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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-01-08
RECOMMENDATION OF DIRECTOR
OF FARMERS INSTITUTES
FOR COLORADO.
VALUABLE WORK DONE
CORRESPONDENCE couRse PRO-
POSED TO MEET WANTS OF
EACH FARMER.

A movement 20 organize more than
10000 boys srG girls over the state
into township clubs to grow grains, po-
tatoes, and other crops and for sewing
and cooking is one of the most impor-
tant .uggestiors contained in the an
nual report of Prof. II. NJ. Cottrell. d.
rector OF the department OF farmers
institutes, to the Colorado State Board
Of Agriculture
With the limited appropriation for
the work the department held during
the, year Just ,iosing-and they were
all held in the first few months-24O
sessions. which had total attendance
of 2S,s25.
Professor Ctttrell declares that
farmers institutes should be held In
every settlement all over the state
where new settlers are numerous. and
points out the importance of such in
drawing still more settlers to Colo
rado, adding:
"The short course is the most thor
oughly appreciated and the most valu-
able extension york done by the col
lege. 1t permits the giving of extend
cd Information on subjects of special
importance to those who attend.
I'm the last two years many thou
sand farmers have come to the state
Most Of them are unacquainted with
the conditions and methods that se-
cure the best results in Colorado. They
need help fron! the college. II they
succeed, they will bring thousands Of
other settlers to the state. Their fail
ure means permanent injury. For
the benefit of the state, the college
should hold farmers institute in
every settlement where new settlers
are numerous.
There are thousands of new set
tiers on Colorado farms who need in
formation thror shout the season on
problems that come to them in the
new conditions under which they are
working. Such problems as prepara-
at different attitudes, when and how
to apply water, methods of culture,
how to feed Colorado crops, and pre-
vention Of insect depredations and
plant disease.
Besides specific information, they
need to be taught the principles un-
derlying farm methods peculiar to
Colorado. A correspondence course
fills this need and can be adapted to
the special wants Of each farmer.
There are more than 10000 boys
and girls over fifteen years old of
school age in Colorado. The farmers
institute department should organize
these boys in school districts and
township clubs to grow grains. pota-
toes. sugar beets, melons and field
peas, to feed Colorado crops and to
study methods and markets. Each year
boys institute should be held in .
township at which the products grown
by themselves compete. The prize
winning products of each township
shsuli compete at county institute
and the winners in each county should
enter a state contest. Similar work
should be conducted in cooking and
sewing with the girls"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-01-08
Prosperity Of Colorado.

In the year just ended, writes Gov
ernorElect John F. Shafroth in the
Denver News. the reports cleaned
from various sources show that Colo
RADIO mines, factories, farms, orchards
and stock ranges produced more than
$400.0o0,0O0. On basis of 75O, 900 pop
ulation for the state that means a per
capita production of $3.50, or nearly as
much as the earnings Of the average
head of family in the United States,
without taking into consideration the
earnings Of jobbing or importing in
dustries.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-01-08
Royalty on Exhibition.

In the eighteenth century the Lon
doner could look at royalty on Sun |,
day for modest fee. In a guide t6
London, published in 1867, 1t was said:
AT st. James chapel royal by knock.
ing at the side door and slipping
shilling for each person into the hand
Of the verger who opens it, you may
have admittance and stand during d.
vine service in presence of their
majesties; and for one shilling each
person more, you may sit in their roy.
al presence. not in pews. but in turn
up seats on the side Of them"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-01-08
Cement Plaster and Stone.

The Denver Republican estimates
the production of the above named ar
ticles in Colorado as follows:
Cement output in Colorado for 1908,
100000 barrels.
Plaster output in Colorado for 1908,
$4,000 tons.
Value Of building stone quarried in
Colorado, 100000.
The annual output and sale of build:
ing stone Of all kinds from Colorado
Quarries is estimated roundly at val.
uation Of 100000.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-01-08

Dairy products increased twenty five
per cent. over those of last year.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-01-08
Potato Yield and Selling Prices.

Statistics for the last ten years
show the following as to yield and
selling price of the potato crop in the
Greeley district:
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-01-08
coIorado's Population.

The Denver Republican makes the
following estimate of the present popu-
lation of Denver and Colorado:
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-01-08

The following of
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-01-08
LIVE sroCk handled DENVER UNION sToCk Yps.
Naval Academy Examinations.

