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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20
PEACEFUL HENRY"
Hooks Pair of Valuable Chaps That
Didn't Belong to Him.


Sheriff Joe Esser OF Fsemont coun-
ty, who was in Pueblo after a couple
OF horse thieves, on Sunday afternoon
was joined on his homeward trip by
Peaceful Henry cowboy who was
oadly wanted at Canon City for dis
appearing par oi valuable Angora
chaps. The chaps were the property
OF William Duncan. who has charge
OF moving picture concession with
the carnival company that has been
showing in Canon City.
Peaceful Henry" has been employ
ed by Duncan as an expert broncho
Juster. posing Tor the moving pic
lures that are taken on the carnival
grounds. The chaps were part oil
me properties" that went with the
act. Saturday morning he did not
show up for duty, and an investigation
developed the discovery that he had
left the night before, taking the chaps
with him. He was believed to have
gone III the direction OF Rocky Ford
Sunday afternoon, just as Sheriff
Esser was on the point of leaving for
the train with his prisoners, Peaceful
Henry" walked into the police sta
uOn, and gave himself up.
81 was as drunk as brace OF In
dians when | went off with those
chaps" he declared. Il had no NOR,
idea of stealing them :han / have OF
trying to cat soup with z hairpin. Bun
a man will do some crazy things when
he's got a cargo OF hors aboard, and
| jumped on Il train bound for Rocky
Ford yesterday without really know
N ,yi,at | xva- daipa soon I
sobered up enough. dropped a card
to Billy to let him know where
was"
Where are the chaps?" Sheriff Es-
ser wanted to know.
I'm pool room at Rocky Ford"
Peaceful Henry" answered, prompt
ly. You can call them TN. and find
out"
Have you soaked them?" asked
Sergeant Brady.
No sir disclaimed the puncher
Il just left them there, and then for
got all about them.
a telephone message. to this city.
however, brought the information
that Peaceful had borrowed some
money on the chaps, the day before.
He swore that il such was the case,
he failed to remember it, and attrib-
uted his lack OF memory to the
booze"
Peaceful Henry" appears to be
typical COW puncher of the old school
He wears the regulation costume. and
exhibits deep scars on his hands that
he says were made by lariat. When
he entered the police station he was
attired in riding boots. green silk
handkerchief and sombrero hat.
Peaceful Henry is my name" he
declared. 1T is the. only name that
have ever had. I'm known all over
the world yit. and ! generally try
to live up to it"
He was in the jailer's office when
Smith and Brown. the two horse
thieves, were. brought in from the
bull pen" preparatory to being taken
to tie train for shipment to Canon
City. The trio recognized each other.
What on earth is the matter with
you feilows?' demanded Peaceful
Henry" Have you gone crazy"
The query caused roar OF laugh
ter among the Jail attaches.
THE only reason that he didn't
steal a horse to go with the chaps
opined one OF the officers in the
room, "is because he couldn't find
one.
The erratic cow nuncher accompan-
led Sheriff Esser to Canon City.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20
ENGINES
TO HAUL BEETS.
Valley Growers Interested in Modern
Method of Transportation.

The successful operation of trac-
tor engines in hauling bects to the
factories and the dumps and the prob
able saving in expense to the farmers
and the preservation of horseGesh has
stirred up increased interest among
the beet growers in the Arkansas val
ley and there is likelihood that long
trains of beets will displace the single
individual wagons drawn by horses
in the valley this season, as is being
done in the northern part OF the state.
The tractor engine as a means OF
drawing beet wagons to the factories
and dumps is not new in the valley,
but the example set here has been
taken up on a large scale by the
northern Colorado farmers and now
those in the Arkansas valley are fur
ther attracted by the idea. This is
the story brought to Pueblo yesterday
bv w. Malefyt, representing the Fair
banks Morse company, says Monday 5
Chieitain.
Late in September Il new transpor-
tation line will enter Fort Morgan.
says Mr.. Malefyte
Rights OF way have been secured
along the streets of the city and roll
ing stock orders have been placed by
the promoters. All preliminary ar
rangements are completed and moth
ing remains but the. start of actual
operations.
NJ. X. Weems, one of the men
whose farming operations are known
throughout this section is the pro-
moter OF the new line and negotia-
tions for its installation assure sue
cess.
In order that the reader may not
grope farther for the facts in the case,
it must be said at this point that the
Weems plan does not. contemplate
competition with the Hartman sys-
TEN, nor will it affect the construction
of the Union Pacific cutoff to Den
yer.
The new system is designed to han
die part OF Fort Morgan's beet crop.
Weems recently placed an order for
twenty-onc cight-ton steel wagons
capable OF carrying beets to the Great
Western factory from his ranch south
of the city.
Prior to that time he purchased
6o-horsepower oil tractor. Joining the
tractor and the beet wagons. the
reader will discover the new trans
portation line.
Weems- proposes to haul. his -heets
with the tractor. The present plan
contemplates a six-wagon train which
will make three trips day from the
Weems farm to the local beet mill
Each train will carry approximately
fifty tons OF beets, so that the DAYS
haul will approximate $50 tons of
crop.
The Weems farm will produce. it
is estimated. about $500 tons of beets
this year. so it is further estimated
that fifty days will be required to
move the crop to the factory.
Owing to the scarcity of labor and
the immensity of the yield. Weetns
gave up the idea of hauling the bects
to market by the eam-method and
determined to use modern facilities
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20
Have NAMED
WINNING TICKET
Republican-Bull Moose Make
Strong Combination
PARKS NOMINATED
FOR GOVERNOR
As Is Entire Republican Ticket Ex-
ceptine the Candidate for Attor-
ney General.

