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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17

all sitting under the shamiana, or awning, III
front of my tent, and a good wood fire was
blazing to keep us warm, Ramzan Khan was
sent for, and told to seat himself by the blaze
and fire away"
II was. foragecutter to one of the commits
sloner sahib's elephants, some ten years ago
or more, when we were out shooting in the
Dun, just as it might be now.
Il used to ride on the crupper behind the
masters howdah, and pick no game as ne
shot-it. drive the elephant on when speed
was needed to follow up anything, and cut
the boughs Of the trees which caught the
howdah in our way through the forest For
this last work l had an English axe, which
my master gave me.
we were following up tiger which, it was
believed, was wounded, and had got into, a
thick tangle of creepers, and / was standing
at>the side of the howdah,, cutting them to let
phant swung around, and to save myself /
had to cling on as best could.
the next quarter of an hour was spent il
fighting and killing that tiger; when it was
/ told my master where | thought had drop
ped lt-where the tiger had charged our ele
place.
$50 I slipped down the elephants hud-
leg and set off to look for it, 1 got on very
well for awhile and fohnd the place where
we had killed the tiger, and worked back
thence to the spot where he had charged but
could not md the axe, and spent some time
in convincing myself it was a hopeles search
"The sun had set and l struck out for
camp in straight line across rising ground
of, forest, and had nearly reached open ground
when-smack! headlong was down in hole
which, had not seen while breaking through
some long grass.
'As soon as | recovered from the fall. and
made sure on bones were broken, I made out
that l was in a pit about ten or twelve feet
deep and some ten feet broad at the bottom,
Looking up l could see that the top was COW
cred with young sal trees laid across and
grass laid on them.
now. it flashed on me | was in trap, an
'oghi, or elephant pitfall. Even then / was
not much alarmed, for l thought that with
my. long hunting knife, which i had in nv
waistband, should be able to dig my way
out somehow.
80 l set to work at place where a big
boulder protruded out of the side of the Dit:
and at last, thought it took me longer than |
had expected, | did get it out. It was an
enormous boulder, weighing quite two hun
ldred pounds, and the hole It left in the side
Iof the pit was big enough for me to sit in.
Il would have given a good deal for a
drink Of water when L had finished this part
of my work, but there was no chance Of that;
so, plucklng up courage to go on, 1 got up
into the great hole out of which the boulder
had come, and began to cut steps in the side
lof the pit There were some roots hanging
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17

monster which has been unlucky
nough to tumble into it.
A very clumsy and cruel way of catching ele-
phants it is, and / do not think it is allowed
now to be practiced in British lndia-at any
rate, wherever the superintendent OF elephant
kheddas has authority to forbid it, But some
twenty or twenty-five years ago 1T was ree
ognized mode of capture by the Hindostanls
in the lower belt of the Himalayan foress,
where the elephant still roamed wild.
it was mainly in the forests which formed the
northern frontier of the kir gdom OF DUDE,
and in the comparatively low ranges OF hills
which inclose the upland valley of Dhera Dun,
that they were found in such plenty as 70
make it worth the trouble and expense OF
trapping them. For, of course, it Is some
trouble to dig pit ten or twelve feet deep
and as many broad; and these pits must be
numerous enough to give the hunters a talr
probability of the willy and tipld beast COM
ing across them, and SO rewarding tneir IA
bor
The object is not, as in Africa, to kill the
animal for meat and ivory, but to tame him
as beast of burden; SO, when you calculate
you have caught one. it may be seriously IN
iured by the fall, and so unfit for domestic
use, it will be seen that it is consider
able speculation to invest much trouble and
time in this rude mode of elephant catching.
1t is now, as / have said, rarely, If ever,
practiced; but have seen the pits used Aot
long before the time when 1 came across
Ramzan Khan, who is the hero of the ad-
venture which 1 proposed to relate.
During short holiday from civil duty, in
India, in the Northwest Provinces, l had
joined shoOting-party in the Dun. There
were four of us sportsmen, each with a how
dah elephant; and some dozen pad elephants f
to beat the jungle and carry our game form
ed the forces at our disposal
Colonel Aymer, very keen sportsman, was
one of the four guns. We had capital days
snort bagging two tigers and several deer,
Sesides peafowl and black partridge; and were
on our way back to camp, when the mahoGt,
Ramzan Khan, said to me:
1T was Just hereabouts : fell into the
'oghi,'," am
'Did you hurt yourself?"
"The fall did not hurt me-" he replied;
"but / was not the same man when / got
ont, and never have been since There was
wild elephant in the pit, too"
"Neverl Well, we must hear this adyen
ture in your life, Ramzan. Come and tell us
the story this evening",
Accordingly, after dinner. when we were
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
copyright BY James ElversOn.

is an "oghi''? Well, it is a
W trap to catch elephants ina pitfail
N dug in a forest where elephants
EaNS5| roam-made deep enough and large
|Gszs=zy enough to contain the unwieldy
monster which has been unlucky
, 1907-01-31
As They Each Saw IL.

