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The Springfield herald., 1907-05-24
WONDERFUL IMPROVEMENTS
COMING.
The Breath of Progress is Waited Over
Mountain and Plain.

Denver.-A contract for building an
electric line from Englewood to Rox-
borough Park, by way OF Littleton,
was let yesterday to Joseph A. Osner,
railroad contractor, by II. w. Hart
man and others interested in the propo-
sition. Grading work will commence
Thursday, and the line will be com
pleted to Littleton by August lst.
Power will be obtained from the Den
yer Tramway plant, and the Tramway
tracks will be used from Englewood
to the center of Denver.
The Great Western Railway Com
pany, a subsidiary of the Great West
ern Sugar Company, has let contract
for building fourteen miles of line from
Oficer TO Windsor to Joseph A. Osner
This line will act as connecting link
for the Great Western lines now in op-
Grafton. The work will be completed
by September 1st.
Dozens of men are being sent daily
from Denver to Sulphide, along the
line of the Colorado & Northwestern
railway, to work on series of reser-
yors to be built by the Eastern Colo
RADIO Power Company. Four hundred
men and almost as many teams Will be
employed. The company is invading
the territory of the Northern Colorado
Power Company, and rate war Will
no doubt ensue when The reservoirs
and power plants are completed, April
!, 1908.
The interurban line running south
from Denver to RoXborough Park,
about twenty miles from the city, near
the mouth of Platte canon. Will no
build up the country between Denver
and Littleton, and will be paying
proposition. RoXborough Park. nat
ural beauty spot. is owned by the syn
dicate building the electric line, and
will be made a beautiful summer re-
sort The park will not be opened up
until next summer.
Thomas b. Doane of the Denver I'm
ion Water Company and many other
Denver men are connected with The
scheme.
The Great Western Sugar Company
Is gradually adding to its lines in the
northern part of the state, and now has
almost cobwebbed the sugar beet dis
trict. The proposed line from Officer
to Windsor will give direct connec-
tions from Longmont to Windsor and
other towns. The company is building
Its lines SO that it will be able to send
beets from one factory to another, as
they are required.
The Eastern Colorado Power Com
pany proposes spending S1,5OO,OOO in
building reservoirs and power plant
near Sulphur on Middle Boulder creek.
The Northern Colorado Power Com
pany is building power plant at La
fayette, a short distance from Sulphide.
The Springfield herald., 1907-05-24
Had a Hole in Her Stocking.

Taunton, Mass.-"Just like finding
it," said Miss Nellie F. Healy, shop
girl as she picked up roll of bills
containing $50 in Main street.
How careless." CALCULATED Police
man Morris as he picked up 500 not far
away.
81 need it," declared Captain Walker
as he lifted $40 bill.
Farther down the street James Nc
Mahon, as lie scooped $40 gold piece,
turned to Mrs. Joseph Chambers and
said '1s this yours. MADAME"
81 don't know" said Mrs. Chambers,
81 had one. Wait-I'll see"
She stepped into doorway, thrust
her hand beneath her skirts and turned
pale.
"Heavens!" she said 81 put $40
in my stocking when I came down
shopping this morning and it's all
gone"
Later she recovered the money from
the police and Miss Nellie Healy, who
got reward
The Springfield herald., 1907-05-24
Excellent Form Of Mental Diet.

notice some one-I think it was
rotton broker, of all people-making
a plea for bound magazines. In this
day Of numerous and cheap magazines
we no longer bind them-at least not
10 the extent that our forefathers did.
We have more reading; and we are
like the true human beings that we
are-wasteful with it. Yet we lose
great deal in not binding our good
magazines. 1t is not that we will
want to read them again ourselves so
much-though that will occur-but
few bound volumes of a magazine are
a Godsend to the man or woman who
is laid aside by illness. and must
spend few days or weeks within
doors. The varied richness of such
a volume-provided a good magazine
be chosen-supplies a style of mental
fodder which is not to be rivaled by
any book, says National Herald. One
may be too mind-weary to face the be-
ginning of long novel; but the bound
year" of a magazine offers tit-bit
of poetry here, few flashes of humor
there. then short story or so; and
finally we are led on to try the serial
that is running through all the num-
bers. 1t is the ideal dainty mental
luncheon for the invalid.
The Springfield herald., 1907-05-24
THE HERALD
COLORADO.
Limit Of the Inventor.

