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The daily sentinel., 1904-08-30
The Grand Valley.

Editorial front Rocky Mountain News Denver.
Persons seeking homes in region full of promise and of
intelligent settlers will be favoraby impressed with the
literature recently issued by the Grand Junction Chamber
Commerce
showing the agricultural and business opportunities but gives
ample high
InersIrsed through little pamphlet have received
thought embodyng high ideals practical wisdom
and social enthusiasm which give of refinement COM
issued part of the business rustng
of chambers of commerce.
of the city is GAIL Together
could found inspire the characteristic chiefly needed
give impetus communtys growth and substantial
perity.
AS climate health Vaeyis shown
to have eceencies in the region of sunshine
days of sunshine in
"a somewhat better record than Denver
The fruit of Mesa county justly celebrated These
that the Fruit Growers Association juno
ton shipped last than 10000 boxes Of peaches
pums apric9ts grapes berries and melons in
turns the growers Several striking cases of astounding
practically assured well as income for the labor
expended
prices charged fruit land already planted
being greater agricultural
Although fruit growing the most conspicuous industry
factory the built in Grand Junction in 1899 This
way Hay dairy products, vegetables grains poa-
toes beets, poultry and cattle are all raised with profit
ent its horses Thoopghbreds have been brought in until
The great coal beds of the region supply cheap fuel of
This also increases the paccabl of manufacturing
Junction is evidenced by
the postal business It has grown from about $4,000 in 1898
city especially proud
and churches The homes however are the
prevail while elegant costly modern residences
The Grand Valley is to be not merely upon
and spirit evidenced by its advertising bulletins.
The daily sentinel., 1904-08-30
Sanpliner for Treasurer.

it has mighty dreary outlook for fut-
ure success.
Mr.. Sampliner would have strong
opposition in County Treasurer John
H. Fox of Trinidad. should the latter
decide to go after the nomination for
state treasurer. Aside from Mr..
Fox, no other candidate is in sight or
prospect that need cause Mr.. Sampli-
ner uneasiness. Mr.. Fox would make
formidable candidate from the
southern tier of counties, but from
present indications would find it i'm
possible to secure votes enough from
other sections to make up the desired
majority.
1t is most important that Las Ami
mas county shall not be lost. to Demo-
cracy this fall, and strong fight will
center there on account of the military
situation. Tho Sentinel believes that
county should be recognized with an
important state Office and no better
man than Johnnie Fox could be found
to fill it, but we trust some other place
may be found where there may be bet
ter prospects of landing their man.
Mesa county and the Western slope
have been habitually ignored in the
distribution of important state offices
and will stand together this time for
Sampliner and success.
The daily sentinel., 1904-08-30

The Sentinel is informed, and has
reason to believe. that Mayor SampH-
ner will not only be candidate for
state treasurer on the Democratic tick.
ct, but is already in a position to con-
troll the situation.
The conditions being right-that is
to say. if the governor does not come
from this end-Mr. Sampliner should
be able to carry practically the solid
western slope. He is we'll known and
popular ON his own stamping ground
and as he probably will be the only
Western slope candidate with a good
show of success. his own section
should have every reason to stand by
him.
Advices from the other side of the
range are that Mr.. Sampliner's candi-
dacy is we'll received there. and that
if the Western slope wants him. Den
yer with her 26S votes and other large
counties of the state are favorable to
joining in his nomination.
This is most encouraging and should
enthuse local Democracy to a concerted
effort to wrest Mesa county as a brand
from the burning. The issues are
entirely favorable to Democracy, and
if it cannot win this fall. despite the
inexhaustible funds of the opposition,
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-22
No Plain Cooks.

