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La Junta tribune., 1911-02-18
Ben Ze7dner

Twelve years ago Ben Zrndnfr Ivft
the good old prairie state of Illinois
and set his face toward the vest
After journey Of thousand or
more miles h. landed IN the Holbrnok
Vale. ThinEs locked good 10 him
The rolling pra rte land reminded
hun Of his native state. and as he
No8t up and down the valley and
noted the richness Of the soil. the
fine crops, be- decided that be- haI
found The place Tor which he had
been seeking and az once purchased
eighty acres OF land, forty OF which
IL under the ditch And nov. after
having lived In the valley Tor a
period Of twelve y"ln. Mt Zoudurr
admits that his Judgment vas good
he made no mistake liis alfalfa
last year yielded him fifiy tons Of
hay aud foriy.B"y'n bushels of seed.
the latter being worth about s. per
bushel lie Is operating dairy aud
derives larEe income from this
source" His dairy herd consists OF
thirty three head u mil,h cows aud
calves.
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lama Jim's Great Scheme.

Uncle Tama Jim Wilson hopes to
put veuis0n-that same luxury 0t
The rich--in the mouths OF all poor
citizens Of the country. and at
COS. Of less than that of beef. lie
hopes to accomplish this Ly conyiuo.
Ing the farmers that they can raise
small herds of de r. or elk, or ante
lopc, on land that is at present ab-
soluiely yalueless. and with prar,iC
ally no attention. In many paris q
the country they have tracts OF land ,
OF little or no value for agricuitEl
a! purposes which can be more prof
itably used for raising venison than
Tor any other purpose. Under pros
eat conditions game animals OF m0st
Kinds are rapidly diminishing In mum.
Der. AS game becomes scarccr. lcEal
restrictions upon It's pursui, are ln'
ereasing to avoid complete catermin'
alton. At present there are small
herds OF elk under private owner
snip throughout the country. The
biological survey OF the department
OF agriculture has recently opened
communications with owners OF herds
OF elk and deer. for the purpose Of
learhihg their experience In rearing
The anlmas and obtaining their opin'
Ions as TO the feasibility OF maklng
The Industry profitable and general
throughout the United States. with
proper encouragement Secretary VII
son believes that much otherwise
waste land Ia the United states may
be made TO yield profita lc returns In
The production OF yonison. and that
THIS excellent and nutritious meat.
instead OF being denied to at least %
per cent OF the people OF this eoun'
,ry, AZ at present. will become as
common and as cheap as mutton.
La Junta tribune., 1911-02-18
J. r. gbersole.

4 short drive north Of ChrfaN
brings ono to the fine farm Of Il.
Ebersolc. which eonaista Of 100
acres, This Is one OF the best farm
sections Of the valley. and Mr. Ebcr.
a5le'H land h counted among the
bost Of the vicinity SIR Ebersole
has been resident of the valley for
period Of seven years. moving there.
to from Hastings. Neb Last season
he had sixty acres In alfalfa. fifteen
OF which were reserved for pasture.
The balance yielded over three tons
per acre His sugar teots made an
average Of nine tons per acre. or
total Of ioj tons. Thirty.threa acres
of wheat averaged ,hry.threc bush.
els per acre. while portions OF the
field went TO foftyt~o bushels per
acre. Ten acres Of oats went forty.
nine bushels per acre. Mr. Ebersole
La Junta tribune., 1911-02-18
Mrs. Emma Casteei.

