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Gunnison news-champion., 1920-04-02
4 PENSION FOR AGUINALDO
Rocky Mountain News

Rocky Mountain News:-
Emilio Aguinaldo, the courageous
little Filipino who waged hard warfare
against the United States, has been
granted 4 pension of $4,000 a year
by the Philippine government.
That marks a decent ending to q
fight IN which both sides won credit.
Auginaldo, since the day he was fore
cd to abandon his struggle against
the American forces, has shown an
admirable spirit. He accepted the
new situation as bravely as he had
fought TO avert it and exercised his
influence to effect a reconciliation be-
tween his people and the representa-
tlves of American authority.
When the summons came to war
with Germany, none were more ac-
tive than Aguinaldo in recruiting for
service under the Stars and Stripes.
Botha and Smuts in South Africa,
and Aguinaldo in the Philippines,
unrelated in race, geographically far
separated, are of kindred spirit And
British and American treatment Of
gallant foes are of like sort. The En-
glish speaking people, have learned the
value of magnonimity. May they prac-
tice it among themselves as happily
as they have used it on their brave
enemies.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-04-02
IRRiG NTED PASTURES IN COLO.
HAVE PROVEN 4 SUCCESS
Deep Rooted Grasses Do Well In
Colorado-Make Pastures Which
Compete With Alfalfa For Yield.

Right now is the time to plant irri-
gated pasture. Pastures have prov
en- a success in every district in the
states where undertaken on irrigated
land, with the exception of the Arkan-
Kas Valley where some difficulties have
Been encountered in getting a stand.
Irrigated pastures will carry one
and half to two head of cattle to
the acre. The first season no crop
l. gotten from it, except n light COW
er Of grain. The second season n
crop of hay is taken, and this usually
is a very light yield. The third sea-
son it may be pastured, and the pas
lure will last at least ten years and
probably more, without becoming sod
bound.
Permanent pastures occupy a very
important place in British agricul-
ture, not only as means of season
able distribution of labor, but also
as soil fertilizer, deep rooted
grasses being planted which make a
very heavy sod. and put large
amount of humus into the soil.
Pastures in the Mississippi Valley
have not been practical paying prop
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-04-02
RED DYSENTARY PROVES
DEADLY TO CATTLE
Disease j. Local In Character And
Should Be Easily Controlled.

Red dysentary Of cattle has ap-
peared some time ago in Kansas and
may be quite serious, although it is
usually local in character, and should
be quite easily controlled. "This dis
ease of cattle is analogous to amebic
dysentary OF the human" says DIR. G..
II. Glover of the Colorado Agricultur-
al College, "and is caused BY minute
one-celled animal organisms (proto-
zoal that infcst the large intestines.
About three weeks after an animal
has partakcn of food or water that is
contaminated with the infection a
diarrhea appears which soon shows an
admixture with blood and mucus.
There is continuous straining and loss
of blood. The animal usually dies
within a few days from complete eS-
haustion. The disease is liable to be-
come serious unless immediate meas
urcs are taken to suppress it. 1t is
transmitted from animal to animal by
the bowel evacuations which contami-
nate the food and water. In a dis
cased herd the animals not affected
should be Immediately removed to
clean quarters and care should be ex-
ercised in seeing that the infection is
not carried to them. In young ami
mails, which are mostly affected, the
mortality is fully rs per cent. Older
cattle usually recover. New and un-
expected diseases are constantly ap-
pearing to harass the livestock indus
try Eternal vigilence on the part of
state and national authorities, and an
imal disease Investigators, is neces-
sary to keep in touch with new condi.
tions that are constantly arising and
that threaten the security of livestock
Investments"
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-04-02
NEW DRAINAGE DIS
TRICT NEAR SAGUACHE
TO DRAIN $4,000 ACRES

Saguache Crescent
Petitions are now being circulated
before the territory affected for the
formation of a gigantic drainage dis
trict of about 10000 acres, extending
northward from the Rio Grande river
to the vicinity of Center. Thirty
thousand acres of this vast tract is
not under cultivation and this drain
age district will convert the most part
of this acreage into productive farms.
The remaining 10000 acres is already
under cultivation but drainage will be
of great benefit to this land and will
enhance the productiveness and its
value. The main canal of the system
will empty into the Rio Grande aboy 2
Alamosa and will extend northward
into Saguache.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-04-02

