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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-01-23
ETHAN ALLEN
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Interesting Upwrittcn History of YER
months Hero.

| the Hopkins and Allen Arms company.
appears In the February issue of Field
and Stream, and Is the third paper of a
notable series, entitled, THE History of
| American Arms and Ammunition. now
running in that publications.
It was noted in the Introductory ar
; ticle of this series that many of the
! earlier American guns were manufac-
tured by the Pennsylvania Dutch and the
Hugucnots Of Maryland, but such manu-
featuring was invariably conducted on
a small scale. For the first thtcc-quart-
ers century of our national life New
England practically controlled all
branches Of manufacturing, and Yankee
| inventive talent accomplished so many
marvels that 1t became provcrbial the
world over. For many years Connecticut
was popularity esteemed the home of
| inventors. and though the State was
made the butt Of many quiet Jokes as
| the land Of wooden clocks and wooden
nutmcgs tho fact remains that It still
holds prominence In. many lines of
mocha niCal production, and notably in
! the making of firearms. Many factories
were established In Connecticut and
| Ma ssa Chusetts, n few Of which still con-
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-01-23
A CALL OF HUMANITY.

We go our ways In life too much alone
We hold ourselves too far from all our
kind
Too often we are dead to sigh and moan
Too often to the weak and HELPLESS
blind;
Too often where distress and want abide
We turn and pass upon the other side.
o friends and brothers, passing down
the years,
Humanity is calling each and all
In tender accents born of grief and tears
I pray you listen to the thrilling call.
You cannot, In your cold and selfish pride,
Pass guiltlessly upon the other side.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-01-23
COCOANUT sOUFFLE.

One and one-half cups milk one-fourth
cup sugar, three level tablespoons corn
starch. ono-fourth level teaspoon salt,
ono level teaspoon butter, one cup shred
dcd cocoanut, whites four eggs
Scald the milk in a double boiler. Mix
and serve with cold custard sauce and
lemon Juice.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

Assistant Surgeon Bacon. United
States navy, has been detached from
duty at the naval hospital. New Fort
Lyon. Colorado. and ordered to duty
on the cruiser South Dakota.
Satisfactory assurances have been
given the navy department by the of
ficials and citizens of New London.
Connecticut. that there will be no fur
ther discrimination against the enlist
ed men OF the navy or the uniform of
the United States in the places Of
public amusement in that city.
In response to an invitation ex-
tended by the United States govern
ment in behalf of the Geological Sur
vey. Great Britain. Germany and Bel
GUM will send to this country in Au-
gust their leading experts in the pre-
vention of mine disasters to aid in
the inauguration of the work here
Acknowledgement Bonaparte an.
nounced that every effort will be made
to secure a revision of the recent de-
cision and opinion of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of
the Standard Oil Company of Indiana.
and that an application for re-argu-
ment of the case and "A motion for a
mOQlflCatlOn OF tne OPINION VIII be
submitted to the court.
The secretary of the interior has ap-
proved for patent to the state of Colo
RADIO list No. IL of land selected under
school grant, embracing z1,l90 acres
in the Denver district Part of these
lands are within the boundaries of the
Park Range national forest, but the
state selection was made prior to the
creation of the national forest, and
therefore the patent will issue to the
state. The secretary also approved for
patent to the state of Colorado list No.
of school land selections, embracing
l ,591 acres in the Hugo district.
Col. Thomas W. Symons, corps of
engineers. was placed on the retired
lise of the army on the 30th ult. on his
application, after more than thirty
seven years o: service. Colonel Sy-
mons is now employed on the New
York State Canal Commission He
was formerly superintendent of public
buildings and grounds in Washington.
Presidency Roosevelt has accepted
the honorary presidency Of the Peace
and Arbitration League. which is the
outgrowth of the North Carolina CON
gress and which has as its object ade-
quate armament and effective arbitra-
ton.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06
BUILDING TO
FORT COLLINS
PROGRESS OF THE DENVER, LAR
AMIE AND NORTHWESTERN
RAILROAD.
BUYS TIES and RAILS
COMPLETION OF FIFTEEN MILES
OF GRADE OUT FROM
DENVER.

