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Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-05-02

N\SIIINGTON. May 2.-Orde.-~
tc quadruplc the force Of federal cav
alrymen in the Colorado coal strike
regions went from the war depart
r'ent late last might. The entire
Eleventh regiment from Fort Oglc-
thrope, Ga, and two troops OF yhv
Weluh Will proceed at once to the
scene, Colonel James Lockett. OF the
Eleventh. to take supreme command
OF the situation.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-05-02
Mexican Minister Resigns

MENICO CITY. May 2.-Jo5e
Portillo y Rojas, Mexican foreign
minister, resigned yesterday. E,>tav
Ruiz. under secretary to Rojas, also
resigned No official statement has
been given out with regard to their
rC signatiOns.
\ proposition made by the foreign
minister to send an official commits
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-05-02
Studying Rocks Near Lakeview

J. {. Jones, one OF the professors
OF the Mackcy School of Mines at
the state university, is at LakvieW
today with class of eight students
from the university studying the
structure and formation Of that set-
ton.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-05-02
ThorOuQhbred

\ thoroughbred dairy bull from
the brighton herd of the II. l.. Muir
ply ranch at Perkins, Cal, arrived by
express this morning en- route to the
NJ. +. Fay ranch at Sheridan in Car
son valley
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-05-02

FL, PASO, TEX, May 2.-Satillo.
principal city OF the state OF Goa
hula, where the remnants of various
federal forces rallied alter their de
ttat> at Iorreon, Monterey and 9TH
er le>scr> >trongholds, va, reported
yesterday t" have been evacuated
-April p, the troops retiring to San
Luis Potosl in the state of that
name. about 800 miles south.
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Buried at Mountain View

The funeral of \. II. Diehl. the
Manhattan mining man who died at
Reno Jew day ago. took place yes
terday. Burial was at Mountain
View cemetery.
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sion to Washington in an endeavor
to arrange the diffcultie, between
the United States and Mexico was
rejected at yesterdays cabinet meet
ing
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-05-02
St. Peters Episcopal Church

Holy communion, 8 a. M; Sunday
school, 0:45 a. m; confirmation aud
communion, II a. m; preacher Rt.
Rev. +. S. Spalding, bishop Of Utan.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-05-02
1oday's Stock Quotations

Following are the closings on the
Stock and Exchange Board today, as
OF Reno.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-05-02
Special Music

\ cordial invitation and welcome
is extended to all
LLOYD b. THOMAS, Rector.
The Ordway new era., 1914-01-02

drove to Ordway by auto on rainy
day. The first thing he said after
| met him was 4 want $50 car loads
I of these melons for my next seasons
business, as they are certainly the
coming melon, and. that has proven
to be the case.
I'VE had been stung so much that
it was hard thing to get a. new
firm in the field, SO Mr.. Gerard
proposed to us our first guaranteed
advance we ever had on the north
side of the river. And this is well
remembered by our pioneer grow
ers.
Finally for the season of 1908 we
had represented in this district s. A.
Gerard & Co., Cruchficld e. Voolfolk
and Barnett Bros. This latter firm
after shipping but sixty cars closed
down and refused to take any more
melons. This left the Barnett grow
ers with their melons on their hands
and they were at loss to know what
to do with the balance of the crop.
The Ordway new era., 1914-01-02

such proportions that last season,
that of 1913. the output was TT car
loads. The industryIhas been advanc-
ing by leaps and bounds and the sea-
son of 1914 promises to be the larg-
est in the history of the county,
it being estimated there will be in
the neighborhood OF 1900 car loads
of melons grown and as the demand
has grown in. the same ration as has
the crop, the output will find ready
sale.
There are many good records
among the cantaloupe growers but
that of John D., Bald ranks along
with the top ones OF two years ago.
That year Mr.. Bald had forty acres
planted to cantalouQes and after pay
ing for the crates land shipping he
found that he had return of $1,000
Mr.. Ball is not resident of Crowley
county now and some may wonder
why he left country where he could
turn out SO much gold from forty
The Ordway new era., 1914-01-02
HISTORY OF THE PINH NEAT CANTALOUPE

be eight years DID, and psopasated in this county.
Seed from this melon sold x IS pound the first year.
Shipments last year reaehs777 loads. besides there
were heavy express shipments
Estimated yield for 1914 l250 load. acreage will
be increased
on one acre Of ground near OrdNsy
There will be four firms rpresented in Crowley county
the coming season. They arss &
SA. Gerard & ca. QencinnAi o.
Crutch6eld & WoolfolS PAtsburs. Pa.
LP. Wilson, Phiadss ~ Pa.
John Anicon Brother & GO. Columbus. o.
The Ordway new era., 1914-01-02

