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The La Jara chronicle., 1907-08-02
Poultry Hints.

This is the time of the year that
you look over your flock and de-
eide which ones of your old stock
you are going to keep for next
years work. How much more in
telligently this could be done if
you could go to the house, pick up
record and find that this hen
laid two hundred eggs and that one
only eighty. Then, again, take the
book and notice the record of fer
tility' of the different hens the
past season. The two hundred
hen whose egg is infertile is a poor
one to keep; SO is the eighty egg
hen whose eggs were all fertile.
The only way to be sure of the
standing of your fowls is to use
the trap nest"
What do you think of the man
who leaves his binder in the field
just wheIe he got through with it?
Where are your brooder coops
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-08-02
Hydraulic Rams.

Frequent requests are received
at the Colorado Agricultural Col
lege for information regarding the
ways and means of supplying wa
ter for use throughout a dwelling
in those cases where there is no
public supply with which connec-
ton may be made.
In some cases, the water may be
piped directly to tank placed on
top of the house or on a tower
nearby. This, of course, presup-
poses that there is "A spring or
stream from which the water may
be taken at higher elevation than
that of the tank. If the source is
capable of furnishing IA constant
supply as large, or larger, than the
household demands, the tank may
be unnecessary. the pipe from the
supply being connected directly
with the house pipes.
There are many cases, however,
where the available supply is low
er than the point where it is need
ed. In these cases, some kind of
ii pump is necessary to raise the
water to the required height, and
for farm use. the pump should be
as simple, as Inexpensive and as
easy to maintain as possible. For
this use high mechanical efficiency
is not necessary.
The hydraulic ram, in many Ca
ses, will satisfactorily perform this
class of work. The conditions
necessary for the proper working
of the ram are, n stream running
from six to eight times as much
water as will be pumped, and the
possibility of getting at least foot
and "a half of fall in a short dis
tance. The ram consists of a
drive pipe, which should be at
least fifteen feet long and have "a
fall of at least foot and half.
The water enters the drive pipe
and flows out of a valve at the low
er end. When the velocity be-
comes high enough, this valve
closes automatically and the mo-
mentum of the water, which flow
is thus suddenly stopped, is great
enough to force small amount of
the water through smaller valve
near the end into the delivery
pipe leading to the house. AS
soon as the momentum is destroyed
the first valve opens and the water
flows through it again. This pro.
cess repeats itself indefinitely.
The area of the delivery pipe
should be from one fourth to one
third to that of the drive pipe. A
rough rule is, that about one-sev-
enth of the water flowing through
the drive pipe can be raised to
height of about five times the fall
in the drive pipe. A smaller
amount could be raised higher.
1t is possible, by properly selecting
the sizes of the pipes, with ten
feet of fall, to raise water to a
height of from one hundred to one
hundred and fifty feet. Since the
water is forced through the deliv-
cry pipe by series of pushes and
not by steady force, it will be
best to connect this pipe with a
storage tank which will act as
equalizer and maintain "A steady
pressure at all times throughout
the house.
The ram is inexpensive, requires
little attention and needs few re-
pairs. ROBERT w. GAY.
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-08-02

What beauty is more desirable
than an exquisite complexion and
elegant jewels. An opportunity
for every woman to obtain both
for IA limited time only.
The directions and recipe for OBJ
tanning faultless complexion is
the secret long guarded by tine
master minds of the ORIENTALS
and GREEKS.
This we obtained after years of
work and great expense 1t is the
method used by the fairest and
most beautiful women of Europe.
Hundreds of American women
who now use it have expressed
their delight and satisfaction.
This secret is easily understood
and simple to follow and will save
you the expense of creams, cosmet-
les, hleaches, and forever give you
a beautiful complexion and free
your skin from pimples, bad color
blackheads, etc. 1t alone is worth
to you many times the price we
ask you to send for the genuine
diamond ring Of latest design.
We sell you this ring as one
small profit above manufacturing
cost. The price is less than one
half what others charge, The rec
ipe is free with every ring.
1t is IA genuine rose cut diamond
ring of sparkling brilliancy abso-
lutely guaranteed, very dainty,
shaped like Belcher with Tiffany
setting of 12Kt. gold shell. At
your local jeweler it would cost
considerable more that $500.
We mail you this beautiful COM
plexion recipe free when your order
is received for ring and $500 in
money order, stamps or bills. Get
your order in before our supply is
exhausted.
This offer is made for limited
time only as means of advertis-
ing and introducing our goods.
Send to-day before this oppor-
tunity is forgotten.
T. C. MOSELEY,
81 East 23rd St, New York City
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-08-02

