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Burgess. J. D. W. Reok. Justices of the Peace C. A. Randall, D. W. Clark. . Couneumen.3.VT, Landers, J. T. Dale, G. R. Robinson, Wm. Smearbaugh, R. J. Hopkins, W. O. Calhoun, A. 1). Kelly. Q)Mta6f Charlei Clark. Collector W. H. Hood. School Director! J. O. Soowden, R. M. Herman, Q. Jamieson, J. J. Landers, J. C. (Joint, Joseph Clark. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Member of Congress P. M. 8 peer. Member of NenateJ. K. P. Hall. Assembly W. J. Campbell. President Judge W. D. Hinckley. Associate Judges-Y. C. Hill, Samuel Aul. Prothonotary, Register A Recorder, ate. J. O. Heist. Sheriffs. R. Maxwell. Treasurer Geo. W. Holeman. Commissioners Wm. H. Harrison, J. M. Zuendel, H. U. McClellan. District Attorney M. A. Oarrlnger. Jury Commissioners Ernest Kibble, Lewis Wagner. Qmmer Dr. M. O Kerr. Oounlv Auditors George H. Warden, A. C. Gregg and J. P. Kelly. County HurveyorD. W. Clark. County Superintendent J.O. Carson. Itefular TeraM af Caart. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of September. Third Monday of November. Regular Meetings of County Commis sioners 1st and 8d Tuesdays of month. t'harrh Nabbath Mohaal. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 0:45 a. U). t M. K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m. Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab bath evening by Rev. W. H. Burton. Preaching in the F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev. O. A. Garrett, Pastor. Preaching in the Presbyterian church every Sabbath at 11:00 a. m. aud 7:30 p. in. Rev. U. A. Bailey, Pastor. The regular meetings of the W. C. T. D. are held at the headquarters on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each UK nth. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. TI' -JN ESTA LODG E, No. 869, t. O. O. F. Meets every Tuesday evening, in Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge building. CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274 U. A. K. Meets 1st Tuesday after noon of each mouth at 3 o'clock. CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No. 137, W. R. C, meets first and third Wednesday evening of eaoh month. TF. RITCHEY, . ATTORNEY-AT-TiAW, ' Tlonesta, Pa. MA. CARRINGER, . Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. Office over Forest County National Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA. CURTIS M. 8HAWKEY, ATTORN EY-AT- LA W, Warren, Pa. Practice in Forest Co. A. O BROWN, ATTORN EY-AT-LA W. Office In' Arner Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge SU, Tlonesta, Pa. FRANK 8. HUNTER, D. D. 8. Rooms over Citizens Nat. Bank, 4'IONESTA, PA. DR. F. J. BOVARD, Physician A Surgeon, TipNEdTA, PA. Eyes Tested and Glasses Kitted. D R. J. B. BIGGINS. Physician and Surgeon, OIL CITY, PA. HOTEL WEAVER, JOSEPH KKNSI, Proprietor. Modern and up to-date in alt its ap pointments. Every convenience and oomfort provided for the traveling public CENTRAL HOUSE, R. A. FULTON, Proprietor. Tionseta, Pa. This 1b the mostcentrally .located hotel in the place, and has all the modern improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place for the traveling public pHIL. EMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop over R. L. Haslet's grocery store on Elm street. Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work from the finest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. 1 .ompt atten tion giveu to mending, and prices rea sonable. Fred. Orottonborgor GENERAL BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST. All work pertaining to Machinery, En gines, Oil Well Tools, Gas or Water Fit tings and General Blacksmithing prompt ly done at Low Rates. Repairing Mill Machinery given special attention, and satisfaction guaranteed. Shop In rear of andjust west of the Shaw House, Tidioute, Pa. Your patronage solicited. FRED. GRETTENBERGER Go to the Tiooeata Eacket Store -FOR- Holiday Goods Hand Painted China. Japanese China. Decorated Glassware Christmas Decorations. Post Cards. Dolls, Toys, Games, &c. G. F: RODD A, Next Door to the Fruit Store, Elm Street, Tioneeta, Fa. BANK BURGLAR SHOT Gang of Yeggs Had Cracked the Julian Bank at Greene. One of the Two Wounded Bandlti Was Seriously