The Springfield herald., February 25, 1916, Image 1

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Vol. XXIX. No. 29
Now is the time to Ret the up
per hand of that moisture—down
it now, and it will be on hands
for your crop when it is needed.
If any of our eastern readers
know of a first class dentist want
ing a first-class location, tell
him of Springfield—in a county
without a dentist.
The way the reporters have
been hunting down that bandit
Villa is an eye-opener on howtodo
things. If Villa can keep out of
their clutches until the excite
ment is over he may he able to
again proceed to make it lively
for that fellow Carranza.
If you contemplate buying
land and making a home in Baca
county, you would better do it
now. Land is being advertised
now at $0 00 to SIO.OO per acre.
It will be double those figures
when the first dirt flies on the
Santanta and Trinidad railroad —
and that nr.ay be this year yet.
One of our exchanges says
that John F. Vivian has brought
“oder” to the office of the state
land board. It strikes us that
the whole “economy” outfit has
brought “oder”, not only to
their respective offices, but on
the state. The “oder” is the re
publican promise of economy that
is costing Bacacount.v $5,600.
When our aspiring young
friend across the alley has
grown a crop of brushy whiskers
and the wind has blown through
them for a length of time, he
will probably come to understand
that references to typographical
errors in a contemporary is a
privilege only of children and
grown-ups bothered with the
simples
The Herald suggests that the
good people of Baca county inter
ested furnish and plant the trees
in the court-house block, put the
ground in good tilth and seed it
down to tame gr isses, and then
turn it over to the county, along
with the public well, on condition
that the tiees and lawns he prop
erly irrigated and otherwise
cared for.
Lamar has an “I wonder”
club. We suppose they are
wondering what those Lamar and
other progressives, who have
gone back to the slick and beg
garly eloments of the g. o. p’s ,
will do when Teddy gives the
wai whoop, at Chicago conven
tion time, and summons his
Christian army to the trenches
at Armageddon.
The chance for first prize on
the Adams-Sewell marriage offer
is gone, hut there is still a charce
on the second and third prizes,
and our advice to a certain worthy
couple not a thousand miles from
this office that ought to have
been hitched together long ago.
is to notifiy the Lamar house at
once that they will be on hands
Read the ad. again, and then act
at once.
“The Cat Came Back” can
be appropriately said of the pro
gressives of the statejust now,
including the Lamar bunch.—
Sentinel. To call them “cats"
is probably more appropriate
than it is politic. The g. o. p.’s
are gently stroking the fur of
those cats now, but they’ll be
hunting for brickbats, pitchforks
and the like when the caterwal
ingarouses them from thei r peace
ful dreams at the Chicago con
vention.
By the courtesy of John D , Jr.,
we are in receipt of the “Colora
do Industrial Plan.” We have
read it somewhat carefully, and
would pronounce it a very clever
scheme to stifle the voice of the
miners of Colorada when the
presure of the big thumb of the
C. F. & I. Co., is brought to bear
upon them. It is simply an ar
rangement for the miners,
through their “representatives,"
to go and tell “pa” (the com
pany), and pa wit I then do accord
ing to his interests about it, as
he has always done heretofore.
The Springfield Herald
In Memorium
By Otto H. Rowland
(The Undo Walt Mason of Baca County)
Cool down, old top, don’t rave
and tear, such actions make us
smile; don’t cuss and shout and
pull your hair—you’ve missed
your guess a mile, for any
fool can write a rime, and so we
envy not your brilliant style and
metric time —we know you’re
Johnny on the spot. You can
doff your hat and undershirt,
and jump into the dam, you can
wallow in the latterals —but I’ll
stay when* lam. And speaking
of the olden time, when they
scratched the ground with sticks,
and carried water in a sieve
from distant ponds and creeks;
that was the stone s.ge, long ago,
when Ad tm was about, but
Campbell’s dry-land farmers
Cime and knocked old Adam out
Baca county his a population
ot 10,000 people, and not one
clothing store. A man with a
15,000 clothing stock here would
have a better field than can be
found back east, and would have
this field to himself for years to
come.
The cartoon that Cedric this
week has whittled into shape out
of the other side of an old stero
type plate, with his old jack
knife, is a good illustration of
home possibilities in the eastand
the w»st —for those just starting
in life, and those who have to
rent; and, indeed, a place that is
good for those people is a good
place for capital.
