1878 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
DOMESTIC.—In spite of the efforts of 
a small army of fire fighters, who were 
called out by four alarms, the three-story 
brick building at Nos. 743 and 745 Broad¬ 
way, New York was destroyed by fire 
Dec. 11. The loss was estimated at 
.$500,000. 
Reporting the condition of the Indian 
as deplorable, the Rodman Wanamaker 
Expedition of Citizens to the North Amer¬ 
ican Indians returned to Philadelphia 
Dec. 12, after a visit to 189 tribes of In¬ 
dians in the United States. The expedi¬ 
tion, which was headed by Dr. Joseph Iv. 
Dixon, spent six months in its investiga¬ 
tion. Dr. Dixon has prepared a lengthy 
report, in -which he makes a strong appeal 
for aid for the red men, who, he declares, 
are “fast dying from starvation, pestil¬ 
ence, and neglect by the white man.” A 
summary of the report has been placed in 
the hands of President Wilson and other 
Government officials. 
Meat for the needy in several Oregon 
cities was furnished free of charge by 
farmers near Pendleton Dec. 12. In a 
drive covering two square miles the farm¬ 
ers killed 1.200 rabbits, which have de¬ 
stroyed much Fall sown wheat. The rab¬ 
bits were shipped to Portland and other 
cities for distribution among the poor. 
It is planned to continue the drives over 
twenty-five square miles and clear the 
wheat fields of the pests. 
For several days previous to Dec. 13 
a submarine disturbance kept the ocean 
along the south coast of California in 
fury, although the weather has been fine 
and the water comparatively calm several 
miles from the shore. The wreckage of 
an old ship was cast up near Santa Bar¬ 
bara. A few miles southward part of a 
mastodon’s skeleton, which apparently had 
been brought up from a great depth,' was 
washed ashore. The skeleton fragments 
included about 35 feet of vertebne and 
the skull, with eight-foot tusks intact. 
The ship’s wreckage bore indications that 
it had lain on the ocean bottom for per¬ 
haps a hundred years. 
A fire that made necessary three alarms 
started in the bagroom of one of the Rock 
Plaster Company’s three mills, which oc¬ 
cupied an acre of ground at 150tli street 
and the East River, New York, Dec. 14, 
the flames spreading so rapidly that it 
was impossible to save any of the build¬ 
ings, which were of frame and three 
stories high. Nearby are the freight yards 
of the New York, New Ilaven & Hartford 
Railroad, and the great lumber yard of 
the Church E. Gates Company. The near¬ 
est hydrant was live blocks away, and it 
was with difficulty that lines were 
stretched from that distance. This re¬ 
quired that a fireboat be summoned. In 
addition to the fireboat the railroad com¬ 
pany put a transfer tug, equipped with 
fire-fighting apparatus, at the service of 
the Fire Department, and it did good 
work. The damage was $500,000. 
The Horse Owners’ Protective Association 
of New York, at its first annual convention 
at the University Settlement, Dec. 14, 
heard that the work of the association 
had been so effective that not a horse had 
been poisoned in the last eight months. 
Before September, 1912, from 10 to 12 
horses were poisoned every week. The 
association also has recovered 234 out of 
250 horses stolen, and arrests for cruelty 
have been reduced by two-thirds since it 
was founded. The association is com¬ 
posed almost entirely of foreign Hebrews, 
who have suffered much from blackmail¬ 
ing horse poisoners. 
It was poets’ day in the criminal branch 
of the United States District Court, New 
York, Dec. 15, Robert J. Kellogg, presi¬ 
dent of the Kellogg Music Company, of 
No. 1431 Broadway, being placed on trial 
on an indictment charging him with using 
the mails to defraud. According to the 
indictment, Kellogg advertised for “song 
poems,” promising liberal royalties. To 
those who answered he offered to set the 
poems to music, give the author one hun¬ 
dred copies and push the sales of the 
song, asserting that he had excellent facil¬ 
ities for putting the songs on the mar¬ 
ket. These statements, the Government 
charges, were untrue. 