Injured While th Third Escaped Binghamton Offi cers Intercepted the Men on the Railroad Tracks Using a Hand Car to Escape and a Fierce Fight Fol lowedOther Items. After blowing open the vault of the national bank at Greene, N. Y., three yesgmen, frightened away, escaped on a handcar. Police officers from Bing hamton, summoned by telephone, pur sued them. In a furious battle on the railroad trucks five miles north of Bingham ton, they shot two of the burglars, one giving the name of Charles Ad ams, being seriously wounded. Tho third escaped to the woods. The captured bandits were brought to the county Jail. They obtained no booty In their raid on the batik. BEATTIE ELECTROCUTED Pays penalty for Murdering His Wife Last July Confesses. After making a complete confession of the murder of his young wife, Henry Clay Beattle, Jr., was electro cuted shortly after dawn at Richmond penitentiary, Friday morning. He went calmly to his death show ing no trace of a break In the iron nerve which has marked his demeanor since ho was arrested for the crime Wearlnu the black cap that hid any expression of emotion that his face might show but otherwise revealing no trace of any break in the iron nerve that he has displayed ever since he was arrested for murder, Beattle was executed at 7.23 o'clock In the little death bouse of the penitentiary in which bad gathered only the necessary ofllclals and the twelve witnesses se lected hv lot. With his death, was rung down the curtain on the tragedy of Midlothian turnpike on which Louise Owen Beatie was shot to death on July 18 last. EX-SENATOR MYDEN DEAD Was Seized With pneumonia After an Operation for Gall Stones. John K. Dryrten, president of the Prudential Insurance company of America, died Friday night at his home in Newark, N. J. He had been unconscious since the early morning. Mr. Dry-len was operated on for gall stones. The operation was success ful and he was recovering when, on Tuesday, he was .neized with a. chill nnd pneumonia developed. After that his condition grew steadily worse. John Fairfield Pry den was United States senator from New Jersey from 1902 till 1907. He established the Prudential Insurance Company of America, and was Its pyresident from 18S1 until his death. He was bom on August 7, 1839, at Temple Mills, near Farmlngton. Me. Left Heel Shot Off. Lloyd Manvllle of Tlona near Clar endon, Pi , hud his left heel blown off. oung Manvllle was hunting near Clarendon. The shotgun he was car rying was discharged when the ham mer caught In the youth's clothing. The barrel was pointed groundward. the charge entering th left heel and tearing most of It from the foot. In an auto with Dr. Willard of Clarendon the young man was hurried to tho Fmergettcy. Hospital here, where sur gical attendance was secured. This is the first serious hunting accident in Warren county this season. Man Suicides at Olean. Charles Hancock, a driver for the Olean Transfer company, nhot him self in the head In his room at Olean. He lived but a few minutes. Hancock used a 38-55 Winchester rifle. Peoplo In the building who heard the shot found him. He was lying on the floor with the rifle under him. Desponden cy Is given as the cause for suicide. He was about 2S years old and a brother of Chloe Hancock, who waa shot and killed a few years ago by her cousin, Pney Hill, afterward elec trocuted for the crime. Big Family for Newlyweds. A wedding in which a widow with ten children became the bride of a widower with ten more, took place In the Church of the Assumption when Mrs. Margaret Webber was married to Joseph Reinnman, both of Syracuse. Many women in the neighborhood fchake their head ominously. Criticised, Then Kills Himself. A. E. Backer, cashier of the Troy National Hank and trustee of the Na tional Mutual Relief Association of Troy, Pa., was found dead In bed in the Rathhun Hotel In Elmira, with a bullet hole in his head. He left a note saying he could not stand criticism in connection with the Helief association, shich is now In bankruptcy. Made Keeper of County Home. George A. Fleming of Bethany, who retires as supervisor of Bethany on Dec. 31, was appointed keeper of the county home In Bethany by the su perintendent of the poor, to succeed T. A. Hurt, sheriff-elect of Genesee