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The Elbert County tribune., 1912-06-14
News Summary of the Past Week

A movement has been started in
New York to place in the Hall of
Fame the bust of Molly Pitcher, only
woman sergeant in the U. s. army
Volcanic ash is falling thickly over
Cordova, Alaska. showing that the
heavy cannonading heard in the noun
tains recently was the noise of q vol
cano in eruption.
Thomas E. Watson of Augusta, Ca.
former Populist leader and presiden-
tial candidate, was bound over under
$500 bond for sending obscene matter
through the mails.
Undaunted by defeats in the past,
the suffragists will again go before the
national Republican convention in Chi
cago to request the insertion of an
equal suffrage plank in the party plat
form.
To prevent the production Of NOV
ing pictures Of the Johnson-Flynn
prize fight which takes place July 4th,
the House commerce committee re-
ported favorably the bill of Represen-
tative Rodenberry of Georgia, prohib-
iting the shipment of films between
states.
Court must forego BASEBALL and other
summer amusements and pay more at
tention to business. Chief Justice Har-
ry Olson, in a Confidential" letter
told the judges that he was aware of
their hockey playing" and that it
must cease. The jurlsts were told that
they must hold court daily until 4:30
o'clock In the afternoon with the ex-
ception of Saturday.
President Taft signod the three-year
homestead bill. permitting entrymen
on public lands to prove their claims
in three instead of five years, allow
ing five months absence from a claim
each year and reducing the acreage to
bo cultivated on largo claims from 80
to 40 acres. The pen used was given
to Representative Taylor of Colorado.
The bill is designed SO to liberaiize
the homestead laws as to check the
immigration Of American farmers to
Canada. Senator Borah was one of Its
supporters.
For the purpose of destroying the
substantial monopoly of the so-called
aluminium trust. an agreed decree was
entered in the United States District
Court at Pittsburg. Pa, against the
Aluminium Company of America. The
federal government in its antitrust
suit filed few weeks ago. charged
the corporation with monopolizing the
industry. The decree entered abro-
gates alleged unlawful contracts and
restraints the company from negotiat-
| ing similar pacts or pursueing unfair
, methods towards competitors.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-06-14
Report on Grain Crop.

Washington.-The June grain report
of the government, giving the acreage,
not previously announced. planted to
the various important crops; the con-
dition of the growing crops of June l..
the indicated yield per acre and esti-
mated total production, based upon the
ratio of the average condition on June
I to the final yield in the five years.
1906-1910. as reported by the corre-
spondents and agents of the bureau OF
statistics. department of agriculture.
was issued by the crop reporting
board as follows:
Spring wheat: Acreage, 19.201,000,
compared with 20,3S1,OO acres last
year. Condition, 95.S per cent of nor.
NAL, compared with 94.6 per cent last
year and 93.S per cent, the ten-year
average. Indicated yield per acre, 1873
bushels. compared with 9.4 bushels
last year and 1874 bushels. the five.
year average. Estimated total produc
tion, 265,00O,00O bushels, compared
with 100. .6S2. 900 bushels last year.
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Minor Mention.


Platteville is having a building
boom.
Charles wahl. an old-time settler OF
Ouray. is dead.
There has been organized at Colo
rado Springs Young Mems Demo
cratic Club.
On June 13 Guy Buckles OF Omaha
will fight Howard Baker of Boulder at
Cripple Creek.
The Summer School for State
Teachers opened at Greeley with 1000
teachers enrolled.
The Colorado G. Kansas, Pueblo's
new railroad. twenty-one miles long.
has been opened.
The President has appointed Ella
New postmaster at Delta and Frank
Silonton at Victor.
II plans of Greeley men work out,
ufactured in Weld county.
Montrose Chamber OF Commerce is
preparing to issue 10000 postal cards
to advertise the county.
DR.. c. A. Stewart of Denver has de-
parted on an automobile tour from
Denver to New York and Boston.
Golden is greatly excited over the
finding OF free gold by G. w. Parfet in
his clay drifts south OF the city.
Longmont has decided to send an au-
tomobile on tba Sociability run to Chi
cago, which leaves Denver June 25.
The government has appropriated
$4,000 for the commencement of the
federal building at Grand Junction.
The Hotchkiss Fair Association
gave barbecue on June Z in place of
the spring races which were called off.
T. A. Arneal Of Cripple Creek was
elected president at the annual con-
ference of the BARRIERS union in Den
yer.
Jammed Into flume In the North
side lateral, at Gill. the body of John
Losser, aged three, was found by l. N.
Ball.
Mrs. A. D. Droll OF Greeley was Sc
ve-ely burned about the head when
she attempted to relight fire with
coal oil.
Rev. G. w. Dyer of Hastings, Neb..
has accepted the pastorate of the First
Presbyterian church of Pueblo. The
salary is $4,000 annually.
Within the next two months hun
dredS of entrymen in Weld county will
prove up on their homesteads under
the new three-year homestead law.
There will be no work done on the
dam for the Boulder city water works
this year. the contract for which was
let last November for S52.196.20.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-06-14
FOREIGN.

