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The state herald., 1910-11-11
GENERAL.

Wellesley college girls have organ
lied a fire department and elected
Miss Mary Sawyer OF Lowell its chief
A climax in the express strike in
New York is expected and this. In the
opinion OF the strike leaders. will be
In the nature Of general strike.
Rapid progress is being made in the
construction OF the new Midland Con.
tInental railroad. through the agri.
cultural districts OF North and South
Dakota.
The quarrel between the six trans.
continental express companies and
their employees OF the metropolitan
district. New York. has sidled rather
blindly into deadlock.
Peter Liebach OF Pittsburg. Pa, her
init, who during years OF solitude
saved $4,000 which he will divide
with bride. has received 952 offers
of marriage from women. many Of
whom fill his Ideas. as the result OF a
story published week ago.
The perplcNing problem OF keeping
the men In attendance upon the
church services and to permit the
women members 10 wear the monster
hats they now affect is up to the Koko.
mo und.) ministers. TO whom some OF
the men have been complaining. Ger,
tain men have ceased going TO church
and have frankly given the reasons.
The ministers hesitate to request the
women TO remove their hats for fear
OF offcnse.
Real winter has visited many parts
OF the East and the Middle West Al
Baltimore the storm which began
Wednesday night and reached the
proportions OF n small blizzard abatod
Friday afternoon, The snow ceased
falling and the wind greatly decreased
IN velocity. Shipping has been much
intcrforcd with. though no losses have
been reported, Several smiling YES.
sells have not been heard from. The
telephone and telegraph eompnnlos
were badly crippled within radius
Of fifty miles Of the city and
communication with the South was
altogether cut off.
The outlook IL poor for nn curly set.
tlomont Of the garment workers strike
In Chicago. The strikers declined the
proposed agreement offered and
sought the aid OF the Chicago Fedora,
ton of Labor
Led by throng Of women singing
the "MaruolllaiHc." several thousand
striking garment workers paredcd
through the North Side factory dis
trlct OF Chicago Friday, The march,
cru visited each Of the opon shopH In
this section Of the eltv and shouted
derlHlycly at non.union workers and
strlkebrsakorz.
The state herald., 1910-11-11
Extensive plans for Farmers Congress

Fort Collins.-Work of preparing an
interesting, instructive and profitable
program for the short course in agri-
culture and home economics, to be
held at the Colorado Agricultural col
lege the week beginning January O..
1911. is going on apace.
The annual meeting of the Colorado
Farmers congress. so successfully or
ganized last year, will be held Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday of the same
week. allowing the delegates to spend
a most profitable week at the Agricul.
tural college and, returning, visit the
stock show in Denver.
There will be something worth
while for every farmer and his family,
whether he be proprietor or tenant.
for every young man and every young
woman who rightly aspires to become
a factor in solving the problems of the
race. There will be lectures by emf
nent specialists In agriculture and kin.
dred subjects, including animal hus-
bandry. dairyinE and stock Judging.
The many interesting and important
questions relating to horticulture, seed
selection and plant and animal breed
ing as applied to Colorado conditions
and in comparison with other states
similarly situated. will be treated in
n practical way by men of experience
and training. The vital subjects re-
lated to home making will receive spe'
clnl attention at the hands Of the de-
partment of home economics.
The state herald., 1910-11-11
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FRO M ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, DoINes, ACHIEVE.
MENTS, suFFERlNGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN.