Denver-The Times Wednesday ev-
ening says:
The Denver, Laramie & Northwest
this city through Fort Collins and
Granger to Seattle, has let the contract
TO the Continental Tie and Lumber
Company of Houston, Texas, for l20,-
900 cross ties for use in constructing
the new line. That order will be sui
ficient to lay seventy miles of track
and will aggregate $50 carloads. The
shipping of the order has begun and
seventy-two carloads have already been
distributed along the route as far as
graded. The company has also placed
an order with the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company for It's steel rails. These
rails will be eighty-five-pound weight
the same as is used by the bigger trans
continental roads. The company has
also made the appropriations for the
purchase of the equipment necessary to
operate the first division of the road.
of Denver has been completed and
there are now several hundred men at
work in the various camps.
The new company has taken almost
half of the fifth floor of the Ernest &
Cranmcr building for its general of
fices and now has about sixteen rooms
in use for the various departments
Plans are under way for the rushing of
the work on the grades and 1t is ex-
pected that trains will be operated into
Fort Collins before the end of the
year.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06
Proof Positive,

There is usually some convincing ar
gument to a question OF doubt, II one
Is only bright enough to think of 1t al
the time OF controversy. The farmer
was able to produce the indisputable
without delay Of circumlocution. A
number of people were gathered
round the bulletin board OF the Read
ing Eagle. on which was announced
Death OF Frank Miller
Two farmers from the extreme
backwoods were gazing At the various
items of news. when one OF them
spied the lugubrious statement, and
pointing II out to his rustic comrade,
remarked innocently:
''It says on that board: Death Of
Frank Miller Is that your"
NO." replied the other. in all sert
ousness. My name is John"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06
GENERAL NEWS.

At the international regatta at Havre
Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock won the
race for seventy-footers.
Earl Roberts, the famous British gen
eral. will visit Winnipeg Aug. 10th and
will later go west as far as Banaff in
the Rockies.
The cholera that has made its ap-
pearance In Russia this year is most
virulent. According to Investigations
made by a distinguished medical au-
thority. the sanitary conditions in the
Volga towns are horrible.
The imperial yacht club of Kiel. Ger.
many, will send three Congerclasse
yachts to Marbehead, Mass. in Au-
gust. 1909 for a series OF races with
any three American special raters that
they may be presented. The trials are
open to ali American clubs under the
auspices of the Eastern Yacht club.
Under the motto. Resistance to Ty-
ranny Is Service to Humanity and a
Necessity of Civilization" the Hindus
of the northwest. numbering some s.
600 or 5000. are perfecting an organl-
zation with headquarters in Seattle. the
object of which is spreading popular
and scientific education in Hindu.
stdn' uut Nhi'h ~ i.'hi''' ~ 70 "'
clared. aims toward the overthrow OF
the British government in India.
Rev. f. c. Dinwiddie of Springfield.
Ohio, legislative superintendent of the
National Anti-Saloon league. has ac-
cepted an invitation to conduct a par
liamentary campaign in England for
local option after the American Ilan.
Walter Goodwin, a farmer. who at
the last term of the county court at
Hopkinsville, Kentucky. gave the
names of seven men. who. with him
self, composed might rider" squad
ron at Central Furnace, was shot from
ambush and seriously wounded while
returning home a few nights since.
Until recently he had been under the
constant protection Of militia.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06
SAVAGE FLING At AUDIENCE.
InebrIated Orator Resented Disappro~
al Of His Condition.

Like many statesman OF the
past" said Senator Bevendge. "he
drank too much. And one Fourth OF
July morning. on a platform hung
with flags and flowers before the
courthouse of a country town. facing
an audience OF farmers and their fam
lilies that had come from miles around.
the statesman arose to deliver the In
dependence day GRAFTON in slightly
intoxicated state.
HE was not incapable OF an ora
ton. but his unsteady gait. his flushed
face and disordered attire spoke i'll
Of him. and the audience hissed.
He held up his hand. They were
silent Then he laughed scornfully
and said:
Ladies and gentlemen. when .
statesman OF my prominence consents
to appear in such a little. one-horse
town as this. he must be either drunk
or crazy. ! prefer to be considered an
inebriate.' '''-Washington Star.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06
Pitkin County Official Arrested.

