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La Junta tribune., 1907-01-12
russsss CoseS0s.

n many parts Of England there ex-
sts even today a very curious custom
VhirA makes IL imperative for the girl
frieuis of a bride TO drench the door
step a. her home with boiling water II
tlsey wish other marriages 10 follow
very quickly. At the wedding. there
fpre. great kettles Of hot water stand
ready for this strange ceremony. and
loa9 after the rest Of the guests have
diepers<-i the young girls Of the party
nay b. seen keeping the Threshold
warm as hong as the water supply viii
asst Likewise. in Iceland where va
riSus Interesting and fantastic super
stittsos abound. there Is an ancient
eusfo0 that every bride must invite
an b<r friends TO a dinner i'm her own
hon<. and every article Of food must
h< prepared by the bride herself IL
she sucv~esfs in pleasing her critical
gue<ts she achieves not only praise for
her own skill alone. hut she helps along
lsev own younger sisters. W are then
assunp<i 20 he equally wei Instructed
In IT, fnfri~acies of the culinary art
and consequently have their chances
q l0ns~sfate marriage more than dou-
I'D IN this northern country
La Junta tribune., 1907-01-12
Ne 0ese CseaN.

Twill not do any more credit bust
ness on and after Saturday. Octo-
ber 9th, except with people who
have an account with me now and
who pay their bills in full every
thirty days. This means just what
it says.
MATT DAIMLER.
La Junta tribune., 1907-01-12
w Aso oows TIVE VALLEY.

The Ho!brOok canal has all of its
reservoirs overfiowing. hence no
water is being run at present.
Captain j. j. Lambert has been
reappointed receiver of the Pueblo
land Office by President Roosevelt.
1t is reported that 10000 tons of
beets will be shipped from Swink to
the Holly factory. If so, the fac
tory will run until the lst of March.
-Amity Observer.
Joseph Loynd. the agriculturist
for the American Beet Sugar Com
pany at Rocky Ford. has already be-
gun writing contracts with the beet
growers for the coming season. The
same form of contract is being used
as was signed up last year.
The American Beet Sugar Com
pany announces that next spring it
will furnish beet seed free to those
who loose their early paintings by
frost. 1t will do this in order to en-
courage early planting. good ton
mage and early ripening. so that the
company's three factories at Rocky
Ford, Lamar and Las Animas may
start as early as the first week IN
September. The intention of that
company is to reduce as much as
possible the necessity of SLIDING
beets.
Mrs. M. L. Savage is the owner of
Jersey cow from which she sold
thirty-seven pounds of butter dur
ing the month of December. besides
the butter and cream used by
family of two during that time.
Guess the Otero county dairy asso-
citation might as well hand US over
that blue tinseled ribbon. for we
hardly believe any other Otero
county bovine equal to the occasion.
However. we'll wait and see. and
per chance have another try-if it is
eaten.-Manzanola Sun.
As q great deal has been said
about the big loads of beets that
have been hauled over the dump at
this place. d. Hamilton. Of the e.
der dump three miles east, wishes
US to announce that they claim the
record for two-horse loads. On
Thursday Of last week II. J. Clark
hauled to and pulled over the Elder
dump $500 pounds net. While they
do not assert that it would be an i'm
possibility to beat this record. they
do wish to state that they're from
Missouri. Fowler Tribune.
A number Of Colorado Springs
capitalists. together with local men.
purchased the Garden City electric
plant and telephone system. f. E.
Wade. of Colorado Springs. will be
the new manager. Mr.. Wade was
for eighteen years manager of the
Colorado Springs electric light sys-
TEN. and from the time he took hold
made it paying proposition. II is
the intention of the new company to
give the citizens of Garden City one
of the best electric light plants in
the southwest. Garden City Herald.
There have been appeals for the
preservation of the house at Fort
Lyon in which Kit Carson died. The
house is still standing. but in very
delapidated condition. .as it has been,
like the other buildings at Fort
Lyon, uncared for during the past
twenty years. At the beginning of
operations in dismantling and clear
ing away the old buildings and
debris of the fort. the attention Of
naval officers was called to the fact
and DIR. Berryhill. the commandant,
has responded By saving the build
ing intact. and will have it repaired
} and preserved.
La Junta tribune., 1907-01-12
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seRznuef
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R@psu>-
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La Junta tribune., 1907-01-12
essstsss ~ An sevseseess.

