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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18
Indians Ask for Justice.

Chief Joseph. the famous warrior OF
the Nez Perces tribe of Indians. is max
ing his annual visit to Washington.
He comes every winter to appeal to the
President and Congress for the settle
ment of q claim of his tribe.
Because OF Chief Joseph's leadership
in the Nez Perces war he and $50
other Indians of his tribe were depriv-
ed of their allotments of land. They
have been trying ever since to get what
they regard as their share of the land
or its equivalent in money. They have
been appealing to Congress to grant
them justice, claiming that they were
not bad Indians before 1877. and have
been peaceable and well-behaved ever
since.
The time having passed for them to
get an amendment in the House to the
proper appropriation bill, they want
to get an amendment tackled on in the
Senate, and they went to the President
to ask that he help them to get what
they want. The President said he
would think the matter over. AS
Chief Joseph had been brave warrior
and a good citizen since he laid down
arms, the President was inclined to
sympathize with him. The $50 Indians
will be satisfied with either their por-
ton OF government land or its value
in money, and an effort will be made
to have them allowed land.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18
Few Negroes In France.

with n population OF about $500. 900
Paris has fewer than 100 negroes with
In It's limits. II IL claimed that the
colorcd population OF NIL France Is less
than $50.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18
New Orleans Exports.

In 1903 New Orleans exceeded New
York by more than 100000 bushels
in the expectation of corn and wheat.
New Orleans is now the second Of the
countrys cities in aggregate exports,
ranking next to New York. Galveston
was the fourth city in exports in 1903.
exceeding all the country's Atlantic
ports except New York and Boston. In
1904 it has passed Boston.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18
Insist on Settina Il.

Some groccrs say they don't keep Do
flancc Starch. This Is because they have a
stock on hand OF other brands containing
only IL OF. In package, which they won't
bc able to sell first, because Defancc con-
tains 10 OF. for the same money.
Do you want III OF. instead OF l2 OF. for
same money! Then buy Defiance Starch.
Requires no cooking.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18
STATE CAPITAL NOTES
State Expenses.

In spite OF the military occupation
OF Cripple Greek and Telluride. which
ran up an expense bill o. tizT .3T6,Il,
the quarterly report Of State Treas
urer Newton makes a good showing.
There Is now a cash credit In banks
for the state amounting to $3.50. .5s2.ls.
the major portion Of which. siT3.-
3TO.ii. is deposited with the First Ma
tionai bank OF Pueblo. the First Ma
'ional bank OF Canon City. and tho
Denver National, Western National.
Capitol National and Denyer Savings
bank OF Denver.
Tho total OF all warrants drawn dur
ing the last quarter Is ST6s s.5I5.5f, in
Guiding about s22S 600 Of war eeFun-
Gates OF Indebtedness. The invest
ment funds are:
Agricultural College ....,,..,.,...s sLssLr'
Internal Improvement. psT'na- .,so, r,
In,s.n,I Iiii,,s,, i.no,oS.,us,,, Income. sis.Es a
i,ablie school .'..'''''.''''''''''' it..5Ssi
certi,iea,ss OF indebtedness for cost
Of troops in the field have been issued
as follows:
AT CRIPPLE CREEK.
September. October and SSVsHi-, -.
psesmbsr. January and Fsb-
"a Mach 'ii;Sita;.....:......,...,.....: iSta sizss
f' AT TTLIuiiiiipE,
December. January and febEu- -.
To siaieh Ioth. sesss'
Cripple Creek sIpsass.."........., 9G-sFss'
Grand total ...............,.,.,,,,'s.i.s;S'i u
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18

II Is hard to have patience with n mai
who acts as IL he was afraid thnt h
would lose caste by speaking cIvilly.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18

The Senate has passed the House
blil authorizing registers and receivers
of United States Land offices to fur
nish transcripts Of their records to in
dividuals.
Colorado comes out with a clean rec
ord in the Bristow report on postoffices
Irregularities, only three Offices being
mentioned, Carbondale, Central City
and Parker. Carbondale Is referred
to as having $50 in excess of what is
necessary for clerk hire. Central City
$240 and Parker $40. No names of
representatives In connection with
these slight excesses are given.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18

Her-And do You really think my
new portrait looks like me? He-ics.
It really does. I'm sorry to say.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18
A Chance for Good Farmers.