The story Of the success Of Mrs.
Emma Cas'eel. whose ranch lies a
snort distance south and east OF
cheraw. Is simply the story OF a
woman who ,rought busin, 81 prln.
oiples TO bear In her operations Com.
ing out from the city OF Chicago
some eight years ago. Mrs. Caste 1
started In with capital OF less
than five thousand dollars The vast
possibilities OF the valley for pastur.
age Impressed her at once and the
large amount OF state land In that
section, which could be leased a, a
nominal rate, presented an excellent
opportunity for her TO carry out
her theories Leasing large acre.
age OF state land. she expended a
portion OF her capital In fencing IT,.
and then entered into contract with
La Junta tribune., 1911-02-18

seasons business satisfied her
that her theory was correct. Couse.
Quently she extended her operations
leasing and fencing more STATE land
as rapidly as her income would
permit untii she controlled three fun
townships extending along the north
and east lines of the valley and oysfA
into Bent county. Carload after car.
load of cattle were shipped in dur.
ing the early spring and remained
on the pasture until October, when
they were shipped out and placed
on feed. Mrs. Casteel says this pro.
duced the easiest money of any
proposition she ever handled. She
cleared up from three TO five thous.
and dollars each season, and tha;
too with small investments and
without the hard work which is US.
ually part of farm life
After a few years Mrs. Casteel de.
cided TO relinquish large part Of
her leased holdings. and confine her
operations TO raising horsos. Her
success in this venture has been as
pronounced as that of the first There
nas leen steady demand for her
stock, and she usually realized top
prices. Every season buyers come
up from Oklahoma and purchase her
horses. At this time she has sixty
head OF young hUrs s on the ranch,
mostly two and three year old Per.
cherons and Bel.iaus One Percheron
colt foaled in July OF last year will
weigh between seven and eight hun
drgd pounds at this time.
Mrs. Casteel owns 800 acres Of
land, 200 acres Of which are under
water and also controls 800 acres
under lease from the state. all Of
which lies In the valley. In add
lion sue owns 100 acres southeast Of
La Junta, and also controls somst
thing like two sections Of state laui<
As stated above she Is now engaged
IN the horse industry exclusively.
Last year she hal 100 acres In alfal.
IA. all Of which is being fed on
The place. She believes that even.
lually farmers will adopt the sys.
TEN Of feeding all forage and grain
crops to stock instead of selling them.
and al L.lt.t..a a.
lies the secret of grt ater returns. Mrs.
IasLeel is also advocating the estab-
lishment OF an annual market day AZ
some central point in the valley. be-
lieving that il viii be the means Of
attracting a large number OF buyers
from various sections of the coun.
try. and would thus result in bet.
ter market for horses.
La Junta tribune., 1911-02-18

are under Irrigation. while he CON
trolls 1900 acres under lease from
the state Two hundred and rly
acres OF this state land Is under .r-
rigation Naturally the eastern far
mer will ask. how can one man han
die profita ly 100 acres OF land
The answer Is easy \ large part
Of the state land. 1t will be no.ya
Is suitable for grazing purposes ol.y.
and Mr. Estep sub-lcases at prag.
whatever portion ct this pastur. ae
is unable to use. But It will also
be noted that hts tillsble land COM
prlSes some six hundred acres. E
Is divided into two farms-one Mr.
Estep himself works. while the other
is rented. Last season he had nine
ty.acre beet contract for the home
place which made the excellent yield
Of thirteen tons per acre. His raa-
La Junta tribune., 1911-02-18
" 4 Oiesey

Mr DIek.y Be- one uf the most sue
cassiuI renters lu rHa Hgl r1gk e1uu-
try Hr rs operating lay farms. com.
pgalHs 200 aor.s. Sir D.aasy has
spent ten yeua in DO. Valley. aad
has lived al his present location for
three years. Hu is somsU hat mod
est iH speaking OF his crops like
most OF The valley farmers but Na
learned that be- secured 80 tons ut
alfalfa last season from 100 acres Of
Land Nineteen arr.s Of brefs yield.
ooI him good profit. while twenty
four acres OF wheat yielded ll6 bush
els Mr. DlCkry believes ar.c prof
Is are % b. derived from raising
and feeding hoEs. aad has drove Of
about tlrtynyo Durog-J,upys on his
place Most Of thcs, are young hoEs
aud WilI be carried over 90 another
season. The result of Mr ulek.y' b
experiment with hoEs will be- watch
I'd Win Interest by the neigh oTius
farmers and u it turns out surr.ssful
others Will doubtless follow his Lead
La Junta tribune., 1911-02-18
c. ". hoors.

