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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-06-15

Ernest Wiesen, % days street foreman. S62 30
Gill Bennett, % days labor at 81. 3D.. AZ 70
Edw. Meighan, lS1a " . " "........ Al 81
Mike Quier, IL . " 81
Kit Ching % 3" " g ''........ 81 25
Jas Harker, II Clio " I" " "....... 80 60
Peter Sieger, 61O " " 49,. IA So
Edw. Willard, IA go " " '..... :. So s.
Geo. Ellington, " /" '..... 90
VIM. f. Stude 81 days with team at
$450...... 49,. .................. 20 %
Wilbur Thrasher p days " go. %
j. p. Harris Co., ID $40 days 90. 62 So
M. PIT. Dray and Coal Co.. 1879 &c 80. SO %
NJ. Pt. Dray and Coal Co., mdse freight
and carriage. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. IA %
Chas. Noble, day with team at S450.... 50
City Dray and Fuel Co., Ii days with
team at $3.50 ........,..... .......... IS 50
Thos. f. Collins, engine and helper
grader ....................... 25 90
Theo. Frieden, road dragging ........... 80
GRADER and Thies, mdse ................. 50
w. j. Vierck & Son, way signs and
painting .............. .-........ 10
Eastman Lumber Co., mdse for streets. Is 70
NJ. PIT. Telephone Co rent and toll 4-mo
&. H. and police NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. IA 40
Roy Thrasher, mo. salary ............... 60 10
Special Police, Services Circus Day. 10 20
j. B. Harker, livery hire-epidemic 49,. 20 90
Penberthy livery, livery hire-epidemc 90
j. r. Brown, and fertilizer
on Park Observation-Disclosures. 300
JAS. Knight, mo. salary .............. 65 90
Galock Packing Co., ZIG lbs. garlock 4 IS
Leo Gilman, = day labor w. w.. l 90
VIM. Horn, mo. So larry. 60 0J
r. Douglas Sons, ornamental trees and
shrubs Park ........ ......... IS 05
N. T. Martin Hdw. Co., wire etc........ 80
w w Williams mo salary .SS AZ
T. NJ. Priestley, mo. salary ...... ....... % 90
II. G. Jackson mo- salary. -. .......... 60 90
VIM. Fitzsimons mo. salary .............. Is 66
The Tribune, printing and publishing. 20 90
Crawford Bros. g 4" ". 2S SO
NJ Pit Public Service Co St light 1922. 80,
G. H. light $2.52, Pub. Library light
1916, pumping 5000 heat 1857 ........ $50 OF
Fred Golliner, work on pump. .. 70
G. A. Lindsey, Mayors of NJ. P. pictures
and framing NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. so Oh
A. W. Thoma, supplies .............. l %
G. n. Legate Post G. A. G., Memorial
Day expenses. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 80 90
Bills of Concrete Const. Co., and J. L.
Jackson were referred to committee on
Streets and Sidewalks.
Report of City Treasurer was read
and on motion was accepted and order
ed placed on file.
Mr.. Salmon addressed the council on
behalf of the Farmers Telephone Ex-
change requesting that privilege be
granted to place poles for accomoda-
ton of subscribers in city.
Moved and carried that the above
matter be referred to Streets and Side
walks committee and report at next
meeting.
Mr.. Peters requested that the COM
mon council give due consideration to
conditions warranting the building of
sidewalk on west side of Commerce
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02
Northwestern COlOrudO'S
New Empire
Consisting of Grand, Routt and Moffat Counties.
GRAND COUNTY

