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The Glenwood post., 1908-10-10
DENVER COMMERCIAL BODIES
STRONGLY INpoRsE BUILD
ING OF NEW ROUTE.
WORK IS WELL BEGUN
FORTY MILES OF GRADE NOW
NEARLY READY FOR THE
RAILS.

Denver.-The strongest indorse
ment any enterprise could receive was
given the Denver. Laramie & North
western railway Friday, when the
committee of fifteen" presented the
new Denver-Seattle line to Denver cit
liens as worthy of their full financial
support and encouragement.
The advisory committee Of fifteen
is composed of members Of the five
leading commercial organizations of
the city and each of these had already.
in separate resolutions, indorsed the
road as of the greatest Importance to
Denver's future.
The resolution adopted sets forth
the great Importance of the road to
Denver. praises other bodies for giving
financial aid. expresses the firm belief
that the new line will bring vast re-
sources to local market, and presents
the undertaking to the consideration of
citizens as emphatically the most I'M
portant of present projects.
Among other commercial bodies
which have indorsed the new railroad
are: The Chamber of Commerce, the
Colorado Manufacturers Association.
the Colorado State Commercial Asso-
citation, the Denver Real Estate En-
change and the Colorado Traffic club.
Since May 2, when work was begun
at the company's 160-acre terminal
tract at Argo, progress in railroad
building has been rapid. 1t will aston
sh Colorado people to learn that forty
miles of grade are nearly ready for
the rails. that the steel and outfit to
put 1t down will soon be on the
ground, and that all the preliminary
work for the line beyond Fort Col
Inns to the coal fields of Carbon county.
Wyo., distance of 2O2 miles from Den
yer is well in hand.
The new road as now established
through one of the finest sections of
irrigated farms and gardens in the
world, runs within striking distance OF
the following towns along the Platte
valley: Hazeltine. Henderson, Brigh-
ton. Luptoa and Platteville. The end
of the grade is now at Hfllsboro, in the
beet sugar region near Johnstown.
The company has just let contract
to the Colorado Fuel & Iron COMPANY
to furnish eighty-five-pound steel rails
for the first section north from Den
yer. 1t is the plan of Vice President
and General Manager A. e. Welby to
lay the steel in ten-mile sections.
Within the next few days all matters
connected with right of way and grad
ing will be well ir hand. The bridge
across Clear creek, five-panel steel
and trestle structure, will be completed
| within the next week
North and west of HillsborO three
| llnes OF survey are being run to deter.
mine which will be the most advantag
eous to serve the Greeley and Wind
sor districts and the best approach to
Fort Collins However it goes 1t will
be ten miles shorter than any road now
between Denver and Fort Collins
North of Fort Collins surveys are being
run to determine the best route both
for economy in distance and to best
serve the fruitful irrigable region OF
northern I-arimer county and also the
country beyond to the coal fields.
The Glenwood post., 1908-10-10

San Francisco.-For the first time
since the passage of the Hepburh rate
bill, the Supreme Court of the United
States will be given an opportunity to
rule upon all the practical questions
involvet. -nable to reach unanimous
decision upon an application for an
injunction brought by two of the Har-
riman railroads, embodying all vital
rights and powers Of the interstate
commerce commission. including the
matter of court review. three Judges
Of the Federal Circuit Court Of Ap-
peals have directed that the case b
certified to the Supreme Court.
The Glenwood post., 1908-10-10

well, where are they! Out with
it, lad. Disclose your information and
come to the point All these side is
sues are unworthy Of a soldier"
laughed the old seaman, well knowing
that for most of them he was respon-
sible.
They're on a merchant ship bound
up the channel and going fast when
saw them last"
"What?" cried the admiral Give
me the particulars"
Sir Charles rapidly ran over the
scene of the morning.
The old admiral threw back his head
and laughed.
And she outwitted you all, shook
Strathgate off the track, led you
ashore, watched Darlington and
Strathgate fight it out under her very
eyes and got clean away?'
"She hasn't got away yet, admiral"
What mean you?'
Il came here to make proposition
to you"
"a proposition to me?'
Yes"
You have fast ship at your com
mand, l take it."
DO you mean the Britannia" said
the admiral, mentioning his flagship.
II do"
"Of course she's fast. The admiral;
ty know me. / wouldn't take slow
ship"
rs she as fast as that merchant.
man, do you Think"
why, my boy, there isn't mer.
chant ship on the seas that she could
MT overhaul in anything like wind. "
Admiral" said Sir Charles in
genuously, Il lay you a wager"
What is that?"
"A hundred pounds that you can't
overtake that merchant ship"
What" roared the admiral. "Me
take out one of his majesty's ships to
chase after a runaway wife and fool
ish girl?'
81 beg your pardon. admiral, If you
refer to Mistress Deborah Slocum,
must ask you to moderate your Ian
guage," protested Sir Charles, warmly
his face flushing.
Go to- go to-" laughed the ad
miral. I'm old enough to be your
father. But the idea of an admiral
of the white taking hundred gur
ship-of-the-line out to chase a paltry
merchantmen for-Impossible, my boy
impossible!"
But" said Sir Charles, "the navy
cannot afford to decline a bet, wager
The Glenwood post., 1908-10-10
Sugar Campaign Begins.

