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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
TAFT TELL WHAT WHISKY is
A New Role for the President, Who
Will Grant Audience Because
of MOOted Question.

WASHINGTON, D. president
Taft was the storm center today of
a debate on the subject of What
Is Whiskey?" The discussion was
preliminary to an extended hearing
to be granted by him next Wednes-
day, hinged upon the technical ques-
ton of at which point in the process
of higher rectification old-fashioned
straight becomes limitation whis-
key under the rules of the pure food
law, as laid down by the department
of agriculture in accordance with a
decision of former Attorney General
BOnaparte.
Among those present at the con-
ference of distillers and government
officials at the white house were At
torney General Wickersham, Secre-
tary of Agriculture Wilson, DR..
Wiley, Dr. Dunlap and Solicitor Nc
Cade Of the agricultural department,
and Joseph H. Choate, former am
bassador to Great Britain, represent
ing Canadian whisky interests.
The distillers who take fusel oil
out of their whisky by other methods
of reCtiticatiOn or Redistribution or
color it in other ways than by the
use of charred oak barrels and whose
products is now labeled imitation
whisky are DESTROYS of securing a
new ruling. They are opposed in
this by the sO-called straight whis-
ky interests.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
How Cows Are Fed.

There are thirty or more trOughs,
each thirty feet long, scattered over
the field, and two or three negroes
are kept busy hauling the feed, keep
ing the trOughs supplied and other
wise looking after the cattle. Only
a few have died, these having been
injured in transit. The cattle are
all weighed when brought in, and
accurate record kept of their weights
then and at the time of selling. Some
have already been disposed of to
local dealers and found in fine COT
ditiOn for the consumers tables. 1t
is estimated that on the average they
are putting on three pounds each
daily, and that in the time allowed
for fattening, sixty to ninety days,
according to size and condition of
the animal, they will increase in
weight from 200 to 800 pounds
When received at the field the aver
age weight is about SIS pounds, and
when ready to sell to the butchers
they are expected to tip the scales
at an average of 500 pounds. The
western Deeves, it is said, range from
900 to 1880 pounds. When sold
the cattle bring 3 to cents a pound,
gross weight
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
PUTTING FLESH ON COWS
Pen of Six Hundred Being Fat
tened Near Americas.
TAKE ON 1000 POUNDS DAILY

Lean, Hungry Cattle That Were
Picked Up in the Woods of Wire
grass Counties by George w. Riley
Will BE Marketed i'll the Large
Cities After the Meat-BuiIding Has
Been Finished.
Two thousand pounds of succulent
flesh are being put on six hundred
cattle on the outskirts of Americas
every day, says the Americas Times
Recorder
Carload after carload of lean, hun
CRY, rundown cattle have been
brought to Americas during the past
few weeks. They represented the
scourings of the woods of a number
of wiregrass counties, as we'll as
some of the Florida counties along
the line They had come through
the winter as best they could, de-
pending entirely upon such grass as
they could find in the woods for
their support. Existence had been a
strenuous task for the greater num-
Der of them, and their owners were
not at all averse to selling them for
whatever they would bring, especial
ly as it was an open question as to
how many of them would survive and
fatten sufficiently to ever become fit
for marketing.
Picked Up in Bad Shape.
Loaded into cars and brought from
one hundred to three hundred miles
to Americas the cattle were unload
ed there in anything but a prepos-
sessing condition. But the Farmers
Cotton Oil Company managers felt
satisfied that few days rest, with
proper care, would put them on the
high road to sickness and an in
crease of weight that would mean
substantial profits when the hour for
selling came.
Out in a twenty-five acre field, |
north of the Magnolia Dell, just on |
the verge of the city, the cattle were
turned loose. The greater part of |
the field is high, dry land, with one
piece of low woodlands in which |
there is spring flowing at the rate |
of five hundred gallons a minute. At !
the further end of the field there is
a stream of pure running water. The |
conditions were ideal |
for the purpose to which the land |
was to be put. With plenty of pure
water, plenty of food, and all the
good air and sunshine the cattle
could assimilate the outlook for
their developing into fine bovine
specimens was regarded as far above
the average
Cattle DO Well From Outset.
Experience has demonstrated that |
the plans of the managers of the |
oil company were we'll laid. 1t took |
but matter of two or three days for |
the cattle to recover from their rail-
road trip. At first they were in
clined not to eat the mixture of cot
ton seed meal and cotton seed huIls
that was fed to them in inexhausti-
BILE quantities. Then they developed
a taste for it, and soon vast Quanti-
ties OF it were consumed All the
cattle had to do was to walk up to
a trough out in the open field, eat
until satisfied, go to the waters edge
for water, and then lie down. Re
)eating this hour after hour during
The day it was not surprising that
their RIBS were soon concealed be-
meath layer of fat and flesh that
The lean bodies became rounded, that i
he dried hide took on a healthful
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
RESENTENCED TO HANG.
Millirons Must Pay Penalty on Gal
lows April 2f.

