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CARGO OF WHEAT FOR EUROPE.

lard. has vanished from the markets of
the United States. Meat products, how
ever, are being freely shipped to
France. Great Britain and neutral
European nations.
Shipments, cast IN in carload lots.
may be Of interest when put down on
paper to those who are curious to know
the part this country is taking in feed
ing the inhabitants of war-stricken
Europe. For the year ending June. 1915,
the exports from the United States
were equivalent to 121 carloads of
butter, 1913 carloads of oleomargarine.
1874 carloads of cheese, 94s carloads of
canned beef, 2.605 carloads of hams and
shoulders and 1890 carloads of bacon.
Farmers supplied the raw material,
manufacturers worked it up and rail-
roads hauled the freight thus created
to the seaboard. IF 1t were not for
the European war;" officers of the De-
partment of Agriculture declare, I'VE
should now be discussing ways and
means of disposing of our tremendous
surplus of food products" Thus con-
ditions abroad, while they have not
brought about an advance in he'p-ices
Of some things. have prevented a sharp
fall In the prices of other things, and
that, of course, has added to the pros
perity Of the agricultural classes
Another way. and a better way, I'M
doubtedly. of showing what the war is
doing for the farmers of the United
States is to compare the exports of
June, 1914. with those of June, 1915.
The increases stated in money were:
Cottonseed oil. 100000: corn. $780,
900: canned beef. s1.400. 900; cattle, hogs
and sheep. $4,000, 900; hams and shout
ders. $2.130,000; fresh beef. S2,677 900:
bacon, s3.730.000; cotton, 100000, and
oats, $5.000,000.
Against all the gains to the farmers
gains direct and indirect-must, of
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has put up the price of wheat In the
United States 80 cents a bushel. The
crop in 1914 amounted to 900.OOO,O 900
bushels. An increase in value of 80
cents a bushel shows a gain in one
year on one crop of s270.000,000. Can
all the powder, shell. gun and motor
factories in the country reveal profit
that is so large, even fractionally?
The wheat crop of 1915. by the last
calculation. will amount to 9so.ooo.ooo
the prices that would have prevailed
had Europe not become human
slaughter pen. Of s294.000.0o0. On
wheat only, therefore. the farmers of
icaIly enriched inside of two years by
the sum of 1854, 100000.
All of this money, it is true, has not
found its way into the pockets Of the
wheat-growers, nor have France and
Great Britain eaten the entire wheat
crop of the United States. Wheat has
Increased in price 80 cents a bushel
The Americans who live in villages and
cities. mainly. and the bread-eaters of
France and Great Britain and several
smaller countries, incidentally, have
paid the extra 80 cents to the farmers
of the United States.
r X
Each person in this country, count
ing children in with adults, consumes
five and one-third bushels of wheat
The domestic consumption
of wheat is said to be 520,000,000
bushels as food and 90.000.000 bushels
as seed, yearly. The farmers, 6.362,o00
in number, and their families eat, pas
sibly, a third Of the wheat that is con-
sumed.
The remaining two-thirds, or 347,000,-
900 bushels, is eaten by the urban
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~ GOD American horses-bays.
m sorrels and blacks-a half
~ q million of them-and a hun
~ dred thousand prime American
mules have been and are helping
France, Belgium and Great Britain
fight the Germans, Austrians and
Turks.
When the war opened and great bodies
of cavalry were sent ahead to feel the
enemy and to shelter the foot soldiers
and artillerymen who were following,
the loss of horses was enormous.
The French and British swept their
farms and cities almost clean of riding
and draft animals. France. habitually
forehanded, reserved some of its brood
mares. while Belgium. shot almost to
death, kept its head long enough hur-
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1915-PART 4.

