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The Monte Vista journal., 1907-09-14
GAMES OF shARPeRs.
Some Of the Methods Used for seeur
Ing Money DishonestIy.

Millions upon millions of dollars are
fraudulently taken from the pockets
Of the people year after year through
the operation Of confidence men. The
schemes used by these men are numer.
GUS. Nearly all are based upon the
fact that the average person is always
willing to take the BEST of bargain.
During the past few months swim.
oilers have been operating in different
parts Of the country. and their method,
while a modification Of an old swim.
ding game. has some new features
worthy Of notice. Their usual proceed.
ure Is to locate farmers who are not
we'll known to local bankers and loan
men. They approach the farmer and
under pretext Of seeking to purchase
farming land. manage In some way to
secure his signature. This is general.
ly done by inducing him to write q
letter. or to sign some statement.
Once the signature 10 secured. a ficti.
tious deed to the farmers land is pre-.
pared and this IL fixed up in such a
manner ~ to show the seal of some
notary or other oalcer. Then with
this deed the swindler u in position to
negotiate q loan upon TIE, land. This
game has been successfully worked In
= number Of western states.
Residents OF agricultural dis,rcts
should be continually on their guard
against the signing OF receipts or any
kind OF contract which may be pre-.
scented to them by strangers. Within
the past year some smooth swindlers
have succeeded In securing thousands
OF dollars on fraudulent notes. secur.
Ing from farmers. who were foolish
enough to take for trial washing ma.
chimes. refrigerators. etc. and to give
their receipts for the same. These re.
ceipts turning up later a. negotiable
notes.
The writer of checks cannot be too
careful In Milling In the amounts. The
favortte methods Of the check receiver
10 to insert after the words six"
"seven." eight" or nine" the letter
'y"or 'ty" and change the ciphers In
the check accordingly. Thus II can be
seen that . check written for eight
dollars. by the addition Of the letter
~" can be made to read for eighty
dollars and the changing Of the
amount. II II be In numerals, by the
addition Of cipher. makes the forgery
when well executed. hard to discover.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-09-14
No Real Change.

Controller Metz Of New York said
the other day OF bill that he dis
liked:
Il object to this bill because 1t would
accomplish nothing. 1t would make
no real change. 1t would be like the
case OF the actor and the canal boat
captain.
There was once upon time an
actor who. after an enforced idleness
of two months. was lucky enough to
secure an engagement In town twen-
ty-five miles away.
1.-THE case was a hurry-up one. The
actor had to reach the distant town
that night II he failed to arrive. then
his part would be assigned to some ono
else.
well. the man patched his worn
boots with patent thread. pinned up
his few belongings In newspaper and
set out In the early morning on foo;
along the tow-path. He had only 4
few coppers. hence the train was an
impossibllity.
But after the poor fellow had COW
cred some six or seven miles his boots
gave out, blisters rose on his feet.
fatigue overcame him and In despair
he threw himself on the grass beneath
tree.
"As he lay there in bitter mood, a
canal boat hove in sight 1t drew near
slowly and an idea seized the actor.
Captain he shouted, rising hur.
riedly. Captain, pull up. for the love
Of heaven.'
wall. wot dye want? said the cap
tain. as he stopped the boat.
Captain said the actor. I have 10
get to Quag tonight to play second
heavy in THE Evil That Men Do" l
am footsOre and weary and can walk
no further. II you will assist me l will
work my passage
THE captain gave the actor kindly
nod.
fright y'are,' he said. Lead the
boss"
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-09-14
WHEN THE CURTAIN Is Down.

When the curtain IL down and the
lights are out.
died away,
With only the empty scene about.
How hollow and cheap IL our little
play.
When paint and powder are all laid by.
And the gaudy tinsel no longer
shines,
And we find what we thought the blue
of sky
To be as false as the players lines;
When the mask is dropped and we see
at last
Beneath the smirk OF the shallow
clown.
May we find no friend whom we love
Is cast
In a different role with the curtain
down.
-Reynale Smith Pickering.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-09-14
TOWN soosr'Mo r,ss.

The visitor who trips over your
broken sidewalk will not have Q very
high opinion Of your town % q place
Of business.
The home town 10 the best place
for the boys II you will make thu
home town prosperous. Keeping tho
mossy at homo will do this. Il
means home opportunities for your
children.
Don't drive around the hole n the
road week after week. Oct your
aeigAbors together and az Il.
The home market for the farm prod.
ucts 10 the saving clause 10 our syv.
ten q government. Tate away the
IN your community. Not neceeesrijy
home markets and the farms will soon
become Improbable and vaiusleee.
No city mail.ordsr house viii q.
teaA credit 70 you whsa times are
har1. q crops fAiL Coull you eon.
sl0tootly est Il q your hone Dee.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-09-14
Time 70 Fly.

