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Newspaper Page TextCROOKED LAW MAKERS SCORED Kooscvelt Goes After Lorimcr and Haskell. Declares Country It Ditgrsced By Such Man Sympathize With Naw Mexico. Albuquerque, N. M., March If!. Colonel Roosevelt aiit hia respect by name t" Senator l.oriiin-r, of Illinois, ami Governor Haskell, of Oklahoma, tonight. He denounced ImiIIi a "unlit to hold public ollice." Their election, hi' said, wan a disgrai-e ti tliu com munities which elected them. The denunciation waa made in the course of Colonel Roosevelt's address tii an audience which crowded the opera house and left hundreds stand ing outside. In pjiening his talk, the Colonel declared that in ita failure tu tyrant New Mexico statehood during the last regular aeaaion of congress, the national government had commit ted a hrearh ,of faith. Arizona, he said, might have offered ground for question, although he favored ita ad mission, hut with New Mexico there wm no question. Turning to the dutiea which the cit izen of New Mexico munt take up when the territory does liecomo a state. Colonel Roosevelt Warned hia hearers that, while good lawa are nec e unary, good citzcnahip muct back them up. He aaid that unlit men had hecn elected to ollice by popular and representative vote. Such a man re mained unlit for otllce. h aaid, "whether he la unfit, a Mr. I rimer is unlit, who waa elected tiy the legis luture of Illinoia, or aa Mr. Haskell la unlit, who waa elected hy popular Vote. " The Colonel recommended a druatic corrupt practices law for New Mexico w hen it heroine a state. He also de clared for direct election of United States senators. In this connection, he said, New York offered an object lesson. With direct primary election, "somebody" would have been electeil aenator from that state, he concluded. He a Inn declared that justice toward corporations muat characterize all dealing with combination of capital and after an explanation of his views on this subject, devoted the rest of a long address to a plea for giswl citizen ship. ZELAYA BITTER IN ATTACK. Nicaragoan Exile Says Unitsd States Plant to Seize All America. Paris Jose Santos Zelava. who was rnmelled to relinquish the presidency of Nicaragua during the recent revo lution, gave an interview to I.e Siecle, in which he violently attacked the at titude of the I'm ted Slates in the Mexican affair. Zelaya charges that the t'ruti-d States government, in spired by the proect of commercial and financial gain, is waging a merci less duel not only with Mexico, but w ith the whole of CcntraJ America, which it seeks to absorb so as to become absolute master of the Western hemis phere. He assert that the United States is deliberately inciting revolu tions in Latin America, that they may serve as excuses for intervention. CANADA HAS DIAMONDS. Gem Are Smalt, However, and Chiefly of Scientific Interest. Vancouver - The director of the geological survey announces that dia monds have been discovered by the survey in British Columbia, the first recorded discovery of the kind in Can ada. The rock is peridotite, of the variety known as danite, consisting of olivine and rhromite. The ajieclmena were obtained on Olivine mountain, near Tallaneen river, by Charles C'as sels, of the survey. llecause of the small size of the diamonds, none being much larger than a pinhead, the dis covery would seem to be of scientific rather than commercial importance. Ruin Crash on 30 Man. Nashville By the collapse of the walls of the buiding of the Kail Hard ware company, which burned about ten days ago, about 30 men were buried under tons of brick, mortar and lime. Twelve bodies have been re moved, but it ia believed at least one more is buried in the ruins. Seven teen orsons were more or less In jured. Ralph McCallum was the only white man known to have) been killed and Kdwin Hart the only white man Injured. The other victim were all Colored. Soldiers Offered Bonus. San Francisco Colonel J. P. Wia aer, commanding officer at the Pre sidio here, is investigating tonight a rumor that insurrecto agents have been endeavoring to persuade Presidio trtsips to desert and join the rebel forces In Mexico. According to the ru nior, soldiers are being ottered large Ismuses to ally themselves with the Insurrecto agents in their secret work. Colonel Wisser and other army officers attach no imortance to the rumor. 600 Deputies to Work. Somerset, Ky. Orders to swear In COO deputies to cope with lawlessness Rrowing out of tho white firemen's strike on the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific rail mad have been Is-su.-d to Sheriff Weddln, of this county. All locomotive cab windows on train running through Somerset have been quipped with steel plates. FIRST MOVsi FOR PEACE. Mexican Government and Insurgents Both Fear Intervention, New York, March 15.