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The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27
THE FARM AND RANGE
Growth Of Agriculture.

According to the statistical abstract
of the United States. issued from the
Department of Commerce and Labor,
there were in 1900, 5,739. 657 farms in
this country, an increase of 1,175.016
in ten years. There were engaged in
agriculture in 1900, 10,43s,21S persons.
while in 1890 there were S,565, 1926, an
increase of 1 ,S72 .293. The increase in
the total population for the period
stated was 13,071.4S4. SO of this in
crease over fourteen per cent must
have engaged in farming.
The value of farms and farm prop
erty increased from $16.0S2. 267 $50 in
1890 to $40, 514, DOL .S3S in 1900, differ
ence of s4,431. 734149 The value of
farm products increased 81 .304 ,070, 252,
the value in 1900 being s3,764 .177, 706-
This does not include value of products
not fed to live stock.
The total number of acres in farms
In 1900 was S3S,591, 774. the average
number of acres to a farm being 1862,
while in 1890 it was 1865. The per
cent. of improved farm land has de-
creased eight per cent. in the last
ten years.
The greatest increase in the number
of farms has been in the states of Col
orado. Arizona, Idaho, Montana and
New Mexico.
In the production of corn and wheat
there has been a corresponding in
crease. In 1880 there were 1.4S9,970,-
900 bushels produced and in 1900
2,105, 102,516 bushels, while of wheat
in 1890 the crop was 1893, 262 900 bush
els and it increased to 522.229,505
bushels in 1900.
Thus it will be seen that whatever
the gain in commerce and manufac-
lures the relative gain in farming has
held its own. Agriculture, too, has
been lifted to higher plane than
formerly. 1t is no longer said that
anybody can farm" Agriculture is
rapidly attaining the dignity of pro-
fession, and special preparation and
educational equipment are now re-
garded as necessary for success in this
avocation as in any other.-Denver
News.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27
Hereford Breeders Association.

At the request of a number of Here
ford breeders of the state. a committee
consisting of Professor w. l.. Carlyle,
President E. NJ. Ammons and Secre-
tary Fred p. Johnson of the Colorado
State association, has issued a call to
Hereford breeders in Colorado to meet
at the Brown Palace Hotel during the
coming meeting of the American Stock
Growers Association in Denver to take
steps toward forming a state breed
ers' association.
The meeting will be held Wednesday
evening May 10th. and it is expected
that all Hereford breeders in the state
who are interested will be present and
assist in forming the organization.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27
Saved at Last Moment.

At Alloetting, in Bavaria, there has
Just taken place the almost unique
event of the death penalty being re-
spited almost at the very hour fixed
for its execution. The condemned
person was a man named Allmanse-
der, convicted of the murder of an
old woman and boy, who had on the
day preceding that fixed for his execu-
tion lodged an appeal, naming as the
real murderer another person named
Huber, who, he said. had been con-
victed of another offense at time
and place stated. The appeal court
having verified this fact, sent an or
der to suspend the execution. and the
order was received at few minutes
before the hour.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27
Letter Carriers Home.

Cleveland, Ohio April 22.-The ad-
yisory board of the National Letter
Carriers Association last Thursday
took the first official step toward the
establishment of the proposed home
for invalid, ageo and incapacitated let
ter carriers, when committee was
Amounted to look into the matter and
renort to the national convention at
portland. Oregon, in September.
Three sites have been offered for the
home. They are at Denver, Colorado
Springs, and in Texas.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27
Arkansas Valley Beet Crop.

With three sugar factories in opera
ton this year and another under con-
strcution. the prospect for sugar pro-
duction in the Arkansas valley is
bright. The three factories which will
consume this years crop are those at
Rocky Ford. Sugar City and Lamar
The fourth will be built at Holly, near
the Kansas line.
The fact that it is estimated that
twenty thousand acres in the valley
will be planted to sugar beets this
year shows the growth of the industry
since its beginning only few years
ago. The estimate for this year is
total OF 100000 tons of beets. yielding
$4,000 tons of sugar.-Danver Republic
can.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27
kansas-coIorado Suit.

