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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-02

an hour: The vehicle Is built almost
entirely of light metal and for power
has a two and a quarter horsepower
gas engine of the usual type.
The propelling medium consists of a
four bladed aerial screw made Of alu-
minlum, the blades being tipped with
steel bands, and an Archimedes screw
which helps out on hill climbing. The
aerial blades are made spoon shaped
the better to seize the air." as the In
yentor says. Steering Is accomplished
by guiding the forward runners with
an ordinary steering wheel and gear
The machine is adapted to operate on
roads which are in pretty fair condi-
tien.-Perc!ar Mechanics.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-02

Grandma" said the child who lived
In a nat.
what is 1t, dear?"
please tell me about how you lived
In house when you were little girl
and there wasn't any janitor, but a
big garrett to play in on rainy daysg'-
Washington Herald
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-17
Do you know your title Is
perfect? Real estate is val
liable. Call on
NASH & PHELPS.
INSURANCE.
We represent the old
reliable Continental In.
surance Co. Call and
see us.
Nash g. Phelps.

&C. w. Hoover is at Omaha this
week.
The library wants all OF your old
papers and magazines.
For SALE! Fur Overcoat in good
shape. Enquire OF Don PRESTON.
For rent, my place in West Audi
bon after March /, 1909
49tf GEoRGE T.. BROWN.
For SALE A few Short horn
Bulls. G. w. STETzEL, Audubon,
Iowa. Route One. 36tf
-" The Girl and the Gawk" will be
at the Woodman Opera House in Au-
dubon the night of Thursday, Decem-
Der 81, 1908.
Mrs. Chandler, at the library, and
Miss Lilly, at the high school, have
Christmas stamps for sale for the bene-
lit of the Tuberculosis hospital
Now is the time to think about
yeur Christmas photos, We have a
complete line of the most up to date
mounts to select from.
II TRAILER,
Hides buy
Highest price pay.
Now isn't 1t SO, hides are seldom
low,
When Zaner Is in the row?
HORSES LOST! Three head on Sat
urday night December 5, 1908, from
our place miles West of Ross. One
grey and two BAYS. Finder will please
notify ANDREW MENG, Audubon,
Iowa, Route No. !. SO I'd
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-17

The Methodist college at Fayette,
Iowa, has received check from An
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-17
r. EaBr
MONEY TO LOAN.
With the German Saving
Bank at 5 per cent interest
Optional payments.
NASH & PHELPS.

Doctor Carrie Brooks.Wood. Dental off.
Ice opposite Commercial Savings Bank.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-17

college had raised sI5D, 1000 more for
endowment.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-17
LOCAL NEWS NOTES

One week more till Christmas,
One week more OF strain
Wish we were on the isthemus
Where nobody knew our name.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-17

drew Carnegie for $50, 900 In payment
Of his pledge to do so when the
Cañon City record., 1908-12-17
1.-THE Lore
of the MASK" -.-s
Mac Gfeath's New Book

THE Lure OF the Mask" IL Harold
Mac Grath's new book and 1t IL char
acteristc Of the author. II has an
unscrutable plot and IL full OF mystery
racy dialogues, unsurpassed. humor.
and Is withal a most enchanting and
Turing romance.
Harold Mac Grath gave US "The
Man on the Box" which has been seen
on the stage OF the Canon City opera
house, and Half Rogue" another
leader in fiction. b..
Harold MacGrath is Just now hav-
ing his day and The Lure OF the
Mask" will help to lengthen that day
out considerably longer than II 1t had
not been written.
The book Is put out by The Bobbs-
Merrill company of Indianapolis. This
company has been especially FORUM
ate In its selections of books In re-
cent years having furnished . number
of the best sellers. Other late sue
cesses are: The Little Brown jug OF
Kildare; The Coast OF Chance; The
Circular Staircase: The Mascot OF
Sweet Briar Gulch. and Beveridges'
1.-THE Spirit Of the Times"
Cañon City record., 1908-12-17
sURyBYING CORPs FLACRD m
IN THE FIELD NONDAY

