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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-24
MOTOR CUP RACE INCIDENTS
oxilal I<eene's Daring Ride-Amer-
leans Car Won.

49,
Continental machines and continental
drivers carried off the honors in the
recent international cup race over the
tortuons course in Ireland, says the
New York Commercial Advertiser. Ger
tainly the German and French drivers
displayed the acme of skill and nerve
in that wild ride over Il dust enveloped
course, with it's numerous turns and
sharp curves.
Americans can congratulate them
selves. however, in spite of the poor
showing made by the team, in the skill
as a chauffeur of FoXhall Keene. Mr..
Keene has displayed his proves as a
sportsman in many ways, on yachts,
on the polo field and in a dozen other
games, but never more so than in his
splendid ride during the early part of
the race in Ireland. Keene was going
| at one time as fast as 100 miles an
| hour, and he made the best time on the
first lap, proving that Americans are
not behind the French and Germans
in courage. For a time Keene was rid
ing with a cracked axle, and, as he said
after the race, ''it was too similar to
sitting over a box of dynamite to be
enjoyed"
Curiously enough, the winning ma
chine was owned by an American, be
ing the Mercedes of Clarence Gray
Dinsmore. Jenatzy, the driver, rode q
splendid race without accident, finish
ing the 36S miles $50 yards in Oh. 36m.
9s., including controls. De Knyff, Far
man and Gabriel, all of the French
team, finished in order.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-24
LETTER TUBES IN PARIS.
Rapid System of Electric Postal
Service to BE Tried la rance

Service to BE Tried LA France.
A scheme is being promoted in Paris
for constructing Il system Of subter-
ranean pneumatic conduits for the rap
id transportation of mail matter u
parcel freight and express. says the
Engineering News. The proposition
has been brought to the notice of the
government, and official trials will be
made of models. The system employs
electricity as its motive power, and it's
inventors represent that they can
| transport cars weighing a ton over any
| given distance at a speed of 100 miles
an hour. The system is styled the
''electric postal service"
A metal duct is to be constructed OF
a width of not exceeding thirty inches,
which will be wide enough for a double
! track to accommodate trains going i
opposite directions. The cars would
be simply s't'tt iron cases supported
on two or four aXles and carrying the
electric motor. The central compart-
ment of each "car," measuring about
twenty cubic feet, would he reserved
for freight. The total length of each
vehicle would be about twenty-five
feet. but it would not exceed twenty
inches in height. To counterfeit the
resistance of the ~air-naturally of great
force in view of the excessive speed at
tanned by the yehicle-the front and
real of each car would be equipped
with wind cutters in %parabollc form.
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lew way to Grow sugar Cane.

A committee of the Planters society
has Nude Il report OIL a special mode of
growing sugar cane which has been
tried ut Havana, says the Philadelphia
Press 1t consists of planting the cane
in rowS four yards apart. each plant or
group of shoots being three yards from
the net. thus allowing the roots and
foliage full scope. Only those shoots
and pieces of cane which are full
grown are cut. the smaller ones being
left to ripen. The committee says that
by this means the yield to the acre is
enormously increased. 1t is said that
the yield in weight Of cane of the
piece of land on which the experiment
was made was 100 per cent greater
than is obtained by the present meth
cd. by which the cane is grown much
closer. Further experiments will be
| made.
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Giiarr Is always ever by S O'Clock.
.AIlor dinner he slis Oh he piazza With
Mrs. Roosevelt and the children and
usaaiIg retires aDoat 1880 o'clock.
Sogsct .mos it is inter. bit he always
tries u be in bed at least an hour be-
fore u2idnieht.
Much Of the presidents time in the
early morning and late in the afternoon
is spent playing and ronp.ng With
the children. The %cl1ildran's pats are
sources Of great amusement 10 the pres
ident. H. aoes ont almost daily to look
them over.
Il is the presidents intention to de-
vote the whole summer to absolute rest
SC Far as it is possible. He is assisted
a his exercises Ny the children when.
ever convenient. They like il and the
preatG lat encourages them.
lie i; giving little attention TO Of
fcial business. All that is beng at-
tended to by the clerical stat IT the
White House in Washington. when
mattoga demand the presidents attnn-
ton Ct approval they are sent on hore,
anu !! t3INE GLUIN I<CED NttsLsisL HHH''t
them Himself they are referred to the
president.
OGic.sl cares are not to be thrust
upon li:n if he q help ii. During the
summeH he expects. together will
members Of his family, to make FIRE
ouent trips about the sound en- tbs
government yacht sylph. He antici
patcs q pleasant time when he goes t.
witnee; the international yacht races
on Az. 20. lie Will also make shor
tr.-,e bout Long Island, but has
pl@a&ed that Syracuse in the late sum
ny win be the only extended trip h
VIII ln4i".
81 am looking for Il rest" he recent,
told on of his callers, and in his owl
way lie is getting it.
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E;r.t Goyernment irrigation.

