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The Greeley tribune., 1912-03-14
Brewington Funeral

Eaton, March S-The funeral of
Frank Brewington was held from
the Methodist church here at 2
o'clock this afternoon. Rev. Tyre
officiating. None of the Brewing
ton immediate relatives could come
from Nevada and Idaho to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson, parents of the
widow, arrived from Hereford on
Wednesday night. Death was found
to be due to heart failure.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-03-14
"schoolma'am" Worth $50

Kersey, March 9.-The Orchard
Literary society gave a play in the
w. o. w. hall last night entitled
''The Schoolma'am 1t was we'll
received by big audience and the
Orchard Dramatic company went
home with $40
The Greeley tribune., 1912-03-14
lP OF UNITED STATES

and valuable feature Of
on the production OF coal
issued by the United
oslcal survey, is a series
moving the known coal
ne United States. These
printed on a scale Of
miles to the inch, and II
elner would make q map
a large six foot wall map
'ne survey. The various
coal areas are indicated
~ OF colors. Tho coal
snown to have a wide
as to character of coal
lns half a dozen grades
aclte to lignite-and as
knowledge concerning
=, ranging all the way
esuits OF detailed surveys
an almost exact estim ate
eah be based to the very
iormation that the area
with coal bearing rocks
aoiy contain coal that
mot be TO nd at min
All this information il
VII The maps by colors or
s show the county sub
'he several states and
s se ,he most exact coal
'Sued, ~. Geologic work by
~ 'he coal fields is in
\ |aosress, however, espec-
t,l public land states. 80
rss hese maps are admitted
'e't, In the light of new
ic,, continually acquired.
h Sa. =. survey has previous
Il "o "o, inherent times maps
and Uodl areas of the Unit
@nu ena 1t is probable that
s,ii,s Uua,hs year the survey
sun further revised edi-
e maps. 'eu eui
The Greeley tribune., 1912-03-14
C,.r. Frazier Gets Divorce

Clara B. Frazier was granted
divorce from Edwin Frazier IN
the county court Friday. MRS.
Frazier claims that she was desert
ed by her husband six years ago.
when she was bride OF three
months. Since that time she has
proved up on homestead near
Kersey and few days ago she
heard from her missing husband.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-03-14
Kicks Small, lov

iar sreh Only the fact
kvaa us brother r, happened to
I W VI, the life of little
9, mnen a fractious colt
I'saiIped " on him yester-
Is the six year old how
Iea 'a'erated back and is
IA I'd" We're playing about
whiahd ana came too near a
itharne kicked the child
an,t neh yiciously attacked
ana nn,e'y the lad fell face
\. u, received the blow
krios HIS brother John
d VS no and ran to the res
tbe necessary to beat the
tn ,he head before II ,a,s Lne
Ina ne boy was carried to, to
6d ID physician summon
is NO. no bones broken. The
bf ba. ,e son of John Paul,
The Greeley tribune., 1912-03-14

When two men are life long
friends, each thinks it is due to his
forbearance.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-03-14
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The Greeley tribune., 1912-03-14

Every man makes the fatal mis-
tPlJe of thinking he can fool ms
wife as easily as he fooled MS
mother.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-03-14

/" Tribune want .d.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-27

as we'll as his city cousin, may learn
the difference between an armored
cruiser and a battleship, between a
Dreadnought and an ordinary battle
ship, between a torpedo boat and a tor
pedo boat destroyer, and he may thrill
with pride and amazement as he be-
holds the magnificent array of war
ships, all under the stars n stripes,
There will be warships enough to sur
round with a ring of steel the seagirt
metropolis. There will be battleships
enough in line to convince any one that
Uncle Sam has a perfect right to don
an admiral's uniform in place Of the
time honored stars and stripes If he
wants to do so.
Really a Magnificent Show.
Some Idea of the magnif1cence and
magnitude Of the ava display may be
gained from a consideration of the fact
that of Dreadnoughts, battleships and
armored cruisers there will be thirty
six to cast their anchors into the Hud-
son. Expressed In terms Of weight,
more thai $50, 900 tons of these bigger
fighting vessels will be on exhibition.
Add to these 800, 900 ton in smaller
ships and you have an idea Of the big
show.
Every kind of American fighting ship
will be lined up for the inspection of
visitors. from the immense super-Dread-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-27

