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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-03
LlBERTxyILLE

Libertyville. Aug. 1.-Chas. Elliott
made a business trip to Ottumwa
Thursday.
George Campbell and family spent
Sunday with friends in Birmingham.
Work on the new school house is
progressing nicely.
Miss Maude Hague and brother, of
Topeka, Kan, are spending a few days
with their uncle, A. G. Hague.
S. II. Watkins made business trip
to Eldon Saturday.
c. P. Hague is at home for few
days. Mr.. Hague viii be with the
Fairfield Savings bank after Aug. 1.
Miss Marie Riniker returned home
Saturday, after spending several weeks
with her brother, S. ID. Riniker, of Ce-
dar Rapids. RI
Miss Lewis, of Ottumwa, is spending
a few days with Miss Grace Hague. :
Mrs. g. Springer is visiting in Fair
field for a few days.
DR.. A. S. Hague, of Grand Ridge.
ILL.,, is at home for ten days visit.
Mrs. Ada Anderson returned home
Saturday, after spending q few weeks
In Mt. Pleasant.
j. w. CARRIER and wife, of Birming-
ham, spent Sunday here with Mrs.
CARRIERS parents.
w. L. Simmer and John Riniker
are spending a few days in Chicago.
j. w. Fry and wife, Ham Smith and
wife, of Fairfield. spent Sunday with
friends here.
A. j. Zimmerman met with quite a
painful accident Sunday evening.
While drawing water out of coal
shaft he fell into the shaft and cut the
back of his head and cracked the skull.
His recovery is very doubtful.
President jenkins, of Parsons, col
lege, preached at the Presbyterian
church last Sunday.
Geo. james purchased fine new
surrey this week.
Mrs. VIM. Hopkins and children are
here visiting with Jas. Coleman.
The |. o. o. T. lodge has purchased
an organ.
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DUDLEY.

Dudley, Aug. 3.-The fourth quar-
terly meeting of the Chillicothe cir
cult of the NJ. 4. church was held at
the Columbia church, north of here,
last Saturday and Sunday. Presiding
Elder ID. G. Smith preached on Satur-
day afternoon and Sunday forenoon,
and the pastor, Rev. j. M. Hoober,
closed the meeting with an excellent
sermon Sunday afternoon. The meet
ings were largely attended throughout
and much interest manifested.
A very fine rain fell here the first
of the week, which was greatly appre-
ciated by the farmers, as their corn
was in much need of the same.
Miss Jennie Wagner, of Ottumwa,
west of here.
Miss Freda Swanson, of Ottumwa,
has been visiting the past week at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ia.
cob Swanson, west of Dudley.
Messrs. Anton jacobson and Oscar
johnson came up from Ottumwa on
their wheels last Sunday. They re-
turned home the same evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Chisman and
Mr.. and Mrs. Cal Chisman, of Chris
tiansburg, attended the quarterly
meeting held at the Columbia church,
near here, last Sunday.
Messrs. Wilfred johnson and Alfred
Peterson left on No. Tuesday for Des
Moines, to attend the republican state
convention.
Will Wright. of Ottumwa, came up
on No. 0 Tuesday afternoon to make
a short visit with friends and relatives.
Miss Alice Peterson, who has been
visiting the past week with her sister
in Ottumwa, returned home Tuesday.
Messrs. Frans Larson and Frank
Pearson, residing southwest of here,
expect to leave for North Dakota this
week. They will be gone about three
months, during which time they ex-
pect to hunt, fish and take in the
sights of the great state.
II. b. Hasselrooth and wife attended
church at Munterville last Sunday
forenoon.
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KE0SAu0ua.