The first government irrigation ex-
penditure will be made in Thomas
county. Kan. The water will be Sc
cured by drilling wells. The expense
of building Il reservoir large enough
to irrigate many thousand acres OF
land will be small owing to the char
acter of the land.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-24
c IN A BLAZE.
Great Spectacle Which Will Form
Feature of Centennial Jubilee.

Great Spectacle Which Will Form
Feature of Centennial Jubilee.
Perhaps the most sensational event
Of Chicago's centennial jubilee week
will be the "burning of Chicago" says
the New York Times. About 500 tons
Of Roman fire will be put on the roofs
of the downtown skyscrapers and on
the tops of the larger buildings in the
different divisions of the city until the
area covered by the fire of 1871 is in
Guided.
The red fire will be ignited stimuli
~taneously and will burn for two hours.
From the O'Leary home on DeKoven
street. where the great fire started, a
long fight of bombs will memorabilia
the famous COW.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-24
A New Tree.

A notable discovery of the expedi-
ton t. Lake Chad, in Africa, was a
tree new to science, the wood OF which
Is lighter than cork.
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The Newest Girl.

Her horse she'd pat with tender hands
In days gone by. but now she's seen
Beside her auto: there she stands
and fills the tank with gasoline.
New York Herald.
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OrnithOlogical.

The wild and gaunt mosquito
Doth now his loins upsird;
From SamarCand
To Coney's strand
At present he's the bird
That makes his anthem heard.
For cen the old bald eagle
We love so dearly's quite
AS good as beat
When the moskeet
Buzzes, on winglets light,
Athwart the Jersey night.
r. K. Munkittrick in New York Her
aid.
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The Rome correspondent OF the Fail
Mall Gazette relates this experience OF
the pope with some smugglers:
Leo XIII. remembered with interest
the mission given him by Pope Gregory
XVI. when he was only twenty-eight
and only u few weeks after he had
celebrated his first mass. At that time
the province Of Benevento, which be-
longed to the Papal States. but was
almost surrounded by the territory OF
the kingdom Of Naples, was. in a
much worse degree than Switzerland
now is, a nest of smugglers. brigands
and revolutionists. To put an end to
this state of things the then Mgr. Pecci
was sent there as papal delegate-that
s to say, with full powers. He acted
with extreme energy, once sure of the
troops at his disposal, attacking the
leaders of the malefactors. dispensing
their bands and making most of them
prisoners.
In this work Mgr. Pecci was greatly
assisted by a brave and intelligent of.
6cer, Signor Sterbina. who became his
confdant, and when the ecclesiastic
was elected pope he nominated Ster-
bini as scalco segreto secret carvef).
Mgr. Pecci had to resort to drastic
measures to stamp out smuggling. for
It was practiced and supported by the
most prominent people of the district.
In fact. a certain marquis. who was
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-24

