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The evening times., 1900-01-02

OFFICE OF THE MUTUAL FIRE IN
surance Company OF the District Of Co
lumbia. Washington January I. 1900-The
annual meeting OF the MUTUAL FIRE IN
SCRANCE COMPANY OF THE DISTRICT
or COLUMBIA will be held on the THIRD
MONDAY IN JANUARY. 1900. THE 18TH
INSTANT at the Office OF the company.
9G2 Pennsylvania Avenue northwest com
mencing at 8 O'Clock a. m By the charter
CT the company the election Of seven man
ayers TO conduct the affairs OF the company
is required to be held at the above meet
ing.
BY the sixth article OF the bylaws OF the
company il is provided: "At the annual
meeting of the company the first business
IN order shall be the appointment OF a
chairman. who shall conduct the meet
ing and election in accordance with act OF
Incorporation. between the hours Of
o'clock a. m. and p. m"
Amount Of premium notes. ....... -. $50 207. %
Amount OF cash on hand. ............. gfj1.5I
Securities ................... ...... 90 2I ~,
htaI tNtd ...--.......... q. %
Ouice furniture and fXtIres.......... 5000
Lcssc5 b. Ire. adjusted aud Paids..... g,l49O5
The annual statement will be ready for
distribution al the Office OF the company
about January L. BY order OF the board
OF managers l.. PIERCE BOTELER Sec
retary. jai-1jt
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1900-09-07
Republican District Convention.

A convention of the Republi-
can party of the Third judicial
District, State Of Colorado, is
hereby called to meet in the city
OF Trinidad Colo. Tuesday the
18th day OF September, A. ID. 1900,
at 1870 o'clock p. m, for the pur-
pose of nominating one candidate
for District Judge and one candi-
date for District Attorney, for
said district, and for the transac
ton of such other business as may
properly come before said CON
ventlon.
The several counties OF the dis
trict are entitled to representation
in the convention as follows:
Baca. .....
Huerfano. ............. ~
Las Animas 26
Prowers. ................ -
FRED O. ROOF, Chairman.
d. w. STONE, Secretary.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1900-09-07
To the Republicans Of the State
of Colorado,

Upon the request OF large
majority of the members of the
Republican state central commit
tee and for reasons entirely sui
ficient, the holding of the Repub-
lican state convent on as per our
call heretofore published has been
postponed from the 18th OF Sep
TENDER to the 18th Of September,
at II o'clock a. M, when it will
be held at the Broadway theater,
in the city of Denver.
A. b. SEAMAN, Charm.
w. II. BRISBANE, Sec.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1900-09-07
Above warrants will cease to
bear interest October Z, 1900.
w. NJ. STEWART,
County Treasurer.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

Notice is hereby given that at the
General Election to be held on the
Sixth day of November. A. D., 1900
tn ere Will be subrn itted to the qualifi-
ed electors of the State of Colorado the
question of Amending tn . constitu-
ton of said State.
rba outhoyitr for sui,mittin, 4, sucn nun.,inn Il.
found IN scnnic iii No II which y in u,nrds
and hgurcs folIowinp VIZ.
~
AN ACT
.
10 SUBMIT TO THE SuALififp ELECTORS OF
THE SrArE OF COLORADO AN .NMENDaESr TO
SECTION TWO w or AhticLE NINETEEN Mn
or TIE CONSTITUTION OF THi STATE OF Colo
RADIO
II. 4, enacted h,. tbe General Asscn,llv Of tho
stato Of 1'oIoiodn. ''' a. '''''' VI '"e
"S " ~
SECTION !. That there shall he submitted to
the qualified electors of the State of Colorado
ut the next general election for members of the
General Assembly, for their approval or reject
iou the following amendments to the constitu-
tion OF the state of Colorado, which when
ratified by n majority Of those voting thereon,
shall he valid as part of the constitution. name
ly: section of article NIN. of the constitution
Of the State of Colorado shall be SO amended
as To read us follows:
SEc.2. Any amendment or amendments to
this constitution may he proposed in either
hou,c OF the General Assembly, and 4 the same
beers elected to each house, such proposed a.
mendment or amendments; together with the
ayes and noes of each house thereon shall be
entered in full on their rcsnectve journals: the
propose q amehdmeht or ahehdments shaii be
EeneT.ni Assembly. and The serretorS or S,a odc
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1900-09-07

