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The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-10
Higher Baggage Rates.

Denver.-Colorado is going to be
called upon to pay its share of the
losses by the railroads on account of
the introduction of two-cent passenger
fares on the lines operating between
Denver and Chicago and st. Louis by
increasing the charges for excess bag
gage. A meeting has been called in
Chicago by representatives of all the
western lines, at which the question
is to be discussed. 1t is understood
that they are planning to charge peo-
pie who have more baggage than the
free limit eighteen per cent of the
price of a one-way ticket, which will
be a big increase over present rates.
Several months ago the railroads
were forced to put in a two-cent per
mile rate in Nebraska, Iowa, Mis-
souri,, Illinois and Wisconsin,, on ac-
count of state legislation. Increased
excess baggage rates are to recuperate
these losses. Colorado secured the ad-
vantage of the two-cent rate in the
states east of here. but did not get any
reduction on rates within the borders
of the state. People will have to pay
the excess charges on baggage Just
the same as in the states which se-
cured the two-cent fares.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-10
Ebert County Tribune
). E. Pope. Editor and Publisher.
HILBERT. COLORADO.
Youthful Criminals.

Twolthirds Of the convicts in Ameri-
cas- greatest prison (the Missouri
penitentiary at Jefferson City are
men without trade or profession. Look
Into any state penitentiary, and you
win ordinarily md that at least one
third of the convicts there confined
are young men. ranging in age from IL
TO 25 years. and that nearly all OF
these came into prison absolutely
without the knowledge Of any useful
and gainful occupation. Comparative
ly few OF the younger class OF felons
are illiterate. In my own experience.
writes Thomas Speed Mosby. Missou-
ri state pardon attorney. in Success
Magazine, ] have never met one who
could not read and write. and very
many (by far the greater number, I
should say) are possessed OF no small
degree OF intelligence. But, however
stupid or however precocious, they
are found to be, scarcely without ex-
ception. young men who have not ap-
piled themselves to useful, honest
work. This is true of both the poor
and the well-to-do. Why are they
there? The answer is given by Gus
tave Marx. one of the Chicago car
barn" bandits, who recently died upon
the gallows: ut wasn't drink that
caused my downfall" he said; mot
cigarettes, nor bad companions, either,
1t was Just idleness. Idleness led me
first to cigarettes. then to drink, then
to bad comprehension to the gal
lows. And ! blame my folks II they
had made me remain at work, work
would have kept me too busy to have
planned robbery and murder" This
is the story that fits them ALL First.
fdleness; then cigarettes and drink, to
blunt the moral sense and destroy the
will; then living beyond ones means;
then indulging the riotous excesses
that spell debauchery and make for
ruin. And may they not rightly blame
their folks" as did Gustave Marx?
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-10
OIL AND oAs ls FOUND.
Eastern Colorado Comes to the Front
With 10th.

Dcnver.--"Oil and gas In unlimited
quantity have been struck In ROCK
Springs valley. three miles north OF
Akron" said Robert II. Northcott.
prominent Washington county ranch.
man. Mt the st. James hotol.
And mind you. this Is In the very
heart OF the dryfarming regicn OF east
ern Colorado. Rock Springs valley Is
Ave miles long and not over two miles
wide at It's widest point. North, south
and west II Ii surrounded by high
banks OF clay. while its eastern extrem.
ity slopes on into as fine farming coun-
try as cnn De found In this region.
Five years ago experienced reseach
showed there are thirty-two clays OF
greater or less value In the valley. and
oil experts declared that oil could be
found underlying these stratas.
"A well was started In 1904 under
state supervision. the Legislature hav-
Ing appropriated $4,000 for drilling pur-
poses. but the expense attached soon
exhausted the appropriation. but not
until a limited supply Of oil was OBJ
tanned at n depth OF 1 1.150 feet Last
winter n company was formed by Ak
ron capitalists and early In the spring
the work of again boring for oil was
resumed, some OF the best known oil
experts in the state being employed.
Work has been continued all summer
and despite numerous setbacks, a plen-
tiful supply of oil and gas was obtained
at depth of 3,100 feet.
This means a new era of CONNER
cial development in eastern Colorado
for several factories for the develop
ment of the clays have already been
projected for next spring by eastern
capital, among them being one for the
reduction OF aluminium clay. several
banks of which have assayed 25.4 per
cent. of aluminium oxide.
There is already in operation in the
valley Fuller's earth plant, operated
by the American Clay Company, com
posed chiefly of Denver capitalists. Its
officers are: F. A. Knight. Denver,
president; Judge E. E. Armour, Ster
ling. vice president; DR.. N. X. Morris.
Denver, secretary; c. Y. Mcclure.
Omaha, treasurer and general man
ager; ]. A. Hensler, Akron, assistant
manager.
The grade of fuller's earth turned
out is the finest in the United States
and the demand for 1t far exceeds the
output, but the projected additions to
the factory next spring will more than
double the capacity OF the plant. A
large brick plant will be built in the
spring, oil being used to burn the brick,
and as the superior quality of clay is
unequaled in the state, an immense
business in this line is looked for.
THE Burlington road has promised
to put in a spur track to the valley in
the spring, and what can not fail to be-
come one of the greatest manufactur-
ing centers in eastern Colorado, II not
In the entire state, will be well under
way to completion early next year"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-10

