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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-16
By BRANDER MATTHEWS
Professor of Dramatic Literature
in Columbia University, New-York

sweeping and as violent 1t would be easy to dis
miss the man himself whose outlook on the
world was so narrow that it seemed to be little
more than what he could get through chance slit
in the wall of his self-sufflciency. 1t would
be easy to him in either of these fashions;
but what is easy is rarely worth while, and 1t is
wiser to weigh what he said and to see if cannot
find profit in it.
Sitting the essential charges from out the
of his malevoent accusations, find this French
man believing that Americans narrow and
grasping, selfish and arrogant He alleges, first,
that chiefly for making money; second,
that hostile to art and to all forms of
beauty; and third that we are devoid of ideals.
These three allegations may well be considered in
turn, one by one, beginning with the accusation
that we are mere money-1nakers.
Now in so far as this Frenchman's belief is only
exaggeration of the saying of Napoeons that
the English nation of shopkeepers we need
not vince for the Emperor of the French found
to his cost that these English shopkeepers had
stout stomach for fighting Nor need regret
that keep shop proftably in these days
when the doors of the bankers vaults the real
gates of the Temple of Janus, war being impossible
until they open. There is no reason for alarm for
apology SO long shopkeeping does not cramp
muscle curb spirit for Bacon told
long ago, walled towns stored arsenals and
armories, goodly of horse, ChariOts of war,
elephants ordnance artillery and the like, all this
is but sheep in lions skin, except the breed
Even the hostile French traveller did not accuse
of any fabbiness of fiber; indeed, he detained
especially against "conquering appetite,
which seemed to him scandalous lin people
with hereditary predispostion toward war"
But here he fell into a common blunder; the United
States may be a nation-although a fact
its national flag is older than the tricoor of
France the union jack of Great Britain and the
standards of those newcomers among the nations,
Italy and Germany-the United States may be
nation, but the people here have had as many
ancestors the population of any other country.
The people here, moreover have " a hereditary
predisposition toward war, at least toward adj
venture, since they are, every of them, de-
scended from some European more venturesome
than his fellows reader to risk the perils of the
Western and holder to front the unknown
dangers of unknown land The warlike temper,
the aggressiveness, the imperialistic sentiment
these are in development of unexpected
ambition; and they ought not to surprise anyone
familiar with the way in which forefathers
grasped this Atlantic Coast first then thrust them
selves across the Alleghenies, spread abroad
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among other nations whose energy may have
been relaxed of late After all the arts of war
and the arts of peace not unlike; and in
either a triumph be only by imag
ination bold enough to foresee and to divine what
is hidden from the weakling. We a trading
community, after all and above all, even if
come of fighting stock. We are trading COM
munity, just Athens was, and Venice and
Florence. And like the of these earlier
commonwealth, the of the United States
trying to make money. They striving to make
money not solely to amass riches but partly be-
the possessing of money is the outward and
visible sign of success, because it is the most OBJ
vious measure of accomplishment.
In his talk with To1stoi our French critic revealed
an unexpected insight when he asserted that the
passion of American life was-Iot much the pos
session or the use of money delight in the
quest of it. Many an American of affairs
would admit without hesitation that he would
rather make half million dollars than inherit
million. 1t is the process he enjoys, rather than
the result; it is the tough tussle in the open
market which gives him the keenest pleasure
and not the idle contemplation of wealth safely
stored away He girds himself for battle
and fights for his hand he is the and
the grandson of the stawart adventures who
from the old world to face the chances of
the This is why he is unwilling to retire
wont to do in Europe when their for
tunes are made Merely to have money does not
greatly delight him, although he would regret
not having it; but what does delight him
ceasingly is the fun of making it
The money itself often he does not know what
to do with; and he find selfish for
it than to give it away. He seems to recognize
that his making it in measure due to the
unconscious assistance of the community a
whole, and he feels it his duty to do something for
the people among whom he lives. 1t must be noted
that the people themselves also expect this from
him; they expect him to pay his footing sooner or
later AS result of this pressure of public opinion
and of his lack of interest in money itself he
gives freely. In time he to find pleasure in
this WELL and he applies his business sagacity
to his benefactions Indeed, discover
nothing characteristic of modern American
life than this pouring out of private wealth for
public service. There is parallel to it to be
in any country of the old world and not
even in Athens in its noblest days there
handed 1avishness of the individual for the
benefit of the community
In no country of the old world again is the mere
prestige of wealth less powerful than it is here.
This, of course, the foreigner fails to perceive; he
does not discover that it is the who happens
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to the Mississippi, and reached out
at last to the Rockies and to the
Pacific The lust of adventure may
be dangerous, but it is no new
thing; it is in Our blood, and we must
reckon with it.
Perhaps it is because the breed
and disposition of the people" is
stout and warlike" that our shop
keeping has been successful enough
to awaken envious admiration
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IN volume, recording a series of
talks with Tolstoi, put forth by a
French writer in the final months
of 1904 we are told that the Russian
novelist thought the Doukhobors had
attained to perfected life in that they
are simple, free from envy, wrath and
ambition, detesting violence, refraining
from theft and murder, and seeking
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
Died From Nose Bleed.

