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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1905)
THIS FALLS CITY TRIBUNE , FRIDAY , JULY 21 1905. Oil And Light Kill Pests. John D. Rockefeller has come forward with a plan to save the trees of Cleveland from the pests that are devastating them. The help is timely , for everywhere throughout Cleveland are seen trees and shrubs partially blight ed , with leaves turning brown and branches shriveling from the ravages of predatory insects. It is oil that is expected to drive away the plague of insects just plain kerosene. And the application of the kerosene where it will do the most good is ar ranged for by a device so simple and yet so effective that it seems a trifle sbsurd from its very sim plicity. The idea did not originate with Mr. Rockefeller. He docs not claim the credit for it. D. E. Howatt , superintendent of the Rockefeller estate in East Cleveland , is the discoverer of the new method of insect exterm ination , lie hit upon the plan after long experiment. It work ed so well at Forest Hill that Mr. Howatt determined , if Mr. Rocke feller were willing , to let the public have the secret , lie be lieved it would prove a boon to \he whole country. Mr. Rockefeller entered into the plan enthusiastically , and re ceived a Plain Dealer representa tive at his home. Thebcautiful Forest Hill estate bore little evidence of insccl ravages The walk from Euclid avenue up to Urn Rockefeller house through winding lanes and cool by-paths showed on every side masses of green foliage ap parent ! } untouched by scale , motl : and other insidious enemies of the woodland. The maple , oaks , chestnuts , beeches and evergreen : were healthy and luxuriant. Am' no wonder. Ever since the snov left the ground last spring ; force of about 100 men has been bus } ' , and hundreds of dollars have been expended in spraying Besides , these trees exist unde almost natural conditions s < Air , Howatt later explained it and thus thrive better that cib trees that suffer from imperviou : soil , sidewalks , smoke and insufli cicnt light. Evidently the benc fits of the new discovery were t < be of less value to Mr. Rockefcl ler himself than to the public a large. "Have you seen the bugs ? ' said Mr. Rockefeller. "You nuts sec them. " Mr. Ilowatt , in ; superintendent , will tell you al about them , " The mystery of the "bugs" wai soon solved. There are four o five arc lights ou the lawn aroum the Rockefeller house , hung lik ordinary city lights , with large translucent globes. Mr. Rocke feller's valet , a bright youni German , let down the light. Be low the globe , suspended from i by copper wires , was a tin pan o the pudding variety. , In the pa was an inch or two of transpai cut liquid , and in this liquid wer thousands of insects a mass c nondescript Hying and creepiiij things with wings , bodies , leg and antennae inextricably tangle sleeping their last sleep lullc to rest in "What is this the liquid ? the visitor asked. "Why , just kerosene. " The device was indeed a sin pie one. The insects had bee attracted by the light during tli night , and had been caught i the oil under the glass globe. "Now , " began Mr. Ilowatt in pressivcly , coming at once to tl point and answering the doubt i his visitor's mind , "here is wh ; tnakes this discovery valuabl Nearly all the insects that inju trees and shrubs and other plan have wings , at some stage their existence. Also , they i around at night. They are i attracted by light. They car very well come near the arc lig ! without falling into the kerosen for there seems to be somethii about a n electric . light th * iakes an insect' dip , apparent stunned , when it comes again glass. "So the matter stands this way ; with this device you can catch nearly all the insects that Jly. That means nearly all that hurt trees. The killing of one female moth may prevent the hatching of thousands of larvae that would eat the foliage or bore through the twigs. The method is much more efficacious than spraying , for here we stop the production of eggs. "Scurl and scale , of course , we can't kill with the pan of kero sene. We must still use spray ing solutions. IJut with the tus sock moth and other moths and beetles that arc especially nox ious in Cleveland once disposed of isn't such a hard matter to get rid of the oyster shell back louse , San Jose scale , etc. "Most of the insects pass through the regular stages egg , larva , chrysalis , insect We sim ply kill off the insect at its high est stage and stop reprodution. If we had started this scheme early in the spring we wouldnit have had near so many of these insects on our grounds now. By killing them now we cut off the fall crop or next spring's crop. "I