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, 1909-03-11
Returns From Lengthy Visit.

Mrs. Mary Albro returned yes
terday from a visit of two months
to Denver and Kearney, Nebr.
She visited her son Angus for
several weeks, who is taking a
course in the Kearney Military
School. She also remained some
time with her father, Angus Camp
bell, who lives IN Denver and also
visited her cousins, Anna and
Katy Campbell, who live in Dem
yer at present.
, 1909-03-11
After Fat Cattle

William Bunker, the foreman
of the Carl Bryant ranch on Pass
creek, came over Friday after
some beef cattle that were being
fed at the ranch of w. II. Large
on Spring creek. He brought
100 of the 100 head that Mr.. Bry-
ant was having fed there and
drove them on over to the Bryant
ranch Monday. They we're all de-
horned and were a fine looking
bunch.
, 1909-03-11
Killed Coyote Saturday.

Hughy Greene is feeling like
he was it these days. Last Satur-
day he went out on the Stanley
ranch on Jack creek with a little
.3S calibre pistol and returned
with a large coyote hide, having
killed the animal single handed
and alone. That is pretty good
for a ten-year-old boy, but Sara
toga boys are built that way.
, 1909-03-11
Band Boys Dance

The band boys gave a dance in
Jensen hall last Friday night
which was a very enjoyable affair.
Good music and a nice crowd
made a very pleasant evening and
the boys added a oice little sum
of money to their treasury.
, 1909-03-11
Get in Line for Easter,

My new line of millinery will be
here on the 18th. A cordial in vitation
in extended to all to see. this excep-
tionally fine line Mrs. Dyer.
, 1909-03-11
Propose Change In Coal Entries

The senate public lands com
mittee has authorized a favorable
report on the bill which passed
the house separating surface and
, 1909-03-11
Saratoga Chips

l. iohs
Mrs. Ann Parr has been down
from Encampment this week visiting
Mrs. E. p. Andrews.
Mr.. and Mrs. o.. E. Ekdahl and
little Miss Catharine were city visitors
from Friday until Sunday.
ii. E. Pilon, the B. SO. merchant,
left Saturday for Chicago on bust
ness trip which will occupy "a week.
Capt. L. G.. DAVIS, U. S. Marshal,
came up from Cheyenne Sunday and
is out looking over his ranch inter-
ests.
Mrs. Lon A. Tuttle, wife of Cash
ier lutte, has been very critically ill
this week, but is much improved at
this time.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Sherrod of En-
campment are visiting their daugh-
ter. Mrs. j.. w. Huston, and family
this week.
Judge Kuykendall, Acting Grand
Sire, Supreme Lodge |. .. O. F., has
been in town this week, looking after
matters pertaining to his high Office.
Mrs. w. E. Ashley who has been
down from Encdmpment visiting her
mothers family, Mrs. W. H. Greene,
expects to re turn home next Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Scarrow, Thorn
as Gartman, and John McFarlane
were all up yesterday from down the
river to attend the funeral of Ludwig
Bechtold.
Mrs. Joseph NUM- was very dan
gerously ill Saturday and Sunday,
but DIR. Price says she is out of dan
ger at this time. Miss Grace Craw-
ford is nursing her.
w. H. Griffin, superintendent of
the Carbon Timber Company's tie
plant at Fit. Steele, was up this week
on a visit to his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. w. Griffin.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Torbett
went ou. Friday for Il visit with the
good people of the Sowder Brothers
ranch, returning home Sunday after
a very pleasant time.
Miss Myrtle Warren, who was en-
| ployed at the ranch Of l.. g. Sterrett
last year, returned Tuesday from
Kansas City and will again find IN
ployment with Mr.. Sterrett.
Little Miss Catharine Ekdahl, ac-
companied by her parents, came in
| Friday and remained over until Sun
day. when she requested ~ he taken
back to the ranch on Lake creek.
Forest Ranger, Frank Pennock
| who is stationed at Laramie and is
employed in the Grow Creek Reserve,
came wei from that place Friday for
a few days stay at headquarters here.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Eager and
| Mr.. and Mrs. Clammer, of the Jack
creek ranch, were very pleasantly en-
tertained at the residence of MIR and
Mrs. W. H.. Greene Sunday for dim
ner.
MIR. and Mrs. W. A. Brace and
children left for Laramie today where
they will visit for a week after which
Mr.. Brace thinks he will go up into
Alberta, Canada, and look the situa-
ton ver
Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Wilcox return
ed home Friday from their visit to
Mr.. and Mrs, A. H. McDougal, at
Chugwater. They found the family
we'll aud prosperous and had a very
pleasant visit.
Fred Clark, book keeper in the Sar-
atoga State Bank, has bought the W.
S. Adams cottage in Riverside addi-
ton, now occupied by Ii. o. Widrig,
and will occupy it as soon as Mr..
Widrig vacates.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. E. Ekdahl have
been pretty closely confined to the
ranch this winter, but they were in
the past week and while here they
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. W.
NJ. Mace.
W. II. Greene stopped at the Sur
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06

