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The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-06-27
Fire Near Platte Canon.

Dcnver.--A News special from Buf.
falo Park Monday night says: The
The forest fires are still beyond con.
troll. The fire about fifteen miles
west or Buffalo. between Crossons and
Cliff. ix growing worse. covering IL
great patel, Of ground On Deer creek.
The smoke and heat fill Plato canon
for miles. Forest Ranger Ed Couch In
iryin: hard TO obtain more fire fight.
erx.
The fire three miles from Mount
Evans In still going full blast The
men from Pine Grove who were fight.
Ing fire for two days and two nights.
are exhausted. and no more men can
be- obtained. Much OF the damage will
be In the young timber. which means
u great loss.
The fire fighters are conveyed to the
scene ~ action by "a special train.
The fire on Mount Evans has GOV.
rred eight miles square: the other is
about two and onc.half miles In length.
sweeping tho hillside.
A government supervisor has been
sent from Denver.
Tourists 0f the nearby resorts are
viewing the flames from mountain
peaks.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-06-27

This animal IL well armed against the
many q man and beast can testify.
but its weapon apparently 10 Of no
avail against the horned owl. The
bird will kill and eat . skunk. and.
with tho almost overpowerinE evi.
dence Of the feast still clinging to its
feathers. will attack and dispatch an.
other. A Ane specimen OF the great
horned owl once came into my pos.
session. There was every olfactory
token that It had recently dined Oh
skunk. 1t was six months before the
last trace OF the odor left the birds
feathers.
The screech owl tMegascops asio)
u . mouser Of the hrst order. 1t 10
probably the most abundant bird Of
the whole own family. Apparently It
Il not afraid Of man. though he often
abuses the confidence which the. little
bird shows in him. The screech owl
comes about the house and watches
for the mice which the house cat has
overlooked. II there be an entrance
through the clap boards leading to
some weatherproof nook within. the
little owl will frequently take up his
residence ~ mans near neighbor.
The screech owl is . destroyer Of
quantities OF insect pests. 1t has q
marked fondness for grasshoppers. q
fact which should endear It to the
farmer. People are not apt to think
OF owls ~ being insectivorous. but
the smaller ones. like our friend Ne.
Eascops. not only have keen appetitss
for grasshoppers. but they like . des.
sert OF beetles. spiders and At times
worms. Nice are on their daily menu
and lizards and cray nsh do not come
amiss. Occasionally they will eat q
song bird or two. but this habit 10 NO,
marked.
There 10 . peculiarly about the
plumage Of screech owls. In the same
nest may be found birds diRering %
completely In color that II seems a.
most impossible that they should b
children Of the same parents. The
peculiarly exists even more striking.
~ In the adults. Some Of the birds
arc gray and others are bright brown.
almost red In fact. and between the
extremes Of coloration there are "a
be found specimens whose plumags
varies between the two hues. For
ysars II was believed that the gray
and the red owls formed two distinct
species. The great ornithologists.
Audubon. Wilson and Nuttall. treated
the red and gray phases Of this bird
~ two distinct species. Frank n.
Chapman says Of this peculiarly 81
the screech owl: This difference In
color 10 not due to age. sex or 80.
son. and ID termed dichromatism Of
the presence In the same species Of
two phases Of color. The same Pie
nomsaon ID shown BY other birds,
notably certain herons. and amoog
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-06-27
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individuals of which are black"
Tho saw-whet owl (Nyctala acadica)
Is small bird. like its brother the
screech owl. and to the unfamiliar
eye is not unlike him In Its plumage.
Ordinarily. however, the sawwhet
shuns mans company. The blacker
the woods the better this little night
hunter likes them for his day time re-
treat. He IL an inveterate mouser and
he hunts his quarry ON nOiseless wing
from sunset to sunrise. This owl re
ceived It's name. sAw.whet from the
popularity Of its note which is sup
posed to resemble the noise made by
the filing of a saw. The name does
injustice to the quality of the birds
voice. for In the spring time when
love is afoot." the notes are not I'm
musical. r
II has been said that the saw.whet
does not care for mans company. DC.
casionally he forgets his dislike. or
his fear whichever It is. and comes
Into the great cities. His urban resi-
dence Is confined principally to the
winter time when mice ara hard to be
found In the fields ana 'when the mul.
titude Of English sparrows In the city
streets offers . temptation too strong
to be resisted.
Until recently the demands Of fash.
Ion made sad inrosds into the owl
ranks. Thousands upon thousands OF
screech and saw.whet owls and not q
few Of the larger species were sacri'
need to meet the millinery demand.
There was . protest made against the
slaughter OF the creatures. but II was
met by the dealers statements that
owls were injurious birds and that for
everyone killed the world was 20 much
the better Oh. Fashion. with those
whose livelihood depends on II. is
ever ready with faisehood. Il II easy
TO quiet the conscience OF woman
and especially easy II her heart be set
upon . hat. Science set to work to
refuts fashions statements and did II
successfully. II In fortunate for the
owls that science Is not necessarily
compelled to slaughter them In order
to md out what they eat.
Like the hawks the owls capture
their prey with their powerful talons
II the quarry be small Il 10 swallowed
whole. II large II is torn iato pieces
and both the diEcstibis and indisest
iblo parts are taken into the stomach
Once there tho indiEestible portions.
bones feathers and hair. form into
hard round pellets. which the owl
elects through the mouth. When one
oe the birds roosting places 10 found
these pellets cover the ground beneath
the perch and II takes but short ex
animation to determine what the bird
has eaten. A pair Of barn owls lived
for some time In the tower OF the
0mithoouian Institution. Dr.. A. X
Fisher examined 200 Of the elected
food psllets and found IN them the
skulls Of <S4 small animals mostly
mice aud rats.
The extraction Of tho evil family
would remove from tho bird world one
OF it, most Interesting and attractive
features. The farmer now y stayins
his hand voluntarily. for In the owl
10 10 recognising . friend. Fashion
10 stayiag IL hand unwiliinsiy at the
bshoet Of the Law and thus vetting at
saugAt mass former belief taat fash.
Soa was lnvi0cible.
EDWARD q. CLARK.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-06-27

