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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-05
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Of importance. IN the stable I STUN
bled on an empty champagne case,
which was Of the same brand as one
I had noticed in the vault Of the
bank. 1t might mean something or
nothing, but l had long ago learned
to take particular notice of small
things, and many is the valuable clew
that this habit has given me.
"since the return of Saunders and
McGrath, they had been working on
the clew Of the anonymous letter, and
the Information it contained about the
mysterious boxes which had been seen
to arrive at the bank at night. They
had located the author, a discharged
messenger, who bore 4 grudge against
the teller to whose instance he attrib-
uted his discharge. From the mes
been delivered at the back entrance
of the bank late. at night. They had
been brought to 1t in a one horse
express wagon. but the wagon had not
displayed a license number and the
driver. although mufned in a great
coat, had evidently not been a regu-
lar expressman. SO the messenger in
formed them. He gave fairly accu-
rate description Of the wagon, which
had been Of peculiar construction.
Il had seen Just such a vehicle at
the bankers residence, a sort of de-
livery wagon which seemed to be en-
ployed in hauling feed for the extern
sive stable of the banker, as 1t had
been filled with sacks of oats and
bales of hay when saw it.
The next morning I reported sick
at the Sank, but my service with the
banker vas not at an end. had shifted
my position from janitor at the bank
to assistant gardener and general fac
totum at the presidents residence
Armed with a note from the banker to
the gardener. put in my appearance
at his residence. The gardener didn't
seem to like my appearance. He re-
garded me with cold suspicion. while
he read the note from his employer,
and. 1t seemed to me, he rather reluc-
tantly accepted me as his assistant.
verify believe he would have driven
me away on some pretext, II 1t had
not been for the explicit terms of the
note the banker had written at my die
tation.
"The gardener was a tough looking
customer There was an atmosphere
of suspicion about him which put me
on my guard and caused me to watch
him with caution. He was smooth
individual. however. and had served
in my new capacity for three days
without discovering anything worth
mentioning. when he set me at the
task of wheeling out the ashes from
the big bin in the cellar. The bin was
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-05

situated at the rear OF the furnace.
near the entrance of the basement.
and in passing to and fro at my task.
l noticed several wine-cases piled in
a dark corner of the basement. took
advantage Of the first opportunity to
examine them and, while the lids
were securely nailed down, found.
by lifting them, that they were as
heavy as chunks OF lead.
THAT night ! burgiarized the bank
er's basement. while two of my COM
panions kept watch outside to see that
l was not disturbed. In the chair
pagne-cases found the molds and
other accessories Of the counterfeiters.
and a large quantity of metal and
newly manufactured coins.
Before We left the bankers resi-
dence. the gardener was a prisoner.
and before the night was over we
had nabbed Mason and farley and
Cashier Powell. The gardener turned
states evidence and gave the whole
thing away. The three society men
held out firmly to the last. They were
convicted only after considerable diff
nculty. Except for the assistance OF
the gardener in securing evidence. we
should never have been able to have
made out. against them. anything
more than a strong circumstantial
case. We recovered about $4,000
from the culprits. and in the banks
vault was more than $4,000 Of the
counterfeit money. The night watch
man at the bank was also implicated
and convicted.
THE gardener. who had many
aliases. was an old offender. He had
worked at one time in the Frisco
mint, and was regarded as a skillful
workman. After leaving the mint, he
had put out a gold coin of the
twenty-dollar denomination. but had
been caught and had served prison
term for it. He had drifted east. after
serving his term, and had figured out
the plan which he had there put in op-
Grafton. He had manufactured the
coins, using the big furnace at the
bankers residence for that purpose.
and had secured the three society
men. all of whom were heavily in debt
and therefore ready victims. to palm
on the money. Their method was to
take good money from the bank vault
and replace 1t with the bad. which
they worked of at the factory in the
weekly pay roll. The cashier at the
bank had secured the place for the
counterfeiter at the bankers resi-
dence. but this had not been with any
particular design further than it was
a place that was especially suited to
the necessities OF the counterfeiter."
Copyright 1903. by W. G. ChaprI ~
Copyright in Great BritainS
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-05
TINE PeRUNA Al MANIAC.

