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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24
Dough. a berth from Kansas City to

bough. berth from Kansas City to
California. NY bed cost me 20 cents
The clerk looked astonished.
You're mistaken, | think replied the
ticket seller. "Berths are as cheap now
as they have ever been.
NO" said the traveller. they are not.
They're costlier. And I'll tell you why
Travel nowadays is different When |
went to California then l paid 10 cents
for a straw tick. l bought 1t on this
street right opposite the depot. ! don't
remember what | paid for my place in
the car. But In reality my bed cost me
lust 10 cents There used to be sign
on one of those little buildings over
there which said:
Get your straw bed here-5o and 70
cents.
.'"rweuty-fve years ago that meant lux
urious travelling. There were simply cur
tains to pull down over your seat and
you provided your own bedding. You took
your own sheets If you wished them
at alb and your own blankets. Kansas
City was looked upon as the supplying
point for all western travellers. Those
men who owned the straw and ticks in
that room across on the avenue did a
fluorishing business.
l.. 8. BANS, general ticket agent at
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24
Horse Shoes and Bad Luck.

ington for the Indians right to roam in
nomad fashion, like their fathers.
"They tell us to trust to fortune"
Chitto Harjo said, land then Wen get
our rights. But we are tired of trusting
to fortune. Fortune has used us Indians
as it used the pale face instructress at
the Indian school in 81"
Chitto Harjo smiled and went on:
This instructress found a horse shoe.
and to get good fortune put it under
her pillow. along with her false teeth.
In the morning. in the hurry of dress
ing. she substituted the shoe for the
teeth, and did not discover her mistake
till her affianced husband asked her in
tones of horror at breakfast what was
the matter with her mouth"
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Good Recommendation.

William j. Flynn, the noted secret seq
vice agent, was discussing certain
German burglar alarm with a New York
reporter
ut was this alarm" said Mr.. Flynn
with a laugh, that a thck-set man
called on a hardware dealer about.
" I'd like to sell you, cheap, 400 burg
lar alarms, the man said
Are yon a manufacturer? the hard
ware dealer asked.
No. sir was the reply. I'm a burg
lar +"
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Coy, But Not Too Coy.

II. c. Prick described at a directors
meeting the amalgamation of two rail-
roads,
"At first" he said, 1.-THE XYZ people
We're coy Yet they were not too coy.
They were like Pat and Biddy.
g 'Bddy.' says Pat, tlmidly, did We liver
think O. marryin'?'
'Shure, now says Biddy looking de-
mureIy at her shoe, 'shure, now, the sub
ject has niver entered me mind at all,
at ALL
It's sorry l am, says Pat, and he
turned away.
Wan minute. Pat said Biddy softly.
we've set me thinkin'.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24
Against Public Drinking Cups.

DIR. Samuel G. Dixon, Pennsylvania's
health commissioner. is waging a fight
against the public drinking cup.
DIR. Dixon said one day in Harrisburg
Il have seen people clean their teeth
with tooth-powder and dental floss, rinse
their mouths with listerine and other
antiseptc washes, and then go and drink
calmly from the public cup in rail-
way station or a theatre.
such people remind me of a school
boy of Ardmore.
Seeing this boy wading anlSle-deep in
a half-frozen puddle one day in jan
uary. l said sternly:
" Tommy. why are you not at school?'
:" I've got the whooping cough, he all
swered splashing about vigorously
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Prematurely Old Mr.. Brown.

The late Ferdinand Brunetiere, the IA
nous French writer said of America, in
one of his witty after-dinner speeches in
st. Louis:
you owe your progress in great part
to your inordinate energy and ambition.
This takes you very young. A wonder-
full thing, but a little hard and pitiless.
There is no room for old age in America.
II remember calling on a friend of
mine liz Brooklyn one afternoon. boy
of nine or ten years opened the door.
" is Mr.. Brown IMP said l.
F." I am Mr. Brown, the boy answered
But perhaps you want to see old Mr..
Brown, my father -
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The Marrow Old Lady.

Congressman Perkins was talking about
his bill for a progressive inheritance tax.
Even a Millionaire" he said, would
approve this bill If he looked at 1t in
a broad way.
But few billionaires look at such
things broadly. Everything to them has
but one narrow, personal aspect.
"They are much like the old lady who,
seeing a storm signal, asked what il
was She was told that the weather bu-
reau now studied the weather. and tele-
graphed it's forecasts far In advance all
over the country.
THE old lady. looking at this fact In
a narrow, personal, billionaire-like way,
could see but one advantage in it, and
she said:
g oh isn't that convenient for the
washerwomenn +"
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Ninety-DoIlar Umbrella.

