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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-01-26
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR MAY
WITHDRAW ST. LOUIS IN
DIAN SCHOOL.
STATE SLEPT ON RIGHTS
GOVERNOR HAS NOT ACCEPTED
THIS PROPERTY WORTH
$2,5oo 600.

Washington.-Through delay in ac-
cepting the offer of the government
t. cede to the state all lands and
buildings of the Fort Lewis Indian
school, Colorado is likely to lose the
opportunity of obtaining the gift,
which is now estimated to be worth
nearly two and half million dollars.
Repeal OF the act granting 1t is
threatened and is recommended by
Secretary Ballinger.
Congressman Taylor has wired Gov.
Shafroth asking him to accept the
tender at once.
The first offer of this property to
the state was obtained by Senators
Guggenhelm and Teller in the Indian
Appropriation bill approved March 3.
1909. by which the property was ceded
TO Colorado conditional upon the ac-
ooptance of the grant by the governor
OF the state prior to July /. 1910.
The governor took no action in the
matter and as 1t appeared improbable
tnae the grant would not be accepted.
Senator Guggenheim secured the ex-
the time in which the lands could be
accepted by the governor until July
l. 1911.
1t has now developed that not only
viii II be impossible to secure the eN-
tension OF the grant beyond July J..
1911. but there is strong possibility
that the present act offering the land
10 the state will be repealed.
Friday the secretary of the interior
sent a communication to the chair
man OF the Indian affairs committee
OF the Senate. asking that an amend
ment be adopted to the Indian appro-
rriation bill. now being considered by
the committee. repeating that part OF
the act OF April 4. 1910. which grants
the Fort Lewis school lands and build
Ilgs to Colorado.
The secretary In his letter reviews
the previous legislation on the sub
1ect. the failure OF Colorado to ac-
cept the lands offered and states that
II has recently been discovered that
CT the $3.50 acres of land belonging
TO the school. n considerable area is
underlaid with coal deposits OF great
value.
A report OF an inspector who exam
ir,ed the lands and reported to the de-
lartment December %. 1910. estl-
mates the value OF the coal at $l.s90.-
900. the surface at 95.400. the timber
al 5000 and the buildings at SG2.-
975.
The department believes that this
valuable property should not be al
lowed TO pass out of the control of
the government. The secretary adds
that 1t has been further determined
that the school can well he continued
as a psrt OF the Indian educational
,ystem and utilized for the education
of Navajo children until more ade-
ouate school facilities can be pro-
yided. There are about 5000 OF these
children without school facilities.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-01-26
SPORT.

Abe Attell. the featherweight cham
pion, outpointed Patsy Kline. Of New
ark. in a snappy 10-round go In New
York.
Frank Gotch is going to get back
into the wrestling game. He agreed
to meet Henry Ordemann in finish
match at Convention hall in Kansas
City on the night of Feb. s.
Jack Lester. the promising heavy
weight. managed by Tommy Burns.
knocked out Pete Muldoon OF seattle
in the fourth OF scheduled 10-round.
bout before the largest crowd that
ever saw a contest in Tacoma.
United States owned horses cap
tured first and second honors In the
Prix de Cannes. a steeple-chase event
of $500. distance two miles and one
iurlong. which was run in Nice.
France. Frank ]. Gould's Aramon
won and Mr. Pfizer's Perloinire fin.
ished second.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-01-26
WASHINGTON.

