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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-09
DRUGGISTS.
11RADREATER. c. G. LEADBKATRR
e. S. LEADBEATER. J. LEADBEATER
r. S. Leadbeater 4 Sons,

1O5 and 107 south Fairfax street,
Dealers in Drugs, Chemicals, Patent Medi-
cines. Paints, Oils, Dye Stuffs, Spices, Drug
gists' Fancy Goods and Specialties..
Wholesale agents in Northern virginia ior
7 q AYERS Medicines and John Lucas Il
Co.'S Tinted Gloss and Prepared Paints, DC.
Manufacturers of Standard Pharmaceutical
Ne nave :,ale large additions to our stock
and are buying leading Proprietary Articles,
Chemicals, &C., direct from the mi'nuiactur-
ers. We are therefore enabled to supply the
trade with all goods usually carried by we'll
appointed WHOLESALE DRUG HOUSE at
prices rs low as those given by the best houses
In larrer cities. All goods forwarded by first
freight or express after receipt of order.
Promptness is our specially. We guarantee
the purity Of all drugs furnished. Cores
ron1onca in.ifed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-09
WAKEFIELD 4 HALL,
DRUGGISTS.

CORNER PRINCE AND FAIRFAX SITS.
Prescriptions a speciality,
English, French, German and Domestic
Toilet Soaps Genuine Farina Cologne; Mag
nolia, Hedyosimia, Geranium and Florida
Water; Genuine Lubin's Extracts; Sponges,
Hair Brushes and Combs; best English
Tooth Brushes; full assortment OF Patent
Medicines: Coxe's Gelatine, Corn Starch,
Sea Moss Farine, Spices OF all KINDS, ana a
al prices so low as the same quality can be OBJ
tained elsewhere.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-08-11
SURPRISED THE MAN
Implement Man Who Saw Gree
ley Spuds Growing.

c. G. Rowley, manager and treas
urer of the Aspinwall Manufacturing
company OF Jackson, Mich, was in
Greeley last Saturday and for the first
time saw practical irrigation. While
Mr., ,,Rowley is combining regular bus
mess with that Of gathering infor-
nation about irrigation, the latter
is the principal object Of the trip this
time through Colorado, Utah, Idaho
and Oregon. Sometime in October
the National ASSOCIATION Of Manufac-
turers Of Implements and Vehicles
will hold Its annual convention in
Chattanooga, Tenn, where Mr.. low
ley is billed to give report OF condi-
tions in the arid lands and upon irri-
cation, as he is chairman of the
committee having this matter in
charge.
Some months ago, Mr.. Rowley
stated, he began gathering informa-
tion and statistics about irrigation
until he had books and pamphlets
piled up all over his office. From
these he was rearranging long rows
OF figures to make report similar to
those he lad been compelled to listen
to and not understand at previous
meetings Of the association. Through
reading the big volume Of this indi-
gestable matter he became Interested
enough in the subject of irrigation to
ask himself, What if some fool
should really be listening when the
rpeort is read and ask me if l had
ever seen any of this business?" So
he decided on this combination trip,
and while he is talking potato
diggers to dealers, he is taking long
rides in the country, following
bitches and canals and asking ques-
tions.
Last Saturday Mr.. Rowley accom-.
panied Harvey English on drive
out through LAGRANGE, the Lucerne
district and Pleasant valley. and at
the rate he started to tell his aston
ishment at the potato fields, he is
still lecturing on this subject. While
nc Ids iiIiii NOuol ~ AOusb'
and his business is almost entirely
with the potato industry, he says
there is not a section in this country
that can in any way compare with
the Greeley district for potato crop.
There is small county in Maine
that comes nearer to it than any
other but even there they talk as
much about Greeley potatoes as they
do about their own.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-08-11
Paul Hentchel Robbed.