1t is estimated that 10000 men are
idle along the Thames and Medway
rivers. England. These include dock
ers. carmen. seamen. firemen.
The "Imperator" the worlds largest
steamship. was launched at Hamburg
on May %. Her length. 900 feet:
horsepower. $4,000. Emperor William
acted as sponsor.
The gravity of the situation In Cuba
was emphasized by the Issuance by
President Gomez of n proclamation to
the Cuban people. urging them to arm
and organize in the face of the ma
tional peril.
France suffered another marine dis
aster and lost her fourth submarine
when the vendebialre, in the mimic
warfare off Cherbourg peninsula, was
crushed down by the battleship Sain.
Louis and disappeared In $50 feet of
water. The submarine was undoubtod-
ly ripped apart by the steel PROV of
the battleship. An official statement
issued by the minister OF marine fixes
the number of men aboard as twen-
.y-three. including the commander, all
Of whom we're lost.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-06-14
Road Improvement.

Washington.-Acc to conser-
vative estimate about s1.400. 900. 900 has
been spent in road Improvement in the
United States during the last twenty
years. The state and local expendi-
lures for 1911 aggregate $140.000,O00
OF this sum about s20.O00.OOO was de-
voted to building better highways IN
the state of New York.
One of the most interesting exhibits
at the recent travel and vacation show
at the new Grand Central Palace wac
the good roads exhibit of the United
States government The exhibition a.
iustrated the various types of road con-
struction and maintenance from the
earth road to the bituminous macadnm
and brick, including the sand clay.
plain macadam and bituminous MA
cadam.
In 1906 the Legislature at Albany ap-
propriated $50.000,00O, and bill is
pending to borrow another $4,000, 900
to continue the work.
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JOSEPH MOORE, WIFE AND FOUR
CHILDREN, AND TWO YOUNG
WOMEN VICTIMS.
WORK OF MADMAN
NO ROBBERY WAS COMMITTED
CRIME THOUGHT TO BE
FOR REVENGE.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service.
viIllsca, Iowa-Joseph Moore, =
dealer in agricultural implements and
one of the leading buGiness men OF
vilIisca. his wife and four children and
two young women visitors were found
murdered In their beds at the Moore
home.
Their heads had been beaten to pulp
apparently with an ak, which, covered
with blood and human hair. was found
in the house. There is no clew to the
murderer, who is believed to have
been either a madman or some one
actuated by revenge. The house was
not robbed.
The Moore children were Herman.
eleven years old; Catherine; nine
years; Boyd. seven years; Paul, six
years.
The young women were Edith and
Blanche Spillinger. sisters, twenty and
eighteen years old. respectively,
daughters of wealthy farmer living
n few miles from villisca. They had
been In attendance at church enter
tainment here.
No robbery was committed and 1t
seems clear that only revenge could
have prompted the murderer, unless
the crime was committed by q mad
Aln. s-.i.,
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| C. R. Mohr. OF Cripple Creek. was
perhaps fatally shot at Trinidad by
Miss Ethel Doyle of Colorado City.
who claims to be his wife.
The new experimental ore-dressing
and metallurgical plant built for the
School of Mines at Golden. at a
cost of SIPS, 900, will be opened July l.
The largest class in the history of
the institution was graduated from
the Agricultural college at Fort Col
Inns. when forty-eight received diplo-
mas.
w. l.. Carroll. Perkham mer-
chant, poured vinegar down his baby's
throat Immediately after the little
one had swallowed lye water. and may
have saved the child's life.
Jewelry and money to the amount
Of $500 was taken from the home of
Robert E. Hall of Denver. recently.
while the family was spending the ev-
ening at the theater.
All available space in Denver hotels
has been engaged for delegates and
visiting members of the Knights
tAnpldit VIM Will IOlo tAtil lilC1uldi
conclaye there in 1918.
The damage by the flood In the Un.
compahgre river ana its tributaries In
Montrose county is believed by the
County Commissioners to be $4,000.
Several bridges have been washed
away and others are almost gone.
A twenty-year electric lighting fran
chise was granted A. M. Gooding and
associates by the Town Board Of
Steamboat Springs. Work on the plant
Is to start within sixty days and be
completed within a year.
Arrangements have practically been
completed whereby the Rocky Noun
tain League is to be organized with
Trinidad succeeding Pueblo, Ration
taking the place OF Canon City and
Rocky Ford taking over the Colorado
Springs team.
Hereafter there will be fraternitfes
at the secondary schools of agricul-
ture controlled by the State Board of
Agriculture, the board having passed
a resolution forbidding students in
these schools from Joining organiza-
tions of this character.
A wall of water four feet high swept
down Cherry Creek Sunday, carrying
bridges. wagons and debris of every
description with it The flood was
caused by cloudburst near Simpsons
Gulch. several miles above Sullivan.
fifteen miles south Of Denver.
The State Board of immigration is
discussing the advisability of compa-
ny capitalized at 100000 to foster
Colorado land projects and assist set
tiers in obtaining farms at low prices.
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WESTERN.

