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cense Is less than their rent and he has
the whole community as customers. 1t Is
fair to presume that many grocers and
marketmen would change to this business
II high license should obtain and any con-
siderable number of the present huckster
band should drop out, but, whether or not
a sufficient number OF licenses would be
issued to bring the revenue up to the pres
ent level, one good result attained would
be the protection of the community from
the petty thieves who operate under the
department would be saved from much I'M
juct criticism, for 1t Is hard to convince
the average householder that the petty
thief keeps well posted on the whereabouts Is
safe to do so. The present condition makes
1t safe. but were the statesmen numbered
and dishonest, the boss would be up
ton and he would have to protect himself.
In SO doing he would protect the COM
munity, for he could afford to employ only
honest persons to enter hall doors. base
The writer concludes with an analytical
statement In which he seeks to show that
the District revenues would be helped by
putting up the huckster license fee; that
many small grooers would abandon their
shops and embark in the business.
Col. Haskell, the sealer Of weights and
measures. has given considerable thought
to the subject Of huckstering in the Dis
trict, and in his last annual report he had
this to say!
much trouble Is experienced with buck
sters doing business in the District Of Co
| lumbia. They travel from house to house
offering for sale. in many instances, in
ferior produce in baskets or any sort Of
receptacle in which they can give short
measure. No regard whatsoever is given
| the law other than to provide themselves
| with the necessary licenses for doing BUSH
| ness and perhaps set of stamped meas
ures which they do not use unless an as
sistant from this Office is in the vicinity.
| OF course there are a few exceptions to
| this rule, but, generally speaking, they
are INSCRIPTIONS dealers. 1 would suggest
| a remedy by increasing the license fee from
| $12 to 500 a year. which would exclude a
very large number of the persons now en-
gagged in the huckster business and would
| place this class Of trade in the hands OF
I more reliable and honest persons"
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per cent mark. One such case was taken
Into the Police Court q short time ago. and
the peddler was fined $40. but SO alluring
were the dollars illicitly and so easily made
cheating, and within twenty-four hours he
was again a prisoner. At three pecks to
the bushel and 80 cents for that quantity
this criminally-inclined peddler was charg-
Ing poor people for coal at the rate Of
$14. 40 per ton.
In times gone by the store room Of the
seaier of weights and measures In the base
ment of the District building has been filed
to overfiowing with short-weight scales,
short-measure buckets. cans and ether sup
posedly standard measure receptacles, all
Of them monuments to the cupidity Of the
itinerant merchants and to mans inhu-
manity to man." Even now, though the
known rigid enforcement. of the weights
and measures laws act as a deterrent there
is not week passes that does not see nu-
merous additions to Col. Haskell's collee-
ton In the store room. From time to time
the Scales and measures seized in the name
OF the law are broken up and the otherwise
worthless metal finds Its way to the junk
heap In this way many startling ex-
amples of methods pursued in cheating the
public are lost, but each ingenious sub
terfuge for cloaking dishonesty under the
robO of honesty time and again finds imi-
tators, and SO the cycle Of arrests and
confiscations Of worthless scales and meas
ures goes on.
In peddling of oil. too. many instances
OF cheating have been uncovered, and the
crusade against ice dealers who failed to
weigh the frozen product in making sales
is still recent local history. The methods
pursued in both these lines of business are
to great extent similar, in that the men
driving the wagons are charged each day
with the quantity of oil or Ice that they
haul away from their employers offices,
and are credited in turn with the quantity
they bring back. Standard prices prevail
for both Ice and oil. and If the wagon-man
can shave little on each sale 1t is not
long before he Is selling on velvet" the
losses to his customers being an equal
amount dishonesty added to his weekly
pay.
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man makes a pretense Of talking to some
one inside to mislead the onlooker, then
enters helps himself to any valuables in
sight, then finds the other end Of the town,
another boss and more pelf. Today it Ia
only with the police officer in sight that
the housekeeper is safe, and even then the
salesman may have seen enough to make
him wait for the officer to move along. In
such event the boss waits, too-around the
corner, for the division that is to come.
n
1.-THE street huckster should pay license
Of $500; should be vouched for by two repu-
table citizens: should be limited to two as
sistants each wearing license number on
his hat. and the wagon should be required
