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The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-19
Notice of Call Of Registered
Road Warrants.

Notice is hereby given that there are
sufficient funds on hand to pay all Road
Warrants registered prior to January |,
1906.
All the above named warrants will
cease to draw interest thirty (30) days
after this date.
Dated at Kiowa, Colorado, this 18th
day of March, A. d. 1906
G. f. HFRrEL.
Treasurer Elbert County, Colo.
First publication Mch. 10: last. Apr 10.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-19
Wanted, For Sale, To Rent, &c

FoR SALE-Spring seed rye and milch
cows. B. A. Banta, Biiou Basin, Colo.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-19
First publication, April 49, last, s May Il. gaHs isCs
NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENT DAY.

Estate Of Albert French. Deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed ad-
minisfratrix of the estate OF Albert French, late
of the county OF Ebert. in the state of Colorado,
deceased. hereby yegiyes notice that she will ap-
pear before the County Court of said Ebert
county, at the conrt house in kiowa, in said
county. on the 2sd day of May. A. D. 1905. ut the
hour of 10 O'Clock a m. OF suid day, at which time
all persons having claims against said estate are
notified and requested 10 attend for the purpose
of having the same adjusted. All persons indebt-
ed to said estate are requested to make immedi-
ate payment 10 the undersigned.
Dated at Kiowa, Colorado, this 1lth day of
April A. d. 1896.
LTLLEY NJ. SMITH
Administrators OF the Estate of Albert French,
Deceased.
X. l.. Chambers Attorney.
First publication, April 10; last, May II, 1906
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-19

Living indoors so much during the
winter months creates a sort of stuffy,
want-o ozone condition in the blood and
system generally. Clean up and get
ready for spring. Take a few Early Ris-
ers. These famous little pills cleanse
the liver, stomach and bowels and give
the blood chance to purify itself. They
relieve headache, sallow complexion, etc.
Sold by Fred Long.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-19

Don't tie a cough or a cold up in your
system by taking remedy that binds
the bowels. Take Kennedy's Laxative
Honey and Tar. 1t is different from all
other cough syrups 1t is better. 1t
opens the bowels, expels all cold from
the system, relieves coughs, colds, Group,
whooping cough etc. An ideal remedy
for young and old Children like it. Sold
by Fred Long.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-19
The Dry Farming Magazine
17l5 California Street,
Denver, Colo. mchI

II you ever bought box of witch ha-
zel salve that failed to give satisfaction
the chances are it did not have the name
&c. G. Dewitt d Co." printed on the
wrapper and pressed in the box. The
original DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve
never fails to give satisfaction for burns,
sores, boils. tetter, cracked hands, etc.
For blind, bleeding, itching and protrud-
ing piles it affords almost immediate re-
lief. 1t stops the pain. Sold by Fred
Long.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-19

What good does it do you to eat if
your stomach fails to digest the food?
None. 1t does you harm--causes belch-
ing, sour stomach, hatulence. etc. When
the stomach fails little Kodol Dyspep-
sia Cure after each meal viii digest what
you eat, and makes the stomach sweet
Sold by Fred Long.
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STATE OF COLORADO,
County of Ebert,

