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The Monte Vista journal., 1919-10-11
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-, ,olt, that hsin't never been
49,, in tho saa Luis valley don't
- ,A., your aisaln'. ls's ~ 10.
.,,. ,..,.n place. People u - ses.
~. M, ,Aa, IL maks ne think
:. back iu Missouri. ssd u ss's
v.,Iss whom . sksstsr btsss me
~. ia the while-or In the back
N. neck. won't down 10 ~
'..n ,.o county agents. Ar. Hyatt.
:, Rlo 0rande. aud Ar. saudsr. Of
s,,,eA county. I didnr know how
:. ,,opounee II at first and called
. s.su.hes. but one Of the natives
ia me Swatch WAS the rtght way,
,n,r ,pendn' a short while In
v,,,, 1 droy. on up TO Center and
=, 40 a, scilsos tavern. Old Man
~. /, a hunter and fishsrman Of
=. aid ,ehool-,hs kind that mover
:, n.hin' without plenty Of bait
"a don't use the bait TO feed tho
s.A neither Now since the whole
arid has sort y gone dry them
IA time fishermen and hunters
Aosr have the luck they used 10 and
A,,re more apt 10 get roomatism
,,ib nshin' or sasksbite while
l,s,in'. Lits's pcrtls 10 constantly
,x,,asin' with our higher civilisa.
ps.. set,n' around the stove In
s,ll.e, tavern with some Of tho old
u,.n that night We all was wishin'
In the old days bsck-not that I'm
MIA prohibition. but sometimes I
vsA somebody'd come and invite
=. 10 violate the law. I had . feel
|h that. away off down In the Gan
|Lsi, Valley. outcn sight Of Joseph
|ns | could a been tempted to take
|. svaller Of rasin juice.
That Amt what I started out to
vn,e. Mr.. Sauder wanted me to
cone down to 20 with him and =
usud, Of country folks visitin'
|hns where corn and sunflowsrs
~ beln' tried. He advertised Ne
|ss pink handbills-"Don't Fail TO
|HAs Farmer Putnam'-and . lot
4 people come to Noffsinser's grove
,Aiakin' they'd git to hear . speech.
Well they was durn bad disappoint-
4. One feller ses: well I
thought the old gink would make .
psseh. They aint nuthin' to him
except his whiskers. I wish they'd
~, josephine down. then we'd .
lard somethin'."
Hes right: they sure would 4
hard . speech. That woman u .
taFtsr Of Demossthenses-and I'm
M hvorite forum
What want to tell you all IL
about the sunflowers and corn. The
h Luis valley don't need to worry
aSoat sunflowers-they grow 20
peemiscus like that some wheat
nsld' looks like one big smear Of
Iaer blossoms. OF course them's
De Wild or Kansas variety. It's
" Russian sunflowers that the
h'mers wants fur silage and them
sil grow too. l seen EN- ten feet
lsh on some San Luis valley farms.
But corn is not so sure. but II
! cont miss my guess there'll be
lenty OF corn and sunflower mixed
aase put up by the valley farmers
a few years. What they need
worse than crops is more to feed
u to-beef and dairy cows and
Asep.
! purity near got my foot into It
f" uikin' too much to q few far
.en In one OF the corn fields that
vas lookin' over. I scs to 'em:
ID" mere corn is tho thing fur you
Asmers. Cut Il and nut n down in
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-10-11
EDGEMOOR FARM.

