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The National tribune., 1909-02-04
If It shall DO what II !. c,.,u.d Il.

If it shall DO what it is claimed 9lec-
tricity has brought another boon to
humanity in the shape Of razor SINH
lar to the safety razor. The blade is
given vibratory motion by electricity.
and 1t h said will reduce ths trouble
of shaving to 2 minimum. We fear.
however. that Il Will not have the In
tsi!issnes necsssafy to avoid the knobs
ana pimplss. anG win produce Just as
much profanity - the erdiueyy kind.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04

The Government Of Brazil has at last
gotten q syndicate of English under
writer's to help 1t carry its enormous
load Of coffee which 1t has been holding
for q rise In the price. This expert
msnt In Organism has already reached
the sum Of $75.eee.es without count
ing ths interest for some years. The
price Of coffes in lower than ever. which
indicates that trusts. even tho they ars
BY q Government, do not all
ways succeed ip raising prices.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04

Let US hope that Congress VIII do
something decisive toward the removal
OF the. wreck of the Maine from Ha-
vafIa Harbor- 1t seems to us that this
is owed to National dignity and inter
national comfy as well as good taste.
We do not want to thrust the memory
OF the Maine horror constantly upon
the public attention The wreck IL a
great eyesore in the harbor of a sister
Republic and an obstruction and dan
ger to navigation Let US have IT re-
moved at once
The National tribune., 1909-02-04

This proceeded on the assumption that
the people elected legislators whom
they could not trust, and it started
with a slahder upon the character OF
the men composing these important
State bodies.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04

The United states has certainly made
the dirt fly at Panama since work was
actually begun. This was in May, 1904,
and since then there has been the
enormous quantity of 59,oo0,o00 cubic
yards excavated, Of which 100000
is to the credit of last year. The end
of the work can be now plainly seen
The National tribune., 1909-02-04
WASHINGTON, D. c.. FEB. 4, 1909.
NOTICE.

When you send IN your subscription
always state whether renewal or new
subscriber.
when YOU renew from another post
office give former address as we'll
When change of address is desired be
sure TO give former address.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04

The Navy is also discrediting khaki.
After the present stock of khaki cam
vas is exhausted no more will be used
In the Navy for any purpose, and II
viii be replaced by white canvas for
awnings, boat covers, etc.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04

Milton Friedburg, who keeps store
in Mount Vernon, \. Y, is a practical
5oker who has received a timely ad-
monition on this vulgar taste He start
ed voting contest to determine the
meanest man in town. and was going
along very swfmmingIy when he ran
up against an indictment for libel. but
on account of his youth and ignorance
the Jadge let him off with a fine OF S.
and warning. A good many men in
this country need a similar correction
by the courts of their ideas as to what
constitutes fun.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04

Col Jim Guffey is again firmly in
the saddle as a leader of the Demo-
cratic hosts of Pennsylvania, and no
one is more glad of this than the vet
Grams. to whom Col. Jim has always
been a good friend. Mr.. Bryan's en-
deavor to force Guffey out of the party
WIS a con-n'ete failure.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04

A man has come to the United States
with proposition to turn the Hawaiian
Islands loose by making them inter-
national, with Honolulu a world port,
with every country equally at home
there. 1t will do no harm to let him
talk, but the temperature Will fall to
that OF the glacial period before Uncle
Sam ever lets go of the Crossroads OF
the Pacific
The National tribune., 1909-02-04
SPELLING REFORM.

