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, 1905-11-02
INCREASING BUSINESS

From Postmaster 4. NJ. McAnal-
ly, of this place, the Sun learns
that there has, during the month
of October, been "A marked in
crease in the postotfice business
at this place. This increase has
been so apparent in every depart
ment of the Office that it has been
impressed on his mind repeatedly.
There is no surer Indication of
the prosperity of a town than the
amount of business transacted at
its po~st-otfice and this increase is
one of the encouraging signs of
the present times. Business men
all over the town report that trade
is looking up-in fact there has
been a gradual improvement since
the summer months. The build
ing of the Saratoga d Encamp-
ment road is certain to largely in
crease the trade of this town in
the near future.
, 1905-11-02
PRICE FIVE CENTS

lunch cloth. Mrs. ID. j. Rounds:
center piece and doylie, Mrs. A.
ID. Campbell; batienbure piece.
Mrs. Dickerson: rug. Ezra Cluf:
rug, j. I. McAnulty: easy chair,
Samuel Albro; sofa pillow, Nora
Doggett.
, 1905-11-02
Dental Work

| will be in Saratoga Nov, 9th.
md will be prepared to do all
kinds of dental work. Satisfac-
ton guaranteed.
IL. 2-2w DR., Joel W, Bingham,
Encampment,
, 1905-11-02
SARATOGA CHIPS ., :

w. f. sears ana vile We're III town
this week.
Mrs. j. C. Brewer was visiting Mrs.
A. W. Eager Friday.
Mrs. w. H, Large was down from
the Cover ranch Friday.
f. L. Sterrett, wife and daughter
were down from Brush creek last
week.
Mrs. hayden still continues to i'm.
prove and will be able to come home
shortly.
Hugh and Lester Mowry were
down from their upper Spring creek
ranch last Saturday.
j. b. Hassett and Master Joseph
l%ichenor went to Omaha Saturday on
a business trip. They will return to
day.
j. ID. King made final proof on his
homestead last Friday before U. S.
Commissioners J. F. Crawford at ,hi,
place.
ii. II. Nelson went to Walcott Sat.
urday to meet his wife and baby, who
had been visiting Nebraska friends
for the past month.
Emil Wood, the son of Robert T
Wood, left for Missouri Saturday.
where he will spend the winter with
his uncle and go to school.
Miss Martina Johnston. daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs, Enoch 2. johnston.
left for La Plata, Mo-, where she will
visit her uncle and attend schoo,
during the winter.
Mrs. Arting Gross. who has been
here for the past month. on "A visit To
her daughter and Eugene G.. and
Loren Gross, her brothers. left for
home last Thursday.
w. III. Greene accompanied by ID.
&. Hitch and f.. l.. ButterisId of
Chicago went mp to Gold Hill Mon
day morning to look at some mining
property.
Frank X. White, John Ryan, Swan
Solume, Axel Anderson Oscar John
o and Nels Grande were all down
from Encampment the past week on
land business.
tuesday morning proved singing
cold, and the mercury went wander.
ing down about zero. The sun came
out bright and warm, however, and
all was soon as pleasant as IA June
morning.
H.. d. Blydenburgh started for
Rawlins yesterday with "A shipment
of 10 head of beef steers to the
Chicago market. Frank NUM- will
accompany the shipment and visit
friends while gone.
w. b. Harden returned from Pearl
Tuesday where he had been to take
Theo. F. Rixon,of the Forest Reserve
service, who went to hat place to
examine and report on The boundar-
les of the new reserve created there a
short time ago.
Prank Pennock, Edwin Pennock,
George Sullivan, Bert Walker and
Lloyd Norman returned Saturday
from IA successful hunting trip from
til" H" en- River country. The trip
occupied IA month and the boys all
had a splendid time and all rsturn
in good health.
Jack Passoo, an old timer, who is
engaged in mining in the upper
country, was II city visitor the past
week. Happy jack as he is called
dates away back to Fort Laramie
times and is Il character. once famil-
liar to these mountains but now fast
passing away.
Mrs. Charles Martin gave birth 10
twins last Thursday morning. The
children were very frail, weighing on.
ly five pounds all told, and one of
them has since died and the other is
not likely to live.
II. A. Kincaid and family were
down from Encampment over Sun
day. Mr.. Kincaid says business is
quiet at present, but that they look
for business to open up in the spring
with much more vim than ever be.
4: fore.
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some of which ! did not know
There was an almost endless vari-
cry of shade trees and towering
shrubs on every hand these gave
the streets a fine effect.
Santa Monica is an old city.
