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The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
The Kansas Wheat Belt,

The farmers of the wheat belt, on
the whole, seem to be about the hap
piest agriculturists to be found. The
rapid growth of the western counties
into the gigantic wheat producing sec
ton that it now is has offered ample
opportunity for all the farmers of
managing ability to build up moderate
fortunes and acquire large tracts of
land. These they have adorned with
splendid homes, orchards and shade
trees, and have stocked with fine cattle
and good breeds of all domestic stock.
The wheat belt is also "the greatest
grass land on the earth" That is, ma
tive grass grows there in profusion,
and it makes the best grazing of any
grass crop. All these things have en-
abled the progressive farmers to
surround themselves with everything
that goes to make rural 'ife delightful.
Kansas City Star.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
NEW RAILROAD SURVEY.
Mystery Connected with Projected
Line Over sanere de cristo
Range.

Denver, Sept. 17.-San Luis valley
people, says the Republican, are much
interested in some mysterious survey
ing which is being carried on in their
country, with the evident purpose in
view of building railroad which will
cross the continental divide in q new
place.
The surveyors, who refuse to state
their connection with any railroad,
started some time ago from Durango
and have worked up the San Juan river
to the neighborhood OF Platoro, cross
ing near the head Of the Conejos river
and some twenty miles north of Ala
mosa. A one and one-half per cent.
grade was located up Mosca pass, but
that was made up largely of bridges
and tunnels and was afterwards aban.
doned. Then another grade was made
up Medano pass in the Sangre de Girls
to mountains. The survey then ex-
tends down through the Wet Mountain
valley to the st. Charles river and
over toward Beulah.
Several theories have been advanced
as TO the nature of the work and who
is behind it. 1t has been charged to
the Rock Island and the Denver & Rio
Grande roads, neither of which will ad-
NIT their connection with it. That the
work Is to be made permanent, how
ever, seems certain. The surveyors
are buying more horses and outfits all
the time and evidently have no inten.
tion Of ceasing work.
The San Luis valley people generally
think the survey is being conducted 4
the Rock Island railroad, and that the
present work is to establish new
crossing Of the great divide. Later, 1t
is claimed, the Rock Island will build
from the st. Charles river to Pueblo
and at the Durango terminal will be-
gin the long task Of building on west
ward to Los Angeles. 1t is contended
that some one has finally figured out
a way Of getting through the
grand canon of the Colorado to the
west, a feat which has puzzled railway
engineers for many years.
In favor of the Rock Island theory it
is said that the coal regions of Dur
ango have long needed an outlet to
the coast and that this system has
been desirous of furnishing it. Theor-
etical railroad building has long been
charged up to the Rock Island route.
Another theory is that the surveying
being done has particular reference to
the Wet Mountain district and its prod
ucts. Denver railroad men generally
say they know nothing of the work be-
ing done and scout at all theories pre-
sented.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
Tainted Money. Discussion.

Seattle, Wash, Sept. 16-By vote
of 46 to 10. the American Board of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions
yesterday went on record as being op-
posed to further discussion of
"tainted money" in any of its phases
This vote was not taken, however, un.
til the question had been threshed out
In all its phases and the leading Con-
gregationalists of America had voiced
their sentiments on the subject.
DR.. Washington GLADDEN., the leader
of the minority, precipitated the dis
cussion by the introduction of the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That the officers of this
society should neither solicit nor ia
vite donations to its funds from per.
sons whose gains are generally be
lieved 10 have been made by methods
morally reprehensible and socially In
jurious.'
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
Tuberculosis CONGRESS,

New York, Sept 16.-Great prepara-
tions are being made. says a Herald
dispatch from Paris, for the tuberculo-
sis congress, which will be attended
by delegates from all the nations Of
Europe and America. The sessions
will be open from October I'd to Octo-
ber 7th.
There will be an exposition of food
products permitted and recommended
by physicians in tuberculosis cases.
Rooms will be fitted uD like those in
sanatoriums, of tn ae classes, those
designated for rich patients, those for
middle classes and those for the poor
Special exhibits will be made Of phar-
macy for tuberculosis and of house
furnishings such as armchairs and
baths for patients. Cleansing and dis
injecting apparatus will be displayed.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
PACKING HOUSE SALE
TRUST TO BUY DENVER PLAMrs;
Reported Negotiations for Purchase q
Denver etockyards and Packing
House Plants.

