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The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-17
Mitchell's Partner Confesses.

Portland, Ore. Feb. 12-Judge A II.
Tanner. United States Senator Mitch
ellis law partner, confessed in Judge
Bellingers court yesterday afternoon
to perjury in his evidence given before
the federal grand jury in connection
with the investigation of the land
frauds in this state when testimony
with a view to connecting United States
Senator Mitchell with the conspiracy
to defraud the government.
Tanner. in his confession. stated
that there was a business agreement
between Mitchell and Tanner that
Mitchell should have the proceeds
of practice of the law firm in the fed
eral courts and that Tanner should
have the proceeds resulting from prac-
tice before any of the governmental
departments which would involve Sen
ator Mitchell's oath that he would not
take part in any law proceeding in
which the government is Interested.
Judge Tanner, do you expect to tes-
tify against Senator MITCHELL" was
asked
Yes: | expect to be called as wit
ness in the case against Senator Mitch
ell and will tell the whole truth re-
garding the business of the firm, with
out regard to consequences"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-17
Kansas Oil Fight.

Topeka. Kan. Feb 13-The people
of Kansas are aroused as never before
in the states history over the action
of the Standard Oil Company in shut
ting down all operations in this state.
Thousands Of letters from over the
state have been received by members
of the Legislature urging them to pass
the state refinery bill. The Chanute
oil producers last night voted unani-
mously to communicate with Thomas
w. Lawson of Boston and the Pure Oil
Company of Pennsylvania and invite
them to interest themselves in the re-
tining of the crude petroleum and the
manufacture of its bi-products in Kan
sas and to advise them that q the
judgment of the association. the"
would have the hearty cooperation OF
the people of Kansas.
The oil producers of Chanute dis
trict have sent this statement 20 the
House members:
THE act of the blacklisting of Kan
sas oil is hereby denounced. We be-
lieve it was done to bring about a con-
dition of panic in the oil fields and to
influence the Legislature to defeat the
proposed laws. We are proud to see it
Is having the opposite effect"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-17
OvERRULE PRESIDENT
ON TREATIES FOR ARBITRATION
Senate Jealous Of Its Prerosatives-
Large Majority Votes Down
Presidents Request.

Washington, Feb. 13.-The Sena,s
yesterday ignored an earnest plea b
the President for ratification Of the al
bitration treaties with eight European
governments as drawn, amended the
treaties in conformity with its idea
of the Senate's prerogative and ratified
them. There were only nine vote
cast in favor OF acceding TO the desires
of the President.
The situation in the Senate over the
arbitration treaties has been strained
for several weeks. The first protest
against the treaties We're made by sen
ators from southern states who sug-
gested an amendment which precIuded
the possibility of arbitration claims
against their states by reason of r.
pudiated bonds. Later it was sug,
gested that an amendment should b.
adopted which changed but one worc
that of agreement to treaty" in a..
ticle 2, making the article read as fC!
lows.
III each individual case the hieh
contracting parties. before appealinE
to the permanent court Of arbitration
shall conclude special treaty def1n-
ing clearly the matter in dispute, the
scope Of the powers of the arbitrator
and the periods to be fixed for TIL
formation OF the arbitral tribunal and
the several stages of the procedure"
The amendment answered the pur-
pose of the protests made by the south
ern senator's. and in addition to thai
established the principle that any MAJ
ter in the nature of treaty with for
eien government must be consum-
mated by the President, with the con
sent of the Senate" In this form the
committee reported the treaties to the
Senate.
The amendment was adopted by
vote OF so to 9.
The President was criticised SHARPLY
because of his letter declaring it 10 be
a step backward to ratify the treaties
in the form proposed by the Senate
committee on foreign relations.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-17
First Use Of Heavy Ordnance.

The Turks were the first 10 employ
enormous ordnance in warfare, and
when Mohammed II. besieged Con-
stantinople. in 1853 he battered the
walls with huge stone shot, some of
them weighing as much as 1900
pounds. A huge specimen of this
ancient Turkish artillery Is to be seen
at the present time in the Rotunda
museum at Woolwich, England. They
we're extremely unwieldy weapons and
could only be fired at the rate OF four
times day. King Henry V. of Eng
land. well understood the possible ad-
yantages of the artillery. and there is
still eXtant an order of his to the clerk
of the ordnance and one John Bonet,
mason at Maidstone, to cut 1000
stone shot in the quarries at that
place.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-17
Irrigated Rice Fields.

