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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-05
BIC NEWHOuSE
TUNNEL PLANS
MINE OWNERS SIGN AN AGREE.
MENT FOR ITS SPEEDY
EXTENSION.
UNDER GILPlN MINES
INTO OVER THREE HUNDRED
LoDEs ON QUARTZ AND
GUNNEII HILLS.

Contra! City, Colo.-Gilpin county.
the Oldest gold producing section of
Colorado, where hundreds of Colorado
men laid the fundations for their for
tunes, will have revival that will
place 1t once more in the forefront Of
shipping camps.
This is made certain by the agree
ment reached Wednesday between the
Newhouse tunnel management and the
owners Of 322 mining properties on
Quartz and Gunnell hills. by which the
Newhouse tunnel, now 17,47O feet long,
will be extended through these hills
and the richest district of Gilpin coun-
ty drained of water that for years
hAR made mining impossible.
The agreement was signed in Denver
In the office of George Collins, mana
ger Of the Argo Mining. Drainage Tun-
mel and Transportation Company, own
ing the Newhouse tunnel. by C. C. Par
sons Of st. Louis and Boston, presi-
dent OF the company, and by represen-
tatives Of more than 300 properties.
Work on the Newhouse ceased a
year ago last February. the owners OF
the properties on Quartz and Gunnell
hill declining to enter into negotia-
tions with the Newhouse management
for the extension Of the tunnel. The
real estate men and chamber of CON-
merce have been working with the
owners of these properties to secure
the extension of the Newhouse and
final results were reached Wednesday
when the agreement was signed.
The company Is to drive $50 feet
per month and will receive twenty-five
cents royalty on every ton of milling
ore mined, and 81 on every ton Of
smelling ore. A commission was ap-
pointed at the meeting today to arbi-
trate all disputes that may arise be-
tween the Newhouse company and the
owners of :he property
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-05
CONGRESS AND THE CAPITAL

The president has appointed George
II. Charlton of Grand Junction rs reg
lister of = land office at Durango. The
Senate confirmed the appointment OF
Wesley W. Parshall as postmaster ct
Durango.
President Goltra of the National
Federation of Postoffice clerks, an
nounced to the New York union that
the fines of all the clerks for the last
six years for breaches of discipline
would be remitted. These fines are
levied by the department for mistakes
and other offenses. and by n decision
of the court of claims the fines were
declared Illegal. II was said that ST.
OO0. 900 would be remitted to the clerks
of the country.
The Senate adopted n conference re-
port on the omnibus public lands bill
containing a provision for the resur-
vey of some 200 townships in Rio Blan-
CO and Cheyenne counties. Colorado
1t provides for extensive resurveys In
Wyoming. At the request of Senator
Guggenheim the Senate made provi-
sion for resurveying lands in Colorado
where lines were originally carelessly
drawn, and monuments were lost
through drifting sand and careless re-
moval of rock piles by settlers.
A bill relating to coal deposits
In Alaksa has been signed by the Pres
ident. Its principal provision includes
an attempt to prevent monopoly by re-
stricting holdings to $3.50 acres of coal
lands. and providing penalty of for
feiture OF all holdings by persons in
dividually or IN combination who get
possession of more than this number OF
acres. 1t also gives the government
the first claim on coal that may be
mined, thus guaranteeing fuel supply
for the navy.
The Senate has approved thirty-sev-
en- treaties at this session. Twelve
nations have agreed by treaty with the
United States to arbitrate future dis
putes. which is taken to mean nothing
less than the world has now been es-
tablished o. the plane of arbitration.
On August cath an examination will
be held of candidates for appointments
in the Marine corps. Because OF the
operation of the provisions Of the new
naval bill there are. in addition to
those naturally existing, about forty
eight vacancies In the grade. An effort
will be made to hold the examinations
in ten different cities.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-05
GENERAL NEWS.

