n | W. PARK KOOSER. |
FARM! RS i As noted in our last issue, Ww. |
aid ;
Park Kooser, a well known mem- |
(CLUMN ber of one of the oldest families in |
- A By ] 3 Somerset County, died May 15 at “his
heme in Somerset following two ma-
Some Practical Suggestions Well jor operations with the past -several
Worth Knowing From the De- weeks. Mr. Kooser would have deen
partment of Agriculture. 68 years old had he lived until the
| 24th of the present month. He was a
FACTS FOR DAILY USE | son of Curtis and Emeline Kiernan
TREATMENT OF TREES GIRDLED Kooser who lived in Somerset in the
BY MICE AND RABBITS. | 18th century, before Somerset was in-
Many reporis of iield mice doing corporated. Mr. Kooser was for a
damage in orchards throughout the number of years the manager of the
State have been received by Zoolo- Jenner stores. And for quite a period
gist H. A. Surface. In numerous let- of years, he was manager of the
ters written on the subject Prof. Mineral Point Railroad. Mineral
Surface makes a plea for the saving Point has since been given the name
of the enemfes of the mice, such as ~f Rockwood. He managed a store in
hawks, Owls, skunks and foxes. He Pittsburg and for a time was a part
says in reply to ome communication: , ner in the store of W. B. Frease, of
“We must expect this sort of Somerset. Two years ago, Mr. Kooser
thing to eontinue as long. as the ' retired, retaining his office of Treas-
State authorizes, and even requires urer of the Quemahoning Coal Co.
the killing of the enemies of the mice. Mr. Kooser was never married. He
These carnivorous creatures are of was a brother of the following: —ExX-
great value in the destruction of ro- judge F. J. Kooser Herman B., Gen-
dents, and I feel it is very wrong to eral manager of the American Re-
pay a bounty for their destruction. frigerator Company of St. Louis;
We shall continue to have such loss- Curtis O. Sec. of the County Trust
es ag this until the rodents decrease Co. Somerset; E. K., of the Hahn
or are held in check.I have scores of Meat Company of Johnstown, and
letters reporting tens of thousands of jthe following sisters: Mrs. John W.
dollars of property destroyed in this | Wolfe of Somerset; Mrs. A. E, wife
State during the past winter by mice, 'of Rev. Dr. Truxal, Meyersdale and
moles and rabbits. Many of the tree Misses Re®ecca and Jessie at home.
owners are claiming that as these
creatures are protected by law it is C. W. KUTZ.
only proper for the State to compen- Hon. Cyrenius W. Kutz, the well
sate them for the loss they have sus- known and popular. lumberman-coal
tained. The interests of the orchard- operator of Lower Turkeyfoot town
ists and farmers are verygreat, and it ship, died May 15 at his home in
would not be unreasonable to give Ursina, aged about 60 years. He
them better protection than they had been sick for only a day or two
have at the present time. and at no time was his condition re-
“Your treatment of the trees in the garded as alarming.
fall by removing the mulch from the Mr. Kutz was a native of Berks
trunks and putting clay around was County, having been born at Kutz
all right, but there was one thing town, the seat of cne of the State
you did that was wrong, and that was Normal schoosl. He was elected to
removing the snow from the ground. the Legislature by the Democrats
You should let it lie and instead of his native county, serving two
of removing it you should put more or three terms. About 20 years ago
on. If you made a mound of snow and he came to this region and ever
packed it around each tree, the mice since was prominently identified
would not have burrowed through it, with the lumber and coal interests.
and the trees would not have been He has a wide circle, of friends
girdled. Also, if you had pruned off throughout the state. His wife and
some of the branches and thrown several children survive him.
them on the ground so that the mice
and rabbits would have eaten them. '
they would have. been. kept. from
starving to, death and from being for- §jeq at his home on May 8th of heart
ced to eat the trunks of the trees. failure. He was born in Fayette
“It is scarcely advisiable to bridge county, Dec. 25, 1863, a son of Ab-
graft trees that have been girdled or ga1om Steyer. In 1858 he married
openly exposed ten inches wide. I Migs Phoebe Imel,” daughter of Hen-
would prefer to cut them off at the
GEORGE STEYER.
A resident of Lower Turkeyfoot
; ry Imel, after which they lived
Lower part of the girdle area and let ¢,; several years in Springfield
them throw up a strong shoot. When township. Some years later they
this gets to be about three feet high
: moved to the state of Illinois where
top it, and make it branch and form i
< \ they resided a short time. The bal-
a new head. Drive a stake in the ance of their lives was spent at the
ground and tie it with the stake with ome near the Harbaugh school-
a band of soft cloth, as ti is very like- house
ly to be broken by the wind or culti- | . . 2
vitor during the first season” A widow and the following child-
{ren survive: Levi, Stephen, Hen-
LIME AND ITS USES ee ink bikin
FOR THE SOIL.’ : ? :
i ~ Dainton of McPaul Towa; Luther
In Northwestern Pennsylvania - !
: : of Raymond, S. D.; George and
many farmers are using lime on the
, Truman at home, Mrs. Clarence
goil, some of them paying high pric-
eg for the lime,” says J. T. Campbell
soil and farm crop expert of the Pa.
Dept. of Agriculture, Fayette county also survive.
“Q-casion2lly 1 meet 2 man who!
says lime has made no improvement |
on his crops. I have several times ob-'
Niehols of Scullton and Mrs. Rob-
ert Hostetler of Connellsville. Two
j brothers, Daniel and Elijah, of
MRS. MARY ATCHESON,
_ The widow of Emanuel Atcheson.
served the same condition on farms. i,q on Monday evening of last week
that I am well acquainted with, and ,¢ her home in Berlin aged 68 years.
there is a reason for this and one p,rajysis and other ailments caused
reason is that lime will not drain jp... geath. She was born in Somerset
land. Lime applied to soil that is ,54 was a sister of Mrs. Austin Keel
primarily in need of drainage and Mrs. Ross F. Davis and Annie Pile of
which cannot be profitably farmed Somerset; Mrs. Lillian Roberts of
till drained is largely a waste of Pittsburg, John C. Pile of Somerset;
money and effort. If this kind of 1and j,.,1 Piel of Jefferson and of Hamp-
were thoroughly tile drained, and ton Pile, residence unknown.
then the lime applied, the returns
for the lime would be the very best.
“Again I meet farmers who are |
MRS. ELIZABETH CUPP,
$ A respected resident of Somerset
using lime in an effort to overcome m,wnship, died on May 2nd. at the
the effets of poor farming and of de- home of her son, Theodore aged 87
structive methods of handling *he (...c 9 months, and 4 days. In addi-
soil. My experience is that the use of tion t6 one son she is hires by 12
lime musk be accompanied by better grandchildren 19 great grandchildren
methods in order to be profitably us- 4 great-great-grandchild. The funeral
ed.” service was conducted by the Rev.
McCarney.
STATE AGRICULTURAL NOTES.
Reports from all sections of the |
State show a decided gain in the pro-
svete of a normal peach crop over
the indications of a month ago. In
Adams county, the centre of the
peach belt the indications at the be-
inning of the present month wer=>
for 76 per cent of a normal crop a-
gainst 52 per cent on April 1. |
# MRS. MARY SMITH,
Wife of Michael Smith, died a few
days ago in the Johnstown City hos-
pital, her home being at Acosta. She
was aged 29 years and was the moth-
er of 8 children, who besides her
husband survive her.
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i ' Reports from the crop correspond-
Acording to reports from all sec- ontg state that the clover meadows,
tions of the state the livestock is in' heat and rye have been very little
splendid ccndition. Tn 21 counties the Gamaged this spring by heaving and
condition is reported above the av- splendid crops are expected.
erage while in 26 counties the condi- | Farm labor is reported very scarce
tion is normal. Little disease is Te- 554 in many sections the farmers are
ported and the livestock has spent from two to four weeks behind time
a splendid winter. | with their spring work.
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The Dz2iry and Food Bureau of the
Department of Agriculture has start-, Reports from various sections of
ed crusade against maraschino cher- | the State indicate that the Elberta
roies used in cocktails and as trim- | peaches have been greatly affected
mings for ice cream sundaes. It has by the changing weather conditions
been found upon analysis that many in January and February.
¢f the cherries contain sulphur diox-
ide which is nrohihited by the pure 3 CANS LOMBARD PLUMS for 252
BITTNER’S GROCERY.
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food law. ; at
IS NEW HEAD OF WEST
POINT MILITARY ACADEMY
COLONEL JOHN BIDDLE.
Colonel Biddle of the engineering
corps of the United States army has
been named by Secretary of War
Baker to succeed Colonel Townsley as
superintendent of the West Point Mili-
tary academy.
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
THE WAR
The capture of several lines of Brit-
ish pasitions over a front of two kilo-
meters (114 miles) near Givenchy-en-
Gohelle was announced by the Ger-
man war office.
German troops stormed French
positions on the eastern spurs of Hill
304 on the Verdun front and main-
tained them against repeated counter
attacks, which are said to have cost
the French great losses.
Reports from Kalmar, in Sweden, on
the Baltic, state that a violent can-
nonade was heard. It is believed a
sea battle is in progress between Ger-
man and Russian warships.
A dispatch from Hull to Lloyds says
the motor fishing boat Osprey has
been sunk by the gunfire of a German
submarine. The crew was picked up.
The new submarine campaign
against German shipping in the Baltic
is reported to have resulted in the de-
struction of four German merchant
men. -
None of the passengers or crew Of
the French coasting steamer Mi
were saved when she sunk as a result
of a torpedo attack in the Mediter-
ranean on May 16.
The sinking of the Mira was an-
nounced by Lloyds in London. \
FOUR KILLED, ONE INJUREE,
WHEN TRAIN STRIKES AUTO
New Comerstown (O.) Party Out fier
Aftarneen SFive,
Four persons were killed ang &3
other Sirsculsmale sessed E340
when & Sz TosiEmst Be=ameei
railroad passenger tr2in stragh =
automekils en £ Brivate reed creswies
twe mils w= of T= TERE
town, 2.
Tas 55s &55 ==vs. Frank Wilse=
aged thirtymine; Pauline Wilson, =%
daughter of Mrs. Wilson; Mrs. G. EB.
Purdy, thirty-five, and Laurine Purdy.
seven, daughter of Mrs. Purdy, §
G. BE. Pupdy, aged forty, was bruise&
and probably internally injured, He
is expected to recover. .
The two families, both of New Com-
erstown, had intended to spend the
afternoon in the country and were en
route to the Tuscarawas river, Mr.
Wilson is superintendent of the Rex
File and Saw company in New Com-
erstown, ad Mr. Purdy is assistant
superintendent, ;
BABY KILLED, MOTHER IS
HURT FATALLY IN RUNAWAY
Becomes
Horse Frigntencd and
Crashes Into Iron Fence.
A runaway horse, taking fright when
a bolt in the shaft of the buggy
loosened and struck it, crashed into
an iron [ence*surroundi z the Smock
cemetery, hear Uniontown, throwing
the four occupants out of the buggy
and causing the death of one, the seri-
ous injury of another and lesser In:
juries to the other two. :
The horse was being driven by Mrs.
Catherine Barrack, aged thirty, of
Smock. With her were her three
children, aged seven, five snd two, re-
spectively. Mrs. Barrack was fatally
injured and is dying in the Uniontown
hospital. Jos>ph, her two-year-old scn,
was killed, his neck being broken.
The other caildren sustained serious
cuts and bruises.
FOR STRONG NAVY
Battle Cruisers Displace Dread-
noughts In Report
—
10 BUILD FIVE NEXT YEAR
Five-Year Program Discarded In:
Favor of Faster Building—Battle
Cruisers to Carry Ten 14-Inch Guns.
The house naval committee disre-
garded the five-year building program
of Secretary Daniels, recommending
the construction of battle cruisers in
lieu of dreadnoughts, and adopted a
naval increase program to cost approxi
mately $160,000,000, and calling for
the following new vessels. Five bat-
tle cruisers, each with a speed of
thirty-five knots; twenty submarines,
of which three will be of the fleet type
and seventeen for coast defense; ten
torpedo boat destroyers, one hospital
ship and one ammunition ship.
