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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
UTAH srockMAN DISAPPEARS.
Fears Of Foul Play In the Case Of
Thomas OIiiey. Last Seen at
Denver.

SunnysIdc. Utah. Oct. 2a.-Thc
friends and business asEnciatcs In Car
bon county of Thomas Dilicy. the cat
tlcman who few months ago shot aud
killed Stephen Chapman. the shecpman.
arc worried over Dlllcy's whereabouts.
Nothing has been heard OF him Tor
something like three weeks. II was
then Ms manager Of the Pntmos-icad
Cattle and Land Company that Diilcy
took 400 beef steers To Denver. Being
fine bunch of stock they brought top
notch prices on the market, and ne
should have had. after nii expenses
were paid. close to 5000.
When Dillcy did not return home nj
the time he should have come. officers
Of the company began to inquire by
wire of him as TO how he came out with
his sale. A day went ny then week.
with no word OF Dillcy and no returns
from the shipment OF cattle. II was re-
ported that he had gone on TO Price. pc-
ing III, but an officer Of the cattle COM
many went there n few days ago. only
TO find that nothing had been seen or
was known of him.
Now the report here Is that he told
friends that he proposed. after he had
marketed his stun. to make n visit 10
his old home and relatives In Texas ana
Indian territory. Tclcgraphic commu-
nIcation with these points brings back
nothing to throw any light on the sub
ject.
No one believes he has decamped
with the money of the company. or
which he is not only manager. but one
of the heaviest stockholders. II he
does not show up 1t is, they say, case
of foul play.
When he killed Chapman he also took
n shot at n Mexican sheepherder In the
employ of the latter. The sheepherder
has since been reported to be awaiting
an opportunity of shooting Diiiey,
which report. however. has on numer-
Gus occasion been communicated 10
Dilley by friends.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
AWFUL TYPHooN IN JAPAN.
Two Thousand People Killed and In
jurcd and Fifty Thousand Build
inns Wrecked.

Yokohama. Oct. 3O.-Mcrc than
$4,000 dwellings and 1000 people were
either killed or wounded in the
typhoon which has swept the Japan.
ese coast. Railroads. the fishing In.
dustry and other branches of the in.
dustries were completely demoralized.
In Mito. no less than 10000 houses
were demolished and ninety persons
were killed. In the Ashiwo copper
mine 4S7 houses collapsed and 300
persons were killed. A large number
of others were buried alive. In Hako-
data, owing 10 the typhoon on the
2Sth ultimo. incalculable damage was
done. In Chiba Ken, the number OF
houses entirely demolished was 9.775.
while 37,006 houses were damaged.
The number of persons killed was
fifty-two. while 400 people were in
jured. In Miyagi Ken several fishing
boats were wrecked of the coast of
Takanagomura and twelve fishermen
were drowned. In Akita Ken fifty SEN
does on junks in the harbor of Tsu-
chizaski and fifty fishermen belonging
to Kawabegun are missing. In Yama.
gaia Ken such storm as ragged on the
2Sth ultimo has not been experienced
for the past 200 years.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
REDIvlVUS OF STRIKE
TROUBLE BREAKS OUT AGAIN
Miners in Seven Large Galleries in
Penns. 'sania Are Ordered Out by
President Mitchell.

Haze lion, Pa, Oct 30.-The strike AT
the seven eoilisries Of Coke Bros, 4 Co.
the four mines of q. u. MarkIe & Co
and the Siiyerbrook operation OF J. >.
wentz a. Co. was officially renewed to-
day through an ogdeF issued by the dis
tTiet secretary OF the United Mine
Workers upon instructions from Presi-
Dent Mitchell.
The strikers at those mines were not
permitted To return To work in a body.
the Coxes insisting that their employees
max. personal application for their
former positions. and q. II, MarEls q
Co. requiring that each man. before 60
Ing back to work. promise To abide by
the decision of III. arbitration commits
sion. The Mine Workers ailese that
the object OF these requirements is dis
erimination against men who were
prominent In the strike.
a. Pur,i-o q Co.'S collIert.s. where
the men have been asked not To inter
fere with non-union hands. arc not In-
eluded In the strik. order. The men
voted Saturday not To resume work IN
Ill the agreement Ii withdrawn.
The trouble at siiycrbrook Is similar
10 that Mt III. Coke mines.
The following notic. was posted by
Coke Bros. Il Co. at their collIcE!cS TO-
day:
ANY empioyc who by Intimidation
(moral persuasionb attempts To indue"
n company .mployc to leave or join a
society, or anybody who objects Ia
work with any other cmpioyc because
he has. or does not. bclon. To a society.
will be discharged
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
To Build Santa Fe cut.oH.

