The Springfield herald., December 04, 1914, Image 1

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Vol. XXVIII. No. 17
The president lr»s appointed
throe commissioners to end »a,v
or to got the striking mini rs iv: ci
Mo nitors Ingot Ik*, lor a sptr.l<'-
inont of differcnc s.
At the commercial club meet
ing' Tuesday night the principal
business of importance was the
appointment cf a committee to
work up a lumber yard for
Springfield, another to work n;
a motor truck'line, and anotV-i
on an auto tourist line fr m Tex
as and Oklahoma to Dmvi'r via
oi’ Springfield. The crcanvrv
matter was discussed «»r hngth
and a committee appointed to
confer with creamery companies
and to find out how many cows
there would he to furnish milk in
the spring.
POULTRY and DAIRYING
Elsewhere will he foun I whet
Mr. Stunz of the Beatric
Creamery Co., thinks of dry-huid
dairying.
It will be noticed that his view
of the matter is in line with
what the Herald has had to say
on the same subject that dairy
ing is the one road to thp snlva
lion of our present settlement.
He thinks that dry farmed pro
ducts are specially suited to the
production of milk, and believes
that except for cows and poultry
less than one-third of the dry
land settlement will be able to
stay.
Mr. Stuntz was in Springfield
last Saturday, and informs our
folks that the Beatrice company
will he here in the Spring ar.d
ready to buy all the cream and
milk that the county can produce
It is consequently perfectly
safe for our farmers to lead out
in dairying stocjk or in good all
purpose milk cows
- --,-lfeyou can get ope jfood milk
cow it will be If you
cun get anywhere up to a dozen
or two dozen it will put you on
your feet and help you into easy
street."
Next of importanc° in the dai
rying line to getting the cows is
in the building of silos It is not a
prerequisite, hut is essential for
the very bast results
The pit silo is undoubtedly
the one for both cheapness
and utility; and inside of t'n
next ten years there ought to be
at least ten of these go down
within a radius of ten miles of
Springfield
The silo is coming. Inside of
the next len years they will be
as common in Baca county as
autoes; ani, as in the case of ev
erything else, they will he or.
the ground fio-r in the silo I nc
wl o are among the first to set
them up —or down
Next of importance to dairy
ing itself, serving ! o'. ever to
supplement it, is poultry; am!
the next thing after the
half dozen cows world he 100 to
300 hens.
ffhe hen here has buc one ene
my-parasites. Those who know
)iow to handle mites and lice will
always have healthy liens in
Baca county.
Indeed, we believe that if
somd one were to go into poultry
on a lar.e rcale in Baca, either
for marketing purposes, for
eggs, or to supply the trade
with fancy stock, it c uld h.q
made more profitable than east
ward],'. by reason of our dry cl -
mate and consequent, freedom
from disease.
At all events and under any
circumstance:-, get inlo i
few or many cows and few r
many hens, and your go
monthly checks, after an air
jrn k Inc between Kirn ■■
T.rd Lajnar 1;s B*«o tt'cioui
tv 111 <l° p? Vest of id
pr. Culp of Thayer. Mo., w.
was bore about three weeks a..0.
p'jis fiege a gain yyAprdgy and
has concluded to locate here.
VlgwVi LtV hack in about sixiv
j—- —■* —"
( ..,. u .,iiitnnn be a perma
nent fixture.
The Springfield Herald
German Made Goods
1 Dear Editor: -
The Literary Digest, in com
meir. ing on the war, remarks;
"H c are in w learning what i;. is
logo wiilioiit. the* things that are
m:i<!e in Gormai.y.*’
‘ 4 ’«* w h ive realized til! now to
what a great extent, the rest or
the world has emne to depend on
German products and materials
Tin* Germass are not only
wonderfully efficient in produc*
: “g ‘-Very sort'd’ tiling which is
capable ot' any use, Imt :hey arc
also extremely keen in finding a
market for all those things,
usually by being abls to
-upply it sit. a lower cost than
any competitor.
