The Times-Record. (Blackwell, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 27, 1899 Page: 3 of 10
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arrangements for the sec-
ond ANNUAL GATHERING.
IpNktn la Ika Laad Is Ha Ko(a(rd
ul Many latproaaataaU Mail* in fro
Mala the F»|talartly of tha Nta Ua
•on la ika Rocky MonataUu.
(Denver Letter.)
A busy lium of life perv»ile3 Boulder.
Colorado, and It I# on the qtii vlve of
expectation, preparing to receive In
royally good style all guests of the
Texas-Colorndo Chnutunqun, on July
4tb. Tbe second nunual meeting of
tbls young but large and enthusiastic
body will lie Inaugurated by introduc-
ing some of the best patriotic speakers
of the country, by tilling tbe air with
ktralus of most beautiful melody an l
ending the day In a blaze of pyrotech-
nic glory.
Boulder: The name conjures up
such delightful visions of nature's
gifts. The mighty hills lie hazily blue
around tbe m-stiing town and waft an
air of balm and healing that is like
ellxer to the tired liraln and body.
Mountains are always deceptive mid
one who views them from a distance
cannot know and appreciate them un-
til he goes right Into the heart of them
and learns their secrets.
When you are in Boulder the moun-
tains are “right there,” and a short
stroll will take you to their base, then
bring a g'Xsliy supply of warm flan-
nel* and a big shawl or wrap for sit-
ting out after the sun has gone down.
Stout shoes, so that one can take tbs
walks and climbs in tbe mountains,
will be needful. Tbe thin soled foot
coverings are practically of no use for
tbe rough atones and pebbles are
quickly felt, and footsore and weary
you will return from your Jaunts If
this kind ls> nfTected.
In making plans, do not forget the
children. They love an outlug as well
ns the grown folks, and tbe manage-
ment has made very excellent provis-
ion fur their entertainment and accom-
modation Ilriug sensible dresses, old
shoes, old hats and old everything, and
then turn them loose to frolic and en-
joy to their little hearts’ content.
Mothers can f«»el perfectly at case to
have their Utile ones under careful su-
pervision and take short excursions
bent solely on pleasure.
The advisory hoard of the Texas-
Colorado Chautauqua Is composed of
uien of International reputation. These
names should Indicate the high stand-
ing of the summer school: J. II. Baker,
president of the State University, Boul-
der. Colorado; X. Snyder, president
Colorado State Normal School, Greeley,
Colorado; Begls Chauvenet, president
State School of Mines, Golden, Colo-
tado; \V. !•’. Slocum, president Colorado
College. Colorado Springs. Colorado.
All information desired about the
Chautauqua can Is- gained by writing
to the secretary, J. \V. Freeman, Coop-
L Ulm
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SCENE IN BOULDER CANON.
you can follow any winding trail and
be ready for all the little surprises that
come in your way. The gluddcuiug In-
fluence of nature's music will soon en-
thuse. Inspire, and you will And your-
self admiring all the artistic touches on
lichen-covered rocks, tbe mnsonry of
great walls of boulders, here nnd thorp
dotted with dork fusses of stunted
pine, or overgrown with blooming ten-
drils. Brave little flowers will hid you
welcome from some rmlecradlehighup
on the mountain sides nnd you will
wonder where they derive their life
nnd sustenance. Then again they will
cast themselves all around your feet,
clamoring for recognition, and yon
bend to lavish caresses and assert
ownership of those gorgeous and at-
tractively fragile beauties. The birds
flit around you nnd carelessly plunge
Into spray-crowned brook, which goes
lenping nnd flouncing along, with
mirthful abandon, kissing and cooling
the gray granite walls of Its canon
lover as It scurries nlong to the mys-
tical sea. The soft frowning of these
mountain streams mingled with the
soughing of the winds in the pines
complete nature's harmonious greeting
nnd It has n most beneficent efTt>et on
mind and spirit, when weary and need-
ing contentment and peace.
