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The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19
sUREAU OF LABOR REPORT
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT IN
CONDITIONS.
HOURS PAY BUYS MORE.
MOST OF THE PRINCIPAL INDUS.
TRIES SHOW INCREASE IN
HOURLY WAGES.

Washington.-The average wages
per hour in the principal manufacture
ing and mechanical industries of the
country were 81 per cent. higher in
1907 than in 1906, while retail prices
Of food were AZ per cent higher, &C.
cording to the July report Of bureau OF
labor.
The regular hours OF labor per week
were fOur.tenths OF / per cent lower,
and the number OF employees In estab-
lishments investigated by the bureau
showed an increase OF per cent.
The purchasing power OF an hour
wage. as measured by food. was less
In 1907 than In 1906, the decrease be-
ing one-half of per cent. The re-
port shows that. as compared with the
average for the 10-year period, 1890
to 1899. the average wage per hour in
1907 was 2S.8 per cent. higher. the
number Of employees 44.4 per cent.
higher with decrease Of per cent in
the average hours of labor per week.
The retail price of the principal art
icle of food was 20.6 per cent. higher
in 1907 than for the period 1890 to 1893.
Compared with the average for the
same 1O-year periou. the food purchas-
ing power Of an hours wage In 1907
was 6.S per cent greater.
The greatest increase in wages per
hour was In the manufacture OF cotton
goods. the increase being 1873. In the
paper and wood pulp industry there
was an increase In wages per hour Of
1O.l per cent. In silk. wooden and
worsted goods industry Ga per cent:
In the glass industry and street and
sewer work an increase Of SIS per cent.
OF the establishments investigated two
showed an increase Of 10 per cent in
hourly wages. eight Industries an In
crease OF less than s per cent. In one
industry. iron and steel. there was .
decrease Of 0.9 per cent. In wages.
The investigation made by the bu-
reau covers those industries In which
the wages paid In one year were &c..
0O0. 900 or more.
Retail prices Of food In 1907 were
higher than in any other year Of the
lS-year period above named. being IL
per cent. higher than in 1906.
The average retail prices Of twenty.
nine Of the thirty staple articles inves-
tigated were higher in 1907 than In
1906. The articles which showed the
greatest advance In prices are flour.
50 per cent: butter, 8 per cant.: evap
grated apples. rs per cent: milk. "a
per cent: cornmeal. 6.S per cent:
cheese. 81 per cent. and potatoes. 81
per cent. The only article which
showed decrease IL tea, the decrease
being o. per cent.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19
Poultry RaIsIWs Profitable.

At the Poultry Institute held in
Rocky Ford by the Colorado Asricul.
tursl College. o. c. Frantx gave q
statement Of his experience with poul
try which shows the profits under
skilled management
Mr.. Frantx started January !. 1903.
With 90 white LeGhorn puliets. In tho
! months ending July 3ist, they laid
1870 eggs. an average Of llS eggs per
hen.
He spent for feed. grit, advertising
and incidentals for his hens and for
500 chicks which he Matched, 9i70.s6.
During the seven months he sold
eggs for e326.37. chickens for SLOT IL.
and used IN the family eEEs worth at
market price. es3.l6. . total gross re.
ceipt Of e%ss.s7. and . net return above
cost Of keep Of e3Ss7l. This 10 . net
return IL seven moOths q Sa.2S per
hen.
Mr.. Frants sold many Of his eggs for
hatclNng at breeders prices. Figur.
Ing the eggs at market prices they
would have brought e3i%.6o, and the
cost Of keeping the hens alone vas
y7S.76. . net profit In seven months
from ninety hens Of 1i36.sS-9i.50 per
hen.
M. Frants exhibited q pen Of five
months Old pallets q the Poultry Instl.
tute. August -. and all OF them laid
eEes during the meeting. lie intcnds
eradally 70 enlarge bis plant up 20 the
full capacity Of bic land.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19
Prehistoric Skull Found.

Glcnwood sprinEs.-Considerable In.
terest has been aroused here over the
discovery by Louis List Of what 10 be.
licved to be the fossilizcd skull Of q
prehistoric animal. The specimen was
found At the summit Of Iron mountain.
A local taxidcrmist believes the skull
10 be that Of = saurian. Il 10 eight
inches long. six inches high and six
Inches wide at tho thlckcst place. II
resembles the skull Of . bovine. and In
Of flintlike substance. weighing near.
~ twenty pounds.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19
HAS BEEN INSTITUTED ~ THE
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
OF COLORADO.
READY FOR STUDENTS
PLANNED WITH SPECIAL REFER.
ENcE TO IRRIGATED RE-
oioNs OF THE WEST.