Keosauqua, Aug. 3.--Miss Ives, Of
Ottumva, and Mrs. VIM. Parrott and
son Bryant, of Cantril, are visiting at
the home of Hon. Edwin Manning.
Mrs. Amy Puett and granddaughter,
Dorothy Miller, of Lafayette, Ind, and
Mrs. Charles Lefferts and son, of Coun-
Gil Bluffs, are guests of Mrs. Charles
Baldwin.
About twenty enthusiastic Sloan and
Gear men left here Sunday night for
the republican convention at Des
Moines.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Sample, who have
been in Ann Arhor, Mich, the past
winter, are at the Hotel Manning re-
ceiving and visiting their many
friends. Little Paul is also with them.
The county normal institute is now
in session here with more than 100
teachers in attendance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hagler, of Milton. are
guests of County Superintendent Sol
lenbarger and, wife.iot
The; band concert given in the court
houseoi park last, evening under the
auspices of the Epworth League was a
success socially and financially.
Rev. Patterson and wife drove to
Eldon today where they will attend
the Keokuk district conference, and
from there will drive to Brighton, re-
turning some time next week.
Mrs. Anna Dibb1eais suffering much
from being poisoned when blackber-
rying and erysipelas has set in, but
she is now improving.
Mrs. Capt. Wilkin is very i'll, but
her friends now have some hope of
her recovery.
Mrs. Austin. Christian Science
teacher, is giving talks at the Hotel
Manning every evening.
The Chequest farmers club will
meet tomorrow with Mr.. and Mrs. II.
Il. Warden near Pittsburg. A num-
her of Keosauqua people will be in at
tendance.
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LANCASTER.

Lancaster, August 3.--The dusty
roads were made muddy by fine
shower Monday.
Miss Goodhart has returned home
from Muscatine, where she has been
visiting friends the past week.
Miss Addie Chraran and sister, Hope,
who have been visiting in Eddyville the
past week have returned home.
Miss Susie Doggitt, who has been
with her sisters, Mrs. Follman and
Mrs. Ruggles, OF this place, has gone to
visit her sister near Manhattan.
A number of the young people OF
this place are in Sigourney to see how
they grade in knowledge.
On Franklin street In this town lives
Frank Follman. It has recently been
found out that he is dentist, as he
extracted ~ stooth for Mr.. Right with
a pair of'diogt ringers.
Mr.. r., McVicker, of Sigourney, was
in town the first Of the week. tt is
thought he will be the school teacher
here this fall and winter.
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kIRKvILLE.
forenoon.

Kirkville, Aug. 3.--Mrs. Agnes kirk
patrick left Tuesday for an extended
visit in the west. She goes first to
Anaconda, Montana, where she will
visit with her son, Dan, and family,
and from there to TT. Collins, Col,
where her son John resides, also a
brother. Mrs. Kirkpatrick makes this
trip not only to visit her children but
with the hopes that her health will be
benefited as she has been in very poor
health for some time past.
Masters Vernie and Frank Whitney
left Saturday for an extended visit
with relatives near Bladensburg.
Nelson McDonough, accompanied by
Mrs. Dora Shaw and her daughter,
Theo, spent the day last Thursday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Stanton Seigrest
near Cedar.
Mrs. Mollie Carnahan, who was cleo
ted by the school board as teacher in
the primary room of our schools, has
resigned her position which leaves a
vacancy to be filed.
Word was received Monday evening
that Elmer Narver, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Narver, of Hiteman, had
died on shipboard while on his way
home from the Philippines where he
had been in the service as soldier and
was recently wounded in one of the
battles with the Filipinos.
DR.. Abegg met with what came
near proving serious accident Mon
day. When making a professional
call he tied his horse too near to a
hive of bees. The bees concluded to
investigate matters little, which in
vestigation did not prove at all satis-
factory to the horse. The doctors
sympathies were at once aroused and
he came to the rescue but patience
had ceased to be virtue with the
horse, and before the doctor succeeded
in untyingsher, horse and master came
to the grounAS with the horse on top.
The horses hind foot was cut on the
wire but not very badly. The doctor
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PLEAsA.N]T HIr,L

