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EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
DOMESTIC. — Six persons were 
drowned in Pamlico Sound, off the North 
Carolina coast, Jan 15, as the result of 
.in explosion on a yacht. One woman 
blown off the boat by the explosion before 
it took fire escaped by swimming ashore. 
Whether France or Germany shall 
control the wireless telegraph station at 
Tuckerton, N. J., is the international 
question involved in a suit instituted in 
the Court of Chancery at Trenton, N. J., 
Jan. 15, by a French corporation against 
the German company and the United 
States Service Corporation, which now 
controls the station. In addition to seek¬ 
ing immediate possession of the Tucker- 
ton station, the French company asks 
that after the conclusion of the present 
war it shall also acquire the wireless sta¬ 
tion at Eilvese, Prussia. The suit is 
based upon a contract entered into in 
11)12. under which the French company 
claims the light to control the property 
of the German company and the trans¬ 
mission of all wireless messages, except 
between Germany and its possessions. 
A drastic statewide prohibition hill 
was passed, Jan. 14, by the Alabama 
Legislature and it now goes to Gov 
O’Neal. Should the measure be vetoed 
the prohibitionists have tin* votes to pass 
it over the veto. The prohibitionists re¬ 
fused to allow a popular vote on the 
measure, claiming that the “interest 
would debauch and corrupt the voters of 
the State.” 
Thirteen men of the American steel 
bark Pilgrim, which originally was the 
old British bark Gael and was trans¬ 
ferred to American registry several 
months ago, arrived at New York, Jan. 
17, by the American liner St. Louis. 
They abandoned the Pilgrim about ”50 
miles east of the Virginia capes on I>ec. 
14 while she was almost on her beam 
ends in a fierce southeast gale. All hands, 
save the cabin boy, Earl Iloyd of Bos¬ 
ton. who was swept from the forward 
rigging and lost when the blast hove the 
ship down, were lassoerf from the wreck 
by the Norwegian cotton steamship 
Tholma, from Mobile for Copenhagen. 
An entire section of Trenton, N. J., was 
almost wiped out, Jan. 18, by a fire that 
started in the insulated wire department 
of the John A. Roebling’s Sons Com¬ 
pany plant along the Delaware and Rari¬ 
tan Canal. The damage will amount to 
upward of $2,000,000 and some estimates 
place it at $5,000,000, although the offi¬ 
cials of the plant say this is high. In 
less than an hour 27 homes in the vicinity 
were gutted, in addition to the two big 
mills. The flames spread to the John L. 
Mott plant, some distance away, but the 
damage there was slight. 
Panama and Canal Zone police are 
searching for a powerful wireless outfit 
that is believed to be in operation near 
Panama City. The wireless plant which 
was discovered on the top of a tall build¬ 
ing in the centre of Panama, Jan. 14, 
and destroyed by the Government au¬ 
thorities, proved to be only a receiving 
instrument, with a radius of 1,000 miles. 
It was of costly construction. Wireless 
telegraph operators of the United States 
Navy report that recently they encoun¬ 
tered interference when sending or re¬ 
ceiving messages 
Mrs. Frances Munds of Yavapai 
County, the only woman ever elected to 
the Arizona Senate, presided over that 
body Jan. 1!) during consideration of a 
bill to amend the law relating to the 
fees and salaries of county officers. 
Jan. 19, private detectives employed 
to keep the peace at fertilizer factories 
at Roosevelt, N. J., where a strike is in r 
progress, fired on a crowd of strikers, 
killing two, seriously injuring six, and ! 
wounding others. As the result of the 
investigation undertaken by the Middle¬ 
sex County officials 22 warrants were 
issued by Charles AY. Sedam, Justice of 
the Peace of New Brunswick, the county 
seat, upon affidavits of witnesses pro¬ 
duced before him by Prosecutor Florence. 
Immediately following the issuance of 
the warrants 22 special deputy sheriffs 
were arrested on the charge of man¬ 
slaughter. 
An anti-alien land ownership hill was 
passed by the Idaho House of Repre¬ 
sentatives, Jan 20. There were only two 
votes against the bill. The bill prohibits 
the acquisition of land in the State by 
alien persons, firms or associations, ex¬ 
cept by the enforcement of liens of true 
inheritance. In such cases it is provided 
that the land acquired must be disposed 
of within five years or be forfeited to the 
State. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—On Wednes¬ 
day afternoon, Feb. 3, at 2 o’clock, in 
the Judging Pavilion of the Ohio State 
University, Columbus, will be held the 
annual Winter meeting of the Ohio. 