Grand county contains population of
less than 1000. 1t embraces what is
known as Middle park, bounded on all
sides by high mountain ranges, and Of
fers many opportunities for the home
seeker. 1t contains about l,l50,000
acres; 100000 acres of this is good tim
Der land; 100000 acressgood pasture land
and the rest good agricultural land of
the best quality. Needing settlers.
more than half OF this undeveloped land
is still open to homestead and desert
entry. Much of this land adjoins the
timber and will produce crops without
irrigation.
Barley, oats and fall wheat, rye, field
peas. timothy, bronze grass, alfalfa,
alsyke and red clover, stock beets, tur-
nips, carrots, potatoes, cabbage and
cauliflower do well and produce large
yields per acre. Barley and oats yield
from 40 to 60 bushels per acre; wheat,
80 to 40 bushels. and hay as much as
three tons per acre. All grains pro-
duced at this altitude are heavy, and
all hardy vegetables grow to large size
and are of the finest flavor Potatoes
are rapidly becoming an important
crop, and many carloads are annually
shipped from Grand county. Excellent
opportunities are offered to those who
wish to engage in dairying; good rail
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

road services and special rates make it
easy to ship to Denver, where a good
market is always found
The production of beef cattle is the
CHIEF industry, with an abundance of
tie best grass on all the open land, and
with plenty OF hay, root crops and grain
for winter feed. no place can surpass
Grand county in the quality and the
value of beef cattle. Grand county has
always received high honors at the Den
Yer stock show for feeders and also for
registered cattle.
Hog raising is becoming an important
industry, many of the farmers have
number of hogs and they have found
them very profitable.
There are a number OF irrigation pro
jects in Grand county, completed or that
are nearing completion, that will irri-
gate several thousand acres Of the un.
developed land. Much OF this is ready
for the settler. Some of this land is al
ready patented and some can be home
steaded and water purchased The price
of permanent water right is from SIS
to $50 per acre, with plenty OF time in
most instances to make payment
Grand county wants 500 new settlers.
persons who have moderate means. to
build homes, and to utilize the many
thousands of acres of land that can be
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

made productive All it needs is the
plow. The first crop can be made just
as good as any crop, and there is no
place where crops are surer.
There is about 5000, 100000 feet of
lumber in the forests of Grand county,
board measure millions OF mine props,
and thousands of carloads of wood. Sew
eral saw mills are in operation furnish
ing plenty OF cheap lumber for all build
ing purposes.
Prospecting for all mineral bearing
ores is being done at the head OF vii.
liams fork, the Blue ridge, the Gore
range, the Rabbit Ear range, and the
Arapahoe peaks.
Good roads, good hunting and fishing,
and the most beautiful scenery of the
Rocky mountains make this one of the
most attractive spots for tourists. The
Hot Sulphur springs and Grand lake Of
fer special attractions. There are nu-
merous places thruout the county where
good accommodations can be had at rea-
sonablc rates, along and near the line OF
the Denver and Salt Lake railroad.
a large area, consisting of thousands
of acres, of the most beautiful mountain
scenery in the world, and now a portion
of the Rocky Mountain National park, is
located in the northeast portion of
Grand county, including Grand lake, the
north and south forks OF the Grand river,
aud many other tributaries, which af-
fords the pleasure seeker the best OF
trout fishing.
For full information call ON r. f. Fer
guson, 40 Ideal building, Denver, Colo.
Homeseekers satisfactorily located on
government lands and accomplishments.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

When the worker cheats, he is n
llnave, when the capitalist cheats, he is
a shrewd business man. Ever notice il
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-06-16
PR0GRESSIVES lND0RSE
NEW YORK DEMOCRAT

NlW YORK. June II Judge Samuel
S'rhgry " the New York court of sp-
r'1lH. % democrat was Endorsed for goy-
rfror Thursday nJsii by the N,N York
county committee " tho progressive par.
rs. \ t'su'utlnn WIS passed jyrlp'ins
that 90 colonel Roosevelt durH nui accept
the progressive nomination the 'Ns.utirs
committee "f the utf', shou1 elect an.
other candidate ior that part, 'pr prcE.
dent
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-06-16
Wheeler Monument Project Delayed
Board Undecided on Funding Plans