The trust magnate leaped up from
the banquet table and made a dive
tor his 100-milean-hour automobile.
Hold on" cried the astonished
toastmaster. won't you wait for VI
to serve the dessert!"
NO." replied the nervous magnate;
II Just saw suspicious face loom up
1t the window. The next thing served
will be . process"
And telling his chauffeur to put on
full speed the wealthy fugitive headed
Tor the next state.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-09-14
Prepared.

Johnny. where have you been? Your
hair II suspiciously wet. School was
out two hours ago"
II fell In the creek"
But your clothes are not wet"
well. you see. mamma. while I was
standin' on the bridge thought maybe
Id fall In. NO took of my clothes. an
l did."-i.ife.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-09-14
The Reason.

I'm this settlement" said the Bill.
Vile farmer. I'VE call all the literary
fellers we kin ketch lcadin'' authors.
because ~ . rule they're powerful
handy At leadin' mules 10 water."-At.
lanta Constitution.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-09-14

don. Ny wife and many h my friends
have used Doan's Kidney Pills with
good results and can earnestly rec
ommend them"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents . box.
Foster.Nilburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-09-14

with my back and
kidneys. I doctored
and used many RENE
dies without getting
relief. Beginning with
Deans Kidney Pills.
I found relief from
the hrst box. and two
boxes restored me to
mod. a0und condi.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-09-14

Il hear the Neweds have had Q
dreadful quarrel and that the bride
II talking Of going home to her moth.
er. What's the matter?''~
Il believe one evening she got the
supper from her cooking school
recipes. and when the boys in the
neighborh0od lost their ball In q hole
under the fence. Mr.. Viewed gave
them one OF her biscuits to finish the
Iama"
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-09-14

Laundry work at home would b
much more satisfactory II the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness. 1t 10 usually neces.
sary to use 20 much starch that the
beauty and lineness Of the fabric 10
hidden behind . paste Of varying
thickness. which not only destroys tho
appearance. but also affects the wear.
ing quality OF the goods. This trou-
bic can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch. n It can be applied
much more thinly because Of its great.
@ strength than other makes.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-09-14

A man may think he knows more
than \ doctor. hut he il apt to listen
when IA lawyer tells him he needs u
change OF climatc.-Atchison Globe.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-09-14

II was Gracie's first funeral. Uncle. 4"
she Whispered hoarsely. whats that
fanny thing done up in that funny look.
Ing packaxe?" Uncle explained that II
was her aunt
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-09-14

The children were dispnting over the
rules Of the game. Il know" cried one
Of them joyously. well look It up In
the dictinary."
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-09-14
poEs YOUR BACK ACHE,
PROFIT BY tie Experience Of One Wine
HAe Found Relief.

James R. Keller. retired farmer.
u Fenner st.. Casenovia, N. T.. says:
About fifteen years ago I tufRered
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-09-14

asa. WleeDoW's 0osoAAng 0zsUA
~ ea1t4fso tooQ. ssesaas ~ Gesss. so4osas =,
But the bIosds lawyer 10 not always
. legal light
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-09-14
A Thncy,

why Do men swear!" asked one
woman.
Its due 70 the vanity Of the sex. !"
answered Miss Cayenne. They want
TO b noticed even when they can't
think OF anything Of real Importance
to SAY"
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-09-14

chant when you send Your money to
the city during the days Of prosper.
ity?
Encourage small factories to locate
BY means OF \ bonus, but BY keeping
the children In the home town that
they may become factory employees,
and get q home opportunity to raise
In the world.
Do not begrudge tho money paid
for taxes when II IL used for road and
town improvements. Such On sx.
psnditurs II like bread cast upon
the Waters-lt will return many fold,
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-09-14

la4lee Can Wear ohees
o. sise snaller after using Allen's Foot.
EAse. A certain cure for swollen ,swestin
bot. aching feet. Al al Druggists, &c. Ac.
eept no substitute. Trial package FREE
Address A. 8. Olmsted. lie Roy, N.Y.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-10
MORE PARKS ONE
Of PRESSING
CITY NEEDS
Beautiful Little Oasis on West
Central Avenue Is Far Too
Small to Meet the Demands
Made Upon It,

