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The Elbert County tribune., 1914-09-04

had grown on it. A scientific sys-
n of irrigation and drainage was laid
l, under direction of Lord Kitch-
sr. at cost of $50 an acre, and 1t
as then handed over to the fellaheen
i fiye-acre plots for cultivation. Last
ear the land was washed. and crop
4 rice was grown, giving q satisfac-
,ory yield. After the rice crop the
salt distribution was measured. and
the percentage was considerably re-
duced. To the great astonishment OF
the fellaheen cultiyators. permanent
result had been achieved in one year.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-09-04
TAXES SHOW PROSPERITY.
Internal Revenue Receipts Pass Mil
lion Mark; Personal Incomes Pay
$t11,877 to Uncle Sam.

vi iitofI 10 OnCIe Sdm.
Washington.-A large increase in
internal revenue receipts in both Col
orado and Wyoming. is shown by the
annual report OF the commissioner of
intePal revenue. These two states
comprise the internal revenue district
OF Colorado.
Colorado receipts for the fiscal year
ending June 30 last. were 81 ,07e ,SS4.12,
as against seiS. 1927 during the pre-
kus fiscal year. Wyoming's receipts
WIRE $109. 1906. as against $69,4S3.s5
during the previous fiscal year.
Colorado contributed to the receipts
OF the government during the last fis-
cal year. $117, ,s67.7s in corporation ex.
else tax, se2O, 1892 In corporation In
come tax. and $11 1.S77.SO in individual
income tax Wyoming contributed s1s.-
o22.07 in corporation excise tax, $4s.-
124.07 in corporation income tax. and
$7,533.49 in individual income tax.
Treasury officials are gratified that
Colorado's total receipts have passed
the million dollar mark.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-09-04
BUMPER APPLE CROP FORECAST.
Colorado Takes Third Place Among
Producing States.

Washington.-An apple crop OF
2l0,00o,oO0 bushels is forecast by the
Department OF Agriculture. which
bases its estimate on latest reports
That is about 65.eo0,Oe0 bushels more
than last year. but 25,0O0,ooO bushels
less than in 1912, and about 1000, 900
bushels less than in 1911. The mean
price to producers in the three months
OF heavy marketing. September. Octo-
beT and November last year. was S55
cents a bushe,. In 1912 it was 623
cents and in 1911 it was 69.7 cents
Forecast of production in Western
states follows
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-09-04
Fifty Miners Killed.

Denver.-Exactly the same number
OF miners We're killed in the coal
mines Of the state up to Aug. l, 1914
as during the same period in 1913
The total is fifty for each period
During the first seven months OF 1913
the number OF miners employed aver.
aged 1925, while the average for the
same period in 1914 was 9,526. With
much less tonnage produced and fewer
mon employed. the same number
were killed in 1914 as in 1913.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-09-04
SLAUGHTER AT CHARLEROI
is GREATEST IN HISTORY

face OF withering fire from machine
guns mounted In the steeples. and
driving the German defenders in con
fusion across the river Sambre.
Many Houses In Flames.
They found many houses smoldering
or in flames. The Inhabitants. terror.
stricken. were in the cellars. German
officers and soldiers were found dead
in the streets. side by side with
Frenchmen who had fallen before or
afterward.
One German officer was shot while
he was washing his face, and his head
was bowed over basin, while his
face was covered with soap
Another had been lifting a cup OF
coffee to his lips when French bull
let brought death. He was found ly-
ing face downward across table, the
broken cup beside him on the floor.
German Losses Enormous.
An idea Of the enormous losses OF
the Germans in the great battle in
southwestern Belgium and of the brav-
cry of the kaiser's soldiers is given in
the story of returned traveller who
witnessed part of the fighting along
the Sambre river. southwest of Charlie
roi
Il was near Fereux. in a region
covered with dense woods, while the
fighting was taking place." said he. q
could hear the sound of cannon away
to the east and knew that big battle
was raging. From my place in the
forest l suddenly saw the advance
guard of a German army approach.
ing along a roadway which skirted the
trees.
There seemed to be an endless pro
cession OF soldiers. all dressed in a
uniform OF gray. Rank after rank
passed by and I thought that the end
would never come.
There was no hesitation. The men
swung forward with quick steps and
saw officers galloping along the lines
urging them forward.
French Open Fire.
Suddenly there was fresh sound
OF battle. this time in front of me and
/ knew that the French artillery had
opened upon the advance guard OF
the Germans. I moved cautiously for.
"NAh ~ a pCihb COulu ktt o
view OF the battle scene. 1t was u
view which scared itself into my mem.
ory
The French guns were hurling 4
| hurricane of steel and flame into the
| German ranks. but the soldiers pushed
forward with their battle shouts on
their lips. Straight into that pit of
destruction rushed the advancing
troops. Men fell, on every hand. II
seemed that whole platoons melted
away.
over the bodies OF the dead ard
wounded pushed the rear ranks OF
the invading army. rushing with fixed
bayonets upon the smoking muzzles
of the French artillery. 1t was a gu.
perb picture of gallantry.
Aeropiane 10 Smashed.
| Near Erquelinnes l saw a German
aeroplane brought down. The mill.
tary aviator was flying high in the
air. taking n reconnaissance OF the al
lies positions. The specially construct.
ed guns. designed to attack air craft.
were turned upon the aeroplane, but
the aviator continued his work. Sud.
denly ! saw the machine lurch, splin.
ters flew, and then the shattered ma.
/ chine began to drop. 1t had been
smashed by projectile."
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-09-04
eunners Made Stone Deal.

