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CHEYENNE WELLS TIMES
H. Y. Tarwater, Publisher.
CHEYENNE WELLS - COLORADO
FOUR STATES
WIN RATE SUITS
REGULATION IN MIS
SOURI, ARKANSAS, OREGON
AND WEST VIRGINIA.
CITE MINNESOTA CASE
RECENT DECISION FREELY RE
FERRED TO IN SETTLING
VARIOUS POINTS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.—In the Missouri rate
cases the Supreme Court held the
rates confiscatory on the St. L.ouIb &
Hannibal, Kansas City, Clinton &
Springfield, and Chicago Great West
ern railroads. The court held the
rates valid as to the St. Louis South
western, the Missouri Pacific, the St.
Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern, the
Wabash, the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul and the Chicago & Alton.
The decision holding the rates con
fiscatory as to the Chicago, Great
Western, was made to apply by virtue
of stipulation between the state and
the railroads, to the Quincy, Omaha
& Kansas City railroad and the St. Jo
seph & Grand Island railway.
The decision was based on the two
cent passenger law and the maximum
freight law.
Justice Hughes, who announced the
decision, held that the point sought to
be made by the railroads to the effect
that the Missouri rates were an inter
ference with Interstate commerce,
must be decided against them for the
same reasons given by the court in the
Minnesota rate cases. The court also
sustained the rates of the Missouri
law as to the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fd. the Kansas City Southern, the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas, the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific (includ
ing the St. Ixiuis, Kansas City and
Colorado) and the St. & San
Fianclsco. In each of these cases the
decrees of the lower court in favor of
the railroads were reversed. The Ar
kansas maximum freight rate law and
the two-cent passenger faro were up
held as valid. The West Virginia two
cent law also was upheld as valid.
The court upheld as valid the rates
imposed by the Oregon Railroad Com
mission out of Portland, thus affirm
ing the Federal Court of that state.
FREE SUGAR MEANS NEW TRUST.
Oxnard Tells Senators There Is No
Law to Prevent Its Formation.
Washington.—Henry T. Oxnard, vice
president of the American Deet Sugar
Company, told the Senate lobby com
mittee that free sugar would result
in the formation of a new "sugar
trust." Only the best managed sugar
factories would be able to survive free
sugar, he said, and a combination
would result.
“Then you are going to form a new
"'trust?' ’ asked Senator R ed.
"1 have that in mind," suid the wit
ness.
"In violation of the anti-trust law?”
"No, sir; there is no law to prevent
It. 1 have been advised by counsel."
Oxnard told how he assisted in or
ganizing the old sugar trust in 18S8,
exchanging his company with a capi
tal of $100,000 for $750,000 new stock.
The new corporation later was takfcn
over by the American Sugar Refining
Company, the so-called trust.
Oxnard said he received $10,000 a
year as vice president of the American
licet Sugar Company, but denied that
he was paid that salary "for legisla
tive work.”
President’s Currency Message.
Washington. — President Wilson
prolinbly will read his currency
message, possibly to botli
of Congress assembled in the hall of
Hie House, as he did his tariff meas
ure. He has finished writing the mes
sage. It is about 1,200 words long and
urges Immediate revision of the bank
ing and currency laws.
Von Klein Indicted at Portland.
Portland, Ore. —Indictments charg
ing Edmond E. C. Von Klein with the
theft of $3,500 worth of diamonds from
Ethel Newcomb and with polygamous
relations with her. have been returned
by the county grand jury.
Panama Canal Locks Stand Test.
Panama. —Water was admitted to
the Gatun locks. This was for the
purpose of testing" the valves and the
test was completely satisfactory.
GUARD SHOOTS CONVICT
OFFICER RUSSELL FALLB DEAD
AS HE SHOOTS.
Conley Baldwin, One of the La Veta
Band of Bandits, Slays Prison
Official to Escape Capture.
W«atern Newspaper Union News Service.
La Veta, Colo. —Shot through the
heart by a bullet from the revolver of
Conley Baldwin, escaped convict and
member of the notorious Baldwin gang
of this district, John B. Russell, night
captain of the guards at Cafion City
penitentiary, before he fell dead, sent
two bullets Into Baldwin's body. Bald
win died at S:3O o’clock.
