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of money in newspaper advertising every year.
If this view were adopted the papers should re-
fuse to give church news or report sermons. as
there is advertising attached to religious infor-
nation.
Foolish threats like this have done the cause
of the brewers and liquor dealers much harm in
the past, as some of them are recognizing, and
they would gain very little credit to have it known
that they trying to check the Prohibition tide
by inducing or bulldozing the newspapers into
publishing no news about it. AS matter OF
fact, no decent journal will be thus controlled
1t is its business to give the news, and all the
news, what the Prohibitionists have to say as
we'll as what the brewers saloonmen and liquor
dealers say. The beer and liquor problem is I'M
der consideration just and very satisfactory
solution is going to be reached only after thor
ough discussion from every point of view. :.
be suppressed, and no newspaper can afford or
would think of suppressing any news of general
interest"
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NORTH ADAMS VOTES
Another Massachusetts, City Cuts Down the
Majority for Saloons

BosroN December 1s-(Special correspond
ence. )-North Adams, the last city in the Com
monwealth to hold its municipal election, added
its mite to the gain in the no-license vote at its
polling yesterday. Last years majority of 334
for license was cut down to barely 80. The vote
was: eyes" 1,416 No" 1884 Last year: Eyes
1919, mo" 1885.
This makes the sum total of results from the
local option voting in the state during the yeaS
1907 as follows:
For LICENSE fas,363
AGAINST LICENSE ............ 2o1,37
TOTAL OF MAJoR1r1Es AGAINST LICENSE. -. 1884
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THE COURT SIDE-STEPS
Indiana's High Tribunal Dodges Issue in Con-
stitutional Case

INDIANAPOLIS, ND December 1s-(Special cor
respondence) The supreme court of Indiana has
side-stepped the question of the consttutionality
of the saloon by dismissing, on purely technical
grounds the appealed case which has been brought
before them from South Bend, through the
activities of CHARLES F. HoLLER, Esq. Mr..
HoLLER, as most Prohibitionists know, has for
some time past been working upon case similar
to the cases which have been handled in this city
by Mr.. CHARLES NEwLIN. On Tuesday this case
came before the supreme court on appeal The
court evidently did not care to put itself again
in ridiculous light before the people by resorting
to the sort of stuff which it used in the case
which was railroaded to it last spring, and so
found technical flaw upon which it dismissed
the whole matter.
Mr.. HoLLER declares that the supreme court OF
Indiana must speak, not sde-step," and that this
case will be pushed to the Supreme Court of the
United States.
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THE NATIONAL PRoHIBrr1oNIsT Magnificent
is The National Prohibitiomist! Wonderful is the
spirit with which it enters the field. Prohibition
is today the most popular word in the English
language. E. W. MASON.
Royal Oak, Mich.
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NEW YoRK's CLOSING FARCE


Swing While the Police Enforce an Old
Law Upon All Sorts of Other Things
NEW York, December 16-(Special correspond
ence)-New York city had again yesterday case
of Sunday closing" which will probably be mis-
interpreted throughout the country as was the
case week ago. Not few of the religious pa
pers have announced it as a great triumph tor
morality, and the supposition has been common
that it related chiefly to the saloons. In point of
fact, it was triumph of immortality and the sa-
looms were the notable exception.
There is in New York an old law regarding
Sabbath observance which has for long time
been disregarded, like many other laws in this
city and this state A recent court decision as
serted its validity and the chief of police of this
city, for reasons best known to himself-and other
partes-concluded to enforce it, at least up to its
full letter. and possibly some little distance be-
yond
taken in order to make weight against the de-
mand for the closing of the saloons on Sunday; in
any event, theaters and concerts and illustrated
lectures and music in dining rooms were made
the subject of active police inter ference SVhe the
SGtOOHS ran on jNSt as NSH0E.
The situation in New York, both in the city and
throughout the state, regarding the saloon on
Sunday is somewhat peculiar. The so-called
Ranes liquor law provides for the sale of liquor
on Sunday "by hotels" in connection with meals.
From the very first Sunday after the going into
effect of that law up to the present time, liquor
selling establishments throughout the state have
merely put few tables in the room behind the
bar, placed on them sandwich or two, basket
of dirty crackers and little cheese, and have sold
liquor to all Corners, serving it upon these tables
Occasionally someone eats the cracker, and then
the next customer who sits down to that table
sees Difference paid to the law by the bringing of
another dirty plate of broken crackers from an
other table when he orders his beer or whisky.
Of course, the courts have pronounced this
mere subterfuge, and dozens of decisions exist de-
caring that liquor cannot lawfully be sold in this
way, but the police throughout the state, the
sherfs in the rural districts and the district at
torneys, and commonly the Excise Department at
Albany have been perfectly content to accept this
much of homage to the majesty of the law.
Naturally, under these circumstances, there have
been plenty of law-breakers who were far more
defiant Thousands of iquor-dealers in New
York state boastingly assert that the front doors
of their saloons have not been locked since the
Raines law went into effect and sell liquor over
their bars on Sunday and during the prohibited
hours of the night just openly as at any other
time One of the provisions of the law requires
that an unobstructed view of the bar-room be
given from the street during those hours when
the sale of liquor is forbidden, and at times in
this city it has been possible to go along the
4 = IL
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-24
U. P. Builds for Its Competitors.

Cheyenne. Wyo.-That the Union
Pacific is in earnest in its announced
intention to retire from the CONNER
cial coal business January 1st is evil
denced by the order, issued recently,
for the construction of a branch line
twenty miles in length from Rock
Springs to an extensive coal field in
the north owned almost entirely by
the independent operators.
In addition to the main branch there
will be three or four laterals, with a
combined length OF about six miles.
The Union Pacific is building this line
entirely for the profit which can be de-
prived from hauling coal for indepen-
dent operators, and will open no mines
of its own along the route. The indie
pendent coal would, were it not for the
Union Pacific's intention TO retire from
the commercial field, come into direct
competition with the great railroad
mines at Rock Springs
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-24
Lost Park Company Organizes.

Greeley. Colo.-The Antero & Lost
Park Reservoir Company was incor-
porated, capitalized at 100000. 1t
is composed of thirty-three business
men. nineteen from Greeley and the
remainder from Denver, and their
project is the building of the Antero
and Lost Park reservoirs in South
Park. 100 miles southwest of Denver.
by which $1,000 acres of land. much
of it adjoining Denver and some
within the city limits. and extending
TO the mouth of the Poudre. is to be
provided with water for late irriga-
ton.
The reservoir site. which was pur-
chased three weeks ago, covers 10.-
900 acres and the South Platte river
runs through the Antero basin. To-
night it was decided to send survey
ors to South Park next week.
A dam 1000 feet long, 30 feet high,
| covered with cement and costing
s250.000. will be built for the Antero
reservoir. The two reservoirs of g.
200. 100000 cubic feet capacity will be
supplied from the South Platte and its
tributaries. Ten miles of ditch with a
ther supply the reservoir from the
north fork of the South Platte. Four
Mile creek and High creek. The res
ervoir draws from 500 square miles of
land with the reputed best snowfall in
the state and its waters are practically
unlimited. The company may provide
water for the high line ditch. the Full
ton. the Burlington and Evans No. 2
bitches. supplying land from Denver
to Greeley.
For the last week Greeley parties
have been buying land east of Den
yer which they expect will develop be-
cause of these reservoirs into a rich
farming country.
The directors elected are: II. j..
Clark, ID. C. Wyatt. George Starbird,
Il. j. Riethman of Denver. D. b. Wy
att. S. !. Perry. ID. A. Camfeld. Will
liam Mayher. p. w. Allen. C. F. Tew
of Greeley.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-24
creeIey's spud Output Immense.

Greeley, Colo.-This week will prac-
tically see the finish of the potato har-
vest. This will mean that close to
s2,000.000 worth of this crop is safe
in dug-outs or has already been mar
keted. There will be between 1000
and 5000 carloads of marketable po-
tatoes in the Greeley district this fall
The quality is the best known here.
in many years, and the stock
is commanding the highest mar
ket price. So Ear this fall hard
ly any potatoes have been sold at
less than 40 cents per 100 pounds.
while a good part of the time 80
cents per 100 has been received. The
price at present is 10 cents per 100.
One-third of the beet crop has also
been dug and most of it delivered to
the factory or at the beet dump. Some
SLIDING of beets is also being done but
fully three-quarters of the crop is be.
ing delivered as fast as dug.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-24
NEW YORK BANKS GAIN SURPLUS
Surprise Expressed by Financiers
Who Expected a Slump.
ew York-The Financier SAYS ::

