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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-25
MILLIONS IN LIVE STOCK.
Great Show in Denver viii Be Object
Lesson for Stockmen and



1t is estimated that the value of .he
live stock that viii be on exhibition at
the National Stock Show at Denver
during the week of January SIS. win
be in excess of $2.00O,O0O The show
Will be the greatest exhibition Of live
stock ever seen west of Chicago and
Will be far ahead of any of the preVi-
Gus exhibitions given by the Western
Stock Show Association. The railroads
have made low rate of fare from all
points in the West and a large attend
ance is expected. The horse show fea-
ture every evening Will attract the
Denver people in large numbers and it
is expected that the attendance at the
show for the week will exceed 100, 900.
The association has determined to
make only a nominal charge for admis-
sion, 25 cents general admission, with
an additional charge of % cents for
seats at night. This will not result in
enough money to pay the cost, but it
is the desire to popularize the show.
THE show is not intended as
money making affair." said General
Manager Skinner. I'VE expect our
profit in the increased knowledge con-
cerning modern methods of growing
and feeding live stock. Through this
show We can impress upon all the
people the Importance of the live
stock industry to the West and
through it we can also distribute
among the western breeders some OF
the choicest blood for breeding. This
is the fifth of these annual shows and
all eady we can see great improve
ment which has resulted from the
four shows that have preceded. We
,lJ III fory cta ,H
the West to attend this show and wo
feel certain each will secure some ex-
ceedingly valuable knowledge by at
lending"
One of the features of show week
will be the public sales of pure bred
cattle under the auspices of the ma
tiCnal breed associations. The Here
ford Association will sell on Tuesday,
January II; on Wednesday the Short
horn Association will sell fifty head.
and on Thursday the Aberdeen-Angus
Association will sell fifty head These
cattle are all selected by committees
from the best herds in the country
and each animal is guaranteed by the
association and is sold without reserve
at the highest bid. 1t is an opportu-
nifty for the breeders of the West to
secure the very choicest blood at rea-
sonable prices and it is hoped that
the offerings will be distributed widely
over the West where they will do
the most good.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-25
EARLY LOCOMOTIVE DAYS
Engines Used Half Gertury In
Maine Are Now Out of Com
mission.

Boston.-Less than ten years after
The famous old Stevenson locomotive.
ne Rocket. was turned over to the
Liverpool & Manchester railway, in
England. to pull passengers and freight
over iron ways preparations We're be-
ing made for rail connections between
Machiasport and Whitneyville, in the
southern part of Washington county.
Maine. This road, built in 1S41, and
recently eliminated from the land
scape of the Machais river valley, was
between seven and eight miles long,
and was for freight carrying only.
The occasional passengers who went
from town 10 town and back again,
rode at their own risk and paid moth
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-25

upon you. Shamey, Remember
grandma is not SO young as she once
was and the penitential efficiency of
bunion is greatly enhanced by the
showing forward of the foot as accom-
plished by the French heel. Command
the old lady to do a cake-walk once
an hour around the dining room table
If you will. but let her do it in COM
portable shoes. Another item in favor
OF trying this resolution is the fact
that you have probably never asked
grandma to wear any kind of shoes
she didn't like. SO it should be that
much easier to keep to your resolu-
tion not to do so.
For young mani resolve from
this day never again to smoke pipe
In church. This sample is highly
recommended. The practice against
which you issue the edict of Danish
ment is reprehensible in the highest
degree. Smoking. while of course it
might be solace to you during the
sermon. could not but annoy your
neighbors and fellow worshipers. The
men envy you, leading to countless
domestic difficulties for them The
preacher is unable to see whether all
the deacons are awake or not by the
haze from your pipe. Moreover, just
as distinguished statesman once Of
ficially declared that the odor of
cigarettes annoyed him there are
those to whom the smell of pipe is
nuisance and the offertory collector
might be one of these Besides, you
would probably be thrown out or ar
rested or something
For men who ride much in street
cares "henceforth l will not mind the
feathers This is one requiring con-
siderable care-but if strictly adhered
to will be found of great assistance in
your daily life. When depending from
strap and resting your toes on some
neighbors long stiff quill suddenly
Jabs you In the nose giving to that fea-
ture the rich red that which another
class of resolvists have already ac-
Gured, do not release your temper.
Smile and pretend you like it. Oft
times you can make yourself believe
it, after due practice. of course. But
the principal advantage to be cited in
this resolutions favor is that you
might just as we'll" So long as the
fashion remains the same you will
have your daily communion with the
tail feathers of an ostrich or of a
rooster and if you resolve not to mind,
how much more placid the temper,
For any one who does not raise
chickens-I hereby resolve and de-
termine not to eat any more strictly
fresh eggs for several weeks to
come This is in some respects the
prize resolution. Its advantages are
many, but all the others are over
shadowed by this one-you can't get
any to eat.
In spite of all the teacher may do
the pupil will not learn unless he
himself studies You cannot make
successful use of these sample resolu-
tions without effort on your part. But
you should find one among them
which can be kept with the minimum
of struggle. II you have no choice or
you are skeptical as to your ability,
try the last one.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-25
Women Farmers in West.

