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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-01-10
Receivers Notice

Rocky Ford. Colo. Jan. 6, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that have this
Gay been appointed Receiver Of The State
Bank of Rocky Ford. Rocky Ford, Colo
rado. and that have qualified and enter
ed upon my duties and hereby notify all
persons. firms or corporations indebted to
said bank to call at the banking rooms
and settle same with me.
6. NJ. HALL, RECEIVER
State Bank OF Rocky Ford.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-01-10
Desert Land, Final Proof-Notice for
Publication.
OF The INTERIOR
UNITED STATES LsSD OFFICE

DEPARTMENT OF The INTERIOR
UNITED STATES LAND OrFIcE
Pueblo. Colo. Dec. .. 1907.
Notice Is hereby given that Schuyler o,
Swink. of Rocky Ford. Colo. has tled notice
OF intention to make proof on his desert-land
claim No So. for the 81 SEA: sec. -. TIA s
and Lots 1. 2 and 3 81 SEi,. SEA, Nwk. sec
J. 7. q ;. Il. IS W.. before U. :. Land Ofice at
Pueblo. Colo. on Thursday. the 18th day of
February. 1qs.
He names the following witnesses to prove
the complete Irrigation and reclamation of
said land: Lewis Swink. lorenzo C. Swink
Charles ~. DARING and John Bum. all of
Rocky Ford. colorado.
5. A. ABBEY. Register.
3l-S5
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-01-10
Town Lots For Sale.

We have the exclusive sale Of a num-
Der very desirable. east front lots, within
four blocks Of business part Of town
Shade trees in front and cement side
walk. Reasonable in price. and on easy
terms. II you want choice call soon
22a Steele & lngraham.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-01-10
hay For Sale.

In stack. first and second cutting. Ap-
ply to W. C. Worthington, near Dump
No. 2. S miles south Rocky Ford. 52-55
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-16
WIGS and Trousers.

The wig went out and gave place to
the natural hair, powered and pig
tailed, as a result of the movement
back to nature which accompanied and
preceded the French revolution. But
why did the wig come in? Some say
that Louis XIII. started the fashion
when he began to grow bald, the court
initiating him out of a desire to please
the monarch. Be that as 1t may, the
wig caught on" as few articles of
costume have ever done, and those who
have begun to despair of the mascu-
line leg ever being emancipated from
the trouser may find comfort in the
fact that wigs prevailed for consid-
erably more than century in Eng
land, whereas trousers scarcely existed
hundred years ago, to say nothing of
being the universal wear. - London
News
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-16
In ,inaxneotad Check.


A man who won a reputation for cool
daring and almost eccentric fearless
ness along a thousand miles Of the
southwestern border was A. t. Par
rott, at one time sergeant in Nc
NelIy's company Of Texan rangers.
One night in 1876, about six months
after PARROT left the state service, he
was sitting in a house in a little town
in southwest Texas playing chess with
q friend 1t was warm night, and
the cheSsbOard was on table close to
an open window PARROT had the white
men. His queen was in a direct line
with the black king, but a black knight
was between the two pieces. 1t was
PARROTS move. Suddenly there was a
sharp report outside, and bullet Whis-
tied in through the window, hit the
black knight and buried itself in the
wall PARROT had been bending over
the board, and the bullet was evidently
intended for his head. But for few
seconds he did not stir He saw the
Sblack knight suddenly vanish. Then in
his peculiar drawing. hesitating way
he said. "Checkn
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-16
Public Penance.

In former times persons guilty OF
grievous and notorious offenses were
required to make open confession and,
further, to make satisfaction for the
scandal given by their bad example by
doing penance publicly in white sheet
in their parish church. The sheet was
used to show clearly to every one
which was the offender. The last time
that public penance was done IL an
English church was on Sunday even
ing, July 80. 1882, when man named
Hartree, in the church of All Saints.
East Clevedon, made an open confes-
sion Of immortality and promised to
perform the penance thus imposed on
him by the vicar. No white sheet was
used on this occasion. The last case in
which one was used appears to have
been one in st. Bridget's church, Ches-
ter, III 1851, but on that occasion the
penance was not public, the church
door being locked. In the previous
year, however, public penance in a
white sheet was done in country
church in Essex, and similar thing
occurred in Ditton church, near Cam
bridge, in 1Sl9.-Stray Stories.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-16

