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La Junta tribune., 1908-05-30
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Mrs Ed T. Smith. of Mesa Mia.
arrived in La Junta last Friday to
visit her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. l..
S. Gee. being summoned on account
of the serious illness of her mother.
Mrs. Smiths home is located eighty
miles south of La Junta. and she
made the entire trip on horseback in
less than one day and a half. and
would have made the trip in a day
if she had not learned on the way.
from friends in Higbee. that her
mother was much improved.
La Junta tribune., 1908-05-30
ATTRACTIONS OF cAllF0RlulA
By \. FinITY
SCENERY CLIMATE
CLIMATE

settlement. Their season seems to
be well advanced Is we saw farmers
harvesting their wheat and oats and
making hay.
When we reached San Francisco
we were all turned around as the
streets are laid out without any re-
gard to the points Of the compass.
There are many line buildings in the
city. some Of them costing up into
the millions. The evidences Of
wealth and prosperity are apparent
on every hand. Oakland. across the
bay. on the main land is fast becom-
ing rival to San Francisco. She
suffered very little from the earth
quake and is having a marvellous
growth in consequence. Berkeley.
another suburb on the main land.
is growing rapidly. These cities are
separated from each other only by
the lay and are practically one city.
We visited the Presidio. the Golden
Gate. Golden Gate l'ark and the
Shoot the Chutes.
Some Of the amusements in San
Francisco are gotten up on the prin-
ciple that it is '.all Of life to live and
all Of death to die," which. Of course.
is not true. but. like many other
false ideas, accepted by many. We
spent 4 day at Palo Alto. thirty
miles south Of San Francisco and the
seat Of the Leland Stanford Univer-
sity. Leland Stanford worked hard
during his lifetime and accumulated
$40. 600. 600. and like the man who
drew the elephant at the lottery. he
did not know what to do with it. He
finally decided to give it to educa-
tion and he founded and built here
one Of the finest and best endowed
universities in the United States in
commemoration Of his only son.
There are over thirty buildings. with
walks. driveways, parks. flower
gardens and everything to make life
worth living.
We spent ten days in and around
San Francisco and think we got q
very good birds eye view of the city
and surrounding country. On our
way home we stopped at Williams
and spent day at the Grand Can
yon Of Arizona which is sixty-five
miles north of Williams. The Grand
Canyon is certainly wonderful. and
look at its awful chasms excites
feelings Of awe. 1t is hard to de-
scribe. but in some respects it re-
sembles the crater Of an extinct vol
canc. 1t is without doubt the most
wonderful geological and spectacular
phenomenon known in all the world.
President Roosevelt in an address
said. The Grand Canyon is the one
great sight that every American
should see
NJ. FINITY.
La Junta. May 25th.
La Junta tribune., 1908-05-30
Y LATE TRIP to the Pacific
SCENERY

kYv Coast presented many OBJ
jects Of interest to a person
who had never visited
that part Of our grand domain. The
first thing that impressed me was
the large areas Of worthless land in
the states through which passed:
but when say WORTHLESS land" I
mean it from an agricultural stand
point. OF course these chains Of
mountains may contain valuable
minerals that will become valuable
to the country in time. New Mexico
looked as Il it might make good
stock raising country. but Arizona
was the most bleak. barren and God
forsaken country i ever saw. We
were all day going across that state
and about the only live things saw
were scrub pines. stunned cactus
and lean Indians. II . jackrabbit
attempted to cross that state he
would have to carry his rations with
him. And here let me state that
Indians may be seen at nearly every
station in New Mexico and Arizona.
There was one exception. however.
and the local poet celebrated the
event in the following stanza:
The Indian with his pipe Of peace
Has long since passed away;
But the Irishman. with his piece of
pipe,
Has come with US to stay"
We reached Los Angeles after two
days and nights on the train. Los
Ans eles is situated in q rich. fertile
country where vineyards, orange
groves and oil wells abound. 1t is
about twenty miles from the ocean.
There are several beaches along the
coast. the most famous of which
seems to be Long Beach. They are
connected with Los Angeles by
numerous troliy lines. and travel is
cheap. One excursion ] took, "a
hundred miles for 100 cents made
travelling almost As cheap as staying
at home. This whole country looks
like 4 flower garden flowers every
where the waste levels and
hillsides were covered with wild
flowers.
We spent day at Catalina Island.
whice is about twenty-five miles out
in the ocean. 1t is most delightful
place and chiefly occupied By the
tourists and health seekers from all
parts of the country. The climate
in this part Of California is most de-
lightful and that asset alone will
draw many health seekers to this
charming country.
We spent eight days in and around
Los Angeles and then took the Coast
Line railway for San Francisco.
This road runs about fifty miles
from the coast through mountain
Gus country with here and there q
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22

