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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-06-13

dunno. Anyhow. Sef flocks wiss Betz
constant. And they understand one
another good. Trotting like a side
wise dog of a hot summers day" And
he showed the company. up and down
the store porch just how sidewise
dog would be likely to trot on a hot
summer day-and then laughed joy
ously.
II there had been an artist eye to
see they would have been well worth
its while-Seffy and the mare so af-
fectionately disparaged. And. after
all, | am not sure that the speaker
himself had not an artists eye. For
a spring pasture, or fallow upland.
or a drove of goodly cows deep in his
clover. ! know he had perhaps you.
too, have?) And this was his best
mare and his only son.
The big bay, clad in road-banded
harness, soft with oil and glittering
with brasses, was shamblng indolent-
ly down the hill, resisting her own
momentum by the diagonal motion
the old man had likened to a dogs
sidewise trot. The looped trace-chains
were jingling merry dithyramb, her
head was nodding, her tail swaying.
and Seffy, propped by his elbow on
her broad back. one leg swung be-
tween the names, the other keeping
time on her ribs, was singing:
Il want to be an angel
And with the angels stand,
A crown upon my forehead
A harp within my hand"
His adoring father chuckled Il
wonder what for kind of anchel he'd
make. anyhow? And Betz-theyll
have to go together Say, l wonder If
it is horse-anchels?
No one knew; no one offered a sug-
gestion.
We'll, it ought to be. Say-he ken
perform circus wiss oil Betz!"
They expressed their polite sur
prise at this for perhaps the hun
dredth time.
"Yas-they have kind Of circus
ring in the barnyard. He stands on
one foot then on another and on his
hands wiss his feet kicking, and then
he says words-like hokey-pokey-
and Betz she kicks up behind and
throws him of in the dung and we all
laugh-happy efer after-Betz most OF
ALL"
After the applause he said:
Il guess I'd better wake 2m up!
What you sink?'
They one and all thought he had
They knew he would do it, no matter
what they thought. His method, as
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-06-13
Fat Men and Jobs.

Employment agents say it's about as
hard to get work for fat man as for
a gray-haired one. According to their
statements, employers of labor hold
that a fat man is indolent. They as
sert that the hustler, the fast, nervous,
energetic worker. is sinewy rather
than fat. and does 80 per cent. more
work than the soft. fat fellow. 1T is
not uncommon for us to advise fat ap-
plicants to diet" said an employment
agent. and reduce their weight before
beginning to canvass for job" So
far as recorded, DR.. Osler has ex-
pressed no opinion on the expediency
Of chioroforming men who are running
to adipose tissue.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-06-13
GOVERNOR BUCHTEL lNVESTh
GATES ESCAPE OF THE IN
SANE NEGRO.
OTHER PRECAUTIONS
GATES TO BE CAREFULLY GUARD.
ED BOTH DAY AND
NIGHT,

Pueblo, Colo.-As a result of the in
eestigation held Tuesday by Governor
Buchtel concerning conditions at the
state insane asylum which was con
Quoted at the institution, high wire
fence will be constructed around the
grounds, and a guard, night and day.
will be placed at the gate. Owing To
pressing business in the capital city,
the governor was not able to hold as
thorough an investigation as he de
sired, and he will return June 18th
AT that time, he stated he will be glad
TO confer with any persons who saw
Edward Mackelfee, the insane negro,
assault Mrs Edward A. Jones with a
hatchet April 9th.
After gcing over the entire course
taken by the negro when he escaped
from the asylum, in company with \.
P. Busey, superintendent of the asl
lum, and two nurses, this mornins
Governor Buchtel examined all the vii
nesses to the affair who called at the
asylum. The investigation was held
with the assistance of Rev. J. w. Fink-
biner and DR.. NJ r. Virgil of Walsen-
burg, commissioners of the asylum.
The witnesses were B. F. Scribner,
Mrs. F. l.. Hahn, w. c. Durfey and
Mrs. J. X. Spencer.
The board at the meeting on recon
mendation of the governor. directed
Superintendent Busey to immediately
have strong wire fence built about
the asylum grounds. This fence Will
be ten feet high, with posts approx
mately eight feet apart. The hleh
board fence at the south is supposed to
be an adequate protection toward thr
ra..road tracks. The fence on the
north will be built in the best manner
as a permanent fence, with strong
wire.
The fences on the east and west viii
be made as additions above the line OF
the present fence. The fences eas
and west, will be temporary fences, as
condemnatiC,, proceedings have been
instituted 10 acquire more ground boJA
at the east and at the west sides of The
present grounds. The Temporal
fences will be made secure, though
they will not be slightly. When tho
permanent fences are put in at the
east and west, they will, of course,
be both strong and slightly.
The grounds will be kept closed day
and night. Two gatemen will be en-
ployed Immediately. one for day and
one for night service, and the main
gate at the east will be opened only
for people who have business at the
asylum. With this arrangement it is
hoped to prevent the escape from the
grounds of any of the inmates of the
asylum.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-06-13

