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Times-promoter., 1909-02-04
lmnortanf 70 Mothers.

Examine carefully every bottle o.
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy fol
infants and children, and see that Il
The newspaper., 1909-10-22
Is y.sr Family Re.lf.s "weeth whlsea"

ID Yssr Family Resdfsg "Werth Whlles"
So much of current reading is
merely entertaining at best that
the question naturally arises. Is
it worth while2 Your sons and
daughters are bound to read
something. They hunger for
stories which take them into the
other half of the world-the
world of adventure. of valor, of
forune making. The problem is
to give them such reading with
out putting into their hands the
literature that is either silly or
demoralizing. The editors of
The Youths Companion believe
that a periodical can be made en-
tertaining and yet worth WHILE"
and The Companion is conducted
on that theory. And that is one
reason why more than half a mil
lion American families read it.
The paper is safe. but not dull.
Its tale of adventure illustrate
the advantages of fortitude and
self-reliance. Its stories of char
acter lay stress on the truth that
right conduct is never a mistake.
Every new subscriber will find
it of special advantage to send at
once the $1.75 for the new 1910
volume. Not only does he get
the beautiful Venetian" calendar
for 1910. Autographed in thirteen
colors and gold, but all the is
sues of The Companion for the
remaining weeks of 1909 from
the time the subscription is re-
ceived.
The YoUTH's COMPANION,
Companion Bldg. Boston. Mass.
New subscriptions received at
this Office.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22
Dissoistiss sf Partnership.

Notice IS hereby given that the
partnership lately suhsisting be-
tween Clarence Edwards ard Levi
Hockett. OF Paonis. Colo, under
the firm name of Hookctt & Ed
wards. was dissolved on the lst
day of Oct. 1909. by mutual con
sent. All debts owing to the said
partnership are to be received by
the said Levi Hocketf. and all
demands on the said partnership
arc to be presented to him for
payment. LEVI HocxETT.
II CLARENCE EDWARDS.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22
Notice.

The Annual meeting OF the
Delta County Cattle Growers
Association will meet in Barrow S
hall. in Hotchkiss. Colorado. on
Saturday. December 4th. 1909.
Members and all cattle men are
requested to be present as an i'm
portant letter from the Forest
Service. by Acting Chief of Graz.
ing. will be read. This will con
Germ all who run cattle on the
Forest Reserve.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22
Miss Mary Porter and mother

Miss Mary Porter and mother
left Tuesday for Longmont, Colo,
where they will visit with J. F.
Porter and family. From there
they will go to Nebraska and per-
haps visit their old home in
Illinois before returning They
expect to make a six weeks stay.
Miss Bessie Clay is taking Miss
Porter's place in the Coop tele-
phone Office in her absence.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

Mrs. s. w. Henkel and daugh-
ter, Miss Maude Henkel, mother
and sister of Geo. Henkel, anne
in from Clifton. Monday morning
for a short visit with Geo. before
Mrs. Renkel returns to her home
in Earlham. Iowa. Miss Maude
will return to Clifton. Colo.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

Not cash. but we can't take a
stand off any longer. If our Gus
toners don't settle up when their
bills are due or when they prom
isc to we will have to take the
cash route, to enable US to keep
our stock up and pay our bills.
Woops GROCERY AND BAKERY.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22
Offer This.

% acres2H miles below Paonia,
River bottom land 500. apple and
peach trees 4 and 5 years old
Alfalfa ground cuts 20 tons.
Best garden ground 10 acres.
A water right. 4 room house,
etc. Price $500. $1,000 down
Balance to suit.
{. A. WooD.
Montrose.
|. ID. McFADpEN.
Paonla
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

H. w. Johnston and wife left
for their home in Kansas City,
Mo-, after a two months visit with
Mrs. Johnoton's brother. X. H.
Jarvies and fami y.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

Arch Deacon Lyon. Of Delta.
will hold Episcopal services in
the Friends church on Tuesday
evening. Oct. u. to which all are
cordially invited.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22
Final Notice.

All persons owing me are
requested to call on M. D.
Vincent and make settle
ment. All out standing dental
accounts must be paid.
C. G. FARIS.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

When you have a deed. mort
gage, bill of sale or any other
kind of a legal paper drawn. have
it done right. Geo. o. Blake has
had many years experience and
knows how. With Anderson &
TAYLOR.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

We like to accommodate our
customers. and would like for
them to show their appreciation
by paying their bills promptly.
Woocs GROCERY AND BAKERY.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

The Utah Lay-off and Pulver-
izer is a new and indispensable
device in putting alfalfa ground
in good condition. Let me show
you one. r. Z. BALCH.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

Mrs. +. Wood and children
arrived Tuesday evening from
Orchard. Colo. to join Mr.. Wood
who has been here some time.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

Bert Schurrs and family left for
their home in Luray. Kansas,
Wednesday after spending the
summer here.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

A. c. Morris returned to his
home in Colorado Springs the
first of the week alter spending
the summer here.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22
Wsated.

