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The Springfield herald., 1903-03-20
THE PRAIRIE DOG AS
A RANGE PEST.

Probably the lowest estimate
we can reasonably make is that
two per cent. OF the land in cast
'ern Colorado is occupied by pralr-
lie dog towns. Most persnns would
put the amount at ten per cent.
This would equal 412 square miles.
In some counties fully ten per
cent. of the land is used by the
dogs. 10 estimate the loss to the
state 10y the existence of these
pests, we must consider how many
steers the range occupied by them
would support. Tie average
square mile will keep twenty head
of steers; but the average square
mile of dog Town will not support
more than five steers. This makes
ii net loss, In carrying capacity, of
fifteen steers per square mile
caused by the presence of the
prairie dogs. So, the 412 square
miles would support 5000 steers.
These at three years old, are worth
$3.50. 900, making an annual loss
of $50, 600 at this estimate. But.
as the country becomes more
thickly settled, the dogs increase
more RAPIDLY than they do ON The
open range, far from settlements.
Increase.-Female prairie dogs
seem to bear from four to eight
young at birth. This rate would
tend to double the dog population
yearly. If the number did double
annually, the whole territory
would be fully occupied by them
in six years.. But 1t is only when
the presence of man protects them
from their natural enemies-tle
hawks, snakes and badgers-ihat
they realiv do increase so rapidly.
We feel the necessity for destroy
ing The rattle snakes; but the hull
snake should be encouraged. as he
is ordinarily Il harmless ally of
man in the fight against prairie
dogs. One well grown bull snake
will probably destroy the increase
of at least ten pairs of prairie dogs.
-From Colorado Agricultural
Experiment Station Press Bulle-
TN No. 16.
methods of exterminatlng The
prairie dog will be published next
week.
The Springfield herald., 1903-03-20

TIE NEW TELEPHONE LAW OF
Kansas provides, according to the
Syracuse Journal, provides that
Stanton and Morton counties may
invest not to exceed $4,000 each
in telephone line t" Syracuse.
Upon a petition of a majority of
the taxpayers of the county the
board Of county commissioners is
authorized to call an election to
vote bonds or warrants Tor such
purpose as the commissioners may
decide. The hoard is authorized
to sell the bonds or warrants tor
the highest price obtainable and
to advertise for sealed proposals
for constructing and equipping
said line, and the contract should
be let to the lowest responsible
bidder and no money Is to be paid
until the telephone line Ia com
pleted and in working order. The
county officers are 10 have the free
use OF the line and tine commis-
sioners are authorized to make ar
rangenents With private lndivid
uals for the use of the telephone.
and the proceeds received from
such use are to be applied by the
commissioners toward the mamie y
nance and repairing of the line,
The act goes into effect upon the
publication OF the statute book.
Should not this same method OF
securing telephone connections
With the outside world for Baca
county appeal to our citizens!
The advantages derived would be
many. It's now too late to in
t<oducc new bills into the state
The Springfield herald., 1903-03-20
TOURS IN THE ROCKY
MOUNTAINS.

A mountain tourist in search of
grand and beautiful scenery finds an
embarrassment of riches in Colora
do and Utah. but if the names of
the Denver Il Rio Grande and the
Rio Grande Western railroads are
borne in mind when planning IL
trip there is little chance of MAX
ing mistake or meeting with dis
appointment.
This is the only route having
two distinct lines through the
Rocky mountains, thus atTordlng
the tourist the advantage OF going
via one line and returning via the
other. In this manner the trip
from Denver. Colorado Springs, or
Pueblo TO Grand junction may be
made via the main line, through
the Royal Gorge, Leadvllle. over
tennessee Pass, through Eagle
River Canon. Canon of the Grand
Rlyer and Glenwood Springs. re,
turning via the Black Canon ot
GunnisOD. and Marshall Pass, or
vice versa. all through tickets be-
ing available via either route.
Tourists to and from Salt Lake
City, Ogden, Portland or San Fran
cisco. will find it to their advan-
tage to haye their tickets read in
both directions via 1.-The Scenic
Line of the World" and "The
Great Lake Route" thus securing
the privilege OF using one of the
above lines going and the other
returning.
The above covers in general
way the trans.conilnental po. ton
OF the Denver Il Rio Grande and
The Rio Grande Western, but it
must be remembered that this is
but part of the entire system.
For instance, the line from Pueblo
over beautiful La Veta Pass, via
the magnificent Toltec Gorge to
Durango, AMI thr.ugh the pictur-
esque Aninas Canon to Silverton
affords one OF the grandest trips on
the continent. This Ill connect,
ion with the Silverton Railroad
and the Rio Grande Southern Rail
road from Durango to Ridgeway.
forms the celebrated "Around the
Circle" trip, the remainder of the
journey being made eastward over
the Denver and Rio Grande.
There are also many similar side
trips that can be made through
this beautiful region. Write S. X.
Hooper, q. L. 4 I. A.. Denver,
Colo. fof illustrated descriptive
pamphlets.
The Springfield herald., 1903-03-20
$25 to California