which were as fine. lot of melons
as have ever raised"
Mr.. Hosler, however, had not quit
this district for he had twenty-five
acres planted to melons near Ordway
and it was his purpose to get the
California crop on the market and
return in time to handle his pink
meats in this district.
Il decided that was getting wise
and SO / went in with some other
growers and shipped our melons. l
bought paper, had labels printed and
we ordered two car loads of crates.
These melons were consigned to diff
ferent commission houses. We
shipped thirty-two car loads that
year and of these five car loads were
reported dumped as they were re-
ceived in bad order. On these five
cars we lacked 500 OF breaking even
on our, crate material. One of these
cars netted $l.07, and that car be-
longed to ]. ]. Burris. Crutchfie1d &
Voolfolk Pittsburg firm which is
The Ordway new era., 1914-01-02

yet represented here, got two car
loads and S. A. Gerard & Co.,
handled the balance which netted us
good price also.
"As Mr.. Gerard was Barnett Bros
agent in Cincinnati at that time the
Barnetts refused to allow him to
handle any more of their melons be-
cause he handled mine Mr.. Gerard
had become familiar with the excel
lent quality Of the pink meat melohs
by that time and he decided that he
must have Ordway pink meats for
another season above all others. After
receiving several wires from him
stating that he was going to Cali
fornia and would stop off here il
there was any chance of him getting
in on the'cantaloupe business, l wired
him to come on, that he could get
in alright.
Mr.. Gerard stopped off at Rocky
Ford, arriving there soon after we
had had our correspondence, and
The Ordway new era., 1914-01-02
Yield 1914 will Reach
1850 Cars is Estimate

The matter was taken up. with the
other two firms and the growers
offered to let them have their melons
to be shipped on consignment If they
would only take them. These two
firms took over the Barnett growers
crop, but did not ship them on con-
signment They took them and paid
the guarantee the same as they did
to their own growers, and the entire
crop was handled with a nice mar
gin for the growers. These two
firms are still in the field"
This is the history in brief of the
pink meat cantaloupe industry in
Crowley county which has grown to
The Ordway new era., 1914-01-02

he decided to try California as a
melon producing state and went to
the Cochilla valley, where he raised
30 acres of cantaloupes- He shipped
his product with the H. Woods &
Co. as that was the only commission
firm in the that field. Il received
one cent per crate along with some
experience that cost me $5000." said
Mr.. Hosler. II had to borrow money
10 get back to Ordway. That was
my first and last trial at raising mel
ons in California. But ! will not
blame this on California soil or eli
mate as ! had forty acres of green
meats and forty acres of pink meats
The Ordway new era., 1914-01-02
Pioneer Grower Gives
Interesting Summary

In an interview with E. E. Hosler,
one of the pioneef cantaloupe grow
ers of the Crowley county district,
some interesting facts and figures
were cleaned which revises the in
dustry here and the raising of the
famous pink meated melon.
Mr.. Hosler said: Il raised my first
eantaloupes in 1908. They were of
the green meat variety for the pink
meat melon was then an unknown
quantity. D. v. Burrell who origin
ated this melon was still experiment.
ing with his product. This first year
i shipped my cantaloupes with H.
Woods & Co., as did other growers
of the district which was then in its
infancy. We shipped our melons in
large crates that year, each crate
holding about As melons.
"Our cantaloupe shipping shed con-
sisted of box car set out east OF
the depot and we loaded through this
box car into refrigerator cars placed
at this temporary shipping shed. My
net returns on growing four acres of
cantaloupes after deducting the price
of the crates left me $202, so the
next year tried my hand at rais-
ing beets."
Mr.. Hosler stated that the follow
ing year, 1905. the growers agreed
not to raise any more of the green
meat variety so he secured seed of
the D. V. Burrell variety which had
been perfected as the pink meat
melon. But Mr.. Hosler was the only
planter and he had to pay S. per
pound for the seed of that variety.
From that time on this melon here
tofore known as the Ordway pink
meat, but from now on to be known
as the Crowley County Pink Meat
Cantaloupe, has been the only kind
produced in this county.
"That year" stated Mr. Hosler, ~
put out seven and half acres of this
new variety, but the only patches
raised on the north side of the river
were the two raised by D. V. Burrell
and myself. There was no commits
sion firm in the field and as this was
a new melon had to find market
of my own. however, found ready
sale for mine by expressing them
out to verious points myself l did
we'll that year and was satisfied with
the returns for besides the me Ions
sold saved 700 pounds of the seed.
After the organization of growers I
sold this seed for $3.50 per pound.
That association was formed in the
early part OF 1906 and the directors
awarded the contract to Barnett
Bros. commission firm in Chicago,
for the 1906 crop. That fall our
melons netted us about "a cents per
crate, but we were still shipping in
the two dozen crate size. Again in
1907 the Barnett firm was awarded
the contract, and that year we put
them out for the first time in the
twelve melon crate. Our net re-
turns were about "a cents to rs cents
per crate"
Mr.. Hosler stated that that year
The Ordway new era., 1914-01-02

