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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-12-06
DEATH OF MAJOR DOWNING.
Colorado Pioneer and Civil War Vet.
eran Crosses the Range.

Denver-Major Jacob Downing. one
of the earliest pioneers of Colorado,
commander of n battalion In the fam
GUS First Colorado Cavalry during the
Civil War. veteran Denver attorney.
md for whom Downing avenue was
named. died at $3.50 o'clock Sunday
morning at his home. 30 West Colfax
avenue. aged seventy.seven years.
Major Downing was engaged In the
practice OF law In Denver when the
Civil War began. On hearing OF the
attack on Fort Sumter In 1861 he or
ganized Company B. First Colorado
cavalry. OF which he was commissioned
captain by Governor Gilpin. He
marched with his company to New
Mexico and was engaged In all the
battles OF that campaign. being pro-
noted from captain to major for gal
lantry.
In 1865 Major Downing was mus
tered out OF service and turned his at.
tention 10 the practice OF law. In 1867
he was elected probate Judge on the
Republican ticket ana held the posi-
tion for two years. Having become
the owner OF 1000 acres OF land Ave
miles west OF Denver In 1863 he began
the Improvement of the tract by irri'
cation and fencing. where he engaged
In general farming and live stock busi'
ness for many years. He laid out sew
cral additions to Denver.
Some years ago he originated tho
bill providing Gao acres for City Park.
With the assistance OF other property
owners he improved Mountvicw bou.
levard. extending from the park six
miles east.
In the Introduction of agricultural
improvements Major Downing YVES u
pioneer. In 1869 he introduced alfalfa
In Colorado. bringing the seed from
New Mexico and planting It on his
farm. He raised the hay for years and
used II for feed before others would
consent To use Il. He also introduced
some OF the finest breeds of poultry
raised In the state and brought four.
teen dozen quail to Colorado. the iirst
In the state. For twenty years he
raised sugar bccts. often marketing us
much as 500 tons annually. In cattle
raising he mad. n specially OF Short.
horns. Ho brought the first Hercforis
20 Colorado.
BY importation from the East. Ma.
ior Downing brought iinc Arabian stai.
lions Into the state. and In one OF the
recent Festivals OF Mountain and Plain
In the parade.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-12-06
San LuI. Valley Reservoirs.

Dcnvcr.-Thc Republican Sunday
morning says: Good news for the
San Luis valley has been received In
Denver. After years OF waiting the
secretary OF the interior has approved
the application Of the Rio Grandc Res.
crvoir a Ditch Company. owner OF the
Santa Maria reservoir. the approval be.
Ing dated November 10th. This will
be gratifying to 'nc people Of San Luis
valley. for II means that the ban has
been raised on ut least part Of the
reservoir filings. and progress will
speedily follow In the further develop
mcnt OF that part Of the state.
The reservoir In question will have
n capacity OF 10000 acre feet. which
will mean very much to the farmers
Of tho valley. The government has
also approved the application Of A. v.
Tabor on what IL called the Rio
Grandc reservoir site. which when
completed will have n capacity Of up.
wards Of $4,000 ucrc feet. The latter
application was approved November
18th.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-12-06
Oenvsr.eouIder Electric Line.

Bouldcr.-Tho new generators foi
the electric cars which are to be run
from Denver TO Boulder by the Inter.
urban road have been installed at La.
faycttc by the Northern Colorado
Power Company. and as soon MS the
1nterurban company is ready for the
current II can have II. Construction
OF the now grade for the Colorado &
Southern between Louisville and Den.
yer Is being rushed night and day.
When this grade IL completed. the
Colorado 4 Southern will use II for Its
steam cars ana will use the present
grade for It's electric cars. the Colorado
& Southern controlling the Interur5an
road. The new grade will make the
track level In many places while the
steepest grade nt any point will be hut
scven.eighths OF one per cent. II will
enable the Coloi ado & Southern to pull
n train Of sixty cars Of forty tons ca.
pacity with one Of Its present large IN.
gineS from Louisville to Denver with.
out trouble.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-12-06
THANKSGIVING PARpoNs.
Governor Directs That Prisoners Go
to Their Former Homes.

