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Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14
sHERcLIFFE MUST GO BACK
Governor Johnsom signs ReauIsItion
Of Colorado for Noted
Fugitive.

ST. PAUL MINI. Feb i2-Governor
Johnson today signed requisition OF Gov
ernOr Shafroth Of Colorado for Frank sher-
eiiffe. wanted in LeadviIle. Colo. where he
was convicted OF murder Shercliffe es-
capped from the train he was being taken
TO the penitentiaFy az Canyon City. He
Was captured in Tennesses and brought 10
Minneapolis. where he was acquitted OF a
charge Of robbing train.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14
PROCEEDINGS OF THE HoUsI
Day Devoted 40 General Debate On
Large Variety OF Subjects

wASHINGTON. Feb 12-A variety OF
subjects we're discussed in the house OF rep
resentatives today. The Indian appropria-
tion bill technically was under considers
ton. but many members svailed themselves
OF the opportunity for general debate Mr..
Lamer Hls-i argued for the amendment
OF the railroad rate Law. claiming the law
Was insufficient 10 cover the cases Included
In its provisions Mr.. MADDEN 0ill referred
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14
GRAIN RATE CASE MONDAY
Comes Before Interstate Commission
on Petition of Kansas City.
OF VITAL INTEREST TO OMAHA
Representative Mann of Illinois
Blocks Effort of kinkaid to Have
Bill Passed--RedueinK Home
stead improvements.
From a Staff Correspondent }

AfEOfn a StaIt Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13.-CspeciaI Tele-
gram.)-The case OF the Kansas City Board
OF Trade against the Burlington. Missouri
Pacific. Rock Island, Kansas City South
western. Santa Fe and dozen other rail-
roads iN set for oral argument before the
Interstate Commerce commission on Mon
day at 10 O'Clock. Myron l. Learned and
z. j. Mcyann. secretary OF the Omaha
Grain exchange. arrived in Washington to-
day to be present at the hearing Mr..
Learned appearing before the commission
on behalf OF the Omaha Grain exchange
Railroad attorT eys and secretaries of grain
exchanges Interested in this care are also
in Washington for this argument The
case involves the entire grain rate adjust
ment to the south ard southeast. both
domestic and export, and therefore involves
millions OF bushels OF grain In the primary
haul The section particularly interested
Is principally in the consuming territory
for course grain from Nebraska and KAN
sas points
Kansas City is seeking 20 obtain an ad-
justnent OF grain rates whereby il would
be given monopoly OF the grain trade OF
Kansas and deprive Omaha Of all grain
south OF the Platte slver. which means
millions OF bushels OF m. oats and wheat
The case was heard before Commissioner
Clark Of the Interstate Commerce commits
sion at Kansas City in November last and
comes UP for oral argument before the fun
bench OF the Interstate Commerce commits
sion on Monday.
The position Of the Omaha Grain ex-
change is that OF an intervenor because
Omaha's market would be affected disas-
trously II the Kansas City contention were
granted. Mr.. Learned who is accompanied
by Mrs. Learned, is counsel for the Omahs
Grain exchange. He said tonight that he
felt confident in his position in view OF
the fact that the Kansas City people at
their November hearing did not make out
strong case.
Among others who are here interested in
this case is J. C. Lincoln. traffic commits
sioner OF the St Louis Merchants ex-
change. who is opposing Kansas Citys con-
tention.
More Time for Bridge.
Representative W. l. Smith today fntro-
dueed bill extending the time for the
Central Railroad and Bridge company for
one year TO commence and three years 10
complete a general traffic bridge seross the
Missouri river at Council Bluffs.
Mann Blocks KInkaid Bill.
Under suspension OF the rules today Rep
resentstivs Kinkaid called up his bill 10
amend the so-esIIed ''Kinkaid aot'' permit
ting hOmesteaders to enter go acres. ana
which he now seeks to amend to modify so
that the Improvement charges against the
prospective settlers may be decreased from
proportionate aggregate OF 81 . per acre
annually TO - cents an acre. and after some
discussion through an objection made By
Congressman Mann OF Chicago the bill was
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14
More Tfme for Bridge.

Representative W. L Smith today intro
dueed bill extending the time for the
Central Railroad and Bridge company for
one year TO commence and three years 20
complete a general traffic bridge across the
Missouri river at Council Bluffs
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14

FOR OMAHA. COUNCIL BLUFFS AND
NlClNITY-Probably snow Sunday, not
much change in temperature
FOR NEBRASF<A-5now Sunday
FOR IOWA-Snow Sunday. colder In
southeast portion.
TempeFature at Omaha yesterday:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14
Now is the time to
have your dress
making and sewing
done before the
spring rush begins.

