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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-06

- HE second elective. or third term
] party, consisting Of Senator Jona-
than Bourne of Oregon and John A..
Stewart of New York. has received
an addition in the person and prophe-
cies Of Prof. Gustave Meyer. "scien-
tific astrologer." of Hoboken. N. J.
In a communication sent to Wash
ington Prof Meyer says that Taft Is
wasting a lot of time and money and
losing needed sleep because 1t is in the
stars and planets that Mr.. Roosevelt
will succeed himself.
Prof. Meyer says that this Is fortu-
nate, as the gyrations and Juxtaposi-
lions of the fixed stars and Of those
that have not been fixed show that
this country is going to have an awful
time in the next four years. So far
as he has been able to figure 1t out
astrologically there is not another man
in the nation that could manage the
trouble. The professor says: Il have
obtained among the stars the nativity
of President Roosevelt. and from the
same find that he unquestionably
will be nominated by the Republican
party for president and will positively
be reelected by a large majority"
{ But the president is not going to get
of easily. He is warned that he will
be in danger Of a peculiar trouble with
his knees. and that he should avoid
firearms. combustibles and impulsive-
ness. He should also take care Of his
eyes and teeth.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-06

cattle now. One big boned. long-horned
steer held the stage alone.
The state proceeded to Munson's
Identification of the steer In question.
After many and searching questions.
Gordon asked the witness:
Jim. would you be willing to swear
that the steer you had held over at
the stock yards was the very same
steer that was the mascot of the
Three Bars ranch?"
This was Jim's big opportunity.
Know Mag? Swear to Mag? Dick.
l would know Mag eff met him on the
golden streets of the eternal city or
eff my eyes was full O. soundin' cat.
aracts! Yep"
Il am not asking such an impossible
feat, Mr.. Munson," cut in Gordon. net.
tied by the digressions of one of his
most important witness. Answer
briefly. please. Would you be willing
to swear?"
Jim was jerked back to the beaten
track by the sharp incision of Cor
don's rebuke. No, this was indeed not
Jimmie Macs court.
Yep" he answered, shortly.
Billy Brown was called. After the
preliminary questions, Gordon said to
him:
Now. Mr.. Brown, please tell the
jury how you came into possession of
the steer"
We'll, was shippin' couple O. car
loads to Sioux City, and l was drivin'
the bunch myself with a couple o.
hands when 1 meets up with Jesse
Black here. He was herdin' likely
little bunch O. half dozen or So
among 'em this spotted Teller. He said
he wasn't shippin' any this fall, but
these were for sale-part of a lot he
had bought from, Yellow Wolf. So the
upshot of the matter was I took 'em
on his hands. l was just lackin' bout
that many to make a good, clean, two
cars FULL"
You took bill-of-sale for them, of
course. Mr.. Brown"
Il sure did. I'm too old a hand to
buy without bill-o-sale.''
The document was produced, mark.
ed as an exhibit, and offered in EVIL
Cro BE coNTINUED.)
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-06
at was your steer?"

at was your steer?"
yes"
1.-THE same for which you had been
searching so long?"
1.-The very same
at was wearing your brandt"
1T was not
What brand was it wearing?"
81 r."
Where was it,"
"On the right hip"
Where do you usually put your
brand. Mr.. Langford?'
ION the right hip"
"Always?"
Always"
DO you know any ]. r outfit?"
81 do not"
Gordon nodded to Small. His exam
nation had been straightforward and
to the point He had drawn alert and
confident answers from his witness.
involuntarily. he glanced at Louise.
who had not seemed to be working at
all during this clean-cut dialogue. She
flashed fleeing smile at him. He
knew he was out of sympathy with the
great majority of the people down
there in front. He did not seem to
care SO much now. A great medicine
is a womanly and an understanding
smile. 1t flushed his face bit, too.
Langford was most unsatisfactory
under cross-examination. He never
contradicted himself. and was trifie
contemptuous of any effort to tangle
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-06

