The Springfield herald., May 14, 1915, Image 1

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Vol. xxvm. No. 40
Of course it may turn off more
or less dry during the summer,
but Colorado as a whole lsn’tsup
posed to go dry till 1916.
Springfield extends the glad
hand and a gaily welcome to our
distinguished Colorado citizen
and congressman, Honorable Ed
ward Keating, today.
The mo e the American peo
ple see of tlie butchery of t' e
inoffending, boys of Europe, ti e
more they feel like saying,
“Thank God for President Wil
son!”
The Lusitania was one of the
fastest vessels on the ocean, and
all fast vessels were supposed
to be safe from the attacks of
submarines—they being slow
and olumsy.
We are glad to report that the
big freeze and frost of last week
did very tittle damage to the
fruit, and that Baca county will
consequently bo blessed witli a
great fiUit crop this year.
The man who would treacher
ously “rock the boat ’ when ti e
billows are high ar.d navigation
dangerous, as at the present
fifiie, should b£ considered as
gjving aid and comfort to the en T
pipy, and be treated accordingly.
the glkhart hjew§ we learn
that 100 teams crossed over the
eight mile gyp road between Elk.
hart and the river in one hour
and a half or.e day last week,
nearly all of them with trail wag
ons; and that it was not an unus
ual daily affair. We think it’s
safe to say that 75% of this trade
comes from Baca county.
following ffom the Kan-as
GitJ , J°H l 'W l i a f OC H ri l i l ’ e fl Rt»Rd
pat rupubllcan sheet, we com
mend Jor its patriotic sentiment
and nonpartisan spirif! "There
must not be war on account of
this incident, snd there will not
be if the American \>eople will
hood tfie voice o| the oresideiif
end help' Kim to support the
mighty burden so suddenly
thrust upon him.”
By his readiness to fight at the
drop of a hat, an individual may
strike terror into the other boys,
Without any very glare attending
consequences; but pie result of
pgtlqqs untJes'MtVlne that -pie is
ip the cimfnitl house of the
European war zone, Qf all the
probable causes of the European
war, the one of being ready to
fight “at the drop of a hat” has
been overlooked.
A trip to the county seat is a
surpi-tsfe to ptoije'Who once knew
■plat; t'owp in tl'iedpli times in its
jijstpry, for the way it is now
bpilding MP shows mjtch aptiyity
Pltjrp'-uSje-itjnel. Wp fceg B ro -
Jones' pardop for overlooking
his visit here over the Saturday
night of the entertainment, and
we admonish him of the fact that
he will have to get here oftener
If he wants to keep abreast of
Springfield’s development.
A tpass meetlpg of the people
of -Hiitja pobnty iS ‘ hereby called
tqr Saturday, May 22nd, 1915, at
j g’-cigpk p ’ iii‘ af the school
poyso in Springfield, far the pur
p se of discussing the organiza-
Mon of a permanent fair associa
tion and such other business as
may properly come before such
assembly relative to a Baca cou ■
t\ fair. We hope that all parls
of the county will be represent
ed.
gtevvart, president.
pj. C, Denney ■ Secretary.
There won’t be any war witli
Germany over ttie sinking of the
Lusitania. When Christian na
tions go to war they have tiie
r- cognized right to destroy and
kill, and when Americans ven
ture into the war zone they take
their chances and do so at their
u wp risk, particularly wbep tlie
Kessek Ik Carrying contraband
and be longs to one of the war
ring nations. It’s sad for women
and children to go down in a ship,
but amerlcan women and child
ren ought not co be going to Eu
rope at this time.
The Springfield Herald
Hon. Edward Keating
Who Will Be with Us
Today.
Clyde
Sunday soliool at No 2 was I
well attended Sunday and also 1
singiqg Sunday night.
Luella Gulick spent Sunday 1
vvjth M t's. Hoover.
Mrs- .T. J. Money is quite sick 1
this week. I
Grandma Hoover is able to be
Up now.
Vernon Golden took dinner
with Clevland Smith Sunday.
We were visited hy quite a lit
tle hail storm the 5th, and snow
on the 6th. Some damage done
to gardens.