county. ADMIRAL SAH Who Takes Refuge In British Friend's Home From Assassins. CHANGED PLEA TO GUILTY Rather Than Have Grandson Testlf) Against HIti Ageti Farmer Ac knowledged He Killed Wife. Rather than have his 8-year-ok grandson go on the witness stand ant testify against him, Harry Ingham, 65 years old, a well-to-do farmer of Mill wood, who killed his wife on May 2S lust .during his trial for murder In th first degree at White Plains, suddenl) told his lawyer, George C. Andrews to change his plea of not guilty. Mr. Andrews said that Ingham de sired to enter a plea of guilty of mur der In the second degree, and Assist ant District Attorney Lee Persons Da vis accepted the plea. The grandsor, was the only eye witness to the crime Bowed down with grief and with hit hair turned white by the anguish hj has sufiered since he blew away pari of his wife's hfead with a shotgur while he was on a drunken debauch Ingham was a picture of misery. The sudden plea of Ingham causei surprise to the spectators and man) bowed their heads as the white-haire.i murderer faced Justice Tompkins whe sentenced him to Sing Sing prison fot the remainder of his natural life. POTATO PRICES RISING Buyers Predict $1.50 a Bushel by Spring, Due tt Snows and Frost. The price of potatoes, contrary tc expectations, took a rise last week oi about 30 cents a bushel. Buyers from New York and Chicago have been lr Westfleld the last week buying them in carload lots and paying from 70 tc 80 cents a bushel. They predict thai by spring they will be worth 41.50 pet bushel. The rise In, price In due, no doubt tr the fact that many farmers were tin able to get all of their potatoes out ol the ground befc-re heavy snows and frosts came. It is also claimed tha: potatoes tl at remain In the ground after a hpavy snow or frost will rol c.ulckly In storage. " In view of this fact potatoes may be scarce and hlg!: priced, Just the opposite of what waf predicted In the early fall. EDITOR VAN CAMP DEAD Owner of Wayne Democratic Presi Passes Away at Lyons. William Van Camp, owner and edl tor of the Wayne Democratic Press died at Lyons, N. Y, Sunday nlghi from paralysis, aged 56 years. Mr. Van Camp was known through out Western and Central New York his paper having wide influence. lie was a member of the Masonii and Elk fraternities. Surviving ar a widow, one daughter, a brother Harry T. Van Camp of New York, anr sister, Mrs. Edson W. Hamm. Found Body of His Son. When John Krell, the 16-ycar-oli son of Adolph Krell, a Van Buret farmer, did not come home from wori at the usual time, his father went tt the Bradley farm, where he was em ployed and learned that the boy ha left there for home when he finlshet lite day's labor. The father and Mr Bradley made a search and four.' the boy dead. with his skull crushed a the side of th.? Pennsylvania track He evidently was struck by n locomo tive while, walking the. track to hi, home. Occupied Coffin Burned. The' dropping of a mateii used ti light. the candles at tho bier o Charles T. Conners on South Cente street, PottsviUe, Pa., caused a fin which burned the coffin in which th. dead man was lying and Binged off hi: hair and mustache. For this reasoi the body was not viewed at the fu neral. Crushed Urdei Wheels. Arthur Bobeon of Aloscow, 21 year old, was fatally injured by the cars ii front of tho- Lackawanna station a Mt. Morris, N. Y. Both of his leg were cut off and he was frightful! brulRed abou( the body and head. H 3M with a short time. REVOLT iSSPREADING Dr.Gomez Will Head Impending Mexican Revolution. American Officers Have Information Which Leads Them to Believe That Reyes Has Been Used In Texas to Divert Attention From the Real Im pending Revolution United States Officers Seize Munitiors of War. El Paso, Tex., Nov. 28. Adjutant General Henry Hutchins of Texas has sent a report to Governor Colquitt that he believes there Is serious pos sibility for a revolution In Mexico. He believes tbat Emllio Vasquei Gomez Is working up the revolution In Texas and that his brother, Dr. Francisco Vasquez Gomez, is at work In Mexico and advices received from Dr. Gomez himself admits that he plans to carry nut what he says Madero failed to do. Information which he his causes Adjutant General Hutchins to believe that General