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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-07-27
Lock and Dam Cumberland River.

London, KY, July %, 1910.
Editor News:
Columbia, KY.
Dear SIR
desire to call your attention to the
following letter of Major VIM. W.
Harris, Engineer in charge of the i'm
provement of the Cumberland River,
and ask you to print same in your paper
for the information of all those who
are interested in the Improvement of
the Cumberland River in Kentucky.
WAR DEPARTMENT ENGINEER OFFICE.
UNITED STATES ARMY CUSTOM
HOUSE, NASHVILLE,
TENN. "
July 10, 1910.
Hon. Don G. Edwards, M. c.,
Washington, D. C.
SIR
The Committee on Rivers and Har-
bors of the House of Representatives
has called for review of the project
for the Cumberland River with a view
to obtaining information with regard to
the worthiness of constructing Lock
No. 20.
This Lcck will be located in all proba
bility some where near Belks Island
about Ia miles below Lock q, and will
affect in measure Wayne, Russell and
Clinton counties, KY. Inasmuch as you
have probably been largely interested
in obtaining this resolution, could you
please give me early information as to
the commercial value of the locality in
question? This should include Stats
tics as to the annual output of agricul-
tural, mineral and manufactured
products. Very Respectfully,
VIM. w. Harris,
Major, Corps of Engineers"
l desire to say that the completion of
lock and dam 81 was provided for by
the appropriation of $S5, 600, 90 for that
purpose at the last session of Congress,
and that owing to the fact that the
Government Engineers had reported
adversely as to further improvement of
that section of the river, / procured
the passage of the resolution referred
to in Major Harris letter, and now call
on all interes ted in this very important
work to get together at once and fur
nish all available information. Con-
gress expects to pass River Bill annu-
ally and we want to procure favor
able report so that lock and dam No.
20 may be provided for in the next
RIVER Bill. No. u which will soon be
completed will give us thirty miles of
slack water below Burnside and No. 20
would continue it fourteen miles fur
Their down the river and with an annual
bill the river should soon be improved
all the way to Nashville.
Let every friend of this improve
ment take quick and effective action,
and the continuance of this important
work will be assured. Respt.
D. G. Edwards.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-07-27

Mr.. John Bell lost his watch one day
last week, but recovered it very nicely.
His watch was in his vest pocket and
the vest hanging in his porch. A very
small colored boy called at his house
and asked for some onions; Mr.. Bell
went to get them and in his absence
the boy slipped the watch. 1t was not
missed until night, and Mr.. Bell for
getting the negro boy. thought one of
his sons had taken it to use during the
day, but when they returned home,
stating that they knew nothing about
it, he was surprised. After he had re-
tired for the night the visit of the COL
ored boy occurred to him, and when
morning came he saw the lads mother
and the watch came up. When the boy
was approached he said: ''well, | saw
it hanging there" 81 know you did,
said Mr. Bell. In very short time the
boy left the house, returning with the
watch.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-07-27

County court next Monday and fair
crowd is expected in town.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-07-27

Born, to the wife of Walter Ingram
July 19, 1910, son.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-07-27

Gadberry letter came in unsigned.
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27
GAvIN's PLUNGE BATH

While driving his auto between Car
bondale and Redstone last Saturday
night Austin Gavin failed to see a
wa4hout in the road which was cover.
ed over with brush and the machine
plunged over ten foot bank into the
Crystal river. The occupants, besides
Mr.. Gavin were the Misses Katie, Yer
ME and Marcella Holland and Emma
Hibbard and how they escaped with
their lives is mystery which none
have yet been able to explain. They
We're thrown out in the water and had
considerable difficulty in making their
way to shore.
They walked to Carbondale, nearly
twelve miles, and the next day the
machine was pulled out and brought
to Glenwood considerably the worse
for the experience. AS for the occu.
pants. aside from some slight bruises
and bad scare, they are all right but
they do not yearn for another exper-
fence of the same kind.
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27
BOUND TO HAVE
RAISE IN WAGES
Smooth Typo Comes to Grief
in Trying to Initiate \. ].
Holmes HierogIyphice
READY FOR SENTENCE

