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The newspaper., 1909-12-31
Our Big Crop

The Grand Junction Daily
News devoted a front page to
giving in detail the crops of the
western slope for the year. The
grand total was $40, 100000. but
confessedly not including every
thing raised, as data could not at
the time be obtained on some. In
this article Delta county is
credited with 100000. not in
cluding sheep. honey. small fruits
and coal, all important items. F.
w. Taylor. in that article calls at
tention TO the fact that the fruit
returns are not entirely reliable
from the fact that a normal car
load of apples contains 504 boxes,
but that during the time when
there was such scarcity OF cars
many ware loaded with 79S boxes
and some large cars (not refriger-
ator) were pressed into service
and loaded with 1000 boxes. The
only accurate computation would
be by boxes instead of by car
loads. No computation has been
made of fruit in storage. only of
that shipped. The showing is en-
tirely creditable to a section so
little developed as this. 1t is but
a hint of its future records.
The newspaper., 1909-12-31
cofpo..tie. Interest. VS. l. rs.!ette

The corporation interests of the
nation are pouring hundreds of
thousands of dollars into Wiscon-
sin in what in all probability will
prove fruitless effort to defeat
the return of La Toilette to the
United States senate. The cam
paign for the champion OF the
people was opened at Milwaukee
by Senator Moses E. Clapp. of
Minnesota, who defended the &C.
ton of La Toilette on the tariff
and income laws. Senator Clapp
said that congress had no regard
for the consumers in framing the
tariff schedule, making no direct
reference to Speaker Cannon or
Senator Aldrich, although by in
ference they were denounced as
the friends OF monopoly and foes
Of the people. On making allu-
sions to these leaders in congress
the audience several times
shouted. I'VE know who you
mean" At the close of his ad-
dress Senator Clapp said, Senator
La Toilette will not be wiped off
the map. despite all the efforts of
his foes" when the throng filling
the audience room arose and
chsered Justify for about fifteen
minutes.
The "beast" has been prowlin
and scowlin' and howlin' in his
Wisconsin lair and soon he may
begin what we predict wi | prove
to be an ineffective roar.
The newspaper., 1909-12-31

Ii is said that this country and
Mexico are trying to make a con-
solidation of the central Ameri
can republics possible. There
would be some advantages in
such scheme. 1t is likely that
if the responsibility for the fer
ments which are the regular thing
down there were reposed in one
central authority. it wonld be pos
sible to deal with them more cx-
peditiously and satisfactorily. The
country is rich in resources and
would be prosperous under sta
Bile government. The people dowr
there are mercurial and need ar
occasional spanking. If console
dated. the spanking could be done
en- bloc.
The newspaper., 1909-12-31

THE Legislature must be called
and it will be called" says Gov.
Shafroth.
The special session of our legis-
lature will be called by Gov Shat
roth despite the efforts of poll
ticians to dissuade him from do
ing so. The state auditor gives
as his argument for the inadvisa-
bility of calling the extra session
the probability of the legislative
appropriations not being paid in
case there is an extra session.
while the chances are that the ap
preparations will be paid if no ex-
ira session is held. The governor
believes that the revenues for the
nese fiscal year will not only be
sufficient to pay the appropria-
tions but the cost Of the special
session besides. The governor
states that only four bills will be
considered:-1st. the initiative
and referendum; End. the primary
election law; Sd. the rejection oi
U. S. senators by the people; 4,h
the bank guaranty.
The newspaper., 1909-12-31

Colorado raised 800 more cars
Of apples in 1909 than the six
apple. raising states combined.
1t is by these valuable tables
the explanation of. irrigation in
Colorado that the Colorado State
Commercial ASSOCIATION hopes to
increase the steady stream OF
homeseekers vho are coming to
Colorado daily in search Of farm.
and orchards. .ii"Irrigation in Colo
rado" is copiously illustrated by
good irrigation scene. and pro
duets.-Ho,ehkiss Herald.
The newspaper., 1909-12-31

ONE of the extravagances in
dulged in by this country is the
construction of wooden bridges
which must be nearly rebuilt every
year. besides being in a dangerous
condition half the time. There is
plenty of material in almost every
county in this state for the manu-
facture of cement. And there is
plenty of stone. A bridge built
of cement or stone lasts forever
without repairs. Once built, it
never needs repairs and is always
safe. The cost is greater at the
start to be sure, but then the ex-
pense ends, while wooden bridge
is a yearly expense and a half
yearly menace to safety.
The newspaper., 1909-12-31
OR ResIs