A Companion OF His youth Says tIie
Pope Uaed to Jump CIlaaun% aIid
Scale Preci.irea None othcra Dag
ed AttemIt--IKovv re Arrested II
Band of snnug.Inr&-y.iA i-ia4I4esa
to an Araericun Girl.
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cradle time and incidentally take Off
a few pounds Il week at the exercise.
The broadsword will come next. This
is the hardest kind of exercise, and it
is possible some of the intimates of the
president in the army will be asked to
Oyster Bay and the president will en-
ioy a few bouts before he goes away.
Since his arrival at Oyster Bay the
president has been an early riser. He
is always up at 7:30 o'clock in the
morning. and after a tub and a little
| exercise is ready for breakfast. which
is over before 8 o'clock. After break.
| fast the president reads the newspa'
pers and talks with his secretary. DC
~casionally he devotes an hour to his
mail. Then there is tennis or the in
| evitable horseback ride The presiden'
will not miss his ride. no matter wha'
the weather conditions may be. The
first ride is finished just in time TO
luncheon, which is served between 81
and go o'clock in the afternoon. Aft
err luncheon. when the president ha'
visitors he talks with them until abou
4:3O or 5 O'Clock. If they are very init
mate friends they remain for dinner
When the visitor cannot ride horsebacl
the president has his carriage withou
a top hitched up and gives his guests
ride about Sycamore hill.
No matter what guests are presell
La Junta tribune., 1903-09-30
'oeA, A.o ,sssoaAl ,rsss.
trade with II. G. Todd.

ceived fine lot of children's cloth
ing.
Miss Wilson Is showing fine
line of pattern hats. Millinery
store, Woodruff block.
DIR. E. w. Ragsdale, Central
block. Office hours, 10 a. N. to
a m; 2p. m. to 4 p. m.
Mayhem House Furnishing Co, i,
undertaking, embalming. Phone,
+42 black; night phone, 462 red.
Dressmaking. Miss Matte Corn;
residence w. n. Barkley, second
door south OF c. w. Wonderly's.
Roscoe Steward. the young son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. c. u. Steward, is
very i'll with serious kidney COM
plant.
MIR. and Mrs. T. X. HoHmire, of
Pueblo, were the guests OF c. +.
Patterson, OF North La Junta. last
Sunday.
| Mrs. A. b. Corbin, who has been
very i'll with typhoid fever, was re-
ported somewhat improved yes
terday morning.
Il The ladies of the Methods,
church will give a supper on Fri,
day, October 10th. Place will be
announced later.
| Some fine bargains in pianos are
being offered at the Opera House
Music Store. Must be sold to
make room for new goods.
/ WANTED-A good girl for gen
eral housework in family Of four
Inquire OF Mrs. NJ. Buckley, frs,
door east Of public library.
II We do all kinds of clothes clean.
ing and dyeing. First class work;
prices reasonable. Give us trial.
La Junta Steam Laundry.
II Frank Miller and Cora Mundell,
both OF Ordway, were married in
this city last Wednesday, Judge
Wallis officiating at the ceremony.
The Colorado Springs lesgn.
team defeated the famous c. F. &
1. amateur team in Pueblo last
Sunday afternoon by score of 6
t,4.
II FoR SALE-Fiye room frame
house; two lots; lawn and shade
trees; large barn; coal shed; con
nected with sewer. Inquire At
this Office.
Il All warrants issued from the
county treasuTer's Office for School
District No. IL are now on cash
basis for the first time in the his.
tory Of the county.
4 McCarty & Althen, the np-to
date clothiers, have just received
the finest lot of mems suits ever
brought to the Arkansas Valley.
Come and see them.
/ Twenty FIVE hunting licenses
were issued from the county clerks
Office dnring the past three days.
II AL hA~ ri
thus far this season is 2eS, at s.
each.
Il X. Erickson, who has been hav-
ing a prolonged siege with typhoid
fever.is reported greatly improved,
and will probably be able to be
down town before the close of the
week.
| Mrs. 6. S. Thompson and Mrs.
Henry Honaker are attending the
State Federation Of Womsn's Clubs
meeting in Colorado Springs this
week. Mrs. Honaker is dele
gate from the Four O'Clock Club
i A. w. Shelton, of the Holbrook
country, was . county seat visitor
Monday. He left on the noon
! train for Denver to attend the re
publican county convention. being
one Of the delegates from this
county.
I Mrs George H. Wilson. of Albu
querque, NJ NJ, is the guest Of
friends in this city, arriving Monday
from Boston. Mass. where she has
La Junta tribune., 1903-09-30
y THE PALACE DRUG STORE. = Agents f