Denver-Govornor Buchtel. In par
doning three persons from prison ln-
stitutions the day before rhankssiv-
ing exiled each from Colorado for
life. The pardons are said to be with.
out precedent In carrying this condi.
ton with them. For the first time the
governor OF the state went outside OF
the State Penitentiary also. pardonins
one prisoner from the county jail OF
Denver and one from the state REFORM
etory. Each prisoner Is to be sent back
to his mother. Following are the
Thanksgiving clemencies:
Frank Herold. life sentence. peni.
tentiary. for double murder. Served
eight years.
John Rumble. intermediate sen
tence. Buena Vista reformatory, stole
bicycle.
T. Il. Cavanaush. vag. county jail OF
Denver.
Luman w. Scovel, communication of
sentence. State Pcnitentiary. from
seven to eight years to two to eight
years. Voluntary manslaughter. SEQ
vel Is an old soldier.
Herold has never applied for par.
don, having been sentenced In 1899 for
the double murder OF Charles II.
o'Hara and Mary a. Moulton O'Hara.
at Brighton. both people OF bad repu-
tations. The woman was formerly
habituc OF Market street. Herold was
an ignorant German hoy Of 10. and the
governor said In his letter to Herold
that he believes his story that O'Hara
killed his wife and that Heroid killed
O'Hara In self defense when O'Iiara at
tackled him ~ the only witness OF the
crime. Herold drove on few cattle.
sold them and tried To get out Of the
country. hut fenr is advanced as the
cause Of this net by those who Inter
cstcd themselves In his behalf. Mrs.
Henrietta Barmoicr. one Of those who
secured the pardon. was formerly n
well known German grand opera
singer and sang N Governor Buchtcfs
church twenty-five years ago.
II was the intention OF former Gov.
crnor Mcdonald to give him the
Christmas pardon. but the plan did not
succeed. He was recommended for
the Thanksgiving pardon by both Gov
crnor and Mrs. Mcdonald and Mrs J.
u. +. Reynolds. nj well as the warden.
Scovcl is sixty years Of age. He
WAS sentenced from Telluride. San
Miguel county. November rs. 1907. for
voluntary mansiauHhtcr. being charged
with the murder OF Sam Clark. His
wife is said TO be an invalid and needs
his support. Scovol was formerly n
volunteer officer Of the State Bureau
Of Child md Animal Protection. scrv.
ing without pay. because he could not
bear tho sight Of n child or animal be.
Ing abused. TIL. officers OF the bureau
believe that he killed Clark In self de-
tense.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-12-06
Foreigners Going Home.

New York.-That the estimate that
SO. 900 emiFrnnts will leave New York
this week for European ports is far be.
low the number that will probably sail,
Is the opinion expressed by Gustav II.
Schwab. OF the North.German Lloyd
line. At least GO.O00 and perhaps TO-.
900 will sail. according to Mr.. Schwab's
figures. The Pennsylvania railroad
alone brought more than 1000 to New
York Thursday. A curious feature OF
the situation is that the number of
immigrants arriving in New York this
month is greater than for any Decem
ber on record but It is believed that
the exodus will cause n falling OF in
Immigration.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-12-06
Prairie DOG Glove Factory.

Denver.-The Denver Republican
correspondent mt Johnstown. Colorado.
says that the New York manager Of
the factory which will make gloves
from the skins III prairie dogs at
Johnstown has purchased ffty.six
acres Of land adjoining the town from
VIII Purvis. On the center six acres
will be erected a factory and the re.
manning ground will be reserved for
homes OF the factory employees. who
will be given opportunity of buying
them on easy payments. A cemcnted
ditch from the Big Thompson river
will supply the factory and settlement
with water. Local and Gloversville,
n. Y. capital will build the factory.
Men will be hired to catch the prairie
dogs under the direction Of Purvis.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-12-06
Girls Industrial School.

Notwithstanding and Mrs. w. E
Collet of the State Prison association
Thursday. made trip to the Girls In.
dustrial school and they returned
agreeably surprised. They say that
vast improvements have been made in
the institution ana that 1t approaches
the highest type Of such school In
the country. The school is more of n
home than Il was year ago and the
girls are much more contented. The
paroled girls come and go and the best
of encouragement is given them to
follow the straight and narrow path.
The gates being loft unlocked the girls
are said to be consequently more trust.
worthy
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-12-06
Exciting Football Games.

Dcnvcr.-For the fourth successive
season the Colorado School OF Mines
football eleven Thanksgiving Day won
the Colorado championship Mt Broad
way baseball PARK, defeating tho Uni.
vcrsity of Colorado by the score OF
1--WE to four In n superb strug.
gle witnessed by fully 10000 en-.
thusiastic spectators. who for seventy
minutes Of actual play watched the
spectacular contest between the splcn-
didIy matched teams. In the morning
the University Of Denver team de.
feated the Agricultural College team
by score of to o.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-12-06
Great Revival in Chicago.