! Rev. II. II. Clapham of Santa Clara,
Calf. fell dead in his pulpit in the
Episcopal church while reading a
Psalm.
Eight are known to be dead and four
more or less seriously injured as re-
suit of freight wreck on the Great
Northern railroad near Chattaroy,
Wash, early Sunday morning.
Michael Coyne, rs years old, who
gained fame in the early days of San
Francisco as one of the chief support
ers of the sand lot" orator, Dennis
Kearney, was burned to death in fire
that destroyed the Columbia hotel in
San Francisco.
All the unallotted lands of the five
civilized tribes of Indians in Oklaho.
ma. amounting to 1,G50,O00 acres, and
the forested area in the Choctaw ma
ton, amounting TO about 1,3G5,O0O
acres, are to be sold at public auc.
ton, according to a decision reached
by the secretary Of the interior.
AT Boston the heroism displayed
when Raynor NJ. Gardiner of Colorado
Springs. a first year man at the Har.
ward law school. leaped into the chilly
waters of the Charles river and reg.
cued Pierce Brown. middle-aged
would-be suicide, from drowning. is
the talk of the undergraduates OF the
university.
The American consul at Acapulco
and the Mexican authorities are con.
vinced that one of the men arrested
there on suspicion Of being implicated
in the dynamiting of the Los Angeles
Times building is Wilson B. Evans,
said to be wanted in Los Angeles for
embezzlemcnt, and that the others are
not the parties for whom search has
been made.
Harrison Grey Otis and Harry
Chandler, assistant manager OF The
Times were arrested at Los Angeles
charged with criminal libel as The re-
suit Of an article resented by labor
leaders. A similar charge was made n
few days ago and dismissed on ac-
count OF technical error. The charge
Is brought by Andrew Gallagher Of
san Francisco.
The announcement Is now made by
astronomers that another interesting
phenomenon is scheduled for Novem.
ber 10th in an eclipse OF the moon.
The moon, which is full on that date.
rises little below six in the even.
ing partially ecllpsed. is in total
eclipse at half past six. and passes
out Of the carth's shadow two hours
later, II is probable that the most in.
tercsting periods OF this eclipse will
occur before the moon comes up from
behind the mountains to the east.
The present behavior and past his.
tory OF Great salt Lake is attracting
more and more attention each year
and Is now the object OF n special in
yestiFatiou by the United State geo.
logical survey The United States
Weather Bureau precipitation records
beginning 1863, present a comparative.
ly accurate record Of the levels OF
Great Salt Lake dating back to the
year 1850. In 1850 the lake stood at
. feet In 1865 the water rose to II
feet. dropped TO rs feet In 1873 and
rose again to II feet In 1877. The
lake then gradually lowered until the
water stood at "a feet In 1909 and 90
feet In 1905. Since 1908 the water has
gradually risen, reaching the G.fOot
mark in May. 1910. The lake Ii now
falling.
The state herald., 1910-11-11
Lieut.. Johnston Given MednI.

Observation-Disclosures Taft per.
sonally presented to Lieut.. Gordon
Johnston OF the Seventh cavalry the
medal Of honor awarded TO that young
officer by Congress. Lieut.. Johnston
was awarded the medal for gullantry
IN action against the Philippine Moros
At Buddajo In 1906.
The state herald., 1910-11-11
STATE NEWS
OF INTEREST TO
ALL COLORADO
Pc OPlE
Dave Day Sued for libel.

Durango.-David F. Day, editor of
The Democrat. is up against three
libel suits in which o. s. Galbreath,
editor OF The Wage Garner, asks $685.
900 damages. The suits are the results
of charges and counter charges con.
cerning money paid out by the Demo
cratic county commissioners, in whica
Galbreath claims his character has
been assailed by Day.
The state herald., 1910-11-11
COLDS
BREED
CATARRH
Her Terrible Experience Shows
How Peruna Should Be in Every
Home to Prevent Colds,

Mrs. e. s.
Sage r s c r.
1911 Wood
land Ave-,
X a n s u 8
City. Mo-,
writes:
II feel 1t
q duty to
you and to
others that
may be af-
hicted like
myself. to
speak ( o r
Peruna.
MY trou-
b lie fl r 8 t
came after
la gr 1 p p o
e 1 q h t or
nine years
ngo, n gath
ering in my
head n II d
neuralgia. I
su n Q r O d
most all the
t 1 m e. My
nose, ears
and Q y @ $
were badly
~AntaI 90.
The state herald., 1910-11-11
Roossyslt Was eenfId,n,.