Two women met on the street cor.
ner on a cold day. when the wind was
playing havoc with skirts and tresses.
The first had her head tied up in two
wells and several yards of fur were
wrapped about her neck. On her feet
were fine spun silk stockings and lit.
tie patent leather pumps. The other
wore a big, floppy hat, with no veil,
and several inches of her neck showed
above the fiat collar of her lawn waist.
coat, but her feet were incased in
heavy shoes and cloth CATERS.
Aren't you awfully cold?' queried
the first, looking at her friends bare
neck.
Not at ALL" responded the other
with a glance at the feet of the first.
but l should thing you would freeze
to death"
, 1907-01-31
THE JUDICIAL SALARY BILL.

The Wyoming Tribune, in replying
to an article in the Cheyenne Leader
relating to the judges salary bill,
makes the following sensible COM
ments:
The Leader this morning makes an
issue. as it were, of the proposed in
crease in salaries of the district and
supreme court judges and incidentally
'roasts' Senator Clark of Laramie
county for introducing the bill.
THE Leaders protestation is all
bumcombe and the argument 1t EN-
ploys against the propriety OF intro
ducing such a bill after the defeat Of
the proposed constitutional salary
amendment two years ago is very
shallow.
1.-THE Leader probably does not know
or remember that the democratic as
well as the republican state conven-
ton of 1904 endorsed the proposed
amendment.
The defeat of the proposition by a
vote of 11,135 to SIPS is prima facie
evidence tina the people did not favor
that amendment but il is not conclu,
sive as to the proposition before the
legislature.
1T took the state of Kentucky forty
years to secure a popular majority
calling a constitutional convention tc
revise the old shut clause constitu
ton providing for human slavery. Th'
proposition was voted on regularl!
election after election and it failet
time after time, merely because tn
people were Indifferent and would no
take the time to inform themselves
When they really understood the
called a convention and provided
modern state constitution.
The fact that the voters OF WYE
, 1907-01-31

Desert Land, Final Proof-Notice for
Publication.
United States Land Office, Cheyenne,
Wyo., January 4, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that
ROSE Prayer,
of Garrett, Wyoming, has filed notice
of intention to make proof on her des-
ert land claim No. 4469, for the S "
SW u Sec. %; NE n NV u Sec. SO,
T. rs N, R. 72 W, before Francis J..
Banner, U. S. Commissioner District of
Wyoming, at Owen, Wyoming, on
Thursday, the 7th day Of February.
1907.
She names the following witnesses
to prove the complete irrigation and
of said land:
Frank Prayer, Fred q. Prayer, NJ. A.
Garrett. n Joseph Kafka, all OF Gar
rett. Wyo. w. E. CHAPLIN,
j4h Register.
, 1907-01-31
THE FUTURE OF DRY FARMING

Sooner or later a way will be found
to utilize the nonirrigable parts of the
arid region in profitable agriculture.
We may have to pass through times
of depression due to years of severe
drought, and in those years many
farmers may become discouraged, but
ultimately the enterprise and the in
t~elligence of the American people will
find a solution for the dry farming"
problem.
The immediate danger is that fail,
ures arising from attempts to farm
by the ordinary methods practiced in
humid regions will cause many per
sons to conclude that there is no mer-
1t in dry farming of any kind. In this
connection the authors of misleading
advertisements printed in cities be,
yond the limits of the state and rep
%resenting that there is practically NJ
problem at all, should be classed
among the worst enemies of Coiora-
dos agricultural future. Advertise.
ments of the kind in question are pub
lished for the purpose of selling arid
lands to homeseekers from the older
states. 1t is inevitable that there will
be many disappointments ana thai
Colorado will suffer in consequence.
Because of Misrepresentation OF
this kind and the consequent dissap
pointments, it may be difficult to pre-.
vent some people from concluding that
the Campbell system, for instance. is
without merit. They may attribute
the crop failures to alleged defects in
that method of tillage, and a !ons pro-
cess Of education may be requisite tc
remove the injurious impression which
may thus be caused.
Nevertheless, a path through all
these entanglements will eventually be
made, and the possibilities of farming
without irrigation in what is now call
ed the arid region will be fully and
clearly recognized. Agriculture is the
foundation IF the prosperity of every
country, and far too large a percentage
of u national domain is arid to nd
NIT Of its being allowed to remain il
that condition without intelligent eff
fort to subject it to beneficial use.
That success will reward such effort
does not admit of question.-Denver
Republican.
, 1907-01-31

