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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1908-09-10, Page 6a+0+040404o+04OCJ1+G+0+0+0+0+0441+ +0+0+ft40+0+4, ptubabe that the Vri:Ass's ln jewels, t se which, as you know, indite° some] P1!ftAGi.0 IN WHEAT! e O + of the finest pearls in Eur,�j,t,, ought s be available. Of the latter, huw- A ever, 1 am nut sure." NEW RICHES 111031 ALASKAOi1Iystcr\T1 remained silent, turning over FORTHE FAIIfER. + A lloi sc , the paps rs bho had passed across 0 O tins. They were mostly in French ., aud, thcrefure, easily undcrsteod• Hard Wheat From 1'ntl Stating1'he dueuntepts related to "the lung + 0 t ►ejected scheme of constructing a l fields C1► to .''22 t us;te is to + 4. railway from Philippopolis to Eski the .here: O 4 Saglira, thence across the Shipka to + Q O te ► ► operation between Varna and A`-' Itustchuk." Appended, were otlici- + �_-lam.• •-_ al declarations front the Bulgarian 01;, THE (IIiL IN BLUEItasgrad, joining the lice already When the United !States paid' eighty millions fur the Territory of Alaska, it was to the fur the pur- 0+04c31+O+fte04114Ct+0+0+0++0+O+4e+O+O+O+010r0+0+rt+ Minibter of Finance, signed by the chasers looked fur a return un the Prince himself. . investment. When gold began to pour in from that great country the investment was pronounced good But not in gold lune was Alaska destined to repay those early states men for their real-estate specula-' Lion. Years after the yellow rectal vias discovered, there came an aged were planted in fiields by the side farmer to that far northland, and 1:,f the famous Blue Stein and Club took back to the States the basis wheat. grown in that section. Watch - ler wealth to his country by the side. rng their comparative growth, Mr. Adams picked on the same day green heads of Club wheat and gren heads of his Alaska wheat, the latter so many times larger than It was in 1903 that Abraham Ad- the ordinary wheat that the Club ams, a native of Kentucky, who wheat seemed hardly started. had gone with the "star of Empire" THE FARMER WAS JUBILANT.to the g.•eat West to farm it, was taken with a desire to try his for- Then Nature took a hand, and hail - tunes in Alaska. Leaving his ranch storms of the worst kind came, in northern Idaho, he made a trip l cat:ng down the ordinary wheat to the land of promise and of gold, until it was not fit to harvest. Tho but nothing carne of his attempts farmer, discouraged, went out to at discovery. Turning his attention his :Alaska wheat -fields and saw then to exploring, he drifted along that the sturdy sterns had partly the coast of eastern Alaska, where withstood the storms, and he finally the Japan curren flows near the harvested 53,000 pounds of seed. shore and makes of the land from Now was the time to make his fin - coast to mountain eternal spring. al test. He had enough for a teat Many utiles he explored, investigat- from winter -grown. Taking this to ing the possibilities of that country the experimental station, he soon for future farming and grazing, received a report which made him preparing himself for a report to for the first time that he had some - the farmers of bis community. thing worth giving to the public. He found many beautiful bays, The station chemist wrote: splendid beaches. sweeps of timber, royal arms, and had apparently "The kernels from the fall sown Geon written by the Pi 'ice's own wheat were plump and sound and band. It was merely a formal note t gold, doubtless will grade No. 1. Judging con - asking me to consider the s•3•:ret from the chemical ai:d physical which would be placed be- plan of 1ladani,i� I said gravely, at last, n. dition of this sample, it will pro - proposals fore me by the bearer. g bably take rank with the best grade "Well'?" I inquired, when I had appear of Blue Stem for flour. read it. Explain." "The sample grown from spring- "Ilrt. Exy." she said, "the facts „ sown wheat showed by chemical are as follows: The throne of Bud- confidence aontesis a somewhat higherc proteinn at once, he investigated and found content (this being an indication of gat ie,, never very safe owing to the of course; I had quite forgotten. that here a patch of wheat was its probable strength for bread - eternal bickering between St. Pct- There is no secret about it;" and growing, far from any living hu- making purposes). I am inclined ersburg and the Porte, is at this from her purse she drew forth a man that could have planted it. On �, think that the wheat that moment in imminent danger. The folded, much -worn blue paper, hands and knees he pulled away the have here is the equal, if not the People's Party in the Sobranje which she handed to inc. matted straws. Yes, it was certain- superior, of our Blue Stein for have been defeated, and the police 1 p justripening. flour -making purposes. I should 1ar It was an English passport, bear- 1� wheat that was ri ensu CHAPTER N XV.