Miss Mabel Sudduth. a university
claim of 160 acres near Broadview
Mont, So miles from Billings. She
lived in tent while getting her shack
ready and afterward designed and
built pleasant bungalow, composed
entirely of logs. She has now taken
more prizes for her farm than any
other exhibitor in recent exposition
at Cheyenne. Miss Anna Christiansen
who was formerly a nurse in aos
pital in New York city. is another OF
the women settlers who has pros
pered. She has made q specially oi
small vegetables.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-25

most sanguine architect of the richer fortune yet
to be will fall short of the ideal that his
imagination. But the very fact that the day sirs
these noble impulses and floods the prospective
days with the glow of hope is in itself
ance that the year shall be rich in the gifts and
the good will Of the gods.
Another year! another year,
The increasing rush of sweeps
Whelmd in its surges, disappear .
Mans hopes and fears-forever gone
Oh. no! forbear that idle
The hour demands another strain,
Demands high thoughts that quail,
And strength TO conquer and retain
'Ts midnight-from the dark blue sky
The stars. which look on eartl
Have ten thousand centuries fly
And given to countless changes birth
Shine on, shine on, With you l tread
The march of ages orbs of light
A last eclipse Ger spread
To to there no night
The sentiment that phrases itself in the quite
depressing Words
The world is very evil.
The times wearing late.
is hardly In tune with the modern spirit when
ife is thought of a corporate business and this
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-25
CABLE IS NOW IN OFFICE
Chicagoan Sworn In and Takes Up
Duties as Assistant Secre-
tary Of Commerce.

Washington.-Chic has reason
to feel proud. for no city in the coun-
try has as many representatives in
important positions in Washington
than the WindySCity. The latest of
President Taft's selections from Chi
cago is Benjamin S. Gable, who was
sworn in a few days ago as assistant
secretary of commerce and labor.
Mr.. Gable succeeded Ormsby Nc
Harg. who retired from the depart
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-25
REoOLOTTOH
YOUNG nEN

| and doubtless the answer is in abe
book somewhere if they can only find
it.
The practice OF resolving presents
similar aspect. 1t is not entirely
perfect at present. But considering
the few years since Adam inaugurated
the outdoor sleeping fad and became
grandpa to the human race it is not
surprising that some details are still
to be worked out. The forming of the
resolution has been beautifully work
ed out. till almost any one, the merest
novice, can resolve. The date, too,
has been firmly fixed as on the first
OF January. The chief difficulty that
still remains has to do with keeping
the resolution once it is made Some
thing like keeping your aeroplane
right side up once you have estab-
stars.
Probably several years will elapse
before the custom of resolving
reaches perfection and in the mean
time it might be we'll to adopt a
makeshift for the present unattain.
able.
1t would seem as If the difficulty
might be minimized by more attention
to the subjects taken for resolving
purposes. 1t is well to use care in Sc
lecting our resolutions, and because
of the proximity of January 1, few
suggestions may not be out of place.
For young woman-Try this one.
Il hereby resolve with earnestness to
no longer insist on grandma wearing
French heels" There are several ad-
vantageous features to this resolution.
To begin with it is humane. Just
think of forcing the poor old lady to
teeter down the street with little
church steeples under her sole leath-
er! Her silver locks bob under her
dignified black bonnet and at every
painful step she whispers Ouch" File
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-25
Startling figures.

