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The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
CAN DAY TOMORROW
Piles of Cans Ready for De-
livery. A Box Car Won't
Hold Them All

The boys are still working diligent-
ly for the prizes TO be given by the
Ordway Industrial Association on the
morrow Saturday and after the final
scramble it is safe to say. not tin
can will be found In Ordway that is
not doing duty as Il flower pot or
serving in some useful capacity.
The average observer would say
that in two years time, Il pile equal
to the one made around the flag pole
in 1907 could not be assembled, but,
without doubt, the mass will even
exceed IL in size. 1t will require the
services of horses and wagons to bring
them in this year, while nothing hut
employed before.
The committee plans to have a
number OF beet wagons lined up on
Denver Boulevard early Saturday
morning and they will have their
hands full checking in the loads as
they arrive.
The articles will be classified,
weighed and credited to each con-
tcstant as received. Everything in
the line OF Junk" will be accepted
and credited according to its classih-
cation.
The committee has secured the
prizes to be given by the merchants
and have arranged them in the follow
ing order:
First prize, cash ................s6. 90
Second prize, cash. .... ........ 81 90
Special prize for baling wires -. 50 90
Fourth prize, pr. Sunilnwer shoes $50
Gallavan Bros.
Fifth prize, pair $3.50 shoes. 80. 81. 80
Montgomery Mer. Co.
Sixth prize, pair sl.50 gloves l.5o
kropf Bros.
Seventh prize, one watch ..... 81 80
S. V. Wathcn
Eighth, catcher's glove ......... 81 %
r. L. Martin.
Ninth prize, base ball all............sl.25 -
Edgar Bros.
Tenth prize, 81 in merchandise . 81 90
Cash Bazaar
Eleventh prize, base ball bat. ....S so
Ordway Hardware Il Furniture Co.
Twelfth prize, catcher's mit.....s so
r. L. Martin.
Don't forget the old, worn-out
brooms, pieces OF broken dishes,
bottles, tin can lids and the smaller
articles, boys.
The contest will close at 200 p. M,
and the prizes will be awarded to the
faithful ones as soon thereafter as the
committee decides on the winners.
All will assemble at the NEW ERA
Office at 2.30 o'clock to receive their
reward.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
TO DISPENSE WITH PRINTERS

One OF the most remarkable exhibits
at the annual business show In Chi
cago. is an invention To do away with
typesctting machines by recording hu-
man thought for direct transmission
to type.
One man showed a system of making
matrices for stereotypes direct from
the first writing on the typewriter.
A matrix paper was inserted in an ord
mary typewriter. and the estcnOgrapher
proceeded in the usual way. The re-
suit was turned over Co the stcreotypcr,
who made plate from IL without
having had any type set by printer,
without any make-rcady on forms or
any Of the usual details followed in n
printing Office for the production Of
stcrcotypes.
The inventor and exhibitor asserted
that printers would no longer be
necessary. They are now perfecting
an interchangeable typewriting ma
chine which viii! make it possible to
do all the composing for newspapers
and publication, direct from the type
writer and print from plates.
The reporter or writer simply writes
his article on the machine, and the
ma,rix paper is sent Immediately to
the stereotyper. Still another revolu-
tion is promised when Edison has
perfected his debating machine. IL
will be possible with the Edison
machine for the writer to tell MS
story to the machine. which can
set In motion the typewriter with
Its matrix paper. In this way the
stenographic work could be eliminated
and the stereotyper could prepare MS
plate from the product of the COM
bined debating and typewrlting
machinery.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
REBUILDS CANNING FACTORY.

Contracts have been let for the re-
building OF the canning factory ut
Fowler which was burned last season.
The following description OF the new
plant is taken from the Tribune:
"The capacity OF the factory will be
great enough to handle all the fruit
and vegetables that the farmers can
raise and he IA ready and convenient
market for them. The building will
be completed about the 18TH of May.
and will have a floor space OF 5000
square feet while the platform space
for unloading will be several hundred
feet, besides which there will be an
Office In the east end OF the building
where the wagon scales will be located.
The walls will be cement concrete,
the floors cement with proper drainage
all OF which will be tirst.class and up
to-datc in every respect. The building
Will be directly north OF where the
old factory stood"
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26

