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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
Both Thought So.

In the recent brief biography Of
Eduard Remenyi, the great Hungarian
violinist is pictured as a genius who
saw things from the humorous point
Of view. One afternoon at Fort Col
Inns, Colorado, where he was to play
thai night, Remenyi was sitting on the
piazza of his hotel, when he was ap-
preached by a big, burly negro porter.
.sWhat do you do in the show q
asked the porter.
Il am the end man." replied Re-
menyi.
II thought so! Have you got some
influence with the boss of the show?'
81 think I have a little"
81 thought so! Could you get some
tickets for me and my old woman?"
maybe l could"
II thought so! Try hard! J"
Il will try mighty hard"
A little later Remenyi's manager
gave the man two passes, which he re-
ceived with his stock ejaculation, 81
thought so!" He accompanied them to
the opera house in the evening, and
Remenyi gave him his violin case to
carry.
'Who plays this fiddle?' he asked.
"The end-man," replied Remenyi.
II thought SO -
After the concert the porter was in
the lobby, waiting for the violinist and
the manager with a very long face.
Remenyi again gave him the violin
case, and as they walked along he was
heard to mutter. At last he said aloud
"You bet you fooled mel"
81 thought so!!' said Remenyi, with
dancing eyes.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
Omissions OF History.

Capt. Kidd was burying his i'll gotten
treasure.
II can't give it away, of course" he
said. Its tainted"
Cheered, however, by the reflection that
by the time posterity had succeeded in
finding the swag every particle of faint
would nave vanished, he dug the hole still
deeper.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
The winnins card.

The winninK Card.
what are trumps in the game Of life y
! asked Of all in the busy strife.
HEART" said the maiden, shy and sweet
With happy eyes and bushes deet.
The society belle smiled scornfully:
Hearts for you, but diamonds for me-"
"Clubs," drawled the blase man Of the
world,
Drifting down stream with his sails all
furled.
The s~ravedigger laughed a. he piled hi,
trade.
Spades are the final trumps," he said.
Baltimore American.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
CHAPTER XIII

Dinner at Mr.. Marchurst's house was
not q particularly exhilarating affair. As
n matter of fact, though dignifed with
the name of dinner, it was nothing more
than one of those mixed meals known as
high tea.
After dinner Madame sat end talked
with Marchurst, but Kitty went outside
into the warm darkness of the summer
night, and tried to pierce the gloom to
see if her lover was coming. She vas
rewarded, for Nj. Vandeloup came up
about half-past eight o'clock, having met
Pierre AZ arranged. Pierre had found
out villiers in his hiding place, and was
watching him while villiers watched the
house. Being, therefore, quite easy in
his mind that things were going smoothly.
vandeloup came up to the porch where
Kitty was eagerly waiting for him, and
taking her in his arms, kissed her tender
". Then. after assuring himself that
Madame was safe with M~archurst, he put
his arm round Kitty's waist, and they
walked up and down the path with the
warm wind blowing in their faces, and the
perfume Of the waffle blossoms permeat-
ing the drowsy air.
Suddenly they heard the noise Of q
chair l.Ing pushed back inside the house,
and knew that Madame was getting ready
to 20. They moved simultaneously to-
ward the door, but in the porch Castor
-byrthe-arm-s
'Bsbs.~ h Whispered softly, when
ye11anas - soos I an going down the hill
tevBn11nsAk,. - ysu4wil walk witArmSAa
little VA, VIII you nct1"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15

Atonfng for HIS I~nDollteness.
The man at the desk was writing I let
~.
IN Wat ou quit locking over my shout
6srSS&d tdka = Nchafxs he said, turning
aF0nAd and smiling q the caller. par
don NJ lack ~ manner Ia moi asking
.you T. ~ Il s6cnsr.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
ne RELIEF IRON EczEMA

The estimates Of the population Of Pc
kin vary from 100000 to 100000.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
Readings from the Bible are now being
given in Berlin by professional reciters.

PILES CURED IN 8 TO ~ DAYS
PAZO OINTMENT II guaranteed to cure any
case Of Itchlng, Blind, Bleeding or Protrud
ang Piles II . TO II days or money refunded
A person can now go from New York
70 Seattle, on Puget sound, in four days.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
Parental so1icitude.

