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The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15

adventure. hardship and freedom which is quite apart from the commonplace ex- istenee of milking ten COWS and blow ins in the east i0. There is among these high percentage of the stuff of which heroes are made.
 These COW punchers of the Dakota range find conditions changed. but they still ride their line" Centaur-like by day with lariat at saddle horn, and stand night guard for two hours to hold the punched cattle against stampede or storm. The unseen prairie dogs hole turks for his pouy's leg, the wild ride to bend" the stampeded herd may end in the dark with broken neck at cut bank" over which he and his horse tumble headlong. His tarp and ''susina or two may serve for a bed when the ground is cold and wet and there is no mess wagon within half days ride. But he shows the stern If usually rough stuff of hero when he crawls out of a steaming bed with tho mercury at zero and blizzard whipping the mess tent. that he may stand his guard two hours in the cold
 From the day in early spring when the roundup wagons start out. perhaps toward Twin Buttes in the cut bank country of Butte county. or down the White river to the Bad Iands. his life IS hard and busy one Tho night is not gone when the roundup cook calls the men. IL requires from b to % horses
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15

hundreds going 10 the claims or the ranch homes along ;he Bad river or on the rolling prairies of tue divide
 The covered wagons. like the prairie seheoncrs which crossed the great American desert" in the iifties and six ties and seventies and those whien reached eastern South Dakota in the eighties will lumber, creaking, slowly on their way.
 There is the herd of cattle from some farm hone further east. driven by the father or son on horseback. There is the wagon with child faces peerins from the canvas cover. and the mother among the swathed furniture piled within. There is often a woman driving the la- boring team. So, too. there is the sec ond wagon loaded with farm machinery and tools. with an excited flock of chick ems in big wire coop. Roped on behind maybe is the baby cab. There are sacks of seed and some pigs
 But always there is the deterneined, anxious face. The young man and his bride may be going to home ahead of the railroad" hopefully. bravely. but their faces tell the pain of partings and self-denials and new hardships. The tenant farmer may be taking his family to farm of his own" but his face is clouded with fears and arx;eties that he cannot avoid when he plods through the sramma grass at the side of the trail in knowing the sacrifices and hard work
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
WAS HIS LAST HARANCUE.
Corn er-store Orator Cut Short in His Trade Upon "Wo;nen-
 Folks [

group Of Cyrnsville's citizens had gathered as usual round the stove in the corner store. and as often hap penej. James Corning was holding forth on the trials If his kind. relates Youths Companion
 What do women folks know of care and troube9" he demanded of his au dien 'e. Sheltered in their homes with jest few little household duties to make the time pass. and when night comes the privilege of sitting down to the evening lamp. wh.ie the man of the teuse puts on his hal and goes out into thr darkness and often into the Storm, and walks. mayte haif a mile, to fetch home the paper. SOS his lamliF can have tho news next day. No heed for them to think of earning money--no-"
 Ms. Corning's month dropped wide open as stcrn-yisaGed woman stepped in ii tho door and up to him.
 'ITo heard you'd been giving these little rllks." she said. clearly. and I've cCme down to wait for tho mall. sos %ou can 20 homa and iaSe my piaeN sitting by 'ha evening iamp. fou.l find a basket of your socks there with holes in 'em large as heu's eggs. and your oserdlls and Sammy's trousers
 If you get those done" she ssided. releai'essly, as her husband tried 10 look at ease and as fl il were all "A good joke. when y1n get 'em done. you can finish splitting the kindlingA I've Lecn al the last two evenings I'm willing to come out into the dark. ness t!ll yon get the whole thing nn- isaed up. Now you step rieht along. [.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
DIDN'T WANT THE ORCHIDS
Young Man Counterms aded His Or der When He Learned
 the Price.