Santa Fe, N. NJ, Oct. 30.-The
Eastern Railway of New Mexico filed
incorporation papers to-day for the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe cutoff
from Texico, near the New Mexico
boundary, to Rio Puerco. in Valencia
county. 1t will go through Abo pass
and will cross the Rio Grande at
Belen. 1t will be 265 miles long and
will be the connecting link for a di-
rect east and west line from Kansas
City to Los Angeles.
Two branch lines were Incorporated
at the same time, one from Rio Puerco
to Abo pass. fifty-fve miles long, cross
ing the Rio Grande river at La Joya.
and meant for all traffic from Mexico
and El Paso to Los Angeles or to Kan
sas City and Chicago, and cutoff
from Brazil Springs ~ way of Por-
tales into Texas to connect with Fort
Worth and Galveston, giving n direct
line from San Francisco to Fort Worth
and Galveston. This cutoff will be
sixty-fve miles .ong in New Mexico.
Tne capital stock is S9,625.000.
The survey part of the line between
Salt Lake ana Fort Worth ultimately
to be line between San Francisco
and Fort Worth and Galveston, has
been completed for the Santa Fe Cen
trail Railway, which is rapidly pushing
its line between Torrance and Santa
Fe. which will be part OF the link of a
new transcontinental road back of
which are Pennsylvania capitalists in
close sympathy with the Pennsylvania
and Rock Island systems.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
Reclamation Of Sal, Marshes.

In European countries salt marshes
are regarded rs the most fertile Of
lands. Large areas In Holland. Den
mark. Germany. and Belgium have
been cultivated for many years. In
England the Fens to the extent of
probably more than 100000 acres
have been dikcd and ditchcd and are
now In state OF matchicss fertility"
says a publication Of the bureau OF
soils. The reclamation OF tidal lands
to be successful at minimum OK.
pensc should be managed by n man OF
experience in such matters. The ques'
tton of how to build dikcs. the cheapest
and most efficient method of drainage
to be employed. and the subsequent
management OF the soil TO bring II into
n state OF fertility at the earliest pos.
sible moment, are all problems which
require experience and judgment II
the work is to be success. Unfor.
tunately. in America there are no
trained agricultural engineers. nor is
there an institution OF learning which
claims to train expert agricultural
engineers. The best person. then. to
plan and manage the reclamation is n
civil engineer who has had experience
in some related work. Men of expe.
rience have a habit of charging well
for their services, but the money spent
In fees to the right man is well in.
vested. Diking and ditching done by
inexperienced or careless persons will
require more in repairs each year than
would have been necessary to insure
proper supervision in the first in.
stance.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
The Onion Crop.

Chas. p. Guelf, reviewing the reports
on the onion crop all over the country.
says: New England will produce a
crop approximately the same as last
year. In New York, the surplus in
Orange County will be required to
make up the shortage in the northern
part of the state, and give New York
the same crop as last season. Ohio's
surplus will be required to bring up
Indiana's deficit and the shortage in
Michigan and the Chicago district.
will, in our opinion, require more than
the indicated increase in Minnesota
and Wisconsin to give them the crop
of last year. and, published reports to
the contrary Notwithstanding. we can
not figure on crop to exceed that of
last season in number of bushels har-
vested, and certainly not as good in
quality of stock. The crop generally
ripening unevenly, and considerable
acreage is yet to be harvested. The
quality of the onions Is not so good as
last year, though some fields show ex.
cellent stock, as rule. however, the
color is not up to the standard, vel.
lows and whites being more or less
green in color, and in the districts
which suffered from excessive rains,
the keeping quality of the stock is
quite inferior, and good storage onions
are at a premium; fancy storage red
globes for the southern trade being
exceptionally short.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

