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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-06
TWO LIVES THE
TERRIBLE RESULT
OF Gasoline Explosion at the
DR.. Charles Pomainville Home
Early SUNDAY Morning.

Very few people in this city realized
that the sounding of the fire whistle
Sunday morning about $50 o'clock,
was the alarm for one of the most
horIiable and shocking catastrophe
ever enacted in Grand Rapids. At
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-10
OLD POPULAR AIRS
FOE TOMORROW EVENING

The program for tomorrow even
inE's band concert will consist almost
entirely Of old time popular airs.
Many requests have been received
each concert evening for certain old
numbers and the band takes this plan
of trying to please all. For those who
hnd themselves far away from the old
home and friends the band will lend
sympathy by playing II want to 60
Back to That Dear Old Southern
Home" Those who never tire of that
old pathetic song When the Harvest
Days are Over" cap test their lungs
as well as those who used to swear by
"Bedila."
Do not be afraid of bothering the
band If you feel like getting some of
the enthusiasm out of your system,
but open up and you will discover 1t
a hard proposition to be heard above
the next man on your left. Put on your
glad clothes and hang on the bells
for anything goes down to Hail!
Hail! the Gangs all Here"
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-10
POSTMASTRR LEWIS RRRORT.
ED no BE CONVALESCEN1

Postmaster Robt 9. Lewis, who un-
derwent a surgical operation at salida
a few days ago for appendicitis, IL
reported to have entered upon the
convalescent stage and is getting
along quite as we'll as could be expect
ed under the circumstances. Mr.. Low
is condition was at first such as to
create the gravest. apprehension on the
part Of his friends. but he passed the
crucial point without the develop
ment Of any complications and has
since been doing very nicely. Mrs.
Lewis, who had been at the bedside
Of her husband for several days. came
home Tuesday afternoon.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-10
ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION
PICNIC WAS A
GREAT SUCCESS

An ideal day, an ideal place, ideal
chowder and an ideal crowd to enjoy
1t ALL" was the verdict OF those 70
fortunate a. to attend the Labor Day
picnic OF the Illinois Association at
Gaff Park, Captain Rockafeilow's
beautiful grove. The elms and walnuts
were reminders Of the old home and
their shade and the grass made the
spot most comfortable.
All the morning ~ the jolly crowd
gathered. tho chowder kettles N6re
the center Of attraction and mah1 q
tasting committee" had approved
the dish long before all the Ingredients
were in and ready to serve. When the
chowder was done, there was plenty
for everybody. and excellent coffee be-
picnic baskets.
A pleastn surprise was the arrival
of the Rockvale military band, who
enlivened the dinner hour with good
music. They made q fine appearance
In their new uniforms.
Next in order was q program Of
music and short speeches, Rev. c. =.
Sparks presiding. After the singing of
America and several other patriotic
songs, Rev. Mr.. Sparks made some
happy opening remarks, among other
things giving his version Of the origin
Of the name Sucker, as applied to ILL.,
noisians.
Mrs. George W. Bethel Jr. sang
two beautiful solos, being accom-
panied on portable organ by Miss
Grace Dale.
Brief talks were made by some who
were prepared and more who were OBJ
liged to respond to the call Of the
crowd. All displayed wit and wisdom
beftting natives or e1-resideutS OF
such . great state. and were enthuS-
iastically received. Mr.. T. B. Coulter,
Mrs. Coulter, DR.. Holmes, Messrs.
Hardy 9ayre, John Emmerson and
Chas. e. Rowcli1e were heard from.
President Dowcline was introduced ~
the "instigator" OF the gathering.
Capt. Rockafellow, the generous
host, being called for. explained that
he had been trying vainly to figure
out a claim to membership in the 1lli-
nois Association. Nevertheless his
speech was highly appreciated. H. J.
Craig, head cook, could not be induced
to speechify, but was Justify cheered.
The Illinois song was sung twice
during he afternoon and Mr.. Howes
was loudly applauded for his singing
Of "The Sucker State
Amid great enthusiasm, 1t was voted
that an Illinois picnic be made an an.
nual affair. After singing a stanza Of
"Blest be the Tie," the crowd Of more
than two hundred departed glad TO
have spent this happy day In pleasant
recollection of old Illinois, but loyal
as ever to fair Colorado, their chosen
home.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-10

