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Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

want to insult the by giving it back after they
had begged it from him. and he'd been nice about
giving when it wasn't his church, and it was the big
gest single donation they'd had-some of the old
trash they got wouldn't have for precious gift
and it seemed such pity not to make some use OF
it. So. But did you ever hear of such thing
in your born days? Right in the Sunday school
room. oh, not to everybody. My mol Imagine!
Just few knew about it. It's SO handy to have
in the house, you know, when there is sickness,
and fathers been poorly all winter, and it was
only fifty cents bottle for what we have to pay
dollar for down at Jayness and great deal better
stuff Father noticed the difference right away. So.
But did you ever hear of anything comicaI
in your life? 1 thought Tom would take connip-
tion when I told him. Now, don't you breathe
word of this to living soul, will you? Because IL
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18
BY Eugene Wood.

stood by the door, his back against the wall ig-
nored lonesome, searching with his eye for some
kindred spirit until it caught that of Mr. Simmons.
Hay Capt" he called out fitting his head back
ward and closing his eyes as one that says Come
here once"
Give us a hand here, Cap" he said fraternally
to the minister. II got box out here on me wag-
on. This Side up with Care and weighs darn
near ton. Them Willie-boys in the pretty pants
don't look TO me as If they able for it. But,
thinks l. when theys shin-dig like this goin' to
be pulled or the janitor amt fur away. So, you
an nell just carry it right in
Mr.. Simmons Uttered inwardly all the way out to
the curb
When the teamster got the box poised on the
edge of the wagon board "Will you go first or me?
he asked and then decided, You. You know the
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18


tests you'll have the Streets of Cairo next time.
Say We might as we'll set this thing where it'll
be needed so longs we've got holt of it. Rattles
like bottles Where's your boozorium gon to he!
Probably something for the grocery depart
ment," ventured Mr.. Simmons
YEAH" dryly answered the teamster. Amt
this it right next to the summer house?"
"The summer house." explained Mr. Simmons, "is
the Lemonade Well"
'Tis, eh? Well, we'll put her right in between
em. She ought to come in handy with one or
t'other" He took off his shapeless old cap and
hshed out receipt blank. who does the signin?
Your"
Mr.. Simmons indicated Mrs. Galloway.
"The dame in red? Um. Well, it's a great game
you got here, amt it?" observed the man. making
a circular view of all the room. Its great game.
amt one O. them that's got it in for preachers.
1 feel sorry for EN-. Now, this gazabo that does
the barking here on Sundays when he made up his
mind he'd be minister, do you suppose he thought
he'd come to this? Not your life. The dame
in red eh?' And he departed.
After every church fair there days of sour
depreciation of it, days when from the most indie
fatigable church workers you'll hear: This is pos
tiveiy the last time I'll do anything for en-.
days of scornful recollection of the way that wom-
an acted at the next table, perfectly outrageous,
Growing how much she had taken in the naturally
resultant days of all that strong coffee and SO
many different kinds of cake and sweet stuff, and
much excitement, and such racket and being on
your feet SO long and staying up so late every
night and letting your own house go to rack and
ruin. But there follows the reaction, the days
when everything has been counted up how much
you took in, and how much you paid out, and
such lot of money that you'd never get in the
round world otherwise, seemingly made out of
nothing at ALL and then you begin to hear: well,
the next fair we have I'm going to do" this that,
and t'other. Then you remember that you had
good time, and that the auctioneer certainly
funny when it came selling of the leftover stuff
that even the shrewdest saleslades could not get
rid of.
And there's always new story floating
around after every church fair, something nobody
lets on to know, and that everybody does know
And that sort of rounds out life, when you think
it over. Some such story as this:
Now you mustn't repeat this but what d'you
thinkY 1t she sent letters all round to every
body asking for donations, and wouldn't you think
she'd known better, and him the head in this here
what-you- -may-call-it Citizens Reform League. but
anyhow. she sent to that Cloonan Inn
agineI So 1 s'pose just to see wnat would hap
pen, he gave 'em whole lot of whiskey and stun
/ heard $50 worth, but old Sophie Hopp (you know
she washes for mel, she there helping in the
kitchen, and she says it more'n that. Well.
And what to do they didn't know. Mr.. Simmons?
No, you bet not. Not word. He would have put
his foot down right then and there. They didn't
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

