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CONTEST NOTICE.
Department Of the Interior, United States
Land Office

Department Of the Interior, United States
Land Office.
Denver, Colorado. April 27, 1903
A SUFFICIENT contest affidavit having
been filed in this office by Gustaf W. or
son. conte slant. against homestead entry
No. 24662, made Jan. 20, 1907, for SWL
sEh and sen SEA. Section 10. Township
testee, in which it is alleged that said
John Bergren over a year ago left the u
3. and that he never entered on said land
nor built even a cabin on it and has aban-
doned il; that is to say the SW,4 SEa and
sEa sEh Of Sec, IS, 7. n, r. 81 y, 9th
appear, respond. and offer evid ence touch
ing said ailegation at 10 O'Clock a. m. on
ceiver at the United States Land Office in
Denver, Colo.
affidavit, filed April 27, 1908, set forth facts
which show that after due diligence per.
sonal service OF this notice can not be
made. it is hereby ordered and directed
that such notice be given by due and
proper publication.
Q. ID. FORD, Register.
VIM. L. Palm, Attorney atLaw Kittredge
Building. Denver, Colo, for Gustaf W.
Olson.
First publication in Greeley Tribune
May IA. 'Os; last publication June A. '0s.
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CONTEST NOTICE.
Department of the Interior, nited States
Land Office,

Denver, Colorado, April ~. 1908.
A sufficient contest atiidavit having
been filed in this office by Gustaf w. OF
son. contestant, against homestead entry
No. 23Dls. made August Il, 1905, for NWi4
Of SW,t and NEN OF sWs. SECTION Ia.
Township a ~. Range q W., by Charles
legged that said Charles NJ. Swink nban.
doned said homestead described as NWa
SWI. and NEA SWia See. IA, II. 4 N, X. Gl
w over one year ago, said parties are
hereby notified to appear, respond. and
offer evidence touching said allegation at
70 O'Clock n m. on July II. 1908. before
the Register and Receiver mt the United
The said contestant having, In "a proper
nfiidavit, iiled Apri!27, 1908, set forth facts
which show that after due diligence per
sonal service OF this notice can not be
made. II IN hereby ordered and directed
that such notice be given by due and
proper publication.
q. u. FORD. Register.
VIM. l.. Palm, Attorney .at- Law, kittredgc
building. Denver, Colo. Tor Gustaf W.
First publication in Greeley Tribune
May IL, Os; last publication June 4. 'OS.
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NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENT DAY.
Estate OF Harry Jacobs. Deceased.

Estate OF Harry Jacobs, Deceased.
The undersigned. having been appoint
Jacobs late of the County OF Weld in the
State OF Colorado. DECEASED. hereby gives
notice that he. will appear before the
Court House in Greeley, in said County.
on Monday, the 10Th day Of June, A. d.
1908, at the hour OF ten O'Clock a. m. of
said day. at which time all persons having
claims against said estate are notified
and requested to attend for the purpose
Of having the same adjusted. All persons
indebted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment to the under
signed.
Dated at Greeley. Colorado. this 9th
day of May. A. ID. 1905.
J. SM IrH JOHNSON, Administrator
of the Estate of Harry Jacobs, Deceased.
DELPHI n. Carpenter, Attorney.
First publication in Greeley Tribune
May II, 'OS: last publication June A, '0s.
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NOTICE OF spscr.1 ~

esis!:s::s,:: sSi:!s: !: ssssssz NJ ~ given thu,
n: 4, IL III t,;, Z iSI:ii'Sf Eist5ss. aRs
n snch Of the ouaii;gan win be su
C.SX g have during H. electors
AZ "a 9aestlon Of oi.Sthssty isSthSsastty| tax in u
GM g paid City 10 seIl '.,ng nI the cil
!aao dfscribed in said GSeItain pd
Sp0n sne terms and iorD rDn,uuinance
SPecslve prices ther.;nO O' !ess Il
os"snsnce 10 n tollows. stated,
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P10P0s1D 01DIxANCI 10.

