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The Springfield herald., 1910-06-03

Emit Tanner writes from
Whittier, Calf, please send the
Herald" He has located a half
section of Govt. land and will
make his home in the Golden
State.
j. N. Stalnaker was among the
successful farmers last season.
In former issue we mentioned
his maize, corn and cane crop,
but left out field of millet that
grew to perfection and yielded
immense.
w. M. Stewart has the lumber
on the ground, and has COM
menced operations on the new
abstract building. 1t will be
commodious, ornamental and snb-
substantial, with vault arrange
ments and quite an addition to
the town.
Rrof. Britts the genius of
mechanics desires us to announce
that his offer to capital in the
interest Of his marvellous .inven
ton, Perpetual Motion, will be
withdrawn in this country after
June 10th aad the matter taken
up with foreign capitalists,
Dwight Miser, 'old timer" :"
and son We're here for a couple
of days this week. Their stay
was altogether too short, come
again when you can take, the
time to make a trip around the
county and see old friends and
the wonderful changes since you
left old Baca.
T. V. Lamport, who while
only in this county for three sea-
sons, has reason to feel proud of
the success attained in farming.
Wheat is his speciality. Mr..
Lamport has splendid improve
ments. He is a thorough believ-
er in the future of Baca Go, and
supports such belief with argu-
ment that is logical.
The Springfield herald., 1910-06-03
FOR SALE

Fresh alfalfa seed; call on VIM.
Morrison at the Herbert ranch,
Blaine. For special prices apply
to A. H. Barrett, Villas.
FOR SALE
A liberal amount of white cane
seed at q cents a pound. Also
dwarf maize feed at $1.5O per
hundred. Also seed corn, price
ON application. This seed is alb
solutely first-class, any and all
reports to the contrary.
j. A. Huston, Villas.
The Springfield herald., 1910-06-03

Wanted, by June 10th.
Freighters to haul wool from
north ranch to Lamar. Half
load of salt back. Pay, 35c per
hundred both ways
j. A. Stinson, Springfield.
The Springfield herald., 1910-06-03


Word comes that j. G. Marriott
died Tuesday night or Wednes-
day morningj also that a Mr..
Blanchard residing about 5 miles
north of the Barrets' is dead.
Further particulars in our next
issue.
Mrs. Harry NJ. Lovett and two
babies, of Waynoka Okla, are
in the vicinity visiting Mrs.
Lovetts' parents, T. W. Couch
and wife.
Lee S. Miller, U. S. examiner
of surveys, is here with corps
of surveyors to inspect the Clark
survey. Besides Mr.. Miller the
party consists of George Marsh,
j. p Davis, Holmes Mitchner
Dave Gillis.
Sauce Piquant.
When the prcttiest young woman at
the boarding house table spilled nearly
all the pepper over her food the wit
of the establishment sprang the old
gag.
st won It hurt you," he said. "That
pepper is half peas.
"What is that you say?'' asked the
laldlady. "Speak little louder,
please" He reiterated his remark.
''rhat isn't true, F" retorted the land
lady, hotly.
Il do not use adulterated goods on my
table.
"Myi dear madam said the bland
joker, "there is always a lot of P's in
pepper"
There was an impressive pause. Then
the landlady said in a crushing voice:
"oh, yes-just as you always furnish
part of the desert"
81 don't understand. -
1.-THE chestnuts. Times.
The Springfield herald., 1910-06-03

: Fred Ho lister long ago grad
uated as a thorough stockman.
The past few years he has won
laurels as a farmer. Last year
he won out on maize and kaffir
corn, threshing hundreds of
bushels of the later. He has
kaffir and corn already up and
many acres ready for the lister,
j, P. Jones has thousands of
cabbage, tomato and sweet pota-
to plants, and of course will farm
again this season on the same
big scale. By the way! call a
round and see his fine young
orchard. If a doubling Thomas
as to the advisability of planting
trees, here is where your doubts
will be dispelled.
The Springfield herald., 1910-06-03
Telephone

The present line extends east
to Villas. The people of Stoning-
ton and other sections without
this great service, should call a
meeting and appoint a commit
tee to take the matter up with
the directors of the present Co.
Get busy.
The Springfield herald., 1910-06-03

Figures don't lie It's only
the padding.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-04-30
Just Once.

The dark figure waited patiently in
the deep shadow of the alley until the
sauntering policeman was swallowed
in the gloom. The streets were prac-
tically deserted; deep-throated clock
doomed the hour of two.
The watcher cast a hurried glance
up and down the street to make sure
the coast was clear, and then quietly
pulled down the fire escape ladder and
noiselessly though quickly mounted
to the second story. For an instant
the dark blur clung to the side of the
building, then a rasping noise an
nounced the stealthy opening of win
dow inside.
Safe at last" gasped the man as
he pulled down the curtain and threw
his coat and hat upon the bed. For
once in my life came home quietly
during the annual spring houseclean.
ing without falling on waxed floors or
stumbling over misplaced furniture!"
Puck.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-04-30
SPORT.