Although the state canvasslng
board has not as yet submitted
report aud the result of the late
primary election cannot be an
nounced, the returns from every
county were in the first of the
week, when it became known be-
yond doubt that Phil Stewart,
the Progressive Republican can
didate, had been defeated as well
as all the other so-called progress
i've candidates upon the state Re-
publican ticket. with the sole ex-
ception of Ben Griffith, the as
pirant for reelection as attorney
general.
This assurance of clean, capable
national and state leaders, together
with the combination effected in
Otero county, has given the Re-
publicans just the incentive re-
quired to work and force a glor-
ious victory for the &. o. p. in
the November election.
AT the Bull Moose mass conven-
ton in this city last Thursday an
aililiation was reached upon the
county ticket and seven of the reg
ular Republican candidates were
indorsed by the meeting. In fact
every candidate that had signified
their acceptance of the stand-pat
nomination was indorsed, except
ing VIM. Edgar for representa-
tive.
Following is the ticket nomin-
ated:
State Senator-F. M. weiland. Of
Fowler.
representatives. M. Shaulis. OF Rocky
Ford.
Sheriff-Alex Yant. Of Rocky Ford.
Treasurer-J. W. Fisher of La Junta.
Clerk-R. c. Inge of La Junta.
Assessor-H. L. Wadleigh of East
Holbrook.
Superintendent OF sshools-w. N. Ste
venson Of La Junta.
County Judge-H. M Minor Of Rocky
Ford.
Coroner-Dr. S. H. Savage Of Rocky
Ford.
County Commissioner Victor Albera
Of La Junta.
County Commissioner-C. S. McKin-
ley Of Fowler.
o. 9. Hess Of La Junta was indorsed
for the nomination OF district Judge on the
progressive ticket.
At a meeting of the Republican
county central committee in La
Junta on Saturday the nomina-
tions of two progressive candida
tes were indorsed, namely that of
j. w. Fisher for treasurer and w.
N. Stevenson for superintendent
of schools, and assurance was given
that tue Legislative assembly COM
mittee on vacancies would fill one
vacant space with the name of the
Bull Moose senatorial candidate.
There was full attendance of
committee men and women pre-
sent at this meeting and they or
ganized by electing w. B. Mande-
vile of this city as chairman, Mrs.
r. G. Inge of La Junta, vice-chair-
man and G.H. Winchell, La Junta,
secretary.
1t was decided that canvass of
the precincts should be made at
once and that vigorous campaign
be instituted that will result in
victory for the entire county ticket
in the election this fall.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20
Factory Campaign Postponed

Notices were Yesterday sent out by
Assistant Superintendent: Frank Noble of
the local factory bearing the following
information;
"on oceount Of ram the date of starting
the factory has been postponed from
Sept 90 TO Sept. 49,"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20
DETAILED STATEMENT
OF ARKANSAS VALLEY FAIR
Together With Some Reasons Why the Attend
ance Was Not What it Should Have Been -
on Watermelon Day

