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STERILIZING THE SEED BED FOR TOMATOES AND SOME OTHER PLANS Lait tell la the neighborhood of the Colorado Agricultural College, Port Colllne, there was a considerable scarcity of tomatoes. Growers com plained that there was something the matter with their seed, or with their plants which failed to bear. Gen erally they attributed it to the sea eon. However, while this complaint was being made, one grower was picking from one or two bushels daily from a small garden patch. This man knew the secret. This is the time of year to provide for a crop of tomatoes. Upon heavy soils, and sometimes upon light ones, the Fusarium blight prevents the de velopment of the fruit, or the fruit is so small sire, poor In quality, and sometimes even shrivelled. What is the Fusarium blight? It is caused by a fungus, a mold some thing like that which comes upon bread, old cheese, etc. It is found In the soil and apparently acts a little like the smut-fungus of onions. It is known that If onions be planted in sol] known to be free from this fun gus. and are then transplanted to a •oil where the disease has - reviously ravaged the crop, the young plants do not take It; whereas seed planted there results in smutty onions. In vestigation has that the fun gus enters the tip of the seedling, as tt emerges from the seed; so If ths seed-bed has no smut in it. the onion escapes. How the Fusarium blight enters the tomato plant Is not known. But it Is known that it enters It during Its early stages. Then ibe fungus lives on for a long time. show, ■teg no evidences of Its existence in the tomato plant. However, during this time It ia tending a web of threads through the tissues of the plant, and by the time the fruit be gins to form, there Is such a mass of fungus threads in the vessels that “CLEAN-UP” DAY CHANGED; WED NESDAY, 21 ST At • meeting of tlx Canon City Civ ic Improvement League nt the reel' dence of Mr. nod Mrs. T M. Hardin*. Thursday night, u was unanimously voted to change the time of Clean-up Day" from Monday. April Ifth. as originally announced, to Wednesday, April 21st. After a general discussion of the matter It etas decided that Monday was an unfortunate day to carry out the ambitions of the league and that It was advisable to defer the clean-up campaign until a subsequent date. The majority of people find themselves more deeply engrossed with their affairs on Monday ihan at roost any other time. and. on that ac ocunt. the date was changed to Wed nesday. It Is understood that Warden Tynan of the penitentiary will pursue the same liberal policy towards the city, so far as theuse of the prisoners on the streets Is conoerned. that his pre decessor In office did; an enterprise that cannot fall to commend Itself to the people of the community, irre spective of their political affiliation. W. B. Rowland, who has been se lected as general superintendent of ths "Clean-UP Day” movement In forms the Dally Record that he will make public names of the vsrtous dis trict chairmen and committees to assist la the work some time within the next week or ten days. Mr. Row land states that there Is no Inter diction against people cleaning up their premises before April 21st, In deed. he says, whatever Is done be fore that time will help along the campaign Just to that extent. It Is hoped that It will be possible to ac complish greater things this year than ever before. SAYS THAN CANON CITY IS AS GOOD AS THE BEST OF THEM Mr. ud Mm. H. 8. Maddox and daughter, Mias Nettle, returned home this morning from the Pacific const after an absence of two months, the greater part of which was spent In southern California. On leaving Can on Clip they went to Ohio; visiting relatives and friends at Bellevue and other points In that state tor about three weeks. They found Ohio covered with a sheet of loe and the thermom eter registering n temperature of 8 or 18 degrees below sero. a tact that did not conduce In the least to the pleasure of their sojourn In that por tion of the country. They proceeded to Msgara Mis tor the purpose of see ing the famous cataract, which was froasa over for the flrst time la a geu esattoa oa the cscaslos of their vtsM the trait eu only form with diffl calty. it at all. No 4 mount of treatment at that time can do any good. Hie fungus is established within the plant. How ever, if the soil in which the seeds