of Litchfield, and at the age of 22, in 
the year of the California gold fever, was admitted to the 
bar. lie moved to Towanda, I’enn., and entered Justice Mer- 
cur's office, then decided to go back to his native State, and 
settled at Meriden. There he built up a lucrative practice. 
In 1855 he was made clerk of the State Senate. It was two 
years after this that he made his first noteworthy public 
appearance, as Secretary of State for Governor Holley. In 
the first year of the civil war he was elected State Senator 
from the Sixth District. In 1864 he was elected a repre¬ 
sentative, and five years afterward became Speaker of the 
State House of Representatives. When Ulysses Grant was 
elected President of the United States, in 1868, Mr. I’latt 
distinguished himself as Chairman of the Republican State 
Central Committee. At every election thereafter, both State 
and National, he was full of activity, and his work always 
brought results. Gradually and surely he came to be known 
as a political power in Connecticut. . . . Joseph Jeffer¬ 
son died at Palm Beach, Fla., April 23, aged 77. He had 
been on the stage since three years old, and had played Rip 
Van Winkle for over 40 years. . . . The Department of 
Justice has received information of the recent, conviction in 
the United States Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas 
of a number of persons charged with violations of the law 
relating to involuntary servitude or peonage. Sentences to 
pay fines of $ 1,000 were imposed in a number of cases. One 
of the men sentenced was a negro. It is believed that these 
convictions will effectually stamp out peonage in Eastern 
Arkansas. ... At Hempstead, Tex., Congressman John 
M. Pinckney, Capt. Brown and John Mills were shot and killed 
and Ola Mills fatally wounded. The affair occurred at a 
prohibition mass meeting held to protest against State rang¬ 
ers being returned there. Bad blood existed, due to the re¬ 
cent prohibition campaign, in which the Prohibitionists were 
victorious. . . . Suits for damages aggregating $1,000,- 
000 have been filed by eight Cripple Creek mine companies 
and the United States Reduction and Refining Company 
against the Western Federation of Miners and its officers. 
The Reduction Company, being a foreign corporation, has 
filed its suit in the United States Court, but the others filed 
theirs in the District Court. The suits are the outcome of 
the strike in the Cripple Creek district. The petitions allege 
conspiracy on the part of Moyer. Haywood and others and 
of the federation as an organization to injure the property 
and business of the plaintiffs. . . . Frank G. Bigelow, 
president of the First National Bank of Milwaukee, ex¬ 
president of the American Bankers’ Association, director in 
half a score of corporations, and custodian of a dozen es¬ 
tates, is a defaulter for $1,300,000 of the bank's funds. 
That ruin did not overtake the bank is due chiefly to a 
statement, issued as soon as the news of the defalcation 
came. April 24, announcing that men representing $20,000,- 
000 of capital invested in Milwaukee had subscribed over 
$1,600,000 to meet the shortage. This subscription com¬ 
prises a claim against the bank which is to bo subordinate 
to the claims of all depositors and other creditors. Bige¬ 
low had been caught speculating in wheat. He was ar¬ 
rested for embezzlement. . . .• President Henry 11 . 
Goodell, of the State Agricultural College, Amherst, Mass., a 
passenger on the steamship Nacoochee of the Savannah 
line, died suddenly April 23, while the vessel was on her 
way to Boston. lie had been connected with the State 
College since 1876, 10 years as professor of modern lan¬ 
guages and English literature and after 1886 as president 
and director of the Hatch Experiment Station. He was a 
son of the Rev. William G. and Abigail (Perkins) Goodell, 
and was born in Constantinople, Turkey, on May 20, 1830. 
He came to this country at an early age and fitted for col¬ 
lege at Williston Seminary, Eastliampton. Entering Am¬ 
herst College, he was graduated in the class of 1862. 