Following easuers statement of gate and gansanG
receipts twenty Arkansas Valley Fair together with
showing of cores DAYS in 1911:
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-11

ritory thousands of men fingered all
night to strengthen the levee- In the
villages and on the farms in the
threatened territory in each the Mis-
sissippi and the North Arkansas peo-
pie were ready for flight. North Of
Memphis the river is falling, but south
the river is rising rapidly.
The risk of caring for the flood VIC
Tins is proving serious. The greater
number have sought refuge at Hick-
man, KY, Tiptonville, Tenn, Forest
City and Helena, Ark and here the
crew Of the U. S. S. Amphitrite, an
chored in Memphis harbor, received
instructions to assist in caring for the
flood victims. One of the Amphi-
trite's boats went to Winoake today
to bring here party reported ma
rooned aboard raft at Winoake, Ark.
More than one thousand persons,
nearly half of whom are refugees at
Ridgely, Tenn, nine miles below Tip
tonville, are without meat. The one
story houses there are no longer in
habited; Che two-story houses are very
crowded.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-11
MRS. MARTHA BELL TITUS
LAID To REST,

Mrs. Martha Bell Titus passed
from this life ON Monday, Mach IS
at her home in Fruita, Colo, after an
illness of six weeks.
Mrs. Titus was born in Cincinnati,
Ohio, November 21, 1926, being over
SO years of age at the time Of her
death. Her husband, N. w. Titus died
July Z, 1907.
Mrs. Titus was the mother Of 10
children, five of whom survive herr
Mrs. Anna e. Jack of Durango; Mrs.
Sarah Hursch, Mrs. Maye Smith and
Mrs. Della Keough of Ontario, Oregon
and Elmer E. of Fruita.
The deceased was member of the
Baptist church, having Joined early in
life and was true Christian at all
times. She lived long life of use
fulness, not only to her family as
wife and mother, but as a neighbor
and friend of the needy and homeless
as we'll
Funeral services were conducted by
Rev. o. X. Maynard from the house
of the deceased and the remains laid
to rest in Elmwood cemetery.
Mrs. Titus had many friends in La
Plata county, having lived number
Of years at Animas City.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-11

to escape. 1t was ladies' night at the
powling alley The two victims of the
robbers peeped from their uncomfort-
able quarters at the crowd of women
at the other end of the alleys. then at
their own forms in the mirror.
That was enough.
Thomas Fay of 1880 Clifton avenue
and James Deyury Pinkerton detec-
tive, were the victims.
Two negroes entered the washroonl
just as Fay was removing from his
face the perspiration acquired in an
exciting game. A revolver was thrust
to his head and he was compelled to
give up a watch and the contents OF
his pockets-$2.
Then, to guarantee a safe departure,
the robbers removed Fay's clothes,
also at the point of revolver. Just
then Deyury entered and saw Fay,
apparently preparing for a cold dry
bath. The smile froze on his lips,
however, as a revolver was pushed
against his own breast His pockets
were emptied.
The two victims shivered and shout
ed until pin boy finally came to
their relief, but the hold-up men had
had time to get miles away.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-11
JETT CHILD LAID TO REST.

No funeral in the Presbyterian
church in the past five years has
been so largely attended as that. of
Harold Henry, the little son of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Jett, who died last
week. The funeral was held yester-
day and it was necessary to throw
open one OF the extra rooms in order
to accommodate the large number OF
friends who remembered and loved the
baby and who came to sympathize
with the bereaved parents.
Many children, friends of the little
boy, attended the funeral services
which were conducted by Rev. David
Martin.
The strains of the orchestra, which
accompanied the choir, recalled vivid
ly the little boys passionate love for
music and how, two hours before his
death, he called for his toy violin.
A wall of flowers around the little
casket was made from the floral to-
kens which We're sent by friends, VINO
sympathize with the parents.
Four boys who had known Harold
acted as pallbearers. They wers dar.
ny Reynolds, Tom Stringer, Joe Fitl-
simmons and Paul Robinson.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-11
CHAIRMAN NICHOLAS MURRAY
BUTLER TAKES WHACKS AT
THE COLONEL

