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The Keota news., 1914-07-17
NOTICE OF CONTEST
For publication
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE

Denver Colo July Is. i0s4.
To Burton ]. Husiburt Of 2lOO w. 46 Ave. Denver.
Colo. Contestee:
You are hereby notified that Ebert A. Robbins.
who eves 1888 ClenArm St. Denver. Colo. as hls
ONCE address. did June 10. t0A. 6le In this
olhcs bis duly eosrobosated 1ppHcatioa to contest
and secure the cancellation Of your Homestead. En-.
try Serial No. O13422. made May 81. 1910. fos
SW ~. Section -. Township N. RAnoe 81 ".
9Th r. Meridian. and oFoends for bis contest be
aeees that said Burton ]. Huriburt has not since he
oade entry As Aforesaid established residence the
said entry OF cultivated any Of said land required
by u S. homestead law. and such default still exists:
that he has abandoned said land for more than SIX
months last past.
Yos are. therefore. further notified that The said
aDa9atjo0s win be taken - confessed. and your said
entry viii be oaheeled without further h1ht to be
heard, either before this ollee o. appeal II yoo
fal to he in this once within twenty days aftsS the
fourth publication of this noeiee. - shown below.
your answer. under oath. specifically responding to
these allegations Of contest to9sthsr with due
proof that you have served c0py OF yoeu answer
he sald contestant either in person OF By registered
0aA
Yos should state in your answer the name Of the
post otce TO which You desire future notSees to be
MARY WOLFE DARCIN. Register.
Date Of 6sst publication July u. 1914
Date od second publication July "a. 1914
Date Of third Publication July 81 f0A
DsSs a fourth publication August Z. f0i@
The Keota news., 1914-07-17
Notice of Application to Lease State
Lands

Office Of the State Board Of Land Commission
ers. Denver, Colo. juno 20. 1914.
Notice il hereby given that Albert Ruffner.
whose postoffics address is Briggsdaie. Colo has
made application No. A17i9 to lease tho follow
ing described School ands, situate in Weld
County. Colorado, towit
All Of Section IS. Town. Q n, Range 81 w.
School Land Weld County.
Notice is further hereby given that all other
this tract OF land must file the sane in this Of
fee prior to July ~. 1914. as no other sp.
plies tion to 'lease tho above described lauds
will be considered after said date.
vOLNEY 7. HOGGATT, Register
65 State Board Of Land Comm issioners.
The Keota news., 1914-07-17
Notice For Publication
Department Of the Interior
II. s. Land Office at Denver. COLORADO

Department Of the Interior
+ u. S. Land Office At Denver, Colorado
June 10. 1914
Notice is hereby given that Conrad
Moore. Of Keota. Colo. who. on Sep,
tember 16. 1909, made Homestead
Entry, No. O10576, for E l-2 Section
10, Township Z N. Range 60 ". 9Th
Principal Meridian, has filed notice OF
establish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before Ira S. Griffin, United
States Commissioner. at Keota, Colo
RADIO. on the LIST day Of August, 1914.
Claimant names as witnesses: Charles
E. Friend, George w. Boyer, John Zim-
bleman, Henry Rothe. all Of Keota,
Colo.
66 MARY WOLFE DARGIN, Register.
The Keota news., 1914-07-17
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Once at Denver. Colorado

q. >. L46o SJilJcG II De1ivef, C0t0f300
June 10. 1914
Notice hereby given that John KeiseT. Of Grover.
Colo. who On Dec: r. 1910 made hometead Entry.
don "a. Township 10 NJ Range 60 W. 6 Meridian,
has filed notice q Intention 10 make final three year
proof to est1bNoh elalm 10 the land above de-
scrSbed before Ir1 s. Griffin, United States Com
msssone1. At Keota Colo. the 9th day Of July.
1914.
Clalnant names Is witnesses: William S. More of
Keota. Colo: John e. Tuner. Of SLIGO. Colo. Dam
iei ". Franklin. Of Sligo. Colo. Philip Hlzer. Of
6 MARY WOLFE DARcIN. REGISTER.
The Keota news., 1914-07-17