A machine to shuttle cards is an
nounced in list of recent inventions.
II is claimed that the new mechanism
will in an instant change the posi-
tion of nine out of every ten cards in
q pack" Convenient accessories to
chine which some ball-nines use in
practice continue to appear from time
to time, but inventors seem to have
given up the notion of inventing ma
chimes capable of actually playing a
game. How long is 1t since the last
automatic chess player" was fabri-
Gated? asks the Troy Times. Men
and women who impersonate automata
are popular vaudeville features, but
few persons pretend to take them Sc
riously. But the famous automatic
chess-player, in the form of Turkish
figure seated before a box which pur-
ported to contain machinery, imposed
upon as many learned persons as the
Cardiff giant. Poe turned his talent
TO the elucidation of the mystery, pro-
pounding the thesis that If it were pos
sible TO build machine capable OF
playing any game of chess, 1t was
possible to make it win every time,
while this pretended mechanism fire.
quently lost to good players. 1t is
possibly no harder to conduct pub
lie deception now, but It certainly re-
Iures different methods.
The Springfield herald., 1907-05-24
REDUCING RATES
MORE EFFICIENT WORK OF
FREIGHT RATE klNDEL.
AFTER EXPRESS COMPANIES
Keeping Everlastingly after II |"
Evidently Going to Bring Success
And Benefit Colorado

Denver.-Some of the express
rates from Eastern points to
Denver have been reduced al
ready as an admitted result
of George j. Kindels crusade agains.
the five great express companies, ana
the case has not yet even come up Tor
trial before the interstate commerce
commission.
IF we can achieve such concessions
for Denver by merely hling SUIT
against the companies, what great ad-
yantages will we secure for the pub
lie of this city by the time we get
decision in the case." said Albert H.
Vogl, lawyer in the Colorado build
ing. who has charge of this case for
Kindel.
Starting out to secure lower railroad
freight rates for Denver, kindel has
added to his original program hght
for lower express. Now two OF the
express companies have answered the
complaint and both aver that the eX-
press rates ARE dominated and con
trolled largely by the freight rates
of the various lines" Concessions in
freight rates have been secured on
many items as one of the results OF
the Kinde suit. and the express com
panies are now following the example.
Attorney Nogl charged in the com
plant that the express rate from New
York to Denver, on through snip
ment, was greater than the rate from
New York to Omaha, unloading and
reloadinE and shipping the article
from Omaha to Denver. The expense
of unloading and reloading is consider
able but in the face of this expense
he asserted it was cheaper to send
goods in this roundabout way. He
cited the rates on a package weighing
forty pounds as the particular in
stance on which he based this charge.
The Pacific Express Company in
the answer Just flied with the Inter
state Commerce Commission, copy
Of which has been sent to Kindel,
says:
This defendant admits such dis
crepancy did exist. but AYERS that it
has changed its graduated scale so
that the charge from New York to
Denver on forty pounds will be s3.75
or 10 cents less than the sum OF the
locals"
All the express companies made low
rates on seven pounds or less in order
to take as much business as possible
away from the federal government
but increase the charges proportion
ately above that point because the
government put weight limit ot
four pounds on the parcels it carries
In reply to a charge of discrimination
the companies in their answers aver
that if anyone wants TO send small
package at the lower rates he can
mail it or express it in two small
packages. Vogl answers. specifically:
pilates in large numbers for the SOU
venir silver spoons made in Denver, as
an example, are sent from Newbury.
port Massachusetts and weigh from
eight to eleven pounds. How can the
manufacturer cut one of these plates
in two and send il in two bundles!
This is only an instance and shows
that in many lines of shipments
articles cannot be divided into small
bundles"
The Springfield herald., 1907-05-24
Queer Wedding Invitations.