II Is amazing how much better one old 2
horse is at hauling an automobile out Of a n
hole than the forty horses stored away un
its bonnet.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
ESSAYS ON BASEBALL.
v. The Shortstop.

TT HE shortstop Is so named because he
only stays a little while I'm any one
place. lie plays between second and
third base and his duty Is TO knock down,
c'inch with, overcome and suDdue any
ball that comes within thirty feet OF him
and to transport IL TO first base before
the batter gets there.
This Is a difficult Job and IS rendered
much more so through lack Of co-opera'
tlon by the batters. batter delights 10
bang n ball at n shortstOp 50 that IL re-
moves him several feet from his fOunda-
tlons In fact. he Is very incOnsiderate.
when he isn't batting a ball SO high over
the shOrtstop that the latter must make
an aerOplane ascension to flag lt, he IL
batting 1t into a piece OF turf I'm front OF
him, thus causing II TO squirt into his
face unexpectedly and lay n IN up for re-
pairs good batter like Hans Wagner
can use up half a dozen shortstOps in
a year. On the other hand, good short
stop like Hans Wagner can make hun
dred batters wish they were batting dyna-
mite bombs at the shortstop Instead
OF baseballs
A shortstop. next to a flea, Is the most
active thing made He Is as quick on his
fee. as an Arkansas razOr-back hog, and
any one OF his ten fingers can wrap Itself
around a ball travelling at the rate OF 100
miles an hour and detaln IL on its jour
ney lie loves to run 20 feet, reach over
with one hand, grab a red hot liner, stop
himself with his head and shoulders, roll
over and heave the ball 10 second base
lust 1-365th OF n second ahead OF the run
ner This Is the kind Of excitement he
lives on. II he finds he Is going TO get
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
Graduation Time
Continued from page 81

suffragettes the young man who corrugated his
brow, expanded his lungs, "shined his eyes ana
whooped out the query as 10 whittier we were
drifting, is still making his parents wonder oven
that same problem, by touching the old man every
few days for a financial start in life; the
curse-ofrum essayist is in jag-cure illustrating
his treatise; the progressof-therepubiic orator Is
mixed up in graft scandal, and the one who so
madly, earnestly wept over the wrongs or black
Toussaint LOuverture is under indictment for
leading a mob that burned chicken-thief at the
stake
No you can't depend too largely on what they
say when they graduate. 1t is well to keep your
fingers firmly crossed when listening to commence
ment orations.
But why pray, do soured oldsters take an
annual swat at the ebullient youngsters who do
the best they to straighten out the tangled al
fairs Of the world? How many OF us can suggest
anything more practical, or even do anything
more effective? Let's be decent about and frank
ly admit that our howl of dersion is more than
half envy of the youth, enthusiasm, hope and hap
piness of that undsillusionized gang of graduates
Let em graduate--yea, let 'em oratel
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06

lightly. / did not go. There was some.
thing so infinitely touching In the blind
confidence OF that little hand which clung
TO mine az IL It's owner. tiny, helpless,
alone I'm new and strange world, were
s0ylng, "Youll take care OF me, won't
your
lump as big as wash boiler came up
IN my throat and the first chain on that
chariot was forged. was already
captive. And / realized for the first time
that ] was a Pa.
/ went down town later to send some
tclegrams and be by myself. Then /
really began 20 be Il dad. Funny how
meeting other pas is such pleasant thing
when you belong. l could not help mar
whom / have always detested sat down
and talked to me about his children FOR
half an hour. There are some fine points
about him after all. / must get better
acquainted with him. .
col Allen went by me in his new $4,000
automobile as / walked home, ducklug
my head TO keep from scraping my nat
on against the trolley wires. lie was
going out to his country home. lie Is
millionaire and doesn't work lie goes to
Europe every summer. They have no
children. Gee, it's tough not to be pa
felt sorry for him though had always
envied him before
g TATIsTICs show that the average
~ monthly salary paid 20 women teachers
I'm the United States Is a trne over $50
In view OF this fact a normal school
which pretends to ht young women thor.
oughly for the teaching profession should
offer the following course.
First year: Sponglng, pressing, making
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
Continued from page 81

