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Gilpin observer., 1910-11-17
HOW CROP REPORTS ARE MADE
Some Details Of the Comprehensive
System Employed by the Depart
ment Of Agriculture.

While travelling through Georgia I
came across one Of the township cor
respondents. appointed by the agricul-
tural department Of Washington, who
send in monthly reports regarding the
crop conditions In their counties, says
a writer in National Magazine. The
details OF the comprehensive system
employed by the department in gath
ering crop information from all over
the country are interesting. There are
10000 township correspondents scat
tered all over the Union, whose duty
1t is to go carefully over the territory
and submit each month concrete in
formation as to the condition OF all
kinds Of crops. In addition to this
branch 5000 county correspondent"
send In separate reports from those
OF the township men. A state agent
makes a further report direct from
his agents, and an organization in d.
rect communication with the depart
ment comprising II travelling field
agents" go about the country and
make separate reports for groups of
states. Special cotton correspondents
are also employed to furnish accurate
information concerning the cotton
yield. Five different reports are sent
to Washington each month. by Ave
different sets of correspondents. This
safeguards the government crop re-
ports for accuracy in local crop re-
ports. and keeps the great crop ac-
count and cost estimates for the mil
lions Of American farmers. These
records are sent to the agricultural de-
partment. Mr.. Olmstead OF the bureau
OF statistics. and Mr.. Murray. his as
sistant and a board go over all the
five reports from Ave distinct groups
OF correspondents. and from all the
figures crop report estimate is dis
tributed to 10000 post ofiices through
out the county every month.
Gilpin observer., 1910-11-17
E!sEsa|

gress found only the senate wing of
the much-heralded Capitol. The CEN
trail portion of the original building
and the house wing had not risen
above their foundations. The first
senate session called together in the
old Capitol met in the chamber de
signed for 1t. and which occupied
about the same space as that now al
iotted to the Supreme court Of the
United States. save that the floor was
one story lower. or on the present
basement level. The representative
crowded themselves into the old SEN
ATE wing. and were given long room
In the west side on the main floor.
which space is now subdivided into
office rooms for the Supreme court.
In one Of the old senate committee
rooms. Thus were three bodies all
crowded into the little senate wing
In the year 1900.
House members began to grumoie
from the very start. and SO loud were
their complaints that II was decided
to build on the site of the first house
wing a temporary brick structure in
the shape OF an elliptical bandbox.
and to let the walls OF the permanent
wing rise around 1t. This brick make
of 1S01-02. When members arrived
and examined II their displeasure
reached the boiling point. Because of
the lack Of ventilation in this make
shift they termed it the 'oven." aud
40 such 1t will ever remain In his
tory.
The owen" was connected with the
senate wing by a covered way span
ming the foundations Of the future ro-
tunda and central structure. The
house returned to Its first temporary
quarters in the senate wing in 1905,
and remained crowded there for two
years before its own wing was COM
pleted. Its first permanent chamber
was on the site of the present "sani-
tary hail. where tourists marvel at
the phenomena OF the whispering
gallery"
During these early sessions the SEN
ate sat always with closed doors and
admitted no spectators to its gal
leries. Sessions Of the house were.
however, open. Continental dress was
In vogue among members. whose wigs
were daily curled and powdered.
Hats were worn on the floor OF the
house even until 1928. and women
were excluded from its galleries for
some years. Urns filled with Scotch
snun were placed In each house, and
there were employees charged with the
task OF keeping them filled. "Pen.
makers" we're employed In both cham
bers to mend and sharpen the goose
quilts then In vogue for writing-and
which, by the way, are still used IN
the Supreme court chamber. There
were also ofncial "ssalers," who
xdorned all documents with red wax.
On their stationery accounts these
eaxay members drew rasoes, gloves,
pssfumsfy. bsaSs' grsass nd San In
-. . -@|a !
Gilpin observer., 1910-11-17
THE OLD VAN NESS MANSION
Now Occupied by Homo Of Bu-
reau Of American Republics.

