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NDRY MAKES
FIRST CASTING
Newest Manufacturing Concern Is
Now Doing Business in tIs
New Quarters.
TO GIVE A RECEPTION
As Soon as Carriage Works Are Comrn
pleted and in Operation the Public
Will Be Invited to Inspect the New
Plant.
A mass of flame shooting from the
stack of the Billings foundry Wed
nesday evening betokened that the
latest addition to the manufacturing
concerns of this city was preparing
for business, and yesterday morning
the first castings to be made by the
foundry were turned out. The cast
ings were plates for the new Morris
block, which is being erected on First
avenue north. Manager O'Donnell of
the foundry says that the first opera
tion was very successful and that all
the machinery was found to be in
perfect working order.
For the next few days the foundry
will be employed in casting different
pieces for its own work, after which
it will sail into the stack of orders
which have already been placed. The
first commercial job of any conse
quence to be turned out will be orna
mental iron posts which will be used
in lighting the main streets of Bill
ings and which the foundry has prom
isedto have ready for delivery by the
latter part of this month. The moulds
for the posts have been completed for
some time and the first of them will
probably be cast today or tomorrow.
At present a force of a dozen men is
employed in the foundry, but this num
ber will be greatly increased as soon
as the carriage works are ready for
business and the work on hand jus
tifies a larger force.
Work on the carriage factory is
progressing nicely, and in all prob
ability this branch of tfe foundry will
be completed within t hý next two
weeks. A number of orde s for car
riage work have already b n placed
with the concern, and, a full force of
carriage workmen will be employed
from the start.
Manager O'Donnell says that as
soon as the entire plant is in work
ing order a day will be set apart as
a reception day and the pjblic of
Billings will be invited to cq e to the
foundry and inspect its wok ings. Ev
"ery department will be'fi operation
and the work of making casting and
building vehicles will doubtless prove
a novel sight to many.
WOULD ESTABLISH A
BRANCH CLUB HERE
Buffalo Boy's Worker Seeks to Form
Society in the Billings
Polytec.
With a view of establishing a
branch of the Boy's Literary society,
E. N. Block of Buffalo, a worker
among the boys in the cities of west
ern New York, arrived in Billings
yesterday and will remain here for a
few days.
Mr. Block says that the organiza
tion which he represents has a num
ber of branch organizations scattered
all over the country and that it has,
through its work, been able to en
courage literary work, among the
boys of many cities. The organiza
tion is very popular in New York
where regular contests are held. It
possible a branch will be established
in the Polytec with the view of mak
ing it the popular society among the
young men of the industrial college.
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
IS READY FOR WORK
Coach Huff in Billings to Begin the
Work with the Youths of
the Polytechnic.
Athletic Director Huff, who will
have charge of all the physical cul
ture work of the Polytec, arrived in
Billings for the east yesterday and
will proceed at once to get his work
in connection with the new school
under way. Mr. Huff says that he
must have a few days to look over
the field before he can make any
announcement as to college teams and
schedules.
TO ATTEND UNIVERSITY.
Elmer Anderson, for some years an
employe of the power company, will
leave the city soon for Lincoln, Neb.,
where he will enter the University of
Nebraska. Mr. Anderson is well spok
en of by his employers who say that
he has devoted a greater part of his
spare time during his work here to
study and thus been able to pass suc
cessfully the entrance examinations.
He will study electrical engineering at
the university.
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MINIATURE ARCTIC
REGION EXHIBITED
(Continued from Page One.)
man who has become interested in the
looks of things in the far north be
cause of the recent developments,
may drop In and see for himself what 1
Commander Peary and Dr. Cook had
to contend with.
Many of Peary's trophies, obtained
on previous expeditions, will be on
view.
WHEAT PRICES
SHOW A GAIN
; Majority of Traders Unable to Detect
a Satisfactory Reason for
the Advance.