i,u.ing the absence Of H. j. Holmes
Vista last w X tourist printer who
hrj hcen in H. emp " but ashort time
b = ne consIi .eG thar h I.s entitled
= highc, we 'h,n y l;ns WAS
s".ng him "a So t-t system Of
'nck kitin. WA v ~..i slrse...
fully for short time.
just how anyone who has ever seen
Holmes real signature should imagine
that he could come close to an imita-
tion thereof is one of the wonders of
the town, but printers work wonders
his name as G. r. Wilson succeeded
in palming off the worthless counter
feits on the Mirror, the Bismark and
the Broadway saloons. Silver Shoe and
Clothing company and Mrs. H. w.
Smith of the Grand hotel, each of the
checks calling for Sls and being made
out on Holmes regular check blank.
These various transactions were pull
ed off on Thursday and on Friday C.
&C.. Canady who was temporarily in
charge of the Avalanche business in
the absence of Mr. Holmes discovered
that something was wrong and sus-
pecting that Wilson would attempt to
make his getaway by Rio Grande No.
IS asked A. J. Dickson who was leav.
ing for Buena Vista on that train to
point the fellow out to the conductor
in case such attempt were made.
Everything worked according to Can
|ady's program. After Canady had
grown tired of watching the train and
had gone up town Wilson shot through
the depot bought ticket for Malta,
swung onto the rear platform of the
last coach. found Il seat in the chair
ear. pulled off his coat and soon feign-
ed to be asleep.
When Canady returned to the Office
he found that Wilson had made him
self scarce. He reached the conductor
by wire at Gypsum Mr.. Dickson
identified the smooth typo who was
turned over to Marshal Taylor of
Eagle who brought the protesting Will
son back to Glenwood where, upon see
ing Canady he confessed everything.
He is now in the county Jail await
ing trial at the November term of the
district court. Wilson says he knows
he has something coming and he wants
to start on it as soon as possible.
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27
The REPUBLICAN CONVENTION

ious precincts for the selection of del
egates to the county convention on
Saturday, September 10 and to hold
the county convention on the following
Saturday, September II.
The apportionment agreed upon for
delegates is one for every go votes
cast for Jesse Mcdonald for governor
in 1908 and one delegate at large from
each precinct. This will allow for a
total of 9S delegates in the convention.
It, was the unanimous verdict of all
those present that in view of the com
plete failure of the democrats to make
good, both as to stale and county af-
fairs the republicans have much better
prospects for success at the polls this
year than they have had for some
time.
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27

The Republican county central com
mittee of Garfield county held meet
ing in Glenwood last Saturday The
meeting was presided over by Chair
man F.. w. Adams and was for the
purpose of arranging for the primaries
and county convention for the nomin-
alton of county candidates and the
selection of delegates to state and dis
trict conventions.
1t was the sense of those present that
only one county convention should be
held and that delegates to other con
ventions should be selected at the time
of nominating a county ticket instead
of holding another convention solely
for the selection Of delegates as has
sometimes been done.
After considerable discussion it was
decided to hold primaries in the var
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27
ANOTHER RAILROAD
FOR RoUTT COUNTY
Laramie, Hahn's Peak and
Pacific Joins. With Union
Pacific and Hartman
TO REACH STEAMBOAT

The Laramie, Hahn s Peak Pacific
railroad has signed twenty-five year
traffic agreement with the Union Pacific
railroad and the Hartman lines AS
n result it will enter into direct COM
,atition with the Denver. Northw s'~,rn
Z Pacific, the Moffat road, for the
business of Routt county This infor-
ration is given out by Lawrence Bar
,um of Boston, who was member
If the party which recently went over
the right of way of the proposed road
INTO Steamboat Springs. Mr.. Barnum
ays the new road will get practically
Ill of the freight business from that
district.
The deal between the Union Pacific
md the Larimie, Hahn rs Peak & Pa
life is construed to mean that the Har
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27
DelONG SCORES
BALKY DEMOS