was over there much of the daytime, anyway,
until about all laid up for repairs; and they now
were convalescent), but the idea, as mentioned
above, occurred.
Commercially, might not those worms and other
yermin be valuable. I--or we-had not only cut
worms but currant worms, tomato worms, smooth
green worms fuzzy yellow worms, tent worms,
other worms; and cabbage worms were just com
ing
our neighbor scofed at the notion OF paying
for chicken fodder Consequently l fenced the
garden and engaged with bird store and a pou
try man to deliver entire product.
Our balance sheet for the season shows as fol-
lows:
5000 cut-worms al 15c the 100.............$ 100
54S2 currant az 15c the 00......... S22
5000 fuzzy yellow worms (fed to yellow par
rots) al 15c the 100 ...,............... 9OO
7400 green worms cabbage and such Qed
to green parrots) az 15c the 1OO.....,... lilo
1886 tomato worms, extra size, az 25c the
2pO corn worms Cound instead of ears OF
corn, fine havor) al sc apiece .......... HOO
1890 miscellaneous worms a SC the 10O... 343
5000 potato bugs a 10c the 100 .......... 800
5000 squash bugs Qard to catch) a zoe
tbe 100 Observation-Disclosures. 72O
Miscellany of beetles borers, etc. ........ BIB
Total .......... .................S7 S765S
New variety OF hea.beetle. prize awarded $500
Distinct variety of borer attacking horse
Distinct variety borer attacking rhubarb. 1000
Grand Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .$1215S
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
PERSONAL REcOLLEcTIONs OF
A PA.
By A. Newdad.
Chapter |.

@ TRANGELY enough my FIRST sensa-
~ tlons as "a pm were not those OF par
tlcular enthusiasm. / was too full OF JOY
at being still a husband TO pay much at
tention 10 the fact that / had now laid
tho foundations for becoming an ances.
OF the day 20 a basket I'm which lay about
a nickel's worth OF humanity not I'm the
least prepossesslng and trying TO work
NJ n feeling OF pride In the fact that
was It's relative. / did not succeed. You
will notice that j refer TO the baby as
IT, That was the way l thought OF It.
/ doubt II most babies are regarded ~
more than "it' by their fathers for the
first day or two. They do not look hu-
man enough 10 be "him" on "her"-not
right at first anyway.
/ remember looking down Into that
basket I'm which two arms were fcebly
squlrmlng and a pnhole OF a mouth was
making odd, uncanny sounds, and wonder
ing II this was the empress at whose
chariot / was 10 march as slave for
the next few years. IL seemed ridlcu-
babies, for all they We're weak ana
helpless ruled their helpless parents
with rod of lrOn--I had been
led TO believe that my last day OF liber-
" as free and Independent being had
gOne-that / was henceforth to live ac-
cordlng to the wishes OF this human dot.
/ smiled bit derlsively at the idea. That
n finger gingerly down into the tiny nst
half out OF curiosity. The tendril-llke
fingers closed on my Anger. | never knew
my hand was so large before. Why, that
finger was a regular club, baseball bat
IA hltching pOstl | was ashamed Tor
being so big. / tried TO take my hnBer
away. The tiny fingers clung' ever so
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
BIRD SHOT.

Providence is usually on the side Of the actor
with the best press agent.
Ambition with most people consists Of gaso-
line without any motor In which to use it.
A man Is humblest at forty. He has just
found out how little he knows and doesn't yet
realize how little the rest Of the world knows.
Distance is the best fertilizer known. A farm
two thousand miles away win always produce
crops twice as big as the one you own
II Is amazing how much better one old gray
horse is at hauling an automobile out Of mud
hole than the forty horses stored away under
its bonnet.
IN some parts Of the south the trains
are so SLOW that the omelais seem TO
northern travelling man found himself
marOoned I'm little Tennessee town last
year 1t was disconnected from the rest
OF the universe by a little branch line
road over which combination train
fought It's way once a day. IL was ten
miles TO the junction and when the tray
eler had finished his business he stepped
over TO the station and asked when the
train would leave.
"B9out two hours said the agent re
psHtS' "fIow long will it take to get to the
Junction. the traveller asked,
"Baout two hours more" said the agent
contentedly.
Great scott mani" shouted the mpa-
tient northerner II can beat that walk
ing"
The agent still resting on his arms on
the ticket window ledge. turned his head
and hit a cuspidor ten feet away squarely
I'm the center. Then he fixed calm and
uninterested eye on the dtsgusted man
walk and be burned, stranger, he
drawled. "You can't git us-all Into no
race"
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
The Garden That Succeeded

