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The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-16
Feeding Hens in Colorado.

In Investigations made by the Farm
ers Institute force of the Colorado Ag-
ricultural College it was found that
while the Colorado poultrymen who
were making money from egg produc-
ton fed various combinations of
grains, all had similar methods. in sew
eral. particulars
All the successful poultrymen con-
suited gave all feed dry. Not one was
found who is feeding a wet mash at
any time during the year. Grains,
vegetables, alfalfa and meat are at
all times fed dry.
All the successful poultrymen feed
alfalfa; many of them every day in
the year. Some feed alfalfa meal;
some alfalfa leaves, and others al
1alfa hay. allowing the hens to pick
Off the leaves and reject the stems.
While alfalfa is growing, the green
plant is preferred for feed.
Alfalfa colors the yolk the dark O.
ange that the high priced market de-
mands; 1t furnishes an appetizing
healthful 'roughage, supplies material
.AS~aSo ~ tiiC III LldllUu VI lI1e eSS,
is mild laxative. and is good aid in
keeping the hen in active, working
condition
All our successful poultrymen feed
meat meal. Many OF them keep it in
seif-feeding hoppers, always before
the hens, where they can eat it at will.
Meat meal seems to be essential to
profitable egg production in Colorado
A few use green bone instead. An
ample supply of ar. nal materials in
some form Is necessary. Some of our
poultrymen may feet limited quanti-.
ty OF meat meal ana liberal supply of
skim milk or curd.S
A variety of grain Is fed. Wheat
forms from one-third to one,half the
grain feed by most of our poultrymen.
Many feed Kaffir corn. Bald barley
is used considerably, and field peas
improve the flavor and quality of
both eggs and meat
Dr. J. W. Downey states, that nine
,enths OF the total grain feed given his
mems during the year is oats. Profes-
sor Chambers feeds wheat, corn, bran,
ailai1a' shorts, linseed NEAL, and. meat
meal. Most poultrymeM find that the
largest egg yield and the most money
are secured when variety of grains
is fed. ~.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-16
New Liberty Party Organized.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-In convention
of its organizers here Thursday, the
birth of the new Liberal party was for
mally proclaimed and its platform of
principles announced.
The convention was called to order
by Sidney c. Tapp Of Atlanta, leader
In the movement. Mr.. Tapp urged that
women be permitted to vote Charles
]. Moore of Atlanta was made perma-
nent chairman. The committee on res
olutions made It's report with but little
delay. The platform in part follows:
Eve demand such amendments to
constitutions of the various states Of
the union and to the constitution of
the United States as will permit wom-
en- to vote on equal basis, terms and
conditions with men, and grant unto
women all legal rights and privileges
which are granted unto men under the
law.
I'VE demand that the initiative and
referendum be adopted.
1--WE demand such legislation as will
provide that when a citizen has accum-
ulated millions of dollars ysvirtue Of
increase of population, or other causes
produced by the people, and his mil
lions make him a menace to society,
that portion OF his property and in
come thereby revert to the government
to be used for the support of the gov
ernment and be distributed to the pub
lie for humanitarian purposes.
1--WE demand absolute separation Of
church and state and restoration of the
church to purely spiritual institu-
tion"
The platform then goes into denun-
citation Of Bryan, Taft. President
Roosevelt and William R Hearst and
closes by urging all woman suffragists
throughout the country to organize.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-16

Sidney Whitman, Bismarck's old
friend and biographer. has established
friendly relations with the present
chancellor, Prince Won Buelow. who
has Just made him the mouthpiece for
an interview calculated to mollify
England and lessen the tension arising
from the Moroccan situation. For the
chauvinists in either country, who are
perpetually tanning the flames OF
hatred, the chancellor has nothing but
contempt. He intimates that Germany
will soon show in some unmistakable
way her determination to be factor
for peace, and her friendliness for
Great Britain. Especially significant
is his declaration that 1.-The dominant
influence In the world is neither Eng.
land nor Germany, much less any
single individual In either country"
but rather "the worlds conscience"
often called public opinion. This is a
striking tribute to the effect which
scrutiny of national policies by an
audience, International and inter-
racial in makeup, is having on the ma
tions and their controlling onicials.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-16
COST OF GRADING IS HEAVY ON
TWENTY-FIVE MILES WEST
OF YARMoNY.
AN EXPENSIVE 6 MILES
GRADE AT PRESENT RATE OF
PROGRESS WILL SOON REACH
ea STEAMBOAT SPRINGS.