Pereheron Horse Breeders’ Association. j 
It is this organization, under whose j 
auspices the Eastern Pereheron Futurity j 
is held each year at the Ohio State Fair. 
Dr. Carl W. Gay of the University of 
Pennsylvania, and Mr. E. B. White, 
Leesburg. Ya., president of the Pereheron 
Society of America, will be the speakers 
on that occasion. 
Attorney General Gregory has been 
directed by the President to investigate 
conditions in the grain markets, with 
a view to finding out to what extent the 
advance in the price of wheat is due to 
combinations of speculators and to what 
extent it is due to inc.eased exports. The . 
suggestion of an embargo on the exporta- ' 
tion of wheat has been entertained by 
the Administration ah. one way of bring¬ 
ing wheat prices to lower levels. This 
would require a* Congressional resolution, 
and opposition from the representatives 
of the wheat producing sections of the 
United States would defeat it. No in¬ 
formation leading to the belief that il¬ 
legal combinations had forced up the 
price of wheat and Hour had been re¬ 
ceived, Jan. 16, officials said, but United 
States District Attorneys everywhere are 
under orders to follow up every clew. 
The following officers were elected at 
the nineteenth annual convention of the 
Virginia State Horticultural Society. Mr. 
T. N. Thompson of Harrisonburg, Va., 
was re-elected as president of the so¬ 
ciety, and the following vice-presidents 
were re-elected: Dr. S. W. Fletcher, 
Fisherville, Ya.; William A. McComb, 
Staunton; Col. M. V. Steadman, Stuart, 
Ya.; John Thwaite, Winchester. I)r. E. 
1*. Parsons of Nelson ^’ounty, was elected 
a vice-president to succeed Major W. M. 
Boyd of Roseland, Va., and John Booton 
of Albermarle County, was elected a vice- 
president in place of C. Purcell McCue 
of Greenwood. Mr. T. W. Woollen of 
Crozet, Va., was re-elected as the treas¬ 
urer of the society. William Massey of 
Frederick County was elected secretary, 
succeeding Walter Whately, who has 
held the office for 12 years. 
The justices in New York Special Ses¬ 
sions, Jan. 19, found that connections 
between the Terminal Milk Corporation 
of 1S6 Eleventh avenue, and the Croton 
reservoir have been entirely too intimate, 
and fined the company $500 for adulter¬ 
ating and mislabelling milk. Board of 
Health Inspector Kautzman testified 
that he visited the milk plant last Sep¬ 
tember and saw an employe filling a 40- 
quart milk can from a hose. Examina¬ 
tion showed that the can contained one- 
third condensed milk, cream and milk, 
and two-thirds water, while the label set 
forth that it contained 18 quarts of 
cream, 20 quarts of milk and two quarts 
of condensed milk. Milk in another can 
was labelled “Grade B milk,” but was 
not even Grade C. 
COMING FARMERS’ MEETINGS. 
New York State School of Agriculture, 
Morrisville, Farmers’ Week. Jan. 25-29. 
Western New York Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, annual meeting, Rochester, Jan. 
27-29. 
South Dakota Improved Live Stock 
and Poultry Breeders’ Association an¬ 
nual meeting, Mitchell, S. D., Jan. 26-27. 
Connecticut Dairymen’s Association, 
annual convention. Unity Hall, Hartford, 
Conn., Jan. 26-27-28. 
Pennsylvania Dairy Union, Pennsyl¬ 
vania Breeders’ Association and State 
Board of Agriculture, joint session, 
Board of Trade Building, Harrisburg, 
Jan. 26-28. 
New Jersey State Board of Agricul¬ 
ture, 42d annual meeting, State House, 
Trenton, Jan. 27-29. 
Ohio Pereheron Horse Breeders’ As¬ 
sociation, annual Winter meeting, Ohio 
State University, Columbus, Feb. 3. 
Farmers’ week. New York Agricultural 
College, Ithaca, Feb. 8-13. 
New York State Vegetable Growers’ 
Association, fifth annual meeting, Feb. 
9-10-11, Ithaca, N. Y. 
Second annual meeting of the New 
Hampshire State Department of Agricul¬ 
ture and the thirtieth annual meeting of 
the Granite State Dairymen’s Associa¬ 
tion, Manchester, N. II.. Feb. 10-11. 
Madison Square Garden Poultry Show, 
New York, 26th annual exhibition, Feb. 
12-18; secretary and superintendent, 
Chas. D. Cleveland, Eatontown, N. J. 
SEED CORN 
and SEEDS 
Did you know the Valley of Virginia 
is the home of good Seed Corn? Corn 
raised in the Valley will do better in all 
parts of the country than any other place 
in the United States. We can supply you 
with the very best of stock. 
