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The Monte Vista journal., 1909-07-24
THE LUCKY TENTH

A large party, interested in the
Oklahoma Land and Colonization
company, arrived here Thursday
noon and chartered sixteen autos
10 take them TO MoiIat via Of the
best part of the valley. They np.
pear to be prospective buyers of
tho ten acre ranches now adver-
tiNd by the Oklahoma company.
These prospective buyers aro
lead 10 believe that nine out Of
ten who draw ten acre prize will
dispose Of their holdings TO tho
tenth man ut n low figure which
will make a 100 mere ranch como
very reasonable, and every pur.
chaser Of contracts imnginss hc
will bc tho lucky tenth man.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-07-24

Joe Hays was before Judge War
burton Wednesday. charged with
an assault on Agnes G. Brothers
who was the complaining Witness.
Tho accused offered no defence
and was bound over 10 the district
court In the sum Of 800.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-07-24

Nm. L. Il. 6tarrett left Tuesday
night, saying she was going 10
} Alliances. Her husband left a
week ago saying he WAS going 70
Alamosa and would return tho
next morning. but up 70 date his
CREDITOR have not heard from him.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-07-24
MONTE vsTArNEAssD nm

About two months ago man
by name of Anderson, from Mis-
souri,, who had heard a good deal
about the San Luis Valley, made
a trip here and when he got to
Alamosa was told that that was the
business center and the best town
in the Valley and that Monte Vista
was only n small affair.
He remained there two or three
days and finally packed his grip to
return home, but while eating din
ner he fell in with man who had
been in Monte Vista and gave such
n good report Of the town that he
concluded to remain over another
day and go to Monte Vista.
The result was that no was so
well pleased with the town that he
bought some lots, built house
for himself, sent for his family
and being good carpenter-has
had all the work he could do all
summer. He is not only pleased
with the town, but the climate and
protluctivencss of the soil speak
we'll for the Valley and its future.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-07-24
John Malcomb who skipped out

John Malcomb who skipped out
six months ago for selling prop.
crty which he hal mortgaged
twice, has been located and 10 now
In jail IN Idaho. Deputy Sheriff,
w. 3. Woods, loft here Monday 70
bring the fugitive back 10 Rio
0rautle 70 be tried for bis mistlc.
meanOrs.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-07-24

have arrived.
The way fishing tackle is being sold
this week, would indicate that lot OF
fish should be caught We certainly
have the stock OF fishing tackle.
Builders hardware. Lots OF it, prices
right.
Miss Susie Getz has AN uncle, aunt
and two cousins from st. Louis visiting
here. They are planning several days
trip to the mountains this week.
Finish every day and be done with it.
You have done what you could, some
plumbers and absurdities crcpt in,-for-
get them MS soon rs you can. To morrow
is new day,-you shall begin it we'll
and screnlcy, and with too high a spirit
to he ,cncumbered with your old nom
sense.-Emcrson.
We placed our rug rack up stairs this
week rs We wanted the rack in place
before the plaster was put on. This
makes much more rigid track, which
is quite necessary on account Of the
weight Of tho rugs suspended. We added
y feet TO the old track.
Paopse havr becn taking advantage OF
our Ready made sale this week. One
afternoon alone We sold 8 tailor made
suits. The prices have made an attrac-
ton that the people could hardly afford
to pass by.
Some Fall goods are beginning to mr.
rive. Wednesday we received - bales
and boxes OF dry goods.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-07-24

There arc some sneak thieves in
town and Il is not safe 10 leave
doors unlocked when occupants
nrc away. Watches and jewclry
should bc kept locked up when
not In usc.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-07-24

Regular services Of tho Chris
tim church will be held at tho
opera house Sunday and thereafter
until tho now church 10 finished
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-07-24
BAND CONCERT

II the weather permits the following
program will be rendered by the band
on the street Saturday evening, July "a.
!. MARCH "Longworth."
2. WALTZ is 1t warm enough for you"
g. lNrERMEzzo Southern Pastimc"
1. GALLop "Zoralia"
3. MARCH Success"
q, SERrNADE Good Night Sweetheart"
I. MARCH In Freedoms Cause"
s. WALTZ Garden City"
o. MARCH "Rcgmcntal Prize
TO- MARCH California Limited
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-07-24

