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The Springfield herald., 1908-09-25


VIM. Hooker was in town,
Monday.
Gabriel McNickel was trading
in town, last Friday.
Marion Bryan passed through
on his way to the cedars.
E. E. Alexander and Boyds
were at Lamar last week
Morton Jones of Colo. Springs
was here attending court.
C. NJ. Gordon and C. E. Gore
sold their cattle at Lamar.
Leap Year will soon be gone.
Golden opportunities are fitting
by.
Harvey Kett is contemplating
the erection of residence in
block 28.
Ruby Allen went with DIR.
Regnier to visit relatives on the
Cimarron.
H. E. Homsher's residence in
north Springfield is commencing
to loom up.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Jones and
w. G. Poer were town callers,
Wednesday.
DR.. Milligan and j. F, Harri-
son, have sold their cattle to
VIM. Young.
Com. Shannon was in town,
Thursday morning on his way to
the north ranch.
Roy Denney went with VIII
Bray's family for an outing and
to see the country.
Theo. Nutter left last Sunday
to meet the j round-up-start-
ing from Sand Canon.
Harrison Tankersley has pur-
Jhased S. C. Miller's crop of
cane, also a fine mich COW.
Ed Stapleton, of Villas, came
down from Lamar, last Saturday
and went to his home that night.
M. M. Meyers, ]. F. Harrison
and ]. 0. Durrstein and W. II.
Young were in town, the 23rd,
S. C. Miller and his family
will winter in Woodward, Okla. /,
instead of Lamar as first intend
ed.
j. Martin Ford has returned
from a trip to Grand Junction,
Telluride, Durango, and points in
N. M.
Hiram Caswell. and Frank
Welch from Gallienas country
were transacting business here,
the oath.
Glen Konkel returned from M.
E. conference, Saturday evening.
Rev. Parker of Denver came
with him.
Mrs. M. C. Lasley was caller
at the HERALD office last Friday
and had the paper sent to her
for a year.
Earl Kemp, Oscar Wiggins,
VIM. Vanarsdel and brother, of
LaJunta, were here few days
making improvements on their
homesteads. They returned
Tuesday.
R. C. Crabtree and W. R.
Reed of the Cimarron stopped
over night here, Wednesday.
Mr.. Crabtree went on to Las An
imas to see a brother who is sick
with typhoid fever.
H. O. Green has the Herbert
place, formerly occupied by Will
Bray. You will find hay and
grain for your horses, good stable
room, reasonable charges and
courteous treatment.
The Springfield herald., 1908-09-25
Entire Exhibit Carted 80 Mles 10 railroad and Gather
ed With Much Labor, But Takes Many
Prizes for Its Excellence.

First premium, yellow Siberian crab
apples; first, Milo maize; first prem
ium, black cane; first premium, pie
pumpkin; first premium; cantaIoupe;
first premium, Paragon apples; first
premium, Gano apples; first premium,
Pewaukee apples; first premium, yell
low Dent corn; first premium, white
Dent corn; second premium broom
corn, district exhibit, Mann apples,
and popcorn; third premium, Jeffries
apple; fourth premium, Ben Davis ap-
pie and Elberta peach.
Among the best individual exhibits
shown in the county exhibit were the
sample of 10 stalks of sorghum shown
by Dave Konkel, which took first pre-
MUM for black cane; sample of 10
stalks of broom corn, William Konkel;
sample of 10 stalks of Kaffir corn,
Mrs. AIDA Konkel; Indian corn. shown
by Davis 6 Kelly; watermelon, raised
by j. II. Jones, a resident of the sand
hill district of the county, together
with the sweet potatoes grown in the
same district, and other varieties of
potatoes, grown in the sandy soil.
The fruit exhibit of the county was
grown almost exclusively by V. M.
Shannon. The display also included
exhibits of alfalfa, grown in the can
yons without irrigation, and of which
the raisers get four crops in a year;
wild millet, growing to the height of
about seven and one-half feet and sew
eral varieties of native grasses.
Mr.. Regnier also had on exhibition
specimen of rich copper, showing
that Baca county also has mineral
products of value. The Pueblo Star
journal.
The Springfield herald., 1908-09-25
Subscribe for THE HERALD.
Notice OF Republican
County Convention