zone ~ the pressing needs Of AL
buuucrquc az present" said "a WELL
known citizen yesterday, 'Is more
parks Sow Is the time. while the
city is small and and is cheap, loo
secure % big tract close m and set 30
aside for "a park, plant II with trees.
end prepare for what win he a vital
necessity as The CRY grows. Look at
Robinson park. for example. 10 is %
beautiful little spot and shows what
can De done in the park building hue
ln This city. II Is crowded every sum
mor evening with children and grown
people. and when there Is a band con-
cert it o. far too small 10 accommu-
date The thronga hat flock 20 its
grass and spreading shade trees.
My idea would be to secure a big
omen space In some of the low-lying
tracts ON the west side NJ the city,
which are nevertheless high enough
10 be In no danger Of flooding from
the river. There is water everywhere
a. "a depth Of q few feet. and q beau
tiful artificial lake could be e%Xcayated
at small cost. serving the added pur-
pose Of draining the rest Of the land.
Trees would grow like magic and
there would be little expense In main
tanning the park after 81 was started.
1t could be made large enough 20
have u Casino and show grounds
which could be- rented 90 %circusos and
hnws Ina short. 10 could be made %
paying Investment n some company
would take up tho proposition. The
city will need a cool. shady summer
breathing and resting place close I'M
when 30 gets q Nttlc larger. and now
is the time 10 bee looking To the fu-
turl.'
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-10
BIG BUSINESS WEARS OUT
THE P0ST0FFICE FLOORS
Extensive Repairs Bcing Made at Loo
cat Onice on Account ui Increased
Number Of tcCt Per Diem.

THE fact That the Albuquerque post
office Is IT, enter the first or $50. 600
class during the present year o. OWE
don't NOT only from Iht way tho rec
UrII'- are jumping. but Dos tho way
thp people are wearing out the floors
ul Goo institution. 8 torcc of cIrptu-
ttrs were put Co work by Pos master
Hopkins yesterday putting BOZ 81 Dot 81
now flooring nt tho entrance, whore
thuu .luis 81 Albuquerque feet have
nrru trtmrlrg out thc boards Boz the
a.f r.u months AZ the present rate
10y Increase of feet DO is stld fha ro-f-
master E seriously considering having
d. nHer sheathyd with iron to stand
IND pres ure.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-10
DRAWHEAD WRECKS
BRIDGE; TRAFFIC
DENORALIZEO
Half Dozen Freight Cars Pile
Into Arroyo at Waldo and
Trains Held Up All Day as
Result,

Traffic on The Santa Fc was tied
49, practically al day yesterday On the
Sew Mexico division by au accident
which occurred 1t Waldrp. "a station
some miles north of Gsrtllloa yrster-
morning s draWhend ou q
freight car foi down, aH tine train was
crossing me bridge coo waldo. wreck
Ing the bridge ana tearing up @ Dot 81
adjoining track and piling half 70 dozen
freight rnra lu lupNtflruhlc confusion
iu the bottom uf the arroyo Eight
care were dcrailed.
Train No. 3 for the east. which arr
rived here at 81 80 Yesterday morning.
was hcid here until about . O'Clock.
past INK the ~wcEtbouud limited 700 Ala
media The wrrckiuE crew lrit here
Zoo the forenoon and put boo % hari
days work repairing the track and
bridge.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-10
NOTED PREACHER
TO LECTURE HERE
Rev. Dr. T. Wesley IIill. ~ James
Church. brooklyn. 10 sprak nder
An-picc~ 0f thc brotherhood of ~
Paul.

Through the efforts ~ Dr. J. g.
Rollins. ~ tho First Methodist church.
and the brotherhood gf So Paul AL
buquefque people are 10 have q
rare treat iu % lecture by the famous
preacher. Dr. J Wesley FIJI, ~
James church, brooklyn, Hcknowl-
edged a. one ~ The most eloquent
Preacher 81 his time Dr. HNl will
preach Tor Dr. Rollins in tho First
Methodist chLrrh next sunday and
Monday evening Hll lecture under
the ]Huapices ~ the brotherhood The
Ierrrfe wi Do free ana viii be An
offering for which Albuquerque geo
Die Wil Boz indebted ~ he BFuther-
hood ~ -. Paul
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-10
RAILROAD NOTES.

