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Arizona republican., 1903-09-07
Biz HauIs OF Our Railways.

The English public has been aston ishcd by some statements regarding American railway management which have recently appeared in the London Stati:t MT. Paish. the writer of the article. remarked that the average freight trainload of the Pcnnsylvania road was 4S4.6 tons and the average on the London & Northwestern was 6S.6 tons To make the lack of progress in his own country more evident he show cd that cn the Lake Shore road the average trainload had increased from 1Sf tons in 1872 to 455 in 1900; on the East Indian railway it has been in creased in the same period from 11S.13 to 196 tons The increase on the Lon don X Northwestern was from 59.f to CSC tons-1O per cent in England, 72 per cent in India and 239 per cent in the United States. The. Philadelphia Record, by way of showing that the story is not half told in these figures, says that if MT. Paish will watch the experiments on the Reading road ne will observe that one engine has hauled seventy-seven steel cars heavily loaded, the entire train weighing $500 tons. It is no wonder that American locobotiNc construction and American railway ac- Movements have aroused the aStCnish- ment of the wGrld.-Eochester Demo- crat and Chronicle.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07
Science at War With Itself.

What must appear to experts and also to the lay mind as a plausible and logi- cal theory, was advanced yesterday by Carlton P. Lewis at the congress of actuaries during the discussion of the subject of Improvement in Longevity.
 MT Lewis said there were three gen. eral reasons for the improvement in lCgncVity-the better care that children receive in the present day; the vast improvement in handling cpidemics' especially progressive, in the last few years, and the advancement in medical and surgical science. We find. he said. that the mortality in particular diseases has decreased very greatly in the last forty years. These influences are ali alike in this respect. that all represent not an increase in the vitality of the strong. but a diminution of mor- tality among the weak The number of weddings today is therefore greater and the result is a degradation of the mass in the average
 It will not escape the attention of thoughtful and analytical persons that the views announced by MT. Lewis bring the policy of modern hygiene and sanita tion into direct conflict with the doctrine of the survival of the fittest, which is now accepted by all persons who have given it carful anVest1ga- tion. The right of weddings to longer life and to all Of the helps and safe guards which science can afford them may he discussed at leisure, but that their preservation contributes to the end of human degeneracy, in the long run appears to be convincing demon
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07
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A hade-to-order Martyr.

The temporary return of Parks from
 Sing Sing under the stay pending ap-
 peal of his conviction granted by Jus
 tice Sewe1 promises to add d new feat
 ure to the labor day parade. Parks will
 walk in the procession displaying his
 prison tonsure as d crown of martyr
 dom won in the cause of labor. If they
 should let him bring away his striped
 attire from Sing Sing he would doubt less wear that, too. that he might the more strongly move sympathy for his sufferings. The lava biding, honest self-respecting wage earners of this city are to have the inestimable priv ilege of being marshalled in honor of d felon. They are to be asked to glorify
 crime and declare themselves in a body to sympathize with thievery and eX- tortion.
 That Parks personal adherents and those who wish to pcrpetuate graft ing" under cover of organized labor should rally in such a cause is not sur prising. That the great body of wage earners should permit themselves to be used for such a purpose can only be explained by their utter ignorance of l the case. They are told that Parks is a martyr to the cause of labor, and they believe it. If he were a champion | bravely devoted to their interests. their | loyalty would be commendable. Even
 if he were law breaker whose crimes
 were in the nature of q revolutionary
 campaign for their rights or privileges
 it would be natural for them to stand | by him and parade his riderless horse i if he were absent in prison for devotion | to them. But what can they see to ad-
 mire in enc whose crime was mere vul-
 gar betrayal of thetrust they reposec l in him to further his own interests: | He was q traitor to them. He sold them out. He used the power whicf 1 they had given him to further the in | terests of some employers and to prac- i tise extortion on others. As an incl | dent to his game he brought hunger l and cold to the wives and children od
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07
French Republics Third of Century

