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Gunnison news-champion., 1906-12-28

Joe Metroz returned from Denver
Monday
Miss Mary Mcintosh left for Ouray
Sunday to spend the Christmas va
cation.
Business brought Jos Isham
here from his Taylor river ranch
Monday
Mrs. II l.. Fisher has been serious
ly i'll for over a month, but is now
recovering.
Chauncev Summers came from
Sapinero Tuesday To attend the
Xmas dance.
Pat Trainer was over from Pow
derhorn the day before Christmas
greeting friends here.
Mrs. Axtell, Mrs. Lawrence and
Harlow of Crested Butte visited Mrs
S. p. Spencer this week.
After a pleasant visit with Mr..
and Mrs. Ellis Lore. in Denver
Mrs. Sweet returned home on Sun
day.
FoUND-SometlIing of value in front
Of my cigar factory this morning.
Owner can have same by proving
property. Csc BERG.
Miss Mabel Walker came from
Denver on Sunday to spend the
vacation. She j. now fully recovered
from her recent illness.
Miller < Parsons. Clarence Adams.
P. c. Boyles, Sampliners and Wolfe
! & Eastman made their usual present
Of q handsome calender this week.
Gunnison news-champion., 1906-12-28

News Champion Correspondence.
"Wednesday, Dec. 2f
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-09-26

county, regarding the running at
large of hogs.
II. 1t is good American principle,
that the majority rule, and we are
perfectly willing to abide by this, if.
the majority wish hogs to run loose,
so be it, but if the majority do not
want hogs to run loose, then Mr.. Hog
must go, and a severe tax, nuisance
and detriment to Orange county's
most Industrious: citizens, will be, a
thing of the past.
Orange County Anti-Hog Associa-
tion.-A great many petitions like the
above are being circulated throughout
the country and already seven or
eight hundred names of thoroughly
good men, so for mainly out side of
the towns, are on them. It is expect
ed, of course, that the townspeople
will sign the petition without hest
fancy.
In addition to the above, the next
weeks paper contained another item
which is as follows:
The anti loose hog folks are making
big show of strength in Orange
county.
There seems to be some misunder-
standing as to their demands. They
do not ask for a change in the cattle
laws but do ask relief from the festive
razor back.
They do not ask that a general
prohibitory law be passed, because
what would suit one section of the
state might be Objectionable to an
other locality.
They simply ask for a local option
law which will give each section the
right to vote the hog at large or the
hog confined. They ask a fair thing
It would seem right and just to- give
each county the right to say whether
it shall continue to be a county for
hogs or a county for men.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-09-26
Making a Fortune in Tomatoes.

Making a Fortune in Tomatoes.
Mr.. L. Teddar and family, who lived
in the Spring Garden section up to
the time of the freeze, but since then
at Boynton, down on the East Coast,
were here on a short visit this week
When he moved down there, Mr.. Ted
dar engaged in growing tomatoes, and
has succeeded well. He went there
without dollar. This past season he
made and sold from five acres 3,1OO
crates of tomatoes; these brought him
nearly $4,000. The total expense Of
growing and gathering the crop, in
Guiding the fertilizer, was about ST 200,
giving a net profit of over 81 800. Mr..
Teddar says he sticks to a small acre
age, so if it is a bad year for the to-
mato he is not out so much He is
enthusiastic over the business, and if
he loses an occasional crop, he finds
big money in the business. He is
also in the pineapple growing bust
ness. Here is Volusia boy who went
down on the East Coast without a
dollar, few years ago, and is now in
very easy circumstances, with still
better times ahead. And he deserves
the good fortune which is browning
his efforts. Record.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-09-26
The "Mu1e-FOot" Hog.

The ''Mu1e-Foot" Hog.
We have at various times, within
the past few years, seen accounts of
breed of hogs called mule-footed.
We never saw anything in the descrip-
tions which seemed to show that they
were in any way superior to the
breeds with split hoofs. In the last
number of the American Farmer, they
are said to be proof against hog
cholera. We do not know that this
disease has ever troubled the swine
growers of Florida, but if not, it is
only a question of time when it must
find it's way here. Where it prevails,
it is the most serious obstacle in the
way of profitable hog raising. There
fore, if there is a breed which is proof
against this dread disease, it would
be we'll to introduce it with view to
improving it until it is desirable in
all respects.
The thousands of farmers in other
states who are especially interested in
porcine pursuits will be pleased to
learn that something out of the ordi-
nary is going on in Indiana About
ten years ago, a HOosier picked up
two pigs in Pennsylvania which struck
him as odd, and brought them home
for an experiment The peculiarly
of these pigs was that they had hoofs
like a mule-nO splits, but just one
solid foot. Another feature that
struck the wandering Hoosier farmer
was that his purchase as they grew
larger, looked suspiciously like razor
backs, the long shouts being especially
CONSPICUOUS. This led to an investiga-
ton of a genealogical ma ture that was
at first not reassuring, as a wild-eyed
rumor was run down to the effect that
these porkers with the queer pedal
extremities originated in Arkansas
and were perhaps decended from the
veritable breed that was found root
ing around the unroofed cabin of the
celebrated ''Arkansaw Traveller" We
racious chronicles insist that the orig
inal raZor-back ran wild along Red
river and through the canebrakes of
the 1owlands, and they trace the
'fmule-foot'' in a direct line to- these
! plebeian forefathers However this
may be, it is a matter of pig history
that the Arkansas farmers round UP
what they call "mule-foot'' hogs, much
the same as they hunt Sir Reynard
Fox-with dogs, rifles and clubs. In
fact. it is a favorite amusement to
organize into expeditions and pursue
the feet-footed ''mule-foot'' as he
scampers like a deer through the
Businesses bordering the bayous. 1t
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-09-26

wash the loose soil away. They can
be put in sod and the growth used
around the trees as mulch. We
are satisfied from our own work that
this plan is practical and the Ohio
experiments show that the young tree
can be grown to bearing age without
cultivation. A plan Of this kind will
give new value to thousands Of acres
of cheap land, and in time change the
character Of fruit growing in the East.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-09-26

to authorize any person, in case they
found my doors open, to be at liberty
to take any of my property they could
lay hands on.
f. The: so-called Hog Law is an
utter peTversion of the first principles
Of law, and a tyranical attempt to
overcome lawful principles a man
takes my horse, even if the same is
on the public highway, with the pur-
pose Of converting said property to
his own use, he is thief, and no legis-
lature can make him anything else.
5. The law of self-preservation is
the first law of nature, and the law
of self-defense, is not only natural
law and right, but is legal in every
civilized country in the world, under
it one may even take human life,
which act would otherwise be the
highest crime known to humanity-to
defend tones living" is just as es-
sential as to defend ones person, a
mans house is his castle, and he is at
liberty to defend same against all
who come into it, with evil intent he
may defend with as much force as
necessary any property he has, where
ever it may be.
6. Yet the laws of the State of
Florida give hogs the right to run
at large, enter any place they can
get into, destroy crops worth hun
dreds of times as much as the hogs,
root up lawns, def1le the premises,
and be an aIbOminable nuisance, and
if any dead hogs are found on
mans place. though they may have
been shot, or injured many miles
away, from where they died, that
man is liable to be hauled up before
the courts and put to- a great deal Of
expense and worry.
z. We note the effect that is be-
ing made to induce foreign immf-
grafton into the states, the present
stock laws of the state are such as
to deter every intelligent person from
entering the state, if he knew them.
In 1893, the total taxes of Orange
county amounted to $79,421, of this
hogs paid $4,000, or less than one
three-hundred part.
8. To fence out these hogs would cost
the farmers of Orange county, about
$25O,OOO, while to keep this fence in
repair would cost about $34, 900 a year
9. 1t seems superfuous to COM
ment on above facts, such thing
in a community pretending to civil
zation is almost beyond belief yet
these are the facts and this is the real
state of conditions, we invite settlers
to partake of.
TO- The time was no doubt when
this county was yet a wilderness,
that no great damage was done by
hogs running at large, but the time
has come now when there is large
sums of money invested in fruit
groves, celery, lettuce and other truck
farms and many other industries; all
Of which form the backbone and prin-
ciple interest of the county, these have
been made so by the expenditure of
immense amounts of money, added to
brains and energy, is it not full time
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-09-26
mulch Method" of Growing Trees

We have mentioned the fact that the
editor of the Rural New Yorker had
planted an orchard by the method of
the New Horticulture, and that he
reported it to be doing unusually we'll,
though it had never been cultivated
This week he has an editorial on the
subject of growing trees 10y the mulch
method, which is practically the same
as the New Horticulture. By adopt
ing this plan, hundreds, probably
thousands of acres Of rough billy land
in the South could be made profitable
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-09-26


out blowing, and then mulching.
For some years The r. Ny. has
discussed what is known as the
mulch method of growing fruit
trees We have described some or
chards where this method is practiced,
and urged fruit growers to try it in
small way at least We have been
at times criticised for doing this, some
going so far as to say that we were
doing great injury to the business by
advising people to try a ''lazy mans"
method. Somehow, as we practice
this method in our own orchard, it
does not seem we'll suited to a lazy
man, and we have always had conf
dence in the good sense Of our readers
to take suggestions in conservative
way So we have advised the mulch
method, confident that the scientific
men: wi1r In time realize it's value.
Now comes the Ohio Experiment
Station with a bulletin which demon
strates more than we have ever claim
ed. Apple trees were planted and
cared for in four different ways. In
one case absolutely clean culture was
given-that is, tillage tools were used
all through the season. In another
culture was kept up until late in July,
when a ''cover crop" like clover or
cow peas, was seeded and left to grow.
On still another a circle around the
trees was kept stirred with a hoe,
while all grass or weeds growing on
the field were cut at intervals and
left to decay where they fell On the
last this growth of grass and weeds
was cut and all piled around the base
of the trees-the trunk being protected
by band Of wire cloth. The trees
were planted on sloping ground, and
the thorough culture was failure
from the start, because the rains
washed and quilted the surface so that
it was necessary to stop the cultiva-
tors The best results were obtained
where the grass and weeds were cut
and piled around the trees. These
trees not only made a stronger growth,
but came into bearing earlier than the
others. That is what We should ex
pect from the behavior of our own
trees, but the Ohio Station has gone
further, and hit another bug-bear of
the mulch method. We have been
told that where trees are mulched the
roots are all at the surface, even rising
into mulch itself. From this it was
argued that if we fail to keep up the
mulch, or if it is burned, or if the
orchard is plowed, the trees will be
ruined, since the roots must die We
have never believed this, yet it has
been accepted as the truth by most
growers because it seems reasonable.
The Ohio Station, after digging UP
soil from under these trees, and care
fully studying the roots, shows that
the mulched trees have on the whole
a deeper and better root system than
those that are cultivated. In addition
to the surface roots, which have de-
ceived so many, these are deep
strong roots in addition. It seems to
uS that anUOnn mho will fOrlz q Milo
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-18
Woodstock 2, Randolph 8.

The Randolph S. BIS took a fall
out of the locals in the rubber game
Thursday; score 8 to 2.
1t was mighty bad day for the home
team, which played rather listlessly
at times, and in addition the visitors
landed on Wyatt for l6 hits, tapping
him almost at will. 1t is surprising
that they didn't more scores, but
good fielding headed off a lot of the
heavy hitters. Wyatt was not up to
his usual game at any time, lacking
speed to control, but he is likely to
make good for this "off" day.
Brilliant catches were made by
Ryan for Woodstock, and Goodhart;
otherwise features were lacking. The
score:
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-18
THE oFFICE-HoLDERS' RALLY.

The ofice-holders' rally was held
in the park Friday afternoon, of
about the usual size and enthusiasm,
the attendance largely including
ladies' and children, baby carriages
and peanut rooster. The latter did
a good business. The speakers, who
were introduced by Hon. George
Aitken, were Hon. G. H. Darling,
Senator W. P. Dillingham; and Attor-
ney General G. G. Fits, and they
harped on Clement, while the Bridge
water band was not playing OF Mr..
Markham was not singing-not on
what the Republican administration
had done for the state or what it
might do.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-18
BASE BALL.
WOODSTOCK 2, RANDOLPH 2.
Another Tie Game Played at Ran
doIph-EleVen Innings.

Woodstock and the Randolph S.
BIS played another tie game at Ran
dolph last week Friday-an encoun-
ter full of features, close decisions
and first class ball-playing. There
were men on bases nearly every in
ning-a spectacle extremely harrow
ing to the onlookers, nearly hun
dred local fans going up to return
cheer for cheer with the Randolph
rooters. And marshalled by Mr..
Eugene Taylor, Clements "coons"
were on the side lines shouting for
Woodstock.
Wyatt pitched for Woodstock and
kept up his speed, steadiness and &C
curacy until the end, while his oppo-
nent was nearly all in at the finish.
A long, fierce drive by Davis, a
sensational catch by Shaw of "Texas
Lacquer" and O'Shea's double were
among the feature contributed by
the Woodstock artists.
Both sides drew blanks in the first
two innings. In the last of the third,
with one out, jackson singled, went
to second on passed ball and Ord
way boosted him along to the third
bag. Then Fitzgerald, with two men
out, dropped the ball into the pitch
er's box, but owing to the irregular
ity and meanness of the ground Wy
att couldn't handle it in time to cut
out Jackson's score. Fitzgerald
scored on Goodhart's single; Stearns
out at first. These were Randolph's
only two round trips.
More blanks in the fourth and fftl
innings. In the sixth Goode got first
on errors, stole second; Howard
famed, Dudley flied to left, and ther
Dumas tapped out a two-bagger and
Goode scored.
1t was two to one against the
Woodstocks at the beginning of the
ninth. Dumas was thrown out on q
hit to short, Goodhart fumbled Davis
hit; Davis stole second, and on g
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-18
PROCTORSVlLLE.

A well-atteuded Fusion rally was
held at Schoolhouse hall Wednesday
evening, Aug. Is. About l50 voters
were present and listened attentively
and applauded the good points.
s. E. Emery presided. The speak,
ers were Hon. Thomas Browne Of
Rutland, and Hon. Raymond j
Trainor of Hartford, candidate fol
states attorney OH the Fusion ticket
W. w. Adams has the foundation
we'll started for his new three-story
block on Depot street,
From the condition of our high.
ways, we conclude that the recent
Good Roads" convention at Wind.
sor did not have time, in the discus
sion OF how to make roads better fol
automomiles, to consider some meth
cd for removing small stones so as
to render our roads safe for travel in
a buggy
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-18
NORTH BRIDGEWATER

Mrs. Z, S. Francis recently had a
centennial fuchsia in blossom and
many Of her neighbors found it worth
while to see the show. The great
plant had large number of bios
SONS and one measured nine inches
around.
Mrs. M. E, Perry of Woodstock
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. G. R.
Markham, who also has as guests Ed
Barnaby and family of Smithville,
N. J., and daughter Beth of Somer-
vile, Mass.
Elmer Luce has smile now days.
He has new express wagon and a
new harness which he bought of E.
L. Winslow Of Prosper.
Lorenzo Peoples is Singing his
barn,
Mrs. ]. L. Atwood and sons, Ken
meth, Harland and Reno, were at Ed
Thomas in West Windsor, from
Friday till Monday. The boys took
one nights lodging on AS Itney
mountain and report good time,
Mrs. M. +. Scott Of Prosper visit
ed at F. S. Hedges first of the week.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-18
SaERBURNE

G. M. Bradley and wife called at
F. G. Spaulding's Tuesday.
Mrs. Nellie Miner visited friends
at West Bridgewater part OF last
week, returning home Tuesday Of
this week.
F. G. Spaulding is cutting the hay
on Mrs. B. L. Hadley's place.
D. NJ. Estabrook is seriously sick.
His daughter and husband Of Stock
bridge have been called home to help
care tor him.
MI. and Mrs. r. N. Taylor OF
Plymouth and Miss Cecil Tarbell OF
Wallingford visited at Harold Tar
BELLS part of last week.
Mrs. Ernest Pinney of West
Bridgewater was in town last Tues
day.
Miss Carrie Goodnough is with
friends at Pico this week.
]. II. and O. M. Johnson were in
Rochester the first of the week.
WI. ana Mrs. Harold Pratt have
returned to their home IN Rutland.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-18
Again, Rain-Woodstock 8, Bridge
water 7.

Oh, we've waited and waited till the storm
They started to play, but it showered again.
Old Song.
Bridgewater nearl y turned the
trick Saturday, and was three runs
to the good when a heavy shower
stopped the proceedings at the end
of the third inning. Goode, the
Northern league pitcher brought
along by the visitors, was hoodoo
for the home players in the first half
of the game, but on resuming play
after the shower the necromancy of
the local men became more inauen-
tial and the professional big-stick er
was touched up pretty freely-a total
of seven hits in eight innings, Wood
stock making the winning tally in
the seventh inning.
Capron made a grand stand catch
in right field. "Kid" Howard stead
led down after the first disastrous
inning, in which local errors were a
feature, and pitched a first class
game.
Wyatt relieved him in the seventh,
to clinch the game, which was called
in the eighth on account of darkness.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-18

Mrs. VIM. Ellison and son Nor
man, who have been with Mrs, Fill
sons father, Norman French for sew
eral weeks, return to Waltham,
Mass, today.
The public dumping ground will
be open for use on Mondays and
Wednesdays, with a man in charge
who will burn the garbage left
there.
Among the real estate deals OF the
week were the sale of 7. j. Whites
house on Central street to Fred
erick Chapman, and the sale, by F..
S. Mackenzie, of the Judge Marsh"
house on Elm street to Mrs. Mary
McV. Chapman.
Much favorable comment has fol-
lowed The Ages remarks about the
beauty of the banks of the Ottauque-
chez. 1t is hoped that our readers
as they walk about the town will no
tice the improvements made and will
encourage our citizens TO interest
themselves in the subject. 1t costs
money, to be sure, to clean up, but
not so much as might be supposed,
and having once got started the mat
ter is easy. We believe that Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. H. Moore may be credit
ed with being the pioneers in the art
of riparian landscape gardening.
Passing over the lower bridge a
glance FROM right to left will show
how much art can improve on ma
ture.
Ira Carlos Mower, Tor over fifty
years a we'll known resident of
Woodstock, died at his home on
River street Friday, Aug. 10, of
heart disease and hardening of the
arteries. The funeral was held at
the home Sunday afternoon, Rev.
Joseph Hamilton officiating, men,
bers of Woodstock lodge, No. 81. F.
and A. M, conducting the funeral
service at the River Street cemetery.
Mr.. Mower was born in Hartland "a
years ago, and in 1850 came to
Woodstock with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ira Mower, who bought the
farm just beyond the fair ground
bridge which, though part of the
Billings estate, is still known as the
Mower place. He married Miss
Marcia Perkins of Bridgewater, who
survives him, with three children:
Philip c., of North Dana, Mass,
Mary II. Brown of Towanda, Penn,
and |. Clinton Mower of this village.
Mr.. Mower was employed in the
local markets for many years, and
later followed the painting trade. He
was a sturdy, outspoken man of pos
tive convictions, thoroughly genial
and with many likable qualities.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-18
DIES SUDDEN My.
Prominent Randolph Physician Ex-
pires in Barnard Post office.

DR.. H. II. Mcintyre of Randolph,
one of the best known physicians in
that section, died suddenly of heart
disease Monday morning at Barnard,
where he had been camping with
Mrs. Mcintyre and her brothers and
their wives, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. H. Mil
Ter of Pomfret and Gen. and Mrs. G.
P. Miller of Washington, D. @. The
doctor rowed across the lake with
Mr.. Miller Monday morning, and
while his companion went in another
direction he turned to the postofTice
to mail some letters. He then moved
toward the store in the same build
ing and dropped dead instantly.
He is survived by a son, DR.. Hen
ry, who is in the Philippines, and a
daughter, Mrs. Marion Loudon OF
Burlington.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-18
County Fair Races.

The following purses are offered
by the Windsor County Agricultural
Society for the races Sept. 1921:
$50 class, for horses owned and
kept in the county for three months
prior to the fair, 500.
2.35 class, 5000.
2.27 class, 5000.
2.18 class, 5000.
300 class, $50, for three and four
year old horses owned and kept in
the county for three months prior to
the fair.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-18
SPECIAL PRIZES
Offered by Maxwell Evarts.

27-Silver cup for best horse driv-
en- by a lady. Manners, speed, ac-
ton and conformation to count Is
per ct. each.
2S-BEST HERD OF SHORT
HORNS or grade Shorthorns of ten
animals-Bull one year old or over,
and nine cows or heiters, over one
year, owned by one man. To be
Judged wholly on merits of animals,
not on pedigrees. To the first, Sill
vel cup and $40; second, $40 third,
$40; fourth, SIS.
For best animal on grounds, bull,
COW or heifer, any age, any breed,
SIS
Offered by Mrs. A. E. Mann
2o-For best pony I3 3 or under,
driven by a child of not over ten
years, $40, 5, 3
Offered by VIM. Beaman
3o-For best brood mare with
foal dropped in 1906, mare to meas
ure at least 1873, foal to count so per
cent, Sis, 7, 3
Prize to be withdrawn unless five
compete.
Offered by Henry S. Wardner
3I-For stallion, mare or gelding,
3 yrs. old or over, foaled in Yer
mont, conforming most truly to the
ancient Morgan type. To be shown
in harness. $40, 5, 3
Offered by |. R. Clark.
32-Best pair farm horses, owned
by farmer, to be shown to cart,
$40, 5, 3
33-Best yoke Of oxen on the
grounds of the association, $40, 5, 3
Offered by H, L. Vondell.
Glass 34-Slow race, half mile,
SIS. 2, 2. Horses not trotting all the
way, disqualified. No cruel arrange
ment of bits or reins allowed. Two
dollar whip given to horse in most
ancient harness and sulky.