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The Jasper news., 1907-03-21

whether is it good business, but
whether 1t Is good morals?
For you and / know, and all the
world is coming to know, that not
one dollar is ever saved or made by
unfair means that does not curse the
possessor. And man may be as dis
honest in saving money as in getting
It.
1t is right to spend our money with
the home town and wrong to send it
away because we are under obliga-
tions to the home town, but not to
the mail order house.
Financial Obligations.
In the first place the country is un-
der financial obligations to the town.
OF course the town is also indebted
to the country, but the town cannot
help but pay It's debt, Its very exist
ence does that. Hence we are merely
discussing the country side Of the OBJ
legation. Et-s
Find 200 acres OF good land almost
anywhere that is 20 miles from town
and you can buy it for $25 an acre.
The same land within ten miles will
bring $35, within five miles its value
is $50, within two miles $85 an acre.
Thus that town has increased tho
land within a radius of ten miles an
average of sS5 dollars an acre. AB
that Is about the age of country towns
generally, you may figure that town,
as long as 1t is fairly prosperous, in
creases the land around 1t an average
of one dollar an acre every year,
Not considering staple articles like
cattle, hogs and grain which can be
shipped and sold anyway, the town as
a local market is worth at least SIS
| a year to the ordinary farmer
The Jasper news., 1907-03-21
YOUR OBLIGATIONS ].
COME or THE THINGS YOU OWE
sYouR OWN TOWN.
YOU SHOULD RUY AT HOME
The Country Town Can Be Made
the Very Best Place to
Live In the United
States.

Copyright. by Alfred C. Clark.)
A preacher who was crank on
doctrine wearied his congregation by
constantly harping on baptism. A
brother that longed for rest handed
him a text he thought safe, "The way
of the transgressor Is hard"
Friends" said the preacher, there
are three things suggested by this
scripture: First, the transgressor.
Second, his conversion. Third, his
baptism. We will pass over the first
two and come at once to the third"
Many reasons why people should
trade at home rather than send their
money away have been given, but sup
pose we pass them all by and come at
once to the one vital reason:
1t Is the right thing to do.
For after all the fundamental ques-
ton in every transaction Is whether
1t Ia right or wrong. Not will I save
money, but Is 1t just? Not is 1t more
convenient, but Is 1t fair? Not
The Jasper news., 1907-03-21
OF Erlendship Among Women.

Can women be friends? Sacrifices
for the sake OF love of man and OFF,
spring are recorded without number,
but female Davids and Damons are
not readily discovered in either his
tory or legend. Professors OF pla-
tonic affection continue to evoke ieers
of incredulity, and the traditional dis
righteousness of dearest friends"
still plays we'll Its part In caricature.
The changeableness of woman's ma
ture has become automatic. says q
writer in Harper's Bazaar. Can 1T be
that, throughout the ages, even to
these enlightened days, II has retain
ed consistency In this respect alone?
1t suffices for us to raise the ques-
ton; to others Of more certain mind
we relinquish the hazardous privilege
of adducing evidence and passing
judgment.
The Jasper news., 1907-03-21

For example: This year the peach
markets were 80, glutted no ordinary
fruit would pay the express. Around
the little town IN which the < writer
lives most farmers haven few peach
trees. The 1000 Inhabitants bought
nearly every bushel In the vicinity at
from 40 cents to O. dollar a bushel.
More than $4,000 was paid for peaches
within three weeks. 5s.
That was clear gain which must be
set over to the credit of the town,
Plums, cherries, early vegetables,
scores of little odds and ends, perish-
able stuff that the farmer could not or
would not ship he turns into cash at
the home town i
So If a man owns 200 acres within
reach of town, he will receive $275 q
year direct cash value from that
town, none of which he would receive
from the mail order house.
To be sure, the town does not do.
nate him that amount, the town was
not built for the purpose Of philan-
thropy, yet he receives an actual cash
benefit because. the town Is there; and
he is under actual financial ;obliga.
tions to return that benefit by spend.
ing his money at home.
1t is not an obligation that the law
would recognize, but 1t is one that ap-
peals to those independent, clean
hearted men Of high honor who feel
that perfect honesty demands that
when benefits are received from
stranger or brother, friend or foe,
benefits should be returned.
1t is sometimes argued that the
town has forfeited its right to the
farmers patronage by selling too high
The Jasper news., 1907-03-21