We hear many people make
tlu* statement that- we ought to
be able to produce all these
things ourselves and not he be
holden to Germany and other
nations; but such people haven’t
the faintest idea of the difficul
ties that arc involved in this pol
icy. I i Germany, as the Scien
tific American points out, the
system of industry is “interlock
ing;” that is one process and
one product depends on another,
and a whole chain of industries
must be maintained in order to
make the business protfiable.
We might be able to produce a
few things but we could have
nothing because we have no
market for the by-products.
In Germany it is possible to
exchange by-products, thereby
bringing about a conservation
tluit does not exist in this coun
try. In the circumstances,
therefore, the American manu
facturer must continue to de
pend ui)on the Germans, hoping
the war will be of short dura
fciop.
Yours truly
Otto H. Howland
ROSTON.
T. K. Vidlers is hauling liis
broomcorn to Elkhart this week*
Mrs. Smith ate Thanksgiving
dinner with M s. Adda Konkel.
Gbyde Hendrickson is doing
.•mine carpenter work for Cims.
Wilson this week.
Mr and Mrs. Henry Bewley
spent thanksgiving with T. K.
V filers*.
the The Sunday school Hally
at Boston was well attended,
rive Sunday Schools being rep
resented. Each gave asi ort
program which was good.
Hev. John Webster gave an in
teresting talk on the subject
"does Sunday School pay.”
And the dhiner, well it just
proves that Baca county pro
duces the bes . cooks what is.
Lied cross seals, the money
from the sale of which is ured ir.
stamping out tuberculoses,
have been on sile in the state
for four years, and each year the
papers ar. a-ked to advertise
li t* sale. To.* Herald has been
asked to co-ape rite in this ur t
ucr, I n.L as no one in qpi jngfjeld
lias til" seals we cannot see how
we can be of service.
Ha Ipi i Hooker was repairing
phone lines i i town Tuesday.
Springfield is becoming a
great business center for the
county.
11. K. E!li-> of Stonington, a—
i:«n : ime user ed a small
r *.iL«*sL.tto ad. in th" Ihvsfid, and !
Inst ween >ai(i to tiie Editor:!
i * m;iocl i! 1 t : .'r pet letters'
I a .iKit evei state in thoUn- !
ion ” If .you want m .suits, ad
v." !■:>(» in I. l Merit ill.
i
AH l Gordon were
• fro .: . . \\\riuesdiiy ar-;
:>• "u • mo ion i r a ciiange of;
in the Fc V-Barrel mule
.. . wi y I •• anted u»
v; •_ ~ *.e of vs- \ now that
i/ : • i.:• dry t . . :-n't quite :
•'••ar; hi l anyway .i Alien'
ioi n't rap.: < t an v cliai'.ge of
v ae, so tin; t will bo lr|e(.|
j . •-..•■■ in f=i.irif.gUtjiti. |
| rru - ~
. ~js, case says he will start.
■ j i:i with a dozen cows at
Maxey in the Spring.
SPRINGFIELD, BACA COUNTY, COWDRADO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1914.
North Flats.
A Creamry is the ticket if hail tl
led riirnt. More later.
T. E. B irr and daughter Lucy
ivere at Holly the fore |.art of the
week.
While on his way to Lamar Inst
Saturday Arthur Smart’s team
got away. Only damage was
a broken wagon tongue.
Considerable interest has been
| taken in the services conducted
by Evangelist Mathews at the
I school house
Tne folltving were elected at the
North Liberty Sunday school:
Superintendent, Elmer Chatham;
Treasurer, Mrs. J. G F’agg; Sec
retar.v, Charles Roach; Librarian,
Rov Smart.
Tom Oxenrieder and wife have
been regular attendants at die
meetings, coming up in their
new ear.
Mrs. J. G Kagg spent Tuesday
at Springfield.
Truman Chenoweth has complet
ed the wood shed and corral at
the school house and is now e ect
ing the fence. Camping outf'ts
will have to change quarters as
they will be henceforth barred
occupying the school house
grounds.