The resolution of Senator De Long
to adjourn the session sire a.. last
Monday night was as follows:
Whereas, The governor in his call
for the extra session affirmed "In the
opinion of the chief executive of tho
state of Colorado. the present is ono
of the extraordinary occasions required
in the constitution of the state for the
calling of special sessions of the gen
eral assembly, and,
Whereas, The governor in his mes
sage to the extra session declared "The
majority of the members of this gen
eral assembly are elected by the people
upon platform which declared in
favor of certain measures.
The fact that the general as
sembly adjourned without enacting in
to law single one of the pledges
, constitutes such an extraordinary oc-
.asion as iustifies the calling of spe-
cial session of the general assembly,
and,
p Whereas, These statements are a
confession on the part of the governor
that no emergency exists in the state.
but that an emergency exists only i'll
Ms party and
Whereas. This extra session is, there
fore illegally, unconstitutionally and
'njustly called, and.
Whereas, Twelve days of this extra
session have clearly shown that the ac
ion of the Democrats. the party in
control of both the senate and the
house. is controlled by an iron bound
caucus agreement intended to prevent
md now SUCCESSFULLY preventing any
legislation looking to the redemption
of the platform pledges of that party.
ind,
Whereas. This extra session is cost
ing the people approximately $1,000 a
lay for which no value in services is
,eing returned, and,
Whereas. The people We're opposed
10 the t..lling of this extra session
md are now opposed to its continuing
in session, Therefore be 1t
Resolved, BY the senate, the house
.oncurring, that this extraordinary
ses ion of the 18th general assembly
10 adjourn at - O'Clock midnight. on
august %, 1910.
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27

Rev. Horace Mann of Rifle-he of
cowboy preacher fame who during the
summer visit of President Roosevelt to
Colorado few years ago was a well
come visitor to the presidential wig
wan in the wilds of Divide creek and
who on one Sunday afternoon had the
honor of sharing his pulpit in the ''Lit-
tie Blue Schoolhouse with the first
man of the nation-was in Glenwood
Thursday and while here received tel
eeram stating that the. committee in
charge of the Roosevelt arrangements
in Denver had reserved for him a seat
on the auditorium stage for the occa-
sion of Roosevelt s speech next Mon
day and had also placed his name in
the banquet pot and saved a chair for
him at the table. and would he come
Horace, like Barkis. was willin' and ne
lost no time in advising the committee
to that effect by wire.
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27

riman line will not carry out its an
nounced intentions to build into Routt
,ounty from Wamsutter, on the main
inc in Wyoming.
Mr.. Barnum recently went over the
route of the Larimie, Hahn s Peak 4
Pacific with party of Boston and Chi
sago bankers who are interested in the
'oad They returned East via Denver
,fter going over the Denver, North
western & Pacific. Members of the
party announced while here that ar
rangements had been completed to ex-
tend the new road. while not control
led by the Union Pacific, will to all
intents and purposes, be feeder for
that system and will serve the same
purpose as if it had its own line into
northwestern Colorado.
The Laramie, Hahn s Peak & Pacific
has been completed from Laramie to
Fox Park near the Colorado Wyoming
line, a distance of fifty-fve miles. The
company has large gangs of men work
ing from both ends on the extension to
The Coalmont coal fields in North park.
where the railroad interests contr d
5000 acres of coal land. The road will
be continued on from North park into
Steamboat Springs, the present termi-
aus of the Denver. Northwestern &
Pacific. The Laramie road will have an
average grade of less than l per cent
and maximum grade of only 2 per
cent. The company has $9,0OO,00O in
stock and $1,sOO,OOO in bonds outstan1-
ing-Denver Times.
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27

Judge J. f. Garrigues, presiding
judge of the district court in the Gree
ley district, is spending his summer
vacation. or a part of it, in GlenwOod
and he says he is certainly enjoying
the Hotel Colorado and the big swim
ming pool, The Post acknowledges a
pleasant call from the judge who, if
rumor may be credited, may be can
didate before the republican state con
vention for the supreme bench.
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27
A BUSY DAY FOR D1cKEY