Maria, who is that young chap that's
coming to see Bessie|"
"His name is Hankinson. He seems to
be all right"
do you consider him a safe young
many
Bessie does. She says he's in good cir
cumstances and has been operated on for
appendicitis"
Among the allegations Of cruelty made
by an English husband, who wants a
separation, is that his wife makes him
wear gloves at breakfast
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
r.tional Capital notes.

National Capital Notes.
Two appropriations Of $4,000 each ara
asked by the Postmaster General for tenn
porary quarters for the p~ostofice at Pc
oria. ILL.,, and South Bend, Ind, during
the construction of new public buildings
there.
The Senate passed a joint resolution
nantine an extension of time until May
IL to certain homestead entryments in
thsN Northwestern States in which to e.
tabfish their legal residence. Action was
taken because Of shortage of fuel in the
section affected.
! The War Department has authorised
ne prosecution Of the owners Of q Skating
dnk at Plattsburg, n. T., who refused
rs aIamit so3diers. declaring that thess..unf-
form was barred"
The HOUSE committee O postomces has
decided 10 Include Id hsspostsdsosfapp pss-
vfiatfon bill Q provision for increasing
the salaries Of rural free delivery carriers
g $40. they now receive $720.
Another attempt 10 report the Hep
hsrnsDollivet bin, making liquors. in in
tsr.tate commerce subject to the laws Of
etates In which they are shipped, was de-
fsated IN the House COMMITTEES On Judi.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-04-15
THE INSTANTANEOUS CITY.
Appleton's Magazine.

Appleton Magazine.
Oklahoma is possibly the finest ex-
ample of speedy and magnificent me-
tropolis building in the world. Seven
teen years ago it was a piece of open
prairie, with sluggish creek, which
has no right to be dignified as river.
Remembering and elbowing through
the fertile soil. Why this site was
selected no one knows. at sort of
looked good to them" is the explana-
ton of an original boomer" Guth-
rie, the temporary capital, thirty miles
to the north, had much better start
and was better situated as regards
general photographic conditions.
Oklahoma City grew from the moth
ing of 1899 to $4,000 people in 1906
Last year there were twenty-five miles
Of fine asphalt streets, seventy-five
miles of brick and cement sidewalks,
Twelve miles of gas mains and natural
gas being piped in, twenty-five miles
of electric street railway of the most
modern types of cars, fifty-two miles
of sewers, and sixty-five miles of ma
ter mains. There were four national
banks and one trust company, with
deposits aggregating over $4,000, 900.
The bonded indebtedness of the city
was only $743.O0O, in the face of the
erection of several public buildings
and all the city betterments.
That which has made Oklahoma
City the star town of the state has
been pnblic-spirited cooperation and a
square-jawed determination to win on
the part of large portion of her
citizens. In 1894 she seemed doomed
to extinction. They built railroads
when they had no money left for food.
The town revived and doomed until
1898, when the mud holes and un-
thinkable sinks in the main streets
became byword in the state, and
seemingly jeopardized the city's fu-
ture. The citizens then built twenty
odd miles of the finest asphalt streets
and three times that amount of side
walks.
The most fascinating side of Ok
lahoma City. to the tenderfoot is the
number of men who arrived in 1889
or shortly after, with about 81 cents
in their pockets, and since then have
made fortunes. One man who bought
his first town lot from a dissatisfied
stalker for s1.S5 two days after the
opening, sold his hotel for $4,000
and this represents but a small part
OF his holdings. A second became a
street railway magnate, another a big
banker, and still another a large rail
road contractor.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-04-15
GOLD STILL RISING.

London has learned that the yield
of the gold mines of the Rand district
in the Transvaal colony for March,
1907, amounted approximately to $11.-
900, 1000, which is gain over the high
est record for any month in that most
prolific of the worlds gold fields. The
output Of the Rand district in the
calendar year 1906 was about $118,-
100000. For 1907 1t will go up to
$140,000,000, or beyond that mark,
unless shortage in labor steps in to-
shut down some of the mines.
From all the reports which have
been received from the various camps
In the United States the gold yield
of this country this year will break
year 1905 the United States gold
product was $s8,O00,00O. and it was
5000, 900 for 1906. AS the Cripple
Creek field. which is the richest gold
producing district, In proportion to
its area, in the United States, is fur
nishing more gold these days than 1t
did year ago. the indications are
that Soioiado Will, III lJUt. Dtdl llS
1905 output There was falling OFF
In that state in 1906, as compared with
1905. but the increase in Nevada and
Alaska more than made up this def
lett, and sent the country's aggre-
gate for the year up to the highest
figures ever touched.
The labor disturbances In the past
fau thc hou
somewhat, but the outlook is for
larger product this year than last.
The season is too early yet for Alaska
to get busy, but she is making ar
rangements to beat her record of last
year. There is strong probability
that Alaska in 1907 will go to the
front among the gold bearing districts
of the United States, Colorado hav-
Ing held that distinction for many
years, as California previously did
Alaska's gold yield jumped from $15,-
100000 for 1905 to $21 100000 for
1906, and the 3S0.O00.0O0 mark is ex-
pected to be reached In 1907. The
United States is second on the roll OF
gold producing communities, with
Australia third. For 1907 the United
States gold output will pass the $780,
100000 line. and the worlds yield
will reach $425000. 900 at least. The
world In 1907 will produce nearly FIVE
times as much gold as 1t did annually
a quarter Of century ago. There will
be no chance for anybody to get up a
gold scare for 1908, unless he bases
the scare on the theory that we are
getting too much gold.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-04-15
THE PRESIDENTS STRENGTH.

Two New York newspapers made
special efforts last week to test the
sentiment of the country with ref
erence to President Roosevelt. The
New York Times (Dem.) sent letters
20 500 Republican editors throughout
the country. and by Saturday night
mad received ffty-eight answers, COM
'ng all the way from Maine to Min
nesota. The Times was astounded by
he "unanimity OF the replies and the
length at which the editors. as men
most closely in touch with the senti.
ment of the country. go in asserting
he overpowering strength, the deep
seriousness and the blazing enthusi-
ism with which the mass of the Re-
publican party and a large proportion
If Democrats have now come to the
suppert of the President" The Her
nd (Ind.) secured estimates on the
sentiment from its correspondents
based in the main on interviews with
political leaders, and showed similar
results.
To say that the president Is "popu-
ar is to put the facts in weak lan1
,uage. One can only express the sit
lation by saying that he wields enor-
nous political strength. and that this
itrength is the strength of that huge
majority of the citizens of this coun-
ry who stand behind him. why he
las this strength every man, woman
md child knows. 1t is because OF
what he will accomplish for them. It
8 because he Is the best grained.
Iest seasoned stick of political timber
n the country, and the people know
lie can stand the strain of struggle.
10 matter how terrific, without break
ng.
The politicians who are maneuver
'ng under the impression that they
lave an ordinary case of personal pop
ilarity to deal with, and that with
Roosevelt out of the lists for nomina
lion they will come into their own,
IRE simply reckoning without their
host. That host is the American peo-
,le. eighty million strong. If Roose-
selt stands aside the Roosevelt cause
will remain. and the people behind
Roosevelt will remain. And those peo-
rle will seize at once upon the next
hest instrument for the work they
lave to do.
The American people are in dead
earnest and any intriguers who over
look that fact are bound to get crush
d.-Record-Herald.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-04-15
FASHION is BAD FOR THE CROWS.

A spirited discussion between bird
lovers and crow haters may be expect
ed to follow the crusade that is now
on against the black-winged enemy of
the cornfield. The slaughter of the
crow is now going on in Missouri and
many sections OF the country, not on
account of any special outburst of ami
mostly against the bird, but because
the farmers and the farmers bows
have discovered that there is money
In him. or. rather. in his feathers.
The milliners have decreed black
wings for hats, and the demand Is
greater than for many years. The
crow can not change his color any
more than the Ethiopian can his skin.
so the crows are suffering. Audubon
societies are endeavoring to show the
benefits conferred by the crows on
the farmer and his fields, but the
crow, like the raven. has acquired n
bad reputation. and no array OF sta
tistics will avail to save him.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-04-15

About ten years ago young Julian
Hedrick became a messenger boy In
Colorado Springs at a salary of SO or
81 n week. but about four years ago
at the age of II, he drifted out to
Los Angeles where he had a hard
time obtaining foothold. He went to
word as clerk for a mere pittance,
but made good, and when the Goldfield
mining excitement broke out he was
sent into the camp by his employer.
He subsequently succeeded in getting
in with J. S. Kind, a we'll known Ne
vada mining man, and evidently be-
came a partner with such good re-
suits that he can now draw a check
Tor several hundred thousand dollars.
The firm is interested In several of
the heaviest producers in and around
Goldfeld
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-04-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST REGARD
ING NEiGHBoRlNG TOWNS

The Fruitland Tribune has suspend
ed publication.
Dates for Farmington's fall fair are
September IT, 18, 19 and goth.
Rev. Mr.. Fleetwood visits Farming
ton the coming week where he will
hold services.
Frank Staplin and wife are basking
In California sunshine after Mr.. Stap-
Inns laborious duties at Santa Fe dur
ing the legislative session.
and other lines OF business to Eureka
In San Juan county where he will
hang out his shingle for business.
Judge Pendleton is going U open
an Office at Pennington. He says the
commissioner Of the general land Of
flce has exonerated him.
The San Juan river Is very high at
Frutland and people have to be trans.
ferred on boats. also wagons and
freight while the horses are made to
swim.
The Aztec Index claims the Farm
ington ball team was stricken with
nerve fever and faiieL to show up for
a game Of ball In Aztec A. per ar
q. a 6tivers sold on wednesday his
ine hill home and sig acres Of ground
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-04-15

Chickens must play in their own
yard In Colorado Springs hereafter.
The firss case IN this connection to
come to the attention of the police
department since the new ordinance
went irto effect was tried before Po-
lice Judge A. T. Toombs. Mrs. Anna
Hanchett was fined IS and costs for
permitting her fancy chickens to seek
grazing grounds amid her neighbors'
garden plots and flower beds. The
case was the first ever tried in local
courts wherein the basis Of the action
was trespassing by chickens,
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-04-15

The Durango board of trade is plan
ming for meeting on April 25, to be
participated in by representatives from
Silverton, Ouray, Telluride, Lake City,
Dolores, Pagosa Springs and other San
Juan towns, for the purpose of dis
cussing matters of mutual interest and
benefit. One of the main matters un-
der discussion will be the question of
freight and passenger rates. 1t is tt
be hoped that Silverton will be fully
represented and that the movement
set in operation on that date will re-
suit in good to the entire San Juan
section.-Silverton Miner.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-04-15

It will be one year tomorrow, April
10. since the great snow blockade of
1906 was broken and the first train
came through from Durango after
period of thirty-three days. A person
who has enjoyed the asnificent
weather the past month and who did
not experience what this Community
went through a year ago can hardly
realize the great difference in the
two seasons.-Silverton Miner.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-04-15

Capt. Lady Clendenning, OF Silver
ton, Capt Reno and General Van Pelt
OF Durango, Colo, all representatives
OF the Salvation Army, arrived here
tuesday and have been holding re-
lgious services at the Methodist
church as we'll as on the street. They
are earnest takers and entertaining
singers. They closed their labors
Thursday night.-Far1nington Enter
prise.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-04-15
MoNTEZUMA VALLEY ITEMS.

Several of the valley boys will leave
for Silverton soon, as the warm wealth
er continues, and will work in the
mines, getting a stake to improve their
land here and to buy fruit trees.
Miners are in demand at good wages,
as is help of all kinds. Every man
who really desires work anywhere can
now get 1t without any difficulty.
Geo. w. Lane of the firm of Pull
liam G. Lane, of Durango, has been
here for several days as attorney for
]. B. Tanner in the case of w. j.
Wilson VS.. Tanner, suit for about
three hundred dollars, w. f. Mowry
appearing for plaintiff. While here
Mr.. Lane went down to the reserva-
ton to look up the matter further
Of the hanging of the Ute squaw last
winter.
The new ditch system, which the
Montezuma valley will put in this sea
son has melted a keen search for
government land where 1t will be pos
sible to get water at some future pc
riod. Northwest of Cortez, in the vi
cinity of Crow canon, there has been
| about four thousand acres entered of
late, and there is contest brewing on
two or three homesteaks whose own
ers are alleged not to have lived up
to the present very strict require
ments of the law. People are keen
on the scent for land in this valley.
p. B. McAtee, assistant superintend-
ent of the Rio Grande Southern was
here last Tuesday. We are glad our
valley Is becoming quite an object of
| attention for the railroad company,
and we assure them that road ira
versing it will be the only cure for
their troubles and ours. The trans
portation question is becoming grave
one in southwestern Colorado, and the
Denver & Rio Grande will have to
hurry II they meet the problem sue
cessfully. Cortez will have big ton
mage from this time forth.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Swickheimer
were mere lew uays this Weeh. MI
Swickheimer varies his vast mining in
| terests at Rico with taking interest in
the lands of our fertile valley, and this
interest is of good value to us in
bringing others here. There are many
other strong influences at work for
the Montezuma empire, and the COM
ing summer will witness heavy in
flux of settlers. People buy and set
tie in other places chiefly because they
do not comprehend the great advan-
tages we have to offer them here. con-
sisting of cheap lands, the finest eli
mate in the state, and soil of un-
usual productiveness. But hundreds
are finding this out through the Jour
nal.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-04-15