Very few persons have at
tempted to compute the cost of
bad roads. II has been said that
none but very rich country can
afford bad roads. The loss to
farmers and busn ness men. il ac-
curaiely computed. would aston.
ish the people who bear it. In
dollars and cents II amounts
yearly to more than all other
taxes and enough to put the roads
in good condition, "A country
which IS so .densely settled sour
orchard districts could and should
have perfect roadways. The pres
ent system OF roadwork is expen-
sive and Intellectual: The work
done one year must be repeated
the next. We have plenty Of ma
terial for macadsm. Roads once
properly graded and coated with
macadam require but little in re-
pairs and the up keep is merely
nominal. The first cost may seem
large. but it is no greai er than the
loss caused by bad roads. When
once constructed good roads cost
but little for repairs while the
cost of bad roads is a heavy an
nual burden. There should be a
good roads" organization which
should devise ways and means for
securing such highways.
The newspaper., 1909-12-31

A NEWSPAPER without an
opinion on public questions and
the backbone to express that
opinion and stand up for it. isn't
worth reading. The same rule
holds good as to man. II he
hasn't an opinion and the back
bone to stand up and express
that opinion. he is not worth
noticing. ng.-Canon- City Times.
The newspaper., 1909-12-31
Colorado Ahead

In the article on irrigating fruit,
the following figures on apples
show that Colorado not only is
ahead of other states in grains but
fruit as well. These figures are
given by Editor Sheppard of
Better Fruit" which i published
in Oregon:
The newspaper., 1909-12-31

Why does not somebody
start the fashion Of setting out
nut bearing, trees which would
thrive here and be as profitable as
fruit trees? The bla walnut.
the white walnut or butternut. the
pecan and perhaps others would
prosper. Very few persons per-
a'hsps aye aware that the pecan is
native only in the United States
land. oplysin a very small part. Of
>: that.fIn fact. the extreme southern
"Paft or Kansas Oklahoma and
a,poHhern i, Texas is the, native hab-
shitat of this nut. IL has been de-
n,onstrated that the pecan is I'M
=. proved by. the grating process
/ just the same as fruit has been
thus improved. A company has
1, been formed to set out 900 or
chard of pecans in Oklahoma.
(growing alfalfa between the rows
while the trees grow.) 1t is said
that the grated pecan begins to
bear in four years. The market for
this nut is never supplied fully.
The hickory would doubtless
thrive here. but is slow grower.
Perhaps some one will find that it
can be fastened by grating or
some other process-but nobody
is trying. There are many little
hooks and corners where hazel
nuts could be grown.
The newspaper., 1909-12-31

A WRITER in Field and Farm,
who has Just returned from a trip
over Europe makes some com
ments on roads worth notice. He
remarked upon the fact that roads
over there were much narrower
than here, that is, narrower be-
tween the land lines bordering the
roads. He saw no dir. roads, all
macadam. There would seem to
be some advantage in narrower
roadways. Why have a road 60
or even 40 feet wider The part
actually travelled is never more
than 20 feet wide and it would
certainly never be profitable to
macadamize greater width. Why
then have the wide margins given
over to the growth Of weeds which
scatter their seeds over the ada
cent isad7 Perhaps land owners
forget thst they pay taxes on land
70 the middle OF the road run
ming by them. and they lose the
use Of il besides. In . country
where lands are worth 81 1000 per
acre. wide roads are an extrava-
gance which has little excuse. 1t
is worth thinking about.
The newspaper., 1909-12-31

Now that our attention is called
to it, we do remember having seen
tn. headline The Ballinger Pin
chot Controversy" somewhere.
The newspaper., 1909-12-31
FIRST NATIONAL
BANK NOTES

Want the money for those
notes? II the notes are good
ones. and you want the money to
use, come and see if we cannot
accommodate you.
The newspaper., 1909-12-31

YES, of course, nobody ever saw
such weather here before; they"
all say so. and tney wouldn't lie
about little thing like that.
The newspaper., 1909-12-31
Notice

There will be a joint install
lation of the Royal Neighbors and
Woodmen of America held on
January l4th, 1910. Immediately
following, a chicken pie supper
will be served. All Royal Neigh
bors and their families and Mod
ern Woodmen and their families
are invited. By order OF the
u COMMITTEES.
The newspaper., 1909-12-31
THE
First National Bank
OF PAONIA
The Peoples Meat Market

