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The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-03-11
PUEBLO COOPERATING WITH
CANON CITY
WITH

p. A. Gray. secretary Of the com
nerce club. went to Denver on Thurs
day to attend the session OF the state
Industrial commission. at which re-
quest will be made for a reduction
in railroad passenger rates between
Pueblo and Canon City.
The Canon City Chamber Of Com
perce is presenting the petition for
rate reductions from nve cents to
three cents mile between the two
points The Pueblo Commerce club
has intervened in the action Pueblo
starIJ Journal
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c. c. n s. KOIES

! A chapel period Of onusual interest
and excellence Was given last Nom
day morning by Miss Hendrickson
and Miss Holman. instructor OF muslc
In the South Canon schools. They
rendered program Of vocal and piano
selections. Each number was hearti-
" applauded by all This was Ger
tainly program which was enjoyed
by everyone.
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Foronsic Esa6ss-


The Forensic league held quite an
interesting meeting at the regular
session Tuesday evening. The de-
bate: Resolved. That the United
States Government Should own and
Control All Railroads In this coun-
try" was a lively one. The affirma-
tive was defended and won by Harl
Tanner and Herbert Mas. The neg
ative was strongly and gallantly dp-
held by Lester Sutcliffe and Robert
Boucher.
Two new members. Max Hardy and
David Gibson, gave eloquent maiden
speeches and were welcomed into tho
society. They promise to be couple
OF the best members in the league.
A short business session In which
some matters OF more or less import
ance were discussed ensued. II was
decided to have the next meeting On
Monday night. on account Of the star
Course entertainment which comes on
Tuesday. This session Ia to be a
mock trial Everybody IN invited.
The Senior class has been putting
great deal OF work on the Senior an
nual and Il viii undoubtedly be the
best that was ever put out by the
High school II viii contain pictures
OF all the different cissses ct the High
school and . lot useful and interest.
ing Information about the school in
general.
There II q strong movement on foot
for establishing manual tratnine- and
domestic science In the High school
next year. All the students are high
iy iu favor Of this addition 10 .he
school curriculum.
Military.
Tuesday and Thursday mornings
competitive drills were held in mill
tary in preparation for the big ns,d
day which Is to be held near the end
OF the school year.
The winner Of the drill Tuesday NOR
ming was Harry Marvin Of Company
4, and on Thursday the winner was
Everett I.euis Of Company y.
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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-09
SKQlNg2EzozeEzRIw COWN1WaTwcaaTS On
TET KLEGE1HC FAP1T

In plot No. 5 was buried a wire network con-
nected to the terminal of a 110volt direct current.
The positive terminal was attached to a small
sprinkling can with a carbon electrode in its CEN
ter. The can being filled, the water was sub
jected to electrolysis for several minutes. The
plot was then sprinkled from the can, the theory
being that the current might flow from the can,
through the streams of water to the soil.
Plots Nos. 6 and Z were subdivided into four
individual boxes, two feet square, separated by
porcelain insulators and arranged with carbon
electrodes at each end. To these electrodes were
applied both direct and alternating currents.
After radish and lettuce seed had been planted
and termination had begun, the various methods
of electriication were tried with extreme care.
The result of the experiments showed that the
plants in plot No. 1 grew in every instance far
more rapidly than those in the other beds and
more than double the normal growth as shown in
the unelectrifed bed.
From this the experimenters became convinced
that electriication of the ground by high-frequen-
cy currents stimulated plant life to an extent that
warranted a more complete investigation. So
they selected two acres of fiat, rich ground.
First a network of sprinkling pipes was built
Is feet above ground. The pipes ran east and
west a distance of 200 feet and we're spaced at
5O-foot intervals. In the northeast corner of the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-09
CAMERA MEN IN DANGER