Paul Hentchel OF Evans is asking
all his friends If there was ever such
a thing as a lo0-caliber gun. He
says he looked into one last Friday
at midnight that seemed just four
times as big as anything he had ever
seen in the gun line before. He was
about ready to close up his saloon at
u O'Clock when two men wearing
loose white masks over their faces
entered and sauntered up to the bar.
On the shelf back of the bar Mr..
Hentche had S65 spread out that
he had just finished counting. One
of the men pointed gun at the pro-
prietor and told him to fork over the
wealth. MI. Uentchel, thinking it
some friends trying to play prac-
tical ioke on him, laughed lightly at
the men and made no move to pay
out the money. The second demand
The Greeley tribune., 1904-08-11

tiOnS in the state where Cne SOIL Is
So composed that but one particular
crop can be grown. They can raise
Just about as good potatoes In the
vicinity of Loveland and Berthoud
as they can around Greeley, if they
will only study the crop as they have
here. 1t is also gradually being
proven that they can raise Just as
good fruit and just as much of 1T in
this vicinity as they can around
Loveland and Longmont. All that
is necessary is.to know how. One of
the few men who know how to raise
fruit. and had the courage to put his
knowledge to the test. is e. b. Mat
tox. living about three miles south
west OF Greeley. 1t is doubtful II
ANYTHING could be found in northern
Colorado to outdo his cherry orchard
this season. It is also doubtful il
any equally small space OF ground
with a potato crop would net the
owner more Than one-half OF what
did the sixty cherry trees that were
large enough to bear fruit. over
$500 worth of the fruit was sold.
Six wears ago Mr.. Mattox took pos
session of the farm that two or three
wears before had been broken up
from the raw prairie by John a.
Grin6le, now of Greeley. There was
not tree of AM kind on the place.
As Mr.. Mattox had always been sur
rounded by fruit trees in his OLD
Indiana home he could not feel at
home without the presence OF the
orchard, without which no farm IN
the east is complete. He had made
feeble attempt at growing frult on
small farm near his present one,
which farm, as he puts it himself,
he fortunately lost, when he took
possession OF his present place. The
first failure did not deter him from
trying again and he began to set out
cherry, plum and apple trees some
died, but most OF them lived. Rails
inv fruit by irrigation was new to
him and water in that section was
aft that time much shorter than IL IS
now. He also planted grapes, rasp-
he,ries, currants, gooseberries aud
other small fruits. AT the same
fine shade trees were planted about
the house. Most of these were cot
tonwoods. but they grew, and gre"
fast so that today some Of them are
twelve inches in diameter
The Greeley tribune., 1904-08-11

gong. When an order comes in for
a rig to be sent out at certain time
one OF the brass plugs is placed in
the hole that corresponds with this
time. When the hour hand reaches
the time at which the plug is set,
another hand behind the dial follow.
ing exactly the movement OF the one
IN front, completes the connection
and the electrical current is sent from
tile battery to the gong This does
not stop ringing until the plug IN
the switchboard is removed. Then
by referring to note hook to learn
what was to be done at that partic-
ular time it is easy to learn why the
clock rang. Usually, though, little
note on piece of paper is hung on
each plug when this is inserted, and
there may be found a half dozen
plugs in the board, but until the
right one is found the gonp will con-
tinue ringing The thing can be set
twenty-lour hours ahead.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-08-11

The home with the fruit and shade
trees about it is pleasing contrast
to the general barrenness Of others
IN the vicinity, whose owners have
not yet seen the advantage OF fruit
growing. There is no reason why,
however that every place on the
Highlands west of Greeley could not
make a splendid paying adjunct to
regular farming by putting in few
acres to fruit. The soil in that
region seems particularly well adapted
to such growth, and it adds one more
chance to successful farming.
The accompanyin cut shows the
growth OF trees and shrubs about the
Mattox home. Photographs OF some
of the loaded fruit trees taken at
the same time and intended for pub
lication in this connection were found
defective and unsuitable for repro
duction, as they would in no way
convey a proper idea OF the amount
and size of the fruit.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-08-11