The duel occurred at the Baldwin
home at dawn. Russell, with Sheriff
Harriman of La Veta and Deputies
Harrlman, R. B. Cutler, Ellis McDon
ald and Alexander Young, Surrounded
the Baldwin house and ordered Bald
win to open the door. Receiving no
answer, they kicked the door open
and Russell and Sheriff Harrlman en
tered. They were met by Juanita Bald
win, Mexican wife of the outlaw, who
attempted to stop them. Thrusting
her out of the way, they began to
search the house.
The two rooms of the hovel are
Joined by an open door concealed be
hind heavy curtains. Harriman pushed
the curtains aside with his rifle and
Russell entered.
There was a flash in the darkness
and Russell's knees sagged for an in
stant. Then his left arm went around
Harriman's shoulders and be pulled
the trigger of his revolver twice, fir
ing in the direction of the flash from
the bandit's gun.
“I guess I’m done for," Russell said,
and fell dead at Harriman’s feet.
Baldwin staggered out Into the light.
“For God's sake don’t shoot again;
you have blown me in two,” he
screamed, and fell by the officer's
side.
Conley Is one of four brothers —
Conley, Robert, Willard and Harold,
—who, headed by their father, “Peg
Leg" Baldwin, have terrorized Huer
fano county for a number of years.
The father and four sons were arrest
ed in La Veta la January, 1912,
charged with robbing freight ears.
Two weeks later the entire family was
found guilty and 'Sentenced. Conley
Baldwin was working with the road
gang when he escaped last summer.
According to the 92-year-old grand
mother of Conley Baldwin, he has vis
ited La Veta several times, walking
through the streets at night in wom
en's clothes.
Russell went to Cafion City four
years ago with Warden Tynan. His
home was in Lamar, where he was city
marshal. Two months ago he married
Miss Anna Cooper of Cafion City. They
had'returned from their honeymoon
but a short time ago.
Students Instructed in Geology.
Golden. —Professors H. B. Patton
and C. A. Allen, with fifteen students
from the State School of Mines left
for the Plntoro-Gllmore section, where
they will spend about two months In
a geological study of that district.
This field work Is being done under
the direction of the State Geological
survey. The district will be surveyed,
mapped and all geological features
will be noted.
Rancher Paralyzed; Bolt Kills Team.
Trinidad. —Joseph Romero, a ranch
er near Starkville, five miles west of
here, was paralyzed and his team
killed by a bolt of lightning during a
thunder storm. Romero was driving
toward Starkville and was fr-md un
conscious and taken to town, where
he received medical attention.
Norwegian Miner Killed at Sugar Loaf
Boulder. —Ole Solam, a Norwegian
miner who has been in this country
less than a month, was instantly
killed at the Oregon mine, near Sugar
Loaf, when a hanging wall of rock
weighing over a ton fell on him. His
brother Seibert, the only other person
in the mine, was slightly injured.
Hangs Self In Cell With Suspenders.
Pueblo. —The suspense of waiting In
jail on a charge of vagrancy, caused
Peter McCarty, thirty-five, to hang
himself in his cell with a pair of sus
penders. His dead body was found by
the jailer an hour after life was ex
tinct.
M. L. Bates. Mason 55 Years, Dead.
Golden. —M. L. Bates, seventy-nine,
pioneer of Colorado and one of the
oldest Masons in the state, died at his
home hero. He had been a member
of the Masonic order for fifty-five
years.
Mrs. L. Troxel Acquitted.
Colorado Springs.—Mrs. L. Troxel,
indicted by the grand jury on four
counts, including charges of keeping
a disorderly house, was acquitted by
a jury in the District Court.
WEEK’S EVENTS
COLORADO
Weatcrn Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.
June 22-29.—German Turnfest at Den
ver.
June 26-27.—W. C. T. U. Seventh Dls
trict Convention at Akron.
June 26-29.—Christian Endeavor State
Convention at Longmont.
