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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-06-23

cSooJ ~sSuluS
Mrs. Joe Coxedge was down from
Hoisington today.
Miss Maude Luse * down from
Galatia for few days visit.
/ Herbert Beck and family were
down from Red Wing today.
Ed. Schneider came up from En-
poria Tuesday evening on a business
trip.
The Woodmen of the World have
had piano put into their lodge
room.
Levi Gum returned home on Mon.
day from trip down into Oklahoma
to see the boys.
The new fire bell tower is up, and
is great improvement over the old
wooden contraption.
r. c. Penquoite was in town this
morning. He has been out to Jet
more to his big ranch.
Miss jeanette Dodge returned home
Tuesday lmornins from Hutchinson
where she has been visiting for some
days.
About quire week added to the
HUSTLER paper order shows a good,
healthy growth. Are you, reader, on
the list?
Mrs. c. G. Morrison, who is visit
ing in Pennsylvania, will keep abreast
of home affairs by reading the
HUSTLER.
w. H. Lewis of Topeka, general a
gent of the National Union Insurance
Company, twas in the city this morn
ing on business.
E. R.ssMoses, Lester Cox, Prof.
Gahnstrom, and Clyde Ashbaugh
were initiated into the w. o. w.
Tuesday evening.
A Greater Great Bend means in
creased value of all surrounding farm
lands. There should be no knockers
in the whole county.
The secretary of the Barton County
Fair Association is kept busy these
days with his correspondence con-
corning the coming fair. It's going to
be crackerjack.
The Embroidery Club was enter
tanned at the home of Mrs. c. S.
Allison, Tuesday, with Mrs. Fred
Wilmer, of Kansas City, Kansas, as
the guest Of honor.
1t pays to advertise Dick Tay.
lor found his watch and chain-and
put up the ten without asking any
unnecessary questions. And you
need not ask him any.
E. E. Olinger, general agent of the
Providence Insurance Company of
Washington, accompanied by his
wife, is in the city visiting his brother,
Rev. Olinger and family.
Don Dodge, on Tuesday evening,
took out an "intellectual' harvest crew
in the persons of DIR. Starbuck and
Prof. Fred Lutschg. And we wager
that they will fill the bill all right.
The HUSTLER reaches the people
quick, and it reaches most all of
them in the vicinity of Great Bend.
A dollar spent in our advertising col
umns is better than put out at COM
pound interest.
Geo. Worrall was down from north
of Hoisington Wednesday after some
header repairs. He and his team
got mixed up the other day and when
they got Strengthened Out the header
was badly busted up.
The Ness County Fair Association
gives the Erlnting of their catalogues
TO the firm which does satisfactory
work, gets the printing out on time
and makes reasonable profit.
They do not try to get some man to
to do the work at no profit, and just
for the name of doing it.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-08-26
CONVICT CAPTURED
Escaped idaho Convict Cap
fured In Pendfefon,
OREGON.

jose oh Lawrence, the convict who
escaped from the penitentiary week
ago. was captured by Chief OF Police
Coffman at Pendleton Tuesday alter
noon. News OF the capture was received
by Warden Whitney with request
that an officer he sen. to identity the
prisoner and bring him back 70 the
penitentiary.
James Mills. deputy warden, was
sent to Pendleion., and on his arrival
there Immediately recognized Lawrence
d. he escaped convict. Lawrence con
~ented TO return withon rsquis'ior
papers
Lawrence was serving a tao yea
term. aud On account OF hi- attempte'
escape hi- term viii proudly be double'
and will also lose three months Of gos>
behavior time
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-08-26
To RECLAIM Lands.

Charles Childs Of this city, who If
head Of an irrigation project 10 water
20. .OOn acres of land on Sinker creek. in
Owvhee countv. arrived home the first
of the week. saws the Owvhee Nngget.
The nlan comprises dam l60 feet high
and 250O feet in length. 10 he huilt on
sinker creek about eight miles down
from the mountains The reservoir
fhus formed will hold soon acre feet Of
water
Sinker creek IS the we'll known trout
stream of Owvhee conntv, and never
carries less than lOOO inches Of water
The headwaters drain the north slopes
of some high mountains, which insures
a large volume Of water until late in tbs
season without resort IN storage reser'
voirs. Many of the finest ranches il
the state are found along the valley o
/ Sinker creek, and the land to he reclaim
ed is said to be fully Ms good as tina
now in cultivation.
Mr.. Childs has completed his survey
and finds his plan entirely feasible.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-08-26
Articles OF Incorporation OF
the Boise d Tnferurban
Railway Company
Hre Filed.
CAPITAL STOCK s5,ooo,ooo
or Thai amount Two Hum
dEed and Sixty Thousand
Dollars Has Been SUBJ
scribed.

