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Neifhborhood Christmas Tree

The neighbors of Mr.. and Mrs
s. G.. Hunter assembled at the
Hunter residence Christmas Eve
to listen to a program by the
children of the neighborhood, un-
der the supervision and direction
of the energetic Miss Anna Hun
ter, and to take a part in the en-.
joyment of a. Christmas tree.
The program, which had been en-
tirely gotten up and arranged by
Miss Anna Hunter, consisted of
readings, recitations and music
and consumed over an hour. Then
came the tree which contained
presents for all present and a jolly
good time was had by all in the
enjoyment of the gifts and marks
of remembrance. Refreshments
were served about IL o'clock.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs
A. L, Chapman and children, Mrs.
Mauk and children, Mr.. and Mrs.
C. Q. Kelly and children, Mrs.
Mammalian and children aud Mr..
and MIS-, John Priquet and fami.
ly.
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Returned from Old Mexico

Robert Torbet, Aug. Swanson
and a number of others who have
been down into old Mexico to
to look over colonist lands, return
ed Friday and all are we'll pleased
with their trip and nearly all
bought land.
The report of one man who
came back from there some time
ago that it was no good and nc
place to live scared up some of the
Encampment men who had
bought land and had not gone tc
see it. So a party was organized
to go and look over the country
The party on its return can't sa,
enough in the behalf of the Land
company or their land, besides
they say it is one of the bes
places they ever saw for a poo
man. Land is selling from s. Il
SIS per acre and will grow any
thing without irrigation. TIL,
prices for produce etc. are goot
and the cost of living cheap. Th'
mountains there abound will
wild. fruit the year round. such a
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At the residence of Father
onrath, at Rawlins, at s o'clock
his evening, will occur a quiet
Fedding at which Charles A.
hansen and Miss Julia Kathleen
Campbell will be united in mar
page. The wedding ceremony
pill be performed in the presence
II the groom's brother, Harry
Hansen, Miss Jennie Campbell
ind Randall Campbell, the brother
ind sister of the bride. The
couple will go to Denver, where
they will spend a week, after
which they will take up their resi-,
Hence at Walcott, where Mr.. Han
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Government Dry Farming

Probably no other part of the
United States is so 1avishly sup.
piled with available power from
NATURES storehouse of energy,
without the aid of complex trans
formation, as the great plains re-
gion, where, in spring and sum-
mer, there is hardly a day passes
that the wind does not blow suf.
ficiently to run a windmill.
At the Government experiment
farm, near Cheyenne, the Office OF
Experiment Stations, in charge OF
Irrigation Investigations, has
erected seven different kinds Of
windmills for the purpose of test
ing their power in raising water
for irrigation in connection with
dry farming. They have also
built a small reservoir on the
highest corner of the farm.
No pumping plant delivering
less than 800 or 800 gallons per
minute can be successfully ope-
rated by using the flow direct. In
all such instances it should be
stored in small reservoirs SO that q
large head, or quantity, may be
available for irrigation. The cost
of a reservoir in connection with
a windmill plant is not great, and
can be built of earth, thoroughly
puddled, and at a time when the
nse of the farm teams will not
conflict with other operations
The size required depends upon
many conditions, but ordinarily
one having a capacity of one-half
acre TO ot, seventy-6ve feet in di.
ameter, round, and four feet deep
will not exceed for the average
plant $500.
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Miss MARGARET Hufus Artistic

From the Santa Cruz Sentinel
of December 18th we clip the FOL.
lowing concerning the talent dis.
played by Miss Margaret Hugus
during a dramatic recital at the
First Christian Church, which
took place there recently:
"Miss Margaret Hugus told
"How Miss Ceely took the Cake"
in such correct negro dialect that
one might have thought her lately
emigrated from New Orleans, and
it is to be hoped that she will not
forget those accents when she
goes on the stage, if she chooses
to grace the boards that make the
presentment of the world. The
sweet drawl of the Southern
speech was laid aside in the recit-
al of ''How Salvador Won," and
the fire of the thoroughbred horse
struck sparks of enthusiasm from
the ground over which he seem to
fly. Later on, when Miss Marga-
ct childed the blood in her hear
er's veins by the weird scenes de-
picted by Longfellow at Mime
haha's death, she had a different
tone, and there vas a tragic ex-
preston on her features. which
proved that in drama she too
could take her part"
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Altar Society Christmas Tree

