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November 8, 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
DOMESTIC.—Two hundred and 
twenty-three miners were entombed Oct. 
22 by an explosion at Dawson, N. M., 
beneath tons of fallen earth, timber, coal 
and rocks in the cuts and rooms of Stag 
Canon Mine No. 2. of the Stag Canon 
Fuel Company. Thirty-eight dead and 
22 rescued alive made up the total of the 
day’s work of recovery. On October 27, 
132 victims were buried. The mine was 
supposed to have been a model one, and 
that such a disaster could befall the men 
within it had been considered impossible. 
Only two days before the explosion State 
Mine Inspector Biddow had examined 
the property and pronounced it in excel¬ 
lent condition. 
In a half million dollar fire in the four- 
story building of the Goodyear Rubber 
Company, in the centre of the business 
district, of Milwaukee. Wis., Oct. 26, 
seven firemen were killed under falling 
walls. An explosion completely wrecked 
the building and smashed glass in sur¬ 
rounding buildings within a radius of two 
blocks. Flying wreckage injured a score 
more, while many were badly cut by the 
cyclone of glass which swept through the 
alley immediately following the explosion. 
A white woman and her baby and seven 
negroes lost their lives, and 38 persons 
were injured by a tornado which swept 
over Southern Louisiana at dawn Oct. 
23. Cane crops were razed, dwellings 
and fences demolished, and other damage 
was done on plantations. 
A fire which spread so rapidly that 
flames were shooting through the roof be¬ 
fore the first alarm was sent in trapped 
three women, a man and two boys and 
burned them to death in the six story 
building at 210 Canal street, New York, 
Oct. 24. The explosion of the japanning 
vat in the Royal Machine loft threw the 
blazing liquid—composed of asphaltum, 
linseed oil and varnish—over the clothes 
of the ten or twelve men working there 
and they came down the fire escapes with 
their garments burning like living torches. 
The buildings were visited on January 9, 
1912, by a fire, which did §150,000 dam¬ 
age. The damage by the latest fire was 
estimated at $200,000. Several viola¬ 
tions of the fire laws were charged against 
the building, which was an old brick 
structure. 
Manon Fitch, Kirksville, Mo., drew 
number one in the lottery Oct. 28 for 
Government lands in the North Platte 
forest reserve and Niobrara military re¬ 
servation. A thousand half-frozen per¬ 
sons were at the doors of the opera house 
at North Platte, Neb., waiting for Judge 
Witten to open the structure for the 
drawing. Drawing for appraised and 
unappraised lands was combined, the 
fortunate persons being permitted to file 
on appraised or unappraised land in the 
order of their names being drawn. Fil¬ 
ing on Niobrara land will begin on April 
1, 1914, and on the forest reserve Novem¬ 
ber 17, 1913. The appraised lands are 
all in the Niobrara reservation. 
Military law was established Oct. 28 in 
the Southern Colorado coal fields, where 
serious labor riots accompany a min¬ 
ing strike. Greek veterans of the Bal¬ 
kan war are among the strikers. The 
scene of the disturbances is in the two 
counties of which Walsenburg and Trini¬ 
dad are the county seats. The mines are 
reached by branches from the Colorado 
and Southern Railroad and from the Den¬ 
ver and Rio Grande, which parallels it 
a few miles eastward. The station of 
Baines, where a bridge was reported 
dynamited is the junction point of one 
of these branches, and the destruction of 
this bridge would interrupt travel on that 
branch line. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—Boys’ “pig 
clubs” are being organized in the South 
by agents of the Department of Agricul¬ 
ture to increase the supply of pork and 
encourage the breeding of good hogs, with 
a view to striking another blow at the 
high cost of living. “In organizing the 
Boys’ Pig Club,” says Secretary Hous¬ 
ton, “it is the purpose of the department 
to establish clubs in every Southern 
State. The Animal Husbandry Division 
is cooperating with the Farmers’ Co¬ 
operative Demonstration Office in the 
Bureau of Plant Industry, and has al¬ 
ready established clubs in Alabama and 
Louisiana, and the movement is under 
way in Georgia. 
Denial is made by the Department of 
Agriculture of the widespread reports 
that the department has abandoned, or 
Will abandon, the bacteriological examin¬ 
ation of milk shipped in interstate com¬ 
merce as a means of determining its 
cleanliness and fitness for human con¬ 
sumption. In a statement issued Oct. 
25 Secretary Houston says: “The only 
change in policy in the department in re¬ 
gard to bacteriological examinations has 
been to discontinue basing prosecutions 
upon the bacteriological examination of 
a single sample. It now collects a num¬ 
ber of samples at different times and ex¬ 
amines them baeteriologically. 
Students at the New York State Col¬ 
lege of Forestry will set out 10,000 Euro¬ 
pean larch and 5,000 Norway spruce this 
Fall. It is planned to reforest about 50 
acres on the hillsides eventually. 