The Herald two weeks ago
sprang the important news that
a railroad through Baca county
is an early certainty. The Her
ald had an inside tip on the fact,
and this week we are giving our
readers additional informationon
the subject, by which we have the
probability that this line may be
in operation as far as Springfield
in time to move this year’s crops.
After securing equal represent
ation for the progressives and
republicans in the Chicago con
vention, the Denver Herald, look
ing for other worlds to conquer,
proceeds to elect a United States
senator two years hence, and
also the governor of Colorado at
that time. It will be remember
ed that Nepoleon, before his
Waterloo, had laid plans to sit on
a world throne;—but he. ended
his days on th- islmd of Elbe.
Should the little Red Riding
Hood progressive damsel be ac
tually swallowed by the g. o. p.
wolf at the Chicago convention,
an after election post mortuin of
that coDinish impersonator of
good people may probably liber
ate thedemsel before assimilation
has taken place, and restore her
again to her proper place in so
ciety. Because the wolf will go
dead in the November election,
is no reason why the damsel
should die also.
It is a request we have long
intended to make —to ask our
correspondents to give location
of their neighborhoods. Give in
your next letter the section,
township, and range of your
school house or your postoffice,
according as to which is the
ne rest to you or the center of
your territory. For the benefit
of our many readers we want to
indicate the locations in small
figures in the headings; so let us
know in your no*t letter.
To have a herd law or not have
a herd law, that is the question.
Whether it is better to have
other people’s sttek break down
.vonr fences and eat up your
stuff, or your <t*»r*.k thus to tres
pass on .vonr neighbors’ crops,
and all persons thus a.rgri;vedto
grin and bear it; or to by law
abolish alien.p fences and require
the trespasser, whether yourself
or neighbor, to take care of his
, stock or pay the damages—that
•is the question that is uppermost
' now in the minds c.f most people
jin the farming regions of Colora
do Are you for it or against it?
Let the Herald know.
SPRINGFIELD, BACA COUNTY, COLORADO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1910.
We have learned that a great
many of our subscribers regu
larly send the Herald 1o friends
back east. In this issue we are
asking for a dentist. If each of
our subreribers will send their
copy to a dentist back east, it
may bring results, as some of
thos« dentists would have den
tist friends they would like to
find a location for.
THE CERTAINTY
OF A RAILROAD
The Known Fact That It Will
Build from Santanta to
Trinidad, and the Proba
bility That Work on the
Line Will Begin This Sum
mer.
The Herald and a Lamar paper
two weeks ago got on the inside of
the information that something
was brewing, and soon would be
doing, in railroad building.
Our readers will remember
that several weeks ago the Her
ald gave a review of the rail
road outlook at that time, drawn
from conclusions based on data
then obtainable
It will be remembered that we
spoke of this S»ntanta-Trinidad
line as being our only early pros
pect, and gave the reason of our
hopes in that dir action..
We had reason then to believe
that the Santa Fe contemplated
building this way on that line;
one of which reasons was thnt a
Santa Fe folder indicated that
line from Santanta to the state
line; another that heavy rails
were used as far as Santanta,
and light rails the rest of the
wav; another was that we believ
ed Trinidad to be their objective
point and that to get to either
Trinidad or Colmar they would
have to build through on this
line.
The fact that the Santa Fe is
going to build this road is now
general knowledge. Indeed, Elk
hart has had an inkling of it for
some time, and now knows it as
a ftet.
There isn’t any additional in
formation to be given at this
time except that heavy steal
rails are now being unloaded and
piled up at Santanta, which
would seem to indicate that the
“very soon’’ spoken of in con
nection with its building prob
ably means this summer, and
that the road will be built in
time to move this year’s crops.
What we are wanting particu
lary to call your attention to at
this time is the direct purpose
of this line, and what it means
to Baca county.
Of course the settlement and
the trafic are factors, as may be
the desire to accommodate the
public; but the real incentive is
the shortening of the line from
Dodge City to Trinidad —that we
believe the ultimate object of
the company’s building out from
Dodge City in the first place.
The real meaning of this is a
trunk line for Baca county in
stead of a branch. There will
then be two trunk lines from
Dodge City—one to Denver and
one to Trinidad, the latter
through Baca county byway of
its county seat.
Boys, now is the time to get
hold ol that land and those lots.
It’s the voice of opportunity at
the door, and it’s the chance of
a life time to come out of the
basement and get onto the
ground floor.
i The Herald meantime will en
eeavor to get more direct infor
mation of when work on the line
will probably begii..