Five are known to be dead, 10 are miss¬ 
ing and 10 _ are seriously injured from 
smoke and in their attempts to escape 
from the Salvation Army Industrial 
Home, which was burned at Cincinnati, 
O., Dec. 10. A warrant was sworn out 
by District Fire Marshal George II. Cole¬ 
man for the arrest of Major J. L. Sprake 
of the Salvation Army, in charge of the 
building. The warrant charges that Ma¬ 
jor Sprake failed to comply with orders 
issued to him three days before. At that 
time it was said the building was littered 
with rags, paper and old clothing, which 
clogged the exits. Major Sprake said he 
had obeyed the orders. 
Thirty-eight men, all Americans and a 
majority of them sons of wealthy ranch¬ 
men, lost their lives Dec. 10 in an explo¬ 
sion in the Vulcan mine, near Newcastle, 
Col. The victims were cattlemen who 
had gone into the mine as laborers when 
the strike in the Southern Colorado field 
was called about two months ago. These 
young men volunteered so that the people, 
of the State might not suffer for lack of" 
fuel. The Vulcan mine, now owned by 
the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company, has 
always been known to be gaseous and 
dangerous. The cattlemen knew when 
they engaged in the work that their lives 
might be in peril. This is the second 
great disaster in the Vulcan mine. Sixty 
men were killed there on February IS, 
1906. The volatile, death-bearing dust 
that is the terror of all coal miners, was 
the cause of the disaster. 
A correspondence school course for am¬ 
bitious convicts is to be opened by the 
University of Nebraska, confined, to those 
at the State penitentiary. Thirty men 
have applied to have their names enrolled 
as students. Four of the thirty are 
“lifers.” Every “lifer” expects to be 
pardoned some time. The course will in¬ 
clude arithmetic, American history, gram¬ 
mar and literature, bookkeeping and agri¬ 
culture. Chaplain Johnson will be the 
principal. The warden announces that 
certain credits will be given to each stu¬ 
dent for work performed in the course. 
WASHINGTON.—The House passed, 
Dec. 35, a bill increasing the limit for 
individual depositors in the postal sav¬ 
ings system by removing all limitations as 
to the amount a depositor may keep to 
his credit. Heretofore there has been a 
limit of $500 for a depositor. Under the 
terms of the bill interest will be paid on 
amounts up to $1,000 only, but no limit 
is placed on the amount of non-interest- 
bwiring funds which a depositor may 
place in Uncle Sam's care. 
The annual report of Secretary Redheld 
of the Department of Commerce, which 
was made public Dec. 15, throws the first 
definite light on the present views of the 
Administration in regard to the regula¬ 
tion of industrial corporations. It con¬ 
tains suggestions which, it is believed, 
indicate clearly the character of the pro¬ 
gram the Wilson Administration will 
recommend in its efforts to have anti¬ 
trust legislation enacted at this session. 
The following ideas are outlined : A law 
declaring all restraints of trade to be un¬ 
reasonable. A law against the “water¬ 
ing” of industrial securities. A law 
against interlocking corporations. A law 
against interlocking officers and directors. 
The determination of whether or not 
trusts are socially and economically effi¬ 
cient in production. An investigation by 
the Bureau of Corporations into this 
question and an appropriation of $431,- 
700 for the purpose. An inquiry into the 
question of fixing retail prices. An in¬ 
quiry into the cost of production of cloth- 
ing. 
Representative Raker of California 
urged the House committee on immigra¬ 
tion, Dec. 6, to report a bill providing for 
complete exclusion of all Asiatic, Hindu 
and Chinese coolies. He also suggested 
that all Asiatics coming to this country 
be registered in order that the surrepti¬ 
tious importation of coolies may be pre¬ 
vented. The committee will give further 
consideration to the Raker bill. Federal 
Judge Dooling, established a precedent on 
the admission of Hindus to this country 
in a decision at San Francisco, Dec. 
6, to the effect that even though East 
Indians may have been admitted to the 
Philippines, an American possession, they 
cannot enter the United States legally. 
The decision was delivered in the case of 
twenty-two Hindus who came here from 
Manila. 