But careful investigation will not
bear out that contention. Your town
is unusually prosperous II you can
count more than four merchants who
have cleared $4,000 in the past ten
years. That IL thousand dollars a
year for time and interest on capital.
You can count five or six others who
have failed during that time, lost
everything. The January invoice will
not show net gain of $500 per
business man. That means the or
dinary merchant and his capital are
not clearing $50 month. This does
not indicate an unreasonable profit on
goods sold.
Social Obligations.
It Is right for the country to spend
Of the social obligations between
them.
The town is the center Of your com.
munity. From 1t radiates your rural
| mail service; In 1t center your tele-
| phone systems. On the streets of the
town you meet your ,neighbors Satur'
day afternoons and exchange news
and experience. You go to 1t for day
of recreation when the snow comes
the fair, or on holidays.
There during the winter lecture
course you hear great orators and ex
cellent musicians. The political rallies
the church conference or association
are held there,
BY and by In the pretty little vii
lage church. whose spire You can see
from your farm, you son will preach
the gospel. In the brick building two
doors from the corner, a farmer boy
! will open a law Office, and in the little
The Jasper news., 1907-03-21
Hasten Slowly.

It is not well to be too eager to &C.
quire wealth, especially when 1t en-.
tails long hours Of work and constant
anxiety. The other day rich mer.
chant Of Illinois, travelling in England,
wrote home to his son, who is carrying
on the business: II am middle
aged man." he said, "and / am just
learning that 1t is wisest to hasten
slowly" In the anxiety to grow rich,
he had made too much haste, and had
suffered seriously in health and in
the reasonable enjoyment of life. He
had worked all day and all night when
occasion appeared to demand it; he
had taken no count of days of rest, or
any other time. 1t was work and
scheme, scheme and work, all the
time. He had at last awakened in
his old age. to the fact that he has
made great mistake. No one depre-
Gates work, steady and persevering;
for the young man that is, in many
instances, essential to any kind of
success; but to make oneself a slave
to the anxiety to become rich is an
other matter. That is just what many
a husband and father is now doing.
1t is the wife's duty, says New York
Weekly, to check this; she should
take care that he does not become SO
consumed by the notion that he must
constantly improve his condition by
unceasing labor, day after day, and
thus let his life slip away and his
health go with it. The anxiety to get
wealth does not always end in con.
slant work; it often entails growing
carelessness for the difference be.
tween right and wrong and the vel.
fare of others. Very frequently a
woman forces her husband along this
dangerous path instead of keeping him
In check. She sees money coming in,
and she spends it, not troubling about
how he works to get it or in which
way he obtains the coveted wealth.
The Jasper news., 1907-03-21
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The Jasper news., 1907-03-21
Tho Editors Hard Lines.
GLOWING is from an unidentified

foAio"AhB 40 iioih al uhiuOutihOu
source:
If the editor makes mistake he
has to apologize for 1t. but IL the doc
tor makes one he buries it. If we
make one there is a lawsuit, swear.
ing and smell of sulphur, but II the
doctor makes one there Is a funeral,
cut flowers and the smell Of yarnish.
The doctors can use word yard
long without knowing what 1t means,
but if the editor uses It he has to
spell It. II the doctor goes to see an
other mans wife, he charges for the
visit, but II the editor goes to see an,
other mans wife, he gets a charge OF
buckshot. Any medical college can
make a doctor. You can't make an
editor. He has to be born. When q
doctor gets drunk it's a case OF over
come by heat and II he dies, 1t Is
heart trouble. When an editor gets
drunk. it's a case Of too much booze.
and II he dies it's case OF delirium
tremeEa."
The Jasper news., 1907-03-21

A vast increase in the importations
of briarwood pipes is noted, which is
complimentary to the taste of old
smokers. There may be solace in a
good cigar but there's likewise COM
fort and joy in sweet pipe, declares
the Boston Herald. 1t is much affected
nowadays out of doors and on the
busy street, but that is violation OF
good taste. The den is the place for
the pipe.
The Jasper news., 1907-03-21