Sixty or seventy-five three and four-
room cottages are being erected nml
the rent of these Is purely nominal. A
large dining hall, capable of scaling 400
at a time, will he under tuc supervision
of one of the best chefs of the coun-
try. Board will he reasonable.
The best lecture talent In the coun-
try Is iH-ing secured nnd the large aud-
itorium, with seating capacity of 5,000,
Is likely to he overtaxed. On this nc-
eount, and to provide for emergencies
when the auditorium is occupied, It Is
deemed advisable to erect a large rii-
tral cottage with a number of root) s.
near the auditorium. Here all die
meetings of the Woman's Council can
he held, or nn extra session of conven-
tions. No charge will made for the
use of this building, a course more lile
oral than Is in practice in any of the
old established Chautnuqtms. Boulder
Is determined to lead In everything,
nml it will he safe to assume that In
point of equipment.' talent and locu-
tion. there is not a better place In the
United States to spend one’s summer
vacation.
The Boulder Electric Company hnvc '
their engineers on the ground atiil they
nre making maps nml taking field
notes so grading will soon he begun for
nn electric line from the depot to the
park.
’ The mornings nnd evenings arc1
quite cool and It will be njcessary la,
er, building, room 717, Denver Colo-
rado.
Some of the country’s greatest, solo-
ists will appear during the course nnd
the services of one of the firnst or-
chestras obtainable will be secured.
There is a sharp competition now ex-
isting among leading hand masters nnd
orchestra leaders to secure this cov-
eted honor. Satisfaction given her*
means a card for the orchestra else-
where.
A school nnd collegiate department
will be In full operation, nnd these
will be lu cltprge of the host Instruc-
tors. The course will embrace litera-
ture. languages, mathematics, natural
history, general history, pedagogy,
child study, and kindred branches nml
domestic science, if there he enough
applications for the same. Philosophy,
religion, nrt, nnd music will he given
each its Important place.
It Is doubtful if there Ik* n more suc-
cessful teacher of art than Mrs. John
It. Sherwood of Chicago. She is a
great philanthropist as well ns lec-
turer, and gives the proceeds of her
work towards the maintenance of the
Working Girls' Home in Chicago. In
the Windy City she la considered a
great drawing card, nnd her nrt con-
ferences are filled with the best aud
most cultured people. She was at
Boulder last year, nml it is possible
that she will be again welcomed there
at the Chautauqua at its second ses-
sion. Site lias studied in all the Euro-
pean centers, aud the course In nrt
will embrace studies of art In all tho
European cities. She travels with a
real nrt gallery, and she Illustrates by
photographs all her subjects. She se-
cured at a great expense last year
some of the most noted paintings and,
with a heavy insurance on these, sho
was able to present to her classes these
masterpieces of the brush. The course
this year will hi- a most earnest one,
and the knowledge gained will be a
great eye-opener towanls tha apprecia-
tion of the beauty it) art and nature
hereafter.
In conclusion. It might ls> added that
the Chautauqua pays no dividends nnd
Is not conducted for pcranunl profit.
All surplus made hy (hi1 Chautauqua
is to he spent in improvements. The
auditorium came In for Its share this
year and it was necessary to remodel
it a little to accommodate a greater
number. The organization is com-
posed of men of brand sentiments, who
love this wonderful country nml feel
iirnt iu the West ought to he devel-
oped a great sunimcr-eduentlonnl nnd
health-giving center, where thousands
may find each year recreation nnd ad-
vantages of intellectual gruwlh.
ENORMOUS GAIN IN THE PAST
TEN VEARS.
(run of INS Will Ikn M lacnut
of •44,000,000,000 sioco 1*00 aoS
mo Lorgoot Wooim Frr Capita or Aaj
Holloa la lb* World.