SOMETHING ABOUT CALIFORNIA.—If seems a great 
mafiy people have the idea that southern California is the 
cream of this State. Of course that section is largely ad¬ 
vertised, and the tourist travel pays them well, and besides, 
southern California is a delightful place to live but to my 
mind central California will always lead in population, 
diversity of business, prosperity of its people, and will never 
need the booming, that our southern neighbors seem to 
require, to enjoy a steady healthy growth. As to climate, 
California is a State where about all kinds of climate may 
be found, from semi-tropical to semi-frigid. There are loca¬ 
tions in different parts of the State that are frostless, and 
tropical plants thrive. These are usually found in the foot¬ 
hills, and our best oranges come from such places. Our 
earliest and best oranges do not come from southern Cali¬ 
fornia but from Chico, nearly 40 degrees north latitude, and 
over 100 miles north of San Francisco. Our earliest cherries 
come from Vacaville, located in a warm valley about 60 
miles northeast of San Francisco. I noticed several days 
ago that the first box of 1905 cherries had already been 
sent East from there, l understand that large orchards of 
Citrus fruits are being planted along the eastern borders of 
the San Joaquin Valley in the Sierra Nevada foothills, where 
the climate is very equable, and there is plenty of water 
from the melting snows. I remember taking a drive once 
in tlie Santa Cruz Mountains, which lie between our county 
and the Pacific Ocean. It was in October, and the gap or 
canon up which we drove after leaving the valley was like 
a funnel through which an icy wind was rushing. The mud 
in wet places was frozen enough to bear the wagon, and 
farther up near the summit we stopped where there was ice 
in the roadway, and up on the high bank near enough to 
reach with the whip were heliotropes untouched by frost. 
California is about 700 miles long by 200 miles wide, ;md 
made up of all kinds of valleys, mountains, slopes, etc., that 
by their location and influence upon each other produae about 
all the varieties of climate possible, and of course in a 
country like this all kinds of soils may be found. 
II. G. KEESLING. 
NURSERYMEN'S MEETING.—The thirtieth annual meet¬ 
ing of the American Association of Nurserymen will be held 
at West Baden Springs, Ind., .Tune 14-16. A number of 
valuable papers will be read, and the discussions ensuing 
will be of great interest. A special feature will be a fruit 
banquet. Many members have agreed to contribute liber¬ 
ally fruits in season in their respective sections, and a 
choice selection is assured. Prominent members and well- 
known speakers will respond to toasts, and the dinner 
will be presided over by .T. II. Hale, acting as toastmaster. 
The president of the Association is E. W. Kirkpatrick. Mc¬ 
Kinney, Tex.; secretary, George C. Seagcr, Rochester, N. Y. 
BUSINESS BITS. 
The catalogue of the Spotswood Farm sale of Imported 
Guernsey cattle, now issued, gives the pedigrees tabulated 
in extenso. In connection much information is given as to 
dairy achievements and prize winnings of the various fam¬ 
ilies from which the animals spring. Many photographic 
likenesses appear, and as a whole this catalogue seems to 
lie the most comprehensive and instructive issue of its kind 
that, has yet appeared in the Guernsey interest. For cata¬ 
logue address Peter C. Kellogg, auctioneer, 107 John St., 
New York. 
Some hay presses are quite popular in districts when they 
have ueen used and proven to be rapid, accurate and eco¬ 
nomical. In a large number of sections. East and West, the 
Alligator, Perpetual and Hercules presses made by J. A. 
Spencer, Dwight. Illinois, have become deservedly well known 
and popular. The Alligator press has a plunger which 
moves 72 inches, with a feed hole 50 inches long. It is 
a full circle, team open press.. In ordinary work five feeds 
should make a 140-pound bale. Four men and two teams 
(one at a time) can bale 22 tons of No. 1 Timothy in 10 
hours with this press. Send for catalogue to above address. 
The low-down Farmers’ Dandy wagon is just the con¬ 
trivance fitted for economical service on dirt. Its wide 
tires roll down and flatten instead of making starting places 
for gullies; they improve the public highways, the lane 
roads, the way through the fields; they cut the strain on 
the horses in two. The height of bolsters runs from 22 to 
37 inches from the ground. Consequently the lift is very 
slight. These “Made in Saginaw” Handy wagons are time 
economizers. They take less time to load and tinload; 
horses can haul a bigger load in two-thirds the time re¬ 
quired by a narrow-tired wagon. A beautifully illustrated 
catalogue is ready for mailing to any farmer who will ad¬ 
dress the Saginaw Ilandy Wagon, Saginaw, Michigan. 
The Whitman Agricultural Company's celebrated baling 
presses received the Grand Prize at the World’s Fair, St. 
Louis. These presses have been victorious and in use 
throughout the world. The company claims the remarkable 
record of never having been in competition, in Expositions 
or Field Trials, in any country, where it failed to receive 
the very highest award. It claims to have received more 
first prizes in the past 10 years on balers than all other manu¬ 
facturers in America combined. This reliable company has 
been manufacturing hay presses for many years, and has 
made valuable improvements from year to year on the 
machines. Illustrated catalogues and circulars will lie fur¬ 
nished free on application to Whitman Agr’l. Co., St. Louis, 
Mo. 
