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The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-07

A. L. Coblentz, general carpentering.
All work guaranteed. Inquire at the
Divide Supply Co.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-07

The Tribune has some bargains il
combination offers of magazine subscrip
tions.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-07
Presbyterian Church Services

Sunday school at 10 a. IN.
Prayer meeting Friday evening at 7:30.
A cordial invitation is extended to all.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-07

II you have cattle to sell-any kind,
at any time, notify me. j. E. BARNES,
Phone Ebert 261.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-07

For Rainbelt land bargains see the old
timer, r. l.. Glow, OF CLOVIS land office,
1913 Stout street. Denver. 30
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-07

Money Loaned-On real estate secur-
ity. Lee Ramsey, 605 Empire Building,
Denver
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-07
Genuine Imported Hartz Mountain
Canaries

Guaranteed to sing, s4.75; with painted
cage, 1925; with brass cage, s7.25. Col
orado Springs Bird company, Colorado
Springs, Colorado.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-07

The Elbert livery barn has couple
OF cars of good baled hay for sale.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-07

For first-class Nebraska hay go to the
Elbert livery barn.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-07
For Sail

The Gatewood property in Elbert
Colorado. SIT
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-07
LEGAL NOTICES..
Notice for Publication qsolated Tract
PUBLIC LAND SALE.
Department of the Interior

Department OF the Interior
U. S. Land Ofice, Denver, Colorado,
December 90. 1908.
Notice is hereby given that, directed by the
Commissioner of the General Land ONCE. under
provisions OF the Act of Congress approved June
a. 1876, t34 Stats, SID, we will offer at public
sale TO the highest bidder, at II O'Clock a. M on
the 18th day of February. 1909 next at this office,
the following tract of land:
SWA SWA. section 33, township south, range
81 west of the 9Th P. NJ.
ANY persons claiming adversely the above -del,a
scribed lands are advised to file their claims. or
objections, on or before the day above designated
for sale.
c. d. FoRp, Register.
HUGH TAYLOR Receiver.
First pub. Dec. 81; last February l. 1905.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-07

Plenty of money to loan on any good
security. - DIVIDE REALTY & INVEST
MENr Co.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-07
School Report

Report of Elbert public school for the
month ending December 18:
GRAMMAR ROOM
Days in session. .18
Pupils enrolled .................... 80
Average daily attendance ............ 20
Those neither absent nor tardy we're
Herman Beckman, James Baldwin, Wal-
ter Sandford, Pearl Beckman and Fran
els KERN.
MINNIE E. REED, Principal.
INTERMEDIATE ROOM
Days in session. ...................1 .18
Pupils enrolled .................... .28
Average daily attendance .23
Those neither absent nor tardy we're
Arnold Beckmen, Garland Hoover, Thom-
as Sandford, August Beckman and Vio-
let Baldwin.
Isabella MOORE, Teacher.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-07

Lowest market prices quoted on car
load lots Of baled hay at the Elbert liv-
erv harm
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-07
Business Locals
Gilbert, Colorado

Let Tribune local hustle business
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-07
MINNIE E. REED, Principal.

INTERMEDIATE ROOM
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-15
VACoS, THE SLAYER OF
CONTOS, IN COURT.

The Judge OF the District court has
acted wisely In setting aside the COM
promise reached by the prosecuting
attorneys aud the lawyer for the de-
fence I'm the murder case of Nick Va
cos The reasoning Is good. though
the judge might have gone further
and said that the people demand a
public trial OF the slayer of John Con-
los. and that demand, if possible. must
be satisfied
The Killing OF Contos. so far as the
public can judge from what has been
disclosed, was the helnous crime of
villainous fellow. No man branded
With a crime so cold-blooded and pre-
medltated should he allowed to escape.
first. the pillory OF public condemne-
ton, and. second, the full measure of
the laws prescribed retrlbution. To
smother up all this villalny by con-
ference between two or more lawyers
is an offenSc against society, which Is
obe5l d'oiNu ~ iu' vi a
dangerous precedent
Now 1t may be Vacos is not guilty OF
the crime charged against him; 1t may
be he can clear himself of deliber-
ate offense and that he can prove he
had been driven mad by Shylock
That would help TO satisfy the de-
mands of justice and would appease
the wrath of this community. and, IL
that dl1ormauon Is forthcoming, 1t
would oe serious offense In itself
10 withhold the facts from the pub
lie
So that from whatever sIdo one
considers the case. it Is evident a
wrong would have been perpetrated
had Vacos escaped, as had been plan
ned, with a formal pleading. a short
statement of alleged facts by two law
yers and comparatively short SEN
tence in the penitentiary.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-15

