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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-05-31
HOPE DOES NOT ENTER HERE

tChares Wellington Furlong. Harper's Wecllp
Cayenne-red pepper the world large. hell
the thousand OF convicts transported to this
isolated northeastern corner Of equatorial South
America. Here il was rumored existed of the
worlds Anticipated and revolving penal systems.
where thousands Of eNiled and doomed Il,
a living death Men from French Guiana had in
timated conditions which Nied with thc crts-lti"~
the old convict ships
Groups hi eruViets lornsed about or ~. Sick
and inca1aclt.ted the lerandas. At ni2ht the
barred door Of each dornitory is locked. and
outside PAGES guard. revolver in hand u'tilneS
under cover of darkness the inmates settle frudS
Occasionally establish leaders. rival gangs fight
cudgels. knives and even paving stones some
disabled others dead, the most indomittle are re-
concled and form Il tyrannical secret socetN. Many
a poor wretch breads the night hours, when one
suspected informing may be set upon by an en-
ragged pack Occasionally murder is committed. in
profound silence. and daylight finds dead or dying
convict in the pas~ig cvay or entrance Questioning
The barracks when smothered cries ana cuisinss
them Of internal strife.
All the men I talked with We're well disposed
toward nae. in particuar-a tall well educated
man with pair Of dark trimmed glasses and large
eyes fearruy strained because Of inability t" secure
proper lenses.
You must NOT lose hope I told group and
almost swallowed my words. Hope burst
ont the rich. tremulous voice the tall man. 1T
is always the same; there is no hope here. 80.
no nope here the echoed mulnur OF lis com
rades
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-05-31
Grape Juice
BY WALT MASON

All honor to the peerless Bryan. who. customs
obsolete deryin' fermented dope escheUs, and there
u, shocks the rcd-nosed stickler who svyal
low good lickler, rich imported booze
Wine, thought, at meals i'm
portant necessary; they had their daily toots
and diligently. the table poured down as much
they able. ana slumbercd their boots
But we've this silly custom. and others Of
the kind. dad bust EN-, which make our fathers
sick: and with alcoholic CULVER wash down
onions ana fried liver with water from the creek
When we attend big swell dinner find that
coffee is winner, il warns TO our toes; we ask
for drinks that leave sober the heavens in
October. and pcIuna And when the long
drawn feast is ended seek our touches feeling
splendid throughout the night: and rise
when have had our slumber without that taste.
the hue of lumber, which makes the mouth q sight
When who have exalted places against old
Booze shall their faces, the nation should APP
pIaud there is time place season when
find a decent drinking forty rod.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-05-31
THE MAN WHO WROTE "sPARTAcUs"

Generation after generation Of American ScH""l
boys have acclaimed "Spartacus to the Gladiators
or .T2cgulus o Carthaginans,' and probably
never stopped wonder what stenographer am )n|
inc ancients took down these celebrated remarks
As matter OF both the work of New
t,reland ceryyrnan Elijah Kellogg. "Spartacus
was written while he q theological student
at Andover in 1912 for the rhetorical exercises 81
his class written three years Later
for a fellow student speak in prize competit1cn
What college youth of these days could VIII"
such forcefuI orations? These have never zen
surpassed some schools it has become neces-
sary to bar them the list at prize speaking
competitions invariably do they carry off the
Irizes.
OF all Elijah Kellogg, these alone
remain known Yet thirty Wholes pne
hooks for bows. some o them tales of the WooCS
and some of school, and for years eloquent
pastor at Seaman's church in Boston He might
have become a Talmage or Il Beecher a Brooks
and gained Il more fashionable pulpit, put
he cung life 10 he fe work he had chosen.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-05-31
A REASON FOR THE MUSTACHE

only in This country. but in London. the
mustache has returned fashion. That
be psychological reason Tor wearing hair the
upper lip has long been suspected. 1t was a Lon
don West End hairdresSer who discovered
long. silky adOrnment Bret Harte is
being OF course. The type enjoying popular
ity London and elsewhere is known as the
toothbrush the 'paintbrush" the eyebrow
Said West End hairdressing expert the other
day: The proper mustache be short,
closely trimmed, stubby and sharply defined 1t
overlap the of the mouth. and
must not conceal the contour of the upper lip The
small mustache serves the same purpose the
patch of the Georgian women-it calls attention
a well formed mouth and excellent teeth
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-05-31
oarnenie or a aRttIeship 2

