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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-01-12

Phenomenal activity. reaching to
every branch OF trade and industry.
marked the year 1905.
During the summer of 1904 the ma
tion began to recover from prolong'
ed season OF business stagnation. As
the months OF that year progressed.
conditions became more and more Ia
vorable. Both In speculation and In
the lines OF actual industry the spirit
of revival was extant. and the end OF
the year witnessed conditions that
were gratifying to business interests
In the extreme.
With the dawn OF 1905 this state of
affairs continued. and throughout the
twelve months growth In all lines OF
commercial enterprise was main
taIned.
There was not n month In which
the financial position OF the nation
was not strengthened. The business
;of the country gained momentum as
the year progressed. until In the nnal
weeks the most remarkable state OF
activity ever displayed In the history
OF the United States was witnessed.
Remarkable In many respects. the
distinctive feature of 1905 In Its hnnn.
cial and commercial aspect wns It's
evenneks. No machinery ran more
easily. more smoothly than the mae
rial currents. II was n steady ad.
vance In production and consumption:
a constant increasing demand for
banking Recommendations: nm accumn.
Iiation Of deposits. the immediate In.
dex OF expanding wealth. The latter
half Of tho period developed demand
for supplies which taxed the capacity
Of factories. mills and mines TO supply.
This was tho stimulation Of an un.
preccdented crop Of grains upon =
market expanded to normal proper.
tons. Tho earlier activity was tho
continuation Of tho previous year.
when business revived from year OF
staSnatIon and inactivity. from year
Of liquidation and pessimism. The
movement gathered force durlns the
winter. and with the open weather the
building operations Of tho people be-
came general. calling every Idle hand
into use. The indiccs Of material al.
fairs pointed to a strong pressure
everywhere. reflect tho bounty Of
Dame Fortune In tho ranks o! the
capitalist and the iaborcr.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-01-12
INSANE ASYLUM
REPORT OF coLoRADo's GREAT.
EST CHARITABLE INSTITUTION.
NEW BUILDINGS ARE NEEDED
Financial Condition Good - Number
Of Insane Rapidly inereasino-sixty
Patients In Denver County Hos.


Denvcr.-With insanity on the in
crease In Colorado. the State Insane
Asylum crowded to its utmost capac.
ity. sixty insane women waiting In tho
Denver County Hospital for accommo-
dations at Pueblo. and every county In
the state puzzlin. over the problem OF
the care Of its own citizens who are
mentally unbalanced. DIR. A. y. Busey,
superintendent OF the Colorado asylum.
In his annual report strongly urges u
definite consideration Of the situation.
Some person has said Colorado
coulG not take steps nt this time to
make further provision for the insane
says DIR. Busey. II would like to know
what more worthy cause or what
greater charity Colorado has than tho
insane uEon which to bestow care and
protection.
''Many of these people have been
good citizens and Taxpayers. and now
that they are helpless and defenscicss
they are cntitlcd to asylum and proicc.
iion. and should not longer be kept
In aimshouse.. jails and other untit
places Of abode.
''Ali friends Of the insane should
urge upon tho next Legislature the I'm.
porianca Of making some provision'for
these unfortunate people. as other
states do. The time To successfully
treat the insane is Immediately after
the attack begins. and this cannot ba
done II nome place In not provided
where they can bc taken. One reason
to-day why Colorado has No many
hopeless. incurabic insane In because
they have been confined In JailS and
Poorhouscs awaiting admission To tho
oycrcTowdcd inSan. asylum. until
a. -. a..
incurabic before they could obtain
insane. and inasmuch m the state has
these wards. Il should have institutions
Ia which To treat them"
There arc nj present In the inaiitn.
iion at Pueblo 753 patients. Of whom,
:17 arc women and ~; men. During
the year the total number treated var
S0l. S.w accommodations scf- made
last year for ZOO additional patients.
and these are almost all hiicd.
The number al insane persons IN
rapidly Increasing throushou, tho
state the superintendent declares.
land more additions will have tn In
provided or n new asylum built. Their.
ar- sixty women now In the Drawer
County Hospital awaiting admission
Tn. financial condition al the insii.
tuition. DR.. bus-y says. IL excellent.
With the legislative appropriation oe
aiio.osp. and the i's,h mill from tho
tax levy. he believes the birn.
NAL period will sc ended ~i,hoat debt.
Some Interesting hEur~s arc given
regarding the eaa, of caring for III. In.
sane of Colorado. The monthiy aver.
aE- of expenditures for wages. main
trnanc-. etc. for the year Just closed
vas ts.itt.ss. or daily i--F capita cs'
prnsr of less than ]. crnts. Even with
the improvements that were made last
year tho per capita esp-nsr is ~sti'
mated 1t but ~ c-n,s. This Ia eonaii.
cred a remarkable showing. which Dr.
nuscy says cannot b. Improved upon
BY any insane asylum In the county.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-01-12
mosr NOTABLE BOXING evgnrs.
Two New Champions Have Fought
Their Way to the Top.