Pleasant Hill, Aug. Harvesting ID
all over and the threshing season has
begun in this section.
Farmers are rejoicing over the fine
rains we have been having this week.
The basket meeting at the BAPTIST
church last Sunday was well attended.
as the day was very pleasant and the
roads good.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Doud visited at
Francis Wright's last Sunday.
Miss Ethel Miller and Miss Madee
Ferguson, of Leando, spent Sunday
with Miss Carrie Passmore.
VIII Dooley lost a fine COW one day
last week.
Miss Bessie vandever was in Eldon
last Tuesday.
Quite number of young ladies from
Ottumwa are spending few weeks va
cation at the Passmore farm, across the
river from Selma
Mr., Klinehan's new ice cream parlor
in Leando is being we'll patronized.
Miss Daisy Writ visited with her sis
ter, Mrs. James Denning, last Wednes-
day.
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ORMANvILLE,

Ormanville, Aug. Is Mr.. and Mrs.
Link Burton are sadly bereaved by the
death Of their darling baby.
Miss Florence Thompson is enter
tanning Miss Bertha Berry.
Mrs. j. B. jackson and daughter,
Minnie, spent Friday at the Flats. the
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. j. f. McAfas-
ter.
Mrs. George Overturf is quite i'll.
Mrs. Beardsley is seriously ill.
Drs. Terrence, Williams and Selman
have been in our city quite frequently
of late.
Miss Nellie Toole is visiting her sis
ter on Waterloo street.
Miss Mamie Berry, of South Ottum-
wa, spent O week with her uncle, e. s.
Berry.
BENZ. Reed was in Ormanyille on
business last Friday.
Fred Bachman, wife and babies
Snndayed with Mrs. Bachman's father,
Jacob Baker.
Miss Eva j. Gadd and sister, Mrs.
May Il. Grips, visited at the Van
Wrinkle home for three days. On Mon
day evening they attended the granger
carnival on Bridge street, which ended
with the indispensable cake walk. Mrs.
NJ. p. Grips won the cake amidst loud
applause.
An old felix's meeting will be held at
Zion, on North Main street, the first
Sunday in August. Rev. Beard, Of
South Ottumwa, will address them.
Miss Jennie Boyce has returned to
Dudley.
E. c. Haywood, of the Burlington
railroad, was the guest OF his uncle and
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ELDoN.

Eldon, Aug. 1.-There is now a
scheme on foot to organize base ball
league composed of the towns of OF
tumwa, Eldon, Fairfield and Washing
ton. The present plan is to have two
games a week in each OF these towns.
]. A. Hopkins, proprietor of the Hotel
Eldon, is looking after the interests
of the proposed league here. Eldon
has as many base ball cranks as any
town in the state of its size, and should
there be a league organized the attend
ance at all the games here will be
large. Mr.. Hopkins went to Fairfield
today at noon, where he will meet the
managers of the Washington, Ottum-
wa and Fairfield teams and arrange
the schedule.
The arrangements have now been
completed for the old soldiers and old
settlers reunion, which, will be held
on the Big Four fair grounds, Sept.
10, 20 and 81. This reunion will take
in Wapello, Davis, Van Buren, and
Jefferson counties. It is the expecta-
ton of the committee on arrangements
to Guido all previous reunions. Special
efforts will be made to entertain the
visitors during their three days stay.
W. G. Crow is president and j. D.
Hougland secretary Of the association,
and these gentlemen will insure a
grand good time to all who come to
Eldon to the runion.
A case OF scarlet fever is reported at
the home of Master Mechanic Walker.
A party of young people from
Bloomfield spent Sunday picnicking on
the Big Foar fair grounds. The after
noon was spent in rowing on the river
and they enjoyed themselves by var
ious other amusenaents., They returned
home. in the evening. Those in the
party were Misses Nellie and Mabelle
Davies, Ella Tomey, Bessie England
Agnes Kinney. Messrs. Arthur John
son, Guy Hardy, Claude Dabney, Cory,
Cheney. There were also present
Name Van Dyne, OF Wilbur, Neb.;
Nellie Thor pson. Of Kahoka, Mo-; Lii
lian and Edwin Davies, of Floris, and
Misses Name and urace O'Connell, of
this place. The party was chaperoned
by Miss Lillian Davies and Charles s..
Piarpn e'ifl
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HARRISBURG.