At the September term of Clay
superior court Louis Millirons, a
white man, was convicted Of a hei-
nous offense, and Judge WorriH pro-
nOunced the death sentence upon
him.
Millirons' attorney carried the
case to the supreme court, which
tribunal affirmed the judgment of the
lower court.
Judge Worrin went down to Fort
Gaines Tuesday morning and re-
sentenced MillirOns, naming Tues
day. April 21st, as the day for his
execution.
Efforts will be made to have the
prison commission commute the SEN
tence to life Imprisonment.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
EXCURSION RATES..
Via Central of Georgia Railway
Company.

Via Central of Georgia Railway
Company.
TO LOUISVILLE, KY, and return,
account Southern Electrical and
Industrial Exposition, April r.
"a, 1909. Tickets on sale April
II, u, 10 and 20, 1909. Tick
cts good to leave Louisville re-
turning not later than April 26,
1909.
TO LOUISVILLE, KY, and return,
account Southern Baptist Con-
Vention, to be held May 1920,
1909.
TO ATLANTA, GA, and return, ac-
count Conference for Education
in the South, to be held April
14-16, 1909.
TO MACON, GA, and return, ac-
count Medical Association of
Georgia, to be held April 81
%, 1909. Tickets on sale from
points in Georgia.
TO BROWNSVILLE, GA, and re-
turn, account Grand Lodge l..
o. o. F. of Georgia, to be held
May 25-27, 1909. Tickets on
sale from points in Georgia.
TO MEMPHIS, TENN, and return.
account U. c. V. Reunion, to be
held June $40, 1909.
10. ALBANY, GA, and return, ac-
count Georgia Chautauqua, to
be held April 1926, 1909.
Tickets on sale from Macon, Co.
lumbus, Perry, EufauIa, Ft.
Gaines, Lockhart and interme-
diate points.
For full information in regard to
rates, dates of sale, limits, sched-
ules, etc, apply to nearest ticket
agent.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07

walk upst airs
without stopping
on the way. I
tried three differ
ent doctors and
each told me some
thing different. 1
received no benefit
from any of them,
but seemed to suf-
fer more. The last
doctor said moth
ing would restore
NV health I bnroD
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
A puny child is always an anxiet

A puny child is always an anxiety
to the parents. There seems gen
orally no reason why the little one
should be weak when it is so we'll
fed. But the fact is that it does not
matter how much food the child
takes if the stomach cannot extract
the nOurishment from it. No bene-
fit can be derived from just eating
That is the condition of many a
siCkly child. The stomach and or
gans of digestion and nutrition are
not doing their work, and the body
is really starving. 1t is little use to
give fish foods, like cod liver oil or
emulsiOns, in such a case, because
these also have to be digested
Strength is what the stomach needs
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry strengthens the stomach, nourish-
es the nerves and increases the ac-
ton Of the blOod-making glands. 1t
is superior to every other prepare
ton for children's use, on account of
its bodybuilding qualities, and also
because it is pleasant to the taste
and contains no alcohol. The vir-
tues of native medicinal roots are
extracted and their value enhanced
by the use of triple-refined glycer-
inc, which of itself, is a most valua-
BILE nutritive and promoter of diges-
ton. Send to DR.. r. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y, for free booklet.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07

lustre, ana the cattle changed COM
pletely in appearance from the spec
linens that landed in the fields.
Four tons of food are delivered
at the field daily, mixed in the pro-
portion of one part cotton seed meal
to seven parts of cotton seed hulls.
The huns are worth $44 a ton and
the meal $22 a ton, so that the four
tons used daily for feeding purposes
represents an outlay of $25. In
asmuch a it is believed that ninety
days will be the average feeding
time this means a total expenditure
for feed of $2,25O, or less than $4
to the single animal improved by this
process
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
OBJECT TO NEGRO CARRIER.
May BE Trouble Over Appointment
in Thomas County.