The orchard prospered ard soon
began to bear fruit. The expense Of
improving could soon be covered by
the income, until now Mr.. Mattox
estimated that his orchard brings
him In three times as much to the
acre as the rest OF his farm, and he
has pretty good farm too. Last
year he had, perhaps, as good a potato
crop as would be found anywhere in
Weld county. He now has eight
acres In fruit, but a good share of
this Is young orchard and has not
vet commenced to pay, but the old
orchard is as handsome as any that
will be found in Colorado. The
cherry trees this year were so loaded
with fruit that many limbs were
broken, and to save the trees from
self-destruction it was necessary to
prop them up on al! sides.
The raspherries, too, made good
crop, and many of the apple trees are
doing we'll From one small tree of
early apples s. worth have been sold
this season. The cherry trees are of
the English Morella and Early Rich
mond varieties. The plum trees, OF
which there are fifty bearing ones,
are of the Lombard, DeSoto, Honey
Drip, Golden Prune and Silver Prune
There are 80 bearing apple trees,
some so small that they seem to
stagRer under the weight of theil
first two or three apples. All are OF
healthy growth, and in the course OF
time will add greatly to the income
OF the owner.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-08-11
DR.. Croswell to Leave.

Or. Thomas R. Croswell, superin'
tendept Of the training department
of the State Normal school for the
past two terms, has accepted an oner
from the California State Normal
school at Los Angeles, at consloef-
able increase Of salary, ana Will 90
there to begin his work at the open
ing of school this fall. HIS piace a'
the school here has. not as yet oeeh
filled.
Ii is with much regret that stu-
dents and other members OF the lac,
ulty Of the institution bid farewell
to mr. Croswell and wife, both OF
whom have made many 1riehus III
their short stay in Greeley
The Greeley tribune., 1904-08-11

was emphatic enough to leave no
doubt that the men meant business,
so they received the money, also Mr..
Hehtchel's nicely polished revolver
that he kept on the shelf for just
such an emergen.y. They also took
nice little gold watch left there In
Mr.. Hentchel's care
Marshal Camp Of Greeley went
over there Saturday morning and
was given description of the men.
1t is rather his opinion that it Is
local men Interested.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-08-11
Wilson on Beet Sugar.

In speech before the conference
Of western stockmen In Denver re-
Gently, Secretary Of Agriculture
James Wilson made the following
statement:
81 believe Colorado is the grea test
place for beet sugar raising In the
world:. | look to see this state sup
ply all the sugar necessary to glut
the vast demand for that commodity
in the United States. You have the
proper climate conditions here for
the raising Of beets, the soil is rich,
and all that is necessary is to wet
the ground. a."
The Greeley tribune., 1904-08-11
FARMS
GREELEY DISTRICT LIGHT
BECOME THEIR HOME.
Something about What C. B
Mattox Has Done on Land
Supposed Unfit for
Horticulture.

The man in the Greeley district
with good potato farm is pretty
generally envied by others who hap
pen to be located on farms outside OF
the great potato belt proper. There
is no good cause for this feeling,
however, as the different crops that
can be grown with as good profit as
are potatoes are becoming more ap-
parent every day. All that is nee
essary is to have water for irrigation
and to understand your crop. There
has been general impression that
the country about Greeley was un-
favorable for fruit raising. while
the country twenty miles nearer the
mountains was one OF the best sec
tons in the world for nearly all
kinds Of berries and fruit. AS a
matter OF fact, there are but few sec
The Greeley tribune., 1904-08-11
The Woodmen Program.