owing n tho hhscncc n Park Com.
~, .aiou,rs y Warren md O. u.Nrl
'Nrrr was NOT quorum at re- meeting
scheduled II, be- held Yesterday Or 4.
N RYAN. the uuly member who made hIs
appearance. had hoped tor thorough
discussion ot tho proposal go erect in
Wheeler park monument to 'h" mem.
ory of james " wheeler who was. re-
ri,mhrr NJ tho park commission from
no. 10 1895. and 20 whose splendid mu.
rInccncc tho city l. indebted for tho
most prctcutlrus public park owned BY
tie municipality
Park Commissioner Patterson. who
also gives his enthusiastic iniorscmeu'
Goo the proposal ssii that n special meet
Irl uf OBJ, luHfi would h' called uuur
iN, return ~ IN. ptsrrtr,s
The project it Us yet boo 'nr '0rmN.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-06-16

tive stage" h, said this morning" md
no, momhrfs ~ rho h0frd bt, undccid.
OF Ba tu whether they will recommend
NHt tho 90. place such N monument
BOO M, uafk OFF ris, fund f.r that pur.
r,s' 80 popular subscription
'NntviihstSndiug the unfortunate
or,f'luws that have damaged the pnrk
NJ widely separated Intervals m" city
eventually will arrange for ptote tins
l,v,,a that will prevent the recurrence
VI such disasters Tho park tract covers
nm ARA oi l1a acres and the mngrin
cent and numerous trees " contains
could not b. reproduced IN nftY wears
IA park the tract is " incsiimahl'
value. and the occasional tain wrFots
irr ih,t ~ hr allowed iH fuvrfi 'o m,
lufH uf NJ Wheeler BE- utter dfiNri
I fHrl certain th,fr nf, mrry publ, spirit
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-06-16

rj citizens who would take pleasure iu
contributing to fund fnt monument
iu memory of the man who provided r
recreation place fof the people of Okla
hums city. free Nv ri.h aud poor. old
urd young. for generations ip come"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-06-16
Tne ISooeRN wooDne. ANp

ROYAL NEloHBoRS OF AMERICA
WILL HOl.p MEMORIAL SERVICES
Nr TliE OUp FELLOWS HALL. o.
~ptTH WALKER STREET. StSpNY
AFTERNOON J'NE ik At alU
O'CLOCK ALL MEMBERS ARE RE-
QuESTEp TO ATTENp-Aiv
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-06-16

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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-12-01
COLORADO CROP REPORT
OUTLOOK IN CENTENNIAL STATE
BETTER THAN USUAL.
Federal Report Shows Conditions
Generally Promise Results Above
the Average.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver-Colorado is further ad.
ranced with spring plowing this year
than last and is way ahead of the
ten-year average, according to the
monthly report of the federal bureau
Of crop estimates. The same condi.
tion obtains in reference to spring
planting.
Meadow and pasture conditions are
equal to that of last year and even
with the ten-year average. The farm
ers have made good progress in mar
keting hay and have less on hand
than this time last year. Wheat is
bringing the same money as on May
l, 1915.
The following summary of the May
crop report for the state of Colorado
is compiled by the federal bureau of
crop estimates:
Winter Wheat.-May l forecast. T.
100000 bushels; production last year
(final estimated, S.060.000; two years
ago. 6,25O,O0O: 19O9.13 average, 3,762.-
900 bushels.
Rye.-May forecast, 100000 bush
els; production last year final esti-
mate). $4,000; two years ago, $685.
600 bushels.
Meadows.-May l condition. "a;
compared with the ten-year average
of "a.
Pasture.-May condition. 80:
compared with the ten-year average
of 91.,
Spring Plowing.-Per cent done to
May l, 1916, estimated, IA: compared
with SO May ! last year, and &C. the
ten-year average.
Spring Planting.-Per cent done to
May 1, 1916, estimated. 65; compared
with 81 May l, last year. and So. the
ten-year average.
Hay.-Old crop on farms May /, es-
timated. 213,O0O tons; compared with
$4,000 year ago. and 219,000 two
years ago.
Prices-The first price given below
is the average on May 1 this year.
and the second the average on May !
last year.
Wheat. 92c and $1.22 per bushel;
corn, CSC and 66c; oats. 52c and 55c;
potatoes, s1.O1 and 72c; hay, 500
and $3.50 per ton; eggs, 19c and 19c
per dozen.
United States-Wheat s1.02 and
s139 per bushel: corn, 1928 and 77.7:
oats. 42.6 and 53.4; potatoes. 94.S and
5O.5; hay. s12.2O and $11.s2 per ton:
eggs. 1871 and III per dozen.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-12-01
FOREIGN

