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Eastern Colorado times. (Cheyenne Wells, Colo.) 1912-1913, 1913-05-09
SUGGESTIONS FOR CON-
BATTING POCKET GOPHERS.

The loss caused by pocket gopher
throughout the United States has
! been estimated by the Department of
Agriculture to reach the enormous
sum of twelve million dollars annu-
ally.
They take to traps or poison much
more readily than either prairie-dogs
or ground squirrels, but on account
of living in subterranean tunnels, it
is difficult to set the trap or place
the poison in the proper place, Traps
must be set in the main runways or
we'll down in the short lateral that is
thrown out from the same. Poison
must be placed in the main tunnel,
otherwise it will be covered up by the
dirt and pushed out By the gophers
and miss the purpose for which it was
intended. Poison may be placed ia
the main runway by opening up the
laterals until it is reached, or by us
ing steel pointed prod from the sur
face. The latter is the best method
but impossible in some sections of the
state. In sol! that is dry and hard the
gophers are apt to burrow too deeply
for the prod to reach, and in that case
the only thing to do is to work
through the laterals.
When there is an abundance of wa
ter, flooding is one of the best means
of control If the water is used in
warm weather, ii man should be there
to kill the animals when they are driv-
en- to the surface. y good dog will
enjoy the sport. If flooding is done
in cold weather the gophers will chill
| to death upon reaching the surface.
The following formula will be found
very effective forpoisoning these pests:
Whole corn or chopped parsnips, orr
sugar beets, quarts.
Strychnine (sulphate powered) l-2
ounce.
Salt, 12 pint.
| Starch, II pint.
Water, l IL pints.
Observation-Disclosures the strych-
nine in the water, add the starch and
salt, beat thoroughly with Dover
egg-beater until all are thoroughly
mixed, put over fire and heat until
starch begins to thicken, stirring con-
stantly; pour the poisoned solution
over the grain or vegetables, spread
and dry.
One teaspoonful of the poison is
sufficient for each runway or lateral>
w. L. BURNETT,
Colorado Agricultural College.
Eastern Colorado times. (Cheyenne Wells, Colo.) 1912-1913, 1913-05-09

test, but he thought that he was
to be the one exception, the man
who could win the victory. But
ne didn't win. They never do
win who start out on such a trial
Of strength. The end is always
the same, dishonor, humiliation,
shame and suffering of every
kind. .Seabrook died in delirium
tremens. He had one supreme
agony of mind, when all the dew
lis and snakes of hell tormented
him. and then he was dead, dead
at a time when he ought to be in
the beginnings Of a mellow ma
turity, the kind of maturity in
which Joe Jefferson was at his
best and during which he gave
his friends and admirers their
greatest out Of art.
But Joe Jefferson didn't drink
the stuff, while Thomas @ Sea-
brooke drank it and was fool
enough to believe that he could
get away with it.
Eastern Colorado times. (Cheyenne Wells, Colo.) 1912-1913, 1913-05-09
One Mans Failure.

The Cedar Rapids Ia. Repub-
lican breaches powerful tenn
perance sermon and it ought to
be read in every home in Amer
lea. The Republican says; Thom-
as Seabrooke died in Chicago the
other day in miserable surround
ings. A dozen years or so ago
he was easily the foremost come
dian on the stage. He was a
born comedian. There was no
horse play effect in his acting.
At that time he was able to make
SIS, 600 year, for he could
draw audiences that would war;
rant a manager in paying him
such a salary. The announce
ment that Seabrooke was in the
cast always filled a theater in
those days.
But Seabrooke made one mis-
take. He thought he could get
away with John Barley-corn and
put him under the table. He
knew that other men had failed,
miserably, in the unequal con-
Eastern Colorado times. (Cheyenne Wells, Colo.) 1912-1913, 1913-05-09

next State campaign in New Jer-
sey and drive the traitors out of
public life.
No one here doubts that the
President will be equally vigor-
GUS and definite in dealing with
any senator or congressman who
may prove false to his country
and his party in the struggle
which is now being waged in
Washington.
Eastern Colorado times. (Cheyenne Wells, Colo.) 1912-1913, 1913-05-09
Quick Learners.