With his life slowly ebbing away
as his blood drop after drop had been
falling from his nose necessarily for
the past two weeks an old man by
the name of Foster was last
evening brought to the county hospi-
tai from the John Watson coal mine
at Eaton. A charge of lunacy had
been filed against him in the county
court. and he would have been tried
today. He died, however, during
the night.
The old man was known as dad"
about the coal mine, and the only
information that he had given his
associates there about himself was
that he had sister, Mrs. McClelland
living in Denver, whose husband is
said to be the foreman in the Rio
Grande railroad shops there.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12

A. White acting as installing officer
A. d. Butler, commander; c. A.
White, service commander; Henry
Miller, Junior vice commander: l. II
Paine. adjutant: A. J. r. Lohr,
quartermaster: G Law, secretary
Charles F. Elliott, chaplin; II. G.
Watson, officer Of the day: j. Max
Clark, officer of the guard; J. w.
Sanborn, sergeant major: Oliver
Howard, qarteimaster sergeant.
This makes the third term for all of
the officers.
For the relief corps the following
officers were installed by Mrs. b. d.
Harper as installing officer: Mrs.
Calvin Thomas, president; Mrs.
Charles Grove. secretary: Mrs. George
ID. Horne. treasurer; Mrs. Clara Wal
lace, sr. vice; Mrs. f. f. Baker, jr.
vice Mrs. Charles VanDyne, chap
lin; Mrs. Emma Beetham, conduc-
toress: Mrs. Sarah Ferguson. guide
Mrs. Fred Dresser. Mrs. Calvin Ran.
dolph, Mrs. j. Max Clark and Mrs.
ii. &. Watson, color bearers
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12

July or the first OF August, when they
demand a considerable supply. If
new comers obtain land below the
reservoirs and demand that the flow
of the stream from which the water
is taken to fill the reservoirs be not
interfered with, but that the water
be sent down for direct irrigati on
then the water must be released.
The result may be that there will be
no water stored for Use later in the
season, when there is generally a
scarcity of this commodity and Il
most urgent need of it upon the root
crops. Irrigation experts declare
that such state of affairs retards de-
velopment along irrigation lines and
urge that change he made that
will protect the reservoirs.
There are many canals in the state
which have under their DEGREES and
by acquisition In various ways,
come into an appropriation of water
much greater than their capacity and
much greater even than required by
the land which they are supposed
to irrigate. 1t is suggested that a
most important step to aid in the
irrigation development of Colorado
would be to pass law requiring the
state engineer to guage every stream
and canal in the state, then find out
the capacity of the bitches and the
amount of water which has formerly
been used from each per year; then
cancel the excess appropriation. 1t
is urged that this would work no
hardship upon anyone and that it
would ensure Il more equable distri-
button of water Denver Republican.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
Three Sentenced.

