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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-18
MODERN ACTING.

The modern school l like full well !;
through it no lungs are split.
An actor used TO have to yell if he
would make a hit.
But now when some one soaks him
hard, he murmurs soft and low /;
I'll let you live, Count Hildegard,
live to regret that blow
The tableau used to be the thing,
each carpenter and supe
Upon the stage they'd always bring,
and mass 'em in group.
And then while horns would loudly
blare and cymbals wildly clang,
They'd cut the curtain loose some
where and drop it with a bang
But in the modern school they've done
with things like these
The hero stands up stage alone among
the canvass trees.
Then as his sweetheart towards him
glides, his faithful love to crown
The curtain gently, softly slides, and
noiselessly comes down.
Washington Herald.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-18
GOOD HUNTING IN MONTANA.
Game Wardens Report a Fine Look
out for Big Game.

According to the reports of the dep
uty game wardens who have been in
Helena in conference with game War
den Scott, in every part of the state
the finest hunting in years is promised
during the open season next Septem-
Der, says the Helena correspondent
Of the New York Sun.
The prospects are not quite so aus
picious for a good crop of chickens,
grouse and sage hens as for big game.
| The late spring and the wet weather
in many places created havoc among
the chicks and it is feared that if the
wet weather continues it will destroy
the young. The outlook for good
duck shooting is splendid and, accord
ling to the reports of the deputies, is
nowhere better than at Lake Hauser,
few miles north of Helena. This is
the first year the ducks have nestled
on the lakes in any great number and
the ducklings have been Matched and
are doing well.
The best big-game shooting to be
found in the country today is said to
be on the F1athead and Lewis and
Clark forest reserves. The reserves
are a true wilderness and afford u
fine haven for the big game. Not
enough hunting has been done on the
reserves 70 spoil it. Among the big
game animals which are plentiful are
elk, black tailed deer and al varie-
ties of the bear family, from the little
brown and black bear to the grizzly
land siIvertip. The deputies say that
Ielk shooting this year should be par
IticuIarly good. The streams are full
of trout and all varieties of small
game are to be found.
It is not generally known that
moose are to be found in Montana,
but the deputies reported their pres
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-18
SEATTLE A PORT FOR BIRDS.
United States Game Warden to Visit

United States Game Warden to Visit
Every State in the Union.
1T will be a matter of only few
years before Japan and Australia I i'll
be shipping birds to the Pacific coast
in great quantities" was the state
ment made Saturday by DR.. Theodore
L. J. Palmer of the department of agri-
culture at Washington, who is visiting
w Ref, county game warden, say
the Seattle Times.
The importation of birds and XII.
mails is superintendent by the depart,
ment of agriculture" said DR.. Palmer.
I estimate the number of birds I'M
ported into this country at something
like 100000 a year. In New York
alone more than 10000 birds are i'm
ported in the four weeks proceeding
Christmas. With the development of
the northwest and the increase in the
number Of ships plying between Seat.
tie and Asiatic ports I believe that n
a few years thousands of birds will b
shipped here annually"
DR.. Palmer, while officially COZ,
nected with the department Of agricul-
ture, is reality United States game
warden. He is now on a tour Of every
state in the union for the purpose OF
comforting with the various state war
dens, studying conditions in ever
section, gathering reports, court de
cisions with reference to game, state
game laws and everything imaginable
even remotely connected with the SUD-
ject Of game. Since Jan. 1 ne has
visited every state east of the Missis-
sippi with the exception Of Florida
and Michigan. He is now touring the
west and no state will be overlooked.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-18
Currant Punch.

