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La Junta tribune., 1909-02-20

c. F. Anthem. We visited MIR. and
their cozy home. Found the city
had grown rapidly in the seven years
which had elapsed since my last
visu II is inueed the Queen city OF
in Denver. we started over the
mountains to Palisades, Colorado,
stopping at Glenwood Springs,
wn.ch is one of the most noted re-
are natural hot water swimming
pools here. Also the hot caves
which have wonderful medicina
properties. Our next stop was Pal
isades where we visited the home
and family of Harris Sayles. for
mer Lowell resident. who has become
immensely wealthy during his five
years of Palisades life. Palisades is
the richest fruit country in the
world. orchards selling as high ms
81 900 an acre four or five years old.
Harris Sayles has one OF the most
beautiful homes there, and ordered a
carload of beautiful furniture from
Grand Rapids to furnish 1t. After a
most delightful visit with our friends
we proceeded on to Grand Junction
which is predicted to become the
third city in Colorado. We left there
on the broad gauge railroad to Mont
rose, then changed to the narrow
gauge, which was necessary on ac-
count of the sharp turns and narrow
passages through the mountains. The
most noted of the beautiful scenery
on this trip was the Royal Gorge,
Tennessee Pass, Marshall Pass and
Zero Pass. AT one time we were
IL 900 feet above sea level and | got
little dizzy there.
spring of water no larger than
east and west, from this spring, one
dishpan, water running each way.
stream forming the Arkansas river
and the other the Grand river, which
eventually find their way to the At
lantic and Pacific oceans. The only
way the railroads have of crossing
the mountains is by following the
streams and rivers. We crossed the
Hanging bridge in the Royal Gorge
where the mountains are SO high and
the space so narrow that the sun
was never known to strike the
bridge. l am having fine time
here In La Junta, and expect to visit
Jim Jones ranch Tuesday. He was
great Confederate soldier, and is ex-
senator from Colorado. He is Civ
ing possum dinner. cooked by
Cherokee Indian.
l will be here a few weeks longer
and then leave for Los Angeles. Cali
fornia, and from there DIN to oregon,
Washington and British Columbia.
La Junta tribune., 1909-02-20
BOOSTING FOR COLORADO.
Charles Mccarty Writes Entertain
inoiy Of His Visit to La Junta,
and Colorado.

CnarleS McCarty, IdtneT OIL -ITs
c. F. Althen, who visited in La Jun
Ia for several weeks the first of
the year, writes letter to his home
paper, the Lowell (Mich.) Ledger.
telling of his experience and obser-
yations in the wild and woody west.
which will be of interest to MIR. Nc
Carty's many friends hereabouts. The
letter is as follows:
After spending few pleasant days
in Chicago, Mrs. TODD joined me, ana
we boarded the California limited and
arrived safely in La Junta, after
twenty-seyen hours spent on the most
Beautiful train that runs west of
Chicago. The children met US at
tine depot and were very happy to
see US. l found the little city Of La
Juhta grown beyond my Imagination
Among other improvements they nave
erected ten mammoth new brick
buildings and at least three hundred
new homes. Also a fine new City
PARK winch adds greatly to the beauty
and comfort of the citizens. Thous-
ands of acres around La Junta that
were rolling prairies nine years ago
are now developed into valuable
farms unuer the wonderful irrigation
process, which is yet in its infancy.
We arove out to my son, w. e. Nc
and found the land laying beautiful
and under water from the Otero Ex-
tension ditch. The land sells for
from $75 to $500 per acre.
The principal industries in this vi
cinity consist of raising canta-
loupe, alfalfa, sugar beets and cat
tie. There are five sugar beet fac
tories within q radius Of forty miles,
which were built at cost of one
million dollars each.
l had the honor Of being the only
invited guest at the fourth annual
Cow Boys ball Of the Eastern Range.
No one is permitted to attend these
balls except coyboys. The memlers
Aame from the eastern slope of the
Nockies to the Kansas line. Over
seven hundred people formed the
grand march at eight O'Clock in the
evening and the dance lasted until
seven O'Clock in the morning. An
elegant banquet was served, three
hundred being seated at time.
