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SPRINGFIELD RACE WAR
4's++++++++++++++++++++++
with a brick.

Robert S. Sturgis, restaurant wait
er, artery left forearm cut by shot.
Mob spent late tonight looting the
Jewish pawnbrokers' shops.
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At canton butcher shOp. Preparlng deg For market
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points i'm the world. there being large
districts above Hankow engaged in its
production. We can see on. almost any
day crowds of coolies carrying the large
tea boxes. encased in coarse mating,
from warehousestO steamer Here is the
starting place of these boxes which
have become familiar sights to our gro
GERS and tea merchants all over our
home country.
AVe were surprised to find the Yang
rise so large a stream in this portion
kOf its course a considerable fleet of
good-sized steamers ply between Han
kow and Shanghai some even continu-
ing along the coast to other Chinese and
Japanese ports. Most of the country
down TO Shanghai is very flat. though
we pass some hilly sections with their
picturesquely situated little cities and
the old walls winding over the high
hills. The steamer calls at number OF
open ports along the route, and as a rule
we have time 10 stroll through the cit
les while the freight is being discharged
or loaded. As elsewhere in the orient.
so here the usual method of handling
freight is for coolies TO carry il. Some
inquiries. as to the pay these Iaborers
set ELECTED the reply that they get about
twenty to thirty cents Mexican, a day.
1t is further explained that of this
amount the head coolies who do the en-
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and a few boy assistants were busy
scalding the carcasses of plump, fat
dogs and pulling or scraping off the
hair, just as the butcher might do with
the .bristles of hogs. This was in an
open shop alongside of a much-trav-
eled street. 1t attracted no special at
tentiOn among the natives. We stopped
to photograph it and can now produce
visible evidence of the truth Of our dog
story. We did not learn what cuts of
dogs are valued the most highly
whether the siTlOin or the round steak
or the T-bone. There was no evidence
of their making it into bologna. In
fact, these Chinese are not a nation
of sausage makers. They take their dog
and their rat straight" and apparent
ly without any assumed name.
After our days sightseeing we hard
ly feel like engaging board with the
Cantonese. and we proceed back TO
Hong Kong. P. A. YODER.
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ma. is also needed. These servants get
from about Sc to $15. Mexican Cor half
that much in United States money! a
month, and board themselves. For
sleeping places, any spare corner, like
under the stairs or in the garnet, win
do. These Chinese count themselves
very fortunate when they can engage
with white family thus, as it is better
pay than they can hope to earn other
wise. Most of the farm or garden work,
it seems, is done by the owners of the
land and their families. Where labor is
hired, we can safely assume that the
pay is not higher than for the work
mentioned above. When we compare
the earnings of these coolies of twenty
to forty cents. Mexican a day, with
81 United States gold, being paid for
common labor in America, can we Won
der that they desire to migrate to
America and in a few years to save
enough to live at ease in China the rest
of their days? When we add to the
above information the statement made
40 US that a Chinaman can live on five
cents, Mexican, a day, can we wonder
that the American laborer wants the
Cinnamon shutfOut from our country.
On the other hand when we consider the
independence of American laborers, oft
en- bordering on inSolence towards the
employer and the occasional treacheEy
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on one of the river steamers while she
makes the trip up the river and after
the day at Canton we can return in
similar way next night.
Even before we leave our vessel,
while it lies at anchor i'm front of Can
ton, we are surrounded with interesting
spectacles of river-boa life. AS we
land and, following the lead of our
guide, proceed Systematically among
the sights, we have one attraction after
another in such rapid succession that
1t seems more like witnessing a show
prepared especially for the strangers
entertainment than like seeing the ordi-
nary, everyday life and sights of the
city.
The population of Canton is estimated
at about three million, thus ranking
among the largest cities of the
world. As if overlooking from the
crowded city, thousands of fami-
lies live in boats on the river and
families live in boats on the river and
the canals. A dense fringe of native
"sampans" line either shore of the river
Most of these boats are of a size suffi-
cient to carry from eight to fifteen per-
sons. A portion of the boat is covered
with mating to give some shelter to the
occupants. Hard benches or boards
serve them as their beds at night. A
few crude-looking utensils are on each
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the dead. The attendant each morning
sets out a fresh cup of tea and cake.
A few things like this gives us a fair
idea of how materialistic is the China
mans ancestor worship of which we
read so much in all discussions of the
religions of the world
AS in all other Chinese cities, the
shops have open fronts, and as we
move past we can see the goods and
operations going on inside. 1t is much
like we had seen in other cities, eX-
ceping that there is more fancy work
of all sorts being made. Much weav-
ing in silk is done here in private resi-
dences, and it is wonderful what
smooth cloth is being made by such
hand looms. The sale price of the
goods was but little below what it could
be bought for at home, notwithstanding
the cheapness of labor. Our machinery
for making cloth can offset the cheap
labor, when we get the raw material
duty free. In tiny little rooms, from
five to fifteen artisans or statesmen are
housed and attend to the business of
the shop. At meal time they all con-
gregate about a little table in the rear
of the shop and dispose Of their Chow"
We conclude that these shopkeepers
live in these places of business, for we
find no residence quarters of the city
such as we generally find in every
American city. There are plenty Of
cook shops scattered through the CIV.
The fish vendors have fine fish in shall
low pans or tubs with scarcely enough
water to cover the fish. Meat shops
have strings of dried fish, shrimps,
duck livers and other articles more lif-
ficult of identifieation hanging out in
front. In many places we find one or
more punches of flat morsels which,
ppon closer inspection, we find to have
head, body and limbs and a long tail
that readily identify it as the world
famous rats of the Chinese epicures.
But this is not ALL We also pass butch
er shops where fresh meat is being
prepared for sale, and here we see
larger game" than the rat At one
place which we passed they were
slaughtering dogs. The chief butcher
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Among the Chinese