Invitations to weddings in Wales are
very business-like. When the parents
o. the bride-to be bid her friends to the
ceremony, they bid them not to come
empty handed. The cards say:
Whatever donations you may be
pleased to bestow will be thankfully
repaid whenever called on for SINH
lar occasion. The parents Of the bride
and bridegroom.elect desire that all
gifts due to them will be returned on
the above date and will be thankful for
all favors grantcd."-The Guidon.
The Springfield herald., 1907-05-24

Those familiar with the results of
American exploration have known for
n few years that there are three ma
tural bridges in southeastern Utah as
much larger than the natural bridge
dn Virginia as Pixies peak is than
Mount Washington. 1t is only within
q short time, however. that much ac-
curate information about these Utah
wonders has been accessible. In 1905
an expedition of Salt Lake City men
visited them in company with an art
list and surveyor. Pictures of the
bridges have lately been published.
The Augusta bridge, with span of
$40 feet and height of 265 feet, is
the largest, and so far as known there
is none larger in the world. The Car
oline bridge has a greater span, $50
feet, but is smaller in other ways; and
the third the Edwin bridge, although
not so high as the bridge in Virginia,
has span several times as large. AS
one has to travel hundred miles over
a barren country to reach these mar
yels of nature, the summer tourist
will not visit them very frequently.
The Springfield herald., 1907-05-24
II Made Him Wonder.

A Scotchman in search of work was
recently given employment as a la
borers at Cramps shipyard His first
Job was to carry several heavy planks.
After he had been at 1t for about two
hours he went to the foreman and
said:
Did All tell We ma name when I
started to work."
yes" replied the foreman, you
said it was Tomson."
"Oh, then it's a right" said the
Scot, as he looked toward to the pile
Of planks he had yet to carry. "Ah
was jist a-wunnerin if lou thocht All
said it was Samson"
The Springfield herald., 1907-05-24
Their Pipe Is Out.

Manzanola, Colo.-After an expendi.
turc of s55,000, the Crystal Springs
Water Company of Fowler is forced to
suspend operations pending the arrival
of piping material. The company has
arrs nged with the city of Rocky Ford
for furnishing water, and negotiations
are pending for similar contract with
La lunta. The company is expected to
contract with Manzanola, but rs that
has an excellent artesian well which
furnishes an unlimited supply OF pure
water, the proposition was passed up.
The Springfield herald., 1907-05-24
Boy Act;dentll lily Shoots Himself.

Pueblo-While hunting on the Good
night ranch, three miles west of here
Lester Irwin, fourteen years old, son
of Mrs. James Massey of 712 East Alb.
riendo avenue, was mortally wounded
by his own shotgun, which was acci
dentally discharged while he was
climbing a fence. The charge struck
him in the face, neck and chest, and
he died two hours later at st. Mary s
hospital.
Young irwin, accompanied by two
other boys, left Pueblo to spend few
hours hunting along the Arkansas
river. He had sighted game in the
field and was climbing over Il fence
when the hammer of his gun struck a
post and the gun was discharged. send
ing the entire discharge into his body.
The Springfield herald., 1907-05-24
Abe Ruef Pleads Guilty,

San Francisco. Calm a voice so
low that it could hardly be heard in the
intense silence of the court room, Abe
Ruef. the notorious San Francisco
boss, before Judge Dunno, pleaded
guilty to the charge of conspiracy
brought against him in connection with
the bribery of the city's supervisors.
Ruef came into court so weak and
worn he could hardly stand. Since his
arrest and the invincible case that
had been built against him by District
Attorney Langdon and his assistants.
Ruef has become discouraged. The
efforts of friends to instill cour-
age into him have failed completely
and his defiant mood was soon
changed.
The Springfield herald., 1907-05-24
Good Evidence.

One Sunday morning recently the
pastor of church remarked to his
wife. upon returning from service:
MARY, there was stranger at serv-
ice this morning.
WHAT did he look like?" asked the
wife.
II don't know. for didn't see him.
Then how did you know that he
was Il stranger"
Because | found a dollar in the CON
tribution box replied the pastor.
The Springfield herald., 1907-05-24
Railroad Men Get Increase.

Denver.-Passenger conductors on
the d. & r. G. are to be increased $40
per month, passenger brakemen and
flagmen, $3.50 per month, while gen
eral increase of six per cent. is to be
applied to all men in the freight SER
vice and overtime paid on the pro rata
basis.
The Springfield herald., 1907-05-24

Somebody has unearthed an account
lished in Spain and printed on thin
sheets of dough, so that it could be
eaten after the information it CON
tanned had been absorbed. Though
the enterprise was a freaky one, there
was more than food for thought in it.
The Springfield herald., 1907-05-24

The management of a railroad in
Nebraska has issued an order that all
the conductors on the line must be
clean shaven. Naturally, this order
Will be denounced as bare-faced out
rage.
The Springfield herald., 1907-05-24

The Massachusetts statesman who
SAYS that everybody ought TO take
months rest does not provide for the
numerous people who cannot be per-
suaded to do a months work.
The Springfield herald., 1907-05-24

Three volumes of Queen Victoria's
correspondence between 1887 and 1861
will be published next fall. but in all
probability they won't. attract as much
popular attention as was bestowed
upon the confessions of Marie Bash
kirtseff or Mary McLane.
The Springfield herald., 1907-05-24
OF the New School.

