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The Springfield herald., 1914-12-11
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from 10 to 1S inches annually.
TIA farmers consider this ample
to. .pspdnce good crops)if properly
conserved. This conservation is
acquired by deep blowing, the
depth being gauged by the quail
ty Of the soil. and the top soil be.
ing kept mulehed so as to pre-
vent the evaporation Of the mois.
tslre. Varipps n,ethoueof culti-
walton are Used to assist in this
conservation, Dne plan being to
list" or ridge the field in the
fall to hold the snowfall in
trenches etrn to fifteen inches
deep. /. In t. e spring the Held is
|leyelsd and the moisture thus
sealed up in the soil.
The committee was Impressed
BY the fact that the unsuccessful
fsfmerx0f a few years ago have
all dnafpeared. It has ap-
'rarentl4 ZEN case of the sur
yiXl of'th ittest and those COM
Mg Ia recently have the eyams
pie ae successful ones to gui ds
them in their operations, and
practically all seem to be. meet.
ing with remarkable success.
FaNRem, ,whp9have been il THE,
county g Enough to prove :
on tfeir hnd are successfully a.
nancing themselves from Heir
profits. Practically the only
loan requirements are amon1aAs
new settlers who need enodRh
70 purchase cows and hogs and
build si'o. ~
{ Privately owned and improved
farm lands can't he bought for
less than $50 per acre and are
held mostly at $a5 and $50 per
acre. State lands and unfmprov.
ed lands can be bought at from
IS t. SO per acre by actual set
tiers. The strongest demand
lately has come from farmers
who live there and want to add
to their holdings.
The best and most rapid devel-
opment has been made where
assistance -has haen had. from a
county agricultural agent FL
Paso county agriculturalist is
supplied with an automobile and
spends his time going from farm
to farm and ad vising the farmers
in their operations. He is able
to give them the benefit of the
experiments of others and save
them from costly and unsuccess-
full experiments. s
To secure the rapid settlement
and development of this section,
good roads are necessary. Con-
ditions are such that good roads
can he constructed cheapIy
and quickly. From Colorado
Springs daily auto truck SER
vice has been established. The
trucks take out dry goods and
roceries to the farmers and
bring back cream, eggs and poul.
try. This l.lan is centering a
large local farm trade in Colora-
do Springs.
The Springfield herald., 1914-12-11

Generals Vila and ZLpata have
formed AN alliance, by WHICH We
presume they agree not to light
each other unLll Jhe NOW reOei
general Carrauza has been nlhi
mated.
The Springfield herald., 1914-12-11
THE SORROWS
of a Newspaper Man.

A certain Awerican was pub
fishing a paper down in the
country of Old Mexico. The
provisional president of that
unhappy cosstry owed Aaas
for whole lot of backsubscrip-
ton, and the newspaper man
sent him very automatically
worded statement of his account,
closing with Viva live the pro-
visional PRESIDENT" might his
tribe increase" ard his shadow
never grow less" ETC., etc.
The next day he found HIM
self IN the presence of the pro.
vlslonal president, who ordered
him to be first quartered, then
strung up by the thumbs, then
shot to pieces till he was dead
ana.finally his flesh was to be
fed to the fowls of the air and
tn beasts of the field.
All this was to happen the
next day. but that night the pro-
visiOnal president told him that
il he would turn over his gold
watch he might hike it.
And the newspaper man turn
ed over his imitation gold watch
and nised; but he had no money,
ana after wandering about for
some days said:
Il might as well be shot to
pieces as to sta We to death. l
will arise and go to the provisional
short time Mexicano pre- 5iden,
and say t. him, Only let me
have my dummy watch and what
you owe me, and yoI may then
ut me on the drin lnr. sno,t
me out OF a cannon, or d, other
wise with me rs you like.
And the provisional president
saw him coming afar off, and he
ran out and fell on his neck,
thereby dislocating his left jaw.
Tie newspaper man thereupon
fell in dead faint. and the
provisional president then cut
the brass buttons off his coat and
fled the country.
Just as the newspaper man
was coming to, another provls-
ional president came along and
took his clothes, and he also fled
the country.
Then while the newspaper man
was wondering what to do next
get his noney, along came still
another provisional president.
who hadn't paid for tie paper
for 'steen years, and he put the
poor newspaper man in the has
ket of a balloon and sent him
skyward: and that was the last
ever seen of him.
The Springfield herald., 1914-12-11