Richards
D. Osteen, Homer Hancock
and the Misses Hancock autoed
to L. F. Berry’s home Sunday
afternoon,
Mrs. Chas. Li bis h and little
son Charlie Were shopping in
Richards the middle of the week,
Earl Hankins and wife of Vilas
visited with Wm Hankins and
I family over Sunday.
L Lynn and family spent Sun
day afternoon with Jesse Turner
and family.
Clifford Morris and wife were
trading in Richards on the 12th.
T. O. Maynard and family,
Earl Clapp and family and Fred
Collins and wife were shopping
in Richards Friday.
Warren Howard and family
and Ernest Griswold and family
were shopping in Richards the
12th inst.
Plum Creek
Jim Ice and B. L. Hickcox
went to Lamar the first of the
week.
Mrs. R. L. Grover and Mrs.
Stella Glover visited Mrs. John
son the first of the week.
Ice and Hickcox and Johnson
killed hogs this week.
The Hicxcox boys went to the
cedars the first of the week.
The Grover young folks visit
ed at Maxey Sunday and report
ed a fine time.
Mr. Richard and Mr.
returned from the cedars the
first of the week
Freezeout
Mr. Byers and Charley Johns
have removed their cattle to the
er-st part of lhe county.
George Scott is building a
house for himself on his home
stead.
Mr. Offutt made a trip to the
cedars this week.
Reid While helped Mr. Whit,
ing lay the floor in hii house one
day this week.
Mr. Scott and family. Mr.
Whiting, Cecil Gettin ; and wife,
and John Rice attended literary
at the Maxey school house Fri
day night.
Dee Weeden lost his suit case,
the case contained his filing pa
pers and some Ureal Finder
will please leave ' lT'fft Mr.
Speckman’s office at Springfield.
It was lost some place about five
miles west of Springfield.
PLEASANT RIDGE
The dance at Mr. Wauddl’s
was largely attended.
J. J. Murphy is on the sick
list.
E Jeffooat started to Lamar
with a load of corn on the 12th.
Lonnie Johnson has his new
barn just about done.
Miss Mabei Tansey is better at
this writing,
Bob Johnson made a Hying trip
southwest last Wednesday night.
Earl Murphy began farming
last Friday. Sod plowing is fine
at present.
Willie Tansey has been help
ing E. Jeffcoat get his load of
corn ready for market.
Vilas
lam very proud to hear that
Vilas is going to get a new court
house and new railroad and a
new Hour mill and probably a
new wedding—prospects for one
or two.
The people have their eyes on
the county seat. Lt is to bo
hoped that the commissioners!
will build in a safer place this j
time. |
Everybody is going to the road ;
this week with grain.
We are going to lose some of
our neighbors, and others com
ing in. That is what makes
people better satisfied.
West Pretty Prairie
Ezra Dance went to Holly
Monday for coal.
Roy Stigers butchered two
big hogs Monday.
Dance’s and Davison’s thresh
ed ibis week.
Orie Stigers went to Holly
Thursday for coal and freight,
taking chickens and cream.
Mr. and Mrs. Medley returnee
from Holly Wednesday. Mrs.
Medley shipped two barrels of
dressed poultry.
Pearl Morgan. May and Al
bert Hughes, and Henry Medley
visited the county seat Tliurs
day.
Joseph Williams went to Hol
ly Friday.
As It is Out West
Homes In Baca County
Diamond Ridge
W. H. Pridemore and sou |
David, and also Wray Bros, took ;
maize to Elkhart last week. All,
four elevators were full and
ma’ze down to 70 cts. per hun
dred. Better quit hauling until
they get cleaned up and the price
advances again.
C. D. Wray butchered a hog
Thursday of last week.
( Roy Beiglitol and family went;
to Elkhart last week, Mrs.!
Beightol to have some denial
work done.
J. B. and family con-,
template leaving in a few days ;
for Pratt, Kans., where they 1
will visit a few days with rela-!
tives, and then leturn to their
home in N. Dakota.
Jake Hufford is working on
his well.
Seton.
Rob’t. McCullough and Charles i
and Ike Smith were county seat
visitors last week.
Mrs. Youngblood, sister of
the Lively Bros., gave some in
teresting sermons Sunday and j
Sunday night.
Hope Brown, Freda Hayes.
Charles Bosley and John Lowe
attended the “play” ab Lakeview
Thursday night.