THE postoffice department was estab-
lished for the purpose OF safe and speedy
transmission of communications between
the people. To make the postal service
a freight carrying proposition is to de-
part from the spirit and purpose of this
branch of government. The demands
for extension of the parcels post comes
from special interests and not from the
people. The demand comes from the
mail order houses of the large cities and
first found voice through John Wanna
maker, himself the head of gigantic mail
order propositions in two cities. 1t is
now and always has been selfish de-
mand on the part of selfish interests for
special legislation. 1t spells injury to the
local merchant.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-16

companying or following cuts are photo
graphs of the box made for the use OF
packing leaf tobacco. The only differ
sence between this and an ordinary box
is the ventilator, which is quite neces-
sary in sweating the tobacco.
The corners are held firmly together
by sheet steel straps forming a right an
gle, and shaped in such a manner so as
to interlock, making strong and dura-
BILE box. These straps are fastened to
the boards with clout nail, clinching
on the outside, doing away with nail
heads sticking out. a nuisance In piling.
To remove cover, a key is inserted In
the lock, turned one. quarter way around,
which releases Tugs. Cover is then raised
and pulled forward. This operation does
not require over ten seconds of time and
you are not bothered with split end
boards or slivered covers. When case is
closed or knocked down it stands seven
inches high from the floor. Four of
these boxes collapsed can be placed in
the space taken up by one of the old
style cases and still have room to spare
If a board should get broken in handl-
ing, the part or wall having the break
can be easily detached and repaired AS
to durability, there is absolutely no rea-
son why this case should not last for
years. The steel is heavy enough to
stand any amount of reasonable handl
ing, and the construction throughout is
very simple. The weight of the box, for
packing tobacco, will run II pounds
heavier than the box now in use.
A freight car, inside dimensions 36 feet
long, feet high and feet inches wide,
will hold $50 cases. mixed sizes, knocked
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-16
The Stone of Infamy.

In many italian cities there formerly
existed what was called 'pietra dim
famie,' or a stone of infamy for the
punishment of bankrupts. In Venice
one stands near the Church of st.
Mark, and in Verona and Florence
they are near the old markets. On a
day in carnival week the old time GUS
tom was to have all traders who had
become bankrupt in the preceding
twelve months led to the stone, and
one by one each stood on its center to
hear the reading of q report of his bust
ness failure and to endure the re-
proaches heaped on him by his credi-
tors. At the end of a certain time each
bankrupt was partly undressed, and
three officers took hold Of his shoulders
and three others of his knees and,
raising him as high as they could,
bumped him on the stone deliberately
twelve times, '.in honor of the twelve
apostles" the creditors growing like
cocks while the humping proceeded.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-16
Canadian Tobacco Growing.

\ Mr. Ben Meyer, a New York leaf mer
chant, has recently returned from trip
to Canada to investigate the tobacco
growing proposition in the Dominion.
As the future of Canadian leaf tobacco
is subject of keen interest to the Amer
ican industry, his views are important.
The new Canadian tariff was designed
especially to encourage the use of the
Canadian tobacco in place of the Ameri
can leaf, immense quantities of which
are now used in the manufacture of
Canadian cigars; and if the Dominion
tobacco can be made to fill the bill, a big
outlet for the American tobacco will be
cut off. The results of his observations
are, in a nutshell, just this: There is no
chance for packer in Canada until the
farmer learns more about raising and
handling his crop. There are only two
locations in which tobacco can be raised
in Canada. He went over the ground
very thoroughly. The soil is all right.
1t is a good, loamy soil, very much like
that in the tobacco sections of Connec-
ticut. The climate, too, is suitable
enough. The great obstacle is the utter
lack of intelligent method on the part of
the farmers These are almost entirely
French Canadians who have no concep-
ton of the proper handling of tobacco
They are raising three strains of leaf,
namely, Connecticut Havana Seed Wis
consin and Burley. They make no effort
to separate Or grade the different kinds
of leaf or improve its character. They
do some fertilizing, but not much and
not intelligently. 1t is not at all un-
common for a farmer to have three diff
ferent kinds of leaf growing on one
piece of land. He cuts it and puts it all
in the same barn, and when the packing
is up it is medley of wrappers. binders
and chewing tobacco, all mixed togeth-
er. When he offers this sort of pack
ing to the mar ufacturer it is no wonder
that the latter turns it down. The
Canadian manufactures is really eager
to use home grown tobacco. Now that
the duty on American leaf has been in
creased from ten cents pound to
twenty eight cents, the manufacturers
are furnished with strong incentive to
turn to the native leaf
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-16
THE only paople to bolt the primary