Ftat German army, surround
ed by the Russians and in danger
of immediate capture cutting its
way out and 1T the sane time
capturing one of the most i'm
pnrta'i cities of Russian Poland -
Lodz, is stroke of strategy
that hasn very many pareiiel
in history
The Springfield herald., 1914-12-11

One day we bear that the Rus
Sims captured 100000 prison
ers and the next day THAT the
G, rllauS Captured ditto. Al
t',,i rate II oughla't br long un-
a. the G., ma, would all be
il Russia and the Russians alt
IL Germany
The Springfield herald., 1914-12-11
CAMPO.

Children are being drilled in
the Xmas exercise.
School progressing nicely
with good attendance.
Several land seekers are work
ins in this community.
George Bowman has return
ed to his claim.
Revival meetings are in prog
ress at the schoolhouse by Rev.
W. j. and j. V. Webster. Good
interest and crowds.
The Springfield herald., 1914-12-11

Everyday is getting to be red
letter day" in Springfield, but
last Saturday was something
more than usual even for Satur-
days in the number of people in
town aud the amount of busi-
ness done.
The Springfield herald., 1914-12-11

While talking of a greater Ba-
Ca county, how would 1t be to get
down and figure on "a greater
hen house" for poultry purposes?
The Springfield herald., 1914-12-11

Read every word OF that Den
YER committee reporL-aud
then read it again. 1t is of vital
interest to Baca county.
The Springfield herald., 1914-12-11

Gutierrez Is now provisional
Pres. uf Mexico, and Tue ques-
ton is, will he stay long enough
to make it worth while TO fina
out how he pronouncas MS maze!
The Springfield herald., 1914-12-11

You've got the grain. Th,
truck line TO Lamar is assured
How would it be to hSure on
u couple OF incubatora and 500
and up OF chicks for market
Ie&t lal?
The Springfield herald., 1914-12-11

There wiitbesa teachers exam
ination at the sclpol house on
the Eth and 18th inst. Come
early and bring your books alopg,
Wilford Konkel was countE y
seat visitor yesterday. +
Curt Elder, a former i yBaca
county ranchu,an, now OF BeRnet,
Colo, was down the first Of the
week looking after his ranch out
in the Boston country. :. 4
The Springfield herald., 1914-12-11
Dry-laand Daia
ing Ehgewefs
in thas6tate

The Denver Cha lbsxef CS Stn-
merce. which in Denyz tes-
ponds to the commerctk j NJ in
Springfield. recently seAt ont
q committee in autoes over
the dry-farmed sections east.
!wArdiy to the state line, and just
now its findings are Of special
interest to'the dry-land farmers
Of Bsca county.
Two things of especial in.
terest In these tndings are in the
tmaftar of silassand dsiEying, the
remarkable thing of the silos be-
ing that they are getting to be
as common in that territory us in
the eastern grain belts.
They report that the dry farm.
ers in the section visited are all
I! by the combination of dairy cows
hogs, and hens, growing to be
independent, nearly all having
good bank accounts.
| The country over which they
travelled hasbeen settled by these
dry farmers in the last six to
eight years, the same as in Baca
county, but contrary to Baca
county the new settlers plunged
at once into dairying. with the
result that they are growing
Independent.
From the very lengthy report of
the committee we take the fol.
lowing extracts as being of espe-
cial interest to our people:
The committee was impressed
with the fact that all the farm.
ers n this section are basing
their operations upon live stock.
Nearly every farm has one or
more silos or is preparing to con-
struct silos. Nearly all the
farmers have dairy cows, hogs.
and chickens. All attribute
their success to this combination.
The milk cows produce enough
cream to support the family and
provide steady inflow Of cash
to enable tho. farmer to pay as
he goes. The poultry adds to
this income and the hogs and
beef cattle provide a market for
the forage and gram crops and
are usually net income. 1t is
the ability of these farmers to be
constantly marketing products
that makes them contented and
prosperous They say NO matter
how averse condition, may be
they can always find enough to
fill their silos and Craze their
cuws and chickens. and as long
as this is possible a good living
is assured.
The committee found that the
dairy cows were returning from
FIVE to nine dollars each per
month. This difference in re-
turns from the cows is due to the
quality of the cows. Some have
good ones, some fair, and some
very poor. The demand for dali
ny cows is greater than the sup
ply and the new settlers have to
take what they can get.
The rainfall of this section is
The Springfield herald., 1914-12-11