Mr. Andrew Carnegie believes that the only way
for the United States obtain perpetual peace is
dispense with adequate armament that it
may be disposed to fight provocaton or
even. in self defense If we are for peace thinks
Carnegie. we be exhibiting signs
Therefore. he is against battleshps
Mr.. Carnegie danger of He is
tain there will be with Japan but he gives
u this assurance: contrary to expectations,
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-05-31
DINNER AND DIsHWAsHlNG

There dinner without its DISTINGUISHING.
To every JOY life is attached bit OF Disagree
abene~s, as a thorn grows under the rose, the
apple has i core the banana skin ana the water
melon q rnd
For every picnic somebody must pack the
baskets. after every party some one must sweep
l3,. after every cards some must put
things away and clear the table.
Under all the pIeasantness of life runs cur
of unpleasant things to be done. Back OF
every luxurious automobile thousand work
Somebody curry the horse and wash
one OF the most unfortunate mistakes YOU can
make is to omit teach this 10 your child.
Few recipes happiness more reliable than
this: Form the habit OF paying cheerfuly and as
a matter Expect the in
evitable dishwashng. go it and get it promptly
out Of the Most of the whines come from
people want dinner without the dishNash
ng.-Dr. Frank Crane Woman's World for June.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-05-31
1t REATS PEPSIN

Bill-rm afraid that goat Will be sick. Hes
eaten a lot of newspapers.
Jill guess he'll be all right. The last thing
he was the Literary Digest-YonLers States
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-05-31
EXPECTING ASSISTANCE.

Tall Blonde-Why do YOU tight skirt to
skate You win never be able to get up if YOU fan
down.
Short Brunette-Of course not, you goose not by
m
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-15
HIRED MAN KNEW THE GAME
His Dexterlty on First Base Surprised
the Youngsters Until They Learned
More of His Career.

In the American Magazine Hugh s.
Fullerton writes an article entitled
"The Making of a Big Lacquer" 1t is
the story of one of the greatest ball
players in the United States as told
by himself to Mr.. Fullerton. This
player was a country boy and, OF
course, began to play the game early
He tells the following story about an
incident of his boyhood:
Father had a hired man named
Ned. tall, quiet fellow with pair OF
blue eyes that seemed always about
to laugh, but seldom did. He had been.
with us year. He got drunk perl
odically, and after each spree father
hunted him up and brought him back
to work. We asked him to play with
us, and he laughed and said he reck-
oned he would try to play first base if
paw would let him off. fixed it with
father, and Ned played first barehand-
ed, making catches and stops that
filled us with astonishment. Also he
made five home runs. two into the
railroad pond and three into the barn
lot back of left field. Walking home
that evening he told me he had played
ball professionally. yet it was not until
two years later that learned he once
had been famous outfielder with a
great team"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-15
STATE CAPITAL NOTES.

Attorney General Farrar has ad-
vised Insurance Commissioner Ep-
steen that the new insurance code
prohibits local licensed insurance
agents from paying insurance brokers
q commission.
The board of capitol managers
awarded a contract for the construc-
ton of eight new ornamental light
ing standards, two of which are to
be placed at each of the four en-
frances of the building.
Two amended rules. giving state in.
stitutions and employees greater lib
erty in the matter of appointments
and vacations have been put in effect
by the Civil Service Commission.
An increase in valuation of s22,
099 is announced by the Colorado Tax
Commission in its first annual assess
ment of the public utility corporations
of the state.
Statehouse employees are disturbed
over report that suit is to be filed
by state educational institutions to
change the classifications of appro-
priations for boards and bureaus.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-15
win Prosecute Alleged Ice Trust.

