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Cañon City record., 1908-10-22
Sugar Questions
for ''Honestjohn''
Shafroth
WHICH HE DARE NOT ANSWER.

Whoever heard Of the beet sugar In
dustry until tho Republican party In.
troduced 1t into the United States. Mr..
Shafroth!
Was It not . Republican administra-
tion that brought the seed from Eu.
rope and distributed It among the
farmers to experiment with?
And after the Republicans intro
duced the sugar beet was II not a Re.
publican Congress that passed bill
paying producers of beet sugar two
cents q pound bounty as an induce
ment to develop the industry?
Was It not the same Congress- that
admitted beet sugar machinery Into
this country free Of tariff. at . time
when there was no such machinery In
this country?
Was 1t not the same Congress that
kept the tariff on foreign sugar to as.
sist In developing the beet sugar indus
try in the United States?
Was It not tho Democratic Wilson
bill that repealed this bounty and re-
duced the tariff on foreign sugar thus
showing its enmity to the beet sugar
Industry
Was 1t not the Republican Dingley
bill that restored the protection tD
beet sugar. thus building it up, tO it1.
present splendid proportions!
VIII you deny, Mr.. Shafroth. that %
representative from Colorado you 10
fused to vote. for tho develcpmenA Of
this industry VIXEN the Dinsiey ban
was upf
Are you NOT the man whe WAS even
afraid to mako . speech upon tho sub-
ject and skipped one which wss nsrsr
delivered into the appendix e tAe
Congressional Record apsa slsavo b
peintf"
Ana WIN 700 Asny that yos sala N
that undeliveecd wrfttea speech list
the people were "nst intesssssa n ne
tafiR eaestioAfr
10 n NOT fAct that yosr party lead.
err and speakers IN the east are row
promising 70 take the tariR oR sugar
wAtis yoa b Colorado arc prs0lsing 10
kesp u oaf
Cañon City record., 1908-10-22
Republicans
for Congress
THEv ARE NEEDED TO HELL
TAFT AND HELP COLORADO.

THEY ARE NEEDED TO hELp
TAFT AND HELP COLORADO.
The election Of . Republican sem
ator and three Republican represents
tives in Congress 10 almost a import.
ant as the election OF Taft and Sher-
man.
Friday night Mr.. Bryan urged the
people to vote for Democratic CON
sressmen, for he said he would feel
lonesome in the White House after
March 4th, unless he had q Democratic
House to help him.
He need not worry-he will not ba
in the White House.
Mr.. Taft will be In the White House;
and while he might not feel altogether
lonesome without Republican House,
his administration would be badly
crippled and he could not accomplish
nearly as much for the good Of the
people.
Colorado should send men to Con.
gress-to the House and to the Senate
also-who will help President Taft to
carry out the Roosevelt policies. not
men who will do their utmost to
harass and annoy him.
There is very little danger that there
will be Q Democratic House. The
chances are perhaps ten to one that
the majority OF the House will be Re-
publican.
That is another reason why Colo
rado should send Republicans to Con-
gress. Members OF the dominant party
can do more for their constituents than
Is possible for members Of the minor
ity party. The record Of our own Re-
publican representatives in the last
three Congresses is q good illustration
Of this fact. Look at what they have
been able to do for this state. Com
pare It. II you like. with what John
Shafroth was able to do when he was
there.
1t stands to reason that . member
Of the majority party who has tho
good will OF his colleagues can do more
can get what he wants better
than a member Of the minority. He
can do better In committee. and he
can get recognition on the floor. which
the Democrats claim the minority can
not get.
We vote directly for Representatives
in Congress; but indirectly for senator.
For that ONCE we have to vote through
the Legislature.
A Republican legislature will mean
a Republican United States senator.
The Democrats are straining every
point to send Mr.. Hughes to the Sen
ate.
Let Republican voters see to II that
ture this fall.
Cañon City record., 1908-10-22
TO DEMocRArlc CANDIDATES ron conaaEss.

shafroth candidate telling the
Colorado that stands protective tariff from
the Philippines.
The Democratic inosf House OF Representatives voted
against the protecon from the which
Dngley
the following item from ut Brysn NON q 2e 1905
THE Democrats position was for ahsne fee trade with tns
Philippine Islands that the Philippines recognized
United States territory sbal levied tobacco
other products" ssss
believe Mr.. Bryan?
VIII vote with the question against III
Cañon City record., 1908-10-22