Fire destroyed store. q saloon and
two warehouses belonging TO B. A.
Taylor, Bisbee, Ariz., banker. Loss.
$4,000.
Phillip E. Campbell, aged twenty-five.
and Earl KroD. aged twenty. have
started from Los Angeles on a 5000
mile hike across the continent.
Robert Phonstell, a young farmer
living south OF Modesto. Cal. commit
tei suicide and made sure of death
by taking poison, shooting himself and
burning the shed in which he was
found.
The constant popular demand for
new. glistening coins has caused the
United States government to resume
coinage of gold, although the proper
tion of bullion which the treasury is
authorized to hold in its vaults has not
yet been reached.
The double-tracking OF the Santa F6
.oast lines, on which depends the put
ting on of a solid express and mail
train from Los Angeles to New York
City, via Kansas City and Chicago. is
being rushed as fast as money and
men can do the work.
Senator George S. Nixon of Nevada
died in a hospital in Washington of
spinal meningitis. Senator Nixon had
been at the Episcopal eye. ear and
throat hospital several days, when an
operation for nasal catarrh was per
formed Spinal meningitis developed,
and the senator's condition soon be-
came critical.
Thousands of citizens in west Texas
are reviving the question of dividing
the state and making 1t two. or even
three, states. West Texans point out
that conditions there are so different
from some other parts of Texas that a
division is reasonable. Climate is diff
ferent, products are uirrerent. Indus
tries are different, needs are different.
they assert, and advocates OF the prof.
ect point out that Texas is of such i'm
mense size that the division would not
hurt tho state.
A blow was given the new Com
merce Court by the Supreme Court of
the United States, which upheld the
exclusive Jurisdiction of the Interstate
Commerce Commission over the ac
mlnistrative machinery of the feders
rate laws. The principal decision was
announced by Chief Justice White in
the so-called "Procter and Gamble
case" He was sustained by the en-
tire court. In substance he held ths
the Commerce Court was not to subst
tute It's Judgment for the Intersta'
Commerce Commission In the admin
-ation OF the rate laws.
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WASHINGTON.

The House voted 72 to AZ not to in
clude in the sundry civil appropriation
bill the money necessary to continue
President Taft's tariff board.
According to the Agricultural De-
partment, there is no other state
whose cotton crop can approach the
condition of the Imperial valley of
California.
Tho Woman's Christian Temperance
Union has sent a protest to Senator
Work against the appropriation of
100000 for rifle practice in the pub
lie schools.
The United States paid homage to
the discoverer of America by the un-
yelling of magnificent memorial
fountain, erected in washington by
Congress to Christopher Columbus.
The Navy Department has ordered
Admiral Osterhaus to proceed forth
with from Key West to Havana with
one dispatch ship and one other ship.
These orders were issued by the State
Department after the receipt Of a dis
patch from Minister Beaupre reporting
that conditions in Havana had as
sumed the character OF a race war.
Legislation providing for general
parcels post throughout the United
States and its possessions. except the
Philippine islands. is certain to be en-
acted by the present Congress, per-
haps before the conclusion of this ses-
sion, In the opinion of Postmaster
General Hitchcock. He has urged upon
Congress the desirability of domestic
parcels post because he believes it will
aid substantially in the solution of the
problems of the high cost OF living.
James Knox Taylor, supervising ar
chitect of the Treasury Department,
has tendered his resignation.
The three-year homestead bill has
been examined by the secretary OF the
interior. and sent to the White House
for the Presidents signature.
The House Judiciary committee in
executive session decided to undertake
a preliminary investigation OF the
"beef trust" The committee agreed to
report the Edwards resolution calling
for the investigation but before do
ing so private inquiry will be made.
The committee does not purpose now
to call any of the men interested in
the packing industry.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-06-14
To Build Black Mesa Road.

