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The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-04-08

A New York paper publishes an ac-
count Of successful effort recently
made by Mr.. n. o. Nelson. Ia South
ern California. to provide for the poor
er classes. Mr. Nelson has established
at Indio. In Southern California, what
he calls a health camp for consump-
tives. We quote the following de-
scription of this worthy enterprise
with the hope that 1t may encourage
others to do likewise: for certainly
no more benefcent work can be under
taken by anyone:
THE camp is located In q desert
valley. cut OF from the ocean by
the mountains. There is no rain. no
fog, no clouds. The winter days are
all warm, the nights comparatively
cold.
THE camp was established In De-
cember. 1902, to provide In part for
the large number of consumptlves and
other invalids who go to Southern
California. Most of the invalids have
little means: they can not afford ex-
pensive sanitariums. and are not want
ed by hotels and boarding houses.
ITO meet the requirements OF such
patients. Mr.. Nelson bought one hun.
dred and twenty-five acres Of land ad-
joining the Indio depot. This tract
he has improved by sinking areesian
wells, and by putting most Of the land
under cultivation. In order to give con-
valescents something to do.
Tents. with all necessary equip
ment for sleeping and taking meals,
have been set up. Land and water
are free to those who have their own
made to those who can not pay. and
where necessary. board Is given them.
All expenses reed not be more than
from $3.50 to $500 week.
Work is provided for those who are
able to do II. so that their care does
not become burden on the camp.
THE camp is situated in the midst
OF sandy valley one hundred miles
long and three to ten miles wide
The mountains on each side rise by
degrees to four thousand and I'VE
thousand feet high. In some places In
the foothills there are springs and
vegetation.
In the valleys most OF the land
has been taken up in the Fast few
years. The crops OF melons and vege-
tables are early and bring high prices
From 800 to 5000 an acre 10 an
ordinary yield, Alfalfa hay Is cut ten
times year. giving twelve to fifteen
tons IN acre.
when the campers get well enough
to work. they buy or lease . few
acres. They can either buy tho land
on the instalment plan. or lease II on
shares for such length Of time ~ do.
sired"
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-04-08
hvmsr Of Clerical LIE.

To those about to seek admissiou
inio holy orders. an interview with
tho Ordinary II time Of much snxi.
city. sometimes Of mental confusion.
This. perhaps. accounts for the un.
usual behavior OF Q young candidate
who. dismissed on the Episcopal door.
step With . solemn God bless you"
hastily answered. Don't meatioA Il
~ oed."-0traud NagasisA
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-04-08

Tho abnormai fear Of tuberculosis
which haunts 10 many minds IL bred
Of ignorance. TIE awful results Of
the white terror" have Impressed
themselves upon oil. bnt ~ with the
sborisins. when hs Arst encountered
the guahearing explorer. the reason
why IL hiddea. The native heard the
gun speak aud cav bis brother fall.
Tho sudden death terrified him. He
did not stop to isluiss the cause. He
dsd In sbJect fear.
To-day the images ol tutsscuiosts
are stupendous. Are yoa isQuising
into the Why. or are yoa tssnbling
isst Il sciss your Arc yoa tryias 70
dodge an iaserutabis Toe. or are you
stsdyias 10 give Intelligent battjs3
TIE tsasasat dwsiler says. II can not
escape ~ plague. Will await ~
turn" The zoo o. brother Of Q Coz.
sumptive eays: n b In the family,
I mvst sa0sf re sane death." ne
weaksssd victia q ntsmperarcs ~
neglect q Vital laws says: NY Coz.
stltutioa 10 vreeee1-l IN 20 natch
for this rslsatleeo No."
d. Ksops asks ed answers he
following psfttosat euesy: "who ass
the ialividuais WAe oase b Dartieu.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-04-08
Warning AesIns. Tight cerssts.

Nature abhors . vacuum. There II
no unoccupied space In the body: and
to render any part Of It smaller than
nature designed. Is to cause tho or.
gans occupying that part TO diminish
In size. or to crowd together. one upon
another. In either case. natures proc
esses are sadly interrupted.-C. e
Hastings. N. d.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-04-08

Or. 8. A. Knopf. the eminent New
York physician who has given 4 great
deal Of attention TO the subject Of
tuberculosis. took occasion not long
since In . scientific paper TO condemn
the popular notion that alcohol IL q
remedy for consumption. He says:
There Is an idea that alcohol IL .
remedy or even . specific remedy for
consumption. There has never been
n greater mistake made. Alcohol has
never cured and never will cure
tuberculosis. II will either prevent or
retard recovery. Il 10 like . two
edged weapon: on one side It pol.
sons the system. and on the other side
Il ruins the stomach and thus preveats
this organ from properly diGesting the
reeessary food. Truly pathetic are
the results Of this erroneous doctrine
Ia the families OF the poor. where. In.
stead OF procuring good nourishment
for the invalid. liquor has been bought
In far too large quantities. 20 that
often there vas not enough moasy LEFT
for food for the sufferer nor for the
other members Of tho family"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-06-23
UNBREAKABLE BALL BAT.
1t Is Closely Wound with Wire or
Steel Tape in Grooves Below
the Handle.

The baseball fan, or, more correctly
speaking, the baseball player, will hail
the advent of the nonbreakable bat that
has made its appearance. This most
desirable anu hitherto unknown at
tribute of baseball bat, states the Chi
cago Chronicle, is attained by cutting a
spiral groove in the wood and insert
ing therein. flush with the surface of
the bat, some strengthening material.
such as steel wire or steel tape or
sinews The spiral is made continuous
from point just above the handle, SO
as not to interfere with good, COM
Portable grip, to point just below
where the ball ordinarily strikes.
Care has to be taken, of course, in fas-
tening the ends of the strengthening
material wound in the groove to prevent
the development of weak spots, par
ticularlv ut the haLdle extremity. The
groove, OF course, is not large enough
to detract appreciably from the normal
strength of The wood of the particular
section used.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-06-23
SHACKLING OF DAVIS.
The Man Who Performed the Feat
Had a Hard Time
of 1t.

The blacksmith advanced with the
shackles, and seeing that the prisoner
had one foot upon the chair near his
bedside, his right hand resting on the
back of it, the brawny mechanic made
an attempt to slip one of the shackles
over the ankle so raised but, as if
with the vehemence and strength
which frenzy can impart even to the
weakest invalid, Mr. Davis suddenly
! seized his assailant and hurled him
half way across the room.
On this Capt. Titlow turned. and see
ing that Davis had backed against the
wall for further resistance, began to
demonstrate, pointing out in brief,
clear language that this course was
madness and that orders must be en-
forced at any cost. why compel me-"
he said, ito add the further indlgnity
of personal violence to the necessity
of your being ironed?"
81 am a prisoner of war; fiercely re-
| torted Davis; Il have been a soldier in
| the armies of America and know how
| to die. Only kill me, and my last
| breath shall be a blessing on your
| head. But while ! have life and
strength to resist, for myself and for
my people, this thing shall not be
done"
Hereupon Capt. Titlow called in
sergeant and file of soldiers from the
next room, and the sergeant advanced
to seize the prisoner. Immediately Mr.
Davis flew on him, seized his musket
and attempted to wrench it from his
grasp.
OF course such a scene could have
but one issue. There was a short, pas
sionate scuffle, In a moment Davis
was flung upon his bed and before his
four powerful assailants removed their
hands from his, the blacksmith and his
assistant had done their work-one Sc
curing the rivet on the right ankle,
while the other turned the key in the
paddock on the left.
This done, Mr. Davis lay for a mo-
ment as If in stupor. Then slowly
raising himself and turning around he
dropped his shackled feet to the floor.
The harsh clank of the striking chain
seems first to have recalled him to his
situation and, dropping his face into
his hands, he burst into passionate
flood of sobbing. rocking to and fro
and muttering at brief intervals: "Oh,
the shame, the hame!"-Breyet Lieut..
Col. John j, Craven, NJ. D., U. 8. ", in
| Peason's Magazine.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-06-23

THEY CHARGED ACROSS THE RIVER.
D, Third California battalion, Salt Lake
City, to the National Tribune. There
were cavalry and infantry, with one
howitzer which never got into the fight.
1t was midwinter, deep snow, and be-
low zero. They started to give battle
on arriving at the crossing of Bear
river. The Indians hooted and defied
them, holding aloft pole with white
woman's scalp, daring them to come on.
Those men went there to fight. They
Jumped into the river and waded across
from waist to armpit deep. No sooner
had they struck the banks than they
were one solid sheet of ice. That was
the condition the infantry was in when
they opened the fight. The cavalry
cr sed on their horses, and offered
them to the infantry if they would wait
until they could send them back, but
they would not.
The Indian warriors were all killed,
many squaws and pappooses also got
in the way of bullets, sabers and bayo-
nets. When the charge on the fort was
made and the troops got inside it was
hand-to-hand to the finish, saber or car
bine in hand. The infantry fought with
bayonet and clubbed musket The
ponies were driven to Camp Douglas,
grub destroyed, and the worst band Of
renegade outlaws on the plans made
good Indians.
Many of our boys were killed that
day and many badly frozen, and had to
be left at Mormon houses on the way
back.
Another as good fight was made by
Companies L and H, Second cavalry. in
Spring Valley, New, now known as Gold
field mining camp. In that fight they
made more good Indians than there
were men in the two companies
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-06-23
REcoLLEcT1oNs OF GRANT.

II knew him WE'LL" the old man said.
1--WE were together in the fight;
with the left when the charge was led
The general, of course, had the right.
Il stood by his side," the old man said.
when a bullet whizzed down the line;
Scarce forty feet from the generals head
And but little farther from mine.
did 1 blanch at the Storm the old man
said.
"Ah. str, the bravest may;
And from childhood up I've been always
afraid
or finding myself in the way.
shall I write thee down, hero" l said
"As a friend of the fallen chief
And blazon thy name beside that of the
dead
In a glorious alto-relief?''
NAY, his friends were many" the old
man said,
"a greater distinction I want
Tust say I'm the one when all was done
Wrote no 'Recolections of Grant! "
Charles Henry Webb, in Century.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-06-23
GOD or r>zE OPEN AIR.

Thou who hast made thy dwelling fair
With flowers beneath, above with starry
lights,
And yet thine affairs everywhere
on mountain heights,
an woodlands dim with many dream,
In valleys bright with springs,
And or the c. ing capes of every stream:
Thou who hast taken to thyself the wings
OF mU~ning to abide
Upon the secret places of the sea
And on far islands, where the tide
Visits the beauty of untroddcn shores,
Waiting for worshipers to come to thee
In thy great out -of-doors!
To thee turn, to thee make my prayer,
God of the open air!
Seeking for thee, the heart of man
Lonely and longing ran,
In that first solitary hour
When the mysterious power
TO know and love the wonder of the morn
Was breathcd within him and his soul was
born:
And thou didst meet thy child
Not in some hidden shrine,
But in the freedom of the garden wild,
And take his hand in thine
There all day long in Paradise he walked,
And in the cool of evening with thee talked.
Lost long ago that garden bright and pure,
Lost that calm day too perfect to endure,
ana lost, the childlike love that WorShlpeu
and was sure!
For men have dulled their eyes with sin,
And dimmcd the light of heaven with
doubt
And built their temple walls to shut thee
in,
And framed their iron creeds to shut thee
out
But not for thee the closing of the door,
o spirit unconfncd
Thy ways are free
AS Is the wandering wind
And thou hast wooed thy children, to re-
store
Their fellowship with thee,
In peace of soul and simpeness of mind,
Henry van Dyke, ID. D., in Century.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-06-23
HIS SOLDIERS WE'RE GAME.
Martial Dignity overcame Their
Nervousness from Debauch, and
They Made Fine Showing.

Speaking of soldier dignity" said
the major, reminds me of some very
trying experiences in the old army in
the first year of the war. The day before
| Buel's army was to march through
Nashville about half of the men in my
company got silly drunk. Up to that
time my company was thing to be
proud of, and l had looked forward to
the march through Nashville with pleas
urable anticipations, and the colonel
had told me that he expected my COM
pany TO head the regiment and brigade.
When | found so many of the men
were drunk | was furious, and | went
to the colonel with a tale of woe. l was
intent on tying up every delinquent, but
the colonel, who INDUCED himself, took
another view. The next morning he In
sisted that | should put every man in
line, and l was ashamed of them, they
seemed so nerveless and unmartial after
their spree. The colonel smiled as my
poor fellows scrambled into position at
platoon front like a lot of spawned
horses, but the band began to play, the
bugle corps did it's best, the colonel
roared out the command to march, and
forward we went.
I'VE had mile to march before we
entered the city, and when we struck
the main street, along which our divi-
sion was to pass in review, my men were
| alert, self-poised and dignified. The
soldier spirit was in control and as they
marched they warmed to the work, and
did better because of the unsoldierly
record of the night before. AS luck
would have it, the supreme test came
just as we passed Gen. Buell.. Some one
threw crockery at my company from the
upper windows of large house, and
even the dignified general lost his COM
posure. knew my men must be in ugly
mood, and | expected demonstration.
Il did not know them then as well as
| did later. Not man batted an eye
or lost step. Buell. looked at them mo-
ment. the soldiers pride in soldiers
shining in his eye. Then he said. quiet
ly to one of his staff: Arrest every per-
son in that house, and hold all subject to
my orders l expected this to cause
commotion in the ranks but only one
man said: Bully for Buell., and he
didn't turn his head. was never
prouder in my life than when we
marched past the general commanding,
and knew that the soldierly spirit un-
der the influence of martial music and
scene had triumphed over the weakness
imposed by debauchery. But it was
narrow escape. Inter Ocean.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-06-23
BATTLE OF BEAR RIVER.
A Decisive Affair Which Brought Re-
lief to the Northwest from In
dian Depredations.

The battle at Bear River with the rene
gade outlaws of the different tribes of
Utah and Montana Indians was one of
the hardest fights and the most success
full one that white troops ever engaged
in. Rumor claims but two or three of
them escaped. Three hundred of them
fortified themselves in a cave on the op-
posite side of the river from where the
troops were. They had their squaws,
pappooses, ponies, dogs and grub all in
side, and waited the coming of the vol
unteers and Col Connor They would
serve him as they did Col. Stephens
command of regulars few years before.
P. Edward Connor U think his name
was), colonel of the Third California,
called for $50 volunteers from his com
mand at Camp Douglas, Salt Lake City,
writes w. H. Parker, sergeant. company
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-06-23

Kildare's husband" His eyes grew
yet more tender. Yes Beryl had won
her ambition, and he had won Beryl;
and though they had been married
three months, the joy of it was just
as much of a marvel as when he had
first gained her consent. Twenty
times since morning he had heard the
phrase Berry, Kildare's husband" and
The words had brought nothing but
lprlde in her success and joy that she
and her success were his
The first shock came when he went
Inside. Two men were in front of the
ticket window. When they turned he
recognized one as a member of his
football team at college, the other had
been reporter on a western paper
where he had worked for two years
after obtaining his degree. They both
came forward with extended hands.
We'll, this is good" they exclaimed
in breath; and one of them added: /:
What have you been doing with your
self all these years, Beck, old fellow?
We expected your name would be
blazing across the continent long ago.
You were fellow who gave that sort
of impression, you know. And-well,
what have you been doing?"
Beckwood WINGED little. At col
lege he had been well up in his books,
and power IN the football team. Peo-
pls had turned To look al him. and had
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-06-23

and pleasure of the men. One recon-
mendation is that band be established
at each recruiting depot. Army officers
declare that the influence of music will
add much to the military spirit.
1t has further been recommended that
BARRIERS be furnished at government ex-
pense, to be paid out of the company or
general mess fund. There has been
some talk of requiring soldiers who were
BARRIERS to act in that capacity at army
posts, but it is probable that they would
object to doing so unless they received
extra compensation.
This post exchange building will be
built of brick and will be paid for out of
the appropriation for army public
buildings of the current fiscal year. 1t
will have gymnasium fitted with all
modern appliances for athletic work.
a large public hail. where the entertain
ments of the enlisted men can be held,
including their dances; reading room,
where will be kept the weekly and
monthly periodicals, together with q
small library; lockers where the men
will keep their gympasium clothing;t
bowling alleys and an administration
room, where the officers In charge will
have their desks. If this building seems
to meet all the wants of the enlisted mem
1t will be duplicated at other posts and
army life will be made as attractive as
is comparable with discipline and gtrictl
discharge of duties.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-06-23


tain to warrant the government putting
so many millions into one type OF ves-
sci. A battleship fully armored and
equipped represents an expenditure of
over S7,000,000. Mr.. Hale contends that
this expensive floating arsenal is at the
mercy of torpedo boat costing threA-
quarters of a million dollars He, too,
is likely to draw lessons from the Rus
sian-Japanese war, but on the side OF
the smaller vessel and in favor Of going
slow in building big vessels until II Is
absolutely demonstrated that they are
the dominent factors in a modern navy
Senator Hale has never been in thor
ough accord with the enthusiasm Of Mr..
Roosevelt or the subject Of the navy.
II is well remembered that before the
breaking out .ot the Spanish war Mr..
Roosevelt. az assistant secretary OF thS
navy. had the foresight to prepare for
that war. Admiral Dewey freely and
frankly gives him the credit of making
1t possible for the United States ves-'
sells to annihtlate the spaniards In the
Bay OF Manila. This he did by ordering
supplies of ammunition and coal To
Dewey's fleet in the orient so that yham
war was declared that feet was In con-
dition to leave neutral ports and seek
the enemy.
Secretary Of the Navy Long was abb
sent about this time, and Senator Hale.
in nosing about the departments,
learned what Mr.. Roosevelt. as acting
secretary, was doing. He learned that
Mr.. Roosevelt expected q war with
Spain. and was 30 startled that he rusha6
over to the white house and secured an
audience with President Mckinley, tA,
whom he declared:
For goodness sake call Long back.
That crazy man over in the department.
will get us into war with Spain"
President Roosevelt often refers to
this scare of Senator Hale. and laughs
about it. He is willing to bear the
charge Of being "a crazy man" In the
light of what his foresight accom-
plished in preparing the navy for the
war that was inevitable.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-06-23

war constitute the supreme factor in
naval operations.
Probably no naval officer in the world
watched with more intense interest
the movements of the Russian and Jap
anese fleets or studied more closely the
performance of the vessels in those
fleets in the engagements at Port Arthur
and in the Korean straits than did Ad-
miral Dewey. Since his great victory
In Manila bay, seven years ago, the ad-
miral has been absolutely convinced
of the superiority of the battleship and
he now declares that the virtual annihi-
lation of the Russian fleet in the Korean
straits was accomplished by the gun
fire and mastery maneuvering of Ad-
miral Togo's battleships. The reported
exploits of the torpedo boats the ad-
miral claims were only rendered possi-
BILE by the fact that the battleships hali
crippled the big vessels of the Russian
navy and left them at the mercy of the
little torpedo boats.
President Roosevelt has had many a
discussion with the admiral regarding
the performance of the different types
of vessels in the recent fight between
the Japanese and Russians He agrees
with the admiral that the policy of build
Ing more battleships must be kept up,
especially now since japan Is likely tot
become the queen of the Pacific through,
her victory over the Russians and the
capture of so many of the latter's vessels
of war.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-06-23
Beryl Kildare's
Husband 8 q
By FRANK H. SWEET
Copyright, 1906, by ". c. chapmanJ

DECKWOOD STETSON paused a mo-
on his gloves, then started across the
street. Theopera house was nearly oppo-
site, and the stream of people that had
been turning in to it for the last half
hour was beginning to thin. The curtain
would go up in q few minutes now,
and she was in the first act. 1t did
not matter that he had seen her for
ten nights in succession, from the rails
ing of the curtain to her final appear
ance in front of it to acknowledge the
enthusiastic eIcores of the audience
the eleventh would be just as fresh
and absorbing; and besides, this was
to be her last night. On the morrow
the company would start on starring
tour through the west. to be gone the
remainder of the season.
AS he went by the poster his evos
turned for lingering second to the
name which he already had read a
hundred times from his window across
the street. II was the leading attrac-
tion on the poster, and the II days
enthusiasm of the public had conceded
its right to be there. At last Beryl
Kildare had won her ambition. and it
was even more complete than she could
have hoped. His eyes grew tender as
they fingered upon the name; the am
bition had been won nobly, through
dong years of hard work.
Two girls passed him, and he heard
one of them whisper, "That is Beryl