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department Of the Interior
U. 8. Land Office at Denver. Colo.
June 10, 1914
Notice il hereby given that Frederick
Hummer, of Keota, Colo, who on May
81. 1910, made Homestead Entry, No.
Ol3439, for Sc IA, Section l9. Township
N, Range 60 W.. 9Th P Meridian. has
filed notice Of intention to make three
year proof to establish claim to the
land above described, before I. 8. Cnf-
fin, United States Commissioner. At Ke-
ota, Colorado. on the 1st day of August.
1914.
Claimant names q witnesses: Henry
r. Wells. David Schimp. Thomas G..
Cowley. Nathan AcAsekin. all OF Keo-
t.. Colo.
6s NARY WOLFE pARGIN. Register.
The Keota news., 1914-07-17
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior

q. >. I3D5o Qk1C3 u 0lG1INt1s OOsOt1OO
June IL. 1914
Nceice b hereby Given that Conrad X. Haak, Of
Keola. Colorado. who on May H. l9il. made Home
stead Entry. No. OlS722. for E l-2 Sc ~ Sec. 80.
SW - Sec. -. TON. and N IL NV -. Section
idian. has died aot3ee Of intention to make 6nAl
three year proof establish claim to the land above
desc1ibed. befoss Ira S. Csi6n. u S. Commissioner.
Claimaat nanes As wftnssses Darius E. Byrne,
Robert S. Gamble. joseph l. Filler. Charles Lewis,
all Of Keot1. Cojo.
66 r. BROWNS. Register
The Keota news., 1914-07-17
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department Of the Interior
u. 8. Lad Odce at Denver. CoiDrado

q. ,. I160 OutcG N O3nVe1, (0Of10O
June TO- 1914
Notice Is hereby given that John J. Wertz. Of Keo-
t. Colo. who on May Us. 1909. made Homestead
Moth. R1nse 60 West 9Th Principal Meridian,
has lied notice q intention to make final FIVE year
pgool. 10 est1blisA claim 10 the land shove DE-
se1ibed. before Ira S. Griffin. U. s. Commissione1.
At keota. Colo. On the 1st day Of August, 1914.
Ctaimant names as witnesses: John Owens Grant
6S > MARY WOLFE DARcIN. Res,s.e,.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-11-13

this character frequently brings from
grades. In the case of badly infested
wheat millers sometimes refuse to
handle it ut all as the bulbletS gun
the rollers. The United States depart
ment Of agriculture therefore advises
farmers not to spare time or trouble
in eruuicatiny the pest.
In June or July, when the wild on
ion is fully mature, the stem is from
one and Il half to three and Il ha!f
feet tall. On the top of it is a cluster
of from two to six aerial bulblets.
Usually there is Il large bulb with Il
fine white skin and smaller ones with
and stem die these bulbs begin to
grow. the soft sllelled one terminating
in the summer OF early fall. while the
growth of the hard slelled bulblet
does not begin until much later. 1t is
this overlapping which makes the
eradication of the weed SO difficult.
To kill the wild onion the work must
be started in the fall to destroy the
plants from the soft shelled bulbs be-
fore they produce new bulbs. The best
time is when the new plants are twelve
to fifteen inches high. OF during Octo-
Der and November in the south and
November and December in the north.
At this stage the land should be plowed
fairly deep, turning under all the onion
tops. The tops should be completely
buried by the blowing. and for this rea-
20 Il plow with a jointer attached to
the beam will often be a great help.
Disking the lane previous to blowing
will also aid in burying the tops. The
following spring the field should be
check rows being best. Another shall
low blowing may be necessary in the
spring. but ordinarily a disking or two
previous to planting will suffice. In
cultivating the corn the effort should
De to kill the onion plants that spring
up. and the easiest way to do this is tn
cut off the tops.
In cases where the onion pest is a
serious problem it has been found that
If the land is not plowed until late in
the fall and is then planted to small
grain only il few onion plants will
ripen their hu!blets by harvest time
the following year. BY delaying the
blowing. however. it is frequently i'm
possible to get the best results from
fall sown grains. and in such cases it
may be preferable to plant spring
grains. In the extreme southern part
of the onion belt fall grains may he
sown as late as December. and in this
section late blowing has the least
harmful effect upon the yield.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-11-13
KIT CARSON WOUNDED.

Received His Only Severe Hurt at
Twsnty.thres From indians.
Kit Carson received his only severe
wound when he was twehty.three
years old, and in especially honorable
fashion. The Blackfoot Indians had
rushed a herd of horses and run away
with most Of it. After a sharp pursuit
through the 10 by thirty Of the trap
pers the thieves were overtaken and
a parley held. The Blackfeet argued
that they thought they were robbing
their enemies, the Snakes. and not
their friends" the Americans. This
was only a ruse, and after the savages,
in lordly manner, had brought out five
of the poorest horses and offered them
in full settlement the council broke up
in a general rush for weapons. The
fight was from behind trees and rocks.
One Of the trappers had trouble with
the lock Of his gun. Carson saw the
difficulty and quickly changed his aim
from his particular adversary to the
one that was threatening his COM
panion. The shift saved the mans
life, but Carson received a bullet in
his left shoulder. This wound, added
to the inferior numbers of the trap
pers, forced them to withdraw without
attaining their end.-Kit Carson Days.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-11-13
Worms In Mules and Colts.

