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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-28
PRESIDENTS CORRESPONDENTS
NOW SPELLED pHoNETicALly

Washington. Aug. 2s.-presidens
Theodore ganseselt's correspondence
is now spelled In accordance with the
recommendation Of the Carnegie re'
form spelling committee Of which
Professor Brander Mathews is chair.
man.
Extended to Other Departments
Oyster Bay. Aug. Is. President
Rooseveit's order regarding phonetic
spelling win be extended TO all parts
of the government BY his direction
all documents are to be printed with
that form Of spelling A committee
representing the various departments
Of the printing Office has been ap'
pointed to formulate rules for carry.
ing out this order.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-28

One Of the most revolving murders
In San Miguel county for years oc.
CURED near Trementina last Tuesday
when Claudio Aragon, sheepherder
Ia said to have beat Apolinario, the
nine year old son Of Santiago PadiIla
to death with stones and clubs and
afterwards shot him through the
breast as he lay ON the ground.
Asked for Forgiveness
The young lad was assisting Aragon
with his flock about two miles from
Trementina, II Is said, when the brutal
crime was committed, MO cause for
the deed In known. The mother OF
the boy came out to see her son short
ly after he was killed and not obsery.
Ing him. asked Aragon where he was
and the latter told her he lay over
there dead, pointing tn bis body. The
grief striker woman rushed 10 the side
OF the bleeding body and frantically
demanded the name OF his murderer.
Aragon, according to reports, then
got down on his knees before the wo
man and confessed that he had killed
him and asked the mothers forgive
ness. She would not do this but con
tinued to caress the lifeless clay. and
the murderer Immediately fled.
For some reason the authorities II
this city were not notified until yes
terday afternoon when the father
Santiago PadilIa. called at the jail
and told Deputy Sheriff Enrique 81
ma of tho terrible crime. The ternt,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-28
MURDER OF
NEWYORk WOMAN. SLASHE0
TO DEATH. RECALLS FAMOUS
JACK THE RIPPER" GRIMES

s*~ furk. Ar. - tigs~ Annie
Ma0se go found murdered safag TO-
aas I'm n furnished rasm III Saskw"
sseansa xa*e*&. she has assen hurxshly
TaTapsaa 40 atasheA uue sash tn
ss ssssss aAe gmgmiar vein I'm ahe iefa
side vi hsr throat, anogas~E has almost
severed The wlntasslss. her breast Ms
badly slashed aud dep knife shFsiss
had Eapp*sd opsn ahe aoav. sisssnsha@.
cling IL. No wsapaaa WAS fnsaaad AMI
tAsFr w.g. lev nisand marks around
The roam, James Naare. the wuaasaasss
husband was held by the paisse IN
suspicion. In WAS WIN nat1fi.a
tie palies of tie murder.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-28

Sasx. Aag. ~A~TAe asssses ARD
sEs@zasx ssassas saFEunnAas~a n ssasasag
nsgsa>e I'm ssaalvAa street aaasg. aaasnss
Ia he.n discovered. The FeEnaas saas.
ssss 3Gsa.as fired with rifles from The
windows an the attacking party and
s4asa threw losah. wheEesanaa the
&respgss T.dfsasei The house With bullets
hiaiang or aonndsng nh The inmates.
Two nsa and d waansn we're allied
At another place i'm the suburbs a
'.etiiS1 student WIS killed and several
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-28
CUBAN RURAL GUARD
VICTORIOUS over REBS
Montsiso Urges Pursuit De Pushed
i Against insurgents and That More
Men De Enlisted 10 Fight.

Havana. Aug sS.-Aeting Secretary
ef the interior Montalyo to-day direct
nj The commander of the rural guard
~ continue the enlistment of recruits
aud pnsh the pursuit N insurgents
In NIL directions. Colonel vaiia. ahu
commanded a detachment af rural
guards and volunteers engaged I'm she
fights with the insurgents near Glen.
fueRos. II is reported tnaay that the
Insurgents were completely routed,
leaving many killed ON the field.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-28
q ESCAPE FLAMES OF
BURNING LAKE STEAMER
Rescued ey Another Steamer. - Two
Chicago Men Have Narrowing Trip
In Small Beats On lake Michigan.