Prom Wednesdays sistesfnsn.
The articles oi incorporation ~ the
Boise ( lniersrla.n Railnay company.
hetler knoy44 - ti.e ri-,cr company.
wcre tiled yesterday niil the eaaus.
recorder ani he secretary Of st.te >,
w / Pierce.
The filing OF til, ariicl,- i about i'".
last step in the pr,liminarie> said Mr.
Pierre "Wc expect 60 h.. able to 20
right ahead noa and dir, will he fving
on the road before people realize the
project has been advances - far. This
il q Boise un !ertaking 1t has in view
the development Of the material ie
sources Of this city and Of large scopr
contiguous territory embracing numer-
Gus smaller towns Every section will
be given due consideration and in each
the benefits will be to the people rs a
whole and not to the Boise people who
gave it life
The articles name Boise as the prin.
cipal place OF business and give the
capital stock at s5.OoOOO0 divided into
Sc, 900 shares of the par value OF slOC
each. The amount Of stock subscribed
is $26O, 600. The directors for the firs
! year are W. f Pierce. Edgar Wilson
L. A. Coate, J. A. Pinnsy. NJ b
!, Gwinn, Alfred Eff AM j. (. Clinton
Jr.
The purpose for which the CORPORA
ton is formed are set forth in part a
follows: To bIiid, equip, lease run an
operate railroli iron the city OF Boise
| in the county oi Ada, state OF Idaho, I
| the city Of Nampa, thecity OF Caldwell
| the city Of Payrtte, ani the towns 1
| Middleton ami Roswell, Canyon count,
| IN said state, and the town OF Pearl,
| Boise county, in said state, and to a
q intermediate poiuts, 10y steam, gasolin
2 OF electric power, or otherwise, and
3 do each, every and all things necessaI
. or in any way incident to the runniT
: and operating OF said raiiwaw, tcgeth
3 With any branches, extensions OF col
2 nections.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-08-26
Accident 10 E19iue.

As the branch train OF the o s. L.
running between Boise and Nampa, was
passing Soma shortly after 2 o'clock
Tuesday morning, the section around
the whistle on the engine blew ont, and
it was necessary to telephone 10 Boise
Tor anotner engine TO take the train 70
Nampa. A delay Of shout two hours
was oecssioued, but the train reached
Nampa in time 10 connect with the
second section Of NJ. l.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-08-26
COURT HOUSE BIDS
White way d Hicks Were fhe
Lowest Bidders for the
Construction of the
Court House.

Bids opened Monday at Caldwell for
tue building Of the new Canyon county
court house were as follows;
whiteway & Hicks, Boise. s5s-6z'
Michaei 4 Weber, Boise. ..---.-- 0O,5op
George Cannell. Nampa. .--.---- o5,vvo
w. II. Griffin, Nampa. H,oVo
w. d. Lowell, Minneapolis Il 900
The county commissioners will call
special bond election, and il bond
issue is authorized, the court house Will
be built. The accepted plans cail To-
classic building Of cut stone and bricf,
with a dome ir the center There viii
BE- tiled floor-. marble wainscctting.
burglar proof vaults. etc The location
will be on the site Of the present court
house.
The election will proudly be called
to take place on the last Tuesday II
September
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-08-26
around the State
Items Cleaned from Many Sources

A new saw mill with capacity Of
25 900 feet per day is 20 he built at
Nampa. Logs will be hanled from the
Payette timber belt.
Eighty-iive miners have been laid on
at the DeIamar mine while waiting for
the mill to be given a thorough over
hauling and rcmodeling.
The Western Idaho Sugar Co. has
purchased 50 acres of land adjoining the
factory -ite at Payette, form J. T..
Clements, paying therefore $il, 500.
The extreme low water in the Snake
river has practically tied up water trans
partation and o. r. & y. passengers art
being sen, arouna by Garfield.
Work has commenced ON the new cit,
park Al Caldwell. The ground is beinl
cleared aad leveled. and work on tn
dam Of Lake Howard commenced Mon
day.
The Lewiston-Clarkston Inter-stat
fair will he held October l6 to p iii
year. just sitter the close OF the hi
Portland lair. An effort viii be mad
TO secure s big list of attractions fro'
the latter place and make the Lewisso
meeting the best ever held.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-08-26
TO FRUIT GROWERS
State horticultural Inspector
Warns Fruit Rafsers
AGAINST Lax Views
of the Law.

