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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-04-17

daughters who have to go away from
home to find something profitable to
do for spending money.
You can more than earn spending
money at home by raising poultry with
800 hens, the profits from which
would assure you larger income
than the factory hand and not SO many
hours work per day and this mostly
in the open air. You would be in no
danger of losing your job" for the
hens are capable of producing from
200 to $50 eggs per each year.
Good. purebred stock is one of the
features for the most rapid improve
ment. Too many do not give enough
thought to the breeding side, and
even the matter of production re-
ceives but little attention. On under
taking any enterprise in whatever
line 1t is extremely necessary to con-
slider If what we are doing is to result
in success.
First determine the breed desired.
I would strongly urge the necessity OF
choosing at the outset one of the best
breeds and sticking to 1t. II rightly
managed a flock of 300 hens will
bring in not less than $500 year.
have read of some making $500 with
only six hens and a cockerel. These
persons receive fancy prices for their
products. l am just talking about the
ordinary prices that the majority OF
farmers obtain.
Let me tell you that this cannot be
done with scrub stock. This is where
the mongrel fails and the pure-bred
wins. A farm full of laying hens Is
great help because they are daily
cash income.
About the first step to make is to
go right out to the hen house. Don't
figure on paper. Sit right down among
them and see If you can find wherein
you can make improvements for this
seasons work.
You can make money with poultry
IL you love the chickens and start
out with the intention that you are
going to make living at the busi-
ness and II you are not afraid to work
and will apply yourselves to the task
1f looking after and caring for the
owls.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-04-17
PREDICT RECORD Wheat CROP.
Federal Report Estimates 551,ooo,ooo-
Bushei Harvest from Condition.

Federal Report Estimates 551 900 GOO
BusheI Harvest from Condition.
Washington. "A record-breaking
winter wheat crop is in prospect this
year, the Department Of Agriculture
estimating on conservative basis
that the yield may exceed 551.0Oo.oO0
bushels. The condition of the crop,
April /, was 95.6 per cent Of normal,
or Ills per cent better than the aver
age April l condition for the past ten
years.
The area planted last autumn was
36.506,O00 acres, and with a compare
lively good winter It is believed the
percentage of acreage abandoned has
been somewhat less than SO per cent
below the past ten years, so that an
unusually big acreage will be harvest
ed If conditions continue favorable
throughout the season.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-04-17
MeDaniels Named Pen Commissions,

Denver.-E. w. Mcdaniel of La
Junta was appointed member of the
board of commissioners of the state
penitentiary by Governor Ammons.
The new member succeeds Jesse Har-
ris of Fort Collins, who resigned be-
cause of i'll health.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-04-17
Jones Permanent Head of Conference.

Denver.--A. A. Jones. first assistant
secretary of the interior, was ELECTED
permanent chairman of the irrigation
conference and the report of the or
ganization committee was received
and adopted. The committee recon-
mended the formation of committees
on the Carey act project, the reclama-
tion service, the desert-land act and
on irrigation districts. These commit
tees will consider federal and state
cooperation for the promotion of irri-
cation work.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-04-17

of your flock.
The hen owner
has, by the use
of the trap nest,
determined the
egg production
ability of the
hens and has
taken the first
step in discov-
ering the differ
ence between a
profitable h e n
and an unprofit-
able one.
The question
often arises
wv h at is a
profitable hen?'
The only direct
answer must OF
necessity be a
general one. A
profitable h e n
may be defined
as one that will
produce enough
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To Prepare Educational Exhibit.

Denver.-Governor Ammons author
lied Mrs. Mary C. C. Bradford, state
superintendent of public instruction.
and her department to cooperate with
the state educational council and the
state immigration commission IN the
preparation of an educational exhibit
to be made at the Panama Pacific ex-
position in San Francisco.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-04-17
Mrs. Mary c. Porter Appointed.

Denver.-Governor Ammons has ap-
pointed Mrs. Mary C. Porter a men,
ber of the State Wage Board which
will make recommendations to the
next Legislature as to minimum wages
for women workers Mrs. Porter fills
the vacancy caused by the resigna-
tion of Mrs. Katherine Williamson,
who has removed to St Joseph, Mo-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-04-17

Saturday, and sat after dinner, some
times well into the night-a remarka-
BILE feat when we remember that law.
yers of the period were nearly all
three or six bottle men."-London
Chronicle.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-04-17
LEneTHEN LIFE HUNDRED YEARS
That Is Prediction of Secretary Of
Kansas Board of Health.

