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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-21
HILTON PICNIC Is OFF.

The picnic of the little folks of the
Hilton M. E. Sunday School has been
postponed indefinitely. A date Will be
set some time in August.
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TO BE BURIED IN EASTON.

The body OF John p. Weaver. who
died at the home of his daughter. Mrs.
Lawrence Coe. 267 Highland venue.
kearny, yesterday, will be shipped to
Easton, Pa, tomorrow for burial.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-21
POLICEMEN ON VACATIONS.

Policemen Samuel Boob and Peter
Brady, Of the Harrison force. are on
their vacations.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-21

A delayed advertisement brings only the
aftermath Of trade. It's the first call that
CAPTURES the procession Of customers.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-21

CREAM FREEZER. A NEW departure in this field. Ice and salt and creamc cannot
mix Handy, quick cleanyi No trouble, no dirt Can freeze your cream anywhere
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-21

Who said Hard Times" Not here! At least, hard times do not
for purchasers in our store. Two great, big. rousnng weeks of rapid sell
partments have just passed and we have launched into the third with big
than everl We inaugurated this sale to clean up all the remainder of our
goods and we're doing it. You'd better get your things now and
Now, for instance:
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vAssAR GIRLS
First Number Of the Lecture Course Monday
night, November 20.


night, November 20.
The Vassar Girls, q combination
of musical talent such as was never
before heard in the city, will con.
stitute the first number OF the Lyceum
Lecture Course to be given in Dodge
City this winter, and will appear at
the opera house on Monday night,
November %. This company in
cludes a sextette Of saxophones, a
septette Of comets and trombones, q
septette Of flute, clarinets, oboe and
bassoon, quartette Of clarinets, trios
and duets and various combinations
Of instruments named above.
So great has been the success Of
this company that practically all OF
their time for the past five years has
been consumed in return date work
in twenty or thirty large cities
throughout the country, where ever
increasing audiences have greeted
them.
Reserved seats will be on sale
Saturday morning. November 81 at
P. a. Young's Jewelry Store. Don't
forget the date.
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there is no use Of having poor roads,
when such splendid ones may be
built so cheaply.
Last week two government road
experts came here from Michigan to
examine the road being built here,
with q view to using the same methods
in other parts Of the country. They
saw an illustration Of road built
"while you watt, and at the same
time road good enough for race
track. The invitation is extended
to the people Of Garden City, who
have been limiting that something
ought to be done there in the way OF
sand hill roads, to visit the splendid
stretch from Dodge south through
the sand hills. 1t will be an inspira-
ton to them, and an education in road
building. And if they could induce
P. q. Snghrue to stay in Garden
City for week he would have the
whole town out at work on the roads.
Congressman Madison has done q
grsat work in starting the movement
for good roads throughout his dis
tfict. he has been at work on the
movement for the past year and was
instrumental in bringing the govern
ment experts to this part Of the
country. after be had got the people
over the district interested in the
matter. The prompt action and
hearty support given by so many Of
our citizens here, in taking advantage
Of the opportunity. can not be praised
too highly. II makes everybody
proud Of them and proud Of Dodge
City.
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Notice.
TO OUR PATRONS:

On account Of installing new engine
on our Alternating Current lines, there
has been some Interruptions in the SER
vice. 10 fact, we want to apologize to
our patrons ct this time for the poor
service they have received off and on for
the last three weeks.
We feel sure that the difficulty has
now been overcome, and adjusted in
such way that we hops that there will
be no further trouble.
We offer this 90 IN explaaation to our
patrons Of why they have had such poor
service, and want to assure them that We
have done ths best We could under the
circumstances, and trust that they will
over look the poor service they have had
lately. A Hi3 il91fA 'A
We are sincerely sorry for this.
Very truly yours,
TEE MIDLAND WATER, LIGHT . ICE co.
W. WATSON, superintendent.
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Mrs. D. j. Phillips entertained the
s. 8. Embroidery club at her home
last Friday afternoon. A dainty two
course luncheon was served at the
close Of the afternoon. There was a
large attendance of members and
eleven invited guests. Mesdames
Coe, Murphy, Eckle, Balch. D. q.
Jones. Robt. Vernon, L. L. Taylor,
Gordon Finley and Lillian O'Neill.
Misses Nell Wheeler, OF Primo eton,
Ind, and Lulu Allen, Of Burdstte.
The next meeting will be in two
weeks with Mrs. Carl Van Ripsr.
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Ernest Holmes, who for the past three
months has been employed In Rath q
Bainbridge's, expects to leave Sunday
morning for his home at Douglas, Kan
sas. Ernest's many friends will regret
bis loss. he has been enc Of the star
players in the basket ball teams, and
caught for the base ball team last season.
He will visit . brother 10 Great Bend on
bis way home. m iid su sg3ag 9dt1e
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How Is Your Digestion.