Free delivery will begin Nov.
22d in city limits Call Coop
phore No 9
First delivery S:l5 a. m.
Second delivery 1890 a m.
Third delivery 2:30 p. m.
Good service guaranteed.
Phil EIsENKRAMER, Prop.
Mrs Minerva Lewis, OF Hotch.
kiss. spent Wednesday with
friends in Psonia.
The newspaper., 1909-12-31

Protect Your Deeds. Insurance
Policies and Valuable Papers by
using one of our Safe Deposit
Boxes.
The newspaper., 1909-12-31

Money has wings-the only
way to keep 1t is to provide an
attractive roost with som ething
sticky on it.
The newspaper., 1909-12-31

An account in this bank will
help you to conserve your in-
come.
TRY 1T.
The newspaper., 1909-12-31

Entered at the postofiice in Paonia, Colo
'ado for transmission through the malls US
,econd-c ass matter.
The newspaper., 1909-12-31

Old papers for sale a, this offio Z
20 cents per hundred.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-13

Richard Cartwright, Judge w. A.
Moores, associate.
Employment committee-Mrs. b.
o. Schucking, Mrs. w. A. Ruther-
ford, Mrs. G. w. Putnam.
Gentlemen who are interested in
the work of the society may become
associate members at any time by
paying an annual fee of 81.
= \ 4
Twenty-one Salem High School
girls made up a theater party to see
the ''Thlrd Degree" last night. They
were chaperoned in the gallery by
two of the faculty Misses Marshall
and Fleming.
4 4 4
Attorney Thomas Brown Is bach
ing at his cottage on Oak street.
Mrs. Brown and daughter, Made
line, are visiting back at Brockton,
Ontario. They will return about
New Years.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-13
BUILDING OPERATIONS IN
SALEM CONTINUE GOOD

That Notwithstanding the unfavor-
able weather condition for the lastt
few weeks the building of dwellings
and other structures in Salem is not
decreasing is shown by the large
number of orders for building ma
terial that are being placed with
local firms. The Falls City Lumber
company on South 14th and Oak
streets is receiving orders for lumber
beyond their expectation.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-13

there will be union meeting. Capt
Dutton comes to this coast from
North Carolina. He has been lee
turing and organizing Good Templar
lodges in California and Washing
ton with marked success. Rev. j. II.
Burringes, G.. c. T. of Washington,
writes they were very sorry to part
with him, but previous engagements
prevented a longer stay. With the
permission of the publishers l will
append a letter of introduction
have received. Everybody invited to
both meetings.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-13

Miss Jennette Booth has returned
from a week spent with friends in
Portland.
Miss Zoe Stockton is spending a
week at Hood River with friends.
x 4
Flossie Pearl Shambrook, hief
stenographer to Governor Benson,
is spending a month with friends in
Roseburg and San Francisco, and
will return about December l.
4 + 4
Mrs. j. L. Stockton has returned
from spending a few days in Port
land.
Mrs. b. r. Loomis. of Portland, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Hirsch, at the Willamette
Hotel, this week.
Mrs. Gus Hofer and daughter
Mrs. West. of Portland. were in the
city this week on business.
X
Sweet Charity Committees.
AT recent meeting OF the Ladies'
Relief Society, Mrs. John A. Carson,
president, appointed the following
committees for the different districts
Applications for aid or news OF dis.
tHess should be referred to Tho
nearest committee.
Central-Mrs. A. n. Gilbert. Mrs
e. Y. Chase.
East--Mrs. Eugenia Giilingham
EnglewOOd Thos. Jackson
Mrs. w. A. Rutherford. Mr.. Johi
Congor. associate.
North--Mrs. r. l.. williams. Mis-
Mary Rutherford, Mr.. II. II. RutheI
ford, associate.
south-Mrs. j. A. Carson. Mrs
l.. N. Kirk. Mr.. II. s. Poisal. asso
ciate.
PaFS--Mrs. w NJ. Bushey, Mrs
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-13
A Peculiar Wrench.

OF the foot or ankle may produce
a very serious sprain. A sprain is
more painful than a break. In all
sprains, cuts, burns and scalds, Bal
lard's Snow Liniment is the best
thing to use. Relieves the pain in.
stantly, reduces swelling, is a per
feet antiseptic and heals rapidly.
Price 25c, soc and $1.00. Sold
by all druggists.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-13
Consumption Statistics.

