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The Greeley tribune., 1908-10-21

rights, to be exploited at will for
the sake of the family purse. Prop
er training in habits of industry and
economy certainly all children are
entitled to: but that this training
shall be confined wholly to man
ual pursuits to the exclusion of the
natural and reasonable growth of
the child's mind is not to be coun-
tenanced at all.
Weld county now has total OF
ninety-tour school districts, larger
number, We believe. than any other
The Greeley tribune., 1908-10-21
Schools of Weld County
BY H HARRISON COUNTY sUPER1NTENDENT

stances. the work OF supervision is
a big task. The mere physical prob
lem of visiting and inspecting the
work over so large field is not
lightly to be considered. The an
nual itinerary OF the writer covers
between four and five thousand
miles. The school population of the
county (those between the ages or
six and twenty-one years. which has
enjoyed a steady and substantial
growth for years, has Increased
rapidly during the past few years.
In April. 1900. the school census OF
the county was 5.oI0; in Aprll,
OF this year it had gone up TO s,o3o'
tidy increase of 90 per cent IN
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The New City Hall.

Having outgrown the pres
Hall quarters, the City has
priated $4,000 for a new c.
complete in every detail, for
partments of the city COVE
These two latter buildings, /
city property facing our b.
city park. add greatly to tn,
tectural beauty of the city.
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Churches.

The following religious 5
have their own church built
Greeley: Baptist. Congre.
Christian, Episcopal. United
terian. Regular Presbyterian,
dist Episcopal, Unitarian.
Catholic, Seventh Day Ad
Swedish Mission and Swedis
eran. Besides these there
tablished branches of the c
Science, the Reformed Prest
the Church OF the Nazarene
Salvation Army, some of II
cieties occupying fine new h
worship equipped with all
conveniences from kitchen
organ.
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eight years.
During the past eight months OF
the present year some $4,000 has
been expended for new buildings
and additions, bringing the total
valuation of the school buildings and
sites of the county up TO the hand
some sum of 100000. When We
take into account an annual expend-
The Greeley tribune., 1908-10-21

that, in proportion to population.
Greeley enrolls the largest number
of High school students and pre-
sents the largest graduating classes
among the towns of the United
States.
Eaton and Windsor also provide
strong High school courses cover
ing four years work. Platteville,
The Greeley tribune., 1908-10-21
Land and Water Values.
During the last tx

lands greeley
the
syste o stora
lands the city
five miles from
rket
The Greeley tribune., 1908-10-21

icy which holds parents accountable
for contributing to the delinquency
of their children If. through any
preventable cause, they permit those
children to be denied the right TO
fair education. Wholesome as 1t Is
novel is that other idea that par
ents must not regard their children
merely in the light of property
The Greeley tribune., 1908-10-21
The New City Library

The citizens of Greeley.
own contributions, have mad
BILE a $4,000 public library
ing. containing 10000 we'll
volumes. Easily accessible
reading public.
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county in the state. One hundred
and twenty-eight separate schools
are caring for the educational needs
of our future citizens, under the in
struction of some 240 teachers. Ter
ritorially, Weld county is about a
fourth larger than the combined
areas of Delaware and Rhode Island.
Necessarily. under such circum-
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-09

Century yielded about equally well, both be- ing Of the dwarf buShy sorts best adapted 10 this climate. Barnyard manure was used un- der the double rows, otherwise the ground was unferti1ized save by the muddy irrigating water used.
 Rockyford cantaloupes; acre: Seed planted March I-9, 1906. Cold, backward saason re- Sult1ng in thin stand equal to about three fourths of an acre. Crop picked July to Sept. '. Yield 7S0 dozen, sold locally at from 35c to l5c dozen.
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-09

