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EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
DOMESTIC.—Erwin Bergdoll, draft 
dodger, surrendered to the authorities at 
Governor’s Island July 21. Trial of 
Lieut-Col. J. E. Hunt, U. S. A., was 
just beginning for neglect of duty in 
guarding Bergdoll when he surrendered. 
Col. Hunt was acquitted of negligence in 
allowing Bex-gdoll’s escape. 
The strike of building trades unions, 
which, according to contractors, has tied 
up $20,000,000 worth of building projects 
at Pittsburg, Pa., for more than a month, 
terminated July 22 when the bricklayers’ 
union and the Brick Contractors’ Asso¬ 
ciation reached an agreement on the wage 
question. The men won their original 
demands of $1.50 an hour for an eight- 
hour day. 
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed 
the lumber and salt plant of the Buckley 
& Douglas Lumber Company at Manistee, 
Mich., July 22, causing a loss estimated 
at $1,000,000. 
The Mexican power schooner Jacri6 
Conde, formerly the Japanese owned Ton- 
do Manx, turned turtle and foundered 
recently at night off Mazatlan, Mexico, 
with the loss of 42 lives, according to 
word brought to San Diego, Cal., July 
22, by the motorship Jeannette R. 
The Federal Grand Jury indicted July 
26 Mitchell Safi-on, an employee in the 
Russian Soviet • Government bureau in 
West Fortieth Street and a resident of 
752 Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., the 
home of Ludwig C. A. Iv. Martens, un¬ 
recognized ambassador of the Soviet. The 
charge against him involves a plot to 
smuggle diamonds in large quantities into 
the country. He was arrested by Govern¬ 
ment agents and arraigned before United 
States Commissioner Hitchcock. 
Fire of xindetcrmined origin destroyed 
five units of Camp Pike Military Hospi¬ 
tal at Little Rock, Ark., July 24, causing 
$20,000 loss. No lives were endangered. 
Operations in the Southern Illinois 
coal fields July 24 were proceeding on a 
greatly reduced scale on account of the 
unautliorized strike of day laborers. Strik¬ 
ers assert that more than 30,000 men are 
idle and predict that the tie-up will be¬ 
come ixiore pronounced. 
Two known dead, a dozen injured, 
three probably fatally, and extensive 
property damage was the toll of a terrific 
storm which swept over parts of McHenry 
and Ward counties in North Dakota July 
22-23. Many farm buildings in McHenry 
County were destroyed and much live¬ 
stock was killed. 
At least two persons, were killed, a 
score injured and property damaged to 
the extent of more than $200,000 in a 
cyclone which swept southern Saskatche¬ 
wan July 22. 
Four men are dead and four others 
may die as a result of an explosion of a 
powder magazine at Sublet No. 6 mine 
'of the Kemmerer Coal Company, Kem- 
merer, Wyo., July 27. The cause of the 
explosion is unknown. 
Three earthquake shocks were felt at 
Los Angeles, Cal., July 27. Each shock 
rattled buildings, but no damage was re¬ 
ported. 
WASHINGTON—Opposition to in¬ 
creased passenger, freight, baggage and 
Pullman rates asked by railroads is de¬ 
veloping. The railroads in a petition 
filed with the Interstate Commerce Com¬ 
mission July 22 said they needed the 
higher rates to meet the $000,OOO.OOO 
wage award granted workers. Opponents 
of the proposed advances will try to show 
that they are unnecessary and that in¬ 
creased freight rates asked several weeks 
ago are sufficient for railroad needs. Or¬ 
ganized railroad employees themselves 
may join in the effort to prevent the in¬ 
crease. It is known that the employees 
have collected information which they say 
would justify charges that the roads are 
now ninning up a big bill of expense to 
show the necessity of increased revenue. 
Once the railroads get the increase, how¬ 
ever. the union heads expect that thou¬ 
sands of men will be laid off and other 
economy measures taken, according to 
John Scott, secretary of the railway de¬ 
partment of the American Federation of 
Labor. The railroad executives deny 
these assertions and say the raises sought 
are absolutely necessary. The proposed 
50 per cent increase on passenger and 
Pullman fares is expected to be attacked 
by the United Commercial Travelers. 
Farmer organizations will inquire into 
the necessity of a rise of approximately 
40 per cent for carrying milk. This 
would increase the price of milk without 
corresponding advantage to milk pro- 
ducers. Shippei’s will ask to be heard on 
the proposed freight increases, although 
it is not certain they will oppose them. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—The regular 
Summer meeting of the Ohio State Hor¬ 
ticultural Society will be held on Thurs¬ 
day. August 12. The day’s entertainment 
will consist of an auto tour through Lake 
County, during which visits will be made 
to many orchards, vineyards, nurseries 
and other points of interest. The trip 
will begin at Willoughby, at 9 a. tn. 
