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The Dolores star., 1907-01-18
BANKING ~ NAIL.
Opportunities Assrs.d BY the Central
savInss Bank Of Denver.

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Savings Bank Of Denver.
During the past few years the practice
Of banking by mail has had . phenom-
email growth all over the country. e.
pecially in the central West. In Dem
yer. the financial center Of . large ter
ritory. the Central Savings Bank h
making 4 specially Of this line Of bus
mess. to the accommodation and sat
isfaction Of q large and constantly
growing list OF depositors In Colorado
and adjacent states and territories.
AL those who have tried this Kind Of
banking are pleased with the advan-
tages and security which It affords
The Central Savings Bank IL one OF
the great and substantial financial In
stitutions OF Denver, being the largest
and most important savings bank be-
tween st. Louis and the Pacific coast.
It has the unstinted confidence OF the
business community. and in the num-
ber Of its depositors ranks with the
largest banks In Denver, showing that
1t Is high In public favor. The growth
OF It's business is shown by the rapid
growth Of its deposits, which on Oc.
tober l. 1906. were $2.014.126.0S, end
on January z. 1907, had increased to
| q. 1872. 1850.
The following table shows its steady
increase In deposits for the past nine
and one-han years:
The Dolores star., 1907-01-18

The capital stock OF the bank. all
paid in, is $10O.O0O.00. and its surplus
and undivided profits January Z, 1907.
500, ,159.45.
The Central Savings Bank was es-
tablished in 1892 on safe and con-
servative lines. and has had most
prosperous career. 1t handles both
commercial and savings accounts.
Upon savings accounts 1t pays four y r
cent. interest, compounded semt-an-
nually, and on commercial accounts 1t
pays two and one-half per cent. on
daily balances exceeding $1,000.
II also deals extensively In munich
pal and public utility honda. Its safety
vault department offers the use OF a
vault that is mob, burglar and fire
proof.
The president Of the Central Savings
Bank, Mr.. b. F. Salzer, Is one OF the
most successful and highly esteemed
business men of Denver. He 10 presi-
dent of the b. F. Salzer Lumber Com
pany and has large interests through
out the city and state. George Richard
son. vice president. Is one OF the best
known Colorado pioneers and banker
Of long experience. William e. Wilson.
the other vice president, Is one OF the
leading physicians of Denver, where
he has practiced for twenty-five years.
w. NJ. Marshal, cashier. has been In
banking twenty-tnree years and has
been cashier Of the henk since its or
ganization. j. v. CL:kins, assistant
cashier, has been with the bank thir-
teen years. and Is thoroughly familiar
with Its business- Its directors are
all well-known and substantial men.
The Dolores star., 1907-01-18
s.i.on sea Like Ontario.

According to Louis c. Hill. super
vising engineer of the United Statei
Reclamation Service for Arizona and
southern California, II the Colorado
river continues to flow into the Sailor
sink It will bring into existence bod,
Of water that viii be as large as Lake
Ontario. Speaking on the subject ht
said: .
ALREADY 450 square miles Of thu
bed Of the basin Of what was once
salt sea has been covered by thu
water to a depth Of sixty feet. and \
the fiow continues. 1000 square milel
vii be covered to a depth Of 270 feet
.As the water has torn down int
the sink, which is 200 feet below thu
level of the sea, 1t has made an evel
deepening ravine, until at present thu
water falls from height of eight,
feet and gives promise Of creating ,
second Niagara"
The Dolores star., 1907-01-18

In the end. 1 have faith In tn coun
try. an in the people that live here.
an nobody's sick baby IL \ goin' "a
sufRer II kin help any
well, II was the same thing af
Hariow.s grocery, an tn coal vard.
everywhere IN tn town. 'Cert'nlee.
Mr.. Williams, ven zee y through ON
this.' It made me feel mean an small
some way. though I don't know why.
An often when they'd put in few
oranges or somethin' like that. sayin'
in = 'pologixin' sort of way. little
somethin' fer tn sick baby. Williams.
why somehow 1t made . hard lump
come up in my throat. an had .
queer feelin' in my eyes. kinder achy
like. y know.
well. to be short about 1t, fer eight
weeks you KEEP gittin' weaker an
weaker. an we KEEP = feelin' more n
more hopeless. 1t was q sad Christ
mas In our home that year. Your ma
was Jest wore out with watchin' an
tryin' to do her work between times.
an was SO nigh sick with trouble an
encouragement I ust to 90 around
by the barn an Jest cry like = baby.
But never let ON to your ma though,
ner she t me. We tried t encourage
each other though we knowed in our
hearts I all our cheerful words was
lies, an each one knowed the other
knowed 1t too.
well, jest tn night before New
Years Doc. called US outside your
The Dolores star., 1907-01-18
Take Advantage Of Their Remark
able Similarity 70 Confuse Clerks.