father OF the present owner-(he hAd
red hair precisely as his daughter
had)-that they had come to blows
Ba mgartner; and. afterward. they did
not speak. Yet. when the loafers at
the store laughed, Baumgartner swore
that he would, nevertheless, have that
pasture before he died.
But, then, as II fate. too, were
against him, the railroad was built,
and its station was placed so that the
Pressel farm lay directly between 1t
and him, and of course the life" went
more and more in the direction OF the
station-left him more and more out
of it"-and made him poorer and poor
er, and Pressel richer and richer. And,
when the store laughed at that, Baum
gartner swore that he would possess
half of the farm before he died; and
as Pressel and his wife died, and Seffy
grew up, and as he noticed the fond
ness of the little red-headed girl for
his little tow-headed boy, he added to
his adjuration that he would be har-
rowing that whole farm before he
But both Seffy and Sally had grown
tn q marriageable age without any
happening. Sefy had become in
;'f;1ately shy, while the coquettish
Ially had accepted the attentions OF
sam PritZ, the clerk at the store. as
an antagonist more worthy of her,
and in fashion which sometimes
made the father of Seffy swear and
lose his temper-with Seffy. Though,
of course. in the final disposition OF
the matter, he was sure that no girl
so nice as Sally would marry such a
person as Sam Pritz. with no ex
tremely visible means of support-a
salary of 81 week, and an odious rep
utation for liquor. And it was for
these things, all of which were known
(for Baumgartner had not single
secret that the company at the store
detected the personal equation in Old
Baumgartner's communications.
Seffy had almost arrived by this
time, and Sally was in the store! With
Sam, The situation was highly dra-
matte. But the old man consummate
ly ignored this complication and di-
rected attention to his son. For him,
the molasses Taper did not exist.
The fact is he was overjoyed. Sefy,
for once in his life. would be on time!
He would do the rest.
Now, boys, chust look at EN-,
Dogged if they amt bose like one an
other. How's the proferb? Birds Of a
feather flock wiss one another? l
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-06-13
GENERAL NEWS.

The Republican national convention
meets in Chicago June 10th.
There were fewer deaths, proportion
ately, in New York last week, accord
ing to the health department, than in
any previous week in the history of
the city, the death rate reaching the
new low record of 14.41 per 1000.
Mrs Russell Sage has presented to
Central park, New York, a collection
of Rhododendrons, sufficient to form a
plantation a mile long, at cost of
$4,000. The plants are nearly all set
out and many of them are now in
bloom.
Wilbur Wright. the American aero
pianist, has chosen the plain of Mes
pras. in the department of the Lower
Loire, in France, for his experiments
with his aeroplane. The aeroplane
arrived in sections and is being put
together preparatory to an early flight.
At the International Miners Con-
gress in Paris resolution was passed
in favor of an eight-hour day, includ-
ing the descent to and the ascent from
the mines. Where the temperature is
excessive or there are obnoxious gases
in the mines, the day is reduced to six
hours.
At Versailles. France. on the Sth
inst Esnault Pelterie travelled 1900
metres with his aeroplane at a height
of forty metres and speed of eighty
kilometres an hour. In making a land
ing too quickly one of his propellers
was demolished and NJ. Pelterie was
quite badly bruised.
Arkansas Socialists, in convention at
Little Rock, declared for statewide
prohibition and condemned lynching
and anarchy.
The executive committee of the
Union Pacific Railway Company has
ratified an issue of $5O,OOO,OOO in
bonds. This is part of the issue of
800, ,OOO,0 900 already authorized by the
stockholders.
Couriers who have arrived at Tan
gier, Morocco, from the interior report
that Mulai Hafid, the insurgent sui
tan, with his entire suite and an army
of 10000 men. entered Fee on Saturday
with great pomp.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-06-13
Denver Man Dies in Honduras.

