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The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-14
COMING BATTLE
RUSSIANS RAPIDLY ADVANCING.
japanese outposts Driven In.-kuro-
patkin Personally Directing Fer
ward Movement.-Japanes Con-
centratinQ Forces.

st. Petersburg. Oct. 11.-2:15 4. m.
"A battle upon which the fate OF this
years campaign In Manchuria depends
seems only a few days ahead. Advices
from the front are meager. All that is
positively known officially is that Gen
Kuropatkin has cast the die at last.
about faced his army and is marching
resolutely against the enemy, as If re.
solved to do or die.
According to unofficial reports Field
Marshal Oyama, at the first sign OF
Gen, Kuropatkin taking the offensive.
began drawing in his lines and con
centrating upon fortified positions
north of Lao Yang. According to the
latest reports which are contained in
dispatch from Mukden dated at
o'clock last night, the Japanese out
posts are being driven in all along the
line.
The strategy of the forward move
meut will be concealed as were the
preparations for the advance, SO that
all surmises as to where Gen. Kuropat-
kin intends to strike are mere guess
work.
Gen. Kuropatkin is in the field per-
sonally directing the forward move.
stood, is divided into two strong col
umns moving on each side of the rail.
road, whence they will draw their sup
plies, their fianks being assured by no
less than $50 squadrons of Cossacks.
The Russians are operating along
front OF between forty and forty-five
miles, extending from kaoutou pass to
Bentziaputze on the east, and across
the Hun river to the left bank of the
Lao river, on the west. They are
taking every precaution against posi-
BILE counter attacks, throwing up en-
trenchments as they advance south
ward. Field Marshal Oyama however,
has not yet shown a disposition to
strongly hold his outer positions. The
evacuation of Bentziaputze left the
flank of the Japanese position at the
Yentai mines unprotected and news OF
the abandonment of the mines. is
therefore, hourly expected.
The Japanese appear to be concen-
trating their forces in the Notifications
formerly occupied by the Russians on
the right bank Of the Taitse river,
which are. exceedingly strong. and they
have an equally good defense north
and south. The Japanese retired from
Bentziaputze almost without
struggle, fearing that Gen. Mistchen.
kos Cossacks would surround the po-
sition and cut them off.
An engagement is reported to have
occurred yesterday on the Russian
right flank, fourteen miles southwest
Of Mukden.
Such news Of the Russian move
ments as may be given out without
compromising the advance is likely to
be telegraphed by Gen. Kuropatkin
each evening after the days work in
the field is over,
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-14
Will Try Oil Dipping.

The bureau of animal industry Is
completing arrangements for an en-
pertinent in dipping cattle for scabies
in Beaumont oil. DR.. Lowell Clark,
the agent in charge of the local office
of the bureau of animal industry, has
just returned from a trip through the
eastern part of the state and has
recommended that the experiment be
conducted at Claremont in Kit Carson
county, and all the cattle Of the Kit
Carson Live Stock Association will be
dipped and held for a short time In
pastures to see the results. There Is
no question but that the oil will cure
the disease. The only point to be de-
termined is what effect it will have
upon the general health of the cattle
dipped. In Texas. where the oil has
been used, there have been no Ill eff.
fects and it is believed that the expert
ment here will be successful. If it is
successful tlen the bureau Of animal in.
dustry will recognize the oil as an
official dip. The advantage of this dip
over others is that but one dipping is
required and 1t is not necessary to
hold the animal in the dip. They are
put through as rapidly as possible and
the oil spreads to every part of the ami.
NAL and remains on for several
weeks, destroying not only the mite,
but the eggs. If the experiment is
successful 1t will be the solution Of the
scab problem on the range for all, the
cattle can be dipped and there will be
practically no danger of reinfection.
An effort will be made to secure a
low freight rate on the Beaumont oil,
so that the dip will not be expensive.
The oil is worth only about 25 cents
per barrel at the wells, and the bal
ance Of the cost will be the freight.
DR.. Clark hopes to have the expert
mental dipping done about the end OF
this month or early next month. The
result Of the dipping will be watched
with great interest.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-14
For Arid Land Farmers.

