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The Monte Vista journal., 1912-06-15
WHAT SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY
WILL DO FOR MONTE VISTA
md Values Will Double In Price AS Direct Consequence
By Carl B. Stow

Those who have not lived in irri-
cd sections of Colorado where
raising of sugar beets is one
tbe principal industries, can
idly realize what wonderful ad-
tages the growing of this crop
the operation of the sugar
tory is to community. Last
i the Sugar Factory was built in
city and it was also the first
son that the farmers had raised
pts extensively. 1t was some
at of an experiment to all-not
the extent of ascertaining if
It's could be successfully grown
it was the first crop of beets
ny had raised, and there was
ch to learn regarding the prop
handling Of this great crop.
wever, the first crop proved
re successful than the first sea-
S yields in many other districts,
with the increased acreage of
It's planted this year, we predict
i record yields and tests will be
de in the Monte Vista district
fall.
The sugar beet industry is the
st important enterprise that can
Established in a farming COM
nifty. 1t is one that should re-
Ne encouragement and assist
Pe from every resident of the
trict in which it is established,
Monte Vista is the only city
Colorado where a sugar factory
been built, that did not ex-
hence a boom just prior to the
cton of the factory. We be-
re that this was due to the fact
the factory was erected i'm
ilately after the announcement
it would be built, and because
y few beets had been raised in
San Luis Valley. Usually beets
raised in locality several
rs before a factory is built, and
Sc are shipped to the nearest
'Ory By this plan the people
ierstand the magnitude and adj
i'ageS of the industry and on
announcement that a Sugar
''ory Is to be erected, there is a
Pn In land and city values and
Onderful increase in the popu-
on OF the city and farming dis
IS stated above Monte Vista
no' experience this boom pre-
" 10 the erection of the fac
y and we will no doubt witness
VI the most progressive and
''an'lal growths during the
lew years that ever favored a
'ern city. The growing of
., oeets and the manufacture
'u's crop into sugar here in
De vista will cause the popu-
VI Of this city to double; will
~ 'aan double the population
,ue farming districts; will cause
'v''iS to be constructed through
'1e valley to deliver the crop;
W more to advance the prices
'a'u'ing land and city property
T., any other one enterprise, and
as substantial and prosper
49, a'i'y and farming community
@Ds In the Rocky Mountain Re.
De beet crop which is one of
u0'' productive and valuable
''n be taken from the soil in
agricultural section, is not an
The Monte Vista journal., 1912-06-15

Herbert j. Gilbreath has been
under the care of physician for
the past few days, but is improv-
ing rapidly and expects to be back
at his post in the First National
bank soon.
The Monte Vista journal., 1912-06-15
KILLED A SILVER-TIP

j. l.. Valdez and two other sheep
men killed big silver-tip bear on
the South Fork of the Conejos
last week.
The bear possessed a prize ap-
petite for sheep and had record
of 7 to the meal; he also evidenced
a desire to cooperate with the
Forest officers in preventing over
grazing of certain areas by sheep
and had reduced the Valdez band
by 43 head and culled 27 from an
other owner.
The hide is on exhibition at Mr..
Valdez's home, and is an excep-
tionally fine one.
Bears are said to be quite num-
erous on the West range.
Rev. E. n. Edgerton of the
Methodist church received the de-
gree of Doctor of Divinity from
Denver University Thursday even
ing of last week. Dr. Edgerton is
spending this week in Canon City
where he delivered five addresses
before the convention of the Ep-
worth League in session at that
place. Sunday he will occupy his
pulpit here as usual.
The Monte Vista journal., 1912-06-15

was to extend to August 4th, which
seemed to many present to be too
short, in view of the fact that
August has hitherto been the best
base ball month in Monte Vista.
A committee was named to solicit
support from business men and
others for the team.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-15
Sixty Foot, HOrse-DevOuring AnacOndas Of
The Upper Amazon