Albuquerque. N. NJ, April 22,-Gran-
Vile A. Richardson, commissioner in
the famous Kansas-Colorado water
case, spent the day in the city on his
way to Roswell. He stated that the
last taking of testimony will be at Gar
den City. Kansas. during the week
commencing May list. after which the
testimony, consisting of 5000 written
pages. viii be reviewed and a decision
handed down not later than June. The
decision will be final. and will end the
long-drawn-out contest that has been
conducted at big expense to both
states.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27
Rainbow by Moonlight in TransxaaI.

]. McCrae, writing from Pretoria, in
the Transvaal, describes a lunar rain
bow which he observed one night re-
Gently after 10 O'Clock, and asks if
any one else has ever seen such a
thing.
The conditions were these: After a
heavy thunderstorm, travelling from
west to east, a bright quarter moon
shone brilliantly almost overhead. To
the east the clouds were still heavy
and dark, and in that direction there
appeared perfect rainbow. The arc
of the bow was low. 1t appeared as a
gray band, with certain suggestion
of color, against the dark leaden sky
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27
Mrs. craigie, the English no

Mrs. Craigie, the English novelist,
Gays women are unfit 10 sit on juries
because their nature does not contain
the element Of justice. Every man
who has been caught in wickedness
by his wife will indorse Mrs. Craigies
declaration.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27
Cars for Moffat Road.

Denver, April 22.--In preparation
for the summer business on the Moi
fat road. d. II. Moffat and General
Traffic Manager w. F. Jones will
shortly take a trip East to complete
arrangements for the new rolling
stock required TO handle the business
of the summer season.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

The diplodocus, concerning which
the scientists are doing a great deal
Of talking, is described as genus Of
sauropod dinosaur characterized by a
weak dentition. II 1t had strong
dentition. they wouldn't dare call 1t
these names.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

Admiral Lord Charles Beresford
thinks the last of the worlds great
wars is being fought. He evidently
forgets that there is to be big fight
for the pennant this year.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

One of the great pyramids of Egypt
has beer struck by lightning, and by
all accounts the lightning got consid-
erably the worst of it. They were no
Jerry builders, those ancient Egyp-
tians.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

The fashion editor says the wedding
gown has one great advantage over all
other costumes. This must be that it
generally doesn't have to be bought
but once.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

Noting the tendency of the British
nobility. King Alfonso of Spain rath-
er thinks he will look to this country
for bride. Alfonso seems to be a
bit of an Anglomaniac.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

Sir Thomas Upton writes from the
indian ocean that he is determined
TO have one more try for the America
cup. He has money enough. All he
needs is a designer who can make a
winning yacht.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27
Sheep.
Grain.

Wheat. choice milling. per 100 lbs
SLIGO. Rye, Colorado. bulk. per 100
lbs. 90c. Oats, bulk. Nebraska, new,
white, s1.10; mixed, $1.0S; in sack,
Colorado, white, $3.50. Corn. in bulk,
soc. Corn chop. sacked, s1.00. Bran,
Colorado. per 100 lbs, s5c.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

New York has a man without any
brains. He ought to shine brilliantly
at the monkey dinners and other func-
tons of the 400.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

Sixth century scientists were ac-
quainted with G7 different kinds of
mosquitoes. New Jersey people who
accept the doctrine of the survival of
the fittest must be glad they didn't
live in the sixth century.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

On thinking it over you will per-
ceive that "the natural actor. Mr..
Robert Fitzsimmons," is none other
than the accomplished artist who rose
to fame by punching Jim Corbett in
the solar piexus.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

The Eastern man who tried to force
a mule to drink, with disastrous re-
suits. has evidently never spent much
time in the south.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

Will that Philadelphia woman be
good enough to explain how a man
can osculate a la Nethersole without
the hearty cooperation Of the party
OF the second part?
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

