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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-02

terranean until the first OF the year.
Then she will be started eastward
through the Suez Canal, and will
visit India. Ceylon. China. Japan. the
Philippines and Honolulu.
The return home will be made by
way OF San Francisco and the Pan
anna Canal Mr.. and Mrs. Letter and
their young sons. Joseph Letter, Jr.
and John Letter. win make the entire
trip. In Europe they win be joined
by Mrs. Letters parents and sisters,
Colonel and Mrs. John r. Williams.
and the Misses Frances and Dorothy
Williams. They have also arranged
to meet former Representative and
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth and have
them as guests on part OF the cruise.
The Niagara win be overhauled be
fore the trip starts. The yacht is OF
steel. She is 2S2 feet over all. Se
feet beam. and IS feet draft. She has
a speed OF ~ to rs knots. and was
built especially for long trips
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-02

bish or trash, such as large dry weeds,
sticks, etc, That will interfere with
cultivation or which will cause the
soil TO lose moisture.
The spot selected should be top.
dressed with well rotted stable ma.
nure or that from the pigpen or poul.
try house. Use all OF these; there is
no danger Of getting the soil too rich.
But be sure and get the manure well
mixed with the soil After blowing
and narrowing the piece Of ground,
scatter 1875 pounds Of high-grade com,
mercial fertilizer over 1t and work Il
in three or four inches with a cult
yator. Cultivate the garden all you
can before planting. 1t matters not
how rich the garden IL. the fertilizer
will warm IL early In the spring. and
also start and help to keep up a ranI
growth throughout the season.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-02
CASH IN EARLY VEGETABLES
Half an Acre viii Produce Asto plsh-
Ingly Large Amount of Truck II
Worked lntellieently.

For those who live close to a vii.
lage or small city the early vegetable
catches the dimes and dollars. Even
though there are many gardens in
town, there are a great many who
prefer to buy their vegetables. In
connection with the sale of vegetables
early plants pay a handsome dividend
says contributor to the Farm and
Home.
The great thing in gardening is tc
have the vegetables ready a week OIL
two before the other fellow. You
not only get the advantage of high
prices at the first OF the season, but
when once customer, if your goods
are o X, you can hold them through
out the season.
A quarter of an acre is large
enough to begin with This amount
y worked intelllgently, will produce
an astonishing amount of truck.
The piece Of ground selected for the
garden should be cleared of all rub
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-02
TO BECOME HER HUSBAND'S LAW PARTNER

interesting She has completed the
second volume written by that noted
expounder of the law, and she knows
all about "Shelleys case" Next fall
she intends entering either Georgetown
University Law school or the George
Washington Law school, both of which
institutions are located in Washing
ton.
In accordance with her present
plans, Mrs. MCGUIRE expects to grad
uate in law and be ready to hang out
her single, if need be, by the time
the term of Mr.. Mcclure as member
of congress expires, two years hence.
She reads Latin, German and French
f1uently and as understandingly as
she does English, and has already
grasped the principles that govern the
practice of law in manner that is
highly pleasing to her intimates at the
national capital 1t is likely that
upon her graduation from law school
that Mrs. MCGUIRE will form a law
partnership with Congressman Nc
CURE. and that the firm. Mcclure G.
Mcclure, attorneys at law" may be
launched in one of Oklahoma's cities.
In any event, Mr.. Mcclure will have
valuable side partner In the law
II he should ever be retired from the
halls of congress, where he has served
both the state and territory Of Okla
homa for number Of years.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-02

weight Of horses fed alfalfa than those
fed timothy hay.
Horses fed corn and alfalfa ate %
per cent. less grain than those fed the
mixed ration, and lost pounds more
in weight per head in eight weeks.
The ration of corn and alfalfa cost 6
cents less per horse per day than the
mixed ration.
Horses fed ground corn and oats
with wheat brcr, Gil meal, timothy and
alfalfa hay consumed per cent. less
feed and gained pounds more in
weight per head in six weeks than
those fed whole corn and oats with a
Similar ration.
Farm work horses at hard labor
should receive from l 1-5 to l 1-3
pounds of grain, and from 1 to is
pounds of hay per 100 pounds of live
weight per day, in order that Their
weight may be maintained.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-02
/. & n.
r..ne Card No. l36