tain, and the boys pointed to some far
distant buildings. Without a word
they lifted us from our saddles, de,
manded the promised fees, which
Lady Jane at once gave, and set forth
on their return journey before. we had
gathered courage to protest.
At last we arrived at the village,
which appeared to possess but one
street. We were courteously well
coined by the innkeeper. A Spanish
dinner was shortly served, and we
were glad to retire to rest soon after
wards.
81 wish We were safe at home"
calculated Lady Jane. There Is no
bolt to the door" she cried, when we
found ourselves in a bedroom con-
tanning two beds. So she insisted on
piling the somewhat scanty furniture
against the door, 'in case anyone
should try to rob us" she said, fearfully,
I've put the water jug ready to
throw at any intruder" said Lady
Jane, who appeared brave now she
was under the bedclothes, and I've
hidden my purse in the toe of my
shoe"
At last we both slept, and the last
sound we heard was the wind. wailine
round the thick stone walls.
A knock at the door disturbed but
failed to arouse us. Then, to the &C
compartment of a muttered exclama
ton, the latch was lifted softly and
the door pushed gently. With an
awful clatter the barricade gave way
and out of the darkness CALCULATIONS
loud and deep reached our ears.
"Tve got the Jug" said my aunt
and feeling no doubt that her courage
equaled that of Nelson at least, she
sprang up and, in the dark, cast hel
pitcher in the direction of the voice.
ooh. what a crash there was! Their
hurried footsteps came along the pas
sage, and a lantern showed the inn
keeper fully dressed and his wife il
a wondrous de%shabille. The worthy
couple, scolding and questioning il
turn, soon rescued from amidst scat
tered chair legs and fragments of pot
terry, a poor ~half-drowned who'll!
frightened young man.
1t was the honest Boots of the es
tablishment, the general factotun
. who, according to orders, had come tt
warn us that the omnibus. which wa!
known as the Mail, would arrive il
half an hour, and the driver woult
wait for nobody.
oh, guess, how foolish we felt
Lady Jane gave the Boots a handsome
present, and he said he hadn't beer
hurt, only his clothes were drenchet
through, and he had a great fright
/ expect he thought we were crazy
and really at the time he wasn't ia.
wrong.
, 1907-01-31
Curious. Indeed.

Curious thing, that automobile acct.
dent in New York the other night,
wasn't it?"
Which one?"
THE one hat is reported in this
mornings papers. Haven't you read
about it? The man who was running
the machine started down Broadway,
and. after passing Wall street, he
turned on all the speed he had, paying
no attention to other vehicles and
laughing at the policemen who com
manded him to stop. Having arrived
at the Battery, he went right on at the
rate of 80 miles an hour, going ove
the sea wall into the bay, where be
sank, with the machine on top of him.
The man and the two women who were
with him were rescued, but it is feared
that one of the women will not sur.
vive."
The fellow undoubtedly was crazy"
Certainly he was. But that was not
the curious part of the incident. 1t
appears that neither of the women
was an actress or a chorus girl"
, 1907-01-31
JUST like
A W0 MAN
(Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
BY n. F. cETHEN


