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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-12-08
Twelve Times 4 Lmatic.

A Missouri man has been put in
Jail for having married thirteen wives.
He's not criminal. He's lunatic.
Clinton Gazette
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-12-08
VINO Cnrcsl

VIII the next President OF Clemson
college bear the familiar name of b.
r. Tillman?- The State.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01

What may proved to be a rich min
Ing district just above the state line
IN Colorado is now being prospected
by Durango parties, according to pri
vate advice received here. This in.
formation is to the effect that n Du
range man found some rock while
prospecting west of the Indian ditch
and upon having It assayed received
returns of 4.75 ounces In gold. There
VIII be a rush to the new fnd as
soon as the snow goes off Bob Bray
OF this city, one of the hest aud most
experienced prospectors In the sonlh.
west, says he has been told oy, faw-
mill men familiar with the neigh Dor.
hood of the reported find aai .nai
cations of mineral are good. The place
is very close to the Ute reservation
III not actually on it.-Aztsc Index.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01
LONDON WOMEN
WELCOME MARTYRS
Snffragists Form in Procession and in Face
OF Snow Storm March to Jail to
Extend Congratulations

LONDON. Feb. 27.-The woman suf.
fragists are losing no opportunity to
advertise their cause. They gathered
In force this morning outside of HoI.
loway jail to welcome three of their
number who had just completed one
months imprisonment for trying to
interview Premier Asquith. In spite
of the fact that there was snow fall.
Ing, they formed In procession and
marched to Holbern. whore break.
fast of welcome was given for the
martyrs.
Miss Cristaboi Parkhurst in address.
Ing the gathering, complained that
while Mrs. Lawrence and other lead.
ers of their organizations had been
sentenced to two months lmprison.
ment for their raid on the house of
commons. Mrs. Despard. the leader OF
n rival society. had got Off with one
month. The speaker promised another
raid on the house of commons March
80. when London. suffragists will be
Joined by delegates from Lancashire
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01
GRANT SHIPPERS
REDUCED RATES
ranscontinental Railroads Agree to Restore
Rates Prevailing Prior to the
First of January

CHICAGO. Feb. 27-Important re-
ductions from new schedules of trans
continental freight rates, which went
into effect Jan. /, and which have
aroused the active opposition of ship.
pers from the Atlantic to the Pacific
has been agreed upon by the railroads
and will be made effective as soon
as amended tariffs can be filed with
the interstate commerce commission
These concessions, in most cases, Is
restoration of old rates in effect
before the first Of the year and amount
- from to 20 per cent on a large
number of commodities. The increase
was made Jan. /, and the reduction
announced to effect both east and
west bound freight. Shippers in Cali
fornia and on the Atlantic coast are
effected alike. Canned goods west
bound from Colorado are reduced from
80 ~ SO cents. Machinery from Colo
rado to California from sl50 to s1.40.
On hides eastbound an allowance of 3
cents per 100 for shrinkage in weight
was agreed upon.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01
Pitiful Case Of
Child Desertion

COLORADO SPRINGS. Feb. 27.-
The death of little Mary Kruferth, a,
ST. Francis hospital today. revealed
a pitiful case of child desertlon. Al.
though only Z years old. the little
girl, with her 9-year-old sister, had
tried to care for their baby sister
when deserted by their father sey
eral weeks ago, with the result that
all three became I'll and were sent to
the hospital. The mother died some
time ago, and, according to the neigh.
bors, their father left them In a shack
on the outskirts of Colorado City. II
was several days before neighbors dis.
covered the little ones and then all
OF them were prostrated with fever
If the two sisters, who are still III
recover. they will be sent to the state
home for dependent children.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01

day. James L. Anderson. 20 years
old. son of David Anderson. student
at the East Denver high school. who
struck the blows which incapacitated
simonson, is a prisoner in the city jail.
Ii Simonson dies, Anderson will be
charged with killing his school chum.
A. J. Simonson, the real estate man,
and father of the injured boy, kept
vigil at the sons bedside at st. Luke's
hospital all night This morning the
lads condition is critical
The boys involved in the affray
while walking on California street yes
terday noon. They had been close
friends for years. They started to
box. Suddenly simonson fell to the
sidewalk from terrific punch. 81.
monson was rendered unconscious
After he had been examined by sur
geons with offices near by. he was
hurried to st. Luke's hospital in the
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01
Returning for
the Inauguration