I MARKET FIRM ALL DAY
Gained in Strength as the Session Pro.
gresses and Closed Half a Cent
Higher Than the Low Point, Final
Prices on December Being 99 Cents.
CHICAGO, Sept. 16-Although wheat
prices showed a substantial gain as a
result of the day's transactions, the
great majority of traders were una
ble to offer any satisfactory reasons
for the strength which was manifest
ed the greater part of the session.
I Shorts were active bidders nearly all
day. The opening was weak on sell
ing, brought out by a decline of %d to
t ld at Liverpool, and by a continued
liberal movement in the northwest.
An estimate of the Canadian crop
in the northwest which was made pub
I lic and indicates a crop much larger
1 than any anticipated, was a bearish
factor early in the day. The market
developed considerable firmness dur
t ing the first half hour and gained in
strength as trading progressed. The
close was strong with prices about
/~ c from the low point, final price on
December being 99c.
Lively bidding by shorts for Sep
tember caused active buying of all
- options in corn and resulted in ad
vances of more than lc all around.
The market closed strong at almost
the top.
r The bulge in corn stimulated activ
1 ity in all options. The close was
strong, %c to %@%c higher.
Provisions were strong all day. At
the close prices were 5@7%c above
1 yesterday's close.
3 Live Stock Quotations
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO, Sept. 16.-Cattle: Re
I ceipts, estimated at 5,000; market
f steady. Beeves, $4@5.20; Texas
I steers, $4@5.24; western steers, $4@
6.50; stockers and feeders, $3@4.90;0
cows and heifers, $2.75@6.25; calves,
$6.75@9.25.
3 Hogs: Receipts, estimated at 10,
000; market steady. Light, $7.90@
8.40; mixed, $7.85@8.50;; heavy, $7.60
@8.50; rough, $7.60@7.90; good to
choice heavy, $7.90@8.50; pigs, $7.25
1 8.25; bulk of sales, $8.10@8.35.
Sheep: Receipts, estimated at 18,
000; market steady. Native, $2.75@4;
western, $3@5.10; yearlings, $4.60@
5.60; lambs, native, $4.60@7.50; west
ern, $4.50@7.50.
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New York Sugar.
NEW YORK, Sept. 15.-Sugar: Raw,
firm; fair refining, $3.67@3.70; cen
trifugal, 96 test, $4.17@4.20; molasses
sugar, $3.43@3.45; refined, steady.
New York Hides.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-Hides: Dull.
Minneapolis Flax.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Sept. 16.
Flax: Closed at $1.45.
SPECIAL ELECTION
LATE IN NOVEMBER
Laurel Voters Will Cast Their Ballots
on Special Bond Issue This
Winter.
The returns of the county assessor
on the valuation of property within
the city limits of Laurel have been
well up to the expectation of the resi
dents of that town, and as a result the
city council has decided to go ahead
with its contemplated plans of tn
stalling a sewer system when the n,:v:
city water system is put in. Toward
that end a call will soon be issued for
a special election for the purpose of
voting on bonding the town for the
building of the sewers and water
works, the election to be held some
time the latter part of November. Th,
exact date and the amount of the n-,"
posed bond issue have not as y-t
been determined.
Plans for both the sewer and water
works have been completed by Henry
Gerharz, who has been appointed city
engineer of the railroad town. The
water works system will include the
building of a large reservoir on the
rimrocks back of the town, from which
water mains will be laid and which
will furnish the town gravity pres- t
sure. Water will be taken to the res
ervoir in an open ditch. The sewer
system which the city will put in will
include mains through the business
district; the connections to be made
by private special improvement dis
tricts. The installation of the two
systems will cost in the neighbor
hood of $50,000.
NOTI('E 1FOl PI'BLII('AT0ION,
(('oal Entry. V
Land Office, at Billings, .lontanla, .