The Department of Agriculture has
issued two reports of value for all who
cultivate the soil where irrigation is
necessary. One Of these pamphlets
has to do with Preparing Land for
Irrigation and Methods of Applying
the Water" and the other with "Cur-
rent Wheels and Their Use in Lifting
Water For Irrigation" These are
bulletins Nos. 145 and 146 of expert
ment stations, and may be obtained
free of charge from the Department Of
Agriculture, Washington, District OF
Columbia.
These bulletins are issued after the
most careful Investigations by experts
in five different states-California
Washington, Idaho. Utah and Colorado
as we'll as in Italy. The agricultural
experiment stations in these states
have supplied much data, but the ex.
perience Of successful ranchmen and
fruit growers has also given much ma
terial.
The aim is in all suggestions to deal
strictly with the practical and inexpen-
sive, and in every way to render un.
necessary costly and prolonged fndi-
vidual experiments.
Careful diagrams and finely exc,
cuted pictures illustrate these discus.
sions, and it would be folly indeed for
anyone engaged in any form Of agri-
culture dependent on irrigation not to
familiarize himself with all contained
in these reports.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-14

which tho state administrations may
be justly held responsible for, is the
general incidental fund. Practically all
the Legislature.
Adams administration ......$ S0,2O0.00
Thomas administration. ..... S3,OOO.O0
Orman administration. .. 32950O.0O
Peabody administration. 90313.O9
The scandalous. and illegal manner in
which Governor Orman disbursed the
enormous incidental fund allowed him
by the Legislature is a matter of his
tory.
But the Democrats decline to discuss
the Orman administration. In fact, they
are ashamed of 1t. and prefer to go
back to the Adams administration of
seven years ago.
And they can only make a respecta-
Bile showing In the cost of the Adams
term by juggling the figures and mis-
stating facts.
1t will be noted from the above that
Mr.. Adams had sSo.2OO in the inciden-
tai fund and that Mr.. Peabody had
s90.313. Mr.. Adams's incidental fund
cost the people II cents per capita,
while that of Governor Peabody cost
the people but IA cents per capita. not
withstanding the increase in the de-
partments by the Legislature.
Amy just and fair way in which the
figures may be taken will show that
the Peabody administration has been
both business-like and economical and
entirely free from extravaSance or
scandal.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-14
Eggs.
Food Blessed In the Kitchen.

Mrs. Worth Hall Of Chicago and tn,
east coast OF Lake Michigan beyond
Grand Haven, furnished the best ser
want girl story of a month. Mrs. Hall
Is a birthright Quaker Of line piously
bent, and when members OF the family
on their usual yearly visit to one an
other reached the Michigan home.
they seemed little chilly at the first
course at the first dinner because no
grace had been said.
Dear" said the elderly Aunt Ra-
chel, will thee not ask blessing on
thy food?"
"Oh, the food was blessed-blessed
In the kitchen before 1t was brought
In, Aunt Ray" For this philosophical
eeply was a scene to kitchen upheav.
al that even Quaker families do not es.
cape.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-14
Herald Democrat Sold.

Leadville. Colo. Oct. 1.-THE Lead
Vile Herald Democrat and the Even
Ing Chronicle. owned by the widow OF
the late Jacob o. Heimberger, were
purchased yesterday by Messrs. James
NJ. knight and Henry C. Butler. The
policy of the papers will remain Re
publican and no change will be made
in the management. as. since the
death OF Mr. Heimberger Mr.. Knight
has acted as business manager. He
has been connected with the paper for
twenty-four years. Mr.. Butler has
been with the paper for the last fifteen
years and will be it's managing editor
The purchasers will not divulge the
price paid for the plant. which is.
known to be one OF the finest an@
most complete In the state.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-14

