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KUKAL WE.W-YORKER 
October 23, 1915. 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
DOMESTIC.—October 8 heavy snow 
fell in the Lake Superior region. 
A Baltimore and Ohio express train 
from New York for St. Louis was held 
up by bandits October 8, near Central, 
W. Va. The robbers, two in number, 
are said to have secured about $57,000. 
October 6 one patient from Long 
Island, died in Bellevue Hospital. New 
York, from anthrax, and October 12 an¬ 
other patient was reported to be dying 
there from the same disease. This fatal 
cattle disease has so far been invariably 
fatal to human life when infection occurs, 
but experiments are now being made 
with a serum to counteract it. 
Men unloading coal from a car on a 
siding close to the J. L. Mott Iron 
Works, at Trenton, N. J., October 11, 
found a can of black powder hidden in 
the coal. The police are working on the 
theory that the powder was placed in the 
car at the mines in Pennsylvania by 
somebody who knew that the coal was 
consigned to the Mott Iron Works. Ad¬ 
ditional interest is connected with the 
finding of the powder because the car 
was standing near the Roebling plant, 
part of which was destroyed by a fire of 
suspicions origin. 
Lieut. Walter R. Taliaferro, an army 
aviator, was killed during a flight at San 
Diego, Cal., October 11, when he fell 
LOOO feet into the bay. He was looping 
the loop when the accident occurred. 
Being strapped to his seat he drowned 
before divers could reach him. Lieut. 
Taliaferro was attached to the army 
aviation school at North Island. 
One hundred and eleven steamships 
were held up at both ends of the Panama 
Canal October 10 because of the recent 
slides and their cargoes are being trans¬ 
ferred across the isthmus by rail. The 
rush of business is so great that the rail¬ 
road facilities are insufficient for the de¬ 
mands and the transfer is progressing 
slowly. A careful survey of the slide 
area in the Gaillard Cut reveals that 
probably 10,000,000 cubic yards of earth 
now in motion, must be dredged out be¬ 
fore a permanent channel is possible. The 
present rate of wet excavation is a mil¬ 
lion yards a month, so that ten months 
would be required to remove the sliding 
mass. Often the canal bottom bulges up 
15 feet above the water. The area in 
motion is estimated at 175 acres, the 
greatest slide area in the history of the 
canal. It extends 2,600 feet along both 
banks, with an average of 1,500 feet back 
of the center line of the canal prism. 
Steamers laden with war supplies have 
turned around and are going to Europe 
by the Suez Canal. 
After at least eight years of private 
attack and nearly as many years of offi¬ 
cial investigation twelve former directors 
of the New York. New Haven and Hart¬ 
ford Railroad, out of twenty-one origin¬ 
ally indicted, were called to face trial in 
the United States Court at New York, 
October 13, on a charge of having con¬ 
spired to monopolize the transportation 
facilities of New England. The men who 
are to be called to the bar before Circuit 
Court Judge William H. Hunt are: 
William Rockefeller, George MacCulloch 
Miller. Charles F. Brooker, D. Newton 
Barney, Robert W. Taft. Lewis Cass 
Ledyard, Charles M. Pratt, A. Heaton 
Robertson, James S. Hemingway, F. F. 
Brewster, Henry K. McHarg and E. D. 
Robbins. The case is regarded as one of 
the most notable in the history of the 
Department of Justice, on the criminal 
side. This is not only because of the 
prominence of the men indicted, but be¬ 
cause of the voluminousness of the mat¬ 
ter to be presented as evidence. Every 
act of the New Haven directorate looking 
toward the acquisition of any property 
whatsoever from 1890 down to a day 
within three years of the finding of the 
indictment on February 26 of this year, 
has been investigated, analyzed according 
to the theory of the prosecution and set 
forth. The exhibits alone will fill one 
end of a court room and it is estimated 
that it will take at least four months to 
try the case. 