Gunnison.-Delta county good roads
enthusiasts, the commissioners of Gun
nison county. and a committee from
the Gunnison Chamber of Commerce
discussed construction OF the Black
Mesa automobile highway between
Gunnison and Delta at a recent meet
ing.
1t was agreed that Delta shall build
that portion Of the road in that county
at once, and that funds for construct
ing the portion in the northeast corner
of Montrose shall be raised by public
subscription In Crawford and Meaher.
Following out this agreement. sur
veys Of the route will be started
June 20.
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Fort Morgan Gets Big RaIn.

Fort Morgan.-The heaviest rain
storm in three years drenched this
section and brought smiles to the
farmers whose crops have been in
need OF water for over q week.
The rain was heaviest about this
city. considerably over an inch fall
ing within not more than half an hour.
Brush and Weldona also reported
heavy precipitation.
The rain will be worth thousands of
dollars to the beet crop Of the sec
ton as ranchers have Just finished
thinning the fields.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS IN COLORADO.

July 4.--Independence Day ceiebratioi
-Plattevflle. Greeley. Pueblo. Trini-
dad. Walsenburg, Ouray. DURANGO.
Fort Collins, Longmont. Loveland,
July l1-19.-EIectrfcal Contractors AS
ISOLATION Convention. Denver
July 1S-19-Gunnison County Cattle
Growers Association. Gunnison.
Aug. 6-S. International Councit
Knights OF Columbus Colorado
Springs.
Sept. 3.-convention National Associa-
tion State Game Wardens-Denver.
Sept. is. 49, 20.-San Luis Valley Fair
-Alamosa.
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Greeley to Have PuImossr.

Greeley.-Greeley is to have > pull
motor. a device designed tc bring to
life those who have been drowned or
asphyxiated. The county commission
ers agreed to pay twenty per cent OF
the purchase price. the gas company
another twenty per cent and the city
similar amount.
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Plan to peveIop quarry.

Fort Collins.-Headed by Il. l.. Sal
ladin several business men are form
ing a company to develop granite
quarries sixteen miles southwest of
here. The granite is said to be of the
finest quality and an option has been
obtained on 41S acres of quarry land.
1t is proposed to form corporation
with a capital stock of 100000, and
1t is estimated that the plant will cost
about $4,000.
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Live Stock.

Omaha. = Cattle = Native steers,
$6.5og9.Oo; cows and heifers, s3.75@
1G5; Western steers. s4.SO@7s0; Tex
as steers, $4.5O@6.3O; range cows and
heifers. s3.ooQ6.15; Gamers. s2.s5@
4.50; stockers and feeders, $4.25@6.5O:
calves. $4.75@s.75; bulls, stays. etc {.
s4.O0@7.1O.
Hogs-Market sc higher. Heavy,
S7-35Q7.45; mixed. s7.2507.35;; light,
T.loq7.4O; pigs. $6.o0@7.OO; bulk of
sales. s7.25Q74O.
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colorado Production Per Acre leads,

Denyer.-Colorado led the United
States in the number OF bushels Of ag-
ricultural products produced to the
acre, according to statistics which
have been taken from the Yearbook of
the Department of Agriculture for
1910. the latest Issue. and compiled by
L. C. Paddock, state commissioner OF
immigration. The period covered by
his figures is from 1900 to 1910. Dur
ing that time the general average OF
the United States was 14.2 bushels to
the acre. Colorado's production was
25.7 bushels. And this in spite of the
fact that the figures from the 1910
season. one of the dryest in the his
tory Of the state, are included.
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York.-standard copper ouiet:

New York.-Standard copper quiet;
spot, s165O@17.25; June, July. August
and September. $16.62hQ17
Tin firm; spot, s46.00@46.65; June,
s45.5O 46.O0; July. $43.75@4462h;
August, s43.55@43.75; September.
s42759 1925; October. s42.5O@4s.OO.
Lead quiet, $4.20Q43O New York:
$410@4.15 East st. Louis.
Spelter steady. s6.9O@70O New
York; s6.75@6,s5 East st. Louis.
Antimony quiet; Cookson's, $500.
lron-Locally iron is steady, No. 1
foundry Northern. $15.25@1575: No.
z. Sl4.75Q15.25; No. l Southern and
No. l Southern soft. s15.5O@15.75.
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Weeks News from All Over Colorado

soil and water in their relation to the
fusarium disease.
He advocates irrigation Of potatoes
cloudy days or after night. when air,
water and surface soil are cool. He
advises late planting in this district
He says crop conditions are favorable
hero and throughout the state.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-06-14
Reed Breaks Wrist; WEIGH Wins.

