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La Junta tribune., 1904-08-27

In 1899 Postmaster General
Wanamaker recommended the
establishment OF the rural free de.
livery service. The Harrison ad
ministration gave way to Cleveland
and his postmaster-genersl report.
ed that the plan was impracticable
aud refused to even give the matter
test. The democratic president,
the democratic postms ster-gene
and the democratic chairman Of
the committee on post Offices and
post roads all united in saying that
free rural delivery was impossible
and impracticable. The republi
cans again came into power in 1897
and MIR. Mckinley's postmaster
general at once advocated the
adoption OF free rural delivery
service. The development has been
rapid and this year Sac, Iso, 600
was appropriated for this service.
which is now so firmly established
that even Democrats are bound to
acknowledge its value.
La Junta tribune., 1904-08-27
Aee,,e..,e. I. tess. STAT. ,..s.


NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT Z. ".
~ Norton. whose po-tofiic~ aidress Is La
Junta. Colo, on July z. 1904. made appliestiDn
No. 5E. to the STATE Board Of Land Comnis-
.ioner. to lease sh. following d-scrih-d Schooi
wit:
AL Of section sixteen. township t~enty-nvs
south, ransr hfty y-hve west.
No other application To lease the above dos
erihsd promises or objections against the above
application will trs considered after Arpteabcs
:. isN.
MARX q. WOODRUFF,
Register State Board Land Com missiooers.
First publication. August 10. 1904.
Last publication. August II. lsN.
La Junta tribune., 1904-08-27

TIE democratic aspirant for
president. in declaring that he
will not seek second term, pro-
badly intended to make a gentle
fling at President Roosevelt
That fling, however, is robbed
somewhat Of its sting by the fact
that Theodore Roosevelt was not
elected to the Office that he nov
holds. He succeeded to it by
accident. The fact is that the
American people have little fear
that q president Who is ambitious
Tor . second term will grossly
misuse his power to accomplish
that end. Every president, from
Washington down to Mckinley,
Who has been re elected, has
passed into history as = capable,
higbmioded anj pstriotie chief
magistrate Of this republic Where
. president, Who desired . second
term, has not Won popular con.
La Junta tribune., 1904-08-27

The American people will snick
er at Judge Parker's putting away
his second term before be has had
his first. They will recall that
Mr.. Grover Cleveland had the
same view before he was elected
the first time. and that he broke
all records in this country not only
by running three times and being
elected twice, but by trying to run
four times and to be elected thrice.
La Junta tribune., 1904-08-27
REPUBLICAN, TICKET
Coming f's"ss.

August 3Ist and September Ist
and 7d-Bent County Fair, at Las
Animas.
September 9th, 9TH, ,Sth and 9TH
Arkansas Valley Fair, at Rocky
Ford. Watermelon day September
Sth.
September I4th = Republican
State Convention.
September 2Ist, 22d and 23d-
Canon City Fruit Day.
September 27th, 2sth. 2oth and
3oth-Colorado State Fair at Pue
bio.
La Junta tribune., 1904-08-27

The democratic party has not
changed. 1t cannot change its
record any more than the leopard
can change his spots. and the
record of the democratic party Is
somewhat spotted. Judge Parker's
telegram is oi no more binding
force than was Grover Cleveland's S
promise that his party would not
des troy the industries of the coun.
try in 1894. But the Wilson-GoI-
man tariff bill became law with
out President Cleveiand's signature
and disasters followed thick and
fast. Whoever votes the demo-
cratic ticket this year votes for the
same old democratic party which
sought control in 1896 and 1900.
La Junta tribune., 1904-08-27
Ass,,e...e. to less. s,... l..s.
DENVER. Coi,oaADo. I
August 1th 1fnA

DENVER. CoLoaADo,t
August sth, 1904.
~ johnson and J. Isaac. whose postofhce
address is La JuntA, Colorado. on August .,
1904. made application No. a3t IN the stats
board Of land Commissioner. to leass the fol.
lowing described indemnity school lands. situ.
ate In Otcro county, Colo, to-~it:
Southwes ous--fourth. of section nine. town
ship twrnty two south, range fifty -four west.
No other application to lease tho above do
sctilpd premises or objections against the above
application ~ill bs considered after September
6th 1901.
MARK @. WOODRUFF.
Register State Board Land Com m --ioners,
First publication August 10 isOa.
Last publication August 81, iqDt.
La Junta tribune., 1904-08-27