Mrs Autry has been staying
with her sister, Mrs. Swaner,
wiio is quite sick
THE POPULARITY
OF THE HERALD
Wiifn we the Herald to
our outside advertisers so
presuming that their only inter
est in it would be to see that
their ads are running regularly.
Qn £h6 , llo , vY^y'ep | , \y§i
tind that our outside advertisers!
are interested in the Herald, and !
read it with the same avidity and i
appreciation, as do our home I
readers.
As instances, Judge Doughty
when here recently said, “f'read
the Herald every week,*’ aiiiJ
know just what there is in it.”
J. H. Skilling, the insurance
man —“my wife read§ the Her
aid just as if she knew people'
down there”. I
Kay Strain when he was down j
here said,“it takes me longer to!
read the Herald than the Denver
Post.”
C. P. Adkins, the fprni-;
ture man, .said when he was i
here a short time ago, “I take
the Herald home with me b ( e- i
cause jpy wifq likes to 4*ead jt.
And lumbers of others could in
like manner ber quoted,
Do you Know why the Herald
is such a popular advertising
medium?
Because people like to
read it. When a business man
finds a pyper that is interesting
to him, he knows vast where llfii
wants to place his advertiseing,
and he places it there.
Hence a looa at the adye^jst;
ing department qf the Herald
tells just what is thought of it!
as the one representative county
paper, it carrying more advertis
ing matter than all the other pa
pers of the county combined, by
more than two and one
half times.
Again, if you want to know
what the good people ot
the Herald, notice the new and
renew subs, in this issue of the
paper. Every issue.
Elmer I/import Is s'ill in a
very precarious condition, by
reason of which his mother re
turned to his bedside this week.
Sheriff Long Wednesday took
Aaron Briggs, on charge of com
polling Walter Hess of Two
Buttes sign a bill <>f sale to a
horse recently, while thsy were
in the cedars. Briggs gave $300
bonds, and the trial was set for
the 27th inst.
SPRINGFIELD, BACA COUNTY, COLORADO, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1915.
Konantz
! Lowell Jones came back to,
,Konantz to play ball this sum
j mer.
Lelo Dean came home Monday
from the east
Jess Dean is making a track
to practice his race horses on.
. We understood that Colorado
went dry, but if so we hope it
Will not be wet till we get our
crops in.
| Mrs Jones gave another one
| ( of her highly pleasing entertain
| ments Tuesday night, it being
I the last day ot school.
Dick McGowan is threshing
, his maize.
We just received news that
Marion Bryon is married. Hur
| rah for Marion! If some more of
our Konantz boys would get the
* safty habit, there wouldn’t be
jso many girls riding around
I alone.
Milton Gilespy is back in Ko
; uantz for the summer.
Grandview
'! Mrs. D. W- Babcopk vyas up
• j and spent the d.qv with hpr
piother, Mrs. IV. R. Cjaryie, last
Sunday,
j Dean Hotter returned from la '
mar where he found that his son
Claud bad injured bis back in
riding a horse, He expects to
stay there till he gets Weil,
Mr. and Mrs. Glasgow and
Mr. and Mis. Hall went to Vilas
in Mr. Glasgonw’s car last Wed
nesday.
| Alec Johnson took sick last
Wednesday.
Doctor Hopkins was called.
: It was found that lie hjtfl (fall
1 i to H e S:
' Mr, RabpoQk and Mr, Vander.
1 mark took grain to Elkhart
I Thursday.
i Mrs. D. W. Babcock and sis
ter Lucile Garvie spent Friday
with Mrs. D. Dunivan.
Everyone is putting in a little
crop now.
Dry Farming
Dear Editor:—
, Much lias been written on
! tne subject of dry-farming, and
while I am not competent to
1 write much on that subject op
oij my tppng
tiiat (ing being no far in the ex,
perjnieiita( stage, still I feel a
few words wUI not come amiss,
As government crop reporter
for this district, I have a chance
to form an idea on the above
j subject.
When I mentioned to a friend
inoi long ago that I intended to
| break out sixty acre? more land
iioi* farming lid remarked, “why,
you have all tlie land you con
! take care of now.’'
i In my opinion a ipap pan farm
| 140 uu easy as 49 in this country.
