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Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-17
QUARANTINE is ISSUED
AGAINST SHEEP DISEASE

WASHINGTON.-O account of the
reported existence of scabies. the sec.
retary of the agriculture has issued an
order going into effect Jan. / g. quaran.
timing. among others. the following dis
tricts:
Wyoming-The counties of Natrona,
Converse and Laramie.
Colorado-The counties of Logan
Sedgwick, Phillips, Yuma, Washing
ton. Morgan, Kit Carson, Cheyenne
kiawa, Prowers. Baca. Bent, Otero;
that part of the counties of Pueblo
Huerfano and Las Animas lying east
o. the Eighth guide meridian west;
that part of the counties of Weld and
Adams lying east of the Union Pacific
railroad from its intersection with the
Colorado Wyoming state line. souther
ly to its intersection with the north.
ern boundary Of Denver county: that
part of Adams. Arapahoe. Ebert and
Lincoln counties lying north and east
of the Union Pacific railroad from its
ii'S' "iti tht
of Denver county, southeasterly to Ii
mon, Colo, and that part of Lincoln
Elbert and FL Paso counties lying
south and east of the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific railway from Limon,
Colo, southwesterly to its intersection
with the Eighth guide meridian west
New Mexico-The counties of Union
Guadalupe. Quay, Roosevelt, Chaves
Eddy.
The effect of this order is to release
from quarantine the counties of Car.
bon and Albany, in the state OF Wy.
oming; that part of Weld and Adams
counties lying west OF the Union Pa
cific railroad running from Denver to
Cheyenne; that part of the counties
OF Adams, Arapahoe, Ebert, Lincoln
and FL Paso lying south and west OF
the Union Pacifi railroad, running
southeasterly from Denver to Limon.
The order of quarantine provides
that no cattle shall be moved from the
quarantined areas except in accord.
ance with the regulations of the sec
retary. designated In his order pro
mulgated March 20, 1907.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-17
THE FLORIDA MESA
IRRIGATION DISTRICT

The proposed Florida mesa irriga-
tion district comprises about 10000
acres OF land. only Is per cent Of
which Is now under cultivation. The
location Of the land is such that near
ly every acre can be watered.
The proprietorship OF the reservoir,
the water rights and the bitches are
TO be owned solely by the people, The
management of the district will be
vested in board consisting OF three
directors chosen from the district.
The amount OF the bond issue will
be determined by the cost OF the sys-
tom as estimated by the engineers en-
pioyed by the district.
The petition asking that the district
be formed will be presented to the
commissioner February 10th.
In the state OF Colorado about thirty
irrigation districts are being formed
January Field and Farm these dis
tricts are n success wherever they
are operated
If this great irrigation scheme ma
torializes 1t will be wonderful thing
for La Plata county. thousands Of
homeseekers will move among US and
call us neighbors. A veritable build.
Ing epidemic will result. Employment
will be furnished hundreds OF men.
New riches will be brought to the
common wealth. Old enterprises win
grow apace with the country and many
new ones will be established. Land
will double and treble In value. In
short 1t means the substantial growth
for the section that is worth while.
The project should meet with the
encouragement and active support OF
the business men OF Durango and all
residents OF the county.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-17
HIGHER COST OF LIVING
DUE TO LABOR TRUST

SPRINGFIELD, Mass.-Large RS
sponsibility for the higher cost Of liv-
Ing was laid by John Kirby, Jr., presi-
dent of the. National Manufacturers
association. upon what he called the
labor trust" in an address here.
Mr.. Kirby's address was largely a
reply to a recent implied attack upon
his organization in an article In the
National Civic Federation Revew. He
said:
"The primary cause OF the constant
ly advancing prices of commodities OF
all kinds lies at the door OF the Ia.
Dor trust. cardinal principle OF which
IL to raise wages and restrict produc.
tions. neither Of which can fail to di.
minish the purchasing power Of the
dollar. and when working together
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-17
MANN BILL NOT IN ACCORD
WITH ADMINISTRATION BILL