spring? If not, you should do so
at once.
Don't pen your flock up with
wire that they can fly over and
through and set the dog on them
because they do:
This is the busy time for the
poultryman. Their old-time enc
mics, lice and mites, are out in full
force now. If you have been get
ting ready to meet them, you are
all right. OF course they never
are away, but now. when we would
like to sit down and rest, they are
most troublesome. and we must be
up and doing to get any results.
Keep your roosts well saturated
with coal oil and veneitna red and
dust your birds individually with
IA good insect powder.
Are you Watching those young
chickens as closely as you should?
How many are there in that box
tonight? If they are crowded you
will have other stunted birds or
none at all. A great many people
take the chickens from the nest or
incubator and give them perfect
care until the hen leaves them or
they require no more heat from
the brooder lamp, and then they
seem to say: Il have given you
good start; shift for yourself from
now on This will not do. You
must keep working. Separate the
large bunch into smaller ones, and
these again if necessary. Don't
forget that lice bother young
chickens, too.
Are you selling your surplus
eggs for 15 or Is cents per dozen?
Any ordinary box and some dry,
finely powdered table salt will en-
able you to keep these eggs until
eggs are worth 30 cents per dozen
if packed small end down and the
box turned every four or five days.
Nov we don't mean for you to sell
these eggs for fresh ones, but ex-
perience has proven that they are
nearly Y as good as fresh ones. So if
you want to sell your fresh ones
for fancy prices and use the packed
ones, you can make IA neat little
profit. An egg packed six months
is hard to tell from fresh one if
packed as above.
AS you stop to look over your
results for this year and see that
you haven't done as well as you ex-
pected to, don't commence blaming
the breed you are keeping, unless
they are mongrels and then it is
almost safe to say won't have any
record. If results are not satisfac
tory, nine times out Of ten we are
to blame. OF course we can't reg
ulate the weather. but we can have
permanent places, well kept, that
will in great measure, do away
with losses from this source.
Some time ago we read an article
on the promiscuous use of coal oil
in the poultry yard, in which the
writer said it should never be used
internally or on the flesh of the
fowl, and especially it should not
be used about the face. We all /
know of the blistering properties
of kerosene and we believe that
most of us are past the days of
trying to use it as II cure all" 1t |
is very good and effective when
used in its right place, but very
bad when it gets beyond this
place.
A good remedy for worms in ]
chicks is to give each one IA piece
of bread upon which you have
dropped little turpentine.
Did you try to caponize any of
your cockrels this year? You
should if for no other reason than
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-08-02
A Few Points to Be Consi-
dered in Cooking and
Selecting Your Meats.