THEY Sill
$685. 100000 CoSn 100000 Draft Artillery and Cavalry Horses and
Costing 100000
Supplies Food That Are Being Sent Across the Atlantic
Houston Is Watching Europe
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= Formerly Chaplain Of Jacksonville Refomato
Prisoners Should Like
Suffering
Favoro of the ndeemnate Sentence.
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in the matter Of his food. is not I'M
willingly helping to foot the war bills
of Europe.
Wheat is commonly said to be the
staff Of life. The normal diet of the
nation. according to the figures of the
Department Of Agriculture, based on
valuation. Is as follows: Edible grain,
mostly wheat, IL per cent; meats. 81 per
try and eggs, IL per cent: vegetables.
II per cent: fruits and nuts, per cent;
sugar, per cent: fish. per cent; other
food, per cent.
The farmers greatest gain. after
wheat and oats, has been obtained from
his corn crop. Little corn Is eaten by
Americans. The crop this year. 1t is
believed, will reach about 3,000,000.O0O
bushels Eighty per cent OF 1t Will be
fed to live stock.
The surplus, 20 per cent. or 600. ZOO. 900
bushels, will be sold by the growers.
War has advanced the price Of corn Z Y
cents. The receipts of the surplus SOLD
this year, therefore, will be $45.O00.000
greater than they would have been II
the war had not occurred.
Last year the farmers sold SOC, 100000
bushels of corn at an advance. over nor
NAL and probable prices, OF $37, 5oo,o9o.
gain to farmers in corn actually sold
will amount to about $S2.500.O00. II
the war continues, the gain in the years
to come will, in all Likelihood, De equaii
Nv large The price OF Whea.' 80,
should be remembered, is in no oansea
Of falling back to the low quo'a'ion'
of the past
Il
In oats, also, the American farmer has
reaped a rich harvest. Oats are going
abroad to feed war horses. and the I'M
usual demand from overseas has in
creased the revenues of the American
farmers by at least $20,000.000. part of
which. it goes without saying, has been
drawn from American horse-owners.
In the south, where great losses have
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ings to compliment several prisoners
on the manner in which they were lay
ing out pathway.
Fine work. boys" he declared. Keep
1t good and straight. That looks splen-
did," and he resumed his walk, leaving
behind him several smiling men who ap-
piled their shovels to the ground with
renewed vigor
Taking up the subject OF causes of
crime, Rev. Edgin said that 1t was chiefly
due to non employment, which is a result
of unskilled ability GO per cent Of the men
in prisons have no skilled tradel; illit-
eracy 90 to IA per cent Of penal insti-
buttons inmates being wholly illiterate,
IS per cent never having been beyond the
fourth grade in SCHOOL,; disturbed home
life, which includes being orphaned and
also separated because of divorced par
ents, and bad habits. consisting OF cigar
cite smoking. gambling and liquor drink
ing. between so and 80 per cent OF crime
being caused either directly or indirectly
by the last.
Improper home environment Is re-
sponsible for great deal OF crime" he
said. Children who are surrounded by
damaging influences in the home circle
stand very poor show Of growing up
into worthwhile citizens. At the JET
fersonville reformatory 1t was our Gus
tom on holidays to gather the brothers
together into a sort Of family group. so
that they could discuss home affairs with
one another. On one occasion there were
twenty-five pairs of brothers. which cor
roborates my statement that bad home
influences make for bad citizens.
"One day IN that institution, after I
had preached a sermon. the topic Of
which was Respect Your Parents a
young man came to me, and said:
How is it possible for me to re-
spect mine when my own mother used
day when l was mere child? 1t was
right in my own home, and from my
own parents. that I first got my appetite
for drink 1t was pretty difficult for me
to answer his question.
"Unbelief is another important cause or
crime. In my four years experience at the
reformatory at Jacksonville l did not
find a single boy who had had any real
religious training or experience: not
one who had a genuine. vital belfef IN
God. Religion holds people straight.
And because those boys who were In
total ignorance of even the defnition
of religion became acquainted with it
in the reformatory. where many people
believe 1t is too late. they went out
into the world again with a new lease
on ltfe-better men and women Tor
what they had learned"
Judging from the topics. the sermons
Rev. Edgin chose to preach in the In
idana institution had punch" to
them. and the men learned few meth
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weren't, they would avoid an institu-
ton officer When 1 hear my name. call
ed out by man who is apparently a
stranger to me, in strange city, and
have the question put to me, Don't
you remember me. Rev. Edgin? I'm al
ways pretty sure that it's one of the
boys But I can't make any advance
unless l actually recall his face, for it
would he rather embarra ssing for me
to declare that I remembered him in
the retormatory in case the man had
mover been an inmate. So. just let the
stranger do all the talking and in most
cases he will say:
"'Why, / knew you at jeff" which
is the nickname for the Jacksonville
institution. Not long ago l happened
to be walking along Broadway, New
YORK, when a man seated in a hand
some touring car called me by name. /
did not recognize him and was puzzled,
until he told me that he was a Jeff
boy. He had married, had a fine posi-
ton and was prospecting.
"A few days ago, in Indianapolis,
was walking through the station, hav-
ing just alighted from a train, when a
young man approached me and told me
that he had at one time served a term
in the Jacksonville reformatory. He
was anxious, he said, to have me know
that he wasn't 'backsliding,' but that
he was leading an honest, Industrious
life. He is employed by an Indianapolis
concern at $1,000 a year and expenses.
at isn't only the young men in the
institutions who are benefited by reli-
gious training while there. Their par
ents appreciate what is done for them,
for many mothers and fathers had
themselves endeavored to get their sons
interested in religion without success.
And that reminds me of the Pittsburgh
boy who was badly injured in the ma
chinery of the chain works. having al
most every bone in his body crushed.
I was summoned to his bedside in the
hospital of the reformatory, and. realiz-
if he had any message to send to his
mother, He was one of the converts at
the evangelical services l spoke of and
his reply to my question was:
".Tell my mother that 1 said all was
we'll. and that l was not afraid to die
The next day he passed away. and 1
brought his body and his cheering mes
sage home to the old lady. She had
his last words inscribed on his tomb
stone. She hated to tell her relatives.
friends and neighbors where her son
met his death, and SO 1 told them he
was injured in a factory"
While narrating the incident the
chaplains cheerful countenance had
grown grave, but slight twinkle
shone in his eyes as he asked:
81 told the truth. didn't l? The boy
did die in a factory? 1t wasn't neces-
sary to tell what sort of factory, now,
was it?"
1t was very plain to be seen that Rev.
Mr. Edgin knew he had Intentionally
taken away a choice morsel of gossip
frmo the curious, and that he was glad
of it.
Rev. Mr.. Edgin says that because
man has committed an offense which
precipitates him In penal institution
is no sign that he Is hopelessly crimt-
nal. He declared that may such men
he had come in contact with possessed
splendid characteristics, and that the
most noticeable of these was generos-
ity.
To illuatrate his point he told how
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LIEVING that inmates OF penal
D institutions should be treated
I'M as patients in a hospital. EN-
~ PERTAINING the theory that
crime is a disease" and that they need
spiritual assistance more than does the
average churchgoer. Rev. w. E. Edgin
stepped out of the pulpit of the First
Methodist Church at Cheyenne, Wyo.,
and came all the way to Washington
TO become chaplain of the reformatory
and assistant superintendent OF the
workhouse at Occoquan and to work
among the prisoners.
This is not Rev. Edgin's first at
tempt to preach the gospel to pris-
oners. For four years he was chaplain
of the state reformatory at Jefferson
VILE, Ind, serving in that capacity
from 1904 to 1908 under w. H. Whit
taker. who is now superintendent of
the institution at Occoquan.
Making the rounds the other day at
Occoquan. where he took up his work
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Spoiled Job?" 1.-THE Land of Possibility"
weak Men," etc Rev. Edgin ex.
planned that, after hearing a sermon
Of this nature, the boys were asked to
sign the following pledge:
l.. the undersigned. do this day pledge myself.
God being my helper, to begin q true life.
will use no profane or vulgar language, viii live
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DDS by which they could mend their
ways. The titles on some of the print
ed sermon announcement cards which
he brought forth from his desk were:
"Self-Reliance, Self-Control." The
Tanning Of a Wild Life" Conceptions
World" What Do You Learn from a
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Judging from the topics. the sermons
Rev. Edgin chose to preach in the In
idana Institution had punch" to
them. and the men learned q few meth
The Glenwood post., 1915-10-02
CA1DoNDAL8