Sir Thomas Horne, the president of
the Canadian Pacific Railroad, made
recently tour of inspection over the
Pennsylvania line from Philadelphia
to Pittsburg.
Sir Thomas was much pleased with
the service and cuisine of his dining
car. He inspected the kitchen and
showed great interest in the skilled
maneuyers Of the cook.
The cook, who was something of a
wag, described to him distinguished
visitor the kitchens of the great New
York hotels, where the walls are of
glass, the floors of vitrified brick, the
tables Of white marble. and the cook
ing utensils of German silver
"A great hotel chef" he said, "has
from fifty to seventy-five assistants
under him. ! know one of these chefs,
and visited him two weeks ago. His
assistant cooks were all young women
the prettiest lot of young women l
ever saw.
Why, Gaston.' l said to my friend,
why pretty girls you employ
Indeed. they are pretty" said he.
Plain cooks won't do here"
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-22
CHAPTER VII.
The New World.

Franklin crossed the Missouri river,
that dividing stream known to a gem
e.ation Of Western men simply as the
River" and acknowledged as the boun-
Diary between the old and the new, the
known and untried When he de-
scended from the rude train he needed
no one TO tell him he had come to
Ellisville. He was at the limit the
edge. the boundary well, friend"
said the fireman, who was oiling the
engine as he passed, and who grinned
amiably as he spoke. you're sure at
the front now
Franklin had not advised his friend
Battersleigh of his intended arrival,
but as he looked about him he saw
that he had little need for any guide.
Ellisviile as an actual town did not
yet exist. A rude shanty or two and
line OF tents indicated the course OF
coming street. More than forty
COW ponies stood in the Cottage corral
or in the street near by Afar there
swelled the sound Of morning revcl-
ries.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-22
Are Kind to Their Horses.

Evidently there is one place where
there is little need OF a society for
the prevention of cruelty to animals,
and that is Jersey. The farmers there
are so careful of their horses that
they do not work them more than is
absolutely necessary and frequently
do work which is done elsewhere by
horses.
II farmer has to plow heavy
piece OF ground he is obliged to use
his team, but if the ground which is
to be broken up is light it is very
probable that he will take the place
of a horse.
At first glance labor of this kind
may seem very irksome. but it really
is not, for the farms in Jersey are
small and it does not take long to
cultivate the ground. Still. in other
places where the farms are equally
small no one thinks of sparing the
horses. and there is little doubt that
up-to-date agriculturists consider the
Jersey farmers far behind the times
because in the kindness of their
hearts they are as lenient to their
horses as possible.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-22
CHAPTER vi.-Continued.

Hate to lose you said the judge
politely-"hate to lose you, OF course.
but then young mans got to make
his way; he's got to get his start"
Franklin rose and turned toward the
elder man. IF YOU please, judge"
said he, 'get the committee appointed
for tonight If you can. III take the
examination now"
Yes? You are in hurry"
Then tomorrow III go over and
say goodbye to my sister; and the
next day think III follow the wagons
West I've not much to put in a
wagon. SO can so by rail- The roads
away west OF the Missouri now. and
my letter comes from the very last
station. at the head of the track"
"So?" said the judge. Well. that
ouc t to be far enough, sure, If you
go clean to the jumping-off place"
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-22

| looking about him at the strange. new
country, in which he felt the proprie
| torship of early discovery.
AS Franklin was walking on, busy
with the impressions Of his new world
he became conscious of rapid hoof-
| beats coming up behind him. and turn
| ed to see a horseman careerins across
the open in his direction, with no ap.
parent object in view beyond that OF
making all the noise possible to be
made by the freckledfaced cowboy
who had been up all night but still
had some vitality which needed vent.
"Eeeeee-yow-heeeeee yelled the
cowboy. both squirting and refining his
supple, cringing steed. "Eeeeeee-yip-
yeeeee," Thus vociferating. he rode
straight at the footman. with appar-
emily the deliberate wish to ride him
down. Finding that he failed to create
panic. he pulled up with the pony's
nose almost over Franklin's shoulder.
Hello, stranger cried the rider,
cheerfully: where are you goin', this
bright an happy mornin'?'
Franklin made no immediate reply.
and the cowboy resumed.
Have chaw?" he said aifably. and
looked surprised when Franklin thank
ed him but did not accept.
Say" said the cowboy. after a
time--"say, | reckon kin lick you"
DO you think so?" said Franklin
calmly, pulling up his shoulders and
feeling no alarm.
"Shorely l do said the other; Il
reckon kin lick you. er beat you
shootin' er throw you down"
Friend" said Franklin get down
OF that horse, and III give you little
wrestle to see who rides. What's your
name, anyhow"
"Whoa!" said the other. Names
Curly" He was on the ground as he
said this last, and throwing the bride
over the horses neck. The animal
stood as though anchored. Curly cast
his hat upon the ground and trod upon
it in a sort Of ecstasy OF combat He
rushed at Franklin without argument
or premeditation.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-22
ADDS 20 THE COTTON AREA.
Paraguay Is About to Engage ir the
Culture on Larae Scale.