The lives of all the S5.500,O00
residents of the United States are
worth $25O,000, 100000.
Unnecessary deaths every year
cost In capitalized earnings, 81, ,O0O,.
100000.
Workmen's illness annually costs
in wages $5OO,000,0O0.
Care of the sick and dead every
year costs $460,OOO,OOo.
tuberculosis taxes the nation
$1,000, ,OOO, 900. annually.
Typhoid fever costs $3.50. .OO0, 900
Malaria costs $200.OO0.O0O.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-25

comes the good resolution.
&S Let the whistles blow
.g5YHW their heads off, let the bells
v&A.E9 ring out, let the fog
horn on the lake front shatter the at
mosphere to atoms, let the similar
gladstone noises be let loose upon the
vibrant ozone even in the uttermost
corners of our beautiful city. For the
good resolution is marching forward.
Only a few days more and we will
bask in its splendid presence.
Like the village drum major it
comes proudly prancing toward us
through the week. Get a seat early
and avoid the crowd if you would be-
hold 1t in its glory. Keep your eyes
glued to the splendid spectacle. keep
your ears open for the lofty sounds,
for it will not be long in passing
It's safe to say that If all the high
resolves that go into effect on New
Years day had half the endurance of
a Marathon runner the millennium
would come SO fast that we'd have to
enact new speed laws to keep it from
melting the asphalt.
If good resolutions were salt mac
kerel what a universal thirst would
spread abroad!
Human experience seems to indt-
cate that progress in any line is nec-
essarily gradual. Take the flying ma
chine, for instance. At present the
scientists engaged in the development
of this interesting device are in a po-
sition to assert that many Of their
problems are already solved. They
can get up into the air without the
aid of dynamite and they can come
down again with practically no effort.
OF course there are other difficulties
10 be overcome such as the tendency
on the part Of the machine to select
its own time and place for coming
down But these problems are minor
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-25

Now, Johnny said the teacher OF
the juvenile class to small pupil,
anonymous means without name.
Can you give an example,? Yes,
ma am" answered Johnny, promptly.
The baby that arrived at our house
Yesterday is ANONYMOUS"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-25


enargng kingdom
Not the most credulous and believing prophet a
generation ago could have forecast the world we
know and are perfectly at home with to-day. Bul.
wer Lytton in his short book, The Coming Race"
endeavored to tell the story and achievement of
mankind in the day that shortly to be- but his
seeming impossible world has been more than re-
allied in our own day. The half has been told
The great note of the day is the large grasp human
life possesses over its career and destiny the
growing confidence that this old yet ever renewing
world is solving its own problems. and under the
guiding of that Providence which Pope's wellknown
lines beautifully express:
All chance, direction. which not see:
All discord. harmony, not understood:
All partial evil. universal good
is working for the day of a perfectly ordered and
perfectly adjusted civilization The greater power
man Is accommodating and employing over his own
bodily life. his mastery of the secrets of life which
nave been hid from the foundation of the world the
realization that man himself is his own providence
In vastly larger degree than hitherto he has
dreamed or and that the greater things the great
est OF all Teachers foreod ages ago that he should
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-25

we live in and the day when the Romans inter.
changed their social visits and their good wishes
and both gave and received their strenae and be-
tween the then and the now the identity of feel
ing. emotion and sentiment concerning this day
is readily discovered
So many sentiments crowd themselves into New
Years day and all mostly children in the
way IN which the day appears them and in
the simple feelings and emotions by which it is
observed. The greeting: "A Happy New Year,"
pushes up through the hard strata of the year and
the simple emotions which make the whole world
kin bring friend nearer to friend and melt life to-
gether into richer affection and good will be-
comes the keynote Of life on this day Grudges are
dropped. resentments dissolved. and the average
man with the average endowment of affection for
his fellows finds 1t almost impossible to vitalize
any of his hatreds through the emotion laden mo-
ments of New Years day The personal life has
many things to say to itself; it is at once clos
ing OF accounts and the opening of new career.
Old things pass away and all things seem to be-
come new. The things that might have been and
have not become forgotten in the new hopes
and aspirations and ambitions which spring up in
the heart on the first day of the year
OF course, nobody will be what the hopes
fnd faith of the day project for the individual life
abe most ardent believer in the better day. the
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-25

tice law.
Gable is a son of the late r. R.
Gable of the Chicago. Rock Island and
Pacific railway. He is a lawyer by
profession and is the personal choice
of Secretary Nagel
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-25

Small Eva saw man with only ono
arm. Remembering her experience
with one of her dolls, Eva said: oh,
mamma. look at that poor man! The
sawdust has all run out of one of his
arms"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-25
Anticipating the Modes.