"On Nine Bernhardt's last visit to u.s.
said a manager, "she was beguiled one
afternoon to- a charity bazaar at the st.
Regis.
"She was beautifully dressed in gray,
with an umbrella of gray silk, and as
she stood at the embroidery booth she
laid the umbrella on the counter.
'1nstantly the young girl who conducted
the booth seized the pretty umbrella,
waved it over her head, and cried:
How much am I hid for Nine Bern
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PUTTING Him Down.

Professor Brander Matthews, the IA
nous essayist and scholar, enlivened with
an anecdote Shakespeare-Ba Bacon discus
sion at the Players club in New York.
"A literary woman" said Prof Mat
thews, "said one night to her husband
"a When l get to heaven, l am going
to ask Shakespeare whether or not he
wrote those plays
THE husband chuckled.
Maybe he won't be there he said.
g Then you ask him. said the lady
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Gets There Just the Same.

Hilary X. Adair, the we'll known detec-
tive, was complimented in Galveston on
an arrest that he had made.
The arrest had been mysteriously
achieved and Mr.. Adair was asked to
explain it. This, though, he refused to
do.
"There are so many ways of catching
criminals he said. laughing. you know
what the old man told his wife? She said
first to him:
=" Don't talk. John. You can't say l
ever ran after you.
True. the old man assented. And
you can't say the trap ever runs after
the mouse. either but it gathers him
in just the same "
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Whx He Gave Short Weinht.

Senator Tillman was attacking an Of
fender who had pleaded a hypocritical
and false excuse.
why he cried. "the man is worse
than that rich coal dealer who said to
his weigh-clerk during a blizzard:
g Jim. make that ton of coal for Smith
80 pounds short Mrs. Smith is a poor
delicate widow and she will have to
carry all of it up two steep fights of
stairs. l don't want her to overtaX her
strength
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Carried Their Own Beds.

From the Kansas City Star.
An old man approached the Pullman
office window.
IA lower to st. Louis" he said. dis
playing his transportation.
The little red slip was stamped and
handed to him.
The old man stood at the window a
moment looking at the clock
twenty-five years ago." he said. al
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24

the depot. said yesterday that probably
10000 straw ticks were sold to travellers
from that room on Union avenue Tricks
were a sort of luxury" he said. twenty
five or thirty years ago. They were In de-
mand, too The majority of persons who
Travelled to California did not use the
sleeping cars"
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STORIES HEARD BY THE WAY

hardt's umbrella? Fifty? Twenty-Five?
Ten?
And while the aeress looked on smil-
ing, there ensued a spirited auction that
ended in the umbrellas sale to west
ern brewer for ninety dollars.
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LOUIS PIZITz.
THE BUSY CORNER,
THE BUSY CORNER,

smallest
all the things upholstery pillows roties
il
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23
Trustees Sale,