Mrs. Mary Bowling Of No. 22S 9Th
Ave, San Francisco, recommends o
remedy for stomach trouble. She says:
"Gratitude for the wonderful effect Of
Elecric Bitters 10 case Of acute indi-
gestioh, prompts this testimonial. l am
fully convinced that for stomach and
liver troubles Electric Bitters is the best
remedy on the market today" This
great tonic and Alternative medicine In
vigorates the system, purifes the blood
and Ia especially helpful In all forms Of
female weakness. 500 at The Palace
Drug Co. " fa
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The death Of Lowe Bragg, the eleven
year old sen Of Thos. Bragg, Of this
county, was reported here Tuesday. The
boy was 10 splendid health until q few
days before his death. He was stronger
than most boys his age. and had seldom
been sick. He was taken very sick on
last Saturday evening, and although
everything that was possible In the way
Of medical aid was given be continued to
grow worse until bis death. The funeral
was held today.
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TIGERS VICTORIOUS
Large Crowd Turned Out To Witness the
Basket Ball Game Last Friday Night


A very interesting basket ball
game was played at the rink last
Friday evening between the Cool
idge team and the Dodge City
Tigers. The first half Of the game
was fast and hard fought, but the
Tigers won out by their good team
work, which is the boys strong
point. Prof. Coe was the umpire,
with Rev. Sorey as referee. The
score was 43 to IT. The boys are
rather elated over their victories, as
they have not lost game this season.
The Tigers expect to play Garden
City, Syracuse, Coolidge and prob
ably Rocky Ford in the next two
weeks. They will be gone about six
days.
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SANDHlLL ROAD BUILT SOUTH
OF TOWN IN SHORT
ORDER
IT IS A FINE STRETCH OF ROAD
More Government Experts were
Here Taking Pointers on
This Kind of Road
Building

Two miles of sand hill road will
soon DO completed, south Of Dodge
City on the Minneola road. There
has moi been much fuss made about
it. When the government road ex-
pert arrived here and announced that
be was ready to show how to build
sand hill roads, he was furnished a
working force at once. The county
board was wiling to have some built
asa sample for the people OF thecounty
to 60 by. The township when it
started was willing to help make it a
longer stretch. The commercial
club was ready to help so ss to put
in still more. It was found that the
push and energy shown at the out
set would make big start on the
distance through the sand on this
road. The quality Of the first road
built was so fine that on one who saw
it wanted the work to stop. Mr..
Spoon the government road expert,
liked the way people here went about
things, and was anxious to help them
Ill he could. Fifteen hundred dollars
had been raised, and about three
fourths Of the distance through the
sand covered last week. Then o
committee went out and raised over
Eve hundred more. "A
Mr.. Spoon b the big specialist on
this kind Of road building. He not
only knows how to build Il the best,
but be knows how to build II the
cheapest. All be needed last week,
that would make more expense than
be desired, was some water on the
road before sanding the top. The
SNOW and rain came, and did not
cost cent. Everybody Is becoming
greatly interested ii good roads now
re showing made here since Mr.
Spoon came makes Il apparent that
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All previous records In attendance
we're broken at the Christian Sunday
school last Sunday, there being III
present. The teachers and members are
working hard to have An attendance Of
200 By the 22ad Of this month and there
Is every IndlcatIon shat they will suceeed
On the ~ Of the present month this Gum
day school will hold a Rally meeting
10 the morning there will DO spsCial
services and ii the evsniug.aa exceptions
ally good program viii be glvsn. Every =
one win BE- cordially invited to.attend.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Sturgeon
entertained a few neighbors at cards
last Monday evening. Five hundred
was played and refreshments served .
The guests we're DR.. and Mrs.
Simpson, DR.. and Mrs. @. e. Nc
Carly. Mr.. and Mrs. R. W. Evans
Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Young, Mrs.
Churchill and Miss Lille Stubs.
DR.. Ballou and Messrs. Harry Fash
and Bert Rose.
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Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Smith gave q
four course dinner last Wednesday
evening to which about forty guests
were invited. The rooms and tables
were tastefully decorated with pink
and white chrysamthsm ums. Mrs.
Smith was assisted by Mesdames
Scates. Baldwin, Coffey and Geo.
Wing. After dinner the guests were
entertained at cards. V
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and Third wards and the High
school faculty last Saturday night.
In contest to see who could name
the most counties in the state, Miss
Nichols and Miss Lohrding tied for
the first prize. After drawing, the
prize, handsome book, was awarded
to Miss Lohrding. Misses Helen
Ripple and Helen Jastatt assisted
Mrs. Mallory in serving refresh
ments.
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Mrs. r. W. Evans. Jr. entertained

