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Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-17
IF WE DECIDE TO FARM

My wife and I were on farm
About two months ago.
For us there is a lovely charm
In watching green things grow;
But we were shocked. I must confess.
AT many things we saw:
The farmer never thought, I guess,
Or didn't care a straw.
But what a waste to plant the corn
In rows so far apart:
The ground between all ploughed and
torn;
1t nearly broke my heart.
told him how we SOW our lawn,
To get 1t nice and thick:
Perhaps he heard while choking on
That tiny piece OF stick.
His cattle were n brutal crime
II made dear Ethel rave
To see poor pigs all cakcd with Crime,
And not tub to bathe.
While little lambs were disgrace!
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-17
The Chieftain's Monday Morning Farm Page
MOST BIRDS ARE BENEFICIAL
0NlYAFEW ARE INJURIOUS

The sparrow is beneficial bird, says
the Biological Survey. United States
Department of Agriculture. and should
not be regarded as a pest. The single
exception to the departments endorse
ment is the pesky English sparrow Of
that species. usually a nuisance and
often Injurious" says tho department
in booklet, Farm Help From the
Birds. 'it must be remebered that the
introduced English sparrow is but one
member of the large family of spar
rows and its habits are by no means
characteristic of the native species"
They are essentially seed eaters, the
sparrows, but they consume also a fair
proportion of insects, the department
finds, and in general must be regarded
as beneficial. Separating the sheep
from the goats in the feathered king
dom of common knowledge to the
farmer. the department places among
the bad birds the jays, crows, ravens,
and blackbirds, corporal's guard
compared with the army of good birds,
to aid to the farmer. placed in the other
classification. Even the bad deniZens
of the air have some good in them, says
.he department, and the damage they
do the farmer is largely because of
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-17
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKrN

washington, ID. c.. Oct. live are
going to have hard winter this year"
You hear lot of amateur prophesics
to this effect. and a few to the con-
trary. Some base their predictions on
the way the squirrels are piling up
nuts and some on the report that
muskrats have thick fur. and some on
the fact that ducks have come South
sooner than usual.
The Government attaches no signi-
ficance to special industry on the part
OF squirrels. or to any of these other
things. Nor does 1t consider reports
OF early flight of birds to the South
a true warning that winter Will set in
sooner than usual. Tho Government
biologist and meteorological regard
these phenomena as interesting but no
moro to be relied upon than the pretty
story Of the ground hog and his
shadow.
"The fact is" says DR.. A. X. Fisher.
of the Biological survey, we have no
proof that animals are supplied in ad-
vance with instructive warnings of
storms or cold weather. On the other
hand. there is good deal of proof that
they do not know in advance about
weather conditions. If they did. there
would be fewer catastrophies in the
animal world.
birds. for instance. with tragic results.
II birds could sense storms far ahead
We would not hear OF 100000 Lapland
longspurs being beaten to the ground
In "A driving storm in Minnesota. This
incident occurred In the spring when
these birds were flying north. They
were caught in the gale. After It was
over. ornithologists measured the area
of the frozen lake whore the birds lay
dead and then counted the birds to a
square yard. According to careful cs-
innate. 100000 were wiped out that
day When birds do seek shelter in a
storm 1T is generally because they can
no longer keep up in the air. not be-
cause they sense the storms ap-
proach."
Early migration Of birds is common
ly accepted az an infalliblc sign that
winter may be expected at once. Birds
really migrate. Or. Fisher says. not
cause the food supply is disappearing.
when they migrate sooner than
usual in the fail II may mean that
winter is setting in and destroying
their chances Of getting food, or 1t may
mean that less OF tho food needed by
those particular birds is available. Or,
as a third supposition. there may he
unusually large flocks Of the birds in
a locality and the food supply is not
lasting so lato as usual
WHAT MAKES FUR GROW
Nv tho same spccious reasoning. 1T is
sometimes asserted that animals arc
provided with thicker fur in prepara-
tion for y severe winter. The facts SO
far as science has studied them, arc
that animals do have thicker fur In
, cold winters Animals in very cold
climates have thicker coats than simi-
lar epccics farther south. This is -
we'll recognized fact in the fur trade,
where furs from the far North bring
much higher prices than pelts from
warmer latitudcs
The overlooked fact here Is that the
warmer coat is furnished by nature
after the cold sets in. not before
Roughly speaking tho cold stimulates
tho skin to produce thicker fur, Yet
reports of thicker fur on animals in
the carly fan arc widely regarded ms a
sure sigh of heavy weather ahead.
Government scientists have never
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-17

