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The Lamar register., 1908-12-30

The Naturita Telephone Company
which proposes building lines through
Montrose and San Miguel counties. has
been incorporated with capital of
$4,000. The principal offices are to
be at Coventry. The incorporators
are G. A. Akers, II. II. Ross, Henry
Pamm. George NJ. Hook and Arthur
Priestley.
A military board will meet at Fort
Logan Jan. 18th. at 8 a. M, for the
mental and physical examination of
candidates for admission to the United
States military academy at West Point
N Y.
An expensive plan to irrigate 900
acres of land by means of pumping
plant will be put in operation by w.
T. Watkins and S. A. Noyes Of Gree
ley. Two bitches and a reservoir will
be built The land to be irrigated is
twenty-five miles northeast of Greeley
and in valley under which are said
to be inexhaustible subterranean
streams.
The Lamar register., 1908-12-30
WESTERN NEWS.

Every saloon In Ottumwa. Iowa. was
elm ed December 22nd as the result of
religious revival.
A class of candidates for commits
sions as second lieutenants in the
army will be examined at Fort Leav-
enworth, Kansas. January End.
The twelfth annual meeting OF the
National Live Stock Association will
be held at Los Angeles January 26th
to 2Sth.
James Clancy, said to have been the
Oldest Civil War veteran, died at the
National Soldiers Home in Milwaukee
on the 18th inst, aged 100 years.
Alderman Bath House" John Cough
lin of Chicago. accused of assault and
battery on Lyman Atwell, newspa-
per photographer. was found not guilty.
Francis J. Heney at Chicago Monday,
on his way to New York, said he was
feeling no effects from the bullet
wound which he received recently in
court.
Two slight earthquake shocks last
ing less than three seconds. were felt
at San Francisco and in the cities
about the bay December 22d. No dam
age was done.
President Frank Trumbull of the
Colorado & Southern railway has con-
firmed the report of the sale of that
road to the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy, which makes 1t part of the
Hin system.
Practically the entire business Sec
ton OF Ravia, Oklahoma, town of
LOO inhabitants in Johnston county.
Oklahoma. was wiped out by fire
Christmas Day, the loss aggregating
about $4,000.
William II. Bartlett, a millionaire
Chicago broker and owner of the IA
nous Bartlett ranch in Vermijo Park,
New Mexico, was badly injured there
on December 23rd by the falling of
his horse. His left arm and shoulder
were broken.
Peter Claudianes, the Greek charged
with dynamiting the home in Oakland,
Cal, of former Supervisor James l..
Gallagher, the star witness for the
prosecution in the San Francisco brib-
cry graft cases, has been found guilty
and sentenced to life imprisonment.
In Wan Chang, the Korean who shot
Durham White Stevens, American
diplomatist ana adviser to the Korean
Emperor. at San Francisco, March
23rd, resulting in Stevens death two
days later, WAS found guilty of muir
der in the second degree December
23rd.
There will be presented during the
coming sessions of the legislatures in
Colorado and forty four other states,
a uniform pure food law prepared by
the committee appointed by the nation
al and state pure food commissioners
10 draft universal provisions on pure
food enactmelts for all of the states.
S. C. Lillis. a wealthy banker and
stockman of Lemoore. Cal, was SEN
fenced by Judge Wellborn at a special
session of the federal court at Fresno.
Cal, to six months in Jail and fined
81 900. Lillis was convicted at the
last session of the federal court on
charge of Illegally enclosing large
areas of government land.
A mail coach loaded with Christmas
presents was burned. five mail clerks
barely escaped with their lives. while
one was injured In jumping to safety,
and an engine was overturned when
southbound Baltimore & Ohio railroad
freight train crashed into a west-bound
Chicago & Alton passenger train
in the west side of Chicago on
the night of December 22d. AS soon
as the train struck gas tank in the
mail coach exploded and set fire to it
and the piles of Christmas mail.
The Lamar register., 1908-12-30

Stranger lat Mr.. Citiman's new SUI
burban villa)-"Mornin', my little
dear! Is your papa at home? I hear
he wants TO buy a COW, and I've got
one think would suit him. It's Jer-
sey cow"
Little Miss-"oh. don't think papa
would want that kind of COW. They
don't give anything but skim milk. We
used to board in Jersey."-New York
Weekly.
The Lamar register., 1908-12-30