A young man with a practical knowl-
edge In his head, skill In his hands
and health in his body is his own let
ter OF references. Mix him up with
6N,OOO, 900 OF others, and you will lind
him again, as he will have Il habit of
being on top, Throw him naked into
a desert island and he will be at the
head OF something. He does not 90
whining over the land, blaming for
tune and saying he has no chance, but
goes out and does something. and goes
out and does IL again and better. Men
that can do things either with head
or hands are the men that are wanted,
and the demand is as great here and
now as II has been at any time since
the beginning.-Dawson la Times.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
Town Board Proceedings

The Board OF Trustees met In regu-
',ar session at the clerks Office. Friday
eyenIng, March 10, 1909, at 500 p. m.
Present, Mayor G. X. johnson, Trus-
,sss r. A, Henderson, A. Cook, J. NJ.
Smith, A. NJ. Ward and J. j. Mont
gomery. Absent, c. S. Steinmctz.
Minutes OF last regular meeting and
sneclal meeting held on March 9th
were read and approved.
BiIlofI |. II. Stanley for legal ser
vices was read and laid on the table.
Bill Of Il ". English Lumber Co.
for 90. 30 was read and allowed.
On motion duly seconded. Geo. f.
Herman was appointed Fire Chief and
Merle Roberts Assistant Chief.
1t being reported that the fence
b,tween the town reservoir site and
the Ayers land was in bad repair.
A. NJ. Ward volunteered TO investigate
same and report at next regular meet
ipy. There being no further business,
the meeting adjourned at $3.50 p. IN.
+. p. JOHNSON.
Clerk and Recorder.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26

During the month OF January aud
February, sSS, ll7.92 for the taxes OF
1908 were paid into the Golfers OF the
Otero county treasury. This Is a
pretty good record considering the
fact that everybody is complaining Of
hard times these days. During the
month OF February the total tax paid
In was SO, 800 93, which amount was
S,s32O6 greater than during the same
month Of last year. Most OF this
difference is accounted for by the fact
that the Missouri Pacific tax Uf about
S,'OO, last year, was not paid until
The month OF March, so the increase
10 collections during the month OF
feoruary, this year, was just little
over $1,000. Even though the amount
small, 1t tends To show that times
are not SO hard in Otero county as
some people have tried to paint them.
lhe total tax to be collected this year
Is @9l, ,96l.57, as compared to $685.
iooZ4 last year, an increase of
s'oo313.-La Junta Tribune.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
AT ARLINGTON
Farm House of Ed. Allen Wreck.
ed. Four Injured.

The storm OF Tuesday was prlncl.
pally east OF Ordway, although some
hail fell here aud heavy shower
drcnched the earth during the night
Near Arlington, the disturbance
TOOK on the form of "A young tornado
ana completely demolished the house
OF Ed. Allen, five miles out OF town,
ana also destroyed the school house
near by. This occurred about five
O'Clock In the aftcrnuun. and no duub,
many lives would have been lost had
II taken place a few hours earlier
while school was In session.
In the Allen home. which was com.
plctcly destroyed, were Mr.. and Mrs.
Allen and Jess Allen. a brother, who,
with his wife, was there un a visit
When the storm had passed. the in
jured numbered four. Mr.. Ed. Allen
having received a most painful scalp
wound, in fact, he was completely
scalpca and the severed part left
hanging over his eyes. shutting out
his vision until the surgeons placed 1t
back on his skull. He also received a
severe cut on the nose. Mrs. Allen
was found to have suffered a broken
collar bone. Jess Allen was bruised
up some, but escaped luckily as com
pared with the others injured. His
wife received scalp wound and other
injuries.
The injured were taken to Arling-
ton and medical aid summoned
Doctors Jetrcry and Woods were called
from this place Ia care for the injured.
Ed, Allen will not suffer any serious
results from his wounds, 1t is thought.
but will probably not care 10 repeat
the dose. Jess Allen was at one time
depot agent here and will be remem.
bered by many.
The hail covered the ground to a
depth OF four inches and the storm
was one of the worst that has visited
that section for years.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26