CooE three quarts Of water and one
cup OF sugar together for five min
utes. Take from the fire and add
two half pint tumblers of curraht
jelly. using the homemade jelly if
possible. Add three lemons and
three oranges sliced as thin as paper
and set away to chill. Serve by
pouring over cracked ice in a punch
bowl.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-18

But your tailor changed your mind,
| eh?"-Houston Post
Burroughs has a happy faculty of
making new friends wherever he
goes"
He has 10; he owes all the old
ones. ''-Philadelphia Press.
Pat-say, Moik, pfwat's an alibi;
OF dunno?
Mike-Faith, an alibi is whin a man
is atther bein' where he ain't-Chi
cago News.
81 can'l get over these Merry Wild
low hats
Il don't wish to-
Don't wish to-"
mo; I'd rather get under them" -
Houston Post.
Don't you ever feel a bit uneasy
On account of the fact that your
husband has such a beautiful stem
Iographer?"
mo. She has such expensive tastes
that l am sure she wouldn't think of
wasting any of her time with him."
Chicago Record-Heraid.
Knicker-Will his summer hotel be
"a success?
Bocker-Yes, the acoustic proper
ties of the piazza are excelIent.-New
York sun.
incidentally it has been observed
that politics also makes strange bar
felloWs.-Puck.
You don't believe, then, that two
can live cheaper than one?"
81 do in some cases." replied lite
wad 1.-TWO ordinary women can live
cheaper than the one l married. -
Kansas City Times.
Miss Peyteet-How do l look in
this hat?
Elder Brother-Under it, you mean
don't you, sis? You look pretty small.
Chicago Tribune.
At the oncert-Enthusiast-
would you give for a voice like that?
Everett True-ChIoroform
vile Herald.
If an empty barrel weighs ten
pounds, what can you fill it with to
make it weigh seven pounds?'
Have to give it up
Fill it full of holes. The Sacred
Heart Review.
Simple Ideals-"That engaged girl
thinks she is very practical"
YES" answered Miss Cayenne.
"But she isn't. She thinks al that
is necessary to make home happy is a
chatting dish and a rubber tree
Washington Star.
Had the Bulge-Senator Bailey ap-
Ipeared at the democratic convention.
sorry" said the doorkeeper, out we
are instructed to search everybody
for arms. Mere form, of course. But
what's that bulge in your pocket"
THAT responded the senator,
with proper hauteur, "is the State Of
Texas. ''-Philadelphia Ledger.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-18
To Clean Bottles and Decanters.

To clean water bottles and decant-
ers mix together half a gill of vine
gar and a handful of salt. Shake we'll
in the decanters to be cleaned, and
no matter how discolored, this treat
ment has been tried and found sue
cessful.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-18
taking Chances.

She-'Men seem to take more
chances in the summer than in the
winter"
He-''Yes, guess there are more
marriages in the summer tHan in the
winter. "-Yonkers Statesman.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-18

the answer you get is: Well, got
Maybe you can't make money so fast
and so easy here, but | wanted to get
back and look at the old hills and the
old woods
Village Tyrant Brought To Book.
Our neighbor will buy two or
three trees or even one on a place,
and cut down forty. If the owner de-
tects his, he alleges that he is cut
ting down the three trees he bought
and maintains that the stumps about
him were left by some party unknown
and unheard Of before. That drops of
sap and pitch are forming os the fresh
white wood, does not disturb him. He
maintains that he found them cut
when he came there. 1t is twenty-five
Years since anyone has had authority
to cut trees on our land, yet where We
impinge upon his denuded demesne,
there are nothing but saplings in our
woodland Where there ought to be
trees fifty years old, none less than
twenty-five, wealth of bean poles
meets the gaze. The whole country
side has endured this sort of thing at
SINNERS hands, and we, too, would
have done so, if he had not gone too
far. After We had lost cords Of wood
last summer that we had cut down
and prepared for market, We notified
him to close two breaches in the divid
ing wall Illegally opened by him. He
had no honest errands On our land.
He was very angry at this first object
ion to any Of his proceedings and We
received personal visitation Of what
the district expects of men like him ana
Hen. He peTpetrated an act of saw
age and ingenious cruelty such as is
expected only Of Indians and to avenge
our poor animal retainer and in self
protection we have landed on him for
all his torts for either through nat
uraI recklessness, or because Of long
immunity. he made is easy for US to
get hold Of him.
Great Majority Are Good Folks.
The great majority Of the people
are good folks, sturdy folks. The Tar
.mers Of northern New England are
umbermen as much as they are far
.mers. 1t takes strength and endur-
Iance to be a lumberman, a strong con
stitution to work all day in the deep
snow in the woods. The weak have
either emigrated or been killed. 1t is
la healthy climate in New England,
kills you pretty promptly if you are
not healthy, The great majority of
the people are intelligent. ready Of wit,
Iready of speech. The Yankees have
few apoloei to make. The New Eng
land Sta, : need fear no comparisons
with sister States on the score of de
cency, a liberal mind, and kindly
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-18