MATT DAIMLER
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-11
TO CLOSE MANY SALOONS.
POcatellO VIII Limit Number on Ba-
sis of One to 1000 People.


The Pocatello Tribune says of the
saloon situation in that city:
A meeting of merchants and busi-
ness men of Pocatello was held at
the Bannock hotel yesterday after
noon, lasting until late in the even
ing. The meeting was called for the
purpose Of discussing the saloon
question and the developments along
that line caused by the recent an
nounced plan Of the city council to
close all saloons and levy an accu-
patton tax for revenue.
AS a result of the meeting a COM
mittee of five, consisting Of former
Mayor Walter H. Cleare, James F.
Kane, John ]. Hull, A. ]. Pierce and
D. w. Church, was named to look
into the matter and see what could be
done. Conferences are being held
this afternoon.
While it is the announced inten-
ton of the council to refuse to re-
new the 16 existing saloon licenses at
their expiration on November 30,
yesterdays meeting Is said to have
developed that 1t is the further plan
Of the administration to shortly there
after grant new licenses in a number
based on the proportion Of one for
each 1000 population, which would
mean eight saloons instead of 16.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-11
MILLIONS OF ACRES AWAIT SETTLERS.

area. The principal markets of this
region are the mining towns of
Tonopah and Goldfield. Cereals, al
falfa, vegetables and many fruits are
successfully raised here on the lands
that formerly were the bed of pre-
historic lake.
Further north, on the border line
between California and Oregon, is
the Klamath project through which
the Southern Pacific is building the
line which will eventually run from
Weed, California, to Natron, Oregon,
and become the main line of the road
in this territory in place Of the pres
ent Shasta route. Nearly 250,0O0
acres of fertile soil will be affected
by the irrigation work now we'll un-
der way here.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-11
PAGE TWO

Nearly a million acres of land, an
empire of opportunity for the far
mer, the fruit grower, and the cat
tie raiser, is being reclaimed by ir-
rigation along the lines of the
Southern Pacific railroad in the west
and southwest.
In the neighborhood of Yuma on
the Colorado river, 100000 acres,
partly in Arizona and partly in CAL
ifornia, will be served by the canals
on which rapid progress is being
made. Profitable cultivation Of this
soil has heretofore been impossible
owing TO the destructive floods Of
the ella river. Now this section is
being made ready for the settler by
a dam across the Colorado above Yu-
ma, by canals under the Gila and a
system of levees which will protect
the territory from overflow.
In this semi-tropic climate and
soil, oranges, lemons, dates and
grapes lead the products of a soil
which will product almost anything.
In the same neighborhood the lands
saved from destruction by the South
ern Pacific's success in closing the
breach in the Colorado are yielding
phenomenal crops. Yuma has about
1000 residents, with schools, church.
es, hotels and is the center of the
trade of a large area. The South
ern Pacific railway runs through
the town and all of the newly irri-
gated area is in direct touch with
this main transcontinental avenue of
traffic.
With Phoenix as a center, another
vast irrigation work covering 2OO,-
900 areas is being carried out. Here
also is the climate Of oranges and
other fruits of many kinds, all serv-
ed by lines of Santa Fe from the
north and Southern Pacific to the
south. To this territory, the gov
eminent is simply supplying a larger
and more regular water supply than
existed before. and the far-sighted /
settlers who are taking up land in
this region come into we'll organ
lied and highly developed communi-
ty.
On the Truckee-Carson project in
Nevada, the government is spending |
100000 on the reclamation of |
S50,000 acres. This is on the Og-
den route Of the Southern Pacific,
from which a branch line between
Hazen and Fallon has been built d.
agonally across the newly irrigated
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-11
REPAIRS COST MILLIONS.
Southern Pacific Spends Immense
Sums on Rolling Stock.