acre tract. His leaving here was not
because of his choice but because he
was compelled to leave on account
of his heslth. That fact is not to
the detriment of Crowley county,
however, for there is no climate on
the face OF the earth that is suitable
for everyone, and while Colorado's
climate comes as near to 1t as any
Mr.. Bald found that he must leave,
much regrctting to quit such lucra
tive business as cantal9upe growing
The Ordway cantaloupe is now Off
cially known as the Crowley Coun-
ty Pink Meat. This new cantaloupe
was propogated by D. v. Burreil, a
pioneer seedman of Rocky Ford. but
it was virtually originated in Crowley
county. Mr.. Burrell has ranch Of
800 acres near Ordway and it was on
this ranch that he developed the fa-
nous pink meat melon. At that time,
seven years ago, this county was
part of Otero county in which Rocky
Ford is located. At that time the
Rocky Fords were the most famous
melons, but the Ordway Pink Meats
are coming to the front so rapidly
that the district is unable to supply
the demands of the trade. There
are growers who see the increased
demand for this kind of melon and
they are being tried out in Texas
and several other state, with cer-
tain amount of success. There is
however, property in the soil of
the Crowley county district which is
peculiarly adapted to the raising of
this melon. and regardless of how
many other sections. get to producing
them it.is believed that the only anu
original pink meat cantaloupe will
come from Crowley county. 1t will
be the melon demanded by the trade
and others will be substitutes. avoid
substitutes. Read the label
This pink meat cantaloupe is of
medium and uniform size, rough
netted with pink colored flesh of
very fine, sweet and sipcy flavor. II
is declared by all consumers from
Maine to the mountains to be the
finest cantaloupe produced up to this
time This melon has very few
seeds and the cavity is unusually
small. These few seeds are held in
place by heavy walls of sweet, juicy
hpc
shipper. This melon will withstand
shipping far better than any other as
its body is so firm it is not easy to
perish.
The Ordway new era., 1914-01-02

Fred Hoffman got 887 crates OF
cantaloupes from one acre on Crowley
county land. A cerw good showing
is it not?
The Ordway new era., 1914-01-02

John d. Bald produced 3l.lS9
crates of cantaloupes from 40 acres
one season, or nearly 300 crates per
,acrc. He rolled into his cash box
that season $1,000 after paying for
the crates and shipping charges.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28
Topeka Officials Prepare for
Immense Work.
MONEY FROM UNCLE SAM
Railroads VIII Realize From
Parcel Post 1T Last.
Startling Decrease in All Ex-
press Receipts.