July 9-10.—Meeting Colorado Postmas
ters' Association at Colorado Springs.
July 28.—Pacific Jurisdiction, W. O. W.
at Colorado Springs.
Aug. 12-15.—32nd Triennial Conclave of
Knights Templar, Denver.
Aug. 18-20.—American Association of
Park Superintendents at Denver.
Aug. 18-20..—Army of the Philippines
National Society at Denver.
Aug.—Grand Council of Order of Red
Men at Denver.
Aug. 25. —Conference of Governors at
Colorado Springs.
Aug. 26.—Knights of Pythias Grand
Lodge meeting at Trinidad.
Sept. 15-20.—Colorado State Fair at
Pueblo.
Sept.—National Association of First-
Class Postmasters at Denver.
Oct. 1-3.—State W. C. T. U. Convention
at Salida.
Oct. 21.—Colorado State Baptist Asso
ciation at Pueblo.
1915.—Last Grand Council of North
American Indians, Denver.
Windsor will celebrate July 4th.
La Junta Is to have a new municipal
opera house.
Platoro, the new mining town, now
has daily mail service and a news
paper.
The Colorado Editorial Association
held its annual meeting at Colorado
Springs.
The body of Chester A. Highby, a
Denver man, arrived from Phoenix,
Ariz, where he died while on a visit.
A campaign to get 5,000 members in
the state has been commenced by the
Colorado Good Roads Association.
Mrs. Harriet Wallace has sued the
city of Fort Collins for SIO,OOO dam
ages on account of the Pine street
■ewer.
The Empson canning factory in
Loveland is canning spinach for the
first time since the opening of the
factory.
tCty Treasurer U. Grant Danford, of
Cripple Creek, is missing, and his ac
counts are said to be short more than
$25,000.
Colorado postmasters were nomi
nated by the President as follows i F.
F. Relnert, Fort Morgan; Bruce Rus
sell, Yuma.
Extensive improvements on the Den
ver & Salt Lake railroad, running well
above $200,000 in cost, are being
pushed forward energetically.
The dedication of the Antero irriga
tion system that will water 60,000
acies near Aurora, takes place June
20th.
Coleman is a new Weld county post
office which has been opened on the
ranch of D. C. Coleman, eleven miles
northeast of Briggsdale.
Farmers in the Grover district are
planning a big coyote hunt, to rid the
neighborhood of the pests, which
have been causing much damage this
spring.
The eleventh nnnual convention of
the Colorado grand chapter of the P.
E. O. at Manitou was attended by
sixty delegates, of whom twenty-five
were presidents of state chapters.
Among the new improvements to be
added to the equipment of the "Ag
gie" college at Fort Collins within the
next year will be a milking machine
for use in the dairy department.
Over 1,000 doctors of all branches
of homeopathy are expected to be in
Denver July 6 to attend the sixty-ninth
annual meeting of the American Insti
tute of Homeopathy, which will last
untl July 11.
Patrick J. Masterson, one of the few
survivors of the battle of Balaklava
and one of the oldest settlers of Jef
ferson county, died at his home in
Golden of pneumonia. He was eighty
four years old.
The Woodmen of the World, resid
ing in the Pacific jurisdiction who
will do their log rolling in Colorado
Springs in July and August, have ar
ranged to set up camp in Coughlin’s
zoo. Several thousand delegates are
expected.
John Minns and Edward Bangs, the
two seventeen-yeor-old youths who fig
ured in a fight over sixteen-year-old
Marlon Lutlow and which resulted in
the stabbing of Bangs, were taken be
fore Magistrate William A. Rice in
Denver.
Over the decided objections of the
defense Judge C. C. Butler, presiding
at the trial of Harold Frank Henwood
for the killing of*George E. Copeland,
ruled that the testimony of three ab
sent witnesses shall be read to the
jury. These witnesses are Mrs. Isabel
Patterson Springer, Mrs. Cora Carpen
ter and Thomas Lepper.