Aspen. Colo.-William II. McNichols,
assessor of Pitkin county. and one of
the best known and most popular Off
cials of this section was arrested We'd
nesday on charge Of embezzlement.
The warrant on which he was taken
into custody was sworn to by members
of the board of county commissioners
and specifically charges the theft Of
s1.100 while McNichols was treasurer.
A second warrant charges him with
failing to turn over $4,000 in his hands
TO his successor two years ago. This
action is the result of the report OF an
investigating committee recently ap-
pointed iy the commissioners to exam
inc the books Of the treasurer's office.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06
-Four Million Trout.

Denver-Four million Colorado
trout will be placed in the streams
of this state this fall. according to
General Superintendent OF State Fish
Hatcheries w. s. kinkaid. who has
Just completed the work of collecting
the spawn OF the native tout In Mar
vine and Trapper's lakes. The eggs
have been distributed among the va
rious hatcheries OF the state. and It
will take from thirty to forty days
for them to hatch. according to the
temperature OF the water. About 4.i00.-
900 eggs were taken from the trout
and fully 100000 OF these will hatch
and the minnows will be large enough
to be transplanted in the many trout
streams of Colorado early in the fall.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06
HEALTH AND INCOME
Both Kept Up on Scientific Food.

Good sturdy health helps one a lot
to make money.
With the loss of health ones income
is liable to shrink, II not entirely
dwindle away.
When a young lady has to make her
own living, good health is her best
asset.
II am alone in>She world" writes
a Chicago girl, dependent on my own
efforts for my living. I am clerk, and
about two years ago through close ap-
plication to work and boarding
house diet, l became n nervous In
valid, and got so bad off 1t was almost
impossible for me to stay in the office
a half day at time.
"a friend suggested to me the idea
of trying Grape-Nuts. which / did,
making this food large part OF at
least two meals a day.
To-day / am free from brain-tire.
dyspepsia, and all the ills of an
overworked and improperly nourished
brain and body. To Grape-Nuts I owe
the recovery of my health, and the
ability to retain my position and in
come" There's Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Read THE Road to Well
VILE" in pkgs
Ever read the above letter. A new
ono appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
Interest.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06
Farmers Favor Reservoir Project.

Glenwood Springs. Colo.-B. T. Ma.
pier. Monday night addressed the land
owners of Cattle Creek in reference
to the proposed Spring Park reservoir
the building OF which is now in con-
temptation by the government. He
told the farmers that one of the con.
ditions to be exacted by the govern
ment was that only 100 acres could
be owned by one man under the reser
yoir. All the farmers agreed to this.
and the Cattle River Association was
formed. with Napier as president. The
site has been surveyed.
+. f. Rittenhouse. state insurance
commissioner. has been invited TO
speak before the National Fraternal
Congress. which meets August 1919
at Put-in-Bay. Mich. The question Of
rates will be one OF the principal sub.
jects for discussion. and 1t will be
along this line that the Colorado com.
missioner will address the congress
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06
Dissolution and DistiIIation

A man who had made his fortune in
the West returned to his boyhood
home in Ohio to spend it.
Whats become of John Falvey?"
he asked of some old friends he met
at the hotel.
"Oh, he's dead. Drank himself to
death. We buried him two years ago."
well, l declare. So old John is
gone. And where is Jim Robinson? Is
he dead, too?"
"Oh, yes; we buried him three
years ago. He drank himself to death,
too"
you don't tell me. And where is
old Peter Marean? Has he passed
over?"
Yes" said one of the home folks.
"Old Peter has been gone about
year"
You buried him year ago. Well.
we'll
"Oh. no." was the reply; Eve didn't
bother to bury him. We just poured
him back into the barrel"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06
Real PHILOSOPHER.

Philosophy. says Jerome X. jerome.
10 the art OF bearing other peoples
troubles. The truest philosopher he
ever heard OF was woman. She was
brought into the London hospital suf-
fering from a poisoned leg. The house
surgeon made a hurried examination.
He was a man of blunt speech. 1T
will have to come or" he told her.
What. not all of IT." The whole Of
II. I'm sorry to say" growled the
house surgeon. Nothing else for it?'
No ether chance for you whatever" +"
explained the house surgeon. "Ah.
we'll. thank Gawd it's not my cad"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06
Friends of Iesse Moods. the sIxteon

Friends of Jesse Woods. the sixteen
year-old boy held for the United States
District Court on a charge of robbine
the postoffice at Colorado Springs of
valuable checks and money orders, say
that his downfall was caused by read
ing yellow novels of the Diamond
Dick" variety.
Seven, and possibly eight, new
schools will be opened in the eastern
part of Ell Paso county this fall, near
Ramah, Calhan, Widefield and other
small towns. Another progressive
step is the adoption of uniform text
books throughout the county.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06
Mh., Womsn h.x. Done.

Mrs. N. r. Johnston OF Richmond.
Ind. gave an interesting account at
the Boston biennial Of the G. +. w G.
OF the Art association OF that city.
which II ten years old. Five hun
dred dollars 10 appropriated each year
for the purchase Of picture.
and the council gives 500 for
the annual exhibition. The stand
ard in pictures and crafts has
changed. she says. and in the next few
years much is expected that will give
the children the opportunity OF great
er culture and knowledge OF art
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06
Fort Morgan Daily Paper.

Denver.-A Fort Morgan dispatch OF
July 2Sth says: Beginning next Mon
day this place will have a daily paper.
The Fort Morgan Times believes the
city of sufficient size to Justify this
move and Monday the first issue of
the Evening Times will make its APP
pearance. The growth of the city the
past year has been so great that many
citizens believe daily should be
started
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06
Thought She Knew Him.

short time ago a surgeon had
three leg amputations in a week. The
unusual number caused talk in the
surgeons household. and his little
daughter Dorothy was greatly inter-
ested. A few days after the last oper-
alton, the surgeons wife and little
Dorothy were rummaging in the attic.
In the trunk was found daguerrotype
depicting a girl about eight years OF
age. The portrait through peculi-
arity of pose. showed only one leg of
the subject. the other being doubled
up under her.
whose picture is that, Mamma?"
asked Dorothy.
Mine: 1t was taken when I was a
child not much older than you are
now"
Did you know papa them"
mo. dear. Why do you ask"
Il thought maybe you did. cause
you've only got one leg. eg."-Delineator.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06
Greeley Dogs Unmuzzied.

Denver.-A Greeley dispatch says:
The order issued April 23rd by Mayor
Green to chain or muzZle all dogs was
rescinded July 27th. II is believed that
the precaution saved injury and per
haps lives. for during the last three
months twenty dogs have died from
rabies in this locality and nearly as
many have been shot because of show
ing symptoms of the disease. The rab.
les started from mad coyote.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06
MAKING II PIea.ant For Him.

Mabel-Papa, what did you say to
Harold that upset him so? He was alb
Ient-minded and nervous all the even
Ing after he had been in to ask your
consent.
Mabel's Papa-Oh. nothing much.
After giving my consent, l merely ad-
ded that / hoped he wouldn't back out,
same as all the other fellows had done.
when he found out what temper you
dad.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06

was SO bad with KID
ney trouble that I
could not straighten
up after STOPPING
without sharp pains
shooting through my
back. l had dizzy
spells. was nervous
and my eyesight af-
fected. The kidney
secretions were ir-
regular and too fire.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06
Hotter Than hades.

A Hot Springs. South Dakota. mar
met fellow from Phoenix. Arizona. re-
Gently and writes Smoke Wreathcs"
to tell OF "A little discussion they had
about the weather.
"How's the weather In Phoenix"
asked the Hot Springs man.
Hot" replied the Arizona man.
How hot?"
We'll, it's so hot that Phoenix man
who died last week and went to Hades
found II so chilly there he had to send
back for his overcoat"-Denver Post.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06
M Runnlno About

Mrs. Gadder (reading an adj
Shopping by mail! How ridiculous!"
Mrs. Ascum-Why SO?
Mrs. Gadder-Why, how can one
shop by mail? You can only buy things
by mail.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06

quent. I was in a terrible condition.
but Doan's Kidney Pills have cured
me and have enjoyed perfect health
since"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster -Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06

New factories are springing up like
mushrooms in the Rhine country, and
all are built substantially. There is n
general complaint, In consequence. OF
the scarcity of labor. 1t has been
said that no man in Germany is idle
unless he chooses.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06

The average man tries 10 console
himself with the belief that he isn't
half as big fool as he used to be.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06
Put More In.

One morning. Just before starting
to school. little Bobbie. aged six.
years. was watching his mamma put
up his noon lunch. Suddenly he said:
Mamma. I wish you'd let Katie put
up my lunch instead Of doin' 1t your
self. Won't your"
ITS no trouble. my dear"
II know"
Then. why"
cause. mamma, she's got bet
ter appetite than you. an she puts
more in."-Delineator
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06

Misery loves company. but we feel
sorry for the company.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06
ArERRieLE CONDITION.
Tortured by Sharp TwInaes, Shooting
Pains and Dizziness.

Hiram Center. 61s South Oak
street, Lake City, Mimi, says: II
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06

There is still hope for the bachelor
who reads the marriage notices.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-06
The Derver Business University

Colorndo.s Greatest School of shorthand and Basi.
meas. Finest building. Best Location In West.
Shorthand taught by owner, who is experienced re-
porter; commercial branches. by accountant and
once Fall session opens August 81. students
may enter any time. Address. q. II. ARTLIp,
Preside MT. Cor. ". 37th Ave. and Bryant Street.
Den ger, Colorado.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25
Wet or Dry Proposition to
Be Submitted to the
Voters To-Day.
Republicans Making Strenu-
Gus Efforts to Disrupt
Democracy.
Movement In the Lone Star
State Purely a Moral One,
Politics and Negro Cues
ton Having Little to Do
With it-Liquor Element
Won Fight in 1888.
av AssocIated Press.

Austin, TEX, July 24--Imagine a
"dry" Texas-an arid desert stretch
ing from Texarkana to FL Paso and
from Beaumont to. the Panhandle
265,000 square miles of unirrigated
gloom, with never an oasis on all its
dreary wastes-a Texas given over to
the polite illustrations of the soda
fountain squirt" with the white
Tobed dispenser of good red Ticker, ::
guaranteed 10 Kill at forty rods, ban
ished from its confines, forever.
Yet it is this staggering PROPOSE
ton on which the Democratic voters
of Texas will vote at statewide
primary tomorrow and if the ques-
tion carries, as appears likely, this
legislature must frame Up constitu-
tional amendment in favor of state
wide prohibition to be voted on next
year. And statewide prohibition in
Texas means something. since it will
Danish liquor from a territory extend
ing $50 miles in extreme breadth and
$50 miles in extreme length.
Considering the matter by and
large, it is small wonder that the
threat of prohibition has become a
burning issue in the Lone Star state,
and that the adherents and oppon-
ents of the measure Nave lined up
for one of the greatest political bat
ties in TexaS history. Tomorrow
primary. as the first preliminary
Skirmisn In ne warfare, follows a
heated campaign which is only a
foretaste OF veat viii come if the
question is putsup to the legislature
and the voters .at large. The state
is aroused as if has never been be-
fore and the fight will be to the
knife and the knife to the hilt
Although the vote at the primary
Is not legally binding on the Iegisla-
5ure, it will be in effect an instruc-
ton to that body to pass a prohibl-
ton amendment OF the constitution
for submission to the pepIe at the
next election. II requires a two
thirds vote to pass such an amend
ment. but the legislature would hard
ly ignore the wishes of the people
expressed at the primary.
Prohibition in Texas is not a social
or political issue. as in many south
ern states, but purely a moral one.
The negro problem has little, if any
thing, to do with it. Most of the ne
groes of the state are in the east
ern and southeastern sections Prohi.
Kbition sentiment is strong in the
tnorthern part and anti-prohibition in
the southern part 1t has been
twenty years since prohibition
amendment was submitted to the PEG.
pie by the legislature. That was in
1888. AID it was defeated by 100. 600
at the polls
The prohibition fight, following the
warfare that was waged between the
Bailey and anti-Bailey factions and
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