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Imperial Press
Saturday, June 8, iqoi
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS
A Condensed Report of the Important
Happenings During the Week
Burnett Trouble* Cause- Suicide— A Bit;
SquirrcJ Tail Catch -More Rural Free
Delivery Spaniard* Urge Family
SAN KKANCISt O. — rranK jun™.
the proprietor Of a *odn t*ater and
randy Mnnd. committed »ulriuc s-atur
day by inhahns gas. llusincM trou
bles are thought to haTe caused his
act,
SAN FRANCISCO —Richard Clay
ton quartermaster** clerk on the trans
port Sheridan, did net rcjort for duty
Saturday when the resSttl sailed fox
Manila I'poa investigation of the
books and account* U «* alleged that
a *hortage was discovered.
The matter «a* reported to Genera.
Long, and steps were at once taken
to apprehend Clayton
Thirty-two thousand squirrel tails
were thought into the county clerks
office at Vlsalla Saturday from the
White river country. This is the larg
est amount ever brought In by on*
squirrel hunter. The bounty on these
tails ataounter to l*^>-
Additional rural free delivery ser
vice will be established. July 1. at
Santa Ana. Orange county, Cal. Th?
lencth cf the route is twenty-five
miles, and the area covered Is thirty
square mile?. The population to be
served numbers £00.
FRESNO. Cal —A caravan passed
through tewn last week en route from
the Russian river country, in Sonoma
county, California, to Gloiietta. New
Mexico. It consisted of three well
equipped wagens. bearing the family
of an intelligent Californian Spaniard
named Manuel Arxneato.
Tfce singular feature of the family Is
that there art eighteen children, all
born in pairs of boy and girl. Ar
mento married at the ase of IS years,
is ;»5 years of age. and his wife Is one
year older. He says there never ha*
been a day of sickness in the family.
The four hundred acres of olive trees
in the valley will produce a record
breaking crop the coming season, if
one may judge by the way they have
blossomed. We shall need an olive oil
mill next winter, and no mistake.
Somebody wculd better put up a mill
right away. This is a normal year, a
bay-making, grain- thresh ing year, and
the drought has been wet cat of ex
istence. — Norihoff Ojai.
TO DESTROY ORCHARD PESTS
George Compu'# Researches in Foreign
Countries
SAN FRANCISCO.— George Compre.
special agent to foreign countries for
the California State Hoard of Horticul
ture, has returned on the steamer So
noma from Australia, after an absence
of marly two years. The whole lime
has been spent by him If searching
lor parasite-destroying insects, for the
benefit of the orchards of this State,
and nearly every steamer from Austra
lia since he arrived there has brought
--r"romsißnrrK-nt of ladybirds cr other
parasites, which have been distributed
by th* Hoard of Horticulture.
A thing Compre noticed while In
Australia was the extensive market
that existed for good lemons, the na
tive product being eitremely poor
quality, and the Italian fruit exclusive
ly in use. He believes that California
lemon growers would find a good mar
ket at Melbourne and Sydney, although
freight rates are rather high.
PROPERTY SOLD
The President of San Salvador is a Bank
rupt
OAKLAND— Property belonging to
Don Carlos Kzeta. former president of
Ban Salvador, and bis wife. Josefa de
Kreta, wan bold at public sale to sat-
Ufy claims for money advanced to
them during the last year. The family
Jewelry and a pi* -re of real pr*l*erty
In Kruitvale wero valued at between
imperial prcoo
17000 and $5000. The I'nlon National
rank had a claim for II4SO. Jomr*
M. Kills* claim was for 1 1 ISO, The
bank's claim will be satisfied frtini tho
proceed* of the wile of the real prop
erty, which wore sold to Jonah Taylor
for tssso.
Kills neoured the family Jewelry,
which tho BfCtat claimed wn» worth
a! out 120)0. In partial payment of hit
claim, and also put In a claim for the
balance of the proceeds of the sale,
of tho real property. The Jewelry
wa» transferred to him by private
agreement.
Yonrn's Birthday
SALT LAKE, rtah.— Tho 100 th an-
Invcmary of the birth of Brlgham
Young was generally observed through
out Utah. The business portion of the
city was handsomely decorated, and
hundreds of people cam*' from adjoin
ing States to participate in tho cele
bration, which opened with a salute of
100 Runs, fired by the Veteran artil
lery nun.
Tho chief exercises of the day were
held nt Saltalr. and consisted of an
elaborate musical program and ad
dresses by prominent citizens.
Has Had Four Trial*
SAN FRANCISCO. June I.— Fred
Hcgerow. tho San Jcse deputy sheriff
who shot and killed Joseph Cech and
August Berger at a brewers' pic no last
July, has been granted a hearing be
fore the supreme court and will ap
pear Monday afternoon on a writ of
habeas corpus.
Begcrow has already had four trials,
and each time the Jury has disagreed.
A new trial has been set for June 10.
His attorneys want the case decide*'
Immediately and hence their applica
tion.
