7She RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
DOMESTIC.—William F. Nain, 8G 
years old, arrested in Louisa, Va., Aug. 
19 as a suspicious character aiid re¬ 
arrested later charged with being a 
German spy, told the police he was one 
of the fourteen spies working in the 
United States at the direction of the 
German Government. Maps, charts, 
explanatory notes and other papers were 
found on Nain. 
Blanket charges of murder were filed 
Aug. 24 by District Attorney John 
Crocker at Houston, Tex., against 84 
negro soldiers of the Twenty-fourth 
United States Infantry, held in the 
county jail as a result of the rioting, 
which ended with the death of 17 per¬ 
sons, four of them city police officers. 
The riot resulted also in the wounding 
of more than a score and the terrorization 
of the community. All the soldiers not 
involved in the shooting were removed 
to Columbus, N. M. 
Ex-Senator William IT. Reynolds was 
indicted on the charge of perjury Aug. 
24 and held in .$10,000 bail by .Tudge 
Mulqueen. _ in New York General Se.s- 
sions. This is a result of the investiga¬ 
tion into the purchase of the Rock- 
away and Dreamland park sites by New 
1 ork City. The indictment charges that 
Reynolds, in testifying as an appraisal 
expert before the condemnation com- 
inission, swore that he had no interest 
in the Rockaway Park site, and main¬ 
tained that the land was worth .$8,000 an 
acre. This testimony, the indictment 
charges, was ‘•felonious, corrupt, wilful, 
false and malicious perjury.” 
Nearly a hundred persons were in¬ 
jured, it is estimated, in a fire that fol¬ 
lowed an explosion Aug. 24 in the da 
Pont powder plant near New Brunswick, 
N. J. The fire started in the drying 
department, which was completely de¬ 
stroyed, Every man in the room at the 
time suffered some injury. Five of the 
victims may die from burns. 
The Naval Board investigating the ex¬ 
plosion at the Mare Island Navy Yard, 
Cal., .July 9 has decided unanimou.sly that 
it was not an accident, but was “due to 
the deliberate act of some ])ersou or 
persons ainknown.” 
Gov. Burnquist of Minnesota, Aug. 28 
issued a proclamation prohibiting the 
People’s Council of America for Demo¬ 
cracy and Peace from holding its proposed 
meeting in IMinneanolis or elswhere in 
^Minnesota. The Governor’s action fol¬ 
lowed a report froin Sheriff Otto Langum 
of Hennepin county in which the Sheriff 
said that after making a thorough in¬ 
vestigation he believed the meeting would 
result in bloodshed, rioting and loss of 
life. Tn_ his proclamation the Governor 
added his conviction that the meeting 
could only aid enemies of the Ignited 
States. Every peace officer in the State is 
called upon to aid in the enforcement 
of the prohibitory order. 
Two men carrying $8,100. the payroll 
of the Winslow Bros. Iron Works, were 
shot to death in front of the plant at 
Chicago, Aug. 28 by five bandits, who es- 
cai>ed with the money in an automoliile. 
Excei)t in Washington, where the situ¬ 
ation is undei' control, forest fires of 
serious proportions ai'c raging in Mon¬ 
tana. Oregon and Idaho. The sui)i)ly of 
forest fire fighters in Montana has been 
exhausted and eastern Washington has 
been called upon for aid. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—The erec¬ 
tion of grain elevators at the Barge 
Canal terminal at Gowanus Bay, Brook¬ 
lyn. and in Buffalo, and the construetion 
of 1.000 ton barges to be operated along 
the Barge Canal and the Hudson River 
between New -York and Buffalo by the 
Federal Shipping Board, are recommend¬ 
ed by State Engineer Prank M. Will¬ 
iams. State Superintendent of Public 
Works W. W, Wotherspoon and I..ie)it.- 
Gov. Edward N. Schoeneck, a sub-com¬ 
mittee of the State Canal Board which 
investigated the railroad freight tieup at 
Buffalo. This committee in its report to 
the Legi.slature Aug. 24 requested that 
the Legislature pass a re.solution peti¬ 
tioning the Washington authorities to 
utilize the Barge Canal in moving 
freight, especially wheat, from the Great 
Lakes region to New York City. 