Effective Sunday. Jan. %. 1918.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
No. &C. &N o. Linn. 11:56 .. n
M. si-St. l.. Express 5:35 p. y
No. 99-Dixie Limited. 10:41 D. m.
No. 95 Dixie Flyer. 9:0l q. m
No. 65-Hopkinsville Ac. 7:0S .. NJ
No. IS st. l.. Fast Mail 5:33 q. q
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. &C. & St. L. Linn. 5:25 q.
No. 52-St. LOUIS Express. 9:52 a. m
No. 9S-DixieiLimited. 7:03'a. m.
No. A.-Dixie Flyer, 6:53 p. o.
No. Sc -Hopkinsville Ac. $3.50 y. u
No. 3D. Il. L. Fast Mail. 10 p. =
Nos. IS end "a will make Nos. *
and Sis stops except "a will not stoI
at Warrington and No. 95 Wi.
not stop at Warrington or Empire.
NOS. and 81 connect at ST. Louis Tor
Slnts west.
80. 81 connects at Guthrie for iMemphis ano
.mts as far south as Erin. and for sLouisvills
ncinnati and the East.
Nos. So and IS make direct connections at Guth.
4 for Louisville. Cincinnati and all points north
nd east thereof. NOS. So and 55 also connect for
'sunhis and way points
10, 2 runs through to Chicago and will not
cry Passengers to points south of evansville.
In. 80 carries through sleepers to Atlanta. Ma.
"a. Jacksonville. st. Augustine and, Tampa. Fla.
10 Pullman sleepers to New orleens. Connects
Guthrie for points East and West. No SO viii
o., carry local passengers for points north OF
ashv lie. Tenn.
G.. HOOP. Ast
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-02
VARIOUS FEEDS FOR HORSES
Desirable to Know Value Of Different
Rouahaoes In Determining on
Economical Ratlons.

The problem Of feeding work horses
IL one involving the economical pro.
duction of energy and maintenance OF
health. II Is Of considerable impor.
lance to know how much hay and how
much grain farm horse at hard labor
should receive In order that he may
work with the greatest efficiency and
economy. With high priced grains II
In very desirable to know the relative
value OF different roughages in order
that economy may be practiced In
making up a ration for work horses.
In order to determine some of these
points a number of experiments have
been conducted at the Illinois station,
ten teams being used in the tests, with
the following results:
But little difference was observed IN
the value OF clover and timothy hay
when fed in conjunction with corn.
oats, oil meal and wheat bran, the
difference being slightly in favor Of
clover.
The results show q slight saving due
TO mixing ground grain with chaffed
clover hay. but not sufficient to justify
the expense
Horses fed alfalfa and timothy ate
less grain and hay and gained slightly
more in weight than those fed clover
and timothy while doing the same
amount of labor.
Twenty to twenty-five per cent. less
grain was required to maintain the
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-02

hoWdIu NOulu .
steam yacht Mag
ara. The timer
airy and person
mel OF the party
which will accom-
pany the Letters
were announced
the other day.
The Letters
have planned one
OF the lon st
continuous cruises
ever made by a
yacht,
The start will
be made fro m
New York this
fall. After spend
ing some time In
British wa 10 r ..
ruise In the Medi-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-02

man that ever
sat In any legisla-
ture. comes from
Oklahoma IN d
represents a dis
trict where he is
known by his first
name to 95 per
cent. Of the popu-
lation above the
age of four.
With this wide
acquaintance he
has "a heavy cor
respondence. and
is called upon to
do a lot of writ
ing about Indians
and Indian af-
fairs. Therefore
he must have a
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-02

homa district, is
studying law in
Washington, and
intends to become
a lawyer.
1t is the theory
of Mrs. Mcclure
that all women,
no matter what
their social or
financial promi-
nence, should fit
t b e m s e | v e 8
to meet the battle
of life, ana should
be in a position to
earn their own liv-
ing, If need be,
and with this in
view she has
taken up the
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-02

study of law. A dispatch from Wash
ington says:
During the warm summer months
Mrs. Mcclure, who is one of the most
charming and accomplished hostesses
in the official life of the nations cap
ital, has been devoting her spare time
to reading Blackstone. Blackstone Is
not looked upon by most persons as d.
verting summer reading, but the Okla
homa congressman's wife finds 1t most
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-02


Is again on the
war path. At al
most regular In
tervals this
quaint old per
son. finding time
hanging rather
heavy on his
h an DIS, gathers
some OF his help
around him and
goes cut and kills
q rev brltlSn sol
diers. ju st to
show his con-
tempt for the
Rrfftoh nroforf0-
rate. His latest
d Q pre- d II on
against the peace
and dignity OF
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-02

swift and accurate and intelligent
stenographer. who can imprison the
tongue-twisting Indian names in the
stenographic notes.
Also Scott Ferris diction is some
thing like the onrushing roar of a
transcontinental fiier, and the stenog-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-02
LETTERS TO TAKE CRUISE IN GOULD YACHT

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Letter will
make a years tour OF the world in
HowarH GOuldfa
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-02

Hail Muhammed Abdullah, the So
jailed Mad MuIlah OF somaliland. In
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-02

Mrs. Bird S. Mcclure, wife of Con-
gresham MCGUIRE of the First Okla
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-02
SCOTT FERRIS TOO FAST FOR YOUNG STENOG.