Blakesburg, Aug. 3.-Haryesting is
over and threshing has commenced.
Oats and rye will be fairly good but
the wheat crop will be an almost total
failure.
A number of Blakesburg people at
tended the basket meeting at Russell
Chapel last Sunday.
Vim. A. Day, one of our prominent
farmers, had q valuable horse so badly
injured by barb wire as to necessitate
killing it.
Garry BOSNIAN was in Chicago last
week with two cars of stock
The regular quarterly conference of
the NJ. e. church was held here last
Sunday and Monday.
Rev. D. G. Smith, of Abba, the pre-
siding elder, preached an excellent
sermon Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newcomb, of Des
Moines, are visiting relatives south of
town.
Henry zeigler has gone to Nebraska
where he owns and operates steam
threshing outfit.
Leslie Berry and Miss Mary Miller
spent Sunday with Rev. DeYoe and
wife.
Mrs. Enoch Dorothy and children
visited last week with Mrs. e. A. Com
mons.
DIR. A. X. Berry and wife, of Chilli
cothe, visited Sunday and Monday
with the doctors brother, John Berry.
One year ago, on the 4th day Of
this month, Messrs. and Mesdames M.
Fl. Alternately, Of this place, Henry
Taylor, of Bloomfield, and Campbell
Bradley, of Centervllle, were each pre-
sented with fine boy baby. The
three families mentioned win celebrate
the event this year at the home of M.
H. Alternately.
Elmer Dorothy and wife are reioic-
ling over the arrival OF ten pound
girl at their home.
Mrs. VIM. Shea left Thursday even
ing for Cedar Rapids for short visit.
Marion Honk, an old time resident
here, has returned from Kansas and
will probably locate here in the near
future.
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HILLSnORO.

Hillsboro, Aug. Wv. N. Knigge has
returned to his home near Chicago.
Harvest is about over and some grain
is threshed.
The social at the Christian church
was a success.
Mrs. Belle Benn visited here Sun
day.
Henry Boyle is recovering fast and
will soon be around.
The cake walk and entertainment
last Saturday night drew a large
crowd.
Tie social given at the home OF
Jas. Pope was success.
Several of our young people are en-
joying picnicking this week.
Prof. Packer and family spent the
first part of the week in Bonaparte.
o. r. Mood and Chas. Eatinger at
tended the K. P. work at Stockport the
other evening.
Uncle Billie" Ealerton died of a
cancer Sunday. He was over 80 and
had suffered q long time.
A large crowd attended the republic
can convention at Mt. Pleasant Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Taylor started
for Minnesota Saturday.
Carl Lindsay is at home now. He
has been in Keokuk.
Miss Mary Swan returned home
Monday, g
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HEDRICK.