Are you going to send your boy to
college?"
Il don't see the use,' answered
Farmer Corntossel. THE first thing
college professor does when he gets
a bright idea is to publish it. I'd
rather subscribe to the newspapers"
The Springfield herald., 1907-05-24

A woman who has been through the
divorce sourt three times says 1t is
ever so much easier to get husband
than it is to get rid of one
The Springfield herald., 1907-05-24

Information in regard to several eN-
cellent weekly newspapers that are for
sale can he obtained by writing to the
Western Newspaper Union, Denver
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

missions. means something. It is not
a sut1cient answer to fling charges, as
missionary supporters commonly do,
at the moral character Of the white
communities in port cities. The man
above quoted is, as has been said,
an honorable man of position, and his
statements We're specific.
In the particular case he cited an
Investigation showed that his state
ments were warranted, except as to
the attitude of the missionaries toward
the alleged culprit In question. What
z the merchant said was mildness as
compared with what the missionaries
said to me.
They seem to have more intimate
knowledge OF the crookcdncss of tho
eN-missionary than others. and they
have the additional grievance that he
has brought disgrace upon their call
ing, Similarly, the missionaries went
farther than Others in condemnation of
another notorious character In this
city. an ex-missionary now in corpora.
Etion service. who is commonly al
&luded to as "the prize coward of the
Picking siege" and whose business
methods arc reputed to be devious.
OF this attitude OF the missionaries.
apparently. the community is unaware.
III it's sensltiveness to criticism the
missionary body presents n solid
front, making no explanations. and
the world does not know that the
black sheep have been cast out Of the
flock. 1T appears that this place, like
other port cities, contains number
of ex-mlssionnries who have been dis
missed from board service, or who have
of their own will retired to enter
business. There is nothing dishonor-
able in the latter practice, although it
is Il clear violation of accepted mis-
ssionary ethics. The onus of the short
comings of all these. who arc naturally
still called "missionarlcs," attaches to
tho missionary body, the members of
which. J. have been repeatedly assured,
llook With utmost disfaYor upon the
entrance of any one or their number
Into money making pursuits.
The wiser way would be for the mis-
/ slonarles openly to disavow responsi-
| bilitY for the course of all except bona
| tide members Of established missions;
and Hospitality to meet honest criti-
| cism with frank explanations, and with
| respect for tho motives of the critics;
/; instead Of maintaining an attitude of
silence seclusion ana self-sufliciency.
In the matter Of the gulf that exists
1 between the foreign community and
! the missionaries, tho latter appear to
4 DO more blameworthy than the for
mer for It is their business to be
4 friendly with all men and to guard the
4 good reputation of their work, Yet In
Itruth they sometimes seem the more
censorious of the two. Some of the
sweeping assertions of the missionaries
! concerning the evil lives of non-nls-
i &sionary foreigners are as unfounded as
| many of the criticism wllichthe latter
make Of the missionaries. 1nycst!ga-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

5efher missionaries and foreigners
have to support them to keep them
from starving, until they can secure
work, or provision is made for their,
return to America. % have repeatedlys
hecn told Instances Of this sort con
corning a Scandinavian mission whose
people come chiefly from Minnesota
Some OF the independent missionaries
who do manage8to get along are
Obliged to- give "a large part OF their
time to culti~Sting their American
constituency.
These missionaries who comessout8
with no other equipment than enthusi-E
assn make strange blunders. One
party of Swcdes. whose advent Is a.
pronounced memory in missionary cir
cles, bore each a musical Instrument
They would play and sing hymns
along the street, to the entertainments
of the Chinese. The young women
wrote home glowing accounts of the /
crowds they gathered by their street
meanings. not realizing at all that In,
China such performances as theirs are
ALWAYS attrihsG..:,' only TO evil charac-&
tiers and t st of motives. In
s s., !, q I "a 4 90 they actually dla
Akin to these are the rcligious fad
;dists who enter the foreign fields.
representing some special tenet M or
doctrine. These make no special er-
fort to reach the genuine5heath but
eontlno themselves to proselyting
among the native Christians. Still
easier mission work is that done by'3 a 81
holiness sect in America which pub
dishes q paper called THE Gospel
Trumpet" ! appeals for funds to
5eyangeliHe the heathen, and them
spends tho money for sendlng copies
of the paper TO missionaries Of the v
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

