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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-18

walks about the farm and is fond of
listening to her neighbors' voices over
the telephone.
Several hundred thousand freight cars
ma be standing idle, as the railroad
managers tearfully protest, but some
Kansas grain dealers complain that
they are unable to get box cars enough.
The big milk companies of Chicago
recently reduced retail prices from 8 to
cent per quart, and in surrounding
towns from Z to 6 cents.
They are now planning to build ele-
waited streets in New York in order to
provide the double thoroughfare to
relieve the terrible congestion, and still
country people continue to flock to
the big city.
Elgin, Ill, fixes the price for COW
butter, not only for the United States,
but for nearly all the world besides,
but recently three restaurant keepers
in that town were charged with selling
bogus butter.
At the school for boys at st. Charles,
Ill, there are $40 boys who cultivate a
900-acre farm. They go to school half
Of each day and work on the farm the
otf er half. Many of them are becom-
20 laI
Many farmers in the dark tobacco
district of Kentucky are leaving that
state because night riders are forcing
them to give up raising tobacco. In
many counties huge signs have been
erected declaring the intention of the
farmers not to raise a crop this sea
son.
The Montana station after thrcc
years experiment work with dry farm
ing makes the statement that many por-
lions of the country having fourteen
inches of rainfall or more, and where
the precipitation for April, May, June
and July is seven or eight inches, dry
farming ought to be successful, but it is
more than doubtful where the average
rainfall is twelve inches or less per
annum. This would seem to JUSTIFY
the belief that a good many people have
always held that dry or any other kind
oe farming is successful where there is
water.
Experiments made at Cleveland.
Ohio, indicate that denatured alcohol
can be made from garbage and a plant
will be established there if further ex-
periments confirm the first tests.
Farmers in the vicinity of Cameron,
Tex, claim that they are clearing from
$50 to $3.50 per acre by raising water
melons and cantaloupes.
1t is estimated that there are 5000
acres of Strawberries in the Choctaw
and Chickasaw nations. Wild straw
berries which formerly grew in great
p%rofusion have been killed by pastur-
ing.
w. H. Hardwick, who owns thirty
acres of land in Milan county, Texas.
which sever years g he considered
so poor that he could not sell it, set it
to peach and plum trees and cleared
$1,000 last year.
Farmers throughout Connecticut and
other New England states are sending
agents to New York and Boston to in
duce newly landed immigrants to go
to work on their farms.
The destruction of a barn by light
ming on the farm of Charles Bort, near
Michigan City, Iowa, caused the death
of $50 head of cattle and seven horses
1t is always harvest time and wheat
is being cut every day in the year in
some country Of the world.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-18

On heavy. rich soil, drilled in, one-half
oushel to the acre is sufficient, while
on light soil, sown broadcast, one and
o~ne-fourth bushels are not too much.
An average yield is ten bushels an
acre, while as high as twenty bushels
is sometimes secured.
They are remarkably free from en-
emies; the pea weevil is the only one
that is hardly worth mentioning. The
beetle Matching out of the seed deposits
eggs in the pod, where the larvae bur-
row into the bean. Where the seed is
seen to be affected the sowing had best
be delayed until late.-W. Henry, John
son County. Illinois.
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WORK IN HOME GROUNDS
Growing of Bulbs interesting
and Satisfactory if Prop
erly Done.
BY JULIE ADAMS POWELL.

The sternbergia lutia is a bulb which
gives us its blossoms in September,
often extending into the latter part of
october. A clump of them is very
striking, the flowers being of a pure
golden yellow in color.
The most satisfactory bulbs of all
are the fleur-de-lis, Iris, or lags; the
narcissi and the daffodils. The ground
in which they are planted should not
he overfertilized, as this causes the
bulbs to run to leaf" and give but
scanty blossoms.
Once in three years, in the fall, the
d%affodils, the narcissi and fleur-de-lis
need separating, and If grown in long
rows of each flower the effect is beau
tiful and gratifying.
Last spring | saw an acre of daffo-
dis, narcissi and jonquils growing as
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-18

while at No. s a 13-inch cylinder ma
chlne that had been in service for eight
cen years was still in use.
There seems to be an inverse ratio
between h size of the loads hauled
and the cost per ton OF filling. 1t is
unfortunate that a record of the total
number of loads was not kept for each
farm. The Importance of this feature
was not fully appreciated at the begin
ming of the study.
The table below gives the average
size of load on ten farms where such
a record was kept. AS before stated,
the weights given are for cured silage
and are not the weights of the green
corn as it ONE from the field:
RELATION OF SIZE OF LOADS TO TOTAL,
COST OF SILAGE
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TO COOL THE MILK