Three men pleaded guilty before
Judge Garrigues Saturday afternoon
and were quickly given sentences and
started on their way to Canon City
rejoicing in the knowledge that they
had saved themselves about six
months in the county Jail for trial
at the next term of the district
court.
One was Joe Moore, who owned up
to stealing set of harness and sad
die from John Ward of Eaton. He
was given from one to two years in
prison.
The other two men were William
Jones and James Stokes. The first
named was sentenced to from one to
two years in the penitentiary and the
other was sent to the reformatory.
The men had stolen a calf and killed
it in the Hardin country.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12

for publicity has been wisely expen-
ded, he can see where figure foul
instead of figure three In the ad-
vertising bill would have ground out
u figure eight instead of figure -four
in his met profits" column.
His mind should travel back to
certain days OF the year when his
advertising was weakest and scant-
lest, and when stocks seemed an
chored to counters and shelves, and
clerks all got sociable and friendly
with one another. The final history
of these days is written in the bal
ance sheet.
He can recall other days when
his advertising was electric with in
terest, when publicity reached
tloodtide: and the store was 'raided"
by patrons. And thinking of these
days, he wonders how the ebb-tide
could have travelled so far. and
turned so reluctantly in the days
that are dull
In substance, the balance sheet
should teach him that, as the busi-
nes and the best advertising hap
pened' to come at the same time, in
the coming year he will raise the
standard, assure the inyariable con-
tinuity and increase the space occu-
pied by his store advertising.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
THERE'S MONEY in IT
Relation of Publicity and The
Balance Sheet.

When the average man looks at Il
piece of cloth he vaguely guesses at
the quality. and wonders whether
the price is not little high.
When an expert on cloth looks at
it he traces it back to a flock of sheep
grazing on the hillside. His mind
goes back to the days of primitive
looms and forward again to these
times of we'll nigh sentient machin-
cry. He sees the gradual growth of
knowledge about dyes from the time
the first Indian painted his cheeks
with crude red ochre to these days
when we pilfer the hues of the rain
bow. He sees the generations of
men at work at the loom, each bring
ing increasd skill to the task of max
ing cloth.
The merchant should see as much in
his balance sheet as the cloth expert
sees In the piece of cloth.
He should see other things than
the figures which represent net
protits.' He should understand the
causes which have operated to grind
out these figures.
And, while each phase of store
expense should interest him, the
expenditures of the year for public
ity" should have the most thorough
consideration. For these figures
regulate all others figures on the bal
ance sheet as surely as the moon reg
ulates the tides.
Assuming that this appropriation
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
The COYOTE HUN T
It Promises to be The Greatest
Ever Held Here.

The date for the annual coyote
hunt on the range southeast of Evans
has now been definitely decided upon
as Thursday, Jan. 10. The plains
are said to be literally alive with
coyotes, and not only is good days
sport assured those who attend the
hunt. but an actual boon to the
farmers living on the edge of the
range will be the result. 1t is prop
able that LOCO people will attend
the hunt.
The ground covered will be prac-
tically the same as last year, and
the roundup will be in the vicinity
of Plumb's old sheep camp, about
ten miles southeast of Evans.
The hunt will likely be under the
leadership of j. L. Doney of Evans.
Sun-captains will be d. E. Car
penter of Greeley, Ed McCary, Steve
O'Grady and William Morrows of
Evans, for the north and west corner
of the line. The south will be under
Robert Chestnut Of LaSalle, Joseph
Gearing of Big Bend, James Mckinley
Of Big Bend, H. Rudd Of Peckham,
John Martin Of Beebe Draw, John
Klugh of Box Elder and II. Rainey
of Platteville. Their line will meet
with that from Roggen under COM
mand of Steve Wiswell, Fred Acree
and c. Claycomb. On the east this
line will be met by the party from
Hardin, likely under command of
Andy Lolotf. The remaining part
of the line on the north, will be
closed by Kersey people under W..
klngsbury, James Loustellet, James
Leroy, C. NJ. Strickland and Theo-
dore Ennes. DR.. ID. j. Horton of
Evans has been chosen secretary of
the hunt committee. and c. c. Huff
smith, assistant secretary.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
Tribute to Gov. Eaton.

A part of Governor Peabody's IS
message to the assembly will be ap-
preciated here, at least. 1t is the
part that refers to the death of the
late Governor b. II. Eaton. 1t is
as follows:
1T is with deep regret that l am
compelled to record the death of one
of our most loyal and respected citi-
zens, the Hon. Benjamin II. Eaton,
who was governor of Colorado during
the years 1885 and 1886. He was u
man of lovable disposition and of
notable achievements. To him this
commonwealth owes great debt of
gratitude for the able and efficient
manner in which he championed
and espoused the cause of agriculture
and irrigation, and much of our sue
cess in the development of our agri-
cultural resources can be directly at
tributed to his foresight and intelli-
gent application of the. means at his
disposal. l know you will early
adopt suitable resolutions to his MEM
Ory.' -
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
Hurt in a Runaway.