Amateur photographers at the seaside or even
in London and other big cities must be more
careful than ever how they take snapshots during
wartime, for a thoughtless use of their cameras
may easily cause them to find themselves in
prison for a few days, to say the least, Parsons
Weekly remarks.
In the early days of the war, for instance, a
perfectly innocent Hull ship chandler, on a holt
day in London, with his wife, was arrested by
the police for taking photographs of Battersea
bridge. After being detained the best part of
the day, during which inquiries were made, the
authorities were satisfied that he was merely a
harmless snapshotter, but nevertheless they
warned him to keep his camera out of use until
the war is over!
There are probably many thousands of anna
teur photographers who, wishing to snap scenes
in the neighborhood of barracks, or other mill.
tary or naval places, find themselves arrested as
II they were spies. If they must take photo
graphs in these war days let them resort to the
woods and country lanes. as far from military
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-AAhO SOlIGCI QlARnOSnC nnd z---;
treatment p "e proper
Electrifcation for plant growth has arrived A.,
"hen the canny American farmer learns that he
"a uouDle or even treble the output of his fields
oy the use of electricity, somebody will have N
~ d way 1or him to use electricity and make a
soou proht out of his crops.
A few weeks ago there was a convention - u
ucal electricians in Philadelphia. Among tbe cd
dresses one virtually escaped the attention of the
ooips Vi reporters. Yet of all the addresses. none
was more pregnant of great possibilities
II was really part of the report of tho. coruo.
tons committee of progress and was road hr ~.
committee chairman, T. C. Martin of New VII.
an authority on things electrical. He qavo $50
ana hgures to show that plants electrically treated
grew much more rapidly than those erovina -
normal conditions. Why this was SO. he. did ro+
assume to say. He simply gave the resnIt, y
experiments. S Oh
The work was started on Moraine farm n .,
fertile Miami river valley, four miles south of nov.
Con' onlo Of Herbert G. Dorsey, an expert, had
charge OF the experiments, which were fostered
by the efforts of F.. M. TAFT. a former nreeidant
OF the National Electric Light association.
In preliminary tests, according to Martins re-.
port, small plots We're marked off for exposure
to different kinds of Identification. To ineuro
that the soil of one plot was not better than that
OF another top earth was collected, mixed and
slfted and then was laid to the uniform depth of
seven inches over the entire area.
In the soil of plot No. / was buried a v;ro
SNiSSu ONei inc plOl was a network of wire.
stretched about fifteen inches from the ground.
Connecting the network above the ground and
the screen below were several wire antennae
The screen was connected to one terminal of a
Tesla coil and the network to the other. A trans.
former stepped a 110volt alternating current nm
to 5000 volts, charging a condenser of tinfoil and
glass plates, which discharged through a primary
of the coil. About one hundred and thirty watts
were operated for an hour each morning and
evening.
Plot No. 2 was illuminated by a 100-watt tung.
stem lamp with a ruby bulb. The light was
turned on for three hours daily, beginning at sun.
down. Plot No. 8 was illuminated the same wav.
except that a mercury vapor lamp was used. No
4 had no artificial stimulation of any kind. being
intended as a comparison between electrically
excited plant growth and that of natural condi-
tons.
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scenes as they can get.
At the outset of the war the military authori-
ties issued an order that no aeroplanes or air
ships must be photographed at a distance of
less than forty yards, or of an air station at ali,
without the permission of the authorities.
Germany has always been the most dangerous
country for the amateur photographer, and more
than one tourist has found himself roughly han
died by the German police for innocently taking
photographs. A special bill was passed a few
years ago threatening tourists with a fine of $50
or two months Imprisonment who took photo
graphs without permission.
The French officials in the towns on the Fran
co-German frontier have always objected to any
one taking snapshots, and, indeed, many a tour
list has had his camera temporarily confscated,
to find afterward that his plates have all been
rendered useless.
Italy not only bars people taking photographs
near Notifications. but forbids the use OF a
camera in most of the picture galleries and mu-
seums.
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the nation in a single season would De 'remen-
dous.
In his formal report to the association MARTIN
said that many questions had yet to DE answered
before the use of electricity for the general stihu-
lation of plant life could be considered ecu.
nomically possible. He declared, however ma.
many of these questions are being "orAeu ou'
in greenhouses over the country.
Just as these American e~xperimenters proven
the importance of identification to plant hte, u
group of English experimenters proved ls I'M
portance to animal life. They took two large
breeders, filled with newly Matched chickens OF
the same breeds. One of them was subjected TO
the influence of high-frequency currents and the
other was not. Those in the former were Iound
to grow much more rapidly than those in the
other.
Following is a tabulation of the results of cleo
trical stimulation of Vegetables. 1t will be OBJ
served that in every particular the plants in the
first plot, where the high-frequency current and
Tesla coil we're used, excelled those in plot No. 4,
where natural conditions prevailed:
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-09
AFRO-AMER|CAN CULL|NCS

