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Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02
WANTED TO FIND OUT.
Statesman Had Doubts as to Whether
Senator Riddleberger Was Able
to Agree with Himself.

Senator Blackburn tells a story of
the days when Riddleberger was a
senator from Virginia, which recalls
the late Senator Harris, of Tonnes
see. All these senators were then mem
bers of the committee on the District
of Columbia, and there was a fran
chise bill of some kind pending, over
which there was some contention. 1t
was referred to a subcommittee, of
which Riddleberger, Harris and two
other senators were members. There
were two reports, Riddleberger max
ing he minority report.
The bill was referred to another
committee, Riddleberger being the man
r%eappointed, with two different sena-
tors, and again he made a minority
report. When the question came up
as to what should be done with the
bill Senator Harris said, in his pre-
else and emphatic manner:
Mr.. Chairman, | move that this
bill be again referred to a subcom-
mittee, and that the subcommittee
shall consist of the senator from Vir-
ginia. l make this suggestion il or
der 10 ascertain If the senator from
Virginia can agree with himself"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02
WRITES NAME oETEN.
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury
Reynolds Kept Busy Amxing
Signature to Documents.

Jimmy" Reynolds, OF Boston, as
sistant secretary Of the treasury, is
the champion long-distance signature
writer OF the Roosevelt administra-
ton. He writes his name oftener than
any other map in any Of the govern
ment departments, and as his sigma
ture is Of the fancifully strenuous
brand, he probably "slings more ink"
afixlng 1t to public documents than
any other one "chief" in Washington.
Secretary Reynolds has beaten the
signature signing record of Uncle Joe
Cannon, who, as speaker of the house,
has 10 sign every bill hat passes. He
has dtstanced Secretary Root, who has
a short name of nine letters. Secre-
tary Taft, another of the short name
fellows, isn't in the same class with
Mr.. Reynolds. Even President Roose-
welt doesn't sign his name as often
as Secretary Reynolds.
The fountain pens that Secretary
Reynolds has put out of business would
fill a large waste basket. He uses up
three a day signing his mail, end
while they are mended and used again
eventually, their life is short and
strenuous and their period of useful
ness brief. He scorns the slow going
Dip" pens.
Jimmy" Reynolds has been assist
ant ecIetary of the treasury for near
ly 10 months. In that time he has
signed his name a trifie more than
100000 times. He puts his name at
the bottom of 300 carefully scanned
documents or letters a day. Two mes
sengers keep busy handling the pa
pers.
What they need in the treasury de-
partment," said Mr.. Reynolds, recent
ly, lis a Chinese official whose sole
duty it shall be to sign all the mail.
l am thinking of broaching this sub
ject. What a cinch a man would have
have signing letters whose name was
All Sin He could get through 1000
letters and warrants an hour, or about
10000 a. day. That would be worth
while. Then, too, there would be a
great saving in ink"
Mr.. Reynolds uses a bottle of foun-
tain pen ink a day the year round.
Last summer when the temperature
was 100 under one of the treasury de-
partment electric fans, n Mr.. Rey-
nolds was simply delighted with the
ball game article the Washingtons
were putting up, and work was get
ting slack, $1,000 Indian warrants
came in. They had to be signed. The
nfhar accfCtonf oauroFn-fo1 u-o-o -
their vacations, and Jimmy signed
them, the whole 10000. He lost q
pounds and soured his disposition.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02
Clippings Came Too Rapidly.

1t is not often that an American
politician gets sick of seeing his name
in print. Yet Senator Albert ]. Bev-
eridge, of Indiana, got more clippings
few days ago with his name in them
than he cared to see. This is the way
it happened: The day the senator
introduced his meat inspection bill he
telegraphed an order to one of the
New York press clipping bureaus to
send to him all clippings on the Bev-
eridge meat bill. Every paper in the
country printed something about the
packers and the Beverage bill. The
first day following his order Beveridge
received several thousand clippings
and an enormous bill. The next day
the clippings and the bill We're ire
bled. The third day brought Senator
Beveridge's finish and gasping over
the amount of his Indebtedness to the
man with the shears he telegraphed
as follows: Cancel my order; have
had enough"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02
Sensible military chann.n.

The French army has Just given up
the drum. That was a sacrifice from
the standpoint Of sentiment, but whit
really good purpose did It serve? It is
an awkward thing to transport and
easily broken. It does not produce
music and soldiers can keep step with
out its assistance. It is only within the
lat few years that the suicidal foolish
ness of wearing bright uniforms in ac-
tual warfare was recognized. The folly
of this was borne in upon England dur
ing the Boer war. The men of the
Transvaal were fine long-distance
marksmen and they put many Of the
most lordly mansions of Britain in
mourning. There remains still another
useless military incumbrance the
officers sword. It interferes with his
movements and is no longer Of use in
Misunderstanding Leader.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02
Where He Drew the Line.

Congressman Stanley, of Kentucky,
was discussing a certain measure
when Mr.. Gardner, of Michigan, in
%terrupted with the remark: THE gen
tleman from kentucky reflects on the
appropriations committee" The man
from the blue ghss state replied with
an air Of profound courtesy: The
members of the committee are perhaps
representative. Because we diner with
them Is in no a reflection upon
the committee. We accord TO you
proper energy and proper Intelligence
but we deny you absolute, infinite wis
DOM
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02
MILLIONS FOR MAILS
POST OFFICE APPROPRIATIONS
ARE CONSTANTLY GROWING.
Enormous Expenditures Necessary
That the Service Be Kept UP to
the Requirements of the
Present Day.

When Senator Penrose, chairman Of
the senate committee on post offices
and post roads, predicted that the
post office appropriation bill would
IN time-the senatorial life of men
then in the senate, he put it-reach
the enormous proportions of $500, 000,-
600 a year, he startled some of those
who heard him, while others did not
take him seriously. When the Unit
ed States government was 100 years
old, when It entered upon its second
century of its present existence, when
the Fifty-1rst congress appropriated
$oO0,000,000 q year for the expenses
OF the government, there was a pro
longed cry about the Billion Dollar
Congress" Now Senator Penrose pre-
diets that the poo office department
will cost a billion dollars every two
years, just what the total expense of
the government was less than 20
years ago. The present appropriation
bill Of nearly 5000, 900, 900 no doubt
encourages the belief that the appro-
priations are to be rapidly increased
within the next few years. Already
Il it predicted that the rural free de-
livery service will cost $50, 900 a
year, and, of course, other services
will increase in proportion. The
prophecy Of Penrose might also be
realized if the movement for a tele-
graph system owned and operated by
the government should be adopted.
Tho movement in that direction is
slow, but it may come. We own a ca
BILE to Alaska, and are going to own
another to Panama, Cuba and Porto
Rico. If We own sea telegraphs why
not land telegraphs, which are so
much more useful? If we should
adopt such a system we would find it
very expensive at first, the building
of the lines and installation of the
service, but those who have looked
into the matter are convinced that it
will be self-sustaining and that the
people will get a service which will
be less expensive than what is now
paid by the people to the telegraph
companies. Then there is the parcels
post proposition, meaning that the
government shall carry small pack
ages by mail at a very small cost.
That would mean another additional
expense to be added to the post office
appropriation bill. The prophetic soul
of Penrose may have seen the future
better than we can guess when he
predicted half-billion dollar post office
bills. There are certainly possibili-
ties, and the country is growing. Be
sides there is a tendency toward Law
ish expenditures by the general gov
eminent. Many people seem to think
that this great, rich, prosperous coun-
try ought not to stop at small things,
that it ought not to be penurious, and
parsimony should have no place in it's
management. With all the prospec-
tive expenditures for the postal serv-
ice we may reach the figures of Sen
ator Penrose in a score of years.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02

A man always talks louder. when he
knows he is wrong than when he real
ICES he is right.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02
Rowie,s aenerous Commitment

Congressman Bowie, of Alabama.
has a constituent worth having. One
day last week while Chairman Wads-
worth, of the committee on agricul-
ture, was reading some letters he had
received in reference to the beef in
vestigation the Alabama man pro-
duced and read the following: Dear
Bowie: / note by the papers that a
member of the house OF representa-
tives has recently killed himself be-
cause of inability to meet his fnan-
cial obligations. In order that you
may not meet the same fate / here
with hand you a check for ten dollars
and have the honor to inform you
that there is another ten where this
z came from II you really iced ="
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02
secretarY 0BoardedD Doc.

Miss Irma Shaw, daughter of the
secretary Of the treasury, is a great
dog fancier She is at present abroad
with her mother and recently pur-
chased in London a fine young bull
terrier. She shipped it to Washing
ton and for a time the secretary had
a woeful time looking after the ami
NAL, FINALLY" he says, Il decided 1t
would be cheaper to pay some one to
take care of the blasted thing and
now l have agreed to pay $3.50 a week
for it until my daughter returns and
takes 1t of my hands"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02

ASIA CIGARS.
VIM not make you nervous, Ask your dealer or The
M. Lyman Cigar Co., SO 18th Street, Denver.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02
Senator known as Peaeemnhar.

Concerning the junior senator from
Massachusetts a correspondent writes:
Crane slips silently about with his
quiet smile, smoothing down dificul-
ties and rubbing the fur on the ami
imals the right way. His MOTTO is:
Blessed are the peacemakers, and his
patron saint is Henry Clay, who was
known in his day as the compromiser.'
What Crane really ought to be is chief
justice Of an International court o. ar
bitration. There would be no were
Wa"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02

houses use everything but the squeal
j ntheir business. And now they seem
to be using the squeal.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02
Rest in Billville.

BILL" said the man in the OK cart
to the Billville postmaster. 'ain't you
goin' to open the Office to-day?"
mo, ! amt; what do you take me
fer?"
THE postmaster"
mo, you don't. You take me fer n
O. these perpetual motion machines
that kin run the government fer you
six days out the week, an no rest on
Sunday-that's what you take me
fer!"
BILL" said the other, 1--WE come
five miles and better to git my mail!'
well, eff open up fer you all the
res II want their'n, an I've done mott
fed the postmaster ginrul that it's my
week off; sides that, thar amt no
mail fer you-'cept a letter from a
lumber man sayin' that if you don't
pay up he'll sue, an another from your
wife tellin' you to send her money4to
come home. So go long an enjoy yer
honeymoon Atlanta Constitution.
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Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02
champion Woman Bali Thrower.

Miss Margery Belle Of the Univer-
sity of Chicago high school recently
threw a regulation baseball 204 feet 2
inches, which breaks the worlds rec
ord for a throw by a by six
feet, two inches. The record vas for
merly held by a woman student at
Smith college. Miss Belle is the cham.
pion woman athlete in her school and
throws a ball like a man, with a full
sweep of the arm.
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Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-08-02

IncuTc MAKE 50 90 TO $1,000 DAILY
ApCNIO selling our trees. Write for terms.
international Nurseries, Denver, Colo.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-06-09
GEORGETOWN Skinned EN-,

A husky bunch o: ball tossers from
the county seat, last Sunday put a
crimp in the record Of the Idaho Springs
horsehide FOUNDERS by score OF 7 to 5.
Notwithstanding wet and muddy
grounds, it was the best and fastest
game ever seen on home ground and
was thoroughly enjoyed by large crowd.
The Georgetown boys took a lead of six
scores in the first two innings, but each
tally was made through rank errors after
which the the locals took bracer and
allowed the visitors but single run
throughout the balance of the game, and
this was on high throw to second base.
While the visitors displayed better team
WORK, the locals excel in battery and
batting. The game was free from
rowdyism and the umpire decisions were
universally correct. He was ever prompt
and was the best ever appearing on local
grounds. return game vii be played
at Georgetown in the near future.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-06-09
Box Social

The BOX Social" given by Court No.
II, Independent Order of Maccabees, at
the Trocadero Wednesday night, was in
every sense of the word, success
The cowboy band led large crowd to
the popular resort in the early evening
aud until long after midnight, rendered
txcellant dance music for a floor fill. d
with delighted dancers. The auction of
boxes of lunch proved a most pleasant
diversion. the artistically decorated out.
sides being no criterion of the contents,
ribbon bedecke tinsel. covered work
of art containing a ham sandwich
and "sinker" bringing a better price
than a plain shoe box without a decora-
tion which contained delicacies such as
''mother used to make" The prices
ragged from I5c. toS5.I5. The manage
ment of the affair are to be congratula
ed upon the success Of the undertaking
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-06-09
To Boom Clear Creek District.

special Committee on mines has been
aPpoin nted by the Denver Chamber OF
Commerce having for IT'S purpose the
promotion of the mining districts of the
state and more especially those nearly
associated with the state capital. In
reference TO the matter a Denver paper
says:
"1n'thls line majority of the com
mittee, 1t is sail, will favor the special
development Of The Clear creek region
and Of tie IN nirg districts near Denver,
They CLAIM that this cuuntr,, lying a,
Denver very door, is one Of the riches,
distiicts II The United stated al d that i,
h been oyer.o ed in late years because
of tne rush 10 Ne vada and To the Cripple
Greek d stricts. II is so accessible &c
Denver that the question of transporta,
ton 10 an easy one, while all the buying
for the istrict and the smelling of the
ores mi ed tllere must be doue in Den,
yerb
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-06-09
Rohner's New Building.

Contractors have this week started the
preliminary work on the new Rhoner
building on Miner street between Six
teenth and Seventeenth avenues, the
frame Guiding formerly occupying the
site having been moved to the rear and
across the c. & 5. tracks. The plans
which are now being prepared cont.m
plate t~ostory brick building % Io2
feet, ;he front to be made OF vltrltied
brick with Dt Ncrte cut stone. The first
will be devoted to saloon purposes and
fl furnished With the very best fixtures
that can be procured. The second fl OF
will lie divided into four Office rooms the
entire building to be thoroughly IL odern
Contractors agree to have The building
compile ted within min -tv DAYS.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-06-09
Normal Institute at Golden

The annual session of the Normal In.
siitution for The Clear Greek, X efierson
and Cii1ln counties is heii 4 Held at Col
den ana Will continue through next
week. Many teachers from the three
counties are IN attendance a,d 1t is to
be hoIe,l that Others will avail them
selves a these opportunities Offered for
profess oral adHarCcmtnt A special
feature # this sear's il stitute work Is
tue off, made by the II stIuctors to
a. sist indIu dual teach ers in preparing
outlines ior school work and in deal
ing will their difficulties generally. Nc
up-to dc eacher can afford not to keep
il touCh with tt e Normal Institute OF
her district, either to contribute some
thing 10 its success or to get somethin &
for her own. A special point should
be urged to the effect that it behooves
teachers to try to meet people in their
own line In that way they broa, en-
their circle of influence and get better
opportunities to work.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-06-09
Odd Fellow Officers.

At the meeting Of the Wiltiey lodge
l. O. O. +. held last Saturday eveuii <
John Morris was elected noble grand
and c. F. Devlan. jr. as vice grand, be-
ing the only two officers elected for
the ensuing term. Tonight the lodge
will have degree work, and tomorrow
morning at 1890 O'Clock the members
will meet at the hail. and will 20 in a
body to the Presby teriau church where
a memorial sermon viii lie dt liz cred by
the new pastor, who is a member of the
fraternity. The members of the order
VIII then 60 the llcsl cemetery where
the graves of the depart, d members will
be appropriately decorated with hoaers
as is the custom observed by the order
one Sunday in every year.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-06-09
ORourke Makes Good Catch.

City Marshal O'Rourke made a
clever capture Thurs day afternoon when
he placed under arrest Joseph Fried.
man. junk dealer, and J. E. Greer, on
the charge of having stolen and sold
FIVE copper gold amalgamating plates
from the Lombard mill, in Cumberland
gulch owned by the Yankee Consolid-
ated Mining, Milling, and Tunnel COM
pany. The theft occurred between last
Thursday, May 3Ist and Monday, June
4, and in addition to the plates, a num-
Der of brasses and boxes from the mill
machinery were taken the total value
of the p!under being estimated at several
hundred dollars.
The loot was hauled to Denver in a
wagon and was sold to the Western Iron
and Metal yards, where it was located by
the Denver police upon instructions from
Marshall O'Rourke. When arrested,
Friedman confessed to Marshal
O'Rourke, and later claimed that he
had purchased the stuff from Greer for
the sum of fills. and that he did not
know il was stolen.
The Lombard mill has been idle for
the past twenty months, during which
time the plates have been lying upon a
table in the mill. When their loss was
discovered Monday afternoon by Super
intendent Killian Maui, a reward of $Ioo
was offered for the arrest and conviction
Of the guilty party or parties, and il
convicted of the crime Marshal
O'Rourke will be entitled to this re-
ward.
Both men were bonnd over to the next
term of the district court for trial, ard
az their bonds were placed at nominal
amount neither will probably be obligei
to board with the sheriff,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-06-09
New Time able.

new time table will go into effect on
the {. x 5. tomorrow, and this will in
augurate the summer schedule
East bound, daily and Sunday, we will
nave Trains at 7:24 a. H.; I:5I p. m; 4:o7
p III, Sundays only, additional trains
Will leave at 5:27 p. Ill. and 4:Io p. M
West bound, daily ard Sunday, trains
will arrive at 1887 a. M; 1858 a. M;
Sal p. m. Sundays only, trains will
arrive from Denver, in addition to the
regular servie. at I:I5 p. IN. aud SAL p. M.
Professor Potter has been conducting
a teachers institute in Jefferson coun-
to this week. By the way, the professor
has contracted more institutes in
Colorado this summer than any other
instructor.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-06-09
Deadly Gas Kills I wo.

With one hand on the bell-rope with
which he had given his last signal of one
bell to the engineer, his body lying
across one side of the bucket; his com
panion seated on The bale of the bucket
with ore hand grasping the cable and in
the other a torch, the dead bodies of
John Brewer and John Bray were found
by rescuers at 10 O'Clock Thursday nigh
near the 600 foot level of the Saratoga
No. shaft, where early that morning
they had suddenly been overcome 10y
deadly mine gas.
The two men had descended into II
shaft at 7:Io O'Clock Thursday morning
to ascertain the condition of the timbers
and the heighth of the water after the
nights hosting. When the ooo-foot
level was reached, they sisnaled to stop,
and few moments later gave the signal
to hoist, tken the fatal one bella Sly nal
to stop when in motion.
Rigid rules are observed in the matter
of mine signals, and the bucket remained
where it was stopped by It's occupants
The men were pected to report within
fifteen minutes, and their silence caused
uneasiness. After the lapse of a short
time, men were sent down the shaft, III
which the ladder extends to the 4oo-foot
level, but they could not go below this
point owing to the pres, nee OF gas. As
quickly as possible the blowers AID ar
compressors were gotten in condition III
order TO free the mine of the naxious and
deadly carbonic acid gas, and it was not
until late in the night that men were able
to descend from the 400 foot level by
means Of ropes to where the victims lay.
The positions in which the bodies were
found on the top of the water tank was
such that had the engineer hoisted the
bucket, one of the bodies would have
been decapitated and the other would
have fallen into the shaft, in the bottom
engineer was schoolnate and boyhood
friend OF one of the men.
The employees of the Saratoga were
aware of the danger from the foul air,
and had been repeatedly cautioned.
Their instructions were to have a lighted
"bug" on the bale of the bucket when
descending the shaft. This precaution
was not taken on this trip. The foul air
comes in layer and candle may burn
brightly one inch above the layer, but
will 60 out an inch below it. 1t is said
that when the wind blows from certain
direction in the gulch, there is always
bad air in the mine.
Both men had been employed on the
same work previously, and in coming off
duty the previous shift, had said that the
air was better than it had been for some
time.
Manager Owen. Of the Saratoga Devel.
opment company, went to the mine be-
fore noon and remained until the bodies
were rescued that night.
Bray was about 60, married, and had
been resident of Russell gulch for
number OF years.
Brewer was ~, single, and arrived from
England but few weeks ago, since
which time be has been employed en- the
Saratoga.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-06-09

Rev P. E. Norderen, formerly ofthis
city, now at Bradford, Pa, will visit Old
ttiends and conduct services in the
Sunnyside Lutheran church Sunday
June II.
The Ludwig APd~rso-- place in Virgin
ia canon, changed hands this week, being
purchased by Denver parties who con-
template the building of an addition.
The deal was made through the Broad
real estate agency.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-06-09

Mr.. :nd Mrs. O. ". Lowell departed
Tuesday morning for a short stay a,
Fort Collins.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-06-09

Mrs. A. ID. Bulbs went to Fort
Collins Thursday afternoon, where she
viii remain for some days visiting with
iIiel ds.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-06-09

II. A. Reidel, OF the Banner Consol.
idated Mines company, came up from
Denver Tuesday morning on his regu.
lar inspection trip.