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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-03-30
SPORTING NEWS

The Chicago Nationals No. team
defeated the Kingman nine at King
man, Ariz., % to 4.
AS soon as Washington declares that
state of war exists with Germany,
participation in all intercollegiate ath-
letics will cease at Princeton univer-
sity.
The Seattle Metropolitans won the
worlds hockey championship at Seat
tie by defeating Les ,Canadiens of Mon
treal, to /. Seattle previously had
won two games and Les Canadiens
one
Reports that John McGraw will not
manage the New York Giants after
this year We're set at rest when it was
announced that he has signed five
year contract with President Hemp
stead beginning at the close OF the
1917 season and calling for $4,000.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-03-30
LATEST NEWS
EPITOMIzED
FROM TELEGRAPHic REPoR1e
THAT COVER THE WEEKS
GvENTo.
OF MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST iMPO RTAkT
CURRENT TOPICS.
ABOUT THE WAR

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-03-30
GENERAL


Fifty thousand bales of cotton.
worth slo,000,000, were destroyed by
fire in warehouse at Vladivostok.
General advances in freight rates
will be sought probably within the
next ten days by the railroads OF the
United States
The Rockefeller Foundation an
nounces appropriations made during
the year ended Dec. 81, 1916, amount
ing to ss.249,osS.96
Twenty-Five thousand medical re-
serve officers is the goal of recruit
ing campaign begun in New York by
the auxiliary medical committee for
national defense.
Harold Ellis Yarnall, secretary and
treasurer of the Midland Valley rail
road and prominent socially, died
from a bullet wound sustained while
defending his wife from the attack
OF negro burglar at their home in
Philadelphia.
All through the great central West
militia called out by orders from
W eA'iAAe ech "SiS hui ms " tHSII
armories. The immediate orders
were for each unit to assemble at its
armory at it's home station and to
equip for duty.
The $50 officers and men of the
German ravy who sought refuge in
American waters on the cruiser kron-
prinz Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel Fried
rich were taken to Georgia on special
trains and placed for safe keeping in
stoekades at Fort Mcpherson and Fort
Oglethorpe, under guard of the Seven
teenth infantry
President Wilson called into the
federal service 10000 additional
guardsmen from eighteen central and
western states. The order for mobil-
ization of these men was issued fol-
lowing call for $4,000 guardsmen in
eastern and southern coast states.
Government ownership is the only
solution to the railroad question I'M
less the roads are granted a general
advance to meet increased operating
expenses C. F. Bush of the Missouri
Pacific, and speaker for the South
western roads, told the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-03-30
WILSON TO ASK
ACTS0F REPR|SAL
PRESIDENT TO SUMMARIZE o1R-
MAN CRIMES AND BRAND
THEM ACTS OF WAR.
HoLLWEG PEACE MOVE
KAISER IS EXPECTED TO GIVE
UP RUTHLESS SEA WAR,
WASHINGTON HEARS.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
La Junta tribune., 1917-05-03
so,es MORE SHORT ONES.

Coitman's Pharmacy has what you
want IN fresh boz chocolates.
For transfer and storage call Roy
ouinton. l33 West First street;
phone. Junta ses.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Phillips mo-
tored 10 Las Animas Sunday where
they spent the day With relatives.
8. Moyemont and John Fisher will
attend the state convention Of the
Knights OF Columbus In Colorado
Springs next week.
DR.. and Mrs. Frank Finney and
Mr. and Mrs. John Oiiiiland motorcd
TO Mansanola last Friday morning TO
attend the funeral Of J. n. Beatty.
". L. Griffin arrived In Il Junta
on Sunday morning from Kansas
City. No. NJ. snd Mr.. Griffin have
dseilsd 70 locate II this city and ars
naking their hens at Tie fesidsoes
La Junta tribune., 1917-05-03
VIII Help "Honornblc Friend"