nought Wyoming, the largest American
warship in commission, to the little
submarines which Admiral Ward says
are really the masters of them all.
There will be super-Dreadnoughts,
Dreadnoughts. battleships, armored
cruisers. scout cruisers. protected cruis-
ers. gunboats. min laying ships, Ter
pedo boat dest~c5crs, torpedo boats.
water tenders, naval tenders, Golfers,
repair ships, dispatch boats and moth
er" ships for submarines. as well as the
underwater fighters themselves.
The whole array will form a floating
naval exposition of the most intensely
interesting character. And 1t will all
be free, all perfectly open to the men
and m who pay the bills. The
only expense to the visitor to the fleet
will be the cost of transportation from
the shore, about so cents a round trip.
II you are fortunate enough to have
for friend or acquaintance n of the
higher naval officers you la save
even that expense, for one of the most
interesting sights of all these big naval
shows Is the constant procession Of the
ships launches and gigs from and to
the vessels.
OF ~bluejackets and officers bedecked
with gilt braid there will be enough to
satisfy even the maiden to whom the
sight of brass buttons is a never fail
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-27

ing delight. Thirty thousand jack tars
of all grades, from rear admiral down
to powder monkey. win be in New York
for more than 3 week SGaf them
as are not needed on BOARD for the
workings of the vessels - and. of
course, such of the enlisted men as
have not forfeited their shore leaves
by offenses more or less serious-will
go ashore. to be swallowed up in New
York's 500. 900 of daily visitors from
out of town, to say nothing of the city's
1000, 900 regular Inhabitants.
~Shopkeepers find cause for rejoicing
in the visit of the big fleet. for the men
will have more than 5000 0 to spend.
Pay day about the time the
armada arrives in the port of New
York. and Jack ashore is proverbially
a liberal spender.
Osterhaus' Last Big Review.
At the top Of the pyramid of naval
men with the feet is Rear Admiral
Hugo O%sterhaus, commander of the
fleet. This is probably his a chance
to command the biggest aggregation
Of Warships ever assembled under Old
Glory, for he gives up the command of
the Atlantic fleet in January and re-
tires from active service next June.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-27

Under Admiral Osterhaus-and, by the
way, in the opinion of many naval men,
he ought. as commander Of the i'm
mens1 1a1evt, 10 nave the rank or az
miral, two grades above that of rear
admiral-as division commanders viii
be Rear Admirals Bradley A. Fiske,
Nathaniel r. Usher, Cameron McRae
Winslow, Frank +. Fletcher and Aus
tin NJ. Knight. The last named officer
commands the newly formed Atlantic
reserve fleet which will be on view for
the first time as q fighting fleet. Zap
tain Edward B, Eberle commands the
torpedo fleet. and Lieutenant Chester
w. Nimitz is responsible for the well
fare of the submarines.
All in all, the feet that will be re-
viewed by President Taft and Secre-
tary of the Navy Meyer will number
about 127 vessels. of which thirty
two will be battleships, four will be
armored cruisers. three scout cruisers.
thirty-six torpedo boats and destroyers
and nine submarines. No one has fig
ured out how many guns are carried
in all, from the immense thirteen inch
ers to the little one FOUNDERS, but 1t
may interest the reader to learn that
If all the very big guns on all the t
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-27