lhe municipality OF Swink is be-
'Seen the devil and deep well, and
'he CITY fathers are undecided as yet
as 10 lust where they are at. Several
months ago the dads OF Swink bought
aract OF land from the town company
lor the purpose OF drilling an artesian
well TO furnish that municipality
WIN a water supply. They made a
o'"1ract for deed, and G. ii. McVay
W. was employed to put down the we'll.
.ne well proved to be one of the best
~ .ne valley, having flow of thirty
kaaons to the minute. After the
"e'. was completed the dads OF Swink
"aue demand for a deed, and the
~Hh company refused to turn over
sue coveted document unless a clause
u, 'as Inserted in the contract giving a
," seuse 10 the saloon now located there
A. A. 'ne coming year. by refusing to
~ ~, the tract OF land upon which
~ w.. Guy well was located was to revert
,.,,. ..e original owners. The munich
ran's OF Swink seems to be In a bad
s,a,., & IL the town goes dry at the
viii ',on IN April the municipal we'll
oo.. @ uave TO be forfeited, and II it
nsss nsss wet the people of Swink won't
'"y ~ell.-La Junta Tribune,
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
Live Stock Market.
Special to THE New ERA.
Kansas City Stock Yards, Mar. 22r

Special to THE NEW ERA.
Kansas City Stock Yards, Mar. 22nd
The general cattle market was low
er first half Of last week, offerings
from the range country selling 10 to
% cents below the close Of the previous
week, but after Wednesday there was
an improvement of 10 to 10 cents be-
fore the close of the week. Cattle
run is 5000 head today, a reduction OF
one-third from IA week ago today, and
similar shortages are effective at all
the markets, resulting in another ad-
vance of to is cents today. mostly on
steers. Offerings from the West aud
Southwest are very limited today,
some OF the big shippers and feeders
having decided to hold off till the out
look is better, although there will be
several shipments here tomorrow.
Colorado beef steers have sold lately
at So 40 to $6 80, hay fed steers from
MOntrose county at $40, stockers
from Saguache county at $5.05 to s.. 10
Oklahoma fed steers 1925 to S6. 35,
panhandle fed steers 81 75 to $500,
range cows and hefers at $3.50 to
$5.15, stockers and feeders S400 to
So. so, stock cows and heifers 1925 to
SO rs. Top native beef steers today
brought SO IS.
Sheep and lambs have been coming
pretty freely and prices are holding
up strong. Lambs closed last week
fully steady, while sheep and yearlings
advanced 10 to 20 cents. The run is
$4,000 head today, market active to 10
higher, lambs today at $40 to $40,
the latter Is cents above highest price
last week, yearlings s6.40 to 500,
wethers s5.35 to $500, ewes 1925 to
$3.50. The first band of clipped Texas
grass muttons arrived today, three
cars of ewes, 7sfb. at s.. 10, considered
very good price for them. Two cars
of goats from Texas sold today at
1875. There ia ample demand for
stock and feeding grades, feeding
wethers worth around S4.25, breeding
ewes sl.0o to s5.25, feeding lambs
1915 to 800.
]. A. RIcKART,
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
Down at Kendall several years ago

Down at Kendall several years ago
a small boy who is now young man
of family, was down to speak a piece
they call it "reading" now-at Ihe
Friday afternoon exercises. lhe
teacher was j. b. Hammond, and the
boy was-but never mind the BOY
The rising young Demosthenes start
ed off boldly with, "At midnight IN
his guarded tent the Turk lay cream
ing of the hour when Greece her
knees" Here he came TO Iu'i
stop, backed up, sanded the track ana
bore down In the blockade under d
full head OF steam, but at "Greece iler
knees"-biff, he hit the same oln
obstacle. Then he tried to find the
thread OF his discourse by looking on
the floor for it, resting on one iooc
and then on the other, mumoiinR,
"Greece her knees. Greece her knees,
until the school was ripping WIN
laughter. When everybody paused 70
take breath the teacher remarked
.Greece her knees once more. JOHNNIE
and she'll 20. o.n-Syracuse Journal.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
1t Saved His Les

"All thought I'd lose my les"
writes j. A. Swenson, Watertown,
Wis, "ten years Of eczema, that 10
doctors could not cure, had at last
laid me up. Then Bucklen's Arnica
Salve cured IL sound aud we'll" In
fallible for Skin Eruptions, Eczema,
Salt Rheum, Boils, Fever Sores, Burns,
Scalds, Cuts and Piles. 25c at Edgar
Bros drug store.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
ONE MINUTE. PLEASE

nal,, epalr In time saves nine. Re-
bu, " o1 all kinds; not only watches
iss. anythlng that Is bought in q
TN, ~ store' and many other things
Inn. dse ! bought In other stores. Bring
M olosen or damaged articles to
70 d. :. "''i repair them II 1t is possible
" Eyes tested; glasses fitted.
8. v. WATHHN.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26