New York Predicting tho election
Of Henry J., stlmHon. Theodore RooHe,
Welt completed his campaign Tor the
Republican party which has extended
over more than month and carried
him into New York, Masaachusrtis.
Now Hampshire, ohio, Indiana and
Iowa
The state herald., 1910-11-11
Farmers to Take Agricultural Course

Greeley.-Many Weld county farm
ers are planning to take the short
course in agriculture a. the State Agri-
cultural college when the course be-
gins Jan. o. 1t is said that the course
will be an especially fine one this win
ter, planned for tenant as well as own
er, and for young men and women as
well as for experienced farmers.
The state herald., 1910-11-11
IrrIos,e Land Win Electric PUMPS,

Fort Lupton.-wlth the granting Of
franchise to the Northern Colorado
Power Company to furnish electricity
for light and power here the truck
gardening Industry will be revolution
lied. as the land adjoining the town
Ia Nat and only 10 feet above wntes.
making Il easy to pump for irrigation
b. electric power
The state herald., 1910-11-11

New fork.=stfong pressure 10 end
the express strike has been brought to
bear upon the tranHcontinental com.
pahloa by the Morchantb' association
Of New York
The state herald., 1910-11-11

A Nackthroated loon. n bird most
uncommon In this locality. In the lat.
cat addition to the State Normal
school museum at Greeley.
The state herald., 1910-11-11
FOREIGN.

A party Of 20 IcHulta. the last OF the
members OF the religious orders. have
boon expelled from Lisbon. They
sailed Tor Holland.
The state herald., 1910-11-11
cerenatIon In Innr.

London King George has issued n
proclamation fixing tho date u tho
coronation ~ Juno 2g.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-28
BUSSE MERIT PLAN

"A scheme to make the civil service
system more effective and thereby
give the government more efficient
service has been devised at Chicago
While something has been done to
divorce politics from the public service
ia the federal government yet it is
admitted 10 be but partially success
full. The political pull still remains
and the system is emasculated. Chica-
20 has appropriated $4,000 TO organize
ana operate an efficiency bureau. The
proposition advanced is for employees
to be graded on their efficiency and
one to be successful must make a
grade of 70 per cent. If one falls be-
iew that figure he win be considered
inefficient and may rose his position.
with an impartial system of grading
ones work will show on it's face
whether the services in question
should be continued.
rwhen this plan was submitted TO
the commissioners Of the federal
merit system at washington they
were inclined to look with favor on
itas 1t appears to show how to make
the system effective.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-28
THE ENGLISH PLAN

In welcoming the conference of gov
ernors at the White House. President
Taft INDUCED in little good-natured
speculation as to how the English
system of executive authority might
work In this country, especially with
respect Ito giving the executive the
right to argue matters out with the
legislative branch and go before the
people, If necessary. He said he would
like to have heart-to-heart talks with
some of the governors as to their
methods of procuring legislation.
President Washington once did go
before the senate TO seek advice
about certain legislation. Instead of
sending In a message he appeared in
person. He did not attempt to argue
with the senate but merely asked
questions. The senators were rather
slow to commit themselves and the
plan was considered a failure.
The American theory is quito diff
ItTent VI COuISt " hlt IIhbiiSh iu'e''
In England there is closer relation
between the executive legislative and
judicial departments than in this
country. The prime minister and his
cabinet sit in parliament and take an
active part in the proceedings. The
house of lords is the supreme court
of the country as we'll as the senate.
After living under the British con-
stltution the trainers of the American
constitution tried TO make it different
from the British by complete sepa-
ration of all three departments.
President Taft does not say that he
thinks the British system is better
than ours but merely states he
would like to see how 1t would work.
No doubt the American people prefer
the American plan. It is certainly the
better.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-28

timber and stone act, and the mining
law Title to the site on which Is
located the great dam for the reser-
voir which supplies the city of Dem
yer was obtained by entering II as a
building and stone claim, obtaining
IL from the Government for n song
whereas its value Is many millions
The monopoly of the power sites of
California has resulted chiefly from
such fraudulent use of the public
land laws. President Roosevelt
Fought against this encroa chnAent,
saying that the power sites belong
ing to the people and rapidly being
absorbed into corporate ownership
ought to be developed for the bene-
ht of the communityIp a special mes
sage to Congress he urged that the
theft be stopped till proper leglsla-
ton provided that these power sites
could be leased under restrictive and
limited contracts, instead OF being
practically given away for all time.
To accomplish this one of his last
official acts was to withdraw from
settlement and entry portions of the
unappropriated public domain con-
laining the more important sites for
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-28