Mai. Gen. Geo. W. Goethals, an
nounced that he would resign June
as governor general of the Panama
canal zone.
A Havas dispatch from Athens sayf.
that several pretenders to the throne
of Albania are conducting active
propaganda.
British aeroplanes dropped $4,000
pounds of food in addition to mail and
military stores in Kut-El-Amara be.
tween April IL and %.
The Alton Bladet prints rumor of
an unsuccessful plot by Socialists
and anarchists against the life OF
King Gustave of Sweden.
Gregoy Rasputin. the Russian
monk who is reputed to have eXer-
cised great influence over Emperor
Nicholas. has been assassinated.
The announcement is expected
shortly at Vienna of the betrothal of
an Austrian c.chduchess and Prince
Boris, heir to the throne of Bulgaria.
Premier Asquith's sudden resolve to
go to Dublin. which was hailed by his
supporters as stroke OF genius. has
had the effect of assuaging political
passions.
An official British estimate of Ger
man casualties in April, issued in Lon
don, places the total at 81. .lG2. The
number of German casualties since
the beginning of the war is given as
2,S22,O79.
A Budapest dispatch says the work
of modern Bluebeard has been dis
covered by the police in the village OF
Cinkota While searching the home
of missing soldier they found seven
lead cases. each containing the body
of woman.
Fourteen persons have been eXecut-
ed in Ireland, Harold J. Tenant, par
liamentary under-secretary for war.
told a questioner in the House of
Commons in London. Seventy-three
persons have received sentences of
penal servitude and six of imprison-
ment at hard labor. The number of
casualties among civilians in the up
rising in Ireland up to May 3 was
given by Premier Asquith as 80
killed and GA wounded
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-12-01
FRANCE sPuRNs PEACE OFFER.
Allies Will Not Cult Fighting Until
Germany Is Vanquished, Poin-
care Declares.

Nancy, May 16.-President Poin'
care, in an address here responded
to Germany's declaration regarding
peace contained in the German reply
to the American note.
France does not want Germany to
tender peace" said the President,
but wants her adversary to ask for
peace"
The President then made known
clearly the only kind of peace which
would be acceptable to France. The
address was delivered at the Molitor
garrison before large number OF
Lorraine refugees, to whom the Pres
ident. after expressing his sympathies
and renewing promises of solidarity
and protection. said:
France will not expose her posi-
tions to the dangers of new aggres.
sions.
Neither directly nor indirectly
have our enemies offered us peace.
But we do not want them to offer it
to us; We want them to ask 1t of us.
We do not want to submit to their
conditions; We want to impose ours
on them. We do not want a peace
which would leave imperial Germany
with the power to recommence the
war and keep Europe eternalIy men
aced."
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-12-01
ELEPHANT BUTTE PROJECT TO
IRRIGATE $4,000 ACRES IN
THE SOUTHWEST.
RIO GRANOE HARNESSED
CAPACITY OF WORLDS GREAT
EST RESERVOIR 115, ,ooo, ,ooo, 900
CUBIC FEET OF WATER.
western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Elephant Butte. N. M.-Work has
been completed here on the Elephant
Butte dam, United States reclama-
tion project which, by damming the
Rio Grande river, forms the great
est storage reservoir in the world.
Construction began five years ago.
The reservoir will feed an irrigation
system that will water $4,000 acres
of land in New Mexico, Texas and
Mexico.
The dam blocks a canon in the Rio
Grande 120 miles north of FL Paso.
1t is the fifth of the governments big
irrigation projects and will store the
entire flow and flood Of the river. The
reservoir will hold 115,O00,O 100000 Gu
bic feet of water which, reclamation
service experts say, would cover the
state of Delaware to a depth of two
feet.
The dam stands 31S feet high and
is 1874 feet long. 1t provides a road
was across the canon, l6 feet wide,
and at its base is 235 feet thick.
Territory to be irrigated by the res
ervoir lies in four valleys. For each
of these diversion dam and main
canals are being constructed. Twenty
five thousand acres of land is on the
Mexican side OF the river near Juarez.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-12-01
Mad suitor Kills Girl with Razor