Prove that neglected cold or
cough puts the lungs in so bad a
condition that consumption germs
find a fertile field for standing on
one. Stop the cough just as soon
as It appears with Ballard's Hore-
hound Syrup. soothes the torn and
Infamed tissues and makes you weil
again Sold by all druggists.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-13
Capt. w. c. Dutton

Lecturer and org .l,ZA' Tor the In
ternatfonal Order os Coed Tcmpla:5,
will be in Salem SunlIr, Nov. a, and
will speak at the w. [. I. U. hall at
p. m. and at the First Congrega-
tional church in the evening, where
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-13

The new company is taking pride
in putting out a fin quality of lum-
ber and their grades are certainly a
credit to the company and as fine as
any ever seen in the city.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-13
WhAt Wonld You Do?

In case OF burn or scold what
would you do TO relieve the pain?
Such injuries are liable to occur In
any family and everyone should be
prepared for them. Cham bDrain's
Salve applied on a soft cloth Will re-
lieve the pain almost instantly. aud
unless the injury is a veiy severe
one will cause the parts 10 heal with
out leaving a scar. For SAFE by all
good druggists.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-13

The only thing that could have
improved on "The Third Degree"
would be to make a fourth degree.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-13
A Talk on the Holmes Business c

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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-13

Success comes to those who
have engaged the benefits of
a Sound, Practical Training.
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-06-10
Don't you know how?" asked tl

Don't you know howl" asked tAe colonel. Well, I'll tell you my guesS1 sometime. Who is the girl who seems to make him throw a fit so?"
 I'm not sure; 1 imagine 1t is poor Mabel Ray; there were two of them, sisters; they made money out of their Tidewater stock and weSt to New York to visit some kin; and they got scared when the stock fell and the dividends stopped; and they sold out at a great loss. They never did come back they had persuaded all their kin to invest; and the stopping of the dividends made it difficult for some of the poor ones-Mabel said she couldn't face her old aunts. She went on the stage in New York She was very pretty; she wasn't very strong. Any way, you can imagine the end of the story. l saw her in the park last win ter when Mrs. Winter was in New York; she turned her face away-poor Mabelh'
 Through Janet Smiths knowledge of her dead sisters neighbors, Win ter got dozen pitiful records of the wreckage of the Tidewater. Mighty interesting reading" he thought. grimly, but hardly likely to make the man responsible for them stuck on himself!" Then he would look at the drawn face on the pillow and listen to the babblings of the boy who had no childhood; and ths frown would melt off his brow.
 He did not always talk to his moth CT when his mind wandered; several times he addressed an invisible pres ence as Helen" and Dear" with an accent of tenderness very strange on those inhexible lips. When he talked to this phantasm he was never angry or distressed; his turgid scowl cleared; the austere lines chseling his cheeks and brow faded; he looked years younger. But for the most part, 1t was to no unreal creature that he turned, but to Col. Rupert Winter. He would address him with punctilious civility. but as one who was under some obii- gation to assist him, saying, for in- stance. "Col. Winter. l must beg you not to let those persons in the room again. They annoy ne. But you needn't let Mercer know that. Please attend to 1t youSself, and get them away. Miss Smith says you will Ex- plain to them that when l get up will investigate their claims. I'm too sick nowl"
 CTo BE CoNTINUED)
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-06-10
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens at Harvard where Col. Rupert Winter Y. s. A. visiting. saw the suicide of young Mercer. He met Cary Mercer brother of the dead student. Three wears later, in Chicago, in l9O6. Col Winter overheard Cary Mercer ap- pareRtv planning 10 kidnap Archie, the colonels ward, and to gain possession of Aunt Rebteca Winters millions. Miss Smith Was mentioned apparently as conspirator. \ great financial maEnate was aboard the train on which Col. Win ter met his Aunt Rehecca, Miss Smith and Archie. Col, Winter learned that the financial magnate is Edwin s. KeatCham. Winter aided by Archie. eleverly frus
 tratrd hold-up on the train. He took alleged Kidnapping plot. Archie mNSterN ouSly disappeared in Frisco Blood in nearby room at the hotel caused fears for the aeys life. The lads voice was heard ate later a WQman's Voiee-that ot Miss Smith Col Winter and a detective set oHt for the empty mansion owned by Arnold. q Harvard graduate They were mot with an explosion within. Mercer aTpaatad He assured Winter that Archie had returned. The colonel saw vision hItupe from the supposedly haunted house II was Miss Janet Smith. Col. Winter to himself admitted that he loved Mss Smith Mercer told Winter that Argi4e had overheard plans for coup and lad been kidnapped One of Mercc's friends on returning the boy to his aunt had hc,l arrested for speeding and when he returned from the police station to his au'' ths lad was gone. Mercer confessed ?. Was turshly detaining Keatcham, M'rasr tuId l.S life story. relating how NealrHam and his scoundrel secretary, Atkins had ruined him, the blow killing his wife Mercer was holding him prison er in order that he could not get control oi railroad which was the pet project of tfo father of his college friend. Endicou Ir3cv Aunt Rcbccca saw Archie in oaH with two men. Then he vanished. She t"lloWed in an auto into the Chinese df riot and by the use of a mysterious I#-asSe jade ornament she secured a fnHts. from an influential Chnaman '-i1i the boy would be returned. Archie l~iurued and told his story. Atkins. for lier secretary to Kcatcham, being his second hdnaper. Col Winter and Tracy returned to the haunted house." They loNnd keatcham, apparently stabbed to uN"tt. keatCham was not dead, how tNcI Cary Mercer appeared on the scene, inter believing his actions suspicious md observing blood on his cuffs and tr"Hsers Mrs. Millicent Melville. in let ,'tS 10 her husband. revealed that she all n"rd information to leak" to Atkins. SaSFtlons directed themselves at Atkins Y! iH. keatcham assault. UnknowingiY MS Melville had made herself tool for .Ntktts dark scheme in stocks.
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-06-10
CHAPTER XV.-Continued.

