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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03
School Land Sold.

Sales of nearly $500 acres of state
school lands were made recently by
the tie Land Board to people down
about Antonito, in Conejos county. 1t
is an arid area, but the buyers have ar
ranged to build canals and bitches to
convey water from the Conjos and San
Antoine rivers onto the lands, at n cost
of some $4,000. The price paid for
the land was So an acre.
For years these lands have lain use
less because of the lack of water. yet
they cover one of the most desirable
portions of the San Luis valley. Bills
OF sale were made out to the follow
ing persons by the land board: James
l.. Richardson, so acres; w. ID. Carroll,
1G0 acres; r. d. l.. Menke, 160 acres.
C. V. Moore. 160 acres; w. F. Mcclure,
160 acres: L. r. Marshall 160 acres;
w. B. Mcclure, 160 acres; w. II. Bar
low, 400 acres; Celestino Garcia. 160
acres; w. A. Braiden, 240 acres; Fritz
Thies. 1Ga acrns.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03

Camels. the old ships of the desert
will soon give way to the new ships
of the desert, automobiles. The sue.
cession. like that of steam greyhounds
TO clipper-ships at sea. has to meet
prejudice and conservative habit. but
the conquest by the automobile of
the sand wastes OF Nevada is an ac-
complished fact. Here. to be sure, it
was not the camel. but the burro and
the stage coach that had to yield.
Under the heavy cars the sand hard.
ems into smooth tracks. and with a
little work good motor car roads can
be made. Several toll roads have been
built and more are promised. Rich
miners and others who use motor
cars for business and pleasure are be.
hind the movement to construct roads
TO connect all important points: and
the commercial development OF south.
ern Nevada is assured.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03
A. a Woman Thinketh.

New York.-Under the influence OF
her dentists laughing gas, Miss Agnes
Loyen of the Bronx hugged the dentist
until the police interfered. The girl,
who is twenty-five and pretty. has
been undergoing n series of dental op.
erations Mt the office of DR.. John Tay.
lor. Finally 1t was necessary to pull
tooth, and laughing gas was admins.
tered.
The moment the gas took effect Miss
Loven leaped from the chair and
clasped DIR. Taylor about the neck with
hug that would do credit to polar
bear. The doctor tried to extricate
himself from her embrace In vain.
Then he called for help. and Mrs. 1'ay-
lor telephoned for police. The girl IS
finally torn from the dentist and car.
ried to q hospital.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03
THE LOFT IS FOUND.
Bsp Of Diamonds Stolen From Wom.
ans Leo Mystsrieusiy Returns.

LopEmont, Colo.-lnstead OF receiv'
ing an Internal machine. which she at
first suspected the package contained.
Mrs. T. II. Callahan. wife Of million
aire store owner in Colorado and the
Northwest, has been made happy by
recovering the $4,000 worth OF dia'
mond. earrings and rings which were
mysteriously stolen from her last
week. The jewels came In a special
delivery package through the malls.
but who mailed them and from what
place has not yet been developed. AZ
the postmarks are not discernible. hav-
ing been Intentionally blurred. On the
reverse side Of the package. where the
receiving stamp Is usually placed. was
the mark. Omaha Ogden Railway
Postoflice.'
Mrs. Callahan In taking no changes
on the garter system Of preventing tho
theft OF her jewels. and has placed all
Of them In a safety deposit vault at one
Of the local banks.
The diamonds came In on the train
which arrived at Longmont ut 3;2t.
and were delivered to Mrs. Callahan n.
O'Clock. Mrs. Callahan was at hrst
afraid to open the package. fearing
that some persons whose names had
either rightly or wrongly been con-
nected with the theft OF the joweis.
had sent her an Internal machine In Or
der to be ievenscd.
Curiosity finally got the better OF
her, however. and the hope that the
package might contain her missing
rings and earrings caused her to unite
tho string and unwrap the paper and
cloth coverings. She was overjoycd
to ind her diamonds. all OF which had
been removed from their settings be-
fore being put In the mail.
Mrs. Callahan Immediately nouheti
the authorities that she had recovered
her Jewels and explained the circun''
stances under which they came.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03
{. Il. Il. SWEARS
pu1 ON THE STAND NE PROVES
COMPETENT WiTNEsS.
"wHERE DO STAND" LETTER