Mr. Simmons thinks there ought to be club or
something for the boys and young men of the city,
where they could have their games and such on
evenings, (since they simply won't stay home),
without having to go to the saloons, and gamble
and play pool, and all like that. And think he's
right"
''Um' answered Mr.. Galloway.
so we've decided to have fair--a large fair to
get the nucleus of the fund (because you've always
got to have money for such things; got to get it
somewhere) to secure the property. So they were
deciding about who to have charge of the re-
rreshments, and the Teddy Bear counter and the
Stock Market"
1.-The Stock Market?'
Yes. That's something Mr.. Simmons thought
out himself. The common stock be sold for
what it will bring, but the preferred stock will be
cents a share, because you re to get some
thing. You see whatever number there is on your
share or preferred stock when you tear open the
envelope, you get the corresponding number on the
article. But the common stock, it all depends on
you guess the last quotation made before
the bell rings and then you get the choicesof
very handsome things"
IL see" said Mr.. Galloway. "Chances."
mo, my dear, not at all. Taking chances is
gambling and that's something Mr. Simmons
doesn't approve OF. This is guessing contest.
Well You know Mrs. Willis told me what sue
cess they made or their fair in Caledonia and she
wrote Ietters-she was on the Handkerchief Table
to ali the stores in town, and the department
stores in Columbus that she had accounts with,
and they sent her quantities-oh quantities-and
they made $50 Just OF that one table. So, 1 said,
How would it do If we did that2 Appoint commit
tee to send letters to merchants and ask them to
contribute, and Madam President said Do you
make that a motion?' and 1 going to say,
mo- l only made 1t su' 'gestion. and Mrs. Rice
YES, so said Yes before thought and somebody
on the other side of the said that she second
ed it, and they all voted Aye and Madam Pres
ident said: 4 appoint Mrs. Galloway charlady of
the committee, and Miss Hart and Miss Pumphrey
and don't think it fair of her at all to appoint
me chairIady when haven't moment can call
my own. II have no children, have my social
duties, and it's so hard to keep servants, and to
have to write all these letters one after another
IT'S! And would you write them on business paper
Or"
well, now, why don't you apply business meth
ods to church work?'' demanded Mr. Galloway, who
had often discussed this with Mr.. Simmons. Tell
YOU what to do You get up regular letter that
will do for everybody, and"
"Yes. was going to do that. But copying them
all on, one after another, after another
Stating the object of the fair" pursued Mr..
Galloway resuming his pacing up and down. but
making Grafton with more fuency than before, land
how 1t is intended to the youth OF our beau
t1fu little city the demoralizing influences OF
the rum shops, and how all should cooperate In
such worthy undertaking, and it would be appre-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