Any tinsmith can make the cooling
device shown herewith. The reservoir
is a tin bucket or can of any size de-
sired, with a rim around the bottom on
the outside of about two inches. The
milk is poured over the aerator and
the overflow pipe carries the milk from
the aerator and by doing this it is full
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-18
Jap MILLET FOR POULTRY

Japanese millet makes excellent
poultry food. 1t may be sowed as late
as the middle of June and mature a
crop in the latitude of Chicago in a
very satisfactory way. Prepare the
land thoroughly and SOW thickIy.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-18
CROSSING THE WILD TURKEY

The American wild turkey is now
being used to improve the tame bronze
breed. They are more hardy and
when crossed with the tame breeds
produce a very fine bird. Inbreeding
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-18

of fresh water at all times UP to the
top of the overflow pipes. 1t should be
built of heavy tin plates with a gal
vanized tin bottom and painted inside
with rust proof paint. The milk is
poured int the aerator at the top and
is divided into small streams that flow
down over the outside surface.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-18

The Santa Fe road is locating large
of German fruit growers
along its line in the Indian Territory.
Gilpin observer., 1908-08-13
P. B. Wright Dies Of injuries.

Unable to survive the injuries receiv-
ed in fall from third-story window
in the Elk hotel in Denver Wednesday,
P. B. Wright, one of the early settlers
of Gilpin county, died Friday. The body
was shipped here Saturday for inter-
ment. Sunday the funeral was held un-
der the auspices of Central City Lodge
No. 6, A. F. & A. NJ.
Wright was past 60 years of age and
is survived by a widow and one son. He
had lived in Gilpin county about forty
years, conducting hotel and grocery
store in Black Hawk. During the early
part of his residence in Black Hawk he
had extensive mining interests and at
one time was considered quite well to
do. He went to Idaho Springs three or
four years ago where he conducted a
small grocery store.
Gilpin observer., 1908-08-13
Hibernians 10 Convene Here.

Sixty or more delegates from various
parts of Colorado will attend the state
convention of the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians which will convene in this city
on the 25th of this month. The conven-
tion will last three or four days. With
the Hibernian delegates will be the lad
les of the auxiliary. The convention
of the auxiliary will convene at the
same time. Preparations are under way
to show the visitors a good time and the
local committee in charge is looking af-
ter the details. There will be band con-
certs and other forms of entertainment.
On the evening of September 9th a
grand banquet will be rendered the
Hibernians and the auxiliary at the A..
o. U. w. hall.
Gilpin observer., 1908-08-13
Evergreen Visitors.

The board of directors of the Ever
green Gold & Copper Mines company
held their annual meeting in Denver
yesterday. After finishing their busi-
ness they came up to Central this morn
ing and made trip out to their prop
erty in Apex. There We're about 20
stockholders and directors in the party.
1t was the first visit of the majority of
the company to the property since the
erection of the new concentrator ard
they expressed themselves as well sat
isfied with the plant. They feel cer-
tain that when once regulated and in
proper working order the concentrator
Will prove tire proper sys.Onu the
treatment of the Evergreen ore.
Officers of the company elected in
Denver this week are: DIR. w. H..
Grayson, president; George E. Bell,
vice president; VIM. c. Hollister, sec
retary and treasurer. The board of
directors is as follows: ]. L. Tapp,
Quincy, Ind; NJ. C. Shaffer. Plymouth,
ILL.,. j. C. Eberheart, La Grange, Mo-;
w. j. Tapp, Quincy, ILL.,; George E.
Bell, Toledo, o.; J. l.. Mcbride, Edna,
Mo-. w. H. Grayson, Denver; Edward
f. Krewinghaus, st. Louis; w. c. Holl-
lister, Denver.
Gilpin observer., 1908-08-13
Operations on Silver Greek.
Prospects are most promising for