The Bureau Of American Republics
is an institution supported by. 21 re-
publics Of the Americas for the pro
motion of commerce and trade and
for the cultivation Of peace and
friendship. 1t occupiea white marble
building south Of the Corcoran gal
lery on the grounds Of the old Van
Ness place. For this building An
drew Carnegie contributed $750,000.
For a long time the Van Ness man.
sion was one of the historic buildings
of the city. 1t was built by Latrobe.
one Of the architects Of the capital,
for Gen. John P. Van Ness. who mar
ried Marcia Burns. daughter Of Davie
Burns. one Of the original landhold-
ers Of the city Crusty Davie Burns"
lived in a rude cottage near the river.
and cultivated a largo plantation ex-
tending over the spot where the White
House now stands. The demand for
his land made him wealthy. and his
only child. Marcia. was known as the
beautiful heiress of Washington. For
some time Burns was opposed to the
projected transfer Of land to the gov
ernment. and the president and COM
missioners had several conferences
with him. On one OF these occasions
the choleric Scotchman answered
one Of Washington's arguments by
this outburst: II suppose. Mr.. Wash
ington, you think people are going to
take every grist f.-m you as pure
grain; but what woulC you have been
II you hadn't married the rich Widow
Custis?" .,-.--
General Van Ness, a well-born New
Yorker. was one OF many suitors for
the hand of Marcia Burns. He became
resident Of Washington. living at
first with his bride in the old cottage
which she would never permit to be
taken down. He became mayor Of the
city. his portrait was painted by Gil
bert Stuart. the mansion erected on
the Burns estate was one OF the finest
in the country and the resort Of the
distinguished people OF Washington.
In Oak Hill cemetery Van Ness had
erected a tomb in imitation of the
temple of Vesta. On each anniversary
Of his death the legend has It that his
favorite troop OF six white horses
make ghostly midnight gallop
around the old mansion. Whether the
Bureau of American Republics will in
herit the ghostly horses with the site
Of the ancient mansion remains to be
seen. -.a
Gilpin observer., 1910-11-17
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: 81

was not tnat ne
was 20 stern in appearance. but he
had voice which fairly bristled with
irony AID sarcasm, before which even
the stoutest heart might quail. His
favorite remark, when speaking to
some new employe. who had been en-
gagged by some other member of the
firm, was:
Our first requirement is absolute
correctness in figures the last three
words always IN italics.
One day two young ladies ventured
into the privacy Of his Office; they
wore an imperious and somewhat
saucy smile. Bedecked with beautiful
compilations, empire gowns and pic
ture hats, they were beyond the pale
OF criticism
What we first insist upon is cor
rectness in figures" said the G. G.
man, not looking up.
Civil and unabashed they shook
their sunny curls, and smoothing their
hipless skirts, remarked, in perfect
unison: I'VE are told that our hg-
ures are absolutely correct. We were
once in q Florodora sextet."
They got the Job.
However. there is a sequel: One
Of the attractive young women worked
in the office of the ogre; she was ex-
pected to keep his desk in order. She
had strict orders never Ito touch any
thing" while on the other hand she
must on no account allow dust or
waste papers to accumulate on the
desk.
And for heavens sake, when I get
stamps for a special purpose. don't
go and send them all out on letters"
Twenty-Five stamps had lain on the
desk for three days; the young woman
knew they belonged In certain
drawer, but thought it wiser to ad-
here to the order, touch nothing"
This particular morning the ogre ar.
rived in an especially exasperated
frame Of mind-the breakfast coffee
had not been quite right.
Here" he roared. The young
woman briskly came forward. How
many times have told you never to
leave stamps lying around? Take
these and put them where l can't see
them"
With surprising speed she whipped
the stamps from his hand, drew them
across her tongue and with deft
movement plastered them upon the
shiny bald pate of the irate gentle
man. With a low bow and a polite
"good-morning" the lovely young lady
in the hipless gown left that once for
ever and forever-Joe Mitchell Chap
Pile, In National Magazine.
Gilpin observer., 1910-11-17
Mors Indian Schools.