The only people to bolt the primary
election law so far are those who were
hottest in it's support. Two years ago
when McGovern was fairly beaten at the
primary election for nomination as dis
trict attorney he came out as indepen-
dent and by the help of the tag ends OF
all the parties won out. At the present
time Herman Ekern, who lost fairly in
the primary for the assembly nomina-
ton in Trempeleau county, is showing
his disregard for the law he very noisily
supported in the legislature by announc-
ing that he may disregard the verdict OF
the voters and run independent. Heads
/ win, tails you lose" is the only kind of
a rule to which you can hold such fell
lows.-Whitewate Register.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-16
Mother Earth.

When Junius Brutus and the sons of
Tarquin asked the famous Delphic Or
acle who was to succeed Superbus on
the throne of Rome they received for
an answer, HE who shall first kiss his
mother" As the two princes were has,
tening home. to fulfill what they
thought was meant Brutus fell to the
earth and cried out, '"Thus do / kiss
thee, o Earth, the mother of us allv'
This is perhaps the earliest recorded
instance of the use of the term ''Moth-
er Earth."-Exchange.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-16

For the first time in American histor,
the presidential candidates of tho prln
cipal parties have met at dinner, shook
hands and INDUCED in friendly greet
ings. This new precedent was set nv
Candidates Bryan and Taft at the ban.
quet of the Chicago Association of Com.
merce Wednesday night, their meeting
having been prearraneed by mutual con
sent, with the understanding that it was
to be a strictly nonpartlsan affair, and
that members of all parties would be in
yited to attend. About 1000 men were
present.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-16

GMBRAITH BROTHERS, who conducted
the largest sales stables in the city OF
GAINESVILLE, have moved TO De Kalb, Ill.
The reason is that one of the fool laws
of the last Legislature makes it impossi-
BILE for them to do business 10 Wiscon-
sin. If a note is taken for any part of
the selling price of stallion it is de
clared by the law to be non negotiable,
and so ar immense capital would be re-
quired to carry on business of the mag
nitude of the Gilbraiths' as they could
get none of their paper taken in trade
cashed at the banks.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-16

down. Figure this at the rate of Sc cents
per 100 pounds return freight rate from
New York City to Madison, Wis., and
what your cases cost you now and see
what the difference will be. BY tightly
wrapping heavy burlap around bulk of
tobacco, instead OF shipping same in
cases, a saving of Is to 80 pounds per
case in freight would result. By using
this method in shipping, packers will
always have Ia storage their full num-
Der of cases, consequently they will be
in good, dry condition and can be re-
paired, if necessary, for future use.
For further Information, write to
j. MEL JOHNSON,
Edgerton, Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-16

October 9th Mel johnson was granted
a patent on his folding packing case on
which he has been working for the past
year. His box is designed for the use of
packing tobacco or any other article
when it is desired to preserve the case
for use again. It is SO made that it folds
in small compass for shipment and for
certain uses ought to find ready sale.
The great waste of lumber late years
has been in packing boxes and there is
pressing necessity for inventions that
will stop the leak.
On account of the continued advance
in the price of lumber used for boxes in
handling and shipping merchandise, the
inventor has devised means by which
time and lumber can be saved The &C
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-16
Auction.

Bills have been issued by O. nj. Nell
son announcing sale on his premises,
215 miles northeast of Edgerton, on
Monday, October Goth, at 10 o'clock a.
m. There are 16 cattle, horses, hogs,
chickens, bees and lot of farm machin-
cry, hay, straw, fence posts and house
hold goods to be sold. Free lunch at
noon; usual terms. w. T. Dooley will
cry the sale.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-16
Cheap.

Pat-This is a great country, Mary
Ann. Mary Ann-And how's that? Pat
-Shure, and the paper says yez can
buy a five dollar money ordher at the
postoffice for only cints. Dim off
afther one now, wild the 8 cints yez
give me for the soap-Pathfnder.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-16
Diplomacy.

"I'm surprised at you"
whats the matter nowY
"Why, your wife tells me you've in
vited the grocer and butcher to your
party tonightv'
s'Well, what of il?
"Think Of what you owe society"
"Yes, but think what | owe my gro
Ger and butcherr'--Judge.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-16
More Than One.

81 remember your wife as such a
dainty and pretty thing, Humly, and
yet they tell me she has turned out a
fine cook"
Turned out fine cook? She has
turned out half dozen of them within
the last three months"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-16

COL COCKTAILS states that the Pan
ANA canal will be open to business about
the BEGINNING of 1915. This assurance
from the official engineering department
is gratifying news for the country s
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-16

In MAILING a package to domestic
postoffice it takes third more cash to
pay postage than if the package is mail
ed to England or Ecuador. This is one
of the matters in which congress is
asleep and snoring.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-16

THERE are thousands of business or.
ders marked: stop is Bryan is elected. I"
If wage learners doubt this statement let
them investigate the matter For them
selves in the nearest industrial circles.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-16

Let us be OF good cheer, remember
ing that the misfortunes hardest to
bear are those that never come.-Low
ell
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-10-16
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 16, 1908

WISCONSIN for Taft by at least l0OOCC
is the claim sent out from the state re-
publican headquarters.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-22
SPEND TIME ON THE coIFFuRE.
slmpis Effects Require Patience and
Artistic Taste.

Present coiffures reveal infinite pa
tience and infinite time in the doing,
and the effect Is simple and artless In
the extreme. No more of your round
bullet heads. encircled with regular
and almost metallic waves achieved by
the systematic passage of a hot iron
mathematically balanced, and sur
mounted by a geometrical coil Of pre-
cise proportions and definite outline
all this Is now thought provincial.
prim, graceless, not to say demode.
Instead, the hair IL bundled, rolled,
twisted and looped with the appear
ance Of carelessness and indefinite in
tsntion, high drawn here, dropping
there, now sweeping in . smooth, long
nat stretch of shining lock, then break
ing into a witching tendril or fascinat-
ing curl. The iron crumples up this
little spot, or bit Of brilliantine
smoothes out that. after the couture
IL almost completed, a. the exigencies
Of the hair ornament or hat suggest.
No two women wear their hair alike,
save that 1t II done over, invariably,
for the evening in . more elaborate
fashion than for the morning.-Vogue.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-22
BOY PRESERVED HIS GOODNESS
And So Did What He Could to Add to
Drivers Evaporation.

The pedestrian and the driver have
ever been at odds, Each thinks tho
other Is encroaching on his rights. a.
doubtless they ever will think. and 80
there Is no love lost between them.
Here was a light delivery wagon
with a young man driver coming
around a corner. while crossing tho
street into which the wagon was turn
ing was boy And the boy was not
looking out and he would have walked
right into the horses head II the driver
hadn't savagely hollered to him
Hey" and held his horse up short
Held up 30 the horse sagged back
In the harness and that threw the
front ends OF the shafts up. and then
the boy. who had never looked up nor
swerved In his course In the slightest
degree, walked calmly ahead on under
the ends of the uptilted shafts and
under the horses neck, while tho
driver glared at him and followed with
words In concentrated form intended
to show his deepest and bitterest con-
tempt.
And the boy? He never looked back
nor turned around. but just kept his
way coolly on, ignoring the driver ms
completely as II he had never been
born; and 1t is scarcely any wonder
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-22
sDo,Nos Foa PILLOW CASES.
Crochet Work the Best for Use In the
Hot Wsathsr.