-DongfelloW.
The wisest man could ask no more of
fate
Than to be simple, modest, manly,
true,
Safe from the many, honored by the
few;
Nothing to crave in church or world
or state,
But inwardly in secret to be great.
Lowell
How does the meadow-nower its
bloom unfold?
Because the lovely little flower is free
Down to its root, and. in that free
dom, bold:
And so the grandeur of the forest
tree
Comes not by casting in formal
mould,
But from its own vitality
Wordsworth.
All are needed by each one;
Nothing is fair or good alone.
l thought the sparrow's note from
heaven,
Singing at dawn ON the alder bough;
/ brought him home, in his nest; at
even
He sings the song, but it cheers not
now,
For I did not bring home the river
and sky
He sang to my ear-they sang to my
eye.
Emerson.
And I, too, sing the song of all crea-
ton,
A brave sky and a glad wind blowing
by,
A clear trail and an hour for medita-
ton.
A long day and the joy to make it
fly,
A hard task and the muscle to
achieve it,
IA fierce noon and a weIl-contented
gloam,
A good strife and no great regret to
leave it.
A still, highland the far red lights of
H. H. Bashford.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-18
Smart Sayings.

81 had intended getting a new
spring suit, but"
But your tailor changed your mind,
eh ?''-Houston Post.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-18
Can Money Be Made?

A consideration Of the profits Of New
England agriculture as I have found
them, must be carefully made. Even
here, where so many failures abound,
man is not so lost TO hope as not to
talk of profits, to speak Of lucrative
opportunities. Even here, they talk Of
big money in this and big money in
that, of a man who made a thousand
in an acre of horseradish and another
who made a thousand in a small area
Of onions, a feeble faring of the lures
that blaze so brightly in the prospect
uses of the immigration bureaus Of
western and southern railways, The
thousand dollar onion man Of this dis
tTlct does get one thousand but he
hires two men from spring to fall and
works himself, and the horseradish
man, who also exists, does get one
thousand from an acre, but he keeps
wife and three children grating
roots all the time and their united
wages i some mill would bring one
thousand. When all is said and done.
the farmer seldom gets more than the
wages of his labor. He sells labor in
the form Of turnips, cabbages. He
gets his money back for his seeds. fer
tilizer, interest on horses and machin-
cry, for his hired help, but the residue
is seldom more than his own wages
would amount to. In one western
state the agricultural experiment sta
ton has figured oGt that on one hun
dred dollars an acre land the farmer
clears his own wages and three per-
| cent on the cost Of the land.
Profit In Cord Wood
There's profit in cord wood Less
recommended than the profitable pig.
cord wood ranks high as money get
| ter. Here comes Austin Balloon. red
tasseIled cap on head, red shirted, rel
Eleggined, picturesque. atop a load of
wood drawn by three horses. What
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-18
BRILLIANTS.

Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.
-Longfellow.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-18

Burroughs has a happy faculty of
making new friends wherever he
goes"
he has TO; he owes all the old
ones. ''-Philadelphia Press.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-18
Not The Dregs

Many persons get satisfaction from
characterizing the New England rus
tics as the "dregs" left by the with
drawal Of the best blood" to the cities
Of the west. There are two sides TO
that. Anything more shiftless than
much Of the western pioneer element
and anything cheaper than many Of
the vapid youths without resources in
themselves who must go to the city. is
hard to find. Impurities rise to the
top as well as settle TO the bottom.
There is froth as we'll as dregs. One
might even construct a plausible argu-
ment that New England had been i'm
proved by emigration. The men who
stay have sentiment, they love outdoor
life, they study nature in a humble
way, have resources within them
selves. 4 vein of poetry runs through
rural New England. no less marked
than the Yankee wit and humor. I
constantly meet men who have been
west and returned. You ask why and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-18
Where New England ExceIs.

