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The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1915-03-05
EoNE Rock

A great many horses in this
vicinity are suffering with dis
temper.
Archy Davis is complptirg d
cistern which will hold severa
barrel. of water.
Another blizzard prevailed III
these parts Saturday, drifting
in places pretty bad
No preaching Sunday on nc.
count of the deep snow. AT
this writing we cannot say as to
when Rev. Il. !. Johnson will be
with rs again. but think we can
look for him about the fourth
Sunday in March.
Cal Thompson and Walter
Rockhill spent one day hunting
lack rabbits while the snow was
on and each returned home load-
ed down with rabbits.
We just want to say on the side
that we should give our new
hardware dealer a glad hand,
and that our brother grocery.
men should now turn all hard
ware trade exclusively over to
him. Lee Us show our apprecia.
tion to our new merchant
IAnd 10 this sentiment the
Herald say S Amen. That's the
spirit that is needed in making
Il greater Baca courty
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1915-03-05
Wentworth.

Walter Thomas and family left
last week for an extended Wis it
to Oklahoma and Missouri. Ster-
ling Robertson took them !"
Elkhart.
Mrs. R. B. Kerr had hen 70
come off with several little
chickens the 22nd day Of Feb
ruary. The first little chickens
in our nelghborhood.
Mrs. Eager took Pearl and
Everette back to school
last week. They had been
home over Sunday.
Everyone in our neighborhood
has just about gotten over the
grippe.
Mrs Kerr and daughter Edith
visited Mrs. Hecox last Friday.
Sterling Robertson and wife
are living on tine Walter Thom-
as place while they are away.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Cofield Wis.
tied Gilbert CaI!ihan and W fe
last Sunday
Edith Kerr STAYED with Mrs.
w. A. Thompson while w. A,
was in Richfeld.
Another snowstorm last Sat
urday.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1915-03-05

On the End inst. Rensie Walk
er, on complaint Of F. Twyford,
was tried before Judge Allen on
a charge of partial mental aber-
ration. a jury returning verdict
of guilty. Will Doris was ap-
pointed C nservator Of the prop.
crty DR. Verify was the OK
pert witness. and Alberti attor-
ney.
jack Wada carried the Carlo
,.?uil Monday and Tuesday.
Dr.. Culp is now at home in
his rev office, formerly the attpr-
ney Allen building.
The star mil carriers from ev.
ery part of the county haze, dur
ing the past week. fought, bled
and died in their efforts 10 get
the mail to and from Springfield,
and deserv, the greatest praise
for their unllagging efforts to be
on time. Raca county has rea-
son to he pr0od of the efficient
mail service it is receiving.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1915-03-05
Congressman
Keating's
Letter

/ The sixty,third Congress did
more talking than any other
congress in the history of this
nation, but it did more work.
The following are among the
many things that have been done
by this congress:
We revised the tariff and did
workmanlike job of it.
We wrote new banking and
currency law for The nation that
our enimieS have ceased to criti-
else.
We created a trades commits
sior which will bear the same re-
Iation to big industrial corpora
tions that the Interstate Com
mission now suStainS to tie rail-
roads
We cmancjpated the parcel
post, saving millions to the peo-
pie of the country.
We unseiled Alaska and ap-
propria,ed thirty millions for
| the construction of a railroad to
be owned and operated by the
government
We repealed the absured law
= which permitted the Shipping
Trust to use the peoples Pana-
ma canal without the payment of
toll.
We resisted tne importunities
of those who declared that the
United States must become
military nation. but while we ig-
no"ed their hySterical cIamers
we saw to it that generous ap-
preparations were provided for
the maintenance of an adequate
army and navy
We have met the problems
growing out of the Europeon
war and Mexican disturbance
with courage and rare modera-
ton. Her" again we have in
sisted on the lingo taking
rear seat.
We have had implicit conf
dcnce in President Wilson and
We have manifested that conf.
deuce by promptly and vigorous
I ly socnnding his every act.
We failed him once-when
few democratic traitors permit
ted the Ship-Durchasing bill to
be talked to death in the senate.
Each house has considered
many big questions which have
never come Squarly before the
other house and therefore must
be threShed ont AGAIN ut some fu.
ture time
The house passed II com2re-
henSive good-roads bill nr0viding
an initial expenditure of twenty
five millions per year, bnt it
died in the senate.
TeFislation of the utmost i'm
portancc to the west also psssed
the house but failed in the sem
ate Amon- these measures
were the $40 Aero Homestead
Pill. tla Ferris bills proyidiCc
for the leasing of Governments
coal oi and asphaltum lands and
water power Sitns ard Fosters
radium bill. Most of these bills
will 90 through The next con-
GreS in some form.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1915-03-05