The ssil maistare which evaporates
in April never produces the wheat
crop Il July.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-04-02
BIG REDUCTION IN WHEAT
CROP FOR EEN-TWENTY

The real live wire Of the cabinet al
Washington appears to be this man
Meridith, the new secretary of agri-
culture. Somehow we like the way
he takes hold.
Secretary Meridith has recently com
pleted tabulation of reports on TIA
acreage of winter wheat planted last
fall and finds it 25 per cent below the
last crop. In 1919, there was harvest
ed 50,iS0,OO0 acres, while the farmers
Of the nation last fall only planted
3S,770,0OO acres for 1920. That looks
like n good bet for high-priccd wheat,
a tip that the spring wheat ranchmen
of our county can investigate.
Among other points brought out
by the secretary is his information
concerning the report that the farm
ers were combining TO hold down
production. He declares that this is
entirely without foundation.
'.ln the first place, aside from the
principle involved, he is too good a
business man to do such a thing.
Farming is his livelihood and he can
prosper only in proportion to his in
dustry. Idle land is idle capital and
that is something the farmer cannot
afford
One circumstance that is making the
farmers conservative, however, in
planning their 1920 operations is the
very general feeling that prices on all
food products are due for drop with
in the next twelve months. The farm
cr, representing over 40 per cent of
the consuming public, would be very
glad to see an all around decrease in
the cost of living, but he finds himself
facing the possibility of raising a
high-priced crop to sell on declining
market.
when a farmer in the corn belt buys
plow or a planter this spring, he
must pay a top notch price for it. If
he hires a man to run either, he pays
him a price which in some cases is
almost prohibitive. His seed, his
feed and whatever else he may have
to purchase is quoted at a wartime
figure, and to come out even on the
years operation he must sell his
product for more than a peace-time
figure next fall or winter.
Labor. or rather the lack of it is the
specter that haunts the farmer in his
sleep these days. and it viii have no
little influence on the nature of crops
raised in different sections of the
country, the tendency being to grow
whatever needs the least attention,
subject, of course, to the climate and
soil limitations"
One thing that should act as an in
centive to the land owner to get all
possible out of it by using every acre,
is the high price at which farms have
sold in almost every agricultural
community during the last year. One
acre of good corn or wheat land today
represents as much invested capital
as did several acres few years ago.
Letting it go idle is much the same
proposition as letting expensive ma
chinery in factory gather dust or
cargo vessel remain tied up at the
dock for season. Which brings the
question back to the proposition Of
Secretary Meridith that the farmer is
u business man and he is not going out
of business.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-04-02

hay to the acre This sometimes
amounted to from 1,500 to 1000
pounds. In Sewer county, Utah, de-
monstrations conducted on 100 acres
showed an average increase of 800
pounds an acre. At the prevailing
price of hay-S20 ton, the net saving
should total $4,000 in that county
alone.
County agents and farmers in other
parts of Utah report that when normal
conditions prevailed last year, the
spraying of alfalfa fields proved to be
cheap, practical and effective.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-04-02
USE OF FORMALDEHyDE
AND BLUE yITROI
Smut Control on Wheat Discussed for
Ne~s-Champion Readers