The court martial Of eleven revolu-
tionists at St Petersburg resulted in
the sentencing of four OF the accused
to death and six to periods OF penal
servitude. One was acquitted.
I. A. Gaver. aged twenty-eight, ar
rested on 4 charge OF burglary, con-
fessed to having robbed railway sta
tions In Indiana, Michigan. Ohio.
Maine and California of tickets worth
$4,000.
Leon de Ia Grange, the French aero.
pianist, made fifteen separate flights
at Rome. Italy. on the 2Sth ult The
maximum distance covered was about
$500 feet at a height OF six or seven
feet from the ground. This distance
was covered in sixty-four seconds.
There has been an epidemic of sui
cides In st. Petersburg that has last
ed for three months. The average
number Of deaths has been eighty-tive
a month and eighteen destroyed them
selves during the last week. Despond-
ency has been the prevailing cause.
Governor Haskell OF Oklahoma has
signed the famous hotel inspection bill
commonly known as the Mine Foot
Sheet" bill, because of the provision
that the upper sheet on all hotel beds
must be long enough to turn back two
and a half feet over the other covers.
Announcement is made that the di-
rectors Of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railroad Company have author
lied a new general mortgage bond i5-
sue amounting to $30O.0 100000. This is
stated to be the largest single bond
issue made by any railroad corporation
in this country. The issue will be
used for refunding purposes and for
improvements and new acquisitions.
Mrs. Hetty Green gave a dinner to
sixteen persons in the state apart
ments at the plaza in New York City
Tuesday night, paying $50 a plate for
each guest. The dinner was elaborate
and was enhanced by decorations, COM
posed of ferns and carnations. 1t was
the first social event of the kind in
which Mrs. Green ever figured.
By vote Of 664 against 66I the
striking street railway conductors and
motormen of Cleveland decided to re-
turn to work as new" men. The vote
is In accord with the demands of the
Municipal Traction Company upon this
point.
Six persons are dead, from 400 to
500 are homeless, thousands of acres
Of lowlands are inundated. hundreds
OF houses are washed away or dam.
aged railroad and wagon bridges are
gone o.et : large area of the southern
part OF Texas. b, IL. storm and floods
Of May 23rd and cath.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-05
Rocky Ford Enterprise
WILL R. MoNKMAN. Pubalshse.
ROCKY FORD. COLORADO.
"Hard Times.~

It must be admitted that after .
period of prosperity which has been
unequaled both In duration and de-
gree, the country is now experiencing
an Industrial and financial depression
which comes near to being genuine
hard times" In great many places
large numbers Of men are unemployed.
1t is reported that 100000 are out of
work in New York city alone, and
throughout the country at large there
prevails a general feeling Of uneasi-
ness which is at once a sign of busi-
ness depression and potent cause OF
it. In this situation it may be cheer
ing and wholesome to recall certain
facts which differentiate the present
conditions from those which usually
precede or accompany hard times. and
certain other facts wi 'ch are true of
all periods Of depression.
Material conditions at present are
all hopeful. Crops have been and are
good, and many lines OF manufacture
ing. like the iron and steel business,
are In a normal and healthy condition.
These things are usually quite other
wise in times Of pronounced dulness.
Moreover. 1t ought not to be forgotten
that the real wealth of country in.
creases faster during hard times than
in any other period. Men are not only
driven to work harder. and therefore
to produce more, by the fear Of being
thrown out of work, but they save
more. Luxuries are discarded: old
clothes are made to do duty a little
longer; purchases are fitted to income
rather than to desire. Undertakings
which involve risk are made to wait q
more convenient season. and the coun-
try as q whole emerges from the
period Of depression with greatly in.
creased resources. to enter upon an era
OF prosperity which will be somewhat
proportionate In length and intensity
to the duration and depth Of the de-
preston which preceded 1t. This is
the silver lining on which 1t is well to
keep ones eyes. The country has suf-
fered no serious wound. says the
Youths Companion. 1t has no fatal dis
ease. Rather is It in the condition OF
a man whose pulse has been arrested
for moment by sudden fright.
There is blood enough in the body
good. healthy blood-and 1t will soon
start flowing again in Its normal chan
nels.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-05
Big Reservoir Planned.

Florence, Colo.-when the plans of
the Rito Reservoir and Big Lake Res
ervoir and Ditch Companies are exc
cuted, more arid land in southern Colo
rado will be placed under irrigation.
A large dam will be built to be known
as the Rito storage reservoir. The
height will be $50 feet, the capacity
35.000.000 feet, and 1t will be built Of
solid masonry. Claim is made for
water for domestic. irrigation and pow
er purposes. This reservoir will catch
the flow from Texas creek, Big Lake
Creek. Big Lake reservoir and sub
terranean streams. The probable cost
is $4,000. The Big Lake reservoir
will be twenty feet high and will also
be constructed OF masonry. The to-
tai impounding capacity will be 80.
100000 cubic feet Of water. These res
ervoirs and bitches will supply water
to several thousand acres of land in
the Arkansas valley now unproductive.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-05
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD. -t.1@
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, DoINes, sAcHiEvE-
MENTs, sUFFERINGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN NEWS.

