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La Junta tribune., 1909-04-17

my vote. at length, when l cast it.
aided and assisted in passing
few good irrigation bills, and killed
a raft Of bad bills. condemned on
the floor of the house an article that
appeared in the Rocky Mountain News
in regard to myself, as lie. and the
News as unworthy of belief.
Every platform measure passed the
house in good shape and with good
majorities. and with my vote record
ed for it, Every platform measure
was either killed or so mutilated
in the senate that the house would
not accept it. With twenty demo
Gratis and fifteen republicans in the
senate it seems TO me that the sen
ator from Otero should be held &C
countable for the failure to pass a
single one Of these measures, and
not the representative | considered
that l was elected to represent the
people of Otero county as whole.
and not as the personal representative
OF Tom Patterson or any other man,
and l would have you to believe that
l have done the very best that
could.
had a suite OF rooms at the
Adams Hotel, and my wifee was with
me throughout the session. had
no time to bum. My expenses in the
election and during the session were
over 81 900 more than | received
from the state in salary. There are
others who were evidently more sue
cessful from a monetary standpoint.
have had my eyes opened for once.
l have seen the worst grafters who
ever went down the pike, boosted by
great newspapers. | have seen those
who have stood for the agricultural
and business interests of the state
condemned by this same newspaper.
for political purposes, and to revenge
itself upon a political enemy. 1t was
rule or ruin, and ruin Is the result
SO far as the redemption of the party
pledges is concerned.
fOr tne DeHeiit VI NY PoitiSai ehe
mics, l desire to say that I am still
the representative of Otero county,
and that l will continue to be SO un-
til the end of my term Of office. and
whether an extra session is called or
not, the labor, farming and business
interests of Otero county will not suf-
fer at the hands of the great trouble
breeder or any one elsee, il can pre-
vent it.
Yours respectfully,
WILLIAM H. MCASKILL.
La Junta tribune., 1909-04-17
Tho Difference.

What is the difference between
high-grade and low-grade baking pow
ders3
All baking powders are white and
are sold in round cans with bright
labels. The contents look much the
same, but in fact they are very DIFF
ferent.
High-grade baking powders are
made of pure cream Of tartar derived
from grapes. They are healthfui
and economical to use.
Low-grade baking powders are
made Of alum. an astringent mineral
acid
Before the pure food law only
chemist could tell by analysis one
from the other.
But now baking powders have the
ingredients printed on the back Of
the label. BY reading the label the
housekeeper knows the ingredients
and being careful Of the welfare Of
her household avoids the alum kind
Of taking powder.
0ood baking powder IL one OF the
moet useful things in the Kitchen
and there Il . difference.
La Junta tribune., 1909-04-17
c.n..loupe Seed For Sale.

Cantaloupe seed for sale. 81 per
pound; Eden Gem. very early vari-
eety; 1000 standard crates from four
acres in 1897; $1,055 returns from
four acres in 1898; commenced pick
ing August 5th; Burrell Gem, orange
colored center; fine variety;seed from
good sized cantaloupes; well netted;
s1.0O per pound for first grade; 70
cents fer second grade; second grade
from cantaloupes not 80 large. but
large enough for rich land; I shipped
from this variety through the Har-
yey system the first crate Of Bur-
rell Gems that left the Valley: fif-
teen acres made returns Of $500;
this seed is bright and first-ciass.
and can be had OF me or the Ia
Junta Hardware Company. Phone
red 14o4. H. e. HOLBRook.
La Junta tribune., 1909-04-17
BREAKING UP ALFALFA.