Reported Negotiations for Purchase ct
Denver stoekyards and Packing
House Plants.
Denver. Sept. 1s.-Denver Is to b
the great packing and distributing
poipt for the entire Western country,
II a persistent report IN confirmed.
This report connects the names OF tho
big combination known ~ the packing
trust with the purchase Of the two
Denver packing plants and the Denver
stock yards. Stockholders OF the
Denver plants deny that they have
been sold, but that is not final, because
it is customary for business men while
conducting negotiations Of the magni-
tude of this one, to keep their own
council. The deal II concluded in
wolves more than Q million dollars and
viii make Denver the big stock center
OF the West.
The Combination known AZ the pack
ing trust is composed OF the Nelson
Morris Company, the Armour Com
pany. Swift & Company, and swarts-
child & Sulzberger. They have g.
tablished large plants at Chicago.
Omaha. Kansas City and st. Joseph.
1t Is known that for good many years
they have been considering the advise
bility of getting foothold in Denver.
because of the advantage offered as
q shipping point At present the COM
panies ship stock the 500 miles be,
tween here and Missouri river points.
slaughter it and then ship the meat
back. They are thus compelled to
maintain double cold storage plants
as we'll as meeting the freight each
way.
Denver has two large packing es-
tablisments. The oldest Is the Colo
RADIO Packing Company. established
some fifteen years ago, which has
gradually been growing until 1t has
plant of considerable capacity. The
size OF plant is estimated by its stor-
age capacity. This plant has ca
pacity Of 300 cattle and $500 hogs and
perhaps half as many sheep per day.
A conservative estimate puts the value
Of the plant, with buildings and stock
on hand at $750,00O. The large stock
holders are Henry Gebhard. Dennis
Sullivan, Alfred Buffers, J. A. Thatcher
and other local capitalists.
Several years ago the Western Pack
inA Company came into the field, Or
ganized and built new from the ground
up. 1t was created by Colorado men
who thought they saw field for an In
dependent company at this point.
They built modern plant at cost OF
$750,000 which has since increased.
Among those who put in their money
were Charles Boettcher, Col. D. G.
Dodge, Charles J. Hughes, Jr., and
others. That their judgment was cor
rect is proved by the fact that the
plant has made money.
The Western Packing Company has
a capacity Of 1000 hogs, 5000 cattle
and 1000 sheep, slaughtered and
stored per day. The plant consists
of two large buildings for slaughter
ing, cold storage plant five stories
in height. an expensive ice plant, fer
tilizing house, etc.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22

An ounce of kerosene on the hen
roosts now will prevent a pound Of
lice from accumulating there later.
The objections from farmers
standpoint to the education afforded by
city high schools, colleges and univer-
stiles are that they not only do not ed
ucate for the farm but that a farmers
boy is educated away from agriculture
From the day the country boy enters
one of these schools until he leaves or
graduates, the ideals held up before
him are always those of some great
lawyer, great jurist. great author,
great divine, a great physician, his.
torian, scientist or journalist, etc
Never once is he impressed with the
dignity and Importance of agriculture,
horticulture and their kindred and CO.
related sciences. The result Is that
the youth Is filled full of the idea that
If he ever expects to be anybody-in
other words great mamie must
quit the farm and the whole tendency
from our point Of view at least is bad
indeed for we already have too many
professional men.-Field and Farm.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
RRYAN'S PEACE PLAN.
Suggested to President Roosevelt in a
Personal Letter.

Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 16.-A letter ad.
dressed to President Roosevelt from
w. j. Bryan in which plan for per-
manent peace is suggested, was made
public here Thursday evening. Mr..
Bryan congratulates the President on
his success in bringing Russia and
Japan together, and says:
why not ask Congress for authority
to submit all international questions
(when agreement cannot be reached
by parties interested) to an impartial
board for investigation and report. In.
vestigation will in nearly every case
remove the cause of complaint and
reconcile the parties. Questions which
a nation might be unwilling to submit
to arbitration in advance could be set
tied by investigation by an impartial
international board.
ut was glorious thing to end the
war between the Russian and the JAP
anese nations, but 1t would have been
more glorious to have prevented the
war and saved the frightful loss of
life. The moral prestige which our
nation now enjoys would in all prob
ability enable it to lead successful
peace movement.
THE congratulations which you have
received from the heads of European
governments strengthen the chances
of success. II the leading nations OF
the woNd would enter into an agree
ment and join in the creation of such
board and pledge themselves to sub.
NIT all disputes to the board for inves-
tigation before declaring war, the dan
ger of war would be reduced to a min
imum. Few men have had it in their
power to do SO much for humanity
will you improve the opportunity?
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
THE FARM AND RANGE
Alfalfa, Corn and Beet Pulls.

