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INTERESTS OF THE FARM.
A NEW KIND OF IRRIGATION.
WORKS WELL IN THE DROUTH.
Connecticut Volley Onion Company’s
Equipment at South Deerfield.
The traveler on the highway from Hat
field to South Deerfield will notice on the
banks of the Connecticut river and in the
midst of a field of Connecticut valley on
ions what looks to be a full-fledged trolly
road. There are the poles set up at reg
ttlM Intervals and there are the wires
stretching from pole to pole, the same as
on a city street. The sight will probably
puzzle the spectator for there is no sign
of a highway near the poles and they are
surrounded by onion plants. The chances
are that unless he asks a native of the re
gion what the apparatus is he will never
in the world guess that it is a scientific
rain-making machine.
And yet that is just what it is. It is
not a trolly road and has nothing what
ever to do with electric cars, but has been
erected on the farm ot the Connecticut
valley onion company in order that„the
restaurants may serve an "egg with” to
the hungry hordes of the city. The sys
tem has worked to perfection during the
recent dry spell and James Campbell of
the onion company says that the onions
that are irrigated by the trolly rainmak
ers are in much better condition than those
which have been dependent upon Nature
alone for their moisture. The system has
only been installed a few months and the
present season is the first that it has been
in service.
A closer inspection of the plant than
can be afforded from the highway will
show that there are eight lines of steel
poles, each line being about 300 feet long
and covering altogether about five acres
of land, wires are suspended from the
tops of the columns and supported by
these wires are eight lines of common
water pipe. This is the distributing end
of the artificial rain-making plant. Run
ning crosswise of the eight pipe lines and
connected with the main supply pipe is a
water pipe which carries the water into
each of the lateral pipe lines. The dis
tributing pipes have small holes perforat
ed in them four feet apart, and when the
water is forced into the pipes it comes out
of the holes in little jets. When the whole
five acres of pipes are spreading the wa
ter. the effect is exactly like rain and it
is hard to realize that the gentle patter
of the drops is ma<|dNgrtificially. An in
genious arrangement has been made
whereby the pipes are revolved through
half a circle so that they distribute the
water first on one side and then on the
other. The process of revolving from one
side to the other takes about three hours
or more, depending upon the speed at
which the apparatus is run.
Water is pumped into the pipes at a
pressure of 40 pounds to the square inch
by a gasoline pumping engine on the banks
of the Connecticut river several hundred
yards from the rain-making machinery.
The apparatus is a new one in this part
of the country, although it has been suc
cessfully employed in some of the large
market gardens near the great cities. In
addition to helping the young onion plants
after they have come out of the ground
the sprinkler is a great aid in preventing
the upper soil from blowing away in windy
nights in the early- spring. The land oh
the top of small knolls is exposed to
heavy winds and while the ground is bare
much damage is frequently caused bv the
dry surface soil blowing away and expos
itig the seeds before they have sprouted.
The rainmaking machinery stops this by
simply wetting the ground in case there
is a heavy wind and the farmer may look
with composure upon the. worst hurricane
that may come up.
The plant is so arranged that liquid
nitrate of soda may be pumped through
it and distributed on the land in the place
of pure water. Thus the fertilizer can
be distributed very evenly and in the
nighttime when it will not dry up at once
ns it does if put on by hand in the day
tune. The apparatus was made by the
Skinner irrigation company of Troy, 0.,
and costs about $250 an acre to instal.
The Connecticut valley is already fa
mous for its onions and with the exten
sion of artificial irrigation it is hoped
greatly to increase the yield per acre. The
country in the vicinity of South Deer
field and Sunderland is literally one great
onion patch, the rows of the plants being
about 12 inches apart. Most of the rows
are planted north and south in order that
they may receive the full benefit of the
sun in the spring months. It is an in
teresting sight to see the weeders as they
work 'P . e b p bls while the plants are
still a few inches high. Men, women and
^children engage in this work. A majority
of them are Poles, many of whom are
making themselves independent in the
business. The work of weeding has to
be done on hands and knees, the workers
taking one row at a time. The laborers
usually work in parallel lines. At a lit
tle distance thej- look like large frogs
because the motion of moving forward is
much like the halting jump of a frog. It
makes no difference whether there is a
scorching sun or the rain is falling in tor
rents, the weeders work on just the same
from early morn to late in the day. It is
not the sort of work that the majority of
Americans could stand, but it is pictur
esque to look upon.
THE THIRSTY HARVESTER.
Workers in the Fields Like Cool
Drinks Between 1 and 4 O’clock.
During the hot threshing and haying
season farmers always appreciate a good
cold drink of some sort about 10 o’clock
in the morning and 4 o’clock in the after
noon. says the Country Gentleman. Long
before this time the water taken to the
fields in jugs has become warm and in
sipid and fails to satisfy the thirst. The
hours of labor at this season are long,
and if a palatable lunch and good cold
drink are taken to the fields about the
middle of the morning and afternoon the
men are able to do much more work than
would otherwise be the case. An excellent
drink is made in the following manner:
Pour into a pail as many pints of water
as there are men in the field. Add to this
any fruit juices on hand—orange, lemon,
pineapple, cherry or grape—keeping in
mind that the last three cannot be used so
freely as the first two. Sweeten with sugar,
but be careful not to get the liquid
very sweet, for the men want a drink that
will quench their thirst, and highly sweet
ened drinks fail to do this. Vse water
as cold as can be obtained from the well,
but avoid the use of ice.
