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Cañon City record., 1908-04-09
FRONTIER SKETCHES

Almost clean is descriptive Of the
Indian who had come out into the cir
Gle of civilizations influence, only to
return to his blanket and tepee at the
end of the term SO graciously provided
for the educating of him. Wholly
clean he never Is. Cleanliness is not
true Indian. The inner nature of the
unregenerated red man revolts at a
hide which is not literally encrusted
with the element upon which he
walks, sits and sleeps, and which he
eats if occasion demands. AS to those
two familiar attributes of the Indian
character, the art of stealing and the
gift of lying, the former is acquired
as soon as the squaw mother believes
her child old enough to use its fingers
and the latter is born to it.
Indian agents and storekeepers on
the reservation know full we'll how
squaws teach their young to steal be-
fore they are able to walk. The In
dian woman who enters store with
papoose on her back will invariably
bear watching for she has the trick
of placing the young redskin within
easy reach of something. it does not
matter what, which is soon in the
grip Of the dirty little fingers and i'm
thereafter transferred to
the capacious folds of the mothers
blanket. 1t is no wonder, with the
schooling it has, that the Indian child
Is not an accomplished thief by the
time it Is ready to go into business
on its own account-say at the age OF
two and a half or three years.
Cañon City record., 1908-04-09

Spring shoes are beginning to ar
rive and We must make room ( r them
by cleaning out all broken lines. Odds
and ends. old styles. etc. Davis. 42s
Main street
Cañon City record., 1908-04-09

which was an adobe structure and an
easy one for a man of his ingenuity.
He remained only long enough to rest
up and when he left he took the Jail
door with him, together with George
Wright and Dave Holiday, two pris-
oners held for numbering a man ON
the Gila river. The trio crossed Ash
fiat, a stretch OF desert without q
sagebrush for jack rabbits to hide be-
hind,
Barefoot and with scarcely any
clothes the fugitives ran for their lib
erty but were overtaken after being
out five days and nights without wat
er and with only the food the desert
provides its guests. Climax says his
feet were swoolen as big as his head
in its normal size and he was glad to
60 back to Jail. He remained this
time, satisfied to stand trial, which re-
suited in his acquittal. since the stock
he had stolen was taken from govern
ment land, and the case had no place
in the territorial courts. When asked
how he got his name, he replied. i've
packed that name so long that l don't
know what my right name is half the
time. About twenty years ago I was
working with the Hashknife outfit on
the Aztec Cattle company's range In
northern Arizona. We started ont on
the roundup and I asked the boss Of
gone. He said about month and l
thought | would lay in enough tobac-
co to last me.
Il bought twelve pounds Of Climax
plug and came into camp with 1t tied
in a gunny sack. l had bar tied to
my saddle all the time, but at the end
, of twenty-five days l didn't have a bit
, left. / had chewed every leaf of 1t
myself and had to beg from the boys
the rest of the trip. Burr Wilson, the
foreman, of the outfit, called me Gil
max and the name has stuck to me
right through, although l swore on
chewing some years ago, when l gave
up the business of burning out brands.
Folks are responsible for making peo-
pie go from bad to worse. When a
man steals once on the range he is
accused of every crime and II he don't
own up to it, they'll get jury to con-
vict him. I'm through with it. A man
eats quail one day and feathers the
next and there's nothing In 1t. Sooner
or later he is caught and I think I'm
lucky to get out as did without
hurting more men"
Cañon City record., 1908-04-09
ODs Raro Rsand TFiA

The Rio 0ra1ds company annouooas
that they have authorized . one fare
round trip rate for the state Rspab-
iican state convention at Posblo
on April 17th and 3sth. Also one ears
round trip to Aontroos. aosoaoe
state Epworth League. Juns letA
Cañon City record., 1908-04-09

While it is true that the Indian
whether of the Sioux, Crow, Chey-
enne, Apache, Comanche, Ute, Sho-
shone or any other nation, is still an
Indian, regardless of the civiltzing
processes which have been forced up
on him it is perhaps we'll enough to
acknowledge that he has improved in
some instances. Nevertheless 1t must
be said that such examples are COM
paratively few The Fennimore Coop
er style of red man does not now ex-
ist and never did exist, except in the
fertile mind of the novelist in his
Leather Stocking tales and we of the
west who know the Indian only too
well have no patience with such rub
bish.
We once heard a plainsman des-
cribe a good Indian and. by the way,
it must not be forgotten that when Il
man of the frontier says anything
good of an Indian there is full war
rant for it. 1t was. Charles Christy
who was talking-the same old Char
and guide and interpreter since 1850
and knew the Indian characteristics
like an open book. This fellow here
is a good Indian" he said. HE Is
almost clean and does not lie and
steal more than is absolutely neces-
sary." This peculiar summary of the
good Indians character is as complete
as If it were the report of govern
ment inquiry covering 100000 words.
ic ind nnor1v o0Tnnrohon o{va
as General Sheridan's view which held
that the only good Indian was a dead
one.
Cañon City record., 1908-04-09

the earlier days of construction lum-
Der formed no part Of the building.
Selecting a nice bit Of prairie, the. far
mer would run his plow along a strip
two or three feet wide and carve 1t
up into pieces as thick, but usually
about four feet long. These were laid
one on top of another, after being
dressed with a hay knife and cut to
look well.
The four walls of the house were
made entirely OF sod. Going down to
stream the builder would cut long
ridgepole and a wagon load OF small
Ter poles. The latter served as raft
ers and upon these brush was laid.
Then came a layer OF sod about foot
thick The result was a comfortable
If not a very artistic looking home.
AS the years passed and the purse
filled, the old house was abandoned
and house OF lumber much more pre-
tentious looking took its place. AS
the settlements grew 1t became neces-
sary to furnish educational facilities.
1t was but natural that the men turn
ed to the sod school house as the one
form Of building within their means.
At one time, thousands OF these build
ings were In use but the number has
gradually dwindled until now the COW
country on the plains alcrs contains
them. s.,.sz -, ~
The railway traveller through the
cattle country, will zee many aban-
doned sod structures standing. 6oms
Cañon City record., 1908-04-09

Sale on broken lines Of shoes. Ten
per cent to so per cent discount at
Davis shoe store.
Cañon City record., 1908-04-09
The DugOut and the SOddy.

The DugOut and the SOddy.
The sod house is indigenous. to the
prairie. When the pioneers, trekking
across the plains, came to the spot
they had selected as their own, they
found themselves far from the marts
where lumber could be bought-and If
a lumber yard had been on the next
quarter it would not have been patron
lied, because the settler generally had
very little money left for housebuild-
ing. There are few water courses on
the prairie also, and even the timber
out Of which logs might be hewn
rough was scarce.
The sod house and the dugout were
about the only recourse left to them.
A dugout Is never a cheerful habita-
ton. There are many places in the
west where the clay is SO hard that
no matter what the depth the soil will
not cave in.
An Industrious man could easily
carve two-room house out Of a shelv-
ing bank in the clay. 1t is not a very
healthy place, since the only means OF
ventilation are through the doors and
windows in the front, but these old
time dugouts served as temporary
homes for many pioneers. 1t was the
sod house, however. that made the
cozy home Of the first settlers, and
they are still inviting places. Nova
days a sod house can be built for about
$50. but this provides for roof of
scantling. boards and tarred felt. In
Cañon City record., 1908-04-09