Chicago.-Rev. DR.. a. Torrey closed
Sunday night one of the most remark
able evangelistic campaigns ever seen
In Chicago. The meetings, which
were held for the most part in n huge
steam. heated tent. erected at. North
Clark and Chestnut streets. have at
tracted an average attendance Of 5000
for Sundays and 5000 on other nights.
DR.. Torrey has delivered 1875 sermons
to more than 275.OO0 listeners. About
5000 persons have professed conver-
sions Fewer than 1000 of these were
women.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-12-06
Pettibone Jury.

Boise. Idaho.-After the first days
examination OF talesmen in the case CT
George A. Pettibonc. charged with the
murder OF former Governor Frank
S,eunenberg. seven were in the jury
box who answered questions as to
their qualifications satisfactorily TO
counsel of the state. Much better
progress than was expected was made.
The regular venire of thirty.five was
exhausted befo. q adjournment and sov.
cnty or 100 will report Monday morn.
ing. when the work OF securing n jury
will be continued.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-12-06
Bio Fire at Granite.

Dcnver.-A Republican special from
Granite Friday morning SAYS: A IRE
which started from the overturning Of
lamp in barber shop late last night
destroyed three.fourths of the business
and residence section Of Granite. n min.
ing station twenty miles east Of Lead.
Vile. The town being without fire
department. the flames soon spread to
other buildings before It finally burned
out at the edge of the Arkansas river.
The total loss may exceed $4,000.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-12-06

nh An>k ~sS"s"s c.~ 80
the hearing OF the governments suit
against the tobacco trust was that the
consumption OF tobacco In the United
States was not keeping pace with the
increase in the population.
Eleanor and Leroy Chestnut. Of
Mexico. Mo-. have received 10000
from the Chinese government rs dam.
ages for the death Of their aunt Miss
Eleanor Chestnut, who was killed In
the Boxer uprising at Lien Chow In
1905.
The national convention Of the pco-
pies party has been called to meet In
st, Louis on April next.
The supreme court Of New York
has refused to make permanent the
injunction granted against the Inter
national Pressmen's union to compel
them to live up to the agreement
made last January.
Attorneys for II. II. Tucker. Jr.,
and the Uncle Sam Oil company has
filed formal charges with Judge
Hazen. referee in bankruptcy. charg
ing Receiver Morse with having sold
products OF the company for less
than he was offered and conducting
the receivership extravagantly.
Trial Of the Colorado land fraud
cases will begin before the United
States district court at Denver De.
cember 16.
Two men locked officers OF a Clin.
ton. ILL.,, bank in the vault took. the
money from the counter and escaped.
The grand jury at New York has
returned indictments against three
officials of the jenkins Trust com.
pany of Brooklyn.
l.. Penn. colored, killed Frnk Emer.
son, also colored. in the jail at Inde-
pendence. Kan, by cutting his throat
with n razor.
Fire In a retail dry goods store
in Cincinnati caused the death of one
person and the serious injury of sew
eral.
A statement given out by the board
of health shows that the bubonic
plague situation at San Francisco is
much improved.
The independent., 1907-03-14

vaccine, as prepared by the bureau of
animal industry consists of a brownish
powder, which is put UP in packets
containing either ten or twenty-five
doses each. To prepare this powder in
such a way that it may be injected
hypodermically. it Is necessary to OBJ
tain certain implements, which, to-
gether with the hypodermic syringe,
are known as a vaccinating outfit.
This consists of porcelain mortar
with pestle, a small glass funnel, and
measuring glass. For filtering the
vaccine, we have found absorbent cot
ton to be most suitable. Figure / is an
illustration of the vaccinating outfit
recommended by the bureau.
Animals to be vaccinated. Calves, as
rule, should not be vaccinated until
they are six months old. Under this
age they are practically immune from
blackleg, and it has been claimed that
when vaccinated before they are six
months old they are liable to lose the
of vaccination and become susceptible
again. Animals more than two years
old are seldom affected, and the NOR
tality among them Is so small as to
make vaccination Improbable. 1t is
the animals between six months and
two years old which should be vaccin-
ated
Vaccination has no i'll effect on
calves under six months old, but it
should be rule that when very young
animals are vaccinated they should be
revaccinated before the beginning of
the following blackleg season
The time to vaccinate depends large.
ly upon circumstances. In nearly every
part of the country where .blackleg is
known there is ID distinct biackieg sea-
son, and the proper time to vaccinate
is just before the arrival of this sea-
son. Every practical ranchman and
farmer, as a rule, knows when to look
for blackleg, and as the disease may
appear a little sooner or later, accord
ing to climatic conditions, it is always
better to vaccinate two or three weeks
before the beginning of the blackleg
season. In some parts of the country
1t is not unusual that the calves COM
mence dying when only four months
old, while In others they seldom be-
come affected until they are eight
months old. 1t is, therefore, much a
matter of judgment when to vaccinate
and what should constitute the mini
mum age at which the calves should
be treated. A. T. PETERS.
The independent., 1907-03-14