The teacher of geography class had
just finished explaining how the Eng
lish sparrow came to be imported into
this country.
THE sparrows ate up the worms, all
right, but now we have the sparrows
on our hands. Which would you rath-
err have, Max. the sparrows or the
wolms?"
81 don't know; I amt never had
sparrows."-The Bohemian.
The Lamar register., 1908-12-30

The Colorado e Southern will make
special rate of one fare for the round
trip to all points in the state. Tickets
on sale Dec. "a and % and Jan. 1
and in addition, from all points to Dem
yer and return Dec. 9th and 2Sth.
Final l'-nit January 4th.
The Lamar register., 1908-12-30

Somehow modesty manages to pa
rade IL. public frequently.
The Lamar register., 1908-12-30

Many vain woman has tried in
vain to get a husband.
The Lamar register., 1908-12-30


Senator Tully Scott of Cripple
Creek is preparing a bill which he will
present in the next Legislature by
which 1t is provided that all state penal
and charitable institutions shall be
placed under one board. The bill adj
vocates that the board be non partisan
subject to the appointment of the gov
ernor and to consist of three members,
being modelled after the law in Mime
sofa
To obtain a much-needed rest and
to study conditions in Palestine and
Rome, DIR. R. A. Carnine. superinten-
dent of the Greeley district of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in Colo
RADIO, is preparing to leave for the
Holy Land. where he will spend the
winter. Mr.. Carnine will first visit
Palestine and go from there to Rome
Judge Ben B. Lindsey of Denver is
the one person from Colorado whom
President Roosevelt has invited to at
tend the conference concerning the
care Of the dependent children which
he has called to meet at the White
house on January 25th.
Under orders from DR.. Charles C.
Lamb. state veterinarian, seventeen
horses were put to death at Globeville,
suburb of Denver, December oath,
after It had been ascertained they were
suffering with CHAMBERS. The horses
had been recently used in grading
work On the Moffat road in Routt coun-
ty.
Superintendent F. NJ. Parker of the
telegraph department of the Moffat
road. has received word that his
brother. James p. Parker, has been
appointed commander of the Cruiser
Denver The vessel is now in Philip
pine waters
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-18
fniR1g Misrep presented
Mems Hats

One lot Hats, in all styles and col.
ors, worth $1.50 and some OF
them as high as - 90 now 98c
One; LOT Derby Hats, brown and
tan, all the latest shapes, sold
everywhere for SO. O0, at the
Sapper Sale only $1.98
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-18
RMen's and Boys Suits

IL
1--WE have q large line Of new
stylish Suits for Men and Boys
gthatsEwe want to move out land
that right quick to which we /
have lad led the new invoices just
received from our Pittsburg prtr-
chase; and we make the GLOWING
Mprices 81 81; &
egular IS value, now $3.48.
Others sell these at $3.50.
Regular 81 2 value. now $8.48
These are blue summer weight
serge and others ask fully SIS.
Other values are $50 Suits at
s$4.e8l and 81 values: at a.98.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-18
Ladies' Stylish Shoes

One lot vici Kid, sold the town
over at $1.50, our price .S1.O0
One lot Tan Oxfords, others sell
h. for, 81, Sapper only $1.39
One lot Patent Colt Butchers,
were $3.50, now only .: sta
One lot Oxfords, Patent Colt, Wei
or Tan-this lot being strictly.
solid and handsome. and we will
guarantee every pair to be full
" wortl, $500, but have priced
ia at only. Z. !. $l.96
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-18
sCO,rsetS

58 Our line Of Corsets is; extensive
but we can only quote three prices
which oughts:to convince you Of.
the saving
u One lot that sells elsewhere att
3& 39c we haErsred1ced to 19c I
One lot Of Toe grade leave us I
at I. !. ]. 800
We have the celebrated ' Globc''''#%
Corsets, sold for 81 and worth
more, but they go at. 49c 4
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-01-31
One Source of News.

For many years a certain New York
paper received society and club gossip
from man whose identity was con
cealed by a clever ruse. Even his
checks were made out to his wife III
her maiden name. He furnished in.
formation about the doings and Wran-
giles in various clubs-little stories in
volying people whose names are
known by reputation to practically all
readers of newspaper columns. He is
said thus to have averaged an income
of about $40 Il week-not much, but
enough to buy hats, gloves and canes
He was a most immaculate and appar-
entity prosperous person. It is need
less to say that he has never been sus-
nected of this small traffic. A wealthy
relative died and left him independent
When some such man furnishes the
c,ew to delectable scandal he has
dome a stroke OF business that vii
kaeD him in small luxuries for months
70 come.-Whitman Bennett in Bohe
| milan.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-01-31

flannel suit, little dinky cap and red
stockings.
When the first ordinary came wob-
bling down the village street pa called
ma to look, and you trailed it, hurting
sod and clods at it. After while came
the bicycle tournament. where daring
individuals whiZzed round the half
mile track for prizes hung up by the
local club. Then came the trick rid
ers, who showed that the freaky ma
chine could be ridden without the hind
wheel. Finally there was q feeling of
disappointment at the introduction of
the safety, which was considered a
very tame proposition indeed lacking
as it did the hazard of "headers'' over
the handle bars. Though deemed fl
only for girls and mollycoddles, the
safety prevailed, and the ordinary
went to the junk heap. 1t is the Law
Of convenience, an example Of which is
the popularity of the automobile as
compared with the buckfng broncho.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-01-31

+ "You make me awful weary" re-.
marked the pretty cook, turning away
to peep into a simmering pot. Honest,
l wish you'd get some job that would
take you clear away out of the city an
keep you there for good"
"If you didn't say things like that to
me l might" returned the groceryman.
'I'd git desprit enough to do anythin'.
There's been one or two times sence
I've knowed you that you've acted as If
you was fond of me-"
"That must ha' bin jest afore your
alarm clock went off," said the pretty
cook uncompromisingly
"Nacherly you didn't know It," said
the groceryman. II know you didn't
mean to give yourself away, but now
an then it gifts out an then I git the
idee that you are just stringin' me.
don't know but what you mean to keep
1t up right along, an then O. course
60 away feelin' blue an discouraged.
But the mex mOrnin' when I come
around here you are as sassy as ever,
wrnklin' up that cute little nose o
yours an drorin' down the corners O
your rosebud mouth at me and then,
Evelina, l feel just right as happy as
clam does at high water, same's I'm
feelin' now"
"Would it make you feel any happier
II l threw some hot water over your
asked the cook.
"It's the cold water that you're
THROWN that's maxim my heart sing
with joy" said the groceryman. 81
know that you're a-goin' to keep 1t up
for jest about so long an then 1t won't
be nothin' else but pure Vermont maple
syrup an white clover honey for the
rest O. my life. can afford to wait
for that"
II can't afford to wait for them TIA.
ters," said the cook. IF you don't In
tend to 60 an hustle 'em over here you
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-01-31
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Jest say so an I'll telephone to Rinker'.
make it plain?"
That's the stuff said the grocery.
man, gleefuly. keep it up, Evelina
It's what l like"
II bet you git what you like every.
where you 60. them said the pretty
cook with a toss Of her head.
mo, l don't" said the groceryman
"Not if the frosty face is what you
mean. It's only you give me that, an
I'm glad Of it. If there was another
kitchen on my route where got any
thin but sunny smiles O. welcome an
an occasional piece O. pie I'd begin 10
think right away that there must be
some reason for it. But there amt
none O. the ladies l know that has gol
to that stage yet. I don't give them nc
encouragement. I'm perlite, O. course
an agreeable, an have a little so
sherble conversation with 'em now an
then, but that's us far as l go. With
out maxim any raw cracks give ZEN
to understand that my affections is en-
gagged elsewhere. I don't honestly think
any one O. them has even got hopes
II amt, l know that said the cook
81 amt no hopes that you'll ever lear
to have any sense. Say, git them TIA
tiers over now. l Amt foolin'."
"Tell me that you amt got no use fol-
me an that the Eaters is jest an excuse
to git red O. me an I'll have 'em here
inside O. five minutes, sure" said tht
groceryman.
IF you git out Of here an quit both
erin me I don't even care whether 81
the Eaters or not" said the cook. ''I't
sooner go out an git 'em myself thar
have you around another minute"
The groceryman grinned happily ant
took up his basket. Good enough
I'll bring 'em right over,'' he said
"When you talk to me that way know
you love me."-Chicago Daily News.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-01-31

ing.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-01-31

tween your envy Of his ability to mas
ter the dad-blamed thing and your dis
gust ut his gall in showing off on it.
Even in the light of past demonstra-
tons that it can be done, it is hard
now to realize that any one could ride
on that contraption with a big wheel
in front and the little wheel in the
back, but it was formerly considered
very up-to-date to own one, and po-
lite triumph to. ride one, wearing a
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-01-31
FADS OF THE PAST.