Pueblo.-Agosta Magnetic. 80 years
old. killed Carmello Salito, 1I-year.
old bride, on one of the main streets
OF Pueblo, by slashing her throat with
a razor. He then fired shot into the
girls body and fled. An inspector
who saw the killing held Magnetic un-
til a policeman took him into custody.
Magnetic declares that the girl bride.
who was married about two years ago
and whose husband has disappeared,
had promised to marry him and then
had refused to carry out the compact
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-12-01
Hard Fighting In Turkey.

London, May 16.-Asiatic Turkey Is
the only war theater where infantry
actions of any great Importance are
reported. On the line in France and
Belgium and in the Austro-Italian
theaters there have been minor en-
gagements. On the Russian front,
bombardments alone are in progress.
Turks report repulse of Russians
with heavy losses northwest of Ere.
rum. Germans enter British trenches
In Ploegisteert wood, but are elected.
Another Zeppelin has been brought
down off the coast of Norway.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-12-01
Reeluse Suicides Estate is sas, 900

Longmont-J. A. Johnson. who
committed suicide at his home six
miles southeast of Longmont. left a
fortune estimated at from $4,000 to
100000, consisting of an eighty-acre
improved ranch, notes. stock and Sc
curities. Johnson was about So years
old and for seventeen years had lived
the life of a recluse. He had for
years been regarded as unbalanced
and recently told neighbor. B. T.
Osborne, that he was tired Of living
and that he feared he was losing his
mind.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-12-01

Marathon, Tex.-Another raid into
American territory by Mexican ban
dts was made at Mckinley Springs
ranch, sixty-seven miles south of Mar.
athon and twenty-three miles north of
Boquillas, along the Marathon-Bo.
quillas road, according to H. E. Stat
ford, an attorney of Ell Paso. Mr.. Stat.
ford arrived here Sunday from Bo.
quillas, to which place he had accom-
panied Maj. Langhorne Saturday as
guide. He obtained his information
from ranchmen in the Mckinney
Springs district when he was passing
through there en- route to Marathon.
There was no one killed, he said.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-12-01
Farmer Burned Out.

Ault-Joe Sachez of the Cactus
Hill district west of here, lost his
barn, six head of cows, three head of
horses and large quantity of hay,
grain and farming implements by a
fire of unknown origin. The loss is
estimated at $4,000, with no insur-
ance. Neighbors are helping him get
started in farm work again.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-12-01
Lawson Seeks New Trial.