The druggists have already been sup
piled with the Peruna almanac for
1909 In addition to the regular AstrO-
nOmical matter usually furnished In
almanacs. the articles on astrOlogy
are very attractive to most people
The mental characteristics OF each
A list Of lucky and unlucky days will
be furnished to those who have our
almanacs. free Of charge. Address The
Peruna Co.. Columbus, o.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-05
Spseasi Nsvnd Trip be~sseeSsss'
0ztea u New Mexico And TexAs-

On the first and third Tuesdays OF
each month. during the entire year.
the Colorado 4 Southern Railway will
Sell round trip Homeseekers' tickets
to a great many points in New Mexico
and Texas at one fare plus $2.S for
the round trip. Final limit twenty-five
days. allowing liberal stOp-over privii-
eges. For detailed information. rates.
etc. call on the Colorado & Southern
agent. or address 4. +. Fish General
Passenger Agent. Denver, Colorado.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-05

moved It from the shelf, I cut the cord
which fastened the mouth Of 1t while
the attention of the inquisitive cashier
and teller was directed elsewhere.
Having shaken the mouth Of the
sack open and frayed the ends Of the
cord SO that my ruse would not be
detected. purposely stumbled and
fell as crossed the vault The coins
poured out upon the steel floor Of the
big vault in 4 bright yellow stream,
rolling hither and yon, while sat de-
jectedly in the midst of the golden
flood and rubbed my knee and cursed.
The two bank ofiicials showed live
ly concern at my stupid accident. and
both set about gathering up the coins.
I assisted them as much as possible.
but my pulse was beating too fast for
my help to amount to much. My ruse
had fully served my purpose. The
ring OF the coins upon the steel floor
Of the vault had not been true. They
had rung dull and heavy. and l knew
them at once for their real false char
acter. The verification of this fact
came when I fingered them deftly, as
l restored them to the sack whence
they had come. There was no mistak-
ing the feeling of them. They were
greasy and slick: that slimy touch
which discloses the spurious coin in
the dark as well as in the light. Every
one 1 touched had that slippery, soap
stone surface which counterfeiters
h1, hn
of metal Of the same f1neness as that
Of the genuine coin.
"As replaced the sacks, after clean
ing the shelf, I was careful to weigh
each of them in my hand. There were
Is sacks. each containing thousand
dollars in half eagles, which were light
in weight.
Il now felt sure OF my ground. but
it was still necessary that We secure
proof against the teller. l had not
suspected the cashier, until his evil
dent trepidation when 1 spilled the
sack of gold.
THE mystery was now more COM
plex and interesting than ever. While
I had discovered the big reserve Of
the counterfeiters had no evidence
against any one, and was still afraid
to make arrests. wanted the makers
of the coin and their machinery. and
wanted them badly. for this was the
biggest case that l had thus far in
nv career been engaged upon.
THAT night l did some tall think
ing and also made secret trip to the
bankers residence, which l carefully
examined from the outside, going
over the extensive grounds about the
house and the outbuildings at the i'm
minent peril Of being shot for bur
glar. Here discovered only one thing
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-05
MIX FOR COLDS

To one-half pint good whiskey. add
one ounce syrup sarsaparilla and one
ounce Toris compound. which can be
procured OF any druggist. Take in tea
spoonful doses before each meal and
before retiring This relieves in "a
hours, and cures any cold that is
durable.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-05
HOw's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollar Reward foe any
Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hals
Catarrh Cure.
r. J. CHENEY d CO. Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned. have known r. J. Cheney
for the last IS years. and believe him perfectly hon.
orabie in all business transactions and nnsncall,'
able TO carry any obligations made by his nrnI.
WALDING. kISNAN 4 MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo o.
Halls CatArrh Cure taken internally acting
directly upon the blood and MUCOUS surfaces the
system Testimonials free. Price rs cents pa
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-05
Poor Stun,

The Servant-You got cheated when
you bought that chiny vase. mum.
The Mistress-How cheated?
The Servant-Why, its weak. II
busted all to smash the first time
dropped it,
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-05
And He Probably Did.

