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The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-05
DEMAND EQUAL
ACCOMMODATIONS

A suit demanding dining and
sleeping cars for Negroes, and all
other travelling conveniences, as
are accorded white passengers,
was filed yesterday before the cor
poration commission against every
railroad in Oklahoma, by a com
mittee of prominent colored peo-
pie.
This step demanding separate
and equal travelling facilities was
decided on at the colored state
Baptist convention at Oklahoma
CITY last October A committee
Of colored reverends and attorneys
was appointed to get the matter
in Legal shape. The papers were
arranged and suit filed yesterday.
The complaint is based on the
Graham bill, commonly known as
the Jim Grow bill" which COM
pels railroads to maintain separate
and equal accommodations for the
colored race. The complaint states
that separate accommodations
have been provided, but not equal.
A smoking car, woman's CON-
partment, station or depot steps,
diner and sleeper are asked. The
complaint also asks that white
passengers be prevented from pass
ing through the coaches for colored
people either in getting to or from
the white coaches; also that more
care be exercised in placing bag
gage trucks. This latter grievance
arises from the fact that as the
coach for the colored people is u.s.
ually Immediately behind the bag
gage car, the baggage trucks are
often very carelessly left near the
entrance to the colored coaches, OF
carelessly moved back and forth
thus endangering the comfort and
sometimes the safety of the colored
passengers getting on and off the
train.
The committee filing the com.
plaint consisted of Rev. w. FL. Jer
nagin of Oklahoma City, Rev. t
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-05

AY, NJ. G. A. building, costing
100000 is soon to be erected in
Washington City. An interesting
fact in connection with the con-
struction of the building, is that
every brick will be laid by a color
ed man and so per cent. of the
work will be done by colored labor.
Mr.. w. S. Pittman, the architect
of Washington City, drew the plans
and wrote the specifications.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-05

Among the enjoyable events of
last week was the Chittling supper
at the Porters and Walters Dining
Room. About forty guests were
present to partake of what a whole
lot Of people think the best part of
IA shoat. As usual, there were many
calls for the popular dish long after
its exhaustation. Percy Wallace
an accomplished pianoist of Salt
Lake, furnished music for the oc-
casion. Whist was an attractive
feature of the evenings enjoyment
on account of the prizes offered
which were won by Mr.. Elsie and
Mr.. Brooks and Miss Mary F.
Holmes and Miss Lucy Turpin.
Among the out-of-town guests were,
Messrs. Brooks, Eldridge, Jen-
nings, Atkins. Brown, Miss Ii. .Blev
ins, Mss NJ. Ford, Louis Bingham,
rs.EGoders, j. G.. Davis, 7. B.
vColsnan,- W-rM Thomas, H. Warm
ley.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-05

The late Senator Wills of Wis
consin made bequest in his will
of Sl0,0C0,C00 for the State Uui-
versity at Madison. A provision
is made that in the use of his be-
quest to the University for the
assistance of young men in pur-
suit of higher education-prefer-
ence be given to colored students.
In inserting this provision in his
will Senator Villas paid a tribute
to the Scholarship ambition of
young colored men. We wish to
say that there are many men of
prominence in this country who
are friendly to the colored man,
and Senator Villas is only one of
many, who sees the possibilities
in the higher education of colored
youth. This bequest of Senator
Wills came as great surprise, as
in his life he never evinced any
friendly feeling toward the race.
1t only goes to show what preju-
dice will do. The Senator no
doubt was averse to offending the
South and waited until he should
be where adverse criticism could
avail.-The Sentiment Maker.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-05