I think while there are some
men trying to farm too much
there are nine out of every ten
farming sixty or even eighty
less than they really could han
dle.
Of course one to farm from
140 to 200 acres input make a
study of the 'efop and all condi-
I tions existing in his locality.
Yours sincerely
Otta H. Howland.
I [ We. believe in extensive farm
ling as against intensive in the
dry west; but of course a man
mustbeequipiied for whathe un
dertakes. To cultivate 140 to
160 acres, a man should have
horse power for a two-row lister,
but can do it with a one-row if
fie can hit tie; pace qf fen acres
q day, apd then has tlie proper
tools to follow it up in cultiva
tionj.
C. S. Cromwell and wife and
nephew E. 0. R. Olivar were
Herald visitors on tlie Bth inst.
R. W. Eox, of tlie No. n coun
try, fcatarday- from
Winfield where he was called to
attend the funeral of his father.
I. W. Daniel, northeast, last
week came up out of his base
ment quarters and is now afirst
floor, Brussels ...ember
of the nappy Herald family.
Local Happenings
I
The railroad is coining.
Miss Minnie Lepel was a town
visitor Saturday.
John Layton, cattle mau, was
in town on the lltli inst. l
Jno. Bickford and wife were
trading in town Monday.
Levi Cramer of North Fork
was in town on the 10th iast. '
Prof. Clias. Finley of Vilas was|
in tlie county capital Satur- ,
day.
H. G. Scott of Atlanta and a
neighbor were in town on tlie i
8th inst. i
A hearing was had in tile Walk
er estate case before J udge Allen *
Tuesday. . ■
Ex. Register Whitaker, wife 1
and son Earl, were down from ■
Lamar a short time Monday.
Baca county will do itself proud 1
in the reception of our distin- 1
guished congressman this week,
R- H. Pickey and wife of Floe- *
m«ht were county-seat visitors ‘
on the 8th —helping a man to lo
on te, f
Elmer Gordon last week moved ,
liis house in from his claim and ,
is now living in town—southeast
part. i
J. Mourer and family of Vilas ,
passed through Springfield Wed
nesday to pass the summer in ,
the mountains. .
Sam Holt, the genial First
State Bank cashier, recently ]
received his commission n s a <
Ptjblic,
Att'y Arthur Gordon, of tht i
tirrn of Gordon <fe Gordon, Lamar,
was in Springfield on Lsgal bus
iness Wednesday,
-Rev. F. J. Cromwell of Wichi
ta, Kans., think* the eurinating
Brussels are aboulTHHrright f»z
per, so puts dowq {he jiggle for
tht year to come,
M. J. Kenney, Bloomington,
HI., took lumber out to his new
Loue Rock claim last week, and '
he and his family are now in
their new heme.
H; Ra'tev lost his hue large ■
japk last week, caused hy dia- j
temper, l’he jack being young
and ope uf the largest In the
county, his loss is regretted. '
Prof. Earl Denney’s school at
Two Buttes closes today with an ]
entertainment, when he will a- ,
gain bacome an every-day inhab ,
itant of the county r„<>teopotts.
ijt i« currently reported that I
the Artesiu Call is to be moved to
Two Buttes and run as a demo
cratic paper, and that tlie War
rep stare may also be moved :
there, i
Alva Adam bought the lot
nerth of the Central hotel, will
build at once, and intends put
ting in confectionery, and will h
have an ice cream and soda par
lor in connection ' i
Tyf?. tuk ee*I estate deals .were i !
pulled off the lirstof the week,
the Waugh ranch, southwest of |'
town, selling for S<i,0f0, and tlie j
Qo.rlun-.Nutter ranch, northwest,, 1
for $8,100, Clias. A Pinkham of j 1
Holly bought tlie former, and V. I
C. Hamilton of Cauey, Kansas, '
the latter. We understand that j'
they will both be handled as
stock farms. ;
Wrestling Match
Two athletic wyprtlppsf met in .