From April LIT to June 18th. 1903
The Santa Fe will make a Second
Glass Rite of $500 from Lamar
to California Points.
Tickets will he on sale from
April 1St until June 18th. PAS
sengers will be allowed either the
Southern Route or may 90 by Og-
den but Tickets viii! not be sold
via Portland at this rate.
Five day op-Overs will be al,
lowed at certain California points.
q. j. Garvin, Agent,
Lamar, Colo.
The Springfield herald., 1903-03-20
GleaninQs and Comment.

A. G. B. Schroeder has made an
actual count OF his loss OF sheep
by the late storm. 1t falls under
400 out of 5000 or 5000 head.
Five head were still alive after
being buried Is days in snow
DRIFT. How Is that for tenacity.-
Clmarrop News.
The Springfield herald., 1903-03-20

legislature at Its present session,
but when it convenes again the
workings of the Kansas law will
probably have been tested and
then our representative can be
asked to work for the enachon Of
such a law in Colorado. 1t should
be done.
The Springfield herald., 1903-03-20

Springfield hs: Az IL. M, M Lamar A.. E. m. m.
Observation-Disclosures.
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Friday At 100 N, IN. arrive at Springfield,
7:yop.m.
(Frce box delivery on ali routes
All mails closed i've minutes before leaving
tine. SILAs +. SrEcKMANS, PM.
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Mail Time Card.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26

The money for the pickett papers
had been appropriated by special act OF
Congress. Many persons asserted that
no good could result from the FeSuF-
rectIou Of these loDg-buTied documents,
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FASHIONABLE PETS BEFORE THE CAMERA

It's good points so well as IN a photo
graph. if a good pose is secured But
photographers. for some reason OF other.
have never given this branch OF their
business much attention
1T was the amateur photographer
who first discovered how admirably pets
could be made to sit for a picture. and
the best photographs of this sort we're
taken by amateurs until we began to
give the matter our study and attention.
But at fashionable studios there used
TO be q dislike for photographing pets
for the reason that the results were
not apt 10 be good. They frightened a
cat or a dog into a nervous state that
made It wish 10 escape the moment It
entered a studio.
we get our sitter TO feel at home the
first thing by giving il a saucer of milk
or a chicken bone, and after q little play
it becomes as Iractable as child It is
stage fright that makes bad pictures
with babies and grown persons, just as it
does with animals, If they are pushed at
/ once into a chair and the picture taken
before the mood OF repose has asserted
itself
= know Of photographers who, in their
/ endeavors to make a patron assume some
posture that may be entirely unnatural,
bring on TT Of nervousness that is al
most hysteria. They keep turning the
head this way or that. bending the neck
or the elbow in a certain direction until
the sitter is in torture A human being
will stand this sort OF thing, but an ami
NAL will not. aud we have TO use gentle
and subtle methods in order TO get the
best results.
we make up the animal pictures by
the dozen and some of them are very
handsomely mounted. The studies of ex-
preston in the different faces are won
derful There are serious dogs and
eoquettish kittens, vain Angoras and
FspIendid kingly st. Bernards.
'Of course, our sitters as rule are
the thoroughbreds of their class and this
is the reason. perhaps. why they are 50
we'll behaved. We rarely have any OBJ
streperous models and no quarrel has IS
vet interfered with the harmony Of our
!studio."
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THE photographer of society's pets
has appeared in Washington.
This specialist doesn't pretend
to be able to make good photograph
Of baby In fact he shrrgs his should
ers and rolls up his eyes when you
speak of an infants photograph and
says something about their being all
alike
But he is wildly enthusiastic on the
subject of dogs and says that 1t is de
light to photograph a Persian kitten,
for these little animals are natural
models. it seems. and every new atti-
tude is more charming than the last.
There was a time not so very long ago
when the photograph of a dog might be
that of door mat and a cat looked like
a mun. But all that is changed now and
the quick methods of photography make
it possible to secure wonderfully good
pictures while the pets themselves seem
to have acquired liking for the cam
era.
4 have taken hundreds Of photo
graphs of pet dogs and cats in The last
year or two" said the photographer OF
society pets After the dog show there
is always a boom and a cat show also
| results in a great rush for pictures. Il
used to be the thing for a lady 10 pose
with her pet, but of late we find thai
we can secure excellent pictures of the
animals alone
Some of them take naturally to pos
ing and seem to understand it. for they
don't move an eyelash. many Of them
until I tell them they may. The dog
are the best holders of any particular
post and will sit as still as huma
being and much more quietly than ;
child
The cats on the contrary play aroun
and we have to catch them in speeia
poses. a Persian kitten is a nature
| model and will assume nifty graceful
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26

