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The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
DENVER MARKETS

Denver Union Stock Yards.-AL
though local cattle prices closed
slightly lower last week because OF
declines at all eastern markets, the
demand was good and the market
closed in nice shape. Receipts were
about the same as preceding week and
Some good cattle here A bunch of
1400-lb. North Park steers sold at
$5.15 freight paid. but outside of this
bunch the best sale made during the
week was at $4.65. at which price
some good Douglas county steers went
to packers. Eastern Colorado steers
of good quality sold at $4.50@4.60, but
fancy stuff would have brought more
money. Cows sold up to 1896 for
choice North Parkers with good West
ern Slope cows at $3.45@3.52k and
eastern Colorado cows at $3.50. Bulk
of the fair to good killing cows, how
ever, sold at $3.45 down to $500 and
packers bought a good many fair kill
ing cowa as low as $2.75. Common
cows were dull and closed lower. Bulls
were firm and in good demand. Veals
weak, but prices remain much the
same. In the feeder and stocker mar
ket prices closed lower as they did at
all eastern markets. The unfavorable
reports from the corn crop affected
the demand for common steers, how
ever, and trade on these was unsatis-
factory at all points. Bulk of the fair
to good feeders on sale brought $3.75
@4.40, but choice stuff would have sold
for more money. Common steers sold
for $300@3.75 and the poorer stuff
from $500 down.
Hogs were in good supply last week
but the demand was good and trade
active. Prices were good all week
but closed slightly lower, bulk now
bringing $5.95@6.1O.
Sheep supply last week was $4,000
head but most of them went through
Under contract to the feed lots. The
local demand is very good but prices
weak in sympathy with lower markets
East.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19

A new Saturday evening diversion
for New Workers is found by crossing
the North river In the ferryboats.
Hoboken at any time is place to con-
1ure with; on Saturday nights 1t is es-
pecially a place of mixed delights.
Then 1t has decidedly old world at
mosphere-the crews of the steamers
docked on the Hoboken side Of the
river are ashore, dressed in their nat
TEST uniforms: scraps Of language
from evsry country in Europe can be
picked up in the cafes; there are
bevies Of pretty girls who have iocked
down to the piers to fiirt and watch
the flirting. and a score of other pic.
turesQue features peculiar to the time
and place. New Yorkers on the look
out for untried attractions have found
them in Hoboken.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19

The discovery in London that there
are six persons still receiving pen
sions awarded to them in the times OF
George ~. and William w. goes to
support the statement, made recently
by a coroner in England, that ap-
parently the best way to longevity
was to obtain an annuity or reside In
a workhouse or almshouse. He rare
ly. he said. had to inquire into the
death of a nonagenarian unless the
person had been an inmate of an
almshouse or workhouse.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
Railroads XIII 1858; Injuries s7,7oe

Washington.-The Interstate Com.
merce Commission made public an alb
stract of its nineteenth annual statisti-
cal report covering the year ending
June 30, 1906, showing the par value
Of railway capital then outstanding
was $14,57O, ,421 ,47s.
The aggregate gross earnings from
222,340 miles of lines were $2,325.765
165. being $243,2S2,761 greater than in
1905. Their operating expenses were
1886, 6,S77,271, or $146,275,119 more
than in 1905. The net earnings aggre-
gated $78s.SS7, 1896, an increase of $97,-
007, ,642. The net earnings per mile
averaged $3.548. The income, attribu-
table to other sources than operating
reached .$256, ,639, ,591.
Deducting charges, the report says
1887, ,1S6,32S is the net income for tho
year, available for dividends or sur
plus. There were 77,707,S 1898 pas
sengers carried an increase of co.
100000 and 1,641 1,374,219 tons Of
freight carried, an increase of
202 100000. The average rev.
enue per passenger per mile was 2.002
cents. The earnings per train nile
increased both for passenger and
freight trains and the average cost of
running a train one mile Increased.
The ratio of operating expenses to
earnings was sixty-six per cent
The report shows 1858 persons
killed and 97.706 injured. There was a
total of 1881, 1856 persons on the pay
roll.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
TO RECLAIM $500 AcaEs.
Valuable Land In San Luis Valley Il
BE Placed Under irrigation.