Denver.-A Fort Collins dispatch
Monday says: A long blast from
whistle which stirred up the city and
country for miles about O'Clock this
morning announced the beginning of
the winter beet campaign. The sugar
factory here began operations with
the blowing of the whistle, and the ma
chinery will be kept in motion for
about l25 days, employing about 500
men. working in two shifts. day and
night.
The Glenwood post., 1908-10-10
CHAPTER xIv.-continued.

This was an embarrassing question,
but Sir Charles was saved the neces-
sity of answering. for the midshipman
came running to the quarterback once
more and saluted
"Well?" said the officer to the ex
pectant boy.
Admiral Kephard's compliments
to you, sir, and he begs you will escort
Captain Seton to his cabin OF once"
You're in luck, captain returned
the officer, "the admiral is not always
so easy of access. Will you step this
way. sir?'
After you, sir" said Sir Charles,
bowling and following the lieutenant
until he was ushered past the marine
orderly on duty and into the ad-
miral's cabin.
The ;dmiral was just completing
his toilet. His body servant was help
ing him on with his coat. lie had
evidently Just had bath to refresh
him after the fatigues of his journey.
"Oh, Seton" he cried as the other
came in, glad to see you, man. Sit
down. John,''-to the servant
fetch out a decanter of navy sherry.
Whisky, Seton. whisky, although per
haps you army men affect port"
u guess we can ro.low the navy S
Lad in something stronger than port, y
laughed Sir Charles.
What brought you here, Sir
Charles?" continued the admiral as he
poured out liberal glassful for Sc
ton and another for himself. Il left
you at Darlington. But no. ! remem-
ber you rode away before ! did, just
after my lord. Have you come on any
trace of fugitives?"
Admiral" said Sir Charles. grave
iy, Il know where they are"
And that damned lubberly hound,
Strathgate, is he"
He isn't with them. They gave
him the slip
You don't say? Good!' laughed the
admiral. How was that?"
Seton rapidly detailed the circum-
stances as he had deduced them.
We'll done, that woman has spirit
enough" continued the old soldier, ito
command frigate. You will never
convince me that she's taken up with
4 man of Strathgate's caliber."
"She went away with him, though"
said Seton thoughtfully.
"Ay ay, but she knows no more OF
the world than a baby. She simply
made use of his proffered assistance
to escape from an intolerable situa
ton. You take me, Seton?"
'I do, admiral, and l confess l hard
iy blame her How Darlington could
tolerate Lady Cecily for a moment
beside that splendid woman"
ITO say nothing of that other splen
did woman, Mistress Deborah Slocum
ch, Seton?"
'I admit, admiral
Even Saints Rest becomes
heavenly when looked at by the aid
Of such a pair of black eyes? And the
lady, boy?"
Il confess. SIR" answered Seton
somewhat abashed by the frank ques
1oning of the old man, that l have
some reason to believe, in short"
'In short. my boy. you've been chas
ting her all night, have your"
You're right, SIR"
And what now?"
Il told you. admiral. that knew
The Glenwood post., 1908-10-10

Securing box of tablets which her
mother was using as a heart stimu'
liant. Eleanor Gertrude Void. thirteen
months old, daughter of James Void.
living near Estes Park, ate one Of the
tablets and died five minutes after
ward.
Joe McCloskey, a well-known miner
In the Forbes at Trinidad. was prob
ably fatally injured Tuesday by 8ns
caught in = fall Of rock, having ooth
legs broken and being injured inter
nally.
The Glenwood post., 1908-10-10
COLORADO NEWS

The Western Glass Manufacturing
Company has. reopened its plant at
Denver.
Deputy Sheriff Peterson captured
large porcupine on one of the principal
streets of Greeley few mornings
The Yale expositor., 1908-10-23
The Stutterino Wit.