Denver-Attorneys for John r.
Lawson, the labor leader who is un-
der sentence of life Imprisonment on
the charge of conspiracy to murder
as the result of his activities during
the coal strike in Colorado, filed the
appeal brief of the defendant in the
Supreme Court
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-12-01
SPORTING NEWS

Thitry-five members were enrolled
in the Pueblo Rifle Club.
Yale's tennis team easily defeated
Dartmouth in New York. taking all
nine matches.
The Sioux City Western League
Baseball Club announced the pur-
chase of Grover Gilmore, former
Federal League outfielder and Den
Yer player.
Mike Collins, manager OF Fred Full
ton. said in Chicago that he had
wired an offer of $4,000 to Jess Will
lard for ten-round contest at Hud-
son. Wis, on July 4.
Omaha will be awarded the silver
loving cup offered by Gov Arthur
Capper of Kansas to the team in the
Western League that had the largest
attendance on opening day, according
to a message from President F. C.
Zehrun of Topeka.
GENERAL
New MeXico's forces, comprising
approximately LOO men. are ready to
start to the border, according to Ad-
jutant General Herring.
Thirteen vessels from Portland
have been destroyed in the war zone
by mines or submarines since the Eu-
ropean conflict began, according to
figures made public at Portland. Ore
Curtis Bayless. an American farmer,
was shot and killed a short distance
from his home, near Mercedes. Tex,
by band of four or five Mexicans
who succeeded in escaping, presum
ably to the Mexican side OF the Rio
Grande.
Reuben II. Stafford was found
guilty in the Federal Court at Chey-
enne of having made an attack on
Miss Katherine Simota in Yellow
stone Park two years ago, the jury
fixing the penalty at Imprisonment
for life.
violent wind storm which swept
Minnesota and parts of North Dakota
and western Wisconsin caused con-
siderable property damage. At Two
Harbors, Mimi, man was killed by
lightning. At Crookston, Mimi, a
tabernacle was unroofed during serv-
ices but no one was hurt. The roof
vi the SidHustduu at La crosse,
Wis, baseball park was lifted by the
wind and dropped on a street car,
slightly injuring several passengers.
Hope that at the end of the present
war the nations OF the world would
undertake joint effort to keep the
peace, backed by common police
force, was expressed by President
Wilson in an interview with a COM
mittee of the American Union
Against Militarism, which called to
protest against his preparedness pro
gram and advise him that they had
found a fear of militarism in the
country west of the Alleghenies.
Recruits for the Mexican punitive
expedition are called for in orders re-
ceived by recruiting officers in Dem
yer and Pueblo. who are instructed
to rush army enlistments.
Approximately $4,000 men and
women, representing every phase OF
New York's business aud professional
life. paraded Saturday to testify their
belief in national preparedness.
Samuel S. Mcclure, the publisher,
who arrived in New York from Co
penhagen on the steamer Oscar II,
said he had found a sentiment for
peace only in Germany and Austria.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-12-01
U. S. oisarmins Police in Panama

Panama, c. Z.-William X. Price,
the American minister, has delivered
to the Panama government the final
demand for the surrender of 1900
rifles used by the Panama national
police The disarmament of the po-
lice force has been sought on account
of riots which resulted in the deaths
of Americans.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-12-01
Nazarene Assembly Elects Officers

Greeley-The Rev. r. l.. Plumb of
Colorado Springs was selected as dis
trict superintendent of The Colorado
Wyoming Utah district of the Nazar-
enc church, which held its assembly
here. The Rev. S. r. Heath of Den
yer was chosen district treasurer
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-12-01
Stricken Shakino Hands.

Nunn-While shaking the hand of
a friend who had cone to spend the
day at his home east Of here, w. P
Lemmonds was stricken with paraly.
sis and is not expected to live.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-12-01
RAID RoUsEs RANcHMEN.
Langhorne Cavalry Guide Takes
News of Latest Invasion to
Marathon

Ell Paso, Tex, May 16.-Private
messages received Sunday night from
Sierra Blanca said reports there were
that force of Mexicans was march
ing on the town. Sierra Blanca is
about 100 miles east of Ell Paso and
approximately thirty miles from the
border.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-12-01
Horses Burned in manitou Fire.

Manitou-The Tourist garage and
the livery stable, which occupied the
second story, were destroyed by fire.
A number of automobiles were res
cued from the burning garage. but
four valuable horses in the livery sta
BILE above We're burned to death