| Last Monday the Simplified Spelling
Board announced new schedule, as
follows:
81. Words having "ea" pronounced
as short "e" are to be spelled with
| "e," as In he'd 1ated, helth. relm. etc
Words having "ea" pronounced as "a"
before .'r."sare to be spelled with "a, :"
as in harkep. hart. harth. etc.
"2. Pretertts and participles ending
in ed" pronounced ID" with "e'' 81
lent, are to be spelled with &c" omitted,
as in armd.-burnd raind. compeld. re-
peald. etc This simplification is paral-
| lei to that already adopted by the
board in forms Ike dropt, dript, ETC.,
in the second list.
"3. Words ending in the unstressed
suffix "ice. .ya pronounced is" VIII have
the &c, changed to IS" and the ''e''
omitted, as in cornis, crevis. Iattis, no.
It's, servfs, artifs. ietc.
"a woris1 ending In '.ive" or "rve."
with the ''ei. silent, are to omit "e." ss
in deIy. twelv. solv. resolv, carv. serY,
reserv, etc.T 3 s1Bd
We think thae'the Board is pushing
things a little hard. Our idea of SPELL
| ing reform is to take UP few words
| of the most fagrantly misspelled and
get the people 10 adopt them. After that
ally from time to time, slowly accus-
tonning the people to the new forms.
The greatest trouble with spelling re-
form has been. as in other reforms.
that enthusiasts wanted to do too much
at once, and get too far ahead of the
people.
Webster was the best spelling re-
ever seen, and he wisely went very
gradually in correcting the more OBJ
vious enormities. He dropped the two
g's from wagon. dropped two superflu-
GUS letters from jewelry and made some
steps in the way of giving a uniformity
to our orthography. For example,
"ow" is the customary representation of
the long sound OF ''o' in a great many
words and he spelt "show" that way.
whereas the custom in England had
been and still remains In many papers
to spell It "shew." This spelling has
caused an ocean Of infantils teara
Webster dropped the clumU form of
spelling ''manoeuvre' and adopted the
more sensible one OF 'maneuver." The
National Tribune has dropped q super
fiuous "s' out Of this word. which does
not disfigure its appearance. We be-
lieye tina: the ridiculously useless "gh"
ought to be dropped in such words as
thru, thoroly and thoro. and We have
done so In this paper. 1t ought to be
dropped in such words az brought,
thought, sought. taught. etc. but we
do not believe that the people are yet
ready for such radical changes.
We fear that the Spelling Board 10
defeating itself by making such start
ling alterations as It suggests, and that
it had better confine its efforts to ac-
customing the people to. such changes
as we have suggested and which ap-
pear In The National Tribune. When
these are once fairly accepted It will
be time enough for another forward
step. -rrC
The National tribune., 1909-02-04

improvements IN automobiles are
now going IA, the right direction. in
minimizing asfarsas possible tho weight
Of the vehicse, p4r horse power. The
standard has beet, set snae an automo-
bile should not weigh more than 100
pounds per unitOof horse power, and
the adaptation OF material to this unit,
or even doing better. is going on. What
is most desired. and that is the direction
that all Manufacturers and inventors
are looking, b not in the development
of the heavy ana expensive touring
cars. which are a. Costly luxury, but the
production Of light runabouts Of tho
buggy type. The buggy is a thing of
daily necessity and use. and IL a ma
chine is developed which win do the
work satisfactorily Of the bursy and
horse. and be at . COST approxima ting
the same. there viii be thousand, of
these bought to, where there is one
heavy touring car.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04

President Roosevelt has sat down
very heavily upon the disposition OF
congress TO change the War Records.
ID ohm II. Lane, Co. G, 18th U. s., was
fsevereIy injured during the Spanish
IfYar while volunteering to help save
I,Government stores which were endan-
Eeered by rising stream. A bill was
introduced TO make his record read,
.'Discharged by reason OF injuries in
Cured in line of duty" His discharge
snow reads. Discharged by favor" The
president said that the bill was objec-
tsionable, because. it would alter the
fpecords of the War Department, and
also because it conferred a favor with
r)oat warrant upon one Individual to the
lexclasion of others equally meritorious.
3fe claimed I'm his veto message that 1t
would establish a demoralizing and
vicious precedent
The National tribune., 1909-02-04

Alabama claims to~have furnished
122,000 men who were regularly en-
listed in the Confederate army, of
whom at least one-quarter filled SOL
diers' graves before the war was over.
AS we have said before. writing of
States histories may be safely left to
Edispose of the fiction that the Confed-
Ferates only had $4,000 men in the
Held. II Alabama furnished $4,000
(end the other States did as well in
proportion to their population the to-
ltal number o; Confederate soldiers must
have been approximately 2.0e9. 600. or
[nearly the same as that Of the indi-
TSiduals in the Union army.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04

Entered at Washington, d. c., Post Once
as sccond-class matter.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29