An interesting experiment was ee0
Quoted last winter and spring at the
Colorado Agricultural College expert
ment station, the object OF which Wa
to determine the comparative value ol
alfalfa hay. sugar beet pulp and corn.
when fed singly and In various com
binations to ordinary range steers.
The fOrty-eight steers selected for
the experiment were taken from a lot
that had been fed ON alfalfa hay and
beet pulp for some weeks. and, pre-
vtous to that time, had been ranging
on the beet fields and feeding upon beet
tops. They were of mixed breeding,
Shorthern and Hereford blood FREEDOM.
mating. and we're below the average
in quality. They were two years of
age with one or two in each lot prob
ably three years past. When the ex-
pertinent was started on December
Both, these steero averaged in weight
between $50 and $50 pounds. The1
were divided as evenly as possible into
four lots of twelve each, care being
taken to have an equal number OF
promising and unpromising feeders in
each lot.
Following are the conclusions ar
rived at by Professors Carlyle and
Grifith, who conducted the expert
ment:
l. An average feeder" steer two
years old will make a gain of 1.5
pounds per day on alfalfa hay alone,
and will require approximately twenty
eight pounds Of hay to make one pound
Of gain.
2. The addition of ground corn to
the ration of alfalfa hay will increase
the daily gain, increase the market
price Of the steer by finishing him bet
ter In given time, and will add to
the prfiots II the corn can be procured
below 80 cents per hundred pounds.
3. A pound OF ground corn is equal
in feeding value to 2.S pounds of al
falfa hay and to nine pounds of sugar
beet pulp for feeding two-year-old fat
tening steers.
4. Sugar beet pulp at present prices
Is cheaper and better feed than ground
corn when fed with alfalfa hay for fat
tening mature steers.
5. That 1922 pounds of beet pulp Is
equivalent in feeding value to one
pound of alfalfa hay, when fed in con-
junction with the hay, giving two-year-
old steers all they will eat of both
feeds.
6. With alfalfa hay at IS a ton, it
will pay to feed light ration OF
ground corn with the hay, provided
the corn can be purchased at from 85
to 80 cents per hundredweight
Z. With poor alfalfa hay at IS per
ton, sugar beet pulp is worth $1.50 per
ton to combine with the hay for fat
tening mature steers.
s. Fattening steers will gain approx
imately pound a day more on ra-
tion composed Of alfalfa hay. ground
corn and beet pulp than they will on
ration made up of alfalfa hay and
ground corn or on ration composed
of alfalfa hay and sugar beet pulp,
and they will gain almost one and
half pounds more each day on the
above ration than when fed alfalfa hay
alone.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
Dead Woman Comes to Life.

Las Vegas, N. M. Sept. 15.-Mrs. H..
D. Maynard. wife Of Santa Fe con.
ductor, was reported dead yesterday
by her physician and family. The body
had been laid out ready for the casket.
and arrangements had been completed
for removal by an undertaken when, to
the unbounded establishment of all. the
woman arose from the bed and walked
into the rooms where the weeping
members Of the family sat. Since re-
viving from the comatose condition she
was in, the woman has rapidly Inn
proved and 1t is believed she Will 70
cover.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
Patent Office Business

Washington. Sept. 1S.-According to
the annual report Of the Commissioner
Of Patents, the receipts for the fiscal
year ended June Both last were 81
737.344 and the expenditures were
$1,472,467, the surplus being turned
into the treasury. The business Of last
year is said to be the largest for any
single year.
There were 30,246 patents granted,
including reissues and designs. and
1.420 trademarks, 1923 labels and (
priAts wera registered.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
LIFE INSURANCE CASH
AIDED REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN

Vice President Of New York Life In
suranee Company Testines That
He Gave Money to Help Republican
Party.
New York, Sept. 16.-George w. Per
kins. member of the firm Of J. p. Nor
gan & Co.. and first vice president Of
the New York Life Insurance Com
pany. was the star witness at yester.
days session of the special Legislative
committee probing life insurance COM
panies' methods, and his testimony
was replete with revelations in the de-
velopments of finance as applied by in
surance companies.
The climax of the day came when
Mr. Perkins was asked concerning an
entry Of $4s.7O6 in a ledger. marked
ordered paid by the president"
The check was made out payable to
]. P. Morgan & Co.. and Mr.. Perkins
frankly stated 1t was a contribution to
the national Republican committee.
and had been paid to Cornelius N.
Bliss. Mr.. Perkins said
This payment was made after very
careful deliberations. 1t must not be
considered an ordinary contribution to
the campaign fund. 1t was paid be-
cause we felt that the assets of the
New York Life would be jeopardized
by Democratic success"
Mr.. Perkins said contributions were
also made in 1900 and in 1896.
This bomb caused a murmur of con-
versatiOn about the room, which had
become packed with spectators. Stand
ing room was at a premium. and every
one bent forward to catch the testi-
mony.
Pursuing the inquiry further, Mr..
Hughes brought out that this expendi,
ture was never brought to the atten,
ness terming 1t purely executive aG
ton" 1t was charged against cash ON
the books of the Hanover bank Office.
Or financial department.
Mr.. Perkins here interposed: Il
would like to make one statement. The
fact that the check is drawn to ]. P.
Morgan & Co. has no significance. l
paid out the money and 1t was merely
because of q convenience of repay.
ment that the check was made pay
able to ]. P. Morgan & Co..
What other contributions to polit-
tcal campaign funds have been made
by the New York Life?"
None to my knowledge"
Senator Armstrong queried about
the $48.000 check to the campaign
fund. He asked: Were you in a po-
sition to know OF other campaign con-
tributions?"
Il don't know: that is question
that ought to be looked into. All cam
paign contributions should be given
the widest publicity. They ought to be
publicly known, and there ought to be
a law passed to that effect"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
DENVER MARKETS

Deaver Union Stock Yards. Sept. 10.
Another week of heavy receipts at
the river markets sent prices down
again about is to rs cents. and the
trading has been more or less dull all
week. The market here was active
owing to COED local demand and did
not decline 20 much, some grades
even showing an advance for the week.
Good beef sold fully steady during the
hrst four days but on Friday offerings
were rather common In quality. which
gave buyers a chance to hammer
prices somewhat. Values. however,
closed very nearly steady on the good
kinds, although others note q decline
OF about . dino. Some fancy North
Park steers sold up to $475 and quite
a number OF the choice steers offered
sold at 34.0004.60. Fair to good
grades sold at $3.000390. There was
. good active demand all week for
good beef steers. Cows also sold
readily and we'll. Some choice ones
sold at $3.50. which is the best price
paid here this season, and q number
OF sales were made at 33.00@3.10.
Bulk Of the fair to good cows sold,
however. at $2.35@29O, with common
grades from that down. Good cows
are about steady with a week ago, but
common stun a little lower. Bulls
sold steady and veals were higher az
the demand is excellent and supply
light. Feeders and stockers were act
i've to the extent of the supply. De-
mand was good and most of the Offer
ings sold to go to the Nebraska and
Kansas feed lots. with q few to Colo
RADIO points. Prices held up very well
considering the big declines reported
at eastern markets, but quotations are
a shade lower than a week ago. Most
Of the business was done around $500
'@3.70 with the light and common stun
at $2.50Q3.0O.
Hogs were plentiful, about twice as
many coming as the preceding week.
Demand was good, however, and they
all sold readily. Prices closed about .
dime lower than week ago with $5.35
representing the top.
Receipts Of sheep have been liberal
at all points last week. Prices are
generally lower, the decline amounting
to 15035c. Demand here very good
and all offerings sold at good prices.
Demand for feeders excellent but few
coming except those already con-
tracted.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Congregational Church Board Meeting
at Seattle.