Gurneth Slavens entertained
for dinner Sunday, Freda Hayes,
Hope Brown, Grace Gibbons,
Charles and Dan Bosley, and
Edward and Henry Lively. The
day was well spent in music and I
laughter.
Mr. Smith, clerk in the Jettj
Hardware store, passed through '.
Seton Monday on his way to 1
his homestead.
Roy Nelson is back to his
claim. j
Regnier.
Gus Thomas and wife returned
home from Kansas Wednesday.
The neighbors are very glad to’
see them back.
Gerald Kemper started to Col
lins to si dance after literary and I
his horse fell and broke Gerald’s j
shoulder. They took him home
in a buggy. j
Roy and Alonzo We:ci. started!
toTexline after a load of lumber!
! lor their barn.
Mr. Taylor will soon have Mrs. I
Edward’s house finished.
! Bart Hancock returned from
Richards with a load of feed, and
: is ready to start to i»lowing.
KONANTZ
Hank St.vves is glad he is alive,
and lie certainly has a right to |
be, as he lratl u vely close call;
Thursday when John Hanes acci-1
dently caught him between thei
engine and separator
We presume the reason a mar-,
ried man hates to wear his good j
clothes is because he hasn’t any. I
Roy Bryan stepped on his foot
: the last of the week aDd now is
j carrying it in a sling.
And that reminds us of a man
who struck a match to see if the
gasoline tank was empty. It
wasn’t.
Dan Cupid has cut one more
notch in his automatic arrow
shooter, and now the marriage
bells tell of the marriage of one
more of Kouantz’ well known
couples—Harry Dean and Miss
Xickols being the happy couple.
Both are too well known to need
anything further in the way of
praise. Their many friends and
neighbors join in wishing them
joy and happiness.
Pretty Prairie
T. N. Corrie is the first in this
neighborhood to begin tarm work.
Will Couch, of near Stoning
ton, arrived in this vicinity the
first of last week with a steam
threshing outfit. They begin
work on the Dance ranch Thurs
day.
Mr. Ketchain and A. Wallace
are having their broomcorn seed
ed. Both crops are sold and
they will deliver at once.
J. M. Johnston made atrip to
Springfield last week,
i Mra. Dance, who has been
; sick since the first of the year,
is improving slowly.
EDLER
Charley Johnson went to Spring
field Tuesday.
Mi*. Keen relumed from I a
mar Friday with a supply of
j goods for Johnson’s store.
| Charles Collier loft Wednesday
| morning for Lamar
J. V. Bowers has purchased a
| now horse.
Daniel Hoffman bought a cow
. last week.
: The stork loft a baby boy at
Harvey Mason’s Wednesday
morning.
Per Year.
As It is Back East
iiniQt Heach
PRIDE
February 1*
Ohas. Carr and Claud Hager
went to Elkhart Wednesday
The dance at Chas. Carr’s Men
day night was well attended.
Mrs Good called on Mrs. Bert
Wells Sunday afternoon.
Dan Huffner just drilled a well
on his farm, getting water at 85
feet. a
Sam Browning. Hell Crumpton
and Dan Haflner went to Rich
ards Thursday on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Leer spent a
few days at the Creaghe ranch
this week.
Vincent Winegarner had a
horse stolen Monday night.
Grandview
We are having rummer weath
er now. but with no more mois
ture than we have now, three
be poor prospects of good crops
this year.
[Rains here usually come in
March or April |.
Ben Adams has begun drilling
with his outfit south of here.
The Haegney’s brought a
bunch of cattle through here last
week.
Ben Adams and family visited
at the Garvie home Sunday even
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Collins,
Bailey Wells and Tessio (>. , ,-ie
autoed to Richards Tuesday.
Joe Hankins took a car of
young people to the singing at
Kicenski’s Sunday.
North Flats
Nearly everyone in this com
munit.v has a bad cold nr a soar
th roa 1 .
J. H Bickford mad** a trip to
Lamar las? week, bringing hack
some coal for the school house
Miss Hannah Stewart left
I Tim*, day for Nebraska, where
she will take care of her grand
[ mother, who is very poorly.
Mr*. Bic H'-rd and Minnie
Chcnoweth visited at Fred Chat
ham’s Thursday.
I’. E. Barr and family visited
at rtesia Frid «y and Saturday.
B. J. Clifton is walking on
air these days, it being a new
boy at his aneb.
Ira and Floyd Chenoweth have
been threshing tl.cir grain.