An editor relates the following:
"when trst he came to see her. he
showed timid heart; and even when
the light was low they sat this far
apart, but as their love grew warmer,
they learned It's joys and bliss and sat
upclOselikethis."
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
FOR RENT

A aye-acre tract with house and
Also ten-acre tract
and a twenty.acre tract; all near town.
PECK s. JOHNSON.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
NOTICE

All accounts due Lacey & Sewers
have been left with AL Roberts for
collection. Please call at once and
settle. .t
tf5O LACEY & Sewers.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26
Barteldes Seeds, full line, at the
Hardware store.
FOR SALE OR RENT

Three brick residences in Pueblo.
One room and two 7.room. Inquire
of DIR. G. o. METZLER.
til Ordway, Colo.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26

Two dozen white Leghorn hens ant
two cockrels at McCoy's sale Tuesday
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26

subscribe now. sl.6o for year.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-26

Save your cash for "Mac's" sale.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-21
BILLY BOY" A SUICIDE
Indian Murderer, Half STARVED and
Hunted, Uses Last Bullet
on Himself.

San Bernardino, Cal.-Half starved
and without ammunition to stand
off the officers who had penned
him in a mountain pass, Billy Boy
Pinto, the Piute Indian murderer sent
his last bullet crashing into his own
heart and fell lifeless on the rocks,
according to word received here Sat
urday.
Knowing that the Indian fugitive's
ammunition must be low, Sheriff
Ralphs and his posse had begun a
steady advance upon Billy Boys
mountain stronghold. Facing certain
capture and death ON the gallows for
the murder of Mike Boniface, an aged
Indian, and his little daughter, Pinto
ended his own life.
The officers cremated the outlaws
body on a funeral pyre hastily con-
structed on the edge Of the desert.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-21

When he was through, Panikpah,
the father of I-took-a-shOo, a very in
telligent man, who was in the party
of Eskimos that came back from DR..
Cook from the northern end of Nan
sens strait, who is familiar as a hunt
eT with the Jones sound region, and
who has been in Commander Peary's
various expeditions for some fifteen
years, came in and indicated the same
localities and details as the two boys.
The first boy was brought in again,
and with a pencil he traced on the
map their route. members of our
party writing upon the chart where,
according to the boys statement, they
had killed deer, bear, some of their
dogs, seal, walrus and some musk
oxen.
The second boy was then called in
and the two went over the chart to-
gether, the second boy suggesting
some changes as noted hereafter.
Finally, Panikpah, the father, was
again called in to verify details of
the portions of the route with which
he was personally familiar.
The bulk of the boys testimony was
not taken by Commander Peary, nor
in his presence, a fact that obviates
any possible claim that they were
awed by him.
Certain questions on independent
lines from the direct narrative of the
Eskimo boys were suggested by Com
mander Peary to some of us, and were
put by us to the Eskimo boys.
Still later, Commander Peary asked
the Eskimo boys two or three casual
questions on minor points that had
occurred to him.
During the taking of this testimony
1t developed that DR.. Cook had told
these boys, as he told Mr.. Whitney
ard Billy Pritchard, the cabin boy
that they must not tell Commander
Peary or any Of us anything abou
their journey, and the boys stated DR.
Cook had threatened them If the!
should tell anything.
The narrative of these Eskimos Il
as follows:
They. with DR., Cook, Francke ant
, nine other Eskimos, left Anoratok
crossed Smiths sound to Cape Sabine
slept in Commander Peary's old hous
| in Payer harbor, then went through
, Rice strait to Buchanan bay. Afte
few marches Francke and three Ell
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-21
ESKIMOS WERE QUIZZED BY PEARY
Explorer Submits Supplementary Narrative BY
Natives Who Accompanied DR.. Cook
On His Trip to The North.