Day Round House Foreman Mich
lsl WeNor ls back from Denver.
Blacksmith Foreman james poWers
hna returned from % "trip Gro Montreal,
Canada
O. a. Hutchinson. former chief
rl1Iw agent for tho Santa Pee coast
lIues uHa a local visitor yesterday.
g. Is. vorhce. chief lime keeper
for tHe g. 90 sharpe Construction
company on tut Hclen cut.n0. was
here Yesterday. accompanied by Die
us rfau. 30 D. Scott
Auditor %. 81 smith. of tho Harvey
system. Whp nHa many friends here.
Ia reported 900 lu a Colorado SPRING.
ho-pitBi with typhoid f.Nor super
i|ntsudeni John Stein Del. Tor Colorado
springs Yesterday
q suur track eleven miles long De-
being Built Dos thr SANTA Fr atoms fh,
hnuEa of thc Nlu trInds above Doe
mIura. north uf thia city. tu mako
nf4fr convenient ease shipping of iHHs
Uult,I down fhe river Goo the big
boom by thc RIO umndc Boom rome
pans
81 understood thar o. % Faux
ne. Hf laHs Angelic manager of tho
tu tnl timber department of fho
Santa &c. and who wHe .n N%IhuGu'r-
0ur "a fau daNa uraf booking over fha
'H.fI plant site viii leave fnr AUS
traIla Iu thc near future Goo studs the
eucalyptus tree iu its native hauuts.
IU connection with tho eucalyptus fU
r...H Hne, n-uerHHf1 hk Ohio Santa Ef
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-10
SOMETHING ABOUT
REFORM AND THE
COUNTY TAXES

Just a Glance at the Figures
Indicates That It Is AlI Not
So Strange When You
Think About Il,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-10

ruT rIEAs,HE oF = rICNrC M
rENn~ NuCu ~ wuAr YoI HNNE To
EAT W. PROVIDE NICE THINGS ToR
rigNtrS uR ruI pINNIR. = W.
MAkT TuE nF~r nREAD - CAN
nth ny FfaAtE ~ y MADE oD coon
NATFKIAI. Will NINNn AND Will
uAkIn No MINI AM ufaAITM
AK UmE HISIIT~ oE TATINe ot x
= SAILING. sotTu IiHsT
~IhHNT
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-06-27
tliah.Speed Steel.

"Bigness in everything is become so
that go to make up modern civiliZa-
tion that only undertakings of tremen-
dous magnitude attract more than
passing notice" Thus writes o. NJ.
Becker in the Technical World Maya
zine. Thirty story buildings, three
mile dams. and Panama canals alone
are able to hold The public eye long
enough to be even seven-dayS Won
der. Next week it is an old story and
not at all wonderful The great engi-
neering feats which appeal so strongly
to the eye undoubtedly have an i'm
portant part in the remarkable indus
trial and commercial development now
writing itself in such bold letters into
the history of civilization. There are,
however other agencies at work in
this development, some of them surely
destined to bring about great changes
in methods and efIiciencies now re-
Earded as superlatiye, and one of these
agencies, yet quite Unknown to the
general public, but nevertheless al
ready eXerting a powerful influence
upon industrial efIiciencies, has made
place for itself in the modern ma
chine shop. The essential function Of
the machine shop is to fit accurately
the various metal parts which are to
be assembled into other machinery of
one sort or another; and this is gen.
orally done by cutting or pairing away
any excess and uneyenness of metal
left in the casing or forging. This sort
of cutting obviously is something
very different from that seen in the
wood shop, for example Special tools
and machines, the former strong and
hard enough and the latter rigid and
powerful enough, are necessary to re-
move the excess of material from
steel iron, or other resistent metals.
Ordinary cutting edges. as they are
commonly understood, would not do at
all. An account of the processes by
which high-speed steel has been per-
Iected and the uses to which it is put,
forms subject matter in an exceeding
ly interesting article of some length,
amply illustrated
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-06-27
ENORMOUS GRAFT.
Further Revelations as to Overcharses
for Furnishing Fennsylvania's
New Capito.