to be in sight on the same square when
sales are solicited or made.
without mature consideration any such
drastic suggestion would appear to be q
measure to do away with a legitimate busi-
ness, with probably selfish motives in view,
but 1t can be easily proven that the street
huckster requires Less capital his ex-
penses are nominal when compared with
regularly established merchants, his IL
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ciuded to visit blueberry swamp about
mile from our cottage. Most OF the way
led through a heavy growth Of timber. At
hrst concluded that would not attempt
white ducks that afternoon, but shortly be-
fore the hour for starting caught sight
OF this young lady, clad for the tramp in
q costume of white that was perfect in
every detail. She wore white in her hair,
q white gown. white shoes, white stockings,
white belt-she was a vision of white
II was determined not to be outdone, SO
when the party set forth the young lady
and I were very conspicuous for our cos
TUNES Of snowy linen. Every one else had
put on old clothes and was prepared for a
rough, damp trail.
For the first half mile the path was
broad and dry, and we were free from con-
tact with either thickets or dampness un-
derfoot But the last quarter Of q mile
was not 30 nice. Still when we finally
came in sight Of the swamp and stopped
near the edge OF II to explore ana rest q
few minutes befors turning back the young
lady and were almost as immaculate as
when We started. We had been joshed q
good dead In q quiet way by others In the
crowd for our vanity, 80 It was soothing to
have como out OF 1t without damage to our
dnery.
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In commenting on the general subject OF
the daily work of his Office. and outlining
q few OF the experiences that have come
his way since he assumed charge OF the
Office of the sealer of weights and meas
ures, Mr.. Haskell said:
"'Weigh. gauge. measure and count all
that you buyp This inscription, printed
directly below the heading of the official
paper of q leading grocers' association,
stands as a beacon to the would-be sue
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but fate was unkind We were about
to start homeward. Tho last few yards OF
the path leading to the edge Of the swamg
had been rather dificult to travel without
getting into the slime and ooze that
stretched on either aide % the way. And
you know what swamp ooze Is. It isn't
merely wet. It II cold, and clammy, and
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Formerly the big measuring cans pro-
vided for use on oil wagons were convex
on the bottoms. but the inspectors for the
sealer OF weights and measures found that
it was becoming such custom for the OIL
wagon drivers to drop the cans on the
stone paving and dent in the bottoms that
the matter was made the subject OF rep
reservations to the home Office Of the STAN
dard Oil Company. and now the measuring
cans are provided with concave bottoms
that cannot be dented. Even these devices
to secure honesty. however, can be circum-
vented, and particularly fragrant case,
prosecuted In the Police Court early this
year, might well serve as an example
This particular oil-wagon driver, 1t was
found. had shown no little ingenuity in
manufacturing a wooden plug which filled
fully one-third Of the bottom of his cans.
The block was fashioned SO that It would
not float to the top, and after his arrest
he confessed that he had been using it to
swindle small storekeepers and other GUS
toners on his route for many weeks before
he was caught.
AS against this array Of perverted buck
STEERING there might be arrayed an equal
number of instances OF square-dealing and
of kindly acts done by the itinerant mer-
notice, where coal and other necessities
have been given freely from the huckster's
none too bountiful supply to succor families
In destitute circumstances. And of in
to make their actual circumstances known
in the channels where official charity flows
have been persuaded to accept the where
withal to tide over their dire necessity by
the huckster's CHEEKY: ''Oh, pay me tomor-
row. or PAY me some other time" when
both he and they know that such payment
never can and never will be made.
X
The huckster's world Is full Of just AS
many friendly bits Of competition and Of
examples Of bitter hatred and rivalry as
the larger outside world. An instance could
be cited where an innocent boy was
brought all the way from his home In
sunny Greece and held in little less than
abject slavery in this city for nearly
year. The promise made to his parents
was that he would be paid good wages as
soon as he had worked out the cost of his
passage. but the promise was never kept.
and the boy was finally turned out among
an alien people with no money and. no
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Instances are readily cited by Sealer Of
Weights and Measures w. c. Haskell
where these vendors of coal have been
found selling three pecks and even less for
q bushel, and the profits secured by such
dishonest methods reach we'll over the 100
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