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING $40.
TION - OF ORDINANCE NO. In.
IN RELATION TO THE GREELEY
WATER WORKS.
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE CITY
LEY. COLORADO:
No. IN. II relation 70 Sks 8ssslsy WssSs
vorke, passed and sd9ptsd Dscsmbsf' 10,
70 teg rcad g solloSs: A'''o' s"'neeo
section -. The ussoa water Tor spsink.
ling lawns, gardens aAd troes. will Be
sioss e &. lsn i
:sss 81: W.. AZ "a e. a.s:s
sse y ,alss,l: ,sss e w. 10 :
''bfsss b:stss. q NJ: ;.s.ll eo.,,,.. all ,A..
sais:, 9 g: esy 8 z I':!sy s g q
S:s::: 4 s': i:; if9i::';sss
: e ssc "a ssa 81 :s:ss ss,.: s vss:. az dy
afssr,. and on ea9h sueceeaing yeSr che
isps IS i:s ga ii's' e vss:r e; al:sess; js.
Th. 9's g Yass. ics ssst.kiiss ~
oisx hall Or iibeaEy hwps and al public
parks shall b. por01tted ON ovoFy day b.
tween tks koufs ol o'qiock Of ~ tors-
s:os. 8. .:s AZ .S'Sloek Of shs sassfao0. and
eS oSsIl Sslis 5. 'iml Unlawful tor any person to
We vtt.r icr .HFi9klI.s q ~ oshsr
ler, of 81 moens 81 Z. noasle oF. oprlnEleF
sttachsd With an pri6cs t6sreis' exceed.
eter.
Il. shall bs unlawful 70 use yaser for
sprinkilng darta9 any Ore Or white The
purposss. and when the 6rs alarm Il
sounded all persona are REQUIRED 70 cease
mediatsly shut. oil the use of water ior
said purpose. Amy person who shall vio
late any provision q this section upon
ceeding one hundred dollars,
Passed and adopted. signed and ap
proved this day oil A. d. 1903
| m1SoI.
Attest: st:.........-............ City Clerk.
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Mr.. and Mrs. S. f. Martin and two
sons. William and Charles, left Fri
day for an eastern trip. They will
first visit Mr.. Martins relatives in
Tyrone, Pa, and later go to vinton.
dale. in the Allegany Mountains to
visit Mr.. Martins relatives. Mr.. Mar
tin expects to return In a month and
Mrs. Martin and the boys will remain
for a longer visit.
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Stomach Troubles.

