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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-05-04
Find Hidden Treasure.

Denver.-A special to the Repub.
lican from Fairplay Friday says:
Messrs. Shaw and Robbins, prospec.
tors, discovered hole in the ground
midway between this place and Horse.
shoe yesterday, and found therein tin
can containing several thousand dol.
lars in gold, paper and dust. 1t is sup.
posed to have been the money of the
early COS and which they buried. The
prospectors have started for Deer
creek, as 1t is understood that money
was buried in that neighborhood about
the same time.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-05-04
FOUND OUT.
1 Trained Nurse Discovered ItA
Eject.

Eject.
No one is In better position to know
the value of food and drink than
trained nurse.
Speaking of coffee nurse of Wilkes.
Barre, Pa, writes: II used to drink
strong coffee myself and suffered great.
ly from headaches and Indigestion,
While on visit to my brothers I had
good chance to try Postum Food
Conee, for they drank 1t altogether in
place Of ordinary coffee. In two weeks
after using Postum, found wai
much benefited and finally my head.
aches disappeared and also the indi.
gestion.
Naturally have since used Postum
among my patients. and have noticed .
marked benefit where coffee has beel
left off and Postum used.
Il observe curious fact about Post.
um used among mothers. 1t greatly
helps the flow of milk in cases where
coffee is inclined to dry 1t UP, and
where tea causes nervousness.
Il find trouble in getting servants ts
make Postum properly. They most al.
ways serve'it before 1t has been boiled
long enough. 1t should be boiled 15 OF
20 minutes and served with cream
when it is certainly delicious bevsr
age" III -
There's reason" for Postum.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-05-04
Conforming to tho Law.

Rev. Mr.. Parkhurst. OF New York.
has been writing OF the decay OF posi-
tive authority. whcrcat the Chicago
Tribune says It Is tho other way about:
that with all allowance for the rules
that are broken the average man of
than his ancestors were compelled to
observe IN tho days OF the heaviest
tyranny. II adds: "A man cannot
build house upon his own land with
out complying with tho ordinances Of
the city. and hardly without obcying
the dictation OF n number of trades
unions. He must adopt the sanitary
eonvcnicnccs which seem best to the
city government II the house is Of
n certain height he must provide It
with fire-cscapcs. Arrangements for
air and light must be in accordance
with the rulcs. II he has n child he
cannot decide for himself whether the
child shall be taught or not. He
must provide medical attendance for
the members OF his family. He cannot
put his child to work under the age
u II. He cannot give his daughter in
marriage under the age OF 16. He
sannot sell goods on the street with
gut license. and there are many busi-
aesses in which he cannot engage with
put license. His carts must have
tires OF certain width. His carriage.
II an automobile. must bear number.
for which he is taxed. In n thou
sand petty ways his personal liberty
is restricted. in the name OF the law.
The peril at the present day is not
growing disregard for positive author
ity SO much rs belief in the efficacy
OF legislation to cure all ills. Almost
every possible relation of man to man
has been made the subject OF law,
but the flood still continues"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-05-04
OF MONEY
WILL % EXPENDED wisely ~
RELIEF OFFICIALS.
ARMY DISTRIBUTES FOOD

Red crsss and cisIssns' cemmittss Act
ressthsr Relief Fund Rssehss
-Four snd ons-tsif Miiilens and
SIN Coming.
San Francisco.-what to do with
the Immense amount of money that has
been contributed to the relief OF Ban
Franchises homeless was the question
that received earnest consideration BY
all those now engaged In this all'tui'
portans work. 30 many inquiries had
come 10 the heads OF the various de-
partments. civil and military. all ask
Ing how and by whom the money -
generously contributed would be ex'
pended. that the Associated Press was
asked TO communicate To the country
at large the plan for disbursing those
funds. and tho assurance that every
dollar would be put To the use for
which II was intended.
All expenditures will be authorized
by tho finance committee Of the citi'
xens and Red Cross funds. The mem.
bers Of this committee ars representa-
tive bankers. business men and jurisis
of San Francisco. and DIR. Duvine Of the
National Red Cross Society. This
committee will audit all accounts and
make q detailed report To the War d.
partmcnt, where final audit and state
ment will be made.
At noon Thursday tho distribution Of
food TO the city of San Francisco was
formally turned over to the United
States army, which will act under the
system already described. Under this
system many OF the abuses that have
prevailed In the giving out Of supplies
by the various local and outside relief
ORGANIZATIONS. each of which has acted
independently OF all others. will be dis
continued and tho direction OF all the
stations will be centralized In the de
pot OF the auartcrmastcr OF the arm,
at this post under Major Duvai.
Tho reports from the leading hos
pitais at III. Preside and nj Colder
Gate park to-day showed that tho
number OF patients In less than ycs;cr
day. Al the general hospital In tho
Prcxidio there were $50 patients Thurs.
dny. which IL 200 less than the day bo.
fore. The decrease is probably duo
TO tho fact that tho privl'
lego OF free transportation ovei
the railroads OF nny part of tho
any part OF tho state expired Mt noon
Thursday. and many Of the patients
who were suffering from minor In.
jurics and complaints left the hos
pitnis II. time to take advantage OF tho
generosity OF the railroads.
There are now thirty hospitals In
use. NIL of the smaller institutions cs.
tabiishcd during the confusion OF tho
first few days following the firc hav.
Ing been abolished and the patients re
moved TO the larger establishments
tuberculosis hospitals have been cs
tablishcd separately from the others.
The relief fund took big Jump up
ward Thursday Ms result OF tho
checking up OF the second appropria
ton OF Congress and the contribution
of the citizens of Massachusetts. The
additional appropriation by Congrcsi
WAS $l.500.oo0 and the sum sent by
Massachusetts was $500.o00. The local
receipts Wednesday from out Of town
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-05-04

One OF Mr.. Carnegie's declared rea-
sons for founding and munificently en-
dowing the institution at Washington
that bears his name was that "the ex-
ceptional man" might be discovered
and developed. His purpose more
particularly contemplated the excep-
tional man in science. but he is anx-
iously awaited and warmly welcomed
whenever found in every relation of
life. Soemtimes he appears when no
special conditions have been prepared
for him. Perhaps as often as not he
comes to the front through circum-
stances apparently fortuitous. but
which nevertheless call out responsive
though unsuspected qualities in him.
Tho exceptional man is not made to
order. In fact he is not made at all,
but comes to his own through oppor-
tunity.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-05-04
CONDITIONS IN San FRANCISCO
NOW RAPIDLY IMPROVING

San Francisco.-At 3:l5 O'Clock this
"wednesday afternoon a shock OF
earthquake was felt. IL lasted nearly
b minute and caused considerable
alarm and caused the death OF one
woman. A number OF walls Of burned
buildings which were still standing In
weak condition were thrown down
and fraii buildings were considerably
shaken. but the damage done was
slight. The shock was also felt In Oak
land and Berkeley. but in thsss places
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-05-04
Texas Antitrust suits.

Austin, TEXAS a result Of an anti
trust investigation made by Judge ].
H. Lightfoot, assistant to the attorney
general, twenty-one antitrust suits
have been filed in the Twenty-sixth
District Court by the state, involving
penalties of $17,00O,000. 1t is sought
by the state to forfeit the charters and
permits of the Fort Worth live stock
exchange and all its members, the Fort
Worth Stock Yards Company, Armour
& Co. and Swift & Co. These corpora
tions are charged with maintaining
monopoly and conspiracy in restraint
OF trade.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-05-04
Presidents Proclamation.

washington.-in n proclamation is.
sued Wednesday President Roosevelt
urges the American people now to send
their contributions for the allcviation
OF the distress In San Francisco di.
rcctiy TO former Mayor James ID. Pho
Ian. chairman of the finance commit.
teen in San Francisco. Instead OF to the
American Red Cross. The President
pays high tribute to the work accom-.
plishcd by the citizens committee of
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-05-04
Fuel company's Canal.

Pueblo, Colo.-On Thursday there
was recorded a deed to strip of land
across the property of the Dupont Pow.
der Company for right-of-way for the
new Colorado Fuel and Iron Company's
canal. This completes the right-of.
near Florence to the lakes south of the
city.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-05-04

Doan's Kidney Pills. the kidney weak
usss was soon corrected. and inside
. week all the pain was gone. WAS
spells. soreness and feelings OF Ian
suor. I strongly recommend poan's
Kidney Pills.
Sold by all dealers. 20 esa,s boz.
Foster -Nilburn Co. buffalo. y. Y.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-05-04
To Rebuild More ssausifui

San Ffaneisco.-James d. Phelan.
chairman OF the improvement associa-
tion Of the city. has dispatched tsie-
grams to Architect Daniel Harnham
and his assistant. Mr.. Bennett. who are
this city TO take up the work planned
some two years ago. Burnham and
Bennett are the originatoFs Of the
plans TO beauii.l Ear Francisco and
the committee does not want 10 take
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-05-04

It is now quite the correct thing
among the gilded young people of New
York city to have gray or almost
white HAIR. So much admired have
these "prematurely gray" folks be-
come Of late that hairblanching is now
nearly as commonly resorted to as
mapicuring. ON
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-05-04

The bankers of Denver telegraphed
$4,000 to Los Angeles to be used there
for the purchase of supplies to be for.
warded at once to San Francisco.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-05-04

been for poans kio-
ney Pills l would
not be alive to-day.
Seven years ago I
was 50 bad With
pain in the back.
and 50 wax that ]
had TO keep TO my
room. aad VAS In
bed sometimes sig
weeks at a spell.
u Q mil as with
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-05-04

Hores another horror: A man
dropped so feet from the top story
of q Cincinnati building this week
and was not hurt in the least. They
He.e picked pigs feet.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-05-04
Diet for Children.

Urging the paronis to give their chill
dren a potato ana oatmeal diel ln'
stead OF tea. the bishop of Galway SAYS
that il his advice were carried oat\
,hor. would be leSs innaey in tis eoua'
try.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-05-04

sources amounted to $2,112,7O1, and
the local subscriptions to $1,250, max
ing total of $2.113,951. This brings
out of town total to S4,22S,437, the 10
cal total to $19f,950, and the grand to-
tai to $4,42O,3S7.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-05-04

San Francisco and indicates that the
necessity for working through the Red
Cross exclusively has passed.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-05-04

any final action until II has had u con.
ference with them. Several OF the
foundries and factories located In the
district near the water front and south
OF Market street are preparing TO re-
Bile moment.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-05-04
SEVEN YEARS OF SUFFERING
Ended at Last Through Using poan's
Kidney Pills.

Mrs.. Selma Jones. OF goo Msin ST..
Ansonia. Conn. says: II. IL had not
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-27
Is Iron a Fertilizer

1t has not been believed that iron
In any form is what we might call a
real fertilizer in the soil, although we
know that iron gives the color both
TO the soil and to all the plants pro-
duced upon it. There are some ex-
perimenters, however, who believe that
iron sulphate is itself fertilizer. One
OF these men is a Belgian, who has
been making some experiments on
oats and other cereals. He applied
200 Kilograms of iron sulphate, and
by 1t produced the same effect on
oats as did $50 Kilograms of nitrate of
soda. In addition, many weeds were
destroyed by the iron sulphate. The
author attributes the general effect of
the iron sulphate solely to the iron.
and not to the sulphuric acid. We are
sure, however, that most of our ex-
perlmenters, at least those on this side
OF the water, will be very slow in ac-
cepting the conclusions of this ex-
perimenter. While iron does enter
into the formation of plants, yet it is
TO very limited extent The adyan-
tage resulting from the application as
recorded may be due to some other
element rather than to the application
Of iron.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-27
Famous Health Resort
Davos, High Up Among Alpine Peaks,
Has Ideal Climate for Consumptives
m


Davos is paradoxical sort of place.
1t is a high Alpine health resort for
consumptives Its climate is excel
lent and its weather unspeakably bad.
1t SHOWS here all the twelve months
round, but perhaps the worst of 1t is
that sometimes it thaws. In the big
spring thaw for a whole month every
road has its pitfalls. Men and horses,
be they never so wary, sink above
tne knees, founder, perhaps fall. and
are lucky If they get off with
drenching.
Nevertheless, the lying cure" goes
on assiduously. This favorite rem
edy consists in inyalids passing about
six hours day extended on couches
in ornamental sheds. Sometimes men
congregate in one shelter of this sort,
sometimes women, sometimes a
mixed company. Only newcomers feel
shy at passing by dozen or so of
these tenanted beds in the open air.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-27
Ice on the Farm.


Ice Is one of the great luxuries of
modern times. and is fast becoming q
necessity. Its use has many phases.
II Is exceedingly valuable in the dairy
all through the summer, and by its
help the enterprising farmer Is able
70 put on the market higher quality
OF milk, butter and cream than would
Otherwise be possible. Ice enters into
the problem Of food preservation, and
the farmer that has an abundant gup-
ply OF 1t can indulge in the luxury of
fresh meat much oftener in the sum-
mer than he otherwise could. The
farmers wife always appreciates the
advantage OF having ice that she can
use as she wishes in her culinary OBJ
erations.
Ice Is one Of the things that ia
easily obtained on most farms in the
North, but 1t requires some work to
secure 1t. However, the time of ice
harvest comes when no other harvest
can be gathered. Many of our farm
ers have ponds that are large enough
and clear enough to provide a first.
class quality of ice. Where the farmer
lacks such pond he can generally
Guy his ice from some neighbor at a
cost OF about ten cents ton. he to do
the cutting and hauling. The inhabit-
ant In the city pays all the way from
70 to 81 per ton for the ice that is
delivered at his door. The aggregate
cost to the farmer. including cost of
hauling, interest on value of building
Tor storage, packing material and pack
Ing should not be over so cents a ton.
we are glad to know that many of
our farmers have built first-class ice
houses and every year fill them with
enough Ice to last till cold weather
comes the following year. The best
ice houses are those that are square
and as near a cube as possible. In
such a house ice may be SO packed
that IL Will present the least possible
surface toward the outside, and will
produce the least possible lateral pres
sure. The walls must be well built.
10 prevent the bullying of the building.
A building that is very tall will permit
the Ice to sag to one side and this
VIII cause the bullying OF the building
comes. We have seen such buildings
with great props against them to pre-
vent still greater damage.
In building an ice house for farm
use, a few principles need to be OBJ
served. The first of these is to give
perfect drainage. The house should be
either on an eminence and have a nat
urai drain, or 1t must have tile laid
to carry off the water as fast as 1t is
made by the melting of ice. II water
is permitted to accumulate, 1t causes
the more rapid melting and consequent
loss of ice. The walls of the house
should be built double, to give a good
sized air space. The packing of the
Ice should be carefully done, as this is
very important factor in preventing
the melting of the ice.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-27
Brown Rot Of PIums.

Last summer the writer visited the
farm of a prominent fruit grower of
Northern Illinois. He had a consider
able number of plum trees, but the
fruit was worthless, as it had been
taken by the brown rot. The trees
had bloomed full and the prospects for
a large crop of fine plums had been
excellent. But before the time came
to gather the plums the dreaded brown
rot appeared and soon spread among
all the trees. The plums soon began
to drop, and the ground was covered
in few weeks with hundreds of the
deceying plums. Thousands of the
plums still on the trees were affected
on one side and 1t was seen that the
crop was ruined.
This disease is known scientifically
as Monilia fructigena. The spores at
tack not only the fruit, but also the
blossoms, leaves and twigs. The proc.
ess of its development is about as fol-
lows: A spore falls on a wet plum
and sticks there. 1t sends a f1lament
into the skin of the plum. This fla
Uent develops into a thread-like
growth that permeates the pulp of the
plum everywhere. 1t is the food-gath-
ering power of this mycelium or mass
of threads that causes the breaking
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-27
The eensraI.Purpose Horse.

The thought Of a general purpose
horse is one very firmly fixed in the
mind of the average farmer that has
not settled down as a specialist. We
OFTEN hear the specialist say there is
no such thing aud that the general
purpose idea is humbug. We are
ready to admit that people often hold
to this idea when a special purpose
idea would bring them greater meas.
ure of success.
The general-purpose farm horse Ia
one that can be utilized In ordinary
farm work Of all kinds and can also
do the limited amount of road work
needed In connection with the work.
ing or the medium sized or small farm.
A horse called chunk" in market.
standing fifteen to sixteen hands high.
weighing from HOO to 1,40O pounds,
compactly built, with good feet and
legs, a tractable, lively disposition. a
good, clean, rapid way of going at
walk or trot, is, in brief, the kind of a
horse would call general-purpose
horse. This kind of horse has a place
on the farm of the Northwest, and we
may say is the most valuable class. so
rar as farm work is concerned. AS
described above you will note that
ne partakes of the qualities of both
the draft and coach or heavy roadster
types, in both his conformation and
disposition George McKerrow, In
Bulletin 127, Wisconsin Station.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-27

years; the deaths in his quarters prob.
ably averaged three a year, and sons
one told the local legend of how any
stout-hearted Davoser may see .hs
figures OF those who are going to
die in the coming twelvemonth il he
will walk at midnight on New Years
eve by the River Landwasser, near
the parish church. The moonlight fell
across the room toward the door. and
the sleeper's fascinated gaze was
caught by cloud-framed, colored
oval gliding past the left side of his
bed-gliding, gliding down the silvery
beam! The oval drew to a picture.
1t was like the modern Pieta he had
seen at Lugano, but in the place of
the dead Christ lay lovely girl.
There was mother, there was
youth and another woman's figure
bent with grief, all! Instead of up-
holding angels, there were rough Bun.
der Observation-Disclosures men. And
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-27
The Help of Machinery.

There was a time when the farmer
worked all by himself a small farm
and found it profitable to do all Of
his work by hand. Had there been
machinery at that time, 1t would
have possessed little value for him,
as he could not have disposed Of his
surplus for enough money to pay for
his machinery and leave a balance
ON the transaction. The transport by
sea was then by sailing vessels and
the transportation over the land by
means largely of OK teams. We can
not imagine the great grain crops Of
today being moved by such means.
II great grain crops had been raised
the grain must have fallen in value
till 1t would not have paid the cost
OF raising, or much of it would have
nodded in the bins. With the prog
ress of the world came the neces-
sity for the use of farm machinery.
The motive power on the water
changed to steam and great barges
were constructed with enormous car
rylng capacity. These could carry
the grain around the world at small
cost per bushel. On the land hun
dreds of lines of railway opened up
the country, and train-loads of grain
are now moved in any direction night
and day. 1t is no longer possible for
a community to produce so much
grain that it cannot be shipped out.
The commerce of the world will take
all the grain the farmer can grow.
1t Is therefore necessary for the
farmer to take advantage of the ex-
lstence of machinery for farm use.
The price of grain has fallen greatly
from what it was a hundred or so
years ago, and each acre of land
must therefore be worked at a less
cost than formerly. This the farmer
can do only by the use of machinery
and the more improved the machin-
cry the less per acre is the cost of
handling the land. Every farmer
should therefore study the machine
question and learn if he is using fair
ly good machines, or whether be is
using machines that are expensive of
labor and effective to a less degree
than should be found in farm ma
chimes. 1t is sometimes cheaper to
throw away an old machine than 1t is
to keep it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-27
Buy Glover Seed Early.

Usually clover seed is sown very
early in the spring or even late in the
winter. In northern localities It is sown
on the snow in March and further soutb
Is put In in February. The clover
seed should be purchased a consider.
able time before it is used. so that
1t may be tested. This testing
should be done by counting ont q
hundred seeds and placing them he
tween damp wooden cloths inclosed in
reversed plates to keep in the mois-
ture. II the termination is low new
lots OF seed may have to be MIR.
chased, and this is the more reason
for buying the seed early in the win.
ter. Also the testing is more likely
to be done If the seed is purchased
early than If it is purchased late. The
late-bought seed is too apt to be scat,
tered on the land without the far.
mer knowing whether it is fairly
good or not. If it fails he does moi
know whether the failure is due to
poor seed or something else.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-27

me practice of Opening nm" the
Tops OF apple trees is followed nv 8
g. ooyerhill' OF Northern Illinois. Mr..
Sovernill mas been or" harding in that
locality for about fNFty years. The
pracCce Is condemned by Edison Cav
iord' OF Iowa, who has been orcbardino
IN tnat state for fifty years. Roth men
nave mad so many years of experience,
that IL Is not probable that either 20
naklng mistake regarding the nrac.
.ices allowable in his vicinity Rut
Az Dilnss us to che appreciation of
s s,s Iact that conditions enormously
ulher IN different localities separated
w oniy a few hundred miles we
moulu ike to receive communications
from our leading horticulturists in Ar.
ierent states and different localities ~
Tue same state relative to the anount
VI sunscald In their neighborhoods and
Ine general practice of HEADING treos
The amount of sunscald exist,nr a.,
a neignoorhood does not seem to de-
penu on the latitude. Mr.. GAYLORD has
defined the process when
ne says that 1t is due to the hreoL-
rug up OF cambium cells bv tba aItor-
nate freezing and thawing. Hnt tbera
Is something more in IL than th,s g..
sunscald seems to be worse IN az
ooluer parts of the states than in Arc.
warmer parts, though even iD ar -
~ 90 sone freezing and thawing must
80 on. We would like to know how
-"' Sou'h sunscald is experienced.