Of killing a snake-jumping straight
up and down upon it. but some say
it was to dodge stones thrown by about
thirty at the reptile. striking either him
or the snake at each throw The men
in the canal were thrown In where they
could not get out. though only down to
their armpits, when one of the fellows
ashore and above. got the long black
snake on a stick and threw it to the
men in the water. who at once swan to
the towpaths on the farther side
Stripped for a Swim.
In the afternoon the sun came out
and the boys went over where the water
PUSHES throusl a chasm among big
rocks, and nearly the entire crowd
stripped I'D had an enjoyable swim
The watsr was ice cold, hut it made one
feel 3 Jod. for the sunshine was warm
am the rocks seemed warm. 1t is the
,astom for US TO frequently strip OF
and take wash in the nearby brook,
which flows under the stone water
/ trough near the camping place, but We
have never gone swimming in the river
/ before.
"On Monday an ugly cold rain set
/ in. and plans were made to break camp
aud return to the Green and get ready
for recitations. which began on We'd
! nesday morning.
"AT in all. the encampment Of this
! Eastertide was a great success, great
pleasure. a great outing for u.s.
You have radiators going with full
steam on, said the reporter, to one of
the mutes In his comfortable room on
an upper floor.
'.oh. yes; we always like to keep
warm"
Aud you have easy spring beds and
soft. thick mattresses to sleep on. with
plenty of cover, see.
'.Oh, yes; always.
well. is it not dangerous 10 make
such a decided change from these rooms
at Eastertide2"
We'll. we don't know. except that i
fanybody got sick from the exposure yoI
refer to. perhaps the faculty would stoI
the old custom as quickly as they stoI
some other things we sometimes thinl
lrealIy do not concern them p"
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attitudes in as many minutes. The most
effective pictures have secured are
those of the Persian cats
cor course there has been a cat fad
within the past year or two, and every
woman has her pet Angora or her Per-
sian kitten nowadays. The craze came
from London, where the women have
been taking cats about with them in
cabs and omnibuses for a year or more
THE craze has never reached that
state here as vet. although once in
while you may see a girl driving with
cat or even in the street cars But cats
are very popular as pets, more SC than
dogs with women and We are kept busy
taking their pictures.
The pretty idea with a cat IS to get
six OF eight different pictures and then
frame them in a long panel passe par
tout. This makes a delightful picture
for a nursery or q sitting room Chill
dren are very fond OF having their pets
pictured by the camera and they usual
" wish to be photographed with them
We have had any number of children
brought here with pet rabbits. and one
brought turtle the other day and
wished to be taken with it in a group
It was difficult to make him under
stand that a turtle could hardly be in
duced to pose for a camera with any eff
| fectiveness.
/ Monkeys we have taken, but monkey
/ are not popular as pets in America. al
! though in the southern countries ever,
household has its pet monkey. just a
we have our cats and dogs. But IL j.
difficult to get a good picture of
monkey. for 1t is not stiu long enoug
as a rule, and its face is always in mo
ton
The French bulldogs are admirabl
posers for the camera They are aler
and intelligent. Their faces are full O
expression and sharpness and thei
lines come out we'll
"a thoroughbred animal never show
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Ga1laudet Campers of 1903