Mr.. Young My little girl is
nearly two years old, and hasn't
learned to talk yet"
Mr.. Peck. Don't let that worry
you. My wife says she didn't
learn to talk until she was nearly
three, and now"
But Mr.. Peck's voice at this
point was choked with sobs.
Stray Stories.
Eastern Colorado times. (Cheyenne Wells, Colo.) 1912-1913, 1913-05-09
Washington Letter,
BY Edward'Keating,
Congressman-at-Large
From Colorado.

The money trust is beginning :
to lose it's grip on the treasury OF
the United States. Secretary OF
the Treasury, McAdoo, has an
nounced that the National banks
must pay 2 per cent, per annum !.
on government funds deposited
with them. AS Uncle Sam has
about $50, 100000 in the banks
lust now, that means that ne
will collect the tidy sum of 81
200, 1000 rs interest every year.
The Secretary estimates thae
if his predecessors had taken the
same position during the last
sixteen years the government
would have profted to the extent
of more than $50, 900, 900.
1t developes that during the ne
panic of 1907, when Roosevelt
was in the White House, and the
banks were issuing cashiers GER
tificates, Uncle Sam had on de-
posit with national banks $751;
600 900 and was not charging a
penny of interest for it.
This vast sum was not being
used to relieve the needs OF the
ordinary man, he couldn't even
check against the money he had
on deposit with the banks, but
it was being manipulated by
Morgan and his lieutenants SO as
to control the stock market.
Eastern Colorado times. (Cheyenne Wells, Colo.) 1912-1913, 1913-05-09
CIVIL WAR VETERAN
Woman In Disguise.

QUINCY, ILL, May AL
bert d.. Cashier, Civil war vet
eran, and an inmate of the Sol
diers and Sailors home here, is
a woman. Her sex was revealed
today by Col. j. O. Anderson,
superintendent of the home.
That the woman, whose real
name will probably never be
known, because recently she be-
came demented. served three
years in the Union army during
the Civil war, is shown by records
She was mustered out of the
service in 1866. and a few years
later was placed on the govern
ment pension roll.
She entered the Soldiers home
two years ago and at that time
her sex was known only to Col
onel Anderson but he promised
not to reveal her secret. His
promise has been fulfilled mas
much as the woman, two weeks
ago was adjudged insane and in
a few days will be committed to
the state hospital.
She was born in Ireland, De-
cember 25,. 1874, but the place of
her birth is not known. 1t is
thought by Colonel Anderson and
officials of the home board that
she ran away from home and
came to the United States, dress
ed in boys clothes, a stowaway
on a British vessel.
She enlisted in Company 6,
Ninety-fifth Illinois infantry,
May 4, 1862. The regiment to
which she belonged was stationed
in the South during the last three
years of the war, and she was ac-
lively engaged in several impor-
tant battles, among them the
siege against Hoods forces in
Tennessee, in which more than
half of Company G was killed.
The revelation of her sex was
made two years ago in Living
ston county, Illinois, where she
was employed by ex-senator |.
M. Lish as chauffeur. 1t is said
by the ex-senator that one day
his machine would not run and
that the chauffeur crawled under
the car. The engine started sud-
denly and the wheels of the car
passed over her, breaking her
right leg. When she was taken
to the hospital it was discovered
that she was a woman. Kansas
City Journal.
Eastern Colorado times. (Cheyenne Wells, Colo.) 1912-1913, 1913-05-09