Grand Junction.-In the third round
Of scheduled ten-round bout with
Jack WEIGH. the Australian champion.
David Reed OF Montrose broke his
right wrist when he struck Welch on
the head. Welch was declared the
winner. Young James of Fruita has
been matched to fight WEIGH ten
rounds June IL.
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Mrs. Sidney G. Bernheimer, the wife
of wealthy New York clothing man.
ufacturer. was assaulted and robbed of
$4,000 worth of jewelry. The weapons
used were potato masher and an ice
pick. Mrs. Bernheimer's new cook, a
brawny young Swedish woman, who
for ten days had proved a model ser
want. was said to be the chief robber.
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Irrigation Bill Favored.

Representative Taylor
from the committee on public lan1s
reported favorably to the House the
Senate bill to permit settlers under If.
rigation projects to obtain patent to
their homesteads in three years. the
title being subject to the liens OF ths
government for such water assess
ments as still may be due.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-06-14
Ban on Liquor Upheld.

washington. Federal prohibition
against the carrying of intoxicating
liquors into that part of Oklahoma for
meriy Indian territory. from points
outside the state, is held operative by
the Supreme Court.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-06-14
SPORT.
LEAGUE STANDING.

The Canon City and Pueblo teams
OF the Rocky Mountain League have
had their franchise transferred to
Ration. ~ NJ. and Trinidad. Colo, re-
spectively and played their first games
under the new arrangement
England's featherweight champion,
Jem Driscoll. has cabled to friends in
this country that he is making prep
arations to visit this country again in
few weeks with the intention of Sc
curing date with Johny Kilbane. the
featherweight champion of the world.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-06-14
Paper Bill Rejected by House.

Washington.-The House voted 144
to 101 not to accept the Senate amend
Weut ito the metal tariff revision bill
which would repeal the Canadian reel
procity rider and fix universal duty
Of 81 a ton on print paper.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-06-14
Baby browns in IrrIqatlnq Ditch.

Johnstown--Eddie Prott, the two
fear-old son of Peter Prott, living four
miles southeast of here, was drowned
In an irrigating ditch In front of his
home. He wandered out of the yard
with his mother In pursuit, and fall
ing into the stream. drowned before
her eyes.
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Restocks St. vraIn with Fish.

Longmont. = The Longmont Fish
and Game Protective Association is
making rapid progress toward the re-
stocking OF the two forks OF the st.
Vrain river west OF this city.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-06-14
Solitary c-.i for Life.

San Quentin. Cal.-Solitary confine-
ment for life will be the punishment
for Fred Howard. ringleader In the
penitentiary riot
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-06-14
st. Louis Wool.

St Louis.-Wool-Ste Medium
grades combing and clothing, 2Oh@
21c; light, fine. 15@1sc; heavy fine,
12@15c; tub washed. 27@3Oc.
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GENERAL.

Colonel Jerome B. Rice of Troy, N
Y. known In every state of the Union
rs grower and distributor of seeds.
is dead.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-06-14

Studies Prevention Of Disease.
Groeley.-C. L. Fitch, potato expert,
is spending much time in the fields of
the county studying temperatures OF
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-06-14
Eggs.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Flax.

Duluth. Minn.-Linseed. on track.
$2.S2A; to arrive, $2.321h: June.
$2.S21s; July. s2.S2h bid; September,
$2.O1 bid; October, s2.19 bid.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-06-14
La Junta Old Trail Association.

La Junta.-The Old Trail Associa-
ton. organized to promote interest in
the Santa Fe trail, has pledged mem
bership of $500.
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Live Poultry.
Butter.

Eigin -. .......-......... 25
Creameries, ex. East, lb. :. 28
Creameries. ex. Colo, lb. 2s
Creameries, I'd grade. lb. rs @26
Process "a m25
Packing stock ........ 20