Denver.-State Labor Commissioner
Edwin V. Brake declares that he has
discovered an ice trust in Colorado and
that he will ask that steps be taken
to prosecute 1t. Brake asserts that
evidence of the existence of the trust
was found during the strike Of team
sters and building trades now on at
Pueblo.
"The strikers wanted to supply ice
during the strike to such as did not
want to get 1t from nonunion drivers"
said Brake. They found 1t impossible
to buy the ice in Colorado. although
they had the money in the bank to
pay for it on delivery. One carload
was shipped from Denver. but after
that the supply was cut off. II that
is not clear evidence OF the existence
of an ice combine I do not know what
Is"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-15
OTHERS ALSO IN HARD LUCK
Youthful Artist, However. Was in Nc
Mood to Extend Sympathy to
Fellow Unfortunate.

Two youthful artists having a studio
in Philadelphia, wherein they not only
work, but lodge as well. were obliged
to make shift. not long ago, during a
period of financial stress, with such
meals as they could themselves pre-
pare in the studio.
One morning as the younger of the
two was "sketching in" the coffee he
gave utterance to loud and bitter COM
plant. This is a fine way for gen.
tlemen to live!" he exclaimed.
"Oh, / don't know" was the airy
comment of his friend. Lots of peo-
pie are far worse off. l was reading
only this morning of a recluse who
cooked his own breakfast for 10
years"
"He must have been awfully hun
cry when he finally got 1t DONE" re-
joined the other. avagely.-Harper's
Magazine.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-15
Hunting and Fishing Licenses, 5000.

Denver.-With the receipts for July
twice those for the same month Of
1912, members of the State Fish and
Game Commission believe the sale Of
licenses in 1918 will net 100000. Fish
ing and hunting licenses in the last
two years have brought the state $751;
729. Last year the receipts were $780,
600, and it is believed that this amount
will be doubled. Under the law.
passed by the Nineteenth General AS
sembly with an emergency clause, res
idents of Colorado must pay one dol
lar for fishing and hunting license.
Non-residents must pay $40 for hunt
ing license and sl2 for a combination
license.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-15
MeeInnls Gets HIahe.. Rating.

Denver.-The State Civil Service
Commission announced the result Of
the examination for state immigra-
tion commissioner, which was held
March A. ]. Stanley McGinnis of Den
yer received the highest mark and will
probably receive the appointment.
This position was abolished by the
Legislature. but Governor Ammons ve-
toed the bill and the bureau will be
supported partly by public and partly
by private funds. OF the forty who
took the test twenty-one passed.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-15
PETITIONS
Blk HAVE REQUIRED NUMBER OF
NAMEs-oNE SHORT.
Secretary Pearce Rejects AIamosa
County Bill Referendum-util-
tiles Measure to Be Sub
+ mitted.
western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-Secretary of State Pearce
announced that the check Of tho
names on the referendum petition filed
on bills passed by the last Legislature
had been completed.
The petition for a referendum vote
on the bill creating Alamosa county,
out of portions Of Conejos and Costello
counties, was rejected on the ground
that it was 629 names short OF the
required number. The other six ref
erendum petitions were found to have
enough signatures.
They are: A petition referring tho
entire public utility bill; petition re-
ferring sections 80, Sc and 81 Of the
public utility bill; a petition referring
sections Sc and 81 of the public util-
ity bill; petition referring the COM
mission merchants bill; a petition re-
ferring the bill forbidding privately
paid deputy sheriffs, and petition re-
ferring the bill changing the law on
assumption of risks.
The effect of the rejection Of this
petition will be that the Alamosa
county law is now effective and the
county, for which no officers have
been appointed, has a legal existence.
The six referendum petitions which
were legally filed and one initiated
bill, declaring newspapers to be public
utilities, are all now in sight for vote
at the next state election.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-15