The seven men seriously injured In
the sensational airship accident al
Berkeley, California. are all expected to
recover.
The beer gardens and dancing halls
of Toledo were closed on the night oil
May cath, for the first time in many
years, by order OF Mayor Whitlock.
Thomas and James Wycliff. the ia.
nous Oklahoma outlaws, who have
been hunted by the officers OF Okla
homa for thirteen years, have surren'
dered to the state authorities.
1t is stated at Chicago that manufac-
turers of Portland cement throughout
cutting war that, 1t is declared. will
put some OF the smaller concerns out
Of business.
John r. Perry. a young amateur
baseball player at st. Louis made a
long throw from left field and caught a
runner racing for the plate. While the
cheers were still sounding Perry fell
dead in the field.
William T. Hamilton, aged eighty.
six, probably the greatest Indian fight
er and Indian sign reader and talker
the West has ever produced. died at
one Of General Clusters scouts.
A syndicate of English and New York
capitalists is considering the PROPOSE.
tion of constructing an oil pipe line
from Lander, Wyoming. to Omaha. The
syndicate has extensive options on
lands in the oil fields south OF Lander.
Four lives are known to have been
lost, more than a million dollars
worth Of property destroyed, and four
thousand people rendered homeless by
the overflow of Trinity river near Dal.
las. Texas. Sunday night and Monday.
According to Charles B. Wilhelm.
secretary OF the California state board
Of pharmacy. opium smoking is increas.
ing In San Francisco and young men
and women OF the smart set form not
incoslderable part Of the growing army
of smokers. Ta.
DR.. H. l.. Snantz, n graduate OF Colo
RADIO college, who has been professor
OF botany in the Louisiana State uni.
versity, has been selected to take
charge Of the government work on the
relation OF vegetation natural to the ell
mate and to the crop-producing capac.
ity Of the soil in the bureau OF plant
industry. Department OF Agriculture.
In holding that the Atchison. Topeka
& Santa Fe railway was guilty OF yio-
lating the twenty eight-ho law. Fed
eral Judge Lewis said that q shipment
Of sheep was n consignment and not
a trainload and fined the railroad $500
for its inhumanity to animals. Three
shipments of sheep were made from
Chama, New Mexico. to Prowers. Colo
RADIO.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-05

The embarrassment OF the under
ground electric railways which link
together all sections OF London. and
which have now gone into the hands
OF a receiver for the readjustment of
the finances OF the system. is said to
be due to the sharp competition Of
the motor buses and cheap cabs that
continue to do a fourishing business
on the surface. in the open. This
explanation isn't altogether incom-
prehensible even from this somewhat
remote distance. For passengers who
are in no great hurry the charms Of
the top o: Z London bus. as well as
those of a cab. for a shilling are IRE
sistible. especially when compared
with the dark. dank and gloomy under
ground travelling facilities OF the Eng
lish metropolis.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-05
KNEW WHAT THE JOB MEANT.
Angry Citizen Put Ordeal Up to Street
Car Company.

Not long ago there entered the office
of the superintendent Of trolley line
in Detroit an angry citizen. demand
ing Justice" in no uncertain terms.
In response to the officials gentle
inquiry touching the cause OF the de-
mand. the angry citizen explained
that on the day previous as his wife
was boarding one OF the company's
cars. the conductor thereof had
stepped on his spouse's dress. tearing
from 1t more than a yard OF material.
II can't see that we are to blame
for that" protested the superintendent.
What do you expect US to do. get her
q new dress!"
mo. sir. do not" rejoined the
angry citizen. brandishing piece OF
cloth. what / propose is that you
people shall match this material
Harper's Weekly.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-05