—(Cont'd). 1 remembered that Gedge had seown me su:uo official parchment which he had explained were con- cessions obtained from Prince Fer- dinand of Bulgaria. That this wo- man had been the means of secur- ing to me the greater part of the enormous profits which 1 had ap- parently made within the past five years was certainly surprising. "On the day I recovered ceneci- cusness---the day of my departure f►om Denbury—I was shown some documents, but took but little heed of them," I said. "You admit, however, that the knowledge of that strange midnight The documents were certainly crime r t The Boltons, and Has, very ingeniously contrived so as to therefo an accessory after the conceal the real parposo of the fact. Ion. I remarked this, and my "Von are the Prince's confiden- companion, laughingly lightly, tial agent here, in London, and I said— conte to you on a mission direct "Deception, to some extent, is Irorn His Serene highness." always necessary in delicate diplo- "Frorn Bulgaria 1" I inquired. n,acy." "Yes. I left Sofia a week at. )," The discovery that the mysterious she answered. "It was at first pro- woman—whose name she had with - posed to place the matter in the held from me—was actually a se - bands of Guechoff, our diplomatic cret agent of the autonomous Prin- representative at the Court•of St. cipality created by the Berlin James's, but, on consideration, His Treaty—that turbulent State most - Serene Jlighness, knowing thrt with ly notable for the assassination of the present state of high feeling -n; its Ministers—was entirely untook- the Sobranje a single hiat leaking' cd for. On the night when acci- dent had thrown us together, and rhe had soothed my brow with her cool hand. I had believed her to be a young girl who hnd taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made dur- ing that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose under- lying nder- 1ying it all. She alone knew the truth of that Was it not amazing that I should trag'c occurrence at Tho Boltons, awake from my years of unconsci- and I saw that in this matter I had ousnesS to find myself so powerful {o deal with a very clever and in - in the world of finance that reign- gcnious woman. ing princes soughs my assistance.1 I had now a double purpose in "I have here a letter from His iife—to discover Mabel and to elu- Screne Highness;" and she handed c:idate the mystery of the crime. me a note which bore the Bulgarian Towards that and I intended to employment of British capital in out might prove disastrous to the Bulgaria has realized a very hand- sly nasty, and perhaps to the nation, some profit, and that the greater resolved to place the matter unre- part of it has gone into your own servedly in my hands. The Prince pockets." did rue the honor of referring in "I suppose that is so," I respond- terns of praise to my previous deal - ed. "It is to you that I am in- ings with you, and instructed me debted for those concessions?" to lose no time in seeing you and "Certainly." invoking your aid." "Are you, then, an amhassadress "In what direction?" of the Principality of Bulgaria?" "Well, yes—if you choose to put it. SO." "Then, as I understand, it is with some further financial object that you have sought me this even- ing 1" "Exactly." This latest development of the af- fair was certainly most remarkable. I had never dreamed that to this hitherto unknown woman I had been indebted for the unparalleled success which had attended my ca- reer during those last six years. Yet, from the facts she subsequent- ly placed before me, it would seem that it was at her instigation that I first dabbled in finance. She, or rather her agents, had obtained for ins the negotiation of a substantial loan to Prince Ferdinand. and this had been followed by all sorts of concessions, not one of which had turned out badly. The mysterious Edna, whom I had always believed to be a:typical ).louse -and -bicycle