Pursuant to the action of the
Republican County Central Com
mittee of Baca county, at "a meet
ing held in Springfield, on the
23rd of September, A. D. 1908,
we hereby call a delegate con-
vention Of the Republican voters
of Baca county to be held in the
county court house in Springfield
Colorado on Monday, the 9TH
day of October, A. D. 1908, at
10 o'clock a. m, for the purpose
of nominating a full county tick
ct as follows:
One County Clerk and Recorder
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With 10 help from the authorities Of
his county and having to transport the
bulk of his exhibit 30 miles to rail-
road, being nearly two weeks on his
way to the State Fair. DIR. F. Regnier
who is in charge of the Raca county
exhibit. at the State fair, has brought
together an exhibit which has reflected
great credit on his neighborhood and
has taken away several of the first
and second awards in fruits and field
products.
This was the first time in three years
that Baca county has had an exhibit
at the State fair, the exhibits of the
last two seasons having gone astray
on the railroads and not reaching Pu-
eblo until the fair was closed. An eff
fort has been made by the State fair
people to have certain sum raised for
the exhibit by the commissioners of the
county in the future, and it is thought
that the county will be better repre-
sented hereafter.
The fruit in the exhibit has. been
sub-irrigated, most of it, Mr.. Regnier
explained today, being grown in can
yons about $50 feet deep, the canyons
being about half mile across. There
was not so much of a showing in the
peach crop from the county this year,
as on former occasions. 1t has been
the usual thing for Baca county to take
the sweepstakes premium on peaches,
samples of the fruit about four inches
in diameter being shown. The exhibit
this year included large collection of
apples. some grapes, plums, wild and
cultivated, and field products. Among
the premiums taken by the county eX-
hibit were the following:
The Springfield herald., 1908-09-25

The wreup does mention all the prizes awarded
the aca county exhibit there being many Dr. Regner
county desires his high appreciation OF the
many courteses shown him by Pres Buch and
Sec Watson emnenty fitted for the position
they occupy The their has proven the
all the held since the beginning of the
eanzation exhibit whole, conceded by to
have attracted attention than other single exhibit in
horticultural and agricultural halls.
The Springfield herald., 1908-09-25
eounty ofricers

Clerk and Recorder Geo. Erwin Konhel
treasurer. Herbert e. Homsher
Judge. Elmer E. Alexander
Sheriff. f...,a".,E Ernest P. Mcfarland
Assessor. or........,....,..~.Ed Edward Emerson
Sup't. of Schools .....N. Conner Jones
Surveyor G. Greathouse
Commissioners H. Davis, V. M.
Shannon and L. McAdam.
Health Officer. DIR. T, f. Milligan
Clerk of District Court t.,..,.............
...................".,.. Eugene NJ. Whitaker
The Springfield herald., 1908-09-25

Also for the transaction of such other
business as may properly come before
said convention.
Primaries for electing dele
gates to said convention will be
held at the usual polling place in
the various precincts on Satur-
day, the 3rd day of October, A.
D. 1908, each precinct being en-
titled to representation as fol-
lows, based on the vote cast for
Hon. Warren A. Haggott for
Congress in 1906, allowing one
delegate for each 5 votes or maj
or fraction thereof, viz:
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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-05-13
ROUND THE CAPITAL
Information and Gossip Picked Up Here
and There in Warrington.
Senator Owen Gives Genuine Var Dance

Plenty Coos came here with fire in
his eye and vengeance in his heart
against the palefaces at the capitol.
He mad grievances dating beyond the
arrival of Christopher Columbus. He
had several bouts with Senator Clapp,
the tall. dignifled chairman Of the In.
dian committee. The eloQuence of
Plenty Coos prevailed finally, and an
agreement was reached to bury the
Ratchet, smoke the pipe and 60 back
to the reservation. Plenty Coos wound
up his descent upon the capitol in
the committee room by rising in his
place and making q solemn tender Of
his beautiful eagle-feathered bonnet to
Chairman Clapp. Senator Clapp, who
Is from Minnesota, blushed and re-
fused to put on the royal headgear.
There was a moment of embarrass.
ment which was suddenly relieved by
the senator of Cherokee blood. To
him the bonnet was a "call Of the wild"
Hand me the bonnet" said Senator
Owen. Plenty Coos beamed with de.
light and extended the bonnet, which
was made Of the trophies Of a hundred
American eagle wings. Senator Owen
gravely put it on his head and struck
the attitude of Osceola or Black Hawk,
or King Philip delivering an ulti-
matum to the palefaces. Then he
whirled around and around, threw an
invisible tomahawk and finally sat
down amid great applause" as they
say in the Congressional Record.
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Joseph Letter to Take an Army Bride

formidable rival in a naval officer who
is very popular, but has no fortune.
That Mrs. Letter favored her sons
suit was evident, although she has
not showered upon Miss Williams the
attentions she has shown Miss Elkins.
Last autumn Mr.. Letter established
several hunts and took daily exercise
on nearby Virginia farm to enable
him to join the cross country riders Of
the Orange County hunt of which Miss
Elkins is one of the two girl mem
bers. Mrs. Letter is said to have in
formed one of her confidants that to
win the young West Virginia girl as
her daughter-in-law she would settle
100000 on the bride, give the young
people the use of her Dupont Circle
house, and bequeath to her daughter
in-law the famous ruby tiara and neck
lace that even in London society are
regarded as particularly choice jewels.
According to the gossip of clubs and
drawing rooms the engagement will
b. short one. The honeymoon will
be abroad with presentation at the
court of st. James and a taste of the
London season under the guidance of
the countess of Suffolk as its most
brilliant and alluring features. Mrs.
Letter, in view Of her sons prospective
marriage. has abandoned her intention
of going abroad for the summer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-05-13
Craft Charges Make Lilley Unpopular

dove mott out of season, and Theodore
Burton, tho Cleveland student, had
followed with a peace pastoral of the
millennium. Then came Mr.. Lilley's
turn to howl. Everybody under the
dome knew he was scheduled to speak,
and there were as many rumors in
the air as notes in sunbeam
concerning the sensational fea-
lures of his address which, by the way.
did not materialize. But as soon as
Mr.. Lilley secured the floor and start
ed in with the usual formal, "Mr.
Chairman" the couple of hundred of
Republicans and Democrats, who had
listened with the greatest interest to
Hobson and Burton, rose almost as II
by preconcertion, and filed off to their
cloakrooms. When the Connecticut
submarinist had been talking for five
minutes or so there wasn't a corporal's
guard in attendance on the floor, either
of his own party or of the opposition,
and when he concluded his remarks
and took his seat, the 16 members
who, by actual count, remained in the
chamber, didn't give him even q cour.
tesy handicap.
In the congressional directory Mr..
Lilley's full name is set down as
George Leavens Lilley." But this
isn't so. It can't be true. George
doesn't leaven Lilley or anything
about him. His dough has never risen.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-05-13

spent most Of the quadrennium there;
the Germans are concluding that their
Numbers and the interests they repre-
sent, in Germany and in this country.
require them to have one of their
own men-something they have never
had yet-numbered among the bishops.
Several Who May Be Honored.
They have several men in mind as
filling the bill-Prof. J. L. Nuelsen of
the German Wallace college, Berea,
o.; President Addicks Of Central Yves.
leyan college, Warrenton, Mo-: Presi.
dent Havighorst, German college. Mt.
Pleasant. Ia; Rev. p G.. Yunker. di.
rector Of tho Martin institute, Frank.
fort-on-the-Main, Germany, and Rev.
DR.. A. J. Mast, editor of the Christliche
Apologize, Cincinnati. It is under
stood that the German delegates will
choose their standard bearer from this
list, and that the man they select the
genera. conference will be urged to
elect.
1t is just now likely that the eight
new bishops, aside from the German
list already noted, will be found in
the following list of men who now ap-
pear to be, according to the sentiment
of the church, taken far and wide, in
the lead. We enumerate them alpha.
betically:
Rev. DR.. William F. Anderson, for
the past four years corresponding sec.
rotary of the board of education, with
headquarters in New York city, has
become widely known in view Of the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-05-13

lights it and goes to putting content.
eddy.
Neither of the Danellas is in Cor
sica," remarks Barnes. 1.-THE danger
will come to your mistress when she
returns to her husband on the French
mainland. But Saliceti has abducted
my wife and brought her here-so that
l, following him, shall come to my
death in Bocognano."
"Pah, nothing will come to your wife
tonight" says old Monaldi. "Giris
picking wild strawberries were talk
ing that the day after tomorrow the
people vote. They have a meeting this
evening in Bocognano. listened from
behind rock and heard them"
But Barnes is not so easy about his
captured bride; he steps out of the
cabin and finds the wind has died
away, the mist has cleared with the
rapidity usual to mountain storms.
He steps in and says anxiously to
Marina: "The evening is very clear.
You know my anguish-do you think
you have strength to venture down the
heights, assisted by Tomasso and me,
and enter your own village?"
Certainly, I am refreshed. Another
cup of tea and will go with you,' -
cries the girl so eagerly that Barnes
puts grateful eyes upon her, for he
knows 1t is her spirit more than her
strength that produces her assent to
further journey.
They are making hurried prepare
tions to leave the cabin. Barnes is
bending over the fire, brewing Ma
rina's feather guns, and even the
Americans revolvers are lying in their
belt on the pile of boughs near the en-.
trance. Tomasso is saying: "Will I
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-05-13

