1908. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
441 
FRANK E. DAWLEY FOUND GUILTY. 
Clear-Cut Action by the A. J. C. C. 
The Executive Committee and Board of Directors 
of the A. J. C. C. submitted the following report at 
the annual meeting of the Club on May 6: 
After fully weighing the evidence on all sides of 
the question, the Executive Committee unanimously 
passed the following resolutions: 
‘‘The report of F. B. Keeney appointed to investi¬ 
gate the charges against Frank E. Dawley, having 
been received and considered, together with the testi¬ 
mony upon which the same was founded; and Mr. 
Dawley having appeared before the Executive Com¬ 
mittee, and presented his statement of the case by 
his counsel, A. L. Olmstead, Esq.: 
“Resolved—First: That we find that the said Frank 
E. Dawley delivered one or more grade animals to 
Hubert Button of Cazenovia, N. Y., on or about 
September 24, 1904, as and for registered Jerseys; 
and that,, inasmuch as no proof has been offered to 
show which of the animals delivered to Mr. Button 
were entitled to registration, that all of said animals 
and their progeny be stricken from the Herd Register, 
unless within six months Mr. Button presents proof, 
independent of the testimony of Mr. Dawley, of the 
correctness of registration of such of said animals 
as are not grades. 
“Second: That we find that Mr. Frank E. Dawley 
delivered to Mr. F. D. Squiers, of Rodman, Jefferson 
County, N. Y., a grade cow, designated in the testi¬ 
mony as the Pratt cow, as a registered cow, Zola of 
Astoria 150889; that the transfer to said Squiers be 
declared void, and the Secretary be and hereby is 
directed to strike said transfer from the Transfer 
Ledger, and to strike from the Herd Register any 
progeny of Zola of Astoria since the date of said 
transfer. 
“Third: That we find that the said Frank E. Daw¬ 
ley delivered to The Rogers Nurseries at Dansville, 
N. Y., two grade animals purchased of F. D. Squiers, 
as registered Jerseys, No. 54 as Dotshome Daisy 
193204, and No. 51 as Dotshome Carlotta 193206; 
that the said animals, and any progeny thereof, be 
stricken from the Herd Register. 
“Fourth: That from the uncontradicted evidence 
in the case with reference to the illness of Queen 
Carey 124033, we find that Dotshome Helen Stanley 
193203 and Golden Rod 68352 are not entitled to 
registration, and direct the Secretary to strike said 
animals from the Herd Register. 
“Fifth: That we find that two animals were regis¬ 
tered as the progeny of Dot’s Lily 49220, which were 
dropped after the death of said cow, viz.: Dotshome 
Czarlil 180521 and Dotshome Elizabeth W. 192055; 
and that the Secretary be and hereby is directed to 
strike said animals from the Herd Register. 
“Sixth: That we find that three animals were regis¬ 
tered as the progeny of Matilda of Side View 133832, 
which were dropped after the death of said cow, viz.: 
Dotshome Matilda Mat 180522, Dotshome Matilda 
Naiad 191403, and Matilda of Maple Row 191404; and 
that the Secretary be and hereby is directed to strike 
said animals from the Herd Register. 
“Seventh: That the Secretary he and hereby is 
directed to refuse for record any subsequent entry 
or transfer dependent upon the signature of said 
Frank E. Dawley.” 
The above action of the Executive Committee was 
submitted at the meeting of the Board of Directors 
May 5. The Board unanimously passed the following 
resolutions. 
“ Resolved, That the report of the Executive Com¬ 
mittee in the matter of investigation of charges 
against Frank E. Dawley be approved. 
“Resolved, That Frank E. Dawley, of Fayetteville, 
N. Y., be and he hereby is expelled from the American 
Jersey Cattle Club because of violation of Article 
VII of the Constitution; providing that a majority 
of the members of the Club voting on the case, as 
laid before them by the Board of Directors, vote in 
favor of such expulsion.” 