Another good drink can be made as fol
lows: To a quart of cold water add a cup
ful of sugar and half a pound of chopped
ginger; boil the mixture for 15 minutes. To
this add half a cupful each of orange,
cherry and lemon juice. Cool and strain
the mixture. This is best if made the
night before it is to be used, and hung
in the well—not in a tin pail—so that it
will become cold. When it is ready to be
taken to the field dilute it by adding at
least a quart of fresh cold water. More
water may be added if desired.
Take with these drinks at least two
sandwiches for each man. Remember to
cut the bread thick and to spread plenty of
butter round the edges as wmll as in the
middle. Run some cherries and pineapple
through the meat-grinder. Mig with this
a salad dressing and a few chopped nuts.
Spread this on the bread and then put two
I slices together. It Is true the men are
' hungry and healthy enough to eat almost
anything, but they enjoy a lunch of this
sort more than one put together carelessly.
All greasy moats and other greasy foods
should be avoided, for they are heat-pro
ducers. Often a dish of cold baked beans
is a desirable addition to the sandwiches
and punch.
STORRS CONTEST, 37TH WEEK.
■ Buff Wyandotte Pen Comes Into Notice
j for the Week’s Beat—A Prlze-Lay
i inn Hen—Some of the Lenders.
The total number of eggs laid during the
I 87th week of the egg-laying contest was
1826, a slight decrease from last week. A
pen of birds that has been taking a back
seat for a long time makes its appearance
now. This is a pen of buff Wyandottes
owned by the Ameri< au-Buff W yandotte
club of Greenvile, N. Y. This pen laid
80 eggs during the week. Next in line
for the week is a pen of single-comb Rhode
Island Reds owned by Mrs Harris Lehman
of Midway, Ky., and a pen of single-comb
white Leghorns owned by Toms poultry
farm of Toms River, N. .1., with 27 eggs
for the week. Next is a pen of single
comb white Leghorns owned by CUllen
cross farm of South Columbia, N. Y., with
26 eggs to their credit. Five pens laid
25 eggs for the week: Hans Lobert poul
try farm of Pittsburg. Pa., white Ply
mouth Rocks; W. B. Cander of De Witt,
N. Y„ white Wyandottes; E. S. Edgerton
of West Wellington, Ct., rose-comb Rhode
Island Reds; Elm poultry yards of Hart
ford, Ct., single-comb white Leghorns;
George H. Schmitz of Chicago, slngle
comb huff Leghorns. The largest egg laid
during the week weighed 23-100 of a
pound. This egg was laid by a single
comb Rhode Island Red owned by H. P.
Deming of Robertsville, Ct. Besides lay
ing this double-yolk egg, this hen laid six
other eggs, making practically eight eggs
for the week. The next largest egg
weighed 20-100 of a pound. This egg was
laid by a barred Plymouth Rock hen
owned by Reed & Lloyd of Holidaysburg,
Pa. The next largest egg weighed 19-100
of a pound. This egg was laid by a
Single-comb Rhode Island Red hen owned
by Arther S. Bailey of Cobalt, Ct. An
other large egg weighing 18-100 of a
Sound was laid bv a smgle-comb buff
rpington owned by O. Wilson of Carlisle,
W. Va. The smallest egg laid during the
week weighed 8-100 of a pound. This egg
was laid by a single-comb white Leghorn
owned by Franford farm of Groton, Ct.
The champion hen laid three eggs this
week, making her score 208 eggs. This
hen is a single-comb buff Orpington owned
by 0. Wilson of Carlisle, W. Va.- There
are 30 hens that have laid 150 eggs and
over. The following is a list of the first
10 pens as they stand to date with the
total number of eggs laid by each:—
F. G. Yost of Sayre, Pa., single-comb white
Leghorns, .08; Thomas Baroup ot Catforth,
Eng., single-comb white Leghorns 759; Mar
wood poultry farm of Butler. Pa., single comb
white Leghorns, 751: Beulah farms of Hamil
ton, Ont., white Wyandottes. 740: White
Rose farm of Vineland, N. J., single-comb
white Leghorns, 730; Toms poultry farm of
Toms River N. J., single-comb white Leg
horns, 739; Susie Abbott of Parkesburg. Pa.,
single-comb white Leghorns, 721; Frederick
Peasley of Cheshire, Ct., single-comb white
Leghorns, 698; Cullencross farms of South
Columbia. N. Y.. single-comb white Leg
horns, 678: O. Wilson of Carlisle, W. Va ,
single-comb buff Orpingtons, 875; Woods Lane
farm of Seaman Place. Pa., single-comb white
Leghorns, 675; Gilbert & Moore of Lans
downe, Pa., single-comb white Leghorns,
668.
The folowing is a list of the Connecticut
pens that have 600 eggs or over:—
Frederick Peasley of Cheshire, single-comb
White Leghorns. 693: C. S. Scoville of East
Haven, rose-comb Rhode Island Reds. 654: H.
P. Deming of Robertsville, single-comb Rhode
Island Reds. 841; E. 8. Edgerton of West
Wellington, rose-comb Rhode Island Reds.
635: Burton E. Moon of Winsted slngle
cothb white Leghorns. 830: W. J. Tilley
of Rockville, white Plymouth Rocks, 623;
A. J. Clark of New Haven, barred Ply
mouth Rocks, 620; Elm poultry yards of
Hartford, single-comb white Leghorns,
810; Paul Colbrou of New Canaan, single
comb white Leghorns, 609; Congers farm
Greenwich. Ct., single-comb white Leg
horns, 809. ________
CHERRIES.
tFrom the Salem (Or.) Statesman.]