A few first class Real Estate
Loans. optional payments on
Town Residences. no delay
money on hand.
c. c. HAWKINS.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

f. G. and Percy Hanks went
up to the Inter Ocean reservoir
the first of the week to do some
flume work for the company.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

Miss Alta Beezley lett Wednes-
day for Grand Junction where
she will visit her sister. Mrs
Walter Erickson.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

N. J. Jurgens and family left
for Denver Thursday morning
after spending the summer on
their ranch on German mesa.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

Chas. Weber. brother in-law of
Chas. Rule. who spent several
days at the Rule home. left for
Caldwell. Ks. Tuesday morning.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

E. ]. Mathews was a Montrose
visitor between trains Sunday.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

c. l. Kelso. of lola. Colo..
came in Sunday evening and is
visiting c. M. Collins and family.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22
LOCAL ITEMS.
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John Mcneil was Paoni;
visitor from Bowie Sunday.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

Abner Mckee is doing some
surveying on the Muddy this
week.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

Miss Louise Dilley went to her
home IN Delta Monday after a
week spent here.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

Robt. Gates left for his home
in Alliance. Neb.. Monday morn
ing after a year spent here.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

Mrs. S. ]. Aver who has been
visiting relatives in Crawford re-
turned home Monday.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

WANrED:-A good work team.
Address JoHN MAYEs.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

"7he Calling of Don .Ndtthetcs"
bg Night, in Welborn's circnldt-
ino library
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

Sweets Carnation choco-
ates at Dunhar's drug store.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

Eastman Kodaks at
DUNBAR'S.
The newspaper., 1909-10-22

WANrED-To rent. A piano.
LEoNA WALLING
The newspaper., 1909-10-22


The Utah Lay-off and Pulver-
izer is a new and indispensable
device in putting alfalfa ground
in good condition. Let me show
you one. +. p. BALCH.
We like to accommodate our
customers, and would like for
them to show their appreciation
by paying their bills promptly.
Woocs GROCERY AND BAKERY.
H. w. Johnston and wife left
for their home in Kansas City.
Mo, after a two months visit with
Mrs. Johnoton's brother. X. II.
Jarvies and fami y.
N. J. Jurgens and family left
for Denver Thursday morning
after spending the summer on
their ranch on German mesa.
Mrs. +. Wood and children
arrived Tuesday evening from
Orchard. Colo. to join Mr.. Wood
who has been here some time.
A. c. Morris returned to his
home in Colorado Springs the
first of the week alter spending
the summer here.
Bert Schurrs and family left for
their home in Luray. Kansas.
Wednesday after spending the
summer here.
c. l. Kelso. of lola. Colo.
came in Sunday evening and is
visiting c. M. Collins and family.
Robt. Gates left for his home
in Alliance. Ncb.. Monday morn
ing after year spent here.
Miss Louise Dilley went to her
home IN Delta Monday after a
week spent here.
Eastman Kodalxs at
DUNBAR'S.
WASrED-To rent. A piano.
LEoNA WALLING
M. b. lotion lett Sunday morn
ing for Coventry. Colorado.
The gold leaf., 1909-10-28

Norfolk virginian-Pilot.


1t is not too late for President Taft
to take the Records advice and ap-
point d. A. Tompkins minister to
China. Mote: This paragraph-or
one similar-has appeared or will ap-
pear in every sensible paper in North
and South Carolina. = Columbia
Record.
When Mr.. Tompkins was original
ly nominated for the Pekin Post, the
Virginian-Pilot had great pleasure
in seeonding the nomination. Now
that the Crane fiasco again leaves
the Chinese mission vacant, We make
bold a second time to add our en-
dorsation OF Mr.. Tompkins to those
OF our Carolina contemporaries and
to suggest to President Taft that he
could no better promote the inter
ests OF the country in general aud of
this section particularly than by send
ing this distinguished citizen of Char
lotte to represent the United States
in China. Mr.. Tompkins is possessed
OF large natural endowments, fine at
tainments and wide experience in the
business and industrial world. He is
just such man as the country, un-
der existing trade conditions in the
Orient, needs to accelerate it's COM
mercial expansion in the Chinese
field. Whether or not Mr.. Tompkins
would accept the appointment, if
rendered him, We do not know; but
confident we are that if he were offer
ed and should accept the post, the
United States would be ably and ad-
mirably represented in the Celestial
Empire.
The gold leaf., 1909-10-28

Richmond Times Dispatch.