From Sheridan Lake Press.
The editnr met with A. j. Har-
ker ct al in the Independence
copper group at Garlic in Pueblo
last Friday and arranged the pre-
liminaries for a 20 ton matt smell
ter to be erected GU their grounds
and work their product.
I. }. Harker and family, VINO
formerly resided near Brandon,
but who now live at Corrlza. the
famous copper camp down near
the southern line oil the state, are
here calling on old friends this
week. +. j. is very enthusiastic
in regard to the prospects for that
locality.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1900-09-07
The following was clipped from

The following was clipped from
an exchange and may serve as a
warning to some OF our citizens
right here at home.
"a man who was too economi-
cal to take this paper sent his lit
tie boy to borrow the copy from
his nelghbor. In his haste the
boy ran over 81 stand of bees
and in ten minutes looked like a
warty summer squash. His cries
reached the father, who ran to his
assistance, and failing to notice a
barbed wire fence, ran into 1T
breaking it down. cutting a hand
full of flesh from his anatomy and
running pair Of "a pants. The
Old COW took advantage of the
opening IN the fence, got into the
corniield and killed herself eating
green corn. Hearing the racket
the wife ran, upset a four gallon
ohurn of cream into a basket of
kittens and drowned the whole
flock In her hurry she dropped
81 set of false teeth. The baby
left all alone, crawled through
the parlor and ruined brand
new $40 carpet. During the ex-
cltement the oldest daughter ran
away with the hired man, the COW
broke up eleven setting hens and
the calves got out and chewed the
tails off four fine shirts"
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1900-09-07


Rather Goodwin is working on
The roundup for Ruby d McAtee.
E. X. Curran. from the Gin
AKRON was buying supplies in town
Tuesday
A social dance was given at
Villas last Friday night, large
crowd attending.
Alfred b. Allen leaves to
morrow for Denver where he goes
as a Democratic delegate from
this county.
The j roundup, under fore
man w. j. Wilson, are billed to
work their herds at Soldier
Springs today.
j. NJ. Watson, the Democrat
lie war howe from Minneapolis
precinct, attended his party's con
eention Saturday.
Quite number of Cfmarron
river people passed through the
county last week going to the
Rocky Ford Far.
--Edltor Friend with his family
have left C6rrlzo for their home
At lamar. Elmer Condit will take
charge of the Miner.
"A nice rain visited this sec
ton the first of the week. al
inches Of water tell which will be
Auite a help to the late crops.
-Otho and Willard Cole came
up from CorriGo Sunday after pro
visions. They have several good
prospects, which they are devel-
opihg.
Ell! Shields, of Villas, went to
lamar last week TO meet Mrs.
Shields and daughter Rose, who
have come down from Pueblo on
4 visit.
Cash Thomas, the Hugo Min
ing Co.'S president, left Wednes-
day for his home at Camden, O.
We understand he was quite ia
Zen with the Corrizo mines.
Elmer Lamport and Joe
Shields added dignity to the Re
publican convention Friday by
their presence. Mr., Lamport was
selected as delegate TO tie state
convention.
Two Corrlzoltes-Pike, the
merchant and Van Etten. the
blacksmith, camped in town Sun
iay night on their way to Lamar.
'Phey report that some good ore
IS beng taken out.
The Colorado Conference
held at Salida, finished its work
last Monday. Baca county seems
TO have been lett out in the list of
appointments. Rev, A. S. Hol-
den, the former pastor, will take
Charge of the field at Granada
M. NJ. Myers and wife, from
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1900-09-07
Notice.