Handsome" Scott Ferris. said by
the Democrats to be the handsomest
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-02

Sheep In United States.
There are 100000 sheep In the
United States.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-02

weight Of horses fed alfalfa than those
fed timothy hay.
The day book., 1913-05-15

mantle notions. For instance, the
outline of those areas which we call
continents is foolishly compared with
the face of a man, who is popularity
considered, / understand, to watch
over the sickentng sentimentalities Of
lovers. AS though the pure and exact
science of astronomy could be COM
pared with such idiotic philander-
ings! Do you not agree with me,
Miss MarstOn?"
eyes" answered Miss Marston in a
low voice.
''Not that have anything against
love" Professor Blythe continued. "It
is, presume, a necessary evil But it
should be faced with equanimity and
serenity, like death, not made the
subject for senseless comparisons
and flights of unframed fancy. Were
you ever in love, Miss Marston?"
81 can see that you weren't, and
couldn't be-" exclaimed Miss Mar
ston, rising suddenly and speaking
with something approaching anger.
Goodnight, Professor Blythe"
An instant later she was gone,
leaving the professor quite astonish-
ed at her sudden departure.
why" he rUminated, Miss Mar
ston was almost-almost feminine
tonight" And this started him upon
a new and strange course Of cogi-
tation.
Miss Marston has gone, Profess
sor," said the elderly housekeeper
when he descended from his obser-
vatory later that evening.
":Gone!" calculated the professor
in surprise.
"Gone home to Baltimore by the
night train,'' she answered, looking
at him significantly. But the profess
sor only murmured his surprise, and
If he thought about Miss Marston
subsequently he kept his reflections
to himself.
The day book., 1913-05-15

get Miss MarStOn back, he said. Y
"She was the best assistant ever
had" ~
''Well, why don't you get herr" in-@
quired the housekeeper. 'Ei
"Get herw calculated the profess
sor- >''Why, she wanted to go home;s
she was tired of the work 20
Mrs. Higgins smiled sourly and
thrust her elderly features within a
few inches of the professors.
do you know why she left?" she
asked. Because people were talk
ing about you and her and thinking
you were going to be married. No
lady could stand for that"
"BIess my soul! No lady could
stand for getting married?" inquired
Professor Blythe.
mo, stand for talking about it
when it wasn't so. There!' said the
housekeeper.
The professor went away in deep
thought.
do you think she would come
back?" he inquired the next evening.
'I mean if-if-"
"Try her," /" responded Mrs. Higgins,
grimIy. So that night a letter went OFF
to Baltimore and, ten days later, Miss
Marston appeared, resplendent in
new hat and gown.
''WeIl, Pm ready" she announced.
81 feel very guilty to have left you,
professor; that is, before we finished
the craters."
They went up into the observatory
together. But somehow neither ofgc
them could work that evening. Andb
as he sat beside Miss Marston Profess Is
sor Blythe felt the strangest impulse
to keep her there. His right arm, dj
which seemed to have acquired an ii
automatic motion independent of his 9g
control, gradually moved out until q
Professor Blythe found that it wasaa
encircling Miss Marston's waist. n
Erno Won think vOu nDI1Id or 10
The Delta independent., 1913-10-24
(Champion.)

