The new era., August 29, 1907, Image 8

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TJIE NEW ERA
Published by THE NEW ERA PRINT
ING and PUBLISHING CO.
MARK CRAWFORD,
Editor and Manager.
A Republican newspaper devoted to the
*nto rests of Walden and the North Parle.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year $2.00
Six Months 1.00
Three Months .50
Advertising rates given on application.
PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY.
Entered as second-class matter March
9, 1900, at the post office at Walden, Col
orado, under Act of Congress of March
3, 1879.
W. J. McPheeters left this morning
for the LaFever sawmill, where lie will
load Dagle's freight teams with sawdust
for the winter’s supply of ice for the
creamery.
Mr and Mrs. George Connors were in
Sunday from their Michigan creek ranch.
Mr. Connors says he is nearly through
with his hay, which is better this year
than for some time.
A letter from Eslio Wynn, at Azusa.
Cal., states that his new building will be
completed and ready for occupancy the
first of next month, when he will open
up his jewelry business.
Mr. and Mrs Jay Sideuer went out to
Laramie Tuesday morning to meet Mrs.
Sideuer’s brother and sister, who are
coming from Kansas on a visit. They
are expected home today.
Rev. an<l Mr. Trowbridge and daught
er Beatrice left Monday morning for
Fort Collins, from which point they will
go to Grand Junction to attend the an
ual Methodist Conference.
W. IL Peabody left Thursday morning
for Walden on his bicycle, where he
• will visit foa a week in the family of his
friend, Mr. Dwinell, a prominent ranch
man of that place.—Republican.
Mrs. C. G Euiigh and children were
iu Sunday from the Michigan, returning
Monday morning. Mrs. Emigh exacts
to move back to town in a few days, Mr.
Emigh huving finished putting up the
hay on his ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sinyser came in
from Rand Saturday and will remain in
town for some time. Mr. Smyser is ex
pecting his mother, Mrs. Sadie Buhl, of
Montpelier Vt. here for a visit about the
first of Se|>tember.
Ben McKee who has been in the sa
loon and barber business at Pinedale,
Wyo., has disposed of his business there.
He came in from Laramie on last Thurs
day’s stage and is assisting his brother
Jack in the barbershop.
Miss Gertrude McCullough, a niece of
Mr. and Mrs, H. C. Riddle, and W. L.
Riddle, came in Saturday evening from
Peoria, Ills., on a visit of several
Miss McCullough is matron of the St.
Joseph’s hospital of Peoria.
Mr. and Mrs. Win. Heiueman were in
from Iliach Bros, ranch Sunday. The
Misses Lucy dnd Ella Riach, who have
been spending the summer on the ranch,
expect to leave shortly for either Den
ver or Greeley, where they will attend
school this winter.
Frank and Horace Boyce left on Mon
day for Denver byway of Granby. Hor
ace, who has been suffering from rheu
matism to such an extent that his left
leg is entirely stiff, will be placed in a
hospital iu Denver for treatment. He
has to travel on n bed.
C. W. Preatou, Miss Floreuce Preston,
Miss Inez Varner and Glenn Spaulding
left Sunday morning for Granby where
they took Monday’s train for Denver.
Glenn has been visiting this summer
with Mr. and Mrs. Jep. Davison. The
party were taken to Granby by Ray Rid
dle with a team from Ixmck's barn.
A. C. Deweese and M. C. Beckett were
in Monday and Tuesday from Zirkle.
Mr. Deweese returned home Wednesday
and Mr. Beckett remained in town for
medical treatment. While here Mr. Di
weese secure*l a house from A. E. But
ler on the Two-Bur ranch, and will move
his family to town shortly where the
children will attend school this winter.
Albert Mclntyre was iu Sunday from
the Win. Marr ranch. He says George
Taylor hud a little excitement with his
rake team Thursday. George was un
hitching at noon, when the horses
made a couple of jumps, breaking the
rake tongue, and after a two hundred
yard dash broke hnwe from the rake.