A news item says many Rus
SLAMS we're killed and wounded at
Czenstochowa. We suppose they
were Czenslocnowa-e up.
The Springfield herald., 1914-12-11
The Truck Line
An Assured Thing,

line between Springfield and La
mar Just as soon as a sufficient
dairying businessman be assured
and thinks that a sufficient bus
mess ought to materialize by the
opening of spring.
| Mr.. Brown is very enthusiastic
over the dairy-poultry PROPOSE
ton. and believes with the editor
that the salvation of our present
settlement hinges on the success.
full introduction of these indus
tries.
His first interest is a matter of
dollars and cents, and his Sec
ond interest is his love for Baca
county, practically every nook
and corner in it having been as
sociated with his own history dur
ing the last twenty-eight years.
Mr.. Browns idea is for dairy
and poultry products to center
here from all parts of the coun
ty having auto.mail connection,
the Springfield zone reaching
out to Maxey, Two Butles. Blame
Stoniagton, Lamp ,rt, Ric hards,
Villas, Campo, ETC., etc.
The autoes from these points
would b,iIg in daily or by-daily
poul .ry and egg, anu milk and
butter, and anything else the
farmer might want to ship.
Then the motor truck would
tax. the total from Springfield
to Lamar.
The Herald is the pioneer in
the advocacy of the establishment
of these Industries as the saliva
ton of our settlement and in the
building of a greater Baca coun-
ty, ard by it's ag tation of the
question we have the satisfaction
OF knowing that the whole coun-
ty has awakened to the great i'm
portance of the question, and
its vital interest to the county's
welfare.
But what we started out par
ticulariy to say is that those who
know the pecuniary Importance
of dairying and poultry don't
need to hesitate now about
reaching out after the cows and
the lens. as a trLc line and a
cons> quent market for their
products is now an assured thing,
as Mr.. E.-,wa will be ready for
business in the sp ring.
Right here we want to call at
te ton to the fact that our
northern dry-land neighbors Dor
rowed The money to get the cows
and the silos. With the cows
yielding from $500 to 5000
monthl., it can be seen that Dor.
rowing for this purpose is a safe
pr position to botn the borrower
and til loaner
l. Win the abSoluta assurance Of
the establishment of this motor
truck Line in the spring it strikes
us that 500 dairy cows ought to
be introduced into this Spring
fed dairy zone between now and
that time.
In connection with this mat
ter, we want to call the attention
of dairy COW dealers in and a
bout Lamar to the Importance of
his territory as a dairy COW
market, and of our farmers to
the necessity of getting hold of
eastern cows whenever it is pos
S,hle to do so.
Write to your friends back there
t. ship you the cows-just as
many as you can pay for. Do
this, and in the years to come
when you are fixed with a com
Portable home and bank ac-
count you will look back and
thank the Springfield Herald
for having devoted it's time and
energy in The repeated iteration
ard reiteration OF tie great i'm
por'ance to the county of the es
( tablishment of these industries.
The Springfield herald., 1914-12-11
BOUND
IN SPRINGFIELD

ON ST NllNUF lELl
Bank.
Locators.
Pool Hall.
w. C. T. U.
Parsonage.
$50 Peo pie.
Carpentdrs.
Drug Store.
Nine Autoes.
Hign School.
Barber Shop.
Fifty Houses.
Meat Market.
Shoe Cobbler.
Notary Public.
Sunday School.
Abstract Office.
Daily Auto Mail.
Seven Mail Lines.
Blacksmith Shop.
Two Newspapers.
Commercial Club.
Twc.Room School.
Large Dance Hall.
Ladies Aid Society.
Christian Endeavor.
Real Estate Dealers.
Telephone Ex:hange.
Two General Stores.
Five Auto NAL Lines.
Livery and Feed Yards.
Young Folks Meetings.
Six Room Court House,
Fifteen Yards Set in Trees.
M. E. and Baptist Churches.
Three Hotels and Restaurants.
One Garage and another soon.
Twenty Windmllls, and SIX
nore wells ready for them,
A doctor has been secured, and
Will be here about the list of
February.
The Springfield herald., 1914-12-11
...SOme LaWs...