Final assault on the constitutionality
Of the corporation tax Of the Payne
Aldrich tariff act OF 1909 has begun
in the Supreme Court of the United
States.
1t is believed settled that the Colo
RADIO delegation in the House OF Rep
resentatives will not furnish a mem.
ber of the ways and means committee
of the next Congress.
A bill has been introduced into Con-
gress prohibiting the transportation OF
white or yellow phosphorus matches
under penalty of a fine OF $1,000 ani
imprisonment for three years.
Representative Champ Clark OF Mis-
souri, Democratic leader of the House
and receptive candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for the presidency,
was nominated by acclamation for
Speaker of the House In the Sixty
second Congress.
Eight men met instantaneous death
and one was so horribly burned that
he probably will die as the result of a
boiler explosion aboard the battle
ship Delaware, the cause Of which was
unexplained. The Delaware was en-
route to Hampton Roads from Havana
Senator Nelson w. Aldrich's long
awaited plan for the revision OF the
national banking legislation" as he
calls 1t, has been made public. What
he proposes is the establishment OF
the Reserve Association Of America
representing what might be called a
federation of local associations formed
by national banks.
1t has been announced at the Wa.
Department in Washington that Mai.
George Owen SqWer, OF the signal
service corps. had perfected device
for multiple telephoning which will
have the effect of revolutionizing the
science of transmitting the human
voice by wire and place the business
Of telephony on wholly new basis.
The House took up another Of the
big supply bills when 1t began oonsid.
Grafton Of the army appropriations
bill. The measure carries q total Of
1881. 1856. including $4,000 for field
artillery for organised militia.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-01-26
Preparing Good Roads Bills.

Denver.-The legislative committee
appointed by President c. A. Johnson
OF the Good Roads conference to pre-
rare the seventeen measures srg,
sested for road betterment and build
ing through the state held its first
meeting.
The various measures will be pre-
sented to the legislature as soon as a
revision committee goes over the bills
to prepare them for presentation.
The measures receiving the most al
tention are those providing for an ap-
rropriation by the General Assembly
OF $500, 1000 for the biennial period to
be expended by the state highway
commission for roads and highways,
and the submission of a constitutional
amendment authorizing the state and
counties to issue bonds for road build
ing.
The bill which provides that the In
come of the internal revenue office be
devoted to road building is another
that will receive special attention.
At the conference 1t was decided
that the permanent name OF the or
ganization shall be the Colorado Good
Roads Association. The meeting was
presided over by Chairman j. A. l.. Bur
rett. The other members present were
A. j. Dawton. Ell Paso; T. j. Efhhart
Chaffee: E. r. Harper. Gunnison; C
II. McClain, Fremont; F. w. Swanson
Conejos: w. l.. Bush, Clear Creek;
Otto Mears, San Juan: George c. VII
son, Delta, and J. B. Weir, Morgan.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-01-26
Paul Morton IS Dead.

New York.-Paul Morton. president
OF the Equitable Life Assurance So
oiety. and secretary of the navy under
Theodore Roosevelt. died OF cerebral
hemorrhage in the Hotel Seymour.
He was stricken in hallway In the
hotel and died an hour later without
regaining consciousness.
The West has lost one of Its best
friends in Paul Morton. He was born
and raised in Nebraska, and got his
start in the West. He was for some
time an officer OF the Colorado Fuel Il
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-01-26
FOREIGN.

The Paris chamber OF deputies was
recently thrown into a panic by an ut,
tempt on the life of Premier BRAND.
ID. Kotoku. his. wife and twenty
four fellow anarchists. were sentenced
10 death for having conspired against
the life of the emperor and other men,
bers OF the imperial household OF
.Sapan.
Advices from Fudziadian. the Chi
nesa suburb OF Harbin. state that the
deaths Shere from bubonic plague av-
erage $50 daily. The epidemic IL
spreading to Mukden. Kirin and places
in northern China having commercial
intercourse with Russia.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-01-26
CONDENSED RECORD OF tn e
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, D o NJ G s. ACHIEVE
MENTs, sUFFERiNos, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND
WEST ERN
,Copyright. I2lL)