Another explosion occurred at the pow¬ 
der factory at Pompton, N. J., October 
12, seven men being injured. Less than 
two weeks before one man was killed at 
the du Pout plant when a vat of alcohol 
exploded. Eleven men were hurt in this 
disaster. Two days before that three 
men died when 800 pounds of smokeless 
powder caught fire in a drying room. On 
March 6 five men were killed in the dry¬ 
ing house, and in February three build¬ 
ings were wrecked and three employees 
burned. 
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad 
officials have notified officers of militia 
companies that in considering applica¬ 
tions for positions preference will be 
given to members of the National Guard 
or to men who have been in the regular 
service either as soldiers, sailors or ma¬ 
rines. The company, it was said, de¬ 
sires to recognize publicly the need for 
more and better trained men in case of 
war and believes also that men trained in 
soldiery are worth more because of their 
having learned discipline. 
The Federal Reserve Board turned 
down October 12 a recommendation made 
by President Wilson with the backing of 
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo for 
the establishment of joint agencies by the 
Federal reserve banks in the leading 
cities of Central and South America. Mr. 
McAdoo had laid before the board a let¬ 
ter from President Wilson indorsing this 
proposal and had supported it by his own 
arguments as presented in his recently 
published report on the Pan-American 
financial conference of last May. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—The New 
Jersey State Horticultural Society will 
hold its annual Winter meeting at Free¬ 
hold, N. J., October 30-December 2 in¬ 
clusive. 
The Winter short course in agricul¬ 
ture at the University of Missouri, Co¬ 
lumbia, Mo., covers two periods, the first 
from November 1 to December 17, 1915, 
and the second from January 10 to Feb¬ 
ruary 26, 1916. 
A campaign for a Federal appropria¬ 
tion of $2,000,000 to aid in stamping out 
citrus canker, which is said to threaten 
incalculable damage, and which already 
is reported in 16 Florida counties, has 
been begun by citrus fruit growers and 
allied interests. A committee has been 
appointed at Tampa, Fla., to ask Con¬ 
gress to appropriate the money on the 
same basis that an appropriation was 
made to fight the foot and mouth disease. 
Citrus canker is believed to have been 
brought here from Japan. It is said to 
have appeared in other Gulf States, as 
well as in Florida. 
The Bergen County Poultry Associa¬ 
tion of New Jersey, will hold its annual 
show at the Hackensack Armory, Hack¬ 
ensack, N. J., November 24, 25, 26, 27. 
All Federal restrictions on the move¬ 
ment of live stock because of foot-and- 
mouth disease in the States of Indiana, 
Michigan and Virginia are removed by 
an order signed by the Secretary of Agri¬ 
culture, effective October 9. With the 
removal of the quarantine from these 
States the whole country, with the ex¬ 
ception of northern Illinois, is now prac¬ 
tically free. Small areas in Steuben 
County, New York in Hudson County, 
New Jersey, and the so-called “neck” in 
Philadelphia, are still under a modified 
form of quarantine, however, and a part 
of the West Philadelphia Stock Yards 
are in the restricted area. With the ex¬ 
ceptions, however, the quarantines which 
were imposed as a result of the outbreak 
in 1914 have now all been removed. In 
northern Illinois a considerable territory 
is now in the closed area on account of 
an outbreak of the disease which occurred 
last August. This outbreak has resulted 
in the quarantining of all that part of 
the State which lies north of the north¬ 
ern boundaries of the counties of Cal¬ 
houn. Jersey, Macoupin, Montgomery, 
Fayette, Effingham, Jasper and Craw- 
ford. In this area the entire counties of 
Bureau, Lake, La Salle, McDonough 
and Putnam and portions of Dupage, 
T. ee, Hancock, Schuyler and Cook are un¬ 
der closed quarantine. The Union Stock 
Yards, in Chicago, are maintained as a 
restricted area, handling live stock for 
immediate slaughter only. The remain¬ 
der of the quarantined territory is also 
classed as restricted area. 