him up in threads of his own weaving.
The little man touched Small on the
arm and whispered to him.
"Mr. Langford." said Small. In
weighty voice. you travel great
deal, 1 believe"
II do
For pleasure. maybe?" with mys-
FERROUS infection.
Partly"
Business as well?"
Business as we'll
Just prior to the arrest of the de-
PENDANT" insinuatingly. you were
away"
How long prior do you mean?"
"Say week"
mo"
Two weeks?"
Yes"
"You had been away some time?"
"The better part of year." con-
fessed Langford, with engaging can
dor.
Eyes. Now, Mr.. Langford, should
like YOU to tell me about how many
cattle you TduSe-ih iouhu hoAAoSaS'
About 5000 head"
Eyes. Now. Mr.. Langford. you who
count YOUR cattle by the thousands.
nm YOUR own sworn word you have
been out of the country year. Don't
YOU think you are asking this jury to
swallow a pretty big mouthful when
Won ask them to believe that you could
40 enthusiastically distinguish this one
moor ornery steer, who has so little to
distinguish him from thousands OF
others?"
81 have owned that spotted steer LOT
years" said Langford. composedly. i
have never sold him because he was
rather an odd creature and SO can
tankerous that we dubbed him the
Three Bars mascot"
Gordon called Jim Munson.
what is your name?"
"Gosh!"
The question. was unexpected. was
there any one in the county who did
NOT know Jim Munson? And Dick Cor
don of all people! Then he remem.
bered that the boss had been asked
the same question. SO 1t must De al,
right. But the ways OF the court
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-06
CHAPTER xv.-continued.

There were others who did not
know the little man. He hailed from
the southern part of the state. But
Gordon knew him. He knew he was
pitted against one of the sharpest,
shrewdest men of his day.
"Gentleren, / think we are ready"
said the Judge, and the game was on
again.
The state called Paul Langford, its
principal witness in default of VIII
liston.
Your name. place of residence and
business?" asked the counsel for the
state.
Paul Langford. l reside in Kemah
county and l own and operate cattle
ranch"
After Langford had clearly de-
scribed and identified the animal in
question, Gordon continued:
Mr.. Langford, when did you first
miss this steer?"
"On the 18th day of July last"
How did you happen to miss this
steer?"
MY attention was called to the fact
that an animal answering this de-
scription and bearing my brand had
been seen under suspicious detention"
Prior to information thus received,
you were not aware this creature had
either strayed away or been stolen?"
Il was not?''
Who gave you this information,
Mr. Langford?"
George Williston OF the Lazy s."
Now you may tell the Jury in what
words Williston told you about the
steer he saw"
This. of course, was objected to and
the objection was sustained by the
court, as Gordon knew 1t would be.
He only wanted the jury to remember
that Williston could have told a dam.
I aging story had he been here. and also
to remember how mysteriously this
same Williston had disappeared. He
could not have Williston or Williston's
story, but he might keep an impress
sion ever before these IL men that
there was a story-he knew 1t and
they knew tia story Of which some
crotchet Of the law forbade the telling.
What did you do after your atten-
ton had been called to the suspicious
circumstances of the steers deten-
tion?'
heard and sent them out to look for
the steer"
That same day?"
Yes"
Were they successful"
NO"
Did this steer have a particular
stamping ground?"
He did"
Where was that?"
He always ranged with a bunch on
what we call the home range
Near the ranch house?"
Within half a mile"
Did you look for him YOURSELF"
Il did"
He was not ON this home grazing
ground?"
He was not"
Did you look elsewhere for him?"
I'VE did," go
''Where?"
We rode the free ranges for sever
al days-wherever any of my cattle
held out"
How many days did you say you
Orode?"
Why. we continued to look sharp
until my boy Munson. found him the
day before the preliminary at the Vel
pen stock yards, on the point Of being
shipped to Sioux City"
You went to Velpen to identify this
steer?"
Il did"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-06
Astrologer Predicts Teddy's Reelection

Then the deck. or the stars. show
a man with high forehead and sleepy
eyes. He has a hayward disposition
and bad habits, and will be around In
1908 and 1909.
The professors source of informa-
tion, however. indicates that the presi-
dent will weather all storms and pull
the country through with him.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-06

Racing would not be so bad" said
the man who is interested In the laws
OF chance. III 1t were not for the
rake-off taken by those who control
the betting privilege" %
Yes replied the fair-minded man.
'It is not the horse that makes the
trouble, but the kitty. -Washington
Star. 'fH7lus 'irT 90 'f'iw 1T $50"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-10
New Club Organized.