Inquire of DIR. |. S. Bryant.
Shotguns, Winchester rifles and
bicycles to rent at Gee & Burnett's.
Don't forget the regular weekly
Elks' social dance to night at Elks'
hall.
Miss Mary Baker, OF De Soto
Mo, is visiting her brother, II. A.
Baker
DR.. p. b. Linville, dentist.
Office, Simonton block. Phone
No. 1922 red.
| New fall styles in Monarch
shirts are now on exhibition at
McCarty g. Athens.
Mrs. Lydia Z. Edwards, OF
Clearheld. Pa. is the guest Of her
son, DIR. Z. G. Edwards.
Five room house for rent; fur
nished or nnfurnished, Inquire at
the Opera HouA Music Store.
Roy Finney, who is attending
Colorado College this year, came
home last Sunday to spend the
day.
Mrs. Howard McCreary left
Monday for Salt Lake City to JOIN
her husband, who now has a ran
out Of that city.
Postmaster Dalton is in Denver
this week attending the republican
state convention as a delegate
from this county.
Harding, the haberdasher, is
moving from his quarters in the
new Simonton block to the Mat
lock building, on Santa Fe avenue.
George w. Wicks, of the Bent
County Democrat, was La unta
visitor last Saturday and made
theT TRIBuNE Office a fraternal call.
Las Animas did not show up Sun
day and the last game of the sea
son was not played. We probably
wont have any more baseball until
next year.
For each S2 cash purchase at II
Il. Clark's you get one chance on
a $40 mirror, and for each 81 cash
purchase you get chance on
$2. SO lamp.
Len Tanning, the star pitcher of
the La Junta team, left Monday
night for Wichita, kal., for
brief visit. He intends to return
to La Junta in the near future to
spend :he winter.
All ye devotees of girls, music,
fun and laughter, prepare to wei
come "The Storks." The musi
ical fantasy triumph announced
for Wednesday, October 9Th, al,
the La Junta Theatre.
The Ladies' Aid Society OF the
Presbyterian church will meet at
the home of Mrs. Leslie Jones
Thursday afternoon. A full at
tendance is desired as there is
business OF importance to be trans.
acted.
Mrs. S. r. Mendelson and MIS-
C.. +. Kendall are in Colorado
Springs this week attending the
annual meeting OF the State FEEDER
alton of Womsn's Clubs as dele
gates for the Woman's Club of
this city.
Mrs. ]. S. Walsh left on the
noon train for Colorado Springs to
attend the State Federation of
Woman's Clubs now in session in
that city. Mrs. Walsh is the ac-
credited delegate Of the Fort
nightly Club Of this city.
Dick Dong, the Chinaman who
has ofiiciated as porter in the
Lobby saloon for some time past,
finds life there altogether to sternu-
uous and has gone back to the
laundry business, having purchas-
ed the wasbee washee establish
ment opposite the city hall.
Frank Irwin, Of Lima, Ohio,
arrived in La Junta Monday morn
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been promoted to- the same position on the Wis
consin- and the Wisconsin and northern d1vis-
ions,. with headquarters at Chicago -.
The Pere Marquette took formal possession of
the Lake Erie & Detroit River road yesterday
| and will send its trains through Canada over
the Michigan Central tracks. -
| The Rock Island is rapidly completing the
grade to its West St. Paul freight house. The
| marsh approaching the house is frozen in such
a way that work in strengthening the bed is
easy.
A. c. Deyerell. formerly superintendent Of the
! St. Paul Great Northern shops, has been made
| assistant to the new superintendent of motive
power. George Emerson. Henry Yoerg, superin-
tendent of the shops at Havre, will succeed Mr..
| Deverel1. 49,
S. f. Forbes of the Great Northern. who has
| been made assistant purchasing agent of the
| Rock Island at Chicago, is the twelfth Great
| Northern to follow Charles Warren to that
| road. The list is as follows: J. l.. Cameron.
assistant controller of the Rock Island: C.. p.
Adams, superintendent of telegraph: W.. W.
Wentz, superintendent at Little Rock: Frank
Deverill chief clerk to the controller; ID. Laugh
| lin, auditor Of passenger receipts: a. J. Ander-
son. statistican G.. S. Skies, assistant auditor of
| freight receipts; P: B. Babcock chief travelling
auditor; W. F. Baker, general agent at Seattle;
S. It. Forbes. assistant purchasing agent.
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!, MISS EVERTS' READING
Pleased Large and Critical Audience
at the Y. NJ. c. A. Auditorium
-.. g. .'.r Last EvenJ1u, .s.s-. w.. -