London.-A medical correspondent
Of the Times who has just returned
from Belgium says it is morally Ger.
tain that all the artillerymen OF the
forts at Liege are now stone deaf.
The nerves of hearing must fall un
der the strain Of dwelling upwards OF
a fortnight in world of mighty ex.
plosions." he says. For these men ths
guns thunder now only In q silenc,
whtch may never be brokon-"
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-09-04
sugar Beet Crop Lowest Since 1e1o,

sugar Beet Crop Lowest Since 1910
Washington.-With the price Of
sugar higher than in many years. in
dicationp are that the country's sugar
beet crop this year will be the small
est since 1910. A forecast of 1926.
800 tons was announced by the De-
partment of Agriculture. Last Year
the production was 5,6590OO tons; in
1912. 5,224,ooO tons, and in 1911, s..
O62 900 tons.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-09-04
WASTE LAND MADE FERTIL- :
Experiments Only Recently
Undertaken In Egypt.

AS an indication of the ultimate Out
come in the great delta of Egypt
where 100000 acres of wash sal,
land awaits development, toward the
end Of 1912 about 800 acres OF absolute
ly waste land al Biala ,fere taken in
hand. The land was 8, heavily i'm
originated with salt that FOR ages moth
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-09-04
Be Careful Now

In Goodyears we pledge you the same grade
tire as always. And that grade won for Good
years the top place in Tiredom-the largest sale
in the world
And, for the time being, our prices are the
same as before the war. We shall try to keep
them there.
We accept no excessive orders, but dealers
will be kept supplied. And we charge them,
until further notice, only ante-bellum prices
That means that Goodyears- best
tires built are selling way below other tires.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-09-04

which under the ordinary system pre-
vailing In the country would have
taken thre or four years to accom-
plish- Cotton is now. therefore. being
satisfactorily grown on fair proper
tion of this area. and it is expected
that it win bring from s75 to 500 an
acre.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-09-04
Counting Up Fines.

Are the running expenses OF an
automobile very high2"
Not II the motorcycles cop falls ta
get your number"
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-09-04
Both Are Getting Their First
Real Test in This Con-
flict in Europe.
MAY FIGHT ONE ANOTHER
Each Invention Now 10 Prepared to
Pull tho Others Sting, but Their
Actual Value Is Yet to
Be Demonstrated.

Every modern war has been fought
with new weapons, and for the last
century there have been countless in
ventions fer the carrying on OF war
fare in particularly destructive man
ner, with the philanthropic intent that
war was fast becoming SO horrible AMI
terrible thta 1t must soon pass away
from the face of the earth. saye the
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
But it happened that as soon as a
particularly horrible contrivanee was
invented and introduced into armies
and navies inventors Immediately
busted themselves by offsetting and
discounting its probable effect. Con
sequently war not only has not passed
away, but we still have 1t with us.
Thus 1t is that each big war. after be-
flagration, is found upon examination
to be false. and the end OF war is not
yet arrived.
Trying Out Inventions.
In the present war in Europe there
are being tried under the conditions OF
actual hostilities many improvements
and inventions that previously have
been tried only under laboratory con-
ditions. Their real worth will only be
discovered at the close of the conflict
No army or navy engaged In the
present conflict in Europe but what is
possessed of nearly all OF the modern
Improvements made since 1870. The
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-09-04
Goodyear Prices
1t is Folly Today to Paw More