The supreme court has ordered
Judge johnson tn cease investiga-
ting the election frauds committed
in Denver at the recent election
and to appear before the high
court next Monday and show cause,
il any he has, why he should not
be permanently restrained from
metldling in corporation affairs.
In the mean time the guilty ones
are leaving the city for their sum
mer vacation.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26
Always -Stauneh
And True

The Denver Republican has al
ways avoided the iallacics and
knaverics of yellow journalism.
and lis steadily increasing Circula-
ton proves eonclusivcly that it,
policy OF telling the plain Truth
without cNaggcraiion or misrepre-
scn,a,ion. standing fast for the
Right. is heartily approved with
growing force by the intelligent
Public to which it appeals.
To read i, is liberal Education.
and the citizen who goes without
it does a positive harm TO himself.
TO his family. and to the commu-
nifty.
In no other way can the invest
men' of tx cents per day
for that is all The Republican
costs any subscribcr--bring such
rich results in tia, knowledge
which is both Power aud Pleasure.
Information. instruction and en-.
icr'ainment MI It's columns and i,
leaves good taste in the mouth
OF the reader.
|, stands for Law and Order IN
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

Sixty-eight cents All ounce il
what silver WAS quoted At Wednes-
day. This is the highest since
August IL, 1896, when il WAS the
snme figure. The price Of the
white metal has been steadily NOV
ing upward since January OF this
year. Within the next few months
it will reach 75 cents. according To
those who are familiar with the
silver market.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

The examination into the dis
barrment proceedings instituted
against Charles A. johnson of
Durango will he started at La
lara next week. johnson will be
represented by Csss T.. Herring
ton Of this city while the state will
be represented by Edwin Park.
Miss Spears, stenogrsph-r for
Chief Justice Gabbert. will take
the evidence in the Case. Denver
Times.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26
ChaMiserlais's Cssgh kemsAy the
Very besl.

Il have b-~n usiag Chsmt'~slAin'.
Cough Remedy and want Ia sav IL IL the
HIST cough medicine I have ever taken.
says Gen. l. Chubb, merchant 81 liar,
Ian. Mich. There 10 no question about
It's i.e,nw the b~~t. Va II will cure n cougi,
~ cold In lr~s time than any other treat.
mont Il should alwsys b. kept IN the
hous- ready Tor instant w.. for el,i
can le cured IN much Isas time when
promptly treated. For saI~ by all drug
s,sta.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

Mayor Kelly received a tele.
gram Friday morning announcing
the death Of his sister, Mrs. AIDE.
line Holmes, who lied Thursday
afternoon Ht her home in yelling
ton, Illinois. Mira. Holmes was
the mother Of Prof. Fred Holmes.
formerly a teaches in Monte Vista
high school.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

Could not bring ~ snuch happiness 10
Mrs. Lucia wilk-. OF Caroline. Wis. ~
did one Pc box ~ liucki~a's Arnica
Sal,~. when 1t completely cured u run
ming sore IN her ley. wh,rh had tortured
her - long years. Greatest Antis~p,ic
h-sl.r Of Piles. Wounds and Sores. 2'r
nj all Druggists.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

Enos Keel bought n bunch Of
fancy beef stuff this week from
Bill DALEY. Of the,.C srnero. Enos
says nothing is too good for him
to sell on the block. These cattle
were hsy-fed and are the finest
thing in the meat line We have
seen for many n day.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