The bureau Of Indian affairs is plan.
ming to increase the number of schools,
and It IL said will probably allow the
Indians to enroll In white schools. II
II said that this will not cause trouble,
% there II no racial feeling displayed
by the natives toward the admitting Of
Indians In their schools. OF course.
this will not hold good where Indian
and negro blood 10 mixed. a. 10 the case
with great many. Since July about
Is additional schools have been sstab.
lished throughout the country.
Gilpin observer., 1910-11-17
Liable to Ares. and Fine.

The practise of writing on newspa-
pers and packages-imparting some
information to relatives and friends
On papers and parcels mailed them
has become SO common with thought.
less and ignorant people that the SO
penalty Of the past has been made
800 by the postal department. md
hereafter offenders will have to stand
arrest and trial.
Gilpin observer., 1910-11-17
Tho AncIen.s Of a Future Day.

People are always talking Of the
study Of the ancients; yet what doss
this mean but apply yourself to the
actual world and seek to express n.
since this Is what the ancients did
when they were alive.-From 0oethe>
Gilpin observer., 1910-11-17
CITY WAS PLANNED
CAPITAL OF NATION DIDN'T GROW
UP JUST As ToPeY DID.
Was Selected a. site for City From
che First, and Has Been Growing
. In Beauty and Importance
Ever Since.

All other cities in America. perhaps
nll other cities in the world, came up
Gilpin observer., 1910-11-17
IN THE EARLY DAYS
WHEN THE CAPITAL WAS RE-
MOVED FROM PHILADELPHIA.
Capitol Was Only Partly Completed,
and Legislators Endured Great
piscomforts-Onee Considered
Returning.

When the nations capital was
moved from Philadelphia to Washing
Gilpin observer., 1910-11-17
STAMPED HIS SCALP
ExAsPERATED YOUNG WOMAN
oBEYs ;RATE EMPLOYER.
Grim, olum and ExactIng Washington
Ogre Before Whom All AppII-
cants for Positions QuaIIed
Finally Meets His Match.

He was one of the grim and glum
men In Washington whom 1t is said
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28
oAlLooasovo eaooAakS Ioos ~
vssG OND eAaAnsAa
@8 GIN SIMIH
e9oGAAk 49, e0ostssctAl oos-
Gasaaasvs vsIrG ~ sssG
0GAoca eoa AsNnGa.

Ottawa. sesrchinG for q nee
~ N . hAyssaek ~ childs play CON
Uassd wish locating the balloon Amer.
tca u n the Csnsdisa wisds. Sueh .
ts~e serves 10 bring vividly TO mind
H. yastness of the Canadian winter.
lAa1. where the venssresome aero
nssts Allan h. Hswiey and Augustus
fDt u New YORK are supposed to
hose cropped
The story which Lieut.. Hans Ger
tnAe and samuel o. Pertains Of the
halaoon Dusseldorf H. teieeraphed
Sron kiskisink, Quebec. where they
asocended after . wild flight of 1.240
Ruse from st Louis. shows what
diNculties the still missing aeronauts
may encounter even II they land with
cut broken bones.
That the wilderness may be forced
10 yield the lost ones. thousands Of
NEE working under the direction of
the Canadian and American govern
meeis are spending every energy.
Sir Wilfred Laarier here and Sir
James Whitney nj Toronto have given
widespread orders. The federal and
provincial governments are working
hand In hand.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28
Ocg9.

AIzrass ~ e,re rssAis.ee his tsalp o
as1aansgH - taree-csssaIsss ssl1nrr1 y
Nex No1s aae head sss LAnhurs sEs
shy ~ aaiaasias L-saFe I~ss< ~ = ..
. taa taira aas filsi s4shs- SGAge. D.
e,<s lssi. JeNsa AZ
A uemszsss.e sss.aans a - An
isftics-(it tsbs game oecsrTed u Jud-se
seaman eosrt N ChicaUD. The
iassss. having aseerssss~d sans shs
asemssrs 0 nss j..Ey USre - sa-
crested IN he game lAas = - case
a. bar. sosxhi TO rsU4s 0nsA.a by
having the scors bs inniuDs - 10
them hy . Daissa rhID Oaanna ueu
snxa the meas of th< a~e~af e the
locals came IN. Sogs e - hroEs
iooked 80 mechanically tAaf - spsrt
dismissed the panel tor ~ -. en-
planning thai = sAe oircu0sannGD &
seemed smDossibse for tAs tusy 20
spare suosgh stsentioU sr0o - Gnnse
and its resuls to hssr say Osss evt
aenee.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28
-osoGAsGp skcoAo o. rvs6
peocefss os Gstsrs AZ
ssoNG AAo A0aoAo.
flOn AL sOuletS
oAvtasoa. OcIAeA Acs>sGse
mGsvA svsetssses. ssoeGs
Aso eGAas o. nAsxIso.
UGsvGea

The President has Withdrawn from
eatry li2.7si acres IN Colorado aud
3a.30o acres IN Wyomias. sap.osea ~
costsia valuable deposits Of coal
A snos storm q Giles. Estilline and
other Texas panhandle towns and she
mercury ranging from "a to ~ degrees.
. "norther." lad already overspread
Texas.
Work costing os3 .2Os. .eoo rs now be
ing done In the West by the reclama-
tion department. according to p. n.
Newell, director of the United States
Reclamation Service.
The silver spike Of the last rail Of
the Nevada 4 California railway. run
ming 1so miles from Mojave. Cal, on
the Southern Pacific to Lone pine, ~
nyo county. has been driven.
The population Of the territory Of
Arizona Is 2o4 .s54. This Is an Increase
sf sl.423. or G21 per cent over sAe
1900 population which WAS 122.sSl
Arizona's population Increased 40.550
or IS per cent fron 1890 to 1860.
Nearly six inches OF snow fell on the
mountains between Cheyenne and
Laramie Monday night. the fan being
sufficiently heavy to interfere with
the operation Of switches on the rail
road.
II is practically certain that indict-
ments against a number of persons
will follow the deliberations Of the
special grand Jury called Friday to in
vestigate the Times disaster at Los
Angeles, according to the statements
OF Attorney Earl Rogers and the d.
tectives who worked with him in San
gathering evidence.
What is believed to have been plot
10 dynamite the house Of Charles X
Henry, prominent capitalist and reel
estate operator of Portland, Ore, has
Just become known here. The plant"
OF six sticks of dynamite,
with about thirty feet Of fuse.
1t was discovered by q workman ON
Mr.. Henry's premises, hidden in q tree
about 500 feet distant from the Henry
residence. Fer some reason the work
man failed to make known his discov-
cry to Mr.. Henry before.
The question Of separate schools
Tor whites and negroes Was threshed
out before the committee an educa-
tion of the New Mexico constitutional
at Santa Fe. The view fin
ally prevailed that this is . matter
" hich need NOT he coyarod bv tho oea
stitution and should be left to each
schol district for decision. The CON-
mittee on Judiciary finally agreed to
an appointive Supreme Court, Of three
members, to serve twelve years, and
receive 1880 q year. The committee
also voted to retain the probate courts
and the present probate practice.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28
Portugal Afraid os Ne solsisrs.

Lisbon. - The republican govern
ment is somewhat uneasy over the at
titude of the regiments which made
the revision possible Although not on
" insubordinate. the soldiers. flushed
9th victory, are showing extereme in
dependence and are championing the
maintenance of strong power in the
hands Of the military. The goyern-
ment's real reason for according leave
OF absence for four months to the sob
diers who took part in the rising with
fuh pay Is the desire to break up the
regiments temporarily and remove the
danger of military rebellion.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28
4 proliSsrovs Family.

Cleveland, Ohio.-Too late for cen
sus but earnestly doing her share IN
Cleveland's remarkable growth, Mrs.
William G.. Clarke. a Lakeside avenue
natron, Friday became the mother OF
her third set of triplets. Busy at her
usual Homework, she showed the fam-
ny Bible. which displayed the fact that
she is also the mother of four pairs of
twins and that she herself 10 the oaly
sister Of 20 brothers.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28
cGeeue epouoo

Omaha. Nee, 124.0ss, - nsuuass
of "a per cent over 184.56s = 1S00
south Omaha. keb.. $3.50. = in
crease Of one Der cest osss Ss.ooa Ia
1900.
Portland. Maiae. ASH, - nsssase
of s.426, or ls.s Der cent osse se,145
in 1900; Brocktsa, hass.. t6.s7A = -
crease Of le.sl5. or AZ Dsr esot, over
4a.oe3 in 1900; Chieepse, hass., sSv101,
an increase Of e.234, 90 22S - cont,
over 1s.l67 in 1890; FitchbssG. Moss,
1886. an Increase Of S.2S5. - - per
cent. over 1851 in 1900; West OuDok.
en-. n. D., s5.4os. IN increase e IL
Sos. or 53.S per cent. over 23.eo4 la
1900; Lima. Ohio, 30.50e, - tnesoass
of s.1s5. or Ao.t per cent. over 21,723
In 1900.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28
2AGaAk..

DAVID beRnet Hills Me OoG0 ID
ended. The former senator aiel sus-
denly Thursday morninG.
The Hoffman house ct DPsaAvay
and Twenty-fifth street, oae se New
York's famous hotels, has been thrswa
into bankruptcy.
Horace G. Smith. naturalist a the
Colorado State Historical Decisty. -
serts that the robin raabFeast aess "a
have . red breast, cd ,furthsrnega.
that robin is not robin at all.
Julia Ward Howe 10 asaA. nswsA
under the weight of her u years, the
noted philanthropist 81 authoross
succumbed peacefully 70 - attack sf
pneumonia at her summer home q
Middletown, RI
simultaneously with the valkinG =
of the boiler makers, pipenen -
blacksmiths of the Missouri Paoifte-
Iron Mountain system, In sympathy
with the 1,200 striking nachinists, u
companies received three carloaAs e
men to fill the places of the strikers.
DIR. kendric Babcock, president q
the University of Arisoaa, has bssa
appointed specialist In higher educa-
tion in the United States Bureau q
Education. His appointment is in liae
with the present commissioner of the
bureau of paying specialists to stsly
the various phases OF education. Mia
salary is $4,000 year.
Edgar Allan Poe is ct last In the
Han of Fame. Years of effort on tie
part of staunch supporters to get his
name added to the list were rewarded
by the announcement of DR.. John n
McCracken, chairman of the seNsAe
OF New York university, that the au-
thor of THE Raven" with ten others.
had been accorded this honor. The
eleven names added follow. Hse.
riet Beecher Stowe. "A votes DIV.
er Wendell Holmes and Edgar A.
Ian Poe, 6s votes each: Roger VII
iiams. Ga; James Fenimore Cooper.
e2; Philips Brooks. so; William Cullea
Bryant. SO; Frances e. Willard. 81:
Andrew Jackson, George Bancroft. q
each' and John Lathrop Motley, 81.
That vital organs and tissues -
be removed from the human body -
be not only made 10 live. but to grov.
is the startling announcement msA.
py DIR. Alexander Carroll. an ipve~fs.
gator of the Rockefeller Institute ~
Medical Research at Baltimore. nh
important medical discovery was oew-
eeived along lines worked out nv m
carroll and under the guidance -
Doctors Simon F1exner and Euee>e
opie of Johns Hopkins, who are ar tAe
head of the Rockefeller Institute ~
Medical Research. Briefly, Dr. Car.
rolls discovery involves q method eur
removal from the human body of nor.
tons OF the stomach. blood yesse,.-
SKIN. bone and practically every othse
tissue, and making them grow NJ -
iiveiy rate as they did in tie humes
form to which they belonged.
The German balloon Germania, c..
Hugo Won Abercron, pilot, and Aurv.t
Blancketz. aide. has landed a o.
coocash. Quebec. I7s miles porth of
Quebec This is approximately lrss
miles. and mag mean that an vorass
records have been broken. The A..
club called upon Gen. Anen. ch,.s -
ne signal corps at washinstop n r
70 have the revenue cutters patr,s,,r
TIE Great Lakes look for vr,ca,.. !,
Lane Hurn- StsonsAip o~~p.~o-.
whlcA have vsuos1s payin0 LnA u-
- Seorgian bay have pem r..a
to toin In the ospeuA
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28
Noted ,eishmaa Dice.

