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Member of Congress for the First Congressional District
Popular Toastnaster at last nights banquet.

sound with sure indications of improve
ment before the funds for its increase
will be forthcoming.
There is an unaccOuntable misconcep-
ton upon this point that it seems no
amount of explanation will entirely
eradicate, but it is of the utmost import
anco that this fact should be fully I'M
derstood-that the basis of credit of the
railroad or other large corporation is
idcntically the same as that of the indi-
vidual Indeed, the individual usually
has the advantage, for the personal
character of the merchant will often Sc
cure for him credit that corporation
composed of men standing equally high
in the community can not command.
The period Of railroad construction has
not passed, certainly not in this section
in which we are SO deeply Interested and
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OLD MAN REFLECTS
SOME PERTINENT OBSERVATIONS
BY Mr.. CROUCH.
In This Case He Takes Note of Things
Women Say About Their Illus.
bands-Lver Tonic About
What He Needs.

Although she knows perfectly well
that you can be the wooziest kind of q
sentimentalist, even on occasions
when you are unfed, she will per
sistently work in that frazzled, moss.
covered promidiom. THE way to a
mans heart lies through his stomach.
Let her. They'd die if deprived OF
their favorite wheezes, of which this is
a sample.
She tells you that before you were
married you we're only too eager to
-stoop down and tie her shoes lace
when it became united on the street,
Now, however, you-er-you-Wellr
prisoner at the bar, what have you to
say to that? Guilty as indicted. Re.
manded for sentence.
She is fond Of quoting the somewhat
gulpy tremolo music observations OF
the emotional type of famous men
about how much they owe of their
greatness to their mothers.
Beware this deadfall She wants
you to pay a little tribute to your
mother so that she can say; But
mercy sakes alive! you don't call
yourself great, do you?"
She insists upon telling you every
word of what Mrs. Gitapp said, and
what she herself said in reply, and
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you rest your book in your lap and
pretend to be profoundly immersed in
her somewhat pifly and pointless mar
rative.
But begin to tell, her something in
which you yourself are peculiarly in
terested and observe how quickly
she'll get into an unhearing trance, or
stare out of the window, or start to
play with the kitten, or something.
She never forgets to remind you,
particularly when you're in blithe,
chirpy humor about how that gloom
creating bald spot of yours seems to
be spreading every day. But just you
happen to mention those tell-tale hol.
lows that are beginning to appear at
the sides of her chin, and see what
happens, that's ALL
Merely mention, by way of making
talk, that her just-departed caller ap-
peared to possess a somewhat high
pitched, raucus voice, and she'll in
stantly declare that it's a perfect
shame and degradation the way you
positively loathe and despise all of her
friends, and that pretty soon it'll get
so that everybody | know will be
afraid to come near me-"
Drop downtown just one evening by
yourself, and at breakfast the next
morning you'll have an even-money
chance of hearing that old, old plant:
Il must be becoming perfectly hideous
or something, for you never take me
anywhere any more"
She'll sit in bad light of an eve
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creasing the values of traffic that al
ways results in better and cheaper SER
vice.
There is an abundance of good lime
stone admirably suited for road making
and this is certainly an industry that
will amply repay the Investment by en-
HANGING the value of farming lands, and
decreasing the cost of local transporta-
tion.
1t is in the development of these great
natural resources that lie at our very
doors that such in organization as this
will find the most fruitful field for its
efforts. We have all the raw material
to produce for our railroads Il density of
traffic equal to that of any other section
of our country, and eoincident with that
increased volume Of traffic there will
come corresponding decrease in the
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-04-15

Superstition has always been the
basis of oaths, and their practical
value has depended on the depth of the
superstition That, Of course, Is evil
dent enough, as all that differentiates
an oath from a plain statement is that
one introduces an element of religious
faith. In California taking an oath
requires simply that witness raise
his right hand while the clerk in.
forms him that he solemnly swears to
tell the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth so help you
God" The charm of legendary at.
taches to the explanation that the
hand of the witness was originally
raised to show that he had not
weapon concealed in it, but this is
apocryphal.
Touching a sacred object is a world.
wide method Of oath taking. In earlier
ages one swore by the sun or by a
great river or some other awesome
thing in nature. Even now the
Ganges is the most binding oath to
Hindu. The Tungaz witness still
brandishes a knife before the sun, say.
ing; If lie may the sun plunge
sickness into my entrais like this
knife" The Somali, administering an
OATH declares: God is before us an
this stone is from Amr BUR" naming
sacred mountain. The man to be
sworn then takes the stone and says:
Il shall not lie in this agreement"
1t would be pleasant to believe that
he does not.-San Francisco Chronicle.
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JOHNSON CITY'S
CELEBRATE
Continued from I'd page