gaging and in a sense are response
bic for getting good workers, get
squeeze of about per cent OF this
squeeze a portion must go to the COM
pradore, who is the Chinese go-between
for the European business men and the
Chinese customers. This compradore in
his turn pays squeezes to other higher
officials, and so on, until the emperor
himself gSs a squeeze out of every poor
coolies meager earnings. The coolies
are a patient, Woodworking class and
they work long hours cheerfully. They
rarely make trouble for their employers
for they are glad to have the work.
Some foreign residents explained TO
us that every weIl-ordered foreign FAM
lily has at least three servants, the
house boy" who is in sense the busi-
ness manager as we'll as a general err
rand boy, ehambermaid, etc: the cook,
and the coolie, who does the hard and
dirty work about the house and
grounds. If there are small children in
the family, a woman servant, the "aTn-
dog for market.
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of labor organizations, can we wonder
that the American employer would
gladly avail himself of imported coolie
labor if our laws permitted?
Disposal of Sewage at Hongkong.
On various occasions we were aston
ished at the success of the farmers and
gardeners in China and Japan in keep
ing up the fertility of their land in spite
of an intensive system of one-crop
farming In this connection some notes
concerning the disposal of the sewage
or night soil AT Hongkong may interest
the agricultural readers as well as those
interested in city sanitation.
A very striking feature of Hongkong
especially after visiting some of the
dirty old Chinese cities, is the eleanli-
ness of the city. The following notes l
gathered from an interview with some
of the government officials. The infor-
nation was given out unofficially and
if any errors have crept in, they are
probably the writer's errors. For the
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city of Victoria, which constitutes the
main part of the population of Hong
kong, two contracts are let, one for gen.
eral scavenging and the other for the
cleaning of public water-closets and the
removal of the night-sOil collected from
private residences. This latter contrac-
tor must send collectors each day, be-
tween midnight and morning, to collect
the night-SOiI from the public water
closets, from all government buildings,
including the soldiers barracks, and
from about 155 large European dwell
ings in the hill district. He must also
receive in boats in the harbor and
transport away all the night-soil collect
ed daily from the private dwellings,
numbering some $500, not located in the
hill district The collecting from these
latter dwellings, however, is not at the
contractors expense, but at the house,
holders, and averages about 81 to $1.50.
Mexican, for each residence.
All the night-soil thus collected be-
comes the property of the contractor,
and instead of receiving pay from the
city for doing this work, he pays the
city a sum of about S60b00, Mexican, an
nually for the privilege. This he can
afford to do because of his income from
the sale of the night-soil to Canton
growers of mulberry trees for silk pro-
duction and TO rice farmers and garden
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PART III.
Down the Yapg-tse-kiana.