While B. ID. Sanborn was showing
S. J. Peery of Platteville, over the
south end of town last Thursday
afternoon, their horses suddenly took
fright and upset the buggy. Both
men were thrown out between the
horses where Mr.. Peery was kicked
upon his right ankle. which was
broken. Mr.. Sanborn was dragged for
a considerable distance before he
could extricate himself from the rig
He did not sustain serious injury.
however. Mr.. Peery left on the
afternoon train for his home near
Piatteville.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
TOOK OFFICE
CHANGE IN COURT HOUSE
OFFICERS TUESDAY
New Clerks and Deputies in
Sheriff's and The County
Clerks OGce--Few
New Faces

The new county officials and depu-
ties took their oaths of Office Tues
day and already work is running
smoothly in all offices. In the sheriff's
and clerks offices the only new faces
appear. At each of these the heads
of the Office are new. Ben Florance,
the newly elected sheriff has taken
his place at the desk occupied for
many years by A. j. Elliott. Fred
Williams is at his old desk as under
sheriff, and in the place of Eugene
Williams as jailer is George Pollard
of Windsor. Mr.. Pollard is the
bridegroom of the court house force
and as such has been the brunt of
the building jokers.
Charles Davis, the new clerk has
with him as deputies, Albert Luther
as chief deputy, Mrs. Alice Beckwith
as deputy in the main office, Miss
Alma Anderson as stenographer, and
his own daughter for special work.
In none of the other offices has
there been any changes made in the
force of deputies George Weber will
still be bookkeeper in the treasurer
office, and Mrs. Grace n. Hender-
son assistant.
County Judge Southard Will retain
Ira l. Sides as clerk of the court.
l.. ii. Harrison has also taken pos
session of the office of county superin-
tendent of schools. The last official
act of his predecessor was the appor-
tionment of the school fund.
In the assessors office Jack Wylie
retains Sam McAfee and Frank
Peterson as assistants
S. A. Bradtield has also taken the
chair in the county commissioners
office left vacant by the retirement
of Howard Rea. Fritz Wattenburg
will likely be the new president of
this board.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
|ANGES in THE LAW
IelVolr Men to Have Better
Show at Water.

's"'iofl experts believe that sew
important changes should be
In the statutes governing the
Vi Colorado, by the present
'"'''e' One of the laws which
''s''efed very detrimental to the
feSs e. of the state along irriga-
'''es relates to reservoirs.
WI 'he present statute, the
y, :, vi d reservoir must cease run
'e water from the stream into
NseiNoif Whenever the people
aa Uei'iaha that the water be per-
" now on down for direct
''o'i' 1t is urged that this
s''aV hardship upon the reser-
T@'ers ,, and measure is adyo-
vna' VIII define the ''irrIga-
"soll so that the reservoir
III. may be protected and not
h. eu ~ from storing water dur
ne winter months.
% @S.ratlon -, of the alleged in
una .ile present statute may
~ wv III such localities as the
ors, u's'flct, where the people
s'ructed great reservoirs to
'el Tor use late in the season
pa, .,ops as potatoes, cabbage
,o ' peets. These require lit
water up to the middle of
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
ALUMNI AND G. II. S.
They Met in Deadly Contest in
Basket Ball Game.

That they had lost little of theil
form of two years ago. when they
were champions of the state, was
shown by the High school Alumni
basket ball team, when it met the
Greeley High school team in game
at the armory Thursday evening. The
result was As to 2l in favor Of the
alumni.
The winning team was made up
almost the same as when two years
ago the boys, who were then Greeley
High schools, were defeating every
thing that came along. They were
perhaps not quite so fast in this
game, owing to lack of practice,
but they still showed their old time
knowledge of the game. and skill at
throwing baskets.
The High school boys put up a good
game, but they were outclassed.
They are not old at the game any
way, and need a few lessons such
as the older players gave them Thurs
day evening, to learn just where
they are at. The second half of the
game they more than ran even with
the victors, but the lead gained in
lhe first half by the older players
could not be overcome.
The lineup was as follows:
High School-Watson,f forward Was
ley, forward; Meade, center; New
ton, guard; Neill, guard; Farr, sub.
Alumni Bailey, forward /;
Wyatt, forward; Oouzens, center
McAfee, guard; Mosher, guard,
Rocho, sub.
Offerlee, referee, Pechin, umpire.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
STOCK MEN COMING
Whole Train Load to Visit
Greeley Saturday.