Prospects are most promising for un-
usual activity in mining in the Silver
creek section this season. Several COM
panies operating in that district have
been devoting considerable attention to
their holdings lately and intend to in
crease work. The manager of the Sher-
man-Macon M. & M. company has re-
ceived instructions to push the driving
of the crosscut with all possible speed.
This crosscut is being run to strike a
rich vein and it is the belief of the man.
ager of this property that the breast of
streak. To push work more speedily it
is probable that a night shift will be
added shortly, as soon as some needed
improvements on the property can be
made. The Sherman Macon company
is composed of men of considerable
wealth, residing in Macon, Mo. Opera
tions have been carried on continuously
the past year and half. The holdings
of the company are quite extensive,
there being nine patented claims in the
group.
A number of the directors and stock
holders in the Golden Rod properties on
Silver creek were here Wednesday and
held their annual meeting. This is an
o.her company that has had implicit
faith in this section and has been carry
ing on operations without cessation two
years or more. They are well pleased
with the work thus far accomplished
tunnel if necessary to strike the ore
body. The tunnel is being driven to cut
under the shaft. This shaft was sunk
until the water made it impossible to
carry on operations through it.
Gilpin observer., 1908-08-13
Items From Golden.

A force of men is at work dismantling
the big dredging machines couple of
miles down Clear Creek, which are to
be shipped to Breckenridge and put in
operation. The company put a whole
lot of money into the scheme and con-
iidently expected to get much more out,
but evidently figured wrong, as they
shut down a couple of years since. No
one doubts that there is plenty of gold
in the bed of Clear creek, but it appears
that the machine to save it has not yet
been invented. Transcript.
Labor Day will be celebrated by Col
den Camp No. 15, Woodmen Of the World,
with big picnic in Golden park. Ar
rangements are being made for one of
the greatest events ever given by Wood
men in this section of the state. Invi-
tation will extend to all camps in this
jurisdiction comprising Jefferson, Clear
Creek, Gilpin and Denver counties. -
Transcript.
Mrs. George Townsend of Golden, and
Mrs. Charles Schmalz of Great Falls,
Mont, have been spending week with
friends at Idaho Springs, Black Hawk
and Central City. y.-Transcript.
Gilpin observer., 1908-08-13
Death Of Thomas FIqnn.

Thomas Flynn, son of Mrs NJ. Flynn,
died Friday at pm. of oedema of the
lungs. Death was most unexpected.
He had been working with his brother
at the Gladstone mine until the day be-
fore he died. Friday morning he came
to his mothers house and complained
about feeling i'll and feared for the
worst. His health up until this time
had been very good. He had only re-
turned about a month ago from Cali
fornia.
Deceased was Al years of age. He
was born in New York but came to this
city with his parents when quite young
and grew into manhood in this commun-
ity. Five years ago his wife died. leav-
ing two children. Beside his children
and mother, several brothers and sisters
are left to mourn his demise. The fun
eral was held Sunday morning from the
mains were laid to rest in the Catholic
cemetery.
Gilpin observer., 1908-08-13
Whq Theq Did /.

An editor sent out circular letters to a
large number of married men and ask
ed them why they married.
Here are some of the answers:
didn't intend to do it.
| married to get even with her mother,
but never have.
Because did not have the experience
have now.
That's what | have been trying for
eleven years to find out.
| yearned for company. Now we have
it all the time.
l thought it would be cheaper than a
breach of promise suit.
wanted a companion of the opposite
sex. N. B.-She is still opposite.
The old man was going to give me his
boot, so took his daughters hand.
Because | asked her to have me and
she said she would. think she's got
me.
Because | thought she was one among
a thousand; now | think she is thous-
and among one.
was lonely and melancholy, and
wanted someone to make me lively.
She makes me very lively.
Gilpin observer., 1908-08-13
For Labor and the Press.

Monday, September Z, the opening
day of the first annual Colorado Inter-
state Fair and Exposition in Denver,
will be specially for labor and the press.
G. C. Fuller, acting secretary of the
Interstate fair, writes that he believes
that not only will labor be out in force,
but that there will be present one of the
largest gatherings of newspaper men
ever in the west. Newspaper men from
Colorado and bordering states and ter
ritories have been asked to be present,
and to make themselves at home.
Aside from the fair proper. the Great
Divide" with hundred special attrac-
tions, there will be races in the after
noon. Knabenshue, the famous airship
man, will give his first demonstration
Of his great dirigible passenger-carring
airship and at night will be Pains gorg-
eous carnival of Naples, requiring 300
people to produce, and comprising aero
batic and vaudeville acts, hippodrome
races, feasts and fetes, followed by the
eruption of the volcano, Vesuvius, and
the destruction of the city of Naples,
and ending with a 81, 900 fireworks dis
play.
"There'll be something doing every
minute, and want you here" writes
Mr.. Fuller.
Gilpin observer., 1908-08-13
Evergreen Properties.