In which the blaring trumpets an
nouncing royalty and the heavy tread
OF tho guard would not be detected
The king took up the mahatma's 3
cause and agreed TO convince his
courticrs. He ordered that each of
the scoffers take up a bowl so full Of
water that to jar II IN the lease would
mean spill. Then. placing a sol
dier with drawn sword behind each.
lie ordered them TO walk a milo down
the road and back. declaring that tho
soldier should strike the head from
the first who spilled his charge. The
courticrs. perforce. obcyed. All walk
cd the mile ard back in safety They
bore themselves triumphantly. but the
king knocked their exultatIon from
their faces by lDquiring what they
! had seen in the course of their walk.
They replied that they had seen moth
ing. because they feared TO look up,
lest they spill their water. Exactly
so the mahatma," replied the king:
he fears TO look UP, lest he lose his
soul!"
Mental concentration Is a matter
of habit-a habit which, once acqulr-
ed. is not readily shaken on. We
6ll our funny publications with stories
OF absent-minded men of genius. Such
jokes are stock humor-and stock
humor is always based on fact, al
though 1t Is only rarely that the hum
orists are aware OF IL: which is an
other proof of instinct along all lines
In all the foregoing there Is proof
Of nothing moro than that training or
practice in one direction brings a de-
velopment which Is source Of sur
prise TO those Impractical and un-
trained; or that minds may be so or
ganized that there is aptitude in Ger.
tain things. There is the mathemati-
cal mind, the musical soul and all
those special gifts or attainments
which are attributable 10 brain cells
capable Of performing the extraordi.
nary. Mozart was musical prodigy
AT three years OF age That part Of
his brain which controlled in music
was abnormally- strong at birth. ].
Stuart Mill was a mathematical won
der at six years of age. Michael
Angelo was born artist. Perhaps
Mozart would have utterly failed as a
business man and Mil might have
made an incompetent brakeman On A
train.
There is nothing to demonstrate the
presence of occult power in evidence
Of the extraordinary one-sided devel-
opment II by occult Is meant that
which Is taught by the theosophy of
India
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-15
DEMOCRATS ARE HOPELESSLY
DIVIDED.

Once more tho Democrats are TO
make an effort to rehabilitatc the na-
tional Democratic party. There Is no
national Democratic party. That party
was disrupted beyond the power OF
the present leaders to reunlte when
Bryan made his crown-of-thorns
speech and received the nomination at
Chicago, From that moment there has
been no unity and no common pur-
pose within the Democratic lines. and
the once defeated and thrice humil-
lated Cleveland Democrats arc today
as far from harmonizing with the
Bryan Democrats as Populists with
oldtimo Democrats.
The Democracy docs not represent
even a forlorn hope and Is so feeble
in It's opposition to Republicanism as
to be scarcely recognizable as
protestant.
II Democracy continues to be de-
vitallzed. there will be but one party
and that so largo as TO eventually
provoke a division. the weaker side
of which will displace Democracy as
the voice OF the discontcnted and dis
satisfied.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-15
HE BUILT FOR OUR GREAT GOOD

A Denver minister, sermonizing on
the death Of p II. Hartman, said the
great railroad mans life had been
empty OF good results as he left starv,
ing thousand to condemn him.
II is difficult to understand the Idea
intended to be conveyed. unless Harrl.
man be held responsible for all the
heartaches he failed TO ease or all the
mouths he failed to fill.
Mr. Hartman. had he been solely a
stockdealer, might have been charged
with responsibility for q fraction of
the misfortunes of humanity, but he
was the most indefatigable upbuilding
and constructive genius this country
has known. He did more than offer
charity He built permanent institu
tionS and established solid railroads
from which an army of men Is de-
riying livelihood and by which the
country has expanded 10 allow of an
untold number OF new homes. For
his farsighted policy, the entire West
has cause 10 be thankful and the
nation good reason to praise his name.
1t is strange that a minister can see
In Harnman's career nothing TO laud
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-15
BLOCK SIGNALS BETWEEN
OGDEN AND ZION.

This evening the block signal sys-
tom will b. In operation between Og-
den and Salt Lake and little later
the Oregon Short Line TO the north OF
this city will be harnessed to the cleo
trio watch tower. This Is as 1t should
Cbe. A railroad operating without tho
block signals is fast becoming an
anuquated thing TO be avoided
Ogden has had cause TO rejoice over
this one Improvement. If nothing
more. inauguratcd by E. H. Hartman
There was time when wrecks were
so commonplace occurrences that half
Of them were not reported and the
operating officials of the roads out Of
Ogden drew salaries principally on the
basis Of their abilities to minimize
the stories of wrecks as given TO the
newspapers, That was before Harri-
man ordered the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific placed under the
Argus eye Of tho electric force which
never overlooks and mover sleeps on
duty.
The wives of railroad tralnmen lived
in dread of sudden news Of coils
Ion In which Death claimed lts vic.
tins. But that Is changed. There has
been no head-on or rear-end collision
on the Southern Pacific or Union Pa.
ciic IN long period and even minor
accldets Of the rail have dwindled to
insignlhcance
With this demonstration OF eflcien.
cy OF the block signal system, laws
should be enacted forcing all rail.
roads to install some such safeguards.
as was done In the case Of the auto
matte car coupler and the airbrakes
Some railroad managers are 40 thrifty
and grasping and possessed OF such
narrow vision that they refuse to rec.
ommend any extra expense for safety
appliances and must be driven ny
public sentiment, written into our
laws. to do that which their sense Of
duty to the travelling public and
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-15
NOT OCCULT POWERS.

To prove there are occult powers.
the following reasoning is presented
by the Inter-Mountain Of Butte:
"It is said that telephone girls soon
come 10 know the voices of all the
busy people on their wires. 1t is for
this reason that telephone girls are
regarded by those who use the wires
with deep awe.
I'm journalism, those men who
have similar opportunities often are
| familiar with voices Issuing from lips
they have never seen.
Human faculties appear almost
limitless. There are experts who, sit
ting across a room and watching a
mans hand can tell what he has writ.
ten. Criminals, on several occasions,
have been run down by this method.
Faculty. along all lines, is only
matter of training Seeds of all men
tai description will flourish, If given
the opportunity. II may be that what
VIC call instinct Is merely transmit
ted concentration upon particular
lines of thought. Study Of babies in
dicates that they understand certain
thought upon which they could have
had no previous experience in this
life.
What we call genius. moreover.
consists merely of these faculties de-
veloped 10 the highest degree, devel-
oped until they become supernatural
and arc called sixth sense. The
world knows well that its great sol.
diers have, In emergencies. acted in
such fashion that explanation lies
only in the conclusion that they Dos.
sessed acumen far beyond conception.
Sometimes. of such mon. we say that
they 'smelled' what to do.
Not that these highly developed
faculties are confined to the moro
spectacular affsIrs OF life. Bridge
workers. when riveting. fling white
hot bits of metal long distances, catch
Ing them dexterously In pinchers.
The average man would either miss
the throw or burn himself badly. Pl-
anists and typewrltiSts learn to oper-
ate in the dark; a good pilot can steer
In absolute murk. by his sense OF dis
tances traversed- And so on. through.
out the field OF human industry
Indian mythology contains an an.
ecdote aptly illustrative of average In
credulity regarding deep thought. II
Is said that an ancient king once re-
buked his courtiers for scoffins at
a mahatma. The wise man sat be.
side the road in which the court walk.
ed and some of the lighter minded had
jeered him, questioning his preoccu.
patton They said they did not believe
that any man In India could be ignor-
ant that a king was passing. for all
MS closed eyes and bent head. They
could not conceive a montal condition
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-15
DEFENSE IN CHlcAGO'S
GREAT "GRAFTD CASE

Chicago. Sept 15-when the dc.
Tense in the graft" trial of Police In
spector Edward Mccain began today
an imposing array OF witnesses wore
present including Mrs. Charles Her
rotin, Mrs Gertrude Britton of the
Hull House Social Settlement. Dean
Walter t. Sumner and Miss Minnie
Lowe. superintendent of tho social
service. Mrs Henrotin IS a former
president OF the General Federation of
Woman's clubs.
1--WE Will show" said Judge Neely
for the defense, that the defendant
when he took charge OF the Desplaines
street district was ordered by his su.
periors to curtail the vice Of the dis.
trlct.
"He put the lid down with a sew
Gritty never known before and a howl
went up. This conspiracy was formed
to put away the inspector on eyi-
dence that would make Ananias blush.
The inspector stopped the sale of
liquor in all disorderly houses and
those who suffered thereby arose
against him. Inmates of these houses
were fined an aggregate of $50 300. q
record unequaled anywhere"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-15
PosToFFlcE MONEY ORDER
SYSTEM TO BE CHANGED

Washington, Sept 15.-Alrcady en-
gagged in an oyerhauling of the reg
lstry system of the postal service.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
gone a step further and set num-
ber of experts at work to eradicate
some Of the kinks of the money order
system with view of obtaining great
er efficiency AMI less expenditure.
This committee OF experts is TO re-
port not later than December |. II
consists of Arthur ~. Travers. chief
clerk in the Office of Third Assistant
Postmaster General Frank f. Little:
Edwin Sands. assistant superintendent
of the divisions of foreign mails; Hen
ry d. Temple. assistant superintendent
of the division OF registered mail, and
Robert S. Wood, chief OF the division
of correspondence.
The advisabillty Of dispensing with
mail advices 10 postmasters after a
money order has been issued viii be
one of the economies considered. 1t
is estimated this would save half
million dollars year. The wisdom
of revising the postal note. abolished
by congress In 1894. Will also receive
attention
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-15
RESULT OF THE G. A. r.
ENCAMPMENT,

The attention given to visitors 10
our city during the Grand Army En-.
campment by the committees In whose
care tho visitors 10 our city we're en-
trusted. and the fact that not one Wis
itor was neglected and that comfort
able rooms were provided for all, arc
bringing returns to ogden.
Several of the visitors have already
purchased property In and near Ogden
city and number arc now in our city
on their return from the coast. and
are looking for homes In the city and
fruit orchards nearby with a view to
purchasing and making their homes
here.
IL is now certain that the money
appropriated by our county and city
and used In caring for the visitors
and advertising the advantages of
this country has brought large returns
and will In the near future bring still
larger (Slgned)
WM L. RUSSELL.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-15
BENNETT DID NOT
HAVE AN AFFINITY

Los Angeles. Cal, seut. Al
never kissed Mrs. Molster in INV life
Mrs. Molster is not my affinity. |
never told anybody that she was and
| never used the word affinity in con.
nection with her or with any other
woman"
These were the forceful declarations
Of Harper Z. Bennett. the real estate
man who Is being tried for tho mur.
der OF his wife. when he took tho stand
in his own defense in the superior
court today.
Benefits defense of Mrs. Molster
was even more vehement than that OF
himself He denied that he had ever
held Mrs. Molster on his lap or done
any OF the acts of compromising
nature described by witnesses for the
state.
Mrs. Molstor, for love of whom. the
prosecution contends. Bennett pols-
oned his wife. was an interested spec
tator in the courtroom today. The
crowd drawn 10 hear the testimony
OF the defendant filed the room.
Bennett directly contradlcted tho
testimony of Mrs. Carpenter. the prln-
cipal witness for tho state. in ali i'm
portant particulars He denied cate
gorically several conversations which
Mrs. Carpenter testified she had had
with him.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-15
MARS AS SEEN BY
LICK ASTRONOM MER

San Jose. Cal. Sept. 1i-Director
w. w. Campbell of Lick observatory.
who announced several days ago the
result OF his discoveries regarding the
atmosphere on tho planet Mars and
who has just returned from Mount
Whitney, the highest point OF land in
the United States. where his observa-
tions were made, has completed a
synopsis of tho data secured by tho
expedition. The trip was financed by
William s Crocker. regent OF the Uni
Versity Of California
Director Campbell in his report
says; III had for its purpose a study
OF the question of water Ynpor in the
atmosphere OF the planet Mars Water
vapor i'm the atmosphere OF any planet
causes dark bands To be formed at
certain definite positions in the spec
trum of that planet conspicuous
bands II the water vapor IS abundant.
inconspicuous bands II the quantity Is
slight. as this. the only known method,
is not u sensitive one
In Clear Atmosphere.
by ascending Mount Whitney. al
utude 14,5Ol feet. the Crocker expe-
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-15

ditlon placed Itself above probably
four-fifthS or more OF the earthS wa
! ter vapor, Further. the air on Mount
/ Whitney was astonishingly clear dur
ing the time of the observations With
barometer seventeen and three-fourths
inches. air temperature twenty-nine
degrees Fahrenheit. and wet thermom-
eter seventeen degrees, students of the
atmosphere viii recognize that the OBJ
servers of Mars were looking through
remarkably little terrestrial water va
por
Even this small quantity would be
almost fatal to success II we did not
have fairly satisfactory method of
eliminating its effects as follows: Our
moon has no appreciablc atmosphere.
The lunar and Martian spectra win
be affected alike by the water vapor
in the earth's atmosphere These
spectra are photographed. one immedi-
ately after the other, while the condi-
tionS in our atmosphere remain un-
changed, and with the moon and Mars
at the same altitude above the horizon
so that their rays traverscd equal
paths in our atmosphere.
The Vapor Bands.
eff the vapor bands In the Martian
spectrum are found 10 be stronger
than In the lunar spectrum, Mars has
water vapor in considerable quant-
ties. II the bands In the two spectra
arc equally strong. water vapor on
Mars does not exist In sufficient guam
titles 10 be detected by the spectre
Scopic method.
The latter condition was found to
exist when this method was applied
under the superlatively favorable con-
ditionS existing on Mount Whitney.
Both spcctra were photographed when
Mars and the moon were near the
horizon. again when they were at me-
dunn attitudes. and finally when they
were forty-nlnc degrees above the ho,
rizon. The best vapor band. tech
nically called Little a. was faint In
both spectra when the bodies were
low. fainter when the bodies were
higher. and very faint when the bodies
were at their highest: but at equal
attitudes the Little A. bands In the
Martian lunar spectra were equally
plainly signifying that the
observed bands were due TO water
vapor In the earth's atmosphere above
the summit of Mount Whitney. This
does not mean that Mars has no water
vapor. but only that the quantity pres
ent. il any must be very slight
Important Point Not Decided
Let us recall that we see Mars by
reflected sunlight. The rays which
reached our instruments passed from
the sun into the Martian atmosphere
for the most part down to the surface
Of the planet and then out again to us.
thus passing twice through the plan
cts atmosphere and any water vapor
It may contain
Even with this multiplying effect
on Mars. the vapor bands in the Mar |
Ian and lunar spectra were alike. and |
We conclude that any water vapor in I
he Martlan atmosphere must have |
been much less extensive than was
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-15
SALT LAKE AND
STATE NEWS
DEMOCRATS OF SALT LAKE
NAME FULL CITY TICKET
For mayor-W. r. Wallace.
For recorder-A. n, Mckay.
For treasurer-Bryan Groo.
For city attorney-C. C. Dey.
For auditor-W. J. Bateman.

Salt Lake. Sept. 15-In mass con-
yention held in Federation of Labor
hall on Tuesday evening. The Demo-
Gratis of Salt Lake named the above
city ticket. The meeting was well at
tended, a number of representative
Democrats being present. While the
meeting was called for o'clock It
was S:45 O'Clock before Chairman
Ben T. Lloyd Of the city committee
called the meeting TO order His re-
marks were brief and he stated In a
lew words the object of the meeting.
Then, upon the motion of james Ii.
Moyle, the chair appointed a commit
tee of five, one from each ward, TO
convention for ratification. This com
mlttee consisted of Joseph Hyde from
the Firts; C. A. Carlquist. Second; d.
P. Felt, Third; John Dern. Fourth. and
j. H. Moyle from the Fifth Then a
recess was taken TO give the commit
tee opportunity to work and also TO
enable the wards to nominate candi-
dates for council and name members
OF the city committee. All the wards
but the Third made their selections
without trouble but In this ward there
was hot fight, details of which ap
pear in another column. The other
wards named councllmanic candidates
as follows:
Nominees for Counclmen.
First Ward-Joseph S. Hyde. short
torn; Stephen Hayes. long term.
Second Ward-George E. BurbIdge,
long term, Henry Wallace. Sr.. short
term.
Fourth Ward-Orlando w. Powers,
long term; Joseph Kimball. short
term.
Fifth Ward-Noblc Warrum. long
term; S. NJ. Taylor. short term.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-15
WILBUR WRIGHT WILL RETURN
HOME ON FRIDAY NEXT

New York Sept, 15.-Wilbur
Wright, the aviator, Will arrive In New
York on Friday and will at once go TO
Governors Island, where preparations
are being made for the flights which
he plans to make during the Hud-
son-Fulton celebration, He will prob
ably make several preliminary flights
early in the week. Glenn r. Curtiss.
who Is to share with him the 90-acre
practice field on Governors Island.
will reach New York about Sept. 2S
from Europe. rt