1 On the 4th of September the French
 republic will complete third of d cen tury. On that day. 1870, Gambetta and l his radical associates, appIised cf the
 surrender at Sedan. formally resolved
 that the empire was extinct with the
 capture of Napoleon by the Germans,
 and proclaimed the republic. These men actually founded the republic by their action that day. not because of | any power. but because of the readiness
 of the French people for the restoration
 of the liberties filched by Napoleon III. l in the early sos.
 The revolution of 1T93, supported by the arms of Napoleon l.. had fitted France fer q free government. And while tho people submitted to the mild | monarchy of the third Napoleon they hastened to restore original conditions when the fate of war removed Napoi-
 con from power. Through the exercise of wisdom and moderation the republic
 proclaimed by Gambetta has lived and grown strong.
 No government since that of Louis
 XVI has lasted so long as the third republic, and it's days promise to be
 long. The pretenders to the throne, Bourbon, Orleanist and Bon2partist. are too weak and insignificant to ac-
 complish anything. France has gene forward while they have stood still cherishing old traditions. There have been times when the republic seemed ready to collapse, but wisdom prevail
 ed: and today the statesmen of France are as able and cautious as any in the world.
 Frenchmen are loyal to France ra ther than to any man, whatever his pretensions. They do not despise the achievements of the third Napoleon snd fully appreciate the great work of Napoleon the Great. but the age of these men is past, and those who make no claim to rule find that there are no secrets of government they cannot master France is to be congratulated. -Rochcster Democrat and Chonicle.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07
The Alkali Problem.

It is generally known that for more ployed by the national government have been Investigating the alkali soils of the west with the object of discover ing method for elimina ting the alkali, and there have been several premature reports that the problem had been solv- ed. There will be a disposition to await official reports from Washington, there fore. notwithstanding the latest and most positive assertions that the evil has been overcome. On the 2nd instant it was telegraphed from Salt Lake that Professor w. H. Hellman. one Of the experts of the department of agricul- ments on arid land near that city, has discovered a process by which the aka Ii may removed from soii'' and the land made as perfect for agricultural pur- poses as if it had never contained the 2llsal. It was quite unnecessary for the dispatch to add that the success of the tests means that millions of acres of now worthless land in the west will be reclaimed if this is true"
 It is to be observed, however, that Professor Hellnan himself refuses to talk on the subject, but refers ques- tioners to his superiors at Washington. It is to be doubted whether any more effective method can be devised for dealing with alkal than the process already familiar to practical irrigatiors namely, the process of washing the deletcrious substance from the soil by careful irrisatio
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07
Two VanishinS Types.

Two vanishing tynCs of the American ere, alas, still presented in the new novels and the current magazines. all thouSh thcy gre rare indeed in real life. These are the backwoods farmer with
 the frirged beard. bent back and the
 Down East dialect. and the western despcrado with flashing eyes. quick pistol hand and whole dictionary of swear words. Doubtless it will be many
 years before the inhabitants Of Great
 two personages are not the highest hu- man products of our American civiliza-
 tion. Here on this side of the water
 he two caricatures will continue to be cherished ones in the pastoral novels and the blood -and-thunder melodramaa'
 until some other burlesQue can be made
 popular.
 The railroads and the telegraph lines have put almost inaccessible districts
 into close touch with the great centers of population. Yankee ingenuity has enabled the American farmer to accom- plish wonders with the aid of agrcul- tural machinery. Good-sized cities are
 so numerous in the United States that
 only a small population is really isO- | lated. The western desperado has dis appeared before the hardy and deter mined settlers of the frontier. In some cases ne has become a millionaire or a prominent citizen. In the last few years l trolley lines and rural mail routes have put the farmhouse in daily touch with the busy world of business and com mercc.-MilWaukee Sentinel
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07