Ruskin. It is said. has written more
sentences of inordinate length than
any other classic writer OF modern
English prose. Frederic Harrison
some years ago counted the words In
a number Of typical sentences. finding
that in the earlier books It was no un-
common thing for Ruskin to run
beyond the page before permitting
himself and his readers the relief of q
full stop. But In every case the sense
is clear rs day. Wordsworth's poem
on the Character of the Happy War
rior" is n notable example of sustained
connections. Apart from the opening
and closing couplets. the poem con.
sists Of two very long compound SEN
tences almost entirely comprised of
adjectival clauses. The longer OF the
two sentences contains 81 decasyllabic
lines. This is probably a record In
English verse.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-05

H. c. Watson of Greeley. the newly
elected commander of the Department
of Colorado and Wyoming, G. A. R.,
has been commissioned by Governor
Buchtel an ex-offlcio member Of the
board of control of the Soldiers and
Sailors home. The law requires that
serve on the board.
Thirty carmen employed on the Mis-
souri, Pacific at Pueblo went on n
strike May 2Sth on orders from the
general officers OF the union in St.
Louis. Practically all of the men en-
ployed In the Pueblo shops are out.
The strike is general over the Mis-
souri, Pacific and 1t is said that about
1,200 men are out.
Three students of the State Univer-
sity will join parties Of scientists who.
under the auspices of the American
Institute Of Archaeology, will explore
ruins in the prehistoric regions of the
Rocky mountains this summer. One
expedition will work In Utah. one In
New Mexico and another In Colorado.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-05
Big Irrigation Projects.

Denver.-To reclaim S0,640 acres in
Adams and Weld counties is the pro-
ject to be carried out by the Denver
Hudson Ditch Company, which filed
preliminary specifications Wednesday.
with the state engineer for a ditch.
The ditch will be 465, 700 feet in length
and will have a depth Of seven feet.
The carrying capacity per second will
be 1.o11 cubic feet. The estimated
cost is $550.00O. Final filings were
made by the Henrylyn Canal Company.
which at the cost of s1.5OO.OOO. will
provide irrigation for over 100000
acres Of land in Morgan county. The
canal will pe outlet for eight reser-
voirs.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-05

A St. Louis preacher tells his flock
that the young peoples habit Of hold
ing hands should be stopped. He ex-
plains that there is a nerve running
from the back of the hand to the brain
and another from the palm to the
heart when a man takes a girls
hand and presses those two nerves, she
comes under his control" Scientific
blunder. The youth of the congrega-
ton are studying up on neurology"
while the elders who have been
through the mill are chuckling at what
the preacher dosen't know about hold
ing hands.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-05
Three Dailies For Greeley.

Denver.-According to the Greeley
correspondent OF the Denver Repub-
lican Greeley is likely to have three
daily newspapers by June 18th. D. A.
Thompson, recently from Los Angeles.
returns to Greeley to take charge of
the Weld County Republican and its
recent editor will publish daily to be
called the Pioneer. This. 1t is said,
will force the Greeley Sun, a semi
weekly, and the Greeley Tribune. pub
lished since 1870. into the field as
dailies
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-05
THE FIRST TASTE
Learned to Drink Coffee When q
Baby.

II parents realized the fact that cof-
fee contains q ug-caffeine-which
is especially harmful to children. they
would doubtless hesitate before CIV
ing the babies coffee to drink.
when was a child in my motherO
arms and first began to nibble things
at the table. mother used to give =
sips Of coffee. AS my parents used
coffee exclusively at meals never
knew there was anything to drink but
coffee and water.
And SO contracted the coffee habit
early. I remember when quite young,
the continual use of coffee so affected
my parents that they tried roasting
wheat and barley, then ground 1t In the
coffee-mill, as a substitute for coffee.
But 1t did not taste right and they
went back to coffee again. That was
long before Postum was ever heard Of.
I continued to use coffee until was 81,
and when I got into Office work, be-
gan to have nervous spells. Especially
after breakfast l was SO nervous I
could scarcely attend to my corre-
spondence.
AT night, after having coffee for
6uppoAs Souiu SlStp, Oh
rising in the morning would feel weak
and nervous.
"A friend persuaded me to try Post.
um. My wife and l did not like 1t
at first, but later when boiled good
and strong 1t was fine. Now we
would not give up Postum for the
best coffee we ever tasted.
Il can now get good sleep, am free
from nervousness and headaches. I
recommend Postum to all coffee drink.
ers.
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Read THE Road to Well.
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above Ietter7 A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest. -
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-05
~,sIpfur Hints" That Hinder.