~ N!sss work. Feb. 27.-.-Returning TO
Washington to await his Inauguration
ms president March 4. President-elsct
Taft left New York. accompanied By
Mrs. Taft. and boarded the train Isav.
Ing the Pennsylvania railroad station
in Jersey City at 1917. Mr.. and Mrs.
Taft left the home Of Henry w. TAFT,
In West Forty-eighth street, in an au-
tomobile, accompanied by Timothy L
Woodruff, chairman Of the New York
state Republican committee who Join.
ed them few minutes before their de.
parture from the Taft home. On their
way to the ferry the Taft party stop
ped for a few minutes at the studio Of
George Burroughs Torrey. who has
nearly completed portrait Of the
presidentelect. The painting IL made
at the order Of Mr.. Woodruff, and IL
threequarter length portrait similar
to that of President Roosevelt which
Mr.. Torrey painted for Paul Morton.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01
Opportunity for
United action
BOOSTERS CLUB FOR DURANGO
AND THE ESouTHWEST.


Boosters Club?" What Is 1t and
what is it to be?" These are ques-
tions that are being asked by many
on Durango's streets today. Answer
these questions, and you will have
answered the quesuon--"W What Is Du-
range and what Is La Plata county
and what are they to be?"
The writer (haying grown up with
Durango) will gladly give The Herald
readers his idea of what Boosters
Club" should be and what 1t can do
for Durango and the southwest.
Now. take It for granted that Her
aid readers are familiar with the un.
developed and partially developed re
sources and industries Of Durango and
La Plata county. We have the quartz
mines. the coal mines, the farming
land, the grazing land, the fruit land.
and the timber land. We have flour
mills, the smelter and foundries and
machine shops and other manufactur.
ing industries. still In theif infancy.
Manufacturing. by the way, with the
lockwood Power plant back of us,
TO be the largest plant in the United
States, bids fair to become leading
industry.
Added to our many resources, the
fact that we have the best climate,
the best water system. the best
schools and the best people on earth,
Is 1t any wonder that Mr.. David Ram.
sey. on his return from Seattle and
the state OF Washington few days
ago. said: r0urango and La Plata
county have the greatest opportuni.
ties for growth and development OF
any town and county in Colorado or
as far as ! know, In the United
States"
Then, why IS II that we are not go
ing ahead Today? Why is 1t that the
little town OF Cortez. twelve miles
from the railroad. is doing three times
the building as Durango? Why is #
that the real estate men Of Monte
yuma county, with one principal indus
try tfarming), are selling ten times
the number Of acres of farm land as
we of La Plata county. This. under
an irrigating system that cost hel
people nearly a million dollars "a
bonded indebtedness) and In view o.
the fact they are holding their landI
for more money than Just as good ant
better lands In our county. which ha,
more acres and better watered Ian,
than any county in Colorado. VIII,
are our Industries at a stnndstIll
Why are our people talking thar,
times?"
All know the answer to all thes,
questions. Simply because othei
towns and sections have advertise,
their lands, their country and thei
resources and we have not.
Now then. Boosters club" In m,
opinion. should be an organization O
! 500 to 1000 Of our best rsprsssntativ
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01
Celebration Ends in
Serious Rioting