per capita and the Peabody adminis-
tration but s6.67, according to the fig
ures Of Senator Patterson.
Appropriated.
The following statement Of appro-
priations for the Legislative, judicial.
and executive departments for the last
four administrations. together with the
deficits OF the Democratic administra-
tions. will be of interest:
Appropriated. Deficit.
Gov. Adams ....3 955.442S6 $161.220.71
Gov. Thomas :. S34.69S.75 193,S35.35
Gov. orman..... 1.227.4SSso 143.o46.13
Gov Peabody. $50. 1851 ..........
Each of the three Democratic admin
istrations has had a deficit In the op-
Grating expenses of the state govern
ment.
The present administration has about
100000 on hand. or this $4,000 will
be used to redeem bonds at the end OF
the biennial period. leaving a very
comfortable balance on hand In the
state treasury on January 1st
In order that no misunderstanding
may occur regarding the responsibility
for the above expenditures, it Is fair
to say that n very large portion Of
these appropriations were used to pay
the salaries of state officials and en-
ployes and for other purposes specified
by law for which the State Assembly
alone is responsible.
However. If 1t is desired to use these
figures. in order to compare the vari-
Gus administrations. 1t will be noted
that they are very much in favor of
the present administration.
The per capita basis Is perhaps the
fairest way to show comparison be-
tween the Peabody and the last Adams
administration.
The population. wealth and business
OF the state have very much Increased
since Governor Adams assumed office.
Some new departments have been
added by the Legislature. and others
have been very much enlarged by law.
This would naturally increase the OPP
Grating expenses OF the state govern
ment.
The appropriations for the executive,
legislative and judicial departments
for the Adams administration were
sls9 per capita. while those for the
Peabody administration were but $l.53
per capita.
General Incldental Fund.
That portion of the appropriation
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-14
THE GIRI.HaIYh

Give her a flower to keep and hold.
A waxen doll in siiken gown,
A chain of coral with clasp OF gold,
tiny kitten as soft as down:
And sing. with your lips against her
cheek,
Loves dear lullaby whispering.
Till sleep comes over her eyelids meek
Sing for the girl-child-mother. sing!
THE BOY-CHILD.
Show him the bird in its daring flight
To the clouds brown edge. Teach him
to know
The flag that spreads to Winds wild
night
sweep of the rain. and whirl of SNOW
Laugh with him. run with him. romp and
leap.
Give him his will of the noisy dav-
But. when you pause at the gate Of
sleep.
Oh. pray for the boy-ehild-mother
pray!
Madeline Bridges. n The Smart Set
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-14
OFFICIAL FIGURES.

The Democratic managers and their
allies Of the Socialist and other radical
organizations have spent thousands OF
dollars in spreading false reports or
tbe expenscs Of operating the state
government They have purposely mis-
stated the facts and juggied the OH
cial figures to confuse or deceive the
public mind and create pre)udlce
against the Peabody administration.
which Is the most economical and ef-
cicut Colorado has had for many years
There are three ways of comparing
the states accounts, viz. to compare
total disbursements. total appropria-
tions for departments and the inciden-
tai funds.
The military debt of s76O.000 is not
a fair charge to department expense
and should be considered separately, as
1T involves principle upon which the
people will vote at the polls.
The following disbursements" were
taken from the state records. except
the Peabody estimate, which was made
by Senator Patterson in his papers. and
includes, he says, the 100000 "war
debt:
Total Disbursements.
Adams, 1897 i-9S 81, / / |, - b2.Sl
Thomas, $4,000. ........... 3.10S.2T3.S9
Orman. 1901 -02. 02........... 4,GI2,S50.43
Peabody 10000 putter-
son estimate) .......... A.273,570.0 90
A very small portion of this money
was disbursed at the discretion OF
these governors, for the reason that
the expenditure of practically all of 1t
Is specifically authorized and ordered
by law. and therefore tho responsible
ity for such expenses is not upon the
administrations, but upon the Legisla-
tyre The State Legislature has been
controlled by the Democrats for the
past eight years.
The school enrolment has increased
since Mr.. A iams's term from $4,000 to
178,0OO. or forty-five per cent. and it
Gs fair to assume that the population
OF the state has increased at least
thirty-three and one-thrd per cent.
during the same period.
This would make the average popu-
,ation when Adams and Peabody en-
tered office 100000 and $40, 900 respect
lively.
This comparison OF total disburse-
ments shows that the much boasted
Adams administration disbursed $723
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-14
GRAIN.

Wheat, choice milling. per 100 lbs.
$1.55. Rye. Colorado, bulk, per 100 lbs.
S5c. Oats, bulk, Nebraska, new, white.
s1.06: mixed, $1.02;in sack, Colorado.
white, $1.10. Corn, in bulk, CSC; corn
chop. sacked. $1.05; corn and oat chop.
sacked, $1.10: bran. Colorado. per 100
lbs, 75c.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-14
Hay.

