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The Greeley tribune., 1906-01-18
N0WFARMERS
NEXT ONES TO HOLD STATE
CONVENTION
Many Speakers Well Versed in
Their Topics are on the
Program-Some Cree
ley Men

A farmers convention will be
held at the chamber of commerce in
Denver, January 30, to be followed
by two days session Of the Colo
RADIO State Horticultural society. A
number of Greeley men are on the
program to speak. The farmers
convention is something new. In
former years there have been conven-
tions for the bee men, the stock
men, the beet men, etc., but the
plain farmer has been nelgected.
This year, however, through the
efforts of the State Horticultural
society, convention has been ar
ranged to take place during the week
when the big stock show is being
held at which topics of vital inter-
est to every one engaged in agricul-
tural pursuits will be discussed.
Secretary Wilson of the United
States department of agriculture yes
terday telegraphed that he could not
be present, but would send repre-
sentative to address the farmers on
agricultural matters from govern
ment standpoint.
The railroads have made a rate of
one fare for the round trip, and Il
large attendance is expected.
on January 81 and February l the
State Horticultural society will hold
its fifth annual convention. One
hundred and sevepty-fve dollars in
premiums has been offered by the
chamber of commerce for exhibits of
fruits and for the best manner OF
packing the same. Following IS a
program of the two conventions:
10 a. m.-Called to order by
Charles E. Easley, president of Colo
RADIO State horticultural society;
invocation. Rev. Thomas Uzzell; ad-
dresses, The Market for Our Pota-
toes. I" Eugene II. Grubb, Carbon
dale, Colo; The kansas-Colorado
Water Suit Professor l.. G. Car
penter, Fort Collins; improvement
of Sugar Beet Culture - w. X.
Winterhalter, Rocky Ford; Sheep
Feeding Problems" w. "A. Drake,
Fort Collins.
80 p. m.-"The Wheat Situa-
zion" John A. Rankin. Greeley;
Irrigation and Tillage," W. NJ.
Wiley, Holly; Farm Labor and
Tenantry. William G. Clarg, Bert
houd: The Farmer the Real Con-
.servator of Colorado's Water.,' a.
f. Bent.
7.3O p. M Possibilities of Our
Range Horse Professor c. f.
Curtis, Iowa Agricultural college;
Farm Crops as an Adjunct to Sheep
Raising" Peter Jansen, Neb. {; De
yeiopment of Water Storage f. G.
Cradle. Fort Collins: Railroad
Rates for Farm Products, George
j. Kindel, Denver.
$50 a. m.-Address of welcome by
The Greeley tribune., 1906-01-18

ributed. Red Mountain-Spow
Dblid; accumulation of ice is less
than usual.
North Platte watershed: Butler.
Cowdry and Rand-Ground dry and
snowfall very light.
Yampa watershed: Columbine-
Snow was dry and did not pack we'll.
Animas watershed: Needleton--
Snow near timber line not we'll
packed.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-01-18

Score, Y. NJ. G. 4. II. G.. ii. ;" "'
Referee, Frank Madden
Harry II. West returned TO non.. ,.
last Friday after two weeks Nis''
with his father, Ii. Il. West
The Greeley tribune., 1906-01-18
High School Defeated.

The high school basket ball team
was defeated at Loveland frluaS
night, II to 6, by the Y. NJ Z. a.
of that place. The boys nave no
doubts that they would have won
had the game been PLAYED squaie'S, !,
but the tactics used by the LoVelaiia
PLAYERS was too much. All 'n'
rough plays possible were usea "il'''
the crowd interlered' greatly. N'
this was not the LoVeland hlsh
school team the defeat Will hoU III
terfere with the local school cila'i'e
for the high school championship
The Greeley tribune., 1906-01-18

IT. Candlin and daughter, Miss
Fanny Candlin, have opened pubic
stenographers' Office in the First Ma
tional bank building. MIR. Candilh
was for number of years steho-
crapber for Sanborn & Houston.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-01-18
|Y LIGHT
I.1L IN MOUNTAINS
Low AVERAGE
| Far is the Heaviest
bthern Part of the
But Little is
Drifting

he quarter which ended
ew year the snowfall all
ate of Colorado was very
evenly divided in the
us region, according to the
nIletin of the weather
As a result early irrigation
somewhat. The large
ch are so common in the
at this time of the year,
most part lacking.
thern part of the state has
snowfall than any Olne1
Colorado. At the head OF
Is river, in the San Juan
the drifts are large and
ID. The territory drained
bunnison river shows q
fciency from the average.
fiddle section. especially
uunty and that region
b the Arkansas river, has
)nOw. A little more than
ge amount is reported to
b there. This will make
Fnty of water for irrigation
entire Arkansas valley
lowing extracts from the
port of Observer Branden-
the prevailing conditions
btative points:
IS watershed: Buena Vista
riffs and we'll packed.
bill least in several years.
compared with normal,
Is very pronounced; ice,
is piling up in all the
Rosita-N Very light on the
Cristo, and even less on
morn range: snow is in
md timber, but no great
|ean-The deficiency is very
p. Divide-Least precipi-
lime years; some streams
laces, and others frozen to
flatte watershed: Bailey
que in hills. Como-Drifts
tf line unusually small.
Pllits ten to twenty feet
eoster-Snow solidiy pack
pife-Since the three foot
|'Ooer the snowfall has been
|ouhd not deeply frozen.
I'm timber and on northern
\ 10 three feet deep and
|eu' ground bare where ex
stfong winds. Elkhorn-
F|ivy'six inches in October,
little since that time /;
Piy' snow well packed.
paIe-Ground dry.
r''ue watershed: AMETHYST
y greatest in ten years.
. 'pfihgs-ln ! Antelope park
~ Is covered by fifteen
early and settled snow
: 'lnoer line and above the
I've of SIX feet, insuring a
'o'g HOW. Creede-Fall
H. ,1 ILL., mlleen years. Wagon
'p-Ihe snow that fell was
:. wet Jasper-More on
~ ~, at any time since 1897 ;
,s Win ice. Fort Gar
's''l' stock will not furnish
"ow' but will be favor
conserving later falls.
II, ,a average flow is indicated
,"I ''eek. Villa Grove
a hard crust.
81. ,"H,ershed: Dillon-Un-
' T.. id'i thus far. Frisco
A. ~ October is practically
ra,' ''''eh' Lehman-Sto
=, I small; ground dry.
,h,. III general, ground dry
w.. Eagle-Ground being
ptSl' ra. a quick run-on is ex.
md rd'lord Snow evenly dis
,no,.' |eII settled. Mccoy
,nI,' "iaIi thus far. Sheep
,,.' ulstribtued. Ashcroft
.non ground above timber
y y pronounced short
sn. uays of dry weather.
wv W.. lell early; good flow
,p,,' "'VSoh-Ground frozen
pn pr'lly great depth.
li,,. ,"a'ershed: Bardine-
fe1d' M ialls. Dorchester
Cen, us along creeks. White
Ir''o'ially small amount
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-08-08
NEW IRRIGATING PUMP.
Local Man Perfects One Having strong
Features to Recommend 1t.

C. J. Williams has put in for DEM
onstration purposes new pump at
the Schanno ditch near the foundry on
South Kittitas avenue, which from ap-
pearances is going to fill long Tel.
want in this section where there Is SO
much irrigation. Mr.. Williams believes
he has perfected pump that Will raise
II larger quantity of water a grea'er
height with less horse power than any
other pump yet devised. rhe pump he
has installed is made of eigrt-inch
casing and stands twenty feet higr. by
the vacuum lift process with this pump
one cubic foot of water per second can
he lifted height of twenty feet. rms
will supply sufficient water to irrigate
eighty acres of land. and but three
horsepower is required to do the work.
Mr.. williams has his working mooei
In shane and today and Saturday VIII
be pleased to have anyone interested
in irrigating pumps call at the foundry
and observe the working of his ma
chine. He has his rights patented ana
will soon begin to place his pump on
the market.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-08-08
WASHINGTON EDITORS
and How They Recreate.

Editors get the glad hand once in a
while. This was true last week when
the Washington State Press association
held its annual meeting in the city OF
Tacoma. From the opening day till
the last newspaper man had left the
city every courtesy was shown the
visitors by the Tacoma Press club ana
the citizens of the "City of Destiny"
with the injunction on every hand
Watch Tacoma Grow"
Tacoma is getting good results from
its slogan Watch Tacoma Grow"
The Chamber of Commerce has a Sec
rotary that is a live one and every Bit
of printed matter used by that body
and the organization known as "Thc
Boosters" contains that advisory COM
mand. Wednesday q number of special
cars Were placed at the disposal of the
visiting pencil pushers and a tour of
the entire city was made by the COM
pany. A gent with a large voice and a
magaphone called attention to the
public buildings and improvements
along the route, impressing upon his
hearers the number of miles of asphalt
pavement that has been laid the past
in the largest lumber mills In the
world, the total valuation of the man
ufactured industries of the city ana
other data that would cause brain flag
if one attempted to remember. The
trolley ride terminated at Point De-
fiance park, and the entire company
was invited to the natatorium. where
the pleasures of Coney Island are a
mere bagatelle to the fun gotten out
of the swim by the editors and their
ladies. A clam chowder lunch was
served ut noon and pleasures upon the
ocean wave in a trim little steamer
whiled away the afternoon. A visit
was made to Burton, Magnolia beach
and the Port Orchard dry docks
Thursday the visitors were the
guests of the Tacoma e Eastern rail-
way and enjoyed a day among the
great frs and amid scenery that is
second only to the great Royal Gorge
of Colorado. The company was taken
to Mineral lake. but a few miles from
the base of that majestic peak called
by some Mount Tacoma, by others
Mount Rainier, its great white mead
towering above the frs in the fore
ground making a picture for the ar
fist and the poet. A splendid dinner
was served at the Mineral Inn, after
which a business session was held.
Several valuable and entertaining pa
pees We're read pertaining to the well
fare of the craft. At such sessions
ideas are exchanged and goodfellow-
ship encouraged. The city editor meets
the man from the country and the rep
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-08-08
DEATH or CHAs. PERRY.
IIonorcd and Respected Pioneer Of
FruitvnIe Died Wednesday,.

Charles Perry died Wednesday night
at his home in Fruitvale of typhoid
fever after an illness of twelve days.
The deceased was 63 years and 4
months of age. He leaves to mourn
his loss a widow and four minor chill
dren, three sons and one daughter be-
sides the host of friends he has won
during his residence here.
Mr.. Perry is one of the pioneers Of
the Fruitvale district, having lived
there for over twelve years. He was 4
man honored among those who knew
him for his integrity and Kindness Of
heart. He was one of the most faith
full workers of the Presbyterian church.
Of which he was n member. TOO much
cannot be said of the life work of this
noble man and the place vacated by
him cannot be filled with one more
worthy of the high esteem in which NJ
was held by his fellow citizens.
Doubly sad is this death to the fam
lily, as only nine months ago, Jennie,
one of the daughters of Mr. ana Mrs.
Perry. died at the home here.
Mr.. Perry was just completing n
beautiful new residence on his place
in FruitVale when he was taken Ill,
and the family expected to be ready to
move into the new home by next week.
The deceased is n brother of ]. NJ. Per-
ry, who is n well known fruit man Of
this county.
The funeral will be held from the
Presbyterian church ut 10 o'clock this
morning. Rev. T.. l.. Hayden conduct
ing the services. Interment will be in
the Tahoma cemetery.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-08-08
MANYPEOPLETH|NK
II NORTHWESTERN
NORTH COAST RUSHING TO TACOMA
u Premises 10 BE First of TranscOn-
tincntaI Lines HurryIng That
Way To Enter City.

1t is not unlikely that the North
Coast, which many persons believe is a
Chicago ~ Northwestern corporation,
will be the first of the transcontlnental
roads, now building toward Tacoma,
city, says the Tacoma News. 1t is
believed by many persons that j. c..
Barton, the engineer in charge of 4
surveying crew whicl has been work
ing in the vicinity of Tacoma for the
past two weeks, is in the employ OF
the North Coast or Northwestern.
1t Is known that the North Coast is
laying rails east of the mountains and
figuring on using either Cowlitz pass
or Cisspus pass. 1t has also been be-
leved for some time that the North
Coast has purchased the Tacoma East
ern railroad, Notwithstanding the en-
phatic denials made by the officials
of the Tacoma Eastern.
The Tacoma Eastern has extende !
it's line southeast from Elbe. and
should the North Coast use either Cow
ltz pass or Cisspus pass the present
terminus of the Tacoma Eastern would
be directly in it's path.
Inc report when comes from an au-
thentic source that the North Coast
railroad has purchased tract of prop
erty near Cora tends to lend color to
the theory that the company has also
purchased the Tacoma Eastern and will
use that road into Tacoma. BY cross
ing the mountains either through Cow
ltz or Cisspus pass and following the
course Of the Cowlitz an easy entrance
into the Big Bottom country would be
made.
From Bismarck into the city the
grade of the Tacoma Eastern, 1t has
been said, is impracticable for trans
continental line. and the conjecture is
that Engineer j. c. Barton is looking
for Il better entrance into the city,
which would connect with the main
line of the Tacoma Eastern at a point
between Cloyer creek and Bismarck.
AS nothing is known regarding Mr..
}artonS plans, or more properly
speaking, the plans of the company in
whose interests he is working, tho
best that can be done is to conjec-
turc, and the above rumor is one that
! is gaining ground among the railroad
men.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-08-08
HAVING TIME.

The town is hot and the stiHed street
Now breathcs in vain for watt OF
The pavement sends back the dazzling
And life droops whiting beneath the
glare.
And joined with toilers and struggling
suffer through the oppressive day;
But my thoughts amt here; they're
out beyond
out on the farm where they're max
ing hay.
They're all ont there in the big west
field:
Pa, and the boys. and the hired man.
And the summer suns shining close
above
With another Jingle for their burn
and tan.
Machines album with the crieket's
chirp.
While the green sea falls into heaps
Of gray.
It's work that's warm. but It's happy
toll
out on the farm where they're max
ing hay.
In youthful days took ont the Jug
Of water, cool, to the field below.
The berries grew in the meadow grass
Close by the trail that they used to
NOW.
And sweet the song that the skylark
sang,
And the clover hlooms-oh, how
sweet were they!
Say. my hearts out there If I cannot
Out on the farm where they're max
ing hay.
Yes, hot the town in this midJuly.
The slaves of Office. and shop. AMI
mart.
Now gasp and sigh for the fresh ana
cool
That the city walls have so set
apart
But know n place where the prairie
air
Blows across the clover from far
away,
Where it's good and hot. but It's good
to be
out on the farm where they're maxi
ing hay.
-Des Moines Capital
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-08-08
Agents Wanted.
SiOO Year. Send Zoe for single Copy.
CORRECT ENGLISH, Evanston, III.

crawl between two points ten feet
apart. Exact time was kept from the
start to the finish, and thus the aver
age pace was learned. The figures
were then put into tables of feet.
yards and furlongs and it was found
that it would take a snail exactly
fourteen days to travel a mile.
Service telegraph poles can, 1t Is
found, be constructed of paper Such
poles are made of paper pulp, in which
borax, tallow. etc, are mixed in small
quantities. The pulp is cast in a mold
with n core in the center, and forms a
hollow rod of the desired length. The
paper poles are said to be lighter and
stronger than those of wood, and to
be unaffected by the sun, rain, damp
ness or any of the other causes which
shorten the life of a wooden pole.
Sicily supplies a curious silk which
is spun by the puma. a Mediterranean
shellfish which has little tube at the
end of its tongue. Out of this tube,
spider fashion or silkworm fashion, 1t
spins a silk thread, with which 1t
fastens itself on any rock it fancies
When the puma moves on, its silken
cable remains behind. The cable
which is called byssus, the Sicilan
fishermen gather. Byssus weaves into
the softest and shiniest of fabrics, but
1t is very rare and expensive.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-08-08
BIG DEAL MADE
The WdIId WaIId Fruit & Produce
Co. Contracts '..tOr $4,000
Boxes Of Pears
WERE GROWN IN PARKER BOTTOM
Price Paid Exceeded St.a0 Per BOY
&. II. OHnrr Praises Yakima
Bartletts Very Highly.

The largest pear deal ever made IL
this section of the country was closed
Thursday when C. r. Offner of the
Walla Walla Fruit & Produce compan!
contracted for $1,000 boxes of Bartlett
pears. The price paid was 81 and over
The pears are all from fruit growers
in Parker Bottom and are of the very
finest quality. Two cars were shipped
Friday evening and the rest will be
shipped just as fast as they can be got
ten ready. They will all go to eastern
points and the greater part to New
York, where they find a ready market
and bring Il good price.
Mr.. Offner is one of the largest fruit
buyers in this valley and is an expert
in his line. having made a thorough
study of fruit of all kinds. In regard
to the Bartlett pears of this season he
said:
I'VE hear the Yakima valley lauded
to the skies on account of its fine APP
pies, wherever the name of Yakima IL
known ii is associated in the mind with
fancy apples, and justly, too. 1t would
be impossible to praise this valley too
much on it's ability to produce apples;
but there is one fruit raised here that
we do not hear so much of, n fruit
that made California famous in the
fruit world. and will make this valley
world renowned, the Bartlett pear.
"This year the rcop is exceedingly
heavy and the quality perfect; they are
smooth and even in size and the skin
is like silk unmarried by blemishes or
disease; this years crop is entirely
free of buckskin ends. which is 4 fine
network of growth that forms on the
bottom and side of the pear. The Bart
let's in California are very much hurt
by this disease.
"The pear blight that has visited al
most all sections of the world seems
to have passed by this section, and the
fruit growers should be very thankful
that they have not been visited by this
disease as it is unmerciful in it's raw
ages. 1t not only kills the fruit, but
literally devours the tree. l have been
in some of the finest pear orchards
in the state where the trees looked
healthy and beautiful; I have returned
in few months and that same or
chard would be a black, barren waste,
with not a sign of foliage on the trees.
Let us hope that this valley will never
be visited by this disease.
Next Sunday instead of going to the
mountains or up the creek fishing, take
a drive out in the country, go through
a few of these orchards; If you feel
real ambitious go down on the Parker
Yottom and see the finest Bartletts In
the world; see them on the tree as
thew grow, and when you return home
Won will feel we'll repaid for the trip
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-08-08
Work ON sewer Progressing.

Contractor Gilligan, assisting Super
intendent Crook on the sewer construc-
ton, said last night that Thursday had
proven one of the most satisfactory
days they had experienced for some
time. I'VE cleaned up about sixty feet
he said, land are beginning to see
evidences of what many have told us,
that we would soon be through the bad
strip of land which we have been
working under such great difficulties.
After that we hope to make hundred
feet n day."
Mr.. Gilligan declared there was no
foundation for the rumor that Mr..
Crook had been removed. 40 accom-
plish this, he said would necessitate
the removal" of the contracting firm
of which Mr.. Crook is a member, on
an equal footing with himself.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-08-08

resentatiyes of the press from the diff
ferent parts Of the state are enabled
to gather Information and data re-
garding parts of the commonwealth
with which perhaps he was heretofore
unfamiliar. These sessions are the
real benefits and objects of the $50
citation, the trips and other entertain
ment provided being incidents on the
side which the tired newspaper men
and their families thoroughly appre-
ciate. The railroads, steamboat lines,
street car companies and commercial
organizations extended every courtesy
TO make this meeting of the press as
ISOLATION one of the most enjoyable OF
the twenty 1t has held since its organ
ization, and the members are appre-
ciative of these favors.
The next meeting will be held Mt
Everett, the city of Smokestacks"
having presented an urgent invitation
for this body to visit their city next
year. The association has a member
ship Of about $50 and. together with
the families of the newspaper men,
make quite g large party.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-08-08
Stray Pickings From Everywhere

Russian does not become Of age
until he is &c.
Every square mile of the ocean IS be-
lieved to have a population of 10000
900 fish,
For every dollar spent in Britain on
drink only one cent is expended on
education.
A church of solid coral Is to be seen
on the Isle of Maize, which is one OF
the Seychelles group.
Swedish school children under the
guidance of their teachers, annually
plant about 100000 trees
Ireland's high water mark in popula-
ton was reached in 1S41. She had tn IN
S,175.124 people. She has now fewer
than 100000
OF all European cities, Rome is that
which has the most frequently been in
the hands of enemies. 1t has been en-
tered or sacked more than forty times
since $50 B. c..
The people of the United States are
the greatest readers of fiction. Their
public Libraries contain $4,000, 900 vol
umes, and so per cent of all the vol
umes lent out are fiction.
In Russia it is unlawful to give kisses
in public. A kiss in the street is
penalized by fine of 81, and on a
street car by fine of SIS. Declaration
of love on a postal card renders the
sender liable to a fine of $780,
Lamp OIL is the secretive title I'M
der which the British house of COM
,rl,, -,
snuff purchased for the use of men,
bers and officials and kept at the en-
trance to the house. All are free to
replenish their private stock
The jams OF India. a heterodox sect
of Hindus, are considered to be the
champion fasters of the world They
fast as part of their religion, and
among them fasts of thirty. forty and
fifty days at a time are considered
nothing out of the WY, but only as an
ordinary part OF their worship.
In Alaska Is found a kind of fish
that makes a capital candle when it Is
dried. The tail of the first Is stuc,
into crack of wooden table to hold
it upright. and its nose is lighted. II
gives good steady light OF three
candle power. and considerable heat
and will burn for about three hours.
Arrangements were made to take
sunlight photograph at the bottom
of the shaft of mine 1000 feet deer
at Sombrerete, in Mexico. The towr
is on the tropic of Cancer. and the
suns rays at the meridian on June q
fell vertically and Illuminated the shaft
brightly to its lowest depths. The
sunlight lasts about three minutes
and then disappears for a year.
A snails rate of travel was ascer.
tanned by experiments In Florence
| Half a dozen snails were permitted t.