The best remedy for worms in mules
consists in administering two ounces
Of %turpentine. mixed with Il pint of raw
linsecd oil. once a week. 1t should be
given ON an empty stomach about an
hour before the morning feed. This
should be repeated as oftec as neccs-
sary. During the intervals you may
use the following mixture: Arsenic tri-
oxide. two drains; powdered areca nut,
two ounces; artificial Carlsbad salts,
enough to make II pound. The ami
mai should be given Il tablespoonful of
this mixture once daily.
When Il young colt becomes thin in
flesh after weaving time and still is
receiving Il fairly good feed we are
always suspicious of intestinal worms,
says the National Stockman. For IL
treatment for worms give Il pint OF
raw linSeed oil to which has been add
ed one ounce turpentinc for three con-
secutive days. Follow this with Il ta-
blespoonful twice daily of Il mixture
of equal parts of salt. sulphur and iron
sulphate. 1t would also be well to
feed about one-half pound of linseed
meal per day along with the grain
ration OF corn and oats. AS 500 us
you can put the colt out on pasture.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-11-13
INFLUENCES TOUCHING SOIL

Big crops usually follow Il year of
drought, in the main due to the thor
ouGh pulverization OF soil from that
agency. Frost is another factor that
gives big crops whenever it enters the
ground deeply. and either Of these
agencies will till the soil deeper than
any tools can reach.
There is yet another agency which
should never be neglected. deep root
ing plants. which, besides their mechul-
ical and acid action Oh the soil. bring
to the surface again fertility that has
leacheu or tina. which is out OF reach
of the shallower rooted plants, or those
with less subsoit penetration. Wheat
Or oats will attack the subsoil to il
limited extent. Alfalfa and sweet clio.
YER will work with us and for us all the
time.
While we work the top soil free of
weeds, and retain he soil mulch,
which will enable the alfalfa to sur
vive, the plant roots are doing an in.
tinitely greater work below. besides
adding bacteria. brin ing Il soil to life
that has lain practically dead. except
at the very top. for all the ages that
have gone.-larm Progress.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-11-13
For the Man Who Feeds the Nation
THE SANITARY NEST.

If an egg dealer should be asked the
question. Were these eggs laid in a
sanitary nest:" he would likely reply.
"What on earth is u sanitary nest"'
The shortest answer is. \ nest where
nothing foul in contact with the
egg.
There's that nest under the hog pen,
on the stable floor, under the dropping
board, where the filth drops through
cracks on to the egg. or that open top
nest in the henhouse. over which hens
hop and into which dirt drops. or that
nest which is seldom cleaned or the
straw changed.
Some people forget that an eggshell
is only porous lime. that it absorbs
filth and doors and that moisture. pen
etrltiliy the shell. vets the egg skin
and thus let's in microbes.
just now there is going up a protest
from California to the government
against the admission of Chinese eggs.
because the Chinese are the most in
sanitary people on EARTH" and their
eggs partake Of their environments.
Aou NouluH.I llhe " eat SHIilN
eggs, either, nor do your egg customers
want anything insanitary. Eggs laid
ininsanitary nests or kept in an insan-
itary place partake Of their surround
ings.
They are no good to eat. they are
poor keepers, and that's why so much
Of the egg crop spoils.
Better look up those nests and see II
they are o. *, and remember our def
%nition-a sanitary nest is Il nest where
egg.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-11-13
A Girl, a Rival, a Legacy
By OLIVER SAMPSON