Some weeks AGO. through u south
ern papers, l made a suggestion that
each Negro family raise one or more
additional pig this year in order to
help bring about more prosperity in
the South. l have been surprised to
note how well the suggestion has been
received and how many are following
it; one minister in Uniontown went
so far as to organize a pig club in his
church.
Now, l want to make one other sug-
gestion, that, in my opinion, is Of still
greater and more practical impor-
tance. For months the great cry has
been all through the South to stop
growing cotton or reduce the acreage.
Chambers Of commerce., business
leagues, state legislatures, and other
bodies have passed resolutions with
out number urging that we in the
South stop growing so much cotton.
To stop growing cotton is very easy;
In fact, it is always easy to stop work,
but merely to stop growing cotton is a
mere negative proposition and will
not, / fear, leave the South much bet
ter off than it is at present. If we de-
stroy, or cripple, a great industry, we
should be very sure to have another,
or a number of others equally good to
put in its place. In this connection
it should be kept in mind as a matter
o fgreat Importance, that if the labor
once leaves the farm by reason of
changing crops it will be very difficult
to get the labor to return to the farm
in after years.
The great cry is to grow food crops.
That is well, but one must keep in
mind that the great masses of Negroes
who have actually grown the most of
the cotton in the South for years, and
who live upon the most valuable land
in the South, do not hear of the reso-
buttons that are passed by these va
rious bodies. These people have been
trained to grow nothing but cotton
and do not know how to grow any
thing else. In fact, in many cases,
they have not been permitted and are
not now permitted to grow anything
else!
We must also bear in mind that the
largest land owners seldom visit their
plantations, some not more than once
or twice a year, and hence can be of
little service in teaching these Negro
tenants how to change all at once
from a cotton-producing crop to a
food-producin- crop.-Booker Wash
ington, in the Birmingham Age-Her
aid.
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yield 10000 volts. A choke coil and a Tesla coil
were used. The whole thing was connected up so
that by means of antennae current from the wire
network was sent to the network of s%prinkling pipes,
which; of course, furnished proper connection with
the ground.
By the latter part of last July the system was in
readiness and the currents were tested. At that
time a pressure of $1,000 volts was obtained and the
frequency of the oscillatory currents was estimated
to be about thirty thousand cycles a second. Birds
alighting on the wires were stunned and thrown
the ground, but none was killed.
The ground was planted to ~radishes, lettuce, beets,
cabbages, c%ucumbers, turnips, muskmelons, water
melons, tomatoes, parsnips, beans, peas, corn and
tobacco. All were planted in rows running east and
west, so that one-half of each row was electrified
and the other half was not.
AS a result it was found that practically all the
plants in the electrified area grew much more rap
idly than those out of it. In almost every case the
electrified vegetables were ripe two weeks earlier
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-09

northern focal point, Even the ad-
ministration at Washington vas
brought into the transportation mat
ter, and mails we're sent from Balti.
more. Washington, Alexandria, Ha-
gersto n and Cumberland by the
Wheeling route. and actually arrived
at Pittsburgh by the western carrier"
In December. 1918, It was boosted in
the little Wheeling prints; Poor
Pittsburgh, your day is over: the
seepter of influence and wealth is to
travel to us; the Cumberland road has
done the business" and chapters more
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-09