The speculator and gambler in food¬ 
stuff's was assailed in the House, Dec. 8, 
by Representative McKellar, a Tennessee 
Democrat, who spoke in advocacy of his 
bill to combat the cold storage trust by 
barring from interstate commerce all 
eggs, butter and meats which have been 
in cold storage beyond a specific length of 
time. The McKellar bill would prohibit 
the cold storing of eggs for more than 
two months; beef, seven months; veal, 
two months; pork, three months; sheep 
and goats, four months; lambs, three 
months; game and poultry, three months; 
fish, two months, and butter, three 
months. The bill prescribes both im¬ 
prisonment and heavy fines for violation 
of its terms. Provision is also made for 
the labeling of all cold storage products, 
and misbranded products are not to be 
admitted to commerce. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—Deputy At¬ 
torney-General Leggett, on behalf of the 
State, closed title and paid over the 
money Dec. 11 for three parcels of land 
at Farmiugdale, Long Island. These are 
to be utilized as the site of the new State 
College of Agriculture for Suffolk Coun¬ 
ty. The amount paid for the parcels was 
$87,000. 
The Hotel Men’s Association of Ore¬ 
gon, in convention at Portland, adopted 
resolutions to eliminate veal from bills of 
fare in Oregon hotels. The reason given 
for this action is that the killing of veal 
for use in hotels will eliminate beef in the 
future and cause an increase in the price 
of meat. 
The twenty-ninth annual meeting of 
the Granite State Dairymen’s Association 
will be held in cooperation with the newly 
established Department of Agriculture, 
which holds its first annual meeting Feb¬ 
ruary 11. Excellent facilities are provid¬ 
ed for exhibits of dairy machinery and 
equipment, and for exhibits of dairy prod¬ 
ucts. Address all inquiries in regard to 
exhibits to Fred Rasmussen, Secretary, 
Durham, N. II. 
The thirty-ninth annual meeting of the 
Ayrshire Breeders’ Association will be 
held in the parlor of the Manhattan Ho¬ 
tel, New York, on Thursday, January 
8th, 1914, at 2 o’clock P. M., to hear the 
president’s address, report of secretary 
and treasurer, report of auditor, report 
of advanced registry work, election of 
officers for the year ensuing, and to do 
any other business proper to come before 
this meeting. The question of special 
premiums at the Panama Pacific Exposi¬ 
tion for 1915 will be presented. 
The annual meeting of the Connecticut 
Dairymen’s Association will be held Jan¬ 
uary 20, 21 and 22. 1914. at Unity Hall, 
Hartford, Conn. Among the speakers an- 
fiouneed are Prof. H. G. Van Pelt of 
December 27, 
Iowa, G. S. Scoville, II. E. Cook and 
Prof. Alva Agee. The Woman’s Auxil¬ 
iary will hold afternoon sessions, and 
there will be a banquet. 
Removal of wheat and flour duties, the 
increase of the British preference to 50 
per cent, and the removal of the tariff on 
agricultural machinery was demanded of 
the Canadian Government by a delegation 
representing the grain growers’ organiza¬ 
tions of the Western Provinces and On¬ 
tario farmers. The Government has had 
under consideration the removal of the 
grain and flour duties so ns to allow free 
entry of Canadian grain into the United 
States. 
The agricultural associations’ meetings 
at the West Virginia College of Agricul¬ 
ture, January 13-16, include Live Stock 
Association, Horticultural Society. Grain 
Growers’ Association, Forestry Associa¬ 
tion, State corn show, State grange, State 
fruit show. 
The Massachusetts Fruit Growers’ As¬ 
sociation will hold its annual meeting at 
Springfield, Mass., January 15-10. Lec¬ 
tures and discussions form an interesting 
program, and there will be a fine trade 
exhibit. For complete program write to 
F. Howard Brown, Secretary, Marlboro, 
Mass. 
COMING FARMERS’ MEETINGS. 
West Virginia College of Agriculture, 
Morgantown, Farmers Short Courses, 
January 6-13; Agricultural Associations’ 
meetings, January 13-16. 
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. 
Special Fanners’ Course. Rhode Island 
State College, Kingston, It. I., December 
30-January 2. 
Ayrshire Breeders’ Association annual 
meeting, Hotel Manhattan, New York, 
January S. 
Massachusetts Fruit Growers’ Associa¬ 
tion. Springfield, Mass., January 15-16. 
Forty-first annual meeting, New Jer¬ 
sey State Board of Agriculture, Trenton, 
N. J., January 29-30, 1914. 
Farmers’ week, Pennsylvania State 
College P. O., December 29, 1913-January 
3, 1914. 
