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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-01-06
SOME STORIES
. AROUND TOWN.

A pair Of hunting boots that Presi-
dent Roosevelt wore on one of his
western hunting trips is the proud
possession of Morris Klein. shoe re-
pa.rer. 1872 Broadway. The boots
were purchased IN ST. Louis from a
friend bs Mr. Klein. and were pro-
cured from the president because the
boots became too small for the presi-
dents feet The boots are a splendid
article of the boot makers art, and
were made in France at the cost Of
s25. The boots are made Of French
calf leather. and only two pieces OF
leather being used for the upper part
of a boot. The boot is size No I.
Inside the boots are lined with calf
leathsf. whsle cuff enameled and
resembling ivory tops the boots. On
each heel Is a small piece of leather
protruding. known by the shoemaker
as a spore. to assist IN pulling of the
boot. These spores are rarely seen
on boots.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-01-06

The trouble with the man who
thinks he knows Il all is that he
invariably tells little more.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-01-06

Better a boy In the school room
than two In a pool room.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-01-06

Theodore Duttrell. the well known
McCiracken county guard at the Eddy
Vile penitent.ary. tells the following
story Of how he punished a brother,
who lives In an adjoining county, but
had failed to visit OF write to him as
often as brother should.
After his appointment as a guard
at the pen1entiary Mr.. Luttrell wrote
the following letter to his brother on
the letter head of the PRISON:
Dear brcther,-I am here but do
not know how long l viii have to
stay, II all depends on my behavior
while here. Your brother. Theodore.
The next Sunday the brother who
Lives in Christian county. went to the
penitentiary and asked to see
prisoner named Theodore LuttreH.
HIS pleasure and surprise can easily
be imagined when Theodore appeared
in the uniform of a guard.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-01-06

The owner OF smart dog does
most OF tho barking.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-01-06
Daily Thought.

Goods little blessings are so great,
--air and water. and kind, pleasant
words"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-01-06
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

total ..-.......... ISo,-
Average for December, 1905. SIG
Average for December, 1907 1913
Increase .....,.. 1907
Personally appeared before me
this Jan. l, 1909, r. d. MacMillen,
business manager of The Sun, who
afiirms that the above statement Of
the circulation OF The Sun for the
month OF December. 1908, is true 90
the best Of his knowledge and belief.
MY commission expires January
10, 1912.
PETER PURYEAR,
Notary Public McCracken Co.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-01-06

Fellow With Hat--when marry
four daughter ! mean that everything
shall be like clockwork.
Prospective Father-in-law Il see,
rick. tick+Comic cuts
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-01-06

State OF X. ntucky =,
County OF Mccfacken -

VIM Hughes Ca hisr Of the padDoah Bsnt-
ing ompsny tank o. gan zed m 1879 locati
. nd d. ~ business at No. 900 BrcadwRy. In tie
City Of Paducah In said county. being duiy
Nv 70, FAY. the foregoing iepors - in all
spf cts q I ur statement OF thu onditiou Of said
hank. at the ci fe OF business on the 81. day Of
December, 1908, TO the bet his now.sdee
aud behtf; a. further says hat the business
Of sal bank has been transacted At he iocs-
ion named, ard not elsewhe e. that no branch
banks are being conducted by sad bank.
that the above port Il made In
mn lane with 40 iiicisl otic' i've d . ON
tie SECRETARY of ; ate desigDa'ins The LIST day
Of nnsry. 1909, as the day on which su h re-
or, shall be made,
Fw NACRL
y G. RurOLFH Directors.
" q oVERBEv
subscrib srd sworn before me bv Wan.
Hughes. ,hier, the 9th dav Of January. 1900
HAIRY n. SINGLETON,
Notary Public Mccrack en- ounty, Ky.
Ny commission expifes March lat, 1910.
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Chapter
1wentefour

is majesty dies tomorrow
Stafnitz's words seemed
to freeze them all stid where
- - H.. Is.....t,--
The daily tribune., 1909-05-07
ARBoR DAY ANNUAL.

