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The Holly chieftain., 1907-01-18
GENERAL RESOURCES,

he resources OF the Country in ad-
dition to the growing OF sugar beets
anu the large amount OF money paid
tnerelor by the factor, and the mon
ey dlsbursed to cmplc yes in the SUI
gar factory, are all X nds of staple
iar.n crops, fruits, Tuck farming,
carrying, hogs, bees and honey, cat
tie and sheep raising and feeding and
iittenlng Tor Eastern markets. Farm
ing Is not an experiment here, and ir-
risat.on is not a new thing, the old
ir ditchc, having been built twenty
I'VE years, and most OF the land un-
der irrigation bitches is, at the pres
ent time, under cultivation. Exper-
ience has taught the people, however,
that small farms and intense farming
bring the best results, and many
owning and cultivating from 100 to
800 acres are dividing their places,
selling part and retaining only from
twenty to forty acres. A man cannot
cultivate, under irrigation. as many
acres as in the eastern states, but the
returns are more. Crop failure from
dronth is a thing unknown, and the
returns from the soil, in both quanti-
ty and quality, and market value, are
SO superior to the results in the East,
that the thoro going, frugal farmers
are improving their places and getting
ont OF debt
The Holly chieftain., 1907-01-18
Who Is 1t On?

A certain young man living in a
nearby town had girl that was
home from college to spend the holi-
days The lad was somewhat worried
for fear the girl would think he was
green, but he made up his mind to
try to take her to church. So he took
a Guide to Correct Letter Writing
and dictionary and put in the after
noon.
Next morning the girl received the
following communication:
Respected Miss: if you have no
synchronic engagements, may | have
the extreme felicity of escorting your
corporcal existence from the domicie
of your paternal ancestor to the edi-
fee consecrated to the worship of the
Supreme Being, next Sunday when
the duirnal luminary shall have re-
ceded to his occidental domain?"
She replied, 81 am not sure what
you asked about, but I reckon it will
be all right"
The Holly chieftain., 1907-01-18
ABOUT OUR CLIMATE.

The average elevation of the county
is about 5000 feet, and we have ir
our midst many rugged and success
full farmers who came here a few
years ago in the last stages of dis
ease that are standing recommcnda-
ton for the health giving Qualities Of
sour marchfess climate sunny days
are the rule, the sky seldom being OBJ
scured by clouds, and almost every
day is sunny day. The winters are
mild and short and farm work is car
ried on thruout the winter months
with but little interruption In sum-
mer the days are hot but not oppres-
sive, while in the shade it is always
cool and refreshing. The country is
especially recommended to those suf-
fering from lung trouble, as the air is
pure and dry, but there are many
other diseases that are here alike
benefited and cured.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-01-18

kansas valley to help develop its vast
resources, and we firmly believe that
every man who comes here and gives
his best efforts to his work will sue
coed far beyond his expectations. He
may not get rich at once, or at all,
but he will prosper.
From crop producing and income
standpoint the lands we are now sell
ing for $50 to SIS per acre have an
intrinsic value of 5000 per acre, and
over, this very day. In a very short
time our lands will reach the prices
now asked and received at the points
in Colorado where beet sugar factor
les have been established for some
time, Now is certainly the right
time to come.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-01-18
BEES AND HONEY.

Bees and honey is another import
ant industry in the county that is
closely related to the thousands of
acres of alfalfa, in the bloom of
which the honey bee finds a never
falling supply of his raw product
The bee and alfalfa naturally go to-
gether as they are both creatures Of
sunshine, and neither can do well
IN rainy, damp weather. The con-
tinued sunshine of Colorado gives
both an opportunity to do their best,
and the rich white honey produced
from the alfalfa blossom is recog-
nlzed as the finest in the world.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-01-18

seldom necessary to draw on this sup
ply of water as in recent years the
fow in the river has been increasing
and generally furnished plenty of wat-
er for all during the growing season.
These reservoirs simply make
farming an assured success so far as
moisture is concerned and the farm
ers who located under them feel that
they are more fortunately situated
than il they had to depend solely mp
on the river for the water necessary
to, grow their crops.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-01-18
Didn't Occur in Holly.

a Syracuse young man went to a
party last week and he forgot to
take his girl along, says Journal. His
girl felt little "sore" over this
slight and TO calm her feelings he
wrote her this poem:
If ! had knowed
You'd wanted to went
I'd shore come an TUX ye
4c bet yer last cent.
His girl answered is follows:
Ef | had a thunk that's
What you'd did,
You bet I'd wrote you
To tux me, old kid.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-01-18
MELONS,.

While large profits are made by the
fruit raisers of the Arkansas valley
with apples, pears, peaches, grapes,
strawberries, and other fruits the
most profitable fruit product is the
Rocky Ford cantaloup. These mel
ons find ready sale in all the princi-
pal cities Of the United States and
Europe, and on account of their su-
perior flavor and lasting quality sell
at fancy prices, netting the farmer
about SIS an acre, the profit in many
cases being as high as $3.50 an acre.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-01-18
Briefs Regarding the Holly Country

Holly is practically a new town,
the greater portion of it having been
built within the EAST FIVE years. 1t
has but about 1900 inhabitants at
Present, but has 6oo-ton sugar fac
tory, now in its second season, is the
eastern terminus of the Holly, Swink
T. Arkansas Valley railroad, now
nearing completion, has round house,
extensive yards, etc, also brick
yard, cement block factory. cantaloup
cooling plant. and other industries
are coming in.
Holly is located in one of the rich
est agricultural sections of the West,
that part which is devoted to agricul-
ture being under one of the greatest
systems of storage reservoirs and irri-
CATION canals in the world. Beyond
the canals, where farming cannot be
carried on, lie millions of acres OF
land covered with the wonderfully nu-
tritious buffalo grass. which maHes it
an ideal stock country. thousands of
fat cattle being shipped from this ter
tory to the Kansas City and Denver
marEets annually. While everything
ada, ted to this latitude grows well
here. the best paying cro- are sugar
beets, alfalfa and cantalou S. Alfalfa
is double troducer of wealth. The
hav is fed to thousands of sheep and
cattle and the Liant is used as fer
tilizer. Being Flowed under. it ell
riches the soil for the production OF
other crops.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-01-18


planted, it needs no more work ex-
cept to turn the water on and cut it.
Instead OF one crop it gives three or
tour every season, and, in short,
piece of land in alfalfa assures a per-
petual income to the owner. 1t
yields about two and one-half tons
per acre each cutting, and the hay
sells for So to $3.50 per ton in the
stack, but if fed to hogs or stock in
stead of sold it gives the owner about
$500 per ton. The second cutting is
usually used for seed, and gives about
five bushels to the acre, though cases
are numerous of much higher yields
The seed sells from Sc to So per bush
el, and the straw can either be fed or
sold for about $I.5o per ton. Sheep
do especially well on the straw.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-01-18
IRRIGATION.

Irrigation, briefly stated, is taking
water from river or reservoir and
turning it into canal, and thence by
smaller canals or laterals, applying it
to the land. While we have produc-
tive soil, it is the never failing sup
ply OF water that does the work. No
wait-for-rain- -and-don't- get-it farming
here. We do not have to depend on
rain; in other words, we control the
elements-the irrigator is independ-
ent of rainfall. We have the water at
our door, and at the proper time use
it. Besides, the soil becomes richer
as it grows older from fertilizing sed-
iment deposited on the soil while lrri-
eating. Irrigation also increases the
yield, in some cases being double of
that of the best Eastern farm lands
depending on rain for life. A man can
make more money, with less labor,
from forty acres of irrigable land than
can be made from eighty acres of the
best land in country depending on
rain. Irrigation is not complicated,
and your more experienced neighbors
will gladly show you-it is no longer
an experiment with us.
In the matter of irrigation, the
country tributary to Holly has dis
tinct advantage over any other part
of the Arkansas valley and indeed
there is probably no other section of
the West where such irrigation facil-
tiles exist as here. The five huge
reservoirs built by the Great Plains
Water company contain sufficient at
all times to furnish the farmers under
the Amity canal with all they require
to produce a crop. However, it is
The Holly chieftain., 1907-01-18
CATTLE, HOGS AND SHEEP.

AS a cattle, sheep, hog and horse
breeding country, Colorado stands
among the first The broad prairies
of the state are covered with buffalo,
grama and bunch grass, which are the
most nutritious natural herbage
known. In the Arkansas valley these
industries are closely related to the
alfalfa crop and form a profitable de-
partment in farm operations. Range
cattle from the South are brought in
to the valley, either for winter pas
turagc on alfalfa fields or for feeding
on alfalfa hay. Hogs make rapid
growth on alfalfa pasture. without
any other food. and need only few
weeks of corn feeding to fit them for
market. There is greater freedom
from disease here than in the central
and eastern states. a business OF only
few years growth, but one that has
proven to be one of the most prof
table of the many to which this fav-
orcd section is adapted, is that of
sheep feeding. In the Arkansas val
ley sheep are hcrded in great num-
bcrs, from which immense clippings
of wool are shipped TO the East The
lambs being sold to feeders. These
lambs are bought by feeders in Octo-
Der at an average price OF ST. so per
head. Five months feed on corn and
alfalfa, $I.4o; freight and labor, 40
cents; total cost per head $40; av-
crage weight ninety pounds; sold at
$3.50 to $40; profit, $I.Io to $3.25
Forty Acre Farm is LARGE E,nnunh
The Holly chieftain., 1907-01-18
SUGAR BETS.

In climatic conditions, as well as
in quality of the soil, the Arkansas
valley, with its irrigation, fuiflls all
the requirements for the successful
cul ivation of this valuable product
The Sugar Beet industry OF the
United States is com. arati"ely in its
infancy Few people realize What an
important part this un reten.ious veg
etable is destined to play in the fu
ture pros. Gritty of the country II
alone can solve the great econqmica,
problem: Shall this country produce
the 2.225.ooo tons OF sugar that are
consumed here every year, and tins
keep at hone the immense sums oi
money re. resented by tkr present
Importation?
Until the fact that sugar beets
could be raised to erfection under ir
rigation had been tloroly de'aon-
trated, capital was ext remely eau
tious about investing ST. 900 600 in 4
plant that would probably lie idle
much of the time on account of crop
failures. There were too many dan
gers to be considered. Excessive
rains in the spring are liable to rot
the seed. A drought may hinder
their coming up. or later may stunt
their growth. Fall rains might induce
"a. second growth and lower the per-
centage of sugar. All these discour-
aging features are overcome to
great extent in irrigated districts, and
capital now stands ready to double
the number of factories in the Arkan-
sas valley as soon as there is suf-
hcient amount of beets raised to war
rant it. There is positively no grum-
bling heard among agriculturists who
raise beets for the factories now run
ming. 1t matters not in what section
the farmer is located he has the same
advantages as if he were within haul
ing distance OF the factory. The
Santa Fe railroad delivers the beets
from any station in the valley with
out extra cost to the grower-the first
case on record where the farmer
doesn't pay the freight.
The phenomenal success of this in
dustry under irrigation is not entirely
due to the fact that the water supply
can be controlled by the grower, but
partly due to the direct action of the
suns rays upon the leaves OF the su-
gar beet that causes the saccharine
matter to be stored up in its roots.
So that the sunshine, like the rich soil
and the water, must be considered as
a part of the farmers assets.
The Holly sugar factory will this
year pay to the farmers between
100000 and 100000 in cash for
beets.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-01-18
Strictly Moral.

Kansas under constitutional prohi-
bition furnishes the following report
IS out of los counties have no pau
pcrS. IS counties have no prisoners
III jail, 81 counties had no criminal
cases on the docket last ycar.-Fow-
lcr Tribune.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-01-18

stead of fed it gives much better cash
returns than corn. 1t gives a honey
crop for nothing where bees are kept
as they should be by every Arkansas
valley farmer 1t enriehes instead of
impoverishes the soil, 1t is hardy
and perennial, and even ii deprived of
water will not die as other crops, but
will wait until the water comes, when
it springs up as strong as ever Once
The Holly chieftain., 1907-01-18
ALFALFA.

This is the crop of the irrigator.
1t does all the corn crop does for the
eastern farmer and much more be-
sides. 1t is better feed than corn
for horses, stock, hogs and sheep,
and gives more feed to the acre at
far less cost and labor. If sold in
The Holly chieftain., 1907-01-18
SENATOR SIMON GUGGENHEIM

Who Has Resigned from All OAciai Positions
Wlh CortoraGons ia Which He Is Interested
and VIII His E.Gre Time 10 the Interests Of
The Public. Did Tom Patterson DO That? II
The Holly chieftain., 1907-01-18

lamb. This applies to New Mexico
lambs; native lambs do even better.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-04-11
TEACHERS
MEETING

There will be teachers meeting
at the Gam Valley school house on
Saturday evening, April 20 at 1870
D. iii. This will be the last meeting
OF the present school yea,.
Teachers parents and pupils are
cordially invited to attend
PROGRAM
Violin sOlO-Mrs Vera Wells
Paper-"How to teach language"
Ada b. Ziebach.
SonS-"Here we gatber'-lugerson
school.
Class exercise in geOgraphy-Ed-
ward Evans
Paper-"How to teach history
Retta Stahl.
Song-Mrs. Vera Wells and pupils.
observation-disclosures Getchell
REPRESENTATIVE value large and
small schools'-Ray II. Dunbar
Rapid exercise In arithmetic-Ed-
ward Evans
Song-Gann Valley pupils
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-04-11

ment
Members present, f. b. Hall and
NJ, J. Lingscheit
Board adjourned to | p. IN to
view the Crow creek grade
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment
On motion II. b. Farren was en-
ployed to draw the plans and speci-
flea tiOns for the stone crossing and
the grade north Of Crow creek
bridge, for $l5.
On motion the auditor was in-
structed to advertise for bids for
making n stone crossing and the
the grade north OF the Crow Creek
bridge, on the line between sections
u and %, 10S IS
On motion the auditor and chair
man of the board We're appointed
u committee to purchase 4 drag
scrapers and two wheel scrapers
On motion W r Winter. NJ. }. Fin
ucane, + + SwartOut and & A Win.
ter were appointed justices OF the
peace to fill vacancy
On motion w. A. WOolcdge was
employed to put in the bridge ON
the line between Elvira and Edo.
RADIO townships for $25. Mork to be
completed by June |, 1907
On motion the following bills were
| allowed:
j L Kelley & Co., assessment blanks
10 ~
! w j Etuauer, wolf bounty. 90
& StOrmO same.................. .... 10 O0
| W II A Alternately same.............. 10
! j V Drips cash advanced for ex-
.Sn
/ l. h Hall commissioner service and
mlleaBe...... ............................. 81
NJ } IingschJit, same.............. 10 W
On motion the minutes were read
and approved. -h.. .....s... ..
On motion the board adjourned to
meet May 6. 1907. r.f .
Attest + X HALL
j " Drlps Ch airmaI
County Auditor -
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-04-11

Gann Valley. :. d., April 2, 1897.
BOARD met IL regular y, sSlon,
Me- brrs present, E. b. Hall W.
W. w ellis
On motion the following bills
\ were allowed:
Milton II. Derby recording births
and d.,th 50 62
+. ". CilIey, reporting birth..... 70
Mrs Geo. Gray, reporting birth 20
DR.. &. McAlauus, reporting birth OO
j. b. Inger~Un, salary M auditor t"
March ), postage and express lOI4'
}. V. Drips, salary az auditor from
March 4. postage and express 1910
John faI ker. lumber iOr county ~
j. +, Kelly d Co. blanks hnI sup
plies ~ 81
Educn.ur school supply company
hans y. ,levcn, Cash ADVANCED lor
pustuge and lank%.......... ...... = ~
Lhns y, eleven, salary as couutE
wv
" I
regtstratlun....... w
Ehas. ii. Fraser, salary as Register
OF deeds aud pOstage.............. loZ oo
w A HoObler, salary as superInteh-
dent Of schools ana cash advanced
for postage and fteight.........." IS III
+ T. Swartout, cierK OF primary
alpc crinn UU
} JurSenson, Judge of electi.'n and
returning poil Dook.............. oo
Carl Audison. judge OF election
Chris Addison, sdnie...... ........... 2W
Ii X kinney, clerk uf eIe :tlon... OO
Ben Thompson, Fame............ = OO
j " PeckhanI, subscription to state
estray :r.....................".... ou
& Nj Stewart, wolf bounty.-... 3 0t
W II Sysinger, same............ 10 W
Trainer, work on tirebrcak
NO. 0............ .."....................... D w
Walter Keen, work on tirebreak
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-04-11
CURED OF LUNG TROUBLE.

CURED. OF LUNG TROUBLE.
1T is now eleven years since | had
a narrow escape from consumption.
writesC. .. Floyd. II leading business
man OF &ershaw, =. &. Il had run
down in weight to l35 pounds, and
coughing was constant both by day
and 10y night. Finally began TAX
ing DR.. Kings New Discovery and
continued this for about six months
when my cough and lung trouble
were enti rely gone and was re-
stored To my normal 40 llts. Thous-
ands OF persons are healed every
year. Guaranteed. at w. j. Hughes
4 Co soc and 81 90. Trial bottle free
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-04-11

No .. 2 -
.;oLn H.i,mnu Sam, - 30
Er.1 :r,c. work nn road district
u,.,,, \,.r,..,,.,u u,,rk ,p raystr,.
,i,r hazard , 90
,,u ,,ti,n ,h. fnI,n>iuy uluces
r...r.. d.ui,,u,t.a as th. places for
h,L,l,ur ,haItul murIuare sales In
R,ff.,,, c,untv for the .usrinp wear:
.,,, ,.,,,,rt ,,,us.. I'm ,;,,n Valley.
= II
A. tha ,,.t ,+fc. .t Duncan : D.
Ar ,h.. n,stuttir. at Richards. : d
O., marian I'm. hnarl udinnrued
,,,,,i,, M
+ NJ:
Board met pursuant to ADJOURN
ment
All members present
On motion the folio wing bills were
allowed:
Dye & Hill printing and station
ery..................... ...... ........... A 80
o y Dye days salary AS superin-
tendent Of schools and postage 10
thas, T. Oates, cash advanced loi
postage for six months ending Jan
uHfN L. l3U. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. = 3u
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-04-11
CSr rEIfssiOners'
ProCee lings

Official proceedings q ,the Board on
County commissioners "t BnHal"
County, South DakUta:
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-04-11

August SOhek, work on road
No 3............ Observation-Disclosures. U 50
Pr iebhart distributing election
supplies. 20 10
l. A Hubbard cash advanced for
postage. ...... .................. oO
ON motion the &ssesSors We're IN
structed to assess property in But
falo county for the year 1897 as
follows:
Land at $S per acre
HLrses under IT, e years old and
over six months. $40
Horses three years Oh and over
SIS
Cattle under 6 years old So
Cows two years old and over $40
All other cattle 2-years old and
over $14
Mules $25
Sheep Sl,50
Swine So
Wagons and carriages $l2
Organs $12
Pianos $50
All other property at the same
proportion.
A school poll Of 80 on each elec-
tor
A road poll on each elector not
over 80 Years of age
On molten board adjourned until
I p. IN.
EOard met pursuant to adjourn
ment
On motion board proceeded to re
wise jury list
On motion W W Wells was ap-
p ,intrl a committee 10 see to hav-
ing the road CA line between sec
tioGs II and l5 aud the line between
SECTIONS IA and the line between see
tiOn~ 10 aud IL in township 106-69
property repaired
On mo ton the following bill
were allowed:
W W Wells services as county COM
missioner and mileag 20
j. l.. Cook salary as sstntes attorney
lOO w
On motion board adjourned till
8 II. m, April 3. 1907
Board met pursuant to adjourn
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-04-11

, Corn WanteG-ICn can sell YOU
corn at home. Zee j. A. johnson
Gam Valley, 5. ID.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-04-11
HOW TO CURE CliILBLAINs.

"ro enjoy freedom from chilblains'
writes John Kemp, East Otisfiela
Me., i apply Bucklen's Arnica Salve'
Have also used it for salt rheuni
with excellent results. Guaranteed
10 cure fever sores, indulent ulcers.
piles. burns, wounds. frost bites and
skin Diseases, 25c at w. ). Hughes y
Co. ~
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-04-11

Gann Valley. :. d., April 2, 1897.
Board met IL regular - sSion,
Me : brrs present, E. b. Hall W.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-04-18
MARKET DULL
 AND NARROW
Market Another Continuation of Elk treme Dulness-Leading Brokers Ad wise Buying But on Weak Days Only Rally Not Anticipated Soon,
(By l. N. Kinsey)

GLOBE, April 17.-Today's market opened higher and advanced during the first hour. Such stocks as Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Reading, Amalgamated and Shelters scored good advances. At higher level profit taking sales checked gains, Market gradually quieted down but showed sagging tendency up to the last hour, when irregular, but only temporary recovery took place. Though trading seemed to represent only tran actions of professionals, close was quiet, with prices around their low point for the day.
 Paine of Boston says: Market today was another continuation of extreme dulness. Little furry seems to have been caused by short covering and speculative purchases by some leaders. Room was practically bare of buying or ders this morning and what little selling came in caused considerably lower prices. Expect market for some time to come to be dull and cratic. Don t think we have material move either way.
 Galen l.. Stone of Boston says: Look for dull market. Favor buying but on weak days only.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-04-18
GEORGE K. FRENCH
ATTORNEY, coUNsELoR-AT-LAw
GLOBE, ARIZONA
NOTICE TO THE LADIES OF GLOBE
 MRS. HENRY REED

Has opened her elegant parlors tor hair dressing, shampooing and facial mas sage in the new Toombs building, where sine will be pleased to demonstrate her irst-class opportunities for giving the ladies of Globe efficient treatment. Call and be convinced.