The above live stock tables are
The oasis. [volume] (Arizola, Ariz.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-17
ARIZONA NEWS.

working III Viz N"llOy ~ " -
Hartman, worked a get-rich-quick
scheme in the check line yesterday
that finally landed himself in Jail,
where, on being searched, there
was found on his person $3.50 and
forged checks for $1,000 more.
Globe Silver Belt: With moth
ing to lead to its identity, the
grinning skull of young girl was
found in the hills about two miles
east of Globe, Sunday afternoon.
Closer search revealed the charred
remains of other bones. Who the
little girl was and how she met
death in the barren waste upon
which her bleached bones were
found scattered is mystery that
has not been cleared up.
Yuma Sun; The home of O. G.
Patterson, six miles down the val
ley, was consumed by fire at an
early hour Wednesday morning
Nothing was saved. The residence
burned SO rapidly that Mrs. Pat
terson had only time after she dis
covered the fire to catch up her six
year old child and escape from the
burning building. The barn and
all outbuildings were destroyed,
making a total loss with no in
surance.
Phoenix Gazette: Betwee
twenty-five and forty men are now
at work surveying the line for the
last link of the P. q E. railroad
between Winkleman and San Car
los. Only thirteen miles of the
twenty-eight remain to be sur
veyed. The surveyors are now in
the very toughest kind OF country
on the line, five miles above
Christmas. AT places the men
have to be let down the cliffs with
ropes in order to run their lines.
Douglas International. t h e
doors of both the city and branch
county jails here were thrown wide
open to fresh air and sunshine
this morning, there being not SC
much as one prisoner detained
This is the first time such a thing
has occurred in long time, fol-
while often a day passes with nc
arrests, usually there is a prisoner
on hand serving out his time
This morning the last of the time
servers was freed, and that cleared
The Jail.
Tucson Star: There are sixty
Chinese stores in Tucson, princi
pally located on thoroughfares re.
mote from the central business
section of the city. The statemen
was made by Lee Kim, merchant
who has not only grown stout blu
wealthy in the transaction of bus
mess at the old stand, where every
thing from a tamale covering o
corn huek to a sack of wheat
string of chill, or pin to loaf o
bread, is stored away. Much o
The stock is located high above tn
counter or hidden away in mac
cessibIe places.
Tombstone Prospector: A re
ward of $3.50 was offered by Cover
nor kibbey for the arrest and con
ycton of Dave Roberts, who is ac
cused of being one of the murder
erS OF Con d. Sullivan, well know
IN Oochise county, the murder hav
ing occurred at High creek, Ora
nam county. On Fehruarv 30 r
The oasis. [volume] (Arizola, Ariz.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-17
For Sale.

Gents Furnishing Goods store.
Best corner in town; 100x100 feet;
nice assortment of goods; about
$45,000.00 Mex. in stock; lease on
building for five years at $4,000
Mex. per month. Will sell a half
interest. Address
BosToN STORE, FRANK SMITH,
Hermosillo, Sonora, Mex.
The oasis. [volume] (Arizola, Ariz.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-17

less the man is sooner captured,
the claim to be presented within
sixty days after conviction. An
additional reward of $3.50 has been
offered by the supervisors of Ora
ham county, making a total Of
$500 reward.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-16
TO FIGHT THE WOMEN.

Advocates of women suffrage In
the state are somewhat exercised over
the arrival of George Clark of Chica-
go. Mr.. Clark is the organizer for
South Dakota for New Yor.S asso-
citation opposed TO womcns suffrage
and also represents the anti-suffrag-
ist association of Illinois. He is max.
ing preliminary tour of the state In
TIE interest of the &nti-woE.an suf.
frage and in the cveut that an or
ganization Of the state is deemed ad-
visable the headquarters will doubt
less be established in Huron.
Indications poiHt 10 South Dakota
as boin5 - open field 70" an inter
esting campaign for and against equal
suffrage from now until the next cleo
tion. The advocates OF the move
ment are de5pcratcl" in earnest and
will oppose any and Ill efforts to
weaken their hold upon tic people Of
South Dakota. The campaign will be
one of the most interesting in the
history of the state and money and
talent provided by eastern people,
both for and against the measure,
will be used in this state to the best
advantage.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-16
DEATH OF MRS. FAssETT.