the messenger, that he had wish to handy words
with Mr.. CIoonan; If Mr.. Cloonan had then he
knew where Mr.. Galloways office was. Trot over
to that low doggery. Ha! Mr.. Galloway laughed
one short derisve laugh, and wagged his head. I'M
pertinence.
After "the rought element" had gone out of the
ofice CIoonan appeared at the door, looked at Mr..
Charles Preston Galloway in mildly an inquiring
way that he had had to introduce himself, and then
this man Cloonan in quite tepidy interested man
ner had asked, well, what do for your" so
that Mr.. Galloway had all but wrung his neck
for him. But he explained that the county clerk
had
member Take chair"
Mr.. Galloway sat down and that man Cloonan
reached for a square piece of paper, printed form
with writing filled in. He kept that on his desk,
mused a moment, and then said suddenly: "I want
you to nominate Fitzpatrick at the County Conven-
tion"
81 must decline that honor said Mr. Galloway.
"Oh, don't say that" expostulated Mr.. Coonan.
sweetly.
'If you think--" began Mr.. Galloway thor
oughly infuriated.
II think you'd better" persisted Mr. CIoonan.
''Well, I don't"
II think you'd better, persisted Mr. Cloonan.
'If that's what you wanted to see me about
vowed Mr.. Galloway hotly, and the next instant
wished he hadn't said the words hnted that
there could have been anything else "Er--er-I
will leave you sir. / tell you plainly, 1 will not
do it!"
Mr.. Cloonan looked at him in just the way
as the county clerk had that way that says: You
can't any of that high-and-mighty business
on me- Cloonan smiled and showed him the pa
per he holding.
What does this mean?" he demanded with every
appearance of intense astonishment. The other
waved his hand IL the paper spoke for ITSELF
This is an outrage! What preposterous charge is
this? My wifeY How dare your"
do you realize, sir, that my wife is a lady? Is
she to be dragged into the Mayors Court on the
charge of selling liquor without license?"
II see you've been looking up the statute" said
Mr. Cloonan. There's only the chapter and the
section on the warrant"
And supposing she did sell what you gave her
to sell, how was she to know it was against the
Iaw?" Mr.. Galloway suddenly remembered the ad-
age that ignorance of the law excuses one and
Mr. Cloonan by his expression that he remem-
bered DO you consider it the conduct OF gem
tleman to lay trap thus for Iady?" And then
Mr.. Galloway remembered that the lady had set
the trap for herself But he said good deal about
what gentleman would and would not do, until he
discovered that Mr.. Cloonan was not interested
Il depend upon you then" said Mr. Cloonan.
ito make the nominating speech for Fitzpatrick
Mr.. Preston Charles Galloway thought long.
long time. Its so hard to know what to do" he
sighed
Now that's something you'd never hear CIoonaa
say.
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tiful little city" had been
genuinely represented" in
the leadership OF the organ
ization. In that era II the
rough element" did not
learn that the first day of
the week, commonly called
Sunday, was a day for the
likes of them to sit right
still on. it was not for the
want of precept and exam
pie in the Mayors Court of
q Monday morning.
Before Cloonan, the SOW
ereign will of the people
had expressed itself at the
ballot box as each free citi-
gen had been moved by
remem bered history, half a
century old, or inherited
allegiance to a big Some
thing called THE Party;
by personal likes and dis
likes of the candidates; by
ahrawd forecasting OF the
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way. Now for the love
o. cats, don't drop it.
Sounds like glass. Glitch
back behind you. All
ready? Wait now. Let
her go. Strike up the
band, here comes a sail
or"
AS they progressed
with slow and swinging
stride the teamster
m a d e conversation.
THAT amt no common
tin-horn fair. That's an
industrial exposition"
We'll, hardly yet"
answered Mr.. Simmons.
"You ought to have
Streets O. Cairo. Don't
get discouraged. Show
business and tellin' for
tunes by lookin' at your
hand, and restaurant,
and general merchan5
disin', and short change
-Hyste your end up a
little. There. Go slow
through the doorway.
That's all right-and a
little innocent chuck-a-
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1t should ever get out,
They say they cleared
cleared, mind you,
above all expenses
1874 and some cents. ]
call that doing pretty
well. Don't you?"
Much in the same
sense that the cream
tinted walls of the Sun
day-school room had
felt affronted by the
audacious reds and yell
lows, violets and green's.
blues and oranges Of
the decorations for the
fair, Mr.. Charles Pres
ton Galloway felt his
cream-tinted sense OF
what was due him as q
gentleman affronted by
the audacity of Mr..
Cloonan, whose leisure
he was now awaiting In
Mr.. Cloonan's place of
business. AS If it
weren't enough to send
for him! To send for
himl
He had told the
county clerk, who was
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beat "Bessies Secret" flashed its golden title at
from the sectional bookcases; at the other end
"Self Help greeted his return with an aspect sug-
gestive OF its authors cheerful name Up and down
he paced guilty. conscious that he succeeding
at putting tip of his left toe exactly on
particular stripe OF the tiger rug that snared
at MIN hatefully from the slippery floor than at get
ting beyond: THAT loyalty to the party organiza-
tion should be preserved all agreed But that
the leadership OF that organization should be one
more genuinely representative of the better element
OF our beautiful little city -. :" And there he
stuck stony cliff confronted him.
1t was not that he had nothing more to say. The
rock before him would have gushed in fountains of
impassioned oratory had he but dared to smite it.
And that rock was Cloonan, difficult, and dan
gerous to associate with any sort of knocking"
Before CIoonan 1.-The better element of our beau
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18
Copyright 1908 By Bsni.B. Hampton.