Denver-The construction of the
extension of the Moffat- road to Steam
boat, Springs, in Rout. county. by the
Denver-Steamboat Construction Com
pany, of which Col. ID. C. Dodge is
president, and who is personally dl-
recting the, work, is progressing much
faster than was contemplated in the
plans of the, construction company un-
der the basis of its organization by
the few representative wealthy men
of Denver, who are advancing the
necessary money
For the first. twenty-five miles west
of Yarmony, largely through stipend
GUS canons, the grading alone cost an
average of $4,000 per mile, and six
of these miles cost more than 100000
each, while, the banner mile in Egeria
canon cost upwards of $4,000, fig
ure never before reached in the his
tory of railway construction in the
Rocky mountain region. To these
enormous figures must be added the
cost of bridging and track construc-
ton. d. H. Moffat is unlocking the
gateway to the empire of Routt county
and the West to railway communica-
tion.
The construction company in its
contract with Mr., Moffat,. undertook
to complete the line from harmony to
Steamboat Springs within a period of
fifteen months from January 10th last,
which would require the work being
finished not later than April 10th of
next year, and the cash subscriptions
of the members of the syndicate were
accordingly arranged to be made pay
able in monthly installments over
that period of time; but, as stated, the
work has been pushed forward more
rapidly than was originally intended
and the completed line up to Yampa
was turned over to the operating com
pany September 18th and regular
trains have been running to that point
since that date.
With favorable weather conditions
the grading of the remainder of the
contracted line up to Steamboat
Springs, distance of but eighteen
miles, will be entirely completed by
the end of this month, as will also
the bridge building, when the work of
track laying will be resumed and like.
wish completed; the final installment
of rails having already gone forward
to the front.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-16

It is natural to overestimate the
wealth Of millionaires. Probate courts
and executors are constantly proving
how exaggerated many of the esti-
mates are. Legrand Powers of the
United States census bureau, in the
current American Journal Of sociol-
ogy. deals statistically and logically
with claims that are made against
millionaires as a class, and shows
that either the census estimates of
the wealth of the entire population
are ridiculously small or the popular
estimates of the relatively few mil
l!onaire fortunes are exaggerated. He
stands by the census estimates, in the
main, and denies that there is any
such concentration of wealth as has
been assumed by some economists, as
well as by popular demagogues.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-16
THEY CAN be FOUGHT IN FALL
AND WINTER so AS TO RE-
pucE THEIR RAvAGEs.
HARB0RED BY RUBBISH
FALL AND WINTER CULTIVATION,
DESTROYS GRAssHoPPER
EGGS AND cUTWoRMs.
BY S Arthur johnson, Colorado Agrit

BY S Arthur Johnson, Colorado Agrit 4
cultural College, Fort Collins.
Insects live over in almost all stages
and the fall and winter furnish a
good season for reducing their raw
ages the following year. 1t will be
well to bear the following points in
mind to aid in this work:
Dispose of all rubbish. Many In
sects which hibernate in the adult
stage seek rubbish of all kinds. Here
they are protected from the severe
change in the weather which is so
detrimental to their constitution and
escape the prying eyes of their bird
enemies. All rubbish should be con-
signed to the compost heap or plowed
under to furnish humus for the soil.
Stuff that cannot be used in this way
should be burned.
Clean out the ditch banks and fence
corners. Cut close and rake up all
these places.
Fall and winter cultivation of the
ground will help to dispose of grass
hopper eggs and cutworms. II the
ground is kept fallow during the fall,
cutworms will disappear before the>
spring crops come up.
Disc the alfalfa. 1t will break up
or bury the pods of grasshopper eggs
and be help to the plants. 1t will
be well to disc all dry exposed places =,
where the grasshoppers have been
abundant during the fall.
Make an examination of the spray
ing apparatus and, If necessary,
give the orchard winter treatment.
At any rate, be ready for the spring
work.
Examine the seed peas. II they
are weeviled, put them in a tight
box and fumigate with carbon-bisul-
fid at the rate of four ounces to each
bushel Of peas. The fluid should be
put In a shallow dish over the peas
SO that the fumes will flow down over
the mass.
Clean out around the apple trees and
scrape off the rough bark to get rid of
alternating insects.
Examine the chicken roosts and pour
kerosene oil over them if the mites are
troublesome. This should be, repeated
at intervals of every few weeks until
cold weather sets in.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-16
Colorado & Southern Report,

