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The Greeley tribune., 1911-04-06
UNION SCHOOL
STIRS lUPTON

Shall Fort Lupton have union
high school is the question which is
agitating the residents of that school
district and the surrounding dis
tricts.
The school boards of six districts
surrounding Fort Lupton will hold a
meeting Friday in Fort Lupton for
the purpose OF talking the matter
over. Superintendent w. G. Thomas
will attend the meeting and 1t is
thought to be probable that the dis
tricts will be united and support a
high school at Fort Lupton. There
IL now only one year Of high school
work given in the Fort Lupton
school and all pupils must 60 to
Greeley, Denver or still farther
away to complete their high school
courses.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-04-06
FLAX: A GREAT MONEY-MAKER
FOR THE DRY LAND FARMER

Flax averaged one-half a crop in
1909 and one-third of a crop in
1910 for the United States. The
crop was short in 1910 in the flax
growing sections of the entire world.
AS early as November 1st, Chicago
was forced to get flax from Argen-
tine and Cacutta Flax is now sell
ordinary price and there is not near
" enough in the world to supply
even urgent demands.
Flax is noe of the best dry farm
ing crops for the Plains Whenever
the soil in the spring is moist enough
to secure rapid growth. When the
soil is dry in the spring, flax is
poor crop, no matter how facorable
the summer season may be.
In most sections of Western Tex
as. Western Oklahoma, Western
Kansas and Eastern Colorado the
soil is in good condition in regard
to moisture and If the farmers viii
get good seed and thoroughly pre-
pare the soil for it, they can prob
ably make large profits with flax
this year The dry farmer of the
southwest can market their crop be-
fore the crop from the regular flax
growing sections is ready and should
get the cream OF the high prices.
Flax. on the Plains, will average
l2 to IS bushels an acre in favor
able season. using good seed and
thorough preparation of the soil.
Flax in Eastern Colorado commands
a premium because OF its high per-
centage of oil.
Flax demands a moist, mellow
seed bed that is shallow with firm
bottom. The same kind of seed bed
that Yields the largest crops OF
wheat, Plowed ground should be
compacted by rains or subsurface
packer before seeding and be well
fined on the surface.
Flax is a good sod crop. Yielding
well is the ground is thoroughly pre-
pared and leaves the ground in the
best condition for winter wheat. Sod
should be cut up lengthwise with
disc harrow and then smoothed with
a spike toothed harrow. Flax can be
seeded on corn ground without plow-
ing.
II. NJ. COTTRELL,
Agricultural commissioner, Rock Is
land Lines.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-04-06
CE0RC||S'
DAUGHTERS
IN ARREST
PAIR PLEAD GUILTY TO VAC
RANCY IN POLICE COURT
PARENTS IN THE COUNTY JAIL
Smaller Chilren are in State Home
for Dependent Children
Nearly all Family
Confined

Ida and Mary Georgii, girls about
20 years of age, pleaded guilty to a
charge of vagrancy in the police
court Saturday morning, having
been arrested Friday night, were
fined $50 and costs each. Neither
had the money to pay the fine and
elected to serve out 81 days in the
city jail
The girls are the daughters of
Charles and Rosene Georgii, who
are confined in the county jail await
ing q second trial on the charge of
burying alive the new born infant of
their eldest daughter. The confine-
ment of the girls in the city jail,
while their parents are held by the
county, places almost the entire
family within public institutions,
aged cople are at the state Home for
Dependent Children having been
taken there at the time of the con-
viction of their parents on the
charge of murder at thier first trial
in the district court early in Janu-
ary.
The last act of Justice Garrigues
OF the supreme court before he left
the district court was to grant new
trial to the Georgiis. Their children
then attempted to raise money to
conduct the defense of their parents.
as they had no resources. Some
weeks ago their little home at
Pierce, which was heavily mort
gagged, was burned to the ground by
a fire of mysterious origin.
The death of the infant charged
against the Georgiis was last sum-
mer at their home. The child was
born to the eldest daughter, who
was arrested by the police.
In the police court this morning
F. P. Clark pleaded guilty to a
charge of bootlegging and was fined
800 and costs. He had no money
to pay his fine and will serve 54 days
in the city jail.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-04-06
GILL TO TALK
over SCHOOL