Many remarkable cures OF stomach
trouble have been effected by Cham
berlains Stomach and Liver Tab
lets. One man who had spent over
two thousand dollars for medicine and
treatment was cured by a. few boxes
OF these tablets. Price. IS cents
Samples free at all druggists.
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,o,c discussion about some new
CROSSINGS. the matter finally being
,s,, ia the Street aud Alley commit
tee.
Miss Coffman has rearranged all the
hooks in the library, putting them In
,,phabetical order, according TO auth-
ors, The library is getting 30 large
that such an arrangement Is \ great
convenience for the patrons.
VIM. Krause and wife returnea
Monday from their visit IN Wisconsin.
maternal garden that had to be
planted weeded ana noed, and
chance tornado were the chief Ills that
beset Mr.. Krause on his visit east.
The Library PatrOneses had their
regular meeting at the home OF Mrs.
chas Strickland last Wednesday.
Mesdames r. NJ Hutchinson. Elmer
Sly and S. J. Win assisted the hostess
in receiving. A short program had
been prepared and was followed BY
bargain counter sale.
Friday night a jolly crowd Of young
people went.a-serenading and made
their way out to the Packard home.
There they sang for the benefit Of
Mr. and Mrs. George Drummond, just
returned from their wedding trip to
California. and also for another new
q OF r,
ard home. the bride being formerly
Miss Mary Persinger of Lodgepole,
Nebraska.
John Battles. a negro who was run
out of Eaton some three or four years
ago. gained sudden notoriety this
week in Denver for the alleged stab
bing of his wife. The woman was not
dead at latest reports but her condi-
ton is critical When Marshal Roger
read the account in the Denver papers
he had his suspicious and took walk
through Saint Petersburg" There
he found Battles. who was wanted by
the Denver police.
All the jurors drawn from Eaton
have been at home this week. owing
TO Judge CANDLES serious illness.
The Post race has brought to light
stories of horse rides galore. One OF
them is of an Eaton boy who. several
was not appreciated at home. He sad
died after dark-he was thirteen years
old al the time and by daylight the
next morning he was in Cheyenne
Boy and horse returned after a few
which is still alive. has been wind
bouts with the world. but the horse
broke ever since that night.
The man was not making any siren
uous efforts to conceal himself and
in fact. supposed at the time of his
arrest that he was being run in" for
the misdemeanor of returning to Ea
ton. He protested loudly. asserting
that he had not come back to stay and
that he was here only to collect some
old debts. When he learned the
cause of his arrest he was badly
frightened and declared that he wa
Innocent She had the knife, didn't
She must have fallen and cut herself,
he took care to explain. The arrest
was made Tuesday and Mr.. Rege,
telephoned at once to the Denver po
lice A plain clothes man arrived or
the $3.50 motor and took the prisoner
back to Denver on the 4:10 train.
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Consultation and Exsimi-
nation for Glasses Ere<
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE.
State of Colorado.
County of Weld.
EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT WITH
IN AND FOR SAID COUNTY OF
The Farm Investment Com
pany, corporation,
Matte B. Wright,
Defendant.
Notice is hereby given. that under and
order of sale made in said above entitled
action on the 9Th day of June. 1903, where
IN and whereby am commanded to sell
property to realize the sum OF $3l94.67
with interest at the rate of eight per cent
from date OF said decree, together with
in and hereby. referance to which decree
and order is hereby made, l. the under
signed. b. H Florence. Sheriff Of Weld
Saturday, Sat hoy = the s 18th daX q July. 1905 Il
iEont doc! Of the Court III House s"e Of the the
best 6ddsyr o9 the
e.. of the Me-. of Section 8. Township
71Ip1oorthh, Z north, Range &C west. Weld County.
%ore i descrieed a 'ea and dlx1': eSi.
OF the capital stock Of The Water supply @
ssoeR 81 ybe ree ee1
Company. OF 80 much thereof as shall be
necessary to obtain the said amount
specified in said decree together with
Colorado. this Sth day ot June, 1908.
SEAL B. II shefiif shhs9iEifaNSsi a Weia County.
June IL. 'os; last publication July o. 'Os.
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BE 1T ORDAINED Nv ru,,
COUNCIL OF THE CITY q oF =
&, LEY, COLORADO. VT

Section I. That a spsc;.i al,
~ Y said city Of Greeley Cni"Sat elect
Iue04ay. the 18th day of .jn,ns eoiora
y yn3c4 shAl! be submitted to "a. "a.
3oAlne0 electors Of said CITY ~
~ ycaf Hext preceding have pa;d
~ tnorelh. voting at said s,2
cKn 9sSsoh OF authorizing the citv
provided, to-Wit: VIC terms
Lot ls In block 30. being the did
hQQee. Tor . sum not less than q, U'a o
r1e iour lots constituting the oIS
Los p the NE< Of NWA Of sao
townentp 8 north. Of range 65 wsS, ss
one skAre OF stock in the Greeisv
Lot . ol the NEl Of the NWIn1 N'3an y W.
y. township 8 north. Of range ~ ! vss o.
ono share Of stock In the GreelsS
tton Company. for not less than n,
A that part OF lots 3 and 1 of Nv
Of the NEk OF section 4, townshinS
o! range % west, lying south Of IN
OF way OF the Colorado 4 Souther
way, for not less than $3.50.
All that part OF lots 3 and of the
OF the NEh OF section 6, township
Of range S5 west, north of the % rR,
OF the Colorado Il Southern railwS
cluding the brick building used ~
dencs and pumping plant, ior mol
400. '' ''o' 'eSs1
Lots l6 and Il. block lso, for no
than 800. ''
Lot 3 of sWa OF swA of section 4.
ship s north. Of range 65 w, being
ing ground off east end OF 10Th !
without water. for not less than ii d
Section .. Each eiector voting
said question OF the sale OF said parr
| land. shall vote by ballot depositet
| separate ballot box used Tor said mn
only. On each ballot shall be prir
description OF each parcel OF real ,
and the minimum amount for hich
| may be sold AS above provided, an,
ballot shall be so arranged that the
may indicate by placing cross x
| square opposite the description O
parcel, whether he votes Tor or AZ
the sale Of said parcel so described.
Section 3. The votes cast for or al
selling said real estate. and each
thereof, shall be canvassed, certitie
counted in the manner by law pro
for rcnnvassing and returning he vot
for city officers. and if two-thirds o
| votes SO cast shall be in favor Of $
any or all of said parcels OF land, tn
council may proceed to sell such p
| for the best price TO be obtained the
but not for less than the amour,
provided IN each instance. Such sal
be for cash. or one-haif cash anc on
payable in one year with interest.
Section 4. The polls OF said el,
shall be open from o'clock A. NJ
o'clock p. M. and the polling places
be ~ follows: In the First Ward
Eighth Avenue, in the Second W.
the City Hall. and in the Third WI
the Court House.
l Passed and adopted, signed ad
proved this 10th day Of May, a, HN
f6EALl May
Attest: J.B. PATTON. City Cleri
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Attest: J.B. PATTON. City Clef
State OF Colorado.
County OF Weld, IS

.''j j. p BeP.t 5. Patton, City Clerk oil
CITY Of Greeley, do hereby certify
the foregoing ordinance was introd1
and read in full and on motion ord
printed at . regular meetingo OF City
Gil held May. 5. 1908; that ths
was printed in The Greeley Triq
4 newspaper published in sad
for . period Of ten days thereafter
May ~. 1905, said Ordinance
i79 was duly passed and adopted
vote OF Ave ayes, absent one, gu.
J. b. PATTON. City Cle
In wjtness whereof. have hereunt
my hand and affixed the seal OF said
this 27th day of May. l9osi NJ,
NEAL +. J. GREEN, MAJ
Attest: :-J. b. PATTON. CITY Clerk
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ORDINANCE NO ITO

TO PROVIDE FOR sIrp,.,
QUESTION OF sEIIInrt sEIIsltiN ~,
PAROELS OF real. T EST Uh
Sd BY THE CITY OF upnlI !
raO9k VOTERS WHO Az
ENTITLED TO VOTE THHpS HpS
A SPECIAL ELECTInnn
akLD IN SAID CITY ON Tu y
DAY OF JUNE. loa N IN
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURES SALE.

State Of Colorado,
County Of Weld.
IN THE l., pdfTTRICT 209HRT 20 QE =, THE TI,Het
u 9r1A.h AID FOR SAID COUNTY OF
The Farm Investment Com
pany, \ corporation.
Plaintiff. ~. ,o,o
W. No' '""o
Matte B. Wright,
Defe ndant
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a. r HA l.
FIRsrcLASs PLumeeN