A collateral descendant of William
Shakespeare has died in London in
the person Of George Shakespeare
Hart. He was an engineer and was
GA years old. A pedigree in posses
sion of the family shows his descent
from the Poets family. Shakespeare's
sister, Joan. married William Hart.
q halter, of Stratford-on.Avon, and it
was from him that George Shakespeare
Hart descended.
The Jasper news., 1907-03-21

Speaking of talking machines, In
dia is great country for this instru-
ment, and thousands Of them are in
use. The native who can command
the price wants talking machine, and
the records he delights In are those
which reproduce the native songs
The American machine takes the lead
and there is room for more.
The Jasper news., 1907-03-21

The extraordinary resuscitating
power Of light recently received curl
Gus illustration in the silver mines at
Laurium, Greece. A mine had been
abandoned 1000 years, when some
poppy seed was found beneath the
Stag. The Stag being removed. in a
short time the entire space was COW
cred with the most gorgeous show Of
poppies.
The Jasper news., 1907-03-21

A popularity of the eyeball Of the
mole is that it can be projected for
ward several times Its own diameter
beyond the orbit and retracted in like
manner. DR.. Lindsay Johnson notes
that this is necessary for vision. as
the animals dense fur SO covers the
eye that the making of an opening is
the only way to see.
The Jasper news., 1907-03-21

"A full-fedged liar dwells in Whining.
ton. Del. He solemnly declares that
he placed brooding hen on q "set-
ting" of cold-storage eggs. The result
was that she Matched II chickens
which had fur instead of feathers, and
he attributes this phenomenal result
to the fact that nature adapts all
animals to their environment.
The Jasper news., 1907-03-21

The Siamese government, which
floated a loan of $4,000, 900 in 1905. is
reported to have placed another bond
issue OF s15,oO0,00O at four and one,
half per cent, which was taken up by
London, Paris and Berlin bankers on
January 81. A large part OF the new
Issue Is for railways,
The Jasper news., 1907-03-21
Tho Most ApproprIate.

Bridget Should say Dinner is
ready" or Dinner is served? r.
Mistress--Well II it's like yester'
day. think you had better say. "Din'
nsr is spoiled. s
The Jasper news., 1907-03-21

South Carolina Game Cocks to Mexico.
Mr.. s. NJ. Pickens is now shipping
IL gamc cocks to Mexico, for which he
receives eight dollars each, says the
Anderson Intelligencer. He has also
an order for 100 at nve dollars each,
and 80 at eight dollars each. aggregat-
ing 1895. Mr.. Pickens has large
number OF fine chickens at different
walks in the county. and is getting to-
gether the 15o for the ssSs order.
The breeds raised by Mr.. Plckens
are the CHM grays and the Warhorse.
They arc excellent pit cocks and se-
lected and bred to stand steel.
The Jasper news., 1907-03-21

It il not enough that we swallow
truth; We must feed upon It, - In.
sects do on the leaf, till the whole
heart be colored by It's qualities, and
show its food in every nber.-Cols
ridge. 4
The Jasper news., 1907-03-21

Satan fears nothing mols than p
cheerful consscratioa,
, 1907-01-25
HEART INTEREST IN
THE PLAY TONIGHT,

1t will be a treat to lovers of the
western drama to witness tonight, at
the Opera House. the presentation of
"a Texas Ranger" by the excellent
company now in the city for that pur-
pose. The cast was made with a view
to the bringing out of the best effects
of the story, which deals with those
heart-actions common to so many of
the human family, appealing to their
sense of right and justice, to their
feeling of pity for the weak and scorn
for those whose steps r often toward
the hurtful to others, and those who
like a story well presented and in
keeping with the spirit of the writer.
"A Texas Ranger is stronger in scenic
presentation than ever before, having
much special scenery and appliances,
and the management of the Opera
House believes it n Of the most fin
ished pieces staged here in some time,
The seat sale has been good, and there
promises to be a houseful when the
curtain rises.
, 1907-01-25
BRIEFLY