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
says :—
The cherry crop on the Pacific coast is un
usually fine. For the cherries on two small
trees at Forbestown, Cal., SSO was offered,
and the mountain districts are showing new
interest in cherry culture.
Oregon can beat that. On a cherry tree
in Polk county, a few miles northwest of
Salem, over $55 worth of fruit was gath
ered this season—and it is not a very good
year for cherries either.
To Improve Country Fairs.
Ten members of the New England agri
cultural fairs association, assembled in
Cooley's hotel in this city Tues
day afternoon to advance the par
tially completed plans for the series
of fairs and race meets which are
to be held throughout Massachusetts next
fall. The association, which is a new or
ganization for the mutual benefit of towns
which have annual fairs, spent the time
Tuesday in discussing the question of
horse racing and advertising, and the mem
bers believe that, with the aid of the new
system, the fairs will be more successful
and economical than in any previous year.
Nine towns have joined the association,
and a half dozen more are expected to pay
the $lO admission fee before the fair sea
son begins.
INSUBED NOW NUMBER 50,000.
Massachusetts Employes’ Insurance
Association Holds First Meeting:.
President Wallace B. Donham of the
Massachusetts employes’ insurance asso
ciation announced at the first meeting of
that body at Boston Tuesday that about
50,000 employes in the state are already
covered by the workingmen's compensa
tion act. While the law authorized the
association to borrow $100,(MM) from the
state treasury, subscriptions have come in
so rapidly that the association has been
able to start business without incurring
any debt to the state. The temporary board
of directors named by Gov Foss was
unanimously elected until the annual meet
ing next February. The board is com
posed of Charles S. Dennison, Henry How
ard, John S. Kent. Janies W. Spence and
George F. Willett, The following-named
were elected to serve until the annual
meeting in February, 1914: Fred H. Dan
iels. William O. Day, Wallace B. Don
ham. Louis K. Liggett aud James S. Mur
phy; for a term ending in February, 1915,
the following-named were elected: Walter
C. Fish, Walter H. Langshaw, Frederick
C. McDuffie, William B. Plunkett, Pat
rick F. Sullivan.
EARLY PIGMIES IN COLORADO.
Evidences that Colorado was inhabited
by a race of human pygmies not easily
distinguished from apes have been dis
covered in the fossil fields of Florizant
by Prof Farnsworth of the British muse
um and Prof Yakishi of the imperial uni
versity of Tokio. The bones are so small
that they could not have belonged to a
person over three or four feet in bight.
"The average porch," says an outdoor
contemporary, "is undergoing a complete
transformation.'' It is becoming a living
room by day, and sometimes a sleeping
chamber by night, an open-air apartment
of comfort and beauty. With screens,
curtains, comfortable chairs and settees,
and suitable decorations and growing
flowers, the porch may be. destined to be
come the most as tractive part of the
American summer home.
THE SPRINGFIELD WEEKLY REPUBLICAN: THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1912.
BERKSHIRE ASKS FOR TIME
EXTENSION PETITION FILED.
WANTS TILL JANUARY 1, 1914,
To Complete Trolly Lines—Action
Taken nt Request of the United
Hilt Towns Transit Association—
Hearing: to Be Had Later.
From Our Special Reporter.
Boston. Saturday. July 20.
There was filed with the railroad com
.mission this morning a petition from the
Berkshire street railway company asking
for an extension till January 1, 1914, of
the time for the construction of the new
lines required by the act of 1910. The
date for the hearing has not been fixed
yet, but it is the disposition of the com
mission to promote the matter as rapidly
as possible and therefore it is probable
that there will be no needless delay in the
hearing.
Under date of New Haven, July 19.
Vice-President L. S. Storrs wrote a note
to Chairman Frederick J. MacLeod of the
railroad commission, calling attention to
the enclosed petition of the Berkshire
street railway company for additional time
for the construction of extensions required
by the act of 1910 and saying: “This pe
tition is filed in accordance with the re
quest of the United Hill Towns transit
association.” The petition is as follows: —
Respectfully represents the Berkshire
street railway company, a Massachusetts
corporation, as follows
1. Under the provisions of the Acts of
1910, chapter 601, section 3, your peti
tioner is required to construct (a) a
line, of street railway between some con
venient point on the line of railway in
the town of Huntington and some con’
venient point on the line of the Berkshire
street railway and (b) a line of street
railway from some convenient point of the
Berkshire street railway company to some
point at or near the summit of Greylock
mountain; that your petitioner is required
by the terms of said act to construct and
open for use in a manner satisfactorily
to the board of railroad commissioners,
both of said lines before the first day
of January, 1913. provided, however, that
the board of railroad commissioners may
under the terms of said act after public
notice and a nearing extend the time for
the construction of said lines of railway
by a certificate stating that in its judg
ment due diligence has been exercised by
your petitioner and public necessity and
convenience requires such extension of
time.
2. That your petitioner has already
entirely completed and opened for use
certain other lines of railway required
to be constructed by it under said statute
of 1910 designated in clauses (c) and (d)
of section three of said act -and has dili
gently prosecuted the work of construct
ing that portion of said extension
designated under la) above which is lo
cated between Lee and a point in the
town of Becket, known as Parson’s cor
ner. and has completed difficult and ex
pensive surveys, costing approximately
$25,000 for said lines on Greylock moun
tain. which surveys were necessary pre
liminary to the location of said lines
designated as (b) above: that in the com
pletion of said lines already completed
and in the partial construction of said
lines designated as (a) and in making
surveys your petitioner has expended
over $1,500,000. being over three-fourths
of the estimated amount when said
statute was passed necessary to defray
the cost of nil the extensions specified
in said statute and required to be con
structed by the company.
