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low the Prohibition Map across
IN" platform, asserted that The
Nation J., going dry.
Great enthusiasm over the in.
crease OF total ahstincnc, scn',
m'nt and prohibition ylctou.
'hata't"fIl" Do Convention
throughout.
Nt.t III" report wa read The,
local mon decided To- hold a
M. cling IN the AFTERNOON on N,w
Year , Dty at on' at the church,
m The interest ut mothers. NJ,
Mar, liner to have charge oi tn,
mr' ting, To- which the publ, T..
cordially invited III, pIar, Of
meeting will be- announced later.
AurlIN \. NruII,
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Young Men

II YOU want to ind out what to
CIV, your lady friend, mother Or
lister iot Nmas call and see Mrs.
Sever, F., millinery and ladies'
furnishings. First door south of
l'rf,t <atlural bank. o.. At
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Building Material For Sale

~. j.. Meeting can supply YOU
with an Kind of building material.
SAUDI, gravel, tone, etc. Hauling
and draNal, Ut AN kinds. 4.ti.
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Adat sell. Log Cabin maple
syrup. 3.ti
Photos l5 cents and up, at the
\ir-tU studio.
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Everything Else

In the stock Holiday Goods excepted
at a reduction OF IS per cent. In other
words 81 90 worth Tor sc.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-12-19

OF Bingham, Percale, OutinL Madras,
Canton Flannel, Denim, &c. Thousand ;
OF yards worth Toe to ISc, all dumped on
one table, Choice ....... Sc pr. yd.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-23
CAMPAIGN FOR DECENCY
ON IN COLORADO CITY

Colorado Springs, Jan. 23.-Mayor
d. A. Foote of Colorado City must
close the houses OF Ill fame In that
town or the reform element which
elected him will repudiate his admin
istration. tt.
The gauntlet was thrown down to
the mayor by prominent men. who
have announced their intentions of
leading fight against him unless he
takes Immediate steps to rid the
town of the vice which. 1t is held.
was responsible for the death of
Tucker Holland. who died in re-
sort. presumably by his own hand.
At meeting OF the city council a
resolution was passed making 1t in
cumbent on the local authorities to
act at once with reference to the
closing of the houses and not to ac-
cept a portion OF the earnings OF the
women each month as fines.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-23

Are you a newspaper manZ 81
He edged over toword me until
within whispering distance. as i sat
on a stained and dirty bench in the
dark and somber police court the
other day. .-a 3s-1 le31.iT1 &. zrl
Evidently the bunch of copy paper
which drew from my pocket was
the badge of the profession.
He was soiled, begrimed and hag
gard His unwashed5 face showed
4 weeks growth of stubble; his wat
cry, lusterless eyes, displaying lack
Of sleep and too frequent potations.
peered from sunken cheeks streaked
with dirt from the holdover cell; his
hands, which weakly fitted ever and
anon to his mouth, as If to hide the
unshaved chin. shook from the ef-
fects OF long-continued debauch,
albeit they showed under dirt, free
dom from the callousing effects of
hard work. 1850
AS q climax, he had a breath like
a veteran bung starter.
In his clothes, his expression, his
speech and his action he flew the
signal of distress. A derelict on the
ocean of life; he longed eagerly for
the rescue which came not.
:. With all his mean appearance he
often to this place, a prisoner at the
dock.
"Yod won't mention my name. will
you? You are not down here to re-
port my case, are you? Bless God.
I've still got few friends left.
though none in this town, and I'd
hate to have them know had come
to this"
When assured that there was no
intention of reporting his case"
which gave promise of being too OBJ
scure to ever find its way into the
police happenings of the day, part
of the worried look vanished, and a
dim smile played over the worn fea-
lures.
Strange, but the face could still
smile.
"I'm newspaper man, too.' he
said. Don't look much like it now.
do L? But / am, just the same; and
a good one, too. I've held down
every Job on a paper from printers
devil to managing editor.
Many a day have / done the po-
llice court when l was reporter. and
didn't think then l would ever have
to ask newspaper man to keep me
out of his column.
MY story? It's quickly told in
one word-booze.
you can't monkey with the GIN
mill and get away unscathed. I've
written the old. old tale for every
paper ever worked on. I've told
It forty different ways while report
ing different cases. I've used every
adjective in the English Language to
tell OF the anguish which others have
suffered. and as my own craving
grew and / could appreciate the re-
morse of others. the adjectives only
became more lurid and the phrasing
flowed more freely. Now, l must
ask another to spare his adjectives
In my case,
my name? Why. that's Just
what want to keep out. II you can
make a story without the name, I'm
to old newsgatherer to try to stop
you. Nameless tales hurt no one.
and If you will Just withhold that
you can have the rest.
II got in the dragnet last night
down where the red lights glisten
and lure. l just got into town yes
terday left New York few days
ago to get away from whiskey, and
friends who loved my companionship
too well. I thought II I could get
out into the great West could start
over again.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-23
THIS FRUIT GROWING
is EXTRAORDINARY