On Sunday evening last, at
the home of Mr.. Bert McKibbin,
occurred the first meeting of
the Mountain Home Mulligan
club, an organization whose sole
object is declared to be the an
initiation of the delectable
"mulligan." Chef Shorty" Nc
Ginnell Gn whose breast is lock-
ed the only true formula for a
real mulligan) ably assisted by
Bert McKibbin, had prepared a
feast of good things upon which
the epicures present performed
gastronomic feats that promis-
es much for the future of the
club. Those present were
Messrs Joe Binder, Tom White,
Chas. Fry, ArthurStevens, VIM.
Dooly, Norman Davidson, Bert
McKibbin, Shorty" McGinnell
and Mel Howie. Mrs. McKib-
is visiting in Denver this week.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-10

Attorneys Harry Wyman and
Frank Martin spent the day in
the city in consultation with a
committee of the owners of
water rights under the city res
ervoir, gathering the necessary
information preliminary to the
drawing and filing of a COM
plant in the proposed suit to
determine the ownership of the
water under that reservoir, and
it is understood that within an
other day they will have COM
pleted their work and actually
commenced the suit. While it
has not been definitely given
out, it may be stated on good
authority that the parties plain
tiff in the suit will not be less
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-10

The state land board Monday
= made an application at the Unit
ed States land Office for a Carey
act filing upon 77,0OO acres OF
land in Owyhee county, known
as the Bruneau tract, at the re-
quest of |. B. Perrine and II. l..
Hollister, who, it is understood,
are acting in the interests OF
Kuhn Bros. and their associates
in the Twin Falls projects. For
the past several months, rumors
have been persistent that nego-
tiations were under way where
by the Pittsburg capitalists were
to become interested in this
project, but the step taken yes
terday was the first to give them
any authenticity.
The original promoters OF the
Bruneau project were J. E.
Lane and Guy E. Barnum of
Boise and David Hyde of Bru-
neau. The first filing upon the
land was in 1903 for 200 second
feet and this has been added to
until it is estimated that it now
amounts to water sufficient for
100000 acres of land. In 1904
the Bruneau Land and Irriga-
tion company was organized and
for two years conducted opera
tions, endeavoring to finance
the scheme. It was not a Carey
act segregation, but an indie
pendent project designed to fur
nish land to desert claims, about
5000 acres that would come un-
der the canals having been en-
tered to date. Finally the COM
pany was forced to suspend and
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-10
New Cashier at the Citizens.

The vacancy at the Citizens
State bank, caused by the i'll
health and consequent resigna-
tion of R. B. Shelton, has been
filled by the appointment of D.
f. Densel of Ogden to the posi-
ton of cashier of that institu-
tion. Mr.. Densell, who has
been paying teller at the First
National bank at Ogden for the
past ten years, comes here with
high recommendations and the
officers of the bank express
themselves as we'll pleased with
their selection.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-10
TWIN FALLS IS REACHING
WESTWARD FOR LAND
State Land Board Approves Application for Big
Tract in the Vicinity Of the Bruneau
River and Grandview.

the property, including water
filings, bitches, dams, reservoir
sites, etc., sold under foreclosure
by decree Of the United States
district court, to E. Rowell of
Boise, as trustee for the stock
and bond holders of the COM
pany, and by him the transfer
has been made to the promoters
of this newer and larger enter
prise.
Messrs Perrine and Hollister
made their application to the
board several days ago and their
plans, which contemplate stor-
age reservoirs at the headwat-
ers of the Bruneau river, were
studied and approved, the board
voting to apply for the segre-
cation.
The tract of land to be irri-
gated extends from the Bru-
neau river down the Snake riv-
er to a point about five miles
below Grandview, and lies to
the east and north of the Muir
ply tract. It varies in width
from six to twelve miles and is
about 20 miles in length. The
diverting dam will be construct
ed at a point about five miles
above Hot Springs, or Is miles
above Bruneau, the high line
canal to run gradually toward
the Snake river in a northwest
erly direction.
This land lies at an altitude
of from 2300 to $500 feet and
the tract, it is predicted, is des-
tined to become one of the
CONTINUED ON PAGE Two)
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-10
PREPARING THE PAPERS
FOR THE BIG WATER SUIT
Boise Attorneys Spend Day With Prospective
Plaintiffs Getting Ready to File Complaint in
Case Involving Water for 1000 Acres.

than Is in number and will rep
resent over half the total acre
age involved in the proceedings,
which is in the neighborhood
of 1000 acres. 1t is also stated,
on the same authority, that it
may be decided by the commit
tee to institute several suits
for damages against the Great
Western Beet Sugar Go. for
the diversion of water, alleged
to belong to the owners of wat
er rights under the City reser-
voir, but this action seems i'm
probable, as many of the COM
mittee oppose taking such ac-
ton on the ground that a judg-
ment, if obtained, could never
be satisfied.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-10

United Commercial Travellers Con-
vention, Salt Lake, June 1880
Reduced rates via Oregon Short
Line. See agents for dates, rates
and limits. You should be there.
1853
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-10
Pronounce IL Loce Ana. el.ess.

Mayor Harper may ask concerted ac-
tlon toward promuga.ing the official
pronunciation of the name Los An
geles. Repeatedly inquiries have come
to city officials asking for the true pro-
nunciation, which queries have been
usually referred to experts for reply.
The latest, from Horace G. Adams Of
Fort Smith, was turned over to Libra
rian Charles Il. Lummis, an authority
ON southwestern words and customs.
who sent to Mayor Harper a copy OF
his reply, with suggestion that some
official action be taken to get the cor
rect pronunciation firmly established.
This is Mr.. Lummls' answer to Mr..
Adams:
''The word is pronounced 'Loce' Ito
rhyme with dose) Ang-el-ess approx
mately-the most vital thing Is the
hard g. There is no Jelly sound In
Spanish. take pleasure III answering
your query, which is referred TO me
by his honor A. q. Harper. mayor Of
this city."-Ios Angeles Herald.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-10
First pinina Car.

"Just forty years ago" said T. G.
Newton, a Chicago railroad man. "the
Chicago and Alton railroad put on the
first dining car. ever operated on any
railway trdin IN the world. This was
on the run between Chicago and st.
Louis. If that car could be exhibited
now 1t would create universal merri-
ment. 1t had oilcloth table covers. the
seats were screwed to the floor. and its
illumination depended on candles.
think of the contrast between that
primitive affair OF 1868 and the mod.
ern dining car. finished In solid mahog-
any. with gorgeous furniture and u
menu as elaborate and cooking as dain-
ty as those supplied by any of the fore
most hotels of America. Verify we
have been going some in the four
decades that have gone by since the
Atoms first crude experiment."-Balti-
more American.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-10
German GIeanings.

Wood blocks laid alongside rails are
preferred on asphalt paved streets in
Frankfort, Germany, TO any other sys'
TEN of connecting the street tracksand
the paving.
In German prisons chess clubs are
by no means uncommon. They are en-
couraged by the authorities as pro
viding healthy mental relaxation for
well conducted prisoners.
Saxony is the most densely populat-
ed of the German states, having had
at the time of the last census Q0G5) a
population OF 300,7 per square kilome-
ter. The average for the whole EN-
plre is l12 per square kilometer.
OF the l,125,000 persons IN Berlin
who support themselves or themselves
and families only 5SG11, or less than
5l4 per cent, have incomes of $T14 OF
more year. About 1,066,0O0 have less
than that amount and more than hall
of these even less than $214 a year.
IlaFolleSte tonight--Epworth-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-10

make necessary a thorough thresh-
ing out of this subject. upon which
no one Is better informed than the
men who are gathered today at
Peval Another more difficult aues-
.tion-one that might be resented
by the other powers, did they know
.it Is receiving attention-is the
Macedonian affair. It is hoped that
this can be settled by the cordial
cooperation of Russian and British
diplomacy
Following soon upon the visit
to England of President Fallieres.
II Is hard to disabuse the public
mind of the feeling that King Ed
wards visit has also relation TO
European affairs and as an actual
alliance Is considered impossible at
present, serious thought Is being
given TO the suggestion that this ex-
change Of visits signifies that Great
Rritain's policy in Europe will in
the future follow closely that OF the
dual alliance between France and
Russia.
The foreign Office says too much
sicni'icance must not be attached
70 this visit but this is the usual
0mcial rnlicv during such negotia-
HonS A close obsrrer OF Anglo
N""7'"n rotations summed nm tho
nrobable result OF yesterday g meet
ing as follows:
"That Kirlg Edwards visit will
have diplomatic consequences may
be taken fer granted. but the inter-
vi'ws between King Edward and
Emperor Nicholas will contain no
threat for neighboring countries.
They are rather friendly compile
Mon CT the Anglo-Russian move
ment the proof of the spirit In
which It is 10 be observed by
the parties 10 IT,"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-10

GROWING
The Reds in Persia are More
Active and Apprehension
is Felt.

St. Petersburg, June 1O.--A grow
ing state o lparchy in Persia Is re-
ported in all adyices received here.
for while there is an attempt to
maintain an attitude OF optimism
there is evidently par
TALLY concealed apprehension Of a
serious turn in events and in some
quarters fears are entertained for the
safety of the Russian minister at Te-
heran
A dislatll from Tabriz says that a
strong anti-Rus.ian movement has
broken out The baZars are closed
and the populace Is IN a state or
panic. An all night session or the
loca, council recently was held in
which demands were framed for Sc
cesslo1 and a declaration of indie
pendence.
In Azerhaijan province the Russian
colony Is leaving in large numbers
in the direction Of Ru sia.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-10
MUTE WAS
DESPONDENT
Out of Work He Sends a
Bullet into His Head and
Dies.

FosOoria, o., June lO.--Lying
awake last night waiting for the re-
turn of her son, Simon A., Mrs. jos
eph Schoendon got up to turn out
"a Light, which had been left in the
nall until his coming and heard a
sons room, she found him dead he
having shot himself in the center
of the forehead with 3S caliber
revolver
The young man was despondent
because he was out of work. he hav-
Ing had but four weeks employ
ment since Thanksgiving. He was
Il mute and was educlted at the State
institution for the Deaf at Column
bus. He wrote some time ago that
he would end his life If he did not
soon get work. He was told by his
parents not TO worry. as they had
plenty, and they thought that he had
given W the thought, but he in
formed friends while up town Mon
day that he intended to end his life
last night. but they aid not think
he meant it.
Schoendorw had two brothers. who
also were deaf and dumb. One of
them was killed by train 70 years
ago. The other lives here. He has
another brother and two sisters.
The father Is quite wealthy. A
farm IN Seneca county has paid him
thousands Of dollars in royalties for
Oil production.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-10
Camera Eve and Index Brain.

What would you say of a gentleman
who having looked once into the face
of each Of those soldiers that made up
the grand army which Napoleon took
to Russia and being told the soldiers
name would know him, name and face
two years, ten years, twenty years
later? Think of n gentleman who
could thus have called the muster roll
Of an army Of 100000 men. Such
however, would seem to be the fell
power of eye and memory which be
longs to Detective William p. Sheridan
of Mulberry street. New York, the
man with the camera eyes," and q
low ertimate declares that he has filed
away in his brain. each tagged with
the proper name, the pictures of nc
fewer than 100000 Broadway
Magazine.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-10
Plays and Players.

"The Alaskan" is to be revived next
season, opening In Chicago.
1t is said that an American company
is playing "Uncle Toms Cabin" In
Japan.
Rose Stahl has played Patricia
O'Brlen In "The Chorus Lady" nearly
700 times.
During her Australian tour Margaret
AnglIn will produce new play by
Percy Mackaye called Mater"
w. II. Thompson is to appear in "Wa'
terloo," the playlet by Conan Doyle
which Henry Irving made famous,
Mrs. Minnie Maddern Flske, who Is
well known for her love of animals. is
one of the ardent supporters of anti.
vlvlsectlon.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-10
How He Took n.

"Yes; refused him. did 1t as
kindly as could. told him that
would always cherish his friendship
as sacred thing"
"What did lie sayY
"He said he was glad | took 1t that
way. He was afraid. he said. that
expected him to propose. and for a
minute or two his heart stood still for
fear | would take him up, Then he
added that In refusing his heart and
hand ! couldn't have done anything
that would I'LL him with stronger
sense of gratitude"
"The wretch!'-Kansas City Times