Although rice is grown in nearly all
of the southern states, the practice of
irrigation in its culture is confined
primarily to the coast counties OF the
Carolinas and Georgia, to the Missis-
sippi delta, and to the coastal prairies
of Texas and Louisiana. These coastal
prairies were considered to be fit only
for grazing until experiments in 1897
proved the peculiar adaptability of the
soil for rice culture. Then many farm
ers from the states of the Middle West
went to this country and engaged in
the cultivation of rice. They intro
duced improved methods and modern
machinery, and there was a wonderful
development in his industry. Now
thousands of acres are being irrigated
annually for the production of rice.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-17
LONGING FOR eoYAooo DAYS.
Poet Remembers COMPENSATION for
Hard Work He Had to Do.

l think I'd slop the pigs the way
used to do. and bring in wood and
hunt for eggs and bring the COWS
home. TOO: and grease the wagon and
hitch up the horses every day. and
water all the cows and calves and give
the horses hay; and pump wash water
and stay in an churn, and churn.
while other boys down by the creek
were having fun to burn. I'd like to
salt the sheep, would; Id like 10
milk the cows; I'd like TO man cross
cut saw and have wild carouse, with
dad the other end OF it to pull me
through the log. I'd love to curry OFF
the team and feed the cat and dog.
And when I'd got the chores all done
and had got through the rush, I'd love
to take a rush-hook and go out and
cut some brush. Id do these things
again, would, and never heave a
sigh. for long about this time o year
I'd get my full of pe-good homemade
mince and pumpkin pie. and hens
eggs newly laid; salt-rsin' bread and
biscuits like the kind my mother
made; and good backbone and spare.
ribs, too, and cornbread spread with
grease-these things to have again
would bring my spirit lasting peace.
and so Id like to slop the pigs and
feed the critters. too, and churn. and
churn, and churn. and churn, just like
| used to do.-Houston Post.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-17
THRIVED ON LEAN DIET.
Englishman Who Lived for Year on
Less Than One Dollar

Roger Crab wagered fl 600 that he
would live for year on three shill-
inss and siXpence and won his bet.
Indeed. he more than won it, for at
the end of the twelve months he had
managed to save threepence out of
his housekeeping money" his eXpen-
diture for food, therefore, averaging
just over three farthings a week. For
this sum even the cheapest of ordi-
nary vegetarian diet-such as lentils,
for instance, was quite out of the ques-
ton, and he had to content himself
with nettle soup thickened with acorn
flour. pudding made of bran and tur-
nip leaves chopped together, and so
forth. Yet on this diet Grab not only
survived, but actually gained some
few pounds in weight; while as for his
general health, he declared that he
had never felt better than he did at
the termination of his selfimposed
ordeal.-English Exchange.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-17
SHIPS ToWED By IcEBERos.
Great Masses Move Against Wind
and Vessels Are Moored to Them,

1t has been found that the currents
round the coast OF Newfoundland
maze at times a wide difference in the
direction of the drift of icebergs and
that of the fiat or pan ice, which. hay-
ing no great depth, is governed in its
nc lions by the surface currents and
the winds.
The iceberss. the larger part Of
which are submerged to a great depth.
says. the New York Herald, follow
only the movements of the ocean
water as a whole and are influenced
by 'le winds. Thus huge iceberg
may often be seen majestically main
tainiag its slow advance in opposition
to the wind and across the general
motion of the fields of fiat ice sur
rounding ii. The sealers often take
Advantage of this fact by moCring
their vessels to an iceberg to prevent
their ship drifting to leeward The
movement of these great mountains
of ita is practically irresistible.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-17
Family Record,

AS family record the following
would be hard to beat. In the town of
Thurso, England. an old man, eighty
seven years of age. still follows his
duties as superintendent of some flag
stone quarries. Among the workmen
he has seven sons. six sons-in-law,
twenty-nine grandsons, four grand
sons-iE-law. and two great-grandsors.
Forty-nine members of one family. all
connected with the same trade. en-
ployed in the same works. and living
in the same district, is something de
cidedly out of the common.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-17
Relictus.