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-The Mann
bill making sweeping changes in the
interstate commerce laws for the regu-
lation of the railroads is not in accord
with the one prepared by the com
mittee acting under the direction of
President Taft and known as the ''ad.
ministration railroad BILL" but was
prepared by Chairman Mann during
the summer vacation of congress.
The measure does not provide for a
special court to hear interstate com
merce cases. as has been reported
would be the form of legislation oil
this subject that President Taft would
recommend. 1t proposes, however to
create in the department of commerce
and labor a bureau to be called the
bureau of transportation" where
shipper may file complaint against
railroad
If, after the investigation. the com
missioner of the bureau of Transports
tion finds that there is justice in the
complaint. he must report the facts to
the attorney general of the United
States and If the attorney general is
satisfied that there is a cause of action
he is required to file petition with
the interstate commerce commission
and prosecute the case at the expense
of the government
The shipper may. II he prefers. s1ll
file his complaint direct with the com.
mission and prosecute at his own ex-
pense, as the present law provides.
The bill makes 1t the duty OF com.
mon carriers TO establish Just and rea
sonab!e classifications and regulations
and authorizes the interstate com
merce commission TO prescribe what
they shall be.
The long and short haul clause of
the interstate commerce act would be
amended so as to provide that charge
for a short haul shall in no case be
greater than the charge for long
haul and the charge for through rate
shall be no greater than the aggregate
of the local rate. False or padded
claims for damages by shipper are
prohibited, as are rebates.
The provisions OF the law in regard
to filing complaints and authorizing
the commission to adjust complaints
and fix rates are much enlarged. and
they give power to the commission
not only to fix rates upon complaint
but also to adjust and prescribe classi.
fications. regulations and practices
generally. The commission may sus-
pend the taking effect OF any pro.
posed rate or change In classification
until full hearing can be had ON the
subject.
The commission is also given power
to establish through rates and joint
rates, the shipper to select the entire
route over which a shipment shall be
transported. Railroads are required
10 furnish rates on written application
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-17

Every shipment OF property on which
offense and the Elkins law is amended
to that extent. The railroads under
the Mann bill may exchange trans.
portation for advertisement of their
time tables in newspapers. A com
mon carrier is prohibited from owning
or acquiring ownership of stock in
any competing carrier The bill also
makes ii unlawful for a railroad com.
pany TO issue any stock or bonds ex-
cept for the acquisition of property,
the construction of lines, the improve.
ment of its service, or the discharge of
obligations, and then only after filing
with the commissioner of transporta.
ton a statement setting forth the fun
details of the issue
The bill requires stock to be sold
for not less than par and bonds for
not less than the reasonable market
value and provides penalty of twenty
thousand dollars and Imprisonment
for five years Tor the Illegal issuance
of stocks and bonds.
The bill also makes 1t unlawful for
any railroad to acquire by purchase.
lease or otherwise. the ownership of
any connecting line and forbids any
form of ownership to acquire control
OF two competing lines of transporta.
finn unless nermitted nv tha intar,
state commerce commission.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-17

The new light plant OF the Aztec
Light & Power company is now ready
for business. Work clearing the ditch
OF ice has been abandoned until the
weather moderates. f. d. Ridley and
Ward A. Wilson worked heroically 10
have the plant in working order By
Jan. and succeeded. New flume has
been built and new boxing to carry
and hold the water has been installed.
and all that is now required Is the
water to come down and start the
wheel The big generator is now iP
place. the poles for the street lights
are all strung with wire and Aztec
will have modern convenience and
necessity In lts midst almoat any DAY
Aow.--Astsc Index,
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-17
EAST IN GRIP
OF STORM KING
Terrific Blizzard Strikes serk Paralyzing
Traffic and Causing SeveiSssss ,'hs..
Mayor Marooned on Long Islas.ss

NEW YORK, Jan. 15-New York is
storm and blizzard 1t has known for
years. With fifteen inches OF snow
on the ground and bowling blizzard
raging. the city is practically para
occurred, and many accidents report
ed. All traffic is greatly delayed,
Shipping is in peril, and already scores
OF minor accidents have been reported
lean liner St. Louis fought her way
up to quarantine and later into the
city. She was followed up by the l.u-
sitania this morning. The risk of
is great but no greater than remain
ing off Ambrose channel. where the
storm caused the ships TO drag their
anchors and threatened every min.
ute to drive them ashore
Mayor Gaynor, after narrow es
cape from death when he left a stalled
train at Hykesyille. l.. l.. is marooned
today at the home of Dir. Adolph Rave
and unable to come TO New York
CHICAGO. Jan. 15.-Chicago is rap
idly approaching a state of a city be-
seiged for the blizzard that continues
unabated in many parts of the coun
try, has destroyed all present hopes
OF replenishing the citys practically
exhausted supply OF coal, milk and
other necessities.
Heroic efforts are being made to
protect babies of the city by the vari
Gus civic and charitable organization
with the result that today the big milk
companies will not deliver milk to
any home where there is no infant.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-17
BRADsTREETs REPORT
ON BUSINESS CONDITIONS