Rev. F. r. Hollenback returned
home Tuesday afternoon from Long
mont where he has been in attendance
at the annual ministerial conference
of the Methodist church of Colorado
for the last week or more. Rev. Hol-
lenhack reports an enjoyable trip and
says the people of Longmont are
among the most hospitable on earth
He was gratiheld at the evidences OF
material growth he noticed in the
northern part Of the state and says
that progress Is to be seen on every
hand.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-10

Witness my hand ana 0oal this z7tl
day Of August 4 ID. 1903.
q. ]. TRNDRlCK0ON,
,' County Treasurer.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-10
PLUNGE PARTY AT NATA.
TORIUN TUESDAY EVENING

The members of Westminster Guild
of the First Presbyterian church had q
plunge party" at the Natatorium Tu-
esday evening. Mrs.. II. 8. Reynolds
and Mrs. J. T. Thomas were chaper-
ones and it was largely through their
endeavors that the occasion was made
80 enjoyable . one. There were twen-
ty-nve or thirty people in the party
the majority Of whom made the trip
to 'the swimming pool and return on
. hay wagon.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-10
sebs,l Orssr, Canss.

Notice b hsfAby givon that the fol-
lowing registered school orders issued
by the several districts Of Fremont
county, Colorado drawn upon the
General Fund. Will be paid on presen-
tation to the County Treasurer, at his
once In Canon City, Colorado. a. any
time during business hours between
the date Of this notice and September
goth, 1908.
And further notice II hereby given
that all school orders called BY this
notice not 20 presented shall cease TO
draw interest on and after September
0nfh 1anQ
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-10
DELEGATES WILL Be
GIVEN 0BJECT LESSON
IN IRRIGATION

The National Irrigation Congress
and the International Exposition, Al
boquerque September 20. October 10,
psoperly are Joined in one beig event.
For the Exposition, with an Of the
fruits of the soil, grown in the desert
" the touch Of water, is a practical
lesson in irrigation. Really. the Ex-
position will attract the attention of
visitors from the eastern states and
nom South Africa, Asia, and 9out Eu-
rope. more than the congress will.
For irrigation Ii centuries old, but it,
application in America, comparatively,
10 new and visitors from remote states
and foreign countries will want to be
shown.
80 the managers of the Exposition
are sparing no pains to make of 1t
the biggest agricultural and live
stock show in the mountain west, east
Of the San Joaquin valley. They pro
pose to give . practical lesson Of the
value Of irrigation in the form Of or
cAard and field crops. forage, cotton,
and. even thoroughbred livestock,
grown in the desert by the artificial
application Of water. These exhibits
viii include, oranges. lemons, pome-
Ioss, Ags, dates. and olives from the
irrieoted valleys of Southern Arizona.
and the moro hardy orchard and field
crops, cotton, beet sugar. and live
stock from all over the so-called des-
eet west These products, especially
the orchard fruits. not only will be
shown, but they will be in such abund-
ance that visitors may eat thereof
and Judge Of their excellence. Every
west will be represented in these ex-
hibits.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-10

Will buy large or small tracts Of ir-
rigated land or farms. State location,
price and terms. The Colorado Real
Estate 4 Land Co.. 303 Ideal Bldg.
Denver, Colo. 33t4
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-10