1.-THE rail from Bayonne was not
then laid, but the drive by diligence
was sufficiently enjoyable. My aunt
Gady Jane) and l reached st. Jean
Pied de Port late one evening, and
that little town seemed wrapped in
slumber. On the following morning
4 am going to take you yer the Ply.
renees into SPAIN asserted my aunt.
REALLY and truly?' 1 remember ok
claiming.
Yes; 1 know all about it; we've
only to get to B~ourgette, and then it's
quite easy she said confidently.
A carriage was secured, the morn.
ing was lovely, and the French from.
tier was soon passed. for we had very
little luggage, and nothing or which
to pay duty. A few miles further, at
a lonely kind of an inn, the coachman
insisted on u descending from the
carriage and paying his fee. Having
no choice, we consented, and then en-
tered into the lonely little Inn In
search of breakfast. After eating with
good appetites some ~well-cooked foods.
we discovered that the carriage had
been replaced by a couple of rough
ponies with even rougher attendants
Of the boy tribe. The road beyond
was considered too steep for vehicles,
SO we mounted in silence.
please, our bags" pleaded I, feel
ing disturbed by our landlords smiling
detention Of our light luggage.
HE a y they must be sen on by
the mule train" exclaimed Lady Jane.
The straps of her pony's saddle
broke before we had gone a mile and
had to be mended with a fragment Of
string, and a good deal Of Language"
which we fortunately could not COM
prehend, was leveled at the four
legged members of the party. Then
our little cavalcade proceeded onward
and upward, passing by many wayside
crosses, and en%countering Withholding
harmless peasants with trains OF
mules, and then again we noticed
more of the rough crosses.
What IN the world makes the peo-
pie put up SO many wooden crosses?'
asked Lady Jane at last, looking rath'
er nervous. You must know that, al
though she was our OWE aunt, we gen.
orally called her Lady Jane. She was
very kind, but rather odd.
The boy managed to make us under
stand that the crosses were erected
to mark spots where murders had
been committed, but Of course, we
didn't know If this vas true.
Don't you think we had better go
back?" remarked Lady Jane, on hear
ing this explanation.
Perhaps it isn't true; at any rate,
don't let us look frightened" was my
valiant reply, for turning back was
easier said than done on such a diff
cult path.
Higher and higher we wound, zig
tagging through the glorious forest,
and sleeper and sleeper grew the
road. The boys walked on silent and
sullen, and the sun began to quite
scorch our skins. Suddenly the ponies
stoned at the summit OF the noun.
, 1907-01-31

ming refused TO adopt an ill-advisef
amendment two years ago certainly
does not preclude a legislator from i'll
PRODUCING a bill reaching the same sub
ject in a better way.
"Mr. Bryan was overwhelmingly lie.
feated In 1896 but he ran again in
1900 and defeated then is preparing to
try again in 1908.
"Mr. Clark's bill is not an exhibition
of colossal nerve 1t is no 'singu-
lar nor improper. II Mr.. Clark be-
lieyes our judges are underpaid-and
many people do-he has a perfect right
to introduce bills from now until
doomsday Gf he has the opportunity
touching the question.
"The easiest thing in the world to
do is to defeat a proposition for a raise
in salary when the calm sentiment of
the people may favor it. That was IL
Illustrated in the case of the national
house, declining at first, to raise the
cOnSi cSslOldl oaidiy ioih 2o'VoV W
$500 a year, when the press n peo-
pie almost unanimously favored the
increase.
THE Tribune has no interest in Mr..
C!ark's bill. We were not consulted
about It, care nothing about it and
wyoming will have judges and courts
whether it passes or not.
The only difference is that the peo-
pie will continue to expect able law
yers to give up $4,000 law practices to
accept $4,000 ju~dgeships. Under the
law they eau not of course follow their
profession have little time for 10
ing anything else on the side
Most state aud county officers can
follow their usual v%ocations. 1t should
be remembered too that a district
Judge is on duty all the time.
Under our system of giving him
Jurisdiction over probate matters he
must be accessible at all times and
rarely gets a vacation.
The Leader is attempting to make
a bugaboo out of nothing.
Mr.. Clark's bill is ali right in spirit
but is weak in spots.
ut would probably have been better
to provide for a reasonable increase in
salary, leaving IL all reference to ex-
penses, etc. Few people would object
to such a bill, for if there is any place
where we need able, honest. conscfen-
tious men, unhampered by outside IN
~terests and anxiety as to making both
ends meet it is on the supreme court
and district bench.
Meantime this attempt of the Lead
err to start a salary grab is
merely political.
IF the legislature thinks our judges
are underpaid it will raise their sal
aries just as it has raised many other
salaries and If it doesn't it will vote
the bill down on its merits and not
because of any democratic Cry of wolf
or through any attempted misrepre-
s~entation of the facts"
, 1907-01-31
FROM H ANTILLES.
a City Councilman at Kings
ton, Jamaica.

Mr.. W. o'Reilly Fogarty. who is a
member Of the city council of Kings
ton, Jamaica, West Indies, writes as
follows: "one bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy had good effect on a
cough that was giving me trouble and
| think should have been more quickly
relieved If l had continued the remedy.
That it was beneficial end quick in re-
lieving me there is no doubt and it is
my intention to obtain another bottle"
For sale by Eggleston Drug company.
, 1907-01-31
Are You a kodacker?