Pittsburg. Pa.-By taking advantage
of their absolute similarity Of appear
ance. twin sisters living outside Of
Pittsburg have been able to swindle
a number Of department stores recent
ly. They were finally trapped by q
15-year-old salesgirl and were ar
raigned before Magistrate Brady.
where they told their story.
According to = prearranged plan.
one Of the sisters would 60 into q
store during the rush hours and make
q purchase amounting to IS cents and
tender $40 bill in payment The
clerk would have the package wrapped
up and hand over the change and
package to the purchaser.
The latter would 60 outside ana .
moment later her sister would stsp
mp to the same clerk and demand her
purchase and change. The similarity
Of appearance would fool the clerk,
who, thinking she had made Z mis-
take. would correct what appeared %
be an error. and the second Sister
wosld get another package and 3s.9G.
TAsy tried the scheme OF Catharins
Fay. : 1tyear-old salesgt 4 who u
The Dolores star., 1907-01-18
c.rneale.e 'psrtnsrs, the PeepIs.

The Review Of Reviews prints Al
article by Andrew Carnegie, entitled
my Partners. the People," Carnegie
expresses the belief that . millionairt
ought to share his wealth with thu
poor, but with the limitation that hii
fortune should not be divided befori
the miIlionaire's death. Then ths
community should expect = 1args
share. Carnegie humbly deprecates
the claim of the merely wealthy II
fame. They have no place with tht
educated man. and they occupy {
lower plano intellectually. In II
coming day brains viii stand sboyl
dollars, and conduct above both.
The Dolores star., 1907-01-18
sLAo roa coMcasrs voasy.
Experiments - Ds Aasss by tss uNs.
Nsfalty ef calePaAe.


The Union Pacific Railway Company
has recently submitted to the civil 80
gineering department OF the unives.
sity OF Colorado . series OF tests to -
made upon slag from the immoaoo
dumps Of the smelters. These teseo
Will be made with the view Of detarmr
lining the value OF the siag ~ . subet5-
tute IN the place Of broken rock for
concrete work In culverts, retainine
walls. platforms. and the like.
40 the expense in breaking rock for
use in concrete is large. and this
would be in n large part obviated BY
the use Of the slag. the saving would
be great. Millions OF tons Of this
waste lie unused. and II its utility
should be determined for some pur-
pose. the economic importance would
be considerable.
The object OF the experiments
therefore Is not only to accomplish =
financial economy In the matter Of
breaking and transporting the rock.
but Of ascertaining the eniciency OF
the Stag In its place. Consequently,
tension. compression. and. weathering
tests are and will be made. and COM
Parsons drawn between the stone Of
the Lyons formation and the Stag In
regard to their efficiency AZ aggre-
gates.
The work IL under the direct super
vision Of F. w. Doolittle and II. J. Kes-
ner OF the civil engineering depart
ment Of the University and when their
report 10 made to the railway company
the announcement of the results will
he awaited with interest.
The Dolores star., 1907-01-18

room. oh, how my heart sunk then!
Z don't want to hold out any false
hopes to you people, he says. but !
your little girl is goin' t git WELL
Elsie, 1t seemed Jest like ton Of
hay had been lifted on my chest right
there. AS fer your ma, why she Jest
busted down an cried as hard as she
could. After Doc. was gone we went
out to the kitchen an kneeled down
right there an thanked God fer the
most glorious New Years gift he ever
give t anybody in tn world-the
health Of our baby girl. You know
your pa amt no ranter or shouter:
yer ma bein' Baptist has furnished
most Of tn r'ligion fer our house, but
jest then l seen how 1t was that they
comes times In peoples lives when
they've Jest got to have somethin'
bigger an greater than anything hu-
man t. turn to with q great Joy er q
great sorrer.
well, It was long time yet before
you was strong enough t play out
doors, an it was hard winter. /
burned every post Of the fence around
the south eighty fer firewood afore
1t was over. But 1t seemed like we
had SO much t be thankful fer that
we was strong t care fer any any of
tn smaller troubles that we come
acrost.
TT really hain't so bad to look back
at 1t now after tn trouble is over. but
them hard years In Kansas drove
nearly all our neighbors t give up
their land an move away. broke in
hopes an pocketbook. Them OF us as
stayed is purity well fixed now, but
we fit fer everything we got. an Mt
nard. too. An, o, yes. about tn caty-
logs. Well after. you was well an
things begun t take turn fer tn
better. one night ma brought out that
Chicago book an laid 1t on the kitch-
en- table an says: 'Ezry. what do you
want t do with this? An I sez: Les
burn It. An your ma seq: Jest what
was thinkin'. too An 30 we did
burn 1t, an what's more. We amt
never had one In tn house since, an
we never send away fer anything we
can git at any Of the stores in Huston.
cause we want to deal with them as
has an int'rest in the countfy We nye
in. an in us people that live clost by.
why. you needn't Of put yours in
tn stove. too. Elsie, didn't mean
yes. don't know but what it's jest as
well y done 1t after ALL"
The Dolores star., 1907-01-18
CARLOS ROMERO, MEXICAN NOW
WORTH MILLIONS.
Started With 500. Bought Abandoned
Mines and Made them Pay
Riches Have Not Turned
His Head.