The attempt to break alfalfa with
the ordinary plow is usually 4 miser-
able failure. as It is not suited to the
work. A very successful alfalfa plow
can be made by adjusting and max
ing a few changes in the regular
sod" piow or ''prairie breaker" The
essential, points to consider are: The
long. strong beam to steady the
plow: the long landslide, to resist
the tremendous cutting strain. 1t
il often necessary to reinforce the
beam with heavy iron to Withstand
the draft. The plow should be ad-
justed to cut very narrow FUR
row. not over twelve inches. An extra
long share, to lap part OF the last
furrow to prevent the roots when
only partly cut off near heel. from
whipping around. This can also be
prevented by the use OF horizontal
cutter, bolted to the bottom 81 the
landslide. thus partly cutting the
roots in the next furrow This cut.
ter is forged with right angle
shoulder that fits and fastens with
the bolt through the short landslide.
The next essential Is very sharp
share. drawn thin and hardened. so
that 1t will not be brittle. A sharp
share should be replaced each day.
and a good file is necessary to touch
up the edge once in n while. Break
ing alfalfa on stony land is very diff
ficult and is extremely hard on plow
shares.
The most essential point in an III
falfa breaker is long, heavy. well.
six or eight inches at the heel. and
one and half to two inches Of the
edge rolled SO as to run almost fiat
on the bottom OF the furrow. thus
cutting ahead OF the lift" and avoid
ing a dragging cut.
The standard plow factories are
making alfalfa specials for the west
ern farmer, with extra alfalfa shares
these are chiefly in sulky plows; but
where 1t Is not practical to afford
such a plow. the walking breaker car
be fitted and adjusted TO do excel
lent work, although it is somewhat
harder for the man that holds the
plow.
Alfalfa breaking usually requires
from three to four good. heavy
horses for team. The depth and
the time to plow alfalfa are some
what mooted questions. They vary
with conditions. 1t is usually con
ceded that fall breaking is a sue
cess, but in Colorado alfalfa is sen
orally plowed shallow, four or five
inches deep, SO that the crowns ant
roots may be well narrowed to tht
surface to dry out Alfalfa Is ther
replowed, one to two inches deeper
than it was broken. Alfalfa. wher
dormant. II plowed under in moisl
soil, will readily take root and grow
il not narrowed out. Many farmers
are having better success In break
ing alfalfa late in the spring. after
the alfalfa is ten or twelve inches
high, plowing under the green ma
nure The growth seems to have
exhausted the stored plant foot in the
roots and IL they are all cut off,very
little growth will be made, especial.
| ly II the field is planted to some
crop like potatoes that can be well
cultivated Complaints about diff
culties In blowing alfalfa usually
come from sections where rotation
with alfalfa has not been customary
p. K Blinn, Colorado Agricultural
College Bulletin.
La Junta tribune., 1909-04-17
vr AND DOWN THE VALLEY.

cry OF mail on June 18th.
A carpenters union was recently
organized in Fowler with member
ship of twenty.
Manzanola Is already ribbing up
Fourth OF July celebration. La Jun
ia had hers-last year.
Garden City will have a chautau-
qua assembly this year. being held
about the middle of July.
Fowler is to have another dry
goods store. MIR. Smurrell, of Rocky
Ford. is moving his store there.
Ordway has appropriated 1920 to
defray the municipal expenses FOR
the year commencing April 1. 1909.
The price of alfalfa is soaring sky
ward AT Sugar City these days. Fiji
teen dollars is the prevailing price.
Twenty carloads of sheep were
recently marketed from the vicinity
OF Manzanola and sold for over s25..
900.
The Lobby saloon at Lamar will
quit business May 1st. The room
has already been rented for bakery
and soda fountain.
The sugar company at Sugar City
IL seeding down to alfalfa, oats and
wheat tract OF 400 acres OF new
land west of town.
Twenty.three votes were cast at
the recent election In Manzanola. f.
Brewer was elected by big major
ity-twenty-three for him.
The municipal election at Ordway
was tame affair, only 119 votes
being polled out Of possible $40. A.
NJ. Ward was elected mayor.
The long g-looked for addition to the
sugar factory at Sugar City is now
being erected. The prospects were
never better for record-breaking
crop OF sugar heets.
The new Carnegie library at Rocky
Ford was opened for the first time
last Monday. Geo. II. Taylor is the
librarian in charge. The library has
total of $500 volumes.
John b. Russell, who for several
years has beeen marshal at Lamar.
has gone to Canon City. where he
received an appointment from War
den lyman as captain of the guards.
Ed r. Chew has been appointed
water commissioner of this district
| by Governor Shafroth. Chew former
| ly held the job, but was succeeded
four years ago by J. NJ. jackson, who
now retires.
| E-E. Daniels, local manager eor
the Colorado Telephone Company. for
the past four years, resigned his posi-
tion recently to take up farming
near Garfield, Kan, the home OF his
rents.-Ordway Era.
Dodge City will soon have line
alfalfa mill, with five times the ca
pacity Of the one put In last season.
II nave SopdSiey ioi
thirty-five tons of alfalfa daily, will
cost 10000, and is to be in opera
tion by May LIST.
The work of widening the grade Of
the Missouri Pacific has been COM
menced at number Of points along
the line. Col Bill Hackworth. of OIL
ney. one OF the sub-contractors, start
ed at Eads with fifty-team outfit.
and will work toward Sugar City
Gazette.
The luckiest man In town is Ben
Wilson. On Tuesday he got two pub
lie offices. He was elected treasurer
OF the city OF Rocky Ford. and on
the same day was appointed by Gov
ernor Shafroth as water commission
er to succeed S. w. Cressy in the
seventeenth district.-Rocky Ford
Tribune.
II. Van Buskirk, the newly elect
ed mayor of Rocky Ford, and his
council, have decided upon the fol-
lowing appointments to fill the Of
fees vacated on account OF the
change In administration: Water
commissioner, Dan Deemer; city at
torney, H. NJ. Minor; marshal, ]. B..
La Junta tribune., 1909-04-17
c.,lsonI. Limited In Two SECTIONS