IT is reported that Ex Psesident
Cleveland processes to fear Presi.
dent Roosevelt and the army. Mr.
Cleveland should remember that
Coxey's armies do not march under
republican administrations.
La Junta tribune., 1904-08-27

county is assured providing ALL
consent to accept the nomination
In this event everything will be
lovely in republican circles this
fall and the altitude OF the goose
way 'bove timberline.
La Junta tribune., 1904-08-27

fidence, he has been turned down"
either in the national convention
Of the political party to which he
belonged, or at the polls.
La Junta tribune., 1904-08-27

Russell SAGE is SS years Of age
and rated at SI7o, ooo. 900. He
should be eligible for the Demo.
cratic vice presidential nomination
in 1908.
La Junta tribune., 1904-08-27

The republican county central
committee will meet in Rocky
Ford today for the purpose OF fix
ing a date for the republican
county convention. The conven
ton will be held in La Junta,
probably on September 10th. at
which time delegates to the state
convention IN Denver on Septem
Der I4th, will be elected aud can.
didates for the various county
Offices named. The present county
officials, owing to extreme modesty,
probably, have not as yet an
nounced themselves, and are say.
ing nothing. In fact, no Que is
saying much about politics this
year, but it will be a very short
time now until we learn how much
wood has been sawed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-21
POULTRY YARD T

The brooder and its proper manage
ment is more than half of artificial rear
ing.
Have regular hours for feeding, and
you will always find the fowls ready at
the appointed time.
If you want eggs to hatch and to sell
from March to June, do not push your
hens now; feed a maintenance ration
and let them rest for some weeks.
The droppings of poultry fed on grain
and meat at this season are too valuable
to be wasted. Carefully store in bar
rels, mixing with dry earth and plas-
ter, and keep for the truck Patch.
Make a trip through your hennery
with a lantern after the fowls have gone
to roost. Fowls with throat affections
can then be easily discovered and should
be removed to the hospital for treatment.
If you want to know what roup is,
just open a door or a window over the
heads of the fowls and let the cold air
or wind pour down on them for a night
or two. In cold weather ventilation
should be from the floor outward, or up
through an air shaft. Farm Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-21

A curious custom prevails in certain
parts of India which may be called a
symbolic marriage. In families where
there are several daughters, the young.
ct sisters may marry only after the
elder sisters are married. That, OF
course, is not always the case, but the
obstacle can easily be surmounted if
the elder sister declares herself ready
to marry some tree or flower or some
other lifeless object. In this way the
disagreeable consequences of disre-
garding the t~ime-honored customs may
be avoided, and the younger sister can
safely be welded to her living choice.
The elder sister, however, must take
care not to wed a poplar tree, an elm
tree or a pine; if she chooses a plum,
apple or apricot tree she may get a d.
vorce-that is, shake it off as soon as
a real man will ask for her hand-while
if she marries one of the first three
named trees she cannot easily shake
her marital bonds, for these trees ara
sacred and must not be trifed with
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-21
Appealed to Him Partially.

The vague man stood on the side OF
the Atlantic steamer and gazed adj
miringly at the rich sunset. The boat
was tossing heavily on the bosom of the
deep, as is the habit of boats when the
sea is rough, indicate though such 4
course may be. AS the sun finally sank
below the horizon the vague man muir.
INJURED: "Sic transit gloria mundi!"
Strictly classical, of course, but even
vague men are sometimes educated.
The Irishman in the steerage overheard
the remark and groaned loudly. 1t was
his first voyage. 81 don't know nothin'
at all at all av the glory O. Monday" he
growled, "but there's no doubt av the
sick transit" The sailors cry of
"Heave ho!" at this juncture did not
conduce to his relief.-N. Y. Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-21
Tests of Eaedinr StuRs

The results of the state feeding stuff.
inspection are announced'in Bulletin No
240 of the New York experimental sta.
ton at Geneva. More than 500 samples
of feeds have been collected and analyzed
by the station, covering $50 brands. OF
these brands ISL were licensed in the
state, the others being exempt from Ii.
,ense or sold without compliance with
the law. Very little adulteration was
found in the standard feeds coming I'M
der the law, like c~ottonseed and linseed
meal, gluten products and brewers and
distillers' ~residues; but many proprie-
tary and mixed feeds were found to con-
tain corn cobs, oat hulls or similar worse
than valueless ingredients. Purchasers
are especially cautioned to beware of
feeding stuffs running very high in fiber,
and a list is given Of several brands
which are faulty in this respect.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-21
piscnrding Poor Farm Animals.

One Of the hardest things for a young
breeder to do is to discard animals that
are not up to the standard for breeding
purposes. There are always buyers for
pure bred animals at a fair price. 1t
matters not If the animal is inferior, It
will often command enough to tempt
the breeder to part with it. Here is
where a great many breeders tear down
their reputation while they are trying
to build 1t up. Inferior breeding stock
sold to somebody has lived to vex many
a man who thought he was getting rid
Of his culls to advantage. 1t requires
courage to send pure bred animals to
slaughter, but 1t pays when they are
not the kind to keep. The safe and
eventually the profitable plan is to sell
good animals and keep better ones and
breed best ones.-Thomas McFarlane. In
FARMERS Review.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-21

An apparatus which may enable this
record of a photograph to be under
stood independently of the sense of
nearing has been contriSed by Prof.
McKendrick in England. By this APP
paratus the revolving photographic
cylinder is caused to produce variations
Of intensity in a weak electric current,
and these variations, when conducted
through the hands, which have been
moistened for the purpose, are easily
perceived. Since they correspond with
the sound variations, it is thought that,
by their aid, a person totally deaf could
appreciate the rhythm and character
of a succession of sounds thus trans
formed into a series of sensations of a
different kind.-Youth's Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-21

natives in Basque caps, blouses and
sabots. There are also heavy OK teams
with picturesque villagers prodding
them as they o slowly forward.
About April every year the French
fleet of fishing vessels arrives at st.
Pierre and then the busy season of the
city begins. In September the boats
again assemble in the port preparatory
to the return to France. The possession
of these two islands is a source of con-
tinual irritation of the British and COM
plicates the fishing controversy which
grows more bitter each year. In addition
to these two islands as a base of supplies,
the French hold, by right of treaty, the
privilege to land at any point on the New
foundland coast between Cape Bona
vista and Cape Richie for the purpose of
drying their fish.
The suggestion of the annexation of
the islands to the United States is ex-
ceedingly interesting, but it is very
doubtful whether the latter country
would entertain such a proposition.
However, Uncle Sam might start with
the French islands in the northern sweep
of annexation and later take in New
foundland and Canada herself. Who can
say? Stranger things than that have
happened.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-21
PIGEON HOUSE AND FLY.

case of the fly in the illustration the
distance from the outside wire to the
house is 80 feet. The frame of the fly is
made of hemlock posts 2x3 inches in
size and 8 feet high above the ground.
These posts should be set in three rows
parallel with the side of the building,
six posts in each row. The outer row
supports the end of the fly 80 feet from
the building. Hemlock boards 4 inch
es wide are nailed to the top and bot
tom around the sides and an additional
4-inch board is nailed between at such a
height that a netting four feet wide will
reach from it to the strips above and
below. This gives a wire wall s feet
high. The fly is divided into sections
corresponding to the sections in the
house.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-21
FACTS ABOUT GAPES.
\ Few Rules the Adoption of Which
Will Prevent the Appearance
of the Disease.

To prevent gapes is better than any at.
tempts to give relief after the chicks
are affected, and although it is now
somewhat late in the season to consider
gapes, yet a few rules to observe wheI
chicks are to be Matched may not b.
out of place. The following should be
kept for future reference: Scatter air
slaked lime freely over the ground occu.
pied by the chicks. Put a little of the
lime in the drinking water. Should
signs of the gapes appear, feed the
chicks twice a week with stiff corn-meal
dough, first intimately mixing a tea.
spoonful of spirits of turpentine with
a quart of the meal. Give a very sick
chick a drop of turpentine on a bread.
crumb. If this fails, then strip a
small feather, leaving a small tuft
on the end, insert the end of the
feather in the windpipe, give it a twist
and then quickly withdraw it. Feed on
clean boards. Never allow residuum
food to remain on the ground. Keep the
ground free from filth. The rich, moist
places, such as are favorable to earth.
worms, are favorable to gapes. Do not
mistake lice for gapes, as the large gray
lice on the skin of the heads and necks
will often cause the chicks to gasp from
weakness.
1t is not an easy matter to insert 6
feather down the Threats of a large
number of. chicks; hence, the best
wholesale method is to give turpentine
IN cornmeal, and to use plenty of lime
on the ground, as lime will purify the
soil and render it unfit for gapeworms.
Farm and Fireside.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-21
THE FRENCH ISLANDS
St. Pierre and Miquelon Would
Like to Join United States.
Important Fishing Settlements ON
the Coast of Newfoundland Which
Are a Thorn in the Flesh
to England.

Only II miles from the southern coast
of Newfoundland there lie two islands
st. Pierre and Miquelon-which belong
to the French, but which might have
been in the possession. of the British gov
eminent but for the short-sightedness
OF her statesmen of a century Ago.. At
tention is directed to these two little
islands at this time by the growing senti-
ment there in favor of annexation to the
United States. The islands have just
elected a member to the French chamber
of deputies, and it is understood that he
is IN hearty sympathy with the popular
feeling.
Four times st. Pierre and Miquelon
have been in the possession of England.
In 1913 they were ceded to her with New
foundland, but on the English conquest
of Canada they were assigned to France
as a fishery depot and as a sort of sop to
soothe her wounded feelings at the great
losses in Canada. The islands were
taken again by the English during the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-21

troubles of 1778, but again restored to
France in 1888. In 1893 England swept
the Islands clean of the French, but for
a third time, in 1902, France was given
possession Of them. The following year
they again fell into the hands of Eng
land, but since 1916 they have been in the
undisputed possession Of the French.
Miquelon has an area of As ,542 acres,
but is of little Importance. The island
of st. Pierre has an area of 6,420 acres,
and at it's southern extremity is the city
of st. Pierre. This is the only important
city on the islands and has a population
of over 5 5000. During the cod fishing sea-
son this is increased by fully 10000 fish
ermen, which come over from France.
According to the terms of the treaty of
Utrecht the French were not to fortify
them in any way, but it is claimed that
this agreement has been violated to
some extent. Certain it is that France
sends over each year thousands of boys
which are being trained for her navy.
They are called beach boys and help the
old men repairing tackle and netting
the capelin, a small fish good for bait,
while the fishermen are away at the
Banks. These beach boys are an inter-
esting feature of st. Pierre. They are of
an average age of Is, and are sent out
from France under contract to act as
helpers to the fisherman. The govern
ment pays them $50 for the season and
furnishes transportation, food, clothing
and shelter. In return they are required,
after two or three years of apprentice
ship, to enter the French navy. This
makes of the islands a sort of training
ground for the French navy right under
the nose of the English.
st. Pierre is a quaint town with it's
low buildings Of French architecture.
There are no street cars, no sidewalks,
few horses, no hotels, as we understand
them, no daily newspaper, no nothing
that would suggest a city in America,
save the electric lights. Think of it. In
this odd little fishing town finding the
low, ~old-fashioned houses lit with cleo
tricity. The streets are long, narrow
and billy, and on them n sees the little
rough carts drawn by dogs, driven by
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-21

