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The Glenwood post., 1909-07-17
DOES GLENW0OD merit A BAD name?
Letters Received From Other Towns Indicate That the Rep
utation Of Our City Serves as Cloud That Should
Be Lifted and Light Let In

to mention in the literature they send
broadcast over the east in their efforts
to secure visitors. -
Rev. Foute then told of having writ
ten to Delta, Grand Junction and Canon
City with requests that questions be
answered The questions asked were
as follows:
"What percentage of the popula
ton of your city do you estimate are
more or less regular attendants at
church?'
"What is the reputation of Glenwood
Springs in your city with reference to
morals?"
To the first question the Delta party
said; "Delta is preeminently a church
town. THE LARGE MAJORITY at
tend church. This is a dry town. No
saloon element. - To the second ques.
tion the reply, based on number of
inquiries among Delta people was,
"About the same as other saloon
towns''
The Grand Junction reply to the
questions was as follows: LIST. "The
more or less regular attendants at
church about ffty-fve per cent. u
per cent express a preference for
church. This estimate is made from
a house to house canvass. To tho
second question he said 81 have ask
ed eleven people, promiscuously, since
getting your inquiry and without ex-
ception the answer has been ga very
tough place. one added, "The tough.
est town in Colorado"
The Canon City inquiry brought the
following answer to the first questions
90 Ninety per cent attend church. y
To the second ''I cannot speak for the
city. | have asked about two dozen
men "What kind of place is Glen
wood Springs and without exception
all have said "TOUGH," or words to
that effect l should say that your con
spicuously beautiful little city has
bad reputation here. / am sorry to
say this and hope we are i'll advised
but you want to know the truth ! sup
pose"
This certainly made some of Rev
Foote'S hearers sit up and take notice
and it was especially noticeable among
the large number of tourists who were
present at the service that they were
more than pleased with what the pas
tor had said and more than one WIS
heard to make the remark: "That IS
right "Hc told the truth about
this place. and "He hit them hard,
but they deserve every bit of it. y
These were the remarks heard after
the service and fell from the lips of
the people that some say make law
breaking in Glenwood necessary.
The Glenwood post., 1909-07-17
CAPTAIN ED WALLACE
AND PJAMA POSSE

With a mighty swing of his strong
right arm, Captain Edward Wallace,
who at the head of his brave band,
known as the "Pjama Posse" hurled
a brick in the midst of the midnight
marauders and there was silence for the
space of an hour.
A sigh of relief went up from the
people in the school house neighborhood
on Thursday night of this week when,
after hours of agonizing suspense, Cap
tain Wallace left his cozy couch and
led the attack against the fence post
artists who were rehearsing for the
national meeting of the Ancient Mid
night Howlers.' In fact, many of the
pjama posse are convinced that the
national meet was on in the neighbor
hood of the school house in this city
on Thursday night and that what to
them was the discordant notes from dis
grunted eats was but the "Hail to the
Chief" as the Big cat appeared on the
neighboring chicken coop, and witness
II she grand revie Y
Ii is claimed that overtures were
made by Captain Wallace, but that the
eat army refused to surrender and that
as a final step, the pjama posse, armed
with bricks and other deadly weapons.
advanced on the mouse eaters and dis.
turbcrs of midnight slumbers and put
them to rout, but not until the bravo
captain had hurled an eight pound
brick into the bunch. Details Of the
battle and number of dead are lacking,
but the piama posse will, at its next
meeting. extend a vote of thanks to the
captain, who so quickly brought peace
and quiet to the neighborhood.
The Glenwood post., 1909-07-17
SPLIT WITH HIGH GRADERS