The W o. W of Greeley are max
ing calculations and preparations for
the entertainment at the basket
picnic at Island Grove park August
is of from / 800 to 1000 members Of
the order and Women of Woodcraft.
The program will be opened by an
address by George r. Rogers of Den
yer, general organizer of the order,
at lO:3O Following this will be an
hour devoted to athletic contests OF
various kinds. at noon will come
the basket luncheon in the grove.
At 1880 the fast gentlemen drivers
of the city will give an exhibition Of
speed, and at 2:l5 the ball game be-
tween the Greeley Reds and Eaton
Eagles will begin. The last game
these two teams played showed , TO 0
in favor OF Greeley. Tie days fun
will end with a grand ball in the
armory at night.
A considerable number of boys
from the juvenile court in Denver
we're last Saturday taken to Platte
willie to work in the cucumber fields.
Several Cf Judge Lindsey's charges
have been working in the melon
fields in the vicinity of Plattevilie
and they have been found such salts
factory help that the cucumb ber
growers have decided to also employ
boys.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-08-11
D. A. Camfeld Interested.

An enormous irrigation deal in
which D. A. Camfeld is the local
man principally interested may be
consumated in the near future, and
IN which for consideration of $780,,
900 Nh Camteld and associates will
turn over to the directors OF the
Julesburg Irrigation district the
Julesburg or Jumbo reservoir with a
capacity Of /, 200 water rights, twen-
ty.seven acre feet considered as a
reservoir right. In the deal may
also 90 the Patterson ditch at s65, 900
and the Settlers ditch at $50, 900, a
total of s4s5,o0o.
A meeting between the parlies in
terested was held in Julesburg one
week ago yesterday, at which time
Mr., Camtield stated his proposition.
An expression of opinion OF the farm
ers that would be affected by the deal
has been called.
Mrs. d. j. March left last week
for a two months visit at her old
home in Montreal, Canada.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-08-11
GREGORY HAS ALIBI
Not in Pueblo at Time of DeMolli
Assault.

Paul A. Gregory, whose name, to-
gether with that of his dead brother,
Lyte Gregory, has been connected
with the assault upon Editor De-
Molli Of Pueblo and Organizer Ward
jon of the United Mine Workers, has
secured number of a!fidavits estab.
fishing c0nclusively their whereabouts
at the time these assaults were COM
mitted.
DeMolli was beaten by two men on
April 8, and at first the victim de-
clared he recognized one of the Greg
ory brothers. According to the
affidavit Of Paul Gregory, his brother
came to his ranch near LaSalle, in
Weld county, on the evening DeMolli
was assaulted. and four other stfidav-
its Of reputable business men fix be-
yond all doubt the presence Of Paul
Gregory in Greeley the day Of the
assault. j. c. Wylie Of the Boulder
and Weld Reservoir company atfirms
he was In Greeley with Paul Gregory
on April 8, and he Is supported by
the atfidavits Of George Spear OF
Greeley, by whom Mr.. Gregory was
employed; George E.. Robie, mer-
chant, and P. W. Allen. all Of whom
swear they transacted business with
Mr.. Gregory during the day and at
hours which would have made 1t i'm
possible for him to have been at the
scene Of assault in Pueblo. When
Paul Gregory learned OF his name
being used In connection with the
DeMolli assault, he voluntarily went
to Pueblo, but his accuser failed to
identify him.
When Wardjon was assaulted 1t
was said that Lyte Gregory took
part, and in rebuttal the brother OF
the dead man has secured attidavits
Of Mrs. Bette A. Christian Of Polk
county, Nebraska, stating that Lyte
Gregory visited her from April - to
50, and the WardJon assault was COM
mitted at Sargent's station, near
Sallda, On the night OF April 29'
j. W. Christian joins in the same
atfidavit. and j. f. Parker, a livery
man of Silver Creek, corro5orates
them. |. Norman Gregory swears he
was with Lyte Gregory or April 80,
in the town Of Wahoo, Neb.,. where
he stayed until May 5, going thence
to Iowa. Paul Gregory was in the
Highlanda district at the time OF
this assault
Lyte Gregory was assassinated on
Third street between Water and
Clark streets at midnight, May IA.
Three loads of buckshot were tired
into his body and no clue OF the
| murderers was ever discovered. lie
was employed by the Citizens Alli-
ance OF Idaho Springs getting lnlor'
nation in the Sun and Moon case,
Paul Gregory declares that frlends
or his dead brother have no thought
of taking the matter into their own
hands. but are willing to Leave 1t to
the law. Paul Gregory was formerly
connected with the sheriff ohlce
and his brother was member OF the
Denver police force. Denver Fosl'
The Greeley tribune., 1904-08-11
.dASlckle's S Clock.