: Err. CHARLES PRESTON GALLOWAY
"A paced up and down his library, think
" ing, thinking. Smoking too Up and
: n down he paced. At one end of his
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-06-05
as God intended. Would it not

be pleasure to take up magazine
and read a few articles on the
camp followers of industry: to read
instead of the rotteness of cities;
the upbuilding of towns by the
efforts of humble men and women,
without money and influence. To
read the future of the race as
healthy, hearty and full of the
vitality of days of old, instead of
the foreshadow of doom beyond
escape? We guess yes. That is
what we are all waiting to read.
A few swift kicks by the editors in
the direction of the Steffens-
Kennon variety of copy will sweet
en- the air and fill a long felt want.
1t is safe to say that not ten maga-
zine articles month will be of
even passing literary interest ten
years from now, other than such
interest as we feel in the gent with
the fourteen fingers, or the calf
with five legs. Some of the stuff
has surely been written by the calf.
There are a few tales of the camp
followers of industry that were
written thousands of years ago and
are still the delight of the world.
We want more of them. big ones,
small ones. short or long. What
is the matter with calling off this
literary rough house: have the
periodical police run out the brawl-
ers and bring in few persons
each month that one would be
pleased to introduce into respect
able neighborhood.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-06-05
Can We Fly?

The telegraph reports no less
than % people injured last week
throughout the country by falling
from various flying machines. la
every case each experimenter after
being restored to consciousness at
some nearby hospital declared that
he had solved the problem. The
performance of "A Frenchman by
the name of De la Grange at Rome
is particularly noteworthy.
De la Grange guided an aero
plane nine times around mile
course and descended at the end
of fifteen minutes without acci-
dent. His motor did not hold
sufficient gasoline to run longer
period. He was favored by an
utter absence of wind and the
machine moved smoothly and turn
ed easily. The exact speed was
thirty-nine and a half miles an
hour at a height above the ground
of from seven to ten feet.
This machine like that of the
Wright Brothers of North Caro-
lima is said to be of the most
simple construction The Wright
Brothers recently contracted with
the U, S. government to build an
aeroplane to carry two men, remain
in the air one hour and cover forty
miles in that time. Their machine
consists of two rigid canvas planes
one above the other. simple
steering rudder in front and two
circular fans at the back driven
by 30-horse power motor.
When we consider that it takes
the average man a week to learn
to ride bicycle simply because he
cannot think fast enough to know
which way the front wheel should
be turned to prevent fall, some
idea is gained of the difficulty of
steering "A machine in the air
which must travel at very high
rate of speed in order to maintain
itself.
Since the perfection of the gaso-
line engine the problem of flying
has been reduced to a matter of
the education of the hand to know
instinctively which leaver to pull
or wheel to turn, which way and
how much. The brain is too slow
to grasp these details and the hand
must be taught to perform them
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-06-05

any breed of any kind of live
stock for converting feed into
flesh.
1t has voracious appetite, a
good digestion and is lazy-not
using much of its energy in use
less travel or excitement. 1t does
well under any condition where
food is abundant 1t will stand
heavy feeding and considerable
neglect.
The Poland China is an easy
feeder and is quick maturing.
When properly handled it is ready
for the market at any time after
six months of age, whenever the
price is right
1t is typical lard hog. with IA
thick, short massive body, fine
quality of bone, hair and skin,
small fine head and short legs. 1t
is thick heshed with heavy should
ers and hams and broad, thick
loins.
The meat is fine grained but
with too large a proportion of fat
on the matured animal. The Colo
RADIO packers find that when the
Poland-C China is marketed fat at
100 to 220 pounds live weight, the
meat is fully up to the require
ments of the best markets. Above
these weights there is too much
fat.
The chief fault of the Poland
China is that many strains, through
overfeeding of corn, are poor
breeders. having only one to four
pigs in IA litter. Such pigs are
usually choice feeders but the
number is too small to make it
profitable to keep the SOW.
Where the sows are selected
from prolific strains and fed muscle
and bone making feeds, they are
as prolific as any other breed.
Three Poland China sows on the
Colorado Agricultural College farm
had thirty-one live pigs last
spring.
In selecting Poland-Chinas for
breeders choose nogs that are from
prolific strains on both the sire
and dams sides. They should
have the typical qualities as de-
scribed above. Be careful to get
animals with wide, roomy should
ers and with slightly arched
backs.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-06-05
$50 For Best Article.