The following WAS issued by State
Inspector Hit TO fruit growers and
shippers:
The time for the marketing aud
shipping fruit II at hand. The orchard
ist has had one year more OF education
and experience in ombatting the insect
pests which seek 10 destroy the fruit ol
his labor, and we hope that he las
take advantage Of past experience and
fought the good feht 10 a finish and to
end that there il DO disease. wormy or
s.aley iruii 10 otter Tor sale
There is rather scarcity Of certain
kinds OF fruit this year, and prospect
| for fair prices at least. for all kinds OF
fruit. and this will make the temptation
stronger for the orchardist TO dispose Of
all fruit possible. whether it be free from
insect pests, OF not
This Board, together with number
of deputies, has spent years OF hard
work. and thousand of dollars OF state
money in the horticultural work
throughout the state in the education oi
fruit growers, and the enforcement OF
b the Horticultural laws, and We have
r passed the experimental age and haze
r wears ago reached the age Of positive
/. demonstration as to the controle 81 thu
- San Jose scale, and made long stride
towards the controle Of other insec
# p,sts.
sr Ii the fruit grower has been 30 care
= less and negligent as to allow the seal
&C to remain on his trees and infest hi
es fruit. he is certainly the loser, for a
1s I have said, fruits Of all kinds will brin
p fair price.
in First, hereby warn all fruit growel
Of not to sell or offer for sale any fruit II
M tested with scale, and second, | herel
at warn all fruit venders, dealers an
shippers not to handle any fruit infest'
VS. with scale.
Fruit growers, il YOU have any fru
infested with scale, keep it at HON
- Do not bring it to the packing hou
.. and expect the packer to sort 1t over
Iez you. 1t will be promptly condemned
all found scaley.
ms Take this as timely warning a
the maintain your reputation as ir'
18th growers. Let nothing go 70 the mari
lilly but strictly first-class fruit.
her All deputy Horticultural lnspeet'
are authorized by law to enforce on
antine against any and all fruit inies'
A. with scale.
Yours respectfully,
AT. HIT,
State Horticultural Inspect
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-08-26
Idaho Indians at Portland.

An Indian village. with band of Nez
Perces. has been opened on the trail
at the Portland iair. Albert Williams
successor to Chief Joseph is with the
tribe. There are several squaws with
cute nappooses. The Indians give daily
performances Of war dances and other
native ceremonies.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-08-26
FARM LOANS
Dealers in General Merchandis

., borrow money? We can aceosm, si,,s
Do you want No 70 tedious waits simply sns I'I@ ,he
odate you. c,te Nm the necessary papers an" '"0
clear title !. a, fAyour your disposal without delay
,l''" = FARM AM Town PRorEErE
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-08-26

State Horticultural Inspector
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16

OF the third class under the laws OF
the State OF Utah on February IA, 1868.
The town embraces an area OF one and
one-half square miles Because OF the
difficulties and opposition that have
confronted the people at every effort
to advance. because OF the setbacks
they have suffered from savage war
fare, from plaques Of grasshoppers and
from drouth. the people OF Ephraim
have learned well the value of being
conservative, industrious and self-sup-
porting. They have builded strong the
foundation of their municipality; and
In consequence, the city has but very
little Indebtedness, taxes are low, bus
mess IL conducted on safe and solid
basis, and the town Is In condition to
broaden out and enjoy all OF the mod
ern conveniences OF electric light and
power water and severe &c system. tel
ephones. telegraphs, banks, high schools
OF learning and progressive wide-a-
wake business element.
In 1890 the Rio Grande Western rail-
road was completed to Ephraim, and the
event was celebrated by grand ban
quet given TO the officials. This opened
up new avenues of commerce with the
outside world, and stimulated all kinds
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16
w N
"a.