Upland. per ton. s9.5oalo.5o; second
bottom. choice to fancy, $7.50dS.5O;
good to choice. $G50M7.O0; timothy.
S11; timothy and clover, SO; alfalfa.
prime. $3.50; straw. $3.00M4.00; South
Park wire grass, $1,000.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-14
DENVER MARKETS
Cattle.

Comparative Receipts
Month to October 7th. S.6ls
Same period last year. ......... 2,.SS
Increase 1888
IodI u Qdle ioo'o-o
Same period last wear. 23l 1872
The following quotations represent
the range of prices paid on this mar
ket:
Beef steers. choice grassers $3 2503.Is
Beef steers. medium to good
grassers. ............... 25oa3.25
Cows and heifers. choice
grassers. ................ 2.75Gs.l 10
Cows and heifers. medium to
good grassers ............ 25OGz.8O
Calves, veal, choice ......... 35044.25
Bulls. stays. etc. ............ 15O92.00
Feeders. 800 to 1.10O lbs.
good to choice, F. p. r.. 3OOl3.50
Feeders. 500 to 800 lbs. COM
mon to fair. F. p. R.. 25O93.O0
Stockers. choice. F. P. R.. 2SO43.4O
Stockers. fair to good. ...... 24O12.SO
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-14
Live Poultry.
Butter.

Elgin market .............. 20
Creameries. extra. Colo.... "a
Creameries. extra, eastern. "a
Creameries. f1rsts. Colo. anu
eastern 20
Process and renovated
goods, lb. ............... 16
Store packed .............. 300 IL
Cooking butter ............ 11W II
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-04
The Most Common Disease.

Yorktown, Ark, Feb. 29th.-Leland
Williamson, NJ. D., a successful and
clever local physician, says:
There is scarcely another form of
disease a physician is called upon so
often to treat as Kidney Disease. l in
variably prescribe Dodd's Kidney Pills
and am not disappointed in their effect,
for they are always reliable. 1 could
mention many cases in which l have
used this medicine with splendid sue
cess; for example, l might refer to the
case of Mr.. A. H. Cole.
Age 81, greatly emaciatcd, some fe-
YER, great pain and pressure over re-
glon OF Kidneys, urine filled with pus
or corruption and very foul smelling
II passed some blood. Directed to
drink a great deal Of water, gave brisk
purgative and Dodd's Kidney Pills.
pills were continued regularly for
three weeks, especially if patient felt
any pain in region of Kidneys. Cured
completely and patient performed his
duties as farm laborer in four weeks"
DR.. Williamson has been a regular
practitioner for owe twenty years and
his unqualified endorsement Of Dodd's
Kidney Pills is certainly a wonderful
tribute to this remedy.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-04
Fancy Prices for y;oIins.

London Truth: The test of the auc-
ton room is still antagonistic to the ex-
aggerated prices which the violin fan
ciers would have believe show the true
worth of old violins. Some excellent
specimens were sold last week, and
they were nearly all purchased by deal
ers, so that their authenticity may al
most be taken for granted, but 5000
was the highest price secured. This
was gained for a Joseph Guarnerius
of 1871, while a Jerome Amati with GER
tificate by the renowned authority
Josef Chanot) fetched s1OO, an A. and
H. Amati Of 1880 went for EOS, and
some excellent old fiddles fetched a lit
tie over ESQ each. l sometimes wonder
that ordinary purchasers do not buy
more goods at these sales, where, al
though no great bargains are likely to
be picked up-for the dealers would
not allow a violin to go to an outsider
for much under its trade worth-yet
the prices are very greatly below those
asked in the shops, and are Of course
almost trivial compared with the fig
ures quoted by some Of the collectors.
The $4,000 fiddle is in fact a myth.
Nothing over $1,000 has ever been
known,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-04
CONTINUED Next Weekly
What We All Know.