Numerous Inscriptions In Latin were
cut on the new building for the depart
ment of agriculture in Washington.
The head of the department discov-
cred the other day that some of them
are in bad Latin, and ordered them all
erased and recut in plain English
There is no better reason for inscrib-
ing American public buildings with
Latin than there would have been for
putting inscriptions in Greek or Sans
krit on the public buildings in ancient
Rome. The theory that there is Pc
culiar virtue in a foreign tongue is
widely held. 1t goes SO far as to lead
to the singing of French translations
of German and Italian operas in Amer
ican opera houses. translations made
at the demand of music-loving French
men. who insist that they shall under.
stand the language sung to them,
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-10
Society Music.

Mary will have to be asked to play
when she goes out in society. A proud
mamma will attend to that. And Mary
will play. with faithful accuracy. some
thing from Chopin or Beethoven or
Mendelssohn. and the young people
will watch her chubby fingers thought
fully and wonder when the selection
will come to an end, writes Cynthia
Westover Alden in Success Magazine.
They will applaud, too-when the end
is reached-for that is good manners.
and everybody likes Mary anyhow.
And then-well, Lucy Smith. who has
never taken lessons. will rollick up to
the piano and begin coon song,
hands and feet will beat time all over
the room. half the listeners will hum
the refrain; everybody will see the
difference between the piano as pen
ance and as pleasure, and only
Mary's mamma will make unpleasant
side remarks about the degeneracy o.
popular taste in music.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-10
coIorlna of the Fruits.

When God laid out this beautiful
land OF Colorado He provided the ele-
ments in the soil and the conditions
suitable for the coloring of fruits.
There are differences of coloring in
brilliancy and intensity Of the same
varieties in different sections of the
country, which usually come from the
air and sunshine rather than from
the soil For instance, the same vari-
cites Of apples and pears in the east
ern and central states are more beau
tiful in coloring and more free from
imperfections of the skin when grown
in the Rocky mountains and farther
west. This is so noticeable that many
good judges of fruit are often fooled
when they come out here because they
do not recognize the varieties with
which they have long been familiar in
the east. The altitude has much to
do with the purity of the air. The
germs of many diseases are common
in the great valleys and plains where
the temperature and humidity OF the
air are much greater. The most highly
colored apples we ever saw grew in
the orchards of western Colorado at
an altitude of over 1000 feet above
the sea- In Utah, Idaho and the east
ern parts of Oregon and Washington
the air is so pure and dry and the
sunshine so clear that the most per-
feet coloring of fruits is natural
result.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-10
RAIN OF MOLTEN METAL
Four Are Dead as Result Of Friohtful
Accident.