re Arkansas. California. Colorado.
Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois,
indiana, Kansas. Kentucky, Maryland,
Massachusetts,, Michigan. Missouri,
I~ontana, New Jersey. New York, Ok
ahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
7exas, Vermont and Washington.
Unless we call the great Columbian
xposition in Chicago in 1898, held to
commemorate the four hundredth an
liversary of the discovery Of America,
/ national Columbus celebration there
las never been a national recognition
4 the great discoveries claims. Prob
IDLY the nearest approach to such an
observance was the unwilling On June
) of this year Of the magnificent Co
iumbus memorial in washington. 1t
an occasion honored by the pres
ence Of the president of the United
States, members of his cabinet, the
italian ambassador and other diplo-
mats, many high officials and 1000 Off
Gals and other prominent citizens from
all parts of the United States. More
than $4,000 residents of the national
capital witnessed the unveiling of the
800, 900 memorial. In honor of the oc-
casion there were a grand parade, a
public banquet, a display Of fireworks
on the White House lawn and other
manifestation of rejoicing.
Quite appropriately the visitor to
Washington for the first time, enter
ing the city by way of the great MO
railroad station. sees the new Column
bus memorial first of all the city's many
wonders. 1t stands in the plaza in
front of the station. The figure of Co
lumbus faces the sunset. as he did in
his memorable voyages.
The memorial has taken the form of
a fountain, with a tall shaft shielding
the figure Of the ~discoverer, The shaft
is f~orty-ive feet high. The heroic size
statue Of the ~discoverer is wrapped in
a cloak of his period, and he stands at
the PROV Of his ship. which projects
into the fountain. At his feet is a
graceful female figure typifying Dis
covery." On one side of the main fig
ure stands an aged patriarch. SYM
bolic of the old world. while the new is
represented on the other side by an
American Indian, shown as about to
draw an arrow from his culver. At the
rear of the shaft is a medallion honor
ing the memories of Ferdinand and Isa-
bella whose aid made the first voyage
of Columbus a possibility.
On the top of the shaft is a globe.
guarded by great stone eagles, and two
couchant lions protect the extremities
of the granite balustrade in front of
the fountain. The globe indicates the
world. and carved thereon is the west
ern hemisphere uncovered by Column
bus. The memorial was the work of
the late Daniel II Burnham. the archi-
tect. and dorado Taft. the sculptor.
JOSEPH DEVIrO.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-27

to become enthusiastic over the Arkan~
sas and Wyoming They will be the
queens of the navy until the New York
and the Texas, now building, respec-
lively, in the New York navy yard and
at Newport News. come to take their
places at the head of the Yankee fight
ing line. Even those monsters, of 27.-
900 tons each, will be outdone by tho
overwhelmingly big 10000 ton s15.-
600. 900 battleship Pennsylvania, just
authorized by congress.
Couldn't Extend the Visit.
New York, anxious to extend It's hos
pitality to the acct appointed a COM
mittee of 400 leading citizens to see u.'
the entertainment of the officers and
men. The city wanted the secretary
Of the navy to let the fleet remain
longer than the MIN days appointed
for the stay, out Mr.. Meyer said nay.
Other cities wanted to see the vessels.
he declared. and, besides, naval officers
being good fellows and free spenders as
a class, he feared there wouldn't be
much money left In the feet If 1t re-
manned longer at the metropolis. De-
lay would also interfere with the VIM
ter's ava program, he said.
After the last salute is fred in the
Hudson and the ships weigh anchor
and proceed down New York bay to
the point Of dispersal off Sandy Hook
thirteen Of the biggest ships, under
command OF Admiral Osterhaus. will
go to Charleston. s. c.. for awhile.
-Four others will go to the gulf Of Mex
leo and will pay their respects to Mo-
bile, New Orleans. Galveston and PEN
sacola.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-27
Phi, los by American Press Associatioh.
BY CHARLES NJ. LURE.

BY CHARLES NJ. LURE.
KNOW 10y why you folks Of the
east are SO anxious to have con-
gress provide a big navy. You
~ need it to defend this wonderful
coast of ours"
The speaker was a man from Ne
braska, a man of education and intel
-ligence, visiting the Atlantic seaboard
Tor the first time. He stood on he
Deck of a coastwise vessel steaming
southward from New York. AS he
spoke he moved his right arm outward
1n%r-XaaasANaep--seeming to take In
the far distant New Jersey shore and
the weltering expanse of water be-
tween the land and the vessel. "Tn
have to tell my people back home that
there's a good deal of the United States
to protect here"
1t is to show the man from Missouri
and his neighbor from Nebraska and
their compatriots from other states
what has been don in h way OF
building a navy for the protection Of
American coasts that the president and
the secretary of the navy have ordered
the mobilization OF the great fighting
fleet at New York on Oct. 7 to Is. 1t
will be a splendidly big exposition Of
the naval might Of the United States,
the second naval power on earth.
Here the man from the backwoods,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-27