We also carry a full line of Garden 
Seeds which have been tested, and are 
the very best the market affords. If you 
are in need of good seed corn or garden 
seeds write us. 
D. M. WETSEL & SON, Seedsmen 
Harrisonburg Virginia 
MTIVE EVERGREENS—ArtSJVftlr mEf‘wJS 
Halsnm Fir. Glo 12 inches, $5.50 per 1,000; fl.OfO for 
$25, f.o b. Also transplanted evergreens Write for 
price list. The James A. Root Nurseries, Skaueateles, N. Y. 
THE DOUGLAS PEAR 
Blight resisting, Vigorous and Productive, Most 
Excellent quality. For sale on trial. 
». H. GRIES4, ex oSS™o' , sT AL Lawrence, Kas. 
FOR SALE—SEED POTATOES 
Choice selected stock, White or Blue sprouts. In 
any quantity, true to name, rogned, sprayed, graded 
and inspected. CORTLAND COUNTY POTATO GRUWFRS’ 
ASSOCIATION. Fred M. Crampton, Secretary, Cortland, N Y. 
C. N. ROBINSON & 
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404 First Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 
She Jeffrey 1 ,IMEI>ULVeR 
Announcing Sizes for Engines from 6 H. P. to 30 H. P. 
In nearly all sections Jeffrey Lime-Ful vers are now being used to get ground limestone 
at lower cost. It's enabling the farmers with lime-rock to dig out the stone and make it 
enrich their farms. 
Many farmers have long wanted a smaller machine—an outfit that would require less 
power—cost less. So we now announce the Lime-I'ulver in sizes to suit different engines 
from G H. P. to 30 H. P. 
The smaller outfits are both crushers and pulverizers that handle big 40 lb. rocks. 
The only difference is that their capacity is less than the large Lime-Pul vers—they cost 
less—and require less power. Changed Instantly to crush rock for road and concrete work. 
The Lime-Pulver is the only outfit combining a crusher and pulverizer in one compact 
machine—the machine with the Patented Jeffrey Swing Hammers that "hat the limestone 
to dust” WITHOUT FRICTION. Endorsed by leading agricultural authorities and used 
by Commissioners of Agriculture and demonstration agents for farm work. 
■Write us to-day. Tell us the horse-power of your engine, and get full information 
about the Lime-Pulver. 
36 lb. Rock Fed 
No. 2 Engine 
8 H. P. 
f source of all that is newest and best in 
Farm Seeds. We grow and sell to onr customers but 
just one grade of Farm Seeds and that the best obtainable.! 
& O. B. Brand Northern grown Alfalfa Clover and Tim- I 
f t n' ' -.W''othy Seed above 09.50 Pure. Bags free. 
Jn nibble’s New Heavy Weight Oats, weighing 45-40 lbs. T 
■jSr per measured bushel; bright, thoroughly recleaned and prolific. 
■tf Dibble’s Pedigree Seed Corn. Best varieties for crop or silo; aver- S 
'£ age germination tests above 90%. f 
’ Dibble’s Seed Potatoes, northern grown, full of vigor. 28 standard i. -V 2 
kinds, best early and late and a new one, the best ever grown on y'2'y 
the Dibble Farms. Our prices are low as we ship direct. Dibble’s 
Farm Seed Catalog, the leading strictly Farm Seed book of the year, f 
and ten sample-packages of Dibble’s Farm Seeds Free if you . . t ‘f 
tion the number of acres in your Farm. Address— > V:.- 
EDWARD F. DIBBLE SEEDGROWER ^ 
Honecye Falls, N. Y., Box B. 
DIBBLE’S SEED FARMS 
Buy Real Seed Corn From Harris 
AT WHOLESALE PRICES 
Ours is not common corn sold forseed, but care 
fully bred corn husked early and the best ears put 
in a special drying house and properly cured so 
that the vitality is practically perfect. Our big 
Gold Nugget Corn has often produced over 20U 
bushel ears to the acre.—Ask for free sample. 
Harris Farm and Vegetable Seeds 
Are all bred as carefully as fine live stock, yet be¬ 
cause we grow them on our own farms we sell for 
less than is often charged for ordinary kinds. 
Ask for big free catalogue We have the kind of 
pedigree seed you want, all tested and the per¬ 
centage that will grow marked on the label. Write 
today—it pays to buy from a reputable grower at 
wholesale. 
JOSEPH HARRIS CO. 
Box 102, Coldwater, N. Y. 
d'PTill—at ONE-HALP" 
-- wM CITY SEEDSMEN PRICES! 
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