girl of the true Kensington type, was actually a po- litica! agent of that most turbulent of all the European States. i sat looking at her in wonder- ment. She possessed a superb car- riage. a smart. well-dressed figure, a smiling intelligent face, white even teeth. a complexion just a trifle dark. but betraying no trace 1.f foreign birth. Her English was perfect, her manner purely that of the patrician. while her surprising tact -asessed all the finesse of an accomplished diplomatist. "I confess that I have all along been in entire ignorance of my in- debtedness to you," I said, after l:'toning to her while she ee lain - c e how obediently I had ft.'". owed the instructions contained _in the letters signed "Axel," and how I had so materially advanced the in- terests of the Principality that the thanks of the Bulgarian President, or Sobranje, bad been tendered to me, and the Prince himself bad a couple of•ears ago conferred• upon me the, highest distinction within hit power. Yet it was more than strange that while this shrewd grey -eyed wo- man, the possessor of the secret of that puzzling crime. held aloof (rein inc, she had ingeniously contrived that I should become the unwitting , atspaw of an unstable State. I was thinking of Mabel—my thoughts were always of my lost rccy. His highness, as I have al- l( to and 1 was wondering how I ready explained. hesitated to en- trust the matter to his recognised reiniter here because the spies of Russia are evervweerc, and if any h nowledge of his intentions leaked telt it would he fatal to his plans." "And so he trusts me !" 1 said, smiling. "He does. absolntclv." "And where does His Highness think that i am to get half a mil- lion of monev from nt a moment's notice. pray 1" I asked with a smile. "With these in vonr possession there will be no difficulty," she re- sponded coolly. indicating the pa- pers. "There is not a financial agent in the City of London who would not be only too delighted to, without its intentions being r• e..• official -h ktug papers, and known. tee.) returned to her chair. emit ymt °av' it is all a secret,' C•! V\' ,u hate already bec;i "rust- 1 ^deserved. how do you think it 3th a secret. le. yell rust- a ssible that i can raise such a n••t ectr seal the secret of that un- ILA 11 Without its int -rations being kn••wn 1 1 'tu eat.• occurrence on tee even- She laughed outright. i:„ when accident first brin►ght us "The runner, you will find from t ee,her.•' she commenced gravely. the rlecurrennts here. is ostensibly • t : ' •r•' 1 feet convinced that • f.+t the construction of a new rnil- a'iv i.:rt'eer rnnfidence placed in •-•av freta Philiprenseis. by the Ship- •. • .e t: ?1 u. ' b:• abused." ka t" Rustchuk. The plane are here. • •'1 c -n here r •,1 to think. mads' rr„ perly prepared, so that you need t'• -' y u shout t entertain such nn 1:atve no hesitation in showing them 1 -' any railway engineer." 1 saw that she had been trained i i a wheel of clever diplomacy. me !, : n ley enemies in re- "And veil say that !security will be !riven 1 e '1:• ores net "Certainly. The proposal ft to n 1 • f; or '•. ste.'oe me ei►e the e'1,1, 71)!I reeeipts. They t.. cit 1►t..�amr�1 .1m ha.i admitted I •,,,ld ha apple. 5.+1Na1t IAL it V Indoors or outdoors there is nothing quite so good as 'I'riscuit—the Shredded \Vheat Wafer, is h contains in smallest bulk all the muscle -building, brain -producing qualities of wheat. FRY IT AS A TOAST WITtt BUTFER, CHEESE OR FRUIT. 601.9 111 AI.L I.AIN'FIt11 1V:9 of which the gold from the hills and icy river -beds should pale into in- significance, writes Oscar F. G. Day 'n the Saturday Evening Post. and meadows heavy with juicy grasses. Here and there were trac- es ofbut not ofpromising quantity, and then he chancedup- on A SURPRISING DISCOVERY. Lodged in a nook under protecting rock, sheltered from the winds, was a little familiar patch. Interested strive. .:ed as I sat with my glance fixed a •en those mysterious grey eyes, I t•,;deavorect to form sumo have learnt of a projected pope it+ the panne of "Lucy Edna Grain The explorer sought among the like to make a mill test whenever uprising against His Highness in g ti:iek stems for some heads, but the you can send me a sufficient quan- tayor of a, republic, the agitation ger." "Grainger!" i repeated. "Then wild game had been before him, and tity for that purpose." being, of course, caused by paid You aro Ell lishl" no