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The Prescott daily news., 1908-11-10
An Elopement.

Copyright, 1908, by American Press Asso-
 ciation.1
 Father" said little Clarence La Mont, isn't mother ever coming back to us?'
 There was no reply, and in a few mo- ments the boy, who had his arms about his fathers neck. felt con. vulsive tremor.
 "Go, father, and bring her. You know where she is, I'm sure." Still the father did not speak. In stead he hugged his son closely to him. Then suddenly he said:
 For your sake. Clarence, I'll make
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-10

J-s.i..3-f..s..s..s..t.s-+.s-s..s-t.s-ss'-3-.9.
Rooming House on Ute. near Depot,
at $4,000. VIII trade equity for
lots.
II +
4 lots on Grand, best location.
Lots In Milldale. near r. r. tracks,
suitable for Warehouses.
r. +
- acres fine garden land 3 miles
from city at 500 per acre.
r. +
Money to loan in any amount on
Real Estate.
n X
Plate Glass and Fire Insurance,
Surety Bonds.
4 HALBOUER s MCKINNEY. i.
Observation-Disclosures. .s.t.s.s.s..i..s..t'
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-10

Coal. Juanita nut coal burns best
and lasts longest. The Grand juno.
tion Electric, Gas & ManufacturinR
Company.
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-10
ARE YOU LOOKINK FOR A
CHANCE TO BUY DIRT CHEAP?

ARE YOU LOOklNk FOK "A
CHANCE TO BUY DIRT CHEAP?
40 acres miles east of Fruita. 10
acres full bearing apples. 12 acres 3
year old apples, balance alfalfa; full
water right, fine Improvements and
very best of soil. This is certainly
''dirt" cheap at $500 per acre with
only one-half down.
10 acres on Third Fruit Ridge, 3
acres set to apples and grapes. small
house and barn. Price, $2650, $1,000
down.
40 acres miles northeast of
Vruita all under cultivation, full wa
ter right, four room house and barn.
Price S100 per acre, $500 down.
Pair fine residence lots between
Eighth and Ninth on Gunnison for
few days only at $500.
Pair of lots between Sixth and
Seventh on Teller only 5000 or will
trade equity for good driving horse
and buggy.
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-10
GOV. JOHNSON
ON .SHIL0HpS FIELD

Continued ir,m page l.)
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-10

Therefore. discharging all of our
responsibilities as citizens of coun-
try. refusing to surrender our rights
of citizenship in any degree, let us
SO live that the heroism exemplified
on this and other American battle
fields may not by simply a tradition.
and the national wisdom of our fore
fathers mere legend, but that
through us and those to come to
America will reach her full destiny
in the permanent establishment OF
perfect union, which shall be not for
today nor for tomorrow, but forever,
and be so established that It will be
for all of the people, and that their
government shall not perish"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-07

tai of $3.50, 600. Execution was stay
ed for 80 days. pending preparations
for an appeal
Realizing that in this country the
security of persons and property de-
ponds mainly upon our courts, and
realizing also that as a rule our judi
ciary is wonderfully free from suspi-
cion of improper motives, it has been
my rule not to make public any re-
sentiment or indignation 1 may have
felt at judicial decisions, and in this
case 1 believe the court to have erred
from misunderstanding Of the con-
ditions and not from a desire to be
sensational I refrain from comment,
therefore, except to put before fair
mind business men these questions:
What incentive had this clerk to
violate his strict orders from his SUI
periors to conform to the law?
eff there was no incentive is 1t not
more than a fair presumption that he
did not intend to violate the law?
eff, without incentive and without
intent, he did, under a strict technical
construction, violate the law to the
extent of paying $500, should his en-
ploying company, the officers of
which know nothing of the transac-
ton, be mulcted for s330,000?
Does this punishment fit the
crime ?"
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A GREAT TEMPERANCE YEAR.