An immense dcposi, II gypsum In
the foothills eighteen miles northwest
of Fort Collins II 10 bc opened immc.
diately to furnish material for . plas.
ter and cement mill. The tnxicside
branch Of the Colorado 4 Southern II
70. b. extended from It's present term.
laus two miles. 10 that the product can
b marketed By rail.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-06-27
No Cav AssInss RI1Is.Ieve~eee.

Certainly. Eustace. you may wear Q
striped suit with wedss-shspsd peck.
sts, and low shoes with buckiss o.
theo. ssd . bat that turns Up In
froat and down IL the back. end carry
. sWA3ger stick with ribbea tied 10
Il u yos vast 10. The city eonplroi.
~ ~ 1ooko1 W the eusse3ea and
an1s t1ere y - law aSainoe Il The
poeo1e = therefore cutie hsop,ees II
~ 0attsr-kansas City 0te.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-25

HsG May 25-lt's hot.
MI The sun beamed fiercely on
HI the avenue all day. Tonight
w the air is still. "Ah. what a
great time for rheumatic pa
tents" observed Governor Robert
Glenn. OF North Carolina. to Governor
Martin F. Ansel. OF South Carolina.
And for mint smashes. replied
the Palmetto state official. They
smiled Then they walked piece and
sat down. Electric fans waved vol
umes OF refreshing breezes The Ice
IA the glasses clinked merrily. In the
afternoons mellow light all humanity
looked well.
Fresh and invitingly stood the green
blades in their refrigerated recep-
tacles. A boy was near TO bring them
ginger cakes. 10 brush away the flies
10 strike matches for the two execu
tives, 10 bid them welcome. TO bow
when they departed.
Its the first time In all history
when the governor OF North Carolina
has saluted his neighbor from South
Carolina In the city OF Washington.
said Mr.. Glenn. Good luck"
Dear me, yes" answered Mr. Ansel
"and here. boy, bring us another. We
will celebrate that famous remark
once again"
The Detroit times., 1908-05-25
A Novel of Adventure

Nv.
Crossing the Himalayas, Willie ar.
rived IN Paris. where he became In.
volved In q duel with the Prince de
Sage.
The Princes bullet struck Willie
over the heart, but thanks to one OF
the stamps, which he had stuck on his
chest, he escaped injury. and knocked
the Prince down with blow from his
handkerchief.
Y.
Swimming across the Atlantic. VII.
lie collided with an English warship
and sent II to the bottom. No lives
were lost, however, as Willie. with
great presence of mind, drew the cork
from a bottle he was carrying and
threw II TO the struggling men.
For this gallant act our hero was
awarded s1S,000.000. with which he
bought house and lot near Detroit
vi.
Disguised with the monotony Of his
life. Willie In vain sought adventure
but could find nothing more exciting
than
Being run over by Sherman car
Being greeted by mounted police
| man
Falling of the Ford building
At last, in u desperate effort TO at
tract the attention Of Sadie Snoop
Willie applied for a position as hero
of serial story by one Of the best
sellers.
In the second chapter he was hit by
a racing automobile and knocked half
way to Mars, where he, was left as the
chapter ended.
Sadie tells the author she will mar
lry him when he drops back TO earth
The Detroit times., 1908-05-25
1.-THE SNAN WHO STOLE THE EARTH''
BY W. HOLT WHITE.