the secretary OF the Y. M. y. "A. IN
a community than to pay the sal
ary of a policeman. -r
'As for the white man, let him
remember in this, as in all other
matters, that to do justice to the
colored man is demanded not only
by the interest of the community
every class of citizens shall feel
effect of the raising or degrading
of any class.
"'All men up is safer motto
than some men down and it is in
the interest of every class of any
community that members of ev-
cry other class shall feel that in
dustry, sobriety, good behavior, the
conduct that marks a man as being
a good neigh Dor and a good citizen
should receive a proper reward, so
as thereby to put premium upon
the development of such qualities.
Il am not speaking of social
relations; [ am speaking of equal
ity of treatment before the law, of
equality of opportunity to earn a
living, of equality of opportunity
to earn the respect that should be
ACCORDED to the man who behaves
decently and is good neigh hbor
and good citizen.
"There are plenty of difficult
problems in this country, plenty
of problems requiring patience,
forbearance and good judgment if
they are to be dealt with wisely,
and which cannot oy any possibil-
ity receive even an approximately
complete solution within a short
time. What is known as the race
problem is one of the most diff
cult; and it exists in the North as
well as in the South.
"But of one thing we can rest
assured and that is that the only
way in which to bring nearer the
time when there shall be even an
approximately fair solution of the
problem is to treat each man on
his merits as a man. He should
not be treated badly if he hap
pens to be of a given color
nor should he receive immu.
nifty for misconduct because The
happens to be of a given color
Let us all strive, according
to our ability and as far as
the conditions will permit to Sc
cure to the man of one colol
who behaves uprightly and honest
ly, with thrift and with foresight
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-05

j. B. Britts of Fulton, Mo, put
up over 10000 cans of tomatoes,
beans, corn, pumpkins, sweet po-
tatoes and fruit this season. The
fruit and vegetable were all raised
on his farm. He feels SO encour-
aged over the results of his work
in this line that he intends putting
in a larger canning plant next
year and iucrese the acreage of
his truck gardening accordingly,
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-05

The Negroes of Richmond, Va.
own and control 4 banks, 4 CLOTH
ing stores, drug stores, 2 first
class hotels, 4 livery stables, 5
printing establishments, s frater-
nal insurance companies and 7
meat markets. They also conduct
an insurance and banking company
with surplus of over 100000,
necessitating the employment of
so clerks. Besides these, there
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-05

Washington, Nov 2o.-Ihe
presence of President Roosevelt
at the laying of the cornerstone OF
the-new home for the colored Y.
M. G. A., made the event most
notable one among the colored peo-
ple of the District of Columbia.
The attendance was large, includ-
ing not only a great gathering of
colored residents, but many distin-
euished officials of the federal and
local government. The president
said:
"The Y. M. G. A. has worked
among colored men for less than
30 years. For a number of reas-
ons for some time after the work
was begun very little progress
was made: indeed, at first, curious
lv enough, the churches tended to
antagonize the Y. M. G. A. But
during the last 20 years the Y. M.
G. A. work among our colored fel-
low citizens has proceeded rapidly,
and these are the very years IN
which the colored race in America
has made most progress. The re-
ligious people, those standing
highest in the colored churches,
now appreciate as they failed to
appreciate quarter of a century
ago. that innocent sports and
amusements shonld be encouraged
and that the poorest lesson to be
taught to any men of any race is
that pleasure and vice are sy-
nonymous terms.
1T is noteworthy that of the
10000 colored men attending col
ored colleges in this country half
are active members of the Y. M. c.
A. This speaks well for thespirit OF
these colleges, and gives us hope
and encouragement for the char
acter of the leaders of the colored
race in the future.
Hundreds of young colored
men are every year being lured
away from the habit of decent liv-
ing because they are not supplied
with the chance to go where limo
cent and healthy amusements are
provided in surroundings that en-
,-courage education and morality
There is possibly nothing need
ed worse in all our cities ano
towns than we'll organized Young
Mems Christian associations
which shall stand for character
building in the three-fold way il
which the Y M. G. A. endeavor'
to do it's work.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-05

Philadelphia. Dec, 2.-Dr. John
B. Taylor, the former champion
quarter mile runner of the Uniyer-
sity of Pennsylvania, died today
from typhoid pneumonia. Taylor
was the first Negro ever picked to
carry the American flag on his
breast in Olympic championships,
he running in the AGO meter race
and in the relay event. In the
summer of 1904 he visited Eng
land and France and won the ma
jority of his races.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-05

James L. Saunders of Arkansas
sold recently 36 bales of cotton to
the Goldman Cotton Company in
Little Rock. The cotton was a
long staple and sold for 81 cents
per pound. 1t was raised on his
own farm and he received for it
SI,626.75.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-05

Sacramento, Nov. A. Mrs.
Amy Ray is receiving many con-
gratulatious for having won the
first prize in the oratorical contest
recently held here under the aus
pices of the State Womans Tenn
perance Union of California. in
the contest were four white women
two white men and Mrs. Ray. In
the presence of an audience that
taxed the capacity of the Unitar-
ian Church at Sacramento, Mrs.
Ray, the only Negro contestant,
recited in a matchless way The
Modern Belshazzar," and when
she was done it is said the audience
broke forth in applause which
lasted ten minutes. She was
awarded the grand diamond medal
and graduation diploma over her
competitors, the prize being award
ed, after impartial decision on the
part of the Judges, by Prof. Alex
ander Sheriff, Superintendent of
the Public Schools.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-05
The Better Sentiment.