Witness my hand and seal this 37tl
day OF August A. d. 1908.
c. J. FREDRICKSON,
County Treasurer.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03

plzened. You see, everybody that ate
any meat last night was took sick
With gripin cramps, yep; but Willis.
ton he was worse'n all, he bein' a
hearty eater. He was a stayin' in
town over night on this preliminary
business, and Dick Gordon he was
took, too, but not so bad, bein' what
you might call light eater. The boss
and me We drove home after all,
though we'd expected to stay for sup
per. The pesky coyotes got fooled
that time. Yep, maam, no doubt about
it in the world. Friends O. Jesse's
that we amt able to lay hands on yit
pizened that there meat. Yep, no
doubt about it. Dick was in an awful
sweat about you. Was bound he was
a comm after you hisself, sick as he
was, when we found Mary was off the
count. % then the boss was a comm
and tAey fit and squabbled for an hour
Tno could be best spared, when I.
comm IN, settled 1t in jiffy by
otferin' my services, which was gladly
accepted. When there's pizenin' goin'
on, why, the boss's place is hum. And
nothin' would do but the boss's own
particular outfit. He never does things
by halves, the boss don't. So / hikes
home after it and then hikes here"
Il am very grateful to him, I am
sure" murmured Louise, smiling.
And Jim, daring to look upon her
smiling face, clear eyes and soft hair
under the jaunty French sailor hat
found himself wondering why there
was no woman at the Three Bars,
With the swift, half-intuitive thought
the serpent entered Eden.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03
When One Spends MoneY.

One would think that money would
De saved in prosperous times when
there Is plenty of it about. But no,
that Is not the time when 1t is saved,
IL IS then that 1t IS spent, says Apple
TONS Everybody spends it-govern.
ments, railroads, corporations, capital
lists, housekeepers. house builders, col.
iectors. People expand their wants in
such times, and satisfy some of them,
and then is when it is most of all i'm
possible to live on anything a year.
But after all the money has been spent
a few times over and has begun to be
scarce, and borrowing has come to be
serious matter and folks have much
less TO spend and no expectations:
then everybody groans and begins to
save, not only trying desperately to
squeeze back inside Of the bounds Of
income, but to pay back what was
spent in expectation of a time when
saving would have become convenient
10 most of us that time never comes.
And yet there are things for which we
spend more than We can afford that
really do Justify our expenditures 80
that after the money has been spent
and we are pinched for the lack of it
we would still rather have what It
bought than have the money back.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03
(TO BE CONT1NUED)
Mans Prejudice for Black Clothes

In opening an artistic dress exhib,.
ton Mr.. Louis N. Parker, master Of
the recent Warwick pageant, said
there could be no doubt that the
clothes men wore were foolish, says
the Pail Mall Gazette. He claimed
that as woman could array herself In
sympathetic colors and flowing folds
the time had arrived when man should
be placed on equality with her, instead
of the having to array himself in black
for dinner, the theater, funerals and
weddings. He believed and hoped that
his pageants would do something to
sweep away the prejudice for black
for it was a horrid custom on the part
Of civilization.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03

zurich is struggling with the church
bell problem. During the last decade
number of new Catholic churches
s@naVe been built, and every morning a.
4, 4:3O, 5, $50, 6 and 7 unbeliever. a.
we'll as believers are aroused frsm
their slumbers BY the din from no
aver than T. belfries. scattered so
that'A2 part of the city remains quiet
In response to appeals from hospitals
and from many persons who are
obliged to work at night, and sleep
of they can--in the morning. the Stad.
trat has proposed an ordinance forbid.
ding any sort OF bell ringing between
8 p. m. and s a. m, and forbidding It
also in the daytime as an accompani.
ment to weddings and funerals, in the
old village style. Against this pro.
posed reform the clerical organs have
protested violently, and a regular
kulturkampf is threatened.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03
CHAPTER vi,
Nothing but Hoss Thief. Anyway