The fOuag man was from Inc coun- try. and. while he was mighty nice. hs wasn't what mighf be called sophisti- eated. He had been ta the hospital to sre friend who was IF. and she looked 70 pale and van that the young man was tmbued with he greatest sympathy for her. relates the nal;L more News.
 What sort of flowers do you like best' he asked a. he made ready to go. hi8 tone pregnant with mean ing
 orchids" replied the Ill woman- faintIy
 The young man only knew about orchids In general way. and no god angsl warned him. so he said good by cheerily. and went = once from the hospital to a florists
 Cot any orehia89n hc asked ths florist, inclegantly.
 We haven't any or hand." re- sponded the merchant. "bGt we can get you some.
 T wish you would said the mis- s7NtHtI NhHAH hff EnF iWn I0KNn. will you, and send them to Miss Blaak. at the Hogarth hospital Send me the bill when the things are deli.ered. and I'll stop hy and pay you
 The florist looked dubious and &C., qnieseed to this arrangement. hut slowly. Ills hesitanex caused tho young nan a burst of caution. "By the way" said he, how much will they be?''
 Well. you see. wa have Q send so New York for them. and | would not be surprised if they cost two dollars apiGee; but I'll try to sst them for sl.5o for you.'
 Say /" said the youth from the county T won't give you all that trouble. Just send a dozen American Beauties to the hospital. will you. and I'll pay you now" And he walked out a wiser and gladder man.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15

he and each of those dear to him must face in new country" The doctor will be 20 or more miles away, the school will be perhaps miles for his children But his square shoulders and cailoussd hands tell how he expects to win the means for future comforts. and he has seen other new countries in ID or 20 years transformed to prosperous farm ing regions. And he piods resolutely on.
 There is still another railroad line which will enter the great region of Da- kota west of the river The officials of the Chicago, Milwaukee X St. Paul have said their line west from Aber- deen in the northernmost tiers of coun- ties would go west from Evarts. the present terminus At present a great region comprising roughly 5000. GOO acres, is closed to settlement of white men for the Cheyenne and Standing Rock reservations of the Sioux Indians. The allotment of these lands will begin next spring Each Sioux Indian will choose his land The amount of the reservation remaining will be opened to settlement. Some of the best land of the range will thus he put to the white mans use. West of the reservations lies Butte county, a great empire in it. self with Ignite coal for settlers fuel and wide meadows for pasture and farm.
 So it is expected that the Milwaukee will cross the reservation in an east and west line to Wyoming and a junction there with the Chamberlain extension to and beyond the Black Hills.
 Therefore there now has begun the transformation of that great western half of South Dakota from Nebraska 10 North Dakota and from the Missouri river to the Wyoming and Montana lines which so long has been the cattle range"
 Little has been known. exccc. to the cattleman and the sheepman. of this great region of prairie butte. valley and river course. It was first mapped as part of the Great American desert" of which so much already has been trans formed by the entrance Of the railroads and the muttudes of pioneers they al-
 ways bring and usually precede Nearly all of the region is certain to be settled upon and put 10 use.
 However momentons in the history of Dakota are the extensions now under
 construction and proposed by the Chi cago X Northwestern and the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul railways as re- gards wealth and population. one can ! not accept the inevitable change with out lament for the free. whole hearted, dare devil days of the cattlenan's su- premacy. The cnwboy of the stage type is hard 10 find even now. There still are few COW puncners" who cling 10 the
 traditional chaps" and spurs. but there is no Colt in holster on either hip. There still are however. hundreds of COW punchers of less dangerously equipped type. quite as fearless of man or horse as the cowboy of other and ! more layless days. They lad 3 fife of
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
WHAT THING" MAY MEAN.
Word Used by Woman to Designate Many Articles in Hard
 WaIe Store.


 eff there were no such word as thing in the bright lexicon of woman" said the salesman in the hardware shop. ac- cordiu& Co the New York Sun. woman could never buy hardware Almost everything is just a thing to the ladies
 And they get provoked if you don't understand at once what they mean They use great many gestures to help themselves out.
 "A woman in here yesterday wanted 9 thing to make a hole That's the nearest sine could get to simet. An ther wanted a thing to hang over tho gas
 ''Shc held one hand like dropping flower over the other. She got pretty angry. I can tell you. when We brought her ceiling protectors She wanted an incandescent mantle
 Still another wanted some very fine wire to go through the things at the sides of picture she wanted Q hang up. She kept up such q lot Of thread-the. needle gestures to show me how tiny eyed the things were that got pretty dizzy
 Lamps give great deal of trouble. It's easy to forget names of ehimneys and hard to draw pictures of them in the air so that the drawing will suggest 10 the clerks mind just what kind of chimney is desired. These air pictures are great aid for them. It's wopderfu, "a woman's air picture of the lates, patent in potato cutters or iee-cream ireeZers."
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
WHO WILL BE FIRST TO GET INTO
 A GREAT NEW FIELD.
PASSING OF THE VNFENCED RANGE.
The Building of New Lines Lures the Pioneer. Revives the Scenes of Early Days and Warns the Cowboy That the Free
 Range Will Soon Be Ended