September S. 1909. s
Notice is hereby giv'en that Charles
H. Bruce. of Aberdeen, County of h
Brown, State of South Dakota, has 1
this day filed in this office Application n
to Purchase. under the provisions of h
Section 2347. I'nited States Revisitld h
Statutes, the NW% of Section 1o.i
Township 8 N.. Range 31 E., MI. P. M. 1p
Any and all persons claiming ad-i h
versely the lands described, or desir- It
ing to object for any reason to the !l
sale thereof to applicant should file r
their affidavits of protest in this office, le
on or before the 15th day of Novem- it
ber, 1909, otherwise the application ft
may be allowed. a
C. L. HARRIS, it
Register. p
CROWS HOLD FAIR
THIS NEXT WEEK
Warriors Bold Come to Billings for
New Garments and Fresh
Paint.
Next week the Crow nation will as
semble at the agency for its annual
fair, and as a consequence there is
a great migration of warriors and
squaws to Billings these days and a
deal of bartering is being done with
the merchants of this city. Fair time
is the big season of the year for the
Crow Indians. Their fashions decree
that every mother's son of them will
appear in new duds on that date, and
the clothing establishments of the
city are doing a rushing business in
providing the Indians with the latest
cuts of overalls, neckties and red
handkerchiefs. Some of the braves
are getting real white man's clothes
of the fall patterns, but the balance
of them are confining their pur
chases to smaller articles.
Chief Plenty Coos was in the city
yesterday accompanied by a number
of his favorite braves. The chief
spent the day in the various stores,
but when questioned regarding the
coming fair instructed his interpreter
to say nothing. The fair, it is said,
will begin Monday and will continue
for the greater part of the week. The
main events will be the exhibit of
farm products for which the govern
ment offers cash prizes each year;
but the interest of the Indians cen
ters in the many races and field
events, and in the big parade and
sham battle. Many Billings people
and strangers in the city are planning
on attending the fair next week and
if possible the dates of the sham bat
tle and the parade will be announced
later.
Major Reynolds says that the Crows
have devoted more attention to their
crops this year than ever before, and
that the agricultural exhibits will
be a surprise to those who think the
Indians spend their time loafing and
riding poines.
A THOUSAND MORE
ACRES OF ORCHARD
Extension of Wrangler Ditch in Car
bon County Will Add to
Orchard Lands.
L. M. Hatch of the engineering firm
of Lillis & Hatch returned to the city
yesterday after spending the past
week working in the vicinity of Edgar
in Carbon county on the extension of
the Wrangler ditch. Mr. Hatch says
that the work on the extension is now
ready for the contractors and that
work on the ditch will probably begin
soon and be completed in time to
water next year's crops.
The present Wrangler ditch is one
of the best known irrigation schemes
in the fertile Clarke Fork country. It
is taken from the Clarke Fork river
and runs for a distance of about 20
miles, irrigating the best orcharding
lands there is in the country. The
proposed extension will be four miles
in length, bringing the end of the
ditch to a point near Edgar, and will
place under irrigation another thou
sand acres of the finest orchard land
to be found anywhere.
Mr. Hatch says that the apple har
vest in the Carbon county orchards is
now on in earnest and that the valley
is producing a crop the like of which
has never before been recorded in the
annals of the Clarke Fork country. i
Many new orchards are being set out
this year and the farmers generally
are alive to the fact that the best
way in which to raise the value of
their land is to set it out in apple
trees of the varieties which will yield
large crops of good storage apples.
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RANCHER WILL HAVE
NEW SCHOOL HOUSE
Prosperous Dry Farming Community
Prepares to Erect a Modern
Building.
Plans for a new school house which
will be located at Rancher are now
being drawn in the office of Link &
Haire, and it is expected that they
will be in the hands of contractors
and the contract let within a few
weeks.
The school house will be a frame
structure of two rooms, with large
cloak rooms, and will be of ample size
to seat 80 pupils. It will be heated
by furnace and will be modern in
every detail as well as an ornament
to the community in which it will be
built. Rancher, which is a prosperous
dry farming community in the north
western portion of Rosebud county, is
rapidly coming to the front and there
is talk of other new buildings there.