We are settling n tract of 1000 acres of
land In the San Luis valley. where there
are good water rights. good land. no al
broad gauge railway. We want n few
good farmers TO show what the land will
do. To men who have tools. stock and
cash enough to make n start. we Will sell
land on especially easy terms. provided
they will go down and begin work this
spring Write to-day and tell us what
payment you can make down on 50 to 1so
acres. Prices range from SIS TO $40 per
acre, The Colorado Bureau OF lmmigra-
ton. Zeph Chas. Felt. president. GiG Ma
i,stic building, Denver. Colo.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18
Hereford and Shorthorn Bulls

Both Registered and high grade: ai.p range br-d
calves frr sai-, Andrc-s TlfE WESTERN BkEED-
KRIS ASSOCIATIONS. A. J. Botb--il. General Man.
alicr. Union stock Yards. Denver Colorado.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18
Defiance Starch

should be In every household, none 50 good.
besides 4 o. mOre for 10 cents than Aly
other brand Of cold wafer starch.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18

William J. West. the burglar poet"
has ben sent to the penitentiary from
Denver. There are others who break into
poetry.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18

Japan's great admiral is named Togo
and we all know he did go.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18

Perhaps the good die young because
they are SO lonesome.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-01
SIX HUNDRED MILES
IN SIXTEEN HOURS
Milwaukee Gives Theatrical Troupe Fast
Run to Grand Rapids.

Saturday night the Harry Morris COM
pany closed its ST. Paul engagement at the
Star theater; Sunday evening the COM
pany opened at Grand Rapids, Mich. The
600-mile jump without the loss of per-
Torrance was made possible by the Mil
waukee road carrying the troupe to the
Michigan city in less than seventeen
hours.
The performance at the Star closed at
II o'clock Saturday night Thirty min
utes later the company was on its way
to Grand Rapids, travelling on the regular
Milwaukee train, which is scheduled to
leave st. Paul at IL o'clock. The train
was thirty minutes late in starting and
carried an extra baggage car and sleeper.
BY fast running the lost half hour was
made up before La Crosse was reached
and at Chicago the train was on schedule
time, II so a. m.
City Passenger Agent Rovig, of the Mil
waukee, had made arrangements with the
Michigan Central to have the milwaukee,
roads baggage car run through to Grand
Rapids, so no time was lost in transferring
consumed in making the Chicago connec-
ton.
On the run to Grand Rapids via the
Michigan Central and the Grand Rapids
& Indiana fast time was made. 1t took
just three hours to cover the first l4O
miles. The last eighty mile stretch over the
Grand Rapids line was run in one hour
and thirty minutes. In the trip six en-
ginsS were used.
The jump from st. Paul to Grand Rapids
was made necessary by the closing of the
Chicago theaters on account of the Iro-
quoiS fire.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-01


A thief, a big burly criminal with a
slanting forehead and prognathous jaw,
attempted hold-up in the corridor Of
the Minneapolis city hall Saturday.
He attacked a young woman and was
only beaten off because the victim has
been employed about the building for
some time and was prepared to repel
boarders The incident calls atten-
ton to the commendable pluck of the
young woman. who operates the cigar
stand At the same time it invites
particular notice to what may be term
ed the unprofessionalism of the Min
neapolis crook.
The Minneapolis city hall has been
held sacred, by all the ties that bind.
to the crook who operates with the
stiletto rather than with the bludgeon.
A certificate Of election or appointment
has always been prerequisite to plum
dering within the portals Of the city
hall. So carefully have the rights of
the elect-or the elected-been held
that hitherto the grafters have kept
off the thing, unless they, came with a
proposition for. license to do business.
The prisons of this state are ominous
testimonials to the capacity of the elect
to do business in the city hall and with
the outside world. Certain publicists
have had their attention compelled to
this state of affairs and have put into
print studied articles on the Shame
of Minneapolis" and such like outgiv-
ings-all calculated to prove that the
Minneapolis city hall was the center of
graft of the smoother sort. It is true
that during a recent unhappy period Of
the citys history the work was not as
smooth as it might have been, but even
that would hardly justify the taking
down Of the bars TO the man in the
street.
No effort should be spared in run
ming down the outside crook who has
defied the laws of custom. Let us
hope that the police of Minneapolis
will stand ready at all times to Sc
cure him when he gives himself up.
This latter be, of course, will have to
do, for remorse ever follows upon the
commission of a crime that involves
a violation of what might be called
in spite of the seeming paradox-the
ethics Of crime.
Let us hope that there is still honor
among thieves.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-01
Railroad News
DETECTIVES AFTER
TICKET THIEVES
Cane Said to Be Wctimizing
Scalpers and Rail.
roads.