All persons owing personal tax
es, are hereby notified to pay the
same on or before November Is,
1900, as [ shall proceed to collect
according TO Jaw, ALL personal
tax remaining unpaid on the a.
bow date.
". NJ. STEWART, 90. Treas.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1900-09-07


j. q. Nanorsdai returned from
his trip To Chicago and Iowa last
evening. He speaks in glowing
terms of the G. \ r. encamp-
ment but says there is no place
like Colorado with Its cool bre exc
He was somewhat under the
weather while away but reports
a pleasant journey.
Charley Allen left Wednes-
day for Boulder where he will at
tend the state university. He eX-
poets to take i years special
course Of study and equip himself
Tor the study OF law. Charley is
a studious young man and if he
sticks TO his resolution we pre-
dict he will made his mark in the
world.
John o. Davis, from over
north east OF Minneapolis, attend
ed the Republican convention and
transacted other business here last
week. Mr.. Davis was selected as
delegate to the state convention
which will be held at Denver the
18th, and while there will probab-
ly visit some of his children who
live near there.
DR.. Homsher returned from
the mines Tuesday and reinstated
himself IN the store. The DR.. says
smelter will be In operation at
the mines within few weeks and
then railroad may be looked for.
His faith In the camp has not a
bated one bit and he has his two
boys, Herb and Bob at work Dig
glng assessments.
The Democrats in convention
assembled Saturday, elected dele
gates as follows, to the state and
judicial conventions. State-Al-
fred Allen. James Herbert, Eu
gene Wallace, John Yokum and
L. II. Goodwin: Judiclal-James
Herbert, j M. Watson, L. f. Mar
TIN, Alfred Alien and s. j. konkel
State convention is held at Den
yer next Monday, and Judicial al
Trinidad, September 10.
The Minneapolis post Office
which was discontinued last fall
is now to begin business agail
under a new name-Blaine, will
Lillian Brackney as postmlstress
Mrs. Nj. M. Myers, deputy ant
Mrs. Gabe Grill, clerk. The mai
| will be supplied from this poin
| by special carrier hired by the
Z. NJ, at Blaine. No special nun
Der of trips is required by the
government as the office is known
as a special one.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1900-09-07
w. II. BRISBANE, Sec.
Call for Republican Senatorial Con.
yenti0n.

In pursuance Of the action of
the Republican Senatorial Com
mittee at meeting held at La
mar, Colo, Aug. I, 1900, we here
by call Republican Senatorial
Convention for the 23rd district
of the State of Colo, composed of
the counties Of Baca, Bent. Kio
wa, Otero and Prowers, to be held
at Las Animas, Colo, at 10 o'clock
Il. m, on Sept. 20, 1900. for the
purpose OF nominating one Sena-
tor for sad district, and for the
transaction OF such other business
as may properly come before sad
convention. For said purpose the
several counties will be entitled
to delegate representation in said
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1900-09-07

A. j. Harker made a trial ship
ment of copper from Carisso to a
Pueblo shelter and the result
shows $50 to the ton. Not so bad
and if the copper camp has enough
OF such ore its future is assured
Pueblo Indicator.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1900-09-07
Notice OF Redemption of Warrants

OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER OF
BACA COUNTY, CoLo., SEPT. 6.
Notice is hereby given that |
will redeem at my office in SPRING
field, Colo, warrants drawn on
the Ordinary County Revenue
Fund, described as follows, towit:
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1900-09-07
Call for Republican Representa-
tive Convention.

We; the Republican Represen
tative Committee in session at
Lamar, colorado, Aug 90, 1900.
hereby call a Republican Repre-
sentative Convention, Tor the Leg
islatiAe district comprising the
counties OF Baca, Kiowa and
Prowers, to be held at Granada,
Colo, at 4 o'clock p. m, on Sept.
IL, 1900, for the purpose Of nom
mating one candidate for Repre-
sentative for SAID district. to elect
a Legislative Committee and Tor
the transaction of such other bus
mess as may properly come be-
fore the convention.
The said counties will b en-
titled to representation IN this
convention ossfollows:
Daca. ....o
NOVA 80
PrOwerS IL
j. l.. MAYFIELD, Charm.
JOIN A. DURRsrEIN, Sec.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1900-09-07

Parties receiving sample copies
Of The Herald are invited to send
us their subscription or kindly
drop us line and we Will contin-
ne sending same If desired
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1900-09-07
Republican State Convention.

For those attending the Repub-
lican state convention, the Santa
Fe has made Il rate OF 1885 from
Lamar and return. Tickets on
sale Sept. 10. return limit Sept. 10.
6. j. GARvJN, Agent.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1900-09-07
Cheap Excursion Wa. Santa Fe.

KANSAS CIrY-CH1cAao.
Round trip to k. c. $1,000.
Round trip to Chicago $3.50
Round trip to Denver 1895.
Democratic State and Congress
ional conventions. Date of sale
Sept. 10, fnel return limit Sept.
ii CONTINUOUS passage both
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1900-09-07

To SUBMIT TO THE QuALrFIED ELECTORS oil
THE STATE OF COLORADO AN AMENDMENT Il,
SECTION Two ~ OF ARTICLE NINETEEN (NIN
OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF Colo
RADIO.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1900-09-07
LOCAL. GOSSIP

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KANSAS CIrY-CH1cAao.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-09
Horticulture.
BEES DISTRIBUTE THE POLLEN.

Bulletin No. 1S1 of the Cornell Elk
pertinent Station deals with the sub
ject of pollination, sand in it Prof.
Robert says:
The study of pollination in orch
ards is made necessary by the rise of
commercial fruit growing. When
fruit is grown only for home use, or
in small areas for a local market,
there is not likely to be serious loss
from imperfect pollinatiOn; but in
large commercial orchards any gen
eraI unfruitfulness from this source
is quickly noticed. The commercial
orchard seems destined to Re the
most important single factor in
American horticulture, and with its
growth comes a corresponding in
crease in the liability of loss from
imperfect pollinatiOn.
The pollen of one variety is car
ried to the pistils of another in two
ways-by the wind and by insects.
There are many kinds of insects
which aid in the cross pollinution of
orchard fruits, principally bees, wasps
and flies. OF these the wild bees
of several species are probably the
most important. In a wild thicket
of piums or other fruits they are
usually numerous enough to insure
d good setting of fruit. But few, if
any, wild bees can live in a large
orchard, especially if it is we'll titled.
AS the extent and thorOughness of
cultivation increase the number of
these natural insect aids to cross
p~ollination decreases; hence, it may
become necessary to keep domestic
honey bees for the purpose"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-09
Live Stock.
THE DORSET HORNED SHEEP.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
Most of the English breeds of sheep
can be classed us ''MuttOn Sheep, )"
and then subdivided Is Long
Wools'' and MEDIUM WOOls." Be
tween these of course there are many
intermediate breeds which have value
according to qualities bred through
long years of careful selection and
feeding. England's sheep owe their
value to good feeding fully as much
as to breeding. The farmer in that
country has been brought up with
the idea that the sheep need every
day a little corn, or a mixture of
barley and wheat bran, and no mat
ter how good the pastures may be
the animals are sUre to get this grain
diet too. In winter they always
have their roots, grain and coarse
fodder. Under such liberal feeding
we do not wonder that 50 many good
breeds have come out of England.
The Dorset Horned breed belong
to the middle class wool sheep, and
they possess certain characteristics
that have been bred and fed into
them for generations pt It. AS a
breed they are wonderfully uniform
in size and characteristics. They
are only of medium size and the
ewes weigh on the average, when in
good condition, from s. to 125 pounds.
They are of typical mutton shape,
and are hardy, healthy and very pro
life. The wool is very soft and
silky, and sells for the highest price.
The ewes, after the first lamb, fire.
quently and most generally produce
twins, and quite often triplets.
There are on record accounts of one
eve of this breed producing eleven
lambs in two years, one pair of twins
and three sets of triplets. They
naturally have lambs in the fall or
early winter, but with good care and
plenty of food they will commonly
have lambs twice a year. The ewes
make excellent mothers, and the
young ones are SO we'll fed by the
mothers that they grow rapidly. The
writer had Il Dorset Horned eve that
dropped a lamb weighing ~ pounds,
and at six weeks old it weighed So
pounds, and at three months 1O5
pounds. Liberal feeding of the ewes
is essential to their prolific bearing,
and also to the rapid growing Of the
In England this breed is ac-
customed to outdoor life, and they
are never housed. They breed in
the open fields from November to
February, and often When it is snow
No other breed has shown such
vitality, and the proportion lost is
small. E. P. SMITH.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-09