Reyes hail been used In Texas to divert attention from the teal Impending modern revolution. Francisco Gomez Leader of Revolt. General Hutchins said In his mes sage to Governor Colquitt that he se cured this Information from Interior Mexico and that he believed it abowed the revolution is being planned In Mexico and that its leader Is Fran cisco Vasquez Comer., former vice presidential candidate and one-time closest adviser to Madero. Dr. Francisco Vasnuez Gomez has written to General Pascual Orozco, who Is In Cludad Juarez, giving his views In regard to tha trouble which now threatens the country. In !he letter which Orozco gave out, Vaa iiuez Gomez says that he Is not a Peylsta and not connect! with the Reyista revolution, but that the old revolution has not been completed und that he is still carrying out tho Pan Luis TotoBl plan for which the Maderlstfis fought r.ga'ns'. the Diaz government. Dr. Vascmez Gomez in his letter, says that this plan will bo carried out by him as the present government in Mexico is not doing it. Tht3 Is the Wrongest statement yet made by any of Madero'a opponents. One hundred additional ' rurales from Chihuahua were brought to Cin dad Juarez from the capital today and will be added to the permanent Clu dad garrison. This makes the garrison in the city number TOO men, as 100 were brought to the city a week ago and added to the garrison. Trouble Feared In Juarez. Trouble Is feared in Juarez over the municipal election held Sunday, the first ever held in the city, where a mayor was voted upon, the office hav ing In the past been a gubernatorial appointment. Juan . Medina, an ex army officer, Is elected, but the Ma deristas have protested his election and charge frauds. Medina is an nntl-Medero man and was relieved from the office of acting mayor last August when General Orozco raided the gambling dons In Juarez nnd found them all running wide open. If Medina is a Reyes man his elec tion by a majority, which It !s thought will amount to 200 will Indicate that the Reylsta sentiment In Juarez la strong. H is openly charged on both sides of the river, by the enemies of Medina that he Is a Reylsta. MUNITIONS OF WAR SEIZED Two Complete Field Wireless Sets In cluded In Material Conf'scated. Washington, Nov. 28. The seizure of a quantity of munitions of war, said to be the property of Mexican revolu tionists, by T'nited States authorities at 1 aredo, Tex., was reported to tho nr department yesterday Hfternoon. Two complete field wireless sets were included in tho material confiscated. According to information received lit the war department Laredo is the chief center of the activities of the revolutionists and their nnti-Madero sympathizers. Other places along tho Texas-Mexican border are reported (inlet. A s'iiad of cavalry has been sent to Brownsville, Tex., for the pur pose of patroling the border In that section. TAFT'S NEW NAVAL AIDE Lieut. J. W. Tlmmlr.s Will Succeed Lieut. L. C. Palmer at White House Washington, Nov. 28. President Taft has appointed Lieutenant John W. Timmins, IT. S. N-, to he naval aide at the White House, succeeding Lieu tenant Commander Lehigh C. Palmer, who has been chosen by Secretary of Mie Navy Meyer to be bis personal aide. Lieutenant Tlminir.s was chosen by the presidert upon recommendation of the navy department. He is now stationed In lhe bureau of ordnanco. I ietitenant Timmins Is a son-in-law of former Vice President Fairbanks. Soaln Makes Peace With the Riffs. Madrid, Nov 28. Peace was con cluded with the Riffs and the Kabyles on tile Kert river on Sunday. Tho ireaty was niude with 65 chieftains. Spain will release all prisoners and a part ef the army of occupation will retur home. AUTHOR DIES OF CANCER W. Max Reld, Wellknown Resident of Amsterdam, passes Away. Amsterdam, N. Y, Nov. 28 After au Illness of several weeks of cancer, W. Max Reid, an author and one cd the best-known residents of Amster dam, died last night. Mr. Reid was born In Amsterdam, June 8, 1839, and the son of William Reid and Chloe Smith. He was educated in the Amsterdam academy and early in life entered the mercantile business. On June 8, 1"60, he married Laura L. McDonald by whom he has three children living James MacDonald Held, deputy postmaster of Amster dam; Augustus