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The daily sentinel., 1909-12-21

Don't fail to get some Red Cross
stamps to put on your Christmas
On sale at the daily paper offices and
at many other places in the city.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-21

Why have our collector dunnIng
you every month when by paying for
The Sentinel in advance you can save
s1.00 per year
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-21

District Court Clerk T. w Prim-
rose left this morning for Montrose
on brief business trip.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-21

One of the oldest ana best equipped
livery firms in western Colorado Is
Barton & Terrill. Fifth and Colorado
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-21
NEXT G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT.
Especial to The sentinel.l

Chicago, Dec. 2l.-Samuel r.
VanSant, commander in chief of
the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie, announces that the execu-
tive committee has set Septem-
) Der II to "a as the time for the
next national encampment of
the organization at Atlantic
) City, n. j.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-21

Sorority chocolates, the best candy
for Christmas gifts. The Quist Drug
Co.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-21

Standard sleeping cars, chair cars.
and diner on the Midland A o'clock
January 4. You should secure space
in the sleeper at once. Phone juno
ton t16.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-21

No charge for hearse If casket
costs $50 or more.-E A. Krohn, un-
dertaker.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-21

Iron beds. s2.s5. Crown Fur. Co.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-21
HE DIES BY
HIS OWN HAND

Early last evening Judge
Sprigg Shackleford, of the dis
triCt court, received message
bearing the shocking announce
ment that Joseph G. Parsons, of
Gunnison, son-in-law of Judge
and Mrs. Shackleford, had killed
himself yesterday in the toilet
room of Rio Grande train
which was bound from Salida to
GunnisOn.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-21

Mr.. Parsons used revolver and
the bullet entered the roof of his
mouth and came out of the top of his
head. Death was to all appearances
instantaneous.
1t is believed that the suicide oc-
CURED Just after the train had gone
over Marshall pass. Mr.. Parsons was
seen to enter the toilet room of the
parlor car of the train and he re-
manned so long that the conductor
became alarmed. the door of the
room was forced open and Parsons
found dead on the floor.
The deceased had been in i'll health
for long period and 1t is believed
that dependency over his health
caused him TO end his life. He went
to Denver a few days ago to consult
specialists and was returning from
Denver to his home in Gunnison
when he killed himself. The body
| was taken to Gunnison.
Judge and Mrs. Shackleford and
| their daughter, Miss Lila, left Grand
junction this morning for Gunnison.
The deceased was 3S years of age
| and is survived by his wife and two
! little children. He had lived in Colo
| RADIO many years and he was promi-
nent in the business and political
| circles of Gunnison. He had extens-
| i've business interests and was re-
| garded as leader among the demo-
Gratis of Gunnison county. He was
well regarded and popular and the
| suicide is a terrific shock to the rela-
! tives and to the friends.
The funeral arrangements have not
been announced
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-21

Money! Money!
Plenty to loan on good real estate
Van Hoorebeke Realty Co., 400
Main.
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AdvertIse Your eusInes.

The fail business is now opened and the
people Of the country have begun TO look
through the columns Of the papers to see
where 10 buy their supplies. Have you
advertised your business YETI If you have
not the fellow who has advertised will get
ahead Of you, for the man who is looking
for the goods reads the advertising, and
when he goes 10 town he has in mind
that Mr.. a. or Mr.. B. handles such and
such articles because he saw II in a paper
Then, too, you ought 10 subscribe for
your local paper in orGer that you may
be posted on the doings Of your own To-
cality. The man who does not advertise
his business is not a fit man to have a
business, because his business suffers and
his goods become stale because he does
not let the public know what he has
The people are reading these days and We
should not try TO do business blindly.
II your business IL worth anything AZ
all It IL worth letting the people know
what you have. Try II in this paper and
see the result. Then you should come
around with a dollar and buy years 3
subscription TO this paper and get local
paper that deals with all situations with
out any gloves and yet Is fair to all inter-
ests concerned. Advertise your business
today and, reader, send in your dollar for
subscription for one year.
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Ra anniahl. ANYWAY