There doesn'e seem 10 be much
doubt which side Japan viii favor
In the world war was number OF
the large eastern papers would have
us believe. A, least that feeling OF
doubt does not cSis, here In the
Arkansas Valley OF Colorado where
hundreds Of japanese have come to
mako their homes and live IN pence
under the American flag. In n letter
TO Governor Guntcr last week. J. NJ.
Jiobu. representing the Arkansas
Valley Japanese Agricultural AssocI-
alton. expressed the sentiments OF
japanese living In this district ms mp
proving the recent action taken by
President Wilson In sevcring dIpio-
matte relations with the Imperial
Government Of Germany. and while
we are not and can not he citizens
of the Y. g., We are making our
homes under the Stars and Stripes
and desire 10 help in any and every
way possible" II Isn't likely that ia
pan will do anything 10 incur the en-
nifty Of her Honorable Friend" the
Unitsd gtates.--Rocky Ford Trtb-
u0o.
La Junta tribune., 1917-05-03
Effective Libel Law Needed

During the course OF n mnstorly
address on THE Government of
Cities" delivered recently by Mayor
Robert w. spccr before the CONNER
cinl bodies OF Colorado Springs, tho
speaker made the following refer
ence TO yellow Journalism:
Newspaper viiification and dicta-
tion has hung crepe on the desk OF
many an official where flowers
should have bioomsd. II has made
towards Of men who would have
otherwise have served the people
well. II has kept out OF official lifc
many Of the best equipped men for
public service. and II has been re-
rponrible for many evils IN city gov
ernment.
when you find . crooked news
paper assailing a city administration
you can rest assured that adminis-
tration has refused TO take orders
from = newspaper boss.
what we need In Colorado Is an
effective newspaper libel iav--onc
which would not interfere with lex't.
innate news and criticism. bu, hold
= newspaper strictly responsible for
pubiishins statements which II knows
to he false At the time Of publica-
tion.
"A lying newspaper should b
treated the same - . lying individ-
uai. A Law drawn along proper iinss
would - the death kneli Of yellow
Journalism h coloraAo."
La Junta tribune., 1917-05-03

Of Mr.. anu Mrs. J. w. Moore. ?e?
Ration avenue.
Mrs. George Miiliken returned on
Saturday from Denver. where she
had been visiting friends for several
days.
X. ID. Mcclintock spent Saturday
In Granada where he WAS called to
officiatcd at the Prowcrs county
track meet.
Mrs. Kate Mccsbe who has been
the guest Of Mrs. r. ]. MacKie. re-
turned 10 her home In Cheyenne.
wyo.. yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. n. Love are the
parents Of \ daughter. born on FRI
day. April goth. at their home. sos
SmithlAnd Avenue. The little one has
boon christencd Lois May.
Mrs. c. J. Rogers. who has been
visiting her parents. Mr. and Mn. A.
Haibsrg. for . month. left Tuesday
for her homo In Krsmmling. Colo.
Mrs. Rogers spsnt several days II
Colombo 0Dsinss - rests.
La Junta tribune., 1917-05-03
REMINISCENT
o)1PILD fRon UlDue
flLES o.
TWENTY YEARS AGO

a. l.. Kellogg. OF Rocky Ford. was
elected president of the State Board
OF Agriculture.
Sixteen votes were cast In the
school election twenty years ago
all for Fred A. Sabin for one OF
the three school directors.
President Slocum. of Colorado Col
lege. was engaged to deliver the bac-
calaureate sermon to the graduating
class in La Junta on May esd.
J. l.. Stanley was putting down an
artesian well on his property in
Home Place The well was being
sunk at the rate OF twenty feet per
day.
James McNeen and +. 7. Webber
returned from Peabody. Kan, where
they purchased seventy-six head Of
dairy cows for the La Junta cream
cry.
Thirty-five criminal eases were
disposed OF in the district court at
the April term twenty years ago. La
Junta was somewhat wild and wool
ly In those evidently.
George c. Shull and Nellie =.
Davis were married in Cripple Greek
April 80. 1897. and came to la
Junta 10 spend their honey moon
with the parents of the groom.
Fred u. Mason. who had been HI
bernating on the Pacific Coast for
ten years. arrived in La Junta April
30. 1897. for an extended visit with
his mother. Mrs. J. B. Donovan. and
sister. Mrs. c. a. Beerbohm. lie f.
still visiting-till yet.
The La Junta junior baseball club
was scheduled to play the Rocky
Ford club Sunday. The batting or
der OF the home club was thusly:
George Little. Thad Carpenter, John
Spidel. Bert Polk. Frank Hill. owen
Phares. Amsy Wright. Monte Moore,
George Evans. The juniors expected
TO return home covered with dust
and glory.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-02-16
SOIL ACIDS ARE REAL, "
NOT MEREL Y APPARENT

