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The newspaper., 1908-05-29
Paonia and Vicinity in 1912.
BY ROE REDMON.

To get idea Of the growth that will be made in
the next four years. 1t will be well to what has
taken place in the preceding years.
Since 1904 the average OF fruit has more than doub-
led and although there have been two peach failures
other crops easily doubled the previous.
In the last two years water systems have
been put in Stewart and Pitkin mesas. Telephones
form net work over the entire valley 50 at present
conversation be held between parties In different
sections OF the country
Things have not been less active in Paonia In 1907
Cline Hnfty laid out and disposed OF 20 residence
lots in the Park addition. Last year Mr.. Hawkins
also sold Is residence lots Orchard addition.
Comfortable homes rapidly being built in these
districts thus increasing the size Of the town. can
merry built at Paonia in 1906 and it understood
that another about twice large is to be constructed
this year.
Another good example of the growth Of Paona and
vicinity the rapid advance that has been made in
educational lines. District No. employed teachers
in 1901 and present 15 employed. a high
school building built this year and in anticipa
ton of the steady increase in the population OF the
community. 1t constructed so that additions
could easily be made.
In consideration o the rapid growth of the past
and in order idea of hat the crop will be
for the coming year. census has been taken OF all
the orchards which situated Paonia, whose
fruit is handled by the Paonia commission merchants
The acreage OF fruit was found to be 1866 acres OF
which there 2,OS9 of peaches and 2277
of apples. Out of 2,0s9 acres Of peaches only 1375
bearing trees leaving remainder Of ia
that will OF course be bearing heavily by the
OF 1912. From 2,277 OF apples there
only $40 that bear fruit. The amount OF fruit
estimated at 700 900 boxes OF peaches 700
loads, and $3.50 boxes OF apples which would
amount to 634 cars.
But the cold wave on the 25th, 26th and 2sth OF
April killed the greater part of tile peaches in some
sections of valley. STILL competent judges believe
that there will be many peaches there has been
any year before OF the increased acreage
This is one of the very few localities in the west
where there is any fruit at all this SO instead OF
njuring the country, the freeze will point out the
surest and most productive fruit district in the west
The inability OF the d. & Il. g. to furnish us with
sufficient number OF has always been OF the
drawbacks which the ranchmen have had to consider.
this obstacle will be removed within the nexttwo
years, during which time the branch line will be
tended the range, thus making this "a through
road and much shorter route to eastern markets
Now notice the increase in the amount OF fruit in
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20
TO MY CHILDREN.

ALMA and Theron, aged and 1911.
My son, my daughter-young and fair,
While yet the twig is bending,
For you a fathers fervent prayer
TO Heaven is now ascending
That you, through all the coming days,
Be guided and protected,
Till safe into discretion's ways
Your feet shall be directed.
The blessing I would thus impart,
The prayer. for you l offer,
No anxious, loving parents heart
With warmer zeal could protfer;
And, though the counsel l would give
At best might ill-avail you
AS how through life to walk and live,
His word shall never fail you.
The snares and pitfalls of this life
Are treacherOuS and deceiving,
Where one wrong step may bring grea'
strife
And years of hard retrieving;
But there's one road and one alone,
Where danger and disaster
Are unencOuntered and unknown
The highway of our Master.
What golden fruits His servants yield
On heavenly mamma nOur1Sned!
How like the lilies of the field
His faithfui ones have flOurished!
And thus may you, my children dear,
AS now, in childhood tender,
Go forth to balm life's atmosphere,
And dazzle with your splendor!
Whatever tasks on you devolve,
Do we'll and shirk no duty;
The hardest problems that we solve
Unfold to joy and beauty.
March forth meath honor's beacon lights,
And let no power despotic
Usurp your grand, GOd-given rights
Be free--be patriotic!
Then, when your work on earth is done,
With life's brief day declining,
O'erhead the bright, unsetting sun
For you will still be shining
While round the scenes you here have trod
Enhanced by your attendance,
Shall smile the legacies Of Cod
Peace, Love and Independence.
Henry Reed Conant in Evening News, Los
Angeles Cal
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20

While the fleet Of sixteen battleships
has thus far proceeded southwark in ac-
cordance with schedule the torpedo boat
fotilla has experienced delays which
were not unexpected, but which it was
hoped might not be encountered. Rough
weather caused minor accidents to two
Of the destroyers and delayed the fotilla
five days, and two more days were lost
because of the sailing of the boilers oe
one of the destroyers. Delay was suf-
fered by the Panther and the Yankton,
the conveying steamers, due to a short
age of coal which compelled the former
to tow the latter. Only the larger ships
of a fleet stay at sea for long periods,
because they have coal bunkers of ample
SIZE
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20