1.-THE year 1907 was notable for the
progress made in temperance, not only
in the United States but the world
around" says the New York World.
This was the year of the Chinese
imperial edict against opium. Prohibi-
ton made great strides in the south,
retaining the states of Georgia and
Alabama and winning hundred coun-
ties of Kentucky. 1t was seriously
proposed as presidential issue for
the Democratic party. Oklahoma en-
tered the Union with a law forbidding
the manufacture and sale of intoxi-
cants. The incident of the sewers of
Oklahoma City flushed with 1900
barrels of contraband beer was suff1-
GENTLY novel. Two Of the three coun-
ties of Delaware went dry at the
November election. The bishops ex-
else law was a leading issue in the
New Jersey campaign. Chicago added
a square mile to it's prohibition terri
tory. Thousands of employees of the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad
took the pledge on New Years day.
The consumption of strong liquors
diminished in Great Britain.
THE government of Roumania is
planning drastic measures to check
drunkenness. The new bill regulating
drink in that country makes the sale
of brandy and whisky a state mono
poly and gives municipalities control
of saloons. Barkeepers become NUM-
cipal employees. Bars are limited as
to number and may not remain open
on Sundays or saints days or after
at night. Intoxication is punished by
fine for the first offense and by a
prison term for the second. Habitual
drunkards are registered, and bar
keepers selling them liquor are SUBJ
ject to heavy fines.
Gas incidental to this drift toward
temperance, interviews with Saint
Saens, Massenet, d'Indy, Sardou and
Henri Lavedan represent these French
authors and composers as deprecating
the use of alcohol as a mental stimu-
liant. Lavedan and Sardou denounce
it as a poison. The precedent of
Baudelaire drugging himself into de-
lirium at forty-six and de Musset with
his brilliant future behind him at
forty because of absinthe and alcohol
apparently no longer holds in France
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A STRAINED CENsURE.

President Ripley's full statement
referred to by the attorney general
was printed in the State Journal,
January LIST. 1t seemed guarded and
mild and it is difficult to see wherein
he made "unwarranted reflections
deserving condemnation OF all citi-
zens, etc." and wherein the attorney
general was warranted in writing a
letter to the president censuring Mr.
Ripley. The part of Mr.. Ripley's
statement evidently criticized by Mr..
Bonaparte is as follows:
Judge Wel1born refused to submit
to the jury any evidence tending to
show that the remission of small
parts of the freight was made in
carrying out a compromise whereby
Schirm, for his company, agreed to
stand the loss of lime and the rail-
way company agreed to waive the
freight, although if Schirm had paid
the freight and sued for loss of lime
he might perhaps upon the same evil
dence have recovered for both lime
and freight In other words, the evil
dence excluded tended to show that
what was done amounted to a short
method of settling claims for loss
This ruling of the court virtually
amounted to a direction to the jurors
to find the railway company guilty as
charged in thee indictment, and they
brought in a verdict accordingly. This
was filed on October IL, 1907, and on
November Judge We1lborn sentenc-
ed the company to pay a fine of S.
900 on each of the sc counts, or a to-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-07
HYHAWKER JOTS