Many of the helpful hints" followeS
by our mothers are now proved utterly
useless. II not more harmful than
helpful For instance. no one now
uses moist tea leaves to clean a carpet
or rug. because Of the inevitable STAIN
ing. And salt used on q carpet col
lects dampncss and rusts the tacks.
Newspapers. dampened and torn. an
swer the purpose much more satisfac-
torily. Rugs should be shaken from
the sides. for the strain OF the weight
on the end Is very apt to loosen the
weft
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-05
Meeting the Unusual.

Mr.. Sinic-Do you see those three
people walking together down there?
Mrs. Getup-Yes; who are they?
Mr.. Sinic-One is a somnambulist.
one is a kleptomaniac and one is
plagiarist."
Mr. Sinic-Law sakes! never
dreamed we were going to meet %
many brainy people In . bunch
Baltimore American.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-05

A Cleveland man has been arrested
for striking his wife because she had
not spoken to him for three months.
There are some who will say he ought
to be able to get OF on e plea of In.
sanity II he wants to.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-05
Weld County Petrified Forest.

Greeley. Colo.-Scientists say 1t is
evident that the land in the vicinity
of Willow creek, forty miles east of
here. was the site of a large forest in
prehistoric times, from the many pet
rified stumps, limbs and knots Of trees
lying about. The country was little
visited until workmen on the reser-
voir brought to this city beautiful spec
linens of petrified wood found there
in large quantities. In that vicinity
are also found rare agates.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-05

A woman doctor in Chicago claims
to have seen a soul passing. She de-
scribes 1t as resembling tobacco smoke
and having passed through u solid
wall. We hope no one will be mean
enough to accuse the lady physician Of
having a pipe dream.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-08-21
FARM DEPARTMENT
A Erasive Fluid

This preparation 5 excellent for re-
moving grease spots from furniture
coverings, six and WOOL garments, car
pets. or indeed anything ;ha; can LOT
be treated by other methods. Benzine
or gasoline : liable 20 form circle
a50u. each ,po, that wil, soon become
4 ,'ceab,e. bl; mi, alid does not leave
trace. although /. taxes a longer time
TO remove the crease than by some
other detergent. Pace quart Of soft
water 10 q saucepan. and TO it add half
al ounce OF b0raX and two ounces e
finely shredded wAi.e Cas,i.e soap II e
bes. o,.r ll,.. the borax and soap
have become dissolved aud then pour
IN . quar-, %. cold water and set away 70
COO. When !, i, cold, add half az
ounce each If g.!ceriH and ether, cork
tightly in a large bottle. Brush the
dust our O: the article TO be cleaned,
sha.e Tie bottle we'll. pour little OF
the f8.d .a:o saucer, sponge the spots
until they disappear. wipe thoroughly,
and place the fabric in the open air to
become perfectly dry.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-08-21
Make Fence Posts Durable

will tell you how fence posts can be
made very durable and it ; done just
By painting them twice with coal-tar
This IS cheap and nice paint and two
men can easily paint in one day as
many as 500 posts twice day. Re
member that all bark has to be re-
moved before painting Is done. II you
can 90 70 gas words you can buy coal
tar At - 90 4 barre! and If you use it on
your fence posts you will fnd that the
labor, time and money you invested in
this vas great thing. If you paint
fence posts with hot linseed oil stirred
with pulyerized coal it also preserves
fence posts ~ TO ~ times longer, but
this process IS more expensive than coal
TAR
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-08-21
Forest River, y. D.


"My father has for years been
troubled with diarrhoea, and tried ev-
cry means possible to effect cure,
without avail" writes John II. Zirkle
Of philippi, w. Va. He saw Cham
berain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy advertised in the Philippi
Republican and decided to try it. The
result is one bottle cured him and he
has not suffered with the disease for
eighteen months. Before taking this
remedy he was constant sufferer
he is now sound and well, although
sixty years old, can do as much work
as young man" Sold by owl Drug
Store.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-08-21
MOORE & HYER
House, Barn and Job work
House Moving a Specially

We have the only power wood work
ing machine shop 10 town, so when you
are in the market for screens, screen
doors, window and door frames, band
saw and scroll work, turning, cabinet
and panel work look Us up. Shop,
corner 3rd and Ruby streets. Phone
red isl.