vii figure on all work ,,pe.
day work. Not in 'h' ''.'
l2t7 9th Ave-. r"o"
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est impress on his mind, SO busy was
it. and so preoccupied. He no longer
had any doubt that Hampton had util-
lied his advantageous position. as well
as his remarkable powers of pleasing
to ensnare the susceptible heart of
this young, confiding girl. While the
man had advanced no direct claim, he
had said enough to make perfectly
clear the close intimacy of their re
1ation and the existence of definite
understanding between them. With
this recognized as fact, was he JUS
titled in endeavoring to win Nadia Gil
lis for himself? That the girl would
find continued happiness with such
man as Hampton he did not for mo-
ment believe possible; that she had
been deliberately deceived regarding
his true character he felt no doubt
That the girl was morally so far
above him as to make his very touch
a proclamation, and at the unbidden
thought of it, the soldier vowed to OPP
pose such an unholy consummation-
Nor did he, even then, utterly despair
of winning, for he recalled afresh the
intimacy of their few past meetings,
his face frightened in memory of this
and that brief word or shy glance.
All the world loves a lover. and all
the fairies guide him. AS the Off
GERS eyes glanced up from the dusty
road, he perceived Just ahead the same
steep bank down which he had
plunged in his effort at capturing his
fleeing tormentor. With the sight
there came upon him the desire to Ioi-
ter again in the little glen where they
had first met, and dream once more
of her who had given to the shaded
nook both life and beauty He swung
himself from the saddle, tied a loose
rein to a scrub oak, and clambered up
the bank
With the noiseless step of a plains
man he pushed in through the laby-
rinths of bush, only to halt petrified
upon the very edge of that inner bar
rier No Pigment of imagination, but
the glowing reality of flesh and blood,
awaited him She had neither seen
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wal, I reckon not, old man. We
kin give him trial well 'nough here
in Glencaid," roared another voice
from one of the group, which was ap-
parently growing restless over the de-
lay. But we amt inclined to do you
no harm on1ess We ram in too far.
So come on down, Buck, throw up yer
cards; we've got all the aces, an We
can't bluff this whole durn camp"
Mason spat into the dump contemp-
tuously, his hands thrust into his peck
cts You're fne-lookin' lot o. law
abidin' citizens, you arei Blamed if
you amt. This yere man, Bob Hamp-
ton, is my prisoner, an I'll take him
to Cheyenne if 1 have ter brain every
tough in Glencaid to do it. Thet's
me, gents"
"Oh, come on; you can't run your
notions agin the whole blame moral
sentiment of this camp
Moral sentiment I'm backin' up
the law, not moral sentiment, We cross
eyed beer-slinger, an if We try edgin'
up Their another step I'll plug you with
this 49,"
There was a minute of hesitancy
while the men below conferred, the
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SYNOPSIS.

A detachment of the Eighteenth In
INDIANS fndfaH fT n sors
is a stranger who introduces himself by
1 Post aaaaer Of and ha and
a majority of the soldiers are killed dur,
the girl n1 only 'a escape e from the Indians
They fall exhausted on the plains
and the girl stop at the Miners Home in
ton saifs the f9anl S Mss
lI.-the Kid She shows him her moth an
Of her garentage and life. They decide ids
the kdrn xs AVA AWAY from Mrs
and rejoins Hampton He induces her 70
Etb ba him ana to have nosnp his 1ase game
Of cards; He announces to Red Slavln
ead Miss has S eh ena shea
Glencaid to teach its first school MISS
etc. She mf Boards ai at MRS s HeFndon:s
Nadia and Lieut.. -Brant again meet with
honor of MIS- s. lncer. Lieut. Brant
reports trouble brewing among the Sioux.
Social dffhenItiesz arise at the Bachelor
speneer pan aoh Rra ne meees Miss spen
GER but she is not his acquainfence OF the
he accidentally meets Her again as he is
returning to the ballroom with a fan for
home 'front.' from the dance . .1 On the the way she
informs him as to who she Is, and that
Hampton meet Hampton informs the
lieutenant that his attentions to Nadia
must cease. and proclaims authority
over her that justifies the statement:
Brant tells Hampton of the presence of
Silent Murphy, and the fact that Red
Slavin receives government messages for
him Miss Spencer called on Bob Hamp-
ton Tells him of red-faced stranger
mistaking her for Mazda Brant inter-
views Red Slavin- Finds that he is an ex-
trooper in the Seventh cavalry 1t was
Slavin's and Murphy's testimony that
more than ten years before had convicted
Robert Nolan, then captain in the Sew
enth, of the murder of Maj. Brant, Sr-
Hampton attempts to force a confession
from Slavin. Slavin insists it is Murphy
he wants, and Murphy has left In a
scuffie Slavin is killed by knife thrust
Hampton surrenders to Buck Mason,
marshal. Mob attempts to capture him.
Mason and his prisoner escape to a hill
and defend themselves.
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marshal looking contemptuously down
upon them, his revolver cleaning ON
incusly in the light.
ooh, come on, Buck, show a little
boss sense" the leader sang out
We've got every Teller in camp along
with US, an there amt no show fer
the two o. We to hold out against that
sort of an outfit
Mason smiled and patte1 the barrel
of his Colt
'.Oh, go to blazes! When I want
any advice, Jimmie, I'll send fer ye."
Some one fired, the ball digging up
the soft earth at the marshaPs feet,
and flinging it in binding cloud into
Hampton's eyes. Mason's answer
was a sudden fusilade, which sent the
crowd flying helter-skelter into the I'M
derbrush- One among them stagger-
ed and half fell, yet succeeded in
dragging himself out of sight
Great Scott, if 1 don't believe 1
winged james," the shooter remarked
cheerfully, reaching back into his
pocket for more cartridges. Maybe
them boys will be a bit more keerful
if they once understand they're up
agin the real thing. Well, perhaps
better skin down, fer / reckon it's
liable ter be rifles next"
1t was rifles next, and the "winging"
of Big Jim, however it may have in
spired caution, also developed fresh
animosity in the hearts of his fol-
lowers, and brought forth evidences of
discipline in their approach Peering
across the sheltering dump pile, the
besieged were able to perceive the
dark figures cautiously advancing
through the protecting brush; they
sped out widely until their two tanks
were close in against the wall of rock,
and then the deadly rifles began to
spit spitefu1ly, the balls casting up
the soft dirt in clouds or fattening
against the stones The two men
crouched lower, hugging their pile of
Stag. unable to perceive even a stray
assailant within range of their ready
revolvers.
This whole blame country il fun
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-02-08