General officials Of the railways In
Topeka are making extensive plans
for the 1914 weighing Of the mails
and the ultimate change in the val
liable government contracts for the
next four years. Orders have been
sent from the general offices of the
Rock Island and Santa Fe in Topeka
providing scales for use on all mail
cars N operation and on the plat
forms Of all the larger stations over
the lines west of the Missouri river.
An immense increase in the weight OF
the mails and an eventual increase In
the receipts from mail contracts Ii
/ looked for by the railway officials.
The railways of the west are look.
ing forward with interest to the mail
weighing this year. The parcel post
packages will add greatly to .he
amount Of material transported and
the railways are praying Tor enough
revenue to Offset the decrease In the
express business.
The mail weighing by the govern
ment begins about the middle of Feb
ruary. according to the latest advice
received by General Manager Kouns
| of the Santa Fe and General Manager
sweet of the Rock Island in Topeka.
For los days thereafter the scales on
the mail cars and station platforms
will be in use constantly. The aver
age OOIa1ncO from tllS source Will DC
used in determining the contracts OF
the future.
Smarting Under United States Action
! The railways are still smarting un-
der the introduction Of the parcel pos'
! many months ago, the resulting de-
, crease in express business and the ad-
ditional load Of the mail. The gov
ernment added to the volume of mai
by the parcel post and didn't pay the
railroads for the burden. On the 9th
| er hand the railways receive SO pei
cent Of the express business reve.
nue. that fell flatly following the event
! of the parcel post.
Under the mail weighing of the 10i
day period following the middle q
February, the railroads will be pai6
/ for the big gain in government duties
but not to the extent OF the loss Ol
! the revenue by express.
! Officials Of all the railroads enter.
ing Topeka state today, that since tf.<
: Introduction of the parcel post it hs.
been necessary to pile the mail in ex
ira cars, fill the baggage cars and II
many cases use emergency equipment
for the accommodation of the govern
ment bags. This has been done IL
the past at an actual loss to the raj
linesI-they were still being paid un
| der the old Weighing contracts Of 1910
| According to information given Ou
at the Topeka postoffice, the govern
ment is also making extensive pfepa
| rations for the handling of the mail il
| the weighing period. Expert weigher
| are to be sent to all stations OF an.
importance. Topeka will have a mai
on duty at all hours. They weigl
| every bag of mail going out OF tn,
| city. The local work will be unde
the direction of J. J. Fritts.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28
IDEAS OF women.
Continued from Page one,

tCOHtlnueO from rage OneJ
advisement undoubtedly will bring
about a combined consideration.
"Of course" said Mrs. Monroe in
her talk this morning, I'VE know that
every woman has her party or her
religion. But this isn't going to leak
out i'll this meeting. We must not
tread on the toes of the pet men of
our favorite party. And whatever ac-
ton this club takes, we will not con-
slider it binding to the individual
members of the club. Everyone has a
right to his own IDEAS"
Then the women took out their
fancy work, few removed their hats.
and the days discussion began. Mrs.
E. E. Roudebush, secretary of the
Good Government club, gave re-
view of the actions of the Topeka or
ganization for the year which includ-
winter and the hand taken in city
politics and the appointment of po-
licewomen and the chief of police as
we'll as other offices in connection
| with the Cofran administration
The 1. and II. Generally Favored.
The initiative and referendum, lost
in the last legislature. was favored
generally by the women this morning.
/ They didn't agree on the percentage
of voters signing petition, to De
sure. They were doubtful about the
resubmission question, too. And they
did not thoroughly agree as to the ad-
dition of the recall, but considering
the fact that they were women. not
technically acquainted with the deep
rooted politics behind that trouble
some bone of legislative contention
they applauded vigorously ekery time
a word was uttered against the action
Of the legislators OF the past.
| Mrs. E. D. Day and Mrs. Franh
Mrs. Day stood up proudly before The
many-colored panorama OF millinery
| displays and addressed the $50 wo-
men and one man (the demure -e-
porter) as fellow citizens" She
vouched for the fact that the repre-
sentatives Of the people today have
ceased to represent. Then she
reached out gently and accused Sen
ator Platt of being a tool of the ex-
press companies. Senator Aldrich nj
number of notables :s agents OF the
railroads.
Mrs Mary B. Nelson of Glen Eide,
said that the initiative and referen
dunn was the keystone to the arci
Of woman's progress"
Mrs. B. B. Smythe of Topeka SPOKE
in favor of the general plan Of tn,
1. and r. Mrs. Lillian Mitchner
president Of the w. C. T. u, said he
organization was not opposed to II
although she was careful in not lay
ing any claims to its support.
Mrs. Frank Doster explained III
resolution and believed that IN
courts should be forbidden to. inter
NJ. Ferris Of Usage City declared th:.
the I. and r. was dead letter" will
the recall clause. Mrs Pugh Of tn
Hutchinson Good Government clul
dragging the question OF prohibitio,
into the argument
Afraid OF Resubmission.
Miss Florence Robinson of Ottaws
stood up and said that she wasn'
afraid Of the resubmi1uion bug1bo<
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28

Van B. Prather OF Kansas City. Kan,
has been appointed internal revenue in
spector for the collection Of the income
tax in the state of Kansas The job pays
8 900 year. He was endorsed by the en-
tire Democratic members of the Kansas
delegation in congress.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28
OCCUPATIONS THAT CURE.
Many Trades That Are Said to One]
Protection to Their Followers.