| Whereas. Thomas l.. Terry md Mary +. Ter
ry, his wife, did. hy their Deed of Trust. dated
the srd day of November, A. ID. 1873, and re-
corded In book 64 page III OF the records Of Las
Animas county, Colorado. and In book II. pnge
50 of the transcribed records of Baca county,
Colorado, convey to George W. Toms the fol-
lowing described real estate, situated in the
| County of Bara and state of Colorado, to-wit:
The North West Quarter of Section Thirty five
| ta5) in Township Twenty mine t2) South and
In Range Forty-iiye (I5l West of the sixth t6th)
Principal Notwithstanding lt0 acres, more
or less to secure payment of the sum of Three
Hundred and Fifty Dollars. secured. 10 be paid
by his one certain note of even date with said
Trust Deed, and payable to the order of Will
liam F Leonard in five years from November
LIST, ISEL with interest thereon at the rate of
Seven per cent per annun, from November
lst IssS payable semi ann lally until the ma
turityo Of said note.
And whereas, II Is provided In and by said
Deed of Trust, that In case of default in the
pay mcut uf the principal note, or any part
thereof, when the same should become due
then on application of the legal holder of said
nute the said Trustee shall advertise and sell
said premises.
And Whereas, the principal note dnc and
payable on the First day of November, n. D..
lS93. is now due and
Whereas, Sapi y cei of Trust also provides.
''that In ease of the death, inability or refusal
to ucr OF the said party of the second part (mcan
ing George w. Toms mt any time when action
under the foregoing powers and trusts may he
required. then the legal holder or holders Of
| ,aid note shall have the option OF substituting Z
any other pers III IN his stead by writing duly
| acknowledged, and the acts and hoings Of raid
party substituted shall be eIectual and
binding as II done by said party of the second
part. And such party so substituted shall
, have power to prosecUte n suit in equity To
| forcclose this Deed of Trust or to make sale
| herelnbefore provided"
! And Whereas, The said George w. Toms l.
deceased and the undersigned Eugene NJ.
Whitaker has been appointed and substituted
rs trustee by the legal holder of said note
by writing duly ackno owlcdged.
Now, Therefore, at the request OF the legal
holder Of said note, Will as Trustee, ns aforc
said, ON Sntnrd ay, 'he twenty first day of Sep
tcmber, \. d. 1871 between the hours of :
O'Clock a. NJ. and O'Clock p. of that day, al
! the main front door Of the Court House, in the
! City Of Springfield, County of Bncn and state
I ofCoorudo sell To the highest bidder. for cash.
I the above described premises. and all ght
| and equity, including bome-tcad of the said
! Thomas l.. Terry and Mary +. Terry, his wife.
! Dated Aug. 10, 1907.
! EvGESE NJ. WHITAKER, Trustee.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23

Warren and Ray Brown are in
the cedars this week.
Marion Krise passed through
here Tuesday on his way to the
cedars.
w. H. Bray dropped in We'd
nesday and subscribed for the
Herald.
]. H. Christy and wife at
tended church at Springfield last
Sunday.
Willard Cole was in town We'd
nesday and balanced his account
with Herald.
Rev. Stephen H. Jones came in
on the stage Saturday evening
for a short visit.
C. H. Davis is drilling q well
on his ranch at Maxey. Roy
Denney is doing the work.
Frank Forest came up from
Mackinzie's sheep ranch Monday
and took back load of flour.
A. B. Allen was a passenger to
Lamar on Tuesdays stage. He
expects to be gone on business
until Saturday.
w. II. Smart finished cutting
his wheat crop Aug. Is. He fin
ished sowing this wheat May II.
The yield is good.
Miss Fannie Young was pas
senger from Lamar on Satur-
days stage, where she had gone
to meet a friend and spend q few
days sightseeing.
]. A. Stinson was in town Sat-
urday. Mr.. Stinson has just fin
ished marketing their wool crop
for which they received very
satisfactory price.
A, Penny, who is one of the
old pioneer landmarks OF Ston-
ington and vicinity came in on
the stage Saturday evening after
an extended trip in Arkansas.
e. Emerson is visiting at Car
rizo this week. Some samples
of corn and Johnson grass have
been received from him which
are said to be the finest speci-
m,ls ever seen in the county.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23

Born, to Arthur L. Smart and
wife yesterday a fine girl baby.
Claude Deane has gone to La
mar to visit and take in the
Prowers County Fair.
We are glad to hear that Uncle
Ed. Shields is much improved
and there is now hopes of his re-
covery.
Dave Davis who is now located
at Littleton, came in on the stage
Wednesday and will visit home
folks few days.
Mr.. Crittenden, the cattle buy
er, was in the Villas neighbor-
hood Thursday and Friday look
ing for three-year-old steers.
Miss Margaret M. Marsh has
been employed to teach the
Springfield school the coming
winter. School will begin the
first Monday in October.
Joe Thompson was taken be-
fore Justice Yokum Tuesday and
his preliminary hearing set for
Aug. 20. His bond was fixed at
81, 500, which he gave and was
released.
Springfield is now connected
with Corrizo by telephone. The
connection was completed Thurs
day. The line runs from the
Stinson ranch to the Schroeder
ranch thence across to Vogel's.
James Konkel left on Tuesdays
stage for Rocky Ford where he
will visit for a time and will
then go to Greeley with a view
of attending school.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Lamport
and w. M. Stewart left Wednes-
day morning for Lamar where
they intend to attend the isolated
land sale at the U. S. Land office
August %.
Harrison Tankersley, has taken
contract for cutting posts out
in the cedars for Jacob Haney
and has been absent from town
for a week or ten days, taking
his summer vacation.
R. w. Mcfarland and wife
made visit of a few days at the
Patterson ranch last week. Mrs.
Mcfarland was taken sick while
there, but she had recovered
sufficiently in a few days to re-
turn home.
Sheriff E. P. Mcfarland came
in Monday evening from Mis-
souri, bringing with him Joe
Thompson whom he captured at
a small town near Kansas City.
Escape seems almost out the
question when me" is on the
trail.
The Herald Publishing Co.
wishes to acknowledge the valua-
BILE assistance of those of our cit
liens who so ably assisted in
moving the Herald printing plant
on Monday last, but especially
thanks those who handled "Jum-
bo," the mammoth printing ma
china
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23
Legal advertising
NOTICE OF APPLIC ALTON TO LEASE
STATE LANDS,
onlee of the State Board OF Land