The recent advance in the price OF
cotton in this country and in England
has stimulated the culture of the plant
in other countries. The possibility
that the cotton manufacturers of the
world are facing the prospect of a
dearth of raw material seems to have
excited the people of Paraguay. Cot
ton grows wild in that country, and
the cultivated product, though differ
ent from ours, has long and fine sta
pie.
As in Peru. the plant is a small tree
rather than little bush, and it lives
and produces for several years. Euro
pean manufacturers have reported
good results from its use. The Para
suayans. however, have never given
much attention to its cultivation.
The newspapers of Asuncion have
suddenly awakened to the opportuni-
ties presented, and have risen to the
occasion. They are offering many sug
gestions to the government and assert
that cotton will yet place Paraguay on
the high road to prosperity.
They ask the government to employ
the services OF men OF science, ike
DR.. Bertoni. to prepare pamphlets for
distribution in the cotton trade of
Great Britain, France and Germany,
descriptive OF the nature and qualities
of Paraguayan cotton and the facili-
ties for producing large supplies Of 1t.
They ask that DR.. Bertoni, Mr.. Anisits
and other experts be engaged to make
survey of the lands adapted to cot
ton cultivation in the republic; also
that the government print and distrib-
ute among the farmers of the lowlands
the best information as to the methods
OF cOtton-raising
I'VE may in short time export
$100, 100000 worth Of cotton in year.
announces the enthusiastic Paraguay,
a German weekly published at Asun-
cion.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-22
Small Audiences,

Lectures to audiences of one are
my favorites. A small audience never
worries me, as any one person may be
able later on to introduce me to thou
sands. My faith in the great posi-.
biities of the future is simply unlim-
tied.
Yesterday a man said to me that l
had better see the treasurer of their
company some morning AID I was
there soon after a. IN. this morning.
Two other officials were in the room
with the treasurer and ! gave it to
them right and left.
My lecture to these three took a
good part of an hour and it was on
the daily sources of great individual
accuracy for employer, employe and
customer to reduce mutually expensive
mistakes such as sickness, smashups
and Misunderstanding
While this company nay never en-
courage me a cents worth l am a
gamer by the effort because some day
an audience of two thousand may give
me two hundred dollars for the very
same talk and my exercise with the
three men will aid me in being useful
u you in this column.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-22
BALANCING HELPS,

When we get thump which dims
our horizon for the day, or which
would naturally dim it, we should have
some previous compliment hi1ndy to
re-read as an antidote, but more i'm.
portant than this is the habit of hav-
ing some previous thump ready to re-
view when something comes up which
would naturally make us joyful
1t is more dangerous to be too happy
than TO be too miserable.
The accuracy of being temperate in
all things includes disposition.
And one source of that accuracy is
to have handy the balancing helps OF
memory.
Memory is great store house of
wisdom from which we can order fore
thoughts for morning, noon and night.
When we appeal to the memories of
others we have the best balancing
helps ready to put to use.
Some authorities would have us
think that nations remember only a
third of a century then have to learn
everything over again by expensive ex-
perience, and that the average indi-
vidual remembers about three months.
Here is chance for the intellectual
to get better record than the nat.
ural
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-22

