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The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1917-05-03

the return cards sent out with the
permit and the number Is expected to
increase from day to day for another
week. When all leascrs Of grazing
lands have been heard from the de-
partmcnt will publish u summary OF
the returns. giving the honor roll Of
the leascrs who have planted crops
The most satisfactory feature Of the
returns thus fur received is that the
large acreage secured is IN tracts rang
ing from one to one hundred and
twenty acres. The largest single tract
returned Is 2G0 acres.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1917-05-03
BIG LAND DEAL.

\ hig land deal was closed this week
when Zen Crawford sold his three Sec
tion ranch northwest of town near
Hollenc to y. ID. Evans of Oklahoma.
the consideration bcing $22,4O0. Mr
Crawford also sold an option on his
stock on the place. The deal was
made by Ramey & Wilkinson.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1917-05-03
"a DAUGHTER OF THE GODS" f.
THE PETER PAN OF THE
MOVIES.

so says the Albuquerque Morning
Journal,
In its review OF the Fox million dol
lar picture beautiful the AlbuQuer.
que Morning Journal OF April % said /.
"A Daughter of the Gods" IN which
Annette Kellermann appears AZ the
Pastime Theatre, is quite the most
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1917-05-03
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
OF CLOVIS HIGH SCHOOL

will have charge of music and art. Mr.,
Bullock will supervise the commercial
work and Spanish, W. 4. George will
he one of the Departmental teachers,
Miss Julia Baker. who taught the past
year at the Liberty school will teach
one of the grades,
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1917-05-03
NINETEEN SUFFRAGE STATES.

The provisions recently ma..n 6v the
state legislatures Of Rhode Island.
Michigan and Nebraska favorable 20
woman suffrage IN those state brings
the total number OF suffrage states t.
10, II with full suffrage, I with pres!-
dental and, excepting Ohio, municipal
suffrage. and one with votes for
women at primary elections. The
number of women voters In these ~
states will he about s,0OO,O00. and 172
votes IN the electoral college In which
women will have voice.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1917-05-03
WOMAN SIGNS THE
PRESIDENTS NAME

The only person other Than the
President who has authority to sign
Woodrow Wilson. President" Is
woman, Miss Ellie u. Bouldn. Of the
Land Patent office, BY executive
order she been vested with authority
to sign President Wilson'S name to
land patents granted.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1917-05-03
EOARD or EDUCATION NAMED.

District Judge Mcclure this week
named the county board of education
as provided for in an act passed by
the last legislature. The board Is com
posed Of four members and the APP
pointmcntS are:
h. &. Hoffman of District No. 80.
W. W. Hungate of District No. I.
4. j, Conley Of District No. ~.
Mrs. &. V. Steed, Of District No '.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1917-05-03

II. ID. Sheehan Of Bellview was in
town Tuesday closing up n deal on
quarter sectionof land he has recent
ly purchased adjoining his place. Mr..
Sheehan says that while the wheat
In his neighborhood needs rain, It is
still looking fairly well and that with
some moisture now II would make n
good yield.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1917-05-03

FOR SALE--4.room house. three
lots, all fenced in, cistern Place for
, horses. COW, chickens. . blocks west
Of hospital. $3.50. Terms--M. W..
Page. 4J-4tp
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1917-05-03

Don't fail to hear the Sunshine Con-
cert Company at Baptist church on
May 10Th. Proceeds for the benefit Of
the Girls Band.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1917-05-03

Don't fail to hear the Sunshine Con
cert Company at Baptist church on
May 10th. Proceeds for the benefit Of
the Girls Band.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1917-05-03

Try Mexico Commission Co., for
hides. poultry and eggs 45.tf
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1917-05-03
BL..ACK--Wet.

