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The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-14
Fireman Killed a. Sterling.

Denver.-On the floor of the round
house in the Sterling railroad yards,
Peter Keitsini a Greek engine wiper,
twenty-eight years old, was found by
fellow workmen at 4:30 O'Clock Friday
afternoon, suffering from wounds
which caused his death two hours
lated. He was stunned from frac-
ture of the skull and emitted a
large quantity OF blood from his mouth.
due to congestion of the lungs. Though
he knew he had but a short time to
live he declined to tell how he had
sustained his wounds.
Sheriff j. w. Arnold of Sterling In a
telegram to Chief OF Police Delaney,
stated that fireman on the Union Pa
ciic had been robbed and murdered
early in the day by number of Greeks
who were working about the tracks.
and that later they had left for Den
yer. Detectives Sparhawk and Ustic
arrested Peter Geagas, George Ca
learus, Gust Chuconey and Andreas An
thouplos, from among forty Greeks who
arrived in the city from Sterling on the
Union Pacific train at 2:15 Saturday
afternoon. The four were held pending
further investigation.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-14
President Sees Labor Leaders.

Washington.-Pres Roosevelt
Saturday conferred with President
Gompers and the members of the ex-
ecutive council of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor regarding labor legis-
lation at the coming session Of Con
gress.
d. ]. Shackelton and John Hodge,
members of the British parliament.
and fraternal delegates from Great
Britain to the annual convention of
the American Federation of Labor
which is to open at Norfolk. Virginia.
Monday, also were present. After the
conference Gompers said:
I'VE discussed with the President
the questions of labor legislation
which have been presented to Con-
gress, including the eighthour day
proposition; women and child labor.
employers liability and It's extensions.
the injunction process and the abuses
which 1t has developed. The Presi-
dent discussed these matters freely
with us and treated us with every
consideration. AS to what he will do
for labor in his forthcoming message
to Congress. l prefer he should say
himself"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-14
Gold pourlna In RanldIx.

New York.-The German liner Krop
Prinzessin Cecilie was reported off
Fire Island at six o'clock Tuesday
morning, and soon after ten O'Clock
had docked and was unloading ST..
100000 of the yellow metal, which will
go to strength the New York re
serves.
The new Cunard liner Lusitania will
follow closely in her wake with So.
100000. and s14 100000 more will fol
low during the remainder of the week
and early next week.
The additional Withdrawals from
the Bank of England for the United
States and s125,000 for Canada brings
up the total gold engagements on the
present movement to about $36,OO0,-
900.
The news that the Bank of France
bought Tuesday $15,000,000 in sterling
bills on London was regarded here as
an event Of the first importance. as
indicating that French financiers were
not only able. but willing to help Lon.
don, and thus indirectly help America
by relieving the strain on the Bank
of England caused by the heavy Am
srican demands Tor gold,
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-14
CANAL FOR GRAND VALLEY.
Will Cost a Million and Half and
Reclaim 10000 Acres.

Grand Junction.-That the United
States government will construct a
N.500.000 high line canal to reclaim
10000 acres of arabic land in the
Grand valley adjoining Grand juno
uon, is the announcement made by E.
w. Aupperle. secretary Of the local
chamber of commerce. who has Just
returned from Washington. where he
was in conference for a week with
Secretary of the Interior Garfield.
The decision of the government to
construct this great irrigation system
comes as the result of nearly twenty
years of untiring effort and applica-
ton on the part OF the people of Grand
Junction The campaign to secure
federal cooperation was renewed
with vigor last spring, even to the Sc
curing Of Secretary Garfield's own per-
sonal survey of the local situation. A
special visit was arranged last sum-
mer, whereby the secretary of the in
terror was enabled to view the at
fractions and possibilities of the Grand
valley and to estimate the advantage
Of high line canal.
The result of all this effort now cul-
inmates in the announcement that the
government will build the big ditch at
an early date. And as evidence of
its good faith $4,000 has been set
apart sor the purpose of Immediately
establishing an engineers headquar-
ters here.
The canal will have its headgate
under the shadows of Mt. Garfield,
which was named after the secretary's
honored father, and will skirt the base
Of the mountain for about fifteen
miles. bringing over 10000 acres un-
der irrigation.
G. E. Sands, constructing engineer,
who is now supervising the work on
the Gunnison tunnel. will have charge
Of the survey which will be COM
menced as soon as preliminaries can
be arranged. AS the direct result Of
the governments decision conserva-
tive citizens declare that the popula-
ton of this city will be more than
doubled II less than five years and
that within that time the broad acres
now lying desolate will become the
home of at least 10000 families.
The report of the governments de-
cision went through the city like Wild
fire. Dignified citizens met each other
on the street. and embraced, SO great
was their thankfutness No event in
the history of Grand Junction can COM
pare with importance with the de-
cision to build the canal.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-14
Good Government Wins.

