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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-02

SEE staufFer's Meat Market for Boiled
Ham next week.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-02

FOR SALE.-A well improved farm
with mich cows. horses. implements. hay.
ETC.. is offered at bargain: cash ball
anea on time. W. j. Bauman,
l4-l5p Box 62s La Junta. Colo.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-02

Do not fail to see the New York hat.
displayed at Miss Cline's.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-02

Tho Rabekahs Of Rocky Ford arc Plan
uing to celebrate Tho SD anniversary
q tho soseding Of ;hs. order under
specially plsassn, surroundings. Hon.
J. II. Crowley has invited tho lodge
10 spread sse;f banquet In tho shade Of
tho Fairsiaw Frui, Farm. Tuesday. Sept.
goth. and a mos: enjoyable occasion is
anticipated.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-02

One and one-half shares Of High Line
Ditch stock for sale. Call at State Bank.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-02

FRESH OYSTERS. Fish. and Celery
mex, week. at Stauffer's Meat Market.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-02
Notice 10 g.hisitors Of Live stoet

Entries In tho Horse and Cattle do
pafimsnls close q; tho Office Of tho Sec
fs:afy on tho Fair grounds al noon. Taas-
day. Sept 9Th.
Judging In these departments ~ill take
place Tuesday ai,sfnOon in iron; o! tho
grand stands.
Entries in all ether departments close
al 9 .. m. Tuesday. AL articles must bs
IN place by 8 a. IN. Wednesday Sept. T,h.
al which tins !idging sill begin.
Exhibitors arc urged 10 make entries
early and save delay. aase your entries
now a; the CITY os:.sa o. Tho Secretary.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-02
SI7.2S Round Trip 81. Louis

Rocky Ford to st. LOUIS every Saturday
during August and September. Coach
tickets. limit S days. will be sold to St.
Louis. No stop-off; continuous passage
each direction.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-02

wANTED-ro buy agood young Hare
ford Bull.-Ralph p. Collins. l4a
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-02
RAOIO-SUlPHO s..s :''.s 81. 's'..''ss s'..s':

srps by mail to any address ut si01 per bot :.
ie. or bottles for s.. Circulars sent fr'sc.
THE RADtu.sJ LpHp CO..
s-S-p Mack Heck. uruyCr.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-01-28
Ike RclSE IN WlNTzR.
IT, is necessary to Keep Farm stock
MA Good Condition.

~ IL Necessary 20 Keep Farm stock
Hn Good Condition.
The question or exercising farm stock
i'd the winter season Is one that should
be given much attention. The winter
lii now ait hand, and the well doing of
the animals themselves, and particular
| ly Of their progeny, will be largely de-
pendent on the amount OF exercise
which can be given to them. While
all kinds OF stock keep In better con
dltiOn or health and thrift when they
can get a reasonable amount Of exer-
else, none profits by it more than preg-
nant animals.
1t is generally recommended to fur
nish exercise for brood mares by allow
Ing them to run in a pasture or pad
dock. When OF the heavy draft types,
however, they do not In all instances
seem to take enough exercise to insure
the best results III the progeny. Espe-
cialIy Is this the case when they are
heavily fed and in high condition of
flesh. Where it can be done, therefore,
the plan which would give them en-
forced exercise Ia good one. BY en-
forced exercise we mean working mod
erateIy In the hands OF some one who
will handle them with sufficient care.
Cows usually get sufficient exercise
when they have access to yard, but
when not giving milk they will not be
injured and probably will be benefited
by having access TO pasture field, to
which they may be tempted frequently
when the ground is not all covered
With snow.
sheep are apt to suffer more from
lack Of exercise than other classes of
live stock II they are confined to mar
row quarters, say from the middle OF
November to the end OF April. there is
danger that the lamb crop will come
weak and lacking In vitality. In order
to encourage sheep to take exercise
| when the snow Is deep some shepherds
have adopted the plan Of feeding them
i'd an Enclosure some distance from tie
sheep shed. They are thus forced to-
take exercise In getting back and forth
to the Enclosures referred TO- OF course
| X the ground IL bare, or even d part Of
1t Ii bare, and the sheep have access to
pastures at such time they Will take
| plenty of exercise while endeavoring to
help themselves to the grass.
| 1t ii also injurious to young filters Of
swine when the brood sows are kept
closely confined In the winter season
TO avoid such a result where practical
BILE these should have access to the
barnyard, where they may employ
| themselves diligently In turning over
the straw and manure in searching for
grain that may be contained more or
less III the same. When they are thus
allowed access to yard they should
l'not. OF course, be kept In the same all
the time. but should be given access to
II at certain parts of the day when
they will not particularly interfere
/ with the presence Of other animals kept
In the same. Farmer
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-01-28