groyos NJ tho wild gusva and MYRTLE
tree and during most months of the
vear are partlv oyereowed bv the
river While the hoy was playing in
tho vatar - tho shade o. these trees.
-, brpo rentil, or tbie yspecies stealthily
wound it's coils around him until it
was foo lata IN escane The boys
cries brorgb, his father quickly to the
rescue He rushed forward and seiz-
ing the anaconda boldly by the head
tore lis jaws asunder."
H. w. Bates further says; There
appears to be no ooubt that this for
midab'e serpent grows to an enormous
bulk and lives to a great age. | have
heard of specimens having been killed
which measured forty-two feet in
length.
The natives Of the Amazon univer-
sally believe in O. monster serpent said
to BE- many score fathoms in length,
which appears slcccssively in differ
ent parts of the river. They call it
mae das aguas or Mother of the Wa
ters. This fable, which vas doubtless
suggested by the appearance of sucn
rufus or anaconda5 Of annually large
size, takes q grea. variety OF forms,
and the v.ld legends form the subject
of conversation between old and yohAe
over the Woor fires in lonely settle
ments.
4 Il wallace in his bool, Travels
on the Amazon and Rio Negro" on
mage % saws. I'VE received fresh
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-15


SENIOR Antonio said the depreda'
tor WIS sucuruiu (the Indian name
for the anaconda) which had for
months past been haunting this part
of the river and had carried off many
ducks ana fowls from the houses. !
was inclined to doubt the fact of the
serpent striking at its prey from the
water. and thought an alligator more
likely to be the culprit, although we
had not yet met with alligators in
this river CRiver Tapajos).
Some days afierward the young
men belonging to the different cities
agreed together to 80 in search or
the serpent. They began in a system
attic manner, forming two parties each
embarked i'm two or three canoes, and
starting from points several miles
apart. where they gradually approx
mated. searching all the inlets on both
sides of the river. The reptile was
found at last, summing itself on a log
at the mouth of a MUDDY rivulet and
was finally despatched with harpoons.
81 saw it the day after it was killed
II was not very large specimen,
measuring only IS feet Q inches in
length and 16 inches in circumference
at the widest part of the body, I
measured several skins of the anacon-
da q feet in length and ? feet in
girth
"The reptile has a most hideous ap-
pearance, owing to it being very
broad in the middle and tapering
abruptly at both enGs. 1t is very
abundant in parts of the country, no.
where more so than the Lago Grande,
near Santarem, where it is often seen
coiled up in the corners of the farm
wards and is detested for its habits of
carrying off poultry and young calves
or whatever animal it can get within
reach of.
AT Ega or Teffe"-a small town
situated on the banks of the Amazon
about 1900 miles from its mouth,
where Mr. Bates spent several years
"a large anaconda was once near max
ing meal of a young lad Of about ten
years of age belonging 20 one o. my
neighbors. The father and son went
out, as was their custom, few miles
IN the Teffe river to gather fruit
Landing on a sloping sandy shore, the
boy was left to mind the canoe while
the man entered the forest.
"The beaches of the Teffe river form
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-15

Of life and their aquatic habits II is |
an undisputable fact that they deyour
cattle and horses, anc the genera be.
lict OF the country "a that they are
sometimes from sixty to eighty feet
long"
On the same page he says: As so
few whites have seen these large ser.
penis and the very existence Of any
large enough to swallow a horse is
generally ditcredited the following &C.
count by a competent, scientific OBJ
server, the well known botanical trav.
eler, DR.. Gardner, Is given. In his
Travels in Brazil page 1856 he says:
" In the marshes of this valley in
the province of Goyaz near Arrays
the boa constructor is often met with
of considerable size. II is not uncom-
mon throughout the country, perticu-
larly in the wooded margins of lakes,
marshes and streams. Sometimes they
attain the enormous length of forty
feet
The favorite riding horse Of Senior
Lagoriva, which had been put out on
pasture not far from the house, could
not be found one day, although a strict
search was instituted all over the fa-
zenda. Shortly after this one of his
vaqueros (cattlemen) in going through
the woods by the side of a small river
saw an enormous boa suspended in
the fork of a tree which hung over the
water. It was dead but had evidently
been fioated down alive by recent
, flood, and being in an inert state it
had not been able to extricate itself
before the waters fell
ct was dragged Gown to an open
place by two horses and was found to
measure 81 feet in length. On open
! ing it the bones of horse in a some
what broken condition and the flesh
in a half digested state were found
within it, the bones of the head being
uninjured. From these circumstances
we concluded that the boa had de-
voured the horse entire
In the volume entitled 20 Amaze
mas" published by the Brazilian gov
eminent in 1902, and intended to give
an accurate account of the biological
and commercial phases of the state
of Amazonas, the following paragraph
relating to the anaconda is found on
page %:
"The ophidia form an interminable
collection; the sucuruju or anaconda
| (Eunectes murinus) is the largest
aquatic serpent of the country; it
measures sometimes 20 meters in
length" or more than 60 feet.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-15
obooSsnohSnoooo2
BY ALeoT LANCE.