several stockholders of the Evergreen
Gold & Copper Mining G. Milling COM
pany, OF the Pine creek district, arrived
IN the city Sunday morning and paid the
properly visit. Accompanied by DR..
Grayson, they were escorted all through
the workings of the Evergreen mine
and every part of the new concentrator.
which was recently erected to treat the
ores OF the above mine, was explained
to them and found in the most perfect
working order. They expressed great
satisfaction in the manner in which the
properties were being conducted. The
mill has been running steadily, contrary
to reports circulated in this CITY bv
few sore heads.
All the machinery in the concentrator
Is new and occasional shut-downs for
day or two was expected in order that
the machinery could be more properlv
adjusted. But now everything is run
ming smoothly and the rough edges are
about gone. To those who are SO will
ing to knock perhaps it will be of news
10 tnefn 10 learn that the concentrates
saved by the new mill are worth $40 per
ton.
Not much work is being done in the
mine at present until the large amount
of ore which has been stored in the mine
and on the dump has been crushed.
This ore has been accumulating for
great length of time, and when disposed
of the force which is now employed in
the underground workings will be large
ly increased, as well as that in the mill.
Mr.. Archie Slinglerland has been placed
in charge of the concentrator and few
other new recruits have been added to
the pay role, which no doubt is the rea-
son why the mill is now running in
smooth and systematic order.
Gilpin observer., 1908-08-13
New Uses For Mineral.

The utilization of the minor mineral
products of this country is constantly
engaging the attention of ingenious per-
sons, who invariably are either financial
y interested in the mine or works. or are
prompted by the spirit of invention to
propagate new uses for substances
whose consumption would ordinarily be
limited.
Thus we read in an exchange that
S150, 200 is to be subscribed by Salt Lake
and Butte men for the manufacture of
burial caskets from elaterite mined in
.Eiafarite has llpic.e nranartieS
which suggest its adaptabiiity for burial
caskets; it is more durable than wood or
iron when subjected to the chemical
changes of the earth or atmosphere, is
light, and when nodded makes an air
tight compartment, sufficient, is believ-
ed, to mummify the body. The promot-
ers of the new idea contend that by their
patented process elaterite, which burns
like celluloid and melts like glue, is made
impervious to heat. Elaterite, as mined,
is really mineral wax; some call it
mineral rubber" because it is elastic,
resembles ebony, and will take high
polish.
Heretofore elaterite has been used
largely for roofing, paint and the but
tons on electric lights. The supply of
elaterite in Utah-the only state in
which it has been found-is sufficient to
guarantee the success of the novel cof-
fin factory.
Gilpin observer., 1908-08-13
CIalrvoyants Arrested.

The palmists and clairvoyants wht
We're here last week, revealing to thu
easy ones their future and telling those
who would become wealthy in mining
where to find the pay streak, were
placed under arrest last Thursday by
Marshal Launder and locked up in Jail
The marshal acted upon the request OF
the sheriff's Office in Denver. Prof
Martinez, as the male portion of the
wizards" styled himself, was wanted
in Denver for deserting his wife. A
member of the sheriff S office in Denver
came up Friday morning and took the
professor and his ''meal ticket" as he
referred to the woman, to Denver. Be-
fore coming here the couple were in
Georgetown and the Courier of that
place has this to say about them:
Prof. Alfred Martinez, palmist, and
his assistant, Nine. Orieta, who held
forth last week in Georgetown, made a
sudden departure on Saturday morning.
1t developed that Martinez, whose real
name is Alfred G. Martin, left wife in
Denver destitute, and his better half
had been unusually busy in an endeavor
to locate her husband. She discovered
that he had been keeping company with
a woman named Cora Chambers, and
after performing considerable defective
work located the couple in the Hotel
Glider on Champa street near Nine
teenth, Denver. When they emerged
from that place one night she chased
them down the street and only after
threatening to shoot did she succeed in
inducing her husband to step. He was
turned over to the police, but after a
couple of days in Jail, was released upon
his promise to properly provide for his
wife. Within short time Martin and
the Chambers woman disappeared, first
going to Idaho Springs, where they en-
deavored to fiim-flam the public with
palmistry and spiritualism. From there
they came to Georgetown, the people
not taking kindly to their profession
from monetary standpoint. Upon the
Denver officers learning of their where
abouts, Martin and the woman made a
hasty departure, going to Central City.
Not having the wherewithal with which
to settle for rooms and board, Landlord
Grubb of the Dewey hotel held their
trunks as security"
Gilpin observer., 1908-08-13
Arrested for Horse STEALING.

