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The Lamar register., 1901-09-04
STRUGGLE FOR WATER RIGHTS.
First Case OF The Kind to Como Be-
rore the State Courts.

Las ANIMAs, Colo, Sept. Spec
ial to the Denver Republican. "A
sp, cial meeting of the stockholders
of the Fort Lyon Canal company
was held here to-day. In the neigh
borhood of 300 farmers and other
stockholders from Bent, Otero and
Pfowers counties were present, rep
resenting 10000 out of 100000
shares. The meeting WIS called to
authorize the directors of the com
pany to bring suit against the Amity
canal company to determine the
priority of the latter company on
263 cubic feet of water taken from
the Arkansas river, as against the
priority of the Fort Lyons Canal
company.
Attorney j. W. McCreery, of Gree
ley and Charles H. Cast of Pueblo,
representing the Fort Lyon Canal
company addressed the meeting re-
garding the merits of the case, while
Attorney Platt Rogers, of Denver,
representing the Amity Canal com
pany, addressed the meeting against
the proposed suit.
The session listed the entire day
and a resolution WAS finally adopted
bv vote of $4,000 to 200 shares,
authorizing the directors of the Fort
Lyon company to bring the propos
ed suit, aud to levy an assessment of
10 cents per share on 100000 shares
to defray the expenses of the case.
This was later amended upon mo
ton of A. Il Reynolds, of Denver,
to effect compromise after the suit
is in court, with the Amity company
to take one half of the contested pri
ority.
This suit will be watched with in
terest by . diteh4-men all oyer-fhe
state, as it is the first OF the kind
over instituted within the state, and
upon it will hang many future de-
cisions The case will undoubtedly be
fought to the bitter end by both
sides
After the meeting of the stock
holders, the directors of the Fort
Lyon company met in regular
monthly session and levied the above
assessment. They also levied an as
sessment of 80 cents per share upon
100000 shares for the development
of the reservoir system connect ed
with the canal,
The Lamar register., 1901-09-04
Don.
ever he goes

Early last spring Rev. 9. +. Diem
er, degenerate from birth, and
therefore irresponsible for his future
conduct and acts, arrived in Las An
imas and announced that he had
been sent here to take charge of the
Methodist church and administer the
spiritual welfare of the members of
that denomination. The reverend
gentleman is possessed of pair of
lovely blue goo goo eyes, and for
that.Imatter might have rolled these
large and expressive optics for the
benefit of the writer of that popular
song. He made friends with any
one who was disposed to be friendly
and never hesitated or suffered
while informing his hearers that up
to very few years ago he had been
a bad, very bad man, and that each
and every one of the ten comm and
ments, and then some others, had
been but playthings in his hands to
be toyed with and kicked about at
his pleasure. But lately change
had come in his life, he had been
born anew, washed in the water works
alkali tank aud cleansed in the Pur-
gatoire river, and stated that he had
started on new trail and that one
of the camping places was Las Ami
mas. He liked the place and the
people, and therefore concluded to
stop and sojourn with the people, at
the same time casting "dem goo goo
eyes" on whosoever he might devour.
Several weeks ago ''still small
voice" urged him to pack his traps
and git. He got. Sheriff Dean then
took fist in the matter and went
up to Colorado Springs to have an
interview with the reverend gentle
The Lamar register., 1901-09-04
WEDNESDAY,
Still 1 think practice

uring It ont. Still 1 think practice
would9proye me not far wrong.
1.-The American Beet Sugar com
pany has given onr colony Il great
impetus 1t has bought all the land
near Amity, in fact we are its ten
ants. Tine land about rs has been
pronounced by experts to be the
best for sugar beet raising anywhere
in this country. The company will
put mp large plant for extracting
the sugar from the beets, taking all
that cah be raised. This plant, to
getherw with the sanitarium, will take
all our products and give us home
market. Amity colony will not be
dependent upon railroads or railroad
rates"
The Lamar register., 1901-09-04
Increase in Homestead Entries.