zone shall be taken and the other LEFT,
into Lies g,oaming he has passed To-
night,
Tie vividness of day for him is Ger,
ItA gaddeninE lustcr will be his No
more.
Onl,. the solemn vespertinal light.
She was his all. he was all to her
O happy smile that hovereSt like
wrath.
G er the wan lips. dost thou proclaim
a faith
In Love no mist OF years can ever blur?
Dreaming he gazes. waited to a cline
OF hyacinth glades and meadows COW
slip crowned,
Where boy and maiden. brave in Love
new found
La Ighng defiance fling to Death and
Time,
Into the cleaning he has passed. but
soon
Shall listen through its grayness Mem
orys star
And with white radiance naught of
Earth can mar
Console for crimson dawn and soldeu
moon.
Westminster Gazette.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-17
Growth of Orange Industry.

1t is generally known that Spain
supplies America with most of the
oranges We eat. but few people are
aware how enormous the industry has
become. The Spanish orange region
extends. however, over eastern and
southern Catalonia. Valencia. Alican,
tie, Murcia, Malaga and Seville and in
parts of Valencia and Murcia the trees
now grow in forests, the soil of the
fam3us Valencian "huerta, lavishly
maLlred with guano. being the richest
in Europe. Here a single full grown
tree will yield 1,500, and at times as
mary as 1.S0O oranges in a season.
frui. bearing beginning when the
trees reach their sixth year. and in,
creasing until they are twenty, when
degeneration usually sets in
The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-17
Bulletin on Shade Trees.

Prof. Wendell Paddock head of the
department of horticulture and bot
any at the Colorado Agricultural Col
lege, and his assistant. Prof. b. o.
Longyear, have completed a bulletin
on the Shade Trees of Denver"
The object of the bulletin is to dis
seminate knowledge of the trees that
are suited to the climatic conditions of
this region. Credit is given w. G. M
Stone, president of the State Forestry
Association, for much OF the tiaid. Mr.
Stone said at one time in a public ad-
dress that whatever trees grow in
Denver would thrive in all other parts
of the state adapted to deciduous tree
culture" Believing this, Professor
Paddock has confined the scope of this
bulletin to the varieties of which speci-
mems are actually growing in Denver
or in its parks and cemeteries. There
are sixtysix species of shade trees
growing in the county of Denver.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-17
cOLDEST FOR YEARS.
Weather Report Shows Low Tempera.
/. ture in Colorado,

Denver. Feb. 13.-Following is .
summary of weather conditions as re-
ported in Denver this morning.
The backbone of the cold spell Is
broken. The weather to-day will be
more moderate: tomorrow it. will be
much warmer than it was yesterday.
The lowest temperature for the twen.
;y-four hours beginning at midnight
Saturday and ending last midnight
was at 6 O'Clock Sunday morning
twenty degrees below zero. The high.
est temperature was at 1890 a NJ
eight above. AT a. m. it was four
above. Then the temperature began
to drop rapidly.
Frozen and frostbitten ears reported
during yesterday, according TO the Re.
publican, 1900 pairs.
Frozen and frost-bitten noses. 900.
Frozen and frOst-bitten toes, 300.
Frozen and frost-bitten fingers, 50.
Over the state:
The temperature registered eighteen
degrees below zero at 8 p. IN. at Aspen.
Silverton reported a turquoise sky and
sunshine for the first time in three
weeks: no through train from Denver;
last Denver papers received left the
press Wednesday. Salida surprised to
see Rio Grande passenger train from
the West which had been held in Pom
chaS Pass twenty-four hours; twenty.
five passengers were suffering from
cold but none in serious condition.
Boulde: reported that during the day
the thermometer had registered as low
aS thirty below zero AT ROllinSyll,e hut
that weather was turning warmer.
Stock is suffering near Monument
and at other points.
Coolest Sunday in twenty years al
Leadville; twenty below.
Mercury had reached the thirty
mark below zero at Breckenridge;
"oldest inhabitant" looking for rec
ord of thirty-tive.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-17
DEATH IN SN0WsLIDE
TWO MEN LOST NEAR slLvERroN
Miners Caught and Carried to Their
Death While Out Snowshoeino
Near Their Cabin.