Mr.. McAdoo's action gives r:a-
SOP to hope that the Wilson ad-.
ministrstion will endeavor to
solve our currency troubles in the
interests of all the people and
not for a favored few, II the
government can afford to lend
money to the banks at two per
cent, why can't it afford to lend
a few millions to the farmers OF
this country at four per cent.
Bankers will tell you that a
first mortgage on a good farm IS
almost as safe as government
bond. But the banker thinks he
should be permitted to borrow
the money from the government
and either pay no interest or
or only two per cent and then
turn around and lend it to the
farmer for eight, ten and twelve
per cent. .....
[ can see that it is a great
scheme for the banker, but, for
the life of me, lean, understand
why The farmers will stand for
it. When the currency question
is under consideration at the re-
gu4ar session, some of US intend
to submit amendments which
will authorize the government to
establish a bureau of farm loans
and lend money on first mort
cages on the farms of this coun-
try.
1 wish the readers Of these re-
ports would give this subject a
little thought and favor me with
their views. 1t should prove an
especially interesting theme at
the meetings of oranges, farmers
clubs and similar organizations.
Eastern Colorado times. (Cheyenne Wells, Colo.) 1912-1913, 1913-05-09

I seem to have stirred up a
hornets nest by chance re-
mark l made the other day in the
course of a speech on the sugar
Schedule of the tariff bill.
[ said there were no indepen-
dent beet sugar factories that
the Trust controlled them all and
either through stock holdings or
selling arrangements, dictated
Eastern Colorado times. (Cheyenne Wells, Colo.) 1912-1913, 1913-05-09
UNJUSTIFIABLE.

UNJUSTIFIABLE.
The suspicion is gaining ground
that some of the political leaders
of California, and especially of
the legislature, are not SO vitally
concerned for the preservation
of the states rights doctrine as
they are to embarrass the nation
al administration. This suspi-
cion is strengthened by the atti-
tude Of the Hearst newspapers
and the personal attitude of MIR.
Hearst himself toward President
Wilson. a position Of antagonism
which does not seem to be wholly
inspired by a sleepless concern
for the claims Of California.
If this is true, it is cause for
keen regret. No state has the
right to deliberately jeopardize
the peace of the whole country
because it's political leaders of any
one party do not happen to like
the national policy. No political
leaders with calm to patriotism
can assert pretense to loyal citi-
zenship who Intentionally try to
put the government in a hole" "
That sort of maneuvering smacks
rather of treason than patriotism.
A peculiar feature of the Califor-
MIA situation, as it has developed
under Governor Johnson's leader
ship, is that the most strenuous
advocates of state rights are not
the Democrats but the Progress
sives. This popularity is further
emphasized by the fact that.
while Governor Johnson and his
followers are battling for the SEN
timent on the Pacific coast, col
onel Roosevelt in the East is as
strongly antagonis,ic to it. OF
course, Governor Johnson is well
within his rights in most things
that he has done. He is fortified
with constitutional guarantee,
but there is the serious thought
that a mountain has been manu-
factured out of d molehill, and
that because some Japanese hap
pen to own about IL, 900 acres of
California land sold to them
by California land owners is no
reason at all why the country
should be plunged into the vortex
of costly and cruel war.
The News comedies all the pre-
negatives claimed by California.
We concede that Governor John
son has an indubitable right to
insist on the enactment of law
prohibiting ownership of the
lands of his state in aliens, but
we refuse to admit that Governor
Johnson is a better patriot than
President Wilson or a more sim
cere or unselfsh American than
Secretary of State, Bryan. A
local condition does not justify a
national tragedy. In repelling
the counsel Of Mr.. Bryan the
California legislature has arro-
gated to itself a class distinction
which will not find much indorse-
ment from the rest of the coun-
try, no more than it will secure
the approval of all the people of
California. Denver News.
Grandma Knight was on the
II IL -
Eastern Colorado times. (Cheyenne Wells, Colo.) 1912-1913, 1913-05-09