A surveying corps under the 01r1D-
tisn OF Ensinssr Collins. vas pissed
In the Geld By the Kansas- ColofaAo
Power q Transmission Co.. NoadAy
morning for the purpose Of locating
. line for the proposed electric road
through Lincoln Park and soutA CaA-
ON. Work was begun ut Brsvstsr and
will be continued until the most feas-
ibie route from that point across LIN
coin Park and thence through Gouth
Canon 70 this city has bssa sstablish-
ed. The fear has been expressed In
some quarters that the great expense
connected with the building OF the
road through the territory mentioned.
especially II II Is found necessary TO
construct yiaduct across tho rail-
road tracks and the river to gain nd
mission to this city. will preclude the
extension OF the enterprise 10 Lincoln
Park. The line has been definitely To-
Gated on the north side Of tho river
and grade stakes have been driven
from q point on -Four Mile Creek to
the Natatorium and thence along Gen.
trail avenue to Harding's addition,
where their station will be erected.-
Cañon City record., 1908-12-17
California
Fruit PrOduCtsCO.
Avenue l2O. Cotton, California
LADIES OF CHRIST CHURCH
CLEARED OVER $40

The annual public dinner and sale
of the various guilds Of Christ church,
held in the Postoflce building on
Thursday evening, was. as usual, an
eminent success and four hundred
dollars was cleared by its promoters.
which will go into the church treas
ury. Throughout the evening the room
where the bazaar and dinner was held
was thronged with people, all OF
whom either purchased some souvenir
of the holiday season. or partook of
the viands 50 generously served in the
dining room. There was consumed
eight turkeys, four laWs hams, six
beef tongues, besides lasGa1quantities
OF other eatables. The dinner was a
splendid one and all of its patrons re-
ceived more than their moneys worth.
Cañon City record., 1908-12-17

II the remaining three numebrs Of
the 7. M. c. A. Star Entertainment
Coures are az good as the two already
given it will be one of the most sue
cessful series of the kind from an ar
tistic point Of view ever presented
here. The program offered at the
First Methodist church Friday night
by the Colonial saxophone Quartette
and by Miss Victoria Lynn AZ reader
was a mastery one and was greatly
enjoyed by the Star Course patrons.
Of which there was large attendance.
Every member Of the organization
IL an artist and scored q decided hit
with the audience, so much 80, in fact,
as to be accorded akin to an ovation
after the rendition of each number.
Both as vocal soloists. as we'll as In
their combined capacity as instrument
talists, the members of the Colonial
6axaphone Quartette are superb and
would attract attention in the most
exclusive musical circles in the coun-
try. Az . reader, Miss Victoria Lynn
has few superiors in her chosen pro-
fession. She won a notable triumph
here and will long be remembered by
Canon City people. Friday nights en-
tertainment was q genuine treat;
more than delighted those who had
the good fortune to be present.
Other numbers Of the Star Course
series will be the Rachel eteinman
Concert Company, DR.. Thomas Nc
Clary and Col g. A. Gearhart.
Cañon City record., 1908-12-17
FRONTIER SKETCHES