There is a good deal of discussion
around in regard to the appointment
of a negro, Ed Birks, as rural free
delivery carrier in Thomas county.
The people along the route object to
having a negro carrier, and as they
are very determined set of men some
people are prophesying that there
may be trouble about it, About two
years ago a negro carrier was ap-
pointed in the county, and he re-
signed after making only two trips,
as from various little signs that he
had seen and heard he decided that
the route was not exactly good for
his health. Birks is a good negro
and may get along all right, however,
says a Thomasville dispatch
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
ARLINGTON HAS SENSATION.
Prominent Merchant and Church
Member Arrested.

Arlington had a mild sensation
the other day when E. Hatcher, a
well-known merchant and church
member of the place, was arrested on
a blind tiger" charge. A search of
his premises is said to have revealed
the presence of 90 pints of booze.
His bond was assessed at $500.
On Monuay in the mayors court
he was fined $50.
1t is thought the next grand jury
will take a shot at him.-Cuthbert
Leader
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
AFTER
DOCTORS
FAILED
LydiaE. Pinkham's Vegeta-
Bile Compound Cured Her.

Willimantic, COnn.-"For five years
| suffered untold agony from female
troubles causing backache, irregulari-
ties, dizziness and nervous prostra-
ton. 1T WAS imnnSSihlR for me- to
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
EXCURSION FARES
Via Central of Georgia RaiIwa,
COMPANY.

Company.
To Louisville, Kentucky, account
Southern Electrical and Industrial
Exposition, April 1922. 1903
Tickets on sale April 18th, 18th.
18th and goth, 1909, good to leave
Louisville returning not later than
April 26th, 1909.
For full information in regard to
total rates, schedules, ETC., apply To
nearest ticket agent.
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-06
What Christmas Present?

Which makes the better Christ
mas present-the fifty-two issues Of
the Youths Companion, costing only
$l.75 for the whole year. or one book,
COSTING $3.50 to $500?
In quantity. variety and value Of
reading the Companion eNcels Is
not such paper. bringing into the
home circle charming stories. articles
on thousand subjects by famous
men and women. delightful short
skctches. humorous anecdotes, and an
infinite variety of other wholesome
entertaining reading-is not such a
paper the very one for an appropri.
ate. acceptable Christmas present?
Think OF H. In year the Compan'
ion gives you as much reading as
twenty i00.page books OF travel, his
tory. fiction. miscellany. biography
and hnmor, and not line In II that
shakes ones faith In truth and honor,
not phrase that makes light OF the
things that are sweet and pure Is
It not Christmas gift worth having
"a Christmas gift that is worth
while,
send your sui scription (sl.75l at
once so as to receive free all the
issues Of the Companion for the re-.
naming weeks Of 1909. as well as
the Companions Venetian" Calendar
for 1910. Autographed In thirteen
colors and gold.
The Youths Companion. Compan'
ion building. Boston. Mass,
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-06
Rocky Ford Club en.sr..'n.d.

On Saturday last occurred most
pleasant social event. when the La
Junta woman's Club entertained the
Rocky Ford Woman's Club at
O'Clock luncheon in Harmony Hall.
All in good time the guests ar.
rived and We're graciously received
at the home of Miss Wilson. Prompt
ly at o'clock the club women and
one O'Clock the club women and the
assembled guests proceeded to Har-
mony Hall, which was elaborateiy
decorated for the occasion. Festoons
OF wild clematis interspersed with
chrysanthemums almost encircled the
hall, while little owls peering from
branches in corners. grinning Jack
O. lanterns, witches, bats, elves and
ominous writings on the walls all
foretold Halloween event.
The many tables with immaculate
linen, dainty china and silver. and
vases OF chrysanthemums helped to
make the place bower of beauty.
Covers were laid for seventy-five and
al each place was a program deco
rated with witches, elves and the
black cat
A delicious six course luncheon was
served which further carried out the
Halloween idea and which WAS OF
itself proof sufficient that club wo-
men are past masters" of the cul-
mary art.
After the luncheon the tables dis
appeared as If by magic and all was
in readiness for the most carefully
arranged program.
The musical program was one Of
the finest ever rendered in the city
! by local talent and was highly appre-
ciated by all present.
I Mrs. Mcconnell delighted the audi
ence with her reading and was again
called 10 the floor,
The guests departed with many
expressions of pleasure which the
occasion had afforded.
The following program was rem
dered
Selection from Martha" Miss Potter
Vocal solo. e. =. Miss Shropshire
+. instrumental, two pianos. o..
... Miss Palmer and Mrs Moore
Vocal solo. e.. g.. g.. Mss McNeen
Reading o.. e. O.. Mrs Mcconnell
Vocal solo. o.. o.. Mrs. G. l.. Hess
Overture. William Tell" two pianos
Miss McNeen and Mrs. Edwards
Miss Potter and Miss Lee.
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-06