Kansas City. Mo.-In the next cen
tury, 80 years will be considered Just
a ripe old age" DIR. S. j. Crumbine,
secretary of the Kansas State Board
OF Health, told 4 state meeting of
mothers here. Dr. Crumbine said that
scientific attacks on disease will cause
life to be heightened nearly 100 per
cent in another 100 years.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-04-17
Vacation Of English Judge.

The judges who are to have their
holidays curtailed may look back with
II sigh to the good old times of a CEN
tury ago. The four law terms into
which the year was divided lasted only
a few weeks each. while the long va
cation was of three months duration.
Then there were liberal number OF
royal birthdays and saints days
which furnished an excuse for a holi-
day. But against this the courts
opened punctually at 10 every morn
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-04-17
Purity Congress Meets Nov. 5.

La Crosse, Wis. - Announcement
was made by B. S. Steadwell, presi-
dent of the Worlds Purity Federation.
that the eighth Purity Congress will
convene at Kansas City Nov. ).
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-04-17
Appoints Two Water Commissioners.

Denver.-Governor Ammons ap-
pointed two district water commission
ers. They are Joseph c. Pursley of
Conejos county for District No. 81, and
Casper Gallegos of Costello county
for District No. "a.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-04-17
Fund for Exploring South America

New York.-Theodore Roosevelt
will give to the American Museum of
Natural History $1,000 when he re-
turns to New York in May and assist
it in raising $1,000 more to carry on
explorations in South America.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-04-17
Josiah L. Pickard Is Dead.

Chicago.-Josiah L. Pickard, educa-
tor and author, prominent in the Mid
die West thirty years ago. died at Pas
adena. Cal. He was ninety years old
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-04-17
Flrmness of Purpose.

Firmness Of purpose is one of the
most necessary sinews of character
and one of the best instruments of
success.-Chesterfiel
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hired help If such is necessary.
She must have power to under
stand the market and good judgment
in regard to the merits of the diff
ferent breeds. There are many nota-
BILE examples of women who have sue
ceeded with poultry raising. 1 know
many who are good fanciers. many
good commercial poultry raisers and
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-04-17

tuey die al choA
getic. They know
how to push aside
the difficulties that
arise in the poul-
try business.
During a trip l
once took ! Wis
tied a real poultry
farm where a wom-
an was hired on a
monthly salary for
taking charge and
performing all the
Dor connected
,pitb the farm. L
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6V MRS .DT WILCOXON

! ] : !: !: e: !: !: :
~ HE successful management
of Il poultry farm depends
SN primarily upon the natu-
eS raj taste for the business
NNL sufficient to embrace a
AL love for as well as an in
terest In fowls. The wom-
~ ssy. ss sns . s..:s'ss :sss'ss; e n.sss: =ss'
details-ability to direct
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-13

TN Connection with the rearranging Of the
scenic effect Of one Of the Roosevelt animal
groups in the National Museum at Wash
ineton. actual African plants and grasses are to
be filed with plaster and preserved in their
natural state to give the animal specimens local
color
For many years past the National Museum has
been employing natural scenery-real grass,
foliage and soil-in its biologic and ethnographic
groups. much as in theatrical effects. TO create
patural atmosphere. Nowadays, museums do
bot simply mount individual animals on a plat
form and place them IN case. They are
mounted Ia natural attitudes. and ground work.
suitable to both the environment and the posture
Of the ngures Is prepared The animals are
often arranged In family or social groups so that
the student or spectator can CLEAN something
more than an impression OF how an isolated
specimen looks, says writer in Popular Science
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-13
After rs Years of Torment as
stDeorest's' Boy Angel, Vivian
Burnett at Last Finds Conapen-
sation in a GroOn Mans ReDard
of LoUe and Marriage