The Republican Congressional
Committee offers $3.50 for the best
article not exceeding 1000 words
OH the subject:
WHY THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY SHOULD BE sue
CESSFUL NEXT NOVEMBER.
The competition is open to all.
In judging the merits of contri-
buttons consideration will be given
not only to style, arguments and
facts presented, but to the convinc-
ing power, and it should be bourn
in mind that members of congress
are to be elected as well as presi-
dent and vice president.
No manuscripts will be returned
but will be the property of the
committee.
The best article will be widely
used both in the newspapers of
the country and in pamphlet form.
The award will be made and
check sent to successful contestant
about August 18th Manuscripts
must be mailed not later than
July 18th to
LITERARY BUREAU.
Republican Congressional Com
mittee. Metropolitan Bank Build
ing, Washington, ID. G.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-06-05
THE DECLINE OF THE
POPULAR MAGAZINE

Now that the battleship feet is
in the Pacific at rest, and there is
no excuse for the magazines filling
their pages with the photographs
of everything from the jack of the
dust of the Connecticut to the
pictures of the shoes worn by our
friend Bob Evans on the voyage
around the Horn, the monthly
periodicals have gone back to the
grewsome side of the human race
in their attempt to maintain in
terest. Geo. Kennon comes out in
an article giving at great length
the classes of suicides, occupation
of the dear departed and the num-
ber emanating from the various
professions, ways and means of
6exit are discussed at great length,
aand grewsome details spread thick
ly over the page. Another journal
announces that Lincoln Stetfens
will start IA smell raising cam
paign at once, and still another
puts forth an article announcing
the future extinction of the race
from tuberculosis. These all make
joyous reading for the literarily
inclined and the reader goes to bed
much discouraged over the outlook
for the people on this terrestrial
ball after imbibing as a night
cap the fact that the fall of Troy
mot New York; was caused by
germs, The question comes up is
the general public interested in
S.his sort of stuff. We think not.
The germs have been with us since
the beginning of the human race
and at the time of going to press
it looks very much as if modern
science was getting rid of the evil
ONES and the good ones are being
compelled to work as hard as a
Wall street clerk on panicky day.
Mr.. Steffen's articles exposing the
corruption in cities where he stop
lped over night do not appear to
have reformed any part of the
universe, and after substracting
the suicides there will remain IA
number of people alive; and in
those who have taken their own
lives the great .hoi polli have no
Interest. But there is one field
hat to date no magazine has tried
to cultivate, and in which the
pne that succeeds, is going to
cap IA harvest of gold. The field
IS that of the stories of the rank
nd file of humanity. We have
ad the stories of the so-called
aptains of industry ad nauseam.
hy not get the stories of the pri-
ates in the ranks. They do not
pmmit suicide, they do not care
neither the fall of Troy was caused
germs, they do not as rule die
ON tuberculosis, and we may add
at they do not die of dry rot or
fspair. The ranks of every nation
e full of the heroes of the fight
L line who have never won the
,dal of the legion of honor, called
bney, but have at the same time
in their homes monuments of
eir acuteness that will long sur
e their personal memories.
4rce and unspeakable pasts
lre not in their careers, they
e lived as men should live and
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-06-05
The Poland China Hog
for Colorado

ricrs' Institutes. Colorado Agricultural
College. Fort Collins.
The Poland-China hog is an
almost perfect meat making
machine. II is not eXcelled by
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-06-05
Raise Heavy Horses.

The ranchman who makes money
in horses is going to make it out
of drafters. When he can sell a
four -year-oid drafter for 5000 he
gets $50 per year for its keep and
the profit is "a little better than he
can make from any other animal.
Don't let anyone persuade you into
raising standard bred horses, but
pick up every good draft mare that
you can secure at fair price and
you will have a good bank account
while the standard bred fellow will
be borrowing money. A good draft
mare will raise colt and do as
much work as any other horse.
The colt is clear profit and if well
bred, should bring 500 at weaning
time Ranch and Range.
The b. L.. Van Nechten Hard
ware Co. will sell you American
Field woven wire fence the best
in the land at prices that will
amaze you.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-06-05
T. N. DAVIDSON
ANTONITO, COLO.
N Q. TANQUARY
Legality of Wills

II you contemplate making will, or are in
terest in an estate, call and see me. or write
me / make specially of the preparation
and legality of wills. n. o. TANOUARf, At.
torney at Law. Continental Bldg. DENY er