Government Encouraging Willow
Culture—Distributes 100,000
Cuttings from Washington.
Washington, March 31 —The govern-
ment is right in the midst of the har-
vest of a most unique crop at its ex-
perimental farm near Arlington, just
across the Potomae from this city,
where a corps of laborers in charge of
trained foresters are preparing for the
annual free distribution of 100,000
basket willow cuttings.
“Uncle Sam” is encouraging the
growing of high grade willow rods in
this country, and in the five years
since the establishment of the holts at
Arlington, approximately a half mil-
lion select cuttings have been distrib-
ated among farmers, with directions
for planting and preparing for market.
Particular attention is given to setect-
ing the varieties and strains best suit-
ed to the soil where the plantings will
be made.
Willoweraft is an industry which is
constantly growing in importance in
this country, yet the culture of basket
willow in the United States made very
little progress until five or six years
ago. Even now, practically all of the
best grades of basket willow are im-
ported from Europe, chiefly from
France. European manufacturers com-
pete keenly for the best products in
their countries, and until recently only
the inferior rods were sent to America,
where they have been bought at three
times the prices quoted. for similar
stock a few years ago. Experiments
have shown that the best grades of
willow can be grown in this country at
a good profit, and farmers are turning
their attention to its culture, more and
more each year.
This year’s harvest began early in
March. Four approved varieties are
being sent out, and only the best and
most thrifty rods are selected for dis-
tribution. The management of the
holte and work of free distribution
of cuttings is charged to the United
States ForestService. Cuttings for ex-
perimental planting and information on
managemem® of the willow holts are
furnished those who make the request
of the Forester at Washington.
The government recognizes the im-
portance of good cuttings, a point more
commonly overlooked than the matter
of ‘cultivation. Only the best and
most thrifty rods are selected for each
season’s distribution. To produce a
desirable grade of rods it is very im-
portant to select planting stock not
only from thoroughly tested varieties,
but the cuttings shouid be taken from
the tallest, perfectly straight, eylindri
cal branchless, and fully mature rods
High grade bakket willows can be
raised only by being sure that the cu:
tings planted are from parent stock
above the average.
" The policy of the Forest Service is to
increase the number of important bas-
ket willows and determine their valu.
under different soil and climatic con
ditions, and as ‘the final tests of new
varieties are completcd, those proved
10 be valuable will be added 10 the dis
tribution hist.
Cutting~ of new an
willows were ubrained from
untried basket
Europe
year ago, and planted in the Service's
Experimeniai ground. Close observa-
tions will be made upon the growth ot
these, and if the results are favorable
during the first 3 years, cuttings from
these varieties will be distribuied in
the United States In case of some
varieties a much longer time may
elupse betore their value ean be estab-
lished.
The Forest Service is receiving a
constantly increasing number of re-
quests basket willow cutt.ngs
These requests come trom farmers all
over the country, many of them com-
ing Congress
The Service is endeavoring to stimu-
ate the basket willow industry in this
country by distributing cuttings of the
most approved varieties of willows, and
the four varieties tested for the last 5
years in the experimental holt at
Arlington Va, can now be confidently
distributed. The behavior of the plants
has been carefully observed as to the
quantity and quality of the crop, to
their resistance and lack of resistance
to dizeases, as well as other points that
would effect the profitableness of each
variety. The observations made dur-
ing the first 2 years were published in
Circular 148, by the Forest! Service.
At the close of this spring’s harvesting,
now going on, the results of the past
three years’ tests will be published.
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through members of
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INDIGESTION ENDS.
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without the use of laxatives or any
other assistance.
eres edly ech ee
Troubles in The Church.
Bishop T. B. Neely is having a good
deal of trouble with the Methodist
churches in Chicago. Rev. Perly W.
Powers has been granted a vacation to
visit his wife, who is now in Arizona.
Brother Powers has been breaking the
bread ot life to the Adams street com-
municants of the Methodist church.
He first emerged from obscurity about
two weeks ago, when he caused the ar-
rest of a Mrs. Fenner, charging that she
had tried to extort $15 from him. She
showed that the $15 was to pay for a
present which Powers wished the
church to make.
The arrest so wrought upon
lady’s mind, h>wever,that she took her
own life. While the body lay in a
morgue, Mr. Powers was notified of the
occurence in Arizona, and thereupon
gave expression to his conviction that
Mrs. Kenner’s death had been provi-
dentially brought about, so as to halt
ner upon her career of evil. tle added
that he would spend the night in com-
munication with the Supreme Power,
to the end he might “understand the
mystery better.” His church, however,
failed to take this view of it. It
seemed to the outside public that Mr
Powers, in spite of his sacred char-
wcter, was acting the part of a sneak,
and so they have intimated that he
nelter stay with his consumpti-e wife
in Arizona, and that the bishop get
someone else to fill his pulpit.
lu ithe meantime, the trouble with
Rev. K. B. Crawford Mrs. Mary
Lavender, of the Woodlawn Methodist
church, continues, und the poor bishop
i~ nearly borne down by the weight ot
woe. 11 would appear.that the Metho-
dists in Chicago are getting unusually
frisky, and what they really need is a
new dispensation of the spirit to bring
them into line. To add to the trouble,
Rev. Ferdinand 8S. Rockwell has re-
tired from the Sheridan Park Metho-
dist church. In a written communi-
cation, he says: “Preaching the gos-
pel does not pay. 1 am given $2,500 a
year by the ehurch. 1 cannot support
my family in the siyle it deserves to
live, that To give my
children the education I think they
should have, and my wife the oppor
tunity she desires in her line of work.