3. That by reason of the activity on the
part of certain towns in Hampshire and
Hampden counties to secure a change of
route over which the line between the
Berkshire street railway and the Spring
field street railway specified in clause (a)
of said section 3 of the act of 1910 should
run, resulting in a bill known as House
bill No 2304, to which reference is hereby
made, your petitioner has confined its
work on said line to the portion thereof be
tween Lee and Becket, whicli portion
would be included in said line by which
ever route it should be constructed, and
has, since the completion of the Greylock
surveys last winter, not begun the actual
construction of the so-called Greylock ex
tension. awaiting the final disposition of
said bill by the Massachusetts Legislature;
that said House bill No 2394 provided for
an amendment of said act of 1910, so
that rhe line of railway specified in clause
(a) of said section 3 between the Berk
shire street railway company and the
Springfield street railway company could
run through the town of Blandford and
connect with the line of the Springfield
street railway company at Westfield, Rus
sell or Huntington. and further provided
an amendment so that instead of building
the so-called Greylock extensions, the
Worcester, Springfield and Berkshire
street railway proposed to be incorporat
ed by said statute was required to build
la) a line of railway from Williamstown
to a point in the village of South Williams
town, (b) a line of railway from the town
of Clarksburg to the Vermont state line
and thence under authority heretofore
granted to the Vermont company to a
point in the town of Stamford, Vt., and
(c) other extensions in northern Berkshire
the agregate cost of which, with said men
tioned lines ia) and (b), would not exceed
the sum of $1,100,000; that said House
bill No 2304 as amended by the House
of Representatives and passed by both
branches of the General Court, provided
for the construction by the company of
the following additional street railway ex
tensions, additional to those required un
der the act of 1910 as amended, namely:
(1) A line from some convenient point in
the town of Agawam or Westfield through
the town of Southwick to some convenient
point in the town of Granville.
(2) A Une of railway from the town of
Huntington to a point In the town of Cum
mington.
(3) A Une of railway from the town of
East Longmeadow to a point In the center
of the town of Hampden.
(4) A Une of railway from the town of
Easthampton through the village of South
ampton and the village of Wyben, to a point
in Ihe town of Westfield.
(5) A Une of railway from the city of
Worcester through the towns of Paxton,
Rutland, Oakham, Barre and Petersham to
the town of Athol,
(6) A line of railway from a point in the
town of Grafton near the present termlna- :
tloii of the Grafton Center Une of the ,
'Voreester Consolidated street railway eom
nahy to a point hi the village of FlsbervlUe i
hl said town
(7) A Une of railway from a point in the ,
town of Clinton to a point in the town of ,
Sterling.
(8) A line of railway from a point in the 1
town of Becket or Otis extending south fol
lowing the valley of the Farmington river so i
some point >» the town of Saudisfield 01 I
Tolland on the lioundary line between Mas- ;
sachusetts and Connecticut, or a portion of
said Une as provided in clause 8 of section
10 of said House hill.
That said bill provided that the pro
laised Worcester, Springfield and Berk
shire street railway company should ae- I
quire, own and operate the properties of ;
the Berkshire street railway company, '
the Springfield street railway company
and the Worcester street railway com
pany, and that the New York, New Ha- '
ven and Hs,rtf6rd railroad company
should own the common stock of said '
proposed Worcester, Springfield and Berk- ;
shire street railway compauy, and should '
finance the cost of the extensions required I
to be built under the provisions of said J
bill. Said bill further provided foi the :
acceptance of the net by said New York, 1
New Ha v en and Hartford railroad com- '
pany.
4. That said House bill No 2394 did 1
not become a law, having failed to pass I
the Senate over the veto of his excel-
lency, the governor, by th 4 required two
third* vote.
5. That your petitioner is iufoi tued and
believes and upon Hiich information aud
belief avers that a hill similar t , said
House bill No 2304 or any legislation re
quiring the const ruction of any or all of
said street railway extensions would not
be accepted by said New York. New Ha
ven and Hartford railroad company if
si.;d Berkshire street railway company
is required to complete the lines of rail
way hereinbefore referred to as (a) and
(b), section 3, of said chapter HOI of the
Acts of 1910, as the construction thereof
as required by said section 8, would be
inconsistent with and prejudicial to the
carrying out of the more comprehensive
development now desired and necessary
and contemplated Under said bill No 2304
nnd with any other similarly comprehen
sive plan of development which mav be
hereafter recommended by the committee
liereinafter mentioned, or which may
hereafter be adopted by the General
Court; that the construction of each and
all of said street railway extensions re
quired by said House bill No 230-1 is not
only a great public convenience but a
great public necessity.
6. That a recess committee of the Mas
sachusetts Legislature is now considering
the question of street railway development
in Central and Western Massachusetts
and that your petitioner believes that one
of the important questions to be consid
ered by said recess committee is the ques
tion of whether street railway lines shall
be directly or indirectly conltrueted,
owned and Operated bv railroad corpora
tions, and that public 'necessity and con
venience require, an extension of time
within which the lines of street railway
required in said clause (a) and lb) of said
section 3 of chapter 601 of the Acta of
19.10 may be constructed by said Berk
shire street railway company in order that
an opportunity way be given for a petition
to the next General Court for legislation
authorizing and requiring the construction
of said street railway extensions and ia
order that said recess committee may con
sider the desirability of having street rail
way extensions constructed under the pro
visions of an act substantially similar in
terms to those considered by the Legisla
ture of 1912, respecting the merger of
Certain street railway companies and the
building of street railway extensions in
central nnd Western M.issachuscts.