was just about to give up when agents of Russia. It is an open y „Yes, I am Legally a British sub- lie discovered one head of wheat These are the facts about the won - secret that Russia, at the first sign set, because ray father war Eng - of intact. A gigantic head it dcrful wheat of which the world of an outbreak, would endeavor to lisle „ was! Full yy four inches longwith AT hex the country. hence the poli- lisle I was, however, born abroad. its rough carding, and brad in will soon be talking. Farmers do tion of the thronegrows each mo -A silence, fell between us. The g, riot believe it; wheat speculators rear of the traffic in Piccadilly came • hr^Portion. do not believe it; but those who meet more perilous. Fear of giv from below ; the summer night Packing the head carefully away, have traveled to see it, do believe it. ing offence to Itt►5or prevents or- ell the old roan brought it back with dere being issued for the arrest of vas warm, and the window stood; g Mr. Adams had his fields surveyed eld the secret agitators. and it seems open. At last I determined upon him to his ranch at Jhe lata, Ida- from heach as ►fields Toc�has triedf of the hisa bold course. ho. Nota word did he say to his therefore as though a revolution "Now that we have met," I said, t:eighbors of his find. Whether it wheat in other lands. and in some cannot. long he delayed. It is your „I wish to ask you one or two qn ea- was wild wheat or not he could not places it did better than in Idaho. asci His Serene Highness seeks —tions. First, I am desirous of say. Perhaps, some wild bird had Alabama raised wheat from it wit:, your aid to negotiate a loan of half filled .its crop. with thegrains in an knowing the whereabouts of Mrs. P leaves seven -eighths of an inch a "Halfnastmillion !" 1 ejaculated. Anson and her daughter." unknown region. where it grew lin- broad, "A large sum !" it scented incrcd- I was watching her narrowly. and live, and coming to Alaska deposi GROWING LIKE COR\STAJ.I;S. : vise hergive a distinct start at my ted the seed in a fertile spot. And ible that I should be a dealer in yet it was only curiosity that moved As a last test. Mr. Adams sent millions. mention of the name. Next instant, Abraham Adams. He never dream-, single heads of wheat to other ,arts "A large stun, certainly, but you however, she recovered herself, and tat of his find being of any vale -! si gle country where he herva men with marvellous tact repeated— exec t as an experimentfa for his be could trust to plant and ascer- can easily obtain it, .she quick! assured me. "I have all the neves "Anson 1 Anson t I have no ac- P uaintance with any person of that own pleasure. tain the result. Reports arc just Bary preliminaries of the securities quaintance In the tall of 1901 Mr. Adams! coming to him. and lie finds that in hire;" and she pointed to the pile name." planted his head of Alaska wheat other States his .Alaska wheat does u( papers at her stile. I smiled• en high and all-too•dry land — the better than en its home soil. In Ala - "I t$ke it that the money i:► re• "I think it unnecessary that you natural soil of Idaho. It grew rap barna a head was planted 1)ecern- quired fur the Prince's private•ishould , deny ithis, I when bserved he truth ia sar es- idly when the spring opened its her 31, was up January 30, waist, purse 1" founts, and in the summer he had high April 1. with leaves seven- purse solely for defence—to per. denyy. "You will, perhaps. next seven peundv of wheat from this eighths of an inch brood, and July chase arms and ammunition; to deny that a young man was foully enc bend. _That WAS startling. Iso was harvested. It showed to be pay the army the arrears due, so murdered within that house in The hardly dnrd tell a farmer of it. He hard wheat of a fine quality, and ar: to secure their support in case Boltons • that you mere present, and examined the kernels. Four times the one bend yielded the same as of an outbreak, and to ay certain that you aro aware of the identity bialy sums as secret -service teensy, of those who committed the crime? color—in ted f the hermely brown- All r wn the first bend planted in Idaho. All this is imperative in order to The pallor of her cheeks showed ish-gray of wheat of commerce — save the country from falling into plainly that I had recalled unwel• the prettiest cream color without a the hands of Russia. But it roust come memories. darker spot. Ile