The theory that soil acidity is Only
apparent has been held by some the0r-
lists. Their idea was that aeidity was
often produced in soils not really sour
by the rapid fxation or absorption of
mineral fertilizers and the splitting up
Of the chemicals composing them into
their mineral and acid constituents.
This action, it was supposed. was one
Of the properties of the soil "gels, g."
or cGlloids." 80.
This theory has, now been disproved
by f. Truog In the Journal of Indus
trial and Engineering Chemistry, Truog
states that " soil acidity is due to true
acids and not to selective iron ABSORB
tion by colloids; the avidity Of the act.
i've acids in different soils varies great
ly. which Is Of prime Importance.
Thi" investigator finds that there are
two kinds of soil acidity, which are des-
ignated as active and latent. Truog
proposes methods for their separate de.
termination. .''+..s
This subject is Of primary interest in
considering how to find out the quaint.
ties of lime required by agricultural
soils.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-02-16
Queensland Calls Local
Man To Head
Pest Control Work

H
James 7. Ilhngworth, professor of
entomology az the College OF Hawaii,
has accepted an offer of the government
of Queensland, Australia, TO take
charge of a complete scientific inyesti
cation Of the cane beetle trouble in the
sugar plantations of the Australian
state and start the work Of building up
IN experiment station there. Professor
Illingworth will complete the current
college year and leave for Queensland
in May. a. H'.
The beetle problem has been a big
ore for the Queensland growers for
many years, Queensland entomolo.
gists have been investigating the beetle
and grub pest, and much material is
available, but no effective control Of
the trouble has as yet been secured.
The Queensland government has
offered to substitute an experiment sta.
ton for three years, and il is under
stood that the plan is TO make the work
permanent.
A proposal to Professor nlingworth
lint he bring two assistant entomolo.
gists with him has not yet been de
cided. Professor Illingworth made a
study of conditions in the FIJI Islands
some time ago. f., .
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-02-16
Refinery STRIKES
DEPRESS MARKET
Improvement Comes Later On
Heavy Sales Of Cubas
@ and Porto Rico

Reports of dull market In New
York for raw sugar, with a slight inn
provement later, is told of in the cor.
respondence of local sugar house from
its New York representative writing
under date of January %. The letter
follows: a.
i The market this week has been dull,
with sagging tendency which has be.
come accumulated today owing to the
strikes and threats of strikes at vari.
GUS refinerics. '..@ r."
Both the American and National say
they are out of the market for raw
sugar, and the other refners are only
interested at bargain prices. January
shipment sugars from Cuba are now of.
fered at cents: first half February,
3 1916 cents; all February, 31s cents g,
4 F., while the best bids of refiners are
VI cent less. ', "a. a.. .'
cuban Freights Attractive
Receipts from Cuba are now well
above MEETINGS, which are much below
last years, and there is no sign of the
oreat activity which was then the
feature Of the sugar situation.
Buyers for export are evidently de-
termined TO sit tight and wait until
prices arrive at levels which will be
attractive TO them. Failing the hoped
for export business, il is hard to see
what else can be expected but con-
tinuntion of the fan in prices now 60
ing on. Freights from Cuba are lower
by good deal than was at one time ex.
pected, and are now As cents to IS
cents per 100 pounds for February and
March engagements. -. .-
The immunity from molestation due
to war activities, makes the freight
ing business between Cuba and the
United States very attractive to neu-
trails, notwithstanding the tempting
rates offered in the Transatlantic bust
ness, which involves the possip,e loss Of
% steamer and her earning capacity for
good. ''Half loaf is better than no
bread" undoubtedly has no little
weight with shipowners in these
tronblous times 81 =. =. %.
Figures from Cuba for the week end
ing twentieth, instant are, in tons, a.
fnIlnue. = 'r' ...fE q.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-02-16
Enf0moIogisfs Get
Good Results In
Pest Control Work