Jas. c. Connor, who has been visiting
with his wife, and b. b. Hill left Sat.
urday for short business trip to Den
yer, but will return shortly for several
weeks stay.
Mrs. A. Hopper and children were in
Glenwood Springs last Saturday and
Sunday. While there DR.. Riddle re.
moved the tonsils of the two younger
children.
H. w. Yeomans left Thursday night
for Cleveland, Ohio. Mr.. Yeomans ex.
poets to be absent about tive weeks.
J. G. Thomson and wife are enjoying
. visit with their daughter and n
nephew from Chicago.
Mrs. Ida Aaltby arrived from Den
yer Saturday night where she has been
the past few weeks.
NJ. and Mrs. N. N. Hubbard left
Tuesday for the coast where they will
visit the sxpssitisaa
The first meeting of the Study club
will be held with Mrs. W. 4. Tubbs
Saturday afternoon with Mrs. C. H.
Harris as leader for the meeting.
M. and Mrs. Edmund Grubb return.
ed Friday from Denver where NJ.
Grubb went as = delegate to the grand
lodge of A. F. 4 A. N. from the local
lodge.
Mrs. Norris and daughter, who have
been the guests of DR.. and Mrs. Tubbs
the past two weeks, left last Thursday
for their home in Casper, Wyoming.
Mrs. James Zimmerman, assisted Dy
Mrs. F. E. Sweet, entertained the
members of the Bridge club last Thurs.
day. The members present were Mes
danes Mansfield, Tubbs, Connor, Sc.
bree, Dinkel, DeBeque, Winters, and
the visitors were Mrs. Norris of Wy
oming, Mrs. Goodwin of Joplin, No.,
and Mrs. Cooper of Denver.
The Glenwood post., 1915-10-02
.HT3 EllE6
9 NET Ek
(CeatiaaeA frea PAes u