! IN tne matter oil An oineT 70 eu"N
Albert French Deceased. cause on petition to
Now. on this 18th DAY of April. 1906. eomer Lii
ley NJ Smith, amnstratrix Of the estHt. of Al
bert French. deceased, and guardian TO the
minor heirs Of said Albert French, deceased, to-
wit:
Albert o. French, james A. French, Ernes' f..
French. Lilley NJ. French, Rhoda j. Franch and
William H. French. and prerents to the Court her
petition praying for an order TO sell the real es-
tate OF decedept al private sale 10 pay the debts
OF said estate costs of adminirir ton and for the
mnintenance, support and education of raid min
or children.
IL appearing 10 the Court from said petition
that said Albert French died iniestate seized Of
the east half fsi Of section thirty-five (i5l, town
ship ten 40 south Of range sixty one t6l west In
Elbert county, Colorado and left surviving him
hr heirs at law his wife. now Lilley NJ. smith.
minor heirs above named. all OF Ell Paso county,
Colorado, and II appearing T. the Court that It j.
necessary 10 sell said real estate TO pay the debts
OF the e-tute and for the maintenance and sup-
port OF said minor children. and that proper and
legal grounds exist for the same.
IL Is therefore ordered by the Court that said
heirs above named aud l.illey NJ Smith ar gnarli-
ian Jt sad minor heirs. are hereby directed To ap-
pear before the County Court OF Ebert county.
Colorado. at ten t1Ol o'clock a. m the 23d day
of May 1906 there to show cause why an order
should not be innde directing the said ndminis-
tratrx TO sell the whole Of said real estate for the
purposes specified In said petition, and that this
order be published in the Ebert County Tribune,
n newspaper published in this county for the
time required by law.
Done in open court this 11th day OF April, 1905,
by the Court.
GEORGE FAHRION,
County Judge.
First nuhIicatinn Anril 10. last Nav II IusG
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO LEASE STATE
LANDS.
OFFICE OF THE STATE BoARp OF LAND Con
NISsIONEn-

OFFICE OF THE STATE BOARD OF LAND CON-
MlssIONERs.
Denver. Colorado April 10, 1906
Notice is hereDy given that j. c. Waugh,
whose postoliice address is Calhan. Colorado, on
April -, 1906 made application No. 1855 to
the State Board of Land Commissioners to lease
the following described School Lands, situate in
FL Paso County, Colorado. to-wit:
=, All of Section l6, Township IL South, Range 81
West.
scribed premises or objections against the above
application will be considered after May 16,
1906
MARK g. WOODRUFF,
Register State Board Land Commissioners.
First publication. April 10; last. May 10, 1905.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-19
Free Garden Seeds.

Congressman Hogg has supplied this
office with a quantity of garden seed
which our readers may secure for the
asking. Call for seeds during the latter
part of the week as we will then have
more time to give them out.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15

swelling at an enormous rate against
the day when Johnny Steele should be-
come of age and come into his own.
Squanders 100000 in a Day.
At last the time came, and an ava
lanche of money rolled down on the
former poor driver, who, in his child
hood days, had never had so much as
a quarter to spend. The way in which
ne made the money fly caused even
the oil region, then engaged in it's mad
chase for wealth, to sit up and take
notice. There never was a spender
like him before and few have initiated
and none equaled him since His first
draw on what was considered an mex
haustible supply of wealth was $780,
900.
Gimme it in hundred dollar bills. -
he said to the cashier of the Oil City
bank, to which he had walked from
his home up Oil creek, at Housewife.
Il want to show some Of the boys a
good time.''
And "the boys" were shown. Johnny
Steele started down the street with tis
thousand $500 bills, and to every one
he met he presented one of the bills.
Those who hesitated and wanted to
know why got two of the bills. He
had not gone far until some of those
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$1,000,000. There were, in addition. ex-
tremely valuable oil properties besides
the McClintock farm which was at this
time belching forth royalties at the
rate of $1,75O day for the McClintock
heir, John Steele.
John quit working at once. He never
went back, to work after the tragic
death of his foster parent.
Yet he couldn't enter into the full
enjoyment of this money, for he was
not OF age, and the proper authorities
simply took the immense estate in hand
for the few short months which d.
vided the young wagon driver from his
millions. During this short time Steele
showed some good business Judgment
There were hundreds who would have
loaned him anything on his prospects.
but to his credit be it said he did not
go heavily into debt. He was content
to wait until the money came to him.
and in the meantime, through the prop
er authorities, he sold an atom of his
big interests just at the time the oil
boom reached the crest He disposed
of the two Lone Star wells to John
Mawhinney for $65, 900 cash. This went
into the common pool. which was
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and every one make night OF it with
me. Give Bess a bottle of champagne

