ilU: JJKK: OMAHA. KMDAY. JANUA1JY 'JO. I'M I.
COLORADO A FARMING STATE
Yield of the Farm Three Times Value
of the Mine Output.
ALFALFA IS THE BIO CROP
Alfred Patek, Immigration Ageat.
Tcll tr Some nl the Woniifn
Uklrk Have Rrra Uroilhl
kr Detetosimeat.
"Colorado I settlne: to be renowned for
something besides Its mines." wild Alfred
l'atek of Denver, who arrived Thursday
morning to lake charge of the Colorado
Ktste Board of Immlgrstlon booth of ex
hibit at the I-and Bhow. Mr. ratek la
commissioner of immigration for Colorado.
"Our Plata laat year mlnad HJ.fiOO.OOO worth
of gold, silver and tha bsser metals, and
produced three times aa murh, or 1100.
OnO.nflO, of farm, range and orrhard rropa.
"The DlRgest alngla crop In Colorado la
alfalfa. Iast year we cut a IU.44R.Vio al
falfa hay crop. Alfalfa growa In practic
ally every part of tha state. Wa call It
king of crops' hi Colorado. The average
Meld of thla hay la three tona per acre.
Thla la not tha limit, however. A farmer
In the Arkansas valley of Colorado ralaed
threa cuttings of two tona a cutting six
tona per acre on an eighty-acre patch. He
sold hla crop at IS a ton In the stack, or
groaa. I tall that a pretty good sal
ary. I know a lot of city men who can't
boast a stipend of that else.
"Next to alfalfa raising, dairying la the
largest Individual Industry. Laet year It
put f.47.O0O Into the pockela of Colorado
dairymen. And we need more dairymen
need them badly. We Import Into the
state annually H.OoO.OuO or ID.Ono.OOO of milk,
butter, cheese and ao on. Colorado can
give 30,000 mora dairymen the best home
market they can find anywhere.
Hairy l,sad (heap.
"Good dairy land can. be bought for $10
to $25 an acre. This land grows some of
the most nutritious native grasaes that
ever made butter fat. Then, too. alfalfa
hay makes a great feed for milch cows.
Yielding at the rate of three tona per acre
this hay makea the cheapest and best feed
I know of. Where your farmera feed $18 a
ton grain, our Colorado dairymen feed $3 a
ton alfalfa that beats bran to a fraixle aa
a milk producer.
"We have creameries scattered through
out the atate. What we want now Is farm
era to supply more cream.
"You have probably never considered
Colorado much of a wheat growing state.
But I want to tell you that wheat la the
bonanza crop out In Colorado. Why
ahouldn t It be? On our irrigated land j
wheat yields thirty-five, forty, fifty, sixty,
eventy, and last year a farmer living near
l.ongmont, in Boulder county, raised eighty
bushela of winter wheat to the acre. That's
a pretty big yield. Isn't It? But wait a
minute brace yourself-and listen to this:
Frank Relnan, farmer living near Bay
field, T.a Plata county. Colorado, produced
eighty-seven bushels of wheat to the acre.
"I could give you hundreds of examples
of farmera who raised crops of three to
seven tons of alfalfa per acre; thirty-five
to seventy-five bushels of wheat; fifty to
M bushela of oats per acre; thirty to
eighty five bushels of barley an acre; 100
to 400 bushela of potatoes per acre;
fruit yielding $100 to $l..riM net profit per
ere, and so on all down the list.
Sarprlse to All.
"Last December the Board of Immigra
tion,, which la the official state publicity
and Information bureau for Colorado, gath
ered Instances of the cropa Colorado farm
era had harvested In 1910, and the Informa
tion we got aurprlaed even those who wera
thoroughly acquainted with the -Immense
possibilities and resources of the state. Not
only scores, but hundreds of Colorado
farmera had grown 'top notcher' crops such
a I have been telling about.
"Oats, too, we grow in Colorado, amount
ing last year to a value of $3,633,090. Accord
ing to government figures, only ono state
In the union produces aa hevy oats as Colo
tado. Our record is thirty-seven pounde to
the bushel. Oats on Irrigated land yield
seventy, eighty, ninety and 100 bushels per
acre. Bo far as Is known the record for
oals In Colorado Is 114 measured bushels
to the acre.
