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Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-09

Paul Jakway left for Golden Sunday
morning to enter the State School of
Mines The young man graduated
from the Durango high school last
year. lie stood well in his classes
here and we shall expect to hear a
good report of him now that hs is
going higher.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-09

F. A. Rodecker is one of the suf-
ferers from the flood, the Anlmas
oyerflowing its banks and running
through his place. doing good deal
of damage to his truck garden
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-09

The chorus at the tabernacle last
evening numbered over 100. 1t is an
opportunity of receiving training un-
der such leader as Prof Moody that
does not come along every day and
every singer in the city should i'm
prove 1t.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-09

II. H. Brown, c. w Fisherdick.
John Kampher, and the latter's sister
Mrs. l.. Boles, drove in from Laplata,
N. NJ Saturday evening. Sunday
Postmaster Fishcrdick departed for
Santa Fe to appear as witness in
United States court. Mrs. Boles left
on the same train for her home in
Texas.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-09

Manager Pitcher of the Silverton
and Animas Forks railroad took pas
sage for Silverton this morning via
The Jarvis-Doud route. There were
three in the party. lady and another
gentleman whose names we did not
learn.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-09

A bunch of the "drummers" ma
rooned in Durango along with few
local players, went to the ball park
this afternoon TO choose up and in
dulge in a game for a pair of socks
and chewing gum on the side
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-09

There are two families of persons
suffering from the flood which inun
dated the low land by the North Du-
range bridge. who need help. Persons
wishing 10 render assistance may call
up Captain~ Arsuekle. Of the, Saliva
ton army.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-29
Stealing Silver Issue.

Charleston News: John Hays Ham
mond has been expressing his views i'll
the Wall Street Journal about the
worlds mining operations. He looks
for a large increase in the production
of silver, and says that there is a
strong probability of international CO.
operation in the near future 10 pre-
vent further depreciation in silver" in
the interest. as he explained, not OF
silver mines alone, but also of the
merchants of the various countries in
terested in oriental trade. Does this
mean that our next ticket is to be Bry-
an and Hammond? Isn't it queer how
these republicans adopt the democratic
policies and make them go? There is
Mr.. Taft-but what's the use? In his
income and corporation tax schemes to
pay the Roosevelt debts, hasn't he
taken his remedies right out OF the
Nebraskan's platform? But what's the
difference whether We get these re
FORMS of our fiscal policies through
one man or another, so long as we get
them? The voice may be the voice OF
Jacob, but the hands are the hands OF
Esau: and so it is coming TO pass that
our republican masters are fattening
on the unearned increment of demo
cratic craftsmanship.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-29

duiumna robes of amber and crimson
and living gold There was con-
tinual drifting of glowing leaves
through the blue: iaZy air And every
where children were making merry.
running and laughing and playing
games.
But when Alice Sherwin reached the
great stone fountain where the leap
ing water no longer giittered her heart
sank with sudden. sharp disappoint-
ment. There was no one there but n
gray haired. specialized man. who
glanced up ut her approach only to
bend instantly again over the paper
he was reading. She took out her
watch and consulted it.
My watch is fast, | am ten min.
utes too soon. How foolish Of me to
TO fear" she said.
She walked up and down the gray
eled path near the fountain. To sit
still WAS impossible. She watched the
different avenues up which he might
come. Ii was ten years since they
had parted. Five minutes gone. At
3 he would be there. he had written
seven minutes.
And he need never have gone away.
If 1t had not been for Mary's uneX-
pected death she might have gone with
him.. But AliDe had declared herself
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-29
When Will 1t Stop?

Every housewife knows that in the
last few years there has been a rapid
increase i'm the cost of living. 1t has
been the cause of general complaint.
To the families of men of small means,
day laborers, mechanics, clerks, and
employees on limited salaries, high
prices have made the problems of ex-
istence more and more difficult.
Commenting on this condition, the
New York World says:
Few women, however, even the most
careful housekeepers, have kept ac-
count of the rate of increase in prices
beyond noting a steady advance in
domestic expenses. They have kept
no figures for proofs. But Bradstreet's
nsures, which no sensible person will
nehy. furnish the proofs. What thew
snow affords abundant reason for the
lnslstent demand from all over the
country that in revising the tariff CON
gress shall see that the consumer get,
proper relief.
According to Bradstreet's, betwee,
July 1, 1896, and July l. 1909, bread
stuffs and live stock have more thai
doubled in price, provisions, fruits
hides and leather have increased owe
so per cent, and textiles 60 per cen1
Taking separate items that figure j
the cost Of the average poor man
table. ON July 1909, -four cost 10
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-29

Ma am
capitalist inventor
u of
thanby millions
The
he entered the mechan
Railroad
ambitous seeking
OWN in
despite the violent
of older his
individual
of
press did merely what he felt right and
publicly canonized love
gold The million dollars which received on
of
the major OF the estate TINS fortune
Vandebts efforts
valuable improvements on LOCOMOTIVES
capacity
maintenance lessons
life His alseel
COAL While hVe ago
fftyton carwas possibility
original
and is irraed
Snouo
be worlds wonder
yr.nu u.rrclt VIM { kra.s
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-29
viii Tell Its Own Story.