house that we live in so often has the
gate off the hinge, the fence paling
gone, windows and doors broken and
the %plastering knocked of. Let US &C
quire wealth and intelligence so fast
that the world will forget our poverty
and ignorance. Let us be so thrifty
and industrious that people will have
no time to talk about our ~carlessness
and idleness. One big, definite
fact in the direction Of achievement
and construction will go farther in Sc
curing rights and removing p%rejudices
than many printed pages of defense
and explanation"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-09

the colonial Irishman his full share
OF credit for the important part he
played In the founding and develop
ment of the country. The part the
Irish race took in the establishment of
Independence Is recognized by histori-
cal writer's, so that In recounting the
deeds of valor and statesmanship Of
the men Of Irish blood. we are able to
quote eminent and recognized authori-
ties in support OF the claim that the
Irish race did rs share in the plant
ing OF the American colonies and the
establishment OF the republic.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-09

Last year there were overflows and
excessive rainfalls. Many Negroes
were unable to make crops at all,
especially where they depended upon
one crop. A few made some corn and
cotton. There is no market for the
cotton. They have raised no food
stuff. There is no cash to be got
ten. Acute distress prevails among
these people. Ask any so-called u
try banker how many Negroes are
begging loans, and his reply will give
a fair answer to the conditions every
where. Something must be done to
prevent the repeated recurrence OF
these d~istressful conditions. Will the
authorities embrace the opportunity
for constructive work among the Ne
gro farmers of Texas? The opportu-
nifty lies in the well equipped agri-
cultural department of the state col
'lege at Prairie View and the inaugu-
ration in connection Herewith of e
tension work for the popular educa-
ton of these Negro farmers in con-
formation with the provisions of the
Smith-Lever bill. which work is being
directed by Hon. Clarence Ousley of
College Station, Texas. To utilize
the plant at Prairie View in this direc-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-09

John B. Keys, who came to Okla
homa as a h~omesteader in 1891, with
$65 in his pockets, is one of the wealth
lest Negroes in Okmulgee, a thriving
city within 80 miles of Muskogee, rich
in oil and gas properties. Keys owns
a solid block of two-story brick build
ings in the heart of the best business
section, with 16 cottages and six store
buildings, and has the respect of his
white and black competitors in bust
ness.
During the depression of 1897, Keys
and his wife, like thousands of other
pioneers in Oklahoma, had to undergo
many hardships and sustain heavy
losses. For days and days they had
scarcely enough to eat. They had to
go into the woods and gather acorns
from which they made soup and por-
ridge. Today his rents amount to
$1,000 a month, from $1,000 0 worth Of
buildings, and his receipts from the
sale of groceries amount to $1,000 a
day.
DR.. Booker T. Washington, as presi-
dent of the National Negro Business
league, has urged his people to get off
the defensive in explaining why the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-09

of merchandise lying along our
shores" Great pressure had been
brought to bear in favor of turnpikes
which would better Baltimore, Cum
berland and Wheeling rather than
Pennsylvania towns. and Pittsburgh
was made a target for antagonism
which had southern feeling for some.
thing of its inspiration. one OF the
bases of 1t being the lo~ng-standing dis
pute in regard to the boundary be-
tween Virginia and Pennsylvania
which at n time almost led to a min
sature a with Pittsburgh for It's
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-09
Irish In the Revolution.

The popular impression is that the
Irish did not begin to come to New
England until the great famine Of
l1848. when the population Of Ireland
was diminished several hundred thou
sands by starvation and immigration.
While It is true that many thou
sands did come to this country at
that period, and have since continued
to come, the Irish were not strangers
10 New England before the great exc
dus Of '48,
American history has rot given %
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-09