Commissioner General Hermann's
annual report which has just been
issued, shows that the amount of
lands disposed Of as homesteads ex- =
ceeds all figures for many years pre-
,ceding The land disposals amount
ed to 'i3,379,S87 acres for 1901, as
against 9,lS2,413 the previous year
the increase being over 100000
acres. There were nearly 10000
more homestead entries recorded last
year than during the previous year,
and the homestead acreage amounts
to over 100000 more acres than
for any one year since the passage
of the homestead act in 1862.
Such a showing is remarkable,
but is likely to be more than equal
cd next year, as Commissioner Her
mann's report shows that there is
still vast acreage open to settle
ment, exclusive of the governments
insular possessions. Much of this
unclaimed land would have been
deemed worthless few years ago,
but tie advance of irrigation has
madc 81 valuable and there is con
sequeb' demand for it. Many OF
the T6mesteads recorded last year
are located in the semi arid region
Such II showing should silence the
cry that all the available lands are
taken up and that there is no chance
for the settler nowadays. Evident
ly there are plenty of opportunities
awaiting the homesteader to day,
Just as there were when the land
was young. Facts are always stub
born things, aud it will be hard to
convince people that the country is
becoming overcrowded, as loug as
Uncle Sam is selling in the neigh
borhood of fourteen million acres OF
land to settlers every year.-Ex.
The Lamar register., 1901-09-04
Booth Thicker Plans Great Saliva
ton Hospital.


ton Hospital.
Special to The News.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug 3l.-Com-
mander Booth Tucker, whose author
ity extends over the Salvation Army
of the entire country, was in Kansas
City few hours to day. He was on
his way from New York to the farm
colony at Amity. Colo, With him
was Brigadier Scott.
II will be off for Amity this after
noon," said the commander. II am
going there to open up our new or
phanage, a building which cost some
$4,000, and will house 100 children.
Snch place has been necessity
for some time. 1t is only another
of the improvements made at the
colony.
"My pet project, 1 hope, will be
the next. What is it? A sanitar
ium for the poor, especially for those
with pulmonary troubles. The idea
has been in my head for long time.
shall probably have to wait little
while, but the sanitarium should be
built. 1t would be a benefit to the
sick as well as to the colony.
"You see," he continued, 'the
building would be large enough for
200 beds, the rate of each bed to
be "a week. The weekly income
then would be $4,000. OF this sum
he farmers of the colony would be
paid approximately $4,000 for their
vegetables, eggs end other products,
$1,000 dollars would pay other run
ming expenses, leaving $1,000 to
add to the colony treasury for the
assistance of the farmers. This, you
understand, is merely by way of fig
The Lamar register., 1901-09-04
Colun1bine Notes J..

Harry Scovel has purchased new
horse and buggy.
Grant Woods, of Fairview, was on
our streets last Saturday.
Florence Sonthard is doing car
penter work over in Big Bend.
Quite a number of valleyites ex
pect to take in melon day at Rocky
Ford next Thursday.
Grandpa Davidson has built a
neat little house on his homestead
which he recently filed on.
Miss Lillian Lynch, of Lamar, has
been employed to teach the Colum
The Lamar register., 1901-09-04
oine school the coming winter.

bine school the coming winter.
G. S. Blosser went to Las Animas
Monday to attend the monthly meet
ing of the Fort Lyon ditch directors.
w. l.. Davidson and family spent
the day last Sunday visiting Mr.. Vol
Davidson and family of Prosperity
Lane.
Holly's big saloon man, Chris
Classen and Carl Burke of Fairview,
were pleasant callers at g. S. Bloss
ers last Sunday.
The farmers are all busy plowing
and preparing their ground to SOW
fall wheat, there will be quite an
acreage of wheat sown this fall in
the valley.
Master John Davidson visited with
Ross Bowser last Sunday. Johnnie
is pleasant little fellow and the
children always welcome him where
ever he goes.
The Lamar register., 1901-09-04