Harrisburg, Pa.-Charles d. Mon.
tague a metallic furniture eX-
pert, of New York, testified before
the capitol investigation commission
Wednesday that the state had not
only been grossly overcharged for the
metallic furniture supplied by the
Pennsylvania Construction Co. under
its S2,000000 contract with the board
of grounds and buildings, but that he
had bored into the burglar proof
vault" in the state treasury in four
hours with an ordinary eight-inch
breast drill.
Mr.. Montague said that the four
safes in the capitol for which this con-
Germ was paid $4,000 by the state
we're worth only $4,000 and that
there was no chrome steel or steel
rails in the vault, only ordinary steel
which any one could bore into with
ease AS to the metallic furniture the
expert said the state was charged ex-
cessive prices.
He said certain bills were two and
three times more than a fair trade
list price without the customary dis
count He said the sub-basement
contained one case that cost the state
$1,1S2 The list price was $2S7, sub.
ject to discount. AS to the first floor
metallic furniture it cost $229,231 and
was worth S132, 103. On the entersol
floor the cases were billed at 1854 ,6SS
and were worth S54 ,470. These esti-
mates were based on standard trade
price lists.
The expert said that the bronze on
the first floor was worth $4,000. The
state paid S566,000.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-06-27
Some Other Tariff,

We are told by the Boston Adver
tiser that the Republican party in
Massachusetts is led by Republicans
who are as strong protectionists as
any stand-pat leader at Washington
but who are not so possessed of a
fetish that they must consider it polit
ically as a crime to alter tariff which
has outlived it's best period of useful
ness
What tariff is it that "has outlived
it's best period of usefulness?" If we
thought that the Advertiser could by
any possibility mean the Dingley tar.
iff, which has proved and is still prov.
ing itself to be by far the greatest
prosperity producer among all the
tariffs known to history, we should
greatly doubt that sort of stand-pat.
ism. 1t must be that the Advertiser
means some other tariff.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-06-27
JUSTICE GODDARD TESTIFIfS.
A Colorado Jurist Cocroborates Som.
of Orchards Evidence in the
Haywood Trial.

Boise, Idaho. - The state on
Wednesday made dramatic pr~duc-
tion and proof of the Goddard bomb
and besides Offering further corrobor-
alton of the testimony of Harry Orch
ard against William d. Haywood, Sc
cured a ruling under which a number
Of the denunciatory articles published
IN the Miners Magazine, official organ
Of the Western Federation of Miners,
will be admitted in evidence.
To Justice Luther NJ Goddard him.
self fell the task of telling the story
Of the finding and preservation of the
bomb with which Orchard tried to kill
him. His testimony was minutely
circumstantial.
The Colorado jurist testified that
the first information that he received
about the bomb came to him from
Orchards confession, which was
shown to. him at Denver February -,
1906, by Detective Mcfarland. He at
once returned 10 his home and in his
gate discovered the screw eye which
Orchard said he placed there 1t was
rusted by ten months exposure. The
witness said he examined the ground
Obb'siNA- NllN StibS NIItit vi tIluI II Scll
he placed the bomb and found a
slight depression with the soil packed
around 1t. The bomb was dug up the
next day by Gen. Bulkeley Wells, who
used a pocket knife to cut the soil
away and raise the pine box contain
ing the bomb. There was small
phial Oh top Cf the box and attached
to the rubber cork of the phial was
piece OF rusted wire.
The bomb and its attachment were
taken to the Office of the Pinkerton
detective agency and sealed in wrap
pers and envelopes that were signed
by half dozen witnesses, including
Justice Goddard and after that they
were placed in a vault to the door of
which seals, including that OF u no.
tary public, were att32lcd.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-06-27
CHANCE TO SETTLE QUESTION.
Free Trade Platform This Year Would
Shed Light on 1902.

After II years of uneXampled pros
perity under the Dingley law. which
emphasi. in its schedules the policy
of protection. platform which should
declare protection not only unlawful,
but snare, would make mighty In
teresting reading" and give us a text
for a stirring campaign.
And then the result might afford an
answer to a question which has long
engaged the politicians. What infiu-
ence secured the Democratic triumph
in 1892? Who killed Cock Robin that
year? t." said the free trader. Il
did it with my little deliverance
against protection" Grover" said the
ardent Clevelandite. ''Mr. Cleveland
did it with the force of his personality.
He was the platform" THE Home
stead strike" said the disgusted Re-
publcans. But for that Gen. Har-
rison would have had a walkover."
And so the contention has continued
to this day, and still continues.
Now, if it was the tariff plank in
the Democratic platform which did the
work then why not ask history to re-
peat itself? Why not next year again
challenge protection to another battle
to the death? The protectionists
would ask nothing better. They would
rush to take up such challenge, and
then we should all enjoy the campaign
hugely. The tariff would make a love-
ly issue, and especially in the light of
what happened to the Democratic
party after it carried the country in
1852 on free trade platform. Wash
ington Star.