Gill, April County Superin-
tendent w. c. Thomas Will meet
with the residents OF this district
next Wednesday to discuss the
proposition OF the new high school
building for Gill. 1t Is said that
those who live in the outlying part
of the district are not so much en-
thused about the high school, The
plan is to annex half OF district NO.
"a. have two small schools In the
farther parts OF the district and the
central school in the town OF Gill. IL
ia sttaed by the Gill residents that a
false report Ia being circulated TO
the effect that the district is now
1000 in debt.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-04-06

entertained for his recovery and
then his condition became serious.
He has had two doctors in constant
attendance and this morning oxygen
was administered in the hope of saw
ing his life.
His wife is prostrated by his
death and the news brings sorrow to
the hearts of his many friends.
He is survived by his parents.
sister, Mrs. Alex johnson. his widow
and two small children.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-04-06
kERSEY TO HAVE
BIG BEET CROP

Kersey. April Am official Of
the Western Sugar company declar-
ed today that 10000 acres of beets
have been contracted for the Sterling
plant this season. That acreage
would require 140 days run.
Last year the Sterling plant ran
only SO days. 1t Ii expected to open
tho Brush plant and also run the
Morgan factory. Nearly $500 acres
have been contracted TO: in the Ker-
sey district. as compared with 1900
acres last season.
No complaint has been made by
the beet raisers Of this district on
the new sliding scale rate.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-04-06
new TOWN HAS
ITS FIRST BABY

+ Galetown. April 1.-The first :
!. baby to be born in this town ar :
!. rived Friday evening at the :
!. home Of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. V. ::
!. Carney. The little stranger is :
!. a girl and has been the recip- :
= ient of all sorts Of attentions !
!. since her arrival. 1t is expect )
!. ed that the town people will )
:. take some account Of her be- ::
!. ing The first visitor via the !
!. Stork Rapid Transit company. :
:. although less than a year !
!. old this town Is developing :
:. rapidly and expects to be one ::
). OF the largest in Weld county. ::
!. A rcvival meeting is in progress ::
:. now under the successful direc- ::
:. tion Of the Rev. and Mrs Ellis. ::
!. Mr.. keaton, formerly OF Eaton. :;
!. has recently opened a needed :
!. blacksmith shop here. I
!. !: (. + + + + I. !. 4. I. + + I. + + I
The Greeley tribune., 1911-04-06
Raising Grade at I.ssalle

LaSalle. April 1.-The work OF
raising the grade OF the tracks In
the Union Pacific yards was begun
today. A crew of nine car loads Of
Greeks was brought in. 1t Is stated
that there will also be more track
age laid through the town and d. S.
Ellis. who leases his ware house
from the Union Pacific. received no
tice today that It would be necessary
to move the building to make way
for new tracks.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-04-06
Test Your Garden Seeds

Very often the cause of a crop
failure can be attributed to poor
stand. With the present high cost
Of living and the high price of land
we cannot afford to let soil lie idle.
and that is just what some of it does
when there is poor stand of any
crop on it. No matter how good the
soil, the seed, the season, or the cul-
tivation, if there is a poor stand, the
yield is decreased. A poor stand re-
quires about as much time, work
and expense in cultivation as a good
one.
This is true in gardening as we'll
as in other lines of crop growing.
An important factor in the cause
of poor stands Is poor seed. Seed
may have its vitality or terminating
causes, such as lack of maturity, i'm
proper curing, or storing under un-
favorable conditions. Very often the
seed has spent itself terminating be-
fore it is planted. or perhaps it is
too old.
be tested before planting This Is a
very simple operation and requires
but few minutes. There are sew
eral simple methods of testing seeds,
probably most of which will answer
the purpose.
One of the simplest and quickest
ways is to test between blotting pa
per. First. count out 100 seeds of
the kind to be tested taking them
Just as they come and not picking
out the best looking ones Scatter
the seeds between two pieces OF
blotting paper from four to SIN IN
ches square and place in common
China plate and turn another plate
bottom side up over the first. II
pasteboard plates can be had, they
are better, especially if a large num-
ber of samples is to be tested
In this case all the plates CON
tanning samples of seed, can be
stacked up, each plate being placed
right side up upon the one beneath.
This makes each plate cover for
the one beneath it and holds the
| hlOtting paper down StosSlE "
seeds, preventing too rapid drying
out.
| The seeds should be placed in the
living room to secure temperature
favorable to termination. Care
| should be taken that the seeds are
not kept too wet, as serm1natlon
takes place more rapidly under bare
| lv moist conditions. Strength OF
| termination should be noted, for II
is not enough that seed germlnate'
1t should germinate strongly to be
good seed. Seeds which germinate
weakly, in such test, may not pc
strong enough to make good plant
under field conditions.
If moulds form quickly on the
seeds, they are likely to be old stock.
If 100 seeds are taken, the num-
ber that terminates can be taken as
the percentage of termination. III
scant. the seed should not be planted
II good or Indifferent, 1t may be
planted, making the proper allow
ance for seed which will probably
not germinate. S. VAN SMITH,
Colorado Agricultural College, Fort
Collins.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-04-06
|M0N|A
|ATAL TO
:. HOWARD
a. YOUNG MAN DIES
hf SUDDENLY '
"A PIONEER FAMILY
e M, as Great Shock to
rh.. 'nds Who Did Not
|W.. ne Was Suffer-
With Pneumonia