over-population In the fcathered ranks.
OF that class, the department says:
1T would seem a good policy to ac-
cord them the same treatment long
given the common crow. The crow is
not specially prosecuted, neither is 1t
protected. About the best that can be
said of birds of this HamIiy is that on
the average they do about as much
good as harm"
OWLS PERFORM USEFUL SERVICE
owls as group have long been
prosecuted by man but never has per-
secution been more unjust" says the
Biological Survey. More than SO varic-
ties of owls feed on great variety of
rodents and have useful habits, the
booklet continues. In Washington, d.
c., the Survey recently determined
what 675 barn owls had for dinner.
Here is the menu, by variety and num-
Der of dishes consumed:
Meadow mice, Lilo; house mice. $Ss:
house rats, 1874; other small mammals.
per owl And the service done man
by the barn owl. the booklet says, il
typical OF that performed by hawks
and owls in general. An occasional
chicken is consumed, but this loss Is
far outweighcd by the destruction of
harmful rodents.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-17

Answer ts-we will keep going right
along serenely. because We are on the
solid rock OF Agriculture.
So gradually yet surely that VIC could
not point to any date OF actual change
southern Colorado has become an ac-
tual farming country with all other
industries far in the rear. Mining has
dried up till even the smclters are
idle. Boosted manufactures have
grown fitful and precarious. But mean
while new and prosperous branches of
agriculture blossom out and make Wis
ible prosperity. Their scenes of activity
have mounted to higher and higher
altitude, till they reach the veritablc
timber line OF the mountain heights.
With moro definite prospect of this
threatened tie-up of transportation,
therefore, tho Colorado mind does not
sink into Kansas moroseness nor re-
sort 10 radical Dakota political
schemes. nor mask for southern night
riding. The Colorado idea gravitates
once more toward the habitual old time
longing for an independent commercial
and industrial empire, a nation within
a nation. loyal and American yet mas
tcrful and supreme.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-17
THIS WEEKS NOTES ON THE FARM

irrigation canals taking water from
the river cast of District No. IL have
either been cut down in their appor-
ucnmont or cut out entirely. Tho Colo
RADIO canal is taking a5-second feet from
storage to meet the demands upon it,
From Coaldalc, above Cotopaxi:
Everyone is gathering pinon nuts.
This is tho first time in about twenty
years that there has been a crop. These
are to como every seven years.
The Rainbow Park Land company
of Florence sold to b. C Durall an
attorney OF Pueblo. eight acres on
Third street opposite Joe Koser's This
makes total of $4,000 sold by the
Rainbow Park company since May l3.
The claim OF the Warshaucr- Mcclure
Sheep company against the Jordan cs-
tate in the sum of Sio5.sio was ap-
proved by tho court at Aiamosa.
From olathe: with spuds around
I.lo very Few are moving. Onions arc
coming in freely at 81 to 1910. A few
bects are being unloadcd at tho Holly
dump.
The Indian corn crop In New Mexico
Is estimated at 7,2oS. 900 bushels, and
the sorghum grain crop at 5,s1s, 900
bushels. There has been a heavy in
crease in the production of these grains
in recent years.
Finest s1uashes ever produced In
southern Colorado now in the local
market find themselves up against fat
and arrogant sweet potatoes offered at
six pounds for n quarter. A straight
forward honest squash gets no good
chance in this adventurous Wild west.
From State Soldiers Home. Monte
Vista: Our potato crop Is all in. Q. NJ
Hunt estimates the amount to be about
500 saeks-snrely, that ought TO keep
us for awhile.
Huerfano county has an Anti-Horsc-
thief association and 1t was holding n
meeting at Hoenc Tuesday evening
From Ignacio: Arthur Jones loaded
out his crop of lambs at the local
yards and accompanied the shipment
TO Kansas city. He shipped 600 OF the
young sheep this year.
Sorghum molasscs is being made by
family named Croley at Star Valley
in kiowa county, from cane grown
there this season.
From Olathc. Considerable thieving
is reported in the community Forty
five sacks OF onions were stolen from
two fields last week. No; long ago
some ono stole the bedding from the
city Jail.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-17
rain Is approaching by specia, sensi-

rain Is approaching by special scnst-
tiveness.
These arc short range predictions.
Human beings cannot he relied upon
to gauge the weather more than day
or two ahead. so the mctcorologsts in
sist. And the same is truo of the crea-
turcs of the animal world
The squirrel in the autumn hides az
many nuts as he can find not as many
IA he figures he will need for a long
or short winter. Unusual activity of
bees does not necessarily mean than
they anticipate long winter either.
In southern California bees collect
honey all year round as huisly as IL
long. cold winter was about to set in
any minute.
Moro credible Is tho statement that
cattle are restless just before n storm.
Human beings are similarly sensitive
10 tho electricity in tho air and tho
unusual wind-cithcr hot or chilling
which often preccdes storms.
hut as far as the coming winter. or
any winter is concerned, ono prophet
or sign is as good as another II you
take the advice OF tho Government eN-
ports. you won't buy your coal or your
winter oSercoat on the etrcngth OF the
SQUIRRELS antics or the strangely signi-
! ticant acorn crop.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-17

tho state farm bureau, was present
during the deliberations and offered
wonderfully valuable suggestions dur
ing his several talks to tho commit
tee men. The meeting was held In the
office of w. Fl. SAwhill, Pueblo coun-
ty agricultruist, and that official was
called on for expression of ideas a
number of times.
An interesting feature OF the meet
ing was the presence OF a representa-
tive of one of the largest agricultural
implement companies Of the country.
who stated that his corporation 10
planning to establish distributing sta
tions so that their products can be
gotten more nearly direct to the users.
and in this manner dealers and
agents profits would be cut off. 1t
was shown that savings to the farm
crs in some cases at least, would
amount to from 50 to so per cent.
1t is understood that other manu-
facturers OF farm supplies. realizing
the Importance of the farm bureaus.
arc offering similar direct induce.
ments .to the farmers.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-17
Real Estate Transfers

W. F. Doertenbach to Mrs. G. A..
Lott; lots l and inclusive. block IL,
somerlid Heights. 81.
John C. Friedman to r. b. Smith;
lot .. block IL. Grand View Place. 81.
Mary NJ. A. Simmons to Charles Fl.
Penny; lots to 4, block H. Irving
Place second filing. $500.
Henry Renxelmann to r. r. Will
liams; lot ), block /. Meadow Gardens,
$500.
Jennie Thomas to Joe Glovan: frac-
tional lots 20 and 30, block 6, Laibach,
$500.
Mary e. Chew to John L. Hadwigcr:
lot and west 6 feet lot 3. block IS,
Blakc's addition. agreement OF saic),
s.Io0.
William Barber. ct al, to E. l. du
Pont dc Nemours Powder company:
southwest quarter section 81, twp. 81.
range Sc. 81.
w. Il. Egan to the T.. l. du Pont dc
Nemours Powder company: southwest
quarter section II. twp. 81, range IS.
81.
George T.. Merriner to Martha l..
Bacon and Howard Hoplcr south half
section is. twp. is. range 50. 81, 900.
Barney j. NARROW. guardian. TO
Thomas Egan: undivided onc-third lot
10. block l.. South Pueblo, 81 1000
j. +. Broome to Carrie c. Long
part lot .. Pine Drive, Bculah, 81.
II. o. Mouiton TO Earl FOX; lot. a
and 4. block l12, Fletcher Hill, 81. .5oO
Anna Dillon to Bessie r. Loguc; lots
. and 4, block 10. Lakewood subdi-
vision. s1.50o
Susan +. Walters 10 Joseph r. Will
son: north half lot Q, block II. South
Pueblo Homestead and Building asso-
Citations addition. 81
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-17

The two salt shakers illustrated
are made of aluminium. and painted
and decorated with enameloid and
oil paints. A painted set OF salt
and pepper shakers make a most At.
tractive combination to use on 4
hand decorated breakfast table. or
a small set would make a very &C.
ceptable gift to an invalid to be
used on the tray.
Aluminium shakers can be had at
any ten cent store or In the house
furnishing section OF department
store. Select any shape or style
desired. Two patterns are given
here for the decorating. one for q
tall shaker with straight sides, and
the other for low shaker.
Paint the shakers all over, top and
all, with ivory colored ensmelold.
Use several coats. taking care that
each coat is dry before the next is
applied. when all the paint is dry
transfer one of the patterns given
here to one side Of the shakers with
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-17

carbon paper. Use which ever de-
sign seems to at In best. with the
style OF shaker chosen. The design
on the tall shaker is colored with
tube oil paints mixed with . little
white enamel. The roses are colored
pink or rose color with the center
done in = darker shade. and the
leaves and stems are green. The
little dots around the design may
be either rose or green or they may
be done In black. The design on
the low shaker may be worked out
in the same coloring. the basket
holding the flowers being done in
brown.
II the shakers are to be used
with a breakfast set it would be at.
tractive,to select part OF the pattern
on the china, and transfer this 70
the shakers working out the design
In the same colorings to match the
china. A background OF gray or
even pale blue could be used In
stead Of ivory.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-17