According to all present Indications
the federal census of 1900 will be s
record-breaking one. If the present
rate of Increase is maintained It will
show a total accumulated wealth not
far front |110,000.UOO.OOO, or nearly 70
per cent more than ihe amount shown
by the census of 1890. By the federal
census of 1890 the aggregate material
wealth of the United States, compared
with the wealth of Great Britain, was
less in ships and merchandise, hut ex-
ceeded in many other items. The real
estate of this country was then valued
at $39,000,000,000, the live stock at
$2,000,000,000, the railroads at $8,000 -
000,000, manufactories and their con-
tents at $3,000,000,000, mines and quar-
ries $1.000.000 000. and gold ahd sliver
coin $1,200,000,000. In 1860 the wealth
of the United States was estimated at
$20,000,000,000, In 1870 at $25,000,000,-
000, In 1880 at $45 000,000.000, and in
1890 at $65,000,000,000.
According to the estimate of Mulhall,
published In 1892, the wealth of na-
tions was as follows for the chief coun-
tries, for lands, farms utensils, bullion,
cattle, houses, furniture, railroads,
shipping, merchandise and sundries:
United Slates ......
United Kingdom ....
France ............
Germany..........
Russia ............
Austria............
Italy ...............
Spain ............
Australia..........
Belgium ..........
Holland...........
Canada ............
.$85,000,000,000
. 47.000,000,000
. 42,500,000,000
. 32.000,000,1(00
. 25,000,000,000
. 19,000,000,000
. 14,500,000,000
. 12,500,000,000
. 9,500.000,000
. 5,000,000,000
. 4,900,000,000
. 4,900,000,000
On an estimated basis of $110,000,-
000,000 as the total wealth aud of 75 -
000,000 as the population in 1900, the
average wealth per capita in the
United States will show an increase of
from $1,050 in 1890 to $1,466 in 1900,
or considerably greater than that of
any other nation. Heretofore the
United States has ranked fifth arnotlg
the nations in wealth per capita, the
figures being $1,200 for the United
Kingdom, $1,150 for Denmark, $1,120
for France, $1,080 for Holland, and
$1,050 for the United States.
The inivease of $45,000,000,000 in the
total wealth of the United States in the
decade closing with 1900 is unparal-
leled In the histoiy of nations. It rep-
resents a larger sum than the aggre-
gate wealth of any other country ten
years ago, with the single exception of
the United Kingdom, while the total of
$110,000,000,000 will be nearly double
that of the next wealthiest country.
The federal census takes account of
statistics by decades only. If the
twelfth census could show the correct
figures for Intervening years—for ex-
ample. the aggregate national wealth
for 1895, under the fearful depression
of values following the enactment of
the Wllson-Gorman free trade tariff of
1894—the contrast would be a startling
one. Equally startling would be the
contrast between the national wealth
per capita in 1892, when protection and
prosperity went hand in hand, and that
of 1895, when free trade had begun its
deadly work.
Unfortunately, these contrasts can-
not be shown, and the countless bil-
lions of shrinkage In material wealth
growing out of n ruinous economic pol-
icy can scarcely be approximated,
much less accurately estimated. It Is
enough that the American people know
In a general way the tremendous dif-
ference between then and now; that
they perfectly understand what made
the country poor and what has assisted
to bring about the $45,000,000,000 of In-
crease in national wealth In ten years
to the present stupendous total of
$110,000,000,000.
EARN MORE AND EAT MORE.
How ll.o Wage EorneiV Prosperity Ki-
to the Farmer.
The increased demand for beef
among the now busy tollers in \merl-
can mills, mines and factories has
given additional prosperity to the
thrifty cattle farmers of the west. I
am talking now of the cattle raiser
e producer and not the specula-
tor.
All through the great corn and cat-
tle producing belt the tendency of the
farmer is not to sell his corn in the
grain but to put it on the market in
the shape of beef and pork. A man
with a quarter or half section of land
will buy twenty to sixty calve, or
young steers; they will eat the
“roughness," the odds and ends on his
farm, while growing, and two or three
months before taking them to market
he will "full feed” then. 0n the corn
raised on the same land, and the re-
null Is that for every ear load of twen-
ty head that he has to ship he gets
anywhere from $1,200 to $1,600.
Prices on the good grade of stock
have been very satisfactory the past
year Farmers who have had good
natives to sell have made money,
mid many a mortgage has beer, lifted
by the steer of Kansas, of Nebraska
of Missouri and of other western
states.