AS we had figured upon saving So month i'm
vegetables and therefore probably spent this, our
vegetable crop being incOnsequential, it will be
seen that our net income easily 800. A pret-
ty good summers work, l say.
glance down the items above set forth shows
that the various crops run quite even, one with
another. I think that again / would charge more
for the green and yellow worms; but they were
experimental.
understand that the parrots thrived however;
and next year we anticipate increasing our acre
age of the green worms and the yellow. There
always is an excellent market for the squash bugs.
They are priced for imparting a gamey flavor t.
the meat of ducks. We unable to supply
the demand, for as said they hard to eaten,
and moreover hard to handle, being readily dam
aged in transit
The larger and diversified the garden the
better. This is shown in our case. We raised
practically every variety of bug and worm that
can live in our climate yet had we been given
more space and had been practiced in success
sion of paintings we would have doubled our
profits
Now will let the Lady Who Didn't Decline have
the last word, as is her right
October 80. Yes, Edwin and l very salts
fed OF course we did not raise exactly what we
had expected but what did finally raise was
far more profitable than original plans includ'
ed And so interesting and exciting! TO be sure
we had to buy vegetables and such stun, as
usual; but we got them much better than If we
had felt obliged to eat The professional
gardener knows how to grow them, you see. Mrs
Smith says she always buys her vegetables; she
doesn't expect to raise enough to eat; the garden
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
A Ii.

the ball too soon he plays with Il as a
cat does n mouse until the roOters' hearts
have reached their normal positions n
their mouths.
Good shortstops are much sc0rcer than
cabinet officers and wear out sooner
They are also much greater men. baso-
ball team without q shOrtstOp would DO
like a water bucket without bottom.
hog-tight fence with the gate open, or
picnic with the lunch basket left nc home.
lf the moving picture men would show
less pictures OF automobile races and
more pictures OF famous shOrtstOps In ac'
tlOn they would coin more money.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
BY GEO. FIT c H

over skirts repairing rubbers, trimming
hats.
Second year; Plain dressmaking, cook
nursing.
Third year: Canvassing, soliciting life
insurance, short story writing, fruit rails
ing, bee keeping, plain and fancy bOr-
rowing, envelope addressing, burnt wood
work, embroidery and stenOgraphy.
Armed with this miscellaneous and
be able TO pursue her profession for
many years and OF times make consider
ably more than her expenses.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06

is Just something TO fuss with. She says no am
ateur raises enough stuff to eat; only the pro-
fessonal does that and he sells it to somebody
else. But Edwin didn't tell ALL He is so modest.
am as proud of him l can be- He is fam-
GUS His garden has made him famousl Besides
the prizes that we won by his agricultural dis
coveries because of the hea-beetle the United
States also gave him medal. and because of the
two borers the State Horticultural society elected
him honorary member!
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
A FALLACY.

"All the world is In love with a lover, -
Is a line that should 60 to the shelf.
For what love could you ever discover
For the man who's in love with himSelfp
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
TO JUNE.

A health to June, Of all our months the queen.
Month Of soft breezes and still softer talk
Meath moonlit skies in every powered walk;
OF bridal bushes meath filmy sheen;
OF graduates who rant with solemn men
Adjusting earth, while in vacation parts
The much too-trousered college youth is seen
Shared by some widow with her world wise arts.
Now husbands groan the while each wife de-
parts,
Buttressed with trunks, to join the idlers' show.
The ice mans ling and blissful evening starts
A big convention round each arc lamps glow.
Loved month OF roses, romance, revelry,
Strawberries and straw hats, we welcome thee
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06

Distance is the best fertilizer known. A farm
two thousand miles away win always produce
crops twice as big as the one you own.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06

A man Is humblest at forty. He has ju,
found out how little he knows and doesn't u
realize how little the rest Of the world knows.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06

Providence is usually on the side Of the actor
with the best press agent.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-04-24

Ing Mikes'-another name for victims who
complain-by photographing every event. Al
some time In the contest a picture would be
taken, and always these pictures contained
faces OF the syndicate leaders and the victim
close together usually shaking hands. These
pictures could be shown to a family. II neces-
sary, to prove what father had been doing
when he lost his thousands. They were very
valuable Several Of them were found.
Land propositions were the favorite bait for
men with wealth. The sporting event came
IN casually, as side play such ashley de-
clared-apy party of mionaires might choose
to arrange. The leader and his companion mil
lionaires never by any chance induced the
Mikes to bet on an event. That was left in
the hands of the agents. The case of wealthy
farmer in Illinois, will, perhaps serve as we'll
as any of the 400 or more recorded, to show
how the swinde was worked. The farmer
wished TO buy land as an investment. One of the
syndicate agentsknew of 5000 acres that could
be bought for $3.50 an acre, and II bought at
once might be sold Immediately for $3.50 an
acre. That sounded good The farmer and
his wife accompanied the agent TO Little Rock
to see the land, On the road down south the
agent showed supposed newspaper clippings
describing the westward trip of his principals
and other "milonaires' I'm private car The
government found bundle of these clippings
in the leaders yalise. They evidently were
made In a job printing office, but they i'm
pressed the farmer and his wife and made
them feel important in being allowed 10 meet
such large men.
There was much delay in arranging a trip
to see the land, The owners were away some
where-they usually were hard to fnd-but
everything would soon be all right. The farmer
proved with draft for $4,000, his financial
standing a requirement never neglected by the
millionaires, and were shown every courtesy
by the receiving party He was daily visitor
In the eXcellently equipped offices in the South
ern Trust building and became well acquaint.
ed with the private secretary. His wife was
taken out in the touring car to the beautiful
neutrality-suspicious. she met the leader
wife, and had lovely time.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-04-24

every month. They had a perfect book
keeping system; they employed agents
III every part OF the country these
agents paying royalties for the use of Ger.
tain swndes. they Travelled In palace cars
and established clipping bureau for the pur-
pose OF manufacturing printed news items
about themselves. Agents were numbered.
Mikes" were numbered and the games they
used were also known and used in numerical
order
The head of the fraud trust" when arrested,
was residing in palatial residence in the
south with his wife and cortege of servants
about him.
The swindles and the manner in which they
were pulled of showed ingenuity worthy of
better cause.
There was no haphazard work in the opera.
lions of the syndicate. 1t was a most careful
ly managed organization. It's qualifications
covered the whole country code book with
a red cover-a sort of Who's Who in Graft.
ing"--found in the leaders possession, con-
tanned the names and addresses OF 800 of the
syndcate's willing workers agents or steerers
In all the principal cities OF the country. Every
one of these agents had attached TO his name
a number. II was his duty to get up jobs or
plays" as the syndicate books call them. IL
didn't matter what the game, If the agent car
RED II through to success he got percentage
or pluguglies or saloon loafers. They were
chosen with particular reference to their edu.
cation, appearance, manner OF dress ability
to associate with gentlemen. This fact is shown
by most OF the letters captured by the govern
ment.
For nearly two years the syndicate had head
quarters in New Orleans, later moved to Seat
lie. then to Council Bluffs and finally went to
Little Rock Ark. During all this time the
agents were busy Wherever an agent was
stationed the books show that the syndicate
had a store" genteel word to take the place
of plant or ICON game" Men with money
were interested in proposed land deals. Horse
| racing or wrestling We're not mentioned. Moth
| ing was hurried Sometimes II took months
| to land q victim properly. In one case on
record the agent worked for two years and
| at length tapped" the Mike" as the victims
are called for $37 000 In some instances the
| fraud was so smoothly handled that the Mike"
went back a second time and gave up another
IS 900 or $4,000 before he learned that It was
loaded
The syndicate insured itself against ''squeal.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-04-24

millonaires would bet any sum. After nd :,
persuasion I agreed to go to Omaha
match was due for a vacation anywa.-s.
Stowe said | couldn't lose. certain A. B.
shores was TO wreste the millionaires' man.
who had agreed Stowe said, to let himself be
thrown I took with me check for $4,000 10
make a showing The millionaires met were
this Gordon and two others. told Stowe. IN
Omaha, that ! was next and wouldn't bet my
money but would bet their money for then
as I'd been asked 10 do. ] deposited my checb
in bank During the betting the leader