These pests you'd swarm over the
fields green with ths growing grain
and leave not i ycsf.se Of what PROM
ised to be a frnirIt., crop. The grass
hoppers we're rS .. bad some years as
others, notably n 81 good crop was
raised.
During the first years the co-opera-
tive plan was adopted. The settlers
had all things In common, such as
stock. land, water, stores. etc. But as
their numbers increased this United
order was abandoned. The land was
divided, each man working his own
farm and raising his own cattle. The
water bitches, however, remained COM
mon property and the water equally
apportioned out for irrigation purposes
The water supply being small, great
care had to be exercised In its dIstrlbu-
ton and use. This early training in
the economical handling Of water has
resulted In Ephraim having one OF the
most perfect systems Of irrigation In the
world.
The chief industry OF this community
Is agriculture. The farms naturally
yield immense crops. The wheat is full.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16

on the present site OF Ephralm was
1850 He was one OF the Sanpete plo-
made by Isaac Behunnln In the fall of
neers Of 40, and located on Cottonwood
creek. Soon after, the Indians be-
came troublesome and he was forced TO
move Into Manti.
In the spring OF 1854 a company OF 10
families taken from Manti under the
leadership OF Reuben w. Alfred, locat-
ed on the Cottonwood creek. and called
the settlement Ephraim. fort was
constructed to protect themselves and
their stock from Indian depredations.
At this time and until 1868 series OF
vicious raids were made by the Indians.
Stock was driven off, and settlers fire.
duently killed. In the fall OF "a other
families from Salt Lake city made
their homes In Ephraim.
There were many hardships endured
by these early settlers, but the one
against which they were most power
less was the plague of grasshoppers.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16

plump and hard, producing the highest
grade Of -four known. The potatoes are
large and solid, and have an excellent
flavor. The same can be said of all
other vegetable varieties. While not
much attention has been given to the
cultivation Of sugar beets, yet numer-
Gus tests have demonstrated that con-
dltlons are favorable to successful beet
growing. Apples. plums, pears, and all
of the varieties of small fruit, such as
currants, gooseberries, raspberries,
Strawberries, etc, are successfully
grown and have an exceptionally fine
flavor
Considerable attention has been CIV
en- to stock raising and wool growing.
Many Of the cattle are pure bred and
particularly adapted to the climate and
range Of this part OF Utah. The Short
horn Durham for size and beauty, bred
to the Hereford. which can rustic food
like deer, Is the prevailing stock; and
furnishes most OF the export beef. The
breeds OF sheep are the Merino and
Rambulets. About $4,000 head OF sheep
are owned by Ephralm men. and the
wool output during the last year was
about l62,500 pounds.
Ephraim was incorporated as city
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16

enterprise ever undertaken by Eph-
rain. On May 6. 1905, an election was
held to consider the question OF install-
Ing a municipal electric power plant,
with favorable results as only 80 votes
were cast against the measure, ms
council Immediately appointed Mayor
C. r. Dorlas and City Atty. EphrailIi
Hansen, to supervise the purchasing Oh
all machinery and employing compe-
tent engineers and electricians. They
went to Salt Lake City and ADVERTISED
for bids; the General Electric Supply
company being the lowest, was taken'
M. d. Crash acting as agent
The wire was purchased from the SAT-
lake Electric supply company, smith
g. Co., of Salt Lake City, furnished the
poles. the lumber came from the Sierra
Nevada Lumber company and the pipe
from Crane e. Co. Mr.. Frank c. Kel-
eey civil engineer, was employed ana
plans and specifications were immedl-
ately drawn up.
Work was started on the canal July
II, under supervision OF Messrs.
Thompson and Alfred. The canal. over
two miles in length. was completed AZ
a cost OF s3455, including all flums
work which is Of the best material op-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16

of financial enterprises. The farmers
found better cash market for their
grain and produce, and raDchmen were
enabled to ship their sheep and cattle
to the large eastern markets, The San
pete Valley railroad was added to the
resources OF Ephraim In 1893, and there
by connected this city with markets not
reached by the Rio Grande Western.
A good depot was erected within a few
rods OF the other railroad office, and
Ephraim at once sprang into proml-
nence as the Junction City. Regular
trains pass through Ephraim daily over
both roads, insuring the very best ac-
commodatlons for business men and
commercial travellers.
This last season about ESQ acres of
land has been devoted to grain growing,
with an average yield of 40 bushels TO
the acre. or 10000 bushels OF grain.
Ephraim contains 81 business houses,
and during the last year the amount
Of business done has reached the sum
OF about 100000.
Electric Power Plant.
A few words concerning the present
municipal administration must be said
In connection with the biggest public
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16