are planted Is sterilised, the disease doss not get a footing, and the plants will develop their fruit naturally and free ly. The beat method of set ri Using the soil for the seed bed is to fill a barrel with the prepared soil and take It to the exhaust pipe or some steam boiler. The pipe, or an attachment from it, should be passed to the very bottom of theb arrel, and the steam allowed to penetrate for two or more hours, gunny sacks being packed about the top to hold rln the Bteani. While it is believed that the disease is contracted at germination. It is desirable to take certain other pre cautions. No other soil should be allowed to get into the setrilized bed or boxes. If the seedlings are pricked off young, they should be placed again in sterilized soil. Water that has been boiled and cooled should be used for watering during these early stages No further precautions are necessary when It comes time to set these in the field. For the home garden the soil may be sterilized by being spread out In shallow pans and baked in the oven. This is not so desirable as steam, since it doeß not leave the soil insuch good condition. Kgg plants are also subject to Fus ariura blight, and possibly also pep per*. Cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, burssels sprouts, etc., which so easily 'damp off” In the seedling stage, suc ceed better by being planted in sterile soil. LESLIE F. PAULL. Colorado Agricultural College. Fort Collins. In view of their semi-Arctic exper iences In the east Mr. and Mrs. Mad dox and daughter shook the dust. or. rather, the snow and toe. from their feet and bled them away to Cali fornia; the land of warmth and of oranges. They visited Los Angeles. Pasadena. Riverside. San Diego. San Catalina and all of the more famed and attractive reaorta in that section of the country, but nowhere did they find a more delightful community than Canon City. Mr. Maddox said to the Dally Record reporter today: •'Everything considered Canon City Is hard to best and Is good enough for me. It Is the best all-around town we saw daring our trip of four thousand miles." Frightful Fate Averted "I would have been a cropple for life, from a terrible cut on my knee cap." write* Prank Deaberry Tel liber, Minn., "without Bucktlne’i Arnica Salve, which soon cured me." Infal lible for wounds, cuts and bra I see. It soon curdea burnse ' . fleaecmfwy *oon cures Burns, Scalds. Md Sores. Bo!lea. Skin Eruptions. World's best for piles. 25c at Hunter Palmer's. NATIONAL APPLE SHOW TO BE HELD IN SPOKANE Spokane «u awarded the national npple abow for 190$ by the board of trustees, headed by E. F. Cartier Van Disacll, of Spokane, at a joint meet Inc of that organisation with the Bpokane Chamber of Commerce and the local board of control of the Seventeenth National Irrigation congress. Prelim inary plans were announced for a larger and more complete exhibition of the king of fruit than the one In the same city last December, when cash prises and premiums aggregat ing $36,000 were awarded to growers in the United States and Canada. Or chardists In all parts of the world will be Invited to compete, and it Is ex pected the prise list will represent more than $60,000, In addition to tro phies, cups and special rewards. Weak Kidneys fMk rin—n nkr Mint to «Mk ktiw VC irtairia mKiSL mm! >Z Dr. Sboop’s Rastorative hamm a anaon THE CANON CITY RECORD. THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1909. The Man and His Job Sometimes it ■—mi tbit the pioplf who know the most are the ones who receive less sal air- It's a cue of learn more, earn leas. The profes sions which require from eight to ten years of higher education offer small pecuniary Inducement and every day we see lawyers, doctors, and more especially teachers, leaving the fields of their chosen endeavor and accept ing positions in business. The conditions surrounding the life of the professional man or woman, are usually pleasant enough but in the long run the average compensa tion is far too small to attract the best class of workers. The salaries of teachers are often rediculously low. There is a small town in Pennsylvania where the teacher receives a salary of S4OO per year, while in the same town the Jan itor of the court house is paid S6O per month. The one is Intrusted with the educational and moral training of the young, while the other is assigned the commonplace duty of sweeping out the courtroom. r ' F ot the Class 1909 This is the graduates store. And my «« ra why? You ask. Well we don’t r“* \\ make the claim because of the bigness 1 • of this concern but because of the ex tra preparation we make each season for this event. Just now there per- I haps is no store, even the greater cl stores throughout the country, that can better supply the graduates wants. Material for Graduation Gowns JAPANESE SILK is often used 35c to $l.OO r< \/\/ f“< PC I I WHITE CREPE os CHINE $l.OO A 1 T V 1— 4 I\«* WHITE TAFFETA mike* i showy gown 65c to $1.60 =======^== WHITE MESSALINE. sitin gleaming silk $l.OO WHITE r*ARIS MUSLIN is oftenest chosen. When you see our stock you’ll appreciate our at tempt to please you. 48 in. wide, prices are 50c to $1.25 Next in popularity ranks /r- Krir> tBH WHITE PERSIAN LAWN lOC IO Wl/t These can be literally showered with Valenciennes Lace. I / 1 I iff We hare a large, fresh supply ot new laces. g . y y I .A. > Jf •• • Imported Dotted Swiss 25c to 35c \\f U - TP|« . Plain Batiate 25c to 40c WC fiaVe I »em India Linen to 33c Stt SpHttg LUM! Jf Combination Suits SpCC i H1 0 Fine Cambric. Just W\\ the thing for Sale of Black Petticoats your while princess Feafherbloom, $1 25 jk 85c, $1.75 98C GLOVES for 1909 girt graduates mill be as usual. White, mostly, silk. Short.—soc to 75c. Loog—sl.oo to $1.50 Wnite Kid, also for the more elaborate gowns $1.25 to $3.25 Baker & Biggs Mer. Co. Furthermore It is observed that throughout the country the av erage age of teachers Is becoming lower. Every year younger teachers are employed and the time is past when men and women who, though not too old to learn, yet are exper ienced In child-nature, snd are deep ly reepeeted by both parents and teachers, are given responsible school positions. Tet never have the schools of this country had so Important a part to play In the civlllzaton as at the present time, and nothing else is so important about the schools as the character and qualification of their teachers. “BUFFALO BILL" RIDING ON THE WATER WAGON “Buffalo Bill" has taken to the wa ter wagon and eschewg all sorts of liquors. He has been accustomed to drink almost all of his life, but he surprised his native townsmen when he reappeared at Cody. Wyo., the other day and announced that he had sworn off drinking. He mide the customary rounds with his old time friends, bat drank buttermilk nt every stop. The buttermilk supply came near giving out, too. FAITHFUL DOG CARRIES DAILY RECORD REGULARLY There is one family on the Daily Record list that is never troubled by losing a copy of the Record by its being blown off of carried off. This is the family if M. B. Curren, in Booth Canon. Every night Trix, a line littel white dog. is at the gate to meet the Daily Record carrier. James Hepplewhite. and he takes the Record to the house. He never misses a night, rain or shine, and he knows what he is after and exectly what he is to do with the Record when he gets it. Read the pain formula on the box of Pink Pain Tablets. Then ask your doctor if there is a better one. Pain means congestion, blood pressure somewhere. Dr. Shoop’s Pink Pain Tablets check head pains, womanly pains, pain anywhere. Try one and see! 20 for 25c. Sold by Rambo A Simon. THREE Rheumatic poisons are quickly sad surely driven out of the blood with Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Remedy— liquid or tablet form. Dr. Bboop*s Booklet on Rheumatism plainly and interestingly tells how this is done. Tell some sufferer of this book, or better still, write Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis.. for the book and free test sam ples. Send no money. Just join with Dr. Shoop and give some sufferer a pleasant surprise. Ram bo ft Simon. At the municipal election in Spo kane. Washington, on the 6th Inst, to nominate a candidate for mayor, to be voted for on May 4th, J. T. Omo. brother of H. W. Omo. of this city, was made the nominee of the Repub lican party, and, in all probability, will be chosen to the chief magistry of the oath. Mr. Omo has resided in Spokane for twenty-two years and was for along time one of its prin cipal merchants. He has been inti mately identified with municipal po litics in Spokane for many years and is very popular with the masses of the people. Mr. Omo is a native of Pennsylvania and went to Spokane from Chicago in ISSS. The Weekly Record is $1.25 a year.