A. Il. Sweet OF Chicago has been
made general manager OF the Rock
Island. with headquarters In Topeka.
The woman suffrage amendment to
the Kansas constitution is now before
10th Houses of the Legislature in To-
peka
The baliotIng for United States sen.
stor In Montana shows little change
and the deadlock may continue for
weeks.
AS result Of an explosion in the
keating mine ut Radersburg. forty
miles from Helena Mont. six miners
are dead.
Congressman c. NJ. Hitchcock. Dem
ocrat, was elected United States sena-
tor to succeed Senator +. J. Burkett
from Nebraska.
Every man belonging to any Of the
twenty-five unions affiliated with the
state building trades council will be
called out on general strike in Los
Angeles before the first OF May.
]. T.. Williams, representative from
Logan county. Kansas. introduced in
.ne House bin requiring that all
brides and grooms must have heaith
certificates from physicians before
they can obtain u marriage license.
Flying Curtiss racing biplane.
Eugene Il. Ely. at San Francisco.
made successful landing on the cruts-
er Pennsylvania, and an hour later
rose from the deck and flew back to
Seifridge field. twelve miles away.
The feat was accomplished without
mishap.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-01-26
DANIEL eueoENHgIM ON COPPER
Copper King Thinks Supply viii De-
crease This Year.

New York.-ln review and digest
of the copper situation, given out,
Daniel Guggenheim. president of the
American Smelling & Refining Com
rany. declared the production of the
metal in the United States in the
year just ended was close to 44S,-
1920 pounds, an increase of per
cent in year, and declared that
this year the worlds stock of copper
is likely to show decrease of $4,000
900 pounds. while present stocks on
hand are not excessive.
Cincinnati-After formulating the
plan that it believed will lead to the
unification of the Methodist Episcopal.
the Methodist Episcopal South and the
Methodist Episcopal Protestant
churches. the subcommittee. COM
posed OF three members from each.
adjourned.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-01-26
GENERAL.

Atlanta.-J. A. ID. McCurdy made
the announcement here that he would
sttempt an aeroplane flight from Key
West to Havana
The senatorial deadlocks in Iowa.
Montana and Tennessee continue with
70 hope Of being broken.
Motions to quash the indictments
against them have been made In the
Federal Distric: Court in Chicago. by
several meat packers.
President Taft has sent to the Sem
ate the nomination of Representative
Walter l. Smith of Iowa to be United
States circuit judge of the eighth cir.
cult.
Henry Cabot Lodge won the hard
st fight In his political career In near
ly thirty years, and returns to the
United States Senate from Massa-
chusetts for fourth term with the
support OF LAG out of 279 members Of
the Massachusetts Legislature.
Figures obtained from the British
naval authorities recently show tina;
1911 will break all records for battle
ship launchings and naval activities.
These figures show that every nine
days, from February to December 31st.
new dreadnaught will take the wa
ter In some part of the globe. In 9TH
er words thirty-six dreadnaughts will
be launched this year. or only two
less than the total number af1oat. In
addition, innumerable cruisers, torpe-
do boats. destroyers, submarines. etc.
will be launched by all the big pow
ers. Great Britain alone will send
water.
In open meeting in New York twen-
ty-five of the largest wholesale dealers
in butter. cheese, eggs and poultry
confessed to each other that their ef-
forts to force the public to pay high
prices for produce had failed, and that
their campaign had brought them face
to face with an impending loss on but
ter alone OF almost $3.OOO.OOO. At the
same time it was announced that the
cold storage warehouses were SO over.
crowded that prices were being forced
down in sensational way and that
the slump in the last two weeks had
brought butter, eggs and certain
grades of cheese to the lowest figures
that had prevailed in seven years.
There has been an average fall Of
about 33isqo in prices in the last year.
Five men are dead, two probably IA
tally injured. and more than twenty
were seriously hurt in the wreck OF
the Western Express and the Boston
and Buffalo special. both westbound.
on the New York Central at Batavia.
N. Y.
Net earnings of the American
Smelling Company Of New York for
the six months ended October S1st
were $3.683.941. Appropriation OF
$3S0.027 for construction and improve
ments. payment Of 32.750.000 dividends
left profit and loss surplus ct $663.s1S.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-01-26
Order. Payment Deferred.