August 7, 1020 
Ideal weather during May and .Tune to 
do Spi’ing work. This resulted in many 
increasing the acreage, partly making up 
the lack of fertilizer and help, also of 
men leaving their farming and hii-ing in 
mills and to work on roads, etc. Is it 
policy for the State or towns to expend 
so much on the x’oads just at this time, 
calling so many men away fx*om the 
farms? Pi'obably the acreage planted is 
about three-foxirths of normal. Crops 
look well, especially potatoes; corn is 
late: very few apples. Hay crop two 
weeks late, farmers just beginning. There 
will be about an average crop. The rains 
of the first of July saved a hay famine. 
There is quite a movement in real estate. 
Nearly all the young men and women born 
here have gone away to the cities; the 
old people have run the farms as long as 
age and health will permit, and have had 
to give it up, in many cases having to go 
to the • cities or villages and live with 
their cliildi’en. The vacant farms are 
being taken up by a new class. Three 
farms have recently been sold to New 
York parties; two families fi-om Canada 
have recently moved into town. In run¬ 
ning over a list of farms. I find about 
one-fourth have been occupied by new 
people moving in within the past two 
years. Farms can be bought in rural 
Maine probably for less money than any¬ 
where else in the United States, and the 
real estate agents have done the rest. 
There is very little canning going on; 
berries ai’e going to waste; no sxxgar. 
The milk and ci*eam business is about the 
same. Many planned to hatch a large 
number of chickens, but. got frightened 
out by the high price and scarcity of 
grain. No corn or cornmeal can be ob¬ 
tained here, and it is impossible to feed 
the hens a ration for largest production. 
There is enough cow feed for sale, but 
few buy, having the cows now on pasture. 
Cottonseed meal, $4.10; gluten feed. 
$4.25 per cwt; sugar. 28c per lb. The 
outlook for Maine farms seems dark. 
Many are shaping their business to pro¬ 
duce all their food from the farm, and 
there is talk of getting out the old spin¬ 
ning-wheel and hand loom. It wouldn’t 
take long if our grandmothers were here 
to smash the II. C. of L. Everyone is 
wearing canvas and rubber shoes, now 
is this going to affect the price of leather? 
Eggs. 50c; butter, 55c at. local stores. 
Small sale for strawberries; no sugar. 
Waldo Co., Me. k. w. nr. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
Bi-State Guernsey meeting. Glens Falls. 
N. Y„ Augxist 7. 
Summer Farmers’ Week. Connecticxit 
Agricultural College. Storrs. August 3-6. 
New York State Potato Growers’ As¬ 
sociation, annual meeting, Cortland, N. 
Y.. August 6-7. 
Ohio State Horticultural Society, Sum¬ 
mer meeting. Willoughby. O.. August 12. 
Apple Shippers’ Association, Chicago, 
Ill.. August 11-14. 
Vegetable Growers’ Association of 
Amei-ica. twelfth annual meeting. Colum¬ 
bus, O.. August 25-28. 
Ohio State Fail - , Columbus, August 30- 
31-September 1-4. 
ITornell Fair, ITornell, N. Y., August 
31-September 3. 
Hoosac Valley Agricultural Fair, North 
Adams, Mass., September 3-6. 
New York State Fair, Syracuse, Sep¬ 
tember 13-18. 
Agricultural Society of Queens-Nassau 
Counties, annual fail*, Mineola, N. Y., 
September 21-25. 
Sussex County Fair Association, an¬ 
nual faix% Branchville. N. J., September 
21-24. 
Your Choice for Governor of N. Y. State 
THE BALLOT 
□ Liberty Hyde Bailey, Tompkins 
□ Fi’ank M. Bradley, Niagara 
□ Seth J. T. Bush, Monroe 
□ Israel T. Deyo, Bi'oome 
□ Samuel Fraser, Livingston 
□ Elon II. Ilookei - , Monroe 
□ Wesley O. Howard, Rensselaer 
□ Francis M. Hugo, Jefferson 
□ Nathan L. Miller, Onondaga 
□ Ogden L. Mills, New York 
□ John Lord O’Brian, Erie 
□ William Church Osborne, Putnam 
□ Eugene II. Porter, Broome 
□ Ileni’y M. Sage, Albany 
□ Alfred E. Smith, New York 
□ Silas L. Strivings, Wyoming 
□ Thaddeus C. Sweet, Oswego 
□ Wm. Boyce Thompson, Westchester 
□ George F. Thompson, Orleans 
□ Eugene M. Travis, Kings 
□ George Eh Warren, Tompkins 
□ ---;-:-:—:- 
If your choice is not in the list write it on 
this line 
REFERENDUM 
Would you be in favor of calling a 
State meeting of farmers to formulate 
farm needs and policies and to suggest 
candidates who would be acceptable to 
farmers? _ 
□ YES □ NO 