Nothing but a Hoss Thief, ANYWAY
The island teemed with earlv SIM
flowers and hints of goldenrod vet &c
come. The fine, white, sandy soil
deadened the sound of the horses
hoofs. They seemed to be spinning
through. space. Under the cotton.
woods it grew dusky and still.
At the toll house a dingy blackboard
in state of weird dilapidation. with a
team of shaggy buckskin ponies, stood
waiting. Jim drew up. Two men
were 1ounging in front of the shanty
chatting to the toll,man.
Hello, JIM" called one Of them a
tall, slouching fellow with sandy col.
oring.
Now, how the devil did YOU cit
SO familiar with my manner" growled
Jim.
The Three Bars is gettin' busy
these days." spoke up the second man.
with an insolent grin.
You bet it u.s." Dragged Jim. when
the on'cers O the law git to sleepin'
with boss thieves and rustlers, and
take two weeks to arrest q bunch of
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03

"Mr. Williston informed, did h
mott"
"Williston? Oh, yes, he informed
but he'd never "a done it if it hadn'
a been for the boss. The Of jellyfst
wouldn't "a had the nerve to inform
without backin, as sure as stone
wall. The boss is a doin this, tell
you, Miss. But WillistOn S goin' on
the stand to-morrer all right, and SO
am l."
/ The two cowboys at the corner table
had long since finished their supper.
They now lighted bad.smelling cigars
and left the room. To Louises great
relief MunsOn rose, too. He was back
very soon with a neat little runabout
and a high-spirited team of bays.
BOSS private" explained Jim with
pride. "Nothin too good for lady,
so the boss sent this and me to take
keer O. it. And O. you, too, Miss" he
added as an afterthought.
He held the lines in his brown, mus
cular hands, lovingly, while he slowed
away LOuise's belongings and himself
snugly in the seat, and then the blood
burned hot and singing through his
bronzed, tough skin, for suddenly in
his big, honest, unframed sensibilities
was born the consciousness that the
boss would have slowed away the lady
first. 1t was an embarrassing mo-
ment. Louise saved the day by climb
ing in unconcernedly after him and
tucking the linen robe over her skirt.
1T will be dusty drive, won't it,"
she asked, simply.
Miss, you're a-dandy," said Jim
as simply.
AS they dove upon the pontoon
bridge, Louise looked back at the little |
town on the bluffs and felt a momen-
tary choking in her throat It was
strange place, yet it had tendrils
reaching homeward. The trail be-
yond was abscurely marked and not
easy to discern. She turned to her
companion and asked quickly: why
didn't Mary Gomez"
Great guns! Did l forgit to tell
you? Willistons got the stomach
ache to beat the band and Marys got
% physic him up gin to-morrer. We've
got to git him on that stand if it takes
he hull Three Bars to hol' him up and
he gal a pourin' physic down him be-
Ween times. Yep, Maam. He was
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03

A tennessee negro editor processes
TO have discovered that his race ante.
oates the whites. Adams first wife,
ne says, was a dark-skinned woman
named Delinnah, and from this union
the negroes descended. Where he gets
this interesting information, remarks
the indianapolis Star, is not stated, It
diners from the ordinary traditions as
70 Adams matrimonial career, Ac-
cording to the Talmud Lilith, a blonde
4auy OF very bad disposition, was the
Hrst wife. At least she came on the
scene before Eve arrived She was the
original woman's rights woman for
she refused to submit to her hus.
bands authority and left Paradise for
an uncharted region of the air which
she is still supposed to haunt, Her
children were demons. Of course n
Is possible that Eve was number
'hree' or even four, but this thought
Verges so closely on a reflection unon
ADAMS moral character that it is per.
maps not wise to pursue It. II the ma.
groes can read their title clear" back
10 Adam they they have certainly q
hrst family" record that will make q
large and fourishing genealogical
tree.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03
Hypnotic Sunstroke.