generally believed Glenwood will -
this peer of all bunehes next year h
September. The election of oRiasss
saturday was as follows: john J.
Cooper, Denver, president; L. P. Ha.A-
mond of the Central Colorado PsOsr
company, Denver, vice president; 81
ecutive committee, W. F. Rsber, reGis-
ing president, Pueblo, H. U. Wallsee
of Boulder, W. J. Barker, Denver, 80
+. p. Wood, Trinidad. Resolutisss
were adopted eomplimenting the 0lsa-
wood Light and Water company for the
electrical decorations about the hs4si.
These were largely the work Of Fssd
Kaiser, and he naturally feels elased
over this recognition of his work. The
delegates and the members Of thsir
party were guests of the Hot spHngs
company in the pool Thursday evening.
The Glenwood post., 1915-10-02
mrs. ELLA ELLIS

The funeral of Mrs. Ella Eiils was
held from her late residence on Palmer
avenue, Wednesday afternoon at $3.50
The Rev. Ernest f. Tuck of the Meth.
Odist church conducted the services,
and large number of friends gathered
to pay their last respects. Following
is the obituary:
Mrs. Ella Ellis was born in Bear
Trap, La, fifty-five years ago. She
died at her home in Glenwood Springs
on Monday, Sept. %, 1915, after y
lingering and painful illness of eight
cen months. She was good mother
and faithful wife, and is survived by
her husband and daughter, Mrs. Julia
Hariston. She was a member of the
Colored Methodist Episcopal church
for many years, and is mourned by
friends in Glenwood Springs and else
where.
The Glenwood post., 1915-10-02
DEATH OF MRS scHwE,spxna1AN