AT the pleasant home of Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Walter, the Altar
Society entertained the children
of the Catholic Sunday School
and the Catholic young people of
the city at a Christmas tree. All
received presents and candy and
nuts in abundance, Games were
enjoyed until a late hour, and all
who we're present report a jolly
good time.
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sen has a position as agent for the
s. & e. Ry.

sen has a position as agent for the
s. & E.. Ry.
Mr.. Hansen is one of the best
known and the best liked young
men of Carbon county. He is q
man of good business quali6ca.
tions and has filed every position
with credit and perfect satisfac.
ton His friends are legion, for
he is q universal favorite every-
where. He is a member of Wyo-
ming Consistory and of Korein
Temple, Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine. He was employed by the
Union Pacific for many years but
came to the s. & E.. BY. at an
early date in the history of that
road and is one Of it's most trusted
employees.
Mrs. Hansen is the eldest
daughter of Mrs. Archie Campbell
of this place She is a bright,
handsome brunette. Possessed of a
good education and has always
commanded a good salary as clerk
in mercantile houses. Born and
raised here in the valley she has
always had a host of warm friends
and admirers who will wish her
and her husband all the happiness
possible.
The Sun joins with the many
friends and we'll wishers of the
newly welded pair in bidding
them god.speed and a long and
happy life.
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Is. e and Friday

The motor Car on the Union
Pacific which was wrecked by a
Colorado & Southern freight train
last week, by a curious coincidence
was car No. IL of division %,
wrecked on Friday. Union Pacif-
ic officials are investigating the
causes of the collision. Damage
to the car was slight. j. Il. Jones,
of Sterling, one of the passengers
bad two ribs broken.
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Grand Sire's Visit

Tomorrow evening at the install
lation of officers of the Odd Eel
lows lodge No. 43 of this place,
Grand Sire, W. L. Kuykendall,
will visit in his official capacity.
This great honor is something
that very few lodges get or have
ever gotten. 1t is hoped that
every member as we'll as visiting
members will attend and hear the
Grand Sire. After the ceremon-
les the lodge will have a smoker
and banquet.
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Blickfeldt Killed at Rawlins

Henry Blickfeldt was shot and
killed at Rawlins Sunday while
resisting arrest by Policeman
Startzell. Blickfeldt had been
drinking, and shortly before 9
O'Clock he picked up a % CALDER
automatic rifle and threatened to
kill the members of his family.
A telephone message was sent
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Dinner At Scribner Ranch

Mr. and Mrs. =. NJ. Scribner
I've a fine Christmas dinner, at
bich were several invited guests
Pung chickens were substituted
+ the proverbial turkey, and ev-
(ythinR else that was good was
evidence. The guests were Mr.,
hd Mrs. Hubbard Hsrter, Mr.. and
lrs. Frank Scribner and Miss
|tta Widrig.
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Saratoga Chips
Wilbur Hugus Is back in town.