Twenty-Five years ago your definition
Of a dude was the fellow who rode
bicycle, and it was the high wheeled
ordinary. 4 man never looked more
like the devil on wheels than when
mounted on one of these altitudinous
but you were torn be-
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-01-31
A Question.

Church, see a prisoner in Jersey
prison has been allowed the use. of his
fiddle in the face of the remonstrances
of the keepers family.
Gotham-WhC's being punished. any
way3-Yonkers Statesman
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-01-31
The Marble Bible.

In 1857 Mindon-min, king of Bur-
ma. erected a monument near Manda-
low called the kutho-daw. There he
huilt 100 temples, in each of which
there is slab of white marble. Upon
these 700 slabs Is engraved the whole
,f the Buddhist Bible, vast literature
in itself, equal to about six copies OF
the Holy Scriptures. This marble Bi,
ble is engraved in the Pail language
thought to be that spoken by Buddha
himself 800 B. G.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-05-30
ENLARGED Homestead Bin shelved.

Washington.-The Mondell-Smoot
enlarged homestead bill was killed for
his session of congress by the house.
which voted against agreeing to the
conference report upon It and refus-
ing to send the bill back TO confer
ence. When the vote refusing to re.
turn the bill to conference was an.
nounced. Representative Reeder OF
Kansas, leader OF the opposition,
asked recognition to lay the bill on
the table. Speaker Cannon came TO
the rescue OF the western men by not
recognizing Reeder.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-05-30
SIXTEEN INJURED IN
A|RSH|P ACCIDENT
Trial Trip Of Largest Airship Ever
Constructed Ends in a Most
Frightful Disaster.
Ten Thousand Spectators Stand Help,
less and Witness Monster Flying
Machines Fall Of 800 Feet, All
Of Occupants Being Injured.

Oakland, Cal.-The great Morrell
airship, the largest ever constructed.
burst on its trial trip when 800 feet in
the air above a crowd OF 10000 spec.
tators at Berkeley at 11:40 o'clock
Saturday. The sixteen men who
made the ascension with the biz
craft were dashed to the ground, and
every one of then more or less in.
jured. Broken legs and arms and In,
ternal Injuries were suffered by most
OF them, and 1t is believed that two
will die.
The accident was most spectacu.
lar one A great crowd had gathered
about the vacant lot where the biz
gas bag had been inflated with 500, 900
cubic feet of Illuminating gas, tc
watch the trial trip of the airship.
There were sixteen persons, five OF
them engineers In charge of the five
gasoline engines. several newspaper
photographers, the inventor of the
airship, c. A. Morrell, and an Aus.
tralian aeronaut.
Rising slowly under the power from
five gasoline engines, the great air
ship lifted to height of probably 800
feet. Suddenly there was ripping,
roaring sound, and the forward end of
the airship tilted downward and 1t be-
gan to settle slowly to the ground.
The occupants of the airship clurg
desperately to the rigging, while the
crowd of 10000 people or more were
panic-stricken before what appeared
to be impending disaster to sixteen
men. AS the airship settled toward
the ground, several OF the man leaped
and number were seriously injured
In the fall. Others stayed with the
craft until It reached the ground and
they. too, were injured by the heavy
airship.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-05-30
WOMAN PREVENTS THUGS
ROBB|NG BANK MESSENGERS
Grabbed the Leader Of the Attacking
Band and Screamed Until Patrol.
men Arrived on Scene.

New Worthwhile three employees
of the Jefferson bank were on their
way from the branch at linton and
Houston streets to the main bank on
Canal street, carrying $4,000 cash,
they we're attacked on First street by
three men, who jumped upon them
and threw pepper in their faces, the
leading thug attacking Samuel Bdel-
man. who carried the bulk of the
money. grabbing his money bag and
attempting to run with It. The other
thugs took care Of the other messen-
gers.
Edelman tried to shake his assail.
ant of. but was faring badly under
the pummeling when Mrs. Eva favor
nicka, a waitress In nearby restaur-
ant, grabbed the leader of the attack
ing band by the arm. She screamed
so loudly for help that patrolman
came running up, frightening the
other two thugs away, and was right
at the heels of the man who had at
tucked Edelman by the time he had
managed to shake himself free from
the waitress. The fugitive was cap
tured.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-05-30
CONNECTICUT CONGRESSMAN
IS SCORED BY COMMITTEE
Submarine Boat Scandal is Held -
Be Baseless and LiIley Is De.
nounced as a Traitor by
Williams.

