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Aaains, National Inheritance Tax.

Mr.. Howell In the House. presented
the following resolution. the occasion
for which is President Taft's recent
message to Congress advising a ma
tionaI tax on inheritanccs'
Whereas. the several states are
now taxing inheritanCcs with marked
success and need all the revenue that
can properly be drawn from this
source. and
Whereas. the federal government
readily raises additional revenue when
required from other sources: there
fore. be 1t
Resolved. by the General Assembly
of tho State OF Colorado.
"First-That the taxation OF inheri.
tanccs should be reserved to the sew
eral states as source Of revenue for
their exclusive use and benefit.
Second That the General Assem-.
bly, OF the state OF Colorado hereby re-
spectfully request and urge the sena.
tors and repr, sentatives Of the state
of Colorado in the Congress of the
United States to support a properly
drawn Joint resolution. when proposed
for adoption in the two houses of the
Congress, declaring 1t to be the policy
OF the federal government to refrain
from the taxation OF inhoritanCos for
federal purposes TO reserve this source
of revenue for the exclusive use and
benefit of the several states.
"Third-That the senators and rep
resentatives of the state of Colorado
n rnnuraGS n
with all their vigor any measure which
will give to the national government
the taxation of inheritanccs."
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Piccinq Out the Prayer.

or curious prayers writer says: !
have heard layman utter this petite,
during the prayer: %, Lord, be thOl
with us in our upsittings an our doEa'
risings'-a variant OF the text In TIE
psalms. Thou knowest my downat
tings and mine uprisings. A minisis
occasionally introduced Latin SET
tence into his prayer. and forlhSh
proceeded to translate It. Another nit
lister In his early days experienced COZ
siderable difficulty with the long prass'
before the sermon. In noncontoFmis
churches this usually occupies qua
ter of an hour, but long before this p
riod had been reached he was Wouha
up. On one occasion, while in this d
lemma. he startled his hearers Win us
words: And now. o Lord, | VIII "
late unto thee little anecdote!
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
House Proceedings March 18th.

Bills passed on third reading:
II. B. 613. Walbridge-For State Ge.
illogical Survey.
H. B. iGl. Garman-To make more
effective the Inheritance tax law.
II. B. II. Weaver-Relicf of paroed
prisoners.
S. B. ss, Cary-lnspection OF live
stock.
H. B. 115, Hilts-Completion of the
capitol.
H. B. 276. Hicks-Compel support of
wives and children.
H. B. 344, llesfield-Probation of.
ficers.
H. B. 345-Payment OF condemnation
expenses at insane asylum.
H. B. 376. Whiting-Appropria S..
900 for buying Of diphtheria anti-toxin.
H. BIS 4S0 and $40. Hiltz-Reduce
fees in assessors and sheriff's office
in Denver.
H. B. 5O1-For school teachers
retirement fund
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The Joint subcommittee of III"
House and Senate have reported the
following apportioument OF represen'
tatives.
Denver. II; Pueblo. ;; FL Paso, g..
Teller. .. Las Animas. .. Boulder. 2:
Weld. 2: Lake. > Archuleta. and Con
ejos. /; Bent. and Kiowa, Chaffee,
y: Fremont. /: Chafree and Fremont,
y: Clear Creek. /; Custer, |. Sagu-
ache. . Costllln and HuerfanO, i;
Delta, /: Douglas. !: Adams, Arapa.
hoe and Washington. l. Dolores and
Mont"zuma. / Eagle. /. Garfield. l..
Gilpin. L. GuHuisun. /: Hinsdale and
Mineral. !: jefferson. ! Park, |: La
Plata. ! Larimer. /: Mesa. l; Mont.
rose. /: Otero. |; Ouray. | Pitkin, l.;
San Juan. /; San Miguel. l. Powers
and Baca. l. Routt and Rio Blanco. L;
Grand, Summit and North Park. !. F.
bert. Lincoln. Kit Carson and Chey'
enne. /, Morgan. Logan. Sedgwick and
Phillips. l : Rio Grande. |.
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PRosAIc ENDING OF DREAM
Nevertheless, Editor Believes u r'r
tends Some Good Luck.

fhe dream OF an unknown kan'"
editor:
She was dressed in green, and ser
pent of old gold and with red eye
encircled her arm. Her hair was 'e'!
black and loose. Her eyes, black AI'
deep. seemed to search me thFous,
as she held my hand in hers az.
looked up from the palm she had oe''
reading. :.
Your death will come suddehH
she said.
win it be a railroad collision :"
hotel fire." we inquired.
81 cannot say" she said, but II VI"
be so sudden as to be painless.
Just then We awoke, because souI
body was punching us in the rios ~. y.
saying: Get on your side OF .s
bed and let me have my share o' -
quilts" {.
But we have been thinking aoou.
since, and We believe SOMEBODY
ing to pay his subscription IN aa''A'
Kansas City Journal.
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ArabelIa.

