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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-17
WIDER CANAL LOCKS
President Approves Increase
to 10 Feet.
COSTS MORE; CAPACITY LESS

Isthmian Commission Recommends
Change at Instance of General
Board of Navy to Provide for Prob
able ships of Future Construction.
Taft Also FavOrs Proposition.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-17
TELLS OF PROGRESS
John Barrett Addresses Bank
Clerks Meeting.
SISTER REPUBLICS GROWING

Speaker Declares that south amer
lean Countries Are Taking Rapid
Strides in ExpOrts-POstaI Inspector
keene FavOrs New Savings Banks
PIRn-Music Adds to Entertainment
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-17

Beautiful American Beauties.
The specimens grown by Guide are con-
coded superior. Fresh; long lived. 1914 F.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-17

Get an Original Can Pompeian Extra
Lucea Olive OIL. Your druggist or groc,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-17

Table d'Hote Dinner, use; Lunches n
Ia carte. Park Hotel, Winter Garden. n. Y
ave. and Ilth ST. Hungarian Orchestra
during lunch. dinner. and supper.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-17

Gatti's Olive Cream Shampoo
Is the only pure olive oil hair invigorator.
At druggists.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-17

Members of the Washington Chapter
American Institute of Bank Clerks, held
their regular monthly meeting in the club
rooms, 1914 f street northwest, last night.
W. Nick Stowell. president Of the or
ganization, presided. Immediately fol-
lowing the reading OF the minutes of the
last meeting. by Secretary Z. S Wolfe,
John Barrett, Director of the Bureau OF
American Republics. and the chief
by President StowelI.
Mr.. Barrett used as his subject, Latin
America" He said that the countries
south of the United States were just be
ginning TO be appreciated by the people
Of this country and of Europe and Asia.
Members of the Institute of Bank Clerks,
no continued. should be among the first
persons to realize the Significance Of the
great progress being made In these sister
republics, because this noticeable advance
ment involved the money question of the
world.
Great Foreign Trade.
He told OF the enormous foreign trade
carried on by these countries. Last year.
he said, the Argentine Republic carried
on the largest foreign trade in cattle Of
any country in the world. He then paid
a high tribute TO Secretary OF State Root,
and said that in his opinion Mr. Root was
one Of the greatest statesmen in history
Mr. Barrett also spoke of the good de-
rived from the Secretary's recent trip TO
the South American countries.
Il believe that the sending Of our great
feet 10 the Pacific will bring these sister
republics even closer 10 the United
States" he said
Mr.. Barrett declared that he did not be-
lieve there is the slightest danger of war
with Japan. He said that the United
States helped Japan to get a start in the
world and that this obligation cannot be
wiped out in a few years. Il say, there
fore" he continued, that there is no
danger Of war When the feet reaches
the Pacific Ocean the war will be forgot
ten
MIR. Barrett then told his audience Of
the great strides made by the South
American republics he said that the
public buildings, the bOulevards. the the
aters. the newspaper buildings. and in
fact, all the improvements Of those coun-
tries, can compare favorably with the
large cities of this country and of Eu-
rope
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-17
PERFUMERIES.

All soc Extracts Friday and Sat
urday, 25c OF.
Pivers Extract, Azurea, and lie
Trefie. zoe OF.
Colgate's Shaving Soap Sc per
cake.
Florida Water. worth 25c, Isc
Packers Tar Soap. Ice per cake.
Patey Cold Cream, imported, Sc.
Court Plaster FREE.
Best French ROsewater. per pint.
bottle included, 25c.
Pure Vaseline, pound bottles: reg
ular price. soc. Special. 2Jc.
Sugar Milk, in pound packages, 30c
Now Bic.
Nursing Bottles. for Ice.
Black LicOrice, sticks for sc.
Absolutely Pure CaTbOlic Acid. To-
o. bottle, Zoe.
EPSON Salts, per pound, SC.
Domestic Bay Rum, 2Se pint.
Imported Bay Rum, 39c pit, use OF.
Handy Lotion. for ehapped
hands, regularly 25c. Special,
loo.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-17
QUININE PILLS Or CAPSULES.
DAILY DRUG NEEDS.