& The opportunity of hearing Miss kath-
crime Jewel Everts, former Minneapolis
girl who has become a prominent reader.
was very welcome, as the very large and
cultivated audience at the Y. NJ. c. A.
auditorium last night showed. Miss
Everts has not been heard in Minneapolis
since her conquest of the eastern cities
and critics; and there was great interest
in noting her progress in her chosen pro-
fession. AS she had early given promise
Of unsual achievements much was ex-
pected Of her and she did not disappoint
her friends.
Miss Everts read My Lady's Ring a
play written expressly for her by Alice
Brown, well known New England writer.
Miss Everts' art is both powerful and
subtle and marked by an exquisite delic-
acy of finish. Her voice especially is
beautifully modulated and delightful in
quality Her mastery Of her art enabled
her to hold the interest closely through
the play with its strongly contrasted char
acters, each Of which was skilfuilys differ
entiated. While Miss Everts' treatment
was broad In its sympathies, not fine
point was missed in her delineations OF
the well drawn characters and she entered
fully into the spirit Of the piece. deal
ing with its delicate humor with especial
success. ~sG
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M. P.--NET: EARNINGS
President MeIIen Expects Them to {
Satisfactory This Year.

PRESIDENT Meuen EXPECTS mem TO BE
Satisfactory This Year.
New York, Jan. 21.-President Charles
S. Mellen of the Northern Pacific says he
is confident, the net earnings of that sys-
tenn for the current year will be greater
than last year. Commenting on runaors
that the Northern Pacific and Great North
ern were contemplating reduction in
freight rates, Mr.. Mellen said:
81 am not prepared to say that the nu-
merous betterments already made and in
progress on the Northern Pacific will have
the effect of reducing rates. In the opera
ton of: our road we must overcome the
steady advance In the cost of material
and labor as well as, the increase in taxes. y
A very we'll defined. rumor is current
that the Northern Securities dividend will
be- increased at the coming meeting to AZ
per- cent at least, with a possibility of
per cent. 1t is by no means new ru-
NOR, but has received greater circula-
ton by the arrival Of James j. Hill.
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RAILROAD NOTES.

