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La Junta tribune., 1909-05-01

$3.50 Equitable Building.
Denver, Colo, July 7, 1908.
Mr.. n. A. Mcintyre,
President La Junta Land Co.,
Denver. Colo.
Dear Sir:
In response to your inquiry Of the
oath ult., regarding the Canal and
Reservoir system Of the otero irrI-
cation District, for Mr.. J. p. Wag-
ner, Engineer, I would say:
FrIst-That the capacity Of The
Clear Creek Reservoir, eompieted,w will
be, practically, 10000 acre feet.
second-That the run-oH Of Clear
Crock would ordinarily fiji tho reser-
voir twice each year. ! attach the
flow Of the stream from May, 1907,
to date, as obtained by accurate
La Junta tribune., 1909-05-01

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The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-09-10
Helping to Develop Another
New County.

The Hon. Frank Trum bo ar
rived from Wagner August 9th
in response to telegram from
his son-in-law Frank Casper,
who lives OIL Mr.. Trum bo's fine
40 acre farm 4 1-2 miles south.
west Of this place, that they
were about out of water. Mr..
Trumbo arrived on Wednesda y
evening and being informed
that a Mr.. Lee, north of Okat)n,
had we'll machine, concluded
the only way to get water was
to go aud employ these parti
to come and bore for it. So
early Thursday morning he
hired a livery rig and pulled
out When he got to whers the
parties live they were not at
h ONE, but ten miles north, So
he told his driver to push on
and lind them. which he aid aud
he soon made bargain with
MIR. Lee to be at his farm Mon.
day night with out fail. Mou-
day about three o'clock they ar.
rived. In the meantime how
ever Mr.. Casper had dug under
the bank in the dry creek bot
tom aud had strucx q spring OF
good water but not sufficient
for all the stock. So when the
boys arrived with the r machine
MIR. TrumbO was ON the ground
ana had them set the mAchiue
upon the bauk about ten feet
south Of where the spriug was
located aud in the direction
from VIII nee the water fiowe
into the spring. After boring
down about ten feet aud on
y level with the spring the water
commenced gushing IN frolpAll
directions and At this " ritiug
they are down about 80 feet and
have about fifteen feet OF good
water and Mr.. Trumbo thot 10
90 4 IL feet deeper and. quit at
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-09-10

Mix aud now ha is going to help
build up Stanley and Lyman.
He says they are just as good
as either OF the other three and
only wants some good wide
awake men ~ develop them aud
prove to the other states what
we caa do.
Then we will see Lyman aud
Stanley county land double in
price before We know il, he has
seen il do 30 in all the other
counties where he has lived aud
il will do the same here. but We
must break up tha land All |
farm it good, We cannot raise
crops oa the prairie, aud th !
sooner we get down 10 busine So
and do our work good. th j
better it will be for us and thu
country ts,o. But one man CAL. :
not do il all so | am going T..
urge the homesteader. YES eveu
the fourteen months kind. q.
break land yes thats the idea
break land" for isn't i've an
five ten aud twice ten tEenty !.
And wouldn't you rather see
prac ticaliy ali OF Lyman aud
Stanley counties broke up and
dotted with homes than 70 have
ii return to the wild state and
10 the cAtticmen who had Is b.
fore your time. La conclusion
we will say that we ara glad
that Mr.. Trumbo has come ~
our county. aud We hope more
like him with push aud enter.
prise for il means that our
county will prosper and we will
soon stan head aud shoulder
with any ,untv In the state as
an agricultural county. ST.
here is good luck tO Mr.. Trum
DO. aud hearty welcome To our
county. May all mis- undertAk.
ings be Q success. STAN tOrd
Standard.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-09-10