The COW boys are the most whole
souled, good natured, liberal hearted
class of men ever had the pleasure
OF meeting, and the ball was con-
Quoted in a perfect manner. The
Elks, hall was used for this large af-
fair and is one of the largest dance
halls in the state, being 6Oxl4O feet.
In connection with this hall are the
Elks' lodge and club rooms, which
are magnificent. The furnishings
cost several thousands of dollars.
The growth of the Elks' lodge in La
Junta has been marvellous. The
lodge Is 1ne Of the most prosperous
in the United States for city OF Its
size. It was organized seven years
ago and now has 500 Of the most re-
spected citizens within its jursdic-
ton, including the Presbyterian min
ster and Catholic priest. New Year
day has been set aside for their an
nual ball and banquet We attend
ed the initiation of twenty candidates
in the afternoon, and the reception
ball and banquet was held the same
evening, which II free to all brother
Elks stnd their ladies'.
1.-TWO weeks ago took . trip to
savsr. accompanied By ny dansh-
~ and her husband, Mr.. and Nrs.
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El.Ba s Fills ENC ORE


L When SIX years Of age Helen Mitch
an (Melba) appeared ct school con-
cert organized BY her aunts In Rich
lnond, Melbpurne. the suburb Of her
birth, Az this entertainment she sang
Shells Of the Ocean" with such eff
i feet that the audience asked for an
encore, and the child on her reappear-
ance, created q still greater impress
sion BY her singing OF Comm
Through the Rye" for which her
grandmother had taught her the Scot
fish accent.
AT the earliest opportunity she hur.
ried to her favorite playmate, who
lived III the same street, and breath
lessly waited for reference to the en-
/ tertainment Of the evening before, but
the little comrade was adamant and
ignored the whole subject. After
many attempts to introduce 1t, Nellie
I az length found herself unable to wait
Z longer, and exclaimed excitedly: But
the concert, the concert! / sang last
4 night and was encored." And she
! looked with eagerness in the face OF
\ her friend, who answered witheringly:
Yes, and, Helen Mitchell, saw your
garter" Little Miss Mitchell had been
4 particularly pleasedwith her neat at
tire. and the unexpected shaft COM
Ing In place, of the looked-for com
pliment, In an instant blotted out the
memory Of the Intoxicating encore,
and drew the little singer from the
seventh heaven of her brief delight to
limbo. Detroit News-T Tribune.
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WESTERN CANADA

parts OF the world the production Of
wheat is diminishing today; but 40 IL
diminishes Canada's will increase;
therefore, 1t lie safe to predict that in .
few years from now large part of the
world will be looking to western Can
ada for its wheat supply, and espe-
cially will the United States. In many
parts of western Canada 1t is possible
to have hundred-mile square Of
wheat, without break. Awriter says:
I'VE were driven west and north OF
Moose Jaw through 20 miles of dead
ripe wheat, acres of stocks and we'll
worked summer-fallows. One of these
fields would yield 40 bushels to the
acre, and another man had oats that
would yield 80 or 100 bushels to the
acre. In this district wheat will aver
age 80 to IS bushels. The conditions
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During the early days in the pc
Rod of the growth of the grain crop IN
Western Canada, as well as throughout
the ripening and garnering period,
there is yearly growing an increasing
interest throughout the United States.
as to the results when harvest is COM
pleted. These mean much to the thou
sands of Americans who have made
their homes in some of the three Prov
inces that form that vast agricultural
donaSn, and are of considerable interest
to the friends they have left behind.
The year 1909 is no disappointment
The crops of wheat, oats and barley
have been harvested and it is now
safe to speak of results. Careful es-
Inmates place the yield of spring wheat
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soldiers Heroism was the order in the old plains
days.
f In the White River valley of Colorado de-
tachment of troops was surrounded by utes, ana
for four days the soldiers, starving and thrstlng,
made heroic defense against the swarming reds.
Relief came from Fort D. A. Russell whence Col,
Wesley Merritt led a force to the rescue in one
of. the greatest and quickest rides OF army his
tory.