One OF the earliest white settlofs
In western Nebraska was Percy Cross.
now man OF seventy-avs years nv-
Ing near Fairbury IN that stAts. Ho
claims to have killed ths last buRal0
that ever paved the prairie and snort
ed defiance ct an enemy n Js&srso0
county. Nebraska In talking of his
pioneer experiences recently he eaa0:
II landed In Nsbraska in lsoo ana
homesteaded 100 acres In Je4srso0
county, Nebraska. in 1870 and or
tainly was here with the hard tmoo.
We had land that We could call our
own but did not know whether Il
would ever be any credit to us to own
II or NOT. We saw times Wh00 our
100 acres did not produco enough TO
feed us through the winter and had
to set the prows OF our prairie
schooners toward the big towns on
the Missouri river In search Of work
to make q living through the cold
weather but We came back In tAe
spring and tackeled the farm again.
"It was sure wild and woody IN
those days and gamble ~ TO vhstA-
or We would ever win out We were
not particularly hunting trouble bat
men and women alike always weat
prepared for emergencies In case We
should meet them on the road. No
body but tsnderfest went unaruasA.
In fact that was one way we had oe
distiaguiahing the newcomer from
the east II he did not have . big Gun
strapped to his slde We soon pat him
wise TO the fact that hs should ct
ready for any indian that might hap
pen to need killing. Yes. mir. msa and
women used TO toddle to church %
eunday mornings With torty-avss
strapped to tAs0-
Looking for trouble got TO b .
habit With us-hoWevor. 10 nevef AAA
much Of the real article, altAoagA
we did have Q few scares that looked
serioUs- We had more real trouble
getting enough 70 eat than We a.
with the indians. I DO not know
whether Il was change OF climatic
conditions or discovery through the
grinding min OF necessity that AaAlfy
brought M up 70 producing bettsr
crops. but aftsr long period Of m
certainty and privation vs 0nally 81
next to what TO Do with our land md
how to do Il and ve have bssa -
smooth sailing ever sincs. would
not trade my old homestead farm oat
here for whole township back Whsre
I was born In the hills q eoutAss0
Ohio.s
Cañon City record., 1908-12-17
YOUNG MAN DIED MONDAY
MORNING OF DIABETES

William Perry Nichols. son OF Mrs.
J. A. Van Horn. died At the homo OF
his mother. 715 Greenwood avenue. at
$3.50 Monday morning Of diabetes,
aged about fifteen years. Deceased
had been AFFLICTED with diabetes for
several years and he had been an in
valid for . long period. The funeral
will be held at A. e. Wilson'S under
taking parlors at O'Clock Wednesday
afternoon, Rev. J. T. Thomas con-
Quoting the service. The burial viii
be in Greenwood cemetery.
Cañon City record., 1908-12-17
"Ihe Newest Way
Afound the Woeld' One
Of the Best New Books

A moro than usually fascinating
new book of travel IL the Newest
Way Around the, World" by Celeste
J. Miller.
Some way this volume doesn't read
like book Of travel. being % much
more readable and interesting than
most books in Its class. 1t 10 book
that will keep you keely interested
from start to finish and you viii NO
more think Of laying It down than
you would a cleverly written novel.
1t seems to tell the very things one
wants to know about foreign coun-
tries, the things one might forget to
ask about yet which give one the best
impression about the countries the
author has Travelled through. Such lit
tie things as the cost Of travel In
some quarters. the rainy. misty days
Of China. the insect pests Of Java. the
habit of wearing pajamas all day long
in some islands Of the Orient. hours
OF meals and things one must eat
and q hundred Of such trivials all
mentioned In such . way that one
feels pretty we'll acquainted with
many lands when through the book.
"The Newest Way Around the
world"-the Journey which this book
tells of-starts from New York and
takes in Bremen. Berlin. Warsaw,
Moscow. Iskulsk and across the great
r.o-. ulh>-s~u ~>u-~v 60 uI~ Aa,oa<nh
(this trip from Moscow to vladiv-
stok took just twenty days by rail,
being about 5000 miles and the rail-
road fare was only s1o6.7o American
money!
Then the author visited Korea. Che
foo. Shanghai. Hong Kong, Siam. Sin
gapore, Java. French Indo China,
swatow, Annoy. Japan. Honolulu. San
Francisco and back to her homo in
Chicago.
The author Miss Miller. has gone
around the world fve times by differ
emit routes. She always travels alone
and has proven that = woman can 60
anywhere she pleases without escort
or special protection. She says she
has never had an accident nor missed
train-though It seems that most
svsry train in the Orient has Q way
Of starting at Ave O'Clock in the
morning.
Tho book r we'll illustrated BY the
author. 1t 10 we'll written. finely print
ed and Handsomely bound. Il n . GOOD
book for . library or for the home.
Cañon City record., 1908-12-17
GAVE HIN PLEASANT SUR.
PRISE ON HIS BIRTHDAY