For more than two years the au'
thorities of the Colorado Agricultural
College have been considering the
matter of establishing q full course
In forestry. During that time two
short courses In forestry have been
held at the college in the winter sea-
son. In each case these courses were
an unqualified success. both in at
tendance and interest. There has.
however, been an increasing demand
for a technical forestry course SINH
lar to those offered in some Of the
eastern schools. Such q course has
now been outlined and was ready
for beginning students at the open
ing of the present fall term, Septem-
Der 10th.
The entrance requirements are the
same as for the regular four-year
courses in other lines. The technical
work begins in the fall term Of the
junior year. The profession OF forestry
demands training In wide range OF
subjects. Many Of these are subjects
such a. are taught in q technical ag-
ricultural course. In fact. forestry
may be properly considered as spe-
cial branch Of agriculture in which
trees form the only crop. 1t is proper.
therefore. that forestry be made one
Of the principal courses In an agri-
cultural college.
This course in forestry 10 planned
with especial reference to conditions
In the western irrigated sections OF
our country In which the problems are
somewhat peculiar to such regions. Suf-
ficieut time Il given to the study OF
English. modern languages and his
tory. to place students on par with
those In other courses.
The mathematics include algebra.
trigonometry and surveying. with
special reference to the requirements
Of practical forestry. In addition.
some work d given in map making.
mechaaical drawing and extensive
trimming n botany. physics and chem
istsy. together with fundamental work
In meteorology. geology. zoology and
entomology. International Law, 20
litical economy and United States
constitution are included In the
course.
Tho technical work in forestry con.
sists In the study and practice OF for
estry methods and operations. such a.
reproduction. production, caro- and
management. harvesting and utiliza.
ton Of forest products. Much of this
consists Of laboratory work in tho
various subjects. together with field
WORK. Il 10 intended that the students
during the latter part Of their course
shall spend some time In the forest
nearest at hand In making practical
studies OF problems to be found there.
Excursions OF shorter extent are to be
made into the foothills and the sur.
rounding country. where trees arc 70
be found growing under natural and
artificial conditions. The extensive
cooperative tree-plantings by the ex.
pertinent station. together with . 10.
cal arboretum In which has been
planted over nifty species Of forest
trees. will BE- draWA upon for such In.
formation a. they may furnish.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19
New York Democratic Nominations.

Rochester, N. Y.-As the culminat.
Ing feature Of the Democratic state
convention, which closed Wednesday
night. there was . notable demonstra.
tion In honor OF William J. Bryan. who
arrived In the city shortly after p. m.
and addressed Q mass meeting In con.
vention hall and overflow gatheringe
outside.
Presiding over the convention hail
asscmblage was Judge Alton d. Park.
cr. tho presidential candidate four
years ago. who took advantage Of the
occasion to make . personal pledge OF
his earnest fcalty TO the national tick.
ct. Al Bryan and Judge Parker stood
face to face with hands claspsd before
the great assembiage. which choksd
the hail TO It's capacity. the cheering
rose TO deafening roar.
Nominating all but one Of It's candi.
dates by reclamation. and adopting .
platform which ayrniGns the admins.
tration Of Governor HuEhe~. and
pledges earnest support to the Denver
platform and candidates. the convcn.
tion named ~ the head Of its ticket
for governor the present lieutenant
governor Of the state. Lewis 9tuyves-
ant Chanler Of Duchess county.
The ticket II ~ follows:
Oovernor-I-cwis 0tuyvesant Chan.
Ter Of Duchess.
Lieutenant 0overnor-John A. Dix
Of Washington.
Attorney Gencral-OcorgsM n. Palm.
er Of Schoharie.
Secretary Of State-John 8. Whalen
Of Monroe.
Comptrollcr-Martiu H. Olynn Of Al.
bany.
State Treasursr-Juiius Hausef Of
Suffolk.
State Engineer and eurvsyor-Phil.
ip q. Farley.
Judge Of Court Of Appeais-Aibert
Haisht Of Erie (Rcrublican).
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19
indian Boy Shoots Child.

Durango. Colo.-Frank Howe, Q nj.
teen.ycar-old Indian boy. shot and
killed Ancc Baker. four.year-oid daugh.
ter Of James Baker. q Ute Indian, at
Pagosa Junction Tuesday. The boy in
some way came into possession OF .
2: cnliber rifle and. riding through the
streets Of Pagosa Junction, which IL
seventy miles east Of here. shot the
girl and sped away on his pony In the
direction Of the Ute reservation. The
boy seemed to have been seized with q
Wild impulse to kill and shot the girl
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19
Elk Appointments.