II seems like an oasis in a desert to
find. after passing many wholly Chi
nese villages and cities, 10 get to a
European settlement of some open port
city. Such is Hankow on the Yang tse-
kiang, the southern terminus of the
Belgian railroad running south from
Pekin- Great warehouses, office
buildings. business blocks, consulates
and residences for foreigners are built
along the river at Hankow The old
hinese section of Hankow is dingy and
!squalid. as are nearly all the native cit
res. What steamship agent said about
Hankow in answer to our inquiries, may
be said with equal force concerning
many others of these Chinese cities
There are no sights in Hankow, but
there are plenty of smells" Hankow is
one OF the most noted tea shipping
At a Canton butcher shop.
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hair begins to come out, copper-colored
spots appear on the skin, the glands in
the groin swell, and as the blood becomes
more thoroughly impregnated with the
poison, sores and ulcers break out on the
flesh and the bones become diseased So
in a case where the virus has been allowed
to run unchecked in the blood, the patient
finds himself diseased from head to foot
with this loathsome disorder
S. S. S. is made entirely OF roots and
herbs of the forests and fields. 1t does
not contain particle of mercury or potash
or any other harmful mineral to injure
the delicate parts of the system, impair
the digestion, corrode and irritate the
lining of the stomach, or in any other way
injure the health. 1t is Natures blood
purifier, harmless in its action and certain
in its good results. S. S. S. removes the
poison from the circulation enriches the
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S. S. S. CURED HIM.

first knew of my Blood Poison six years
ago, and was treated for two years by blood
specialists, who treated me with no good results,
so l gave them up and started to use S. S. S.
When | commenced its use | was covered with
sores and eruptions and was very weak and rum
down. Today myself again and my skin
as clear as a babys. / know it made positive
cure for me of Blood Poison III the very worst
form, and l making it my business to have
my friends use it as l did, and already two of
them are having wonderful results in the way of
a cure. They troubled with the same disease
had, and know it will do for them what it did
for me- am today living testimonial of the eff
cacy of S. S. S. in cases of advanced Blood Poison.
Hoping you will keep up your good work
will close wishing you success.
Yours truly, HARRY BARRETT.
424 West North Ave. Chicago, III.
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q q q 4 HARMLESS
o.o.o. VEGETABLE REMEDY
CURES BLOOD POISON


o Of
Unlike medicines
blood completely
md satisfactorily
It's
the the and
hroauc
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BY P. A. YoDER

ers, to be used as fertilizer for the soil.
Thus for a city with a population of
175,0G0 population we find that the
night-soil, which in American cities is
counted as worse than waste, has a
commercial value of $4,000 gold, besides
the COST of collecting much of it and
transporting away all of it. Yet we
find farmers in America who are so
negIeetfuI of repIenishing the fertility
of the land as to let go to waste even
the more readily available barnyard
manure.
A Day Sightseeing in Canton.
Canton is "a characteristic old Chi
nese city, and one days sightseeing in
this great metropolis, accompanied by
an experienced guide, gave one a wider
range of experience of things Chinese
than a day spent anywhere else in the
Chinese empire. Canton is easily ac-
cessible to travellers in the orient, by
side trip from Hongkong. We may rest
comfortably during a night in our berth
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A Day Sightseeing in Canton.

At the City of the Dead, Canton.
The daily sentinel., 1908-09-05
RESOLUTIONS IN FULL.

The following is the complete text
of the resolutions adopted:
1--WE, the republican delegates of
Mesa county in convention assem-
bled, take this occasion to congrat-
ulate those members of the party who
in the past have SO efficiently per-
formed their duties in the Offices. ma
tional, state and county, to which
they were elected by the people.
1--WE desire at this time to call the
attention of the voters of Mesa coun-
ty to the effective ADMINISTRATION
OF NATIONAL AFFAIRS BY THE
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT, THEO-
DORE ROOSEVELT. and his we'll
chosen cabinet, and to the wholesome
and wise laws passed by a republican
congress; and we take pleasure in
expressing our appreciation of the
national administration for what
they have accomplished in our COM
The daily sentinel., 1908-09-05

| acted wisely in choosing William II.
Taft as its standard bearer, as there
is no man SO able, so we'll equipped
and SO well trained to carry on the
reforms inaugurated by Theodore
Roosevelt.
WE CONDEMN THE DEMO
CRATIC PARTY for attempting to
array class against class in this coun-
try of ours where all men are equal
and in attempting to make this class
or that class beIieve that il consti-
tutes the whole people. We assert
that the Republican party is the party
of the people as shown by the ma
tional elections of 1896, 1900, 1914
ana the state elections of 1902, 1904
and 1906 and as will be shown by
the national, state and county cleo
tion of 1908.
I'VE APPRECIATE THE WORK
e. ne HONORABLE JAS. S. CARNA-
HAN has done for the Republicans
of Mesa county, and we endorse his
candidacy for the nomination for
presidential elector upon the Repub-
hcan ticket to do everything within
their power to secure .honorably his
nomination.
WE APPRECIATE THE INTEG-
RITY AND ABILITY OF OUR FEEL
Low REPUBLICAN DEPUTY DIS
TRICT ATTORNEY, JOHN II. FRY,
candidate for the nomination of Dis
trict Attorney of the Seventh Judicial
District upon the Republican ticket
We believe Mr.. Fry would make a
conscientious, painstaking and cap
able official, and we hereby instruct
our delegates TO the Judicial con-
vention, to place Mr.. Fry's nome be-
fore the convention and urge his
nomination by all honorable means.
ITO THE VOTERS OF MESA
COUNTY we confidently appeal for
support and believing that the his
tory and records of the Republican
ad administration in Mesa county war
rants and demands its continuation
and on behalf of the nominees of this |
we pledge to the voters OF
Mesa county that if ,.ley are elected
the affairs of the county will be ad
in a business-like, effic- !
lent, honest and economical manner, |
that all laws will be strictly, effic- |
iently and fairly administered, and
enforced and carried out and that as
the candidates here nominated are |
the choice of the majority of the Re-
publican voters of Mesa county as
expressed by their delegates here
chosen, we trust and believe they will
also be the choice of the voters in
Mesa county.
HORACE T. DE LONG,
wv. C. MESERVE,
"W. T. S. MAY"
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munity by pushing the work upor
our High Line canal, and to our re-
publican senator, Honorable Simon
Guggenneim, and our republican rep
resentative, Honorable Warren A
/ Haggott, in the national congress, in
securing for Grand Junction an ap-
preparation for postoffice site.
I'VE COMMEND OUR REPUBLI-
CAN STATE ADMINISTRATION for
the effective manner in which they
have enforced the laws now upon
the statute books, and for the busi-
ness-like and economical manner in
which they have carried on the af-
fairs of the state.
SEVEN YEARS AGO MARKS
THE END OF FUSION, CONFUSION
AND DEMOCRACY IN MESA COUN-
TY. At that time the county was
indebted many thousand dollars, rep
resented by unpaid ordered bills.
Since that time we have had a re-
publican board of county commits
sioners, who have administered the
affairs of the county in a business
like and economical manner, who
have entirely wiped out the indebt-
edness inherited from that political
condition. The bonded indebtedness
of the county has been reduced many
thousands of dollars; a commodious.
sanitary and ample county Jail has
been constructed without any in
creased Indebtedness of the county;
new bridges have been constructed;
new public roads built and old coun-
ty roads and bridges improved, and
the affairs generally have been
placed upon a business basis and the
expenses kept within the revenues
I'VE BELIEVE THAT MESA
COUNTY SHOULD HAVE A NEW
COURT HOUSE commensurate with
its wealth and population; but do not
believe that one should be built un-
til the county is in such condition
that fit and proper building can
be erected without incurring too
large an Indebtedness or materially
increasing the burden of taxation.
I'VE CONGRATULATE THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS UPON
FOR THE COUNTY |
VOTING MACHINES, as the price of |
the machines will be saved in the
saving of election expenses. and for
the greater reason that it is a step |
forward in the direction of purer |
ballot, and gives every voter an op-
portunity to intelligently and fairly
express his opinions or choice of cam
didateS and prevents all opportuni-
1--WE COMMEND THE OTHER |
COUNTY OFFICIALS
for the careful, efficient and business
like methods they have used in the
of their duties. Every re-
publican official of the county has
made record of which he or she.
the party and the people can justly
be proud, adding many thousand dol
lars to the county revenues by eco
nomical administration of their Of
fees.
I'VE NOW WISH TO EXPRESS
AS HEARTILY EN-
DORSING THE PRINCIPLES OF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AS AN
IN THE PLATFORM
adopted at the national convention
held in Chicago, June Is, 1908. and
we hereby renew our allegiance to
the republican party, and pledge our
support to its candidates for presi
dent and vice president, the Honora
BILE William II. Taft and the Honor
able James S. Sherman. We believe
he republican national convention
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Senator DeLong, the Magician Her
mann OF the local machine, was on
hand to produce salve or sky-rockets
for the soothing or startling of the
delegates as occasion might require.
The suave senator can always be re-
lied on to deliver the goods as the
big five" may order. 1t is so. nice
to have handy man of the senator's
attainments to do the right thing at
the proper time.
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Card of Thanks.

We wish to thank our friends for
the kindness they have shown us in
the time of our bereavement, the
sickness and death of our beloved
son and brother. Lewis Peach.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Nj. Peach.
A. j. Peach,
w. G. Peach.
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CONVENTION SNAP SHOTS.

DR.. Taft" Parker was there in all
his rotund urbanity. His is not an
elective office so he looks to the
candidate for county commissioner
to assure him of another tenure as
county physician.
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". c.. MeServe offered the usual
resolution empowering the county
central committee to fill any va
cancies which might occur in the
county ticket.
Geo. Smith, by that time, had
brief memorandum supporting di-
rect primary law, which was adopted
subject to fuller enlargement later.
The big Five's" Man.
That the big five" still holds the
reins and will continue to do so this
campaign was again shown when
Geo. ]. d. Williams nominated Dr..
Thadd Parker as county chairman.
The choice was made unanimous.
Didn't Want Munson.
A cog nearly slipped in the ma
chine when an overzealous friend of
]. A. Munson named him as secretary
for the county central committee.
John Mann was on his feet in an
instant and registered vigorous
protest, declaring that the committee
should be allowed to name its own
secretary. The majority of the con-
vention took it's cue from Mann and
upheld his protest.
The convention then adjourned.
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You bet the manipulators of the
convention did not care to burn their
fingers with any reference to the
Guggenheim-Evans fight in Denver.
1t is by no means certain which fac
tion will ultimately win out there and
and if this convention had, by chance,
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Are your clothes nm ready? Don't
they need some cleaning and pressing
thing We will remove all spots and
dirt. 1875 South Fifth street. Phone
Black 662.
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gotten off ION the wrong foot
we'll, then it would have been good
by to any consideration from the
state bosses. Those fellows are in
clined TO be pretty jealous over their
favors and only give them to those
whom they are sure are their friends.
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1t was apparent the resolutions
committee reaIiZed that the conven-
tion was sitting over a volcano be-
cause no hint as to the tenor of the
resolutions was allowed to escape
before they were offered. If they
took notice of the Guggenheim-E Evans
fight in Denver it would cause trou-
BILE and if they did not take cogniz-
ance, advance information of that
fact would give some one chance
to prepare resolution on the sub
ject. Hence the lid was kept screw
ed down and Senator DeLong, as
chairman of the committee, reposed
complacently thereon.