Duroc-Jersey hogs were the Ieau-
ing winners at the last Colorado
state fair. Our herd won 81 pre-
miums, including grand champion
boar, grand champion SOW. first
prise aged herd, first prise esed
boar. first prize aged SOW, first
prize Futurity boar pig. Other ex-
hibitors also won first prises on
Durocs of our breeding. We are
offe, ing for sale q few choice boars
and some prise winning sows. EoSe-
moor Farm, Littlston, Colorado.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-10-11

feed" '
What Kind Of siios did you "a,
MI futham'" sos one Of the far.
mcrA,
Pit si'os." sea I. pig hole in
tho ground. wall II up with conerc,,
aud you've 80, =. good . silo - you
could wish fur
How dsst would you dig u,"
~ 80,
"os. twenty-five to thirty ss,,." :"
go I.
How would you keep Il sslos,.
Don't you know We strike water q,
four or five Toe, mos, suyws.r, IN
this valley
We'll he purity nigh had mo. but I
ses: Now stranger. I know thu, and
! didn't moan to recommend = con.
crete lining fur tho San Luis valley
pit ailos' Down hero where your
water is 40 ciost to the sur.
face pit silos has to be- lined with
cork TO make 'sm water tisht and
keep EN- from sinking silos mus,
b. alright and water tish, above nj,
things."
Where can We git that cork
lininGY" he sea.
WELL scs I. I'm afraid Il amt
TO be had because durin' the war al,
the cork mines was taken over By
the government"
What government" sss he.
THE government Of Cork" scs I,
and before he could trip me up the
county agent blowed his whistle and
We drove on to the next farm. kept
still after that and let the county
agent do the sdvisin'. because them
conditions In the San Luis valley 10
queer. The valley Ia the bottom Of
= old sea but its 1900 feet In the
air! I reckon II got turned upside
down when the mountains was
formed. all the water was spilled out
and left the wrong side OF the bot
tom exposed on which the graA and
chico growed up and covered every
thing. Them thar amt exactly
geological facts. but my guess IL ~
good ~ Prof Georges.
Well after spendin' = day over
around Center and Hooper. me and
Mr.. Sauder drove on over to Moffat
and Mirage. I was we'll filled At
Noffsinser's the day before. but
when We got to Moore's ranch at
noon on Wednesday I could say
with the Psalmist. my cup run
meth over" Not only my cup but
my plate run over. II was nip and
tuck between me and Sauder but
tuck won-I was nip. Them county
agents has got unlimited fried
chicken capacity-and unlimited op-
portunity to satisfy the cravin'. Sau-
der has had a good Job at higher
wages offered him. but he refused to
take II. He seq as long as the peo-
Olaf Hanson July $50
pie of Swatch county supports the
county agent like they do-with
chicken diners and sunny sacks full
Of roastin' ears. red beets. spuds
and 10 on. why he wouldn't thiak
Of Quittin..
Over to Moore's the wimmin folks
got the grub ready while US mon
folks was inspectin' the fields. This
ranch was only few miles from
them snowy peaks Of the sangre de
Christie, but here was corn. squashes
and pumpkins ssrowin' like In Mis-
souri,. I've made up my mind that
the trick about rasin' crops in
short season country amt in ir-
rixatin' 'em, or in findih' new kinds
Of crops in China. but In putin
our minds on the job and goin'
at It intelligent like. disregardin
them frost statistics. The trouble
win figgers on frost Is they are gath
cred near sea level. On the noun
tains where the atmosphere is rare
and the sunshine intense. after the
ground once warns up In spring
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-10-11

lndie~ssioa. Rilltosaness, Coasaipa.
Cham mberlain's Tablets have re-
aored to health and happiness
hundreds who were afflicted with
indigestion. biliousness and consti-
patton. II you are troubled In this
way give them = trial. You are Ger.
tain to be pleased for they will beA-
eft you.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-20
l
ENGLISH LAND FAST
CHANGES OWNERSHIP