over In the east end Of the valley
Ar, Moore owns a farm Of 100 acres.
l3J acres Of which are under water
Mr. Moore purchased the farm as an
Investment. He rents II, and says
that the returns each year are most
gratifying. Fifty-fiye acres Of alfal.
IA last season yielded 22U tons OF
hay, aud thirly-fiyc acres Of sugar
beets averaged better than eight
tons per acre. Forty acres sowu 70
oats yielded about stIe en- hundred
bushels. which sold at fifty cents per
lushel
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J, l. Trostle.

Mr Trostle is another KaHsau Who
has made good In the Holbrook Val
ley. lie purchased an eIshty-acre
farm and located In that section
seven years ago. Al this time he
is engaged In building new barn
2iH52 feet. with an Implement shed
1882 feet. Besides two granar.es
the main building sill accommodate
nine head Of horses and the nov viii
have a capacity Of out fifteen tons
OF hay. Alfalfa and sugar beets we're
Mr Trustlrs principal crops last
year. both Of which made fair aver.
age yields. A large apple orchard Is
also one OF the valuable assets OF
this farm
La Junta tribune., 1911-02-18

an average yield Of four tons per
acre. tur.y alres u e-is returned
aG ayrIa yield OF thirteen tons per
agr" iie says, huNry,r. that his
beet crops Ia short Of the average
yield three ~ four tons. Eight acres
( uaIs. s1Wu i8r f'eI. yi.l-sd sixty
DIshels per acre. Mr. BAN also II.
p"rimrutrd Siih tLr-, acres uf corn
last season. and the r suits we're be-
y1ud bus expectations. The three
acres made yield OF fIry bushels
per acre, and took frst prize iI com
petition wi b other rtuus Al the
Denver fair. the state fair al Pu.
aDlo and the Farmers fall Festival
at La Junfa Mr Ball believes that
corn may be EroWn prof ably iu the
valley. and consequently expects TO
increase ht acr-a.e the coming sea.
son. An apple orchard OF two and
1nchaif acr.s made yield Of 500
bushels. while his peach orchard also
made excellent returns. The latter
consists Of large variety Of peaches
~ that his season extends over
period OF two ana oBc.hali months
Among the recent Improvements on
h1 farm rs fine siN.room residence.
complete silh bath room. pantry and
closets aud erected az cost Of over
two thousand dollars
La Junta tribune., 1911-02-18
Fred GUS.

Mr. Guis' farms lie north and east
OF CheraS. He settled in that sec
ton some eighteen years ago. and
the fact that he owns 320 acres OF
good land at the present time is
due to his own energetic nature
habits OF thrift, aud industry. His
home place consists OF l6O acres. all
OF which are under water. while his
tenant farm consists Of like num-
Der Of acres. Ii0 OF which are under
water Last year his heaviest crop
was alfalfa. He had in 2iO acres on
La Junta tribune., 1911-02-18

both farms, which made yield OF
tnres tons per acre Twenty acres
OF wheat went twenty-five bushels
per acre, ana fift,e acres Of oats
made 800 bushels. Twenty acres OF
susar beets on the tenant farm went
six tons per acre. His apple and peach
orchard Is also paying proposition.
yielding zoo bushels Of apples and
ffiy -ush,ls OF peaches.
Mr Guis has fine drove OF Po-
laad-Chiua hoss. about ninety in
aumber, and some OF which viii soon
BE- ready for market He is also
feeding 100 head OF cattle. and has
some III cen head OF good horses on
MS farm
La Junta tribune., 1911-02-18
Sherman Ball.

