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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-08-02

ing of the present farming popula-
ton Of the United States; that out
side of comparatively small areas in
western Texas and in portions of
Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Idaho,
Wyoming, Suotn Dakota and south
ern California, there is little arabic
land in the great west that may not
be divided into 40-acre farms, each
one of which will be capable of sup
porting an average sized family.
Probably there is no exaggera-
ton in the statement made by one
writer that the region between the
foothills of the Rocky mountains,
bounded on the south by the Rio
Grande and on the north by the
Canadian border, is capable OF pro-
ducing fruits, cereals, vegetables
and livestock sufficient for the
support of the entire population OF
the globe.
This vast area of FERTILE. and as
yet almost unutilized land, is the
foundation upon which the Ameri-
can people must build for the con-
tinuance of their prosperity Tor
at least a century to come. Prop
ely utilized it may solve mary
perplexing problems. 1t will re-
lieve the congestion of the cities,
provide an outlet for superabund-
ant capital, and afford opportuni-
ties for the enterprising and dis
contented for decades. 1t contains
the richest mineral deposits, the
greatest forest resources, the most
fertile soil and the most genial and
salubrious climate on the continent.
What its developm ent and ex-
ploitation would mean to the trans
portation, manufacturing, mercan-
tile, financial and labor interes .
of the nation cannot be even dimly
foreshadowed. 1t would furnish &
stimulus that would be felt not
merely in the great centers Of
population and industry, but in the
remotest hamlet and on the mos
! isolated farm in the republic. =
Century Magazine.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-08-02
DRY FARMING MAY BE
SOLUTION OF PROBLEM

Contrary to commonly accepted
ideas as the the statement may be,
it is nevertheless an amply demon
strated fact that wherever in this
great arid empire the annual rain
fall averages as high as twelve
inches, as good crops can be raised
without irrigation as with it.
This means that almost every
acre of the great plains between
the Missouri river and the Rocky
mountains, and most of the inter-
mountain parks and plateaus be-
tween the Rockies and the Pacific,
will produce as abundantly as will
the rich prairie lands Of Iowa, Mis-
souri, and Illinois, and much moro
abundantly than the richest of the
lands in any of the older states
along the Atlantic sesboard; that
there is enough land now utilized,
If at all, only for grazing to make
possible the trebling and quadrupl.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-08-02

in the reservoir About three
miles above this dam, $500 feet
above sea level, stands the home
of Senator Bailey. We were hos
pitably entertained at this home
in the mountains over night on
our way to Lime Creek, and also
on our return trip. This hay
farm and home for many weary
years of the Senator and his family
will soon be no more, the farm hav-
ing been sold to the G.. w. B. S.
Co., to be flooded for reservoir pur-
poses. He will soon take up his
residence in Mountain Home, and
by next year the old homestead
will be a lake. The large two
story dwelling house, carriage
house, good large barn, cattle
yards, fine well of water, school
house, twenty rods. from his house,
are all to be removed and water
will cover that whole valley.
Presto, what change!
Well, after an early breakfast on
June Is we started for High prairie,
sill farther on and up higher. We
passed through the Garden OF the
Gods" wonderful formations Of
rocks for many miles; grand
scenery, well worth any ones time
who has never seen it to look it
over. Several miles beyond we
reached the top of high ridge, and
behold, a valley basin reaching out
for miles with ridge about all the
way around it, an ideal place for a
rcseroivr. 1t looked to me that it
had been designed by the Creator
for such purpose. Still beyond
we find Lime creek, a beautiful
stream from the mountains; clear,
deep and wide, running swift,
alive with mountain trout. We
camped on this stream and caught
fish enough to fry for dinner, in
the shade of beautiful trees and
the splendid air from off the snow
capped mountains beyond. How
we hated to leave that delightful
spot.
The High prairie reservoir will
cover nearly a township and will
receive water from Lime creek &
good portion of each year, togethci
with mountain streams running ir
and large water shed. Its sue
cess is certain and so high w
among the clouds, where evaporation
is SO slight. On this one poin
alone the Mountain Home reservoir
system beats the government projec
at Nampa all to pieces. The reser
voir there is so low the sccpage ant
evaporation will be something i'm
mense, which they must deal with
and will mean great waste o
water. Taking it all in all, tn
Mountain Home project is beaut
and in time that country will bloom
like the rose beds in some of tn
lawns in Mountain Home do now
which must be seen to be realized
The Hot Springs at Mountai
Home is another item which i
time will be of vast interest to ths
locality. That water is somcthin
wonderful. have had our stat
chemist furnish me with a repor
} of sample of it which I brougt
back with me. don't believe tn
, people of your city half realize III
. beneficent qualities of that water
, You are all so we'll all the Will
. you do not think much about tn,
water. can furnish report on
, sample of water brought back wit
me that would have to be sworn
in order to have people believe i
I will do that too If il should
!. called for. LLOYD MORTON
4 Valley City, N. D., July 10, 100
4
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
Ruins of Nubia.

The oldest architectural ruins in the
world are believed to be the rock tenn
pies at Ipsampool, on the Nile in Nu.
bia. One of the ancient temples con.
sists Of IA apartments hewn out of
solid stone. The largest single stone
used in this work is one which forms
a veranda like projection along one
side Of the main temple. It is 81 feet
long, So feet broad and 17-one ac-
count says 19-feet thick. This col
lossal stone is supported by two rows
of massive square pillars, four in each
row and each 80 feet high. To each
Of these pillars is attached a colossal
figure Of a human being, reaching
from floor to roof. In front Of the
main temple are seated still another
collassi, four in number. the two
largest being each Go feet high. The
ruinn are supposed to be 1000 years
ola.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
"cHURcH SIDE" OF A HAT
Woman Who Sat Next to Wall Didn't
Want Trimming on That
Side.

A milliner who works in a large
city says that one day a oma came
into the store very much excited, and
wanted the trimming on her hat
changed. She said that it had been
trimmed on the wrong side, relates
Youths Companion.
But" said the saleswoman, "the
trimming is on the left side. That is
where it ought to be-"
1T doesn't make any difference
whether it ought to be in front or
back, or right or left, it's got to be
on the church side"
Church side?" gasped the aston
ished girl.
Eyes, church side. I sit right next
the wall in church, and Pm not going
to have all that trimming next the
wall. l want it IN the other side, so
the whole congregation can see it,"
The trimming was promptly placed
on the Church side" of the hat.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
HAS ClSTERN FOR HOME.
Where a San Francisco Man Has
Lived Since the "Recent I'm
pleasantness.

The spirit of the cave dwellers is
not dead. This is shown by the TEN
porary home of Maj. l. H. Tomlinson,
who has lived since the recent unpleas-
antness in a cistern at the corner of
Broadway and Jones street, San Fran
cisco.
she cistern is in the summit of a
hill on the Demarest estate and is
reached through a short tunnel. A
rough opening has been made in the
wall, and in this primitive doorway
the occupant may be seen smoking the
pipe of contentment, as Indifferent to
earthquakes as were his ancestors of
the stone age.
A cat shares the subterranean apart
ment and pictures from the magazines
have been pasted upon its walls. 1t
had been the intention of the owners
OF the property to make a curio room
Of the cistern, which is about ten feet
across, and it's walls had been covered
WIKI whitewash. The smoke Of the
contiagration, however, converted this
to black.
Maj. Tomlinson has found the solid
bedrock in which his abode is sunken
an admirable ~seismograph, and says
that he has detected more than 100
tremblers since the great earthquake.
But neither fire nor seismatic disturb
ance has terrors in the cistern, which
would withstand a Kansas cyclone.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
NAME SURVIVES ARTICLE.
Penknife of the Original Pattern
Something Not Now Made
Use Of.

One of the most remarkable in
stances of the name of an article sur
viving its use is the penknife. We
talk of it every day, but the purposes
for which the penknife were originally
designed exist no longer. The pen
of western civilization was fabricated,
as old people remember, of quilts, and
quill pens are still affected by old
fashioned persons, who declare that
no efficient substitute has yet been
found for them. The penknife of our
great-grandfather's day was, indeed,
a triumph of the cutters art in the
k~eenness of it's edge. According to the
list of the requirements Of a complete
writer, the scribe needed "a penknife.
razor metal" always at hand, and
people who remember how soon a quill
pen became unsuitable in the hands
of vigorous writer's will appreciate the
necessity. To be a good pen-mender
was one of the first essentials in a
village pedagogue; his penknife was
as indispensable to him as his cane.
Strangely enough, there were members
of pens who seemed born to fulfill the
function, and men who could never
learn the art, let them try as they
might. But the penknife, properly so
called, is no more, and with its dis
appearance vanished the expert who
welded it.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
LIE srRAW AAT sEAsoN.
Arbitrarily Fixed Dates No Longer
Strict Regarded by Mas
4dline Wearers.

By long established custont the
straw hat season in New York Opens
on Decoration day, May 80, andk Hoses
September 10, but in recent years
there has been evident a growiHg dis
position to disregard these arbitrarily
liked dates and wear straw hats when
ever they are comfortable, says the
Sun.
This disposition has shown itself not
SO much in the fall as in the spring,
for while by common consent If the
weather holds warm straw hats may
now be worn after September 10, yet
tina! does still usually remain the clos
ing date. In the spring, now, it is
qul.e proper and permissible to open
the season earlier than May so if the
weather warrants-in fact the wear
ing of a straw hat long before that
date would not necessarily excite com
meut.
Ihus when a man-doubtless the
first of the present year-appeared in
Fifth avenue on April 80, a month
ahead of the conventional opening of
the season, wearing a straw hat, his
headpiece scarcely attracted any spe-
cial attention, for April 80 was a
warm day, on which a straw hat
would have been comfortable to any
body.
The wearer was a middle aged man
and his hat a Panama. 1t was a COM
Portable hat, and at the same time not
a hat of conspicuous newness. 1t
seemed not only appropriate to the
day, but it didn't look strange in any
way, not like a hat worn out TIE first
time.
So some judgment is still required
on the part of the early straw hat
wearer if he would present a seemly
appearance, but even the fancy full
fashion straw may now be worn, the
weather favoring, days earlier than
1t once was; and so the general fact
remains that in these later years peo-
pie are showing a growing disposition
to disregard the old time arbitrarily
fixed straw hat dates, and coming
more and more in this matter to be
governed by comfort rather than con
veLtion.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
BITS FOR

Many men think themselves self
made who are really marriage-made.
The man who avoids matrimony on
account of the cares of welded life
rivals the wiseacre who secured him
self against corns by having his legs
amputated.
Don't marry for beauty alone. Soc
rates called beauty "a short-lived tyr
amy" and Theophrastus pronounced
it "a silent cheat The man who
marries for beauty alone is as silly
as the mar who would buy a house be-
cause it had fine flowers in the front
garden.
It is in life as It is with a kite; 1t
viii not fly very high until it has a
string tying it down. And so the man
who is tied down by half a dozen re-
sponsibilities and their mother will
make a higher and stronger fight than
the bachelor who, having nothing to
keep him steady, is always foundering
in the mud.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
DINNERS IN HONOR OF DOGS
Feasts That Are Given Annually to
Canine Heroes-Portrait
Of One.

7. P. O'Connor tells a couple Of in
teresting stories of annual feasts given
to noble dogs in honor of their deeds
OF heroism. A Mr.. Phillips, while
bathing, ventured out too far and was
in imminent danger of drowning. The
bystanders on the beach prayed two
boatmen to put out to his rescue, but
they declined unless they were paid
for the service a certain. sum.
While they were haggling about the
price of a life a Newfoundland dog, of
his W initiative, swan swiftly to the
drowning mans assistance and towed
him ashore. Mr.. Phillips bought the
dog from his owner, a butcher, and in
stituted an annual festival in its hon
or till its death.
AT this festival the dog was as
signed the place of honor, and con.
sumed his beefsteak with c~reditable
decorum. After Moreland had painted
and Bartolozzi had engraved the dogs
portrait Mr.. Phillips had it worked
into the tissue of all his table linen.
In the fourishing days of Astley's,
a Mr.. Ryan was walking beside a
canal accompanied by Hero, a New
f%oundland dog which took important
parts at that playhouse.
Suddenly they heard a man shout
ing that two children had fallen into
the canal and that both had gone I'M
der. He threw a stone to indicate
where they had sunk and the dog
plunged in.
The dog brought first one child safe
ly to shore, though the boys coat col.
lar, by which the dog was towing him,
gave way and Hero had to dive again
for him. Then he went back for the
second child. The father of the boys
instituted an annual banquet in the
dogs honor.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
SHE PREFERRED TO STAND
Street Car Strap Is Much Nicer
When One Has on New
Clothes.

By the time the car reached Fortl
eth street there were no fewer thar.
a dozen vacant seats, but the girl in.
the new tailor-made gown refused To.
avail herself of their hospitality, re-
lates the New York Press. The mes
senger boy pointed them out to her,
So did the woman in blue and the
man with the red beard, but to all
invitations to make herself comfort
able the tailored girl said: mo, I
thank you. l get off soon," and con
tinued to lurch backward and fos,
ward in the middle of the car.
The conductor watched her grimly
81 could have told those folks it was
no use to try to make that girl sit
down. he said to a passenger on the.
platform. "She never does. l used
to try to get her to rest herself for a
minute or two, just for a change, but
l never could do it. She has beeJ
riding in my car pretty regularly fog
about a year, and no matter whether.
the passengers are many or few sell
dom have ! seen her sit down. l used
to wonder why she choose to stand
up and flop around that way, but I
have come to the conclusion hat she
does it because her clothes fit so we'll.
81 have seen lots of other people
with the same trick. When I find q
woman who insists upon standing in
a car where there are vacant seats l
look at her clothes, and it turns out,
nine. times in ten, that she has a good
figure and a dress that wouldn't show
a wrinkle under a microscope.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
DIETARY DICTA.

Dinner should be Of a lighter nature
in summer than in winter.
A quart of wheat contains more nu-
triment than a bushel of cucumbers.
There is a happy mean between eat
ing everything and being s%queamish.
Two pounds of potatoes contain as
much nutriment as 10 pounds of
turnips.
Light soups, light desserts and light
meals should have the preference in
warm weather.
Vegetables and fruits are to be used
most generously at that season of the
year in which they naturally mature.
Beginning the dinner with soup is
the very best way to get the whole
system in condition for a%ssimilating
a hearty meal.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
Just What You

The most complete Nm apric'
Map (Size 32x35) Of that PAL bf the
Wind River or Shoshone Indi 7sser-
walton in Wyoming to be q ed for
settlement. Compiled under ection
Of John T. Wertz, Former United
States Special Allotting Agent for this
decentralization U. s. Govt Surveys
showing Townships, Fractional Town
ships, Sections, Lots, Mountains,
Rivers, Creeks and Streams, Allot-
ments to Indians, Proposed Railroads,
Proposed Irrigation bitches, Wagon
Roads. Trails, Fords, Ferries, Bridges,
Big Horn. Hot Springs, Military Post,
Agency, and principal towns near
Reservation. Every Homeseeker,
Prospector and Engineer should have
this map, as with it he can make his
own selection of land, and know Just
where he is at. The above maps can
be secured of S. D. Childs & Company,
200 Clark Street, Chicago, H., at rate
of S1.00 each.
NOTE.-For information as to char
acter of land apply to John T. Wertz,
Lander or Shoshone, Wyoming.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
Electric Generators

In two decades the capacity Of cleo
trio generators has increased more
than a hundredfold, while they pro-
duce power with four times the former
efficiency. The largest generator Of
20 years ago was the 100 kilowat dyna-
mo, belted to a 150-horsepower en-
CINE, but dynamos now being built
have a maximum capacity Of 10000
kilowats.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
New Mineral.

Molybdenite is now being exported
to the United Kingdom from Norway,
the deposits near Flekkefiord having,
It is understood, been sold to a British
company. The production in 1905 IN
given as about 20 tons.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
Flows ThisP

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
ease Of Catarrh Slat cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. j. Cheney
for the last Is years, and believe him perfectly hon
orable in all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his arm.
WALDING. KtENAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure ts taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price IS cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Hairs Family Pills for constipation.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

The girl who waits for a man to
come along and make love to her after
the manner of a novel hero will remain
single to the end of the chapter.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

But, surely you are the man l gave
SOM pie to a fortnight ago. yes,
Idly; | thought p'r'aps you'd like to
know I'm able to get about again.
Taller.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

There is no man who does not pri-
vately imagine that the law was not
made by him.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

Mrs. WinslOw's soothing Syrup.
For children t~eething. softens the gums, reduces In.
Illumination, allays pain. cures wind collie. 25c a bottle.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

NWaTHpIVH Woman baU hFoWeT,
Miss Margery Belle of the Univer.
sity Of Chicago high school recently
threw a regulation baseball 204 feet 2
inches, which breaks the worlds rec
ord for "a throw by a woman by six
feet, two inches. The record was for
merly held by a woman student at
Smith college. Miss Belle is the cham
pion woman athlete in her school and
throws a ball like a man, with a full
sweep of the arm.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
Cured

Speedy relief and permanent cure of Asth-
ma and Bronchitis insured by Red Cross
Asthma Cure. Money positively refunded IL
not beneficial. For information call or adj
dress Suite 204, 909 Seventeenth Street,
DenYer. Colo. References given.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

Opportunity comes to every man,
but generally when it does he is too
busy earning bread and butter for his
family to be able to take it.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

It isn't always the coat that makes
the man-sometimes it's the padding,
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

ASIA CIGARS.
VIII not make you nervous. Ask your dealer or The
M. Lyman Cigar Co, 80 nth Street. Denver.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

Enthusiasm won't carry you very
far without backing.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

How can l marry that man? / abb
hor, despise, abominate himl" "There.
there, dear! You can tell him all that
after you've married him!"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19


The mineral
consists OF lead, II
ignite, iron. antlm@
SAT-. An immense qu
stone and Slate is q
ment and phospha
large, aggregating S
millions Of dollars.
mineral product.
In the year 1890 Cd
$40. 7tO. 900 ia silks to
and Japan sent Ei'1g
1gO4-5 Germany sent about
silk goods to the United sd
Japan sent $5,593, 900 worth.
exports Of silk goods have tn
in ten years, increasin irons
in 1895 to s22, 10000 In 19O4-5, a.
ascending movement contiRa-1.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

The full name of the company, California Fig Syr
La printed on the front of every package OF the G
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-06-29

Twenty-Five cent sals now on a, the
Art Embroidery Store. SILT;
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-06-29

brought in. on which was served de-
lieious two course lunch. At lA.a hour
the guests departed voting Mrs. Stout a
charming hostess. a Guest.
The Knights and Ladies'of Security Of
Rocky Ford Council gave an open meet
ing and entertainment at 4. o. U. W.
hall. Thursday evening. koou, 40 re-
sponded TO Invitations and all report a
splendid time. Rev. Davenport gave tho
address OF welcome. speaking Of The or
isin and merits Of our order. which was
very interesting. Mr.. and Mrs. Jswe,t.
district deputies. were pfesen, and each
gave very able talk. Ice cream and
cake we're served To all. and Il was well
toward Friday morning when tho crowd
dispars sed. everyone voting tho Knights
and Ladies Of Security royal entertainers.
&C.
Mrr. Warren Mayo has returned from a
three weeks sisi, at Fort Morgan and
Denver.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-06-29

Ntcr you arc through admitting tho
S;auHcr meat markets refrigerator
counters. vegetable spray. fine new
scales. the tempting home cured hams.
the tooths.rruc display 81 meats. the
display NJ rciishcs and fruits. and 9TH
or ul-io.datc features. step outside
and take look at tho window cur
tains painted by Mrs. Jillsrn.. The
animal life there pictured shows tia;
Mrs. iiiison is an artis; Of much abil.
,,y
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-06-29
s>....sS

Owing - the fact that during the pas;
Eve yeats we have dors business under
The name o. The Eossy Ford Seed House.
and also the Rocky Ford Seed Co.. and
as the business has grown 70 such ar ss-
,eni ~s have decided % divide it. The
Rocky Ford Seed Co. ~iIi do a eSrnris-
son seed business. and the Rosky Ford
Seed House viii continue ss before.
Done this 27;h day o. June A. o. 1906.
Rocky Fo,d. Colo. So
DIV. Bareli.
r. Napde BurrVil,