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The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1906-05-26

key was. Of course. Mt a high premium
but keg OF 'lager'-a drink less pop
ular then than MOVEMENT begging IL
our company.
But our brief holiday was dravint
TO q close, for by this time GAe,
rope had some mixing OF the disas.
ter which iurked in his rear. When
some time after dark. having set fire
TO the remnant Of the stores. we tool
the road to Centervilie. our mystin.
cation a. to Jackson's plans was com.
plete. Could he actually be movine
on Washington with his small force
or was he only seeking to escape &c
the mountains! The glare Of our BIS
bonhre lighted up the country fol-
miles. and was Just dying out when
We reached Centerville."
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1906-05-26
RAILS AND WIRE FENCING.
Old Style Fencing Giving Way Slowly
But Surely to the More Nod.
ern Method.

Much OF the old rail fence il stili
In use In many sectious- Though not
SO neat and attractive as the wire or
board fence. 1t has some points of ad-
vantage over ether kinds The rail
fence can be easily opened to pass
through from field to held with binder
or other machinery. Also rails make
handy cross fences or hog lot fences,
being easily taken down and put up
again. 10 as to change size OF. or
fubdivide lots or fields. About the
nrst rails made were split out OF
white oak and many Of these. after
20 Or 80 years use. are yet sound. The
same may be said OF chestnut rails.
but those made OF black oak are not
60 lasting. Stock. especially horses.
are seldom hurt BY rail- fences. yet
many are ruined or blemished for life
by barbsd wire cuts.
The barbed or woven wire fence Is
4 necessity in places where little other
material IL to be had. and eventually,
when the wooden iances have all rot
ted down. We must use the wire. which
is neat. looks we'll. takes up little room
and fewer posts than the rail fence. II
will stand up longer and better agains,
wind and proves an effective barrier
to passage of farm stock or some wild
animals.
As fast al needed supplant rails with
woven wire about 81 inches high OF
nine strands. Two inches above It
stretch barbed WIRE This will turn
horses. cattle. hogs and sheep. bot
another wire eight inches higher
makes It safer for horses or unruly
stock. says the Farm and Home. Posts
should be placed about eight feet apart
and alternate ones need only reach to
top Of woven wire. and these might be
Of old rails cut i've feet long. Long
posts should be of heavy white oak
and six and one-half to seven feet
long. Inserted two to two and one-half
feet In ground. Stretch all wires tight
ly and anchor end or corner posts we'll
with heavy braces. Such fence With
two barbed wires will be about IS
inches high and cost for wire and posts
from 30 to IS cents per rod.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1906-05-26
rampsrine with English.

New Importance has been given by
two announcements to the old question
Of reforming English spelling. One
is that the department OF school super
in,endents Of the National Education
association has submitted q trial list Of
ten reformed" words. The other Il
tina; Mr. Carnegie has offered money
for the supper, OF n simplined spelling
board. on which many distinguished
and cultivated men have consented to
serve. II Is not time yet. believes the
Youths Companion. to say how mach
can be done to make the spelling Of
some English words more nearly pho
netic. or TO estimate the value Of ar
guments for and against changes Id
SceoEraphy- One thing may b .aid.
however. that no Language will pre-.
sent greater dimculties to those ~ho
would change old habits than the Eng.
iish language. for II u the tongue Of
two great nations. neither Of which
has Intellectual authority over the
other. Even now England and Amer
lea disagree on the spelling Of "humor"
and similar words.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1906-05-26
JAcksoN's BIG CAPTURE.
How stonewall's Cavalry Took Aanas.
sas and the Soldiers Divided
the Rich Plumber.

Allen c. Redwood. the artist. was
with Jackson'a Foot Cavalry at the
Second Manassas," and from his ac-
count In the Century We quote as
follows: All this time We had the
vaguest notions Us to our objective:
at first we had expected to strike the
enemy's right flank. but as the march
prolonged itself a theory obtained IT.
self that we were going TO the valley.
But We threaded Thoroughfare Gap.
heading eastward. and in the morning
OF the third day august 30 struck a
railroad running north and south
Pope's line OF communication and sup
ply. Manassas was ours!
What u prize It was! Here were
long warehouses full OF stores: cars
loaded with boxes OF new clothing en-
route to Gen. Pope. but destined
to adorn the backs OF his enemies
camps. suffers shops-'no eating up
Of good things. In view OF the abun-
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1906-05-26
THE JOURNAL
MONTE VISTA. COLORADO.
Necessities and Lrxur,e.


One al our eo-respoa6ents-for
tunats man-nnds himself able to cor
robnrats the elaborate computations
By which the commercial agencies
prove that the cost OF living" has
steadily decreased in recent ysars. and
that 1t u now much less than II used
to b. Thsrs Il. We think. something
more than . general Impression. At
least among PEOPLE Of small or mod
crate means. that these computations
arc vitated BY mysterious mac
euracy. and that, ~ 4 matter Of fact,
the ordinary expenses Of running =
modest household have IN the last de-
cade increased nearly II not quite IS
per cent Our correspondent supplies
the explanation. Things really are
cheaper. he says. but everybody has
Teen transferring items from the cat
eEory Of luxuries to that OF necessi-
Ties. and that is why the salary or the
u 1t did ten years ago. There may be
something In this theory: indeed.
there probably 1t. 1t will be extreme
ly hard, however. TO convince every
body that 1t accounts for everything.
One cannot but regret that 1t Is I'M
practicable to figure out these aver
ages from retail prices-that Is. from
the prices that everybody pays. II Is
. sad fact that a slight reduction In
Wholesale prices makes no difference
in retail prices. while an advance Of
the same size makes a difference OF
from i've to ten or 20 times as large.
Perhaps here IL the key to the mys-
tery-the advances have all counted.
while a good many OF the decreases
have never reached the consumer.
Anyhow. 1t is Of little use to advise
return to the simplicity Of our ia
theirs. II canno, be done. The IA
theirs were as simple as they had to
be. and no more. and they were COM
forted merely because they had not
learned what comfort Ii. Their lux
uries really are our necessities. and
there Is no help for II.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1906-05-26

partment OF agriculture. Dissolve
one ounce Of strychnine sulphate
in one pint OF boiling water.
add = pint Of thick sugar syrup
and stir. Preserve In . close vessel.
This quantity Is sufYcient to poison
one-han bushel Of shelled corn or
other grain. Steep the corn In hot
water and allow II to soak over night.
Then drain and allow II to soak for
several hours In the poison syrup.
Corn may be rubbed In meal to remove
the excess OF moisture.
This poisoned corn may be intro
duced into the runways by the use OF
. dipple and 4 spoon. This dipple.
shown In the sketch. may be made
from a spade handle with . metal
point and 4 strong bar upon which
TO place the foot In forcing 1t Into the
ground. The bar should be about Is
inches from the point. A hole IL made.
. spoonful OF poisoned corn dropped
Into II and the hole left open. The
corn. OF course. must be put In or near
the main runways.
Trapping is n good method II fol-
lowed persistently. It Is adapted to
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1906-05-26
POCKET GOPHER AND Its BuRRow

smali neid.. where only a lev gophers
are present. A small steel trap nay
be employed. but there are . mum er
OF special gopher traps on the mar
ket. These traps must be set In tae
main gopher tunnel.
Carbon bisuiphide has bee, ued
extensively for ki.inE gophera. II t.s
burrows are large In dry soil. however.
the gas evaporates - rapidly that
much OF the liquid u required To kill
the animals and the methods 10 sxpen-
si,e. II the burrows are small "a
moist soil. an ounce Of the liquid to
each burrow 10 su@cient. Pour the
carbon bisuiphide over = bunca Of cot
ton rags or other waste material and
push this quickly Into the burrow and
Close the opening. All the farmers In
community. says the Orange Judd
Farmer. must coopsrats In order to
sxtsrminats the pocket gopher. Tn.
less they are sradicatsd from the
nelghborhood they Will soon cone In
and rsstock the territory.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1906-05-26
FLAG WHICH has A HISTORY,
Story Of the Banner Which Was Used
to Draps President L!neoln's Box
at ford's Theater.

As the stream OF visitors pours every
day into the treasury. writes a CORE
spondent TO the Atlanta Constitution,
not one In hundred stops at the mar
row room which is the headquarters OF
the captain Of the watch. I had been
through the building so times before I
saw the interior Of that room. One day
Its keeper said to me:
Did you ever see my fag!"
On being told that had not he took
me into plainly furnished room. whose
only ornament Is silk United States
nag. protected In glass frame.
That was the nag with which the
presidents box vas hung on the night
OF his murder by the mad ASSASSIN.
Booth shot Lincoln from the rear and
then leapsd on the stage TO make his
s'ckeninE proclamation Of sic semper
Tyrannis." As ne Jumped from the box
his spur caught In this Gag and made
rent OF several inches.
During the war. Gen. Phil Cook
OF Georgia. pushed = brigade almost
TO the Gates Of Washington. and had
the honor Of leading the only con.
sederaie force that ever fought In
the District Of Columbia. II vas ~
Ut Frazier's farm. on the Baltimore
I Ohio railroad. and Gen. Cook says
that the dome Of the capitol was clear
~ visible to his men ~ they fought
II was to inert this raid that . regi
ment Vas formed out OF the employee
Of the various departments In Wash
ingtoa. The city vas full Of southern
sympathisera. but 4 large aumbes OF
ladies contributed 10 the purchase oil
. beautiful nag for the Home Guard
They bore Il Into one or two battles
bot Il ses0s that Il vas asves II an,
lively quartsrs. ~ II vas perfect whsr
Manager Ford borrowed Il 70 draps
the presidsnts bog on The aight Of
bis assassinatioa. Il 10 nov growias
yellow With ass. but Il 10 preserved
o. one Of the relics Of our civil rev,
olution. - . thrilling testimonial Of
oss Of The Da11est acts ever perps.
trstsd ~ Q frsazied mortal
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1906-05-26

Aaacs II vas no easy matter to deter
milne what ws should eat aaA drink
and whssswithai ~ should - eiothed:
oss vas limited II his cAoios y oaiy
% mueA - - coslA transport. and the
oos thing ass6fsi u each iadivtdual
case vas aot always readily souad.
Hovsvss. - the day voss %. IN
equitable distribution Of our wealth
was elected By barter. upon . crude
saa Irregular tari9 II which the rule
q supply and dsaand was somewh
complicated By auctuatias estimates
q The inntssacs Of nArchias os1sss.
4 mounted nAa would oass large
e11s n shirts o. blankets Sos . pair
a sosn ~ . bsiljs: asA Wills 10
aa13ess essst q . pair q shoes fell
hsif 70 . ease q cavalry haif.toots.
vAicA vosil gladly have ex-
eAaaOs1 NJ ths oejset q ~ ssarch.
Tus Q eAaa0s q ss1ssstsehiag 49, .
~ q vssesA nuslGy1 s6s ssasseai
eAasks - ~ major u tie TvelftA
esaasytvsaia cavalry. WITH Fs0ssss
IN eoaA 20 ~ ~ libeaSy. WAS
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1906-05-26

tested with the
pocket gopher. 20
very destructive
to crops. Co
piers may be de.
stroyed by pol
son, by traps
and by the use
OF carbon bisul-
phide. Poisoning
with strychnine
Is the most ef.
fectiye means. ~
II may Be done
at the lowest
cost. As recon-
mendei by the
United States de-
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1906-05-26
That HssAstiy 1sa.

what looks a,cer than Q nsosAsriy
Old hss brooding her little osss. With
1vs q stx half way out. aad half way
us6ss Asf wings. row q sleepy Asads
olSckinG out. and two o. tAres ~ %
M baek. sndias With Q f5iaos a
1sovSy little follows BACKED ~ asAisss
tAsls pattsat cerstaksss u that y ~
. psessrs Of hosssiy coosost vAas ~
esSas0 JouFaai.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1906-05-26
FARM Nofn

A mulch works well around the
eDossberSy bushes.
Save your own seed. or buy The psss
sssd II four times the cost. u sscss-
sAry.
Get all the wood ashes you cas and
apply them TO the garden and truck
patch.
Don't buy lot Of thinss you do not
nesd. merely because the agsnt's
sonsus 10 hung In the middle and iooss
q both sads.
Nov. give the BOY Z few acres 10
farm With . team. and seeds. sad 80
What hs will make Of II. Il vtil make
him fssl like . maa and bind hin 70
the sArm.-fnFm Journal.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1906-05-26

with hooks or eyes At one end. o. TIE
opposite side put = ,nin Iron plate a.
shown In A and screw the bolts a.?
tight. Attach . hook a. shown. Of
h-inch Iron. two feet iong. Whsl
ready to use fastsn the hook over the
top Of the post. cant-hook style and
hitch team to the top Of lever.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1906-05-26
The most general

as well as the most
fundamental problem
of charity and philan-
tropy is to practice
the law OF love and to-
lend aid to the help
less and the weak ~
such fashion as not u,
degenerate the stock
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1906-05-26
VA 1oaaets Of IIatss.a.

Aceoe1tAS - . German military
Journal. ~ DsttisA solais. vsass .
helmet Which weighs nearly oas and
ons-esartss Dossda. The hslDss OF
the Prussias iatAstsyoaa Weighs only
Q tSi6s over II osacss. Wills ~ ltai.
Ian 70 stlu bstass Of with KEEP.
Which tsfns ~ sssis q eetWsss II
80 - 0Uoeoa
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1906-05-26
InoWial 1rtbola

rsSssasss e "a sd !, ) "a.
esee!e1ess 49, - - peis1 . ~
t9ob'1' oesoIv A11W1G ~ Alsesstes
q DAsiasA ast wAe 1ts1 q vssiss
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The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1906-05-26
HOW TO DESTROY coPHERs
Uethods Recorim ended by the Agri-
cultural Department At
Warrington.

Nearly every district west OF the
Mississippi river Is more or less in
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1906-05-26
The National Spirit

Respect for the asS has long beea
. favorits topic With US. says Youths
Companion. Respect for the national
songs Is equally important Even on
frivolous occasions. when tbs star.
6psngled banner" or America" 10
played. II is proper to stand. A vit.
ness says that at the cloas OF Q dance
IN . navy yard. when The Star.
Gpansied banner" vas played. the
commandant sav two people Who re-
manned seated. and be asked sharply:
is there anything the matter In .
thsstsr. ~hsa the piecs vas played 10
The midst Of other accidental music.
the audience ross. No southern audi.
encs OF assembly ever rsnaiss pas
sivs when Il hears Dixie" People
IN all states Of the union should b at
jssu respectful enough 10 stand while
. national cong 10 played or suas
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1906-05-26

BY . unanimous vote the judses Of
the annual public-spsakins contest
held a. Columbia saivsrsity. New
York. have awarded the arst prise TO
PkA iaakA Seine. a. African petacs.
This 10 the ART time 10 the history Of
the Curtis medal compstiiloa that .
asgro student has costssts1. 0s0s's
subject vas ''TAs Rsssasratioa u
Africa" sad his osatioa vas delivered
With . coav!scias sasusstssss that
Won The Avdisscs. osns u . esaioe
q cS,snbla ssA sspsets 70 81 The T.
Srss u bachelor q arts q he close
Of ths college ysas. vAsa ~ Deoo,s
vtil ssal hin - seu1y iav q ozfeel
Whss - ss0Sessss ~ suafss - viil
ssssss 70 1u,ulas1. WAses Il y ~ .
0pvsssasst aSeelstosat awaits AiA
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-05
EXCELLENT BILL At
Casino THIS WEEK
Several Novelties Which Are
Amusing and Highly En-
tertaining.

One Of the bes. vaudeville bills aeen in
Richmond 10. soma tins is being snown
81 the Casino this wte.
a large CROWD al.et this large orsn-a!r
play mouse lsst n!ght, ard tIor0!gn!y en-
joyed me performance, The gtar number
- hht Gita'nHa Troupe Of Japanese aero
FAaS and jgggssra. EYsrytHing they to Ia
Of an original nature, ard many ot them
startling The actopatir work IL slsd In
c!uding some excellent tsa!s atipl, while
the Juggling rs rYonseEsGE!y c!eyer I'he
ster piece II ~hsH man after I. short
IN diameter and xix feet long. waicf ~
made more cOnstHcttd gy icing rserreG
with swords.
Walters and ProhtY nave a cIsYer littis
sketch p, N which gfeat many nsw yazs
well received. They were torced 10 re-.
spond 10 several cncOreH
Stuart Barnes. the clever rnorsi1yttis,
and comedian appeared az Il tpfatltvtn,
and any one WHO saw his work last Yea
can easily surm'se mis- eHthusiaatic rscep-
ton He is all In elsEa By hfnlsrfi
Dressed IN his immaculate dress sun ana
white gloves, he In no way dependy an
make up TO get hls laughs, His banter
Vas at times u little broad, hut the way
nc says II seems to rob 1t OF any trace ~
yulgariy. 1t seems only absurd. lie h
clever, and that's the Whole story.
Polk and Collins, the banjolstg, VII .
| forced 10 answer 10 an encore Thee
| young men can play ths banjo. thar b
| Of mandolin and manage 20 get more noise
| than music. The encore, Initiating All ar.
| gan. was not this way, and was decdeqly
/ their best number!
| the other musical number, the DO FAy
| Sisters,' was Of the usual type, and ms
moving p!ctlHes closed the pertosHian zee
J These were OF the comic order and yery
entertaining,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-05

amounting to s25ooo.o0o par value, shall
be common stock. Said minimum
| amount of capital stock shall be COM
mon stock.
THE preferred stock shall be per cent.
stock and no more The holders of the
common stock shall receive all the re-
naming net profits Of the corporation.
which may be distributed as dividends.
"The preferred stock shall be subject
70 redemption at the option of the cor.
poration at any time after three yea's
after the Issue thereof at ITO per cent OF
the par value thereof.
The company is one of the largest from
a financial standpoint ever organized IN
Virginia, and It's headquarters being cSe
~ the most thrifty sections of the pros.
perous and pushing Southwest, 1t IS
expected to do a rushing business from
the start.
Resides the officers, all OF whom are
widely known and popular business men,
the ablest financiers and most prosresss'i'''e
citizens in the State -
It is understood that the company VIII
open It's offices at Max Meadows IN a
short while. and that It alresdy has
great deal OF business to start with.
Richmond Man in It.
The c.inchfield Coal Corporation. char.
tered on Saturday, Is a big enterprise
and e good many Richmond business
men Of prominence arc connected with
it. Mr.. c. G. Chaplin, OF the firm OF
Chaplin and Hume. Is president.
THE Clinchfeld Coal Corporation has
purchased all coal properties Of Cranes
Nest Coal and Coke Company. Dawson
Coal and coke Company and Clinchield
Coal Company in Wise. Dickinson. Rus
sell, Buchanan and Scott counties ag.
grega,ing approximately three hundred
and fifty thousand acres. There are now
large coal operations on properties al
Toms Creek, Wise county, and Dante
Russell county. The new company Will
proceed TO make large development pre-.
paratory to shipments over the South
and Western Railway when It's lines are
completed"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-05
AUTHORIZES TWO
VAST ENTERPRISES {:
Corporation Commission Charters
the Clinchfield Coal and the
Cumberland Corporations.
CAPITAL is FORTY MILLIONS
Both Concerns Are Authorized to
CAPITAL is FORTY MILLIONS
Both Concerns Are Authorized to
Have Practically Unlimited
Capital.

From an Industrial point of view, Vir-
gnih Is waking up, and her people are
making atrjdas Nv the line OF material
ueveiopi,ient winch are wondarful
A great coal concern, known AZ the
Clinchfleld Coal Corporation, was clinr-
tered Saturday by the state Corporation
Commission, and yesterday another cnor-
NOUS company was Incorporated with
maximum capital stock OF $4,000, 0oo..
The name of the latter company Is the
Cumberland Corporation Of Max Mead
ows, in Wythe county, and the officers
are all strong men and residents Of Vir'
gnia.
They arc, II. s. Trone, Roanoke, presl-
dent; Jas. p. Woods, Roanoke, vice.
PRESIDENT; Charles I. Wade, Christians
burg. secretary and treasurer.
The objects Of the company arc best
set out by the following extracts from
the constitutions:
ITO subscribe to. purchase or otherwise
acquire or to guarantee. or become surety
In respect OF, the stock, voting trust GER
tincates for stocks, bonds or other secur-
ties, obliga lions Of, and Indebtedness and
claims against other corporations. or any
evidence OF right of title to any and all
Of them, whether such corporations arc
organized under the laws Of Virginia or
OF any other State or Territory Of tho
government; and to improve such stocks,
ETC., and dispose of Them
Forty Million Maximum.
"The capital stock Of the company shall
not be less than 5000 nor more than $40
oOO, 900, OF the par value to be divided Into
shares of the par value of 500 each. OF
such maximum capital stock $50, 900 shares
Of the par value OF $l5,ooo,oo0 shall be
preferred stock, and 250,Oo shares