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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-27
TEN MEN WHO
RULE PRICES
WHEN PRICES OF BREADsTUFF
GO UP THEY DECREE
IT SO.
PACKING PLANTS RULE
CONSUMERS PAY MORE. BUT RAW
MATERIALS SHOW NO
INCREASE.

Chicnro.- iraiion ri the pack.
ment officials Is alleged to have deyei
opcd that ten men In Chicago compose
the dynamic force Of n formidable list
0f corporations that control prices
from those Of meat ON tho hoof 10
shoe. and from br"adstniS to trans
portniion.
These ten men are asserted to hold
the balance upon tho worlds supply OF
the commoncsi necessities Of life: J.
Ogden Armour. T.. r. Swift. Ira y. Nor
ris. Thomas y. Wilson, =. \. McRob-
crtx. l.. =. Swift. Edward Morris. T. J.
Connors. Arthur Mcckcr. Lawrence A.
Carton.
The most casual newspaper reader
will readily recognize the list ~ being
from the inside Of the big packing
plants of Chicago. That fac, becomes
significant when II IN stated that they
arc all directors of the same corpora
iion-thc National Packing Company.
organized under the laws ~ New Jcr-
Kcy, with q capitalization af $4,000
900. The directorate controls the fol.
lowing: ;
Tho price al meat to all consumers.
The price Of cattle to all breeders.
The price Of leather TO all factories.
and thus. Incidentally:
The price Of shoes.
Tho grain trade In controlled, and. Il
follows:
Control Bread. Too.
The price II bread.
Thus without taking such endless
details M tho fertilizer market. where
tho trust controls the price that .
farmer pays for his fertilizer. Il ap.
pears that the latest fight Of tho gov.
eminent In tho trust field II directed
to the two chief essentials Of life
bread and meat.
That the biz ten at Chicago has
raised the price Of these things TO tho
consumer and made no corresponding
increase In price paid for raw material
In the chief assertion Of tho govern.
mcnt, and Il is upon this general line
that the most interesting trust nHht In
the country In now being planned.
when tho directors Of the National
Packing Company decide upon the
price to be paid for cattle. that settles
Il for all of the houses" In the informa.
ton that has come Into the hands OF
the government.
All OF the other corporations OF the
country. with few unimportant cx-
ccptions. how to the wishes OF the ten
leaders Of the food market Of the
world.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-27
Shortage Of Cars Begins.

Denver.-Because OF a shortage OF
cattle cars live stock Is being shipped
into Denver from eastern Colorado In
box.cars. During the past few days
several carloads have arrived at tho
stock yards In this way.
The railroads are already complain.
ing that they are having diflculty In
supplying all the cars demanded.
When the heavy shipments of coal
commence. which will occur In ten
days or two weeks. the railways will
be unable to supply all the cars re-
quired, and may have difficulty in NOV
ing the shipments they receive.
Business in this state WAS never be-
fore so heavy at this time Of year. The
fruit crop. although not as large as
last year, requires more than thous-
and cars. The sugar beet crop will
commence moving Just when the de-
mand for coal will begin to be heard.
and the general shipments Of the au-
tumn. which are always heavy. will
give the railroads more business than
they can handle.
One of the members of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission is inves-
tigating the car shortage in other
parts of the country and will probably
come to Denver within the next month.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-27
s.I,. Fire with oI,-oead.

Sugar City. coio.-Thc child OF
George Schwartz was burned To death.
Mrs. Catherine Hell Was fatally In.
jured and her son. Carl. probably NOR
tally hurt by an explosion which took
place in the Hell home. when Mrs.
Hell attempted to light nro with the
aid Of kerosene.
Al the time. Mrs. Hell and the
Schwartz child. whose home II close
by, were In the Hell kitchen and Carl
Hell was In an adjoining room asleep.
The explosion igniied the clothing OF
both the child and woman. The son.
awakened by the screams Of both.
rushed to their assistance and In beat.
ing out the flames which EMBODIED his
mother was terribly burned.
While young He'll wns battling with
the flames which embodied his mother.
the Schwartz child burned 10
death. II is stated tonight that Mrs.
He'll cannot possibly recover and that
her son In In prccarious condition.
This IL the second accident Of n simi.
lar nature to have occurred here with.
In the week.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-27
DO NOT JAR THIS
1T WILL. GO OFF.

