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Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-16
oURAY DOCTORS OPPOSE
THE CONTRACT SYSTEM.

a dispatch from ouray to the Den
yer Republican says:
The question OF contract practice is
threatening to disrupt the Medical as.
sociatlon Of this city. At meeting
OF the physicians a motion was made
to eliminate contract practice, and the
matter was warmly discussed.
For several years It has been the
custom OF the Camp Bird mine to de
duct a dollar a month from the wages
of its employees to be paid to the hos
pltal, for drug bills and for doctors
bills. The physicians connected with
the hospital receive onethlrd of the
collections made in this way. Other
mines have similar arrangements.
The mining companies favor the ar
rangemeuts as In the past and claim
that the action Of the medical society
Is due to professional jealousy rather
titan to the fact that 1t is unprofes.
sional, a5 some Of the physlcifns
claim.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-16

key, pinnated grouse. sand-hili crane
and the great ank have literally been
eStirpated from New England. The
Because the shooting of birds at their
mating season strikes at the root OF
their existence. Unless the spring
and summer are made a close season
We shall soon see no more of the cur
lew. plovers, wild swaas. widgeons,
wood duck, red duck and teal OF New
England. 1t is possible ilor the winged
tribes to endure the thinning out by
The shooting in the fall; but the
slaughter at the pairing season threat
ems the existence OF the whole genera.
Many would have disappeared before
now but Tor the protection they have
received from the laws OF Canada and
in certain OF our states during their
spring migration.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-16
DENIES PERMIT TO
EXAMINE PORTER LAND.
(nenver Republican.

Judge Riner OF the federal court
yesterday afternoon denied the petit
tion OF the United states district at
torney's Office for permit allowing
government officials to examine the
property OF the Porter Fuel company
Il, La Plata county. District Attorney
Ward argued that this would be neces-
sary IN order to secure evidence In
the case now pending against the Por-
ter company on charges OF securing
land by fraudulent methods. He con
tends that the land, secured under the
timber and stone act, was coal bearing
ia character at the time entries were
made, but the government will be un-
able to Introduce such evidence with.
out looking over the property. His
petition asked that such excavations
aud tmueling be allowed as the ofiic.
inls found necessary
C. G. Dorsey representing the Por.
tor company claimed that It was not
within the Jurisdiction of the court to
grant che order and considered the pc.
tition premature on the ground that
suit against the company was filed but
30 days ago. He denied the conten-
ton OF the government that his client
refuses to allow officials to enter the
ground for examination, being willing
TO make reasonable concessions upon
the return OF Judge Baldwin. the chief
counsel. from Omaha. The Porter
company viii not allow the govern
ment 10 make excavations or in any
way deface the property. according to
Mr.. Dorsey.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-16
TIE HORSE IN BATTLE

a veteran cavalry horse partakes OF
the hopes and fears of battle just the
same as his rider. AS the column
swings into line and waits. the horse
grows nervous under the waiting. II
tue walt is spun out he will tremble
and sweat and grow apprehensive. II
he has been six months in service he
knows every bugle call. AS the call
comes TO advance the rider can feel
him working at the bit with his
tongue TO get It between his teeth.
AS he moves out he will either seek to
get on faster than he should or bolt.
He cannot bolt. however. The lines
viii carry him forward and after a
minute he win grip, lay back his ears.
and one can feel his sudden resolve
to brave the worst and have done with
1t as soon as possible
A man seldom cries ont when hit
in the turmoil OF battle. II is the
same with a horse. Five troopers out
OF six when struck with bullet are
out Of their saddles in a minute. II
hit In the breast or shoulder, up go
their hands ana they get heavy fall:
II in the leg or foot, or arm. they roll
forward and fall on. Even with n foot
cut on by a jagged piece of shell
horse will not drop. 1t is only when
shot through the head or heart that
he comes down. He may be fatally
wounded. but hobbies out of the fight
right or left. and stands with dropping
head until loss OF blood brings him
down. The horse that loses his rider
and Is nnwounded himself will con
time to run with his set OF fonrs ul-
til some movement throws him out
Then he goes galloplng here and there
neighing with fear and alarm. but hs
will not leave the field. In his racing
about he may get among the dead and
wounded. but he will dodge them II
possible and in any case leap over
them when he has come upon three
or four other rlderless steeds they fall
in and keep together, as II for mutual
protection. and the rally" on the bu-
gle may bring the whole OF thcm into
ranks in body.-Buffalo Horse
World.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-16
mate vas geparated from them.