Mr.. sulzer: 'Do you mean the Em
peror or the steamship?"
Mr.. shafroth: mean the steamship
the largest steamer in the world.
Mr.. Cannon: First, Is there due pro
lection against monopoly or over
charge?
Mr.Shafroth: Well, the city has an
ordinance by which the charges OF the
water company are fixed.
Mr.. Cannon: Now. 1 will ask the gen
tleman another question. This grant
I understand, is given in mountain re.
gions? --.....-
Mr.. Shafroth: Yes, 1t is in the noun
tains. l will state to the gentleman
that while the dam Of this reservoir ia
constructed in a canon Of q width al
the base OF not more than twenty feet
Of course, It wldens out with the noun.
tain side. The dam will be 200 feet
high. saw the dam once. 1t was
then about forty feet high and since
that time they have been at work at it.
Mr. Cannon: I want to ask my friend
another question. This is an absolute
grant In fee simple?
Mr.. Shafroth: 1t is granted only for
certain purpose-TO HAVE AND TO
HOLD said lands to its use and behooi
forever for purposes Of water storage
and supply of its water works for said
purposes. and said company shall for
ever have the right in discretion. to
control and use any and all parts OF
the premises herein conveyed. and In
the construction of reservoirs. laying
such pipes and mains and in making
such improvements as may be neccs.
sary to utilize the waters contained in
any natural or constructed reservoirs
upon said premises.
Mr.. Cannon: Now am told that in
Colorado nobody knows where mines
will be discovered In the future. but
when found the section OF the country
is directly worth $4,000, 900 or $780,
OO0,O 900 for minerals. precious metals,
etc. Now there Is no reservation Of
mineral rights In this grant.
Mr.. Shafroth: Well, will say to the
gentleman that 1t has been subject TO
mineral entries for years and nothing
has been done.
Mr.. Cannon: But was not Cripple
Creek In the same condition for a gen.
Grafton?
Mr.. Shafroth: That Is true. 1t was
open for homestead entry, and, so far
as the townslte Of Cripple Creek was
concerned, It was taken up for agri-
cultural purposes In tracts aggregating
800 acres. There was no surface indi-
cations Of minerals.
Mr.. Cannon: Does not my friend
think that wisdom dictates, that there
should be a reservation for minerals?
Mr. Shafroth: Well do not know.
II the minerals are reserved and
party has got right to work them II
would polIute the water and defeat the
very purpose OF the bill.
The bill was passed the last day OF
the first session OF the Twenty. seventh
Congress, July !. 1902.
II Senator Foraker. on the bare ac
cusation Of having used his position in
Congress to further the interests Of a
corporation should have to retire from
pubIIclife, why should Mr.. John Shat
roth, whom the record shows to have
acted for the water company In Con
gress as we'll as out. be promoted to be
governor OF Colorado for IL?
Cañon City record., 1908-10-22