ny livery barn office has
VI a curiosity in this Sec
kE way OF a clock. 1t is
4, [,Hl'nder timepiece. " Con-
lne regular time clock is
t4eVlilng similar to a tele-
y. l.s''ooarc, with a hole for
H.. minutes OF the day and
|In,. inv 'hese holes a brass plug
CSs an electrical connection
p'oper time starts a loud
The Greeley tribune., 1904-08-11
AWFULDEATH
OVER 100 VICTIMS OF COLO
RADO RAILROAD WRECK.
Cloudburst Near Pueblo Washes
Away Bridge-Denver & Rio
Grande Train Plunges
Through.

The worst railway disaster in the
history Of Colorado aud one OF the
worst in the history Of the country
occurred at about 8 o'clock last Sun
day evening eight miles north of
Pueblo near the little station OF Eden
on the Denver & Rio Grande railway.
Over 100 persons lost their lives in
the wreck, which was caused by the
supports of the bridge over Dry
creek being washed away by flood
caused by a cloudburst in that Sec
tion. Many bodies are supposed to
be still hidden in the mud along the
bottom of Dry creek, Fcutain creek
and the Arkansas river.
The wrecked train was part Rio
Grande and part Missouri Pacific.
The engine and train crew belonged
to the former and they haul the Mis-
souri, Pacific passengers to Pueblo,
where they are turned over to that
road and the Worlds Fair flyer made
up. The tain pulled out from union
station in Denver at the usual hour
Of o'clock. 1t was dark when they
reached the vicinity of Dry creek, an
arroyo that seldom has water in it.
During the afternoon and evening
there had been heavy rain In the Sec
tion, and the usual dry creek ped
Was raging torrent. There was
apparently nothing to indicate to the
engine crew that there was danger
ahead, and it is doubtful II either
engineer or fireman knew of the dan
ger until the engine went through
the trestle. According to the story
Of the fireman, Frank Mayfield Of
Pueblo, who escaped death by jump
ing to the left, the engine when 1t
struck the trestle suddenly lurched
to the right and went over into the
rushing waters. Engineer 81. S.
Minman was evidently pinned under
the huge machine, and together en-
gine and driver were rushed down
stream TO a considerable distance.
The baggage car, smoker and chair
car followed the engine into the
stream and wzre carried over mile
with the cufrent. Only three men
escaped from these cars, by presence
OF mind and being powerful SWIM
mers. The dining car and two Pull
mans remained on the track and thus
few passengers were saved.
The cries Of the victims pinned in
the cars that were being hurled down
stream, as the waters were closing IN
on them, could be heard by the agent
at the station OF Eden mile away
and was the first notice to any one
outside OF the passengers with the
enacted in the dark. The alarm was
at once given by wire and in short
time relief trains were rushing to
the scene from Pueblo and Colorado
Springs. Owing to the darkness and
the high water in the stream but lit
tie could be done until morning.
The three cars that had gone down
stream seemed to have disappeared
allOselner anu cOuIu not pe dteu
for several hours. When finally
located they could not be reached
until the water subsidized, when the
search for dead bodies was com.
menced
While there were no people OF the
i'll fated train from this section.
many Of the victims were we'll known
to people here.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-08-11
INCREASE
h OF COUNTY'S TAX
yERS IS LARGE.
lures Gathered from As.
lr's Tax Roll.
lphabetical Statis-
tics Given.