Partly cloudy today.
All kinds of valentines. Bookstore.
Building association meeting tonight
No police court cases this morning.
The weather was a little cool this
morning.
The trains from both directions were
late today.
All classes and kinds of rubber
goods repaired at Lovejoy's.
American Beauties, $1.5O to IS doz.
Mrs, Wall, Golden Rule. Phone 1Sx.
Choice roses and carnations, prices
reasonable, Mrs. Hertzog's. Phone 43C.
August Radichal late yesterday aft
ernoon presented five coyote pelts for
bounty.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Marker died last evening, at their
home on the west side.
The bank barometer this morning
marked $500, at which point it had
stood for several hours.
The machinery at the Overland Plas-
ter company's plant worked beautifully
yesterday in the trial run.
The cat at the city hall, the pet Of
the habitues of the police station, died
last night, and there are lamentations
galore.
Ben Watkins, who lives on Custer
street, was under the care of a sur
geon yesterday afternoon, having trou-
BILE with one Of his ears.
Mrs. ]. S. Atherly. who has been i'll
for several months, was able to write
a letter to her husband this morning,
the first time she has used a pen since
her illness.
A son was born this morning to Mr..
and Mrs. W. H. Bridger, who are stop
ping in this city. Mother and babe
doing nicely. Mrs. Bridger was for.
merly Miss Mabel TRADING.
Rev. H. Bloom from the Nebraska
mission conference will arrive from
Denver about noon tomorrow and visit
| Rev. c. Swanson in this city and
preach in the Swedish church next
Sunday.
Herbert Kennedy has been added to
the clerical force of The Republican
and on Monday will accept a position
as assistant in the business department,
the constantly increasing business in
this office making the addition of an.
other man necessary.
Hon. w. H. Frazee was able to be
down to the store for a short time to-
day though he is by no means well,
He is suffering considerably from neu,
ralgia in the face aggravated by a Sc
we're attack of grippe. Mrs. Frazee and
two of the children have also been on
the sick list but are o recovered, Mr..
Frazee having a harder time to shake
off his trouble, which has hung on for
nearly a month.
, 1907-01-25
"TEA AND TOAST" WRITER
Is GOING TO RAWLINS

Frank w. Stems, who has been writ
ing the Tea and Toast matter ap
pearing in The Republican during the
past week leaves today for Rawlins
Mr.. Stems is a drummer for a Denver
firm, his line being grocer's specialties.
His literary work is OF more than av.
erage excellence, his verses being quite
pleasing. The Republican will re.
ceive literary matter from Mr.. Stems
from time to time and no doubt its
publication will be a pleasure to the
readers.
, 1907-01-25
WILL ATTEND MEETING

VT ~ SElEhiiN@s
There will be a meeting of the Mys-
tic Shrine at Cheyenne on the eth of
February, all the paraphernalia hav
ing been sent there from the head
quarters of Korein temple at Rawlins,
when a large class will be initiated.
The chairman of the committee. F. A.
Hadsell, has written to ask how many
of the Laramie members will be pres
ent, so that he may arrange for their
entertainment. Among the Laramie
people who are planning to be present
are Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Hynds, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred A. Miller, ]. T. Holiday,
Frank Holiday, the King brothers and
others. J.. P. Helm, warden of the
~penitentiary at Rawlins, will be pres
ent, and it is possible that Otto Gramm
of this city will have to take his place
at the prison and miss the "doings"
at the Cheyenne meeting.
, 1907-01-25
PROGRAM FOR THE
SATURDAY MEETING.

The social science department of the
Laramie Women's club will meet at
the club rooms in the Carnegie build
ing at 2:3O Saturday afternoon, when a
program will be rendered, preceded by
the business meeting of the section.
The program, follows:
Roll call, current events.
Music, Mrs. w. C. Knight.
Debate, Should the government own
the railroads." Affirmative, Mrs. Bel
lamy and Mrs. e. C. Holiday. Mega
tive, Mrs. Lee n Miss Carpenter.
Review of Everybody's Magazine,
Mrs. Patched.
, 1907-01-25

Governor Brooks is at Denver.