(Champion.)
Mrs. Joe Hirschfeld went to Mont
rose Tuesday to visit her mother
Mrs. Finley Roberts and children
left Saturday for Michigan where they
will visit relatives until after the holi-
days.
Miss Josephine Ensign. and brother,
John, who have been spending the
summer here, left yesterday for their
home in Cameron, Mo.
Mrs. C. Steinacker of Hoboken, N.
j. arrived Thursday evening Of last
week to visit her sister, Mrs. Phil
Weston. Her coming was entirely a
surprise.
Sunday evening the team driven by
Mr. Yandell ran away and he was
thrown from the wagon and badly
bruised about the head and one arm
badly sprained.
Nelson Mohr and wife of Lincoln.
Kan, is visiting a few days with the
E. d. Smith and w. S. Wright fami-
|1ies. They are on their way to Cali
fornia to spend the winter.
J. P. Utterback went to Hotchkiss
yesterday to load out a car of honey.
When this car is shipped he will have
handled almost five cars of honey
which is valued at close to $4,000.
On Thanksgiving night the Odd Eel
lows will give a dance at the Cedar
edge hall for the purpose of raising
funds with which to entertain the
Delta and Montrose county association
next spring. When the Odd Fellows
give dance it always means an en-
tertaining affair.
John Carter of Grand Junction and
Jas. Buzzard have purchased the Ce-
daredge meat market from w. S. Girar-
det and will take charge next Monday.
Mr.. Carver is practical meat cutter
and the excellent service of the mar
ket will be rontinucd under the new
management.
The past week has been ideal for
the apple harvest and practically all
of the crop is off the trees and under
The Delta independent., 1913-10-24
(Chronicle)

Apple crop is about gathered.
Ben Head is busy building cellar,
hen house and shed.
Bob Ashbaugh is threshing for some
of the neighbors this week.
Herman Kreumling sold his ranch
on Crystal Creek to Gus Sundberg.
Sam Porter finished stacking his
thresh.
Farmers are digging spuds. The
quality good but not an overly heavy
crop.
Elmer Turpenson has been hauling
ing rock for the Onion valley head
gate and Vern Trobaugh is hauling
sand.
Siege Stratton and Jess Barrow pas
sed through the valley Tuesday with
a fine bunch of beef cattle on their
way to the old Mcintyre place.
A. w. Morrow, Lee Savage, Ed Pitts
and Chas. Lemon shipped several car
loads of beef from Sapinero Wednes-
day.
Miss Alta McKissen. who has spent
the summer in Norwood, Colo came
home last Friday.
Dan Mcintyre, Attorney Hotchkiss
and a couple of other Hotchkissites
were Crawford visitors Tuesday.
John VanEngen took in the Harvest
Home Festival and Flying match ex-
hibition in Delta Friday.
J j. ii. Layman came down from Cry
stal creek Saturday on account of the
poor health of his wife, It being too
high for her.
Miss Gladys Fisher rode over from
Redlands mesa Saturday and visited
ct the w. l.. Savage home until Sun
day afternoon.
|. II. Williams has purchased a fine
rsaddle horse from Frank Smith and
now the girls are thinking of the horse
back rides they will have.
A. B. Sanderson, optometrist. came
in from the San Luis Valley this week
and will visit with oldtime friends a
few days Mr.. Sanderson was one of
the Smith Fork pioneers, having lived
here some twenty years ago.
The Delta independent., 1913-10-24
PAoNIA
(The Paonian.)
. . . . . . . . . . . . =

| (The Paonfan.)
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Curtis drove to
Delta in their Cadillac Tuesday, hav
ing as their guests Mrs. NJ. H. Criss
man and her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T
X. Lamb, of Delta.
Mrs. S. ]. Patton came in from Den
yer few days ago, to spend some
time with hey people here and to get
acquainted with Baby Myer.
Mr. Amber who has been looking
after his apple crop in this vicinity
which was grown by ]. F. Taylor, re
turned Monday to his home in cas-
tern Nebraska
Mrs. Finkle stopped off a few days
bn her return from California, to
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Meek, also her sisters and brother.
We have recently heard of the ar.
rival of a little stranger in the home
of our former townspeople. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. L. Binord, at Whittier, Calf.
prnia We extend congratulations.
Paonia people who attended the
glad to shake the hands of John Davis,
Bert and Tom Edwards. Harry Elder,
| w. H. Upton, Harry Bunker and
many other former Paonians who are
now residents of the county seat.
A deal was closed the first of the
week whereby DR.. L. l.. Crawford be-
comes the owner of a fine residence
in Littleton, Colorado, and the First
National Bank is the owner of the
Crawford ranch just across the river
from Paonia.
w. T Boetjer, cashier of the Fruit
Exchange Bank, and T. H. Dunbar, the
druggist, returned Friday night from
few days fishing at Gunnison. They
took in the Harvest Home Festival in
Delta, Mrs. Dunbar meeting her hus-
band there.
Michael Kiser, who visited some
weeks in the homes of his daughters,
Robbins, left this morning for Coll
bran to visit with his sister. Mrs. l. N
Glover, before returning to Pennsyl-
Eania.
Mrs. NJ. ]. Hoskins and Mrs. C. n.
Draper are enjoying a visit this week
with their sisters, Mrs. Crumley. of
Pleasant Plain, Iowa, and Mrs. Hin
shaw, of Richland, Iowa Mrs. Crum-
(ley was accompanied by her two sons
and her daughter.
Glenn Richards came in Thursday
evening from the west and remained
lin the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. B. Richards. until yesterday
morning. Glenn has been practicing
dentistry in Nevada and Utah for a
year and now returns to Denver to
complete his course.
The Delta independent., 1913-10-24