This is what others are wearing.
madame"
But don't want to wear what 9TH
ers are wearing. Show me the style
after next"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-25

Dc eHuOWeu WIN competence to DC
these he is doing in this very
day with a miraculous confidence
and a mighty faith. He has discoy
cred that his own commission ov II
lie, over the happiness and health
and the fruitage of the life that
now Is, as well as of that which is
10 come. is vastly larger commits
sion than the world hitherto has
dreamed of. He is finding out that
providence Is a partnership and
mat no man may be a sleeping
partner in the business of living
without the penalty of losing the
very thing that life is-a world of
potencies converted into achieve
ment.
This is the note. surely, as civil
llzation faces the year 1910-the
note of competency, the sense of
added powers to life, the feeling
that the greater things are coming
on the earth, and that man is US
Ing the key to unlock the treasure
house of his own life with a sure
ness and a wisdom that give prom
lse or vastly better, richer. iuster
universe than he has yet known.
Another note of our time is the
fact that life mirrors itself in such
wonderful way and the things
and forces that make for the bet
ter day to be are known and read
of all men. We live in the open.
ana no man may become champion
OF any cause and keep the world in
ignorance of the character of the
cause and the nature of his cham
plonshfp. No man to-day may hide
his light under a bushel. 1t is
tell-tale world. and. more than any
past time, the world to-day has a
1uster sense of values and knows
both the things that are saving it
and the things also that threaten
and endanger it. Public service
was never SO responsible as it is
today, because civilization never
had the almost miraculous power
OF analyzing and testing the value
oil public service as in this present
year. Public life is an open book.
and the most impossible of all i'm
possible things to-day is that any
national or international movement
should be misunderstood or misin-
terpreted by the worlds best mind.
And what Is true of public move
ments is true of public men No
public man can deceive his constit-
uents today, for his constituents
are the world. And the strong man
today is the man who frankly rec
ognizes this.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-25
| N

were exchanged. presents We're
given and received, and feasting
throughout the empire was the or
r of the day. The early Chris
tians at first set themselves against
the usages of the day as observed
by the Romans until the fixing of
Christmas day on the 25th OF De-
cember, and New Years day came
to be observed as the octave of the
Nativity and also as the Festival
of the Circumcision.
The observance and spirit of the
day have not changed very greatly
In the onrush of the centuries. We
might go back across the long
stretch of years between the day
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-25
RE ECOLUTI
FoS YOUNG ~ONTR n

TRIkE up the band, here
comes the good resolution.
Let the whistles blow
their heads off, let the bells
ring out. let the fog
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-25
RSE H~
@A@0A~

EW YEARS DAY has
ever occupied a pecu-
liar relation to the
three hundred and six
ty-five days on which
are etched the doings
and history of a whole
calendar year. The Ro-
mans observed the day
as a public holiday. and
on this day all litiga-
ton and strife were
suspended social visits
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-14
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

wANTED-A storeroem. w. s Baldut.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-14
LANE CUTOFF OUTCLASSED
Laokawsnns Short Line Saves Eleven
Miles at Cost Of $4,000 900.
EFFECT HARTMAN ENTERPRISE
StimuiRnt stirs Eastern
Managers 60 Action-Thrce
Daring Undertakings Are
Under Way.