Mrs Burk entertained the Ladiea
Aid Of the Congregational church
"Wednesday.
Dr. Brady went to Blum Wednesday
to attend to the dental wants Of the
people Of that burg.
DIR. Bruce h In . critical condition.
DR.. Calkins Ia attending physician.
Nm. Outlet, mother Of the Outlet
Bru~., and two daughters arrived fIum
Missouri Saturday. They will spend
the winter here.
We are pleased to zee the smiling
face Of Mr.. Barnett In our midst again
for few days.
John Snens had sale last week, and
the family are going to Durango to
live.
DIR. CalkiDs moved into his new
house this week.
The new N. f. church 10 being
plAstered this week.
w. J. Blatchf0rd aud wife returned
from the Pacific coast Saturday. Mr..
BiatchfOrd says he IL much improved
in health.
Mrs. Charles Heed, who has been III,
is able to be around again.
Mrs. Lallah Durward, who has been
quite III at Mancos, Is reported to lie
convalesing.
AL Puett has moved his family from
their summer camp near the Rents
reservoir, to town.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29
Lakeview Briefs.

Mr.. and Mrs. T. q. Wilkerson and
Coleman Baker were callers in the
Pinkerton home last Sunday.
Word received here by relatives, re-
port MIR. and Mrs. Theodore McDill ~
comfortably located IN their new home
at Los Angeles, California.
Lakeview residents are laying In
their winters coal supply, Mr.. Ellis ID
delivering good quality Of coal from
his mine betwe here and Dolores.
Potato digging Is over aud the crop
WAS a bumper one.
T. q. WilkersOn now talks by wire.
Our phone service Ia increasing In effl-
cheney at good rate, we shall be glad
to ring up the next new conner, and
say "how'dy."
Lakeview school has nineteen pupils
enrolled to date.
Rev. J. r. Randall was in Lakeview
Tuesday on business.
II. p. Gordon has been in active SER
vice at Cortez this week attending
meetings of the water commissioners.
No sign Of threshing machine yet.
When will they come?
A crew Of six packers and three sor-
ters are at work getting out the local
apple crop.
DIS. Gray, went to Telluride Thurs
day on business.
Harry Mitchell of Mancos, was over
night at Lakeview Apiary, on his re-
turn from Navajo Springs, having
taken car load Of cement down from
Mancos by the Harry French fast
freight train.
Miss Ella Triplett took the train fol
Denver Thursday, after spending the
summer assisting Mrs. p. b. Gates III
the ranch home.
Mr.. and Mrs. g. w. Wiikerson were
shopping In Dolores Thursday.
Frank and Will Ritter sold eighty
acres Of land this week t0a Pueblo man
This Is the eighty just north Of the old
homestead, and contains 30 acres Oi
young orchard. This WAS q great big
bargain ut $500. And will make the
buyer some easy money IN fruit alone
shortly.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

The walls of the Methodist church
building are now completed and the
carpenters are busy on the roof and II
the fine weather continues few days
longer the outside work will be COM
pleted. The cement blocks used in this
building were faced with white sand
from the rocks that were blown to
pieces to get stone to build the intake
dam for the Montexuma Valley irriga-
tion system which makes them lighter
In color than the ordinary sand blocks
and adds much to their appearance.
The windows will be ordered soon and
the work OF completion carried on as
fast - possible. Any person wishing
to place memorial window In this
building in remembrance Of departed
loved one should see Rev. Clark OF
George Wiltsie at once. These win
dows are inexpensive. and make . fit
and lasting monument.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29
Summit R,&rs Itsus,

Summit Sunday School reopened last
Sunday with large attendance.
Mrs. r. w. Lockett and daughter
OF Dolores, visited 1t the home Of G. E.
Renlz Sunday.
DIR. Bell is building an addition to
MS house, Milliken and Ellis are doing
the work.
The Rentz engine is again slaughter-
ing pinion trees for Charlie Rents.
The potato digging IL about finished.
The product Is such that would make
Greeley look for its laurels, u size and
yield is to be considered. The ranchers
Are contemplating large acreage next
year.
Lenore and Alma Beaber have been
OH the sick list the past week.
Merle Ellis was transacting business
10 Dolores Thursday.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

Pat McKenna left his team stand
near the Rust lumber yard Saturday
and the horses became frightened and
started to run. They came up Central
avenue and lost the hind carriage Of
the wagon near the Catholic church
They turned up Ninth street and down
Hillside avenue as far as Seventh street
where they run into tree breaking
the neck yoke, tongue any doubletree.
A. I. Smith replaced the broken parts
and Mr.. McKenna left for his home on
disappointment Sunday.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

To WHOM IT MAY CoNCERN
By virtue OF a Chattle Mortgage held by The
Struby Estabrook Mercantile Co., Of Denver,
by Joseph Dixon in Dolores. Colorado, will be
sold at public Auction at 2 O'Clock October 30,
1909, including two ranges, chairs dishes, tables
and glassware. Also horse six years old,
and one horse five years old, one two-seated
bali platform spring wagon and light double
ha rness.
Sale conducted by W. Bruce, auctioneer, at
restaurant building.
BY order Of @. Z. MArrIsoN,
Attorney for Struby Estabrook, Co.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29
Cortex IteRe.