There exists now new, compelling
reason for buying Goodyear tires. 1t re-
suits from War conditions.
These leading tires of extra fine
rubber, in the same way as always-are
selling today at June prices.
You will find today very wide difference
between most tire prices and Goodyears.
Due to Quick Action
Early in August-when war began-the
worlds rubber markets seemed closed to u.s.
Rubber prices doubled almost over night.
Men could see no way to pay for rubber
abroad, and no way to bring it in. We, like
others-in that panic-were forced to higher
prices. But we have since gone back to prices
We charged before the war, and this is how
we did it:
We had men in London and Singapore when
the war broke out The larger part of the
worlds rubber supply comes through there
We cabled them to buy up the pick of the rub
Der. They bcught-before the advance ,500-
900 pounds of the finest rubber there.
Nearly all this is now on the way to us.
And it means practically all of the extra-grade
rubber obtainabe abroad.
Today we have our own men in Colombo,
Singapore and Para. Those are the worlds
chief sources of rubber. So we are pretty well
assured of constant supply, and pick of
the best that's produced.
We were first on the ground. We were quick
est in action. As a result, we shall soon have in
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-09-04

About the only crude rubber available now
for many makers is inferior. In ordinary times,
the best tire makers refuse it. Much Of it had
been rejected But that "off rubber" now sells
for much more than we paid for the best
The results are these:
Tire prices in general are far in advance Of
Goodyears. And many tire makers, short Of
supplies, will be forced to use seeond-grads
rubber,
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-09-04
Tires at
Before-War Prices

storage almost record supply of this extra
grade OF rubber.
And we paid about June prices
Now Inferior Grades Cost Double
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-09-04
French Beaten Rapidly.

After the Teutonic advance over
whelmed the bridge. the Germans
gained ground rapidly. taking in sue
cession the villages of Marehiennes.
Landelis and Montignies and the coun-
try as far as Walcourt.
Later the French artillery opened
fire on Charleroi and the French in
fantry advanced under this cover. The
tide OF battle appeared to favor the
tri-color. but not for long.
French infantrymen declared the
roofs became SO jammed with dead
that the victims of battle remained
standing where they were shot. and
we're used by the living as breast
works from behind which to fire on
the enemy.
The last stand of the French was
along the line between Thuin and Met
tet.
At nightfall the fighting ended. both
sides tired beyond endurance. Mon
day morning the French returned to
the attack. entering ths town in the
Cheyenne record., 1914-07-30
MT. PLEASANT =.

w. E. Snyder has gone to Kan
sas to help. thresh.
The good rains of last week
have put the crops in fine shape.
VIM. Henderson and family
visited at Thos. Seay's Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. E. L. McClaskey and Mrs
C. C. Williams spent Sunday
with Mrs. Dan Cunningham.
w. A. Hatfield is putting up a
windmill this week, thus one by
one they drop off the water wag-
on.
Mrs. E. McClaskey and chill
dren and Mrs. C. C. Williams
and son were callers at the Seay
Cheyenne record., 1914-07-30
SUNNY SIDE

Mr.. and Mrs. Harve Snyder
were in Arapahoe Saturday.
The Ice Cream social last Fri
day night was a decided success.
w. G. Hunter, wife and son
spent Sunday at W. Hayden's.
Mrs. VIM. LaSalle visited at
the home of ]. L. Ambrosier Sat-
urday.
Mrs. J.L. Ambrosier was quite
sick last week but is better at
this writing.
Cynthia Minor and Berdilla
Bogert went to Arapahoe to have
some dental work done.
Messrs. VIM. LaSalle and ]. H
Miller hired Mr.. Wilson to take
them to Cheyenne Wells Satur-
day in his car.
Cheyenne record., 1914-07-30