Glenwood took the first game from
the Cripple Creek High Graders on
Tuesday afternoon only to go down TO
defeat the following day. The first
game was all ours from the start as
Honska had the visitors helpless and
allowed them but four hits scattered
through as many innings. His team
PLAYED behind him and with the excep-
ton of Sherry, who made three errors,
played perfect ball They hit and run
like fends, while the High Graders Sc
cured their one run on an error made
by Sherry, a wild pitch and a sacrifice.
Glenwood made one score in the second,
three in the fifth and four in the sew
enth, while the visitors lone run came
in the third. Hogart secured two
bagger and Kirschman and Brusse Sc
cured three sacker each, while Sher-
ry. Anderson, Hogart. Kirschman and
Brusse of the locals made sacrifices and
sherry. Anderson and Siddons pulled
off some pretty steals. Siddons secured
three hits out of four times up.
But the sorIo that covered Glen
wood on Wednesday evening when the
last of the locals went out with the
score three to one in favor of the Wis
iting team. Bone-headed playing and
base running together with punched
hits off Ballinger in the early part of
the game were responsible for our loss.
And according to the Cripple Creek
manager, Honska gave the visitors at
least one run by a dubious decision of
a ball along the right foul line. In the
second inning the visitors secured four
hits. one of which was three sacker,
but failed to get man over the rubber.
A perfect throw to the plate by Ander-
son caught one man and another run
ner in his haste to reach the third sack
after hitting the ball over Siddons IN
left. went too far and was caught, Sd
dons to Hayden. But we lost and the
story ends there. Glenwood got eight
hits to the visitors eleven and each
team made twO errors.
The Glenwood post., 1909-07-17
OLD TIMER HERE

P. Randolph Morris and Mrs. Morris
of Denver are guests at the Colorado.
Mr.. Morris is superintendent of tho
union depot in the capital city. ana
will be remembered by many of oar
readers for having lived in this county
some years ago. Mr.. Morris was nt
one time owner of the famous Morris
ania fruit ranch near Grand Valley and
which was recently sold for 100000.
Pete also served several years as coun'
tv commissioner of this county and mas
many friends here who are glad to
have him return occasionally to the
best portion of Colorado.
The Glenwood post., 1909-07-17

"And he said they had the best
times in their lives These few words
left unspoken by County Superinten-
dent Harrison of Weld county at the
recent meeting of the county superin-
Itendents of schools held in Greedy, rob
bed Glenwood of the next meeting and
gave it to our sister city, Grand juno
ton by three votes.
The fight between Mrs. Ella Ozburn
of this county and Grand Junction peo-
pie had been made. Mrs. Ozburn was
confident of victory, but she met de-
feat when Mr. Harrison of Weld coun-
ty arose just before the voting and
said: "My predecessor tells me that
the state meeting has been held on the
western slope and that it was held at
Glenwood Springs" 1t was n short
statement, but it turned 'the tide and
The Glenwood post., 1909-07-17
WHY GLENWOOD LOST CONVENTION

when the votes were counted, Glenwood
lacked the required number of votes
and Grand Junction had three to the
good. We had lost.
Soon after the vote was taken and
the final result announced, Mr.. Har-
rison came to Mrs. Ozburn and said:
fear l did not treat you just right,
Mrs. Ozburn. You see l bad promis-
ed to help the Grand Junction people
in the fight for the next meeting"
Later in the conversation he repeat
ed to Mrs. Ozburn what he had said
to the whole crowd, but added the few
words at the opening of this story,
"And he said they had tho times of
their hves.' He had failed to tell
all, but as an explanation said: "I
knew that if l told the superintendents
all that he said it would give Glenwood
the convention and I had promised to
work for Grand Junction.
While Glenwood wanted the next
meating of the superintendent, we
are glad that, if we had to lose, that
we lost to our neighbor down the
valley. The meeting comes to the west
ern slope and when it il over we will
get all Of them to come here for .
few weeks vacation and they will be
glad to visit all ths points Of interest
in 01and valley.
The Glenwood post., 1909-07-17

"Papa, they are all dead in the col
lar As these words fell from the
lips of little twelve yearold Mildred
Light, her father, Hon. Fred Light of
Snow Mass, dropped his evening paper
and rushed to the basement of his
ranch home only to be greeted by q
sight than can never be forgotten. At
the foot of the steps was the lifeless
form of his son, Ray, while on the floor
of the cellar were the senseless forms
Of his three eldest daughters, Efie,
Edith and Helen. Making hurried eX-
aminations, he found that life still e,;-
isted in the three girls, but that the
spirit of the boy had already taken is
flight on the wings of lightning to the
Great Beyond.
Little Mildred went from room to
room about the house and gave the
alarm and attempted to use the telc'
phone in efforts to secure assistance,
hut the death dealing flash of lightning
that had struck the ranch home of F'rei
Iirht had cut off communication with
the neighbors. Although the thunder
was still crashing among the mountains
about their home and the lightning
flashes lighted the deepest canons, Mil
dred Light was fearless, and mounting
n horse rode TO the nearest ranch
bouse. that of VIM. Finley, where a
ge was telcphoned TO DR.. Lof. The
girl then hurried on TO the home of y.
NJ .Shuttleworth, where her brother,
Fred, was visiting. DR.. Wilson, father
of Mrs. Shuttleworth, was visiting ms
daughter and accompanied the children
TO their home to render what assistance
be could.
The dead and injured children were
removed from the cellar, where they
had gone to hang some meat to th'
upper rooms and everything possible
was done for the suffering. Mrs. Nellie
Fox, aunt of the children was in an up
per room of the house and received
severe burns on her hand. An examlh'
ation of the three Light children dis
closed the fact that, while all were
stunned by the lightning flash when
had struck the end of the house near
a window and followed the casing INTO
tho meat cellar, Helen had received ia
t.rnal injuries when her sister Eii'e'
The Glenwood post., 1909-07-17
Wie|ders of Hickory Stick Will Hold
Big Meeting In G|enwood From
July 18th to 30th
WELL KNOWN INSTRUCTORS

Harry l.. McGinnis of Chaffee county
as president; Mrs. Ella Ozburn of Gar.
ield county, secretary; and Miss A. B.
canning of Pitkin county, treasurer,
has been working for weeks to secure
a corps Of instructors that would rank
with any in the west and that thew
have been successful is shown by the
following who have been chosen:
Supt. NJ. C. Potter, Pueblo, Conductor
Prof. c. NJ. Herren, LaJunta
Valentine Kirby, manual training high
school, Denver
Eleanor Davidson, Denver.
The program which was announced
some days ago by this paper has been
slightly changed owing to the inabi-
lity of Prof. Thompson of LaJunta to
be present. In his place, Mr.. Herr IN
has been selected and it is said he is
one Of the brightest men in the state
and that his talks will be very inter
esting and instructive. The following
is the program to be followed as near
ly as possible each day of the two
week session:
9:00-Opening Exercises.
9:l5-Drawing .............. Kirby
English ....-.......... Potter
l0:00-Arithmetic .......... Herren
:30-Primary Construction Work.
..............-. ........ Davidson
l:OO-History ............. Potter
1:3O-Civics and School Law Herren
l3o-Manual Training .... Kirby
2:OO-Primary Methods ~ Davidson
autobiography ............ Herren
3:oo-Phycology ............ Potter
Physiology ............ Kirby
3:3O-Education by Plays, Games and
Song ............... Davidson
In addition to the regular program,
lectures will be given by Valentine
Kirby, NJ. G. Potter, W. r. Callicotte
and Mrs. Katherine Cook, state sup
erintendent of schools. AS rate of
one fare for the round trip has been
made on all railroads, the attendance
promises to be better than for several
years. The personnel of the corps of
instructors as announced above, insures
a very profitable meeting A number
of special features in the way of So
cial amusement will be provided and
an effort will be made to make the
visit pleasant for all who come.
The Glenwood post., 1909-07-17

Team average, 32S.
Sherry, who started out Like whirl
wind and battcd several games early
in the season at the 500 clip, has taken
a slump in the last few games, but ne
and Whittle say that the fans will hear
from them and that they are going
after the topnotchers with a vengeance
and that they expect to pass the crowd
the next month. Sherry's average for
the entire season with Glenwood is 25o,
bnt the past few games have cut him
down hard.
With six men hitting over the 300
mark, Glenwood has the best batting
team in the state and with fast snappy
field work, fast base running and heady
playing should not lose another game
this season. ,r....
The Glenwood post., 1909-07-17