II is rumored in railroad circles
that the Santa Fe limited trains.
Nos. and 4, will be run in two Sec.
t,ons in the near future. The
over,anA traffic Is 30 heavy that i
!. Thought two additional trains viii
be necessary to accommodate the
excess travel
La Junta tribune., 1909-04-17
Lun1bago.

When muscular rheuma-
tism attacks the muscles in
the small Of the back it is
called lumbago. 1t is usu-
ally quite severe and every
movement adds to the pain,
and especially when one at
tempts to straighten up. No
internal treatment is requir-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-10
FREIGHT STEAMER LOST;
FIVE OF CREW PERISH

BUFFALO. y. y. Doc. ?,-..In the win
try gale that has swept Lake Erie for
twenty-four hours the big frcighter W.
c. Richardson of Cleveland. bound from
Duluth TO Buffalo with cargo of flax
seed. foundercJ carly today when She
was within half n mile Of the harbor
entrance. Five Of the crew pcrshca.
The rest numbering fourteen, were Yes
cucd by the crew of thc propeller VIII
liam 4. Paine. which had anchored on
the Wavery shoals
Tonight the Paine Is still riding at
anchor In the heavy seas. and the res
cued men arc all on board. She viii nc
unable 10 enter the harbor until the
storm abatcs The only communication
established with the Paine was by Cap
tain Farrell of the tug Mason. Circlin@
around the vessel. nc learned that Chief
Engineer s. T.. Maybcrry, Second Mate
L. j, Clary and three deck hands or fire
men had lost their lives
The cause of the wreck can only oD
surInised until Captain Burke is brought
ashore. but il is believed that, while he
was trying TO swing his boat around At
anchor TO ride out the storm the cargo
shifted. causing tho steamer to list SO
badly that she was swampo1. Her prov
and one funnel show above water,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-10
LIGHT ON TELEPHONE
AND TELEGRAPH MERGER

NEW YORK. Dec. "a little, but not
great deal of the inside OF the recent
absorption OF the Western Union Tole-
graph company by the American an, TnleI ,s,
intcrostSJ came cut today In the tcsti-
mony of ThoodorGG n Vail. prGssidsnt 81
company. before the legislative inquiry
here.
Mr.. Vail said he favored n monopol%,
Concerning the purchase of the West
crn Union stock from tile Goulds, Mr..
Vail said
'Thcrc were purchased about %00. 200
shares of n par value of $4,000 900 out
al q total Western Union stock Issue OF
about $10O 1900, l do not care 10 state
tho price
He repeated, what has already been
announced that the two companies arc
not TO be merged as TO operation and TO
management. with the exception that
they will use joint wires where practical
bic.
When he was questioned concerning the
adviSahility Of government regulation OF
tclegraphs and telephones, stnte or ma :
tional. Mr.. Vail replied simply, THAT
depends on tho regulation
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-10
SENATOR MONEY TO LEAD
DEMOCRATIC MINORITY