Rev John Morrison Dickey. pastor
of the Glenwood Methodist church went
down to Grand Junction last Tuesday
to hear Bishop Quayle's lecture on
Hamlet that evening. The next day he
went down to Fruita to make brief
call on few of his last years par
ishioners.
Gilbert Ewell, a prominent travelling
man of Grand Junction happened to be
in Fruita and while promenaiing the
streets of that little interurban termi-
nal in company with Miss Bertha Eva
Lippert he met c. w. Smith of Glen
wood whom he knew and "Mr. -
Dickey whom he didn't know. The
party of four boarded the interurban for
the Junction and making close connec-
tion with Midland l06 We're soon spin
ming up the valley towards Glenwood
just as they were approaching Pail
sade Ewell got Smith off in corner
of the car and said "Say. Smith, we
want to get married tonight and l want
you to help us out by arranging for
the license and the preacher. Will
Won do it, "Sure. Mike said Smith
not knowing vet whether Ewell was in
earnest or not.
just then Dickev left the train, in
tending to stay over between trains
and buy several boxes of peaches.
Say ventured Smith "that fellow
who just got off the train is preacher
but ] think he is going to stop here
to get some peaches.' peaches be
-'' Ewell was about to say. Go
out there and buy him box of peaches
and make him get back on this train
ordered the near groom. Smith did as
requested and soon after the train
reached Glenwood. in the parlor of the
Grand hotel Mr.. Dickev performed the
service which made Mr.. and Mrs. Gil
bert Ewel very happy.
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27
ANOTHER FATAL
SALOON ROW

Meeker, Colo, Aug. 2l.-In quar-
rel over the payment of bet of nine
ty cent? on dice game, Joe Williams,
a lumber camp follower, fatally slash
ed Everett Baker with razor in a
saloon here today, and the latter died
while stumbling into Stroehlke's IS drug
store to seek medical attendance half
hour later.
Baker, who was 10 years old and a
resident of Meeker fought Williams
after the latter had severed his Jug
ular vein and cut his throat almost
from ear to ear. Not until Williams
struck him over the head with a chair
did Baker fall.
After the tragedy Williams walked
down the principal street to the post
office. No effort was made to arrest
him, though the murder was known,
and Williams was unmolested until
Coroner Holloway held an inquest.
When the jury returned verdict of
felonious killing. warrant was issued
and Sheriff Ellison arrested Williams
and placed him in Jail.
There We're two witnesses to the
tragedy, Alfred Pearson and Leonard
Chaplin. Williams and Baker met in
the saloon shortly before noon and en-
gagged in dice game. When they
started arguing about the ninety cents
the game was stopped.
The dispute seemed to have been
forgotten for time, but later Will
Jams is said to have renewed the sub
iect Baker, it is alleged, called Will
Jams a vile name which precipitated
the combat
Williams rushed at Baker, and was
met with a straight arm blow. Will
Jams then drew his razor, sprang at
Baker and slashed him across the
throat.
Williams is 90 years old and came
here from Oklahoma few mouths ago.
He had been working at the Van Cleve
saw mill Baker lived here with his
father and had mother and sister in
Hurd. s. ID. He was well known in
Aeeker and had many friends.
--
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27

DIR. Zen f. Manning, veterinarian
who had lived many years in the vicin-
ity of Carbondale, died at the Glen
wood sanitarium last Sunday after a
brief illness. Manning had no relatives
in this country and had led a rath "
solitary life. He had two brothers in
New York city but he had not heard
from them for many years and was not
able to locate them with any exactness
and efforts to reach them by kilograms
proved unsuccessful. Manzing was
buried Tuesday by the Masonic order
in which he was in very high standing
being . thirty-sseoad degree Mason.
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27

AS Midland LOG pulled up to the
evening Engineer Bates noticed just
ahead of him broken rail. Before
he could bring the train to a stop the
engine. tender and baggage car had
passed over the broken portion, strik-
ing the rails all right on the other
side. 1t required over two hours to
repair the damage so the train could
be moved. About four feet had been
broken from the rail, presumably by a
passing freight. 1t was a very for
tunate accident and both passengers
and crew were greatly pleased to know
that it was not worse.
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

10 a. m. Sunday School.
il a. m. Morning service; subject,
WHERE MOSES STOOD"
8 p. m. Evening service. subject
WEIGHTED WITH WEEDS'
The church is at 10i6 Cooper avenue,
two and one-half blocks south of the
Grand hotel.
REV. GREER A. FOoTE. Pastor.
1912 Cooper Avenue.
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27
CHRISTIAN CHAPEL