Manager Eslick has beenso fortunate
IS TO book Gordon & Bennett's IA
nous production, "A Royal slave"
for an engagement Of one night In the
near future. This attraction Is much
above the average and will be one Of
the notable events Of the theatrical
season In this city.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-01-28
Floor FOR stock barn.

In making door for stock barn I
would advise the use of coal ashes. not
too fine, and about two parts OF good
red clay, wetting well as it Is put
down, and the more it ii tamped the
better the Job. Coal slack that is, UNI
burned coal would rot and become
loose, while coal ashes and clay form
cement w. ]. Miller In Breeders
Gazette.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-01-28

STATE SOUTH DAKOTA,
COUNTY
OLUF JOHNSON Treasurer being doth
oLUF JOHNSON
County Treasurer
Subscribed January
q.
SEALJ Notary Public
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Al str NC WILL


and generally wallOped any man who
Stood iii His way, said Dring, with q
remlniscen4 nix. He fell in lore with
polly sayory, but she would have none
of hin and told him that she prefers d
some one else. Then she turned ! Ter
back on him and marched away wv ltl-
out saying another word.
'srhat made him show bis teeth.
Nov. look here, Polly he say j. I'm
one III the sort, am, who alw# ays hes
his own way. mean to have ron for
nv wife. and woe betide the man that
comes between me and my glrip
sNext day the news was gall over the
village. stubbs was made laughing
stock, though he swore 70 break any
chaps head who made Dan. But even
he could not thrash a Whole village.
las Tor ToIIy, BIG treated her shame
ful. meeting her whenever he could and
threatening murder against her gentle
man Az coon as ever he found him out
and telling her day after day that he'd
make her his wife BY fair means or
foul. i was down In the dumps dread
FIJI. for knew this gentleman as Polly
said she had q fancy for couldn't be me.
.Well, what I'm coming to ii this:
Polly went To see d married sister Iiv-
ing at Amblecote Instead Of going By
the bridge, which Is nigh d mile away,
she borrowed Old Garston'a boat and
sculled herself across She started back
5uaf az ii was getting dusk fnr there
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-01-28
ASSETS OF COUNTY In DETAIL
OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
COIJNTY or 1NTON.

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA
Union his books and that
and that the liabilities
ascertained
H. NJ DoDD,
Subscribed sobeiofe Janusry.
sEALl Notary Public.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-01-28
REPORT or THE CONDITION OF THE
UNION COUNTY BANK

OF Elk Point. in the State OF South
Dakota, at the close OF business, Jam
uarv 20, 1904.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-01-28
Charter No. sooi.
REPORT or THE CONDITION or rnR
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
RESOURCES.

AT Elk Point, In the State Of South Dakota. at
the close ofbuslness, JAN. %. 1904.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-01-28

Supt. Leggett hopes for q large at
tendance and trusts teachers will come
promptly at two, and be prepared to
take part In the discussion Of any Of
the above themes.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-01-28
Teachers, Meeting At Htk poiat.

AA&NshAAk@
The first teachers meeting In 1904
for the Elk Point division, will be held
at the Court House, next week Satur-
day, February s, commencing at 2
p. m. sharp. Following Is the program:
r. Zone Sided Education"
Miss Hayes
p Review Of Mann's 'Recreations. !"
Chap. TX, School Compositions. .
Miss Callahan
g. s'Busy Work for Rural Schools. /"
Miss Kennedy
A. Review Of Chap. x. .'School Ex-
hibitions.n
Miss Ward
g. sInterest"
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THEN THERE CAME ONE GRAND FLASH.

he was slapping himself in an ener-
esetic way to beat out the sparks which
had fred his coat in dozen places
''The-the thing went off with a
great FASH he said as she stood ana
looked at him
I'm other words, the Annihilator
annihilated the annihilist?
saw about a hundred of the durndest
looking ghosts you ever laid eyes on!''
We'll, If you've got quite through
we'll go upstairs and telegraph the
news from Maine to Persia.
For a moment Mr.. Bowser was IN
elined to bow the head and follow her,
but it suddenly occurred to him that
he had come out of the little end or
the horn and must assert his dignity
or become henpecked man, and ne
baked and exclaimed:
woman. don't trifie with mel Do
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BOW SER HITS A FOG.
And He Tries Another interesting
Experiment in the Back Yard.

