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The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
MOVEMENT BEING MADE TO
HAVE SUMMER CAPITAL
ESTABLISHED HERE.
FREE FROM ALL DANGER
EASTERN PAPER Support THE
PROPOSITION AND DENVER
MAY GE TIT.

Denver.-During the last few years
Colorado has been the best advertised
spot in the world and this new sug
gestion seems to be one of those
happy inspirations which will make
people talk about Denver and the
state in all parts of the Union. But
many members of the exchange are
serious in their belief that the citizens
here should go after the national gov
ernment to secure summer capitol
in Denver. President Conway of the
Denver Chamber of Commerce turned
an editorial from the Chicago Journal
over to the secretary to be read upon
the subject at a recent meeting.
After discussing the presence of
Senator N. w. Aldrich, who is called
chief lobbyist for the tariff barons, at
Beverly, the Presidents summer
home, the article advocates the estab-
lishment of summer capitol where
the regular business of the govern
ment may be carried on if the trusts
il,tend to force an all-the-year-around
federal activity. Colorado is suggest
ed in glowing terms, and also the sug-
may discover that considerable por-
ton of the country lies west of Penn
sylvania. The editorial concludes as
follows:
Colorado is the home of the great
est boosters in the world. We are
surprised that they have not already
started in to secure a federal summer
capitol. Once they grasp the possi-
bilities doubtless they will build and
equip the necessary halls and offices
and donate them free"
Mr.. Leet then read the resolutions
he introduced before the Transmissis-
sippi Commercial Congress advocat-
Ing Denver as the capital of the ma
ton because of it's inaccessibility of
attack and weather favorable to the
transaction of business all the year
around.
He quoted from an editorial in the
Pittsburg Dispatch, which says: "The
proposal of that Colorado man to have
the national capitol removed to Den
yer has started something in the
West. Secretary Ballinger gave voice
to the idea on his return to Washing
ton. and every western man in office
at the capitol is out indorsing the
proposition that if there is to be a
summer capitol it ought to be west of
the Mississippi"
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
OLD BOILERS IN DEMAND
They Are Used for Various Decor
atiVe Purposes by Dwel!ers
in Suburbs.

"A great advantage of living in the
suburbs" said the eX-flat dweller, is
the chance it affords of picking up old
boilers to use for decorative purposes
about your ground IN the city you
rarely see any of these discarded ap-
purtenances of the kitchen, but no
large open space in the suburb is
without few.
AS soon as a boiler wears out in
the suburban home and becomes
menace it is promptly hauled away to
some vacant lot, to lie there until
some one decides he can make use OF
it in fixing up his grounds. OF course.
in the city there is nothing for an old
place by the kitchen range but the
junk shop, but in the country they
scorn to treat them that way.
1T may surprise some fiat dwellers
TO know that they are priced high
ly by some suburbanites as gate posts.
Stood up on end and painted red they
make very neat entrance to yard IN
the opinion of a good many folks who
seem to have hit on this idea in my
town. If the crop of old boilers is
good it is possible. l have found, to
make a hedge of them.
Some people, l find, prefer them
unpainted, but it strikes me that paint
improves them, particularly if the
shade harmonizes with the color of
the house. One man, whose home L
have to pass on my way to the train,
has a row of old boilers planted along
side his house to take the place of a
fence.
"Of course, they are more popular
in the pooer quarters, but even 9th
ers find a use for them, as for in
stance a man who has found that they
make excellent receptacles for flow
ers. This man picked up two boil
ers from the nearest vacant lot, cut
them open and placed them length
wise in the ground in his yard. He
has filed them with earth and has
just put his seeds in"
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
For School Children.