They are reviving the old anecdote
about w. r. Travers, the suffering
broker, concerning his discovery that
Henry Clews was proud OF the fact
that he was a self-made man. Next
time he met the banker, Mr.. Travers
eyed him inbently.
Well" inquired Mr.. Clews, impa-
tiently, what is the matter?"
rs 1t t-true that you are a self-made
m-man?"
Certainly, replied Mr.. Clews.
"-Wwell, while you were about it,
w-why didn't you put more hair to
top of your head?"
Mr.. Clews, who had been invited to
famous fancy dress ball, met Mr..
Travers and asked for a suggestion
as to the character he could best rep
resent.
"S-say, Clews," stammered his
friend, why d-don't you sugar coat
your head and go as a p-pill?"
The Yale expositor., 1908-10-23

The beetles seem to come out just in
time to feast on the flowers and
young sets, and a single beetle can ac-
count for many punches of grapes at
such time.
On just such an occasion. the
writer, in company with his assistant,
Mr.. +. j. Kraus, visited vineyard at
Decatur, a well-known grape region.
Here a pan seven feet six inches long.
% inches wide and one inch deep was
made from sheet of galvanized iron.
To one side of this was fastened a
light frame three feet high and run
ming the entire length of the frame,
being securely braced to the frame of
the pan. The pan was prepared by
placing a number of old pieces of
cloth. soaked in water, in the bottom
and over this pouring about a quart
of kerosene. When the pan had been
made ready, it was placed alongside
of vine and the beetles beaten into
1t by means of switches made of
broom corn. After collecting the
beetles from one vine the pan was
moved along to the next and the beat
ing repeated. Some of the beetles
fell short of the pan, some struck the
shield and bounded back, but most of
them stayed in and died. 1t is likely
that deep notch in the side of the
The Yale expositor., 1908-10-23

there is no telling what part OF the
5000 people would have been cremat
ed in their beds, so quick were the
flames, or what would have happened
to the fleeing, panic-stricken people
and their children who might have
been awake.
Many of the people of the city were
hard hit by the fire financially and
some lost practically all they had
The same dauntless spirit that i'm.
PEELED large cities like Baltimore and
San Francisco to arise from the ruins
of fire and rebuild is in the people
of little Chisholm and already there
are about so new stores and dwellings
nearly completed. When ] saw the
people going about their work i'm such
cheerful go-ahead way, I was sur.
prised, for one can hardly expect such
quick action from a small town.
The Yale expositor., 1908-10-23
The Ef-W DNEZLLNCJ c5H4RED NERE
7ZIRXEDU/y7O S7ORES

week. 1t was at five o'clock in the
afternoon that the fire entered the
city in the clutch of a gale from the
northwest and laid the place in ruins
in less time than it takes to tell it.
Up to within half hour before the
flames caught the town the people
were confident that there was no dan
ger, and, with few exceptions, went
about their business as usual.
When the fire came all were panic
stricken, and grabbing the few things
nearest at hand, which in numerous
cases were not articles of the great
est usefulness, fled the town, many
making for the iron mines near by.
Had ordinary precautions been taken
even as late as the forenoon of the
fire. it is said that the place could
have been saved. AS it was, all that
was spared by the flames were the two
churches, the beautiful S125,000 high
school, the grammar school, and two
blocks of dwellings on opposite sides
of town, which were saved because of
peculiar shifting of the wind.
One of the fortunate things about
the fire was that it struck Chisholm
awake in the afternoon instead of at
night after all were asleep. There
was no loss of life as it was, but had
the flames swept in in the dark the
holocaust which would have resulted
would have been most horrible, for
The Yale expositor., 1908-10-23
Deaths Of Presidents.

Washington's death was due to
acute laryngitis; Adams, Madison and
Monroe, practically to old age; Jeffer-
son, chronic diarrhoea; John Quincy
Adams, paralysis; Jackson, dropsy;
Van Buren,, catarrhal affections of the
throat and lungs; William Henry Har-
rison, pleurisy; Tyler, cause OF death
not given by biographers; Polk,
cholera; Taylor, cholera morbus, com.
bined with a severe cold; Fillmore,
paralysis; Pierce. dropsy; Buchanan,
rheumatic gout; Lincoln, Garfield and
Mckinley, assassinated; Johnson,
paralysis; Grant, cancer at the root
of the tongue; Hayes neuralgia of the
heart; Arthur. heart trouble, and Ben.
jamin Harrison, pneumonia.
The Yale expositor., 1908-10-23
THE ROSE BEETLE HAS
INVADED VINEYARDS
Pest May Prove a for Grape Growers
Year.

