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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1912)
MAY ABIDE BY CANAL RULINGS Britain Expected to Abandon Arbitration Demand. English Study Question Washington Ballava* Objections Will Stop When Fully Understood. Washington, D. C. In diplomatic circles hero It is believed that the de lay by Groat Britain in asking for ar bitration of the free tolls section of the Panama Canal act la an Indication that the Ixindon foreign office event ually will abandon that plan. It has been said that the foreign office was withholding formal action (lending a careful study of the act. It is believed that when the British gov ernment comes to understand that the free toll provision of the act applies only to American coastwise trade, in which British shipping cannot partici pate in any event, the reason for an appeal for arbitration will diaappear. "Diplomacy Likely to Fad. Ixindon — Regret at the spirit in which the Panama queation is being discussed on this side of the Atlantic is expressed by the Westminster Ga zette. the government organ, whose editor, J. Alfred Spencer, Is consider ed as possibly the next British ambas sador at Washington. The charges of ” Yankee perfidy,” it says in an editorial, have had the effect that might have been expected in the American retort that Eurojte is strewn with example* of this perfidy. Thi* only serve* to "generate heat where light is wanted." It is likely, continues the Gazette, that diplomacy will fail to arrive at a settlement, in which case the govern ment’s course clearly I* to ask for ar bitration. In conclusion, it says, President Taft is so deeply committed to the principle of arbitration that hi* refusal to submit the question cannot be conceived. ARMY POLICE FOR ALASKA. System Like That of Cañad* Being Considered by War Department. San Francisco The problem of giv ing Alaska a thorough military police system may bo solved in the near fu ture, not by the stationing of a regi ment or more of soldier* there, scat tering the troops through the territor ies by companies, but by establishing a constabulary system modeled some what along the lines of the Northwest mounted police, which has accom plished wonderful results lw Canada. Officer* at the Presidio say that such a system of mounted police is being considered and may go through. If so, it would lie under the jurisdic tion of the War department, the mounted officers being recruited from the rank* of the army. Major George H. McManus, of the inspector general’s department, who has just returned from an inspection tour of Alaska army posts, acknowl edged that such a constabulary was being contemplated. "Personally," he said, "I believe that a system of this kind would work out well. Cer tainly if a corps a* efficient as that of the Northwest mounted police could I be developed, it would do much to pre serve law and order in Alaska, pos»I bly far more than a large number of soldiers.” "AMERICAN" CANAL LOOMS Spokane Chamber of Commerce Would Drop Panama Appellation. OHIO REFUSES SUFFRAGE. Initiative and Referendum and Liquor Amendments Are Carried. Columbus, Ohio — The women of Ohio failed in their effort to gain the ballot, according to <1 early returns. While the earliest figure* on which this result is bnsed come almost from Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, To ledo and Dayton, it was In those places where the suffragists waged their most determined fights and poli ticians said the result would not be changed by the final return*. The women, it ia said, will not give up their fight for the ballot, but plan to use the initiative and referendum to gain another vote. The cities of the state uniformly voted in favor of all amendments but suffrage. The farming communities voted against the amendment* a* a whole, but there was little likolih'xxi that they could offset the big urban majorities. About half the state vote was cast. The initiative and referendum has been ailopted, according to the first 950 precincts out of 6197 in the state. It received 63,093 votes fur atxl 33,085 against. The liquor license had car ried by 56,341 to 20,942. The suffrage vote from 950 pre cincts showed 36,063 for to 56,139 against. The country districts were expected to change this result, how ever. The liquor license propoaal provides that licenses to traffic in liquor shall be granted, subject to laws that may be enacted by the legislature. It does not affect the present liquor laws. ROOSEVELT THIRD. Regular Republican* Maintain Lead In Vermont Election. Montpelier, Vt.