Railroad Masnats Tells In Plain Words
How Roosevelt Letter Got Into
Newspapers.
New York.-Edward II. Hartman.
president OF the Union Pacific. was
cross.examined briefly In the Tombs
police court by former Judge Alfred
ommen. who with Norris Hyman ap'
peared rs counsel for Frank Hni. the
former Hartman stenosrapher. who II
under arrest on the charge OF selling
the now famous ''Where Do Stand!"
letter to newspaper for publication.
The railroad manipulation showed
that he was good lawyer himself. for
he answered no questions until Assist
ant District Attorney krotel had had
ample time to interpose all reason.
able objections. and the attorneys
gained no Information worthy OF the
llme consumed.
Ommen asked whether Mr.. Harri.
man had shown the much discussed
letter to anybody. The question was
not framed to the Hartman liking ana
he quietly told the attorney TO amend
his way OF asking. Then hc said ne
Lad read the letter to another.
-Did you read II to Congressman
James Sherman" asked Judge On
men.
Mr.. Rrotei objected ana Judge
wahie not only sustained the objection.
but brought fush to the lace OF the
dcicndant's counsel.
Il don't intend to have this case
hIppodromcd." said the judge. III !
permitted that question you might CON
tInuc and seek to name men here nnd
put them on the stand In the hope OF
attacking tho crcdibility OF Mr.. Hnrri'
man and no continue this matter along
and make Il one Of scnsaiionaiism. !
won't stand for H."
There was rather strenuous enort
on the part OF Hills counsel to make
Mr.. Hartman say that he had gwen
the letter TO newspaper Tor pnbiie"'
tIon.
''If you really wish TO get ai the NIB.
s,luts facts of the natter ! viii tell
In, M" said the railroad man quietly,
There wns another newspaper
which had copy OF that lcttsr. On
I'll. nigh, before It's publication
learned that the World had u ana IN
tended TO publish II. I tried with what
influence had Mt my command 10 pre-
vent Its publication. but was unable
TO do no. At o'clock In the morn
Ing. after having been told by repre-
senta,ivcs Of tho paper that my efforts
were frui,icss and that the letter was
actually In type and tho forms on the
press. I tcicphoncd to the American
and informed the gentleman with
whom spoke over the telephone that
I deemed Il no more than fair TO In
form him that the World had secured
tho letter and would publish Il. The
gentleman with whom spoke said thai
tho matter WAS OF no paramount I'm
pcrtancc. was bit surprised there
foro when I saw IL In that paper In
the morning."
Mr.. Harriman's franhncss In rcln;
Ing tho Incidents OF the night disarmed
former Judge Ommcn.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03

Even the wolves are enjoying tae
present era OF prosperity. The gov
crnmcnt has issued bulletin In
which is shown the fiourishins condi.
iion OF the coyotes on the western
cattle ranges and OF the larger wolves
known as ''ioafcrs.'" or ''lobos." The
natural food OF these beasts OF prey
was the buffalo. but they ind cattle
and horses n satisfactory substitute.
Cattle are preferred: not that the
wolves have any prejudice agains,
eating horse flesh. but because the old
method OF attack from the rear.
which they practiscd on the buffalo.
is equally successful with range
steers. When they try II on horses.
however. they meet with n painful
surprise. How serious Is tho pest OF
wolves. remarks Youths Companion.
may be gathered from the fact that
Wyoming alone has paid out $4,000
in bountics In the last ten years. and
this makes no account OF tho sums
paid by counties and stockmcn's as.
socintions. The catticmcn reckon
their losses TO bo about ten per cent.
OF the herds. Great organized neigh.
borhood wolf.hunt5 on the western
ranges have been advertised ail over
the east during the past winter.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03
Rocky Ford Enterprise
WILL r. MoNKMAN. Publisher.
ROCKY FORD. COLORADO
1he L.nqu.qs and .he Boy.

A child. with its meager store oi
language. Is somewhat in the position
of the tabled woodchuck. which was
simply Obliged to climb . tree.
whether It could do so In harmony
with the facts Of natural history or
not. He must express himself with
what language Is Immediately Mt his
command. or faijIn more or less serl.
GUS degree to express himself at all:
and so his little store must be treated
as thoroughly plastic. lust as the Ian
suage OF his race. In its earlier
stages. vas plastic. says Atlantic.
The existence OF whiten. ito make
white" is all the justification he
needs for smaiien. ito make small.
or iowen. ''to make low" Jimmie
Jones hasn't grown much since he
was here before" says some one.
"why. I believe he's ungrowed some"
answers my younger. expressing his
thought clearly and fully. and delight
fully unconscious OF the fact that lin
guistic authorities do not recognize
tho right OF this handy prefix to at
tach itself to this particular verb.
Ought / to have stopped him right
there and loaded his undcvcioped
memory with parallel columns OF
words which do and do not admit the
prefix un.? II had done SO his bro
thcr would probably not have ven
tured to ask. little later. how people
make un.handpaInted china. and his
knowledge would have been less to-
day by the small amount OF informa'
tIon which l was able to give him on
that subject
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03
Open sex and Find Human Bones.