Sheriff Cody went to Golden Tuesday
to bring back one T. H. Moore, who
had stolen horse from Ike Shores, of
Denver. After getting the horse Moore
rode up from Denver, arriving in Black
Hawk Monday. He disposed of the
horse to Otto Blake for $1,000. The
low price he asked for the animal and
conflicting stories told by Moore about
the places from whence he came, telling
some he came from Idaho Springs when
others had seen him earlier in the day
riding over Dory hill, aroused suspicion.
On his way to Black Hawk he tried to
sell the horse in Golden and this is how
word reached the owner.
Moore left Black Hawk on Tuesday
mornings train, but in the meantime
the sheriff had been notified of the
theft. He phoned to the officers in
Golden to arrest the man when he
reached that place. He will be given
his preliminary hearing before Justice
Matthews in Black Hawk this after
noon.
Ike Shores, the owner of the horse,
arrived Tuesday. Rather than bother
with taking the animal back to Denver
he offered to sell it for S125.00. The
horse is a good one and is said to be
worth $4,000. Mr.. Blake who bought
the horse from Moore recovered all but
about $1,000 of his money. According
to papers found on the person of Moore,
he halls from Alvada, Ohio.
Gilpin observer., 1908-08-13
Deeds Recorded.

VIM. Spears to Frances Mack Mann,
Copper King lode, South Boulder dis
trict.
E. V. Thompson and wife to James
Glazebrook, Treasury lode, Gregory
district.
John B. Reno to the Swamp Angel
Mining company, Swamp Angel No.
lode, Eureka district. Swamp Angel
company to l.. Sternberger, same.
Eugene j. Bagley to Edward j. Cav
anaugh, Black Hawk Chief lodes, l, 2
and 3, and the Silent Friend lode, En-
terprise district.
City of Central to l.. Sternberger,
ground in Central.
Gilpin observer., 1908-08-13
Mining Exhibits.

The Little Kingdom" of Gilpin coun-
ty sent down to Denver fine exhibition
of ores during the national Democratic
convention. They also sent down some
boosters" with the exhibit. The re-
suit was that 600 Opeople went to Central
City on a special train, and some very
substantial investments in mining prop
erty have been made by those who were
first attracted by the exhibit. This is a
very good way to interest capital in
mines. The men go to the mining camp
in person, not under the espionage of
some promoter trying to sell some par
ticular mine, but under the guidance Of
those who are interested in the general
welfare of the district. AS result, the
investor picks and chooses according to
his own discretion of those investments
which may be offered.
On September Z, 1908, there will be
another great concourse of people in
Denver, to attend the Interstate Fair
and Exposition, and mining camps all
through the west would do well to tear
leaf from Gilpin's book and send their
best, in the way of an exhibit, to this
exposition. c. E. Stubbs, Denver Club,
is the manager of the exposition, and
he tells us that he is reserving good
sized space for mineral exhibits. Min
ing Science.
Gilpin observer., 1908-08-13
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the
Board of County Commissioners, of
Gilpin county, Colorado, will meet as a
Board of Equalization for the adjust
ment and equalization of the assess
ment among the several taxpayers of
said county on Tuesday, the 1st day of
September, A. D., 1908, at the hour of
10 O'Clock a. M, at the Office of the
county clerk at the county court house
in Central City and will remain in ses-
sion not less than three days for that
purpose.
The board will also meet on Tuesday,
September 18th, 1908, to hear COM
plants as to assessments.
F. ]. ALTvATER,
County Clerk.
Central City. Colo, August 9Th, 1907
Gilpin observer., 1908-08-13
Examination Of Teachers.

The regular county examination of
teachers will be held in the district court
room, court house, Central City, Thurs
day and Friday, August Goth and 2lst,
beginning at 9 a. m.
IDA KRusE-Mc McFARLANE,
County Supt. of Schools.