F. @. Donald, chairman of the Rail-
way Ticket Protective bureau, in a
letter Of warning to the passenger de-
partments of the lines interested in the
bureau, declares that an organized gang
scalpers by robbing the former of skele-
ton ticket forms and disposing of them
to the latter and routing and certify
ing them with forged stamps.
A large number of cases has been
brought to the attention of the authori-
ties of the protective bureau, and the
work Of the forgers bears such SINH
larity that it is suspected that a gang
is at work. The method employed, it
is declared, consists of robbing small
stations where access to the tickets is
easy, and then disposing of the tickets
to scalpers at widely separated points.
Tickets which have been taken up on
different roads at different times re-
Gently have been found to be filed out
in the same handwriting.
Pinkerton detectives in the employ of
the bureau are now at work on clues
furnished by tickets that have already
been taken up, and arrests are looked
for. More evidence is sought by the
bureau and the railroads are asked to
furnish minute information in regard
to each ticket taken up.
THE knowledge gained by the pro-
tective bureau in following up the in
stances reported, now of such number
and frequency as to be startling" says
Mr.. Donald, SIS laid before the MEM
bership lines with the suggestion that
if skeleton forms of tickets may not
be entirely dispensed with, that the
persons who are intrusted with their
custody be instructed as to their value
and as to the great necessity of safe
guarding them in such way that they
may not be placed within the reach Of
thieves who, as the recent instances
that have come UP would indicate, are
fully apprised o. their value, and who
possess the knowledge to make them,
for all ordinary purposes, valid for
transportation over connecting lines"
The operations of the ticket thieves
are said to be extensive, while their
work Is as clever as their projects are
bold. In one case station was burned
after tickets were stolen, ir order to
hide traces Of the robbery. Copies of
the official stamps are said to be so
perfect that only experts are able to
detect the difference.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-01
RAILROAD NOTES.

The strike of boiIermakers of the South
ern Pacific at Ell Paso and Ogden was
ended yesterday. The terms of agree
ment are withheld. but it Is stated that
they are mutually satisfactory.
w. B. Dixon, Northwestern passenger
agent of the Milwaukee, who has been at
Ocean Springs, Mass, recuperating after
a spell of illness, will return to st: Paul
Friday, having recovered his health.
The railroad and warehouse commits
sioners will 90 to Hastings today to in
spect a new interlocking system which
has been put In at st. Croix Junction, one
mile west of Hastings. The Burlington
and Milwaukee tracks intersect at the
junction.
Formal notice was given yesterday by
] Pierpont Morgan, Louis Fitzgerald ana
G. Tenant voting trustees OF the Erie.
that the voting trust VIII terminate e. 81 On
a silficient amount of re present voting
trust certificates shall I've sg gn ssfe Iae
until May 1. 1909. the trustees will agree
to such extension.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-01

the friends Of other candidates. We
have no taste for and no sympathy
with any personal warfare upon any
of the great Democratic leaders. We
certainly feel that way with regard to-
Mr.. Bryan, whose place as leader.
and whose command of the devoted
personal adherence of his followers 1t
would be useless to ignore had we
any desire to do so. Mr.. Bryan is enti-.
tied to make any proper effort he
chooses to retain his control and party
following So are those who have diff
fered from him; and upon both sides
all should be done with the courtesy
and good feeling that can and should
subsist even where the strongest diff
ference of opinion as to policy prevails.
We observe in the last number of the
Commoner, for example, a bitter at
tack upon the friends of Mr.. Cleye-
land and those who are urging his
nomination. They, too, as Democrats
have a right to their opinions, TO the
expression Of them and to all proper
political activities. Let us not forget,
in the midst of those feelings engen-
dered by past differences, that fair play,
free field, the triumph of the ma
jority and the ready submission of the
minority are all essential to triumph
ant Democracy.
Let the party make its selec-
ton and work for him with
will. Let US show proper respect
and tolerance for those who do
not agree with us and keep in mind
only, when the big result shall be
reached at the end, whatever it may be,
that we are all of us good Democrats
and that Democracy must be rescued
from it's position of the last few years
and made the great central governing
and undivided idea to which the fealty
of millions shall be given without con-
dition and without offense.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-01
GRAND TRUNK-PACIFIC
BILL WILL BE MODIFIED
Government Seeks to Remove Some I'M
practicable Details.