day. However, | shall now take you
to the ship. Mr.. Vernon. l have room
for you"
Thank you, sir" responded Giles
very gratefully. but have a pressing
engagement on shore-a matter of i'm.
portant business" at which saw the
suspicion OF a grin on the admirals
homely old face. He said little to me
until We were in the great cabin of
the Ajax. For myself, ! can only say
that | was so awed by the beauty. the
majesty, the splendor of one of the
finest ships Of the line in the world,
that was dumb with delight and
amazement. Once in the cabin, the
admiral asked me about my means
and my outfit. l burst out with the
whole story of what occurred in the
haberdasher's shop. at which Sir Peter
looked very solemn, and lectured me
upon the recklessness of my conduct
in ordering things with no money to
pay for them, and followed 1t up with
an offer to fit me out handsomely.
This | accepted with the utmost graft
tude, and in day or two | found my
self established as one of his majesty's
midshipmen in the cockpit of the
Ajax, and l began to see life.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE
NOW IN SESSION AT DENVER
New County Bills Killed.

The House on the 18th inst. killed
bills that provided for the creation OF
five new counties The counties
killed were:
Bryan county out of Adams. Arapa'
hoe and Ebert counties.
Holt county out of Elbert and III
Paso counties.
La Veta county ou' OF IIuerfano and
Costilla counties.
Alamosa county out OF Conejos anu
COstilla counties.
Boone county out OF Elbert. I'll faso
and Douglas counties.
The sharpest contests were over the
Huerfano county division to create
the county OF La Veta and over the
division OF Conejos and Costiila coun'
ties 10 create the county Of Alamosh.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
ITS AN ExTRAvAGANT AGE.
Comments on Expensive Clothing by
the City Mans Father.

A man from an old-fashioned Mis-.
souri, town came to Kansas City re.
Gently to visit his son, says the Kan
sas City Times. While on street car
one day a strong breeze removed the
young mans straw hat. 1t landed in a
pool of muddy water.
-Four dollars gone, said the young
man.
His father whistled. DO you pay
four dollars for a straw hat?" he in
quired.
Always have done it," was the an.
swer.
IT'S the extravagant age" COM
mented the father. 81 never paid more
than dollar for straw hat in my
life. And l recall the day when you
only paid so cents for yours. Russell
Sage once said that man who gave
more than that for straw hat was a
fool"
II know, father; but everything
costs more now. We wear better hats,
too. The price Of hat Is not out Of
proportion to the cost of other things.
I pay 25 cents for my collar, one dollar
for tie, $3.50 for shirt, so cents for
pair Of socks, five dollars for pair
Of shoes, $40 for suit Of clothes and
six dollars for underwear. With the
hat that brings my personal apparel
up to about $50 for a set. That's NO
more than any man who pretends to
dress pays"
Father was silent for long time.
Son." he said finally, II remember
when so cents was the value Of your
entire wardrobe. Your hickory hat
cost q nickel, your shirt waist quar-.
ter and your pants the some amount.
You wore only the three garments IN
summer. And you were just - happy
then - now"
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time to pay for the things. Then,
acknowledge. was at loss. The
shopman. suddenly changing his tone,
cried out to my companion:
MFR. Giles Vernon, | remember the
last REFER you brought here bought
near boatload and paid with the fore
sail. as you gentlemen Of the sea call
it, ! will not be done this time, | as
sure you
At this. Giles Vernon promptly drew
his sword. which did not disturb the
shopman in the least. as | found out
afterward: young gentlemen OF Giles
age and rank. in Portsmouth, drew
their swords whenever they could not
draw their purses. But | was very
unhappy. not on Giles account, but on
that OF the poor shopman. whom | eN'
pected 10 see weltering in his blood,
After wordy war. Giles left the shop,
taking me with him. and menacinG
the shopman. In case the purchases
had ordered did not come aboard the
Ajax that night.
thought II wise to suggest that
should now go aboard, as It was well
on TO three o'clock. Giles agreed with
me. had forgotten TO ask him what
ship he was attached TO. but II sud
denly occurred to me that he. too
might be in the Ajax. and asked him.
Imagine my delight when he said yes,
But II the admiral does not be,
have himself better" he added. and
II the captain does not ask me TO din
ner oftener than he has been doing
lately. | shall prefer charges against
both OF them. have been assured
by the lord in admiralty that any re,
quest OF mine will he regarded as an
order by them. and shall request that
Admiral Hawkshaw and Capt. Giul
ford be relieved OF their commands"
BY that time we had reached the
water and there. stepping into n splen
did. eight-oared barge. | saw Sir Peter
Hawk shaw He caught sight of us al
the same moment, and the change In
Giles Vernon's manner was what
might have been expected. He was
even more modest and deferentia
shan |. as We advanced.
Here you are" pleasantly cried tn,
admiral TO me. You ran away sc
fast t'other day. that had no chance
TO give you any directions. and
scarcely expected you TO turn up to
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
CHAPTER u.