At the request of G. W. Crawford,
who has been raising wheat on his
farm north Of Ggnnison for some
years, News-Champion recently wrote
20 the Agricultural College Experi-
HIent Station II Fort Collins regarding
the use of fornaldehyde and blue Wit
rOl- Mr.. Crawford has been using
f0rnaldshyde exclusively for a mum
Der Of years, and while il absolutely
prevented the closed or sinking smut,
u did not appear 20 prevent the so
called loose smut Prof. kezar re
plies:
Fort Collins, Colo, March s. 1920.
The GunHIsOu News-C Champion,
GGnnlson, Colorado.
Gentlemen:-
Il have your letter Of the 29th.
There are only two common srauts
botheTIng wheat There ara some
other smuts, but they are not common
in the United States, and, so far as
Ne know, have not been seen in Colo.
Some Of these have been seen in I'LL
nois, Wisconsin and Michigan.
These two smuts are the sinking
smut, sometimes called closed smut,
and the loose smut. The loose smut
leaves the seed bare. That Is, the
wheat is entirely destroyed
and the smut falls of in
loose masses, leaving the stem bare
somewhat blackened, sticking up in
the air. The sinking smut works on
the inside of the grain. The head ap-
parcntly deyelOpes. The kernels when
broken open, are filled with the smut
Whether the kernels will be hard or
mushy depends on the state in which
they are found and the state of the
smut.
In treating wheat seed TO pre-
vent smut, two processes are neces-
Sary. First to remove the smutted
grains by tanning or dropping in wat
er. The snutted grains are hghteE
and will come 20 the top If put into
the water slowly. The heavy kernels
will 20 TO the bottom. Thus, the
smutted grains can be SKINNED of
The formaldehyde treatment will xii
the smut on the Eound seed which re
mains. The formaldehyde will not
prevent rcinfectiOn and will not pre-
vent smut in the soil. Blue yitrol.
since It is not volatile. sticks to the
outside of the kernel and may furnish
some protection 10 the grain. This
may account for the experience OF
your correspondent Properly used,
the formaldehyde method will control
smut II the smut is not in the soil
II the smut is in the soil, the blue Wit
rol treatment is better.
Yours very truly,
"ALVA kEZER,
"Chief Agronomis,.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-04-02
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE
LAND LEASING QUESTION
Field and Farm

fSiu sAAAa dihi.
The propaganda for further leasing
of our western ranges by the federal
beaurocrats is being overworked as if
it were in its final death struggle.
The, beaurocrats are working with the
beef trust ON this point as they always
have been doing and are becoming
desperate for fear of losing their toe
hold and slipping off the map entirely.
They are trying to make it appear
that all stockmen are for their pro-
gram, which means the eternal leasing
of the lands SO rs to stop settlement
and shut out population. The fact is
there are mighty few representative
stockmen for it and they are largely
influenced by personal objectives or
are wearing the beef trusts ear-tag.
Generally the stockmen are against
any extension of federal grazing land
in the west. Eight now fifteen gov
ernors of western states are appear
ing before congressional committees
with abundant proofs that federal con-
troll Of the national forest grazing
rights is a bad thing and that the
west wants no extension Of such con-
troll to non-timhered grazing lands.
These governors, speaking for
the people of their states
and a weli-dehned public sentiment,
ask that the remaining public domain
be ceded to the ststes, to be managed
by the states for their individual bene-
fits and advancements.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-04-02
WORK PROGRESSING ON
PACKING PLANT AT DELTA
Delta Independent

Delta Independent:-
1t is some sight to view the founda-
ton work being constructed for the
two huge buildings that will compose
the Colorado Packing Corporation
plant N this city. They are of such
immense proportions that even those
who had faint conception Of the gen.
eral outline, look on in deep interest.
It is hard to conceive that this plant
just starting will be working ON the
cherry crop Of this county by the mid
de Of June, and yet t1At is the inten-
tions of the operators 1t this time.
The construction vi1l move more
rapidly once the foundations are in.
The big concrete mixer operated by
power will be started today.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-04-02

Hi Hickman was in town Friday,
delivering the last of his dIy-farm po-
tatoes which he sold 1t $3.50, not
quite catching the top Of the rising
market, but well satisfied with re-
turns of better tfnn 800 IN acre
from his crop.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-04-02
The average body temperature j.

