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Las Vegas optic., 1913-01-29
IMMENSE CROP OF ice
is CUT THIS SEASON
Aqua PuRA COMPANY STORES
AND SHIPS 10000 TONS IN
PAST six WEEKS

Forty thousand tons of ice is tie
record set for this years crop cnu by
the Aqua Pura company. For the past
six weeks the company has been cut
ting daily nearly 1000 tons of ice
from the dams in the Hot Springs
canyon owned by the company.
The 1912-191S ice crop from the Hot
Springs canyon is a record breaker
and is one Of the largest cuts ever
made in the canyon. The nine ice
houses owned by the company are.
filled to the top and today contain
$4,000 tons of ice, or approximately
900 freight car loads. In addition
to this large amount OF ice the Aqua
Pura company during the past six
weeks has shipped from the canyon
| 400 car loads of ice which have been
distributed along the Santa Re rail;
way system from Dodge. City, Kan,
to FL Paso, Texas. Every ice house
owned by the santa Fe Railway COM
pany in the above district now is be-
ing filled with ice which was cut IN
the Hot Springs canyon.
That cutting this amount Of ice
means no small amount Of labor is
shown by the fact that the Aqua Pura
company employed 200 men, all OF
whom worked steadily during the en-
tire six weeks. In that time enough
ice was cut to fill train Of freight
cars over nine and one half miles
long. This train, If actually made up
would be Of sufficient length to reacsh
from Las Vegas to a point 2 snort
distance this side Of Onava.
Las Vegas and the other cities
which have been supplied this year
with ice from the Hot springs canyon
are exceedingly fortunate, for from
all over the country comes the re-
port that owing to the exceptionally
open winter there probably willshe Az
Ice shortage next summers The ics
was cut under the direction Of Super
intendent stephen Powers. The pay
roll Of the ice cutting gangs amounts
to large sum. M
Las Vegas optic., 1913-01-29
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE

Chicago, January 29.-Wheat was
easier early on lower cables, but re
covered on commission house buying.
May opened shade to A@A down
at 925s to 921A and sold to 92% @%.
May touched 9SA and closed A@a5
up at SO.
May corn started a shade to A@%
lower at 51as to 515s and advanced to
51%@%. The close was firm May Y
@5s over yesterday at 51%.
May oats opened a shade down at
83% and sold to s4@5s.
Provisions opened easy on little
liquidation, but advanced on buying led
by country commission houses who
purchased May pork The latter open
ed ~ to 71s down at $19. .S5 to $19 80
and sold to $19. As. May lard opened
unchanged al $40. 80, selling to $40, ,35
and May ribs unchanged to a shade
lower at $40. 80 to $40. .274s@SO ad
vanced to $10.4O. The closing quota
tons were as follows:
Wheat May SO; July 9O5s; septem
her S9N
Corn, May 5f7 July 52%; Septem
ber 53%.
Oats. May SS% July S41S; septem
ber S37s.
Pork, Jan. $t9 .15; May 1925.
Lard. Jan. $1,000; May $1O.21h.
Ribs, May $40 .321b.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-01-29
WHY NOT RAISE CATTLE?

1t is agreed By farming experts that
certain way to increase the value of
the lands upon the mesa as an asset
10 Las Vegas is to encourage the rails
ing Of cattle. The farmer who feeds
his crops to cattle has found the
most successful means of marketing
his products. At the same time he
increases the fertility Of his lands
BY returning to them in the form OF
fertilizer the elements which his
crops have extracted from the soil
He can always find a ready market
FOR his butter and cream and such
cattle as he cares to sell for beef
are always sure to bring him a hand
some profit. BY handling cattle he
can use his crops to best advantage,
cutting them early and putting them
into silos. There has not been year
in the history Of farming upon the
mesa when the fields have not pro-
duced enough rough feed to support
many cattle. There have been sea
sons, however, when the attempts to
bring crops to suff1cient maturity to
market them have been disappoint-
ing.
Las Vegas should give every assist
ance and encouragement to the farm
ers who intend this season to raise
cattle. Much valuable information
for their guidance is available from
the state agricultural college and the
Santa Fe railways experts. A market
Is waiting right here for all the milk
and beef they can produce. 1t is stat
ed that some OF the farmers have not
entered this branch Of farming be-
cause Of the great expense necessary
for a start, as it costs good money
to 0uy cattle and build silos. It
doubtless would prove a good invest
ment for any person of means who
would agree to finance, upon agree
rnent that he should be repaid from
the profits Of the first two or three
seasons, some OF the farmers who
wish to engage in scientific cattle
raising. one Las Vegas firm already
has entered this field.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-01-29
RUINS FAMOUS PAINTING.