Mrs. Katherine Schwenderman died
at her home on Cattle creek Thursday
morning, after a long and severe Ill
ness. She is survived by husband,
one son and three daughters, The son,
Charles, is at present q resident Vt
Grand Junction, and is well known
here. One daughter resides in Oklaho-
ma, and will be unable to attend the
funeral. Another daughter, who re-
sides in Illinois, will arrive Saturday
evening. The other daughter, Miss
Bertha, has lived in Glenwood for sew
eral years.
The funeral will be held Sunday af-
ternoon at two CLOCK, from the Cath,
Ollie church in this city. All frienls
are cordially invited to attend the SER
vices. Interment At Rosebud cemetery.
The Glenwood post., 1915-10-02

The funeral Of Ruby Sult.enberser
was held from the home of her psre.ts
last Monday afternoon. A large num-
beF of her classmates from school aad
many friends of the family were pres
ent. The Rev. Ernest E. Tuck Of tbs
Methodist church officisted. Interment
was in Rosebud cemetery.
Following is the obituary read at the
funeral services:
BABY Aha 0alAsaabarow
Ruby Aba sultzenberger WAS born n
March 20, 1905, in Glenwood Springs,
Colorado. She died on Sept. rs, 1915,
at the hons Of her parents, from com
plications arising out Of = severe at
tack of appendicitis. She was thus Z
years, months and days old.
Ruby was . bright child for her age
she would have entered the third grade
if the sickness which caused her death
had not prevented.
She was . member of the Method st
Episcopal Sunday school and was bap.
tized in the Methodist church by the
Rev. Geo. +. Klein.
She WAS loved by classmates in pu0.
lie school and in Sunday school, and all
bear testimony to the beautiful char.
acter Of her pure, young, innocent life.
Her death has left . big gap in the
home circle, and the breach in the
hearts Of those who mourn will only
be healed by time and Gods grace.
The memory Of her charming young
life will live forever in the minds Of
those who loved her and knew her best.
She is survived by her parents, MIR.
and Mrs. Abe Sultzenberger, and her
sister, Opal, aged . years.
"The Lord gave and the Lord hiatt,
taken away. Blessed be the name Of
the Lord.'
The Glenwood post., 1915-10-02
NJ NHlGoRIAM

Eunice jenkins, the youngest chill
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Dave jenkins, born
March 12, 1915; died Sept. %, 1915,
age months, 10 days.
The dear Savior has said "Suffer lit
tie children to come unto Ne,''
There in the Shepherd 3 bosom,
White As the drifted snow,
Is the little lamb We missed one morn
From the household flock below.
Budded ON earth to bloom in heaven,
This lovely bud so young and 20 fair,
Called hence by early doom,
Just came to show how sweet flower
In Paradise would bloom.
She was but . smile
Which glistens in . tear,
Seen but . little. while,
Bat Oh, how We loved her, how dear.
Ere sin could harm Or sorrow fade,
Death cane with friendly care,
The speaing bod T. hsaven conveyed,
And bade it blossea tAsee.
Happy infaat, early Sssst,
Rest IN peaceful slanhsr rest;
Attas Dunies b cate in ths ara Of
JeWe
eafs q Hb esatas Sesast.
-"siss'a y . rssssa.
osasssa1Ag ~ saass Wsas - bsvs
r. = :.
The Glenwood post., 1915-10-02
H-aovEzsoH sucHrxL COMING