The report OF the manager of the
Grand Junction Fruit Growers as
sociation, made at the annual meet.
ing last Friday, showed that during
the season OF 1907, with short crop
In the valley, the growers were paid
the sum of $5OO,025 for total OF
Dos cars OF fruit shipped to over
twenty-five states and countries. A
dividend of % per cent was declared
upon the capital stock of the assoc
iation and this was paid in cash.
The membership of this association
comprises some 600 fruit growers of
Grand Junction and vicinity, the
amount of stock owned by any one
person being limited to 81, 800. The
extraordinary results achieved the
past year afford striking demo-
nstration not only of the success of
Mesa county as fruit growing re-
gion, but also of the cooperative
methods by which the fruit growers
secure the marketing Of their crops.
The figures presented by this re-
port afford an explanation OF the
astonishing prices that have been re-
corded for sales OF Grand Junction
fruit landS-prices which, however
high they may appear, are not cx-
cessive In view of the annual profits
obtained from these lands.-PuebIo
Chieftain.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-23
Tragic Story Of A Career

But you might as well attempt to
flee from the wrath to come. have
discovered now that / was the one
who led myself astray. and not my
friends.
"As soon as l struck the town !
commenced to drink, and / never
stopped as long as l could stand and
pour it in. ! don't know when was
arrested. ! only know that the police
man testified just now that he found
me lying in the gutter, and barely
pulled me from under the wheels of
a passing hack.
Drunk and down is what ! was
charged with. and got ten and costs.
Haven't a cent either. ] had plenty
of money when l struck the town,
but light-fingered someone got to
me before the policeman did, and
now I'm broke.
That's the saving grace of the
whole thing. however. l can't pay
my fine, or l would. And so I'm
going to jail. l can sober up there.
If can't do anything else. When l
get out and have chance to realize
how low / have got on the ladder of
life may brace up.
Nov, I'll tell you something that
will surprise you. Two weeks ago
was getting 5000 a week on one of
New York's great dailies. Never
mind whether l was managing editor
or not. ! had position as good as
any in the country, SO far as journal
ism is concerned.
mo. didn't quit it. l got fired,
Just as had fired many another. Dis
charged for being drunk, neglecting
my job and not being dependable. l
don't blame them. They couldn't
keep me. II / wasn't drunk ] was
getting drunk. and my department
was constantly getting 'scooped by
the other papers. and you know that
is the objectionable sin around
newspaper office.
"And SO / was let out. j was a
disgrace to the office and a nuisance
to every man that worked there. /
would neither do my own work nor
let others work. l owed every man
in the office that would let me. and
insulted those that denied me.
81 still owe them. but some of
them are my friends, and when | was
discharged ] managed to get together
enough money to get me out h ere. 1t
was my intention to go to the coast
but I was to change cars in Denver.
and I did for sure. ! changed from
Pullman car to the hog train.
I'm on the hummer this time. But
I'm going to take my medicine.
mo you WON'T You'll not pay
my fine, I'm going to jail. That's
the place for me. Why, there are
twenty men on your paper alone who
would pay my fine so quick 1t would
stagger you II You would tell them
my name. But that's the fone secret
that is going to Jail with me. and as
you have promised to do what l ask.
request you to forget my story and
me.
Tell 1t to no one. It's just one OF
the many imprinted tales in the daily
news grind.
IT may get up again. l may not.
The chances are that ] Will not. But
I still have hopes. No wife or chill
dren suffer through me. There's no
story of a pauperized family. MY
wife died years ago-too long for
some to remember. but do. When
she died something went out of my
life that could never be replaced.
None other has ever or could ever
take her place. There is void in
my heart that l have never tried to
FILL"
Ever the dirty hand fitted through
the stubble of the dirtier chin When
he spoke of his wife could see. from
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-23
SUGGESTIONS WANTED.

