The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-04-27

them do not wake up and demand &C
tion by the House in Congress.
The loosening of the moose of the
sIsal hemp monopoly of Yucatan.
which mas had the American farmers
needs for binding Irvine tied fast, is
proceeding rapidly with the increase
Uf 1ay-grOwing on the new lands of
western Canada reported on the Chi
cago market. The profits from the
riaxseed have been so great of late
that the acreage has increased by
leaps and bounds. now that the fax
hber serves the new purpose of Irvine.
Some exceptional crops are reported
from Alberta along the Canadian Pa
ciic's main transcontinental line. One
farmer in the Box River valley who
mad ST acres planted in fax last year
which yielded 30 bushels of grain to
the acre, was offered $2.14 per bush
Ell. or $62.06 per acre for his crop, a
total Of more than 81. 500. This is for
the seed alone. watch is used for the
manufacture of oils. The flax plants
are utilized in the manufacture of lin
en-, paper and Irvine. Almost as soon
as the modern Irvine using self-binder
was invented the American farmer
began to paw tribute TO the hemp
of Yucatan. For many years
the sisal hemp grown in that country
was not only the best. but practically
the only hemp available for making
bindery Irvine. As the demand for
twile Increased the Yucatans put up
the price time after time. and heir
ributes from American and other far
mers soon made them enormously
wealthy. A few years z a big har-
vesting machinery company began ex-
perinents in the northwest with fax,
hoping to find in it's fibre a substitute
for the sisal hemp of Yucatan. Those
experiments have progressed so sat
~lsfactorily that now it is only a mat
ter of time when most of the bindery
Irvine will be made from flax grown in
the United States and Western Cana
da-
The tauats and gibes of Gotham at
C~nicago'S conspicuous lack of enthus-
iasm for grand opera of the upper
register. have been based on fact
Chicago, in this halyoon time OF
spring, automobiles and strenuous
business has not been willing to sit
up night i'm it's best hib-and-tucker
and most expensive diamonds to lis
ten in doors to grand opera stars.
For grand opera in Chicago In not a
paying proposition. even with the box
office receipts for four weeks at $3.50
noe. But neither is it in New York,
where derisive outlaws at Chicago as
lacking musical culture, a go
ings the rounds. However, Chicago
will ave to own opera organization,
regardless of cost-$350,000. John L.
Shafer has announced that the finan-
cial support is secured. The oftre-
peated assertion that Chicago would
attend opera only when drawn by the
magnetic name of a star has been
disproved: some of the performances
of the Metropolitan company that had
the smallest attendance were glitter
ing with name high and scintillating
IN the operate armament. On the
other hand some of the best patroniZ
I'd performances e those where
the starlight was least brilliant. Last
year Chicagoans dug deep into their
pockets and fished ont 100000 a
week for two weeks. for the privilege
of listening to the New York organi-
cation. But Caicagoans were opera
then. having been cut off the
schedule h preceding year and Civ
only one week in the season be-
fore that. But 100000 a week was
too great a pace to maintain, and the
jealous promoters of this springs
fourIweek engagement received a
shock when the receipts did O even
reach the $4,000 mark per week The
fact is that C~nicagoans are ear of
tribute to New York's grand
opera company, and are patiently |
waiting until they have an ~organiza-
ton of their next fall.
The purchase of a strip of land only |
tlree-quarters OF al inch wide stands
unchallenged as the most unique
in Chicago real estate
down to date. When James Month
sold ais residence the pur
chaserSa wonan-made the trouble
some discovery that his grey stone
nouse was in fact three-Quarters of
an inch over the line ON the adjoining
property. Having been singed by a
similar predicament. the woman
would not complete the deal until the
needed strip of land had been ac-
When the owner of the ad
land learned what situa-
ion was ne promptly and firmly de
elined TO deed the strip gratuitously
rs a matter OF courtesy or kindness
r~nerefore chickering's and chickering's
we're begun over the price of parcel
property less than an inch wide