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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-11
900 killed BY
/ TORNADO; ENTIRE
/ 10WNSWEPTAQvAy
IA Terrific Storm Causes.
Awful Loss of Life
in Oklahoma. \.
Keller TRAINS#NOW
RUSHING TO SCENE
Half Of Population Of Snyder
Supposed to be Dead 81
Dying.
WIRES ALL DOWN AND
REPORTS VERY MEAGRE.
Nurses and Physicians Called
Ere From All Neighboring Towns
and Sent to Render Assist
anceA Special Train 3s5
Left Hobart About
2 "A. M nj
Half Of Population Of Snyder
Supposed TO be Dead or
Dying.
WIRES ALL DOWN AND "
REPORTS VERY MEAGRE
923Al:.M] NJ!
.(By Associated Press,

5, (By Associated Press.
@ GUTHRIE. OKLA, May II. ~ snyd er. Il
Okla homa was partly destroyed and 500 4
persons were killed and wounded BY q 81
tornado according to reports from Ho-S
bart Oklahoma, and Chlckasha, Il
84 The storm over the town at III Q. clock
Iatnight, demolishing It. as near as ~ y
ports can be obtained Il The first news
OF the disaster was received at Hobart.
Oklahoma, by telephone, giving I a bald
statement OF the tornado ) having struck u
the town. The wires, both telegraphic
and telephone. were torn down, ana no \
definite news has been obtained directly
from Snyder. 5;5 fss C; Y
b It is now impossible toSreach Lawton;
Qkah iona, the nearest telephone ex-S
change to Snyder, and all telegraphic I
connections are reported down betweHr4
sI1aWton and Snyder. Rescue trains have
been started from Hobart. Oklahoma /
and and chickasl,a,3 Il 7 which viii arrivea5
at Snyder This morning III
NJ, Egan. agent of the NJ Frisco \ a III
Snyder, IS reported among the " killed,
He L was formerly uperntendentEo tele-
graph for the Frisco system.
All the doctors. L nurses ana srescuers
available left Hobart and vicinity early
this morning in q special train for snyder.
Begging for Relief. H,
BY Associated Press.) Al 5sSSs s
4 FORT WORTH. TEXAS, May 1o.-Re-
ports over railroad wires to Fort Worth
say dispatches from Snyder. Okla, to the
train dispat Of the Frisco at Sa-
spulpa, report that a tornado struck Sny-8
der tonight, wrecking the town and X III (
ing hve hundred people, and relief IS \
asked for. "A message to the train dis
patcher, sent by the Fort Worth Record,
follows: we have same report, and are \
sending a relief. on the suppostion that
1T Is true. Wires all down., s3
Z, Telegraph operator at Chickasaw, /. r. ..s
states that he talked over the telephone
with Hobart. Oklahoma near Snyder,
and that all wires In the vicinity ~
Snyder are down, but relief trains are 4
being sent from several directions to ID
Snyder. Nv 5S.
Snyder Is a town OF 1000 people 4 n
Kiowa county Oklahoma. located on
the Frisco Railroad.
Five Hundred Killed.
(By4 Associated Press) .
7 OKLAHOMA CITY. OKLA, May -
The telephone operator at Hobart, thirty
two miles north Of Snyder, states that IT.
Is believed In Hobart that fve hundred
people have been killed and Injured.
Every one who can render assistance IN
tho capacity of physician nurse or other
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Judge c. %. Nicol. Of Manassas, extend
cd welcome OH behalf OF the citizens Of
tho town. Ills address was brief but
savcral times this speaker had to suspend
.mntil the applause died, Welcome you
as citizens Of u common country" he
said. Following whichIthue was prolonged
applause lie called attention to n The
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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10
The Hicks Almanac for 1905.

The Rev. Iri r. Hicks Almanac will
not be published for 1906. but his
monthly journal. Word and Works. has
been changed into n large and costly
magazine, and II will contain his
storm and weather forecasts and other
astronomical features complete. The
November number. now ready. con-
tains the forecasts from January to
June. 1906. The January number
ready December goth. will contain the
forecasts from July to December. 1906.
The price of this splendid magazine is
one dollar n year. See It and you will
have It. The November and January
numbers containing the Rev. Irl r.
Hicks forecasts for the whole year.
and more complete than ever, can be
had by sending at once Is cents to
Word and Works Publishing Company,
2.0l Locust Street, st. Louis. Mo.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10
Motto. Of Adjustment Day.