Eek Farrow has bought Jesse
Stcphcnson's residence on Wash.
ington street.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-07-24

Miss Nell Perry, Of Davenport,
Iowa, arrived In town Monday on
u visit with her friend, Miss May
belle Brown.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-07-24
BY FASSETTS DEPARTMENT STORE

A large number of very swell couch
covers received this week. Prices will
range from $3.50 to $500. Designs Dres-
den and Oriental in Persian tapestries.
We unloaded nearly two cars of salt
this week. Can now fill your orders on
either Kansas or Salt Lake salt.
The new room is being plastered this
week. We have the sub floor all in and
expect to make rapid progress until
completed.
The rain this week was very welcome,
as we are sure it will be decided benz
fit to the entire community.
Craftsmanship is the fine art Of max
ing the other fellow feel as you do
about the thing you have for sale.
Bale ties. Plenty Of them. We can
supply your needs.
Beech Nut products. We have Sliced
Beef, Sliced Bacon, Pineapple preserves,
Peach Jam, Ounce Jelly, Currant Jelly,
Concord Grape Jam, Peanut Butter and
Fard stuffed dates, all put up in glass.
MISS Merchants relatives who have
been camping on the South Fork Of Rock
Creek decided TO come down Thursday
and dry out NJ the rain has been quite
plentiful this week. They will 60 back
again in few days
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-07-24

NJ. A. COTS mother and friend
Mrs. Becklin from Dallas, Iowa,
arrived In town Wednesday on a
few weeks visit.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-07-24

Mn. s. Anderson has begun the
construction Of a onc.story brick
house on Franklin street near tho
corner Of Grande Ave-. on sosnc
lots owned by her.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-07-24

Our carpet, rug and linoleum special
in connection with our re. modelling sale,
this week, is going TO be hummer.
These are genuine bargains, better get
in on the ground floor.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-07-24

George Carpenter Of Denver,
formerly superintendent Of schools
In this county, was in town Thurs.
day. He has boon employed for
the coming year a. ono Of tho
teachers at Fort Collins and will
occupy a very responsible posi-.
ton.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-07-24

DlED:-Wctincsdny, July q,
Mrs. Augusta Ahrens. Funeral
was held ut the Baptist church
Friday afternoon. Mrs. Ahrcns
had been quite feeble for year
or more. Three sons in Monte
Vista and two sons and daughter
ut Basin, Wyoming, survive their
mother.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-07-24

When you reach that part Of the trip
where you really know yourself and are
proud Of the acquaintance, you will
have arrived.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-07-24

DRowSED:-Last Sunday, while
taking bath in the river near the
Home bridge, young man by
name of Salazar WAS drowned, and
his body was not found until the
next day, although he was seen in
the water at the time he went
down. Mr.. Salazar was recently
from Taos, New Mexico, and was
working for Il. Y. Gonzales on u
ranch near by. The body was
shipped 10 Taos for burial.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-07-24

Some Fall goods are beginning to mr.
rive. Wednesday we received 81 bales
and boxes OF dry goods.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-16

when he enters your place, call you by name and admires your style of keeping your stock, etc.. has lately moved to your neighborhood, has been recommended to him as good place to trade, can trade any place in the city but has picked you out for con- venience and because he likes your style, opens an account with you; pur- chases in large quantities for con- venience, only pays every thirty days, shakes hands with you again and de- parts. You go out of your way and pay cash yourself for part of his order. Thirty days pass. You pre- sent your bill, or try to, but behold your slick friend has left the city be- tween days, leaving you a poorer, if not a wiser man.
 l frankly admit that the dead beat problem is too slick for me to handle and would be pleased to hear from someone who has a remedy for the evils l have mentioned.
 The man that can invent a way to defeat the dead beat'' should be pen stoned by the state for life.
 D. T. PERRY.
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PUBLIC OPINION.
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THE .DEAD BEAT- PROBLEM,

