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The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-26
ONCE A cow PUNCHER
BRYANT BUTLER BROOKS NOW
GOVERNOR OF WYOMING.
Has Succeeded Through His Own e.
forts and Now Owns 100000
Acre Ranch-is Native of
Massachusetts,.

Boston.-Of the many Massachu-
setts-born leaders of public life in
western states the latest to rise to the
Bryant Butler Brooks, governor of
Wyoming.
Gov. Brooks was born in Bernards-
ton, Mass, and his early schooling
was ootained in that little town of
1000 souls in the central part of the
state.
When he was ten years old his par
ents removed to Chicago, and there
the lad grew up in the restless life Of
the rapidly developing middle west.
AS a young man he knocked about,
as all self-made men must. working
as farm hand and as a COW puncher.
and by way OF diversion putting in a
winter as trapper and hunter in
Wyoming.
He is now one of the wealthiest men
in the state, besides being its gov
ernor. He is interested in many COM
mercial ventures, and lives on ranch
of 100000 acres-a little state in itself
where he has 10000 sheep, thou
sands of horned cattle, and several
hundred horses. His hired men" on
his farm number so.
Gov. Brooks is interested in coal
mining and In banking in Wyoming,
in numbering in. Mexico, and in ship
ping In Maine.
Gov. Brooks is one of the sons of the
late Silas Newton Brooks and Malissa
Minerva Burrows Brooks, both of the
best of New England stock. The IA
ther was clerk and treasurer of Ber-
nardston for about 20 years. He
served in the house and senate.
Gov. Brooks life has been one of
ceaseless activity since he left home
at the age of IS. He was 10 when he
pulled freight In Nebraska and went
to Wyoming as COW puncher
An exciting incident of those days
was when he was sent with 26 other
men to Idaho to round up and bring
to Wyoming 1000 head of cattle. The
party had literally to fight Indians
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-26

cate that whales are more plentiful
Just now than they have been in many
years. 1t appears that the only diff.
Guilty Is in the catching of them. They
show that they are like birds in one
respect-they have learned to dislike
people who throw things at them.
They have shown their ability to
adapt themselves to conditions. In
the north when they feel the prick of
a harpoon they cut under the ice and
and that is the last the whaler sees
OF them. The whaler dislikes this be-
cause he not only loses the whale,
but, worse fate. he loses his harpoon
and a quantity of line for which he
paid cash.
The rules for eating accredited to
Gladstone and Fletcher. which re-
quired 80. more or less, chews to each
mouthful, were never meant for the
true whale. 1t has no teeth and 1t
swallows its food whole, catching 1t
in the baleen, or strips of whale.
bone" which depend from the sides OF
its mouth. II whale saw the whale.
bones that womenkind are accustomed
to using in their waists he would
never recognize them as part OF his
alimentary system, they are so small.
In the form In which they would be IA
miliar to him they would be 10 or 12
feet long and look like giant brushes
with handle ten inches wide at the
end.
One might wonder how any animal
could close its mouth with a grove OF
12-foot quills sticking out of the roof.
When the mouth closes the slabs OF
baleen lie fiat in grooves. When the
mouth opens the slabs spring forward,
completely filling the cavern. Ono
whale hay have as many as 700 in its
mouth. Sometimes the weight OF this
giant mouth fringe is ton and the
contents Of the mouth of one whale
taken in Bering sea, on October 20,
1888. weighed 3.100 pounds. or ton
and half. At the present rate the
contents of this particular whales
mouth would be worth approximately
$4,000.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-26

chief should be the wife of the presi-
dent, ex oficio, and of each succeed
ing republican president, with regents
and vice-regents in Washington. and
in the states where the league may be
established. The yearly dues and
membership fees would form a fund
which could easily be added to by sub
scriptions, when needed, and the only
pledge required of the members of the
league would be that by their personal
exertion they procure, outside of their
own family connection, one or two
votes at most to be cast at the gem
eral elections for the Republican party.
The question of a national flower
has been matter of discussion for a
long time, but the golden rod grows in
every state of the Union, and as its
color suggests Sound money" what
better emblem could be found for the
party which has taken that issue as
part OF its political faith7 With the
general election every four years, with
no prime minister whose tenure ex-
tends indefinitely, we lose the pretty
custom which obtains in England.
where Primrose day" is celebrated
by wearing primroses and by decking
Beaconsfield's grave with the bright
eyed flower of spring. That, no doubt,
would save the woman who may
choose to inaugurate league such as
described the reproach of the Anglo
phobists-that we are becoming un-
American and even that awful thing
imperial, by sharing the old honor
with old England of maintaining a
floral and political society.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-26