—The Roosevelt Pro gressive ticket ran a poor third in the state elections in Vermont, with the Taft Republicans winning by a vote of almost double that of the Progressive candidate and the Democrats far out numbering the Bull Moose party’s vote. In fact the Roosevelt ticket obtained less than one quarter of the total vote of the state, according to almost complete returns. while The Republican plurality, large, will lack some votes of being h majority, and as a result the election for governor ia certain to be thrown into the legislature. Returns for governor from 217 out of 246 cities and towns gave: Fictch- er. Republican, '25,602; Howe, Demo crat, 18,250; Metzger, Progressive, 11.220; Smith, Prohibition, 1425; Suiter, Socialist. 1006. The same places in 1910 gave: Mead, Republican, 31,816; Watson, Democrat, 15,803; Towle, Prohibi tionist, 1052; Ordway, Socialist, 890. Indications from these figures at midnight are roughly that the present vote will total: Republicans, 26,236; I»■ !! .>crats, 19,838; Roosevi It Pro gressives, 16,429. EMPLOYES GET BONUSES. Aggregate of $70.000 Distributed by Carpet Mill* Company. Yonkers, N. Y. — Bonuses aggrega ting $70,000 wore distributed to 3100 employes in the mills of the Alexan der Smith A Sons Carpet company Wednesday. Men and women who have been in the employ of the oom- pany 10 years or more received checks for amounts equal to 10 per cent of their wages for the six months ending June 30. Those of between five and ten years’ standing received 5 per cent bonuses. This was the fourth time within a few years that the firm ha* thus re membered its older employes. Last March $55,000 was paid to 500 five and ten-year employes and in August, 1911, $40,000 was distributed among the 10-year employe*. A few years ago Mrs. Eva Smith Cochran, mother of Alexander Smith Cochran and Gifford A. Cochran, the heaviest stockholder, distributed $100,000 to the 20-year men and women. The Smith plant is the largest carpet manufactory in the world. Spokane--Instead of the Panama canal, why not the American canal? Make Uncle Sam’s big ditch joining the Atlantic and the Pacific distinctly American. Thia is a suggestion which the chamber of commerce will make to the members of the American Geo graphical society, who will be in Spo kane on a special train early in Sep Vancouver Has Tong War. tember. This action was decided up Vancouver, B. C. — Following re on at an executive meeting of the trustees of the chamber of commerce. ports of a battle in China, representa The Geographical society party will tives of the two factions in Vancouver be the guests of the chamber. began a riot in Market Lane. All day the Orientals hovered about the bulle Wheat Movement Heavy. tin boards, growing more excited to Spokane—The Spokane & Inland is ward evening and finally some 300 moving 100 carloads of wheat a day Chinamen mingled in battle, using clubs and atones with disastrous effect. from the Palouse to Seattle, Tacoma Heads were broken right and left, and Portland, according to a state and the windows of Chinatown were ment made by E. R. Lillie, superinten smashed indiscriminately. Although dent for the Hill electric interurban many were struck unconscious, they system. The Palouse wheat handled were spirited away by friends. bv the Spokane A Inland I* distribut ed among the three Hill steam roads Battle Won by Chinese. between Spokane and the Goast cities, Chicago — "Governor Chao Erh the Northern Pacific and Grent North ern getting the haul to Seattle, and Hsun, of Manchuria, has telegraphed the Spokane. Portland & Seattle the to the government," says a dispatch from Pekin, China, to the Chicago Portland freight. Daily News, "that General Chang Cho Lin attacked a large force of Forty Coal Miner* Dead. Mongolians near Tonanfu, defeating Lena, France — At leaat 40 coal them after a 12-hour engagement. miners are dead as the result of the The Mongolians lost 1000 killed and explosion of firedamp in the Clarence 700 taken prisoners. The Chinese pit, near Bruay. Three of the rescu captured five guns and much ammuni ing party were among the killed and tion. others were injured trying to aid their entombed comrades. Further explo Storm Dead Number 40. sions occurred and the entire pit is on Pittsburg — The task of clearing fire. Mining engineers have decided away wreckage caused hy the storm that it must be sealed. Twenty-one of Sunday night and Monday pro bodies had been brought to the sur- gresses well at hundreds of points face at last accounts. throughout Western and Northern Pennsylvania, West Virginia and a Trainmen Urg* Muzzle*. portion of Ohio. The list of fatalities Salt Lake City—Muzzles for dogs I* now reaches 40. The loss ia placed at The principal sufferers one of the demands of the Western $2,000,000. Association of Baggage Agents, are farmers and railroads. Saline which concluded its semi-annual con villa, O., was almost wiped out by the flood. vention here Thurdsay. 