James L. Cowles, representing the 
Postal Progress League, recently pre¬ 
sented to the Interstate Commerce Com¬ 
mission and Postmaster General Burle¬ 
son a protest against the inclusion of 
third-class matter in the parcel post ser¬ 
vice. If this is done it will increase the 
existing flat rate on printed books, pam¬ 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
phlets, catalogues and similar printed 
matter, when mailed in parcels up to four 
ounces weight, fully 100 per cent. 
Active preparations by Argentina to 
take immediate advantage of the free 
beef clause of the new tariff law and send 
to the United States large shipments of 
beef, were reported Oct. 17 by Dr. A;. D. 
Melvin, Chief of the Bureau of Animal 
Industry, who has just returned from 
South America. Melvin made the trip 
for the Department of Agriculture to 
study meat packing and inspecting condi¬ 
tions in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. 
He was not ready to say whether Argen¬ 
tine beef could compete with the Ameri¬ 
can product and bring prices which would 
make it profitable for the Argentine 
shippers to send it here instead of to 
Europe. He said it was a significant 
fact, however, a big steamshio line opi¬ 
ating between the United States and the 
East coast of South America had in¬ 
stalled large refrigerating spaces for 
beef. Argentina and Uruguay, Dr. Mel¬ 
vin said, have good meat inspection laws. 
He is preparing a report for Secretary 
Houston covering his investigations which 
will embrace any recommendations he 
has to make as to dealing with meat from 
South America. Figures issued by the 
bureau of domestic and foreign commerce 
show whereas the United States exoorted 
beef and beef cattle worth $44,000,000 
in the first eight months of 1904, in the 
corresponding period this year beef and 
beef cattle only worth $1,000,000 have 
been shipped abroad. 
COMING FARMERS’ MEETINGS. 
Third Indiana Apple Show, Indianap¬ 
olis, November 5-11. 
United States Good Roads Association, 
convention and exposition, St. Louis, Mo., 
Nov. 10-15. 
Annual convention, Association of 
American Agricultural Colleges and Ex¬ 
periment Stations, Washington, D. C., 
November 12-14. 
New England Fruit Show-, Horticul¬ 
tural Hall, Boston, November 12-16. 
National Grange, Manchester, N. H., 
November 13. 
Fruit Week, Washington, D. C-, No¬ 
vember 17-22; union meeting of Ameri¬ 
can Bornological Society, Society for 
Horticultural Science, Eastern Fruit 
Growers’ Association and Northern Nut 
Growers’ Association. 
Maryland State Horticultural Society, 
Maryland Crop Improvement Association, 
Maryland Dairymen’s Association, Mary¬ 
land Beekeepers’ Association and Farm¬ 
ers’ League, Baltimore, November, 17-22. 
Paterson, N. J., Poultry Show, No¬ 
vember 14-22. 
Maine State Pomological Society, 
Lewiston, Me., November 18-20. 
Society for Horticultural Science, an¬ 
nual meeting, Washington, D. C., Novem¬ 
ber 20-21. 
Dover, N. J., Poultry, Pigeon and Pet- 
Stoek Association, annual show, Dover, 
N. J., November 24-29. 
International Live Stock Show-, Chi¬ 
cago, November 29-Deeembcr 6. 
Fourth annual poultry show-, Hammon- 
ton Poultry Raisers’ Association, Ham- 
monton, N. J., December 2-4. 
The Capital Poultry and Pigeon Asso¬ 
ciation will hold its annual show at 
Washington, D. C., December 2-6. 
Ohio State Horticultural Society, 
Columbus, O., December 4-5. 
New Jersey State Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, Trenton, N. J., December 8-10. 
New York State Dairymen’s Associa¬ 
tion, Syracuse, December 9-12. 
St. Mary’s Poultry Club, first annual 
show, St. Mary’s Pa., December 18-19. 
Poultry Show-, Madison Square Gar¬ 
den, New York, December 26-31. 
New Jersey Farmers’ week, New Jer¬ 
sey Experiment Station, New Brunswick 
December 26-31. 
New York State Fruit Growers’ Asso¬ 
ciation, Convention Hall, Rochester, N. 
Y., January 7-8-9, 1914. 
Peninsula Horticultural Society, an¬ 
nual Winter meeting, Easton, Md., Jan¬ 
uary, 13-15, 1914. 
Annual Corn Show 7 , Pennsylvania Live 
Stock Breeders’ Association, Pennsyl¬ 
vania Dairy Union, Pennsylvania Hor¬ 
ticultural Association, York, Pa., third 
week in January. 
Western New York Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, Rochester, N. Y., January 2S-29- 
30. 1914. 
Farmers’ Week, Ohio State University, 
Columbus, Ohio, February 2-6, 1914. 
^ Sixth National Corn Exposition, State 
Fair Grounds, Dallas, Texas, February 
10-24, 1914. 
Cornell Fruit Exhibit. —The annual 
exhibition at Ithaca, N. Y., November 
6-7-8, will have apples, pears, and some 
other fruits from all the fruit growing 
sections of this country. Students in the 
pomological department will set up and 
judge the fruits. This is a good oppor¬ 
tunity to note the difference in varieties 
grown under varying soil and climate 
conditions. 