The fact has been determined by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, as the result 
of investigations and surveys, that the 
disease known as powdery scab of po¬ 
tato is largely limited by soil conditions, 
that the soil conditions of the Southern 
and Central States are such that the 
spread of the disease to those States is 
improbable, and that the disease now ex¬ 
ists to a slight extent only outside of the 
States of Maine and New York, which 
were quarantined last year. The Depart¬ 
ment has now removed the quarantine 
placed upon Maine and New York, and 
has also revoked the regulations govern¬ 
ing the interstate movements of pota¬ 
toes from quarantined areas. 
The annual conference of extension 
workers will be held at Purdue Univer¬ 
sity, Lafayette. Ind., October 19-22. This 
conference will bring together the ex¬ 
tension staff of the University, county 
agricultural agents, chairmen, and secre¬ 
taries of the several farmers’ institute 
organizations of the State, as well as 
agricultural supervisors and others in¬ 
terested in the extension movement. The 
program for this conference is made up 
of many noted speakers: Animal Hus¬ 
bandry, President H. J. Waters, K ansasI 
Agricultural College; Soils, Director C. 
E. Thorne, Ohio Experiment Station; 
Horticulture, Dr. .T. C. Whitten. Univer¬ 
sity of Missouri; Dairying, II. B. Favill, 
Chicago; Home Economics, Miss Ger¬ 
trude McCheyne, Utah Agricultural Col¬ 
lege; Farm Management, L. H. Goddard, 
U. S. Dept, of Agriculture. 
The Amherst Poultry Association 
(Inc.) will hold its second annual show 
at Amherst, Mass., Jan. 18 and 19, 1916. 
Beginning in the second term of the 
present college year, the New York State 
College of Agriculture will offer a course 
in apiculture. This course will be con¬ 
ducted by Assistant Professor E. R. 
King of the Department of Entomology, 
who comes from Creola, Ohio, where he 
has been for two years deputy State in¬ 
spector of apiaries. He also has been for 
two years secretary of the Ohio State 
Bee-keepers’ Association and is well 
qualified to instruct in the subject. 
There has been a great demand for a 
course in apiculture for some time so 
that when 37 students petitioned for a 
course in 1H4-1915 the matter was taken 
up with the Legislature, with the result 
that a $2,000 appropriation was forth¬ 
coming. Mr. King will spend the first 
term in getting equipment and outlining 
the work for the second term. 
RAW FURS 
All who are interested in these two words, write 
for a reliable circular of prices, ready in November. 
LEMUEL BLACK, • Lock Box 305, Higbtstown, N. J. 
Don’t Go Through 
Another Winter Without 
Fresh Running Water in Your Country Home 
Don’t be bothered with frozen pumps and tanks again this 
winter. Give your family the greatest of all conveniences and 
luxuries—running water fresh from the well, hard and soft, 
hot and cold, for kitchen, laundry, toilet and bath—just by turning the 
_ faucet. Spare them the usual winter discomfort and sickness due to 
exposure and cold. Give your stock all the pure water they want 
at. well temperature the year ’round. 
FREE 
The Perry Fresh Water System 
—requires no water storage tank. Mod¬ 
erate priced, simple, dependable. 
Requires no change in well or lo¬ 
cation of buildings. 
Illustrated 
Catalog 
No. B1000 
mailed free. 
Write for it. 
OHITED POMP & POWER CO., MILWAUKEE, W18. 
YOU NEED THIS GASOLINE ENGINE 
Yon need the Excelsior gasoline engine on your 
farm. You will find it the best investment 
you ever made: you will find it the kind cf 
an engine that works every minute of the day. 
No time wasted starting it; no time wasted 
tinkering with it. It starts when you want 
and keeps going until the work is done. 
We know the Excelsior engine will 
earn you more money and give you bet¬ 
ter service than any engine built. We 
want you to know it just as well as we 
do. So we say, “Order one subject to sus¬ 
picion. Bet it to work on your liardesi 
work. Get any other engine you like. Set 
them to work side of the Excelsior. See 
bow many more cords of wood you can cut 
with a gallon of gasoline; see how many 
more bushels of grain you can thresh, etc. 
Put the Excelsior to the hardest test you 
possibly can. Prove to yourself under any 
and all conditions you like that the engine is everything we say. You do not have to send any 
money in advance; you do not have to sign any notes. You prove the engine is everything we 
say with the cash in your pocket. Then if you find' it all we say. you can buy it and pay for it. 
Our catalog tells you all about this wonderful engine. It is free, and to auy farmer who will 
tell us the size farm be owns and when lie is ready for the engine, we will make a special prop¬ 
osition—but act to-day.” R. CONSOLIDATED GASOLINE ENGINE CO., 202 Fulton St., New York 
Clearing Stumpland 
Is Easy If You Do It Right 
Zimmerman Mighty Monarchy 
Steel Stump Puller makes land clearing i 
simple, easy, quick. Cheaper than / 
dynamite. Much better because it gets ; 
stump roots and all. Disturbs less soil. 
Valuable Book FREE 1 
Tells all about land clearing. Explains different _ 
methods, tells about various stump pullers, why^ ,, 
the Zimmerman is best. All about its improve¬ 
ments so a^ boy can operate it, why it clears larger ' 
area, why it’s quicker and pulls larger stumps and plenty j 
of proof why it's the only practical, in ex pen- Jj 
sive, satisfactory stomp pnller on the mar- j 
^ ket. Write today for book. Address 
Zimmerman Steel Co. 
Bettendorf, Iowa 
jN(jl r 1 1 MT 
LET US TAN 
YOUR HIUE. 
Cattle or Horse hide. Calf, Dog. Deer 
or any kind of skin with hair or lur on. 
We tan and finish them right; make 
them into coats (for men and women), 
robes, rugs or gloves when ordered. 
Yourf ur 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 have, but we never send out this 
valuable book except upon request. 
It tells how to take off and care for 
hides; how and when we pay tho freight 
both ways j about our safe dyeing pro- 
cess which is a tremendous advantage 
to the customer, especially on horse 
hides and call skins ; about the fur 
goods and game trophies we sell, taxi¬ 
dermy, etc. If you want a dbpy send us 
your correct address. 
The Crosby Frisian Fur Company, 
571 Lyell Avc.. Rochester. N. Y. 
You get it without argument unde?* 
our guarantee if rusting out occurs in a if' 
AMERICAN INCOT IRON ROOF 
Rust-resisting Pure Iron—Not Steel 
x tirpir.M —N°" r bond protects you. Lifetime 
1 r 1 CA,I J service. low cost. 
1 V» Ma / Write today for Free Roofing Catalog. 
Ip,l^ , 'vn"> also make Corn l’rlh». Stock Tanks, Wire 
L \r\ ''Vncc',. Crib &'Tank, or Fence Catalog Free. 
I if The American Iron Roofing Co. 
\jf Station 16 MIDDLETOWN, OHIO 
DON’T Put Your 
NEW CORN 
Into a RAT House 
Ordinary wood cribs harbor rats, mice 
and other vermin which destroy thousands of 
bushels of corn every year. These pests arc 
disease carriers as well as robbers. Starve 
them out and save your corn by putting up 
These cribs cost no more than wood — 
last a life-time. Made of rust-proof, * 
perforated, galvanized iron. Come in 
sections. Easily put up. 
FiRE-PROOF— RAT-PROOF 
Lightning proof, weather proof, bird- 
proof. thief proof, Marshall Cribs give 
perfect protection — euro corn better: * 
keep drier: freo from mould-prevents 
germinating in crib. Hound or Shed 
styles. Ma ly sizes. $47.60 and up— 
freight paid. Write for Free catalog., 
Iron Crib & Bin Co. w^tlr. ’o. 
J3> 
SKIN YOUR HOGS 
c„. . _ I’B Pay Cash for Your Hog Hides 
ot&rt Ho£ Skinning; and make big: 1 
_/r n r 
i will pay you cash for them. It costs younothinar 
to start. Costs your neighbors nothin# to have fl 
7? their hogs skinned—you simply take the hide as * 
your pay. Write at once for information. I’ll 
show you how to start a profitable business of 
your own without any capital. The 
’ ones that start first are protected. 
in their territory. Dept. RNY ^9P***S 
RAW FURS WANTED 
By A. SUSKIN9 & CO. 
111-113 West 25th St. New York 
HIGHEST PRICES AND LIBERAL GRADING 
Write for Free Price List now. 
TRAPPERS 
Along in November when furs getprime, JIM ELLIS will 
issue a price list that any far shipper can understand. 
There won t be anything flashy or sensational about it, 
but the prices quoted and the prices paid will he the 
same, and that’s all any fair minded Man expects. 
JAMES P. ELLIS, EXPORTER 
34 & 36 MILL ST. MIDDLETOWN, N. Y. 
Established 1899 
Prompt Shipment Guaranteed. 
Land for Settlers 
1 am offering lands in Northern Michigan and Wisconsin, to 
settler* on I be following terms : Purchaser pays ten percent of 
purchase price when contract is made. If purchaser makes im¬ 
provements each year, no more payments required for six years, 
except six fssreent Interval, which im payable annually, fcacli 
year for the first five years the owners of the land will lend to 
the settler $15.00 per acre for all land brought under Rood culti¬ 
vation during the year, ami will also lend him half the value ot 
new permanent buildings erected on the property. The money 
so loaned to be used in making further improvements. During 
the life ot the contract the land must be worked in a way to im¬ 
prove and not exhaust it. At the end of the sixth year, and each 
year thereafter, the pun baser shall pay at least an amount equal 
to ten percent of tho total amount due under the contract at the 
end of the sfxth year. All payments above six percent interest 
outlie amount due each year to be applied to payment of the 
principal. On these terms if the purchaser only pays the mini¬ 
mum amount each year, lie will full) pay for his laud in about 
twenty-one years from the date of the contract. He will have 
had from the laud a living for himself and family during the 
twenty-one years, uad will have a property worth several times 
as much as it has cost. Much of this land is in shape to be put 
under cultivation the first year. The soil is generally a sandy 
loain with more or less clav subsoil. Some day land. The crops 
raised are hay, (timothy, clover, alfalfa, etc.) wheat, oats, corn, 
peas, potatoes, beefs, turnips, garden crops, etc. Fruit* : 
Apples, pears, plums, cherries, strawberries, black berries, 
raspberries, etc., all grow and hear well. Cattle thrive here 
ami some of the best dairy herds in the country are in “Clover- 
land.” Five large mining regions nearby insure a good market 
for all farm produce. The markets of Chicago and Milwaukee 
are also withiu easy reach. 
J. M. LONGYEAR, Marquette, Mich. 
MOVE TO MARYLAND 
The State for Thrifty Farmers. Delightful, healthy 
climate. Good Land, Reasonable prices. Close to big 
markets of large cities of the East. Send for free 
descriptive booklet & map. 
STATE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION. 
62 Hoffman Building, Baltimore, Md. 
•Mn-ACRE FARM— timber and store proj>osiuoii, only 
1 ‘ u 12,500. 339 acres stocked and equipped—a bar¬ 
gain at $9,000. 284 acres on railroad; good house and 
good land. $6,000. We have whatyou want at >onr 
price. Richmond-Washington Farm Agency, Inc., Fredericksburg, Va. 
140 Afirpe - 6ood, comfortable 
i-*w HkI CD barn; on main road; 
house; good 
_,___plenty fruit, 
and TIMBER for farm use; 14 good dairy cows; 
to make quick sale all for $3,0U0: only $700 cash. 
Hall’s Farm Agency, Owego.Tioga Co., N.Y. 
IC f| Cor mo FOlt SALK—near ITiila. and Trenton markets 
IdU I <11 Ills good railroad and trolley facilities. New cats; 
logue. Established 36 years, ilorace G. lleeder, Newtown, l’cnna- 
Or. I. FOX 
279 SEVENTH AVE., N. Y. 
A Square Deal, Liberal 
Assortment, Top Prices. 
Write For Price Liet 