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IN DEFENSE OF LABOR
(Continued from Pag One.)
may Ie bIoth in some cases; but is
chiefly due to the system against
which it is impossible. for an earnest
prosecutor and inefficient judge to
struggle.
"In this conntry there seems to
\ave been on the part of all state
lai.slatures a fear of the judge and
(not of the jury and the power which
he exercises in the English courts
has been by legislation rcduced from ,
lile to time until now, and this is es
.etially true in western states, he has
Iardly more power than the modera
tor iu a religious assembly. The ten- 1
lflncy of legislation is to throw the
reins upon the back of the jury and
let them follow their own sweet will,
influenced by all the will of counsel
for the defendant in leading them
away from the real points at issue,
in forgetfulness of the wrongs of the
prosecuting witness."
SEVEN EXAMS FOR
THE CIVIL SERVICE
Many Positions Will Be Filled from
Successful Applicants During
Next Month.
The United States civil service yes
terday posted a budget of announce
ments of coming civil service exam
inations which will be held in this
city October 20 and 21. The exam
inations are seven in number and em
brace a large field of occupations, al
though the greater portion of them
call for experience along different en
gineering lines.
Four positions of testing engineer
will have to be filled. These posi
tions are with the wood testing de
partment of the government which
will this fall open up shops at three
western universities. Two men at
salaries of $1,200 will be stationed at
the University of Colorado at Boul
der; one at $900 at the University of
Washington at Seattle, and one at $1,
200 at the University of California at
Berkeley. The examination covers
the technique of testing materials and
a thesis describing methods and re
sults obtained in some line of re
search in the way of testing the rela
tive strength of various classes of
wook used as building material.
The position of teacher of domes
tic science at the Indian school at
Santa Fe, with a salary of $900 will
be filled from an examination to be
held October 20 and 21. Applicants
must show that they have had train
ing in the teaching of domestic sci
ence, and must pass an examination
embracing the studies taught in such
a department.
Men who have had technical and
practical training in the way of road
building will be interested in the an
nouncement of the examination for
highway engineers which will be held
on the same dates. The position,
which is with the office of public
roads, draws a salary of from $1,200
to $2,250 yearly, and the examination
embraces a number of technical ques
tions.
An examination for mechanical
draftsmen in the patent office will be
held on the same dates. The position
draws a salary of $1,000 yearly and
the applicant must have had previous
experience in drafting to quality.
A vacancy in the position of teach
er of agriculture in the Carlisle In
dian school will be filled by examina
tion on October 20. The place draws
a salary of $800 yearly.
For the man looking for an out-of
door job the position of deputy ship
ping commissioner will appear. The
position draws a salary of $900 yearly
and the greater part of the work is
done on the wharves, on shipboard,
etc. The examination embraces a
number of subjects; one must be
proficient in the common studies and
have a rudimentary knowledge of
bookkeeping, and in addition credits
are given for proficiency in typewrit
ing and in a speaking knowledge of
either German, Norwegian, Swedish,
Spanish or Italian.
Telephone operators will also have
a chance to get a position with the
civil service. Several vacancies are
to be filled in different government
buildings; the salary is in most cases
$2 a day or $50 a month, and women
as well as men are admitted to the
examinations.
MILLION DOLLAR
CONTRACT TO COOK
Helena Firim Will Build an 18-Mile
Stretch of Track for the
Great Northern.
(Special to The Gasette.)
HELENA, Sept. 16.-The railroad
contracting firm of A. B. Cook & Co.
of this city, has just been awarded a
million dollar job by the Great North
ern for the rebuilding of an 18-mile
stretch of track between Belt and Ger
ber on the main line of the Burling
ton-Great Northern road from Chicago
to Seattle.
Mr. Cook said today that work
would be started immediately. The
construction equipment, which has
been stored here for a year, will be
shipped within a few days and work
will be pushed through the winter. It
will take about a year's time to com
plete the job.