After Merritt's legion had thrashed and scat
tered the Utes 1t was supposed that none of the
savages was left in the valley. Lieut. Weir of the
Ordnance corps, son of the professor of draw
ing at the Military academy. was on visit to the
west, and was in the camp Of the Fifth cavalry.
tenderfoot named Paul Hume had wandered
out to the camp to look over the scene of the
great fight He knew Weir and he suggested
deer hunt.
The ordnance officer agreed to accompany him
and OFF they started after having received warn
ing not to wander too far afeld. The hunters.
Il eager for the chase, went farther than they
thought, and soon they changed from hunters to.
hunted
A young lieutenant OF the Fifth cavalry. Will
lam H. Hail. now stationed in Washington with
the rank OF brlgadier general was ordered to take
{ q party OF three men with him and to make
reconnaissance, for 1t s. suddenly became the
Y thought Of the commanding officer that there
might be sayages lurking about. Hall and his
men struck into the foothills and circled the
try for miles. In the middle OF the afternoon they
heard firing to the right aud front, 1t was rap
q Id and sharp, and Hall led his men straight
4 whence lit came.
Rounding a point Of rocks the troopers saw at
little distance across an open place In the hills
B d band of Utes In war paint and feathers. There
were So Of the reds. all told. and they were firing
as fast as they could load and pull trigger in the
direction OF small natural fertilization of boul.
& 8ders a quarter way up the face of q clf
Il From the rocks came a return fire SO feeble
Il that Hall knew there could not be more than two
i: men behind the place of defense In q trice he
thought OF Weir and Hume. and he believed that
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rcements were needed and it was necessary as
ell, to inform the troops at distance that bands
q nostlies nad broken away from Inc man Dody
ID must be met and checked.
me Wnole country was sWarmlng with INDIANS
~; 20 the trip to Camp Supply was one that was.
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uas sar.a Nc
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ant thought quickly. He believed that if Weir and
Hume could reach him, that the party of six. to-
gether might make retreat back to the camp,
holding the pursuing reds in check. 1t was des-
perate chance, but better than staying where they
were to starve and thirst or to be surprised and
killed in night rush Of the savages.
Weir and Hume heard the shots of the troopers
and knew that help, though it was feeble. was at
hand. They the lowering smoke of the car
bines and thus located exactly the position of the
troops. They started to do what Hall thought they
would do. They made a dash for some rocks 20
yards nearer their comrades than were those be-
hind which they were hiding.
The cavalry lieutenant knew that the path of
Weir and Hume would be bullet spattered all the
way, and that if they escaped being killed 1t would
be because of miracle. Then this STRIPPING lieu
tenant did something besides think The instant
that Weir and his comrade made their break from
cover, Hall stood straight up and presented himself
fair and shining mark for the Ute bullets
The reds crashed a volley at him, ignoring Weir
and Hume. The shots struck all around Hall,
king framework of spatters the rock at his
back but he was unhurt and Weir and his comrade
We're behind shelter at the end Of the first stage
Of their journey.
Hall dropped back to shelter and then in mo-
ment. after Weir and Hume had chance to draw
breath for their second DASH he stood up once
more, daring the death that seemed certain. The
hunted ones struck for the next spot that offered
shelter the instant that the Ute rifles spat their
voley at the man who was willing to make of him
5 Se1 u SdCiluCe luaI OtHeIS IulSuL i've f1all came
through the second ordeal of fire unhurt and once
more he dropped back to shelter to prepare for
the third trial with fate.
TheSUte chieftan was alive by this time to the
situation. He ordered his braves to fire. the one
half at Hall and the other half at the two who
were now to run deaths gantlet.
Hall stood up Weir and Hume dashed out The
reds divided their fire Hall stood unhurt. Weir
and Hume dropped dead within ten yards of the
+ man who would have died for them.