Vermont Dairymen’s Association, an¬ 
nual meeting, Rutland, Vt., January 6-8, 
1914. 
New York State Fruit Growers’ Asso¬ 
ciation, Convention Hall, Rochester, N. 
Y.. January 7-8-9, 1914. 
Kentucky State Horticultural Society, 
College of Agriculture, Lexington, Ky., 
January 8. 
Peninsula Horticultural Society, annu¬ 
al Winter meeting, Easton, Md., January 
13-15, 1914. 
Massachusetts Fruit Growers’ Associa¬ 
tion, convention and trade exhibit, Spring- 
field, Mass., January 15-16, 1914. 
New York State Agricultural Society 
annual meeting and convention, Albany, 
N. Y., January 20-21, 1914., 
Vermont State Poultry Association, 
seventeenth exhibition, St. Alban’s Vt., 
January 20-22, 1914. 
Connecticut State Dairymen’s Associa¬ 
tion. Hartford, Conn., January 20-22. 
Ohio State Horticultural Society, an¬ 
nual meeting, Cleveland, O., January 20- 
23, in connection with the Fifth Annual 
Ohio State apple show. 
Virginia State Horticultural Society, 
annual meeting, Richmond, Va., January 
21-23, 1914. 
Annual Corn Show, Pennsylvania Live 
Stock Breeders’ Association, Pennsyl¬ 
vania Dairy Union, Pennsylvania Horti¬ 
cultural Association, York, Pa., third 
week in January, 1914. 
Ohio Corn Improvement Association, 
Mansfield, O., January 27-30, 1914. 
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 Exhibition, State 
Fair Ground, Dallas, Texas, February 
10-24, 1914. 
Granite State Dairymen’s Association, 
Concord, N. II., February 12. 
Massachusetts Agricultural College, 
Amherst, ten-weeks’ Winter course, Jan¬ 
uary 6-March 13, 1914. 
Thirty-ninth annual meeting of the 
American Association of Nurserymen, 
Cleveland, O., June 24-26, 1914. 
Mbs. Youngbkide (to fish peddler) : 
“Haven’t you any lobsters that are rip¬ 
er? These look so green.”—Boston 
Transcript. * 
Mrs. Voteleigii (coming home at 11) : 
“Are the dear children all right? I 
haven’t set eyes on them since morning." 
Her husband: “Huh ! You go about air¬ 
ing your views; better you’d stay at 
home and view your heirs."—Boston 
Transcript. 
SLAUGHTERHOUSE 
FERTILIZERS 
greatly increaso Agents' sales, because they pro¬ 
duce larger and better crops and enrich soils. 
Proofs furnished. Quality guaranteed. Prices 
right. Responsible Agents wanted at once. 
D. B. MARTIN CO. 
706 Penn Bldg. Pittsburgh, Pa. 
C. D. Rose Farm flgey. 
SELLS FARMS. Send for Hat. 
State & Warren Sts., Trenton. N.J. 
ten FARMS FOR SALE—Near Phila. andTrenton market!; 
I dU good R.K. and trolley facilities. New catalogue. E». 
tablished 25 years. HORACE G. REEDER, Newtown, Pn„ 
UfE SELL GOOD FARMS in Oceana, greatest fruit Co. 
** inU.S.: also grain, potatoes, Alfalfa, dairying. 
Write for list, etc. HANSON & SON, Hart, Mich. 
jlRUAT FARM BARGAINS in the Diamond 
M State. No Floods, Tornadoes, Hills or liocks. 
Rich soil, Healthy climate, good market and pros¬ 
perous people. W. E. ALLEN, Seaford, Del, 
Widow Mncf Soli' -400 acres, including 36choice 
” laow must oeil H 0 i s t e in cows, all crops. 100 
acres, valuable timber, modern buildings, worth 
f 1.000: running water. Price, $10,000. Easy term*. 
Tee Catalog. C. J. ELLIS, Farmers’ Bank, Sprinoville, N.Y. 
VIRGINIA ! 1-2100-acre Ranch 
on James River, $10 per acre. Terms. Send for 
Free List Dairy and Poultry Farms. We can suit 
all. Oasselman & Company, Richmond, Virginia 
Farms for sal© 
Fertile and beautiful farm lands, water fronts 
and timber land on the Eastern shore of Maryland. 