WIITE-Dry. BI"AON-WtI'
prohibition 26 te District of Columbia is dry by
Of the ratified by
passed by the Sxtyourh
ydes for prohibition subject referendum Including
the territory than 81 of the of the
United population
hbiOr.
Eight campaigns Two of heselowa and
statutory November will
make will the question next
November 1918 Ohio weanddy fight through
the initiative.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1917-05-03

commencement exercises of the SEN
ior class Of the high school vii! 10
held IN the Christian church Friday.
evening. May Is. There are fifteen
to hc graduated: Irene Morrison, Be-
atrice Fay Fry Orial Curtis, Kathryn
NJ. Wells Mnurine Evans, Rose Wag-
ncr. Willie Mae AShby, Paul II. Ri
ley. 4. j. Gamble Jr, Carl ~ Moore,
Leslie Pallison, win NJ. Givens, Al
fred Klcmcnt, Joel W. l.. Givens, and
Charles l.cdbctter
Baccniaureatc services will he held
at the BAPTIST church Sunday evening
May H. The sermon will he preached
hy Rcv. ]. 7. Rcdmon. A chorus oi
twenty-five voices will provide special
music for the occasion,
Class Day exercises will he held al
the Christian church Thursday even
ing. May II The program:
ltl
The Delta independent., 1917-02-16
LIVE STOCK NEWS
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(By H. A. Lindgren, Department of
Agricultural, Montrose, Colo)
On Wednesday, February 2Sths an
other silo excursion will be conducted.
Several visits to silos will be made it
is the plan to visit several farms
where interesting data on hog feeding
can be obtained and also hog appli,
ances viewed. February 2Sth is the
date of the roads will permit travel.
All farmers who wish to make this
transportation will be carried out as
on the former trip.
Over so shoats were weighed during
the week on the farm of Mr.. w H.
Bailey Spring Creek mesa. They are
go be fed for period of as days. The
first Is days they will be on a growing
ration and the last 80 days on a
finishing ration. Corn, alfalfa and
tankage will be used in the test. Costs
of grains will be published at inter
walls during the test.
A number of herds of hogs noticed
during the week, were found to be
infested with hog lice. Do not forget
the crude oil as a remedy for these
pests. With corn at 1920 per cwt.,
it is worth $500 for each 100 pounds
Nf gain IN ha rid of lico
1t is reported that outside buyers
are planning to visit this section look
ing for feeder hogs. These buyers are
finding hogs very scarce. Farmers
owning hogs are finding that there is
profit in feeding a shoat that has
previously cost little. Let us take for
an example, a shoat weighing 80 to
100 pounds, is sold for eight cents
This pig can be fed to weigh 100 OF
more pounds on grain combinations
with other feeds such as tankage and
roots and will bring s1125 to s11.75
on the market. 1t is possible to break
even on the gains. This will allow
one from 1925 to s3.75 on the original
weight of the hog which is reason
able profit.
The effect Of alfalfa upon the yield
OF corn was clearly shown in several
The Delta independent., 1917-02-16

sections of Idaho in 1914. On farm,
in the Big Ben district, which had
grown alfalfa for fourteen years, a
yield of 121 bushels of corn was pro-
duced; 9S bushels were grown on a
field in alfalfa six years; in Nyssa
district where field had grown alfal-
ia for ten years, 110 bushels of corn
were grown per acre; another field
been in alfalfa five years; in the Carlo
district field yielded "a bushels of
corn that had grown alfalfa for five
years; several other fields which had
grown no alfalfa yielded respectively
65, 81 and 4S bushels per acre.
We gather from these results that
nitrogen. The growing of alfalfa in
creased the supply of nitrogen in the
soil which accounts in a large degree,
for the larger yields of corn produced
on land which had grown alfalfa than
land that had never been seeded to
alfalfa. 1t may be said that the al
organic matter which in its decompo,
sition liberates plant food. This
would, of course help to increase the
yield of corn.
1t is a well established fact that the
growing of legumes enriches the soil,
but we do not recall any instance
where the increased crop production
was as large as the results obtained
in Idaho.-Hoard's Dairyman.
There is considerable interest de-
monstrated all over the country in the
matter of boys and girls club work
1t is being found by those engaged
in Agricultural extension work, that
any effort put forth in this connection
is well worth while.
Through club work, the youngsters
are interested in work along agricul
tural lines. They are led to make
efforts to grow good gardens and to
grow livestock. At the fairs and shows
they are allowed to enter their pro
ducts in competition and this all tends
to enlarge their visions.
At the International Livestock ex.
position, boy of IL years fed and ex,
hibited baby steer which carried
away the honors in the boys and
girls feeding contest.
There are contests for those who
wish to grow pigs or poultry and
sheep. 1t is not the idea to grow the
largest and best, SO much as making
it practical in every respect. 1t is
The Delta independent., 1917-02-16