Wilbur Hugus Is back in town.
l.. q. Nelson went to Rawliu Tues
day.
Miss Jennie Campbell went 70
Rawlins Sunday.
Charlie Ream was in Monday FROM
the L. G. Nelson ranch.
Chas. Mckay wasdown from Brush
creek Friday and Saturday.
Charlie Morrison was down from
Encampment the past week.
Miss Maude Fuller spent Christ
mas with her mother in WaIcott.
Geo. Simonis returned Tuesday
from the Laramie plains country.
James Widner Was in from tho
Crown Point coal mine this week.
Ira G. Want was in yesterday with
a load of pine logs for somebody's
wood-pile.
w. q. Passmore leaves Jan. lst
for a warmer climate, where he hopes
to regain his health.
c. A. Hansen, the gentlemanly
5. & E. agent at Walcott, was up be-
tween trains Sunday.
The Odd Fellows will install officers
Jan. LIST and the installation will be
followed by a banquet.
Jacob Reed took two S.horse loads
of baled alfalfa out to the Hopkins
ranch On Sage creek Sunday.
W. A. Humphreys came in last
week from the B. A. Kidding ranch,
where he has been employed.
]. F. Crawford, United States Com.
missioner, went up to Encsmpment
Monday on a short business visit.
G. M. Scribner, wife and two little
daughters, Rutha and Olive, weps in
town Sunday from their Lake crssk
ranch.
United States Marshal l.. g. Davis
came up from Cheyenne Tuesday for
a weeks visit to his large cattle ranch
up the river.
L. W. McAnulty, who has bean at
Grenola, Kas., for the past two or
three weeks, is expected home the
first oil next week.
Mrs. j. F. Simonson and litsle
daughters left for Rawlins Sunday, 70
which place Mr.. Simonson had pro-
coded them a few days.
Miss Ruth Widrig returned from
Colorado recently and is visiting with
the family of her brother, and her sis
ter, Mrs. II. @. Moore.
A. L. Norman, who is employed by
Bert Walker at the Sterrett & NUM-
ranch, was down for the Christmas
dance and entertainment.
o. E. Ekdahl came in Saturday in
a sled and took Miss Emma Sensin.
taffar and Miss Miller out with him
to spend the Christmas holidays ii
the hospitable Ekdahl ranch.
additional local on Ath pagsl
o.
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SCENIC
ROUTE
Miles Of Mountain Scenery AlonS
Saratoga { Encampment
Unsurpassed

west is, more or less, a scenic
route of wonder and interest, but
there is none that can EXCEL the
the s. & E. Ry. in that direction.
From the time the train leaves
Walcott until it reaches Encamp-
ment the great Medicine Bow
range looms up, grand and majes-
tic. The valley of Pass creek in
tervenes between the road and
the range and furnishes a most in
teresting foreground Elk Noun
tain, "gran1, gloomy and peculiar"
stands as a huge sentinel at the
end of the range, always an object
of absorbing interest for ITSELF
alone, as we'll as for the magnif-
icence of its proportions. Great
tragedies have been enacted in it's
canons and in the fastness of its
immense forests. OF ITSELF it
would be worth riding thousands
of miles to see.
As the passenger gazes noun
tainward the other lands marks of
that range loom up-the "Kid,'
Timber mountain and the "Old
Badly" each standing sentinel
like on the borderland of the
dense green forests that clothe
the range AZ a garment.
The sight of this mountain
range occupies the traveller until
he reaches Saratoga. From here
on, the North Platte river adds
its interest to the mountain scen-
cry. The road makes its way up
thru many fine ranches that line
the river bottom until in climbs
above them and then you have
the magnificent panorama of cul-
tivated lands, with ranch houses
and cultivated fields, the farther
side of which is marked by the
river with its wooded banks and
islands closely hugging a rugged
rocky cliff. Back of the cliff rise
Cedar Hills and back of them,
forming a background, the beauty
of which can nowhere be excelled,
rise the Medicine Bow range of
mountains. This river and
mountain scene can no where be
surpassed for beauty, grandeur
and interest.
When the road reaches the En-
campment river canyon the road
enters into a kind of natural
Wonderland. 1t follows the
river thru the canyon, crossing it
twice near the upper end. Thru
this canyon there is hardly a
hundred yards of straight track.
Nature played some fantastic
tricks with Mother Earth here
about the year !, and has ever
since been trying to hide the
scars and rents. On either side
os the road, rising for hundreds of
feet, huge piles of rocks, scantily
clothed with stunted cedars and
and sage brush, make the walls of
this canyon and at the bottom of
the assure flows the Grand En-
campment river, a stormy, rest
less torrent of ice-cold mountain
water. 1t is a wild and pictur-
esque scene and one which chang
es with every rod of the road.
Huge rocks stand menacingly
close to the track and gnaried and
moss-grown cedars, centuries old,
wave their arms at the passerby
as though protesting against the
invasion of their solitude.
There are four or five miles of
this enhancing scenery and then
the track makes a bee line for the
Sierra Madre range, skirting
along the beautiful valley of the
Grand Encampment, which is GOV.
cred with ranch houses, fenced
fields and stacks of hay. But al.
ways mountains. They are al.
ways in sight. You never leave
them on this road. They loom
up ON the horizon and overshadov
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the valleys and lend grandeur and
magnificence to the scene.
Truly this road can be called the
Scenic Route"
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KEEP CLEAN INSIDE.
Young man:

1OunS man,
Deliberately insult the man who
starts to tell a smutty story In your
presence by turning on your heel.
Such a corruptlonist has no more
right to steal your pure thoughts than
he has to put his hand into your pocket
and take your money.
These retailers Of filth are whited
sepulchers-clean on the outside, but
inwardly filed with dead mems bones.
They are debauchers Of clean minds,
robbers of purity.
You should never permit yourself to
listen to an improper story-a story
you would not care to repeat to your
mother or your sister. The filthy sug-
gestiveness will soak into your men,
ory as spilled ink soaks into blottlng
paper.
Allow no man to drag your mind
through a sewer.
Do you know there IS many a man
who would sacrifice much today to be
able to wipe from his memory some OF
the things he listened to when a boy?
The man who will deliberately repeat
a risque story in the presence of a
youth deserves no respect. He Is an
lncarnate devil Of meanness. He Is
daubing a coarse picture on clean
walls.
No gentleman will tell story he
could not tell In the presence Of ladies'
Do you remember what General
Grant said to the officer who began to
tell story, remarking, There are nc
ladies present." whereupon the silent
soldier quickly retorted, There are
gentlemen PRESENT.
Keep your mind unsullied. A fou
suggestion may harden into habit o.
thought that will lead you far astray.
Keep clean inside.
It Is more a matter Of importance
that you should keep the dirt of you
soul than to keep 1t off your clothes.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-05-23
Manv Times Married.

There are some very remarkable In
stances of people who have been mar
rled a large number Of times, and also
of husbands and wives who have lived
together to an extraordinary age. St
Jerome mentions a woman who mar
rIed her twenty-second husband, who,
In his turn, had been married to twen-
ty wives. There Is an instance re-
corded in Bordeaux in 17T2 of a man
who had been married sixteen times.
woman named Elizabeth Nase, who
died in Florence in 1768, had been mar
ried to seven husbands, her last we'd
ding taking place when she was seven
ty years Of age. Numerous cases exist
all over the world Of people who have
been married four, five or six times.
In 176S a couple was living in Essex
who had been married eighty-one
years. the husband being 107 years old
and his wife only four years younger.
These cases are also not isolated ones
and It is somewhat remarkable that In
most of such instances when one has
died the survivor has died the next
day
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-05-23
MARTIAL M0RTALS.
rbe human race Is a brave race.

The human race Is brave race.
It is proved by the fact that 1t con-
tinues to live. While 1t requires bray-
cry to die, it requires more bravery to
live. And humanity is so stout hearted
If fights the battle OF life so long as 1t
can fight. Occasionally a tired, sick
hearted one surrenders. but be Is the
exception.
Humanity Is brave.
Men and women daily face conflicts
that might we'll daunt the intrepid
gods. Think you because they go
about with smiling faces there are no
tasks that test all their fortitude. no
sorrows that must be courageously
borne?
Humanity Is brave.
Here is one fighting to keep in sub
lection his lower nature. Think OF the
dueIs he fights! Who knows the striv-
ings of his defeats, the gallantry OF
his victories? He is a brave man, as
brave as ever couched lance In rest
against a foe. And here is one who
tackles the wild beasts In the arena or
business competition and one who
struggles with a great sorrow.
Humanity is brave.
This woman faces poverty and limi-
tatlons, or anxiety. or pain. strain on
nerve or sympathy. An archangeI
might well shudder to undertake the
whole gamut of suffering that comes
with wifehood and motherhood. And
there is no shrinking. Woman dies and
gives no sign. Woman lives and smiles
in the front of Fate!
Humanity is brave.
In this strenuous life Of ours the real
men and women sleep each night as
the soldier sleeps-on the battlefield.
/ And revellle wakes each martial NOR
tai to daily battle-some to fight the
good fight with hands and some with
brains and some with hearts. Look
about you. Is it not true? You may
even see some who are lighting with
broken sword.
| Yes, humanity is brave.
But it needs to repeat daily the
prayer of Robert Louis Stevenson:
"The day returns and brings US the
round Of irritating concerns and du-
ties. Help US to play the man; help
US to perform them with laughter and
kind faces; let cheerfulness abound
with industry. Give rs to go blithely
on our business all this day, bring US
10 our resting place weary and content
and undiscovered and grant US In the
end the spirit Of sleep. Amen"
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Horses and Music.