Six cen years ago Sherman Pail Sc.
cured a tip that sixty acres Of land
lying north Of Cheraw we're stlll open
for entry and al once filed upon it
under the hom' stead laws He has
since worked the place. and today II
is one OF the most productive farms
In that section. In addition TO his
home place Mr Ball rents and works
another eigny.acre farm. Last sea
son fifty acres soVn 70 alfalfa made
La Junta tribune., 1911-02-18

present time some sixty head Of
young horses and mules are ranging
his pasture. deriving flesh and bone
and muscle from the nourishing al.
falfa. When this stock is placed
upon the market it will represent
very little cash outlay aside from
the purchase price as colts
Mr. Estep's crop acreage the com
ing season will be- as follows: Beets
40 acres, alfalfa $50 acres. wheat
fifty or sixty acres.
La Junta tribune., 1911-02-18

picket fence combine to make one OF
the pleasing sishts OF the valley.
Mr. Hansen owns 72O acres Of land.
2s5 acres Of which are under water
ri years ago he came down from
the bleak prairi,s of old Arapahoe
county and began the task OF secur-
ing home for hims II and family
and amassing a competency. He has
La Junta tribune., 1911-02-18

ant had thirty six acres. yielding be-.
tween eight and nine tons \ $50
acre field Of alfalfa on the home farm
made a yield Of three tons peg acre.
while the tenant secured tao and one
half tons per acre from goo acres.
lie also had in siEty-fi,e acres OF
wheat and the total yield aas 2i0O
bushels One acre OF oats made the
La Junta tribune., 1911-02-18

has fine young orchard on his farm
which is beginning TO bear abundant
Y. 1t consists OF apples, peaches,
cherries and grape, He has lately
purchased four Duroc-Jersey brood
sows and expects 20 build up a large
herd Of this popular breed Of hogs.
La Junta tribune., 1911-02-18

er OF cattle, but this year has only
forty head in the yards. A view Of
his home appears elsewhere, as well
as that OF bunch of cattle in feel
ing
La Junta tribune., 1911-02-18
r obert Hansen.

One OF the prettiest farm homes
in this section is that Of Robert Han
sen. situated some two miles east
Of Cheraw. A fine two.story brick
house. set in large grove Of shade
trees and surrounded by a white
La Junta tribune., 1911-02-18
E. L. es,ep.

Mr.. Eslep is one Of the heavy land
owners Of this section Of the val.
Icy Nine years ago he located on
his farm, having moved from Mis-.
sour, and during those nine year,
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-03-17
SLIDE ENTOMBS THIRTY
MINERS IN OPEN PIT
Only Four Of Track Laying Gang Es
cape in Avalanche-Bodies Are
Ground to Shreds.

Virginia, Minn-Ten bodies, crushed
almost into an unacceptable mass
of flesh and bones, have been
recovered from the Norman open
pit mine where an avalanche of
earth, rock, ice and snow buried
twenty-six miners. The other six
teen bodies have not been reached,
but the mine off Gals are bending
every effort to expedite the work of
rescue. The catastrophe was due, it
is said, to the thaws of the last few
days suddenly loosening powders and
earth and forcing the ore body to
slide toward the bottom of the pit
Only four who were working on the
outer edge had chance to run, and
escaped the avalanche Three of
these are in hospital suffering from
probably fatal injuries
The place that was an open pit be-
fore the slide is choked area of rock
and ore and earth, with here and
there parts of body in sight. An
army of men with shovels is working
desperately to recover the bodies. The
WIN ID lCOiOuS anu udOSl "a
IRENE difficulties.
1t will be days before the bodies
can be recovered and all the parts OF
many probably never will be as
sembled. The mass of rock and earth
ground many of them into shreds.
The name of only one victim could
be learned, Paul Paulson, widower,
who leaves seven children. His wife
died month ago.
The miners who were taking up one
of the two tracks in the pit in order
to permit the great steam shovel to
work in another section of the mine
were for the most part bent over with
bars and claws when the avalanche
swept them into eternity There was
no chance for anybody to move foot.
The Norman employs about 1000
men when running to capacity. Just
at this time, however, several hun
dred are employed, working in night
and day shifts.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-03-17
ACQUiT CLARK AND PEMBERTON
Legislators Are Freed Of Bribery
Charge at Springfield, III.