Denver, Feb. ia Republican spe-
.cial from Silyerton last night says:
The first fatal snowslide of the win
ter occurred this afternoon in the Vi.
cinity OF the Irene mine, on Cement
creek, about seven miles from Silver
ton. Two Austrian miners, Peter Casa,
granda and Rudolfo Sarchleti, lost
their lives in a tragic manner, their
bodies being buried under tons OF
snow and debris where they probably
will remain until spring, when the
menting of the snow bring them 10
view.
Sarchleli and the Casagranda broth
ers, Daniel and Peter, We're leasing on
the Irene mine and lived in a cabin a
short distance away. This afternoon,
having rigged up some snowshoes, Pc
tter Casagranda and Sarchleti went out
on the mountain side to engage in the
exhilaratins sport of snowshoelng,
while Daniel Casagranda stood in the
door as spectator. Without warning
the whole side of the mountain sud
denly seemed to start downward and
before the men could realize what was
taking place they were caught in
snOwslide several hundred feet across
and carried like straws down the
mountain TO their doom.
They were seen to throw up their
hands and make desperate efforts TO
escape from the slide. but in moment
were covered by snow from far above
and disappeared from sight. The slide
rushed half mile down the mountain
into the gulch below and was only
stopped by the mountain on the other
side. The outer edge of the slide as it
rushed along caught the cabin and com
pletely demolished il, leaving Dan
Casasranda buried in the ruins. from
which he was rescued unnjured by
other men who had been working in
an adjacent mine.
Search was instituted for the buried
men. but the extent of the slide was
so great and the distance it ran so far
that it was like seeking the proverbial
needle in a haystack. The only trace
of the unfortunate victims which was
discovered was the coat of one which
was found near where the men were
when the avalanche started. The
search for the bodies was continued
uHtli udlh, Dul Will no success. anu IL
is doubtful if they will be found before
the snow leaves in the spring.
The men killed were about twenty.
five years of age. both single. They
had lived and worked in the district
severa! years and We're well known
and respected us working and
honest miners. They had been leasing
on the Irene mine since the holidays.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-17
WOMEN SLAVES IN PALESTINE
Gentle Sex Nothing but Part Of III.
Household Cnattels.

In Palestine, the mother of men Is
the servant OF men. Being a part of
the household chattels. she is sold Tor
as large sum as her father can "a.
tort from the prospective bridegroou
She is thing, piece of goods. Tie
father of firstborn son proudly calls
himself after the boys name, but his
girl babe is not reckoned among his
children. Her infant shoulders learn
to bear the burdens, her little feet Dat
ter their way to the fountain even
from the moment their tiny strength
can support the weight of jar. Her
whole life is one OF grinding. baking
fetching water. waiting upon Others.
at twelve she is sold into marltpf
service; growing old in middle life
she may see herself supplanted by
younger wife: often being robbed Of
her sons by the military conscriptiuu,
and finally she is put away as the
last breath is leaving her body-Cor.
win Knapp Linson in the Metropoli.
tan Magazine.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-17
THE FARM AND RANGE

II is claimed that sweet clover
much despised in many sections as
very troublesome weed. is great
honey producing plant, eacelling both
clover and alfalfa. While few animals
will eat it. except when nearly starved.
it makes a passabe sort of hay, espe-
cially when mixed with alfalfa.
Colorado farmers desiring TO procure
durum wheat seed can get it from W.
H. Olin. Experiment Station, State
Agricultural College. Fort Collins.
Colorado. The experiment station of
the college. cooperating with the
United States Department of Agricu!-
ture, is demonstrating the profitable
yields obtained from durum wheat. and
is desirous that the farmers IN the
semi-arid lands OF eastern Colorado ex-
pertinent with it,
The settlers of the West are not en-
tirely imbued with the idea OF the
cattle barons that the lands of the
prairie region should be CLASSIFIED TO
suit the taste of the politicians. We
are in no condition at this time, and
will not be for many years TO intelli-
gently classify all these lands. Great
advance is being made on the deserts
today by which newly discovered
crops and methods of culture are con
stantly making productive and will re-
claim millions of acres which few
years ago were supposed to be abso-
lutely unfit for crop growing. Ii
would be serious mistake 10 con
denim any of these lands to indefinite
stock grazing which will. as agricul-
tural science progresses more and
more. become suitable for homes
Field and Farm
At an institute in Boulder county the
other day considerable discussion
came up over the use of commercial
fertilizers for restoring fertility to beet
land, and the man who read the paper
was surprised to find half a dozen
good farmers jumping all over him at
the conclusion of the number. These
men condemned commercial fertilizers
for beet lands principally because irri-
gated soil bakes and the crust hard
ems. We have always maintained that
the natural way to reinforce nitrogen
in wasted land is to grow alfalfa upon
it. Some however. do not like to plOw
up alfalfa that lasts lifetime to grow
crop or two of sugar beets Or wheat.
but practice does not show that it is a
wasteful method Alfalfa can be sown
at such time that crop may be
raised every year and ii is not seri-
Gus matter to secure a stand. In
five year rotation of alfalfa. with
beets. grain and spuds, we would grow
two crops of beets after the alfalfa.
putting all the available manure on the
ground Tor the grain or spuds if the
land were not SO rich that the grain
would lodge. If the plowed land is di-
vided into five fields this rotation will
be found entirely practicable. The fact
is. we have. all kinds of rotations to
nick in with alfalfa.-Field and Farm.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-17
The Summer Of the Heart.