Resolutions calling for modifications in 
the interpretation and administration of 
the draft law were adoi)ted at the an¬ 
nual meeting of the National Live.stock 
Shippers Productive League, which opened 
Aug. 24 at the Chicago stock yards. The 
resolutions were ordered sent to Presi¬ 
dent Wilson following a report to the 
convention by W. R. Stubbs, former 
Governor of Kansas, in which it was 
said construction placed upon and the 
execution of the draft law was taking 
competent men from the farms of the 
country to an extent that threateiu'd to 
curtail seriously the production of food¬ 
stuffs. 
As a result of a suggestion from the 
.\merican consulate, based upon the 
higher i)rices for maize in the New York 
market than in that country, shipments 
of maize from Venezuela to the United 
States have been undertaken for the first 
time on record, and already 80 tons have 
been sent. If present New York ])rices 
hold until the new crop of maize comes 
in there may be large shipments, as the 
crop prospects are extraordinarily good. 
The minister of lands, forests, and 
mines of Ontario announced during a 
visit to Port Arthur that the Province 
will soon undertake to establish an agri¬ 
cultural colony for soldiers in that 
vicinity. The plan is already being tried 
at one point, where 80 sets of farm 
buildings will be grouped in one com¬ 
munity. About September 1 the buildings 
w’ill be_ ready for use. Separate houses 
are built for single men. It is hoped 
that there wall be a demand for more 
buildings as the community develops. 
The Government clears 10 acres of land 
and advances a $500 loan on the im¬ 
provement, charging G per cent interest. 
No payments are required during the 
first three years, and the loan expires 
in 20 years. The farmers are to be 
allowed five years to make certain im¬ 
provements and develop the farms. Ap¬ 
plications already number 800. Selec- 
tion.s are carefully made by giving a 
preliminary 80-days’ trial course to de¬ 
termine if the men are suited to farm¬ 
ing, and those who show no special in¬ 
terest in such w'ork are promptly elimin¬ 
ated. During the trial period the men 
are given soldiers’ regular pay, separation 
allowances, and shares from the patriotic 
fund. 
I’he district draft board for Monroe, 
Wayne, Livingston, Ontario and Seneca 
counties, N. Y.. Aug. 27 granted exemp¬ 
tion to Fred S.. Zoller, who contended 
an 800 acre ranch he ownis in Montana 
required his attention. Zoller said that 
upon the action of the district board 
depended his future course in agriculture. 
If left on the farm he wmuld plant Win¬ 
ter wheat. If drafted he said he would 
have to clear off the farm. The board 
exempted him Tintil .Tuly 1, 1918, which 
will give him time to harvest the Win¬ 
ter wheat. There are hundreds of farm 
youths wdio will ask for exem])tion on 
similar grounds, and the decision was 
regarded as a precedent. 
The Dairy Cattle Congress w’ill be held 
.at Waterloo, low’a, October 1st to 7th 
inclu.sive. The premiums offered to the 
five herds, namely: Gue7’uaeys, Holsteins, 
Ayrshires, .Terseys and Brow-n 8wuss total 
more than $8,000. The national breed 
.associations and clubs will offer substan¬ 
tial premiums in addition to those given 
by the show pro])er. The Iowa State 
Dairy Association wall again hold its in¬ 
teresting sessions on the grounds. A 
well balanced progr.am for botli the 
production and manufacturing sides of 
the industry will be given. 