Brooklyn. N. y, May 7-ArboE
Day ia being celebrated all over the
state today. The New York State
Educational departm ent has Just Is
sued Its Arbor Day Annual. The
pamphlet has been compiled by Har.
Ian Hoyt Horner. 1t IL attractively
illustrated with pictures Of country
school houses, birds. wild flowers.
butterflies and leaves aud trunks Of
Of Whiteface mountain from Whining
ton Notoh. The oovor illustrations
colored. are Of country roads. The
contents include poems. prose and
The daily tribune., 1909-05-07
WHOLE CITY HELPING
ON MOTHERS DAY

Philadelphia, May 7-The fame
and Significance of Mothers Day 10
spreading.
Los Angeles. Gal. has created q
fund for destitute mothers to be
distributed today. Mothers Day. and
the mayor of the city In a proolama-
ton has requested citizens to attend q
place Of worship today. weur . white
oarnation as a badge Of motherhood
and contribute to the destitute moth
ers' fund.
Following the lead Of Piilade!pl,ia
Los Angeles has taken up the move.
ment with enthusiasm and vim, and
has sent to Miss Anna Jarvis, Of this
city, the founder of the day-whioh
promises to become a national holt
day the first button Of 70 900 off.
cial badges which have been struck
1Of the OcCAelon.
A mass meeting. addressed by
clergymen Of all denominations, SER
mons in the churches and special scr
vices are features ofLos Angeles cel-
ebration.
Mrs. Lulu Skinner Lee has started
the fund for destitute mothers by
contribution OF 800 and Mrs.
Phoebe Hearst. has subscribed the
same amount.
Following is the proclamation Of
Mayor Alexander:
Believing that we honor our
selves In honoring motherhood and
feeling that the setting apart Of =
special dsy-the 7th day Of May-to
be known as Mothers Day. is a beau.
tiful custom, designted shortly to
becom q national holiday. and taking
pride in the fact that Los Ange les Ia
the first city in America to arrange
its plans for the creation OF fund
of destitute moth ers on that day.
rs mayor of the city Of Los Ange-
less hereby request the citizens
of our city to attend some place OF
worship ON that day, wear . white
carnation "a badge of motherhood
and to contribute to this noble
charity"
The daily tribune., 1909-05-07
Ex.svL1AN's RESIDENCE.

Vienna, May THE villa Alatini,
at Salonica. destined to be occupied
by the deposed sultan, Abdul HAmid
belongs to the brothers Alatini, who
are bankers and house owners.
1t ia n modern, elegant building.
just outside the city. 1t contains six.
ty rooms and 10 built in the Orien tai
style Of architecture. The house
consists Of three stories, is square,
with d fiat roof. and IL surrounded
by q vast garden full Of rare flow.
ers. Inside IL IL very hAndsome
ane las an extensive front. from
which . fne view over tho sea car
be obtained. Two broad marble stair
ways give entrance to the Wills.
The daily tribune., 1909-05-07

songs. Some Of the subjects CON
sidered are tho chiokadee, hummlug
bird. trailing nrbutus. common spring
flowers and the life story Of horse
chestnut bud. An Introduction Ia
written by A. s Draper, commission
or of Education. Altogethar the
pamphlet Is we'll calculated to inter.
est the pupils of tho various schools
Of the state iu the Arbor day exer-
cises
Some Of the news the Annual
gives ia not altogether encouraging.
OF all ths trees shat have boen plant
ed on the schools grounds Of New
York state since 1880. only one out Of
i've has survived. It says Three
hundred and seventeen thousand. on Q
hundred and sixty-six trees have boon
planted; 258. .2a2 have died. The
Department. Of Eduoation are better
at planting trees than they srs at re.
membering TO take care of'them.
The daily tribune., 1909-05-07
Superior
takeu up by the local company