Valuable Land In San Luis Valley te
Be Placed Under irrigation.
Denver.-The remaining 100000
acres Of the Trinchera estate In San
Luis valley are about to be sold for
between 100000 and $4,000 900 to a
syndicate Of Colorado Springs and
eastern capitalists, represented by
former Congressman F. e. Brooks.
The principal owners of the Trim
chera estate, which acquired most OF
the Sangre de Cristo land grant of the
Mexican government. are General w.
J. Palmer of Colorado Springs and
Charles ]. Hughes, Jr., Of Denver.
David H. Moffat and other Denver men
are also interested in the property,
which is controlled by the Trinchera
Estate Company.
The syndicate Of buyers, which is
making the deal for the property
through 3. G. vondiest of Colorado
Springs. plans to reclaim $4,000 acres
of land by means Of reservoirs, which
will be built in the Culebra range, a
part Of the estate. The land lies in
Costilla county, Colorado, and runs
down into New Mexico. 1t is the east
ern end Of San Luis valley. Unlike
the other parts of the valley, the
creeks in the eastern part run in gull
lies, having eaten their way below the
table lands. Water will be put on the
bench lands by means of high-line
bitches.
Although the United States govern
ment has refused to grant any permits
for the construction of reservoirs on
the Rio Grande and tributary streams
in San Luis valley, this attitude will
not affect the plans of the syndicate,
as the Trinchera estate extends to the
summit of the Culebra range. Many
excellent reservoir sites exist on the
estate itself, and 1t is Independent of
government permits.
The syndicate plans the construc-
ton of a railroad from Fort Garland to
point fifty miles south, for the pur-
pose of opening up the lands which it
intends purchasing. 1t is possible that
the Denver & Rio Grande railway will
build this line, as the syndicate will
assure the company plenty of traffic.
General Palmer and associates have
already disposed of 65,000 acres of the
Trinchera estate. AS General Palmer
is anxious to close up his affairs he is
using his influence to have the pro-
posed deal put through in as short
time as possible.
1t is estimated that 1000 new fami-
lies will be placed in San Luis valley
within a year after the deal is closed
The land which will be reclaimed is
valuable for agricultural purposes, and
with systematic and well directed
work 1t can be colonized.
There are some numbering interests
In the Culebra range on the Trinchera
estate. and ore bodies are also said to
exist there.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19

All detective talent isn't limited to
Sherlock Holmes. Out In Des Moines
a young man had the amiable habit of
appropriating the first automobile he
could find without an order. taking a
40 or 50-mile ride with his sweetheart
and then abandoning the machine
The police were all at sea until they
discovered bunch of sweet peas in
An empty machine. In the bunch was
one OF peculiar shade, which it was
found was grown only in one garden
in the city. Now the young man is in
jail.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
Ebert County Tribune
;. {. Pops. Editor and Publisher.
HLBERT. COLORADO.
Perfumes to Arabia.

Once more is brought to mind the
changes wrought through the turnins
OF times whirligig. Who would have
thought that America. an unknown
land when the east was at the height
OF its fame, would ever become Q
caterer to special oriental fad?
There was q time when the east was
noted as the originator Of various lux
uries. including perfumes of the most
exquisite order. Shakespeare hints at
this when he makes Lady Macbeth af-
firm. after the indelible mark of crime
has been impressed: "All the per.
fumes Of Arabia will not sweeten this
little hand" Yet now, says the Troy
Times, It seems Arabia may get its
perfumes from the United States. Con-
sui William Comm. stationed at Maskat,
says there is an excellent chance for
the sale Of the American article in
that quarter, remarking: "Perfumery,
an article Of luxury among Europeans,
neems to be almost household neces-
sity in Oman. where men as well as
women use 1t lavishly. On formal
visits 1t is usually offered to a guest
after sherbert and coffee have been
served. and a favorite present, where
many services are requited by gifts In
stead OF money, is an expensive bottle
of scent Arabia. SO long famous for
Its spices and perfumes. now goes
abroad for its perfumery." After ex-
planning at considerable length the
best way In which to put up American
perfumes in order to attract native
fancy. Consul Coffin again points out
that there is an opportunity for secur-
ing considerable custom among the
well-to-do not only of the city of
Maskat but of the country at large. So
here is chance both to expand
American trade and shed fragrance
abroad.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19

For years the threshing men who op
crate in northern Colorado have been
threatening to cut out shock thresh-
ing and we hear the same old story
again this fall. 1t is time for the farm
ers to attend to this matter them
selves. After last years experience
they should not be handicapped by
waiting for machines to thresh out of
the fields. When all the farmers have
their grain in stack the machine men
will be chasing the farmers instead of
the farmers running around after the
machine men. Then. too, stacking Is
certainly a precaution against damage
from heavy rains which are always
coming along the latter part of this
month to fiatten out the shocks and
injure the grain by sprouting when
the sun comes out warm. We have al
ready seen considerable loss from this
cause the present season and barley
growers have complained good deal
about it.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
Miscellaneous.

Kansas has a greater area and pro-
duction of alfalfa than any other
state in the Union.
About 100 of the leading mercantile
establishments at Canton. China, were
recently destroyed by fire.
Mexico is arranging to hold ma
tional exposition in the Crystal Pal
ace, London. in 1908.
The first snow storm of the season
occurred at Fort Wayne, Ind, re-
Gently.
The Nebraska railway commission
fas postponed indefinitely further
hearings on grain rate reductions un-
til the federal court acts on the ap-
plication of the railroads for a tenn
porary Injunction.
The plant of the Cudahy Packing
company in Philadelphia has been de-
stroyed by fire.
A reception at the Topeka auditor
ium is planned for Rev. Charles M.
Sheldon on his return from England.
BY royal proclamation New Zealand
has been advanced from the position
of a British colony. and hereafter will
be known as "the Dominion of New
Zealand"
The forty-first annual parade of
the Grand Army of the Republic was
recently held In Saratoga, N. Y. dur
ing driving rain storm. Ten thou.
sand veterans were in line.
Up to December /, 1906, the Pana.
ma canal had cost the United States
government $S4,449,00O.
Wb{1o fuo ynaoroao xyor<>
shooting craps on the railroad track
near Newburg, w. Va, fast passen-
ger train struck and killed them all
Another Jewish massacre is re-
ported at Kishineff, Russia, in which
it is estimated so Jews lost their
lives.
Charges of discrimination in passen-
ger traffic have been filed with the Ne
Oraska board of railroad commission.
ers against the Union Pacific railroad
by the United Commercial Travellers.
The government is preparing to
store 2,400 quarters of fresh beef in
the refrigerator plant at Colon for
use of canal workers.
The reported massacre of Jews Mt
kishineff is denied by the st. Peters
burg authorities.
New York city Is threatened with a
milk famine.
Mrs. Mary Lawless Rorschach, wife
of a lieutenant in the United States
navy was shot to death by a burglar
in her home at Portsmouth. Va.
The proposition to issue 5000, 900 in
bonds for municipal improvements
was voted down in Muskogee. 1. T..
by a large majority.
The supreme court of Oklahoma has
decided the famous Day county bond
case, In which the county sought to
evade the payment of $4,000 worth of
bonds issued in 1892. The verdict was
in favor of the state of Kansas now
holding the bonds.
Two Of the men convicted of the
assassination of Former President
Banillas of Guatemala have been exc
cuted.
Joe Cans again demonstrated his
right to the lightweight championship
by defeating Jimmy Britt In the fifth
round at San Francisco.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19

Tender-hearted New Yorkers have
secured an arrangement whereby
horses broken down in the service Of
the city will hereafter be turned loose
on farm and left to enjoy an easy
old age instead of being sold into
drudgery. But isn't 1t just as humane
to bring a broken down" animal to
a painless death by chloroform or
other route as it is to let him die a
lingering death? 1t is certainly less
expensive.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19

A new variety Of spinach which has
never been listed in any of the Amer
lean catalogues is being grown at Val
verde, near Denver, which is creating
very favorable comment on the Den
yer market. The seed was imported
from Prussia and for the lack of bet
ter name it is called German spinach.
Its chief advantage lies in the thick
ness and juiciness of the stems, which
prevents the rapid whiting of the plants
when placed on the market and also
adds to it's bulk when prepared for the
table. AS most spinach has the habit
of melting away in the kettle while
cooking, the latter point will be ap-
preciated by all housewives. We sup
pose in course of time the seed of this
variety will appear on the market, SO
that we can all get dip at it.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
Comparative Receipts
HAY AND GRAIN MARKET.
Grain.

Wheat, choice milling, per 100 lbs.
SIPS; rye. Colorado. bulk. per 100 lbs,
$1.00; oats, bulk, Neb., No. 3, white.
$l.65; same in sacks, $1.75; corn, in
bulk, s116; in sack, s1.26; corn chop.
sacked, $1.27; bran, Colorado, per 100
lbs, s1.2O
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
Hay.

Upland, per ton, $145O015.50; sec.
ond bottom, s10.00@11.50; timothy.
$500 a 1900; alfalfa, 5000 a 1880;
straw, $4.50@5.00; South Park wire
grass, $13.50@14.5O.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
HOGS.

Comparative Receipts.
Month to Sept. IA ............ 1919
Same period last year ...... 3,62S
Increase 4,2SS
Year to date ...............1 .1S7. .564
Same period last year ....... 142,S47
Increase Observation-Disclosures. 44,717
The following quotations represent
the prices paid on this market:
Bulk of sales. .5.9O@6.0O
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19

Comparative Receipts.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-06-09

made by the Burlington in the rates IL
being seriously considered by the post
master general in determining whether
the total compensation received by the
railroads shall be reduced between IS, :
00o,0 900 and s6.000,000 annually
This fact became apparent, it is stated
last Wednesday. when a committee of
prominent railroad men called upon the
postmaster general with a petition ask
ing him to rescind the order requiring the
total tonnage carried over a mail route
for one week to be divided by seven in
stead of by six in arriving at the average
tonnage carried Such a division as the
postmaster general is insisting upon will
reduce the mail compensation nearly IL
per cent.
The chairman of the committee which
called upon the postmaster general was
w. w Baldwin. assistant to President
Harris of the Burlington. 1t so happened
that Baldwin was also the man who con-
veyed to the former postmaster general
the proposition by the Burlington to cut
its rates to meet the Rock Island compe-
tition- The postmaster general Is said to
have intimated that, in view of yolun-
tary reduction. it might be difficult for
him to be convinced that the mail pay
could not stand a general cut.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-06-09

been largely associated with that in
stitution. He also studied at the Law
renee Scientific school. His stepmoth-
Ell, the second wife of Louis Agassiz,
was long at the head of Radcliffe col
lege, the 'woman's department of Har-
ward. The father is usually spoken of
as 1.-The great Louis Agassiz," yet the
work of the son has been scarcely sec
ond to that of the father in value 1t
is said that the elder Agassiz never III
all his life had $1,000 he could call
his own. and he often said he had no
time to make money. But his son has
made a fortune by wise use of the
mining opportunities that have come
to him through his scientific knowl-
edge, and he has spent a great deal of
his money in the promotion of scien-
tific projects. Much of it has been
for the benefit of the Har-
ward Museum of Comparative Anato-
my, of which Louis Agassiz was found
err and of which Alexander Agassiz
became curator on the death Of the
elder scientist The sons gifts to the
museum are said to approximate
81 100000 in value. The fortune which
he made in Lake Superior copper min
Ing has enabled him to achieve scien-
tific victories which. had be been poor.
might never have been Won
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-06-09
POLITICAL TWADDLE.

Some of our contemporaries are sup
porting Hon. ]. Y. Sanders for Gov
ernor for the reason that he worked in
printing Office i'll his youth This is
mere twaddle. There are other good
men who worked in printing Offices in
their youth, and among the number is
General Jastremski, who is still in the
business. If our contemporaries are GO
ing to base their support on such
grounds, how can they help supporting
General Jastremski? - Guardian Jour-
rol.
General Jastremski should receive the
most favorable consideration for the
reason that he is still grinding matter
and sticking type fer his newspaper,
while Hon. J. Y. Sslders is today
has BEEN in the print shop. Jastremski
is strictly in it.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-06-09
Watterson's Dark Horse.

Marse Henry Watterson's presiden-
tial dark horse in likely to become as
much of mystery as the Man in the
Iron Mask if he does not reveal his
identity before long. He should get up
a guessing contest and charge 10 cents
guess. thereby replenishing his ex-
chequer. 1t is now neck and neck be-
twixt Marse Henry and Colonel John
Temple Graves in creating sensations
as to the presidential nominations
There are not two more lovable or elo-
quent men in America than this same
pair of great southern editors. but in
this matter they seem to be taking an
oratorical or editorial license which is
closely akin to the traditional poetical
license which bards in all ages and in
all climes have arrogated to them
selves.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-06-09
THE SCHOOL BOARD SMART, IN
DESOTO PARISH.

TIE Guardian-Journal says: Desoto
parish has a school muddle and snarl
on her hands. 1t all comes out Of run.
ming local school matters from Baton
Rouge. The Parish School Board de-
clined to act in regard to the parish
superintendent as directed by the State
Superintendent, and their designations
were called for. The members Of the
parish board have declined to resign
and the Governor is expected to ren,oye
them and appoint their successors n
pursuance to a resolution to that effect
adopted by the State Board Of Educa-
ton. But we understand the parish
board has employed legal counsel and
the courts will be called upon to settle
the snarl
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-06-09

Of the two ironclads during the his
tOric contest. Just at the climax the
curtain falls. leaving the audience to
determine which was victor. as this is
subject which has always been in
dispute
There are people still living in the
vicinity of Hampton Roads who re-
member the terrible days of March
and 9, 1862. as wildly as though the
events of those days, occurred but yes
terday. The bravest of them risked
the flying missiles of death and went
to the shores of Hampton Roads to
witness the engagement which was to
become SO famous. Indeed, at one time
during the battle both ships approached
within about 200 yards Of shore, SO that
the land forces participated in rsa
fighting. The great piers the govern
ment has constructed at the exposi-
ton grounds extend out over the water
for more than half a mile and thus
enable the visitor to walk directly over
one part of the engagement were in
combat. 1t is said that this very spot
was repeatedly shelled by the land
batteries of the Federal forces
The Monitor was the first of class
Of naval vessels designated as mon
itors and was designed and built for
the United States government by John
Ericsson in 1861 and 1862. He adopt
ed as the most essential feature of it's
construction the revolving gun turret
devised by the American inventor.
Theodore Ruggles Timby. The supe-
rfority of the sea power of the Con-
federacy at the beginning Of the civil
war made it necessary for the Federal
government to exert itself in making
effectual President Lincoln's blockade
of southern ports. For this reason the
Monitor was hurried to Hampton
Roads even before the usual govern
ment test had been made in order that
she might cope with the Merrimac.
which the Confederates had been build
ing at the Norfolk navy yard. The
Merrimac was first on the scene and
had already done great deal of dam
age to the Federal fleet In the vicinity
when the Monitor arrived on March 0
and engaged her In battle This fight
ended the day of wooden navies. The
Merrimac was destroyed by the Con-
federates on the evacuation of Nor
folk. The Monitor sank during gale
in 1862. The Merrimac's anchor has
been preserved and may now be seen
at the exposition
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-06-09
THE AGAsSIz FAMILY.
Remarkable Careers of Louis, the Fa~
the-, and Alexander, the Son.

tne., ana HlexaNCSF, Inc Gun.
Very interesting comparisons can be
made between the careers of the great
scientist, the late Louis AgaSsiz, who
was born 100 years ago on May Is,
and of his son, Alexander Agassiz, who
recently retired as head of the Ma
tional Academy of Science after FIVE
years of active and valuable service in
that position. Louis Agassiz was born
in Switzerland in 1907, died in Amer
lea, his adopted country, in 1873 and
was buried in Mount Auburn Gene
terry. Boston, where his monument is q
bowlder from the Alps His son Alex
ander was born in Switzerland in 1885.
his mother being the irst wife of the
elder scientist. liz 1S4S Louis Agassiz
came to the United States on a mis-
sion from the king of Prussia and was
prevailed on to remain in this country
and become professor of geology and
zoology at Harvard. The younger
Agassiz received his collegiate educa-
ton at Harvard and his career has