THE se9ond elective, or third term
party, consisting of Senator iona
than Bourne of Oregon and John A.
Stewart Of New York, has received
an addition in the person and prophe.
cies Of Prof. Gustave Meyer, "scien.
tific astrologer," of Hoboken, N. J.
In a communication sent to Wash
ington Prof. Meyer says that Taft IL
wasting lot of time and money and
losing needed sleep because it is in the
stars and planets that Mr.. Roosevelt
will succeed himself.
Prof. Meyer says that this is forth.
nate, as the gyrations and juxtaposi.
tions Of the fixed stars and of those
that have not been fixed show that
this country is going to have an awful
time In the next four years. So far
as he has been able to figure it out
astrologically there is not another man
in the nation that could manage the
trouble. The professor says: II have
obtained among the stars the nativity
OF President Roosevelt, and from the
same find that he unquestionably
will be nominated by the Republican
party for president and will positively
be reelected by a large majority"
But the president is not going to get
of easily. He is warned that he will
be in danger of peculiar trouble with
oils knees. and that he should avoid
firearms, combustibles and impulsive-
ness. He should also take care Of his
oyes and teeth.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-05-13

W Observation-Disclosures Of Presi.
W dent Roosevelt predicted that
the East room in the White House
would turn green from envy when the
president learned that the senate com.
mtttee on Indian affairs witnessed q
genuine war dance by Senator Owen
OF Oklahoma. the junior member of
the committee, wearing q magnificent
war bonnet" of eagle feathers, worn
for many years by Plenty Coos, chief
Of the Crow tribe.
Senator Owen is one-quarter Choc.
taw and three.quarters game sport"
Thus, when Senator Clapp, chairman
of the committee, declined to don the
war bonnet at the request of Chief
Plenty Coos, Senator Owen grasped it,
placed it on his own head and went
through the proper movements of the
chief Of victorious Indian tribe lead.
ing his warriors into a war dance
after successful battle, thereby say.
ing the reputation of the committee
in the estimation of the Indians and
preserving the pride of Chief Plenty
Coos.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-05-13

MOT in many years has member
~ Of the house of representatives
been so thoroughly unpopular with
his colleagues as is Representative Lii
ley Of Connecticut, whose charges Of
graft and corruption in connection
with submarine boat legislation in
congress brought about the present
investigation by the Boutell special
committee. And this is stated as q
fact, and not by way of criticism or
disparagement. Mr.. Lilley knows it,
too, and it seems rather to please him
than otherwise. At least, so his friends
have gathered from his occasional ref
erences to the subject.
A brilliant example of the covent-
rescue attitude of the house member.
ship-Republican and Democratic
with reference to Mr.. Lilley was fur
nished during general debate on the
naval bill. Richmond Pearson Hob
son, once one of our leading oscula-
tors, had turned loose a line of war
talk calculated to make the traditional
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-05-13

THE latest romance of Washington
1 society concerns Joseph Letter
and Miss Juliette Williams, the daugh-
ter of an army officer. The announce
ment of their engagement was made
the other day.
Mr.. Letter has spent this winter in
Washington. Miss Williams is the
daughter Of Lieut. Col. John B. Will
liams, now stationed at Fort Dupont,
Del. She was introduced to Washing
ton society largely through the influ.
ence of Mrs. Corbin, wife of Gen.
Henry c. Corbin, who became &C.
quainted with her in Manila. With
her mother and younger sisters, Miss
Williams has an apartment in q fash
ionable apartment house.
Until the recent visit to Washing
ton of the duke of the Abruzzi, Mr.
Letter was very attentive to Miss
Katherine Elkins. Since then his
wooing of Miss Williams leaves moth
ing to be desired in the way of ardoI
or persistence. Mr.. Letter has had
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-05-13
OF a Tranquil Temperament.