Its name was given to it ages ago
and the legend is, that an old
priest, weary with trampfng over
the desert and the heat. sat down
under the shade of the only tree
on the land near the beach and
exclaimed; This is as refreshing
rs the tears of Santa Monica" and
Santa Monica the place was called
ever after. it is the only town in
the United States which has two
post-ottices and this fact grew out
of a dispute, years ago, when the
matter of sites was settled by al.
lowing the two factions to each
have a post. office, and the Presid
emf of the United States has the
satisfaction, Cor the dissatisfac-
ton, | don't know which, Of APP
pointing two postmasters for this
lovely city by the sea. How the
inhabitants manage it | do not
know, unless they go to both post
Offices and inquire for their mail.
When a man gets mad at one
postmaster he can at least have
the satisfaction of trading at
the other Office and cutting his
enemy dead when he meets him
on the street.
The avenues in Santa Monica
are 50 feet wide. The sidewalks
are 6 feet wide, with a space of
ground between them md the
curbstone Of q feet more. This
vacant space is used to plant flow
rrs in aud, in consequence Of this.
the sidewalk is generally bordered
10y "A bed of beautiful flowers. 1t
is a delightful custom this side.
walk flower bed business. and it
is just as apt to be full of sacred
%iillies as of any other flower, for
the owner of the property adiniu-
ing can use his own taste in what
he plants. The effect is delight
full in many cases, and always
beautiful. Speaking of sacred
lilies, by the way, reminds me
that they are worth about - cents
a bushel and can be dug up and
carried away by the sack full.
The nature OF the soil iere is
such that they can have asphalt
ed streets with but little difficulty.
All they have to do is to grade
the street, being careful to have
the ground we'll puIverized and
smooth. The street is spripk-
led heavily with crude oil and
fthen tamped, and when if dries
Won could not tell if from the ms.
pbaIt laid ON in the usual
II is simply perfect in its opera
ton. That reminds me that they
do many things ont here with
crude oil. which is very plentiful.
They use it to sprinkle dusty
rords. and every where one goes
his uostrols are greeted with the
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power and wealth until it
DWARFED EVERY OTHER
CITY IN THE THEN.
KNOWN WORLD. Rome at
the zenith of her power had, it is
estimated, population of $780,
900 inhabitants. So identified
was the capital with the power
and prestige of the Roman Empire
that the fall of the latter may be
dated from the time when the
Imperial City echoed to the tread
OF the hosts of the barbarian in
vader, and Italy, to use Talley-
rand S words, became for years "a
geographical expression. Once
more we have a united Italy, but
it is only since 1870 that Rome
has again become the capital, and
is rapidly gaining in both wealth
and population, while Florence,
the former capital, since its aban-
donment as the seat of govern
ment, is losing ground. Passing
into the Adriatic Sea we land at
TRIESTE, Austria's LEADING
SEAPORT; still VIENNA, on
the Danube, at its confluence
with the Wien, far EXCEEDS
1T BOTH IN IMPORTANCE
AND POPULATION, the last
census giving to Vienna, the cap
ital, I,3o4,548 inhabitants and
Trieste 1884 inhabitants.
Servia, with total population
of two millions and a quarter, has
for its capital Belgrade, situated
at the confluence of the Save and
Danube. This is the largest and
most important city in the prin-
cipality, and one of the strongest
inland towns in Europe 1t is the
chief entrepot of commerce be-
tween Austria and Turkey, and
has been the object of fierce con-
tentions between its neighbors in
times past. It's principal port is
Mllanovatz, much smaller. Cross
ing the SO : called beautiful blue
Danube, but which is here a dirty,
muddy river, we find ourselves in
Roumania. whose soldiers proved
SO helpful to the Russians. at a
critical period of their last war
with Turkey. Bucharest, its capi-
tai, situated on the river Dombo-
vita, thirty miles from the Dan
ube, has population of 232,ooo.
while Galatz, the principal port,
has only $500 inhabitants.
Now let us vary the journey and
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they say the Almighty forgot to
make, and left it for the Dutch
men to create = Holland. Am
sterdam, the former capital, not
withstanding the difficulty of its
access to the sea, which has since
been remedied by the cutting of
canal, was by far the most pop
ulous city in that land OF dykes.
Since 1903, however, the seat of
government has been The Hague,
then little more than fishing vii
lage, but which has now over
Ioo,325 inhabitants and is rapid
ly increasing in both wealth and
material prosperity, and bids fair
to become one of the most beauti-
ful and populous cities of Holland,
solely on ACCOUNT OF ITS
BEING THE CAPITAL. ("Hur-
rah for the Dutch shouts Knick-
erbocker.)
