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The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18
Eagles Convention.

Denver. Colo, Aug. 15.-When the
Grand junction Eagles arrived in Den
yer last night with a live specimen of
the king of American birds right from
the Colorado mountains, it was de.
cided at Eagles headquarters that
everything was ready for the business
of the convention which begins to-day.
Every train for the last two days has
been crowded with arriving delegates
and the stream will increase in volume
throughout to-day. The hosts are in
possession of Denver
How many thousand Eagles from all
parts of the country are here is diff
cult to estimate. Some enthusiasts
even set the figures as high as $4,000.
The big parade comes Thursday after
noon. when gaily garbed Eagles from
America, Canada and Mexico will
make an immense display. Meanwhile
the convention Is rife with the strug-
gle for the presidency on between
President Pelletier and Hy Davis OF
Ohio, with the odds seeming to favor
the latter Just now. Chicago wants
the next convention, and is likely to
get 1t unless all signs fail.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18
Telearaphy on Engines.

Chicago. Aug. 15.-The experiments
made with wireless telegraphy on en-
gines running over the tracks of the
Chicago & Alton railroad has proved
SO successful that the management of
the road has taken steps to equip all
the engines of the company with the
apparatus. Under the new system
adopted each engine carrying its own
wireless signal apparatus constitutes
the center of movable block travel
ing with the train. Near the engineer
in the cab is an indicator which keeps
him informed of the conditions within
the blocks where he is the center. If
train approaches within two miles
to the rear green light shows on the
indicator and warning bell calls the
attention of the engineer. If the train
Is to the front red light flashes and
bell rings.
The signals are reciprocal and the
engineers on both trains receive them
at the same instant.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18
Danger to Moffat Road.

Denver, Aug. 15-The Republican
this morning says: At the National H.
rigation Congress, which convenes at
Portland, Oregon, on Monday, the great
issue to be fought out is the position of
the reclamation service officers, and
the great railroad corporations and
agents with regard to the Moffat Short
Line, a Colorado enterprise. The dele
gates from this state will be asked to
intervene in the interest of the road.
The Gore Canon reservoir project of
the reclamation service is but one.
1t is charged that the agents of the
reclamation service intend to stake out
"a reservoir site on Bear river, In this
state, and 1t has already been an
nounced from Washington that 200,-
900 acres of the Uintah reservation have
been set aside to support reservoir
system on the Duchesne river, Utah.
Now, all three are on the line of the
Moffat road, any one of which would
seriously, If not fatally, interfere with
its construction.
Delegates from Denver and Colorado
to the Irrigation Congress will be
asked to defend the road. The con
!gress itself is under the auspices Of
the reclamation service and the officers
of this department are the leaders Of
the congress.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18
Cattle Mango Disappearing.

Denver, Colo, Aug. 15.-Dr Charles
G. Lamb, state veterinarian, returned
yesterday from an extended trip in @he
eastern part of the state, where he
has been investigating mango among
the cattle. He found several bunches
that were affected and some reported
affected that are really all right.
DR.. Lamb reports less mango at the
present time among Colorado cattle
than for many years past. This is ow-
ing to the new law which gives the
board Of stock inspection authority to
dip cattle and charge the cost to the
owners where they are negligent about
acting. The laws are more stringent
in other ways also. 80 that the disease
is being stamped out.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18
NORWAY FOR SEPARATION.
Aime>e Unanimous Vote for pissoIu.
tion Of Union With Sweden.

Christiania, Aug. 13.-The Norwe-
gian people. in referendum vote
taken to-day, pronounced in favor OF
The dissolution of the union with Swe-
den with remarkable though not un-
expected nnanimity. OF 5000 voters
100000 cast ballots.
While the full result will not be
known for some hours. up to midnight
returns showed that about one person
in 5000 voted against the dissolution.
The difference between the total mum.
Der of voters and the number of votes
cast is attributed to absentees, such
as sailors abroad and others who are
out o.. the country at present.
There were scenes Of the greatest
enthusiasm everywhere. Thousands Of
women who did not have the right OF
franchise signed petitions in the
streets endorsing the dissolution. In
Christiania and other cities the total
population turned out, every one wear
Ing long streamers of the national col
ors and pictures Of Premier Michel.
sen.
One of the members of the Cabinet
said to the Associated Press tonight:
THE result surpasses the most san.
guine expectations. The next ofYicial
steps will be taken after the Storthing
meets on August 21st. when the result
of the plebiscite will be communicated
to Sweden through the Swedish Cabi.
net and the Rigsdag"
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
. SOME PROGRESS BEING MADE
Three Out Of Twelve Articles Agreed
te-oanssr Point May Soon
De Reached.

Portsmouth, n. H.. Aug. l5.-AI-
though very rapid progress was made
with the peace negotiations yesterday,
three of the twelve articles which CON
stitute the Japanese conditions of
peace having been agreed to by NJ.
Witte and Baron Rosen on behalf of
Russia, neither of the two articles to
which NJ. Witte in his reply returned
an absolute negative was reached
The crisis, therefore, is still to come
1t may be reached to-day, as the ces-
sion of Saghalin comes fifth in the list
The three articles" as they are Of
ficially designated in the brief COM
munications authorized to be given to
the press, which were disposed of yes
terday, are In substance as follows:
First-Russia's recognition of ia
pans "preponderating influence" and
special position In Korea. which Russia
henceforth agrees Is outside of her
sphere of influence, Japan binding her
self to recognize the suzerainty of the
reigning family, but with the right to
give advice and assistance to improve
the civil administration Of the empire.
Second-Mutual obligation to evacu-
ate Manchuria, each to surrender all
special privileges in that province, mu-
tual obligation to respect the terrific
rial integrity" of China and to maintain
the principle of equal opportunity of
all nations in that province (open
door,.
Third-The cession to China of the
Chinese Eastern railroad from Harbin
southwark.
There was never any question about
the acceptance on the part of M. Witte
of these articles" the first two COW
ering in most emphatic form the con-
tentions of Japan in the diplomatic
struggle which preceded hostilities.
The third is natural consequence
of the result of the war. The cession
Of the railroad, the building of which
cost Russia an immense sum, esti-
mated by some at between $780,
100000 and $2O0,0OO,OOO. is to go to
China. Japan and China, therefore,
will arrange between themselves the
method by which the former is to be
remunerated and through this fihan-
cial operation Japan might have a very
considerable portion of her claims for
the Expenses of the war" liquidated.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18
President. Cousin Injured.

Saville, L. l., Aug. 15.-Gladys and
Eugenie Roosevelt. cousins of Presi.
away here yesterday, Gladys probably
fatally. The girls are daughters of
away and dashed the vehicle against
tree.
Gladys, who drove the horse, was
thrown against the tree, head first, and
was picked up unconscious. Physicians
believed her skull was fractured.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18

Correspondents of the New York
Sun are carrying on discussion as
to who was the father of the United
States navy, but there is no question
that Admiral Dewey Is Its most dis
tinguished son.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18

That Montana man who has found a
way to raise 10000 bushels Of pota.
toes to the acre has fortune II he
can only insure ,proportionate In
crease Of the potato-consuming popu-
lation.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18

Algernon Charles Swinburne must
feel that his reputation is pretty well
established, as he would never have
ventured to publish that novel written
In the bright days Of his early man.
hood.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18

II you can catch the man who rocks
the boat. hold his head under water
until he is pretty sure that he is going
to drown. II you happen by accident
to hold. 1t a few seconds too long. ha
never win be missed.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18

A California man claims that he can
electrify eggs SO that people who eat
them will live forever, but 1t isn't like
Iy that he will succeed in becoming
anywhere near as notorious as Scotty
is,
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18

The Importation Of diamonds into
the United States has increased SO per
cent during the last ten years. And
still we seem to have plenty of money
left to buy automobiles with.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18

That story Of mans being kept
twenty-five years in the Joliet peni-
tentiary because the authorities for
got to hang him was not true. Other
wise 1t was perfect gem.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18

It's the hight of bad form in Japan
for a wife to express any opinion con-
trary to her husbands. What chance
had Russia against men who have
their wives bluffed like that?
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18

II the United States could drive yel-
low fever out Of Havana. why can't
she drive 1t out of New Orleans? :?
There seems to be sanitation work for
Gen. Wood down there.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18
THE HOLLY CHIEfTAIN
n. WI. Milford, Publisher.
HOLLY. COLORADO.
China has become 30 civilized that
1t has gone to picking quarrels with
other powers.