The action of President Taft in sign
Ing or refusing TO sign the Payne-Ald-
rich bill will tell its own story.
With two voices sounding in his
ears, one that of the trusts demanding
that he sign, and the other that of the
people asking for the use of his veto,
the president finds himself in a posi-
ton where his action will give the
people a direct line as TO who is really
in the saddle in this country.
No doubt the president would like
to veto the bill, realizing as he must
realize that the promises he made to
the people. such as revision on a basis
of equalization of cost of production
here and abroad, are not being kept
Like any average man in public life,
he would prefer to please instead of
disappoint the great mass of Americans
who prefer honest revision downward
to revision upward.
But as has been pointed out before
the president is not in a position where
he can use wide. unbounded discretion
as to whether he will sign ar refuse
to sign. President Taft finds himself
under obligations TO the tariff trusts
every one of which will suffer through
revision downward. Mr.. Taft made his
campaign on funds largely supplied by
the beneficiaries of high protection,
and these big Industrial concerns nat
urally expect that he will not now tur:,
around and act against their interests.
President Taft could win mama tor
himself in history by double crossing
the corporations that place greed
above patriotism. The whole nation
would applaud such a course-the
whole nation save probably the trust
ridden New England states.
With the sentiment of the country
lavowedly for downward revision. il
seems certain that if the president
signs the bill it will spell failure FOL
his administration thus far This fail
uIe would in time to come probably
be charged to President Taft's selec
ton of advisers. First filling his cab
met with men carrying the endorse
ment of the trusts, and then combining
his conferences to the representative:
of the privileged class. the presiden
has been in a position where it ha.
been almost impossible, for the voice
lOf the people to reach him
From first TO last the president ha.
relied on Senator Aldrich for advice
Speaker Cannon. who before electio.
was reported to have the endorsemen
of Judge Taft, has been welcome
caller at the White house since tn
departure of Theodore Roosevelt.
Republicans like LaFollette, Bristow
Dolliver. Nelson and Murdoch. VIII
have endeavored to represent the sen
timent of the people. have been il
nored completely at the eXecutiv,
mansion. Roosevelt policies towari
trusts have been on the shelf since
March 4, and those republicans VIII
admired Roosevelts attempt to direc
the attention of the nation to the trick
cry of the Aldrich-Cannon clique hav'
been amazed TO observe that Presiden
Taft has made of these corporations
controlled politicians his bosom con
lBanions.
If the president signs the bill AID
rich and Cannon have cooked up !
1.-THE interests of the trusts and corpol
. ations, it will have to be admitte
even by republicans that the presiden
belongs to the Aldrich- Cannon or tn
reactionary wing of his party.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-29
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Few people realize the self-poisoning
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poison is soaked up into the blood and
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-29
The Argus Daily Short Story
Aunt Ahne's Tryst-By John Roxbury.
Copyrighted, 1909. by Associated Literary Press