Governor Ammons has appointed
John F. R6e a clerk of the state tax
commission. H. M. Barber of Mancos
was named by the governor water
commissioner in district No. 34. How
ard C. Chaffee of Denver was appoint
ed to represent Colorado at the fiftieth
anniversary celebration of the battle
of Gettysburg. July 1-4.
A BUMPER WHEAT CROP
SPRING WHEAT REPORTED 93.5
' PER CENT OF NORMAL.
Government Estimates Yield of 13.5
Bushels per Acre From 18,663,- ~
000 Acres Planted.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.—Some Idea of the area
planted to the great grain crops of
the country and of the prospective
size of these crops, with the exception
of corn, was given, when the Depart
ment of Agriculture issued its June
crop report, showing the condition of
the grains on June 1, the acreage
planted to each and estimates of the
yield per acre and the total produc
tion, based upon the ratio of the aver
age condition on June 1 to the final
yield in preceding years.
These statistics were gathered from
the many correspondents and agents
of the department’s bureau of statis
tics and compiled by the crop-re
porting board. Statistics for the var
ious crops, with comparisons for other
years, follow:
Spring Wheat.
Area planted, 18,603,000 acres, com
pared with 19,243,000 acres last year.
20,381,000 acres in 1911 and 18,332,-
000 acres in 1910. Condition 93.5 per
cent of normal, compared with 95.8
per cent last and 93.8 per cent the
ten-year average. Indicated yield
13.5 bushels per acre, compared with
17.2 bushels last year and 13.3 bushels
the 1908-12 average. Estimated total
production 252,000,000 bushels, com
pared with 330,348,000 bushels last
year, 190,682,000 bushels in 1911, 200,-
979,000 bushels in 1910 and 265,000,-
000 in 1909.
Winter Wheat.
Area planted, 30,938,000 acres, com
pared with 26,571,000 acres last year,
29.162,000 acres In 1911 and 27,329,000
acres In 1910. Condition, 83.5 per
cent of a normal, compared with 91.9
per cent on May 1 this year, 74,3 per
cent June 1 last year and 80.7 per
cent the ten-year average. Indicated
yield, 15.9 bushels per acre, compared
with 15.1 bushels last year and 15.2
bushels the 1908-12 average. Esti
mated total production,- 492,000,000
bushels, compared with 399,919,000
bushels last year, 430,656,000 bushels
in 1911, 434,142,000 bushels in 1910
and 418,000,000 bushels In 1909.
All Wheat.
Area planted, 49,601,000 acres com
pared with 730.267,000 acres last year,
621,338,000 acres in 1911 and 635,121,-
000 acres in 1910. Condition 87.2 per
cent of a normal, compared with 83.3
per cent last year and 86.1 per cent
the ten-year average. Indicated yield
15 bushels per acre, compared with
15.9 bushels last year and 14.5 bushels,
the 1908-12 average. Estimated total
production, 744,000,000 bushels, com
pared with 730,267,000 bushels last
year, 621,338,000 bushels in 1911, 635,-
121,000 bushels in 1910 and 683,000,000
bushels in 1909. /
Oats.
Area planted, 38,341,000 acres com
pared with, 37.917,000 acres last year,
37,763,000 acres in 1911 and 37,348,-
000 acres In 1910. Condition, 87 per
cent of a normal, compared with 91.1
per cent last year and 88.4 per cent
the ten-year average. Indicated yield,
28.8 bushels per acre, compared with
37.4 bushels last year and 29.7 bushels
the 1908-12 average. Estimated total
production. 1,014,000.000 bushels, com
pared with 1,418,337,000 bushels last
year, 922,298,000 bushels in 1911 1,-
186,341,000 bushels In 1910 and 1,007,
000,000 In 1909.
Rye.
Condition, 90.9 per cent of a normal
compared with 91.0 per cent on May 1,
1913, 87.7 per cent on June 1 last
year and 89.7 per cent the ten-year
average. Indicated yield, 16.5 bushe.s
per acre, compared with 16.8 bushels
last year and 16.2 bushels the 190 -
-12 average.
Barley. .