Mrs. Chester M. Fassett passed
away last Thursday at the home of
her son, Glen at Des Moines, Iowa
The remains were brought home on
Saturday end the funeral was held
from the house Monday afternoon,
Rev. J. M. Pengelly Of the Baptist
church, being in charge.
Mrs. Fassett had been in poor
health for a number Of years, and
went to Des Moines some few weeA
ago in the hope that ne change would
be beneficial.
Mrs. Jennie Powell Fassett was born
at Hoosic TaIls, n. Y, March 10,
moved to Fond du Lac, Wis. with
her parents. Here she lived until
she was 23 years of age when she was
married to- Chester NJ Fassett of that
place, February q, 1878. From here
they moved to Wausau, Wis, and from
there to Aurora, S. d. They came to
Brookings in 1887, where they have
since resided Five children have
been born to- this union one a daugh-
ter, Blanche, born November 6, 1885,
having been taken away at the age Of
nine months She is survived by her
husband, two sons, Clayton of this
city and Glen of Des Moines, Iowa,
two daughters, Della, now Mrs. Perry
F.. Loucks of WatertCwn, and Gladys,
who has resided with her parents, and
two brothers, William Fl. Powell of
Sioux Falls and George NJ. Powell of
Sanford, Tenn.
Mrs. Fassatt was a devoted wife
and mother. Her heart was in her
home, her whole life was spent in
making her family happy. Society did
not attract her. She had her close
friends and loved and was beloved by
them. She was faithful follower
of her Master and His will. Her ideals
were high and her sense of right was
strong and she lined up to these prin-
ciples throughout her life. Her last
years were spent in suffering, yet she
was unselfsh in the extreme and
made her life a blessing to those
about her. She leaves behind to com
| fort her loved ones the memory OF
her spotless character, her high ideals
and a ceaseless devotion to her family.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-16
SOUTH DAKOTA
STOCK BREEDERS
WILL HOLD ANNUAL MEETING IN
BROOKINGS
JANUARY "a, Is, rs, IT, 1910
LOCAL BUSINESS MEN ORGANIZE
TO ENTERTAIN VISITORS.

A we'll attended meeting of the
business men of the city was held
on Monday evening to organize for
the proper entertainment Of the
South Dakota Live Stock and Poultry
Breeders association which will hold
it's annual meeting in this city on
January "a, 25, 26 and q. The con
census Of opinion of those present was
that Brookings should do all in its
joyment of this fine association, and
with that end in view the following
committees were appointed to assist
the local stockmen in caring for the
event: Finance, w. H. Conklin, G.
P. Sexauer, G. N. Kennard; building
and heating, Frank Sherwin, w. A.
Caldwell, S. J. Rudolph; entertain.
ment, M. G. Carlisle, e. c. Olson, A
E. Chamberlain, f. L. Squirting, Prof
J. w. Wilson, r F. Kerr, Fred Killing
DR.. A. w. Hyde, W. H. Roddle; pub
licity, Charles e. Hall. The chair
men of the above committees with
Mayor Leigkty constitute the execu
tive committee.
small matter for Brookings, as there
will be from 500 to 1,500 stockmen
here each of the four days, but with
every citizen helping we can make a
fine impression for hospitality. 1t is
planned to fill the hotels first and
those who carnot be accommodated
there will be placed with private fam
lilies.
The stock pavilion at the fair
grounds where the sales will be held
will have to be heated and lighted
and the opera house will be engaged
for all four days, the programs and
business of the association will be
carried out there. Pure-bred horses
will be sold on the 25th, pure-bred
cattle on the Goth and pur bred
swine and sheep on the 9th.
The association is the most impOr'
tant organization Of stockmen and
farmers in the state and one Of the
best in the Northwest. Heretofore
the annual meetings have been held
at Mitchell where they have been
very successful, and Brooking5 wants
to make as good or better showing
The officers of the association are as
follows: President, j. II. Erion,
Mitchell; vice-presidents, Albert Hill,
Alexandria, p. w. Peterson, Vermil-
lion, J. NJ Dunmire, Scotland, f. l..
Squirting, Brookings, T. N. Babcock,
Watertown; secretary and treasurer,
Prof J. w. Wilson, Brookings.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-16

that for any other year except 1906.
1t exceeds the average Of the pre-
ceding five years by 65 per cent The
value of all cereals in 1909 has never
been eQualled in a previous year 1t
is almost exactly $4,000, 900, 900, or "a
per cent above the five-year average
Compared with the average of the
previous five years, all principal crops
cept cotton, flaxseed, hops and cane
sugar; but without exception every
crop is worth more to the farmer than
the five-year average.
This is the year of highest produc-
ton for potatoes. tobacco, beet sugar.
all sugar and rice; next to- the high
est production for corn, oats and all
cereals. Compared with 1908, gains
in value are found all along the line,
the exceptions being barley, rye. buck
wheat and milk The increase for cot
ton, lint and seed Is $20S, 900 900;
wheat, $l07 900, 900; corn, $105, 900 900;
hay, $29,O0O,OOO; oats, $4,000, 900;
tobacco, 1S.OOO,OOO; potatoes. 15,OOO.-
900.
The increase in the value of farm
products this year over 1908, $780,
100000, is enough to buy a new equip
ment Of farm machinery for over
6,G00,G00 farms. The value of the
cereal crop to the farmer would pay
for all the machinery, tools and imple-
ments of the entire manufacturing in
dustry. The value OF all crops.
$5, 700, 10000 would make a half pay
ment on the value of all steam rail-
roads, according to the valuation of
1904.
Secretary Wilson concludes the re-
view of the production of 1909 as fol.
lows: "The agricultural production of
1909 must add much to the prosperity
of farmers. The record is unexampled
in wealth production and tells of
abundance in quantity. Year by year
the farmer Is better and better prepar-
ed to provide the capital and make
the expenditures needed to improve
his agriculture and to educate his chill
Gren for farm life and work"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-16
TALENTED YOUNG LADY.

