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The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-04
What Japan May Teach.

Japan, alone among nations, hal
given the world an example of how
people can throw off the shackles OF
an oppressive autocracy and endow
Itself with all the safeguards OF liberty
and justice under a constitutional form
II government, without going through
the terrible struggles and devastation
of bloody revolutions. by following
along the paths of peaceful evolution
Japan is the land of liberty. civil and
religious. Her religious liberty IL
even far in advance of nations who
pride themselves upon this most pre-
cious of national virtues. Her people
have no prejudices based upon reii
gious or ecclesiastical grounds, and all
men Of every church and creed are
free and equal to worship their Goo
In accordance with the dictates OF
their own conscience in the fullest and
widest acceptation of the meaning
of religious liberty. Japan, which has
learned much from the west. has ever
more to teach the west, declares Os
car Straus. secretary of commerce and
labor, In Leslie's. Persistency. self
control and preparedness are among
her national qualities; her officers ex
emplify the highest skill united with
the utmost patriotism; her soldiers
while reckless in their bravery in sac
rificing their own lives. are uniforml,
humane even to their enemies, and nc
nation is served by a more competent
diplomatic body-men of reliability
Judgment and moderation.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-04
May be DefauIter.

Canon City, Colo-J. T. Naff, a
bookkeeper of the United States
Smelling Company of this city. who is
now visiting in the neighborhood of
Norfolk. Va, is charged in a warrant
issued in this city with embezzlement
OF the company's funds. 1t Is alleged
that Naff misappropriated company
funds to the extent of nearly $1,000
He will be brought back to answer to
the charge.
Sheriff Joseph Esser left for the
East Friday night. His trip was kept
quiet until Monday, when it leaked
out that he had gone to Virginia for
the purpose of bringing Naff back.
Naff is a son-in-law of j. G. Burk-
hardt, a Denver detective. He is ac
companied by his wife and is on
vacation trip. He was formerly ste.
nographer at the State Penitentiary
and later for the District Court, and
has held responsible positions since
he came to Canon City seven years
ago.
Naff was married three years ago to
Miss Pansy Burkhardt. They have
one child. girl about years old
They live in an elegantly furnished
home on Rudd avenue. 1t is alleged
that extravagant living is responsible
for his downfall.
When Naff left on his vacation his
successor discovered discrepancies
which caused an examination of the
books. and resulted in the discovery
of an alleged shortage of 81 900. Naff
expected to return to Colorado, leav-
ing Virginia on Wednesday of this
week. Sheriff Esser is due to reach
Norfolk tonight. The household eff
fects of the Naffs are covered by chat
tel mortgages.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-04
Irrigating Beets.

The first irrigation of a beet field
should begin just as soon as the ground
Is dry and the beets become dark ana
begin to wilt. but thus FAR during the
present season the rains have been suf-
ficient to carry things along. ANY oh.
serving man may be able to tell in re-
gard to this matter by examining the
color of the beet tops, which on uo-
land become dark when they need
water and will wilt quite extensively
The first irrigation should be done By
running little water down each fur
row until the ground is moist around
the beets. being careful not to food
them when il can be avoided Be very
careful not to run the water long in a
place during the first and second irri-
cations or the beets may be stunted
They should be watered as much as
possible in daylight in order that 4.
may be properly done. Where the land
is fiat do not run the water more than
twenty rods in one stretch, but use
cross bitches. running It from one 20
the other. If the land has much fail
however, the water may be run sue
cessfully from thirty to forty rods
With rains and cool weather such as
we have been having the beets do not
require nearly SO much water. This Is
q matter, however. in which n great
deal of judgment will have to be used,
as no definite rule can be laid down
that will meet all conditions on all
soils.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-04
Milking by Hand and Machinery.