F. Baackes.-It looks like prosper
Gus year for the farmers. Growers of
potatoes and beans believe the high
prices will continue through the COM
ing year and plan to grow increased
acreages. Men who specialize in grow
ing cotton and tobacco are planning
to increase the acreages of these
crops this year. The high price of
sugar will likely continue through the
year and should result in stimulating
production of sugar beets. This i'm.
portant industry has struggled hard
since 1890 to establish ITSELF and the
present world conditions should result,
when properly handled. in establishing
this important agricultural industry
Once established it should be safe
guarded against cutthroat competition.
Milk is bringing high prices, but the
net returns are illusory, as the farmer
buys too much concentrates. The
profits from milk production may be
assured the farmer not by raising the
price to the consumer. but by means
of tested cows fed more farm grown
feeds. High prices for cattle, hogs and
sheep have resulted in too free sell
ing of livestock from the arm, and
this when the livestock situation con-
tinues the danger spot.
The Delta independent., 1917-02-16
WITH THE THINKERS.

James H. MacLennan.-What is the
federal agricultural department going
to do with the additional fees to be
levied on stock owners for grazing
privileges in the national forests ?
Most things are going up and it is
natural that the forestry bureau
should seek increase its revenues, but
first of all we should know specifically
what is going to be done with this
increased revenue. The fees already
collected are three times greater than
the cost of administering the forests
and. this being the case, there ought
to be valid reason for the increase.
If the money taken from the farmers
is to go to bureaucracy" then there
is no excuse. If perchance the in
crease were to be used in the west
in road building or some ohter per-
manent Improvement there would be
less objection to the arise from the
public.
The Delta independent., 1917-02-16

AN egg" explains an essayist. 'is
composed OF four parts-the shell, the
yolk, the white and the price. The
shell is very fragile. like one OF the
Ten Commandments. and can be
broken without an effort. The price
is the biggest part of the egg and its
greatest protection. The price alone
has saved millions of innocent young
eggs from being boiled and eaten.
Eggs are delicate and spoil quickly
When an egg spoils II puts its whole
heart into the performance. One can
tell spoiled egg as far as II can be
seen. and with ones eyes shut at that,
n the Rocky mountain zephyr in the
the right direction. There was time
when everyone ate fresh eggs in
summer and went without in winter.
Nowadays however. business methods
have led men to buy all the fresh eggs
in summer and store them until win
ter. when they have acquired rich
russet flavor"
The Delta independent., 1917-02-16

The Butcher Boys Valentine:
Deer heart. I'm in an awful stew
How I'll re veal my love for you.
I'm such a mutton head. fear
feel so sheep ish when you're near
know it's only COW ariice
That makes these lamb entations rise.
] dread cut let me explain:
A single roast would give me pain.
| should not like TO get the hooks.
And dare not stake my hopes on looks.
! never sausage eyes as thine.
II you would but cher hand in mine
And live round me every day.
We'd seek some ham let far away;
w'd meat Life's frowns with Loves
caress.
And cleav er road to happiness.
The Delta independent., 1917-02-16
NEARBY NEWS NOTES.
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Mrs. S. A. Busey. OF Lazear. has
been quite ILL.,
Elmer Shay. Of Rogers mesa, grand
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Greenameyer. fell
and broke his ankle while returning
home from school last Friday even
ing.
Miss Mary Oliver. OF Paonia. who
until recently was associated with the
business office of the Omaha Daily
Bee. has returned to Paonia to remain
indefinitely.
Mr.. andM RS. Harry L. Elder, of
Bowie, lost by death their one.month-
occurred from the home of d. w. Elder.
at Paonia.
Mrs. John Patterson. mother OF Mrs.
Ralph Giffee. of Hotchkiss. passed
away on last Thursday. death being
due to pneumonia caused by fall.
Interment was at Hotchkiss.
Mrs. Sarah Cain a resident OF Som
erset. passed away In Montana follow
ing an operation. The remains were
brought to Somerset for interment on
Tuesday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. C. w. Owens. well
known all over this part OF the valley,
are soon to leave Hotchkiss and will
locate in Grand Junction. Mr.. Owens
has been manager of the Robertson
Drug store at Hotchkiss.
The Delta independent., 1917-02-16

found that parents must first be in
terested in boys and girls club work
in order to get the best results. The
parents can stimulate a greater in
terest by showing the youngsters that
they take an interest and make help
full suggestions along these lines.
Mr.. Fauber of the Montrose County
High school is in charge of the boys
andgirls of Montrose county, and is
devoting a part of his time to this
work. Pig clubs, potato clubs, garden
clubs and others are being organized
| This is grand work and is worthy of
consideration.
Every now and then we note the
answer of some of our agricultural
exchanges in regard to the use of
gypsum. In about every instance the
inquirer is told that gypsum is not a
fertilizer, that it is simply stimulant
and then the paper goes off on a talk
about what some experiment station
has found, to the effect that it does
not pay to spread it on the land
Land plaster or, what is the same
gypsum, and has a great affinity for
ammonia. 1t will seize hold of it and
keep it till hauled out to the field and
will then surrender it only to the grow
ing plants. Every summer the farmer
is obliged to store up his accumula-
tions of manure, for he can not then
haul it out on the land occupied with
the growing crops. This manure is
liable to lose great deal of its nj
trogen by evaporation unless it is
mixed with some agent that will hold
it.
We have found that there is nothing
that can compare with gypsum for that
purpose. So every year we buy a few
tens of this material and sprinkle the
big manureheap with it as fresh
LOADS of manure from the COW and
horse stables are hauled to it two or
three times a week. That manure is
applied ussually to an old alfalfa
meadow where corn is to be planted
the following spring. The manure is
plowed under as quickly as possible
after being spread and remains under
all winter. The next spring the ground
is thoroughly disked, and narrowed,
and planted.
There is a wonderful differencem
the value of the manure that has been
that that has been untreated. We .e-
gard land plaster, which costs us f. ON
SO to $40 ton, richly worth the price
to use in the cutters and in the sum
mer manure heap.-Hoard's Dairyman
The Delta independent., 1917-02-16
cLASSIFIEs ADDITIONAL LAND
IN THE UNcoMPAHGRE FOREST

Denver, Feb. 9.-The Secretary of
Agriculture has announced the classi-
fication of 457,424 acres of land in
the Uncompahgre division of the I'm
compahgre forest, as chiefly valuable
for forest purposes and nonagricul-
tural in character.
The Uncompahgre firest, situated
in the southwestern part of the state.
consists of three divisions, the Fruita,
Ouray and Uncompahgre. Practically
viously classified. The Uncompahgre
division lies along the top of the
Uncompahgre plateau which rises
gradually westward from the floor OF
5000 feet to almost 10000 feet above
sea level Westward from the
summit to the Dolores and San Miguel
rivers, 1000 to 5000 feet below, the
slopes are very steep and precipitous.
Nearly all of the land classified is
above 5000 feet in elevation and much
of it is above 5000 feet.
OF the 1888 acres opened to home
stead entry in this division since 1906,
10,573 acres had not been filed on
up to October !, 1916, and of the
acreage entered, but four per cent was
actually used for the production OF
crops. Hay that can be grown with
difficulty in parts of this division
cannot be marketed at a profit in
competition with that produced on
the rich irrigated lands under the
Reclamation project. The Uncom-
pahgre division borders one of the
best farming sections fin Colorado,
lands under the Uncompahgre Recla-
nation project. Much more of this
valley land could be irrigated were
water available. The prosperity of
the adjacent farming settlements de-
pends to large extent upon the use
of the range within the forest for
grazing live stock. During 1916, 28,
12S cattle and horses and 55,186 sheep
were grazed, utilizing the full capacity
of the forest range.
There are 4,120 acres within this
division more favorably located, which
embrace all lands having the slightest
agricultural value. These will be ex-
amined in greater detail before their
final classification is determined.
There are also 2,08O acres which
could be classed as agricultural we're
water for irrigation available, but
without which they could not be farm
ed profitably. Their classification is
suspended pending the development
OF water for irrigation.
The Delta independent., 1917-02-16