ceptible, though the writer has heard
of but one outbreak in this state among
sheep. AS to susceptibility among cat
tile, age plays an important part, in
asmuch as the disease is known to ex-
list moro commonly among cattle be-
tween six months and one an one-half
to two years of age. Calves under four
months and cattle over two years old
are seldom attacked, though the dis
ease has been observed in very young
calves and adult cattle. This condition
may be accounted for as follows: 1t
has been proved experimentally by ar
tificial incubation that young calves
are less susceptible naturally, and be-
sides, while they are being fed OF
milk they are not exposed to the germs
-as is the case the moment they are
turned into an infected pasture.
Cause: The organism Of blackleg is
n bacillus, exceedingly small, measur-
ing one twenty-thousandth 1-20. .60O) of
an inch i'm length. As stated above,
these small bacilli may, in some way,
get into the system of the animal and
produce the disease. The usual mode
bv which the animal becorsea inocu-
lated or infected is throuss Y wound
of the SKIN or mucous membrane.
Wounds of the skin. or external
wounds. may be caused by barbed
wire fences. stubble. and the like.
Wounds of the mucous membranes. or
internal wounds. may be caused by
cattle partaking OF foreign substances
that are liable TO scratch the mucous
lining OF the aiimcntary canal. and
Kilt observes that infection may take
place through wounds caused 10y cat
tla shedding their teeth. The scarcity
OF internal wounds. compared with ex-
ternal ones may possibly account for
the faGt that IL III almost impossible
10 infect animals experimentaiiy by
way Of the aliInentary canal oven
when tho individual selected for the
experiment In very suaccptIbe. How
ever. this Same virus. when applied to
an abrasion Of the skin. would almost
invariably produce the disease In =
susceptible animal Hence. II II gmer-
silly believed that cattle bcrpme In
The independent., 1907-03-14
SOME STRAY HUMoR.

nj He fish were not biting very live
ly that morning as they sat un-
der shady tree on the bank, and they
turned to conversation.
What" asked the man who was
deeply interested in his country's well
fare, what do you consider the most
important question before us today ?"
WELL" replied the man who was
perfectly willing to allow politicians
to run the country, Just at this mo-
ment the rebate question is by far the
most important" and he turned the
jug upside down to show 1t was
empty.
sIt pays to advertise said Mark
Twain, at an advertisement writer's
banquet.
when | was editing the Virginia
City Enterprise, writing copy one day
and mining the next, I tried to force
this truth home in many ways.
"A superstitious subscriber once
The independent., 1907-03-14

The disease commonly known as
Dlackleg in this country is identical
with the quarter-eyil or black-quarter
In Ergland, charbon symptomatique
(symptomatic anthrax) in France, and
rauEcnbrand in Germany. The fact
that 1t is sometimes called sympto-
matte anthrax is liable to lead to its
confusion with anthrax, but it should
be remembered that these are two to-
tally distinct diseases arising from diff
ferent causes, exhibiting different
symptoms and requiring different
treatment
Blackleg most frequently attacks
cattle, rarely other species, man,
horses, swine, dogs, cats, and fowls
appearing TO be immune or proof
against it. Sheep and goats are sus-
The independent., 1907-03-14

swers to Correspondents column as
follows.
Old Subscriber--The finding Of
spider in your copy Of the Enterprise
was neither good luck or bad The
spider was merely looking over our
pages to find out what merchant was
not advertising, SO that it could spin
Its web across his door, and lead
free and undisturbed existence forever
after"
The letter "r' on the typewriter Of
a Well known novelist recently went
wrong. The author was equal to the
occasion, as will be seen fron, the fol-
lowing portion Of his MSS:
"Phairest oph the phair,nn sigher her
lover, "phancy my pheeling when I
phoresee the phearphul consequences
oph our phleeing phrom your phather's
phamiiy. Phew phellows could have
phaced the music with as much
phortftude as I have, and as phickle
phortune phaiis to smile on our love
| must phorego the pleasure oph be-
coming your husband. Phairest
Phranccs. pharewell phoreverl"
Hold, Phranklin, hold!" screamed
Phrances; IT will pholow you phor-
ever!"
But Phranklin had phied and
Phrances phainted.
The independent., 1907-03-14
$4,000
Reward