hate was stpdIdleu lTOlu tneIu.
And when you come to think about
it, the prevalence OF the disease
among army horses is the most reas-
enable thing in the world. AS is the
case with volunteers, great major
ity of the war horses come from the
country. They were bred and raised
in the country, and until they were
drafted into the service they spent all
their days in the restful quiet of the
farm. The government prefers to buy
country horses both for political reas-
ons ana because the animals are more
likely to be free from the pavement
soreness and other disorders which af-
fiict city horses. 1t also has its buyers
select animals pretty well along in
rs-anywhere from FIVE to nine
years old.
when these rustic beasts are torn
suddenly from their rustic homes and
plunged into the hustle and confusion
of camp life, II affects them just as it
does their masters who have enlisted.
Most natural thing in the world that
II should. because both of them have
been brought up in the same way"
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-16
HoMEslck ARMY HORSES.

And those volunteers" remarked
the man to a reporter of the New
York Press, are not the only war
riors that pine and die away from
homesielVness. Horses are more sus-
ceptible to the disease than men
that is, they We're so in the civil war,
and don't see any reason to suppose
that their temperaments have become
changed since
"Of course, when poor four-leg-
ged brute, with no shoulder-straps,
comes down with it. the doctors sim
ply report that such and such a horse
in such and such a troop, are of their
feed and let it go at that. But 1t is
precisely the same thing, the disorder
develops in precisely the same man
ner and the equine victims OF it man
and. what is more, the chances OF
their dying from 1t are infinitely
greater than are those OF a soldier,
simply because it is impossible to boil
ster UP their courage by telling them
(hey are going home soon. That is
She only medicine that will keep the
disease in check, and you can't admin.
lister 1t 10 horse unless you speak its
language.
? Loss of appetite is the first symp-
tom. Horses that at home were the
most hearty feeders become dainty
and particular, and refuse to look at
anything offered to them. Then they
become restless and nervous AID
pound their feet to pieces if you don't
watch them. TWO weeks will fix them
generally. Working without nourish
ment is as disastrous as fighting on
an empty stomach, and the beasts
soon contract a cold or fever and
either die or are killed.
"Out OF a consignment OF 200 horses
sent to the army corps with which
was stationed in Tennessee, more
than one-third of them became abso
utely useless from sheer homesick
ness in less than month. Twelt,
I, or thirty died, and the rest we dis
posed of as best we could.
Another circumstance which pro
duces the disease among army horses
Is the fact that great majority o
3 them have been separated from I
mate, with whom they have been ac
customed to work for years. Th
moment they realize their partner Il
missing, they go into the most abjec
mourning and refuse to be reconciled
Time and again | have seen horse
litarally grieve themselves to dealt
In an army camp because their tear
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-16
COLORADO NEWS.


