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Newspaper
Garland Globe
Location
Garland, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1906
Page
2
The Garland Globe lists subscription terms under its Saturday publication with a one year prepaid rate of 1.60, six months 69 cents, and three months 60 cents. Advertising rates are available on application. Editor and Manager A Wixom signs the notice.
The piece urges readers to build a snow plow path to ease travel after storms. It describes a two inch plank V shaped contraption from the Farm and Home guide, six feet long, one foot wide, braced for stable use. It notes snow removal aids front stock and farm paths, even hens appreciating clear paths.
Thomas C. Wallace explains peas enrich soil by forming humus rich in nitrogen, surpassing grain straw in nitrogen content. Pea hay yields three times more nitrogen per 100 pounds, while potash and phosphoric acid come mainly from the soil rather than the peas themselves. Grain straw brings external mineral ingredients to orchards, unlike peas.
A writer offers weed control tips including crop rotation to break weed cycles, varying cultivation depth and tools, frequent shallow cultivation, using clean seed, and preventing weed seed spread from manure. Hogs, sheep, and cattle are noted for their roles in weed management and feed conversion.
President Roosevelt urges Americans to donate for Chinese famine relief and says he will seek congressional authority to use transport ships to deliver flour and food. Contributions may go via local Red Cross treasurers or through the American National Red Cross and Charles Hallam Keep at the U S Treasury in Washington.
Bakersfield California reports miner Hicks was rescued after fifteen days trapped sixty feet underground in a tunnel of Edison Electric Power Company thirteen miles northeast of the city. Five fellow workers died in the collapse as rescue teams labored amid shifting soil and sand. Water pipe tapping signaled life and brought a rescue line to Hicks who survived under a steel car after being pinned.
Foldfield Nevada district quashes nearly all mining except Mohawk Hayes Monnette leases as Judge Morrow weighs federal injunction to stop removal of high grade ore. I W W pledge no work where guards are used. guards to be restored after Dec 14 order.
The steamer W T Scovil on the Vicksburg Davis Bend trade exploded at Gold Dust landing about seventeen miles south of Vicksburg. The vessel sank after the blast. fifty aboard were afloat or missing with ten to sixteen feared dead and about as many injured. Five injured black crewmen were brought to Vicksburg aboard the Senator Cordil along with the white dead and injured.
Washington reports that Secretary Hitchcock and Secretary Wilson admitted no legal authority for withdrawing nearly 4,000,000 acres of land from allotment of the five civilized tribes to create a forest reserve. A Senate select committee rejected the justification, with Clark Teller and Brandegee saying the Interior Department acted without authority and demanding immediate cancellation of the withdrawal.
Washington reports total US mineral production in 1905 reached 1.623 billion dollars, up over 260 million from 1904, with iron at 482.45 million and coal yield exceeding 200 million short tons. 1906 iron ore, pig iron, gold, copper, lead, zinc and other metals are itemized with tonnage or ounce figures and values.
Arthur Brown, late senator who died in Washington December 12 from Mrs Bradley’s gunshot, left a will dividing his estate between his son Max and daughter Alice, filed in Utah probate. The will bars Mrs Bradley from any share and excludes her children from the division. Brown also disclaims paternity of Mrs Bradley’s other children.
San Francisco mass meeting under the Japanese and Korean Exclusion League protested unrestricted admission of Japanese and Koreans and Mongolians into San Francisco public schools. Mayor Schmitz defended the school board action.
In Washington the Iowa representative Lacey argued against adjourning for Christmas, calling it idiotic to adjourn and push legislation in closing days. Missouri's Mr. Clark praised Lacey’s statement as the most sensible in twelve years.
Reports from an authoritative source say Menelik of Abyssinia has a fresh syncope attack. Anxiety grows over his successor choice as Jima, his granddaughter’s son, may not be chosen, risking a fierce throne struggle amid Italian British and French influence.
Chicago 16 year old Robert Gordon pleaded guilty to murdering Joseph Reed by dragging him under a sidewalk, striking him with a brick, burying him alive. He was sentenced to a reformatory life term for the brutal act.