Thursday was the hfty-fourth birth
day anniversary OF William Jukss Of
Lincoln Park and to commemorate
the occasion the neighbors to the
number of about thirty called ct his
home on Sherman avenue to extsnd
their congratulations. Mr.. Jukes on .
pretext was gotten away from he
house before the visitors began to ar
rive and when he returned they wese
In possession Of the premises. They
brought their suppers along and Q
veritable banquet was served, and, -
may be inferred, was greatly enjoys1.
30 delightful were the surrounAin0s
that II was after midnight before ~
ssls-invited guests departed for thstf
homes. Mr.. Jukes was presented with
. handsome rocking chair a. sca-
vsnif Of the occasion.
Cañon City record., 1908-12-17

of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation. Mr.. Thomas has had wide
experience in Y. n. G. A. work and II
admirably fitted for the position. Md
dletown 10 . town Of 10000 popula-
ton and 10 delightful community In
which to reside, being within easy
reach Of all OF the principal cities
ON the Atlantic seaboard. Mr.. Thomas
formerly lived in the Keystons state
and in acquainted with several Of the
best known 7. u. @. A. workers In
Pennsylvania. Mrs. Thomas and the
children win remain here tor the
present but expect to Join Mr.. Thom-
AZ at Mlddletown in the course Of the
next thre or four months.
Cañon City record., 1908-12-17
ANNUAL MEETING OF FRUIT
LAND WATER COMPANY

The annual meeting Of the Fruit
land Water company was held at the
once Of the president, L. L Harding.
405 Main street, Monday afternoon
with fve-sixths Of the capital stock
Of the company represented. The re-
ports of the executive ofncers showed
tho company to be in excellent con-
dition with its finances, ditch. pump
ing machinery, ETC.. to be In splendid
shape. A new board Of directors was
chosen for the next ensuing year as
follows: L. L. Harding, J. T. Hazard,
L. d. Dawson. F. H. Whipple, Hunter
Palmer and D. N. Cooper. which was
subsequently, organized by the cleo
ton of L. L. Harding as president, J..
T. Hazard. vice president, L. D. Daw-
son, secretary and treasurer.
The capitol stock Of the company
comprises 10000 shares. having a par
value of one dollar each. OF the total
issue $4,000 shares were voted at
Mondays meeting. A levy of seven
teen cents a share on the capital stock
was made or expenses during the next
calendar year, which is the same as 1t
was twelve months ago. There is
something over 1900 acres OF land un-
der the Fruitland ditch. and the cost
for irrigation last year was eight and
half dollars an acre. an amount
somewhat In excess OF what It will be
in the future. The ditch has a normal
carrying capacity of eight and third
feet Of water, all OF which has to be
pumped rom the river and Is one Of
the principal items in the cost of
maintainence. The company has $4,000
in cash on hand one half Of which will
be applied to the cancellation of
note for $4,000, which 1t owes the
First National bank. On the compile
ton Of the new waterworks system,
now being built by the city, the COM
pany hopes to be able to make con-
tract with the council by which It will
be able to abolish its pumping plant
and procure all Of the water needed
from the city mains.
Cañon City record., 1908-12-17
STATE 7. 4. c. A. CONVENTION
no BE HELD IN THE SPRINGS

