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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-02-03
roosevelt Addressed unIon LEAGUE

Philadelphia, Pa, Jan, 30-President
Roosevelt made notable speech be.
fore the famous Union League this
evening and received splendid ova,
tion from the citizens of Philadelphia,
who turned out by the thousands.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-02-03
Cork May Be Released.

London, Jan. 31.-The st. Peters.
burg correspondent of the Standard
wires that in his opinion there is no
danger Of the author Maxim Cork be.
ing executed for high treason He be.
lieves that he will be released In a
few days.'qn
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-02-03
rralnmen Killed.

Davenport, Iowa, Jan. 30.-Three
trainmen were killed and six carloads
lOf cattle destroyed near Cedar Rapids
tonight as the result Of the explosion
Of a locomotive boiler
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01
Immense Fortunes Spent Yearly for Fruit

and Strawberries. and until the end of
January the latter are beyond the reach
of men of moderate means. A gentleman
not long since went into a we'll known
fruiterer's in Regent street and offered
$50 TO the manager if he could provide
enough strawberries for five people that
evening The manager undertook to de-
liver the fruit within seven hours, and
then promptly proceeded TO wire forty
dlfferent fruit gardens within thirty
miles of London for strawberries.
Seventeen gardens provided the re-
quired amount OF Strawberries (the re-
naming twenty-three not being able to
produce single One). and by $50 that
evening the fruit was delivered at a cost
OF nearly $3.50 for each straw berry There
are several persons in London whose
weekly bill for grapes at this season runs
TO never less than $1O0. They pay s. per
pound for the best muscat grapes, and re-
ceive at least three pounds per DAY. At a
dinner party given some time ago at
MARLBOROUGH house the bill for grapes
amounted to $z25 while the cost of each
apple at the royal table was exactly five
shiiiingS It is, however, by no means
the most distinguished or wealthy people
who spend fortunes in fruit There is
Tor instance. retired bOOtmaker living
near BrixtOn. who was Informed by a
friend that pears from AlSiers have a dis
tinctiy pleasant flavor.
Relieved from worries of rsisfits and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01
Q,ondon Mail.)

In some of the very expensive London
restaurants YOU can order a special des-
sert that will cost you anything from 80
to $3.50. These desserts will consist of
dainties i'm the way OF fruit. for which II Is
not too much TO say that the greater part
Of the world has been ransacked to pro-
vide Peculiar apples from Zanzibar.
looking rather like turnips; pears, in ap-
peardnCe strongly resembling oranges,
from northern Africa; grapes from Eng
fish hot houses. and Australia will most
likely be represented by the Eiffel tower
pineapple.
OF ali fruits, Zanzibar apples are, per
haps, the rarest. Dozens of trees together
will only bear "A few of these apples, and
the time for picking them has to be care
fully selected they must be gathered just
a month before they would ripen, other
wise they will very quickly go bad. These
apples have been sold in this country at
800 apiece, and, of course have TO be
specially ordered. for no fruiterer would
ever dream OF keeping them in stock
CUstard apples are another expensive
luxury. They can be purchased at prices
ranging from IS cents to S25 each. accord
ing to quality. and. according to those
whose Judgment in such matters is con-
Sidered to be absolutely correct. must be
eaten with pepper and salt.
Two of the most fashionable fruits in
the winter months are the muscat grapes
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01