The average body temperature is
9s.6 degrees, but it varies within &
few degrees with the time Of day
and various other factors. 1t is nor
maIly 97.5 degrees in the morning
and 99.5 in the afternoon. Eating
and exercise may raise it from one
to several degrees. Nervousness may
cause sudden changes either higher
or lower.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-04-02
And a.ve Shoe Leather,

walk a mile before breakfast 70
get up an appetite" says a doctor.
Thanks! Now we know how to ken
down an appetite Bos'or Transcript
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-24
LATE BULLETINS

Nome, Alaska, Aug. s4.-The
four United States airplanes
flying from MineOla, n. Y, to
Nome. have arrived. The ac-
tual flying time from New York
was s. hours, Captain St Clair
Street, head Of the expedition.
announced. The h0p-0ff ON the
return trip to New York will
be made in . few days.
Boston, Aug. s4-By United
Press.)-Charles P0nxfs liabil-
tiles are about SsyO00, 900, he
declared today In reply to =
question put to him by Robert
G. Dodge, for the receivers.
when his bankruptcy proceed.
ings were resumed.
Paris, Aug. A-Hngh Glib
son. United States mlnister to
Poland, arrived hero last night
iron the United States. He
WIN ronain IN Paris . day or
two and then proceed to War.
saw.
San Antonio, Texas. Aug. "a.
-(UAited Press.) = Confirma-
ton Of the escape Of Francisco
vyfuu~ 49, A. -A--A>f-. tn.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-24
DEATH OF POLICE
IN CHICAGO CAFE
BARES NEW ANGLE

Chicago, Aug. 25-(United Press)
Chicago awaited today further
revelations Of its own night life,
given prominence in the murder of
two policemen in a black and tan"
resort here.
The first day of investigation fol!
lowing the killing resulted in al
legged confessions from Hersche
Miller, former municipal court
bailiff, that he fired the shots
which killed Detective Sergeants
William Hennessy and James Null
cahy. 1t also resulted in the hold
ing Of a score of witnesses to the
shooting. The character of the
crowd in the cafe where the shoot
ing occurred late Sunday night
was shown by the list of those held
by the police. They included whites
and negroes, former Office holders
and negro dancers, including one
woman enjoying the title of THE
Black Salome."
The states attorneys Office, fol-
lowing vague tips, tried today to
link the killings with the deals OF
q whisky trust, reputed to be sup
plying seven cafes in Chicagos s
underworld.
Miller, who police said admitted
killing the two men, asserted it was
in self-defense.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-24
BELFAST RIOTS
BREAK OUT anew

Belfast, Aug. 24.-Rioting was
renewed here last night, the most
menacing disorder being a collision
between the unionists and Sim
Feiners in Ballymacarrett, on the
east side Of the river Lagan. Short
ly after 8 O'Clock the opposing
crowds met in Blyson street and
kilmoren street, where there was
shooting and stone throwing. The
police dispersed the rioters by a
baton charge.
Lisburn, Ireland. Aug. 24.-The
burning OF nationalist property here
continued until after last midnight
Among the buildings destroyed was
the Catholic parochial hall.
Virtually all nationalists have
LEFT town in face of loyalist repri-
sails for the murder of Police In
spector Swanzy Sunday. AS the
repr1sals proceeded last night every
house still occupied, save one. few
the Union Jack.
Last nights burnings and loot
ings OF nationalist property by 10y
alists in reprisal for the murder
OF Police Inspector Swanzy ON Sun
day were the worst Lisburn has
experienced.
Some twenty premises were in
ruins today and the damage was
estimated at 100000 pounds ster-
ling. Appeals have been issued to
the people to remain of the streets
a. night.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-24
REDS ARE TOLD
TO EASE TERMS
Note Sent to SOyiets Demanding
Objectionable Clauses BE
Withdrawn ut Once.

Lucerne. Switzerland. Aug. "a
Omitted Press) Great Britain and
Italy, in demanding that the Rus
slams modify their armistice pro-
posals to the Poles. have sent a
peremptory message to the bolshe-
Wiki, requiring withdrawal OF the
Objectionable clauses before the end
of the week.
Disclosure Of the dispatch OF this
message was made by Premier
Lloyd George in an interview to-
day.
Paris, Aug. 24.-The French for
eign Office announced today that
the government regarded the new
attitude taken by Premiers Lloyd
George and Giolitu concerning so
Wet Russia and Poland as due en-
tirely to the American note to
Italy.
The premiers' attitude was ex-
pressed in the note they sent
France from Lucerne yesterday. in
which they stated they were in &C
cord with the United States and
France that Poland would endanger
her independence II she accepted
the soviet terms.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-24
Man CAUGHT IN
MACHINE; DIES

Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. 24-Caught
by his clothing and dragged into
the hosting machinery at the pit
Of the elevator shaft. NJ n. Speng,
Ter, manager of the Bolivia Farm
ers' Grain Elevator company at
Bolivia, near here. was instantly
killed yesterday afternoon. He had
been helping an employe adjust the
betting. His body was hurled
around BY the wheels. striking his
head against concrete ledges and
the floor.
The accident has cast q pail Of
sadness over the entire communi-
II. Mr.. Spengler was president of
the Mt. Auburn township school
board and had served two terms in
Christian county as supervisor
from Mt. Auburn township. He Il
survived by his wife and Two sons
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-24
FIND RATS COST
EVERYBODY JUST
ONE CENT DAILY

Washington, Aug. 24.-Standard
plans for rat-proofing business
buildings, dwellings and wharves
are being drawn by the public
health service as part of its cam
paign to stamp out bubonic plague.
The plans are to be furnished to
states and cities for incorporation
in building codes.
According to authoritative esti-
mates, there is one rat for every
person in the United States. To
maintain this huge number of rats
costs the people Of this country
approximately one cent per person
every day for rat food"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-24
cox CHARGE
TURNS EYES
UPON PROBE
Interest in G. o. P. Fund
Threatens to Change
Whole Campaign.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
(Special To The Argus1.

Washington Auo -Cbar1oa
by Governor Cox Of the Intention to
gather s15OO0 600 Renublican
camnaipn fnnd NAV shift The issues
and alter the entire face Of the
camnairn ShouId the Democratic
nominee fai, to nrova theae CHARGES
thew will ha hocmar.ng ao.inst
him On the otbar hand shomid he
ha ohla ~ n-osant convincino avi-
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schar,a -, suoh st,,nandou. n-oro--
tions tho inc;dant T. n,IIv arroctoa
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-24
LAUNCH drive
ON PR0F|TEER

Chicago. Aug. 24-(United Press)
"A nation wide investigation Of
prohteering has been ordered by
Attorney General Palmer, accord
ing to . statement here today BY
Charles F. Clyne, United States at
torney for the Chicago district.
Clyne declared department Of
Justice agents have secretly been
gathering data dn prontsering for
several weeks and that as = result
OF the information Palmer has sent
instructions to every United States
attorney IN the country to start an
inysstigation.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-24
SETS
Scent FARE
0N|0WAS|DE
Street Railway Company
Gains Temporary Boost
Pending Hearing.

Judge A. ]. House in the district
court in Davenport this morning
raised the ante for the street car
company and Iowa patrons Of the
Tri-City Railway company will
have to dig even deeper than the
Illinois side is doing at present.
The Judge ruled in favor of an
Sk cent fare by writing this figure
into the injunction which exists to
prevent the city council from en-
forcing return to a 5 cent fare.
This new fare is in effect immedi-
ately and will stand until the final
hearing for permanent injunction
takes place in September. The
company asked fare of 10 cents,
corresponding with the rate desir-
ed on the Illinois side. and for
which petition is now in the
hands Of the public utilities COM
mission.
Naturally, the one-half cent fg-
ure presented several confusing
problems. Judge House intended
that it should be two fares for II
cents. Inasmuch as it often hap
pens persons ride singly on street
cars, it was admitted that the one
half cent rate would have to be
dispensed with.
Single Fare 8 Cents.
With each Scent fare charged,
the company Is required to give the
passenger q receipt. II on final
hearing lower rate 10 established,
the passengers will be entitled to a
rebate
A conference Of attorneys, court
and street railway officials followed.
AS is generally the case, where
one-half cent is asked, full cent
lis collected. Therefore, it was
agreed that a charge of cents in
cash should be made for each and
every person boarding street car.
To get a cheaper rate, the individ-
ual will be permitted to purchase
tickets at three for Is cents. Chill
dren will be transported for the
nominal sum of cents.
To avoid conflict with the cent
fare in force on the Illinois side,
it was further agreed that COM
mutation tickets for use on the
bridge line will be sold for s cents.
In the meantime the company
will continue its plea for q 10-cent
rate on both sides of the river.