The normal institute closes TO day
after IA most successful session of
two weeks duration. The attend
ance steadily inoSeased until it came
fully up to the expectations of the
executive committee. During the
week several very interesting lcctnr-
es were given. On Tuesday evening
DIR. A. B. Hyde, Of Denver Universi-
ty, lectured in the Baptist churcron
"The Beginning of Public Touching
in England" simple, scholarly
and eloquent lecture. Miss Geneva
Morehouse, of Lamar. gave worry
delightful talk on Thursday after
noon before the institute on her tra,-
els in Europe. Mrs. H. l.. Grenfell,
state supt of schools, talked the
same afternoon and also gave very
interesting lecture to very appre
ciative audience in the Baptist
church last night. On Wednesday
night picnic was held at Frcdonia
school house, as the guests Of the
people of that neighborhood. A
very delightful time was had and
the kindness of the Fredonia people
was greatly appreciated by the teach
ers.-Las Animas Leader.
The Lamar register., 1901-09-04
Besides
MCLEAN BROS. DRUG STORE

man, but he was too late. The on
gineer of the vestibule limited, no
stop over, milky way route, Paradise
station, had jumped the track, and
with "tra la, see you later" vanish
ed into the future. Adios.-Bent
County Democrat.
The Lamar register., 1901-09-04

And we have all the
republics for the scholars
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-16

had the right to track over all trains in
both directions.
Mccartney could see the smoke OF 7
rising over the dun swells ahead, and
he was looking out for her, in a way,
though under the rules 1t was rs bust
ness to look out for him. 1t was on the
last of the curves where the line runs
down to a long tangent In the valley, that
the crux came. Mccartney had a glimpse
OF patching OF bunting-green, as he
would have sworn-fiuttering between the
rails, another OF a man running up the
track and making frantic signals, and a
third OF the tail-end of Number Seven,
stopped! Then he went to work.
1t was the closest possible shave. Luck
lily, all the conditions were favorable: a
dry rail, automatic air in perfect work.
ing order, good brake shoes under every
truck. Notwithstanding. the nose OF the
5o7 was fairly under the platform of the
rear Pullman of the passenger train when
the mail came to a full stop.
As a matter of course, there was in
slant Investigation, and profanity enough
to pale the normal blueness of the crisp
mountain air. Strengthened out, the story
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-16

| fore he could take time TO consider II II
were the wise thing to say.
The young girl blushed vrey pretttly,
and the lover thought there was no neck
and cheek in all the world like a soft
brown to color so deliciously under a
blush. But If he imagined he had brought
matters TO a crisis at last, he was DOOM
ed to disappointment.
DO you have any time at all in Grand
Butter she asked with one Of her light
ming changes of the subject: waking
time, I mean"
20, yes: have an hour or two in the
evening before I turn in"
''Will you do little shopping for me?'
'Tl buy the whole town and bring 1t
out to you in the cab of the Naught-
seven, II you say So" he replied, only too
eager TO serve her.
20, you foolish" she said, laughing at
him. IT want two yards of this, and
spool Of silk to match handing him
bit of dress goods. do you think you are
equal to it?''
He took the scrap of cloth ana held it
off It's red, isn't it?"
What a question! Why, OF course II is
cardinal red at that"
IT thought 1t was" ne said, musingly;
and then the father came in and the talk
OF possibilities was at an end.
AdCdftHSy Lnduo lho PutS4i0S% Va Wv
dress goods and the silk the. following
evening; and when the clerk said they
were a perfect match for the sample, he
thought so, too But the carrying of the
small package to its destination came
within a hairs breadth of being fraught
with disaster
1t was beyond the Divide, on the west
ward down grade. The mail was late, as
usual ard Mccartney was pushing the
5O7 to the limit-which limit on the Jack
mountain down grade was well up TO
mile minute.
Train Number Seven, the regular Over
land Express. was just ahead of him,ri
ping around the curves and racing free
for the siding at the foot of the noun
tain to get out of his way, for the mail
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-16
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The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-16
THE C0l0R-BLINDNESS
OF JOHN MCCARTNEY.

Copyright, 1901. by Francis Lynde)


II came upon him suddenly one tar
black night when he was pulling spe-
cial train Of Raymond whitcombs'' with
the Five-naugt-seven; and the effect OF
the visitation was to smash his nerve for
the remainder Of the run.
The special had been Is minutes late
out of Grand Butte, the division station,
and Mccartney was cracking the whip
on the curves with the rear Pullman in
the endeavor TO make Maverick juno
tion or time. Maverick was his meeting
point with a stock limited" and who
soever delayed a livestock flyer on the
c. & G. r. was likely to hear from the
train dispatcher in language more forci-
bic than polite.
Mccartney had regained all but two
Of the lost Is minutes when he hurled
the 50 at the long grade up the Crow
Hills. From the top of the grade the
lights OF Maverick would be in sight;
ana with a minute to the good at the
summit he would make the meeting point
on time.
Keep her hot. Tom" he shouted
across to the fireman; and Tom. having
three good names at stake-his own,
Macartney's, and the 50Ts-shoveled the
coal with a willing hand.
So Il came about that the hill was
topped in good time: and with the tunge
over the summit. Mccartney eased OF
on the throttle and leaned far out OF the
window to mark down the lights at the
junction.
Everything was as 1t should be. The
stock train was waiting on the siding.
and the switch lamps on the main line
blinked yellow-eyed in the pitchy dark
ness. Mccartney felt for the whistle lew
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-16

at him with q fiery red eye through the
glass front of the lookout window Then
the curious haflucination passed and he
saw the lights as they ought to be.
Good Lord!' he groaned; I've got 1t
again! II this thing goes on He
stopped short, thinking of the lives no
held in his hand every time he climbed in
the cab of 507; and being deep in the pit
OF trouble he did not hear a stealthy step
on the caboose top, or the slamming of the
rear door a minute later.
Three days after the 'dead-heading"
trip, Mccartney went on the fast mail
run. He had objected. as most of the
men did, for the run was hard one But
the objection was only on general pr1Il-
ciples and at heart he was twice glad.
For the mail run gave him a clear TWEEN
ty-four hour lay-over at Lone Pine, the
western end OF the division; and Phemie
Tredwills father was the station agent
al Lone Pine.
BY this time there was pretty fair UNI
Outstanding between the handsome young
engineer and Phemie the brown-eyed,
though as yet 1t passed short OF house
keeping talk Mccartney was more than
willing. but Picnic had a way of chang
ing the subject on him at the critical mo-
ment and for this Mccartney feared. in
the Jealous corner Of his heart, that Bar
ton Logan was responsible.
To add TO his disquietude on this head.
Phernie was always rubbing Logan in on
him." as he phrased Il; and she did II
again on that FIRST of the mall run lay
over evenings when Mccartney was shat :
ing Phemie's watch in the telegraph oftce
while her father went 20 supper.
How is Mr.. Logan now?" she asked
sweetly. I'VE don't see much of him
since he took ls and IL"
These were doubling" trains, with no
lay-over for the crew at Lone Pine. fact
for which Mccartney was devoutly thank
full
Hes all right. guess. I don't see
much OF him myself" said Mccartney,
wishing that the little might be stiA less.
81 am afraid you don't like him very
WELL" said the brown-eyed maid. all In
nocence.
Now, Mccartney was big fellow, with
wide-open blue eyes, thick name OF red
hair. and a skin as white, under his
clothes, as a'womans Such men are not
adopts In eoncealment.
Il Ike him about as well as he likes
me; and that's precious little. / hear he
has been making his brags that he will
run me or Of the c. and CIR before he
gets through with me-"
why. dear me didn't know you were
snenNesw
Mccartney iaughed-ths laugh OF a
good-natured giant I'm not an enemy,
but guess he &c."
what Is the troublef" asked Phemie.
aEain Ill Innocence.
you" Mccartney blurtea Il out be-
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-16
Automatic FIaEmen.
From Pearson's weekly

With view to preventing accidents at
level crossings and collisions in the neigh
borhood Of railway stations a very inge-
NOUS mechanism has recently been tried
IN France. 1t consists essentially Of a
huge hook or catch, made or iron, which
is connected with lever at the station
by means OF a wire, through which a
current OF electricity passes. When IL
is lying in its place the train passes over
1, quite easily. but as soon as II Is rails
ed IL catches lever which Is attached to
the engine. The lever thus caught causes
an air valve on the engine TO open au-
tomatically and applies the brakes at
once, so that the whole train Is brought
to a standstiu within a very short dis
lance. In foggy weather the use OF such
an apparatus cannot be overestimated
as Il Is calculated 10 prevent a train run
ming into another which happens 70 be
delayed at a static
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-16

gives 1t a great value to the scientists
who are experimenting with a view to
securing a more hardy breed of orange.
And this is the explanation OF the crop
of paper bags. The blossoms of the tree
have just been crossed with the St. Mich
aels and Sanguina oranges, which are
the standard variety of sweet Florida
fruit. Prof. Weber is trying to secure
a hybrid which will retain the edible
qualities of the sweet Florida orange, and
at the same time preserve the hardness
of the Chinese mother tree. One plant
with these characteristics would be worth
more than a bonanza gold mine. 1t would
serve as the parent stock for thousands
of plants which would be grown through
out the Gulf states, revolutionizing the
agricultural industries there, and yielding
millions of dollars to the growers.
Experiments with this end in view be-
gan several years ago. At the present
time the department has about 800 hybrid
seedlings. 1t is expected that seme Of
these will bear their first fruit this fall,
though the majority of them will not
bear much before next year.
The three hundred hybrid seedlings
which Prof. Webber has secured repre-
sent "a deal Of patient labor. To cross va
rieties which are closely related is a COM
psratively simple matter; but the Chi
nese orange and the Florida variety have
been so long separated, and have been
subjected to such different environments,
that they have almost forgotten that thew
belong to the same genus, and they do
not take kindly to each other Conse-
quentfy not more than one blossom out
OF hundred fortified with the foreign
pollen bears fruit; and then not more
than seven out of fifteen seeds in that
fruit VIII germiuate and produce a plant
The paper bags are used to protect the
hover which has been fortified with
the pollen of the sweet orange. The FIRST
step in the operation of Decentralization
is the removal of the pollen-bearing or
male element from the blossom. This is
done with small scissors and pincers.
The petals are also removed leaving the
stigma exposed. This is all done before
the blossoms are fully opened; for by that
time there is danger that bees or other
insects might have carried the pollen from
some open blossom and deposited it on
the stigma. When the male organs have
oeen completely removed pollen is gath
cred from the blossoms of the trees in
government greenhouses and shaken light
ly upon the prepared flower. Then the
bag is tied tightly in place to make sure
that no pollen from the same tree be-
comes mingled with that already used.
After the fruit has had time to begin
forming the bags are removed and the
twig is marked with a tag giving the
name of the other parent.
As soon as the seedlings bud they are
sent to different parts of the country TO
be grated on plants which have already
been started. Thus 1t Is soon discovered
whether the plant is sufficiently hardy.
and the only remaining question is as
TO the quality OF the fruit.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-16

Twas all right; 7 saw it just as you
jerked the air on. Let's CO."
John Mccartney took his place In the
cab OF the big eight-wheeler, and the
special was presently storming on its west
ward way again. But for that one night
the engineers nerve was gone He stood
down on the footplate to run, and his hand
never left the throttle.
The next time it happened he was
"dead-heading" over the division in the
caboose Of a freight train. Not liking the
company around the red lobster of a
stove-Logan was of IL, dead-heading also
Mccartney had climbed to a seat in the
caboose lookout Being off duty he fell
asleep; and when he awoke the train was
running into Rockton. He started up and
rubbed his eyes. While you might count
five every light in the Rockton yard glared