Seattle, Wash, Sept. 16.-The ninety
sixth annual meeting of the American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions of the Congregational Church
opened here Thursday.
Treasurer Frank H. Wiggin read the
report Of the treasury department As
follows:
The total receipts for the year end
Ing Aug. 31st were $752,149. Not in
cluded in this amount, because given
for a specified purpose, was the gift OF
$55, 900 from John D. Rockefeller in
part payment of pledge Of 100000
for educational work for institutions
allied with the board. Treated in the
same way was gift of 5000 from Mr.,
frank Vanderpool for new building
in connection with st. Poul's Insti-
tute at Tarsus. If these two sums
were added, the total amount from
the receipts would be $812,149
The total disbursements. including
the gift Of Mr.. Rockefeller and Mr..
Vanderpool were $9O5,939, and the ex-
cess of expenditures above receipts
Vas $153,790, which added to the debt
Of the previous year Of $22,737, makes
debt carried over to the account of
the new year of $176527.
The cost of maintaining the work
abroad has been materially increased.
the necessity for part of the increase
being unavoidable, as it could not be
foreseen.
The amount of conditional gifts re-
ceived was s34,730, the conditional gift
fund, now amounting to $49l,7l3, a
growth of s29.43O. The twentieth CEN
tury fund now amounts to Sl3G,178,
and unpaid pledges are in hand which
will swell 1t to about $144OOO
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS
WELCOMES DENVER EXCURSION.
Opening Of Moffat Road Celebrated by
Advent Of Hundreds Of De-
lighted Visitors.

Vev0uS VI FvouoSGoS VI oS-
lighted Visitors.
Denver. Sept. 16.-It required two
long trains. heavily laden. to transport
the large crowd of excursionists over
the Mofiat road to Hot Sulphur
Springs yesterday to be present at the
exercises In honor Of the advent Of
the Aoffat road into the Springs. 1t
was most representative crowd and
each and every one of them were il
the best Of spirits.
The Second Regiment Band accom-.
panied the excursion and during the
walt for the train it played a number
OF popular airs much to the delight Of
the crowd. There were a large num-
ber Of the fair sex in the crowd and all
were animated In the expectation Of en-.
gaging in a SNOWFALL fight in midsum-
mer at the summit of the continental
divide where the trains stopped for a
short interval to allow the passengers
to indulge themselves.
On the first train there was one car
that did not carry passenger, but
nevertheless 1t was well loaded, 1t
carried the provisions to augment the
barbecue that awaited the excursion.
lists on their arrival at Hot Springs.
The provisions were supplied by the
Chamber of Commerce, under whose
auspices the days functions were held.
1t was estimated that fully 1000 per-
sons sat down to the barbecue.
The energetic citizens OF the honored
city were full Of enthusiasm. It could
not be expressed in an ordinary way,
but had to be brought out quick and
strong. d. Mantle was the only re-
source in Llis emergency. So when
the smiling visitors came gliding over
the bright, new rails into the place
they were greeted with the resounding
roar Of high explosives. Some of them
were badly frightened, not being ac-
customed to the unrestrained fervor Of
new city. A window glass in the
excursion train crashed to pieces, but
this was the only serious outcome of
the joyous welcome.
The visitors were escorted imme-
diately to the barbecue, where they
were feasted upon roast oxen and
other substantial edibles.
The day was not only a memorable
one for the people of Grand county, but
also for the officials of the Moffat road.
for it marked another milestons in
the history Of the road. 1t was their
entrance into Hot Sulphur Springs on
their way to Salt Lake. Construction
gangs have been working on the road.
bed all summer and they worked
through country that heard the toot
Of the locomotive for almost the first
time yesterday.
Hot Sulphur Springs is twenty-four
miles beyond Arrowhead, the former
terminus of the road, and ITO miles
from Denver by rail. The springs
there have wonderful medicinal quail
ties and it is expected that it will be-
come a great resort. It will also be
great railroad town as 1t will he the
end of the first division ON the Moffat
road. No wonder then the people OF
that place went wild with joy over the
advent of the first train.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
Low Rate on Potatoes

Denver. Sept. ia joint rate Of rs
cents per hundred on San Luis valley
potatoes to Los Angeles and other Cal
ifornia points has been made by the
Santa Fe and Rio Grande railroads.
This rate may prove very profitable to
producers IN years when there is a po-
tato shortage in California and an
abundance in this state. which fire.
Quently happens.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
Sheep.
Grain.

Wheat, choice milling, per 100 lbs.
$1.10. Rye, Colorado, bulk, per 100
lbs. soc. Oats, bulk, Nebraska, new,
white, $1.06; mixed, $1.04; in sack, Col
orado, white, $1.10. Corn, in bulk, CSC
Corn chop, sacked, $1.Oo. Bran, Colo
rado, per 100 lbs, 75c.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
Hay.

Hay.
Upland per ton, s1ooO@11.oo; Sec
ond bottom, SS.00@9.00: timothy,
$1,000; timothy and clover, $11OO;
alfalfa, prime, s7OO@7.5O; straw, $3.50
@5.00; South Park wire grass, $500.