If you are interested in this pastime
you undoubtedly appreciate having the
results of your efforts in such shape
that they are a constant joy. This can
be best done by arranging them in a
neat album. The Republican bindery
is prepared to make these albums in
any form you desire and at very mod.
crate cost. Come in any let us make
Just the kind of album you want In any
style Of binding.
, 1907-01-31
Ma Clements Was Game.

Not many years ago there lived
in the town of Waldo. Me-, a mar by
the name of Hall Clements. One
of his daughters married a man by
the name of Hiram Mixer, another
married Loren Sheldon. He also haa
a son Jack.
A neighbor, commenting one day
upon the names of the tribe of Gle.
ments, the old man broke in with:
yes, l have Hi, Lo, Jack and the
old woman is game for EN- ALL"
, 1907-01-31
Judge Didn't Want Them.

The late Chief Justice Doe of New
Hampshire ice excused two jurors
for deafness in quick succession,
and without much examination into
the sourdness Of their excuse.
The clerk of court suggested to the
judge the possibility of deceit on the
part of ono or both.
NO matter" snapped Judge Doe,
IF they're deaf we don't want them,
and if they're liars we don't want
them"
, 1907-01-31
Back to the Soil

Ex.Secretary of State Fennimore
Chatterton will become a full fedged
ranchman and a resident of the Ian
der valley, having filed a homestead
on the claim near Riverton which was
last week relinquished by Henry
School of Cheyenne. School drew No.13
in the drawing of August 4th, and Sc
cured a valuable claim close to the
new town. Mr.. Chatterton will build
a nice little home on the land, which
win be put under cultivation, and will
make himself m family a fiji home,
Lander Clipper.
, 1907-01-31

The legislature is alter the tuner
ant vendors" A bill introduced de-
fines an "~itinerant vendor as one
who either as principal or agent, en-
in either an itinerant or tran
sient business in this state, either IL
one locality or in travelling about th'
state from place to place selling man
ufactured goods, wares or merchan
disc, and it shall include peddlers and
hawkers and also those who for the
purpose of carrying on their temporary
or transient business hire, lease or oc-
cupy a building, structure, tent, car,
boat or vehicle OF any kind for the
exhibition or sale of any manufacture l
goods, wares or merchandise. Lie
enses are provided all the way from
five dollars for the foot vendor to $3.50
for the mar who sports his automobile.
This kind of an act ought to hold the
transients some. The author Of the
bill is Senator ]. l.. Baird of Weston
county.
, 1907-01-31
"a PRESS COMMENT.
A Matter of Instinct

A Matter of Instinct
The unanimous reelection of Sena.
tor Warren to the presidency of the
National Woolgrowers' association is
an evidence of the confidence felt in
the man through the entire west.
When any of the western states want
anything too large for their own dele
cation to swing, they ~instinctively
turn to Senator Warren for help, for
Warren never fails. He gets what he
goes after. He has proved himself to
be by far the ablest man the west mas
ever sent to the United States senate,
Saratoga Sun.
, 1907-01-31

The joint memorial offered by Mr.
Blume urging congress to turn over
to the states the public lands for graz
ing purposes passed the house by
unanimous vote, but met with little
favor in the senate, The honorable
senators do o believe that the state
should be empowered with the leasing
privilege. evidently.
, 1907-01-31
Should Get Together

The Cheyenne Tribune, noting the
clash on range questions between
sheep and cattle growers in Wyoming,
asks If the people most concerned in
the matter cannot agree, who can?
What can the congressional delega-
ton do for the interests which will
not do for themselves? These are in
deed pertinent questions and range in
terests should certainly get together
on them.-Sundance Monitor.
, 1907-01-31

A washington dispatch says the op
position of western senators to Score
tary Hitchcock is bringing from MIN
reprisals in the shape of stringent in
vestigations Of local land offices, and
in the event of discovery of violations
and the law or regulations, either tech
nically or in spirit, dismissal of such
officials will follow.
, 1907-01-31

The house committee on lands and
irrigation has introduces, a comprehen'
sive bill relating to irrigah5n AMI wat
err rights and the manner of handling
business in the state eagineer'@ ohlcc.
1t covers twenty-five printed pages
and appears to be a great improvement
over the present law.
, 1907-01-31

Mr.. Robinson of Laramie ounty has
introduced a bill increasing saloon
licenses to one thousand dollars per
annum. Numerous other restrictions
are also thrown about such institu'
tons. A bond is required conditioned
that the dram shop keeper shall be
liable for all damages that may occur
because OF the selling or giving away
of liquors. There is also a drastic
provision relating to the selling OF
liquors to miners or drunkards.