Denver-The Supreme Court issued
an order permitting the state treasur-
er to defer payment on warrants
amounting to $4,000 held by the
American Savings bank of New York.
Recently the District Court OF Denver
issued a writ Of mandamus ordering
former State Treasurer William J. Gal
ligan to pay the money. Former At
torney General Barnett appealed the
case to the Sspreme Court and the
writ Of supersedeas was issued as
result.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-01-26
Preside ent

Iron Company. making his home In
Pueblo. and 1t was In the building up
OF the Santa Fe railroad that he first
achieved national reputation.
In a speech delivered before the
Chamber of Commerce in Denver a
few years ago. Morton declared that
he was strictly Western man. Il
don't belong in New York." he said.
Il am just sort OF minister pleni-
rotentiary there. with my real inter
est in this great Western country.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-01-26
Fight for Water Right.

La Junta.-The Arkansas Valley
Commercial Association. embracing
every town in the valley. is preparing
to fight aggressively the suit. of
Kansas against Colorado over the
right of the people in the Arkansas
valley to use the waters of the
Arkansas river for irrigation.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-01-26
Daughter Kill. Her Father.

Gravette. Ark.-Mrs. Nellie Allen, ri
years old. daughter of John B. Boyer.
= wealthy planter. shot and killed her
father here. after an exchange Of sev-
eral shots with him. She was married
only q few weeks ago.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-01-26
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
oedIeates Chamber Of commerce.

Denver.-Denver's new Chamber of
Commerce building is an accomplished
fact. 1t became so when it was dedi-
Gated by an assemblage OF the best
business life of New York. Chicago.
Kansas City, New Orleans and San
Francisco. which gathered for that
EurpOse
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-01-26
Express Rates Reduced.

New York-Officers of Canadian
and American express companies in
conference here announced reduc-
tion in through rates.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-01-26
carneoie Gives Ten Million.

New York.--Andrew Carnegie has
given another s10.000.00O to the
Carnegie institute in Washington.
d. c. This makes s25.000,000 given to
this cause
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-01-26
Cities Of Colorado.

Washington.-The official census re-
port of Colorado cities of more than
5000 population is as follows:
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-01-26
coLoRANo
LEGISLATIVE
DOM GS
o o I N G s

Denver.-Although the minds' of the
senator's are taken up almost entirely
by the preponderance of the senatorial
controversy nine bills were introduced
and one resolution submitted Tues
dav
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-01-26
Senate Bills.

By request Senator Grove has in
troduced four bills in the Senate. One
making 1t a felony for man to desert
his wife and children.
The second is for the protection Of
young girls from immoral influences
Of raloons, wine rooms and dance
halls.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-01-26

The state legislature may be asked
to pass law making 1t obligatory
for railroads to pay fair value for
al stock killed on their tracks. A
better stock inspection law. providing
for tuberculin tests OF all stock
shipped into the state for breeding
purposes. win undoubtedly be asked OF
the General Assembly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17
CURIOUS CROWD IS sTUNe
What Eager Mob Saw After Trailing
Patrol Wagon Loaded With
Policemen.

