The Glenwood post., 1906-06-02


for 1907 calendars Mr. Dickson made
the Journal editor pleasant visit at
his sanctum in the postoffice. Basalt
Journal.
A. A. Weiland, the government
photographer, spent part of the week
IN this vicinity. Mr.. Weiland. who
has established his headquarters in
Meeker for the summer, is gathering
valuable data concerning the water
supply of White and Yampa rivers
and tributaries. -Meeker Herald.
A healthy sign of the times is found
in the fact that almost all the boys
turned loose by the close of school are
busily engaged at various kinds of
work which is usually plentiful at
present. Ties speaks well, both for
the boys and for the condition of in
dustrial activity which prevails in the
community. Rifle Telegram.
Our esteemed contemporary got out
two editions this week-one on Sun
day and one on Wednesday, and that
is what the boys call "going some.
The extra edition was a boy and if
the editor hadn't mounted the water
wagon on New Years he would be
going some,' too.-Steamboat Sen
tinel.
Just as Glenwood was recovering
from the Reading club troubles, Mrs.
Abe Swartzman jars up their nerves
by getting her apron full OF rocks and
going cunning for business rival,
one j. Wulfsohn. Last Saturday
morning she won a battle with a clean
knock out, and now the Hebrews will
have their turn to figure in the court
proceedings. Rifle Telegram.
Pat Sullivan of Williams Fork re-
portes that he has lost 26 head of
stock, mostly yearlings and calves,
this winter and spring, from the de-
predations of wolves. Even the dog
kept to guard the stock was killed.
Many other neighboring ranchmen
have lost equally heavy. Wolves
seem to be increasing in numbers and
as there is a good bounty some one
should make it business to go after
them. Steamboat Pilot.
A portion of the mail boxes have
arrived for the residents along rural
route No. /. from Rifle, and are at
The Fruit & Produce association build
ing. The civil service examination
for carrier and substitute carrier was
conducted in Grand Valley by Post
master STREET. last Saturday. end from
there the papers were forwarded to
Washington. Although the service
commences next Friday, 1t will prob
ably be the middle of next week before
it is known who gets the, con tract. -
Rife Reveille.
This is the racy way the Advocate
dishes up the news of CRANKY: Tom
Smith donned clean collar, packed a
change of underclothes in Search
light match box, boarded Thursday
train for Denver, where he will spend
several days spending three months
salary with his Lulu. Tom says her
eyes are like stars and her complexion
on the red and rusey order of basket
of Grand junction peaches. Tom will
return with an empty pocketbook and
her photograph and plucky desire to
put in the next six months at hard
work. Steamboat Sentinel.
The management of the Rife cream
cry reports that patronage in regard
to milk furnished is gradually on the
increase, and before many weeks it is
expected that somewhere near the full
capacity of the creamery will be
utilized. Last week the amount of
butter turned out was something over
$50 pounds, and the indications for
this week are that the output will
reach close on to 500 pounds. The
butter turned out is of the gilt edged
variety and its quality will no doubt
in short time create a marked de-
mand for the Rifle product. Rifle
Telegram.
If it is fact that a cool summer is
necessary for the production of the
best class of sugar beets, we do not Sc
why they cannot be grown here to
greater advantage than anywhere in
Grand valley below Glenwood. 1t is
said that the hot suns of warm sum
mer climate softens the head of the
beet even when it is carefully covered
by the soil, thus rendering the storage
of sugar in that part of the beet i'm
possible. In the harvesting of such
beets large part Of the top of the