Feed the Polly with SunfOwer
ED. 4 pounds, zoe.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-13
An Adventurous Correspondent.


Few newspapers in the United
States ale able to commond the SER
vices of as brilliant corps Of corre-
spondents as the Chicago Record.
Herald. Its choice of Walter Well
man to represent it at Washington
is . good illustration Of its wise pol
10y Of getting the best there is to be
had. Mr.. Wellman has won a natl
onal reputation as . magnetic and
resourceful news writer. And now
he is preparing to clinch his reputa-
ton for originality and daring by
trying to reach the north pole in an
airshlp.
Whatever may be the results OF
Mr.. Wsllman's daring attempt to
reach the pole this summer in an air.
ship and send the news of the voyage
at once to The Record Herald by
wireless telegraphy, the Wellman-
Record Herald expedition is sure to
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-13
Too Bad for Carioature

Martin Ohuzzlewit" was publish
ed IN 1843, when this country was
pretty fresh aud raw and more gen
orally infusnced BY frontier society
than it is today. That it's American
scenes contained much very broad
satire is undeniable, and Americana 6
did not relish them, though they
were highly delighted when Dickens
had fun with his own countrymen.
There were indignant denials, which
are still heard from the lips Of young
persons whose memories does not 60
back quarter Of century and who
have had no experience Of the crud-
tiles which were fair enough target
for visitor or native.
But there is in the living present
an individual who completely obsoures
all the imaginary characters Of Dick
ems story. There never was such
another snorting patriot, such a rant
ing actor, such a spouter Of grandilo
quent nothings, such cruel murder
er Of the English language.
We refer to the Hon. JEFF Davis,
senator from Arkansas. It is said
that during his latest dsliverancs
not more than half dozen senators
were in the senate chamber at the
same time, and that 'shis colleague,
Senator Clarke, was the only one re-
naming in seat throughout, and he
looked ~ if he felt ashamed to be
there"
Anyone but Davis must necessarily
have felt ashamed. The who Q
country should feel heartily ashamed
of the Davis performance. The
"Arkansaw Bear" is oeasing to be a
joke.-Chicsgo Record Herald
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-13
OF Course.

A Sunday school teacher in Bryn
Mawr was questioning her class about
some prominent men of the Old
Testament. "Now, Henry, can you
tell me who was the visest man in
the bibleY" she asked. "Noshp'
Henry answered promptly. "Oh, no,
Henry" the teacher said, "you mean
Solomon, don't your" "No, ms'am
I mean Noah" "What makes y0u
think Noah WAS the wisest man P''
"Well." said Henry, my papa says
a man like Solomon with 600 wives
and 800 porcupinss is a blamed old
fool, while Noah knew enough to get
in out of the wet when it began to
rain!"-Ex.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-13
GREAT CANAL.
But 0iIgnt mistake Made
About Our Doctor.

Regular monthly meeting of the
directors of the Fort Lyon Canal
Go. was held in the Office of Secretary
Frank Kreybill Monday. All the
directors were present except DR..
Hssty who was too busy running for
school director in Lamar, and it
might bs added by the way, that the
doctor was defeated. Regular rou-
tine Of business and passing Of bills
was all that came before the board
Lee Hardesty has . force of teams
and scrspers at work on the Horse
creek reservoir embankments. When
this work is completed the reservoir
will have q capacity three times
greater than at the present time.
Farmers have b id the benefit Of 0
run of water for twenty-four days
this spring, but when this work ii
completed which it will be before
June, the reservoir will have a capa-
city of nearly seventy five days run
ming water.
The number Of acres oflsnd lying
under the Fort Lyon Canal is one
hundred and fifty Thousand, and the
number Of acres irrigated is seventy
Thousand. There 1857 miles Of lat
eral bitches.
Horse Creek reservoir covers 2,
$50 acres and has a capacity Of 26,-
$50 acre feet Of water, that is the
reservoir when full contains enough
water to cover 26, $50 acres one foot
Adobe Greek reservoir, which will
be completed in another year, covers
$500 acres and has . capacity Of
81,270 acre feet of water.
When these two reservoirs are com.
pleted they WILL have . capacity of
10000 acre feet of water and the
cost will approximate 100000 or a.
bout $3.50 an acre. Placing val.
ne Of $75 An acre, which is a fair
price, ON these 80, 900 acres they are
worth six millions, seven hundred
and fifty thousand dollars.-Bent
Oounty Democrat.
Brother Wick is all right when il
comes to describing the Fort Lyon
Canal, but he wants to keep cleal
of Lamar school politics. DR.. Hasty
did not run for director, and will be
found very much . member of the
board if we don't miss our guess.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-13
THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY
Colorado Offers Gre ater induco-
mont to all Glasses Of People
than ANY Other State.

mont TO all SVdoB6B OF p00Pt0
than Any Other State.
"Colorado, the land of OpPortnn-
ity," is the title of folder just is
sued by John Brisbane Walker, owner
of the Cosmopolitan magazine. A
few of his most pertinent paragraphs
are as follows:
Colorado offers inducements to
young men such as are found in
no other state in the Union; her i'm
msnse. but only partially developed
resources embracing every variety
Of riches.
There are agricultural stretches
more productive than the valley OF
the Nile. Shere are hundreds OF
thousands of acres of coal into which
no pick has been put. There are
fruit-raising sections which bring
moro profit, acre for acre, than any
soil in California. There are manu-.
factures only in their infancy as yet
which must always be protected by
the long rail haul of the near est
competitive points.
"Ten years ago the beet sugar in
dustry was unknown in Colorado.
Last year the product was estimated
at 1926, 100000.
'It is common saying that the
surface of Colorado has only been
scratched. New fortunes are con-
stantly being made in new districts
The common and legal bank rate OF
interest is from 6 to 8 per cent.
There are Thousand enterprises
ready to return large dividends, but
untouched because Of lack OF cspi-
tal."
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-13
Help IL Along

The National Corn Exposition
which was held in Chivago last Oct
ober will be held in Omaha this year
during December.
Last year this Exposition WAS linn
tied to corn and over 425.O00 were
distributed in prizes. The great in
terest shown in this work and the
popular demand for such an Exposi.
ton has led the managers to include
all of the small grains in the Exposi-
zion.
The Association has set aside
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-13

$4,000 to be distributed to Colorado
exhibitors. Let US get together and
raise fund to bo added to this sum
and make it worthy of our great
state.
With our grains and grasses we
come in open competition with every
State in the Union. If We can give
the proper enco uragement and all
put their shoulder to the wheel, there
is no reason why Colorado products
should not lead in this great agricul-
tural exhibit and win her share of
the laurels. 1t is for everyone Of us
to push this great work, for it is
through this means only that We can
convince the world of our wonderful
resources.
Every farmer should prepare q
portion of his land and crop with
the intention Of making a record
breaking exhibit. We are confident
that we can lead all other States
in agricultural products.
F. Knorr of the Agricultural Coll
ege Of Fort Collins has been elected
as Vice President Of the National
Corn Exposition for Colorado. Any
information in regard to exhibits
will be cheerfally given.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-13
20 YEARS AGO
Notes frem The Lamar nsalstsr Of
May II, 1888

There were four tickets at the
school election which resulted in the
election Of DR.. w. NJ. Cummings as
secretary and James Swift as treas
urer.
The county convention at Las
Animss elected the following dele.
cation to the state convention: Capt
Doak, Granada; DR.. Cummings, La.
mar; A. E. Kellogg, Rocky Ford; L.
Crepps, Sheridan Lake; F. g South,
La Junta; Henry Kellogg, Wilde; j.
@. Coad, Las Animss. (They are all
but one away from this section now.)
Joe Sparrow was acquitted Of kill
ing 1. P. Olive at Trail City in the
district court at Pueblo ON Monday,
and arrived here that evening accom-
panied by party of friends. Joe is
feeling very we'll. Ut will be seen
from this that the acqulttal of mur.
derers attracted very little comment
those days.)
There was long scsount in the
paper of the suicide OF Mrs. Jack
Flood, who took arsenic because jssl-
ous of her husband.
The round up composed Of 200
cowboys was In town. I It would take
considerable territory to get that
many together now.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-13