What can l do roared the fiery
orator, when ! see my country going
to ruin, when see our oppressors'
hands at our throats. strangling US,
and the black clouds OF hopelessness
and despair gathering on the horizon
to obliterate the golden sun Of pros
perity? What. l ask. can l do?"
sit down." shouted the audience.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-05
A Fatal Breath.

Brookton with statistical bent-
Do you know old man. I've just been
reading up lot of statistics on pres
ent-day mortality. and ! have learned
some remarkable things. Why, every
time l breathe man dies.
Rrockton (comprehendingly)-
the great autofumes, Then why In
the name of the census don't you chew
cloves?
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-05

There is In man a higher than love
Of happiness; he can do without hap
piness. and instead thereof find bless
ednesS.-Carlyle.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-05

Do not neglect constipation. for this con-
dition poisons the blood and leads to chron-
ic i'll health. Garfield Tea, the mild herb
laxative. corrects constipation. keeps the
blood pure. and the health good.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-05

There is no Safer Remedy for Cough.
or throat trouble than Browns g Bronchial
Trochcs.' - cents "A box. Sample free.
John l. Brown & Son. Boston, Mass.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-05
The Doctors Orders.

Mrs. OHarrigan-PhOy have ye
stuck this empty flask under tn baby!
Mrs. Carey-Th' doctors Ordthers.
He told me Old have to kape tn baby
on "A bottle-JudSe.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-05

A man never realizes how silly his
love letters are until he hears some
Of them read in court.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-05

The words coined in the mint do not
increase our vocabulary.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-05

PILES CURED IN TO IL DAYS
PA..O OINTMENT is guaranteed to cur~ any case
If Itching. Blind Bleeding Prot lrudtnE Piles In
: to IL days or money refunded. ~
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-05

The rule in prohibition state
seems to be bar none"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-05
TRAMP JOKE IN GERMANY.

Mr.. Sport-Here is little some
thing for you-drink a glass of beer
to my health.
Tramp-Light or dark?-Fliegende
Blaetter.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-05

APT. DICKSON and l
were again foregather-
ing in front of the
CHEEKY log hre at his
home. He launched
into a capital story OF
counterfeiling in high
places.
Il was once stationed
in the city of a great
International expos
ition, to watch for cul-
prits that were ex-
pected to put out the
customary counterfeit.
For the first month or
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-05
What His Wife Gave Him.

The boss builder was standing on
the edge of the great cavity at Thirty.
fouph street that they have been dig
ging for the past few years, when an
Irshman walked toward him.
Look here" he said. Didn't l fire
you Yesterday"
Yes" said the Irishman, and !
don't want you to do it again, either.
NV wife gave me the devil about ii
when l got home. New York Times.
Prof. Munyon says: Cure cold and
you prevent Consumption. His opin-
ion is now shared by the leading
physicians OF the country. and the
wonderful cures that are being made
by Munyon's Cold Remedy have at
tracted the attention ef the whole
medical fraternity. These little sugar
pellets break up a cold in a few hours,
and almost universally prevent Bron'
chitis and Pneumonia.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-05
Red, weak, weary, w.tery Eye.

Relieved by Murine Eye Remedy. Com
pounded by Experienced Physicians. Mu-
rine Doesn't Smart: Soothes Eye Pain.
Write Murine Eye Remedy Co. Chicago.
for Illustrated Eye Book. At Druggists.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-05
HOWARD {, BURTON, AssAYeR L CHEMIST

Specimen prices: Gold. silver. lead. 81: god.
silver. 75c; gold. aOc. zinc copper. 81. ,y-
anide tests. Maitin- envelopes and fui!
urri-- work solicited I.radsii'e. Ceiorsass.
Reference: Carbonate National Bank.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-28
Begin Survey of Canal.

ELLENSBURG, June 2S-The tenn
porary abandonment by the govern
ment of the Wapato project, in the
lower part of the Yakima valley, re-
leases a crew Of about ten reclamation
service engineers, which will be Drougne
to E1lensburg and set to work on the
preliminary survey of the Kittitas high
line canal. T. E. Baldwin, who will be
in charge of the work in this country,
has been in the city since the latter
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-28
ANDERSON TO SUCCEED
REV. JOHNSTON MEYERS
CHICAGO Divine rendered Place Made
Vacant During Church
FIGHT.

CHICAGO, June 2S.-At a meeting
of the executive council of the Bap-
fist Ministers association, Rev. Frank
L. Anderson, pastor of the Normal
Park Baptist church. was elected pres
ident to fill the vacancy created by the
dramatic resignation of Rev. Johnston
Meyers when the association refused
to expel Prof George Burnam Foster
The educator was suspended from
membership a week later. Mr.. An
derson has not yet accepted the presi-
dency.
DR. Meyers says he has a letter from
President Harry Pratt Judson, of the
University of Chicago, where Prof
Foster teaches, in which DR.. Meyers
declared President Judson expresses
himself strongly concerning Prof. Fos-
ter's exceedingly offensive views on
religious subjects"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-28
HIGHLAND NEWS ITEMS.

RICHLAND, Wash, June 28-(Spe-
ciaD-The fourth concrete business
building under construction at Rich
land is illustrative of the progressive
nature of our citizens.
Randall & Simpson will soon have
their two-stOry cement block store
building completed, the building has a
75-foOt front
M. Dyer has the first story of his
new concrete hotel building erected
the upper story is to be made of ce-
ment blocks. This will be a modern
building and is built in a splendid To-
cation just above the city park, over
looking the Columbia river for miles
j. M. Perkins has started the fourth
two-story concrete building at Rich
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-28

hams Vegetable Compound is the most
successful remedy for all kinds of
female troubles, and I feel that | can
never praise itenough. "-MRS- LIZZIE
HOLLAND, Noah, KY.
The Changeof Life is themostcritical
period of a woman's existence, and
neglect of health at this time invites
disease and pain.
Womeneverywhere shouldremember
that there is no other remedy known TO
medicine that will so successfully carry
women through this trying period as
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs.
For 80 years It has been curing
women from the worst forms of female
ills inflammation, ulceratio dis
placements, fibroid tumors, irregulari-
ties, periodic pains, backache, and
nervous prostration.
If you would like special advice
about yo,Er case write a cOnfiden-
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass, Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-28
A HEALTHY CITY.

Public health lies at the foundation
of public prosperity. The sick are moi
only O burden to themselves but to the
community at large. Sickness depre-
ciates the amount of physical strength
and mental capacity which goes to the
upbuildng of any community and the
care of the public health is one of the
first duties which the public through its
official representatives owes to itself
And along this line communities are
working more and more.
AS a healthy city Walla Walla stands
in the front rank Today there is but
one case of contagious sickness in the
city and tomorrow. it is safe to say
that one will be released from quar-
antine and the town will stand with not
a single instance of contagious disease.
A good record for a town of twenty
thousand, but not a new one for Walla
Walla, by any means. Walla Walla has
always had the reputation of being
healthy, and it is a reputation that the
city has we'll deserved
Malaria is unknown here. Rheuma-
tism is but rarely a visitor. Typhoid
does not have headquarters in this city.
And there is a reason of course In the
first place, the water supply of the
town is kept free from contamination
and there is no danger from this
source, which is too frequently a me-
mace to the health of a municipality
Then the streets and alleys are kept
clean. The health ordinances are en-
forced. The people of the town have
pride in keeping the town beautiful and
free from filth. which means keeping
it free from disease.
Walla Walla as a healthy city has
been advertised. But not, it seems. in
proportion 10 the space that feature OF
the city's assets is entitled 1t would
be hard to overestimate Walla Walla |
as a city of health. just as it would be |
to talk too much Of it's many other ad-
vantages.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-28
QUITS TO BECOME
BENEDICT JUNE 81
Famous Harvard Football PLAYER of
1901 viii Wed Smith College
Graduate.

BOSTON, June 2S.-The wedding
June 80 of Oliver F. Cults. of Seattle
the famous tackle of the invincible
1901 Harvard eleven, to Miss Eugenia
Aver, of Dorchester, Mass, is to be a
Harvard Smith colleeg affair.
The bride, who is a daugh er of Eli
more C. Aver, wealthy Boston mer-
chant, is a Smith College graduate, and
Cults, as a graduate of Harvard. At
the wedding ceremonies classmates of
both bride and, groom will act as ush-
ers. The wedding announcement was
made this afternoon
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-28
THE sHRINKAGE IN LUMBER.

A New York reporter asked James
]. Hill if there are vast timber tracts
in oregon and Washington, from
which an unlimited supply of the best
lumber can be obtained, and his an
sWer was: Those states are furnish
ing lumber, but it is not of the best
quality The United States is con-
Stunning five to seven times as much
lumber as it is producing Conserva-
ton Of the lumber supply is necessary,
as of all our other natural resources
This is a subject on which Mr. Hill
speaks with some authority His rail-
roads running through the North
west give him a first hand knowledge
of the resources and capabilities of
that region beyond that possessed by
almost any other man in the country
Moreover, what he says about lum-
Der in this connection has been told
by experts many times in the past
few years. We are using up our sup
ply several times as fast as we are
producing it. The stocks which we
have on hand are not only not mex
haustible, but, at the present rate of
consumption. they stand "a chance to
be practically exhausted within forty
or fifty years at the outside Some
authorities say exhaustion will come
in a quarter of a century at the rate
at which we are drawing on the sup
ply.
Here is the reason why many west
ern members of each branch of con-
gress have tried to place lumber on
the free, list, so that we can draw on
Canada for some of our supplies. This
proposition was voted down. but il
was voted down because Mr.. Aldrich
summoned seventeen democratic
senators to his aid. In helping him
out those democrats tore I'D the Mat
form of their party of 1908, which
they. on the stuYp. promised to de-
fend. Some of those recreant demo-
Gratis Helped to frame that platform
Had they refused to go to the rescue
of Mr. Aldrich, or had they absented
themselves, free lumber would have
neen carried in the senate. The house
would unquestionably have indorsed
1t in the conference committee. The
platform of 1908 commits the repub.
hcan party to the conservation mol.
Icy which Mr. Roosevelt nut forward
Mr.. Taft favors it. Free lun,be,
would, in that particular item. mn
that policy I'm operation. In RI,
muse Dill the duties on lumber ar,
uuceo below the Dingley rate. an,
Deiow une rate at which they stand i,
me senate modified measure Tn,.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-28

a suffrage play which a local manager
is looking up with a view to putting
on here. Rev. Eleanor E. Gordon,
president of the Iowa State associa-
ton. will be present.
California VIII send it's state presi-
dent, Mrs. May Simpson Sperry a IA
niliar figure at the national conven-
ton; and from Oregon will come Abb
gall Scott Dunniway. state president,
and a western pioneer in the suffrage
cause
From many other Mates east and
south and west, delegations will come.
nor viii the states which already have
the suffrage be without representation.
Mrs Emily S. Richards, president OF
the Utah Council of Women, and Mrs.
Harriet G. r. Wright, president of the
Colorado Equal Suffrage association,
both voters, will be present at the con-
vent.on to aid in its deliberations for
nowhere are there more ardent work.
ers in the cause of extending the fam
chise to women than in those states
where wGsnen already have the RICH,
to vote.
Altogether, the 'Forty-first Nation
al will be a. notable gathering and
the Washington Suffrage Special will
perhaps go down in history as an i'm
oortant event in the long struggle
which Washington women have made
% secure the restoration of their poll
ical rights.
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Continued From Page Three)
Oeneen, who had no hesitancy in sign
ing her commission, and she has just
been reelected. She is the mother of
three boys.
Mrs. Mccullough is the author of
"Mr. Lex" sketch which cleverly
abilities of women
Mrs. Maud G. Stockwell, president of
the Minnesota State society, will at
tend this convention and. from the
University of Minnesota will come
Prof. Frances Squise Potter, author of
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-28
PLAN TO RUN
TO ADVERTISE
WALLA WALLA
Continued From Page One.)

CONTINUED From Page One.)
attention on the day set for the Walla
Walla valley. The mayor of Seattle
and officials of the Chamber of Com
merce would be in waiting at the gate
to receive the greetings from this side
of the mountains, and the first 300
mile race in the history of the West
would go down into history to the
credit Of Walla Walla
1t is the intention of the runners to
register the run as a professional
event, as all participants will be
rated as such. The exact time will