representation would be escaped by
wiser method on the part of the
boards.
The frequently expressed policy Of
the missionaries, that they have come
to work for the heather and not for
Europeans. is mistaken to the point
of absurdity and folly as in a case /
ran across here. The, best single mis-
sionnry enterprise in Tientsin is the
work of the Young Mems Christian
Association in the Chinese city proper.
1t is almost entirely self-supporting, so
greatly does it command the respect
of eminent Chinese. the viceroy him.
self being among the contributors,
All the work, including the home of
the missionary. is In a big Chinese
residence. with upwards Ola hundred
rooms. A school which has govern
ment recognition and approval is
maintained. as we'll asa library and
an athletic departments Some months
ago the wife of the secretary was talk
en- suddenly and dangerously III. A
messenger was hastily dispatched to
a physician in the foreign concessions.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

ton reveals the fact that in Ticnt-.
sin more effort is put forth in behalf
of the moral welfare of the Anglo
Saxon young men and for the rec]a-
nation of those who have strayed by
tho missionary. residents than by
the missionaries themselves.
Where the Missionaries Are at
Fault. 5
An interesting critic could probably
prove the charges of narrowncss,. ex-
5clusiveness and consciousness against
many members of the missionary body
here. admitting the noteworthy excep-
lions. All this might be comprehended
within the phrase. general unfitness
for missionary work In port city.
1t is u singular lack Of perception
on the part OF the mission boards in
America and Europe which often#put
In the open ports missionaries who by.
social gifts intellectual equipment and
by temperament are least likely to do
the most effective work there. both
among the natives and the foreigners
No end Of misunderstanding and mis-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

is an independent Undertaking called
the South Chilli Mission" begun ten
years ago by Rev. II. w. Houlding, an
American Congregatonalist The
mission Is not related to any church
or denomination, ! is support coming
chiefly from independent city mis-,
sions and from congregational
churches lii the West and Middle Wost
OF the United States. Mr.. Houlding,
II appears, has the gift OF glowingly
portraying Chinn's needs. and last
year he received more than $4,000,
for the work of his mission. During
the past eight years no has brought
out sixtY-nine adult missionaries, most
of them coming at their own expense
and putting all their worldly posses
sions into a common mission fund,
from which they could never Withdraw
them. s{
Troubles in the mission have been
almost constant, and now former
members OF the mission are out in a
pnblic circular, which they are send
ing widely to America, making vari-
Gus charges against the mission and
its head 1t Is reported that the
American consul-general Is taking
steps to require Mr., lloulding to pro-
vide return passage to America for his
missionaries since a number Of thcm
have become II charge on the consul
ate. For 1t appears, according to It's
circular that of tho sixty-ninc missions
aries brought out. three have died and
thirty eight have left the mission In
.dissati sfnction, Most of these have re-
manned in China. In connection With
other missions; some have gone into
business here, and some haze returned
TO America.
The circular charges MI, Houldlng
with lack OF proper qualifications for
leadership. With denying the missions
nries voice In the management OF
the mission; with running n sort Of
absolute monarchy. all the property
being in his own name; and with maxi
ing representations concerning tho
work which are not borne out by tho
facts. The sisners of the circular say
that they have made the mllaest post
BILE presentation of the real situation
and they hint at more serious evils
Some of the mary stories current hero
anre ludcrous Ono member of tho
mission was British, and liked his cup
of afternoon tea The mission thought
this wicked and sinful lndulgence,
When .ho persisted in the practice
they had u mission prayer meeting
over him. to show him the evil of his
course Another member was slmiy
larry Disciplined for being too fond OF
peanuts! All this while grave evils
Were existing in tho conduct of the
mission
Stranded Missionaries.
One hears many stories in the East
concerning Independent missions.
without substantial and Responsible
gbodies back of them al home. Ispe-
5ciallN are tales told OF the 'sfnithtt
missions. Jealous and unqualified en-
: thusiasts come out on faith, and tho