Hall led his men back over the track that they
had come. holding the Utes at bay. Aid came near
the end OF the perilous trail Lieut. Hall is now in
the military secretary's department at Washing
ton with the rank of brigadier general His men
told the story of that day in the White River val
ley. and q bit of bronze representing the medal OF
4 honor IS worn by the veteran in recognition Of a
deed done for his fellows 43fs 81 s 5
A woman never gets old enough not to think
{ 1t isn't q shame for woman who isas old as
somebody else to dress the youthful way she
does.--New York Press.
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tie, following the millions of buffalo
that once grazed their grasses. will:
be solid grain field covering
territory of over 10000 square miles,
and very little of it but what will yet
be worth from $40 to $50 per acre. AL,
ready the homestead and pre-emption
lands are being well filed.
In the district of Calgary, south, east
and north, which comprises Nanton,
High River and other equally impor-,
tant districts, correspondent Of the
Winnipeg (Manitoba) Free Press
says: (Aug. 2l "The grain in this
district is going to make some money
for the farmers this year. All the
crop is now crowding along and is good
on both irrigated and unirrigated lands"
There are to be found those who
speak of pioneering" life in west
ern Canada, but as one man said, iii
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author was In Denmark, and was as
tonished at the amount Of wealth got
out Of 80 poor q country by diaries
and by farming.
No doubt" said he to a well-edu-
Gated Dane. the children are In
structed In the schools as to dairying
and farming =
They sre not said the Dane, '.but
they are taught the old Danish 20.
|Sems lsagas1 a the schools. That
makes good Danes 81 the children,
and then they become good armerss.'
Youth a Companion " y
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Many Towns II
this 10 pioneering don't for the life.
Of me see what our forefathers had
to complain Of" He didn't know,
though. for the phone of his. fore.
fathers was discomfort and hardship
The opening up and development Of
western Canada. with its railroad lines
to carry one to almost the uttermost
part OF 1t, the telegraph line to flash
the news to the outside world, the tel
ephone to talk to ones neighbor, the
daily and weekly mail service which
brings and carries, letters to the
friends IN distant parts; the schools
headed byscollege-bred and highly GER
tiacated teachers: the churches
manned by brilliant divines; the clubs;
the social and festive life; what ia
there about any Of this to give to the
man who goes there to make his home
the credit Of being atpioneer! Moth
ing! He might as well be In any OF
the old middle-west States. In other
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utting HIS lO-Acro Fteiu OF W"ede
were never better and throughout the
district the people are assured OF .
most prosperous year"
1t would be unfair to close this ar
ticle without quoting from an expert
crop-correspondent regarding the two
Battlefords in Central Saskatchewan.
on the line of the Canadian Northern
Railway. Writing on August 18th OF
this year, he says:
ut is necessary to drive about six or
seven miles out of the town of North
Battleford in order to see the best
crops of the district. This morning
was driven about 20 miles to the
north and west of the town and in all
the drive did not see a poor crop. I
saw one wheat crop which the owner
estimates will yield 40 bushels per
acre. and I believe it"
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On the bIu1fS OF tHe TUE TIVer lHE 80 =
allied braves made a stand. There were 600 war
riors, all told, and they were the finest of the
mounted plains Indians. The meager forces OF
the Sixth, under the leadership of their officers,
charged straight at the heart of force that
should have been overwhelming. The reds broke
and fed cover the bluffs and through the deep
precipitous canyons and out on to the staked
plain of Texas"
1t became imperiatively necessary that couriers
should be gent from the detachment of the Sixth
to Camp Supply in the Indian Territory. Rein
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of the river. This district has much
the best wheat crop prospect Of any
l have inspected this year, consid-
ering sample and yield. The wealth.
er conditions for the whole season
have been ideal and the result 10 what
might easily be termed a bumper crop.
A sample sheaf brought in from the
farm of George Truscott was shown
to me which spoke for itself. This
farmer is said to have sixty acres
which will yield 46 bushels per acre.
In stating an average for the dis
trict of South Battloford I would say
that the wheat will yield SO bushels
per acre. The oats will yield about
As and barley So bushels per acre."