Fief illness Of pns,.
Churchill Howard
y noon at HIS home
'om Greeley. O'
| ~ :, death comes a. F..
W. =, ms many friends a.
w,,S 81 his illness. Robust
Lea e,,n INV, Wonderful physiou.
|'e'y a days illness IN
3 en,a. was 30 years old and
m. n.,re ns life here. He il
lent ""u m, Mrs. Albert How
plasopi Iaas pioneers. He had .
I|'esOme sSn nature. wa. 1I re-.
,li,ian iau,n'Ted by all for hi.
J. and had innumer-
- ~ was taken III on,v .
AT nrst no fears were
The Greeley tribune., 1911-04-06
Small Pox Stops School

Evans, March 30.-On account OF
small pox which has developed IN
the Baker family who recently came
here from the east, the school in
East Evans has been closed. The
children OF the family have been
attending school. The family lives
on the jacobson ranch and six mem-
bers have the disease.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-04-06
Miss Nora Rugh visited over Sun
day in Denver.

Mrs. o. o. Russell has issued in
vitatious for an Easter party for
next tuesday afternoon at her home,
1905 Ninth avenue. The guests of
honor will be Mrs. Rea Couzens and
Miss Jessie Mosher. who leaves soon
for California. There will be about
twenty-five guestA friends of the
two young ladies.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-04-06

Mrs. H. S. Squires and daughter.
Miss Inez, returned to Platteville on
Monday after two weeks visit with
Mrs, NJ. o. Smith.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-04-06

A. L. Meyer. who has been in the
Greeley hospital for the last two
weeks recovering from an operation.
10 said to be improving rapidly.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-11-16
oAvlEss SCHOOLS
The Observer Takes a Trip
With a Camera.

Simply To show that these condi-
lions, these same wretched school con-
ditiois, are common all over the state
went to Davicss county. in the west
ern part Of Kentucky. This is another
OF those old. rich communities that
were luxurious and prosperous long
before the ciyil war. aud il Is therefore
able TO build and equip comfortable
schools TOT ail Of the children within
lis borders. out Ina what Is known as
the but must not show pictures and
tell nnmes at the same time where
corn. tobacco. hay and wheat are
sroWn ina perfection. discovered
lpor little school building that was al
most ready to go to pieces. Its front
looked as " the children had needed
extra fuel or kindling during the cold
weather for their old battered drum
stove. ! am glad to be able 10 say that
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-11-16
Bad Negro Killed in
West Hickman Saturday

rant got his pistol out and threw II
In the negro's face. making him drop
his bricks. upshaw kept cursing the
white men and making an kinds Of
threats. but was told II he wanted TO
take his cotton elsewhere. 20 drive
out and behave himself and be would
not be hurt. lie then carried the cot.
ton back 10 Driver who bought IL.
making the ticket payable to the mort.
gagee. Mr. Bondurant
After the cotton was unloaded and
the trouble half forgotten. Mr.. John
son started up the street past the gin.
and was In the act OF passing by Up
shaw when the negro jumped on him.
knocked him down and was trying 10
take his pistol away from him MIR.
aid OF the white man Knowing
johnson had had no part In the pre-
vious argument and Vas merely a by.
stander
Some one shouted Look az that
negro yonder. got Mr. Johnson
down" Hearing this and seeing the
trouble Mr Bondurant started to the
that Mr. johnson's hands were In
bad fin from blood poison and seeing
that the black was getting the best
Of the white man and was about 10
ret hold OF the Weapon he raised his
KUN and fired At the same instant.
Johnson fired and the negro tumblei
over. Those present were unable 20
ten which shot hit the negro; both
guns were OF the same calibre and
the negro fen over with the report
OF the firing
johnson and Bondurant surrendered
90 sheriff johnson after the shooting,
and were released on bond.
Both men regret killing the negro,
but Il was case OF haye-to. Bon
durant realized that II the negro ever
got hold OF the pistol land he was
about 60 do so) be would kill John
son and then turn the gun on Bob |
ooalder and himself II was a mat
ter Of Killing the negro or getting
killed Upshaw. a few minutes be-
fore he was shot, said be might set
tie In r. but he wasn't going |
TO let s-b- white man run |
rot
even" In short. he was in fren-
ny. and bent on doing something des-
perate No doubt. had he gotten hold
of a gun. which he would have done
IL be had come up town, there might
have been a far different story TO
write.
The community is better off With
out such negroes.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-11-16

