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The daily sentinel., 1903-06-04
us. Department OF AGRICULTURE
WEATHER BUREAU.

Grand Junction, Colo.
Local observations taken at 6
O'Clock, Mountain Time:
Maximum temperature yesterday rs
degrees.
Minimum temperature this morning
81 degrees.
Relative humidity at p. IN. yes
terday, AZ per cent Relative humid
ity at a. m. 90 per cent.
Precipitation during the past "a
hours. 005.
The daily sentinel., 1903-06-04
Wild Animals Travel Far.

Wolves can, and often do, run so to
60 miles in night. Foxes travel
great distances in search of food
Nansen saw an Arctic fox out on the
ice 4s0 miles from the Asiatic coast
The daily sentinel., 1903-06-04
LOW RATES VIA c. NJ.

Denver and return June 10, 26, 30.
July and S15 90 The Colorado Mid
- land.
Fort Collins and return October II
and Is S17.75. The Colorado Mid
land.
San Francisco and return August 6
to 10, $40. co. The Colorado Midland.
st Louis and return June IA and
10 S415O The Colorado Midland.
indianapolis and return June and
7, $3.50 The Colorado Midland
Atlanta. Georgia and return July 4.
and 6. $4,000. The Colorado Mid
land.
Deadwood. S. D. and return Sep
tember to .. S32. 60. The Colorado
Midland.
Baltimore, Md. and return July 16
and II, Sept. IS, II and 1S. Sol. 10.
The Colorado Midland.
Boston, Mass. and return June 30
to July 3, s67. 90. The Colorado Mid
land.
Fourth of July rates. one fare the
round trip between all state points.
Tickets on sale July 3 and 4. The
Colorado Midland.
Cheap excursion rates east for
teachers and others via The Colorado
Midland Ry. Selling days June 4th,
: fare the round trip, plus 50. 90.
indianapolis and return June 12
and 18th S4S 90 via the COLORADO Mid
land
Colorado Midland rates Straw berry
day to Glenwood Springs, 81. 80, round
trip. Glenwood Springs and return
81 30 Straw berry day June Goth, The
COLORADO Midland.
Strawberry day at Glenwood Springs
Round trip 81. 80.
Selling Friday good until Monday
The Colorado Midland.
First class livery turnouts at Platt
& Kings.
Our prices tell the tale. Sublett
and Roberts.
Bond buys and sells all kinds of Sec
ond hand goods. 231 Main street
When you want hack in hurry.
telephone Platt & King. Day or night.
There is always fresh lot of pies
and others bakers supplies at the
Progress.
Our motto is Good Goods and Low
Prices for CASH.. NJ Graham 131 6.
4th street.
| have customers for nice neat resi-
dences and lots between 4th and 10th.
St.. and Ouray and Main. Let me
know at once what you have. C. NJ.
Druse, 400 Main.
Summer excursions rates east one
fare plus 81. 90 for the round trip via
the Rock Island system. For infor-
nation, address Hal. S. Ray, Gen.
Agt., Denver, Colo,
HEREFORD BULLS-The best
bargains ever offered owing to
drought Twenty nine head of regis
tered and unregistered pure bloods for
teed. Address f. G. Thornton, Wig
wan, Colorado.
The chief attraction of Chicago
trip is the ride ON the famous trains
of the Union Pacific. Quickest time
and an elegance and completeness OF
equipment that assure the greatest
degree of pleasure and comfort. See
your local agent or address E. r.
Griffin, General Agent. Denver.
The daily sentinel., 1903-06-04
The Vitality of Wheat.

Wheat seldom preserves its vitality
for more than ten years. The stories,
therefore. of Egyptian mummy wheat
1000 years old growing when planted
should be accepted with caution.
The daily sentinel., 1903-06-04
The Properties Of vanadium.

Vanadium is one of the rare metals,
being worth e12O per pound. When
mixed with copper. it has the proper
ty of allowing the alloy to be drawn
into extremely fine wire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27