come out that there was no mystery
at all. l was engaged to a girl who
had discarded a former lover. Herman
Goodsell hated me and brought about
a suspicion that l had murdered my
uncle. But this did not occur until
my uncle had been buried. The will
when opened disclosed the fact that
my uncle had left a lot of money and
every cent of it to me. Then u enc
my began to get in his fine work,
whispering here and there, till the po-
lice felt obliged to take cognizance of
the reports and arrested me for MUIR
der.
The first thing l did was to engage
an attorney and through him obtain
the elimination Of the body for the
purpose Of having the finger prints
taken. This was done. Then l had
the tumbler that had stood by my un-
| cle's bed examined with a microscope.
A faint yellow substance was found on
it, which contained a finger print. BY
treating the label of the poison bottle
chemically a very clear finger print
was obtained.
l had no idea how the accusation
against me had started until my fancee
told me that she had probed the matter
and traced a beginning to her former
lover. This put me on my mettle to
thwart him, and I named him as one
of my witnesses to be subpoenaed for
my trial. l gave my lawyer a list of
questions to ask him, most Of which
had been furnished me by my sweet
heart. When the case was called he
was one of the first witnesses to take
the stand, and my attorney soon show
ed malevolence on his part in this:
Thdt he had gone about spreading the
reports that l had murdered my uncle.
When my real defense came up my
attorney made short work of the mat
ter. He had the tumbler and the label
Of the poison bottle in court, copies Of
the finger prints On them and a finger
print of my uncle's thumb and two
forefinger tips. They tailed exactly.
GOodsell was in court when I receiv-
ed my vindication. Under my instruc-
ton he received a tongue lashing that
he was not likely to forget. My advo-
cate showed how little evidence there
had been against me, how it had been
worked up by Goodsell and his reasons
for having started the suspicious
against me which had led to a needless
and expensive trial. Goodsell cringed
under it. Indeed, my acquittal was his
conviction. When my counsel had
ceased speaking my accuser left the
courtroom and has never shown his
face in the place since.
My uncle's bequest was a surprise to
me, for I supposed he had little or
nothing of value to leave and what he
had would go to another branch of the
| family.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-11-13
Fall Planting Of Peonies.

Fall planting is generally recon-
mended for peonies and is much to be
preferred above spring planting since
the buds start so early in spring that
it is practically impossible to get them
set in time unless one buys plants from
a reliable cold storage. Many of the
best gardeners. however, always trans
plant their peony crowns in late sum-
mer, the last week in August or the
first week in September. At this time
the plants are perfectly dormant, hav-
ing completed their years growth, and
the transplanting is less of a shock
than at any other time.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-11-13

HEN my uncle. Charles Ding
!" ley, was found dead II
morning in his bed l as his
nearest male relative was at
once summoned. l went to his room,
which had been left untouched in "
cry particular, and by the bed on
which the body lay I found a bottle
about two inches high and one inch
square, around the four sides of which
was pasted IL label with the usual
Poison" warning printed Oh it.
There was nothing in my uncle's af-
fairs to indicate that he had had any
intention of committing suicide. He
had not been very we'll for a few days.
but there was nothing serious the mat
ter with him. He might have been
murdered and the bottle placed at his
side to give the impression that he had
taken poison. There were no marks
on the body to indicate that he had
been murdered.
The establishment of the facts in
the case did not appeal to me. To pu:
detectives on the case would cost mon
ey, but who would be the gamer? The
authorities came to the house, made a
~perfunctory examination of the body
and it's surroundings and reported that
the deceased had come to his death by
means of poison administered by him
self.
/ went through the house myself
looking for Il clew. I had found u
tumbler on the table with the poison,
and in the kitchen pantry found a
dozen others of the same shape and
make.
That fact indicated that the tumbler
had come from the pantry. Dishes
containing different kinds Of food
mostly left Ovcr-were in the closet
n of them being a saucer of preserv'
ed peaches. 1t had apparently been
knocked over, and a little of the juice
had been spilled on the floor. 1t oc
Cured to me that whoever had taker
down the tumbler from the shelf had
done SO in the dark and had put his
hand against the dish of peach pre-
serves.
If he had done this some Of the
juice. if 1t had got on his fingers,
might have adhered to them. l found
faint. cloudy smears on the tumble1
and. putting the tip of my tongue or
them, thought l could detect s%accharint
matter. Examining the label on the
poison bottle carefully. l found stains
that l inferred might be the same a;
the cloud on the glass.
l locked up the tumbler and the bot
tie OF poison. but had no desire to &C
any further with my examination.
saw nothing to be gained by unearth
ing the mystery.
Fate decided, however, that it should
be u%nraveled. or, rather, it SHOULD
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-11-13
s.lNTELlIGENT FARMING.