be conducted by Mr.. Wellmsn with
the same cool courage and whole
soulsd enthusiasm that have made
him an ideal newspaper oorrospon-
dent.
Mr.. Wellman was born in Mentor,
Ohio, in 1858. At IA he began his
newspaper experience, establishing
at that ago weekly paper in the
little town Of Sutton, Neb. In 1884
he became the Washington CORE
spondent Of the Chicago Herald, for
which spaper he visited the West
Indies in 1892 and located the land
ing place Of Columbus, marking the
spot with huge stone monument.
In 1894 he made his first dash for
the pole, reaching the latitude Of 81
degrees northeast Of SPitzbergen.
In 1893 he tried the same fascinating
quest again, penetrating a. far as
Franz Josef Land. On both trips he
had wonderful success in discovering
new islands and securing new scien-
tific data which have been Of great
value to the American Geographical
Society. His voluminous writings
for scientific periodicals. and popular
magazines have shown the same in
oisive thought and keen insight that
have marked his journalistic work.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-13
WAS TOO MUCH FOR PAPA.
Childish Questions Were Becoming
Entirely Too Personal.

There is a member of the faculty of
George Washington university, who,
to use the words of colleague, lis
as rotund physically as he is profound
metaphysically," says tina Phiiadel
phia Ledger. |.
One day the professor chanced to
come upon his children, of which he
has a number, all of whom were, to
his astonishment, engaged in an earn
est discussion of the meaning of the
word absolute"
Dad" queried one of the young
sters, Can man be absolutely good?"
mo"
Dad" put in another youngster,
can man be absolutely bad?"
mo"
Papa" ventured the third child, 9
girl "can a man be absolutely fat?"
Whereupon the father fed In
eontinently.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-13

paign circulars II they reached the
house on Saturday so as to be on hand
for Sunday, but they "side-stepped"
the meetings, unless some bright par
ticular star of verbiage had been an
nounced to speak. Nationality cut
always figure, sometimes more.
sometimes less, in their predictions,
but personal interest was the key
stone of the arch of their political
gateway. Occasionally a proposal to
do something which might interfere
with their ideas Of right or wrong.
or entail considerable pecuniary sac
fee upon them, would result in mass
meetings." which were largely attend
ed. and at which much pyrotechnical
oratory was INDUCED in. At these
mass meetings they generally had the
aldermen in tho ward attend; and
when the alderman got up to speak,
he knew what was expected of him,
and usually went with the current"
If he didn't, he would "go up the
spout" the next time he ran.
The business men in the different
wards had a great deal more power
than they OWNED, but as business"
was their first thought, they left pol
itics to the politicians; and thereby
hung their scalps. But once aroused.
and maddened by the sound of human
oratory, and they would sometimes de-
velop into solid voting force that
would sweep the politicians off their
feet But as a rule they were apa-
thetic about everything but the fetish
of business"
Those who were business men and
politicians combined, who had pay
ing business and paying combination
with official life, were not an unusual
sight; and these were surely the
subtlest in the game. If their candi-
date 'lost out" and they were gently
separated from the trough" they
simply smiled and went on doing busi-
ness "at the old stand" If their can
didate won, and they were retained in
office, they won out at "the store"
and also at the "city hail." thus both
"eating their cake and having it."
and outdoing in completeness the
southern process of catching the
'possum "a-comin' or a-gwine"
ERNEST M'GAFFEY.
Copyright, 1908. by Joseph B. Bowles)
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-13
One Of the
Essentials

of the happy homes of to-day is q vast
fund of information as to the best methods
of promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge of the worlds
best products.
Products of actual excellence and
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and which have attained to worldwide
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the happy faculty of selecting and obtain
ing the best the world affords.
One of the products of that class, Of
known component parts, an Ethical
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mended by the Well-Informed of the
World as valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA. To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine, manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-13