7. Your petitioner further represents
that said Berkshire street railway com
pany has exercised due diligence in the com
struction of the lines, required by said
clauses (a) and (b) of section 3 of chap
ter 601 of the acts 6f 1010, and is ready
and willing to diligently prosecute the
construction of said line, but that even
with the exercise of due diligence your
petitioner believes that it will be impos
sible' to complete the construction nnd
open for use as required by said section
3 said lines before January 1. 1913; and
that your petitioner lias been requested
to present this fjetitinn by the United
Hill Towns transit association of West
eim Massachusetts, an association com
prising representatives from the towns
of Cummingham, Goshen, Worthington,
Chesterfield. Southampton and Hunting
ton in the county of Hampshire; of Bland
ford. Russell, Montgomery. Granville
Southwick. Agawam and Westfield and
from the city of Springfield, all in the
county of Hampden, and of Otis in the
county of Berkshire, according to a vote
of the executive committee of said as
sociation a copy whereof is hereby an
nexed and made a part of this petition.
Wherefore, your petitioner prays that
after nubile notice and hearing this
honorable board extend the time for the
construction of said’ lines specified in said
clauses (a) and ■ (b), in accordance with
the provisions of section 3 of said chapter
601 to the first day of January, 1914,
and that a certificate may issue as there
in provided.
The Berkshire Street Railway Co.
C. S. Mellen, President.
Vote of the Hill Towns.
Below is the vote of -the towns referred
tot— - ' ■moa
Whereas, the rotted Hill Towns transit as
sociation of Western Massachusetts, together
with the selectmen of Blandford and seven
other towns of Hampshire and Hampden
counties filed, on June 26. 1912. with the
board of railroad commissioners, a petition
representirfg that public necessity and con
venience require an extension of time within
which the Berkshire street railway company
may construct the lines of railway required
by clauses <H* and (b) of section 3. chapter
601 of the Acts of 1910, and praying said
board to extend the time for such construc
tion to January 1. 1914. and
Whereas, said hoard of railroad commis
sioners have ruled that a petition for exten
sion of time under said act of 1910 can only
be brought by the Berkshire street railway
company, and
Whereas, in the opinion of this association
it is of the utmost importance that said time
be extended.
Now, therefore, it Is voted that this asso
ciation request of the Berkshire street rail
way company that It forthwith file with the
board of railroad commissioners its petition
praying that said board of railroad commis
sioners. after notice and hearing, extend the
time for the construction of said Hues to a
date not earlier than January 1, 1914. and
that a certificate may issue, as provided in
section 3 of said chapter 801. and that the
secretary of the association he directed to
transmit to said Berkshire street railway
company a certified copy of this vote.
UNCLE SAM'S GOLD BRICKS.
American People Spent $120,000,000
Last Year In Fraud Enterprises, an
Increase of $50,000,000 Over Pre
vious Year.
The American people lost SI2O.(XM).(M)O
during the last fiscal year by swindlers
who operated largely through the United
States mails, according to a formal re
port to Postmaster-General Hitchcock.
This was an increase of approximately
$50,000,000 in the aggregate of the
previous year. Of those who are alleged
to have operated the fraudulent schemes.
1063 were arrested by post-office inspec
tors. They included persons in ad walks
of life. During the year which ended
June 30 last. 452 persons were convicted
and sentenced and 571 cases are awaiting
final disposition.
Postmaster-General Hitchcock's order
to inspectors to collect evidence that
would warrant criminal prosecution of
swindlers is gradually building a wall of
I protection against such frauds around the
' American people. Before the issuance of
, that order the only punishment was a
1 fraud order forbidding the delivery of
: mail to such operators, who worried hut
' little. They merely changed their names,
i addresses and title of their “businesses,"
। continuing their operations until another
। fraud order caught up with them.
। The report says that these fraud
1 manipulators, who usually exploit bogus
: mines, fake remedies and worthless lands,
1 constitute a distinct class of law-broak
i era. Among the wealthy offenders who
: have been caught by the inspectors are
i criminals who have posed as respectable
citizens, leaders in their communities and
persons in the highest social and busi
ness circles. Some of these men now are
serving prison sentences.
BIG NEW WORONOCO MILL
For Strathmore Company—Will Doa
ble Size of V Ulnae.
Expansion of business beyond the ca
pacity of their present plants is the rea
son for large improvements contemplated
in the near future by the Strathmore paper
company in Woronoco and the Worthy pa
per company in Agawam. The Strathmore
paper company plans an entire new mill to
he erected in woronoco just across the
dam from the present Woronoco plant at
a irost of between $300,000 and S4OO,<MM>.
which will employ between 400 and 500
workmen. The Worthy paper company,
which has found itself cramped for room
for several years, will build • 50-foot ad
dition to Its present building. Plans for
1 both improvements have been submitted,
and bids will be let within the next few
weeks, so that wtzrk can be web under
w»y before the edld sets in. Platts
for the Strathmore contract have been
drawn by Simuql Green & Co.
The new Strathmore plant will te slight
lyly larger than the prezept IVpronoco
mill, and will about double the population
of the village of Woronoco. It will be
located beside the tracks of the Boston
and Albany railroad in Woronoco. so that
cars cau be loaded and unloaded with a
minimum amount of switching.
NORTHWEST CROP PROSPECTS.
All Authorities Report a Record Year
tn Sight.
[From the St Paul Pioneer Press.)