kimos returned to Anoratok.
DR.. Cook, with the others, then pro-
ceeded up Flagler bay, a branch of
Buchanan bay, and crossed Ellesmere
land through the valley pass at the
head Of Flagler bay, indicated by Com
mander Peary in 1898, and utilized by
Sverdrup in 1899, to the head of
Sverdrup's BAY Fiord" on the west
side Of Ellesmere land.
Their route then lay out through
this ford, thence north through Sver-
drup's "Huerka sound" and hansen
strait.
On their way they killed musk-oxen
and bear, and made caches, arriving
eventually at point on the west side
Of hansen strait (shore of Axel Hell
berg land of Sverdrup), south of Cape
Thomas Hubbard.
A cache was formed here and the
four Eskimos did not go beyond this
point. Two others, Koolootingwa
and Inughito, went on one more march
with DR.. Cook and the two boys,
helped build the snow igloo, then re-
turned without sleeping.
(These two Eskimos brought back a
letter from DR.. Cook to Francke, dated
/ the 18th Of March. The two men re-
Joined the other four men who had
been left behind, and the six returned
to Anoratok, arriving May 7th. This
information was obtained not from
the two Eskimo boys, but from the
six men who returned and from
Francke himself, and was known to
US in the summer of 1908, when the
Roosevelt first arrived at Etah. The
information is inserted here as sup.
Elementary to the narrative of the
two boys.)
After sleeping at the camp where
the last two Eskimos turned back,
DIR. Cook and the two boys went in a
northerly or northwesterly direction
with two sledges and twenty-odd dogs,
one more march, when they encoun.
tered rough fee and lead Of open wa.
ter. They did not enter this rough
ice, nor cross the lead, but turned
westward or southwestward a short
distance and returned to Heiberg land
at point west of where they had left
the cache and where the four men
had turned back.
Here they remained four or Ave
sleeps, and during that time I-took-o
shoe went back to the cache and goi
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-21

The September report of the depart.
ment Of agriculture renews assurance
that the leading grain crops will be
large. The prospects are that the
wheat yield will be 714,3O2, 900 bush.
els, against G64 ,6O4, 900 last year, while
corn is put down at 64S.846, 900. as
compared with 2.66S, 651 900 in 1908
other figures are: Oats, 1903, l,OOS..
100000 bushels, 1908, SO7, 156, 900 bush.
els; rye, 1909. 31,O66.OO0 bushels; 1905
1851 900 bushels; barley. 1909, 17O.-
64So0O bushels; 1908, 1876. 900
bushels.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-21
Nearo eaptIsts n sasslon.

Independence Mo.-The princi-
pal address before the conVen-
ton Of negro Baptists of Missouri
Friday was made by the Rev ]. II.
Garnett, president OF the Western
College, Macon, Mo, an Institution for
negro Baptists. The Rev. Harris Of
St. Louis told his hearers that II was
the place for negroes to stay together,
and that II they didn't the white man
was going to see that they did Mrs.
A. A. Gilbert, Of St Louis. presided
over the Mite Missionary society SEES
sion.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-21

Signed Statement Of Peary, Bartlett,
Mcmillan, Borup and Henson, in
Regard to Testimony Of Cooks Two
Eskimo Boys.
The two Eskimo boys, I-took.a-shoo
and Ah-pe-lah, who accompanied DR..
Cook while he was away from Anora-
tok in 1908 and 1909, were questioned
separately and independently, and
were corroborated by Panikpah, the
father of one of them Q-took-a-shoo),
who was personally familiar with the
first third and the last third Of their
journey, and who said that the route
for the remaining third, as shown by
them, was as described by his son
after his return with DR.. Cook.
Notes of their statements were ia.
ken by several of us, and no one OF
us has any doubt that they told the
truth.
Their testimony was mistaken by
cross-examination, was corroborated
by other men in the tribe, and was
elected neither by threats nor prom
ises, the two boys and their father
talking of their journey and their ex
periences in the same way that they
would talk Of any hunting trip.
To go more into details: One o
the boys was called in, and, with ;
chart on the table before him, wa
asked to show where he had gone will
DR.. Cook. This he did, pointing on
with his finger on the map, but no
making any marks upon it.
AS he went out, the other boy cam
in and was asked to show where h
had gone with Dr.. Cook. This he did
also without making any marks, an,
indicated the same route and the sam
details as did the first boy.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-21
Not Asking Much.

1.-THE president" explained one of
the secretaries, cant stop at Punk
vile on his swing around the circle.
In fact, my good man, we are sched-
uled to go through Plunkville at 60
miles an hour"
Couldn't you throw out one of his
old hats?" asked the leader of the COM
mittee, Observation-Disclosures Her
aid.