After breakfast Franklin paused for
a moment at the hotel Office, almost as
large and empty as the dining room.
Different men now and then came and
passed him by, each seeming to have
some business of his own. The clerk
at the hotel asked him If he wanted
to locate some land. Still another
stranger. a forid and loosely clad
young man with 4 mild blue eye, ap-
preached him and held some converse.
'Mornin', friend,' said the young
man.
Good morning" said Franklin.
Il allow you're just in on the front"
said the other.
YES" said Franklin, II came on
the last train"
Stay long,"
"Well, as to that" said Franklin, "I
hardly know, but shall look around
bit"
II didn't know but maybe you'd like
70 go south O here, to Plum Center.
run the stage line down there, about
forty-six miles, twict a week. That's
my livery barn over there-second
wooden building in the town. Sans
my name; Sam Poston. If you want
to go down there, come over and I'll
fix you up"
Franklin replied that he would be
glad to do so in case he had the need,
and was about to turn away. He was
interrupted by the other, who stopped
him with an explosive "Say!"
Yes" said Franklin.
Did you notice that girl in the din
ing room, pony-built like, slick, black
haired, dark eycS-wears glasses? Say
that's the smoothest girl west of the
river. She's waitin', in the hotel here,
bu. say" (conidentially), "she taught
school onct--yes, sir. You know, I'm
Eole on that girl the worst way. If
you get chanct to put in a word for
me. you do It, wont you?"
Franklin was somewhat impressed
with the swiftness OF acquaintance
sh ps in this new land. but he retained
his own tactfuness and made polite
assurance OF aid should it become pos.
sitle.
I'D be mighty Obliged" said his
new-found friend. Seems like | lose
my nerve every time | try to say
word to that girl. Do you want
team?"
Thank you" said Franklin. but
ha IDLY think so. | went to find my
friend Colonel Battersleigh. and | un-
derstand he lives not very far away"
"Oh, you mean old Batty Yes, he
lives just out south little ways
Section No. Q, southeast quarter.
Franklin passed on in the direction
waLch mad been pointed out to him,
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-22
A Common Question.

An ambitious child tried to carry
three big clothes poles from their cor
ncr in the basement.
In place of getting them out the
little one got them mixed with a chair,
the stove, a stepladder and the cell.
ing and got penned in the corner.
While others were laughing over the
self-trapped youngster the latter
yelled out Whats the matter?"
Employers, employees and customers
have occasions when it is in order
to stop and ask, What's the matter ?"
The professional worker who let's his
accounts get mixed up in a way to
make them useless to him has q
chance to stop and inquire, Whats
the matter?"
An attorney tells me that he has
more trouble collecting his own ac-
counts than he does in winning his
clients cases. whats the trouble?''
A farmer says he does not get time
to have kitchen garden. What S
the trouble?"
A nose and throat medical special
ist has a bad breath of his own.
What's the trouble?"
What's the trouble?" is the begin
ming of better methods, but only the
beginnins-after which must come
continuation and elimination.
whats the trouble?" is the be-
ginning of systematic investigation
and that leads to scientific intelli-
gence.
In place of blaming others or condi-
tions. stop and ask questions; then
follow them up and know more,
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-22
(To be- continued.)
MAKING A PUMPKIN PIE.
Here's a Description Of How Grand.
mother Did II.

Does any one remember the pump
kin pies which grandmother used to
makef Grandmother opened the
pumpkin and took out it's works and
peeled and sliced it and put it in the
kettle, where it was boiled until it was
soft and mushy, but not too mushy
Later she pressed the result through
the holes in colander and when she
had dished out a portion for immediate
use, she was ready to begin the
construction of the pumpkin pie. A
big and square iron bake sheet was
lined with -four crust, which covered
the bottom Of the pan and reached up
along the four edges until the pastry
could look over the rim. Then she
put an egg and sufficient amount of
sweet milk in among the pumpkin and
added whole lot of black molasses
and a pinch of salt, and a big lot of
ginger, and pinch and a half of
grated nutmeg to the concoction, and
when these had been stirred in among
the milk and the pumpkin, the mass
OF ingredients was poured into the
inside of the oven to be cremated
while the children waited outside with
the water oozing from our mouths
until the wonderful experiment was
completed.
And nobody except some few of us
lucky old chaps ever tasted anything
like one Of those pumpkin pies. It
was deep and spicy and sweet and
satisfying. 1t was more like pump
kin pudding, so thick it was, and
wholly like unto ambrosia stepped in
nectar, SO toothsome it was: and
when we think Of those great squares
Of pumpkin pie which found their way
down our ravenous gullet, We wonder
how it is that modern boys manage
to live at all without pumpkin pie
Bangor News.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-22
Social Fire Estinouishers.

