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The newspaper., 1907-01-11

d. S. Doughty, county clerk of
this county, on Monday OF this
week purchased the old Oscar
Edgar place on Ward creek from
John Getty for $4,000. He pur-
chased this place for speculative
purposes and will realize a good
advance in the next few months.
The newspaper., 1907-01-11

b. France drove down from
his ranch on Smith Fork on Mon
day. Mr.. France always brings a
covered bucket with him and we
don't know which of the the two
BIS he has in it, beer or butter.
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]. X. Grant now has his build
ing completed and is opening up
a very fine line of groceries and
provisions. His store is arranged
IN excellent shape and is one OF
the neatest in this part of the
country.
The newspaper., 1907-01-11

r. G. Zugelder one of Gunni-
sons prominent men was a visitor
in this valley the fore part of the
week. He was being shown over
the country by his old friend, J..
B. Ratekin. Mr.. Zugelder has
been here before and seems to
have taken quite liking to the
country.
The newspaper., 1907-01-11

A surprise party was given Miss
Edna Kelley last Tuesday evening
by about fifteen of her Young
friends. 1t was complete sur
prise and the merry crowd had a
grand time. Miss Kelley and
Grandpa Schneider left for Cali.
fornia yesterday where it is hoped
Edna's health will be benefited.
She will be gone indefinitely.
The newspaper., 1907-01-11

AT twelve o'clock last Monday
night the month of January had
its beginning. Another January
was also ushered into this world
about five minutes later in the
The newspaper., 1907-01-11

form of bright little baby girl.
The proud parents are Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed, January of this place.
Thus we can record the birth of
two Januarys about the same time.
The newspaper., 1907-01-11

Rollo and Miss Mamie John
son returned to Cedaredge last
Saturday. They have been
spending some time at their old
home in Barton county, Mo.
The newspaper., 1907-01-11

A wedding which was a sur
prise to many friends was solomn-
lied on New Years day at eleven
o'clock at the home OF the brides
father, A. S. Johnson at Cedar
edge. The happy couple were
Martin w. Peterson and Miss
Geneva Johnson, both we'll known
in this vicinity. The ceremony
was performed by Justice Bever-
lin and he tied the nuptial knot
in an excellent manner.
The newspaper., 1907-01-11
LOCAL ITEMS.
-e0N-

]. H. Davis of Paonia was a
Hotchkiss visitor on Monday.
The newspaper., 1907-01-11

Nick Love loaded a car of ap-
Piles this week and left with them
for Gold6eld. Nevada. with the
intention of trading them for a
mine.
The newspaper., 1907-01-11

E. Max6eld. the tree, man was
in these parts this week and
states that he is getting lots of
orders for spring delivery.
The newspaper., 1907-01-11

After spending Christmas with
his wife and other relatives, F.
w. Webster returned to the
eastern slope Monday.
The newspaper., 1907-01-11
LOCAL ITEMS.

Surface Creek Champion.
Harry Fluallen, who has been
visiting friend in Cedarcdge,
returned Sunday to his home
in Paonia.
The newspaper., 1907-01-11

Logan Woods horse fell with
him last Saturday. breaking his
leg above the ankle. Drs. Will
liams, of Hotchkiss, and Hazlett,
of Paonia, attended him and he
is getting along nicely.
The newspaper., 1907-01-11

Mr.. Smith has built a nice house
for himself and had a pleasant
little party for house warming.
The newspaper., 1907-01-11

BoRN-On Monday night, a
girl, to Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Ash
more. All concerned are reported
to be getting along as we'll as
possible.
The newspaper., 1907-01-11

Orville Taylor, of Paonia, was
visiting relatives in this vicinity a
few days this week.
The newspaper., 1907-01-11

Peck" Seaton, who has been
in charge of the Seaton Drug
store at Cedaredgc is spending
the week in Hotchkiss with rela.
tives and friends. Chester
Harding is looking after the bust.
ness during his absence.
The newspaper., 1907-01-11

w. H. Baker returned Monday
from Denver, where he has been
for several weeks.
The newspaper., 1907-01-11

A very exhiIerating skating
party used all the ice they could
last Saturday night. 1t is reported
that some tried it in a horizontal
position.
The newspaper., 1907-01-11

Mrs. Z. w. Kelley and daughter
Edna, left on Thursday morning
for an extended visit in California.
The newspaper., 1907-01-11