When it is reported to the house the
naval appropriation bill will carry: ap-
proximately $240,000,000. This * is
more than $90,000,000 more than _the
total of last year’s bill. The abandon-
ment of the dreadnought as the vessel
of the first line of the defense was
the surprise of the committee's ses:
sion.
A minority report, which will ar
raign the majority for failing to pro
vide a sufficient number of battleships,
is expected to be submitted shortly
and on this the Repyblicans will wage
their fight when the bill comes up for
discussion on the floor. Republican
leaders expressed the view that the
minority of the naval committee
would find strong support on the ma
jority side of the chamber for their
“bigger navy’ contention.
The building program as autherized
was that of Chairman Padgett of the
naval committee and had the support
of all Democrats. on the committee.
Republican members of the commit:
tee made no attempt to get a larger
number of each class of Vessels au-
thorized. When the balloting in com:
mittee reached a point where the
Democrats were willing to authorize
a specified number of vessels the Re
publicans voted against all Demo-
cratic motions and the bill as agreed
to will be reported by party vote.
There was a conference of Demo:
cratic members prior to the ‘commit
tee meeting. A working agreement
was reached among the “small navy”
and “big navy’ Democrats and this
agreement called for the defeat of all
motions made for the building of bat:
tleships. Such “small navy” members
of the committee as Representatives
Calloway and Hensley, who have de
‘rided the battleship type of naval ves
sels, are understood finally to have
agreed to vote for five battle cruisers
and a limited number of submarines
and auxiliary vessels.
The five battle cruisers authorized
by the house committee are to cost
$20,433,681 eagh. Each vessel will
carry ten 14-inch guns. Seventeen
coast defense submarines will cost
$12,325,000 and three fleet submarines
$3,600,000 in addition. It is estimated
that the four sceut cruisers provided
will cost $5,672,000 each in round
figures. The ten destroyers will cost
$1,325,000 each, the hospital ship
$2,500,000, the fuel ship, $1,364,000 and
the ammunition ship $2,715,000.
WANTS VON IGLE TRIED
BY GERMAN AUTHORITIES
Photo by Ameriean Press Association.
COUNT VON BERNSTORFF,
German Ambassador In Washington.
GERiiaN SYMPATHIZERS
TOLD TO OBEY U. S. LAWS
Count Eernstorff Warns Teutons In
America Againct Plots.
Germany, through Couat Bernstorff,
bas instructed German consuls in the
United States to admonish German
citizens in their districts scrupulously
to observe Americanglaws. This was
done in an effort to end various al
leged violations of American neu
trality.
It was said at the German embassy
in Wakhington that the instructions
were designed to prevent plots or law-
lessness on the part of German citi
zens who might be disposed to en
gage in such.
The German government, it is said,
looks with great disfavor upon any
such conduct and desires that they
shall not engage in any undertaking
in any way outside the law.
It was not disclosed whether spe
cific cases have been brought to the
attention of the German government,
but it was made clear that Berlin of-
ficiale want the United States and its
people to understand that they have |’
not copntenanced any illegal affairs
with which German citizens or sym-
pathizers in this country have been
connected. ¢
SOUR MASH CONFISCATED
Revenue Officers Fail to Locate Moon:
shine Still In Mountain Rald,
More than 600 gallons of ma#h ysed
in making whisky was confiscated by
federal officers near Mullins, Wyoming
county, W. Va.
The raiders failed to find the still
which had been used by moonshiners
and to make any arrests. The ap-
proach of the officers had been made
known to the moonshiners the night
before the raid was made and they
took advantage of the knowledge and
hid the still, which is said to be one
of the best equipped of any in the
mountain regions of southern West
Virginia in the illicit distilling of
whisky. .
THOMPSON'S ASSETS HIGH
Chairman Padgett said the construc-
tion would amount to about $160,000,
000 with an additional $16,000,000 for
ammunition for the ships authorized.
The figures given above are inclusive
of armor and armament. The con
struction authorized in the naval ap-
propriation of last year amounted to
only $60,000,000.
OKLAHOMA TOWN WIPED
OFF MAP BY TORNADO
Nine Dead, Thirty-eight Injured In
Kemp City, Okla.