pink margins to all the petals-tea,
free blOomer, rather small. Safrano
is a favorite old tea, fawn or deep
cream color. It's small buds are very
perfect. Chlotilde SOupert and Mo
sella, the best of the pOlyantha type,
are both good summer boomers
the former more free, bat the latter
more perfect in shape. SOupert is
white with pink center, MOsella is
deep cream color, but not at all vel
low as described in the catalogues.
Clara Watson is a hybrid tea Of I'M
usual excellence, giving very fine
buds on long stems, deep cream
tinged with pink. Mad. Mason is
the most perpetual blOomer OF the
so-called hybrid perpetuals-rosy
red, very fine when full blown. Me
teor, hybrid tea, is the best of all
bright red roses. The climbing form
is quite as good as the standard, but
neither is quite DIS free blooming as
the remainder of this list.
CHARLES A. KEFFER,
Horticulturist Tenn. Exp't Station,
Knoxville, Sept. 81, 1900.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-09

to employ and super
agents-S50 per
Oerience not required.
.LER CO., 262 Locust
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-09

and all but z per cent. were sound
April /. The sound potatoes we're
in excellent condition, not sprOuted,
and when sampled on the table, of
excellent Quality. At the New York
State Station tubers packed in dry
road dust and kept at a temperature
of 60 degrees, continued fit for the
table until after the middle of Janu-
airy. At the South Carolina Station
experiments were made in keeping
sweet potatoes packed with various
materials in barrels. The materials
used were sand, cotton seed, cotton
hulls, damaged lint cotton, wheat
bran, newspapers and hay. Dry
sand and cotton hulls gave the best
results. Wrapping each potato in
paper induced rapid decay, but a
double lining of paper next the bar
rel was fairly effective in keeping
out cold and preventing rot. The
keeping qualities of large and small
tubers appeared about equal.
The Texas Station reports hat
good results have been obtained by
letting tubers remain in the ground
until wanted. Throwing dirt yer
them with a turning pillow will pre-
vent freezing. If The potatoes are to
be stored, they should be allowed to
dry about two weeks and then care
fully sorted. They should then be
stored in dry road sand in a venti-
lated house. The sand should be
changed each year as it will become
infected with black rot. The sand
proved a sufficient protection against
mice, and potatoes kept we'll by this
method even when the winter tenn
perature went down to within z de-
gress of zerO.-D. w. May.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-09
TWELVE SUMMER ROSES.

There T so many valuable roses
that bloom we'll in the cool weather
of early summer and fall that it is
difficult to restrict ones list, espe-
cially az the rose catalogues deal
only in superlatives. But COMPARE
lively few roses bloom we'll during
the hot weather of July and August.
Among the eighty varieties growing
in the University grounds at Knox
vile, the following are the best sum
mer boomers. 1t is not to be sup
posed that these are at their best
during the hottest weather, for, while
the rOse revels in full sunshine, it
does not like extreme heat any bet
ter than the gardener, and the
drought that usually accompanies
high heat is most unfavOrable to
roses.
Grand DuchessVictOria Meleta-a
needlessly long name-is a splendid
white tea, giving large buds even at
midsummer. Cornelia Cook is also
large, but its white buds sometimes
T green-tinted and malfOrmed.
Mad. Abel Chatenay is a hybrid tea
of unusual color, the inside of the
petals deep flesh and the outside pink.
Alexander Bernaix is Il hybrid tea of
very free Towering habit, flowers
medium to small, deep rose color.
The nearest approach to a yellow
rose IN the University garden is Co
quette de Lyon, tea, lemon yellow at
center fading to white at margin of
Petals-sman but a very free bloomer.
Ellie Lambert is white with clear
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-09
HARVESTING SWEET POTATOES.

Where sweet potatoes are grown
for stock, the Texas Experiment
Station suggests that cattle may be
turned in to eat the tops and vines
and afterwards hogs may be allowed
to harvest the tubers. In this way
the entire crop will be utilized at the
smallest cost. If the crop is to be
dug, it is important to determine
when the potato is ripe. If when the
tuber is cut, the sliced surface par
TALLY heals and becomes dry the
+ is ready to be harvested, but if
the cut place turns greenish black,
the tuber is not mOture. The crop
should be harvested with a breaking
blowing, using a rolling coulter to
cut the vines. Bruised tubers should
be used at once, as soft rot is very
liable to set in. Where the vines are
to be stored for stock feed, the Ar
kansas Station recommends that
they be put into a silO, as they do
not cure readily into hay.
The preservation of sweet potatoes
has been studied by several of the
stations. In Georgia the, potatoes
We're stored in a pit November %,