Moscow Russia, Jan. 2s'-An ~
sane painter named Balasheff TO-DAY
entered the Tretiakoff art gallery
and slashed in pieces the famous
painting by Repine, representing
Ivan the Terrible numbering his son
with an iron staff. Balasheff i
wealthy. He was apparently suffer
lng from religious mania. He ha'
heen placed under observation.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-01-29
sEE LIGHT AHEAD

Springfield. ILL.,. Jan, 2s.-After SIX
inerectllal ballots in the apeakership
deadlock ia the lower house today
voting began to shift and rumOrs Of
a break were current
Twelve votes we're cast for Repre-
sentative william Mckinley demo
cra4 If Chicago, on the seventy-secont
ballot and be was spoken Of as
possible successful compromise can
didate.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-01-29
MANN soLpIERs HuRr.

washington, Jan. 29.-Major Gem
erai ]. FRANKLIN Bell, commanding
the Philippine division, reports today
that in the engagement with Moros
near Jolo Monday. Farrier Clarence
G. Underwood, Troop G, Eighth cav.
alrv. was dangerously wounded and
the following we're everly wounded
Privates Roy Keller. Robert A. Trac-
ey and Sylvester J. Young, all OF
Troop e, Eighth cavalry.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-01-29
HOT BATHS WOULD
Be POPULAR
HERE
COMMERCIAL CLUB RECEIVES
INQUIRIES REGARDING THE
MoNTEzUMA PROPERTY

That baths, if established at the
Hot Springs, would attract many
tourists here from New Mexico and
Colorado is shown by the following
letter received BY Secretary George
A. Fleming Of the Commercial club:
"walsenburg, Colo, Jan. 81.
chamber of Commerce, Las Vegas,
N. M.
Gentlemen: My family and my
self contemplate taking trip this
summer and we are desirous of know
ing what Las Vegas offers in the way
of hot baths. Also are they easily
reached from Las Vegas? Kindly
give me some information regarding
your little city and accept my thanks
in advance.
very truly yours,
MRS. II. E. F0OTE."
Some time ago the Commercial
club took up the idea Of re-opening
the baths at the Hot Springs. A
committee was appointed for the pur-
pose Of forming company to fin
ance the project. 1t was thought that
not any large amount Of money
would be needed, as the springs
would be opened at first upon small
scale. The bath house would be re-
paired and the smaller hotel made
ready for occupancy. 1t was believed
such plan would prove a success
from the start and later would result
in the re-opening of the Montezuma
hotel
The committee took up with the
Santa Fe railway, which owns the
property, negotiations for securing a
llease upon the springs and the land
surrounding. one Of the Santa Fe
officials volunteered to ascertain how
much money would be needed to put
the bath house and hotel in running
order. These negotiations have not
been completed, bur It is practically
certain that the Santa Fe will be glad
to turn the property over to a local
company In the meantime, it is sug
gested, It would not be amiss for the
committee to begin the work for
which it was appointed, the formation
Of the stock company.
The letter from Walsenburg is only
one of many that Secretary Fleming
receives every year. Las Vegans car
save the Montezuma hotel property
which the Santa Fe threatens to dis
mantle and at the same time attract
many people here during the summel
months, by carrying out the plar
adopted at the Commercial club meet
ing several weeks ago. At least that
lis the opinion Of many residents o.
the city.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-01-29
WITH THE BOXERS.
: ; #+%44#44+#E*@ - ;

Mike schreck, the old-time heavy,
weight, has quit the boxing game and
taken up wrestling.
Johnny Summers, the welterweight
champion Of England. is on his way
to Australia to engage in five battles.
Another bout between Matt Wells
and Hughie Michigan, the Australian
lightweight will be staged in Lon
don, February "a.
Ex-Amateur Heavyweight Cham
pion Phil schlossberg will be out Of
the navy in eight months and will
then take up boxing as a profession.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-01-29
81 MEEKs MApg nIsAoP.