Will be paid to any person
who can find one atom Of
opium, chloral, morphine,
cocaine, ether, chloroform,
neroin, alpha and beta eu-
caine, cannabis indica, or
chloral hydrate or any Of
their derivatives, in any
of DR.. Miles Remedies.
This applies to goods in
original packages, unop-
ened, and not tampered
with. Certain unscrupu-
lous persons are making
false statements about
these remedies.
IT have been troubled with a ter
rible headache for the last ten years;
the doctors couid do me no good. / $
saw Dr. Miles Anti -Paina Pills auyer-
tised In the Sunday magazine, SO !
thought I would try a sample / did
SO, and they helped me wonderfully.
! had headache SO badly could hard
ly see to work, so l sent to the drug
store and got box. In "a couple OF
hours | was all right, 1t was the first
medicine to do me any good"
A. A. ILLIG, Philadelphia, Pa.
1862 Tacoma Street
Or. Miles Anti Pain Pills are sold by
your druggist, who will guarantee that
the first package will benefit. II IL
falls, he will return your money.
25 doses, rs cents. Never sold In bulk.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
wrote and said he had found spider
n his paper Was this good or bad
uck2 I renIied to him In our An
The independent., 1907-03-14

Delineator: Many fathers stand
aloof from the common domestic
The independent., 1907-03-14

wrote and said he had found spider
in his paper. Was this good or bad
luck? ! replied to him in our An
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-24
On the Trail of big Finger"

Mr.. ROvd no harm, nor go any tartneI'
I think I'd be after telling you. II :
that well ! think of you, SCR. so l 40
And of the ten, Mr.. Casey querleu
Mayo. with insinuating pleasantly:
Ave. scr. and of the tin" admitted
Casey. with another wistfUl glance dl
the crisp note.
"WeH. well. that's quite right, too,
Mr.. Casey. And I give you my Word
that no harm shall come to Mr. Boyu
at my hands. nor shall any person
learn of what you tell me"
And I really get the money for the
telling?"
Take it in advance. If you prefer
Faith. in that case, thin, III tell
you
Whereupon Mr.. Casey. as if quite oh
Iivious 10 his earlier interest in Mr.
Felix Boyd, cheerfully impaired the
desired information The recipient OF
it suppressed any display of special sat
isfactiou End having entered i'm a note
book the name and location of the pri-
vate sanitarium TO which Felix Boyd
had been taken, he cOurteoUsly made
his departure.
one Informed only of the superficial
facts herein set forth might very Tea-
sonably have inferred that Mr.. Mag
nus Scanlon, the Big Finger, had again
located his man. the one special object
of his deadly designs.
The party who thus had enlightened
ScanIon's secret emissaTy, whether
from greed OF gold or with some less
reprehensibIc motive. now shrugged
his. shoulders, INDUCED in curious
smile. and then proceeded TO the hack
mans humble kitchen.
CorDulelt Mrs. Casey followed. wad-
ding heavily through the narrow en-
try, with her ample breast and shoul-
derS shaken under some internal com
motion to which she did not venture
giving more Ineligible expression The
several little Caseys brought up the
rear. i'm the order of years. as it hap
pened, looking like a little flight of
stairs painted red.
The head and front of this domestic
procession halted deliberately at the
kitchen table and turned to his staff.
WILL now. Mrs Casey, PLAT dye
think of that" he slowly demanded.
with quite indescribable drOIlness and
= merry twinkle i'm his keen, gray eyes.
Mrs. Casey. much as if a sufferer
from internal conditions that were
really becoming serious, pressed hard
with both hands upon her shaking
sides. and relieved herself with a laugh
that made the room ring.
"Oh. oh. sure. Sor. ] niver saw the
likes az IL i'm me life-niver ia all me
l:fo" she cried. quite incohercUtiy. with
eyes streaming. It's Casey himself
I'd take oath We was. So I would,
though the divii stood mt the durc.
Faith. Sor. barring ] know it. Htver
come here in Thin things whip Casey's
away. For its fond ! am av Casey so
I am. ana if We did. the divil knows
phat | might be after doing
Her hearcr laughed. and laid the
crisp ten-dOllaT note upon the table,
saying genialiy:
Give this to your husband when he