Detroit. Aug. as.~Twents one per
sons. including the captains wife and
two little children. were rescued early
today from the burning steamer
Charles A. Eddy by the Detroit aud
Cleveland line steamer City Of Mack
inae oif the port ut saiisnae In Lake
Huron. All of them escaped unin
lnred and were brought to this e!ty,
The EalI, was destroyed.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-28
STANDARD HAS NO INTEREST
IN BUYING DISTillERiEs

New York. Aug. 2s.~~M. r. Elliott,
general counsel for the Standard OIL
company denounces as absurd the re.
port that the Standard Oil compans !
had taken steps to acquire all the
principal distilleries In the United
States as a result Of the passage Of the
denatured alcohol law by congress.
He said the Standard Oil company
has no interest whatever In buying
dfstilleries.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-28
ATLANTIC FLEET TO SAIL
FOR ASiATlc STATION

Washington. Aug. 2s.--It Is expected
that very soon after the review Of the
Atlantic feet by President Roosevelt
the squadron Of cruisers under rear
Admiral Brownson win sail for the
Asiatic station by way OF Europe and
the Suez canal. These cruisers are
the West Virginia. Pennsylvania, Col.
orado, and Maryland. The feet will
leave New York In time to reach Glib
raltar by September II.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-28
"WhAT Is HOME WITH
OUT BRYANT THEIR SLOGAN

New York. Aug, 2s. What Ia
home without Bryan" With this
placard in its front ranks a delega.
tion OF 125 neighbors and friends Of
William ]. Bryan arrived in this city
from Nebraska last night. Every
man wore a small white ribbon on
which vas printed Home Folks Of
William J. Bryan" In the delegation
were mayors OF eight cities Of Mr..
Bryan's state.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-28
FARLEY CONTRACTS TO
BREAK FRISCO CAR STRIKE

RI View ymk. Ans. - ,--Jau,es Fsviey,I
the strike breaker. nays a morning
paper. has contracted 10 break the
street railway strike In San Francis.
CO. Two special trains loaded with
eight hundred strike breakers left Jer.
sey City last night for San Francisco.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-28
CLoTHiER Wins LAWN
TENNIS FINALS FROM sEHH

Newport. Aug. 2S. .-- william J.
Clothier Of Philadelphia defeated Kari
Behr of New York In the finals today
In the OH comer's tournament In the
National Lawn Tennis championship
three sets to nothing.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-28
clouoBuRsT WASHES OUT
"A KILOMETRES or TRACK

El Peso. Aug cs.-Fourteen kilo-
meters of the Mexican Central track
were washed out Sunday near Monte.
yuma by cloudbnrst. Heavy rains
all along Its line to the City Of Mey.
leo have greatly damaged the tracf
and numerous wrecks have ocenref
during the past week but no casual.
lies.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-28
AMERICAN MINING CONGRESS
IT. CALLED INTO SESSION

-Denver,Ang. 2s.--A call for the mint
annual session of the American Min
Ing congress to be held In Denver.
October Is to the 10 next, was issued
today by ]. II. Richards president and
.Iamss y. callbreath Jr., secretary.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-28
coMERs'< DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY
WILL APPROACH 10000

Birmingham. Aug. Is. - Returns
from Yesterdays democratic primaries
indicate that b. b. Corners majority
for governor will be between fifteen
and twenty thousand. 1t viii require
All official vote to determine the re.
suit for lieutenant governor and chief
Justice OF the supreme court.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-28
OLD GUARD MAKES HIGH
RIFLE SCORE At SEA GtRT

Seagirt, N. j.. Aug. es.-A rifle. team
representing the "old Guard. a Mas
sachussetts veteran organization won
the team match snoot today with q
score Of s6a
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-28
W VARIETIES STARTS
BIG $sso.ooo FIRE

~. Paul. Aug. 2s.-A fire
which started I'm the plant of
the Heinze Pickle company on
the west side shortly after mid
night destroyed that plant. the
large factory of the American
Can company and n three story
frame tenement building. To"
taI loss. s3ss 900.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-28
More Peace Guardians snes

tsakpsa. Aug. .s.~Two paaIes
ssEssaats and two rural guards we're
shos and klilea On the street hare tn"
day b, reyoimslonists.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-28

ankttnaa. Ans. as.~Mans MI the
rnaaos auas.s I'm this vicinity hase
hsa&n sea TN sIs. hs peasants aud arr
burning.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-28
Decorations Not Significant

n developed today that hotels aud
many business houses will decorate
their places Tor tha occasion. This
fact may he taken M without personal
mr. political significance. II In custom"
ary for The business district In hos
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-28
WHO WILL MDNAP BOY ORATOR when
STEAMER ARRIVES IN new IoN HAlDol