Dean Woods of the state college of agri
culture has returned from a trip through
the northern pert of the atate and says
crop conditions there scarcely could he
better than they are at present. Immi
gration Commissioner Maxfield says the
reports he is getting from all parts of the
state indicate that bumper crop conditions
prevail not only in the north but every
where in Minnesota. Their testimony is
particularly interesting ns corroborative of
the estimate that recently was made pub
lic by the department of agriculture at
Washington. The government forecast is
for a yield of spring wheat that will set
a new mark, nnd this is the center of the
spring wheat belt. The governmental an
nouncement indicates a corn crop that will
be second only to that of 1910. Record
yields are expected from other crops also.
It is certain that the Northwest has
ahead of it one of the very best years in
its history. Our prosperity is measured
by that of the farmers. They are about
to produce nn exceptional volume of wealth.
The indications are for good prices and
coiresponding prosperity among the pro
ducers and consumers alike. The experts
who have been figuring on the prospect in
the country at large believe the farms and
plantations will turn out $10,000,000,000
in wealth. The value of the farm products
in 1910 was $8.926.000.000. That was a
prosperous year, yet we hare in sight an
increase of more than 10 per cent over the
returns for that season, and should appre
ciate fully the prospect that is ahead of
us.
The business world, particularly in the
East, is awake to the situation. The mer
chants and manufacturers are going about
their business almost ignoring the fact
that a presidential contest is upon ns.
They recognize the fact that prosperity in
this case is its own advance agent and
that it is not to be headed off by polities.
They are preparing for one of' the best
.'ears in the history of the country. The
steel trust, for example, is reported as
having orders that will keep its mills go
ing a year and a half. The prosperity of
that and other industrial institution's is
based upon the good fortune that first
must come to the Northwest and other
agricultural districts.
MONEY AND BUSINESS.
IMPROVED OUTLOOK IN TRADE.
* ——————
There has been no week in months that
has developed such .strong optimistic ten
dencies as last week. One finds
almost no discouraging factors in the re
ports from the various fields of produc
tion. distribution and exchange. The
prime factor, of course, in recent im
provement is the crop outlook which has
lately become highly satisfactory for this
season of the year—far more so than
seemed likely when the last govern
ment crop report was issued. Prices in
the grain market have steadily declined
siqce a week ago and this js the best of
evidence that weather conditions in the
great western granary of the nation have
been highly favorable during critical days
of the past fortnight. The greatest wheat
crop ever known in Minnesota and the
Dakotas is now pretty well assured, and
Kansas and Nebraska are also surpassing
all expectations. Despite the earlv damage
to winter wheat in the Ohio river valley,
the total wheat crop will be considerably
in excess of last year's, some estimates
placing it as high as 700,000.000 bushels
—an amount which will not place us high
among the wheat exporting nations, yet
which will help materially to lessen the
cost of food for the people. The corn crop
is in excellent condition, although two
weeks late in maturing, and it promises
an enormous yield if damaging early frosts
do not put in an appearance.
Meanwhile, with American harvests now
so promising. European crop conditions
happily indicate a good yield abroad, which
is important as a factor in the cost of
living. Beerbohm reports fine weather in
western Europe, with crops rapidly matur
ing and their quality improving. The
wheat yield in France promises to be up
to the average. In Austria-Hungary the
wheat outlook is better than last rear.
Conditions are favorable in the Balkan
states, while in Russia conditions are more
favorable than they were in 1911. The
rye erop in Germany will surpass all
records. The terrible midsummer heat a
year ago in Europe, it will he remem
bered. seriously damaged the food crops,
and the effect on the cost of living was
very keenly felt. If there are to he
bountiful harvests, on the whole, in both
Europe and America, the economic situa
tion will be considerably relieved, al
though it is perfectly clear that, with
the increasing demands of the urban and
manufacturing population, there can be no
permanent relief until the earth's
productivity is much enlarged in areas
now abandoned or feebly cultivated.
The stimulus of an improved harvest
outlook is to be noted in various lines of
industry. The railroads, assured of fall
business, are placing orders with the steel
equipment companies more freely and the
iron and steel industry is showing the ef
fects fa higher prices and some wage in
creases. July business is proving heavier
than was anticipated. The steel corpora
tion’s production is the heaviest in its his
tory. The copper market has been unset
tied, following the prolonged advance in
price, and the recent reactions may be said
to reveal operations in releasing supplies
held for speculation. But the price tenden
cy last week was upward. In the West,
especially, manufacturers and distributors
are feeling buoyont and confident of the
future in general trade, while the reports
from the mercantile agencies are to the
effect that there promises to he a large
fall and winter retail trade the country
over. The New England textile situation. ;
while somewhat clouded by the New Bed
ford strike, reflects a feeling that condi
tions nromise a substantial business for
the mills.
Building for .Tune maintained the spring
record in surpassing the record of the
previous year, for the country-at-large.
Bank clearings for the week were in
excess of those a year ago. Railroad earn
ings showed in May a net decrease of
about 31g per cent over the previous year,
nnd the gross earnings for rhe first week
in July showed substantially no increase
whatever. Whether the promise of in
creased business in the fall and winter
wiil not affect the arbitrators in the ease
of the locomotive engineers, however, and
force an increase in wages is one of the
unsolved problems of the railroad situa
tion. The government’s official figures
for the foreign trade during the last fiscal
year bore out the forecasts, of course,
and one needs now only to point out that
the breaking of al! previous records in
combined imports and exports means that
the volume of foreign trade has more than j
doubled in value within the past 13 years,
although the rise in the prices of commodi
ties has had mneh to do in swelling the
statistical totals. During the last year,
however, there wa« evidently an actual
increase in the quantity of goods traded
in, for cotton was very low in price and |
pome itnporfnnt import* were lower than
In previous years.