work with ihis difference in temper
.tur IA the sehoolroom, and there
vas grave danger for the children
lhysically.'
If the white schools in old Kentucky
ire bad The negro schools in many
localities are almost beyond the flight
of Imagination. At a small village in
his county of Daviess | ran across u
very poor one. not any worse than
others | had seen. but II was rather
peculinr In its style of architecture.
The windows were broken, the door
unlocked aud partly ajar, the front
steps entirely gone. and the fence that
had once separated the building from
the roadway had disappeared except
for some lonely pieces of posts. On
pushing open the loose door | saw a
bleak interior. with trash covering
badly warped door. The room contain
ed rusty stove. overlooking ashes on
10 the door. and two rickety benches
made Of undressed lumber. The walls
of the room were made of undressed
siding nailed to studding and stripped.
There had never been any inner wall
Of plaster or ceiling TO keep out the
cold. 1T WAS AS BLEAK AS A
CATTLE BARN. Is Il any wonder
that illiteracy stalks menacing figure
about the old state Of ''the dark and
bloody groundT'
To assist In the strong campaign
necessary for the development OF the
educational movement buttons bear
ing the inscription my for improve
ment Kentucky schools" are to be sold
by the educational committee in Louis
vile.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-11-16

a new building h soon 10 replace this
one. and II is high time. for the county
superintendent said:
Its shame, crying shame.
know II and feel IL all the time; so do
any number Of other superlntendents
all over the state. hut what can we
DO when the general public simply
says over aud over again. 4 went TO a
i, hool like that one. got my education.
all ! ever had. aud what was good
enough for me j. good enough for my
own children. / reckonr"
We went inside the old shack, and
the county superintendent asked me to
look AT the rough walls. the knife
hewn desks Of pattern long out Of
date. Then he said
what KIM pf work can you get
out OF 'em when is so much worse
than they are used 20 at homer
Mighty rough. isn't ~ But that isn't
the real tough part OF It. | came out
here during sudden cold snap last
winter to see how they could heat the
school. Nou'll notice they have a piece
n m old stove Ia the middle OF the
room and there T. no protector about
IL 10 distribute the heat made the
HID who was sitting next to the
stove move his seat. aud | placed
ihcrmomcter whore he had been sit
ting busy with his lessons. THE
MERCURY RACED UP TO 40 DE
CRIES. ! took the same thermom-
etcr md hung It against the far wall
- the wind shaken house. 1T
DHOpPED SUDDENLY TO 40 DE
GREFS No child could do real mental
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-11-16
MRS. BlNFoRD DEAD.

Mrs. Sarah Binford, wife of the
late X. II. Binford for many years
one OF the supervisors of Fulton
county died at her home near Full
ton Thursday night. Death was the
result of a stroke of paralysis. This
good lady was n years of age.
Mrs. Bnford is survived by the fol-
lowing children: Lon Lucian. Charles.
Pomp and Earl Binford; and three
daughters Mrs. Hattie Fields. Miss
lnez Dinford and Mrs. Albert Robert
son.
Funeral services were conducted by
Rev. Lowery. of Clinton, and the re
mains laid TO rest In the family grave
yard near Crutchfield, Saturday.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-11-16