A LLIANCIA HISPANO- -ANIERICANO NO A 10. meets every Sunday at Ellls' hall, D. m- MANUEL MoNRoY, Pres. J. l.. REDoNDo, Secretary.
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Alfalfa; l.70 acres: This was Sown May IS lsO3 yielding three cuttings of about five tons of clean hay the first season. During the sec ond season, covered by this Timely Hint, there were seven cuttings with a total of about 20 tons of hay. The only cash outlay was S224 for irrigating water. The labor re- quired was, mans time, 14 days and team nine days, which Is rather high labor require ment for this alfalfa on account of the small size of the field un der consideration, and linn ited use of machinery. This crop at S5 co to Sl0OO ton, loose, which has been the price this seaSCn. represents a cash return of not less thar S120O0 for the crop; but this hay was used to feed the team employed on the place, proving to be more than sufficient for that purpose since stack of about three tons re- mains nt the end of the season. The manure from this source, being free from Bermuda grass seed, was especially valuable for fertil- izing part of the crops grown.
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ent; Supervisor Shanssey absent. Minutes of Nov 19, 1908, were read and approved, all members voting aye.
 Resolved, that all persons sen- fenced to hard labor and i'm prisoned in the county jail. be and they are required and order ed to be employed upon the streets in the town of Yuma, and the public roads, and the guard is hereby authorized and ordered to receive such prisoners from the sheriff and work their term of Imprisonment, and the sheriff Is hereby ordered to deliver such prisoners to the guard in charge appointed by the City Council, upon their demand therefor, and to receive them back again when returned by such guard at all hours of the day, from 7:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m.
 On motion duly seconded and carried the following accounts were audited, allowed and war rants ordered drawn:
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OFFICIAL MINUTES
Of the Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors of Yuma
 County, Arizona.

Office of Board of Supervisors,
 Yuma County, Yuma, Arizona,
 November 19, 1908.
 Board of supervisors of Yuma county met at 10 a. m. pursu- ant to adjournment, all mem bers, district attorney and clerk pres ent. Minutes of November 18th were postponed.
 Resignation of Fred Vessel as justice of the peace for Laguna precinct No. 5 was received, ac- cepted and ordered filed.
 Petition received from the res idents and tax payers of Laguna precinct No. 5, signed by fifteen or more persons asking for the appointment of l.. T. Jackson, to the office of justice of the peace to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Fred Wes- sel. On motion duly seconded and carried l.. T. Jackson be and is hereby appointed to the office of justice of the peace of precinct No. ,. The clerk is hereby in- structed to notify l.. T. Jackson of his appointment and to in struct him to furnish bond in the penal sum of one thousand (S1, ,OOO) dollars as required by law.
 On motion duly seconded and carried the following county officers are hereby granted a leave of absence from the terri tory for thirty days commencing December 1st, 1908:
 Gus Livingston-Sheriff.
 J. H. Godfrey-Probate Judge.
 H. H. Donkersley-Superviso
 A. H. Kent-Supervisor.
 J. H. Shanssey-Supervisor.
 W. H. Elliott-County Sur veyor.
 George Michelson-Treasurer.
 J. M. Polhamus-County Re- corder.
 P. T. Robertson-District At torney.
 J. l.. Redondo-Justice of the Peace.
 Julio Martinez-Constable.
 Written application received from the sheriff of Yuma county, asking for the consent of the board of supervisors for the is- suance of wholesale liquor li- ;ense to the King of Arizona from December 1st to February 28th, 1909, on motion July seconded and carried the sheriff is hereby authorized to ssue the above license.
 On notion board adjourned to meet at 1000 a. m., November B, 1908.
 H. H. DONKERsLEY,
 Chairman. !. M. POLHAMUS, Clerk.
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CROPS AND MARKETS.

The crops selected for the season Of 1906 were Early Rose potatoes, White Bermuda onions, ROckyfOrd cantaioupes, Dwarf Cham piOn and Burpee's Quarter Century tomatoes, and alfalfa, besides a few hills oi watermelOns and sundry vegetables.
 The produce was marketed in Yuma with the exception of tomatoes, which, for the largest part, were expressed to Tucson and Bisbee. The following statements for the various crops are on the basis of net cash re- turns to the small farmer, who with ar. aver age family of five and a team of horses is aS- stunned to do the work required. as explained below. Items necesSitating cash outlay, as seed. irrgating water. and crates are deducted from gross returns. Water costs an average of 50 cents for irrigation per acre for the crops grown. The yields in certain instances are low, cue to the unimproved condition of the soil, which, like desert soils in geroral, was low in nitrogen and organic matter Some small salty areas also affected yields locally.
 White Bermuda onions; .47 acres; Seed planted Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 1905. Young onions transplanted, Feb. 5-9 19O6 Crop Inatured about June l. Yield, 1916 pounds of dry On- ions. Highest price received, 2lec a pound lowest price received, l.2c pound. Entire crop marketed in Yuma.
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NOlf.UU Sb- 4.OU
 *Not including SI4.60, failed to collect.
 Until the last of June this crop required but little labor. During the shipping season, however, four persons were employed on about half time in picking, packing and ship ing the crop. The entire labor requirements for the crop were, mems time, 85 days; women heaviest demand upon labor being during July Dwarf CL2B.p:Gu and BErGees Quarter
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-09