The painters of the Santa Fe have been given
u daily increase Of S cents in wages.
( Norman B., Ream was elected director of the
Iehigh Valley yesterday to succeed E: 3. Thorn
as, made president. s. ..s II = Ft.:EsS ss -
The Great Northern flyer and the 500 over
land were both several hours late yesterday be-
cause of cold and stormy weather.
George C. Conn. general agent of the Pere
Marquette at Milwaukee. has been made, assist
ant general freight agent with Headquarters at
Milwaukee. pa Il. Z. la ..Fs ..-l4..s :, 49,,
BID. Sweat, division. engineer of the Iowa
& Minnesota division OF the North Western at
Mason City, Iowa, has been promoted to- the
same position at. Boone on the Iowa division, and
Chef A. Dixie, the division engineer at Boone, has
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or the railroads were to blame.

or the railroads were to blame. MILFORD
Shade, a custom house broker of St.
Louis. admitted that he received from
railway companies 10 per cent commission
for the part he played in getting import
business. The witness refused to say how
much he received from the importer or
how much from the consignees.
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NEW PosTMAsTERs.

Washington, Jan. 21.-Postmasters appointed
to-day: Minnesota-tsoldner. Norman county
Gust Sontag; Loveid. Marshall county. William
Z. Rubeirt; st. Francis Anoka county. Julia Han
son; Tenstrike, Beltrami county, Robert a. Nc
.Cuaig.s Iowa--Geneva. franklin county Is
F. Gillette. North Discrimination Pembin,
county, Albert y. Thatcker.
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CLUB NOTES.

T. TIE Magazine club will give dinner at the
home. of Mrs. We Edgerton. 3137 Hennepin
avenue. Friday evening The husbands of the
members will be the guests of honor.
The Coterie will meet with Mrs Shellenberger
tors Bayless avenue st. Anthony Park, Friday
afternoon. Miss Janet Priest will give a group
of readings from kilng. =
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4 RED WING PASTOR B11KED.

& Rev. ]. j. Breidablik. of Red Wing, was
the union depot in st. Paul. He gave the
stranger the money % buy fine overcoat from
the mans father, who Is in the wholesale
clothing business' in that city. The stranger
did not return. Neither could the police find
him. d. 5s IS 81 81 s. s .a5s 81 & . g Isl
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PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

Mr. and Mrs Charles E. Cooke have gone
The Il. s. e. Club will meet with Mrs. C. F.
Beaver, 1908 Ald-ich nv s. Friday afternoon.
Mrs. o. E.. Reltz and Mrs. A. F. Matschke will
go to Hot Springs. Ark. early next week.
Satterlee lodge will give n social Friday even
ing at the home of Mrs. Davis. $40 Central av
The women of st. Marks church will servt
luncheon tomorrow and FriCAy in the parish
house. ...,.
Miss Grace Page has been the guest of he,
sister. Miss Miriam Alvin Page, in Chicago. the
past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. ". Barnes and daughter
Ethel left last evening for Los Angeles, Cal
Morris Mcdonald, accompanied by Ambrose
McNulty, has gone, to New York on his annua
business trip. They will be absent about fvt
weeks. -s-:~ 49,. H. g..
The Royal workers of Fern Camp. No. 1O1i
r. n. A., will give '''The> Old Maids Conyen
tlon'' in Fraternity hall, 800 Nicollet av, to
morrow evening. ~ - ~
Northwestern people at New York hotels are
as follows: Drluth-Bartholdi, Mrs. A. An
drews Minneapolis nd, w J. Olcott, T.
F. Cole: Vendone, o. A. Reed.
Miss Lillian Raker will give a dance tomorrow
evening In the Fourth Ward Republican hall
Charlie Baker and Charles #. Hitler will have
charge of the door and Fitzgerald's orchestra vii
play. .,.; g.. .-
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BAD FIRE ON a FRENCH LINER.

Havre Jan. 21.-The French line steamer La
Touraine. which arrived at Havre, Dec. z5th
from New York was on fire to-day. The fire
OUT ana no w1. n great d
and spread to the holds before it was under
Control u. ~ 80. y. .E5 No.
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The number of fish in the Great Lakes
has decreased rapidly within the last
twenty years notwithstanding practical
efforts to secure their propa2 CATION: