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The Cairo bulletin., 1907-09-04
American League.

Second game postponed.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
Girls Industrial School.

Denver.-Secretary and Mrs. w. e
Collet of the State Prison association
Thursday, made trip to the Girls In
dustrial school and they returned
agreeably surprised. They say that
vast improvements have been made in
the institution ana that it approaches
the highest type of such school in
the country. The school is more of a
nome than it was year ago and the
girls are much more contented. The
paroled girls come and go and the best
of announcement is given them TO
follow the straight and narrow path.
The gates being left unlocked the girls
are said to be consequently more trust
worthy.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
Prairie Dog Glove Factory.

Denver.-The Denver Republican
correspondent at Johnstown, Colorado
says that the New York manager Of
the factory which will make gloves
from the skins of prairie dogs al
Johnstown has purchased fifty-si,
acres of land adjoining the town from
Win Purvis. Or the center six acres
will be erected factory and the re-
naming ground will be reserved fol-
homes of the factory employees. who
will be given opportunity of buying
them on easy payments. A cemented
ditch from the Big Thompson river
will supply the factory and settlement
with water. Local and Gloversville
N. Y, capital will build the factory
Men will be hired to catch the prairie
dogs under the direction of Purvis.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
Denver-BouIder Electric Line.

Boulder.-The new generators fol
the electric cars which are to be run
from Denver to Boulder by the Inter-
urban road have been installed at La
fayette by the Northern Colorado
Power Company, and as soon as the
lnterurban company is ready for the
current it can have it. Construction
of the new grade for the Colorado &
Southern between Louisville and Den.
yer Is being rushed night and day.
When this grade Is completed. the
Colorado & Southern will use it for its
steam cars and will use the present
grade for it's electric cars, the Colorado
& Southern controlling the Interur5an
road. The new grade will make the
track level in many places while the
steepest grade at any point will be but
seven-eighths OF one per cent. 1t will
enable the Color ado & Southern to pull
train of sixty cars of forty tons ca.
pacity with one of its present large en-.
gines from Louisville to Denver with.
out trouble.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
San Luis Valley Reservoirs.

Denver.-The Republican Sunday
morning says: Good news for the
San Luis valley has been received in
Denver. After years of waiting the
secretary of the interior has approved
the application of the Rio Grande Res
ervoir & Ditch Company. owner of the
Santa Maria reservoir, the approval be-
ing dated November 10th. This will
be gratifying to the people of San Luis
valley, for it means that the ban has
been raised on at least part of the
reservoir filings. and progress will
speedily follow in the further develop.
ment Of that part of the state.
The reservoir in question will have
capacity of 10000 acre feet. which
will mean very much to the farmers
of the valley. The government has
also approved the application of A. v
Tabor on what is called the Rio
Grande reservoir site, which when
completed will have a capacity of up
wards of $4,000 acre feet. The latter
application was approved November
10Th.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
The Spread of Temperance.

To drinking. says Lecky, must be at
tributed most of the crime and an
immense proportion of the misery of
his nation; and what is true of Eng
land is true of the United States. As
the beginning of most violent crime
on big scale in English history is
parallel with the spread of strong
drink, SO in our country crimes of vio-
1ence, crimes of debauchery, political
corruption. the waste of wages, the
ruin Of families, all have their home
-nd origin in the saloon. Civilization
will not be a success until the saloon
is but memory of what men once
endured. West and south in the Unit
ed States to-day the path to temper
ance is being followed with more de-
termination than ever in the history
OF our country. In more territory is
the saloon made illegal, and in a
greater part of this territory is public
opinion sufficiently strong to make
prohibition success. When it is a
success. life will be brighter for the
wives and children of hundreds of
thousands of fathers and husbands
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
French Race Suicide.

Paris.-A decreased birth rate in
France in 1906, the lowest in fact,
that her history records, is shown by
statistics Just published by the Official
Journal of the republic. Recent years
have been marked by a steady decline
in the number of births. The average
yearly rate from 1896 to 1905 was
S39,843. In 1906, the births fell to
S06,S47. The deaths during the year
aggregated 7S0,196. DR.. Jacques Ber-
tillon. chief statistician of Paris. takes
a pessimistic view of these figures,
He points out that whereas all of
Frances neighbors yearly increase in
population. Frances population is at
a standstill. Soon, he thinks, the tide
of her population may be backward.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05

Fragments of four plays by Menan-
der. the Greek comic poet, have been
found in little town in Egypt, adding
practically as much of his work as was
previously known to exist. 1t is sup
posed to be Menander whom st. Paul
quotes In his sermon to the Athenians:
AS certain also of your own poets
have said, For we are also his off
spring" Menander was highly praised
by Julius Caesar. Quintilian. and other
Latin writer's, but some critics of his
recently discovered work intimate
doubts If he deserved all the praise
he received.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
Prosperous Arizona,

shington.-"Nearly a year has
passed since the election which de-
feated the proposition of joint state
hood, and deem it my duty to report
the fact that public sentiment in Ari-
zona is now even stronger against
joint statehood with New Mexico than
it was last year." says Gov Joseph H.
Kibbey of Arizona territory in his an
nual report to the secretary of the in
terror.
The report states that the last year
was undoubtedly the most prosperous
the territory has ever known. The
present population is given as approx
imately $4,000, including 10000 In
dians. On June 80, 1907, the cash in
the territorial treasury amounted to
$365, 5,015.65 as against $279,197.6O the
year previous. Total receipts for the
year were $6S7 ,3S6.7S, total disburse.
ment $601, ,56S.73. The debts of the
territory remain unchanged in the sum
of $3,123,275. The aggregate value
of taxable property is given at $77,-
705 5,251.11.
Total resources of all banks, $22,-
401 ,2SS.66. an increase for the year of
$5,045, ,634.96. Total deposits $1S,4S7,-
512.S5 an increase of $4,532 ,051 SO.
There were no bank failures during
the year. Stated mine outputs, $751;
0S1, ,7S1-of copper. 255,O12.155 pounds;
of gold, 125.015 ounces; of silver, O.
704,044 ounces.
Governor Kibbey states that the
law, closing gambling places, which
went into effect April 1st, has been
enforced without opposition.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
Speaking Of the honesty Of banks

Speaking of the honesty of banks
and few Of them cause loss through
deliberate dishonesty-Ge Kennan
In McClure's pertinently, but perhaps
a little unkindly. recalls the expert
ence of San Francisco bank showing
that depositors are not always to be
trusted. After the earthquake, ac-
cording to the story, the German Ma
tional bank, which had lost all its
books, asked its customers to state
the amounts they had on deposit. The
officers knew precisely the amount
they had lost in the aggregate, but did
not have a record of the Individual ac.
counts. The sums specified by the
depositors exceeded the known depos
its OF the bank by more than SIS 900
This showed that customers were TAX
ing advantage of the situation, but
rather than question their honesty the
bank charged the amount to profit and
loss and paid all demands in full
This true story should teach the aver
age man who rails against corpora
tions that perhaps he isn't to be trust
ed himself.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
DEATH OF MAJOR DOWNING.
Colorado Pioneer and Civil War Vet
eran Crosses the Range.

S0i0t td0O EtoHtSt eHe ~''f' ~ -
eran Crosses the Range.
Denver-Major Jacob Downing, one
of the earliest pioneers of Colorado
commander of battalion in the fam
GUS First Colorado Cavalry during the
Civil War, a veteran Denver attorney,
and for whom Downing avenue was
named. died at $3.50 o'clock Sunday
morning at his home, 80 West Colfax
avenue, aged seventy-seven years.
Major Downing was engaged in the
practice of law in Denver when the
Civil War began. On hearing OF the
attack on Fort Sumter in 1861 he or
ganized Company B. First Colorado
cavalry. of which he was commissioned
captain by Governor Gilpin. He
marched with his company to New
Mexico and was engaged in all the
battles of that campaign, being pro-
NOTED from captain to major for gal
lantry.
In 1865 Major Downing was mus
tered out of service and turned his at
tention to the practice of law. In 1867
he was elected probate judge on the
Republican ticket and held the posi-
tion for two years. Having become
the owner of 1000 acres of land five
miles west of Denver in 1869 he began
the improvement of the tract by irri-
cation and fencing, where he engaged
in general farming and live stock busi-
ness for many years. He laid out sew
eral additions to Denver.
Some years ago he originated the
bill providing $40 acres for City Park.
With the assistance of other property
owners he improved Mountview bou-
levard, extending from the park six
miles east.
In the introduction of agricultural
improvements Major Downing was
pioneer. In 1862 he introduced alfalfa
in Colorado, bringing the seed from
New Mexico and planting it on his
farm. He raised the hay for years and
used It for feed before others would
consent to use it. He also introduced
some of the finest breeds of poultry
raised in the state and brought four
teen dozen quail to Colorado, the first
In the state. For twenty years he
raised sugar beets, often marketing as
much as 500 tons annually. In cattle
raising he made speciality of Short
horns He brought the first Herefords
to Colorado
By importation from the East, Ma
jor Downing brought fine Arabian stall
lions into the state, and in one of the
recent Festivals of Mountain and Plain
his horses were selected as the finest
in the parade.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
VIII Live on Cactus.

