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Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13
Decoration Dapa 4eer=
mtanent Constitution
By MR.. WALTER PENNEY,
Division Commander. Massachusetts Sons of
Veterans.

love and honor to our nations saviors, and though the time will come
when we will not be permitt,l to see them march our streets or even to
minge with them, yet so deep is the sentiment that the pleasure and
beauty Of the memorial service will continue.
Memorial day has reached that stage where it is not only a day of
honor to the old veterans, but it is observed in general by the people as
g day of special memory to the departed. Before this day was instituted
our cemeteries were not as they now are, well kept and beautifully laid
out, and the feeling has become established that there should be one day
in the year of special effort on that line, and why not Memorial day, in
the most beautiful season Of the year?
The day will survive because it is the wish of the Grand Army of
the Public, its insitutors, that it should. l believe they never intended
that it should die with the last veteran, but rather that it should survive
and grow IS an institution Of sentiment.
1t will live because there is officially connected with the G. A. r.
and recognized by them, an organization that is, with each year, becom-
ing more powerful in numbers, strength and moae-the Sons of Veter-
ans, U. S. A.
In years to come it is to be one of the greatest orders in this land
and the survival of Memorial day is its first duty. The veterans are salts
fled that their work and memory are in safe hands and will continue so.
The American people love sentiment and their love for the old SOL
der is strong and his memory is deeply cherished. Future generations,
l believe, will continue in the same path, and Memorial day, whether it
be changed from a week day to a Sabbath day, will live for years to
come, or until America shall have
lost its honor, and when that time TX
comes America a a nation will cease //GEIO ~V%~G~
to live.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13

To illustrate. There is a little city in
the central part of Wisconsin, a beau
tifU1 little place, with its shady streets
and pleasant homes. IL has several
general stores owned by live, wide
awake merchants, who are hustling for
business, yet are always pleasant and
ready to visit with a customer. They
are not put out at any time to show
goods, taking down bolt after bolt of
cloth and maybe then not making even
a five-cent sale. They take that as
part of their business; they are always
willing to send post-haste to the city
for any article they may not have in
stock that is wanted by a customer;
their stocks are up-to-date and free
FROM shelf-worn goods. These men
maG0 the humblest customers feel well
come in their stores, and particular at
tention is paid to waiting on children.
giving them even better measure and
quality than their elders would re-
ceive. And these men are advertisers.
Their ads in the lFcal papers are
changed regularly and show time and
study. They meet the mail order man
more than half way in special sales
and clearing of odds and ends. Here
is an instance where there is no legi-
innate excuse for a person sending
away after goods. And the people do
not. Very few articles Of general mer-
chandise are shipped into hat city.
The buyer and seller are working in
harmony to their own betterment and
advantage.
But look at the other side. The city
which we have in mind has one hard
ware and one furniture store. Both
have fairly good stocks for the size of
their circle Of trade, but just step into
either one of these stores. The pro-
prietor may be in the back room or the
back yard for all you know, but by and
by some stir is heard and ~leisurely he
makes his appearance-neither store
has need of a clerk-and probably with
some grumbles about being disturbed,
asks what is wanted, There might as
well be placards in the store %announc-
ing Buy what I've got and keep stir
and I'VE are busy, don't disturb us"
No effort is made to show you an arti-
Gle; nothing is ever taken down from
the shelves unless directly asked for.
Neither hardware nor furniture man
acts willing to get what you want if he
does not nave it in stock. And again
neither one of these stores believe in
advertising. They use no space in
their home papers; a newcomer would
never know the city possessed such
places Of business enterprise. WAC
ever heard Of a country hardware or
furniture store having a special sale,
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13
DEAD MERCHANT
HE SOMETIMES DRIVES TRADE
AWAY FROM THE TOWN.
HIND2ANCE TOLIvE MERCHANT
Are IS Much to Be Feared az the
Competition Of the Catalogue
Houses-should Be Awak.
ened or Buried.

Why should the home merchant be
patronized instead of the mail order
house? The subject has been ex-
hausted almost and from all points Of
view and all sides there is no valid
reason why the merchant at home
should not-eXcepting two, price and
articles wanted.
1t is not the intention Of the writer
to jot down a pleasant flow of Ian
guage or to produce an interesting bit
of reading matter, but merely to state
in a few simple sentences what | have
seen and learned of the competition be-
tween the catalogue houses and the
home merchants. In the first place no
n community suffers greatly in this
competition. That makes the problem
all the more difficult in solution. 1
mean by this that the majority of buy
ers in no n community PURCHASE by
mail. The business of the mail order
house is scattered over a large terri
tory, the number Of orders coming
from any one community compared
with the whole is comparatively small
to the number of orders in the town.
There is an exception to this in a com
munity where the home merchants +
dead ones and ask exhorbitant prices.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13