One fact we seek to impress on
all is that system and Intelligent
management are quite as G
sary in successful farming as i'll
any other occupation. says Pro-
fessor, w. J. Spillman Of the de-
p%artnent of agriculture. There
is an utter lack Of system in the
management of farm enterprises
on many farms. Too little atten-
ton has been given to standard
izing systems Of management of
enterprises for different locali-
. ties. Herein is an explanation
of the low average returns
from the farming industry. The
great e that invariably has
/. followed the application of intel
> ligcnt system to farm manage
/. ment demonstrates the truth Of
. this statement.
i. The small farm quite as much
!. as the large farm-in fact. more
. 50 requires systematic farm
. management. The large farm
. often is easier and cheaper to
. manage than the small farm.
; since to get profit such inten-
. sive methods as a small farm re-
: Quires are not needed.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-11-13
STEVENs0N'S TRYING Time.
In Heart Touching Letter He Tells Of
Fourteen Years Of illness.


Fourteen Years Of illness.
r. L. Stevenson. writing in 1893 to
George Meredith, in an epistle quoted
in his Letters" says, with heart
touching pathos:
For fourteen years I have not had
a days real health. l have wakened
sick and gone to bed weary, and l
have done my work unfinchingly. /
have written in bed and written out of
it. written in hemorrhages, written in
sickness, written torn by coughing,
written when my head swan for
weakness, and for SO long, it seems to
me, l have won my wager and recover.
ed my glove. I am better now-have
been, rightly speaking, since first l
came to the P~acific-and still few are
the days when l am not in some phys.
ical distress. And the battle goes on
i'll or well is a tri1e so that it goes. I
was made for a contest, and the pow
ers have so willed that my battlefield
should be this dingy, inglorious n Of
the bed. At least I have not failed,
but 1 would have preferred a place Of
trumpetings and the open air over my
head"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-11-13
rs" Hardest Sound to Reproduce.

There is one sound of the human
speech which it is practically impossi-
bic to perfectly reproduce by mechan-
ical means. 1t is the sound Of the let.
ter IS" Neither the telephone nor the
photograph renders it properly. Lord
Rayleigh, an English physicist of note,
was the first to observe this and to
subject the phenomenon to scientific
investigation. He found that to pro.
our the sound IS" the muscles of
the mouth must exert only a slight
pressure upon the air, but at the same
time the breath must be projected with
such force as to produce not less than
1000 vibrations of the air waves per
second. This is a higher number than
in the case of any other sound Of the
human speech.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-11-13
Laugh and the World Laughs Too
Back Talk.

Howard Elliott, the president Of the
New Haven lines. said at a dinner in
New York:
II don't encourage back talk among
our employees-far from it-but l must
say our sympathies are rather with
one of our conductors who ventured,
under great 1rovocation. on a little
back talk the OTHER day.
".As the conductor vas punching tick
cts q man said to him with a nasty
sheer
You have Il lot of wrecks on this
road. don't your
"Oh. no." said the conductor; you're
the first I've seer for some time!"-
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-11-13
Filling the SiIo.

Fear of frost is perhaps responsible
for more poor silage than any other
cause. This has been the observation
and experience of very many dairy
lei They have found that silage
made from green immature corn is
liable to be sour and less palatable
than that put up" after the ears have
begun to glaze. The best silage is
made from corn when many Of the
ears are nicely denting. Even if the
cor should be frosted or dried from
ripening good silage may be made if
water is added at filling time.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-11-13
A Poor Showino,

The waiter brought on raisins and
RoQuefort.
Them people pretend to be rich,''
said a man at the next table, but are
they:"
why not:'
Look at EN- eating withered fruit
and moldy cheese."-Kansas City Jour-
nal.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-11-13
KILL Wild ONIONS
Not Only a Nuisance In Lawns,
but Offensive to Eye and Nose.
DO THE WORK IN THE FALL.
The Best Time Is When the New
Plants Are Over Twelve Feet High
During This Month or Next-Attach
Jointer to Beam of Pillow.

Prepared by United States department of
agriculture
The wild onion is not only Il nuisance
in lawns, where it is offensive both to
the eye and nose. but it is the cause
OF actual loss to farmers in Il large
part Of the territory east of Missouri
aud north of Georgia. If COWS are al
lowed to feed on this weed the taste
and Odor of their milk is most dis
%agreeably affected, and the same sug.
gestion Of garlic will permeate -four
bulblets have been mixed. Wheat of
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-11-13
A Cautious Owner.

a farmer was the owner Of a good
.Alderncy COW. 4 stranger. having adj
mired the animal. asked the farmer.
"What will you take for your cow"
The farmer scratched his head for Il
moment and then said: Look a-here!
Re YOU the tax assessor or has she
been killed by the railroad"'-The Ar
gOnaut.