Hensv Lnomis Nelson in Boston Her,
aid: Railroad managers know this,
and know that they are paying artifi-
cial prices for the plates with which
they are building street cars. Builders
know hat they are presenting money
to manufacturers in the form of benev-
olence, forced from them by govern
ment, whenever they buy beams, grid
ers, nails n screws. The Gamers
know that they are forced to contribute
to the makers of tin plate. The car
penter knows that his American tools
are high.
The furniture maker of Grand Rap
ids knows that he is paying tribute to
the glass makers. The glass cutter
knows hat protection induces the
American glass maker to manufacture
inferior blanks, n compels him, in
order to meet the manufacturing de-
mand of his art, to import glass from
France. The shoemaker clearly I'M
derstands that his raw material is TOO
expensive. Down in the bottom OF
their hearts, the cotton goods and
wooden goods makers know that thew
must have wider markets. The New
E%nglander, all but the Gloucester fish
ermen from Nova Scotia, wants a mar
ket in the Canadian provinces. The
lumberman Of the northwest is con-
scious that his lumber in Canada must
cost him too much when it is brought
into this country.
The publishers of books and OF
newspapers are grooming under the
weight of too much taxation on the
material from which their paper /.
made. The farmer knows, as he has
rarely known before, that our pro-
tective tariff law compels him to sell
in the cheapest market and to buy ir
the dearest. Since the London Times
made it's examination of our industrial
conditions, iaborlng men in this coun-
try have begun to realize that the con.
tention that high protection means
high wages is untrue, and that the la
Dor cost in American manufactures is
less than h labor cost on simila,
articles in any part of the world.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-04
ODE Black sszg;
VOLTS Breed
es.,..ss. ,ss. M nyH~,,'. DICKSON

De Greville we'll merited all Serigny
had said of his shrewdness, and more,
Now see what a simple scheme he laid.
We were to first find where Ward
was hidden. He would certainly go
into hiding until his wound was
healed; the finding of the papers upon
him making 1t necessary he should not
be seen in Paris.
Where would he be likely to s%ecrete
himself? All, trust a oma for that:
so reasoned Jerome. What woman?
L'Astrea, Of course. OF her intrigue
handsome gallant with a smooth
tongue. had learned from a waitress at
Bertrand's. This was the more prob
able because, Bertrand's being a pub
lie place, the confederate would seek
him there without suspicion. This con-
federate being unknown and unsus-
pected could come and go unchalleng-
ed. Jerome's deductions were plain
enough when he told me these things
and the wherefore.
1t was agreed our plan would be to
watch L'Astrea; she at least would en-
able us to find Ward, or his accom-
plice whom we most wished to dis
cover
Who would do this? Why I, of
course, for no one knew me, or would
know me when l had wrought the mir
acle of shining boots, blue cOat, curly
wig, laces at throat, in all which small
matters Jerome was a connoisseur, and
SO it was laid out with much care;
run the quarry to earth, then continue
the chase as needs demanded.
Yet folly of f~ollies; how lightly are
such we'll arranged plans broken into.
Through a woman came all his
scheming, by a WOnan's hand 1t was
all swept into naught. Both innocent
of intention. both ignorant of effect.
Yet it was true. Jerome and I, as we
then thought, disposed our pieces with
great care and circumspection, ad-
vanced the pawns, guarded the king,
and made ready for the final check
mate. Yet Il Woman's caprice over
turned the board, scattered puppets
far and wide, and by the tyranny of an
accident recast our game on other
lines, without rule or rhyme or reason.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-04
Billion Dollar Grass.

When we introduced this remarkable
grass three years ago, little did we dream
II would be the most talked of grass in
america. the biggest, quick, hay pro-
Queer on earth, but this has come to pass.
.tSr. Editors wrote about it,, Ayr. Col
l"@e Professors lectured about it, Ayr.
Institute Orators talked about it, while
in the farm home by the quiet tireside, in
Tire corner grocery, in the village post
office, at the creamery, at the depot, in
fact wherever farmers gathered, Salzer's
Billion Dollar Grass, that wonderful
;srlSs, good for 5 to ii tons per acre,
and lots Of pasture besides, is always q
lhcme worthy of the farmers voice.
Then comes Bromus lnermis, than
which there is no better grass Or better
permanent hay producer on earth. Grows
wherever soil is found. Then the farm.
er talks about Salzer's Teosintc, which
will produce 100 stocks from one kernel
of seed, II feet high, in 100 days, rich
IN nutrition and greedily eaten by cattle,
hogs, ETC., and is good for 50 tons of
green food per acre.
Victoria Rape. which can be grown at
2oc Il ton, and Speltz at zoe a bushel,
both great food for cattle, also come in
for their share in the discussion.
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 10c
IN STAMPS
to the John a. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, and receive their big cata-
aogue and lots Of farm seed samples
free. &C. N. w.