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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-28
In the ln.ere.. Of Good Roads.

At the Good Roads convention
lately held in Denver resolutions
were adopted outlining the pol
Icy on legislation that should be
adopted, and endorsing In Its
general features bill submitted
providing for state aid and supervis.
ion in the construction of a system of
principal market roads to the various
commercial and business centers OF
the state, and connecting such centers
with each other. A legislative commit
tie was appointed to draft bills upon
the policy thus endorsed, and present
the same to the incoming Legislature
for enactment into law. movement
of such vital Importance to the state
should receive the announcement and
endorsement officially Of every board
of county commissioners. of the Off
GERS of every city and town. and OF
every commercial organization and
civic body or club In the state. All
such bodies are earnestly requested to
pass resolutions Of endorsement and
forward the same to Mr.. S. A. Osborn.
the chairman of the committee. rooms
324-6 Opera House block. Denver, Colo
radO,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-28
Republican Caucus.

Dcnvcr.-Thc Republican Monday
morning says: Chairman John =. Wv.
Ian OF the Republican state commit
tee has issued call for n caucus OF
the Republican members OF the State
Legislature to be held at tho Brown
Palace hotel on the afternoon Of De-
ccmbcr 5ist. This caucus will name
the next United States senator. n
speaker Of the House. n president pro
TEN OF the Senate und give out the leg.
ipin,ivc patronage. Two days after
caucus has been held the Sixteenth
General Assembly will convene. For
Senator the legislators backed by the
Republican county organization. have
agreed upon Simon GurIcnhcim OF
this city. There Is a singular unanim.
ity on this. No other name Is men.
toned by members OF the Legislature
and the state organization IL unit.
Robert q. breckenridge and Wilbur +.
Cannon are candidate for speaker.
speaker. while Senator W. A. Drake
OF Lnrimcr will be chosen. most likely.
for president pro ten Of the upper
body.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-28
The Now Football.
COLORADO

During the past two months advo.
Gates and opponents of football and
those who regard II dispassionately
as a human activity. to be reckoned
with and understood. have had oppor'
tunity to see II played under the new
rules. For some years educators and
parents objected that the game was
morally and physically Injurious.
Some good players. frank enough to
brave the charge of disioyaity. con-
fessed that the game was all work
and little sport. Spectators protested
that the play was u formiess struggle
OF massed power. not inteilisible. nor
pleasant to watch. except for thrills
OF partizan loyalty. After long con
ference the rules were changed. II is
evident that the changes were real
and In the right direction. The play
Is now more open. There Is more
chance for agility and speed. less
scrimmnee and shock of mere weight
ground In given series OF plays.
Ofrenscs against good conduct are
easier for the officials TO see and pun.
fish than In the old dense formations.
From nil parts OF the country come
expressions OF satisfaction with the
Improvement Spectators md II more
Interesting to watch. Players seem
to enjoy II better. Bcsidcs observing
the formal rules OF the game. players
have felt that football was on trial.
and have evidently tried to show n
good spirit. Several prominent cdu'
Gators who opposed the old game
think that the new game has earned
its right to an extended probation.
There is room for further improve
mcnts. remarks the Youths Compan.
ion. Undesirable roushncss Is still
possible. Those whose duty Il Is to
frame the rules can proceed on tho
basis OF this years experience toward
n yet better game. The real faults
lie In loss OF temper under excitement
and the presence OF spirit which
drives contestants To try to win at all
costs. Football canno, be made n
satisfactory game by mere changes In
it's outward form: real improvement
must be In the spirit of the contest.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-28
Pullman Common Carrier.

Austin. Textile Texas Railroad
Commission has issued an order de-
claring Pullman cars common carriers
and providing that all such operated in
Texas shall be under its immediate
and constant supervision. providing a
reduction in rates upon the same of
twenty per cent. and specifying that
the Pullman company shall consult the
commission regarding the number Of
cars operated as to increase or de-
crease in number, file its operating
books. etc, and report all operations
to the commission the same as rail-
roads are required to do.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-28
Russian Councillor Murdered.

Tver. Russia.-Count Alexis Ignati-
eff. councillor of the empire and
former governor general of kien. Vol
hynia and Podolin. was assassinated
Saturday In the refreshment room OF
the MOBILES assembly hall. The man
who killed him endeavored to commit
suicide, but was overpowered and ar
rested. His identity has not been es-
tablished. A card of admission to the
Zenistvo. bearing the name Of Kulick-
of, was found in the assassin's pocket.
His appearance is that of n working
man. Ignatieff was first an advocate
Of reform, afterwards of repression.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-28
CALIFORNIA; PROTEST.
Declare for state Rights on Japanese
Question.

Con Eroncisco. - Resolutions de-
nouncinr President Roosevelt's mes
,are to Congress on the Japanese situ-
alton in San Francisco. resenting his
interference in the domestic affairs OF
the state. expressing want OF confi-
ience in Secretary Metcalf and declar-
ing that his report to the President on
the Japanese school question as. being
utterly unworthy Of credence in any
particular" and containing numerous
nisstatements and misrepresentation
obviously one.sided and grossly exag-
yerated," were adopted at a mass
meeting held Sunday afternoon at Wal.
ton's pavilion under the auspices OF
the Japanese and Korean Exclusion
League.
Mayor Schmitz said that he was
willing to lay down his life by the
side of his fellow men in fighting tho
Japanese hordes." He said that 1t was
I, question OF self-preservation for the
merchant and business man. as well rs
for the laborer and declared that the
Japanese were more of n menace than
The Chinese. II naturalized, as proposed
by President Roosevelt, he said, they
would COME to California in such mum.
oers that they would not only soon
control the state by their votes but
would make inroads into the pros
oerity of the country.
Walter Macarthur said that the "peo-
ole of California will defend their state
ghts against the assumption of these
after day federalists,' and declared
hat the issue of state rights raised by
| the Presidents message has super.
seded the issue of the segregation OF
The Japanese children.
The other speakers addressed the
meeting along similar lines. defending
state rights, and characterized the
Presidents attitude as "meddling in
] The affairs of this state"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-28

Novelists. some OF whom may never
have owned a dress coat. used to be
fond of drawing. in their tales. q
sharp social distinction between per.
sons who dressed for dinner" and
hose who did not Now the editor OF
a British medical journal has been
discussing and commencing from a
hygienic point of view the habit of
dressing for dinner. Everyone knows
that change Of clothing is often re.
freshing. The English editor believes
that the effect is physical as well as
mental. or physical through the men.
tai stimulus, and advises that even
the hard-working clerk. the shopkeep.
er and the laboring man cast OF thei.
workaday clothes and put on clean
clothing for the evening meal, wher
the toll of the day is over.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-28
sesr.n Of Mature Aos.

Lord Charles Beresford. who has
Just been given the highest sea COM
mand In the British navy. with tho
rank OF admiral. Is In his sixty.nrst
year. Admiral Bosanquct. who reiin.
quishes the particular service squad.
ron. is 81. or n year older than any
American officer on the active list.
The new commander of tho Mediter.
rancan station. Sir Charles Drury. IL
81. Vice Admiral Curxon.Howe. tho
new head Of the Atlantic fleet. In &c.
The chief Of the new home fleet. Rear
Admiral Brid.man. who Is IS. did not
reach his present rank until he was
Is. Prince Louis of Dattenbcrg. sec.
oud In command Of the Mediterranean
squadron. Is 80. Farragut was 60
years of age before he obtained nag
rank and 81 when he fought his great.
est battle.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-28
HICKS RELEASED.
For Fifteen Days Confined In Living
Tomb.

bakersfield. Call. II. Hicks. the
miner who was entombed by = cave-in
In a tunnel Of the Edison Electric
Power Company. December 7th. was
rescued AT ll;l5 O'Clock Saturday
night. December 22d.
Hicks was entombed alive under
sixty feet Of debris fifteen days ago. In
the tunnel OF the Edison Electric
Power Company. seventeen miles
northeast OF the city. Five OF his fel'
low workers were buried at the same
time by the cave In OF thousands 0f
tons OF earth and rock. The men had
Just begun work In the tunnel. which
Is being built TO aid In generating
electric power from the waters of the
Kern river. when. without warning.
the perpendicular walls OF the shaft
above them collapsed. No immediate
help could be rendered.
The work OF recovering the bodies
was Immediately began and prosecuted
with y.gor. but owing to the yield.
Ing nature Of the soil. slow progress
was made. Hope OF rescuing any OF
the victims had been abandoned. when
three days after the disaster the sound
OF tapping on water pipe In the
shaft Was heard. Instantly response
was sent. and the answering raps
plainly proved that at least one Of the
imprisoned miners was alive.
IL proved To be Hicks. n former sol
der and and expert miner. whose life
had been saved by steel car. under
which he was pinned. His fiye com
panions Were dead.
Fearing to disioigc tho debris In
the shaft. the rescuine party began
work on a drift from the side OF the
hill. and work was not suspended day
or night. Hicks was given milk
through the pipe and soon showed
signs of renewed visor. He said that
during the days previous TO his discov.
cry he had subsIsted on n piu. OF
chewing tobacco. Thereafter during
the long hours Of his Imprisonment In
ciosciy.crampcd quarters he was kept
well nourishcd. Every effort was made
made to keep his mind In n cheerful
mood. no that II might not become un'
balanced by his surroundings.
The stencil from the remains OF the
dead miners was pcrccptiblc nj the
surface OF the ground and was Intense
In close quarters where Hicks was con-
fined. A phonograph was placed no
that the lonely man could be enter
taincd by music. He also was In nj
most constant communication with his
friends. Only ut rare intervals did he
seem dcspondcnt and frequently sent
words Of cheer TO those upon the out
side.
His rescue was most din!cult piece
OF work. and thnt Il was accomplished
Mt nil Is regarded ms marvellous by aii
those acquainted with the conditions
which were met and overcome.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-28
congressmen Visit Panama.

New ork.-Ten congressman and
one senator sailed Friday for Colon
to make five days inspection of the
Isthmus of Panama and learn for them
selves the existing conditions relative
to the digging of the canal. The party
consisted of Senator Flint and Con-
gressmen McKinlay and Knowland OF
California. Congressman Fulkerson of
Missouri. Dickson, Rives, Mckinney
and Smith of Illinois, Howell of Utah,
Kinkaid of Nebraska. and Steenerson
of Minnesota. The party is visiting the
canal at the invitation of Secretary
Taft.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-28
Holiday Passenger. KILLED.

Endcrlin. n. D.-Loadcd to Its full
capacity with people going TO their
homes In the East to spend the Christ
mas holidays. the southbound train on
the Minneapolis. st. Paul and Sault Ste
Marie crashed into n switch'cngine In
the west end Of the railroad yards Mt
this place at 2:10 o'clock sunday
morning. Eight men were Killed out
right and one since died OF his inju'
ries. Twenty.seven were seriously In
1ured and II is likely that the ileath
list will be added to. Fire burned the
wrecknge but was controlled until the
injured were extracted.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-28

c. W. Benton, who has been
sweeper at the Loveland sugar factory
for some time. has with his wife been
awarded s12.O00,0 900 of the estate Of an
uncle who recently died, leaving an i'm
mense estate near London. Ontario.
OF this they will receive SS.000,000 IN
cash at once. the other s9,000,000 to be
distributed as the estate is settled.
The Bentons will return to Loveland
Immediately after the holidays to make
Il their home.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-28
GRAIN.

Wheat. choice milling. per 100 lbs,
s1.05. Rye. Colorado, bulk. per 100
lbs. csc. Oats, bulk. Nebraska No. 8;
white. s115: same in sacks. $1.22: Col
orado white, in sacks. s1.30. Corn, in
bulk. soc: in sack. soc. Corn chop.
sacked. 90c. Bran, Colorado, per 100
lbs, $1.0o.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-28
Telegraph Reaches wranael.

Seattle. Wash.-Wrangel. on the
southeastern coast of Alaska, was
placed in telegraphic communication
with the outside world for the first
time Friday. Shore connections have
been made by the United States cable
ship Burnside and the office is now
open for business.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-28

The American method of sowing
wheat has been introduced in Asiatic
Turkey. If the sultan has any regard
for some of the ancient institutions of
his kingdom he will see to it that the
American method of sowing wild oats
Is kept out.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-28
Chinese Famine Proclamation.

Washington. President Roosevelt
Sunday issued proclamation calling
on the people of the United States to
contribute funds for the relief of the
millions of famine sufferers in China,
who are on the verge of starvation.
The President says he will ask Con-
gress for authority to use government
transport vessels to carry food to the
famine-stricken region.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-28
Have mo- confide enee In ounners.

Notwithstanding some recent good
CUR records on British warships the
admiralty still seems to lack conf.
dence. The plan to make a target of
the wrecked and abandoned battleship
Montague on Lundy island has been
abandoned. for fear the gunners might
destroy lighthouse that Is In the
neighborhood.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-28

A Georgia justice of the peace
dropped dead the other day as he was
about to kiss the bride after having
performed wedding ceremony,
There have always been many who
regarded this practice as harmful
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-28
Hay.

Upland, per ton. s15.OOds16.50; Sec
ond bottom. sl4.O0@14.50: timothy.
s13.50@14.50: alfalfa. prime. s1O.50T
11.50: straw. $3.50: South Park wire
grass. $1.50G17.O0.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-28
Powerful searehiIoht on WarshIp.

The scarchlisht on board the new
British battleship Dreadnought is Of
new typo. being double.endcd. SO n
to throw powerful beams OF light In
tate scmaphore signaling. Each light
is Of nearl, $4,000 candle.power. and.
placed on top of the tripod mast. will
be visible 20 miles.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-28
To Abolish the culrass.

The French ministry has decided
to abolish the cuirass. There are 13
regiments Of cuirassiers in the French
army. The weapon has been famous
for hundred years. and its traditions
from Austerlitz to Worth are among
the most glorious of the French army.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-28

A cat named Pinkeye has died at
Wilkesbarre, Pa. leaving an estate Of
$4,000 to sister cat. Each Of the
cats inherited $4,000 last year from
B. F. Dilley, an eccentric millionaire.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-28

Important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle Of cksToRlA.
safe and sure remedy for infants and children.
and sec that II
The independent., 1906-12-13

acres. This will give us a total in
closure of over two million acres.
"At present it is strictly a cattle
proposition, but we decided to put in
: large reservoir and are. beginning
to plan farming on large scale. We
have 100000 acres of fine farming
land and plenty of water. The project
includes the erection of a beet sugar
factory, which will operate the year
round. We never have frosts down
there to amount to anything.
Il brought back some samples of
corn raised without irrigation. The
corn grows ten to fifteen feet high,
with firm, well rounded ears, two to
four ears to the stalk. Trees SET
cut last year have grown twelve feet
in single summer.
1--WE have access to two railroads,
one. bordering the property for $50
miles and the other going through it
| eor a short dis .ance. We have gov
ernTent telegraph services and three
government gendarmefie posts locat-
ed on the ranch.
The entire zone traversed by Chi
huahua has an elevation ranging from
5000 to 5000 feet not including the
mountain area. The country is re-
markably healthful. Wheat, corn,
fruit and fig trees grow side by side
II believe that in the near future
Chihuahua and Sonora will be entire
ly Americanized Nine-tenths of the
area of both states is now controlled
and operated by American capital and
talent. Don Luis Tarrazas may be
aptly called the last of the Mexicans
in that. .,art of the country. He is
one Of the largest individual land own
ers and cattle raisers in the world.
''The Mormon colonists are devel-
oping the resources of the country
| with great pioneering
TT is wonderful region and it's
possibilities are almost unlimited
Salt Lake Herald.
The independent., 1906-12-13

directed to a toothpick which he held
in his hand, and remarked:
Il scarcely. ever take a toothpick
without being reminded of the time
when an acquaintance of mine made
$4,000, and it was a toothpick that
did the trick.
"You see," he continued 'it hap
pened in the spring of 1904, when on
the day in question my friend was
taking luncheon at this hotel, and
after he had finished and paid his
check he directed his steps toward
Broadway. He had, proceeded scarce
ly half a block, however, when he
found himself greatly annoyed by a
particle of food very firmly wedged
between two of his teeth, and, find.
ing himself without toothpick, he
retraced his steps to the hotel to get
one
"On his way out of the hotel he
chanced to pass table a. which were.
seated John w. Gates and friend,
and just as he reached the table he
heard Mr.. Gates remark:
"'I feel very positive that you will
see steel (common) selling at 10 be-
fore the end of the summer
Now, my friend did not happen to
make regular bushes sof trading in
the market, but knowing it was Mr.
Gates who made the remark, and also
the great weight his word carried in
such matters, he decided to take ad
vantage of the tip, and it did not take
him long to place his order with 6
broker to sell 1000 shares OF stee
at AZ.
i "Well, you all know what steel dit
during the summer of 1904, going
down below 9, but my friend ordered
his trade to be closed around 10, AM
he cleaned up profit of $4,000
which he never would have made hat
it not been for the little toothpick. -
New York Press
The independent., 1906-12-13
Chicago

Chicago, Dec. 12.-Cattle-Receipts
$500 head; market steady, but slow
Common to prime steers $685.; bulls
$1.75@215; common to prime calves,
$2.0O@750; stockers and feeders $2.85
@4.50.
Hogs Receipts $4,000 head; market
5@1Oc lower. Choice heavy $6.25@
6.35; light butchers s6.25@632; choice
light $6.25@6.30; light mixed $6.150
6.25; packing $6OO@6.2O; pigs $500
$40.
Sheep-Receipts $4,000 head; mar
ket for best firm; others weak. Sheep
$3.0O@6.15; yearlings, $5.25@6.6O;
lambs $500@8.00.
The independent., 1906-12-13
Kansas City

Kansas City, Dec. 12.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts $1,000; market steady to ioc
lower. Choice export and dressed
beef steers $5.75@750; fair to good
,$4.00@5.5O; western steers $4,000
$50; stockers and feeders $2.5oW
4.50; native cows, $2.00@4.25; native
heifers $275M5.O0; bulls $2.2504.5o;
calves $3.00@6.50.
Hogs-Receipts 10000; market IL
cents lower. Top $6.27; bulk of sales
$6.20@6.27; heavy $6.25@6.27; pack
ers $62O@6.25; pigs and lights, $5.75
@625.
Sheep-Receipts $500 head; mar
ket strong to 10c lower. Lambs $500
@I65; ewes and yearlings S4.5o@
625.
The independent., 1906-12-13
NOTICE OF EXECUTORS SALE

In the district court of Lancaster
County, Nebraska. In the matt of
the estate of Peter S. Schamp, de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given that in pur-
suance of license of Hon. Lincoln
Frost, Judge of the District Court of
Lancaster County, Nebraska, made
and issued on the 2Sth day of Novem-
Der A. D., 1906, for the sale of the
real estate described as north eighty
two feet of lots one ~, two (2l and
three (3), and all of lot four (4) in
block four ca of the village of Nal.
colin, Lancaster County, Nebraska,
the undersigned, executor of the will
of Peter S. Schamp will sell at the east
door of the court house in Lincoln,
Lancaster County. Nebraska, on the
oath day of December, 1906, at eleven
o'clock in the forenoon of said day
at public vendue the real estate above
described, such sale to be on the fol-
lowing terms, the highest bidder for
cash, subject to all liens and incum-
| brances
Said sale will remain open for one
hour.
Dated December 6, 1906.
ASA P. SCHAMP.
Executor of the will of Peter
ssas Schamp, deceased.
The independent., 1906-12-13
LIVE STOCK MARKETS

: South Omaha, Dec. 12.-Good to
choice steers S5.50@6.30; fair to good
cornfed steers, $5.00@5.50; good to
choice range steers, s4.75@5.4O; COM
mon to fair range steers, $3.50@4.Oo;
good to choice COWS and heifers $o.50
@4.0O; fair to good cows and heifers
$2.75M3.30; common to fair cows and
heifers $160@2.75; good choice stock
ers and feeders $4.25@4.S0; fair to
good stockers and feeders S2.75@
4.3O; common to fair stockers $2.75@
$40; bulls, stays, ETC., $2.ooW4.oo;
veal calves $E00W6.00.
The independent., 1906-12-13
CATTLE BARoNs FIND PARADlzE
Ranchmen Of Old Mexico Now Ship
ping Feeders to Kansas


Chihauhau, the new paradize of the
cattle barons, its broad acres CULVER
ing with resources, it's picturesque
beauty heightened by the CLINT of
Mexican mountains, is vividly pic
tured by Frank ]. Hagenbarth, gen
eral manager of the Wood-Hagenbarth
Cattle company
After a visit of inspection at the
company's immense property and an
.eventful trip homeward, Mr.. Hgen-
barth arrived home recently.
Most of the time in Mexico was
spent in looking over the Wood Hag-
enbarth ranch, consisting of two and
fourth million acres in Chihuahua
and fourth million acres in Sonora
This is probably the largest individ-
ual cattle ranch in the world.
I'VE have about 1000 square miles,
Mr.. Hagenbarth said quietly, as though
referring to back yard potato patch,
"and we found things in excellent
shape, with an abundance Of cattle,
water and grass, and some of the fat
! test cattle ever seen on the range.
| Cows with calves by their sides were
fine and dandy.
1--WE shipped out about 1,200 calves
T to Kansas for an experiment in max
ing baby beef for the eastern market
These calves will be fed for ter
months on a diet of chopped corn
cotton seed and alfalfa. If the ex
pertinent is a success we shall dis
pose of our entire output in this way
We have about $4,000 head Of cattle
! and are using high grade Durham
4 bulls for breeding purposes.
1--WE decided to build an additiona
100 miles of fence, inclosing 600,0O'
The independent., 1906-12-13
A Mean Man

AS a ship was nearing the harbor
of Athens woman passenger ap-
preached the captain, and, pointing to
distant hills covered with snow, ask
ed: what is that white stuff on the
hills, captain?'
"That is snow, madam" answered
the captain.
"Is it, really?" remarked the wo-
man. Il thought so; but gentleman
has just told me that it was Greece!"
|-Ex.
The independent., 1906-12-13
st. Joseph

South ST. Joseph, Mo-, Dec. 12.-
Cttle-Receipts 4,212 head; market
steady Natives s400@6.75; cows and
heifers s200@4.50; stockers and feed
ers $5.00W425.
Receipts 11,313 heal marke-
1Oc loweer. Top $3.50; bulk of sales
$620@6.25.
Sheep-Receipts 5.515 head; market
strong. Lambs $3.50; ewes $5.35.