Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1912 — SPEEDING CYCLE HITS CROWD. [ARTICLE]

SPEEDING CYCLE HITS CROWD.

Panic Follows Accident and Many are Trampled in Wild Rusli of Spectators. Newark. N. J.; Sept B.—Eddie Hasha of Waco, Tex., holder of many world’s records for motorcycle racing. plunged over the rail of the course of the Newark motordrome into a crowd late this afternoon, causing the death of six persons, including himself, while six are dying and thirteen others are badly hurt. The. only two of the six dead positively identified up to a late hour tonight were Hasha and Johnny Albright, a Denver motorcyclist, who was riding third in the race. The other four dead were boys and young men among the spectators. Five thousand people were witnessing the finish of a four mile free-for-all race when the daring Texan rider, doing ninety-two miles an hour, took his fateful plunge. ~ He was riding high on the bank of the track when the wheel of his heavy machine sw’erved and struck the upper rail. He was pitched headfirst fifty feet into the air. He must , have been instantly killed. His body I was shapeless from broken bones .when it was picked up almost at the i feet of his wife, seated among men ■and boys in the: bleachers. |

Black Locust Seed Wanted by the State Board of. Forestry. j The Black Locust is excelled only ,by the Hedge or Osage Orange as a I post timber. It grows rapidly and idoes well oa rocky, worn out and ■eroded fields. It is the most easily I propogated of any of our trees; all .that is necessary is to get the roots covered with earth and it will grow. It will grow better without cultivar tion than, any of our valuable trees, which recommends it for planting on steep hillsides ar.d rocky places that can not be cultivated. For the preceding reasons it would be the most desirable tree to use in reclaiming :the rocky, deserted and washed fields of Indiana, if it were not for the fact that it is often killed by the borer. It has beed observed, however, ;that volunteer loeuset trees have resisted the attack of the borers for so many years ihier descendant are * -practically immune to the borer, .while the trees from the nursery, i which are grown from seed imported I from Europe, have not yet became ' “acclimated.” This is a Significant fact and the I State Board of Forestry has decided i to undertake an, experiment of growing a strain of Black Loeust that will .be more or less immune to the borer. I They expect to plant seed from at least IQO thrifty young trees that are free from the borer. From these' seed, trees will be grown, and from' i -I

these trees seed will gain be selected from such trees as show a rapid and upright growth and are as free as possible from the borer. Again seed will be planted and the process of selective breeding continued until satisfactory results are obtained. The Board wishes to receive seed from every county in the statf*. but to send a man to all, parts of the state would mean a great expense and one which the Forestry Board can not meet. For this reason, is asked the favor of the collection of 200 seed form each of one to five thrift young trees 6 to 10 inches in diameter at 4% feet above the ground. It takes only a few pods to furnish 200 seed. Take the seed out of the pod, wrap them .in a paper securely and write on the package the ciEcumference of the tree at 4y 2 set t above the ground, the estimated height and the locality of the tree. Remember to keep the seed from each tree separate. Send to the State Foresfer, • Indianapolis, Ind., and he will reimburse you for postage or express. This favor will be greatly appreciated by the Board and it is hoped that someone from every county will respond and assist im this important undertaking.