been passed before the session closed,
it would have been a mere mess Of
words-not law?
Moreover, "Honesjohn." your law
makers and state ofacials did not no
tice these blunders and actually un-
dertook to put this imaginary law into
effect; but as usual the Supreme Court
was forced to put it out of business.
Isn't it an outrage, "Honestjohn." "
the way the Constitution has inter-
ferred with the Democratic party?
Again Forgot Constitution.
Governor Orman then called spe-
cial session, provided the members of
the legislature with copy Of the Con-
stitution, aud asked them to make the
laws passed at the regular session con-
form to it.
Again you Democrats took advan-
tage of an extra session to pass some
ringing resolutions regarding the Ad-
miral schley controversy. Philippine
war, foreign labor, irrigation, the
Congo Free State, etc., etc.
But your statesmen were still un-
able to concentrate their minds upon
the Constitution, for the fiat tax part
of this revised revenue law was found
to be unconstitutional and a Republi-
can legislature had to correct it.
orman Forgets-Makes Improper Call.
a, irIk
overlooked perhaps If Governor Orman
in the excitement had not forgotten to
authorize in his proclamation the spe-
cial session to pass an appropriation
providing for its own expenses.
He appointed himself a committee
of the whole and deliberately misap-
propriated the funds provided by the
session to get Governor Thomas out of
the hole by paying the debt of honor"
for the money he had borrowed from
his friends to run the state. This didn't
disturb Governor Orman; but Cover
nor Thomas grew tart, testy and caus-
tic, in his comments upon this matter,
as did also your journalistic sup
porters, the Denver News, Times and
Post.
Constitution Slips orman's Memory.
The Constitution also undertook to
interfere when the governor unlaw-
fully authorized the payment for the
Worlds Fair Exhibit out of the gen.
eral fund: but "Honestjim" won.
Democratic governors have some
rights that even the Constitution has
got to respect!
I wish had time, "Honestjohn," to
list all of tie absurdities and Illegal
tiles of the Democratic lawmakers and
administrations in this state, but it
would make this letter too long. But
there is enough here to enable you to
tell the people why they should not
elect Democratic legislature in Colo
RADIO. Yours very truly,
E. e. RITTENHOUSE.
Cañon City record., 1908-10-22
Shafroth Serves
Water Company
IN CONGRESS AND ouT-lE FOR.
AkER RETIREs, HOW CAN
sHAFRoTH REMAlNf

sHAFRoTH REMAINf
Senator Foraker has apparently
been retired from public life on the
mere accusation that he acted in Con-
gress in the capacity of attorney for
q corporation. He denies the fact, and
1t has not been proved, but the mere
attack has apparently been enough to
place him on the retired list.
John Shafroth, when he was in Con
gress, acted for the Denver Union
Water Company to get a valuable priv
ilege passed through the House for
them, and the record shows It.
Prior to that time he had been at
torney for this corporation. aud he has
acted as attorney for them since.
When he was in Congress. he advo-
Gated giving to that company 1850
acres of government land in connection
with a reservoir, and the bill was
passed. and they got the land The fol-
lowing is part of the colloquy that en-
sued
The Speaker: Is there objection?
Mr.. Cannon: I want to ask the gel
tlemen from what committee is the bill
reported? What is 1t about? 1t sells
1000 acres of land to a corporation at
$1.25 per acre. .sg
Mr. Shafroth: Yes.
Mr. Cannon: That is held not to be
wise in the Philippines. Is 1t wise in
the United States?
Mr. Shafroth: Yes, 1t is wise under
these circumstances. will explain
the provision of this bill. The bill was
introduced in the Senate by Senator
Teller and passed the Senate about
week ago.
Mr.. Speaker: The water COM
pany that furnishes water for the
city Of Denver is at present erecting
a very large reservoir up in the noun
tains. This reservoir is going to cost
somewhere in the neighborhood of
$1,GO0,O0O and it's near completion.
This company supplies the citizens of
Denver with water for drinking pur-
poses and other domestic use. So far,
they have found dificulty in protecting
what may be termed the water shed
for that reservoir For instance, they
have found dead animals in the stream
above which contaminates the water.
They feel that in order to get a pure
water supply 1t is absolutely neces-
sary that this land be sold to them by
the government The bill originally
introduced took in about 10000 acres
Of land but the Senate committee after
examining the matter very carefully
cut 1t down to 1000 and some odd
acres 1t takes in the water shed that
covers this reservoir, so that they can
fence It. SO that they can prevent any
contamination of the waters Of the res
ervoir. Some provision OF this kind
is absolutely necessary In order to IN
sure the purity of the water. These
lands are worth practically nothing.
They are rocky lands. This reservoir
is located, Isthink. about 5000 feet
above the sea level. II is some 200
feet in depth, It extends about seven
miles in one direction. 1t Is SO large
and so deep that the Kaiser Wilhelm
could float on it fer seven miles.
Cañon City record., 1908-10-22

About 800 enployes q tAs varseua
state Institutions ere now woslEfag ~
Asr Tie new civil service law pnossd
b. ~ Rspubisoan Legislature q ioe7.
Tlse Civil Dsrvios CsnAisssoa y psu-
eee11ng cAstioosiy - - nj - 61Blnro
e0eisasy q essvics b aAy WaV. ~ u
- tiae ~ rogulrslsnAq & - RQ
~ ~ ngt1ly saeacspa
Cañon City record., 1908-10-22
IN COLORADO LAW-MAKlNG
OPEN LETTER TO "HoNEsT-
JOHN. SHAFRoTH.

