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The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-16
COLORADO STATE AFFAIRS AND
DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL CITY
Colorado Scientific Society.

This organization. which recently
celebrated its 200th meeting, was or
ganiZed December s. 1882, with S. +.
Emmons, president. and twelve charter
members. including Doctors Whitman
Cross and Richard Pearce. Senator N.
p. Hell, J. B. Grant, p. II. van Dlesr
and Herman BeeSer.
The society has numbered among its
members all the chemists, metallur-
Eists and engineers who have been
foremost In the development of the
states mineral resources. 1t is reason-
able to say that, aside from the coun-
try's great railroad promoters, no 9TH
er body of men have been so active and
influential in securing to the state its
advanced position, as compared with
neiShboring states in all that per-
tains to mining.
Among its presidents have been S.
+. Emmons, Richard Pearce, w. +.
Millebrand (now of Washington, d.
CO, Pieter II. van Diest, X. c. Hills. DR..
w. L. Headden, Prof. Geo. l.. Cannon.
Prof. c. S. Palmer and Prof. Regis
Chauvenet.
Among its prominent and energetic
members have been II. van +. Furman.
Arthur l.. Collins, Anton Eilers. 7. A.
Rickard Philip Argall, Prof Arthur
Lakes. John A. Porter, r. A. F. Pen
rose. e. G. Stoiber, A. A. Blow, Judge
Moses Hallett and Gen. w. j. Palmer.
Its growth for several years has
been very great and it now numbers
10 members, of whom l43 reside in
the state and twenty-seven in other
states, Great Britain, Mexico, Chill.
Tasmania and British Columbia.
The society's library is the most COM
plete in chemistry. mineralogy and
geology of any in the state, and thanks
to the generosity of Gen. W. j. Pal
mer in recently binding its exchanges,
is i'll excellent condition
The neurological and geological
collection has been lately much en-
riched by gifts and loans, and in the
spacious quarters afforded by the So
ciety's new rooms in the Chamber OF
Commerce building will be of great
utility. These rooms are open TO the
public between 10 and II a. m. and
1:3O and p. IN. daily. and those de-
string membership will be cordially re-
ceived by the secretary.
The society proposes to reduce the
annual subscription of members living
IN the mining camps OF the state 10
$500 annually. and will welcome new
members who have the opportunity OF
closely observing the mineralogy and
geology of lodes. And the results OF
such close study may be put before the
scientific world by papers at the So
ciety's monthly meetings.
This society is closely in touch with
| the whole world OF science, as its ex-
change list numbers over one hundred
kindred societies distributed over Eu-
rope. Asia, Africa. Australia and
North, South and Central America.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-16
State Medical Society.

The Colorado State Medical Society
at the meeting which has just closed in
Denver, adopted the new ethical code
recently inaugurated by the American
Medical Association. This is a far
more liberal code than the old ethical
system which prevented regular prac-
titioners from holding consultation
with the so-called irregular" practi
TONERS, term which included homeo-
paths, eclectic physicians and other
men learned in science but not con-
formant to the rules of the American
Medical Association. The new code
was unanimously adopted by the coun-
Gil of the state society. which met pre-
vious to the opening of the convention.
Immediately after converting the action
of the council was ratified.
The society was reorganized from an
Independent body to one forming a
component part of the American Medi-
cal Association. This was done in con-
formity with the actions Of other state
societies.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-16
AGAINST TIMBER
AND STONE ACT