..,SOme LaWS...
That Should be Enacted at This
Session of the Assembly
One OF these is a law against
treating during a campaign, as
it is now in some other states.
We do not believe tnat a brief
in this matter is essential. 1t il
simply a great nuisance-known
to be by every ybody, doesn't make
a vote one way or the other, Is
an imposition on candidates, and
consequently should be outlaw
ed by Statutory enactment.
We believe the assembly fea-
ture of The primary law should
be abolished, and candidates to
get ON tue primary ballots re-
quired to aet d certain number
OF names or percent oI the par
ty vote at the preceding cleo
tion.
There isn't any questioning
the tacJ That the primary elec-
ton comes at the wrong time in
tine season-the very busiest time
vi ali Cne year.
The fore part of September
invariably tinds farmers IN the
most precarlous period OF Lhe
narves., with the stuff in danger
both on account Of Iipeness anu
4 on account Ut frost.
The fore part OF August would
catch the farmers IN the interval
between cultivation and harvest
almost invariably, and would
suggest that the primary elec-
tion De set for that line, say
thirty days earlier than at pres
ent.
We believe the registration
law in the rural districts, partic-
larly in Colorado, is of no value
whatever so far as illegal voting
Il, concerned, serves only as a
clog and deprive some of vot
ing, is a useless expense, and
should be repealed.
In the larger cities, and possi-
bly, in the mining districts, it
probably prevents illegal voting
and repeating; but in the farm
ing districts the only effect of the
law is to deprive some one of vot-
ing. just because he wasn't
registered and to saddle on the
county and the people the eX-
pense Of registration.
We believe consequently the
law should be Repealed so lar as
{, it applies to rural dis tricts, and
| believe tue present Sateg; ards
OF elections are ample to prevent
legal voting.
There is need of sensible
assessment law, providing Al
sea e for the valuation OF proper
ty and give the necessary direc
tions for making suca valuations
to the end that there weuld be
nothing left for the com u iss,on-
ers when the assessment r'l were
returned but to correct cle-ic4i
errors.
1t would seem thai il lea sse>-
sor We're proviicd with oefi
mite scale for the valuation of
property and given the necessary
directions for making such valu.
asions, when he got over the
county the Equalization of tax
eS" would be Lad as nearly as 1T
is possible for such equalizations
to be made.
Has any one ever stopped to
think what a farce it is for a
board of equalization" to move
this fellow up a little and the
other fell down little. and then
go back and move the first one
| down little and the second one
up little, when nine times out
of ten they have no more idea
of the value of the property than
the man in the moon?
Give us sensible assessment
law, and do away with these So
called boards of equalization"
The Springfield herald., 1914-12-11
7 Losth Eok

rs4nd Mrs. 1. w. jackson
ta family have returned to their
Dme.
Otto Rhinard of Garden City,
has been visiting John Crimes
and family for the past week.
HW Cramernsade . trip to the
hsapch last week.
E Sa shuip has been helping
Cfit harvest AS crop.
IN 0Snce given by Mr.. and
Mes! J John Grimes Thanksgiving
night VIA sswell attended and all
report = good time.
Mrs. Mitchell called on Mrs.
l. w. Jackson Wednesday aftel-
noon.
The Springfield herald., 1914-12-11
K0NANTz

Ora Keaton Is back IN this VI
cinity With a gasoline engine and
other up-to-date blacksmith sup-
plies.
Ilseayept Of the season at the
Konants school house will be .
pie social preceded by a fine
iproGrsm.
Ear Fiory writes that he likes
high sch0ol'fine hot doesn,t think
much Of life in q great metropo-
lis. j'r3i.Ss
AL Elliot and Mr.. HeEetts
threshed maise this wesk, they
intend 10 take advantage of high
3pfiSss. E a. S.
N EGillsspi says lie don't mind
f Ag maize, but he sure hates
M tbs cows and get lis.own
msGls. Here's a fine chance for
some enterprising young lady 4
The Springfield herald., 1914-12-11
OLxDE-