life and put into bookf
Such has been the cruel burden
borne by vivian Burnett for at least
a quarter OF a century, in fact ever
since the book about him, namely,
sLittle Lord Fauntleroy," became
the rage OF this country and choice
sections OF the British Isles.
VIVIAN" tool But In Justice to
Frances Hodgson Burnett, one should
not forget that her only son was
chriBtened some years before his love
locks and velvet and lace projections
were merged into little Lord
Fauntleroy." And It seems that
nobody ever thought to take off part
Of the curse by having the innocent
victim rechristened Sam, or Pete, or
even Jock--at least something with
enough punch in it to gain the re-
spect Of fellow school boys or col
lege mates
How could any one named vivian"
and invariably addressed as Little
Lord Tauntleroy." summon up suffi-
cient courage to tell his tormentors;
ooh, so jump OF the dockl" or some
rude retort like that?
What other boy would have had
the courage to grin and bear it-as
Vivian Burnett did7
And now comes his reward--a
romance OF his own. love and mar
riage; he's grown up; he's turned the
tables on his tormentors at last. For
as everybody knows, it's grown
mans Job 10 win lovely. fine. sensi
BILE woman to be your wife. and
stand for you through thick and thiT
$50 long as you both do live" You
bet It is. No little Lord Fauntle
roy ever did it,"
The lovely, fine. sensible--anI
brave-woman who has taken thu
Little Lord1 curse off the life o
Vivian Burnett was Miss Constance
Buel. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Con
stance Buel-a family Of consequence
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-13