there found that poor little gnome sitting on the ground, looking at the bird claws that had been his feet, and crying as if his heart would break. l turned him back into regu- lar gnome, but 1t took two hours hard work to do It.
 But this was only the beginning of trouble" continued Mir Good Fairy after he had mastered his indignation at the attack made on one of his cherished gnomes Every day the elves were up to some trick. At last Mrs. Good Fairy's patience was a II used up She declared that all the elves should be sent to the Reform School for Firing Elves. There they would have to work hard all day and be whipped every night It is just the place for a growing elf. although none of them seem to appreciate It. She caught most of them and sent them to the Reform School, but four escaped and ran away from Gnome- land and made their way to the upper air, where human beings live.
 'a'we're well rid of them" Mrs Good Fairy told me. When they get out in the world they won't be able to find anything to eat Then they will come home, we can give them good whipping and pack them off to the reform school
 j '''They'l come back, warned her in solemn tones. But they will come back in some way to make new mischief
 About midnight that same night, when nii respectable people in Gnomeland were asleep, we heard the fearfulest racket in the street. hurried out, and what do you think I saw?'
 Tommy didn't have the least idea
 '1t was an automobile, said Mir. Good Fairy, his voice rising to almost a wall of in- d1gnation. An electric automobile at that. And the first law of Gnomeland is that no electricity shall be allowed in Gpomeland, for 1t is electricity that has ruined many a once prosperous fairy, And seated in the au- eo@eehA gshfQG and screaming at the top
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27

garter snake about 10 inches long crossing the road. Carefully taking aim, struck off It's head. Then l laid It across the rocks of the stone wall
 When l returned from my walk I men toned having killed snake, as If 1t were an everyday occurrence One of the boys bet half dollar that would run If ever saw "rattler," and I boldly replied that some day would bring home one on my stick Just to show that was not afraid.
 After that on my daily walks was on the lookout for misunderstanding smaller or less dangerous interested me-and one day I was rewarded As l was walking along the river road eating blackberries and listening to the sound of the river rushing on heard q sound which warned me that rattlesnake was near.
 looked to the right and left, behind me and before me, but saw nothing. l listened. but the sound was not repeated I took few steps forward, and the deadly sound came from my right. I turned quickly and there, summing himself on the rocks was rattler fully % inches long. l laughed as l thought that someone would be minus 90 cents that day. l softly approached and pre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
Vacation Stories.
Hunting Bears In Orange County.
 BY | MILTON SMITH

We were having good time swimming. hunting and fishing and we enjoyed our va cation We were contented with shooting frogs and other small game, If you wish to call those harmless creatures game. But my friend Harry happened to fall in with a stout old gentleman who professed to know everything about big game. He in- ftmed us that we should seek larger game. that 1t was simply q waste of bullets for us to shoot frogs. Of course we knew that, but almost any one knows that Orange county Is not a summer. resort for bears or other big game. Our stout friend did not know It. for when informed him that bear had been seen In the woods near the lake he was astonished. s.s
 Harry said 1t was wicked to tell him such a falsehood, but he had such plump, inno- cent face that I thought he would take a joke. He said he could not run, for he had the gout His wife said so too but we thought we would wait and see.
 Now, Harry looked 6 good deal like a grizzly when he had large fur robe around him and walked on his hands and knees. He could initiate the movements of a bear so we'll that 1t took very good eye to de. feet him at a distance.
 On the morning appointed Harry was up earlier than usual, for he had to take the fur robe and reach the woods before our
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27

was wet and swampy a we drew near the woods, but we tried to walk in the dry places. l had just slipped and got my feet wet when the stout gentleman laid his hand on my shoulder and told me to listen
 There was stone fence on the edge of the woods and we heard the stones rattle. In the short space of minute a large grizzley looked over the fence. He looked right a. the stout gentleman and then prepared to bring the rest of his huge body over. but our friend did not wait He dropped his gun, and did not even look for the dry places when crossing the swamp, but plunged right through. It took him something like three minutes to reach the house, which was considered good running for gentle man troubled with the gout.
 Harry came home an hour or two after. wards, but nobody suspected that he was the bear.
 Our stout friend was greatly excited. He wanted to notify the authorities. but we told him that they would not believe him and that, he thought, was sensible enough.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
Mother Cod JingleS.

Oyster stew hot,
 Oyster stew cold, An oyster got in a lobster pot
 And there grew old.
 Some like 1t hot,
 Some like It cold;
 No one likes 1t In pot
 Nine days old. Tommy Cod has gone to sea- Bright with shining scales is he; He'll come back and fry for me
 Boneless Tommy Codhshl Tommy Cod Is fat and white Tommy plays his scales all night; Balls and breakfasts suit him quite;
 Boneless Tommy Codfshi G. R GOING AND M. o. CORBIN. Little John Bump Sat on a stump,
 A-picklng the thlstles out of bis feet, Along came bear, Which made John stare, And fall off the stump in heap.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27

pared to strike, but the reptile remained mo- tionless I scorned to kill my victim while 1t slept, so, after opening the big blade Of my jaekknlfe, l touched his body with the point of my stick. Then quick as flash l struck at the head with the notched end and saF- agely rubbed my stick across the neck, nrst toward me and then from me. It was an empty skin. r
 1 stopped and dropped my stick, flrst l heard a giggle, then snort, ana then peul aa mon neal of derisive laughter. It was too much to bear I staked off, the picture or outraged dignity, resolving, however to get square.
 Next mornin before anyone was up l started for that ill-fated spot. When l ar rived I found my mountain stick smeared with red paint and mud and attached to 1t A post card, bearing a drawing of rattle, a snake and girl, with the inscriptions: "The Rattle, the Rattler and the Girl Who Got Rattled"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27

stout friend ate his breakfast After break fast we started on the bear hunt
 I had my .22 2caliber rifle, that used for shooting frogs. Our stout friend had his shotgun. which he thought was loaded, but he was mistaken. for had taken the shells out without his Knowledge
 Another gentleman accompanied us, but he carried no weapons He meant to run If anything extraordinary happened. Our whole party might stand a very poor chance hunting bears in the Adirondacks. but If did very well for Orange county The ground
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
The Rattle, the Rattler and the Girl
 Who Got Rattled.
BY BESSIE MAcNAMARA.

spent my vacation this year In Sullivan county near the banks of the Neversink River, where snakes of many kinds abound
 On the second morning of my stay went for a walk, having first cut stout pine stick to use for climbing. I cut a notch at one end and sharpened the other to point, feeling we'll equipped to meet snakes.
 had walked about nuue whsn saw A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27

Jumping Jlminney. gracious me,
 Bread butter. toast and tea; High dlddle. diddle, the cat can't see
 Through 10 stone walls and hickory tree.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27

Her Only Chance. Young Strlker-Do you believe in unions, Miss 0ldone? Miss odone-Thls is so sudden.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-01-30

Three Of these dances have already
occurred and two more are yet to
take place. The hallis % feet by 40
and the boys are regretting that they
didn't build 1t larger. The Everson
Orchestra will play at the dance
which comes off to night, January,
3Oth. The Smith Brothers have fur
nished free stable room to the limit
\ OF their shed and the management
has been most conside derate Of the con-
venience and pleasure Of the patrons
| Of the dances. z.
INSTALLATION AT PUTNEY.
Last week the following officers
I,of Riverside Tentof the Knights Of
the Maccabees were installed:
Herman Switzer, Commander.
G. E. Smith, Lieutenant Comman-
der.
+. A. Fellows, Record and Finance
Keeper. s8S
John Fleming, Chaplain.
w. j. Harnois, Sergeant.
Frank Dickerson, First Master Of
1.-THE Guard.
Lewis Mace, Second Master Of the
Guard.
g. H. Williams, Sentinel.
Thos, Lee, Picket. ss
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-01-30
THE RETAIL CLERKS ORGANIZE.

The retail clerks Of the city OF Abb
ereden held meeting at the Congre-
gational church Thursday evening
and an association Of clerks was
formed, officers being elected and ar
rangements being made for perfectlng
the organization at the next meeting.
The officers chosen were:
President-E. A. Chamberlain.
Vice president w. Z. Harris.
Secretary-Adolph Olander.
Treasurer Joseph Austin.
The meeting was well attended, 1t
is reported, and various matters OF in
terest to the clerks were discussed.
The principal object Of the association
is declared to be one OF mutual inter-
ests to employers and employees, that
OF the early closing Of places Of busl-
ness. An advisory committee will be
appointed at the next meeting to con-
fer with like committee OF mer'
chants or with merchants themselves
relative to the encouragement OF early
trading which will make early closing
possible. Il is claimed that mer-
chants can do business at less expense
and clerks have a little more time AZ
their disposal outside OF business
hours. Daily News.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-01-30
Pullman Tourist sleeping-C Car
Excursions to San Francisco
and Los Angeles.

Via the North Western Line. The
weekly excursions In Pullman Tourist
Sleeping Cars through from ST. Paul
and Minneapolis to Los Angeles with
out change afford excellent facilities
for travelling to the Pacific coast in
an inexpensive but thoroughly COM
Portable manner. These cars leave
the 'Twin Cities" every Tuesday
morning, stopping at Mankato 1855
p. m., Alton 5:35 p. m., Sioux City
1915 p. M. Onawa 500 p. M, arriving
Omaha 1925 p. m. the same day.
Oakland Pier (San Francisco) 3:42 D.
m. Friday, and Los Angeles 100 p. m
Saturday, Convenient connection is
also made at Omaha daily with
through Pullman D,awing-room and
Tourist Sleeping Cars to the Pacific
coast. Similar return service, leav-
ing Los Angeles Tuesdays, San Fran
cisco Wednesdays and arriving at the
Twin Cities" on Saturdays. For re-
duced rate excursion tickets and full
information apply to agents Chicago
s. North Western R'y.
. &. q =
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-01-30
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

List of Transfers for two weeks end
ing January 24th, 1903, as compiled
by the Coe g. Howard Abstract Com
pany Of Aberdeen, South Dakota.
J. G. Lund to Albert Karlen,
sec 25, net 35 and net 20
1862. ..... .sl4560 90
Nancy Howard to Frank e.
Stevens, swf, l0-l26- -6l.... 357 So
Robert Moody to ]. S. Hart,
lots /, 2and 3, blk 81, End
ad to Aberdeen. .......... 200 90
William E. Yarcho to James
VanSlyke, set, 1923 IS =. $500 90
Frank G. Yarcho to James
VanSlyke set, 2-123-65... $500 90
Carrie E. Hamilton to w. j.
Cole, lot II, blk 10 s. and
E. ad to Aberdeen. ...... l O0
"a. L. Ambrose to Newell s.
Basom, nwf, 6-l22-6O. 1000 90
John E. Townsend to Chris
topher Heuer, Mt "a and
sW4 28-124- go. ............. 145O0 0C
Lucy M. Storm to William /.
Storm, set, A-l28 a.. ! OC
william r, Myers to William
T. Myers, e}, 7-l26- 60. So. 4800 0(
Jeanette S. Macdonald to
Mary f. Walton, lot 10 blk
%. Thomas ad to Aberdeen 1925 O(
III. j. Brennan to Lucy a.
Zimmerman, lot 4. blk 10,
North Aberdeen .s....l. Is Oo
George Kleinschmit to Carl
L. Wendell, net, 32-124-6l. 24S0 0t
P, e. Cavanaugh to Martin
Cavanaugh, part OF nwt.
l7-l23 e. 81. 4 q
John w. Schultz to Albert
Bolks, ne and sw9 Of nW3
and nW3 Of net, 5-128-65. 1 O
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-01-30
opportunity for entering the Federal
service to bright, energetic young per-

opportunity for entering the Federal
service to bright, energetic young per-
sons who are not afraid Of hard work
and as previous examinations have
failed to result in sufficient number
OF eligibles, the Commission urges
all persons who are qualified, and
who may desire to enter the POST
Once Service, to apply for and take
this examination 1t may be stated
that there is wider field for advance
ment upon merit in the Federal ser.
vice than in many private employ.
ments. While the salary in the POST
Office Service is usually about $4,000
per annum at the start, this amount
compares favorably with the compen-
sation OF a beginner in private EMPLOY
ment.
The nature of the examination is
. test Of practical, general intelligence
and Of adaptability in post-oflce work.
The examination will consist of the
subjects mentioned below, which will
be Weighted as follows:
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-01-30
puTNEY DANCES.

The series of dances conducted
Jointly by the Woodman Lodge and
the Riverside Tent Of the Maccabees
al Putney has been phenominal sue
cess, surprising the projectors most
agreeably. Eighty odd numbers were
sold at the last dance. One reason
for the popularity Of Putney dances,
perhaps the principal one, is the new
floor of the hall or lodge room, the
material and finish Of this floor maxi
ing it one of the very best.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-01-30
SOCIAL SCIENCE CLUB.

B. s Al the meeting OF the Social Science
club. Monday evening, the discussion
Isof Prof. Koehler's paper, the Psy-
icholooy Of the Crowd, was continued.
This subject has been a most 1rul.lul
source Of speculation AND investiga-
st,nn extending over pretty wide
flald. The next meeting will occur
.on Monday, February 9th, at which
ltsma "a Ghas NJ. Stevens will read 9
Inaner on Arbitration; National ana
Industrial. A discussion OF TINS suo.
stect 4 particularly timely and NEST
Interesting and able paper Is antlci-
Ipated from Mr. Stevens.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-01-30

Age limit, all positions, l8 to As years.
From the eligibles will be entered
on both the clerk and the carrier reg
listers, and appointment from either
register will remove the eligible's
namefrom both registers.
All applicants. male and female,
must have the medical certificate in
Form l0l executed. Male applicants
must be at least five feet four inches
in height, and weigh not less than l25
pounds.
All persons who have been exam
incd for the position of clerk or car
rier the past year and failed to pass
may be re-examined upon filing new
applications in due time.
This examination is open to all cit
izens Of the United States who COM
ply with the requirements. Compel
itors will be rated without regard to
any consideration other than the
qualifications shown in their examina-
tion papers, and eligibles will be GER
titled strictly in accordance with the
civil service law and rules.
For application blank form l01),
full instruction, specimen examin-
alton questions, and information
relative to the duties and salaries Of
the different positions and the loca-
ltl0n OF the examinationroom, applica-
tion should be made t. the secretary
OF the board of examiners at the post
office.
No application will be accepted for
this examination unless filed with the
undersigned prior to the hour of clos
| ing business on February 10, 1903.
Rem WHEELER
Sec. Postal Board.
Issued january Is, 1903.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-01-30
The New York World.
THRICE-A.WEEK EDITION
Read Wherever The English Lam
guage is Spoken.

The Thrice-a-Week World was a
brilliant success in the beginning and
has been Steadily growing ever since.
Time is the test of all things. and
has set its approval on the Thrice-a-
week World, which is widely circu-
lated In every State and Territory OF
the Union, and wherever there are
people who can read cur mother
tongue. This paper for the coming
winter and the year 1908, will make
Its news service, II possible, more ex-
tensive than ever. All events Of i'm
portance. no matter where they hap
pen, are reported accurately and
promptly.
The subscriber, for only one dollar
a year, gets three papers every week
and more news and general reading
tnan most great dailies can furnish at
five or six times the price.
The Thrice-a-Week World is abso-
lutely fair in itspolitlcal news. Parti-
san bias is never allowed to affect its
news columns, and Democrat and Re-
publican alike can obtain in it's pages,
truthful accounts Of all the great
political campaigns. In addition to
all the news, the Thrice-a-week World
furnishes the best serial fiction, elab-
crate market reports and other fea-
lures of interest.
The Thrice-a-Week Worlds regular
subscription price is only s1.OO per
year and this pays for 156 papers. We
offer this unequaled newspaper and
the ABERDEEN DEMOCRAT together
one year for s1.5O. The regular sub
scription price Of the two papers is
$500
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-01-30
THE OLDEN TIME
Twenty-one Years Ago this Week in
Aberdeen and Brown County.
(From the files of the Pioneer j
NEW LAND DISTRICT.

A>CW w LAND IL.
The latest from Washington. d. G.
10 regard to the land district is very
favorable to our town. Enough is
now known to justify the statement
that should Delegate Pettigrew's bill
become a law, the office for the CEN
trail district will be located at our
place. Petitions in favor Of this place
signed by a majority Of the settlers
residing in the proposed district have
been forwarded to Washington. II
petitions signed by persons residing
outside of the district will be OF any
service our citizens can secure the
signatures of a hundred Thousand or
more. The most of the names attached
to the petition in favor OF Aberdeen,
are names Of non-residents, and
majority Of the names therto attached
of persons who reside In the district
prefer this place to Aberdeen and
signed their petition not knowing
that an effort was being made for this
place. There are many reasons why
the land office should not be located
at Aberdeen Water there is bad and
the supply limited. The Milwaukee
company is down about 700 feet with
their well and have dry hole. The
most of the water used in that place
is shipped in by rail in tanks, which
makes the outlook so far as water is
concerned, very discouraging. In the
second place Aberdeenis badly located,
and in the spring for a month or six
weeks the water stands from one to
three feet deep over the entire site,
until it becomes stagnant and gradu-
ally soaks into the ground. 1t is inn
possible to secure proper drainage
there and of course Aberdeen will be
a very unhealthy place. In every
town in the county good water will be
found in abundance and it would be a
great injustice to the people of this
district to locate the land Office at
that place. -Ordway Times, Jan. 20.
The idea that Aberdeen is obliged
| to go to any foreign territory to get
subscribers to any petition in order to
equal anything of that order that
Ordway can get up in any honorable
way, is too thin for any use, No one
believes it-not even w. A. Moore.
The water in Aberdeen he says is bad
and the supply limited. The water is
just as good here as in Ordway and
| lust as much Of 1t when the noble
Elm is frozen to the bottom as it now
is. We have not gone dry yet for
want Of water But we don't get dry
as often as Brother Moore. Yes, there
| is an artesian we'll here, or is to be
when finished, and there is no supply
Of water yet because the well is not
done. There is no better place for a
land office in the contemplated dis
trict than Aberdeen and any man
who would contemplate. locating a
land office at Ordway instead Of Aber-
deem for the good Of the public, there
lis more room for such a mans soul
on the point of cambric needle, that
for gnat on Lake Superior.