"Why. Aunt Aline. How pretty you
look. What have you been doing to
yourself? And where are you going?"
Little Mrs Jordan had run into her
aunt's coy home on her way to the
city.
lis 1t so unusual for me to look nice.
Dollie:"
Miss Sherwin turned from the glass
before which she had been giving
final touch to the soft brown hair that
waved around her white forehead and
smiled quizzically at her niece.
mo" returned the little matron with
cordial sincerity; You always lock
lovely to Dan and Nell and me. But
you never would buy yourself pretty
clothes while we were with you. and
as you We're always doing something
for us you seldom took time to look
ut yourself That new golden silk
is wonderfully becoming. and that
mechin at your throat. with the
quaint brooch of coral and silver. is
most artistic. And you have such a
pretty pink color in your cheeks. One
would think you We're Il young girl 60
ing out to meet your lover"
The color of which Dollie Jordan
spoke deepened TO rose. Miss Sherwin
laughed an odd. embarrassed little
laugh.
You mustn't come flattering me-"
she said. And don't wish to hurry
you. but you'll miss your train to town
If you stay much longer"
"Mercy me, SO will" And with a
hasty glance AT the clock and hurried
kiss she rustled away ut Il rapid rate.
Miss Sherwin turned again to the
mirror when she was alone. Dollie
was right. She did not look her TWEEN
| ty-nipe years. Indeed. the face that
| smiled back ut her was very sweet In
| it's bright serenity. The lips that part
| ed over cleaning white teeth were
| full and rosy. And the large gray eyes.
looking forth from under dark brows
and lashes. had a beaming brilliance.
Maurice won't see much change in
me-" she said as she put on her hat
She slipped on a wrap and took up her
gloves. But suddenly she stood still
shaken by the cruel dread. Suppose
he were not there, 1t was long jour
J ney here from Australia. Accidents
innumerable were occurring every
week. What il he were the victim OF
one? What If he were i'll and could
not make the trip?
I The one greatest dread OF all she did
not voice even to her inmost conscious
ness.
How foolish you are. Aline Sher
win" she said. with an impatient little
toss of her head. His last letter said
he would meet you at the old trystini
place on, this day. the anniversary ol
our engagement there. Maurice woult
never break his word"
She walked at a brisk rate the man!
blocks which lay between her home
and the park The charming suburban
pleasure ground was gorgeous In 1T
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-29

per. cent more than on July l. 1896,
beef over 80 per cent, pork about $50
per cent. mutton 125 per cent. hams
SO l-3 per cent, bacon over 40 per
cent, lard over $50 per cent, butter
20 per cent, and potatoes over 1870 per
cent.
Even within the last year the in
crease in prices has gone almost with
out interruption. Flour has risen near
ly 60 per cent. pork over 20 per cent,
mutton nearly the same. hams almost
10 per cent, butter Is per cent, and
coffee over 20 per cent. Beef is one
of the few articles which did not ma.
terially increase in price.
These are hard facts which there
is no getting around Retail prices
may vary more or less from month to
month, according to locality and the
character of dealers establishments
but Bradstreet's figures are based on
market reports which are beyond con-
troVersy. They may not appeal to
stand-pat protectionists like Senator
Aldrieh and Senator Lodge, who. occu-
pied with serving powerful interests,
contemptuously remark that there ex-
lists no such person as the consumer,
but they justify the popular cutlery
against excessive prices. which can be
only partially met by an honest down
ward revision of the tariff designed
to reduce the cost of living to those
whose earnings barely suffice for their
families support
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-29
Her Answer.

The wild wave said to the penbls,
The only one on the beach.
In a piping. childish treble:
you certainly are a peach.
And how ] like to kiss you
AS l glide. swift. over the sand!
Were you gone how / would miss you!
How lonesome then the strand"
And the smooth and shining pebble
With its polished face and fair
None knew her for a rebel
Replied with an innocent air.
"You aren't the first . water,
Since first old time has flown
Who has asked OF earth's fair daush-
ter .-
And. asking. received a stomer'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-29

road severing communications with
the outposts. Our batteries shelled the
Moors. but the advance posts were en-
dangered and they had to be abandon
ed The situation at Melilla is grave,
despite the desperate bravery of the
+, troops who are now fighting under the
walls of the city.
LOSSES In Thousands.
Our losses in the engagement were
General Pintos, colonel, two lieuten-
ant colonies, five captains, and many
other officers and subalterns, and about
a thousand men. The wounded num-
Der at least 500, including many Off
GERS. The Hippodrome is full of
, wounded soldiers. Two generals are
mortally wounded"
Over All Catalonia.
Madrid, July 29.-The revolution
| in Catalonia has reached "a serious
stage. There is much bloodshed and
artillery has been employed in the
streets of Barcelona to quell the out
breaks. The city is terror-stricken.
The revolutiOnists are reported to be
fighting desperately behind barri-
cades. The troops include mounted
artillery and the defenses of the reb-
els have been raked with shot.
| Yesterday marks a black chapter
| in SPANS history, for there was trag
edy both at home and abroad. The
king reached here in time to learn
that part of his army at Melilla had
had bloody battle with the MoOrs,
which though the final victory was
of Il officers and total of 200 Span
iards killed and wounded
Censorship Keeps Facts Back.
An exact estimate of the dead and
wounded in the clashes between the
troops and rebels in Catalonia is inn
possible owing to the rigid censor
ship, which prevents the sending of
private dispatches, and the govern
ment has not fixed total. The gov
lernment admits, however, that riot
ers have been killed and wounded in
several cities and towns. including
Barcelona, Alcoy and Calahorra.
Details of the latest disturbances
at other points are either meager or
lacking altogether. There has been
rioting at Saragossa, Vendrell. Rioia
Port Bou and Hanson and general
strike was declared yesterday at Bis
caya. At these places there has been
much destruction of property.
Fighting at barcelona.
The center of the rebellion is in
Barcelona. to which place the gov
eminent is rushing extra troops.
dispatch this morning said that the
Barcelona revolutionists had been de
feated as result of desperate
charges by the troops, but a dispatch
at noon announced that fighting had
begun again, the artillery using
heavy guns to demolish the barri
cades. The peaceful section of the
population fed in fright TO their
homes and locked and barred them
. selves in. A military proclamation
life is safe and warning peaceful cit
liens to remain under cover.
Madrid Unquief.
The greatest inquietude reigns il
Madrid. King Alfonso was closetet
until a late hour with Premier Mauri
and an official note was issued say
ing that the situation was exceeding
ly grave and that the rebellion mus
be depressed with an iron hand, "a
the Catalonians were struggling I,
!. engulf all Spain in a revolution.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-29
SPAlN'S HOME CONDITION
so BAD AFRICAN DEFEAT
is NEARLY LOST SIGHT OF
CONTINUED from Page one.)