The New York bank* h»ve greatly
strengthened their reserve* during the past
fortnight. Saturday'* bank statement
showing an actual surplus of nearly
$20,00(1000. Call money rates in New
York did not rise over the 3 per cent
mark during the week, but in Chicago
money is higher and rates for mercantile
paper have risen to 4% to 5 per cent.
Funds for the movement of the crops
will soon be in demand and a somewhat
tighter money market is to he anticipated.
Snort term notes have been depressed by
the selling of those easily sold securities
by the big banks to fortify their position
in anticipation of autumn requirements,
and the bond market is rather dull. The
decline of British consols to a new "low
‘record,” 74, reflects the glut of new secur
ities as mu<h in anything. Investors of
capital are selecting the securities yielding
the higher incomes and this in turn proba
bly reveals the pinch of the cost of high
living The New Y’ork stock market was
exceedingly dull during the week, yet on a
very narrow range of trading the level
of security pric«* stiffened, the gains in
leading speculative stocks being from
one to three points. No "bull campaign”
is anticipated during dog-days, but, if
present condition* are maintained a few
weeks longer, the market can hardly fail
to show the effects in a marked rise in
prices, provided money rates are not pro
hibitive.
TUESDAY'S MARKETS.
Bonds and Stocks at Boston.
Time money at Boston holds firm, but
call money is in larger supply at 3% per
cent to quick borrowers. The rates yester
day follow: Call money, 3%@4 per cent;
time loans, short dates, per cent;
time loans, six month*. 4’4/ig4% per cent;
time loans, year. 4’-«<b4-% per cent; com
mercial paper, per cent: New York
funds at par. Only a few hundred shares
of the Boston coppers changed hands yes
terday. Utah Consolidated went up a
fraction, but the changes generally were
negligible. New England telephone rights
were active and strong; they went up to
5%. Following are the opening, highest,
lowest and last sales at the board yester
day:—
Bonds.
Last
Onen. Hleb. Low. sale.
Ara Tei A- Tel 4 * 90% 90S 90% 9-3%
Arizona Com e> 85 85 ' 85 85
C J * S Y 3’s 1915 100% 100% 100% 100%
N E Cot Yarn 5 s 98% 38% 96% 98%
Stocks.
Adventure 8% 8% S% 8%
Ahmeek 350 350 350 350
Airmail 3% 5% 5% 3%
Allouez 48% 48% 48% 4«4
Am AgriChem 61% 81% 01% <l>4
do prefrered 100% 100% 100% 100%
Amalgamated c Pp s:i% $3% 83 83 i
Am Pnen Serrire 4 4 4 4
Am Sugar Ref pr 122 122 121% 121%
Am Tel * Tel 145% 145% 145%" 145%
Am Woolen pr 89% 89% 89% 89%
Am Zinc L& 8m 31% 31% 31% 31%
Arizona Com'l ctfs 6% 6% 8% 6%
At Gulf & WlB S 7% T% 7% 7%
Boston & Albany 217 217 217 2J7
Boston Elevated 126 128 128 126
Boston & Maine 98 98 96 98
Butte & Superior 42 42% 41% 41%
Calumet * Arizona 75% 75% 75% 75%
CalumetA Hecla 520 520 520 520
Cbino • 32 32 32 32
Copper Range 58 58 58 58
East Butte 13% 13% 13% 13%
Edison Elee 111 297 297 297 297
Franklin 11% 11% 11% 11%
Ga Ry & Elec pr 85 85 85 85
General Electric 180 181% ISO 181%
Giroux 5 5 5 5
Granby Cons'd 54 54 53 53
Greene-Cananea 9 13-18 10 913-18 10
Hancock 32 32 32 32
Indiana 18 18 17% 17%
t Island Creek Coal 56 56 56 58
do rights .30 .35 .30 .31
Island Creek Coal pr 88% SB% «S%
Isle Royale 35% 35% 35 35
I-ake Copper 38 36% 35U 38
La Salle 7 7 T * 7
'Maine Central 125 125 125 125
do rights 12% 12% 12% 12%
Mason Valley 13% 13% 13U 13%
Mass Cons'd 7 7 T 7
Mass Elec pr st 77 77 7 7 77
do frac war .2” .20 .19 .19
Mass Gas spt 59% gps
Miami 29% 29% 28% 29%
Mohawk 69 69 69’ 89
tb E Tel & Tel 154 134 k, 153\ 154
do rights 4% 5% 4% SXI
Nevada Cons'd 20% 20% 20^ 'VF,
Nipissing 7% pt 7% 7%
North Butte .toz 30*. 30% ,104,
North Lake 5% 5% 5% 5%
NYN H& H 135% 136 135% 135%
Gjibway al, 41- 44 4%
Old Colony s% 8% 8%
117 117 ne% 116X4
Pond (rook Coal 18% IS% 18% iso,
Pullman Co 162 ' 162% 162 162%
Ray Cons'd 20a, Joi 20% 26%
Santa Fe 3k, 3X4 3% 3%
Shannon 17 17 16% 13%
Shattuck Arizona 20 20 20 20
Superior & Boston 1% 1% 1% j%
Superior Copper 47% 471, 47% 47%
Swift &Co 105% 106 105 K 106
Tamarack 41 41 40% 40%
•Torrington 29 2ft 2ft ’o'
Trinity 6 6 Sb 5%
Tuolumne .3% 3% 3% 31,
Union Pacific 167% 167’, 1675. 167%
United Fruit 207% 207% 207 207%
United Shoe Mach 51U 511., six. mu
US Sm Ref & M 4X5, 43% 4514 45%
do preferred 49% 49% o»% 49%
U S Steel 70% 70% 69% 69%
Utah-Apex 2% 2% 2% 2XI
Utah Cons'd 12% 13 12% 13
Utah Copper 62% . 62% 62% 62Xi
West End St Ry 85% «5% 85% 85%
do preferred 100 ' 100 ' 100 100 '
Wolverine no 110 110 no
Total sales: Stocks, 14,931: bonds. 837,000.
•Ex-dividend. tKx-rights.
Local Provision Market.
meats.
Bacon 20625 Tongue 20922
Sliced Bacon 2N|t2S Tripe 6
Lard 12gl8 honeycombed 10612
Pork— Lamb—
Fresh 14^220 Legs 184725640
Sub 10.716 Hindquarters 25
Roasts 14-7718 Forequarters 12614
Chops 15620 Choos 35245
Sausages 20 Mutton—
Frankforts 18 Forequarters 16
Boiogng IS Legs 25630
B e* f ~ „ , Chops 25<35
liSl® calf sliver 35
Round 30gs2 Veal—
Bump 45650 Steak 32fg35
Foraerbouse Cutlet 35&36
35640,,45 Roast !Su2s
Hamnurg 12u25 Chops 25(228
Boast 251a2s Forequarters 14u20
Short 286’2 Fowl 25-62 S
Corned!bl 8’322 chicken 15232
Corned pressed Philadelphia do 32'!?35
Western broilers 31*235
Native broilers 45-c.xo
r eti 30530 Squabs ipairl 1.00
c„I? r _JO Pigeons (pair!
A” 1 1 , "CO Capons 32635 |
bmoked shoulders 15 Turkey. 2563 1
- u , ly'* s Spring duck. 35640 i
Hams sliced 30235 1
THE DANGER
Of delay in making a will cannot be over emphasized.
You may not realize the advant-ages and importance
of protecting your estate and your family’s welfare
by such an instrument.
We are here to point this out to you, if you will
call or write for information.
Union Trust Company
“Springfield’s Leading Commercial Bank’’
GROCER lES.
'ksD 20330
JtH> (Urt) sagos sucnr- ——
- 40 Grsnulatedltt) Ino
C : A,e 20 ®^ 5 Brown lie) 100
of- 24 Powdered <l2l 1,00
Pickle. tg* h i «
VEGETABLES AND FRUIT
Beats (bußch; 5 Oranges— California
Potatoe. 125 .dozen) ‘
> 33 Onln "» 'peekl^’^^K'i
•’effpotatoes Hntbouae tomatoe. 20
ipecK) 4(> do southern 1216
r2Lh er Bananas 20&K
Sj^rou’* VRedb*Mß« ^SO
Celery 15 Pineapples 15^,30
GRAIN AND FLOUR.
Wheat- 'Ont* (Du) 87tgT0
No 1 white icwt) Corn—
-2.3Mf2.45 West (cwt) 1.70*1.75
BT52il CWr ' 1 od'uJ <S Northern ibu) 90
Middlings <ewt) Hay baled (ton) 30®34
1 fiOal 85 Straw (cwt) 1.10
Rye feed tewt) Provender l.«O®1.85
MtseO fz. a , Linseed oil ni ea | 2.35
Mixed feed <cwt) Cottonseed meal 1,75
1.70<gi.,5 Flour—
cJCr?.. , Harai! 8.5087.50
Cornmeal (cwt) Graham ^>nSa.73
BANKING AND FINANCIAL
A. W. NASON & CO
Investments
318 Main Street, Springfield
Correspondents of
STONE & WEBSTER
Boston
SPRINGFIELD
FIRE AND MARINE
INSURANCE COMPANY
CASH CAPITAL, $2,000,000.00
A. W. DAMON, President.
CHAS. E. GALACAR, Vice-Pres’L
W. J. MACKAY, Secretary.
PRIOLEAL ELLIS. Ass’t Sec’y.
E. H. HILDRETH, Ass’t Sec’y.
GEO. G. BULKLEY, Ass’t Sec’y.
F. H. WILLIAMS, Treasurer.
Springfield Agents:
Oppenheimer & Field, 14 Fort St.
5-YEAR,
8% MORTGAGES
On good COTTON and CORN farms iB Okla
homa. $250 to $2500. carefully selected as to
lands and borrowers. Money in great demand
by farmers buying and improving these cheap,
rich lands, whose values will double before
loans mature This bounty <Pontotoc* Is one
of largest eottoh producers: population 25,-
assessed values SIO.<XMXO6O.
Thirty years' experience in Southwest: ten
years Bank Cashier here: people, lands,
laws, local conditions fully known. No safer
investment for idle ^noney. security ample.
Circular, abundant references. Write
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Help Wanted——Women.
WANTED— Yeung women to work in a
’’ train:.— , aoc! as nurses for the insane.
Addies- I' O' B x 1178. Worcester. Mass.
LOST AND FOUND
STRAYED FROM PASTURE of R. F.
KEITH. South Belchertown, a red and
v.Llte cow. 6 rears old. Finder please notify
MRS F M. KEITH.
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AUTOMOBILES
TJARGAINS in factory wet-hauled cars at
prices from SISO up. Better call and
look them over at once
KNOX AUTOMOBILE CO.
Springfield, Masa.
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