takeu up by the local company a
few days ago
The strike has not been made In
a new district. but au old estsb.
lished one. where many other pro-
ducing mines are located Some Of
the local stock kholders expsct to leave
for the scono of the big strike In the
next few days to mako a full investi
CATION. W. X. Arnold. the com
psny's mining mau, is on the ground
and has charge of the development.
II the strike warrants pntting up q
mill, one with be built. The mine
Is located sixty miles off the rail.
road, and transportation facilities are
such that much value is given OF
thrown away by making such long
haul, when the ore can be moro profit.
ably treated on the ground.
The daily tribune., 1909-05-07
ROW ENDS CHURCH.

Orange. N j.. May 7-Following
what some called the too hastr res,
ignation Of the Rev. Ge. &c A.
House, pastor of the Wes: Orange
Baptist church. the controversy has
ended In action BY the Morris and
Essex Baptist ASSOCIATE on recommend
ing the disbxnding of the church. 3
The congregation met today to take
cation, and Is now discussing the
question. 1t Is said that the recon-
mendation Of the association Will be
concurred In. and that the church
will become a mission under control
of the North Orange Baptist church.
the mother organic alton.
The pastor was impelled to resign
by reason Of the failure Of the con-
Rregation to keep what was in effect
au agreement made year ago to cal !
him q second time. following . year
Of satisfactory service. In the boli.
day season shere WAS an enterta in.
ment In the church at which some OF
the small boys made themselves un-
welcomed by their pranks, and the
pastor attempted to discipline them
This angered the mothers and the
wrath spread to the heads Of families.
The daily tribune., 1909-05-07
Revenue Mine Proves to be
Fabuioasiy Rich in Gold
Contents.
PICTURE VALUES EARTHED
Or. Cummings, Judge Champion
and Blunt Brothers now
on Easy Street.

DR.. @. d. Cummings, Judge Lee
Champion. Thomas Blunt and Joseph
d. Blunt, Of this city. A. X. st Clair
of Denver and W. ID. Arnold, of Ne.
vadA, have just made one Of the big.
gest gold strikes In Nevada that has
been reported from that state for
many months, but for reasons best
known to themselves. the local hold
ers of the property are withholding
the immensely rich values of the ore
from tho public, but suffice it to say
that the gold contents alone Of the
ore runs Into the four figures. and
that 10 potting IL very mildly.
The strike WAS made In the Rev
enue claim, which is situated seventy
miles north Of Goldheld. and IN the
northwestern part Of Nye county.
The ore Is . quartizte quartz, and ID
heavily impregnated with the yellow
metal. Some Of the samples received
here are literally plastered with gold
and Is rich enough to ,omo from
any district
There II = two foot vein In the
property penetrated by ninety foot
tunnel. The breast of the tunnel
Ia in good ore. aud the entire vein
Is shippable IMMORAL The rich pay
streak 10 ono inch wide. and this mix
cd with all the other vein. makes
even then the entire mass hand.
come propositlon--one that is mel
found every day.
Tho local men own and control FIVE
eigbtbs OF the entire mine. An ASSAY
thst WAS received this forenoon mAkel
the proposition = bigger and betteI
one than wss heretofore believed.
The owners wiahss to advise theiI
friends that II would be useless b
mako . rush to tho scene Of the bil
strike. a. the ground In that neigh
burhood has all been taken up, and
the Last fraction Of claim That coul
bo found In that neighborhood VA
The daily tribune., 1909-05-07
Strikes Her on the Head
Splashing Brains on the
Ground.
MURDERER IS IN JAIL
Williamsburg Couples Quarrel
Erds fatalIy-..Some
Excitement.

Brooker Valentine of Williams.
burg is in the county jail, and his
common law wife is In the morgue
as the result O. "a quarrel the psir en-
gagged in in that coal camp last even
Ing The murderer was placed under
arrest by Frank Palmetto, the town
marehal who hurried off with him
to the county Jail where he was
placed behind the bars.
1t seems that the two had been
separated for several days. end the
woman had not frequented the home
Of Valentine. Last evening he
went to see the woman to try to
induce her to return to his home.
She refused and a quarrel followed
Valentine then became enraged
and picked up baseball bat, struck
the woman over the head with 1t
and knocked out her brains. She
I!isd almost instantly. A direct
charge of murder will be sworn "out
against Valentine at once. When
t other colored people OF the camp
heard of the murder. excitement
ran high, and the town marshal
thought it best to hurry tho murderer
of to the county Jail.
The daily tribune., 1909-05-07

Professor Huntzinger Of Pueblo. will
play for the dance In Morgan hall,
May litb. $500
The daily tribune., 1909-05-07
RALLY TONIGHT.

Nsw York, May THE Techno-
logy club, of New York, will hold a
reunion aud rally tonight at Hearst's
old headquarters. which the latter
has given up because the Independent
league club members didn't pay up
on rent.
The club is made up of alumni
members of the Massachusetts, 1nsti
tute Of Technology of Boston. Presi
dent Richard McLauren Of the insti :
tute, 10 present.
The daily tribune., 1909-05-07
THE PARISH PRIEST"
HAD A Big HOUSE

The play given at Houston's S opera
house last evening by amateur talent
of this city. Professionally directed
by Charles L. Bre wer, and under the
auspices Of Florence lodge No. GIL
B. P. o. E., was attended by one OF
the largest houses of the season, and
our local players certainly did them
selves proud. Everyone of the parts
was finely delineated by the various
players. and the stage settings were
very pretty and appropriate. Mrs.
John j. Meece as Kate Corrigan, ia ok
Thomas rs Michael Sullivan, and
Michael J. Doyle as Jim Welsh. had
probably the best parts In the piece
and they were above prosch in their
work. Miss Irene Parnall a. "Nellie
Du-kin" and Mics Catherine Garter
as "Agnes Cassidy" we're very we'll
received ,as we're Howard Lee a. "Dr.
Cassidy" Harry Kleinz as Crank
Dougher,' and Richard Garter as DR..
Edward Welsh. Charles L. Brewer,
who directed the performance, play.
ed the title role of Father John
Whalen with dignity and had
good conception Of the part.
The large audience present demon
strated their appreciation Of the work
OF the performers with hearty ap-
plauss. and the Elks are to be con :
graduated on the success Of last
nights event.
The daily tribune., 1909-05-07
GAS EXPLOSION IN
R0CkvkLE COAL MINE

AN EXPLOSION OF GAS OCCUR.
RED AT THE ROCKvALE COAL
NINE AT 8 80 O'CLOCK THIS AFT
ERNOON. HOPK1N LLOYD, TOM
JENKINS, CHARLES OOWAN, Jr. i.
AND TWO ITALIANS WERE
SCOROHED. ONE OF THE MEN
lGNlTED THE GAS ACCIDENTAL.
LY WITH HIS PIT LAMP. THE
FIRST REPORT REACHING FLOR.
ENCE WAS THAT EIGHT MEN
WERE KILLED.
The daily tribune., 1909-05-07

The body Of James Sullivan was
shipped over the Santa Fe last even
ing by Undertaken Mccormick to his
old home in Pottsdam, New York.
No services were held here. but a
service will be held in the Catholic
church of his home town upon arrival
Of the body.
The daily tribune., 1909-05-07

G. W. Smith is expected to return
from Idaho Saturday and will devote
much Of the summer time to pros.
pecting for gold.
The daily tribune., 1909-05-07
CONSIDERS REAL ESTATE.

New York. May 7-ThIs 10 real es.
tate and civic or gAnisation day with
the City Planning convention. Many
sps akers discussed tho topic. How
to prevent fraud in municipal tran.
sActions was given much new
thought.
The daily tribune., 1909-05-07

For burn or soald apply Cham
berlain's Salve. 4. will sllay the
pain almost instantly and quickly
heal tho injured parts. For sale BY
Daniels drug store. mwf
The Ordway new era., 1909-11-26

buyer Of potatoes. They showed him
samples Of potatoes that the ware
house man said they had Just received
from Tyler, Texas. These samples
were In barrels marked with his own
brand. The warehouse man explained
that they were the finest potatoes
they had, with the exception OF one
carload which they had received two
Weeks before from the same party
The grower arranged u buy ten bar
rcls OF these potatoes, went To the
house, saw the head OF the firm and
handed over his check In payment for
the potatoes. He then explained to
the commission man who he was and
why he was there. The commission
man tried To explain that there must
be some mistake, and when he could
not satisfy the pOuato-growcr lie he,
came indignant and angry. The
pOtatO-grower explained that he was
very busy on his farm and was there.
fore unable To spend the necessary
time In Cincinnati To put the com.
mission man in jail where lie belonged
but that he would expect a check for
the two carloads OF potatoes at the
same price as he had paid for the ten
barrels, that he would expect his ex
Denscs for his trip to Cincinnati and
To be paid ten dollars a day for his
time while he was away from home.
An hour later lie was on his way back
to Tyler, Texas, with n certified check
for every dollar he demanded
This seems tn be solution OF our
own trouble. or course, these jobbcrs
will encourage US to raise more cants,
and, although they show us a correct
bill OF sale Of each car, they do not 20
back OF those reports themselves and
The Ordway new era., 1909-11-26
PROcLAMATiO

BY the Sons of the American Revo-
luton in the State of Colorado.
To the students of the High Schools
and Preparatory Schools of the
State of Colorado.
Whereas, in the year of our Lord
l775, our forefathers began the great
war Of the revolution and offered
their lives that we might enjoy the
blessings of liberty; and
Whereas, we desire to perpetuate
the memory of the men who achieved
American independence, and inculcate
in the youth of our land the patriotic
spirit of their forefathers, and re-
spect for the principles for which the
patriots of the revolution contended;
therefore
Resolved, that our society hereby
make its seventeenth annual Offering
to the students of the high schools
and preparatory schools in Colorado,
of three prizes: First, bronze medal
and books to the value of $1,000; sec
ond, books to the value of $1,000, and
third, books to the value of $1,000, for
the most meritorious original essay on
the subject of "Israel Putnam; his
Services In the Revolutionary War"
Competing essays are to contain not
more than 1915 words and are to be
written on one side of the paper only.
They are to be signed with a nom de
plume, and to be accompanied BY q
plain sealed envelope, having only the
nom de plume written on the outside,
containing the writer's real name, ad-
dress, name Of school, and certificate
from the princlpal that be believes
The Ordway new era., 1909-11-26

completed for several years. For
,"u purchase OF two Of the principal
distributing canals in the valley $50.
ooo was paid. To construct the add.
''oiia' distrlbutive systems projected
WIZ require more than one million
dollars II the remaining private
In all-arc taken over by
the government and merged into one
great system as recommended 10y the
reclamation engineers that will cost
tnIly another million dollars, making
u grand total OF six million dollars
aud the visit of the senatorial com.
nittee there this week will not make
u any lesS.-'rheodorc {. Henry In
Field and Farm.
The Ordway new era., 1909-11-26
A FEW FARM NOTES
BY d. q. ROBERTS

While We arG taking stock OF the
year let us look over the cantaloupe
business. Our 100 cars from Ordway
look rather nice but how about the
net profit? Who got IL, the farmer,
the iobber or the commission mani
FROM TO 10 cents net per crate Is
rcported-possibly an average of 10
cents per crate for the 100 cars, am
told. Evidently the commission men
nave made Il little mistake for the
farmer can not put the Hat crate on
platform for less than 20 To - cents,
depending on crop, labor, etc. No
doubt these good men have intended
10 send us enough TO pay wages, and
small rent for land, but through some
INSTRUMENTATION they have cut little
too close. They have squeezed the
goose little too hard and next year
fear the golden egg-Or rather, the
Pink Meat cgg-will be missing.
But let us review and cogitatc. II
Mr.. Burrell or Mr.. Barnett or Mr.
Crutchilcld or whoever he may be, has
sold 100 cars for say $40 on average
and received II per cent commission
lie has received about $40 per car or
$1,000, for the years commission on
100 cars. II this jobber. as he is call.
ed can distribute 500 or 1000 ears each
year from various places his bread and
butter is sure, at least, and he runs
no risk OF bankruptcy. How about
the consumer? Does lie really get
cheap melons? Those that go down
east in such bad condition" Have
you ever heard Of any friend getting
any bargains or do they have any bar
gain counters?
] have relatives living in half a dozen
eastern cities, Cincinnati and Colum.
The Ordway new era., 1909-11-26

the essay TO be original and to have
oeen compiled without assistance.
Failure To comply with these require
nents will exclude the essay. Essays
must be delivered TO the committee
IN or before February l, 1910 Prizes
"ill he publicly awarded in Denver
III Sunday, February 20, 1910
Done In Denver this iirsu day of
November, one Thousand nine hun.
dred and nine ana Of the independence
oi the United States Of America, the
one hundred and thirty.third.
All essays TO be mailed or delivered
TO the chairman OF essay committee.
by the committee,
WM. X. MCALLIsTEH, Chairman
Denver, Colo.
The Ordway new era., 1909-11-26
NEW CORPORATION

Articles Of Incorporation of the Buff
falo Land and Water company were
filed in the Office of the county clerk
of Otero county last Wednesday. The
iucorporators, who are also named as
the directors for the first year, are as
follows: w. l.. Hartman, Edward S.
Kouns, Dwight w. Hodge, Andrew
Cant, James S. Roberts, Charles L.
Clark aud George Urban, Jr.
The purpose for which the company
was organized and Incorporated is to
acquire agricultural lands, etc, but
more especially to acquire water rights
in the Colorado canal, situated in
Pueblo and Otero counties, and stock
in reservoirs or reservoir companies
used in connection with the Colorado
canal for irrigation.
The headgate of the Colorado canal
is located on the north bank of the Ar
kansas river in Pueblo county, near
where Boone creek flows into that
river. The canal runs southeast on
the north side OF the river to the west
line of Otero county and thence east:
erly and northeasterly through Otero
county to tie west line of Kiowa coun-
ty, and northeast through and across
that county.
The capital stock Of the company is
slOO, 900, divided into 10000 shares of
the par value of $40 each, and the
shares are nonassessable. The man
agement of the company-is vested in
i board of seven directors, who are the
incorporators named above. The bus
iness of the company will be conduct
ed In Otero and Pueblo counties, and
the principal place OF business will be
located In the city Of Pueblo, but the
company will have power to maintain
offices 10 Ordway and also in the city
Of Buffalo, n. Y. Chleftain. %
The Ordway new era., 1909-11-26
HELP NEEDED

G. N. Harris, Jr., editor of the can
ton (Miss.) Herald, is a young man.
hut has an old head in thus express
inp himself in recent issue OF MS eH'
cellent paper: -,
IA great many people have an lae'
that the principal mission OF news
,naper is to boost its own community.
The right way to boost and boom a
town is for the paper to tell In its
editorial and news columns what the
town is doing and is going to do ana
always put in good word whenever 9.
the opportunity is presented puo leu
the evidence Of the newspaper man oe
supported and corroborated by i've ao
yertising matter from progressive ous.
iness men In the other columns q Cle
paner. You can't fool people ny io'
ofexaagsrated statements wnen ". =
other columns Of the paper snow tna'
't6s, nerchants aud business men are
rot ptoerssslve." n ".