Cav and several ladies of the Green
volunteered to head a party 10 reach the
camp about noon. All the girls but
one were ready at the appointed hour,
and reached camp about noon. 10 find
that the boys had prepared an extra
good camp dinner TO start d good after
Moons outing for them There are some
pretty good cooks at Gallaudet, and OF
this occasion the boys held up the old
camps reputation. Hot rolls and waf-
fes. hapjacks. buckwheat cakes, sau-
sage, bologna. ham and eggs, chicken
soup, pork chops, sardines. bass, rock,
perch. and picked shad roe: and smok-
ed herring. coffee, cocoa. lemonade, and
pop. with pie made after the old col
Iege recipes, also the iu-ju paste-y
pudding. served on alternate days
at Kendall Green. The girls voted
II Just grand, and said they would
wash the dishes. the pans, and all, but
/ preferred to see the falls.
over to the falls We all went The
photo shows the principal party = D.
/ ward evening the girls returned ac-
companiHd by the boys as far
as the road house.
Saturday was changeable. it'll rain
Sunday was the great da- for the
boys-and it may be said that they nc
/ longer have divine service jp there. for
most 20 a-fshing Oh this day. OF ram
bic about the falls neighborhood- There
! were two especial incidents Of this day
OF interest. In the morning one Of The
students OF one mess reminded another
of another mess Of All old vow made tC
put him into the, canal. The two mel
are the leaders or sporty fsticuffs witt
gloves and tch-as-catch-ca affairs
both public and impromptu. in the col
tlege gymnasium The students generally
Ibecame Interested. aud later on tn,
7 campers were fairly divided, and {
struggle ensued that was harder scTaI
than any OF the cane rushes and mos
of the football games at Kendall Green
Men were bruised up and the clothing
of several torn completely off. Bot
men were finally thrown into - l---.z.-
and in tI3e height of the fun one of tn
onIookeTs discovered that he was stand
ing on the head of a large snake. Hi
attention was called 10 the faei
and he began the antelope wa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26

branches we got for bedding were all
wet. you can imagine what a dismal
night it looked TO US.
Old Campers Ahead.
The first party to get coffee were
some old campers, experienced else
where. and it was then about il
o'clock, and in the fare Of camp fires,
political campaign torches, and very
sickly moonlight. Our camp fires were
so hearty. from tie use Of coal oil and
pine cord wood re had found some dis
lance away. that they should have been
visible from Washington. Nearly every
thing had to be dried, and it required
time TO do this, for it would rain up
there every five or ten minutes. II seem
ed The moon would sometimes shine
clear, and the old man IN the moon
would smile doNn at Us and then hide his
face again. and IN every tent there was
drip. drip, drip; while neglect to ditch
around some of them caused riyulets o.
GELD water to run beneath us-yet
most Of Is slept-slept like a leg, vet
with the stiffness and chill Of the dead
One of the Ducks, Introductory class
nen. brought along q beating stove
fed from ar oil tank Ee bought it at
secondhand store. said he bought j
dirt cheap, but did net know It Leaked
until Il had caCsed aIuo-t rutnEJi0n &c
an entire wagons contents, and Tier
narrowly missed blowing The entire
Duck mess into Kingdom Come by eT
pIosion. or doing some cremation.
"On Thursday morning Camp Gallau-
/ det OF 90 was carly astiF; the sun sllon
brightly. and it was quite warm.
good breakfast was reported from eacl
mess. and during the day President Gal
laudet. with a friend he had met some
V here abroad, was a visitor, and was
he said, handsomely entertained. a
we're Profs. Hare. Day, and Fay. Tha
night one Of the students who is sub
! iect 10 attacks Of somnambulfsm wan
/ dered out about 3 o'clock, and fell owe
a cliff into ditch full of soft mud an
water.
Visit From President Gallaudet.
Friday was a coed day, and Presiden
GaHaudet having returned with ar in
lyftation to the co-eds to visit camp. Pro-
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even if genuine. as some feared they
we're not. and that Secretary Boutwell,
had wasted So. Geo on four trunks filled
with worthless papers, However, tine
has demonstrated that Boutwell, did not
nav for waste paper. The indexes Of the
Pickett papers. in addition 20 those Of
the correspondence Of the Confederate
treasury and other departments. have
been of great convenience and value 10
the Government. ana have played an imf
portant part in defeating fraudulent
claims amounting TO millions Of dollars.
These diplomatic papers remained in
the original recepfacIcs until about two
years ago. when the quaint old trunks
were sold at one OF the annual auctions
held by the Treasury. The papers were
then transferred 10 three new chests toi
polished pine
Greas Seal of the COnfederacy.
colonel Pickett was also the latest
known custodian of the great seal Of fhe
I Confederate states, OF this seal, wh5ch
never was used. many romantic stories
are toId. That it was destroyed inIne-
dgately after the close Of The hostiIif les
is manffestIy untrue, by reason Of th'
fact that IN 1870 a Washington jeweler
by order Of Colonel Pickett, made mann
repiicas Of il in gold. silver. and bronze
which were sold for the benefit Of needy
southerners. one Of these facsimile
in bronze, is now IN the National Stu
scum i1p Washington. another in sh'
state department Of the capitol Of soutl
+ Carolina. and several others are cheF
lshed possessions Of men who gallanjf-
served the lost cause" The origina
was made in London at cost of Elz,
los. It was finished July ., 1864, and die
not reach Richmond until the eyaeua-
ton Of that city. It is believed that
the surviving members Of Colonel PICK
etts family are the only persons who
know its whereabouts.
in a small, dark room, under the eaTe'
Of the south wing Of the Treasury. stanl
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Saving Wood and Saying Nothing.