In talking with a prominent popu-
list, who could no longer deny the
highly remunerative prices of the
farm produce, he accounted for the
rise In cattle prices by referring to our
export trade.
Comparing the treasury report of
cattle exports one learns that the 1898
shipments of live cattle were less than
those of 1897. there being a difference
of 50.000 head, and but a slight differ-
ence between the 1898 and 1896 ship-
ments.
The fresh beef shipments brought
about the same number of dollars,
more than $22,000,000. for each of the
three years. It required a less quanti-
ty, however, to bring the amount In
1898 than it did in 1897, and less In
1897 than In 1896.
There have teen some losses to cat-
tle dealers during tlw year, but they
have been among the cattle "feed-
era" rather than the rattle farmers.
Men who have bought cattle la large
bunches, nearly ready for slaughter,
depending jd the gain in flesh and
sudden rise of market to give them a
margin, have been left in some In-
stances, Just a* men get left who spec-
ulate In anything else. Occasionally
a farmer with his cribs full of corn,
and with no cattle, will buy a bunch
of nearly matured steers, and feed his
crop to them. There have been losses
and there have been gains, all depend-
ing on whether or not good Judgment
was u3ed in buying. Uut In the legiti-
mate cattle business, from the calf to
the slaughter house, there Is now a
margin for the farmer that be did not
have a few years ago.
The American laborer, who under
the Cleveland policy was hungry and
without money with which to buy the
beef of the west, now has employment
and can pay a fair price for what the
farmer produces. The farmer, lu turn,'
Is getting well nut of debt, Is having
money with which to buy that which
is produced in the east, and with a
continuation of the policy that re-
stored prosperity the good times will
continue east and west.—E. G. Pipp iu
American Economist.
"(letter Time* Are l.anllng.’*
in the course of an interview re-
cently published in the New York
Times, Mr. W. H. Truesdale, the newly
elected president of the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western railroad, and
whom tho Times rightly designates as
a "high authority on matters of busi-
ness ami the railroads," said:
“There is only one meaning to be
taken from the numerous Indications
of excellent business in every section
of the country—that of general pros-
perity. This is true in agriculture, the
Industries, and the sturdy growth of
commerce. Railroad traffics are In u
fairly satisfactory way. and there are
strong reasons for expecting that they
will continue to show an Improvement.
There Is a very heavy carrying of man-
ufactured articles, showing that the
product turned out by the establish-
ments In our great centers of industry
is finding a quirk market both in the
United States and In foreign countries.
Generally there is a healthy condition
reported in business departments, and
tbe prevailing sentiment seems to be
that tho existing features which give
rise to high hopes for better trade will
become much further accentuated than
at present."
This is a strikingly different story
from what Mr. Truesdale or the presi-
dent of any other railroad would have
told at any time during which wc were
experimenting with free trade under
the Wilson-Gorman law. The Times
prints the interview under the caption,
"Better Times Are lasting." The
headline Is all right, too. Better times
are lasting, and that is so because the
country will not under any circum-
stances be Induced to try again any of
Mr. Cleveland's free trade theories,
which the Times believes should be
substituted for the present protective
tariff law, and with which as an issue
It professes to believe that the Demo-
cratic party can carry the election of
1900.
IIoit Fr«e Trodora Are Made.
Our free trade friends do not seem
to share in the general Joy at the many
increases In tho pay of wage-earners
now going on all over the country.
Thus the Times of Hartford, Conn.:
"A 10 per cent advance in the price
of cast-iron stoves was decreed by the
combined manufacturers yesterday.
This means that the American people
will pay $4,000,000 or $5,000,000 more
for stoves in 1899 than In 1898, owing
to the advance In the price of metal."
And the Utica (N. Y.) Observer, an-
other pessimistic Cobdenite, lakes up
the cry:
"Welcome tho latest manifestation
of the blessings of a protective tariff!
This is something that the foreigner
does not have to pay."