San Francisco.-At $3.50 Wednesday
night the count of Tuesdays munich
pal vote had been completed in 241
precincts out of 273 in the city. The
total vote thus far counted is 49,309
giving the following on mayor:
r r. Taylor. Democrat and Good
Government League, 24.522; p. II. Nc
Carthy, Union Labor. 1928; d. A.
Ryan. Republican. 1926. Taylor's plu-
rality, 1924; majority, 1923.
District attorney: w. II. Langdon.
Republican, Democrat and Good Gov
ernment, 2S,412, Frank MCGOWAN,
Union Labor. 17,1SS. Langdon's plu-
rality, 1924.
The total vote, 1t is estimated, Will
reach $4,000 or $1,000. If.the present
ratio is maintained, 1t is predicted
that Taylor will have a majority of
1900 and Langdon a majority of A.
900.
1t is apparent that the entire Good
Government League ticket is elected
with the exception of county clerk and
treasurer and possibly one OF the
eighteen supervisors.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-14
Suicide in Denver.

Denver.-Withdrawi for a mo
ment from the presence of his wife
and three daughters, aged 8, Z and 2
years, Charles ]. Pigsler, thirty-three
years old, prominent in the Benevol-
ent and Protective Order of Elks and
wealthy man, Sunday night shot
himself through the heart. Pigsler
was an invalid. and came, with his
family, from Marysville, Missouri,
where he had been a deputy sheriff.
in the hope that change of climate
would benefit him. In his weakness
he partook CT stimulants to excess,
it is said, and this, with the altitude
and inherited wasting disease. caused
him to become temporarily deranged.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-14
Deadly Fight in Douglas County.

Denver.-The News Monday morn
Ing publishes an account of a deadly
affray at Gam, in Douglas county. four
miles from Sedalia.
Fleeing from her husband, Carl Die
trich, of whom she says she lived in
mortal Gear, Edith Dietrich. a bride of
a month, Sunday night took refuge in
a neighbor's house. Her husband came
to the place. started to pull his wife
out by the neck and was interrupted in
his brutality by John P. Dunkle, who
had boarded with the Dietrichs since
their marriage. Dunke, who defended
the woman. was set upon by Dietrich,
who cut and slashed him with razor
Dunkle pulled As revolver and shot
Dietrich through the throat. Both men.
it is believed. will die. They were both
employed by the Dupont Powder Com
pany, which has a large plant near
Gam.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-14
Manltou Incline Railway.

Denver.-Articles of Incorporation
of the Manitou Incline Railway Com
pany we're filed Saturday with the
secretary of state. The company is
Incorporated with a capital stock OF
100000 and has purchased from the
Hydro Electric Company the cable
tram road running from Manitou to
the summit OF Mount Manitou. a dis
tance of one mile. The officers of the
company are Colorado Springs and
Denver business men. They are: N.
N. Brumback. president: Charles w.
Stiff, vice president; N. T. Brum-
back, treasurer: K. l.. Whitney. secre-
tary, and Claude l.. McKesson, super
intendent.
Reconstruction work of the track
will be begun soon and the early tour
list season of 1908 will find the road
in operation. In distance of about
one mile the road rises one-half mile
and the upper terminal reaches the
elevation of the Halfway house on
the cog road.
Within the territory rendered ac
cessible by the Incline railway Is tc
be found some Of the most beautiful
scenery of the Pixies Peak region
crags. canons, timber and mountain
streams. Persons who have been over
the line and who are acquainted with
similar enterprises in Switzerland pro
nounce 1t superior in every way to
anything found abroad.
The line will be rebuilt, equipped
with new passenger cars, cables OF
enormous strength and when in oper-
alton on a twenty-minute schedule
will have a capacity of about 900 pas.
sengcrs per day.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-14
TIMBER SUPPLY
DISAPPEARING
ONLY ENOUGH IN THE COUNTRY
TO LAST 20 YEARS At PRES
EMIT RATE OF CUTTING.
TROUBLE LECOMlNC
GOVERNMENT FORESTER SOUNDS
NOTE OF WARNING AND URGES
REFoREsTING.