burlington, VT. Jan. 2s.-Many
nntable representatives Of the Epis-
eonsl church filled St. Paurs church
4nis morning at the conservation q
4sov william Farrar Weeks as bianoI
eoaatutor Of the diocese Of Vermont
-rse complete rituaHatic ceremony o
~ church was carried out in th'
eonseeraiion.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-01-29

by the four members OF the legisla-
ture who had held out against support
ing the democratic caucus nominee
because they wanted the United
States senatorship to go to their own
county.
On the ninth ballot three Of the four
voted for Salisbury, giving him 27
votesA the necessary number. Then
the fourth member changed his vote
to Salisbury.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-01-29
Thompson is Successful

Topeka, Kan. Jon. William H
Thompson Of Garden City. a democrat,
was elected United States senator to
succeed Charles Curtis by the Kansas
legislature in joint session today The
vote -as practically unanimous.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-01-29
4 NEW SENATOR

Dover, Del, Jan. 2s-William sauls-
bury, democrat. was today elected
United states senator from Delaware
to succeed Senator Harry Richardson,
republican.
Mr.. saulsburys election was the re-
suit Of conference held last night
Las Vegas optic., 1913-01-29
TWO NEW soLoNs

Little Rock, Ark, Jan. 29.-Joseph
T. Robinson, democrat, was today
elected United States senator to sue
ceed the late jefferson Davis by the
Arkansas legislature in joint session.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-01-29
NEw MgDIcAL coLLEeE oPENs

Augusta, Ca, Jan 29.-The new
medical college Of the University Of
Georgia was dedicated and opened IN
this city today with exercises N
which noted educators and leaders
Of the medical profession in many
PARTS Of the country Ss;.sse'se TED
The address Of the day was deliver
ed by Dr. Arthur Beyan Of Chicago.
Las Vegas optic., 1913-01-29
NEw YORK srocK EXCHANGE

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
New York, Jan. 29.-Bidding up Of
selected stocks failed to strengthen
the general market and the downward
movement gained momentum as the
day advanced. The breaking off OF
peace negotiations in London, the spec
tacular fluctuation in Can stocks and
disappointment of those who had ex
pected larger Steel earnings all con
tributed to the heavy tone
Standard stocks scored their heavi
est losses, there being few selling or
ders of consequence in the specialties
A fractional part of the morning de
cline was made up before the market
became almost stagrant. Harvester
declined five points following yestr
days rise in the stock on the incor
poration of a second New Jersey com
pany.
Completion of early large speculative
operations left the market in an ap-
thetic condition and trades we're re-
luctant to do much either way. South
ern Pacific and Can were strong, but
the rest of the list was lower
The market closed heavy Tenta-
tive efforts to mark up prices were
abandoned when slight rise brought
out more liberal offerings. Can and
Southern Pacific returned to their best
prices before the market weakened
again
The closing sales were as follows:
Amalgamated Copper ...... Tx
sugar ......a............. 'lloH
Atch1son .,.....-......... .IVo u
Northern Pacific ..........119
Reading ....................l 1854
Southern Pacific ............1 1923
Union Pacific .,.............. 1898
United States Steel ........ 63%
United States Steel, pfd. ........11O
Las Vegas optic., 1913-01-29

Entered at the postoffice at East
Las Vegas. New Mexico. for transmits.
lion through the United States mails
Is second class matter
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1913-01-31