Nine persons were killed and thirty-
eight injured and Kemp City, Okla.
was wiped off the map by a tornado
which swept a path three-quarters of
a mile wide and five miles long in
the Kemp City section.
Only three small dwellings remain
standing at Kemp City.
Twelve business houses, a two-story
hotel and sixty residences were demol
ished in. K-mp City. This is the sec
ond time ix recent years that the little
town of 300 inhabitants has been vis
ited by a tornado. Merchants said
that the town probably would not be
rebuilt.
mAYTo 10 HEAD FLEET
Admiral Fletcher Will Be Assigned
to Shore Duty.
Plans for reorganization of the At
1antic fleet, which will be announced
POLLY SAVES HOME
Parrot Suffccated In Cage After Arous-
ing Family In House Afire.
Crying cut “Goodbye, goodbye,” a
to save their property from a fire
which had gained much headway.
After the excitement was over the
parrot was found dead of suffocation
| in its cage.
| the retirement of Admiral Fletcher as
! commander-ia-chief.
pet parrot in the house of Mrs. Jennie |
Lindley in Unien City, Ind, awsk-|
ened members of the family in time |
| automatically returns to his line rack
shortly by Secretary Daniels, include
Vice Aduiiral Henry T. Mayo, now
commander of the first divicion of the
fleet, with his flag on the Arkan..s,
will succeed Admiral Fletcher as co™-
mander-in-chief. Admiral Fletcher
Uniontown Banker's Properties Val
ued at $32,535,443 Over Liabilities.
Equities in the properties of J, V.
Thompson, former Uniontown (Pa.)
coal operator and president of the
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The new patterns are distinctly “different” —
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See the samples soon. Lighten the labor
of housework.
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Afterwards, when I went to the village
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days. Now the most modern Una-
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First National bank of Uniontown, are
placed at $32,535,443.57 in a report
prepared by W. G. Laidley, John P.
Brennen and A. A. Thompson, receiv
ers appointed Jan. 19, 1915, when the
doors of the First National bank were
closed. The report dates to Jan. 19
1916, and covers seventy typewritten
pages. Thompson's estate is valued
at $65,714,305.99.
WHAT THE EDITORS SAY |
There is something in the sunlight
itself that science cannot cory. It is
{he life, a principle that is a part of
ihe divine. * * * Take the. apple
—it is.a_ concretien of sunlight, but all
the elements® of sunlight within. the
reach of chemistry couldn't make even
a Ben Davis or a bitter crab. There
-—Qhio State Journal.
Conscientious
conflicting war reports from southern
Europe compels the conclusion thr
across the Alps both Italy and Austr
lie to some extent.—Pittsburgh Gazetie
Times.
1t would be worth going miles to see
the look on the faces of Penfose and
some of, the other stalwart leaders if
the G. O. P. convention should b:
stampeded for Ford.—Pittsburgh Post
The Repuulican national committee
has named chaplains for the conven:
tion. But the presidential candidates
of rear adiciral and probably will be
assigned to important strategie Work.
Admiral I stcher | completed nis
term as commander-in-ciief.
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will do most of the praying.—Wall
Street Journal.
It scems that mines don’t give
warnings to peaceful ships or practice
aA sergrch.—Pittsburgh Chroni
rle Telegrapn.
“
is a vitality in the real apple that}
comes from the source of all blessings
comparison of the]
desired.” — Albert S. Cook, Ph.D.,LL.D,,
Professcr of thie English Language and
Literature, Yale Univ. April 28, 1911.
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JAMES KANE
James Patrick Kane of Somerset,
| County woodsman, died of pneumonia
on Tuesday evening at the Mt. Pleas-
Jang Hospital, where he had been ' a
i patient for a fortnight or so. The de-
| ceased took sick from pneumonia in
(the woods in the vicinity of Bakers:
ville and was conveyed by automob-
ile from that place to the Mt. Pleas-
ant Hospital, The body was taken
to Johnstown for burial.
Some 20 years ago James P. Kan®
and Miss Amanda Hiteshew, were
married in Somerset by the Rev. Mr.
| Schrock. Mrs. Kane's death occurred
'11 years ago at Reitz, Somerset
|/County. Right children. survive:
isn't expensive—it lasts longer—and always
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