Two experiments were recently made
N which hand milking and machine
milking were compared. The first test
was made with eight cows and lasted
thirty days. The herd of thirteen cows
from which the eight cows were Sc
lected had been MIXED with machine
for over three years. The second test.
lasting twenty days. was made with
twenty COWS selected from herd OF
sixty-f.e with a view of securing cows
of different kinds, including hard AMI
easy mixers. heifers and mature ami
mails. COWS in the first and last stages
Of lactation and cows of nervous tenn
perament In the first test the time
required for milking four COWS twice
daily by hand averaged 1853 minutes
and by machine 26.4S minutes. The
difference in yield in milk. not includ
ing strippings. was 3.9 per cent. in IA
vor of machine milking. Hand milking
was less thorough than machine milk
ing, as an average of 4.55 ounces Of
strippings from each COW for each
milking was obtained in the former
case and 4.12 ounces in the latter. In
the second test the time required for
milking ten cows twice daily by hand
averaged 154.9 minutes and by ma
chine 30.07 minutes.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-04
worth Millions to Irriostsoo.

Greeley, Colo.-The decision rem
dered by the Supreme Court granting
the right to reservoir companies to
store ditch water owned by them in
reservoirs, when not being utilized /,
is believed, is worth $4,000, geo in In
creased valuation OF ditch stock. and
will likely work changes In the irriea
ton business. to the benefit Of farm
ers.
Six or seven years ago s. ]. Gilmore
then president Of the Greeley & Love
land ditch. brought suit against the
Seven Lakes Reservoir Company. on.
Joining them from storing Louden e
Barnes ditch water in the Seven
Lakes reservoir at a time when own.
ers could not use their water on crons
Gilmore acted on the theory thai il
one could not use the water every day
while growing crops, anyone else was
privileged to its use. 1t worked a
hardship to reservoir companies who
owned such water for the loss of 1t.
for in many cases farmers under the
reservoirs grew only beets or pota-
toes and needed water for late irriea-
tion only.
The District Court sustained Gil.
more, and the case was appealed 10
the Supreme Court. In the meantime.
MIR. Gilmore, being no longer presi-
dent of the Greeley & Loveland Ditch
Company. the Seven Lakes company.
in which b. d. Sanborn is owner Of
one-third of the stock. without oppo-
sitioE of the Greeley 4 Loyeland com
pany. stored their Louden & Barnes
ditch water for late irrigation, al
though the suit was pending.
The decision is considered an I'M
portant victory for not only the Seven
Lakes reservoir. but for all reservoir
companies in northern Colorado.
where constant promotion of new res.
ervoirs and development of old ones.
is going on.
Heretofore ditch water that could
not be used Immediately was allowed
to waste. often running fields and
roads. Now all of this water will be
conserved to the benefit of the farm.
ers all of the time, when most needed
This conserving Of ditch water in res
ervoirs will also be favorable to fac
tories and power companies having
use for reservoir water in connection
with their plants. In fact, the decision
embraces all reservoir property which
has become as great, If not a greater
necessity to this region than bitches
drawing directly from the rivers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-04
Crops Looking Fine.

Denver.-I,and men along Seven
teenth street were wearing the smile
that won't come OFF last week, and there
is every reason to believe the smile
will be upon their faces for many
months to come. The cause is that the
demand for land shows a steady in
crease with every indication of YER
table boom within two months.
| Crops in Eastern Colorado are all
that could be desired. The farmers
and homesteaders that went into the
country last fall and last spring went
in to work, not play, and they put
! in great crops that have now pro-
gressed so far that it is known that
the harvest this year will be enormous.
| The so-called desert has been trans
formed into a garden, and the result
is that the demand for land is some
thing unprecedented.
While prices are practically the
same as two months ago. yet there is
a marked stiffening in values AMI land
| men generally believe that the prices
will increase from 50 to S. per acre
within three months. There IS a
promised exodus of Eastern people to
| Eastern Colorado, and from inquiries
received at Colorado Land headquart-
| ers there will be heavy de land for
| land on the part of tourists this sum
mer. Tourists are inquiring about
| land more than ever before, and al.
ready Colorado Land headquarters re-
ports several big sales have been made
to prospective settlers.
The syndicate plan of buying land is
| meeting With decided favor. That is
where several r1en go into a pool and
buy land. thus reducing the cost to
each. 1t is usually called the Los An
geles scheme because it originated
| there, and had much to do with the
phenomenal growth of that city.
Wheat is looking fine around Byers
| and other places in Eastern Colorado
| and so. too, are cats, rye, barley, spells
and other crops Farmers have fin
ished their first stand of alfalfa and
| the second cutting will be on in about
three weeks. The alfalfa was never
better. The corn crop will be one of
the surprises this fall and is declared
TO be equal to that raised in Nebraska
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-04
Spraying Fruit Trees.