his wife from spending the winter In
California where he went for the bene-
fit of his health and also that OF Mrs.
Pounds and was feeling quite well and
arranging to take charge of the con-
struction gang in extending the lum-
ber mill road. Deceased is 81 years
Of age Mrs. Pounds is a sister of
Mr.. S. NJ. Biggs OF this city. One OF
the sons is superintendent of the mills
at Edith and El Vado and Jesse
Pounds, another son, resides on the
Upper Florida, Mr.. Biggs sending
word to him upon receipt of the tele-
gram. Mr.. Pounds is well known
throughout this southwest section,
having kept the Chama eating house
for some years, the rest of the time
being connected with saw mill work.
Quaint New England folks, whose
fund of humor appears to be endless.
picturesque scenery, and honest love
forms the basis for the plot of Along
the Kennebec," the latest successful
play of New England life. which will
April 1S, at the opera house. The play
deals with the story of waif, after
wards an heiress, who is being de-
prived of her rights by a woman who
attended her mother on her deathbed,
and who, with the assistance of a
male accomplice, tries to secure the
fortune of the girl and brand her
sweetheart thief. Like all New
England plays laughter must inter
mingle with tears and several new
and original types have been intro
duced. The humor is so carefully
blended with sentiment that just as
you are on the verge of tears some
thing humorous happens which turns
the tide to excruciating laughter. No
play of recent years has had more
sumptuous production in point of Seen
ic detail and the production in this
city will be given with careful at
tention.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-04-15
SAN JUAN COUNTY MINES.
,ilverton Standard

Silverton Standard.
Last Saturday John Carver posted
notices for patent on three properties
in Dry gulch belonging to Jack Gray
The properties, versus all gilt edged
slobbers in hot air, are meritorious,
all of them being in ore of ship
ping quality.
The main cable of the Aspen tram
is in place and the force of carpenters
working on the upper tram station at
the mine are rushing the building to
completion. AS has been proven by
the lower tunnel, which is now in
nearly half mile on the vein and
at depth of hundreds of feet below
the old workings, the Aspen has been
merely scratched over.
At the Grand Mogul mill new
of rolls and jigs to match are be-
ing put In place. BY this addition of
machinery and concentrating appli-
ances the Jig room capacity OF which
under the old regime was 100 tons
per day will be increased to just dou-
BILE that quantity. Mil Superintend-
ent Plumb is leaving no stone unturn-
ed conductive to the ultimate success
of the plant.
The big Champion crosscut being
sufficiently under cover to facilitate
the working of power drills, Sullivan
machine was installed last week. and
from now on the big bore will be
pushed into the mountain with rush
say eight to ten feet per twenty
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-04-15

The output in concentrates, ores in
he crude and copper matte for the
month of March was 107 cars or 2,S89
tons as against the output for Feb
ruary OF 126 cars-3,402 tons. This
discrepancy is easily understood, as
for the entire month of March by rea-
son of snow blocked trail to the Shen-
tndoah and North Star with the wagon
road to the Esmeralda in like shape,
no ores have been gotten down from
these properties, although there are
several thousand tons of first-class
broken and awaiting shipment Lud-
wig Vota, individually, modest
leaser on the North Star, working a
small force, has upward of 1000 tons
Of ore to get down the mountain just
rs soon as the trail is open for spring
and summer traffic and exclusive of
the above, the Grand Mogul, one of
our large shippers in concentrates has
devoted the greater part of the month
i'll making changes in the adjustment
Of machinery already in place, and
preparatory for the placement of the
new machinery which is now arriving.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-04-15
From Saturdays Daily

FROM ohtuFuay Oaiiy
George West came in from his ranch
lat I.ening.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-04-15

J. o. Campbell. ore buyer and mine
operator. came down from Silverton
this morning.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-04-15

The Herald 10 under obligations OF
]. II. Eby for the account Of the meet
Ing at Bayfield, Thursday night.