Denver, Colo, Oct. II, 1908.
Hon. 'Honestjohn" Shafroth. Demo
cratic Candidate for Governor.
Sir: .s-E
Give me your ear. "Honestjohn," "
while tell you Of some of the bowling
absurdities OF Democratic law-making
in Colorado. From these you will be
able to understand why the people will
not elect a Democratic legislature this
fail.
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CHAPTER v.
At the Bon Ami.

Unlike most of those who ride much
her escort was a fast walker. Louise
had trouble in keeping up with him,
though she had always considered her.
self good pedestrian. But Jim Mum
son was laboring under strange en-
barrassment. He was red-facedly
conscious of the attention he was at
tracing striding up the inclined
street from the station in the van of
the prettiest and most thoroughbred
girl who had struck Velpen this long
time.
Not that he objected to attention
undeI normal conditions. Not he! He
courted it. His chief aim in lie
seemed to be to throw the limelight
of publicity, first, on the Three Bars
ranch as the one and only in the cate
CORY of ranches, and to be connected
with it in some way, however slight,
the unquestioned aim and object OF
existence of every man, woman ana
child in the cattle country; secondly,
on Paul Langford, the very boss OF
prop and stay of the northwest, if not
of all Chirstendom; and lastly, upon
himself, the modest, but loyal servi-
tor in this Paradise on earth. But girls
were far from normal conditions.
There were no women at the Three
Bars There never had been any
woman at the Three Bars within the
memory of man. To be sure, Willis
tons little girl had sometimes ridden
over on an errand, but she didn't
count. This-this was the real thing,
and he didn't know just how to deal
with it. He needed time to enlarge
his sight to this broadened horizon.
He glanced with nonchalance over
his shoulder. After all, she was only
a girl, and not such big one, either.
She wore longer skirts than Willis
tons girl but he didn't believe she
was day older. He squared about
Immediately, and what he had meant
to say he never said, on account of
an understandable thickening of his
tongue.
Presently he bolted into building,
which proved to be the Bon Ami, a
restaurant under the direct supervis-
ion of the fat, voluble and tragic Mrs.
Higgins. where the men from the
other side of the river had right of
way and unlimited credit.
CTO BE CONTINUEp)
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on the morrow. But" he concluded,
"Jesse's goin' to fight like hell against
bein bound over"
well, WELL" said Brown, perplexed-
ly. But the brand, Jim, it's not
yours or Jesse's either"
"Quainted with any r ranch in
these parts?" queried Jim, shrewdly.
81 amt"
well, neither am l." confessed
Brown, but that's not sayin there
amt one somewhere. Maybe we can
trace it back"
"Shucks!" exploded Jim.
Maybe you're right, Jim, but l
don't propose to lose the price O that
animal less'n l have to. You can't
blame me for that. paid good money
for it. If it's your'n, why, of course,
it's yourn. But l want to be sure first.
Sure you'd know him, jim? How
could you be so blamed sure? Your
boss must range 5000 head"
'Know him? Know Mag? I'd know
Mag eff my eyes were full o soundin'
cataracts. He's an old and tried friend
O. mine. The meanest critter the
Lord ever let live and that's a fac.
But the boss calls i'm his maggot.
Seems to actually churish a kind o
lection for the ornery critter, and
says the luck o. the Three Bars would
sort O. peak and pine eff he should
ever git rid O. the pesky brute. Maybe
he's right. Leastwise, the critters his,
and when a things yours, why, it's
yours and that's all there is about it.
By crack, the boss is some madi
You'd think him and that wall-eyed,
cross-grained son-ofa-gun had been
kind and lovin' mates these many
years Well, amt met up with this
ornery critter for some time. Hullo,
there, Mag! Look kind O. sneakin',
now, don't you. wearin' that outland-
ish and unbeknownst J r ?"
Bill Brown thoughtfully surveyed
the steer whose ownership was thus
so Unexpectedly disputed.
you hold him." insisted Jim. EFF
he amt ours. you can send him along
with your next shipment, can't you?
What you wobblin' about? Amt afraid
the boss II claim what amt his, are
you, Bill Brown"
We'll. | can't hep myself, guess"
sad Brown, in a tone of voice which
told plainly Of his laudable effort to
keep his annoyance in subsection to
his good fellowship. You send Lang
ford down here first thing in the morn
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Jim. how did it come about? An,