We read that the Yale non-graduate
catalogue, shortly to be published,
contains the names of no less than
5000 men still living who entered the
university and failed to graduate.
Various reasons account for their fail
ure, but quite likely low marks, in
dicAting backwardness in scholarship,
account for a large fraction of them.
1t would be interesting to learn
whether these men failed in their sub
segment careers as well as in college
Sometimes early failures are followed
by Others, and sometimes they fur
nish the inspiration for future success
more frequently the latter. we fancy
It Is through difficulties that we ulti-
mateiy reach the stars
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Frances Tavern in New York,
where Washington said farewell to
his officers, now the property of the
Sons of the Revolution, has been re-
stored to its original condition so far
as possible. The new owners took
formal possession on December 5, and
marked the occasion by the dedication
of two memorial tablets This is one
of the historic buildings regarding the
preservation of which there cannot be
two opinions.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-02-08

Telegraphic communication is being
rapidly opened up atong the Soudan
part of the Cape to Cairo steam route.
Khartum has direct connection with
Egypt and through her with all the
rest OF the world The wires have
been strung from Khartum TO the
Belgian Congo, and this place is now
in direct communication with En-
tebbe. on Lake Victoria, near the
source of the Nile There are now
more than 1900 miles of telegraph
working wires in the Souoen; and
last year more than 230. 1000 private
kilograms were sent over them.
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1t is safe to say that the shah of
Persia for once is glad he is sick
When his ministers pushed the con-
stitution up to him he was too weak
to sign it. The shah should keep an
adjustable case of the grip on hand
for emergencies
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Did any one expect the mikado to
do anything else than sound peace
note in his address to the diet? Sure
ly his most sanguine and sanguinary
friends would not expect him to de-
clare war against some friendly pow
er or to threaten to blow the United
States navy to Mars if it dared come
a furlong closer
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-02-08

Ambassador Reid pays very
handsome tribute to the American
Rhodes scholars at Oxford He has
met them there and he gladly testi-
fies to their admirable appearance
and conduct and TO the favorable
opinions of them expressed by all the
Oxford dons with whom he con-
versed. This is something Official.
and deserves to rank as authorita-
tive