Los Angeles.-In an effort to prove
that thornless cactus as an article Of
diet contains properties sufficient TO
enable a man to continue working
eighteen hours day DIR. Leon e. Lam
done, well known as a scientific lee.
turer, has been since Friday subsisting
exclusively upon cactus, supplemented
by few nuts and a small quantity of
celery. The leaves of the plant are
eaten as green's, or fried, with the fruit
raw or cooked. A stenographer and
secretary, with DR.. Landone. constitute
q cactus squad" which will continue
on this novel diet for a period of two
weeks, using partly the ordinary cac.
tuS.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
CoIoradans in Congress.

Washington.-A1l of Colorado's SEN
atorS and representatives were in at
tendance today upon the opening of
Congress. In the Senate Mr. Guggen-
helm was sworn in, being escorted to
the vice presidents desk by his col
league, Senator Teller. Senator Gug-
genheim was the recipient of a pro-
fusion of flowers, which he had sent to
his committee room and house. He
also received a number of congratula-
tory kilograms from friends in Colo
rado and the East upon his formal as
sumption of his legislative duties.
In the House the Colorado delegation
Jared remarkably well in the drawing
for seats. Representative Bonynge
drew choice place four rows from
the front and three seats from the cen
ter aisle, in direct line with the speak
er's eye
Governor Haggott secured the place
occupied in the last Congress by his
predecessor, Mr.. Hogg, and Represen-
tative Cook secured a seat two rows
from the front and to the left of the
speakers chair.
Mr.. Bonynge introduced bills ap-
propriating S2,500,000 for public
building at Denver, 100000 each for
buildings at Greeley and Fort Collins,
and 100000 for Boulder.
He introduced land bills providing
for the sale of grazing lands up to four
sections at 81 per acre, allowing 100
acres to entrymen sinking wells pro-
ducing flows sufficient to irrigate ten
acres, and providing for the increase
of homestead filings to 800 acres.
Also bills for an additional United
States district Judge for Colorado and
an additional circuit judge for the
Eighth circuit.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
Great Revival in chioaoo

chicago.-Rev. DR.. A. Torrey closed
Sunday night one of the most remark
able evangelistic campaigns ever seen
In Chicago. The meetings. which
were held for the most part in n huge
steam-heated tent, erected at North
Clark and Chestnut streets. have at
tracted an average attendance of 5000
Tor sundays and 5000 on other nights.
DIR. Torrey has delivered 1875 sermons
TO more than 275,o00 listeners. About
$500 persons have professed conver-
sions. Fewer than 1000 of these were
women
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
Ebert County Tribune
). E. Pope, Editor and Publisher.
ELBEHT. COLORADO.
Heart and Emotions.