Most of the fruit growers are nov
looking well after the second spraying
10 offses the first brood of codling moth
larvae which may have hatched, and
this work is all the more important
wherever 'he crop is light or even to-
tai loss Next to thoroughness in pre-
pairing the materials is the matter Of
carefully applying the spray. If pumps
and nozzles are not in working orde:
an otherwise good job of spraying may
be spoiled after proceeding this far
with it. The principle of good spray
ing is that the liquid as 1t comes from
the nozzle should be in the form of Il
fine mist or fog. This will settle over
all parts of the tree in fine and evenly
distributed layer. If the liquid falls
on the leaves in the form of drops. no
matter how fine they may be, they
quickly run together and fall off in
tiny streams. OF course, If the fine
mist is allowed to fall upon any part
of the tree too long drops will soon
form and roll off. The operator should
learn to know at a glance just how
long to direct the spray toward any one
place.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-04
Heroic Work of -Four Women.

Laramie. Wyo.-The heroic work OF
four women is all that saved the i'm
mense reservoir of the Wyoming De-
yelopment Company from going out
one night recently, The reservoir.
Hhich is on the Big Laramie river,
forty miles north of this city, is the
largest used for irrigation purposes
in the United States, the water being
held back by an earth dam a mile and
half long, and covering an area OF
twenty-five miles in circumference.
Miss Helen McGill. daughter of a
ranchman, and her guest, Miss Will
burta Knight of this city, were riding
over the dam, when they noticed that
the high water in the reservoir. dashed
into waves by the wind, had begun to
cut dangerous hole throuah the bank,
which each second was made larger.
The girls galloped wildly to the home
OF the caretaker, where they found
only Mrs. Reed. his wife, and his
daughter. Miss Edna.
The four women FASTENED to the
break. where all night long they
worked. never leaving the place for q
moment. Fortunately n man named
Harvey happened to pass with team
before dark and assisted by hauling no
less than eleven loads of hay from a
nearby stack. which the women
weighted down with dirt and used TO
stay the water
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-04

A tramp has beaten all known rec
ords by swimming 81 miles in 80 min
utes. He did not mean to do it. He
merely tried to steal ride from st
Louis to Chicago on the rear of loco
motive tender. When the train start
ed he fell over backward. through the
open manhole. into the water tank
The noise of the train drowned his
cries for help. and he was obliged tc
swim until the first stop was reached
at Alton. When taken out he was
nearly dead. but the engineer was SC
unfeeling as to call his attention to the
fact that the water was only four feet
deep. and he might have stood up. The
conductor. also unfeeling. asked him
for his ticket. but the tramp said he
had not come by rail. but by water.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-04
coLoaAoo,s PRODUCT oIspLAv.
Campaign Of Publicity inauaurated
That Will Boost the State.

Denver.-Colorado's great campaign
OF publicity inaugurated by the Colo
RADIO State Commercial Association
VIII be given a decided impetus in the
coming summer and fall months by the
sending out of a big exhibit of the
products of the Centennial state to all
the larger state and county fairs of
the Middle West. This will be done
under the auspices of the State Com
mercial Association. Walter G. Bran
denburg, the well-known lecturer on all
things Coloradan, will have charge of
the exhibit
In this movement to advertise Colo
rado and put her advantages before
the people of states less favored natur-
ally than Colorado. the State CONNER
cial Association is but following out
the plan inaugurated several years ago
and which has been so eminently sue
cessful since that time. The only diff
ference in the plans this year will be
in the size of the exhibit sent out and
the number of fairs at which ii will be
shown
Agriculturists and horticulturists all
over the state, both in the irrigation
and dry farming belts. have been. or
are to be. given an opportunity to place
samples OF their products in the ex-
hibit- All have been called upon for
assistance in gathering this great dis
play for Colorado and much interest is
being taken in the movement.
Mr.. Brandenburg, who has devoted
many years OF his life to studying the
conditions, the crops and the products
of Colorado is at present making a
tour of the state, personally calling
upon those Interested that he may Sc
cure as excellent a showing of prod
ucts from each district as possible
Hays. grasses. grains, fruits and
roots will be well represented in their
great varieties. Alfalfa and ordinary
natural grasses will be gathered from
districts where land is under irriga-
ton and where dry farming Is carried
on alike.
Fruits of all kinds, sugar beets. bar
ley, wheat. field peas and all sorts of
grains and roots will be shown in all
their varieties and perfection to the
people of the Middle West
This plan of interesting homeseek-
ers in state by sending out samples
of the product of that state has been
found by experience to be one of the
best methods of giving publicity to the
CLANS of the state. In past years the
settlement of many homeseekers in the
Centennial state can be traced directly
to the impression given by the showing
of the exhibit of the Colorado State
Commercial Association and the at
tending lectures at some fair. The dis
play of products naturally srouses in
terest in the mind of the spectator.
especially if he has any desire to go
homeseeking.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-04
Care for Surface Soil.