RICHLAND.
Nixon Rich and wife went to
Stevens county to Quarterly
meeting Friday, returning Mon
day.
Frank Huffman hauled broom
corn to Elkhart for Mr. Dickey,
bringing back coal for Bloom’s
and Rich’sand himself.
Everybody is inv ted to help
on the new church. V’ork is to
commence again Thankgiving,
and to be completed as soon as
possible.
Addie Kerns came in with Nix
on Rich’s frrm Stevens county,
Kans., and will hold meetings at
Eloepiont and Vilas.
•—"ftbShlimd was well represented
at the Sunday school rally at Bos
ton last Sunday. A good turn
out from Creek Indian and Floe
mont and come from Welcome.
John Webster came up for the
Thanksgiving program at Vilas
and stayed over for the rally
at Boston.
Revival Meetings commenced
at Vilas last Friday, Addie Kerns
of Stevens county, Kans., has
charge at present.
About 3o gathered at the place
the new church is to be built and
spent the day Thanksgiving dig
ging out the basement.
Harry and Will McClintock are
seeding broomcorn.
Mr. Harrison is out buying eat
tle-
A Roosevelt Family
D. C. Rohtiius of Sandy Soil is
the father, and his children are
by I is present wife and a form
er uife.
Wo don’t know whether Mr.
Robbins is a Roosevelt in in or
not, but he lias certainly had the
genuine Roosevelt- family—twin
Ly childen in all.
Ol these children, seven wore
by his first, wife, and thirteen by
lfis present wife.
There were three pairs of
twins—two pairs boys, and one
pair girls
Tiie re are oily five, of lhn
children now living. Five died
after maturity, tiie Olliers dying
when children.
Air. it’s great grandmother on
his mother’s side was the baueh
| ter of a Nan agansei Cnief, aid
j was born at Narraganset bay.
j He is also ths oldest, s.'.n 0 f i] le
oldest-on, which wi tjj’ri make him
■chief of the nib. , and ids sou
| Dell would b his sucee-sar.
Bis great grandfather on Ins
I mother’s side i.-c h Pir -
iifl, and pr-"- Ijmcmiif h s grand
,parents on i.i> I*;i : v*s side*
, wor Auj
D. 0 li'-jbb ius is Gu!i s* qi^eulL
«iui children
|^qe-9ixte«.nth.
Th«*re was a moving picture
show at tho school house W« rl
nesday nigiit.
Local Gossip.
You can now do .vour banking
in Springfield.
Pete Wade won the $42 saddle
raffled at Denney’s the first of
' the week.
John Brannum, located near
| the Wade Bros.,was trading in
, town Monday.
Victor Vanwormer orders the , 1
Herald for the year of|1915. He
has recently located at Two :
Buttes. j '
Pete Marsh with 1
four turkeys at the tdrkey shoot, 1
he is supposed to baf the crack 1
sho t of Springfield, f 1
A Billy 'Goat Mpnday was 1
brought down froraj Lamar for *
Harrison & Drumm,land a dozen
Nannies are on the way. 1
Victor Vanworufr, now of
Two Buttes, got Ids order in !
last week for the o» doses. W* j
still have room foil (hue more. |
L. Hubanks, Mfead Center,
and F. M. Bean, pains, Kans,. ,
are expecting to (locate in the |
cedars country for/stoeit ranches. |
Chas. Maxwell df the firm of'i
Williams & Maxwell,,was looking l<
after their stock fntorests down ’
this way the firstjof the week. i
D. C. Robbins uirnut two weeks 1
ago was thrown ifrom a burro,
had to call Dr. yerity to bring
him back, and if : still suffering 1
some. ,l i
One of the busiest men in Ba
ca county for the last three
months has been Hilary Johnson
—doing about everything, and a 1
bout played out. 1
Miss Clara Alexander Tuesday 1
night had the misfortune of los- '
ing a two year old Jersey. The
cows hooked it into the manger,
and waa dead when rescued.
T. M. Q»oe of Oklahoma City, ,
who louqjg&wn acclaim out near
Maxey, tne first Of the week, has
taken up quarters on the Her
ald’s first floor for the year to
come.
Leslie Ellis and wife of Ston-j
ington were Monday night visit !
ors in Springfield. They brought i
up a load of apples, a car load of |
which David Greathouse shipptd !
in from Canou City. |,
E, P. Bass and father-in-law j 1
T. L. C;S3 were in town the first i
of the week with a load of Ap-1
pies. Mr. Bass has leased 160 ‘
icres in the segregation, and! 1
will farm it next summer. I
Harrison & Drumm, the new j 1
stock firm of Vilas, Tuesday! 1
night brought down a new Ford,
making one more Ford in the/
county. Mr. Drumm is from J
Manhattan, Kans., and is greatly !
pleased at the outlook her;. 1
c
By the Lamar News we learn J
that the jury in thecase of L : trL t
sey Allen vs. D. A. McLean lastu
week rendered a verlict of $461 i
25: Grandby Hillyer representing a
the p'aintiff and Messrs. ! ; ,
Gondale and Merrill the defend- |
emu I
About everybody in Spring-/
field for some time has be m v
busy locating people. Jack
Wade located four from Oklnho- i J
ma Monday, Otto Smith located
Ion Wednesday, and the nutoes , j.
and real estate men have ull
been busy
After I aving set up over half of t
the delinquent tax list it i, ac ] to a
be left over, on account of irreg- V
u arity in the tax list, and we J
are. consequently a day and a
half short in news matter. Later, c
got the list fixed up and running
it this week. f
Dr. Brady, the Arkansas va'l- 1
ley vetinarian, will be in Spring
field Thurslay of next week— '
all day. Dr. Bradv is a|waya '
here when I p says he will be. *n
yqij can brinr
_ stock with
out fear of disappointment. Re
member the dale Thursday,
December 10th—all day. c-7
.1. II. Skilling the insuiance
man ran down to Baca this week
j in his own car
...The Springfield Creamery
The following ig taken bodily
from the Two Buttes Sentinel.
The dairing ideas contained in it
coming from a creamery man
with a wide experience in dry
farm dairying makes it of pprtic
ular interest to our readers, and
it being along the line of our pre
vious talk makes it serve to em
phasize what we have said on
the subject of dairying in Baca
county.
j Mr. Stunz thinks the semi
arid sections of eastern Colorado
especially adapted to d irying,
that the results reached by hun
dreds of farmers in eastern Colo
rado, especailly along tiie lines
of Burlington, Rock island and
tho Union Pacific, prove the
statement.
He says their success, and
they arc successful and prosper
ous, comes largely, if not alto
get ler, through tne separator
and the dairy cow, and that the
homesteader who “stuck" made
his stake with cows.
It was interesting to hear him
on the subject, giving it as a
positive fact that had it not
been for cows and chickens of
eastern Colorado not more than
lone third bf the homesteaders
who proved up and remained on
on their c aims would be there
today.
He cited several interest l ng
nstances, giving names and
data, and said he could name
scores of cases where money
was made from dairying on dry
farms.
Mr. Stunz put it right in saying
that ’ dairy cows mean ready
money eacli week the year a
round and it is the lack uf ready
money that has sent many dry
farmers back east.”
Of course he called attention
to the increase from the stock
and the value of skimmed milk
to calves used in connection
with other foods.
Mr. Stuns also calls attention
to a fact perttapr not-generaliy
known, and that is the peculiar
, adaptation of Colorado soil to all
I forms of feeding crops; that
‘ corn, cane, milo maize and kafir
'corn raised in this state con
tain a larger percent of sugar
than that raised in Illinois or
other eastern btates, and of
course have much greater feed- j
ing value.
Then drifting naturally from |
feed values to its prepiira-]
; tion and preservation and then !
Ito silos. Pit silos of course were!
'recommended as being cheaply |
! constructed and efficient.
! He stated that hundreds of!
pit silos and quite a number of
'costlier kinds have been built a
iong tbe lines mentioned, which
have been an aid to the farm- l
ers in preserving their feed.
Flager, a small town, was men,
tioned as having three cream buy
[ers who do a good buisness dur
ing nine months of each year anti
a fair business all the year round;
and that the merchants there
have few book accounts.
Mr, Stunz says: "Begin now
and keep adding to, no matter
whether you sell to us or not. ”
Pretty Prairie.
Mr. Pike of Pittsburg, Kans.,
is visiting his daughter, Mrs. |
Carlton and family.
Joe Setser returned with his
bride last week. Mrs. Sester is
a niece of Mrs. I. O. Colby and 1
was formerly known htye as
Miss Aness Warner.
J. W. Qavisou hauled broom
corn to Ebthar' last week.
Albert Wallace had the mis
fortune to leae one of his horses
recently. .
School ij progressing njcelyl
with M i as Davison a* l
teacher. ,
j. R. Rentfrow and E. M. Cor
rie are helping T. N. with the
house this week.
H. L. Baker was busy the first
of the week spoiling the (looks)
Of the new postotTice with a coat
of water-proof paint.
GRANDVIEW
Dick Fowler and crew thresh
ed in this neighborhood last
week.
People are passing daily, tak
ing broomcorn to Elkhart.
Mrs. B. B. Glascoe lias been
sick the last week with rheuma
tism.
Garvie, Glasgow, and Newton
took maize to Elkhart Just week.
Seats have j-'st been put in the
Grandview n hoolhouse, which
makes it much nicer lor the
pupils.
Misses Tcssie and Luc.iie Gar
vin issued invitations to about
forty of their friends, to a taffy
pulling at their home Saturday
evening, Nov. iT. Games were
ula.ved the forepart of the eveu
! ing while the taffy cooked.
I Then came the tun of pulling
Hie ciudy After all hud gotten
tired of tally, Elias johuson,
Mr. Fauclier and Elmer Mills
entertained the crowd with
music.
All departed early Sunday
morning, declaring the girls to
be royal entertainers.
N orth Fork
Mr. Alsou DaV.dson lias com
pleted Ills residence and hi; is
now located on his homestead
near Gainpo.
Miss Addie Lee accompanied
her father to the cedars this
week.
John Grimes and family have
returned to their homestead af
ter spending a few weeks in
Kansas.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Clements
eutertained Mr and Mrs. Levi
Cramer and Tom Sloop at tlieir
home Monday evening.
Earnest W-jeks has ielt this
country, saying he was goiug to
join the uavy.
Mrs. Mikcis and little Eliz
abeth were plcaseut callers at
the Clements home this week.
FLOEMONT
S. W. Stoguer s house burned
down - night. It is
supposed that it caught from
j tiie fire iu the stove. He had |
igouetoMr. Deuuey’s aud left!
lire iu the stove.
Mr. Carl Brown from Ok la., a
brother of Mrs. Hubeit Dickey,
is visiting them now.
| Singing at A. B. Knotts Sun
| day night.
j Ollie Hinds and John Long
i hauled wheat to Elkhart for Jim
Johnson latter part of week.
Mr. Slephensou was market
ing broomcorn for Miss Mattie
' Lucas last week.
Diamond Ridge
School is progressing nicely,
\ with an average attendance of
ten scholors.
Cecil Wray went to Elkhart
with a load of maize last week.
Mr. Patterson from near Gol
wefi, Kans., is in this vicinity
looking for land,
Mr. and Mrs. John Wray and
nephew Emmett Root are stay
ing at C. D. Wray’s while maize
gathering is on.
W. H. Pridmore and family
and J. E. Root were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. E. W, Root last
Sunday.
John Wray and wife aud Mrs.
Hutford returned from Elkhart
last Sunday.
Walter Thomas took his j
broomcorn seeder tu Mr. Han
cock’s near ricliards, last week.
Abe Nicodemus and sou Abiefj
went to Elkhart Monday of last i
week, returning Tuesday. j;
ML* Edna Cre. I .who has t
been visiting - iifi trunds ill \
Baca couu/cN lyU La-A - u •
■ inovumg fur her ivj-h Eth-*
| ridge,
1 7 in '"' V Hi
I Miss Mary Huflaril has a ren-|
alar Sunday evunintf visilur- j
As !ib only lives one ball mile
awi.y lie owasionally f.;oes be
l"eeu Sunday uveuint;*-
; Jo'm Wi-uj-und wire »• '*>
[ Hutford returned fro- M
l ist Sunday.
*1.25 Per Year.
KONANTZ
i Mrs. Gregory is buck from
Syracuse, and is again able to
l e around.
We bear tlMl Mrs. M;Gowu
is on joying her visit in Califor
nia.
Frank Wilson sold one of bis
big horses for $l4O. We pre
sume that Kaiser Wilhelm him
self will ride the noble beast.
Kinsman Dean is back in this
vicinity with j»is chain seeder.
Miss ijela Dean had guests
from Kansas for thanksgiving
dinner.
We intended to have turkey
for Thanksgiving dinner, but
when we went after it Wednes
day night the blamed thing was
gone. Guess the owner must
have got wise lo our plans.
Jake Dillinger has cut maize
till he wore out all his Knives
and so now lie turned hit
horses in to get what he could
n’t get; and Jake was complain
ing last summer that he didn't
have any crop.
A Cordon cablegram states
that the Germans received a
cheek on the bank of the Yser.*’
Wonder if they’ll cash it uud add
it lo their war fund.
Rodley.
Andy Majors has come in from
the oil tields.
Frank Dean lost a fine Jersey
cow last week.
The thresher threshed a lot of
wheat in the neighborhood last
week.
Fttie Christian spent a few
days sewing at the McGowan
homes this week.
Arthur McGowan aud wife
spent Sunday at H. C. McGow
an’s.
Charlie Elmore has bought
a now buggy; am afraid he
means business.
Several bJ tin* neighbors at
tended the horse sale at Spving
tield this week.
Clyde.
I Our esteemed assistant post
> master, J. J. Money, is building
1 -un ucKlTirbn to bis residence with
' | the iuteutiun of putting iu a nice
' stuck of goods.
Mr. lfoy Uulick is having a
' well drilled. Ho says that he is
goiug to quit hauling water.
We are grieved to leani that
our worthy post ujistres is sick
at this writing. Hope lor her
1 speedy recovery.
There are some depredations
iu this vicinity. Someone eu.
terod the house of Cleo Black
and appropriated some of his
household goods.
We are losing from this com
munity J, J. Nutter, who is’
going to vVest Virgiuia.
Will Golden and wife and
daughter call ed on the family
of J. H. Hoover Sunday evening.
Master Herman and Horace
Money were visiting Masters
Carter and Lyle Gohieii Sunday
Tiie people of the south side
this comm unity have organized u
literary at the school house av
Horseshoe Mill and reported a,
fine and instructive time.
Our community is settling up
fast, Hope soon to see the time
when we can have rural free do
livery all through this country.
Here's our hats off lo the set
tlers who have the courage and
hardihood to bravo the dis
appointments and trials of a
new country, who wrest from the
wild virgin soil the .necessities
and luxuri :s of life, and wl» .
make tin# arid plains Liossi*..
as the rose of Sharror. M
t!ie,\ live tn thi f"rui!s oi
V ei»; « a’tK*r v a : :. e : r pos *
evity r*~ c cad uuem b’es»-
i ed.
j
j Wanted — L 5 l houses, Old b’r.
,in's, Odshe’. ?. Oldlunoar.
j quire at the Herald office
j Sixty head of full blood Hu
Jerseys passed through Spiv
field Monday on the way to
i Strong Bros, ranch on the <Jm
i arron. It is presumed that th
tj intend to breed bog** for
cr.h :