Hedrick, Aug. 3.-Elder Robt. Speirs
goes to Marion tomorrow, where he
will spend Saturday and Sunday.
Hedrick is becoming quite corn
shipping point. 1t is estimated that
there was over $4,000 bushels shipped
from this city last month.
Mrs. L. B. Cramer returned home
Tuesday from Nevada, Mo-, where she
has been taking medical treatment.
Her health is somewhat improved.
Miss Jessie Scott, who has been Wis.
iting relatives here for several weeks,
left Tuesday evening for her Home at
Corning. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. G, o. Bowen are spend.
ing a week at Colfax.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hook, of Ames,
are visiting friends and relatives in
Hedrick.
At the regular weekly shoot Of the
Hedrick gun club yesterday, the fol-
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Hopewell, Aug. 3.--Last Sunday, as
Misses Libhie Hamilton and Laura
White and Clyde McReynolds We're on
their way home from the basket meet
ing at Ash Grove, they had what may
prove to be very serious accident.
| Clydess horse started to run and be-
came unmanageable,up setting the bug
gy and throwing the occupants partly
out, then dragging them, buggy and all,
about one hundred yards, the buggy
was demolished, the top and seat both
broken off. Clyde was thrown under
the wire fence and his coat torn. Both
the young women We're unconscious
quite awhile, their faces were greatly
scratched up. They were taken to
their homes and are both ill at this
writing.
Aunt Libhie Nixon returned home
Wednesday afternoon, after several
weeks visit with Rev. Cross and fam
lily at Highland.
There was no Sabbath school here
last Sunday as our citizens attended
the basket meetings at Albany, ASH
Grove and Russell Chapel.
Ed White and family have moved on
his mothers farm, while Henry and
family have moved to Ottumwa.
Threshing and blackberry picking
are the occupations of the day.
Rev. Cross, of Highland, preached at
the Baptist church Sunday evening.
Elma Bartlett and sister Mabel, of
the Bloomfield college, were home
Sunday and attended the basket meet
ing at the grove.
Harrison Houk has a new buggy.
There will be an ice cream social at
Will Hunters residence Thursday
night, Aug. 8. All are invited.
James Brown, of Ottumwa, is visit.
ing relatives at this place.
Harvey Spilman, OF Ottumwa, took
dinner Friday at the Hamilton home.
Little Orville Allan is ill.
Mrs. u. Hamilton and son, Charles.
We're Ottumwa callers Friday.
Frank Eakins, who has been attend
ing school at Des Moines, returned
home Saturday.
John Worrel, of Bloomfield, visited
with his father over Sunday.
Rev. Dewitt, of California, gave q
magic lantern exhibition OF Bible
scenes Friday, Saturday and Sunday
nights and scenes of California Nom
day night. at the Kingdom church.
He also lectured as he showed the
scenes. He is an interesting talker ana
had large and attentive crowd every
night.
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RLOOMFIELH.

1oomfield, Aug. Mrs. Maude
n, of Ottumwa, is spending few
y at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
us Turner, on South Madison
ut.
Nv. Frank Saunderson, of Kirkville,
: sitting at the home of his parents,
,;11is city. Rev. Saumderson will oc-
~ the pulpit at the Christian
rrch next Sunday.
Hiss Lila Hazlewood and Miss May
lace left Saturday for Lemons
,:e, Mo-, to visit at the home Of
! Hazlewood's sister, Mrs. Joe
icy.
,.oomfeld, Aug, s.-Mrs. Daisy
il, OF Moulton, arrived Wednesday
"a short visit at, the home of her
'nts, Mr.. and Mrs. N. S. johnson.
.erman Dysart has moved his fam.
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had an ugly cash between the eyes,
one thumb cut and one toe pretty
badly hurt, the horse stepping on it.
R. L. Tilton, of Ottumwa, d. d. G.
NJ. of the A. o. U. W., came up Tues
day night and assisted Hatfield lodge
No. 2s1 in installation and degree
work.
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ito Des Moines, where his son Roy
q study osteopathy with DR.. s. s.

Members Of the Christian church and
Sunday school enjoyed a picnic Tues
DAY in Dave Davis pasture, north OF
the city.
Misses Winnie and Fay Dunshie, of
Oskaloosa, are visiting at the home of
their aunt, Mrs. John Dilliher. Miss
Fay will remain through the winter
and attend the Southern Iowa Normal.
VIM. Shadley and Miss Lulu Work
man, of Soap Creek township, were
married at the clerks office on Tues
dag, by Elder NJ. Downing.
Miss Ollie Wishard, who has spent
the past six months with relatives in
Oklahoma, returned Tuesday, accom-
Danied by her aunt, Mrs. Frank RAN
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ALBA.

Abba, Aug. civilian Zeigler re-
Gently came to this county from Illi-
nois. He purchased tract of land
near Tyrone, nine miles west of Abba.
He thought there was coal under the
land and he employed driller to
prospect over the whole of the large
farm. The drillers have completed the
work and Mr.. Zeigler finds himself the
possessor of a piece of Monroe county
land that is underlaid with a vein Of
four feet of clean coal. The land is
along the line of the Burlington and
Mr.. Zeigler will have the coal brought
to the surface and marketed.
Elmer Narver, the Monroe county
soldier who was injured in the Philip
pine war and who was on his way
home, died at San Francisco, and his
relatives at Hiteman received tele-
gram advising them of the fact last
Saturday. 1t cannot be learned if the
remains will be brought to Hiteman
for burial. He was member of the
Fifty-frst Iowa.
Chicken thieves are doing business
in this county. One evening during
the past week they went to the home
of J. NJ. Wilson, one mile east of the
city, and while the family was wrap
ped in slumber they stole forty-three
head of chickens. There are other
cases where the farmers report their
fowls as missing and the feeling is
that if one of the men is caught he
should be given a severe sentence as a
warning to others.
At the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Vreeland, last
Sunday afternoon, occurred the mar
riage of their daughter, Miss Lizzie, TO
Ellis Rinard, of Oskaloosa. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. Schrein-
er, of the Methodist church, and was
witnessed by relatives. They will live
in Oslaloosa, where the groom has a
good position as molder.
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FARMINGTON,

Pennington, lug. 1.-The different
have published conflicting
reports Of tho tragedy which occurred
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enioved themselves to the fullest ex-
tent, and feeling assured that they
were welcome.
Rev. Busch, of Pella, filled the pulpit
here Sunday.
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The Delta independent., 1899-12-29
when You Go East.

Please remember that you can travel
as cheaply by the PENNSYLVANIA lines as
by any other route, and havethe advan
tage OF the superior service which has
made the "Pennsylvania" famous as the
standard railroad OF America
Five through trains, including the
New York limited" leave Chicago at
seasonable hours every day in the year
for New York. PniladelE,hia. Baltimore.
Washington. Harrisburg Pittsbure and
intermediate points. and first class tick
ets to Philadelphia or New York are
good via Washington and permit stop
over OF ten days at National Capitol. al
so ten days at Baltimore. An addition
al stopover Of ten days ia allowed AT
Philadelphia on such tickets reading to
New York or beyond.
Through tickets via the Penney lvania
lines from Chicago or st Louis. can be
obtained at oil regular ticket nfIi;ee. and
baggage checked through to,si-stinaiion
Fur special Information. apply to
GEO. 4. Hull. T. p. 4.
1C0. l7th ST.. Denver.
The Delta independent., 1899-12-29
Read Reve,irgs.

Special Corr .spohdfnt.
Mrs. Flemming was visiting friends at
Montruse. during Christmas
Mrs John Ellis gave Christmas
dinner. Among those entertained were
Prof. Hearn. Mrs. Rose Cline aud
daughter.
John Walker is feeding about 40 head
uf mules and burros.
NJ. X. Campbell IL hauling shingles
for his new house.
The literary society met as usual
Tuesday evening. A short but enter
tanning program was rendered. The
question for debate: That the,negIo's
cundiliuu is worse now than before
emancipation It was discussed in II
spleu,lIu manner decided in favor OF the
negative. The question for next time
is, That Great Britian was justified in
going to war with the South African
Republics. Hawkeye.
The Delta independent., 1899-12-29

Orders have. been issued from head
quarters OF the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad making rule OF giving all it's
trainmen q rest OF eight or ten hours
between runs. BY enforcing this rule
the Rio Grande will accomplish much
good and it will he the means Of other
Colorado roads following the example.
1t will also be the means of preventing
q good many railroad accidents, as by
this method men will not be worked TO
such an extent ns to cause them to go
to sleep while on duty.