7AFT LEADS IN CALIFORNIA. FARM ORCHARD San Francisco—Roosevelt Progress ive* suffered unexpected reverse* in many instance* in the California pri maries, and in some congressional dis tricts where the Bull Moose forces It is not immediately available, and were absolutey .confident of victory, the beneficial effect* of one applica especially so through the redistricting tion will extend over a period of *ev- of the state, they have found them In districts where earl year*. It is sometimes applied selves defeated. in amount* a* high as 600 or 800 easy victory for the Roosevelt candi pounds to the acre. Acid phosphate dates had been predicted, notably in or super phosphate, containing about the third, the Taft vote ia running far 16 per cent phosphoric acid, is also ahead of the Roosevelt Progressive good for onions. It is made by treat count The Roosevelt forces, however, ing finely ground phosphate rock with sulfuric acid, and is available for im claim that the election has given them mediate use. It is usually applied at control of the state machinery, and if the rate of about 400 pound* to the this claim is borne out, as incomplete returns indicate, it assures tbe selec acre. "Muriate of potash is the chief tion of Roosevelt-Johnson elector* st source of potash. It contains about the state convention at Sacramento, 50 per cent of actual potash and is September 24. This result ha* been, available for the use of the plant It ; however, more or less counted upon by usually comes directly from its source the Taft leaders on account of the in Stassfurt, Germany, in 224-pound large personal popularity of Governor • acks. It can be applied profitably at . Johnson, the vice presidential candi the rate of 1 sack to the acre. In date on the Rooaevelt Progressive some cases frertillzers are applied to ticket Secondary in interest only to the beaverdam soil* containing no nitro gen, but usually much better results shsrply-drawn contest between the are obtainable when aome nitrogen is Taft and Roosevelt faction of tbe Re- pubican party was the nomination of applied. "Voorhees, in hi* ‘Fertilizer*,’ rec 11 representatives, the primary being ommends an application of a thousand the first congressional contest since pound* of fertilizer containing 5 per the addition of three new congression cent nitrogen, 6 per cent phosphoric al districts by the reapportionn.cnt at acd ‘and 10 per cent potash for onions. the last special session of tbe state The Indiana experiment station states legislature, based upon the 1910 cen that, for muck lands in Indiana, 800 sus. Scant returns in several districts in to 1000 pounds of fertilizer containing 1 to 1J per cent nitrogen, 6 to 8 per which the Progressives had predicted cent phosphoric acid and about 10 per easy victory for their candidate* indi cent potash gave satisfactory results. cate unexpected reverses for the Both phosphoric acid and potash fer Roosevelt men, notably in the third, tilizers are readily fixed in the soil which Taft leaders declared was until the plant is ready to use them, “carved out” by the legislature ex and there is scarcely any loss by pressly to insure the certainty of the leaching. Hence they may be applied election of Frank R. Devlin, a Koise- to the soil some time before planting. velt stalwart. With sodium nitrate there is danger of loss from leaching, so it is not sown MILWAUKIE FIRE $50,000. until the crop is ready for its imme diate use." Portland Suburb Hard Hit—Califor- nia Resort Also Burna. FERTILITY IN PRODUCE. Portland — Fire believed to have started in the rear of the Milwaukie Demand* of Different Crop* on Soil Appeal print shop at 1 o’clock Wed Explained. nesday morning swept one entire Corvallis, Or.—"It is a matter of block on Main street between Wash ington and Jefferson streets at Mil considerable interest and importance waukee, Or., a suburb of Portland, to know the demands which particular doing damage estimated at $50,000. crops are making upon the soil, espe The fire razed the entire block, in cially when plans are being made as cluding the postoffice. Only the Sell they are in modern method of farm wood fire appartatus from Portland was able to reach the scene. Water ing, to meet the demand by appropri was pumped from the river to quench ate fertilization,” says Prof. C. E. the flames. Bradley, of the Oregon Agricultural Wires from all parts of the town college chemistry department, in a except a tavern and the O. W. P. re new bulletin on “The Soil of Oregon’’ pair shops were down, and aid was (No. 112.) summoned with difficulty. "The loss of mineral food and nitro gen by leaching and the loss of nitro I^os Angeles—Fire originating from gen by direct oxidation are, of course, a defective flue at the Casino Cafe on additional demands which come to the the pleasure pier at Ocean Park cultivated soil,” he contiues. He caused a loss of at least one life and a then gives a.table of fertility of property damage estimated at $2.250,- wheat, vetch