loads daily, Not foot Of this lumber
should leave here except as n finished
product. There passes through our
town daily to northern and eastern pot
teries high quality of potter's clay,
from the slopes of the Blue Ridge, that
might as well takeits final shape In pot
teries built within our city as in those
five hundred miles distant.
We are buta days journey from the
center of our best cotton fields and for
the manufacture Of that fibre we can Of
fer a healthiul, invigorating climate,
close to a cheap fuel and the source of
many of the most important living sup
plies.
The entire wheat crop of this country
accumulated for five hundred years
would not equal the tonnage of coal
that lies in the hills just north of our
city and tributary to two of the lines Of
railroad that pass by your doors The
proximity Of such tonnage means much
to your prosperity, not only for its value
as cheap fuel, but also by ultimately
improving your transportation by in
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-04-15
Fact and Fiction.

We'll! Well! Is this Uncle Charlie
Seayer?" greeted the city visitor.
I'm glad to see you and hope to have
a very pleasant ride out to the farm
IN your old blackboard behind the bay
team. If there is anything | have
counted on it is the pleasure of a
ride over these mountain roads on the
farm blackboard behind the old team"
"Er-r-yes, this is Uncle Charlie
Seaver, though | amt nowise an uncle
yet" drawled Uncle Charlie" as he
crushed the city visitors fingers in his
horny hand Glad you come. You'll
have good time. I'm sorry, though,
to disappoint We fust off about that
blackboard, but l think you'll find this
4O-horsepower car pretty comfortable.
The old blackboard followed the mort
gage five years ago come these good
prices for crops. Bohemia
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ExToLs LIFE IN THE COUNTRY.
suburbanite corrects Misapprehe nsion
of the City Dweler

Zone of the great blessings of living
In the country is that we can see the
sky and the moon and the stars and
the sunset" said woman at social
gathering in the New Century club the
other day, according to the Philadel-
phia Record. She lives in a beautiful
country place In the Chelton hills all
the year round. I'VE have had some
wonderful sunsets in the past few
weeks" she continued. Il have known
friends to spend afternoons in art gal
ieries looking at pictures when they
might have been out in the country
watching a far more beautiful sky
painting by the hand of Nature. Then
you who live in the city never see the
stars at all in the city's glare of cleo
trio lights. Neither do you have the
interesting occupation of watching the
sky and anticipating weather changes
by The clouds. | know that most city
residents think the country dreary,
uninteresting waste in the winter time,
but we suburbanites don't consider it
that way. The earth is rather bleak
when 1t isn't covered by white man
tie of snow, but the winter sky always
presents an interesting If not fascinat-
ing study, and seldom a day goes by
that We don't have a charming sunrise
or sunset"
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NOT LIKELY TO HELP HIM OUT.
Economical Traveller Had Approached
the Wrong Man.

j. Adam Bede of Minnesota, the hu-
morist of the house, whose humor still
bubbles, despite the fact that he was
elected to stay at home, tells the fol,
lowing on a friend of his who travels
for carpet firm:
MY friend" says Bede, us of a
saving turn of Mid, and he recently
aad to make longish Jump with two
trunks. Arriving a the railroad sta
ton, he approached a stranger stand
ing on the platform and said:
Are you going to Chicago on this
train|
81 am.
Have you any baggageT
"'No.
Well, friend, you can do me a
favor, and it won't cost you a cent.
I've got two good sized trunks here,
and they always make me pay excess
for one. You can get one checked on
your ticket and save me some money
" Yes, but | haven't any ticket
But you just said you were going
on this train
$50 l am. I'm the conductor"
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costof your transportation that will pro-
vide new stimulus for your efforts and
broader markets for your products,
Examples can be cited where the unit
cost OF transportation in adjoining states,
with conditions practically the same as
ours, has been reduced to one-fourth of
what it was twenty-five years ago. No
law but that of supply and demand had
any part in this reduction. The traffic
was produced in large volume and to
reach distant markets for the increased
product the transportation companies
increased the efficiency and decreased
the cost of operating their plants to the
profit of their patrons and themselves.
Hand in hand with the development
of these natural resources, If we are to
create that density of traffic that will
transfer us to the class of industrial
communities whose further development
will depend upon increased transporta-
ton facilities, must go the Improvement
Of our railroads.
There is no wealth-concealing rock to
pour forth its golden treasure at the be-
hest of some financial Moses when rail-
roads needs reconstruction. The rail-
road must give clean bill of financial
health in the shape of satisfactory bal
ance shcettogctherwth bright prospects
Of future business before it can secure
money for its needs. In this respect IL
stands upon exactly the same level as
does the merchant of our city who must
show to his banker that his business is
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-04-15

ming and embroider a shirt-waist un.
til her eyes are all but dropping out of
her head. But ask her to sew but
ton on your pajamas and she'll tell
you that you just must try to pull the
buttons off your garments when you
remove 'em.
Ever notice how she positively de-
lights in telling the prettiest women
that come to your home how terrific.
ally you snore Chicago Journal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-04-15

tain no pockets, SO just had my
tailor make me a pocketless pair"
"Wen?"
We'll, my wife wrestled with them
in the dark for an hour, then she
sneaked out of doors and examined
them by moonlight, then she came in
and turned on the light and l laughed,
then the trouble started. Exchange.
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A Mean Trick.

Il understand that there was
trouble over at your house last night"
There certainly was"
Anything secret about it,"
Not so far as my part in it goes.
had heard hgw Gov Patterson Of
Tennessee wears trousers which con
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-04-15
the News, of Bristol.

Jne news, OF BflSl0l.
Chas. o. Hearon, managinging editor
of the Herald, Spartanburg, S. c.
Dr, j. A. Summers, of Mooresburg,
Tenn.
John l., Davis, of Knoxville.
j. d. Cox, president of the Banking
and Trust Co., of Jonesboro.
A. l., Shipley, clerk and master, of
JoResboro, Tenn.
A, n. Shown, of Greenevile Tenn.
Those present from JohnsonCity were
j. {. Campbell w. p. Brownlow
w. b, Miller Tate l.. Earnest
r. G, Staples John w. Hunter
I. b, Strain Joe p. Summers
Jacob Gump s. g. Williams
AMI Smith Louis ID. Gump
j, Fred johnson Charles G. Cox
NJ. L, Fox Gooch Vaughan
w. l.. Thomas J. G. Stone
Charles p. Faw ]. f. Cecil
S. II, Pouder w. IL. Osborne
f. A. Garth d. w. Sitton
Chester Allen, jr. c. Y. Deaderick
DR.. W. Il. Swan Paul f. Divine
B. S, Gore w. A. Starritt
M. p. Dyer o. X. Morgan
j. E. Brading E. M. Slack
J. o. Lewis G, A. Reeves
William Silver G. T. Lee
B. Dent Sprowl f. B. Brownlow
p. NJ. Ward |. A. Bittle
j. o. Geise w, w. Remine
7. ID. Vance Geo, s, Hannah
j. f. Vance j. A. Parsons
Il. ID. Houston s. II. Jennings
l.. w. Cakes Frank Taylor
James p. Hart l.. p. Wood
James Paul II. w. Pardue
T. A. Gillespie d. r. Yarbrough
G. G. Hannah G. o. Biddle
d. J. Hickman W. l.. Clark
r. J. c. Hawley H. d. Gump
d. H, Willard G. l.. Bachman
III. G. Waring r. M. Dosser
H. B. Mercereau H. ProSser
G. II. Shoun A. w. Spencer
Chas T. Hayward Geo. e. Burbage
T. V, McCown Thos. B. Russell
Z. L. Ellsworth H. Gildersleeve
r. J. Davis J. w. Houtz
John P. Rhea Charles N. Brown
Sam T. Willard G. N. Brown
A. ID. Mckee J. H. Pierce
S. +. Miller f. M. Gildersleeve
j. J. Conner w. J. Exum
Paul II. Wofford A. r. Johnson
j. W. Wampler John p. Smith
c. +. Cargille JIG. Butler
II. NJ. Burleson Kyle NJ. King
w. G. Mathes j. Nj. Ferguson
NJ. s. Weaver Q. X. Marslail
Z. +. Weaver Chas. n. Ruf:in
L. f.. Hurst John ) Mase
f. Il. st. John \. -. joats
G. l.. Marshall H. j. $ lley
r. G. Hunter Rev. >. K lar, in
b. w. Horner II. ". Lyle
Leroy Park Geo. p. Wodord
James G. Park NJ /. Gump
G. l., Smith Is. A. Dobbs
Ferdinand Powell T1cmrs P. BoCn9
T. c. Reeves CaaS. T. Mandel
). 5. Crumley. w. Is. Harrison
&. b. Allen f. +. Young
M. l.. Pease c. r. HnrIbut
NJ. Jackson John r. Brown
j. +. Crumley Adam b. Crouch
James A. Martin r. A. Swadley
w. II. Stossell T.. G. Lockett
, c. +. Burchiield S. B. White
r. p. Barnett w. j. Barton
3 G. L. Blackford D. A. Vines
J. r. Gardner f.. e. Baldwin
w. f. Burbage w. ID. Kirkpatrick
t II. r. Parrot H. M. Carr
w. B. Johnson Il. s. Goodloe
Cy H. Lyle w. f. Eaton
E. T. West Rev. j. A. Ruble
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
THE CASE WITH JURY
Powerful Arguments Are
Made By the Attorneys

