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The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31

THE work Of removing the old soft
1 sandstone or east front of the
treasury building and replacing it with
new granite recalls to several old resi-
dents the story told how the site for
the building was selected.
Tradition has it that Andrew Jack
son, who was then president of the
United States, appointed a commits
sion to select suitable ground for the
erection of a United States treasury
building, and that after the commits
cion had, after looking over several
tracts o. land, failed to reach a. deei.
sion as to which would be the best, the
president himself selected the site.
1t is said that one morning in 1888,
while President Jackson was out walk.
ing, he met the chairman of the site
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31

OSCeIvSFSs
There is an old fellow who lives in
a dry" New England town who has a
very poor opinion of New York. to
which metropolis he recently made a
visit. 1t may be remarked in passing
that the old gentleman is one of the
pillars of the church in his native vii
lage. Upon his return home he sat for
some time upon sugar barrel at the
grocery, and then suddenly burst out:
Them fellers down to New York ia
as bad as thieves! Cheat your eye
teeth out fore you know it,"
Gosh, Hiram! You don't mean tn
say you got buncoed at your age?" the
storekeeper demanded, dropping the
nail tongs.
Yes, I did, too!" was the angry re-
ply. Il went to sody-water fountain
an asked the feller for his best sassy-
prilla, an l give him the regular
wink
"Well?' the storekeeper demanded
well, by Heck! l got it," was the
disguised reply.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31

Corn Is getting to be one Of tho
great products Of the world, although
the United States has the first call.
The uses to which corn may be put
are rapidly increasing in number. Max
ing glucose from the grain is the foun-
dation OF an important industry, and
a New York concern, finding the Amer
lean supply petering out, is importing
stock from Argentina. But there is
promise of bumper yield in our corn
states next fall, and the foreign article
Is merely stop-gap. The mills will
run at still livelier rate whom the
home supply comes to market.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31
The Tuberculosis CONGRESS,


Few things which mark the modetn
progress of civilization have advanced
SO rapidly as knowledge Of the nature
and durability of tuberculosis. The
decision Of physicians that tho disease
10 not hereditary has lifted burden
Of dread from thousands of hearts, and
the success of methods of treatment in
the early stages of the disease has
brought hope to thousands of others.
But far more important than this has
been, and will be, the work of bringing
about an understanding Of the dangers
of the disease and impressing the ne
cessity Of precautions. From Septem-
ber 21 to October IL the United States
will be the host of the international
congress on tuberculosis, which is to
meet in Washington. Mr.. Roosevelt
has lately accepted the presidency of
the congress. The occasion will un-
doubtedly be the most important event
that has yet occurred in the fight
0e3oAAoI IAO AOdu uA0Oo9O. xuO NOA.
vention will bring together the most
noted experts of the world, and meth.
DDS of treatment and prevention which
have shown the best results will be
illustrated. 1t will be as interesting
to the layman as to the physician. for
in the stamping out of consumption
much Of the work will have to be done
by laymen-officers of state and city
governments, the police, boards of
health and private citizens. 1t is to be
hoped, says the Youths Companion,
that the congress will also do some
thing to allay the groundless fear
which many persons have of anyone
known to be suffering from tubercu-
losis-an attitude which frequently
renders it impossible to secure the
most desirable sites for treatment
camps or hospitals, and often results
In grave injustice, If not actual cruel
ty, to the individual. If due precau-
tion is observed, isolation is in no way
necessary. This, indeed, is the chief
lesson which those most familiar with
the matter are trying to impress.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31
Spanl<ing-Room at Court Is a Success

testing for the first time the spanking
room. Judged by his remarks, it is
going to prove bowling success. In
every case after the punishment has
been administered the culprit is re-
called to the courtroom to explain
publicly why he has been spanked. In
addition to thus administering doses
OF the rod, the city is also washing
about $4,000 boys every week in the
baths which it has just opened.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31
Peculiar Teeth of Fish.