II - 11AN NA w AAANS VA ~ =
the price for which sugar should
sell in every town in this country.
That statement seemed to
touch the sugar interests in a
tender spot and the trust con-
trolled newspapers have been de-
nouncing me in language which
is both emphatic and picturesque.
But the statement stands with
out qualification. Fortunately |
am able to bolster it up with test
imony from the lips of the sugar
trust witnesses.
have just received a letter
from R. A. Wagner, president of
the Wisconsin sugar company, in
which he makes the following
confession:
''The price of sugar is higher
in Colorado because over three
fourths Of the sugar consumed
in this country is imported and
refined at the seaboard, and must
pay rail freight to Colorado. In
other words, the price is based
on the cost of foreign sugar f. o.
b. our sea board, plus the freight
to the point Of consumption"
There you are! The Sugar
Trust fixes<t the price at the sea-
board carefully tack the full tar
if onto the price it pays the for
eign sugar grower; and the
Colorado sugar magnate take the
Trusts New York to Colorado.
Although Colorado makes
many times the amount of sugar
it's people consume, and does not
import a single pound. yet it
must pay, in addition to the mar
ket price for sugar, a mythical
freight rate from the seaboard
to the mountains.
Another interesting bit of
testimony is contained in the fol-
lowing from the Denver Times of
February 16. 1912:
Another rise of 20 cents per
hundred weight in the price of
sugar was recorded this morn
ing. Beet sugar which on Mon
day was selling for $6.0 90 a hun
dred, went to Sc. 20 Tuesday and
this morning .leaped to $6.
Despite the fact that there is an
ample supply of sugar on hand
local wholesalers predict that
sugar will go even higher.
"A year ago this time sugar
was selling for $500, with not
nearly as much of the product on
the market as there is this year.
Local dealers declare they have
nothing to do with making Of thss
prices, but have to follow the
lead set by the New York bro
kers."
Please read that last sentence
again. Who are "the New York
brokers'? The representatives
of the Sugar Trust. They fix
the price at which sugar is sold,
not alone in New York but in
every hamlet in this land.
Yet Messrs. Morey and Boett-
cher have the immaculate nerve
to tell us they are Independent
of the Sugar Trust.
President Wilson has just CIV
en- reactionary congressman and
Eastern Colorado times. (Cheyenne Wells, Colo.) 1912-1913, 1913-05-09

Grandma Knight was on the
sick list the first of the week.
The daily sentinel., 1913-11-22
PR0GRESSIVES WILL HAVE
STATE TICKET IN KANSAS
Sentinel Special Service.

Sentinel Special Service.
Topeka, Kan, Nov. 22-The Pro-
gressive party in Kansas will put
out state ticket in the 914 cam
paign Independent of all other par
ties, according to statements of lead
ers who are here to attend a state
wide Progressive conference this af-
ternoon. William Allen White, ma
tlonal Progressive committeeman for
Kansas, said talk Of harmony, with
the Republican party was without
foundation.
Among the leaders who arrived
early was former Governor, Stubbs.
A number of women will attend th.
gathering,
The daily sentinel., 1913-11-22
ELECTED BY 0KE VOTE
Sentinel Special Service.

Elizabeth, N. j., Nov. 22.-William
J. Adam, democrat, whose name
was not on the official ballot on cleo
tion and who got only one vote, was
declared elected constable OF the first
ward OF Summit by the Union county
board OF elections today This was
because Elmer Day, a republican.
who ran for the office unopposed and
got 42S of the 429 votes. did not re-
sign from the board of the second
election district Of the ward while he
was q candidate.
The daily sentinel., 1913-11-22
EDUCATIONAL REFORMS f /
URGED IN ST. LOUIS MEET
Associated Press

Associated Press.
st. Louis, Mo-. Nov. 22.-Uniform
marriage and divorce laws. compulso-
ry education and child labor laws,
and an adequate mothers pension law
were advoted in resolutions adopted
by the National League OF Compulso-
ry Education officials in their second
annual convention today.
The truant officers of six large
cities comprise the league.
The daily sentinel., 1913-11-22
Waists