New Possibilities in Pump irrigation.
Much has already been said In thess
columns relative to irrigatins small
areas ON the farm by means OF pumps
Generally wind power has been the
force used and advocated. II has hsen
taken for granted that any means OF
supplying water by pumping meant
the supplying of IL in suen small auan'
titles at the time OF pumping that II
would have to be stored in reservoirs
previous TO being used. SO that suf'
ncient amount of water could he ap'
piled At one time TO properly do the
work. II is recognized as a principle
that the little and often" method OF
watering will not do.
In the West this system mas been
brought to some perfection. especially
In Western Kansas and Western Ne
bFaska- There windmill will NIL u
reservoir with enough water to irri'
gate about IL acres OF land. which. OF
course. is not used for grain growing.
but for tn. raising OF vegetables. Hut
the cost of constructin. reservoir is
considerable. and the cost OF erecting
windmill tower is also considerable.
So II method could be found that
would make II possible TO supply water
TO tho land In large enough stream To
irrisht. II direct there would be n
considerable saving. This tho Arizona
station has done. II has used an or
dinary engine for ilftIn. the water.
but has employed n very lars. stream
OF water for the purpose. From seven
TO t2 acres OF ground can thus be IT.
risated In n single day OF - hours.
The use OF large stream of water
has n great advantage over tho unc OF
n small stream. Tho experiments arc
to be continued at the Arizona station
and will Doubtless brin. to light many
ihinsh. especially the economy OF us
Ing certain kinda OF fuel. In NIL OF
our states thcr. are times IA the year
when nm application Of water would
save valuable crops. There are those
that pcrHistcntly stick to the Idea that
we should not irri.atc II we live In
the humid states. Hut II drouth
comes Just before crop is ready to
harvest and ruins II. the result is the
same ms II Il had been present all the
time.
Hitherto II has been thought that
only garden truck could be irrigated,
the expense being too great for Held
crops. But Mt the station mentioned II
was found that irrigation could be car
ricd on Mt about 81 per acre and cover
the ground more than five inches deer
with water. At this rate any kind OF n
crop could be irrigated TO advantage.
There is evidently great future for
this kind OF enterprise. In some OF
our hiliy states there are no end OF
water powers going TO waste. which
will doubtless some day be used rs
has been indicated.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
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Plants Tina, Live in Insects.

To say that plants live upon and In
Insects sounds like putting the cart
before the horse" for usually one
thinks OF insects ms living and feed
Ing upon plants. Almost everyone has
noticed during the latter part OF sum
msr and In the autumn. the dead nlts
attached by their tongues to the walls
OF the house and to the window'panes.
and also the dead grasshoppers cling
Ing To the weeds and grass stems In
such a way that they appear TO have
died from fear OF either falling OF or
OF being carried by strong wind to
a less favorable feeding ground. Nari'
Gus other insects are also found dead
In considerable numbers, IL some
times happens that an entir. swarm OF
bees Is destroyed within n short time
and that siikworms that were eatins
rayeneousiy and apparently In perfect
health. become Inactive and die within
n few days.
An examination OF som. OF these
dead insects shows that they are GOV.
cred with n white cottony substance
which breaks through their bodies N,
the scsmcnts. while others hns.
changed color and finally ro,ted with
out any vISIbi. cause. A few insccir.
such ss the white grub which is the
young stage OF the May beetle. are oe'
easionaiiy found with yariouSly col
ored horn'iIk. objects projecting out
OF their dead bodies.
Tn. loss to the silk industry and to
'he bc. ralscrs has brought about n
careful Investigation Of the diseases
Of the nilitworm and bee In order TO
determine the cause OF their wholesale
destruction and to md some means of
preventing Il. In the cnsc Of certain
other inHccis.-thc srasshopperB. cod
ling mota. chineh bug. and the omni'
present house ny for example. means
for destroying them Is Of ns much i'm
pOrtancc as for pro,cctin. the silk
worm and honey bco.
Az n result these Investigations have
shown thnt the death OF many insects
is caused by plants which live inside
OF them and which feed upon them.
Plants living after this manner are
known as fungi. Instead of obtaining
their food from the soil and air like
the Sunnowcr and the corn. they get
II either from living plants and AMI
mails or from dead ones. Other famil
inr examples OF the fungi are the
toadstoois. the mildcws, and th'
moulds.-Prof John l.. Sheldon.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

BUSY DAY FOR BURGLARS.
Daring Bank Robberies at Numerous
Points Throughout the Country.