Leaving Holland, we will go to
that once leading Empire of the
Latin race, where bullhghting
and surrendering territory to the
United States seem to be its prin-
cipal business-Spain. Here we
find MADRID, THE CAPITAL
CITY, an inland town situated on
the river Manzaneres, only navi-
gable for vessels drawing 10 feet
OF water, and which runs dry
in summer, far EXCEEDING
BOTH BARCELONA AND
CADIZ, ITS PRIN CIPAL
S E A P O r T S, in population,
wealth and political prestige.
Madrid had at the last census a
population of 47o,283. applause
from Porto Rico.)
If we turn to the neighboring
country, Portugal, we find the
same holds good, for Oporto, its
principal seaport town, does not
vie with its capital, Lisbon, on
the 1agus river, i'll wealth, pop
ulation or influence. Passing
through the Straits of the mighty
Gibraltar, with the intelligence
and industry of Europe on the
one side and the ignorance and
superstition of Africa on the 9th
~er, we come to that land of poesy
and song, Italy, whose CAPT.
TAI, ROME, at one time domi-
mated the world. Built upon low,
marshy ground, on the banks of
the river Tiber, inaccessible from
the sea for any but the shallow
est draught vessels, it rose in
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go north to Sweden and Norway.
Here there are two capitals with
one king. until recently. Christi
ania, the capital, is the largest city,
although Bergen is superior as a
seaport town. The same holds
good for Sweden; Stockholm, the
capital, being far ahead of Goth
enburg, the principal seaport.
Sandwiched in between these two
countries and Germany is the
proud little kingdom of Denmark,
the blood of whose rulers courses
through the veins of nearly all the
royalty of Europe. COPEN-
HAGEN is its CAPITAL, with a
POPULATION of 3I2,85o, and
its principal SEAPORT, AAR-
HUUS, has only a POPULA-
TON of 33,3o8.
Sailing easterly on the Baltic
we come to the mighty nation of
Russia. Its FORMER CAPT.
TAI, MOSCOW, was at one time
the MOST POWERFUL CITY
IN ALL RUSSIA, although an
inland town. Peter the Great,
with his wonderful spirit of prog
ress, and with a view of making
Moscow less powerful in the poll
tics of the empire (Moscow occu-
pied at that time much the same
position as Paris does towards
France, being. the center of all
the political intrigues of the day),
travelled to the northwest and 10
Gated city in the marshes partly
on the continent and islands in the
river Neva, and made it the CAPT.
tai, ST. PETERSBURG, naming
it after himself. 1t is now by far
the MOST IMPORTANT CITY
IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE.
Its population was I,2o7,o23 in
1897, when the last census was
taken, Notwithstanding that for
nearly half the year it is practi-
cally closed to oversee commerce.
Russia has, like the United States,
a vast area OF territory and sew
eral important seaports, and hence
we get a practical illustration of
the benefits of the location of the
capital. ST. PETERSBURG IS
DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THE
OLD CAPITAL. Here a peril
nent question may be asked.
Which is the greater nation, the
United States or Russia? If Rus
sia's capital has grown to over a
million in two hundred years since
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-cial Englishman, are the largest
and most important towns of
their respective countries, al
though the language, habits and
general temperament OF the peo-
pie are entirely different. Let us
cross the border into Germany.
Here among the hardy, hale and
thrifty people, who have Ian
guage and individuality of their
own, and whose sons have done
SO much to build up America, we
find HAMBURG the PRINCE
PAL SEAPORT, with a popula-
ton of o25,552, while its capital,
BERLIN, had at the last census
no less than I,677,3o4 inhabitants.
The student of history will find
upon careful Investigation that
the growth and material prosper
ity of the capital of Germany is
not dependent upon the advan-
tages of locality 1t is located on
the River Spree, some distance
from the sea. A more unfavor-
able site could not have been Sc
lected. The Spree at this point is
only about 200 feet wide, with
sluggish current. The country is
fiat, with a sandy soil, and in
summer it is intensely hot, while
high winds envelop the citizens
in clouds of dust, and in winter it
is bitterly cold. The city, not
withstanding these natural dis
advantages, continues steadily to
increase in wealth, influence and
population, SIMPLY AND
SOLELY BECAUSE IT IS
THE CAPITAL OF THE
CONFEDERATED STATES
OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE.
CHEERS from Milwaukee, En-
tering the enterprising little king
dom OF Belgium, which, from the
frequent decisive battles that
have taken place upon its soil,
has not inaptly been termed the
Cockpit Of Europe we find
Antwerp, beautifully situated as,
a seaport, with only 23a, 723 in
habitants, while Brussels, situ-
ated on the Senne River, a mere
creek at that place compared to
the Potomac, has population OF
55I,oII, or nearly twice as many
people as Antwerp.