There never was n road yet that
didn't run in two directions. and un-
less you stand stlIl you've got to travel
ono way or the other. There's n con
siderable crowd goin' both ways on
this highway Of life. and that bein'
the case It's just as easy and n whole
lot pleasanter to have company.
Whether n mans goin' 60 heaven or
goln' 70 the devil It's better 90 be so.
ciable. never did have any use for
the fellow who focks By himself TO
practice either bis virtues or bis vices.
Now, I take It for granted chat you
want 20 60 in the right direction. and,
n so, you'll End the only real crowd
that's goin' your way is in the church
They're IN the church primarily, I
guess, because Of its promises. but
apart from that they're in Il because
Jordan, as the old song says. IS n
hard road TO travel, and they need
the help OF the church 60 get them
over the stony places. That's Just
why you need Il and just why you
can't AFFORD TO 60 along without A.
Don't get IN the habit Of lyln' IN bed Of
Sunday mornin's.-Colonel John Sneed
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MAY BE CORRECT.
Inequalities and Injustice OF Tax Laws
Being Shown Up.

Parkcrsb0rg sentinel.
Perhaps, after all, tho statement of At
tornoy General Conlcy, that property in
West Virginia is assessed at only 90 per
cent OF it's actual value, is correct. Re
cause property in this part of the state is
assessed at its full value the Sentinel
doubted that the average could bc as low
as 80 per cent. But, little 10y little, new
evidence is coming out 60 corroborate the
attorney generals statement and TO show
mp the inequalities and injustice of tho
Dawson tax laws and the incompetency
of tho administration whose duty il IL TO
enforce them. One example is found i'm
Nicholas county, The Nicholas Chronicle
says;
We believe We arc safe i'm asserting that
the average assessment i'm this county will
not iah tar below 100 per cent of the
actual value There il one single cNccp-
ton, however, and that IL the tannory M
Redwood, which is assessed at 500. 900.
when the amount actually invested i'm the
property will probably run into the mil
lions.
The Fairmont West Nirginian, in an
article ON the valuation of coal lands, in
which it asserts that they are not assessed
at their true value 10y any means, says:
IL ism right for coal lands 10 bc ns-
scsscsScd from 80 To 10 per cent of thoir
valuation while other forms Of property
run from 80 to SO.
The West Nirginian, one of the stanch-
est supporters of the administration i'm the
state, thus asserts that the other forms of
property are assessed at from 80 10 so per
cent of their true value, while coal lands
are valued at but 30 10 40 per cent of the
actual value.
Gov. Glasscock aud his supporters in
the contention for production tax on
gas are authority for the statement that
gas does not pay ] cent of tax, and vet
the actual value Of gas we'll, the price
at which it would sell il voluntarily Of
iered for sale upon such terms as such
property is usually sold, is as easily ascer-
tanned as that OF any other property.
The state constitution prcscribes that
taxation shall be equal and uniform. The
statutes require that all property shall he
value. And yet there are charges that
gas property is not assessed at all, that
coal property is assessed at only 30 10 10
per cent of its actual value, while one
property assessed at 500, 600 is said TO
have value running into the millions. q"
These figures, if true go lar toward
proving the charge of the attorney gen
eral that property in West Virginia is as-
sesscd at but half its actual value. But
what OF the system? II violates the con
stitution of the state, il violates the stat
utcs Of the state, IL allows favoritsm, dis
elimination, and injustice. II taxes some
high, some low, and il permitted TO con
tinue will place a tax club in the hands
of the administration by which lavorites
may escape with little tax and political
enemies may be taxed TO the limit.
Are the people going 10 stand for such
system and such an administration of
the laws, or will they demand a change?
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we jes' reached out an took opportu.
nifty by the forelock, and while Hal
was over the river a-swappin' lies
with Brnntley me an'~Barnes took a
ride by bis place, an there was a lit
tie gal awaitin' down by the bridge
when we drove up.
Boys, stopped my horse right
there. and there was a weddin' In the
middle Of the road" Eldridge strug.
gied away from the men that held
him and made iunge toward the rain
barrel, but the squire had him COW
cred this time. stop your foolin'.
Hal Eidridge; that ceremony III hold
In any court I'm Arkansas. Boys. I'm
done now" And the squire climbed
down, and then the cheering broke
loose afresh around the open door as
Eldon shouIdered his way inside. The
squire looked at his watch-6 O'Clock
and tho election was over on the Bar.
FnfinW
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I.-Should the Man Smoke
at Home