Governor Buchtel has issued a
requisItion for Clinton o. Heath. un.
der arrest at Los Angeles and await
ing return to Denver on the charge OF
tmbezalemelt and larceny.
Louis Meyer. piano player of GU.
ray. slashed his wrist while In Jail
and came near bleeding to death be
fore he was discovered. When found
he was unconscious. He may recov-
er.
John Ashenfelter has sold his fruit
farm near Montrose to Cobum & Wat.
son for 100000. This is the largest
iruit farm ON the western slope and
as high as so carloads of peaches
have been shipped from 1t in one sea
son.
District Attorney Hugo sellg made
motion TO dismiss the cases against
Andrew Conuerly, Thomas Beams aad
Joe Dulmaine for violation of the mid.
night closing law in Grand Junction.
Tho minister's Of the city and the
Good itizenship league are highly in.
disnant and will not let the matter
rest.
A ear OF dynamite exploded at Blu.
ford, Nyu., from some unknown cause,
wreckng several frame houses near.
by and destroying a number of freight
cars ON the Union Pacific tracks near
the town. Telegraph poles and wires
in the immediate vicinity were torn
down by the force OF the explosion
rend sring communication by wire
west OF Bulord impossible AS far as
known no one was killed or injured
Game Warden Hodges OF Ouray is
watching a Aock Of 10 wild turkeys
1t is claimed by some that they are
the remainder of a band of tame tur-
keys that escaped from ranch some
years ago. while others think they are
the real wild turkeys. Mr.. Hodges is
also closely guarding a band OF noun.
tain sheep to see that no one shoots
them.
THE Rio Grande has never con
templatcd reduction in the wages OF
It's telegraph operators" said A. c.
lpdgway, general manager of the Den
yer x Rio Grande system in an inter
view with the Salt Lake Herald. Mr..
Rldgway is further quoted as saying
that the abrogation Of the contract OF
the shopmen Will not be followed by
reduction in their pay.
Papers ia an appeal from the dis
trict court OF Montezuma county were
fled in the supreme court at Denver
Wednesday by attorneys for the Mon.
tezuma Valley Irrigation district in an
action brought by Lillian Hartman
Johnson to restrain the county offic-
ials OF Montexuma county from includ-
Ing such land belonging to her in the
scope Of territory irrigated by the
company and to forbid them assessing
taxes against her for improvements
made by the company.
At meeting of the members of the
Sunnower Valley Beet Growers asso.
citation 1t was voted to rescind their
recent decision to stand with the
members Of the Arkansas Beet Grow.
ers' association and to accept the slid
ing scale offered by the Holly beet
sugar factory. Representatives OF the
factory appeared before the members
and convinced them that the scale
would be as profitable to them as the
s. Nat rate contracts. Five dollars
per ton win be paid for all beets yield.
ing 10 per cent sugar and $3.50 will be
paid for beets under this grade.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-16
KlNo EpwARp Ae a FARMER.
CWostmlusier Gazettel


The rich crop Of prizes which the
kings cattle and sheep have won at
the Bingley Han show. birmingham.
is the latest demonstration of his
maiesty's success as farmer. of
which he is SO deseryedly proud.
When the King began breeding nearly
forty years ago the sandriagham
farm lands were In an almost hopeless
condition. barren aad barely capable
Of cultivation Today. according to
Rider Haggard 1T Is wonderful
farm, Tor nowhere is so much high
bred stock to be seen on the Same
area" but probably nowhere VIII
you find such an array OF platos aud
cups won at shows as that which
SaIdrtngham boasts, AZ single eX.
hibition his majesty once won no
fewer than fourteen first prizes. In
1908 he captured ave nrst prizes ald
cups, in addition to numerous see
onds aud thirds; IN 1904 his prizes
numbered twenty in 1908 he won a
champion plate, a challenge cup and
eighteen other prizes. including -four
llrsts, while last year he took az the
smIthheld show ten first nine breed
cups and plates. six other prizes and
several highly commcndeds." and
every prize winner he has bred him
sell.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-16

Having failed TO best Japan IN war.
Russia perhaps thinks this ia a much
more subtle scheme; and SO 1t is. Un-
less his majesty OF japan gets ex,
tremely busy and has his parliament
enact some sort OF pure-food law
with teeth on it. his people viii nnd
themselves face to face with mon
ster besides which Mars seems pig.
my. strawberry jam manufactured Of
hayseed, pumpkin. and aaaline dyes
is only a question Of time; while for
maldehyde aud salIeylic acid are both
sure to play a profound part in the
future progress OF his empire.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-16
TO COLORADO TEACHERS.

In order to promote professional
reading and aid in the organization of
the state teachers, reading circle work
deem it advisable to issue state
teachers reading circle certificate to
all teachers who have completed the
course.
This certificate is equivalent to an
endorsement from the state superln-
tendent of the professional interest
and advancement of the teachers
work. Several important questions
upon the Essentials of Teaching
Reading" will be included in the
March examination.
If you have not taken the reading
circle work earnestly request you TO
do so at once.
KATHERINE l.. CRAIG,
Supt Of Public Instruction.
All teachers completing the reading
circle work will please report to the
county superintendent OF schools.
ROSEPHA c. PULFORD.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-16
HusslA's REVENGE ON JAPAN.
washington Herald.)