A boston man has a son who has just 
entered school. He was supposed to be 
enjoying it, but one morning this last 
week he w 7 alked into the dining-room 
where his father was having breakfast 
and remarked: “I’m tired of going to 
school, pa. I think I’ll stop.” “Why?” 
asked the father; “what is your objection 
to going to school?” “Oh,” answered the 
boy, “it breaks up the day so.”—Boston 
Record. 
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FUN AND MONEY 
_ j in Trapping with 
Victor traps 
To Boys or “Grown-Ups”:—Write for 
free booklet on trapping, showing how 
you can make money before and after 
school or between “chore” times. 
Address ONEIDA COMMUNITY, Ltd., Oneida. N.Y. 
NO. 20 KENWOOD AVE. 
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127-129 
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138-140 
WEST KINZIE / 
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CHICAGO 
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Write foe our JPrico Z,is£ 
H. A. SCHOENEN 
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ShipJJs Your Raw Furs By Express 
We guarantee to hold all shipments entirely separate, and in ease na,T valua¬ 
tions are not satisfactory we will return your goods at once, and pay all 
express charge* both ways. 
H. A. PERKINS & CO. 
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. VT. 
Referencei: Dun or Bradstrcet Commercial Agencies—Any Bank 
New York 
Exporters 
Handle 
More 
FURS 
than all the rest of the U. S. We are 
one of them and want your furs. Send 
for price list and ship to 
M. F. Ffaelzer & Co. 
119 W. 29th St. (Desk 22), 
New York City. 
RUBBER BOOTS 
Ad extra strong and serviceable Rubber Boot —iho only 
durable ami waterproof boot on the 
market that «eUt» for our special low 
price of $2.95 postpaid to your 
home. Mude of good quality gum 
rubber which lias been reinforced in 
mauy parts so 
Send $2.95 
We Deliver Post¬ 
paid to Your Home 
that they will 
render unusu¬ 
ally long ser¬ 
vice for a low 
price l*oot. For 
those desiring an Inexpensive boot, 
this boot cannot bo equalled any- 
wliere at the price, $2.96 per pair. 
Made in all sizes. 
^Send For Our Now Big 100 
Pago Catalog. You used it. 
Our Guarantee’• ^ 
- perfect satisfaction. 
Our euoriiious business hits been 
built up by selling only the best 
merchandise at prices that will 
save you money. 
A. WEINBERGER A CO. 
112*113 South St. 
New York City 
LET US TAN 
YOUR HIDE. 
Cattle or Horse hide. Calf, Dog, Deer 
or any kind of skin with hair or lur on. 
Wo tan and finish thorn right; make 
them into coats (for men ami women), 
robes, rues or gloves when ordered. 
Your fur goods will cost you less than 
to buy them, and be worth more. Our 
lllustratod catalog gives a lot of ill 
formation which every stock raiser 
should Uavo, but we never send out this 
valuable book except upon request. 
It tells how to tako oft and care for 
hides: how and when wo pay tho froiqhl 
both ways ; about our safe dyeing pro¬ 
cess which is a tremendous advantage 
to the customer, especially on homo 
hid., and calf skin.; about the fur 
goods ami game trophies wo sell, taxi¬ 
dermy, etc. If you want a copy send us 
your correct address. 
The Crosby Frisian Fur Company, 
571 Lyell Ave., Rochester. N. V. 
GET READY FOR THE 
Raw Fur Season 
Mail us a postal with your name and 
address NOW and we will keep vou 
posted on the RAW FUR MARKET. 
A. Suskind & Co., 159 W. 24th St., New York City 
WE BUY RAW FURS 
and being located in New York since 1861 can 
pay best prices; no commissions nor other 
charges. Write for free price list. 
BRIEFNER & SONS 
135-137 WEST 29th STREET, NEW YORK 
FUR SHIPPERS 
Write today for our price list 
We pay high prices, and make prompt returns, 
Also pay all express charges. 
J. G. REICHARD & BRO., Inc. 
BOWERS, (Berks Co.,) PA. 
RAW FURS WANTFD 
I PAY THE HIGHEST CASH PRICES for all kinds of raw 
fuTs, and GUARANTEE YOU a square deal. Try me and 
sec. J. C. MANNING, Northampton, Mass. 
SKUNK 
r — Skunk, Mink, Oppossum 
and all other kinds of raw 
furs wanted. I am pre¬ 
pared to pay extreme prices. Send a postal for my 
price list. No fake quotations: 1 always pay what I 
quote. Thirty-one years in tho business. Personal 
grading. LEMUEL BLACK, Lock Box 338, Hiulitstown, N. J. 
SKUNK 
WE PAY TOP PRICKS FOR SKUNK, 
MINK, MUSKRAT. AND ALL RAW FURS. 
Price list free. M. J. .Jewett <fc 
Sons, Kedwood, N.Y. Dept. ZS. 
Handy 
Binder 
J UST the thing for 
preserving files of 
Tiie Rural New-Yorker. 
Durable and cheap. Sent 
postpaid for 25 cents. 
The Rural New-Yorker 
333 W. 30th St., New York City 