San Rafael. Calif-Thomas Dee
mond. formerly sheriff of San Fran
cisco county and one of the leaders of
the expedition from the Irish nation
alists that went to the rescue of six
Irishmen incarcerated in the Freema an
tie prison in Australia in 1875, is
1saA. after . short illness. He Was ~
years old
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28
eoAIy,cAl.

The Illinois Federation of Labor has
adopted resolutions looking to a ref
erendum vote Of workers IN this and
other states. upon forming a new po-
litical party, to be composed exclusive
ly of working classes, including farm
efs.
The Boston 4 Maine railroad win
not interfere in New Hampshire poll
tics hereafter. according to a state
ment made ~ President Charles
8. Mellen in an address before
the Wonolncat club The Boston 4
Maine has been a political issue in
New Hampshire and Massachusetts
for many years.
Control OF the next House of Rep
resentatives hinges upon the result Of
the fan elections in thirteen districts.
and the outcome is likely to be So
close in these that the official count
will be needed to decide. This pre-
diction is made by an eastern maya
zine rs q result Of its confidential
canvass of $4,000 Of its life subscribers
scattered IN every section of the Init
ed States. The present poll was com
piled from the replies of $4,000 that
answered and presents what the pub-
lishefs believe to be Q fairly accurate
portrayal of the sentiment in the
country at large. The result of the
poll indicates that leo congressional
districts are safely Republican: 1ss
safely Democratic; 2s probably Repub-
lican: q probably Democratic. On the
remaining thirteen districts would
hinge cootrol of the House. Colorado
is given three Democratic congress
men and Wyoming goes into the Re-
publican column.
John A. DIX. the Democratic capdi-
date for governor Of New York. has
received q definite assurance that
Mayor GaypOr would make a public
Statement favorine his candidacy.
WAssssNefoN.
Rewards have been offered nv the
government fer information leadins
TO conviction Of pessoas Who carelsse-
G or maliciously set fire to tie A.
tSoaal forests.
- . fofDAl Or0W o. lpfesxe~a>
Commerce Commission annoupces ~
fnteatioa to administer strictly -
long ao4 short haul provislsn e o
inferstate Conmeroe oet
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28
esvrAev sra lsaAse ossa.

Chicago.-Lewis Larned Coburn, at-
torney and civist, is dead at his home
here. aged rs years. Mr.. Coburn was
the founder of the Union League Club
here and was chosen the first prssi-
dent. He also was instrumental in or.
ganizing the Athaneum and was q
member of the Art institute, Loyal L.
gion and Grand Army of the Republic.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28

Wssss avssvv~sss - ~ 0ssssvsisA
oreelsy.-hSGA aissatisaactiOa e.
lists In Weld - LAsiDer counties
snOaG farmers - tFsiOatisaiots BE-
cause q the refusal q State unGinees
Conestock to sllsW fi1AinG q reses.
vOirs slsaG The Pea1se rivse vieA tAe
copts~s waters Il that strson pssuDe-
~ fps0 Snow - vaiA. lnsesa1
these wsters ~ ts oorvSsd ints tAs
Platts river h hosUaa cssnty sal
eastwss1 for irriGstiaG farn lan1s
there.
Weld saA LAsiDer 1Drnevs ere =
opinions that tAeoe eastern lanAs
sA0uld net be favOred BY the state En-
gineer ~ The expense Of farm lanas
here. which ~ this action ere being
deprived 0f iriesttOa for next years
cr0ps.
Every cay for ten days farmers bore
say they have beea promised y ater 10
IN their reservoirs, but ~ order for
thie has been received.
n PouAre 10 nov higher than for
months and reservoirs al0ag 1t ere
hearty empty.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28
0o0o

within . recoraea tUuuky -souT
hours. sixteen ne~ caass = G1n1sEa
Developed Ia Italy. E1esGo 1noths
from the dsseasr occusssd Gunns tbs
same period.
A manifesto u The kaAtnnnl nail
readers Un.oa. Parss. whtuA oa1nsa OFF
IT'S strike. declares that unsun1asi0nal
negotiations with The OoSss0aent.
whose dictatoriaa sstituA< was = ua-
Just violatioa of iudiviaun1 hhuuoku>.