The center trip hay sling takes half a wagonload of 
hay rolled up at one lift. Only two or three such drafts 
are required to “clean the rack.” When tripped, the hay 
falls flat on the stack or in the mow, in the same position 
it was on the load. It is one of the up-to-date hay appli¬ 
ances for which this concern has become so wideiy noted. 
The I-onden Machinery Company has been making hay tools 
ever since 1866. In addition to hay tools and appllances the 
Louden people manufacture some very excellent barn appli¬ 
ances. One of these is their flexible, double-tread barn 
door hanger; another is their feed and litter carrier; a third 
is the McIntosh pump box for the more economical handling 
of grain. All of these will be found illustrated and de¬ 
scribed in their ,60-odd page hay tool catalogue. It is a 
good book for haymakers and those wanting to provide 
themselves with modern barn conveniences to send for. 
OHIO Ensilage Gutters 
will cut more corn in half Inch lengths and elevate it into silo with a given amount of 
power than other Ensilage Cutters. Hence, they excel in the two most important points. 
The new sizes will cut:— CAPACITY AND POWER. 
No. 14, 12 to 1S tons per hour In 1 -2 Inch longths. Powor 8 to 1 O H. P. Steam. 
No. 17, 16 to 20 do do lOto 12 H. P. “ 
No. 19, 20 to 25 do do 12 H. P. “ 
And they are so guaranteed. We continue to make Nos. 13, 1(5 and 18 Self Feed Cut¬ 
ters, both with lilower and Chain Elevators. 
More money can be made out of c.ilk cows and beef cattle 
by feeding silage than by any other means. 
On Silage ration, milk costs 68 %c, per 100 pounds. 
On Grain ration, milk costs $1.05 “ “ “ 
Average net profit per cow per mouth on silage $5.86j4. ^'th 
Grain $2.46*4- State 
Experiment Stations 
have demonstrated 
by tests that Silage, 
Clover Hay and 4 pounds 
of grain as a daily ra¬ 
tion will produce 254 lbs. 
more of beef during 
winter months, 150 days, than by 
other foods. Si lage costsabout 81.50 
per ton in silo. Catalog stiows In¬ 
numerable illustrations of dairy 
iroperties and letters from users 
>f"Ohio”Cutters. "ModernSilage 
ilethods" tells everything about 
diage from planting to feeding 
and results. Price 10c., coin or 
stamps. Manufactured by 
THE SILVER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, SALEM, OHIO. 
The Drown Iron Cow Stall 
All the rage. Best In the world. Used 
In the FINEST state, government and pri¬ 
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LUTHER BROS. A CO.. 
208 CarverAv.No.Milwaulta«,W is 
The 
World’s 
Champion 
“LORETTA D” 
No.141708 
This beautiful Jersey Cow was owned and entered by F. H. Scribner, Rosendale, 
Wis., at the St. Louis Exhibition in the Dairy Cow demonstration for the “ Most Economic 
Production of Butter,” and also for the “Most Economic Production of Milk,” and won 
the Championship of the World in both points over all breeds competing. 
Read what her owner says about Cream Separators : 
“ Rosendale, Wis., March 8 , 1905. 
“Iam pleased to be able to say to you that I have used the United 
States Cream Separator for more than ten years. I used the first one 
for several years, and later exchanged it for a larger one of the latest 
styles. I am satisfied that the U. S. Separator is the best separator for 
farm purposes and that its wearing qualities are of the best, and cheer¬ 
fully recommend the U. S. Cream Separator to anyone intending to 
f urchase a Separator for its durability, simplicity and construction. 
t is a clean skimmer and easily cared for. We have used our separator 
twice a day and skimmed the milk from 30 cows and it never failed to 
do the work which it was required to do. To all appearances it will 
last a good many years to come.” “ F. H. Scribner.” 
The U. S. SEPARATOR holds the WORLD'S RECORD for cleanest skimming. 
VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., Bellows Falls, Vt. 
PUtributing Warehouses at Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, La Crosse, Wis., Sioux City, la., Kansas City, 
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and Sherbrooke, 4Jue., Hamilton, Out., Winuipeg, Calgary, and Vancouver. 
ADDRESS ALL LETTERS TO BELLOWS FALLS, VT 
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