Our hereditary enemy, the rose.
chafer. or rose beetle, has of late been
making such bold invasions into the
grape territory that any measures
which promise even partial success
are welcome to the vineyard owners.
The life history of this awkward
creature is known pretty well by
those interested; the eggs are laid
usually In sod land and in we'll
drained sandy sod by preference, just
such land as abounds in the fruit belt
The larvae are white grubs, resem-
bling, in miniature, the grubs OF the
ordinary white grub of the June
beetle. Like their larger relatives,
they feed on the roots of vegetation.
They attain their full size in the fall,
and at that time hollow out small
cells in the soil, where they pass the
winter In the spring the larvae
change to pupae and, later in June,
the adult beetles, with their long awk-
ward legs, come out and spread over
the countryside. collecting in regions
where their food plants are to be
found, new legions appearing from day
to day as earlier ones die or are
killed of, sometimes collecting in al
most unbelievable numbers.
Grapes suffer most of all the fruits.
The Yale expositor., 1908-10-23

f. v Hayden, in whose vineyard the
test was made. writes in substances:
I'm the north block where the spray
was strong, the unsprayed rows aver
aged a little more than half as much
as the average of the two rows that
were sprayed. The beetles had been
at work for a week when the spray
was applied. No injury to the vines
resulted from the strongest of the
mixture"
This looks very encouraging, but
the grower must always keep in mind
that the spraying must be done thor
oughly, everything must be hit and
all parts of the vine washed with the
mixture. Also use a pump with an
agitator which will work when the
pump is moving slowly.
X. s. PETIT,
Entomologist, Michigan.
The Yale expositor., 1908-10-23

pan, which would admit of placing the
pan closer to the vines. would make
II possible to catch more OF the
beetles. or course, all the beetles
that touched the oil died.
Quite large number OF beetles
were collected In this way, but on the
day OF the trial the beetles were not so
plentiful as the writer has seen them
at other times. II Is likely that when
the beetles are not numerous, two men
with ordinary milk pans. with oil rags
in the bottom and with switches
would do about as we'll. When very
numerous the large pan should be
efficient. Ii requires hard work to
carry such a pan over the hills, such
as are ordinarily used for grape grow
ing. Our illustration shows such a
pan in use.
A test of arsenate OF lead In heavy
doses was also made at the same
time. A certain portion OF the vine
yard was sprayed with arsenate, u.s.
ing four pounds to the barrel Of wa
ter. The ordinary prepared paste
was used. We started with a we'll
stirred charge, but owing to the in
efficiency of the agitator, the applica-
tion was far stronger at the part first
sprayed than when farther along.
Az to the results of the spray. Mr..
The Yale expositor., 1908-10-23
SEE "WITCH'S FOOT"
sUPERsTITIous PEOPLE BELIEVE
CURSE FULFILLED.
Woman Executed as Witch In colonia al
Days Threatened Her Judge and
10 Believed to Have Kept
Her Word.

Close by the road, on the outskirts
OF the old seaport town of Bucksport
Me-, on the Penobscot river. is a
small family cemetery. Within its In.
closure sleep the Bucks, the blue
blooded folk who first settled the town
and bequeathed 1t their name and a
legend.
The largest and most conspicuous
moEuLIent In the cemetery is a tall
granite shaft. On one side is the
inscription: Col. Jonathan Buck, the
founder of Bucksport, A. ID. 1852 Born
in Haverhill, Mass, 171S. Died March
IS, 1895"
On the other side is the single
word Buck" and also something not
wrought by the marble worker. On
the smooth surface of the pedestal is
a curious outline, which can be easily
imagined to be a foot OF normal size.
The people who say that it is foot
believe in the legend which has oft
been told in Bucksport
The story is that Col. Jonathan
Buck was a very harsh man and the
leading spirit in his day and genera
ton. He was an out-and-out Puritan,
and to him witchcraft was the incar-
nation of blasphemy. Thus, so the
story goes, when a certain woman was
accused of witchcraft, at the first
clamorings Of the populace Col. Buck
ordered that she be imprisoned, and
later she was sentenced to be exc
cuted as a witch.
All was ready, and the hangman
was about to perform his duty, when
the woman turned to Col Buck, and,
raising one hand toward heaven, she
said:
Jonathan Buck, listen to these
words, the last my tongue shall utter.
You will soon die, and over your grave
they will erect a stone, that all may
know the, spot where your bones lay
and crumble to dust
Upon that stone the imprint OF my
foot shall appear, and for all time,
after your accursed race has vanished
from the face of the earth, will the
people from far and near know that
you murdered woman"
She then turned TO her executioners,
and another act transpired to make
part Of American colonial history.
The witch curse" had been almost
forgotten, until the monument was
erected to the founder of Buckport.
1t had been in position hardly month
when a faint outline was discovered
on it. 1t grew more and more distinct,
until some person made the discov-
cry that it was the outline of a foot.
The old legend was revived.
They said that the "witch's curse"
had been fulfilled. An attempt was
made to remove the stain, but every
effort only tended to make it palmer.
The imprint of the foot is there to-
day, as plain as ever.
The Yale expositor., 1908-10-23
One from London.