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH MI Preaching every other Sunday morning at II o'clock and Sunday night at 7:30 by the pastor ]. N. Ocheltree. Sunday School every Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, r. T. Robertson, Superintendent
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-09

The labor on this crop was light, but in this case time consuming. because SeOfinconvenient of arrangements for marketing. There were eln- ployed on the crop 3l days men's time; days women and boys; and days team, not other wise included.
 The crop was fertiiZed with barnyald man. ure in about three-fcurths of the hills and as stated above, the stand was poor. The results of this acre are therefore conservative.
 Watermelons and sundry small items of produce were sold locally to the mount or. :..'........ ......-............... $l5. .65 Seed and iTrigating water, about 2.CO Lea wing 8 cash return of about. 1865
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The amount oflabor required for the crop itself was about l5 working days, with team lh days. The sesbania used as green Inanur- ing OH the west half of the potato ground was given l7 irrigatlons. Bermuda grass, more over, fourished beneath the Sesbania to such an extent as subsequently, to require 3 days labor for cleaning up the .45acreS so fertilzed. Although the larger part of the crop came from the sesbania fertilized portion of the pO- tatoes, this method of enriching the soil proved very costly, 27 days mans time and days teamwork being required to put the ses- bania under and afterwards get rid of the Bermuda grass. Nevertheless, the labor en- tailed could easily have been managed by careful farmer, aS the Bermuda digging was done in January when other work was not urgent
 Tomatoes. Dwarf Champion and Burpee's Quarter Century; .52 acres: Seed planted in cold-frame, Feb. l, 1906. Transplan ted to field, March l2-i5. First ripe tomatoes, June 10. Last of marketable crop, Sept. $. Yield, first class, lI2S2 pounds; second class, Salahle, 2249 pounds; waste, most of which could have been canned, lSl0 pounds. Total crop of 33OO vines, l534l pounds or 4.6 pounds, gross, to the vine. Highest price received, 30c for single pound on June 10. Bulk of tirst-class crop sold during July in Tucson and Bisbee markets, at 6% to 4t9c f. O. b. Yuma. Second class crop col do1t f,,sI
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-09
TIMELY HINTS
 FOR FARMERS, A Lesson in Intensive Farming by R ii. Forbes, Director and Chemist of Agricultural
 Experiment Station
University of Arizona,
 January l5, 1907.

l University of Arizona, | January l5, 1907.
 Just west of Yuma, Arizona, in the alluyial
 hood'plain Of the Colorado, lies little farm l bottomland, covered with saltweed, arrow l brush and creOsote bushes. The original
 purpose of the tract was for planting selected varieties of date palms imported by the U. S. | Department of Agriculture from the Old World. The Elk pertinent station, May 2, be-
 gan preparing the ground, and on May 20 the
 work of levelling, bordering and irrigatng the tract and the planting of l52 palms, was completed.
 THE PLAN OF WORK.
 Recognizing, however, that a farmer with his living to make meantime, cannot afford to wait for an orchard to come into bearing, it was planned to plant crops for quick re- turns between the tree-rowS, thus putting the work on a feasible basis from the small farm CTS point of view. In order to economize ground the irrigating borders were so placed as to coincide with the rows of palms, thus utilizing space otherwise usually wasted. The tract was divided by the borders into lands, for the most part one-half an acre in size. lrrigating water from the Colorado Valley P. & l. Canal was obtained in the GUS tomary manner, and k. l.. Crane, himself
 Yuma Valley farmer, undertook the care of what was nicknamed our "play farm"
 In size, well as in the intensive character of the work planned, this "farm' is the op-
 posite of the average holdings of this locality. The prevailing crops of the region are alfalfa, corn, barley, and forages in general, compara- lively little attention being given to vege- tables and fruits. WithaI, the cost of levelling land in this region is high, rarely falling be- low twenty dollars an acre at current prices for labor and teams Moreover, the cost, ex- elusive of maintenance, of the Government irrigating system now under construction will be about S3.50 an acre annually for ten years. To meet these and other heavy items of expense in connection with the establish ment of a farm in this region, intensive crops of a more remunerative character than those now in vogue, are essential. It was partly, therefore, as an object lesson bearing upon these financial aspects of the general situa- tion, that this cultural work was planned.
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-09
PoSToFrICE HOURS:

Mail open on Sundays from to a. m. Week days. & a. m to ?. ID. No Money Order business on Sundays. Mail (EaSt and West) closes every day at ?. m.
 k. II. Chandler P. NJ.
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RECLAMATION OF THE GROUND.

The soil of our tract, a warm, sandy loam well adapted to gardening operations, was levelled, ditched and boIdered at a contract price of $l7. 2O an acre, considerably less than the average for the locality, reckoning the labor of men and teams at current rates In addition, har6ed wire and posts for fencing cost SG0l0; lumber for headgates cost S3957; drive well point and pipe, d pitcher-spout pump and 8 barrel, Si345; a small lumber two-rooIn house. including i've and one half days carpenter hire. Sl52. .T5; and d brush-roof shelter for horses, about $500. Only skilled labor employed in leveling, bordering and ditching the ground, and for part construc- ton Of the house, is included in the above estimates, as the common labor required or dinariy would be, and in this case was, fur nishcd by the farmer himself.
 To bring this ground under cultivation and make it habitable for small farmer and his family, as stated above, therefore required cash outlay of about SiC0.00. In addition, in the average instance must be included a team, wagon. blow, harrow, having equip ment shovels hoes and other small tools.
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-09

NUMA LODGE NO. A. o. T.. w. MEETS t every Tuesday evening at o'clock. Visit ing brethren in good standing arc invited to attend. Yours in C. H. and P.
 r. l.. EWING, NJ w.
 ED. NAMES. R.
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-09

The amount of labor expended upon this crop was large for the area, especially at the transplan ting time. One days team work in preparing the land and about 32 days, mems time, were required to bring it through, al- though the work was not heavy and could have been largely performed by boys. The yield was low owing to the desert and unfer- tilized character of the soil, onions requiring large amounts of organic matter in the soil to give good results.
 Ea1.y Rose potatoes; .s4 acres: Seed pota- toes planted Feb. l6-l0, 1906. Beginning to bloom April l3. Crop all harvested June l3. Yield, 26lo pounds. Highest price, May 24, Yuma.
 Cash Cash
 Outlav retur,iS
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Office of Board of Supervisors,
 Yuma county, Yuma, Arizona,
 November 23, 1908.
 Board of Supervisors of Yuma county met at 10 a. m. pursuant to adjournament, Supervisors A. H. Kent and H. Fl. Donkersley clerk and District Attorney pres
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IContiuued on Page Two. l
The Arizona sentinel., 1908-12-09

WANTED: 4 good hustler ln every town to sell our perfect water filters, retailing from $l.50 to $500, 100 per cent profit to agents; exclusive terri tory.-Seneca Filter Co.,, Seneca, No
Cañon City record., 1908-01-23
REPORT OF BLOWING UP
OF BATTLESHIP A CANARD

The report circulated throughout
the country Friday afternoon that the
U. s. Battleship Connecticut had been
blown up while at anchor in the har-
Dor of Rio Janeiro, Brazil, seems to
have been story out of whole cloth.
How the rumor originated is some
thing OF a mystery, but probably grew
out of the public solicitude for the
safety Of the great navalfleet in its
perilous passage to the Pacific ocean.
What appears to be the most plaus-
ible explanation of the matter is the
report that something got wrong with
the Connecticut's propellers in leav-
ing the bay of. Rio Janeiro and was
flashed back to shore by wireless tel
egraph. From this incident was de-
veloped the story that the chip had
been blown up by fanatical and over
Jealous Japanese, who believed the
American fleet to be a men ice to their
dominancy of the Pacific ocean.
1t may sefely be assured that the
great squadron of oattleships now on
its way around Cape Horn is amply
able to, take care of itself. We may
rely upon Admiral Bob Evans state
ment. made just before leaving Hamp-
ton Roads, that '-the fleet is ready for
any event, and whether we are go
ing to a frolic or war we will give
good account of ourselves"
Cañon City record., 1908-01-23
ANNUAL CONVENTION TO
BE HELD AT GREELEY

State Secretary G. s. Bilheimer of
Denver delivered a most interesting
address at the mems meeting at the
Y. NJ. C. A. gymnasium Sunday after
noon. Mr.. Bilheimer is here in the
interest of the annual convention of
the Colorado Young Mems Christian
association to be held on the 9th, 7th.
Sfh and 9Th OF next month He says
that the Greeley convention promises
to be the best ever held in the state
and that as many Canon City people
as possible should attend. The con-
vention here last year, he says. was a
splendid one but the Greeley meet
ing will be even better. There will
be delegation OF perhaps, dozen
people from this city.
Among the expected speakers at the
Greeley convention will be Rev James
NJ. Gray. d. D., Chicago: A. ]. Elliott.
New York City; Rev. F. T. Bayley, d.
ID. Denver; Rev. Louis Albert Banks,
ID. D.. Denver: William e. Sweet, Dem
yer: Dean e. s. Parsons, Colorado
College; c. s. Bishop, Kansas City.
Kan; J. r. Thompson, New York
City; II. II. Tangeman. Denver; James
d. Hustled. Denver; c. ". Hibbard,
Tokyo. Japan: Evangelist NJ. B. Will
llams.
Cañon City record., 1908-01-23

the end it proved greater than ALL So
with the orchard mite, it is larger in
its results than we at first may think
it to be. Some of us have them now
in our orchards. Perhaps we have
never seen them, but they are present
just the same and some day we will
realize the fact to our sorrow. Per-
haps you have noticed some of our
apple trees whose foliage have a sick
ly yellowish color. On close exam
ination with good glass you may see
these minute insects crawling about
on the leaves.
They have small, sharp jaws with
which they irritate the surface of the
sap from the leaf and thereby cause
an injury to the tree. As the leaves
serve as the lungs of the tree, so to
speak, one can readily see that the in
jury would be very great indeed.
visited one of our fruitgrcwers only
a few days ago. While there he said
to me, Il wish you would come and
look at some bugs which are great
annoyance to me-" On investigation
| found these same mites (which Prot
Gillett will tell us about at the short
course) in great abundance The
south side of his house was covered
with them. also rock wall border
ing the lawn. On going out few feet
into his orchard we found some under
the loose bark of his apple trees. You
know Canon City is a health resort
fer insects as well as for people.
These mites were very plentiful
in the infant and the adult
stage. Space and time does not
permit for further mention at this
time of the wonderful things in store
fer us, even in this one days ses-
sion of our short course. Surely no
fruit grower can afford to miss this
great opportunity of getting the val
ued information which these able
men from our agricultural college
bring TO us.
t. WHITE
Cañon City record., 1908-01-23
LARGE ATTENDANCE AT
RAYNOLD'S MEMORIAL CLASS

Sundays attendance was the larg-
est for many weeks and the lesson was
entered into most enthusiastically by
every one present This is the class
where everyone is privileged to free
ly express his own views in his own
way.
All were rejoiced to have Mr. Beal,
after his long sickness. and Mr.. Bow
man. after several weeks visit in Salt
Lake City, and Elmer Paisley, after
long sojourn on the western slope.
back in their usual places in the
class. and to know that, as always,
they are vitality interested in the
class.
The class takes much pride in the
fact that their treasurer. Fred Duncan,
won the Old Mexico trip provided by
The Daily Record. and all are wish
ing him a delightful trip, and Judging
from the cards received Fred Is GER
tainly having the time of his life.
The class officers for the next six
months are L. d. Dawson. president;
J. A Stump. vice president; Robert
Quinian. secretary; Fred f. Duncan,
treasurer.
Cañon City record., 1908-01-23
SECOND DAYS PROGRAM
OF THE SHORT COURSE

The program of the short course in
horticulture is one which should in
terest every wide awake fruit grow
er of this section. The more / exam
inc this program the larger it grows.
1t seems to take in the whole realm
of horticultural subjects. Take, for
instance, the second days feast out
lined for US. First comes scale in
sects and orchard mites by our friend,
Prof. C. P. Gillett. When We consid-
er that the scale insects of the United
States destroy annually thousands up
on thousands of dollars worth of fruit.
and furthermore that We in time
stand a good chance to have to con-
tend with these same scale insects.
1t behooves us to get all the informa-
ton upon this subject we can.
Mites-these lock and are very
small. A mite of our kind was small
In the days of Christ himself. but in