Mrs. r. W. Evans, Jr. entertained
the Idylwilds Embroidery club yeater-
day afternoon. The invited guests
we're Mesdames Hellwarth, Furnish,
Earl Young, Ernest Sturgeon and
Misses Maude Rhoades and Nell
Wheeler. A two course luncheon
was served. The next meeting will
be in two weeks with Mrs. Gertrude
Finley. saga, +, ,9t s1I
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The girls Of the Press Box Ball
club will hold their first meeting in
the newly arranged box ball alleys
next Tuesday evening, November II.
This club was started last winter and
meetings. were held every two weeks.
until q short time ago when the al.
legs we're taken up and new build
ing erected for the winter. The al.
legs are nov in fine shape. These
box ball evenings have proved very
popular and the girls Of the Press
Box Ball club will enjoy playing to-
gsther again next Tuesday evening.
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The members Of the Embroidery
club enjoyed delightful afternoon
with Mrs. W.J. Fitzgerald Last Fri
day. A dainty two course luncheon
was served. There were about
twenty members present and thirteen
guests. Mesdames LsBaron, Bald
win, Lawton, Barley, Simmons,
Bensted, Matthews, Arment.. viii
Gardner, A. D. Smith and Clyde
Smith. Misses Lottis Stubbs and
Grace DiBsll. Bishop Griswold and
Bensted called during the afternoon
and met The ladies. The next mstt-
Ing will be ii two weeks wish Mrs.
Hardeaty. FIN
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The members of the Atheneum
club will entertain their husbands at
the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. II. F.
Millikan this evening.
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WOMEN'S CLUB MEETINGS
AND SOCIETY NOTES

The Philomath club meets to
morrow with Mrs. B. F. Milton.
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stImaIatIon WIthoat lrfItatLon..

That 10 the watchwofd. That 10 what
Foley's Vsino LaxaeIye does. Clsanses
shd stimulates the bowels without iFriis-
lion ID any form.
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Mr.. and Mrs. 8. v. Mallory enter
aimed the teachers 81 the Second
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The Sorosis club met yesterday
evening with Miss Mary Hale. "The
Merchant Of Venice was the subject
for discussion and some very excell-
emit papers we're given, .l.s@
"a sstess
Reading and discussion Of Act w ...........
WE ........... ......~.......M Miss Hardesty
Reading and discussion OF Act v. ..........
f59 .....st SO UfVuu"su
Character Sketch--ShylOck. IL. J. (. i.
Miss LohrdIDg.
Discussion What 10 the Ms!n Action Of
this Piay?. ...- Miss Burlington.
Roll Call---Saylngs or shylock,
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Here is the best bargain Of
all. pieces of Black Chevio
40 inches wide former price
75c now 4Oc yard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-25