"In what old settlers call the driest year
In the slate, O. M, Stromberg, near lxng-
mont, In Boulder -county, harvested It) j
bushels of oats to the acre. , You notice, Ii
said 'driest yean in Colorado,' and men
tioned a ciop. that nearly broke a record
In the same breath. Here's the point. Out
In the Irrigated sections of Colorado our
farmers don't care how little rain falls.
There's no meeting In churches to pray
for rain. When their crops need water they
simply take shovel and dig through the
foot of dirt that makes the bank of an Ir
rigation ditch. This ditch runs through
the farm. Opening the ditch lets the water
through onto the crop.
( Slions llov It Works.
"Come over here and see how it works."
Mr. Patek said, leading the way to the
l0-foot miniature mountain range and irri
gation system that forms the background
to the Colorado exhibits on the stage at
the Auditorium.
"Here's the whole thing llustrated. The
snows on these mountain tops melt during
spilng and summer and dialn the moun
tain ride Into livers and creeks. These In
turn are dixerted Into reservoirs which
store the accumulated water.
"From the resenroira," he went on, trac
ing along a pointer in explanation, "the
water is let out into wooden flumes- these
box-like things running along the moun
tain side. Thla water then flows down Into
a canal. It I carried Into the alley at
the fool of the mountain anil tn'i-il here
and there by smaller canals, called 'later
als.' The laierals run through the farms,
one later'Hl sometime furnishes water for
ten or twelve farms. Thus, whenever a
crop needs rain the farmer simply taps one
of these laterals and conducts the water
unto his crops by means of ditches, which
are made by plowing furrows down the
slope of a field.
"We have a great stale out there by the
mountains. There's no doubt of it. Irriga
tion has taken ft away from the (treat
American desert' and made it the lending
Itocky mountain ha. grain and fruit state.
It deserves the title given it: "Colorado
the state uf double crops."
Sheriff is Seeking
Some Horse Thieves
Seven Mules and a Horse Stolen from
Camp West of Benson Wednes
day Night.
Sheriff K. F. Hraily asUtvJ hla
deputies Thursday morning to search the
country two miles went nf IViimii lor
hoi as thieve. The Turner Kracht 'trail
ing company report?J to th aherlff'a of'Vo
tht seven niulra a horae hal been
stolen VWiIili-jiUv nUn? from the yradinv
taiiip winter quart?!. The animals are
ta.d to be worth ljoO.
IV.e .afirlri and lff nliU
4ke roley'a Honey r.d Tar. It gives
i Irk relief snd expels the cold from your
fsiciiL It contains no opiates. Is safe
I.X.J sura. Sold by all druggists.
San Luis Valley
Shows Resources
at the Land Show
Men in Charge of the Exhibit Tell
of This Wonderful Garden
Spot.
The exhibit of the San Luis valley, on
of Colorado's most fertile garden spots,
while not one of the larrest. Is one of the
most attractive at the land show. There
Is apparent purpose In Its design to show
In compact and understandable form the
resourcea upon which It relies for Its
growing prosperity.
The spirit back of the exhibit, however,
counts for aa much for the future of the
Han I.uls valley aa does the splendid
character of the products shown, for the
showing is a community demonstration.
The exhibit la made by the Han Luis Valley
Commercial association, a central organiza
tion made up of representatives from the
towns of Pel Norte. Monte Vista. Center,
Antonito Romeo, Manassa. Le Jsra, Hoe
per. Alamosa, Itlanca and Moffat.
W. N. Martin of Alamosa Is In charge
of the exhlbilt. with W. CI. Brandenberg
aa the lecturer. Very naturally both gen
tlemen have the atory of their wonderful
garden spot at tongues' end and are mili
tant enthusiasts In the telling ox It.
"The problem of best result In the San
Luis valley," said Mr. Martin, "has been
solved by Intensified farming. We have
very definitely demonatrated that on our
lands can be cheaply grown an Ideal bal
anced ration for fitting beef, pork and mut
ton for the block, and the greater portion
of the cropa grown by our farmers Is
being put Into products that goes to mar
ket on the hoof, rather than In raw bushel
state. The average farmer in the San Luis
fattens cattle, aheep and hogs on his own
acres." He thus not only sella his stuff
In concentrated form, but la enabled to
maintain a high degree of soil fertility
without the expense of fertilizers.
"Our valley produces as wide a range of
products aa does probably any similar ex
tent of country on the continent. The
potato crop la a highly profitable one and
the product Is In widespread demand. Chla
holm Bros, of Del Norte raised on one
measured acre M'lfc bushels, the world's
record. Pprlng wheat yields are frequently
as high as forty bushels to the acre; poul
trylng and dairying constitute materially
to farm profits; tree fruits and bush fruits
do well, though these are usually grown
for the home market only.