uSeu lOI HuIldu loOd. II pCiohSS
to the nitrogenous class of food
and may be divided into three
groups, i. e. meat proper, poultry
and game.
Meat is cooked to make it more
palatable, to make it look better,
and to kill the germs. 1t is made
chiefly of albuminoids, fats, miner
al matter and water The muscle,
or lean part of the meat, is COM
posed of small lunches of tiny hol-
low fibres, filed with bright, red
juice and held together by tiny
membrane called connective tissue.
Fresh meat should be bright red
] the flesh should be firm to the
touch and should have no un-
pleasant order. 1t should be ta-
ken out of the paper just as soon
as it comes from the market, as the
paper absorbs some of the juice
and it is apt to give the meat dis
agreeable taste. The meat should
be placed upon "A plate and kept on
the ice or in some cool place until
ready to be cooked.
Good beef should be of bright,
red color. The fat should be a
light straw color. In poor beef
the lean is coarse, open grained
and fiabby and often quite dark
while the fat is yellow.
Veal should be fine grained and
white with suggestion of pink
color. The fat should be firm and
white.
In mutton the lean should be
fine grained and a rich, red color,
and juicy. the fat firm and white.
In fresh pork the fat should be
firm, clear and white and the lean
pink. In salted meat the fat is
sometimes "A delicate pink. This
is an indication of sweet, healthy
pork but it is me re usual to find it
, without color.
OF all our foods there are none
which we find more poorly cooked
than our meats. Most of our cooks
would be very indignant if they
were told that they do not know
how to roast meat, yet there is not
one in ten who can cook a roast
properly. Scientifically, what we
call roasted meat, is not roasted
meat at all, but is baked meat.
Roasted meat is cooked before an
open fire. Baked meat, if proper
ly prepared, is very delicious and
isa very satisfactory substitute for
roasted meat.
DONT'S.
Meat which is to be cooked in
this way should not be placed in
pan of water and washed the
method pursued by most house
keepers) but instead, it should be
wiped thoroughly with clean,
damp cloth. The juices of meat
are readily dissolved in cold water.
Do not rub salt aud pepper into
the meat before placing it in the
oven, as directed in the majority
Dbf receipts, for this also extracts
the juice of the meat.
Do not place any water in the
baking pan-one having "A rack in
the placed in the oven for then
the meat will taste as if boiled.
METHOD TO FOLLOW.
After thoroughly wiping the
meat with a damp cloth, place it in
a baking pan-one having rack
in the bottom is the most desirable.
Scatter some trimmings of fat
from the roast in the bottom of the
baking pan and a few pieces on top
of the meat. Place in very hot
oven and let it remain there with
out opening the door, for at least
five minutes (longer if the oven
is not very hot.) You want to
seer over the outside of the meat
quickly SO that the juices of the
meat cannot escape. When this
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-08-02

The State Agricultural College
has become SO popular with the
practical farmers of Colorado
through the institute meetings
which have been held in every dis
trict in the state, that even the
Ute Indians and Mexicans in the
extreme southwestern counties
have extended invitations to the
professors to meet with them and
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-08-02

A Kansas editor mentioned that
he sometimes received letter
with w. in it after the paper
has contained a painstaking we'd
ding notice or an obituary. That's
nothing. The Chronicle sometimes
receives envelopes on such occas-
sions. They usually contain a
note saying: Enclosed find two
cents postage for which send us
four copies of the notice of our
daughters wedding. We are sor-
ry you made such a mistake as to
say the bride was dressed in pink
chiffon; it wasn't chiffon at all, it
was tulle.n
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-08-02

Take your cash to Wilson's and
get a good phonograph free.
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-08-02

discuss agricultural problems.
Prof. Cottrell has gone to Ignacia
to arrange for an institute meeting.
These Indians own and cultivate
their farms and raise live stock.
They have redeemed hundreds of
acres of sage brush land. This
pow-wow will be carried on in the
Ute language and the Indians will
be given advanced ideas.
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-08-02

A few doses of this remedy will in
variably cure an ordinary attack Of
diarrhoea.
1t can always be depended upon,
even in the more severe attacks Of
cramp collie and cholera morbus.
1t is equally successful for summer
diarrh9a and cholera infantum in
children, and is the means of saving
the lives of many children each year.
When reduced with water and
sweetened il is pleasant to take.
Every man Of a family should keep
this remedy in his home. Buy 1t now.
PRICE, csc. LARGE SIZE, SOC.
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-08-02

What beauty is more desirable
than an exquisite complexion and
elegant jewels. An opportunity
for every woman to obtain both
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-08-02
T. G. MOSELEY,

81 East 23rd St, New York City
Yukon Valley news., 1907-05-08
Local and General Notes

Sunrise this morning, 3 o'clock.
 Frank Stevens and James Lawrence are prospecting at ID Eureka.
 A barber has come up from Hot Springs to open a shop at Eureka.
 Deputy Marshal Drake, who returned from Fairbanks Sunday, reported a hard trip.
 James Drummond, chef well known in this district, is establishing restau- rant at Eureka.
 M. R. Downing came in yesterday, after having rested up across the divide before completing the hard mush from Fairbanks.
 The \. C. Co.'S store building has just received thorough spring renova- tion, followed by coat of new paint with John Neussbaum at the brush.
 The Miners Store has erected fence front and rear enclosing the vacant lots on either side of its building. The side lots will be planted and the appearance of the premises greatly enhanced there by.
 Sid Williams has just finished wash ing up the little dump at 40 Minook creek. The dirt was merely the result of work commenced in order to satisfy the demand for representation work, and the best of it was washed up as it was taken out; vet the remainder gave an average of nearly 10 cents a pan, and MT. Williams says the ground has en- hanced wonderfully in his estimation with the excellent showing made.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-05-08

