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The Springfield herald., 1906-03-23
COPY OF WILL OF THE LATE
JOHN SPARKS, DECEASED.

l, John Sparks, of Carlo, Baca Coun-
ty, in the State of Colorado, being Of
sound mind and memory, do make pub
lish and declare this to be my last will
and testament, hereby revoking all
wills by me at any time heretofore
made.
Item /. Subject to the payment of
all my just debts and funeral expenses.
will decree and bequeath to my be-
loved wife, Rebecca Jane Sparks, all
the Estate of which may die seized
and possessed, both real and personal.
absolutely; to do and dispose as she
may seem fit.
Item 2. hereby appoint my said
wife executrix of this my last will and
testament and exonerate her from Civ
ing bonds, and authorize her without an
order from Court TO sell and dispose of
such property as she may deem fit, and
to execute conveyances thereof.
In witness whereof 1 hereto set my
hand and seal this LIST day of July AID.
1905, at Lamar, Colo.
JOHN e e SPARKS r=rAal
LEWIS L % HIM Witnesses
On this the 1st day of July AID. 1905,
at Lamar, Colorado, the foregoing in
strument was is our presence signed
and executed by John Sparks and by
him declared to be his last will and tes-
lament, and at his request and in his
presence and in the presence OF each
other, we have subscribed our names
as witnesses thereto.
Attest j. j. BARNETT, LEWIS HIM.
STATE OF COLORADO, as
COUNTY OF BACA, 3d.
l, Elmer E. Alexander, Judge of the
County Court in and for said County do
hereby certify that the foregoing an
full and true copy of the original letter
in my Office remaining.
Given under my hand and the seal of
said Court this 26th day of Feb. 1906.
ELMER E. ALEXANDER,
[sEALl Co. Judge.
The Springfield herald., 1906-03-23
Notice

All wishing to purchase spring
wheat for seeding or other use
can now obtain it at the Lamport
ranch, Storington.
The Springfield herald., 1906-03-23
LOCAL TIME TABLE
OF THE

La,nar, Colo.)
New Time Table in Effect Jan. l. 1906.
WEST BOUND
No. 1-California express ..2:5S a. m.
No. 3-California Limited. So. $40 p. m.
No. 5-Denver express. l:12 C.. NJ.
No. 7-California and Denver
express. .................-...-.o.lS IL III.
No. 9-California and Denver 100 a. m.
No. S3-Way freight 9:50 a. m.
EAST BOUND
No. 2-Chicago express. ..,....12:i5 q. m.
No. 4--Limited. d.....................1:07 p. m.
No. 6-Denver express. ......., 2:58 a. m.
No. s-Chicago express..,".12.05 p. m.
No. 1c-Missouri river flyer l0:40 p. m.
No. s4-Way freight........... 1:07 p. m.
No. Z and No. make local stops be-
tween Dodge City and La Junta and
connect at La Junta with trains to and
from Pueblo and Denver.
G. ]. Garvin, Agent,
Lamar, Colo.
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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-11
HORSE AS ASSISTANT FISHER
MAN.

The horse, Grace, had the added
value of a training in trout-fsning, and
fishing was good in the South Fork OF
the Snake, the trout ranging from one
to two pounds. Gray Grace would work
across the rifle, up to her sides in the
swift-running water, while ner rider
cast gray palmer with yellow body
up, down and across. 1t was laughable
to watch the horse when fish was
booked. Slowly, patiently, cautiously,
Grace would amble toward the shore.
watching the frantic attempts Of the
fish to escape, stepping sideways in an
effort to give her rider better chance
to play it, and always signing in ap-
parent relief and satisfaction when
the fish was finally landed. That
horse keenly enjoyed the sport. Ginger
did fairly well, but had bored air
through the whole performance. The
other horses would have none of it.
The deep water, the whipping of the
rod, the swishing of the line seemed
to get on their nerves and they would
plunge and snort and make for the
shore just as two-pound beauty was
rising to the fly. The deep water and
swift current made fishing on foot
difficult-almost Outing
Magazine.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-11

Washington, D. c., Oct. 5.-The g.
A. H. otherwise, the great American
hen, is to be made still greater
through the means of a government
school established especially for her
education. Ethically the American
hen Is as cultured a fowl as can be
found on the face of the globe, but
an examination Of her characteristics
at short range shows that she retains
old-fashioned beliefs which can only
be eliminated through a course ot
training under painstaking tutor.
This is an age Of specialization
and while nothing has ever come
along to rival the great American hen
as an egg producer, she has, IL she
only knew it, been relegated to the
past as a mother by the incubator
Therefore Uncle Sam has started d
hen school, just outside this city, with
one Slocum, an eggologist of fame, al
it's head, where the hen will be taught
to specialize in egg laying, and al
the same time to forget all about her
desires to set-a process which ser
iously interferes with laying.
1t Is great mission which those
in charge of the school are under
taking-nothing less than to persuade
the hen that man is perfectly capable
of attending to the Matching end OF
the business if she will devote her
time and energies to producing the
eggs.
The fundamental principle upon
which Professor Slocum's work IL
based is found in the universally
recognized fact that there is deer
down in the heart of every creature, q
desire to excel. He holds, therefore
that If one hen can be trained to lay
necessarily, with no interruption fol
setting, other hens thrown into daily
scholastic contact with this pace
maker, will be stirred with a desi.e
to excel her accomplishments. Thus
in short time the entire communit,
of hens will be engaged in a laudaOle
egglaying contest to which they vii
so assiduously devote themselves tina
they will abandon all thought of SCI
ting and Matching.
Heredity is looked to tc care fol
the rest. The eggs produced by these
egg-laying rivals after being hatcnes
in incubators, are expected to pre-
sent a generation of pullets inspired
only with an ambition to lay. Thus
in time race of hens will have beer
secured that will know no more about
the cares of brood raising than they
do of Sanskirt, and care as little, and
in this devious way does the govern
ment move to cush the egg tust, fol
with hens laying day and night
throughout the country, there can be
no more cornering of the egg maske 2!
with resultant skyhigh prices.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-11
BEGINNING NEWSPAPER WORK.

More years ago than I care to
measure on today. in a midwest city
Of 10000 inhabitants and one daily
paper, found that I had to put my
small ability as a writer to more reg.
ular and better financial account 1
went to see the editor Of the one daily
paper. He said his stan was COM
piete. but insisted on having some
thing to do-just to show him that /
could write. He said: Go write up
the squirrels In the Park"
Now. natural history was SO much
Greek to me, but I had to show
him" spent a morning in the
park. watched the squirrels and
talked with the Waterman. The next
Sunday that paper printed a column
about the habits and tricks of u.e
park squirrels-for which never
received a cent.
The stan was still full. III had
any new department or idea to sur.
sest, perhsps-said the editor
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-11
SAYINGS OF sAoEs.

Nothing is easy to the unwilling
From the Gaelic.
ldleness is the DEVILS couch of ease
From the German.
Employ myself in anything rather
than stand idle.-Hesiod.
A fox sleeps, but counts hens In
his dreams:-Russian Proverb.
He who fears death has already
lost the life he covets.-Cato.
Every place is safe to him who
lives with justice-Epictetus
1t matters not how long you live,
but how well.-Publius Servius.
There is no more perfect endow.
ment in man than political virtue
Plutarch.
A niggardly rich man does not own
his estate; his estate owns him.
Bion.
1t is as useless to fight against the
interpretations of ignorance as to
whip the fog.-Eliot
He that accomplishes his end BY de.
ceit shall render up his soul with an
guish.-From the Turkish.
The upright, if he suffer calumny to
move him, fears the tongue of man
more than the eye Of God.-Lacon.
To expect what never comes, to lie
in bed and not sleep, to serve well and
not be advanced are three things to
die of.-From the Italian.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-11
LAsRADoR SPRUCE