The grade of the present line is too
heavy for the fast and economical
movement of traffic and to eliminate
this the stretch will be entirely re
built.
It is understood that the Great
Northern is planning the improvement
of other stretches of track in Montana
to enable it to reduce the running
time from Chicago Ito the Pacific coast
as well as to better compete with the
Milwaukee.
WRIT AGAINST COURT.
(aperelal to The Gaustte.)
HELENA. Sept. 16.-The supreme
court this afternoon granted a writ of
mandate directed to Judge McCler
nan that he show cause on October 11
why he refuses to settle the bill of
exceptions in the suit of McHatton
against Girard. The writ was sought
by Girard, who set forth that no ap
peal could be taken until the bill of
exceptions was settled and it was as
serted the district court refused to do
this.
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NOTIC'E OF ANNI'AL MEETING OF
WA('O-('OI'STTER DITCH ('O.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Waco-Custer Ditch
company will be held at Custer, Mont.,
Monday. October 4. at 2:30 p. m. The i
meeting is for the purpose of elect
ing officers and transacting any other
business that may forward the in
terest of the com)pany.
W. IP. HOLDER, Secretary. f
The Pessimist -We'll pay for all this a
fine weather later on. r
The Optimist-Well, cheer up' a
That's the regular time for paying for c
things, isn't it?-Puck. p
SHERIDAN CROOK GOT
THE WORST OF FIGHT
Attempted to Thug Pedestrian and
Was Cut, Perhaps Fatally,
by His Victim. I
(Speelal to The Gamette.)
SHERIDAN, Wyo., Sept. 16.-In at
tempting to hold up James Lyle, a re
tired business man of Sheridan about
1 o'clock this morning, Jack Mc
Auliffe, a notorious crook, whose e
record is known in several states, was e
badly cut and may not recover from
the effects of his injuries. Lyle had t
considerable money on his person
and was on has way home from a so- t
cial visit with friends when attacked a
by McAuliffe and his pal. is
Suspecting he was being followed,
Lyle stopped at the end of the curb- F
ing at Coffeen avenue and Bryant I
streets to let the two thugs pass. The It
latter stopped suddenly and rushed at
Lyle, McAuliffe knocking him down. t
Lyle whipped out a razor he was car- F
rying and did a quick carving stunt, r
slashing MeAuliffe across the face
and head, also on the right leg. Lyle's g
cries attracted attention and Mayor
L. B. Glafcke, who resides in the vi- f
cinity, summoned the police by phone.
Officers responded promptly, find- t
ing, however, McAuliffe had departed 8
from the scene, leaving a trail of
blood. He was followed for a number e
of blocks, but evidently took special a
pains to throw the policemen off his c
scent. McAuliffe, finally exhausted I
from loss of blood, managed to crawl c
to a dwelling room on Scott street,
where Dr. J. H. Bradfield was called f
and attended him. t
The wounded crook was removed to
the state hospital this forenoon and f
placed in charge of an officer. He
will be guarded closely until he re- a
covers sufficiently to be taken to jail. t
It was McAuliffe who entered the
home of William Rourke, an aged man
early one morning about three months
ago and brutally assaulted the latter. I
McAuliffe disappeared but returned c
here recently.
A t
Local and Personal r
F. A. Nessnass, a business man of e
Seattle, is spending the week in this i
city. 1
J. H. McShane of Joliet was in the I
city yesterday attending to business
matters.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Blackley of Grey
bull, are spending the latter part of
the week in Billings.
Marce Sorenson, a well to do
rancher of Laurel, spent yesterday in C
Billings on business.
S. R. Crowner of Marion, Iowa, is
spending the week in this city at- g
tending to business matters. i
M. S. Bennett and family and Mrs.
H. Baker of Foster, spent yesterday n
in this city visiting with friends. a
Miss Laura J. DeLisle of Grand a
Forks, N. D., arrived in Billings yes- S
terday for a short visit with friends. A
S. H. Glidden of Bridger, formerly E
senator from Carbon county, was in s
the city yesterday attending to busi- t
ness matters.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Barnhill of Gar- g
land arrived in Billings yesterday and
will spend the latter part of the week t
in this city.