horses. He must not only see all that
is going on among the horses and jockeys
in front of him, but he must reason from
what he sees as to what will ensue a
moment later should he snap the barrier.
Then he must act instantly when, ac-
cording, to- his vision and his estimate
of the situation, the right time has come
to let them go; otherwise the conditions
making it the favorable moment will
have been a favorable opportunity. Once
in awhile a starter will guess wrong as
to what a certain horse is about to do.
He will have the other horses actions
sized up all right, but one horse will
wheel or do something that cannot be
anticipated. Experience is one of the
great factors of successful starting. A
mar learns what is likely to happen
again by what he has seen take place.
Then many horses have p~eculiarities
which a starter learns, which is why
the starting is often poorer the first few
days of a meeting than it is later on. The
jockeys, however, are the main factors
in flag welding. If a starter can obtain
obedience from the boys the rest of his
work is made easy by comparison. Pa
thence also enters largely into the ques-
ton, as a starter without that quality
soon looses the respect of the boys riding
at a meeting, and unless they respect
him, he will not get good results. There
must be also firmness in seeing that his
orders are carried out, but firmness
should not be mistaken for tyranny.
Much depends also on the starters as
~sistants, a most important adjunct Of
success. With a good assistant to help
him, a starter can be made; on the other
hand, with a bad one, he is liable to be
unmade. The starter should show no
favors; all horses should look alike to
him, whether a horse Is of stake quality
or a common skate, whether he belongs
to a millionaire or a poor owner, wheth-
er he is an odds-on favorite or the long
est shot in the race, whether he belongs
to a friend or a stranger. He should only
appear as a mere racing machine, and
be given only equal chances with the
others.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-21
WHERE PEACE REIGNS.
Money Is Not Needed and No Dissipa-
tion or Irregularity
Permitted.

The long haired young reformers wers
holding an informal debate, and when
they had agreed that the world was Just
about as corrupt and bad a place as it well
could be, a grim-faced man arose, relates
London Tit-Bits.
What you seem to want, friends" he
said, lis a place where everyone has to be
good by law"
That's it," chorused the reformers.
Where smoking amt allowed, and such
a thing as drink is unknown? Where no
n need worry about food and raiment,
and where money does not EXIST"
"We do"
Where everyone has to go to church on
Sundays, and everyone keeps regular
hours?"
That is just what we do want. Oh, to
find such a place." said a soulful young
fellow, speaking for the others.
We'll, I've just come from such a
place"
You have?" cried the soulful one. "Oh,
tell us, tell us, man of wonderful expert,
ence, where it is, that we may also go!'
Its a place called PRISON." said the
grim man.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-21
DR.. Williamson Swears,

Yorktown, Ark, Jan. lSth.-Last week
a statement was published from Leland
Williamson, NJ. D., of this place, to the
effect that Dodd's Kidney Pills are the
best medicine for all Kinney Diseases and
that he uses them with uniform success
in his daily practice.
No one who knows DR.. Williamson will
doubt for a moment the complete truth
of his fearless declaration, but to COM
pletely clinch the matter in the minds of
those who may not have the pleasure of a
personal acquaintance with this celebrated
physician, DR.. Williamson has appeared
before Mr.. H. E. Greene, j. ?. for Mont.
gomery county, and made a sworn state.
ment.
In this sworn statement the doctor has
cited a number of cases which have Been
completely cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Here is case No. /:
Henry Hall, Sr., age As, an American,
attacked with Malaria Haematuria or
Swamp Fever, temperature ranged from
l0l to 105, highly coated tongue, consti.
pated bowels, hemorrhage or passage of
blood from Kidneys, used febrifuge and
Dodd's Kidney Pills to relieve the in
fammation and congested condition of
Kidneys and to render the urine bland
and non-irritatinp. Recovery complete
after two months treatment of the Pills"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-21
Six new swimming records have been

Six new swimming records have been
made during the past year by Charles
Ruberl, of New York, most of which
were secured by lowering the records Of
e. C.. Schaeffer, the former Unive rsity
Of Pennsylvania star, and the worlds
champion. He holds the present records
for $50, 200, LOO, 1850, 1,540 yards and
one mile. David Gaul, of Philadelphia,
made the most remarkable showing next
to Ruberl, having won nearly every con-
test in which he was a competitor. His
so yards in 81 seconds is his chief per-
Torrance. David Ellington led the
record breakers in England, and Harry
LeMoyne, of Harvard performed some
sensational Stunts"
Tom Jenkins, of Cleveland, and Dan
Mcleod, of Hamilton, have signed ar
ticles to meet in private In the presence
of not more tnan 100 spectators to settle
finally which of them is the better wrest-
Ter. The contest will not take place be-
fore March / and no location has yet been
selected.
Elmer e. Shaner, manager and secre-
tary of the Indiana Interstate associa-
ton, has closed arrangements for the
Great American handicap shoot, which
will be held at Indianapolis the week of
June 80. Clay birds will be used entirely.
Edward Caller, Of Moline, ILL.,, walked
40 hours IS minutes to beat the record for
continuous walking.