Denver.-Just as the Honduras ba-
mana plantation he had toiled over
for three years was about to com
mence producing, DIR. A. A. Clough,
formerly health commissioner OF Den
yer, was overtaken by death, accord
ing to a cablegran received in Denver
Saturday by Dr. r. w. Arndt. The
message contained no details beyond
the fact that the doctor died May 30th.
but from letter written from Hon
duras May 23rd, in which it was
stated that DR.. Clough was about To
start on a trip to the interior, it is
thought that he must have met with
an accident. Mrs. Clough and Dr.
Clough's father were with him in Hon
duras. and presumably accompanied
him on his trip.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-06-13
Burlington Railway Branch.

Denver.-A Greeley dispatch to the
Republican Sunday says: The sur
veying car Of the company proposing
to build steam railway connecting
with the Burlington at Hudson and
running through Kersey, Box Elder
and Beaver Draw to Greeley, reached
the Plum ranch near Kersey today.
having completed the survey that far.
Fred Olson, st. Paul railroad man
of wide experience, is here to conduq
all prelimiparies for the work and n
is understood that Burlington officials
are backing the enterprise financially.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-06-13

Over 10000 deaths have resulted
from the severe famine prevailing In
the Usoga province, Uganda, East
Africa. The government is feeding 3D.
900 of the natives. Crops are a COM
plete failure.
At the Brooklands track near Lon
don on the sth inst Felic Nazzare, the
Italian driver, made a worlds automo-
bile record over distance of two and
three-quarter miles, travelling at tue
rate of 100 miles an hour
The two thousand employees OF the
American Waltham Watch Company
factory at Waltham. were notliieo
Monday that the works will be smut
down on June 26th until August Atm.
The factory has been running on snort
time for several months.
Wireless telegraph stations are be
ing installed on the roofs OF the wal
dorf-Astoria in New York and the
Bellevue-Stratford in Philadelphia
Messages will be sent between the
two hotels and rooms will be reserved
by passengers on incoming vessels.
After protracted negotiations it has
been decided that there are too many
difficulties in the way OF an athletlc
meeting for track and field events be-
tween British and American teams TO
follow the Olympic games in London
this summer and the matter has been
dropped
The new scout cruiser Salem was
given her shaking down" trial on the
measured mile course off Province
town. Mass, Sunday and made 25.9
knots in her best mile, the mean OF
several high speed runs being 25.73
knots. The contract calls for "a
knots.
A thousand homes were shaken as
though by an earthquake. 500 windows
were shattered and a fireworks plant
and two dwelling houses were wrecked
at Newcastle, Pa. Sunday night when
two tons of powder and enough fire.
works for half dozen celebrations ex-
ploded.
The steamer Corwin from Seattle
for the ninth consecutive year has
been the first vessel to reach Nome.
The Corwin arrived at the mining
city June 3rd. making the trip from
Seattle in twenty-three days, eighteen
hours. For the last week the Corwtn
was working throuh the ice.
All sorts and sizes of magicians, to
the number of $50, attended the fourth
annual banquet of the Society of
American Magicians. held in the Hotel
Marlborough. New York City. 1t took
the form of farewell banquet to
Harry kellar, dean of the profession,
who has retired from the stage.
Word reached the City of Mexico
Saturday that bandits attacked pay
train on the way to the Les Grandes
mines, near Belsas, in the state Of Gu
errero OF the escort of four men
three were killed and one wounded.
Four thousand dollars was stolen.
Rurales are in pursuit of the highway
men. The mine belongs to an Amer
lean company.
No persons over fifty years Of age
will be admitted hereafter to teaching
positions in the Chicago public schools.
The board of education made this rul-
ing by vote of IL to 4. Incidentally
| the trustees gave their official con-
firmation to the statement of the su-
perintendent's office that this age
limit appears to be the point at which
the mental and physical vigor Of those
who come to us has begun to decline"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-06-13

President F. j. Burch Of the State
Fair Association at Pueblo says that
Governor Buchtel's order regarding
racing will have no effect on the State
Fair. He stated that the directors re-
ceived no revenue from the bookmak-
ers and that the State Fair would be
made more of an educational event
than ever.
Among the successful candidates for
the bachelor of arts degree at Dart
mouth college are Warren Currier.
Greeley, Colorado. John Baldwin
Glaze and Mason Avery Lewis, both
Of Denver. Glaze is captain of the
baseball team and captained the foot
ball team last fall
Charles l.. Tut. the millionaire mill
owner of Colorado Springs, is soon to
start on a three-months' cruise of the
Pacific in his yacht "Anemone." Ac-
companied by Mrs. Tut and their son.
Charles L. Tut, Jr., he left for San
Diego, California Tuesday, and vi
start on the cruise from that point
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-06-13
Two Hundred Thousand in Denver.