- Before 8e nor de la liarra departed for Washing ton today he gave out here the proofs of an article which will appear to morrow in the Independent, on "The Situation in Mexico," urging all hi countrymen, regardless of "all divis ion of party, all differences between men," to recall the "sacred lnteret of our country," and "to work to gether for the progress of true demo cracy and best development of the motherland." The ambassador penned this apieal only last night, after hia conference with Seimr Limantour, the Mexican minister of finance, and he considered it so very lniortant that at tho very last moment he had it crowded into the locked forma. Insurrecto leaders to whom the par agraph waa shown said they consid ered it an invitation to come into camp, and its Issuance makes more no table a trend of event that has been discoverable for the last three days. After the first shock of surprise in the United States, and of alarm and distrust in Mexico caused by the dis patch of 20,000 American troops to the frontier, there began a series of formal diplomatic exchanges between the two powers, and a series of care fully weighed interviews and author ized publicationa in the daily press. Underneath this current ran a deeper tide tide of sympathy between coun trymen who might be at odds, but were still countrymen. "Intervention means war," said Senor Limantour. in so many words. "Intervention?" answered Dr. F. V'asquex (iomez, the insurgent repre sentative at Washington, who has been here fur three days. "The mo ment there is intervention there will cease to be an insurrection. lioth side will make common cause against a common enemy." . Frederico Madero, a brother of Gus tavo, head of the jurta here, let fall today that his brother had recently made a call on Sennr Limantour. One of his friends said this afternoon that (ustavo had spent part of the morn ing with Secretary Dickinson, but the secretary himself dashed all intima tions with old water. "I have not been in communication with the Madero, either directly or indirectly," he said tonight. "I have never met any of them and I have had no word from any of them. I carry no messages from them to Senor Lim antour. My presence here has noth ing Ui do with the Mexican situation." The belief grows here, however, among those closely in touch with Isith camps, that some understanding will be reached. It was pointed out that if Francisco Madero, Sr., has al ready seen Setmr Limantour once, he is likely to find means of keeping in touch with him as the situation may demand. Tho Maderoa are considered the wealth and brains of the revolution. They are not in sympathy with the Socialist movement in Southern Cali fornia. "If those fellows win," said Gustavo Madero today, "we shall have to fight them." PLAGUE RAVAGES CONTINUE. Lives of 20,000 Lost In Harbin Dis trict Alone. Washington. - The plague is con tinuing its ravages in China, as shown by the mail advices reaching the State department from American consular officer. It is estimated that 20,000 people have succumbed in tho Harbin cons ulate district since the outbreak of the epidemic. In Harbin and its subuib, Furhiatin, 6,014, including f0 Kurop eans, died up to February 11. The disease is playing havoc with the Chinese troop at Chang Chun, according to Japanese statistics, 8.r0 death among them being reporti-d up to January 2H, the daily death rate of the town being abut CO. Leading Citizens Escape. Danville. III. After returning 37 indictments, but 14 of which were for political offenses, the grand jury was dismissed Wednesday afternoon by Judge Kimbmugh until April 17, the day preceding the city election. No politicians or leading citizens -were in dicted, the accuKed being precinct chairmen and worktrs almut the polls. William C. Urown, member of the city election commission, was indicted for receiving money from a candidate to influence his vote In the election last fall. Explosive Wrecked Times. Ixa Ajiigeles. The coroner's jury in the Time disaster of October 1, after an adjournment of several weeks, held its concluding session Wednesday and returned the following verdict: "The Times building was destroyed and a great number of the employes injured by an explosion, followed by fire, said explosion being caused by high explosives other than illuminating gas, placed there by a party or parties unknow to this jury." Robber Holds Up Hotel Clerk. Washington With tho White House .-.I n.li loiiArters each one block away and the United States treasury Just acros the street, a robber en tered the office of the Grand hotel on P.nnavlvania avenue and held up the clerk at the point of a pistol and es caped with i&o. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST AMERICAN PRISONERS SAFE. I TROOPS TO "STAY ON BORDER Mexican Officials Promiss Fair Trials to Captives. Kl Paso Tex., March IS. Assur ance of the safety of all Americans now confined in Mexican prisons i given in an official statement issued at Juarez tonight. Americans now in custody will be given fair trials ,but hereafter all in surrectos, whether citizens of the United States or not, may be subject to the death ena)ty under summary military procedure. The statement from the Mexican officials was issued relative to the 17 foreigners w ho are now imprisoned In the Federal jail at Casus (J ramies. Fifteen of them are Americans. Pending their trials, they will be given the consideration due prisoners of war. Colonel Cuellar, in command at Casas (jrandes, is suffering from wounds, and as soon as he is able to move, tin.' prisoner will be marched 170 mile to Chihuahua to face the civil court. The two other foreigner are F.uropean "soldiers of fortune," who have fought in Central American revolution. The men are confined in cell in the adobe prison and are under guard of Mexican soldiers. Their rations con sist of such as can be spared them from the military stores, for the town, alsiut 150 nuli s south of Kl Paso, has had no food supplies since March t, when the battle was fought in which the insurrectoa were defeated. Colonel Manuel Tamborcd, military commander at Juarez, said: "The Americans have not been shot, and will not be. Colonel Cuellar has so reported to us here, and to Mexico City. It is the intention to give the men a fair trial. This does not mean the same consideration will be given foreigners hereafter captured." Colonel Tambored at first said he was advised that 40 foreigners had been captured, but later said the re port waa incorrect. He said he had not received the names of the Amer icans. BONDS NOT NEEDED NOW. Corporation Tax Decision Puts Gov ernment in Funds. Boston Secretary of the Treasury MacVcagh says of finances of the government and the new Panama canal loan : "Although it has been the general impression that a block of new 3 per cent Panama bonds would be issued immediately after the adjustment of the corporation tax, we are in no im mediate need of funds. In fact, while I am having plates engraved for the bonds, neither the amount nor the time of issue has been decided. "The first issue, however, will probably be not more than $50,000, 000. The decision of the corporation tax litigation in favor of the govern ment has changed the complexion of the government finances for the mo ment. This decision involved a mat ter of $52,000,000 to the treasury im mediately. Of this amount, $27,000. 000 represents the amount collected last year. We estimate the income from the tax this year at $25,000,000, so that with $52,000,000, remaining in the treasury, the immediate neces sity of a bond issue is precluded. "The treasury will close the current fiscal year on June 30 with a total deficit of about $30,000,000. TRUST SUES STEEL TRUST. Allege It Controls the Cement Trust and Railways. Washington, March IS. Declaring that the United States Steel corpora tion uses its unlimited owcr to stille competition in direct defiance of law, the Alpha Portland Cement company of Faston, Pa., today filed charges with the interstate commerce com mission against the steel trust. In its complaint the Faston com pany charges that the steel corpora tion either owns, or controls through is directors, nearly all of the eastern railroads, including the Pennsylvania, the Baltimore & Ohio, the New York Central and the Union Pacific. It is also charges that the Universal Portland Cement company, of Pitts burg, which is controlled by the steel corporation, is given the preference by the above named railroads in all ce ment contratcs, regardless of price. Texas to Become Target. Norfolk, Va. -The battleship San Marcos, formerly the Texas, is to un dergo experimental explosive tests. Detailed plans for the tests are be ing guarded with cosiderable secrecy at the Navy yard. It is known, how ever, that it is intended to maintain service conditions on the vessel as far as iossible and her machinery and guns remain alioard. The crew, as she goes out, will con sist of enough men to man her boilers and pumps. The only living things to remain on hoard during the tiring tests will be a dozen cats and a lot of chick ens. Americans Remain In Jail, Washington, March 18. That Con verse and Blatt will remain in Juarez jail indefinitely is predicted here fol lowing the news that the young Amer icans were arrested on a strip of land the ownership of which is disputed by Mexico and the United States. At the present time the question is be fore the international boundary com mission and it ia possible that the Americana will stay in the Jusrez jail until the commission acts. But Taft May Abandon Joint Army and Navy Maneuvers. Washington-- Troops now concen trating in San Antonio, Tex., are to be kept in that vicinity. So are those centering at San Liego, Cal., and at Galveston, Tex. This statement is made on the highest War department authority, notwithstanding constant rumors to the contrary. So far as the navy is concerned, it is declared that the gunboat on the Fast and West coasts of Mexico and Central America are simply exchang ing places. The patrol work of the troops on the Mexican border is arduous and trying, and for this reason the War depart ment is making plans for relieving those now there after a short time. The men who are now doing the work are to be relieved at intervals, but there is no present intention on the part of the War department