E. L. Jenkins of Clarinda, Iowa, is
spending the week in Billings with a e
view of making his home here in the
near future.
Mrs. Thomas Avery and children c
left the city yesterday for Twin Falls
where they will make an extended le
visit with relatives. p
Miss Ruth Shepherd of Indianapolis, a
Ind., is the guest for a few days of a
her friend, Mrs. Gladys White, of 221 in
North Thirtieth street. so
Mrs. W. C. Keil, who has been a
spending the past week as the guest ec
of Lewistown friends, returned to her tI
home in this city yesterday. to
A. H. Fellers of Humboldt, Neb., ar
rived in Billings yesterday and will st
spend a few days here investigating B
the non-irrigated sections of the val- be
ley. t
Lee J. Kellum of Loveland, Colo., e
and F. S. Simonson of Aurora, Mo., r
srrived in Billings yesterday on
usiness. Both are interested in land w
n this vicinity.
Herman J.. Berger, formerly a resi
lent of Billings, arrived in this city
;esterday from Council Bluffs and will
)e the guest of friends for a few
lays before continuing on his way to
he coast.
W. A. Talmadge. the well known
ooster of Red Lodge and Carbon
:ounty, is spending a few days in this
:ity attending to his business inter
!sts. He is also doing a lot of effec- Ss
ive missionary work for the coming an
:arbon county fair which will be held
n Red Lodge in October. th
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BILLINGS CATTLE
TOP THE MARKET
C. Cooper of This City Gets Record
Price for Stock at Chicago
Yards.
According to a telegram received in
the city yesterday morning, C. Cooper
of this city has topped the Chicago
market with his cattle which left this
city for the east the first of the week.
The stock sold for 7 cents, and was
purchased as fancy goods for export
purposes. The average weight was
1,522 pounds.
TWINS ARE BORN.
Word has been received in this city
from Missoula of the birth of twin
girls to Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Newman
of that city. Mr. Newman, it will be
remembered, is a Sunday school mis
sionary ,and is well known in this
city. Mother and daughters are re
ported to be doing nicely.
Farmers to Keep Records
It will be suggested by U. S. Census
Director Durand to the farmers all
over the country that the work of se
curing accurate returns at the coming
census of agriculture will be greatly
facilitated if the farmers will keep or
t provide some sort of written record of
their farm operations during the year
1909. This effort to secure the farm
5 ers' personal co-operation is but one
s of a number of ways and means chos
a en by Director Durand in the effort
I to secure an accurate, expeditions and
i economical census concerning popula
- tion, agriculture, manufactures, mines
and quarries, which are the subjects of
inquiry defined in the census law.
I, Notwithstanding the value of the
- population returns for the political
t purpose of reapportioning representa
e tion in the congress of the United
t States and of the statistical informa
. tion derived from an analysis of the
population details, the census of ag
riculture, of all the subjects in the
e census law, is regarded as of the
a greatest importance.
r The twelfth census reported a total
fixed capital of $5,046,939,516 invested
in manufactures. The corresponding
total for agriculture was $20,514,001,
a 838, or more than four times that of
f manufactures. A more conservative
r estimate, based upon a different stand
I1 ard of comparison, also used by the
s census bureau, places the investment
d in agriculture as more than twice that
1 of manufactures.
In 1900 the census found 5,739,657
a farms, an increase of 1,175,016 over the
total for 1890. The 1890 figures were
, 555,734 higher than the number of
a farms counted in the 1880 census. Tak
e ing the increase between 1890 and
- and 1900 and adding that number to
the total reported for 1900, an esti
a mated or approximate number of
a farms existing at the time of the
s Thirteenth census may be ascertained;
the process of calculation being that
d called "arithmetical progression," the
method chosen by the majority of sta
tisticians and also used by the Census
Bureau.