the Rio Brara military reservation in Ne.
braska and of the North Dakota Indian
reservations also has just been brought
under government protection.
Nine New Bird Preserves.
And nine new bird preserves have this
year been set aside by the President. who.
to date. has established. all told twenty
three of these refugees. First he re-
served Mosquito Inlet and the Tortugas
Keys. Fla. and then in August came
four mOre-at Klamath Lake Ore: Key
West. Fla; Lake Malheur Ore and
Chase Lake. \. D.. while In September he
added three additional-at Pine Island.
Matlacha Pass and Palma Sofa. all in
Florida. These Florida preserves are the
natural breeding grounds of our herons.
pelicans. terms. gulls and other sea birds:
the two new Oregon reserves are those
of thousands of pelicans and iyrebes.
which breed there in the summer, and OF
countless geese and ducks which stop
there in the fall on their way south and
In the spring on their way north. These
once famous and popular grounds for
market and plume hunters will be hence
forth patrolled by wardens. In paying
whom the National Association of Audu-
bon Societies is cooperating with the
government. This great society. whose
revenue is derived chiefly from its third
OLA million dollar endowment from AL
bert Wilcox of New York has also rec
commended the sites of these twenty
three reserves, after making a scientific
examination of the breeding grounds. II
has also gone into the thirteen original
states. where there are no public lands,
and there acquired lands for needed res
ervations. 1t is now policing every breed
ing ground of any Importance from Port.
land, Me, to the mouth of the Chesa.
peake, and in North Carolina and LOUISE
ana. Thus the most important bird col.
ones of our coasts are now protected
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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and finds a new poem by Alfred Austin.
and skips that, and cable dispatch stat
ing that there have been a few more
Of those balks in the Balkans. and skips
that. and a special department for women
containing a three line paragraph on the
suffrage movement and a column and 4
half in regard to the new fall sleeve
which all competent authorities agree will
button all the way up to the shoulder.
but should or should not it come down
over the hand? which after all is the real
question-and he skips that-and then
finally he comes to the political intelli-
gence. or anyway that's the common
or cant name for it-and most generally
he skps that, and if he doesn't he con-
tinues. nevertheless and Notwithstanding,
to remain comparatively calm.
He strolls along Broadway and at Full
ton street he sees a large blue banner
with picture on it of a retired police
captain and q club butler labeled Taft
and Sherman. and then he strolls two
banner with pictures on it of an old
time Shakespearean actor and half-pay
Methodist minister labeled Bryan and
Kern and that's all he does see that's
calculated to make him realize that we
are all in the throes of the most mo-
mentous battle for the cause Of human
liberty in the history of the civilized
world and trembling on the verge of
anarchy and about to be made slaves
of by the plutocrats and raising the
banner Of labor. and rescuing the down
trodden from the clutch of the vampire
and engaged in the last final desperate
death-grapple for the rights of the great
common people. but otherwise doing fairly
we'll and able to report that things are
going along about as usual, with promises
of an open winter.
yesterday 1 went out looking for a
little campaign excitement. l said 10
myself that 1t wasn't possible for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-25