Hostotipaquillo. State Of Jalisco.
Mex.-Three years ago Carlos Romero,
Of this place. was employed as helper
an a locomotive of the Mexican Cen
trsl railroad, at $40 per month, Mexi-
can money. which is equivalent to SO
United States money. He is worth
to-day more than 100000. all made
in mining. A few weeks ago he paid
$500.000 cash for a group of mines in
this district. He owns q number OF
rich mines which are adding to his
fortune every year at the rate OF about
100000 every year. The Cabrera
mine, one Of his properties, was oper-
ated by the Spaniards more than q
century ago, and 1t has = record of
having produced more than $50. 900 900
during its early history. Its rich ore
bodies were only touched on the sur
face and Mr.. Romero is taking out
great quantities of ore that runs high
in value.
Mr.. Romero was born OF peon par
ents. He worked at odd Jobs at few
cents day until he obtained q situa-
ten on the Mexican. Central As coal
passer ON one Of the big locomotives.
Romero saved from his wages,
small as they were He could live
chsaply, and $40 per months was big
sum to him. His run was through a
mining region, and he came into con-
tact with miners at the various places
along the line of the road. Year after
year passed and Romero's pile of earn
ings increased until he had about $500
saved.
He then began to look around for
. safe investment for his little Tor
tune. One day he learned that the
ancient Mololoa and Tamara gold
mines in this district could be bought
for trihe. The ore In the mines was
thought to be exhausted. Romero got
lay-oh for a few days and made a
personal examination Of the mines.
He decided that they might still be
worked with some profit He bought
the mines. making the first payment
with his few hundred dollars. He quit
his job on the railroad and went to
work with his pick in the lower work
ings Of the Tamara mine. He had
been at 1t only q few days when he
uncovered BONANZA OF ore. 1t was
the richest strike ever made In this
district.
He got out enough to make the first
shipment, which brought him . draft
Of more than $4,000 from the smelt-
The Dolores star., 1907-01-18
Alarm Clock starts Furnace.

Winsted. Conn-W. H. Bradford,
employed in \ stove store here, has
rigged up novel and simple contri-
vance in his home for the man whc
likes to sleep rs late as possible wiz
ter mornings and at the same tim
have the house warm when he dresses
Before retiring Bradford winds ant
sets small alarm clock and places
in box in his bedroom. The alarm
key is LETT in . horizontal positio
and latch u % attached to . hing
on the back Of the box that when tn.
alarm goes OF It IL released and dror
a supply Of coal into the furnace. thus
allowing the flre In the cellar to start
up. Chains and pulleys are used.
Bradford win apply for a patent
The Dolores star., 1907-01-18
sov WILL SOON De RICH.
Wonderful Rise Of . PIueky Little
Hungarian Lad.

Cleveland.-If Abraham Potileer
keeps on at his present pace he will
be millionaire. He is only IA years
old, but already he has saved $3.50.
He earned all the money in four
months. OF this money $500 Is in a
Cleveland bank and $3.50 he sent to his
father In Hungary to bring his parents
to this country.
In addition to this he has fed and
clothed himself. goes to school every
day and has mapped out special
reading course for himself In the pub
lie library.
It's a simple matter for Abraham.
Every ONE down town has seen him
about the streets. city hall and the
police headquarters with couple Of
pasteboard boxes under his arm.
smilingly happy.
In those boxes are candies end
chewing gum. They are his stock in
trade. his principal material asset.
Out Of those boxes in. four months
has come $3.50. When he deposited
the $500 in the bank he wrote his
name clearly for the clerk.
Over in Hungary. his crippled father
is preparing to come to his Oldest
son, the 14-year-old candy pedler OF
Scoville avenue southeast. There are
six children, two girls and four boys,
all younger. coming with him. Abra-
ham has made the United States their
land Of promise.
The Dolores star., 1907-01-18
Folk Denounees MalI-ordsr Idea.