We should be ready at all times to
fight fire and make peace.
1t requires as much skill to kill
anger as it does to bring down a dan
gerous animal.
When you get between two of your
friends who are angry with each
other and you are miserable until they
become congenial again, you wish you
knew more about how to do things.
Some would-be peace makers make
conditions worse and get injured
themselves, while others are so skill
full that few words win the angry
over to each other and in q way to
keep them friends.
How do the successful peace
makers go at the extinguishing of
anger? First, by quiet and intelli-
gent self-control.
Water is fighter Of fire because
1t requires very unusual heat to de-
compose it, SO selfcontrol is a reducer
of anger, either in self or in others.
because it requires a very unusual
provocation to trip it up.
People get angry only when they
lose their head, and il they talk a mo-
ment with some one who has a head
they are given chance to find theirs
again, and il that some one knows
how to say the right word at the right
time it certainly helps.
Where two people get to running
to third person with complaints
against each other the third person
has an uncomfortable time of it un-
less possessing ability to settle the
trouble. Such troubles are frequent
ly imaginary and an imaginary trou.
BILE may be more difficult to remove
than a real one. Desire and study
are sources of ability.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-22
At the time. 1t hurts
to be kicked out of
hell. though you land
In heaven.

Many people have been greatly dis
appointed over defeat until they found
that it was the greatest blessing that
ever came upon them.
But though you know at the very
time it Is for your ultimate profit
when the defeat occurs, you do not en-.
JOY it. Desirable defeats are most
enjoyable when looked back on from
quite a distance.
Those who laugh last laugh best.
OF course, but during the first laugh
there is generally a lack of faith in
the no-knowing- last laugh.
Yet some can laugh in defeat during
the enemies laugh.
To do this, smile in defeat. requires
absolute confidence in your future,
or faith in divine solution you are
unable to see to-day.
A stockholder is forced to sell his
interest and against his will and he
naturally feels ugly over It. But II
in few years the other stockholders
lose all their money and the crowded
out victim is the only one to make a
cent by the disasterous enterprise.
then the man who had natural right
to feel ugly has a natural right to feel
goodnatured.
Let me tell you that any kind Of
faith which helps you to smile in de-
feat in tbs belief that 1t is the ad-
vance agent of special success Is .
mighty good thing to have in your
head heart or backbone.
My collection of confessions by me-
chanical, commercial and professional
people, contains a good many exam
pies Of final victory and one from your
own life or from your observations
would be highly priced and It might
prove to be your best monument in
time to come.
Examples of pluck when no one sees
ghost Of chance are sources Of
pluck which never run away from you
and those who review the past in .
search for such events are generally
vigorously surprised over the lucky
findings.
My belief is that il you search for
a useful example for the benefit Of
others you derive more benefit from
1t than II YOU made the hunt for sell
fish reasons. Some very smart men
wonder why some very simple men
seem to stumble into lucky discoveries
and the real reason may be that they
possess aggressive goodness rather
than brillancy.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-22
WHAT'S THE BILL GOOD FORT
Brooklyn Taiior's Comment on Re
cent Find At Nippur.


On the car the other morning
happened to hang by the strap next
to Bimmelstein's. Between begging
pardons OF and granting pardons to my
near neighbors, managed to read a
few paragraphs in my newspaper.
One of them told of reharkable find
by Nippur expedition of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania. 1t was nothing
less than well-preserved and thor
oughly authenticated tailor's bill near
ly 5000 years old.
Since Bimmelstein himself is en-
gagged in the clothing business, l
thought he would be interested in this
ancient relic, SO l told him about it,
but the story seemed to make no im-
preston on him.
Hang it. man." said !, don't you
understand? It's a tailor bill almost
1000 years old"
"Vell." he answered, "vot iss it good
for? Dey can't COLLECT it."