OTTAWA. Ont. Feb. A29.-The govern
ment tonight announced the modifica-
lions of the Grand Trunk-Pacific bill
which will be submitted TO parliament. 1t
had been found that the original measure
was fmpracticab1e in some respects and
the construction of Canada's new trans
continental line was for time looked up
on as an impossibility The time for
completing the line under the new meas
ure is extended to 1911.
On the mountain section OF the road
the government will guarantee the bonds
of the line to the extent of IS per cent
of the cost Of construction The govern
ment will not take possession OF the road
Trrnk-Pacific to pay interest on its
bonded indebtedness until the payments
are five years behind time The deposit
of 81, COO, 900 of the roads funds required
Under the original contract viii be re-
leased at an earlier period In the con-
struction Of the road
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-01
more solid with the powers.

more solid with the powers. But II,
on the other hand, they manage to pre-
serve their lives and by their bravery
win glory for themselves, not even SO
potent a thing as traditional friend
ship can save Russia from the wrath
of those nations whom she forces into
greeting as heroes the very individuals
they have the most cause to hate and
fear. Any nation would be perfectly
justified in feeling aggrieved at an
other nation for sending back
claimant of the throne covered with
glory. Here is possible complication
that the war correspondents have over
looked, yet we think it is worthy of
their consideration.
Japan has saved herself annoyance
all foreigners. This decision is, we
think, but another proof of the astute-
ness of the Island kingdom, quite as
convincing proof, indeed, as her sue
cess in making the majority of people
believe that the present war was
thrust upon her, when the events fol-
lowing its outbreak have shown that
she was fitted out with everything
necessary for carrying on a war, in
Guiding plan Of campaign, while Rus
STA was in discouraging state of I'M
preparedness. Perhaps it is not too
late for Russia to profit by the example
her enemy has set In holding aloof
from such foreign entanglements as
the sword of a pretender may repre-
sent. She can send home in dis
grace on a trumped up charge those
pretenders whose services she mas al
ready accepted and can firmly refuse
the services Of any new ones that may
apply. Or she can line them up
against a stone wall and shoot them
en- masse. Either course would win
the approval of those powers who have
been harassed by pretenders and
make the future trif1e less compli-
Gated for Russia
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-01
THE FATE OF THE PRETEnDERs.

Not the least difficult problem that
confrents much harassed Russia to-
day is the disposition she shall make
of the services of the various pre-
tendersto the thrones of Europe, many
of whom have already placed them
selves and their swords at her dis
posal. The present war naturally
promises advertisement to these SOL
diers of fortune and it is not surpris-
ing that they should hail it with de-
light as Offering some variation to the
monotony of their MicaWber- like oc-
cupation of waiting for something to
turn up. Neither is 1t surprising that
Russia should accept with alacrity
their services. for pretenders as rule
are better yersed in the arts Of war
than the arts of peace, and even the
most worthless of the lot will at least
serve as well as Russian to stop the
flight of a bullet It is not the offer Of
their services that makes Russia's
problem but the use that will be made
of such services after they have been
accepted.
If the pfetenders are sent to the
front they stand chance Of losing
their lives and there can be no doubt
that their deaths would make Russia
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-01
THE SALOON.


There is much food for thought in
the utterances of the anti-saloon
league which gathered in this city dur
ing the past week. One and all the
speakers denounced the saloon and it's
patrons, making no distinction between
decent and indecent places, or be-
tween the man who takes an OCCASION
al drink in saloon on his way home
from work and the one who habitua1ly
spends his evenings there and nightly
leaves it Keeling. There is no denying
the truth of a great deal Of what was
said and urged against the. saloon by
these temperance workers, nor can. it
be gainsaid that drink and the sale of
liquor are responsible for much of
the evils Of the world, but after that is
said and done the subject is far from
closed. 81 y.
The sale Of liquor in itself is as legit-
innate as the sale of dry goods or shoes.
The drinking Of liquor is also as natural
as the drinking of tea or coffee But
the abuse of these things is the point.
1t should be remembered that before
Frances Willard died she said that if
would devote it to economics and the
removal of the causes Of drink, rather
than to the temperance movement per
Sc. This expression on the part Of a
woman who had spent her life in tenn
perance work was significant. She
said further that after many years of
study she had come to the conclusion
that drink was one Of the few solaces
of the poor.
When anti-saloon workers come to-
gether and demand the closing of sa-
looms they should, in simple justice,
demand the closing too of all places
where liquors are sold. The saloon is
the poor mans club. The man Of
means may drink as much as the poor
man, and may spend his evenings at
his club which he leaves with stagger-
ing step, but he Is not likely to come
into collision with the law. Moreover,
no temperance society demands the
closing of his saloon.
Thoughtful temperance workers are
beginning to see that the sort of prop
uganda they have carried on for many
years has been an attempt to treat
results instead of causes. A medical
writer upon the subject of drunken
ness says that many a poor man drinks
because of the craving for nourishing
food which is unsatisf1ed at home.
An Episcopal minister in New York
among the poor of whose congregation
there was much drinking, studied the
causes and made up his mind that poor
teeth and lack of nourishment had
much to do with the matter. He ar
ranged to have dentistry done for these
persons at nominal cost and found
the result a happy one, there was less
drinking
If the feminine organizations of tenn
perance workers should turn their at
tention to economics, and teach the
wife of the poor man how to prepare
simple food in an appetizing manner,
they would be doing much to remove
the causes Of drink among men of the
working class. An old Frenchman once
said pathetically: you have much to
say about my drinking. but nothing at
all about my drought"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-01
RUSH OF COLONISTS
WILL BEGIN TODAY
Low Rates for Western Settlers Go Into
Effect.

The Northwest colonist rates granted by
the transcontinental lines will go into
effect today, and a heavy increase In
this afternoon and evening. Advance
reservations have been made by the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
during the past week, and extra equip
ment will have to be added to care for
the rush.
The reduced colonist rates will be in
effect during March and April and it is
expected that thousands of immigrants
will pass through st. Paul on their way
west in search Of homes The immigrant
traffic this year is expected to surpass that
of previous years, as reports from the
Eastern passenger representatives of the
transcontfnental lines indicate that
heavy movement is about to begin.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-01
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PERSONAL MENTION
Attorney General Douglas has gone to
Washington on. business for the state.

Windsor-Jeseph Beckett, Buford, N.
D.; George H. .Maus, Fargo; H. w. Com
stock, New. Hampton; R. W.. Stewart,
Walnut Grover r. E. Shepard, Austin;
w. J. Schmitz, Albert Lea; l.. B. Baldwin,
H. E. Wiedmanc Casselton, N. D.
Merchants3Stephen Jewett. Faribault;
M. Hoy, Fessenden, N. D.; S. w. Burrows,
BreckenridgegNC L. Campbell. st. Cloud;
C. j. Wellen, Cottonwood; John 7. Wells,
Breckenridge H. M. Middleton, James,
town, N. D.i;Ss George R. Brewer. Menom
onie. wis; Joseph Gillispie. Winnipeg. A.
F. willard, {PeIiehn Rapids; T. A. Kilt
ridge, Washington, D. G.
Ryan-P. R. Garretson and wife, Spo-
kane: James Wickersham, Alaska; A. %.
Rover. Rochester; Frank G. Patten and
wife, Sycamore; Mrs. T. w. Pierpont,
Hudson, Wis; G. D, Jenney, Indianapolis.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-01
TODAY'S WEATHER


Minnesota-Partly cloudy Tuesday with
snow and warmer in northeastern por-
ton; colder in west portion; Wednesday
fair; colder in east portion; fresh TO
brisk southeast winds becoming variable
North Dakota and South Dakota--Fair,
colder Tuesday; "Wednesday fair.
Montana-Fair Tuesday, except e. snow o " IN IN
portion. Wednesday fair.
Upper Miehigan-S Snow Tuesday; We'd
nesday fair; fresh to-b brisk east to south
Wisconsin-Fa Tuesday; wednesday
fair. colder in west portion; variable
winds becoming southeasterly and brisk.
Iowa-Fair Tuesday; "Wednesday fair,
ST. Paul - Yesterdays observations,
taken by the United States weather 1bu-
reau. st. Pani.sW. e. Oliver, observer, for
the twenty four hours ended at 9 o'clock
last night Barometer corrected for tenn
perature and seleya tion Highest tenapera-
ture. So; lowest temperature, n; average
temporal ures daily range. 8: barome-
ter. 1902; humidity. 81: precipitation. O.;
D. m. tenHeTature. 81; Z p. m. wind,
Southeast weather. cloudy. 2