Supply the youngsters going to
school with folded paper cornucopias,
which come in sealed packages for a
small sum. These are used for drink
ing cups instead of those found in
public places. It is wise to keep a
supply of these paper cornucopias on
hand for those who travel and for the
shopper when in the city for a day.
Teach the children to make these use
full little drinking cups from clean
white paper, and there will be no
danger of contracting disease from a
drinking cup used by every one who
passes by.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
The Home

Ideally, every house should have
an entire daily bath of sun-dried air.
The primary purpose of cellar is
to insure dryness by separating the
house from the ground.
Food that spoils readily must not be
placed in the cellar.
If you are doubtful about your
cream keeping sweet heat it to al
most boiling, put in tightly corked
glass bottles and set on the ice to
cool. In this way it will not sour
nearly so soon.
If your paint has been marred by
careless scratching of matches, try
rubbing it with the finest sand paper.
One housekeeper advises the use
of half a lemon for removing match
marks from paint.
Red" meats are less liable to con-
tamination than fish or chicken. The
latter should not be eaten if there
is the least suspicion of odor about
them. Beef slightly tainted, though
disagreeable, will not produce pto-
maine poisoning.
Vegetables, like beets and green
corn, that contain sugar do not keep
well and should be eaten as soon as
possible after they are picked.
The housekeeper who goes to
market rather than order by telephone
will find she gets better things for less
money.
The dishwasher who would get
through quickly invests in a soap
shaker and a chain for cleaning pots
and pans. She also has on hand over
the sink box of borax and a bottle of
ammonia for cutting grease.
Sandwiches prepared in advance of
the serving time can be kept as fresh
as when first spread by wrapping
them in a napkin wrunk out of hot
water and then placing in a cool
place.
Do not destroy any net from old dis
carded lace curtains. Cut to squares
of desired size and stitch together
They make excellent washcloths and
they are remarkably durable. Sew
them around the edge on the sewing
machine.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
MUSH HOUR ON THE 'PHONE
Sweethearts Select the Time Between
Eight and Nine O'clock in
the Evening.

The crusty man was hopping mad.
Cant get a telephone" he said.
Every booth in the place is occupied
and has been occupied for the last
half hour. 1 never heard so many
long-winded conversations going on at
one time"
Between eight and nine o'clock in
the evening" volunteered the opera
tor. sweetly, there are more overtime
telephone conversations registered
than in any other in the "a"
What is the cause of it?" snapped
the crusty man.
"Sweethearts," said the girl. For
various reasons He and She cannot
meet every evening, so on the off
nights they satisfy their longing by
talking over the telephone. 1t takes
a long time to say all the things they
want to say. Under the circum-
stances other people ought to be
patient"
"Sweethearts! Humph!" scoffed the
crustr man, and he didn't look pa
tient, not one bit.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
BY Automobile UP Mount Rainier.

United States Engineer Eugene Rick
seeker celebrated Independence day
by throwing open the government
road in the Mount Rainer National
park. Vehicles and horsemen now
have an excellent thoroughfare from
tidewater to Nalada falls, near snow
line in Paradise valley. Mr.. Rick
seeker says that autos and wagons
can now make the trip with comfort.
The maximum grade on the road is
four per cent. Nearly score of au-
tomobiles, all loaded, went to the
mountain.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
Organize In Mesa County.

Permanent organization of the
Mesa County Business Mems associa'
ton has been effected, the following
officers being elected: S. G. McMul'
lin, Grand Junction, president; John
d. Reeder, Palisade, vice president;
H. A. Lee, Fruita, treasurer. and w
C. Meserve. Whitewater, secretary.
The object of the association is to
supplement and coordinate the work
of the various chambers of commerce
throughout the county.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
Not Ashamed of Economy.

Discussing England and the English
from an American point of view, re-
cent American writer in England OBJ
serves: Nobody, from the king of
England down, is either ashamed or
afraid to be economical. Here man
or a woman is thought to be a fool
or a vulgarian who is not careful of
expenditure, while in America our
walters have been clever enough to
make it appear that economy is mean,
and as a nation we suffer according
ly We are fools to be fooled in this
manner"
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
CUTICURA CURED HIM.
Eczema Came on Legs and Ankles
Could Not Wear Shoes Because
OF Bad Scaling and Itching.