Western Press.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, April O.
The delegates to the Republican state
convention, that met here today to
select four delegates at large to the
Chicago convention and to adopt
platform, carefully eanvassed early to-
day to ascertain their sentiments re
garding instruction of delegates for
President Taft. The state leaders
agreed that decision in the mat
ter probably would not be reached un-
til tonight.
The convention met at IL o'clock
and heard the address of the tempo
rary chairman, Nicholas Murray But
Ter. After the announcement of the
committee on resolutions the meet
ing expected to adjourn until tomor-
row.
Senator Root openly declared that
the big four" should be instructed.
Meanwhile Chairman Barnes and his
friends held to their belief that Presis
dent Taft's position, both now and
later in the national convention, would
be strengthened by an uninstructed
delegation. There were reports that
form of compromise on the instruc-
ton question should be reached where
by the administration should be in
dorsed in warmest terms and the del
egates at large commended to Presi-
dent Taft without instruction for him.
The committee on resolutions will
not only draft a platform but will de
termine the personnel of the big
four" and expects to settle the ques-
tion Of instructions.
Senator Root, Chairman Barnes,
William Berri of Brooklyn and Speak
er Edwin A. Merritt jr., of the state
assembly, are prominently mentioned
as likely delegates to Chicago.
From start to finish the campaign
document which Nicholas Murray But
Ter unraveled AS the temporary chair.
man of the convention, bristled with
sharp whacks at Roosevelt at noon
and others whom he put in political
patent medicine man clash. Profes-
sor Butler outlined the story of the
Republican partys sixteen years Of
control of the federal government
Referring to the present problems, he
continued;
"The American antitrust law
should not and need not be amended
or weakened. What is now needed is
supplementary legislation to prevent
a monopoly and unfair practices"
Speaking Of Roosevelt, he said;
"The man who would destroy the in
dependent Judiciary because he dis
likes or suffers from some specific
judicial finding is as mad as a man
who would set his house on fire in
order to improve its ventilation"
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-11
200 LOST BY COLLISION ON THE
RIVER NILE-MANY LIVES
WERE SAVED
Western Press

CAIRO, Egypt, April "a large
number of passengers, estimated At
200, were drowned last evening by
the sinking Of a Nile excursion steam
er after collision with another boat
in the vicinity of the great dam on
the river about fifteen miles north =.
west Of Cairo. The steamer had 800
passengers on board who had taken
advantage of the Easter holiday to
maks a trip to the dam. On the re-
turn journey up stream and not far
from the dam the excursion boat col
lided with another steamer and sank
almost Immediately. All on board
were thrown into the river but many
which the excursion boat coiiided. 1t
is not known how many lives We're
lost. The identity of the bodies re-
covered has not been asceftained.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-11


man, on motion, appointed the follow
ing committee to draft constitution:
K. S. Day, chairman, A. r. Mollette,
secretary, J. b. Adams, Mrs. W. G.
White, Mrs. Fred Egan, f. G. Per-
kins and Mrs. Edgar Buchanan. The
object of the league is to. place in
nomination twenty-one qualified can
didates for election as members of
the charter convention to be submit
ted to the people Of Durango for adop-
tion under the laws provided in such
cases by statute.
After the signing Of the constitu-
ton by large number the matter of
electing officers was taken up and
]. w. Wingate was chosen president;
Mrs. Fred Egan, vice president; w.
S. Pickerill, secretary, and Mrs. W.
G. White, treasurer. The following
committee was appointed to secure
signers: Barney Haughey, X. M. Muir
ray, w. G. White, j. C. Sanford and
John Melton. The president appoint
ed the following as a committee to
determine persons qualified to serve
as delegates j. D. Adams, John Mel
ton, Rev. Mr.. Rassweiler, X. M. Muir
ray and the Rev. Mr.. Crozier. A
committee on finance was appointed
as follows Geo. N. Raymond, F. s.
Balster and w. G. White. The meet
ing adjourned until next Monday
night. The meeting was verycnthu-
siastic and harmony prevailed.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-11
ROBBERS LEAVE MEN
IN ADAMS GARB
Strip Bowling Alley Patrons of
Clothes in Washroom After
Taking Valuables.

Chicago.-The last word in ingen-
ious robbery is to rob and disrobe the
victim in washroom and then leave
him shivering in his Adam-like garb,
trusting TO his natural modesfy to pre-
vent him from breaking forth in hot
pursuit.
xhls was tried SO successfully few
lights ago that two men-one de-
Fectiye and the possessor of two re-
Solyers-shivered and shrunk up
against wall of little washroom III
Bensinger's bowling alley.
There was-one feature of the affair
that made it possible for the robbers
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-11
THE ELECTRO MOTOR ON THE
FARM.