oh their instantly expressed desire 70 see the hidden way, the colonel led mem to the patio. He walked to the engaged column which once before had interested him; he pressed a con Neaied spring under the boldly carved eiSht-pointed flower, instantly, the en- dre side of the columns swung as a "oof might swing. As they peered into the dusky space below, the colo hel who had put down his arm, pressed an electric button and the Willte light flooded the shaft, revealing an ingenious ladder of cleats fitted into steel uprights.
 Here, said the colonel, lis secret way from the patio to the cellar. The cellar extends a little beyond the patio ana there is way down from the yard to the cellar-I can quickly show you, 1T you like"
 No' thank you" replied Warnebold, Mho was man of full habit and older 'han the colonel, q will take your per Sohai experience instead"
 Then if you will go out into the safd With me will show you where charming pergola ends in vine- "ieathed sun-dial of stone that you
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-06-10

summons. From the beginning of his illness he had shown curious, mex pressive desire for the soldiers com pany. He would have him sit in the room although too weak to talk to him, supposing he wished to talk, which was not at all sure. 'I-like-to- see-him-j m-just-sittingthere," he faltered to his nurse; "can 't-he-read-or- -play-sol- itaire-like ethe-old-lady ?"
 Sometimes Winter would be con scious that the feeble creature in the bed, with the bluish- white face, was staring at him. Whether the glassy eyes beheld his figure or went beyond him to unfinished colossal schemes that might change the fate of a con tinent, or drifted backward to the pov- erty-stricken home, the ferocious toll and the intending self-denial of Keatcham's youth on the Pacific slope, the dim gaze gave no clew All that was apparent was that it was always on Winter, as he curled his legs under his chair, wrote or knitted his brow over rows of playing-cards.
 At the very first, Keatchams mind had wandered he used to shrink from imaginary people who were in the room; he would try to talk to them, distressing himself painfully, for he was so weak that his nurses turned his head on the pillow; he would feebly motion them away In such aberra- tions he would sometimes appeal. in a changed, thin. childish voice, to the obscure. toil-worn pioneer woman who had died while he was a lad. Mother, I was a good boy; l always got up when you called me, didn't l? helped you iron when the other boys were playing-mother, please don't let that old woman stay and cry here!" Or he would plead: Mother. tell her. say you tell her I didn't know her son would kill himself-I couldn't tell-he was a damn coward, anyhow-excuse me. mamma, l didn't mean to swear, but they make me so awful mad.' There was girl who came some times. from whose presence he shrank girl he had never seen; nor, indeed, had he ever known in the flesh any of the shapes which haunted him. They had lived; but never had his eyes fallen on them. Nevertheless. their presence was as real to him as that of the people about him whom he could hear and touch and see. It did not take Winters imagination long to piece out the explanation of these ap- partitions; they were specters of the characters in those dramas of ruthless conquest which Mercer had culled out of newspaper stories" and affidavits and court reports and forced upon Keatchams attention. Miss Smith helped him to the solution, although her own ignorance of Mercer's meth cd was puzzling. How did he ever know old Mrs. Ferris" she said. He called her Ferris and he talks about her funny dress-she always did wear queer little basque and full skirt aft CT all the world went into blouses- but how did he ever come across her? They had place on the James that had been in the family 100 years and had to lose on account of the Tidewa. ter; and Nelson Ferris blew his brains out"