C, Reid and Mrs. Fra zier C. Whjtcomb. For several years he devoted his leisure to historical research. COST OF STATE CAMPAIGN Republican Committee Expended $110,698, While the Democrats Paid Out $31,019. Albany, Nov. 28. William Barnes, Jr., during his first campaign as chair man of the Republican state commit tee, when there was only an assembly to elect spent $110,698. Mr. Barne was able to secure individual sub scriptions of $73,507 and he borrowed upon two notes of the Republican state committee $39,850. Tho balance In the Republican state committee treasury now is $5,382 and when Mr. Barnes took hold early in the year the state committee treasury balance was but. $208. . The receipt" of the Democratic state committee were $35,353 and the ex penditures $31,019, leaving a present balance of $4,338. MATTEAWAN PRISONER CAPTURED IN SHARON Woman's Brother Will Fight Against Extraditing Sister Sharon, Pa., Nov. 28. While sitting in a room and penning a letter to her brother, Rinhold Schneider of Sharon, to inform him that she had escaped from Matteawan insane asylum In New York, Ottillia Schneider was ar rested at tho home of James Kriser. She was taken into custody on a bench warrant Usued In New York. Miss Schneider was taken to the Mercer (Pa.), asylum, where she will be held awaiting extradition papers. Her brother has engaged attorneys end will fight against extradition. At police headquarters tha woman said: "Harry Thaw is not Insane. He has endeared himself to everv inmate of Matteawan asylum, and has eained himself Ms freedom. Rome of the f-.t-tetit'ants, yes,' many of them, he'ltve the young man to be in bis right senses, but they fear that should ht3 be able to get his freedom he might make some startling disclosures." Expressing her own opinien of the horrors of the New York asylum, the womas added that the hogs In the field have a cleaner place to eat than that accorded the Inmates of the de tention house for the weak-minded. WANTS $50,000 HEART BALM Young Woman Sues Wealthy Real Estate 'Operator For Breach of Promise. Pittsburg, Nov. 28. Helen Reeves, a striking brunette of New York city, filed suit for $50,000 heart balm against Thomas A. Coleman, aged C2, a retired real estate operator of Wilk Insburg, a wealthy suburb. Coleman is married and a grand father and Indignantly charges "that Miss Reeves Is a blackmailer." Miss Reeves charged that Coleman professed ardent love for her and that on Oct. 10, 1!U0, he promised to be come her husband. Five daya later, she said, she was ready for thn cere mony In New York city. Then, she said, Coleman -refused to fulfill his part of the contract. Later alio learn ed that Coleman could not legally mar ry her because he had a wife and family In Pittsburg. The woman charges that Coleman admitted being married, but that ho said he had divorce proceedings tin der way In this city and that he soon would be free. On Nov. 15, ltio, Coleman, sho said, renewed the marriage contract, say ing that he hid become sepurat.ed lrom his wife and that she had gone to California to live. INVITED WIFE TO WHIPPING Woman Beater Receives Six Lashes on Bare Back. Centrevllle, Md., Nov. 28. Lau rence Stinger, a middle-aged man, of this place, received six lashes on the bare back with a rawhide ox whip, in the hands of Sheriff Delahy, yester day for wife beating. The whipping was witnessed by a large crowd, but tho wife, who had been requested by the husband to be present, declined to attend. Sting er was convicted of the offense and sentenced by Judge Adkina in the Queen. Anne eouuty court. He w-as fastened to a post during the whip ping. He will now serve six months In prison. PARAGRAPHS Summary of the Week's News of lhe World. Happenings From All Parts of th Globe Put Into Shape For Easy Reading What All the World Is Talking About Cream of the News Culled From Long Dispatches. Wednesday. Akabah, a fortified village of Arabia, was again bombarded by tho Italians. Earthquake shocks were reported at Martinique and other West Indian islands. The painting Madonna Delia Stella, by Fra Angelico, was stolen from the monastery of Pan Marco, near Flor ence. It was announced at Detroit that the government's criminal case against firms imd Individuals in tlm bathtub trust will