or harvest sale or the like? But why
not? These two sto%rekeepers are bit.
ter against the mail order houses. L
wonder why? ! talked with the rail-
road agents in that little city and he
said lots of hardware and furniture
was shipped in. He said, "One day /
made out an express order for $34 to
pay for a bill OF hardware. I told the
man to go up and see II the merchant
couldn't fill the order. He went but
soon came back, saying that he didn't
have half Of the stuff on hand and that
he wouldn't cut a bit on what he did
have"
Column after column has been writ
ten deploring the fact that the buyer
spends her or his money away from
home, that she or he is helping to build
up the mail order house to the detri-
ment of the home merchant. The SEN
timent is good and the cause is worthy
of the efforts being made to stop this
undertow; but no amount of writing.
and no amount of home patriotism will
ever overcome the bad effects of the
dead merchant in the little town. The
truth can be plainly seen.
Let us turn back to the general
stores and look up the proprietor of
any one. He probably will be found
busy waiting on a customer, but if not
he will tell you that it is not the cata-
logues alone hat he fears, but also
that it is the lethar5y of these two
dealers. They are helping to drive
away trade from home.
I have wandered from the subject
and gotten over on the buyers side
of the fence; but isn't it well at times
to look at the other side of this pitiable
story? 1 started to write a few lines on
why People Should Trade at Home"
and have gotten into the field of why
the Home Merchant Should Induce
People to Trade at Home" It may be
fair to the little town to once in a
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13
Red River ~PIOSpeCtOr
RED RIVER, NEW MEXICO.
Millions for Music.

WiilAoiio l0N ml5lNs
An industrious calculator has esti-
mated that $4,000, 900 were spent last
winter by the people Of America for
the enjoyment Of serious muslc-
music, that is to say. as it il known
ta our concert halls and opera houses;
not the music of the comic opera stage
and tne vaudeville house. The figure
Is more likely an underestimate than
an exaggeration, a Y Everybody's
Magazine. Few social phenomena Of
recent years in this country have been
more remarkable than the enormous
Increase in the popular demand for
music of the better class. Then years
ago the works of Wagner, OF Beetho-
ven, of Schubert, of Schumann, of
Tschaikowsky, were relegated in the
average mind, to the vague and unat-
tainable limbo Of classical music;
today, m catches ones carpenter
whistling the "Siegfried" motive from
Der Ring des Niebelungen," and the
little dressmaker from the suburbs
discourses i~ntelligently upon the reyo-
%lutionary art of Richard Strauss. The
publishers will tell you of the large
and increasing demand for operate
guide books, for biographies of great
composers, for introductions of all
kinds to the secrets of that suppos.
ably mysterious sart-the art of music;
and the great tribe of popularizers
flourishes as never before.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13

A Scotchman in search of work was
recently given employment as a la
borers at Cramps %shipyard. His FIRST
job was to carry several heavy planks.
After he had been at it for about two
hours he went to the foreman and
said:
Did All tell We ma name when I
started to work."
Yes replied the foreman. you
said it was Tomson."
"Oh, then it's a right" said the
Scot, as he looked toward to TIE pile
Of planks he had yet to carry. "Ah
was jist a-wunnerin' if lou thocht All
said it was Samson"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13

It would be hard to find, even in the
noblest fiction, a story more tragic or
more touching than that of the death
of NJ. Berthelot, the great French
chemist. Three months ago Nine.
Berthelot became i'll, and it was dis.
covered that she had a form of heart
disease from which recovery vas i'm
possible. NJ. Berthelot gave up all his
studies and all his other interests and
took his place by his wife's bedside.
From that time on he scarcely left it.
Not only did he sit there by day, but
such sleep as he got he secured in the
same chair. When the end came he had
been 70 hours without sleep. Nine.
Berthelot, rousing herself as death
touched her, recognized her husband
holding her hand. MY dear, how
good you are!" she murmured. AL
though the accounts of the closing
scenes differ, they all agree that when
be knew that his wife was dead, he
expired almost instantly. In their
deaths they we're separated by a few
moments only.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13
Good Evidence.

One Sunday morning recently the
pastor of a church remarked to his
wife, upon returning from service:
Mary, there was a stranger at serv-
ice this morning.
"What did he look like?" asked the
wife.
Il don't know, for I didn't see him"
Then how did you know that he
was a stranger"
Because 1 found a dollar in the CON
tribution box replied the pastor.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13

At a recent melting Of the French
Societe de Biologie there was an ami
mated debate on the danger of being
poisoned by eating oysters. At Tou.
louise recently a number of persons
were taken i'll after eating oysters
taken from the beds at Cetta; but
the illness was traced by M. Baylac, a
chemist of Toulouse, to other causes.
During the debate it appeared that
the handling of oysters after they are
taken, rather than the waters from
which they are taken, was the cause
Of injecting them with toxic germs
One of the speakers mentioned the Gu
rious fact that stale oysters are less
u~nwholesome when suffered to remain
stale, than they are when revived and
refreshed by pure water.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13
soME REMARKABLE HORSES.
Wonderful Stories About the Steeds
of Famous Men.

In his letters to Lord Granville, pub
lished by the Royal Philosophical So
ciety, who was also greatly interested
in natural history, Smithson. the
founder of the Smithsonian institution
in America, relates how the horse eY
Alexander the Great, Bucephalds,
would at night, on hearing a blast of
the trumpet from the soldiers on guard
showing the approach Of the enemy,
run at great speed to his masters tent
and with his teeth grab the sleeping
monarch and shake him until he sprang
into the saddle and galloped toward
the enemy.
Also that the great Caliph Haroun-el-
Raschid in the eight century in march
ing toward the forces of Queen Irene
Of Constantinople constantly had a
number of trained Arabian horses (di-
rect descendants of the famous horse
owned by Ishmael 1000 years ago.
thrown forward as scouts, who from
time to time returned to camp and by
a peculiar whinny and neigh reported
the proximity Of the enemy.
But, to come down to the present
day, it is related by a retired New
England clergyman, whose sands of
life had nearly run out, that one day
on leading his horse down through a
lane to a brook for a drink the animal
suddenly halted and, turning its head
round, grabbed up with its teeth one of
its hind shoes which had just dropped
off, and, holding it in its mouth with
the nails dangling, it backed up against
a stone wall and clapped it onto its
hoof and with a few violent kicks
nailed II on again.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13

Memorial day, a Deco
ration day as it has come
to be called, with all its
hallowed sanctities, is
deeply imbedded in the
hearts and minds of the
American people. We
are a nation of hero
worshipers and we love
to lay our garlands of
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13

Now the premier of Australia de-
clares that it is Germany and Jepan
that will fight for the supremacy Of
the Pacific. The other nations seem
either very anxious or very eager
about the possibility of Japan's getting
into another war. Failing to make
trouble materialize with the United
States, Germany has now been select
ed as the next best foe upon whom to
"sic" the Japanese.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13

The Christianity / try
to teach is an appeal to
h intelligence, t h g
ideals, the hearts of men,
the appeal for right
thinking and right liv-
ing. Sturgeon once said
the people he preached to
were like a dust heap,
but a dust heap filled
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13
Ne Aetorls Comnlalnt.

The physician looked grave
Il give you" he said, but ten more
years of work"
Grinding his teeth, the actor Kissed
~malevolently;
Curse you, why didn't you tell me
this before? Are you aware that you
have robbed me of at least seven fare
we'll seasons?"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13
OF the New School.

Are you going to send your boy to
~college?"
81 don't see the use" answered
Farmer Corntossel. The first thing a
college professor does when he gets
a bright idea is to publish it. I'd
rather subscribe to the newspapers
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13

Science tells us that flowers, as a
rule, are about one and one-half de-
grees warmer than the surrounding
air. Experience has taught us that a
rose a be comparatively a good deal
hotter than that. If there is a bee in 1t.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13

A French physician has been maxi
ing some experiments to see whether
men should smoke, but in spite Of his
disinterested labors in their behalf the
majority of smokers will feel that they
are as well qualified to furnish expert
testimony on the subject as he ia
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13

while throw a few shovels full of earth
on the dead merchant, lest he stinketh
and polluteth the rest.
EDWARD T. HALE.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13
Where &c Difference La.

what is grand opera as distiact
fropa light opera?"
"Oh, you pretend to appreciate one,
but you can appreciate the othar.'
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13

intelligence. l have always worked for three things
peace, temperance, and right living.
To me the preacher and his congregation bear
an intimate relation, one to the other. The thoughts
of the people preach to seem to CON to me as a
mist which l must give back to them as a flowing
stream. receive from them, but l must return more
than they give. Is it not Desmosthenes who says that
the preacher must bestow with his lips first, then with
his feelings? A preacher must have this sense of per-
sonal contact. A man preaching with his nOae buried
in a manuscript can do nothing,
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13

Information in regard to several ex-
cellent weekly that are for
sale can be obtained by writing to the
western Newspaper Union, Denver.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13
99rMttGal Christianity
ann tbe 2errarber
BY DIR. C. F. AKED.
New Pastor of Rockefeller Church" New York.

with thousands Of little steel filings. q hold the magnet" he would say,
and l draw to it the little particles of steel in the dirt" He meant, Of
course, that he aroused in his hearers that something that inspired them
to be better men and women. do not consider my hearers dust. They
are much more to me. Neither is it a case of rich or poor. 1 do not
see what that has to do with it. / do not ask a workingman to come to
me as a workingman. l want him and all others to come simply as men
and women, and give me their attention and inteligence-their naked
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13

THE INDEPENDENT GLASS COMPANY
Plate and Window Glass, 1870 Blake st.. Denver.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13
Brtgllt Otttlunk fur gultttg
@Fn iii Il Sra GarRrr
BY REAR ADMIRAL JOHN F. MERRY,
U. s. Navy. Retired.

7 can be said fairly that a career at sea holds out as many at
fractions and as bright prospects of Advancement to young
men of the right kind as it ever did. l should say that in
many respects the outlook for young men who would go to
sea is better than it ever was.
The great Improvement in the treatment of the men and
in their surroundings generally need not be mentioned, be-
cause that is a well-attested fact.
The opportunity for a young man to rise by merit alone is
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13

RON INK Dealers in all kinds Of merchan.
-NSN uise Mammoth catBlOg mailed
iree. Corner Sixteenth and Blake, Denver
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13

rATMH6Rus J. H. WILSON STOCK SADDLES
ASK your dealer FOR them. Take no other.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13

AMERICAN HOUSE 2slosss f5E from Y
day hotel in the West. American plan.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13

THE DENVER PAINT AND VARNISH co.
The Acme Quality Line. 1870 Blake Sd. Denver
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13
BROWN PALACE HOTEL AAls gse slsss
European Plan. 81 so and Upward.

CT0uE REPAIRS OF every known make
Of stove. furnace or range. Geo. A.
Tullen. 1881 Lawrence. Denver. Phone 525.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13

BEE SUPPLIES Rsss goods ID aad Eve,
Colorado Honey Producers Assn. Denver.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13
THE COLORADO SADDLERY co.

Factory 1SO1-9 Market ST., Denver.
Harness in every style. Saddles Of every description.
Ask your dealer for the Smoothest Line in the West"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13

edge. with industry, loyalty and the capacity for executive ability never
was so great.
1t is true that the great bulk of the maritime commerce of the world
is not conducted, as it once was, under the American flag. There was a
time when the stars and stripes hoated over most Of the sailing vessels
that trayersed the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
A great deal might be accomplished in the direction of placing the
American seamen where he once was, in the lead among the maritime
people of the world, by the multiplication of ships having the purpose for
which the Enterprise was designated. Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and
New York have nautical training ships, and it has been understood that
other states also would be provided with them.
These training ships ought to turn out Is many competent men as
would be needed. The Enterprise was particularly successful in this
respect, a large number of the boys who graduated from its course in
nautical training having found superior positions in the merchant marine
In the naval service the prospect of advancement for an alert, active,
intelligent young man to-day is, of course, very much brighter than it
ever was before. There is now a door opened by congress, through which
the qualified young man can hope to pass from the noncommssoned to
the commissioned rank in time Of peace,
while the seaman who does not aspire to H
that promotion is to-day better-houseG,
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13
Denver Directory

HAY WOOD ROU FLIES-Ask our dealer.
duns, Athletic Supplies, Tackle. he Whitney
sporting Goods CO., sos 18th St., Opp.DenverClub
CUSREMAN GASOLINE ENGINE To- rs s END n 3.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13

the commissioned rank in time of peace,
while the seaman who does not aspire to
that promotion is to-day better-houseG,
better-fed and better-paid.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13
D HOTEL

RFNUED ~ Block from Union Depot
IENV Fire Proof. Modern. European
I'll Plan, Popular p Ices
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-10

many people are cognkant OF discred
met Florence Schcnck. Wilson'S first
was In 1892, when he came over hero
with IN earl, bringing n string of
English coaching horses
The coaching enterprise was not u
success, and the Ear, disgusted, re-
turned TO England. After the coaching
business had been played out, VIII
son remained in Chicago and estab-
illshod a fashionable riding and driving
school. which was quilt n success Tor
several months. Some time after VIII
son and the Earl arrived in Chicago
there appeared there 81 handsome. cul-
tivatcd young English woman, who was
introduced by Wilson as his wife.
Wilson and the woman remained in
Chicago for several months, md then
went5to Orange. n. j., where he became
manager OF the Gentlemen's Driving
Club.5 In 1898 or 1899.
Wilson accepted q flattering Offer
ito go to Plymouth, Mass, TO manage
tho stables of Eben y. Jordan. HE
Wilson's cut wide swath In plymouth
until 1902 VIII len MRS wilson went to
England. During her absence Wilson
elppod with Hester Cook. OF Plymouth,
they being married In New Hampshire.
When the couple returned TO PlS-
mouth Wilson was ostracl2ed; and
they moved I oNew York City. Sh ortly
afterwards the English woman re-
turned to America and sought out the
couple. There were several stormy
scenes, and the upstort OF them was
that tho first woman won Wilson away
from his girl bride. whom he deserted.