I'll bet that not q soul ~
Had ever washed darling face.
For they were black as coal.
i~
1t surely hurts the gentle cows
To have the milk pulled out;
And eggs are hunted in the mowS,
While poor hens weep about.
When we. got home, dear Ethel sat
Just eobbing on my arm;
So declared we'd change all that,
II We decide to farm.
James A. Fitzpatrick in Farm Lifs i.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-17
OCTOBER IS THE MONTH
To pick apples.

To pick apples.
To enjoy living.
TO store the root crops.
TO wish the hens would lay.
To make cider--and become popular.
To provide a good litter in the
chickens scratch shed.
To top-drcss the apple orchard.
Wood ashes arc helpful.
To provide warm quarters for the
stock. The first frosts hurt worst.
To put up tho biggest hen or turkey
to fatten for Thanksgiving.
To set fall fruit trees. Many claim
they get years growth over next
springs trees.
To SOW rye and vetch.. IT both i'm
proves the soil and furnishes winter
and spring pasture.
To think. MS You go to tho movies,
of the old fashioned corn huskings, so
popular this month in bygone days
To provide big supply of winter
wood. 1t ia far more pleasant 10 do II
now than next January besides maxi
ing better fudl Farm Life,
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-17

Mrs. Alice Gerry Griswold, for
merly a Baltimore society belle, at
one time wife of Melville Patterson,
died recently at Atlantic City, N. j.,
cutting off her daughter, the Coun-
tess St. Clair Contubia of Italy,
with $500. Mrs. Griswold left the
remainder of her great estate to a
Mrs. Mary Drischman, wife of an
Atlantic City butcher. The will is
row being contested by the daugh-
ter.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-17
More Evidence Needed

Blackstone-"What made the jury
disagree in that prohibition case?"
webster-"There wasn't enough evi-
dence to go round. so all except the
first four jurors voted for 4 reason
able doubt."-The American Legion
Weekly.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-17
lSomethip0 Doin1

First Salesgirl-"That man I just
sold n five-pound box Of candy to said
1t was for his wife,"
Second Ditto-'Is he newly mar
ried?"
First-"Either that or he's done
something. Boston Transcript.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-17
Too Manu- Tooters

Motorists quilting up)-"what's the
matter. didn't you hear me blow my
horn7'
pedes,risn-"ycs, but there's SO
much hay fever about. I didn't think
1T was an automobile. Boston Tran
script
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-17

The number of plum and prune trees
of bearing age in the United States
in 1920 was 20,452. .293, as compared wit
s3tt5.0o9 in 1910. representing a de-
crease of c.99c, ,T16 trees, or 12.S per cent.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-17

Chocolates and eoneons containing
we'll known brands ~ whisky and
other liquors are commonly sold by
oonfectioners In England.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-17

There is a shortage of water for ir-
Yisailon uses at present. Most of the
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-17

Can't say that 1t would be exactly
crcditable to assert that living Is
cheaper in Pueblo than anywhere else
but 1t comes near being true. This
condition moreover is strictly local
Even n short distance up in the noun
tains retail cost of meats is much high
or because they must pay express rates
from Pueblo.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-17

Here we pause and recall the low
hung rain areas OF May-June July
which daily rallied in our valley crcs-
cent. and We try 20 theorize on the to-
tally unlike weather habits of summer
and OF fall, but In vain.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-14
WAGE REDUCTION HAILED
AS DECLARATION OF WAR

lawrence, Mass, Jan. 14.-The
wage reduction ordered by textile
manufacturers here was declared to
ne redeclaration Of war in state
ment Yesterday by Joseph Salerno,
secretary of the local branch of the
Amalgamated Textile Workers Of
America.
Regarding the announcement by
President William M. Wood, o. the
American Wooden Company, and "the
ether textile barons" that wages
would be cut % 1-2 per cent, Score
tary Salerno said:
eve rely that we recognize the
rtieclaraticp of war; that the fight
Is en- and that the pitched battles
of 1912 and 1919 will be resumed at
our earliest convenience; and that we
will fight on until we are recognized
as Eaman beings whose rights to life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness
cannot be denied as unnecessary o.
extravagant' by an arbitrary indus
trial overload"
The Amalgamated Textile Work
crs include only small part Of the
90 ,OCO mill workers in this city!
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-14
National Roundup Started to Depcrt
Ineligible Orientals

s New York, Jan. IA nationwide
round up of all Oriental ineligibles
will be launched January %.
This announcement was made late
yesterday at Ellis Island by Leo
Russell, chief deporting agent Of the
Immigration Service.
s. Sweeping orders for such round
Up have been issued at Washington:
and q special fierce is to be assigned
to TIE work.
E. N. Kline. of the Bureau of I'M
migration in the Department o. La
Tor. will have command of the work
and will start out from Washington
January % with staff of deportinG
agents for a tour of the South ana
West Seeking many Chinese and
Japanese in the United States who
have no lawful right to be here, !"
Mr.. Russell added.
TIE majority of the Orientals
came as seamen and took advantage
of their seamen's cards to come
ashore upon arrival of their vessels
at United States ports, deserving
the ships and smuggling themselves
into sections Of the country remote
from. their landing places, the de-
porting agent added.
Mexicans illegally in the country
will he rounded /, up for deportation
BY the Kline force, which will be
under orders to hunt for them along
the border. he said, adding that ORR
entails will bes deported from San
Francisco and Mexicans at border
points.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-14
THEFT INSURERS HIT
Companies Facing Millions in Losses
And May Change Policies

New York Jan. 14.-Insurancc
COMPARES writing policies covcring
burglary and theft faced loss of
more than S2.3O0G0G in 1919, AMI re
ports now in for last year indicate a
condition that il worse, it was an
nounced here yesterday following q
meeting of executives of many Of the
large burglary insurance compa-
MES.
I After the session an official of one
company said it had been unanimous
ly agreed that unless conditions i'm"
proved the companies would put in
to effect changes in the form Of pol
iries now issued He did rot define
these changes. He added that Con-
ditiors confronting the companies
were not confined to any one Locality.
but existed all over the country.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-14
BILL PROPOSES
COAL INDUSTRY CONTROL

Washington, jar. ia bill pro
rosing Federal regulation Tor IN"
coal industry ard empowering the
President 70 fix prices and profits
in case of emergency or shortage
was introduced yesterday by thair
man calder, of the Senate Committee
Investigating the 1920 coal shortage.
The bill also would provide tor
regular publication of data on coal
nrol action costs to bc assembled by
the Federal Trade Commission, and
authorize the President to dea! IN
coal and take charge CT 1T; produc'
ton and movement whenever ne
found usual laws of trade N Sus-
rcnsc.'
The act proposes licensing SEs-
ten for both operators and dealers
and would impose heavy taxes on
profits of sales by jobbcrs and brok-
crs. the purpose being, Chairman
Calder explained, "to drive coal IN
direct channel from producers 20
consumers"
IN collection OF the sales and cost
data from coal mines, the Trade
Commission would make public lndl-
viduai or corporate names OF pro.
ducers only in case profiteer!rg was
disclosed by returns, or where q ma
ioyitv of the commissioners decided
publication was necessary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-14
DADS .HOOCH' MAY COST
LIFE OF 6 YEAR OLD SON

Chicago, Jan. 14.-Dariei Mclr-
rcy. Jr., 6 wears old, is in serious
condition at hospital today because
he sampled some Of the moonshine
whisky his father had bottled and
stored in the basement.
Az hour after he drank a small
roltion, from one Of the bottles yes
tcrtay his mother found him in con-
WILSON'S. Officials at the hospital
where he was taken renorted the case
70 TIE police, and a raid was made o.
the McIrney home. Four barrels OF
mash and fifteen gallons Of moon
hin" whisky were found in the Gel
i3r.
The police will turn Daniel Mc1r-
ney, ST., over to the Federal authori-
ties today, to answer charges Of vlo-
lat;ng the VolstcaG act.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-14
ADMJSIsTR ATOR's NOTICE

Having qualified as administrative
with the will annexed, of The late G.
s. N. Butler, all persons to whom
said estate is indebted are requested
to present their accounts to the un-
designed. properly certified. for pay
men: and all persons indebted to
said estate are requested to make
PROMPT settlement of the same.
Mary Anna Mckinney,
2O5-fc. Administrative, c. I. A.