NEW YORK. Jan. 15.-Bradstreet'
says today: Reports as to trade
and transportation reflect variations
OF the weather. irregularly effecting
sales and movement OF farm products.
coal supplies and spring goods to va
rious markets. The retail trade In
winter goods has been helped by the
cold, stormy weather and the usual
January price revisions. A very fair
volume OF recorders is reported by the
jobbers. while the volume OF orders for
spring so far reaching the wholesale
houses from travellers Is fairly good"
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-17
Surety Companies Get
Slap on the Wrist

CHICAGO, Jan. 15-Surety compa-
nies which have annually reaped in
lucrative profits from bond business
done in federal courts are smarting
today from a singing blow dealt them
by Judge X. NJ. Landis. who decreed
that he will never again approve a
bond signed by surety company and
that hereafter defendants In criminal
cases, receivers and others who wish
TO give bond must get their friends to
act In the capacity of bonds men to
win the sanction Of the court.
Judge Lands explains this action
by the statement that surety compa-
.nies recently formed trust agreement
to raise the prices on all bonds and
that this action is In reality hold
up" In some instances, he declares,
the companies have increased their
prices as much as ~. per cent.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-17

TIED UP
Denver Papers Will
Not COncede to De.
mands Of Pressmen

DENVER. Jan. 15.+The strike of
pressmen has stopped the publication
of all papers in Denver. No evening
papers were issued last night and no
morning papers today. There is little
likelihood of any coming out tonight
The loss to the newspaper owners
is enormous
The News, Republican, Post and
Times all resent what they call ar.
bitrarl demands of the pressmen.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-17
SHAFRoTH OFF FOR
NATIONAL CAPITAL

DENVER, Jan. 15.-Gov. Shafroih
left for Washington today to attend
the conference OF governors called by
President Taft to meet at White house
Jan. IS
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-17

Leonard Imboden and James A. Hill,
now in the state penitentiary at Canon
City, serving sentences of from nine
to ten years each for conspiracy to
wreck the Denver Savings bank in
1905. have again applied to the state
board of pardons for release from
prison.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-17

The National Association OF Boot
and Shoe Manufacturers. have made
a formal announcement Of horizonal
increase in the retail price OF shoes,
amounting tot from 10 to IL per cent.
The advance will be made during the
present year.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-17

rent increased Jan. l. Denver has now
one of the leading postoffices In the
country. The gross receipts for 1909
were over a million dollars.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-17
COLORADO BRIEFS

DR.. r. l.. Bartlett, president of the
Denver chamber of commerce. Is in
Los Angeles to make arrangements for
an aviation meet in Denver soon. Rep
resentatitves of Denver business in.
terests are gathered In Los Angeles to
the number of one hundred to make
concerted effort to secure meet for
their city
Mrs. Stiles. the wife of the late
Brigadier Stiles Of the Salvation army,
IL in Denver in connection with the
rescue department of the army She
ment and has supervision over Chi.
cago and all western cities. She was
I one of the first of the Salvation army
workers to come to this country from
England. She centers her efforts
among girls and women of the half
world.
Pueblo is facing coal shortage
although it is only forty miles from
two of the largest coal fields in the
world. Five coal dealers of the city
have no coal at all, while others have
hard time keeping up with orders
Within the last thirty days. It is said
the traction company has been com.
PEELED to call upon the C. +. & l. com.
pany for sufficient coal to keep the
power plant running
! That a telephone system to take
the place of the present telegraphic
system for the operation of trains is
to be installed on the Colorado di.
vision of the Santa Fe railway within
a month, was announced by officers OF
I that road at Colorado Springs Thurs.
day. Special wires have already been
strung from La Junta to this city
and within two weeks the system will
be completed between here and Den
YER
Announcement is made at the Trini.
dad Colorado Fuel & Iron office that
the Engle mine, the oldest in the
county, will resume operations Mon
day, The mine has been closed for
nearly year and has never been run
ming with a full force since the nre
which started three years ago and
which was only extinguished n little
over a year ago. Two hundred men
will begin work Monday.
While trying to save the lives OF sew
eral hundred passengers on a train
that was due in few minutes, Ar.
thur Hoskins was SO badly injured that
1t was necessary TO amputate his left
leg below the knee. He was attempt.
ting to prevent car loaded with Ice
from running onto the main track
| when injured.
That the Denver postoffice does a
million dollar business a year is the
cause for the recent raise In box rent"
Is the statement OF Postmaster SOurs
Many Of the applicants for boxes have
been surprissd 70 apd that The bog
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-17

Twenty per cent Of the black pepper
sold in the United States is adulter-
ated with ground cornstalks, according
to an expert
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-17

Fred Eames of Denver won the
worlds championship at three-carom
billiards from Alfred De Orc. the title
holder. by final score Of $50 to 137.
Twenty per cent Of the black pepper
ated with ground cornstalks, according
to an expert.
William Watson. the English poet,
and wife sailed from New York yes
terday. He had found the United
States remarkable country. but had
been much disappointed with some as
poets OF his visit.
Another scandal Is on In Pittsburg
II Is claimed at banquet given by
the Carnegie Steel company the at.
traction was human gold fish swim.
ming and splashing in an artificial
lake built in the banquet room
A black bearded maniac drew an
automatic pistol Thursday and fred
five shots into a crowd of New York
school boys who had been taunting
him. One boy was instantly killed
and another critically wounded. The
man escaped.
Sheep losses throughout Wyoming
during the prolonged recent cold spell
are less than first reported. but heavy
enough to cause the flockmasters wor
ry Feed has been rushed into the
sheep sections in quantity and from
no on no further losses are expected
A sheepherder was almost froze to
death He lost both feet.
Judge G.. A. Grow of ST. Clair coun
ty, ILL.,, Thursday sentenced James
Pullman, murderer OF his 1-month-old
child. to live rather than die, so that
he might suffer a lifetime haunted by
the walls of the dying infant. II Will
not sentence Pullman to the gallows," I"
said the judge. "but to the penitentiary
for life. 1t will be punishment more
terrible than death for him tot hear
daily the cries OF his murdered child
His crime was the most atrocious
have ever heard Of. He stamped the
life out Of the child with his heel"
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-17
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Fred Eames of Denver won the
worlds championship at three-carom
billiards from Alfred De Oro. the title
holder. by final score of $50 to 1877.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-17

THAT the Denver postoffice does a
million dollar business a year is the
cause for the recent raise In box rent"
is the statement Of Postmaster Sours
Many OF the applicants for boxes have
been surprised 70 md that ths bog
The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1910-10-06
PARIS KNOWS THEIR VALUE
Smooth, Clean Highways and eeautl.
fui Parks Are Profitable to
the City.

Paris has accepted unfinchingly
the doctrine that smooth and clean
highways are wise investment. and
that go long as the work Is done In
& thorough and scientific manner. with
nm honest and skillful application of
means 10 ends. the result Is worth
having. regardless OF cost The ex.
rense OF maintaining. cleaning. and
spr!nkling the streets Is greater than
In any other European city: but the
sort OF pre-emincnce that such street
service helps to secure is profitable
In n hundred indirect ways. writes
Harvey N. Sheppard. in the Outlook.
Paris has by Gar the richest park
equipment OF any city In the word
The area OF parks within an after.
Moons excursion Is 10000 acres. while
farther away are more extensive pub.
lie grounds. such ne Versailles and
Fontainebleau. 1t Is impossible TO
estimate the profits which Paris de-
rives annually from Its parks. boule.
Yards and public buildings Bankers
have estimated that Americans spcna
upwards OF 500 million dollars annu.
ally In foreign countries. and 1t Is
safe'to say that Paris receives at least
one-hfth OF this vast sum. the profits
from which are rs great rs are the
profits from pork to Chicago. shoes to
St. Louis. and beer 10 Milwaukee.
The experience OF Paris ought 10
convince the most skeptical that there
Is no modern community Of civilized
ncn which cannot afford to provide
the most perfec; public appointments
that technical and scientific knowl.
edge have discovered; wnll.made and
clean streets. good water. proper
drainage. convenient transit facilities.
complete schools. and thorough sani.
tary organizations. No city should
think itself rich enough to prosper
without them. and no city is so poor
that II cannot afford them.
The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1910-10-06
pleasant Valley farm.
Twenty-Five years ago.