~0LoNEL JOHN sNEED, having
dined with satisfaction TO him
~ self and pleasure TO his wife.
lighted cigar and strolled
around the corner TO the modest cot
tage In which his son-in-law had re-
Gently established himself.
where's williamr he inquired
after he had paternally pecked at the
pretty lips presented 10 him and ac-
cepted tho comfortable seat I'm the liv-
Ing room. "Hope he's at home"
Yes, he's at home, papa" the daugh-
ter replied. and roster flush came
into her checks as she added, Hes
Just gone 70 the woodshed for mo.
ment-"
Colonel Sneed noticed the heightened
color, and his curiosity was aroused
IT'S a pretty warm day." he re.
marked, with n twinkle In his eye 81
don't reckon he's goin' TO build a fire
Is hef
mo. papa, It isn't that. told-hc
thought-I--I-he went out there "a
smoke"
What" exclaimed the colonel--"gone
20 the woodshed to smoke! What In
the worlds Why don't he get on the
roof or sit on the gatepost7 Why
don't he come into the house or--say
little girl, is'this some of your doIn'sT
And he looked at his daughter sternly
through the incense that arose from
his cigar.
'.well, well, papa" she replied falter
ingly. "I don't want him to smoke In
the house. and | thought we ought e
begin right and
"HuhP grunted the colonel. That's
fine way to begin. Turn your hus.
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ls the Boy In seaool7

Now that all Of the public schools are in
session, including the rural district. 10 is
n very pertinent question 10 ask, 'fIs the
boy in schOolT' n he Is not there, why
is be not2 The heavy taxpayer who has
no children 10 send would like to SEQ
somebody get tho worth Of his money.
and as a rule the smaller the taxpayer
the more children he has 10 send to
school Now II the boy IS not taking ad
vantage Of the school be should be com
PEELED 10 under the statute Of the state.
There arc entirely too many boys out Of
school and there should hc united e1or,
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and it ain't rainwater. an The rest
was drowned In a shout: 'Eldoni Ei-
don's the sQuire's choice. He's the
man for Little Rockr'
The election judge leaned forward TO
catch the last word, when the rattle OF
galloping hoofs down the South road
drew all eyes 20 the bent figure crouch.
cd IN ungainly fashion on the little
clay bank mare that plunged into the
midst OF the crowd straight up 20 the
squire. still perched upon the water
barrel.
johnson Baxter. you double dyed
scoundrel, come or that barrel and
Wen settle here and nowi You've been
a-interfer.n' I'm my family. and now
I'm n-goin' TO have II outen your
hider Eldridge tumbled out OF the
saddle and stood shaking his fist up at
the squire. who surveyed him with
twinkling eyes.
whats It all about, Hal3 Seems
Ike you be carryin' ieetle mite more
sail n usual. Hold him. boysr' as
Eidridge's hand flashed toward his
hip. "rhnt ain't no way for white
man to be actin up. let alone a hus-
band and father. In this heah decent
and law abidin' community"
"Youl You Eldridge struggled
, TO free himself, but tho squlre's bench
men held him fast Choking with pas
sion. he could only stammer out curses.
Eldon. little distance away. heard
the disturbance and pushed his way
TO the squire. who reached down.
Come up here alongside OF me. Barnes
Eldon. God knows, boy. your daddy
let me in for n heap OF trouble when
he made me promise TO keep an eye on
your uprisin's and downslttin's. Now,
here's Hal Eldridge come here for the
'spress purpose OF maxim an end Of
me. II he hadn't got so upset fore he
got good started. Fellow citizens OF
the Barraclaw. seein' as Hal aln't like
ly TO be able TO make a satisfactory
explanation OF this heah little affair
me and Barnes II make a clean breast
OF II. We lowed that you men want
a-goin' right back on Jim Eldon's boy
old Jim. who at with Dad Price aud
who risked his life n dozen times for
your families I'm them dark days after
the war. We counted on your men,
ories bein' longer than a brandin' iron
or mebbe the boundary or st. Jean"
A roar OF laughter swept the crowd.
and the squire grinned as he resumed,
laying a hand on Eldon's shoulder:
"As was a-sayin'. we was so sure
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-10-28
THE BOYS CORN SHOW
At the Courthouse, kinswood, Sstur-
day, October 30.