Once Bismarck was asked to write
q sentiment in an album and found
that the last contributor had penned
the following: II have H"ed long. and
learned to forgive much" Bismarck
wrote: 81 have lived long. and learned
that much has been forgiven me-"
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-05

Those who enjoyed the suptuous
Thanksgiving dinner at Mothers"
place are yet talking of the many
good things that were served by
the hostess, who, by-the-way, has no
superior in pleasing in the line of
serving the best eatables in the best
way.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-05

Wesson of Muskogee, Rev. H. G.
G. Caldwell of Benge, Rev. j. W.
Jones of Meeker, Rev. G. A. Buch-
anan and J. W. Capers of Guthrie
The case has been set by the
commissioner for the first week in
December-Daily Capital.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-05
| RACE NEWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

Chicago now has forty colored
doctors, among the leading ones
are Doctors D. HI. Williams, Geo.
G. Hall, Nj. A. Majors and A. A.
Wesley.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-05

Pap" Williams says the pres
ence of S. II. Hobson is greatly
missed in our midst, which is much
regretted by his numerous friends
among the R. R. boys.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-05

Messrs. S. j. Mcclure and A. j.
Harkless have purchased the sa-
loon of p. p. Person on C street
and will remodel the place in first
class style.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-05
are 80 restaurants and many other
business enterprises.


Lexington, Ky, Nov. 25.-Mrs.
Russell Sage of New York, has
given $4,000 toward the estab-
lishment of a college for colored
youth in Kentucky, to be branch
of Berea College. This brings
the fund up to $4,000, leaving
$4,000, to be raised. The college
will be modelled after tire Tuskegee
Institute, and was decided upon
when the courts declared Berea
College could not educate both
white and colored students in the
same school.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-05
ROOSEVELT
ON PROGRESS
of the Race in an Address Delivered at the Laying of the
Corner Stone of the Coored Y. M. C. A.
Building at Washington, D. c.

"It pays far better to support
the secretary of the Y. M. @. A. in
a community than to pay the sal
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-05
PUEBLO PEBBLES.

A fine piano has just been added
tc the Porters and Walters Dining
room at BOG Victoria Ave.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-19
REPORTS FROM RAND

Emmett Lee of Hebron visited Rand
last week and while here he was suffer.
ing with an attack of tonsilitis. We
hope he has fully recovered.
Harve Lampman and 'family" have
moved into the Reservation. He is to
feed for Monte Blevins this winter.
Mrs. Lampman has been visiting in
Walden the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Notman have returned
from CRANKY.
The last news from the "Big Chief
was that they had left Broux and were
headed for Idaho.
Monte Blevins was on the Reservation
last week looking over his cattle.
E. A. Arnold left Sunday for Walden
to finish the work he was doing for W.
0. Mosman. After that is completed he
goes to the Boettcher ranch to do the
decorating on the Mari club house.
Mr.. Lee says we have more snow here
than they have in Hebron. We are
using sleds here.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-19
NORTHERN COLO ADO
MINING AND MILLING
COMPANY ORGAN
iZED AT COLLINS
is CAPITALIZED At A MILLION
AND A HALF AND CONTROLS
TWENTY-FoUR LODE AND
PLACER CLAIMS OF
IMMENSE VALUE

Business and professional men Of Fort
Collins have organized Few mining
company to take over the holdings of
the Elk Mining and Milling company in
the Park. consisting of "a placer and 4
lode claims. aud capitalized at 81, 500.
600 The company is incorporated un
der the laws of Wyoming and will be
known as the Northern Colorado Min
ing company, its principal Office being
maintained at Fort Collins.
The property is located about two
miles from Pearl, and has long been
known to be a very rich placer field.
The company recently had an expert
mining engineer go over the ground
very thoroughly and from his report
the prospects for the company's future
are indeed bright
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-19
Ordinance Number ~.