Horses are particularly sensitive to
music. Guenoe, who carefully studied
the matter, quotes the following curl
Gus fact: "In 1892 the Fifty-elghth reg
iment of infantry was making a mill
tary test march when the music struck
up. The young horse Of Captain DE
r. hastened forward and placed itself,
in spite Of its rider, behind the last rank
Of the musicians. Then 1t followed
peacefully, giving obvious signs OF
pleasure.
when the music ceased the captain
was able to resume his place at the
head of his company, but the band
struck up again, and the horse, not
withstanding the efforts Of Captain De
R., galloped ahead and once more
placed itself behind the musicians.
This happened every time the band
played"
Lions have been found to listen With
marked joy to the piano. They appre'
ciate the top notes and the medium,
but roar terribly when the bass keys
are struck loudly.-Parls Revue.
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Some Famous Faces.

Napoleon, with face as II 1t had
been modelled from Greek cameo,
was never, in Talleyrand's Judgment
Mt all events, quite a gentleman. He
gesticulated too much and was alto
gether too violent for the correct taste
of the great noble trained under the
old regime. Perfection OF body Is not
necessary, either, for many misshaped
men have been dignifed even when
they were not like the Due de Ven-
dome. princes Of the lilies In days
when that distinction meant so much.
Little men and wizened men have
both inspired awe, for great soldiers
trembled If Louis XIV. frowned, and
no man received without weakened
knees a rebuke from William III. The
protruding underlip Of the Hapsburgs
has never detracted from their majes-
ty. and Victor Emmanuel, who for all
his good manners, always suggested to
the onlooker a bull face to face with
the matadore, was for all that every
inch king.-London Spectator.
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Heart toHear
Talks.
JUDGE NOT.
BY EDWIN A. NYE.
Copyright, 1903, by Edwin A. Nye.


"He is an old tightwad."
That much the writer heard. and he
listened to this further arraignment OF
the absent subject:
81 tell you, he Is the stlnglest man IN
town. He insists on the last red cent
that Is coming to him. He Is as close
as the bark on a tree. and 1t Is well
known he gives nothing away In a
worthy cause"
Severe, but
AS the writer happened to know In
this case, It was only half the ruth.
True, the man referred to IS close in
his dealings, but this is also true; If he
insists upon what is due him he Is also
ready to pay to the last cent what ne
owes. His bills are promptly met. He
Is recognized as an honest man. His
credit is good. And this cannot al
WAYS be said Of some other men with
reputation for generosity. He de-
mands no more than he is willing to
concede. II he IS inslstent upon full
payment, he Is also ready with his
own check book.
But
There Is another side to his charac'
ter hidden from the public view.
Let us turn the shield around.
This individual who is called stingy
and close fsted has large family. lie
is fairly prosperous. but he needs al
his money. He slaves and saves no
for himself, bat for his family. dc
would perhaps like to be generous anc
charitable in giving, but for the sake
of the dear ones he must drive hare
bargains and insist upon full paymen
OF his due. He even stints himself fol
their sakes.
More yet
One of this mans children Is a lif'
cripple. Another is incapable Of max
ing its way In the world. And he Il
educating an orphan niece. The person
who called him tightwad didn't know
! that.
, Stingy? No. Hard hearted? No.
I He lavishes all his strength and al
l his money and all his tenderness Of
J those who need his first and creates
care He does this deliberately an
= without regret and without self pity
r He is not a demonstrative man. Ii
) Is not built that way. And yet his In
innate friends know how his big hear
I yearns over those helpless ones.
Stern and coldl
e Maybe. He doesn't wear his heart 0
Y his sleeve. And for many years 3
has buffeted- the waves Of crushin
I trouble and daily sorrow. He ma
r have a false view of things. but he n
doubt feels that he must fight a worl
d that knows and cares little for him
his. So men call him hard and unfee
|, ing. whereas in reality he is as tendt
e as a child.
|. You see, exteriors are deceptiv
i You do not know what mans thor
J. in the flesh may be by looking at hiI
b from the outside.
Therefore
o Judge not lest ye be judged"
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Customers extended every
accommodation consist
ent with conservative
banking.
Strictly a home institution.