Upland. per ton, s9.O0@1o.o0; second
bottom, $500 to $500; timothy. s1100
@12.00; timothy and clover 10000
100; alfalfa, prime, s5.50@s6.00;
straw, S3.50@400; South Park wire
grass, s11.50@12.50.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

One OF Boston's fair girl authors is
of the opinion that men are much
more beautiful than women. What a
motherin-law that woman would
make!
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

The man who always does cheer
fully everything that is expected of
him will find pretty soon that heap
OF things are expected of him.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

Kyrle Bellew says actors are born
and not made. 1t is painful to think
that all the persons who are trying to
act were born that way.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

Cadets at West Point and Annapolis
are to be taught jui-jitsu. 1t may not
do them much good in war, but per-
haps it will enable them to improve
their football records.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

A Chicago college professor thinks
that students should do their studying
at night. When does he expect them
to do their mischief?
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

That New Jersey preacher who
seloped because "he was short in his
cash." could hardly have been long on
religion, either.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

Widows are said to live longer than
nny other human beings. but you
wouldn't think it when they tell their
ages.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

A Pennsylvania court has decided
that "a man is master IN his own
home" He is legally entitled to feel
that way.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

A dispatch says hostler was
Kicked by horse he had been groom
ing for nearly two years. Probably
the horse got tired and nervous.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

A Pennsylvania truck farmer is 60
ing to plant $4,000 cabbages. SO that
all will not be lost, even If the Con-
necticut tobacco crop falls short.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

Says DR.. Patton. Language is
thoughts pottery" And the doctor
seems to have good glaze on it. too.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

A Chicago university professor sue.
ceeds DR.. Osler at Johns Hopkins. So
the fun may not be all over yet.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

Another reason for the popularity
OF the short skirt is the necessity it
involves OF wearing 81 shoes.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27
KIbsrt. County Tribune
!. Z. Pope, Editor and Publisher.
GILBERT, COLORADO.

Uncle Russell Sage has recovered
from his severe illness. But 1t was
terribly expensive.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

And now George Meredith has in
dited an ode to the car. 1t never
rains but 1t pours.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27
Live Poultry.
Butter.

Elgin butter .............. BIZ
Creameries, extra Colo.... 300 81
Creameries, extra eastern. 300 81
Creameries. firsts, Colorado
and eastern ...-,..... ESQ 20
Process and renovated
goods, lb. .............. 25
Roll or print, wrapped, ia
BILE grade .............. 81
Roll or print. other grades. 17@ is
Packing stock, fancy. 20
Packing stock, other grades 16@ II
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27
alI1 or g!lllr
Aal1llEZ2!2l

n HaotIme Philosopher.
1 amt complainin. cause 1 can't deny
Oars a heap o trouble dat has pass me
l never been hit by er automobile,
Nor had gol' watches for de crooks to
steal:
hear dem talkin' bout de troubles afar
An rs feelin very grateful dat I amt
no car.
I never had bomb shells flynn aroun',
Nor held a pos Office in a Tennessee town
I amt complainin'. though is free to say
Oars heap O. pie an 'lasses never come
my way:
But in desc yere days you is dom all
right
If you doesn't git distributed VIII dyna-
mite.
Washington Star.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27
DENVER MARKETS
Cattle.

Comparative receipts:
Month to April 81. .-....... 1880
Same period last year 4,94S
Increase ..--...... o,ot1
Year to date ....-.-.-...... DISCUS
Same period last year. 1902
Increase z1,o1
The following quotations represent
the range OF prices paid on this mar
ket:
Beef steers. cornfed. good
to choice -.............-.4. 75 % $50
Beef steers. cornfed, common
to medium .4.OOQ4.75
Beef steers, hayfed. good to
choice -. f-zo 4.io
to medium .s.5o@4.25
Cows and heifers, cornfed,
good to choice. .......... .3.75Q4.50
Cows and heifers. cornfed,
common to medium. .... 3.00@3.75
Cows aid heifers, hayfed,
good to choice .3.25@375
Cows and heifers. hayfed,
common to medium .2.25@3.25
Gamers .1.50@2.25
Calves, veal, good to choice. .4-75@6.OO
Calves, veal, fair to good. 3.50Q475
Bulls, stays, etc. .......... .2.0003.60
Feeders. F. P. R., good to
choice .4-uUp4.lo
Feeders, F. p. R., common to
medium 49,. .5-25 04.oo
Stockers, F. P. r., good to
choice .3.75GD4.2o
Stockers. F. P. r., common to
medium -3.OOQ3.Io
The Colorado statesman., 1905-03-18