Divine worship Sunday, August 9th,
1910.
Sunday school at 10 O'Clock =. n.
Morning sermon at II O'Clock. Com
munion at 11.30.
Evening sermon at O'Clock. Topic,
"How the Primitive Church Applied
Christianity to the World.'
You are cordially invited.
W. o. 8. Cliff Minister. Residence
$40 Lincoln Ave.
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27
papers and magazines and trade journ-

papers and magazines and trade journ-
ais.
Handling the inquiries.
The weekly "Bulletin''
Cooperation from local bodies, Cham
bers of Commerce, agents and business
organizations.
Careful and thorough replies to in,
quiries by the Board itself.
Getting full information of inquirer y
exact needs.
High value of discriminating info--
nation sent the inquirer
Scrupulous attention to protect the
inquirer IS rights.
Responsible bodies only allowed to
cooperate.
How the railroads are made to help,
too.
Freight agents plan out rates and
routes for the inquirer.
The glorious field being developed by
these up-to-date methods.
We have heard much about "bus-
ness methods in government. Here
they are, in Colorado, forming an ex-
ample to every public spirited citizen.
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27

The experience social" given last
Tuesday evening at the Methodist par
sonoge nv the Ladies' Aid society was
la novel and amusing affair. Each lady
a dollar toward the church
treasury. describing as she did SO tha
process by which she earned or acquired
thu aforesaid dollar. The answers de-
yeloped the fact that some Of the mem
hers are endowed with considerable III
genuity. The church exchequer was IN
creased to the extent Of nearly sSo oy
reason Of the good work.
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27

A freight ear in the yards of the Col
orado Midland was broken into last
Sunday evening and considerable guam
titles of merchandise coDsigned to b.
T. Napier & Co. distracted therefrom,
Considerable of the booty was recover
ed the next day, the thieves having hid
den in the weeds nearby, evidently
with view to returning for it. No
arrests have as vet been made.
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27
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church..

A reception was rendered Tuesday
evening by Bishop and Mrs. Brewster
at their beautiful home as farewell
honor to Rev. and Mrs. Geo. E. Whar-
ton who will leave next week for the
east in order that Mr.. Wharton may
enter Yale at the beginning of the CON-
inq term. The best wishes of their
many friends will 90 with Mr.. and
Mrs. Wharton as they take up their
home elsewhere.
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27

At meeting of the board of county
commissioners held Thursday and FRI
day action was taken on the appliea-
tion for new irrigation district to be
known as the Z" Hunter Mesa Irrigation
District and j. 7. Selby and J. f.
Stauffer of Rife and C. C. Parks were
made directors of the new district. The
commissioners allowed the protest of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cram against
having their lands included within the
boundaries of the district and also on
the petition of Mr.. Stauffer that the
boundaries of the district be changed
so as to include his ranch. An election
was ordered to allow the residents of
the district to vote upon the organiza-
tion of the same The legal affairs in
connection with the district are being
looked after by Straud NJ Logan of
Grand Junction while Geo. A. Warning
is the engineer in charge.
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27
METHODIST CHURCH

10 a. m.-Sunday School. Visitors
welcome.
II a. m.-Short sermon by the pastor
followed by the last communion of the
conference year.
Z p. m.-Epworth League. a service
for young folks.
8 p. m.-Sermon by the pastor, Sub
iect, "The Conqueror Sword" This
is the last service of the conference
year. come and help make it the best.
You are cordially invited to worship
with us.
J. M. DICKEY, Pastor.
Residence s1S Blake Ave.. next tothe
church.
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27

The Garfield County Rod and Gun
club has secured from the government
fish hatcheries a liberal supply of cat
fish and black bass which have been
deposited in the waters of the Grand
and Roaring Fork rivers. -
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27

The contract for the construction of
Carbondale s new water works plant to
furnish municipal water from Nettle
creek was let this week to Geddes l.
Co. of Colorado Springs, the contract
price being $27 900. Work on the new
system will be started at once.
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27

DIR. and Mrs. f. J. Horan of this city
went to Rifle Wednesday as guests 1t
the wedding of Miss Leila Carmen Beall,
daughter of DIR. and Mrs. J. E. Beall, to
Mr.. Harry Walter stertzbaugh of
Toledo, Ohio. ..~.na
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27

Charles LEISURE of Coshocton, Ohio,
and Miss Parlie Stewart a ef !. Liberty,
No., were married last Monday BY
Judge B. J. snitA Of tie sssaty seast.
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27

If it. was printed at the Post Printery
it is right.
The Glenwood post., 1910-08-27

The most up to date publicity plan.
Striking aavertissms.ts in aews.