Governor Brooks is at Denver.
VIII Schilling is over from Cheyenne.
d. N. Stickney returned this after.
noon from Denver, where he had been
to attend the stock show.
Hon. and Mrs. Niles Callahan ar.
rived from Cheyenne this afternoon
and will remain here until Sunday.
Senator Atherly and Representative
King of the Albany county delegation
are at Denver attending the stock
show.
Prof. IL. G.. knight returned this aft.
ernoon from Cheyenne, where he had
been to attend the meeting of the gro
GERS of the state.
Dan Haskins returned this morning
from Danville, Ill, where he had been
with the remains of Lis mother, who
died in this city a few days ago.
William Weightman of Rawlins is in
the city, the guest of the family Of his
brother, James E. Weightman, of the
Model market, and will return home to.
night.
Hon. E. w. Burke, the pure food
commissioner, who has been at Chey-
enne for several days, passed through
this city this afternoon, on his way
home to Evanston. He had been at
the state capital, having a display of
the pure foods of the state, which will
be left in the rotunda of the capital
until about the 4th of February.
, 1907-01-25
GREENBECK ASSAlLANT
is WITHOUT FRIENDS.

c. F. Albert asserts that John Robin.
son, the negro who is in the county
jail charged with assaulting Fred
Greenbeck, is without friends among
the colored people of this city, he re-
fusing to affiliate with them in their
church and lodge work and holding
himself above them. Mr.. Albert says
hat Robinson preferred to work with
white men at the rolling mills and did
not permit himself to remain long with
gangs made up of colored citizens.
The Hanna negro who started to raise
a purse for his defense was told the
true situation n dropped the matter
forthwith.
, 1907-01-25
SELECTED
FOR BURNS

At a meeting of the Scotians of this
city last night, at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Baillie, Peter Smart was Sc
lected as floor manager of the Burns
birthday celebration at North Star hall
tonight, with Hugh Vass as assistant
The door will be in charge of a com
mittee consisting of John Smith, John
Baillie and Dan Mcdonald. The prin
cipal address will be delivered by Rob.
ert Nelson of Morgan, Miss Burke will
sing and there will be other musical
and literary numbers, occurring be
tween dances. The supper will be
served in the banquet room.
, 1907-01-25
HOME FROM TRIP

TOhF ITO
Hon. John Reid, ranger in charge of
the Grow creek forest reserve, return,
ed late yesterday afternoon from Chey-
enne, where he had been to meet Su-
pervisor l.. G. Davis of the Medicine
Bow reserve, who is also the s%upervis-
gentlemen went together to Fort Rus
sell for a conference with Major Batch
ford, the military commandant at the
post, in regard to the reserve, the mill
tary department being also interested
therein. The annual maneuvers of the
troops of this military division are held
on this reserve.
, 1907-01-25
ANNUAL MEETING OF

BUILDING ASSOCIATION.
The annual meeting Of the share
holders of the ALBANY Mutual Building
association will be held at the court
house tonight, for the election of a
new board Of trustees. for the reading
of the reports of the officers and for
the disposal OF some routine business.
At the last monthly meeting of the
board of trustees, held the night after
Christmas. the following gentlemen
were nominated for trustees: Eli
Crumrine, r. E. Fitch. j. W. Johnson,
7. H. Simpson, ]. T. Holiday, Lewis
Tyvold and w. H. Frazee. President
Corthell will preside. He declined to
be considered a candidate for re-elec'
ton as a member of the board and
will probably relinquish the Office OF
president with tonight's meeting
There Is some talk of an opposition
ticket for trustees, but the names OF
the candidates are not made public.
, 1907-01-25
LARAMIE YOUNG LADY
WAS OPERATED UPON.

Fred Goetz received a letter from
his brother, John, this morning, who
went to Denver a day or two ago with
his daughter, Lille, who had been i'll
with appendicitis. Miss Goetz was OPP
Grated upon yesterday at st. Joseph's
hospital at II o'clock, by DR.. Bagot,
and rallied splendidly from the shock.
She is getting along finely, Mr. Goetz
was enthusiastic in his praise of DR.,
Bagot and the sisters and nurses at
the hospital.
, 1907-01-25
Attention, Scotchmen.

The Laramie Burns club will cele-
brate the 14Sth anniversary of the
birth of Robert Burns at North Star
hall on Friday, the 25th of January,
1907, and all Scotchmcn, their families
and friends are invited to be present.
Come. The ladies of the Presbyterian
church will furnish supper at % cents
a plate. Q39t2) COMMITTEE.