W hnAlibtDH iitihluJ
Japan will do well to observe with
kecnly analytical eye the formation OF
the Russo-Japanese Commercial com
pany. This company appears to be a
Russian organization, and from what
we gather Of the meager details sent
out, 1t is about to inaugurate a move
ment OF infinitely greater concern 70
the Land OF the Plum Blossom than
war
It appears, among other things. that
Siberian butter has long been shipped
to Hamburg. repacked and reshipped
20 Japan as German production, so
also with Russian sugar disguised as
an Austrian; likewise Russian liquors
in a German wrapper. These near.
food products, 30 1t seems, find a
ready market In the mikado's king
dom-their relative cheapness ap
pealing, especially. to the lower clas
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-16
GAMBLING IN CUBA.
tFrom The World Today. ]

(From The World Today.)
American influence has brought
aSout some important changes in Gu
ban customs. and notably in the abo-
lition Of the bun ring and the cock
pit, which used to be the chief Sunday
attractions Of the populace. Not a
few Of the better class of Havanese
desire the same fate for Jai Alai and
would rejoice to see the Fronton
closed forever High and low wager
immoderately on this game, and many
stories of ruined regulations and
wrecked business are connected with
it. Every race has its prevailing vice
and its comparative freedom from
others. The Cubans are incurable
gamblers, but drunkenness is virtually
unknown among them. Both sexes In
Havana spend a great deal Of time in
the numerous open,air cafes. but they
drink, for the most part, nonalcoholic
fruity beverages. Of which there are
IN extensive variety peculiar to the
country.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-16

around for their Easter hats. Mr..
krusehke informs The Herald that he
bought about the same quantity OF
goods as in former years, as he takes
a hopeful view of the situation and
does not look for the present quiet
time to last long. He takes the view
that with all the hard knocks that Du.
range has had, the town can't be kept
down, and he bought accordingly.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-16
THE PLAGUE ON THE PACIFIC
COAST.


There has been no excitement over
the suggestion for a war against rats
in this city but such u war is conaid-
cred absolutely necessary as "a pro
tectiye measure upon the Pacific
coast. We have already called atten.
tion to the fact that many thousands
Of rats have been killed in San Fran
cisco to prevent the spread of the bu.
bonlc plague. Up to December 1 there
had been 100 cases Of the disease
there which had resulted in GG
deaths. a campaign Of prevention
had been carried on by federal author
tiles, but with all that had been done
there was a feeling that the local pa
pers were more intent on suppresslng
the news than on suppresslng the
plague. A special commissioner for
The Journal of the American Medical
Association was very outspoken in
his criticism Of the secrecy that was
maintained
We find now that what he said is
substantiated by the president Of the
board Of health in Sacramento. That
city has been free from the plague,
but does not propose to neglect pre-
cautionary measures because of its es.
cape 50 far 1t Is proposed that large
fund shall be raised to provide for an
incossant war against the rats and
that the Importance Of the subject
may be thoroughly Understood the
board Of health has lssned pamphlet
in whiclSit says:
"The bubonlc plague Is primarily a
disease Of the rat 1t Is transmitted
by flea. A flea living on an infected
rat becomes infected. II the infected
flea bites human being the person
bitten becomes infected with the dis
ease. the percentage Of infected rats
in San Francisco has increased three
fold since Sebtember last An cpl
demic Is possible there when warm
weather begins. There are no cases
Of bubonlc plague in Sacramento We
want none. but we are in great dan
ger
Regarding San Francisco the presi.
dent OF the board indicated at a pub.
lie meeting that there was an apathy
there that deserved censure. and
something worse than apathy. One
paper absolutely denied that the city
had had a case Of the plague In an
interview citizen OF San Francisco
had charged that DR.. Blum, surgeon in
the United States marine service,
who was fighting the plague was at
tempting to work mp a scare for his
own benefit. On the other hand at
this same meeting representative
OF the marine service said that the
people OF San Francisco were aroused
now and that they were doing about
all that they could do.
So far as we know, only one of the
Pacific coast cities besides saa Fran.
cisco has had case OF the disease,
and that Is Seattle. where there had
beel two cases only up to December
It does not appear that the country
generally is in danger. but obviously
II Is a matter OF national concern that
such pest should be got rid Of as
speedily as possible -Record-Herald.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-16
MANY RAILWAY PROJECTS
CONSIDERED 1