It is not in the soil, or the fertilizer.
or the weather. nor in any other fac
tor. important though each may be.
The first essential is to breed up
corn for points with the same care
given tn animals or fowls. Type.
quality, stamina, productiveness, etc.
must be known. must be sought for
and improved with each season. 1t
is not enough to pick out perfect ears
or such as may be attractive at harv-
est time. 1t is necessary that one
shall know the plant that produced the
ear. and all the conditions of its
growth and environment.
There are many mysteries to be
solved in this question of seed selec-
ton with the view to breeding up a
more productive type of corn. My
own experiments in this direction will
indicate some of the difficulties to be
met with. In husking the corn in
the fall of 1908 | came across Just
one stalk containing two ears. 1t
was the first l had ever met with.
though upon inquiry l find that farm
ers do frequently come across such
two-eared stalks. though they never
pay any attention to them, but throw
them In the crib with the others.
II occurred to me, however. that 1t
would be well to plant from those two
ears and endeavor to raise a two
cared type. One ear was of good size
and the other about two-thirds as big.
Weighing them the large one weighed
IA ounces and the small 9is ounces.
The large ear was an average ear
such as every stalk carried. Thus
this particular plant gave 91s ounces
more than any other plant. This gain
would mean almost ton more to the
acre II the corn could be bred to
yield two ears. It would mean even
more II the two ears could be made to
attain a good size instead of one be-
ing large and one small as in this
case.
The corn was of a variety called
yellow-flint, obtained originally of a
nearby farmer. From these two ears
| selected $50 kernels, discarding the
butts and tips. The field in which
this was planted was fall plowed and
dressed during the winter with a
liberal application of high quality
of stable manure, as I keep such in a
cement-bottomed pit The twoeared
s6ed was planted at one end of the
main corn field. 1t should, of course.
have had a separate plot, and 1t may
be that the tendency to revert to one
ear was due in part to It's contiguity
to the ordinary corn.
The $50 kernels made 210 hills.
Fourteen failed to come up, probably
being eaten by worms or mice. The
termination showed very strong vital
ity. However, of the GIG stalks, all
from the two-eared seed, only 1876
stalks produced a double ear. About
one-fifth.
Another interesting point, showing
clearly the tendency to reversion to
remote ancestors. is found in the fact
that while the two-seed ears were OF
~ rows about 10 per cent. of the
yield was of one eight-rowed cobs
Although this variety of flint corn
will show frequent ears OF 12 and II
rows. 1t may be considered properly
an eight-rowed type of corn. Thus
we see that after throwing the sport
of-a two-eared stalk, there is not
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-15
Mothers Pension Fund Exhausted.

Denver.-A report of mothers pen
sions to be distributed between Jant.-
ary 1, 1913, and January l, 1914, unde
the new mothers compensation Law
has been completed by Juvenile Cour'
officers 1t shows that the entire ap
preparation of s4.s00 for pensions in
Denver has been exhausted. Mrs. Ida
L. Gregory, clerk of the Juvenile
Court, who acts as adviser to the
court in awarding pensions, asks for
an appropriation of $4,000 in 1914.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-15
He GUESSED He Knew.

One of the keepers at the bird-house
in Bronx park has nature story to
tell. There came to the park public
school teacher and a class of children.
They stood by the great open.air cage
One of the birds was a goose.
Now, children" the teacher asked.
what is the male of the goose called ?"
After a full half-minute, boy of
Scotch ancestry ventured to answer:
Il think l know, teacher; he's
mongoose."-New York Evening Post
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-15
G01D LAN3 0WL4GH SZzLH AN
zHREE SZX[k&5 M EzGH KZLL