Estate Of Curtis v. Shelton, Deceased.
:. The undersigned. having been ap-
pointed administrator of the estate OF
Curtis v. Shelton. late of the County
OF Otero, In the State of Colorado, de-
ceased. hereby gives notice that he
Will appear before the County Court
OF said Otero County, at the Court
House In La Junta. In said County,
on Monday. the 4th day of Decem-
Der. A. d. 1905, at the hour of 10 n. m.
OF said day, at which time all per-
sons having claims against said estate
are hereby notified and requested to
attend for the purpose of having the
same adjusted. All persons indebted
to said estate are requested to make
Immediate payment to the undersigned.
dated at Rocky Ford, Colorado. this
4th day of November, A. d. 1905.
ANDREW w. SHELTON,
Administrator of the Estate OF Cur
tbs V. Shelton. Deceased. 24-27
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10
CONTEST NOTICE.
Department Of the Interior.
United States Land Office

Department of the Interior.
United States Land Office,
Pueblo, Colo. Oct. IL. 1905.
A sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed in this office by Oscar w.
Baker. contestant, against Homestead
entry No. 1883, made March is. 1901,
for e " W Y Section 32, Township
"a s., Range SO W., by George r.
Smith, contestee. in which 1t is alleged
that said George r. Smith has wholly
abandoned said tract for more than
one year last past: that he has not es-
tablished or maintained a residence on
said land, and has not cultivated or
improved same since said entry there
of and that said defaults exist at date
hereof: that there is no dwelling or
other improvement on the land at the
absence from said land was not due
to his employment in the Army. Navy.
or Marine Corps of the United States
as private soldier. officer. seaman
or marine, during the war with Spain
or during any other war in which the
United States may be engaged:
Now. therefore, said parties are
hereby notified to appear, respond and
offer evidence touching said allegation
at 10 o'clock n. m. on November 2S,
1905. before the Register and Receiver
at the United States Land Office in
Pueblo, Colo.
The said contestant having. in
proper affidavit, filed September 12
1905, set forth facts which show that
after due diligence personal service
of this notice can not be made, 1t is
hereby ordered and directed that such
notice be given by due and proper pub
lication.
22-25 S. a. ABBEY, Register.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10
A Mssvrsi Rssuit.

Too much whiskey and . desire for
trouble caused . row Saturday morn.
ing In the Mint saloon for four young
men Of the city. all Of whom were u.
ken to Frank Mixon's hotel to await
tho action Of the court. Three shots
wcrr nrcd by one Of the party but no
one was hit.-La Junta Republican.
Work IL progressing on the state
road between La Junta and Rocky
Ford and nearly n mile Of roadway
is now completed. The new tcn.ton
steam roller ordered by the county
commissioners has not as yet arrived
although word has been received that
Il was shipped on the s3d uitimo.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10
Tn. re,r."s System Of Hsse"di"s
Land TitisaF

Last week the Enterprise referred
20 the fact that J. y Gauser and ~.
q, cosgins were the frsi parties Ia
Otero TO take advantage of the pro-
visions of the Torrens law adopted by
Colorado In 1904
The proceeding Is merely simple
form OF a suit brought In the district
court by the owner OF the property
against all the world To qutet his title
In Colorado the county clerk and re.
eorder II the registrar OF titles
upon a hearing before the district
court the applicant 10 found 10 have
title proper for registration the court
enters a decree Of confirmation. and
the decree is binding upon all the
world. When the owner OF the regis.
tered property sells his land he makes
out an ordinary deed. = quilt claim is
as good as a warranty. because the
deed is merely a contract OF sale that
does not Of itself transfer the title.
The vendor surrendefs his certificate
for cancellation. the county clerk
makes the proper entry. and makes
out a new eer;ineat- TO the puf.
chaser A sale and transfer Of any
real estate can 'thuA he safely made In
q few minutes Tho immediate eneet
of registering a title is to make the
property q quick asset. The title 10
made absolutely perfect and always
remains So The county itself becomes
In reality the insurer Of the title. our
present system II expensive and In
ours great delay and insecurity In DEAL
ing with real estate. Eventually the
Law will operate tn dispense with the
necessity .of all abstracts OF title.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10
E.lI pte~i.s Nee. v.Is.sl..

Il make. very little dinsrenee
whether n farmer is q dry land advo.
cate or practices irrigation tho land 10
be cropped n~sf year should b piowed
deeply this autumn No amount OF
narrowing <sIsr the apFtng plowtng
will puiverisr the land a. viii the yin.
ter frost. Early planting b Da6e poe.
sibie with fall pioSipE. More moisture
10 absorbed and retained ana the crop
has an earlier and better start and
early grain invariably yields the bsst
~ Il ohseAps It's growth bseose The
summer deUath eomes on By plow.
ing In the fall the work 10 done and
out Of the way and . farmer can &c.
eompiish more In spring planting. A.
the harvest comes on earlier on fAIi.
plowed land autumn pi6winG gives an
Opportunity 60 be forshandsd from
year to year 30 as to keep ahead with
the work-one Of the hFst sasentiais of
success. The scarcity OF. labor nova.
days makes the fall plowtng all the
more imperative and the easly bird
will b up and doing without any
prodding. a.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10

Fred Cheek. Jr.. visited Pueblo Nom
day to dispose OF 200 cases OF honey.
Mr.. Cheek seems to have been the
most successful honey producer in this
section this year. almost all others
having no honey to sell. being COM
PEELED to buy sugar to feed their bees
during the winter. Mr.. Cheeks bees
which produced this honey were pas
tured In the Nine Mile country. His
bees up In the mountains did no good.
Owing to the scarcity OF honey this
season Mr.. Cheek will doubtless real
ize handsomely on this shipment.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10
ROCKY FORD. COLORADO.

Population $500
IS miles east Of Pueblo on
Santa Fe Ry.
Altitude. 1900 feet.
Almost perpetual sunshine.
Twelve fratsrnsi organisa-
tions- --
"a beard os trade and a good
social. club.
Creamery. canning factory.
Touring mill.
\ good sewer system and two
hne parks
A beet sugar factory costing
over si.ooo. .oos. ~
Seven church buildings. nine
church organizations
Free delivery Of city malls and
three rural routes
City water-artesian. ehemi-
eaiiy pure: electric light plant.
Otero county raised $1,000
bushels Of apples season 1904.
Two large brick school build
ings with eompetent corps OF
teaehefs-
American Beet Sugar Com
pany paid Ssso.ooo for beets
season 1904.
200 head Of cows supply milk
for the creamery. Need 200
more.
Coal costs sig dollars per ton.
Alfalfa averages four tons
per acre
Express business done 1904.
Sss.s0o.
Freight done by railroad Of
nee isos. ss:s.ooo.
Poultry costs from four TO
six dollars per dozen.
Cows cost from thirty To nfty
dollars each.
Groceries. and dry goods cost
about the same as elsewhere.
Horses cost from seventy
nve to one hundred and nifty
dollars each.
o,sro county has 5000 stands
Of bees: average profit per
stand s:-sc.
Ten farmers received an av-
erase Of $4,000 per acre for SUI
gar bse,s SEASON OF 1904.
Ten sarmers received an nv-
erase OF $4,000 per acre for
cantaiovs'es season Of 1905.
Ten farmers averaged over
10000 per acre raising seed for
!. planting. IT
d. SrSrhty thoosono eheep tru.
Average prodt IS cents per head.
The cultivated land II NIL wat.
cred from irrigasinE bitches. the
Arkansas river aad It's tributar.
les furnishing the water. Our
ditehes are a !. having FIRST
prior rights-
Value OF land with water.
within two miles of Rocky Ford
$50 and up Per acre. according
to location. improvements and
st1e Of tract.
Land within two miles OF the
' railroad. making . short haul
for sugar heets and cantaioupca
to the sub.stations. from ei:S
TO $3.50 PER acre.
Land. outside above descrip.
tons. same kind Of land wat.
cred from aame canals. from $50
to e7s PER acre. according to
distance and cultivation.
What Rocky Ford needs 10
more people 10 farm the pro.
ductivc lands. under the most
pleasant and sure conditions
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10

The East Otero Teachers Associa-
tion Will meet at the court house in
La Junta. Saturday. Nov. IL at p. m.
The program Is as follows: School
Sanitation and Decoration" by C. F.
Burke and Miss Ramsey. History of
Purchase OF louisiana" by Mr.. Miles
and Miss ORourke. Writing. by Mr..
Chas. Brown. Teachers and others In
terested are invited to be present.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10
Notice Of Adjustmeat Day.
STATE OF WARREN MAYO. DECEASED

Tho under.isncd having boon appcin,ed
iatr of the County OF Otkru. In the state OF
Colorado. deceased. hereby gives no:icc that
she will appear before the County Court of
Junta. In said County. on Monday. the 9Th
day Of November, A. ID. 1905. At tho hour OF
u o'clock A. ~. Of said day. at which time all
persons having claims against said estate arc
notified and requested To attend for tho pur-
pose Of having the same nd djustcd. All per-
son. indebted to said estate are rcaucst~si To
make Immediate payment TO tho under.
signed.
Dated at Rocky Ford. Colorado. this esth day
OF October. A. ID. 1905.
MARY J. MAYO. ADMINISTRATIVE
of the estate OF Warren Mayo, deceased.
u.s.,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10

a similarity of names was the cause
OF w. r. Cline receiving the G. a. II.
certificate OF II. X. Kline. who belonged
to the Clemens Post. Mt Pleasant.
Iowa In 1859. An interesting letter
from VIM. N. McGruder OF Haxton.
Colo. accompanies the certificate. II
any OF our readers know of the where
abouts Of n. K. Kline will they please
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10
Motto. Of Application to Lease State Land,
Office of the State Board }
of Land Coinmissioners

Utiicc OF the State BOntd I
of Land Commissioners.
Denver. Colo, Oct q, 'O6
Notice is hereby given that Ed. West.
whose post office address is Trinidad. Colo
rado on Oct. q. 1905. made application No.
l774 to the State board OF Land Commission.
ers to lease the following described School
lands situate I'm Otero county. Colorado. to-
wit: All of Sec. 36, Twp. q South.
Range 50 West.
No other applications to lease the above
described premises or objections against the
above application will be considered after
Nov. 23d, 1905.
22-25 MARK @. WOODRUFF.
Register State Board Lnnd Commissioners.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10

Among the many evidences of pros
perity In the valley. is the fact that
our clothing dealers are selling the
indian beet field workers suit cases.
an article Of personal property which
only few years ago was limited to
the tony members OF society. Great is
the Rocky Ford country.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10

]. d. Wolf of the Rocky Ford Steam
Laundry. is planning for removal to
new and better quarters and for n
great enlargement OF his business. He
has made a decided success of the
laundry business and we are pleased
TO notn this new evidence of prosper
ity and push.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10
Rocky Ford Birds Go to the Atlantic
Coast.

When a Rocky Ford poultry breeder
is called upon to ship fine stock as
far east as Maine the item Is one
worthy of special mention. Some
months ago Theodore Fisher of Bath.
Me-, saw and admired the white Ply
mouth Rocks raised by P. X. Blinn and
recently made an order of two cock
rells and 10 hens. which were shipped
this week
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior,
Land Office at Pueblo, Colo.

Department of the Interior,
Land Office at Pueblo. Colo,
Oct. 2S, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named settler has filed notice
OF his intention to make final proof IN
support of his claim, and that said
proof Will be made before Clerk of the
District Court at La Junta, Colo, on
December II, 1905, viz: William H.
Clark, II. e. 12757 for the n. Z. Il Sec.
81, T. 10 S. r. Sc w.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation of said land. viz:
John 7. Hester. OF Hester. Colo;
Frank L. Peterson, of Hester. Colo:
Leo B. Sample, of Rocky Ford, Colo;
VIM Hansbrough, of Ordway. Colo.
1926 S. A. ABBEY, Register.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10
Notice Of Application to Lease State Lands.
Office Of the State fioar,i
OF Land Commissioners,

of Land Commissioners,
Denver. Colo. Oct. -. Oa.
Notice 10 hereby given that W. u. Fen
ton. whose postofiicc address IL Rocky Ford
Colo. on Oct. 2tth. 1905 made application
No. i..5 to the State Board OF Land Cornmis-
sioncrs to lease the following described In
dcminty School Lands. situate In Otcro
county. Colorado. to-wit:-
NV \ of section Is. " u and Q r Of Sec
tion 20, all OF section q, u OF section ~. u u
and n y OF a q u OF section IS. all In township
- south. range 80 west.
NO other application to lease the above de-
scribed premises or objections against the
above application will be considered after
November I'D, 1906 -
z-ss MARK q. WOODRUFF
Register State Board Land Commissioners.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10

For hay seed w. r. Cline is
moving considerable real estate busi-
ness. Only recently he purchased
three houses In Rocky Ford of W. W.
Davis. Two of these he has sold to
Rasbcrry Hcnnrd and the other traded
to a. ". Buck for 1s0 acre ranch in
Stanton county. rs.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10
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Sheriff Barr passcd through Rocky
Ford Tuesday with d. A. and Eugene
Patterson. father. en- route to Fowler
FOR preliminary examination for
stealing n horse from Walter Mock
of Fowler. Tho horse wns found In
possession OF the pair In Pueblo.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10

Gail at the Enterprise office and get
copy of the n. Y. Tribune Farmer
which you can secure in connection
with the Enterprise on most favor
able terms. 1t is n splendid farm
paper.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10

L. r. Fenlason SAYS that some of his
renters of dwellings are paying ahead
of time in order to hold the houses in
case of sales which are probable.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10

G.. c. Hawkey is building a new
dwelling for w. B. Lowe 3 miles south
east Of town.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10
MEDIAEVAL LEGENDS SET FOR The PtAN0F0RTE

Mr.. Ferry Is the origin.
ator and principal exPouent Of the
lectu1e-Eecital idea +.--
lie Is the only blind pianist
In the worlds history who has
succeeded In winning an unques-
toned position in the front rank
Of his psofes<ion.
He u the only American pianist
Who ever played At the Imperial
Court Of Germany.
He Is the ouiy pianist, American
or Foeeign, Who ever sustained
himself for ten successive seasons
by coaeest playing aions In The
United SsaieA
he l. the oaiy pianist. living OF
dead. of any country. who ever
played twelve hundred eooeests In
seu consecutive yeass. New
Yosk Musical Courier.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10
c.n..Ioup. Shipments.

The following table gives the num-
Der OF cars shipped from different
points in the valley during the past
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10
N. WALTER DIXON.
Judge.

County Of Pueblo. -i
!, l.. B. Strait, Clerk of the District
Court within and for said County in
the Tenth Judicial District of the State
aforesaid, do hereby certify the above
and foregoing to be a true, perfect and
complete copy of an order made and
entered of record in certain cause
lately pending in said Court wherein
The Canon City Hydraulic and Irri-
eating Ditch Company. ct all, are ap-
Iron Company are appellees.
IN witness whereof. I have hereunto
SET my hand and affixed the seal of
said Court, at Pueblo. in said County,
this 2Srd day of October. A. D. 1905.
L. B. STRAIT, Clerk.
BY M. b.. FRASER, Dept.
lloistrict Court Seal Pueblo County,
Colorado).
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-06-22
KILLED BY PIRATES.
Massacre of $50 Natives on Siberian Coast
PIIlage Of Settlement.

San Francisco (SpeciaD "Details of
a terrible massacre by pirates of $50 ma
tives on the Siberian coast has been re-
ceived in letter from Petropavlovsk, on
the coast of Kamchatka.
A. Morogravlenof has written to his
brother, a resident of San Francisco,
that in the carly part of the year the
natives in one of the small settlements
down the coast observed a yacht, or
schooner, drop anchor in the harbor and
its coming was hailed with cries of re-
joicing
OH the vessel came a number of small
boats. The natives could see the crew
piling what they thought were supplies
into the smaller craft. Then the men
pulled for the shore
During that and the next day there
was heard the firing of arms, and later
smoke and fire were observed This led
to an investigation from PetropavlovSk
and other towns on the coast, and a hor-
rible tale of pillage and massacre was
brought to light.
About the streets of the settlement,
writes MoFogravlenof, were strewn the
bodies of $50 of the inhabitants, shot and
cut to pieces by the pirates, who, under
the pretense of friendship, had gained a
landing on the coast. Robbery was
their motive, for every hut had been ran
sacked, and anything of marketable value
had been taken.
Who the mirauders were, those who
managed to make their escape could not
say, beyond giving the information that
some japanese were in the party.
When Morogravlenof sent his letter
the people of Petropavlovsk feared at
attack on that town.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-06-22
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS

Complaint has been filed with the In
terState Commerce Commission against
the Southern Pacific Railway Company
by the Pacific Coast Jobbcrs and Manu-
facturers' Association, alleging a vio-
lation of the Interstate Commerce Act.
Capt. f. S Prime, lately detached from
command of the naval station at Port
Royal, 5. c., has been placed on the re-
tired list of the Navy, with the rank
of rear admiral
Governor Magoon has reported a num-
Der of new cases of yellow fever OH the
ISthmus of Panama
Governor Magoon has sent an official
communication to Colonel GorgaS, chief
sanitary officer of the canal zone, adj
vising him that it is the Presidents wish
that yellow fever be checked if it is
within the power of human agency to
do so.
The President has approved the find
ngs in the two trials OF Capt. George
w. }Kirkman, sentenced to dismissal from
the( Army and to confinement in the
0arsaant.arv