Richmond Times Dispatch.
Advocates of Statewide prohibi-
ton assert that the supporters OF
| license are preparing to educate and
train the negroes 80 as to enable
them to get their names on the regis
tration books aud secure the right
to vote We do not know how much
truth there is i'm this. We do know
that what the dry people say is be-
ing done will be done il the State
wide prohibition irsue il forced to a
vote. The license men will crowd on
the registration books as many
negroes likely to vote their way as
they can. The no-license people will
do the same thing wherever they can
persuade the negro preachers TO stir
the voters OF their congregations to
vote against license. Keen rivalry
, for the negro vote will develop in the
State As it has done in the cities
where license elections have been
, held. In Petersburg the no-license
, leaders imported II negro preacher
/ from Bristol to capture the cOlored
7ote. The same kind of thing will
be done throughout the State If the
calamity OF Statewide elections OH
the license question is forced upon US.
, The result will be that We will have
enrolled some 10000 or 10000
negro votes able to carry the State
Republican at any time aud holding
the balance OF power net only be-
tween the D-inoci ats and tile Repub-
licans but between the prohibition
/ lists and anti-prohibitionists.
Shall we walk into this horrible
mire with our eyes wide open? Shall
We deliberately cast ourselves back
again into the pit from whence we
were digged?
The gold leaf., 1909-10-28
Peary's Case Against Cook.
Atlanta Constitution.

atldnta constitution.
Elsewhere The Constitution pub
fishes in full the long promised state
ment of Commander Peary, in which
the latter sets himself the task Of ex-
ploding DR.. Cooks claim Of having
reached the North Pole.
DR.. Cook has just closed, in the col
umns OF The Constitution, the re-
markably vivid narrative OF his inva-
sion of the frozen North and the final
arrival at the top of the world.
1t is in justice, therefore, to Com
mander Peary, as we'll as to DR..
Cook, that The Constitution gives
the verbatim statements and ex.
hibits OF the former.
The Constitution does not claim
scientific equipment to arbitrate a
dispute OF this delicacy and magni-
tude.
This much is obvious, however, to
the layman:
Commander Peary's entire story
rests upon the credibility of the two
Eskimo boys who accompanied Cook
in his iourneyings.
Eskimos are notoriously apt to
color their opinions to suit the views
of the last friendly visitor. This
statement is made in no derogatiou
of Commander Peary, but as a quail.
flying factor by which the strength oI
| his case must be measured.
Unquestionably, DR.. Cook will now
bring to America these same Eskimo
bows and submit them to a cross-ex
animation OF competent authority
He has already expressed his inten
tion of so doing. He owes the fulfill
ment of that intention to himsel
and to the world-at-large.
Meanwhile, there is no danger thai
his popularity or the public faith il
him will suffer pending arbitrament
He has shown himself reticent ane
moderate under fire, modest in de
meanor, generous and considerate Q
Commander Peary himself. Peary'l
case would have been stronger hat
he himself been more temperate.
The gold leaf., 1909-10-28
Richmond News-Leader, Oct. 18th.