LONDON, Sept. 2O.-The land of
England is changing ownership under
operations of the land settlement bill,
Large tracts are being acquired by
county councils which are selling them
in small holdings to persons who make
annual payments for them.
Until the enactment of the measure
England was the only country in Eu-
rope which denied to the smaller Guilt
vators Of the land sufficient facilities to
enable them to purchase their holdings,
In Germany SO per cent of the cultivated
land a owned by the men who worked
1t, while only 10 per cent of the small
agriculturists of England owned their
farms.
Before the war the government en-
ergetically opposed the policy Of occupy
ing ownerships for E%nglishmen, Welsh
men and ~Scotchmen, but helped Irish
men to own the ground they till. Thus
far 40, 900 holdings containing Is, $780,
600 acres have been sold to Irish farm
ers, leaving only about 10000, 600 hold
ings to be sold. But the English farm
er is Just as anxious as any to own
his own farm, and under the new law
he will soon do 1t.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-20
FRED TONEY IS
IN FORM AGAIN
Giant Right Handler Has Been
Great Help to McGraw in
Hunt for Flag.

Fred Toney, who gave such a mas
terly exhibition Of the art of hurting
recently when he held the Pirates run
less and at bay until his team put
the tally necessary to win the game
over the plate in the tenth inning,
stands forth as n Of the best right
handlers In the game today. His ac-
QUESTION by the Giants last summer n
subject for considerable u~nfavorahle
criticism at the time. was an excellent
stroke on the part OF John McGraw.
for Toney has done his share and more
to make the Giants a winning club this
year, and that they have failed TO hold
up Is no fault Of the mammoth noun
taineer.
Toney. reporting late. required a few
weeks to round into pitching form, and
though he broke into two games as q
relief pitcher In May, II was not until
June IL that he started a game. That
date found the Giants in Chicago, en-
tangled with the Cubs in a strenuous
series, That Fred had reached winning
form by that time was evidenced by the
performance he gave. He completely
baffled the Cubs, holding them to four
scattered hits and keeping them away
from the plate. From that day right
up to tho present time, he has won
consistently, and the victory he regis
tered recently was his twelfth. He has
sustained only five defeats, and at least
TWO OF those i've were games which,
with any sort OF a break In luck, he
should have won.
One Of these games was that of July
II on the Polo grounds, when the
Giants, facing the Pirates, were shut
out for the first time this year by Will
bur Cooper. The other took place In
st. Louis on Aug. 6, On that day the
big pitcher. on the verge OF collapse
because Of excessive heat, toiled through
nine sweltering innings and was over
come at the close Of the game. After
the third or fourth inning the big fell
low was barely able to get the ball up
to the plate and should have been taken
out, He allowed eight runs that day,
more than he ver before, or since, all
lowed in q game In the major leagues.
IL was feared for a time, that Toney
would be Of little use TO the Giants on
very warm days for the remainder Of
this season because of the heat pros
tration he suffered in st, Louis, but II
Is evident that this view was a trifle
pessimistic,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-20
MONTENEGRINS LIVE in
IGNORANCE OF HYGIENE

PARIS, Sept. 20.-Inhabitants of the
meuntains of Montenegro live In ignor-
nee Of the most elementary rules of
Hygiene and the strangest supersti-
tions concerning diseases still flourish
among them, says a report Of the mis-
sion Of the American Red Cross. which
has just returned from that country.
The m~ountaineers believed that ply
steal ailments were carried on the wings
Of baleful breezes and that contagious
diseases were distributed during dark
nights by evil spirits. Thus they slept
with their windows Theoretically sealed
and tuberculosis reigned supreme. The
peasants received the advices, sugges-
lions and medicine Of the American
Red Cross without enthusiasm.
One aged man suffering from a
chronic affection of the throat insist
ed that 1t was caused by his tongue
being too small, He refused to make
use Of the antiseptic gargle supplied
by the Red Cross until the doctor
told him it would make his tongue
grow. He vas the most surprised
M~ontenegrin in the world when after
a few days he was cured.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-20
B0LSHEVlKl PRACTICE
STRATEGY ON PRISONERS