Onlce Of the State Board OF Land
Commissioners.
Denver, Colorado, July 25tl, l9S'
Notice Is hereby given that Curtis 4. Elder
whose p0stofiice address Ia Villas, Colo, has
made application No iOS to lease the follow
ing described School Lends, situate In Bacs
County, Colorado, to-wit:
All of section iG Township 81 South, Range
IS West.
No other application to lease the above
described land will be considered after .in-
gust 10Th, 1907.
JOHN F. VIvIAS,
Register State Board Land Commissioners
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior,
Land Office at Lamar, Colorado
July 2oth, 1907.
Notice Is hereby given that George 4. McCau-
ley OF Yeiser, Colorado, has filed notice Of his
intcntion to make tlnnl five year proof in
support OF his claim, viz: Homestead Entry No.
510i made May 10, 1905, for the Lots 3, 4. s. and
swi4nci4 Section s, Township N $. Rangc 81
W., and that said proof will be made before
Register and Receiver, at Lamar. Colorado, on
September 9th, 1907.
lie names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and cultivate OF,
the land, viz:
Luke Cahill, Thomas II. Marshall, Bent King.
Walter Skeen, all of Lns Animas. Colorado.
JoHS A. WILLIAMS,
Register.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of tho Interior,
Land ellcc at Lamar, Colorado,

Department of tho Interior,
Land ellcc at Lamar, Colorado,
.Iuly, 96th, 1907.
Notice Is hereny given that Elmer G. Condit
Of Coriizo. Colorado, has filed notice OF his In
tention to make final five year proof in sup
port of his claim, viz: Homestead Entry No
$500 made March 9th. 1904, for the SCI n Ei4
Sect slaNWi,. NEhNWA. Section TO- Town
ship 3: s., Range 80 W., and that said proof will
he made before Register and Receiver at Lamar
Colorado, on September, 9th. 1877.
lie names tho following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
of, the land, viz:
Sd. Collins, \. j. Harkcr. james A. Tanner,
r. j. IIarkcr, all OF Corrizo, Colorado.
JOHN \. WILLIAMS,
Register.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23
For Sale.

A black Missouri jack. l will
either sell cheap or trade as | am
about to move and shall have no
further use for him. Call and
see him and his mules. .
BENZ. CADDICK, Villas.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23
Homestead Filings.

Robert M. Freeze, S E ] sec.
80, twp. 33, range AZ.
John w. Freeze, S w / sec. 20,
twp. 33, range AZ.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23

STRAYED-One yearling past,
red heifer, branded JH on left
hip. Swallow fork right ear, un-
der crop left ear. Reward.
JACOB HANEY,
Stonington, Colo.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23
PUBLIC LAND SALE.
Department of the Interior,

Department of the Interior,
United States Land Onicc,
Iamnr, Colorado. July %, 1907
Sotice is hereby given that. ns directed by the
Commissioner Of the General Land Onlcc, under
provision Of rhr act of Congress approved jane
%, 1905 CA Stats. SD. VIC VIII offer at public
sale to the highest bidder, at 10 O'Clock M. on
the lo.h day Of September. neat Mt this ofice,
the following tract Of land: sEl4 sec. II. Tp. 32,
SOUTH Range ~ West.
Any persons claiming adversely the abovcde-
srrbed snds are advised to file their Chime OF
objections ON or before the time dcsignated for
sale.
JouS \. WILLIAMS, Register
e. fRosr LieskTr, Receiver
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23
Nothing Like Them