Washington.-'Tn twenty years the
timber supply in the United States, on
government reserves and private hold
ings, at the present rate of cutting, will
be exhausted, although It is possible
that the growth of that period might
extend the arrival OF this time another
five years"
This is the announcement made by
Clifford Pinchot, the government for
ester, who has just returned from a six
months inspection trip. on which he
travelled 10000 miles
In sounding his warning Mr.. Pinchot
urged that the danger of the situation
should not be underestimated. He said
that the United States uses more tim
Der per capita than any other country.
and that every man, woman and child
would be effected. He decried the pol
icy Of discounting the future of the
country by failure to protect the nat
ural resources and he advised every
one who has not already done SO to
read President Roosevelt's speech at
Memphis on this general subject
About one-fifth of the forest area OF
the country is in government reserves.
but Mr.. Pinchot called attention to the
fact that as privately owned timber
lands are better than the government
reserves, as a general rule, the govern
ment does not control one-ffth of the
timber supply.
The forest service will ask Congress
for more money and more men in or
der to extend the service, and will push
the work of reforesting the denuded
timber lands. Mr.. Pinchot says, how
ever, that 1t is utterly beyond the pos
sibility of the service to meet the situ-
alton and prevent serious trouble. One
hope entertained is the Appalachian
forest. and an effort will be made to
protect this and promote the growth
there
A scheme advocated by the state for
ester of California is being watched
with great deal of interest. Under the
police powers of the state the forester
is endeavoring to protect the water
sheds and prevent private owners from
devastating these lands in such man.
ner as will injure irrigation OF lands
below.
If this plan works well the govern
ment forester believes 1t will be taken
up III other states and federal authori
ties will be aided greatly by the coop
GRAFTON. In appealing for the protec.
ton OF the natural resources, Mr.. Pin
chot said that there is changing senti-
ment throughout the country and that
the people are beginning to see that the
right to use such resources does not
carry with It the right to destroy
them. The forest service will make ad
ditional efforts to educate the people
along this line.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-14
Massachusetts Election.

Boston.-Gov. Curtis Guild of Bos-
ton, Republican, was reelected for a
third term Tuesday by plurality esti-
mated at late hour Tuesday night at
100000, the largest given a guberna-
torial candidate in Massachusetts
since the free silver movement
The rest of the Republican state
ticket was also successful, and the
party will again control both houses
of the legislature by proportion of
about three to one.
Gen. Charles w. Bartlett, the anti.
merger candidate. polled about 10000
votes, compared with about $4,000 for
Whitney and 10000 for Hisgen.
The state officers elected were:
Governor-Curtis Guild, Jr.. of Bos-
ton.
Lieutenant Governor-Eben 8.
Draper of Hopedale.
Secretary of State--William M. Olin
Of Boston.
Treasurer-Arthur D. Chaplin Of Hol.
yoke.
Auditor-Henry E. Turner of NAL
den.
Attorney General-Dana Malone Of
Greenfield.
Governor Guild was opposed for re-
election by six other candidates
Henry M. Whitney of Brookline, Dem
ocrat, and also running on two sets
Of nomination papers; Thomas l.. His
gen of West Springfield, Independence
league; General Charles w. Bartlett
of Newton, Anti-merger; Herever s.
Sowell of Ashburnham, ProhiDitionist;
John Brown of Worcester, Socialist
and Thomas F. Brennan OF Salem, So
cialist Labor.
The total vote of Boston for gov
ernor was; Bartlett, BAG; Guild, 49,.
442; Hisgen, 1895; Whitney, 25,511;
Moran, 50.671.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-14
RouT COUNTY COAL RAILROAD.
Makes Application for Right Of Way
Across School Lands.