Wsssnss OR many years Joseph e. Wing.
I'll known Familiarity as Alfalfa
Joe" has been pursuing an
LA ideal. He is catching up with
it rapidly; 1t is not far ahead now. 1t
is the placing of alfalfa into every
field of the United States where 1t
will grow and beneit the soil. How
far Mr.. Wing has advanced On the road
toward the realization of his ideal may
he inferred from the facts that only a
few weeks ago n Of the leading
American farm papers referred to al
falfa as 1.-THE king OF forage plants"
Another declared TT begins to look as
IL the United States is to become one
vast alfalfa field" While still another
said, Alfalfa is the only crop that can
be taken off the land year after year
and still have the land increasing in
fertility without applying fertilizer"
To the city dweller with even a rudi-
mentary idea of what real farming and
the exhaustion of fertility mean this
may SOUND a good deal like a paradox,
but the mar who has devoted even a
very short time to the subject of sci
entifc agriculture knows that alfalfa
enriches the soil through its ability to
Adht iliLiO6th NiiC al IN SNoiS -
In the ground.
Authorities agree In calling alfalfa.
which is known also as lucerne, the
most important of American forage
crops. AS such its cultivation is a
matter of Importance to all eaters of
meat and to all users Of dairy products.
Besides, efforts have been made re-
Gently to introduce alfalfa into the hu-
man dietary.
If the efforts succeed we shall have
Joseph e. Wing largely to thank for 1t.
For years he has been preaching alfal-
ia. teaching alfalfa, writing and lectur-
ing about the plant and introducing it
into regions where 1t was unknown.
without irreverence he may be called
"the apostle of alfalfa" He found the
plant in Utah and recognized it as a
good thing, both for himself and for his
country. At first, Of course, he had to
overcome the conservatism of the agri-
culturist. But alfalfa speaks for itself
wherever It is introduced and does not
now need his recommendation
or course Mr.. Wing did not intro
duce alfalfa into America. He only
found 1t in the western states and
worked hard to introduce 1t In the
more easterly parts of America He Is
a farmer by descent and says of him
self that he wac born in 1851 in west
ern New York of a race of farmers.
Came with my parents to Ohio when
five years old and became interested in
farming from work and study on my
fathers farm When . young man
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-27

tleships were fired at once about 200,-
coo pounds of steel would leave the
muzzles on their deadly missions.
TIL. atcst Sun-r-Dreadnouahts.
Every one of these 127 vessels and
every n of the guns, big and little, Is
worth inspection and will receive 1t
from the thousands Of G~othamites and
put of towners who Will visit the fleet.
But the ships which every one is anx-
ious to see are the biggest of them
all. the monster Dreadnoughts Arl1an-
sas and Wyoming.
This will be the first appearance OF
these newly commissioned vessels in
the naval line. Together they account
for $4,000 tons of the $50. 900 tons OF
big fighting ships in the display. They
carry more than 1000 officers n men
each and are the first of American fight
ing vessels to mount main batteries of
twelve twelve-inch guns. The Wyom-
ing will be the new flagship of the At
lantic fleet.
Even New York, used as 1t is to the
visits of big battleships n with mem
cries of the Florida and Utah in last
years line and of the tremendous Ger
man ship Moltke In the recent courtesy
visit of the kaiser's ships. is expected
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-27
JOE" AND HIS WORK

grown on fifty acres of land more than
5000 bushels of shelled corn. l am now
directing the sowing of alfalfa on many
farms in many states. especially in the
SOUTH"
The shrewd Latter Day Saints, or
Mormons. of Utah early recognized the
value of alfalfa. 1t Is believed that
Brigham Young had this plant in
mind when he advised his people to let
the gentiles engage In the rush for
gold, while the chosen people" devor-
ed their attention to the more profit
able fields. FRANK D. NORTON.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-27

went to the west, lived as a rancher In
Utah four years. there became infatu-
ated with the alfalfa plant. Observing
it's tremendous Importance and value
for the east, came home and on the
Ohio farm began growing it in 1890.
Since then nave studied the plant In
nearly every corner Of the Union. in
Europe and South America.
Live now on the old farm. which has
today $50 acres in alfalfa and which
through It's means has become four
times as productive as during our ia
TIERS day. On alfalfa sod the farm has
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-27
THE MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON.