that, as he thot they would then
be sure of 20 feet OF water.
which would be more than they
would need for some time to
come aud it would be easier to
pump it at that depth than it
would If they went deeper and
as the we'll is a 26 inch hole and
has 20 feet Of water and q good
strong vein it will certainly fur
nish an abundance OF water,
three times as much as they
will need at present. Mr..
Trumbo naturally feels highly
pleased over his well, as he was
led To believe that he could not
get q good we'll in the county
but he believes in trying for
things. He says he came to
South Dakota in the .>ring OF
1862 aud settled in Clay county
at the town Of Vermillion lived
there seven years and saw all
the creeks dry up. People had
to gel water from the Missouri
river. but in after years every
body got water aad ne says it
will be SO here just rs soon rs
the land is broke up so the rains
can get into the ground.
Mr.. Trumbo has great faith
IN the country and he Is show.
ing his faith by the improve
ments he is making on his land.
he has built . good frame
house has u fine cellar all ce.
mented, = 2OO barrel cistern aud
will rebuild his barn this fall 81
by % and put = three wire
fence arOun. the whole tract.
tie has 100 acres under cuitlvA
ton now aud will contract for
2Op or more acres t0 be broke
next june aud will SOW it to
winter wheat. He also intends
tO sow alfalfa as fast as he ca d
get his ground ia shape for it,
until he has at least so acres OF
it. He has helped to develop
three counties in South Dakota,
Clay. Bon HQmme and Charlas
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-09-10
Bids for Water nains.

The city OF Wagnsr win ~
ceive sealed bids for The Con-
strnction Of approximaasly
three thousand feet ol six ioch
water mains mp % and until III
Oih day Of Ssptsmbsr. 1909. =
= p. N. 10 furnish III material
hydrsats and labor Tor mains,
including excavasing and covsr-
ing and 10 compases shs Same q
or before the lss day Of Novsa-
her, 1909.
Bidder will be required -
furnish = bond with surety -
be approved BY the mayor and
|city council in such aum =
they may decide upon condi-
toned for she faithful psrfor ~
ance nf said contract and BID
ders will be required - sao0it
certified check for 1s00 with
bid.
Said water mains 70 b laid
in accordance with the plans
aud specifications now on kls il
the ONCE OF the CITY auditor.
The city council reserve the
right u. reject any and Ill bids.
II. y. James. Mayer
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-09-10

For saIa. 200 acre woll in.
Droved farm two miles from
Wagner. Fine level land. Prica
reasona bile. Call on or write A.
Amundson, Lake Andes, 8. D.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-09-10

IT it's anything in the drug
line, you can get it at Pinard'ri
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29
Immense Potato Yield.

DILLON, Sept. californian Holden,
the we'll known dry land farmer of this
valley, has his crop Of Irish potatoes
nearly harvested. The yield per acre
he has secured on his dry land farm
through theICampbell system of cult.
waiting the land and conserving the
moisture, is nothing short of wonder.
full. he has In Is acres OF potatoes
and has secured and average yield OF
2l5 sacksIper acre, each sack weigh.
ing 100 pounds. he is finding q ready
market for his potatoes at q per sack,
which makes bis 75.acre crop worth
DIG, 125.
1.-THE bench lands in this valley"
said Mr.sjHolden, fare going to de-
velop into the greatest potato country
in the west. W. can grow. as 1 have
demonstrated the past two years, the
finest potatoes in the world on our
bench lands under the Campbell sys.
tenn OF GUILTY. ating the land and crop.
~ broke the ground on which l
planted my potatoes last year and
cultivated it constantly with a view to
conserving the moisture, with the re.
suit that during the long dry spell in
the early summer l had an abunda nce
of moisture in the soil to grow my
potatoes"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29
War Ships for San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept, 26.-To rep.
resent their respective countries a,
CALIFORNIA; celebration of the discov.
cry by Casper De Portols of the bay
of San Francisco, several warships are
headed for the Golden Gate from va.
rious parts of the world.
Italy, the Netherlands, and Japan
have vessels on the way here. Eng
land will be represented by q feet now
stationed at Esquimault, B. c.. Ger.
many will send a cruiser, and China
two cruisers and an envoy. Spain is
expected to send q committee.
The Portola festival will begin Oct.
10 and concluded Oct. %.
Casper De Portola, in commemor.
alton of whose discovery the celebra-
ton is planned, was the first Spanish
governor of California. He first saw
San Francisco bay in 1850.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29
Postoffice Robber Captured.