II have been successfully cured of
dry eczema. I was inspecting the re-
moval of noxious weeds from the edge
of a river and was constantly in the
dust from the weeds. At night I
cleansed my limbs but felt a prickly
sensation. I paid no attention to it
for two years but 1 noticed scum
on my legs like fish scales. I did not
attend to it until it came to be too
Itchy and sore and began getting two
hlnning sores. My ankles were all
Abre and scabby and I could not wear
Shoes. / had to use carpet and felt
slippers for weeks. I got a cake of
the Cuticura Soap and some Cuticura
Ointment. In less than ten days 1
could put on my boots and in less than
three weeks 1 was free from the con-
founded itching. Capt George P. Bliss,
Chief of Police, Morris, Manitoba, Mar.
20, 1907, and Sept. "a, 1905"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole Props, Boston.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18

Mrs. Esther Kitchell, probably The
Oldest woman in Laramie county, cele.
brated her ninety-sixth birthday at
the home of her son, Aaron Kitchell,
in Fort Collins. She enjoys excellent
health, is quite active and has full
possession of all her faculties. She
has 70 descendants.
The contract for the Camiield Court
building at Greeley has been let for
s74,5S2 to S. F. Gordon of Greeley.
The building when completed will
cost about 100000. The building is
being put up as business block by
D. A. Camfield C Co.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
Some Uses for Lemons.

A teaspoonful of lemon juice in a
small cup of black coffee will drive
away an attack of bilious headache.
A little lemon Juice rubbed on the
face, arms and neck at night will NOT
only whiten but soften the skin. A
paste made of magnesia and lemon
juice applied to the fact and hands
when lying down for is minutes will
bleach the skin beautifully. Hot
lemon juice and sugar Cor hot lemon
ade) for a cough has rarely been
known to fail of giving relief.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
a Queer MaIady.

Sprigg went to noted physician to
ask advice as to his health. In POM
pous tones he addressed the doctor:
'I-ah- have come to-ah-ask
you-ah-what - what is - ah - the
doosid mattaw with me-ah!"
81 find that your heart is affected"
said the physician, gravely.
"Oh-ah-anything else-ah?"
Yes; your lungs are affected, too"
"Anything-ah-else
Yes; your manners are also af'
fected."
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
Not Qualified for the Job.

Father Gmpressively) son, l
want you to be very attentive to your
new teacher, who is a man of wide
and general information. He can
teach you everything you need to
know" Small Boy (derisively)- :?
He don't know nothin'! Why, he
can't even tell who's pitchin' in the
league teams"
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
Green Pea Pancakes

Boil one pint of green peas, mash
while hot and mix in one tablespoon
full of butter, salt and pepper Beat
two eggs and add to the mixture;
then stir in one cupful of milk and
four tablespoonfuls of prepared flour;
whip to stiff batter Fry on a hot
griddle.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
An Arbitrary Classification.

$50 you think every patriot has a
more or less clearly defined ambition
to hold public office?"'
YES" answered Senator Sorghum.
"As rule, patriots may be divided
into two classes-the appointed and
the disappointed"
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
a Rare Good Thing,

"Am using ALIENS FOOT-EASE, and
can truly say 1 would not have been with
out 1t so long had 1 known the relief it
would give my aching feet. ! think 1t a
rare good thing for anyone having sore
or tired feet.-Mrs Matilda Holtwert,
Providence, r. l." Sold by all Druggists,
25c. Ask to-day.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
lust an ANGEL.

MY wife is awfully good to me-"
Lucky man! How does she show
: it?"
"She lets me spend all the money l
save by shaving myself to buy base
ball tickets. ."-Cleveland Leader.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18

Many a woman nags her husband
until she either brings him to her
way of thinking or drives him to
drink.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18

-Four years ago I
suffered misery with
u m b o g o. Every
movement was one
of pain. Doan's Kid
ney Pills removed
the whole difficulty
after only a short
time. Although | do
not like to have my
name used publicly,
l make an exception
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
A Siun of IL.

"The airship manufacturer over the
way must be making money"
"Why?"
81 notice he and his family are fy'
ing very high"
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
Accidentally Shot.

Grand Junction.-John Anseson, for.
merly a business man here, accident
ally shot himself today on his ranch
near Whitewater, and is reported in a
serious condition.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18

Many a man is the moving picture
of an unpaid tailor bill.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18

Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng, softens the gums reduces In
ANIMATION, alays pain. wind coliu 25c bottle
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
Good for Sore Eyes.

for 100 years PETTIT'S EYE SALVE has
positively cured eye diseases everywhere.
ALI druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18

in this case, so that other sufferers
from kidney trouble may profit by my
experience"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18

In Madagascar everyone wears silk
which is cheaper than linen.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
PERRY DAVIS, PAINKuIER

Dyspepsia often results from neglectng slight
attacks of indigestion. Avoid trouble by taking
Painkiller for 1t md cramps. 25c c and SOC sizes
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-18
A TEXAS CLERGYMAN
Speaks Out for the Benefit of Suffer
ing Thousands.