For all the wintry flakes Of frost it's
summertime somewhere
Violets in the valleys, bird songs in the
air:
The chilly winds have only blown the
lily's lips apart
It's summer in the world. my dear. and
summer in the heart.
For all the gray skies glooming. it's sum
mer in the dclls.
In the merry song of reapers, in the
tinlIline Of the bells;
The sweet south skies are Frightening az
with springtime's magic art
But The sweetest summer. dearest, is the
summer IN the heart!
Still still the birds are singing and .till
the groves are green,
And Still the roses redden and the royal
lilies lean;
Love fades not with the season; when
summer days depart,
It's summer still. my dearest. in the
Eden of the heart.
F l.. Stanton,
The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-17
Sugar Beet Railway.

Denver, Feb. 1.-THE Morey-Boett-
herHavemeyer sugar interests let con
tracts yesterday for the construction
of seven miles of railroad to penetrate
the beet fields. The road will be an
and will be built directly south OF
Johnstown, Colorado, which will
greatly increase the acreage of the in
dustry. The contract was let to J. A.
Osner Ct Denver, and consists of grad
ing and laying rails.
We are building railroad not TO
delve into the railroad business, but
merely TO increase our already large
beet acreage Our mair object in con-
nection with the road is to keep our
factories in Lovcland, Fort Collins and
Greeley well supplied with sugar beets,
and to do this we will extend the road
south to .Iohnstown. The road is at
present eight miles long, from Lupton
to Johnstown. Although there may be
many more extensions in the future,
they will be merely to open up more
sugar beet country, which is our only
object in building railroads at all said
Mr.. Griffin. general manager of the
new road.
Mr.. Griffin said that ground would
be broken for the new extension within
the next three weeks, or JUS; as soon
as the weather allowed. The work
should be completed by July 1st.
The railroad interest of the sugar
people are incorporated under the
uame of the Depye & Great Western.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-17
Poet Seeks a Wife.

1t is only to be expected that mat
rimonal advertisement in Italy should
that poets should make use of them
without shame. Hence. no doubt, III"
following interesting announcemenf.
published in Roman paper:
poet, humanitarian. of sensitive nature,
poor and alone. would consecrate his
existence to the service of sentl"
lady desiring to marry. who would be
disposed TO assist in the publication
of his works. and to share in his sue
cess. Apply, etc, Milan What gen
tie lady could resist so alluring pros.
peCt?
The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-17
Tive Fresh Air Cure and the Colu.

Do you feel cold coming on Z
Then don't try TO ward it off. but Wei
come it warmly. Treat it well; don
let it alone or attempt to be brave
or funny with it. for then it will turn
and rend you. A cold is as treacherous
as a-well, as anything. 1t marks It's
victims. and then goes ahead. Break
ing up" determined cold delays IL
inevitable, and then, when all's done
ten TO one it starts off into bron
chitis or pneumonia. while staying in
doors with it and giving it full swins
would have disarmed its fury at each
new stage The fresh air cure" is
capital for every malady save this
familiar cold.-Boston Herald.