Xiv an idle curiosity about
ker in the alphabet had the
\, 10 its credit in Weld
I'D to an investigation also
hber of taxpayers in Weld
Naturally Il comparison
made with the number last
kder to show the increase,
shy not see what the
lad been in the last ten
SOks OF the county assessor
county treasurer were in
live up their secrets, both
alphabetical problem and
I more serious business Of
bds to keep the county ma
tng. Some peculiar changes
he'd in the matter OF cut
kger pieces Of property into
eces, and also in gluing
Sller pieces together into
but a more startling rev.
the increase in the number
descriptions OF property
past ten years. In 1894
Just 3S35 known descrip-
e county. The list just
last Saturday by the as
Ice shows 5,575 descriptions
difference of LAO.
We dgures might indicate
pulation OF the county had
It that rapid rate, but this
y safe guide to 30 by, for
Increase in known descrip-
zen enormous, in 1894 there
descriptions OF land and
the owners or which we're
10 the assessor or county
The most remarkable fact
at this year there Is not a
lot or piece of farm land
reasurer and assessor do
he owner of. That would
at there were really more
n the county ten years ago
are now. But the fact
acre tracts of land for med
dimensions considered in
pn of unknown ownership
swell the number Of des-
Enormously. Thus, while
unknown to the assessor
a whole section, or $40
the purpose OF increasing
be to the county by adver-
taxable unknown lands for
ract would be cut up into
FcEiptions. But little OF a
RtuTe then can be learned
tease in number OF tax
the ten years.
ore exact figures can be
the increase in 1904 over
ST year there were 5,345
s listed with the assessor,
ear the 5,575 make an in
bO' Taking that as a basis,
Fe in ten years should be
III Is a bit high. 1t is not
900, however.
ot TO disappoint the sta
% was looking for the COM
a long, wierd line Of fig
recurrence OF certain let
alphabet in the names OF
ol a certain community,
stated that In the tax
II the letter IS" leads all
u 532, The letter ''B''
with 52l, but while 50
Vae since last year-evi-
Fn ID, r. Smith sold out
U'e house-the "Bs' have
The ''Z' with I6 has
s'uce last year, and "Y''
lost two. 'W" with 4o3
TWO and so has "U" with
WIN 2o2 has gained three,
remains the same at
'aef letters that run high
:, NJ 4l3; G, 1893; P, 2S3; r.,
nv, d, 2I2; G. 2l7: A. POP
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-10-11
"DIxoN" DAY TOMORROW.
Montana's Congressman Mil Own
{ Billings and Surroundings.

Montana's Congressman Will Own
K Billings and Surroundings.
Tomorrow will be Dixon" day in
Billings and the city snd surrounding
regions will endeavor to Guido even
themselves in according a hearty well
come to Montana's distinguished rep
resentative in congress.
Mr.. Dixon will address a meeting
held under the auspices of the repub-
lican county committee, at the opera
house, and the prediction is a safe
one that the number of those in at
capacity of the building. The people
of Yellowstone county have a warm
spot in their hearts for the man who
succeeded in opening the Grow reser-
walton and this will be the first OPP
portunity they have to give him earn
est evidence of their appreciation OF
his efforts in their behalf.
OF course, there will be the Gus
tomary parade in the evening, and a
long column of torch bearers will
wend it's way through the streets OF
the city. In addition another feature
is promised that is bound to attract
attention, Several hundred men have
promised to be in line on horseback
to act as a guard Of honor to MI.
Dixon, and will head the line. Every
one is invited to attend the meeting
and all are also requested to join in
the parade, as it is desired to make
the demonstration one long to be re-
membered.
Harry L. Wilson, republican nomi-
nee for county attorney, will also
speak. Mr.. Wilson, although a young
man; has gained an enviable reputa-
ton as an able, interesting and for
chile speaker, and he will undoubt-
eddy prove an excellent assistant to
the principal.