From $3,52S,199 in 1902, the cost
of locomotive repairs on the South
ern Pacific increased to S5,717,667
in 1907. The averages for, the six
years of Hartman management is
S4,S75,230. Against a cost for re-
pairs of $2666 per locomotive in
1902, there is q cost of S3,3S1 in
1907. In the six years the annual
charge for locomotives sent to the
scrap heap was $2S1,362. From
1902 to 1907 repairs of passenger cars
average nearly $1,5OO,OOO, and the
average cost of repairs per car in
creased from $741 six years ago to
1901 for this year. In the same time
passenger cars valued at s156,00
were vacated" that is, sold for
what they would bring as junk.
In the figures dealing with
freight cars, the increase of expendi-
ture made necessary by modern con-
ditions of railroading is even more
strikingly shown. In one year, 1906,
nearly $500 cars were withdrawn
from service because they were too
light for profitable operation.
Repairs of freight cars increased
in cost from s2,SSO,41O in 1902, to
$3,S75,956 In 1907. The value of
freight cars withdrawn from service
averaged 1928 for each of the six
years covered by the Comptroller's
figures.
These outlays for repairs and the
loss charged off for obsolete equip
ment are in addition to the $39,S50,-
712 spent for locomotives, cars and
steamships from July Il 1901, to the
end of 1906. This year the Harri-
man lines have bought 14,173 freight
cars at cost of nearly $4,000, 900
and 271 new locomotives to take the
place Of worn out equipment and to
move increasing tonnage.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-11
A Hard Debt to Pay.

"I owe debt of gratitude that can
never he paid off," writes G. S. Clark,
of Westfield, Iowa, "for my rescue
from death. by DR.. Kings New Dis
covery. Both lungs were so seriously
affected that death seemed imminent,
when 1 commenced taking New Dis
covery. The. ominous dry, hacking
cough quit before the first bottle was
used, and two more bottles made a
complete cure" Nothing has ever
equaled New Discovery for coughs,
colds and all throat and lung COM
plants. Guaranteed by Tallman &
Co., druggists. soc and $11.O0. Trial
bottle free.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-11
,fATLOCK BUILDING.

The East Oregonian is Eastern Orc
CONS representative paper. It leads
and the people appreciate II and show
1t by their liberal patronage. Il u
the advertising medium Of the section.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-11

The Hermiston Herald thinks 1t
has detected a scheme to carry the
Hermiston city election on Decem-
Der by imported voters" and in
its last issue says of the natter:
It has been reported that more
than 20 men have been imported in
to Hermiston during last week, from
Pendleton and vicinity under the
pretense of engaging In labor. but
in reality are brought here for the
express purpose of voting at the elec-
ton that takes place December and
will then be allowed to go where
they will.
If this be true 1t is a rank injus-
tlce to every true, high-minded citl-
zen. and should be resented by every
free thinking, independent voter.
These men have no interests here
and never expect to have, and are
perfectly indifferent as to. how they
vote. Whether we have a town Of
churches, schools, Libraries and all
that stands for good, high morals
and education, or saloons, gambling
dens, places of illrepute, many or all
of the vice that follows in the trail,
is of no concern to them.
Their families will not be here.
forced to endure the stencil they
leave behind them, for II the report
be true, It is the saloon element that
is struggling for prestige that has
lured and is holding these men here.
There is little or no blame to be
attached to the men; many of them
need the money and have likely felt
forced to sell their individuality for
1t, but the man or men who are ac-
tual citizens of this town, regardless
of who they may be, or where they
live. or what their standing has pre-
vlously been considered in the COM
munity, should be scored and scorn-
ed for so dastardly an act.
If there are differences Of opin-
ions. religious faith or political be-
lefs, let each and every man stand
for them, stand firmly and fight en-
for them IL need be,
but let it be a clean, open. honest
fight, clear of political filth and
corruption, and worthy of a free
born American citizen from the
ranks of morality and intelligence.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-11
EIGHT PAGES.

Call at office for particulars.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-11
BAKER CITY FIRM QUITS.
Standard Furniture Company Going
Out of Business.

The Standard Furniture company
is to quit business, says the Baker
City Herald. Manager A. Michaels
confirmed the report today when in
terviewed by a reporter for the Her
aid. He said yesterday the company
sold its stock of stoves, hardware,
tinware and kitchen furnishings to
the Basche-Sage Hardware company,
and that the immense furniture stock
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-11
A Significant Prayer.

May the Lord help you make
Bucklin's Arnica Salve known to all"
writes J. G. Jenkins, Of Chapel Hill,
N. c. It quickly took the pain out
Of felon for me and cured It in a
wonderfully short time" Best on
earth for sores, burns and wounds.
25c at Tallman & Co. drug store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-11

Antitrust proceedings were be-
gun in the Texas courts Saturday
against f20 corporations, and 20 in
dividuals or partnerships engaged
in flour milling, charging conspiracy
in restraint of trade. Fines aggre-
eating $500, 900 are claimed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-11

A five year note for $500 bearing
8 per cent Interest paid annually.
Secured by mortgage on real estate
worth $1,000. Enquire at Wonder
store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-11
IMPORTING VOTERS
HERALD
MAKES SENSATIONAL FIND

Declares That Voters Are Being
Imported" for the Purpose Of
Carrying the Coming City Elections
Issues In the Municipal Campaign
Are Warming Up and Sharp Con-
test Is Certain.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-11

was to be Immediately thrown on
the market to bring what it will for
cash.
There are various reasons which
bring about this condition Of affairs,
but the $35,OO0 stock of furniture,
carpets and house furnishings is to
be sold at once.
The Standard Furniture company
commenced business in Baker City
in January, 1900. 1t has been one
of the large institutions of the city.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-04-13
Insane Blacksmith Hacked
His Wife's Head with
Hatchet and then Hanged
Himself.

Paterson, N. Y, April. H.
Anton Biswell, a blacksmith,
went insane this morning and
cut his wite's head in nine places
with small hatchet. He after.
ward went 10 the garret of his
home on the Goffie road, North
Paterson, and hanged himself
Mrs. Biswell was taken to a hos.
pital. She will die.
August BisW ell, the 10 year
old son of the couple, was the
only witness of the tragedy. He
was IN the yard of the Biswell
home feeding chickens when he
heard mis- mother scream. He
ran to the house, but found the
door barred. He looked through
the window and saw his mother
on the floor, his father holding
her by the throat and hitting
her on the head with the hatchet.
Young August tried to get into
the house, but could not. He
yelled at his father but the man
did not stop the blows on his
wife's head until she became un.
conscious.
Then he ran to the window
and smashed sash and glass and
threw the hatchet into the yard.
He then ran upstairs and hang
ed himself to a ratter in the gar
ret.
Young Biswell got large
stone and broke in the door. H.
then dragged his mother to a
bed and bandaged her head
roughly. After this he ran to
get help.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-04-13
Boyhood of a Great Railroad
Magnate.

The subjecto this sketch while
boy went one day to,visit a rel
alive in the country.
"Uncle," he said, as he follow
ed the old farmer out to the barn
after dinner, "don't you want me
to do something to help your"
"You can 90 and water the
stock if you want to, Eddie"
answered his uncle.
Eddie complied with alacrity.
"pd rather do it than anything
else in the world" he exclaim-
ed.
That boy, now a middle aged
man, is known to fame as Edward
HI. Hartman.
He has been watering stock
ever since.--Chicago Tribune.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-04-13
Deputy Sheriff Killed in Ala
bama.

Birmingham, Ala, April 10.
Deputy Sheriff John Roderick,
of Centerville, Ala, was shot and
instantly killed at house near a
lumber plant in Bibb county late
today. Roderick and Sim Oar
der, a Tuscaloosa deputy, had
gone to a house TO arrest a man
named Redd, charged with bur-
glary. AS they approached, the
door was thrown open and Rod
erick was instantly killed. The
men all escaped.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-04-13
Snow Storm in Virginia this
Week.

Winchester, Va, April TO-
A terrific snow storm prevailed
in the valley Of Virginia early
today. Telephone and telegraphic
service is almost paralyzed, poles
and wires being down in all di-
rections. The electric light and
power plant in Winchester is
completely out of service, and it
will be several days before pre-.
vailing conditions can be reme-
died.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-04-13
High Finance
From Harper's Weekly.

from Harper's weekly.
Harry, bright youngster,
was told by his mother that she
would give him cents for a doz-
en- pins he rescued from the
floors, thus preventing her year.
old babe, who was just beginning
to crawl, from finding them.
"What will you do with the
money when you earn it, Har.
ryY" he was asked by a neigh
Dor.
"With the first 8 cents" said
Harry, promptly, cpl buy pa
per OF pins and scatter them all
over the house."
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-04-13
Money to Loan.

have made arrangements with parties
in New York City by which can negotiate
loans for five years on improved cotton
farms. in sums of $500 90 and upwards, at
the rate of z per cent. on amounts of $1,000
and over. and per cent on sums less than
$1,000. No brokerage or commission char
ged Only a reasonable fee for abstract of
title. II Il. WYLIE,
Attorney -at-Law
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-04-13
Colored Teachers Meeting.