-
In an article ON reptiles, published
IN the Nauon1 Geographical Mag'-
zine, curator Ditmars OF the New
YORK geological park makes the FOL.
lowing statement regarding the length
and size OF the boa constructors or
'nacohu'" Oh SCUM America
Species oI '"' genus ooa "~"'''nE
lroplaaI America attain a maximum"
'e''E'" o' l. I'D 10 lee'
Having recently explored a section
of the upper Amazon valley ca led
the Jayay river region, situated
about 22Oo miles from the mouth of
this great river / have published my
observations in a volume called 'In
the Amazon jungle. lPumam.sl
wherein ] state that ] have assisted
in the killing and skinniug of "a sucu-
ruju or anaconda having total length
of 81 feet inches when dried.
This measurement was taken very
carefully and was witnessed by sew
eral men. The statement made by MIR.
Ditmars would therefore seem too
conservative and possibly Is the re-
suit Of q too limited knowledge of the
fauna of South America and the upper
Amazon i'm particular.
u may be said i'm favor of my state
ment concerning the length of this
enormous boa, which to some may APP
pear exaggerated, that few white men
have ever penetrated this remote part
of equatorial South America, where
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-15


II. W. Batcss "A Naturalist on the
Amazon" A. r. Wallace's "Traves on
the Amazon and Rio Negro" and c.
Watcrtou's "WandorinFs I'm South
America" These authors are among
the acknowledged authorities on the
fauna and fora of equatorial coun-
tries and their books are accepted as
standard works
I'm order to show tina, Mr. Dtmarsis
statements need some modification
may quote what these authors have to
say on the subject of the anaconda or
boa constructor
Charles Waterton i'm his volume
.Wauuerings in South America" says
ON page $50 that an associate of his
killed a boa twenty-five feet long. This
boa, he says, had a pair of stag horns
I'm its mouth The boa had swallowed
"a stag but could not get the horns
down, so he had to wait in patience
with that uncomfortable mouthful
till his stomach had digested the body
and then the horns dropped out
The same author records on page %
that the Camoudi snake of the Ore
nocco Dthe anaconua) has been killed
from 80 to 80 feet long; though not
venomous, his size renders him de.
strucaye to passing animals.
The Spaniards on the Orondcco posi-.
lively affirm that he grows to a length
of 70 to so feet, and that he will de.
stroy the strongest and largest bull
His name seems to confirm this; there
he is called Mataoro which literally
means bull killer"
H. W. Bates in his famous volume
"A Naturalist on the Amazon says
on page 1856: 81 was aroused little
after midnight, as l lay in my little
cabin, by heavy blow struck at the
side of the canoe close at my head
This was succeeded by the sound Of
a weighty body plunging in the water
q got up, but all was again quiet
except the cackling of the fowls in oul
hencoop, which hung over the side o.
the vessel, about three feet from the
cabin door. l could find no eXplana
ton of the circumstance, and, my mer
being all ashore, l turned in again anC
slept till the morning. I then found
my poultry loose about the canoe ant
a large rent in the bottom of the hen
coop, which was about two feet abov
the surface of the water. A coupl
of fowls were missing.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-15

Some philanthropist should offer .
reward for a college that doesn't
need the money.
You are wasting time every timo
you tell your sorrows.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-21
sweet Corn for Paris.

In the current issue of Farm and
Fireside appears an interesting report OF
what is called the Long Island home
hamper" new scheme for shipping
fresh vegetables from the country to the
city. 1t is plan by which the producer
deals directly with the consumer. and. as
Farm and Fireside adds, would have
great development II we had parcels
post in this country. One of these ham,
pers was even sent from Long Island
to Paris. in answer to a request for
some sweet corn. Following Is a descrip-
ton of how the corn was sent to Paris:
Some Americans wished to serve sweet
corn on the cob at a large dinner in
Paris, and We were asked to ship the
corn. 1t was very early in the season.
In fit condition, but diligent search gave
US the requisite number of ears. Then
came the question OF how to pack them.
We decided TO use photographers lntless
blotting paper rolled into tubes. Tho
corn was well cooled after picking (for
corn Eas great tendency to heat or
fermenO) II was then wrapped in par
ann paper and a roll OF the blotting pa
per securely fastened around each ear.
THE hamper was placed in the cool
room-not the refrigerator-of the steam
er. A cablegram OF congratulations came
to us in due course of time. The corn was
sweet and delicious and eaten FOG the
first time In PariA'
The Washington herald., 1912-07-21
PROPOSED LAND TAX
STIRS GREAT BRITAIN
Tory Party and Conservative Press Declare Plan OF
Lloyd George Will Ruin Country-Few
Persons Control All Estates.

London. July a0.-Lloyd George is going
to tax the land, He is going to try In
practice on a large scale for the first time
the principles championed by the Ameri-
can, Henry George. There is no longer
any doubt about 1t. and cry of horror
is heard in the whole English Conserva-
tive press, which on general principles
tries to block every change
The Choncallor Of the Exchequer will
ruin the country, they cry. He Is preach
ing class war and creating anarchists in
England. where present conditions are
nearer the ideal than anywhere else in
the world.
The plans of Lloyd George are striking
at the very heart OF English conversation;
that much is evident from the uproar they
have caused. The land is sacred and so
are its present possessors, according to
the tenets of the Conservative faith.
One single example. however. will show
how radically wrong are the present con-
ditions in England, where all land Is
owned by a mere handful Of people. The
manor of Huddersfield was sold by the
Crown TO a certain William Ramsden, an
cestor Of the present owner. In 1873 for
A.sH.
Owns Entire Town.
Three hundred years ago the yearly
value Of Huddersfield was less than SIS.
Now the yearly ground rents amount to
no less than $4,000 The whole Of the
land in the old township of Huddersfield,
with the exception of a small plot in
Firth Street, long since built over. is
the property of John F. Ramsden. who
thus possesses a practical monopoly of
the land, 90 that man who wants to
The Washington herald., 1912-07-21

buy a plot In the township for a house
cannot do so. but must lease 1t from the
owner. In consequence no more glaring
example OF land hunger exists in the
country.
1t is significant that up to the time when
the finance act of l999-l0 was placed on
the statute books the estate was held
by Sir John Ramsden, who is still living
After the passing OF the act the estate
was transferred by Sir John to his son.
Up to 1851 Huddersfeld was almost
wholly an agricultural town: its rise, as
the world knows, being due to the woolen
industry.
In order to appreciate the present situ-
alton II is necessary that the lease sys-
TEN In vogue should be understood Until
the middle of the last century the land
upon which most of the buildings in the
town were erected was held either under
tenancies at will or renewal leases. In
the case of the former the tenants had in
most cases erected substantial buildings
upon the faith that their rights to. those
buildings would be recognized by the
landowner in the same way that in
copyhold manors the rights of tenants
are recognized and enforceable.
Receive Rude Awakening.
These tenant rights owners were des-.
tined to receive a rude awakening, for
about 1850 the Court CT Final Appeal de-
cided that they were merely tenants at
will. who could be elected without notice
or compensation. Ultimately. after long
and bitter agitation. an arrangement was
made that the landlords title should be
recognized, and that the tenants should
surrender their tenant right interets. but
retain their buildings on lease from 1853.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-21

tenna, generate an electric current. caus-
ing a buzz in a sensitive telephone re-
ceiver connected with the detector.
: Telephone receivers are used exclusive
ly, and signals are read by buzzes IN
stead of by clicks as in wire telegraphy.
Instruments designated as tuning coils
are employed to alter the length Of the
receiving aerial, SO as 10 oscillate In
synchronism with the transmitting an
tenna. Unless the receiving station Is in
tune with the sending station, or, In 9TH
er words, unless the receiving aerial Is
of the same length as the transmitting
antenna, signals cannot be heard to best
advantage, and usually cannot be heard
at all.
Interference Annoys Operators.
Because Of the multiplication Of sta
tions and the fact that all OF the elec-
trio waves in the ether strike each an
tenna, great difficulty Is experienced by
operators with interference. This is
remedied to some extent by tuning. and
especially by. what is known as loose
coupled tuning. 1t is known that the
pitch OF the sound heard In the telephone
receiver corresponds to the frequency OF
the transformer at the sending station.
SO by adding secondaries to the primary
tuning coils. the circuit may be adjusted
to oscillate at the desired frequency. The
Arlington station will have a 500-cyc,e
The instruments at the big station now
completion will be installed by
the Fessenden Wireless Telegraph Com
The Washington herald., 1912-07-21