Tell us a joke, Mr.. Fogg," said the
pretty American girl.
with pleasure" drawled the tall
Englishman, as he Strengthened up his
mustache. "One cold, dawmp day, as
I was strolling through the London
zoo. you know, one of the hares es-
capped and after chasing it two miles
caught the little animal and returned
IL to it's cage. For this service HIS ma
iesty awarded me a medal of honor"
"Do tell! And what was on the med
aly"
Awarded to James Fogg for Serv-
ices as a Hare Restorer.'"
The Yale expositor., 1908-10-23
Thought Him a MoIIycoudl..

John ID. Rockefeller rebuked a Cleve.
land reporter one day for swearing.
Don't swear" he said. Say 'durn'
or pshaw.' There is as much comfort
In those mild words as in the reddest
oaths.
II know" said Mr.. Rockefeller.
that such is not the prevalent opln.
ion. The prevalent opinion-but Il is
a wrong one-was expressed the other
morning by my caddy. He had Just
been around with minister. After
! drove of said to him.
What kind of player is the min
lister. Joseph?'
Joseph snorted
Him? he sneered He'll never
make golfer. Do you know what he
says when he misses the ballY
No. What does he say?' I asked.
He says, Tut, tut Joseph
sneered."
The Yale expositor., 1908-10-23

thought this was hardly the case. In
many sections up here the ground is
of peat bog formation and a spark may
burn for weeks after it finds lodging
before it is famed into a flame.
1t is hard and practically impos-
sible to figure losses accurately at this
time, and 1t will be weeks before even
an approximate estimate that is final
can be made. Cruisers will have to
be sent over the burnt-over areas be-
fore close figures can be obtained and
the timber owners say that it is alb
solutely useless to do anything in this
line until a heavy rain comes and
the end of the fires is assured.
Putting the losses low, to be on the
safe side, they are commonly agreed
to be $5,000,000 to $10000.0 900. The
majority OF people say about $5,00O,-
900. This Is considered a conserva-
tive estimate by those who have been
over most of the ground. At five per
cent. interest the amount of capital
lost would yield S250,000 a year. This
is worth contrasting with what the
obaAC iOlOotig bOaih nON has W SUtUu
for protection. Ii has an appropria-
tion of $11.500.
The burning of the prosperous little
town of Chisholm on the Mesabi iron
range is the item of loss which figures
most prominently in conversations
with all who have anything to say
about the forest fire destruction to
date. The people in this country are
used to fires, and hardly feel at home
unless there is the smell of smoke
in the air. Until the flames menace a
town or very valuable stand of tim.
ber they are fairly Indifferent to the
danger.
A striking evidence of this over-con-
fident feeling of safety was given on
the day of the Chisholm fire. the losses
in which are now conservatively esti-
mated at s1,25O000 to 81 500, 900. IN
cluding real property. stocks OF mer-
chandise, and every other item of
direct loss. The same fire that de-
stroyed the town had been burning i'm
the forests near by for more than q
The Yale expositor., 1908-10-23
Wilt ar FIRST M471ONAL 6ANX

The people in the section around
Chisholm, Mimi, say that it is the
driest year that they have ever known.
The woods and the brush growth on
cut-over land are as dry as tinder and
fires can be seen in as many as a half
dozen places at one time, starting
from what no one knows. The natives
give various causes of how the flames
start, the most popular of which are
sparks from engines, hunters and
campers, careless brush-burning by
homesteaders and incendiaries. One
man even advanced the theory of
spontaneous combustion, and did not
seem to like it when | told him that
The Yale expositor., 1908-10-23
Entomologist, Michigan.

They Will.-The old theory that
sheep and cattle will not feed on the
same range is now proven to be fall
lacious in the extreme. Down Texas
way they have the finest cattle and the
finest sheep of the country, both feed
ing from the same range and both do
ing well. The owners are prosperous
alike from both these branches of the
stock-raising industry.
The Yale expositor., 1908-10-23

Parents OF Wayne, a suburb OF Phil
adelphia, are required to report
promptly any case of contagious dis.
ease, in compliance with the regula-
tions of the local board Of health
In accordance with this order.
Health Officer Leary received this
post card recently:
Dear Sir: This is to notify you
that my boy Ephraim is down bad
with the measles as required by the
new law."-Harper's Weekly.