Only the rake tongue suffered any dam
age.
For your Harness and Shoe Repairing
work go to Tims. R. Cochrane, where all
work is fully guaranteed. Leather and
new harness repairs of any kind are to
be found here. Second hand tools also
to be bad both iu carpenter and black
smith lines. Anvil and bellows also.
Anyone wanting new harness come and
get prices. Rubber boots, mended. When
in town come in and see us,at the Daugh
erty Building.
Thos. R. Cochrane.
Mrs Dave Hendrickson and family
moved to Fort Collins this week, where
the children will be placed in school and
given a musical- .training. The family
are all musical, Mr. and Mrs Hendrick
son being among our foremost dance
musicians nnd Will Hendrickson bro
thor of Dave, is the leader of the Fort
Collins band which took firet prize in
Denver at the Elks convention, in com
petition with bands from all over the
state.
FARM & CARDEN
BARB WIRE REEL.
0r: Easily Made That Will Do Effect
ive Service.
Here is a barb wire reel that one
Mii> w!td barb wire on instead of an
01. l barrel, which is slow work. We
pros-jnt a little drawing of one that
can be easily made by an Ingenious
farmer. It Is mounted on wheels, and
Have the Weight Near the Wheel*.
nan be drawn along by a man, while
a boy steadies the handle to the
wire from unwinding too rapidly and
kinking. For winding up wire that in
Is taken off of a fence, the machine
can either be pushed or pulled, going
lust fast enough to keep up with the
wire as it is being wound on the reel.
A little rack like this, says The Far
pier, would be of considerable value t.o
any one who has any amount of barb
wire fencing to wind.
INACCURATE SEED TESTING.
What the Germination May and May
Not Show.
It is not at all certain that seed
when sown in the open field will show
the same amount of digestibility as
when sown in seed testing boxes or
between plates in the house nnd un
der ideal conditions of warmth and
moisture. A great many experiments
(lave been made to show what the
germinating power of various seeds Is.
and it has been figured out that the
results would be the same in the field
\a in the seed testers. It is inter
esting, therefore, to note that a com
parison of results do not show the
tame percentage of seed germinating
under the two conditions.
In aome comparative tests reported
81 samples of seed of oats and wheat
Were tested in regular seed testers.
The lowest germination was 49 per
cent, and the highest 99 per cent. A
like number of samples of the same
teed were planted in the open ground
pit the same time, the samples being
the para* grain as those planted in
the testers. One of the oat samples
ihat had shown a germination of 94
per cent, when planted in the tester
pave only 54 per cent, of germination
when planted In the open field. An
other lot gave in the tester n germi
nation of 81 per cent., yet when sown
|n the open field it gave only 13 per
bent. This was a most remarkable de
elino.
One of the samples of wheat seed
pave (13 per cent of germination when
sown in the seed tester, but when
lown in the field gave only 8 per cent,
of germination. The poorest sample
for field work gave 62 per cent, of ger
mination when sown in the seed test
er, but in the field gave only 4 per
cent, of germination. This illustrates
the fact that something besides ger
mination tests need be looked for
When figuring on what seed will do.
Conditions in the field are much hard
er than in a germinating plate.
An Investigation of this seed show
ed that it had been produced under
bad conditions and probably lacked
ritallty. It had been Injuriously af
fected by early fall frosts. Most of
It had enough vitality to enable it
lo sprout under the perfectly favor
able conditions found fh a sprouting
tray, but had not enough vitality to
pnable It to sprout when burled in the
ground where the moisture supply
would be too great or too little, the
temperature too high or too low, and
where the air would not have free
access to the grain.
The germination tests may still be
considered valuable, says Farmers’
Review, but they are by no means
conclusive, so long as they are con
duoted under ideal conditions. It is
only rare that conditions In the open
ground are Ideal for the germination
af seed.
iVceu ui urcen r-000.