of in creasing the number of patrols. It is declared even to be possible that in the execution of the wish' of President Taft to divest of an inter national significance the movement of troops and naval vessels, the projected joint army and navy maneuvers may be abandoned. As a result, Admiral Staunton, who has arrived in Cuba with his armored cruiser, will begin a series of drills and evolutions in that vicinity. Whether Admiral Staunton's squadron will be sent to the Texas coast at all will depend on develop ments. SHIPS READY FOR ANY MOVE. Marines at San Diego Distributed JAviator Sent to Texas. San Diego, Cal. The ships here have been made ready for any eventu alities. Colliers are to arrive within the next few days with coal and sup plies. The marines sent here on the Buffalo have been distributed to the different cruisers of the fleet, of which there are five vessels now at anchor here. There has been no dim inution of preparedness in any section of the naval forces on this station. The force of General Bliss, in com mand of the provisional brigade here, as those of the navy, are prepared for immediate service. An indication of this was shown this evening when Company B. Thirteenth infantry, was detailed to reinforce Captain Evans on the main border and reported ready to leave in less than an hour. Signal corps and Lieutenant G. E. M. Kelley, Thirteent infantry, were detached from the aviation school at North Island tonight and ordered to report for duty on the signal corps at San Antonio. MUST FREE AMERICANS. Mexico Can't Hold Prisoners Captured on American Soil. Washington. An investigation hav ing convinced the American govern ment that Edwin Blatt, of Pittsburg, Pa., and Lawrence Converse, of Los Angeles, Cal., held prisoners at Juarez, Mex., had been captured on American soil, the State department asked the Mexican government to release them. The request was delivered to the Mex ican embassy at Washington. The case has been under investiga tion for several weeks by the depart ments of state and justice. The re sult has developed that the men were apprehended on this side of the bound ary not far frm the line. ' I''- It remains for the Mexican authori ties to prove that the scene of the ten tire procedure had been within the jurisdiction of Mexico, or else set the young men at liberty. TT" Blatt and Converse were arrested February 22 and were confined in the Federal prison at Juarez on charges in connection with the revolution against President Diaz. The State depart ment, shortly after the arrests, was assured the men .would receive fair trials. Rebel Agent Denies Strife. Washington That there is dissatis faction in the councils of the repre sentatives V)f the Mexican revolution in this country was denied emphatic ally in a telegram from Gustavo A. Madero, of New York, a brother of the leader of the uprising. The tele gram read as follows: "Kefering to telegrams published at Washington stating that Dr. Yasquez Gomez and myself are not in accord, I beg to say that our relations were never better, politically and other wise, and that my present sympathy for Mr. Limantour has not and will not change my political ideas, which are against the government of General Diaz and consequently against all members of said government." Men Not Shot is Belief. Mexico City, March 16. General Cozio, the minister of war, and other officials said today they had not been informed officially of the capture of 15 Americans supposed to have been made prisoners by the government forces after the defeat of the insur rcrtos at Casas Grandes. They, however, expressed the be lief that there was no foundation for the report that the men had been sum marily shot. Washington is Surprised. Washington Officials of the State department and the Chinese legation here are puzzled to find a reason for the sudden delivery of an ultimatum by the Russian government to China in connection with the negotiations regarding Russian trade relations in Hi provlonce. . EARLY SPRINO WORK. ., Prepare Now for Big Harvests-Don t Leave It all to Luck. The first steps In any undertaking are generally the most critical one as affecting later success. This Is especially true of farming operations bavins; to Uo with crop production To obtain maximum crops la Oregon It is extremely important that prepa ration begin at once. Ibis Is espe- daily true In Oregon, owing to the ! moisture and plant food that should scantiness of the rainfall during the be reserved for the main crop of the latter part of the growiug season. eason. This condition prevails In every sec The ff,n ,tp the early spring tlon of Oregon. While the annual ! mork is the seeding. The best stands rainfall in practically every part of; f , , Western Oregon are se Oregon is sufficient to produce ex-, d b broadcasting the seed on celient crops, yet. since most of nlfall gown wheat M early as It Is comes during the winter it Is ex-1 ,,,, to Ret on tne ground, ,ay remely Important that Jt be carefully , t , than Marcn 15 Xnlf! early husbanded In Lastern Oregon, of f the soli will permit, should course where the rainfall averages foltowMl by a light harrowing to from a x to twenty nches. the need h FieM of moisture conserving methods or h , Western and Eastern Oregon, tillage nd cropping hu long been d near altc(?ether for ,ucce. recognized aa vitally Important In-fu, eW thelr belng ,.n iVi '.