When automobiles are sold ON the
installment plan. everybody may ride
for . few weeks. at least
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18

Somebody who says he knows as
serts that whiskers grow faster in hot
weather than they do In cold. The
man who has to shave himself is sure
of 1t.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18

The. people who suffer from hay
fever have the consolation of thinking
that during the hay fever season they
are never without good excuse for a
vacation.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18

New York cops are amusing them
selves and getting more fattening food
by pie-eating matches. No wonder the
police can't run.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18

The conjecture that Miss Lillian
Russell fractured Ter rib as an adver-
tisement may be dismissed as un-
founded.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18

In view of the usefulness of lin
seed oil In suspending pigments the
hoggishness Of cornering It is appar-
ent.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18

A Chicago newspaper remarks:
After all, we are a simple people. +"
Now we wonder IL that could have
been meant for Sinful"
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18

The New York man who dropped
dead just as physician pronounced
him physically sound showed small
regard for the exactness Of medical
science.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18

THE high prices of meat in Ger
many are causing general popular
agitation" Shake. Germany! That's
the way We feel over here.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18

Miner scotty pronounces New York
a bum town" New York doubtless
appreciates the implied but unintend-
ed compliment.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18

The Kalamazoo philanthropist who
left $4,000 to provide tramps with
meals must want the fund to accumu-
late. A bath goes with each feed.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18

The ancients believed that kissing a
pretty girl was sure cure for head
sche. After all there's nothing like
the old-fashioned remedies.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18

Premier Balfour appears to be one
OF those stubborn persons who decline
TO quit before the third man is out
in the ninth.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18

Not all Darbys and Joans lived in
the age Of fable: as witness the Pitts
burg man who will not exchange his
wife for half million dollars.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-01-07
Fail the Most suitable Time.

In the fall. up to the middle of De-
cember, in Tennessee, the earth is
warm, therefore the warmth aids
termination of new roots of trans
planted trees. This is an unquestion-
able fact, therefore fruit trees will do
better is transplanted at this season.
In the spring, when most trees are
transplanted, the soil is cold and re-
mains in that condition until the heat
of the sun becomes unpleasant to per-
sons. The winters in the southern
states are generally so mild that it
can not hurt the fall-planted trees, be-
fore they become rooted. When trees
are set out in the fall that leaves that
much more time for attending to other
farm work in the spring. frequently
trees in the spring are overtaken by
cold in the cars, the roots become
chilled and they never recover from
that chilling. Put out fruit trees in
November, but be certain not to let
the roots be exposed to frost or freez-
ing winds.-Key.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-01-07
METHODS OF MODERN ART
Ship Set Afire in Order to Obtain Real
istic Effect of War Scene
at Sea.

Artists are often obliged to spend both
money and. labor to make the scenes on
their canvases realistic. Imagine the
difficulty of painting ship on fire when
one has never seen the reality. This
once happened to an artist who had
been commissioned to paint four pic
lures of the sea fight between Russia
and Turkey. The patron who had Or
dered the pictures was Count Alexy
Orloff. and they were to commemorate
the victories of the vessels under his
command. AS the artist had never seen
ship on fire he feared that he might
not do justice TO the subject. When he
told his misgivings to the count the
difficulty was soon remedied. The
count gave orders that 74-gun ship
should be set on fire. and as the flames
devoured the ship the artist quickly
transferred the scene to the canvas.
MISSIONER was the most conscien-
tious man in his work and spared no
expense or time to get the desired effect.
This accounts for the terrible realisms
to be seen in his canvases When paint
ing the picture Napoleon in 1874" he
needed model of the snowy roads. On
large wooden tray he modelled from
clay the scene he wished.to paint. The
ruts and horses footprints were care
fully formed and the whole sprinkled
with salt to give the snowy roads the
brilliancy which shows so we'll in the
finished production. Verestchagin
when visiting his studio one day
laughed heartily at the model. why
didn't you go to Russia and paint from
nature?' he questioned. There you
could have seen the snow, ruts and
horses hoofs just as you have repre-
sented them" 1t was also Meissonier
who bought wheat field and had 8
squadron of cavalry dash through it
so that he might see exactly how the
wheat fell under horses feet and paint
a wheat field in battle scene.
Another artist who shows most re-
alistic effects in his work tells how he
reached the end in view by taking in
finite pains. He was painting a pic
ture of Wellington on the field of Wa
terloo. The scene of this battle was
almost quagmire and the familiar
boots of Wellington must have been
splashed and stained with mud on the
day of the conflict. To paint the boots
true to life the artist rode for miles
through the mud till his top boots were
well spattered. These natural mud
splashings were then. transferred to the
canvas by the artists brush.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-01-07
A Teachers Testimony.