- PHRA1M Is situated In Sanpete
n county. seven miles northeast OF
Manti, and lis miles south Of Salt
Lake CITY. II is located at the
base OF the Wasatch mountains, com
handing beautiful view OF the fertile
sanpete valley. The water supply is
derived from Cottonwood Creek, which
lows down through the town from the
mountains east OF the city, In the
larly days this creek contained a
meager supply OF water, sufficient to
hrigate only few acres OF land, but
Il has gradually increased In volume
nntl at the present time 1t furnishes
water supply for the city and sur
rounding farms, supporting a popula-
lion OF about $500 Inhabitants, and COW
ering an area of about 1850 acres Of
land. Ephraim now owns one-half OF
Willow creek, a small stream south OF
bown. This water is sufficient 10 irri-
gate about 1,450 acres of land.
The first attempt at making home
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-17

Facts Worth Knowing for the Farmer
and StOckman.

Last fall we called our readers at
tention to the great disparity between
the price of hides and that of cattle. AS
the difference is even greater this year
we again call our readers attention to
the subject.
By looking over the market reports
of the various wholesale slaughterine
centers, we observe that the value of
common cattle called grass fed COWS is
So to $2.75 per hundred pounds, an aver
age of about 2Hc per pound, which will
net the shipper after freight is paid
about &c per pound. Extra corn fed
steers are valued at S. to Sc; dressed
veal calf 1915 to 1925, according to
quality and condition. Now compare
these prices with the prices of their
hides and skins. We observe in the late
circular issued by the Northwestern
Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis, Mimi,
that ordinary COW hides termed green
hides) meaning raw hides as they come
off the animal and marketed either in
a green or frozen condition, are bring
ing HE per pound for No. |; l0Hc for
No. 2; all pass as No. ! if not cut with
holes or i'll shaped, or otherwise dam
aged. Veal calf skins BE; veal kip, lie.
Green salt cured hides or calf skins
bring lc per pound more. AS these are
net cash prices and as the freight will
range from 25c to 75c per hundred
pounds according to distance from l0C
to 30 miles 1.-THE average would be about
bc per pound), the average raw cow
hide would net the shipper 9Mc to
llAc per pound according to quality
Veal calf skins give a net profit of
l2hc; veal hip, llhc; other skins in
proportion, or about five times the price
per pound that cattle on foot will bring
at home or by shipping.
1t is very evident that at present ex-
tICihC hlSll IJllCCS VI IlucSt anu ShlllS. JHt
highest the world ever saw, and the
price of cattle about as low as it ever
was, that it would be far better to kill
common cattle and eat or sell the beef
at home, and ship the hides and tallow
to market, as the, hide and tallow will
bring about half as much as the entire
animal would.
While there is some difficulty about
shipping live stock, there is none in
shipping hides. All there is to do is to
address tag and tie it to the hide
and send it by freight. OF course it
is likely that with the advent of cold
freezing weather. hides will be some
lower owing to the greatly increased re-
ceipts; but if they decline lie per pound
they will still be over four times as high
as cattle.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-17
Buck in Prison Laundry.

Saltwater, Nov. l4.-There are now
ia prisoners at the penitentiary, and
owing to the crowded condition, many
have to sleep on coats in the corridors.
A. A. Buck, who was brought here from
Mankato to serve term of six years,
is working in the laundry while suffering
from an injured ankle When able, he
will be given other work.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-17
BECOMES CLAIM AGENT.
Thad Nash Succeeds to Vacancy
Created BY NJ. Cray's Resignation.

HIOIIl > IdHy.
Thad E. Nash has resigned his posi-
ton as assistant cashier in the Pipe
stone County bank, and has accepted a
place in the general claims department
of the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha railroad.
Mr.. Nash left this morning for ST..
Paul to enter upon the duties of his
new position. His work will be upon the
road between st. Paul and Omaha, adj
justing claims against the railroad COM
pany. We will continue to make his
home in Pipestone, as he expects to be
able to arrange his work in such way
as to permit his to spend Sunday of
each week with his family here. The
many friends of Mr.. Nash and family
will be pleased to know that they do
not contemplate removal from Pipe
stone.
Railroad work is not new thing for
Mr. Nash, as he was long engaged i'll
that business before retiring a few years
ago to take up banking. He was popu-
far and successful railroad man, and
there is no doubt that he will prove a
most valuable man for the Omaha COM
pany in the new position to which he
has been assigned
Mr.. Nash will be greately missed in
the Pipestone County bank, where he
has been for several years an active
and efficient member of the official
force of the institution 1t is not yet
known who his successor as assistant
cashier will be.-Pipestone Daily Star.