Denver.-The new city directory is
out and contains 1O6,835 names, which
is an increase of 1884 over the names
in the issue of 1907. Figuring on the
accepted proportion Of 1.SS which the
actual population bears to that shown
by the directory. Denver has present
population of 2O0,s49. This is a most
conservative estimate, and in most cit
les the proportion OF actual inhabi-
tants is placed at or 225 times that
shown in the directory.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-11
WHERE AN ADVANCE ORDER
SAVED LIFE.

When the state railway commission
issued an order that "deadhead" cars
should be placed between the engine
and the mail coaches, on passenger
trains, the public paid but little atten-
ton to it. A "deadhead' car is an
empty passenger coach, carried from
one point to another, and not used
by the patrons Of the road on that
particular trip.
The order was issued with a view
to reducing possible loss OF life, in
the event Of wreck.
When the headend collision occurred
at Perma last Saturday night, there
were two "deadhead" coaches just
behind the locomotive, and while the
engine crews Of both trains were
killed outright, the occupants Of the
mail and baggage cars were unin-
jured. Had these cars been in any
other portion of the train, the result
might have been different.
The wisdom of the order was thus
practically demonstrated and the state
railway commission deserves credit for
Its foresight.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-11
~AEROPLANE.

Wright has not yet solved the prob
lem Of aerial navigation, but he is
mighty close to the solution. 1t is
simply a matter Of development.
The inventor undoubtedly has the
correct principle, or at least the n
from which the flying machine Of the
future will evolve.
1t is not expected that the aeroplane
will develop into a carrier OF great
capacity. At the present time, it is
developing along military lines, to
meet the demands of the war. de-
partment. Guns of high power and
great range make necessary a revolu-
ton in the scouting method, for forces
by land and vel may be located and
their whereabouts revealed by the
wireless telegraph.
In order to overcome recent achieve
ments, the conquest Of the air is q
necessity. The scout in an aeroplane
may be seen by an enemy, but he may
operate safely beyond the range of
hostile arms, which are effective only
along the line Of the earth's curvature.
A man with an aeroplane and a few
shells, at an altitude of 5000 to 10, 900
feet, IAN destroy the most powerful
fleet in the world at his leisure, and
from his attack there would be no
escape.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-11
IOWA DEADLOCK
STILL CONTINUES
.cuMMINs RECEIVED ONE LESS
VOTE YESTERDAY.

gAiS HWEsl H&H5B$V 1Y1stI EtgN#aM EFH'S SUPERINTENDENT
DIES MONIES, Sept. 10.-A second
ballot for senator in joint session re-
suited materially the same rs Wednes-
day. Representative Kendall was not
present and Governor Cummins re-
ceived one vote less. The stand
patters scattered their votes.
Governor Cummins stated at the
close Of the ballotting that he would
recommend that the ~progressives sup
port a motion to adjourn until Novem-
Der 8. n
The vote stood as follows: Cum.
Minis, 65; Porter, 46; scattering, 43.
stand-patters and the progressives
united in a resolution to adjourn the
Legislature until November "a. While
the resolution did not embody the pro.
vision, It was understood between
stand-1patters and the p%rogressivea
that whoever received the primary
nomination for the long term would be
elected for both the short and long
term.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-11
PLATFORM OF THE MONTANA
DEMOCRACY.

After reading the platform OF she
Democracy, one arrives at the CON
3clusion that IT is . tumble Of words
and a riot OF ideas. It has here =
plank from the national platform,
matched there with another diamet-
5trically opposed to it. State and fed
eral issues are c~risscrossed with an
abandon puzzling to the average
voter. interests are arrayed, one
against the other, and at the same
time an attempt is made to amalga-
mate them.
The party leaders have endeayored
to weave a vote catching basket out
of a number Of ideas, without regard
to the result.
A number of haphazard planks have
been gathered for the construction of
a very poor platform, which, regard
less of the fact that the ticket is
headed by most excellent gentlemen,
will condemn 1t to defeat at the out
set.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-11
MODERATION OF JAPAN.