Colorado sprinGs.-R. L. Holland, the
now grand exalted ruler Of tho Elks.
Tuesday announced his appoint ments.
There arc fifty committeeman and
ninety district deputies on the list. W.
w. Wood Of this city has been honored
with the appointment 70 . place on the
charter committee. The district depu.
ties for Colorado are - follows: J. r.
Haljoran. Victor: W. g. Alexander, d.
Ida. and L. W. Allea. Telluride.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19

Whsa the tackles OF the battieship
Asee come sailing homo again they
win 1T Q welcome worthy oe the &C.
eaa1ea. The sasouncsmsat Of the
p,aa 70 have . grand naval review %
Q AttiAg display II honor q the ships.
~ o0eses aAd The nsa who have
eo0oete1 snoA credit apoa The Amsri.
60 nADe viii ~ Dost satisfactory
= ovesybo1y sxespt ~ naa viii IL
.GAeoo1e "gseesA.s H-F
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19
s,sm,sIts, Js,ss, 10 DEED.

eedalia, Mo.-A victim q his own
practical Joke. which resulted IN tho In.
death Of fivs more. Conductor A. r,
Herschberser Of the Missouri, Kansas
match lnto car Of black powder on the
sxpjooloa which shook this city. Gus.
csnbed 70 HE injuriss Wednesday.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19

An impression is gaining ground
that . Chicago college professor Is not
considered a success unless he says
something that would sound down.
right nonsensicai a. coming from the
average intellect.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19

According TO Humane Onicer Ware.
le.l26 women have been beaten BY
Toledo husbands In tho last It years.
During the same period three timcs
- many Cleveland women. declares
the Leader Of that city. have been
presented with diamond rings and
soalskin coats.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19

4 favorite scheme to increase the
value OF IN old horse 10 10 bishop tho
teeth. the name coming from the man
who discovered the method. A horpe
that 10 bishoped has had ito teeth fijed
down and capped. BY THE means "a
animal dosen years Cd can b made
10 appear elgAt.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19

A s0year-old Connecticut man com.
mitted suicide because he didn't want
TO live to be . hundred. Some people
have such . morbid fear OF their per.
sonal habits-smoking. drinking. etc.
getting into the Sunday papers.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19

Marie Corelli is writing . novel
against the drink habit" Just see
what awful things the drink habit IL
responsible for.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19

About twice the height Of the
Washisgton monument and ~ feet
higher than The Et6el Tower will b
the altitude Of the ball on the Dag
pole OF . proposed new insurance
building In New York--the building
itself 70 b 10 feet. or more than four
times the height Of Bunker Hill monu.
AAnE
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19

A writer In a popular magazine de-
scrtbes dynamite As canned thunder"
II he should try to use = can-opener
on It he might md that he had spoken
better than he knew.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19

An 1s-year-old husband In New York
has been having serious trouble with
his second wife. Probably she refused
to let him play with the other boys In
the neighborhood.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19

West New York. n. j.. 10 In hard
luck. 1t has no money to buy feed
for tho horses In its IRE department.
and. in fact. still owes for the horses.
II ought to go into the hands OF = re-
cciver.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19

Chicago Is supposed to be Is yea1
old. II is no mere compliment to say
that she does not look her age. How.
ever. she will be Just a. fresh and
lively when she Is twice her present
age.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19

A Washington couple have had the
union label printed on their wedding
Invitations. Does that make the walk
Ing delegate the best man?
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19

New Zealand is great sociology.
cal laboratory. but In her advertise
ments strict accuracy is not con.
sidered essential. 1t would seem.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19

Tho owners OF skyscrapers seem to
entertain the idea that the windows
were made to be seen through. This
proves them to be frank idealists.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19

The speed craze is a pathological
condition known as ''locomotor ma
MIA" says a French savant. The po-
lice know Of fine little cure for that
complaint.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19

The shah is reported to have sus-
pended the Persian constitution. Per
haps he thinks that this is the only
way In which he can now attract at
tention.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19

Chorus girls gain wisdom with
age" says tho Jacksonville Times.
Union. That can't DO true. or some
OF them would be the wisest people
O. earth. Which they aren't.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19

Another evidence that the horseless
Yorks crusade against horse thieves.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19

A French expert says that the
broken wing OF the aeroplane 10 the
punctured tire Of the automobile.
The difference 10 that when the tire
pops, the machine 10 on the ground.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19

The French simply can not under
stand Wilbur Wright. He must talk
with his hands still.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19

II 10 . very sad day for all the boys
who have been inventing flying ma.
chimes In the rear Of the woodshed.
and ~ yet haven't got them 20 tract.
able that they will leave tho earth.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19

A Colorado couple got married the
other day and the license bore the
number 1913. Their divorce papers
will probably be marked 1923.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19

A man named Wind won 81, 900 in
. Panama lottery. and. Of course.
blew II all in inside Of a week.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19