Although the turbine ships of the
Cunard line have not shortened the pas
sage across the Atlantic to a practical
extent, they have demonstrated that with
the time of leaving port properly ar
ranged in relation to the estimated time
of arrival the delivery of the mails may
be so expedited that business men on
both sides will experience benefits as a
result of the driving of the ships for
record passages. The turbine steamers
introduced on the Mediterranean by the
Egyptian Mail Steamship line have
achieved the passage from Marseilles to
Alexandria in three days. enabling trav-
elers to go from England to Egypt in
four days. The two ships of this line
have engines of q, 0O0-porse-power cap
able of driving them at a speed of
twenty-one knots. 1t is evident from
this performance that with fast steam
-ers covering routes where close con-
nections can be arranged, the journey
around the world can be made in much
shorter time than it has heretofore been
accomplished by globe-girdlers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20

A subway peril was revealed in New
York, where seepage of water into the
tube from the cellarway of the burned
Parker skyscraper brought the mana
gers of the line to a realization of the
danger, and caused them to shut off
traffic south of Thirty-second street.
Had a comparatively thin concrete wall
given way, thousands of tons of water
would have converted the subway into
sewer and swept everything before it.
This condition of things may possibly be
peculiar to New York, but the incident
is worthy of note nevertheless, wherever
subways are under construction.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20
Homeopathic Doses.

Recently a middle-aged professor at a
college in the north of England became
indisposed, and consulted a physician.
The latter advised his cOnsultant to do
less desk work. take more exercise and
to drink as a tonic little beer, some
thing the professor had never cared for.
The doctor net his patient a few
days later, as he was leaving the col
lege, and stopped to inquire how he
was feeling.
'About the same" replied the profess
sor. did you take beer as | directed?''
inquired the physician.
Eyes," responded the professor. 81
took it few times, but it became so
nauseous that l had to discontinue it,
''How much did you take?"
"Why, 1 bought a whole ho.S.e and
took a spoonful before each riiqAl," an
swered the professionalism Tele-
graph.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20

1t will be of interest to park authorities
to know that the commissioners OF the
District of Columbia have decided upon
the use of liquid asphalt as "A binder for
the surfaces of macadam roadways, and
that the decision was reached after ex-
pertinent with crude oil and tar. The
roadways are first carefully prepared,
and the liquid asphalt must be applied
only when the surface is perfectly dry.
After the roadways are properly
sprinkled with the asphalt the surfacing
must be permitted to harden. This is the
teaching of experience at Washington,
where the roadway question has been re-
ceiving much attention of late
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20

Gently introduced an automobile street
cleaner which is said to do it's work eff
fectively without creating dust The
cleaner proceeds through the streets with
it's own power, sprinkling the dust and
other debris before the brushes
throw it into the hoppers. A contri-
vance of tnis kind ought to be of value
in every city which has streets that are
surfaced with asphalt. The present
method of scraping the refuse into heaps
that tester in the sun is crude in COM
parison with a system of promptly gath
ering it and carrying it away, in COM
bined automobile sprinklers and sweep
nrS
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20

The railroads of Pennsylvania which
carry anthracite coal hauled during 1907
total of 67,1O9,393 tons, the largest
years business in the history of the
trade, exceeding the aggregate of 1906
by 100000 tons. These figures are of
especial interest at the present time, as
they show the magnitude of the rela-
tionship between the coal roads" and
the anthracite mining corporations,
which are for the most part owned by
the carrying companies. The law die
tates that the local roads" and the coal
companies must be divorced by the list
of July next, and the combinations are
said to have been baffled in attempts to
bring about legal separation. This is
something that must be settled within a
few months, as anthracite mining and
anthracite hauling must proceed unin-
terruptedly, so great is the demand for
hard coal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20
Packing for South American Trade.

A big firm in town, which manufac-
tures delicate instruments, received an
order a short time ago for a quantity of
their instruments to be sent to South
AMERICA ha ana macerk d. IN fha cert
they knew best how to pack the consign-
ment of goods and accordingly ignored
the instructions sent on with the or
der. A while later the firm received
a letter from South America asking why
the goods had not been packed as or
dered. The letter went on to say that
a pack mule which has been loaded with
the valuable burden had fallen over
the edge of a precipice and had rolled
down the side of the mountain and the
instruments were demolished.
The firm had to make good the loss.-
Boston Record.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20
Exploring for Eucalyptus.

The Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe
railroad has sent the manager of it's
tie and timber department, e. 0. Faux
ner. on an exploring journey to Hawaii
Japan and Australia to study the euca-
lyptus in those countries and perhaps
to buy trees for planting. The Santa
Fe railroad has 1000 acres in eucalyptus
in California. which are intended to
supply telephone poles and railroad ties
These are doing well, but it is hoped
thar Mr.. Faulkner can find still better
varieties 1t is a novelty for railroad
to be undertaking agricultural explora-
tons in foreign lands.-Forestry and r.
rigation.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20

Reasoning people will not be alarmed
over the inclination of the War Depart
ment to permit japanese laborers to as
sist in building Notifications in Hawaii.
The structures will be in accordance with
advanced military science, and when
Americans are inside of them their OPP
ponents will have big job in trying to
drive them out. 1t would be impossible
to maintain secrecy as to the form and
thickness of Notifications.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20

The practical combination of the
North German Lloyd and Hamburg
American Steamship Companies, so far
as routes and rates are concerned, is evil
dence from Bremen that German inter
ests on the sea are to stand together
against British and American interests.
Travel between the continents has grown
so tremendously that it makes a big
bone of contention for rival shipowners
of the various maritime nations.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20

The winning Of the Deutsch-Archdea-
con prize of $4,000 for making a flight
of kilometer, in a circle, with a ma
chine heavier than the air, puts Henry
Farman, the French aeronaut. a peg
ahead of all competitors on the other
side of the Atlantic. But what he has
accomplished is nothing in comparison
with the flight of many miles to the
credit of the Wright brothers, during
their experiments near Dayton, Ohio.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20

Although it will be several months be-
fore Rear-Admiral Evans fleet reaches
the Manila, Golfers are already head
ing for that port, and for Honolulu:
Fully 100000 tons of fuel will be ready
for him at the former port. Fleets can
not move promptly nowadays, unless ad-
vance agents provide store of fuel at
stopping places.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20

The Chinese piratical junk Whang-Ho,
which has been on exhibition at San
Francisco for several months, is to be
taken to New Orleans for like purpose by
way of the Straits of Magellan. She will
be manned by crew of eight Euro
peans during the voyage. If the I'M
wieIdy Chinese craft makes this long
and perilous voyage successfully students
of ethnology will have evidence tending
to strengthen the theory that the Alas
kan Esquimaux are of Asiatic origin.
There would be far less peril in taking
a junk to the Alaskan coast from the
China seas than in navigating one of the
queer ships around the Horn
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20

The collision between a passenger and
freight train on a trestle near Vinegar
Bend, Alabama, and the consequent col
lapse of the structure with both trains,
is another example of the recklessness
of engineers in taking trains across such
structures at high rates of speed. If
the trains were not moving fast the engi-
neers would have been able to stop their
respective trains in time to avert disas-
ter
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20

Michigan has retired from the big
Nine of university athletics, which will
now have to be known as the big
Eight" But there are others, and the
figure may be still further reduced when
the returns have all been received. The
cause of the dissensions is a difference
between the students, backed by the
alumni, and the faculty members of
boards Of athletic control who desire to
reduce programmes il order to more
surely establish certain reforms.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20

The maintenance of navigation on
Green Bay, from the east shore through
the Door passage to Menominee, and to
Sturgeon bay by way of the canal, is one
of the remarkable incidents of this rec
ord-breaking winter so far as freedom
of navigation is concerned. Thus far
there has been no more trouble on the
routes along the west shore Of Lake
Michigan and on the routes across the
lake than is experience in midsummer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20
Matter for Psychical Research Society.

On the morning of October 10 one of
my dogs set up a most mournful howl,
and 1 got out of bed and wrote on the
wall, "Some one is dead" and the fol-
lowing day related my experience to
the Salt Officer stationed here and re-
at 4:45 a. m. on the morning of October
10 at Wimbledon, exactly at the time
that the dog gave the significant warn
ing.-Letter in Madras Mail.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20
Titled English Sportswoman.

One of the most Travelled of English
women is Lady Lechmere. who is also
famous as huntress of big game. hav-
ing been on numerous hunting expedi-
lions with her distinguished husband
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20

The decision of Judge Kohlsaat in the
United States circuit court at Chicago.
gives the government 100000 which
was found in the possession of Capt.
Oberlin Carter, the conspirator who with
Messers. Greene and Gaynor swiDdled the
government out of 100000 in harbor
construction at Savannah, Georgia. AS
Capt Carter has served a term in Leav-
enworth prison, and as his co-consDira-
tors, Greene and Gaynor are now under
going similar punishment in another
prison, lovers of justice may feel salts
fed that in this particular case rascality
has been properly punished.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20
WASHBURN PRINTING CO., Publishers

An epidemic of the bubonic plague in
the province of Shan-tung, China, has
caused the Chinese government to take
precautionary sanitary and quarantine
measures all along the coast. This
sanitary alertness in the Flowery King
dom is one of the gratifying evidences
of the awakening of China
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20

German manufacturers are said to be
worried because Of the quantity of agri-
cultural machinery sent into the empire
from America. If they would quit wor-
rying, and try to produce machinery of
equal merits at prices that cannot be
duplicated by American manufacturers
they would again become members of
their home markets. System in Ameri-
can factories, and production on a large
scale, more than Offset the difference in
the wages of factory employees.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20

The people of Guadalajara, Mexico,
have become so enamored of up-to-date
'head-wear that they have enacted a law
taxing the sombrero and compelling
wearers thereof to attach a tag showing
that the annual license has been paid
The attack on the sombrero affects not
only those who prefer it to the modern
hat, but it Injuries hat industry that is
centuries Old 1t will probably be very
difficult to enforce the law, and in the
course of a short time the people of
Guadalajara will again be able to wear
ANY old hat"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20
Fortunate.

Eyes. sir"
And they don't appear to be fresh,
either"
Then it's lucky they're small, amt it,
sir?'-Punch
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20
India Has Swiftest River.

British India has the swiftest river in
the world. The Sutlej has a descent of
10000 feet in $50 miles.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20
Name Contains No Vowel.

w. H. Shrek Of Pratt is the only man
in Kansas, so far as known. whose name
contains no vowel.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20

her children and her home while she
plays bridge whist is for her to say.
like to feel that | am writing these
plain-spoken articles for the newer and
more hopeful generation of housewives
who intend to face their problem and
solve it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20

The city of Berlin, Germany, has re-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20
A Woman'S Business.

If woman knows her business, the
business of the homemaker, and knows
it in it's inclusive capacity of every sort
of service, she has very little to fear
from the servant problem, writes Grace
Duffield Goodwin in Good Housekeep-
ing. This means. in the plainest sort of
English, that no woman is really fit to
employ servants who cannot make fires
wash dishes, cook mot one meal. but
many, sweep room, direct the laundry
work if she lacks strength to do it her
self, make beds, feed and battle and
dress children.
Before anything else in the world this
is a woman's legitimate business, the
place she has always been expected to
fill, and until unforeseen and very
sweeping changes occur, always will be
compelled to occupy. Whether she will
the world and bear and rear the chill
dren and make and keep the home. or
whether she will hire people to attend to
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-04-17
B. h. Matthews Successful.

After great deal Of effort and CORE
spOndence B. H. Matthews the popular
druggist, succeeded in getting the DR..
Howard Co. in making special halt
price Introductory offer on the regular
fifty cent size of their celebrated speci-
fic for the cure Of constipation AID
dyspepsia.
DR.. HOwsTd's specific has been so re
markedly successful in curing constr.
patton, dyspepsia and ell liver troubles,
that B. H. Matthews is willing to re-
turn the price paid in every case where
it does not give relief.
So great is the demand for this speci-
fic that B. H. Matthews has been able
to secure only q limited supply, and
every one who is troubled with dyspep.
sia, constipation or liver trouble should
call upon MIN at once. or send % cents,
and get sixty doses Ofthe best medicine
ever made, on this special half price
offer with his personal guarantee to re-
fund the money if it dOee not cure.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-04-17
VANIA RAILROAD
Bulletin.
THE FORTY BEACHES OF NEW JERSEY.

The hundred and twenty-five odd miles along the New
Jersey line from Long Branch Cape May presents the
grestest peasuring section in the United States
Upon the bluffs of the northern end and the gently shelving
sands of the southern end located forty which
pleasure seekers.
At time the year is this section delightful than
during the spring early months One who has not
them this would marvel their delights The
great pine belt which extends through the of New jersey
fills the air with egving ozone, which combined with the
salty of the and the open exercise possible at all
times exhlarating and tonic o the highest degree.
Long Branch, with its beautiful cottage-neghbors West
End Hollywood, and EberOn Deal and A1enhurst largely
devoted to cottage life Asbuy Park and Ocean Grove attract
ing thousands yearly; Avon, Bemar Como Spring Lake.
and Sea Grit galaxy of attractive places upon the bluffs
where the country meets the sea.
Then the Barnegat Bay section where Point Pleasant Sea
Side Park Island Heights Barnegat City, and Beach Haven
with other smaller places by, welcome the
sojourner.
Atlantic City, with its miles of beach and drives
and its charming suburbs leads the island separated from
the main land by the great salt marshes
Ocean City, Sea Isle City, Avalon and Stone Harbor An
gesea Wildwood Holly Beach, and Wildwood Crest also have
large summer population.
And Cape May with its million dollar hotel and its
wonderful improvements makes fitting climax and holds high
place among the forty beaches.
The Pennsylvania Railroad the direct all of these
from all sections of the country splendid service
makes each of them nghbOr all the and the world at
large.