Prof. W. A. Oliphsnt and wife
entertained the senior class AND
High School teachers ut dinner
last Friday evening, aud Mr.. and
Mrs. Breckenridge extended the
same courtesy Thursday evening.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

Mrs. Ida Grnyden. of Creole,
has been visiting friends in Monte
Vista the latter part # the week
and will remain to attend the
Alumm banquet tonight (Sstur-
day at Woodmen hall.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

Decrease IN the same ratio that the
use Of DIR. Kings New Life Pills in
cr-ases. They save you from danger
and bring quick and painless release
from constipation and the ills growing
out Of 1t. Strength and ,igor always
follow their uas. Guaranteed by ali
druggists. DC. try them.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

Mrs. John p. Cheesman, OF west
Lebonon. Indiana, mother OF Mrs.
kemper Ahrens. Of Monte Vista.
died at her home May 18th. Mira.
Ahrens WAS ut the bedside Of her
mother At the time Of her dexth.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

LOST. A black bead pocket book
to hang on the belt. Finder will
please notify Mrs. X. b. Powell.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

The census of School district
No. . Of children between the
nees, of q And 81 shows All increase
Of o. over las, year; the census Of
1906 heing 5!6 and Of 1905 being
~.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

A collection 81 choice recipes
fully tested and found to liz sue.
cessfnl At this altitude. N.wcom
en will find this look especially
helpful. On sale At the Library
in three grades Of binding.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

Choice Early Cabbage. Csuli
flower and Tomato plants now on
sale at the Soldiers Home.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

DIR. Rnssell operated upon Mir.
Otto, one at III. oil soldiers NJ tn.
home, Wednesday The pstien,
is getting along we'll.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26
Vegetable Plants.

Best varieties of cabbage, csuli-
flower, celery, tomatoes, peppers,
egg plant. sweet potatoes, parsley.
T.. f. NEWTON.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

While bilious attack IL decidedly I'M
pleasant 1t IL quickly over when Cham
bsrlsin's Stomach and Liver Tablets
are used. For sale by all Druggists.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26
fl0wer Plants.

Pnnsy. n8sturtinms. carnations
dAhlias. Rsters. sweet Williams.
T.. I. NEWTON.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

L. NJ. Green. A. W. Ahrens. F.
l.. Bishop and Dscre Dunn made
an automobile trip tn Del Norte
Thursday forenoon in the storm.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

800 reward for the return Of n
black Rugbee wheel No. BOG, S03.
LEONARD FAus.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

There will be half-fare rate
made on regular train for the
Grammar school track meet at
Del Norte today Saturday.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

Cleanse yssr Hes ussses.
Just received n new invoice al
Lee Lice Killer. Also have the
little Aspinwal sprayer can nlso
be used to spray your small fruit
trees and bushes.
Gro. II. BEATTY.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

Oil cake and oyster shell a
CsmerOns.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26
Items Of Interest

Seed Oats at Cameron's Feed
Store.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

DIR. Russell WAS called to Ala.
mosa Wednesday in consultation
with DIR. Orr.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

John Roush, Of Platoro. WAS IN
Monte Vista on business few
days this week.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

Ed. Newcomb has recovered
from his operation At the hospital
aud returned to his HON. in La
lara rhnrsday night
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

Two cas-s Of diphtheris are re-
ported in town-Mrs. W. II. Tully
and n young lady by name of
Cegne. living west of town.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

Adolph Geden w~s Operated up
On for appendicitis at the hospital
last Sunday and IN doing nicely At
the present time.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

Lizzie Shatfer has entirely re-
covered from An operation for ap-
pendici:is and has returned home.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26
straw berries.

We will have Canon City berries
for the next two weeks. This il
the time tn get your berries for
canning.
The Exchange Grocery.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

! have a potato planter and dig
ger for ssl. At . bargain.
Harry SANDERS.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

Three furnished rooms tn rent
Mrs. T.. HooPrs.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-05-26

George Widmsn made bust
ness trip TO Conejos Thursday.
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