VANCOUVER, Sept. 26.-Accused o,
robbing q postofflce in Finland of one
hundred and eighty ,housand dollars,
John Vasors, q Russian, aged 40, was
captured by the provincial police in
Prince Rupert last Sunday.
Today Vasora was brought to Van.
couver and placed in Jail. Steps will
be Immediately instituted to return
him to Finland.
Appearing to have plenty of money,
Vasora had been in Prince Rupert for
several weeks. When arrested he was
disguised as a railway laborer, wear.
ing hobnail boots and old dirty
clothes and carrying a roll of old
blankets.
Vasora at first denied his identity
but later admitted who he was, though
he made no confession.
Vasora is alleged to have taken his
loot in the form of cash in a large
sack. He had q few hundred dollars
when arrested. 1t is believed that the
remainder is hidden in the north.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29
PinchotlWill Not Resign.

SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 25.-As q
result of several long conferences with
Chief Forester Clifford Pinchot here
today, President Taft tonight caused
to be issued q statement in which it is
declared that never at any time dur
ing the Ballinger.P inchot controversy
has the president intended to reflect
upoa Mr.. Pinchot, and in which Mr..
Taft takes q more forward stand than
ever In favor Of the:Rooseve cit policies
for the cOnserv alton of national re.
sources. The president indicates that
what is to be done in the way of re-
claiming lands must be done within
the law, and he announces his inten.
ton of applying to congress for such
legislation that will put the Roosevelt
policies on the tirmest possible basis.
Mr.. Pinchot before leaving tonight
for Washington, also issued a state.
ment in which he made public a por.
ton OF President Taft's letter writ.
ten to him at the time the letter to
Secretary Ballinger was dictated. The
president said he hoped Mr.. Pincho,
would not find reason in the Balm.
ger letter for resigning.
~ shall not resign" declares MIR.
Pinchot, and he adds that he is going
to continue to r the government
along the same lines he has pursued
in the past, concluding with the state
ment: 81 believe in Roosevelt poll.
cies and I propose to stand for then
Be long ss I have the strength to stand
for anything"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29

price at which -four cold be obtained
was 81 per hundred and then it was a
crude sort of q product but always
eaten with pleasure. Hay was scarcely
to be obtained at any price and the
livery stables had to depend on the
bunch grass Of the foothill to supply
their demand. There we're few ranch.
men in the entire state who had a
stack of hay that was big enough
TO keep q saddle horse alive during
the winter months, for the hoppers
came early and made q clean sweep.
The range then was not overstocked
and there we're few sheep in the trri.
tory. The livestock survived the
plague of the hoppers, for there was
bunch grass everywhere.-Anaconda
Standard,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29
Fire In the White House,

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-Fire broke
out at the White house late this after
noon, and for a short time it was
threatening. The blaze originated in
the furnace room of the executive of.
fees, which fare being reconstructed
in the prreident's absence, and
communicated to the walls and roof
Firemen quickly had the blaze under
control.
So far as anyone here recalls this
was the fret fire to occur at the White
house since the invasion Of the ma,
tional capital by the British in 1914,
when the capitol, White house and
most Of the public buildings were
burned.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29
The Last Straw.

The young mar and the girl were
standing outside the front door, hav'
ing q final chat after his evening call.
He was leaning against the door post.
talking in low tones. Presently the
young lady looked around to discover
her father in the doorway, clad in q
dressing gown.
"Why, father, what in the world is
the mstter?" she inquired.
"John," said the father, addressing
himself to the Young man, "you know
I have never complained about your
staying late, and I am not going to
now,Ibut for goodness sake
stop lesningIagsinst the push-button
and let the rest of the family get some
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29
DAYS..