Perhaps tho three most notable box.
Ing events Of the pas, year were tho
retirement OF James J. JcHrics. tho
succession Of Battling Nelson to tho
lightweight title Of the world through
his victory over James Edward Britt.
and the ANAL defeat OF Robert ritx.
simmons by philadelphia Jack
o'Brien. Each OF these events added
to the interest In the sport. as they
brought new names and new faces bc.
fore tho public. In general way tho
bouts OF the year were remarkably
free from scandal. and there vas no
taiut attached to any Of the bigger
ones or even to one which commanded
a large sectional interest.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-01-12
DEATH LIST - A LONG ONE.
Many Prominent Men In All Linss
Called During 1905

Among the persons Of world wido
reputation. leaders in their various
departments Of the worlds activities.
who died during tho year isc; arc:
Jan. 4. Theodore Thomas. the pioneer
Of orchestral music and lifelong aaso-
cats Of the higher music in America:
Jan. .. Louise Michel. tho French So
cialissic aEtiator: Jan. ie. Robert Lo-
rainc Clifford. one of the best of tho
old school American landscape paint.
crs: Jan. Is. George II. Boushion. tho
English landscape painter. whose
works arc well known In this eoun.
try: Feb. .. Adoiph wilhelm Mcnscl.
the greatest Of modern German paint.
crs: Feb. Is. Lew Wallace. the sol.
dicr and novelist: Feb. is. Jay Cooke.
war: Feb. II. Grand Duke scfrius of
Russia: March 81. Jules vcrncs. tho
brilliant French novelist: Feb. 20. Pic
iro Tacchina. the Italian astronomer:
April -. Joseph Jefferson. the beloved
and popular actor: May &c. baron Al.
phonsc dc Ro,hschiid. governor Of tho
Bank Of France: June IL. baron Na.
thanici dc Ro,chschild. the Austrian
representative Of the financial house:
June IL. Arehduke Joseph Of Austria:
June IL. Maaimo Gomez. the Cuban
patriot: July I. John Hay. secretary
Of state. whose successful diplomacy
helped 10 make the United States .
world power: July 4. Jacques Eiisce
Rccius. the French eeosrapher: July
-. Jean Jacques Henner. the modern
Titan among artists: Aug. 20. Ad.
olphc william Bouxuereau. the well.
known French nEure painter: Aug.
II. Mary Mafer Dodge. the editor OF
81. Nicholas: Aug. II. Francesca Ta-
msguo. the Italian opcrs;ic singer:
Sept. Is. George Macdonald. the Eng.
lish novelist: Sept. ::. Nine. CALI.
Marie. the French prima donna: Sept.
81. DR.. Thomas John Barnardo. the
London phiianthropis, and father Of
the waits: Oct. IL. Sir Henry irving.
the English actor: Oct. y. floren,
landscape school: and Nov. s. Sir
George Williams. founder Of the
Young Mems Christian association.
In politics the leading names of the
dead are those of Secretary Hay. Sen.
a,ors Hawiey and Plat, Of Connec,i-
cut. George 8. Boutwell, Of Massachu.
se,ts, John II. Reagan of Texas and
Gen. fitahush Lee.
Conspicuous in the religious list are
the names of Bishops Merrill and
Joyce Of the Methodist Episcopal
church. Bishop McI.aren Of the Prot.
estant Episcopal church and Arch.
bishop Chapelie of the Roman Cath.
Ollie church.
Deaths during December were as
follows: John Bartlett. compiler of
''Bartiett,s Familiar Quotations" a;
Cambridge. Mass. aged as. United
States Senator John II. Mitchell OF
Oregon. at Portland. aged 90: Louisa
Eldredse tAunt Jouisa,. vell.known
actress. In New York city. aged Is:
Edward Atkinson, social and political
economist. in Boston. aged rs: Sir
Richard Claverhouse Jebb. noted
Greek scholar. in London. aged si;
William sharp. Scotch poet and nov.
elist. author of novels published un-
der the pseudonym of Miss Fiona Mac.
leod. in Sicily, aged so; Judge Muir
ray r. Tuley. Nestor of the Chicago
bench. well known as jurist through
out the United States.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-01-12
ENORMOUS sums OWEN AWAY.
More Than Sss.ooo.ooo o,strisused b
oeossovs phiIsntheooisss.

The contributions to charitable and
educational institutions during the
year Just past have exceeded those OF
isol by o large sum. The total amount
of gifts reach the immense figure OF
ss.1ol.i3s. or sis1 q minute.
The records upon which these ns.
ures are based are necessarily incom.
plete. as the amounts published from
day to day In the papers are taken to
compile the estimate. and 5000 has
been the minimum considered. II II
probable that the multiplicity OF small
donations would raise the total by
$4,000. 600 a, least. Individual eivers.
too. are here accounted for only.
which fact prevents the list from en-.
rolling the big contributions to the
Russian Jews.
More than one.,hird Of the contribu.
,ions has gone to educational institu.
,ions. Eighty.two colleges and schools
are named in that part Of the annual
report. though. even so. the gifts TO
this cause would not have stood in
such overwhelming proportion TO the
benefactions of the whole twelve
month had not tho three largest dona-
tions of all fallep under this head. In
April Mr.. Carnegie set by s1o.oO0.O0O
as fund for aged educators. followed
a month later by Mr.. Rockefeller.
with another sio.o0O,o00 for the cause.
of general education. while the tragic
death of Mrs. Leland Stanford threw
into this same scale si,s15.o0 more.
The dozen most lucky" universities
RINK then rs follows:
Leland Stanford ......................sf. .sf.S9S.opp
Harvard ........s............ss l-gN.vo
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-01-12
RAILROADS HAVE MADE MONEY.
Earnings Of Lines % Over Two sIi.
lion Qeiiars.

Earnings Of lIneo % over Two DiI.
lion Dollars.
For the nrst time tho steam rail.
roads OF tho United States have earn.
ed more than 5000. .o0o. 900 In one
year. tho high water mark being
reached In 1905. Not only were the
gross earnings heavier than In any
previous year. but tho net earnings
were also larger. despite tho fact that
more money was spent for physical
improvements. locomotives. freight
and passenger cars than In any for.
mcf year.
Tho number Of ircish, cars built In
1908 was iss.&ss. an Increase Of 5000
over amy former year. while the num-
Der Of passenger cars built was 1851.
an Increase OF over 900. There wcrc
s.Ssi locomotives built In 1905. an In.
crease Of 1000 over tho previous year
and OF $50 over 1909. tho next iarscs;
year.
There we're <.s1s miles Of nov rail.
road built last year. 700 miles moro
than iu 1904. tho total mileage OF the
end Of 1905 bcin. :i7.s:s miles. The
greatest activity In railway eons'rue.
iioa vas IL tho Southwestern and
Northwestern states. In these tao sec.
lions morc than half tho year u milo.
age being built. Tho coming year
~iii sec a great amount Of nc~ road
built In tho Northwest. AZ the 81.
Paul. Burlington. and Gould lines arc
trying to rush extensions to the Pa.
eiac coast. and the Northwestern IL
also developing It's system
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-01-12
Fort Logan large, Range.

Washington. - Lieutenant General
Chaffee has announced the creation OF
a military reservation comprising sso
acres Of land in Douglas county. Colo
rado. TO be designated as the Fort l.o-
gan target range. Deeds from Mrs.
Seilie Cheesewright. William II. Lith.
gov and the Denver Sugar. Land and
irrigation Company. conveying TO the
government the lands in question. have
been completed and recorded.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-01-12
srssnorn IN MONEY csnrsss.
osssssss Fear Of All on the Stock
Exchanges

Considered from almost any nho
every paint Of sic~. but sauscd par.
ticuiasiy BY Ne~ York stock exchange
standards. 1905 has been tho great.
es, year Of all. Whereas 1909 brought
the stock market aeiuEc for the sins
of excessive trus, promotion. CONNER
ciai ovescspansioa AMI speculative
dcbauchcs Of Immediately previous
years. and iscs bsouRh, the moderate
af,csciap Of the uphcssai Of the cs-
changes ia moderate commercial re-
precision. tho year nov cicsed has
been tuned TO one dominan, nose-op-
simisiic progress.
The signs are many. hut few stand
oat 80 strongly as proof Of develop
men, that to cite them IL conclusive.
briefly. these may be summarized ss
follows:
Never has the farm wealth Of the
country equaiea that of 1905.
Commercial failure liabilities. In
spite Of exceptional banking disturb
auecs Of sporadic character. have
been iess actually and relatively than
In any period siace the panic days Of
iiSsa. with the exception Of 1859.
Total deposits Of tho national banks
of the country sre greatest In history.
and aggregate loans Of the banks like.
wise at the highest level indicate that
money Il being closely employed.
Using pig iron production a. one Of
the tests Of scsefsi industry. an es,i.
mated increase Of about AN per cent
In both production and consumption
Indicates unparalleled activity.
Railway earnings Of the roads OF
the country roughly exceed all pre-
itious records By 5is per cent.
Both imports and exports Of mer-
tehandise In the foreign trade Of the
country once more have attained new
high records.
+ Prices Of leading securities. both
railway and Industrial. used to ascer.
tain the mean level of stock market
values. during the last month Of the
year have eciipsed all previous high
marks.
Speculation Of the country. as meas.
ured by the sales Of stocks on the
New York stock exchange. has sur.
rasset even the enormous totals of
1901. when trust financing was at its
height.
Finally. seats on the New York
stock exchange have sold at the phe-
nomenaily high price of $4,000. sus.
sesting what the Wall street forecast.
ers think speculation barometer Of
trade will Indicate from prospcriiy's
signals in 1906.
When the year opened. progress. de-
iayed enough for a season in the year
previous TO show temporarily de
creased railway ,rafic. steel and iron
depression. dormant speculation and
slu,,ed money markets. had been re-
sumed. The success Of the crops of
1904. and the very plcntifulness of
money supplies the world over were
the basis on which this resumption
started.
Given good harvests progress al.
ways is more or less certain. but the
factor Of cheap money just a gear ago
and the knowledge that in 1903 liqui.
dation had cleaned out most Of the
weakest spots in business brought up
one pertinent argument before mer-
chant, manufacturer. banker and spec
ula;or. That was that. with ever-in-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-01-12
rAsm vs,css SLIGHTLY LOWER.
Inevitable When the Gnermovs Crops
Ass ceasldssed.

with enormous crops Of grain over
the West Il Ia natural tha; farm prices
should average lower. but declines ~
compared with tho high average Of
1904 were small ~ compared with
ycars prior 10 1904. with the exception
Of sorn. oats. and barley. which are
lower. Farm prices Dec. I for the
past six years as reported by the Do.
partment Of Agriculture compare as
follows:
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-01-12
Grain.

Wheat. choice milling. per 100 lbs.
si.2s. Rye. Colorado. bulk. per 100
lbs. Oats. bulk. Nebraska. No. ,.
white. si.os: same in sacks. 9i.1s: Col.
orado white. in sack. H.as. Corn. In
bulk. sac. Corn chop, sacked. e1c.
Bran. Colorado. per 100 lbs, soc.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-01-12

Following education the benefac.
tions OF 1905 rank as follows: To gal.
leries. museums and societies of kin.
dred aims went S7.024 900: TO
homes" hospitals and asylums. S..
39l.500. with 34.7O0.175 to m.scellahe.
ois charities. Church works OF vari.
GUS sorts followed close with $i.424.-
1857. and Sl.993.O0o for library build.
ings. Add TO these totals 32.43S. 900
which came In gifts other than OF
cash. though valued ''ofiicially." and
this country is found to have received
In all 3si.OSs. s.432-s2.0l5. 900 was sent
to dc It's work In foreign fields.
The roll OF honor" where one may
rank the sivers OF millions, reads:
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-01-12
Ray.

Upland. per ton. fio.sod 1900: sec.
ond bottom. ss.souio.oO: timothy.
s1s.ooH 1900: timothy and clover.
sii.oo:: alfalfa, prime, sS.oo6e.so:
straw. $1,000 $50: South Park uirs
grass. si5.oO.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-01-12
Hogs

Comparative Receipts
Year to January 9Th ............ l-ei!
Same period las, year .......... $.S,s
Decrease. ..sss.sssss.s..sss .sssS
The following quotations represent
tho prices paid on this market:
Choice heavy .......... $500 s.ss
i.ish, and mixed packers sisU s.::ts
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-01-12
Sheep.

Comparative Receipts
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-01-12

Comparative Receipts
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-11-15
BOSTON FISH MEN
/. PLAN s5,000,000
COMBINATION

Boston. Nov. 15-Plans for the alleged
OF the majority Of the princi-
pai fish dealers of Boston into one con-
cern to be known as the National FISH
cries company, incorporated under the
laws OF Maine, with capital Of $5,coooo0,
were reported
The project would make Boston the
greatest fish mart in America and would
be a serious blow to the great Gloucester
Industry. All branches OF the business,
which heretofore have been conducted
onlyby Gloucester firms, will be under
taken by the new company, and IL Is said
that vast tract OF wharf space will be
acquired, either in East Boston or South
Boston, where a large warehouse Will be
built and an extensive driving. curing,
freezing and smoking plant will be es-
tablished.
Sailing vessels at present VIII T3t be
taken over by the proposed combine. IL is
said. II being planned 20 revolutionize the
industry by the general introduction of
steam trawlers.
one OF the features OF the system will
be the making OF a standard price TO he
paid for fish. regulated with regard TO the
supply and demand, thus doing away kith
tho present system OF auctioning the car
goes. BY this method Il IS claimed the
fishermen who Games in late in the day
will receive as good prices for his catch
as the early arrival condition which AT
present does not exist. The merger would
take In. II is claimed. one local company
which operates three large steel steamers
In the Pacific ocean, catching halibut be-
tween British Columbia and the Grand
Banks and shipping them across the con-
tinend to this city. At T wharf. proba, ~
the most famous fish marke. nthe coun-
try. nearly $e.5O0.0o0 worth Of fish - sold
annually About 400 me mare employed
IN the industry and Boston vessels last
year landed in this port about 100000
pounds OF cod and similar FISH, several
million pounds more OF sworVifish and
about 100000 pounds Of herring. Curtis
G. Metzler OF this city according 10 to-
days reports. is attorney for the proposed
combine
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-11-15
M|L|T|AMEN AID
IN SEARCH FOR
ESCAPED CONVICT

Thomaston, Me, Nov BIN the search
for Francis, the much wanted negro Grim
inal who escaped from the state prison,
both sides OF the Kennebec river at Bath
and Woolwich were guarded today by the
Bath militia company which was called
out shortly after / a. m.
No trace OF him had been found at
o'clock The mllitlamen were armed with
rifles and bayonets and the order was 10
capture Francis dead or alive.
While the reports that located Francis
I'm Woolwich. Wiscasset and near Bath
yesterday seemed conclusive and request
ed prompt and stringent action, Warden
Norton said today that the guard In this
county would be kept up until he is posi-
tive Francis has evaded IL. lie hopes for
a fall OF snow. so that the desperate may
be tracked.
One OF the worst OF the many false re-
ports received concerning the whereabouts
OF Francis came at 10 o'clock this morn
ing when IL was stated he had been cor
nered In the Stevenson cottage near Cam
den and help was required 10 capture him.
A special electric car with about 100 police
officers and citizens. many of whom were
armed, started for Camden. Just at that
time a deputy sheriff returned 10 Camden
village and reported he had been unable
10 find any trace OF an intruder in the
cottage. The origin OF the alarm was the
fact that glass had been broken recently
I'm two windows OF the cottage.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-11-15

Nashua. Harry LLOYD OF Boston, Greene
Of Rhode Island, Donovan OF NorWalk,
and Kennedy of New Haven,
Ex-Gov. Garvin offered the following
resolution.
Resolved. That in every New England
state the Democratic party should seek
TO alter the organic law 80 that reason
able minority OF the voters. not exceeding
10 per cent may by petition propose spe-
cifc amendments 20 the state constitu-
tion. and have the proposition SO made
submitted 10 the qualified electors for
adoption or rejection by a majority vote.
10 the end that tho people may possess
direct and complete control OF the states
fundamental law"
This resolution was adopted and re-
fcrred TO the executive committee, which
met Immediately on adjournment OF the
league and organized With the election
OF George Fred williams as chairman and
Mai. Crowley secretary.
During the conference prior To the for
nation of the league motion by eN-
GOV. Garvn that the consideration OF ma
tionaf candidates and national policies be
postponed for ono year was unanimously
adopted.
These officers were elected.
President. the Hon. Alexander Tfoup.
New Haven. Conn; secretary. Robert j
Crowley Lowell: treasurer. Col. II. H.
Quinn. Warwick. r.. I. ce-presidents,
Dr George l. Crockett. Thomast0n, Me;
Col A. G. Drinkwater. Braintree. Mass: 4:
Napoleon J. Dyer. Iaconia. y IL. the
lion. Lucius r. G. Garvln, Cumberland.
r. l.: jeremiah Donovan. Connecticut.
executive committee. e. Il. Paul. Rock.
nort, Me-, George Fred Williams, Bos-
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-11-15

After voting that they would not con-
slider national candidate for the presi-
dency, or national questions for year,
nearly two score Democrats, of more or
less prominence in the New England
states launched at the quincy House,
Boston, yesterday. Col. Alexander Troup's
cherished New England Progressive
Democratic League
This league Is ITO educate by propagan-
da upon subjects which appear TO be up
permost for the interests of the people.
from time TO time" IL Is 20 organize
clubs which subsequently by election are
10 perpetuate the league itself
"Hearsts name wasn't mentioned IN the
meeting" said Mr.. Troup warmly, after
the doors were opened TO the news
paper men, NOR was IL Bryan meet
ing
According to Col. Troup invitations
were extended TO the most prominent
Democratic leaders i'm every New Eng
land state, about 100 In all. Those pres
ent included eX-Gov. l.. L. c. GarVin, eN-
Mayor George w. Greene OF Woonsocket,
Judge Frank T.. Fitzslmmons OF Lincoln.
Peter c. Cannon OF Providence, and Col.
T. H. Quinn OF Warwick.
Col. Troup was made chairman. and
Mai. Crowley OF Lowell. secretary.
A committee OF five on scope and plan
was appointed - Messrs. LedouX OF