Area planted, 7,255,000 acres; com
pared with 7,530.000 acres last year,
7,627,000 acres in 1911 and 7,743,000
acres in 1910. Condition, 87.1 per
cent of a normal, compared with 91.1
per cent last year and 90.5 per cent
the ten-year average. Indicated yield
24.4 bushels per acre, compared with
29.7 bushels last year and 24.5 bushels
the 190 S-12 average. Estimated totil
production, 177,000,000 bushels, com
pared with 223,824,000 bushels last
year, 160,240,000 bushels in 1911, and
173,832,000 bushels in 1910.
Hay.
Condition, 87.5 per cent of a normal
compared with 88.5 per cent-on May
1. 1913, and 89.8 per cent last year.
Pastures.
Condition, 89.2 per cent of a normal,
compared with 87.1 per cent on May
1, 1913, 93.7 per cent in 1912 and 89.5
per cent the ten-year average.
Washington. —President Wilson has
signed a proclamation eliminating
890 acres from the Gunnison national
forest. An examination of the land
revealed that it had no value for
lorest or watershed protection. It will
be restored to settlement and entry:
The Location.
"How that house of Plunger’*
stands out.”.
“Yes; you see, he built tt on •
bluff.”
He Settled.
"Really,” said Charley Caßhgo to
his tailor, "I feel that I owe you—”
“You do,” interrupted the tailor.
"An apology for having kept yon
waiting for your money so long. So I
thought I would drop around and pay
you—”
"Thanks.” ,
“And pay you the apology. Good
day.”
A Ruth Day. -
"Had a terrible rush day at the of
fice," said the man who Is always over
worked.
"What was the matter?”
"Oh, all sorts of things. Four book
agents, two or three friends from out
of town, two men to fix the electrlq
wiring, two more to hang awnings, and
any number of other details, I bad
hard work to get away In time to see
the ball game."
Venerable Nag.
When the Bmart drummer got oft
the train at Hlckvllle his attention
was attracted by an ancient cab be
tween the shafts of which was'
propped the worst-looking nag he had
ever seen. An old negro was dozing
on the box.
"Hey!” yelled the drummer, "ain’t
you afraid your horse will shy at an.
auto and run away?”
“No, Bah,” replied the Jehu. "Dla
hawss is got sense. He don’t shy at
no automobeels. Why, he didn't even
shy at railroad trains when dey fust
come out”
Stolen Hair Means Death.
In many partß of the modern world
the believer in witchcraft still gets
hold of hair, nail parings and so forth
from pn enemy's head and hands, and
burns, buries or does something else
with them in order to entail unpleas
ant consequences upon that enemy.
And universal folklore reveals the con
cern of savages to dispose of their
own hair and nail clippings to prevent
an enemy from getting at them. Aus
tralian native girls who have had a
lock of hair stolen from them expect
speedy death as a certainty.
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Planning for Summer.
If you are planning to take a pleas
ure or business trip during the sum
mer, try getting pillow and "knap
sack” ready now. Cravenetted ma
terial is a good choice for the pillow,
as it is impervious to occasional wet
tings, and can be laundered. Or the
pillow may have an extra cov•fcof
smooth linen or silk, to be slipped
over and fastened securely with but
tons or snap fasteners. This should
be about half a yard square, with
strong straps at the upper corners by
which to hang it over the chair top,
preventing it from slipping down. The
knapsack is Just a fit bag. with a
stout strap to hold or hang it by, and
can be made to sling over the shoul
der, if desired. It should have a few
small pockets on the Inside and a flap
to fasten down. In this one can carry
small accessories, a book, or other
articles, which a traveler always finds
a ueo for.
The under dog wants sympathy;
what he wants Is assistance.
. Please the
Home Folks
By serving
Post
Toasties
They are among the
good things to eat, but not
in the cook book, because
they require no cooking.
Toasties are always crisp
and appetizing— ready to
eat direct from the pack
age. You save heaps of
time and avoid hot work
in the kitchen.
Some rich cream —sugar
if you want it—or cool fruit
juice, with these fluffy bits
of corn and you have a
dish that is fascinating for
any meal of the day.
Toasties are sold by t
grocers everywhere. . I