Hinton, KY, Nov. % (Special 1T has
long been claimed that Diabetes is incur
able, but Mr.. E. J. Thompson, teacher in
the Hinton school, has pleasing evidence
to the contrary. Mr.. Thompson had Dia.
betes. He took Dodd's Kidney Pills and
ing his cure Mr.. Thompson says:
Il was troubled with my kidneys for
more than two years and was treated by
two of the best doctors in this part of the
state. They claimed had Diabetes and
there was little to be done for me. Then
/ started to use Dodd's Kidney Pills and
what they did for me was wonderful. 1t
is entirely owing to Dodd's Kidney Pills
Many doctors still maintain that Dia.
betes is incurable. But Diabetes is a kid.
ney disease and the kidney disease that
Dodd's Kidney Pills will not cure has yet
70 be discovered.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-01-07

"A few neglected sheep will eat
up the profit of several good ones. Get
rid of the Improbable ones, and give
the others good care.
The Aldrich system is two rows OF
corn and two rows of cotton. all four
feet wide. You make about a full crop
of each, is the claim. Experience
seems to bear out the claim. Try it.
The cheapest way in the long run,
to clear land, is to dig or pillow out
the trees. There is no easy way to
clear land. to get it into cultivation;
be sure you do not pillow the land
when it is wet.
Timothy hay is not suited to the
needs of the sheep. Digestive disor-
ders occur when timothy hay is fed.
which often result in the loss of the
sheep. Glover and mixed hay may be
fed to the flock with good results.
I'm topping corn there is always .
considerable loss of weight. Accord
ing to some recent experiments, 100
grains of unpopped corn weighed 13
grams, while the same quality fully
popped weighed 90 grams. The diff
ference of four grams is claimed to be
the amount of moisture expelled.
Take time to clean the mud of
the horses legs after they are done
with their days work. You would not
like to go to bed with your old muddy
boots on. If you did, there would be a
rumpus before morning when your
wife found il out. And that surely
would not be comfortable.
I'm raising chickens for market
purposes, only one breed should be
kept. If more than one breed is kept,
the result will be flock of mongrels
after a while, with no two alike; and
the eggs will differ same as the fowls.
Uniformity is what the market wants
as well as good quality.
ITO get living is the mandate
given to every son OF man. Mems es-
Inmates of what constitutes living"
vary as the stars in Heaven To some
it means food, shelter and clothing
only. to the enlightened it means this
and more-books, travel, pictures, sol
itude. and leisure to get the best each
contributes.
On account of the fleece and car
cass both having to be considered
there is more difference in value be-
tween good and a poor sheep than
between the good and poor animals OF
other kind of stock. The fleece is very
important and the carcass equally SO.
and neither must be neglected at the
expense of the other.
Year by year the Dorset breed Of
sheep becomes more popular as it be-
comes more widely distributed. OF
more recent time the Demand for rams
and ewes of this sort has developed to
a large extent in the northern south,
Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia,
Virginia and North Carolina having
purchased = great many Of them
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-01-07

attract the fine particles, causing 1t to
crack more. II land is worked when
it is wet. also where water stands on
the land, and it then gets dry, it
cracks easily, then when it rains again,
instead of the soil washing in the
cracks the ground sweIls till the cracks
are closed up; and when dry weather
comes it is in nearly the same condi-
ton as before.
Wherever rain collects it forms .
scum on top of the soil. even where
it is sandy, causing less water to be
absorbed, and more to run off. Many
fail to raise good crops after deep
blowing, because below the surface it
was left too cloddy, and the subsoil,
generally cracking easier, lets down
the dry air to the roots. After plow-
lag about six inches deep, use q har-
row that will leave the clods on top;
it is great mistake to let the clods
stay below the surface. When you
have the first blowing well pulverized,
have good skim pillow or scraper at
tached to the beam, to scrape the fine,
rich, loose soil into the deep furrow at
the second blowing, which should be
over Is inches deep.
The subsoil or poor soil should be
on top, although it checks the young
plant in growing, but the plant that
grows the fastest and tallest will not
produce the best or most. / do not
think it necessary to pillow deep oftener
than once in 20 years, and l hope my
readers will try little piece that
way, TO be convinced. l have noticed
where there was rich soil, well pulver-
lied below, and about four inches of
sand on top, it produces good corn
even in the driest year. Deep plow-
ing gives the taproots a chance 10
grow strong before. they get to the
hard, dry subsoil, then they can grow
through it easier to reach the water.
Some imagine that the roots should
grow near the surface and that they
need much air. They only grow out
of the surface when it is too wet. then
when it gets dry the plant suffers SO
much more. / have noticed where the
Top Sui ID tOO IlCil anu iouoc, eoo many
roots grow too near the surface. The
same occurs if it rains often and only
little at time. Then when it gets
dry, especially after heavy rains, the
crop suffers severely, producing much
growth but poor gain. Most farmers
know that five stalks of corn to the
hill five feet apart, especially if it is
dry from tasseiing to ripening, will
not produce half as much corn as one
stalk two feet apart. Why, then, do
they keep on planting so far apart?
1t pays we'll to soak corn before feed
ing, but do not let it get sour; stock
will like it better, and it will do more
than twice as much good.-Cor. Jour-
nal of Agriculture.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-01-07
WHAT FARMERS SHOULD KNOW
Many Things to Learn by Hearing,
~ Reading or by Personal
Experiment.

A farmer must hear or read much,
then experiment much to learn lit
tie. Nearly all farm lands need bet
ter drainage. The better it is drained
the looser AID finer it will stay, and
the richer it will get. If the land is
nearly level, pillow it together in wide
lands or strips, the way it drains the
best. Pillow together at the same place
three times or more, SO there will be
much slope between the senter OF the
strips and furrow. After that pillow
crossways in small strips-that drains
your lands-it also produces much bet
ter. and will not cost you cent more.
If water stands on land that is well
pulvcr;zed II gets hard when dry, but
ff il is well drained it stays looser than
clndy land and cracks less. The clods
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-01-07
Trihe Twisted.

A professor in western college, while
giving an examination in mythology in
a country school. called up a bright
looking girl and asked the following
question: Who was Ganymede?"
Promptly came the answer: "Gany-
mede was the son OF Olympus and an
eagle
The class teacher blushed for her
pupil. and exclaimed: why. Elizabeth.
where did you learn that?"
Indeed, it says so in the book" re-
piled the girl.
The professor then asked the girl to
find the place and read the paragraph
aloud. whereupon the class was both
astonished and delighted to learn that
Ganymede was borne to Olympus by an
eagle.-Lippincott's Magazine
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-01-07
Tobacco Growing in Ireland,

Although 1T is Illegal to grow tobacco
in the British isles, Col. Everard, with
the permission of the chancellor of the
exchequer, has been experimenting at
Randalstown. County Meath. and it is
said that there is quite good hope of
a new industry being found for ireland
in this branch of culture. Prof. ]. N.
Harper, of the University of Kentucky.
an expert on the weed, declares that the
crop is as good as anything that Ken
lucky and Virginia can grow. The
moisture of the Irish climate is claimed
to be admirable for tobacco growing.
and the Emerald Isle also affords plen-
ty of the right kind of soil.-London
Globe