only hit on the idea ten days ago. When Mr. Rockefeller saw what I was doing he said : 'Why , it's the greatest thing I ever saw ! ' lie took the keenest in terest in it. He kept a watchfu eye on these pans and every morning he inspected them to sec what the night's catch had been One evening one of the light * went out , and he telephoned to me in a great hurry to come ovc and fix it it wasn't catching an } ' bugs. Mr. Howatt explained that pan similar to those he used could be attached , at small cost , to all the arc lights in the city. Caring for them , he said , would be a very simple mattar. The oil , would cost little. A pint would probably last for several days. The pan could be emptied of 5n- . sects and given a fresh supply of oil by the men who make their daily rounds caring for the lamps. It would be an easy mat ter , too , he said , to fix kerosene pans under the gas lights. "I firmly believe , " he said , "that if this were dpne through out the city , Cleveland would in a short time be almost free from t all sorts of flying insects. More over , all the trees , shrubs , flow ers and plants in the city would be healthier. But that isn't all. 1 "Mosquitoes are the bane of all in the summer. Moths are the particular bane of the housewife. 3 3r Mosquitoes and the moths that 1 cat clothes ( lock to the lights as to a banquet and they get their banquet of kerosene. T h i s method would nearly exterminate the mosquitoes and moths. Also the house flies. " The kerosene pans bore out these statements. Tales Of The Town. c Everybody is looking forward f to the carnival. It is apparent K to all that in engaging the Park- .R er Amusement Co. , the business men of Falls City made no mis take. They will bring to this town a line of attractions that well be well worth seeing , and the free attractions will be of superior merit. Those who come to the carnival will not feel that they are expected to spend money unless they are so inclined. There will be an abundance of free entertainment. It is the de sire of the business men of Falls City that the people of the sur n rounding country spend as much at of their time as possible in Falls e. City during carnival week and e.re that they have as good a time as ts possible. Falls City appreciates of the trade that comes here and ly those who have profited by that ill trade during the year have ar- rainged for this week of thecarni- and fun. If it affords pleasure and entertainment to the farmer ' and his family the business men will feel well satisfied. at ly "How is it ? " said a business ist man to a reporter the other day , "that the Tribune has a circula- j & R jf9W 9R F&frvrW Q iP RNFRf9 & * V m ii VlHN&fliQ&Nf jkf1f Vf KAAWlrQtyAAftW 'n PK Hv THE FALLS CITY MID = S11MER CARNIVAL PARKER AnUSEMENT CO. JULY 24 T © 29 1905 6--DAYS AND NIGHTS OF FUN AND AMUSEr\ENT = = 6 CLEAN riORAL REFINED No Grafts No Gambling ; No Followers The darin artist who leaps 100 feet from a bi cycle jn a tank containing three feet of water. Champion high diver of the weald ; one of the highest salaried artists in the country today Milfl leaPin the volcanic gay ; a desperate , devilish 1T111U death defying deed performed by an iron nerv ed and skilful artist TflA fiirl looping the loop in a ball ; a fascinating , 1 lie UllI fearful , flitting , fugacious frolic with fate. The absolute limit to which mortals may tempt death in BIG , CLEAN MORAL SHOWS \ \ 111 CATERING ESPECIALLY TO LADIES AND CHILDREN 1U All exhibiting more than advertised Our own Electric Light Plant Our own Special Train of 26 cars Free Band Concerts Daily by the \Ippf ( \ + * , * ntl Low Fxcursion Rates Will be in Great Parker Band of 24 Soloists 1T1CCI mo UI1 force on all Railroads tiou larger than that of papers which have been in existence thirty years or more and still The Tribune is only in its second volume ? " The answer to this ineston is easy. The present large circulation of The Tribune is due to persistent effort , as well : is to the absorption of numerous other publications. When The Tribune was founded it filled a demand for a newspaper of its class and as the people came to realize that a first class local paper could be had at the nomin al price of one dollar per year they began to figure that fifty cents on each years subscription was worth saving and began to transfer their names from the books of the high priced and more or less inferior papersto The Tri bune's subscription book. With in a month The Tribune had a a list of six hundred bona-fide subscribers , because these sub- scribcrsrlrncv ; a good thing when they saw it. The educational authorities had been publishing paper known as' The Educational Promoter and venture proving unprofitable it was decided to dis