Crocheted edgings make a pretty
and useful finish for pillow cases used
during tho summer, when simple bed
furnishings are preferred to the more
ornate. Many women keep q bit Of
this crochet work at hand to do when
enjoying the cool breexes Of the YER
anda or Willing away . few minutes
In their rooms. 1t makes excellent
pickup work.
The favorite crochet pattern for this
use IL the Greek key. which 10 made
with the corner worked in the lace.
For shams the corner is necessary,
but for the pillow cases straight GRO
chet IL all that is required. The
Greek key pattern Ii about two inches
In width. with q battlemented edge.
The key design runs through the upper
side Of the lace.
A wheel pattern looks well when
used this way and is simpler to make
ON account Of being narrower. The ia
vorite one has a row Of wheels through
the center and a fan-shaped edge.
The Worcester cross border II an
other effective pattern II one likes a
wider lace. When made 1t is at least
three inches In width.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-22
oAPEs.


This 10 probably one Of the most &C.
rious causes of loss among chicks. It
il caused by . small worm that &C
cumulates In the windpipe until the
chicks suffocate. The affected chicks
constantly try to dislodge the worms
by gaping and shaking the head. II
the chick is quite large 1t can usually
manage to throw of the disease. II,
however, the disease attacks small
chicks, they usually succumb to it, or
become stunted.
There are several ways of treating
gapes. but in all cases the first thing
to do is to separate the unaffected
ones from the rest and move them to-
fresh ground. as the disease frequent
ly spreads rapidly II this precaution
is not taken. The common earth worm
is said to be a means OF spreading
the disease, as 1t ia very frequently
found to be host for cape worms II
there is danger Of gapes, use solid
floors In all the coops and keep the
chicks confined when there are any
earth worms on the surface.
Several patent devices for the treat
ment Of gapes are on the market;
some Of them are very good for the
purpose. while others are of doubtful
! value. II the chicks are considered
worth the trouble. the quill and tur-
pentine treatment Is probably about
the best. and Is used as follows: Dip
quill In turpentine and then insert
1t gently into the windpipe. The quill
must Of course enter the windpipe In
order to effect any cure. The opera
tor will see the opening of the wind
pipe at the base Of the throat. Nu-
merous complaints are made that the
treatment does no good because peo-
pie frequently insert the quill into the
gullet instead of the windpipe.
A Topped horsehair may also be
used for dislodging the cape worm.
Insert 1t into the windpipe; give It
three or four turns and then remove.
after which the chick will cough up
any worms that have been dislodged.
Cape worms may be killed by plas-
ing the chicks in closed barrel or
some other convenient receptacle and
forced to inhale strong tobacco fumes
or those of a similar nature. This
method is not recommended very
highly. as 1t is extremely dangerous.
The treatment will of course kill the
chicks II continued too long and thus
an inexperienced operator nnds 1t DIFF
fcult to use.
In combating this disease. as well
a. all others. healthy, growing chicks
are much more likely to overcome the
trouble than weak, neglected ones
Michigan Station.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-22
REAL sEaaARs ON HORSEBACK
Are by No Means Uncommon In Some
Parts Of the World.

whoa, thar he says, pullin' up his
boss, and then he witness:
For the love O. charity, kind gent.
would we be so good as to gimme q
crust O bread for meself and hand
full O. oats for the old mare?"
The sailor smiled thoughtfully and
stirred his icecream soda with long
spoon.
Yes, Hail." he resumed. there's &C.
tual beggars on horseback In Roosia.
They travels from town to town In
caravans. They beg grub for them
selves and fodder for their nags. Just
as l been tellin' ye.
90 course. in the Argentine, where
q boss don't cost a song, it's only ma
tural ye should see beggars on horse
back. an amt sayin' nothin' about
that. But in China they ride. too.
while there's a Maltese beggar down
Malta way what even drives spring
wagon an takes his gal along. Inter
rupts his canoodlin' to ask you for a
copper to stave of starvation. then
starts right In again where he left
off,"
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-22
POULTRY POINTS.

Male should be selected with special
reference to the shortcomings of the
female.
One writer thinks that sumptuous
feeding will produce more females.
and spare feeding more males.
II male and females both have mar
row combs they may produce chicks
with single combs.
Work birds up to standard all
around, instead of one point at . time.
Keep all the points In view.
Milk is one of the best feeds for
laying hens. 1t pays to divide 1t be-
tween the pigs and the hens.
lost most Of my early matches last
year with gapes and tried many rem
edies without avail. When the later
chicks came OF I took them to q
woodlot some little distance from the
usual haunts of the fowls and raised
all but two, which the hawks caught.