In order to fully meet the deman Is
of the exhibitors at the Mesa County
fair, the board of directors atrthe
last meeting would like suggestions
from the people of the county on any
subject in connection with the prep
aration of the premium list. Kindly
write your ideas and mail them at
once to Leon J. Chapman. secretary.
SO that they may have the consider
alton of the committee. AS the work
of revising the book for the fifth an
nual fair will begin next week. it is
important that these suggestions be
forwarded Immediately. The COM
mittee will appreciate opinions from
the exhibitors, so that the book will
be as satisfactory as possible. Do
it now.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-23

the tail of my eye, the hand go
higher, as though to push the matted
hair from the brow.
l did not have to look to know
what he was doing. but when l did
saw two whittier streaks. one on each
cheek, and corresponding wet spot
ON the mud-stained coat sleeve.
He had dropped few pearls from
memory's casket as the tribute to the
one who was gone.
Maybe her death had something
to do with my present condition.
am not cowardly enough to say so.
l take all the blame. but probably
IL might have been different were she
still here. She died with our little
baby in her arms. With her last
strength she clung feebly to that tiny
sprig of humanity. 1t was only few
hours old-neyer saw its mother or
father on earth. Its frail barque
fitted after her into the unknown
sea and | was left alone to walk the
shores of time and wait for my ship.
They're together now, and guess
they know where l am.
Perhaps I'll see them both some
day. I've never done any great
wrong to anyone but myself and
probably the sins against your own
person are not looked upon too
harshly in the court of last resort.
That's my story. Not much, but
| believe l was intended for better
things than fall to the lot of a vag.
I'm not blaming others. | fell when
no one was looking, and l want the
world to turn away while | struggle
to rise.
MY name? You still want that.
Well. you would probably respect
my wish to keep it quiet, so lean
over here. It's"
A heavy hand fell on the soiled
coat sleeve and the harsh voice of
the, court sergeant said: Come on /;
get out of here. Time to CO."
Through the open door he went,
down the steps to the street, in CON-
pany with the motley array of hui
manity which constituted the morn
ing police court grist.
Like all the rest he loolled-on
the surface. But closer study showed
flinching and shrinking from them
as though he feared he might become
contaminated even more than he was
Into the wagon he climbed: the
gong sounded and away he went The
last glimpse l had of him was from
the steps of the city hall. He saw
me standing there, and raised ur
slightly to wave good-by. His face
had changed. No longer the hang.
dog, beaten look. He was going to
the battle-to. the self-chosen expia-
tion. In his eyes shone victory. and
his face was illumined with the old
time flash of conscious strength
which l fancied must have shown
there when he commanded the army
of men amidst the whirl and hustle
of the office of that great New York
daily.
never learned his name. I never
tried to. On the blotter at police
headquarters is fictitious entry with
| a history behind 1t.
Yon think 1t an easy matter tc
find who he was by merely inquir-
ing? oh, no. / protected him to that
extent. He is gone. He has servei
his sentence He left Denver three
days ago held this story until
knew he had departed.
Did he go in Pullman? Did he
go on the hog train he spoke of? II
really dosen't matter. Whatever
train he is on-palace or hog--it',
up to him whether he stays aboard
IS. ]. Lewis in Denver Times o.
! January IS.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-23
+ + = = =
= t++ + =

=
The latest conner, boy, appeared
a few days ago. The father is quoted
as saying that twenty-three is the
limit.
Mr.. Mcclure is 5S years old and
his wife is one year younger. They
were married in Glasgow. Scotland,
when Mr.. Mcclure was Is and soon
afterward came to this country. Nc
Guire went to work in the mines.
The children followed in quick sue
cession. OF the eighteen living
eleven are sons and seven daughters.
Six sons and three daughters ara
married and have families. The
grandchildren number fourteen.
The home life of the McGuires is
ideal. They own the two-story house
In which they live. the purchase price
being earned in the mines. A re-
union is held each year. Mr.. Mcclure
thinks children are blessing and
big family delight.
See Fred's SOC whips.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-23
CALL FOR CITY WARRANTS.

Notice is HEREBY given that the
following warrants of the city Of
Grand Junction. Colorado. will be re-
deemed with accrued interest there
on upon presentation at my office.
557 Main street. Interest on the
warrants In this call will cease Feb
ruary 90, 1908:
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-23
NOW
Is THE TIME no BUY.