Speaking to the words of the PSALM
ist, "Becausc of the house of the Lord
our God, | will seek thy good, Rev.
Greer A. Foote last Sunday evenu :
startled his hearers by quoting from
letters received from various parties
in Canon City. Grand Junction and
Delta to the effect that GlenwoOd has
anything but an enviable reputation
for morality in each of the towns nam
ed
Rev. Foote, pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church had announced his
subject as "The Civic Value of Chure b
Attendance. But few indeed weTh
there among the Glenwood people, who
thought he would come loaded with
ammunition furnished by people living
outside of our own city.
"In these times great deal is being
made of the word Booster said the
speaker, who continued by saying, 90 Il
is not found in the Bible or any other
great books of literature, but | confess
that l have great liking for it.
He then referred to the various bus
ness men and said each gave his own
particular business most thought when
defining the word booster and thus
led up to the preachers idea of what
really constitutes good booster In
bn al 10 4
idea that the towns where people are
more or less regular in their church
attendance are the towns that are max
ing the greatest strides forward in
all business lines and are proving them
selves the greatest centres for homo
builders.
To prove that church attendance is
a good thing for n town he gave a
number of arguments such as ''Refines
the People, "Gives People Better
Social Advantages, " "The people of
a church going town run the affairs OF
the town righteously and do not leave
them to be run in mud and filth by
the polltlcal saloon. IN spedhiiit5
along the last he said: ''There is a
better atmosphere in which to live and
in which to bring up children. The
town has a good reputation. The re
port goes out that that particular town
is run by good people, and good people
in other places, who are looking for
new home want to go where good
people run things; and good people are
the best to get into n town always.
They add to the good name of the
place, and assure good quality of
citizenship His last argument was
"'The people of church going town
have a municipal pride with some
thing behind it. They have nothing in
their town Of which they are ashamed
The Glenwood post., 1909-07-17

The Thirteenth Normal Institute
District will hold its regular summer
meeting in this city beginning Mon
day, July 10 and continuing to July
30. IT is estimated that at least 100
teachers will be present from the coun-
ties comprising the district and that
one OF the mos5 success ,:'l meetings
of the organization will be the result.
The executive committee composed
The Glenwood post., 1909-07-17
DEATH RIDES ON
LIGHTNING FLASH
Daring Ride Of Girl Through Storm to
Secure Assistance For Suffer-
ing Loved Ones
ONE KILLED..FOUR ARE INJURED

who weighs about 200 pounds, fell
across her. Effie and Edith were burn.
ed about the head, and it is feared will
be marked for life.
1t was during one of the worst elec.
tric storms ever witnessed on the west
ern slope that on Tuesday evening of
this week the ranch home of Fred
Light. former representative from Pit
kin county and well known stockman,
was struck by lightning, A beef ha l
been killed Tuesday and Ray, Etfie,
Edith. Helen and Mildred were en-
gagged in storing it away in the cool
cellar The three older girls were IN
the cellar, while Ray and Mildred were
standing on the steps, Ray with his
hand holding to the timbers above,
with his head resting on his arm and
Mildred on the steps back of him. Tie
storm had been raging for some time,
but the children gave it no thought and
continued their work. Suddenly there
was a terrible flash and Ray fell to the
floor lifeless. while near him were the
senseless bodies of his three sisters,
Efic, Edith and Helen. Mildred was
untouched and, believing that all had
been killed, she hurried up the steps
to the front room of the house where
her father was engaged in reading his
evening paper. She gave the alarm and
hurried away for assistance.
Ray Light, who was killed outright
was well known in Pitkin county and
was very popular among the students OF
the Asncn school where he attended
Fred Light. the father, is one of the
hest known cattlemen in the state be
cause of his court. cases with the forest
department. The funeral of Ray Light
was held in Aspen yesterday from 81
Marv's church, with Father Servant IN
charge. Helen was the only one unaoi
to attend.
The Glenwood post., 1909-07-17
MONTHS AVERAGE OF The LOCALS

Much has been said the past few
days regarding the hitting ability OF
the various players on the local ball
team. One fan believed that his favor
;te was the ".hitting kid while anoth'
or was Just as positive that the chit
ting kid' was a dub and not in class
with his favorite.
That all questions of dispute may d.
set aside and that the fans may kno"
the averages of the team as well as the
individual members, we have secure'
tbc hating average for the month De
-;n;rc June 10Th and ending with the
last of the series with the Grippe
The Glenwood post., 1909-07-17

Miss Bess White, well known TO
Glenwood people as former emp'oye
of this Office, but for the past year IN
employe of the U. S. Indian school a'
Phoenix. Arizona, is spending her sum
mer vacation with friends in san Diego
Stanley Miller of Grand Junction.
vbo snent several weeks in dlenwooa
N tba early summer, stopped here
Thursday on his way home from Den,
yer. He reports conditions, commercia iai
and otherwise, very satisfactory in the
peach city down the valley.
The Glenwood post., 1909-07-17

ed from Rifle Wednesay of this week.
DR.. William Watson, of Oak Park,
H., while returning home from a visit
20 Seattle, the big fair and other
coast attractions stopped in Glenwood
Tuesday for a brief visit with Judge
Beardsley who is administrator of the
estate of his brother. Ben X. Watson,
late of Rifle DR.. Watson is So years
of age and, although now retired, was
for over 30 years a practicing physi
elan in Detroit and Chicago, While
somewhat decrepit he travels alone
across the country and is much more
vigorous than one of his advanced age
is expected to be. He stopped at Pas
adena and made a short visit to his
broahcr. Capt. j. NJ. Watson. wei
known in this county.
The Glenwood post., 1909-07-17