In the vicinity of this camp we saw
some of the largest spruce timber that
We came upon in the whole journey
across Labrador. Some Of these trees
were fully twenty-five inches in d.
ameter at the butt and perhaps fify or
sixty feet in height. These large trees
were very scattered. however, ami
too few to be Of commercial yalue.
FOR the most part the trees that we
met with were six to eight, and occas-
ionally ten inches through, scrubby
and knotted. In Labrador trees worth
the cutting are always located mar
streams in sheltered valleys.-Dillon
wallace In The Outing Magazine.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-11

The women's clubs were just then
coming into prominence. begged
space for a department devoted to
club meetings-and got It, with
salary Of 1--WE dollars a week-provid-
ing the department made good. Can
you imagine, dear girl who wants to
write up sensational murders, the
mad excitement of reporting dozen
or more literary meetings a week,
and trying to make the matter read
able? My next assignment consisted
Of going from pastor to pastor each
Sunday afternoon ane finding church
news for Monday mornings paper and
digging for some bit CT real church
news.
Those were shoe-destroying, soul
wearing days, but when I finally
came to New York, and was told by
the city editor on large paper to 60
down to the Battery and get certain
emigrant story, thanked the good.
old midwest paper and its patient
star Of editors who had made 1t pos
sible for me to start for the battery
without asking the irritable city edi-
tor where the Battery was, how much
copy he wanted and what questions I
should ask.
Armed with such experience, you
must also have some funds. It may
be weeks or months before you can
secure a salaried position, and while
you are doing space work at 81 or
SIS per column, you will need that
fund for board and clothes. Never
go to a large city in summer. All
newspaper STATS are reduced in hot
weather.-Anna Steese Richardson In
Woman's Home Companion.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-11
OLD CONFIDENCE GAME.
Diamond and Tramp Scheme seperate
Many Farmers From Their Coin.

Diamond and Tramp Scheme seperate
Many Farmers From Their Coin.
A confidence game that has been
worked on farmers in some parts La
again in operation, according to re-
ports. A couple of smooth fellows are
now a large and the way they sep
arate the farmer from his coin Is
something Like this:
A well dressed man, in an agitated
frame of mind, may be seen hastily
walking along the road, suddenly stop
in front of farm house and begin to
hunt and scratch In the grass or sand.
II the occupants do not come to him
and inquire what he may have lost, ne
will enter the house and tell them that
he lost valuable diamond pin in the
roadway near the house. He makes
an effective appeal for the recovery
OF the lost article, claiming it is es-
pecially dear for associations sake
Usually the children of the family
will go out with the stranger and as
sist In the search. OF course, no pin is
found, but before taking his departure
the schemer will leave his name and
address and offer a reward of 800 or
5000 for the return of the diamond
This sets the farmers to thinking and
hunting.
Two or three days later a tramp
VIII knock at the door, and after ask
ing for drink OF water and a hand
out, will display pin, bright and shin
Ing, with stone in it that has every
appearance of diamond. He says he
found 1t little ways down the road,
and wants to know what he can get
for 1t. The farmer instantly jumps at
the conclusion that it is the pin the
stylish looking stranger lost and for
which there is standing offer of sew
eral hundred dollars reward. He
makes the tramp an offer, and the lat
ter, being impressed with the evident
value of the article, says he won't
take less than $50 for 1T. A family
coun Gil Is held in the parlor with the
result that the pin is bought, the pro-
fit of 500 appearing too good to es-
cape. The tramp is, as you may sur.
mise, confederate of the dude, and
some even say it Is the smooth chap
himself. 1t is hardly necessary to add
that the pin is phony, and that the
address left by the downcast stranger
Is fictitious.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-11

court at Lewiston. Ida. to gain pos
session of her dead foster parents
estate valued at 100000, which mas
been taken over by relatives. 1t ap-
pears from the petition that McWill-
Jams never realized the necessity or
Importance of legally adopting the
girl, now OF age. believing that in con-
forming to the customs OF the Indians
they had legally made her their
heiress. Prominent counsel has been
engaged to watch the girls interests.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-11
THERE'S MUSIC IN MY HEART
TODAY,


There's music in my heart today:
The Masterhapd is on the keys,
Calling me up to the windy hills
And down to the purple seas.
Let Time draw back when hear that
Old to the soul when the stars were
And swing the doors to the four great
winds,
That my feet may wander through.
North Or South, and East or West:
Over the rim with the bellied sails.
From the mountains feet to the
empty plains,
Or down the silent trails
1t matters not which door you choose:
The same clear tune blows through
them all.
Though one heart leaps to the grind
Of seas,
And one to the rain birds call.
However you hide in the city's din /,
And drown your ears with it's siren
songs,
Some day steal in those thin, wild
notes,
And you leave the foolish throngs.
God grant that the day will find me
not
When the tune shall mellow and
thrill in vain,
So long as the plains are red with
sun,
And the woods are black with rain.
Lloyd Roberts.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-11
EAslN' TO THE FEELlNy.

The weather had been cool and brac-
ing. but as II to add to our difficulties
the sun now boiled down, and the
black fiies-"the DEVILS angels" some
one called them-came In thousands
to feast upon the newcomers and
make life miserable for Us Ali. Dun
can was as badly treated by them as
any of us. although he belonged to the
country. and l overheard him swear
ing at lively gait soon after the lit
tie beasts began their attacks.
Why. Duncan" said I. Il didn't
know YOU swore."
Il does, sir. sometimes-when
things makes me-" he replied.
But 1t doesn't help matters any to
swear, does it?"
mo. sir. but" (swatting his facet
damn the fiies--it's easin' to the
isselsn's to swear sometimes"
On several occasions after this 7
heard Duncan ''easin' his feelin's' In
long and astounding bursts OF profane
eloQuence. but he did try to moderate
his language when I was within ear
shot. Once asked him:
Where in the world did you learn
to swear like that Duncan?"
"At the lumber camps, sir he re-
piled.
In the year had spent In Labrador
I had never before heard q planter or
native OF Groswater Bay swear. But
this explained It. The lumbermen
from civilization were educating
them.-Dillon wallace in Outing Mag
anime.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-11
WHERE THEY SHOULD LIVE.

John d. Rockefeller-in Oil City.
Wall Street Lambs-in Shepherds
vile.
theatrical Stas-in Fitchville.
Boards Of Aldermen-in Council
Bluffs.
Chauncey Depew-in Great Falls.
The Theatrical Trust-in Grafton.
Thomas w. Lawson-in Wind Gan.
chorus Girls-in johannesburg.
Nansen-in Poland.
Peake in Bohemian.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-11
TRADING STAMPS TABooED.
Western Dealers Unite to Fight the
Innovation.

Spokane, Wash, Oct. 5.-United
opposition to trading stamps, state
law of honest weights and measures
and pure food law conforming close
ly to the national law were the chief
topics discussed at the annual con-
vention of the Washington state gro.
GERS association in Spokane. Dele
gates from every town and city were
present and measures providing for
the needed legislation were adopted
without opposition. 1t is given out
that the legislature will be asked 70
pass laws to shut out trading stamps
and all gift premiums.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-11

The city OF Minneapolis has become
the Gretna Green of the Canadians In
Winnipeg. The marriage laws of
Minnesota. particularly with regard
to the remarriage OF divorced per.
sons, are less strict than those of
Canada.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-11
ELks sWINDLED.
Become Easy Victims Of an itinerant
Sharper.


Sharper.
Spokane, Wash, Oct. 5.-Elks at
Walla Walla and other cities In east
ern Washington have been victimized
in clever manner by visitor giving
the name OF NJ. ]. Kelly. claiming Den
yer as his home. The matter was
taken up at meeting Of walla Walla
lodge last night. when 1t was decided
to give warning to lodges through
out the north and middle states. Kelly
obtained nearly $500 In amounts rang
ing from SIS to $40 He carrier a
card purporting to show him to be a
member OF the Elks in good standing.
but the officers OF walla walla BE-
lieve this is a forgery.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-11
AN INDIAN MAIDS MONEY.
Must BE Fought For Because 0,
Foster Fathers Neglect.