40 acres fine improved land ono
mile east of Fruita. Full water right.
Good 4-room house and barn, fruit
cellars, acres full-bearing apples,
IA acres of alfalfa, balance cultivated
land. Price for short time $3.50
per acre. one half down.
25 acres under the Price ditch, a
miles from town. only $1s5 per acre.
$500 down.
40 acres alfalfa. u miles from
Grand Junction. House, barn, cor
rails. etc, 1925 per acre. $4,000
down or will take city property as
part payment.
5-room modern house on Belford.
built less than year. Price $225O
$3.50 down, balance monthly pay
ments.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-23
FATHER OF 81 CHILDREN;
EIGHTEEN ARE LIVING.

+ Scranton, Pa, Jan. "a I
= Robert Mcclure of North Scran- Z
= ton is the father of twenty-one :
= children. of whom eighteen are :
+ living.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-23

OIL your harness. Oil your har-
ness. Fred Mantsy.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-23

Fred Mantey's soc rawhide leader
whip. See It.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-23

Let Fred Mantey show you that
zoe whip.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-23

II your horse interferes. try Hiatt
on your next shoeing.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-23

The remainder or our lap robes go
at any price.-Fred Mantey.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-23

Soc rawhide ship.-Fred
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-23

1907 has been our banner buggy
year.-Fred Mantey.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-23

j-s-s-i-f-5i.-f.f..5..5-t.5- 5-5-S-3'-s..5-;
+ DRS. ELDRIDGE AND GRAY. j.
Physicians and Surgeons. !
+ All medicines are furnished I.
I. from our own laboratory and :;
|. put up by ourselves. thus avoid I.
I. Ing mistakes. :
Offices Nos. 1. ., 5. and Z No. :;
|. 518 Capitol block, Main Street I.
Residence, No. s3S Chipeta I.
+ Phones: Res. No. lot Junct. J
/ Ofhces. No. 126 Junct- !
Once hours from $3.50 to IL :.
I. an; from l toe pm: from I.
z to 9 pm: and from 2 to p. !.
I. m. Sundays. =
.s-s.f.f..i..i..i-f-3-l.k4-{-f-l-i-i
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-23

That
Mantey.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-23
One OF The Dereicts On LIES Sea
Are you a Newspaper man?

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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-01
SEVERAL PEOPLE
WHO TOOK TUMBLES

Mrs. Judge Gaddes, of Roseburg.
in attempting to cross the gulch
west Of the S. p. depot, fell from the
bank and broke her arm. She was
extricated from the water by w. W.
skinner, and taken TO Ne Florence
hotel, where the limb was set
Paul Kleppin, manager OF the
new Prohibition paper, fell from the
walk into a ditch OF water at Eigh-
teenth and Chemeketa streets, while
on his way home, last night. He
floundered in the cold water for
awhile, but at last got out and
reached home in a drenehed eondi-
tion.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-01
CHAS. II. HINGES
Jeweler and optician.
1913 Commercial Street.

developed nothing but corrugated
one is bitter disappointment.
~ have tried to persuade her 10
return to the old sty'e of hairpins,
but she won't listen to me. She SAYS
that a woman's hairpins are her own
property, and that man is fool
who tries to dictate to his wife what
sort of hairpins she must wear.
Moreover, she says that the CORFU
gated hairpin is fashionable, and
that II keeps the hat in place in case
OF accident, such as having your bon
net knocked off in a bargain counter
and as long as IL Is fash
ionable she means TO stick to II. No!
There is nothing to be done. My
dream of married happiness is over.
and that is all there is TO it."-New
York Times.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-01

Fred Kurtz, the popular butcher ol
North Commercial street, will cease
TO be a single-r man this evening"
when Miss Carrie Mankurtz' an &c,
complished young lady of Portland
becomes his wife. The wedding GER
emony will be performed at the resi-
dence of the brides parents, Mr.. ana
Mrs. Gus Mankurtz, on Williams aV-
enue. where elaborate arrangem ms
have been made for the event.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kurtz will leave lot
California. where they Will spenl
short honeymoon after which they
viii return tc sa'em 70 reside.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-01
THE SUGAR BEET ,.no,r
INDUSTRY IN EUROPE