hle slsess always ussd 10 eel bog.
Gsd u The spring. u The uplands.
where the associations out6t always
used 10 cumb thousauds Il sleers
out ~ IT, ssgebsuAh. she story u
the nms. Dry issalag y I'll sAs
20 Up there. and these's basbwirs
6esce evesywbess. There are little
out6ts opesatiag here eod there.
but TIE cow eame Of yesterday
the COW game Of romasce-is
mostly gone.
Tie Old Cowmsn isa't kicking.
Il 10 better 70, Of cousse. Il 10
betses 10 have the herds divided %
smaller sauches. and fed and
sheltered 10 winter. The old sys.
ten. with 10 twenty per cent.
winter loss, was not economic. even
though Il was glorious. Il isn't
the passing Of the game that h
lamented, % much % the passing
Of the boys Who played the game.
They were . 6ne lot. those Old
cowmen. and the world h poorer
every time one Of them passes on
10 the ranges beyond the ford Of
Death. Sturdy, loyal and brave.
~ oil men are who live much In
the open. the saddlemeu Of yester.
day looked frankly upon life. They
met prosperity and encouragement
with equal cheer. Rvery day
brought great hazards. Each
winter storm cloud might Be SUR
charged with misfortune for them.
But they played their part In the
upbuiiding Of the West. and played
il nobly. The Denver stock show
may see fewer Of them every year,
but Walhalla Is 50 much the richer.
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THE DOLORES STAR
z >ARlGs ogAa pvolsossga.


ADvRnflDlNo BARN,
piess csate ~ sinsls snlran tash. ~ oqaeh.
IassfS1pas - - weob, eolys 4 eeaea ~ tese.
Leeak { sests ~ Iius eaeh issuss
Display ads. ehslgsi svssy TO webs utthe1t
adiiti0asl.
Copy Tor change of sds shsabA - WUpats1
ao4 lntss thaa Wednesday soua 70 tnsass ~
pesfanoo.
usecuAlAnnUus.
Card Of thanhs - ssqss sasqlutioas p essAO-
sses cents pr iiss. ~ worde - ~ w.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1913-01-31

Maent euesesssv; - Q osleemeas
The young nan vho was 1swn as1
cot 70 the polnt oe dsspssaeioa vas
oGsrs1 . Job b. - instaIlnsat Aouse.
This house maAe Z specially = sigAt-
6ay slocts, whtch eosl1 - - ~
small payment 1owu and . snall pay.
nsnt each week. The young naa
admitted that ~ never Aa1 tsisl can
vasying. but with one q ths larUs
clocks under bic arm 10 sansly start
a out TO make house-sohoass vista.
AZ the flrst house . hard-facsd won-
IN met him 1t the door. Tho young
man downed the lump IN his throat
and asked nervovsly:
Madam. have you Q elockr
Eyes. I've got clock" snapped the
woman. surmising the missioa Of the
canvasser.
Her riotous response completely nm
nerved the new canyasser.
"All right. all right" he answered
quickly. win you tell me the timer
{ want TO set this one"
Then he went back and quit-Kan-
sas City Star,
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1913-01-31
TIE OsA cewman.

The Cartoonist. who had been
sent out to the big stock show To
sketch types Of old catilemen. came
hack TO the Office discousolate, says
the Denver Republican.
There amt no such animal, -
WAS his report. "Every big cattle
owner | was introduced to dangled
automobile goggles Ia his hand
and looked like . banker"
We OF the West do not realize
how rapidly the Old Cowman type
~ diaappeared. A few years ago
TIE Old Cowman could Be found
almost anywhere In the West. but
900 bis RAM . 10 limited. Like the
ID soldier. be iinds Il h more and
more dii6cult 10 meet up with
coGnssdes for . few minutes' chat
uppn dessly beloved subjects. The
~ saach and range are hardly
SoonGnlaab)e. The range % I
ohoGhasboosd Of homestead. and
~ snnca aesss went for Z fows
- 1oQG -. There h Z 0ous
W 11On - ~ ford whsss IL
aa7N' saS0ie
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1913-01-31
GENERAL NEWS ITEIs

Warrington, Jan. 8.-Ths Novrls
bin u authorize government seisurs of
imported merchandise controlled By .
trust. or imported under Illegal con.
tracts, YES approved today By the sen
ate Judiciary committee. The measure
Ia aimed ut the Brasillan coffee monop
oily aud hes passed the ho0ss.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1913-01-31
Friday. January 81. 1918.