During the three days of the
fair last year there were at least
$500 people in attendance. AT
the fair this coming fall 5000 peo-
ple can be counted "n during
the three days of the fair. This
gives a good basis to figure 1t as
a business proposition in the or
ganization of county fair asso-'
citation, the time for which organ
izltiun Is right now at hand. 1t
will probably be well for tue
commercial club to take the mat
ter up at les next meeting. and
arrange for the immediate sell
ing of stock.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1915-03-05

Ii the Germans can place
enough submarines around the
British Isles to effectually Grip
Pile her commerce, it strikes us
that vessels of neutral nations
should be given to understand
that they take their own risks in
irving to break through.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1915-03-05
Fix President Taft is deservin

Fix President Taft is deserving
and is receiving great praise for
his Washington birthday address,
In which among other things ne
says; I'VE must allow no jingo
spirit to prevail, We must abide
the Judgment of those in whom
we have intrusted the authority,
and when the President acts we
must stand by him to the end"
These are brave words, spoken
by u brave man and a patriot.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1915-03-05
THE. MULE
BY w. l.. ROCKIIiLL

by w. II. ROCKVILLE
The mule is IL curious creature,
He will .ake you round and
round,
And just when you think you
have got him,
That mule is nowhere to be
found.
He can see YOU from every di
rectiOn,
No matter if hes blind us Il
bat:
He can kick forty times in sec
And each time kick a hole in
your nat.
He is continually full of susni-
cion,
And he looks at you this way
and that,
Though he may be as poor as
Jobs turkey.
Or like IL big steer may be fa:.
You may think he's so kind ar d
so gentle,
A dandy and well broken colt,
But that's when you want to he
careful,
For that mules going to give
you a jolt.
Now | would not trust him 3
minute,
For | learned from experience
YOU know,
That the business end Of don
key,
Should never be given a show.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1915-03-05

-'he finest snow of the winter
fell Friday and Saturday, prob
ably six inches of it besides what
melted. This starts off about as
well as last year, and We are
wondering if we are going to
have another grand crop Year.
However, its safest in this coun'
try to bank on its being some
What dry.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1915-03-05

Jack and Dee Williams made a
trip to Elkhart last week with a
load Of broomcorn.
Bert Moore and vile and
mother were visitors at Albert
Meals last Sunday.
Mr.. Kincaid and the Barnett
boys made a tlip to the cedars
last week.
Mrs. Williams and daughter
were county-seat visitors Tues
day.
Mrs. Albert Neal visited Mrs
Frank Sacks Thursday.
j. R. Easter and wife were
callers at Mrs. e. j. Hunts,
Monday evening.
Sterling Barr EFT and Dell Rob-
bins were county-seat visitors
Tuesday.
j. NJ. Watkins and family ar.
rived Wednesday to begin life
On a Baca county homestead.
R. S. Hoover and Mr.. Inman
of Horseshoe, were business cali
e-s at j. r. EaSter's Thurs iHy.
Will Burnett left i,r Mis- ouri
last Thursday Oh business.
Edgar Mcl4ain waSa '.iiier at
Albert Meals Tuesday.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1915-03-05