Il don't mind talking to you" said
Climax Jim, an old Arizona cow
puncher, who happened to be in Dem
yer the other day on little side trip,
"but 1 don't want you to write any,
thing that will set the officers on me
again. I've quit rustling stock and all
l want is to make an honest livin, SOS
/ can support my mother and give her
q few comforts in her old age. The
newspapers have give me tn wo'st of
it all through, and now that I've quit
chewin' and swore of burnin' out cat
tie brands l want fair DEAL" Rufus
Nephews is the right name of Climax
Jim. He drifted out to Arizona when
he was fourteen years of age and un-
fortunately fell In with a gang OF cat
tie and horse thieves. Climax Jim is
a good type of the cow-puncher and
possesses that trait of describing
events which Is characteristic Of the
men Of the range and he has only to
stick to the truth to make a whopper.
He tells a story as full of daring
and cunning as the most imaginative
mind could conceive. Captain Po-
cocks story of Curly is not marker
to this mans adventures and we know
that they are practically true for we
browsed around that dry zone ourself
in the good old days of the early
eighties Il had running iron," said
Climax, "and | used it on the best
stock | could find. But soon enough
every sheriff in eastern Arizona was
leavin' off everything else to hunt me
from Tonto basin to the Navajo reser-
vation and they got me just about as
often as | showed myself. The brand
on all the stock of the Chiracahua
Cattle company was CCC, and by
crafty use of the running iron, burn
ed out the old brand and placed my
own over it, which was an artistic
distortion of the original brand and
left but little trace of the deception.
Three goose eggs looks just as we'll As
three capital letters"
Climax was the victim of treachery
on the part of boss at the BIS ranch
and one day when he was to go to
Clifton he was heralded to the big cat
tlemen who were ever on the lookout
for him. The gun-fighter of the CCC
ranch was on hand to meet him when
he rode into Clifton and he was ar
rested for about the twentieth time.
He was sent to the Solomonville Jail
Cañon City record., 1908-04-09

The "biggsr advertising" pxecedes
and prepares the way for the bigger
store"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-23
SHERMAN IS ILL
Republican Vice-PresidentiaI
Candidate Stricken in
Cleveland.
CONDITION is NOT CRITICAL

Cleveland, O., June 23.-James
Schoolcraft Sherman, republican vice
presidential candidate, was today taken
to the hospital and specialist sum-
moned from Baltimore and his family
is enroute here from Utica. He has
been seriously ill twice in the past two
years. The trouble is diagnosed as
catarrh of the gall duct. An opera
ton may be necessary. Doctor Car
ter admits that Sherman's condition is
somewhat alarming, though it is hard
ly critical. An elaborate welcome
ing to Mr. Sherman's illness.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-23

The Young Mems Republican club
intends TO take an active part in the
campaign this year. An effort will be
made to have every young republican
in the county join the organization
and work to secure a republican vic
tory at the polls next November
The club will hold meetings at reg.
ular intervals from this time until the
close of the campaign. Several pub
lie meetings will be held ard the best
speakers obtainable will be secured.
During the last national campaign the
club cut a prominent figure in local
politics and it intends to do SO again
this year.
President Robbins states that the
club will organize a bugle and drum
corps as large as the one rne club had
in the field last campaign. At that
time there were twenty-eight pieces
in the organization and ii was in
great demand all over this part of the
county
After the club has been thoroughly
re-organized and new officers elected,
the complete plans for the campaign
will be mapped out. Some time in
the early fall, President Robbins
states. the club will probably arrange
for monster Taft parade. The or
ganization will not seek to dominate
republican politics in this county but
will work In thorough harmony with
the republican county central commit.
tea. -------- -
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-23

Madrid, June 23.-A son was horn to
Queen Victoria of Spain last night.
Queen Victoria, formerly princess
Ena of Battenberg and King Alfonso,
were married at Madrid on May 81,
1906
Their first son was born May 10,
1907.
Queen Victoria, who opposed the an
cient Spanish royal custom of having
hired nurses attend the royal children
during their early infancy, and who
was defeated on this point in the case
of the first baby, has won this time
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-23
SHERIFF IN DARK.

Nothing has been learned by Sheriff
Meredith in answer to inquiries as to
the identity of William Rinehart, the
on the Union Pike. What final dispo-
sition will be made of Elmer Baker.
the insane imbecile has not been deter
mined. He is being cared for by rels-
.tiyes at present.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-23
YOUNG MEN ARE
TO Be FACTORS
Will Organize Club to Promote
The Interests of the Re-
publican Party.
A CALL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THE BIG
PARTY WILL MEET TO ELECT
OFFICERS AND ARRANGE PLANS
FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
NOTICE TO YOUNG
REPUBLICANS.

The Young Mems Republican
club will hold rousing meeting
Wednesday evening at 7:30 O'Clock
on the first floor of the court house
for reorganization and election of
officers. Every present member.
every first voter and every repub-
1ican who thinks he's young is
wanted. For Taft's sake, be there.
BYRAM c. ROBBINS,
President.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-23
City Council Votes to Assist
Every Way in Making July
Fourth a Notable Occas-
ion.
COMMITTEE APPOINTED
TO AID K. OF G. E.
Business Men Will Be Solicited
For Funds to Promote CeIe-
bration-CounciI Meets to
Consider Matter.

The city council last evening at
special meeting decided to make the
Fourth of July celebration in this city,
planned for and being arranged by the
Knights of the Golden Eagles, a num-
icipal affair. On a motion made by
Councilman Won Pein all members of
council and all city officials were ap-
pointed members of a committee to
assist in promoting the affair. After
this motion had been adopted, Mayor
Schillinger stated that such a large
committee would be an unwieldy
body and he thought that an execu-
tive committee consisting of four or
five members should be selected to
cooperate with the Knights of the
Golden Eagle committee and do the
active work for the city in making
preparations for the celebration. This
suggestion met with favor on the part
of the councilmen and Councilman
Leftwick made a motion that an ex-
ecutive committee of five members,
consisting of the mayor, the president
of the board of public works and three
members Of council, be appointed
The motion carried and Mayor Schil-
linger appointed Councilmen Left
wick, Deuker and Williams as the
council members to serve on the COM
mittee.
To Solicit Funds.
The action of council in voting to
make the Fourth of July celebration
one in which the city is officially in
terested, insures the complete success
of the affair, as it gives it a prestige
which it would otherwise lack. The
city executive committee will act in
complete harmony with the commit
tee of the knights of the Golden
Eagle and will make a canvass of the
city to solicit funds to carry out the
project.
There was a general effort on the
part of councilmen to side step posi-
tions on the executive committee on
the excuse that they were too busy to
serve. When the Mayor appointed
Mr.. Deuker and Mr.. Leftwick to this
committee they made no further effort
to doge the duties imposed upon them
but Mr.. McMahan asked to be ex-
cused. The Mayor then appointed
Mr.. Bartel, but he also asked to be
excused. At this point Councilman
Williams took the floor and volunteer
ed his services. Amidst applause he
was appointed as third member on the
committee.
Fears the lid"
Councilman Englebert caused much
amusement by taking a crack at the
lid" which Is dropped upon Rich
mond each Sunday and every holiday
He said that it would be hard matter
TO get people to come to Richmond on
the Fourth because every thing would
be tied up so tight here on that
date"
All the counci1men assured the may
or that they would do everything in
their power to make the affair a COM
plete success. The city officials will
appeal to the business men of the city
to subscribe to the expense fund and
to be represented in the industrial
parade.
Lets give Richmond a real, old
fashioned Fourth of July cele bration, ~
will be the motto on which the city
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-23

and will exercise her mothers prerog-
ative and nurse the second child her
self o.
Another point on which the queen
has her way this time is that the heavy
iron decoration which hangs over the
royal crib and has rocked back and
forth over the baby heads of many
Spanish kings will come down.
Queen Victoria fought this hanging
menace when her first baby was being
cared for in the cradle, fearing 1t
would fall and kill or MAIN the child.
This time the iron hanging has disap-
peared.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-23
This Is Shown by Assessments
Made by the Board of
Review.
VALUATION is INCREASED.
BUT ONE FINANCIAL INSTITU-
TIoN THAT DOES NOT SHOW IN
cREASE-WORk JUST CON-
PLETED is IMPORTANT.

Banks and trust companies in Wayne
county, are in prosperous condition,
as evidenced by the assessments of the
board of review. The list was COM
pleted yesterday and shows an increase
in the valuation upon each financial
institution with but a single exception.
The Fountain bank at Fountain City.
is the only one in the county that does
not show an increase.
The matter of assessing banks and
trust companies is one of the most i'm
portant with which the board of review
has to deal. In order to make a ba-
sis for assessment this year the board
agreed to take 10 per cent of the total
of capital stock, undivided profit and
surplus as set forth by the bank as the
valuation for assessment. The same
plan has been followed by other coun-
ties. The assessments are as follows:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-23
THE WEATHER PROPHET.

INDIANA Fair. continued warm
Tuesday night; Wednesday fair.
cooler; light to fresh southwest
winds, shifting to northwest
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-23

(Continasd on Page Two9-
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-03-07
Tia Sphinx and the Infinite.

l can imagine the most determined
atheist looking at the sphinx and, in
a flash, not merely believing, but feel
ing that he had before him proof Of
the life of the soul beyond the grave,
Of the life of the soul of Khufu beyond
the tomb of his pyramid. Always as
you return to the sphinx you wonder
at it more, you adore more strangely
it's repose, you steep yourself more
intimately in the aloof peace that
seems to emanate from it as light
emanates from the sun. And as you
look on it at last perhaps you under
stand the infinite; you understand
where is the bourne to which the
finite flows with all its greatness, az
the great Nile flows from beyond Vic
toria Nyanza to the sea.-From Rob
ert Hichens' 'The Spell of Egypt" IN
the Century.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-03-07
Collection of Rare Subs.

The collection of rare plants at the
Phipps conservatory and the cabinets
In the Carnegie museum will be en-
riched by a number of donations from
Miss Ida Vera Simonton, who has just
returned from Africa. To the con-
servatory Miss Simonton will give a
package of bulbs of the famous cam
meta rose, which on the stem or in
a bouquet is ever changing in color.
White in the morning, it becomes a
delicate pink at oOn At sunset its
petals are a brilliant red. Some rare
orchids and the famous lily, gloriana
superba, are in the collection. The
savage tribes of western Africa still
perpetuate in a crude way the lost
arts of ancient Egypt. Their idols are
typically Egyptian and their method
of handling dyes is the same as that
of the subjects of the mummy curers
of the pharaohs on the Nile. Articles
in burnt wood, pieces of cloth dyed
with gay and everlasting colors and
the grotesque idols will go to the
museum.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-03-07
Truth and
Quality

appeal to the Well-Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA is the only remedy Of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best Of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
swcetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-03-07
With an Eve to the Future.

Queen Alexandra attended last
springs annual Mansion House fete in
London, and because of that suspicious
fact there is a tale to tell-and worth
the while. One Of the diminutive fOw-
er maidens was both pretty and plump,
and when her majesty stopped for an
instant to smile down upon her, what
did she do but put up her wee land
tempting) mouth for a kiss. which she
received.
"Molly!" gasped her astounded
mother, and after the distinguished
visitor had passed on, now could
you!"
And Molly gave a good reason. Il
fought" said she. ut 'u2d be interest
in to tell my grandchildren."-Har
per's Weekly.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-03-07
EXCELLENT FOR COLDS.

Mix two ounces of %glycerine with
half pint of good whiskey and add one
half ounce of Concentrated Oil Of Pine.
The bottle is to be well shaken each
time and used in doses of a teaspoon
full to a tablespoonful every four
hours. The true Concentrated Oil Of
Pine comes put up for medicinal uses
only in half ounce walls sealed in tin
screw-top cases and Is a product of the
laboratories of the Globe Pharmaceuti-
cal Co., Dayton, o. The ingredients
all can be gotten at any drug store.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-03-07
Billion Dollar Grass.

Most remarkable grass of the century.
Good for three rousing crops annually.
One Iowa farmer on 100 acres sold 49,.
10000 worth of seed and had 300 tons of
hay besides. 1t is immense. DO try 1T.
For 10c AND THIS NOTICE
send to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, to pay postage, etc, ana
they will mail you the only original seed
catalog published in America with sam
pies of Billion Dollar Grass, Macaroni
Wheat, the sly miller mixer, Sainfoin the
dry soil luxuriator. Victoria Rape, the zoe
a ton green food producer, Silver King
Barley yielding l73 bu. per acre, ETC., ETC.,
etc.
And if YOU send l4c we will add a pack
are of new farm seed never before seen
by you. John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse. Wis. *. & w.