John r. Thompson.-The farmer is
growing in intelligence, is reading and
studying and he has decided that he
wants some of the pleasures OF life for
himself and his family. The days of
drudgery on the farm have gone. The
farmers wife has discovered that she
was not made for a beast of burden.
She has her telephone and her flivver
With the increased appreciation OF the
farmer and the farmers wife of oppor.
tunities for social intercourse has come
the increased value in farm products
The new farmer doesn't see why he
should work himself to death for the
public. He knows only too well that
chicken raising is an expensive bust
ness and he doesn't see why he should
rob himself to feed hens which bring
him no profits. He now insists that
he shall get price for his eggs to
make hen arising pay. Eggs and
butter will never go back to their
The Delta independent., 1917-02-16
HERE AND THERE
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Steubenville (Ohio) Herald-Star-
The price of newsprint is one OF the
outrages of 1916. Twenty-seven news
paper in Oklahoma alone have gone
out of business in the past four months.
Cedar Rapids Uowa) Republican
While the mania for creating bureaus
and commissions was on every one
had some scheme or other to com
missionize this or that. Now that
we have all these commissions we are
puzzled to find the good in them-or
even to find what they are doing.
Chicago Herald-Constitutio law
yers tell us ours is a government OF
limited powers. Caarranza convinces
us that 1t is also one of unlimited
patience.
The Delta independent., 1917-02-16

Mother. is II true that an apple n
day keeps the doctor away"
Yes, Jimmy. Why?"
"Cause If it is. l kept about ten
doctors away this morning.
The Delta independent., 1917-02-16

former low prices. Flour and other
foodstuffs are bound to decline in price
but not eggs and butter. The awak-
ened farmer will not let them go back
to low prices.
The Delta independent., 1917-02-16

Him-I have friend who suffers
terribly from the heat.
Her-Where does he live?
Him-He isn't living.
The Delta independent., 1917-02-16

Abraham Lincoln.-The thought re-
ours that education can best be com
bined with agricultural labor. on the
principle of thorough work; that care
less, half performed, slovenly work
makes no place for such combination :;
and thorough work, again. renders suf-
ficient the smallest quantity of ground
to each man; and this, again, con-
forms to what must occur in a world
less inclined to wars and more devoted
to the arts of peace than heretofore.
Population must increase rapidly,
more rapidly than in former times,
and ere long the most valuable of all
arts will be the art of delivering a
Portable subsistence from the smallest
erea OF soil. No community whose
every member possesses this art can
ever be the victim of oppression in
any of its forms. Such community will
be alike independent of crowned kings.
money kings and land kings.
Gilpin observer., 1917-11-22
CATHOLIC BAZAAR
A GRAND SUCCESS

The bazaar held by the ladies of
the Catholic church on the 18th and
17th inst. was grand success both
socially and financially. Everybody
had good time and enjoyed it. Had
the elements been favorable en- Sat
urday night at least 100000 would
have been added to the grand total.
On account of the terrible storm it
was impossible for the people from
the surrounding districts to be pres
ent.
Faaher Deatoher takes shis oppor-
tuni:y of thanking all those who in
terested themselves to make the ba-
zaar such a success, especially Mrs.
Joserh. Katta, the president. The
financial report shows that over
$500. 90 was cleared after all expen-
ses were paid.
Gilpin observer., 1917-11-22
GiLPiN COUNTY YOEMAN
WEBS FRISCO GIRL

The many friends CT David A..
Gemmell will be pleasantly surprised
to learn of his recent marriage in
San Francisco, CAL, to Miss Louella
NJ. Smith, of that city. Mr.. Gem
nell is a son of Mr.. and Mrs. Wm.
Gemmell of this city and was raised
in Central. Some men MS ago he en-
listed in the U. S. navy and at pres
ent is stationed at the naval train
ing camp on Yerta Buena island. He
is working In the executive office Of
that station, having made his rate of
Yoeman and class two months ago.
He thinks that navy life is the only
life and would like to have more Of
the boys frcm GilIin county out
where he is. HIS host of friends in
Gilpin county are proud Of the rec
ord he is making in the service Of
Uncle Sam and join the Observer in
wishing him voyage of endless
pleasure en- the sea of matrimony.