Addressing meeting Of retail mer-
chants in Jefferson city recently. Gov
ernor Folk, of Missouri, said:
I'VE are proud of our splendid
cities, and we want 10 increase wealth
and population, and We also want our
country towns to grow. We wish the
city merchants to build up. but we
also desire the country merchants to
prosper. do not believe in the mail
order citizen. II place il good
enough for man to live in and to
make his money in. Its good enough
for him to spend his money In.
mo merchant can succeed without
advertising in one way or another.
Patronize your town papers, build
them up, and they viii build the town
up in increased trade and greater op-
portunities. Do not be afraid that
business IL geing to be hurt BY the re-
cent exposures Of wrong-doing in the
commercial world"
The Dolores star., 1907-01-18
Mlxturs Of Many NatIons.

Louis N. Parker. the dramatist, was
born in France; his father was an
American, his mother an EnsIish
woman; his flrst language was Italian
and he was educated in Germany.
The Dolores star., 1907-01-18
Twin Girls Work Swindling Game

once detected the fraud. She followed
one sister outside the store and saw
her divide the money with the other.
and they were both arrested. The
prisoners were fined SO each and
costs.
The Dolores star., 1907-01-18
Cure for Opium Habit.

II is said that 1900 victims Of tho
opium habit have been cured within .
few weeks In the Malay states by the
use OF plant recently discovered In
Se:angor.
The Dolores star., 1907-01-18
a o5See Avvav.

I'm her applicatton for divorce :
PittsbuYg woman made use Of l1.eoo
words" Very suEEsstivs that Of wAsa
was the family froubls.
The Dolores star., 1907-01-18

for. We hadn't been trAdin' much
with the stores in Huston. buyin'
mostly from the catyl0g folks y know.
an 20 We didn't have any credit there
to speak Of. But 1 went T. Foster, til
druggist, an told him how things
was, / didn't have no money T pay
fer II. medicine an things. an the
prospects fer the next year was ~
poor er poorer than tn last
why cert'nlee, Mr.. Williams, he
says. lest let M know what you want
an we'n carry yoa along till times
come better fer you. We're all IN .
tight plneh now, but II We hang t'gefhr
81 things II AL goin' to come out right
The Dolores star., 1907-01-18

Some people believe everything they
hear. and take the rest for granted.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19
SKUNKs EAT GRAssHoPPERs.

Hitherto Stunned Animal Is De-.
cIared to Be the Farmers' Friend.
Skunks are the farmers friends, ac-
cording to the biological survey of the,
department of Agriculture, and deserve,
to be cultivated rather than destroyed,
says the Pittsburg DIstapch
The experts Of this bureau have.
found that the skunk, Stunned and
avoided as it is, is the greatest grass
hopper eXterminator known. 1t takes:
rank ahead Of the red-headed wood
pecker, barnyard fowls and meadow
larks. In the past the skunk has been
an animal regarded as worthy only Of
the price of its pelt or the lard Its fat
would produce.
Now the biological survey Insists that
when field is overrun with grasshop-
pers all that is necessary for the farm
er to do Is to gather together work.
ing force of skunks and turn them loose
In the infested area. The skunk will do.
the rest
While skunks are not animals to be- i;
handled with impunitly, a herd of dot
skunks might be kept ON
hand on every farm to use in an emer-
gency. If the skunk Is not Immediately
applied to the grasshopper pest the.
will eat up the field and
pass on to the next.
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and that's the reason you are some.
times cross and unwilling to do moth
er's wishes. If you do not watch these
pesky little creatures, they will soon
nibble all the good away. To keep the
mice out you must set trap for them
1.-The trap Of watchfulness-an have
for bait good resolutions and firmness.
When the pantry is free from mice,
then begin to store it with good things
81 sat silent for while, and then l
said: What kind of good things, grand
par
"And he answered High principles,
good thoughts and kind feelings"
Laura was silent, too, for moment,
and then said Pm going to try to re-
member my -grandfather's teach
ings, because | see how much good they
have done you. You are the 'bestest
mother any girl ever had. Good night
mother, darling" and with bound she
was Off to bed.
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A Novel watermnrk.