A German physician who had a H..
tient who could not afford to 90 to q
warm climate, thought he would &C.
complish the same result by means OF
hypnotism. The doctor chalked pie.
ture OF the sun on the ceiling, and by
suggestion induced the patient to be.
lieVe 1t really was the sun and that
1t would cure him. But the patient
soon died. When the doctors friends
guyed him about the novel treatmen,
he Indignantly explained that the "a.
tient was getting along nicely and
would have got well had he not unex.
pectedly died Of sunstrokA
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03
Correct Interpretation Essential

Many Of the most beautiful pieces Of
poetry in literature would seem unin.
teresting and fiat if read by bad
reciter. In the same way, a good re-.
otter will make attractive a noem
whose beauties are not so apparent
A fine painter will light up each little
beauty in his pictures until the small.
est detail is attractive and strikes the
eye. 1t is only the mediocrity whose
work is characterized by sameness
and lack of interest.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03

ne 40
and spmg of blood that the appendix does where would the end M
were We to retire all those in the lower part of the body? IN t o.r
time how would healthy and robust on one or three n
! capsules day:
We will indefinitely eating the quantities of food and IN
much the same way There may be changes cooking that NAV improve
the food we eat and there may be methods of improving food r
We will get better things We already getting better material
IN the MARKET material that pu and healthier through the cnfor
ment Of the puefood law.
great many people claim that eat too much and that we voH
be as well off on half the quantity In this would cite ba
TACT that Americans Canadians and Enghmn the greatest eaters
IN the world They likewise the greatest stature and as race their
SIZE and robustness increasing The Spanars the Italians and o
"Ns nave been underted for generations and while healthy and an.
nt strong they have grown smaller and now races Of small short
Blessed the who does know how he eats nontb
loo1 should pass on It's automatically and without the KNOWLEDGE
e man VINO cheWs It. lie who mixes mathematics his food hv
counting e times on each bite is the road emacate safce d
pepsla Life has nothing that worth while for him. fail 70 500 M
use of wasting too much time bite while there is another inst no.
hlnd 1t inviting attention.
Some one quoted advising eaters bolt and not chew their
meat did not give such advice but pointed out two undenaa facts
he herbamg animals devote much time to chevno ~ to fash
eaters do very little of it.
The Sunday following Christmas the one dav in the wear when
most people show tendency to think their somacs The dark brown
taste may demand rather wide attention because the tncs that have
been eaten but ordinarily there little trouble from tbo onant M
are absorbed around the family board Ovcang causes less trouble 70
W system than does undertaking. and the score even between o
TWO would be the part of philosophy the side Of tho raLr
Oh uch 1ood for goody of M happiness found at b fable
Will normal appetite am against The capsule The time will
never come when they will have place the world as caterers f. nao
oef Ordinary conditions 1t is entirely possible conlense the nor
t Oh "ho meal into few pellets and these have their nae
as Tor instance when becomes make enforced mao with
he highest possible burden the system would not thrive ~ ~
IN such diet for there be the necessary bulk f. snl M ~
md flush the system. Fi4' " "
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03
Strive to Be Cheerfur.

Most persons are of the opinion that
II man is not favored by nature with
cheerful spirit, he cannot pretend to
be cheerful. Yet this is not really the
case, and there is many q man who is
at present weary burden to his rela-
yves, miserable through the carking
care of some bodily ailment, perhaps,
or some worldly misfortune, who, if he
haa grown up into the idea that to be
cheerful under all circumstances was
one OF the first duties of life, might
sui see a pleasant enough world
around him. The discontinued worries
OF a morose and grumbling person
may very likely shorten his days and
the general justice Of natures arrange
ment provides that his early departure
should entail no long regrets, says
New York Weekly. On the other
hand, the man who can laugh keeps
MS health, and his friends are glad to
Keep him. TO a person perfectly
healthy laughter comes often. Too
commonly, though, as childhood is left
oehlnd, the habit fails and a half
smile is the best that visits the
thoughtlined mouth of a modern man
or woman. People become more and
more burdened with the accumula-
ions OF knowledge and with the
weighing responsibilities of life. but
they should still spare time to laugh