Spokane, Wash. Oct. 5.-Adopted
when papoose by John Mcwilliams,
a pioneer. and his wife. according to
the tribal customs and with a spectac-
ular ceremony by the Nex Perez In.
dams, Eliza Mcwilliams, in whose
veins flows the blood OF a dozen gen
erations prominent In the councils OF
her race, has gone to the white mans
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-11
MARY's MONEY

Mary had a little lamb,
It's neas were white as snow,
And Mary made fortune on
A Wonder Insect Show.
The Bohemia
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-11
STATES MUST Do !,
THEIR FULL PART
NOT ALL REFORM WORK FOR
CONGRESS.
SOME STATES ARE ALIVE

Pennsylvania Among Those Active In
Correcting Abuses, Says President
Roosevelt In Dedication Of New
statehouse at Harrisburg-Much
Good Accomplished.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-11
PRIZES FOR BEST
HOME STUDENTS
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR NEW COR
REsPoNpENcE COURSES.
GIVEN BY BUSINESS MEN

Prominent Men Provide Funds for En-
eouragement Of Prospective Stu
dents Who viii Study Without
Coming to the unkersity-Pro-
fessionaI Men to Cooperate.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-11
WILL INCREASE
OUTPUT OF EGGS
TO TEACH HENS SOMETHING CT
THEIR OWN BUSINESS.
UNCLE Z SANS AUDACITY

VIII Show Chickens How to Do Con-
tinued Layino-Race Problem Of
One Kind Solved at Last by the
ENTHUSIASTICALLY Looked to
Care for Rest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-09
THE ISTHMIAN CANAL
CENSUS BY THE HEALTH DE.
PARTMENT OF THE ZONE.

According to a census just taken by the
health department of the isthmian canal
zonezthe population of the zone is %, 1877.
AS the inhabitants of the zone are con.
stantly moving it was impossible to enum-
crate all of them, and 1t is estimated that
the number missed is probably about 1000,
bringing the total up to 27,137. In addition
to this there should be a liberal allowance,
probably 10 per cent. made for persons who
live just outside the zone. but are employees
of the commission and to all purposes ara
residents of the strip controlled by the
United States. This allowance would bring
the total up to almost 300
A census OF the city of Panama was also
taken which showed a total population in
that city of %. 54I. A census taken Oc-
tober 81, 1903, showed population OF 20,&
1888, consequently the Increase, counting
only the persons actually enumerated in the
recent census is about 10 per cent. Males
far outnumber females in the city of PanaS
ma. OF the adults reached by enumerat.
ors in the last census, 7,0i9 were men, ag
against 8,410 women. OF the minors 4,016
were males and SOP females.
Panamanians far outnumber other mas
tionalities in the city OF Panama, Is, Ill Of
the inhabitants being natives of the little
republic. Jamaica comes second, with 1,s77.
Other countries are represented as followsy
Spain, LAO; West Indies, excepting Ja-
maica and Porto Rico, 1,250; United States,
361; Colombia 800; China, 70S; Italy, 2i5,
Blacks outnumber the whites in all the
settlements on the zone. At Culebra there
are CIT whites, 1895 blacks and 15S yellow
persons giving the town a population Of
4.SO1 and showing it to be far the largest
town on the zone
The census Of Colon and Cristobal showed
the actual population of the two cities to
be IL, 775 which is believed to be some what
smaller than the average population be.
cause of the nomadic character of the ins
habitants of the two towns at the Carib|
bean end of the canal. The census taken
in April of this year shows that the total
number of white Americans on the entire
Isthmus of Panama was 1894. OF these 500
were at Culebra, 361 In Panama, 4S9 Id
Cristobal, 319 In Colon, 255 at Empire and
22s in the United States Marine Corpd
camp. ',
According to the latest census the entire
population of the canal zone and of PAM
anna, Colon and CristobaI the cities which
are at the ends Of the canal and a part
of the canal zone to all purposes, although
they are under the Panama government, II
57,459 >