"A large portion of the San Luis valley
la supplied wtlh a flow of artesian water
and each' firmer has his premises watered
from one or more artesian wells, which
range In depth from M to 300 feet. The
water Is of a perfect temperature for stork
and domestic purposes, averaging 45 to M
degrees.
"Conclusive tests have demonstrated that
San Luis valley beets contain a greater
percentage of saccharine matter of higher
teMs of purity than any other In the state.
One trial acre produced the enormous yield
of forty-eight tons. Details have been ar
ranged for the erection or a sugar plant
in the valley and contracts have been
made up to August 1, 1910. with the farm
ers for (.600 acres for the year 1911, and
the factory will be In readiness to handle
th crop. The factory will be located
where, with shipping arrangements with
the railroad, It will meet the convenience
cf the entire valley, a
"We -ant more people."- aald Mr. Mar
tin, with aome emphasis, "and we have not
only a livelihood but independence to offer
to the right sort. Men with a moderate
amount of capital In cash and an ambition
to make good, will always find the latch
string of wloome out for them In the San
Luis valley. We face the future with high
hopes and In confident expectation, and
say to the ambitious men and women
whose eyes are turned westward: 'Come;
be with lis. and of us.' "
American Theater
Again Changes Hands
Saxe Amusement Enterprises of Mil
waukee Takes the Lease Edward
Raymond Manager.
The management of the American the
ater has i-hanged hands again, the Saxe
Amusement enterprises of Milwaukee hav
ing taken over the lease yesterday. The
transfer will mean no change In the polli-y
of the house nor carry with It any inter
ruption In the performances. The prices
will be 10-20-30, the same as before, and the
present bill -will remain until the end of
the week. Ths only difference, according
to the management, will lie In the fact that
better and greater shows will be offered.
The Saxe Amusement enterprises has Its
booking with the Theater Booking corpora
tion, which has Its headquarters In Chi
cago. The company controls theaters In
Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Detroit. Grand
Raplils. Peoria. Kansas City, Bt. Paul and
has two In Chicago.
Edward Raymond, who Is at present the
manager of the CryKtal theater in Milwau
kee, which la one of the Saxe theaters,
will come to Omaha within a few days as
the munager of the American.
GERMAN-AMERICAN LIFE
COMPANY ELECTS OFFICERS
Officers' Reports Show rrosperon i
tear of lloslnese 1
Nebraska.
At the annual meeting of the members of
the Cei limn-American Ufe Insurance com
pany nf Omaha, held at tbe home office of
the company In The Bee building. Lr.
(i.orey J. Halam and D. l. Hall were
elected to surceed themselves as member
of the hoard of directors.
Alter the adjournment of the annual j
meeting-, the board of directors convened 1
and elected the following officers for the
ensuing year; 1. I E. Klinghell. president; j
V. B. Howard, vice president; V. W. '
Young, treasurer and general attorney; H.
T. llolden. secretary and attelstant medical :
j director; !'. I. Hall, assistant secretary I
and cashier; Ueorge J. Haslam, M. I)., R.
I Sc.. medical director. i
I The year just closed has been a nmtl '
satisfactory one. louring the last year the '
I company has placed In force In Nebraska I
j alone almost 2.iaV00o of Insurance and It i
now has In force In this state nearly Jti.OuO,- !
I U1 of insurance. i
Culled Over the Wire
Anil-prohibition members of the Texas
li'gMatoi e in caucus decided to attempt a
filibuster against the pending prohibition
billa.
William and Herbert Walker, the Port
Sanilac. Mich., fishermen, who ere adrift
nt arlv fifty hours on a lake Huron ie
floe, were rescued by tugs and were taken
ashore t Port Sanilac.
'the largest seliure of opium ever made
In han Krancieco waa effected Wednt-adav,
when customs officials took possession of
ImduO worth of the contraband drug. The
aeliure Included AM tins.
The Key to the Situation tiee Want Ada.
LUMBERMEN HERE IN FORCE
Six Hundred Are Already on Hand for
the Convention.
HALL IS THE NEW SECRETARY
Moraine: Is Taken I p wllh RrsUtm
Una nf t lallori a ad the tnssal .
Address of William K rot
ter, rrealdeat.
fix hundred members of the Lumber
men's association were In the city repre
senting every part of the central west
region at the opening of the convention at
the Hotel Rome Thursday morning.
The first business of the morning was
an address by William Krotter. the presi
dent, and the announcement of Bird Crltch
field's resignation as secretary. Mr. Crltch
fleld announced that various business af
fairs made necessary hla withdrawal from
the official work of the association. He
is to be succeeded by Elmer E. Hall of
Syracuse. Neb., for at least the remaining
part of the present term.
Most of the activity of the convention
Thursday morning was the assembling of
visitors from out of town, and the regis
tration. Many exhibits have been estab
lished In the Hotel Rome lobby, and sou
venirs of every description are being dis
tributed among the members and guests.
The lumbermen made a pilgrimage to all
the banks of the city shortly after noon,
arriving on the return to the Hotel Rome
Just barely In time to open the afternoon
session according to schedule. President
Krotter opened the session and made an
address covering the outline of work for
the coming year and the business of the
meeting In Omaha.
It was explained that Secretary K. E.
Hall, Just appointed to succeed Bird Crltch
field. who is resigning, was virtually
elected permanent chairman, aa the board
of directors had sanctioned the appoint
ment Mr. Crltchfield explained that his resig
nation was due hot only to business affairs
which required the greater part of his
time, but to an ailment which the physi
cians have told him was serious If he sub
jected himself to overwork.
LIHHKk
I
niR&rKR
AY
Has -ot aa Yet Followed Otber Ad
viarri In the Cost of Living-.
"It Is a remarkable fact that while prac
tically every commodity has advanced In
price during the last few years lumber
Prices are now lower than they have been
at any time, with two or three brief ex
ceptions, for thirteen years," says Leon
ard Brown, manager of the National Lum
bermen's association. "Lumber advanced
In price for a few years before the panic
of 1907, but at that time took a heavy
drop from which It has not yet recovered."
State Lumbermen's
!L A li ID) frf! (Q) W
elucDol CMldreim amd.
more about the geography and geology of their
country than they could learn by study in a year.
School Children will be admitted for 10 cents from 1 to 6 Today
Daily Amusement Features at the Land Show
TWO MOVING PICTURE SHOWS-Running all the time.
THE SWEET SINGERS FROM HAWAII Every Afternoon
and Evening.
MISS LORA NETTIE RIETER The World's Greatest Cornet
Virtuoso Every Afternoon and Evening.
Saturday: Public School Day.
A hundred interesting features to attract you
J"
"This relates to price secured by pro
ducers at their mills. For example: The
I'nlted States forest service reports the
average price of No. - yellow pine flooring
In Texas st $"VH a thousand feet; in Ar
kansas. $.!: In Ixiulslana. IN J: in Mis
sissippi. 07, In Alabama. $ These
prices were for July. August and Septem
ber. 1!M0. which months the last reort
covers. The average price at southern
mills for No 3 common boards Is today
shout $fi 35. as shown by reports to the
Yellow Pine association. No. 2 hemlock
dimension Is selling at the Wisconsin mills
at about $10 a thousand feet and No. 1 at
various prices from $10 to $IS.
"The Pacific coast Is selling ordinary
building lumber very low. owing to Its
distance from the markets. Imw srade
boards, scantling, etc. have sold within
the last few weeks as low as $R.M a thou
sand feet, which Is far below the cost of
production. The Forest Service reported
the mill price of common dimension in
Washington during last summer as low
as $9.37, and prices are now lower "than
then.
"So, In every variety of woods the ordi
nary qualities and kinds, which enter Into
building to the grestest extent, are sold
at such low prices, at the mills that the
producer can not get back cost of manu
facture and the value of their standing
timber.
"Some kinds of good lumber are hltih in
price, owing to their scarcity. Ilinh grade
white pine lumlr cannot be secured In
sufficient quantities to supply the demand,
and so If a buyer requests clear, wide,
thick white pine, which was abundant
forty years ago, he must pay what might
be considered fancy pricea for It; but fin
ishing lumber In western white pine Is
selling at a moderate prlce.whlle common
boards are quoted by the Forest JServlce
at li: 94.
"To these prices secured by the manu
facturers at the mills must be added the
cost of transportation, which may range,
according to distance, anywhere from $2.50
to $18 a thousand feet; also the cost of
handling the lumber at destination out of
cars and 'Into lumber piles, delivery to
buyers and profit to the dealer. These
facts are seldom taken Into account by the
ordinary lumber consumer, who does not
realize that where the lumber used thirty
five or forty years ago was probably trans
ported an average of 300 miles, now It must
be transported an average of not less than
600 miles.
"Now Is the time to buy lumber for ordi
nary building purposes. Building lumber
will never be cheaper than It Is today and
already there are sluns that prices will ad
vance. This is InevltHble. because the
laws of supply and demand insure in the
long run goods being sold for more than
the cost of making them, and when for a
time they have been Bold below or at cost
the failure of producers and, therefore, the
curtailment of product by the shutting
down of bankrupt plants, will bring prices
back to a reasonable basis. Therefore,
the home-builder In any part of the coun
Association Day.
The Land
the home-builder In anv Dart of the conn- I II lOo. BOo. aoo. at 9r4 end 9-an V
To study educational features and confer with
exhibitors, attend during morning and afternoon.
Realistic Indian War Dances by Chief Yellow Horse and
Twenty Real Sioux Braves Every Afternoon and Evening.
Open Each Day at 10:30 A. ML
try Is able, so far as the saw mill men are
concerned to secure lumber today at prices
which are not likely to be duplicated In the
future.'"
BUBONIC PLAGUE SPREADS
Kpldemle In Manrharla Tfereateas In
Heroine an International
llnnirr,
HARBIN. Manchuria. Jan. I9.-The epi
demic of bubonic plague threatens to be
come an International danger unless for
eign control Is Introduced, because of the
ignorance of the Chinese authorities.
In the suburb of Fiidsladlan. the Chinese
and European physicians have been beaten
by the soldiers. Refugees from Fudsladlan
350 Annual Profit
For 23 Years
Is what hundreds of investors In
British Columbia real estate have
made.
Th "British Columbia Bulletin
of Information" tells about the
opportunities a loci the three
great transcontinental railways
which are opening up 30,000,000
acres of rich agricultural land -and
60,000,000 acres of timber,
coal and mineral land In Central
and Northers British Columbia,
now famous as the Fort George
country.
Thousands of fortunes will be
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the big rush. Let us send you a
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MS Bos-er Building-, Tanooar.r, B. 0.
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W. O. DATED SO JT,
3SS Bew Omaha National Bank Building,
Omaha, M.D.
Omaha High School
Show will
Sunday; Union Labor Day.
have carried the contagion throughout a
radius of seventy miles from the railway.
Mukden. Klran and Tlellng have been
seriously invaded by the disease. The vic
tims in Harbin and Kudxladlan number
many hiindreda.
EBsf'
War Dance
By Chief Yellow Horse
and Twirtt
Real Sioux Indians
EVERY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING
Special Musical and
Speaking Program
Every Day
DAILY FEATURES
Travel Talcs
.Two Moving Picture
Shows.
Hawaiian Singers.
Miss Lora Nettie Keiter,
Cornetist Virtuoso
Concert by Land Show
Concert Band, every hour.
Doors Open at 10.30 A. M.
AMERICAN THEATER
ALL Till WBBX
Mr. and Hrs. GOD
Fitzo I m m ono
rOSMIS OtliT CBAMTIOX
And His Wile
Or SBAHD OPBBA TiMl
6 OTHER BIG ACTS 6
Mat. Daily, 2:15 p. m., 10c
2 EVENING SHOWS-2
Day.
B
South Dakota Indian Land Day,
teach
CONCERTS BY THE LAND SHOW CONCERT BAND George
Green, Director At 2 to 3 p. m., 4 to 5:30 p. m., 7:30 to
8:30 p. m., 9:30 to II p. m. daily.
A BEAUTIFUL IRRIGATION PANORAMA Showing Irriga
tion and Power Producing Methods.
AMVKMKT.
Afternoon ff FT)
2i30
fc If w WJ
8:30
Tbe Borne of roily. Two Trolles Dally
Betara of the rarorltes
The Miller Stock
Company
Presenting
"The Girl of the
Sunny South."
nnday, Jan. OS ror 4 days, the big
snrlesqa. productloa,
um'l CENTURY GIRLS"
Amateurs wanted for sstra attrac
tion Monday Bight.
Tuesday Bight, Chorus Girls Contest
readies' Week-Day Matinee 10c
BOYD'S THEATER
Tonight Mats. Toe.., Thurs., Bat.
A X.ABO A WD COMPANY IB
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