sufficient stamina In all the SEEDS 10
reproduce like the parent. The corn
reverted not only to the one-eared but
to the eight-rowed type.
This is one of the mysteries that
will have to be solved. no doubt be-
fore highly-productive two-eared
type of corn can be raised with the
qualities of the parent SO fixed that
it can be relied upon to maintain
big average yield. 1t may be due to
weakness of inbreeding.
Some OF the ears weighed over a
pound each. making over two pounds
to the stalk. II this could be aver
aged for an entire corn field 1t would
yield over ten tons to the acre.
Such may seem an exaggeration or
an impossibility, but 1t so only in
comparison with what we have been
accustomed to. Even II by judicious
selection of two-eared seed each
year still the type could not be fixed
SO as to produce even yields of the
maximum amount, yet II 1t gave an
increase of 20 per cent. as 1t did in
my experiment. the return would be
a big one for what is involved. 1t
does not imply added cost, in the pro-
duction, hut only a greater care and
interest in ones work.
Another thing to be kept in mind
in breeding up type of corn for high
er productiyeness is that the number
of kernels to the ear and their size
has an important bearing on the yield
of grain.
A corn expert once figured out that
If the productiveness of corn could
be increased by only one kernel to
each ear. on the entire crop it would
mean gain of 80 tons of grain!
Even though the figures be not abso-
Lutte there is no gainsaying that the
increase of yield would be a very big
amount in the aggregate. The point
is made very clearly in the accom-
panying photographs which show
eight, ten and twelve-rowed ears of
corn. Each ear was exactly the same
in weight being IL ounces each. The
eight-rowed ear gave seven ounces of
grain. and had a cob weighing four
ounces the ten-rowed ear weighed up
eight ounces of grain and had a
three ounce cob. The twelve-rowed
ear gave S1a ounces of grain. A diff
ference of an ounce and a half to the
ear of actual grain is an appreciable
gain worth striving for. But that
does not mean that such is the limit
of the gain to be obtained. 1t would
be quite within reason to obtain ten
fold that increase.
The chief requisite to substantial
progress in the growing of a more
productive corn must be the skill and
judgment of the worker. The first
essential is no doubt seed selection,
but this does not merely mean the
picking out of the best looking ears
either at harvest time or in the husk-
ing. 1t is necessary that the grower
shall watch the corn from the first
start of the seed and through the
growing.
Vigor, productiveness and early
ripening should be noted, not merely
in the mind. but in a book, and the
stalks should be marked SO that they
can be identified at any time. My
method is to snip out little bits of
tin; punch hole through them at
one side and put bit of thin wire
through and twist this loosely about
the stalk when marking it. On the
tin scratch a number with a sharp
awl. There is not likely to occur
any accident that can destroy this
| tag or erase the figures
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-15
Hard to Get Books Back.

The British Museum ordered King
George ito return at once" a manu-
script. The king is like the rest of
us. probably, when 1t comes to bor-
rowing books
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-15
Important to Mothers
His Views,

DO you eat the same kind of grub
you feed the summer boarders?'
Il do" answered Farmer Whiffie-
tree
"A farmers life is a hard one. amt
it?" responded the city man
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-15

Red Gross Bag Blue. much better, goes
farther than liquid blue. Get from any
good grocer. Adv.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-15

Still, a woman's vanity isn't in it
with a mans conceit
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-15

If you would hit the target of sue
cess you must aim before you shoot
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-15

Few men are strong enough to keep
their faces closed
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-15
No Dubious Situations.

No Dubious Situations.
DO you assimilate your food. Mrs.
Jones?"
NO. we don't. We pay cash on the
spot
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-28
CHARLESTON ENTRIES.

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4Vah A-Ths entries Tor te-morrov's
sA(ps ere - follows:
psi RAoE-&rnss $50; uvssysaro,d, -
sD1hsd; ssllinG; five anA . hAf Awioua.-s0sr.
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ri sNa RAv. io1 Island oussa, lG: o,SnG
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coND AAcI-Puss sioo; tvoy0resS;
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1e4 DastR Str. 100; M WsAsR iCI; VoodS
49,. 1W; Nh ChAsvot. 1O7; R10usl POI. Of ,
~ 107; 1uby Hyans. III; RarwoeI III
~ p and Faster atas. xaddsa sDtry,
aIRD RACE-Puns e<00; tArssys.rosd,
su& upward: handicap: mile aad . GxtssntA
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rSpa. iot; LochAsl III. Pssos s.d Loensi
6URrH aAcE-Tss r.,,ssse p,,e,, s,,..
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--ernadotts. III; Tale Canaas, III; Ohilto.
klB. HI; Early LAght. III; HsnpccA. iOS
NDocacy. ii2 Hsnpsck and Aoaouscy. nm,
NTH RAOE-Puns $500; Tnr,,,,.rols.
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