moa, one on the island of Guam, ard
one in the Philippines. The Pacific
Coast station will probably be located at
the Mare Island Navy Ya-d in Califor-
MIA. There is already a station there,
but one OF much higher power viii prop
ably be installed. 1t is planned to estab-
lish regular wireless service between
this station and a proposed one at Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii At present there Is a
small station at Honolulu. Hawaii. but its
range is short. g..
Install Modern Apparatus.
Modern sets are now being Installed at
nearly all the stations in the United
States to replace the instruments which
have become antiquated by the rapid
development OF the science. One of the
most important stations Is at Key West
Fla. The Navy Department has under
consideration the relocation OF the Pam
anna station. II is now located at Colon,
where II Is possible TO cover only ATTAIN
tic waters. 1t is proposed to change The
site inland some distance, SO that the
range will cover the Pacific as we'll as
the Atlantic. This move will make the
Panama station one of the most impor-
tant in the world.
When this extensive programme he's
become reality. the sea will no longer
be a great wilderness to the vessels Of
our navy, and Hawaii, Panama. the
Philippines, Guam, Samoa, aud the Unit
ed States Will be as one-no longer sep
arated, but ever in talking distance. Thus
FAR has science conquered space.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-21

pany. The set Is guaranteed to work
5000 miles regardless Of atmospheric con-
ditions. The apparatus was tested some
at Brant Rocks Mass. and the United
States ships Birmingham and Salem
while GOO miles at Sea The experiment
was considered entirely satisfactory. as
the antenna at Brant Rock Is only $50
feet high and the ship sets were not OF
high power. It Is believed that there will
be no dificulty in working 1900 miles with
the Arlington set.
To Establish Chain.
The erection of the Arlington station
is the first step of the navy toward the
establishment Of a great chain OF high
power wireless stations. The naval ap-
bill for the fiscal year has an
Item Of H.00o.0 900 for the construction of
additional wireless stations. OF this
amount the bill provides that $500 900
shall be available Immediately. The
passed, six big stations IN different parts
OF the globe will be established at once.
This would guarantee constant and in
intercommunication between
the Navy Department and the naval
stations of the United States and her
and the ships plying the high
seas. whether they be on the coast of
Greenland or on the Falkland Islands. In
the Mediterranean, or In mid-Pacifc.
These proposed stations will be located
one on the Pacific Coast, one in the
Canal Zone, one in Hawaii, one in Sa-
The Washington herald., 1912-07-21
OVER FIFTY THOUSAND STUDENTS
GRADUATED IN u. S. THIS YEAR

Bates. Colby. Columbia. Massachusetts.
Agricultural College. New York Uni
yersity, Ohio State. Rensselaer,. Syra-
cuse. Tufts. Cincinnati, : Illinois, Maine.
Michigan. Missouri. University of Penn
syivania, Pittsburg, and Worcester Poly
technic. But It will be further noted that
most of the colleges in this last list are
either State institutions or technical
schools. With very few exceptions the
strictly arts colleges have not fiorrished
numerically.
All OF which illustrates. just az does
the current unanimous demand for man
ual training and the like. the tendency
OF the day toward the practical educa-
ton. Gilbert Murray only recently made
a plea for the rebirth Of cultural train
ing In America His short visit to this
country seems to have given him pretty
clear insight into our educational con-
ditions. And the Carnegie Foundation.
too. win tell you that the colleges are
turning out too many poorly prepared
professional men and not enough thor
oughly fitted doctors. lawyers. &c. The
foundation's suggestion Is higher stand
ards in the medical schools whereby all
prospective physicians will be required
first to take the A. b. course
Still further examination will disclose
that a good many colleges gave fewer
degrees this year than last. In this cate
CORY are the following: Allegheny. Am
herst. Bates. Grinneil. Harvard. Lehigh.
Swarthmore. University of Maine. Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania. Vermont. Will
Jams. and Yale. all except two of which
are regular privately endowed institu-
tions. Worcester Tech. Trinity. and Mid
dlebury stood exactly still during the
year and Rutgers made merely an In
gain.
Decline of the Arts Courses.
To show the proportion Of Bachelors OF
Arts to the whole number Of graduates
and to make clear what gains or losses
have come upon the so-called cultural
departments during the year. another
table is printed below. This table again
is really self-explanatory.