numerous authorities and decisions bear ing out the defendant contention, Judge Gunnison said: Not only does such interpretation of section 257 appear to be the correct one from the authorities, but the dictates of common sense and public policy as well approve it. For surely congress could not have intended that person might borrow money, readily agreeing, nay even, without so- licitation offering, to pay therefor usuri- ous interest," then, having paid usu,ious interest equal to half or even the whole loan obtained, refuse further payment of any character and bring suit for this penalty, recovering twice the amount so paid. By enforcing against the lender judgment so obtained, the borrower might profit by an amount equal to the original loan. Truly, if such were the construction placed upon this section, it's possibilities for gain would surpass any of the so-called get-rich-quick con cerns which have so long preyed upon the public"
Yukon Valley news., 1907-05-08
Teller on Guggenheim.

Bent with age, yet vigorous as the oak, ex-Senator Teller early in April made a speech in which he wept, says press report, and so sincere were the words he spoke that the entire audience was in tears before he concluded his remarks.
 ''I have spent the greater portion of my life in this commonwealth of the west" he declared. 'I have seen great men fall and great men spring from ob- scurity into prominence, but it was on their stInd as men that they fell or rosa. Now Colo rado stands disgraced. She has sent to the senate of the United States a man who purchased his seat. She is known to have among her legis- lltors men who sold themselves for office, for prestige. No crime that the scoundrel can commit in the dark is to be compared to this wholesale offer to the almighty dollar. Colorado will stand for years before the people of the Union as having men who traduced their fel- low citizens by putting Guggenheim in power: an indication that they sold themselves like cattle"
 People checrcd and cried in turn as the aged man poured forth his bitter dcnunciation of the manner in which Senator Gugg,nhcim gained his seat. IL Is speech that will go down in the history oi Colorado. Men fairly worked them-elyes into frenzy to grasp the haud of Mr. Teller as he stepped from the stand. Tine specch was @ big seusa. ton iu Denver.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-05-08
THE PROBLEM
 OF FIRE INSURANCE

Circular letters have recently been received by Rampant business men from agencies in cities of the United States soliciting orders for fire insurance. So far as we are aware no company has compiled with the law authorizing it to do busineSs-to sue and be sued and to assume a legal status in the territory; therefore such policies as are taken out are subject only to the laws of the states under which the companies are oper- ating. Under these conditions there seems to have been much trouble in ad- justing losses sustained bv Alaskan policy holders, it being costly opera tion to go to New York, for instance, and institute and prosecute suit for re- covery.
 No way suggests itself for getting around the difficulty; but business men had better bear their own risks than be burdened by insurance which does not insure.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-05-08
C. |. HAWKES.
 CONE INSANE

Deputy Marshal Drake received tele- grams from Hot Springs Monday saying that c. l.. Hawkes. has become insane and should be restrained.
 Hawkes. has lived on the Tanana at the mouth of Baker creek for the past four years. He has had the reputation of being more or less eccentric.
 The deputy marshal will go over in couple of days and bring the afflicted man to Rampant for examination before Commissioner Ballou.
 Just now the condition of the trail is such that it is almost impossible to make the trip. Improvement is expected to be rapid, however, and the trip will soon be undertaken.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-05-08
KROEHLE ACTED
 FOR HIMSELF ALONE

Men now in Rampant who talked with Otto Kroehle in Fairbanks say the latter was emphatic in the statement that he acted for himself alone when he secured the option on the Skookum property in this district
 Mir. Kroehlc said ii MT Manley or any one else wanted to make any prop ositions he was ready to hear them; but he evidently intended Co convey the im- prcssion that he felt amply able to take care of the deal without any particular persons assistance.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-05-08

 OF USURY LAW
Principal and Legal Interest Must Be Paid Before Collections
 Become USuriOuS.

Section 257, chapter ?, of the Alaska Civil Code provides that eff usurous interest -. shall hereafter be re- ceived or collected, the person or per sons paying the same or their legal rep resentatives may, by action brought in any court of competent jurisdiction, within two years after such payment, recover from the person, firm or corpora tion receiving the same double the amount of the interest so collected" In section 255 it is laid down that the rate of interest in the District of Ala ka shall be per cent. per annum and no more, on all moneys after the same be- come due. But it is also laid down that by express agreement between the par ties the rate of interest may be 12 per cent per annum and no more. Conse- quently interest at a greater rate than 12 per cent per annum is usurious and its collection or receipt prohibited under the penalty provided for in section 257.
 In an action before the district court at Fairbanks recently Julia Werner and w. G. Mogeau sought to recover from Anna C LorentZen under section 257 above named. In brief, the plaintiffs alleged that they had made promis so- " note for $2,50O, with interest after maturity at the rate of 36 per cent. Ter annum that the sum of $525 had been paid in seven equal monthly install ments on years interest at the rate of 36 per cent. as stated; wherefore judgment was prayed in the sum of $l ,050, which is twice the amount of the interest so paid.
 Defendant entered demurrer on the ground that the complaint had failed to of action, and urged that since plaintiffs had failed to set up payment or tender of the principal sum and interest, it must be presumed that there had been no such payment or tender, and that until payment in excess of the principal sum with legal interest has been made there can be no usury, and that while there remains unpaid any balance upon either principal or legal interest the doctrine of locus penitentiae may be in voked so that any or all payments may he appropriated to the principal sum and legal interest, thereby purging the transaction of usury.
 The demurrer was sustained. Citing
Yukon Valley news., 1907-05-08
Perhaps the Doctor Got It Himself.

The non-aPpcaraucc oi an advertise meut by pr. A. E. Hopkins, oi south Bend, Ind. who has been iuquiring through Alaska papers ipr an oppof,u- uity to inve-t si0.woo, indicates that a ripe hueklebcsry has bccn gathered by somebody
Yukon Valley news., 1907-05-08

Johnny, ti,t Your Oun, an air that took thc country by storm a number of years ago, sevms ta ie -till remembered in Kentucky.
The Democratic advocate., 1907-08-23

the narrow shelf and looked after the bateau,
mercifully empty of its human freight,
dashing on down the rush of waters; then
we heard the voices of the men as they
came running down toward the place where
we were and we gave them joyful hail.
Soon three of the men were standing above
our heads, telling us that the other two
of their party had gone ashore to their
sledges for line to draw us up from the
ledge. Within five minutes these two
returned, and we were quickly hoisted up,
one after the other, to the surface of the
jam. By this time Burton was sheeted
in icy armor, and was so numb he could
barely stand, and to save him from freezing
we had to hurry him to the river bank and
build a roaring fire.
''Our friends in need proved to be
miners from the Birch river district, travel
ing to Dawson, and curiosity as to the re-
markable formation of the jam had drawn
them out to the edge of the canon in time
to give SO opportune warning to u.s. Now
that the bateau was lost, we were forced
to turn back to Dawson with the miners.
But before starting we gratifed desire
to view the whole of the terrible death
trap from which we had escaped by so
narrow a margin, and we followed the
canon down until it terminated in the great
ice pack that blocked the whole width of
the river for three quarters of mile.
"And there at the canon end we saw
the mad current swirling down, in whirl-
pool sixty feet in diameter, into the whole
it had torn under the jam.
"Great cakes of ice ran into this vortex
with the speed of a railway train, up-end-
ed, and instantly dived beneath the pack.
Below they came out all ground to mush
Even the water, when it appeared after its
plunge, was nothing but gush of foam
1t was easy to see just what would have
happened to us four if the spruce log had
not been found protruding from the wall
of the canon"
The Democratic advocate., 1907-08-23
Possible Explanation.

Said He-A scientist afirms that a
woman's voice ascends to more than twice
the height attained by mans.
Said She-That probably accounts for
it.
Said He Accounts for what
Said She-The fact that most men let
their wives do all the praying for the
family.
The Democratic advocate., 1907-08-23

IF you need lumber or building material of
l. any kind-Warfeld, at Sykesville, will
save you money.