A correspondent summing up trip
over the Canadian Northern Railway,
from Dauphin to Battleford, says:
'sAs inspected the crops In the W,
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blood. There is no
doubt that they killed
more than double their
number, besides those
they wounded. The sim
pie recital of the deeds
OF the five soldiers and
the mention of the odds
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AsHINGToN.-In the war de-
partment in Washington is a
letter written by Lieut.. Gen.
Nelson A. Miles in praise of the
deeds Of five enlisted men. Gen.
Miles letter is written as sim
ply as becomes a soldier, but it
is a pulse-stirring epistle. 1t is
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they were the besieged, and subse-
quent events proved that he was
not in error.
Suddenly the Utes took to shell
ter behind the rocks which were
scattered in the open. They had
lost one man from the fire of the
besieged. They we're afraid to
charge, knowing that to sweep up
that slope, even with only two
rifles covering it, meant death for
several of their band.
Hall led his men to position on
the flank of the savages and sent
in four shots. The bullets were the
first notice that the reds had that
they had two parties to deal with.
They changed their position again
in twinkling, and located them
selves so that they were under COW
er from both directions, but they
sent a volley in the face OF the lit
tie detachment that had ridden in
to the rescue.
To charge the enemy with his
three men meant certain death to
Hall and his troopers. The lieuten-
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Zoo Rapid

Too Rapid.
Che Why do you call your chauf-
four leaky vessel Does he gossip
about the fun you have on your mo
tOring parties
No; hut 81 an always bailing
/ The fellow out. sfs 3
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A,cnntfsi,sE co,is,e,aI3.

Is Contrary ceures. :Sss
EIers's Jimmy doctor sajd III
! ilpat gst away lfom busineas Snd!
well! sI
& 81 III hs soinG 81 II lss1 IL IL
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ton prompt us to
recognize, but which
we cannot fifty hon.
or"
When night came
down over the Texas
prairie the Chey-
ennes counted their
d cad an d. t h cir
wounded and then
fled terror-stricken,
overcome by the val
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tic history can there be found an ac-
count of battle won by force OF
men when the odds against them
were 25 to 1. In no story which can
be told concerning the people of the
plains is there to be found tale Of
greater heroism than tina, shown by
a little contingent of enlisted men OF
the Sixth United States cavalry down
near the Red river in Texas, in the
summer OF the year 1874. The Sixth
cavalry has had fighting history, but
this particular story shines bright In
Its pages. M
The Comanches, the Cheyennes and
the Kiowas were on the warpath and
were leaving red trail all along the
borders of western Kansas. General,
then colonel, Nelson A. Miles, was or
dered to take the field against the saw
ages. His expedition fitted out at
Fort Dodge and then struck for the
far frontier. The combined bands of
Indians learned that the troops were
on their trail and they fled south to
the Red river, Of Texas, holly pursued
by two troops of the Sixth cavalry,
commanded by Captains Biddle and
Compton.
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Jack--I wish l had my signal book.
Bust me. I'll bet that bend OF the
wrist, means something saucy.

Laundry work ut home would be
much more satisfactory II the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, 1t is usually neces-
lsary to use SO much starch that the
beauty and fineness Of the fabric is
hidden behind q paste Of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects, the wear.
8ing quality Of: the goods. This trou-
Bile can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as II can be applied
much more thinly because Of its great
- strength than other makes.
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Inmates place

A Central Canada Farmer Finishing
at 80 bushels per acre, winter wheat at
over 40 bushels, and oats exceed 80
bushels per acre. Barley also has
proved an abundant yield. What will
attract the reading public more than
volumes of figures will be the fact that
those who have been induced through
the influence of the Government to ac-
cept of 100 acres of free grant land;
or, by the persuasion of friends to
leave their home State of Dakota, Min
nesota, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, In
diana, Ohio, Nebraska or the other
States from which people have gone,
have done well. Financially, they are
in a better position than many of them
ever expected to be, and in the mat
ter of health, in social conditions, they
have lost nothing.
Ono porcon uho haa inst returned
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He then crossed the Sas
katchewan river to the South
town, or Battleford proper.
and continues his report:
Conditions around the old
town are as good If not bet.
ter than those to the north