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The Colorado statesman., 1909-10-09
THE MoFFAT LETTER.

THE MOFFAT LETTER.
UNTIL THE PRESENT THIS PA
PER HAS HAD VERY LITTLE TO
SAY ABOUT THE TROUBLESOME
WATER QUESTION. LAST WEEK
WE PUBLISHED PRESIDENT MoF-
FATS LETTER RELATIVE TO THE
ORIGINAL COST OF CONSTRUCT
ING THE WATER PLANT. WE
CANNOT BUT EXPRESS OUR AD-
MIRATlON FOR THE PLAIN,
FRANK STATEMENT OF MR.. MoF-
FAT. THERE SEEMS TO BE A
DISPOSITION AMONG SOME OF
THE OPPONENTS TO THE WATER
PURCH A s e TO PERSONALLY
QUESTION THE HONESTY OF MR..
MoFFAT. THE PRESIDENT OF
THE WATER COMPANY is A COLO
RADIO PIONEER. HE CAME TO
THIS STATE WHEN MANY OF HIS
DETRAcToRS WERE IN SWAD.
LING CLOTHES, AND HAS AL
WAYS BEEN ACTIVELY INTER
ESTED IN THE COMMERCIAL DE-
vELoPMENT OF OUR CITY. THE
WATER QUESTION SHOULD BE
DISCUSSED ON ITS MERITS.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-10-09

last year deposited over $4,000 in
their school savings bank These
were pennies and nickels picked up
by the children or given by parents
for spending money. The habit of
saving creates self-reliance. And
this develops honest, energetic and
thrifty citizens By all means have
our children brought up to habits
of saving.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-10-09
GIRLS DREAM
CAUSED ARREST

Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. 24.-Jesse
Carter, a Negro, charged with en-
tering a house and carrying off a
'hirteen-y ear-old white girl, was
acquitted in criminal courts.
Carter's attorneys proved that
the alleged attack on Retta Lacey,
daughter of Thomas Lacey, was
made only in a vision. the child
dreamed Negro came into her
room while her father was at work.
She dreamed that the Negro grab
bed her by the throat and gagged
her, the steaithily carried her out
and dropped her by the roadside
when a dog attacked him and
raised an alarm.
Her father, returning home at
the time, found the child, but
could find no gag. The girl told
him Carter had taken her from the
house and Carter was arrested A
mob gathered In the little town of
lmpear:al and attempted to lynch
him, but the police with drawn re
volvers, saved his life.
Carter's attorneys proved to the
satisfaction of the court that little
Retta Lacey has for some time
been the victim of somnambulism
and that while in such a state her
dreams are SO realistic that she be.
lieves them to be true, even after
she was awakened. If she dreams
she suffers, she is exhausted from
pain in her waking moments.
Garter proved that he was in his
boarding house at the time he was
accused of having attempted to
assault the girl and he was forth
with acquitted. The case is one
of the most remarkable that has
The Colorado statesman., 1909-10-09
INCREASING
WEALTH
NEW CLAIMS PRE-EMPTED IN COL ORADO. INCREAS-
ING CITY PROPERTY. MORE NEGRO FARMERS
MEAN INCREASED OPPORTUNITY FOR WORK
THE SAVING HABIT. THE MOFFAT LETTER

er must have help all or part of
the year. Increasing the number of
farms owned and operated by Ne
groes, multiplies the opportunities
for labor for the men of our race.
Then, too, the same amount of
money that buys home in the city
will buy a good sized farm or ranch
A home in the city without accumu-
lated wealth still leaves you the SER
want of the other fellow. a produc-
ing farm makes you at once a cap
tain of industry. Get a farm.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-10-09
THE SAVING HABIT.

Speaking of accumulated wealth
and the habit of saving, the Negro
is the limit. The prodigal son who
chased himself into a far country
and spent all his money in riotous
living is hardly to be compared in
wastefulness with our people. We
make lots of money. In measure
we make more than any other of
the unskilled laboring classes. But
we do not get the saving habit. Our
men and women will work hard all
the week and spend rs per cent. of
their earnings on a Sunday dinner
or having a good time. 1t no longer
creates comment to see ten-dollar-
a-week young man turn out with a
big sparkler doing its level best to
still the cries of loud neck-scarf,
or to see the female employe of the
Capitol hill family float down the
on Sunday morning clothed in a
aise on Sunday morning clothed
in a Partisan gown that cost
a cool hundred. But these are
my people and the gew-gaws
of life still dazzle them as
did the glass beads and red cal
leo our ancestors in the wilds of
savage Africa. We have got to get
the habit. We have got to get the
saving habit We have got to
learn that fine clothes make neither
the man or woman, that real worth
and a Few dollars in the bank will
90 farther to giving one standing
in the community than several
trunks full of fine clothes. A
scheme is being adopted in many Of
the larger cities of the East relative
to school savings. Banks for the
purpose of teaching the young chill
dren habits of saving. The propo-
sition is now being considered in
Denver. 1t is a grand idea, and the
Colorado Statesman hopes that the
Board of Education will favorably
consider it. Our young people need
to be taught lessons in thrift and in
frugality as well as Greek and
Latin. The Kansas City children
The Colorado statesman., 1909-10-09
INCREASING WEALTH.

Reports coming from various
sources tell an interesting story OF
the increasing wealth of the West
ern Negro. Last week five land
entries added eighteen hundred
acres to the holdings of Negro
farmers in Colorado. We are in
formed that several more entries
will be announced during the COM
ing month. This work is arousing
an interest among our people in Sc
curing some of the cheap lands
seems to be in the hands of the
right parties. The work is being
done by those of our people who
have secured farm lands in Colora-
do either by entry or purchases.
These are the very ones to tell the
story of their remarkable success to
believing friends, who will profit
thereby. Colorado has made a phe-
nominal record as an agricultural
state this year. Every crop has
borne bounteously. The special
fruit, potato, sugar beet and cante-
loupe district have produced IN
greater abundance than ever. Cap
italists and men Of business are put
ting millions more" into irriga-
ton projects and in schemes to re-
claim the arid and waste places.
Along with the farms, the towns
and cities of the state have grown.
And many new homes have been
added already to those previously
held by our people. But the pur-
chase of city property does not go
so far toward the solving of the
race problem as the farm. What
the race needs, is increased oppor-
tunity for work for Negro men and
boys. The farm supplies this need.
Remaining in the cities the privi-
leges and opportunities for labor
are circumscribed. Here in Denver
the chances for the women OF our
race far excel those of our men.
Any colored woman desiring to go
out in private family in Denver
can easily demand and receive
from $25 to $40 per month, includ-
ing board and room. Ii she pre-
fers to remain at home and go out
by the day she receives So per day
and 25 cents per hour for overtime.
These wages are not only for the
summer or winter season, but they
prevail all the year around. The
colored man must either carry the
hod, run on the road or catch odd
Jobs as he can, with the chances of
enforced vacations one-half the
year. On the other hand the farm
The Colorado statesman., 1909-10-09
RACE NEWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

John Mitchell, Jr. President of
the Mechanics Saving Bank,
Richmond, Va. by the authority of
the Board of Directors sold the
building at 4 West Broad street,
at an advance of $11, 800 more than
the institution paid for it a few
years ago and TIE sum of S25, 900
was paid cash.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-10-09
JUSTICE TO
THE NEGRO

Los Angeles, Cal, Sept. 27.-
Rev. Reynold E. Blight, minister
of The Fellowship Church. made a
strong address at Blanchard Hall,
this city, on Justice to the Ne.
gro" in which he scored the Du
gro decision, and declared that the
success of the United States de-
pends on the development of sym
pathy and co.orporation between
the races.
The address in part:
"Mushy sentimentality and
quixotism will never solve the race
problem. 1t is not matter of in
termarriage or social equality. 1t
is question of justice. We shall
have riots, lvnchings, turmoil and
conflict just so long as we refuse
the Negro his rights.
"The Negro has a right to be
treated as a man, not as beast,
an alien, or a child. The rights
guaranteed by the constitution as
inherent in citizenship are prop
erly his. The first step toward
freedom is the recognition of nan,
hood. Say what you will against
the Negro, race that can produce
such characters as Touissaint
L'Overture, Frederick Douglas,
Prof. Dubois and Booker II.
Washington is worthy of the larg-
est consideration from the proud
est race on earth.
Justice demands that the Ne.
gro shall not be Disseminated
against because of color. The
test may be character, intellect,
efficiency, but the right-thinking
man is never prejudiced against
color. He must be given the ad.
vantages of education that his
mind may be enlightened, his BRAN
developed and his hand made
skilful. He must be equipped for
the battle of life, and he is well
within his rights when he de
mands a chance to work, and make
good. Before the law he must
stand on an equal footing with the
white man, and may the time soon
come when a decision such as was
recently handed down by a New
York judge giving a Negro smaller
damages than he would have ac-
corded a white man, shall be con.
demned and execrated, as unfair,
illegal and un American.
Justice demands that the Ne
gro's political privilege shall not
be abridged. If the franchise
must be limited, let it be on edu
cational or property grounds, and
apply to black and white alike,
but disfranchisement for reason of
color is repugnant 10 tie spirit of
American institutions. Democ
racy drawing the color line is a
farce and a humbug."-N Y, Age,
The Colorado statesman., 1909-10-09

Known all over the world as
"Gold ANNIE" Mrs. Annie Stout,
for twenty-seven years an attend
ant at the University of Pennsyl-
vania Dental School, died at an ad-
vance age last Sunday at the Home
for Aged Colored Persons. No
one knew how old she was, though
she was known to be well past so.
Her duties at the University were
to oversee the distribution among
the students of the gold used in
their dental work, and she was
noted for her care in this trust
She was so well known 10y genera
tions of the students as character
of the place that her nickname,
Gold Annie" was carried by the
foreign alnmni of the school to all
parts of the world.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-10-09

Burlington, Vt, September 29.
That the members of the Tenth
Cavalry, stationed at Fort Ethan
Allen, and the citizens of Burling-
ton are on very friendly terms was
evidenced by the courtesy shown
the Negro soldiers on Policemen's
and Firemen's Day. The band
and troops of the Tenth Cavalry
had the most. prominent place in
the parade, and they were the
guests of honor during the day.
They were warmly applauded and
the good feeling that exists be-
tween the Burlington people and
the troopers was shown in many
ways. During the parade a high
spirited cavalry horse which had
been left in charge of the COM
pany's guidon became frightened
by the falling of flag and started
down the street at full speed, drag
ging the flag with him. Midst the
hearty applause of all, one of the
troopers seized the horse and stop
ped him within few yards of the
starting place. @
The Colorado statesman., 1909-10-09

No white man can become a
member of the Mosaic Templars,
the famous order founded by j,
e. Bush, of Arkansas and pushed
up to registration of $4,000 Ne.
groes through the activity of
Founder Bush, the present Grand
Master, William M. Alexander and
his predecessor, the late Capt. G.
Keats. This race discrimination
business is game that can be
worked from both ends.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-10-09

The case of A. G. Thornton, a
rich white man of Fayetteville, N.
O., who during reconstruction days
(lS66) married Miss Elsie Har
grove, an Afro-American, is per
haps the only instance on record
in the state of such a marriage,
which was granted by military
authority. Their marriage was
further sanctioned by the consti-
tutional convention two years later.
Mr.. Thornton died at Fayetteville
Sept. Is in the,eighty. fifth year OF
his age. The deceased leaves a
widow and five children.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-10-09

The untimely death of j. Nc
Henry Jones, West Virginia's ed
ucational and political leader,
brings sorrow to every friend of
Negro advancement in the country.
AS principal of the progressive
school at Institute, w. Va, as
Grand Master of the G. U. o. of
O. F., as an author, editorial writer
Christian gentleman and personal
friend, he was faithful, earnest
The Colorado statesman., 1909-10-09

Mr.. G.. M English, of Charles.
ton, is a man of whorl the entire
race should be proud. Mr.. Eng
lish owns and conducts a tirst-class
livery stable and Undertaking es-
tablishment. Besides these, he is
the possessor of considerable real
estate and he has the contract for
transporting the U, S. mail, thus
giving employment to number of
the members of his race. With
all this he is not "puffed up" like
some of our big men, but he de-
lights in rendering assistance to
those less fortunate than he. Mr..
English and the maIam reside in
a beautiful home oh Church street
where friends are always welcome.
Recorder (Orangeburg, S. o.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-10-09
,RADo. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1909.

come to the attention of judi g
John g. Haymaker Enquirer
Sun, Columbus, Ga.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-10-09

and true. His ideals were lofty,
and he lived up to them. He was
indeed Heart of God" His be-
reaved family, the citizens of his
State, and the fraternity over
which he so capably presided, all
have the sincere sympathy of the
race everywhere over the loss Of
this splendid man.
Following closely upon the grea
excitement caused by the discov-
cry of new disease that threaten
ed our Southland, the dreaded
pellagra, comes the startling an
nouncement that the shiftless
whites and blacks in the South are
not really lazy, but that they are
suffering with attacks of a niuder-
GUS hookworm. In McClure's
magazine for October the ravages
of there ife-saping little creatures
are fully explained, and it would
be well to secure the magazine and
lead the article.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-09
March Delineator Now Here

the following year. Only in rare
cases. however, are all the buds killed
Peach growers who find that the fruit
buds are killed should take advaD-
tage of the knowledge of this condi-
tion and prune their trees so as to de-
next year.
Where twigs are injured, they
should be headed back to live wood,
and in fact it is always a good plan
where twig injury is found to any de-
gree to practice quite severe pruning,
thus throwing all the vitality of the
tree into fewer buds. This may enable
the tree to overcome the shock.
Where the trunks are badly split the
only thing that can be done is to cut
the ragged bark and wound down to
live tissue, wash with Bordeaux mix
ture, winter strength, and fill up the
wound with grating wax.
Where peach buds are subject to
winter killing, whitewashing Is some
times practiced, as It is thought that
IN some cases this retards the buds,
keeping them dormant.
High attitudes, which are subject
ed to more or less winter-killing. have
special problem of their own. In
dry soils, wherever It is possible,
practice fall or early winter irriga-
ton A dry soil and low tempera-
ture makes the hardest conditions for
tree to overcome. Additional pro-
lection can be given by wrapping the
trunks and main branches with straw.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-09
BABY'S EYES|CHT
WAS THREATENED
By Terrible Eczema-Head Became
a Mass Of Itching Rash and Sores
Would Scratch Till Blood Came
Much MOneyWastedln lnfruitless
Treatments Disease Was Soon
CURED AT SLIGHT COST
BY CUTICURA REMEDIES

"Our little girl was two months old
when she got rash on her face and
within five days her face and head were
all one sore. We used different reme-
dies but il got worse instead OF better
and we thought she would turn blind
and that her ears would fall of. She
until the blood came. At night We
had to pin her hands down. This
went on until she was five months old,
then / had her under our family doc
tors care. but she continued to grow
worse, He said it was eczema. When
she was seven months old | started to
use Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment,
and Cuticura Resolvent, and in three
weeks - what a changel kept using
the Cuticura Remedies for two months
and our baby was different girl. You
could not see a sign Of sore and she
was as fair as a newborn baby, and all
for the small cost of dollar and seventy
Ave cents where we had spent ten
times the money for doctoring.. She
is now two years old and has not had q
sign OF the eczema since. Mrs. II. r.
Budke, r. f. D. 4, LeSueur, Mimi
Apr. Is and May 2. 1907"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-09
SLEEP KILLED
By an Itching Humor. Another

Cure by Cuticura Remedies.
81 broke out with humor which
spread almost all over my body. The
itching would get worse on retiring,
SO could not sleep. l tried several
remedies but il grew worse until ! got
some Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Pills
which began to relieve me at once. BY
the time had used one vial Of the Pills.
the humor was entirely gone. wish
every sufferer could secure the !Cuh-
ctira Remedies. Travis Bates, Hamburg,
Ark. April 26, 1907"
Complete External and Internal Treatment for
Every Humor OF Infants. children. and Adults con
slsts N Cuiicura SOAP f2hcl u Cleanse the sknI
Ctticura Ointment Ci0rl % Heal the skin, and
Ctticura Resovrnt t50c m the form ot chocolate
Coated Pills 25r per vial of COZ IN Purity thc Hood
Sold throughout the world Potter Drug Cheln.
Corn Sole Props. Boston. Mass.
oS-Maned Free. Cu,eura Book on Skin Diseases
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-09
HOW To DETECT AND TREAT FROZEN
TREES RECENT FREEZE DISCUSSED

in nearly all localities a heavy fall Of
snow preceded the cold weather, thus
protecting the ground. The type of
growth of the tree would determine
the amount Of injury to certain
degree.
Matured Trees Escape.
Trees that are matured properly
and have hard wood and buds will
suffer comparatively little, apple trees
in this condition being known to
stand over 40 degrees below zero.
Trees that have soft wood and buds
are affected by much less degree Of
cold. Buds that have swollen some
what will not stand as severe cold as
dormant buds. Peaches have been
killed with five degrees below zero,
and on the other hand have been
known to come safely through 80 de-
grees below zero. In one case / know
Of some peach buds slightly swollen
that withstood a temperature of IA
degrees below zero, but this was for
very short time only Protracted
fDiN always hiplt ihJuly'
How to Determine Injury.
Where trees are badly injured, it
is quite easy to detect such condition,
but one can not become absolutely
certain for some time. Trees have
been known to flower and set fruit
and develop leaves Of considerable
size, and then suddenly die as the re-
suit Of winter injury. Fruit buds that
are injured are dark in the inside,
while wood that is turned brown and
has become quite badly discolored is
injured This injury. however, might
not be severe enough to kill the tree.
Injury to the main trunk Of a tree is
generally detected by cracks, peeling
off the bark, etc.
Treatment.
Where fruit buds are injured there
is nothing that can be done, II simply
meaning that there will be be no crop
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-09
BIDS BROTHER GOOD
BYE AND SUICIDES

Hood River, Or, Feb. S.-Leavlng
note bidding his brother kood bye
and saying that he was going to kill
himself, Ulrich Schafer went a short
distance back of his home yesterday
and shot himself through the head.
A short time afterwards his dead
body was found with a revolver which
he had purchased the day before ly-
ing alongside Of it. The dead body
of Schaer was found by his brother
Charles, to whom the note was ad-
dressed and with whom he has lived
for 20 years, both of them being
bachelors.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-09

Madison. Wis. Feb. 9.-Hundreds
of adult farmers. stockmen, dalrymen
and their wives will go to school at
the college OF agriculture OF the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin during the next
10 days, the special course for farm
ers having been inaugurated today
with large attendance, The Wiscon-
sin Agricultural Experiment associa-
tion will hold It's eighth annual con-
vention during the institute.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-09
Reason Enthroned.

Because meats are so tasty they
are consumed in great excess. This
leads to stomach troubles, BILIOUS
ness and constipation. Revise your
diet, let reason and not a pampered
appetite control. then take a few
doses OF Chamberlain's stomach and
Liver Tablets and you VIII soon be
well again. Try It, For sale at all
good dealers. Samples free.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-09

C. r. Kluger the jeweler. 1860 vir-
ginIa Ave. Indianapolis, Ind. writes:
"I was so weak from kidney trouble
that could hardly walk a hundred
feet. Four bottles OF Foley's Kidney
Remedy cleared my complexion, cur.
ed my backache and the irregularities
disappeared, and I can not attend TO
business every day. and recommend
Foley's Kidney Remedy to all suf-
ferers, as 1t cured me after the doc
tors and other remedies had failed"
Pendleton Drug Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-09
Building Trades Union.

Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. "a special
meeting Of the National Executive
Board Of the Building Trades depart
ment Of the American Federation Of
Labor was held in Pittsburg today.
The most important question consider
ed was the attempt Of building con-
tractors in Boston and other cities
to establish the "open shop"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-09

Newark, Feb. S.-Michael Leo,
who is alleged to have set fire to his
1S-year old bride for the purpose Of
collecting $2,5O0 Insurance on her
life, will probably face a jury this
week to answer to charge of first de-
gree murder. Mrs Leo was burned
to death at her home in Morris ave-
nue. on March 10 last.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-09

tan opera House this afternoon, in
aid OF the Lincoln Centennial En-
downment Committee that has In
charge the endowment Of Lincoln
Memorial University at Cumberland
Gap. Tenn. Senator-elcct Root ana
Secretary OF State Bacon, each of
whom contributed $1,000 to the mem-
orial fund. have accepted member
ship on the national committee.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-09

Foley's Honey and Tar clears the
air passages, stops the irritation CT the
throat, soothes the inflamtd men,
hranes and the most obstinate cough
disappears. Sore and inflamed lungs
are healed and strengthened, and the
cold is expelled from the system. Re-
fuse any but the genuine in the yel-
.ow package Pendleton Drug Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-09

Hoarse coughs and stuffy colds that
may develop into pneumonia over
night are quickly cured by Foley's
Honey and Tar, and 1t soothes in
famed membranes, heals the lungs,
and expels the cold from the system.
Pendleton Drug Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-09
Lame Shoulder.

This is common form OF muscu-
lar rheumatism. No Internal treat
ment is needed. Apply Chamber
lain's Liniment freely three times a
day and a quick cure is certain.
This liniment has proven especially
valuable for muscular chronic rheu-
matism. For sale by all good dealers.