begin Jan. 30. The senate committee on inter state commerce received a suggestion from Bernard M. Baker of Rnltlmore that the government own a steamship line to use on the Panama canal. Thursday. A dispatch from Caracas said that General Castro had won in a battle in Venezuela and that he had thou- sapds of followers. An attack on Nanking by Chinese rebels was said to be imminent; tho French mission at Klen Chang wns assailed and one was killed. A mob of suffragettes attempted to gain entrance to the house of com mons, but were repulsed by the police ufter a fierce fight; 180 women were arreBted. Bertram G. Spencer, on trial In Springfield, Mass., charged with mur dering a woman gave the lie in court to an alienist v. ho testified as to his sanity. William Barnes, Jr., Republican state chairman, through counsel, of fered to rush his appeal from the court order obtained by tlvi Albany investigating committee. Friday. Fear of Intervention caused China to order all cus'onis dues deposited In foreign banks to pay the indemnities. The Persian government informed Great Britain that It would yield to Russia's ultimatum, apologize and withdraw Mr. Shuster's gendarmes. Counsel for the nine indicted pack ers left Chicago for Washington to submit au appeal to Chief Justice White of the supreme court, against the decision of Judge Kohlsaat. Superintendent F. N. Hamlin of the Bayless Pulp & Paper company and Michael C. Bailey, in chargn of the water supply, were held In $1,000 bail for the grand jury for manslaughter in connection with the dam disaster nt Austin, Pa. Saturday. The sentence of one month in Jail, imposed on Mrs. Pethick Lawrence, suffrasette leader, was hissed in Bow street police court, London. George Golden of Wickhoro, Pa., was acquitted of Hindering his wife; he claimed she was shot in mistake for a burglar. Chief Justice White refused to grant a stay of the trial of the Indicted meat packers, and their counsel will apply to the United States supreme court when it meets on December 4. A new trial of Samuel Gompers and other olllcials of the American Fed eration of Labor, on charges of con tempt, was ordeied by Justice Wright of the District of Columbia supreme court. Monday. Tho Chinese rebels begin their at tack on Nankin, says a cablo dispatch. Archbishop Farley, according to a ruble dispatch, has a long audience with the pope. Infernal niui'liine is sent through the inailrt to Governor Tener of I'enn sylvaniu l eaders in congress start for Wash ington, D. ('., as tile time of the new session grows near. A calde dispatch from Rome gives the names of Americans gaining dls ttinctlon in theological studies. Testimony will be taken in Germany for the sensational Uancroft-du Pont divorce case In Wilmington, Del. Bertram G. Spencer, accused of kill ing Miss Martha B. Blackslone, wai found guilty of murder In the flrsi degree at Snrlngfleld, Mass.; the pen alty is death in tho electric, chair. Tuesday. The regent of China took an oath to employ no nobles in the adminis tration. All the passengers of the Prinz Joachim were landed in Jamaica; a part of the crew landed in Cuba. Haunted by specters of his victims, Pasquale Marcbesl of Kenosha, Wis., confessed to a priest that he hud mur dered his wife and a cousin. The senate committee which in vestigated the Stephenson electiou will report in favor of his holding his seat, but will condemn the heavy ex penses of his campaign. An unoccupied automobile crashed through the gates of a West Shore ferryboat, In New York, hurling a man from tho deck to his death, and then Jumped Into the river. MODERN METHODS IN FARM WORK Valuable Service of Pennsylva nia's Agricultural Denjrtmenf. MODEL ORCHARD MOVEMENT Prosecution For Manufacturers ol Bogus Fertilizers Instruction al Movable School and Institute. Pennsylvania has taken the front rank of states which have adopted scientific methods for the advance ment of agriculture and horticulture. , The work of the Keystone State's De partment of Agriculture has been ol Incalculable value to the farming in terests. Since the creation of the de partment the legislature has appro priated more than $2,000,000 for thai branch of the state government. Each year its work has been extended and tho appropriation to maintain