My introduction into the cockpit of
the Ajax was pretty much that of
every other REFER in his majesty's
navy. l was, of course, told that I
showed the most brazen presumption
in daring to wish to enter the naval
service; that l ought to be a choir
boy at St Paul's; that haymaking was
my profession by nature. to say moth
ing of an exchange of black eyes and
bloody noses with every midshipman
Of my size in the cockpit. Through
all this Giles Vernon was my chief
tormentor and best friend. He pro-
claimed the fact of my drysalting an
cestry, and when I impudently re-
minded him that was the grandson
of baronet, he gave me one kick for
the drysalter and two for the baronet.
He showed me battered old cooked
hat hung up on a nail in the steerage
country.
DO you see that hat, yol young
rapscallion?" he asked.
replied that did, and a shocking
bad hat it was, too.
That hat was once the property Of
that old pirate and buccaneer, Sir Peter
Hawkshaw, vice-admiral Of the White.
1t is named after him, and whenever
his conduct displeases the Junior Of
hcers on this ship-which 1t generally
does-that hat, dear boy, is kicked and
cursed ~ q proxy for your respected
non was undoubtedly the smartest Of
dcsr among them and cock Of the
walk between decks. He had innu-
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
Home for Mental Detectives.

Mrs. James Williams plan to estab.
lish state home for mental detectives
has been endorsed by the state board
OF health. Mrs. Williams plan has
been embodied in a bill pending before
the Legislature. 1t was introduced in
the state Senate. Another bill has
been reported out by the House COM
mittse. which would establish the pro
posed home At Fort Morgan. Mrs.
Williams bill would locate the home
on some school land near ArvadA.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
Would Solve Salary Problem.

The finance committee Of the Sen
ate has united with the appropriations
committee Of the House in asking At.
torney General Barnett question.
This is whether the present lesisla.
turc may not provide for paying the
salaries OF state house officers during
the first four months of the next
biennial period. Each Legislature
that meets finds that salaries stopped
the previous November goth. that be.
ing the end of the fiscal year. making
necessary the usual short" appropria.
tion bill to provide salaries during
four months.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
LESS MEAT
Advice Of Family Physician

Formerly people thought meat w. Nv
essary for strength and mus''
yigor.
The man who worked hard was ~
posed to require meat two or
times day. Science has founa
differently. -.
1t is now a common thing for az.
lily physician to order less meat, - -
the following letter from a N. \; Az S,,|
Il had suffered for years wltn ~
pepsia and nervousness. MY pnysN, an,
advised me to eat less meat ~,
greasy foods generally. / tried se,r '.rs
things to take the place OF my ~ \.
breakfast Of chops, fried potatoes, s..n
but got no relief until / tried VI"
Nuts food. a
After using Grape-Nuts for
cereal part Of my meals for two ~ III
l am now well man. Grapea
benefited my health far more .l ..p
$600.e0 worth of medicine nAu
before. -v,,
my wife and children are heaa
than they had been for years, An
are very happy family, largely y"
Grape-Nuts.
I'VE have been 30 much Des -
by Grape-Nuts that 1t wouio
grateful not to acknowledge J. pI
Name given by Postum GO, N
Creek. Mich. Read 1.-THE ROAD -
ville." In pkgs. There's Ke1
Ever read the akove lettSs
are Gsnuiao, tHuss aAl fsA
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Bills to Be Reported.

The Senate judiciary committee on
the 18th inst. decided to report out the
Senate bill regulating employment,
agencies and one Of the humane soci.
ETY. bills providing for the support -,
children by their parents. It make,
the present law more strict. But an
otner humane society bill, providinp o
Tor the criminal prosecution Of parents
VINO allowed their children to becoms
oeiinquent, was held in COMMITTEES and
VIII not be reported out. '
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
Some Resemblance.

A little girl In n California publ:
school complained to her teacher th,.
Mexican boy had struck her. II.
teacher took Joe. the only MeIIcl,
boy In the school. sharply to task 70,
the offense. but the boy denied It
Mary" said the teacher. Joe sayI
he didn't strike you"
oh. no." said Mary. 'twant Joe;
twuz that tother boy over there" an.
she pointed to the blacklist Of neg's
boys in the school.
But. Mary. that boy isn't a Mst
can" said the teacher.
Well. anyhow" said Mary. "hsi
very much tanned"
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
Governors Veto Sustained.

The House by vote of 81, which
is less than the necessary twothirds.
as opposed to "a, sustained the veto
OF Governor Shafroth on bill by
senator Burger TO appropriate s35, 900
Tor workshop for the blind and for
the purchase of lands. The veto did
not apply to the $4,000 appropriation
to sustain the workshop.
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the need of a spe.
cial remedy TO IA
heve and cure n.
congestion or IN.
hammation OF Ii,
Kidneys that Is IN.
terfering with theI,
work and causIr,
that pain thai
makes You say,
"Oh. my back"
Thompson Wa
kins. professIoal
nurse, 420 n. al
St, Parsons. Ka,sI
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Three Appointments Confirmed.

Three appointments were made by
Governor Shafroth on the 18th inst.
and promptly confirmed by the Senate.
Joseph A. Thatcher of Denver and
George \. Houston of Greeley were ap.
pointed members OF the board OF trus.
tees for the State Normal School.
Joseph II. Maupin of Canon City
was made member of the board OF
penitentiary commissioners. to sue.
coed George Stracy.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
Appropriation Bill.

The joint finance committees have
agreed ON the appropriations for the
various state institutions for the next
two years and within few days the
appropriation bill will be presented in
the House. 81 .6Oi. 53l .03 Is the total
distributed among the institutions as
compared with sl.i2O.67l.96 two years
ago The distribution as compared
with two years ago is as follows:
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
No Chance for Race Gamhlinu,

Whatever hopes some people may
have had that horse racing and book.
making would be legalized in Colorado
have been blasted by Governor Shat.
roth. The governor is said to have
emphatically stated to several people
who sounded him on the subject that
no matter what bill legalizing race
track gambling is passed it will be
vetoed
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
Nominations by Convention

By vote of 10 to 16 the Senate on
the 18th inst. adopted the McCue
amendments to sections 4. 5 and 6 of
the Scott-Hicks direct primary bill.
providing that nominations for
primary tickets shall be both by
convention and petition, instead of nv
petition alone. as the bill originally
stood.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
Appeal Of state University.

A delegation representing the State
University urged the Senate finance
committee to recommend $4,000 for
research work. The delegation was
led by President Baker and Franklin
Guiterman, both Of whom made
speeches.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26

says: For some time | was an
noyed with sharp twinges across N.
small OF my back and irregular ps.
sages OF the kidney secretions SIM.
using Doan's Kidney Pills | am m.
from these troubles"
Sold by all dealers. so cents bo,
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, n. Y.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
SYNOPSIS.
0lo0ADo
tcopyrishi, l9od, Bobbs- MeFrIl Coz

At u years OF age Admiral Sir Peter
HawiIshaw's nephew frll deeply in love
a. firrt sight with Lady Arab"lla Stor-
mont who spurned his attentions. The
lad. an orphan, was given "A berth As mid
-hiptnan on the Ajax hy his uncle. Giles
Vernon nephew OF Sir Thomas Vernon.
became the boys pal
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
sAcKAcHE 10 KIoNEyAcH..
Usually There Are Other Trouble, =.
Prove II.

Pain In tho back is pain In the in
neys, In most cases. and 1t poIntv !.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
FlDO DULY WARNED.

Look here. Ffdo. If you can't be ,
better horse than this | shall have to
discharge you an get an automobIle,'
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
Proposed Reapportionment.

Totals ...........si,t2o.S7I $500 sal
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-27
FLOOD OF BABIES IN
PRUSSIA is ABATING
No Longer Leads the World in
Birth Rate

The contrast has so often been drawn
between the diminishing population of
France and the steadily increasing pop
ulation of Prussia that it is something
of a surprise to learn from the recently
published statistics that the birth rate
in Prussia has ceased to advance by
leaps and bounds.
From the figures it appears that the
total Of births in Prussia in 1907 was
nearly 1000 under the total for 1908.
The proportion of births in 1905 was
lust over S5 per thousand; in 1905 it
was 93%; in 1906 exactly "a, and In
1907 about 1874.
It is true that the rate is still very
high when compared with the rest of
Europe, but, none the less, it is now on
the down grade, and the prophecy of
the pan-Germans that the empire would
very shortly contain 70000,0o0 or even
10000, 600 of inhabitants, looks as If il
would not be so rapidly fulfilled as was
expected five years ago.
The percentage of births in Berlin is
now about half of what it was 80 years
ago, but that was in the days of ex-
pansion after the Franco German war,
and like other great towns, Berlin is
showing that ii is unable to maintain
its rate of increase without assistance
from immigration.
Even in the most prolific parts of
Prussia such as Westphalia, the popu-
lation has remained stationary for some
time past, and it is evident that in Ger
many, as elsewhere, the causes which
make for a falling birth rate are gain
ing in trength.-London GRbe.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-27
BIRTH RATE OF FRANCE
NOW EXCEEDS DEATH
Marriages Increase but Divorces
Grow i'm Proportion

Unlike the year 1907, when the num-
Der of deaths in France was greater
than the births, the statistics for the
year 1903 show an increase of 46.441
births over deaths 1t is principally
due to a diminution in the number
of deaths that there is this apparent
increase in the births.
In other words. according to a Paris
paper. the number of deaths is fewer
by 1926 than in the year 1907 so,
taking the two years together, the
number of births has only been aug
mented by 1867. The relative increase
per 10 900 persons from 1901 to 1905
was 49, Then ii fell to in 1906. In
1907 there was diminution of per
10000 persons, and in 1908 1T had
mounted again to u.
In 1908 there We're 1923 marriages
in France registered. This is the high
est number since 1873. when 321, ,238
weddings were celebrated. The num-
Der of marriages recently has gone on
increasing. In 1904 the number was
153 per 10000 Of the population. In
1904 il was 160, and last year 161.
On the other hand. the number of
divorces registered shows a constant
and, one might say, an appalling in
crease. In 1903 the figures show that
there were II, ,515 divorces, in place OF
1O,93S in 1907, but it must be borne
in mind that divorce is easier in France
than in this country Intoxication of
the husband in the presence of his
wife is, we believe, a ground of ac-
tion.-London Globe.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-27
sNOBBIsH THEATER PUBLIC

Syracuse. Sicily, has. according to the
GiOrnaIe di Stella, the most snobbish
theater public in the world. and TO IL
lustrate the contention that paper says:
"Catalanis opera. 'Wally' founded on
Wilhelmina Won Hillern's 'Gaier Wally'
had its first performance in Syracuse
recently before an audience which filed
the theater to the doors. The impre-
sariO had invited a great many men
and women who belonged to the city's
best society. The next night. however,
when admission fees were required, the
house was empty. This was nothing
new because people who belong to what
is known as the better class. particu-
larly the women. will occupy only
such nlaces as are In proximity to
those in which the nobility sit To be
in the parquet. where she might have
as her neighbor a tailor. butcher or
barber. would be unspeakable. and to
guard against such a contingency the
Syracuse woman denies herself the
pleasure Of the drama and Of the opera
and this despite the ridicule in which
the papers have indulged on that ac-
count"
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-27
OSAGE INDIANS FLEECE
TWO POKER SHARPS
Converse in Native Tongue and
COnfide Hands to Each Other

Homer Needles of Muskogee. Okla,
brought with him prize poker story.
He declares it to be accurate as to
facts
THE Usage Indians delight in the
gay American game of poker" said
Needles. "Often they play for large
stakes. This is true Immediately
after they receive payments from the
government. The receipt of the money
is q sure indication that the big bucks
and the little bucks as well will gather
around blanket-not the green cloth
this time-and play what is known in
poker par1ance as 'freezeout. They
call 1t by some other name.
The 'buyout' runs all the way from
500 to $500. Hearing of the large
stakes and thinking it would be an ex-
cellent opportunity to annex little Of
the free and easy Indian money. a
couple of fellows from Arkansas City,
Kan, drifted down into the Usage ma
tion, arriving there just in time to get
hand in the big game. The visitors
had been told that a few hundred dol
lars in gold and silver was a heap
more fascinating to the Indians than
would be certified checks for thou
sands So they came loaded down with
GULL IHeS eApSCleu u iiIo d Special
train to carry away their winnings.
''The game began. The Indians sat
stolid of countenance Now and then
a buck would grunt out a few words in
his native tongue which would not be
understood by the strangers. If they
had understood they would have been
wiser at least, if not richer. The In
dains were telling each other what
they held in their hands. Also they
were telling each other whenever pos
sible what the strangers were holding.
The system enabled all the Indians
excepting the one holding the largest
hand to drop out. A few minutes of
this sort of playing was all that was
required to strap the visitors. They
never knew how it happened until they
were put next by man who had gone
up against the game himself. Wash
ington Post.