Twenty-Five years ago.
October 6. 1895 !,
Dear Readers
Twenty-Five years ago the 18th day
of last June Frank Jennett and first
struck Raymer we were land seekers,
of course everything had been painted
in roseate hues for us. To say that we
were delighted with the looks Of the
place would hardly be putting it truth
fully. 1t was anew town, and no doubt
of it. Still, the present day activity
was to be seen in less degree, of course;
and it occurs to me that it is that same
activity that has always marked the
village. the town and now finally the
city.
Come with ,Iennett and me, gentle
reader, for the tour Of Raymer's main
street that 18th day Of June, 1910 be-
fore we get into the clutches Of Bert
Whittier, the land man, the-onIy-one-ol-
his-kind Bert, the redoubtable and un-
doubtable promoter of good things for
ENTERPRISE COUNTY, Raymer and
l.. A. Whittier. Bert has long since
retired from the land business and is
taking life easy. For that matter he
always did that; nothing ever bothered
him, even in the strenuous times, but
his good natured countenance and CHEEKY
word never failed to make one forget
his troubles.
The first building on the east side Of
Central Avenue. the only business street
in that day is the Hotel Raymcr. If
memory serves me Alright, our old friend
Louis Allen. was the first proprietor
1t was rather modest hosiery, but it
made the money during the times when
the land seekers were flocking into the
''land of milk and honey At 1.-THE time
of which write E. D. Murphy and wife
took in the shekels. Ed ran the Livery
Barn too, and farmed a little on the
side Sin Section 81 west of town.
Next door is W. II. Biggs' grocery
Wells had first started in. but the car,
rying of the mail between Raymer and
Sterling was the more important, and
he sold his stock to c. H. DeFord, for.
merly of Buckingham-no of Raymer,
after running couple of months. Char,
ley moved the stock into the postoffice
and Bert Vik took the management.
The writer was the first clerk and gen.
eral roustabout. Later this firm was
enlarged into the Raymer Grocery Com.
pany. and they now do both a wholesale
and retail business. with an annual job.
bling business Of over 500. 0Oo.O0.
Optimistically yours,
EUGENE F. TlGHE.
The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1910-10-06
Checks Home Town Growth.

Just about now the mail order
houses Of our large cities. with nm
eye for the fall trade Of the smaller
cities or towns and Of the farmer, are
sending out bulky and Elusive cata.
logues by the thousand. Experience
proves that. taking all things into nc.
count. to buy Of such houses costs
more and brings less satisfaction than
to buy Of the home merchants. Money
sent out OF town to these houses for
what can be bought equally us well
al home is Just 80 much check TO the
growth and prosperity Of the home
town. and Of the farmers and others
who find In the town ready market
for their eggs. butter and other pro
ducs.
The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1910-10-06

ZINC TOWN TO Be A MODEL
viii Have Elevated Railroad and
Many Advantageous an I'M
meme Enterprise.

According to well established re-
ports. Stephen S. Palmer Of New York.
president OF the New Jersey Zinc
company OF Pennsylvania. who has
been at Statington. Pa. for several
months personally supervising the
construction OF new sl0.oOo.ooO
plant. has also arranged with the
Chestnut hill railroad for an extension
from Its present terminus at Kunkle-
town. Monroe county. to Suoudsbu:g,
TO connect with the Lackawanna
railroad.
Mr.. Palmer's project Is said to be
rivalcd in America this year only by
two other great Industrial organza.
tIons-one at Gary. Ind. by the United
States Steel trust. and the other at
South bethlehem. by Charles NJ,
Schwab. For many years the parent
plant OF the New Jersey Zinc com
pany Of Pennsylvania was in South
Bethlehem. The workmcn Of the
plant. many OF whom 40 years ago
came here from France and Belgium
10 produce zinc. are the best and most
respected craftsmen in the town
When. during the Bethlehem steel
strike. the rioters assaulted workmen
Unfortunately. Mr.. Palmer decided
to abandon the plant there and concen.
trate his industry In the Palmerton
section. where the new plant was 10.
Gated and the town named for him.
The immensely Of the enterprise can
be imagined from the fact that the
furnaces and reducers will be
scattered along = range Of five miles
and to adjust itself to new conditions
the Central Railroad OF New Jersey
has decided to abandon two old eta
tons and erect new one In the cen
ter Of the works at cost Of 500 900
1t has been decided by Mr.. Palmer
to spend 100000 TO make an eleva
ted railroad. first. for the safety oi
the workmen and their children. part
ly for economic advantages and Il
preserve the beauty OF the town.