81 have known Of the work of the
Creek-Seminole Agricultural college,
Boley, Okla, for some time. Am &C.
quainted with John G. Leftwich, the
president. The college is to DE turned
over to the Christian church. Brother
Leftwich is a man of ability, thor
oughly reliable, a Christian, and is the
best representative of his race, work
ing for the Christian church. among
the colored people Of the state. l
am glad to commend him to the breth-
ren and can assure them that any con-
tribution will assist one Of the most
worthy enterprises with which l am
acquainted. Receive him in the Lord.
The need cannot be o~verstated.
Yours in him,
81. H. o. SMITH"
The man who bears such a letter
from J. H. o. Smith as that given
above needs no further Endorsement
as to his integrity or ability. We have
recently had the pleasure of meeting
President Leftwich and going over his
plans. We unhesitatingly indorse his
theory of voluntary segregation. The
Negro must work out his own problem
just as every other race must do, and
the presence, in close contact, or in a
mixed population of another race, so
far removed in many elemental char
acteristics as is the Anglo-Saxon, in
variably comes to be a hindrance to
true progress.-Christian Standard.
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pITTsBuReH's YOUNG DAYS
December 8, 1918, Is a Date That Is a
Factor In History Of Famous
City.

On December 8. 1918. and for sew
eraI days preceding and succeeding
Pittsburgh was peculiarly agitated in
regard to transportation by river and
turnpike. This might almost have
been written hat 'our rivers are SO
low that navigation is very difficult
and there is probably a million worth
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-09

than those outside the
zone.
The electrified end
Of the tobacco crop was
cut and it was found
that each plant weighed
1857 grams. 1t was two
weeks before the I'M
treated tobacco could
be cut and then it
W Ell h e d only 1852
grams to the plant.
Taking into considera-
ton that the most rapid
growth of the tobacco
plant is in its last two
weeks before ripening,
the esti'
mated that the actual
increase in weight OF
the plants in the cleo
trifed zone was 20 per
cent greater than that
in the unelectrified
zone. If this could be
followed out on a grand
scale, it is apparent
that the effect of cleo
IRRIGATION on the an,
mail tobacco output OF
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ton will do more to build up a better
class of Negro citizens in this state
than any other n agency. Its wis
dom will Immediately manifest itself
in increased production of a larger
variety of crops. The organization of
this extension work among Negro
farmers at this time is urgent. The
effort will meet a hearty response
from a grateful people. a patient,
Woodworking people.-Wade C. Rol-
Inns, in the Houston Post.
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the farm machinery
will be run. He will
have to be up on the
chemistry of electric
ity. He will have not
only to know the use
of violet rays in purify
ing the drinking water,
but will also have to
know whether ground
wires are better for
beets, ruby lights for
radishes, mercury va
por for tobacco and
electric sprinkling for
something else.
He will have to be
something of a plant
neurologist, too. When
the corn in the south
forty is getting
nerves." or when the
oats in the new ground
is becoming too som.
nolent, he will have to
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-09

Hampton institute is proud of the
excellent record that has been made
by the rank and file of its students.
The women graduates and former
students are engaged in work which
aims to elevate the home, the school,
and the community in the Tital things
of life. The Hampton men have been
pioneer workers in agricultural and
industrial enterprises. They Lave &C
rifced their personal comforts to en-
gage in uplift work for their people.
Since Hampton aims to train young
men and women to earn an honest liv-
ing and help their respective races, it
has combined with rare success the
elements of industrial and academic
education.
DR.. George P. Phenix, v~ice-president
of Hampton institute, has said: Moral
qualities, which in the aggregate
make strong character as well as eco
nomic efficiency, are developed
through this combination of industrial
work by day and academic work by
night, as they could not be by either
alone, and longer hours are made pos
sible in the trade, agricultural, and do
nestle science departments.
Every student in the trade school
has one hour of study early in the
morning, eight hours of work in the
trade school, and two hours of AGA
demic work in the evening period.
This makes IL hours a day, outside of
which he must get time for meals, the
care of his room, religious services.
and recreation. Yet the students gain
in health, in skill, in scholarship and in
character"
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to similar effect; all of which is as
a matter of course immensely anus
ing in contemplating these anniver-
saries, discussion piling on discussion
OF a thousand matters OF this kind.
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OW that scientists have discovered
that high frequency electrical cur
rents are powerful stimulants both
OF plant and animal life, the farm
hand of the future may have to be
a duly qualified electrical engineer
before he car get a job.
1t will not be enough for him to
know how to manipulate the mo-