Il may come home an hour ahead of
time this evening"" said Mr. Bowser,
AFTER brief look at the morning paper
at the breakfast table.
ITO get ready to go out to some
club?" asked Mrs. Bowser
Hardly"
DO you expect caller?"
mo"
But you are not coming home to
experiment with the gas meter, are
your"
Mrs. Bowser don't concern yourself
too much with the gas meter, the water
pipes or the furnace. If I make an ex-
pertinent it always turns out to our
benefit. However, I have no idea of
touching those things this evening.
shall have a bit of work on hand, but
just what it is you will see when
come to it,
Woman-like, she asked a dozen other
questions, but he surrounded himself
with a wall of mystery and refused to
make any explanations.
When he had departed for the office
she took the morning paper and went
through it almost line by line to see
what had attracted his attention. She
found three burglaries, one elopement,
two divorce cases, two railroad acct
dents, three domestic scandals, one pO-
lice raid, fifteen political lies and a
thrilling account of a blind horse run
ming away and fatally injuring a
bald-headed man, but nothing that
should have seemingly aroused Mr..
Bowser to action.
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All day long she expected men to
arrive with new mich cows, half
grown hogs, Cochin China chickens,
patent Horoscopes, spring tonics, bur
but as no one had appeared up to six
o'clock, her anxiety had almost passed
away.
When Mr.. Bowser came home he said
nothing further, and the matter breach
ed at breakfast had almost been for
gotten when he observed:
Mrs. Bowser. saw by the newspa-
pers this morning that there would be
fog tonight"
yes. it does look that way" she re-
piled, but if you are not going out
it won't trouble you any"
''Um. Of course not. You know what
fog is, of course?'
"a fog on land is caused by the
colder earth. On the water it is be-
cause the water is colder than the air.
AS there are snow and ice on. the
ground and the air is quite warm we
shall doubtless have fog.
Yes, that's the way of it. but how
YOU ever came to figure it out beats
me- If you keep on being so smart
YOU will know some day why 1t rams
now and then. To go ahead, however.
Fogs not only cause the greatest IN
convenience on land, but fogs on sea
have been the cause of hundreds OF
disasters. 1t is estimated that GU
lives and 100000 worth of damage
are caused every year by sea logs, ana
the city of London alone puts Its year
| ly damage in dollars and cents at
round million by land fogs.
"WeI?" queried Mrs. Bowser, know
ing that a dangerous subject was grad
ually leaving into view.
For five hundred years past, re-
sumed Mr.. Bowser, in the tones OF
historian instructing class, man mas
been seeking to invent light power
full enough to penetrate. If not dissl-
pate, fog, but thus far all attempts
stand the commercial value of such
light?"
Il think I can"
You see how it would save time,
prevent loss of life and proDerty?''
VERY clearly, Mr.. Bowser. Yes,
what is needed is just such a light as
YOU speak of, and may l ask if you
have been experimenting in that direc-
tiOn?"
Mr.. Bowser got up and walked up
and down the room with his hands in
his pockets and a save-the-country
look on his face, and the cat came up
from the basement and looked from
him to Mrs. Bowser and back and
chuckIed to herself:
1.-THE old mans got it again. and got
it bad and I'm going to stick right
here this evening and see the thing
through"
Mrs. Bowser, I reply that have
theorized rather than experimental IN
the direction you name. The first ex-
pertinent is to take place tonight /
saw by the weather report that we are
to have fog tonight, and so l got
ready for it. am not an over-san-
guine man, as you know, and you never
hear me boast or brag. but"
nut What2"
1T is not beyond the bounds of pos
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The Wonderful Resources of x y
X X Independence and Humboldt