Have you ever noticed the water
mark on your letter paper2 II you
have, this little story will interest you.
go right upstairs" Towards nurse
said to him the other day, "and wash
your face; It's very dirty"
Howard disappeared and came down
again In a few moments, his nose shin
ing from the effects of soap and water
and his cheeks scarlet from an ener-
getlc scrubing. But, alas, the enthu-
siasm had evidently died down before
he had proceeded very far with his
washing. Behind his ears there was
an unmistakable black streak, contlnu-
ing round underneath his chin.
"Why, Howard" exclaimed nurse In
horror, you're not half clean. There's
a regular watermark back of your
ears"
81 know It," exclaimed Howard, in
stantly. Did 1t on purpose. The
has to be somewhere on
good article, doesn't it7 SO l thought
that would be the best place for 1t,
cause my ears hide 1t lot"
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PoTENTATEs AT NEW YORK.

All Nations Gather Beneath the
Roof of Famous HosteIries.
| The old Midway never held q more
varied congress of nations than can be
seen almost any day at the big hotel in
New York.
| There is one great 9th avenue hos
telry in particular which is always
crowded with a medley Of nations and
colors. Its corridors are thronged with
all sorts and conditions of persons at
almost all hours of the day and night
AS one walks up 9th avenue one sees
flung to the clear blue New York air
barbarlc flag which proclaims the pres
ence within of some eastern potentate,
or one recognizes a European banner
that denotes the visit of q great per-
sonage. The Hobbies give further evil
dence of the presence of guests from
the four corners of the earth, says the
New Broadway Magazine. The Japan
csc secretary moves suavely through an
elbowing mob; man of the orient eyes
the crowd with a curious look, half of
interest, half of amused contempt,
while he awaits the carriage which is
to bear him to see the sights of the |
wonderful, noisy city. There are wom- |
en-, we'll dressed, eXhaling soft, delicate |
perfumes, rustling gently in furs and |
velvets, filling the air with tinkle of
talk and laughter like sleigh bells; they
are hurrying to a morning musicale in
this plnk-hung room, or to lecture on
beauty, or on Ibsen, or on the Vedantic
in that Louise Quinze apart
nent.
Or 1t is night There Is a great DO
itical banquet in the great ball room.
It's hundred feet of floor room is filed
With tables. The two tiers of boxes
lbove blossom with women like flower
hung balconies. BY and by the ceiling,
tainted by Blashfield, and the lunettes
" VIII Low, are softened and obscured
n pale haze of smoke. The elevators
hat ascend to this room are full of all
orts of people. Every type of Amer
can politician Is borne aloft Every
ype of politicians wife may be seen l
here. Here Is a little woman in an S
ld-fashioned cape who wants to hear [
er husbands speech; here Is a bare 4
houldered beauty hung with ropes Of o
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SKETCH OF A RUINED MAN.
give Lived All Sorts of Life" Said
the Tramp, "and Lived 1t Twice.

give Lived All Sorts of Life" Sale
the Tramp, "and Lived 1t Twice."
David Grayson, author of "Adyen,
lures in Contentment," tells the story
of tramp in the American Magazine
1t Is really character sketch of q
ruined man. Mr.. Grayson reports his
sefforts to get the tramp to live regu-
lar life as follows:
Friend l said, stop here. We
have good country. You have trav-
eled far enough. l know from expert
ence what a corn field will do for a
man.
"I have lived all sorts Of life,' he
continued, and 1 have lived in all
twice and l am afraid
"'Face it, l said, gripping his arm,
longing for some power to blow grip
into him.
"Face It. he exclaimed, don't you
suppose, | have tried-a few times with
might be all right l should be all
right
"He brought his fist down on the
table and there was a note of resolu-
ton in his voice. I moved my chair
nearer to him, feeling as though 1 were
saving an immortal soul from destruc-
ton. l told him of our life how the
quiet and the work of 1t would solve
his problems. l sketched with enthusi-
asm my own experience and 1 planned
cvx-i oh n IN
simple work-and In books
Try it, l said, eagerly
~ WILL he said, rising from the |
table and grasping my hand, III stay
here
II had peculiar thrill of exultation
and triumph. l know how the priest
must feel having won a soul from tor
ment
"He was trembling with excitement
and pale with emotion and WEAKNESS
One must begin the quiet life with rest.
So got him Off to bed, first pouring
him a bathtub of warm water. l laid
out clean clothes by his bedside and
took away his old ones, talking to him
cheerily all the time about common
things.
owing to the excitement of the ,
evening l spent restless night. Be /,
'ore daylight, while l was dreaming a ,
strange dream of two men running, the !,
me who pursued being the counter q
,art Of the one who fed, 1 heard my :
lame called aloud.
II sprang out of bed.
"The tramp has gone called Har-
let, my sister.
He had not even slept In his bed r.
lie had raised the window, dropped out n
n the ground and vanished"