Ask to see our fine selection of
Parker Lucky Curve Fountain
Pens when in town. They are
the very thing to give a friend.
All prices. Guaranteed.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23
Lost

A new, yellow sunbonnet be-
tween Springfield and North
Horse creek. Finder will be re-
warded by leaving same at this
office.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23
SoTIcE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior,
Land office at Lamar, Colorado,

Land office at Lamar, COLORADO,
July 10, 1901.
Notice Is hereby given that orvillo a. Vogcl.
Of Corrizo, Colorado, has filed notice of his in
tcntion to make final five year proof In support
of his claim, viz: Homestead Entry No. BOSS
made March 20th, 1901. for the SIsNEii. Me- Z,
MEL, Sec-a3, and NWLNWli, Section -,
Township ~ s. Range so w. and that sald proof
will be made cforc the Clerk Of the District
Court at springfield, Colorado, on August 24th,
1877.
lie names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cult tion
of. the lind, viz:
Elmer q. Collit OF CorIiZo, Colo,
James A. Tanner, of "
j. +. Nrgel, of
Willard Cole, of
JOIN a. WILLIAMS,
Register.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23

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The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23
Fall Delivery
Nursery Stock

Call at Denney's store and
leave your order. Delivery at
Springfield.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23

STRAYED-A buckskin mare
branded LV on shoulder. | will
pay $500 reward for her return.
BENZ. CADDICK, Villas.
The Springfield herald., 1907-08-23

meet his father. who brought
him a team from the ranch.
Joe Boyd has just harvested g
| crop of wheat which was cut &c
days from date of seeding. He
also had alfalfa in bloom two
months from date of seeding.
George Cramb, a nephew Of
George Brown, who has been al
Lamar for almost a year, came
down to Springfield for short
visit with Mr.. Browns family.
Mr.. Huston is getting along
nicely with the bank building,
though somewhat handicapped
by lack of help and the tardy ar
rival of some of the material.
S. E. Squires returned from
Lamar Saturday where he pur-
chased a new binder for cutting
his immense crop, which promis.
es to be one of the heaviest he
has ever raised.
Lee w. Sayer, who filed on a
homestead in Stonington neigh
borhood, in June, has returned
to his land bringing a load OF
goods with him. He is now max.
ing his first trip to the cedars.
Hobert R. Porter came owe,
from near Konantz and made
final proof on his homestead last
Saturday. Samuel Bryan ano
Perley Bohle accompanied him
and were witnesses in his proof.
George S. Heckler, an old-timel
in the west side of Baca county,
made final proof on his home
stead Saturday. George lived
over in the west side of the
county when old Atlanta was a
thriving town.
Mr.. Long, an old-time school
teacher, was a passenger from
the north on the stage Saturday
evening. He left on the Villas
Stonington stage line Monday
morning for the Harmon ranch
where he has a brother working.
]. F. and Orville Vogel passed
through Wednesday with their
herd of cattle on their way to La
mar, from where they expect to
ship. This is the first shipment
of cattle which has gone through
this summer and earlier than cat
tie are usually ready for market.
The Herald print shop was
moved on Monday from the post
office building to the front of the
building formerly occupied by A.
A. Denney. The new quarters
have been papered and improved
and make quite a pleasant office.
Rev. Stephen H. Jones, last
Sunday evening, preached very
interesting sermon at the school
house to an unusually large audi
ence. Mr.. Jones is a brother of
Superintendent of Schools N. G.
Jones, and was formerly located
in Tecumseh, Oklahoma. He has
accepted call to Victor, Colo.
The dry farmers of Prowers
and Bent counties will be allowed
to compete with Baca and Kiowa
counties for the special premium
offered by the Prowers County
Fair Association for the best ex-
hlblt OF dry farming products at
the county fair. Stewart &
Lamport, Springfield, will receive
and care for Baca county pro-
ducts.
The Denver & Gulf R, r. sur
veying outfit camped in Spring
field Saturday night. The line
surveyed runs just west of the
townsite. They returned from
here to the Cimarron river where
they expect to meet Mr.. Evans,
the vice-president of the road,
and will then run through to La
Junta, their objective point. Jas.
Hicks is chief engineer; his as
sistants are j. l.. Adams, j. E.
Durham, R. L. Bailey, w. j.
Reid, G.. l.. Long, Fred Deshiel,
A. H. Bird, w. H. Danner anC
Newt. Mulkey.
Rev Morris preached his laSj