The proposition to attempt to bring
back to life man who has been cleo
trocuted, on the theory that it is the
autopsy and not the electrocution
which really kills the victim, is declar-
ed to be the scheme of a chank by DR..
Irvine who has attended more than
so legal executions in Sing Sing prison.
He does not entertain the shadow of
a doubt that all these condemned men
were dead beyond resuscitation before
being placed upon the autopsy table.
The possibility of life surviving the
1900 volts which are sent through the
brain of the condemned man is roundly
ridiculed by this authority who. 1t
must be allowed, ought to know what
he is talking about along this partlcu-
lar line.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward, Fowler Of this
place. lay terrified on the road last Fri
day. while beside him eronched large
Canadian lynx ready to spIing upon the
boy at any moment. The boy only es-'
capped possible death at the claws of
the animal by a rifle shot from the
gun of teamster who happened along
and heard his cries. The youngster was
returning from visit to the home OF
his grandfather in company with his
father The boy Jagged behind
and when at a point where his
father had passed from sight around
a turn in the road ahead. he
turning beheld the strange creature
Joe started to run but fell down.
The lynx crouched beside him. Sew
eral times the boy started to rise.
but each time the lynx displayed his
teeth and growled savagely. This had
been the program for. perhaps 10 min
utes when the teamster happened
along. He recognized the animal, and
telling the boy to remain quiet he fired
the shot which ended the life. of the
lynx. The lynx tipped. the scales at
s5 pounds. and was the only specimen
Of it's kind killed in this section of the
State for many years" -
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22

Michael Horan of Wenatchee, Wash
ington, who won the big prize of $1,000
at the national apple show in Spo-
kane. this month and was in conse-
quence acclaimed the apple king of
America has upset a lot of fine theo-
ries regarding the raising of apples
He declares that he does not know
anything about scientific horticulture
but simply applies the same common
sense and hustle to his orcharding
success as a cattle raiser. He went
from New England to Washington in
1888. when the present site Of the city of
Wenatchee and the valley, now pro-
ducing thousands of dollars worth of
apples, peaches and pears. was a
waste of rank sage brush. He bought
land for grazing purposes for less
than 81 an acre His orchard OF so
acres could not be bought for 100000
today. He did not produce an apple
until three years ago. In addition to
the big award he obtained several out
side prizes amounting to $425, and
sold his car of fruit at $40 a box. the
exhibit bringing $4,000, or five times
it's commercial value.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22

1t is conceded on all sides that Pres
ident-elect Taft has made a very
strong selection in naming Senator
Knox of Pennsylvania for the impOr-
tant position of Secretary of State.
Senator Knox is one of the strong
men in the upper branch of Congress,
man qualified to fill any high office
and had he not been from the over
whelmingly Republican state of Penn
sylvania his presidential boom of a
year ago would have made much more
headway. No doubt President Taft
would have been glad to have Secre-
tary Root continue in the position he
has filled so ably, but New York wants
Mr. Root to represent it in the United
States Senate and he has yielded to
the pressure upon him.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22

Cabinet Gossip from Augusta"
"Taft Plays Golf at Augusta" Angus
Ia Visited by Prominent Ohio Politic-
ians,'' Taft Spends Quiet Day at
His Augusta Home" These and SIM
liar phrases are prominent now In the
newspaper headlines and will continue
through the winter OF course it is
Augusta, Ga. which is meant but up
this way we cannot help feeling that as
the name of the capital city Of Maine
is more familiar to the people of most
OF the states of the Union than that of
the Georgia city, our own Augusta will
get q little advertising, even II the
President-elect has selected the other
city as his winter home.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22
The Capital Park Movement.