New York-The Financier says:
"The official statement of the New
York Associated banks was most
surprising exhibit. 1t had been ex-
pected that the bank returns would
show an increase in cash and by rea-
son OF a contractions in loans and de-
crease in deposits and hence in re-
serve requirements, that the surplus
would be augmented. So great a
gain in cash as that disclosed by the
statement was not, however, looked
for, neither was the increase in sur
plus that was indicated by the state
ment. Considering, though, the fact
that If a decidedly unfavorable exhibit
had been made as the result of close
conformity with the actual conditions
of the banks. it might have disturb
ing effect, because of the serious
distrained monetary situation, the lib
eral treatment of the averages, which
appears to have been made, may be
regarded as excusable under the cir
cumStanceS
"The cash gain as officially reported
by the statement, was $6,443, 100, or
about five millions in excess of the
gain that was estimated upon the
basis Of the traceable movements of
decrease of $33,40O reported in gen
eral deposits, the contraction in loans
more than offSetting by this sum the
gain in cash. The required reserve
against such deposits was reduced
$S4, 100, adding which to the increase
in cash was $6,257,200 as the augmen-
tation in surplus reserve to $11,1S2,-
605.
Computed upon the basis of depos-
its less those of $34,45O,1O0 United
States deposits, which was greater by
$962,500 that in the previous week,
the surplus is $19,796, ,175. Loans were
contracted of $6,555, 500, doubtless the
result of speculative and other ac-
counts on the stock market; the ex-
cess of loans over deposits was six
millions less than that which was
shown in the week of October 18th.
The daily average Of bank clearings
was 1903, 100000. Clearings on Satur-
day representing Fridays business
were $309,065,9O2. Comparison of
loans by individual bankers show that
five institutions contracted this item
by $4,5O0.000 net, eight banks gained
$6.500.000 net cash."
The statement of clearing house
banks for the week shows that the
banks hold $11. 1926 more than the
legal reserve requirements. This is an
increase of $6,527,200 as compared
with last week. The statement fol-
lows:
Loans $1,076, $4,000. decrease So
555,60O; deposits $1,025, III, 400, de-
crease 1886, 400; circulation $51 ,612,-
400; increase $61O,600; specie
tenders $62 .257,200. decrease $751;
400; specie 205 300, in
crease $6,794,O50; reserve $267.610,-
500; increase $6,443,1 100: reserve re-
quired $256,427 $50. decrease ss4.100;
surplus $l1. .1S2, $50, increase s6,527,-
200; excepting United States deposits
$19,795, ,175, increase $6,767,s25.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-24
DOLLAR WHEAT
HERE At LAST
THE FARMER IS HAPPY, AND
WHEN HE SMILES OTHERS
FEEL coNTENTED.
SHORTAGE OVER WORLD
RUSSIA FALLS SHORT 100000
BUSHELS AS COMPARED
WITH LAST YEAR.

Chicago. - Dollar Wheat !" For
years this has been the cry OF the
farmer. He has thought that if this
could be realized he would be happy
and prosperous and all would be well
with the country.
Today the farmer is selling his
wheat for dollar bushel or more.
It doesn't have to be very good
wheat at that to bring the long-cov-
eted price at the barn door in North
Dakota. Kansas or Nebraska
The farmer has not as much wheat
he is getting a larger aggregate sum
for his crop than ever before.
But this is only the bright side of
the picture. To the consumer the
prospect of dollar wheat Is not so
rosy. But II that were all, the out
look might not be 30 black.
Looking into the future little, he
can by exercising his imagination but
slightly see wheat at $1.50 or even 81,
f1our at $40 q barrel and bread at 10
cents a loaf.
And he can see no relief by turning
to other cereals. for corn and oats.
usually considered feed for stock, are
bringing almost unheard-of prices and
the whole world is ambling for the
supply.
The seriousness OF the situation
from the consumers point Of view is
shown by the action of the Chicago
market.
Friday, owing to the stock market
tangle in New York and the resultant
uncertainty. the prices of wheat went
down about cents a bushel.
On this slight break from the usu-
ally high level. foreigners rushed in
and bought every bushel Of grain and
barrel Of flour offered for sale, the
export business being the largest ever
recorded for 4 single day.
The result was that wheat has
gained twice as much here yesterday
as it had lost the day before.
The anxiety of the foreigners to buy
on every break shows that they must
have wheat regardless Of price.
The fact is that there is a shortage
of wheat all over the world.
The Russian crop 10 100000 bush
els smaller than last year, and this
was the cause of famine over a large
part of the Russian Empire last year.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-24
Big Fire at Fort Moroan.

Fort Morgan, Colo.-The most de-
structive fire that ever visited tho
town of Fort Morgan occurred Sunday
morning. starting at ) o'clock The
Platte Valley -four mill. one of tho
most extensive mills of its kind in the
state. was totally destroyed, including
10000 bushels OF wheat. The total
loss is estimated at $4,000.
Practically all of the -four in the
mill was saved, although some OF IL
was damaged by water.
The fire started in the engine room
and soon burned through into tho
main building. When the department
arrived the building was completely
enveloped and beyond all hope OF be-
Ing saved. The structure and ma
chinery were valued at $4,000. and
are a total loss. Twenty thousand
bushels Of wheat was partly consumed
and nearly all of it was damaged to
such an extent that 1t is unfit for any
thing except stock feed.
There was s17,500 insurance on the
mill and its contents.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-24
DENvER's AUDITORIUM MAY I.
II viii be Completed in Time For the
Big Political nventions.

Denver.-1t is an assured fact that
Denver's big auditorium will be COM
pleted by May /, 1908. In answer to
a letter written b. w. F. r. Mills to
Mayor Speer, asking him if he
thought it possible for the National
Surety Company to finish the auditor
ium in time to accommodate one of
the national political conventions next
summer. the mayor stated that it was
not only possible. but practically GER
tain that all work would be completed
by May LIST.
Ralph w. Smith, third vice presi-
dent of the National Surety Company,
wrote as follows to Mr.. Mills, chair
man Of the convention league:
Referring to your inquiry as to
when the Denver auditorium will be
built, desire to inform you that it
will be built by May l, 1908. Since
assuming the contract for the con-
struction of the auditorium, we have
made arrangements whereby there
cannot be any delay. We have ar
ranged for the prompt delivery of the
steel necessary and have sub-con-
tracted already about seventy-fve per
cent. of the work TO be done. | have
placed in charge of the actual con-
struction work one of the most COM
petent superintendent in the coun-
try, and l personally expect to give
this matter every attention and con
sideration. l want to assure you that
no one in the city of Denver is more
interested in the prompt and early
completion of this building than the
writer. and l will do everything in my
power to have the building completed
on or before May /. 1905"
Mayor Speer's letter was similar to
Mr.. Smiths stating that II 1t were
necessary. double shifts would be
worked night and day. The Republi-
can national committee meets In De.
cember and the Democrats meet in
January, at these meetings the con.
vention city for each party will be
selected and II is though that Denver
has good chance of getting one OF
the large conventions.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-24
Tomato cutsup, Not Human Blood

Chicago.-"My wife has been shot
by a burglar. Come quick. She may
still be alive. I'm afraid to enter the
house."
Waving his arms in the air. John
Majewski. milk dealer. 1880 Paulina
street. shouted this message last even
ing when he ran into the New City
oolice station. Without hat or coat,
Desk Sergeant Loula accompanied the
man. Lying unconscious on the floor
was Mrs Majewski. A window pane
was broken as II bullet had passed
through. The woman's face and body
were apparently covered with blood.
Majewski and Sergeant Loula were
searching the house for clews when
Mrs. Majewski sat up and called for
water. She explained that a bottle
OF catsup had exploded. smashed the
window pane and covering her with
catsup. The was SO frightened she
tainted.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-24
Walks 1000 Miles in 1000 Hours.

Cincinnati, Ohio.-Dan oLeary. the
world-famous long-distance walker fin.
ished his 1,000-mile walk al Norwood
i'm, in this city. at o'clock this morn.
ing. He has walked one mile during
each hour for 1000 consecutive hours.
and although he is nearly siXty-five
years old, he at no time during this
test of his strength has shown any
signs OF faltering.
This Is one of the most remarkable
walking tests ever Witnessed in Amer
lea, and the medical world has been
intensely interested as 10 the outcome.
1t is said that the International Tuber-
culosis Association persuaded OLeary
to attempt the walk, and that he is to-
receive $1,000 for accomplishing the
eat
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-24
COLD PRODUCT
IS S94-373,000
COLORADO HEADS THE LIST
WITH $22,e34,4oo IN THE
PRECIOUS METAL.
NET GAIN OF S6,oOo,oOo
THE UNITED STATES SHOWS
WONDERFUL MINERAL RE-
SOURCES YET IN INFANCY

%ashington.-George E. Roberts,
who retired from the position of d.
rector OF the mint on August /, 1907,
has completed compilation of the
statistics on the production of gold
and silver in the various states and
territories of the United States for
the calendar year 1906 Roberts esti-
mates the production of gold for that
time to have been $94,373,S0O, as
against sSS. 10000 tor 1905, net gain
of s6,193,10O.
The principal gain was in Alaska,
which amounted to S6,439,500. No
vada's gain was $3,919,500; Oregon.
S75,20O; Tennessee, 22,300; Arizona,
$55,S60 and Virginia, $1,000.
The greatest loss of gold In any
state was in Colorado, where there
was decrease Of s2,766,7 700. The
next largest loss was in Montana,
s3G7 800 California lost 1864. 200.
South Dakota, $4,000; Washington.
$4,000; Idaho. $3OO,5OO; North Caro-
lima, $33,900; South Carolina, s20,-
500; Georgia, S71,100, and Wyoming.
$4,000.
Arizona's Silver Gain.
The total production of silver in the
United States during the calendar
year 1906 is given as 56,517,900 fne
ounces, of the commercial value OF
s3S,256, 400, as against 5G,101 600 fine
ounces, of the commercial value OF
$34 ,976, in 1905. The net gain in
the production of silver during the
calendar year 1906 in Arizona was
363,500 ounces; California, 435,500;
Idaho. 10000. and Utah, 1,1sS.200.
The loss in the production of silver
during the year IN Montana was 914,-
400 ounces, and IN Colorado 495.40o
ounces
The average price of silver for 1905
was S0.611 per ounce, as Ngainss
$0.67531 for 1906.
Production by States.
The approximate distribution made
by Roberts of the production of the
states and territories, of gold and sill
yer, for 1906 is as follows:
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-24

other parts of the state. as in the Ar
kansas valley, and the acreage In mel
ons will be materially increased next
year.
When one comes to consider the re-
turns made this year on the fruit Or
chards of the western slope the fig
ures are even more astounding. No
wonder that Missouri threw up her
hands in despair when she gaZed on
the product Of the Colorado orchards
of the western slope and without more
ado awarded the state a first grand
premium on its display, thing never
before done in the history of the state.
Practically the only fruit grown in the
state this year has been on the west
ern slope. Orchards in other sections
were put out of business by the late
frosts.
j. f. Moore, manager Of the Grand
Junction Fruit Growers association,
gave me some interesting data over
the phone yesterday. Up to date there
have been shipped from Grand juno
tion alone 470 cars of fruit.
Shipments during the week just
ended averaged sixteen cars day.
Twenty-Five cars went out last night.
The average returns on these cars, fig
81 200 a car. Little Paonia will ship
about seventy-five cars of apples this
fall. These will net $1,000 car. Re-
turns from other fruit-shipping points
are not yet in hand.
1t is probable that before the sea-
son has closed not less than 1000 cars
and probably nearer 1900, will have
gone out of Grand Junction. The re-
turns from 103 carloads of Bartlett
pears netted the growers S132,257.
Fourteen cars of pears shipped within
three days from Grand Junction net
ted $23,S74, or $1,705 per car. Is 1t
any wonder then, that land is going
up by leaps and bounds in that Sec
tion of the state? The only wonder is
that land is as cheap as it is.
In all of the irrigated districts of
the state, the harvests, all crops con-
sidered, break the records for quality
and quantity. Take Weld county as a
fair example. Farmers will average
from $50 to $50 per acre clear on all
crops grown this year il present signs
do not fail. Fifty cars OF potatoes a
day are leaving the Greeley district
and this number would be largely in
creased If the cars were to be had.
Growers are receiving sixty-five cents
| per hundredweight for the potatoes.
A low estimate is 100 sacks to the
acre. Ten thousand carloads of pota-
toes will be shipped from the district
! alone during the year.
Never before in northern Colorado
have wheat. oats and barley yielded
so heavily or tested so well as this
year. Alfalfa has done exceptionally
well. Vegetables and berries were a
good crop. Taken all together, the
year has been Colorados best. And
that is saying all that can be said
Five years ago there were not 25,-
600 acres of land under cultivation in
the so-called semi-arid belt OF eastern
Colorado. This year the acreage is
about 100000. and exceptionally
, good crops without irrigation have
been raised. Think of the increase
from $4,000 to 100000 in five years.
Isn't Colorado growing, and grow
| ing wonderfully?
No man may dare predict what its
future will be.
Should any man lie ashamed to say
he lives in Colorado?
Rather should ne not be proud of
| the fact that he lives in such an
abundantly blessed state?