Monthly. Physical geography. geology, botany
and other studies thus enter the field Of taxi
denny.
In preparing new setting for the African
buffalo group, built in the National Museum
about a year ago. the three animals are TO be
left In their original positions. which indicate
alarm, Just as they were first discovered by the
hunters. In addition they are TO be represented
as standing on the edge Of an African papyrus
swamp. The groundwork Of the group win pre-
sent the effect Of the marshIand where the buff
falo live. the grasses and plants being added to
make a complete picture Of the African swamp.
Since nearly all grasses and foliage are sub
ject TO decay shrinkage and loss OF original form
and color, they like the skins OF the animals
are especially prepared. Few grasses, as rule,
can be dyed or preserved in anything like their
natural form. but fortunately, 10 this end the
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and giving HIS ., 1er to the highest
priced tailor in Boston. The finished
result would have made Elsie Leslie
--the famous stage Little Lord"
wild with envy. Short velvet
breeches. there were. long black silk
hose, fine lace for collar and cuffs
and an intelligent wismaker outdid
the books hero In the way Of golden
love locks.
Burnett never ''hedged, but swal.
lowed his penalty whole. He APP
peared on the campus in broad day
light, the veritable Little Lord him
self-though much outgrown, which
made the travesty all the more "kill-
ing as the students agreed. Their
the fun began. A college poet ex
pressed it Thus:
'Evefywhere that Cedric went the
cry was sure to go-
II made the students laugh and play
to see him dressed up So
In immaculate misery he went
about his student affairs, and when
the senior students amootheo his
shining locks, he forebore to upper
cut" them or land left hook" on
the Jaw, as he yearned to do
II lasted for two whole days, and
then the ri Etas relented.
When IN hurry his tormentors
usually called him Dearest for
that was the way Little Lord Faunt-
leroy" always addressed. or spoke Of,
his mother They forbade him to
have his hair cut. for that ''wouid
break Dearest's heart" When the
down began to thicken on his cheeks
and upper lip they affected the most
heartrending grief What blow
to "Dearest!f In Harvard they con-
fiscated his shaving tools.
Drive 'em back in" they COM
manded. Just fancy Little Lord
Fauntleroy' with whiskersi"
Talk about lying in flooded German
trenches in Flanders for months
under the guns Of the French and
British Mere child's play to what
Vivian Burnett had to endure from
most OF his boy companions and in
Inmates OF hts own sex from the time
Little Lord Fauntleroy" appeared
until be became bald.headed aud was
rescued by the girl who was brave
enough, as well as loving enough. to
marry him.
Not In ali the history Of literature
Is there such q horrible example Of
a living man or woman cursed BY the
fact Of being the real-life prototype
or q fiction characterization. But II
Is all over now--and Vivian Burnett,
with love and marriage for compen.
sationr has squared his score with
Little Lord Fauatloroy."
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the choicest goal Of poets and dab
blers IN bellies Eetfres.
Unti1 Vivian Burnett had passed
through college he stiiI possessed the
fine. head Of hair--though without
the love Iocks--which distinguished
Little Lord Fauntlcroy." Also. like
Cedric Errol.' who FIRST won the
stern old English Earl's heart by
showing no fear OF the great nastiff
Of "Dorincourtf named "Dougal," he
liked dogs and dogs liked him.
AiasI those thick brown ringlets
have disappeared long since. on the
date Of his marriage two weeks ago.
Vivian Burnett owned q dome as pol
ished ab the best OF them. Was II
bis hidden grief over that terrible
~Lattie Lord" handicap?
Undoubtedly the years which
Vivian Burnett found II hardest to
live through were the years at col
lege. He was most numerically
'hazed." That cute velvet suit with
turned up cuffs and turned down lace
collar was always in readiness. and
Little Lord Fauntleroy'' had always
% be ready to do his Cedric, love"
stunt.
Once when HIS mother went to
Harvard to visit him and celebrate
HIS twenty-first birthday. he had q
heart-to-heart talk with her about
II. He said:
cThe fellows are always asking me
II was the original Of Little Lord
Fauntleroy.' They rub It In anyway.
and, believe me, it's no Joke"
AS he concealed from his mother
the real depth OF hie misery on that
account. and as she had no grievance
against the critics or the public en-
account Of their reception OF her
masterpiece, she answered:
Just tell them that 1t is true
that ! had you In mind always when
I wrote It.
After that Vivian Burnett was
always loyal. He never denied it,
and "the fellows" were keener thar
ever to make "the punishment at the
crime"
Quite naturally young Burnett de
sired TO be elected q member Of the
aristocratic Harvard Pi Eta Society
He knew what the penalty would be
but that never daunted him. He was
ordered to 60 forth and secure
"Fauntler0y" clothes TO 1T his nov
well developed figure, and to veal
them until further notice--and 10 hi
exceedingly careful 10 omit no dsi
tail.
He went At the Job with character
istic thoroughness. designing cos
tune plates from illustrations in the
original edition Of his mothers b3ol
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papyrus lends itself very well. The plants hay-
ing thick stems are opened, and the pithy inner
part removed; they are then bent or curved and
secured in the position desired. wired and filled
with plaster. When the plaster is set. the plants
are painted to represent their colors in life, and
grouped With other grasses to form a setting for
the animals.
When the African buffalo group was first as
sembled. as no African material was yet at hand.
It was decided TO use temporarily foliage which
was 70 be found here as well as IN Africa.
Although the artistic effect proved very salts
factory. the museum officials determined 10 have
this group as technically correct in every detail
as the lions the heaFtebeest and the rhinoceros
groups already on exhibition. and finally ar
rangements were made whereby several cases
OF papyrus plants arundo grass and other native
African material was obtained.
,nxrinht 1914 hx the atar cornnanr GRAFT Rritai
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-13

Burnett though this does not mean
that the Burnetts ever lacked social
recognition, for they never ala.
Frances Hodgson's fascinating liter
airy gifts and performances naade her
o social favorite even before she
married the socially popular Or. Bar
nett, back in 1875, and the book and
play Of "Littie Lord Fauntleroy"
made OF her a social, as well 40 a
literary lioness on both sides Of the
Atlantic.
or course. being his mothers only
son, and the model for Little Lord
FauntIeroy." Vivian Burnett inherited
his mothers literary and artistic
tendencies. II was in such circles
that he was safe from the tormentors
who pursued him In the rude world
OF school and college. There were
thus two reasons why, when school
days and college days were over, he
should apply himself more and more
to the arts and accomplishments OF
the social cult, which inclines toward
the more refined ideals OF life.
While in Harvard Vivian Burnett
wrote the libretto OF light opera
called, "Fools' Cold" which was pro.
duced by the students with great sue.
cess. Il was OF q higher degree of
literary merit than Is usually pro-
4 vided for college dramatics. II
caused the students TO apply the soft
pedal just little bit from that time
on when they rubbed IN Dear Ced.
ric," or, Vivian, love-" or, Little
Lord Fauntleroy."
Better than that, when young Bur
nett had graduated with hopors, he
found himself pleasantly resolved IN
New York literary society. AS II
was not necessary for him TO grub
along at money-making, he devoted
himself more and more to art and
letters. He studied drawing, paint
ing and architecture. While he did
not produce very much, he became q
capable connoisseur, whose opinions
we're received with respect.
One fine architectural work he did
produce, however--the big Italiar
villa ct Plandome, Long Island. The
shining lights Of American art and
letters know that villa very well.
II is not on the public records
where, or In what circumstances
Vivian Burnett first met Miss Con
stance Buel. The undertaking coulG
not have been difficult, for she wal
q young woman OF pronounced artiz
tic and literary tastes. and hel
father had been editor OF the Centur.
Magazine - that gilt-edged literar,
medium founded BY the late Richarl
Watson Glider. which, to thie day, &
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-13