occupies an elegant suit of rooms in
the Carl-Leon hotel at Independence,
and you will be treated cordially at
any time you may call.
A great deal OF interest pertains to
the actual amount of oil produced in
this section. and in order that the
reader may get some definite idea of
the. OUTPUT of oil and development of
wells here are the figures of the Kan
sas Derrick, which is authority for the
following statistical matter. In the
month Of November the Independence
field turned in to the line 1927 barrels.
After that date no accurate account
could be had OF the runs from any
particular field. as it was redistricted
and the runs given out as from
North Neodesha and South Neodesha
districts. The runs for the year 1908
were as follows:
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sibility that you may wake up to-
morrow morning and find yourself the
wife of famous man. The success
of Bowser's Fog Annihilator may be
flashed from Maine to Persia I think
have struck it. In fact, I may say"
That you have struck it?"
Exactly madam, and you know
that 1 am not one to hastily jump at
matter has occupied my attention
more or less, though have said moth
ing to you about it, but I think things
have come to a head at last. have
been expecting every minute that you
would refer to burst water pipes,
range explosions and runaway gas
meters, and warn me that I would set
fire or blow up the house and I desire
to tender you my heartfelt thanks for
the interest you seem to take in my
discovery"
81 am sure I hope you will succeed -
replied Mrs. Bowser, who had just got
ready to assert that he would some
| day bring up in a lunatic asylum, but
who changed her mind on the instant.
Thanks, very much. Let me say to
you that it is not lamp nor an cleo
trio light, but a powder of my own
compromising. It is to be burned in a
dish or kettle, and as the fog seems
| to be here, 1 think I will go down and
begin operations. Why, it is so foggy
| that one can't see three feet from his
nose in our back yard
| but you think your discovery will
| dissipate it?''
You wait and see Take your sta
ton here at this window, and you may
| see the whole yard become so brilliant
| that you can see the last silver-plated
fork thrown out by the cook. Keep
that blamed cat up here with YOU
Mr.. Bowser disappeared in the di-
rection of the basement and the
chuckling and purring. the blamed old
cat followed after. She had witnessed
| a fog or two in her time. and if there
was any Annihilator around she want
ed to know all about it.
AS the cook was through with her
work for the evening and had gone
UP to her room, Mr.. Bowser hunted
around until he found an old pie tin,
| and then from a tin box he had kept
carefully concealed in his coat-tail
| of grayish mixture on the tin Then
| he got a match and opened the kitchen
door and advanced into the fog, closely
followed by the inquisitive cat, who
had an idea that sausages We're to be
distributed as a reward of merit.
To the vision of Mrs. Bowser. dis
torted as it was by the fog, Mr.. Bow
ser looked to be thin man about
nine feet high, and the cat to be as
| tall and as thin as a yearling calf who
| had gone hungry for week There
| was q moment of suspense, while the
experimental was striking q match
and setting fire to the powder. Then
there came one grand flare, which got
the better of the fog for an instant,
but was followed by the yells of a hui
man voice and the yeowls of cat
| Mr. Bowser came running against
the wall of the house and fell down
and rolled over, and there was an
awful scrabbling as he and the cat
found the kitchen door and rolled into
the room.
Twill you tell me what on earth is
the matter?" demanded Mrs. Bowser,
as she went Gathering down from the
sitting room.
| There was no need of an answer. Mr..
Bowser's hair and eyebrows had been
singed to the color of old gold, and
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you imagine that I can't see through
this thing? Jealous of my discovery
and the fame it was sure to bring, you
mingled gunpowder with the Annihi-
lator and tried to blow me into hun
bred pieces. Tomorrow morning, mad
am-tomorrow morning"
sHThere-there," she soothinely re-
Piled as she patted him on the back
and took his arm to assist him up the
stairs, where his frizzled eyebrows
could be reshaped with the family
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oil found for royalties. This is not true,
for as the Consolidated puts in just
the same amount of money as the COM
pany, 1t is a simple partnership with
both partners paying the same amount
to develop. The only bonus feature is
the drilling of the amount of wells to
secure the lease and yet they have a
half interest in all oil produced It Is
to the interest of anyone who wishes to
develop In the oil fields to secure a lease
on favorable terms and this is such
that any company can operate safely
on q small canitaI
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induced to settle in the state are not
aware of the wonderful conditions pre-
vail1ng here.
One OF the best known companies OF
Humboldt is
The Stewart Oil & Gas Co.
This company was organized under
the laws of South Dakota and is capt.
talized for $4,000 of par value S1.00 per
share. Their first stock sold for ten
cents per share, advanced to twenty
five cents then to forty cents and it is
now fifty cents and will probably ad-
vance to seventy-five cents before the
end of the year. The company has only
$4,000 shares of stock to sell and as it
is now paying L per cent dividends it
will soon be off the market. The Stew
art people have 700 acres of holdings.
They have twenty wells producing on
an average of ten barrels per day and
have their wells hooked up and pipe'i
to the Neodesha and Humboldt refine
ries. All the money that the Stewart
Oil and Gas company received for the
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Gives Health, Vigor and Tone.