Not one word about the advance in
wages concurrent with the advance In
prices by the stove-manufacturing In-
dustry; no mention of the fact that in
the matter of stoves, as in the rela-
tively few other articles whose price
has been increased through natural
and healthy causes, the larger wages
more than compensate for Ihe largei*1
prices. All this is concealed, and the
blind followers of these blind guides
are left to infer that the return of pro-
tection lias merely increased the cost
of living, without Increasing in a still
greater degree the wage-earner's pur-
chasing power. It Is the spread of
this sort of Intelligence, or lack of In-
telligence, by the free trade press, that
constantly menaces the welfare or this
country. Happily, however, most of
the people now know the truth.
ISSUES OF I0OO.
Ukolp la Bo rroloctloa u4 RoooA Baaoy
** Froo Trad* and Froo lUns
Being asked io atatd bow he would
"line up the Democratic party la 1900
»o as to give it a fighting chance,” Mr.
Henry Watterson replies at aome
length In the Courier-Journal. He be-
gins by assuming that "silver U. If not
a dead Issue, at least a dead weight,”
and then proceeds to construct a
scheme of Issues with which to reptace
the dead Issue and throw off the dead
weight He would—
“Throw out the debris of Populism
which has accumulated among the gen-
eral mass of Democratic wreckage;
would accept the verdict of the Span-
ish war as to the acquisition of for-
eign territory, and would recognise the
elevation of the American union Into
a world power and accept the responsi-
bilities of this, nor question how or
why.”
Here wotlld be an excellent place to
stop and leave the remainder In the
hands of the Republican administra-
tion to be retained In power as the re-
sult of next year's elections. But Mr.
Watterson does not atop, He Is con-
structive and destructive in about equal
proportions. Here Is his programme:
"The destruction of combinations of
capital designed (o limit production, to
raise prices anil to promote monopoly.
"The raising of the public money by
taxes fairly divided between produc-
tion and consumption, beginning with-
a tariff for revenue only, and ending
with a graded income tax oppressive
to no class or interest.
"The recovery to the people of all
franchises belonging to the people, but
diverted from public to private uses
by the purchase of corporations and In-
dividuals. corruptly working through
state nnd municipal legislatures.
"Such a reorganization and reform
of our Judicial Bystem ns will remove
the courts further from the Influence
of the rich and make them more ac-
cessible to the poor a result not to lie
reached by exciting appeals nnd revo-
lutionary menaces, but by calm, con-
servative methods, originating In the
benign and orderly operations- of an
enlightened public.”
This would be "throwing out the
debris of Populism” wllh a vengeance!
Apart from Its demand for any old
kind of a dollar that shall have a pur-
chasing power of less than 100 cents—
and the less the better—Populism has
never conceived a more radical cru-
sade against capital and courts, cer-
tainly no more radical departure from
the American protective tariff policy,
than that contemplated in Mr. Wat-
teraon's programme, as above quoted.
There is In It enough, and more than
enough, to compensate the Populists
for the temporary relinquishment of
their clamor for a debased currency.
But uo such sacrifice will be required
ut the hands of the Populists. They
can have all the calamity-producing
luxuries which Mr. Watterson to
temptingly proffers, and with them
free silver into the bargain. The Bour-
bon apostle of free trade has already
promulgated the definite pledge that II
he is called upon to choose next year
between sound money allied with pro-
tection and free gllver allied with free
trade, his decision is now made; he
will support the free silver and free
trade alliance. Nothing is more cer-
tain at present than that In 1900, ns In
1896, the national Democratic platform
will call for a financial policy that will
yield cheaper dollars and fewer oppor-
tunities for earning them; for the re-
moval of all restrictions alike to tbe
coinage of silver and to tbe Introduc-
tion of foreign goods in competition
with the products of American labor;
for busier mints and quieter factories.
Well Paid Labor.
This country Is competing success-
fully with the rest of the world, not
by demanding from its workmen
twelve hours' labor at meager wages,
but by u^iug well-paid labor and the
best machinery to improve the quali-
ty and increase the quantity of its
products. We are increasing the
economy of labor without reducing the
wages of the artesian.—Trenton (N. J.)
Gazette.
Should Serve as a Reminder.
The sea trade of the United States
Is carried on almost exclusively In
British vessels. The United States
pays tribute to British commerce to
the extent of about $170,000,000 a year.
Tbls enormous margin of profit on
American exports goes to Great Brit-
ain. It Is so large a tribute that Eng-
land can view with complacency our
progress \n producing exports as long
as we assure her a continued monopoly
of our carrying trade. Lord Beresford
did not hesitate to say In effect that
his country would welcome the expan-
sion of our Pacific commerce, provided
only it should be borne In British bot-
toms. Every development of our ex-
port trade, therefore, should serve as
a reminder of the necessity of devel-
oping our merchant marine. The
American people cannot settle down to
a permanent commercial system which
taxes them $170,000,000 annually for
the benefit of a foreign land.—Chicago
Inter Ocean.
(irnulnrly Hound rro»p*rlty.
It Is a cheerful review that tbe St.
Louis Globe-Democrat has made of the
commercial and industrial conditions
In five states of the southwest. It
presents facts that prove conclusively
the genuine soundness of the prosperi-
ty that has come as a result of the
new tariff and of confidence In the
financial policy of the McKinley ad-
ministration. New Industries, with
plants valued at $13,230,600, with cap-
ital of nearly $15,000,000, and giving
employment to over 16,000 penons,
show how untruthful Is the blatant
denial of Bryan that general prosperity
has followed ihe popular approval of
protection and an honest dollar. What
is thug disclosed as to the southwest
is equally true of every other part of
our great and growing country.—New
York Mall and Express.
Tost Extent of Canada.
Canada needs only 237.000 square
miles to be as large as the whole con-
tinent of Europe. It Is nearly thirty
times ns large a* Great Britain and
Ireland and is 500,000 square mllea
larger than the United States.
THE UTE RESERVATION.
IseOfiMtfcf
A Washington dispatch says: Thd
•puling of tho (touthern Ut* India*
Reservation, which baa been awaltttK
with Impatience for many month ag
been accomplished, th*
President having |MUe<l bis proclama-
tion on April 4th, announcing tbe open*
log of these lands for settlement at*
at u»on. May 4, lNtlu.
Till# vast area of arable lands, flt*
im!*« >J,i i* P*11** ln »1**. located on
either side of tbe Denver A lllo Grand#
railroad, south aud east of Duranio/
cannot fail to attract a large and de*
airable class of settlers. The Ute Is-
?JSSVr!Ufut,*W' un<1«* ‘he tow of
, , *>i4 allotments out of tbe eS'
tiro tract. All the remainder of thd
area. aUmt 030,000 acres, will be mb'
jeet to entry uudrr the desert home-
,i timber und towuaite laws, and
the law* governing the disposal of coal,
inltwral. stone aiul timber lands, ind
many of the Indian allotments wlU be
leased by Intelligent white men at rea-
sonable rates. The lauds embrace both
valley and mesa or uplands, but tbe
■tippljr of water for Irrigation is many
times greater than will be called for.
The soils aro the acini adobe, sandy
loam and red—the former being pecu-
llsrly adapt ml for the growth of grtln
and grasses, while the soils last named
are unequalled for the growth of vege-
tnbles, alfalfa and fruit trees. Owing
Jo tbe percentage of gypsum In the bot-
tom lamia, tho yield of clover Is as
high as throe and otic-half ton* to the
acre.
Aside from the agricultural future of
tbls great aren of virgin soil, the stock
Industry give# promise of almost un-
limited growth. Tho plateaus afford
lange for tens of (housunds of bead of
cattle, horses nml sheep, while tribu-
tary mining ramps supply nn abundant
market noted for good prices,
l nder Federal enactment, Ute In-
dians who so elect nmy accept allot-
ments In severalty. The lands allotted
to the Kouthcru Utes aggre-
gate about sixty thousand acres,
divided equally between agri-
cultural nml grazing lauds, nnd allot-
ments are generally In compact form.