The TWenty-Decond Annual convon-
tion OF the Colorado Young Mems
Christian Association will bs held at
Colorado Springs February 9Th to 7th.
1909. It il expected that this conven-
tion vii be the largest meeting Of men
ton will Be the largest meeting Of msa
ever besn held IN the Rocky Mountain
region. Tho committee in charge Of
the program has bssn authorised b
axpend more than double what has
ever been spent on any preceding con-
vention.
Among the list OF leaders are Q
number Of men Of international rspu-
tation. including the following:
Dean Edward I. Bosworth. Of OBJ
srlin theological Seminary: Mr.. @. q
Phelps. secretary. Toxic. Japan r. n.
n. c.: Mr.. Clarence B. Willis. general
secretary. Milwaukee Association;
President John Willis Baer. Of Occi-
dental college. Los Angeles; Mr.. John
H. Boardman. secretary. county de-
AAs ~ hAsb
DR.. George J. Fisher. secretary ply
sical department. International COM
mittee and Judge Seiden p. Spencer.
Of st. Louis. President OF the last In
ternational convention. In addition
to this exceptionally strong list OF
leaders from outside the state, q
score or more OF strong business men
have been secured to participate in
the program.
A feature OF the convention will be
complimentary banquet ~ conven-
tion delegates and business men Of
Colorado Springs. Other features will
be Bible studies. evangelistic meet
ings and conferences and discussions
about the practicable work OF the
Young Mems Christian Association.
The sessions Of the convention will
be open to all men, whethe. members
OF the Association or not. Program
and detailed information may be OBJ
tanned from the state once. 212 Asso-
citation building. Denver. Colorado.
Cañon City record., 1908-12-17
PRETTY GOOD EXCURSION TO
CRIPPLE CREEK SUNDAY

Something like twenty-five tickets
were sold at the local station for the
Florence & Cripple Creek Excursion
last Sunday; the largest number for
several weeks. The day was a cloud
less one, although the atmosphere
was crisp and chilly in the district.
and the trip was greatly enjoyed. The
snow-capped Sangre de Christie range
of mountains off to the westward
presented a magnificent spectacle at
this season of the year.
Cañon City record., 1908-12-17
DISCOVERED CONTAGIOUS DIS
EASE AMONG HOGS HERE

Pure Food Inspector Richard Houle
last week discovered q contagious dis
ease among a pen Of hogs owned BY
W. c. Baxter at his place . couple Of
miles down the river, and, not know
ing the name, nor the character Of the
Infection reported the matter to the
authorities in Denver. On Saturday
DR.. Chas. c. Lamb. state veterinarian,
came here. and in company with Mr..
Houle made q thorough Investigation
of the matter and the contagion found
to be "necrolic stomatitis." germ
disease Of . more or less vir1lent ma
ture. DR.. Lamb reported outbreaks Of
the same trouble among hogs at Ault.
Eaton, Greeley, Brush. Lamar, Ro-
nero, Buena Vista and the aan Luis
valley during the last year or two and
suggested plans to prevent its spread
In this community. In all Mr.. Baxter
lost about forty head Of hogs from the
disease; the value Of which was be-
tween three and four hundred dollars,
nearer the last amount, perhaps. than
the first. The animals die very soon
after contracting the disease, which 10
more likely to afflict pigs two or three
months old than any other class Of
swine.
Cañon City record., 1908-12-17

There 10 more cattarrh in this Sec
ton Of the country than all other dis
cases put together, and until the last
few years was supposed to be incur
able. For Q great many years doctors
pronounced 1t q local disease and pre-
scribed local remedies. and by con-
stantly falling to cure with local
treatment, pronounced It incurable
Science has proved catorrh to be q
constitutional disease and therefore
requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured BY
r. J. Cheney q Co., Toledo, Ohio, ID
the only constitutional cure ON the
doses from 10 drops to . teaspooonful
1t acts directly on the blood and mu-
cous surface of the system. They
Offer one hundred dollars for any case
It fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials.
Address: r. J. CHENEY 4 Co, Tole-
do. Ohio.
Sold By Druggists, 76c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipatioa.
Cañon City record., 1908-12-17
SECOND NUMBER OF
STAR COURSE GIVEN AT
N. {. CHURCH LAST NIGHT

small means. This ID true. for the
reason that from five to tan acres OF
orchard. well managed. will produce
q splendid income. Any one with
capital enough to buy the land. can
plant the trees and have payins
orchard in from six to ten years
time.
W. PADDOCK,
Colorado Agricultural College. Fort
Collins.
Cañon City record., 1908-12-17