To invite immigration to the
So. is all very we'll, says the n. Y.
Commercial. 1t is a country rich
in resources, and the increase of
population will materially quicken
its development. Northern capt.
tai is making daily discoveries not
only in the Carolinas, but as far
south as the Gulf of Mexico.
With its constantly growing i'm
portance as the worlds geeatest
cotton field, it does appear that dur
ing the Ncgro's elevation from the
depths of ignorance he might be
made to see that he is part of the
South and that he should stay
there to share its increasing pros
perity. The South looses when it
permits the Negro to emigrate
and hopes to supplant him in the
cotton fields with an alien race.
Class feeling yet exists in the
South Yde difference between
people who toll and those who
toll not. This is distasteful to the
average immigrant, who lands in
America with the thought in mind
that lone is as good as another"
even though that other be the own
er of land and has inherited from
his English ancestors the tastes,
habits and conclusions of 3urke's
landed gentry. This sentiment
barrier CRATES upon the mechanic
from the North or West, whose
stay in the South is largely tenn
porary, despite the allurement of
good wager. He finds himself
graded socially with the advanced
Negro who has managed to pick
up a trade. Until this caste or
class feeling weakens in the South
that section will not be popular
with immigrants of the desirable
class. The other class will prove
troublesome, as it has in Pennsyl-
vania, when it gains red blood as
the result of an improved suppy of
food. Rocky Mountain News.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-03-18
Labor in the South.

The more or less perpetual labor
problem has assumed hew phase
in the South, where crude labor is
of primary Importance in connec-
ton with the cotton crop. Gov
ernon Hayward of South Carolina
expresses the belief that immigra-
ton of foreigners to the South
would solve the race problem and
furnish that section with the labor
that it lacks so seriously at certain
seasons in the cotton fields.
In expressing himself upon the
labor problem the South Carolina
executive declares that the South
is educating the Negro out of the
cotton fields" When the Negro
acquires a certain amount of know
ledge he either emigrates to the
North, East or West or becomes a
tenant farmer or land owner.
Another thing that has depleted
the laboring element is the build
ing of cotton mills in the South.
They have drawn the poor whites
away from the farms to the looms
That leaves only the Negro to be
depended on for farm labor, and
the conditions named are depriv-
ing the planter of his services.
The younger white men of the
South are also prone to emigrate,
whether they adopt business or
the professions. Up to 1900 the
two Carolinas were drained of ov-
er 100000 of population. There
was. some immigration, but the
figures here given are in excess of
it. The governor of South Caro-
lima, along with other Southerners,
is convinced that the Negro makes
the ideal farm laborer. First, he
is indigenous to the climate. He
is generally good worker. He
knows the South, and the South
knows him. tits extremely doubt
full if any class of foreigners will
be found who can take his place.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-03-18
What's in a Name.

1t is related that an old colored
farmer had an only son and no
daughters. He lived in a secluded
district, far away from the city.
Not only were the girl children
scarce at Farmer Green's home,
but they were also scarce at the
homes of his few neighbors. Far
mer Green congratulated himself
upon the fact that his little boy,
Pompey, had up to his ninth or
tenth year never seen more than
one little girl in his life. When
Pompey was ten years old, one
Christmas time, his father took
him for the first time to the great
city. The first thing that attract
ed little Pompey's attention was
bevy of pretty girls. Standing be-
hind his father in the rough
country wagon, Pompey pointed at
the girls and asked:
dad, what's them yonder?"
The old man thinking to turn
the little boys attention away from
the subject and to disgust him
about the objects about which he
inquired, replied:
Son, them's devils; that's what
they is-them's devils"
When they walked into the
great department store where Far
mer Green was going to do his
Christmas shopping, the farmers
son was more deeply interested in
the devils" he saw fitting here
and there about the store than in
anything else, though he studious-
ly refrained from asking any ques-
tions. After the father had pur-
chased a wooden gun, toy fire.
engine, a little red wagon, and sun
dry other things appropriate for
the celebration of the Young
Americans Christmas, he turned
to his son in very fatherly ard
condescending fashion and asked:
Now, my son, is there anything
else you'd like?"
The old man pretty soon realiz-
ed that all the boys early training
was lost when the boy made an
swer:
"Yes sir; / sho would like to
have one O. them devils"
The Colorado statesman., 1905-03-18
DENVER COLORADO, SATURDAY MARCH 49, 1905

that contact with the white race
makes him pompous, and that he
is dying to have social equality.
These exposures are only to clinch
the arguments and make enemies
for the Negroes.
The class of men, white and
black, in the United States or any
where else, who commit outrages
upon women, have no respect for
law and order. The same man
who will join a mob to lynch a
Negro for committing an outrage
upon white woman will outrage
black or white woman any time
he makes up his mind so to do.
The men who lynch have no more
respect for law and order than the
men who commit outrages.
This class of crime is not con-
fined to race nor country, but is so
general that all civilized nations
have provided punishment by law
for the offense. The Negro of the
United States is the target. He
is1iving under the scorching heat
of base prejudice, hence we learn
or hear" of his bad deeds by day
and by night, while his virtues are
seldom mentioned.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-03-18
NO. %.

being indebted to them and with
having violated their contracts.
Without resort to lay they manacl-
ed the Negroes and removed them
to their plantation. 1t is explain
ed by the sheriff that this practice
of capturing Negroes when labor
is needed on the plantations has
prevailed for some time in the low
er part of Madison county, where
the population is mainly Negro.
The captured Negroes are worked
only during the cotton planting
season and are then released and
allowed to return to their own
homes, where they support them
selves until they are needed again,
when they are recaptured. Sher-
iff Payne has started in to break
up the abuse.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-03-18
Washington Talks Plainly.

New Rochelle, n. Y, March 9TH.
-"Eschew cheap jewelry. Quit
taking 50 buggy rides on Sc week.
Don't put S. hat on a fve-cent
head" was the salutation of Book
er Washington to the colored peo-
pie who gathered in the Peoples
Forum to-day to listen to his lee
ture on "Successful Training of
tie Negro" Two thousand per-
sons heard DR.. Washington's lee
ture, and dozens of times the
speakers voice was hardly audible
owing to the applause. Cheer af-
ter cheer went up for the lecturer,
and while he was passing from the
theatre to his carriage hundreds of
colored and white men blocked the
passage to shake the hand of the
colored leader who had dined with
the President.
"Get bank account" continu-
ed Mr.. Washington during his
lecture. "Get a home of your
own. Get some property. Get
a start in the world in some
way. What good is it to you
Northern Negroes that you live in
cities with paved streets if you do
The Colorado statesman., 1905-03-18

New York, March 6.-Becuuse
Lucy Thomas, Negress, and her
daughter were not permitted to sit
out a Thanksgiving matinee in box
seats she bad paid for, she sued
Percy. G. Williams of the Circle
theatre for 500 damages under
the law making exclusion of any
orderly person from a theatre
cause of action and limiting the
damages to 500. Mrs. Thomas
was awarded that sum in the West
Side district court to-day, and the
case will be appealed, When Mrs.
Thomas and her daughter went to
the theatre they were told, she says
that no seats were available. She
then got a white man to buy seats
for her, and she and her daughter
entered the theatre. Soon after
taking their seats, she says, an
usher informed her she must re-
turn to the box office and "have
the coupons stamped" The box
office man, the Negress says, kept
the coupons and refunded her
money.