On sandy soils, where the
sand shifts with the various
shifts of The wind, this prelimin-
ary work is not so essential; but
evcn here it is time well nut IN.
Tho listo- is nnr idan "r tho
tool for this work; and the time
in the spring for it's use is as
soon as thu ground is in suitable
condition, which ordinarily
wonlG he about the time the
spring winds begin their steady
blow.
In these fnrrnws the precipita-
tion prior to planting will pen"-
tra'e to a considerable or even a
very great depth. and by splitting
the middles at planting time.
would be well stored away for
summer nse.
1t is very common here for
the new man. after three or four
years. to find that he has been
losing ont by crowdine the sea-
son Ordinarily it doesn't pay 10
plant before about the first of
Nav.
In case you have blank listed,
if you can plant after a big rain,
SO much tie better-it will be to
you like great big rain when
that dry spell comes on later.
At planting time we believe in
planting deep-ir rounding up
the ridges with about what dirt
they will hold.
We have already spoken of
depth of planting to get stand,
and will only reiterate here that
the planting should be deeper as
the season advances, and shat
the subsoiler should cut a wedge
shaped slit in the hard ground,
about one-half inch deep, and
the seed dropped into this slit,
where possible to be done.
If this could be accurately
done, and then about one to two
inches of soil brought in and
oon:pacted on the seed thus
planted, the maximum danger
of eettlng stand would be OBJ
Waited.
AS also stated in former is
sue, planting time is the time
for rapid-fire work, and we are
reiterating it here because of its
great importance.
This is necessary under any
circumstances, and doubly so
where no prior work has been
done.
We will close here by restatinx
that the man who is prepared
to get down TO ten acres a day
and thus wind up planting in
two or three weeks, wet or dry,
will come out at the end of the
season with fairly good crop
of course the rest OF the work
also being properly done.
Cultivation will be the next in
order
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1915-03-05

If the Colorado coal operators
were to try the Henry Ford idea
,:>i y. day minimum wage, we
have sneakinp idea that the
governor wouldn't know what to
do with that extra power" after
the legislature gave it TO him.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1915-03-05

rh. question of whit is the
matter with tho Piutes?" might
be answered by the presumption
chat Trey have been taking les
sons from Christian Europe.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1915-03-05

There are four bills in the leg
islatur., giving more power to the
governor % suppress strikes: bur
methods of suppressing strikes
won't remove tile discomfort
where there is just cause OF
complaint.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1915-03-05
1t take. Cong Iieatlng to DO
things for his onstituents. Read
his Herald telegram elsewhere.

judge !llly,'r opened conr, at
Trini.ial Wednesday, and j.
hrnc" nov having his first rXpe-
rirnce M the bench.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1915-03-05

The Lamar mail car broke
down at Clay creek Sunday, and
was taken back to Lamar, and
then brought on down tn" neXt
day.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1915-03-05
Local Gossip.

w. ]. Doris W s HeralH Wis.
itor on the lst inst.
Dick Wright was up from Cot.
ton wood last week
Will Wagner and Wife return
ed from Texas last week.
Mrs. ]. H. johnson and Mrs.
U. G. Nelson we're callers on the
1st inst.
You will lind the professional
card of Atty. Albert elsewhere
in the Herald.
Fix. sheriff Kett was in from
his ranch last week. He is
building two-room addition to
his house.
The press of business in pas
/ senger service made IL NECESSARY
for Jones Bros t. put ina new
Ford last weel'. +
Will Doris MondaS paid the
rent on that first fiat, and will re-
main on the Brussels scarpets for
the year to come.
Young Dillingham; iof the firm
of Dillingham; & ,Nagher, was on
the sick list, but is now attend
ing tc the barn as usual.
BY their ad. you will see that
". G. Gould las been promoted
from cashier to the presidency
of the First National Bank of
Lamar.
Wes. Alcorl,, garase man of
Stonington and champion check-
er player of Baca county, was a
business visitor in sSpringfield
Monday.
Mrs. Judge Allen. was acting
treasurer during the illness of
Miss Gertrude, and handled the
affairs of the Office in a very
creditable shape.
J. G. johnson of Benonine,
Tex, by the favor of his son John
Hilary, will learn ofthe develop,
ments of the greater Baca county
during the half year to come.
Fred Twyford, the Stonington
farmer and stockman, came up
through the mud and the snow
Monday to take in the old an6
new sights of the county seat.
Wanted to trade e-lots in Mnfg.
and college town, close to school
and car line, fo- horses and cat
tie.
Write or apply to z. T Howell,
do 81 Spring field, Colo.
Marvin McClendon won out on
his bet with the government
when he proved up on his claim
before Ju lge Allen Monday. j.
Griffin and Charley Malmberg
Witnessed the closing OF the
transaction.
Knowing that the Herald fami-
ly wouldn't part with him any,
way, the genial Barnett Jones
came in Tuesday. paid the rem,
on that first floor. and will conse-
que ntly remain on the Bru ~>els
carpets for the year to come
D. W. Daniel of Springfield,
tries the basement to the Herald
!! this week. We told Mr.. Daniel
ight where he would find the
trap door to the first floor, and
at the end of his probation he
should push 1t open aud come on
UP with the rest Of the family.
When Justice Barney Jones of
Stonington, drove into tow n Tues.
day he had to think a few times
before he knew VIII here he was at,
a goodlA number Of now houses
making that difference in the
town. Mr. ones says the sur
prise was real and not feigned.
Gurn Thompson of Stoning-
ton, Colorado. came over with an
outfit Of men and teams last
Tue~ day and loaded mp the "id
Hindman blacksmith shon ard
took il over and attached it to
his store. Mr.. Thompson l.;
runnin;. big general supply
store and claims that business
lis beit'rr this spl 'ng tiG,,. it has
been for some time. - Richfald
Monitor.
j You vii have To keep =; tch-
out on Gurn, or some ur t;rsc
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1915-03-05