who never open their mouths except
TO speak slightingly.
We are concerned a. out the Ot.ro
canal because 1t must irrigate the
land on three sides of this city, east.
south and west. We take the stand
that the Otero must be perfected
Abuse and Misrepresentation do not
help. They hinder. To date, the
entire cost of canal. right OF way
DEGREES, reservoir and appurtenant
water rights do not stand the Otero
water users as much as s25 per acre.
and the farmers have twenty years
in which to pay that Otero water
users could afford TO expend another
so an acre on their water right, in
which case Il would be worth in a
Selling value OF water by the acre
foot. 500 per acre. or So per acre
more than cost
1t should become an unpopular
thing In La JuDta to speak III o,
the Otero canal. Just rememt ~
that the reservoir will make an enor.
nous difference In the crops under
the ditch In the future. and besides
knocking Is not worth while on is
own account
Consider this circumstance: one
year ago fine land under the Otero
six miles west OF La Junta. and -four
miles from Swink. was freely offered
at $50 an acre. The same land
cannot be bought now for less than
$15 per acre. Something has brought
about an apparent enhancement In
value OF SIS per acre. either IN.
completion of the reservoir, or the
extensive advertising Otero lands
have had during the past year, prob
ably on account OF both.
This paper believes In giving even
the desil his due. We believe In
doing Justice to the Otero canal he
cause the welfare and development
OF the town of La Junta are so IN.
timately concerned with the inten'
sive development OF the lands ad
Iacent to the city.
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-06
VALUE OF WATER RIGHTS.
Arkansas Valley Has Cheaper Water
Than Any Other section-Future
Of Otero Canal Full Of Promise
Stop Knocking.

Water rights in the Arkansas Val.
ley are cheaper than In any other
developed part of Colorado. The in
ference is plain that our prices are
too low, or other localities are re-
ceiving too much. The unit OF value
is one acre foot Less than two years
ago the market value OF one acre
foot was $40. while now the price
demanded and paid is on the aver
age above $50 and frequently as
high as $50 per acre foot.
y The comparison will prove inter
esting and instructive. Possibly II
some OF the inhabitants OF Otero
county would travel about the state
some and see what other localities
sell their land and water for. II
might dawn on them that values
here are too low.
Observe the following list OF water
rights and their present per acre
foot selling price:
Northern Colo. Irrigation Co. $4,000
Cas,iewood Dam. E.. e. .. =. 5000
Farmers Reservoir and Irriga.
ton Co. =. =. =. =. =. 5000
Seven Lakes Reservoirs. e. e.. 5000
Lake Loyeland. 81. q. D.. .. $3.50
Union Reservoir. q. =. o.. q. s5.7s
Laramie Poudre.. =. e. g.. =. 5000
Grand Valley r. 4 W. e.. g.. $500
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-06
An interesting Exhibit.

we extend cordial invitation to
'he public to examine a collection Of
newspapers from the most remote
paris Of the world now on exhibit at
our Office. These papers We're sent
10 us by the Chamberlain Medicine
company, Des Moines. Iowa, manufac
turefs OF Chamberlain's Cough Rem.
cay and one of the heaviest adver.
users not only in this country but
IN ioreign lands. A copy of each
ISSUE OF every newspaper containing
thef advertisements is sent to the
oftice Of the Chamberlain Medicine
company as proof of the insertion
Oh the advertisement. The package
sent to us is selected from these
voucher copies. Some of the papers
bear names of places which require
US TO recall forgotten geography or
refer 10 the atlas to locate. Some
OF them are particularly curious as
they are published in the vernacular
or native languages which might be
likened to the carefully written notes
OF shorthand writer.
To an American newspaper man II
is interesting TO note the manner in
which the colonial English newspa-
pers are made up, They still cling
to the methods which We're practiced
In this country fifty years ago, the
advertisements being upon the first
few pages, followed generally by the
heavy editorials, then few cable and
telegraphic items afterwards the local
news The local news consists prin.
cipally OF the proceedings of the
legislative bodies, town council, school
board, etc. Contributions by the read
ers are numerous and lengthy.
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-06
Garden Tracts In Suburbs Of Denver