Plat of township 13 range 48
west will not be filed.
On and after the date named
the unappropriated land will be
subject to entry and applications
for the same will then and there
after be received.
Applications for lands desert
bed above will be received on
and after July %, 1914. but no
priority will be secured nor rights
forfeited by the presentation of
such applications, but such ap-
plications will be held and treat
ed as filed simultaneously with
those presented by persons pres
ent at this Office at 8 a m Aug
ust IL, 1914, and disposed of ac>
cordingay. P. @. Hedlund,
John P. Dickinson Register :
Receiver.
Cheyenne record., 1914-07-30

Commercial News Bulletin
issued by the Denver Chamber
of Commerce. On the first page
is an articlesheaded big Order
Denver Products to Egypt"
Think of it, the free born labor
of, Colorado competing with the
rauper labor of the Valley of the
Nile! The article tells how a
Denver firm has secured con-
tract to supply galvanized iron
pipe for an irrigation enterprise
in the land of the Khedive. The
Coloradans met the competition
of the world and won out, al
though they had to ship their
finished product half way around
the world. Shades of Aidrich
and Joe Cannon, how can this be?
On the same page is another
article with the inspiring cap
ton: Record breaking Prices
promised for Colorado live stock
And only two short years ago.
Frank Goudy, Clyde Dawson and
Charley Waterman went up and
down the state assuring the
|stockmen that Democratic tariff
revision would ruin theml
In my mail today was a letter
from Colorado banker inclosing
the annual statements of the two
largest savings banks in the
state.
Both institutions show the
largest deposits in their history,
is his terse comment.
Evidently Colorado is keeping
up with the business procession.
When a commonwealth is in the
grip of hard times the people do
not fill the savings banks with
their money. Instead they with
draw the surplus which they have
saved in anticipation of a lean
year and spend it to sustain life.
The real barometer of prosperity
is the deposits in the peoples
banks and it is not difficult to
read that barometer today.
Cheyenne record., 1914-07-30
NORTH VIEW

Dewey Compiler went to Hays
Kans.. fortnight ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Diller entertain
ed a few friends Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sullivan called at
Mr.. Swickard's Sunday morning.
The Ladies Aid had delight
full time at Mrs. Hatcher's last
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lothian enter
tanned the Cahill, Wells and Sui
livan families Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Baber
and Mrs. Joe Baber spent Sum
day at the Beveridge ranch.
Mrs. Lothian's brother. S. C.
Farmer. departed for his home
at Goldfield. Iowa, Monday after.
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Swickard are en-.
joying a visit from their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Fisher and children, of
Denver.
Verne Hill had the misfortune
to step on a nail last Friday and
is forced to take a few days va
cation as result.
The many friends of Mr.. N. D
Ward were saddened last week
by the news of his death which
occurred at Vernon Center MINI.
Cheyenne record., 1914-07-30

Winnie Priess is digginga a well
for Ben Brown this week.
Mrs. Collins is visiting relatives
in Wild horse this week.
Geo. Clossan, Sr.. shipped a
car of young horses to Hays, KS.
last week.
Mrs. Art Brown returned, re-
Gently from months visit with
relatives in Malta, Montana.
Swift & Co. have established
u cream testing station here. C
j. Healey has been commissioned
by the state authorities to test
the cream.
Geo. Clossan returned last
week to his home, after an ab-
sence of seven weeks stay in
Denver. He says, that he is
feeling very good. considering
the serious operation he had.
Mr.. Steele was at his ranch,
south Of Cheyenne Wells last
week fixing fence. He expects
to put 100 acres in wheat this
fell. He has one of the best
pieces of corn and kafir corn we
have seen, near Arena.
We are informed that a tele-
phone company has been formed
south of the track. The line will
run into Arena. A similar sys-
TEN is in operation fifteen miles
north of here. It is a success
and is found very convenient.
Cheyenne record., 1914-07-30
ARAPAHOE.

Mrs. Nesbitt Miss Anderson
and others weretin town Monday
having dental work done by DR..
Nipps.
A stock water famine is in pro-
.gress here and giving the stock
men no little trouble, owing to
the past few days of calm.
There were excellent congre-
Cheyenne record., 1914-07-30

cations at church at Weskan,
Kans.. Sunday morning and even
ing to hear DR.. Macleod, the
Presbyterian Pastor Evangelist,
of Pueblo Presbytery, deliver
two sermons.
Mrs. Thos. Dodd. of Arapahoe,
received the sad intelligence, by
| wire. that her mother, Mrs. En-
bree of Ames, Iowa, was stricken
with paralysis Wednesday of last
week, but at present she seem to
be slightly better. We trust she
will soon recover entirely.
Rev DR.. Macleod preached
here Monday afternoon to a fair
congregation and also moderated
a congregational business meet
ing. One of the items of busi-
ness was to appoint a committee
to secure new minister in the
place of Rev. Cane, who has re-
signed, and whose time of SER
vice will soon expire.
Geo. Walkers team took fright
at an automobile Monday morn
ing and ran away with the wagon
and water tank for about two and
a half miles regardless of the hot
weather. Mrs. Wyant's little
Shetland pony was driven at full
speed to overtake the runaways.
also two autos followed suit and
finally captured the escapaders.
We believe but little damage was
done.
W. w. Howard. our hardware
merchant, and little Miss Wilma,
took Grandpa Howard in their
auto on Monday to Cheyenne
Wells for surgical consultation.
LATER: Mr.. Geo. w. Howard
had a surgical operation perform
ed Monday night for Hernia DR..
Homer performing the operation.
At this writing he is doing as
we'll as can be- expected. We
hope and bespcak for him a COM
plete recovery, Notwithstanding
his age and the warm weather:
Cheyenne record., 1914-07-30

ION August II, 1914 at 9o'clock
a. m. the Register and receiver
of the United States Land Office
at Hugo. Colorado, will officially
file the plats of re-survey of Ex-
terror lines. 3rd standard parallel
south and 9Th Guide Meridian
west and the following described
townships:
Cheyenne record., 1914-07-30


ter months ending June 80, 1914,
A,745. $50 bales of cotton were
consumed in those mills or 156,
661 bales in excess of the amount
consumed in the same period
last year.
So the cotton cloth industry
has not been ruined. but on the
other hand is shamelessly pros
porous!
President Spreckles. Of the
Federal Sugar refining company.
joins the Prosperity Chorus and
tells us that business was never
better and sugar was never low
er to the consumer. Spreckles'
figures are truly remarkable.
They show that from March 1 to
June 10, this year. the consump-
ton of sugar in this country in
creased las, 600 tons or almost
twenty per cent. Evidently, the
American housewife appreciates
cheap sugar.
TARIFF BoOMs BUSINESS.
A New York business man told
me very interesting tariff story
the other night,
II manufacture the small
electric serchliphts which are so
much used by firemen, watch
men and others, "he said. For
some time I paid the General
Electric Company % cents a
piece for the little incandescent
globes which l use in these
searchlights. A short time ago
the price dropped to 13 cents.
OF course / rel Diced and when !
sought an explanation I was told
that l might thank the Under
wood bill. In that connection
the sales agent said that in the
beginning his company was very
apprehensive of the effect of the
new tariff law on it's business.
"We thought our foreign COM
petitors would swamp u.s. he
said, We decided to die fighting
and we slashed our selling prices
to the extreme limit. The result
was a marvellous increase in our
sales. The foreigners were ull-
able to stand our pace and we
have driven them out of the
market. Now we are making
practically all the globes used in
this country and we are selling
them at the lowest prices ever
recorded in the history of the
trade. But we are making more
money than we ever did before.
Our margin of profit is small but
our sales are big"
The same gentleman told me
how the Underwood bill had lead.
to the establishment of the linen
industry in this country. Every
housewife knows that we have
heretofore imported all our linens
from abroad, mostly from Ire
land. Now, thanks to Demo-
cratic legislation, we are to have
American linen. The first fac
tory has been established at
Niagara Falls, New York. The
promoter is an Englishman and
he was attracted to this country
because the Democrats had
placed his raw materials on the
free list. He started on a small
scale but his success was so pro-
nounced that he is now endeav-
oring to lure experienced linen
workers from abroad and at the
same time is training inexper-
fenced American labor. Here is
q rool "infant industrv' which
Cheyenne record., 1914-07-30

home Saturday evening.
Mrs. W. A. Hatfield and little
Anna and Amel left Friday even
ing for Natoma, Kansas, for a
few weeks visit with her mother.
Cheyenne record., 1914-07-30

Ice cream. by the pint quart or
gallon at the Farmers Home
Restaurant.