As the hatching season approaches,
the necessity for furnishing plenty of
green food Is Increased. Cabbage,
mangel wurzel, turnips and refuse
vegetables and fruits or all kinds are
suitable and satisfactory for the pur
pose. They should be fed separately,
either chopped fine and placed in
troughs at regular intervals, perhaps
three times a week, or should be hung
up in the pen* where the fowl* can
reach them by jumping * little.
A DEADLY PLANT.
Sharp, Barbed Seed Vessels Which
Penetrate Vitals of Animals.
A plant that Is often fatal to ani
mal life, not on account of any poi
sonous qualities, but because of the
penetrating effect of Its sha.p barbed
seed-vessels, is described by a
French botanist, Mr. Blanchard, in
the Archives de Parasitologic (Paris).
Mass of Stipa Gras*.
We quote below, says the Literary
Digest, from an abstract made for the
Revue Scieutiflque. Says the writer:
“in South America chiefly in the
vast plain that extends from Pata
gonia up to Bahia Blanca, and also in
the province of Santa Fe and in
Uruguay, there are large grasses of
the genus Stipa, which grow in the
spring, ami whose misdeeds have been
exposed by Mr. Blanchard.
"These grasses have a £*uit about
75 millimeters (three inches) long,
ma le up of three parts; first, a short
basal portion formed of a conical
axis with a very sharp point covered
with sharp stiff hairs directed back
ward; second, a cylindrical part
formed of a membrane enclosing the
seed; and third, a shaft like that of
an arrow.
"Ail the Stipas of South America
have these arrows, which, when the
wind blows, strike
people in the
face and hands,
and produce very
painful wounds;
they are sfl abun
dant that they
adhere to the
fences, forming a
continuous fringo
miles in legnth,
and giving the il
lusion of vast
lines of loam. A
man may get rid
of the darts that
light on his
heard, hair or clot lies, but If he
neglects to pluck them off at once
they penetrate the thickest garments
and reach the skin; if an attempt is
made to withdraw them they break,
and the seed remains embedded in the
cloth, being removed with great dif
ficulty. In any case, although man
may oontend successfully against
them, animals are unable to do so,
and the sheep that are bred In such
numbers on the pampas are their
chief victims; the darts of the Stipa
penetrate their eyeballs and blind
them, so that, being no longer able
to find their way about, they die of
hunger and thirst. The seeds also
form amid the hair of the feet, and
over the whole cutaneous surface a
mass of sharp j oints which every
movement pushes nto the flesh, giving ,
rise to ulcers, to which the animal
generally succumbs.
"The darts also penetrate into the
salivary glands of herbivorous ani
mals. where they accumulate in
great masses; these form especially
under the tongue, where they render
difficult the movements of the organ
and the prehension of food.
"The genus Stipa is disseminated
throughout warm and temperate re
gions, but is rarely found in Eu
rope. There are about a hundred spe
cies, of which four are found in
Fiance, but as these grasses are
Iriven out by cultivation, they are
seldom found in gardens and fields,
and are not at all dangerous to cattle
in France."
MIMICRY IN NATURE.
How Bird* and Insects Protect Them
selves from Notice and Attack.
An official of the National museum
at Washington, who has made many
trips abroad in the interest of that in
stitution, states that in South Ameri
can forests the butterflies and the
birds are equally brilliant in their
colors, but that the butterflies, being
weaker, fall a prey to the birds. One
very bright-hued species of butterfly,
however, is not disturbed by the birds,
on account of the disagreeable odor
that it emits. Singularly enough,
some other groups of butterflies, which
resemble in color the species just de
scribed, also escape persecution by the
birds, although they emit no odor. It
is evident that the similarity of color
deceives the birds, and thus serves as
a shield for the butterflies. This sort
of mimicry of color and form, which
naturalists call "protective resemb
lance,” is not very uncommon among
insects.