Gardner. H.. Oct. es.-sIE men blew
open the vault OF the Exchange Nation
al bank here early to-day and took sew
eral thousand dollars
They seized Town Martial Edmond
son at the engine houss. tied him up
with ropes. took him TO the bank and
set him in chair. The marshal is the
only policeman. and eNsTybOiy else
was asleep. The vault was blown open
with dynamite. and the Inside OF the
bank was wrecked. Thr robbers are
supposed TO have secure between ST.
600 and $1,000. al,houga the szae,
amount is not known.
After leaving the bank 'hcy took the
marshal TO the school hnlsH. tied him
to a chair and put rops around his
neck. The chair Was PLACED at the head
of u stairway 50 that IL h. struggled To
release himself he would fall down
stairs and hang himself. The robbers
took train for Chicago.
Appleton. Wis. Oct. 70 Martin Cor
nelius. a saioonk-cp-r. Was held up and
robbed OF s. .ooo last night by Two men
with rryolyers. who ordered him to
throw up his hands. Af,sT securing the
money, the robbers warned Cornelius
against maxim. an outer. and escaped.
Cornelius had drawn III" money from
the bank to max. n real estate pur-
chase.
Rochester. y. v. Oct. 9Th. vaul;
Of the private bank OF Charles X. Knapp
Mt Sodus was broken Into with dynn-
mite by burglars early to-day. and II II
believed 81. 900 was secured Not only
tho vault but also the hlak building
was wrecked by the fore" Of the cnp'o-
sion.
Gam Valley. s. D.. oci. :s.-Robbcrs
wrecked the safe In the Bank of Buffalo
County here to-day. hut Ned without Ar'
curing any money. Il is supposed they
were alarmed by the explosion.
Price. Utah. Oct. .s.-Th" firHt Ma
tionai bank oi this placc NaS entered
by burgiars last nj sht and futile at
tempt to force the ssuit was mad. Ef.
forts to driil through the walls wcr" ua'
successful. and twcivc-pound hammer
APPLIED to tn. combination knob was
equally barren OF result. The work
wns evidently that of amateurs. The
combination Of the vault vaH 50 badly
broken that Il was imposslblc 10 open
II to-day.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
Wreck in Ohio.

Cincinnati, O.. Oct. 29.-The Gin
cinnati, Hamilton & indianapolis pas
senger train on the C. II. D. rail.
way, which left Hamilton at 9:5!
O'Clock tonight. ran into local
freight train, two miles east of Ok
ford.
Engineer Conn and two unknown
men were instantly killed. Mail Clerk
John Conner of Hamilton was badly
hurt.
The passengers were badly shaken
up. but 1t is not believed that any OF
them were seriously injured.
The mail car and half of the bag
gage car are burned and the entire
train was wrecked. The bodies OF the
two unknown men killed were found
under the baggage car. A relief train
has been sent from Hamilton to the
scene of the wreck.
The wires are down and the details
of the wreck are not obtainable.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
In cul,Iva,ino the Orchard.

In cuitivatins an orchard the kind OF
tool used II OF considerable consc-
quoncc. II will rarely ray to use tho
common piow. as this is about sure to
break the roots and deprive the trees
of large feeders a common piow may
be used In n newly planted orchard
where the trees have made little root
growth. but never In n ~cil.cHtnbliahcd
orchard. Even In case OF young or
chari. uEinE the common plow year
after year will result In cutting on
may OF the advancing roots. especial
iy II the ground be hard below tho
point In the soil yearly penetrated by
the plow. On soil that Is light II does
not matter 10 much. as the roots will
tend to strike deeper than the plow has
reached.
Ordinarily II Is best 20 cultivate or
chards with gang plows. with harrows
or with wccdcrS Some OF the har-
rows are particularly arranged for
working around trees. and will pass
much closer to the trees than tho
horses 70. This eultivntes the land
to near the trunks OF the trees. while
the heads OF the horses and their har-
ncsses do not injurc the limbs Of tho
trees. A smoothing harrow does good
work. The use of weedcrs Is urged.
These light weeders can be made to
cover n great deal of ground In SIN
gle day. II used often they keep tho
ground in the best OF condition and
free from weeds.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
NO. 23.
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Fruit on the Farm.