PARIS, Sept. 20.-Bolshevik leaders
in Russia are compelled to practice
strategy in order to control the lawless
elements they use as official execution
ers Of the sentences pronounced by the
soviet tribunals. One instance occurred
in arrest Of Is sailors who had been
employed In this way by Djerjinsky and
Peters, who have been described as
1.-THE terror men of Petrograd." The
sailors and become obstcreperous, but
as they were heavily armed they were
not expected to submit docilely.
So they were ordered to BoutiTky
Jail ito execute prisoners of the Boil
sheviki, They entered the yard gaily
and We're marched to inner enclosures
where the officers left them to fetch
the condemned men.
Soon the executioners discovered that
machine guns menaced them from ev-
cry window and the warden ordered
them to surrender. Realizing their
helplessness they threw their weapons
away and were marched into the Jail
where they made the day hiddeous with
their threats and cries.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-20
TEXAS BOY DECORATED
BY THREE GOVERNMENTS

AUSTIN, Tex, Sept. 20.-Private Al
fred r. Simpson, a country how horp
ana reared In the cedar-covered hns
near Austin. has come back from the
war with the decorations Of thrsa yo,,.
The Italian Merito de Guerra
publicly presented by Gov. W. p,
nOooyi aug. y, al which time il was
q fund Of $1,000 had been
raised BY subscription 10 enable vopng
lnlpso % 80 TO school, for he can
barely read and write. Private ginn-
son was presented with the distin-
guished service cross by Gen. parshing
ano \ Sroix de Guerre with pain by
MaN retain; SeTgt- Alvin G. York
- EeesiVeo MS decorations on these
Young Simpson went across in Nav
1918, with Company b, S2Ist machine
gun battalion SD division, After tak-
ing part In the st Mihiel Offensive. his
dlvlslon became a part OF the front line
deIensive east Of AFgonne forest and
MS company was sent to the east bank
OF the River Aire. One hundred and
eighty-tive trained men went into gc-
ton Oct. IL and when they we're with
drawn from the battle that resulted in
the capture Of Sommervance thew were
reduced 70 50. Twice they went over
me top only to be driven back. The
no 2ihPsoH happened ONTO a
German machine gun nest. He can
tured the seven Germans in charge sin
gle-handed and operated the gun
against the enemy for two hours before
relief came.
Private Simpson frankly says he did
not want to get into the war. His life,
mp to the time he was drafted in Sep
TENDER, 1917, had included less than
three months Of schooling, but, the bust
ness OF getting even a skinny living
from materials at hand had developed
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-20
TEN BALLOONS ARE TO
COMPETE IN BIG RACE

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. 2O.-Ten bal
looms representing six cities win COM
pete in the national balloon race to
start from here Oct. 1, according to an
nouncement Of Mai. A. b Lambert. Of
the Missouri A~eronautical society. who
is directing the contest. Four Of the
entrants were formerly balloon instruc-
tors in the army.
The entry list follows: Capt. Elmer
6. Marshuetz, ST. Louis; Capt. Carl w.
Dammann. Wichita, Kas; Ernest S,
Cole, st. Louis; John s, McKibben, st.
Louis; G. l.. Bumbaugh. Indianapolis;
H.. p. Honeywell, Kansas City, No.
Ralph Epson, Akron, o.: Warren Rasor.
Brookville, o.; William Assman. st.
Louis; Paul NJ. Mccullough, st. Louis
Most Of the contestants, according to
Maj. Lambert, viii fly newly construct
ed balloons built with a view to break
ing all established long distance and
endurance records.
Prizes of $500 for the winner and $500
and 5000 for second and third places,
respectively, have been offered by the
Missouri A~eronautical society.
Some men keep everything but their
marriage VOWS,
Mack Sennett Is our best little picker
of feminine pippins.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-20
MANY FIRST BAsERs.

Although Manager Hugo Bezdek has
in George Whitfield, Vic Safer and Fred
Mollwitz three players who are capable
of playing a good game around the in
itial sack, the Pirates recently bought
another first baseman. The latest player
to Join the club Is Charles Lefty
Grimm, He was purchased from the
Little Rock club Of the Southern league
ing in the league. He is 20 years old,
nearly 6 feet tall and weighs 40 pounds,
He bats and throws left-handed. Grimm
was a member of the Little Rock club
for two years and besides being the best
fielding first baseman in the circuit, he
was a consistent 800 batter. Last
spring he was tried out by Manager
Branch Hickey of the Cardinals.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-20

felt the lack of fats even in regions
which formerly produced enormous
quantities Of dairy products.
Formerly only the very poor resort
ed to the goat as a source Of milk, but
nov these animals are seen everywhere
herded singly and m flocks by children
and old persons. They are cheap. ma
ture and reproduce quickly and furnish
nutritious milk.
The absence of horses and oxen Is
evident everywhere. The harvest Is on
as this is being written and in the
fields the men and women are gather
ing grain and dragging wagons, Al
though this section was untouched by
actual battle the absence Of live stock
In the fields and pastures and the
tories show the blighting effects Of the
great war.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-20
SAME OLD METHOD.

Snort, the hotel manager, and lobby,
a manufacturers agent, we're talking
about their respective business interests,
Il say remarked lobby, ''how do
YOU use such an enormous quantity OF
pears and ~peaches?"
We'll" replied Snort, I'VE eat what
we can and what we can't eat We can
Indeed" said the other. I'VE do
about the same In our business
How Is that" v
we sell an order when we can sell
Il, and when we can't we cancel It,"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-20

Mack Sennett is u best little picker
Of feminine pippins,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-20
GLedSOn'S Idea
Worked Till His
HELPER Slipped

Kid Gleason, manager of the
champion-to-he White Sox, Is not
only a great baseball general, but a
great story teller as well, In a
tanning bee recently he told a story
OF how he engineered q coup in gold
for a friend OF his In Cuba during
Bryan's campaign for the presi-
dency In 1900. The Kid was spend
ing the winter in Havana at that
time, and the Cubans were greatly
in favor Of Bryan. SO the Kid con-
ceived the idea OF rigging up a tele-
graph machine and having some II
out in the back room click off the
returns.
The more votes Bryan got the
more wine was bought, finally the
announcer cried: Bryan carries
Montreall'
A var of customers ordered
wine and the bottles were on the
bar. Just then a well Travelled
Cuban exposed the hoax and-well,
then came the blowoff.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-20

resourcefulness, f-earlessness, familiarity
with firearms and a steady nerve, Con-
sequentfy he takes his exploits as a
matter Of course. He is extremely retl-
cent about reclting his experiences but
that he is not unmindful Of the honors
accorded him is evidenced BY the fact
that he walked Is miles in the August
sun the other day to view his latest
decoration.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-20
GOATS SUPPLANT COWS
OVER CZECHO-SLOVAKIA

PRAGUE. Sept. N2O.-The goat is TAX
ing the place of the COW as a milk
producer in Czecho- Slovakia. The ar
mics which battled in Eastern Europe
stripped this land of its horses and
four terrible years of war almost ex-
terminated its cattle. Everywhere is
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-04
Our Daily Story
pENNSGRovE LApLB.

Due almost entirely 70 tho popularity
OF pcnusgrnve Ladies' series or modern
American business stories. IN which
bright young business mon. by push.
pluck. and ingenuity. gained rapid sue
cess in Tho financial world, the circuia-
ton os Muggins Mammoth Magazine
rose 20 a million copies month tead-
CTS began 20 rlarn"r 10? Information
concerning the author.
Dear Mr. I.adlc. Muster muEE:7s.
the editor. wrote him. Wont you please
send me little sketch OF your own
business career To satisfy the millions OF
readers Who already have taken such 4
deey Irt.-cs; IN the business careers or
you tic;:nn characters?
And l4adle obliginE.y offered the fol-
lowing information:
"A, the age Of began my business
career by swapping eighty marbles for q
penknlfe with three blades. OF which two
were missing and the third refused 20
open. At went into chicken raising.
and ny GOO hens laid four eggs among
them IN eight months. After that. n
rapid succession. | lost 5000 IN r
small wholesale Tire escape venture.
5000 on a patent diving rod FOR find
ing pearls n oysters and $4,000 n
financing lead pipe refining works.
WhcrcUpon ! took 20 writing shorT
stories abou. successful young business
men ard ny bank account is now crowd
ing me out Of house and home"
Upon mature delibcration. the editor
decided TO run Ladies photograph and
let Il 90 az that
copyright by George Matthew Adans.3
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-04
BURLESON S EXCESSES

Il IS high time to put the clarnpcrs
on a cabinet officer who is trying to run
the utilities Of the country without a
definite law authorizing him TO do so.
and hardly thinking man. but pro-
tests against Mr.. BurleSons attempt to
dlspossess tho real owners OF the tclc-
graph ard telephones and to attempt
10 operate the properties himself.
The people have stood aside long
enough and let the general government.
in it's admins tra,ive capacity. handle
their affairs. and it is high time they
were calling halt. They we're willing
for war purposes to let Official Wash
!ngton have its way but tho wur Is
practically over. and It is t!mc that We
were getting back TO hasds where buzz
mess rights are as definitely determined
as Washington authority.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-04
Special Correspondent OF "Daily Ftnan-
cdal America" Writes Of Incidents
Now Happening in Paris,
BY WILLIAM a. CRAWFORD.

PARIS. Jan. s1.-Gcrrnany is pTepaT-
ing to put ali its energies into q pro-
gram that will insure IL command Oh
tho air This Information has rcAchS'
both here and London. and US sour.
Is said 10 be outside question. stripped
~ i+s submarines and deprived OF its
sea power by the victory or IN" h"''s'
Berlin already is looking - the dHTe:-
oprncnt Of the newest form OF co'niHe'-
c!al transportation.
Within ;ho next few months acrnp!ane
systems will link up the chief CONNER
r,al ccnt.rs Of Germany with Rer!in.
with this accomplished. ard the expert
enced gained In the construction "l
machines capable Of making long ana
sustained flights t Is the intention OF
Cerman TO connect Berlin by air win
London. Paris and other European capl-
tails and. ultimately. With New York.
The program likewise includes an am
bilious scheme 10 connect the "fr''la' II
capital. through Africa, with tho coun-
,ries Of South America, principally with
Argentina and Brazil.
Tho Germans are soocr'y in earnest
IN tho derclrrncnt Of this new phase
81 connection with tho outside world.
From reports received here. Inc Fon-
Ing engineers are now engaged IN the
workshops OF Germany 10 seeking dis
covery Of tho plane that Will combine
both speed and great carrying eapacitS.
The war industry factories OF inc Ger
man empire are being transformer INTO
plants for the turning out or such
nlane.. or FOR the development and test
ing Of new kinds Of aircraft. all win
one poin: In view. that Of utHry from
commercial standpoint
As mater Of fact the military air
men and those who Supplied the flying
machines are both being utilized and
r,nrshalled under tho now scheme OF
things According 20 all reports. Cor
MANY Is gathering together her design
nrs, engineers. pilots and the other OK
pcrts IN aviation and is giving them
carte brnnche 70 proceed with the pro-
rosrd mastery Of the air. In view or
hnr isolation ny Sca for many years TO
coma r Is obvious that some such IN
dertaking is necessary 70 break the iron
band thu, shuts her Off from the rest
Of the world.
IN addition ~ her activities in her
OWN territory. Germany also is declared
10 b. making elaborate preparations for
The establishment Of such an al- Ser
vice through neutral countries. csrnci-
aI,y ny way If Denmark and Sweden.
This fact virtually has been cstab-
Y,st1cd.
Tho German rnEurrnr. companies "vHn
now arn reaching ont IN these countries
fcr business In connection with tho PR
rosad factories and nr-nplanc 'crni-
nails that viii Inevitably spring up ne
nc result os tho broad plan horn in
Yscr7in. Tn insurance Is understood -