In addition to those bodily move.
ments which are called voluntary
various bodily phenomena which are
clearly Involuntary accompany violent
mental excitement. The blush OF
shame the distinctive fushes of Joy
and Of anger, the pallor and sweat Of
fear. the tears of grief. and the creep
ing of the flesh provoked by horror.
are familiar examples. The respira-
tion is quickened by joy and retarded
by anxiety. and the feeling of relief
finds expression in deep sigh. Vio-
tion. The heart bounds with JOY" is
paralyzed by horror, leaps to the
throat in terror The connection be-
tween the heart and the emotions is so
intimate that the heart was long re-
garded as the seat of the soul. Most
of these involuntary physical con-
comitants of mental excitement are
brought about by special part of the
nervous system, the sympathetic nerve
and its branches which ramify to
every part of the body. The best
known branches are those that govern
the dilatation of the bloo% ~essels,
which are profoundly affected by men,
tai states. These phts~rhiena, says
the Scientific American. are suscepti-
BILE of exact quantitative determine
tion by means of method devised by
the Italian physiologist. Mosso. The
result is fairly accurate measurement
of the variation of blood supply in the
brain. The subject is laid on a board
which Is balanced on a fulcrum at
the center of gravity. When the sub
ject is quiet and undisturbed the
board lies horizontal. Now, If an un
pleasant sensation or emotion is in
duced in the subject, his head is in
voluntarily elevated, indicating dim
mutton in the quantity of blood in the
brain. An agreeable sensation or emo
tion produces the opposite effect
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
WORK OF THE LAND OFFICE.
Twelve Million Acres Have Been Re.
stored to Public Entry.

stored to PUBLIC Entry.
Washington.-Ther report of the sec.
retary Of the General Land Office, R. A.
Ballinger. for the fiscal year ending
June 80. 1907, was made public De-
cember 1st. It shows that subsequent
to March 4, more than 100000 acres
of public lands, previously held under
blanket orders Of suspension, were re-
stored to entry. Nearly 10000, 900
acres were released from withdrawal
in the same period.
"The most rigorous effort" says the
commissioner general, lis being made
with the force at my command to re-
strain unlawful and fraudulent prac-
tices in the public land states and to
secure evidence to prosecute those
guilty of violation of the law. The
field force is totally inadequate in num-
bers to reach all such offenders; hence
the gross offenders are more particu-
larly sought for"
The report condemns as obsolete
and absurd some of the existing land
laws. in particular the act of March
3, 1873. governing the patenting of
coal lands. Title having passed. the
government possesses no guaranty
that as a public utility the coal can
be made available to supply the mar
ket; on the contrary these lands have
almost uniformly passed into the
hands of spectators or large combi-
nations controlling the output or the
transportation SO that the consumer
is at the mercy of both in the greater
,f 70 ~,
THE inducements for much of the
crime and fraud committed under the
present system can be prevented by
separating the right to mine from the
title to the SOIL"
The report shows the total cash re-
ceipts for the year from the disposal
of public lands to have been $9,547 ,273.
Miscellaneous receipts, including sales
of Indian lands, were $2,005, 400, a
grand total of $11, 1,553, ,177, represent
ing an increase of S3,967 ,654 in the
total receipts over the preceding year,
or 52.3 per cent.
The total area of land disposed of
during the year was 20,997 ,566 acres,
an increase over 1906 of 1,556,379
acres.
There are now 159 national forests
(formerly called forest reserves) Gre
ated by presidential proclamation en-
bracing 0,8S1 1865 acres. The total
increased area of the national forest
since the last annual report, 43, 1882 ,242
acres.
The report concludes with these
data of future opening of Indian lands
to settlement, already provided for by
congress:
Colville reservation, Washington,
about 100000 acres will be opened in
year or SO; Flathead reservation,
Montana, about 100000 acres will be
opened in 1908; Yakima reservation
Washington, about 1,145,000 acres,
time for opening not yet fixed; Black
foot reservation, Montana, about 500,-
900 acres, may be opened in 1908;
Occur d'Alene reservation, Idaho, 310-
900 acres, probably be opened in the
fall of 1908; Rosebud reservation,
South Dakota, about 1886, 900 acres, will
be opened in 1908; Lemhi reservation,
Idaho, about $4,000 acres will be
opened in 1908.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05

A Missouri woman shot her hus-
band because he didn't come to sup
per on time. That's just like n wo-
man; she could have fed him two or
three biscuits acknowledgements
make and there wouldn't have been so
much ado over it.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05

A Pennsylvania woman charges a
wandering hunter with having mali
ciously killed her $4,000 bulldog. Ten
thousand dollars! Well. a body can
put any price he likes on his dog.
Finding buyer is another matter.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-11-13
Always Was Sick.

When a man says he always was
sick-troubled with cough that
lasted all winter what would you
think if he shoul say-he never was
sick since using Rallard's Horehound
syrup Such a man exists.
Mr. ]. C. Clark. Denver, Colorado
writes: For years I was troubled
vita a severe cough that would last
all winter This cough left me in a
miserable condition. tried Bal
lard's Horehound Syrup and have not
been sick day since That's what it
Gid for me. Sold at D. H. Fry's
drug store.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-11-13
Want Many Men to Go to Alaska.

Three hundred men are wanted in
Alaska from North Yakima for the
Treadwell Gold Milling company of
Juneau. The manager of the COM
pany is expected in the city in a few
days and take charge of a shipment
which is being secured by Charles D.
Walker of the Red Cross Employ
ment agency of this city. Free trans
portation will be offered to the men
and rate of SO day with board at
s25 a month.
It is hoped that the shipment will
be made up in short time. 1t Is
stated that there have been a large
number of men thrown out of en-
ployment in the wheat fields and in
the fruit orchards. and that a large
portion of these will be more than
glad TO get chance to go to the gold
fields.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-11-13
SCHOOL ROOM TOO SMALL.
Capacity at Toppcnish Not Equal to
Demand

TOPPENISH, Wash, Nov. IL
The public school building is over
taxed with pupils this year, and the
school board is wrestling with the
problem of how to take care of all
the children. There are four large
rooms in the new school which it was
thought would be sufficient for this
year at least, but the numerous fam
lilies which have come to Toppenish
the past year and the number of chill
dren from the reservation have
swelled the attendance to a greater
extent than loked for. The land
upon which the building now stands
is the property of the Washington
Nursery company. which proposes to
erect a building for its own use there
next year, which will necessitate the
removal of the present building. The
school board will endeavor to house
all of the pupils for the remainder
of this year in the present quarters.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-11-13

The wedding of Miss Edith l.. Ze-
diker and John l.. Grout was solemn
lied Saturday, October &c, at the
home of the brides parents, near
Granger, only relatives of the bride
being present.
Rev. George P. Cooprider of Sc
attic performed the ceremony, which
took place under a beautiful arch of
pink crysanthemums. The wedding
march was played by Ernest C. Doug
las. The bridesmaid was Miss Veda
L. Douglas and Claud NJ. Zediker act
ed as best man.
About forty guests sat down to a
b >untiful wedding dinner, served at
the home of the brides uncle. After
the dinner the Dung couple left for
F erndale, where they will make their
future home.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-11-13
Shipments of Corn Coming.

"Big shipments of coin are coming
west" stated well known North
Yakima banker Monday. "Much OF
this money will find its way into
North Yakima banks and currency
will move most freely"
A meeting of bankers was called
in the city last night, but later was
called off.
North Yakima banks showed thei.
solidity when Monday pay checks
kept the paying teller's window busy
in every bank in the city, the biggest
payrolls coming in at the time and
the banks stood like a stone wall,
every cent being paid in cash if de-
sired.
That the people have abiding faith
in the local banks was shown from
the fact that the greater percentage,
of the money was Immediately de-
posted by the holders of the checks
and the deposits ar continually
growing. With the shipments of
gold coming in from the east there is
absolutely every indication of the en-
tire northwest having more money
than it may use in a short time.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-11-13
Acute Rheumatism.

Deep tearing or wrenching pains,
cccasioned by getting wet through !;
worse when at rest, or on first mov-
ing the limbs and in cold or damp
weather, is cured quickly by Bal
lards Snow Liniment. Oscar Oleson
of Gibson City, H., writes, Feb. 16.
1902: "A year ago I was troubled
with a pain in my back. 1t soon got
so bad l could not bend over. One
lottle of Billiards. Snow Liniment
cured me-" Sold at D. H. Fry drug
store.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-11-13

promise for a successful future. Tho
prime mover of the store, which will
lie known as the Eastern Furniture
company, is e. B. Jones, former
Sunnyside business man. Mr.. Jones
has been a great advertiser of the
Yakima valley and has spent thous-
rds of dollars in exploiting the BUSH
ness advantages and opportunities
found in this section.
Associated with him in the store
will be 3. F. Outright and B. S Mar
tin. The latter is from Cedar Rapids,
Ia, and will have charge of the sales
department. Mr.. Jones and Mr.. Cut
right are expert funeral directors
and embalmers and will connect this
with their furniture business.
They explain their reasons for To-
eating here as follows: