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0ehefD, and this evening speeches voro
delivesod b. Q number u well-k1own
Colos10oans, the celebratioa H1nding
up With N Illuminated parade and ~.
rotechnic display.
First Of the big government reclAr
nation projects 70 be undertaken. the
Gunnison river tunnel has been one OF
the most difncult to carry through
The ample waters Of the Gunnisop
iow through narrow valleys insult.
ed to agriculture Or through deep.
rocky canyons, while only . few
miles to the west the lovely Uncom-
pahgre valley has besn suffering for
water. The Gunnissa. descending In
ever deepening gore-s. finally plunges
into the Black canyon, one Of the most
magnificent mountain gorges in the
world. This unpromising spot was Sc
lected ~ the starting point Of the
tunnel. Brave engineers lowered
themselves into the Black canyon at
points where the granite walls rise
almost perpendicularly hundreds Of
feet, and after their surveys were com
pleted active work was started on the
immense project
At great expense and under enor.
nous difficulties. . wagon road was
built to the east portal Of the tun.
mel. It IL Is miles long, and. climb
ing the granite ridge between the
canyon and the Uncompallgre valley.
descends the rocky wall on shelf
work.
Bore Built for All Time.
simultaneously work was begun 1t
each end Of the tunnel and at . point
several thousand feet from the west
end, where shaft was sunk. Az fast
as the tunnel was driven through tho
shale and solid rock. It was timbered.
and then the heavy timhers were
covered with impervious cement. This
gives . tunnel Of solid concrete built
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THE LAST
RETURN
Copyright. BY w. O. ChapmanJ
by EFFIE STEVENS

Copyright. BY w. q. Chapman.)
After two sleepless nights, during
which all the latent superstition OF his
nature had come to the front. Harold
Ashton decided that he would rid him.
self Of his ill-omened opal at the earl.
lest possible moment
He had had nothing but ill.luck since
he owned the thing. the browning
piece being his quarrel with his fian-
Gee. Marion Hubert. She had de-
clared that the great gem in Its unique
setting was too snowy an article Of
jewelry for q man OF good taste to
wear. He had thought differently. and
the outcome had been his final dis
missal.
Yet how to dispose Of the ring was
something Of puzzle to the unimag
NATIVE Ashton.
II he offered to give the expensive
Jewel to any Of his acquaintances they
would undoubtedly think he had taken
leave OF his senses
value. would take time; and he wanted
to get rid of 1t at once.
Ashton remembered having read Of
q man who destroyed his opal by the
vigorous use OF hammer, but he
could not bear the thought OF running
the beautiful gem.
Finally he decided that the thing to
do would be to lose II. But the simple
and obvious methods OF Kidding him
self OF II. by casting 1t from rapidly
moving train. or hurting 1t into the
ocean from the deck Of steam boat.
never so much as entered his head.
He remembered. however. that a
friend had once accidentally left dia-
mond stud In a shirt which was sent
to tho laundry. The loss had been
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discovered at once. and his friend had
gone In pursuit OF the shirt. but the
missing stud was never found.
So when small Micky Flanagan, his
washerman's son. departed that morn.
Ing with the bundle OF soiled clothes
and incidentally the opal ring. Ashton
drew a long breath of relief.
A couple Of hours later a maid ap-
peared at the door of Ashton's room
with the announcement that there was
a lady down stairs who was very anx-
ious to see him. A very stout, red
faced, gay bonneted lady-his washer
lady In fact-greeted him.
what can l do for you to day, Mrs.
Flannigan?" Ashton inquired blaudly.
although he could come pretty near
guessing the good woman's errand.
since he had paid his bill only the
week before.
"Oi brought ye this" replied Mrs.
Flanagan. handing Ashton his lost
nay. rather. his found opal. "Oim an
honest woman. SO whin OF found this
In the wash. OF thought Ord bether be
afther bringin' II back ter ye at
vance"
After thanking Mrs. Flanagan sub.
stantially for her trouble. Ashton. once
more. slipped the inauspicious ring up
on his finger.
Later In the day Ashton dropped In
to his friend Jim Benton's ONCE for
q chat. and the sight of the trim look.
ing young woman. industrioasly pound.
ing away upon the typewrting ma,
chine. put q new idea into his head.
miss Brown" he asked. have you
time to address an envelope for me?"
Certainly" replied Miss Brown. I'm.
ishing the letter she was at work upon.
and inserting an envelope In her ma.
chine.
Ashton walked over to her side and
told her the address In a low tone.
After thanking Miss Brown. Ashton
hurried from the Office. with tho en-.
velope safe in his pocket. and back to
the seclusion OF his own room where
he gave himself up to the pleasant
task OF packing the opal up. prepare
tory to losing 1t once more.
He did the ring up In . small boz.
upon which he pasted the address
which he cut from the envelope.
'l'll have to guess at the postage"
he remarked. as he stuck several
stamps upon the little package. 1T
would never do for me to 20 to the
post ONCE and have the thing weighed:
that Is. not II want to lose it,
When Ashton had showed his boz
through the slit labeled parcels" 1t
the post Office. he felt more like him
self than he had done for some time.
There" he thought complacently,
I've disposed Of that opal for all time
now. and don't believe even . twin
brother to Sherlock Holmes could 70
store II to me. They win get II q
Packard's jewelry store either to-nigAt
or tomorrow morning. and suppose
they viii try to ind out where Il cane
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Tongue 1wistino.


A London paper recently ordered q
series OF prizes for the best tongue
twisting" sentences. The prixe.win-
ming contributions are:
The bleak breeze blighted the
bright broom blossoms.
Two toads totally tired tried TO trot
to Tedbury.
Strict. strong Stephen 0tringer
shared Sticky six sickly silky snakes.
Susan shineth shoes and socks:
socks and shoes shines Susan. She
ceaseth shining shoes and socks, for
shoes and socks shock Susan.
A paddock. paddock. black spot.
ted paddock: a.black spot on the black
back OF . black spotted hadddek.
Oliver Oglethorpe ogied an owl and
an oyster. Did Oliver Oglethospe ogle
an owl and an oyster! II Oliver Ode
thorpe ogled IN owl and IN oyster.
where are the owl and The oystee
Oliver Oslsthorps esled!
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since. Together with its main and
distributing canals. the tunnel will ir-
rigate 100000 acres of land In val
ley naturally one Of the most fertile
In Colorado. hut which has been semi.
arid because of the annual summer
droughts and the inadequacy of the
Uncompahgre river.
This day OF the opening OF the tun.
mel was made the chief day Of the
Western Slope fair. now being held
here. All the morning special trains
kept coming In. from various parts
Of the state. and at 10: 80 there was
parade Of the visitors. Early in the
afternoon the explosion OF q bomb
told the people that the special train
bearing President Taft and other gov
eminent officials had entered the city
limits. A second bomb announced his
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THE DOCTORS WIFE
Agrees with Him About Feed,

A trained nurse says: I'm the
practice Of my profession I have
found % many points In favor a
0rape-Nuts food that I unhesitatingly
recommend It to all my patients.
1T II delicate and pleasing to the
palate ian essential In food for the
sick). and can be adapted to all ageaL
being softened with milk or cream
for babies or the aged when deficiency
OF teeth renders mastication impoep
sible. For fever patients or those O
liquid diet find 'Grape-Nuts and alba
men water very nourishing. and -
treshing.'
This recipe Ii my own idea and =
made a. follows: Soak . teaspoonful
OF Grape-Nuts in . glass Of water Tor
an hour. strain and serve with TIE
beaten white OF An egg and spoonful
Of fruit Juice for navouring. This ae.
fords . great deal Of ncurishment that
even the weakest stomach can assimr
tlate without any distress.
MY husband 10 . physician and -
uses Grape-Nuts himself and oedess 4
many times Tor his patients.
Personally regard dish q 0raoe
Nuts with fresh Or steved fruit q the
ideal breakfast for anyons-wsu =
sick.s
In any case q stomach trouhls. nv.
our prostration Or brain fag. . 10 aay
trial u Graps-Nuts vim voFk vooAego
toward nourishing and robuil11ng ~
N thaa uav nn1fn1 fhn fRfnnhnn
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From Overhead,

A canary hung directly over the big
square table In tho Hungarian res.
.aurant
Once" said a woman who was din.
ing there. "the bottom dropped out
Of the cage. the bird few at the or
chestra yonder. and we had bird seed
In our soup. II was awful"
That reminds me-" said the crosse
eyed man. "of one time when We were
having a little game OF poker ON the
d. q 0. You know how those trains
roll. Well. just about the middle d
the game down came all the grips ana
dress suit cases straight into the
kitty and broke up tho game. Money
dew everywhere. We got no mixed
We couldn't tell which had won or
where the money was that whoever
had won II won. Talk about bird seed!"
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Doane Robinson. head Of the depart
ment Of history for tho state OF South
Dakota. says Of Sitting Bull and the
Custer massacre: "The Indians tell
me that Sitting Bull was . medicine
chief: that he was the greatest indu.
ence among the Sioux at that time By
reason OF his constant agitation against
the whites. and that he did not Per.
sonally engage In the tight against
Custer. but that he was back on q
elevation between the Little Big HorA
and the Big Horn making medicinal
Indian School Journal.
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and SO feet wide ut the top. and the
average depth Of the water II ten
feet. The capacity Is 1900 cubic feet
OF water q second. After the water
leaves the west portal Of the tunnel
It IL conducted through IL miles Of
canal to the Uncompahgre. There 10
drop Of PA feet In this distance. and
this great fall viii be utilized for Gro.
ating power. A series OF concrete
drops has been constructed and the
immense body Of water rushing over
them 10 capable Of generating 1t least
10000 horse pawer which win b. nth.
ized In lighting the entire Uncompah.
gre valley By electricity.
The cost Of the tunnel and distrib-
uting canals = over 5000. 900. and
perpetual water rights win be sold 10
actual settlers 1t about SIS n acre.
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Standard on Walls.

The Standard Oil C0mpany's reas
estate holdings In Bayonne. N. J,
where Its largest oil refining plant II
the east ID situated. have been IN
creased from S7.360.000. the value
fixed upon them In 1908 for taxation.
to S13.0O0.000. Tho company 10 ap
pealing against the increases fixed
upon the realty BY the Hudson county
board OF equalization.
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Ono Of the Chautauqua takers says:
Husbands, let your wives have An
extra dollar now and then" He might
have rendered . greater service 70
mankind BY saying: "Wives. let your
husbands have m extra dino coca,
sionally without asking them to q,
plain why they want the money"
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Americans, ~ Usual. TO the Fore.
In order to raise the $4,000 kroneu
still necessary for the Johann Strauss
memorial. to be erected in Vienna.
q series Of performances will be given
at the Theater an der Wien. where
nearly all the waits kings operas
were performed for the nrst time.
Members Of the operate companies
and the various musical Organizations
OF that city have volunteered their
services. and the best seats for the
FIRST performance. which win Be The
Gypsy Baron" have already bsea sub.
scribsd for. In commenting On the
assured success . Vienna paper saya
that Waiting Americans have been IL
most liberal subscribers.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-04-01
CROW INDIANS TAKE GREAT IN
TEREsT IN COUNTRY SHOWS.
Adopt the DistinctiveIy American In
stitution Which Indicates That
Savage Tribe Ia Becom-
ing Civilized.

The distinctively American institu-
ton, the country fair, has been adopt
ed by the savage Crow Indians. and
this move may be accepted as proof
positive that the civilization of that
great and once warlike tribe Is no
LONGER problematical. or consumma-
ton 10 be hoped for in the distant
future, but an accomplished fact.
When the aborigines take kindly to
ragtime music and pink lemonade and
compete for prizes in exhibitions OF
mammoth pumpkins, squashes and
cucumbers, II is evident that nothing
but the accident of race differentiates
them from the white farmers who re-
gard fair day as the great event OF
the year. There Is nothing in COM
mon between the warpath and the
midway; and the warrior who has
known the Joy of seeing his rooster
win first prize, or OF witnessing the
decoration of his yearling heifer with
the blue ribbon, will never again per-
NIT his bronzed features to be adorned
with warpaint. The Crows are evil
IDENTIFY ready for citizenship, and IL
they prove as crafty in politics as
they used to be in war the political
bosses OF Montana will surely have a
hard fight to regain their supremacy.
The fourth annual fair of the Crow
Indians was held several weeks ago.
Socially and financially Il was an un.
equivocal success. From the viewpoint
of the lovers of the spectacular the
Crow Indian fair beats the greatest
wild west show ever put on the road ;
but its deeper interest and signi6
cance lie in the fact that It shows
that the aborigines have deliberately
and forever given up the old ways
and that their ambitions. hopes and
aspirations now lie along lines ol
peaceful rivalry with their white fel
low citizens.
The fair at the Crow agency In east
ern Montana was largely attended by
Black feet, Cheyennes, Sioux, Ne;
Perces and members of many othel
tribes of the northwest. II was, prob
ably, the most representative gather
ing of tribes of the northwest ever as
sembled together. Considerably NOR,
than 5000 Indians were in attend
ance. Each tribe was assigned to ;
particular place, and there all mem
bers of that tribe erected their tepees
and at night ceremonial dances wer
given in large tents erected for tha
purpose. The camp was approache
by a road that led across a foo
bridge, crossing the Little Big Hor
river. At the footbridge 25 cents a,
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TAKE TO THE FAIRS

mission to the camp ground was col
lected from all visitors.
Every morning at ten o'clock the
parade was formed. The leader Of the
parade was the herald OF the old chief
Plenty Coos, head chief of the Grow
nation, who followed carrying a large
American flag. The old war chief
was conspicuous by the absence Of
barbaric trappings, wearing no in
sigma of the warpath excepting a
white eagle feather in his hair. How
ever, his followers were not so mod
est. Gorgeous war bonnets, belts AID
savage regalia covered horses and rid
ers, giving the scene a picturesque
ness that thrilled the hearts OF many
oldtime plainsmen who witnessed 1t.
The vast majority OF those who at
tend the fairs of the Crow nation are
Indians, although the number Of white
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AND THE EFFoRr TO OVER.
THROW THE PRESENT SYSTEM.
Opponents Among the officers Of the
Navy Anxious to Have Re-
organization Of the
Service.

There has existed In the navy for
tagonism to the bureau system of the
service, but It was only recently that
this widespread mutter of discomfort
reached the open cry of revolt. AS
result of 1t there was an investigation
at the hands of the senate naval com
mittee, which led to nothing, but which
went to prove the statement, so long
maintained by so many of the service,
that the bureau system has become so
interlocked with politics that there is
no separating the two.
But the matter would not down, and
last summer there was notable gath
ering at the Naval War college in
Newport, a congress composed of
every available navy officer whose
duties permitted him to attend. 1t was
a concession to the critics, but its con-
clusion was as lame and impotent as
was that of the senate investigation.
The senate inquiry and the Newport
conference were the direct result of a
rected against the bureau system by a
number of naval officers. These were
not disgruntled over any private griev-
ances against the bureaus they were
not malcontents in the general accept
ance of the term. On the other hand,
they were intensely patriotic men,
highly competent in their profession,
and earnestly striving for the better
ment of the service.
Nor is 1t to be supposed that the in
dependents, as they have been styled,
have been alone in their attacks on the
bureau system. AS long ago as 1885
the late William c. Whitney, who was
then secretary of the navy, pointed
out the faults of the system in a re.
port that is still regarded as the most
clear, specific and rigorous arraign
ment of the system that has yet EN-
ployed type. With characteristic ener
gy he then concentrated his efforts to
obtain remedial legislation.
The present distribution of authori
ty shows that there is no legal provi
sion for any technical officer upon
whom would devolve the responsibility
OF the military efficiency of the navy
its preparedness for war, the sole OBJ
ject for which it is maintained.
1t is insisted that all congress needs
to do to perfect the existing admins
istrative system is to reestablish the
missing balance wheel that was re
moved in 1912 to give the secretary 6
board of four sea-going officers, ad
mirals and captains, to retain office a
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IN BALMY BERMUDA

speare's day goes your thought, to
the superstitious old mariner who re-
turned TO his native village all wealth
er5eaten, to recount his adventures to
an awe-stricken audience of home
bodies. Shakespeare heard of the
"veXed Bermoothes," and his active
imagination wove, from the threads of
hearsay, that weird and beautiful
story of THE Tempest" Again you re-
member tales of blockade runners,
during the civil war, and how these
islands, hemmed in by their natural
fortification of coral reefs, whose only
safe entrances were known to the few
mariners, served as transshipping
point for contraband goods from both
north and south. There are many
caves along the rugged shores, that
you mean to explore If you can get
time. What do you know? You may
find a treasure hidden there genera.
tions ago by those wild and lawless
men.
The road on which you spin is
smooth as floor, and here and there
you pass through deep cut where
jagged coral walls, topped by dark
shrubbery, leave but a narrow, twist.
ing ribbon of blue above you where
the sky looks down. Again you skirt
the top of a gentle hill, and look down.
across a vista of rich farmland. A
strange aspect it presents, all divided
up into small green patches with
rocky bits between and great dark
cedars fringing the crests of hills or
shading the rich bottoms. Against
the sky, calm and serene, rise three
stately palms, and as you turn a bend
In the road you see more and more of
them. And all among the green, green
vegetation of the valley are the little
white houses with their green blinds,
as trim and neat as dolls village
They are made of the coral rock sawn
into squares in the quarry you will
pass on your way. The rock Is soft
and cuts almost like cheese when it
Is taken from the bed, but it hardens
into a cement-like hardness and en-
dures forever apparently. And as you
ride, there to the left of you twinkles
the old ocean, now hiding behind a
bluff or a thick grove, and then shin.
mering forth again, blue and beautiful.
Possibly you leave your wheel by the
roadside and go down to the beach
to see the cauldrons, as they are
called. These are queer, coral forma.
tions like great kettles. into which the
tide rushes and retreats with the ap.
pearance of boiling up from the still
seas.
1t was in 1909 that Sir George
Somers landed on Bermuda, and that
means that this year sees the ter
centennial of the all important event.
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on your bicycle, say, and determined
to see something of the islands.
If all the stories you have read of
the islands are true, there is much to
see. OF course. you have looked over
Washington Irving's essay in which he
tells of the Three Kings who were
wrecked on these islands and found
a huge mass of ambergris, quarreled
over it, and two were about to fight,
when the third hid the weapons. The
treasure was confiscated by the COM
pany which then owned the islands,
so that when their ship called, the
three kings were none the richer for
their contested wealth. You have
heard of Tom Moore. the poet who
spent much time here, and who had a
house in Bermuda, which is still point
ed out to the visitor. You have heard
of the lagoon across which the singer
rowed his boat of an evening to call
upon his lady at the other side. Then
there are all those stories of how Sir
George Somers first drifted ashore on
the islands that up to that time had
been spoken of in whispers as inhab-
tied by wicked spirits whose chief joy
was to wreck the little vessels that
winged thither. Back to Shake
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A POINT TO LOOK TO.

When man swears himself into
matrimony. he is allowed to submit
any sort of testimony. and none of It
is seriously impugned.
But when he swears himself out, he
is narrowly limited to the beggarly
facts, and moreover must endure the
merciless hammering of crafty law
yers bent on discrediting him.
Might 1t not effect saving of heart
aches to fortify our girls somewhat
with n techinicand av dane anb an
when they are wooed, they may the
quicker detect the incompetent, the
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visitors increases every season. At
most of the lodges whites are cordially
welcomed and treated with every con-
sideration. II Is unfortunate, however.
that members of the superior" race
so often show Themselves inferior to
the untutored aborigines in good man.
ners. The average white man and
white woman seem entirely unable to
comprehend that even an Indian is
human being and peer and pry into
secret places and private affairs in a
way that is very likely to call forth a
merited. but always dignified, rebuke.
The Indian finds 1t hard to tolerate
the impertinence and soulless curios-
ity of the average tourist, and some
times makes known his displeasure by
means of dramatic pantomimes that
are rather terrifying to persons who
see realistic imitation of scalp lift
ing performed for the first time.
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until changed by order of the presi.
dent.
LAS for the assertion that there is
no legal provision for any technical
officer upon whom would devolve the
responsibility for the military eff
cheney of the navy, respectfully sug-
gest that technical officers are provid-
ed in the heads of bureaus and the CO.
ordination of the work of these bu-
reaus provided for by the establish
ment of the board of construction con-
sisting of five line officers of high
rank. Further, that the present organ
ization of the department consists,
first, of the secretary and of the gen.
eral board, whose duties are pre-.
scribed in the regulations and which
has to do with the military and per-
sonnel side of the navy, and of the
board of construction, which has to do
with the material side as it affects the
design, construction and repair of ves-
sells. The chief of the bureau of navi-
cation acts as the chief naval adviser
of the secretary of the navy, and all
military orders are issued through
him, and on important matters after
receiving the advice of the general
board, of which he is a member"