The base hall team went to Durango
yesterday to play the Durango boys.
District court IL In session again this
week finishing up the work Of the Octo-
Der term.
Lumner Winter has been confined to
the house with tonsilitis, but 10 now
around again.
Little Airline, infant daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. James H. Trimble, died
Thursday or last week at the home Of
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hi
McEwen. The remains were laid to
rest Saturday In the C0rtes cemetery.
Hi McEwen went to Kansas city this
week to sell his sheep.
DR.. Harrington h spending few
day In Denver.
Claud Sprague, who has been on the
sick list this week, IL convalesing.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

James Hammond left Wednesday
for California. Dame Rumor says that
he is going to bring housekeeper with
him when he returns. All that we can
say Is that so much of this California
visiting looks suspicious to US.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

The trains on the Rio Grande South
ern have gone lack to the old schedule
that was in effect when the washouts
of September 5th occurred. The road
was opened to Telluride the first Of the
week aud the first passenger train
pulled through on Tuesday evening.
Telluride was without train from Sep
tember 5th, and suffered considerable
Inconvenience; the mines having to
close on account of not having room to
store ore. Things will soon adjust
themselves again and Telluride will be
tn e busiest camp in the state in few
days.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

The following land sales have been
closed by Harry v. Pyle. Eighty acres
owned by Frank B. Welpton Of Denver
sold to DIR. w. I. Mcfarland, the doc
tor also bought the eighty adjoining,
and will send Mr.. Morgan to look
after his holdings here. and will be one
OF MontezuIna Valley boosters.
]. A. Hughes and wife of Boone,
Colorado, visited the Valley last week
In company Of H. v. Pyle. and were SO
well pleased tbsy bought the ranch ad-
joining Arriola. owned by T. A. Ruth
erford. They will be here again in the
near future aud expect to bring many
friends.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

H. v. Pyle is having q blacksmith
shop erected on his Fourth street prop
erty, q. M. aud A. I. Smith are doing
the carpenter work. The shop will be
occupied by A. /. Smith,. This build
ing is "a by 40 feet aud will be covered
with corrugated iron.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

Mrs. A. Miller returned Monday from
Durango where she was at the Mercy
hospital with her little daughter who
had an abscess OH the side OF her neck.
The little girl has fully recovered.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

The Ladies auxiliary Of the Baptis
church will meet with Mrs. James l.
Trimble Wednesday, November
All are cordially invited.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

James Bankston has opened q short
order restaurant in the rooms adjoining
the Dolores drug store ON the west.
He has q new sign painted on the front
of the building aud on the window.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

The eight-month-old daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Trimble died at
the home of Mrs. Trimble's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hi McEwen, at Cortez
Thursday of last week. The remains
were laid to rest in the Cortez cemetery
Saturday.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

The Star was in error last week as to
the name Of the Mr.. Sheek who COM
mitted suicide near Mancos last week.
1t WAS AlOnzo instead of Claude.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

Tim Lynch's team nan of yesterday
afternoon, they made u good run, and
fortunately no one hurt nor anything
broken.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

ID. C. Reavis was in from Summit
ridge Wednesday. He says land under
the Summit irrigation system is now
selling at 500 per acre and that inside
of five years IL will sell at $3.50.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

Mn. Joseph Dixon left Monday for
Pennington where she will join her
husband, who has been IN that city
for the past month. She was accom-
panied by her son, Otis.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

The enterprising people Of Lebanon
are planning to erect a church build.
ing ut that place In the near future.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

At the shoot held by the Dolores
Gun Club, the first Of the week the fol-
lowing scores we're made: B. g. Smith
% out Of q possible 25. I. H. Akin %
gu: Of 25, w. H. Brumley 10 out Of 25,
DIR. r. b. Cabell 8 odt of Is.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

T. H. Akin received q new Reming
ton pump gun Tuesday. Tom intend,
breaking all the birds that leave the
trap hereafter.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