done. of course, in strictest sec "The unfortunate affair is alt of SFVFN POUNDS OF WHEAT the past," she said hoarsely. "Why need we discuss it 1" "In the interests of justice," I answered, with firm determination. "Have you not agreed to remain silent 1 Have you nut, as recom- pense, received back your sight, and become enriched beyond your wildest dreams? Surely you, at least, should not complain." "I complain of the manner in which the secret of the crime has been preserved," I said. "I have determined, however, that it shall retnain secret no longer." "You would inform the police !" she gasped. fur the moment unable to conceal her alarm. "If you have no knowledge of Mrs. Anson, then I intend to in- vekc the aid of Scotland Yard in order to discover her." (To be Continued.) "as you a ear not to place suffici- ent confidence in me to tell me your name, I regret that I can place no in these documents. "My name !" she laughed. "Ah, might obtain from this woman the secret of her whereabouts. CHAPTER XXVI. "Well," I inquiied at last; "and your r:ason fur bucking me this eeening t ' She hesitated, as though uncer- tain in what manner to place her j reject before one. She moved un - eel 1 ; , and rising, drew forth a lsrge despatch -box from its leath- ern ease and placed it upon the table. I noticed that the outer Clise bore a count's coronet with a cipher beneath. Having op:, zed the box with a tiny gold master -key whist' hung 141 ee her bracelet. she drew forth c•i:._n:-.,.t of c:;. I said, not, hew - e• :;.hoot a flight Vetch of ear- ! I .tot f r;; t that she ha i only f The shortest days of all the year Are those I spend with you, my dear. The longest days are those, dear heart, When you and I must be apart. Be sure in life your aim is high, And of a goodly pitch ; But. looking upward. see that yor Don't fall into a ditch. Mistress—"I think you handle those fine china dishes very care- lessly." Domestio—"Iion't worry, mum. They are eo light that they wouldn't Burt me, even 11 1 dropped rata oo t w. Ipymuu Under ordinary soil conditions the new wheat will yield two hun- dred bushels to the acre, under ex- tra conditions above that. \!'hat will be the outcome 1 Hid from one head, and the finest -look- all America had Alaska wheat to t seed this year, the American crop \VC must grow more products ir.g wheat mortal had ever seen! alone would have been live Billie,"s than we can sell. Too many farm - Having Adams began to dream. f bushels. Does that not mean a els are content to grow enough to Having tested the grains as win revolution in the wheat industry1 furnish the family supplies and ter wheat, Mr. Adams saved his \!•ill the feed of the poor become feed what little live stock they may seven pounds to try as spring sr, cheap that there will be no fain- have. The income from a few head wheat, and in 1906 he planted the lees? Or will farm property rise of live stock will not fill the purse very full. Is it not probable that three out of every five farmers cr old. with a little effort, grow arable the amount of wheat, corn, potatoes, beans or small fruits the coming year that they did the testi Whatever one finds to bring in the most cash at the least expense t the thing to tie to. rcvolutienizing the wheat. produc- tion of the norld. Conservative es- timates place the crop at from 70,- 000 to 75,000 bushels c.f grain, which Adams and his son-in-law, 0. K. Hobe, a wholesale lumber dealer of Minneapolis, have contracted to sell to farmers at $20 a bushel, not more than one bushel going to each buyer. "Adams acquired a tract of land in the Gem State six years ago and sowed his land to wheat, harvesting from 23 to 30 bushels of blue stem c•iub and other varieties from every acre under cultivation. "Ono day early in 1901 he receiv- ed a single stalk of wheat, picked by a friend in one of the fertile val- leys in Alaska, and sowed the ker- nels in his back garden. A crop cif seven pounds resulted the follow- ing summer. This Adams planted in the spring of 1900. harvesting 1,545 pounds of grain in July, or over 220 bushels per acre. Embold- ened by his success he sowed the en- tire crop in the fall of 1906. an I last summer cut enough grain to Few 700 acres of lend, from which is now being eat what is believed to be the world's record yield." REVEALED. An insurance agent was trying to induce a hard man to deal with to take out a policy on his house. Af- ter listening