Cold Harbor, fought May 3 toJune
Z, 1864, was quite considerable
scramble. According to the Encyclo-
pedia Americana. General Grant had
1O3, 900 men and Lee 5000. The
Federal army was within twelve
miles of Richmond. 1t was a case OF
so near, but yet so far. 1t was des-
tined not to reach here until ten
months later. In the fighting Grant
lost TO- 900 men killed and wounded,
and the Confederate loss was 1900.
Facts and figures like these should be
familiar to Richmond people. but they
are not. Probably nine -tenths of
those OF us of the younger genera
tions are vague in our ideas OF where
Cold Harbor is and what happened
there.
We imagine, however, that the loca-
ton is very vivid in the minds of the
rugged, elderly and old citizens Of
Pennsylvania who are honoring US
with a visit, on their way to unveil a
monument to their dead at the scene
OF one of the fiercest conflicts of mod
ern history. tits F. familiar Jest that
Richmond now, however good her in
tentions, cannot possibly offer them
a reception so warm as that they had
approaching here forty-five years
ago. And it is a fact that we have a
considerable number OF citizens who
did all they could on that occasion to
make sure that there shouldn't be
any survivors. Now, however, all of
us are glad sincerely that the survi-
vors are so many, and that they
have come to see us and once more,
after all this long tine, to go over
the scene Of their heroism and suffer.
ings. They are welcome heartily.
Everybody here hopes they will enjoy
every minute of their visit. Probably
some among them never have sue
"esded until now in reaching Rich
mond. We think they will find the
rity we'll worth seeing. They will see
that the fine American energy, cour-
age and optimism have asserted
themselves here fully as strongly as
anywhere on the continent. They
will find from all Virginians a cordial
greeting. We hope and believe they
will be made to feel that in 1909 we
are as glad to receive them as in 1864
we were eager to repel them. All oI
us will sympathize warmly with the
patriotic and honorable purpose to
honor the memory OF gallant com.
rades who gave their lives to maintain
what they believed to be right, and
met triumphantly the supreme test
of manhood and fidelity.
They were and are regood people, the
Pennsylvanians. The veterans tel
us they stood and fought like men,
and always were formidable foes
They are the kind ofpeople we like to
have come among US and look over
us and see what We are doing and
have done. We know they respect us
and we respect them. May all o.
them live long and pleasantly an6
enjoy many times the pleasure, be
yond all other pleaures to an ole
soldier, OF going over the ground OF
which they fought so we'll, so crowded
for them with golden and splendid
associations, softened and beautifiee
and given new nobility and dignity
by long lapse of time. They cOul(
not get across Lees entrenchmenti
at Cold Harbor; but they have come
in far more comfortably and pleas
antly the other way around. Ant
they will find on every side outstretch
ed hands instead OF the leveled an(
splitting muskets which formerly con
frOnted them.
The gold leaf., 1909-10-28

Wilmington Making Big Preparations
for the Occasion.

Wilmington, N. C. October, 16-
The committee which are making
preparations for the reception of
President William Howard Taft, in
Wilmington, on Tuesday, Nov. 9th,
are rapidly consummating the ar
rangements for n notable event. 1t
will be an occurrence of great signifi-
canoe and Wilmington is preparing
to make it one that will be memor-
able in the annals of North Carolina.
While it will be the chief event in
the recent history OF this portion of
North Carolina, and will be the occa-
sion OF tremendous outpouring OF
the people for hundreds of miles
around, it will also attract to our
city visitors from all portions of
this State and many counties of
South Carolina. Distinguished men
from all over our State will be here
to greet the President and his distin-
guished party. Governor w. W.
Kitchin will make his first official
visit to Wilmington and welcome the
Republics chief executive to the Old
North State. The United States SEN
ators, Congressman and leading men
from various sections of the State
have been invited and are expected
here to join the people of Wilmington
in doing honor to the nations most
distinguished citizen.
The railroads traversing the State,
north and south, east and west, will
run special trains on convenient
schedules, while all regular trains
will carry extra coaches to provide
accommodations for the immense
number OF people who now have their
attention centered on Wilmington
and it's reception to the President.
The interest in the occasion is wide
spread and the greatest throng that
has ever assembled in North Carroll
lina's seaport will be here, thousands
OF them to get their first glimpse oi
a live President and to enjoy the So
cial, attractive and spectacular fea.
lures of the occasion.
The gold leaf., 1909-10-28
Why Not MIR. Tompkins to Succeed
Crane?
Atlanta Constitution.

Atlanta Constitution.
Secretary of State Knox has ended
a most unfortunate situation by in
forming Minister to China Crane that
his resignation would be accepted.
This Development follows on the heels
OF verbal indiscretiOn on Mr..
Cranes part, with the details OF
which the public is thoroughly fa-
miliar.
The elimination of Mr.. Crane from
the field brings again into prnmi-
nence the name of ID. A. Tompkin., Of
| Charlotte, n C., which it is known
President Taft had been considering
before he reached the decision to ap-
point the now deposed American
representative.
The President could, not make II
more thoroughly popular and effect
tive choice than by naming Mr..
TompkiDs.
| The cry at the moment is Tor a
business man to represent this coun-
try in China, where our commercial
interests are barely in their infancy.
Mr.. Tompkins is one OF the most
eminent business men in the South
ern States, a pioneer and dominent
figure in the cotton manufacturing
industry, which has so eminent
bearing on the commercial relations
between the South and the Orient. a
Nor would Mr.. Tompkins discharge
his ministerial functions with section
al bias. He is, essentially, an Ameri-
can, and broad American, very ia
miliar with all the business phases oi
the country and happily in touch
with the present-day sentiment in
this country.
Many of the foremost cotton man.
ufacturers and business men OF the
South had previously endorsed Mr.
Tompkins for this post, and there
had been strong reasons to believe
that Mr.. Taft would nominate him
or some other Southern man.
Present conditions offer an excel
lent opportunity to President Taft
to please the Southern people and
to secure for this nation singularly
!. efficient representative at Pikin.
i He would do both by appointing
D. A. Tompkins, OF Charlotte.
r1aJp Yz.n
The gold leaf., 1909-10-28
Wilmington Star.