The names of the subscribers to the
stock of the Capital Park as published
elsewhere In this issue, are proof of
the general interest that was felt
among our citizens to see that
this property was retained in the
future for the uses of public recrea
tion park. They show more general
co operation on the part of our citizens
than was ever before secured on any
proposition involving personal subscrip-
tions that has ever come before them.
1t is conclusive proof of the very wide
spread desire that this property should
be retained for the uses to which 1t
has long been dedicated. The success
of the movement insures the perma-
nancy of one of the chief attractions
of our city. 1t is a proof that the
spirit of youth, that means SO much to
the life Of any community is not lack
ing in our midst. 1t is an encouraging
thing when a public measure Of this,
character is able to command, such
general endorsement and support as
has been the case in this instance 1t
was not merely the men who enjoy the
horse trOts, the circuses, and the base
ball games who made possible the sue
cess of this movement to secure for
the future Il public recreation park in
our city While it is, doubtless, true
that most men are interested in some
cf these things that add to the zest OF
life, by turning the mind from its GUS
tos1ary duties and cares. there was a
broader spirit in the splendid co-opera-
ton which made possible the success
of this undertaking 1t was the feeling
that the perpetuation of this park
would help the city," that it would
he Il source of pleasure not merely to
our own community, present and future,
but also to neighboring COM
munities 50 situated as to be able to
Join " ith us in out-ofdoOr creationS.
Such common interests tend to the
stimulation of that spirit Of good
fellowship that constitutes a valuable
asset to any city or town.
The new company has been duly or
caniZed under the laws of Maine, un-
Ter the name, Capital Park Associa
ton, which is fairly representative OF
and satisfactory to all the interests
that have united in making the pur
.hase of this property possible.
The stock is now ready for issue.
which will be done promptly by the
treasurer, NJ. S. Holway, upon rece.p.
of the amounts subscribed.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22
Christmas Greens.
(BangOr NeWS.)

Except when brought hither at a
considerable cost. the holly and mistle-
toe, which are famous in the history
of the English Christmastide. are not
seen in Maine homes and churches as
decorations for the happy season. Nor
are they needful, for not only has
Maine "something just as good but
to the eyes of those of good taste, de-
cidedly better and more appropriate
than either. Plants that hold their
leaves unfadod throughout the year
are fitting emblems for Christmas. be-
cause they typify faith that is fade
less and never dying.
And for this purpose what can be
better than the feathery and trailing
and always beautiful club mosses,
which abound everywhere in Maine at
the borders of the woods, or on barren
pasture knolls. AS these plants are
very common and form networks OF
vines in every town. they naturally
adapt themselves to the making OF
Christmas wreathes and letters for
notices. Nor are the club mosseS the
only Christmas green's that are avail
able to the very poorest as well as
W lIN' IICliCSl lriiiiiASo IL A'AoiAA>' 49,
in the dark hemlock woods are found
great clumps of the glossy and bril-
liant leaves of the wintergreen herb. a
plant which our ancestors stepped and
used for the curing of coughs and colds,
and which their fortunate descendants
employ instead of holly for artistic
work, fer cushions and for verdant let
tering The small and shining leaves
of the partridge berry vine cannot be
excelled. for completing the details of
decoration, the trailers being tough
and strong and capable of standing
rough usage, while the bright red
fruit. which is larger than the spicy
fruit of the checkerberry or gaultherla,
are not only bewitchingly beautiful. but
decided novelties in contour. ConSld-
cred from an aesthetic standpoint, Ma
ture presents nothing more delicately
beautiful than bundle Of waving
sprays clipped from the tips Of hem
lock limbs.
Glad hearts and happy faces are OF
course the most desirable of all Christ
mas decorations. though when it comes
to adornments in the evergreen line,
Maine has a wonderful wealth OF
plants, from which to make selection
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22
JERUSALEM SWINDLERS
A Scheme to Prey on Gullible An,eri
cans Unearthed.

In the very heart Of til holy city Of
Jerusalem the Post Once Department.
consul. has located a band of swindlers
bearing the euphonious names Of II. LIN
enberg. NJ Peiimutter, Joshua LeilinSold
s. Piatrcr. and Mrs Fl. Lorbcrbaum, who
pretences from gullble people in the
United States
1t is the practice of these rogues to send
out letters in large numbers to people III
this country signed by one or another or
the band beseeching in the most doleful
terms financial assistance. alleging that
the writer is poor craftsman VINO can
scarcely raise the money TO keep rool
over the head of his family or to feed
them Accompanying the letters are us
ually some small and worthless article
in some instances an album of flowers
purporting to have heen plucked from the
Holy Mount of Zion. as n testimony OF
gratitude for the remittance expected:
After awhile. If the person TO whom the
letetr and article are sent does not remit:
he or she. as the case NAV be. is dunned
by postcard. but still III the same obse-
qiiious and beseechinG terms
The consul SAYS the whole outfit are
Swndlers; that it costs them a great deal
of money to plv their busipess. and that
none of them is poor or in anything like
the condition represented in the letters.
Accordingly the Postmaster General has
issued a fraud order against all the par-
ties above named at Jerusalem Palestine.
Syria
Fraud orders have also been issued
against Ernest Dello. Copenhagen. Den
Colonial Lottery, and NJ. A. Sisel, alias
NJ r, Seigel. "a Rivington street and135
F,ldridgc street, New York City. who are
said to be acting as agents in the sale of
foreign LOTTERY tickets Seigel was ar
rnstad and arrai~red before United States
Commissioner Shields Nov. 9. when ne
was released on $1,000 bail. according to
the papers in the case.-WDshington S.ar.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22

The trial of those Tennessee night
riders is a story of horror which. hap
PLY. has rarely been equalled In the
grim history of southern crime. The
lynching of their helpless victim, Cap
tain Rankin, was as cold blooded an
affair as can we'll be imagined. 1t was
not the punishment of a man suspected
of crime by an aroused community. 1t
was not the result of race prejudice
or OF sudden outburst of feeling
against a human brute, but the de-
liberate killing of a neighbor whose
only crime was that he held differ
ent opinion than the night riders con-
cerning the marketing of the tobacco
crop.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22
Tax Reform in New Hampshire.

Over in New Hampshire. just as here
in Maine. special tax commission has
been getting in it's work and It's report
was fled almost at the same time Of
the filing of the report of our Maine
commission. The two bodies have been
covering almost the same ground and
in fact they held one joint session in
Portland. New Hampshire conditions
however, which led to the appointment
Of the special commission in that city
are wholly different from those pre-
vailing here in Maine. There the tax
revisionists are facing an increasing
state debt, while here in Maine the debt
is practically at the vanishing point.
Consequently, New Hampshire is look
ing around for sources from which it
may derive more revenue, While here
in Maine the problenik that Of read
justing and equalizing the taxation
burden.
The New Hampshire commissioners
suggest additional revenue from prac-
tically all the present sources, additions
to the present list of taxable property
an increase in the license fees for vari-
Gus occupations and a direct inher-
tance tax They also shatter two pop
ular beliefs when they express the
opinion that the railroads are now
bearing nearly il not quite their fair
proportion of the taxes, and the farm
ing class is not paying relatively more
than is it's share of the public burden.
They also urge a change in the laws so
that the state will retain larger pro-
portion of the revenue which it now col
lects and turns back to the cities and
towns This is directly opposite
from the Maine policy, which is
to pay more and more out of the State
treasury back to the towns. a policy
which gives q great majority OF
the towns in this State more rev.
enue from the State each year than
they Pay into the State treasury in
the form of taxes.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
The Season Of Good Cheer.
portland Sunday Telcgram.) }

portland Sunday Telegram.)
The time of good cheer approaches
when frowns give way to smiles. and
the Peace on earth, good will to men,
spirit abounds. 1t SHOULD also be made
the occasion for the loosening of purse
strings that those who are not any too
well blessed with this worlds goods
may be enabled to partake Of the joys
and pleasures of the merry Yulet'de.
There is no more suitable time FOR nc
dispensation of charity than at Christ
mas To experience to the full the
happiness of the season seek out thoS'
who are needy or in distress and by
kindness and charity try to make their
lives happier and their burdens lighter.
It does not require any organized
movement along this line. Each
individual can do considerable.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22
The Origin of Our Cartoon Symbols.