- . i .tT . ranges from thirty to sixty inches or more annually, tbe value of moisture "in?An &Z DUtJ becoiM'u,l!!;WheB the land has been plowed the that the rainfall In Western Oregon de,)thf three , nches at the rate of during the month of July. August it bu8helg acre If b , and beptember seldom exceeds twoideM,red u should be ded about Inches, less, In fact, than falls In many semi-arid countries at this: time, it Is not difficult to understand that .maximum crops can be produced. only where sptclal methods of mols ture conservation are followed. . , as plant foo content is concerned Th... 1. I i . I n I . I. - . . no more rich or productive soils ex Is than are found throughout Oregon . ."m V, .v, n' m1 ",f,1m0 ture which is the limiting factor in crop Production Good rofation meth - oda will maintain and increase plant iixju nupiuy. i uuruuKQ image meiu ods 'to conserve moisture will un questionably make ample crops pos sible. The attention of the Oregon farmer should be called particular to the effect of early spring tillage upon molsture conservation. When the soil ''" s"1" Is filled with moisture from the sur i!8 hsolutely essential. This is done (ace down, following the winter pre-;1" limln the alfalfa ground the lat dpItaUon, the first warm, sunshiny ljfr Part f March. Water slaked days of spring will cause a hlgherl llme- at J 15(' loss of moisture throuKh evaporation P?und8 er ,acre- Bh,ou,d, ,.be uU8ed: than Is likely to occur even ln the ! The , tch clover and alfalfa should hottest, windiest days of midsummer. I recf iTe a ilght dre8Bln ,0' fpo1m .4 While moisture is most readily lostlU 604 Pou?1d? P ",cre1 of land, Pla8ter during the month of April, It may be bout AP.ril d P1" er- ofKcfur!e more largely conserved at this time.!doe8 not . rr!t ; dit J" , b The winter precipitation has run the!makln8 P,a.sn V8"86'6; Intimately surface soil together, forming a com-; '""eases the yields of leguminous pact crust on top of the ground. from!crP8- L" plaster can be broad which the moisture Is very rapidly ! ca8'e,d el,ther tore or after seeding lost. By breaking up this crust as 0? d ctly on he growing crop but early as possible In the spring, trans-1 should preferably not be applied later forming It into a soil mulch three or han .APril , " 11 ,m"8t wa8hed four inches in depth, moisture losses lnto tha 8" b7 the last 8Prin" rain" can be stopiied. In Eastern Oregon! Finally, none of these early spring It has proved a most profitable prac ('operations may be successful unless tlce to harrow the fall sown ground eood seed Is used. The enormous two and even three times ln order to losses suffered by the farmers of break this surface crust. Wbere the I Oregon each year from the use of ground Is In stubble, both in Eastern ! inferior seed is not realized. Seed and Western Oregon, It Is of thew In vitality or containing large greatest Importance to get on the amounts of noxious weeds are all too land as early as possible with the mmonly sown, but seldom does the disc harrow; this early discing caa : farmer stop to think how easily this be done long before spring plowing continued and costly waste may be can be started. This early cultiva ! prevented. A representative sample tlon before plowing has the advantage of the seed to be purchased or used of changing the boII crust to a mols jcan be secured from the seedsman, ture conserving mulch and, ln addl-.and this sample placed In an en tlon. will make the spring plowing velope and mailed to the Seed Test much easier and more effective. Tha in Laboratory at the Oregon Agrtcul stubble and other trash on the sur- tural College, where It will be imme face of the ground Is cut up and diately examined as to purity and ger worked Into the soil and the clod minatlon and reported upon free .of making crust is broken, so that when charge. If the seed Is inferior it plowing is done both clods and stub need not then be purchased or sown, ble will no longer be in the way lu 18 especially vital that all the When the furrow slice Is turned a grasses,, clover and alfalfa should be perfect union between the seed bed examined before purchasing and sow and the ground underneath. wherelln- A tablesnoonful sample is suffl the winter moisture is stored. Is clenL The month of March is the made, so that this tored moisture may ideal time for the farmer to maKe ascend into the seed bed during fh arrangements for purchasing seed for growing season. The earlv spring the year. All the foregoing costly discing before plowing also" has the . operations and labor on the farm may advantage of germinating the weed he thrown away if this step is seed, so the young weeds may later: neglected. be turned under by the plow. We should have some