Rev. G. NJ. Gray. Baptist clergy
man, of Whitesboro, Tex, says:
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
The Committee investigating.

GLENDIvE, Aug. l4.-The senatorial
committee on irrigation, which is
looking into conditions in the lower
Yellowstone project, spent yesterday
at Sidney. The party is travelling in
q special train and carrying two large
touring cars as part of the equipment.
On arriving at Sidney the time was
put in to the best possible advantage,
and the automobiles toured many
miles about the holdings of the vari-
Gus settlers. Each senator engaged
the ranchmen in conservation and OBJ.
tanned Information.
"We have made this trip to obtain
intimate knowledge of a subject which
We shall have to deal with more or
less during the next session Of con.
gress," said Senator Carter. "It is
Q matter in which Montana, as we'll
as other states, has the keenest in.
terest. We intend to obtain all the
information possible from the people
who ought to have the best informs.
ton. Before the trip 10 concluded we
shall have visited most of the irriga.
ton projects of the west, and will
have obtained information which will
be of value when the subject comes up
for discussion"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
ASTRONOMY.

IT, Exaetnsss illustrated BY the Dis.
covery Of Neptune.
There is perhaps no more striking
illustration Of the power OF scientific
method than that relating to the dis
covery Of Neptune in 1S46. The planet
Uranus, until then the Outermost
known member of our solar system,
refused to follow the path computed
for it by mathematical astronomers.
With the progress Of time the discrep-
ancies between its predicted and OBJ.
served positions grew constantly larger
until in the early eighteen-forties the
discordance amounted to fully seven.
ty-five seconds Of arc. This is a small
angle. not more than one-twenty-f1fth
the angular diameter Of our moon, yet
a very large angle to refined astron
omy, for a discrepancy of two seconds
would have been detected with ease.
The opinion gradually developed that
Uranus was drawn from its natural
course by the attractions of an undis.
covered planet still farther from the
sun than itself. Adams in 1S43 and
LIE Verrier in 1S45 independently and
each without knowledge Of the others
plans attacked the then extremely diff
6cult problem of determining the ap-
proximate orbit, mass and position Of
an undiscovered body whose attrac-
lions should produce the p~erturbations
| observed. Regrettable and avoidable
I delays occurred in searching for the
planet after Adams results were com
municated to the astronomer royal In
October. 1916. LIE Verrier's results
were communicated to the Berlin Oh
%servatory in September, 1916. with the
request that a search be made. The
disturbing planet, later named Nep'
tune, was found on the first evening
that it was looked for less than one
degree of arc from the position as.
signed by lie verrier. If an energetic
search had been made in England the
year before the planet would have
been discovered within two degrees OF
the position assigned by Adams.-Pro
fessor w. w. Campbell in Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
Scarcity of Harvest Hands.

BILLINGS, Aug. 12.-The thing that
worried the farmers of Kansas a few
years ago is now causing the husband.
men of Montana and North Dakota
all sorts of grief, for the harvest is
on and there is a scarcity of men to
garner the golden grain. The north.
ern part of North Dakota and eastern
Montana is in need of from $1,000 to
~, 900 harvesters, if the estimates
made by the railroad officials who
have been keeping tab 90 the situation
are correct. Where they are going
to get enough workers to supply the
demand? With the return Of prosper
ity the army of unemployed has
dwindled.
81 learned while travelling through
Dakota that the stu alton is really Sc.
rious," said L. P. Carter of Walla
Wslla, who vas in the city last night.
1.-THE railroad officers are getting Q
line on the number of the men needed
and the localities to which they should
be cent, and the employment agencies
are striving to fill the orders, but
from what l q learn they are up
against the real thing.
1.-THE remark is frequently made
that the country is full of men who
are looking for work. Such may be
the case, but the facts do not appear
to bear out such q statement.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
THE RIVER SEINE.
e 10 the Most Picturesque Of the
Highways Of Paris.

Highways Of Paris.
We have heard almost too much OF
the streets Of Paris and not enough of
that street most distinctive of all-the
river Seine. Flowing through the city
for six miles. it is a highway, with its
batenux mouclles. it's bridges and its
quiyS. OF IL dark night the Seine may
seem to l%ugubrious fancy the symbol
of death in the city's life ab0unding-
murky death and inky crime, oozy and
silent wickedness. Yet normally. even
perhaps to suicides, the Seine is but
the mirror Of a city's mood. There are
lights everywhere-lights heightened
in the water. The Louvre and the
Conciergerie shown in the stream are
things fairer than their originals. 1t
is better to look upon the eddying re-
fections Of the bridges here than to
stand in the Place de la Concorde,
bright with its orange lamps In honor
Of an auto show. The lights on the
Seine and its images are more alluring.
more innately Of fairyland and Paris.
than the gilded boulevards.
Nor Is it only in the moonlight that
the Seine has charms. The holiday
sculler finds it a paradise for miles
above the city. and there are ever such
fishermen as Maupassant's Renard.
Line fishing is more than a mild sport
at Paris. Even to watch its devotees
seems to amuse your true Partisan. A
legend tells us that in the commune
days. when the Hotel de Vile was
fred on and a dark page written in the
| city's history. the Seine fishermen pur'
sued their pastime, i~mperturbable
And the tale seems likely enough Al
the sauntercr watches the fisher folk
whose leisure may be envied more
than their occupation and who arr
found not on the city quays alone, but
in the banlieu. where the Seine's greer
bank is dabbed with villages in brown
and red and gray and where n stops
to watch the peasants battle thei
horses in the stream itself, rubbing
them down soon afterward by the riv
er's brink. Within the city there ar
the men who clip poodles on the quay
and higher book and picture stall
with their merchants and shifting
groups Of bargain hunters-the Odeo'
arcade for new books, the riverside TO
old.-Scribner's Magazine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
Chinese Lottery In Butte.

BUTTE, Aug. 12.-It may be news
to many people that among the thriv.
ing industries of this city is a Chinese
lottery, drawings taking place every
afternoon at $50 O'Clock, and every
morning at IL O'Clock. That the BUSH
ness must be a prosperous one is evil
dent from the fact that the highest
cash prize At each drawing is 5000,
down from that to 81. In one
case where the wife of q we'll known
barber took a chance some time ago,
she succeeded In drawing q valuable
cash prize.
The Chinese lottery business was
brought to light today by q May
Stewart, a colored resident of the re-
stricted district, coming to the police
headquarters and reporting to Chief
Quinn and Detective Jerry Murphy
that she had drawn the first prize, and
that the Cinnamon had refused to pay
over the $500 less Is per cent which
is deducted for the paying of expenses,
making $50.
The Cinnamon did not deny running
q lottery. In fact they acknowledged
that the woman vas q ticket holder,
but declared that she was not entitled
to the amount of money called for, al
they declared that the ticket had beer
tempered with. The officers made &
com plete search of the place, but were
unable to find any evidence in the way
of papers or books that a lottery wal
being carried on. No arrests were
made.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
Will Contest the Sale.

KALIsPELL, Aug. l3. - That the
states right to sell the 80 acre tract
of mountain land adjoining Bolton
station which was recently sold at
auction to the Great Northern Rail-
way company for 1855 per acre, will
be determined by contest appears evil
dent from the methods adopted by
the forestry department to reinforce
its claim to the land, which lies within
the forest reserve. An order setting
aside the 80 acres for administrative
purposes has been issued and rangers
are throwing a fence around the land.
The state claimed the tract by right Of
a prior grant by the government, but
the land was withdrawn and thrown
into the eserve before the states title
was secured, and on this situation
hangs the contest.
The land is worthless for forest re.
serve, being mostly rocks and burnt
stumps, but it is of incalculable value
to the railroad as the site for its pa.
lstial hotel, which will be built at the
gateway to the park to sccommod ate
the tourist traffic. The object in op.
posing the railroad purchase is not
apparent, 81 the land is even useless
for q ranger headquarters, owing to
it's physical characteristics.