All the towns in Rice county report
a better holiday trade this year than
they have enjoyed ever before.
The Ellinwood Leader is a tempta-
ton to study German. If the German
part Is as newsy as the English pages
there is no disputing the papers
claim to its name.
In Wichita son is searching for
the body of his father who, it is al
legged, was killed by a detective there
many years ago. He is not, however,
looking for the detective.
"How to Tell Bad Cigar" is the
heading printed over a story in an
eastern paper. Study the phiz Of the
smoker and the sex Of the giver, is the
Wichita Beacon's advice.
The Sterling Bulletin suggests that
Poe Peters turn over a New Years
leaf by quitting the sale of limbur-
ger. The suggestion Is made that he
deal in skunks in the future.
There was a wolf hunt in Rice
county last week In which seventy
five men participated. Three wolves
hunters of Rice county much to brag
over.
According to the Riley Regent, a
heated argument took place at the
postoffice there recently over the per-
petual motion question Neither OF
the SSutlSIuCn oil uliS WAS SGTAOOSly
injured.
A Dutch woman went in an Atchi-
son store and said she wanted to get
a pair of shoes easy to milk in. The
clerk got her a pair of hip boots.
''They wifi hold more milk than any
thing else we have" he said.
A former Cleveland, Okla, resident
stated to the Independence Star that
his town is dead and that the people
are sitting around waiting for the un>
dertaker. The undertaken should be
told to be in readiness when that fell
low goes back to his home.
A Doniphan county woman attack
ed a house in Wathena recently by
throwing rocks through the windows.
Those on the inside threaten to pros
ecute her. But they won't. They
have two reasons. It would expose
the names of those on the inside and
also disclose the cause for being
there.
John Potter has been janitor Of the
Larned schools for twenty-five years.
The Larned Chronoscope says that he
told most of the citizens Of that town
to scrub their feet and has picked up
many a paper wad and note that they
threw. Larned owes much to Mr.
Potter. Some of the tales he could
tell would make wives and husbands
twist in their seats.
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the cave, she said to the man inside.
who gave her greeting and protested
his gratitude:
You must have had home
father. mother. brothers and sisters.
perhaps?"
And then no told her his story
told it to a human being for the first
time. 1t was the ola. old story
FRANKS at colleges stern father-an
obstinate son-harsh words-the go
ing away from home with azheart full
of bitterness.
she asked as his story was finished
I've been thinking. I shall do no
more of it. may go pack and take
my place in the world again. I have
not taken human life. and am not be-
yond redemption"
God grant that you go backl" she
fervently exclaimed. At think there
are spies around the camp. and dare
night when all Is quiet. give me sign
"a sign that you are going back to
those who must sill care for you-to
honesty. honor and respectability."
He promised. At midnight, FIVE
hours later, a terrible storm swept the
There was no sleep for any one in the
camp until the storm passed away and
the stars shone again.
The last lingering raindrops were
ldilinB upon Her tent Wnen a SOUND
caused the girl to rise from her
couch and part the flaps Of her tent
and look out. From up the hillside.
where its clothing Of frs still glistened
with the wet, came the words of the
refrain:
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God. to Thee;
Nearer, my God, to Thee;
Nearer to Thee.
what is it, Olly?" asked the
brother, as he looked out of his own
tent and his query was echoed by the
young men.
The girl did not answer. There
were tears in her eyes ind a sob in
her throat. Happy Harry was going
away. He had given her the promised
sign. He was going home to father
mother and sister, and the mountains
and valleys would know him no more
Copyrighted, 1908. by e. C. Par
cells)
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QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record. ]
A byword-"Cash!"

CFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
A byword-s'Cash!"
Parts of speech-"Good-bye
Many a civil engineer is uncivfl.
From the ground up-A cup Of cof-
fee.
It's a good plan to do your best,
but not your best friend.
1t doesn't take dentist to fill an
aching void or long-felt want.
A double wedding is simply case
of putting two and two together.
Both push and pull are necessary
where swinging doors are concerned.
Even the winter girl can't say she
doesn't care a wrap for cold weather.
The canniba1 will eat man raw,
but the civilized human being prefers
to roast him.
If size counts for anything the wo-
men should have no dffficulty in talk
ing through their hats
Nell-"Would you call her pretty %
Belle-''Not at all In fact, she is
positively Authenticated" Mellon.
but you should see her face light up"
Wigg-"You are up on the styles;
what would you consfder the best
form of pocketbookH1" WagE-Fat
ones"
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFron the Atchison Globe.

lie TOII Tie AICnlSOn ClOO6.I
A good many of the compliments a
man receives sound like paid locals.
Can a. man be called a cannibal be-
cause he lives on his father-in-law?
No ones love for another is as great
as his demand that the other love him.
Do not expect to remain popular If
you laugh at your friends New Years
resolutions.
What has become Of the old-fashion-
ed man who smoked plug tobacco in
his pipe?
When kin try to settle financial af-
fairs 1t does not mean settlement: It
means a row.
If the doctors would quit using big
words. the people would lose confidence
in doctors.
When two sisters begin figuring up
how much they owe each other, there
is bound to be a quarrel
We have observed that men loaf ev-
erywhere except at shops where grave
stones are made and sold.
Thousands of people are anxious to
believe some foolish, sensational story.
in order that they may have an excuse
to neglect their own important duties
If a bad story is told about you, and
you know 1t Is untrue, should 1t not
occur to you that probably the scan
dalous story about your neighbor may
be untrue?
They say of Mrs. Lysander John APP
pleton that she spent all of 1907 in TAX
ing her friends to pieces, and has
worked every minute of the new year
in trying to put them together.
The pretty girl who has money lives
in a candy store, no doubt, but the
real happy life in which the thorn has
been removed from every rose, is led
by the handsome rich young man who
is eligible.
It is a compliment to say of a friend
that he is great reader of books,
which he doesn't appreciate when he
learns you have said it to book agent,
giving, at the same time, his name and
address.
We have noticed that when a man,
great or small, begins to wane, he reg
ularly makes some fool break that hur-
ries him to his fate. The best way is
to accept gratefully what the world
has to give, and when you have out
lived your usefulness, step aside and
give some other fellow a chance.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News. I