A big lot of Net, Shadow Lac
fon and Lingerie at 20 per cent di:
These are the latest styles, fresh arri
values.
The daily sentinel., 1913-11-22
ATTENTION, LADIES

Have skirt tailored to your mea-
sure. $3.50. Palmer & Bradford.
11-22-1mo.
The daily sentinel., 1913-11-22

Sentinel Want advertising u the
solution OF many problems means
OF meeting pressing needs quickly
and atisfAetor1ly.
The daily sentinel., 1913-11-22

S3I, 6f.UU
Respectfully submitted,
A. o. PERRY,
Treasurer.
We hereby certify that We have
checked the books and vouchers of
tRe treasurer and find the absvs
The daily sentinel., 1913-11-22


1912 =. .s6,017.Se
Less checks out
standing S6.7o 's
.5.sa1.o5
Deposits Mesa County Ma
tional bank ........ .s14.s37.6s
National bank 80. 15.215.s6
Borrowed money ...... 100000
s37.7s4.SO
Total checks drawn for
1913 expenditures $29. .3S2.59
Balance on de-
posit October
81, 1913 -. .$S,469.76
Less checks out
standing 80. 91.75 8,378.01
Cash balance. .......... 24.00
The daily sentinel., 1913-11-22

SECRETARY'S REPORT.
To the President and Board of Direc-
tors of the Grand Valley Irrigation
Company.
Gentlemen:
l herewith submit my report as
secretary for the year beginning No
vember l, 1912, and ending October
81, 1913, as follows:
Cash Account.
Collected on assessments $23,2S6.27
Collected from Palisade Ir-
rigation District. $4,000
Collected from Mesa Coun-
ty Irrigation District. $4,000
Collected on railroad con-
tract -. . 10000
Collected on account sink
ing fund . 4,935.60
Miscellaneous receipts -. 631.6S
s30.O53.55
Deposits Mesa County Ma
tional Bank 81 4, ,S37.69
Deposits Grand Valley Ma
tional Bank ........ 5.215.S6
$3O,053.55
Sinking Fund Account.
Principal ......' s32, ,4S4.25
Interest Collected on Sc
curities ............. 1,31O.57
s33.794S2
stock ..s1s,1ss.22
Loan to General Fund for
purchase of yard .....r 100000
Invested in Building and
Loan stock as follows:
Grand Junction Build
ing, Loan & Saw
ings Assn ...... IL. 100000
Valley Building & Loan
Association ..... 3,9S9.50
Fruita Building & Loan
Association .,..... 1,1i5.00
Interest collected on notes
and securities and appli-
ed to payment of inter-
est ON bonds. ...... 1,310.o7
Balance uninvested ..... 2,130.5S
ss,7s4.s2
The daily sentinel., 1913-11-22

Total expenditures for the year. as
shown by Disbursement Register and
Vouchers amount to s29, ,3S2.59, and
are distributed as follows:
Repairs and concrete
aprons for Main Line
The daily sentinel., 1913-11-22


Respectfully submitted,
A. o. PEERY,
Secretary.
We hereby certify that we have
examined the books of the secretary
and find the above statement correct.
WIN. CAMPBELL,
f. f. MERRITT,
C. A. BRETT.
Auditing Committee.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
To the President and Board OF Direc-
tors of The Grand Valley Irrigation
Company
Gentlemen:
herewith submit my report a.
treasurer of the Grand Valley Irri-
cation Company for the year begin
ming November l. 1912, and ending
October 81, 1918.
Cash in banks
November
The daily sentinel., 1913-11-22

k
. hocern
The daily sentinel., 1913-11-22

" HAT the Grand Valley Irrig;
of the president, treasurer
pany has been in existence
As this is the TWEEN
President Merritt's
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-30
A Bachelor S Diary
Mrs Spencer Laughs at His Solemn Lecture and
Tries to Kiss Him Again.
By MAX.
By MAX.