the city where the fighting contin-
ued desperately. In the city, the
Spanish killed and wounded num-
bered almost 5000 which takes no
account of the men at the advance
posts who evidently were cut off and
abandoned to their fate. Melilla is
full of wounded men.
shoot People sight.
Madrid, July 29.-The governor of
barcelona today published decree
ordering the inhabitants of the city
10 return to their homes. After "a
hours anyone found in ,Le streets is
liable to be shot on sight.
In Official Report.
The extent of the disaster was Main.
Ily apparent from General Marina's dis.
patch as given out at the war Office
today. He says:
"On July q the Moors cut the rail,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-29
Beats the Game.

You can't get something for moth
ing said the philosopher4of the com
monplace, looking for all the world as
though he had made an original dis
covery. s.-.s.ss .s-@zs- =.
THAT might have been so once"
said the nifty young PERSON. but it
isn't true any more"
rs that so. smartie? Maybe you
can point to an instance"
Sure l can. What would you call II
when lazy person gets what's COM
ing to him. % g.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-29
Neat Fit.

Cousin Charley. firm the rural dis
tricts. was visiting them. and during
his temporary absence they were dis
cussiug ways of entertaining him.
I'VE must take him to the theater,
of course"
"Oh. certainly"
And couldn't we manage to get him
behind the stageT asked Clara.
would he enjoy it,"
IL don't know. but he would so nice
~ match the greenroom."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-29
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-29
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-29
Hunor and
Philosophy
VANISHING LIGHT.
By DvxcAN n. sl4lTH

THE days are growing shorter.
1t seems almost a crime
To have the long lisHt evenings
With us so-little ttme.t.g rs {.
Aud. creeping slowly southwark.
The sun throughout July
Is clipping each days edges.
Alas, how time does hyi
So very short the season
Since we were feeling gay
While looking out with pleasure :
Upon a lengthening day,
The time when we were saying,
My. this is a delight
And really something like 1t
To eat without a light"
IT'S thus as though on roHers
Our days serenely glide
Or as baseball player
In running makes slide.
They come. and in the morning
We tumble from our bed,
And ere we look about us
We find that day has fed.
And so the hours are speeding
Like rambling railway trains,
And we grow old and grouchy
And stiff and full of pains.
One week succeeds another,
Thus piiing up the years.
There is no way to stop them
With cOaxing. force or teark
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-29

The Womans club of Ardmore, Pa,
has turned down Andrew Carnegie's Of
fer to give $4,000 for a library provid-
ing a like amount is raised at home.
The women declare if they can raise
$1,000 they can raise more and asa ~
odds OF the ironmaster. Good for the
women or Ardmore. They display the
right spirit of independence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-29

The worlds most successful medi-
cine for bowel complaints is Cham
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pain and suffering and saved more
lives than any other medicine in use
Invaluable for children and admits
Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-29

If anyone thinks there is no worry
and responsibility in managing ball
league let him read of the tragic faie
of Harry Pulliam. the brainy president
of the chief major organization, who
shot himself in New York yesterday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-29

what do you want for them
stamps" asked the gentleman from
Jayville. looking over collection of
rare denominations. A -,
twenty-five dollars for the lot" re-
piled the dealer.
Come on, Maria. He is trying to
bunko us. Them has. all been can
celed."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-29

By the time the cOnferees get
through with the tariff bill. it will
dawn on Taft's mind that instead of
giving them that dinner at the White
house. the top story of the Washing
ton monument would have been the
proper place.