Teeth of the fish vary more greatly
than those of any other known Great
ures. Their teeth are not divided in
to incisors, CANNES, and molars, as in
animals, but almost every kind of fish
has differently shaped teeth, all ex-
tremely sharp pointed The front row
stands up erect, but those behind are
more or less recumbent. There is nev-
er any difficulty in identifying
sharks tooth.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31

gold mine in the eleventh.
he probably could tell onhand he
In the first Bryan
gate After Bryan had been Guney
thoughts bo]ng in his head
every ehort to swing his the Bryan
Four later Col
His thousands always
he credited with
to the Bryan campaign in
Co.. Guney fighter and he ndenaby
sylvana politics. whether
feud between the candidate
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31

When the let
the Democratic national convention
make the nominating speech But Mr. Johnson
Out there ST. James,
CHAP nominating
have had nominating
that objection
more nominating be done, I'll Win
mascot"
Hammond lives of the string
christened
Epworth
Johnson
Congressman Hammond
when he in 1884 he taught
note that ws al
considered unateraby
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31
Women Not as Strong as Men.

Women are on the average but
half as strong as men," said DR.. Sar-
gent, the director of athletics at Har-
ward, in a lecture recently. Their
lung capacity averages but 100 cubic
inches, while that of man is 240 cubic
inches. In nearly every instance" he
said, where women excel in sports
of the rougher or more masculine sort
they have either inherited or acquired
masculine characteristics.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31

Mr.. Flagler's retirement from
Standard Oil. OH account of his ad-
vanced years, would seem to be par
donable, though he is not thereby
wholly freed from carking cares. A
man who is almost an octogenarian,
and who has got several hundreds of
millions of dollars on his hands, has
need to be anxious lest he may die
disgraced.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31
Making colle9ians Feel Small.

Come to New York;" said the popu-
lar tenor of college glee club. ''Oh,
Lord, no, we won't come to New York.
What's the use? New York is the one
place in the country where a college
glee club cuts absolutely no figure. In
every other city and town our arrival
is a social and artistic event. We are
lauded and feted. Everybody enter
tains us, everybody comes to hear us.
We are easily the heroes of the sea-
son. After a round of such greetings
every college glee club, no matter how
level-headed. gets to the point where
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31

A woman lecturer in Boston sneers
ut men for wearing starched collars.
She is unreasonable. Lots of collars
are only starched when they come
from the laundry, not after they are
on awhile
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31

Count Tolsto1 is fortunate if he as.
pires to have his books become best
sellers. The Russian censor has Just
ordered three Of them suppressed.
How some American writer's who want
circulation must wish their writings
could be suppressed.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31


Wilmington daily
public
calculated the
Of
Democratic committee of Delaware
speech formally
before the convention.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31

it needs to have the conceit taken out
of it. Well, the best way to achieve
that salutary experience is to go to
New York. We might sing ourselves
hoarse in that town and nobody out
side a limited college circle would ever
know we were there. There is too
much else going on. New York, that
submerges so many things, can make
even a college glee club feel mighty
small potatoes. Y. Press.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31

This does not imply II. Kern Is a
o man
Indiana
dissolution Senator
he
elected Just time
EXPIRED Since ne dropped out Of politics a
years ago. Indiana had been practically
ana Mr. has in
He graduate of the
la" kokono
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31
Fond Lover in Hard Luck

For tapping the pavement with his
stick to let his sweetheart know when
he passed beneath her window, a law.
yer's clerk was sentenced to two day,
In Jail as public nuisance In Lcudou.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31

Why" asks the New York Times.
do people shoot at balloons?' R~
cause 1t IL so easy for fools to lei
things to shoot with.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31

The community of feeling between
the strenuous president and the sud-
den kaiser is again illustrated by the
latter's advocacy of tax on bachelors.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31

According to a complexion expert.
blondes may safely walk in the sun.
though many Of them will prefer to
continue using an automobile.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31
Proposed Charity for CITY.

VT0P08eU O11d1T0y TOT VTIy.
A municipal Pasteur institute, where
victims of dogs or other animals
whose bites produce rabies. can. be-
cared for at cost or at the city's ex-
pense, is proposed by Chicago alder
man.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31
COL. JAMES NJ. GUFFEY

Col. James M. Gufey, Democratic boss Of
Pennsylvania, who furnished one of the most SEN
sational features of the Denver convention in his
fight with Bryan. less than two years ago was
read out of the party down in his own state But
he resolutey declined to stay dead. Anybody at
all acquainted with the Pennsylvanians makeup
knows that retirement for him will be but tenn
porary, and that he will be shufling the cards in
the political game for good many years to come
Guffey is political fighter for the pure love
of the sport. He has held the Democracy Of Penn
sylvania in the hollow of his hand so to speak,
for more than ten years. He has never asked
for an Office and could not be induced to take one
He is referred to oil magnate in six states,
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31
WINFIELD SCOTT HAMMOND

Winfield Scott Hammcnd. the man who placed
the name of Gov. Johnson in nomination for the
presidency, is member of congress from the
Second Minnesota district
Hammond is the official Johnson nominator
This thing of nominating Johnson may almost
be said to have become a habit with him. He
nominated Johnson at the Minnesota state conven~
tion one time and to the surprise of largo
number OF people who thought they knew some
thing about the game of politics the country edi-
tor was nominated To the surprise, too, of all
even larger number of people, he was elected.
When his term was out Congressman Hammond
arose before another state convention and nomi.
mated him again. This time the outcome was not
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31
IN THE PUBLIC EYE
JOHN WORTH KERN

John Worth Kern, selected by the Democratic
convention at Denver as Bryan's running mate
In the national campaign of this fall is conceded
TO be the leader of the Indiana Democracy
Mr.. Kern has run several times for governor
and each time he was said to have reunited tho
warning factions of the Democratic party and to
have won over large Republican following, but
each time he was badly defeated. He was elected
city attorney in Kokomo in 1871 and served
several years. He was elected reporter of the
Indiana supreme court, but was defeated for re-
election. He served two terms in the state senate
and one as city attorney of Indianapolis but some
Republican always happened to come along to
oust him.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31

Keep It in Your Mind.
Make yourself a sheep and the
wolves will eat you.-Italian.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31
LEVIN IRVING HANDY
Levin Irving Handy of

Levin Irving Handy of Delaware came into
the limelight at the Denver convention; after an
absence of years, because of his selection br the
managers of Judge George Gray's presidential
campaign as the man to place the Delaware jurist
before the delegates candidate for president.
Besides being politician and an orator, Mr.
Handy has been newspaper writer, lecturer
and school teacher. In 1898 and 1899 he was
the entire congressional delegation Of the state of
Delaware in the lower rouse of congress, and for
little while he,was the whole delegation in both
houses, during the brief period in which both
seats in the senate were vacant. After nerving
one term, Handy was defeated for reelection by
Republican and retired to private life
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-07-31
Big Force to Take Next Federal Census
0eceivers.

eminent would care to bear the cos
OF another enumeration so soon.
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-08

Mrs. ID. w. Dunsworth, has just re-
turned from the city of Old Mexico,
where she has been visiting her
daughter Mrs. j. B. Bedwell, form
erly resident of this city. Mrs.
Dunsworth has been absent in Mex
leo the greater part of the summer
and has enjoyed her trip greatly.
She made many side trips from the
city of Mexico and saw all the places
of interest while there that she pos
sibly could. She was delighted with
the climate of the city of Mexico
and says that il was never warm
there. Mr.. Bedwell at the present
time has charge of the pay car as
conductor of the Mexican Central
railroad and is also chairman of the
grievance committee of the Order of
Railway Conductors on that road.
He speaks the Spanish language flu
emily, as do all the Bedwell children.
The trip was a most pleaasnt one for
Mrs. Dunsworth.
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-08
Circumstances Indicated That Young Man Had Been Fouy
Murdered in the City But he is Found in
Demented Conditon--Uncle Suspected