Be it ordained by the Board of Trus-
tees Of the Town of Walden in the State
of Colorado.
Sec. /, That it will be misdemeanol
for any person or persons to keep or have
in their possession within the corporate
limits of the Town of Walden in the
State of Colorado any SWINE DUCKS
or GEESE.
Sec. 2. Any person or persons violating
this ordinance shall upon conviction
thereof be fined not less than Ten dol
lars $4,000 Or more than Fifty dollars
(S5O.O0) and the costs of such suit; and
in default Of the payment of such fines
and costs shall be confined in the Town
Jail, one day for each Two Dollars
(S2. 2.O0) of such fine and costs until such
fine and costs are paid.
Passed this eighteenth day of Novem-
Der A. ID. 1908. G. E. MosMAN,
Mayor
Attest p P. HOOVER,
(SEAL) Town Clerk.
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Steel For New Limo

A contract has just been let by A. E.
Welhy, vice president and general man
ager in charge of the construction work
on the Denver. Laramie and North.
western railroad, for 10000 tons of steel
rails of the largest standard weight, to
be shipped by the Colorado Fuel and
Iron company from Pueblo as soon as
possible to complete the track laying on
the first forty-mile section of the road,
says the Denver News. The tracklaying
force will at once be increased from
fifty to one hundred and fifty men and
the work of tracklaying viii he pushed
rapidly forward,
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-19
From the New York Hotel Reporter

This evening at II o'clock, with q
throng of society people in attendance,
the remodeled gentlemen's grille of the
Albany hotel was formally opened and
christened. Miss Sampson, society ed
itor of the Denver Republican, named
the room the italian Garden" and
by this name it will be known hereafter.
Miss Sampson and her party of friends
occupied one end of the pretty room,
and at a signal from Proprietor Dutton,
i'll few words announced the name she
had selected. Following the naming of
the room, the invited guests We're served
with champagne in honor of the occa-
sion and it was a late hour before the
merry party broke up.
The new room is most attractive,
with its decorations of ferns and palms
and the beautiful fountain in the CEN
ter, with its jets of water upon which
are throw :. vari colored lights, is bound
to be extremely popular with after the
theater patrons This dining room will
be resrveda for gentlemen during the
day time, but at night it will be open to
both laG!es and gentlemen.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-19
Hisho Happenings

G. G. Fliniau returned from Denver
Saturday where he had been shipping
cattle.
Mrs. c. A Brands visited with Mrs.
Fliniau and Mrs. Monahan Sunday.
Sam Haworth ana c. A. Brands went
to Walden Monday,
Chas Berquist went to the Riach coal
mine Monday.
j. johnson and Willis Briggs returned
from Laramie Saturday night.
Mrs Murray and Mrs. Thompson were
Walden visitors last week.
Mr.. and Mrs Will Doner went to Wal
den Tuesday to meet Mrs. Doner's moth
or Mrs. Neely. who came in on the stage
that night.
Mr. and Mrs. Wattenburg and family
spent last Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar Anderson
E. A. Wattenburg went to the Riach
coal bank Tuesday.
Irme Brands spent Tuesday with Mrs.
Wattenberg.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-19
'Nutj,er Yell

Nov. 2-190S in answer to Thomas Wills
of Owl Colo l am A ranchman and in
regard to resting on the Saboth day will
say we should so arrange our work as
near as possible through the week so as
to rest on the Saboth day as our heaven
ed the world and the things their in in
G days and rested from all his works on
the Z but crist said if the OK is in the
dich take him out on the Saboth day for
it would bee moar harm to leave him
suffer their than to take him out and in
regard to the bulls braking the gates on
the Saboth day let us make them strong
er and fix them on Saturday and in re-
gard to feeding our stock let us feed
moar on Saturday and late in the even
ing and leave A load of hay on the wag-
on so if nessary it can be throad off very
quickley and as for cleaning the stable
that can go from Saturday till Monday
as their is lots of stables not cleaned
once aweek and as for milking the COWS
that takes but avery short time as the
ranchman as arule milks but few and as
for farmers or ranchman going to town
to trade they can go as well on the week
day as on the Saboth and they have no
business shivering around the livery
stabels or barns for they should bee at
hoam Or at Church wheir they need not
shiver but going to town ON the Saboth
day is onley A pretext to get drunk and
drink and rails disturbances aud disre-
specs for our heavenly father and the
nobel children of god who respeck his
holey name and tries to make all man
kind better and the saloons and stoars
should close on Saturday night till
Monday morning and they should have
rests as the others as the ranChman can
go as well any other day as on the Sab
9th day and as for the hotels they
should do their work on the week days
so as to have but little to do on the Sab
9th as they could bake their bread and
cakes and pies and their meats so they
would have but little to do and let every
man try to influence his fellow man to
do better and if we would all do this
what glorious world wa would have
rIten by Respectfully
j. j. HUNTER
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-19
A SAFE, PAYING INVESTMENT
Industrial Bonds at 40 Gents on tire
Dollar

An established, reliable manufactory
marketing high. class product, can use
additional capital to care for its increas-
ing business. It offers small issue of
coupon bonds at 20 per cent discount
a S25 bond for $50 or Sl00 bond for
$50. These bonds draw 6 per cent in.
terest. mature in 0 years, and are Sc.
cured by lien on the entire assets. If
you have $50 OR more you can spare
this Is splendid opportunity to realize
large profit-more than double your
money in q few years. References ana
full particulars furnished by addressing
Drawer 252, Galesburg, Ill. dec17
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-19

The personnel of the company are all
men of stability and character and are
not putting forth wild claims as is us
ually the case when a big find is made
The officers are: Pres, S. II. Clammer;
First Vice Pres, C. A. Morell; Second
Vice Pres DIR. George l.. Hoel; Sec,
Dr. ]. G. Van Slyke; Asst. Sec, G. q,
Eckberg; Treas L. C. Woodford.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-19
Attest P. P. HOOVER,
.sEAL) Town Clerk.
Will Operate New Limo

Superintendent r. d Stewart Of the
Laramie Plains line, who returned yes
terday afternoon from trip of inspec-
ton as far south as Rambler, says he
hopes to have regular train service on
the Walden extension of the line to that
station by the Goth of this month, at the
furthest, if the weather does not inter-
fere with the ballasting of the track.
Rambler is about nine miles from Cen
tennial and is the next ssation beyond
Stewart The trains will run from Lar
annie to Rambler and back the same day.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-19

The Denver National Rank has been
made the government depository to
handle receipts of the .. s. Forest Ser
vice for the territory including Colo.
RADIO, southern Wyoming. South Da-
kota, northwestern Minnesota, Nebraska
and western Kansas and southeastern
Utah.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-19
Notice Of Estray.

1have taken ppa gentle gray horse
branded p r on shoulder. The Els under
the D. Owner can have same by prov
ing property and paying for this notice.
@. d. Oviatt, Boswell Ranch.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-19

Stewards of tile Church feel very
much elated over the fact that severa
of the country people have responded to
their article in the New Era, they hav-
ing received $34 90 towards the minis,
ter's salary. Let the good work go on
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-19
Thanksgiving Dinner.

Six o'clock dinner will be served at the
Gresham house Thanksgiving, also mid
night supper. Tickets at Gresham ho-
tel, DIR. Snair, or A. G. Maine.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-19

Mr. James Garvey and wife reached
Walden last week and are now settled
down to housekeeping in the Coehrane
building. Mr.. Garvey is the head bar
tender at the Park hotel bar and is max
ing good.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-19

Ed Barber came in from Fort Collins
Monday with load of provisions. On
his way back coming over the Laramie
Plains he had the misfortune to freeze
several Of his fingers.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-19

Steve Harl of Pearl has been in town
this week having business with U. s.
Land Commissioner W. o. Mosman.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-19

The Park hotel is certainly doing hus-
mess these days, seldom an evening
passing that the house isn't filed, and
the dining room business has picked up
in proportion.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-19
NUMBER SO.

Monte Blevins smiling face was in
town the first of the week. Monte was
following it.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-19

The five room cottage belonging to
Tom Wills of Owl, burned to the ground
Tuesday evening. practically all of the
household goods being consumed.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-19

Mr.. w. I. Thompson and wife of Den
yer, arrived in Walden the early part of
the week. Mr.. Thompson is the new
chef at the Park hotel and his wife has
charge of the dining room work.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-19

Newton Bellairs, the forest ranger
has been marking out trees at the head
of the Michigan for the saw mill.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-19

Archie Trounsell and Ed Van Valken
burg returned to North Park from Lar
annie the first of the week.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-19

Mr.. Alfred H. Law left for Laramie
on business Tuesday morning. He will
probably return by the 3Oth.