it In creased. Owing to its success ltt methods are being adopted by agricul tural and horticultural bodies through out the country. A phase of the department's work that has attracted widespread atten tion is presented by what Is known as the "Model Orchard Movement." The movement had Its origin thre years ago In the selection of thirty orchards which were taken under th department's charge. This numbei has grown to such an extent that now more than 1300 orchards are on th "model" list. The owners of these orchards depend upon the department for direction and assistance in theit efforts to grow fine fruit, under the terms of a Bigned contract, executed when application was made for the service. More than 1918-public orchard demonstrations, embracing work In spraying trees and other horticultural operations, have been conducted since Jan. 1 last, and about 1200 model orchard Inspections made. The attend ance at the demonstrations was man thousands of fruit growers. Ridding Orchards of Deadly Pests. In the inspection of orchards th Inspector determines the kinds of in sect Injuriously Infesting the trees on each of the premises inspected, as well as the degree of Infestation. A report Is made of conditions for the department and a duplicate left for the use of the owner and tenant. Of the orchard Inspections, 4584 have been made In thirty counties during this year. Inspections of nurseries to the number of 219 have also been made and 330 boxes of foreign Impor tations of nursery and greenhouse stock Inspected. Original investigations have been carried on in the effects of certain In secticides on oyster-shell scale, le canium scale and the grape-vine flea beetle, in which 300 trees and vines have been sprayed. Special Investiga tions have been conducted as to the distribution, habits and life history ot the Hessian fly and the appearance In Pennsylvania of the seventeen year Cicada. The Bureau of Farmers' Institutes may be regarded as the right arm ot the State Agricultural Department. Through this bureau the college la brought to the farmer and results ol experiments carried on in all the states for the advancement of agri culture are brought to his attention by scientific men, while Instruction In methods Is given by practical tillers of the soil who have proved their ability to Instruct by the success they have achieved In the employment ol the methods they advocate. Institute Work In Every County. Since tho beginning of the year 221 regular farmers' institutes have been held, all the counties of the state be ing included in this work. These Insti tutes were under the direction of local managers appointed by the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, who Is ex officio Director of Institutes and whu attended many of the meetings. In struction wns given by experts in the si lence of agriculture, as well as men known to be thoroughly practical far mers who are successful in the con duct of their affairs. In addition to the regular Institute work there were held since Jan. 1 fifteen movable schools of agriculture. These schools continue In sesslou about one week at a given point and then go to another point. Before a s( hool Is located at any point there miiKt be an enrollment of a sufflcieut number of persons who pledge them selves to attend regularly the sessions to insure such an attendance as will Justify locating tho school at that point. At these schools Instruction Is given in specific branches of agricul ture according to the selection madfl by the persons who enroll themselves as students. The attendance at the Institutes since Jan. 1 was 162,809, and at the movable schools 16,198 The Bureau of Farmers' Institutes also furnished speakers for thirty-two special summer meetings conducted In the Interest of agriculture, at which 32,376 persons were present, and speakers for many agricultural fairs and expert Judges of certain commodi ties when requests for such Judges were made. Regulating Manufacture of Fertilizers. The enforcement of the provisions of the law reguiutlng the manufacture and sale of commercial fertilizers has been of Inestimable value to the farm ers of Pennsylvania. The amount ex (Continued on fbnrlb psg.)
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