Another form of “protective resem
blance” which exhibits much contriv
ance and skill Is sometimes found
among birds. Some birds hide their
eggs among stones that resemble the
eggs In form and color. The little
"bottle tit” In England weaves a bot
tle shaped nest out of moss, lichens
and spiders’ webs, and when placed
In a tree or bush the nest so closely
resembles its surroundings that It can
hardly be detected. The color and
appearance of the nest are Imitations
of the prevailing color and appear
ance of the particular tree In which
it !■ placed*.
For Sale—One Spaulding two seated
top buggy. Almost new.
J. M. Cochrano.
The Windsor Stables.
When iu Laramie with your teams,
remember we have the very l>est accom
odutions in the city. We have the best
hay that money can buy.
If you have any horses to sell or want
to buy arty let us know.
If you need any second hand spring
wagons or buggies we have some for
sale.
Tho Windsor Stables Co.
Corner 3rd. aud Custer St.
There Is One Word
Which we always emphasize in connec
tion with Walk Over Shoes and that
word is Trustworthy
Never has a man put his faith or his
foot in a Walk Over shoe and had his
confidence betrayed. Walk Over qual
ity, Walk Over style, Walk Over ser
vice are alike trustworthy aud reliable.
For sale by E. J. Norris.
Phone Walden 6
Strayed.
One bay gelding three years of age,
and one bay gelding six years of age
bot h branded pon right shoulder. In
formation should l>esent to
A. A. Robbins. Walden Colo.
Lost, Strayed or Stolen.
One bay horse, bald face, branded
on left shoulder; saddle marks,
has been driven some $5.00 reward
will be paid to anyone who will fake
up the horse and notify me.
S. B. 1 lari. Pearl. Cole.
Strayed.
One black horse, ami one bay filly,
both yearlings, branded WJQ on left
shoulder. Send information to
Win. J. Caudle. Walden, Colo.
Lost, Strayed or Stolen.
One light gray gelding, four years of
age, weight about 900 pounds, branded
ZI7 on left shoulder aud | on left jaw.
Disappeared about June 15, 1907. $5.00
reward will be paid ro anyone who will
take up the horse aud notiy me.
Arthur Norell, Walden. Colo.
Billiard and Pool Parlors. Agents fof
the Victor Talking Machines and sup
ply’s. Mail orders for records promptly
tilled.
Kern Bros.
Laramie, Wyo
P. W. FISCHER, M. D.
PHYSICIAN and
SURGEON, j*
Walden Colorado.
Do your feet
ever hurt ?
C rolS ue^er
It’s the : burning, drawing, and
pinching of stiff soles that make
them hurt. The
Red Cross
Shoe
is absolutely comfortable .
The sole of the Red Cross, though
of regular walking thickness, is
flexible.
It follows every movement of the
foot, like a glove moves with the
hand; it entirely prevents all burn
ing, drawing and aching caused by
stiff soles, while it gives the foot
ample protection and support.
Spares yon the evils of thin soles.
Let us fit you.
Oxfords, *3.5°: High Shoes. £4.00.
Also the well known and Time
tested Walk-Over Shoes, (or sale
E. J. NORRIS’
FUST UNLOADED!
A Car of
Cooper Wagons
The Best is Always the Cheapest.
If you want the Best get a Cooper.
GEM CITY GROCERY CO, Laramie,
SOLE AGENTS.
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Laramie and Walden
STAGE LINE
Leaves and arrives every day except Sundays
Good accommodations and cheap rates. A
direct connection with Denver the same night.
We also operate a livery and feed barn in Lar
amie: teams to hay, 75 cents per day.
Trabing Commercial Co., Propr.
GEO. W. TRABING, Mngr.
W—nh mmss*
Cordiner’s Drug Store
31 l-2nd Street,=■ Laramie, Wyoming.
Is the Place for Fishing Tackle—
We Carry Everything in this Line. Rods from
35 cents to $15.00.
Kodaks—lf il is not an Eastman, it is not a Kodak
We are Agents for the Above Line.
MAIL US YOUB ORDERS AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
When in Laramie STOP at
The JOHNSON HOTEL
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