reeord- The next step In the spring work, breaking yields this year. Seasonal especially in Western Oregon, is ma -I conditions have never been better. If miring the land in preparation for: h Q f , to t maxl. such crops as corn, kale and mangels. The farmer should not forget that;mum croP8- however, he most re every ton of manure applied to these member that It will depend very crops will give a return of five or lx i dollars at harvest time The third step is the spring plow ing Itself. This should be done, of course, when the ground is mellow and not so wet as to smear. The spring plowing should not be as deep as the fall plowing, but ln Ore gon should not be less than five or six Inches. In Eastern Oregon, of course. In the dry farming wheat belt It Is Important to follew the spring plowing with the sub-surface packer In order to make a more perfect con nectlon between the plowed ground and the ground underneath it. Thelh)g farm at Planel the other day. Plow of course should be flowed, , fle,d and w reproach. by the harrow In order to prevent " . moisture loss, which Is rapid from newly plowed land until the harrow mulches and protects it. The fourth step, especially where late-sown crops are to he grown. Is the frequent harrowing of the plowed land, especially after a spring rain has formed a surface crust. This harrowing, of course, will conserve moisture, thoroughly pulverize the soil, and get rid of weeds. The most effective time for weed-killing Is dur ing this period. This frequent har rowing, following the spring plowing, will have a marked effect ia prepar ing the land for alfalfa, corn and field beans. These crops, of course, are not seeded until about May 1, since they require warmer weather and can not endure late frosts. By the time they are seeded, however, the spring rains are practically over, so these latev seeded crops must be carried through the dry season on the mols ture already conserved. There Is no more common cause of failure or low yields from these crops than lack of early spring tillage. Where cover crops, such as rye or rye and vetch, have been grown on the land to protect the soil from leaching or washing through the win ter, the early spring Is the proper time to plow this covr crop under aa a green manure. To be of tho greatest benefit as a green manure It Is vital that the cover crop should be plowed under early In the spring. L,y about April 1 to 15. when It Is from 12 to 1 Inches high. At this Jt , ,u()h and geea io when It Is flowed under It will de- Cay rapidly. After green manure has been plowed under the land should be thoroughly disced to compact the ' ol I of the ground layer and to cause its rapid decay. Where a cover crop Is allowed to grow late In the spring It beeomes too mature to decay rap idly and In addition saps the soil of at the earliest possible date tha weather will permit, say the latter part of February or early March. two weeks after the peas have been 1 u s ur r It svaaai a i-a ast nrn lot as March ,5 thelr le,j u t, reduced. Mangels and other root crops should also be seeded during I March, as should the thousand-beaded kaIe Ka, wbere geeded early , , March , ten to twelve ,nche, w and ready for transplanting by the fl f j g , f 8-!Kive tbe highest yields when seeded H u,o .oii-, ve th t w be, , a A ri, 15 gnd March CorDi alfalfa and field beans find the best seeding time from May 1 to 10. The sixth step in the spring work refers especially fe the growing of leKumes. such as vetch, alfalfa and clover, in Western Oregon. The cor- largely upon the careful observance of these first important steps in the early spring that will bring results. The Crop That Failed. James A. Patten, on his arrival tu New York last month, predicted short harvests all over the world. "And If we don't prepare for these short har vests," he said to a reporter, "we'll all be as disappointed as the Evanston capitalist was. in Svanton canltallst. going over fully to his foreman: " 'You ought to have been more careful, Harris, In raking up your hay. Don't you see you've left Uttle wisps lying sll about V "Little wlspsT the foreman stam mered. 'Why, boss, that's the cropl'" Whlskbroom for Corn. The shopper who knows Just what she wants and Insists upon havlrg ft unearths many a department store se cret. A search for a whlskbroom of unusually fine straw took one persist ent buyer Into the kitchen department of a Mg store, where she saw a coun ter full of brooms labeled, "whlsk broom for silking corn." Inquiry brought out the Information that many housekeepers whose families are fond of corn on the cob have dis covered that a fine whlskbroom Is the best thing known for brushing silk from the ears and that It pays to keep a supply of extra fine brooms In the regular kitchen department The Funny Way of Girls. Young Woman "Did you see th way that man looked at me? It was positively lnsultingr Big Brother "Did he stare at youf' Young Woman "Stare! Why, no; he ran his eye over me and then glanced oft at some one else. Just aa If 1 wasn't worth a second thought."