1 believe that New England agricul-
ture has possibilities I believe thai
the flamboyant geniuses who write
prospectuses Of western and southern
immigration projects, could with no
greater sacrifice of conscience employ
their roseate adjectives in setting
forth what might he done here. Catch
an apple man Of the Ozarks or south
arn Illinois, and he'll confess that his
apples are dry and cottony compared
to the delicious fruit of New England.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-18

Pat-Say, Moik, pfwat's an alibi;
OF dunno?
Mike-Faith, an alibi is whin a man
is atther bein' where he ain't.-Chi
cage News.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-18

Simple Ideals-"That engaged girl
thinks she is very practical"
YES" answered Miss Cayenne.
''But she isn't She thinks al that
lis necessary to make home happy is a
chatting dish and a rubber tree
Washington Star.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-07-22

The attempt Of Mr. Bryan and his
committee to make 1t appear a virtue
ON their part not to accept money
for campaign purposes from corpora
lions. only shows how desperate their
case il. and how hard pushed they
are for something to make political
capital out OF. They are only serv-
ing to advertise the fact that they
have to obey Republican laws. as
President Roosevelt has pledged his
administration to enforce them.
The republican congress in Janu-
ary19O7 passed law prohibiting the
giving or acceptance Of any money
from any corporation in a national
campaign. and 1t is a safe guess that
neither committee will take chance
on violating this law with the "big
stick" hanging over them. This law
Las been in the government statute
books for over a year and Mr.. Bryan
was certainly making a bold play on
the public credulity in trying to make
political capital out Of simple obed-
fence to . law passed by an op-
position congress. which he processes
to condemn.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-07-22
COLORADO A NATURAL BREED.
ING PLACE.

There is probably no place on eartf
where better natural conditions ex-
ist for perfecting breeds OF live stock
1t is here that the greatest canta-
loupes In the world are raised. Our
potatoes are appreciated as is shown
by the fact that they are used on
the dining cars of eastern roads; our
wheat has a high percentage OF
glutfn, and our sugar beets have moro
sugar. The eyes of the world are
Just opening to the fact that the Arid
West has natural conditions which
are not excelled anywhere. In sub
stance the reputation we so Justly en-
joy is attributed directly to climate
and an almost unprecedented fertility
of soil. As might be expected under
such favorable conditions. our ma
tive grass and In fact all forage crops
have a high nutritive value. Then.
what is the use of raising so many
mongrel and misfit horses to help
flood the cheap markets of Chicago?
What is the use Of paying $4,000 to
foreigners for their often undesir-
able pure bred horses and then make
no better Use OF them? Besides. we
have all most favorable conditions
for raising them at home. Rocky
Ford awoke to the fact that she had
the conditions for raising a superior
articdIe of cantaloupe; they have es-
tablisned a reputation and are max
ing money oLt of 1t. The farmers
in the same way have found what
they can do with the sugar beet. We
have everything in our favor for pro-
ducing highclass auimals of different
breeds: 10 contagious or epizootic
diseases. or am other untoward con-
ditions to hamper us or suppress con,
fidence.
Notwithstanding that we have these
favorable conditions, we must. If we
are to succeed, adopt one policy in
breeding and stick to it, generation
after generation. until we have ac-
complished for ourselves what France
has done by patient, persistent effort
with the Percheron horse, and the
Scotchman with he Clydesdale.
GEO. H. GLOVER, d. V. s..
Colorado Agricultural College.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-07-22
90 YEARS AGO
Notes from The Lamar Register Of
duly q. 1888