hay, alfalfa hay, timo thy. potatoes, apples, fat cattle, milk, 000. For a time it threatened to dev astate the twin beach resorts of Ocean butter, and fresh kale, showing the Park and Venice, 18 miles from Los composition and market value. "The value of the plant food in one Angeles. A high wind caused the flames to acre of wheat equals $11.40.” says spread so rapidly that seven men were Prof. Bradley. "In like manner, $24.25 worth of plant foods go into caught at the end of the Frazer pier, 300 bushels of apples. _ on which the Casino was located, and The large were* forced to jump into the breakers. amount of nitrogen and consequent Six of them were rescued by life high market value of plant food* in guards. who put out in boats. They alfalfa and vetch is offset by the stor were not in time, however, to save age of atmospheric nitrogen in the the life of E. W. Leach, chef of the soil by these plants, so that the real Casino cafe. nitrogen draft does not come on the Notet and frutructioni hum Agricultural College* and Experiment Station» of Oregon and U'axblngton. Speciallg Suitable to Pacific Coati Condition» v_ BEST BOILS FOR ONIONS. O. A C. Gradual* Tail* of Fertilizer* To B* U*od On Crop, Corvallis, Or.—Although onion* will grow on a large variety of soils, they thrive best in a rich, mellow soil with plenty of moisture. Just what fertil izers and soil treatment to use is ex plained by Jay C. Leedy, of Sher wood, one of this year’s seniors at the Oregon Agricultural college, in an article on "Soils and Fertilisers for Onions” in the Oregon Countryman, published by the students. “For commercial onion growing in Oregon the beaver meadows are prac tically the only ones given considera tion,” says Mr. Leedy. "These lands are located mostly in Washington, Clackamas and Marion counties. Theoretically these lands have result ed from beavers damming streams and ouleta to lakes, hence the name; but nature haa played a large part in the soil formation, in many cases without the aid of the beavers. "This soil forms a type known as cumulóse, compost'd largely of organic matter and humus, and analysis us ually shows about 2 per cent of nitro gen. Large portions of this plant food element are unavailable for the use of plant life. This type of soil generally contains a moderate amount of phosphoric acid, and usually very small amounts of potash, sometimes a* low as 2 per cent. Chemical analy sis of the soil ia not to be relied upon in all cases as an indicator of the soil’s power to "produce crops, but is merely an index to the amount of the various plant foods present in the soil. It has been found by experiments that these dam soils will not continue to produce profitable yields of onion* without the addition of potassium in the form of animal manure or com mercial fertilizer*. "Analysis of yellow Danver onions showed a content of .225 per cent ni trogen. .88 per cent phosphoric acid and .217 per cent potash. Taking an average yield to the acre of 300 sacks, each weighing 100 pounds, the analy sis would remove from the soil 67.5 pounds of nitrogen, 25.8 pounds of phosphoric acid and 65.1 pounds of potash. Thus it can be seen that the onion crop use* comparatively large amounts of the three essential fertiliz ing elements, and these must be sup plied to the soil if it doe* not already contain them. "Barnyard manure ia almost indis pensable in the production of onions in any except the beaverdam soil*, and is more used than any other fertilizer even on these soil*. Indeed, there is no fertilizer so well adapted to the production of onions as a liberal amount of clean, well composted barn yard manure. It is important that all stable manure used on onion land be well rotted before applied to the soil in order that the weed seeds may lose their germinating powers, and that the danger of diseases attacking the onions be lessened. A heavy applica tion of fresh manure may produce an overgrowth of tops at the expense of the bulbs, and is sure to bring in a large amount of weed seed, increasing the cost of weeding. It ia difficult to make the soil too rich for onions, pro vided the manures are incorporated with the soil. The usual amounts, however, are 10 or 12 tons to the acre, applied before ploughing in the fall and then harrowed with the disc be fore planting in the spring. "Where enough manure is not pro- duced on the farm, and where it can not be secured profitably from a city near, commercial fertilizers must be resorted to. They can supplant stable manure profitably, especially on the beaverdam soils, already rich in organic mattter. In some instances commercial fertilizers are used exclu sively with good results. One great advantage over stable manure is the fact of reducing the weeds to a mini mum. thus lessening the expensive production. A higher initial cost than stable