I n-ed $10,000 a year. I cannot get it
in the church.”
and
on amount,
At first-sight, the unbeliever might
co clude that Rev. Rockwell was
about to turn evangelist and woop’er
up in the fashion of Billy Sunday, but
not so. He is only going to hire out to
an automobile firm and sell buzz
wagons, feeling that in this way’ he
can minister to suffering humanity
more effectually than he can by
preaching the gospel. The times in
Chicago among the brethren seem to
be sadly out of joint.—Peoria Star.
Lost Eye by Accident.
While at work last week in the mines
of the Somerset Coal Company, at
Listie, Norman Sayler, eldest son of
Franklin P. Saylor, had the misfortune
to loose an eye on the sharp point of a
mine pick. He left the pick lying on a
bench of coal which he was working,
with the sharp point protruding, and
while in the act of stooping over, it ran
into his eye, penetrating the eyeball
and forcing the contents of the eye out
upon his cheek. Not knowing how
badly he was injured, he went into
another room where some men were
working, to find out how badly he was
hurt, and when the men gazed at him
they were horrified at the sight he pre-
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kis home, and a physician summoned,
| who alleviated his suffering as much as |
possible under the circumstances.
Later advices received from the patient
are that he is resting easier, but will |
sight of his eye. =Siomerset
| lose the
a
ard.
the
sented. ; He was immediately taken to |
New Rules Governing Appointn pent
of Fourth Class Postmaste
Congressman A. F. Cooper has sent
to some of his constituents copies of
new rules ard regulations governing
the appointment of Forth Class posi-
masters, :
Applicants must pass a Civil Service
examination ; must be 2] years of age
to be eligible, if males, and 18 years if
females, and citizens of the United
States ; applicants must be vouched for
by three citizens who are of age, own-
ers of real estate and patrons of the
office named in the application ; politic-
al or religious affiliations of appli-
cants will not be given any consider-
ation wkatever, nor shall political en-
dorsements be received or entertaiped ; :
the merit and qualifications of the ap-
plicant and the good of the service
shall alone be considered ; the applica-
tion of any person who attempts to ex-
ercise political influence may be can-
celled.
All communications relative to
Fourth Class postmaster applications
and examinations should be addressed
to the United States Civil Service
Commission, Washington, D. C.
W. C. T. U. Meeting.
The W. C. T. U. will meet at their
rooms in the McKinley building, Tues-
day evening, April 13th, 1909. Follow-
ing is the program:
Singing.
Scripture reading.
Prayer.
Singing.
Rol! call.
Reading of minutes.
Business.
Reading—Mrs. Cochrane.
Recitation—Florence Rayman.
leading—Lulu Baumgartner.
Paper—Mrs. Haselbarth.
Reading—Mrs. Wahl.
Collection.
Repeating Crusade Psalm.
COMMITTEE.
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Three Terms of Court in May.
Judge Kooser has called two special
terms of court for the trial of civil
cases for next month, each of which
will continue one week. The first will
convene on May 10 and the second on
May 31. The regular May term of
criminal court will convene on May 17.
The following cases are set for trial for
the week commencing May 10.
G. A. Dentzel vs. Island Park Asso-
ciation, replevin.
Monumental Automobile Co vs. T.
W. Gurley, assumpsit.
Wm. B. Kennell ve. Andrew Kennell,
ejectment.
Adaline Guptill ve. P. W. & 8. R. R.
Co., trespass.
Stanislaid Koroczok vs.
Coal Co., trespass.
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. vs.
& Glessner, assumpsit.
Andy Boksha vs. B. & e R..R. Gn.
trespass.
Crabbe & Hawke vs. Thus. Flanagan.
appeal.
Samuel Clark vs. Wm. Bowman. ap-
peal.
Daniel Wagner vs,
mer et al | trespass,
Amanda E Goller ve. B. & O. R. R.
J0., trespass,
Wagner Manufacturing Co. vs. Mer-
chants Coal Co., assuapsit,
Olaf Hanson’s use vs. D. B. Zimmer-
man, assumpsit.
S. D Livengood vs, John T.
craft, to open judgment.
Bolinger Bros, vs. Quemahoning Con!
Jo, asrumpsit,
Meloehill Bros, vs,
appeal.
Merchants
Appel
James F. Ham-
Ravens-
John TI. Baush
Tre following cases are on the ex
andar for the second specinl tern
which will convene on May 31:
Samuel Krider ve. Windber Bor
' FespAss, .
Michigan Buggy Co. vs.
man & Son, appeal.
Barbara Pifer vs.
feigned issue.
Isainh Good vs. J. M.
sumpsit.
Robert Me Condish’s
Coughenour, appeal.
Johnstown Vehicle Co. vs.
Wagner, appeal.
Leopold Albright vs.
Co, appeal.
Price Hardwood Co. vs.
Lumber Co., assumpsit.
H. W. Walker vs. Somerset Lumber
Co., assumpsit.
T. B. Dean vs.
ejectment.
A. J. Saylor vs. Emil D. Daub, appeal.
McAllister-Coman Co. vs. R. E. Hef-
fley, assumsit.
Wm. Custer vs. Geo.
sumpsit.
Jos. G. Miller & Co. vs.
Drake, assumpsit.
W. 8S. Kimmel vs.
appeal.
Midland Mining Co. vs.
Coal Co.
N. Klingn-
Josiah L.
Shober, as-
use vs. Andrew
Frank
Coronet Coal
Duncan
B. & O0.R.R..Co.,
Stutt et al., as-
Caldwell &
David Weigle,
Penwood
Berkey,
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