| she is teaching school, for short visit
with friends in town.
Word was received that Bruce Duke
had his left shoulder quite badly hurt
last week in a class fight at Colo
RADIO College.
Ray Doughty went over to Cedar
his business fora couple of weeks.
An argument over the ball game
Sunday evening resulted in fight in
which two Paonia boys and two Hotch-
kiss boys participated. They all plead
guilty and donated fine of five dol
lars and costs to Judge Blackwell.
The Delta independent., 1913-10-24
HoTcHKIss
} . . . . . . . . . . . . I

(Herald)
Miss Dennis is spending this week
with her parents at Olathe.
E. A. Browne, the Crawford banker,
was a passenger for Delta last Mon
day.
William Lorah, who has been visit
ing his brother, Joe, returned to his
home in Hugesville, Pa, Monday
morning.
c. C. and Mrs. Hawkins were pas
sengers Sunday enroute to Hutchin-
son, Kansas, where C. C. goes to find
a market for about twenty cars of
apples. We trust he will be able to
make profitable sale.
Mrs. Jessie Field left Saturday for
Onargo, Illinois, where she will spend
mothers business and will bring the
old lady home with her, and she will
make her home in Hotchkiss.
Jim Girardet was over Sunday from
Cedaredge and told US that the elec-
trio power company that has a fran
chise for line in Hotchkiss is still
on the map and will soon overcome
the obstacles that are delaying it.
Tom Seaton and wife came up Sat
urday evening, returning to Delta on
Monday morning. Tom is going out
on a bear hunt for a week or two and
then return to Delta and spend the
winter there and at Hotchkiss.
Mrs. Hinman and Inez, Poe, left on
Tuesday morning for Boulder, where
Mrs. Hinman will visit her parents
for a couple of weeks and Inez will en-.
ter the State University, to prepare
herself for a professional nurse.
We received a letter this week from
Mrs. NJ E. Kennedy, who has taken
up a homestead near Cedar, Colorado
stating that she has a bright future
for a good and profitable home. She
raised a good crop this year on rented
ground, but is now living on her
homestead.
The Delta independent., 1913-10-24
Herald.

George Hider was in town the last
of the week visiting and looking after
business matters.
F. W. Simonds left last Friday
morning fir Chicago where he was call
ed on account of his fathers death.
DR.. ]. ]. Williams and family NOV
ed this week into the house on Third
street formerly occupied by Ed Cod
dard.
and about twenty cars of apples are
piled on the platforms and only one
car on the tracks.
Miss Francis Blakley arrived Friday
evening from Fruitland mesa where
The Delta independent., 1913-10-24

cover. Packing is being rushed as
rapidly as possible. The road to Aus
'tin and Saxton is lined almost con-
tinually with apple wagons.
The Delta independent., 1913-10-24
CRAWFORD

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The Delta independent., 1913-10-24
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The Washington times., 1913-11-08
Tiger Cross-Country
Runners Are Winners

NEW YORK, Nov. S.-Darkness
spoiled the dual cross-country run be-
tween Columbia and Princeton yester-
dav at Van Cortlandt Park, but not
until the Tigers had soundly trounced
their opponents by an overwhelming
score of IS to 49. on the last lap the
FIRST six Princeton runners mistOOk the
course. and cut nearly two city blocks
of the distance. They were all we'll
ahead of Gertz, the first Columbia man
To finish.
NJ. J. Hayes, Of Princeton, ran won
derful race, anod when his teammates
began 10 falter at the end of the first
lap. he dropped back and encouraged
them. II was his coaching that kept
the Tigers together, and allowed them
to finish i'm Il bunch. Seven Princeton
runners crossed the line before the first
Columbia man put in an appearance.
Barnett led the pack the first time
.nund. passing the half way mark in
"a - His lead was one of inches
only. however. for Captain Morrison
and Hayes were right on his heels. On
the run home Hayes took the lead and
won by fifteen yards.