TWO BOAT CREWS DROWNED
Steamer Palcna Reports Disaster at
Acajutla
SAN FRANCISCO.— The steamer
PaUna brings a report which later may
prove to be the herald of a terrible
disaster at Acajutla. While anchored
in the roadstead off Acajutla. May 17,
near the steamer San Juan and the
Mexican gunboat Ivy. a boat was low
ered from the San Juan and manned,
while a few minutes later one was
put In the water from the gunboat.
As near as Captain Moon of the
Palena could make out. the boat from
the Ivy was taking an officer ashore,
while the one from the San Juan was
taking Colonel John Stewart, the Mail
company's agent, ashore. One of the
ship"s officers and four men manned
the boat and all went well until the
San Juan's boat and the Ivys boat were
near the beach Then those en the
Palena saw an immense, breaker roll
ing in toward the shore. It caught the
Ivy's boat and threw it against the
San Juan's boat, and both were rolled
over and over and finally disappeared.
Captain Moon fears that not a soul In
either boat was saved.
British Immigrants and Emigrants
LONDON.— A parliamentary paper
Just Issued shews the emigration and
immigration from and to the United
Kingdom during the past year were,
respectively . IGS.S23 and C 2.503. Sixty
one per cent, of the former went to
the United States. The Immigrants
were mostly Jews from Russia. Po
land and Rcumania.
NAVY APPOINTMENTS
A List of CommlMioru Signed by the
President
WASHINGTON.— The president haa
feigned the commissions of the follow
ing appointees:
Navy— Commander. Cor win P. Kees;
lieutenant- commanders. Frank \V.
ilartktt. Frederick C. Blcg; lleuten
antj», Frank L Chadwlck; lieutenants.
Junior graded Andrew E. Kalbaek. Ed
ward McCauley, Roland B. Curtln;
surgeon, with rank of lieutenant. Ed
ward S. Isoxart. Jr.; assistant Burgeons,
with rank of lieutenant. Junior grade.
Jet?** \V. Harkus, Frederick M. Ander
son. Royal It. Richardson, William
Lseaman. John F. Murphy; warrant ma
chinists. John L. King. Francis E.
Mugan. Richard Jeffers. John T. Pen
nysock. John E. Cleary; gunner. Rob
ert E. Blmonson; boatswains. John
McCarthy. William F, Hold* worth.
John A. Shaw.
FOR THE FARMER
A Pew Items Gathered for the Interest
of Our Rural Readers
Movable Fire Shed* to Protect Orchard*
From Proiti- Flint Spraying Expert*
rmnt- Separating th* Se*et. Etc.
Tho roller Is an Important Imjlo
ment on a farm. It presses tho earth
to tho seeds, crushes lumps and clods
nnd levels the ground. The roller also
renders tho work of laying off rows
and planting much oaslcr thau when
the ground Is simply harrowed.
CuMrormi work during cool night*.
rhey will cut down nil kinds of tender
:»lants. There la no way to get rid of
them except by poison, which In unsafe
(rherti fowls or animals have free
range. If strips of thick paper nrc
wrapped around such plants as cab*
sage, peppers, tomatoes, etc.. it may
protect the plants against the worms
until the plants nro well grown and
«afe from damage.
As soon as a cow becomes dry the
lalryman usually sells her. He Ls not
willing to keep her If he can procure
me that is trcsh. When buying the
fresh cow he Incurs the risk of bring
ing disease In his herd, and al«o of
procuring a vicious animal. It Is bet
ter to hold on to a cow that has been
:rled and found profitable than to re
place her with one that Is unknown,
is the brief space of time saved by the
'hange Is but little compared with the
iifflcultiefl that may be encountered by
introducing a new member In the herd.
Movable Fire Sheds
By a plan now being put Into effect
in Yaklma valley. Wash.. It Is proposed
to fully protect the big orchards of
Central Washington from frosts which
sometimes Injure trees and buds In
April and May. P. J. Flint and Rev.
F. Walden have built movable fire
sheds, to drag about the orchards with
horses during nights when a severe
freeze Is expected. The fuel used will
be wood and possibly damp straw,
with the object of creating a dense
smoke throughout the orchards.
The plan Is working successfully,
and other orchardlsta arc preparing to
put It Into operation. If oil Is found
In that State, crude petroleum will bo
introduced as In California. Yaklma
valley alone has COOO acres In orchards,
practically all of which Is Intended
for commercial purposes. A year ago
early peaches and apricots were »e
verely damaged by frost, causing some
growers to replant their orchards to
winter aiplcs and other hardy fruits.
The smoke scheme will obviate the
necessity cf making this expensive
change.
Spraying in Bloom
The Utah Agricultural Experiment
Station has been experimenting In the
matter of spraying In bloom and the
fruit-setting of Bprayed blossoms. Bul
letin No. 196 gives the experiments
made, and summarizes results as fol
io w«:
"Since Insects and diseases were
practically harmless In the. orchards
under teat by either station, nothing
ran \>e said concerning the effect of
spraying In bloom or omitting the
epraylng at that time as helping or
hindering in the repression of these
pests.