Therefore the 1910 total should
reach 5,914,673, or roughly, about 6,
000,000 farms, which is the number
estimated by Chief Statistician Pow
f ers. There were 10,433,188 males and
, females over 10 years of age June 1,
1900, engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Professor Powers believes the 1910
census will swell that number to the
extent of several millions.
The magnitude of these figures
makes it evident that ,the importance
of the agricultural census hardly can j
be over-estimated. Hence the solici
tude of Census Director Durand and
1 Chief Statistician Powers, in charge 1
of the Census Division of Agriculture.
3 Director Durand believes that great I
good will be accomplished by getting I
into direct contact and cooperationI
with the farmers. Some of the instru
mentalities which will be used by him -
and which promise practical results t
are, the State Commissioners and.
State Boards of Agriculture, the State t
Agricultural Colleges, the Agricultural 1i
Experimet Stations, the Farmers' In-'t
stitutes, the Farmers' Unions, the Pa- (
trons of Husbandry and the State 1
Granges; in fact, all the existing or
ganizations for the education and bet- i
terment of the farmers. Added to e
these will be the daily newspapers, a
the country press and the farmers' r
publications. t
It is estimated that millions of farm- e
ers will be reached at their homes or a
at their mutual improvement meet- a
ings by the contemplated method of e
circulating preparatory information. t
Farm economists and scientistsi
learned in agricultural problems, ap- I
pointed as expert special agents for v
a brief term, are now in Washington o
assisting Director Brand and his staff
in the formulation of the agricultural t
schedule so that the questions to be c
asked by the enumerators shall be p
easily comprehended and so draw out s
the information ordered by Congress p
to be ascertained. o
At the same time these practical
steps are being taken by the Census ti
Bureau, the farmers themselves will m
be called upon to help push the sta- ii
tistical plow over the country-wide 7
field of farm data. They will be o
reminded that an accurate and prac- w
tical census is the only one worth t(
while. a
In addition to the direct appeal to ff
the farmers, Census Director Durand w
Value of Alfilerilla
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-Uncle
Sam is now studying the distribution
and the habits of Alfilerilla, one of
the West's best forage plants, with
a view of determining the possibility
of growing it upon over grazed ranges,
and introducing it upon national for
est ranges where hitherto it has been
unknown, or has occurred only in lim
ited quantities.
Alfilerilla is a very valuable and
hardy forage plant, which constitutes
one of the principal spring feeds upon
many of the semi-arid ranges of the
Southwest. Stock fattens rapidly upon
it, and the gain is good hard tallow
not easily lost through shipment.
Many stockmen have endeavored to
introduce it upon their ranges, and in
most instances their efforts have
failed. The cause of his failure is
now found to lie in the fact proven
by tests made by the bureau of plant
industry, that the seed sold by seed
firms seldom has over ten per cent
germinative power, and that nine
tenths of the seed sowed is worthless.
The United States forest service has
been in receipt of many requests for
the planting of alfilerilla upon spring
ranges within the national forests,
and has decided to act upon them.
Tests having proved the impossibility
of securing satisfactory supplies of
the seed through the ordinary chan
nels, A. W. Sampson, plant ecologist,
was detailed to the work of securing a
will inform them that the Thirteenth
United States census law requires
that the agricultural census he taken
at the same time, April 15, 1910, as
the count of population. The ques
tions about farm operations will re
late to the present calendar year,
1909, but, on the other hand, the in
quiries regarding farm equipment are
directed toward the farmers' posses
sions of this kind on the day and date
of the enumeration, April 15, 1910.
The latter division of the inquiry
really amounts to an inventory.
The necession for some written or
permanent record by the farmers
themselves of farm operations is ob
vious, and its value in furnishing data
more reliable than guesswork is equal
ly evident.
In order that the farmers may begin
at once, Director Durand indicates as
follows, what operations are to be
recorded, although the schedule is
still in incomplete shape:
"Each person in charge of a farm
will be asked to state the acreage and
value of his farm; that is, the acre
age and value of the land kept and
cultivated by him; also the area of
land in his farm covered with wood
land; and finally, that which is util
ized for specified farm purposes.
"Each farmer will be asked to give
the acreage, quantity produced and
value of each crop, including grains,
hay, vegetables, fruits, cotton, tobacco,
etc., raised on the farm in the season
of 1909.
"Each farmer will be asked to re
port the number and value of all
domestic animals, poultry and swarms
of bees on the farm April 15, 1910;
also the number and value of young
animals, such as calves, colts, lambs,
pigs; and of young fowls, such as
chickens, turkeys, ducks, etc., raised
on the farm in 1909. He will be fur
ther asked to state the number and
kind of animals sold during 1909 and
the receipts from such sales, the num
ber purchased and the amount paid
therefor; and also the number slaugh
tered for food and the value of such
animals.
"The law requires a report of the
number of cows kept for dairy pur
poses in 1909; and the total estimated
amount of milk produced on the farm;
also the amount of butter and cheese
sold and the amount received from
such sale.
"In addition to the inquiry regard
ing animals, etc., on the farm April
15,1910, as explained previously, the
census will seek to ascertain the
quantity and value of all eggs, honey,
and wax produced on the farm in
1909.
"Of the expenditures of the farm,
the census schedule will call for a
statement of the amount paid farm
labor; the amount paid for feed for
live stock, and the amount expended
'for fertilizers in 1910.
"If the farm changes owners or ten
ants between the crop year, 1909, and
the date of enumeration, April 15, 1910,
it is requested that the occupants of
the farm in 1910 shall secure the above
information relating to the farm for
the preceding year, 1909. The owner
or tenant this year should leave his
book record with his successor."
The census act provides that the
information shall be used only for the
statistical purposes for which it is
supplied. "No publication shall be
made by the Census Office whereby
the data furnished by any particular
establishment can be identified, nor
shall the director of the census permit
anyone other than the sworm employ
ees of the census office to examine
the individual reports."
Furthermore, the information re
'ported on the agricultural schedule
will not be used as a basis of taxation
or communicated to any assessor.
The act also states the fines or
terms of imprisonment or both in
cases of violation of the secrecy im
posed upon supervisors, enumerators,
special agents or other employes. It
provides a penalty for false answers
or for refusal to answer.
Director Durand wants the farmers
to keep books this year so that guess
wokr and recollections will be elim
inated as far as possible from the
Thirteenth census, and the farmers'
organizations are coming to the front
with cheering offers of cooperation
toward producing a practical, useful
and believable census of America's
farm population, operations and
wealth.
e supply that would meet all require
n ments.
Beginning his investigations upon
the Sequoia forest in California he
h discovered that by setting aside suit
Y able tracts upon which the plant was
* abundant, and watching its growth
seed with a germinative power in ex
n cess of 90 per cent could be secured in
large quantities, and at a cost much
below the prevailing market prices.
d As a result of his investigations the
8 forest service has arranged to set
n aside certain tracts in the southwest
e this fall for the purpose of cultivat
n ing and collecting alfilerilla seed.
SThe seed thus secured will be used
to reseed overgrazed and otherwise
o depleted ranges within national for
: ests, and it is planned to introduce
e the plant upon many dry ranges to
s which it has hitherto been a stranger.
n The success of this movement means
t much to the stockmen using national
i forest ranges. In the southwest many
ta stockgrower has been saved from
heavy loss or even absolute ruin by
the alfilerilla that covered his spring
3 ranges at a time when other early
r feeds were lacking and sustained his
cattle until the advance of the season
produced other sources of feed sup
ply, and it is probable that the plant
will be as valuable in other portions
E of the country.
Sugar is an admirable ingredient in
L curing meat or fish.