has known, between the people and n
combine of Interests" Ten years
ago the amount of electricity gcnerat-
ed by water-powcr was negligible.
To-day more than five-million horse
power, developed by water. Is used
I'm the generation of electricity In
America, and one-third of the total
water-power now I'm use is more or
less directly controlled by the thir-
teen concerns as nearly amalgamated
as Is necessary TO serve the pur-
pose. The General Electric and
Westinghouse Electric alone hold de-
veloped and undeveIoped water-pow-
er representing over a million horse
power, and further concentration Of
water-power in the county Is rapid
ly going forward
Water-power Is the cheapest form
of power in existence. In large por-
tion sof the United States, partlcu-
larly in the Northwest, II is prac-
tically the only form of power avail
able. There are vast water powers
still undeveloped, remaining In pub
lie ownership, and the gravest aues-
ton Is how to develope and use them
in way to prevent an eternal mo-
nopoly and consequent extortion, be-
yond the control of the Government
If once established. 1t was this which
President Roosevelt sought most
strenuously to accomplish, and which
Clifford Pinchot, Chief of the Forest
Service, Is fighting for his official life
to protect. within the national for
ests the use of sites valuable for the
development of water-power Is regu-
lated by law, with stringent anti
trust and anti-monopoly clauses, and
the necessity of providing water to
would-be consumers ut reasonable
rates, with leases which are limited
to fifty years. These are safe but,
within the unappropriated public do
main there Is very little legal re
stralnt protecting the rights of the
people at large. At present Hhese
power sites cannot be leased, but they
are constantly being staken up,
fraudulently under varions public
land laws-the homestead law, the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-28
THE DESPOILERS

II the Pinchot- Ballinger controversy
does nothing else, 1t will still be OF
value as indicating to the people OF
this country the tremendous inf;u-
once Of the despoilers of the pubic
domain. II has been generally known
an along that. in some way, the re-
sources OF this country were getting
away from the government, that vast
tracts of land had been stolen. that
valuable mineral claims had been
gobbled up. and that the available
water-power rights had been confis-
Gated by others than those who should
have had the use OF them. And still,
hut little attention was paid TO the
matter until within recent years.
While he was secretary of the in
terror. Ethan Allen Hitchcock be-
came aware Of the power OF the de-
spoilers, but he admitted that he was
helpless to content against
them. In the light OF tho pending
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-28

Pinchot Ballinger muddle, letter
Roosevelt some three years ago, is in
teresting. II shows that MIR. Hitchcock
good man that he was, deplored the
tendency, and would do what he could
to prevent the public domain from
falling into the hands of the corpora
tions and the trusts and the already
wealthy rancher and cattleman. In
deed, the letter reads exactly as IL it
had been written since the Pinchot-
Ballinger quarrel started. In part IL is
as follows;
"NIr President, l entered the serv.
ice deeply inbued with the importance
to the people of our great public do
main. "t" l regret to say that all
my efforts to release II from the grip
of its despoilers have been met by
every embarrassment that human in
genuity could devise; powerful influ-
ences have been concerned, and they
have not hesitated to aggressively
exert every agency they could COM
mand to weaken the hand of the law:
even local land officials have been
subservient to their purposes; their
Vaccinations seemingly have at times
not been without paralyzing effect
upon the machinery of justice; too
frequently the officers of the law APP
pear to have been under the bewitch.
ing spell of their power; the punish
ment imposed by the courts has in
many cases been so conspicuously in
adequate, as to encourage rather than
deter violators of the law. Whether
this ofiioial stagnation is due in any
degree TO local political influences TO
which these officials are more or less
indebted for their commissions and
the retention of their positions IL is
not important to discuss in this pa
per. 1t is the deplorable fact how
ever, that too many of those charged
with the administration of the law
are bringing reproach upon the pub
lie service that impells me to call
your attention to the grave Difficult
ties which beset the administration in
any efforts 1t may make to rescue the
public domain from a serious peril
80" In such efforts as / have made
to protect the service in my charge
from the ravages of inordinate greed
IL has not been my custome to con-
slider the station or power of the gull
ty; they all look alike to me, except
that in my view the higher the Of
fender the greater the crime against
society and lay because of the force
and influence of the higher example"
Springfield (O) News.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-28
DEALERS CALLED
ON THE CARPET
Cleveland Prosecutor Takes
a Hand in the High
Price Probe.
By limited press WIrn.

Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 2S.--The cli-
max of the widespread investigation
originated with the meat boycott in
Cleveland, was reached yesterday
when county Prosecutor Cline caused
summons TO be issued for dealers in
every sort of household necessity pre-
paratory 10 investigating every asso-
citation of breadetao etao etao etao
citation of foodstuff dealers In Cuya-
hoga county.
The list of summons include butch
ers, grocers, commission men, cooks
and hotel stewards and the firms
which are TO be dragged into the
limelight are the Cleveland Provi-
sion company, Swifts and Armors
packing companies. Masters Butch
ers Protective association, Belle
Vernon Mapes Dairy company Glover
dale Dairy company, and the Cleve-
land Butter and Egg Board.
The county inquiry will be con-
Quoted individually and conjunc-
lively with the inquisition by the
investigate commission appointed to
investigate the causes for the high
cost of living A conference is
scheduled for tomorrow morning
among Prosecutor Cline and his
staff of prosecutors, Senator Gott-
shall, of the legislative committee,
and John A. Album, assistant at
torney general. Indictments will be
sought
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-28

striking before they have exhausted
peaceable means of obtaining their
demands.
The district leaders contend on the
other hand that the union should
issue an ultimatum to the operators
to sign up by April 1 or expect a
strike then; that IL the union does
not agree on this date, the operators
will delay negotiations in order to
be better prepared for the strike
when IL finally comes and that 1t Is
weak of the union to work without
in agreement which. they claim
is technically working without re-
cognition.
The convention adjourned shortly
after going into session this morn
ing i'm order that the various com
mites may have time to transact
business so that the reports may be
made tomorrow. The scale com
'mittee, II Is said, may make a pre-
liminary report Saturday
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-28
IS
LIKE GRANT
Will not Change his Police
/ to Suit Whims of Dis
satisfied Ones.
BY United Press wire.

Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 27--
Friends of President L. l.. Lewies,
of the United sMine Workers,
today say he is prepared to stand
or fall by his policy that no district
should sign an agreement with the
operator until all are ready 10
sign ande that there should
be no strike, even after the present
agreement expires April 1. until
negotiations with the operators are
finally broken off. As result. 1t
is said among the miners that a
fierce fight will be waged In the con-
vention in the next few days be-
tween Lewis and his opponents, who
favor general strike as soon as the
agreement expires April /. 1t is
said Lewis will flight the district
leaders and then put his conduct up
TO the verdict of rank and file of
the organization.
Lewis main contention In defense
of his policy will be that there is
not time between now and April /
TO negotiate all the agreements and
taht IL would be foolish 20 huspend
work then, thus diyerting the trade
from the fair operators who are
treating with the miners, to unfair
operators.
He contends that like a nation, a
union should be prepared for war
only as a means 70 maintain peace
and that the miners would lose the
support OF the public opinion by
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-28

water-power. A large part of this
withdrawal was later restored for
settlement claims by Secretary Ball
niger, who asserts that he has the
strict letter of the law to back him.
Precisely the same question is in
VOWED in the bitter fight over the
Cunningham coal combine-claims
said to cover a billion dollars worth
of high-grade coal, taken up, 1t is
stated. by more than thousand en-
tries. of which IL is asserted that many
were out-and-out dummies and
many were fraudulent. When MIR.
Garfield was Secretary of the In
terror he had the Cunningham claims
carefully investigated, and 1t Is re-
ported that he dismissed them as ut
terly worthless These fields con-
stitute considerable part of the
available future coal supply OF the
nation, annd II Is worthy of serious
thought on the part of the whole
people, whether they shall be thus
surrendered by the Government to en-
hance the power OF monopoly. Now
is the time, II ever, for the people
to speak in ense.-WIllard
French In February Lippincott's.