average man TO exhaust all the POSSIBLE
ties OF being foolish on April the First
and July the Fourth. Surely. | figured.
there'll be somebody getting all het-up
over the election.
We'll. after awhile folnd a crowd
on a corner clustered about an earnest
orator and showing signs of deep inter-
est. l pushed my way into him. lie
was a stranger to me. ! hadn't seen any
nicture of him printed among the iist
Of sneakers, but his mission was soon
made nlain He was trying to sell
new kind of self-acting collar button.
In tho mark | observed a group of un-
employed. clustered together and IN
yestigated there. A neat ana nobpy MEM
her of the Marine Corps was standing
guard over a colored picture showing
handsome lad in Peter Thompson clothes
shaking hands with rear admiral, the
apparent object being to induce the
Younger generation to enlist in the navy
so they could hobnob with all the high
officials 1 headed for what looked like
a MONDAY political meeting. and 1t was
crowd going into moving picture
show. A soused party wanted TO cheer
for Bryan alongside the Hoffman House
and a cop told him he'd run him In IL
he didn't stop annoying the gentlemen
In the national democratic headquarters
by yelling that way. Finally on a street
car l struck solid looking party who
was willing to talk over the outlook
DO you think the campaign has hurt
business?' l said to him.
WELL says he to me, 1T hasn't done
my business any good"
Did he tell you wot his business wuzT
asked the house detective.
Yes" answered the hotel CLERK NE
said he was a manufacturer OF campaign
buttons"
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line of forts which protects Belgium
against invasion from France or Ger
many. Before the end of the present
year the kings energies VIII be exerted
to influence the chamber TO remodel the
Belgian army on the lines of compulsory
service Notwithstanding all this, IL is
the business of civil life with which King
Leopold is preoccupied
In order to create markets for the manu-
features Of Belgium he has established
with every newly opened
country and obtained concessions FOR the
construction of railways. and such Ike.
which are worked Ivy companies formed
under his incentive He founded the
Congo in order that that colony should
be an outlet for Belgian energy and a
market for Belgian wares. The supply
Of materials for the great railways now
under construction in the Congo will
occupy Belgian foundres for years To
come, and soon there will be demand
for materials for working the Congo
mines. which the king intends Belgian
manufacturers to supply.
Dominates the Belgium Cabinet.
In transferring the Congo sovereignty
to Belgium King Leopold has only slight
ly loosened his controlling hand. His
vote. dominates the Belgian cabinet. lie
will continue to rule the great Congo
companies. in which the state holds co.
OGO 600 francs worth of shares. which
have for directors men accustomed to
look to him for guidance.
Two great colonial institutions. set up
by King Leopold in Belgium. remain I'M
touched by the transfer of the Congo.
One of these is the tropical garden at
Laeken where everything that can he
grown with profit in the tropics is Guilt
waited, whence millions of cases of seeds
and plants are distributed over the Congo
colonial school This school is intended
to fit young men for a worldwide career.
All that ii can be useful for those to
know who adventure into new countries is
to be taught in it. The youth of all ma
tons are to be admitted to its classes
King Leopold is building an exquisite
palace in the park of Turvueren to house
the colonial school and the Congo mu-
scum. This is at once the browning
work of King Leopolds Congo sover-
eighty, and the opening of the new era
in the Congo. Many of King Leopold's
thoughts are centered on his colonial
school, 1t is safe to predict that his
time will be given largely and his money
spent freely to make 1t a success. King
Leopold claims that his expenditure is
all for the good of Belgium and of Bel
GUMS colony. All can see that the king
stops short at no expense to gain his
ends. great statesman. who has held
office as prime minister under him.
summed up his life when he said to me:
king Leopold wants much money and il
determined to die poor.
JOHN DE cOURCY MACDONNELL
Copyright by Curtis Brown, 1903.
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varies in color from seal to buffy brown.
They are more powerful and. at close
quarters, more dangerous than even the
grizzlies and come out Of Information
early in the spring, usually in April.
When the salmon begin to run thee feed
largely on them, hence their name. fish
eating bears" Although not inclined to
attack human beings. they are feared as
nearly exterminated in some of their
haunts encroached upon by man. Alaska
Is without a rival in the number of its
bears. and dozen other kinds live in the
territory.
But the most strenuous sport to be had
on American soil is that offered by the
sharpeyed Alaskan mountain sheep seen
in the accompanying picture just made
for the biological survey. They are pure
white in color and their horns are curved
more gracefully than those OF our Rocky
mountain sheep They occupy all of the
Alaskan mountains distant from settle
ments and prefer the high attitudes above
the timber line Large numbers inhabit
the specially protected Renal peninsula.
They sometimes descend into timber and
make long Journeys. passing all obstruc-
tons swimming rivers and moving for
miles through heavy forests. The hunter
seeking them climbs to the mountain
gardens" saucer-like basins studded in
winter by tiny ponds and long shared
slopes where the sheep feed On the low
matted vegetation. Although. unlike most
game animals, they depend little on scent
for warning of danger they are so alert.
keen-eyed and far-sighted on an open
mountain side that the hunter finds them
hard to approach To these uncertainties
and exctements Of the chase are added
all of the exhilarating joys of mountain
eering
The only caribou hunting now to be
had In the United States is offered In
abundance by the treeless and semi-tree-
less wastes of Alaska. also the bare
mountain ridges. Along the watershed
between the Yukon and Tanana rivers is
annually to be found herd of from one
to three thousand caribou
Where a Goat Is Not a Goat.
The most peculiar of American game
animals is the Alaskan mountain goat.
found higher than sheep or caribou, and.
with the possible exception of the musk
OK. it's habits are least known. 1t is
really not a goat at all. its nearest living
relatives being the chamois and the
curious Asiatic sorrows and gorals. all
goat-antelopes. To approach one of these
creatures successfully is more a feat Of
mountaineering than OF crafty hunting.
according to VIII. Osgood Of the biological