In a previous article the use OF the
electric motor on the farm was dis.
cussed in general way, but very few
people have any idea of how large
a motor is required for a given pur-
pose on the farm.
Below are given some data which
have been compiled from actual tests
and are taken from recent publica
tions of the General Electric com
pany;
Six horse power will drive a grain
separator and thresh $500 bushels Of
oats in ten hours,
Three horse power furnishes ali
power needed to make 5000 pounds
of milk into cheese in one day.
Six horse power will run feed
mill grinding twenty bushels of corr
an hour.
Five horse power grinds twenty
five to forty bushels of feed, or ter
to twelve bushels of ear corn an hour
Seven horse power drives an eigh
teen-inch separator, burr mill and
corn cob crusher and corn sheller,
grinding from twelve to fifteen bush
els of good fine meal.
Six horse power runs a heavy appi'
crater, grinding and pressing two
hundred to two hundred and fifty
bushels of apples an hour.
Five horse power will drive 80
inch circular saw, saving from fifty
to seventy-fve cords of stove wood
and from hard oak in ten hours.
Six horse power saws all the wood
four men can pile in cords.
Twelve horse power will drive 3
fifty-inch circular saw, saving 4,00f
feet of oak or 5000 feet of poplar
in day.
Ten horse power will run sixteen
inch cutter and blower, and elevate
the ensilage into silo thirty fee
high at the rate of seven tons pei
hour.
One horse power will pump watei
from a well of ordinary depth in suf
ficient. quantity to supply an ordinar!
farm house and all the buildings will
water for all the ordinary uses.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-11
BULLETS MERELY GoAD BULL
Fusillade From Rifles Falls to Kill
Animal Purchased by Butchers
and Heavier Arms Used.

Muncie, Ind.--A bull that apparent
ly cares no more for bullets than 1t
does for bee stings and that fairly
eats the leaden pellets when they are
fired into it for the purpose of con.
verting it into beef, is the worry of a
local firm of butchers. The animal,
which is savage, is owned by J. NJ.
Hartley, six miles north OF here, and
Hartley sold it to the butchers. For
several days the bull has successfully
resisted the efforts of eight men to
kill it.
The first attempt to kill the animal
was made recently when three EN-.
ployes of the butchering establish
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-11
COLORADO SHEEP TOP MAkIi EI
AT ST. LOUIS-MUCH HIGH
ER THAN LAST YEAR

Wostern Press
ST. LOUIS, April Colorado
lambs reached $s.25 on the st. Lou;s
market today. C. E. Delong of th'-
Arkansas valley sold $50 head, Nv
ering 10 pounds each, at $s.25. These
same lambs were offered on the Mis-.
souri, river market last week where
only $3.50 was bid for them. Wallace
and Wallace and White of the San
Luis valley also marketed 233 head
at $s25, the high price of the year
St. Louis has sold nearly 100000 Colo
RADIO sheep so far this year, an IN
crease of 20 per cent over the same
period last year.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-11
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
AND DETERMINATION OF
HEIRSHIP.

In the Matter Of the Estate OF Fer
dinand Schluter, Deceased
Notice is hereby given, that on Mon
day, the 18th day Of May, A. d. 1872
at the hour Of 10 a. m. of said day,
the same being one Of the regular days
of the March Term Of the County
Court of La Plata County, in the
State of Colorado, /, Sophie Schluter,
Administrative Of said estate, will APP
pear before the Judge of said Court,
present my final settlement as such
Administrators, pray the approval Of
the same, and will then ask TO be dis
charged as such Administrators. AT
which time and place any person in
interest may appear and present OBJ
jections to the same, il any there be.
And further notice is hereby given,
that at said time and place the Court
will receive and hear proofs concern
ing the heirs Of said deceased, pur
suant to the verified petition OF Sophie
Schluter, claimant, as heir at law Of
said deceased, heretofore filed herein,
asking for judicial ascertainment
and determination of the heirship Of
said estate, and from which it appears
that Sophie Schluter and Olga L. Du
praw, are heirs Of said deceased;
Now, therefore, any and all persons
who are or who claim to be heirs at
law of said Ferdinand Schluter, de-
ceased, are hereby required to be and
appear thereat, or abide the determi-
nation of the Court thereon.
Dated at Durango, Colorado, this
9th day of April, A. d. 1912.
SOPHIE SCHLUTER,
Administrative of the Estate of Fer
dinand Schluter, Deceased.
PERKINS & MAIN, Attorneys.