Arthur Upshaw a bad negro from
OBJ. lower bottom. wae shot and
sa.. aoundcd here Saturday az
,.-..ar after an alteration with
H.. different white men. The eli.
DILL, .o .he trouble occurred In the
.rt between the two cotton gins
r West Hickman AZ the time he
r.s.d Dds death wound. upshaw
Ind Knocked down and was ON top OF
Wu q Johnson. a well known bot
,ou planter and foreman on G. r.
Haraaurs big farm. lie was MAX.
.l cooperate effort TO wrench
fo.aoas pistol from him. when John.
.o. managed 70 get n In a position
u .t. 20 Shot at his antagonist: at
u. ... time c. T. Boudurant. about
.r. Yards away also fired At the
.... Foloslng the two reports Of
nh. r os vpshaw fell with a bullet
sound u his head.
Witch ONE OF the men fired the "a.
a .0. u.ll never be known. as both
.H.. .,rs fired within five seconds
.. ... The negro WAS brought up
.0tH and taken 20 the undertaking
a. .amout Of the ST Louis fur.
Oa. ah.r, be- died AZ b:f5. the shoot
m atue place about 4 O'Clock The
.H'., entered the negro's head a ne.
r. allow, aud behind the left ear and
came out 90 the back OF ats head
HYa he lived ~ long after having
Hu.u perforated IL a mystery.
r.. shooting. according 20 eyc-wit-
r.t.f aas clearly IN self defense
rd Unsuitable.
N.aough the principals In the trag-
-.I 90 that time did not know Il. Up
.aa aas a bad negro. having partiol-
gated Boz several scrapcs and served
o. term in the pcnitentiary for house
lr.ak.rr.
The facts leading up to the trouble.
as told tho Courier. are In substance
as follows;
upshaw had brought in a load OF
cotton from bic farm 60 the gin. He
nas driving past the Farmers Gin.
'h.n Mr. Bondurant the manager,
asked him where he was taking his
cotton Tho negro replied that he
Has 'aking IL to Drivers gin. Bon.
duran, told him alright to set a bid
fum Driver and then come back and
I.' A.m bid on his cotton. Mr.. Bon.
duuut had a mortgage on Upshaw's
crop and watched him to ace II he
wasn't trying TO sell TO Driver and
o''de making his payments. The
negro showed no signs OF coming back
Zoo r't a bid from Bondurant and The
a'''r sent Bob Goalder over 60 tell
Driver that he was buying mortgaged
cotton and 20 make ticket payable
TO bondurant. Driver promptly turn
.d 10 down and told the negro that
Do. did not want Il. Upshaw then
went over TO the Farmers Gin, and
ito'o on the scales Mr.. Bondurant
"as standing on the scales and the
negro turned HIS team so that the
wagon pinned Bondurant against the
'alI and was about 10 break his leg
II Was told IN afon hnf hainQ Ia A
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-11-16

Come and see the great cooking
wonder at our store all next week.
You have a chance to get souvenir
Set Of Ware Free. See large adver-
tisement in this paper. Hickman
Hardware Co, Nov. % to Dec. 2.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-11-16
49, esr......-.. .. Smith & Amberg

A report from PIT. Pleasant says the
river bank is caving steadily from
the old Martin place to Williams
Slough, two miles; that the river is
now less than a quarter of a mile
from Charley's Lake.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-11-16

Capt. o. Dirks has left upon our
disk several fine samples of his fall
strawberries that grew in his garden.
We did not know that there was such
thing as fall strawberries. But, as
the Captain delivered the goods and
Is eating strawberries every day for
dinner, We have learned something
about small fruits we never before
heard of-Union City News-Banner
The trustees OF the First Christian
church Of Union City have awarded
the contract for a new church build
ing to take the place of the old one
on Second street. The new building
viii be erected according to the orig
inal plans with some new minor mod
ifications and the work will begin on
the first Of March 1912.
FOR SALE: Seven houses and lots
whole bunch for $500; or places will
be sold separate. All of h e
houses are occupied and paying good
rent. This section of town Is com.
ing fast, and East Hickman property
will be good investment. Inquire
at Courier office.
C. c. Brooks, our local optician, is
really home man" having done
much of his trading here after the
war, also hauling his produce to this
place. He was reared. of course, not
far from Hickman.
Get a Majestic Souvenir set of ware
at the Hickman Hardware Co. Store
during demonstration week. Nov. ~
TO Dec. 2.
Gordon Rice was in town this week
finishing up his work of making the
tax assessment for this district.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-11-16
4, the World Growing eet.er7

Many things 20 TO prove that Il Is.
Tho way thousands are trying TO help
others Il proof Among them Is Mrs.
W. W. Gould. of Pittsfieh n; H.
Finding good health by taking Elec-
trio Bitters. she now adyisesother sur
ferors. everywhere, 10 take them.
For years | suffered with stomach
and kidney trouble" she writes
every medicine used failed till ]
took Electric Bitters. But this great
remedy helped me wonderfully
THEY'LL help any woman. They're he
best tonic and finest liver and kidney
remedy that's made. Try them. You'll
Gee. 6Oc az Helm a Ellison.
Don't forget to attend the Majestic
Range Demonstration at our store
one week. Nov. "a to Dec. :. at hlok'
man Hardware Co.