In order that this report may be clearly understood 
we print Article 5 of the By-laws of the Club: 
Striking Animals from the Record.— (a) Should an ani¬ 
mal have been admitted to entry or transferred through 
misrepresentation or fraud, the Roard of Directors, on 
discovery of the same, shall declare the entry or transfer 
void, together with any entries that may have been made 
of descendants of such animal; provided, however, that 
no animal shall be stricken from the register whose 
entry has stood for six years. 
Inadmissable Signatures.— (1>) When an animal shall 
have been entered or transferred through misrepresentation 
or fraud, the Board of Directors may direct the Secre¬ 
tary to refuse for record any subsequent entry or transfer 
dependent upon the signature of any person implicated in 
such fraudulent entry or transfer. 
Thus it appears that the Directors have power to 
refuse registration without putting the matter to a 
vote of the Club. 
When it comes to expelling a member the question 
must be put to the Club and a majority of the mem¬ 
bers must vote for it—as we see from Article 7 of 
the Constitution, as follows: 
Expulsion of Members.—Should a member of the Club 
be charged with wilful misrepresentation in regard to a 
Jersey animal, or with any infraction of the Charter, 
Constitution, or By-laws of the Club, or with any act or 
conduct which may endanger the good order, welfare, or 
credit of the Club, the Board of Directors shall examine 
into the matter, and, if the charge is sustained by suffi¬ 
cient proof, after one month’s previous notice in writing 
has been given to the member with a copy of the charges 
preferred against him, and after an opportunity lias been 
given him to he heard before the Board of Directors in his 
defence, the offending member may lie expelled by the vote 
of nine members of the Board of Directors, providing that a 
majority of the members of the Club voting on the case, 
as laid before them by the Board of Directors, vote In 
favor of such expulsion. 
.This will give our readers an exact idea of the 
situation. The Directors and the Executive Commit¬ 
tee have found that the charges against Mr. Dawley 
are sustained by the evidence, and have denied reg¬ 
istry to his cattle. They recommend his expulsion, 
but this will not be legally accomplished until the 
formal vote of Club members is announced. 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
DOMESTIC.—A hundred farmers in Jefferson County, 
Ind., the majority in the vicinity of Brooksburg and Moore- 
field and all anti-equity in sentiment have organized the 
Jefferson County Law and Order league, and they propose 
active hostility to the Society of Equity, which is held 
responsible for “night riding.’’ James Demaree has been 
elected president, John Shank, vice-president, and Edward 
Stanton secretary. ... A jury in the United States 
Circuit Court, at Trenton, N. J., April .30, gave a verdict of 
818,500 to Alexander H. G. Maidment, of Hackensack, 
against the New York Central Railroad for injuries result¬ 
ing in his right leg being crippled for life, his nervous 
system shattered, and his automobile wrecked by a colli¬ 
sion with a train on the West Shore Railroad at. Bogota on 
August 17, 1906. The plaintiff proved that the flagman 
was improperly absent from the crossing. . . . Declar¬ 
ing that the contempt to which he is subjected from the 
other prisoners makes life in the Idaho penitentiary un¬ 
bearable Harry Orchard, under sentence for the murder of 
Governor Steunenberg, says he wants to die on the gal¬ 
lows and that he hopes the Board of Pardons will 
reject the application of Judge Wood to have his sentence 
commuted to life imprisonment. Orchard said that the 
other prisoners at the penitentiary refuse to associate with 
him and that his existence is worse than death. . . . 
An immense petition, bearing the signatures of 245,800 
persons, requesting that a pardon be granted to Capt. 
William Van Scbaick, master of the General Slocum, was 
presented April 30 to the President and to Attorney 
General Bonaparte by a committee of the American Asso¬ 
ciation of Masters, Mates and Pilots. The committee was 
introduced to the President by Representative Law of 
Brooklyn, and the National President of the associa¬ 
tion. . . . Winter weather prevailed in several Cen¬ 
tral Western States April .30. It snowed in Ohio, Ken¬ 
tucky and parts of southern Illinois and Indiana, and 
killing frost is reported from Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, 
Nebraska and Missouri. Thousand of acres of garden 
truck, flower beds and other green products were ruined. 