Miss Nellie Schlosser OF Sioux Falls,
was a guest at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul butcher yesterday and to-
day went 10 De Smet to give read
ing Miss Schlosser Is graduate OF
the Curry School of Expression, Bos-
ton, and is giving entertainments
throughout the state to raise funds
for the Children's Home at Sioux
Falls, of which her father is the p"esi-
dent. Her time and talents are given
voluntarily and the lady certainly de-
serves great praise for her work In SO
worthy : cause. Miss Schloaser's On
tsrtsinments are highly sp0ken g n
NE press OF the state Where
been giving rekdl1x 8
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-16
PROSPERITY
OF THE FARMER
REPORT OF SECRETARY WILSON
SHOWS
ASTOUNDING FIGURES
COTTON AND CORN ARE RACING
FOR FIRST PLACE.

Most prosperous Of all years is the
place to which 1909 is entitled in agri-
culture, declares the secretary of
agriculture in his thirteenth annual
report, made public November 30. The
value of farm products is so incom-
prehensibly large that it has be-
come merely a row OF figures. For
this ysar it is $780, 100000, a
gain of $S69, 100000 over 1908. The
value of the products has nearly
doubled in ten years. The report
says: Eleven years OF agriculture,
beginning with production os $4.-
AIT 900, 900 and ending with $S,-
76O, 100000! A sum of $4,000, 600, 900
for the period! 1t has paid mortgages,
1t has established banks, it has made
better homes, it has helped make the
farmer a citizen Of the world, and
1t has provided him with means for
improving his soil and making it more
productive.
The most striking fact in the
worlds agriculture is the value of
the corn crop of 1909, which is about
81, ,720, 100000. 1t nearly equals the
value of the clothes and personal ad-
ornment Of 100000 people, accord
ing to the census of 1900. The gold
and silver coin and bullion of the
United States are not Of greater value
1t has grown up from the soil and out
of the air in 120 days-$15,0 100000 a
day for one crop, nearly enough for
two Dreadnaughts daily for peace or
war. The crop exceeds in value the
average Of the crops of the five pre-
ceding years by SO per cent.
Cotton is now the second crop in
value, and this years cotton crop is
easily the most valuable one to the
farmer that has been produced. With
cotton lint selling at 1877 cents on
the farm November / and with cot
ton seq, selling for about $25 per ton,
the lint and seed of this crop are
Worth about $3.50 900, 900 to the farm
er. No cotton crop since 1873 has
been sold by farmers for as high a
price per pound as this one.
Third in value is wheat, worth about
1926, 900 900 at the farm. and this
largely exceeds all previous values.
The November farm price was al
most an even dollar a bushel, a price
which has not been equalled since
1881 This is the third wheat crop
in point of size, with 725,000000
bushels.
The hay crop is valued at $685.
1000; oats at 100000 900 potatoes
at 1912, 100000, and tobacco at near
ly $100,000,000 Beet and cane sue +
and molasses and syrup, from farm
and factory, will reach the total of
about s95,000,000 The barley crop
is worth $SS,O00,O0 haxseed s36 ,OO0,-
900, and 100000 pounds of rice $25,,
100000
The prOductio:- of all cereals COM
bined is 4,711, 100000 bushels, an
4 Ii,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-16
"CRICkET ON THE HEARTH" :"

The Athenian literary society of the
college will present THE Cricket on
the Hearth" a fairy tale of home by
Charles Dickens, at the chapel next
Monday evening Fo''owing is the
cast of characters:
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-16
FORMER STUDENT HERE.