Substantial progress in the work of
pest control by the staff of the planters
experiment station is reported by H,
p. Agee, director. Particularly favor
able results are being obtained in the
propagation of the Scotia wasps a!
parasites of the Anomala bcctln.
u These natural enemies Of 1.-THE Ano
mala have become so abuIdnht in field
eleven of the Oahu Sugar Company
where they were first liberated iT
March last year that on January II the
females could be collected as they
came to the blossoms of various weeds
Since that time o. H. Sweeney, ento-
mologist conducting the work, has
caught large Rumbers of the wasps and
distributed 'ealonies throughout the in
Tested areas.sn ".t. H.. "~
Some dayscas many as a hundred Of
the wasps were caught and in one day
n hundred and srvcnty.fve. Altogether
in two weeks s9l were collected.
To all appearances, reports Director
Agee. they were as abundant at tho
end Of this time as in the Beginning 81
there is every evidence that the para
site is permanently established? Colo.
mics Of the Scotia have now been placed
in nearly all the Anomala infested
fields. They are established in field
thirty-nine of Honolulu plantation
where the first colony was liberated
but they are not yet seen there in
abundance!
Work is being continued by the ex-
pertinent station staff with other para.
sites of the Anomala the TiDhin wasB
PrOsena flies and Dexia flies. To date
there is no evidence of the establish,
ment of these latter parasites.
The breeding of parasites brought
from FOrmOsa for tho lHHfhopp"r post
is also progressing and colonies aye sent
out from the experiment station when
ever available. Last month colonies
were liberated where leafhoppers Were
nbundnnt in Kipana Gulch and field
forty-nne of Oahu Sugar Company.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-02-16
Refined Scars As
Market Responds
To Cuban Situation

With the New York market banging
on the outcome of the revolt in Cuba,
adyiees received yesterday indicate a
rapid rise in the price for raws. Re.
fined has already advanced, soaring
twenty-five cents during the last few
days. pwo wireless messages received
by Alexander & Baldwin from the New
York house Of the firm summarize trad.
sug up till yesterday, as follows:
"The market is unsettled, due to pos.
sible revolution in Cuba. Refners and
;rade are minimizing the importance Of
the probable trouble.
1.-THE option market, due to the GOV.
ering of shorts, closed for February de-
livery at 5.45 cents, for March delivery
Mt 5.44 cents and for May delivery at
$40 cents. A possible reaction may
take place, depending on Cuban condi.
tons.
There are no offers Of raws. Oper.
ators are bidding 5.27 cents, while re-
fners have withdrawn. The refined
basis advanced to 700 cents"
The second message, sent a day later,
follows: ,.'... ,@ 4 I
"ReGners advanced the basis to 7.25
cents. There was good business be-
fore the advance. Operators purchased
early March Cubas at $50 cents.
Porto Ricos sold 10 Warner at sos,
Cubas for March shipment sold at $40,
Refiners were buyers Of February aud
early March at $50. There were light
offers at 6.52. May option opened at
5 40, closed at 5.45. The future mar
hot depends on developments of the
Cuban situation
The refined basis has been steady at
6.75 cents for several weeks. Records
&c A. NJ. Novel;, manager Of the Sugar
Factors Company, show that New
York refined advanced to 100 cents
Tuesday, with the exception Of the
American and the Howell refneries,
which quoted 6.75 cents. Yesterday
the American advanced 90 700 and all
others to FPS cents, with the exception
of Howell, which withdrew from the
market. .. ....',...-. ,.'.N -,
Yesterday morning Crockett and
Western reiineries in the San Francisco
market advanced to 700 cents, making
New York and San Francisco on par
Nv assuming the American quotation
of 700 in New York holds. a. K
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-02-16
Sugar Shipments
Are Still Far
Ahead Of Last Year

Sugar shipments from the Islands to
San Francisco and the East still con.
tinue far ahead Of the same time last
year. Total shipments through the
Sugar Factors Company is reported by
Manager Novel; as II 900 tons includ.
ing the Lurline, February -. The
total last year including the same sail
ing of the Lurline on February 10 was
81, 900. ... NJ
Recent cargoes we're Matsonia, sail.
ing February Z, 1887 tons for Crockett,
Lurline, February -, AIS tons for
Crockett and 1917 tons for Western /;
Enterprise, February 10, 3476 tons for
Western; Minnesotan, 9441 tons for San
Francisco for Shipment overland from
San Francisco to Eastern refineries.
Additional shipments which should
have been reported in the Hilonian
cargo a week ago were 1888 tons from
Kona Development Company, l52 tons
from Loie, 313 tons from Gay and
Robinson, go Stons from Hutchinson,
total of SS4 tons. .'.' ok
The next American Hawaiian steamer
due to sail is the Texan which will take
out IL, 900 tons about the twenty. fourth.
The Texan came in from Pearl Harbor
yesterday, will load 3O4l tons here and
sail Friday for Kaanapah and load 1000
tons, sailing for Kahului Sunday, load.
ing 50l3 tons there, sailing for Hilo
where 39l6 tons win be picked up in
time, for the vessel to depart Febru-
airy "a. #
Thereafter the schedule of American.
Hawaiian sailings are Minnesotan due
here February -, sailing March s.;
Texan, due here March 10, sailing
March 10; Mexican, due March "a, sail.
ing April 2; and then fourteen day
sailing service with the Mexican and
Texan making the round trip to the
Coast every twenty eight days with
ten "lay-days" in the Islands. Loading,
the vessels to arrive every other Sat.
urday and depart every other Monday.
Sugar shipments scheduled to go out
by Matson steamers are $4,000 tons this
month, $4,000 next month and 1900
tons in April.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-02-16
SEEDING PROPAGATION ]
WORKSHOPS Progress
New Plan For Improvement Of
Z Cane Varieties Announced

Propagation of new Seeding varie-
ties has met with excellent success at
the various sub stations of the plant
ers' experiment station according to
Director Agee who reports the in
auguration of new plan of work in
experimenting for the Improvement of
cane varieties. Examinations of new
seedlings to date are reported by
L. ID. Larsen, agriculturalist, to the
number of 24,S00. .~.. ...'...
The number of seedlings are reported
as follows: 1000 at Honolulu where
j. s. b. Pratt, Jr., and Y Kutsunai are
in charge of the work; 500 at Waipio
in charge of l.. I. Lyman; $4,000 at
Wailuku in charge of j. T.. Moir, Jr.;
1000 at McBryde in charge Of r. 5,
ThuTstOn; 5000 at Kohala in charge of
w. =. Alexander; 225 at Honokaa and
rs at Hilo. -. d.
"The plan of conducting this seed.
ling work on the various plantations
seems entirely successful, - said Direct,
or Agee. 1--WE are receiving splendid
cooperation from the plantations. In
aduitfon to the work reported, Ave
plantations are starting propagation
work on their own accord" ~ i -.
The new plan of conducting the work
on improvement of cane varieties will
be under way within the next few
months. 1t is devised by DIR. II. L.
Lyon, station pathologist, and is ex.
planned rs follows by Director Agee:
"Our work in securing better vaIie'
ties has thus far been largely confined
to the propagation of a large number
of new seedlings, and the selection OF
few which give promise of excellina
the standard canes. -.. ~ .:-s
"The question of improving single
variety, say Yellow Caledonia, by tax
ing advantage Of the VegetafVe or bud
variation among the individual plants
and securing by selection a strain
superior to the average run of thC
variety has been discussed from time Il
time. The proposition is subject u
many errors from uncomfortable fac
tors, and the big problem is to sur
mount these. ,.... :. 3
1--WE propose within the next few
months to investigate the possibilities
in this direction utilizing aplau which
has been devised by DIR. Lyon after
certain preliminary work.
''ln brief, the idea is to 30 into O
field just ahead of the harvesting
gangs, and test hundreds, perhaps thou
sands, of canes by cutting a small sec
ton from each stick, squeezing out q
few drops of juice and determining the
density by means of refractometer,
CDR. Lyon proposes that after once
establishing the average Of a field,
those canes showing unusually high
density will be noted and seed cane
cuttings obtained from them. Thus an
effort will be made 10 divide the, yellow
Caledonia or any other variety under
examination, into strains that vary
from the average in suerose content"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-02-16
RUSSIA NEEDS IMPORTS TO
MAKE up FOR POOR CROP