"A careful study of the orchard data
of both stations shows Home apparent
ly conflicting results; and plainly In
dicates that long and painstaking
study of the question, under varied
conditions, will have to bo made bo
fore the exact effect of spraying In
bloom upon crop yields can be deter
mined.
"Aided by the laboratory studies.
however. It Hf-emH certain that spraying
In blDom destroys «ome of the blos
soms and might. In some eeaßons. so
rlously lessen the crop. In other
years, though, when blossoms are %'cry
plentiful, the thinning of tho fruit by
death 61 the flowem from the Bordeaux
mixture may bo of advantage; espe
cially If tho spray bo applied at such
time that tho Htrong center blossoms
have passed tho danger point and tho
later sldo blotsaoms of the clusters only
perish.
"No evidence has been found to sup
port the view of somo growers that
tho spraying actually helps the flowers
to not fruit; but It nil point* to tho
contrary belief."
Sugar From Water
Henry Oxnnrd. who may bo nal«l
to bo tho original bcot-sugnr man In
Iho t'nltnl Htntrs. Rays National Ir
rir.ntlon for May, state* that nugnr
bfttS rtJOCh their highest degree of
Infection, commercially. Undor Irriga
tion. In sugar content, purity, and
yield per aero, tho greatest eicellOOCfl
i« produced by giving tho crop the
tnollturo needed at Just tho right tlmo.
Tho sugar-hoot Industry In this coun
try In n young giant, and tho Irrigated
beet nrea Is rapidly Increasing.
Separating the Srxet
Farm Poultry: A great deal Ib said
of the necessity for separating the
Boxes, some Insisting that it should bo
done ns soon as sex can bo deter
mined. In Asiatics It Is not often
nprewmry until tho chicks ar«» pretty
well grown. In fowls of tho Mediter
ranean varieties separation must be
made quite early. In American vnrle
tles It depends on the stork nnd Htago
of development of the Individual rock
vxv\a. Frequently the removal of a
few of the cockerels disposed to an
noy the pullets makes It possible to
keep mains and females peaceably to
gether until well along In the season.
In many casts the separation can bo
made early as well n« later, the chicks
being divided Into small lots anyway,
nnd It being Just as easy to separate
by sex. but where It Is not convenient
to separate the sexes they may often
be kept together by removing those
cockerel* disposed to mak<» trouble.
What Is of much greater Importance
than separation according to sex Is
assortment according to size. Except
In very raro cases, when chicks of
every size, nro kept together, tho
smaller ones have to take n lot of
roughing from the others. Whenever
any of tho chicks In a Hock are seen
to be suffering from this sort of treat
ment they should be removed from It.
For this same cause the best develop
ment of nil tho good cockerels one has
Is hard to secure. As tho birds mature
It Is seen that one or two (those, which
rule the tlock) stand out superior to
tho others In general condition. Re
move these and one or two other;* will
quickly surprise you by the rapidity
with which they shape up. Tho best
way Is to keep every male bird by
himself or with a few hens or pullns
after ho begins to assert his Individual
ity. Not many breeders have facili
ties for doing this. The next best way
Is to keep them In as small flock* as
rosslble and have them so nearly
matched In size and strength thru none
will be Imposed on. Most breeders
keep entirely too many cockerels over
to soil for stock purposes. The birds
that sell for %2 or $3 early In tho
spring It does not pay to winter, yet
thousands of them are carried through
every season, and thousands go to tho
pot In March and April every year
which ought to have gone to the frying
pan seven or eight months earlier.
No Ho£ Cholera Cure
Formers aro still groping In tho
dark for a hog cholera cure. None of
the numerous compounds now on the
I market l« of any particular value. The
serum treatment by injection Is more
successful than any other, yet no virus
has been discovered which will euro
many of tho numerous diseases usually
referred to under tho term cholera.
When the trouble Is fully understood.
'an antitoxin capable of effecting a
cure will undoubtedly be produced.
Until then tho man who spends hta
money for medicines rlalrnod to bo ef
fective Is enriching the quack and un-
I scrupulous hog medicine dealer to his
own Impoverishment.— Orange Judd
i Farmer.
Treasury Debt Statement
WASHINGTON.— Tho monthly Htatc
ment of the public debt Issued by tho
treasury deiJrtmcnt shows that at the
cloho of »)U«lnoH8. May 41, 1901, the
[debt. lesH cash In the treasury, amount
ed to $1,002,470,404, which 1h n de-
IcrouHo for tho month of $10,208,703.
This decreases \» largely accounted
for by the purchaHo of bondH for tho
nlnkliiK fund and tho Increase In raHh
on hand.
Tho cash In tho treasury la classified
as follows: llPHcrvo fund, gold. $150,
000.000; trust funds, $770,003,785; gen
eral fund, $147,649,425; In national
bank depositories, $101,700,221.