OONSiOtkED IN CHINA.
Cwm. E. Curtis. in Record-Herald.)
ThirtyGve railway projects are
now contemplated in China Several
of them are under construction: con
cessions have been obtained for 9th
ers. and the remainder have been sur
veyed. The proposed roads combined
viii give mileage of mare than H.
000 miles, and reach every provincial
capital and commercial city of i'm
portance in China. They involve an
expenditure OF several hundred mil
lion dollars. Some OF them win not
be built within this generation. others
will undoubtedly be in operation with
in the next eight or ten years. The
railway development of China viii be
quite as rapid as that Of Japan and
India, and the ind stilal expansion of
the people viii keep nee with it.
There are practically no roads in
China. Notwithstanding the great
age OF the couatry and the remarkable
Industry ingenuity and Intelligence
OF the people. they have always been
behind in their transportation facili-
ties, and most of their commerce has
been conducted on the rivers and the
canals. The canal system is quite ex-
tensiye and millions of people are en-
gagged in boating Most Of them live
on the water and are born and die in
the cabins Of little junks and boats.
They have known no other homes ald
their parents and grandparents spent
their lives in the same way. The
traflic on all the rivers and canals is
very large. Although the boats are
small they are innumerable; their
progress is slow, but they have fur
nished facilities Tor the handling OF
an enormous commerce.
There being no roads and few
horses and oxen, the freight is car
ried to the river banks. and into the
interior, on the backs OF men. A Chi
nese coolie trained to this busiless
will trot along hour after hour, car
- us -" HNhNN uul uSL DdldIttu ut lut
ends OF pole which rests ON his
shoulders, and ii is said that they be-
come so accustomed to their loads
that they cannot travel without them,
and after having discharged their car
goes they put heavy stones in the
hampers to weigh them down on the
homeward journey.
This primitive system now feeds
the railways already in operation.
Most OF the shortdistance freight that
is brought into the stations along the
railway lines comes ON the backs OF
porters, and this method will probably
continue indefinitely, because there
are few oxen and few horses in the
empire. The long-distance freight is
carried on the backs of camels, which
move in caravans over the mountains
and the deserts, often for journeys OF
thousands of miles. as they did in the
time Of Marco Polo. Caravans from
Mini Novgorod IN Russia still arrive
in Pelling laden with manufactured
merchandise ana return over the roof
OF the world" laden with tea. But
gradually these primitive methods
must give way to cheaper and quicker
facilities. ana the 30 railroads now
projected will mrnish all the princi-
pal markets with communication and
traffic facilities with their sources OF
supply
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-16
NOTICE TO TEACHERS.

For the teachers examination to be
held March 19 and 20, per cent Will
be granted the teachers for having
completed the first two books of the
Teachers Reading Circle work.
Teachers who take the August exam
ination will be examined upon the
three books of the Reading Circle
work, and per cent given them for
having completed ii.
By order of the State Surerintend-
ent
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-16

Miss Waytng Can you explain to
me anything OF this theory TO which
scientists are giving so much thought
OF late the theory OF progmatism?
Mr. Wrapp got me now
Miss Wayting with enthusiasm) -
Oh, thnnksl It's a little sudden, bnt
since you admit that I've got you.
there is little left Tor me to do but
consider myself engaged
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-16
(From Fridays DailyJ

c. E. Mcconnell returned last eve
ming from Denver.
II. T. f. Simpson Of Canon Gallegos
was an arrival last night and is spend
ing the day in town.
c. NJ. Dougherty and Miss Alameda
Ewing, both of Pueblo, were married
by Judge Clements yesterday
Peter Docher, who was operated on
for appendicitis few days ago at the
ochsner hospital. is rapidly recover
ing.
Mrs. Elliott McGalliard. formerly
Miss May Lemon. was an arrival last
evening from Mancos,- bringing her
new baby with her.
w N. Searcy and wife came down
from silverton last evening and are
spending the Gay In town, being reg
istered at the Strater.
D.
DR.. Ochsner has a Mexican stork
It vamosed over the casa of A. Luinn
last night and dropped POGO nina
Buenoi Gracias Adios!
The friends of C. G. Carnell will
be glad to learn that he was arount
the streets yesterday after being co1
! fined in the hospital for some time.
Fred C. Grebles came down from
Silverton last night and went to Farm
ington this morning to Join his wife