WASHINGTON. Dec. 5.-ln caucus this
afternoon the Democratic senators elected
Senator Money Of Mississippi as minority
leader TO succeed Senator Culbcrson of
Texas. whose resignation was presented
today.
Senator Bacon OF Georgia had been
mentioned prominently for the chair
maDshID of the caucus. but would not
consent TO be 4 candidate In any sense
n Il involved q contest with Senator
Money.
senator Bacon had been approached
with an c0rcr 0r the Craftsmanship when
Ia was uudcrst tood by some of the lenders
that Senator Money. on account OF recent
IN health. might not b." a candidate.
The senator from Georgia replied that,
should such circumstances develop. he
would consent to bc II candidate and not
otherwise.
Senator Money, who is now serving the
last year of his term, has been in the
srna atc twelve years, and WIS vice chair
man OF the caucus when Senator culbcT-
son resigned.
Senator Shjvely OF Indiana was elected
vice halTmaU.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-10
UNITED STATES IS
NOW CLOSE SECOND
Superior to Germany in Some
Respects as to Power of
Her Navy.
NOT 50 MANY VESSELS,
BUT MORE BIG GUNS
Great Britain Naturally Leads,
While France Is Only a
Weak Fourth.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-The navy
year book for 1909, compiled by Pitt
man Pulisfer, clerk of the senate com
mittee on naval affairs, shows the race
for second place among the navies of
the world to still be close between the
United States and Germany.
Of fighting ships (battleships and
armored cruisers) built, building and
provided for, this country has forty
five and Germany forty,six, but the
aggregate tonnage for the United
States is 659.24l as against 7S5 6S7 for
Germany Germauy's superiority in
respect to all vessels IS due largely to
her torpedo dcstroyers, where she has
nlnety-seVen as against our thirtysiN.
Germany also outnumbers us in the
matter of large guns, the number being
2OS as s'against $50.
Our Greater Tonnage.
OF fighting vessels, the American
tonnage is $4,000 tons in excess of that
of Germany. Great Britain is shown
TO possess lOl fighting ships with n
total tonnage Of l,4S0,6S0, France has
forty-six fighting vessels, but her ton
mage is more than a hundred thousand
tons less than of either the United
States or Germany. This difference is
due TO the fact that an exceptionally
large proportion of her ships are
cruisers.
We Have Big Guns.
American vessels are tho ouly ones
carrying tbirteen-iuch guns, and Ger
man vessels the only ones carrying
elevcn-inch guns. All big guns on
British ships are twelve-inchers, Thir-
ty-two of our guns are of the thirteen
inch calibre.
The book shows a total appropriation
of $l,416.13S.l4S for the construction
Of tho new navy since ii began in
1855. The largest appropriation ever
recorded was made last ycar-Sl36,-
$50. 1879 The largest appropriation
prior to the Spanish war was $31, ,j4l,-
654 iu 1891.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-10
STEEL MAGNATE GAYLEY
COMES OUT OF SHELL
Special to The Tribune.


RENO, New, Dec. 9.-Jamcs II. CAY
ley, vice president Of the great steel
trust, who has been residing in Reno
since last April: preparation to filing
a divorce complaint. unknown TO but
a very few. has finally broken his she'll
of secluson and secrecy as to his pres
encc here and Will deliver Il lecture be
foro the University of Nevada tomorrow
morning upon Mctallurgy,' being the
first public mention of his name or ap-
pearance since he came so secretly to
Reno. He has created quito Il sensa-
tiou. He VIII he the recipient Of spc-
cial honors by the university Gaylcv
has been quietly enSconScd In modest
cottage, taking frequent walks about
the city and into tho country, accom-
panied by H. G.. Strawbridgc. his private
secretary and his constant companion.
none being aware of the identity OF
the slender man with a cane, who, with
sprighlly step. passes them. lie has
just purchased slightly property over
looking the river upon which. it is said,
he intends to build SO goo residence
Recently he gave a private house party
at Mineral Springs resort, in which
several prominent men Of tho state and
their wives participated. As his con
fidcntial man, Strawbridgc. whose fam
lily is also living here. acts As the 20
between IN all matters whore Gaylcy IS
concerned Gaylcv has mingled with
the public practically iucogOito, his
identity only recently being disclosed
The outcome Of the divorce suit will
be watched with interest,
Mrs. w. t.. Corey, the wife of his
famous associate. secured dive here
about three years ago.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-10
TAFT, NATION AND
KNOX DENOUNCED
Representatives of Central
America in Mexico City
Show Their Hands.
NlCARAGUAN SITUATION
HAS AROUSED THEIR IRE
Organization Formed and Rese-
lufiOns Passed That at Least
Sound Defiant.

MEN1CO CITY, Dec 9.-Fifty mem
bers of the various colonies OF the Cen
tral American republics here met to-
night at private residence. and at a
late hour adopted resolutions dcnounc-
ing President Taft. Secretary Knox and
the action Of the United States toward
Nicaragua.
Before the adoption Of The resolu-
tions, number of speakers excltedly
denounced the Americans. Some pres
ent were adherents of Zelaya. while
others favored other men for president
OF Nicaragua
\ regular organization was formed.
The resolutions stated that ''in eff
feet, Secretary Knox violated the first
principles of international rights in his
note to Charge Rodriguez - and "that
later, Mr., Taft, in his message to con-
gress, did tho same
Strong Language Used.
The resolutions declare. further. that
the government of the United States,
taking as d prcteXt the shooting Of two
Americans, has menaced Nicaragua by
sending troops to that country, and
adds:
f'Thc intervention of the United
States nf America in Nicaragua for the
above cause attacked not only the coun'
try against which they were proceed
ing, but menaccd the whole of America.
since by tins means Il precedent was
being established whereby no country
on this continent would have the right
TO punish any North American criminal
unless II was prepared to have the
United States deal summarily with il
on the ground that American interests
had been attacked. y
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-10
PLANS FOR BOND ISSUE
OF ELY COPPER COMPANY
special 10 Thn Trihune,