lie TOIIl LIS chicago News
A rolling stone accumulates no dust
The man who says nothing is never
nnisquoted.
Some politicians have long fingers
and short memories.
Tomorrow never comes-unless vo,,
have a note to meet.
Good intentions never seem to get
beyond the crawling stage.
Never do any worrying today that
can be put off till tomorrow.
Diamonds are going up-also the
chins Of their feminine wearers.
Woman juries wouldn't do a thing to
men in breach-of-promfse suits.
It's as easy to make money as It is
to unmake yourself while making 1t.
A woman's curiosity Is exceeded only
by that Of a man who says he hasn't
any.
You may have read about the bless
ings of poverty, but did you ever see
any of them?
An undertaken is probably so called
because he eventually overtakes the
rest of mankind.
The trouble with most true stories is
that it is necessary to add few lies in
order to make them interesting
We are told that IL takes nine tailors
to make a man, but In many cases the
bill Of one tailor IL enough to break
him.
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HUlNOR or THE Day

Eva-I hear that Helen has tossed over
her beau
Edna.Tossed over several Of them. She
is running her own automobile now.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
"Ah! you've heard her, then? She GER
ta1nly has the gift of song"
hate to think she paid anything for it,
Philadelphia Press.
What do you think Of that officials de-
cision not to run for office any more?"
BILE foe. my only regret is that It can't
be made retroactive. "-Washington Star
raj postofrice. expressed surprise upon
seeing a woman at the delivery window
II was under the impression" said he,
fice.'' VI
a ApS SO p ns Taa ar1 5s9sa the
Hades Journalists Ito shade of New
70; York ship news" reporter)-How do you
age? What do they think of us on earth?
How do our women compare with those
OF the he. United States? How do you like
you going to stay longe-Puck. ~
mise"
"How's that?"
Tn to pick out the Christmas cigars
Washington Herald.
Boyce-I certainly admire the quality of
his Christianity. .h
Joyce-Why?
Boyce-He even prayed for his plumber
Philadelphia Telegraph.
John: do you love me?"
Yes"
DO you adore me?'
will you always love met"
"Ye-look here. woman, what have you
been o.: and gone and ordered sent home
Prue-Would you marry an extravagant
Doily-That would depend, dear, on how
long. he had been extravagant-Harp
Weekly.
Help! He1p." shouted the fair heroine.
as the villain still pursued her across the
pasteboard mountain.
Oats right. Call for help" yelled the
such acting as dat."-Chicago News.
Business good?"
Making money!
Yes"
Then, why are you pan,e-stricken? Has
'iN-No: but it might "-Pittsbsirg Post.
who's the villain Of the play?'
THE messenger boy; at least he smokes
cigarettes. Post
Miss Smith is like a loaded gun"
"She is, eh Why?"
''She is made up to ki1l."-Chicago Rec
Herald.
why IS it." asked the fox, that you
always look so gaunt?"
oh replied the wolf, ITS all due to
the business l. m IN. i always have to
keep away from the door until there's
nothing left in the house to eat."-Catho-
lie Standard and Times.
Father" said little Rorlo at have dis
covered why Santa Claus is depicted as
driving reindeer"
Have you, my sonT
Yes. He is too wise to take chances in
an automobile. "-Washington Star
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ExTENDINC THE VEST.

When the railroads of Missouri ap-
pealed to the courts last summer on
the ground that the two cent fare law
was confscatory the judge held that
the question could only be decided by
experiment and ordered that a three
months trial be given the law before a
judgment was rendered. The three
months are up and now the railroads
are asking for a six months trial
1t seems to be admitted generally
that the results of the three months
trial were not bad for the roads. What
they lost on account of the reduction
in rates they made up in the increased
volume of business, and the net earn
ings from the passenger service were
such that the claim of confiscation
could not be held to be good. The roads
now say, however. that the trial took
place during a time of great prosperity,
of abnormal activity, in fact, and the
results were not such as could be ex-
pected in a period of normal business.
So following a slump in the business
world they want to extend the expert
mept over another three months.
In some respects this seems like a
reasonable request, and it is quite PROC
able that the judge will grant it. 1t is
not, however, quite as fair as 1t seems
to be on the surface. The period immed-
lately preceding the trial months was
also a period Of as great an activity as
was experienced during the trial. The
earnings Of the roads were as great
during the three months of lower fares
as they were during the three months
Of the higher fares preceding. 1t would
seem, therefore, that the law did not
hurt the roads.
1t is fair to presume that the law will
not hurt the roads under any condi-
lions. There may be a falling off In
business, but slack times, not the law,
will be responsible. Were the rates
higher there would be a falling off just
the same during any slackening period.
Three months. however. is hardly
fair test A complete test should ex-
tend over a full year, taking in all the
seasons and giving both the public and
the railroads a chance to fully adjust
themselves to the changed conditions.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

Beauty may soon fade but the
memory of it lives forever.
=
Natural abilities avail nothing I'M
less one favored with them Is willing
to learn.
A witness or two would do more to
seal proposals Of marriage than a
million kisses.
Regardless of what they may think
all women of fashion do not present
pleasing pictures.
It's not necessary to believe every
thing you see. This applies most ap-
propriately to feminine forms
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wholly by mutation nor by natural
election. In other words he thinks
the evolution Of animals has been
continuous and direct. developing new
species and migrating races by direct
response to the condition of existence.
This may be an important discovery
but the average man is not worried
much over how he evoluted He Is
satisfied that he arrived on deck in
time to enjoy life during the nine
teenth and twentieth centuries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-07

That unique strike in New York
where the tenants of tenements are
fighting for lower rents has developed
into a miniature war. Incipient riots
are the order of the day there now
They result from the police trying to
prevent the congregation of crowds
of excited foreigners on the streets.
And as usual the strikers get the
worst of 1t. They are easy prey for
the nightsticks in the hands of the
cons
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Fine motives should never be i'm
pugned but at the same time one can
not help thinking that the Pittsburg,
Pa, millionaire who offered any ply
stefan a million dollars If he would
save the life of a dying friend was on
the safe side. Money is great in many
ways but 1t is useless as a slayer Of
the hand of death
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-07

Kansas has added another to her
variety of claims as being the home
of many Of the biggest things in the
world. This time it is a Bible class
Parsons is the location and the class
is connected with the Christian
church. It has 551 members. This is
about double the size of the famous
Rockefeller class in New York If
there is any town or state in the
country that can beat this please
speak up.
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R. Winfield Eaton, chief of police,
has undertaken a move that should
receive praise. He has determined to
make it decidedly uncomfortable for
buns and hoboes who might be in
clined to stop off in Topeka on their
trips hither and thitherward on the
bumpers. These classes of individuals
are responsible for a lot of petty thiev-
ing wherever they congregate and
when they get desperate they readily
become holdup men, than whom there
il not a more dastardly set of
==imfnalS.
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the interesting
and

One Of the Interesting and
distressing developments in the
latest New Jersey murder mys-
terry is the fact that there are great
numbers of women and girls missing
from their homes all over the United
States. The police authorities in New
Jersey have so far received LOO let
tiers from friends and relatives of Diff
ferent women who are missing.
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When they do things in Greater New
York they never do them by halves.
There was a street car trolley crash in
Brooklyn the other day in which forty
persons were injured. A railroad acci-
dent Of that caliber in the west would
be styled as great disaster. In New
York it is a passing incident
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-07

Foraker has bolted the proposition Of
the Ohio state committee for the cleo
ton Of delegates to the national con-
vention by primaries. This was to be
expected. Foraker is a politician and
politicians have no use for primaries.