A series of circumstances brought
to light in this city yesterday gave
good reasons for believing that a
foul murder had been committed ia
an apartment in one of the leading
roomng houses in Grand Junction
Some mysterious occurrences and
some CORY finds caused number OF
people, including Sheriff Schradel
and other officers, more than a usual
amount of concern. The final eli
max of the affair and the unravelline
of the mystery proved that no muir
der had been committed, but that a
young man, prominent in town IN
Oklahoma, who was here with his
uncle, had been deprived of his rea-
son.
There is a most interesting story
in connection with the matter.
A few days ago there came to this
city, after the older man had had
considerable correspondence with the
well known real estate firm of Rich
Hutchinson, well to do Oklahoma
farmer. and his nephew.
The older man came to the valley
for the purpose of making invest
ments in orchard lands if the con-
ditions here suited him.
Wednesday night (the first night
the visitors were here) they stopped
at rooming house near the depot.
The next day the younger man COM
planned of the rooming house to Mr..
Hutchinson, and stated that he de-
sired more comfortable quarters. Mr.
Hutchinson then took the two men
TO one of the Oldest and best known
rooming houses in Grand Junction
and there they secured a room. The
landlady showed the two men two
different rooms on the second floor.
One of the rooms had windows open
ing on the yard, the windows being
about IL feet from the ground. The
other room had windows opening on
the roof of veranda.
The young man in looking, out of
the windows of the latter room re-
marked:
Men could climb into this room.
We will take the other room"
The landlady was somewhat sur
prised at this remark of the young
man., but thought no more about II
for the time being.
= The two men went at-once. to the
room, s:the windows ofs;which looked
out on the yard. 1t was then late
in the afternoon. The men, SO far
as known. did not leave the room
again during the evening. ~.
Late In the evening the landlady
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-08
A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE

The entertainment given the visit
ing newspaper men in this city at the
LaCourt, after the Democratic Ma
tional convention is bearing fruit.
Quite few very extended articles of
the Grand valley have been received
in this city, written by the special
correspondents who were given a
supper the day of their visit and also
driven through the valley. A very
excellent article was received in this
city yesterday by Il. E. Sands of the
reclamation service published in the
Milwaukee Sentinel. The article ap-
peared on the first page of this very
well known paper under the title of
Millions In Fruit From One Valley"
The article was from the pen of T.
W. Brahaney and was worth thou
sands of dollars to this valley, as it
would be read by man thousands of
people.
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-08

| and one or two other persons in the
| house heard one of the men in the
room call out: THAT door is bari
caded. No need of trying to get out
or in that way"
Other somewhat mysterious re-
marks were heard issuing from the
room.
Late in the night one of the Ia
dies in the house was awakened by
hearing a cry: Now, don't treat me
that way, pal
the two men.
Noises as of furniture being -.loved
about in the room was heard. Then
all was still and nothing further was
heard during the night.
The next morning, shortly alter D
o'clock. one of the members of the
family passed along the hall of the
second floor and noticed the door to
the room the two men had occupied
standing ajar. A look into the room
proved that the room was empty and
conditions therein were enough to
arouse the suspicious OF anyone.
The bed appeared to have been oc-
cupied by but one person. In slop-
jar standing in one corner was at
least a quart of blood. Burnt match
es were scattered over the floor. A
towel. all bloody and CORY, was
stretched over the glass transom
over the door into the hallway. The
screen of the large window was lift
ed out of place and was setting on
the floor The window was open.
There were some blood stains on the
window sill. On the grass, IL feet
below the window. was a beaten
down place, apparently made by some
heavy object falling from above.
Nothing could be learned of eth
er of the two men by the people at
the rooming house.
Sheriff Schrader was notified, and
he went to the rooming house and
made an examination of the room.
The family feared that one of the
men had murdered the other and
had thrown the body out of the win
dow, and then carried or had the
body carried, away. -. s--.l--
-Sheriff Schrader and all other per-
sons who examined the room and
learned of the strange remarks and
noises heard issuiDg from the room
during the night, believed that there
were good grounds for the fears.
Nothing developed until late in the
afternoon, when the older man re-
turned to the rooming house and in-
(Continued On page ~
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-08
PACKY M'PARLAND
DEFEATED PHIL BROCK
IBy AssocIated Press. ]