Ira Nelson of Paonia was a
HotchkIss visitor on Tuesday and
rode out on Rogers Mesa to look
after his cattle.
The newspaper., 1907-01-11

H. w. Unger came in on Satur-
day night from two weeks visit
with friends and relatives in Flor
ence.
The newspaper., 1907-01-11

Geo. Hider was up from his
fanch at Payne Siding on Wed.
nesday.
The newspaper., 1907-01-11

DR.. J. J. Williams is still suffer
ing from the accident to his knee
which occurred during the sum-
mer. Sometimes he appears to
be all right and perhaps the next
day he will be walking with a
crutch.
The newspaper., 1907-01-11

DR.. Hazlett of Paonia, was down
WEDNESDAY. in consultation with
DR.. Williams. in regard to the
condition of Mrs. l. B. Woodward.
Mrs. Woodward is in a serious
condition from the effect of tack
which she swallowed some time
ago. The doctors have not def
nitely locating the tack as as yet,
and may have to perform an oper-
alton in order to find it.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

Our big sorrows cure our little
ones.
Logic is a poor substitute for
love.
A little happiness goes long
ways.
Difficulties are the greatest helps
we have.
Ideals are the only things that
make heroes.
The cup of blessing cannot be the
cup of cursing.
There is no wealth of life where
love has no wastes
He who counts his JOY by the
things he gets will be sure to be mis-
cradle.
Learning does little for one with
out love.
There is no blessing in the gift
based on barter.
Nothing spoils quicker than hoard
ed happiness.
Prejudice is often mistaken for a
call to the bench
The man who gets hot quickly
makes steam slowly
1t takes more than honeyed lips to
sweeten sad lives
BY a square deal somo men mean
four-sided bayonet.
Not by their signs, but by their
service, shall We know them
He cannot serve the king who
seeks only his own crown.
Patience helps us to see our great
est privilege in our pain
No days are darker than those in
which we look within alOnc.-Ram's
Horn.
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"a DAY ON THE TRAIL.
It's Joys and Its Discomforts.


few more moments, which have
seemed like hours, the guide pauses.
looks over tho ground at the left and
there or trying to make a few more
miles. Summoning all your self-pos-
session to keep back the too apparent
eagerness, you say I'm your calmest
tone that It would probably be hard
to find n better spot for the night
camp. The guide looks at you closely
through his squirting eyes, and per-
haps there is shadow of a smile on
his lips as he throws off his pack
which means, well, you know what
1t means, and throw off yours, too"
Then you are on for firewood, and
as you come back you see the FIRE
pickering through the fast gathering
dusk and the tall, straight tree
trunks. What cheer and comfort
that little blaze brings, and how
quickly you forget your fatigue; in
fact, forget everything but the con-
Stunning hunger! Every one bends
his energies toward the preparation
of the meal, for after such a lon
days tramp. the kettles will be taxed
to their utmost The guide will make
the hammock, for no one else has
achieved the art OF making 1t light
and brown, while you busy yourself
with the bacon and rice. At last all
is ready, and seated around the fire.
each with can which he fills alter
nately with rice and tea, scarcely
sound is heard save the clink Of
spoons and the signs Of satisfaction.
The bacon may be burned. or the rice
poorly cooked, but every one vows
he never ate anything better, for at
such time there is no criticism I'M
less the quantity gives out When
every kettle has been emptied anC
the last vestige of hammock has dis
appeared, you are forced to stop.
much against your will And then
comes the hour of keen enjoyment
almost the best Of the day-when the
men smoke, when thrilling stories
are rehearsed, = few songs are sung,
as is often the case after a hard day,
every one is inclined TO DO silent.
while he watches tho blue flames
leap higher and higher until nothing
but glowing embers remain II is
then that you think over the day,
weighing carefully the discomfort
and happiness It has brought and if
any one can doubt which Overhaul
ances-you, at any rate cannot. You
recall, with a certain amusement and
pity, the misery OF few hours ago,
wondering that you could ever have
thought that it was not worth while
not worth this one hour of abso-
Lutte contentment
The fire has died out. You stake
your claim for the night-it doesn t
matter much how good a one it is
pull up your blankets, and only for
a moment longer are conscious, con-
scious of the hooting of an owl in the
distance, OF the gurgle of the little
stream and OF the stars shining far
above.-Forest and Stream.
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NAN PAYS BOARD TO EARTH.
Simply by Leaving Body TO Become
Part OF General Inheritance.

Science accounts for the coal
banked up in the geologic strata by
long ages OF downpours OF steamine
mist and warm rain upon the prehis-
toric earth, feeding fat It's fantastic
forests. Undoubtedly something OF
the same process is going on to-day
as 1t has gone on every year till now
where man has let the rooted life OF
tho planet live its lives out.
Wherever a rocky, broken noun
tain top or big, long gravelly hill has
been worn away at one end or one
side by frost and wind, rain and sun
shine. snowslides and spring freshets
and even I'm vacant lots OF artificial
lands, we witness first the appear
ance Of weeds. then of flowers and
grass and finally of trees upon the
inhospitable ground.
In the course of time, after the
rocks and gravels and silt, the weeds
and trees and the fall OF the leaf will
have laid down the accumulated soil.
a few inches, as the case may be, or
O few feet In depth.
Meanwhile men and their fellow
animals and insects have been
evolved and still go on living among
the weeds and the trees and off OF
them. and each one when he dies
contributes. with the plants, his lit
tie, inconsequent weight OF ashes to
the soil.
Apparently that Is what we are
here for" and there is no evading II.
But the ordinary man, whether he is
laid in the earth or put into the Gre
matory retort. simply pays his board
to the planet like the tree in his
quantum OF ash. 1t is evident that
this return is nowhere near common
surate with all that he has got out
OF his brief run Ga run being some
thing the handsome 3OO-year-old elm.
or the distinguished SOO-year-old
oak, never had) upon the face of tho
globe.
Nor does 1t represent all that his
presence has contributed for better
or worse, to his companions. That
1t is, in obvious fact. such an infini-
tesimal part OF his whole existence
only shows how much more import
ant to us, at least, than the things
OF the flesh and of matter are the
things OF the mind and of spirit
Boston Transcript.
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A question that is now being pub
licly discussed as to the removal OF
the Paris horse market has incident
ally let I'm a strong light upon what
horse flesh means for its unfortu-
nate consumers. At present the mar
ket is in the Boulevard Marcel.
whence It has TO be removed owing
TO the sale OF the site for hospital
purposes. Tho market having to be
removed, a strong movement is on
foot to have IL removed TO Vanguard,
where the horse meat market is. The
ground upon which this transfer is
advocated is significant There are.
of course, several reasons. but the
chief argument Is that of convenience
and humanity. Most of the horses
slaughtered can scarcely stand. and
TO make them walk TO Vanguard As
crueL-LOndon Globe
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Eleven Million nend I.etters

More than 100000 pieces or
mail went astray en- these United
States last year because they were
not directed even well enough for the
experts to- declpher the names and
addresses Millions of this immense
total went to- the Dead Letter ONCE.
where @ lot of 10 was opened, the nd
dresses of the writer's ascertainod
and the letters or packages returned
But in @ good many cases the writ
cr's address is never found and the
letter is really dead" when neither
the sender nor the prospective re-
ceiver can be discovered. Assistant
Postmaster General be Graw wants TO
get people into tho habit of writing
ther own addresses on the outside of
envelopes This. he says, would save
trouble for en- hands. - Baltimore
Sun
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HnnfInr M Gnnnn-

In the East African protectorat
last season $3.50 head of game we're
killed by sportsmen from all parts of
the world. The most dangerous sport
OF all, and that which President
Roosevelt is looking forward to when
his term Of Office ends. is lion hunt
ing; not batting in the orthodox fash
ion Of stalking. but driving them on
horseback and riding them down.
The beasts lie low in the long grass
when hard pressed and spring on
their pursuers fin all the blind fury
OF despair. Frederick Shaw Kennedy
killed seven lions ON q recent trip.
one being shot at a few PAGES while
making a murderous charge Frank
Baden-Powell. brother of the gem
eral, killed a freak rhinoceros which
had single straight horn twenty
seven and One-half inches long
New York Press
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SUBSTITUTES FOR AIR TIRES.
Efforts to Replace the Pneumatic
Tubp

Efforts to Replace the Pneumatic
Tube.
Inventors may come and invent
ors may go" says the Motor World.
but the penumatic tire goes on for
ever, seems to represent in a nutshell
the status of the present universally
used type of tire and of the horde OF
inventors who are vainly trying to
displace it with something that shall
possess all of it's advantages, but lack
It's defects. While the history Of
great inventions clearly shows that
1t is never safe to deride a device or
its inventor regardless of how bizarre
or far-fetched his idea may appear at
first sight, there would seem to he
little OF permanent value in the mass
or spring devices that are now an
pearing so constantly as to run a
close second to the non-refilIabIe bot
tie and the rotary engine in the pat
ent records.
People, great and small, learned
and otherwise, ridiculed the tele-
graph and the telephone to far
greater extent than is the lot of the
airshiD of to-day, and not alone the
average tire user, but the tire maker
without exception, regards with
amused contempt the thousand and
one attempts to utilize wierd and
Ireakish combinations OF springs and
rubber to obtain the degree of re-
siliency that experience thus far has
demonstrated is only possible with
There are two fundamental principles
upon which rest the value of the
pneumatic tire-the extreme elastic
lty OF compressed air, in which re-
s2ect 1t is equalled by no other
known substance, and the fact that
this indispensable quality is applied
directly at the place where it is most
required-the point of shock.
Many of the devices that have
come and gone in the past year or
two have had incorporated in their
makeup one or the other of these
principles. Many have placed the
springs about the rim in the attempt
to concentrate the desired effect
where most wanted; others have en-
ployed rubber confined air about the
hub and yet others have virtually
placed a pneumatic tube beneath a
solid rubber tire. only altering the
construction of the wheel itself to
the extent necessitated by the
changed form OF rim. With the ex-
ception of the last. which it really a
form of pneumatic tire, neither Of
the most numerous classes have en-
bodied both OF these sine qua non.
without which the results now af-
forded by the pneumatic tire are i'm
possible
Whether a device that will do so
effectively will ever materialize. or
whether one Of the army OF geniuses
that is laboring to this end will sue
coed in discovering some totally new
method Of achieving this much de-
sired result is a subject upon which IL
is not easy to predict. One thing is
certain, and that is that no great
amount Of progress has been forth
coming as yet, and that little or none
Is to be expected from further adj
herence to the ideas that have been
proven to be fallicies time and again.
10 would doubtless be better for those
most interested If the slate could bo
wiped clean and a new start made "
Real Estate i'm Korea.
One OF the most astonishing regu-
ii Ia -
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II called him Chauncey-that's
Mr.. Fairman's name, you know-and
said 1 had simply been counting the
minutes since l saw him last. I asked
when he would be up again. |
mourned over the publicity when the
world found out about our engage
ment and asked il he thought we'd
be Just as much to each other as be-
fore.
Then / paused moment TO let IL
sink in, after which / asked Bert IL
ne had enough and would call Il
quits. He said LIE thought It would
be lots better to call 1t quits, but no
really did not understand. told him
1t was no wonder, because his brain
was not constructed to stand so much
strain In one day and that after all 1
thought the joke was on him. He
said it certainly seemed to be. Then
got tired and hung up the receiver.
Tor Bert's fun goes about so far and
then he gets kind of stupid"
There certainly wasn't very much
point to it," said the girl with tho
angelic eyes.
The girl with the cabbage rose re.
garded her mournfuliy. "I haven't
told you the point yet" she said in a
stified voice. You see 1t really was
the minister who called me up the
second time. At last when 1 got
Bert on the phone to-day to tell him
again what 1 thought OF him. he
vowed and protested that he had
called me up only once yesterday
and IL the other man said he was
Mr.. Fairman he was Mr.. Fairman, for
all he knew to the contrary. And the
wretched part OF it is that l don't
know whether or not to believe him!
He may be still Joking, you know"
And then again he may mott"
said the girl with the angelic eyes.
Il think I'd run whenever / saw the
minister coming. If were you'll
Chicago News.
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THE OLD CLOCK AGAINST THE
WALL.
Obi the old. old clock of the household

Oil the old. old clock of the household
Was the brightest thing and neatest;
IIs h9nds, though old, had touch of gold
,,r And It's chime rang still the sweetest:
Twas monitor, too, though its words
were few,
Yet they lived through nations altered.
And ITS voice, still strong, warned old and
young,
When the voice of friendship faltered.
Tick tick!" it said-"quick. quick 10 bed
For 10 I've given warning:
Up! up! and 60, or else you know.
You'll never rise soon in the morning."
A friendly voice was that old. old clock
As 1t stood in the corner smiling.
And 1t blessed the time with a merry
chime,
The wintry hours beguiling:
put a cross old voice was that tiresomc
As it called at daybreak boldly;
When the dawn looked gray DER the misty
way,
And the early air blew colby.
lick! tick" 1t said, quick out of bed.
For I've given warning;
You'll never have health you'll never have
Unless you're up soon in the morning."
Still hourly the sound goes round and
round,
With tone that never ceases:
While tears are shed for bright dnvs fol
And the old friends lost forever:
lts heart beats though hearts are gone.
:, Yet love still lives the stronger;
JUS hands still mo'e-though hands we love
are clasped on earth no longer!
Tick. tick" it aaid-"to the churcbvard
bed
The grave hath given warning;
Up! up! and rise. and look Mt the sl,ies
And prepare for a heavenly mornings
New England Grocer.
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one OF the most astonishing regu-
lations has been made regarding the
transfer Of real estate I'm Korea. No
one is TO be allowed to sell or buy
real estate except by express per
mission of the Governor. This is ap-
parently a move on the part of the
japanese to prevent the selling OF
amy land in Korea except to- pcopIe
mat they approve, for the Governors
are, OF course. under the Japanese
advisers. TO makes no difference that
foreigners have as good right to
buy land as the Japanese. The mat
ter will have to be tested I'm the court
before the Powers viii allow their
citizens 20 Dee curtaiied in their priv-
ieges i'm the peninsula. Korea
News
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INC Craze For SPECIALIZATION In Mines

AhO Ci"NC rOT speculation IN Mines.
1t is now coming to be realized
that the real estate boom in certain
quar- ers has been overdone. and at
tention is now being turned to the
subtle attractions of mining secur-
tiles, for unquestionably the get-rich-
quick disease has Overtaken high and
low. These attractions have been
blazoned from Alaska to Maine. from
Canada to Mexico. More than Justice
has been done to the Importance OF
recent discoveries of precious metals:
tales true and tales preposterously
false, yet calculated to hypnotic the
Ignorant, have been scattered broad
cast from end to end of tho hemis-
phere; thieving promoters" have
been sold space by the page In news
papers with pretensions to respecta-
bility, and have by this means cheat
ed millions Of women and men; and
lastly, certain brokers are not exer-
cising the influence they admit would
be proper to discourage this per-
nicious species OF gambling.
As for tho New York Stock Ex-
change, It is in way aggravating the
unsavory aspect OF the boom by stol-
idly refusing to do anything itself to
regulate It, yet absolutely prohibiting
the respectable element on the curb
(Which is by no means inconsidera-
ble) from organizing to elevate the
tone OF the market and 10 endeavor
to put a ban upon fraudulent stocks.
journal OF Commerce.
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The Only MnY.

The Newest Boarder (sarcastically)
How am to distinguish the milk
from the cream, Mrs. skinner"
Mrs. Skinner (of Sylvandale Farm)
You'll allus find the milk I'm that
there pitcher with the chip off'n its
Bnouti Puck
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Upton Sinclair's colony. Helicon
Hail. ought To- make a nice vacation
place for people tired of tho world
and its diversions and ENDORSEMENTS.
But even with Editor Lewis. of the
Yale Lit to run the furnaces
nightly. and Smith College grad
uate for laundross and a Vassar girl
for chief cook, the program won't
last Ions -Holyoke Transcript
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The ChurchIy Name For n.

"Ah understan' dat Deacon Jones
has bin charged wild chicken-stealin'
an he wuz a pillah OBJ de ch'ch,
wuzn't he?"
No; he wUzn't pillah. He
turned out ter be wot dey call de
nave. Judge
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Easily Fixed.

What was the matter with that
woman" demanded the editor
I'VE called her a strong-minded
person I'm our paper and she OBJ
iects"
Very we'll call her weak minded
hereafter. Philadelphia Ledger.
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desperate

MY brave comrades" began the
general. while the troops stood at
attention. we killed 5l7 Zulus ina
yesterday engagement and didn't
get a scratch This Oh magnificent.
but it isn't war"
The troops shifted uueasIy. WON
derng what was coming
20 have here continued the gou-
eral. "a bag OF beans You will each
extract a bean Those who draw
black will be told of to play polo.
We've simply got to achieve a hospi.
tai record or be queered"
With pallid faces the men began
% draw. Philadelphia Ledger
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A True Optin,ist.

ooh, my poor fellow! I'm sure
that steam roller hurt you dreadfully
when 1t ran over you"
1T did," admitted the cheerful cit
izen, but at the same time got my
trousers nicely creased. Courier
Journal.