The Halloween sOcial given In the
school building last evening by the
Ladies Aid was grand success In
every particular. The room was Hastily
decorated with autumn cofors and
lighted with Jack-'o-lanterns. b. q.
Smith and E. H. Mayrant furnished
instrumental music aud Miss Blanche
Goodwin sang accompanied by Miss
Beulah Hughes on the organ. Each
member Of the Aid present had earned
dollar and told In rhyme how they
had accomplished the feat. This
furnished lot Of amusement for the
audience and also demonstrated the
fact that Dolores possesses much ex-
cellent literary ability. A large crowd
was present and the sum Of $751; was
realized. Light refreshments consist
ing Of pumpkin pie, doughnuts, coffee
and cocoa were served. After the
refreshments bad been served games
of all kinds were played.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

The ladies Of the Aid society met
with Mrs. H. J. Porter Wednesday
aud spent the day manufacturing arti-
cles for their annual bazaar.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

&. R. Leavell and family came In
Monday from Utah and have moved
into William Bruce's house ON Hillside
avenue,
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

A young daughter was born Tuesday
morning. October %, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Irwin Brumley. Mother aud child
doing nicely.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

w. Bradley, Geo. Nape and c. l..
Stotts, Of Pueblo, are looking over
Montezuna county thi, week.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

A Granath was In town with potatoes
the first OF the week. Mr.. Granath
raises fine spuds, we speak authqritively
as We have just finished . sample left
at this Office two weeks ago.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

d. F. LeMaster, who some time ago
contracted for lot of Montezuma
county apples, arrived in Dolores with
several packers Sunday, and Is now
getting the apples ready for shipment.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

Some industrious Mexicans have
erected winter quarters under the large
rock just above the Lost canon wagon
bridge.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

The ladies Aid will meet with Mn. r.
II. Akin Friday afternoon, November
5th. Come early.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

H. b. and Harve Wallace are back
In Kentucky visiting a sick sister.
They left last week In response to q
telegram which stated that their sister
was dangerously i'll.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

Nm. Eden purchased . bunch G
young cattle from Z. M. Smith Sat
urday.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

The stork visited the home Of Mr.
and Mrs. James O'Rourke near Leba
non Tuesday night aud left = sou.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

James McEwen made his MONTH,
drive to the Agency with bunch o
beef cattle this week.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

H. ". Pyle sold his livery stable
property to Robert Nash aud James
Mair this week. He reserves the two
lots next the railroad upon which he is
erecting q blacksmith shop.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

Merle Ellis is Arranging to give an
entertainment about the middle Of
November, program will appear later.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

Angus Macdonald Of Quarry, was q
business caller at the Star office yes.
terday.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
tPubliaher.)
Dana n n, ant a Al.~ I.A~.i..

US Land Office at Durango Colorado,
October Is, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that Cora K. Myier,
made Desert Land Application, No. S75
Serial 81 Nc. oi7l4. for the S2of "a, and the
Range l! West. N. N. r. Meridian, has fled
notice Of intention to mako Final Desert Land
Proof, TO establish claim TO the land above
described, before c. J. Scharnhorst, Clerk Of
W. County Court, Of Montezuma County, tolo.
rado, at his office at Cortex, Colorado, on the
n, day Of November, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Hiram McEwen and Albert N. Puett Of Cor
tez. Colorado, George w. yauarsdale and John
L. Huntley Of Dolores, Colorado.
g. H. CHARLTON,
Register.
h First pub oct q Last pub. nov 26 90.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

Who said that the sun doesn't shine
all the time in the Sunny San Juan.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

Ed Akin was in Cortez Saturday
making nnal proof on homestead.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

H.v Pyle returned Tuesday from q
business trip to Durango.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

A Sunday school rally will be given
in the Dolores school building Sunday
morning at 10 O'Clock. George Ciucas,
county superintendent Of music, will
be present aud conduct the singing.
Everybody is cordially invited to 'be
present.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

John Morarity was down from Quar-
~ yesterday.
The Dolores star., 1909-10-29

Robert Nash and James Mair, two Of
the county's Old-timers and most re-
spected citizens who succeed Frank W.
Pyle in the Dolores Livery business,
are men of strict integrity and unus-
ual ability in the handling Of horses
and livery business. They have plenty
of good teams and will have the most
complete stable In the county, they
will he in position to buy and sell teams
and saddle horses of every kind.