A striking Illustration OF the power OF
forceful example is supplied by the pres
ent constructive activities OF eastern rail
roads. When Edward II. Hartman took
over the bankrupt Union Pacific system
twelve years ago, financed Il, reconstructed
the lines, lowered grades and shortened
distances. his audacity startled the moss
backs OF the business. AS the years sped
on and success crowned his foresight east
ern managers sat up and took notice Of the
fact that first class service brings first
class retruns. Few Of them will admit
that Mr.. Hsrriman's example influenced
their later activities along lines blazed by
the Union Pacific manager, but the fact
remains that their activities in reconstruc-
ton. lowering Of grades. shortening Of dis
tances and better terminals, took practical
shape coincident with the proved success
Of the Union Pacific reconstruction.
Costly short Line.
A duplicate Of the Lane cutoff into
Omaha effecting a saving Of nine miles.
IL now under construction on the Della
ware, LsckRwanna & Western road in New
Jersey. The cutoff will save a distance of
eleven miles in the journey from New
York to Buffalo. and will cost tl2 OOo. 900,
w ASAA ahiop NAo Vosl OF Nno Lane short
line The short cut leaves the present
line about a quarter OF a mile west OF the
land station at Lake Hopatcong, strikes
north across Sussex county. New Jersey,
70 Andover, and then west to the Delaware
river In nearly a straight line. After cross
ing the Delaware river, the line, which
viii be of two tracks, will swing around to
the right and thus down to the level OF
the present tracks at q point Just south OF
Water Gap. 1t will be a series Of alter
mating cuts and entertainments. Some OF
these are OF such a magnitude that they
will probably become known among en-
gineers form one end of the country 10
the other. Near Andover win be a cut
through granite one-half OF a mile in
length and l2 feet deep at one point. The
amount Of rock which will be excavated
Will be $4,000 cubic yards, or two and a
half times as much as would be REQUIRED
to build the L,45O-foot bridge across the
Delaware river. the l. loo-foot viaduct across
Paulins XIII and the' sixty-three other
bridges which will be required for the SUD-
port of the tracks and entertainments over
the WatercOurses, highways and other rail-
roads intersected by the route. It is two.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-14

NO SUCH BARGAINS as in southern Aiis-
Lathrop 4 Iobin, as Bee
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-14
NIiRnesOIA.

20 ACRES Well improved land. Red
i.vrr valley Minnesota. Nothing betlsT
On earth, $500 per acre. f. }. McMahon
EndlcOtL. 81 Paul MINI.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-14
18th and Ames Ave
INSIDE BARGAIN

We are offering the greatest inside bar
gain in Omaha Just think OF 9 2-story
building covering the full lot 66xl22 on
Harvey St. one block from City Han, Bee
Building, BOyd's Theater, Y. NJ. C. A: and
Court House Vacant corner one block
east held AZ $4,000. Vacant corner first
corner east held at SS5,OoO. This building
is opposite Public Library and Boyles Col
lege. THE INCOME IS OVER 5000 N
THERE ARE ENOUGH VACANCIES IN
BUILDING TO BRING A GROSS REM
tai OF N.000. THE PRICE IS ONLY
$4,000. You couldn't buy the vacant
ground for that If most people owned It.
Every real estate agent we have spoken
win selI for ~. 1000 In q wears and 500 coo
some day. II you really want an inside
bargain and have $4,000 cash. buy this
property NOW. Don't be the man who al
ways tells us when too. late, Il would have
bought that II I had known IT"
N. p. DODGE & CO., 1714 Farnam st.
LIST your property with Chris Boyer. 32d
and Cunning SITS.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-14
GOVERNMENT NOTICES

OFFICE OF THE CONSTRUCTING
Quarterms ster, Cheyenne, Wyoming, Au-
gust 18th, l9O9.-Sealed proposals, in tripli-
cate, will be received at this office until
$3.50 a M, mountain time. Monday, August
30th, 1909, and then opened in public, for
Construction Of Steel Fences for Corrals
at Fort d. A. Russell. Wyoming, and for
the necessary grading connected Herewith.
Price for each to be stated separately.
Blank forms, plans and specifications and
full will be given on applica-
tion at this office. Plans and specifications
viii also be on file in the office Of: Chief
QuarteTmaster, Department of Colorado,
Denver, Colorado; Chief Quartermaster,
Department Of the Missouri, Omaha, Ne
braskA, and in the office of the secretary
of Builders Exchange, st. Paul, MINI. The
Government reserves the right to accept
or reject any or all bids or any part there
OF. Envelopes containing proposals should
be Endorsed Proposals for Steel Fences
at Fort ID. A. Russell, Wyoming" and add
dressed TO Captain V. X Hart, 18th In
fantry, Acting Quartermastery u. S. Army,
Room 3, keefe Hall, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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