Herbine is a boon for sufferers from
aneamia. BY its use the blood is quickly
regenerated and the color becomes nor
NAL. The dropping strength is revived.
The Ianguor is diminished. Health, vfgtr
Ply activity results Mrs. Belle H Shirel.
Middlesborough, Ill, writes: II have been
blood, and have found nothing to benefit
me like Herbine 1 hope never to be with
out it. ] have wished that / had known
of il in my husbands lifetime. SEC al
Rowley & Shows and w S. MiiIers.
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J. Thomas Lumber company havinr
purchased the stock of the Ewart I.1,rnss
Der company, Sixth and Van Buren,
street, have the largest and best as
sorted stocks of lumber in the civ g..
them. 213 West Sixth street and KAN
sas avenue and u. p railway.
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shears.-CC Copyright. 1904. by c. B
Lewiso
Infammatory Rheumatism cured

william Shaffer, a brakeman Of Denn.-
son, O.. was confined to his bed for sew
erai weeks with fnfammatory rheume-
tism- I used many remedies he savs
Finally sent to McCaw's drug store for
a bottle of ChamberlaIn's Pain Balm. at
which time I was unable to use hand or
foot, and in one weeks time was able ~
go to work as happy as a clam. For sale
by all druggists.
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In addition there are rigs up and
building of which twenty-nine are in
the Independence district, fifteen each
at Bartlesville and Peru, two at Hum
boldt, eight at Chanute ard three at
Neodesha
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The statement of the Prairie Oil e.
Gas Co, pipe line runs for the month
Of January, given below, shows that the
field produced in that period 282, 309. 06
barrels of crude oil, the heaviest runs
yet made, and amounting to a little
more than the entire production for the
year 1902 The value of the product for
the month was 1886, 1870 and the daily
average reached the splendid figures of
9,106 barrels, as compared with 1858
barrels in December, 1903, and LABS bar
rels one year ago.
The tremendous impetus being given
the production is caused largely by the
new wells being drilled in the Mont
gomery and ChautauQua fields. In these
districts there were added to the list of
producers during the month So wells
which showed initial production of 3,433
barrels daily, and, as the pipe line is
new pretty well extended to the heavier
producing sections of these counties, the
daily and monthly runs show the eff
feet.
The statement shows the distribution
of the runs by districts, and for the first
time. heavy oil is shown to figure in
the runs. The proportion is so small
that it cuts no figure whatever in the
total production for the month, amount
ing to less than 1 per cent
MONTH OF JANUARY, 1904.
Net runs by the Prairie Oil & Gas
cOInpany. pine line deDartrnenf-
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The total number of wells up now
drilling and rigs building show that
Independence is making long strides
fora ten months infant field. January,
1904:
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The Consolidated Gas, Oil and Manu-
featuring Company.


The Consolidated Cas- Oil & Manu-
featuring company of Independence con-
trolls about $4,000 acres of the best land
to be found in the proven districts and
IS capitalized for $1,000 600.
The "Consolidated'' is strictly a de-
veloping enterprise for with all of their
immense holdings they do not suitcase
an acre of oil ground. The 'sConsoli-
dated offers a good opportunity for
companies that wish to do actual de-
veloping, for instance II you organize a
company and go to the CONSOLIDATED
you would not be able to lease for cash
any ground. but they would let you have
the ground to drill upon and your only
cost would be the actual development
OF one or more wells with your money
90 the original cost of the lease. If you
wanted land that there il hardly a
chance OF not finding oil, you would
have to put in one well for each forty
acres. After this well be drilled the
Consolidated would put IN dollar for
dollar with your company to develop
the balance of your tract.
A good deal Of Misrepresentation ex-
its about Independence Many think
that to drill one must pay half of the