Sheriff Quinn with five deputies seized three gambling rooms in Butte on Saturday evening. Ten players were arrested under warrants from Judge Bourquin. Locations visited included the California club rooms the Board of Trade and King and Lowerys. Bail was set at up to 750 dollars, up from 500 earlier in the week.
Port of Spain reports indicate President Castro is gravely ill and may die within a week. If he dies, First Vice President Gomez would assume the presidency but faces opposition from large army factions and Cres Alcantara with allied forces seeking to claim the throne. Rebels led by General Montilla swell as bandit outrages spread and Venezuela threatens anarchy.
The president pressed E H Harriman to fix the Colorado River break in Mexico soon, blaming the California Development Company. Harriman said Southern Pacific cannot control the company but would assist with repairs, hoping Congress acts later. The president pledged to make recommendations to help.
Numerous cattlemen testified at a car shortage hearing led by C. A. Prouty. They blamed insufficient motive power for shipping delays, accused railroads of preferring cotton and railroad ties over cattle, and warned that cattle on the range would depreciate without timely transport to market. A witness predicted future failure for cattlemen if cars are not provided.
St Petersburg reports progress on the Russo Japanese commercial treaty. Japan abandons the demand for international navigation of the Amur River and seeks revocation of the Algun treaty only regarding Sungari River navigation, which lies entirely within Manchurian Chinese territory, with no sea access via the Amur.
In Pittsburg Kansas two miners died and fifteen were badly burned when five kegs of powder exploded at the bottom of Fidelity Coal Company Mine No 1 in Stone City as seventeen men were leaving the cage. A spark from a pipe likely ignited an open keg. The bottom of the mine was badly wrecked.
Washington report states William D. Penfield for George D. Emery was told by the department of state that Nicaragua accepts submitting Emerys claim for cancellation of a valuable mahogany public lands franchise to a special arbitration tribunal to meet next spring in Washington.
Senator Foraker called for an independent Senate inquiry into the Brownsville raid. He offered a resolution giving the military affairs committee power to investigate after reviewing the president's transmitted testimony.
Washington reports a remarkable rise in trade between the United States and Puerto Rico. From 1887 the value climbed from just over 4 million dollars to more than 40 million by year end. For ten months ending October trade totaled 5,830,098 dollars.
Attorney General W. C. Cromwell acting on Governor Frani’s directive accuses six major railways of charter violations by charging excessive rates. He cites Santa Fe Rock Island Frisco Choctaw Tronenvia Fort Smith & and seeks remedial regulation to curb the fares.
Senate adopts order to print 20000 copies of President Roosevelt's Panama message in normal spelling Senator Kittredge secures the decision and Senator Lodge had proposed the change in spelling confirmed by the body.
At the Denver and Rio Grande depot in Leadville a masked bandit forced ticket agent Joe Dale to open the cash drawer. Dale was shot and beaten, the haul totaled $100, and doctors fear he will die. A posse ranges the surrounding country seeking the assailant.
The president accepts John Mitchell president of the United Mine Workers of America as labor representative and Marvin Hughitt president of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway as capital representative to serve on the Noebel Board of trustees and to receive the deprise funds.
Captain Edgar B. Macklin of the Twenty fifth United States Infantry was shot twice at Fort Reno by a masked assailant. He is to be court martialed for failing to prevent Brownsville riots last August as ordered by the Secretary of War. Bloodhounds come from Oklahoma City to track the attacker.
In Chicago on Friday Judge Chariea Cutting faced a gunman, Frank F. Ellerbrock, who fired at him in the hallway of the criminal court. The judge ducked the shot, overpowered the attacker, and restrained him with deputies aiding to seize the revolver.
A violent earthquake tremor was reported across the Grand river near New Castle Colorado about 9 am Friday lasting three minutes. Homes rocked as residents debated its cause with many attributing it to a gas explosion in the Wheeler coal vein nearby.
Washington reports Representative How ell will join a dozen lawmakers on a holiday junket to Panama. The group traveled from New York aboard the Panama Steamship Company's Alliance with transportation and meals paid by the Panama Canal Commission.
Henry Davis a colored man who confessed a felonious assault on Mrs John Reed of Brownsville two miles from Annapolis was seized from jail by about sixty masked men and lynched. He was strung up and shot, the mob described as young in appearance.
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