Easter encampmeats any more than you
could closing the White House grounds
on Easter Monday to the children OF
Washin gton."
Like Other Colleges.
There would appear to be little of old
OF new college life that IS not enjoyed or
not practioed at one time or another at
GaIIaudet College. These students-both
sexes-numbering in all not much over
hundred. and ranging in age from seven
teen to twenty-seven, are Of rather
peculiar and altogether interesting class
who come from about every class and
condition Of people throughout the
! United States For the most part they
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26

Well. haven't you some in the hos
pital tonight?"
mo. stree; not a son of Us, nor can
you find so much as a bad cold among
the forty-four of Us at Great Falls this
time last week"
A professor said it was an old custom
for the boys to camp out ct Eastertide.
and no serious consequences had ever
resulted from it. Yet on each occasion
the faculty considered matters gener-
ally and would forbid this at such a
time if it were otherwise-making such
an arrangement as would meet with sat
Isfaction.
you know" he added. what Easter
egg rolling is. We could hardly forbid
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:: :: VALUABLE CONFEDERATE RELICS II THE TREASURY :: :.

four hundred and forty-three of the
handsomest and cIeanest of them we're
pasted into a scrapbook by a woman
cIerk-the widow of an officer in the
Confederate navy The scrapbook is
kept in the vault that contains the ar
chiyes Of the Confederate government
The Great ScrapbOok.
These archives, though constantly in
official use, are closely guarded. The
huge scrapbook is the only object that
visitors are permitted to inspect, and
this privilege Is accorded only to a
favored few. The book contains, also,
specimens of all the bonds and other Sc
curities issued by the Confederate States.
On its hy-Ieaves il bears Autograph
copy and a typewriter English transla-
sJion of the letter written by Plus TX to
Jefferson Davis. The original communi-
cation lies at the bottom OF one Of the
new chests containing the diplomatic
correspondence. It's history is as fol
lows:
Pope's Plea for Peace.
In 1862. the Pope addressed open let
tiers to the archbishops Of New York anC
New Orleans. urging them and thei'
clergy TO use all possible effort toward
/ the restoration Of peace. For the sym
pathy. charity, and deep feeling dis
played In this epistIe Mr.. Davis con
Iveyed TO his holiness his own thanks an'
those of the people of the South. He for
warded his letter to Mr.. A. Dudley Mann
/ d member Of the joint commission aD
pointed to secure the recognition of tn
/ Confederate States by the European gov
ernments. He had been assigned to dut
lin Central Europe, with headquarters a
! Brussels. With the letter, which reache
him September %, 1853, were instruction
from the state department to convey
Immediately to Rome, and a commissio
appointing him a special envoy to tn
HOLY See. He reached Rome Novembe
9. and. through the cardinal secretary q
state, Antoneni, obtained an interview
with the Pontiff, who, when the lette
had been read to him, said: Il will writ
YOU a letter to Mr.. Davis OF such char
acter that it may be published for gen
eraI perusal.