IN the best social circles
Of New York City. The
sown residence Of the
Busis Is No. $50 East
Eixty-seventh street -
right In that choice resi-
dence section east of
FIFTH avenue and Central
Park.
Nobody with any social
aspirations win ever
again Little Lord vfviaR
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-13

VF there il such = thing as q law
Of compensation, can you think
= Of any one more justly entitled
to a real romance Of mis- very own
than the man who. from the age Of
ten to his present age Of thirty
eight has had to bear the tag Of
Little Lord Fauntleroy7"
Was ever sturdy urchin playing
in the streets, q schoolboy. college
undergraduate, q mature man Jealous
Of his manly attributes and rights,
cursed by heavier handicap than
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this - never 70
be permitted to
forget that he
was the original,
the very living
image, the inspir-
alton of the
sweetest. m ost
perfect Mttle boy
angel In velvet
and lace, with
love locks sweep
ing his pink,
round cheeks
that was ever
taken out Of real
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-09-03

considered his honor stained, however.
because he had not accomplished any
thing for his country. He therefore
committed harakiri or self immolaton.
by disemboweling.
Remarkable Bravery.
The foregoing are tales OF the samu-
raj or the military class of ancient
and modern times.
A like spirit prevails among the peo-
pie. even OF the peasant class. as the
following illustrates:
At the battle of Songhwan the bugler
Gonjiro stood beside his captain blow
ing a call when he was fatally wound
ed In the chest. He continued blowing
the call until breath failed him, and he
fell dead where he stood bis fellow
townsmen Of the village OF Funamura
collected a few presents with letter
of consolation TO take to his family,
who were people In the humblest cir
cumstances. A deputation called on
them to make the presentation Con-
jiro's father spoke as follows: 1T Is
the lot OF all men TO die. My son had
to die some time, Instead Of falling
asleep in corner of this miserable
howell. unnoticed save by a few rela-
tives. he has fallen on the field OF
honor and received the praise OF his
superiors. Hence his mother and l
, cannot look upon this as a mournful
occasion. We rejoice that our son had
been loyal TO japan. even to the point
of shedding his blood In defense OF her
honor"
Many instances OF heroism and devo-
ton to duty occurred during the Chi
nese-Japanese war and the relief Of the
legations at Peking. showing that the
spirit OF ancient times still animated
the people Of japan.
Until 1898 the feudal barons were In
state Of continuous war. The pro-
fession of arms had been considered
the most honorable Of any for centu-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-09-03

ries, and the term samurai implied
both soldier" and gentleman"
Up to the time Of the visit OF Com
modore Perry's feet Japan was prac-
tically closed to foreigners. A bitter
opposition to opening the country to
them followed his visit. In 1868 fire.
quent attacks on foreigners occurred.
In reprisal the works at Kagoshima.
manned by the powerful Satsuma clan.
was bombarded by a British warship.
A little later, for the same reasons,
Shimonoseki was bombarded ut differ
ent times by American, French and
Dutch war vessels The feudal sa-
mural found their armor and weapons
of little use in a contest with foreign
ornaments. They took the lesson to
heart and recognized that they could
resist the foreigners only by learning
their arts, especially those OF war.
Therefore. students were sent to Eu-
rope and ships and foreign arms were
purchased abroad
Great Army Recruited.
In 1872 an imperial proclamation
was issued as follows: "It becomes i'm
perative to construct our army and