washington.-The conclusions OF
the special committee which has been
investigating the charges Of Repre-
sentative Lilley OF Connecticut, that
members of the house had been i'm.
properly Influenced In connection
with submarine torpedo boat legisla
ton, that Mr. Lilley had violated his
obligations as member and had
acted in bad faith with the commit
tee and in contempt of the house.
were sustained on Wednesday by the
house by vote Of 1877 to 81. Five
hours of the session were devoted to-
the case, four of which were con-
sumed in reading the report.
The Connecticut members Joined
in voting against the resolution by
which the house adopted the conclu-
sions of the committee as its own.
Mr.. Williams of Mississippi de-
nounced Mr.. Lilley as being guilty OF
treason, for which he said he should
be expelled. It was a noticeable fact
that the five members Of the special
committee, Messrs. Boutell, Olmstead,
Stevens, .Broussard and Howard, sat
together throughout the proceedings,
and that none of them submitted any
remarks in connection with the re-
port,
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-05-30
FIFTY KILLED IN
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
Express Train Crashed Into Train
Loaded With Pilgrims on Their
Way to a Shrine.
Accident ls Supposed to Have Been
Due to a Misplaced Switch, the
Cars Being Telescoped and
Shattered to Matchwood.

Antwerp.-A railroad accident oil
unprecedented horror In the annals OF
Belgian train disasters occurred
Thursday morning at Contich, a sta
ton six miles southeast Of Antwerp
on the main line. An express train
from Antwerp to Brussels crashed
into train loaded with pilgrims on
their way to a local shrine. This
train was standing on a siding. Sew
eral of its cars we're telescoped and
shattered to matchwood. The total
number of dead is placed at dfty and
the wounded at over 100.
Rescuers from Contich were at
once on the scene, and the labor of
succoring the injured and removing
the dead was conducted with all pos
sible haste. Special trains with doc
tors, priests and nurses we're sent to
Contich from Antwerp and Brussels.
The accident is supposed to have been
due to a misplaced switch. The engi-
neer and the fireman of the express
train were killed outright.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-05-30
Funeral Of Governor Sparks.

Reno, Nev-In the presence OF thou.
sands Of mourners the funeral of the
late Governor John Sparks of Nevada
was held Monday afternoon at
o'clock on the portico of the Elks'
home In this city. The services were
conducted by the officers of the Elks'
lodge. Supreme Judge Frank H. Nor
cross delivered beautiful eulogy
over the remains. All business houses
in the city were closed and the entire
city draped In mourning. Special
trains brought hundreds OF people TO
Reno to witness the funeral and all
trains from the southern and eastern
portions of the state were crowded
with people anxious to pay respect &c
the memory Of John Sparks.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-05-30
GUARANTY FUND DRAWN UPON
Oklahoma Banking Law Causes Joy
to Deposltors.

Guthrie Okla.-Within one hour
from the time II. II. Smock, Oklahoma
banking commissioner, had taken
charge OF the International Bank of
Colgate. for alleged violation of the
banking laws, he had authority to pay
the depositors in full, though the
banks cash and available funds in
other banks fell $4,000 short OF the
total amount OF deposits. The com.
missioner was enabled to do this un.
der the operation of the new bank.
ing law, and this is the first time 1t
has been called into use. When the
cash was exhausted the commissioner
drew checks upon the state guaranty
fund. Under the operation of the
guaranty banking law In Oklahoma, a
tax OF per cent IL levied upon the
average annual deposits Of all state
hanks, and the money thus raised Is
used In payment In fulI OF all depos
itors OF an insolvent state bank after
the funds Of the bank have been ex.
nausted
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-05-30
Utah, Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming
Granted Funds for Public Buildings.

Observation-Disclosures upon the
omnibus public building bill reached
an agreement and submitted their re-
port to the senate Saturday evening.
The conferees allowed S175,O0 for en-.
larging the Salt Lake building. per-
hitting $4,000. of the amount to be
expended for additional land for the
site. They also retained the items of
$4,000 for building and site at Park
cry and $4,000 increase in the cost
limit OF the Logan building.
Idaho items are: Boise. $4,000
for enlarging building, and Pocatello
$4,000 for site.
Nevada holds $4,000 for site and
building.
Wyoming was given an increase of
$4,000 over the amount carried by
the bill. as II came from the house.
The items retained are: Rock
Spring, $4,000 for building and site;
Lander. $4,000 for building; Casper
and Douglas each $4,000.