Springfield, Ill.-After three and one
half hours deliberation, during which
time about twenty-one ballots were
taken, the jury in the trial of State
Senator Stanton G. Pemberton of Oak
land and Of former Representative Jo-
seph S. Clark of Vandalia, who are
charged with entering into a con-
spiracy to secure money corruptly for
their votes in awarding the contract
for the furnishing of the senate and
house chambers of the state house, re-
turned verdict of mot !. Iilty''
At the first trial, two months ago,
the jury failed to agree
Pemberton and Clark were mem
bers Of a special committee named by
the legislature to purchase furniture
for the house of representatives 1t
was charged that they attempted to
secure bribe from representatives Of
furniture companies, which bid on the
cOntraV.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-03-17
CONGRESS EXPENDITURES HIGH
Appropriations Pass Billion Mark
Democrat Scores Extravaganza.

Appropriations Pass Billion Mark
Democrat Scores Extravaganza.
Washington.-App at the
last session of congress aggregated
$1,025, 480,662, according to the state
ments issued by former Represen-
tives Tawney of Minnesota and Liv-
ingston of Georgia, who were respec-
lively chairman and ranking Dem
ocrat of the house appropriations com
nlittee in the last congress.
Declaring that the Democrats want
TO save the people OF this country from
the danger which threaten them be-
cause of the rampant expenditure Of
their money that has been going on for
the past twelve years. Mr. Livingston
in his statement contends that mill
tarism is menace and that Democrat
ic accession will prevent national
bankruptcy. He says it is a superhu-
man task to restore expenditures to a
normal level because of the enormous
liability fastened upon the treasury
by the statutory increase of the en-
listed strength Of the army and the
navy fourfold since Mr.. Roosevelt was
so unhappily called to the executive
Office of the republic"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-03-17
OATS-25e Blu. Per Acre

That is the sworn to WELD Of Theodore
Harness, Lewis Co... Wash had from
Salzers Rejuvenated White Bonanza oats
and won handsome so acre farm Other
big yields are l4l bus. JIG BUS, lO3 bus,
etc, had by farmers scattered throughout
the T. S -
Oats, Wheat. Potatoes, Grasses and Glow
ers are famous the world over for their
purity and tremendous yielding qualities.
We are easily the largest growers of farm
seeds in the world
Our catalog bristling with seed truths
free for the asking, or send l0c in stamps
ana receive 10 packages, of farm seed nov
elites and rarities. including above mar.
velous oats, together with big catalog.
John A Salzer Seed Co., 182 South sth ST.,
La Crosse Wis.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-03-17
Dare TO BE Ranpy

Let us never be afraid of innocent
Joy; God is good and what he does is
well done; resign yourself to every
thing, even to happiness; ask for the
spirit of sacrifice, of detachment, of
remuneration, and above all, for the
spirit of joy and gratitude, that gen.
uine and religious optimism which
sees in God Father, and asks no
pardon for his benefits, We must
dare to be happy and dare to confess
It, regarding ourselves always as the
repositories, not as the authors of our
own joy-Amiel
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-03-17
ROUGH RIDERS HOLD REUNION
Roosevelt Has Happy Time With Old
Friends of the Saddle,

Albuquerque, N. M.-Former Presi-
dent Roosevelt was in his glory last
Wednesday, renewing friendships with
old comrades in arms of the Spanish.
American war. The Rough Rider regi-
ment, of which Roosevelt was colonel,
opened it's annual reunion here, and
the colonel was the principal speaker
at the opening exercises. The reunion
will come to close tomorrow. Mrs.
and Miss Roosevelt joined the col
onePs party here and will stay with
him during the remainder of his trip.
Governor Sloan of Arizona met the
Roosevelt party here and will act as
their guide during the visit to the
Grand Canyon
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-03-17
Warned.

