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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-04-21
An e-ooo,ooo.Acre Farm.

Don Luis Terrazas, the Mexican
Croesus who once offered TO assume all
the debts owed by his country, has a
farm Of about 100000 acres in the
state of Chihuahua 1t takes Mexican
Central trains half a day to cross the
farm. Don Luis is thought to own
more that 100000 cattle. but a baga
telle of 900 or so more or less
never bothprS him. His stable con
sists of some 100, 900 horses. his sheep
fold of 100000 sheep. From 100000 to
100000 calves are branded with his
brand every spring. More than 1000
cowboys and SO on keep his cattle on a
thousand hills.
Many men are more anxious to save
their money than their honor
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-04-21
SAN FRANCISCO IN RUINS and ASHES
FROM EARTHQUAKE FOLLOWED BY FIRE

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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-04-21

and often could not get my shoes on.
beginning To use Doan 5 Kidney Pills
got relief before l had used half 4 box,
but continued taking them until cured.
The bloating subsidized and l was well
again"
Sold by all dealers. so cents n box.
Foster Nil burn Co, Buffalo, y. Y.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-04-21

7 Y = VIC z X tJN .V FI-' VI
Mrs. Laura Sullivan,
Bluff and Third SITS. ,
Marquette, Mich. who
saws: II had back
ache and b caring g
do wn pain, and Mt
times my limbs would
swell to twice natural
size. l could hardly
get up or down stairs,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-04-21
Big Hotels Burned.

San Francisco, April 1S.-All efforts
Palace and Grand hotels were unsuc
cessful, and both were completely de.
stroyed, together with all their con
fonts.
Al San Francisco's best play houses,
including the Majestic, Columbia, Or
phcum and Grand Opera House, are a
mass of ruins. The earthquake demol-
ishcd them for all practical purposes,
and the fire completed the work of de.
struction.
The handsome Rialto and Casserly
buildings were burned to the ground, as
was everything in that district.
The scene at the Mechanics Pavilion
during the early hours of the morning
and up until noon, when all the in
jured and dead were removed because
Of the threatened destruction of the
building by fire, was one of indescrib-
able sadness. Sisters, brothers, wives
and sweethearts searched eagerly for
some missing dear one. Thousands Of
persons hurriedly went through the
building, inspecting the cots on which
the sufferers lay, in the hope that they
would find some loved one that was
missing.
The dead were placed in one portion
of Nhe building and the remainder was
devoted to hospital purposes. After
the fire forced the nurses and physi-
clans to desert the building. the eager
crowds followed them to the Preside
and the Children's hospital, where they
renewed their search for missing rela
tivcs.
Up to late this afternoon more than
$50 persons who were seriously injured
by the earthquake and the fire had
been treated at the various hospitals
throughout the city.
The front of the Bailey e La Coste
building on Clay street, near Mont
gomery, fell in, killing three men.
Captain Gleason of the police depart
ment was seriously injured at noon to-
day by the falling of tiling.
San Francisco, April 19. 12:30 a. m
At midnight the fire still roars. Flee
ing inhabitants can see from miles
around the pillars of fire towering sky.
ward. The crash of falling roofs and
the muffed reports OF the exploding
dynamite reach the ear at regular in
tervals. A disaster that staggers COM
prehension and in point of terror and
damage is unprecedented on the coast
has not yet reached its elimination.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-04-21
A PRECARIOUS CONDITION.
Many Women Suffer Daily Miseries and
Don't Know the Reason.

Women who are languid, suffer back
ache and dizzy spells, should read care
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-04-21


Santa Ana, California; -- F'roili, Hal
bert X Thomas of Los Angeles, Rober
West"ICh Of Santa Barbara, and W. II.
Mastt is OF Portland, Oregon.
Santa Rosa in Flames
Oalnnd, April 1S-Reporrs from
cities near san Francisco show the
destrue-. ON was general, Santa Rosa
sixty mics north, is in flames. and the
DANA is over million. Loss of life
is saiu 80 be POO to 300
AT y tpa many buildings were shat
tered aui the loss will amount to $50
eco. NO loss OF life is reported.
At N1jIf 10 the damage was slight in
compuI~on with that suffered in other
cities. The loss will be about $4,000.
Sacrlmerto. April lN-Guveruos
Parduv Las received dispatch from
Nalpa I5 that the State Hospital is
dama~cI and useless ana that Dr. Kel-
ley is !Ilied. The number of injured
is UNI nnwn. 1t is asked that physi-
Clans a1d nurses be sent there.
Railroads Blocked.
Sacramento. Cal, April 1S.-All the
plans for running trains on the west
ern division Of the Southern Pacific
talil "a bLNNttI luIS fllN anu oih-
land " Ic knocked out this morning by
the tu-ridc earthquake shock. The
train dispatchers had no telegraph
wires operating to San Francisco and
no connection could be had by tele
phon,
\ short time after the big shock
came 4 message from Susun, SoIano
county, saying that long section OF
railroad track had disappeared from
view. At one place between Sprig
and Teal stations. in the Suisun
marshc5, for Il distance of one mile and
/ a half, the track sunk down three to
six feet, and at another point near by
/ 000 feet of track went out. Trains
which should have been dispatched for
San Francisco carly this morning had
to b brought back and they went to
the Raw City by the Lathrop route.
tn track sunk by the earthquake is
near he place where a loaded paSsen-
ger train came near going out of sight.
, Il Is feared it viii take several weeks
TO repair the present collapse, and in
III" meantime all trains will be sent
by he Stockton route.
There are great creyasses on each
side of the track through the Suisun
marshes and it is reported that great
oc, n of water has flowed over the low
lands between Suisun and Benecia
A short distance below Suisun a
Soul hern Pacific switch engine sunk
into the ground distance of three
feel not far from where the tracks dis
appeared.
Eeports received fro-c the train dis
atcher's office tell OF minor earth.
quake damage at Suisun, and Tracy,
san Joaquin county. Freight cars in
the railroad yard at Tracy were started
To rolling and had to have blocks
placed under the1.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-04-21

Lewis Single Binder cigar-richest, most
satisfying smoke on the market. Your
dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-06-14
The Hessian Fly

Probably no other insect causes
more damage to the wheat crop Of
the United States than the Hessian
fly, though the chinch bug is doubt
less a close second. During the years
when it was excessively abundant
hundreds of thousands of acres of
wheat may be either totally destroyed
or so badly injured as TO reduce the
yield so to rs per cent. This insect
has long been known to ravage our
wheat fields, yet farmers are, in many
cases, still at loss regarding the
best methods of warding off it's de-
vastation. Methods for controlling
the Hessian fly are summarized as
follows in pamphlet by F. M. Web
ster which has just been issued by
the bureau Of entomology:
I'm the fall wheat-growing sections,
sow the best of seed in thoroughly
prepared, fertile soil, after the major
portion of the fall brood has made it's
appearance and passed out of exist
ence, and, if possible, SOW on ground
not devoted to wheat the preceding
year. In the spring wheat section,
late seeding will not apply. 1t seems
likely, on the contrary, that the earl.
Ter it is sown in spring the less it will
suffer from the Hessian fly. But good
seed and well prepared, fertile soil
are as essential there as elsewhere. -
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-06-14

One of the important questions to
consider Is the best time to cut al
falfa. We do not for a moment pre-
sumo that where farmers have a
large area of alfalfa, especially in sec
tons where rainfall in June is sea-
sonable, that they will cure any large
amount of their crop at the ideally
best time. It is always well, however,
to have the correct ideal, and then
approach it as closely as possible I'M
der prevailing conditions.
1t seems to be the consensus of
opinion among experienced alfalfa
growers that the time to begin cut
ting alfalfa is when it begins to bloom
or about the first week in June in the
latitude of 40 to AZ degrees north.
1t is not desirable to begin earlier
on account OF the difficulty, very great
at the best, of curing it properly; but
the sooner the harvest is commenced
after blooming begins, if the weather
Is at all suitable, the better
There are two reasons for COM
mencing at this time:
First, the hay contains a larger per
cent OF nitrogen and hence is more
valuable in making up the ration, par
ticularly where it is desired to use
the crop as balance for corn.
Second, because the crowns which
we have often described, are then
forming, and much heavier second
and third crop can be secured than
when the first cutting is delayed. In
other words, you will grow more total
tonnage and of higher nutritive value
by commencing at this period. Where
there is very considerable area to
be cut, even at the very best much
of it will be in half bloom, and often
in full bloom, if the weather is bad
The same rule applies in cutting
alfalfa hay as in cutting clover. Be
gin as soon as ii is fit, and just a
little sooner if the weather is first
class. Keep on cutting and curing
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-06-14
Agricultural Appropriations

The agricultural appropriation bill
was reported to the senate May 10.
1t carries $7715,000, an increase of
S223,560 over the amount carried by
the bill as it passed the house. The
principal items of increase were $751;
500 for the bureau of animal industry;
$51,620 for the bureau of plant in
dustry, and $32,40O for experiment
stations
On the subject of free seeds the re-
port says:
1T may be stated that decided
majority of the committee expressed
themselves informally as opposed to
the distribution of common seeds.
as authorized by law for so many
years, but deemed it inadvisable at
this session to recommend change.
believing that such could not now Sc
cure the desired result, but trust at
the next session liberal appropria-
ton for the distribution of rare and
valuable seeds may take the place of
the present very Objectionable sys-
tenn"
An appropriation of $4,000 is made
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-06-14
Agricultural Department

as fast as you can until you are
through. Where a man has a large
acreage of alfalfa it will not be many
days after he is through with the
first before he will need to commence
on the second cutting.
East of the Missouri river, where
alfalfa is grown experimentaily as
yet, the farmer can afford to take ex-
ira pains in cutting and curing this
first crop. In any reasonably good
weather alfalfa is no more difficult to
cure than clover; nor is it as diff
cult with the same temperature, for
the reason that alfalfa when it be-
gins to bloom contains only about 70
per cent of moisture, whereas clover
at the same stage contains about so
per cent. Any experiment in grow
ing alfalfa will surely be failure
unless this first crop is cut at the
right time. If you do not intend TO
take some pains with alfalfa, you had
better not bother experimenting with
it at ALL
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-06-14
Scotch Scientists Idea

A Scotch scientist, Thomas jamie
son of Aberdeen, is out with the claim
that plants of the leguminous class
have not the exclusive possession of
the power of arresting and fixing the
nitrogen of the air. He claims to
have discovered that most farm crops
share the same faculty, some even
in larger degree than the legumin-
Gus plants, rape being mentioned as
especially altogether with the belief
that leguminous crops fix the nitro
gen through the nodules at their roots
and contends that, in common with
other crops, they absorb the free nj
trogen through the agency of their
leaves or foliage.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-06-14

middle of September. Dairy cows,
having the flies to contend with are
very liable to fall off in their milk
during these months, and are not like
ly during the fall months to get back
to their normal condition.
The farmer who has sowed rape in
his oats or spring wheat after they
were up three or four inches will find
in this supplement for dry pas
lures especially desirable for young
cattle or for milk cows during part
of. the day. The farmer who has
planted sweetcorn, or very early
type of field corn, has a soiling crop,
provided he is willing to use it. Sor-
ghum sown by the first OF June, or
even the 10th, can be available as a
supplemental soiling crop. In some
way or other some supplemental crop
should be used for dairy cows where
the farmer wishes to obtain full
milk supply during the season.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-06-14
DR.. kENYOh'S CELEBRATED
Guaranfe ed
Dropsy
Remedy
Remedy

A scientific prescription used sue
cessfully by the eminent Specialist,
DR.. Kenyon, for over a quarter of a
century, curing hundreds of afflicted of
that much dreaded GERM disease,
pROPSY, and kindred Kidney, Blad-
der, Stomach and Liver Troubles, a
specific in DIABETES complicated
with BRIGHT'S disease. BY permits
sion we are enabled to prepare and
offer the Profession (Laity as welD
this reliable preparation which rem
ders disease germs inert without in
jury to the live cells of the body. Con-
tains no alcohol or dangerous drugs
Write us and we will refer you to
some of the many who have been
cured of chronic DROPSY, also Dia.
betes complicated with Bright's dis
ease (people who recommend it to
others who recovered) after family
and physician both said there is nc
hope We guarantee money back il
it fails. Price $1.00 for the pint bottle
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-06-14
How Much Milk, and How Rich?

The remark is frequently made as
a prospective buyer passes through a
herd Of registered cattle: ssThis COW
is great mixer" or, I'VE have great
trouble to keep this cows bag from
spelling when the calf is young" or,
"She is regular cream pot" or, st
takes two calves to get away with
the milk of this cow Remarks like
these afford a fair presumption that
the COW is more than an ordinarily
good mixer They do not, however
give the prospective buyer the in
formation which he desires.
If we are to develop in any of our
breeds special type or variety of
heavy mixers, we must get at the
facts in the case. We must know
how much milk this cow gives during
the season. whether she gives it all
during the first three or four months
of the milking period or is persist
ent mixer We must know at least
approximately not merely how much
milk she gives in the course of the
season, but We must know how rich
it is
We have no hope of ever building
up well defined strain of milking
Shorthorns, Herefords, Red Polls,
Brown Swiss, Polled Durhams, or a
milking strain of any other milking
breed, until we get at these facts. 1t
is not necessary that we should know
the exact number of pounds given
in the year, but it is necessary that
the milk should be weighed at stated
intervals, SO as to enable us to know
approximately the yield during the
season Then the Babcock test must
be used to determine the per cent
of butter fat. With definite infor
nation of this kind the buyer knows
what he is buying. Otherwise he is
| simply guessing at it.
! AS matter of course this will in
| volve some work, but the informa
tion is worth all the work, and a good
deal more. If we wish to develop
type of heavy mixers in any breed
we must know approximately the rec
ord of the dam and granddams are
great mixers, and if the bull has the
capacity to beget great mixers, his
value is quite inestimable to any mar
| who is striving to build up a here
| of dual purpose cattle.
In short, we must quit guessing a.
the performance of the cows in The
herd. We must know, and unless VIZ
are prepared to furnish the proof i
might be just as well to quit talking
about it.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-06-14
Supplement the Pastures

Especially where the farmer is en-
engaged in dairying it is necessary
for him to make provision in advance
for supplementing short pastures,
which are liable to occur any year
from about the middle of July to the
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-06-14

patronage. is wonderful device, need
ing no clerk, paying no rent and it
will not take slug. It will be at
work nights and days, Sundays and
holidays, taking in niekles in exchange
for pencils, and earning fabulous sums
for it's owners.
1t was originally planned to put it in
school buildings where the thousands OF
students could secure pencils when need
ing them, but later it was found so ex-
celent a salesman that it is now being
put in hotels, depots. office building en-
frances, and many other places, through
out the country.
A few years ago no one heard of a
slot machine, but now there are thou
sands in use. and they have opened
vast source of revenue in selling many
small articles of daily use, but 1T re-
NAMED for a Los Angeles company -
secure exclusive and valuable patents to
sell lead pencils through a machine
A unique plan has been devised to
make the machine popular and insure
patronage by forming a stock company.
divided into shares, the owners of the
stock to share in the profits Of the hun
dreds of machines and advertise them
everywhere.
There are three thousand shares at
face value of one hundred dollars eacr,
which are being sold at $50 each now,
but will soon sell at 800 each.
To give an idea of the tremendous
profit that will attend the sale of lead
ten pencils a days at profit of three
cents a pencil will earn more than $l1o
a year. From these figures you can
easily estimate the enormous profit -
be derived from 1000 machines, or mort.
yourself This company expect to put
out 400 900 machines in the United States
alone In addition each machine is fitted
with a revolving cylinder on which are
advertising spaces that will earn add
tional hundreds of dollars yearly. Tho
cost of the machines being less than
ten dollars each, leaves profit almost
unbelievable when many thousand ma
chimes are at work.
Should the readers of this paper be in
terested in sharing the profits of this
machine, they should write J. w. Mus
selman, 263 Mason Building, Los Angeles,
California. asking him to reserve a sha-9
or two of the stock at $50 share, be-
| fore it has all been sold; or better ye..
make remittance with the letter to
| insure his holding the stock for you.
The Company is already operating on
| the Pacific Coast and the machines win
| spread eastward as their utility becomes
| known The profit should be enormous.
| dealing as they are in a necessity and
at the profit contained in five cent
pencil
| yet this year, which will within a few
| months cause the stock to go from
| the present price of $50 share to mucn
above 500, which is par, as there are
but 5000 shares to divide the profits
among.
If our readers have not the entire sum
/ in cash with which to purchase the
stock, a letter written to Mr.. Musselman
| will no doubt obtain his consent for you
| to purchase it on the easy payment plan.
Don't delay; write at once to Mr.. Mus
selnan for the booklet which the corn
| pany has published telling all about the
! machines. and what they are earning
selling pencils through their slot ma
/ chimes.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-06-14
STORY OF A REMARKABLE IN
vENTION THAT WILL EARN
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS

Should those who nave an inventive
turn Of mind devote their talents to the
little things of life those of every day
use, greater financial success would no
doubt attend their efforts.
1t is the simple inventions that have
always earned the greatest sums; for in
stance, the sewing machine, telephone.
barb wire, air brake. kodak. monograph.
to say nothing of hundreds of still smaller
things.
A modern example OF the earning ca
pacity of simple things is the slot machina
to sell small articles, one of the latest
of which is designed to sell pencils.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-06-14

This is a Pic
ture of the slot
machine to sen
five cent lead
pencils. 1t is a
very small ma
chine. b e j n &
a b o u t fifteen
inches high and
eight i n c h e $
wide, but IL
holds $50 pen
ellis in readl-
ness for the
American peo-
pie, who use
a n n u a | ly al
most nine hun
dred million Of
them.
This machine,
which has re-
Gently been put
out for public
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-02-03
LOUISA Ma

Following * the detailed record
by parishes III Louisiana:
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-02-03

An unusual call has been made
on the lnst1tute-tO furnish 4 com
blnation stenographer ana opera
tor. Salary no object; say, seventy
five dollars a month to start with.
Though unable to fill the bill
Immediately, the Telegraphy and
5tenography Departments have
cooked the order and grind out
the finished product in about a
year.
There is now considerable talk
amOnng the girls abOu! organizing
a guitar and mandolin club-as
= kind Of counter-irritant to the
boys brass hand.
The boys dormitory is now
'chock full" and special arrange
nents are being made to handle
he owe, flow.
Mr.. John T. Nixon, Of the Crow
y Signal and Rice Belt Journal.
stopped over at the Institute
ew hours last Saturday to visit
rs younger brother who is at
school here.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-02-03

Barbara Ladd Nj Is u.i.is form
Willard hcxt to Akl4 House.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-02-03

The editor who can please ever,
one Is no. fit for this earth, but i.
entitled to wings Human nature
IS constituted so that some like
scan1le, some like to see others
ripped NJ the back, others don't,
some like to see folks exposed, 9th
ers d"n''; some like the truth told
about them, other don't. Some like
to take their paper seven OF eight
years. and never miss an Issue or
pay a cent, and get mad aud atoD
their paper when-they get state
ment Of their accounts, others don't
1t is some consolation to know
that the Lord himself failed IN
Please everyone while on eartl,
-Ex.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-02-03
YOUR
State Board Of Health.

We acknowledge receipt of ;
personal communication from DR.
q II. lvlOn, the President of the
State Board of Health, inviting
the editor of this journal as a
delegate TO atteEd the conference
to be held at Alexandria. Feb Y
F.! l4-1J
DR.. IviOn announces his "earn
est hope and determination to
make this branch of the State
Service a State Board If Health
IN fact, az well rs in name" He
further says:
To do this. organization is n.ces
sary in order to unity the work or
the municipal, PARISH and State
Health Officers, to direct it i'm the
light of recent medical and SAM
taIy knowledge and to lnauuiIrate
a plan for the systematic cdnca.
ton Of the masses in the tru,
nature and prevention of
contagious and infectious diseases
To this ent, have called a
Conference to meet in The CITY OF |
Alexandria on the 18th, and 18th.
)f February next, to Which have
invited:
The Governor of Louisiana. the
residents Of all Medical. SAM.
airy, Dental aud Pharmaceutical
Societies IN the State, The Health
)ficers and Coz oners Of Louisiana
he Senate and House Committee
n Health and Quarantine of the
ieneral Assembly, Presidents Of
he Police Juries, Representatives !,
the Z. s. Public Health and
a4iDe Hospital seIyfce Reprrsen {