the holiday an occasion for uniting the
various foreign born elements Of the
population of the United States.
In discussing the matter a prominent
Italian American Of Chicago said:
although as Italians we are proud
of the worlds greatest discoverer. CO.
lumbus, we realize that the world also
loves him and that the suitable way Of
honoring him and of making the amt
versary of his landing in the new world
properly celebrated will be to give all
the foreign dement's an opportunity to
Join In the demonstration. We n
from inquiries that many people. In
Guiding not only the English speaking
citizens, but also the German, Polish.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-27

Bohemian and French speaking Amerl-
cans, will join in a generp' celebration
and will insure the success of the in
ternational demonstration" Another
italian American active in the move
ment said:
THE plan of a general Columbus day
celebration taken up by prominent
leaders of the Italian organizations of
Chicago is a splendid lesson for the
American people and II carried out this
year will be an inspiration to the youth
of Chicago"
The twenty-three states which have
formally. by acts OF their legislatures,
recognized the claims of Columbus to
be the father Of an American holiday
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-27

ERETOFORE celebrations OF
- Columbus day. Oct IL. now
observed in twenty-three
u II states as a legal day Of rest.
have been confined by state lines.
There has been no concerted move
ment throughout the United States to
pay honor to the greatest navigator of
all time, who discovered America. al
though he didn't know it. But this
gear has been marked by the beginning
of a movement to make the day & ma
tional holiday, to be observed not only
in every state, but in a national man
ner. The movement originated a short
time ago in Chicago and has gained
Aany adherents. 1t is planned to make
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-27

Nsssnss OR many years Joseph e. Wing.
@ known Familiarity as Alfalfa
Joe" has been pursuing an
IA iAnnl liz ia natchInp I'm with
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-27

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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-09-26

a,
controI OF watersheds Is one VI .ne "a
Vorlte american ine'hous VI po'eo,"s
CITY water SUPPLIES. SUMS ei''ee IVY
large areas Oh iaho' where : uan ve
pought al reasonable nsules' WINE o."-
ers acquire certain risnts wni.n pel
init the protectioh Oh the supply iIoi'
the invasion OF dangerous germs Ot"e.
cities purify their water ny s'oras CIV
Iiitra'ioh. washington mas on. y. ',,e
nnest storage ana hitratioh p'a"ts III
the western hemisphere
Use Of Ultraviolet Rays.
In some European cities the prob
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-09-26
CONCRECAT|ONAL|STS
MEETING AT WE|SfR
Capital News Special Service

Capital News Special Service)
Weiser, Sept. 26-The eighteenth
annual conference Of the Congrega-
tional church Of Idaho opened in this
city yesterday morning with a large
attendance. Much interest is manifest
and a very interesting program is be-
ing carried out. Many workers of
prominence are in attendance The
sessions close tonight. A very inter-
csting and pleasing feature of the pro-
gram was an illustrated lecture on
eastern Turkey. given last night by
DR.. H. NJ. Tenney. who has treaveled
extensively In that far away land.
Those in attendance arc: Rev. A. J.
Sullens. Rev. r. b. Wright, Rev. Lud-
wig Thompson, Rev. Anna Dickerson,
and Mesdamcs w. L. Phelps, Mary
Trayer and c. f. Rust, all OF Boise
Rev. +. H. Knight and wife and Mrs.
J. H. Deangard of New Plymouth;
Rev. l.. G. Knight and Mesdames G.
o. Barnett and w. W. Bailey of Will
son; Rev. Philip Koeing of Ontario:
Mrs. A. Peters, Council Miss Anna
George, PEARL Rev. c. f. Mason and
wife and Mrs. Charles Pascoe Of
Mountain Home; Mrs. r. G. Rowe,
Grand View; Rev. r. H. Gilbert and
wife. Rockland; Mrs. S. P. Noble. Bru-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-09-26
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