Albert Scofcid is blasting rocks nna
stumpS on his Lcwisboro farm, lie
reached u field this morning just In
time to see one Of his cows swallow
two sticks OF dynamite which had been
left In the cleft OF u big stump over
uiIht.
The greasy paper wrapping Of the dy'
anmitc had provoked the nnimals's mp
petite. hut scarcely had she taken tn.
dainty morscl into her midst than
acute indigestion attacked her and.
jumping the low fence she ran through
the village. believing In pain. Scohcid,
ut n respectful distance. chased her.
yelling:
Don't stop her! She's full Of dy-
Mantle: she'll explode II she stops sud.
denly"
A consultation Of war was held. John
Simpson. the best shot In Lewisboro.
armed with his trusty carbine. took n
position 200 yards from the COW.
''IBang!' Simpsons carbinc sounded.
The COW still moocd: the sun still
shonc.
Bang" The COW fell dead at Simp.
sons second shot Then. slowly. very
her body was dragged to III"
SWAMP
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-27
PRIEST HAD A WIFE.
Widow Appears and Asks for Her
Share Of Estate.

Denver.-Eveiyn Benns Lepore after
hshting for four years has at last been
acknowledged to be- the wife OF Rev.
Father Felix Mariana Lepore. the
priest In charge OF Mt. Carmel Catholic
church. who was shot and MORALLY
wounded In his study at the church No
vember 10. 1908. IL Ia believed by Jo-
seph Sorice. who was also MORALLY
wounded by the priest In the ARRAY.
Both men died within few hours.
When the estate Of Father Lepore
was filed for probate by his brother.
Felice Lepore. II WAS stated that the
deceased clergyman had no heirs ut
law except his father. three sisters and
q brother. The estate was worth some.
thing like $4,000 when hrst placed In
the custody OF the courts. This In.
cluded real estate. money In bank and
u number Of patent rights held by tho
deceased nj the time OF his death.
II was not until the estate had heca
admitted to probate that there np'
peared claimant TO the property In
the person OF Evelyn benns. who
claimed that she had been the wife OF
the priest since July !. 1896. and that u
son was born ms the result Of that mar
rinse September IL. 1898. Mrs. Benns'
claims were ridicuied by Felice Lepore.
the administrator OF the estate. aud
since that time until the present the
night against Mrs. Lepore's claims has
been most bitterly contested.
Yesterday afternoon Judge Grant l..
Hudson signed tho decree that will sivo
to Mrs. Lepore her rights TO her ~id'
owls share In the estate. The decree
states that the court Is convinced from
the evidence submitted that the won'
ans claims nre just and that she y In
fact the widow Of the deceased. That
the wedding was soleinnixed July ].
1896. and that Victor Mariana Iepore.
now nine years Of ase. In tho son OF the
deceased priest Is also asserted In the
document.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-27
COLORADO Is
SETTLING UP
THEY'RE COMING az THOUSANDS
FROM EVERY LAND AND
WILL STAY.
FOURTEEN BUY IN I DAY
WORK OF THE COLORADO STATE
COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION
BEARS FRUIT.

Dchvcr.-"The statement has been
made great many times during the
past TWO or three months that the
present fall season would see more
homescekers In Colorado than ever be-
fore In the history OF the state" said
James u, Young. secretary Of the Colo
RADIO State Commercial Association
THE statement, Ii not overdrawn.
When ! tell you that In our Offices AT
one limo there were sixteen men and
women. and that out Of this number
fourteen had Just completed purchases
OF land In the state and were going
home to complete arrangements for
moving to Colorado with their house
hold effects. their stock aud their fam
HES. you will readily see that IT'S
talk Of = great movement from the
East toward Colorado In not all talk.
Just out OF curiosity. have kept
track of the number Of homcscekcrs
who have called NJ the ofhces Of the
association dnrin. the past week. The
number was l.7. Out Of this number
eishty.nine had or will within a very
short time become owners Of property
In our state. These homcscckerx are
coming from all parts of the country.
with probably more from Iowa than
from any one state. These men arc
mostly farmers and for the most part
are men Of means. But they have
heard OF Colorado and Of the wonder.
fui crops that can be raised on our
lands. They are tired Of raising oats
that run twenty bushels to the acre.
when they have been shown that on
land In Colorado That costs no more
than land back East they can raise all
the way from sixty to hundred bush.
els Of this snmc grain. They have
seen their land increase rnpidly In
value and at the same time dcteriorntc
In Its crop producing capacity. They
are anxious for n chance. and in Colo
RADIO they have found exactly what
they arc looking for.
Inquiries from Foreign Lands.
JUST to show that the fame Of Colo
RADIO Ii spreading beyond IN. seas and
that even the people Of far-oiY cnun.
tries arr beginning To know what u
.reat agricultural region this state. IL
In addition To bcins the greatest min.
inE state In the Union. we received In
our mail this week from u place In
Turkey letter addressed tn the
Colorado State Commercial Asaocia.
lion. II was written In English aud
the writer said that he Ind read and
hcnrd nj Colorado and wanted to know
something more about the state. We
are In correspondence with u man In
ih- West indies. WIN IL anxious TO
start canning factory In Colorado.
W. hnv. hnd Inquiries from the Philip
pine islands and onc from bombay.
India. within tho pas, month. TIL. I'D
N-rtising that the state In getting Is
proving to he the srcatesi thing that
eyer happened for tho state.
- have talked with number Of
railroad men and they. one and NIL.
agree that the movement Into Colo
RADIO this fall viii be greater than eve"
before"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-27
FINE GIFT TO PRINTERS HOME
Woman Donates 100000 for Comfort
Of Aoed Members Of Craft.

Colorado Springs. Colo.-A Colorado
Springs woman has offered 100000
for the establishment Of an cndow-
mcnt fund for the erection and mainte-
nance Of cottages In which to house
the families Of inmates Of the Union
Printers home in this city. The board
Of trustees Of the home. at the final
session Mt their meeting here. passed
the necessary amendment to the char.
ter Of the home to permit the cstab-
lishment Of the fund.
Another important action taken by
the trustees was the erection Of tu-
berculosis saniiarium. The present
hospital annex will be used for this
purpose and the most advanced meth
DDS known to science for the treat
ment Of consumption Will be adopted.
The offer OF the 100000 from tho
woman, whose name IL withheld, was
made about one year ago. but could
not be accepted. because OF the char.
ter as Il then stood. The last Lcgisla-
ture passed law permitting incorpor-
atoms to change their charters.
It Is expected that citizens from all
over the country will contribute to the
fund and that within n few years the
amount will have grown sufficiently 10
accommodate all occupants Of the hos
pital. Heretofore there has been \
great deal of hardship among the fam
HES Of the printers because Of en-
forced separation. The new fund Will
permit the relatives to live near them
in cottages and tents.
There are about sixty patients in
the hospital annex and nearly 100 In
the regular building.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-27
Duel 70 Death en Hay Wagon

Sturgis. 8. D.-To settle long siano.
ing fcud over their right Tn certain
lands. Lon Ferris. a virginian. AMI
Jesse Wallace, Texan. neighboring
ranchmen. fought duel to the death
on the range north OF here. For fifteen
minutes both men battled for snprem.
acy on the top Of q hay wagon. nrst
with their fists and then with rcvolv.
ers.
Ferris finally succeeded in killing
Wallace with the 1atter's own gun. and
then rode to town. where he gave him.
self up. He declared that Wallace and
a friend named Anderson, a neighbor.
who watched the battle from the
bushes, and was the only witness Of
the tragedy, had waylaid him at work.
and Wallace challenged him TO settle
accounts. Ferris is married, while Wal.
lace was single.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-27
crue, freshmen. Cause Of II.

South Bend, IId.-when dared to
show his nerve. Albert r. Peverette of
South Bend. who Is serving term for
the Richland. Mich. bank robbery in
Marquette prison. picked up piece OF
glass and cut on his left hand.
The fact came out In an investiga.
ton now being conducted at Mar.
quette for the purpose Of learning the
truth about alleged cruelties practiced
in the prison. According to Peverette.
he would no longer stand abuse and
he would cut on one Of his hands be.
fore he would submit 10 further Ill
treatment. Jeered at by the keeper.
he promptly carried his threat into exc
cution.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-27
n. H. ROGERS DROPS ,.o.oooooe
Said to Have Invested Heavily in Tide
water Railway projset and Lost.


Said to Have Invested Heavily in Tide
water Railway Project and Lest.
New York.-Reports have been cur
rent on Wall street for some time that
II. II. Rogers OF the Standard OIL Com
pany had been heavily interested In
the tidewater railway project In Wiz
sinia and that he had lost heavily BY
the Investment. The Evening Post
says that II can DO stated positively
that Mr.. Rogers incurred personal
obligation In the tidewater project
much In excess Of tt0.0OO.00O. tho
Post also says the situation has been
entirely cleared up.
The Evening Post says: Confirms.
ton was obtained In Wall street OF re-
ports TO the effect that II. II. Rogers
Was heavily interested In the tidewator
railway project.
According TO the stories previously
circulated. upwards Of forty per cent.
OF Mr.. Rogers fortune has been In
yolved In the tidewater Investment. II
was reported today that the personal
obligation incurred amounted to sto.'
100000. Il can be stated positively
that the sum In much larger than the
amount named. also that the situation
has been entirely cleared up.
In order to meet the demands made
upon him In connection with the CON
struction OF the railroad. Mr.. Rogers
wns forced to dispose OF large
amount OF investment stock nj q sacri'
nee. All during the recent decline In
prices the vice president Of the Stand
ard Oil Company sold gilt.edked
stocks. such as Standard Oil. consoli'
dated Gas. Union Pacific and st. Paul.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-27
rH,Rrv.FoUa PERSONS KILLED
rsxss TraInmsn Disregard Orders and
Terrible Wreck Follows.

FL Paso, Tcxnx.-ln u collision bc.
tween tho south.bound FL Paso ex.
press and northbound freight on the
Mexican Central. mt En- Carnacion dc
dos. q few miles from AHuas Calicn.
tes, thirty.four were killed and nine
teen injured. maxim. the worst wreck
on that road In years. Telegraph lines
wcrc broken by the wreck and only
mcagcr details obtainablc. II II I'm.
possible TO obtain list OF dead or In
jurcd. All those killed were In the day
coaches. Tho passenger train wns In
charge OF Conductor Randlcman and
Engineer Brock. Il Is believed that
four bodies are yet In the wrcckass.
The dead and wounded were taken To
Agua1 Calicntcs. The wrecked pas.
senEcr train left FL Paso Tuesday.
There are no prominent persons
among the killed or wounded. The
disaster Ii said to have been due to .
disregard Of train orders.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-27
Fined for TrsspsssIns.

The fourth important case won by
tho government upon the question
whether Il IL q crime to violate the
regulations Of the secretary OF agri.
culture has Just been decided In tho
United States District Court. held at
Deadwood. South Dakota, where Rob
crt d. Bale was found guilty OF graz.
ing trespass on the Black Hills ma
tional forest and fined 500 and costs.
Mr.. Bale ut once paid the finc and
was released.
The defendant Is q stock owner re-
siding south Of Rapid City and has
been grazing about 100 head Of cattle
In and adjacent to the Black Hills mn.
tionnl forest for some years. When
the range In the national forests was
put under administration In 1906 and
the grazing fee system introduced MIR.
Bale refused to secure grazing per.
NIT or to remove his stock from the
forest.
After repeated efforts on the part
Of the local forest officers to persuade
Mr.. Bale to remove the stock. he was
finally arrested and in August, 1906.
was indicted by the United States jury
at Deadwood. The trial OF the case
was delayed over two terms Of court
by IN effort to have the case tried ut
Deadwood instead of Sioux Falls and
the case was not presented to the jury
until September 9Th. The court was
prompt in everything the defendants
demurrer attacking the constitution
ality OF the grazing regulations and In
reaching decision the jury was out
only fifteen minutes.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-27
To Simplify FrsIsh. situation.

Chica.o.-A ion. step forward In the
slmplincation u the freight situation
throughout she United States was
taken at y meeting In the Central
Freight Association headquarters. The
joint committee. composed OF repre-.
scntativcs from tho three clasSlfica.
tLon territories. decided ON nnincntion.
and within thirty days n new commit.
tec will be appointed to undertake the
solution u this problem.
The difiiculiicx arising from divcrsi.
ned classification have been many and
varied. Only recently the Interstate
Commerce Commission suggested that
since the different classification OF
freight In different parts OF tho coun.
try had been responsible for large
part Of the friction between shipper
and carrier. II would be wise 10 adopt
one that would apply generally.
The task presented To this new com.
operating east Of the Mississippi river
have what In known M tho ohicial elias.
sincatiou: those south Of the Ohio and
Potomac and east Of the Mississippi.
tho southern classification. and tho-r
north Of the Mississippi the western
classification. Not the least dtnicnls
proposition In this revision II TO ind .
basis that will be equitable TO opcrat.
Ing under dissimilar circumstances.
In the East. where heavy trailic orisi'
Mates. and hauls are comparatively
short, q lower rate can be maintaintd
than In the West. where traflc II
sparse and the hauls are long. In view
Of this fact II Is probable that sliding
scale will have to be adopted.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-27
MURDERER OF eoeseL FOUND,
Confession May Clear UP the Famous
Kentucky Feud.

NeVsoSNy Seuos
Richmond. Ind.-Turner Igo Of Far
mers. Rowan county. Kentucky. In
charged with the killing Of Governor
VIM. Goebel Of Kentucky In an am
davit by Mrs. Lulu Clark. The afiida-
Wit was sworn 10 last April In the law
ofiices Of Ex-Governor ". 3. Taylor Of
Kentucky.
Mrs. Clark. whose maiden name was
Lulu Williams. lived Mt the time Of the
Goebel murder at Mt. Sterling Ken.
lucky. She has u cousin named Ger
trude King. who then lived at Mays
willie. Kentucky.
Miss King was ut that time. accord
inf TO the afiidavit. keeping company"
with John Sanford Of coyin.ton. Ken.
lucky. sou Of an attorney who wan
killed by william Goebei In a fight In
COvingtOn some years ago. The night
was the result Of n political quarrel.
Mrs. Clark Swears that an the day
Goebel was murdered she and her
cousin. Miss King. went tn Frankfort.
Kentucky. and that they started to en-.
ter the house by tho rear entrance.
While on the steps shot was fircd.
Al the same time they noticed n man
standing Just inside the door. whom
they recognized ns Sanford.
IN minute htcOhu man came run
ming out Of the building. dressed like
n mouniainccr and carrying u rife. He
ran to Sanford and saId: Il got the
d -"
That man was recognized by the nf,
liant ns her friend. Turner IIo of Far.
merS. Rowan county. Kentucky.
Both men ran out Of the building To
u fence. where Sanford gave n pair al
shoes which h. was CARRYING to ISo
who exchanged his boots for them.
The men then disappeared.
The afiiinnt states that leo told hrs
Mt the Mt. Sterling depot on January
20. 1900. that he was going tn Kill Goc.
bel. and that she saw him aftcrwopl at
Jc.I.rsonviilc. Indiana. and that he re-
minded her that he had fulfilled his
promise.
She also says that Sanford had told
Gcrtrud. King few days prior I"
Goc,,cis murder that he intended To
XIII Gocbcl. saying. Here IN my chance
tn get revenge. Tn. Legislature has
met"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-27
COW EATS oYNAMiTE-eANo
Bossy Allows her Appetite to lay Her
Low In Death

Norwich. Conn, Il never saw an "S'
piosivc COW: ] never hope to nee one.
but this I tell you. anyhow. I'D rather
see than he one"
Lcwisboro saw nm explosive COW to-
day. storchouse Of dynamite. u maya.
zine for conibusiiblcs. All that In NOR
tai Of COW now lies In the middle Of
swamp. next to the remains sign
bearing the, parnioxical warnin.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-27
Trinidad Enjoys q Boom.

Trinidad, Colo.-Work has com
menced on the erection Of $4,000
apartment house to be located at the
corner Of Colorado and Arizona ave.
nues. The structure will be Of stone
and brick. Trinidad IL enjoying
building boom and several other cost.
ly residences are in the course Of con-
struction.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-25
LIGHT WORK ON HUDSON
CORNELL THE FAVORITE.
wisconsin Cre10 the Only One to
Ro1O Over Full Course.
IBy Telegraph to The Trloune.l

Poughkeepsie, ". Y. June 24.-Ths sixteen
crews gathered here for the big intercollegiate
regatta Wednesday were out the river
morning and afternoon to-day. but the work
was light in most cases. The Wisconsin varsity
had a trial over the full course but the time was
not announced. The Wisconsin freshman crew
acted as pacemaker for the first two miles and
beat the varsity half length. The youngsters
rowed we'll, and their stock went up for the
freshman race.
The work OF the other crews was confined TO
practising starts and rowing short stretches at
racing speed. The Columbia varsity had par
ticularly easy time. as Coach Rice is satisfied
that the men are ready for a bruising race.
The Cornell varsity crew has shown such i'm
provement in the last few days that IT is sure
70 be a strong favorite for the big race. The
shell ran smoothly to-day between strokes. The
Navy crew had n long, easy run down the river
in the morning at a low stroke
Captain Ingram says that the will aver
age about thirty-four strokes TO the minute in
the race on Wednesday. except for the last half
mile when the pace is likely to be acceler-
atod. Some persons take this 10 mean that the
Navy ts not going 10 try and row away from
the others at the start, and will depend upon a
finishing squirt 10 win
There will he gentlemen's crew race to-
morrow. An attempt was made TO arrange a
race between the second eights of Columbia.
Cornell and the Navy, but for some reason it fell
through
Captain Palmer r Pierce, until recently foot
ball representative at the United States Mill
tary Academy spent the afternoon at the Cor
nell quarters. IN company with Judge Frank b.
Irvine the Cornell member Of the board OF stew
ards, and afterward went out on the Cornell
launch When asked If he was looking over the
field for Il West Point crew Captain Pierce said:
1T is largely question of the time 1t takes
un with us. | surprised 10 learn that only
one hour day need be devoted to rowing.
Mayor John ]. J. Sague, of this city Is op-
posed 10 public pool selling on the boat races.
and the collegans who want to back their opin-
ions with money will have 10 bet among them
selves.
The monitors Nevada, Arkansas and Florida
will arrive here tomorrow for the races Secre-
tarv of the Navy Metcalf. Admiral Goodrich
and Admiral Evans Will be among the visitors
10 watch the Navy crew.