sion. 1t was splendid argument
that he made, and his assault on the
evidence of the prosecution was ter
rife, yet effective. lie went after
some of the testimony introduced by
the prosecution in most emphatic
manner and in many instances he
pretty thoroughly discredited some Of
the testimony. He read much of the
record of the evidence and pointed
out where several of the witnesses
for the prosecution had contradicted
Themselves.
Mr.. Wheelers arguments were
terse. pointed and very clearly pre-
sented to the jury. HIS address was
easily one of the most mastery and
earnest that has been heard in the
court room in recent years.
Attorney Straud NJ. Logan, who
has assisted in the prosecution, then
closed the argument of the case, and
for about an hour he held the closest
attention of the jurors as he ar
raigned the defendant, pointed out
that in his opinion there was no
longer any grounds to doubt the
guilt of Jordan and declared that it
was the duty of the jury to bring in
CONTINUED to Page Four.)
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13

This morning at 10 o'clock the
trial of Charles w. Jordan. charged
with Illegally selling liquor in the
town of Palisade, was resumed in the
county court before Judge Sullivan.
All of the testimony had been given
and the jury was ready to listen to
the arguments of the attorneys.
Deputy District Attorney John II.
Fry made the opening argument for
the prosecution. He talked for more
than an hour. and clearly and com
prehensively reviewed the evidence
in the case. He outlined the prose
cution in a very thorough manner.
and declared that the guilt of Jordan
had been proven beyond all reason
able doubt. The deputy district at
torneys argument was one of the
most forceful heard in the city in a
long time.
Attorney Samuel n. Wheeler. who
has so ably conducted the defense in
the face of the great array of varied
testimony offered by an army of wit
nesses for the prosecution, then pre-
sented the side of the defense He
spoke for about 80 minutes in the
forenoon. and then concluded during
the after hour of the afternoon ses-
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
NO PACKAGES FROM HERE.

The train that was held up passed
through Grand junction yesterday
morning, running several hours be-
hind time. en- route to Denver from
Salt Lake City.
The local postoifice officials inform
The Sentinel that no registered mail
from this city was placed on this
train; consequently there will be no
local losses as a result OF the rob
berry.
The scene of the robbery was about
miles this side of Denver, and not
far from the little town Of Peters
burg.
Rio Grande No. was due to reach
Petersburg at 1914 last night: con
sequently. as the robbery occurred
this morning at 3 10. the train was
running many hours late.
Rio Grande train No. is one of
the most important trains ON the sys-
TEN. 1t is nearly always heavily
loaded with passengers, and always
carries Il great amount of mail mat
ter and baggage.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
THE SYSTEM IS BLAMED.
Especial to The Sentinel.

Victor. Colo, Feb. 13.-The cor
oner's jury sent to investigate the
circumstances of the death of w. c.
Coldiron of the Golden Cycle mine
returned a verdict in effect as fol-
lows:
That the deceased came to his
death by falling from the skip in the
shaft of the Golden Cycle mine, and
further that the said accident was
caused by the improper use of the
signals and that the signal system of
said mine was not at the time in
proper working order: that the en-
ployes left in charge of the signalling
by the skip box that night, was not
in proper physical condition to fulfill
his duties
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
IBy Associated Press. ]

YNENu E hg5 5Ol hour Denver ~ 70
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Monday afternoon the excursion to-
the Pecos valley. which has been
planned for some time and which has
been organized by the II. ]. Gray
Realty Company, will leave the city
so far, ten men, all of them promi-
nent and stable citizens of this val
ley, have signified their intention OF
going With few exceptions all OF
the. men. whose names are men
toned below, are land owners in this
section, and all are most desirable
residents to any section of the couu-
try. While it is very probable that
all who go on the excursion will ac-
quire land in Texas. it does not nee
essarily mean that they will leave
the Grand valley or take up their
residence on the property which they
secure; but. if this is the case their
friends will be sorry TO see them
leave. but will wish them success and
prosperity in their new undertakings
The following are among those who
win make the trip: Carl Anderson
H. II. Dresser, f.. A. Collins, Moses
Limbaugh, Walker Seabaugh, VIII
lam Masters, l.. w Baines. e. a. Kill
lion, IL. j. Gray and Hall Harrison
Mrs. Ounce Hutton and little SONS
are quite i'll today.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
ALL TRAINS STALLED.
IRv Assnciated Press. I