1t must always be taken into ac-
count that the surface soil mulch.
which is so necessary to moisture con-
servation. is possible only when the
soil is sufficiently heavy not to be
blown away by summer winds. These
winds, which in some regions are al
most continuous and sometimes of
high velocity. often make clean
summer fallow altogether impracti-
cable. 1t is also extremely doubtful If
the requisite summer following Is
practicable en- very light soils. for
even the milder summer winds would
do serious damage where such a soil
in fine filth is exposed.-Field and
Farm.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-04
The Busy pee.

Everybody knows that genuine
honey II the nectar OF flowers. OBJ
tanned by bees through sucking or lap
ping with the tongue. which varies
greatly In the various kinds of bees.
An average length Of the honey bees
tongue Is about two-tenths of an inch.
This explains why the average honey
bee cannot obtain nectar from red
clover and other deep flowers which
are too narrow for the bee to enter
with its body.
The value of. bees in the work of
fertilizing plants by carrying pollen
from one to another Is greater than
its use in producing honey. In fact,
without the aid of bees many crops
would be complete failures. Darwin
found that in 100 heads of purple cIo-
yer protected from the visitation OF
bees not a seed was produced, while
100 heads visited by bees produced
nearly 5000 seeds. When two varie.
ties OF certain plants are grown in
the same neighborhood cross fertiliza-
ton VIII likely occur, as bees forage
over large territory
While a worker requires twentv-one
days to pass from the egg to the bee.
queen Ia transformed in lust six
teen days. and the drone in 242 DAYS.
There Is reason for this. The bees
take young worker larva. usually
near the margin of the comb, and rear
1t for queen. A special cell in the
wax is provided for this larva and II
is fed on royal jelly. substance man
ufactured by the bees themselves. un-
I'll 1t becomes a fully developed queen.
AS the queen grows larger the walls
oil the surrounding cells are destroyed
SO that she has plenty of room to de-
velop. When a new queen comes the
old queen leaves the hive, taking with
her part of the workers. This is
called swarming and behind it lies a
secret which bee keepers are trying
to solye.-Field and Farm.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-04
To Water 40. COO Acres

Fort Morgan, Colo.-The people OF
the Riverside Irrigation district voted
an issue of s717,500 in bonds with
which to purchase a controlling inter
est in the Riverside reservoir and CON
struct the Riverside ditch. The River
side reservoir when completed will
contain over 100000. 900 cubic feet of
water. 1t now contains about 1,O00,-
100000 cubic feet Fifty votes were
cast, all in favor of the bond issue
and this, with the shares already sold
to private parties in Morgan and Well
counties, insuring the beginning OF
work within thirty days on the River.
side ditch and insures water for the
strip of territory above the old bitches
en- the north side of the Platte river
from Masters to a point about ten
miles below Fort Morgan. About sixty
miles OF ditch will be constructed AMI
over 10000 acres of new land will be
brought under irrigation. 1t is esii-
mated that 1t will be the new home of
at least 1000 people. The Riverside
reservoir was. built up to the present
point by E. A. Camfield and Senator
MoCreery of Greeley and Josiah Work
and S. III. Shields of Fort Morgan
about three months ago the Riverside
irrigation district was formed with
Frank Smylie of Masters, Jim Richer
son of Orchard and l.. F. NJ eore OF
Fort Morgan as directors. The latter.
three directors with their attorneys
have since been engaged in pushing
the project. contrast has PRACTICABLE
been let for the completion of all this
work by May lst of next year.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-04
Apaehes Want Scalp of Gill.