day, October 30.
The committee In charge Of the boys
corn show met on Saturday at the Office
Of w. @. Worley and completed arrange
ments for the corn show TO be- held Sat
urday, October 30. The following points
were decided upon:
l. Each contestant Is 10 place on exhi-
bition ten ears OF corn raised from the
seed furnished by the extension depart
ment Of the college Of agriculture.
2. All exhibits are TO bo delivered at
the courthouse by 10 o'clock Saturday, IL
possible. Those who can do 80 are asked
to bring their corn on Friday.
3. Tho judging will begin Immediately
after the NJ. & X. train arrives from Nor
gantown, bringing Pref. r. O. Atkeson,
who will serve az expert Judge.
4. At 2 O'Clock p. m. Prof. Atkoson
will deliver an address on "Tho Princi.
plies Of Selecting, Growing, and Judging
Corn"
.. After tine address tine prizes will be
awarded
9. All Of the corn except the ear win
ming the sweepstakes prize will remain the
property Of the grower
4 There will be n lecture at the court
house at 1880 Saturday night by Prof. A
W Nolan, Of the college OF agriculture.
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brains. On the contrary. Il stimulates
bis Intelligence and opens his eyes to
better appreciation OF the beauty
and goodness around him. while at
the same time Il softens his heart and
soothes his nerves. IL has tendency
20 make man moro amiable and
more amenable. and after good many
years OF observation. my dear. am
pretty well satisfied that there's moth.
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Trusts Graft is Paid blythe Consumer
Who Buys Clothes.

Who Buys Clothes.
A few days ago we received letter and
a handful Of wool from Samuel S. Dale.
editor Of the Textile World Record, Of
Boston.
This handful Of wool is sample OF
English wool Of the second class and rep
rescnts a shipment Of $4,000 pounds. It
is long, coarse, combing wool Of the kind
that IL grown in the states Of the middle
west and some other sections ofthe United
States. This wool Is washed on the
sleeps back. II il were Glass ! wool it
would pay twice az much duty washed rs
unwashed, but being Glass 2 wool the
tariff law provides duty OF II cents a
pound, both washed and unwashed.
Therein lies serious discrimination
against the American growers of Glass ?
wool and a "fat Of the wooden trust.
The duty on wool Of the first class in
the grease is II cents pound, washed 22
cents pound, and secured % cents n
pound. This is OH the basis of falsc
formula that it takes two pounds Of wool
in the grease 30 make one pound Of
washed wool, and three pounds Of wool
IN the grease tomakc one pound oi secured
wool. The basis therefore Of the wool
tariff IL 33 cents per pound on secured
wool. The experts estimate that the
shrinkagc involved in securing this so, 900
pounds Of wool will be ~ per cent.
The duty on the wool as imported was u
cents a pound The sbrnkage would
make The duty on the secured wool ~
cents q pound This Is how the Amcri-
can grower Of Class wool does not get
the protection Of 33 cents q pound ON
scccnd-class wool that is supposed to be
accorded by the tariff law
But don't imagine, dear reader. that
you get the benefit Of the low duty ON
Glass wool. You don't buy wool-you
buy clothes. The duty on what you buy
is fixed on a basis that gives the manu-.
iacturcr-the worsted trust-tho benefit oil
this false formula Tho tariff law say.
that it takes four pounds Of mwasheJ
wool To make a pound Of cloth and ALLOW
thc manufacturer Compensatory" dut,
Of 10 cents on each pound of cloth. Thi,
determines the price that you must pas
for your clothing, regardless of the duty
that is actually paid on thc wool and rc.
gardlc Of The amount Of wool the cloth
may contain.
lu This instance the duty paid on 30. .OOC
pounds Of wool was $1,000. Mr.. Dale
estimates that tio $1,000 pounds Of wool
viii make 36,3OO pounds Of The cloth On
the cloth tho manufacturer is allowed a
cents a pound, which win bc fIj 072, 10
compensate him for the $1,000 duty
which DE actually paid The WOODEN trust
tariff graft therefore, on this shipment
Of wool is s9,972 This graft, Mr. Con.
sumcr, comes ont Of your pocket when you
buy your clothes. la Folleuo's Weekly.
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band out of doors just because he
wanted an after dinner smoke, force
him TO roost with the chickens while
he contemplates the vanity of life IN
general and OF matrlmony in particu-
lar! Go and tell him TO come here-no,
wait a minute, little girl. Just let
him keep on roostin' for little bit
while tell you somethln'.
This world, honey. wasn't fitted up
as habitation for cherubims and
things of that sort. 1t was made for
mortal men and women, and you can't
turn man Into an angel without call
In In the undertaken. believe every
body ought TO be good, but there's
such a thing as bein too good 10 be
interesting It's the little faults I'm
talkiD' about. you understand-the fail
ms that all OF us have. more or less
OF. and wouldn't be exactly human
without. don't know whether It's
exactly right TO call 'em blessin's, but
IL seems TO me that they act kind of
like safety valves and keep us from
doin' worse things. Anyhow, It's been
my experience. an I've been here n
long time, honey. and kept my eyes
open-its been my experience that
man who don't appear TO have any
faults had better be watched The
natural born cussedness ~ pile up In
side OF bin until some day he'll bust
out and 'stonish the natives. That's
why say, honey, that It won't do TO
bottle man up too tight Unless you
have nm outlet for the meanness that's
IN him you're likely 20 have trouble.
and don't know Of any better outlet
for masculine depravlty than good
cigar
Now. little girl. you've married n
man I've been watchln' William pretty
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THE SQU|RE'S
CANDIDATE.
An Election Story With Cupid
Playing a Prominent Part.
sy cuRRAN RICHARD oRsEsLeY.

1y cuRRAN RICHARD oREENLEY.
tcopyright. 1903. by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
who's the squire a-backin' for rep
resentntiveT' The question stalked up
and down tho Barraclaw. gathering
moment as the day OF the election
drew closer. There was no lack OF
legislative timber on hand. hustlIng
and eager to be sent. Early in the win
ter Jim ingalls, had made house to
house canvass from where Lone Wolf
creek comes into the Barraclaw river
down to the 81. Jean boundary. and.
moreover, he had taken the extra pre-
caution OF addressing the more inGuen-
tini voters by letter as the campaign
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euekmheas Cakes or ehop suava

Hon. William M. o. Dawson is still i'm
doubt about accepting the appointment
TO China, and he has until January 10
either reject or accept the commission.
The chances are that tho ex-governor
would rather see buckwheat cakes on his
menu card than chop suey. Grafton sem
tincl.
The Sentinel is not entitled 10 another
guess. As long as the state win furnish
Bill with a meal ecket and all expenses
betrayed he is not going 10 sail for China.
Whenever Bill Is thoroughly convinced
that the state meal ticket is going to ex-
pire he viii make mad rush Tor the first
steamer sailing, buckwhcat cakes or no
buckwbees cakes.
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tosput them IN school at once and keep
them through the whole term. 70 is due
the state, It is due society and 90 is due
the boy that ho De kept in school We
need an educated citizenship and boys
trained IN the fundamental thing Of Iifc.
let every boy Of school age be- put in
school at once.
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should be a fit representative Of your
business, which means the high grade.
artistic kind. That's the kind we do. An
excellent assortment OF type, good presses,
and typographical artists. These repre-
sent our facilities for doing the kind Of
printing that viii please you. The prices
are right, and prompt delivery the in.
variable rule At this Office
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close since | came
home. and I'm
toierab bly, well
satisfied that he's
the real thing.
He's got some
rough edges that
might be sandpa
pered down with
benefit TO himself
and TO you. but
7 want 10 give
you a straight tip.
little girl, and
that IS that the
smoothin' out
process Will 20 n
whole lot easier
when he's got a
good cigar be
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tween his teeth. There's somethin'
about burnin' tobacco that makes n man
more susceptible to Impressions from
without and more readily Influenced
by reflections from within Let him
have a mid Havana, hx him MP com
Portable In m easy chair. and he's in
shape to submit TO most any kind OF
n domestic operation that Is prompted
by love and reason. He aln't doped.
Smoke don't steal away n mans
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-10-28

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OF them, taste and smell having been i'm
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tarrh, are fully restored by klys Cream
Balm. can you doubt that this remedy de-
serves all that has been said OF IL By the
thousands who have used it7 IL Is applied
directly 10 the affected air passages and
begins It's healing work at once. Why not
get u today All druggists or mailed BY
receipt OF 50 cents