In the midst of the noon hour rush
Saturday a patrol wagon changed down
the street loaded with half dozen po-
licemen, turned into cross street and
stopped in front of one of the big de-
partment stores.
The patrol sergeant jumped out a1d
hurried into the store, while crowd
of curious persons congregated around
the wagon and dozen of the holder
ones rushed into the store at the SER
geant's back. The rumor quickly
spread that the store had been raided,
that the store was afire, that masked
burglar had tried to hold up the man.
ager, and a large portion of the tide
of pedestrians up and down the street
was diverted to the patrol and the
sidewalk of the department store.
The sergeant came out again,
jumped up beside the driver and held
a whispered conversation. Then he
returned to the store, and the patrol
drove slowly to the rear entrance q
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| lightened or extended by the use of
bran, shorts, oil meal or some other
feed of light character"
An investigation of problems con-
nected with the feeding of the Wis
consin College of Agriculture dairy
herd, which has been conducted du-
ring the past nine years, furnishes ad.
ditional evidence with regard to the
proper protein supply of rations for
dairy COWS on Wisconsin farms and
in other northwestern states. This in
vestigation and practical feeding ex-
perience in this country have shown
that nutritive ration of 1:6 or even
IL, which is wider than that of 1854
recommended by the German investi-
gators, can be used successfully. The
teachings OF many carefully planned
and conducted experiments and the
experience of dairy farmers who
have paid special attention to the
question Of the relative economy of
the different kinds of feeds under
their particular conditions indicate
that medium wide nutritive ratio is.
ditions of dairying in the northwest.
Medium Protein Rations Best.
This investigation mentioned above
showed conclusively that the medium
protein rations were more economical
and produced better results than the
high protein rations. On the average
there was gain in the net profit in
favor of medium protein rations
amounting to nearly Is per cent. The
significance Of this result lies in the
fact that the medium protein rations
were composed largely of farm-grown
feeds, supplemented by mill feeds and
small amounts of the more expensive
high protein feeds. This investigation
leads to the conclusion that Wiscon-
sin dairy farmers and others SINH.
larly situated will do well to feed
their cows rations of medium protein
contents which as a general rule will
have relatively wide nutritive ratios:
about III.
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1t Is easy to make cows give an
abundant flow of milk in spring and
summer when pastures are luxuriant
and the days warm, but In the severe
winter months the greatest skill of the
feeder Is demanded to keep up the pro-
duction of the dairy herd. By buying
plenty of expensive feeds it is possible
to do this, but that removes the profits
and the problem is, how to get large
production of milk from an economical
system of feeding.
Many dairymen make a great mis-
take in not keeping enough grain and
roughage to carry their herds through
the winter. Instead they sell grain
and roughage in large amounts and
as result find themselves handi-
capped for feed before spring pasture
is available. Unless man grows
enormous crops, this sale of farm prod
uct in its original form not only robs
the soil of fertility but also is false
economy, for the reason that in late
winter the farmer has to buy feed at
high prices when the supply is scarce
or has to sell his cattle because of
lack of feed for them.
Much wiser is the dairy farmer,
who fills his feed bins and his silo or
his root cellar and feeds their con-
tents to his herd during the winter
He markets his produce in the form
of milk and besides realizing a good
profit from it also has the use of the
manure from the herd to return to his
fields. A money value is realized
from the grains and also fertilizing
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value in that the mauurial residues
of these feeds is returned to the soil.
The golden maxim of the dairy farmer
should be Produce as much feed as
possible on the farm. Feed the grains
and market them as milk and meat, at
the same time making use of the
manure as fertilizer"
Feed According to Production.
Each farmer should keep the pro-
duction and expenses of every COW in
his herd and should supply feed to
the COW in proportion to her produc-
ton and capacity. An excellent rule
used ip the Wisconsin College of Ag-
riculture herd is to feed as many
pounds of grain daily as the animal
produces pounds of butter fat during
the week." Roughage should be sup
piled in amounts which the cow will
clean up thoroughly.
Corn still remains the most valu.
able winter feed grown in the United
States. 1t can be best fed as silage
as in this form the dairy herd relish
1t best and there is the least waste
Silage which is to the cow what
canned vegetables are to the human
race, is greatly relished by the dairy
herd on account Of succulence. It
should be fed after milking where
fears are entertained that it will give
an unpleasant flavor to the milk. ST.
lage is rich in carbohydrates and low
in protein and should be supplemented
by clover hay or some similar legum-
nous hay as clover, alfalfa, pea or
vetch hay in order to provide sufi-
cient protein. Where silage is not
available it is advisable to grow root
crops as mangels, turnips and ruta-
bagas and use them as part of the
ration. These roots can be grown
cheaply and can be substituted for a
part Of the grain in the dairy cows
ration. being especially relished on
account of their succulence. Even
with silage they furnish variety and
are valuable. Alfalfa is very palata-
BILE and valuable as feed on account
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Huge Building For Seattle.

Seattle, Wash. - The last obstacle
in the way of the erection Of forty.
one story building in this city by the
estate of the late L. G. Smith of SYRIA
cuse, N. y, was removed when the
council cons.nittee that has been going
over the prans voted to grant the
permit. The local agent for the Smith
estate informed the committee that
the skyscraper, which will be the
highest Office building in the world
outside of New York, will be begun
within the next sig weeks.