1t was in 1879 that Mast first drew
the figure of personified labor, now so
familiar to Is, the sturdy workman
with cap, apron and tools. 1t was in
that year also that he first represented
the effect of cheap money by the ''DI-
vided Dollar and it was early in 1874
that he symboliZed the poorly clad and
meanly fed United States army and ma
Wy as two skeletons. and SO put TO
shame and ignominy the parsjmonious
legislators who had been responsible
for thes, conditions The army and
navy were duly grateful for that in
vention and his continued crusade in
their behalf, and five years later. under
improved conditions. expressed their
obligation in a memorial silver vase.
The gift of 300 officers and enlisted
men"
But is was not until the latter part
of 1874 (November y that Nast's third
great party symbol, the Republican,
Elephant, became a property of the
American cartoon. For year or
more the New York Herald had been
keeping up an outcry against Grant
and the possibility of "third term"
under the general head of ''Caesarism." :"
Mast has ridicued this scare in several
ways, ami lad in turn been ridiculed by
the Herald. 1t seems unlikely. now,
that Mr. Bennett really took any stock
in the Idea of Imperialism. and with
his characteristic fondness of a hoax
was waving; the bugaboO merely to see
how many persons would take, fright at
the absurd notion.
That the party symbols will surviv"
has been demonstrated They are the
body, bones, and blood of the American
cartoon 1t is impossible today to visu-
aliZe the Republican party without
| thinking of the Elephant the Demo-
c-at party without recalling the Don
| key, or to speak of Tammany without
mentally seeing the Tiger. They will
| last as long as the elments they repre-
sent-and longer We can no more
change them than we can alter the
| characters in our spelling books. They
| form a monument to Mast, ever pres
ent and more enduring than bronze "a
memorial that daily speaks to the null
| titude. 1t is proper that this should
be so. for Mast lived a noble life and
rendered mighty service And as he
| was first of his kind, so he remains
| the greatest Without doubt a host Of
good men-some of them even great
men-have followed him. But Mast
was giant.--Harper's Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22


Walter Camps selection for his Gall
America football eleven seemed to
meet with more general approval than
usual this year. He is everywhere
recognized as the highest authority on
football and his selections always
command respect. Still, there are al
ways other authorities who feel that
this man or that man might better
have been picked for some particular
position than the theoretically best
eleven of the season. This year Mr..
Camp has selected his players from a
larger number of universities and col
leges than usual, and probably this is
one reason why it comes nearer salts
flying everybody.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22

To attend cooking main upon the
no doubt heinous offense, but the
average citizen cannot help feeling
that the Lowell officers went rather too
far when they paraded their 90 priso-
ners, including many we'll known cit
izens. through the streets of the city.
bound together by irons, just at the
time when the good people We're on
their way home from church.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22

Hard hearted Uncle Sam is sending
all the Santa Claus mail to the dead
letter Office this year. At some former
holiday seasons ne has been good
enough to allow philanthropic, persons
TO receive mail so addressed and as
result the juvenile writer's of these epis-
ties were gladdened by presents which
confirmed their fine, faith in the eX-
Eut this year the postoffice department
rules that letters addressed to Santa
Claus must go TO the dead letter office
appears at the general delivery window
and claims them.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22
Maine Gossip
The Merry Christmastide.

Now why the turmoil in the street
OF wheel and hoof and surging feet.
That onward rush and then retreat?
WHY do the people rage and strain?
Why do they crush and shove and crane
Their necks and cape and push amain?
Why do the men and women, too,
Wear visages of care and rue.
Why do they look oppressed and blue:
WHY does their money spread it's wings
And 60 tor guads and jeweled rings.
For glass and gold and silver things?
Why do many ere there's light
Rise up to toll with main and might
Through all the day into the night!
WHY do the lambs bucolic bleat
And those in Wall street yield their meat
And why the slush and why the sleet!
Repress the ieer and put aside
The rising impulse to deride-
1t is the merry Christmastide!
- - Eva Stevenson