they started eastward toward the hills
turned TO look at me, and i got q photo
graph of them in the act In the orchard
there is a salt lick. and here some of the
huttaloes paused for a few moments be
fore going over the hills to the westward
They seemed no longer afraid of me, and
| approached and photographed them
pretty much as I liked. The difficult part
of the work consisting in getting them
against backgrounds which would give
sufficient contrast and in keeping a
sharp lookout for certain savage old bulls
one of which had given me hard run
for my life a month or two before
The sun was setting behind the Green
mountains when the buffalOes gathered
together on the top, of hill for the night
As / quietly approached the southern end
Of the herd few Of the animals moved
apart and disclosed three elk. a stag and
loeS. They We're but a few yards from
me. but the presence of the buffaloes
evidently gave them such a feeling of
security that their usual great caution
was for the time being laid aside. Even
when. a few moments later. they raised
their heads and saw me standing there,
they We're surprised rather than alarmed.
They did not feed again however. but
after watching me for several minutes.
they gradually moved away. Then I. too.
moved away from the herd and from a
rock watched the light fade on the fig
ures of the buffa lOes. And as I watched
them melting away into the BACKGROUND.
one ny one they sank 10 the ground. I'M
Til ct last tho entire herd was lying at
rest in the long dry grass.
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and after a brief but suspicious glance
he trotted around to the other side OF
tween himself and me. / went a little
nearer, but not much, for the old COW
buffalo wheeled right round and faced
me. There was no mistaking her atti-
tude; IL said. rs plainly though she
had spoken the words If you come an
other foot III charge you And as there
were no trees near enough to be of any
use I pressed the button" at once and
withdrew. The herd was now becoming
uneasy, and my friend, the young bull
before mentioned, gave a loud grunt and
dashed away toward the valley, with two
or three others close in his wake
knew that to stop the stampede now
would be about as easy as TO stop an
and gave them plenty of room One
great flying wedge of brown, with the
4-year-old bull at its apex. they went
numbering down the hill and through the
valley along the bank of the brook. Then.
in long string, they filed up d hill 10
the west, along the ridge, and down into
a valley beyond AS watched them
through the glass from a hilltop I could
see in a hollow which was crossed by the
trail another smaller herd OF buffaloes,
lying at rest, and in the apple orchard
further TO the south was still another
herd; and as the main body went through.
these smaller ones fell in with them, IN
til about A hundred and fifty buffaloes
were on the march Laden as 1 was. it
seemed wiser 10 give them time to slow
down before attempting TO come up with
them, so / sat down by the brook and had
nv lunch. When I overlook the buffa-
loes they were about to enter a wood
and here / photographed them again. AS
they moved through the wood they pre-
scented a strange appearance The trail
was dimIy lighted and was filled with
surging mass of great hairy beasts, parts
only of whose outlines could be seen.
Now and then a few rays of sunshine
filtered through the trees, and for mo-
ment lighted up rolling sea of humps
and glinted from the well-curved horns.
Here, Gustav Dore or Eugene GraSset
would have found the subject for a weird
painting; the camera has its limitations.
After leaving this wood they went along
the trail over a stretch of rolling ground
and then entered another wood. and
finally came cut into an orchard Here
small hand of elk. two stays and three
does were feeding. but on seeing me.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01

Yesterday morning. as 1 looked from
my window upon Croy don mountain. the
sun, which was rising behind il, silvered
the white treetops along its summit. The
day before white clouds enveloDed the
tor, OF CROYDON. and the moisture WHICH
had condensed upon the tops or the
evergreeHs had turned TO crystals in the
night. A grassy plateau TO the west of
the mountain, and Just outside my gar
den. was also white with heavy coating
of hOar frost, and upon this cleaning
field a herd of more than a hundred buff
faloes stood facing the northwest gate.
which opens directly from my garden into
the Corbin game preserve They mad
mile TO the southeast: had just charged
down over a woodland trail, and now
stood blowing clouds of vaoor from their
wet, black uostrils- But they were not
at their ease: all OF them were looking
in the same direction, and most of them
were standing in. attitudes which indi-
was no one in sight, and for minute
could not tell what the trouble was about.
Then / saw the lean. gray form of my
tame VOL Romulus- VINO, with ears !ald
back and displaying "A long line of white
teeth. stood snarling az the wondering
monsters on the other side Of the fence.
Presently he sent up a long, savage
howl in response to which the buffaloes
elevated their tails. and, snorting, paved
the earth. And as there was the promise
of a bright day. / took my camera, a
score OF. plates and a field glass and set
out prepared 10 hunt the buffalo until
sunset, or until all my ammunition was
gone '-''' $500
After entering the gate I walked quiet
~ eastward, along the fence pretending
not to see the buffaloes, for, often as not.
the moment they see that they are at
tracing special attention they will give
few grunts OF alarm and gallon off,
leaving yOu to follow them over hill and
dale for mile or two. and then another
mile two after that If you are not
careful After getting well to the east
of the herd I crawled along under cover
of stone wall until the animals were
within reasonable range. From where
lay the ground slanted slightly upwards
toward the west. SO the dark forms of
the hutfaioeS were in good relief against
the light brown grass. Some of them
were wing down now. and. slipping the
nozzle OF tho camera through a gap in the
wall got a picture OF them in this po-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01