Wilmington Star.
The Minister'S Union, of Richmond,
made al inspection OF the State
Fair grounds and lodged protests
against the apparel of the Igorotes,
the paint on the faces OF the women
in the side-shows, and the gambling
Devices" consisting OF the canary
bird and candy wheels.
What a wicked time they must
have in the capital OF the ''Old Do
minion!" Picture to yourself the Joy
with which the survivors and de-
scendants Of the old time horse
racing, cock-fghting, fiox-hunting,
poker-playing gentry OF the first
families must have hailed the oppor-
tunity afforded to place a dime on
the revolving wheel in the fair and
radiant hope of winning a song bird
as a souvenir OF "the greatest fair in
the history OF the State" Imagine
the devil-may-care attitude OF young
blood out for a lark as it shamelessly
gave up its money for transit past
the "barker" into the dim and smelly
mysteries Of the tents in which, to
the sound of fife and drum and banjo,
painted ladies-painted, mind you
| sang the song OF ribaldry, the while
they shook the midway dust from
their flying skirts! And think OF the
trepidation of those country danes
who. all unaware OF what lay before
them, ventured by chance into the
closed arena in which dusky Igorote
prOmenaded in attire OF shoestring
and pomatum, subduing his wild
and bloody instincts for the sake OF
the round and shiny dollar.
IL there were any explanation at
i tached to these annual crusades
against such vices-that is, some de-
| tailed statement OF exactly how they
| tend to block aspiring footsteps in
the way of grace-we would feel bet
ter. AS it is, the clerical imagination
seems to lay itsself open to grave
suspicion, in that it discovers evil
| where no one else suspects it. 1t
must be indeed a rancid mind that
can construe the vicious into the
mere sight of modestly naked saw
age. 1t must be a prurient, nay a
determined and predemeditatedly
salacious, mind that can suspect the
paint upon the faces of those hard
working girls i'm the midway OF daz-
zling youthful eyes into ways OF
looseness and sin. And there must
be self-recognition OF a most insati-
able mania for the card table and the
roulette wheel in the heart that can
find in the candy and canary wheels
the decisive straw to temptation.
The truth is that one of the greatest
forms of intemperance extant is the
reforming habit. Drunkards may be
"cured"-every experience meeting is
full Of instances where Justly cele-
brated divines started for the pulpit
from the gutter. But, sadly enough,
once a refOrmer-even In a good
cause-it is always reformer-
The eye is iaundiced, the mind in
fected, the heart made bitter instead
OF glad. The frown succeeds the
smile, the sigh the laugh. All things
have the yellow tinge, and to the
furred tongue nothing is sweet. The
| hard part is that all too frequently
such performances are eperpetrated in
the name OF religion. And thereby is
religion brought into disrepute and
ridicule 1t is q sad condition when,
out OF all the people OF a great city,
nobody sees anything wrong but the
ministers union.
The gold leaf., 1909-10-28

Where Barriu Fell Down.
Charlotte News.


Barrill was willing to change Cook e
data in bis diary, as per Cooks d.
rections; he was willing to make false
entries; to enter false dates-was will
ing to perjure himself, as directed by
Cook. This is his own admission.
Instead of discrediting DR.. Cook, as
the publication of his affidavit was
probably intended to do, it merely
shows that he himself was a weakling,
willing to lie for the man who had
him hired when ne was directed to do
go. BarrilPs affidavit would not be
accepted in any court of justice. If it
proves anything, it proves that if
Cook lied, he himself lied also, and,
differing from the man he accuses he
makes himself out liar, lacking any
instincts of originality whatsoever.
1t seems to be the fall fashion to
brand DR.. Cook a liar. The folds of
the Ananias Club are being daily ex-
tended, and all hands are aiming
their arrows at the man who first
claimed to have discovered the top
of the earth.
The public is getting very tired OF
the whole affair, and there is a grow
ing demand for some proof that will
convince - for something besides
abuse and villification.