Herbert Hodgeson of Washington
d. c., was here a day or two the last
of the week visiting old friends
He graduated from the State college
several years ago and is now connect
ed with the United States Geological
Survey
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-16

The productio;- of all cereals COM
bined is All 100000 bushels, an
amount considerably qreater than
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-16

Grace Biggar, Trenton.
Ada Amundson, Arlington.
Jennie Peterson, Elkton.
Marie Svaren, Sinai.
Petra Berge, Volga.
Anna Fjerestad, Oak Lake.
Margaret Mccarthy, Parnell.
Ida Steverud, Volga.
Iva Hinch, Oak Lake.
Mabel Stumley, Volga.
Hattie Olson Sterling.
Marie McConville, Volga.
Maggie De Croft, Oak Lake.
Anna Schlobohm, Trenton.
Miss Riesche, Richland.
Eleanor Kearney, Elkton.
Helen Pettes, Arlington.
Alice McKenney Trenton.
Bertha Bisby, Trenton.
Zenia Stettler, Trenton.
Nellie Connolly, Elkton.
Martha Stinseth, Sinai.
Clara Lamb, Trenton.
Selma Falk, Oslo.
Laura Bostad, Eureka.
Mary Wilson, Aurora.
Ida Gilbertson, Medary.
Mabel Hoy, Aurora.
LYDIA Philips, Aurora.
Mollie Studsdahl, Eureka.
Emma Hoffdal, Lake Sinai.
Eta Downing, Trenton.
Bertha Swartz, Bushnell.
Clair Lovejoy, Aurora.
Mary Berry, Aurora.
Nora Smith, Auror..
Selma Mattison, Lake Sinai.
Elgie Stead, Arlington.
Lyn Sage, Aurora.
Maggie Smith, Aurora.
Clair Sanderson, Trenton.
Grace Nesson, Fountain.
Lucy Valentine, Alton.
Hazel Ibeck, Medary.
Blanche Cotton, Preston.
Esther Shultz, Preston.
Flossie Allen, Arlington.
Myrtle Sheets, Preston.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-16
ANOTHER BIG
PRIZE Offer
IN THE REGISTERS CONTEST
THIS WEEK.
GREAT FREE VOTE OFFER
Is A FINE CHANCE FOR GIRLS TO
IMPROVE STANDING.


a $25 silver coffee set and will be
given free to the contestant turning
in the most subscriptions between
December II and five o'clock Decem-
Der "a. This beau prize is Of
the finest quality obtainable, and is
worth putting in many extra hours
of hustling to win it, 1t matters not
how many votes have been cast be-
fore this date, the votes for this prize
are only counted from subscriptions
sent in between the above dates. No
one contestant will be permitted to
receive more than one special prize,
aside from the jewel boxes. This
will give all contestants fair chance
for the prize.
We are also offering as special
inducement 1000 extra free votes with
every new subscription, and 500 extra
votes for back or renewal subscrip-
tions turned in between. December II
and December IS and 900 extra votes
loI uSW duO wv CAtid NotCc All oeASh
or renewal subscriptions for the week
ending December "a. This is in ad-
dition to the regular offer Of 500 votes
for new subscriptions and 400 for
back subscriptions.
With such a magnificent array Of
prizes to work for, every candidate
seems to have redoubled her efforts.
There has been deluge of votes cast
since last week and the standing OF
the candidates today shows several
changes In almost all districts few
subscriptions will put any candidate
in the lead No candidate who is in
the first place In her district need
feel that she can rest easy. The In
dications ere that each of the bust
ling young ladies has been building
up her reserve for the finish, SO that
the race Is just es ncertain now as
il was the day It siarted.
Miss Mia wood was the winner
in the contest for the gold torquoise
Set WHICH 6UueJ CNCH-
ing. The contest for this special prize
was a merry one and very close be-
tween several of the contestants.
Below we publish the list of con-
tastants IN the order of their ,tand-
ing in the contest at the present time.
o,erp,cr no ,-erook;,,e c;+v
NH" "oou'
AIN" "iinuni"n
innie
r4iien Dise"
rear tyson
mary nosu'
HiSie hein"iu
Neiiie Al'isoh
maoie iihhei'
inca AIii'A'
Laura oeA"uei'
fiorehce Noiu
Louise masS"u
nun "t'n
MARIE I1eoA
hhna walnut
BESSIE iihhel'
"inhie oinou''
LULA oaoon'
oees rriuie9'
mauoe rarAef.
Lena ohdoeh'
hlioleo Da'ie'
-, I,.-,
Sreio Reonatt
Vivian Hall
Edna Evans
blanche Tha~er
Iitta Dewing
Josie Snekermo.
Ienora Johnson.
Winnifred De Lam.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-16

Mrs w G. Carl arrived from Way
land Tuesday morning for visit with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. NJ. 0. Hill.