Geo. r. Cassidy was a Florence and
Cripple Creek excursionist to Victor
and Cripple Creek on Sunday. He
says the weather was pleasant In the
district and that practically all Of the
snow was gone, except along the
northern slopes Of the hills and on
the shady side Of the streets.
Cañon City record., 1908-12-17
APPLES GROWN IN COLORADO

Apple growing 10 now one OF the
stable branches Of fruit growing in
Colorado. and the Colorado Jonathan
is nearly as we'll known rs the Rocky
Ford cantaloupe.
The following points in regard to
this industry in Colorado will be Of
interest to the many people who are
thinking Of investing in orchard
lands:
The highest development In apple
growing has been attained in the
counties of Fremont, Garfield. Mesa.
Delta, and Montrose. The largest
areas of orchard land yet to be de-
veloped are perhaps In the counties
OF Montrose, LAPlata and Montezu-
ma.
The price Of orchard lands in vari-
able and depends upon the location,
character OF the soil, and the water
supply. Choice, unimproved land,
with good water, may still be had
for 500 an acre. Improved land in
favorable locations Is usually higher.
APPLE orchards in full bearing are
commonly considered to be worth
81 900 an acre; this price, however.
is often exceeded.
The average net returns from good
apple orchards. intelligently man
agede, will range from 5000 to $400 an
acre. Fifteen hundred dollars net
returns have been received from a
single arce, and as large an orchard
as forty acres has brought the owner
net income of $4,000 in a single
season. While the horticulture Of
Colorado is in its infancy, CONNER
cially dating from 1880, enough has
been done to demonstrate that we
will soon be in the foremost rank,
and there Is no longer any question as
to the stability OF the business.
Is there danger Of overproduction
We do not think so-not Of frst-class
fruit. The distance from markets
makes it imperative that fancy fruit
be produced; the inferior grades are
usually marketed at a loss. But the
conditions Of soil, climate, and alti-
tude are such that first-class fruit Is
easy to grow, II intelligence is used.
One of the big advantages we have is
the fact that but few Of the many Or
chard diseases have appeared.
Our fruit growers have never used
Bordeaux mixture, and most Of them
do not know what 1t is. We believe
that this immunity will, for the most
part. be permanent.
Our markets are world wide, as our
fruit 10 sent to all parts of the United
States. from Boston to San Francisco,
to Mexico, and Is being exported to
Europe.
People from the east hnd It diff
cult to understand how It 10 possible
for the Colorado fruit grower to real
lie price Of from one to two dollars
bushel for apples. It IL simply due
to size, color. freedom from blimishes,
an attractive package. and honest
packing. The distance from markets
has forced our growers into combina-
ton. Fruit growers asociations are
in successful operation in all import
ant fruit districts. A competent man-
ager II employed who looks after the
sale OF fruit and Of the purchasing Of
the supplies which are used upon the
fruit farm. Thus the grower may
be relieved Of all Of the burdens Of
marketing. Ths growing Of fsuit n
compiler business and IL al tAaf the
average man shoui1 sttsoA -.
The oatlook for he fntnro q sp-
pie grewiag = hgluAt T. - 80 -
Cañon City record., 1908-12-17
WILL ENGAGE IN Y. II. C. A.
WORK IN PENNSYLVANIA

w. G. Thomas left on Denver and
Rio Grande No. 10 Monday morning
for Middletown. Pennsylvania, whith-
er he goes to take the secretaryship
Cañon City record., 1908-12-17

There was . large number cG sx-
eursionists down from the Crippea
Creek district on 0snday and sFeatiy
enjoyed the genial sunshine & -
valley, Which thst foanA 70 - n
warnssr aaA ussre asreeahls -
Cañon City record., 1908-12-17

FOR 0ALlA snap; 80 acres ~
acres In trsss: house. chicken house,
eto, e15B ~ aore. Address ?. o. Boz
-, e1eE. tetf