Next Saturday whole train load
of stockmen will visit Greeley, and
see for themselves what is being done
in this section in the way of sheep
and stock feeding, and also see the
Greeley potato. They are members
of the Stock Growers association,
who will wind up their weeks con-
vention in Denver with trip around
The Horn, visiting the Agricul-
tural college, at Fort Collins and
the sugar factories of northern Colo
RADIO. The train will leave Denver
over the Colorado s. Southern Satur-
day morning, brief stops being made
at Boulder, Longmont and Berthoud-
At Loveland the sugar factory
will be visited and stops will be made
at feed lots along the line. AT Fort
Collins. local committees there are
arranging for lamb barbecue.
The visitors will see the Agricul-
tural college and the town. will be
feasted on roast lamb and shown
the sugar factory. From there the
train will proceed via Windsor to
Greeley, and from there the trip
home will be made in short order
over the Union Pacific, arriving in
Denver before dark. AS the feed
lots are all filled with cattle and
sheep, this will prove most inter
eSting trip to the visitors.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
fAKESTARCH
pw INDUSTRY FOR GREE
|rry FINALLY ASSURED
eeting Held Friday Evening
Makes Decision in Favor
of Project-To Use
Ice Plant

rhs starch factory that has been
nrod for Greeley for some time
,ov sure 90. Final decision
reached at a meeting held in the
20 Of Nosher & Parker last Friday
ning The factory will be oper-
4 in conection whit the ice plant
be Greeley Ice 4 Light COM
by,
'or A couple of months w. III. Ed
lids. manager of the ice company,
heen working on the scheme. but
had practically been dropped,
Rn a few days ago new encourage
pt was given by few energetic
jne,s men, and the result was a
edy settlement in favor of the
ect.
At the meeting mentioned the
X of the new company was all
scribed: s25, 900 will be the cap
stock. The old Greeley Ice g.
hit company had a capital stock
80. 0op, but only u little over Sl5, :
of this stock had been sold.
srefore about 50, 600 worth of stock
he new company was taken.
Work of putting in the machin-
will be commenced at once, and
will not be long before the new
ory will be in operation. The
e power, machinery and build
used by the ice company will be
for the new business.
|mers will be paid from Is to 70
sa hundred for the potatoes to
lsed. The best part of this is
Gull potatoes that could not be
in the market can be used for
/ purpose.
satisfactory freight rates, which
te held the scheme in obeyance
some time. both for haul OF the
material to the factory and for
manufactured product have now
a arranged, and there is no prob
ity Of a hitch an proceedings
place now. 1t is estimated that
$4,000 to $50, 600 worth of po-
pes will be used the first season
factory is in operation.
ID. Parker, Albert Igo and w.
Edwards have been appointed
mlttee to put the plant in oper-
! he @,WN worth of stock SUBJ
pea Friday evening was SUBJ
ped by j. H. Woolf, II. D. Par
'ohn {. Mosher, H. C. Watson.
H. farr William Mayher, w.
sooner, r. Patterson and Albert
ne name of the new company will
Paoly soon be changed to the Gree
Ice and Starch company.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
ENJOYED A SUPPER
G. A. R and W. R. c. Held Toint
Installation of Officers.

U. S. Post, G. A. r. and w. II.
c. held joint installation of otiic-
ers in Odd Fellows hall last Thurs
day evening. About rs members of
the two organizations were present
and enjoyed an excellent supper after
the work. For the post, the follow
ing officers were installed with Col. C..
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
Bonds are Filed.

Last Saturday the bonds for the
Julesburg irrigation district were
filed with the International Trust,
company of Denver This is for
the building of the big reservoir re-
Gently sold to the farmers in the
vicinity of Julesburg, by D:A. Cam
field of Greeley who owned the site.
and who will complete the work that
is now going forward as fast as the
winter will permit. The bond issue
is for $3.50, 600 and the work is to be
completed by Dec. 1, 1905.
When the reservoir is completed
it will have capacity of l.2OO,O ON,
600 cubic feet OF water.