and COW thieves on their way back for
later young Brooks worked as a COW
puncher for Mai. Wolcott, who con-
trolled the "V. r." outfit.
A little later he spent winter liv-
ing alone in the section where the
Brooks ranch now is, trapping beaver
and killing elk and other game In the
spring he went to Chicago with his
furs.
There he told his brother John of
what a wonderful country Wyoming
was destined to be, and the brother
advanced money to make start. John
Brooks was then travelling salesman
on the road for a dry goods jobbing
Boston house.
Bryant went back to Wyoming and
under the homestead act settled on
100 acres of government land. The
first purchase of cattle was 68 heifers.
The future governor built log cabin,
and grew up with the country amaz-
ingly fast The cabin is still pre-
served on the ranch. Now, as a por-
tion of the assets of half million dol
lars, the Brooks ranch has one of the
finest ranch houses in the state,
artificially lighted with gas, and fine
ly equipped in every way.
Even when roughing 1t Mr.. Brooks
read much and added to his store of
general information.
He was first elected to the Wyoming
legislature in 1892. Four years later
he was a delegate to the national Re
publican convention at st. Louis, and
stumped Wyoming for Mckinley.
Mr.. Brooks was first elected gov
ernor in 1904. His administration was
very successful. Out in Wyoming the
women vote as well as the men, and
Gov. Brooks is popular with both
sexes. He ran far ahead of his ticket
when he was elected the second time.
He is entirely without frills. He
does not take kindly to a silk hat and
much prefers the black, soft slouch
hat. Don't introduce me as a gov
ernor," he says to his friends, "cut
that sort Of thing out" He likes to
ride in the smoking cars and get in
touch with plain people. Il am one of
that kind" he says. He is an enthu-
siastic Mason and has taken 33 de
grees. In Cheyenne there is a fine
Masonic temple. in which he takes
much pride.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-26

could hardly go, and where the acre
age warranted the use of several field
rigs which were charged at one com
pressor. Where high water pressure
is available, writes a correspondent
of the Rural New Yorker, | know the
charging of spray rigs working as
above may be simplifled, for with an
alright pressure tank connected with
the water system 1t is only necessary
to turn in the water to have the air
compressed to the water pressure fig
ure. An air pipe leading from the high
est point of the tank will convey the
compressed air to the spray rig, either
to portion Of the iron spray tank or
to a separate tank, as the case may be-
In the case of single tank sprayers
the spray tank would be filled half full
or less of spray material, and the re
naming space with air at a pressure
expel the spray at sufficient spray
pressure II modern nozzles are used.
The charging tank should be large,
for 1t must be emptied as soon as it
fills completely with water, and to
gain strength 1t would be well to use
several tanks of less size. Separate
tanks on the field rig also give the
advantage of greater strength, and the
pressure may be used at more uni
form rate II desired. Where the water
pressure is little low it may be
supplemented by the use of a force
pump or a gas tube.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-26
TOOK NO CHANCES.
But They Gave the Judge an oppor-
tunity to Be Generous

The recent agitation for the better
safeguarding of money deposited by
clients with solicitors must not be al
lowed to suggest that all solicitors do
not look faithfully to the pecuniary
interests of those who put their trust
in them. Especially is the contrary
true in the case where A having
placed a sum in the hands of b, b
has been compelled to hand it on to a
greater man in the person of G.
For example, judge, now deceased.
had many briefs on hand at the mo-
ment of his elevation to the bench.
A solicitor who had instructed him
in one case called and suggested that
as his client was not rich man, the
new Judge might properly return the
sum which he had been paid for the
conduct of a case which he could no
longer take.
His lodrship was profoundly sensi-
BILE of the morality of the suggestion.
1t ought undoubtedly to be done
nothing could be more just; but then,
cedent which would be unwelcome to
the profession. He was naturally of
retiring disposition.
Exactly, my lord" answered the
solicitor. I'VE quite anticipated that
you would experience such difficulty,
and for that reason we have stopped
the check"
Whether the language the new
Judge must have used, If only to him
self, was of a judicial nature the
chronicles do not relate. 1t may be
taken. however, that it would have
sounded odd from the bench, and
must have been blacker than the
black cap.-London Sketch.
EIz-~l
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-26
WHALES AND wHALesons.
Great Increase In Price Of Product Of
Hugh Mammals Mouth.

New York.-Some Wall street specu-
lators at the present juncture might
well wish that they had cornered the
stock of whalebone in 1871 and kept
1t until to-day. 1t would have cost
them only s462 .504.35 to do 1t. as the
price ruling at the time was n cents
a pound, and there were only 600,655
pounds to be had. At the price ruling
to-day they could obtain for 1t s2,702.-
947.50. representing a profit of s2.240.-
443.15. In 1906 the average price paid
for whalebone was $3.50 pound.
Dressmakers and those who have to
foot the dressmakers' bills. besides
those who wear the gowns and other
articles of dress in which whaiebone
Is used, when 1t can be obtained, Will
be glad to hear that all reports indi-
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-26
BEST SOIL FOR ORCHARDS.
Illinois Fruit CuIturist Likes the Clay
Soil Best.

My experience in growing orchards
and fruit trees has been almost Who'll
ly confined to the white clay soil, or
the gray silt loan, writes a southern
Illinois correspondent of Farmers Re
view. This soil, while it varies con-
siderably in different locations, seems
to be especially adapted to the pro-
duction of fruit and fruit trees. To
be sure, location and drainage are
prime factors in fruit-growing, yet
these secured and any of our soil is
good orchard land.
On soil not depleted by injudicious
farming trees make a good growth of
wood and produce fruit of good quail
ity and color. have one apple or
chard on thin, "worn-out" land and
by liberal application of stable ma
nure and the growing of cow-pease
have a beautiful and very profitable
orchard.
The peach to be successful here is
a little more particular. A light, open
soil with good elevation makes an
Ideal location, as the elevation in.
creases, the danger from freezing and
late frosts decreases. / have been
most successful in growing peaches
On clay soil by the application of stable
manure, and while this tends toward
a too rapid growth of wood, the fruit
Is of the very highest color and quail
ty. The excessive wood growth must
be removed by cutting back. l have
never experienced any difficulty in
iruit production by excessive wood
growth. Have never had any expert
ence in growing trees on prairie soil
and but little on sandy soil, but de-
tidedly prefer the so-called clay.
OF course bottom lands subject to
overflow could not be made suitable
for orchard purposes. but a soil that
Is unsuitable by reason of lack of
plant food. or its being too cold and
wet, can often be made good orchard
land by fertilization and drainage.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-26

tion and is renowned as q philanthro-
pist. She has won fame for hospital
work and organized a society for nurs-
ing wounded soldiers during the Cri-
mean war, serving in the field amid
great perils and privatlons. In recent
years she has devoted 100000 to the
founding of home for the training Of
nurses. Miss Nightingale was born in
Florence, Italy. on May 12. 1920. She
has published works on nursing and
on sanitary conditions in the army.
One Of her books. issued In 1S47, Life
or Death In India" attracted wide at
tention. But 10 men who have
achieved distinction have been hon
orded with the Order OF Merit.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-26
IL Won't Work.

Last year we heard much about the
carbolic acid for the scale. The advice
was to paint the trunk of the tree
with carbolic acid and let 1t soak
through the bark into the sap. Prof.
j. B. Smith of New Jersey has made
an investigation of this remedy, and
says the acid will kill such scales as
it touches, but will not work into the
circulation and kill through the sap.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-26

the dirt around
the roots of the
tree and wrap
the tree firmly at
the base with old
carpet to prevent
injury. Place the
standard firmly
in the ground and
tie the cross-piece
to the body of
I h @ tree with
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-26
FOR THE oRcHARpIsT.
The Application Of Water Pressure as
Spray Power.

Compressed air and gas have been
used for some years as powers for
spraying. Gas is expensive, and when
compressed air is used. the air COM
pressor with engine at charging sta
tion give high initial cost and some
complications. Still these types OF
sprayers have been making headway
for steep orchards where gasoline rigs
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-26

ropes. Fasten strong rope to each
side of the standard and hitch a horse
to the other end. With slow pull the
tree can be drawn onto the sled and
then hauled to the new location. 1t
can then be placed in its new place in
the same way.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-26
Try It..

We never had SO many questions
about "dishorning" apples trees as are
now coming. This plan of cutting off
the tops of the old trees to get a new
and vigorous growth is one of the
necessary things in these scaly days.
bulletin issued by the Ohio Expert
ment station, Wooster. o.. gives a
good idea of the job.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-26
Summer Pruning.

No fruit ripens SO well nor has SO
fine a flavor when the foliage is In
jured by summer pruning. This fact
is observable in our apple, peach and
pear orchards when the worms have
consumed the leaves on a limb. You
will always find the fruit on such a
branch Of poor quality and inferior
flavor.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-26
RECEIVES ORDER OF MERIT.
Florence Nightingale Decorated by
King Edward.

London.-F1orence Nightingale, who
has been decorated by King Edward OF
England with the Order of Merit, is
the first woman to receive the distinc.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-26
Political Clubs
for American
Women
By Jeanie G. Lincoln

Well-Known Washington Woman
Advocates the Founding of a
Political Society for Women
1.-The League of the Golden
Rod" Might Be Made Similar
to THE Primrose Club" of Eng
land--Woman's Influence Should
Purify the Ballot.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-26
MOVING A LARGE TREE.
Simple Device by Which It May Be
Drawn from the Ground.

To move a large tree make three.
sided standard of 2x4 stuff. Loosen
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-26
TIMES CHANGE

TNHB trend Of public sentiment
among the more statesmanlike
politicians of the country has
been indicated in various ways re-
Gently. When Representative Dalzell
of Pennsylvania not long since invited
Governor Cummins of Iowa to adj
dress public meeting in Pittsburg
he made a concession which. two or
three years before, would have resulted
in his political downfall. A few years
ago these two men were as far apart as
the poles on the tariff question, which
was then as 1t is now the vital issue.
Whether Mr.. Dalzell is prepared to
accept "the Iowa idea," OF which Mr..
Cummins is one of the chief cham
pions. is not yet known; but that he
and those he represents have begun to
realize the serious portent in the rapid
development of the sentiment In favor
of immediate tariff revision may be
presumed from the fact that he went
so far as to give the Iowa propagandist
an opportunity to air his views before
an audience which not long ago would
have been distinctly hostile.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-26
TO PAY LAST RESPECTS
TO BELOVED CHAPLAIN
Montgomery Council. Young Mems
Institute, Issues Invitation to All
Catholic Societies for Wednes-
day Morning

Montgomery council No. 4s7, Young
Mems Institute. has issued formal
invitation which is being mailed to the
Catholic societies OF Los Angeles. in
Guiding the knights Of Columbus, the
Ancient order OF Hibernians, the Los
Angeles Catholic Beneficiary society
branches of the Catholic knights of
America, Cpnaty and Cathedral coun-
ellis of the Young Mems institute, all
the conferences of the st. Vincent De
Paul society, the Catholic Order of For
esters. the st. Joseph society and the
st. Joseph's Beneficial society, to join
in paying last respects to the memory
of the late beloved chaplain, Rev. MI
chael McAuliffe,' whose funeral will
take place from the Church of the Sa-
cred Heart, corner Sichel street and
Baldwin avenue, East Los Angeles at
0 a. m. Wednesday morning, November
81. = lere solemn requiem pontifical
high mass will be celebrated for the
happy repose Of his soul.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-26
COUNCIL ASKS CONGRESS
TO RAISE TARS' WAGES

Councilman Bernard Healy yesterday
carried his point of inducing the city
council to pass a resolution urging con-
gress to increase the pay for naval en-
ployes.
The resolution proposed by the men,
Der from the Eighth ward urges the men,
brs of congress from the state of Cali
fornia to favor the endeavor to obtain the
passage of measure by congress increas-
ing the salaries of officers and men in the
United States navy and in the navy and
marine corps and instructs the city clerk
toy transmit said resolution to each con-
gresham from California.
Councilmen Pease. Dromgold and Wren
suggested that the question was hardly
one for Los Angeles lawmakers to grap-
pie with, but after an earnest speech by
Mr.. Healy the non-partisans voted with
him as he asked.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-26
HARTMAN GETS
AQUEDUCT FREIGHT
MAYOR HARPER MAKES PLEA
FOR SANTA FE
Three Former Southern Pacific Off,
ciaIs Hold Responsible Positions
in Owens, Project Offices and
Inquiry is On

| Mayor Harper has come out for a
square deal for all the railroads in con-
nection with the freight haulage in the
| Owens river vall-v business.
few days ago the mayors attention
was called to the fact that out of fifty-
odd carload. of machinery and equip
ment contracted for by the aqueduct
board every car was routed over the
Southern Pacific system.
Most of this stuff came from the Pitts
burg district and is consigned by rail- to
steamers (owned by the Southern Paci
fic) to New Orleans and thence over the
Sunset route to Los Angeles.
1t was pointed opt that the Santa Fe
would haul the freight for the same rate
and bill it via Chicago from which point
1t has direct route to Los Angeles,
bringing it here more rapidly
The mayor quietly attended a meeting
of the aqueduct board last night and took
few notes.
He walked around the offices and
recognized a half dozen attaches there
who until recently had been on the South
ern Pacific employees payrolls.
When Purchasing Agent Ormsby went
into the city's service it was stated that
he had been summarily dropped by the
big Hartman corporation and he was
regarded as a man who had a grudge
against the company
Auditor Nelson was schooled In the
Hartman offices.
Another employe named Shelley was
also in The Southern Pacific employ until
lately.
Railroad men familiar with the pre-
ponderance of contracts via the South
ern Pacific system in aqueduct work saw
it seems strange inasmuch as that COM
pany has given no promise that 1t will
construct line through the Owens river
valley thus assuring the Los Angeles tax
payers the immense saving which will
result If railroad system parallels the
aqueduct route
Mayor Harper said last night:
i am not finding fault with any one;
1 am merely investigating.
Il induced the transfer of one bill of
machinery 20 the Santa Fe system in the
interest of fair play.
Il think the aqueduct businsss should
be equally diviLed between the transcon-
tinental roads reaching Los Angeles if it
can be DONE
There may be a reason for all this
routing, but so far have not gone deeply
into the circumstances.
Aqueduct board officials say they get
their employees through the civil service
and are mot playing favorites" in any
department.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-26
LEGALITY OF FIRE
ESCAPE LAW UPHELD
clTVs JURISDICTION coNTlNU.
ING, SAYS COURT
Compliance with Previous Ordinances
Does Not Exempt Property own-
ers from Later Act, Holds
Judge Conrey

The Legality of the fire escape ordi.
nance, attacked by George Mason in a
sull against A. G. Harper ct AL, was up
held yesterday by Judge Conrey's de.
cision on the demurrer tc the complaint
The case grew out of an attempt of the
city officials to enforce the new fire es-
cape and standpipe ordinance against
property owners who had alreaoy
equipped their property with the old
style apparatus required under the for
mer ordinance. In a sense the suit was
case to test the legality of the ordi-
nance.
The plaintiff sought to enjoin the city
from enforcing an ordinance requiring
fire escapes and standpipes OF a given
description. The question at issue was
whether the city can require equipment
installed to comply with one ordinance
changed to conform with another ordi-
nance.
Mason refused to comply with Ordinance
1880, passed in 1906, on the ground that
the fire escapes provided in 1t are '.in-
effectual and dangerous, in that in case
of panic, egress will be easily blocked -
In his opinion Judge Conrey said: II
have reached the conclusion that the
rower to regulate the use of property by
providing fire escapes on buildings is a
continuing power and that the city's
authority in respect to such matters Is
not exhaustive when a building has once
been provided with fire escapes in ac-
cordance with ordinances existing at a
given date. The city has continuing
authority and right of supervision with
respect to such matters"
An order was entered sustaining the
demurrer to the complaint thereby max
ing the ordinance binding and of full
force upon all property owners no mat
ter whether they have previously put in
equipment in accordance with the old
ordinance.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-26

the causes and issues of every indus
trial dispute.
g. At the same time 1t leaves unim-
paired the right of any group of men to
combine for mutual advantage, and to
lock out, or strike, after full public in
quiry.
z. 1t tends to prevent or restrict
secret Vaccinations on the part of both
employers and employees. because both
know that publicity must come at last.
last.
s. 1t gives opportunity. through the
intervention of an impartial public
authority. for reasoning. conciliation,
the removal of misunderstanding and
an amicable settlement.