In yours of such a date you say
so-and-so and so-and-so and so-and-so.
Now, will you please answer this ques-
tiOn?'
And then I write perfectly plain
question which requires simply plain
answer, but do I get it? Perhaps 1
do and perhaps l don't. I may get a
repetition of the original vagueness or
may get no answer to my plain ques-
ton at all, my correspondent taking
1t for granted that his original state.
ment Of the proposition was plain
enough, and what more c:n be needed !?
1T was plain to him, and whv
shouldn't it to be to me? And SO. It
may be. he ignores my plain question
entirely and goes on about something
else; and then I have to go ahead and
fix the matter up the best way I can
according to what I think is reason.
able and right.
$50 this is one of the thing. that dis
turb me, the obscurity and pe,versitv
q correspondents; Or. rather. / mean
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-05-13

Lewis, president Of Morningside col.
lege. Sioux City, Ia, whose successes
In developing that institution in few
years into it's present status and prom,
Use indicate him to be q man of sin,
gular resources.
Rev. Charles w. Smith, D. d., editor
for many years of the Pittsburg Chris
tian Advocate, is being talked Of by
hosts of friends in different parts Of
the church. His age is against him.
but one of the remarkable things in
the case is the remark, heard on many
sides: "Dr. Smith would give in four
or eight years of service the kind of
work which we need in Methodism. He
is student of our economy, a master
of our constitutional law, a man of
steady judgment, q man to be abso.
lutely trusted It has been said re-
Gently again and again: Even II Mr..
Smith could give but a single quad.
rennium of service as bishop, it woul6
be worth while to elect him."
Afro-AmerIcan Element.
There Is a movement now going Oh
which in due time will solve many
problems connected with the race
the project to unite organically all the
Afro-American Methodist denomina.
lions, including the 100000 colored
people of the Methodist Episcopal
church. This aggregation would be
colossal in size and Importance, made
up as follows: African Methodist
Episcopal, $4,000; African M. E.
Zion, $4,000; Colored Methodist Epis.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-05-13
CINDEREllA.

1t is not quite true that Cinderella
and the Prince lived happily ever
after. On the contrary, there were
differences before they had been mar.
ried week.
$50 it was only beans and such like
that you were picking out of the
ashes?" sneered his highness, palpably
nettled.
"Sure it was!" replied Cinderella,
with toss of her head. what did
you suppose?"
"Suppose?" the Prince was white
with modification and chagrin. Il
supposed it was coal, of course. Do
you imagine I could afford to marry
on any other supposition. with authra'
cite at eight dollars?"
But no, she was not to be prevailed
upon. II he had jumped to an unwar-
ranted conclusion, that was his fault,
not hers.-Puck.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-05-13

ten of the conferences being in this
country and three in the Fatherland.
It will be seen, therefore, that this
general conference is parti-colored,
multi-lingual and cosmopolitan as.
semblage, with manifold interests
which identify it with the civilization
and religious life of many lands.
About 100000 of the entire member
ship are in foreign missions.
Question Of New Bishops.
The bishops who preside in turn
over this body from day to day are the
center Of constant interest. Their
ranks have been thinned by death dur.
ing the quadrennium. Bishops Merrill,
Andrews, Fowler, Fitzgerald, Joyce
and McCabe having died. OF the whole
number the venerable Bishop Thomas
Bowman, who has passed the age of
90, and Bishops Foss, Walden, Malta.
lieu and Vincent are on the roll OF
honor as men retired from the activi.
ties of the episcopacy. The others on
the active list, Bishops Warren, Good.
sell. Cranston, Moore, Hamilton, Berry
Spellmeyer, Mcdowell, Bashford, Burt,
Wilson and Nicely, are in Baltimore to
occupy the chair as presiding officer,
day by day, in the order indicated
above, which is the order of seniority
by election.
The missionary bishops differ from
the officers just enumerated in that
their episcopal jurisdiction is limited
to the specific fields for which they
were chosen-as for example, Bishops
Thoburn, Warne, Oldham and Robin.
son, for India and Malaysia; Bishops
Hartzell and Scott, for Africa, and
Bishop NJ. c. Harris, for Japan and
Korea. The missionary bishops are
not entitled to preside over the gen.
eral conference.
A question now being widely asked
in all parts of the church under con-
sideration is, who will be chosen for
new bishops?
1t is hardly to be questioned that
at least six new men must be added to
the board of bishops in order to main.
tain it's efficiency in the taxing work
of administration, at home and abroad.
Of those on the active list, men in
full vigor, too, one is at the age of II
marvelously preserved, and with few
traces of age upon him; one is almost
20 and two are g. China is asking
that two men be assigned for superin-
tendence in that land-one bishop in
addition to Bishop Bashford, who has