Homestake mine at Lead direct to the stale capital Pierre, and to the lusly towns and cities which have sprung up on the railroad lines which for score Of years paused at the Missouri river.
 Soon the coal in Wyoming will be sent by direct routes to the stores and boilers oI the eoalless regions east of the Mis- souri. Soon the long drives of sheep and cattle from the ranches will be of the past The fenceless range is being fenced and the roundups soon will be within pasture posts and wires.
 The Milwaukee x St. Paul has built 90 miles of line west of Chamberlain. It's line has been located to White Clay Buttes. It's engineers are scouting for a permanent line from White Clay Buttes to the hills. IL will be close 10 the north wall of the Bad Lands. the region of weird mystery to scientist and to cowboy and Indian.
 In advance of the trains over the new iiEes hundreds or possibly thousands of new settlers poured through Chambe lain during l905. Some homesteaders sold their claims and they were sold and reaoid several times in many cases. Other land. still opened to entry, was filed on and claim shacks by hundreds rose like mushrooms Those who got land plowed for crops. harvested enoT- nous yields of corn. grain and yege- tables from the new ground Abundant rains aided the rush. for newcomers SAW wheat stand as high as their shoul- Gers.
 Intense excitement prevails In the Black Hills and vicinity over the un- eertainties as to the route which will be followed. Will il pass the hills at the north as the Elkhorn line of the Northwestern now does, or at the south through valleys which the government engineers propose to irrigate? That is question.
 The Northwestern extension came as an abrupt surprise. Throughout the summer the AHlwaukee's work was be ing rushed and hundreds of men and track-laying machine were busy. It was believed the milwaukee would only push a spur line to secure cattle and sheep shipments beyond the zone of set tiers fences.
 Suddenly Northwestern officials an Eounced that 100000 tons of steel for track and bridges had been purchased.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
SQUIRRELS HIDING FOOD.
Contrary 10 General Belief. the Hol- low Tree Is Not tbe Fa-
 vorite Place.

While certain members ef the saHlr= ref tribe store their winters supply ot food h hollow trees. 1 think. writes John Boyd. in Recreation. most of them hide it on the ground. under old roots. brush piles and even beneath heaps of dead leaves Their tracks ia sinler would seem jo bear his ont. While Il may be that this frequency of the tracks indicates d scarcity of food, and the traVelns about desire 10 ind a supply believe. in the main that these outinSs Of the squir- rels have a definite destination. be cause when you see them skip across the snow. stop short. and scratch q hole down to the ground. bringing up supply of nuts or cones placed there in h. months of plenty. you are apt to attribute their luck more to good memory than to any haphazard specu- lati1a
 Of the squirrel family Inc most prominent in winter are the blacks. He seems to be flowing over all the time with pcnt-up energy. which keeps
  times feel that you would like him 10 be ale 10 talk and tell you how pleasant it is to have the joy which flows from q glad heart. Now watch him jump from limb to limb. rush hea1l0ng down the trunk and course across the SHOW in long. graceful hounds with no apparent purpose but to exhibit the happiness within him.
 His red cousin once in awhile may be seen at the entrance 10 his home in tho heights of some tree. but in him is no sign of exul, ltion He looks around as if he were looking and wishing for spring 10 come. and clear awar the snow. ant no amount oi coaXinS will cause him to utter a note of scelding or alarm. Not all the red squirrels. however. keep 10 the trees. Many of them. through want eff food. have to take to the earth, and their track in the deep snow is as they go fsom tree to tree in search of .h@ scanty provisions hidden De meath ihe surface Here and there we find the gummy scales of the pine cones the shells of the acorn. the seed cones of the hirch and cedar scattered ahout on thc snow. showing the food on which they subsist In greater contrast to the delicacies just named often one will find during long and sefere winters tFat the squirrels nave attacked tha bemloek trees by stfipprg them of taeir bitter seeds. When enc finds this it is evidence of Sreat want. and raerciful act would be ;) bring some food and scatter 1t abont to assuaee the bangs of hun ger which these little fellows are endGrir@
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15

We will have trains running from Pierre to the Black Hills in d year" they said. Big crews of engineers were hur- ried into the field like skirmish line of all advancing army Levels were run over an old survey. changes were made permanent stakes driven from Pierre up the sinuous valley of the Bad. across the divide to the Cheyenne valley and up d creek valley to the divide again wkere il followed Box Elder creek to Rapid City.
 Forthwith the drama of pioneer days was on at Pierre. Homesteaders chose and filed on their claims. returned to their homes through eastern South Da- kota. Minnesota. Iowa. Illinois and the east and soon the cars arrived loaded with lumber and cattle and furniture
 Then the historic Deadwood trail west from Pierre began to teem with the wagons and the herds of those going 10 a new home further west" Each day the numbers grew larger. When spring arriEss the Deadwood trail will see new
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15

by the ar9.sa. ot the railroads two dec Rdes ago.
 Each par. af the stare has achieved fame, tae hills for annual output Of gold of s10. 900 eQa. the agricultural counties for an output If corn and graiLs and butter, eggs and beef
 The sudden dash which the two rail- roads are making, with graders camps strung up the White and the Bad riv- CTS. wiu completely change the South Dakota map Ita!s5 win transform the cattle range
 The ring of the siedge on the rail Bpike sounds the fnell of the big cattle outfits. marks the dawn Of farming and small ranching throughout thousands of fertile square niles. And the ring of the sledge echoes the thud of bisons hoofs. the snap of the stage-driver's six horse whip. the crack of the Indians rife. Every rail spike stands for a new home on the range"
 Soon there will be east and west lines of railroad fem peadwood and the
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
Chinese Silverware

One Of the oddities of our nomen. clathre IS that the combination of metals known as German silver con tains no silver in its composition. and Is of Chinese. and not of German origin. IL was first introduced into Europe by the Germans and for some time il was not generally known that they lad s!r2ply borrowed 1t from the ChinssA
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
Not Satisfied.

X widower took bis second sifs home and introduced her 10 The ehf- dren by saying:
 This is your new mamma They looked at her critically. then the youngest blurted out:
 ''ls that the best you coulf do. papa Chicago Journal
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
THE BRIDGE TO THE RANGE

For score e years q pentoon bridge OCT
 the nlafk Mlssouri's tide Had echoed 70 he tramping hoofs from the
 cattle empire < side.
 There, appel hY swirlinC waters, il had
 borne the herds to rail; Had bJstered n Balota's sun or strained
 to sudden gale.
 But now tie row Of messy beats has yield
 e1 10 railway span,
 Tor a tale of wealth in the range beyond
 was tod hy the trapping clan! So now wiea rails men bridge the stream
 cross Bakota's great divide, Twixt realm of farms and sturdy towns.
 from the rivers eastern side, T. west where graze by thousands. in
 great meadows. iusty beeyes And where for leagues the mourning wind
 through ploom-starred grasses Iris thus the railway dares to so before
 cen the pioneer
 Who will fence and blow in the virgin sod
 their has:y home rafiers rear! For years. beyond the floating bridge. blue
 foofef by prairie sky,
 The hil,s and va3es were enc time trod by
 the bison SWaFminS by, A million hoofs were wearing deep the
 trails across the range. And oft was known the midnight raid,
 with bloody deeds and strange! But harkt fhe blew ef ringing spike
 sounds kaell to the ranchnan peace, That DGkota's empire Cf grain shai. grow
 and tLe cid free range days cease. Sioux Falls, $. B.-Two railroads are racing construction crews across the great western half of South Dakota After % years ef waiting, like grey hounds long held in leash, each railroad is bending every energy and rosource to the race from the eastern populous half of the state 70 reach the Black Hills ahead of is rival.
 The Chicago. Milwaukee & St Paul is building west from Chamberlain. which is on the Missouri river in the second Her of counties from the south It's line follows the White river. It's western ob- jective point is the Black Hills HOW the Pacific coast some day.
 The Chicago & Northwestern is building west from Pierre. the state capital. midway north and south. up the Bad river. Each line will link the richest loo miles square i'll the world" the Biac- Hills, surrounded by prairie pastures, to the rich agricultural DOT ton of the state which was populated
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
Story of the Streets.

I've got a good order from Binsie. down in Punkyilie. said the travelling man: but l can't find out anythin. about his financial standing Have you looked him up in Bradstrects?"
 Yes" answered the credit man. and Bradstreet locates him on Easy stree, Send him the goods. Chicago Tribunel
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
Cause for Thankfulnee.

He-Do you believe that love is dis ease?
 She-Yes; but thank goodness. it ts one that we can have more than oncs.- Chicago Daily Newx
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
Two of a Trade

And what have you made your life work?"
 fhe profession of saving sinners "Ah. preacher."
 No a criminal lawyer. "-Cieyslaan Lsaaer.
La Junta tribune., 1905-12-06
sonE noae LOCAL rsus
Trade with H. G. Todd.
Trade at the Palace Drug Store.

1Tduc Will H. u. Aouo-
Trade at the Palace Drug Store.
Smoke La Junta's Best" Sold
by all dealers.
Home made candy at Aids sale.
December 7th.
New stock of handpainted china.
just received. See Mrs. b. NJ.
Spalding.
For 1.-Two furnished rooms
for light housekeeping; close in.
Inquire at this Office.
Gem" -four, best in the market.
Every sack guaranteed or money
refunded.-La Junta Milling Co.
A marriage license was issued yes
terday to Henry C. Maxwell and
Lauretta f. Jewell. both of Olney.
Monthly school report cards. good
for any school district in Otero
county, for sale at the TRIBUNE
Office.
For RENT-Four room brick
house; bath: stone stable and out
buildings, two cisterns. etc. In
quire Of Scott Stafford.
George Spane, who has been in
Pueblo for several weeks taking
treatment for serious affiliction of
his eyesight. returned home Monday
not much improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Simons, of Danville,
Ind, who have been visiting Mr.
and Mrs. j. G. Washburn for a few
days while on their way home from
California, left yesterday for the
east.
Fowler is ambitious to have lis
Crystal Springs water with Rocky
Ford and movement is on foot 10
build pipe line to the city limits to
supply this much doomed water
from tanks.
The menu for the Presbyterian
Ladies' Aid dinner is as follows:
Scalloped oysters and oyster stew,
Saratoga chips, salad. hot rolls and
pickles, coffee and cake Served at
5 p. m, at Roop's store, December
7th.
La Junta tribune., 1905-12-06
osdiasaes No. sx1.

An ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
"A naming aud numbering Of the public streets
changing the names Of certain Of said pub.
lie streets aud avenues in said city.
Be II ordained by the City Council OF the City
sEoIIoS /. That all the names Of the public
streets in the City of la Junta. extending east
70 number as follows, to-wit: The names OF
Trinidad Plaza and Main street is hereby
ehaneed 70 First street; Granada and Hancock
View streets to Third street: Illinois street TO
Fourth street; Iowa street To Fifth street.
Seventh street Indiana street to Eighth street
Pennsylvania street IA Ninth street. and Lake
SEcrioN = That all of the public streets. er-
tending north and south in the City OF La
Junta- shall he known and designated a
Avenues" and all Of the names thereof shall
be and remain the same they now are except
Cucharas avenue and Huerfzno avenue which
names are hereby changed to Lincoln avenue
SEcTIoN s. That the name Of Rice street b.
and the same Is hereby changed 10 Rice avenue.
SECTION T. That all ordinances, parts of
ordinances, resolutions, rules orders fixing
grades of streets. curb lines tree Ines. regard,
affecting suy of the said streets. street avenues
or avenue. shall apply to and he in force aud
eiiec, respsctins the said streets, street,
or names the same and with like effect and
force as though the said names or name had
SECTION s. Al ordinances or parts Of ordi-
nanc-s in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
4. ". bOnGARDNER Mayor
$. W. BRowS, Clerk and Recorder.
STATE OF COLORADO,
COUNTY OrEko. ,ss
CITY OF LA JuNTA \
!, ;. W; Brown. city clerk of the city Of La
Junta- do hereby certify that the foregoing
ordinance was placed on its first reading and
was duly read and passed On its hr-t reading at
a regular meeting of the city council Of the
city of La Junra on the 9th day of November, A.
ID. 1876. and that the same was thereafter
~lIf.t o. "a hs4 a -
new -paper 81 general circulation published in
the city of La Junta. on the sth day of November
4. ID. 1906, and that >aid first publication wa
made more than ten days before the final pas
-as. of said ordinance.
That said ordinance was placed on it, third
reading and final paSsag. at a regular meeting
of the city council of the city OF La Junta on
the Iih day of December, A. ID lia5, and was
ps.sed and adopted by the following vote the
ayr- and nays h.in. called and recorded:
f.as-BArr' Lamb, Daimler, Phillips Gillen
and Mape-.
Nays None.
wltne~s my hand and the seal OF the city Of
La Junia this 9Th day OF December. A. D. 1896.
l-EALl : W. BROWN, City Clerk.