Special 10 The Tribune.
NEW YORK Dec. Announcement
was. made today by the Ely Central Cop
per company of the details of plans for
the issuing of the S6O0,000 of six per
ecu, bonds authorized by the stock
holders August 2G, The bonds are pay
able January |. 1920.
These bonds arc secured by first
mortgage on all the company s real
property and mines aud bear interest
at six per cent per annum, payable in
United States gold coin on the first
days of January and July in each year,
They are convertible into stock of the
company at the ratio Of $l50 IN bonds
far one share of capital stock, 100000
shares of the capital stock of the COM
pany having been set aside foe this con
version The bonds arc convertible in
TO, stock AT amy time after issuance dur.
rl" the lcn-vrar period aforesaid, hut
if' converted on any date other than in
Lurest dates, the owuCr Will not bc en-
,i1Ied 10 the interest accrued from the
last previous interest due date.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-10
BRET HARTE'S DAUGHTER
Is SUING FOR DIVORCE

NEW YORK, Dec 9.-Bret Hartc =
daughter. Jessamay, is suing her hus
rado mine owner, for divorce When
her case WAS called in Yonlsers, ". Y,
today, she told the court that her hus.
baud deserted her In Portland, Nc, and
that she would bave starved if it had
not been for the generosity of an ac-
tress, who gave her j benefit,
Jcssamay flartc married eight years
ago in Denver, when she was less than
Is years old, and lived happily with
her husband, she says, for five years.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-10
ZELAYA WILL SOON
LEAVE PRESIDENCY

MAN Aqua, Nicaragua. Dec, Ut
is authoritatively stated here that Ze-
lava will surrender the presidency with
in three weeks.
The intentions of The United States
are giving the Nicaraguan government
much anxiety, and the administration Is
puzzled rs 10 what 10 do because OF
the uncertainty of the American gov
ernmcnt s next move.
There arc no military preparations
discerniblc here. and at Corlnto all is
quiet The captain of the United
Coriuto, has received no Instructions
from Washington.
BLUEFIELDs. VIA NEW OR
LEANS. Dec. with battle al
Rama between the forces of General
Estrada and of President Ielaya. nm
der command of General Oseja. immi-
pent. Estrada s position at Rama Is
now considered impregnablc!
Meanwhile Estrada has sent dctach.
mcnts into the mountains north Of
Rama, which have repeatedly met gov
crnmcnt troops ia small sklrmlsbes. Al
WAYS the insurgents rctreated toward
Rama. LAYING waste the country as they
retired and leaving Oseja nothing with
which TO feed his men, 1T was nor
Estrada IS policy to contest the roads 10
gagement at that 0o;nt.< With Mana
qua $50 miles away and the country
being a waste, he calculated that OSe.la
would he compelled to risk an attack
Estrada Confident.
His plans seem TO have worked well.
Oseia 5 forces, half starved. footSore,
and sick from tramps over the noun
tains, are converging IN front OF kama.
Estrada. confident aud assured, awaits
the attack behind his forti6catlons- AZ
BIue6elds 1000 reinforcements await
his call, the trip by tho Rama river re-
qulriug only seven hours,
Whether Oseia has been strengthened
by men from Managua is not known.
Spies have brought word 10 the oppoS-
ing army that Iclaya is afraid to, RISK
more men. fearing that thoY Will DC,
sert TO Estrada. He has soldiers and
eouipmcnt in abundance at Mauagus
but it is stated that he does not trust
his generals. Oscia, it rs stated, IS an
execution. His men. as reward or
victory have been promised all the loot
that they can collect IN two days at
Rama.
Since the beginning of the uprising
on October IL, both SIDES nave had
their ewes on Rama. Ii Is of tho great
oSt oHeu straiSnjc Tis % and commercial impor-
fanrc To reach Bluefelds; the capita
of thc insureeut east coast, OF Grey
Town, Zclava must capture Rama in
no other way can he remain IN con
troll of the Atlantic side of the country
Between Rama and Bluetields there is
onlv one hichway-the Rama river,
This stream. nayigable by oceao-g going
sb;ns is haukel on either side by
great swamps, through which marching
Is ipDnsSIblp
The attitude of the United States
friendly TO Estrada. has
done much TO I'LL the generals ~ Ie
Iaya with fear that Zelaya S down
fall is assured