children and papooses. OF coifTse I de-
clined- He insisted. Finally I con-
scented, but upon the condition that he
promise me to remain away only three
days and that 1 keep the children only
in the daytime. his Squaw to keen them
at night He WAS afraid of the bar
gain lest the squaw should take adj
vantage of the night to steal away with
the little ones l agreed to look out for
that part OF IL and when he sent the
squaW to me exacted her promise to
return the children faithfully every
day The promise was kept The lit
tie ones were taken away each night
and returned TO stay and play with
mine each day. Promptly at the end of
the third day the buck returned.
But somehow the life Of this buck
was not destined for happiness. The
troubles with the wife had scarcely
been patched up when the favOrite boy
was stung by rattlesnake. We man.
aged 10 cure him at the ranch after
the squaw had sucked out the poison.
but the boy went away with the father
shortly afterWaTd and was Stung again.
This time he died, and the death so
preyed upon the mind of the father
that he became half demented. turned
loose upon an old Indian rampage,
shot two white men and had finally TO
be run down by the whites and killed"
Mrs Stewart cited these instances
HitTelH 10 SNOW InaI the 1ndlanS, after
all. have emotions not much different
from those of the whites: family quar-
rels, threatenings of divorce, filial de-
Votion, and the same excuse for law
leSsness that is heard time and again
in the courts of all peoples. viz: ex-
traordinary provOcation. Deliberate
righteousness is as rare among the red
men as it is among their conquer
ors.
OF course. the Indians of Los Vegas
were only the work hands. The other
! people, who from time to time became
| the companion or broke the loneliness
/ OF Mrs. Stewards life, were the stock
/ men and prospectOrs who passed
/ through upon the Semi-weekly- stage
| or upon their own horses or their own
! feet. Also there were occasional visit
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01

other cares incidental TO his calling the
retired bootmaker had time to pay atten-
ton to such delicate matters and prompt
~ proceeded to order from his Iruiterer's
some or these pears. which he found
would cost him ten shillings each. His
weekly bill for these delicacies now
amounts to S25 while muscat grapes and
pineappies at - apiece bring his fruit bill
IN the week up to at least Sj0-just 81 500
a year in fruit alone. Curiously enough.
except in the matter of fruit, he lives in
very moderate, though comfortable, style.
The manager of "a well known fruiterer'S
establishment in the west end informed
the writer that lots of people who see
nigh priced fruit in the window will buy
II just to see what il tastes like and in
this way these samplers" as they are
called by the trade. are a considerable
source of profit to many of the high class
fruiterers- These samplers will cheerfully
spend five shilings on an apple or pear
TO enjoy the experience Of eating such a
luxury.
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art used always. after that TO turn
over to my care some of the affairs of
the ranch. particularly the accounts"
How much this courageous woman
went through within her two decades
of widowhood on the desert il is pos
sible only to conjecture or to learn. in
part from the inhabitants of the same
section of the country, the few who
az greatly scattered points, We're endur-
ing much Of the same things them
selves. The latter are all men, but
they united in saying:
Mrs Stewart is a remarkable wo-
man.
Since it. was in 1882 that the Vegas
ranch was purchased by Mr.. Stewart
the Indian dangers We're over, and the
bereaved mother did not have that
terrifying element to apprehend. Once.
not long prior to the Stewart incum-
bency, the Indians had become restless
and threatened to exterminate the
whites. But wise and cautious chief
Ta-cO-pah, warned them successfully
in some such style as this:
Yes, you can kill all white men at
Vegas. But pretty soon more white
men come, then more, then more. White
men have place with wickiups so
many as the sage-brush. and they
come and come and come and come
until they Kill all Indians, and no red
man live any more
At least such is the speech as told
to Mrs. Stewart by one of the Indians
with whom she became most friendly
Indians Always Friendly.
We found the Indians not only
friendly but most helpful for work in
the fields or around the house. After
a couple Of weeks. when they found that
their money was never withheld, they
began to leave the pay with us for a
week. Sometimes even for a month
One old fellow, who was particularly
faithful accumulated as much as $2S5
a one time. l kept it in a tin can for
him. and he would come every few
days to look II over.
Finally, ] remember, he came one
day and said he wanted the money L
go long way he explained, down river;
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01

tention. After getting two more snaps
at the herd l began to try for pictures Of
individuals. But first 1 sat down and
waited, that they might become used to
seeing me near them. Two or three ami
mails, however, were getting restless and
one young 4-year-Old bull kept grunting
from time to time as though giving it as
his opinion that L was not to be trusted.
Presently he gave an emphatic grl!nt ana
started to walk away in the direction of
a valley to the south, and L knew that
If he ever broke into a trot going down
that hillside the entire herd would fol-
low him like sheep through a gap in the
fence So, as though by accident I
quickly placed myself between him and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01

the valley, and he, finding that his move
was checked, trotted back to his COM
panions, and the danger of a stampede
was for the moment aVerted. Incident
ally, / had obtained a portrait of this
animal. and now there was a chance for
another of COW and calf, who We're
standing just above me with their bodies
well against the sky. The calf was busy
sucking his mother, punching her hard
with his head every. few minutes. and, as
he now had horns several inches long.
he must have been something of a trial.
As he stood, his body was always par
allel 10 hers. and pressed close against
II, his tail toward her head. AS ! ab-
preached. the little fellow let go his hold,
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sition. I then worked round them until
| could get them against the sky, for this
is one of the best OF all backgrounds for
buffaloes. in order to do this, however.
I was obliged TO show myself, but as
walked along as though business in
some other part of the preserve, the ami
mails took no notice OF me. One photo
graph of the herd in the distance, and
another at much closer range Were the
result of this maneuVer, and the buffa-
loes. finding that no harm came from my
presence, now seemed prepared for even
further advances. As L sauntered very
slowly toward them, those which were
lying down quickly rose to their feet and
all of them gave me their undivided at
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01

stay, oh, long time OF course I was
ready to give him his money, but by
that time / was familiar enough with
the ways of the desert to know the
dangers of carrying that amount of
money on the person, even of an In
dian. and accordingly I tried to per-
suade him that something might hap
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pen to him and that he had better take
only part of the money. He insisted
however, upon having it all. Surely
enough something did happen to him
when he reached the Big Bend of the
Colorado and the money was lost. [
do not remember just how, but ] do
remember that the Indian returned
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01
A Dream.

About this time of year I always
regret that ! wasn't trained To the
priesthood" said the pompous butler
F-'Why?" meekly inquired the chef
t.'WeH. nobody gives priests green
pink ana yellow neckties for Christmas
presents
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01

very penitent and anxious to heed my
advice in the future.
"A time soon came to test him again.
He and his squaw had had a quarrel
and. white-man like, had discussed
separation. The buck came to me and
announced that he was going away for
awhile. He wished me to keep the
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-24

Washington, Oct, 24.-The upheav.
el OF mountain land forming western
Colorado constitutes the great watm
shed OF the middle west,
The topography OF this central ele-
waited region makes It a factor OF grea'
economic value. Its mountains are
the sources OF such important streams
as the Colorado, the Rio Grande, the
Arkansas. and the North and South
Platte, which, with their numerous
tributaries, supply. to a large extent,
the drainage systems upon which the
surrounding states and territories de-
pend, Striking evidence Of the far
reaching influence Of these natural
mountain reservoirs IL seen In the
fact that the U. s. reclamation SER
vice has recently selected various
reservoir sites on the Grand and
Yampah rivers, In Colorado, for the
storage of water In connection with
irrigation projects for the reclamation
of extensive areas In southern Call.
fornia. Nevada. and Arizona.
The government, In AS work Of pre-
serving natural reservoirs, as form.
ing a necessary part OF Its irrigation
projects, has recently extended It's
protection owe a considerable portion
Of this mountainous area by the es.
t%ablishment Of a number Of forest re-
serves, for the purpose Of conserving
and regulating the stream flow OF the
region. and eventually insuring a
greater flow in certain OF the streams.
This means that the forest cover
on the tops and slopes Of these rugged
mountains is to be protected. and
used only so far as the preservation OF
stream flow and a permanent supply
Of forest products will allow. The
mountains will now be constantly
patrolled, at government expense, to
prevent the further occurrence OF de-
vastating fires. This. alone. will con.
fer an inestimable blessing upon all
depending upon this region for wood
Tor water.
The tracts reserved are at too great
an altitude to admit Of agricultural
lands being included to any great ex.
tent. They consist manly of rough,
mountain areas, practically worthless
except for their timber, water, for.
Iage and mining wealth. Withholding
rugged areas Of this kind from set.
Element will not interfere with the
settling of the state, because such
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-24
COLORADO FOREST RESERVE

lands are unsuited 10 the purposes OF
the home seeker, AS their admins
tration by the government will. how
ever, eventually make possible the
settlement and development ~ other
lands. both In Colorado and elsewhere,
these otherwise waste areas will nov
be made to contribute directly tow.
ards building up prosperous homes In
large sections OF the country.
The state OF Colorado. In particular,
will derive much benefit, because Its
irrigation possibilities are so great.
The fact that when the reclamation
work Of the government was under
taken only about 3 per cent OF the
entire land surface Of Colorado was
included In what might be termed
improved lands and that about two
thirds Of that amount hads been irri'
gated, led the reclamation service to
devote special attention to the feas'
Utility Of retaining lands In Colora'
do. As a result. various projects are
now under consideration which will
render cultivable for the first time
extensive areas throughout the west
ern portion OF the state. One OF
them, the Uncompahgre valley pro-
ject. is already well under way. When
It Is completed. sufficient land will
be reclaimable TO furnish homes TO-
at least 1900 families In the Unc0m'
pahgve valley.
The progress which has already
been made upon these various pro-
jects leaves no room to doubt that
the relation which the government Is
establishing, in Colorado. between the
mountain sides and the valley lands,
Is one which means the agricultural
development of large sections Of the
state.
While the forest cover on these
mountains will be made to play this
important role in the irrigation move
ment, 1t is no part of the governments
policy to withdraw the reserved lands
from general use. On the contrary, 1t
should be understood that the re-
serve will be open to ala persons for
all legitimate purposes. The timber,
water, pasture, mineral, and other re.
sources will continue to be for the
use of the people, the reserves hav-
ing been established for the purpose
Of benefiiing, in every way possible,
all the communities which are In any
wise dependent upon them.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-24
Interest In steel Passenger Coaches.

Interest IN steel passenger O0aSnes'
TRANSPORTATION and motive power
officials of several Of the larger lines
have become interested in the advan-
tages to be derived by the use of
steel passenger coaches. The recent In.
PRODUCTION of such coaches on the
Long Island road attracted the atten.
ton of the Pennsylvania railroad au.
thorities, and as a result of confer.
ences held recently 1t Is thought like
ly that experiments will be made with
a view To the use of steel coaches on
the Pennsylvania regular lines. The
Erie Is also said TO have taken up
the idea, and to have ordered the con.
.struction of one car for experimental
purposes. A steel postal and baggage
car now on the Erie lines is reported
TO be giving general satisfaction
Steel construction Of passenger coach
es offers the advantages OF great
strength, the elimination of the dan.
ger of telescoping in case Of wrecks,
and of. the risk of fire. AS Is well
known, steel cars were adopted In
the New York subway when Its ser
vice was first ~inaugurated.