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COSDUCTED BI DAV E. BOOT.
All inquiries relative to the care of
poultry, feeding, breeding, diseases, etc.,
addressed to the Poultry Editor of The
Daily Light will receive careful and ,
prompt attention and will be answered
In the Sunday issue of the following
week. Contributions detailing experi
ences are requested. Association secre
taries are requested to send notices or
meetings, and items of interest to their
Inembers. Tho Eight will also be glad
to publish pictures of prize winning
birds. _
INDIAN RUNNERS VS. PEKINS.
pari mo n.q of the Two Bredis and
Their Utility Point*
(By Guh Wohlfarth.)
A misapprehension exists among
many that Indian Runner ducks can
hot be profitably raised for market.
Buch a thought is In error.
This Is caused possibly by the fact
that the Indian Runner Is as yet a
new variety and because their phe
nomenal laying qualities have eclipsed
their value as market ducks. The
Impression was greatly aided by the
breeders of Pekin ducks, who laid
great stress on the value of their
ducks for the market.
As early as 1904 R. B. Dayton, in
an article contributed to "Ducks and
Geese,” containing experiences of the
best known breeders of the day, ex
hibited a photograph of a pair of
Indian Runners dressed for market,
weighing 10 1-2 pounds. Of course,
this is greatly tn-excess of the standard
■weight and if kept for eggs they
should not be forced too much. But
It does prove what the Indian Run
ner duck will do If properly fed. It
■would be Indeed hard to bring a Pe
kin up to exceed this.
They Are Great Thayers.
Further on Mr. Dayton states that
his ducks for two years averaged 192
eggs per duck —a phenomenal record
when one considers that It was not
made by one or two pens, but by a
large flock. He adds that the Indian
Runners required only two-thirds of
the feed required to keep the Pekins
in good condition, the Indian Runners
laying continuously while the Pekins
did not.
It is true that the Indian Runners
cannot compare in numbers with the
Pekins that are raised for market on
the large duck farms in the north,
but this is largely caused by the scar-
Wrinkles Disappear
As If By Magic
(From Denver Republican.)
"In the removal of wrinkles I have
discarded cosmetics entirely,” writes
Mme. Corsan, the celebrated Parisian
beauty expert. "The results they pro
duce are deceptive and never perma
nent. Massaging is only partially
successful, and it’s too slow a method.
"I've never seen anything work
such wonders as a simple, harmless
solution any woman can prepare and
use at home without the least trou
ble. A half pint of witch hazel and an
ounce of good powdered aaxollto ara
aU you’ll need. Mix the two and apply
tills refreshing solution to your face
daily. The effect is marvelous—in
stantaneous. The skin becomes firm
er, ‘tighter’—every wrinkle and sag is
affected. You feel so refreshed after
using the wash; you look refreshed,
too, soon you will look ten years
SUNDAY,
city of Indian Runner eggs and
stock. Then again, breeders of one
variety are not apt to change to an
other breed of fairly successful, on
account of the expense in securing the
required numbers of breeding stock.
Rapidly Growing in Favor.
While the Indian Runner has be
come known as a layer. It is rapidly
becoming famed for the production of
broilers The Niagara farm, considered
the largest In the world, which fat
tens 100,000 ducks each season In ad
dition to other fowls, carries a large
number of Indian Runner breeders to
produce broiler ducks. Shortly after
introducing them, one customer or
dered 3000. He said that the Indian
Runner more nearly approached the
wild duck in delicacy than anything
he had ever tasted.
Niagara farm claims they are more
profitable to raise than Pekins. re
quiring far lees feed to raise them.
They also state that their eggs are
more fertile by 5 per cent as .well.
Surely, the experience of this farm,
raising both breeds side by side, is
worth something.
Morn About Laying.
As to laying there Is no comparison
between the Indian Runner and the
Pekin. Tho latter averages 80 to 100
eggs per duck, while the Indian Run
ner should lay well over 200 eggs—
small pens have averaged as high as
250 eggs per duck —and this with
much less food than you would give
the Pekin.
NOT AN APOLOGY.
The Editor. Hanover, Offers a Fen-
Words of Explanation.
Two weeks ago Mr. Wohlfarth was
good enough to contribute an article
to these columns on the Indian Run
ner, and in the same issue I said a
word in defense of that old favorite,
the Pekin, just as I would defend our
faithful friend, the horse, should
some one attack him and extol the
virtues of the automobile, declaring
the equine useless.
In that article, If my memory serves
me right, I eaid the Pekin as a market
fowl excelled the Indian Runner—
and I repeat it now. "The Pekin A*
a market fowel excels and oxoaede
the Indian Runner from north/ to
south and east to west." If there is
any doubt in your mind visit Long
Island.
Hundreds of Thousands Raised.
On this little strip of land ducks
are raised by the hundreds of thou
sands, and what do wo find—Pekins
to right, Pekins to the left, Pekins
everywhere. Niagara farm Is a big in
stitution and making the same success
of it that W, R. Curtiss and compan;
did. entitles them to great credit,
long ago ceased "Criticising success,"
but I want to say right hero that the
success made on Niagara farm was
largely duo to tho great number of
Pekin ducks they marketed—not tho
eggs they sold. True, they fatten 100,-
000 ducks annually but are they In
dian Runners? It Is a fact that thoy
have a small flock of Indian Runners,
but tho Pekins outrank them many
times,
Runners Arc Boat Laywa.
I agree that tho Indian Runner Is
tho boat layer and it la fast gaining
favor, but no one should argue that
it is the market fowl the Pekin la, If
the Indian Runner Is such a grand
market fowl why does every practical
i duck ranch use the Pekin for mar
1 ket purposes? Niagara farm has a few
Runners and tons of thousands of
i Pekins, Mantsw Duck Farm last year
marketed 2(00 Pekin dunks. Oxford
Poultry Farm, with a capacity for
21,460 duck eggs every twenty-eight
days, rears only Pekins; the Manse
Farm, with an annual capacity of 47,-
000. rears only the Pekins; Beech
wood Duck Farm handles over 100.-
000 Pekins each year; Silver Springs
Duck Farm, with 100,000 Pekins an
nually, is another factor; Yardly Duck
Farms usee 10 4 incubators and rears
Pekins only; Stouffer Poultry Farm
market 102,000 Pekin ducks In 1906
and has greatly increased Its plant
since.
And again I say you can’t criticise
success. These big practical plants are
enjoying big profits from the market
ing of Pekin ducks. Let us nut criti
cise them. I am glad the Indian Run
ner is gaining favor. It is a great
fowl —as an egg producer it has no
equal. But let us hot forget the
Pekin. And. reader, I've no Pekins for
sale —-I merely took this stand for
the sake of argument.
The A. P. A. Election.
On Wednesday of this week Elec
tion Commissioner Crews will, at
Waco, count the nominating ballots
for officers of the Texas state branch
of thio American Poultry association.
He will then mail out tho final bal
lot, and every member should vote.
For the first time In the history of
the American Poultry association, San
Antonio is seeking representation- on
the executive board. There are two
members to be chosen this year, each
for a three-yoar term, also president,
vice-president, second vice-president
and secrotary-treasurer.
Any of the local members who are
In doubt can call up the writer, either
phone 348, and he will be glad to
Here's the Illustrated Story of Today’s Weather Conditions
Highest tsmpsrature 98, lowest Tt,
average 8*.
Normal 7T, excess 9,
For tho month, aonnmulaited exoese
107.
From January 1, aowrmulated exoesa
* Total precipitation, 0: normal precipi
tation ,10 inch. Dally deficiency ,10 Inch,
For the month, accumulated deficien
cy, 1.02 Inches. „
From January 1. accumulated defi
ciency, 0 Inches, ,
Total precipitation from January 1 te
data 1139 Inches, _
(Highest velocity of the Wind durtng
ths 14 hours ending at 7 p, m, 12 miles,
I Direction, southeast.
THE BAN ANTONIO LIOH1
give you the benefit of his acquaint
ance with the various candidates.
But vote! Vote today or tomorrow
If you’ve not sent In your nominating
ballots. Then vote again when you
get the final ballot next week.
An Appropriation at Last,
Word comes to ub from H. B
Savage, editor of Poultry Life ol
America, published at Belton, that h<
has been successful in getting a bill
through the state legislature appro
priating 92000 for poultry expert
menta. This is tho first money ever
appropriated In the state of Texas
for the poultry cause.
It Is an Indication of the progreb:
belng made in tho standard-brod poul
try business In this state, and we wish
to congratulate Mr. Savage and his
co-workers upon the auccess of their
efforts.
Mr. Savage is a member of the
state house of representatives.
A Hen Lays Two Eggs a Day.
ATHOL, Mass.. Sept. 16. —Towns-
people challenged the statement of
Albert Ellsworth that Mary Hooker,
his prize Buff Orpington, laid two
eggs every day. Yesterday Ellsworth
appeared at the Athol fair and placed
tho hen on some straw at tho feet
of the judges. She laid two eggs, one
of them double-yolked, chirped a tri
umphant cackle and disdainfully
strode away.
All those wishing seats In the Jew
ish synagogue, corner Aubrey and
Gibson streets, can now secure same
of Jake Karotkln, 318 W. Commerce
street.
U & Department of Agriculture.
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CONGRESS OF
MUNICIPALITIES
OPENS MONDAY
Delegates From All Over the
United States Are Ar
riving In Chicago.
TO BE IMPORTANT MEETING
Prominent Men In Public Life
Will State Views on City
Government
(SPECIAL TO THE LIGHT.)
CHICAGO. Sept. 12. —With the ar
rival of exhibits and delegations from
aU of the Important cities of the
United States and many European
couritries. those In charge of the In
ternational Municipal Congress and
Exhibition* which opens Munday and
continues in session till September 20.
claim for the convention not only a
record attendance but a deliberative
Importance that will be felt through
out the United States.
Tho alms and object of this gath
ering of city heads is an exchange of
Ideas upon the administration of mu
nicipal affairs; tho formation of model
code of municipal ordinances govern
ing every department of city govern
ment; the promulgation and ratifica
tion of the model ordinances adopted;
and the Instructions of delegate*
Prominent Men interested.
Among the many prominent men
who are interested In the work of the
International Congress and who will
iddress the delegates are: President
Taft; James Bryce, ambassador of
Great Britain; Gov. John A. Dlx of
New York; Senator LaFollette; Dr.
M. A. Evans; Mayor Gaynor of New
York Cltv; Brand Whitlock, mayor of
Toledo, Ohio; Dr. Le Grande Powers,
head of the government statistical
bureau; Bion J. Arnold. Chicago's
expert, and many others.
Delegates have been appointed to
the congress from all the important
cities in the United States, and many
are sending exhibits of municipal ad
ministration to be shown in the groat
exhibition hall of the Coliseum.
Among the many delegations that will
attend will be a party of Japanese,
appointed by the mikado, to study the
administration of American cltlca a
delegation of municipal officials from
New York and representatives from
the International Association of Fire
Engineers’ convention which will con
vene on September 19 at Milwaukee.
The meetings of the International
Municipal Congress and Exhibition
will be divided and subdivided so that
each and every department of city
government will be represented and
mav be attended by those interested in
that particular branch. Four sessions
-vlll be held dally. Two of these will
be sessions of the congress as a whole
in the great congress hall of the
iiseum. The other two sessions will
>ach consist of a number of divisional
meetings held in smaller apartments
n the First regiment armory.
Chicago Men as Chairmen.
Prominent men tn the municipal
rovernment of Chicago have been
isked to serve as chairmen df tlsese
11 visions of the congress. The speak
rs who appear before the smaller
meetngs will lead a general discus
ilon rather than make addresses. And
rach speaker will prepare for each
division of the congress ft set of model
-Ity ordinances covering the subject
considered by that division. At the
end of the sessions the delegates will
vote on each of the ordinances that
have been adopted as “A Model Mu
nicipal Code Adopted and Recom
mended by the International Munici
pal Congress” applying to each of the
several subjects.