According to the terms of an order in 
council of August 18, the exportation of 
wheat flour from Canada is now prohib¬ 
ited to all destinations abroad otlier 
than the United Kingdom and British 
possessions and protectorates, provided 
that licenses may be issued for expor¬ 
tation to countries in alliance with the 
United Kingdom. The granting of li¬ 
censes will be made under regulations 
by the minister of customs. Before the 
jii-esent order in council the export.a- 
tiou of wheat flour was prohibited to 
all foreign destinations in Europe and 
on the Mediterranean and Itlack Seas, 
other than France, Russia, Italy, Si)ain, 
and Portugal. 
Buffalo Markets 
The Fall look to the markets is now 
marked by plenty of home-grown .sweet 
corn, which sells at 20 cents a dozen for 
small sizes and is all of good quality. 
Peaches begin to come from this district 
also, but they are still nearly all from 
California, selling at .$2 to $8.50 per bu., 
while the home sorts are $1.25 per third- 
bushel basket yet. The crop is heavy 
and gocxl. I’otatoes do not like to come 
down, but are to be had for $1.40 to 
$1.00 per bu., though small grocers still 
ask 00c per peck. Apples arc coming in 
well, but they are high, best reds being 
up to $0 i)ei* bbl., and no “cooking” ap¬ 
ples retailing for less than $2 per bu. 
Bartlett pears are plenty at $2 per bu. 
Cherries are gone and plums are not 
plenty yet, big blue ones retailing for 25c 
per qt. Raspberries are going, but there 
are some blackberries, retailing at I8c 
to 20e per qt., and huckleberries are be¬ 
coming plenty- at the same price. Water¬ 
melons continue high at 20c to (50c <‘ach, 
and muskmelons run up to $8 per cr.ate. 
Home fruits not often quoted are egg¬ 
plant, retailing for 15c each; gooseber¬ 
ries, 15c i)er (it.; pepi)ers, three for 5c.; 
early white grap('s, i5c per lb.; green 
beans, 8c to lOc per qt. ' 
Beans are off only 50c. there being no 
Texas crop of them to reduce prices as in 
case of onions. Beans are quotetl at $7 
to .$9, and onions only $1.G5 to $1.7.5 
per bu. The new bean crop is still in 
doubt and will be .small at best. If the 
bean crop fails here for the third time, 
many Western New York farmers will go 
out of them. 
Vegetables are plenty, but firm; qual- 
itj’ _good. Htring beans are $1.’25 to 
$1.75; carrots, $1 to $1.25; cucumbers, 
$1 to $1.50 p('r bu.; beets, 15c to 20c.; 
par.sley, 20c to 25c; radishes, 15c to 
18c per (1(«. bunches; cabbage. $8.50 to 
$.5 per 100; ceh'ry, 20c to (iOc per bunch ; 
lettuce, .‘55c to G5c i)er 2-doz. box ; peas, 
$2.50 p('r bag; tomatoes, $1 per 20-lb. 
basket. ■'’J''he tomato crop is backward 
and unpromising here. 
I’ulter and eggs are going up. Best 
creamery butter is 44c.: best dairy. 40c.; 
crocks, .‘IGc to 88c; poor bult(‘r, ;54c to 
.'loc. Cheese is unchanged, (|uiet. at 24e 
for best dome.stic; 21c to 2.'5c for lower 
grades. Eggs have advanced to 48c for 
white hennery and are not below 88(; for 
candled. The demand has fallen off, prob¬ 
ably on account of the high prices. 
All dressed poultry was taken and largo 
amounts of froz(‘n followed. Live poul¬ 
try is also active. Frozen turkeys sell 
at .88c to .84c; fowls, 22c to 25c; chick¬ 
ens, 24c to 27c.; broilei's, 24c to 29c.; 
capons. 88c to ,‘54c.: ducks. 20c to 24c; 
gees(s 18c to 19(; p(‘r lb. Frozen poultry 
is about on a. par with liv(‘ and 2 cents 
below dress(‘d. It looks as though th(( 
high jirice of ('ggs and poulti-y would 
continue through the molting season. 
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