'1 he Indian may lease Ids allotment for
a |>erlod of three yearn, for agricul-
tural, and ten years for mining and
grazing lands. Tho advantages of tha
leasing system nrv:
First—Tho Inmls aro exempt from
taxation am! free from cost of water
charges, a# the ludinns own tho canals
and ditches.
Second—The rental In most Instances
a small amount lu cash and n share of
the crop -one-fourth or ouo-lhird.
Third—Indiana nn be hired to work
at small wages ami spend their money
at home, thus keeping the money 1b
circulation In the community.
Fourth—Tho Utes nre paid $50,000
aunualiy by the government. The
treaty provides Hint this payment shall
continue “forever." This money goes
Into drcuLtlon in Uio Immediate re-
gion where It la distributed from thy'
bountiful hand of Uncle Ham.
The act of CongresH of February 20,
1805, which fixed tho time for the
President's proclamation bIx months
from (hat date, hut which has been de-
layed uutll now, cites how the land
shall be taken up hy the whites, aud la
is follows:
“And shall be subject to entry under
the desert, homestead nud townslte
laws, nud the laws governing the dis-
posal of coal, mineral, atone nnd tim-
ber lauds, but no homestead settler
shall receive a title to any portion of
such land# at los# than one dollar and
twenty-five cent# per acre, and shall
he required to make a cash payment
of fifty cents per acre at the time filing
Is made upon any of said lands.”
The advantages of cash payment of
fifty cents jier acre nre mnny. It sbuta
out the "professional boomer," and
leads direct to a first-class citizenship
—Hint is, men of thrift, euergy and In-
dust ry.
The location of the lands ln question
end# the public domsln eiitrys In Colo-
rado, so far ns valuable farming lands
extends, forever, as this particular area
embraces all that has been, by virtue
of being an Indian reserve, wltbeld
from entry. It is tbe last chance for
Cheap, fertile and enviable homes.
The Innd office# are in tho city of
Durango, which I# the commercial,
manufacturing and educational center
of southwestern Colorado. Tbe city
enjoys a population of 8,000 and th*
singular distinction of being the beat
built city of Its size In the West, be-
ing largely of brick nnd atone and em-
bracing among its edifices many costly
business nud residence structures, aa
well as expensive modern public, school
nud church buildings. Durango num-
ber# among Its business enterprise* the
San Juan branch of the Omaha-Grant
smelter, employing hundreds of men,
several large coal nnd coke companlea,
electric street railways, two dally pa-
pers, Iron works, (louring mills, manu-
facturing enterprises of various de-
scriptions and many extensive whole-
sale nnd retail establishment#. Tho
city Is the terminal of tho Itio Grande
system and enjoy* ns tributaries a
large section of the San Juan mining
country ns well as the agricultural, or-
chard and range seetloli# of southwest-
ern Colorado, northern New Mexico
and southeastern Utah. Durango's
prosperity nml commercial Importance
will be materially Increased by open-
ing for public entry under the home-
stead, timber aud mineral laws the un-
allotted lands embraced within the
boundaries of the Southern Ute reser-
vation nnd provided for by congres-
sional enactment, ns the soils subject
to entry nre susceptible to tbe perfect
growth of cereals, grasses, fruit nnd
vegetables, -ml tributary to the best
cash markets tbe West affords. To Im-
press tiie lioineseeker nml those of an
agricultural Inclination with the su-
)„.ii„r uiniket facilities of this section,
it Is only necessary to call attention to
the fact that the extensive milling In-
terests embraced In the San Junn coun-
try afford employment to many thou-
sand# of men who depend absolutely
upon tributary agricultural sections
for tbe products of tho ranch, rauge,
orchard nnd garden. Durango Is not
dependent upon the ebb nnd flow of
nay one industry, but blends smelting,
manufacturing, mining (coal. Iron and
precious metals) with agriculture,
horticulture ami stock growing to au
extent that render* the future a cer-
tainty ns to commercial protnlueuco
aud Industrial success.
Tho woiuun of experienoo can have
faith in no man except her father, and
then she is fooled to death.
There is a beautiful statue In every
block of marble, but only an experl
sculptor can coax it to come out
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