Sppngfleid on the fth inst. and
proceeded to settle the matter of
who is who in the wrestling a
rena. 1
It was Oklahoma against Col- 1
orado, George Strain baugh repre- 1
senting the former, and Fred Rid
dle the latter, with three differ
ent referees during the time. |
Tne beys wre*tied one'' hour
aou twelfty four minutes, and '
neither of them on his back dur-.
ing the time. That is what in
common parlance would be call-.
ed “going some,”
We want these two sain. lmy-»
at our cqtnUy nti* this" fall to
,tben and’there settle the ques
tion of "who’s who, ’’ .
EASLEY
1 J. M. Watkins and family
were visitors at Andrew John
son’s Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Frank Sack’s visited
Mrs. F. B. Neal Wednesday and
Thursday.
Mr. Teeter, Vilas blacksmith,
piissed throuKh this vicinity
Monday on his way to his claim
in the Number 0 country.
Messrs. Albert and F. B. Neal,
J. R. Easter and Martin Brown
were Lamar visitors last week.
Wayne Moore purchased a
span of mules of J. M. Watkins
Wednesday.
Mrs. F. B. Neal, who has been
suffering with the rheumatism,
is better at this writing.
Mr. Barnett was a business
caller at F. B. Neal’s Friday
morning.
Number 9
Will and Ivan Findlay took up
their residence at No. 1) this
week. Also W. O Durham.
I{, W. Fox was called to Win
field, Kans., this week on ac
count of the death of his father.
Harry Bosley was a county
seat visitor this week.
Vernon Coulter made a trip
to Vilas Friday and Saturday of
last week.
Olay Wood and G. W. Lester
were Springfield callers Satur
day.
Mrs. R. W. Fox spent Friday
night with Mrs. Inman of Horse
shoe.
M rs. Johnson, who has been in
Iowa for s couple of weeks, is
exi>eoted home soon.
The recent snow and freeze did
nut seem to do much damage in
this neighborhood.
Sandy S oil
Mrs. J. H. Neal and family
visited W. N, Denney and fami
ly Sunday,
Odis white and wife visited at
Mrs. J. H. Neal’s Saturday.
J. H. Neal started to Lamar
Monday with maize and will
bring back freight for merchant
Baker,
Lester and wife and |
Mrg. Marion Long were visitors
at Mr. and Mrs. Odis White’s
Wednesday.
Cebren Renoldsaud Mr. Nich
ols have gone to Lamar with
maize.
Mr. and Mrs. Adamy, Mr. and
Mrs. Odis White and Ben Mo-.-
ser will start for Elkhart Mon
day.
Mrs. Odis White visited Mrs.
Lafe Lester Friday,
Floemont
Lots of Sodding being dene this
spring. Everyone is busy farm
ing now.
Miss Beulah Blair has been on
tlie sick list.
Albert Shultz and wife, Carl
Brown, and Elmer Terry from
Washita comity.. Gkla., came in
I iasi Week"and are visiting at R,
! H. Dickey’s.
j Mr. Geer, from Forgan, Okla.,
is visiting his daughter Mr*. Iva
Meanard. Mr. Geer will prob
ably buy some of our tine Baca
county land.
R. H. Dickey and wife, Albert
I Shultz and wife were county-scat
'visitors Saturday.
J. C. Long and wife were trans
acting business ift Springfield
J. ; ___
West Flats
Miss Rose is living on her
clsim again, having finished her
school.
Cecil and Earl Evans and Mr.
McCullough were caught in La
mar by the storm.
Pete Marsh, who is drilling a
well for Cecil Evans, had the
misfortune to get his tools fast
at the depth of one hundred anu
forty feet.
Andy Kreiger mails a trip to
Vilas after lumber last week.
Everybody had to quit break |
ing sod on account of the snow
storm.
A. K. Howell has been hauling
posts for C. C. Campbell.
Lawrence Kreiger and Erank
Simon traded horses last week.
Miss Elsie Campbell, having
finished her school in Barber
county, Kansas, arrived last
week to make residence on her I
claim.
Lone Rock
A blizzard in May is some
thing we’re not used to.
Neighbor Roekhill declares he
froze a big toe the other day, all
in the month of May
Lee Drake is tearing up the
sod for Ben Dillon between show
ers.
Away in the distance we no
ticed something the other day
we thought to be someone racing
for a doctor. It turned out to
be Franklin Dillon on one of bis
long runs. Dillon is a great run
ner, being able to run or.e and
two miles over the plains with
out a stop, and expects to keep
in practice.
Mrs. Emerik and son Elmer
of Homer visited in this vicinity
one day last week.
Mrs. Tom Park, after closing
her term of school in Kansas,
arrived in Baca county the first:
of the week to join her husband.
E. W. Simpso/jt Trftgf C.
Thompson returned from La
mar the first of the week with
freight for Mr, Simpson.
Ralph Parker is having lum
ber hauled by Mr. Mills for his
| cabin.
Rodley.
Several arouud here have the
“what-is-it?” but it doesn't
seem to be hurting anyone very
bad.
Frank Few gate returned Sat
urday from Beaver city, Okla.,
where lie has been visiling Ins
brother.
Several of the men around
here are going to start for Elk
hart Tuesday. The roads are
getting better.
Fewgates delivered a team of;
horses to Womack Sunday.
Logan Christian is helping to
build Frank Dean’s house.
Several of the young folks en
joyed a social dance at the Bert
McQqwau home Friday night.
Miss Lizzie White is living on !
her homestead now and is hav
ing some farming done.
Mrs. Gooden is ill very poor
health,
Mrs. Arthur McGowan is the
; champion chicken raiser of this !
[neighborhood. Wish she would
! tell us what to do with our hens
| to make them set.
C. f. Halbert and C. Putnam
Of Throe Morton county, Tex.,
have recenLly moved onto their
olaims at Rule, Colo.
$1,25 Per Year.
Seton
Fine prospects for a good crop
this year.
I Simpson McCullough was a
I Springfield caller Monday.
I Mead am es Brown and Cokely
j attended the school meeting
! Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Measel of
j Springfield, Mr. and Mrs. Guy
i Whitaker and family of Stoning
| ton, were the guests of Seton
I Brown and family Sunday.
| A. E Arnold and two sons
I went to the cedars this week.
Miss Hope Brown was a
Springfield caller Tuesday.
Seton Brown, who has boen
building a house for L. F. Davis
ten miles east of Vilas, returned
home.
Sunday school at A. E. Ar
nold’s was well attended.
I Messrs. B. Jordon and J.
I Brown went to the cedars Mon
day,
Messrs, Briles and Cokely
made a business trip to Haskell
county, Kans., last week.
Mrs. Robert McCullough and
two sons have returned home
from Springfield.
E. Rickey was a Springfield
caller S a curd ay.
D. D. McCullough has a new
incubator.
We wisli the Herald success.
diamond Ridge
J. D. Wray, wife and nephew
Emmet Root, and Miss Laura
Pridemore were visitors at E. W.
Root’s last Sunday.
A bunch of youngsters went to
| the river Sunday and had a tine
time. The river has been pretty
high, but is down again.
A. S. Hufford, J. M. Nicodemus,
; and J. E. Root have gone to work.
C. D. Wray and sons have t>5
acres of barley and 10 acres of
speltz sown.
_sL E. Root and J. M. Nicode
mus have hauled off the Iasi of
their inaize.
Everybody is intending to
commence planting before long.
C. D. Wray and wife and Mrs.
Lucy Hufford visited John Col
lins in the Butcher neighborhood
last Sunday.
John Butcher lias the small-pox.
C. D. Wray finished sowing
barley and spelts.
Horseshoe
Gcod morning to you all.
Literary Friday night was
well attended.
Brother Hudnell will preach
at the school house Sunday ev
ening, just after Sunday school.
Mr. Barnard’s have just arriv
ed from Lamar —got caught in
| the storm.
I Ira Russell and Mr. Perry
went to the cedars and of course
got caught in the storm.
Mrs. Mason gave the young
J folks a party Saturday night.
All report a fine time.
Corn is coming up nicely and
I garden is looking fine inspite of
; the severe weather.
Mattie Mason has been on the
| sick list, but is better at this
i writing.
Mr. and Mrs. Robbins were
visiting at Mason’s Friday.
Harvey Mason and brother El
j va were at Springfield Saturday.
; Everybody remember the
singing at horseshoe Thursday
night.