The country in and around
Clyde was visited by nice storm
Monday night.
|. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. j. Money
spent Saturday night with Mr..
and Mrs. w. w. Golden.
The literary and debating So
ciety at Horseshoe was we'll at
terdad Friday night.
The new school house at No. 2
weihis nearing completion, and
the people are going to give an
entertainment and box supper
the 18th inst.
Mr.. and Mrs. Golden spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. In
man.
The Messrs. Tom and Burley
EQjemsnts have gone to Texlina
+ta:ineet their wives
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Zeppelins. The accident to La Patrie,
with the accidents to the German Yep
pelins. had discouraging effect. But
when after building and losing six
Zcppelins Germany continued to acquire
them, and the Deutschland, Schwaben
and Victoria Luise each in turn showed
greater speed, carrying capacity and
power of endurance, 1t was realized that
Notwithstanding limitations in certain
conditions an airship capable Of carry
ing eight tons of supplies at a speed
of nifty or sixty miles an hour for thirty
hours. and of travelling day and night
and by the most direct route, has tre-
mendous military value.
Considering all things, London has
reason for her present fears of a raid
by airships. There Is no doubt that
the attack is being planned now, and
there Is very little doubt that it is
likely to occur some time this winter.
when the cold and snow make the
armies sluggish and the work of air
craft more effective.
If there is to be raid by Zeppelins
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chem for scouting purposes or for quick
blows intended to strike terror into the
population centres.
Here and there the big German
Zeppelins may be used for dropping
bombs, as may also aeroplanes, but as
engines OF offence aircraft at the present
moment are of very little value.
However. It will undoubtedly be
proved that aeropMnes are n factor to
be reckoned with in modern warfare.
Every Power involved in this struggle
has big aerial corps equipped with the
best and latest machines and highly
skilled pilots and military observers
This is the first time in the history
Of modern warfare that several civilized
Powers have been able to pit aerial
fleets against one another
1.-THE greater number Of aircraft Will
be used by France and Germany. The
types of machines used by these two
nations vary greatly. Germany will
rely largely on big. heavy, compare
lively slow moving machines that are
capable Of remaining In the air FOL
twenty hours. France Is equipped with
a fleet Of extremely fast aeroplanes
mostly monoplanes.
MANY or the German machlneS ART
| fitted with guns and bomb throwing ap'
paratus. The French seem content Il
restrict their aeroplanes to scouting
purposes. OF the French machine
Morane and Bleriot monoplancs pre-
dominate. There are, however, man,
Caudron biplanes, and "A whole class o
monoplane scouts. single seaters Of th'
Newport. Clement-Bayard and other de
signs. Quite a number of the Frencl
machines are protected with armor.
AT the outbreak Of hostilties Franc
probably put into the field $50 machines
Germany, according to the best infor
nation had from 400 to 500 aeroplanes
| The strength of the Russian aerial flee
| is doubtful. The Cars military airmel
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and moved the box, so the difficulty
of hitting 1t was about little less than
hitting an aeroplanc. The dirigible
circled around the balloon and fired
at 1000 feet distance, first fifty
cartridges with a machine gun, then
with a cannon. The balloon was then
pulled down and it was found that al
most all the projectiles had struck.
The balloon was sent back to an alti-
tude of 1000 feet. The dirigible went
up to a height of 2,200 feet and fired
fifteen cannon shots from a distance of
5000 feet. Two-thirds Of the shots were
effective. striking the black spots, which
represented the pilot and motor. The
mannuvre was repeated at a distance
of 1000 feet with the same results.
When the Zeppelins gave the demon
stration of their wonderful possibilities,
as well as their limitations, France
tried to contest her supremacy in the
air by building dirigibles. In this she
was not entirely successful, her dirigi-
bles being much smaller, slower and
having less power Of endurance than the
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regular trips. carrying thousands of
passengers and has by its steadiness
proclaimed that the day of the air
liner has arrived.
The Zeppelins go through daily
manpuvres and are operated On the
same basis as warships. In the past two
years orders have been given TO them
to start on long cruises across Germany
and over the Baltic Sea without notice
and regardless of weather conditions.
Some accidents resulted, as was to be
expected, but their number was small
compared with what was attained. a
cruise of twenty-five hours has been
a common occurrence.
The Zeppelin crews have been trained
in military manpuvrcs with bomb drop
ping and machine gun firing. The fol-
lowing trials, for instance, We're made
by the rs at DocbritZ just before the
war as training for shooting at aero
planes: A box thirty feet long, fifteen
feet high. eighteen feet wide was sus-
pended from a balloon at "A height Of
1000 meters. The wind was strong