manure tends to offset the disadvantages in weeding. As it is an intensive crop yielding large amounts of bulbs to the.acre, growers are justified in manuring heavily. "Additional nitrogen increases the yield. The onion is planted early in the spring, before bacterial action be gins, ard these agents in the soil which render the nitrogen available for plant use do not begin to work very actively until the soil is thoroughly warmed and the season well advanced. An application of ni trogen immediately available early in the season is thus beneficial in giving the plants an early and vigorous start. Sodium nitrate, containing about 16 per cent nitrogen, is the best form, 100 pounds to the acre as a top dress ing after the onions are planted. "Bone meal containing about 22 per cent phosphoric and 4 per cent ni trogen is a good fertilizer for onions. Making Hi* Opportunity. A New York banker has made it the rule of his life never to swear except when he drops his watch, as he some times does absent-mindedly, and breaks it. Under strong provocation he took out his watch and flung it on the marble floor of his office. So, it seem*, when you put your mind on it. there is a way to solve every problem. Easy Victory Expected By Progrès- ___ live* Doe* Not Materialize. soil. The mineral foods which these leguminous crops carry, however, are large and represent real losses when they are sold, as hay from the farm. The values for kale are extreme and represent the real demands on an acre of soil by an average kale crop, which by experience, is known to be ‘hard on the land.’ The small amount of fertility entering into dairy products and live stock explain the well known fact that these industries do not de plete the soil.” GETTING RID OF ANTS. How To Exterminate Pest* on Lawn* and In House*. Corvallis, Or.—The best methods of ridding lawns and houses of ants, which frequently become troublesome pests, are described by the crop pest workers of the Oregon Agricultural college, thus: "Whenever the ants’ nest can be located the best means of destruction is to make a hole in the center of it with a crowbar or similar instrument, pour into it one or two ounces of bi sulphide of carbon, tamp the soil back into the hole and throw a heavy blanket over the nest to hold in the fumes of the bisulphide. "To destroy anta in the house a mixture of three grains of tartar emetic and four ounces of syrup should be smeared over bits of china or chips and placed in the ants’ runway. It is especially good as a remedy because it will not kill the ants immediately. They carry the mixture to their nest and feed the larvae upon it, and thus kill out the entire colony.” Charcoal in the Ice Box. A piece of charcoal in the ice box will take away the disagreeable ‘‘ice box” smell. If your ice box stands on the porch, where the ants are apt to get into it, place a small piece of bacon or ham on the lowest shelf, It will attract the anta, and you can easily remove them every day by re- moving the piece of bacon. Unworthy of the Wi*a. And There You Are. Ravenge ia ever the pleasure of a Self-made men brag of their rise, paltry spirit, of 'a weak and abject and their daughters boast of their mind.—Juvenal. descent. —Li ppincott'*. NEW NORTHWEST LINE BUILDING Direct Route Los Angeles to Spokane Is Project. Distance Only 100 Mil** Mor* Than From San Francisco -Offset By Batter Grade*. Los Angeles—A new railroad, bind ing the great Northwest and South land, making possible tbe settlement and development of hundreds of thous and* of acre* heretofore far removed from avenues of traffic, I* to link Lo* Angeles and Spokane. It will reduce the distance between them several hundred miles and bring this city nearly as close to Spokane a* is San Francisco. The surveys have been completed, and the new trans-state line will be finished witbin three years, or by the time the Panama traffic is well devel oped. Advices received from town* which will be on the new line are that the plan* have so far progressed that the actual work of construction ia under way at two points, and before long the dirt will be flying at several oth ers. The new railroad is a part of the Harriman system, and in working out the right of way, several hundred miles of existing line are to be used, plus approximately 50 miles of con struction flung across rugged moun tains and about 150 miles of narrow gauge reconstructed to meet the new requirements. The distance from Lo* Angeles to Spokar.e over the shortest existing line is 1550 miles. By way of tbe new road it will be reduced to about 1175 miles. It is now 1075 miles from San Francisco to Spokane, and thia slight difference in favor of San Fran cisco will be more than offset by the elimination or material reduction of many heavy grades. UNPRECEDENTED RAIN'S RUIN’ FRUIT AND HOPS San Francisco—For the first