"Thirty-three years ago this month
there was no harvest of any kind in
nearly every part of Montana" de.
clared an old.timer recently. "To
be exact about it, the farmers lost
their crops in two seasons, 1876 and
1877, and it was the grasshoppers
which took them. Truly it was a year
of plague and misfortune and the only
lands that escaped were the grazing
lands and these missed destruction
only for the reason that the grass
cured early that year and the hoppers
preferred the greener stuff along the
creek beds and in the meadows and
cultiv ated lands.
"But there was a brave old bunch
OF farmers in Montana's valleys at
that time. They did not make any
boiler for government relief, but they
sought other means of making a live.
lihood. The wives staid on the farms
and conducted diaries and made but.
ter and sold 1t in the mining camps.
Thanks to the fact that potatoes grew
under ground, the crop Of this vegeta.
BILE 10 . pretty good one and turnips
and rutsbagas also made pretty good
showing, although the hopper, when
ever they found . rutsbsgs or turnir
exposed to the surface, generally bur
rowed down and took in the entire
vegetable. During both of these
years It was necessary to bring II
from Utah and other states to the
south every pound Of -four that wal
used in the territory. The lowest
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29
Results Of the Storms,

NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 26.-Today
aocks of vultures lowered over the
storm devastated towns of southern
Louisiana, strewn with bodies OF ami
mails and men. Almost q hundred
human bodies have been burned or
buried In the marshes where they were
discovered. About two hundred lives
are kown to be lost and there are DOS.
sibly more undiscovered bodies in the
Louisiana marches between this citv
and the Mississippi.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29
Rate Hearing at Spokane.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.-Chairman
Martin J. Knapp of the interstate com.
merce commission left today for the
Pacific coast, where the commission is
to hear a series of important cases
affecting the freight traffic of the en-.
tire country from the Atlantic to the
Pacific seaboard.
Commissioner Franklin K. Lane
will join the commission at Spo.
kane this week. The first series OF
cases will be heard at Spokane begin
ming September 20.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29
IT IS SETTLED.
The Seeding Engineers Have Re-
turned To the Fold.

turned 10 the fOiO.
BUTTE, Sept. 27.-The labor trouble
which threatened to tie up this camp,
| shut down the shelters in Anaconda
and Great Falls and throw $4,000 men
out of work throughout the state, has
been settled.
While no official statement Of the
agreement has been given out, it is
known that the contention of the Min
ers' union has been sustained and that
the seeding engineers who withdrew
from the w estern Federation of La.
Dor, have gone back into the fold.
All will be received and given their
old positions.
The same whistles which announced
the arrival of President Taft gave the
good news that the miners were ex.
pected to hurry back to the shafts and
take up their tools at onc
President Meyer Of the Western
Federation of Labor, is here and is
expected to make q statement later in
the day.
At q meeting of the secessionists
held last evening the capitul alton was
decided upon. just what brought
about the surrender is problem ticsl.
Rumors has it that advices from the
head Of the Amslgams ted intim atirg
that the new engineers union would
not be recognized vas the force
brought to bear on the insurgents,
while they claim that the graveness of
the situation and the unpleasant ram.
ifcations of q shutdown prompted
them to give up the fight and await a
more favorable time.
Practically all of the secessionists
have individually capitulated by tax.
ing out cards in Engineers union No.
50, subordinate to the Western FEEDER.
alton of Miners.
The best of feeling and good nature
marked the surrender. Not q harsh
word was spoken while the disRruntled
ones trooped into Miners union hall
and again declared their allegiance to
the body with which the dominant la
Dor force OF the city is affiliated.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29
A Big Birdcaue.

A very peculiar institution in the
New York ZOO is what is known as
1.-THE flying birdcage." This magnif.
cent aviary is the largest of it's kind
in the world. being IS feet high, Y
feet wide and $50 feet long. Large
oak and other trees grow in this cage.
and the birds live within its wire net.
ting bounds in the utmost freedom.
The frame Of the cage is built Of iron
pipes, which r covered over with
thin meshed netting.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29
OFFICIAL PAPER OF cNOUTEAU COUNTY

~ ktters and Communications containing mat
t. intended for publication In this paper should
y sddressed to "TAe Ricer Press" and the nane
q tAs uyitsr must Be given t~o:insure attention.
Local aduertisements wiH be inserted in these
soswsns at the rate Of ten cents per line from
Sreasient and foe cents per line from regular ad.
ONtjsers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29
Literary Note.