Dcnvcr.-A human skull with n bul.
let hole In II. together with Few
bones. were the grcwsomc contcnts
Of an express package received by tho
State Supreme Court. the remains OF
the unfortunate woman Gcrrctje Hnnst.
for whose murder her brothcr.in'lnw.
Gerhardt Van wyk. is under HE
sentence In the pcnitcntiary. The
bones form exhibits In the case which
has been appealed to the Supreme
Court.
sht r,iy after tho clerks onlee
orcncd the package arrived. Clerk
Horace q. Clark was expecting box
cf fruit, from some friends at Greeley
and he supposed that the package con
tnincd fruit. He asked Cornelius WcS'
trvcit, ono OF the deputies. to open the
box and distribute the fruit among tho
attaches Of the court.
wcxtcrvclt opened the box. hut to
his amnxcmcnt. instead of luscious
fruit tho bones disclosed TO his horri'
f.ed gaze. The cover was quickly re-
placed and tho box placed carefully
away In the baiiiff's room.
Later n ID. Rccs. attorney for Van
wyk In nm appeal filed .hc transcript;
OF all the papers In tho case which
comes up from the District Court nj
Sterling. where Il was taken for second
trial on n change Of venue from Yuma
county.
There are nincty.ninc errors as
signed to the lower court Rccs Will
make application for writ OF error
and that the writ may operate M a
supcrscdcas. II the supcrsedeas IA
Erantcd Van wyk will not be taken 10
the pcnitcntiary until tho Supreme
Court has passed upon the merits oi
his case.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03

What man or woman,
growing old. would not
give a fortune for the re-
newal of youth? With a
little care they might
have kept it for ten or a
dozen years longer, but
its value was not realized
until too late.
Up to the age of 23 or
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03

The German piano manufacturers
sell many extremely cheap instru.
ments in Constantinople on nine
months time. Think of paying for a
fourth-rate piano after living with 1t
the greater part of year!
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03

Nature has her beauty
through the emphasis OF
that system and method
which the poet indicate
are the source OF his in
spiration and ardor. For
life means system and or
der; death means confu-
sion aud chaos. The toad
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03
Died at Aae of $50 Years.

Santiago, Cuba.-Antonio 1nfanate.
a negro, died on April "a, at the age
of 15O years. Despite his great age.
the greatest recorded in modern times.
Re retained all his faculties unim-
paired to the end. He was born in
1857, nineteen years before the begin.
ming Of the American revolution.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03

the decks of the floating foIses They would get the range
speak, their aerial torpe by dropping hand srcnades and
then single well placed le might put the greatest warsp out OF
peril Deadnough the submarine nothing
the this bonbacnt For the submarine
high seas ships docks noed haors
safe n lis attack To acopanes ships docks would be more
exposed than ;t they were lying outside in the open.
II l that the of the which Ensands
immunity destroyed by bolts from the blue In
able upon fleets 10 defend
the military service would have
thing their way.
II probable that the of the acropanc entirely revontonihc
the a OF For example, the defense OF ors would become al
of the day night
with comparative pun drop huge shells charged with high explosive
in the Greek upon the enemies
arscnas and ship yards All fortified places constructed the
sumption that no attack will be made them from above
Therefore is by improbable tha the forthcoming confer
at The Hague find itself occupied with subject which has no
programme The question will il
of warfare la. discovered which renders existing methods obsolete
shall attempt prevent shall be driven admit that
practically mposbc' other words has the
acroppne brought with the situation which the deoS
cry OF Vr brought nations Iyons Thc Coming acc:'
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03

A man has been discovered in Phil.
adelphia by the name of Antonio
Whatawad. As the contents OF his
pocketbook harmonize with the name
his friends should lose no time in ad.
vising him to keep away from Wall
street
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03
Thr Etfrrt nf tlr
Arrnpla,tr MI mar
BY w. T. STEAD.
London Journalist.

probable that the chief of the acroplanc in warfare
will be fight other acroplanes but rather to drop nigh
explosives upon ships If the airsp be
nayigatcd with certainty ships be stcced and
propelled there TO be reason to fear that
will within short space Of time convert the nayies oil the
world into scrap iron Half dozen acropanes floating IN
midar batcshps at anchor in roadsead or hnrbor
would he able drop bombs charged with high explosives ON
the decks of the floating fore They would get the range
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03
Rulrs fnr
prrrl,ntal Wnatl1l
BY DIR. COHEN,
Noted London Specialist.

20 in the of the framework
the being the diet should generous After the
longer
tissues only preserve equilibrium of weight and strength Yet at
eating pleasure highly appreciated Therefore
muc and this the time of life when ndscretons
diet produce disease with especial frequency.
Do not eat heavy supI,eTs
little alcohol.
Avoid rich meats and pastry.
fat by eating much Fat people seldom reach good
old age The youthful old man is lean.
Lessen your food continually you grow older
yereatin all diseases that make old
Jnderfeeding shorens life.
enough and rife is the ideal
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-07-20
The chameIeon Goshawk.

know no bird which passes through
so many changes of plumage and color
of eyes as the goshawk. A young one
which I have mounted is about the
size of small hen and is covered
with white down; his eyes are pale
blue. / colored the eyes exactly from
life When fully grown, the first plum
age is dark brown above, and the
eyes are rale yellow. No one would
be likely TO suspect this being a
goshawk Who had seen only adult
birds. Ls.er it changes to the dark
slaty blue of the adult. and the eye,
after passing through all the interme-
date changes in color from stray
yellow, orange yellow and pink, finally
assumes the deep rich red of the
adult / know no other hawk (adds
Manly Hardy, writing in Forest and
Stream) so handsome as the gos-
hawk.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-07-20
Common Nest for Cat and Hen.

Bowdoinham cats are noted for
their sagacity, but it remains for the
intelligent feline owned by Mrs. Sam
uel Donnell Of that town to cap the
climax.
"Our cat has taken a strange place
to rear her last Kittens" Mrs. Donnell
told the Journal Friday. Her chill
dren were born in a hens nest and
ever since she has persisted in keep
ing them there. The queer part of It
is the philosophical way in which the
hen seems to take the matter.
when she wants to lay an egg
she pecks at the kittens, who are too
small to resent it, and if the mother
is near she pushes them gently from
the nest. Just as soon as the hen
has laid her egg the cat grabs the kit.
tens and puts them in the nest again
and it is no unusual thing for the
cat, kittens, eggs and hen to be all
together in one glorious mixup."-
Kennebec Journal.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-07-20
Rahp,s Share Of Rlame.

She had been fitted for two gowns,
Che total cost of which was nearly
$500.
Now" she said to the saleswoman,
81 want you to do me favor"
Certainly" was the prompt re
sponse.
The customer colored deeply. q
want you to make out the bill partly
for gowns for me and partly for baby
dresses and baby's cloak"
The saleswoman was used to the
whims of fashionable women, but this
was something she was little SLOW
in eomprehending. The customer ex
planned.
"You see," she said, 'my husband
is very fond of our baby, and if hi
sees that the bill is partly for dresses
for her-well, he won't mind s'
much"
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-07-20

a house while you are living in it If
you don't have to tear out the inside
and scatter plaster all over. You can
build an addition, but you cannot al.
ter the main plan unless you are will
ing to camp out in the garden while
you are doing it, and that don't pay.
When building house, build it as
good as you can, and make it COM
plete as far as you go, but don't go
beyond your means and so tie yourself
up with a heavy obligation to regret
afterwards,
If you haven't got more than $400 or
$500, build a house like this, move
in and fix it up just as nice. as you
can. If you prosper this year and
want a nice porch over the kitchen
and cellar doors at the back you can
do it next year, or the year after, for
a hundred dollars or so, and you will
derive good deal of satisfaction from
, the work, and you won't have to pay
interest on the money in the mean
time,
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-07-20
Tree That Really Weens.

Among the historical curiosities to
be seen at Chatsworth House, Eng.
land, the residence of the Duke of
Devonshire, is willow tree that
weeps, very often to the personal dis
comfort Of those beneath it.
To the casual observer it appears
just an ordinary willow, but on closer
inspection it is seen to be artfully
artificial. It is made from metal
to closely resemble living tree, and
each of its branches is covered with
innumerable holes. In fact, the whole
tree is monster syringe, being con.
nected to a water main near by.
The key for turning on and off is
close at hand, and many a visiting
party has been enticed beneath its
branches by practical jokers.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-07-20

designed that it may be built COM
plete with very little outlay. It is
convenient and well arranged and it is
4 style of house that shows up larger
than it really is. When you build a
house you like to get your moneys
worth and a little more. Well, in this
plan you get your moneys worth of
comfort and convenience and it is
worth a little more because it looks
better than any other $1,000 house
you ever saw.
In such houses the wife is chief
COOK, housekeeper and general man
ager. She must of necessity spend a
I good deal of time in the kitchen. Very
few house plans provide kitchen
I with a pleasant outlook, but in this
cheap little house we have one win
dow looking to the front and two side
windows. and we don't ask the wife
TO look out on the back yard at all.
This arrangement in itself is enough
different from the ordinary house plan
to at once attract favorable attention.
You seldom see a modern crate in a
cheap house. This luxury is generally
reserved for the rich or the weilto.do,
not that these fellows know how 70
man the man who goes 70 work reg,
appreciate an open IRE any 0etter
ularly every morning early ana comes
home tired at night, but II nas been
fashionable to put CRATES and fancy
nsantels iii expensive house mere on
account of looks than any lnlng else
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-07-20

Mrs. Aline DePasse, 776 Y. loolh srts
New York, M. &, writes:
atIt gives me pleasure to TESTIFY ya e
curative qualities Of Per1na ana va
lin.
II was aflicted for over seven yea sFslsi
cafarrI7 OF the head, fhrOaf znd9 q
I've organs. Iconsulted many 81
but they did me no good.
ssDne day L happened to read soine ssS
timonials in your Peruna alilanA !.
decided to try Peruna and Manall'ss
bought bottle cf each, and aftef tt3 lug
them for week noticed q change Eer
the better. So I kept it up, ard stae
using twelve bottles was pef1ee;fsY
cured.
II also gave the medicine 10 my enll.
dren and they had the same 8 ene e .l9 sscas5
result. I would never be Wltno staeao
remedies in the house.
6 L highly ret amend 1erup 9 aae
Manalin TO aIl my friends, ana m Iaeb
to everybody 2
Miss Mildred Grey no Weimar So
Appleton, Wis, writes:
ssIt gives me pleasure TO reeoIn enas
Peruna for catarrh Of the stomaef
had this disease for number q Ngsxs,
and could not enjoy mouthful of z2aa
that i ate. 1T was indeed great ae tleg
when I hit npon Peruna, and 0nfalasd
decided results from the first. tooa saz
bottles before / felt entirely cured a tag
trouble, but T had an aggravated cas
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-07-20

sound inside. He found that the jewel
box had a double bottom, and when
opened there were rows of old and odd
coins, which glittered family, but
enough to show at once that they
were of pure gold. A numismatist
declared they were gold sequins
and worth about a160. It was
a sum which to young bride
100 or 200 years ago represent
ed perhaps a fortune. The workman
informed M. Maurice and the latter
told the antiquary. AS they were all
three: honest men each wished that
the other should claim the BRIDES
treasure.
They referred the matter to the
police commissary, who gave a deci-
sion worthy of Solomon. He divided
the gold coins into two equal piles
and told M. Maurice and the antiquary
| to each take pile and left it to their
combined generosity to reward the
honest workman. This they did, each
giving him few OF the gold seQuins,
so that all had about an even share
| In the treasure Of the bride.
d W. Fl
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-07-20
New Orleans cities of the Dead.

New orleans cities or tne OSaus
New Orleans has several miniature
cities within its boundaries, and they
are the cities of the dead,' said
Louis w. LIE Branc Of the Crescent
City.
'I mean," he explained, "that every
cemetery in New Orleans is minia-
ture city. They are built above the
ground and laid out in streets, just
as the larger city. Every house is Of
marble and some of the tombs are
miniature. In them are buried many
men who won fame under the domin-
ion of Spain and France. In them, too,
are to be found inscriptions that tell
of sweet Creole romances, such as
that of Jeanne Laclede, the popular
singer of nearly a century ago, who
died of broken heart.
Certain days are set apart, accord
ing to the old French Catholic GUS
tom for visiting these miniature cit
les, and on these days they are crowd
ed all day long. AS they were built
SO long ago they are now in the cen
ter of the city and at night low weird
indeed. Long ago it was found neces-
sary to build the cemeteries above the
ground, because of the fact that the
city itself is below the level of the
Mississippi river"