SAMUEL P. WOODCOCK, - Salisbury. Maryland 
$12,000 Bujs306AcresiSft'*S""!m®o'5: 
200 acres level, CO acres timber, buildings worth 
$7,000, Including 32 Holsteins, team, fodder, tools. 
Easy terms. C. J. ELLIS, Farmers Bank, Sprinoville, N. Y. 
New York Surpasses Other States 
in total value of crops per acre. Why ? Soil rich 
and improving. Expert advice from county and 
State. Markets near and sixty million people liv¬ 
ing within day’s ride. Reliable information furn¬ 
ished through descriptive catalog with numerous 
photos and map, sent free to prospective buyers by 
FARM BROKERS' ASSOCIATION, Secretary No. 4. Oneida,N.Y. 
Yin Yftn Want the best stock and tools, hay and 
I/O IUU IT aul grain? Rend this. 300 acres, Susque- 
hannaValley farm: beautiful house; main barn, 60x- 
110; 90cow stalls: horse barn, 30x50; concrete floors; 
carriage house, 30x50;other buildings; 50 apple trees, 
eherries. Owner will include to a quick buyer, 60 
fine Holstein cows, 4 excellent young horses, 200 
tons of hay, big silo full of ensilage, straw, grain, 
65 acres lino saw timber. All goes for $20,000; good 
terms. HALL'S FARM AGENCY. Oweoo. Tioga Co., N. Y. 
W ANTED-BEEF AND HOUSE HIDE—Will 
pny freight ami a premium nboveregularmarket 
prices for good hides. C. G. SCHRYVER, Omar, New York 
HighestCash Prices for Cow and Horse Hides 
and fancy prices for Calf Skins. Address 
ROGERS TANNERY, - Farmingdale, N. J. 
g. i. fox, vn 
Seventh Ave. 
N. Y. A square 
deal, liberal as¬ 
sortment, top 
prices. Write 
for price list. 
LET US TAN 
YOUR HIDE. 
Cattle or Horse hide. Calf, Dog, Deer 
or any kind of skin with hair or fur on. 
We tan and finish thorn right ; make 
them into coats Uor men and women), 
robes, rugs or gloves when ordered. 
Your fur goods will cost you less than 
to buy them, and be worth more. Our 
Illustrated catalog gives a lot of in¬ 
formation which every stock raiser 
should havo, but we never send out this 
valuable book except upon request. 
It tells how to take oil and care for 
hides; how and when we pay the frolght 
both ways j about our safe dyeing pro¬ 
cess which is a tremendous advantage 
to the customer, especially on horse 
hides and calf skins ; about tho fur 
goods and game trophies wo sell, taxi¬ 
dermy, etc. If you want a oopy send us 
your correct uddress. 
The Crosby Frisian Fur Company, 
571 Lyell Ave.. Rochester. N. Y. 
T HE best Pruner. Cuts %-inch 
dry branch. Quick, clean, 
easy cut. We will send it post¬ 
paid for one new yearly subscrip¬ 
tion at $1, or for club of 10 ten- 
week trials at 10 cents each. 
These articles are not given with a sub¬ 
scription to Tho Rural New-Yorker, but 
are given to the agent as a reward, in 
place of cash, for extending the subscrip¬ 
tion list of The Rural New-Yorker. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
333 WEST 30th ST., NEW YORK. 
Use NATCO Tile—They Last Forever 
Farm drainage needs durable tile. Our drain tile are made of best 
Ohio clay, thoroughly hard burned. Don’t have to dig ’em up to be 
replaced every few years. Write for prices. Sold in carload lots. 
Also manufacturers of the famous NATCO IMPERISHABLE 
SILO, Building Blocks and Sewer Pipe. 
NATIONAL FIRE PROOFING COMPANY, Fulton Building, PITTSBURGH, PA. 
R HOUSES located outside of Now York sell their goods in New 
York City; some at times, most of them at all times. Their profits 
out of your furs you can have for yourself by shipping to New York. 
Remember. New York City produces 90 per cent, of the fur 
garments worn in this country. To get full value ship only to 
M. F. PFAELZER & CO., 119 W. 29th St., (Desk 22), New York City 
Satisfaction uud Instant Returns Guaranteed 