lieve in Sunday school they call 1t
Reward of Merit.
Men" I went on, ARE only boys
grown up"
You are a good woman, and you
gave me that kiss in all the inno-
cence of your heart. I am man,
and therefore not good. In giving
me that kiss you relied on your limo
cence and my strength. Sally, dear
| am not strong. No man is"
1T was just as if l kissed my
brother" she began.
Now, don't let US have any eva
sions," l said angrily. Il am not
your brother; and it is silly to make
the pretense. l am your friend, and
your husbands friend but l am not
his friend in the way l was before
you kissed me.
You are a good woman, and l am
trying to make you see the mischief
good woman can do. | am trying
to make you realize that the good
ness of the woman doesn't put all
thought of mischief out of the mans
head"
She was crying, and / can't stand
it to see a woman cry.
Z don't mean to hurt you" 1 said
tenderly. for l felt as if l had been
a brute: Il Just want you to realize
that you are a very handsome wom-
an a very attractive woman, and al
together too lovable to go around
putting your arms around a mans
neck and expecting him to accept the
kiss you force on him as one that
came from a sister. / don't want to
hurt you, but, Sally, you have hurt
me-"
Now, there was where l said the
10 H..
sympathies. Instead of remaining in
her chair and saying she was sorry
and letting it so at that, she impul-
sively sprang up and came toward
me. ! had risen and was starting for
the door. but she detained me by
putting hand on my arm.
q am so sorry, Max" she said. Il
didn't realize 1t. l had always
thought of you as just Max, my
dearest friend"
She lifted her hands and patted me
on the cheeks. You know I love
| Jack" she said. land you must al
ways remember that. You are a
good man. and you have been pic
turing yourself as a bad one just to
brighten me. You silly boy, you.
He Couldn't.
You are my brother-my big,
| best, only brother-and l won't let
| you say you are not, or that you ever
| think of being anything else Come"
lifting up her lips, give me a broth
| erly kiss to prove it. you goose, you.
For a moment I hesitated; the lit
| tie blue tickets were a pleasure, even
| though l never accumulated enough
| for q Reward of Merit Then /
| pushed her roughly aside and walked
| out the door.
There is no use, Diary, in any man
| trying to influence woman to pro-
| teCt him from herself.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-30

movement just what that music says
to il.
The great educational value of elias
steal dancing is that its expression
must evolve from il.
A toe dancer is very often merely a
brilliant machine. Her dance Is often
composed for her by her professors,
and her well-trained muscles merely
respond like a perfect machine 20
their commands.
1t therefore follows that the educa-
tional value of such dances is prao-
ticany nil. Apart from that. the toe
dancer has had to learn muscle con
troll patience and endurance, all Of
which are of great use. But at this
stage it must be clearly stated that
ALL DANCING HAS GREAT
VALUE CLASSICAL DANCING
how by Err. DOES MOST TO BRING
ABOUT THE PERFECT HARMONY
OF 4 BEAUTIFUL, PURE SOUL IN
A BEAUTIFUL, CLEAN BODY.
A child trained to ella sslcal dancing
in the right way viii, / feel sure. by
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-30
How to Acquire Beautiful Figure Through Dancing
By Lady Constance Stewart Richardson,
The FamusEu Buppau and CauouD

entail and by twisting the arms in the
shoulder sockets, and fieXing the
forearm at elbow and wrist, the
whole arm will become plant, lightly
posing the body on the ball Of each
foot alternately while the other leg
is lifted from the hip and bent from
the knee This arches the feet and
gives an elastic spring to the step.
From these three sources, the
classic. the Oriental and the French
ballet, | develop my ideal Of classical
dancing. And in the course of my
talks I am going to try to show you
how through rhythm, through the
beautiful expression of the classic
dance, we may train the growing
generations land ourselves as well
as our Children) to have beautifully