n report from Liege, Belgium
Consul II Albert johnson says II
.,,,s that the beet-sugar SITUATION
tb,s wear is far from satisfactory
ana that both the farmers and sugar
Manufacturers have good grounds ior
rneasiness. His trade details lo'-
low -, ....,
The beet crop is decidedly short
and the percentage Of sugar. wnicn
II was hoped would be rather lareeF
than usual. proves to be much below
,be average heretofore obtained. Inc
neriod Of sugar-making will be snort
and as prices are disastrously low II
,s expected that more than one suga.
factory will be obliged TO suspend
operations for next year. The enec's
of the Brussels sugar convention
bave not 90 far been as favorable to
the industry as had been antici'
pated. -.
There appears to be some nope
that through the acceptance OF the
terms of the Brussels convention on
the part of the Russian government
prices may take a more favorable
turn. Such a result, however, al
though within the range of possible
lty. can hardly be counted upon as
a probability. ,
on the other hand, Il IS reported
that a recent meeting Of the Societe
des Agrlculteurs du Nord a farm
ers organization Of France) the fol-
lowing resolutions. already agreed
upon by the syndicate Of sugar man.
OF France, concerning the
additional act OF the Brussels con-
ference. had been adopted;
"First-Consldering that the re-
newal Of the Brussels convention
could only to further aggravate the
already precarious position of the
French sugar manufacturers, the
committee Of the sugar syndicate Is
% tho orlnlon that the ratification
Of the additional ec' shol'd be made
to the acceptance Of the
Brussels convention by all the sugar
nations OF Europe and
to the lowering Of the French excise
tax on sugar to the level adopted by
Germany.
"second-Thc committee expresses
the wish that the French govern
ment would take steps 10 introduce
a system Of giving bountles for what
Is termed denatured sugar that
serves as food for cattle"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-01

n,.ced in the calaboose. A searcn
revealed nothing in the tramp's pos
session that belonged to MI La"'on'
but his shoe fitted the tracks iia1 M
in the alley, and red-coiored c'ss .,.
found on them corresponded WIN I .ps
same material in the alley where ,' 'no
robbery took place. He was .,i takea -
- the county Jail at Jacksonville 10
await preliminary examination.
Mr.. Lawton's head and face are are
,odty bruised and swollen the SKIN
being broken in several places.
a number Of hoboes and brake
hoam tourists have passed through
Medford recently, and 1t Is Supposed
that the robbery was the work OF ons
OF them.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-01
Matrimonial Failure.

There Is nothing so generally
useful as a hairpin," said a 65-year-
old Gothamite, who first launched
himself on the perilous seas OF matri-
mony when in HIS seth year.
Take a pipe. for instance; II your
pipe gets choked and you want 10
clear II out, all you have 10 do is TO
get a hairpin and run II through the
pipe II was this popularity OF th4
hairpin that induced me TO marry
when ] was SO years young, thongh 7
had been bachelor all my life.
But II isn't that hairpins are
used exclusively for pipes. / have
found them useful in dozen dire-
rent ways, For instance, II you want
10 make a hook for any purpose, !
can make one out OF a hairpin in
thirty seconds II cork gets chok-
ed In a bottle OF chemicals, an I have
20 do Is 70 call my wife, get a hair
pin ara coax that cork out. II l
want TO drop a liquid that must be
dropped with the greatest accuracy.
! bend a hairpin, put il in the neck
OF the bottle and let the liquid nn
out drop by drop along the hairpin.
Ihen' again, II my lamp gets out OF
order take a halrpin and pick al
the wick until / ct il Just right.
When ! need toothpicsk, there Is
nothing like hairpin, and when The
sieve that my wife drains the coffee
through gets choked up, tho hairpin
SEEMS 10 have been designed by ma
lure expressly for the freeing of holes
10 a sieve. In fact, there is no enl
20 Tue uses TO which that wonderful
instrument can be put
But this usefulness Of the bairpin
has finally caused troable between
me and my wife, who, may tell Won
Is much younger than l. ana I'm
thinking OF sending her back 10 her
parents It's her hairpins that are
at 'aai'-not her, understand when
msFrned her she wore the same
A'Dd OF hairpins thar my housekaan-
8" IN my bachelorhood days. wore
'n' supplied me with 10 clean NV
pipe They were long and sthaiabt
ann as have told you. unsful IN =
nuno'ed different ways besides Rut
sooe' three weeks ago nv wife snS,
osaly came cut With a new specis.
=. naiFpla' corrugated one. the les
o. which are twisted into snir.,s ,,s'
20 attempt to clean a pipe With thot
sur OF aairpin would be as ahsnrS
.s 20 uy 70 clean it With a corr
screw aHd there is hardly a purDo'a
- ~a'ch that vretehed hairplp can
pc put. 1t isn't ornaments, ~, van ~
.sA useful and to ana that The - =
man Who ] married prinelns,,' 80. 20.
nc sake Of hairpins has sudden.