what looked like an exceedingly solid
and vicious cat wire. II opened oul
horizontally from above the window
like d fan. and effectually prevented
any hope OF prisoner escaping &c
the roof
Yet IL was TO the roof that Strong
would have 10 gain access IL he hoped
TO be free that night; and when he
had taken Langley to one side and
given him those last instructions al
Oxford he had no knowledge OF this
formidable iron shield above the win.
dow.
Apart from that. everything had
gone well; he had not the remotest
doubt that he would be invited 10
this particular room. He had first
heard OF II from Diana when In ]
laughing way he had once questioned
the ability OF the King of Balkans
to wreak harm to other people while
he was staying In Park-st. as Mr.
Montgomery Jones.
From Diana be had drawn all the
details OF this queer apartment. which
so Diana had said-his majesty hal
built for the express purpose OF salts
factcrily dealing with those emissar
les from his enemy the King Of Syl
vania. who occasionally forced ar
entry TO his house. His purpose
therefore. in desiring TO be imprison
ed In the tower himself was twofold
first, he wished to learn the secre
OF Mr.. Montgomery Jones methods
that he might the better hold him L
silence. and. second. the tower pres
ented TO him the best means of es
Gaping In manner likely TO increase
Mr.. Montgomery Jones dawnins
fears
But this grille above the window
was q stumbling block which appear
ed TO prevent his putting into execu
ton the plan which he had carefully
matured.
Strong therefore drew the curtain
TO again and walked back into tn,
room. He turned on the switch and be
gan to examine the ceiling. Yes
there In the very center OF II wa!
undoubtedly trap-door, stou
strong trap-door. which appeared tt
have no fastening on the inner side
II was. however, fitted with two smal
keyhoIes. such as are used on Yal,
locks.
Strong threw himself on the couct
and lighted a cigarette. He kept hi
gaze rivetcd on the trap-door In or
der the better TO concentrate his min,
on the problem OF escape. For thougl
he knew that escape would be per
fectly possible by the creation of ,
= disturbance. the creation OF that dis
turbance would bring down upon hin
a publicity that would be more thar
damaging TO his plans.
Presently he took up the note aut
read II again. and he read between
the irony OF II definite threat tina
The Detroit times., 1908-05-25
BY WEEK JONES.

y I.
ifT1lOME day you will respect me-"
jnAI Willie Poodle Kissed the
yIwords through his new teeth
Sadie Snoop giggled.
''G'wan. you little chump.
~ replied.
4 willie Poodle g'wanned.
nj II.
It was midnight In the Indian jungle.
Not leaf stirred. except In the book
Willie Poodle-for II was him, or he
| Us it?--was reading by the light OF
! the moon.
The book was How to Kill Tigers"
Having caught the tiger by the tail
1 (said the book. urge 1t forward as
4 fast as 1t can run. When the animal
q exhausted chloroform It,"
Just then q monster of the Jungle
sprang upon Willie from behind.
Now, how can catch him by the
J tail?" complained the hero.
y Rather than kill the animal unfair
/ ". Willie wrenched himself away and,
/. Initiating the actions OF an onion. com
| pletely deceived the savage denizen
I OF the jungle.
The wild tribes Of the border were
I on the rampage.
! The whites were powerless.
\ At this moment Willie Poodle arriv
/ ed dpon the scene.
/ Aiming the best regiment with
I b. r. T. trolley he charged the IA
! tives IN their mountain fastness and
/, wiped them out of existence.
4 ~ The Indian government rewarded
z him with set of postage stamps.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-25
Tommy Todd. H H, W g.ais j "a
BY WEEK JON ES.

deer unkel tack teecher seq Thare
are Kingdoms The annimle vedgeta'
BILE & mineral
sed | don't see Why u call them
Kingdoms when thare Is no King In
this country & | think u should say
Thare are 3 republics the annimle
vedgetable & mineral
but cant argue With a woman
ennymay
james ionsun has rote A new book
& its A dandy
the LIST chapter seq
late in the after noon A solitary
horseman NIT hav bean seen riding
over the desert In company with 3
others
the newly rose sun Shed its glitter.
Ing rays Upon every thing except los
red Skins peering over the Rocks
with feerce yells the savaj devils
The Detroit times., 1908-05-25

Present and 10 Come" Jas. W, Robla-
son--"Develepmcnt OF Modern Europe
John II. Robinson-"commo Sens e
Poultry Doctor" Julia K, Rogers
families. @. +. Serviss-"Astroflomy
With the Naked Eye" Newman Smyth
Passing Professionalism and Coming
Catholicism John Spargo-"Common
Sense or the Milk Question" Booker
T. washin gton--"The Negro in Bust
ness" Henry Wood-"The New
Thought Simplifed" q. A. wooison--
Ferns and How TO Grow Them. Thorn
as cobb-"Tht Chichester Intrigue. .
Charles Il. Davis--"rhe stage Door .
stories of the stage. G. ~. q A. NJ.
Williamson-"The Chauffeur and the
rand OF Brittany" r. p. Oppenheim--
The Avenger." Helen NJ Winsiow--
'bpinster Farm"
The Detroit times., 1908-05-25
PA" Won't Come Home
to SObbing Babe, But
Then, Who Cares Much?
Let's Not Waste sympathy in the
Case Of the Laborer Killed.
: but Quickly Remove the
Evidence.

carrying huge girder has fallen
through bridge
A fellow workman lies lifeess there beside him.
The number later increased from among others who have
been injured.
dead many injured" newspaper headlines read and
another chapter written in the history of the American
workmans home
The story. however. Is seldom complete.
blood with death and severed limbs
broken and misery but the this
find place in the writing officials of corporations
can help it.
When travelling crashed through the Twelst bridge
Thomas Holm Joseph Kulkie death instantly.
The Identification of these concealed for hours after
accident the relatives and friends of the dead remaining in
ignorance their fate.
While foreman charge bridge stood
of the the his who survived
removing evidence which would locate
the cause of the accident and fix the blame
When trolley crash Is quickly brought to cover
evidence of the force of the impact.
When railroad collide the hospital staff dispatched
the goes without the claim agents.
The claim agents essential the raioads Of
thinking than bandages and stretchers.
When defective tools responsible for the nung out OF the
lives boring the hiding of the tools the first consdea
ton
of the officials Of the
TO gave their lives last
Friday In for nothing but condemnation.
The accident may have been unavoidabthat for the
oners jury decide
through negligence of the
providing for safety of these the heaess tactics
IN that direction.
When workmen plunged to death and injury through
part the public entitled
through the its only OF information what that
carelessness was and BLAME. corpora
consulting will that the public
that information
Rather than attempting to hide the facts 1t will furnish them
suggest the of
such tactics.
The corporations and the big would enjoy better
standing with public today not for the frequent exhibit
lions of such defiance.
Holding limbs of laborers in their charge these
accountable tho public for their safeguarding
Those lives and it is known be only not the
Germ Of the employer that they should be-
through sacrifice Of lives that dividends and
up who give them sare meagerly
thought for their safety The public little or not
would stand do
II until the evidence of killing has
been removed.
While laps widowed mothers sob their hearts
pas" who don't come home.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-25
Around Washington.
BY JAM ES EVANS.

at Dawson, and into the furnace he
went. The time necessary for
complete job OF incineration is two
hours. That period elapsing. the
superintendent opened the furnace
door
"'You all shut dat window. came a
husky. growing voice from inside.
'F'us' thing you knows ahll be gettin'
cold"
Governor Curry and Governor Camp
bell, representing respectively New
Mexico and Texas, met for the first
time the other day at the White
House. Governor Curry was telling
OF the wonders OF his territory.
You've got lot OF good men In your
state. a lot OF land and some cattle
also" he confessed to Campbell. And.
| by the way. what's become OF Mike
Harris. OF San Antonio?" he asked.
Campbell didn't know. and said so.
We'll. Harris is poker player. said
to be the best In the world" Curry
went along out in my country we
have a gambler by the name OF Wells.
A match poker game was arranged
for the two just before Christmas last.
1t was agreed that there should be no
'limit'-that lands. cattle. mines or
any other sort OF property might go
into the pot as collateral.
| Il looked on at that wonderful game.
| Suddenly both drew marvellous
hands They bet thousands. Finally.
to meet wager made by Harris.
Wells called for paper, pen and ink.
He wrote for few minutes. Then,
with a six-shooter pointed at. my
head, he forced me to sign the docu.
ment. Returning to the card table. he
threw the instrument down, saying to
| Harris. There, | raise you that, and
that is deed to the territory OF New
Mexico
Well. lay down replied Harris.
but, ice. | wish | had Campbell, OF
! Texas, here"
The Detroit times., 1908-05-25

Mr.. Montgomery Jones would return.
He pulled out his watch and saw that
the time was ] O'Clock. He had still
an hour and half In which TO await
developments before his hand would
be irretrievably forced.
BY this time he was hungry. and
he walked over to the table on which
the, food was spread. but though nc
looked at 1t with considerable long!
ing, he shook his head and smiled to
himself. He had no desire to sleep
except of his own volition. He dis
trusted Mr. Jones. so he turned away
again and searched round the room
for some means of occupying his
time. He had nothing to think about
now he was reduced to the extrem-
ity OF sitting down to wait.
Then on a little table he discovered
what had hitherto escaped his notice.
II was blue-covered book lying open
and face downward. In gilt letters
on the back of 1t Strong caught sight
OF the words. "Rudyard Kipling" He
picked up the book and, turning II
about, glanced at the page at which
~ was OPCAt anu AhCIC, SNOlCQ hCaN-
! lily In pencil, there stared him in the
face the title OF that disheartening
tale. The Man Who Would Be King "
This touch OF irony on the part OF
| the methodically inclined Mr.. Jones
struck him as quite delightful, and
with a laugh of real enjoyment Strong
sat down 10 read through once again
the most bitter OF all Rudyard Kip
ling's tales.
He had got half way through II
when he was conscious of slight
noise. and. looking up. he saw that
the King OF Balkani had returned, and
that he was not merely under sur
VIGILANCE, but under cover OF that
long-nosed Smith. & Wesson which ne
had seen used SO often before.
Don't take the trouble TO rise" said
Mr.. Jones; 1T is quite unnecessary to
treat me with formality. even though
! happen TO be a king"
Il am much obliged to you" Strong
answered, looking at him without
! fiinching II really don't feel IN a
/ particularly active mood"
! Something very nearly akin to ad-
miration cleaned through his males
/ tvs glasses He came slowly forward,
still keeping Strong under cover, and
drew from the wall plain, upright
chair
| On this Mr.. Jones seated himself
and with his wrist and elbow on his
knee kept the long nose OF his weap-
or unswervingly in Strong's direction
tTo he Continued.p
When an honest man is in hard luck
he doesn't want charity so much as
an opportunity TO dispense with char
The Detroit times., 1908-05-25
NEW BOOKS IN THE
PUBLIC LIBRARY

Tarkineton Baker--"yard and Gar
den" for the amateur gardener. Leon
ara Berron---Eoses and How 70 Grow
~ the Phiiippinca" Agnes NJ Clerke--
~lhopular Hfstery Of Astronomy During
ne Nlneteenth Century. Clarence g.
6runr arnilton-"Early Woodcut Int
49, charles r. Ksnnedy-rhs
15vane a tho House" = drama. C
LsssSn--S'9s,sssry S e snss; 4 p.Mst
The Detroit times., 1908-05-25

dashed At the little party & berried
thare Arrows in the 3 men
with A wild cry of rage the solitary
horseman Drew out A little Hatchet
& moved The red skins Down like
butter
jorj Washington for II was indeed
him stood Alone upon the field OF VIC
tory
| sed
JORJ WASHINGTON
james sed
Yes It's A historicle novel & Il must
Hav him In II also that Hatchet IS
the ] he Cut down the cherry tree
with
think its A fine novel & beets his
tory don't u?
tommy VI
When a woman tells her husband
she wishes she had been born a man
he Is apt TO echo the wish.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-25
CHAPTER XVI.

Strong set about examining the
room IN detail. It's four walls, which
| were innocent OF any decoration what
soever. were distempered a pale green
A red carpet SO thick that his fee
sank into It covered the floor. Along
one wall was placed table. on which
| were set food and drink.
There was, as matter OF fact, Q
large untouched sirloin OF beef, huge
tankard OF beer. and a carafe OF wa
ter. On the plate was laid an en-
velope addressed 10 John Strong Esq.
| in neat and formal handwriting. he
opened II and read as follows
Dear Sir-I regret that the duty
OF speeding my parting guests
should necessitate my leaving you
q few moments. In the interval.
trust that you will make yourself
at home. BY my Instructions. my
servants will leave for you those
articles OF diet which. under
stand, afford you most satisfac-
ton. Yours faithfully,
MONTGOMERY JONES.
Strong folded up the note and
laughed with keen enjoyment at the
kings savage sense OF humor. Their
he turned away 10 further examine
the room.
His inspection concluded. he found
the electric switch and turned on the
light. Then he made for the window
drew aside the curtains and threw
up the sash And he found precisei,
what he had expected to hnd-ht
discovered that the room was bull
at the top Of the tower which over
looked the Park.st side OF the house
II was a tower that rose sheer VI
without any foothold Of any kind.
The next window below was some
twenty feet down. and the bare. slip
perry surface or the outside wal
would have prevented even monke!
from reaching 1t.
over the window was built on