The colored teachers and trus.
tees will meet at Lancaster Apr.
Goth. Business of importance
will be attended to.
M. d. Lee, Chairman.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-04-13
Clemson College Items.
A Rare Musical Treat Base
Ball Games-.A Number of
Cadets to Spend Summer
in Western Wheat Fields
Clemson Graduates Fill
ing Responsible Positions.

Ed. Lancaster News: Perhaps
the best musicul entertainment
ever given at Clemson was that
given by Vlctor's Royal Venetian
Band on Saturday evening, April,
6. Was given under. auspices of
the Clemson College Lyceum,
and it was by accident almost
that this band was induced to
stop at a place as small as Glenn
son. Next to Sousa's famous band,
this is perhaps the best band in
the country; and after hearing
it, one can but exclaim with the
poet
The man that hath no music in himself.
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet
sounds.
IL ft for treasous. stratagems. and spoils;
The motions of his spirit are dull as night.
And his affections dark as Erebus;
Let no such man be trusted"
Clemson has not been so sue
cessful in athletics the past week
as her supporters had hoped that
she would be, although her work
has been very creditable. Her
baseball team played two games
with the Georgia School of Tech
nology at Atlanta on Friday and
Saturday. The first was lost to
Tech by the score of 4 to 2, and
the second-an eleven inning
game-was a tie by the score of
2 to Q. Clemson's track team
had a meet Saturday afternoon
with the University of Georgia
at Athens, in which Georgia was
victorious by the score of 65 to
43.
Quite a number of students
are planning to spend their sum-
mer vacation harvesting wheat
in the wheat fields of Kansas
and Nebraska. Some very favor
able inducements have been Of
fered them and it is expected
that large number will avail
themselves of the opportunity of
studying practically the condi
tions under which the "staff of
life" is raised so profusely.
There are on the Clemson
faculty and Experiment station
staff fifteen Clemson alumni, all
of whom are filling responsible
positions. Mr.. II. E Keitt of the
class of 'O6 is the latest addition,
he being recently elected assis-
tant chemist at the Experiment
station. Clemson also has one
graduate who is instructor in
mathematics at West Point Mill
tary Academy.
There Are quite number of
Clemson alumni clubs in differ
ent parts of the country. One
was recently organized in Wash
ington, of which Senator Tillman
and Congressman Lever were
elected honorary members. Tn e
club has had its picture taken
and sent it to be published in
the '07 annual.
The destructive freeze that
visited this section of the State
last week destroyed practically
all the fruit and tender vegeta-
bles. Of the eighty varieties of
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-12
SAYS LADY GOULD
WAS CH|CAGOAN
WOMAN ACCUSED or KILLING
NINE. LEVIN AT M o NJ T e
CARLO, SAID TO BE Ex-WlFE
or RUDOLPH RUBIN.

Chicago Aug. III" Lady Gould, =
who with Sir We're Could Is under
arrest ut Monte Carlo for the mur.
der Of Nine. Gamma Levin, a society
leader OF Stockholm, Sweden Is said
to be the former Wife Of Rudolph
Rubin, G52 East Carmen avenue, Chi
cago, assistant manager of the Glcns
Falls Insurance Company.
In an interview with Ruhins sec
0nd wife Mrs. Rubin said;
Although | am not sure that the
woman under arrest at Monte Carlo
is my husbands former wife circuin.
stances show that it is probably she.
She was in trouble at Monte Carlo
several years ago"
The police of Monte Carlo declare
that Nine. Levin was killed by the
Goulds fer her iewe!ry When the
Goulds were arrested jewels believed
to have belonged to Nine Levin We're
found in Lady Colds hand satchel
Nine. Levi was a familiar figure
in Stockholm society. She had a
love for jewelry and was
the owner of fine collection of val
liable rings aud diamonds,