Carnegie says the action of Japan
in the recent controversy with the
United States showed moderation, and
is a hopeful sign of a lasting peace
between the two nations.
At the same time, it must be ad.
mitted that Japan made a great
deal noise when there was only
one American feet in Pacific waters.
than she has since five armadas dot
the Eastern ocean.
Following the same line of reason,
ing, there is no question but that
Japan will keep the peace sign per
manently posted over her front door
Il Uncle Sam maintains an efectiv.
fighting force on his western coast.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-11

WOODEN BREAD.

A German inventor has discovered
a method of making bread out of
wood. Which goes to show that the
man of the stein has Alaska wheat
beaten to a ~standstill. Wooden bread
will at least swell up when 1t is drop
ped in water, which is more than
some Of the stuff palmed off on us
will do. Wooden bread may be used
for all kinds of purposes-shingling,
lathing, flooring, and goodness only
knows what, for the accounts of the
article which we have read, state
that it is just as hard as a slab.
There is no fake about it. It is Just
what it is represented to be.
When bread is made out of -four,
some wonderful results are attained,
depending altogether on the proicien-
cy Of the bread maker.
There is the variety that seems to
be composed mainly of holes. It
looks something like Swiss cheese,
only 1t does not taste that way. It is
spongy, holds water and provides a
hiding place for ants.
Then there is the kind that, mixed
with the proper amount Of sand and
cement, would be a world beater in
the concrete line.
Then comes the doughy, sticky stuff,
imperyious to water, which defies the
action Of ones molars and the gas.
trio juices, and makes a man feel
az though he had dined on q section
Of q quagmire.
In addition there is the stun that
crumbles and falls to pieces. and
sticks out and up like unruly whiskers
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-11

go HHHMbMl &thNN 9a
w. =. Jones. Of North Yakima. 81
129; Levi Ankeney, Walla Walla, IL
058; w. II. Smell, Tacoma, $3.50.
Albert p. Mead and Henry McBridsl,
the two leading candidates next =
Cosgroye. conceded the latter's nont-
nation for governor. The feature -
the contest Is the fact that the ses-
ond choice vote nominates Cosgr0vs.
The Republican fight has been so hat
and there were SO many names on tie
primary ticket that the result Of the
Democratic primary has been lost
sight Of altogether and It may be ~
other day before the returns are -
tailed. There was no contest EXCEPT
for the ~gubernatorial and senatorial
nominations, and meager returns int
cate the probable nomination Of G9e-
il. Cotterill Of Seattle for the United
States senate and John Pattison. u
Spokane for governor.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-11
THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE.

John Rockefeller, Jr., is out with
a nice line Of advice to the young
man. He tells him not to loan money
to a friend. It's bad business, ac-
cording to John d, Jr. To be sure,
he believes in loaning moneyt-but
not as q matter of friendship. Charge
the man interest for the amount ad-
vanced, and therefore make a busi-
ness transaction of it, by taking Sc
curity. in some form.
John ought to know. He is the son
Of the man who loaned any
thing unless he had the other fellow
hobbled at the start.
Now, if ]. D., sJr., will just follow
up this free advice with the method
to be followed in lodging taxes and
escaping court fines, we will all get
q chance to pay some attention to the
campaign.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-11
%BRlLLlANT ~AssEMBLAGE.
Another Gathering Of Catholic Clergy
mAn4i n

ME- %fEA&&M A& ,&1# E84W &$4ate&lS# 4gE@ &G@A$R
Another Gathering Of Catholic Clergy
men IN London.
LONDON, Sept. 10.-Another congrs-
CATION including dignitaries Of the Re-
man Catholic and the laity assembled
in Westminster cathedral today, When
Ia pontiical high mass was celebrated
BY Monsignor Annette. archbishop Of
Paris. assisted by several archbishops,
bishops and canons, q full choir ard
soloists.
At the conclusion Of the mass, there
were three sectional meetings In col
nection with the national eucharist
which was called last night. Two Ct
them were conducted in English and
the third In the French language.
Cardinal Vincente Vanneulli, the %,
pal legate, presided over the larger
Of the two English meetings. All the
papers read dealt with the eucharist.