Adjoining this little nation on
the north, We come to a country
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THIS RnNAER& Andfor Their


reiigionists of the east. When we
look at Turkey what do we find?
Why, that Constantinople, its cap
ital, is by far the largest and most
important city, not of Turkey, but
OF the Levant. This city was
founded by Constantine the Great
upon the ruins of Byzantium, a
city OF the ancients. 1t was the
capital OF the eastern Empire, as
Rome was of the west, when that
Imperial power was divided. 1t
was captured by the Turks in I4s3
and became the capital of the
Turkish Empire, and it at once
became great city. HAD IT
NOT BEEN MADE THE SEAT
OF GOV NMENT 1T
WOULD HAVE EXISTED AS
A MERE FORTRESS. Going
further among the wandering no
MAIDS of Asia we find that the
CAPITAL OF PERSIA, TEHE-
RAN, 70 miles from the Caspian
Sea, has population of 10000.
Persia has ports on three seas
the Caspian Sea, the Persian and
Arabian Cults yet NONE OF
THESE SEAPORTS IS AS
POPULOUS or as wealthy as
the capital MECCA, the CAPT.
TAI CITY of Arabia, the birth
place of Mahomet, is days Jour
ney from the Red Sea, vet its
population is THREE TIMES
THAT OF ANY OF ITS SEA-
PORTS, although one of these,
Bussorah, is the principal port for
the commerce of the Persian Gulf.
Turning to India, Japan and
those other nations whose re-
hglons are made up of Hindooism,
Buddhism or fetish worship, we
find similar precedents. The cap
itals become the largest and most
important cities. Take CHINA,
with SHANGHAI and HONG
KONG as its principal seaports,
but with the focus of our mental
telescope elongated, we can see
PEkIN, THE CAPITAL, with a
population estimated by Professor
Legge and confirmed by DIR. Will
llams of the United States Lega
ton at 100000 inhabitants,
LARGER than China's SEA
PORTS, NGHAI and
HONG KONG added To-
GETHER. "Shut the door =
shouts California.
THUS THE RULE THAT
The CAPITAL CITY GROWS
TO BE THE LARGEST AND
MOST IMPORTANT CITY
OF A NATION HOLDS
GOOD WITH EVEN THE
ALMOND EYED MONGO-
LIAM AS WELL AS WITH
HIS MORE ENLIGHTENED
CHRISTIAN BROTHER.
Thus it is bound to be with the
Western Hemisphere as it is
with the Eastern, and Washing
ton will keep pace with the
growth of the country. (Great
applause from the Atlantic to the
Pacific Oceans.)
lit is a mere matter of
time, but it will come
sooner or later, that
Washington, the capital
of the youngest, proud
est and most powerful
nation ON earuh, will be
the most populous,
wealthy and finest CITY
ON the American conti-
m e mt, if mot of the
world.''
The immense crowd goes wild
and takes Uncle Sam on their
shoulders and places him with
one foot on the White House and
the other on the dome of the Cap
itol, then rush to cut out the
coupon in the corner.
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SANS
GREAT SPEECH
Marks a New Era inn the
History of WASH
ington City.
My countrymen!
| am you and you are I.

"iiA y va GIN y va a - l.
We are the people. (Cheers.)
/ thank William Penn for this
introduction and | will answer
the question, Is Washington,
the Capital of the country, to
keep pace with the growth of the
Nation?' after making a few
comments.
William Penn is a great fnan-
cier, and has been recognized as
such ever since he bought the
whole state of Pennsylvania for
few blankets; therefore it is no
wonder he is making large and
safe investments in Washington
with the United States Realty
Company by paying a small
amount monthly.
Now to the question, as
Washington, the Capital of the
Country, to keep pace with the
growth of the Nation?'
We are told that Washington
can never be as large as New
York City, because our port is
not as good as that of the latter.
but by precedent and logical de-
auctions this idea is most erro-
neous one, as | shall presently
show. | maintain that there is no
question but that Washington
will, in time, be the largest city
on the American Continent, if
not in the world. (Cheers.) Jo-
seph Cook once said that with
the modern facilities of travel
there were no longer any foreign
lands, so on board of the geo.
graphical and statistical train of
thought will take you over
enough countries in few min
utes to convince you of the great
future before the capital of our
great country.