and every one make night Of it with
me. Give Bess bottle of champagne
to start with.'
Bess was the. beautiful little mare
ne rode, and Immediately interest was
centered on the horse whom her owner
said drank champagne. Bess, more
over, was the only sober one of the
outfit some hours later, for Johnny
Steele surely made good when he start
ed out to make night of it," and this
was one of them.
Nobody who hears my voice can
spend cent. I'm Johnny Steele,''
was the favorite cry of the little fellow
as he entered resort, and there were
always those within sound who at once
began to figure just how expensive they
could make the hour with Steele There
is yet to be found the man who will
say he ever saw Goal Oil Johnny"
take cent OF change from the bar or
anywhere else, for that matter. Fo:
such as the young fellow was no such
things as dollars or small bills
Lights Cigars with $500 Bills.
What was considered the height of
his extravaganza came one day when
he entered the Oil Exchange at Brad
ford to look around. He never dabbled
IN Oil himself. II want to see my
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CAREER OF YOUNG MAN WHO
SQUANDERED MILLIONS WITH
IN SEVEN MONTHS.
4 RFCnRn THAT Has NFVFR RFFN REATEN
John w. Steele. Who Acquired Worldwide Reputa-
ton by Throwing Money to the Winds, Dies in
Poverty in Pennsylvania Near Scene of
the Source of His Wealth.

young woman enough to make her in
dependent for life.
Mrs. McClintock was a shrewd bust
mes woman and when oil was discov-
fered on her farm she drove the closest
bargains possible with the producers.
The pool under the McClintock farm
babe fair to be inexhaustible and she
had little troubel in getting an almost
fabulous sum in cash, reserving big
royalty on all oil brought from her
farm. This was about three years
after the death of McClintoc1.
But John Steele was not allowed to
loaf because his foster mother then
had money. He was sent out to work
at driving wagons for the oil men. He
did not even have team of his own,
but hired out as driver, and each
Saturday night his earnings were
brought home and given to Mrs. Nc
Clintock, who dumped them into the
She rapidly accumulated bank stocks
and valuable properties in surrounding
towns and cities as we'll as in New
York and Philadelphia. But she never
changed the close, penurious style of
living to which she and her husband
had been forced when they were trying
to pay for che rocky farm on the little
run which afterwards became world
famed as Oil creek.
Explosion Brings Millions.
She never hired a servant and never
moved from the little farmhouse, which
soon became hemmed in by oil wells
Always insisting on doing her own
housework, she came to her death in a
most tragic way, while performing
house duties. Early in 1863 Mrs. Nc
Clintock rose one morning before day.
break, as usual, to prepare breakfast
for John Steele before he went out
with his wagon. She made the last sad
mistake of trying to light the fire with
a can of coal oil with the oft-repeated
result. There was an explosion and
she was burned to death.
In an old and crude safe in the cor
ner of one room in the little house there
was found $500 in gold. Subsequent
discovery proved this was the savings
Of Mrs. McClintock for only week or
so. The exact amount of cash on hand
at the death of Mrs. McClintock was
never definitely known, but is sup
posed to have been far more than
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CORNERSTONE DATA.
Deputy Sheriff En-