Jim, how did It come about? And
who's the lady? Lord. Jim. you of all
people!" He laughed uproariously.
Jaw, come Off" growled Jim. in
petulant scorn. You make me tired!
You're plumb luney, that's what you
are. I'm after the new gal reporter
She's due ON that low-down, ornery
train. Wish-it-was in kingdom
come. Yep, do, for fac"
ooh, well, never mind! l didn't
mean anything" laughed Brown, good
naturally. But it does beat the
band, Jim, now doesn't it, how you
people scare at petticoats. They
amt pizen-honest."
Jim looked on idly. Occasionally
he condescended to head a rebellious
steer shutewards.e Out beyond it was
still and sweet and peaceful, and the
late afternoon had put on that thin
veil of GOODNESS which is a God-given
refreshment after the heat of the
day. But here in the pen all was con-
fusion. The raucous cattle-calls of
the cowboys smote the evening air
startlingly.
Here, Bill Brown" he exclaimed
suddenly, where did you run across
that critter?" He slapped the Shout
der of a big, raw-boned, long-eared
steer as he spoke. The animal was
on the point of being driven up the
shute.
What you want to know for? asked
Brown in surprise.
Reason 'nough. That critter be-
longs to us, that's why; and l want to
know where you got him, that's what
l want to know"
You're crazy, jim! Why, l bought
that fellow from Jesse Black t. other
day. I've got bill of sale for him.
I'm shippin' couple of cars to Sioux
City and bought him to send along.
That's on the square"
81 don't doubt its. far as you're
concerned, Bill Brown" said Jim, but
that's our critter jest the same, and
I'll jest tote i'm along f you've no OBJ
jections."
We'll, I guess mott" said Brown, la
conically.
Look here, Bill Brown Jim was
getting hot headedly angry, didn't
you know Jesse Black stands trial to-
morrow for rustlin that there very
critter from the Three Bars ranch? ?"
mo, | didn't" Brown answered
shortly. ANY case?"
81 guess yes! Williston O the Lazy
S saw this very critter on that island
where Jesse Black holds out" He
proceeded to relate infinitely the story
to which Williston was going to swear
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Copyright by A. c. McClurg & Co., 1919
SYNOPSIS.

George Williston,' a poor ranchman,
high minded and cultured, searches for
cattle missing from his ranch-the Lazy
S." On a wooded spot in the rivers bed
that would have been an island had the
Missouri been at high water, he discovers
a band of horse thieves engaged In work
ing over brands on cattle. He creeps
near enough to note the changing of the
'Three Bars" brand on one steer to the
~. r." brand. Paul Langford, the rich
owner of the Three Bars" ranch. is sent
for by Williston and is informed of the
operations of the gang of cattle thieves
a band of outlaws headed by Jesse Black,
who long have defied the law and author
tiles of Kemah county, South Dakota,
with impunity, but who, heretofore, mad
not dared to modest any of the property
of the great Three Bars" ranch. Willis
ton shows his reluctancy in opposing a
band so powerful in politics and so dread
ed by all the community. LanStoru
pledges Williston his friendship Il he
will assist in bringing Jesse Black ana
his gang to justice. .Langford is struck
with the beauty of Mary, commonly
known as "Willston's little girl" Louise
Dale, an expert court stenographer, who
had followed her uncle Judge Hammond
Dale from the east to the ''Dakotahs,
and who is living with him at Wind city,
is requested by the county attorney;
Richard Gordon. to come to kemah ana
take testimony in the preliminary near
ing of Jesse Black. She accepts the inyl-
taton and makes her first trip INTO the
wild Indian country. Arriving at Velpen
across the river from Kemah. she IS met
by Jim MunSon, hot headed COWBOY OF
the Three Bars ranch.
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