Butler, pam explosion caused by
the upsetting of the metal pot In the
No. cupola of the Standard Steel
Company caused the death OF four
men. fatally injured twenty and seri-
ously hurt twenty others. Nearly all
the men were foreigners.
The large wheel plant was demol-
ished. causing a loss estimated at slOO,-
900.
The condition of the men injured Is
pitiful. Although alive, the features
of a majority are mutilated beyond rec.
ognition. The hot metal was showered
over them, causing horrible Injuries.
Arms. fingers and ears were torn OH
and a number of men had eyes burned
out. Several men are in the hosp'tai
with their legs burned to a crisp
The explosion was caused by the up
setting OF a metal pot in the cupoia'
which contained 5000 pounds OF mol
ten metal ready for casting. A span
IN the pot broke allowing the liquid
iron to spill over the wet sand. An
explosion followed so quickly that none
of the workmen In the building had
chance to escape Streams of the burn
ing metal poured out on the workmen.
some of whom we're engulfed and liter
ally cooked Twenty men near the Gu
pola had every shred of clothing blown
of by the explosion. Many were buried
under the wreckage and were not res
cued for an hour after the catastrophe.
Buildings in the city. from the force
of the explosion. shivered as II shaken
by an earthquake. and people rushed
from their homes panic-stricken.
When flames shot from the burning
car works ten thousand people rushed
to the scene. blocking streets and in
terfering with the fire companies and
ambulances. Through lack OF room
many of the injured were compelled to
lie naked fer an hour on cots in the
street cars before reaching the hos
pital At the gate of the car plant
men and women struggled frantically
to gain admission and were kept out
only by the assistance of force of po-
licemen. In the crush many women
were injured and their cries of pain
and anguish could be heard blocks
away The car wheel plant was fin
ished last year at a cost of 100000.
The wrecked cupola alone cost $4,000.
The car works proper. costing $3,0O0,-
900, was In danger of destruction, but
the fire department soon had the blaze
under control.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-10
DENVER MARKETS

Denver Union Stock Yards. Oct, T..
Although receipts OF cattle last week
we're heavier than any previous week
this fall, the proportion of choice
grades was small Inquiry for good
cattle was very strong from nil
sources and prices closed 10 to 20
cents higher than preceding week.
food beef steers were especially
scarce and not enough offered to
meet the demand. A few good ones
sold up to $4.60 and one small lot nt
F4.75 but few got above $3.50. at which
rrice bunch Of good Routt county
steers went to packers. Bulk of fair
TO good fat steers sold at 1886 to
s4.25 though fancy stun is quotable
up to $500 and even better. Good
cows were also scarce and In strong
demand at 10 to Is cent advance
for the week. Some choice heifer
grades sold at $3.50 to $3.50 with
choice Middle Park cows up to $3.40
;;nd bulk Of the pretty good killing
cows at $500 to SS.25 Fair to good
cows sold at $2.65 to $500 and medium
kinds around $500 to $3.50 with COM
mon cows all the way down to $100.
Bulls were In good demand and firm
at $3.50 to $275 for bulk, Veals also
sold well. good light weight kinds
bringing $4.25 to $525. Feeder and
s:ocker supply was heavy but few
good punches included. Buyers were
here in large numbers from Nebraska
and Kansas and also from Northern
Colorado. All want the good fieshy
steers of 1000 pounds and up and any
thing of this kind sold readily at
strong to Is cents higher prices. Com
mon. light and medium weight steers,
however. are little slow and no ma
terial Improvement in the market.
Very good steers sold at $40 to
$3.50 freight paid though choice grades
are quotable higher. Bulk of the fair
20 good steers sold during the week
at $3.70 to s4.25 and medium grades
around $500 to s3.G5. All the feeders
and stockers offered here during the
week sold and the market on the
whole is in nice shape
The hog supply was fair but towards
the end of the week the demand was
not urgent as packers have been get
ting a good many hogs of late. Prices
closed a little lower, most of the hogs
now selling around $5.95 to $610.
Receipts of sheep last week were
$4,000 head. A good many of these
went through on contract but offer
ings on the market were liberal and
a good many sales made. Prices are
about the same as week ago.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-10

One of the great electric manufac-
turing companies reports gross earn
ings for the year covered by the
statistics at over $33,000,000. with
profits of $4,179.O0 This is the cleo
tric age for sure, and the experience Of
this one concern is probably matched
by that of others. The demand for
electrical appliances in every form
was never greater, nor is there any
indication of subsistence. An interest
ing accompaniment OF this report of
earnings is the government statement
of copper production. from which It
appears that the output of the metal
for 1906 was SOC. .591. 900 pounds, or
100000 pounds in excess of the
amount in 1905. Production and con.
sumption of copper are intimately re.
lated to electrical development, and
this country is foremost in both re-
spects.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-10
In the Tolls.

Cheyenne. .Wyo.-Charged with grand
larceny, which charge does not cover
the theft of another mans wife. OF
which he is suspected. Thomas J..
Booth is in the county jail. He was
arrested by the police while attempt-
Ing to dispose of two new overcoats
bearing the label of Daiber Bros. and
valued at 500 each. When the coats
were taken to Daiber Bros. the discov-
cry that they had been stolen was
made. Booth refuses to discuss the
matter and the method by which he
managed to get out of the store with
such bulky loot without detection is
not known
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-10
Leaps Through Second story Window

Ouray, Colo.-While attempting to
escape from the city marshal, who was
preparing to take him to JAIL Jack Nc
Donald. suffering from delirium tre-
mems, jumped through plate glass
window on the second floor of the hos
pital.
Mcdonald had become unmanageable
and the officer was called to subdue
him. The intoxicated man fortified
himself in the bathroom. and. clutch
ing heavy broomstick in his hand. de-
fled anyone to enter. The marshal
forced an entrance and succeeded In
getting Mcdonald to put his coat on.
He then turned to opeE the door and
Mcdonald leaped through the closed
window. He was stunned by the fall.
bit is not seriously injured.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-10
Stab Wound His Apology.

Ouray. Colo.-George w. Garrison
was stabbed and dangerously wounded
by Jim Ryan in a fracas which occur
red at the Revenue Mine boarding
house last night Ryan, Nick Hutter
and Jack McMahon, Jr., had chased
out all the miners and taken posses
sion of the place, when Garrison ar
rived and elected them. Later Ryan
returned. under pretense of apologiz-
ing. ard while the two were talking
Ryan drew a knife and slashed Garri-
son across the face. inflicting a serious
wound. Hutter and Mcmahon were
arrested and are being held in tho
sounty jail. but Ryan escaped
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-10

No ornamental plant has gained
such rapid popularity as the oval
leaved privet, Ligustrum ovalifolium,
commonly known as California privet,
as l.. Californicum was formerly
wrongly assigned as the specific name,
says Field and Farm. Fifteen years
ago 1t was but little known away from
horticultural centers. 1t was used
very sparingly as a hedge or lawn
plant but finally it has become popular
for general planting so that we see
it now planted around the most hum
BILE homes 20 take the place of yard
fences, now becoming obsolete. No
one thinks of planting Usage orange
these days as it is far inferior to
privet in beauty and durability under
the same conditions. No care is needed
beyond shearing the new growth four
or five times during the growing sea
son. The effect is that of an immense
single, low-growing plant, less than
four feet high in the center. as no
trunks are visible. The shade is as
dense as that of the catalpa iaponica
and as the foliage is retained until
late in December 1t also forms an ad-
mirable protection against raw winds.
II would seem that If the merits of
privet were generally known it would
be planted for chicken shelters where
1t is sufficiently hardy. No hawk or
predatory bird could reach the fowls
through such dense thicket. Privet
plants may now be had from nursery
men as low as fifty cents dozen. For
groups. screens and single specimens.
as well as for ornamental hedges
privet is all right as far north as the
Colorado and Wyoming state line and
possibly farther up.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-10

Now they say that soft drinks are
made mostly OF dope. Maybe the day
will come when we shall have steril.
fzed pop and boiled lemonade and
things OF that sort. Then 1t viii BE-
Ime to pass on.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-10
Live Poultry.
HAY AND GRAIN MARKET.
GRAIN.

Wheat, choice, milling. per 100 lbs.
s1.32. Rye, Colorado, bulk, per 100 lbs.
$1.05. Oats. bulk. Neb., No. 8. white.
s1.60: same. in sacks, $1.70. Corn, in
bulk, s1.15; in sack. s1.24. Corn chop.
sacked. $1.25. Bran, Colorado. per 100
lbs. s1.05.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-10

The London Lancet advises Gig.
arctic smokers to form the habit OF
quitting the habit by making their
own cigarettes and abandoning the
ready-made. That Is like taking to
whisky in order to swear OF drinking
wine.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-10
HOGS.
Comparative Receipts.

Month to Oct. 4... s,O75
Same period last year ........ 3.514
Decrease 439
Year to Oct. 2O0,4
Same period last year. .154, ,353
Increase 46,1
The following quotations represent
the range of prices paid on this mar
ket:
Bulk of sales ......... .6.00MG.15
New-York tribune., 1907-08-18

o111es 10 doir' the at home for Far East gent with
a handle 10 his name. he don know where 10 begin
You couldn't stagger Todd Maddox tor good
though unless you dropped a safe on HIM lie ;
one OF these bull necked boys with alr IN ms ears
and a law like a stone cruSher. ana ne Teadl "
tackle ANYTHING batted up 10 hl1n. -
Not helm thick with any OF the real articles, like
Pi1clnev or Nh Purdy Pell, he has 70 tail back on
few Pittsburgh friends that he can round up at
the Broadway hotels and calls on them tor help
The best they can do IS TO agree that slppin the
welcome hail TO a Jap calls for Jap program
Then they makes few notes from what theE can
remember of The Mikado and Madam Butter
fv" and there they leaves him
Todd takes this for a cue and blazes ahead; but
when he starts to work out the details ne hildS Idl
he's ballasted light, and by the time gers on Ing
scene he mile UP IN the ar
I've only got twenty y-four hours !ett before the
Baron shows up here. says he. ana all sc doi'J
is To order gross of paper lanterns 70 string Iou
~ l+r, m, thai : no more than the Ladies AID
Society would do for ice cream festival on me
r,arsonage grounds I've been scratching my heal
Tor hours though and can think OF another thing
Are YOU still stuck on turnin Sound1nooT INTO
sort of a tea garden: says l.
Then why not ring up decorator and nave II
Do!'I Bamed if i'd thought of that" says Todd
You see he hadn' been travelin with the money
burners long enough 70 get onto ther va ol la an.
out such things to experts Once ne gets inc de- de-
tbo,oh he pushes 1t hard. By ten O clock next
mornin the place was runnln over win ullre d ~
gangs-a caterer, coStumer' a ofcoldloi' an a. a.,
Naddoxes has worked up program "f eNeillS ti''
reads ike il had been copied on n tea cIt9t.
There" saws Todd. stickn his thumbs undt'
his suspender buckles and shiftln his clgar 70 inc
other side of his face, guess that Il sho" MN We
know how to fix things up for his bnd-three dozen
Tap flags fvin' and draped; paper lanterns anu
SInshades everywhere they can be put; t"tillH
four-course Jap dinner with the WATERS Tlgge9 0ul
10 match; and Mrs. Maddox wearn nlnet et>1d9-Ia.
kimono If all that don't knock his eye out doh
1t ought to remind him Of home and mother.
saws L. - .t ,,.
eetfin' Todd was still nervous He d been 50 BUSY
ccIectin' the properties that he'd forgot there va
1ines 10 sneak and when this breaks on hiIl ne pe
ins 10 feel chills along the spine All the foiks ne
e,.er had home 10 dinner before was the klnd ne
couId Slap on the back and lead out 70 where the
dry Martini's was all built but droppin IN the olive
Then after dinner the reg lar program was for al
hands to step across the hall and range themselves
around the green cloth while Todd counted out the
tacts of red white and blue As long as the ladies'
saved IN it was nothin' but mild little quarter
limit game; but Mrs Maddox always made the
freak-awav about eleven, and from then on untll
two A. NJ or later if day was sunday -iiherlcus
club rules went-no limit but the root .
Outside of distributin pasteboardS ana loadll