How long, oh, Lord, will the dead beat continue to grow fat and fare sumptuously every day at the expense of the retail merchant? Have we no Moses in all Israel cunning enough to out-general the common, every day dead beat?" We have tried many remedies warranted to shut him off, but the dead beat" has always found q way to work the combination. And we behold him now in all his glory "slicker" and fatter than ever Thous- ands of dollars are annually lost by our small merchants who
 Trust and trust
 Until they bust
 then new lot takes a hold and the performance never ends.
 You may say: Stop the credit system" I answer-How? and when unless you are prepared to stop the whole business for we have no other system. Neither can we have, we are all willing to begin cash system but where is the cash? Echo answers where? Like Peter of old, we have neither silver nor gold enough to do the business and therefore nothing seems to be sure but death and taxes.
 If it be true that we havn't the cash to transact all our business, then every honest man should exert him self to make the credit system as safe and sound as possible.
 The wholesale people have way of keeping up with the retailer by
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-16

a system of rating; the retail people have tried many ways to keep shy of the dead beat" who still roams at large, seeking whom he may devour. Small business houses depend upon the patronage of people of small means for the reason the wealthy pur- chase mostly wholesale or in large quantities and often forget the source from which their income is derived fro mrents, etc. And send their money to foreign cities for their supplies as well as luXuries, thus depriving our own merchants of their legitimate profits and the whole city of thousands of dollars annually that rightfully be- long at home and should have re- mained here
 Fix this one principle in your mind and live up to and 1t will be benefit to the whole community. Just look upon our city as large family, all | having some interests in common. Whatever helps you to succeed is likely to help your neighbor. Also whatever impoverishes you will apply to the whole community in which you live.
 What would you think if some mem- Der of your family would send away 6c or.tr. :x, some foreign city, when you had your own house overloaded with the same goods and was yourself short of cash Would you think it fair to yourself?
 Whenever a dollar leaves Pine Bluff for anything that can be gotten here 1t is dollar misapplied, on good bus mess principles, for it limits home capital just to that extent. If we want more cash and great Pine Bluff then We should keep our cash at home as far as possible.
 Money once spent with home people will again return to us in the natural channels of trade and enable us to do more business with less cash.
 The habit of sending cash to for eign cities for imaginary bargains is carried on to an extent almost beyond belief. No harm to our city's inter- est or to our people is intended, but it annually deprives us of thousands of dollars in cash that we cannot af- ford to spare.
 If there was only one specie of the dead beat" family the problem would
 be easily solved. I will, however only mention a few of the kind who are found in every community and at all seasons of the year: The most common species is the poor man with sick wife and children. He gets your sympathy, also your goods, and moves on to his next victim.
 Number two is an altogether diff ferent kind-well dressed and smooth as oil; shakes your hand warmly
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-16

The interests of Pine Bluff must not be subordinatel to private interests Pine Bluff has grown magnificently h spite of the knockers of the past, and will continue to grow despite those of the present. But its growth is ham, opposition of these narrow-minded jealous citizens, who seem wholly inn pervious to the broadening influence of municipal pride and wholesome public spirit
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-16

members of the Pine Bluff Board of Trade. Secretary Caldwell was or dered to get comparative fire insur- ance rates in this city and other cities throughout the state. The Board *of Trade members declared that the property owners here were being charged excessive and unjust rates for frt insurance
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-16
frs insurance

The Graphic's Public Opinion" col umn is still open to the local fire in- surance agents and urges them to ex- plain why the people of this city are required to pay about 25 per cent more for insurance than those of other neishboring cities, and in many in- stances we pay more than is demand ed from residents of towns which have
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-16
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Notwithstanding the fact that a spe- cial repre- sentative of the Springfield Fire Insurance Company recently in- formed Graphic representative that Pine Bluff had a better class of build- ings, in point of fire insurance risks, than any other city ill the state, Pine Bluflians are still required to pay a higher rate of fire insurance than any other city and small towns in Arkan- Sas
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-16

With every cash purchase you get a cash discount ticket of per cent at Cleveland Matthews Hardware Com pany. They soon count up if saved and can be used as cash on future purchases.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-16

The editor of the Graphic has been censured of late by insurance agents
 who claim that this paper has mis- represented the facts relative to eX- orbitant insurance rates being charged by insurance companies here. The Graphic man can back up its state ments with facts and figures. It in vites the insurance agents. however. to discuss the matter in it's Public
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-16
OE.O

Nh! don't the insurance people Keep their word and reduce the fire insur- ance rates here. They promised to do so when the magnificent anu com plete new water plant of the Pine Bluff Corporation was completed. President F. G. Bridges, of the Pine Bluff Corporation; Mayor w. L. Toney and others were present when the promises were made. There Is no doubting that Pine Bluff has the best water plant ill the state and one of the best in the South.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-16

General R. M. Knox, one of Pine Bluffs leading bankers and flnanciers is occupying his old quarters at the Arlington. General Knox is a great and good friend to Hot Springs and spends month or two here eyers
 year. He is looking fine and flossg' and gets around like a young thor oughbred.--Hot. Springs Thomas Cat,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-16

Colonel John M. Oracle, one of Ar kansas leading financiers and cap italists, is spending several days in the Valley, guest of the Eastman. Colonel Oracle has many good friends in the Valley, and is a great booster for Hot Springs.-fIot Springs Thomas Cat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-16

Opinion column. Pine Bluffs prop gate of 25 per cent too much for their fire insurance,1 when compared with other cities, which have absolutely no claims for the cheap rates that exist there.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-16

One third of the people who are looking for new stenographers watch the want als.; one third advertise themselves, and choose from the re- plies; and the other third adopt both methods.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-16

Crescent tint shade cloth WON'T CRACK. We have the exclusive agency. TOmlinson & Knox.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-16

In the past twenty-four years the profits of insurance companies doing business in Arkansas have been nearly $9,000.000. Still the agents claim that the losses in this city exceed the pre- mium receipts.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-16

Entered at Postoftice at Pine Bluff. Ark, as second class mail matter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-16

Some weeks ago. at meeting Of the
The Montana plaindealer., 1909-03-05
Lincoln Lives Today
appreciation

"By the side of Armstrong and
Garrison, Lincoln lives today.
In the very highest sense he lives
in the present more potently than
fifty years ago, for that which is
temporal, that which is unseen is
eternal. He lives in the thirty
two thousand young men and
women of the Negro race learn
ing trades and useful occupations
in the two hundred thousand
farms acquired by those he freed
in the more than four hundred
thousand homes built; in the forty
six banks established, and ten
thousand stores owned; in the
$s5o,ooo,ooo worth of taxable
property in hand; in the twenty
eight thousand public schools eX,
listing, with thirty thousand teach
ers. in the one hundred and sew
entv industrial schools and col
leges; in the twenty-three thou
sand ministers and twenty-sll
thousand churches. But above
all this. he lives in the steady anC
unalterable determination of ter
millions of black citizens to con
tinue to climb year by year tn.
ladder Of the highest uSefulnes
and to perfect themselves il
strong, robust character. 70
making all this possible Abraham
Lincoln lives.
"But again, for a higher reason
he lives tonight in every corne
of the Republic. To set tn
physical man free is much. !
The Montana plaindealer., 1909-03-05

termination and courage,-couraRe
to avoid the superficial, courage to
persistently seek the substance in
stead of the shadow, it points the
road for my people to travel.
''As a race we are learning, l be
lieve, in an increasing degree, that
the best way for us to honor the mem
ory of our Emancipation is by seeking
to initiate him. Like Lincoln the
Negro race should seek to be simple,
without bigotry and without ostenta
tion. There is great power in sim
plicity. Great men are usually sim
pie men. Great races ale those that
strive after simplicity. We, as a
race, should, like Lincoln, have moral
courage to be what we are, and not
pretend to be what we are not. We
should keep in mind that no one can
can degrade us except ourselves; that
if we are worthy no influence can de
feat us. Like other races, the Negro
will meet obstacles, often be sorely
tried and tempted, but we must keep
in mind that freedom, in the broadest
and highest sense, has never been a
bequest; it has been a conquest. In
the final test, the success of our race
will be in proportion to the service
that it renders to the world. In the
, long run, the badge of service is the
badge of sovereignty,
The Montana plaindealer., 1909-03-05
The Lincoln Courage

with all his other elements of
strength, Lincoln poss. ssed in the
highest degree patience, and, as
have said, courage. The higest form
of courage is not always that eXhib
tied on the battlefield in the midst of
the glare of trumpets and the waving
of banners. The highest courage is
of the Lincoln kind. 1t is the same
kind Of courage made possible by the
new life and the new possibilities fur
nished by Liucoln's proclamation, dis
played by thousands of men and WON
en- Of my race every year who are
going out from Tuskegee and other
Negro institutions in the South to lift
up their fellows. When they go,
often into lonely and secluded dis
tricts, with little thought of salary,
with little thought of personal vel
fare, no drums beat, no banners fly,
no friends stand by to cheer them on
but these brave young souls who are
The Montana plaindealer., 1909-03-05

with him. One who goes through !
life with his eyes closed against all
that is good in another race is
weak and circumscribed, as one
who fights in a battle with one
hand tied behind HIM. Lincoln
was in the truest sense great be-
cause he unfettered himself. He
climbed up out of the valley where
his vision was narrowed and weak
ened by the fog and miasma, onto
the mountain-top where in a pure
and unclouded atmosphere he
could see the truth, which enabled
him to rate all men at their true
worth. Growing out of this ami
versary season and atmosphere,
may there crystalline a resolve
throughout the nation that on such
a mountain the American people
will strive to live.
I'VE owe, then, to Lincoln, phys
ical freedom, moral freedom, anc
vet this is not all. There is deb
of gratitude which we, as individuals,
no matter of what race or natiOr
must recognize as due Abraham Lin
coin, not for what he did as Chief e.
ecutive of the nation. but for what he
did as a man. In his rise from th'
most abject poverty and ignorance t.
position of high usefulness ant
power, he taught the world one of tn,
greatest of all lessons. In fighting
his own battle up from obscurity ant
saualor. he fought the battle of ever.
other individual and race that j
e down, and so helped to pull up ever
5 other human who was down. Peopl
), so often forget that by every inc
= that the lowest man crawls up h
t makes it easier for every other ma
o to get up. Today throughout tn
n world, because Lincoln lived, stru
{ gled and triumphed, every boy who
If Ignorant, who is in poverty, is d
spised OF discouraged, holds his nea
a little higher. His heart beats
It little faster, his ambition 10 do som
IS thing and be something is lit
! stronger, because Lincoln blazed Il
n way.
te ITO my race, the life Of Abraha
OF Lincoln has its special lesson at II
n point in our career. In so far as
h life emphasizes patience, long suh
e. ing, sincerity, naturalness, dOgged
The Montana plaindealer., 1909-03-05

where, Though man die, yet
shall he live If this is true of
the ordinary man, how much
more true is it of the hero of the
hero of the hour and the hero of
the century,-Abraham Lincoln?
One hundred years of the life
and influence of Lincoln is the
story of the struggles, the trials,
ambitions and triumphs of the
people of our complex American
civilization. interviewer into the
warp and woof of this human
complexity is the moving story
of men and women of nearly
every race and color in their
progress from slavery to freedom,
from poverty to wealth, from
weakness to power, from ignor-
ance to intelligence. Knit into
the life of Abraham Lincoln is
the story and success of the ma
ton in the blending of all tongues,
religions, colors, races, into one
composite n&tion, leaving each
group and race free to- live its
own separate social life, and yet
all a part of the great whole.
"'If man die, shall ne live?'
Answering his question as APP
piled to the one martyred Presi-
dent, perhaps you expect me to-
cOnfne my words of appreciation
to the great boon which, through
him, was conferred upon my race.
My undying gratitude and that
of ten millions of my race for
this and yet more! To have been
the instrument used by Provi-
dence through which four millions
of slaves, now grown into ten
millions of free citizens, were
made free, would bring eternal
fame within itself, but this is not
the only claim that Lincoln has
upon our sense of gratitude anC
) appreciation.
The Montana plaindealer., 1909-03-05
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