Harry Jones and son of Turon
Kans., are visiting at tue Duty's
The young man fled on a claim
on Bear creek.
Atty. Alberti was brought
back to Springfield Tuesday in
the Rensie Walker case, and has
been kept "city prisoner
since then-kept busy pouring
oil on the troubled waters,
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-02-25

great curiosity manifested.
The strong Notifications in the
lower harbor were silent as the
fleet passed.
When the great number of
ships had formed in regular
shelling array opposite the city
something happened from un'
derneath every one of these
German war vessels the water
receded and the ships disappear.
ed. A dinner was given Thos.
A. Edison that evening at the
Waldorf-Astoria in which he said
that il was easier to remove wat
er than earth.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-02-25
Col. Roberts Has A Night Horse,

On the eighteenth day Of July
1915 a squadron OF German
Dreadnoughts accompanied by
subm arines and a flock of Zepp-
elins circling over, all appeared
in the lower bay off New York
City.
War between the United
States and Germany was on.
The squadron steamed in reg.
ular formation until very near
the sealine of Liberty opposite
the Battery.
No undue excitement was no.
ticed in the city nor was any
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-02-25
MRS. SUE A.
ADAMS, DEAD.
Remains OF Former Citizen Brought
Here For lnterment From
Athens, Alabama.

The remains of Mrs. Sue A
Adams arrived here Saturday
morning on the 8 O'Clock train
from Athens, Alabama where
she died Thursday Feb. 18th,
after lingering two weeks with
a stroke Of paralysis which she
suffered Feb. 4th. With her
at the time of her death were
her only son Wilson Adams and
her only daughter Mrs. Arthur
Greenhill, of Decatur, Alabama
who had been with her since she
was stricken. Her sister, Nan
uie, wife of H. C Moore of Prin-
ceton was summoned by tele-
graph, and altho she started at
once she did otreach her sisters
side in time to see her alive.
The funeral party consisted of
the aged parents of the deceased
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Hodge, the
younger brother S. D. Hodge
and his daughter Miss Katherine
of Princeton and the two sisters,
Mesdames J. w. ia ckson, of
Otter Pond and H. C. Moore, of
Princeton, each of whom was
accompanied by her husband,
the son Wilson Adams of Athens
Alabama, and the daughter
Ethel, wife of Aurthur Green
vile, of Decatur, Alabama, and
Henry c. McGoodwin, of Prince
ton.
They were met at the station
by many friends and acquaint-
{; ances of the long ago. The pail
! bearers were Messrs G. c. Gray,
Judge J. W. Blue. George E.
{ Boston, G. M. Crider, J. /. Glenn
ont and Thomas H. Cochran.
All old friends of the family.
The remains were taken to
the Southern Presbyterian
church Of which the deceased
: was a member, where the fun
: eral rites were conducted by the
t pastor Rev. H. V. Escott assist
ed by Rev. ] A. Chandler.
;, The interment at the new
y cemetery followed and the fun
: sral services were concluded there
: There was a number Of appro-
e pirate and beautiful floral offer
s ings. One especially pretty bo-
l. Quet being sent by the ladies
/. and society of the Southern
n Presbyterian church.
p Susan Augusta Hodge was
e born in Marion, KY, Dec. lst
1859, was married to Prof. R,
H. Adams June 4th, 1880. He
s having died in 1901, she had liv
;. ed since that time, IA years ,
= widow, and passed to her rewar'
l; Feb. 18th, 1915, in her seth
= year.
, Besides her two children an
her parents she is survived b
h, two brothers Henry A., of Sa
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-02-25
FARM FLOCK DISCUS
SED BY J. B. CARTER.
Calls Attention To The Winter Egg
Problem, And Tells OF The
Best All Purpose Fowls.