Just as workers in certain trades
are more prone to certain diseases
than workers in other trades, SO
there are some occupations which di-
rectly drive disease away.
Consumption, for instance, is al
most unknown among the workers in
tanneries. Work in a lanyard is most
unpleasant till one gets accustomed to
the horrible smell, but the astringent
properties Of the tanbark are amaz-
ingly good for the chest, and render
the lanyard man practically proof not
only against cdnsumption. but the
common cold.s
Shepherds enjoy extraordinarily
good health. 1t is not simply a matter
of the open air. for farmers do not
show a bill of health nearly as clean.
Doctors have suggested that the rea-
son lies in the fact that the strong
odor of the sheep has an antiseptic
influence, and kills of stray germs.
There is nothing whatever in the
popular belief that q single visit to q
gas-works is a cure for whooping
cough. except that, as doctors admit.
men regularly employed in gas-works
are singularly free from diseases Of
the throat and chest.
Cases of influenza, too, are very
rare indeed among gas-works hands,
the smell that pervades gas-works be-
| ing an admirable antiseptic.
Typhoid is getting rarer in this
country, but even when it was very
common there has never been, a sci
enlist recently stated, a known case
of this terrible disease among copper
! miners.
| If there is rheumatism in your fam
! lily 1t would be a good idea to get your
son a job in q turpentine factory.
Rheumatism is practically unknown
| to such factories, and even cases of
acute rheumatism have been known
to recover completely on being trans
planted to a turpentine atmosphere.
| II you are a martyr to neuralgia or
! headache, you may envy the people
who prepare lavender for sale.
| Lavender, indeed, is an excellent
| tonic for any one who is run down.
Doctors frequently recommend people
suffering from nervous breakdown to
get job at gathering or distilling this
| fragrant plant.
Anemia, that disease from which
the majority of young women suffer
more or less, is unknown among them,
! except In the case Of those who take
on the work in order to cure their
anemia. And In these cases cures are
certain and rapid.
GUS one and 1t has q subtle medicinal
effect Men employed in factories
/ where 1t is made never contract con-
sumption, or so a medical lecturer
said recently.
And in tropical cou-ties it in = well
known fact that printers always
escape yellow fever, however fercely
it may happen to be raging In thu
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28
FEDS GET ANOTHER.
Snare Johnston OF Naps-L0cat1
Cleveland Park.

Cleveland, Jan. 2s.-Baseball head
quarters today received a report that
Wheeler Johnston, first baseman for
Cleveland American team, had signed
with the Federal League. This would
make four Clevelanders to Jump to
the Federals. Falkenburg. Banding
and Kahler, pitchers. having prevf-
ously gone over. Johnston, when
communicated with at Chattanooga,
Tenn. today would not deny the re-
port
Johnston said he wanted $4,000 in
salary next season. He drew about
800 hast year. NJ. F. Bramley, for
rner president of the Cleveland Fed
eral League club. returned from New
Mexico today and said he had a site
for a ball park for the Federals in
Cleveland, and In case the Toronto
hackers could not go through with
their proposition. Cleveland would
have q Federal League team again in
1914.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28

fourth vice president. E. ". King;
treasurer, p. w. Griggs; secretary;
Leigh Carver; national scout councili
man. Arthur A. Graham. The fol-
lowing persons were elected to men,
bership on the executive committee:
DR.. c. M. Hensley, DIR. w. r. Russell,
DR.. c. H. Menninger, Roland w. Sci
bert and Robert Holcombe.
A new council Of forty members
was favored, and an application for
a new charter will include Shawnee
county. A publicity committee was
appointed composed Of DR.. C. NJ
Hensley. Arthur Capper and Judge f.
r. Simon.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28

The plan to create a special house COM
mittee on woman suffrage was this week
defeated by the rules committee by q
four to four vote. Congressman Phil r.
Campbell of Kansas, is a strong advocate
for woman suffrage. AS a member of the
committee.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28

For 80 days We win press q suit of
clothes free with every suit cleaned and
pressed. Gem Cleaning Co.. cor. Ninth
sal -ty razor blades sharpened better tnan
new, z5c-3Sc d0x Brunt Drug Co.-Adv.
For 30 days we will clean pair Of gloves
free with every dollar or two pairs with
every x.6O worth Of work at tho Gem
CLEANING Co., cor. Ninth and Kan ave-.
r. b. 8mms. prop.-Adv.