The Russian crop for 1907 is turn
ing out very poorly, reports Willet 4
Gray, as was anticipated, at is
Questioned" states this Journal "whe-
Their an amount in addition to the 300,-
600 tons to be imported free win not
have to be allowed to help out the eX-
listing severe shortage. 49,. =.
EHongkong reports indicate that the
bulk Of the 100000 tons to be imported
into Russia through Vladivostok is be-
ing supplied by Japan, whose Formosan
crop is large, the mills there having
started grinding month earlier than
usual. ~. .-... : u'
$50 far America has participated in
supplying Russia with sugar only to the
extent of the recently reported export
graduated order of about $4,000 tons,
but even that is in doubt, the actual
destination not being fully. confirmed
yet"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-02-16

had inadequate supplies of sugars with
which to proceed. ~. - a.
Situation Gains Strength
On January 81 the situation was
thought to be little stronger. The
strike situation was not improved and
was possibly becoming worse. The
American Sugar Refining Co. bought
10000 bags the day before and only
then reported, at ~ cents and it was
evident that the refiners as well as the
sellers were playing for position.
On Thursday, February /, some re-
hners were displaying interest in Feb.
ruary shipments at 3M cents cost and
freight but made no purchases and fin
ally spectators bought 10000 bags of
0lbas for February shipment and 90.
900 bags for March at az cents cost
and freight, equal to 4,s9 duty paid
delivered. The waiting game on the
part of the refiners failed in that in
stance aud the war news so depressing
70 the cotton market, did not seem to
depress the sugar market. ~
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-02-16
New Field Experiments

Two new field experiments are being
laid out by the planters experiment
station staff at Hawaiian Commercial
and Sugar Company and at Hawi Mill
and Plantation Company. At both
places an opportunity is available for
accurately designed tests as there is
the advantage of laying out expert,
ments before the field is furrowed In.
this way straight, accurately measured
rows are possible, AT Puunene the area
covered by experiments amounts TO
some sixty acres while at Hawi fifteen
acres are devoted TO the work. s..
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-02-16
SOME Pillow POINTERS

In Plowing, the center of resistance is
At the bottom of the furrow and not at
n" END of tn" pillow beam. Using null
tiple shares, from two to dozen, the
main draft-har must DO Tigidly at
'"rhcd 70 the plow-bea so that the
blow, once having been set to turn a
'uTow 70 the proper depth, win keep
hat position and follow team or trac-
tQry Mhercver they lead .st II
Keep the plowshares sharp. See that
I'll wheel bearings and rolling coulter
N"'riugS are we'll creased daily. A
sharp plowshare does better work with
loss power than duh one Use the, EN-
orv wheel freely during the blowing
season.