The st. Louis Browns have released
Jackson to Dallas.
Walter Logan will captain the Yale
nine the rest Of the season.
Jack Hathaway. once famous horse.
man committed suicide in Brooklyn.
Denver Western League games will
start at $3.50 hereafter instead OF 800.
Jeffries spent Tuesday afternoon
working with laborers on the river
dam. which had sprung leak.
Zbyscko. the Polish wrestler. won
from Mort Henderson. known as the
Northwest champion. in two straight
falls in New York.
Denver made a sensational finish In
their game with Lincoln Sunday
With the score 3 to l and two out.
Kelly (Denver) brought in three men.
Cheyenne has asked for a sanction
from the American Automobile Asso-
citation for its motor races on the new
track May IL. when Barney Oldfield
will be there.
In the Prix Miss Gladiator. Of $4,000,
for three-year-olds. distance eleven fur
longs, run at Maisons Lafitte, Paris,
Tuesday. w. K Vanderbilt's Reinhart
finished second.
Resolutions were passed Monday at
the meeting of the Methodist Minis
ters' association of Cincinnati calling
upon every minister in the Union to
help them make great protest
against the Jeffries-Johnson fight in
California, on July 4th.
At the Barney Oulfield auto meet in
Denver, May Is and IA, there will be
an exhibition of aeroplanes which will
astonish the citizens. At the present
time there are in the process OF con-
struction, or in completion. fifteen
flying machines of various kinds.
Final arrangements for the Spanish
American Sonderklasse races which
will be held off Marblehead, commenc-
ing on or after Monday, Sept 5th,
have been completed. The Spaniards
will send three boats of the Sender
klasse which will be met by three
American boats of the same class, Sc
lected after trial races by the East
ern Yacht Club, from among the twen-
ty-odd candidates for the honor Boats
from nearly a dozen Atlantic coast
clubs will compete in the trials.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-04-30
.PLEASES SCHURMAN
Cornell President Sees Good in
Big Philanthropy Scheme.
Believes Congress Should Grant Re-
quest for National Charter
Would Change Only Ono
Small Detail.

Ithaca, N. Y. - In an address
before the Council congress on
Friday night President Jacob Gould
scheme for the Rockefeller foundation
Tor which congress has been asked
for national charter. President
Schurman devoted his entire speech
of several thousand words to this sub
3ect and in summing up he said:
Il recognize that section No. of the
bill, which defines the object of the
Rockefeller foundation, authorizes and
empowers that foundation to do any
thing and everything which may pro-
mote and advance human civilization.
that is to say, morals and religion, art
and science, manners and social inter-
course, and all that concerns the po-
litical, economic, and material well
being of individuals and communities.
This is vast field for the exercise of
philanthropy.
"But Mr.. Rockefeller has conceived
. vast scheme of philanthropy. for the
benefit of his fellow citizens and man.
kind, His character, ability and or.
that he will carry out his scheme
wisely and successfully, with meal.
culable benefit and blessing to man.
kind. 1t is in the interest of the ma
tion that he be given a free hand in
the ex"rcise OF his colossal benefi-
cence. So long as he Is active or his
influence remains 1t would be wise
and safe to give the foundation the
sort Of organization he desires. Neith-
essary to limit the scope of his benefi-
cence. which is coextensiye with the
efforts of mankind to attain a higher
civilization.
THE only change I would desire to
see In the proposed bill is the total or
partial elimination Of the method OF
selecting trustees by cooperation. The
organization might well be left close
corporation, II Mr.. Rockefeller SO de-
sires, for a generation. But after that
time am confident that it would inure
both to the efficiency of the foundation
and to the public welfare-to say moth
ing of the satisfaction of the sentiment
Of a democracy-if the majority Of the
trustees were appointed by the presi-
dent OF the United States, with the
advice and consent of the senate, or
selected by some other high abiding
governmental agencies that may fairly
be regarded as representing the peo
pls, of the United States, whose wei
fare is the primary object of the i'm.
mense and glorious benefaction."
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-04-30

casion OF his one hundredth birth
day, that this aged veteran was ini-
tiated into the mysteries of the
B. p O. f. and insisted on having the
whole show" given to him in the
work.
Associated in the same lodge as
members are his son and grandson.
Mr. Tuffree has seven living children
and Is grandchildren and nine great
grandchildren. He says he wants
to live around Marshalltown for
awhile yet SO that he may event
ually become great-great-grandfa
ther, and then he will have done some
thing worth while.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-04-30
REST AND PEACE
Fall Upon Distracted Households
When Cuticura Enters.

Sleep for skin tortured babies and
rest for tired. fretted mothers is found
in hot bath with Cuticura Soap and
a gentle amounting with Cuticura Oint-
ment. This treatment, in the major
ity of cases, affords immediate relief
In the most distressing forms of itch
ing. burning. scaly, and crusted hui
mors. eczemas. rashes. inflammations.
irritations, and chafings, of infancy
and childhood, permits rest and sleep
to both parent and child, and points
to a speedy cure, when other remedies
fail. Worn-out and worried parents
will find this pure, sweet and econom.
ical treatment realizes their highest
expectations. and may be applied to
the youngest infants as well as chill
dren of all ages. The Cuticura Rem
edies are sold by druggists every.
where. Send to Potter Drug & Chem.
Corp, sole proprietors, Boston, Mass.
for their free 32-page Cuticura Book on
the care and treatment of skin and
scalp of infants, children and adults.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-04-30
FOREIGN.

Colonel Roosevelt visited the tomb
of Napoleon Friday
Col. Roosevelt had his first view Of
an aeroplane in flight at Paris Tues
day.
Bjornstjerne Bjornson. the Norwegi-
an poet, novelist and dramatist. re-
former. and advocate Of universal
peace, died at Paris Tuesday night.
A mob of 10000 persons at Durango,
Spain, attempted to lynch two foreign
aviators who failed to carry out their
contract. