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The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1907-09-21
BIG GROWTH IS SHOWN
IN THE DAIRY INDUSTRY

EVER since that day. nearly three
Il centuries ago. when . spotted cali
went for a walk through the fields OF
Massachusetts Bay COLONY. and %
iaii out the first street in New Eng.
lad. old Brindle and her family have
been Of much importance in the do
nestle and commercial life Of Amer.
Ca This 10 the cows only recorded
use Is street-makers. but rs producers
Of the great milk. butter and cheese
supply Of the nation they have .
series Of long and successful years
back of them.
The dairy industry Of the United
States 10 4 congenial study for those
who like statistics. The growth has
been tremendous. There are more
than $1,000. 900 cows MIXED in the
United States every day. each givss
$500 pounds Of milk . year. making
the annual output Of this country
about 10000. ooo. 900 pounds Of milk.
1t Is disposed Of in various ways. 4
little over half Of Il 10 required fue
the making Of butter. l.o0o. 0o0. ooo
pounds Of II goes into condensed
milk. 5000. oo0. 900 into cheese. and the
rest II sold ~ cream. fed to the
calves. or divided among the people OF
the country. each OF whom should r.
ceive seven-tenths OF . pound Of milk
day. Eood-sized tumbler full.
II the COWS we're all told Oh and A.
signed to specific duty In this dairy
products business. 100000 OF them
would Be required to furnish the milk.
condemned milk and cream: 10000. 900
would connne their attention solely
to butter. and would each be expected
to furnish lsls pounds . year: $40.
COO would Be assigned to the cheese
industry. and the remaining number
vculd have the raising Of all the
calves.
As each individual in the United
States ID supposed to eat 20 pounds
OF butter each year. the Rrindle fan.
lily cannot quite supply II. % Ne ssin
import something like $1,000 pounds
to make up The deficiency. One-third
OF the nations output Of butter comes
from the farms where $500. 900 farm.
ers and their families. stu churu Il.
pack II In arkins or tubs and deliver
II to the nearest shipping point. Over
5000 factories make the rest Of the
1900. ooo.o 900 pounds that ws use a.
nually.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1907-09-21
ARMY COURTS. MARITAL
FEWER THAN LAST YEAR

HERE vas . decrease Of SS3 trials
! q o0eefs and nsa Of the army BY
eoartsmArttal for tAs aseal year ead.
tAS jane 30 last. - compared with the
previous year. according to the report
q MAJ. Porter. tAs aeting Judge advo.
cate Of The army.
Thirav-eour oGaesfs we're tried BY
court martial and nine we're acquitted.
Last year -four o@eers were dismissed
from Tie service - compared With II
durias the previous year. The num-
Der Of enlisted men tried Vas $3.50
and Jos were acquitted. The total
number oe o@eers and men tried was
3.St3.
AmoaS The enlisted mea l.lei we're
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1907-09-21
THE JOURNAL
MONTE VISTA. COLORADO
Broken Rails
COLORADO,

Among all the causes OF railroad &c
cidents In the United States. none 10
mentioned with greater frequency
than the broken rail- Many causes are
assigned, and doubtless many are con.
tributory. An excess OF phosphorus.
not easily eliminated by the Bessemer
process. by which nearly all American
rails are made. has been most com.
monty blamed: but some OF the best
mechanical engineers now regard this
cause as unimportant. Improper shape
and . lack Of pressure In rolling mod
ern heavy rails proportionate to that
which was available for the lighter
rails Of the past are more important
faults. An excess Of carbon 10 an
other. The fault OF shape Is the thin
ness Of the web or shank OF the rail,
and the thinness Of the base. The
disproportion between these parts and
the head OF the rail tends to = lack OF
uniformity In texture after cooling.
The excess Of carbon 10 not the fault
Of the rail-makers. but Of the rail-
roads. The more carbon. the harder
the rail-. OF course; and the harder It
Is. the better 1t viii resist FRACTIONAL
wear. The desire OF the railroads to
minimize the cost OF trackAge repairs
has led to demands for steel OF high
or and higher per cent. Of carbon. until
now American rails are the hardest in
the world, Most important OF all. says
Youths Companion. IL the strain I'M
posed upon rails by the great weight
and high speed OF modern trains.
Mechanical engineers believe that
with the present style Of rail- the limit
Of safety Is reached at an axle load Of
$4,000 pounds: yet many trains con-
xiderably exceed that hEure. Tho
American Railway Engineering and
Maintenance OF Ways association and
the American Society for Testing Ma.
teriAls have adopted specifications for
= standard rail heavier In the web
and the base than those nov In use:
and these specifications have been ap-
proved by the American Society Of
Civil Engineers. Meanwhile the head
Of one Of the greatest railway systsms
In America has Withdrawn his rail
contract from a company whose prod
uct has been unsatisfactory to him
and given II to . concern from Which
b hopes to get better results.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1907-09-21
CONGRESSMAN PLANNING
TRIP TO THE IsTHMUs

W AsHINGToN.-A subcommittee
W Of the committee on appropria-
tons Of the next congress will 60 to
the isthmus In November to investi-
gate Secretary Taft's canal estimates
for 1909. II present plans are carried
out.
The proposed visit Is the outcome
Of . suggestion from Representative
James A. Tawney OF Minnesota, chair.
man Of the appropriations committee
In the last congress. who was At the
fsthmus following the adjournment
last March. He believes It will be to
the best interests of the service. As
well as to those directly and indirect
~ In charge Of the administration of
the forces At work there, II the mem
bers Of the appropriations committee
having in charge the preparation Of
the sundry civil bill go to the 18th us
With the estimates for the next fsral
year and consider them carefully with
the oncials having supervision of eN.
penditures for all kinds OF work BEN !;
done.
The suggestion has met with 4
hearty response from those Identified
with the commissions work. Who be-
heve that . great deal OF good will
result from 4 heart to heart talk BE-
tween the congressman Who prepare
the appropriation and the officials
who spend II. and that It will clear
away In advance any misapprehen-
Mons or misunderstandinIp that mar
exist ~ to the business and propriety
Of alloting the money estimated to be
Necessary for the years work OF
particular importAses u the proposed
visit regarded II the present time.
when the question 10 now before the
president whether the commission
can lawfully expend during the pres
snt fiscal year any more money than
vas specifically Appropriated.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1907-09-21

presence Of federal officers 10 that The
president 10 determined that the local
laws shall b. enforced and that gam.
bling shall BE- suppressed. The metro
polian police and detective forces
are sufficiently stronE. numerically. 70
do the work. but to ses that Il "a,
performed thoroughly nrcr~t service
men we're detailed. Whether they
have been Assi.ned to keep tab %
local police 10 not known. Il 10 known.
however. that much Of the evidence
upoe which the raids were made vas
s,thsrsd By the federal detectives.
No cry viii ~ raised BY The district
eommissiocers u federal tntsrssrsucs
he prosecutions which are to follow
t. tAe courts vtll ~ aisueesd >y 0
presidential appointes. The district q.
torsey. Who In Ne District u Colsm
bia has charge Of all eAscs bssces the
criminal courts
Ths peesident also y givins Aeasty
FEDERAL ecoperati0A II he e9uets 70
make Warrington . elsAn elxy sfom
sanitary pslAe q vtsv. H. hsalsA
eAeess q ~ ODvsgansaa ~ assGel.
hg ~ 1lseS1ee healRA 49, - efo0
u nast1s Aes01ea1 eervsoo vosh =
bstA9 6sos y ~ 1f1ue1ADA
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1907-09-21

tried for desertion. 732 on the charge
OF absence without leave. 223 for
drunkenness. 25s for larceny. 241 for
disobedience to non-commissioned Of.
ficers, and 211 for disobeying superior
officers.
The report dwells Upon the evil re-
suits following the passage Of the anti.
canteen act. which. It IL said. has
undoubtedly caused the location near
military reservations Of resorts for
the sale Of intoxicating liquors"
These places are considered highly
detrimental to military discipline.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1907-09-21
CRUSADE Oh cAWlERS
5 LED 81 ROOSEVELT

DRE11DCNr RoOaEvELr . inter
! sses1 1sspH b he sFusaAs against
saobnas b ~ District Of Columbia.
He b more t1aa cooperating With he
beAl sntAsrtttsA The campaign 10
made ssAsf III 11ssettsa He has
tkoeougnly Impressed spoa The ~
trtct eo0nisslDasss hls dstsrminAtioa.
suaouaes1 h oas of his speeches. To
nsaes Washt19toa eisaa city. A.
the euaAtss6Dasfs afs Ats aVpuAaessA,
80 an b re0ovsa - Ais pisasurs.
4 b nj snfDstslne tAak he ineum,
1safn aAoW saol - - Wogh CT -
~ eAsa
y Q ~ - af1nUDa hnsAsesAsoo -.
osoE3y sossoe ssRvtss e0ssss vus0 60
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The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1907-09-21
ALFALFA AND FERTILITY.
One Farmer In the West Finds the
Two Go Together.

Out here In the west where corn
and wheat and oats have been our
staples for years We have found the
land to demand something to replen-
ish the hamus that grain growing took
from II. writes a correspondent OF
Farmers' Voice The day OF the big
grain farmer who wrings the fertility
from the land and does not put back
enough To help the next seasons crops
10 about past Farmers OF the great
corn belt have learned that corn land
needs fertilization the same - any
other: that the growing Of corn and
cattle and hogs and alfalfa 10 the 20
luton Of maintaining fertility. To-day
there 10 more cattle feeding than ever
In the corn belt. and II has come about
because OF the desire to maintain fer
tility. The great increases in popula-
ton will In time make the price OF
corn land double what 1t now II II It
u fertile!
There IL lot OF meaning In those
few words. Not only has the corn
grower found that the signs point to
future fertility, he has discovered that
immediate benefits come from fer
tility. hence the big feed lot with its
cattle and hogs and consequent big
loads Of manure to feed to the hungry
land. Every farmer In the corn belt
will grow alfalfa. Where II would
not grow ten years ago. to-day hour
ishes and waves in the summer wind.
And the mighty advance Of this won
derful plant is not over. It's only
begun. The wise farmers only are
utilizing II. The smart ones ignore
II. "Twont grow here" they say.
trying to initiate the sages.
Corn and alfalfa rotated keep up
the lands life. and II the manure Of
stables. hog pens and feeding yard
IL added. fertility will increase and
land bear heavy crops Is we'll. Let
the farmer send his produce to market
on the hoof and feed up all his hay
and grain. A field that has grown Al
falfa three years to ave will produce
from . fourth 10 q third more corn
than land that was Of the same orig
sAoA sAA~0 Az AtAAiiAes, Ous ~AsSA 49,
grown corn continuously. Three cut
tinEs OF extra good hay can be made
from the average alfalfa deld. and In
extra good years four may Be made.
each cutting from one and . quarter
to two tons per acre.
l know one farmer Of $50 acres OF
land worth over $35.OOO Who saw ave
years ago the evils Of grain growing.
but Who nov grows alfalfa and corn
and dairy COWS. His 10 The best pay
ing farm that know q h ~ great
state u Nebraska. and he tells me
that such 4 combination Is he II work.
Ing towards is steadily upbuilding fer.
tility and increasing the revenue.
Another stockman whose $40 acres
10 worth $4,000 keeps half in alfalfa
the whole time and half in corn He
ships In his feeders and generally fats
SO head every fall and winter. His
farm grows heavier crops to-day than
ever before. 80 he says. and he blames
the Alfalfa plant. manure spresder and
steer for the results.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1907-09-21

one end OF the chain around the
post close to the ground. incline the
plank against the post SO the lower
end will be III II. from the base Of
the post. place the chain In the notch
OF the plank. hitch the team to the
post and start up. In a few seconds
the post II clear Of the ground. In
moving fences. says the Farm and
Home. the chain should be attached
to the rear axle OF the wagon SO tho
posts may be loaded and hauled to
the new location.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1907-09-21

One Of the drawbacks to the use OF
long distance electricity has been the
liability to breakdowus. caused By ~.
cidents. including those due to light.
slnS. which result In shutting Oh power
and often In unpleasant and costly In
ssrruption VI trafic. Many localities
depending on power transmitted over
long lines Of wire have had such q.
psrisnces. Syracuse uses for its transit
systsm electricity generated 1t Mia
CARA Falls. and has had some very an.
noytnx occurrences Of the sort, and -
. consequence the traction company
adOptsl the policy Of keeping its local
power houses In readiness for usa
Nov Il 10 announced that IL hns from
NAaAsA tAlb has bssn Duplicated. nd
tAAe hsaeseostA Il viii b. practically
t1vosstbss for Tie current 70 ~ sAss
- completely. Il b asserted most
Dsstelvsav hat neither thundsrseorue
~ ~ e<Asf ina~saes saa put 18th
hse 80 - seamiss1pa q eneA A
81 la1s ~ Dsssas<tpa sssao = - q
- - Npsesls ussse ~ h ~.
y = ~ - ~ nssa nssnsa -
- enuannn1 - esonAsnse q -
eaGlnall1lu \ ssasoA
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1907-09-21
THE FARMER GOV.
Temper the Work to His Strength
and Let Him Have His Play Time.


Every farmer desires to keep his
boy At home n long ~ he can do SO.
that he may thus live \ protected life
~ long ~ possible. This 10 right. II
10 . mistake TO permit the farm boy
to launch out for himself At too ten
der an age. The father Of the boy
must remember that the muscles Of
the boy are not hard like his own and
that he canno, do the same amount Of
WORK as he himself can do. with
equal ease. The muscles Of q grow.
ing boy are soft. for they are con-
stantiy being increased In size BY the
addition Of new material
Many farm boys are driven from the
farm by too hard work. They are
made to take the place Of . hired man
1t . very early age and the father
often forxets that they have not the
same indifference to pleasures ~ him
self. The boy needs = good deal OF
recreation and . chance to minxle
with other farm boys The farm boy
should have fair chance NJ the pleas
ures Of childhood and youth. n the
city boy has. His work should be
carefully limited.
The usual farm boy II . worker
anyway. He early learns to do the
most difncult tasks on the farm. says
Farmers Review. and II worth much
more to his parents than any hired
man IL worth His parents should
therefore study him and his needs.
His needs include many things besides
the food he gets and the clothes he
wears. -All work and no play makes
Jack . dull boy" 10 IN old saying.
but strictly true. Many . farm boy
has been overworked into . aullness
that has lasted him his life through
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1907-09-21

A heslsehoe-ths aeiShboe Who
won't keep up his feaces.-rarm Jour.
nal.
Some farmers End great advantage
In sowing rye 1t the last working u
the corn Might try . patch.
The manure spreader has decreased
the number Of rich bArnyards and tn
creased the number Of rich aslds In
stead.
Don't sell any clover hay II you
have stock to feed II to. Il b worth
nearly - much for fertill3er - for
feed
Sow only the plumpest. incest wheat
this fall Run Il through The faanins
mill and take all the foul stua osse
Good seed il hAR The erop.
The cost OF . pair u farm scales
viii b saved the arye year h prsvsnt.
Ing the losses from guessing ct
weights Of other prosiscts bought o.
sold
The hoe b oes Of The most useful
implemsnts On the farm. bat u b not
automatic n IL eveeakionA 70 -
elective Il nssds . sGroa6 am 80 Q
willing AaaA
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1907-09-21
PULLING FENCE POSTS.
A Hard Task Made Easy BY Uss Of
Plank and Chain.

An easy and practical method OF
pulling posts. by which all digging
and had labor 10 eliminated. 10
shown in cut. Take \ plank. IT.
wide. 4 II. long. and make . v-shaped
notch at one end. mailing on several
crosspieces to prevent splitting. This
plank Is used to change the hori-
xontxl draft to the vertical. Place
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1907-09-21

psepetual oelntiitatlone.
The necessity Of pcrpctuAlly sclutil.
iAtinx 10 one Of the most wearing Do.
mAnds OF the age.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1907-09-21

AandtMa Gutter which Will Cut
Two Rswe q . Time.

An Iowa reades describes this two
row home made cutter which hs says
pulls easier than . sled cutter: Il
used 4 by f0e an axle. and bolteA
BY I to this axls ~ to ) feet
apart. and let Il run out II inches On
the rear side. Board this over tor Q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-07
A FINE PHYSICAL INSTRUCTOR.
The Lawrence Turner's Engage Otto
Rost From Milwaukee Normal.

Lawrence, Kan, Sept. THE Law
renee Turnverefn IS preparing to have
the most active year in its history, and
has begun by engaging a skilled instruc-
tor at a good salary to devote his entire
time to the physical work OF the orga-
MIA ton
Pie instructor is Otto Rost, and his
home is in New Jersey He has just
graduated from the Physical Training
associations Normal school at MiIwau-
kee. where he took highest honors in a
class Of sixteen young men and women
He is to receive $500 a year for nine
months work. and his engagement is
expected to De permanent, Half a dozen
other cities around here in which the
Turner's are strong bid for him and tried
to induce him to take charge of the
work of their respective Verefns.
The Turner'S here consist of about $50
members. practically all Germans. These
are divided. into four classes. of which
the largest is that of the Actives or
adult men The young men and boys
class is next Each of these is to drill
under Mr. Rost's direction for Il couple
Of hours each of two evenings every
week. The other classes, which will
meet but once each week. are the wo-
mems and girls class and the bears
or Old mems class
The active class hopes to be able to
win a number of prizes in the tristate
funniest. to be held next June The
three states engaging in these contests
are Kansas. Missouri and Nebraska On
account Of the large German popuIa ticn
here, Lawrence has one of the strongest
and Oldest Turnvereins in the Missouri
valley
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-07
RAILROAD NEWS.
FasterTransc0ntinentaIFrei Freight
Service Is Wanted.
National Bureau of Manufac-
lures Is Agitating 1t.
NOW TAKES so DAYS.
A Handicap to American EX-
porterS iii Oriental MAI kets.
Other Items of Interest to
Railway People.

| Agitation has been begun by the Ma
tional Bureau OF Manufactures for fast
| er freight train service between the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts, with a view
I to promoting trade between this coun-
| try and the Orient It now requires an
average of sixty days to have freight
transported by rail from New York TO
San Francisco, and even this cannot be
relied upon, as frequently much longer
time is required. Exporters of goods to
the Orient find themselves greatly han
dicapped IN their efforts TO extend their
trade by the fact that they are unable
to guarantee delivery by any certain
date Great losses have on more than
enc occasion been sustained because
manufactured articles sold for the sum-
ner trade have been so delayed in tran
sit that the summer was over before
they reached their destination, and when
they arrived they were wholly out of
sea SON
European countries such as England,
Germany, France and Holland have
so regulated the transportation of their
wares as to be able to calculate to a
nicely the exact time required for their
delivery at destination and in this re-
spect they have obtained a great advan-
tage over the American shipper. It does
not appear that there should be any
good reason why American shipments
should be any more uncertain in their
arrival in the Orient
Exports from the United States to the
Orient now amount to about 500, 900
annually 1t is claimed that there is no
good reason why with proper facilities
this amount could not be increased four
fold. and a strenuous effort is to be
made to remove the obstacles to the &C
complishment of this result so far as the
transportation question is concerned
The establishment of q fast freight SER
vice by the railroads, it is claimed, would
soon become profitable to them, and
their interests would be promoted as
greatly as those of the manufacturers
1t is suggested that lists be prepared
showing the sailing dates of the oriental
steamship lines for a year in advance,
and in connection with these to have
given time fixed absolutely for the per-
fOrrnance of the tranScoutineutal service,
so that shippers in New York or else
where on the Atlantic coast could tell
with certainty what steamship their
goods would catch on arrival at the Pa
cific coast. This done, they could guar
antee with reasonable certainty what
time the goods would arrive at their
destination, as do the European ship
pers. Enough is involved in the accom-
pIishment of what the manufacturers
have in view to make it worth the rail-
roads while to cooperate with them to
the utmost in the attainment of their
0hieof
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-07

famous march to the sea. and was in
the oatte OF Franklin. the Last hard
ostttIe Fought by General Hood in the
Du1mire, among many other c,1rfos
has two very old and Interesting hooks
Ore OF them is a book OF 5fSconrsas
by Theodore London. DID and xEas
published in 1854 at London. ENGLAND
The dedication follows
To the WOrshfuI the Masters Of
the Bench, of the Two Houora HE So
cieties of the Temple. these dfscourses
are Inscribed by their most obedieut
servant, TheO. London
The book is bound in kid ana thouph
the pages are quite yellow. the book
is IN a fine state of preServa ton In
the book the old fashioned 80, is r,Sed
and nearly all the nouns begin with
car tal letters The book was given
TO the present owner many years ago
by a man named McLafn who had
charge Of the first land office for RI a
Platte purchase, which office was at
Plattsburg, Mo. The book came TO
McLafn through his wife who was a.
cousin Of Theodore London
The other book. which Dunu7fra
treasures so highly. is an English die
tiorary which is bound IN hog skin
and though not quite as old as the
book of dtscourses, IS not quite so we'll
preserved some OF the leaves being
missing It was published IN London
in 1857, and contains $50 pages
In several places on the covers of tn ?
book IS written in ink. which is dim
but still Iegible, John Bum, his book.
T-5d"