Santa Barbara. Cal, Feb. 13.-The
entire passenger equipment OF the
Southern Pacific's coast line was
stalled here last night
More than 500 passengers We're
cared for at the various hotels of the
city at the company's expense.
The washouts and land slides
which occasioned the delay were re-
paired and cleared away today, and
traffic has again been resumed
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
GUS PATTI is DEAD.

Word was received in Grand
Junction this morning by Mr..
and Mrs. \. c. Murray of the
death of Gus Patz, formerly
well known business man of this
city, at the hospital in Twin
Falls, Idaho, where he had I'M
dergone an operation for appen-
dicitis on Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. PatZ's death is extremely sad
coming at this time as his wife re-
turned to Twin Falls at noon on
Wednesday. having been to Cebolla
Springs, Gunnison county. to attend
her fathers funeral on last Wednes-
day, passing through Grand Junction
Sunday night on her return home to
Twin Falls. Mrs. Patz spent few
hours between trains with Mr.. and
Mrs. Murray. Sne was delayed by
the wreck at Shale and did not arrive
home until Wednesday. The doctors
had delayed the operation until her
arrival His wife and brother, Z. f.
Patz, were at the bedside when Gus
Patz passed away
The Patz Bros. formerly owned the
Independent Grocery and Meat Mar
ket in Grand Junction, but year
ago bought fruit tracts near Twin
Falls, Idaho, and removed to that
place. The announcement of the
death will come as a great shock TO
the many friends here. The deceased
was a man of splendid character
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
JUDGE LINDSEY IN TOWN.

Today Judge Ben b. Lindsey, the
famous Judge of the juvenile court of
Denver. a man who has gained in
tcrnational reputation as result of
his work among boys. arrived In
Grand junction and tomorrow after
noon and evening will address meet
ings at the Park opera house. In
the afternoon at 3 O'Clock he VIII
talk to a congregation of both men
and women and in the evening at
7:3O O'Clock will talk to men only.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
JUDGE FOUND GUILTY.
TBy Associated Press. |

tBy Associated Press.
Newman, Ga. Feb. 13.-,Iudgc w
Il. Dent of the United States COM
mission, was found guilty in the city
court today on II charge of keeping
whiskcy for sale. Judge Dent adj
mitted that he owned the whiskcy
hut explained that he was an old man
accustomed to his toddy and fearing
the prohibition movement would de
prive him of his usual drink, he laid
in supply of five barrels for tive
future.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13

Four arrests" made yesterday
were arraigned in police court and
fined $3.50 and costs for drunken
ness, two paid out and the others
will serve out their time. Three more
this morning received $40 and costs
and We're unable to pay up so were
committed to the city jail which is
now about full. Three inmates are
serving out sentences of thirty days
each and another one is serving a
ten day sentence.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
NO SIGNATURE YET

BY ated Press)
VXyAsHNGToN Feb 13-seeretay Garfield of the interior de-
w today his signature the
Valley Water Association, providing
Valley High The
is still pending
Associated correspondent given understand
this afternoon that there probability that the contract will not
signed conditions they this Some
changes conditions
Secretary Garfield attaches his signature
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
ANNUAL MEETING ANNOUNCED
Especial to The sentinel. |

Especial 70 The SentineI.
Spokane, Wash, Feb. 13.-The
American Irrigation Federation,
which has vice presidents and mem
bers in practically every state and
territory whore water is applied to
lands by scientific means, will meet
in annual convention in Spokane on
August s, the day before the 17th
National Irrigation Congress is
formally organized by President
George f. Barstow of Barstow, Texas.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
AWFUL DROUTH PREVAILS.
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by ASsOtlaTeu PTeSS.
SAN ANTONIO, TEN. FEB. ID
THE PROTRACTED DROUTH
WHICH HAS PREVAILED IN
LLANO COUNTY SINCE EARLY
FALL HAS REDUCED THE STOCK
MEN TO THE EXTREMITY OF
CHOPPING THE LEAF LADEN
BRANCHES FROM TREES TO PRO-
VIDE FOR THE STARVING CAT
TIE. THE GRASS HAS WIrHER-
ED AND BLOWN AWAY AND
WATER Is SCARCE, MANY CAT
TILE ARE DYING.