LISBON, Feb. 27.-The carnival Gel
ebrations held in Lisbon this week
resulted in serious rioting and mum
ber of encounters with the police dur
ing which numerous people were more
or less injured and about 200 arrests
made.
The precautions taken by the au-
thoritiesxf3 preventing any demonstra'
ton on HE first anniversary of the
assassination of King Carlos and the
crown prince, but the population took
advantage of carnival time TO indulge
in the manifestations they wanted to
fold three weeks ago
The assassination of Feb. /, 1908,
was repeatedly enacted at various
points throughout Lisbon by persons
made up TO represent the late King
Carlos and the crown prince and
Queen Amelie, Prince Manuel and
Regicides Costa and Buissa as they
were attired on the day of the TRACE
dy, while other groups carrying cot
HIS COululDlHS hhelelUus " ISpiSScut
King Carlos and the crown prince gave
representations of the funeral process
sion to the accompaniment of bias
phemous songs.
The police were completely taken by
surprise and when they attempted to
vsop the scandalous proceedings the
lower classes sided with the masque-
raiders and received them with a vol
ley of stones. The women aided the
rioters by throwing missiles from win
dows. The police finally had to make
free use of their revolvers and swords.
They charged right and left and a
panic followed. The situation was
such that the police could not control
IT and troops had to be summoned.
The streets were finally cleared by
the troops who made arrests by the
wholesale.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01
Considers Situation
Grave and Unsafe

PARIS, Feb. 27.-The Mathis Ber.
lin correspondent says that Prince
Won Buelow, in an address today, de-
clared that despite the optimism pre-
vailing regarding the Balkans, he con
sidered the situation grave and un-
safe. or the attitude Of Prussia the
chancellor is quoted as saying:
"The Balkan question is like a bar.
rel OF gunpowder near lighted torch
We are ready and In the representa-
lions that we made to Prussia did
not disguise the fact that In case OF a
conflict breaking out between Aus
tria and Seryia In which Russia sup
ported by arms the latter. we would
Immediately place ourselves beside
Austria and attack Russia"
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01

mits and an Increased force added.
This extension will cover about l.IGO
acres OF land and VIII come out on
the lower Crouch mesa opposite Flora
Vista. 1t is a community ditch and
the work is being done by the land
owners. There is some very fine land
under this extension.-Aztec Index.
We are informed that a man on the
way from Kansas to this valley to
purchase land became demented on
the train from Telluride to Dolores,
and at stony creek took out his pocket
Knife and cut bad cash In his
throat. He was taken to Dolores where
fifteen stitches were taken and and
he VIII recover.-Cortez Herald.
The last storm left two feet of snow
in the pinions. This is an unheard of
fall for this country. and while It
causes Inconvenience IN travelling the
result next spring will be great. The
ground was never wet SO deep before.
and the soil is in the finest of condi.
tion. Those who have in winter wheat
have hit tho nail squarely.-Cortss
Journal.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01

citizens pushing, working, advertising
boosting Durango and the southwest.
The woman too, believe, has place
In such club. The farmer should
be first among this bunch of Boost.
ers." For who will get the larger
benefit than he. In Increased demand
for products. the result of his toll and
economy and also increased property
valuation as a result of such an or
ganizntion. The only requisite then,
brothers and citizens. is united har.
monious action. A Boosters club"
will bring this about. Our people are
ready for 1t and now is the time
Who is the coward" In such race /?
A. L. Nathan says: "Cal. II you
get up club of 500 members, a new
hat is yours" He is president of
the board of trade. Those who know
Abe say 1t win not be a cheap hat
either"
Sam" Henderson. vice president of
the board of trade. says: Go ahead;
/ am with you"
Our real estate men arc united for
action. Farmers from Fort Lewis
mesa. Animas valley. Pine river and
Florida mesa signify their intention
of joining us. We, who know the
women do not have to ask them II
they expect to take a back seat. The
mechanic, the merchant. the business
and professional man. the mine owner
and the home owner are all in. SO then
let us not limit our membership as to
calling. trade. occupation or
sex and I'll venture the prediction that
we will be nearer to 1000 than 500
In number at the end of twelve
months. Now get ready and be on the
rain when It gets here.
We are not going south.
j. C. COPELAND,
A "Knocker."
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01
Gathered in His
Companions Dough

FORTRESS MONROE. Va. Feb. II.
BY winning nearly $1,000 At throw
Ing dice William Crockett. an ordinary
seaman. formerly Of the Ksarsargs.
has demonstrated that he has not .
peer at crap shooting among men
OF the American fleet. AS result he
Ia now taking fling at Monte Carlo
and come home on merchant steam
er. his tern OF enlistment having az
pired recently. Crockett gathered II
$1,000 in one week aboard the Ksar.
sarge, and due to this and additional
financial drain. due to purchasing 500
venirs. many OF the blue Jackets have
come home from their globe circlins
trip "flatbroke."
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01
President Makes
Some Comparisons

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The pres
ident called IN a number of newspaper
correspondents yesterday and told
them that George Washington suffered
the same kind of attacks upon his re-
tirement. that are now directed at Mr..
Roosevelt He reminded his visitors
of the assailants who pestered Wash.
ington during his second term. To
emphasize his point he distributed for
publication typewriter copies OF an
editorial. written by Phillip Freneau.
published in the Aurora. Philadelphia,
March 8. 1893, bitterly attacking the
first president whose second admins.
tration had Just closed.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01
Members Visiting
Agricultural College

DENVER, Feb. 27.-A special train
carrying members Of the legislature TO
Fort Collins to visit the State Agri,
cultural college left the Union station
over the Colorado & Southern at 0
o'clock today The visit of the legis-
lators to the school is in response to
an invitation by the student body. The
special was chartered by students for
accommodating members of the legis.
lature and their families. Senator
Drake is in charge of the party en-
route.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01
Statehood Bill
Knocked in Head

WASHINGTON. Feb. 27.-There will
be no statehood legislation for New
Mexico and Arizona at the present
session OF congress. At meeting OF
the committee on territories all mem.
bers, regardless Of party. In a sensa.
tional scene abandoned consideration
of the house bill. The charge was
openly made that the dominant fac
tion Of the party in New Mexico was
corrupt having bribed Jurors and done
other things that made It inadvissbls
to trust them with statehood.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01
MYTH AND
DELUSI0N
Financial Secretary of
Bowery Mission
Makes a Statement

NEW YORK. Feb. 27.-Farm Jobs
ia the west and the crying demand for
agricultural labor is a myth, delusion
and snare according to John c. Earl
financial secretary of the Bowery mis-.
sion.
lie declares while he receives count.
less newspaper clippings and other
communications, purporiipg to show
that farmers badly need help and are
ready to employ idle men of the city,
The mission is unable to locate the
addresses or get any definite lnforma
tiou. Discussing this interesting Bit
Of news bearing on the labor problem
and unemployed, mr. Ear said:
This is trouble we are constantly
having Western newspapers print
stories that help is badly needed in
certain sections OF the country. We
offer to furnish honest, Industrious
sober men, who are willing to take any
kind of work since they have been out
Of employment for months, and then
we find that work is not there. Dur
ing 1908 / wrote TO the governor of
overy state in the union, Offering to
supply help II he would send the ad
dresses Of farmers who wanted hands
From these letters / did not get a
single reply to show that there was
great demand for farm hands.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01

Judge Merle has issued restrain
ing order against the county commits
sioners of San Juan county and order.
ed the board to let the contract to L.
Chase. The Chase bid was $500 lssa
than the bid of the Pennington pso-
pie but the people of the last named
place Joined together and planned .
bridge to cost an extra thousand dol
lars, contributing money and labor.
and II within the powers OF the cour.
should have been permitted to 90
ahead with the work.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01

Phillip Hull. was the wife whom he
had divorced some time previously.
Then 1t came the time OF the widow
diyoscee to make discovery. She
learned that the wife OF her first
husband, H. P. Hull, was also the di
voreed wife OF her late husband, Phil
lip, in other words. that each OF the
brothers had been divorced and that
each had married the others divorced
wife. although none of the four parties
to the transaction was aware of the
fact.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01
Woman Grappled
With a Burglar

NEW YORK. Feb. 27.-Mrs Warrie
Rooney, returning. from a theater last
night, gave chase to a man whom she
saw In the dining room OF her home
grappled with him and screamed and
held him in her grasp until Q police
man arrived. Taken to the police
station, the man showed little con,
cern and said he was a burglar By
profession. "Why do you ask me
what l work ats You know I'm bur
slar. That's my trade" said the man
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01
Trolly Collision
; Injuries Many

COLUMBUS, o., Feb. 27.-Flve peo-
pie were severely injured and prob
ably score hurt today when line
car on the Ohio Electric railway crash
ed into the car from Springfield fill
( ~ with passengers. No one was kill
ed. The accident occurred on curve
one mile west OF West Johnson. An
error in telephone orders is said to
have caused the collision.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01

The brewers came in for a good
sound drugging at the hands OF the
newly organized Colorado Federation
OF Liquor Dealers Wednesday night
when the association was at last com.
pleted, and the responsibility for
dives" and disreputable saloons was
accredited to the brewers, says the
Denver Post. According to Denver
papers the organization formed with
about 500 members from all parts OF
the state. The object of the organlza-
tion is to conduct the liquor business
with strict conformity with the law
obeying midnight and Sunday closing
and thus put stop to arguments ad.
vanced by temperance advocates that
saloon men will not obey the laws and
should be wiped out.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01
Friendly Contest
Ends DisastrousIy

DENVER, Feb. 27.-What began as
a friendly test at fsticuffs between
two high school boys yesterday prob
ably will result in the death Of 1S-
yssr-old Leonard simonson. during the
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01
Quarter Million
Butterine Blaze

CHICAGO. Feb. 37.-Ths buttssfns
plant and storage house Of gvift e.A
Company IN the stock yards was -.
stroysd By fred today. rAs lAs \
ssttnats1 q AsasIy snaztsR nlnnaA
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01

drug business at Dolores and will
locate In that place permanently.
"The San Juan Guards" is an organi-
zation TO be formed at Pennington. A
meeting has been called to take the
first steps this evening. A company
OF 1l6 is aimed at.
Telluride was without mail four days
the first of the week the same as Du.
range. This does not often happen
as Telluride has the advantage OF
the broad gauge by way OF Grand
Junction.
w. 8. Walker came down from Du-
range last week and on Saturday he
closed lease on the Farmington can
merry for the coming year. for a gen
tleman from Ohio. The man who has
leased the property will be here abou.
March 10. and will want to make con.
tracts with our farmers for the prod
ucts OF number OF acres to be plant
ed to tomatoes. This will prove Of
great benef,t 70 the people Of this soc
tion.-Farminston Times-Hustier.
The work on the extension Of the
Lower Animas Glitch. which has been
prosecuted since last spring. viii b
eoAtiAueA - eesa - ~ voathar -
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01

According to dispatch to the Pue
bio Chieftain 1t appears the caucus
agreement on the direct primary bill
was In effect no agreement at ALL
simply an agreement to fight It out
in the house and senate. The Chief
tain dispatch says: I'm the primary
election fight 1t was announced early
this morning in big headlines that the
two sides had gotten together on q
compromise bill and that the fight
was all over. The getting together
was simply an agreement to report
the matter back to the house and
senate with section four left out. 1t
was agreed by the conferees that the
rest of the bill would be reported back
and that each side would present their
amendments to this section. Senator
McCue will present an amendment pro.
viding for a petition feature. The
matter will then be taken up for dis
cussion on the floor OF the senate.
but an attempt will be made to limit
debate to certain time. The same
will be followed In the house. In
dicatiuns are that the senate will vote
for the petition feature and the house
will vote for the convention feature,
and the matter VIII be just the same
as 1t has been for the past flfty-one
days"
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01

By unanimous vote OF the house w.
A. H. Andrews was declared to have
been legally elected delegate in con-
gress from New Mexico. as the re-
suit of the contest of octaviana A.
LariZoia.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01
INTERESTING ITEMS FROM
NElGHBoRiNG EXCHANGES

J. w. Lair will assume the man.
agement of his Aztec hotel in the
near future.