From all over the country we have
received reports of splendid hay crop.
The farmers claim it is the best crop
in many years. This is certainly vel
come news, for not in years has there
been such a scarcity of old hay at the
time of maturity of the new crop.
The Glenwood post., 1909-07-17

Mrs. Annie b. Sharp and her daugh
ter, Mary, have returned from Denver
and the latter has gone to Marble
where she has been employed to teach
the primary grades in the public schools
the coming winter. She will return
today and be in attendance at the
teachers institute to be held here merit
week
The Glenwood post., 1909-07-17

4 big steam boiler has just been put
in place at the Troy laundry, the bust
ness having outgrown the old boiler
which has done service for so many
years.
The Glenwood post., 1909-07-17

Dead
RAY LIGHT, aged IS.
Injured
EF'FIE LIGHT, aged %.
EDITH LIGHT, aged %.
HELEN LIGHT, aged Il.
MRS. NELLIE FOX, aunt
The Glenwood post., 1909-07-17

Mrs. Fred Munro and children arriv-
ed from Rifle Wednesay of this week.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-03-12
LONG CONTEST ENDED
Stephenson Reelected Senator
From Wisconsin.

Madison, Wis, March limited
States Senator Isaac Stephenson,
whose term of filling out the une1:
pired term of John c. Spooner, has
just expired, was reelected by the
Wisconsin legislature in joint ballot
for term of six years on the twenty.
third ballot. He received GO out OF
1923 votes cast. there being ten absen.
tees
Senator Stephenson, received the Re.
publican nomination at the primaries
last fall, but had been opposed for re.
election in joint ballot since Jan. 26,
when the first ballot was taken His
opponents had endeavored to block his
election until the joint legislative
committee Investigating the primary
election had concluded it's hearings in
connection with charges of alleged
corruption against the senator:
Friends of Senator Stephenson had
contended that he was elected in sep.
:arate ballot on. Jan. 26, when he re.
5ceived a majority Of the votes cast
But Lieutenant Governor Strange had
asteadfastly refused to recognize an
election.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-03-12
nuDlf,f:D BILL PREPARED
i, :Axe Place Of. Census ~Measure
Vetoed by: Roosevelt:

Washington. March 10.-The pas.
sogc ,f a l{ew census bill during the
sp,;,:,al session to take the place of
ti,: measure vetoed by President
Roosevelt, previous to his retirement
s,um office is confidently predicted:
Representative Crumpacker Of In
u,ana, chairman of the census commit
tee Of the last house and author Of
the pill disapproved because it: did not
cruvide for competitive examinations
for the temporary census clerks, pre-
CARED the new. measure. He believes
II m!l uoty :,nly meet with the aI-
prova, OF the special session of con
gress, but will receive the signature
Ct President Taft
The plan for the selection of clerks
by noncompetitive examinations as
provided for III the vetoed bill has
been abandoned. Judge Crumpacker
nas sought to apply the merit system
Ut selection. modified to meet the ext
9encies Of the census work.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-03-12
Blizzard 4 |! ht |!l||!| 4! |l1h Ple
gamm!e as Arranged
TAKES OATH IN THE SENATE
Storm Lets Up in Time for the
Inaugural Parade.

- L. IL. 2 r. Il
Washington, March 4.-The first
chief executive to take the oath OF
office in the chamber of the senate in
seventy-six years, William Howard
Taft, today became president of the
United States.
Accompanied to the Capitol by Pres
ident Roosevelt and a guard of honor
through swirl of binding snow MI.
Taft returned to the White House
aust as the sun began to force it's way
through the thinning clouds of gray.
A sudden blizzard, sweeping in from
the northwest, caused an abandon
ment Of the outdoor ceremonies on
the famous east front of the; Capitol,
much to Mr. Taft's chagrin, and
threatened for a time to stop the bril-
liant pageant of the afternoon.
BY almost superhuman efforts
passageway was cleared along the
center of Pennsylvania avenue and
for nearly three hours President Taft