Across Schooi Ianos.
Denver.-Application has been made
to the State Land Board for right OF
way over 159 acres OF some of the rich
est coal land in Colorado by the Colo
RADIO & Northern Railroad Company.
The company plans to build line OF
thirty miles from Hayden. station on
the Moffat road, In Routt county.
through the anthracite coal fields OF
that section and California peak. end
ing at Sand Mountain pass. Later. IL
is contemplated to build an extension
through the Hahn's Peak District
DR.. A. A. Johnson. superintendent
Of the mineral department of the State
Land Office, is vice president and gen
eral manager of the company. He ap-
praised the land as being worth $3.50
an acre and that was the price for which
the board is asked to sell the 159
acres. DIR. Johnson explained that the
necessary rights Of way over govern
ment territory had been secured free
because of the important and rich coal
region the line would open. The ap
plication did not state whether the sale
would be outright or not The board
expressed itself as being unwilling to
dispose OF such valuable coal land and
action on the matter was postponed
until the attorney general could inves
tigate. The benefits accruing from the
line are plain to the board and the
probabilities are that the board will
sell tho surface rights at the figure of
fered, reserving the rights to the min
eral deposits.
The Colorado & Northern Railroad
company was incorporated year ago
with capitalization Of s1,000,00O. The
company is said to have purchased the
rights granted in 1880 to Calvin 8.
Brice. Samuel Thomas and other big
eastern magnates to build line
through Routt county.
The officers of the company are b.
Dorsey of st. Louis, president; DIR. A.
A. johnson, vice president; directors,
John l.. Crabtree of st. Louis, II. l..
Ritter, NJ. J. Dorsey, Marshall E. John
son and Horace +. Clarke.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-14
Murderous Assault.

Trinidad.-Harry Douthwaite. an or
ganizer for the United Mine Workers.
who left Trinidad hurriedly Saturday
evening after stating that he had been
threatened and warned to leave the
city, was the victim of a murderous
assault at the hands of an unknown
Mexican at a saloon at Aguilar Sun
day night. Doulhwaite had just left
the building when he was struck in
the back of the head with a heavy re-
volver. A few minutes later his as
sailant was arrested by another Mex
lean who claimed to be a United
States deputy marshal. Both left the
place, the Officer saying he would
take his prisoner to Trinidad. No
trace of either OF the men has been
secured. Douthwaite is weak from the
loss of blood, but his condition is not
serious
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-14
Fleet Preoarine to Sail.

Washington.-Every detail in the
preparations for the sailing of the bat
tleship fleet to the Pacific is now well
in hand, and by December 10th, the
date on which the vessels will pass
out of Hampton Roads in review be-
fore President Roosevelt, members of
the cabinet and high officials of the
navy, arrangements for the comfort of
the men ea route will have been at
tended to.
At all of the navy yards the work of
making necessary repairs Is being
pushed, and these will be completed
by December 1st; provisions are being
stored aboard the vessels, and their
coal bunkers are being filed to their
CAPACITY.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-14
Jury for Adams Trial.

Rathdrum. Ida.-The jury to try
Steve Adams for the alleged murder
of Fred Tyler in the Marble Creek
country of Shoshone county, Idaho.
three years ago, was completed Tues
day afternoon. Clarence Darrow
leading counsel for the defense, en-
tered obje ction to the states having
ten peremptory challenges, saying the
law giving the state this privilege was
after Adams was tried once, and was
ex post facto. The objection was over
ruled.
Walter H. Hanson. prosecuting at
torney. made the opening statement to
the jury.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-14
Change Scarce in Chicago.

Chicaso.-An Illustration of the
scarcity of currency was given at the
Chicago Flower show. which Is doing
a business apparently unaffected by
the currency stringency. A leading
coal company sent TO the management
and offered TO give a premium of one
per cent. for currency in exchange
for certified check, but this offer was
refused, the management complaining
that they had been offered twenty per
cent. premium.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-14
New AeropIane Record.

Paris-Henry Farnam. the aeronaut,
made new record with his aeroplane
Thursday. He few full kilometer
(about six-tenths OF mile), describing
the letter s in the air He now has his
machine under perfect control and ap-
pears to be able to remain In the air
at will.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-14
Death of Judge mecomss.

Washington.-Louis Emory Nc.
Comas, associate justice of the Court
of Appeals OF the District OF Columbia,
former United States senator and for
four terms congressman from MARI
land, died at his home in this city
Sunday. His ieath was due 20 heart
disease.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-14
Success of Aeroplane.

Paris-M. Farman, the aeronaut.
increased the record for aeroplane
flying Tuesday by covering 1,040
yards. His previous record WIS 83t
yards
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-16
A NEW FABLE FOR CRITICS
Which Points a Moral for Those Of
Small Abilities Who Are Am
bilious for Public Notice.

A young mule, who had been
called a donkey by ignorant persons
till he grew FESTIVE under the inn
putation, made inquiry of his moth
er as to any possible Inheritance Of
mentality that might be coming to
him.
"My son." said the aged She
Ass, lowing to your exceptional
parentage, you cannot have both
mother-wit and horse sense. The
time has come for you to choose
one of the two"
81 fail to see any difference be-
tween the terms, as commonly
used" replied the mule. 81 really
cannot make a choice"
81 perceive" said the mother, re-
gretfully, "that you resemble a
famous ancestor of yours, who be-
came mixed up with duplicate
bundles of hay, to his undoing."
81 can support the consciousness
of that fact" said the mule, $50
long as it does not become noised
abroad. Is there no way in which
| can conceal it from the world?"
"There is" the parent responded,
after a moments thought, "and it is
this: in case of a dispute, seize the
first opinion that comes handy and
stick to it till the crack of doom. In
this way you will get a reputation
for knowing your own mind, with
out necessarily knowing anything
at all"
The young mule, being a level
headed young mule, acted upon the
advice and made name for him
self as synonym for frmness.
Moral-Utilize your limitations.
If you cannot make money, you
may attain to fame by pointing out
the criminality Of wealth.-Puck.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-16
TIPPING is SILLY.

The public is a curious mixture
of the idiot and the wise man.
writes Barry Pain. Surely, by this
time most of the public knows that
when it thinks it is tipping the
waiter it is really tipping the res
taurant proprietor.
The silly system has grown to
such an extent that the amount
which the waiter receives in tips
mast of necessity be taken into con-
sideration by the proprietor, and in
very many cases the waiter has to
pay high for the privilege of work
ing for the proprietor and making
what pickings he can out of it.
Hairdressers and cabmen expect
sums out of all proportion to the
services rendered
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-16
THE PRESIDENT AND DIR. McooK.

Henry C. McCook, D. D., author
of Natures Craftsmen, was in
Washington, a few months ago, with
Mrs. McCook, and they called to
pay their respects at the White
House.
"Did the doctor ever tell you
what they told him about my men
when he was in the cavalry camp
at Santiago?" asked the president
of Mrs. McCook. "You know, the
government sent him over on spe-
cial duty, and l found him, one day
at dinner with Gen. Wheeler's staff
under a big mangotree.
"Of course 1 invited the doctor
over to see me, and at once those
staff officers began to protest.
"Don't you do it, chaplain
said one; and Don't you goP crie(
another and another.
"But why not?' asked the doc
tor.
"'0h, it isn't safe to visit the
rough riders camp on such a fine
horse as you're riding! If you
really go, don't dare to dismount
And even if you stay in the saddle,
keep your eyes open or they'll slip
the horse from under your"
The president laughed heartily
"But l assure you, madam" he
added, ''my boys were not so bad
as they were represented"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-16
WORRIES OF THE TENOR
oVer-Abundance Of AVoirdupols Some
thing That Has Constantly to BE
Guarded Against.

Sometimes endless trouble goes
with S3,000-a-night voice. Caruso,
Conried's famous tenor, had siege
OF mental anguish recently, and now
Sig. Ancona, the rotund little bari
tone, is up against a strange propo-
sitlon. Ancona must wear a belt five
inches shorter before Oscar Ham
merstein will ratify the singers con-
tract for the Manhattan opera
house. He has grown too fat to look
any part but Falstaff, and if he re-
turns to New York next winter
without having reduced his girth
there will be nothing doing so far
as the Manhattan opera house is
concerned.
DalmOres, another singer at Man
haitian opera house, takes Turkish
baths, and spends an hour or so in
a gymnasium every day, and Mr.
Hammerstein says there is no rea-
son why Ancona should not do the
same thing.
There is a Chinese chop suey gar
ret in the Bowery that makes a
specially Of cricket soup, which is
said to be the best anti-fat known to
good-natured people. Possibly the
opera singers will corner the cricket
market next fall. operate dignity
used to be feared, even by managers,
but Mr.. Hammerstein is no re-
specter of the artists when they are
not to his satisfaction.