Los Angeles. Cal, Aug. S.-Packy
Mcfarland won from Phil Brock be-
fore the Pacific Athletic club in the
seventh round last night. There was
no knockout.
Referee Eyton. stopped the fight
and gave MCFARLAND the verdict as
Brock was in the last stages of dis
tress, having been beaten through
the ropes and chased across the ring
with a rain of blows upon his bleed
ing face.
Brock carried the fight to McF'ar-
land after the beginning and fought
gamely.
Mcfarland knocked Brock down
in the second round. but Phil was up
at the count of seven.
The bell saved Brock in the fifth
round, when he was holding desper-
ately to Mcfarland while the latter
rained a shower of hooks and upper
cuts on body and head.
At long range fighting Mcfarland
had much the best of it. his leads be-
ing clean and his measure of distance
accurate.
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-08
SAYS HE
IS BUNCOED

VIII II. Craeford, widely known in
Grand Junction, where he formerly
lived, and one of the best known rail-
road and irrigation contractors i'm the
west, has filed suit in the district
court of Denver against ID. A. Cam
field, +. $. ii. Shields and james w
McCreery, charging that the three
men have buncoed him out of $14O,-
900 in connection with the construc-
tion of big irrigation ditch for the
Montezuma Valley Irrigation Com
pany, which is located in the south
western part of the state.
Attorney Samuel n. Wheeler of
this city is one of Mr.. Crawford's at
tOrneys.
The suit, when il comes to trial,
promises to furnish some very SEM
sational features.
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-08
HERE FOR BUDS


E. S. Moncrief and l.. F. Feeney,
representing the Winfield Nursery
company, of Winfield, Kansas. are
now visiting the best orchards in the
valley in quest of hardy fruit trees
from which to take buds for their
nursery, as soon as they are in prop
er condition. Whenever tree is
found that has all of the points of
the variety 1T represents and in a
healthy and thrifty condition the
same is marked and buds will be cut
from the same later. Last year the
above company sent an expert here
who cut over 100000 buds from
trees in this valley -aud-the stock
from the above. will be ready for next
springs delivery. This year they ex-
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-08
ALLISON AT REST

minister Presbyterian church offic-
lated. There was no music. The
interment was private and after the
Presbyterian service had been read
by DR.. Bergeten the body of Che SEN
ator was lowered into its last resting
place on the hillside which ovcrlooixs
the Mississippi river.
All Dubuque paid a silent tribute
to the memory OF Senator Allison to-
day. During the hours of-the funeral
mot a wheel turned throughout the
city and every business shotise closed
their doors. Flags were hung at half
mast from all the public buildings
and hundreds Of homes and business
houses were trimmed with crepe.
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-08

pect to cut about 100000 buds The
representatives of the above com
pany, who made a thorough investi-
CATION of the various fruit sections
in the west three years ago. decided
that the trees grown in this vicinity
were the hardest and nearer perfect.
as to variety. than those found else
where, and decided to procure most
all of their buds for propagation in
this valley. That their idea was we'll
founded can be seen by the great
success growers have had with the
Winfield nursery stock. e. S. Mon
Grief will have charge OF the lower
valley and will be located at Grand
Junction. L. F. Feeney will look
after the Palisade section.
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-08
The DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION Sep. 8Tn
Especial to The sentinel)

Denver, Aug. S.-The democratic
state convention will be held in Pu-
eblo. Tuesday, September s. This
date was decided upon at meeting
of the executive branch of the demo-
cratic state central committee. held
in the Office of State Chairman Milton
Smith last night.
This VIII be the convention at
which the nominations fer the vari-
GUS state offices viii be made. and
it is more than likely that candi-
date for the United States senate will
be endorsed.
The convention will be held in the
Pueblo opera house. The official call
will go forth in few days.
The republican convention will be
held in this city on Saturday of the
same week.
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-08
WOMAN KILLED
Especial to The Sentinel. ]

Estes Park, Colo, Aug. S.-Mrs
f. E. Stockover, wife of a well
known Greeley dentist. was thrown
from buggy here yesterday and i'm
stantly killed.
Accompanied by her husband and
her chili, she was driving into Estes
park to spend the summer The
horse became frightened and started
to run. The husband attempted to
save the child and was thrown out,
which left Mrs. Stockover alone in
the buggy. In making short, turn
the buggy went over am ernbankment
and she was thrown out and instant
ly killed.