Nss YORK. sug. @A~~Taae foam MI
eaatIane In nia mp wata Hsrsan wsa.
eauaers md other esearssnnists fanwl
aos oa until tae dass u shs reception
aelswmsa.ns from NIL nssT yhe esssmawy.
Edward GasIra. If - Louis. Ma. upasl
whose yacht th# ~illIuI" Mr.. and Mr.,
nFyan will h. taken m thu steam
ship n quarantine. said yesterday
that h. did mot know wIao WOULD hi
nIs guests With The BRYAN party
shoard the ~'llsni" The proposal fu
have nrsam spend n part NJ the time
before b. landed Nh the Battery In
the yacht does NOT meet with favor
by the Nebraska delegation, In IL
said Mayer Dahlem chairman nj the
Omaha delegation said: We are
galng To meet bryan I'm boat and yoa
can hst Nc win bring MIN bark II I've
sx,t n. laxss him msssff"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-28
HOUSE RIDDlED BY RUSSIAN BULLETS
Which KILL REVOlUTIuNST INMATES

BOMB scLDa FIRE uech THEM WITH
- STUDENT slLIEO REsiSTN6 ARsEsT. PEASANTS
FIRE MANOR HOUSES MORE GUARDIANS sscr At usAkcsA
sraEEr
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27
G coo y 8
M a m lb 900

sensibility of the beautiful in Gods world
had become deadened The silence reminded
them, unpleasantly enough, thai their nearest
neighbors7 lived many miles away.
Ever since he could remember, Teddy had
longed to be man, so that he could work in
the sawmill with his brothers. Almost every
day he would measure himself on the door
to see how fast he grew. He very much feared
sometimes he was destined to be like the
dwarfs Sally had read about-he grew so very,
very slowly.
When his sixth birthday came, bringing
with it a pair of red-topped boots from Jack
an old jack-knife with a broken blade from
Bob, an ulster with huge pockets from pa
and pair of warm red mittens from Sally.
Teddy thought the momentous time had ar
rived He was a man at last!-but, sad to
relate, a dwarf.
Perhaps Sally was rather cross that day;
but | think she had reason to be, if any one
had. Sally was very girlish and slender to
keep house for three rough big men and one
troublesome little one
She was baking, and felt hot and tired
She needed wood for her fire, and told Teddy
to 60 out into the wood-house after SOME
Teddy was building snowman out on the
clearing lie bad on the new ulster, the new
boots and the new mittens. With the knife
he was cutting stick which was to be the
snowman nose.
He marched into the woodhouse. feeling
very indignant with Sally for ordering him
about as if he were little boy-him, grown.
up man. She never spoke that way to Bob or
Jack.
AS Teddy, entered the wood house, his eyes
lit on Bob's skates, carefully polished and
sharpened, hanging on peg over the grimy
pane of glass, called by courtesy window.
Hapy thought! He would go a-skating, no
matter If they were rather large. He was
man now, and had some rights of his own.
Let Sally go for wood herself if she wanted
it.
So Teddy buclsled the skates on, then and
there, and stole softly behind the wood-house,
After he got into the wods, it was very easy,
indeed, to get away from Sally's sharp eyes.
The skates hurt Teddys feet terribly, for
they turned over and almost twisted his feet
off. He had to take them off and carry them
at last. though he thought it detracted much
from the dignity of his manhood
About a mile from the Whittiers' clearing
was tiny, picturesque lake, now entirely
frozen over. After a very tedious tramp Ted
dy reached it.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27

curls fer man to havel WHY don't yer cut
EN- off es short es mineY and he took off his
cap to show his head, which was very closely
shaven.
Teddy felt very small and much abused.
MY sister won't let me" he said. II wish
l could do il myself"
"Lemme take yer knife, an I'll do it fer
yer" said Sam, amiably.
So, nothing 10th, Teddy handed Sam his
knife. 1t wasn't very sharp but after much
part of Sam and Jim, all Teddy's beautiful
curls, which Sally had taken so much pleas
ure in arranging every day, lay scattered over
the ice. Sam forgot to return the knife.
Then Jim offered to. let him smoke out Of
his pipe. This mistaken young Indian de-
clared that every man smoked, and that Ted
dy ought to.
OF course Teddy agreed with him.
AT first our hero pulled away contentedy,
feeling very important and manly indeed.
Then a queer, sick feeling came over him.
The ice seemed to be heaving before him, and
the trees seemed to be dancing like mad
around him.
When Teddy at last began to feel better,
darkness was slowly settling over the gloomy
forest making it still goomier.
The two boys were gone, and so were Rob's
skates and Teddy's knife and pas best COM
fdrter"
Poor little man! His shorn, yellow head felt
as II it would split, while his legs were so
weak and unsteady that he could scarcely
stand on them.
How Teddy managed to reach home is a
mystery, but he did reach it, very much bruis
ed, very cold and very sick
"Oh, Sally!" he sobbed, when he was at
last cqddled, snug and warm, into his own
little bed; Il don't want to be man any
longer. It amt a bit nice, Sally"
Late that. night Teddy woke, after de-
lightfully refreshing slumber, to find the lamp
still burning
Patient Sally was mending the trousers,
which had become so torn and draggled in the
weary homeward Journey
sally" whispered Teddy conscience.
stricken; ",,I'n bring in piles an piles o wood
tomorrow"
Thank you, dear" said Sally. kissing him.
and smiling very brightly, considering how
tired and sleepy she was.
DO you think | can ever be boy again?"
asked Teddy, anxiously.
edly Oe'''
And Teddy fell asleep, and dreamed that he
piled Sally's kitchen so full of wood that no
one could get in. nv
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cut glarlng white all day in the burning sun
shlne, turned black as ink; the hollow boom
s"ehed into a deafening uproar, and in a
moment the whole country below them was
one foaming, leaping roaring sea-
Burt and Hopkins instinctively turned to
hy, but an iron grasp pinned them to the spot.
Are you mad?" asked the old man, stern
~. Within five minutes all that ground will
be fathom-deep in water, with current that
would sweep away an elephant. Our only
chance is to stick to the bridge. Perhaps the
water won't overflow it,"
Cold comfort, certainly; but, as Harrison
said, it was their only chance. There had ev-
IDENTIFY been very heavy rainfall in the
mountains, and the rains and melting SHOWS
had brought down the summer floods fort
night before their usual time
The new bridge was now to be submitted
to an inspection far more searching than that
of the jolly, easy-gong district commissioner,
and if it failed to stand the test, they were
lost, one and all.
Higher and higher rose the water; more
and more fercely ran the furious current
The two young dandies, who had no idea of
the power Of a real East Indian flood, looked
aghast at seeing the whole face of the country
below them changing as if by magic
High banks fell away like melting snow;
huge trees were torn up by the roots, and
rocky heights hacked into notches like the
teeth Of saw. Great boulders fell thunder
ing into the swirling foam; mountains of
gravel were piled up where hollows had been,
and hollows gaped in the surface of solid
ridges.
Suddenly the fall of an enormous rock made
an eddy in the current, which sent half
dozen vast tree-trunks rushing straight at the
very arch upon which they were standing
Even brave old Harrison drew quick
breath as the mighty mass came charging on.
and plunged, with deafening crash, against,
the pier below. But, although they felt the
solid masonry shake under their feet with
the shock, the bridge stood firm.
"Hurrah" cried the old engineer. a few
minutes later "The water hasn't risen a
bit the last two minutes. l think we've had
the worst of it now"
His practiced eye had not deceived him.
The flood, as it spread itself over wider
and wider extent Of country, lost its force
more and more, and by midnight all danger
to the bridge was at an end
"Well, young gentlemen" said Harrison,
with piercing look at his two pale and woe
begone companions, 'do you think my bridge
too big now?"
But the young gentlemen" made no an
swer.
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BAY ON THE BRIDGE

back. So well did he keep his men up to
their work, that all was ready a full fortnight
before the time when the rainy season usually
set in, and the next day but one was fixed
for the formal opening of the bridge by the
English commissioner Of the district, and the
running of the first train across it.
The evening before the ceremony Mr. Har-
rison went out upon the bridge to look about
him, and Burt and Hopkins, having nothing
better to do, followed him.
1t was close upon sunset; but the sitting
heat which had prevailed all day was still as
oppressive as ever. The whole air felt damp
and heavy, and the tiny streamlet that trick
led through the vast, gravelly hollow of the
riverbed seemed to crawl more langudly than
usual, as if it were tired like every one else.
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Suddenly, there came through the still air,
from the great mountains that stood up against
the northern sky, overhung by thin ghostly
haze, strange, dull sound, suggestive of far
off thunder, but harsher and sharper, and
altogether more like the rolling of cart
over a pebbly road.
The veteran engineer bent his gray head
forward to listen, and very grave look came
over his iron face.
What's up Mr.. Harrison?" asked Burt,
feeling vaguely uneasy, though he hardly knew
why.
But before the old man could reply Deep
booming noise, which came rapidly nearer and
nearer, followed the mysterious sound.
All at once the upper part of the river-chap-
mel, the bare gravel-beds of which had stood
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On the way he had lost one Of the pretty
red mittens over which Sally had worked so
lovingly and patiently. But as he was man
now. he did not mind such a trihe
If any truly men are reading this story,
wish they would notice how very much like
some of them Teddy was all though his
naughtiness.
He found that there were two boys on the
ice before him-a white boy and an Indian
boy. Not nice-ooking boys at all, but dirty
and lazy
Teddy had seen the Indian boy before and
knew that his name was Jim. He had been
caught in the act Of stealing from the settlers
more than once, and had been in Jail twice.
Il is to he presumed that the white boy was
not much superior.
They had built fire at one end of the lake,
and were both smoking very short very dirty
clay pipes. The sight fascinated our Teddy.
You must remember he was a man. If he
hadn't been, | am sure he would have turned
away from it in disgust.
He seated himself beside them, at the boys
polite invitation, and began to tell them all
about himself-that his name. was Teddy
Whittier, and that he was six years old and a
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tionship with Mr.. Teddy Whittier. For he
was inclined to be naughty and self-willed,
and even poet can scarcely find much that is
admirable in naughty and self-willed little
boy.
Teddy lived in log cabin in the woods Of
Michigan. His father and his big brothers,
Bob and Jack, were bark-peelers and log-cut-
ters. Sister Sally, aged seventeen, was the
houseReeper. Teddy's mother was dead. If
this story makes him appear very naughty in
deed, please remember that.
The scenery around the little log cabin would
bave seemed grand and picturesque to the poet
Whittier. The solemn silence of the gloomy
woods only. tended to depress the spirits of
the unromantic Whittiers | am telling you
about The" stern realities of life had al
ways pressed so heavily upon them that their
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27

"If were he" replied Jack, I'D sell the
bridge and buy some water with the MONEY .,
GIVE spilt some lemonade on the tapie'
cried Harry. IT wonder how long prloee
shall have to build across that! -
And the two young sub-engineers, pieaeee
with these Jokes at the expense OF their cniel,
resumed their work in somewhat pe''ei
,humor. 81
Behind pile of timber few yards on
within easy hearing of every woTo Ines Iar' idap
stood no less person than Mr.. Wliliahi iial
rison himself. the chief Of whom they were
speaking. For a moment his hard ola lace
flushed angrily. but the flush melted INTO d
smile Of half -pitying contempt as he turheo
slowly away, muttering: -
"Well. well, my fine fellows, it won't De
very long now before we see Who's wrong ana
who's right.
At the first glance, however, 1T certainly
did seem as if Jack Hopkins and Harry Duls S
had some reason to laugh at the bfloge "iiich
they were helping to build. -.
Eleven arches, each having span OF forty
feet stood ranged in stately processicC over
a tinv thread of water barely sufhciMt 70
wet one Of the central piers True, the RAINY
season was at hand; but even in the rainy
season. how could this miserable little rlvuiet
ever swell into a second Niagara!
So thought Burt and Hopkins; and so, TOO,
thought not few of their English subordi-
mates. AS for the Hindoo workmen who
swarmed over the bridge from one end to the
other. they thought nothing about the mat
ter. So long as they got their days wages
and their days food, the English Burra Sahib
(great mastery was welcome to build bridge
over a teacup if he liked
Day by day the bridge advanced toward
completion, for the railway of which it formed
part was very important one, and Mr.
Harrison had received orders to finish it as
ouickly as possible But, although he made all
possible haste, he took good care that no part
Of the work was hurriedy or ineffciently
done.
"Whatevers worth doing at all is worth
doing WE'LL" he would say, "and it's better
to put little extra work into this bridge
than to have to build another if it breaks
down."
Every day, and all day long, the old fellow
was at his post, in the sOed white sun-hat
and threadbare cotton jacket at which his
dandi6ed young lieutenants laughed behind his
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27
Nogy MmvEacjaw M5 AM1e.

man today. He also showed them the pres
ents he had received.
The boys seemed very much amused, and
laughed uproariously. Teddy wondered why.
'Ho, ho!'' cried the white boy, whose name,
as Teddy had discovered, was Sam, what long
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27
tcop5rlght BY James Ei7craOn.l

WE was six years old, and his name
It'll was Teddy Whittier. Any relation
to our New England poet, do you
I& ask? Not at all; at least, the rela-
~a.'s tonship must have been very dis
tant, for Teddy was the most pro-
sale boy alive. And though Mr.. Whittier,
the poet, is fond of children don't think he
would have been at all anxious to claim rela-
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a T
Copyright by James Elvcrson.,

'OVp' THU U' 1"T'IV' III ~
SAY. Jack, did you ever see such a
a piece of foolery as building this
enormous bridge over miserable
little stream no wider than a gut
ter? Old Harrison must be stark
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27

mad. and no mistakel "