Washington. Oct BIN his forth
coming annual land report Land Com
missioner Richards will present a
forCeiul argument In favor of radical
modlfnations of the timber and stone
act. He builds his argument upon the
showug of rapidly increasing timber
entries in late years.
Out If 1874 $50 acres of public lands
entered during the past fiscal year.
1,765 222 acres were covered by timber
entrios or more than three times the
area OF iimber entries in the preceding
year This growth is better appreciated
when Il is known that in twenty-five
years The timber and stone act has been
operative. less than 100000 acres. all
told. have been entered under its pro-
vision.
Commissioner Richards objects to
the timber and stone act because it
allows entrymen. largely spectators,
to acquire for $3.50 an acre lands that
are easily worth $lO0.
"Thcre Is no doubt that the law is
being aiken advantage of by specula-
tors, who are getting rich at the eX-
pense OF the government and of men
for whose benefit the law was primar-
lily passed. he says. 1T Is right that
this timber should be cut and used
commercially. but the government
should get an adequate return for part
ing with the property. Matured tim
Der should be cut when ripe. Therefore
| would not favor law that proposed
to cut off all sales, but | believe that
the present law is defective and should
be repealed. The government has more
timber and than all lumber compa
MES own together, and it would not be
Just to put fence about the forests
and forbid cutting"
Commissioner Richards also recon-
mends the repeal of the Communication
clause of the Homestead Act
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-16

Denver. Oct. ia Grand Junction
dispatch of last night says:
For the first time the public was
given an accurate account of the Mas
sey killing when the state to-day pre-
sented its case in the trial of william
La Fair, charged with murder. The
witnesses, who reside forty miles from
Grand Junction. disclosed two import
ant facts, one of which created consid-
cradle sensation in the court room
This was that Massey used his five
year-old son as a shield against La
Fairs bullets, and that fully half a
dozen shots were exchanged in a duel
in which T.. T. Massey was killed
Testimony favorable to the defense was
given, upon cross-eXamination, by
nearly every witness for the state,
and was to the effect tina, Massey had
been heard to threaten La Fair. This
is in support Of La Fairs contention
that he killed Massey in self-deiense.
c. +. Bo" man, Il Wholesale butcher,
who owns a ranch in the Unaweep
country near those of Massey and La
Fair, was the chief witness for the
prosecution. He testified that he had
gone from Grand Junction for cattle.
and was al his ranch with SilZcll, Ham
mond. Castro Tries and La Fair. cat
tlemen and cowboys. They had been
rounding up cattle when Massey rode
up. They nodded and Massey rode on.
with his son. both mounted, and
stopped on the other side of 4 rail
fence about 200 yards distant.
Bowman said he started toward Mas
sey. having announced that he would 30
to the latters ranch and inspect cat
tie that Massey wanted to sell, return
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-16
GOV. PEABODY WILL ORDER THE
COURT MARTIAL TO BE PUBLIC

Denver Colo, Oct 13.-The Republic
can this morning says:
The charges which have been filed
with Governor Peabody against certain
officers of the National Guard for Of
fenses alleged to have been committed
by them were yesterday given over to
Capt George Grier, the judge advocate
of the court martial. With the charges
went the edict to keep them private,
and for this reason Captain Grier
would net divulge the nature of the
complaints which have been filed for
the consideration of the court. Captain
Grier is now working on the charges
and will probable be engaged with
them from now until the time the
court convenes on next Monday.
THE court martial" said Governor
Peabody yesterday. will be a public
trial just as any other trial, and will
be conducted along military lines. |
have placed the charges in The hands
of the judge advocate, Captain Grier.
and he will have them from now until
the time that the court martial con-
venes. | still insist that the nature OF
them shall not be made public until
after the court has begun its work
THE statement has been made that
there are about eight brigader gen.
erals on the list which could have been
summoned for duty on this court mar
tial and that ought to have called
them. | will say that these brigadiers
have been retired and as such they are
not eligible for duty on a court mar
tial.
"As to protests by prisoners which
may have been brought before the
court, it will be noticed that | have ap-
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-16
State Tax Levy.