Denver.-Despite the financial de.
preston, the annual report of the
Colorado & Southern railroad for the
year ending June 80, 1908, shows a
healthy increase in revenues, besides a
large outlay for improvements in
equipment and increase in mileage.
The report has just been made public.
The total operating revenue for the
year was $14,280, ,535.24, an increase of
$90G,731.19 over last year. The oper
ating expenses were $9,594,2O5.s1, an
increase of $612,5S1.6z The net in
come, after the payment of all ex-
penses and interest on bonds, was $2,-
11,9O3.32, an increase of $SO,O45,57
over last year.
The increase is considered especial
ly satisfying in view of the fact that
most of the roads of the country have
shown decreases.
Among the Improvements made for
the year is the new line to Louisville
Junction, which has completed the
electric line between Denver and Boul.
der. The cost of this was 1854 ,49O.O2,
otASi SoAOAo ooO Improvements con-
sisted OF bank widening and ballast
ing Of the roads in the Fort Collins
district, the expense Of which was
$25,011.02. Large amounts were ex-
pended for rock ballasting Of parts of
the Fort Worth & Denver line.
The total outlay for improvements
during the year, including the erecting
of buildings along the line and the i'm.
provement Of machinery, was ss43,.
S1o.26. The amount expended for new
equipment was s291,SSS55. These
amounts are about the average. It is
stated that improvements will con-
tinue during the current year and
more building of tracks will be re.
corded than for many years.
The new electric line to Boulder
has added materially to the revenue
Of the road, proving to be one of it's
best paying investments. There has
also been considerable increase in
freight traffic on the Fort Worth &
Denver line.
The number OF passengers carried
for the year was 2,935,266, as com
pared with 2,s01,699 for last year, The
average rate received per passenger
per mile was 2.53 cents.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-16
THE HOLLY cHIEfTAIh
HOLLY. COLORADO
Menae. Of the Flying Machine.

What Emperor William calls tho
beginning of new national era"
seems to be dawning for more than
one nation as one reads the daily re-
ports Of successful experiments with
flying machines and dirigible balloons.
We demand now with our mornings
breakfast lat least column OF news
about the flights of airships, and we
usually get it. There is a new kind of
international race going on-a race
for the perfect airship. and the first
prize in that race is no beautiful
gawd or empty honor; 1t is the exten-
sion Of national power and the possi
BILE supremacy over other nations. At
least it is evident that that view is
held by many in Great Britain and
Germany. and a positive nervousness
is becoming evident over the military
possibilities OF the aeroplanes and
dirigibles each is exploiting. Gen.
Baden-Powell calls upon Great Britain
to arouse herself to the new situation
that is impending. In very few
years." he remarks, ominously, I'VE
shall see these powerful machines in
the air under perfect control and in
practical operation. Then every gov
ernment will obtain them and the ma
vies will be virtually useless as first
line of defense. current Literature.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-16
Peculiar Shifting Of Sands.

Peculiar Sh'ftlng Of SANDS.
French scientists are studying . pc
suliar movement Of the sands along
the northern coasts of France, Bel
gialm and Holland. A fine sand orig
mating on the coast OF Normandy has
been found as far away as Denmark.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-16
Derivation Of "Poster."

Posters took their rame from the
fact that in former times the footways
of London streets were separated from
the drives by line Of posts, on which
advertisements were displayed.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-16
Pined for His Freedom,

Applying for a divorce, an old Geor.
gia negro said to the Judge: "Hit only
cost me string er fish ter git mar
ried, jedge, but, please Cod, I'd give
a whale ter git rid er her."
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-16
SIower Than Men.

