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The National tribune., 1909-05-20

Prof. H. E. Barnard. Indiana state
Chemist. enters into the benzoate dis
cussion on the side of the benzoate. He
says that he finds more acetic acid and
spices in those where the benzoate is
not used than in those in which 1t Ii.
Also much more sugar. At the same
time he admits that the water is pres
ent in the preserved specimens in much
larger quantities than in the unben-
zoated. The total solid contents of the
unbenzoated goods averages 1888 per
cent, while that in which the benzoate
had been used the solid contents were
1918 per cent; that is, the men who
have used benzoate of soda are selling
their customers a great deal more wa
ter and less real material than those
who do not use benzoate. and depend
upon the density of their product to
preserve 1t.
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

The extremes of wickedness in the
crime of larceny we're illustrated last
week by tSo cases. One man in Aka
bama was arrested for robbing a gas
meter of 81. Miles down in the grade
of wickedness were the scoundrels who
stole $1,000 from the Catholic Church
extension car-money which had been
contributed out of their slender earn
ings by poor people in their zeal for the
spread of religion.
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

A new health fad is called the ade-
mold movement. This is to teach chill
dren and others not to breath thru their
mouths, but their noses. The apostle
of the movement is DR.. ]. I. Case. of
Battle Creek, Mich, and he makes a
formidable Indictment against breathe
ing thru the mouth He says that
mouth breathers walSen in the morning
with open, dry mouth. foul-smelling
breath, persistent hoarseness, sometimes
headaches and loss of appetite. It
changes the expression of the face. the
nose becomes pinched, the root fiat
tened. the lips thickened and the uppe'
one so shortened that the teeth show.
the inner corner of the eyes are drawn
down, the eyelids droop, and so on. He
wants a general movement thruout the
schools to teach the dangers of mouth
breathing.
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

Judge Pollock, of the Cass County
On. ID District Court, has rendered
decision which will prevent the sale of
bleached flour within the State, and is
regarded as victory for Prof. Ladd
and the anti-bleachinS crusade. The
Judge affirmed that the law prohibiting
the sale of bleached flour was within
the police power of the State, and the
question of whether the use of nitro
gen peroxide was poisonous or not did
not enter. but that it colored the -four
so as to deceive or misiead the pur-
chaser.
The National tribune., 1909-05-20
An Ideal Snnf.

The Commander of the Department.
Of Florida. G. A. R., writes:
Editor National Tribune: I am much
interested In your st. Cloud colony. and
as sQon - you have enough old soldiers
thsrS will take great pleasure in orran,,
i4ine Post. After residence OF Al
years In Florida can truly say It Is an
ideal spot for an cid soldier.-Jamee
Skinner, Commander. Department Of
Florida. Gainesville. Fla, +, o. addreas
Archer, Fla.
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

We certainly believe that the manu-
facturer who puts benzoate of soda in
his goods should be compelled to state
the fact upon the label. 1t is some
thing that does rot naturally belong
there. and the purchaser should be no
titled of its presence. If it is as harm
less as represented, the manufacturer
has no reason to object to stating its
addition to the other materials.
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

Thru WI Ting-Fang, the Chinese
Minister, the Chinese Government mas
expressed to the State Department ITS
appreciation of the courtesy of the Unit
ed States in delegating representative
TO attend the funeral of the late En-
speror. American Minister Rockhill. at
Peking, acted in that capacity.
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

= The gentry who are so persistent that
the tariff is the cause of trusts strange
IL overlooked the grasping Ice Trust.
get there is nothing freer in the world
than ice II man is dissatisfied with
the trust exactions. all he had to do is
II run up North and tow an iceberg
down, and no revenue officer would dare
cast his ugly eye upon it when it ap-
peared in the harbor.
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

The Chicago Tribune says that some
of the newly arrived Italian Immigrants
mistake Logan's Statue for either an
old crusader, Garibaldi or perharS CHI
Cages patron saint. 1t is not an infre-
quent thing to see them take off their
hats. reverently cross themselves and
kneeling in prayer for as long as 10
minutes
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

Some peace has come to PennSylva-
MIA in the settlement of the location of
the Matthew Quay statue. The Legis-
lature passed joint resolution to place
the statue in the rotunda Of the Capitol.
and it became a law without the Gov
ernor's signature The only question
now open is whether the Governor
wittingIy or unwittingly omitted 10 affix
his signature.
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

The Governor of Pennsylvania mas
now signed the general food law. which
permits the use of benzoate OF soda ana
also of sulphur in dried fruits and mo-
lasses. Alum is prohibited.
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

A doctor has given a fearful warning
to parents who allow their children 10
b, suck their thumbs. He says they are
likely to be cigaret suckers when they
grow up~
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

The Norfolk Virginian Pilot has
counted 777 different kinds OF DEM
ocrats. and still is not at all sure it mas
foupd the real old Jeffersonian article
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

English Judges have started move
ment which may and should extend to
this country by declaring void patents
that have not been worked Patents
are granted to encourage inventors
and industry. 1t was never intended
that they should discourage both, by
being held as a club over the heads of
men who want to invent and produce.
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

Sea water contains only S1s per cent
OF salt. and yet If the sea water were all
-evaporated it would leave salt enough
to cover the entire globe to the dis
lance of 200 feet A large portion of
the globe must have been originally
salt, and the .volcanos are continually
throwing out great quantities of this
substance
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

Apparently Wisconsin will have none
of woman suffrage. After a long con.
sideration OF the subject the bill to give
women a vote was killed in the Lower
House by the decisive vote Of So to "a.
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

The failure of justice in the matter
of Thornton Jenkins Hains, the access
sorry to the murder of VIM. E. Annis,
has been partially repaired by a verdict
of guilty in the case of Capt. Peter C.
Hams and subsequent sentence to the
penitentiary. The sentence is an inde-
terminate one. with the minimum pc
riod of imprisonment of eight years and
a maximum Of 16 years. This time
must be spent at hard labor. Both Capt.
Hams and his brother richly deserved
the electric chair. but justice will have
to be satisfied with some years of hard
labor in prison uniform by the man
who deliberately plotted and carried
out cold-biooded murder. In impos-
ing the sentence Judge Garretson laid
trine that no man could be allowed to
assume the Office Of judge and execu-
toner for some wrong or fancied wrong
done him. While this is a fundamental
principle old as organized society. 1t Is
quite necessary that it shall be reiter-
dleu lfouiAAineeo eiAiiS dHu given point
by such q sentence as that upon Capt.
Hams After all. the penalty is sufl-
cient to osobe deterrent to similar hot
spirited gentlemen who want to parade
as killers. Hams loses his position in
the Army. will spend the better Part of
his life at hard and extremely unpleas-
ant employment with crushing sur
roundings, and IL he should survive
will be an outcast from the circles that
he was proud to mingle with. To a
man Of right feeling this is worse than
death ITSELF
The National tribune., 1909-05-20
WASHINGTON. D. c.. MAY 20, 1909.
NOTICE.

When you send in your subscription
e1ways state whether renewal or new
subscriber.
When YOU renew from another post
office give former address as well.
= When change of address Is desired be
sure to give former address.
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

Another leading paper. the Nichi-
bei-shuho, sneers at any suggestion that
boycott exists. Japan is too eager for
United States trade to do anything Of
that kind. The United States is Japan's
best customer, and certainly 1t Ia not
going to make ruct.on with her over
the small amount OF canned goods
which are brought from the Pacific
Coast
The National tribune., 1909-05-20
The Japanese papers deny the. ac-

The Japanese papers deny the ac-
cusation that. like Germany. they. are
administering their pure-food laws to
keep out American goods. especially
fruit and canned goods. The Jiii. the
most influential paper in the country.
says that the proportion of American
goods rejected under the health law 10
much smaller than that from any other
country. The jill gives the following
table of anumber of recent inspections
Of canned goods:
No. varie- No. varie~
The National tribune., 1909-05-20
ID )9l
THE ST. ALBANS RAID.

Roberts Post, of Rutland. VT. is re-
ceiving nmanys congratulations for its
prompt protest against extending an
invitatiqh toS,Bennett H. Young to be
present lat the tercentenary OF the as
covery of Lake Champlain. Among oth-
ers is letterf9rom man In Louisville,
who signs himself "a Confederate Sol
dier and not a Thief or Deserter."
The letter says:
IF ydu want to know something OF
Bennett Young. see Nicolay and Hay
Life Of Lincoln You VIII hnd IT IN
the Century Magazine of August, 1889.
pages 55S and $50.
"It is true he has acquired money;
but how? Get Masonic Lodge in your
city to write to one in Louisville, and
think you will find out his status.
Capt. Jas. B. Clay ran the blockade
during the war to visit his father, who
died in Canada. Capt. Clay carried the
commission as a c. s. A. soldier to
Young. This was some time after the
st. Albans robbery was committed.
IF man stealing my chickens shot
my neighbor, religion might tell ME to
forgive him if he repented. Put don't
think I'd want to invite him to family
dinner"
Examination into history reveals the
fact that at the time he made his raid
Bennett H. Young was not connected
with the Confederate army in any way,
and that the commission purporting to
have been given him was something in
all probability faxed up after his Of
fense and given to the Canadian author
tiles to furnish them a pretext for dis
charging him from custody. Almost
certainly he had no commission when
he committed the act, because we find
in the War Records an appeal from his
attorney to the Confederate Govern
ment to send him q commission and
authorize his acts. and his attorney
states rather naiveIy that Young said
that he intended to turn the money
which he took from the banks over to
the Confederate Treasury. 1t will be
remembered that this intention seems
to have come after he was captured,
and when he was trying to get ont Of
prison.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14

The voters of La Plata county went
like flock of sheep last fall. In some
respects they cannot be blamed Blu;
we are confident they will Lot stand
much foolishness and win administer
singing rebuke should the iffnirs
of the county be conducted along ex
travagant lines or the driving out oi
industries. Last fall hundreds OF vot
crs, Republicans as well as Democrats
were disgusted with the policy Of the
administration in the secret service
Investigations, also with county an6
state manipulation Of primaries ond
conventions. and voted straight Dem
ocratic ticket. They took this method
of registering their opposition to poll
cies that were objectionfb,e in che
face OF clean and commGndabie local
Republican nominees We are gcins
to trust for the best in the interests
OF the people as whols. Republican
principles are bound to prevail In
Colorado, however, because the people
OF the state are progressive and the
voters of La Plata county will get bach
into line by another two years.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14

San Miguel county Jared pretty vel
at this session of the Legislature. Be
sides our representative, Judge J. NJ
Wardlaw. San Miguel county boasts
the presiding officer of the senate and
lieutenant governor, and two good
clerkships. One OF these in the sen
ate went to Mrs. Rowena Rothwell and
the other to Emmett Hogan in the
house. Judge Wardlaw was made per.
manent chairman of the Democratic
caucus for the session. Few counties
on the eastern slope and none on the
western slope, received quite the prom
inence as did San Miguel in this ses.
sion.-Telluride Journal.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14

At the close of business on Wednes.
day of this week the Citizens bank
had on deposit the sum of $107. 1859,
and the total available cash on hand,
either In actual money or in other
banks was sSl.37S.53. The bank be-
gan business on March / last and was
therefore only ten months old when
The directors met last Saturday and
declared dividend OF per cent, be.
sides setting aside $500 az undivided
profits. On Monday the stockholders
met and reelected the old board Of
directors, as follows: e. e. Hatcher,
a. ]. Nossaman, J. l.. Dowell. ]. s.
Hatcher. M. M. Parr. w. W. Nossa.
man and Fred Catchpole. A. J. Nos
saman was reelected president. ]. 8.
Hatcher vice president and Fred
Catchpole cashier. L. J. Catchpole
was elected assistant cashier.-Pagosa
Springs New Era.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14

Good reports continue to come down
from the hill from the Crawford
mines In the Red Mountain district
and orders have been sent In by
Otto Mears to keep the railroad open
Just as long as men and snow plowa
can do 1t. This will enable these
mines, the San Antonio. and others
to continue shipping yet while and
TO get up needed fuel and supplies
The last shipment from the Genesee
was very good one, running high
In values. Mr.. Crawford intends to
make a splendid showing up there
next season. and as he has the mines
the ore and the know how" there Is
no reason why he should not. for he
is famous rustler and never quits
or lays down.-Ouray Plaindealer.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14
U. s. RAPIDLY REpEEMs
DESERT eoiL OF WEST
William E. Curtis Describes Plan, up.
der Way for Retaining 2,2s2-
346 Acres.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.=The work
OF the reclamation service which since
June 20. 1903. has been engaged In con-
structing irrigation reservoirs and ca
nails upon the arid sections of the
west. has now reached a point where
results can be enumerated without
boasting. Thirty-one different enter.
prises have been In progress, OF which
nine are entirely completed and ten
more are more than half done. Ac-
cording to Secretary Garfield's annual
report, 978,365 acres are already ir-
rigated by 1880 miles of canals. There
have been 47,038.620 cubic yards of
earth excavated and more than five
million cubic yards of rock. Three
hundred and seventy-four miles OF
road have been built, 82,279 feet of
tunnels and reservoirs have been con-
structed with total capacity of 379,.
100 acre-feet Of water. The cost OF the
land purchased to carry out these en-.
terprises has been 81 ,612.641.
| The total area that will be redeem
ed when the entire thirty-one enter.
prises are completed will be 2,292,346
acres and the estimated cost will be
SS9,431 500, of which $42,091 900 has
already been expended.
| hio iuOuCy HAD nOl COLue ITOIn the
public treasury, but has been derived
from the sale Of public lands. and un
der the provisions of the law every
dollar will be eventually repaid by the
| sale of the irrigated land at an ap
praisement covering the cost of the
work. AS fast as one of these enter
prises is completed the land is sold
by the government at a price equiva
| lent to the actual expenditure, and
when the entire tract is disposed oil
the irrigation work and everything
that appertains thereto are turned
\ over to an organization of the land
holders to be managed by committee
OF their own selection for their owl
profit. In other words the governmen,
advances the money. does the work
and collects In annual fnstallments the
amount Of the cost from the future
owners of the land that is irrigated
The money collected goes into a per
petual fund to be used in irrigatine
other lands, and this progressive meth
cd will continue until the entire des
ert, or SO much of 1t as can be reached
by water, is reclaimed to and under
cultivation. The construction worl
has been carried on by contract un
der the supervision of DR.. E. H. New
all, chief of the reclamation bureau
of the interior department. No such
extensive work has ever been under
taken by any government before. The
British authorities In India have beer
carrying on several large projects oi
this kind for many years, but they
are comparatively small and inexpen
sive when considered beside the great
reclamation works of the United
States.
The following is a list of the prof
.ects that have been completed. with
the areas irrigated and cost Of the
| work TO date:
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14

The Democrats stand pledged 10
correct The pass evil In Colorado. The
Herald is Of the opinion the railroads
would welcome legislation OF this char
acter. as they do not know where To
stop under present conditions. The
Herald is for every one paying his
fare and then cutting the fare about
half. The road would mas, more
money and the Poor Individual nnt the
only one compelled to dig.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department Of the Interior

U. S. Land office at Durango, Colo
rado. January 18th, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that Thomas
Bell. Assignee of Alanson X. FefEu-
son, of Louisville. Colorado. who on
April 4th. 1905, made Desert Land en-
try. No. 2S9 New Serial, No. OS84, for
NWA. & M SWA. of Sec 1. & sen
NEA, & NEA sEA. of Section q
Township 32 North, Range Z West, N.
M. p. Meridian. has filed notice/A In
tention to make Final Desert and
Proof, to establish claim to the land
above described before The Regis
ter and Receiver Of the U. g. Land
Office. at Durango, Colorado. on the
goth day of Feburay, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses: Davis
Il. Ramsey. Barney w. Solomon. Carl
Johansen Irwin Chubb, all of Tiffany,
Colorado.
G. H. CHARLTON.
Register.
First publication Jan. IA, 1909.
Last publication Feb. 10. 1908.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14

Notwithstanding The Herald does
not agree with Roosevelt regarding the
work Of the secret service In connec
tion with investigations in this south,
west sectnon. there Is NO getting
around the fact that he has accomplish.
ed great things during his administra.
tion. and he will retire from office
with the respect Of large majority Of
the people. Because he has been mis-.
led In some things is no fcason why
the good he has stood for. should be
overlooked.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14
a man named John peternell at 7

man named John Peternell at Tel
luride was shaking kindling wood
down side hill when his horse slip
ped and fell and being unable to get
up the man left the animal there to
shift for itself. The animal was dis.
covered in the same place next morn.
ing and found to have broken hip.
In the meantime Peternell had skipped
out before he could be arrested on a
warrant charging cruelty to animals.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14

government. The greater part of the
cost is due to the construction of the
highest dam in the world, which holds
42O,O00 acre feet of the waters of the
Shoshone river SO that they can be
distributed through canals to the coun-
try around. Nearly all OF the area
to be irrigated by this dam has al.
ready been taken up and settlers are
filing on the remaining lands very
rapidly. A diversion dam and tun.
nels have been completed near Corbet
and water was delivered to about I5,-
900 acres last summer.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14

Charley Hughes. who lined up on the
Adams-Luebers side nthe presiding
officer contests, is reported to be on
the anxious seat. He may well have
cause to feel this way. 1t was as nat.
ural for Hughes to line up with the
corporation side. as 1t is for one to go
to bed. and this kind of a man the
Democracy Of Colorado is pledged to
vote for to replace Teller.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank P. Hail departe,

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank p. Hall departed
today for Thorald. Province Of On
tario, Canada. Mr.. Hall will probably
remain about thirty days. but Mrs
Hall expects to stay until spring. Mr.
and Mrs. Hall had not intended to
make the trip until some time In
May. but telegram came yesterday to
the effect that Mrs. Halls sister Ia
very Ill. 70 they determined to 70 at
once. All Of Mrs. Halls relatives live
in Canada
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14

Some people say the Democrats will
not pass direct primary law. because
1t would operate against such ducks
as Speer, Evans, Hughes and a few
more that might be mentioned. Pos
sibly so, but with the Republican ma
jority there are sufficient Democrats
in the general assembly, who will
stand hitched. AT least that is oui
opinion.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14

The presidents farm commission
has discovered that girls are needed
on Illinois farms. If the commission
ers want to give out interesting infor-
nation they should inform the country
where the dear things are not needed
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14

1t is pointed out that Elihu Root
will. when he becomes senator. go to
owing to the inflexible rule Of seniori-
ty which prevails In the most digni-
fled deliberativs body on earth. Think
of Root falling in behind such men
as Depew. Penrose, Dick. Bailey and
Jeff Davis.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14

A Pittsburg paper suggests as a
state anthem for Pennsylvania, Hail.
hail. the gangs all here" We admit
that Pennsylvania appears to have
the first claim to the anthem under
consideration.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14

People are interested In recommen-
dations of its governors. The Herald
is the only Durango publ'cat ion to
even give synopsis OF Governor Bach
tells review. The morning paper is a
personal smut mill
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14

pied by his son George, who was re
cantly married to Mis- Mills of Honey
Grove, Texas. George will farm his
fathers place this year.
Martin j. Wicklem returned this
week from short business trip TO
Denver
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14

A general cleanup is a Wholesome
thing occasionally and the political
change In Colorado will prove benefi
cial to the Republican party. 1t means
a new deal at the next election in
which the people will have something
TO say-not the bosses. la Plata
county has had surfeit.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14

Colorado Republicans have only
themselves to blame for the state
house being filled with Democrats.
Had they refused to be handled like
SO many sheep in convention the vol'
ers would not have gone back ON
them
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14

After ten months of strife. the trou
BILE between the Denver & Rio Grande
and the striking boiler makers aud
mechanics, has been settled by con
cessions on both sides. Why could
not this have been accomplished al
the start? 1t cost both sides dearly.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14

The Repblicans. although largely IN
the minority. will be able to force
through wholesome Legislation for
Colorado. They can perform n great
service TO the people by forcing enough
of the Democrats In the Legislature TO
join them In carrying out pledges made
TO the people last fall.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14

Senator Teller must feel proud of his
Democratic friends. He is the logical
man to keep in the United States sen
ate. But Democratic leaders have no
use for him now. They worked him
and then cast him aside.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14

Senator Tillman no doubt has reason
to feel sore at the president especially
since the uncovering of the senator's
methods. The President has the ori-
ginal letters. wherein Tillman asked
to be let in" on some of the best sec.
tlons
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14

I'VE must take care OF our teeth
is the latest bit of wisdom reported
to have fallen from the lips of Mr.
Rockefeller. Be not surprised If your
attention is next called tothe import
ance of keeping your toenails trimmed