to him for an hour, while he painted in vivid colors tho extreme danger of fire consum'ng the house, the hard man to deal with said: "Do you really think it hkele that my houmo will burn down with • in the time that the policy will runt" "Certainly," replied the agent. "Have I not been trying all This time to convince you that I do i" "Then," said the hard man to deal with, "why is your companv so anxious to bet nie money that it sill not 1" The agent was silent +, Ind thought•'• ful for a moment., the rf'1fe: drew the other apart into an unfrequented place, and whispered in his ear : "My friend, I will impart to )•on a dark secret. Years ago the com- pany disgraced me before ray swee•- heart. Under an assumed name I have wormed myself into its ser- vice for revenge, and as there is a heaven above us, I will have its heart's blood!" IMPUi)ENT. Marks—"Say, old man. did I ever tell you about the awful fright I got on my wedding day?" Parks—"S-8-11-h! No man should speak that way about his wife." "I hear your engagement with Miss Boodle is off. How did it hap- pen 1" "In strict confidence, my friend. she got mad because I tole a kiss." "I don't see why that should provoke her—when you wsre engaged." "Weil. you sec, 1 stele this kiss from another girl." f Only one couple out of every thousand live to celebrate their golden wedding. whole seven pounds. Sturdily it giew, and when it was harvested he weighed 1545 pounds. His Alas- ka find had broken the world's re- cord for wheat yield! More than two hundred and twenty-two bush- els to the acro was the ratio of yield, and that without any special petting or manipulation. With the world's average yield 12.7 bushels to the acre, and a fair yield for ex- ceptional land of twenty bushels here was the prospect of a miracle; a revolution in the wheat industry of the world. But still there was something that might dash every hope of a wheat miracle. Was this Alaska wheat of good quality? Would it make coed bread? With this last idea in mind the experimenting farmer carried a small quantity of his wheat to the Idaho experiment station at Mos- cow . He knew he had a wheat that yielded past any belief. He had !something marvelous in a wheat that yielded equally as well planted winter or spring. Did lie have a gond wheat 7 The chemists and ex- perts at the station tested it and pronnnnced it a good quality of hard wheat. Hard wheatThat was sufficient. But Adams knew he must have patience for another year. in value with the capacity for the yield 1 All this is conjecture, but these things are certain : That wheat Alaska has given us will withstand hail if not too heavy. It will withstand frost. It grows hard wheat from fail sowin It yields up to 222 bu..hels to the acre. It a ill grade up to No. 1 hard. Anti, last and best of all, it will bring hack wheat -raring to the worn-out farms of the East where, with wheat -yields two hundred bushels to the acre, farriers can af- ford to title manures and chemicals. and make a profit. If all America could seed with the new wheat it would. at only fifty cents a bushel, add nearly two and a half billions of dollars to the wealth of the farmers every year. TWENTY -DOLLAR WHEAT. Since the above article was in type the following despatch has been received from Spokane, Wash- ington "In the Juliaetta county, in northern Idaho. Abraham Adams, formerly a lumberman in Wiscon• sin, will clean up more than $1.• (//,.000 from 760 acres of land this senses, in addition to producing Ito the fall of 1900 the 1545 pounds lei air) •-hi.,b elves avary prof*ia4 at The presence of weeds. and 'spe- c•iatly rag weed. in pastures is one reason why many cows give pout rrilk and butter during and after midsummer. While the weather is hot and the poor animal is tormen- ted by flies she eats hastily and greedily, not taking the care to se- lect the more delicat•• grass and re- ject that which is coarse and of- fensive that she does earlier and later in the season. Thr most the cow aims to do is to fill lierself rap- i,;lv with grass and weeds. and then ire down in the shade where the flies will he less trnubleFemeif is difficult to make first-r'ass but- ter in midsutntr.er, and enp esible unless the pasture% are free from weeds and the water goer. Cowl in their haste to fill up in hot wee. ther wilt even eat many weeds wit!! R. _ss, whose bitter taste w-»utd at any other time cause them to re! :dials it, i 17