time in 25 years, this early in September, rain fell Friday and Saturday. Up to noon nearly half an inch was the record established for the two days. From the great interior valleys of the state come wails from orchard- ists, vineyardists and hopgrowers that tbe greater part of their crops have been ruined. A report from Fresno says that from one-half to two-thirds of the entire table and shipping grape crops have been ruined by the rains. Hundreds of carloads of drying fruit spread on racks iu orchards could not be stacked and covered in time to pre vent loss, tbe rain came so suddenly in the middle of the nighL In the great Sonoma valley thou sands of hoppickers have suffered three days and nights of severe hard ship, as they have never been asccus- tomed to go to the fields provided with tents or other other protection from rain. The storm found these thousands sleeping unprotected in the fields. A dispatch from Santa Rosa reports more than 1200 acres of hop*, together with supporting poles, were collapsed and on the ground as a re sult of the storm. It is feared that when full reports from the entire state are received the amount of damage Rebel Looter* Are Active. Washington, D. C. —Confirmation of will reach an enormous figure. press reports of the great activity of Oil Land* Held For Navy. rebel looting parties in Northern Mex Washington, D. C. — Thirty-seven ico continues to reach the State de- partmenL Naturally these raiders, thousand acres of oil lands in the Elk constantly kept on the jump by the hills, California, adjacent to the Mid pursuing government columns, are way and McKitrick oil fields, have looking for horses and ranches are been withdrawn from entry by the suffering loss of their livestock where- president and will be held for develop ever they appear. At one point the ment and use by the United States rebels captured 5000 rounds of ammu navy. It is the intention of the Navy nition destined for government force«. department to sink wells on this area At the Verde ranch, 15 miles south of and use the oil on naval vessels equip ped with oil burners. In the opinion Naco, they took 70 horses. of many officers, the time is coming when oil will be universally used on Mount McKinley is Goal. all warships. Seattle —»An expedition to climb Mount McKinley next spring has been Mabel Kelso Loses Job. organized by C. E. Rusk, editor of the San Francisco—Mis9 Mabel Kelso, Prosser, Wash., Independent, reputed to be the most skillful mountain who has occupied the unique position climber in the Pacific Northwest, and of being the only woman wireless Merl Lavoy, who was a member of telegraph operator in service aboard a the unsuccessful Herschel Parker ex Pacific liner, is out of a job. For the peditions of 1910 and 1912. Rusk, past two months she has sat at the who is a member of the Portland Mi- key on the steamer Mariposa, which z »mas, made an unsuccessful expedi plies between Seattle and Alaskan tion to the mountain in 1910. points. The company for which she worked released her recently with the $25,000 Bonds for Trainrobber. explanation that the Federal depart Topeka—Wells Lounsberry, the rob ment of commerce and labor objected ber who held up six mail clerks on a to the employmet of women as wire Union Pacific train between Kansas less operators at sea. City and Topeka the morning of Au gust 22, is in jail here under $26,000 Aviator Up 16,240 Feet. bonds, awaiting action by the federal Houlgate, France—Roland G. Gar grand jury at Leavenworth October ros, the aviator, eclipsed the old 14, and his wife and two children, world’s record for altitude by about Philip and George, are on their way 2461 feet. Ascending in a mono back to Medford, Or. plane, Garros went up 16,240 feeL At this height the ratified atmosphere Japs Not to Hire Whites. caused his engine to stop and the av Los Angeles—Chief of Police Sc iator had to volplane to the ground. bastian has issued an imperative or The previous record of 13,779 feet der that proprietors of Chinese anti was made at Vienna, June 29, by the Japanese cafes and soda water stands Austrian aviator Czakay. In this must discharge immediately the 50 flight he carried a passenger. white girls and women employed by Canad an Immigration Heavy. them as waitresses and cashiers. White women and girls are out of Ottawa, OnL — During the four plaee in resorts conducted by Orien months from April 1 to August 1, tals, the chief said. 209,642 immigrants arrived in Canada. Of this number 143,742 arrived at Federal* to Fortify Juarez. ocean ports and 65,900 from the Unit Juarez. Mexico — The federal gov ed States. These figures show an in ernment, it is announced, will fortify crease of 15 per cent as compared Juare* with extensive earthwork* and with those of tbe corresponding month* light and heavy artillery. of tbe last fiscal year.