Of representation in the official rosters
of the ward clubs and displayed a
commendable activity in public af-
fairs from the simple reason that
they could not afford to be dead
ones" Business men who were active
democrats, or active Republicans, as
the case might be, boldly hung the pic
lures of their party candidates on the
outer tlements-meaning the plate
glass windows of their establishments.
But OF course il man was an "all-
round" politician, like the proprietor
of thirst boudoir," he hung them
all up, Democrat, Republican, Inde-
pendent, Labor, Socialist, Socialist
Labor, and even, when waggishly in
clined, the portrait of the Prohibition
candidate
Now, your business man" who was
on good terms with his employees, was
political power to some extent. He
did not control, by virtue OF the Aus
tralian ballot, the votes of the men
who worked in his establishment; but
II he was a snrewd man, and treated
his men right, he could swing a good
many votes the way he wanted them
What so easy as TO have q quiet talk
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-13
The Figures Settled II.

Two men got into an argument dur
ing lunchtime in the Astor house ro-
tunda at New York the other day.
One was from the east. one from the
west. Each had many things to say
OF the infinite inferiority Of the rest
Of the country. Finally the man from
5 the east challenged: Come out here
an get licked, you big stiff" he
begged.
You can't lick me-" said the other,
decidedly.
"Cer'nly l en- lick you!" shouted
the man from the east "Lookee
here"
He went to a weighing machine
near at hand and solemnly climbed
up on it. He peered at the dial for Q
moment. "There!" he said in tri.
umph. 1.-TWO hummer and forty-eight
pounds. Cer'nly en- lick you"
The westerner walked over to the
scales and focused one eye on the
needle. Guess that's ri', he com.
mented. "Gissa drink, bartender"
Who can say. after that, there ia
need for an International Peace 90
ciety
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-13
OLE MIS- MOON WITH THEM.
No Chance of the Visitors Being
Homesick in the City.

Nine. Fairfax was wont to stand on
the porch of her old Virginia home
and rejoice on moonlight nights in the
Beauty, says the Youths Companion.
There's my moon," she would say,
as it rose from behind the eastern
hills. Look, Dahlia, see how beauti-
'ul it is," and her tiny colored maid,
who was ever at hand with shawl or
AN for her beloved mistress, would
answer, enthusiastically Your moon
certainly do look pow'ful handsome
tonight"
When Nine. Fairfax journeyed to
the city to visit her son, Dahlia, look
ing out of the window with wondering
eyes on the first evening of her life
away from home, exclaimed, in voice
Of mingled astonishment and relief:
Well | declar' to goodness, if ole
Mis- Moon amt done come along to
Washington wifi me an ole mis-! We
can't be homesick nohow, wifi ole Mis-
Moon shining on u.s."
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-13
TRAINING of ROYAL Children.

rope are brought up much more simply
than American children of the
wealthier classes because they have
none of the party engagements and
school affiliations that take up so
much of the time of American chill
dren. The Russian children are
brought up according to the English
customs, living much of the time in
the open air, and are said to be a
strong, jolly lot of youngsters, the
small boy who is the crown prince
imperial being an especially pre-
cocious youngster.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-13

with the men," showing them that the
prosperity of the business, the sue
cess of the plvt (the workmen's
bread and butter, dye see) depend
ed on the election of this or that set
of men? Was it done? Well, Well!
Certainly when a boss was dis
liked he could not have swung a soli-
tary vote with a hawser, but when
the men liked and respected him. they
could be and were influenced by that
magic argument. nationally cele-
brated, locally vital, the full dinner
pail"
This argument could be used in any
old election, from alderman to presi-
dent. These big business men sell
dom personally held any interviews
with the small fry" politicians of the
ward. They had their representatives
to deal with the question, and when
fully identified with any particular
party, they were counted on to con-
tribute to the campaign fund The
popular idea of money spent in polit-
ical warfare is that 1t goes for whisky
and to bribe voters. Comparatively
little goes for whisky to what it was
in the old days. and as for bribery,