One of the oldest occupations fol-
lowed in this age is that of the pro-
fessional collector of data for corner
stone boxes. Probably BLOOMINGTON is
the only town in America that is able
to boast of such an expert, to whose
mind and hands the packing of all the
boxes that are buried in the town is
turned over. says the Chicago Daily
News.
Deputy Sheriff Stevenson is the name
of the man who likes to engage in this
Kind of work, and he seems to have
all he can do. Within short time
he has packed boxes for the new
county court house, public library,
Livingston building and several park
structures. He is now engaged in pre-
pairing data for three copper boxes
that will be placed in the cornerstone
of park pavilion. The boxes and
their contents will weigh Is pounds.
Mr.. Stevenson has some queer ideas
about what kind of stuff should 20
into cornerstone box. The daily and
weekly papers are always included,
but there is great variety of other
things. He collects number of trade
catalogues that show what the people
of tuls age eat and wear, how they
have their houses and Offices furnished,
and whether they ride a horse, bicycle
or in an automobile One hundred
years or less hence, should a cyclone
come along and lift the buildings of
the town from their foundations, the
people of tbat time will have a great
time study over the odd things that
they will dig out of the foundations.
Not long since the town suffered a
great loss of business houses by dev-
astating fire. Some of the founda
tons of buildings that had been built
a long time ago yielded the town valu-
able historical facts that kept the town
interested for weeks afterward. The
residents became thoroughly enthused
on the sub. get of cornerstone boxes and
in the rebui Ming of the town almost
any kind Of structure had a copper
box filled with historical material
slowed away in the masonry.
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LOUIS PHILIPPE'S FALL.
Excitement in the French Cap;ta1
When the Monarch Was
Deposed,

One morning toward the end OF
FEBRUARY, 1S4S, l sat quietly in my
attic chamber working hard at nv
tragedy OF Ulrich Won Hutton, relates
a writer in McClure's, when suddenly
a friend rushed breathlessly into the
room, exclaiming: What, you sit.
ting here! Do, you not know what
has happened?' mo, what?" THE
French have driven away Louis Phil
lppe and proclaimed a republic"
l threw down my pen-and that
was the end of my Ulrich Won Hutton.
l never touched the manuscript again,
We tore down the stairs into the
street to the market square, the &C.
customed meeting place for all the
student societies after their midday
dinner. Although it was still fore
noon, the market was already crowd
ed with young men, talking excitedly.
There was no shouting, no noise. only
agitated conversation. What did we
want there? This probably no one
knew. But since the French had
driven away Louis Philippe and pro-
claimed the republic, something, of
course, must happen here, too. Some
of the students had brought their
rapiers along, as if it were necessary
at once to make an attack or to de-
fend ourselves. We were dominated
by a vague feeling that great out
break of elemental forces had begun,
as if an earthquake was impending of
which we had felt the first shock, and
we instinctively crowded together,
Thus we wandered about in numerous
bands to the "Kneipe,' where our
restlessness, however, would not suf.
fer us long to stay; then to other
pleasure resorts, where we fell into
conversation with all manner OF
strangers, to find in them the same
confused, astonished and expectant
state of mind; then back to the mar.
ket square, to see what might be going
on there; then again somewhere else,
and so on, without aim and end, until
finally late in the night fatigue com.
PEELED us to find the way home.
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Philadelphia.-In an unpretentiOuS
house on little farm near Franklin,
in the northwestern part of Pennsyl-
who some 40 years ago acquired a
most unique and remarkable distinc-
ton. This person was John w.
Steele, better known as Coal Oil
Johnny king Of all the spendthrifts
the world has ever known.
II is several years now since this
once famous character had passed out
OF sight of the general public but the
record he established in the few short
months that he was rolling in wealth
Will long be remembered.
Has Wealth Untold.
Inside of - months, beginning at
the close of 1868, John Steele did per-
haps more to advertise the wealth of
the Pennsylvania oil region than any
other ten men. He advertised it's
wealth by spending it. A beardless
boy. he woke one morning to find him.
self possessed of untold wealth in bulk
and an income from oil royalties of
$1.750 per day, Sundays included. He
did not know the value of money, has
not 10 this day any idea of how much
money he had and spent. but it has
been estimated at from $1,500,000 to
100000
Be the amount the first or last
named, the fact remains that in seven
months time from his coming into
possession of this immense wealth he
went through it and was broken. In
side OF year from the time he became
a Croesus, he was back at the little
railroad station at Housewife, Venan-
go county, hustling trunks at $40 a
month. He has been hustling ever
since to keep up with the grocer's bill.
Never was there man who made it
rain money in such showers as did
Coal Oil Johnny during his brief
transit across the horizon. It is claim
ed that the newly-rich Pittsburg mil
lionaire would look like a piker in his
spendings when lined up alongside the
Rouseville Pa, wagon driver who was
in a night elevated to the millionaire
class. The entire cost Of the widely
heralded "Scotty' special last sum-
mer would not have furnished Goal
Oil Johnny's" cigar lighters in those
days of '64 Steele simply couldn' t
spend his money fast enough until he
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15
ROoSEVELT'S ROYAL BLOOD
Mother of the President Said to Be
Descended from Scotland's
Kings.

Since Martha Bulloch, through Bait.
ne-lrvlne lines, was lineally descend
ed from the royal house of Scotland,
President Roosevelt is as truly of roy.
al lineage as Edward VII of England.
also descended from kings of Scotland
says the National Magazine.
10 the student of atavism. the presl-
dents ancestry presents much of in
terest. Paternally his ascendants
were from the fine old knickerbocker
families of New York The founder
of the Roosevelt line was Claes Mar
tenszen Van Roosevelt, Dutch trader,
who came to New York in 1645. and
many Of whose descendants were men
of note after the Dutch flag was super
seeded by the British. These thrifty
Dutchmen traded, served God and
country, and fought in the revolution
as American soldiers
Materially, our president is de-
scended from English ances-
tors, except the de VeauX line
French. So that in this blending of
sturdy Knickerbocker and southern
cavalier one queries: From which
side of the house does the president
inherit his cordial manner, perfect
dignity and courtesy" a genial cur
rent transmitted, surely from Martha
Bulloch, and to her, perhaps heritage
from courtly Chevalier de Veaux, OF
tue province IF Georgia. From the
knickerbockers must have come
much of his cool courage tenacity and
sturdy traits of character From the
Bullochs and the Baillies and the
Stewards, of Georgia, gallant heroes
all, must have come, with a large
share of fighting blood" the high in
tegrity, loyalty to principle and fine
patriotism that unite to make Theo-
dore Roosevelt what he is, the highest
type of American citizen. soldier and
statesman.
There are many still in Georgia who
cherish tender memories of the presi-
dents beautiful, aristocratic mother
Throughout her girlhood she was a
noted belle, admired everywhere for
her beauty, accomplishments, charm
anu AAoAACI, duu otIOuS meuLdtlty.
During visit to her sister in Phila-
delphia she met Mr.. Roosevelt who
was captivated by the lovely young
southern girl, and the announcement
of their engagement soon followed.
Martha Bulloch Roosevelt loved
with ardor her native state, and
mourned with anguish the sorrows
that the war between the states
brought to her people. On one occas-
ion, after hostilities between north
and south had begun and when her
northern home was decorated for some
festive occasion with American flags,
she, to show her loyalty to the south,
displayed from her boudoir window
the confederate flag. which caused an
CRY sentiments in the crowd that col
lected in front of the house. They de-
manded the removal of the flag. She
refused when told by Mr. Roosevelt.
and no persuasion from her husband
could induce her to withdraw it. So
he made a speech to the crowd, by this
time mob, told them his wife loved
the flag, as she was a southern wom-
an, and the mob dispersed.
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evolved the idea of hiring people to
help him, and then-well, the rest was
easy.
Adopted by a Farmer.
John Steele was born near Waterloo,
Venango county, Pa, in the fall of
1S41. He was left an orphan when but
few years of age and when between
seven and eight years of age was
adopted by Cu1bertson McClintock, a
well-to-do farmer living on the out
skirts of what is now Oil City. McClin-
took owned his own farm, since famed
in oil history as "The McClintock
Farm From it millions of dollars
worth of oil was taken years later.
1t was not for Culbertson McClin-
took, however, to reap the benefits of
the OIL He died some three years
before oil was discovered on his place,
and when his will was read it was
found that he had left the farm to his
wife during her life, and it was then
to go to John Steele, his adopted son.
There was also an adopted daughter,
named Emily Scott, but she does not
appear te have been left anything by
McClintock. Years later, when Steele
was rolling in wealth. he gave to the