The State Board of Equalization has
apportioned the state tax levy. The
estimate of revenue for the biennial
period shows that there will not be
enough money in the state treasury to
pay the appropriations of the last Leg
islature. The state will be short $751;
S66. The appropriations call for 81
1S9, ,4S4O6 The revenue for the two
years will be but $l.S3lGiS4o
The board reduced the assessment on
the Rio Grande Sangre De Crsto road
from $3,400 per mile to $1,000 per mile.
but refused to change the assessments
OF any other roads of the state.
The apportiOnment of the levy by
the board and the estimated revenue
for the various funds on the valuation
of $332 900 900 is as follows:
Estimated
Amount to
be derived.
bonds ] 1890 mil levy..........s $40. 2s6 81
Mute and blind Is mill levy. ii. 400 90
University, % mill levy ........, l32 SoO. 90
Agricultural college, " mill levy f6,ic1,Ob
School of Mines Is mill levy. 66,400.1I
Normal school, 10 mill levy. Ct, 400. 90
Insane asylum. 10 mill levy. G6.401.oJ
Stock inspection. LIS mill levy. q, 1888
Capitol building and interest on
bonds. X mill levy .....,...;.... l66.go0.D
Capitol building. bond sinking
fund, els mill levy ............ 1872 799 aS
Total 4 mill levy ............. 81, ,32S, ,OGD. 20
General revenue l-5G mills .....$ 5I2. 1854
Less per cent. uncolcctabke. 21ll3SS
Net amount .....................S 5l5. lo2 I6
Revenue collected from various
departments of state to Sept. -
"a ................ ................. 293 4G5 Gl
Estimated receipts during bal
ance of year .................... aS.G6JG)
Total revenue 1909 ................ $685. 40
Estimated revenue for 1ya...... s25.vp0 90
Total estimate for 1903 and
1904 ................ ..........s1 ,S3l, $3.50
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-16
SENSATIONAL STORY OF DUEL
in LA FAIR MURDER TRIAL

ing to dinner a little later. As he rode
toward Massey two shots were fircl
from behind, and turning he saw La
Fair riding after him toward Massey.
He supposed La Fair fired the shots
but did rot know
Masey Jumped from his horse, ran to
cover behind the rail fence, and opened
fire on la Fair None of the shots
took eh'H. La Fair dismounted and a
duel pIu.ocled Massey jumped from
cover loug enough to pick up his little
son, and holding him in one arm and
his weapon ia the other. called three
times 10 La Fair Don't shoot the
boy"
La Fairs reply was Put the boy
down.
Massey however. clung to tho child,
crouching behind the fence and firing
when he could get sight OF his enemy,
who was on the other side, possibly
fifty yard- down the fence.
La Fair fired the fatal shot when
Massey, putting his head through the
rails to get aim at him. got in range,
The top of his head was nearly blown
off by The shot, The five year-old boy
was no, hurt
La Fair walked up to the victim,
saw thai he was dead and then joined
the group of cattemen, who had kept
their d stance
You may think this is pretty nerVy'
said lie, but | know what | am about.
If anyone comes FOR me, have gone to
give myself up to the sheriff Then
La Fair ate dinner and started on the
forty-miIe ride to town. arriving that
night. He told the sheriff that he had
shot In self-defcnse.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-16

pointed ten men on the court martial
and the Law says that five will be
enough. So that if any prisoner wishes
to challenge members of the court he
may do so. and he could have five Of
them taken from the court and then
there would be enough left to try the
case. ! have endeavored to make this
court a fair one and believe that |
have have done so.
There is nothing new in the situa-
ton sinsth he Cripple Creek district and
everything seems to be mOTing along
wei
''As to when the troops will be re-
called, | cannor say now. ! wish that
they could be brought back tomorrow.
and if | thought that they could be. and
that safely, should order them horne.
But ! cannot state at this time just
when The troops will be brought bach.
preslme that tie time is approaching
when hey can be returned. and it can
not approach too rapidly to suit re.
Governor Peabody stated that he had
heard nothing concerning the threat
ened ooal strike and that he did not
anticipate the need of troops in the
coal ilclds of the southern part of the
state He denied emphatically that he
had received assurances from President
Roos' velt that federal troops would be
sent 10 aid the National Guard in cop
ing With the strike situations in the
state.
Thai the time is approaching for the
troops to be recalled from the Cripple
Crcel, district seems to be the CCncen-
sus OF opinion among those must faml-
lar with the situation In the Cripple
Greek district.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-16
British Cabinet Change.

London. Oct. 14.-l-Ord Londonderry
has been appointed lord president OF
the council, in succession to the Duke
of Devonshre 1t is understood that
his lordship will retain the portfolio
of education and his new appointment
will thus make little political differ
ence to his position in the Cabinet.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-16
Denver Charter Election.

Denver. Oct. 1.-THE supervisors
Yesterday accepted the aldermanic
amendment to the ordinance providing
for the charter convention election,
changing the date of the election from
October 29th to November 3rd. Inc
measure thus amen ndcd went TO the
mavor for his signature, which was
attached.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-16
An Agricultural Epoch.

The special meeting of the stock
holders of the Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad Company, to be held October
2lst, the day after the annual meeting.
is likely to be one Of the most iinDor-
tant in the history of the road, says
the Denver News. 1t will mark an
epoch in which the Rio Grande is no
longer dependent upon mining inter
ests for its traffic.
The knowledge that the Rio Grande
source of income from agricultural
products is almost as great as that
from mines has been slow to break
upon the stockholders. The cause of
the growth of its income from this
source is found in the improved sys-
tens of cultivating arid" lands and
Ain the great trek of homeseekers to
points along its line.
The San Luis valley Is attracting
more homeseekers this season than
the entire state OF Colorado attracted
two years ago. The trains are crowd
ed and If arrangements can be per-
fected another train is likely to be put
on.
The Rio Grande management at the
special meeting will give due consid-
u osioA W Wv biS siibh illS lidut ny
its traffic from agricultural and kin
dred sources. 1t has been predicted
that an industrial agent would be ap-
pointed at this meeting.
The general passenger agent says
that the San Luis valley and other
portions of the state tributary to the
Rio Grande has surprised even the
most sanguine. The travel is unpre-
cedented.
At the stockholders meeting there
will be reports presented which can
not fail to convince the most skeptical
capitalist that the San Luis valley is
a source of great wealth to any road
and that when its resources are de-
veloped it will surprise everyone.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-02-12

scarcely state in the union that does not possess
more or less extensive beds of soft coal There is
enough Of it to last till doomsday and it is cheap
as to be within the reach Of ALL At present it is not
to be compared with anthracite as it is dirty and
does not make very hot fire. but the fuel briquette
enthusiasts assert that these disadvantages will be
eliminated in the near future
Fuel briquettes are not new invention, altho
they are not employed very widely in this country.
In some parts of Europe where coal and wood are
scarce and consequently expensive compressed fuel
has been manufactured extensively for number of
years. All sorts of waste material is used in their
composition the refuse of city Streets sawdust and
certain peaty soils being most commonly employed.
These ingredients are mixed with small amount of
tar and petroleum and the briquette makes suf6-
GENTLY hot and lasting fire for domestic use.
It remains, however, for the Yankee to discover
means of making new fuel equal to anthracite
coal for commercial purposes. That this will be
achieved is certainly reasonable to suppose, for men
of intelligence and experience along such lines of
endeavor claiming that it can be DONE The
great difficulty is the expense fuel briquette to
be successful must be manufactured to undersell
coal
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-02-12

The MIRROR publishes this week two articles
on one view of big subject the labor question
Both we're written in good faith, and both worth
reading, but The MIRROR does not wish to be held
responsible for the ideas advanced in them. As
above hnted there is another side to the question
and doubtless it will be presented by some of our
contributors in the near future.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-02-12

published in the Minnesota State
the and edited and
aged by objects to encourage
the prisonrs acquant
disseminate pathological
dspeng prejudice which has been
The entirely
dependent public If time there
surplus would expended
interests of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-02-12

GIVEN a person of nervous or Imaginative
temperament-not necessarily weak and it is a
we'll known fact that if several people insist that he
looks i'll he will actually become ILL., Almost anyone
will be affected if such an assertion is continually
reiterated to him. This is hypnotism by means of
oral suggestion It is one of the things illustrating
the tremendous power of the mind over the body
Conversely employed, the successful physician finds
it of value. and so enters sick with cheerful
words and inspiring manner. One phase of it forms
the subject of an article Psychology and Crime"
by DR.. F. Emory Lyon in the February Arena.
DR.. Lyon, who is the superintendent of the
Central Howard Association of Chicago thinks that
one of the reasons so many men return to criminal
paths after leaving prison is because they become
victims of the psychic suggestion of the world at
large. He says, very truly, that the man leaves
prison with his self-reance weakened; he is men,
tally and physically unfit for long sustained effort;
and while he may have formed host of good resou-
lions, he is unable to withstand the continued sug-
gestion the part of society," that it is only ques-
ton of time before he goes wrong more Con-
sequenty society is to certain extent responsible
for many habitual criminals, as we'll as for many
"accidental' ones
It will be seen that DR.. Lyons article is merely
an old plea in a modern scientific dress. He wants
the world to give the ex-prisoner a chance-not to
damn him before he deserves it-not to say to him:
whats the use? You'll be back in prison again in
six months '-not to gratuitously discourage him
before he sets out. And who say, truthfully,
that he is not just and temperate in his desires?
The world needs more men like DR.. Lyon. Men
of sanity and sound judgment, combined with phi
lanthropic purpose. It is just enough when both
sides of question presented to it; successful
not ostracized because they not always
successful but it neglects to investigate most things
for itself, being concerned with it's affairs and
joins in the cry mad dog unthinkingly until some
body comes along and says the dog is not mad.
Where question is not one of immediate interest
to himself, the average man, perhaps quite naturally,
takes someone else's say-so Gospel truth. What
Dr. Lyon is trying to do is to show the average man
that to give the ex-prisoner a fighting show is of
immediate interest to himself; he is doing what he
can, not only to aid the prisoner to work out his
salvation but to present another side of big ques-
ton to the world. And in this he deserves support
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-02-12
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-02-12
ODDS AND ENDS.

An amusing letter signed "a
Railroad President, . reproduced by
the Washington County Journal
from the Railroad 7slegvubAey, is
commented on by the Journal az tho
the letter had been written by the
president of railroad company.
It is barely possible that such an
official wrote the letter, but it
seems very improbable, and it would
seem more natural to infer that
the inconsistencies of statements
therein must have been made by
a person occupying subordinate
position, who wanted to fling a
little joke or sarcasm at his presi-
dent. If, however, the letter in
question was actually written by
railroad president no criticism
could be too severe. sThe whole
trend of the letter is the belittling
of labor and laboring men, and
more particularly, telegraphers.
Among other things it says, all a
laboring man needs, and should
have, is a sufficient amount of
money each month to enable him
to live properly in the sphere in
which he belongs and is accus-
toned to. Forty-five or fifty dol
lars is quite sufficient for this and
all the talk about pianos, music
and higher education of children
of the working class is bosh. That
president asks the question, What
telegraph operator knows anything
about music, or could appreciate
it in its simplest rendition? The
laborer is a good enough man in
his place, but, he was not intended
for the higher walks of life, or the
work would have been assigned to
him in the first place, as it is to
those who have to perform these
duties for them. Education,
finance and the higher social at
tainments 60 hand in hand and are
born to a nation, the same as a
king is, and should be here as it
is in the countries where laborer
is made to know his place.
These are few of the ideas ad-
vanced in letter purporting to
have been written by a railroad
president. If it was written by
such an official, that man has a
smaller and far more inferior brain
than the average laborer. The
presidents of most of the greatest
railroad corporations in the world
worked up from the ranks.
]; Mr.. A. j. Earling, president of
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul railroad was. telegraph
operator and later filled, success
sively, the positions of train dis
patcher, chief train dispatcher,
} superintendent, assistant general
superintendent, general superin-
tendent, general manager, and vice
president. Marvin Hughitt, presi-
dent of the Chicago and North
western, was an operator. His
present salary, as we'll as that of
Mr.. Earring, is the same as the
president of the United States
} draws. j. T. Harahan, vice presi-
! dent Of the Illinois Central, and
who is both the practical and lex-
J ecutive head of that road, began
with pick and shovel on section
of the Louisville and Nashville
road. F. D. Underwood, president
of the Erie, was brakeman and
, then a conductor on the Chicago,
/ Milwaukee and st. Paul road. Sir
, William G. Vanhorn, chairman Of
, the board of directors of the Cana
-fdian Pacific, was an operator, train
, dispatcher, superintendent, etc, on
the Chicago, Milwaukee and ST..
Paul and other western roads. The
Canadian Pacific is the only road