At the full meetings of the congress
In tho large hall, the formal addresses
will bo delivered, and those meetings
in addition to being conducted by the
delegates of the congress, will be open
to the public.
To Discuss Hygiene.
The closing days of the convention
will be given over to the discussion of
hygienic problems that confront the
modern municipality, such as the
methods of controlling a milk supply;
control of contagion and school In
speellon; protection of water and dis
posal of sewage; yard sewage; stables
and slaughter houses; the law In re
lation to health work, disposal of gar
' bags, and the cost of the health de
partment per capita.
BAN ANTONIO. Tax
September 19. 191L
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PAYS Al/ PER CENT
— x'2 On Deposits
|| Jobs T. Wilson. John Fest. John J. Steven*
|| Jeaee D. Oppenheimer. Ed Rond, Atlee R. Arre*
|| Albert ntevee Sr, R. W. Hearn* John W Warren.
|l Dr. Adolph Herff. Alfred Duerler. M. W Tomii,
it gam a Bell. M. Baumblatt Adolph Wagner.
ALWAYS OLAP TO RAVE TOP
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FUHO BARK
AUARAKTY Meant something to those who know 1
THK WEST TEXAS BANK A TRUST CO.
Ill Aw Of HMa BeMUng
S Trust Company Invites Checking Accounts,
re or Small—Yours Included.
INK & TRUST COMPANY
D BANK. Hicks Bldg.. San Antonio. Tex,
Artistic Dentistry
HENnSTS Mk Gold Crowns, tb.00t Bridge Work, 8&M| full net at
f teeth only Ullin** Wc up. Painless extraetta»
KICKS BU9G. Written guarantee for ten year*
HOTELS
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EVERY NIQHT
6j30 to Midnight
Something Good to Eat
Something Good to Drink
Concert Throughout Evening
Elevatora in Annex of
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Gunter | Theming
EUROPEAN PLAN - $L50 AND UP
350 ROOMS > - 225 WITH BATH
Largest and most commodious rotunda in the South. In addition te a
la carte service we specialize LUNCHEON. 12 to 2 p. m., 50 cents.
TABLE D’HOTE DINNER, « to 8 p. m.,'S10#
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Travelers 1 Cheques
The American Bank& Trust Co.
Sells Travelers’ Checks Available Throughout the World.
luuea Foreign Draft*« Collections Made on All Point* Telegraphic
Transfer* Cable* Unexcelled Service and Faculties
for Conunerota! Account*
MAVERICK-CLARKE LITHO CO.
STATIONERS
Office Furniture end Filing Devices
Morales Transfer Co.
Hauling and Storage
PLACING SAFES A SPECIALTY
Warehouse S. A. F. Track.
Old Phone 1584. New Phone 8148.
1S FOUND GUILTY OF
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Jury Returns Verdict in Case of
Young Man Tried in Kansas
Court.
(SPECIAL TO THE LIGHT )
LYONS, Kan., Sept. 18.—Pearl
Sturm, a young man of this neighbor
hood, is guilty of murder In the sec
ond degree In connection with the
death of J. H. Hix of Dea Are, Ark..
a jury here decided after deliberating
all night The verdict was brought
In at 10 o’clock this morning.
Tho body of Hix was found in ft
sandhill pasture last June. Sturm
was hoard talking about his ward. He
told many contradictory stories. The
evidence pointed to Sturm as the last
person who saw Hix alive, Clarence
Porter, a voung fanner, testified that
he had heard Sturm say to a brother.
Clyde Sturm: _ -
"I will kill another man and Bury
him in the sandhill*’’
Thera was no direct evidence
against Sturm.
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San Antonio, Texas
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Special Summer Rates
to Families.
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YOUNG MEN
Post s Okiy Specific
Ooes the work. You all AA a a
fcnowHbyreputafion. Prtc«& a 5*UU
Foe S.U «t V*
tlPWffgr'a 20th Csiituiy Htarmtoleg
A "herbarlan” has opened a restau
rant at St. Peteroburg where staple
dishes ore of roots and herb* A deli
cious and substantial "hag soup” is
provided. V x