In this article | want to call
attention to a few things ! think
need our careful attention in sol.
wing the winter egg problem on
the average farm.
First good stock. Now ! don't
mean the high priced show birds
we see advertised. but do rec.
ommend that you buy full blood
ed stock or eggs, of which ever
kind you may select, then stick
to it. Don't buy Rocks, Reds,
Orpingtons. Ancons, Leghorns,
etc, II you do you will raise a
flock Of mongrels, a real Dukes
Mixture" that will be neither
egg nor meat fowls. Oh. you
may get a few eggs from the
mixture but nothing like the
results you would get from good
stock selected from the same
strain. The matter of selecting
the kind you want is one that
should be carefully studied and
decided by yourself. II you
want an all purpose fowl select
one of the larger breeds; Wyan-
dottes. 0rpingtons, Rocks or Il.
/ |. Reds, the latter has been with
us the best all purpose fowls we
have ever tried being a fine
winter layer. good size and
make fine mothers, can be moved
and made to set almost any,
where, II eggs are mainly what
you want select one of the small
er breeds Leghorns. Hamburgs.
Handans any Of the non sitting
family, they cost less to keep and
| think will lay more eggs during
the year than either Of the larger
breeds. But as | have already
said you must decide that quest
ion for yourself. However
would advise that you get the
kind that you like best for | am
sure that you will succeed best
with that kind. When il becomes
necessary to put new blood into
your flock (every two years is all
right for the farm flock). buy
eggs or stock of the same kind
you already have. Save the
best early hatched pullets foi
, winter layers. Sell the old hens,
they will eat but absolutely re
fuse to Law. This plan followed
for a few years you will have 1
flock Of grade hens that will b,
both a pleasure and n profit I,
the owner.
The housing we consider a yer!
essential part in considering thi,
subject. Our experience is tina
no variety, no matter how wei
bred will give satisfactory re
turns unless warm day quarter
free from drafts. cold winds an,
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Continued on page 4.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-02-25
Sad Death OF YOUNG,
BEAUTIFUL MATRON
Mrs. Bernice Driskell Lamb Sue
combs After Illness OF
A Year.

DcTIllCe DTlSklll LAND, Wlle
of Guy Lamb, the junior member
Of the firm of Asher & Lamb,
the Main street grocers, and
younger daughter of DR.. and
Mrs. A }. Driskill died at the
home of her parents on West
Elm street Saturday night, Feb.
20th 1918, at nine o'clock, after
a lingering illness with tubercu-
losis with which she was stricken
about year ago. Last summer
her husband and father accom-
panied her to Denver, Colorado,
where she entered the "Agness
Memorial Sanitarium" with the
hope. Of checking the ravages of
the disease, and of restoring her
to her former health and siren
9Th. For a while il seemed rs if
she was improving and hope was
held out TO her friends and loved
ones here that she soon would
return greatly benefited if not
entirely and permanently cured,
and this result was devoutly
hoped for by her many friends
here, by whom she was greatly
beloved.
Different members of the fam
lily visited her during her stay in
Denver and were encouraged at
her condition until last month
when she began to grow weaker,
and expressed a desire TO return
to her home. The family at once
arranged to bring her home. she
arriving about january 18th,
since which time she had grad
ually succumbed until the end
Saturday night, which caused
genuine sorrow throughout the
city where every one was her
friend.
The funeral at the residence
was precbhed at | O'Clock Mon.
day by her pastor, Rev. J. A.
Chandler of the Methodist Church
to which she was united about
two years ago. The presiding
elder of this circuit, Rev. Good
son was present and assisted a
the funeral and burial which wa,
conducted at the New Cemetery
The large assemblage at tn,
home and the cemetery attestet
the popularity of the deceased
as did the numerous and beaut
iful floral offerings which com
pletely hid the new made mound.
Bernice Driskill was born Jan
Is, 1889, Died February 20, 1916
aged 26 years. month and
day. She was married to Gu,
Lamb June 3Oth 1913. He sur
wives her, with her parents, on
sister, Miss Maude, and tw,
brothers, David b. of Chica
go, and Arnold of this city.