A large number of Lamarites gath
cred at the residence Of ]. w. Myler
to celebrate lis birthday. The follow
ing present day residents wers there:
Mrs. C. G. Huddleston, Mrs. A. Ever
ett, Mrs ]. H. Frisbie, Mrs. J. A. Nc
Dowell, Perry McMillen, A. E. Bent.
d. Z. Marker.
Last Saturday stranger rode up
to the Bank of La Junta. dismounted,
walked III, covered the cashier with
gun took between three and four
thousand dollars and rode off, up to
this time he has not been captured.
Miss Nellie Amos arrived In Lamar
this week and will make her home
hero.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. Martin left Thur
sday for a visit with friends in Kan
sas.
The Standard Oil Co. has selected
Lamar us the distributing point for
southeastern Colorado.
The farmers interested in the new
north side ditch (now Fort Lyon
canal) are holding a meeting in La
mar today.
fred Lee has a. young wild cat for
n nat.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-07-22
MURDER AT LAS ANiMAs.
Employer Returns and Finds Corpse
in House Near Las Animas.

Las Animas, Colo. July 2O.-Dead.
with bullet wound just above the
heart the body of Hide Lindsey. a
laborer, 20 years old, was found this
morning in the ranch house OF II. r.
Klett, near Las Animas.
There are evidences which tend to
show that the man was murdered,
although the gun with which he was
shot was found at his feet. The gun
belonged on the ranch. 1t was not
brought there by the murderer.
Robbery was the apparent cause of
the crime. although 1t was generally
known that the murdered man had
no money. He had been working for
Klett several months, but had drawn
none of his pay. Klett remained in
Las Animas the night before the
shooting and did not discover the
crime until he visited the ranch this
morning about IL o'clock. He found
the body lying face downward on
the floor.
That the murder took place during
the night is shown from the fact that
Lindsey was seen near the house
early in the evening. His trunk had
been thoroughly ransacked. About
the room were evidences Of a violent
struggle. Blood was spattered every
where.
One theory is that the criminal en-
tered the place thinking only of rob-
berry. that he was surprised to find
the house occupied by Lindsey and
seized the first weapon he found to
defend himself with, and this happen
ed to be the gun which belonged on
the ranch.
Lindsey is survived by widow
and one daughter. He came here In
April from Rantoul, ILL.,. where his
mother and several sisters reside.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-07-22

Crossing the Atlantic with Mark
Twain last summer" said w. C.
T. U. woman, Il asked his opinion of
the prohibition law. His reply was
very characteristic, very humorous.
I am friend of temperance. and
want it to succeed he said, but l
don't think prohibition Is practical.
Inc Germans. you see. prevent 1t.
Look at them. 1 am sorry to learn
that they have just invented a met
nod of making brandy out Of saw
dust. Now. what chance will pro-
hibition have when a man can take
a ripsaaw and go out and get drunk
with a fence rail. What is the good
of prohibition II a man Is able to
make brandy smashes out of the
shingles on his roof, or If he can
get delirium tremens by drinking the
legs off the Kitchen chairs.
DR.. Marion d. Eubank, of Huchow
China gave two very interesting talks
on China. DIR. Eubank was the only
doctor in a district that had a popu-
lation OF 100000 people. He is a
brother of Rev. Eubank formerly of
this town.
Mesers. Bent and Markham let the
contract for 800 feet of tile floor
this week to the Denver Mantel &
Tile Co.
A Massachusetts woman has just
been presented with $4,000 worth of
8 per cent stocks by another woman
to whom she gave a cup of coffee a
few years ago. For while at least
it will be easy to get coffee hand
out from most any woman.
Fred Mason of the La Junta Trib-
une has become SO opulent that he
has to protect himself against thieves
He has out an offer Of $25 reward
for one Craddock, printer, who stole
three numbering machines from the
office. Tom shows all the cunning
of the predatory plutocracy too,
and makes the payment Of the re-
ward depend on The returning of tho
mAchines-