The teacher said that john was
a lazy boy. and the doctor who
visited the school took her word
for Il. The teacher knew she was
right. because whenever she scolded
John for his poor work. he merely
hung his head and grew red 10 the
face.
Then one day an expert took
John in hand. and found his heart
had one kind Of beat and his pulse
another; that the blood was no,
properly feeding the brain cells.
and that his sensitiveness was over.
stimulating them. A few months
OF outdoor life and the right kind
If diet made John one Of the bright
est and most diliRent boys in his
class.
Doctor Eliot. president emeritus
Of Harvard University, has pre-
dicted that the time will come when
education will be in the hands Of
the medical profession. Probably
he did not mean that ell teachers
would be physicians or that ell
physicians would actively teach
probably be wished merely to EN-
phasize the truth that the human
problem Is the great problem Of
modern education; that heredity
and environment are the forces that
educators must study more and
more; that teachers. trained in
psychology Is well Is In physiology.
must meet the special needs Of each
delinquent and defective child.
Doctor Eliot evidently believed
that orthogenics - which means
the science Of correcting physical
and mental defects BY known meth
ods-is more practical than eugen-
ics.
A person who has visited an
electric power plant and seen what
happens when certain switches are
moved may. IL left to himself, apply
and shut OF the power, and 20 run
the plant . short time II everything
goes well. But II anything goes
wrong he will not know how to set
II right. The school Is . power
plant. To get the most out Of il
the teacher must not only be able
10 run il when things 20 we'll. but
must know how to 6nd and repair
defective parts.
To change the figure. the Amer.
lean people have not fully realized
that humanity Is this country's
greatest crop. The free school
system is doing much to give It
chance to attain its full growth.
and to keep out the weeds Of ignor.
ance and criminality, but there Is
much more to be done. A recent
investigation showed that no less
than one.third Of the children in
the schools of thirty.one cities are
backward. In other words. one
pupil out Of every three Is q year or
more behind the grade in which he
would have been had he advanced
regularly after entering school q,
the legal age. n this proportion
holds throughout the country,
there are six million school children
who. because Of mental or physical
defects. have fallen behind In the
work that il to fit them for the bat.
tie Of life and the responsibilities Of
citizenship. The Youths Compan.
ion.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1913-01-31
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Publisher.
Nm lNaaI l.and

Depar tment OF the Interior,
u. 8. Land Oifce at Durango, Colorado.
January 18th. 1918.
Notice Is hereby given that william H. Bea-
Der Of Dolores, Colorado, who, on January
18th, 1853, made Homestead Application serial
No. 0cs5, for the NV NE Of section Is,
township 81 north, range IS west. N. n. r.
meridian, has filed notice Of intention TO make
Final Communication proof, To establish claim
To the land above describsd, the before clerk
OF tho district court of Monte1uma county,
Colorado, at Cortcx, Colorado, on the l7th
day Of March, fai3
Claimant name a. witnesses:
David A. Miliiken, Ellis X. Ellis. Alfonso B.
Cole, and Horace Roscoe, all Of Dolores. Colo
RADIO.
@. II. CHARLTON, Register
First pub jan 81: last pub mar ]. 1918
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1913-01-31
Advertised

The local field 10 voSss. Al
vow nsed do u 10 sv.i ysss-
srlf Of the oppoauai6ss o6sssd.
An sdverhsemsaa y shs pspss
will esuy YOU aesssss iaas
hundreds d homes in shs Con-
muni,y. l,is,he sSre.s msdasn
Of killing your pessese Coz.
pet,o'. A specs ths IN
wont cost much. Coas i
and ne " sbov, 4.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1913-01-31
oss. slu.y.ssvsn vssrs Old.

In the summer Of is45 George Yose
Of Ephrata. Pa. one OF the few farm
ers In that section who raised oats.
had an unusually large crop and he
divided II equally among his six boys.
The request by the father was that
they keep a sample as long - they
could. J. w. Yost. the last a the
sons. still has In his possession some
Of the oats. now sixty-seven years
old.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1913-01-31

|, AwTON CAMP, No. ss7, W 0 W.
Meets the first and third Wednesday
a evenings in the month over Dolores
OperR Uouse.
FRANK FULCHER, &C.
FORREST BhADFIELD, Clerk.
Ismbers OF other Camps always welcome.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1913-01-31
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The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1913-01-31

Esssrsd q ~ poseonss y peiosss. Cnlc
for tsassmisstoa thsuagh ~ osils. - essosd'
clsss nail matter.