continue the publication thereof and to substitute an educational department to appear each week in The Tribune , under the dir ection of the county superintend ent. The county teachers as sociation at a regular meeting , voted to make The Tribune , the official paper of the association and consequently practially every teacher in the county subscribed and became a regular reader of the paper , greatly augmenting the subscription list. About this time , The Register , a paper published at Rule , suspended and the list was sold to The Tribune. Practically all of this list which includes the names of several hundred residents of Rule and vicinity was retained and remain to day on the subscription books of the Tribune. At this juncture the list covered the entire east ije Jay It's really a pleasure to recom mend an article with merit. If you hove a corn or a bunion and want to rid yourself of it , we recommend Blue-jay a pains taking plaster. Next time your corn hurts , don't swear , say : " Blue-jay. " Price , tOc. S > rn Plasters Tor Sale By THE KING PHARMACY half of the county and over a thousand papers were corculated every week to fill the demand. Then came the final consolidation. The Tribune and the Humboldt Enterprise were united. The Enterprise had been published at Humboldt for over twenty-live years and its circulation of over a thousand copies covered the west end of the county as that of The Tribune covered the east end. With this consolidation The circulation of The Tribune became far and away the largest in the county and there is no precinct in which the paper does not go. New subscribers are coming in every week. Without doubt the three weekly papers in Nebraska , having the largest circulation are the Auburn Herald , the Geneva Signal and The Falls City Tribune. We be lieve that this statement is sus ceptible of proof. Last Sunday afternoon a cer tain man who lived out in the suburbs came down town to get lis } daily paper. But when he reached the postoffice he found that for some reason , the paper had missed out and so he went into Bcaulicu's to buy a maga zine. He looked over the tempt ing array on the shelves and fin ally decided on a copy of a well- known publication which he paid for and went on his way not ex actly rejoicing , because he was too hot to rejoice much , but he went on his way , nevertheless. When he reached home after a long tramp through the hot sun , he threw himself in a hammock and opened his magazine only to find that it was the May number thereof , and that he had read it two months ago. He had no other reading matter , so he de voted the remainder of a long and hot Sunday afternoon to the prayerful and careful study of Hostetters almanac. There were lots of farmers in town last Saturday and a Tri bune reporter conversed with a number of them. The aforesaid reporter found the aforesaid farmers to be very optimistic. The wheat has been harvested and the yield has been excellent ; the corn is looking fine and the man does not live who could make better "growing weather. " Unless all signs fail the corn crop will be bigger and better than the oldest inhabitant ever dreamed of , and so why should not the Richardson county farmer be optimistic ? Certain men gave the special congressional election no thought until Tuesday morning. Then the- gave the matter consider able though for the truth struct them a severe and painful jolt when they came down town and found all the saloons closed. C. G. Humphrey , of the Ver- don Vedette , was in the city on Monday. Burlington Bulletin. OF ROUND TK1P KATES. Chicago and return , on sale daily , $20. $20.St. St. Louis and return , on ? ale dully , $10.25. Portland , Tacoma and Seattle and return , one way via California , on sale July 1-2 I ! 0 7-8-10-1M2-13-25-2U-27. Aug 0 to 14 , $ oj. ( San Francisco und Los Angeles and return , Sod. On sale July 1-2-3-G-7-8-10- ll-12.13.2o 20-27. Aug. 0 to 14. On Fale Aug. 7 to 15 , $50. Denver , Colorado Springs and Pueb lo and return , on sale daily , $17.50. Ou sale August 12 , 13,15 , $15. On sale August 30 to Sept 4 , $10.75. Salt Lake and Ogden and return , on sale daily , $30 50. Yellowstone Park , through and In cluding hotels and stage , and return , on sale dally , $75. Cody , Wyo. , Black Hills and Hot Springb , S. D. , approximately half rates all summer. Milwaukee and southern Wisconsin points , Michigan resorts on Lak s J Michigan und Huron , Canada , Maine and New England , St. Lawrence and Lake Camplalu regions , very low tour ist rates dally. If you will call or write , it will be a pleasure to advise you about rates train service , to reserve you a berth und to try to make your trip a com fortable one. G. S. STEWART , 70-5 Agent C. 13. & Q. Ry.