"You write too much" said the critic
10 the author.
but, my friend" replied the author.
1--WE got to i've"
"How about your readers?"
"Ah, well. we were all born to die!''
ATLANTA Constitution.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. %, 1909.
HIGHER COST OF LIVING.

While some of the consumers ar
complaining about the higher cost o
living, the producers of the articles
that have increased in price regart
the situation from q different stand
point. The cries of distress from con
sumers do not appeal seriously te
them. A profit on their products II
the main consideration.
The live stock interests of Montans
and other states have reason to be
satisfied with present conditions. The
market price of beef 10 higher than for
several years past, and the sheepmen
are receiving better returns from their
wool product than has been realized
In former years. How long these con.
ditions will continue is q proposition
regarding which there Is . variety OF
opinion, the question of future avail.
able supplies being the point upon
which reliable information cannot be
secured.
According to recent advices from
Washington, the annual report of
Secretary James Wilson, Of the de.
partment of agriculture, will announce
. shortage of beef cattle In the United
States. Stockmen have been giving
similar information at various times,
the alleged beef famine failing to ma.
terislize, but in this instance Score.
tasy Wilson backs up his statement
with data that are supposed to be cor.
rect. He Gays the cattle supply in the
United States has decreased over two
million head in the last two years,
and that the exports Of American cat.
tie this year have been nearly 100, 900
lees than those Of last year.
The decline in beef exports, the bu.
reau OF animal industry believes, is
due to economic conditions at home
coupled with increased supplies in the
English market from other sources,
chiefly Argentina. The fundamental
cause, 1t is thought, Is in the shortage
Of our W supply of beef cattle with
the resulting high prices of beef in the
home markets.
Restrictions on the range and the
high prices for feed and thin cattle in
the corn belt are assigned as the chief
causes OF the big cattle shortage. The
free public range now is a limited at.
fair, owing to the extent of the forest
reserv atoms and the grazing regula.
tons imposed by their management.
Hay for winter range feeding is ex-
pensive andcin the feeding grounds of
the middle west the feeder now is pay.
ing from 56(d82c for corn which two
years ago cost him 39(d66c. The con.
sequence has been encouragement to
cattle feeding, If the figures In this
connection are to be believed. In 1907
the estimated number of cattle in the
United States was 81, $50, 900. In 1908
this figure dropped to 50,073. 900 and
on January l Of this year it had gone
to 40, 1879, 900.
S. a.. Cowan. attorney for the Texas
Stock Growers association, says the
price of beef probably is going higher;
that stock raisers simply have not
the supply of cattle they maintained
formerly. He asserts there is q short.
age of q million head at the stock
yards this year q compared with the
shipments a year ago.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29

Fine Book and Job Printing . spe.
cialty at the RIVER PRESS Office,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-01-07
GAVE FISHERMEN BATTLE.
Lobster Gave His captors Hard Fight
ITO Be contlnueo.)

Lobster Gave His captors Hard Fight
After Being Caught in Trawl.
Fishermen like Holsters as we'll as
anybody, in the proper.itime and place,
but John Marshall and Henry Silva of
fishing schooner Annie Perry had an
experience with one off Chatham a
few days ago which convinced them
that there are times when Holsters
are. poor company. They were aout
strawling and pulled up trawl which
seemed by tn efeel to promise good
returns. To their surprise they
brought to the surface a lobster
which later was found to weigh twen-
weight pounds, but which then looked
to be about hundred. His claws
were working like windmills, and
once landed In the dory he gave fight.
From one end Of the dory he Travelled
with remarkable speed. striking at the
fishermen and INJECTING several cats
and pinches before a well-aimed blow
with club put him out of commits
sion. His like for size. as he came
under inspection at Packet wharf,
where the. schooner tied up upon her
arrival, was not remembered