Crossing the broad Atlantic, |
will not pause at the "Green
Isle, for that is really part of
Great Britain, although the witty
lrishman claims that his capital
IS Dublin (laughter) every year;
but land you at once at Liver
pool, whose dock system is the
largest and most magnificent in
the world. Its facilities as a sea-
port are unequaled by any other
city in the United Kingdom, yet
its population is only, according
to the last census, 5I7,oSo, while
that OF London, the capital, was
given as 4,5o4,766, and at the
present time is thought to reach
upward OF 100000 inhabitants.
Now, LONDON is situated on
the RIVER THAMES. NOT
HALF as large as the POTO-
MAC, and is sixty miles from the
sea, and is NOT a MANUFAC-
TURING CITY, but SIMPLY
THE CAPITAL OF GREAT
BRITAIN. That's so, and it is
the biggest city in the world"
shouts John Bull. Now, after
rough passage across the English
Channel, we will land both at
Havre and Rouen in order to
make a comparison. Havre,
which disputes with its rival,
Marseilles, which has a popula-
ton of 1899, the honor of be-
ing the principal seaport town of
France, had at the last census
less than II9,47o inhabitants.
Rouen, situated further up the
Seine and nearer to Paris, had at
the last census II3,2Io, while the
capital had 2,536,834 people living
within its environs. Now the
RIVER SEINE at Paris is NOT
AS LARGE AS THE EAST
ERN BRANCH of the Potomac,
! and yet PARIS, its capital, HAS
a POP ULATION MORE
THAN TWENTY TIMES as
large as the SEAPORT HAVRE
and five times that of Marseilles,
the principal port on the Mediter-
ranean. Thus we see that the
capital cities of the mercurial
Freuchnaen. and of the CONNER
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it was founded, why should not
the capital city of the United
States, the richest nation on
earth, keep pace with that of
Russia? If it does, Washington
must have a million population
within the lifetime of some of the
residents.
Leaving Russia before the laps
get us we will take a glance at
Greece, whose capital, Athens,
was once the center of cultured
Europe. Athens was the foun-
tain from which flowed all the
streams of learning. science and
art which have enriched the earth.
The population of ATHENS was
at the last census III,486, while
CORINTH, its PORT, is much
SMALLER.
Sailing down the Black Sea
through the Bosphorus we salute
the Sultan of Turkey, whose name
is held in detestation by Chris
tians of all denominations for his
prosecutions of the Armenians.
Still we are compelled to pay him
the same courtesy as other SOW
ereigns with whom the United
States is at peace.
NOW WE HAVE PASSED
THROUGH CHRISTIAN
EUROPE, AND WE HAVE
FOUND THAT IN SPITE OF
CHANGE OF HABITS, TEN
P E r A MENT AND Ian
GUAGE, THEIR CAPITALS
GROW TO BE THEIR LARG-
EST CITIES. We shall soon see
whether this rule still prevails
among a different race of people
altogether. The Turk is unique
among nationalities. His dress,
habits, religion and social customs
set him apart even from his CO.
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Officers and Directors of the u. S. Real

UffIcers and Directors OF the q. >. Realty co.
A. E. rsidn. Founder If Congress gbu1
President Psfn Fimens Insanc
o. president
C. Treasurer director lonh Ri Washing
Founder of akscn sharpy
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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-06-17
GOOD TRADE IN
THE WHEAT PIT
CLOSE SHOWED JULY UP A
cENT-REPoRTs OF DAMAGE
IN KANSAS AND FURTHER
RUST STORIES THE CAUSE.


Chicago. June 17-FLouR-The /
market was dull, prices easy, winter
patents, $4.2od4.So straights, $4,000 |
40; spring patents. $5.oo@5.7o;
straights, ss.75G5.Oe; bakers. s2.lo@
eco
wHEAT-Therc was good trade,
swith the close a cent higher for July,
while September gained n. Feeling
was unsettled and prices IRREGULAR.
Early sentiment was bearish. influ-
enced by harvesting reports from The
southwest Kansas City claiming that
cutting was progressing under ideal
conditions. Lower cables, and the fact
that rains northwest We're moi heavy
were also weakening factors Local
longs sold early, but as the day adj
yanced sentiment shifted about 70 thc
bny.ng side. reports Of damage around
: Salina. Kansas, due to rain and hal
being bull help, as also were further
: rust stories from the northwest.
CORN-The mark opened easy q
a result Of lower prices az l1Yerpoo
. ana weakness in wheat Later sent
, ment became decidedly bnllish an
= prices made sharp advances. Report
Q Of light accsptances II the countr
! was late bull influence. The marke
L closed at practically the highest pom
July up A0I September up M4 !.
Il OATS Market was easy early
sympathy with other grains Later
arm tone developed. The feature wa
tho increase in trading in sepfemne
b. ana December. The market close
2 2 firm, July up NON, September a