We propose TO keep up the agitation
for fruit on the farm Till We are sat
Isiied that every farm. or practically
every farm. Is growing enough fruit
for the use OF the farmers family
There Is not farm of any Kind where
at least some fruit should not DO
grown. Il may not pay to grow pears
or peaches or even apples on somo
farms. but where one kind OF fruit Ia
Impossible. another kind will flourish
This Is particularly noticeable ns ws
30 north. Many Of the tree fruits.
like the peach. will not grow In high
attitudes. but. on the other hand. b-T-
rles OF all kinds flourish exceedingly.
We arc told that In Alaska berries OF
many OF our common varieties grow In
greatest profusIon. and that. too. on
the edge OF the Arctic ocean. In tho
United States there II no locality
where fruit may not bo raised. Tho
strawberry Is ubiquitous, growing from
the shores OF tho Gulf OF Mexico To
tho Canadian border. Blackberries
can be grown on most OF our farms.
Below certain latitude varieties OF
Japanese and European piums flourish.
while north of that tho American va
ricties are In their glory. Where mp
pies can be grown which In on most
OF our farms. they should be planted.
and planted every year. II should bs
n part of the general plan OF tho far
m.r to keep up the efforts to have fruit
for his wife and chiiircn.-farmers
Review.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
The Chemistry of Forests.

A recent important step by the ma
tional bureau of forestry was the es-
tablishment of dendro-chemical lab
oratory in cooperation with the bu-
rc.lu of chemistry. The need of =
laboratory which would devote all Of
its attention to the study of the chem
istry of forest products had been felt
for some time. A number Of laborar
tories devoted to the chemistry of tan
ming materials, and other materials
used in the manufacture of leather,
are in existence in England and on
the Continent, but this line of work
forms only n small part of the field
of dendro.chemistry. The first work
taken up by the dendro-chemical lab.
oratory was study of the chemical
composition of the wood and bark O:
the chestnut oak, white oak, red oa!s.
and black oak. This investigation has
been extended to the western hemlock.
and other trees will be taken up in
turn until an exhaustive series OF anal
yses is obtained, including the most
important American commercial trees
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
Arm Torn From Body.

Victor, Colo, Oct 29.-While work
ing around the machinery in the
Economic mill near this city Thomas
Kilur. machinist. had his right arm
torn completely from the socket to.
day. His injury is a horrible one, but
physicians were called Immediately
and 1t is thought that he will recover.
Kilur's right arm caught in huge
belt and he was pulled completely
over large flywheel near the ceiling,
when his arm finally was pulled off.
His body described a semicircle in
the air and was thrown several feet
and piled torn and bleeding in heap
on the floor. No bones were broken
by the fall and the physicians succeed.
ed after some difficulty in stanching
the flow Of blood. Kilus was brought
to tho Victor hospital.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
The White Grub Fungus tcordyeeps).

Probably the most conspicuous fun
gus which lives In insects and ono
which attracts attention on account OF
its size. peculiar shape and occasional
bright color. is Cordyceps. II attacks
all orders OF six.lcgged insects and
certain OF the spiders. producing what
Is termed vegetable sprout." This
fungus. in one Of Its fruiting stages.
covers the insect with white growth
or filaments similar to Sporotrichum,
in fact II has been mistaken for Spor-
otrchum. This is the much moro
common form and has been given tho
name Isaria. In the second fruitinS
stage, the fungus grows inside tho
grub of the May beetle or other insect
until 1t is ready to fruit. when one or
more club.shaped bodies. often several
inches long, grow outside. Inside
these club.shaped bodies are numerous
small pockets containing sacs filed
with long. slender spores. At matur-
ity the spores leave the sacs and es-
cape to the ground through small
openings In the club-shaped bodies
Just how the filaments from these
spores gain an entrance into some in
sect Is probably not definitely known.
but possibly by becoming attached to
it as 1t crawls over the ground.-Prof.
John l.. Sheldon.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

Many good piece of ground has
been worked up into a condition in
which 1t was of no value for anything.
by constant use as pasturage during
rainy weather.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

We learn nothing when we do the
talking ourselves, but when we listen
we at least learn 10 be courteous.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
German Butchers No, Envied

The butchers occupation Is no
longer regarded in Germany as par
ticularly remunerative.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

Do not use the milk within twenty
days before calving. nor for three to
FIVE days afterwards.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

The man that has q productive cram
he rry bog las profitable investment