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The daily sentinel., 1904-12-28
A GRAND VALLEY RAILROAD.

Denver Republican: 1t is report
ed that a company will probably
soon construct an electric railroad
running practically the entire length
of the Grand valley, which is that
part of Mesa county of which Grand
Junction is the center and from
which the famous Grand junction
peaches come.
Sooner or later such road will
be built, whether by them said to
have it under consideration or not.
The soil of the Grand valley is so
productive and so well adapted to
horticulture that in the course of
time its tillable land will be cut into
small tracts, each of which will pro-
vide support for a family. 1t is easy
to believe that when that day comes
it will be so thickly populated that
it will resemble the suburbs of
large city rather than a farming COM
munity.
Under these conditions not one
line of railroad, but n system with
numerous qualifications will cover
the valley. Every farm will be con
nected by telephone with all the
others, and it is not difficult to be-
lieve that the spirit of Improvement
will cause enterprising capitalists
to supply not only the city of Grand
Junction, but the farm houses also
with electric lights. In short, it will
be for the Grand valley the age of
electricity, and people residing on
the little ranches will enjoy nearly
all the advantages of city life.
In this respect the future predict
ed for the Grand valley may be CON
sidered typical of that of nearly all
the other agricultural and horticult-
ural valleys in the state. Intensive
agriculture will keep them in high
state of cultivation, and the product
iveness of their soil under irrigation
viii enable them to support excep-
tionally large populations per square
mile.
Not only will Colorado maintain
by this means a large population.
but in its rural communities will be
found n combination of city and
country life which will cause them to
be classed among the most desirable
and attractive in the United States.
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-28

John Fairbanks and wife spent
Christmas with friends in Salida.
Miss Hazel Ella has sent out in
vitations to number of friends for
an "at home" Saturday evening.
l. w whittemore. a new settler
here. is preparing to build a resi-
dence on White avenue near Second
street.
Mrs. C. YanHoorebeke is still suf-
fering from a sprained ankle. She
cannot use the injured limb and re-
quires the service of a wheeled
chair.
A great many people this after
noon watched the glass blowers at
their work in the Kippe block The
exhibitions are proving satisfactory
to all the crowds.
Miss Alice Chester will entertain
a party of friends this evening at
the Chester home on White avenue
The party will be one of the most
delightful of the holiday season.
Owing to the fact that there have
been or will be so many dances this
week, the regular midweek dance,
scheduled for tonight at the auditor
ium, has been called off by Manager
Boyer
All efforts to locate the buggy and
horse stolen five weeks ago from w
NJ. McNair and his business associ-
ate have proven fruitless. No trace
has ever been found of the missing
horse and buggy.
The county Jail has nearly one
dozen inmates. among whom are the
four Perry brothers, Deloss Morris,
the negro who assaulted Mrs Lewis,
and Mitchell, the colored barber who
is charged with robbery.
The city clerk has had many let
ters from various parties in differ
ent portions of the country asking
for copies of the electric street rail-
way franchise. The requests are be-
ing fulfilled as far as possible.
Miss Dorothy Osborn entertained
a party of friends last evening at
the Osborn home on East Main
street. Duplicate whist was played
and there were many other things
to make up a delightful evenings
entertainment. Dainty refreshments
were served. Miss Dorothy is a
charming hostess.
Apple Blossom Circle, Women of
Woodcraft, held an interesting meet
ing last night. One candidate for
admission into the lodge was initi-
ated. The Circle membership is
growing at a rapid rate. Several new
members will be added to the mem
bership rolls during the next few
weeks.
The new Grimes Cellar Door" is
described as a big merry whirling
wheel of fun, with no limit of trick
scenery, pantomimic work, novel
scenic and mechanical effects, pretty
musical numbers and wonderful spe-
cialties. 1t was designed for laugh
ing purposes and is said to be full
of life and go from start to finish.
The production is well staged, no
expense having been spared to make
the new Grimes Cellar Door" sec
ond edition. the leader of all trick
musical comedies.
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-28

negro at Pueblo. the husband of
white woman named McAllister,
because he was refused money by
the woman with which to buy liquor.
drove the woman from the house.
When officials approached he at
tempted to commit suicide by slash
ing himself with a razor. What a
terrible pity that the man was not
successful. What sort of white
woman must Mrs. McAllister be. to
support a lazy negro and be beaten
in turn by him?
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-28
ROBERT sRowNINe's SAYINGS

There shall never be one lost good.
When is man strong until he feels
alone?
other heights in other lives, God
willing.
Progress, mans distinctive MARI
alone.
Lofty designs must close in like ef.
fects,
l Judge people by what they might
be-not are, nor will be.
'Tis not what man does which ex-
ats him, but what man would do.
He who did well in war just earns the
right
To begin doing well in peace.
Gods justice. tardy though it prove
perchance,
Rests never on the track until It reach
Delinquency.
All service ranks the same with God
with God, whose puppets best and
worst.
Are we; there is no last nor first
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-28

II would be indeed strange If it
should turn out that the republi-
cans stuffed the ballot boxes them
selves and were familiar with just
which ones to bring before the
courts.
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-28
The Only Set of Abstract Books

in Mesa county is owned by the Mesa
County Abstract Company. and op-
Grated by experienced and reliable
abstractors who are familiar with
the details of every title in Mesa
county.
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-28
Mandolins at Cost.

We received shipment of mando-
Inns too late for the Christmas trade
and will now sell them at cost. The
Thompson Jewelry & Music Co.
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-28

If Chauncey Depew should fail to
be elected senator from New York.
we know of no position in which
he would shine better than as ambas-
sador at one of the European courts.
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-28

To talk about ice cream and sum
mer pienics right now, gives per
son that very tired feeling.
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-28

II emmy Thing, a reel ritch Man.
wen he die. he die jest a leetle
shade deadern emmy other sort o.
Mann.
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-28

Eff womman likes a Puppi she's
moren likely to like Baby; an II
she likes Baby she's a heap moren
likely to hav a lot of good to her
somewheres. no matter whut the Soin
Sirkle seq.
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-28

Scott and Miss Minnie Hickman
are visiting in Salida this week.
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-28

Good-souled female acquaintance of
mine made me present of a market
basket on my last birthday. She says
she hates sarcasm in woman.-New
''Nrl, Telegraph.
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-28

heard a vain female once boast
of having a heavenly countenance.
There were clouds on her brow.
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-28

The Pore are Bruthers. The Ritcn
hav no Relashuns
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-28

p. s.-Yore Unkle David is not
Sutch.
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-28
UNCLE DAvID's "FILosoEY."

Sum Self-Maid menn wuz blame
pore Mekannicks.
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-28

There are two sides to every case.
In the case OF an argument a woman
usually takes both sides.
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-28
SAYS THE MIsoeYNisT.

l saw a sentimental female mixing
what she called love potion" once.
She put onions In 1t.
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-28

l am credably informed that there
Is new slstum of typewriter opera
tion nown as the touch sistum." The
discovery is not Nu. l have nown a
heap of Men who have made a livin
all their lives operatin by the Touch
Sistum.
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-28

There is a heep of men goas throu
life an newer diskivvers the CRATE
truthe that wen a Shirt is Dirty onn
the Kuffs, lit is dirty All over.-Un-
Gle David. in Field and Stream.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-12-16
How Thomas Held Nashville
Deeembe, l5.ls. 1861
roRTIETh ANNIVERSARY WAR STORY

Thomas had three corps besides Will
sons cavalry lying in this order from
lett to right: Woods, Smith, Schoield.
Wilson. Hood also had three and For
rests cavalry. Stewards corps opposed
schofeld, Lees opposed Smith and
Cheatham's Wood. The first stroke by
Thomas was to launch Wilson and
schofeld, whose lines adjoined, around
Hoods left flank to envelop it. Stimuli
taneously Steedman's division of col
ored troops on the Federal left charged
upon Hoods right flank. breaking
through the line. Wilson's and Scho-
fields men went on irresistibly, taking
outworks and storming hill redoubts
until they were close upon Stewards
main intrenchments. Moving south
and then southeast, they formed line
at right angles with Smith. who pushed
his line forward at the angle, carrying
4 heavy hill and earthwork and break
ing in the salient Of Hoods line, which
turned sharply from a north facing to
q west, the latter protected by stone
wall. Nightfall found the combatants
standing with locked horns. Every
thing which Thomas men had at
tempted had been carried with rush,
but they saw plenty to warn them
from attempting too much, and the
places stormed or taken were key
points to sections Of the Confederate
line. Never more than two brigades
assaulted together. McMillen's, Hub
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-12-16

President expresses pleasure at the
great advances which are being made
by the Indians on the road toward civ.
ilization, and further work is recon.
mended A full territorial govern.
ment for Alaska, with delegate to
represent It's people in Congress, is re.
commended, and Legislation is urged to
advance the conditions of the residents
in the Philippines, Hawaii and Porto
Rico. The efforts. in all cases success
full, which we have made IN Turkey.
Morocco and other parts of the world
to protect our citizens from molesta.
tion and to secure them the same privt.
'leges that are accorded to the people of
other countries afforded the President
chance to refer to peculiarly crafty.
ing phase of our international relations
in the past twelve months On all i'm.
portant aspects of American activities
at home and abroad the message ia COM
prehensive. specific and Illuminating
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-12-16
To use Novel Cars.

The st. Paul road is about to put
into service two new composite OBJ.
servation' cars, which are radical
departure from any of the forms hith.,
erto used in car construction. Perhaps
the most important feature Of the car
is found in their construction. A -.
ries of solid steel arches extend through.
out and bind the sills and sides to.
gether in such a manner as to make It
almost impossible to crush in the sides
of the cars.
The two cars just completed will ~
used on The Overland Limited betweeNi
Chicago and Omaha, and were built
with view to shutting off the smokers
from the other occupants of the csE
In the rear is q large observation
platform and obser vstion.room for gen.
eral use. Immediately forwasd is .
buffet, and adjoining the buffet ID the
mems cafe and smoking room. In both
the observation and smoking.rooms
writing desks have been provided.
The lighing scheme gives each read.
er lamp, and the arrangement 10 such
that the passsgeway between the apart.
men,s does not shut of thesview from
one side of the cal. Chicago Record
Herald, November 10, 1904. III !
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-12-16
Copyright, 1901. by G. L. Kilmer.l

7rgl lCOpyIlHhts ASa, Oy ". L. fAlLhet.1
n T Nashville Dec. Is and 49,
n 1864, Thomas gave the Con
"a federates in the west their
Waterloo. The scene was
within 14O miles from the old battle
aeld of Mill Springs, where three years
before he had inflicted upon them a
Bull Run disaster. Thomas victory
1t Mill Springs, KY, Jan. 10, 1862, was
the first clean and decisive Federal tri-
umph of the war. Nashville wiped
out for good Confederate army which
for 100 days in front Of Atlanta had
baffled Sherman, with his immense col
umns of battalions and squadrons.
Only In these two battles did Thomas
WELD the supreme command. Both
were fought to a finish, and what was
more thing rare in this war--in both
cases the enemy was thoroughly routed
and his active capacities destroyed.
Hoods army was at disadvantage
before Nashville, it is true, but chance
might play into the hands of that bold
leader. Thomas closed every loophole
against chance. He fortified the hills
south of the city In. manner that
would enable an improvised corps Of
noncombatants to hold it and prepared
his active force to compass Hoods de-
struction. The Confederate leader drew
up his lines on range Of hills CORE
spending to those fortified by Thomas
and opposed redoubt by redoubt,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-12-16
To School District Omcers.

Section 229S, revised school laws,
reads 1.-THE county superintendent
shall between the first day Of December
and The first day of April Of each year.
require the district school officers ofshis
county to assemble at one or more con-
venient locations within the county. for
the purpose of discussing questions re-
,lative to their official powers and
duties:
Provided, He shall give said officers
at least ten days notice Of the same. :"
After consulting numerous school
officers in various parts of the county.
and taking into account the usual
severe weather of the Holiday season,
and the further fact that it is still .
busy time with many school officers. it
is deemed advisable to hold this years
meeting at a later date. Tho meeting
will likely be called during the fret
week of February. at which time due
notice will be given with an outline Of
the topics to be considered.
Let every school officer plan 70 at.
tend, and cooperate in every way to
make this meeting q most profitable
one. Respectfully, rs.
g. Il. DEAN.
County Superintendent Schools.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-12-16

breastwork by breastwork. He was
IN position Dec. 8, and the Federal au-
thorities at Washington, including
Grant, assumed that Thomas was in.
tending to stand siege. Almost hour,
u Thomas received from Washington
or from Grants headquarters impa-
tent and nagging kilograms, with sug-
gestions and appeals to do something
to raise the siege, but Thomas army
was then an improvised one, made up
Of Smiths division from west of the
Mississippi, Scho6eld's Twenty third
and Woods Fourth corps, partly from
ehermans column and partly from gar.
rison camps, with Wilson's cavalry, q
new command, lacking horses and
equipments as well az perfect organiza-
ton and drill. It was upon this latter
arm that Thomas counted for finishing
blows when the time came. So while
Hood was adding to his earthworks
and parapets and vainly hoping for re-
endorsements. and urgent demands
were made from Federal headquarters
hundreds Of miles away that Thomas
should act, the Rock Of Chickamauga
said: "Let Hood fortify. Let Washing
ton howl. I'll act when am ready"
His plan Of campaign had been set
tied upon by the 9Th and orders given
to move. Hoods operations, however,
led to brief delay in order to shift
positions Of Federal troops on the long
lines and mass the strongest battalions
On the right. The day fixed for attack
opened with storm Of freezing sleet
which In time covered the earth with
q crust Of slippery frozen mud or ice
4 campaign to the death was out OF
the question under such circumstances
Hoods troops and artillery could
stand in their fixed arm tracks, while
Thomas would need to struggle and
climb up the icy slopes and over CLASSY
lakes in order to dislodge them.
Thomas said again in answer to re-
newed demands from headquarters,
Il will act when ready"
Grant wired that he must move
against Hood or turn over his COM
mand to the ne4t in rank. The grim
old veteran replied that he would sub
init to removal and to the charge Of dis
obedience to orders without murmur,
but move against Hood he would not
until all was ready. A successor, Cen
eral Logan, had been placed at call
Aear by, and Grant himself started for
Nashville. But the ice blockade gave
way before melting weather on the
18th, and Thomas FASTENED to notify
his chiefs that the enemy would be at
tucked at once.
The antagonists were about equal in
lumberss and aggregated 10000 side,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-12-16

circumscribe the area of the Russo
Japanese war as far as practicable are
all. directly or indirectly, in the inter
est Of our foreign trade, and are all re-
ferred to by the President. OF course,
the President did not omit to say that
we have been doing good deal in the
interest Of universal peace in the past
year. We have arranged arbitration
treaties with several of the great ma,
tions Our efforts to bring new meet.
ing Of The Hague conference at the
earliest practicable date have attracted
the worlds attention, and have given
us precedence among the great forces
which are making for international
amity In the larger affairs Of the
world the United States has never been
90 active and 90 beneficislly successful
as it has been under the regime of
President Roosevelt and Secretary Hay.
Those who expected any radical ut.
teran1e in relation to the trusts will be
disappointed in the message. On that
Issue. as on all the others touched mp
on. the President is conservative and
sane. His work against the Northern
securities company. the beef trust and
other combines talks for him on this
subject. He urges the extension Of ir-
rigatioD, the development Of forest
preservation policy. the regulation of
irrigation and the adoption Of pre-
cautions to save our citizenship from
debasement. The lessons in the way of
preparedness for war if war becomes
necessary which the Russo.Japanese
conflict offers are pointed out, and army
and navy improvement is urged. The
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-12-16

bards and Hills brigades Of Near
thurs division, Smiths corps and
Coon's dismounted brigade Of cavalry
were the heroes Of the right They
vaulted the barriers together, mingling
their cheers and dividing the trophies
Of conquest without reckoning which
got there first or struck the harder.
Steedman's white brigade under Colo
mel Grosvenor and Colonel Morgan's
oolored troops did the same on the left,
occupying the attention Of Cheatham's
entire corps throughout the day.
Hood formed new line during the
night Of the 18th from half mile to
mile in the rear Of the first. His
right rested on Overton's hill, his left
on the height now called Shy's hill,
with sharp return south for 80 or
100 rods. There was every temptation
for Thomas to order an attack all along
the line. but he was not such tyro in
war. Acting on the principle that
when salients and bastions are conquer
ID all lying between must go, too, the
blows were concentrated He gave no
new orders to his corps commanders
for the second day. leaving them dis
cfetion In carrying out the orders Of
the day before namely. to push the
enemy. He rode from point to point,
seeing for himself. Wilson's cavalry
continued its march until it outhanked
Hoods left, held by Cheatham's troops.
In order to check Wilson, Cheatham
drew men from Shy's hill in the angle
Just at the time when the Federal bat
tsr1es were razing it's walls, Bates Ten
nesseeans rushed down from the right
TO defend 1t, but at that moment Nc
Arthur saw the chance offered and sent
McMillen's brigade to storm it. Two
other Federal brigades followed Nc
Millen, but strong as they came they
had to reckon with the Twentieth Ten
nessee (Confederate) before seizing the
prize. That regiment, led by Colonel
". W. Shy, disputed every inch of the
coll. Shy was killed, and his men
slowly gave ground without a single
reserve to fall back upon. The angle
was broken, and Smiths and Scho-
fields men advanced with comparative
ease, although some of the Confeder-
ate redoubts only yielded to the logic
Of the bayonet Briefly, the whole
Confederate left was crushed in like an
eggshell before the middle of the after
noon. Officers and men no longer
thought Of holding their line, but of
reaching the roads leading south before
Wilson's cavalry cut them of.
GEORGE L. KILMER.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-12-16
Selection of Seed Potatoes.

Circular No. 81. recently issued .dy
the Agricultural Experiment Station
of the University of Illinois, deals with
the subject of Selection of Seed in
Potato Growing The importance of
the potato in Illinois ia shown by the
fact that it ranks fifth in value among
the farm crops in the state. The
average yield for forty years has been
only eighty.one bushels per acre and
the largest average yield for the state
in any one year has been one hundred
and twenty.nine bushels. These yields
could be greatly increased BY better
methods of culture and especially by
greater care in seed selection. Plants
of the same variety grow in the same
field may vary widely in productive.
ness Seed should be saved only from
the productive. hills. The first selec.
tion should be made while the plants
are still growing in the field Vigorous
plants, showing green color. stabil'
ity of stem, and the power to resist
disease should be marked. When the
crop is harvested, the yield from each
of these marked plants should be
noted and the tubers of the most pro.
ductive saved. From among the pota.
toes thus secured individual tubers
having the characteristics of the de-
sired type should then be selected
medium sized. we'll developed tubers
are more desirable than extremely
large or extremely small ones The
small tubers are not fully developed
and will not trsnsmlt the full vigor of
the mother plant. Their continued use
results in diminishing yields and
constant increase in the proportion Of
small lubers In the crop a.
The keeping quality of potatoes may
also be improved by selection. Care
should be taken every season to avoid
planting any tubers which are badly
sprouted or beginning to rot The re-
lection of such potatoes also results
in larger yields. since plants from such
tubers would be small. weak. and less
productive than those from sound
tubers. &