Glenwood will entertain . distin-
guished guest next Monday in the per-
son of Ex-Governor Buchtel, chancellor
Of the University of Denver. Chancel-
lor Buchtel is q popular visitor to ou:
city, this being his seventeenth visit.
On Monday evening he will deliver an
address At the Methodist church, and
the public is invited to hear this very
gifted speaker.
Although Chancellor Buchtel has not
yet announced his subject, the address
undoubtedly will be in the interest OF
higher education. Admission free, and
. cordial welcome.
The Glenwood post., 1915-10-02
CHIANoED fIlH

Members and friends Of the Metho-
dist church are asked to kindly note
the change in the time for the evening
service from p. m. to 1880 p. m, ef-
fective next Sunday, Oct. 3.
A cordial invitation il extended to
all to attend the services At IL .. n.
aad at 1880 p. m.
Chancellor Buchtel 5 address on Mon
day evening at 8 o'clock is free and y
very cordial invitation is extended TO
the public.
The Glenwood post., 1915-10-02
~ HUlGAH ooa~

Mr.. Rehefsea Il ths O1sea thsaAss
Aas szssnSsl fer N eagagensat fes
next fsesday evening, October 5, ol
the famous Joseph Newman company,
and GIenuesd lovers Of high class fua
should not fail to attend and enjoy the
the treat which Mr.. Newman always
affords. Mr.. Newman's company Il
better this year than ever, all thu
member ef the troupe being real ar.
fists in their line. Reserved seats "a
cents. General admission 50 esats-
The Glenwood post., 1915-10-02

been reading the papers these fellow
get out, and We had . great curiosity
to see what kind o. lockers they were.
TAKE them by and large, they are 4
dsrned fine collection of people and ve
feel proud to be one of them.-Aarble
Booster.
The midsummer meeting of the Col
orado State Editorial association was
held at Glerwood Springs Friday and
Saturday of last week. Northwestern
Colorado was represented by Delavan
w. Gee and Charles H. Leckenby of
the Pilot, the latter being the presi-
dent of the association, Herbert B. Gee
of the Craig Empire and George N.
kimball, former newspaper man and
now . Aoffat county dry farmer. The
party made the trip by auto, going by
way of Meeker and Rifle. They found
good roads, fine weather, a prosperous
country and = hospitable people. While
they have nothing but praise for all
the towns visited it is violating no con
fidence to say that they were unan;-
nous in voting Meeker and its people
little bit the finest in the land. The
substantial modern buildings there, the
splendid commercial club, the hospita-
BILE people, the promise of this great
rich country is worthy of \ special arti.
Gle in some future issue of the Pilot.
The visiting editors were shown ev-
cry courtesy by the people of Glen
wood Springs. The great open air pool
and the cave baths, noted throughout
the land, were free to the newspaper
men. Friday night a splendid banquet
was rendered the guests by the bust
ness men of Glenwood Springs.
The editorial meeting was only fairly
well attended, but many matters of i'm
portance to the craft were discussed
and much helpful information and e1-
change Of ideas made it a pleasant ard
profitable gathering.-steamboat Pilot.
The Glenwood post., 1915-10-02
GRAND Ju1Y oENsuxEs DlAcH

Edward E. Drach, one time mayol
Of Glenwood Springs but who now
thinks he is state bank examiner, hal
been severely censured by the Boulder
county grand jury which declares that
he did not perform his duty in closing
the now defunct Louisville bank, but
allowed it to drag along long after h
was made aware of its unsafe condi
tion. The two paragraphs below, tax
en- from the grand jury's reference t.
Drach, speak for themselves and viii
occasion NO surprise to the old resi-
dents of Garfield county:
stIt is the opinion Of the grand
jury that - long ~ the present
connissisner il in office, the pub
lie ID wholly without protection on
aeessst Il his inekieisaey aaA ap-
parent nsgisct Of duty"
eve sasgest that under tAs
statute ths bank eoanissiense 10
rsqsizsa = give bsad fer -
faieAfsl Performance e NJ a.tiss,
al tAat ssas rsi.say ~ ny h
bsAaA - - Asessitsa aGaiase
tAa& bseA-'s