A serious-minded New Yorker, who,
because of his dignifed outlook On
life, has sent his son, aged twelve, to
a particularly strict and proper board
ing school In New England, unexpect-
edly visited the school last week. AS
certaining the location of his young
hopefups room, he climbed the four
flights of stairs necessary to reach it
and entered. On a mammoth pla.
card suspended from a steel engrav-
Ing Of Washington and Generals
presented to the youth as a Christ,
mas gift by his admiring parent) was
the cheerful sentiment:
Don't spit on the ceiling. We have
lost our ladder"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-03-17
Vein
Green

my back, 1 felt like screaming. They
gradually became more severe until
they ran all over my body l could
not sleep and could hardly move. J
steadily grew worse until I could
scarcely open or close my hands. No
reile1 was obtained until I began u.s.
ing Doan's Kidney Pills. Soon l felt
better and ere long the pain left"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers, so cents a
box. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-03-17
Kind but Careless.

John P. Irish, the San Francisco
orator and officeholder, was entertain
ing Joaquin Miller, the poet, one
night Upon hearing a particularly
funny story by the host the poet fell
OF his chair in a paroxysm of mirth.
Irish thought the poet had seizure
OF some kind and he rushed to the
sldeboard, took a bottle of whisky and
stuck the top of it into Miller's mouth,
hoping to revive him.
Presently Miller waved his hands
feebly and Irish removed the bottle.
What is it," asked Irish solicitous-
ly.
Remove the cork!" whispered the
poet. hoarsely, Remove the cork -
Saturday Evening Post.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-03-17
Bandits Rob Utah Hotel

Ogden, Utah.-The Reed hotel. in
the center of the business district Of
this city. was robbed by two masked
men Monday. The hotel is within a
half block of the central police sta
ton. Clerk Unander and five guests
were lined up against the wall and
while one of the bandits pointed a pis-
toll at the men, the second robber
made Clerk Unander open the safe
and empty about 500 into bag. The
robbers then left without molesting
the FIVE men lined up against the
wall
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-03-17
BROUGHT che Tears.

An unusual incident marked a re-
cent fire in New York. The fire start
ed in the cellar of five-story tene-
ment and before it was extinguished
the Is families in the building and all
the firemen were weeping copiously
from inf1amed eyes In the cellar
many bags of onions had been stored.
The chief fireman allowed the tenants
to remain in the building, assuring
them that the fire was confined to
the cellar. They did not stay, how
ever, when the onions had got we'll
afire
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-03-17
THIN ICE CAUSES so DEATHS.
New England and Maritime Province:
DroWninqs Are Heavy.

Boston.-Half a hundred persons.
majority of them children I'M
der twelve years of age, went
through thin ice to their death in New
England and maritime provinces of
Canada during the winter just closing.
There were seven double drownings.
Many instances of heroic attempts
to rescue were recorded, some of
which resulted fatally to the would
be rescuers.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-03-17
A RulinU Passion.

Uncle Pinchpenny spent a great
deal of time at the home of George
Washington
Yes. He couldn't be persuaded to
stop looking for that dollar George is
said to have thrown across the Poto-
mac"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-03-17
OGDEN Mills Reid Nodded

Racine. Wis.-Whitelaw Reid. Uni.
ted States ambassador to England
and his family attended the wedding
of his son, Ogden Mills Reid, to Miss
Helen Miles Rogers Of Fond du Lac
which took place Tuesday at the Ra
cine college chapel.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-03-17

willingly shows the generosity Of
your character; to preserve silence
over 1t, the grandeur Of your SOUL
Puysisux.