many a workingman who had no griev- ance and who was anxious to earn the living that Parks would not allow him to make till his employer had lined Parks pockets or that employers rival had secured the contract or reaped the other advantage which he sought from his neighbours strike.
 That is the sort of a. martyr that the wage earners are asked to canoniZe. Aside from the clique which along with Parks has been misrepresenting labor. we do not believe many workmen will pay their devotion at such a shrine. At least they would not have done so but for the district attorney. Parks one scar of martyrdom which is likely to arouse the sympathy even of those who believe he is a rascal is the result of MT. Jerome's impulsiveness and irri- liability. Parks, We believe, deserves state prison, and the district attorney did right to resist all temporizing eX- pedients and seek to keep him there pending appeal. But the unusual eX- petition shown in removing him from the Tombs, interrupting his only visit with his wife after his conviction and making her the weeping witness of his transportation, did not make d pleas ant impression. It was unnecessary. It was pcttish. Mir. Jerome had sought to delay sentence, and when he was oVerruled through the insistence of Parks. his action said as plainly as words: You wanted a sentence. Take
 it and see how you like it.' Instead of Giscrcditing Parks by getting him in prison, he has, in view of this prompt release, given him a preteXt for saying that he was subjected to vindictivc treatment. That simply strengthens his sway over the deluded wage earrers whom he has misused. Better judg- ment on the part of the district attGr- ney would have left him disgraced by his conviction and without the least hold upon popular sympathy.-Ncw York Tribune.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07
The urafters of Colombia.

! The true inwardness of Colombian op- position to the canal treaty is perhaps revealed in a dispatch from Bogota which says that the nationalists the party opposing the government do ,ot wish to have the treaty matter settled until they regain power. They figure, it is said, that should the treaty be signed by President Marroquin he would become so popular that the na- tionalists could not defeat him.
 It is a plausible explanation, to say the least. The patriots of Central America think of nothing but politics plUnder and graft. No thought is given to the country and its welfare, but the whole scheme of life is to get office, to wield power. to collect tribute, and to wreak personal vengeance upon the de- feated party,
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07

County commissioners in Kansas are finding that it pays to employ tax ferret to search out property which has not been returned for taxation. In Phillips county one of the least wealthy sections of the state. the tax ferret found s2OoOO worth of property which had never been taxed. And it is said that the mere knowledge that the tax ferret is abroad leads virtuous citizens to remember suddenly that that their property has been overlooked, and voluntary additions to the tax rolls are numerous. County supervisors in Arit zona might try the ferret scheme to advantage.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07
strated by testimony other than the

strated by testimony other than the opinions of Mir. Lewis.
 The degradation of the mass in the average" has the appearance of a truly grave result. but that seems to he the certain effect of modern hygiene and santa tiCn. It is net at all necessary to gC back to the generations of Adam and to cite the cases of Enos and Jared and Methuselah to prove that the fuss which men and women make in these 4itter days to prolong their lives is of nC particular consequence. There are many more modern instances that will serve quite as we'll
 Where is the hale oentcnarian of to- ,eay who knew anything in his youth of middle age about bacteria or microbes or physical culture or health foods? Ask that spry old gentleman who was ! born in the eighteenth century and who walks three or four miles before break fast CT saws cord of wood before din- ner, if they ever boiled the drinking water in his time or thought anything about germs. and he will chuckle until he coughs himself out of breath
 What did those fresh and hardy cid danes who thread a needle at 90 with out Gpcctacles ever know about strabis- mus or myopia or the precautions re- quisite to th2 preservation of a clear vision? How much money did they ever pay cut for going to the springs" and taking the baths that they show no trace of rheuma tism as they hoparound like CTicksts? Did the men and women who can remember all about George Washington, and who were well along in fife when the stars fell know any thing about health foods or the Vapid substitutes that take the place of cof- fee? Not by the sacred memory of those sterling breakfasts of ham and eggs and bucl<wheat cakes and the cup that checred without inebriation.
 There is no reason to dCubt, in the light of experience, that the habit of existence becomes popular by it's prac tice. There are careless persons, it is true, who will take the position that the sort of life that must be nurtured by hygiene and vigilant sanitation is net worth having, but the tendency of hu- n1anity seems to be to, accept the play on almost any sort of terms and to cop- sider it worth while even with a very poor candle
 Ail the same, the proposition of MT Lewis that the modern system tends to T degradation of the mass in the average by perpetuating the lives of and this shows that science is actually making war on it's own tenet that the fittest surVive.-Kansas city Star.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07

The Kansas City Journal prints the sad news that ex-Senator Vest is so blind that he cannot recognize his friends. and that he cannot walk be- cause of the weakness of his lower limbs. The famous wasp of the United States senate suffers no weakness of the mind, however. and infirm as he is he would make q much more creditable senator than Baking Powder Stone.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07

Lawyers are cheerfully pointing to the fact that Caleb Powers. former secretary of Kentucky, was convicted of murdering Governor Goebel and sen tenced to hang, inlm ediately following his three-hour speech in his own de- fense. Ii pays for the shoemaker to stick to his last, and when murderers are in trouble they should hire law yprS
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07

The people of the United States are rapidly coming to the conclusion that they would gladly pay several millions more for canal across Nicaragua in order to infiict upon Colombia the pun ishment she deserves.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07

Senor Pedro Alrarado. the richest man in Mexico. and owner of the Pal milla silver mine, contradicts the re- port of his death. Our congratulations to the senor
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07

have concluded that they would prefer to remain under the Danish flag, and Uncle Sam is not asking for another | haarinr
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07

Amid all the uncertainty connected with the Beirut affair it is at least safe to predict that Vice-consul Megelsser will rot be redppointed when his time Is out
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07

Male gcssips are the worst of the Daily News.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07
SANATORIUMS
POULTRY SUPPLIES

PATIENTS Hazard & Harpham. Los Angeles. Send for free book on patents.
La Junta tribune., 1903-02-07
fancy Price. 10, Orchards.


Two of the best orchards in the
vicinity Of Manzanola sold this
week to Missouri parties. w. A.
Colt disposed OF his seventy acre
home orchard to K. Graham, oi
Harrison County, Mo-, for /. con-
sideration OF Sio. 900. and C.. P.
Randall sold his thirty acre or
chard to F. F. Simpson. Of the same
place. for 81, 500, Both OF these
Orchards have come to bearing age.
The Randall orchard yielded about
S3.7I5 profits last year.
Mr.. Colt is closing out his real
estate here preparatory to- going
epst where his, interests claim hi.
time, and Mr.. Randall Is uncertain
about leaving yet. He does no,
like to leave a climate that ha.
done so much for him.-Manzan'
ola Sun.
La Junta tribune., 1903-02-07

BUSINESS men in every town
ought to have an organization foi
the express purpose OF disconrag-
ing fake advertising schemes. such
as wall directories maps. hotel
registers. carnivals and like use
less methods. The -dsain on the
the merchant who patronizes such
schemes Is considerable, aud the
returns are nothing. Some men
who would have fits If asked to
put up, $Io ifos a mouth's news
paper advertising will put out five
times that amount to smooth
fakirs for worthless space. A
business mems organization would
serve to educate its members to
the folly OF paying for such dub,
fnl publicity Lamar Sparks.
La Junta tribune., 1903-02-07
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no SADIE 2. ALLEN. WHOSE rosr

no SADIE - ALLkN. WHOSE POST
j oificr address 10 La Junta. Colorado,
and "a y hom IL may oOoceru.
You and each Of yOO are hereby notthed
and informed that at . certain tax naIe duly
udv-rtisrd and held by the counsy trea.ures
Of tn~ro county. Colorado, o0 the oRh day
Of D-ccmbrr. A. y, iSs. said treasurer daly
for the year 1877, duly assessed thereon the
follow ing described real estAfe. situate In
Otsro county, state OF Colorado. to-wit:
The north half OF the north east quarter
M of y. 4 " OF seetSou eight tsi, in town
ship . euty four fc9J, south uf range 6fty 0ve
issi west of thu sixth r. NJ, all of said real
estate bsinH nAaesaed NJ osse tract aud at {
total niue of SOD aud tke amount Of the de-
linanent taxes thereon being $40 u. that Of!
said date, said trr ssuFer sold all OF said Land
TO the Denver Bosd ard security Company
and daily isssi-d iin said purchases. tax snis
cersifcate No. lz3i. svideocinI said sale,
and that thereafter said Purchassr daily as-
signed said tax sale certificate. TO the nnder-
signed ~ho p NOE sbe 0~ses aud holder
thereof.
NON. therefors. nosice 10 harehy given q.
by Law provided, that the time for Tedemp-
ton Of aid real cstafe, from sstd tax uale
aforesaid will expire ON the 3oth day OF May.
deemed on or iefore said date. tbs under.
signed will Apply to the treasurer OF said
Ossro county, Colorado, for a tax deed fou
said lands above describcd-
Dated at Ia Jupsa, Colorado, this 3oth day
Of January. fga
FIRST SATIONAL RANK OF LA JUNTA
BY RoBT. w. PArTtnsoN, 'rresidsnt,
Yirrt publication, January 81. 1904
I.ass publication. February IL. fson
La Junta tribune., 1903-02-07
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moe. N.ALLES WHOSE pOBTORPICE AD-
dress Is La Junta, Colorado, and to " tsosn
IL may cosDrru: ~ -
You and each Of you are hereby notified
aad infovn,ed fkAf at = cevtain tax sale. duly
ADVERTISED and held by the cosuty treasurer
Of Tero county. Coioyado, ON the ~ b day Of
January. A. ID. 1870. said treasurer duly o2er-
ed for sale for thu deliuq slsnt - Re- for the
year Iss- duly a..s1ed thereon. the follow wing
described real e~tase situate In Otero county
kfnse of Colorsdo. to-Wit:
The southeast quarter Is. E.kl OF necttou
four tU, too nship tWenty -four tzs). soush Of
range fifty i've iasl, west of the sixtk p. m,
all of said real e~aate being asesssed .. ons
tract aud 81 total value of e1sD. aud the
smoaat Of the delisqurst taxes skereoa BE-
ing. SIS ~; that on aid date AID treasurer
soh all of aid lanA 10 n. =. Shall, TO satiaty
aud pay satd taxes 20 deiiUQnest, ard duly
;.ss;a g ~ parsh.:Hcs q . =. - A. :sssi is.ss.
SAID PurchAssr ,duly a.iss.d sid tax sale
o~uer and hotAsr shsrenl. sI
|. Now. theref0se. nos3es v hBgebf given ~
BY Law provided. that the time for redemp-
ftpn of said resl estate. from aid fax eals
Aforesaid will expire ON the e0th day Of May.
A. ID. 1908. and thst u the sams = nOt re-
deemed ON or bsfors eaid date, the undler-
sigaed will apply to the tressutee Of aid
Osero county, Colorado, for . tax deed for
said lands above desrsihed. i1l
/ Dated IT La Junta, Colorado, this essh day
fIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LA JUNrA.
By Rom. ". PArTBnsox, President.
pirss ps.blication, January 81. lgni
Lao publisssaon. February II. 1903.
La Junta tribune., 1903-02-07
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NOTICE - SHEBRBYGIvEN THAT WN.I.
~ sell, at pullic auction, to the highest re-
sp1asiiIe bidder. ON the ~ day, of March.
Ressi IAni Comafs.;o"ess. Cspisoi Rnsid.
inga Denyer. Colorado. ths following Dc.
scetbsa iaeds- siiasssa In OtesDi csuuty,
Wssa halt q soutAsese eusrssr ssrtso. o..s,
tOvnship twenty -Ous south, range 81 west
Dinispum price ser sere. S1vs vntSe of im-
prosOments. none applicAnt. J. y. Wosmuth
4 No land Sill hs sod 1t le.. tbanshs nIni.
0uA pike pr sere, as given above The
paFcsas will BE- soIa In the akDvq oeder, ard
eoee traet Will be snsd dsscrtbed abovo-
b. the pas.e @ogv or h
r:rns o. psym:as sh.ll h- :. follows, vis
perl eest % tke purcha.e mouey ON tie day
afsale. tAs balance In eighteen equal annual
poN.nsues NJ psr cent ysr annum. Land
se5ling ~ more sAan e.s psr scro anrj Iess
of saSe. she baisscs In fourtsen equal snnrsi
SsaliaG for SIS aud apwassia, = per
coae ensA, aad balance In seven equal ansnal
pay0enfs ~ Per cent insereus. II thu pur-
sAAser d0ss not own The improvsmsnss, -
,0eee pay f0e the sanse NJ sale. Purchaser
'wf11 exeeuse bosd, - provided In Secfioa IA
set Of April :, lss5. Purchaseps msasf he
e3tioRas Of The Unised States, or per.oas uho
kage deeiared sksis insensSsa % beeuming
uoeA. Purchasrs must pay apprai.sasst
JOHN 7. JOYCE,
Register seass hoard of Las<a Commi.aioser.
LASe Uobl1easton, February .s. fSm. ~
La Junta tribune., 1903-02-07
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