The worst one can say Of Auckland
II that 1t is absolutely all right
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19

their own honor. One Of their mem.
beers patrols the camp At night to keep
hobocs away. Since the guards were
taken off there has been NO attempt
At escape. and the prisoners openly de-.
clare that II anyone tries to get away
they will assist In having him returned
to the penitentiaSy.
Owing 10 the late season II 10 not
thought that tho sugar campaign In
Weld county will begin until Oct. LIST.
although the factories arc 10 rcadincss
for operation should crops be ready
Sept 20. II II estimated that the crop
this ycar will be ~ good II not better
thnn Last and chemical test Of twenty.
one samples Of Greeley bects show tho
sugar content one per cent. better than
las: year. There are 3l.700 acres In
bce,s for the Greeley. Eaton and Wind.
10: factories.
The United States government has
entered suit against James w. Zin..
norman. sheriff Of Garfield county.
charging him with allowing his cattle
to run on tho Holy Cross and Battle.
ment Mesa national forest reserves.
A judgment In the sum Of el.100 10
asked. Zimmerman u accused Of fall.
Ing to take out . permit and also Of
attempting 10 influeoce other cattle
raisers 70 refuse to pay the governmsnt
the amount charged for allowiHs cattle
to grass on forest reserves.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-10
Land for Sale

I have over 80 farms for sale. Here
are the three best bargains have on
my list: A 320-acre farm under high
state Of cultivation, 10-room house.
barn and other out buildings; new wind
mill; good orchard. The old man Is
dead. The seven heirs are anxious to
sell, and win sell for cash SIS less per
acre than what it is worth Price $50
per acre. 1SS-acre farm; good house
and barn and other out buildings;
buildings 2 years old; good orchard;
31s miles from the county seat Price
so per acre; all bottom land above
high water; very rich soil. 160-acre
farm; the best improved farm of it's
size in the county; 10 buildings: plenty
of fruit; 80 winter apple trees. This is
snap; will be sold at a great sacri-
flee. I also have land for sale In the
sunny southern Alberta, Canada, the
best wheat land in the world, 80 to IS
bushels wheat to the acre. Fall wheat
is now from IL to % inches high, and
the outlook for another bumper crop
this year never looked brighter The
average last year in Alberta was 35
bushels of wheat to the acre. Now Is
the time to buy. 1t will soon ADVANCE
SIS per acre If you buy thru me as
your agent, 800 acres, I will pay all
your expenses. For particulars write
or call on w. B. Herman, Room IL,
Woodbury. Bldg, Marshalltown, Iowa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-10
Hampton Items.

Special to C1meS-RepuOllCaH.
Hampton, June 10.-Frank Cowan, OF
Pipestone Mimi, has been visiting at
the home of his mother here, Mrs. Oba-
diah Smith.
The street commissioner and crew
have Just completed a new cement
crossing at Dodge and Fifth streets,
and are now laying one at Fourth and
Wilson.
Henry, son of Chris Olson and wife
has been here from Oelwein for few
days. visiting at the home of his par
ents. He will go to Sioux City soon
and take position as individual auto
car Chauffeur.
Master Gray Milligan has gone to
Breckenridge, Mich, where he will
spend his vacation on the farm owned
by his father, A. E. Milligan.
Considerable damage is reported
from districts south and east of this
city, caused by the storm Of Sunday af-
ternoon Some seven or eight miles
south of the city. number Of buildings
are reported to be badly damaged, and
at the Keefe farm, just east of town,
it Is stated that top buggy, which was
out fdoors. was ruined by the wind
The windmill tower was nearly blown
out Of doors, was ruined by the wind
probably have to be taken down and
rebuilt A heavy fall of rain accom-
panied the storm.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-10
Stock Yard Notes.

John F. Lken, the big feeder at Gray,
Ia, came in with five cars of cattle
and one of hogs and was well pleased
with, the market
]. II. Quart the well-known and sue
cessful shipper from Washta, Ia, had
his usual weekly consignment of cattle
and hogs.
Isaac Yetter of waukee, Ia, came
in with consignment Of cattle of his
own feeding. Mr.. Yetter is we'll
known cattle man of his section and
is regular patron of this market.
VIM. Ware. the enterprsing feeder
of New Market, Iowa, sold 1143-lb
short fed steers Monday, at 1925
straight. He was we'll pleased with the
results.
Jno. Dougherty, Eddyville, Ia. was
in with two cars of steers that weighed
1920 lbs and sold at satisfactory prices
He was we'll pleased with the sale, and
said he got more than he expected. Mr.
Dougherty is one of the prosperous
young feeders of Monroe county, and
always tries to make his cattle good.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-10
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