El Paso. Textile Indians at Fort
Mcdowell, Ariz.. are becoming ugly,
and troops at Fort Apache have been
notified to be ready for trouble, over
w. II. GIL, sub-agent at Mcdowell.
who killed Austin Navajo. an Apache.
In self-defense. Saturday.
The Indians are considerably agi-
tated over the killing and are in an
ugly mood. threatening trouble. Gill
has been warned by the Indians
friends that 1t is not safe for him to
remain on the reservation.
He has called upon Sheriff Hayden
at Phoenix for protection and HAYDEN,
with five deputies. has gone to the
reservation to prevent an Indian out
break. Mcdowell is thirty-five miles
from Phoenix and is an abandoned
post. Gill is the only whi1e man liv-
ing there.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-04

Visitors to Japan are usually i'm
pressed with the many curious uses
to which fans are put. The umpire al
wrestling and fencing matches uses 9
large fan. the various motious Of
which constitute language that the
combatants understand and promptly
heed. Men and children. as well as
women. use fans at all times. The
servant has fiat fan. made of rough
paper. to blow the charcoal fires with.
or use as a dustpan. The farmer has
a stout fan to winnow his grain. Still
another variety is made of waterproof
paper, which. dipped in water. creates
a pleasant GOODNESS by evaporation
without wetting the clothes.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-04
Ebert County Tribune
). E. Pope. Editor and Publisher.
HBERT. COLORADO.
Tho InsmIor.tIon commI..Ion.

A commission which recently sailed
for Europe is now. and for a consider-
able part Of the summer will be. en-
gagged in making the most exhaustive
study Of the whole matter of immigra-
ton that the United States has ever
undertaken. The commission, author
1xed by the immigration bill passed by
the last congress. consists OF three
senators, three members OF the house
of representatives, and three citizens
appointed by the president. Begin.
ming with Italy. they will visit all the
principal points of departure in Eu
rope. Special study will be given to
the emigration laws of all the Euro
pean countries, the methods of exam
lining emigrants before embarkation,
the character and occupations of the
regions from which the larger mum.
Der OF people come to America, and
all the other matters which may serve
to improve the handling Of the immi
grafton problem at the present time,
and to furnish a basis for intelligent
legislation In the future. In the mat
ter Of the admission of diseased or In
digent aliens. there is even now little
ground for complaint. says Youths
Companion. The present laws are
efficient, and on the whole well en-
forced. The great need is the devel-
opment of a system by which the
steady and neyer-lessening stream
may be directed. not to the crowded
centcrs which 1t naturally seeks. but
to those arid fields which it will fer
tilize and fructify. For this. accurate
first-hand knowledge, such as the com
mission win attempt to gather. is in
dispensable.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-04

Although Columbus never saw the
mainland of North America, he is to
be honored with monument in Wash
fngton. Congress has appropriated Q
hundred thousand dollars for the pur
pose. and the commission appointed
to spend the money met the other day
% select a site and design.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-04

The New York Herald reports that
there are $4,000 young widows in
that city. What can be the matteri
Are they unable to earn enough y
support husbands?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-24
BIRDS EGGS.

Two intinitesimal white eggs tax the
tiny nest of the lovely humminS bird.
The catbird in her scrapbaSket-like
nest lays four TO six blue green eggs.
-Four to six little white eggs are laid
in the domestic phoebe birds beautiful
and tisjshed nest
Blue white eggs of the bobOlink may
actually be stumbled over as one walks
along the high grass.
The mOcking bird, of romantic fame,
lays from four to six speckled green
eggs in her loosely done nest.
Two white eggs occupy the mourning
doves home. which stands for the poor
est sort of bird housekeeping.
One of the best architects in the
world is the oriole. Its graceful nest
contains four to six whitish eggs
marked with black and brown.
Olive gray eggs with brown spots
five of them occupy the blue jays
bulky nest in tree crotch high above
the grOund.-St. Louis Republic.