You will find a number of
dressmakers and seamstresses
who want your work, adver-
tising under the head of
'Dressmakers" on the want
ad page.
You will always find a great deal,
that is valuable to you by reading
the want-ads.
II you want to find customers for
any kind Of work. a want-ad. viii
bring you plenty.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14
Mann Blocks KInkaid Bill.

tcOntinued on Second Page)
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14

Banking committee remodeIing bank
guaranty bill to meet some objections
and steam roller being fired up to silence
others Road bills and appropriation bills
well under way. I, Page i
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14
SUMMARY OF THE bee

Sunday. February II. 1900.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14

President-elect Taft starts northward,
leaving New Orleans at $50 o'clock Sat
urday morning for Cincinnati I, Page .
, 1909-08-19
May Bring Colony

M. K. Stuff, of Fairfield, Nebr.
who left for his home last Friday,
purchased a section of land before
his departure. He and Mr..
Mchling, of Hastings, Nebr., were
visiting Mr., and Mrs. J. w. Alden,
on Spring creek, looking for an
investment. They were over on
Jack creek and made a bargain
with the Saratoga Land Company,
whereby they purchased $40 acres
of them, being the east half of
section eight and the west half of
section ten. Mr.. Stuff is a retired
farmer with capital to invest. He
proposes to come out here next
spring and begin TODD things with
the land he has purchased. There
is a strong probability that he
will cut the land up into small
holdings and sell it to small farm
ers, who are looking for homes.
In the event that he does not do
that he is quite likely to bring
some machinery out with him and
show the people of this country
what the land here is good for.
The officers of the Saratoga
Land Company are behind this
deal and it is their intention to
interest many other men of means
in the lands of this country. But
the incident hat made the deal
possible was the fine field of 800
acres of oats now growing on the
lands of that company out ON Jack
creek. 1t takes ocular demon
stration, like that, to convince
people what this soil will do with
proper handling.
, 1909-08-19
Cloud Burst on Pass Creek.

j. A. Schoonjans was in yester-
day from Pass creek, says they
had a very severe rain storm at
his place on Monday evening. 1t
was a very veritable cloudburst,
washing hay ocks along on it's
surface. His entire meadow was
covered fully six inches deep with
water at one time during the storm.
He says it will be days before the
ground and grass get in shape
for them to start cutting again.
, 1909-08-19
A Splendid Cook

j. F. Fuller, the cook employ
ed by the Carbon Timber Com
pany to cook for its regiment of
men, was a caller at the Sun office
this week. Mr., Fuller is the man
who two years ago had charge of
the preparation of the large trout
dinner given here at that time.
The trout We're done to the
Queens taste and were greatly en-
joyed 10y the many hundreds who
partook Of that dinner. He is
much more than a professional
cookie is al artist in his line
and his services are sought after,
far and near. He has been en-
gagged TO cook the trout for the
coming big ''Fish Dinner" that is
to take place here September Sth
and 9th.
, 1909-08-19
A Heavy Rain Storm

This valley was visited with a
heavy rain storm last Monday
evening that was almost a cloud
burst in some places. The day
had been threatening, but only a
few local showers occurred in the
afternoon, when about 5 o'clock
the clouds gathered and there was
sharp thunder AID tightening.
The scattering clouds coalesed
and the rain began to come down
in sheets. In a few moments the
ground was covered with water
and every draw and coulee became
a raging torrent. For nearly an
hour this kept up until the whole
valley was thoroughly soaked. 1t
e~ffectally stopped the hay making
for several days, as what hay was
down could not be put up under
36 hours, and it took at least that
long for the ground to dry out SC
that ranchmen could again begin
cutting.
, 1909-08-19
6~00.pound Shark

The following item, taken from
the Los Angeles Times, gives an
account of the capture of a 600
pound shark by A. j.. Doggett,
formerly of this place, but now OF
Denver. 1t will interest Saratoga
people who knew Mr.. Doggett SO
well:
Dwarfing with its terrific strug-
giles all recent recent battles with
monsters of the sea off the south
ern California coast and leaving
its captors in a state of exhaustion
when it was finally brought to
gatf, the largest shark captured in
years with small tackle was land
ed late yesterday off Portuguese
Bend by A. j. Doggett of Denver,
who is stopping in Long Beach.
The monster weighed over 600
pounds and was II feet 2 inches
in length 1t is on exh ibition at
the end of the pier.
Doggett was fishing from the
launch Flyer, Capt. Graves, with
ten other Long Beach residents.
Indifferent luck caused him to be-
come listless until a strike the like
of which anglers dream about
made him sit up and take notice.
He was fishing with an ordinary
bamboo rod and a 21-strand line
with a yellowtail fly. The shark
at the first rush took all but a few
yards of his three hundred feet of
line, and Doggett steadily pump
ed the fish toward the boat again.
A series of dashes and leaps cleo
tritied those on board. b. Hausell
of Texas, was called to help Dog
gett. In three minutes less than
al hour Doggett brought to Capt.
Graves gaff the immense shark.
1t vas towed to Long Beach at the
stern of the boat. The skin and
skeleton will be purchased for ex-
hiblton purposes.
, 1909-08-19

was contracted by exposure to wet
and assumed a virulent type from
the start and it was very soon seen
that his chances for survival were
very slim. He was anxious to
live and said Saturday morning:
eff | can live until 7 O'Clock to-
morrow morning l will pull thru"
Several times, during the day and
night following, he asked anxious
ly for the time. But the fates
were against him and he breathed
his last near 5 O'Clock Sunday
morning. Robert Corpening, a
nurse, was employed to assist his
twin sister, Mrs. Cora Cushman, in
caring for him during his illness.
His mother, Mrs. Mamie K. Ep-
person, arrived from Salt Lake
Friday evening and was present at
the time of his death and burial.
A singular mortality has seemed
to follow the Eppsrson family
This makes the the fifth death
that has occurred in that family in
the past five years. The first was
Vona F. Epperson who died at
Encampment in 1904. The next
was Abel Epperson, one of the
younger sons, who was injured by
a fall from a swing three years
ago in Salt Lake City. He never
recovered consciousness and died
in a short time. About two years
later Boss Epperson, another son,
died in Salt Lake City. Last May
the father, A. G. Epperson, also
died in that city. And now Gay,
still another son, has departed this
fife, The mother and brothers
and sisters, who survive him, have
he sympathy of every n in tn cir
orrow.
, 1909-08-19

mainly responsible for the pres
ence of this party, he having form
erly livad in Sterling and being
personally acquainted with the
greater part of the bunch. Their
saty is indefinite. They have an
ideal camping spot, and small
game as well as fish is abundant.
They r unanimous in saying
that they are enjoying the finest
fishing they ever knew.
Business men rarely ever have
the opportunity to enjoy so very
pleasant all outing as is now the
lot of the Davis Bunch" from
Sterling, Colo.
The following are the names of
the men in the party:J NJ. Davis,
ID. Davis, Ell. Barenger, D.. b. Dal-
zell, j. p. Dill IN, George Down
ing, F. G. Foogate, FL. d. Huffman,
j.. Ell. Jay, W. E. kellogg, w. E..
King, Clede Middleton, Joseph
Moore, Art Parker, j. b. Smith,
@ B. Timberlake and Bert White.
, 1909-08-19
STILL SHIP
PING ORE
Sends out Another Car
And is now Loading its
Third Car Of Ore.

Ray Campbell, the manager of
he Elkhorn mine in Elk Mount
bin was in Monday. He reported
hat they had just sent out their
second car of ore from the mine to
emelter at Argo, Colo, and had
ordered another car. They had
Received returns from the car
Shipped a short time ago and it
IAN Is 93-lOO per cent. copper and
An ounce of silver and a trace of
gold. 1t is some encouragement
10 know that this car netted them
bver $3.50 dollars over aud above
Expenses. While this is not a very
arge return, it is an extremely
satisfactory one, as it shows that
The the money has begun to come
back to the investors.
w. d. Avdelott is hauling the
pre- from the mine to the railroad
BIT Overland. He has three skies
ind can haul the ore as fast as it
Ian be prot to the surface by the
present mine force. Mr.. Camp
bell feels much encouraged over
(he result from the first car. The
officers of the company feel that
y it will pay to ship the ore to
melter, it will pay still peter to
put in a concentration, or matt
)melter at the mine and haul the
teduced product out
Mr.. Campbell says that the own.
IRIS of the Cotton Matt Smelter
process claim that they can install
80 ton working plant, complete
With crusher at the mine for &c.,
200. The matter will be looked
nto and may be that the company
Fill conclude to put a plant of
hat character in at the mine.
Perhaps a Fink concentration will
be chosen. 1t is not at all detin-
|te yet what curse the company
Fill adopt, but they are all very
huch gratiied that at last the
png outlay of money has begun
10 return them a small income via
he smelter route.
, 1909-08-19

The first day of the Fish Car
nival Saratoga will play Rawlins
and the second day Saratoga will
play Encampment.
Both teams Sunday made sew
eral errors, but these were offset
by some very fine playing by both
teams. Curtis, a travelling man,
umpired the game and did a good
job. The game was a battle be-
tween pitchers. Taylor, the Sara
toga pitcher, is signed with Oma-
la for next season, after trying
out a short time ago. There were
only four safe hits on Taylor and
eleven men struck out. The Raw
Inns pitcher from Cripple Creek
got eleven safe hits and struck six
men out. If both pitchers had
been supported clear thru the
score would have been about
nothing to nothing as it was all
errors that let the scores in.
, 1909-08-19
Sells Bunch OF Horses

Don McPhail made a sale of a
bunch of 26 head of range horses
last week to A. W. Hopkins, of
Ft. Collins, who has been up here
on a camping trip. Mr.. Hopkins
started Saturday with the horses
and will drive them thru to Fit.
Collins. The horses were selected
from Mr.. McPhails band os range
horses. Mr.. Hopkins will dispose
of them after handling them for a
time in order to get them broken
sufficiently for use.
, 1909-08-19
To the Buyers of Provisions a
Reduction of 10 to 80 per cent.
Will be Made.

Good Flour 1926 per cwt.
3 lbs. good coffee so cents.
Special Prices on Dried Fruits.
ii lbs. Navy beans $1.OO
Canned Corn 10 cents per can
Rose Jam 10
Tomatoes 10
, 1909-08-19
Death OF Gay Epperson

Gay Epperson, whose serious
illness was mentioned in last
weeks Sun, died Sunday morning
between 4 and 5 o'clock, of pneu-
monia and the body was buried
from the residence at 3 O'Clock
Monday afternoon. A short burial
service was performed at the grave
by Rev. Ford, before the body WAS
laid to rest.
Deceased was 80 years of age
last May. His disease, pneumonia
, 1909-08-19
The Davis Bunch"

Twenty of the business men of
Pterling, Colo, headed by }. M.
Davis, President of the Davis Mer-
kantile Company, are now in camp
u the mouth of Cow creek on the
North Platte river and having the
lime of their lives catching and
batting trout. Judge Blood, who
s a guest of the party, met them
pit Walcott and aud rode up with
Them Saturday evening in their
bwn special ar. They left the
Ear at this place and were taken
PIP to their present camp by the
livery teams of this place Sunday
horning. Each man wore a badge
III blue ribbon OIL which was
printed the legend Davis Bunch.'
Judge BlopI came down from
|he camp Monday and reported
That the crowd was in high feather
having caught 1877 fish the first
Hay and over 200 hundred the
heXt, and there was not a man in
HE crowd who could not eat a
ozen good rainbows at a sitting.
Deputy Sheriff, e. S. Taylor il
, 1909-08-19
The Big Ten Group

The Big Ten Copper Mining
Company is plann ing on doing a
considerable amount of develop
ment work this searson ON their
seven claims located on the edge
of the Rambler basin and on the
north western slope of the cont in
entail divide. The claims adjoin
the Tram group on the north and
west. Their main showing con-
sists of a 70 foot tunnel which is
being driven into the mountain on
side. George Nelson, n of the
stockholders is at present working
in the tunnel. During the next
week or two the company expects
to put on several more men and
continue the work as rapidly as
possible. The company was incor-
porated last march and was called
the Big Ten on account of the
company consisting of ten mem
bers. The officers are; John w.
CIu7, Saratoga, President; Geo o.
Baker, Encampment, vice presi-
dent; and John Staburg, Dillon,
secretary and treasurer. The
claims owned by the company are
in a good part of the Basin and
with the establishing of a grip
railroad in that locality, transport
alton could be carried on very
asily.-Encampment Herald.
, 1909-08-19
Rawlins VS. Saratoga

The game between Rawlins and
Saratoga Sunday was a closely
contested game and but for a
lucky play ON the part of Rawlins
in the last inning it would have
been a tie game. The score WAS
7 to 6 in favor Of Rawlins. This
was one of the best games ever
played in Carbon County.
The line up was as follows:
, 1909-08-19
Supt. McKeown Goes Fishing

Supt. McKeown, of the Union
Pacific Ry., came up in his
private a Friday and it was set
out at the Cow creek siding to
give Mr.. McKeown and party an
opportunity to enjoy some of our
unexcelled trout fishing and sage
grouse shooting.
, 1909-08-19

The river looks as clean as though
some one had been giving it a good
scrubbing since he drive went thru.
The Delta independent., 1909-03-05
Warming Up on the Track at Della Fair Grounds.

toward relieving the distress caused by
malaria
1t was also found that yellow fever is
contracted after incubation from the
bite of certain species of mosquito.
and way was opened for lessening
the ravages of that disease.
In Colorado these diseases do not
concern US, but we do suffer from
the attack of mosquitoes and should
know how it might be possible to rid
our community of the pest
The female mosquitoes live over as
adults and in the spring lay their eggs.
on stagnant water, in little boat-shaped
masses. The little larvae, commonly
called wrigglera, in a few days hatch
from the eggs and feed upon small
organisms in the water for a period of
two weeks, sometimes more and some.
times less, depending upon the food
supply While living in the water IL
is necessary for the little wrigglers To
breathe. This is accomplished by
means of a little tube-lke organ on the
anal extremity of the body, which il
pushed above the surface film of the
water. When the larvae become full
grown they change into the pup a stage
The Delta independent., 1909-03-05
Mosquitoes.

Generally speaking. the people of
Colorado are not troubled with that
pernicious little insect known AS the
mosquito to the same extent as those
people who live on the coast, or in
regions adjacent to large bodies of
water with their usually great number
of swamps.
Latitude does not seem to be an i'm
portant factor in influencing the num-
bers of the pests, for they may be
found in the cold latitudes of the North
equally as we'll as in the tropics.
The wonderfully economic bearing
that certain species of mosquitoes
The Delta independent., 1909-03-05
Horticultural lore
Class of Writings Which Giue
4 Continued. Instead of
4 Short Course

advancing to point that will tend to
dshe irten the stock feeder. Also. the
high prices realized for hay have not
encouraged saving the alfalfa crop for
seed; consequently the price of good
alfalfa seed is about eqnal to the cost
when it was first introduced. In the
estimation of so ne the high prce of
land in the irrigated sections precludes
the use of alfalfa as a profitable crop;
especially on the small tracts and even
on the larger farms, the proper proper
tion of alfalfa to other crops is seldom
maintained, and evidently the real mer
it of alralfa is overlooked.
When expensive land is occupied
with alfalfa for recuperation, which
soon or la er will become necessary, it
i'd apparent to all that it should be
made to yield the highest returns pos
The Delta independent., 1909-03-05

found are either emptied or covered.
What such man means to the city of
Baltimore can only be comprehended by
one who has had occasion to spend a
night in Baltimore hotel with brok-
en- screen on his bedroom window.
The writer has some unpleasant recol-
lections of an experience of that kind.
The point to bear in mind in mosquito
control is that they breed in water, the
fouler the better, and that by destroy
ing ali such breediog places great good
may be accomplished
GEO p. WELDON,
Field chronological. Colorado Agricu-
turaI Experiment station.
The Delta independent., 1909-03-05

sible, in hav, seed or fertility, To this
end the alfalfa seed breeding work has
been instituted. The idea was suggest
ed in 1904, when investigating the in
sect injuries and other causes for the
poor yields of alfalfa seed in the lower
Arkansas valley in Colorado. 1t was
then noted that there was great con-
trast in the seed yields of different
plants under apparently the same con-
ditions; also. that the type and quanti-
ty of hay from different individuals
varied. Seed from some of the most
promising plants was secured and sown
the following season in a comparative
test with the common alfalfa, and
some Turkestan seed from Germany.
Later the nursery was increased to
sixty-four plats of differenl varieties
and individual types. The nursery has
served as comparative test to deter
mine the relative merit of these differ
ent types of alfalfa, and it is almost
needless to say that the most remark
The Delta independent., 1909-03-05

able contrasts in desirable qualities
have been developed. Some of the
traits superior to ordinary alfalfa that
have been shown are as follows:
Hardness; freedom from winter kill
ing.
Large stooling; eight to ten times as
great as com non alfalfa.
Frost resistance in the green growing
plant
Desirable type for hay; fine stems,
many leaves.
Freedom from tendency to lodge with
wind or rain.
Seed setting tendency, satisfactory.
The contrasts in desirable qualities
found in the nursery is evidence of
a great opportunity to improve the or.
binary alfalfa by seed selection, and
the results of the few years selection
is assurance that much improvement
would be immediate for our alfalfa
crop, il a supply of such seed were
available. We have bred up our corn,
wheat. potatoes and beets, but with
our alfalfa seed we have been satisfied
with the work of an Arab. Alfalfa
has been alfalfa, and the man that
produced seed sold his best and seeded