A Harlemite fond of figures mas
been keeping tab and says that New
York women in line to buy tickets
or postage stamps consume two and
one-fourth as much time as men.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-16

Is the world going backward? The
Boston magazine that prints in its
latest number an article about "The
Scarcity of Skunks" was lamenting
while ago the scarcity of poetry.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-16

Still the rolling stone is no moss
back, and the bird in the bush may he
dead one.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10

THE liveliest question in Washing
i ton Just now is that OF change in
the districts form Of government.
AS everybody probably we'll knows
affairs are administered now by a COM
mission Of three men appointed by
the president, one of whom must be an
army engineer.
There is undoubtedly a growing
opinion that a concentration of au-
shority in the district government
would simplify the municipal situation
and produce better results. The com
mission plan has its good features.
II has long been held up as a model.
Ideally suited to the needs OF the Dis
trict OF Columbia, where suffrage is
denied. But frequent and repeated
contention and pickering among the
members of the board have served to
create more or less general criticism
Of the commission plan. and thus give
the propaganda for a change some mo-
mentum. With the commissioners OBJ
viously working at cross purposes.
and airing their differences. and sub
ordinate district officials following
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10

RESIDENT ROOSEVELT caused
/ great rejoicing among $4,000 gov
eminent clerks here the other day. by
announcing that he had no intention
Of compelling the poor oyerworked
employees to labor an additional 30
minutes daily. 3n
But before the rejoicing got to the
danger point. he spoiled 1t all, by add
ing a postscript that he would permit
no department head TO increase the
salary of any of the employees.
The hours which the department
employes now observe are from nine
a. m. to 4:3O D. m. with half an hour
for lunch.
Up to three years ago. they quilt at
four o'clock in the afternoon. when
very suddenly the strenuous president
issued an order lacking on the add
tional half hour. Then II was rumored
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10
Joy of Department Clerks Shortlived

that he intended to complete the job
by making It a full hour. and keeping
the clerks at work until Ave o'clock
every day.
So when the clerks went TO work
the other day there was great rejoic.
ing In the White House announcement
that 4:30 would still be the limit.
Then came the second half Of the
same executive order directing that
no increase should be offered. sug'
gested or proposed In any Of the
budgets for anybody. Economy was
given as the cause.
This order affects not only the
Washington employees OF the govern
ment, but its employees throughout the
country, many OF whom are figuring
on generous increases.
Secretary Loeb explained that the
no-increase order did not apply to reg
ular promotions under the civil serv'
ice, but that 1t would forbid the in
crease OF any clerks or officials sal
airy for the same work. II Is under.
stood that a number Of department
heads intended TO recommend In their
current estimates an increase for
some OF their subordinates. The presi
dents order spoils all of this.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10
Mystery of Missing Mink Overcoat

OF Fargo were willing 20 shIver In the
raw prairie blizzard that the next
president of the United States should
be properly clad The dificulty was
to find a man OF the Taft physical pro
portions who owned an overcoat
The county chairman was in despair
until he happened TO think Of Finn
Leech. bonanza farmer" whose
ranch is only few miles from Fargo,
Finn weighs $40 pounds. The county
chairman lost no time In getting In
touch with Finn Leech.
did Finn have an oyercoat?" Sure
thing. and II was lined with mink and
cost s175.
Would he loan IL 20 Judge Taft for
use that EVENING"" Would he? Would
lifelong Republican miss a chance
to have his finest garment adorn the
shoulders of the leader OF his party?
Ten minutes later the overcoat was
in the hands of the county chairman
and Judge Taft was tucked beneath
its ample folds as soon as his train
reached Fargo. He wore the coat to
the barbecue and to the meetings fol
lowing the feast. And for all that
Finn knows he may be wearing II
now as he follows the elusive golf ball
over the links at Hot Springs.
The s175 mink lined overcoat dis.
appeared when Judge Taft left Fargo.
Nobody seems to know where II is. Its
owner has asked Senator McCumber
to make an investigation.
It's colder now in Fargo than II was
when Judge Taft visited that city and
Finn Leech is willing to wager this Is
going TO be the most severe winter
ever known on the prairies Of North
Dakota.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10

What One Farmer Did with One 7leos
Of Land.

The proper and profitable treatment
Of soil comes only by actual expert
ment Mr. Frank l. Mann, n practical
farmer OF lrvauois county. illinois,
gives bit OF his experience as fol
lows:
When ten tons per acre OF manure
shipped at IS cents per ton we're ap
piled to land. increasing the yield ten
bushels Of corn which sold at so ccats
per bushel. the result was not very
profitable. SO little science was sr
piled. An analysis OF the soil showed
a deficiency OF phosphorus. an ample
supply Of nitrogen. a large amount OF
potassium with no acidity OF the soil
Test plots on which different elements
Of plant food we're applied gave no
material increase In the yield from
any treatment except where phos
phorus was applied. The Increase from
s25 worth OF nitrogen was one bushel
per acre. while four dollars worth OF
phosphorus increased the Yield II
bushels. worth $3.50. while there was
left in the soil available for future
use enough phosphorus from this
treatment for $50 bushels Of corn
Nothing was left from the nitrogen
treatment but a surplus OF nitrogen
which proved to be an injury to the
following crop.
To treat this s0-acrc field with 1875
pounds OF phosphorus per acre would
require one s0ton car OF rock phos.
phate at a cost OF ss20. or 5000 tons
OF manure at a cost OF 1880. at 80
cents per ton. But the nitrogen In
this field had been well kept up by
crop OF clover every fourth year
since the land was virgin soil-25
years.
Science will suggest a procedure
for each field or type OF soil according
10 its individual conditions. and not
the same treatment for all Science
would have applied the manure to
another field. one that was in need
OF the nitrogen. thereby economiEing
both the manure and the natural sup
ply OF nitrogen.
Science gives economy IN showing
the amount OF treatment necessary
as well as the kind OF Treatment A fcld
may have one type OF soil containing
200 pounds OF phosphorus TO an acre
In the plowed soil. and another type
with nearly 1000 pounds. II will not
be economy 10 make the same amount
Of treatment for both One field might
require one ton Of lime TO correct
acidity and another require Ave tons
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10

THE shock TO the modesty OF the
] guardian Of Washington's morals
the other day was almost oyerwhelm-
ing when his eye caught an animated.
dazzling and highly colored poster Of
the dance Of salome.
"Avaunt from my sight. ye tempt
re.s." he cried as he slowly recov-
cred his moral standard. Forthwith
ne determined that the capital could
NOT gaze upon these pictures OF the
dancer In full career
The edict OF this moral censor"
vbo is II. L. Gess.ord. inspector OF DO
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10
LIVING ADVERTISEMENT
Glow OF Health Speaks for Postum,

II requires no scientific training to
discover whether coffee disagrees or
not.
Simply stop II for a time and use
Postum In place OF II, then note the
beneficial effects. The truth will appear.
six years ago l was In very bad
condition" writes a Tenn lady, Il SUI.
fered from indigestion. nervousness
and insomnia.
Il was then an inveterate coffee
drinker. but Il was long before I could
be persuaded that Il was coffee that
hurt me. Finally ! decided TO leave II
on few days and find out the truth.
"The first morning left on coffee !
had raging headache. so | decided
must have something 10 take the place
OF coffee" (The headache was caused
by the reaction OF the coffee drug
caffeine)
Having heard OF Postum through a
friend who used II. bought a package
and tried II. ! did not like II at first
but after learned how TO make Il
right. according 10 directions on pkg,
] would not change back to coffee for
anything.
When I began TO use Postum I
weighed only lit lbs. Now ! weigh
ITO and as have not taken any tonic
In that time can only attribute my
recovery Of good health 10 the use Of
Postum In place OF coffee.
MY husband says I am a living ad.
yertisement for Postum. l am glad 10
be the means OF inducing my many
friends TO use Postum. too"
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read The Road To Well
ville," In pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time 90 time. They
are genuine, trsss sna fall Of huaas