The attention OF our readers IL
called TO the advertisement OF tn,
Altura Suburban Farms Company IL
another column OF this issue. Nc
character OF land investment In tn.
territory contiguous TO Denver has
proved so alluring to Investors and
spectators alike ss the nearby areas
suitable for truck gardening. Hun
dreds OF thousands OF dollars have
gone In this direction during tn.
past few years. and as yet only the
surface has teen scratched.
The Denver 4 Colorado Securities
Company. Of which william Bicrkamp
Jr. In manager-thc company which
no successfully handled the two Al
tura farm districts lying to the east
and south OF Aurora-has Just ss'
cured 3?o acres Of fine farm land
situated TO tho east Of Derby. \
station on the Burlington. near Sand
creek. and this farm is TO be- d.
vided into six'y.four tracts Of five
acres each.
Even now the district n we'll peo-
pied and many good looking houses
are going up IN all directions. Bur.
iington trains stop Mt Derby and the
survey Of the proposed Dcnycr.Grcc'
ley intcrurban electric line passes
right through the farm.
The soil In the Derby district "a
fully M rich as IN the Aurora se,'
iion aud with all tho necessary water
available every known kind of farm
aud garden produce can be grown.
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-06
Young Mexican Attempts Suicide.

Frank Martinez. young Mexican
about twenty years of age. atiemp
ted 10 shuttle off this mortal coil
last Monday afternoon about 80
O'Clock. shooting himself through the
left breast with thirty-two calibre
revolver. The ball entered his breast
Just above the heart. took a slightly
downward course. passing through
the top OF the left lung and being
der blade. Along about noon the
young man gave authority TO a young
friend TO draw his monthly pay.check.
telling him 10 have good time with
II, as he would never need the money
himself. and after bidding his sister
goodbye al the home on East See.
ond street. walked over to the base
ball park and attempted to make
way with himself The shooting was
witnessed by his sister and Engineer
Jones OF the La Junta Ice Plant, who
promptly summoned n physician and
the young man was made as com.
Portable as possible. Mr. Martinez
was getting along nicely yesterday.
and II is believed has revised his
opinion about suffering the slIngs
and arrows OF outrageous fortune" "
being now very anxious to live. rnre.
Quilted lov. Is said TO have been the
cause OF the attempted tragedy.
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-06
A Question Of Class.

The cost to make an alum baking
powder is about two cents pound.
When this powder is sold at 20
cents pound It would not appear
10 the average consumer as high
grade baking powder sold at mod
craie price" but rather as very
low grade baking powder sold at a
high price. The twenty.three cents
profit ON n two.cent food article is
not. however. so important AS the
fact that the chief ingredient OF the
25.cent powder Is alum. a mineral
acid. well known TO be injurious
when taken into the stomach,
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-06
City Federation Meeting.

Tue City Federation OF Womnnr
Clubs will meet on Monday evening,
November sth. at Harmony hall, al
1880 O'Clock. The following program
will be given:
Instrumental duet. e. e.. =. o.,
..Miss Baldridsc aud Miss Lee
Paper. "Homc Beautiful" e.
=. %. ., Mrs. VIII Lewis
Vocal solo e. =. Master Dongharty
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-06
CHAMBERLAINS
Cough Remedy
Cures Coughs. Colds, Group, Grip
and Whooping Cough.

We ARE pleased 80 inform our readers
that Chamberlain Cough Remedy does
not Contain narcotics of any kind, This
makes II the safest Hnd best for children.
limalsea 40 ~ ference when ,on caught
that cold. you have II and want tp get rid
of quickly. Take Chan.brrlain's cough
Rene,ly.
II won't do so fnpl with a bal cold.
NJ on" ran toll whit the end will be,
Pm h'Inf,in. ,aiarfh chronic bronchitis
an Consumption invsrishl, result from
neglretnd eoii a. u cure for coughs
AMI rolsls nothing can COMPARE with
Cbafnls.flpin Cough Remedy, Sold
sssryWbekr nt 2u.. DUc and z 1 ,VV,
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-06
For Sale chsap.

| will sell cheap for cash a good
,hree.foom house. hen house. store
room and one acre of ground In North
La juuin. good water right In the
Fort Lyon Canal. Also have some
good lots In Home Place Addition.
Write to