Strawberry plants are frozen and wilted. Currant bushes 
and fruit trees of all kinds which were covered with buds 
will bear no fruit this year. The snow was so heavy in 
Kentucky that the running races scheduled for Lexington 
were called off. In Louisville a fall of two inches is re¬ 
ported, and several points report the heaviest fall of the 
season. A heavy wet snow was reported from practically 
every city in Ohio. The recent hot weather had brought 
out vegetation of all kinds to an unusual extent for this 
time of year, and the storm is expected to do much dam¬ 
age. Trees in full bloom were broken by the weight of 
the snow. A severe wind storm did considerable damage 
in Florida and parts of Louisiana and Alabama. There 
was a record breaking snowstorm along Lake Erie April 
.30. Snow fell to a depth of six Inches from Cleveland to 
Buffalo. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—Financial Countess, a Jersey 
cow owned by C. E. Parfet, of Golden, Col., has already 
surpassed the present world’s record for butter held by 
Olive Dunn, owned by A. F. Pierce, of Winchester, N. H., 
of 792 pounds in one year, having produced 792 pounds in 
ten months. . . . Representative Porter, of New York, 
laid before the President, May 1, an appeal from the 
American Humane Association for the protection of range 
cattle in the West. The association desires that the pend¬ 
ing Burkett bill be amended in the Senate so as to re¬ 
quire cattlemen who leave government ranges to provide 
food and water for their stock . . . Many men will 
get employment by the reforesting of the Adirondack 
preserve. New York State has purchased from Germany 
950.000 seedling trees. They include 450,000 two and 
500,000 three years old. The two-year-old seedling trees 
have been put in a new nursery to remain one year, when 
they will be planted. The 500,000 three-year-olds, with 
600,000 that the State already had in its nurseries, are 
now being planted in the forests, making a total this year 
of 1,100,000 seedling trees to be planted, twice as many as 
have been planted before in this State in any one year. 
At present there are about 40 men employed in' the 
nursery and at least 100 in the planting fields in the 
forests. With so much additional planting to be done 
this force will have to be increased materially. The two- 
year-old seedlings cost 75 cents a thousand and the three- 
year-olds $2.65 a thousand. 
The oats are all sown, and are up already. Some 
farmers have done planting potatoes, but there is a 
large amount to plant yet. Corn planting is started, but 
most planting will be done in about a week from now (May 
4). Tobacco seed is sown and covered with coarse muslin to 
protect the tender plants. Some peas and early sweet 
corn is up already. All the early vegetables are planted. 
Some of our market prices are rhubarb, five cents per 
bunch; onions, four cents per bunch; apples, 15 cents 
per half peck; eggs, 16 cents per dozen; butter, 30 cents 
per pound; lettuce, three to five cents per head. e. d. k. 
York Co., Pa. 
NEBRASKA ORCHARDS.—Owing to the fact that most 
Nebraska orchards rested last year, they have put on new 
growth, strength and vigor, and are prepared for a full 
crop in 1908. The dry Winter has in some respects been 
beneficial. There has not been the usual strain of dry 
cold taxing the vitality of our orchards. The orchards 
are, therefore, in unusually healthy, vigorous condition. 
Apricots have set a full crop, most peach trees have 
shed their bloom and are setting an abundant crop of 
fruit. Plum trees promise well, likewise cherry and all 
the small fruits. Apple orchards are in full bloom and 
promise a heavy crop. b. p. g. 
Crete, Neb. 
PLANT CORN.—A good deal has been printed in the 
agricultural press on “corn selection,’’ “corn breeding," 
“corn pedigree" and other cornologies, all of which is very 
good in itself, but “is that all?” Corn pedigree, like 
the Jersey kind, can be overdone, and I am for planting 
more corn whether I get the pedigree with a long history 
or only the common kind. Just plant more corn the com¬ 
ing season, and get any kind that grows well in your 
locality; snap off the tip of the ear, and shell off the 
remainder, and plant it, being careful not to let the 
weeds get higher than the corn itself. We in this locality 
are going to raise more corn and see if we can’t keep 
more of our good money at home, and not pay such out¬ 
rageous prices for the western kind. l. a. m 
Foster, R. I. 
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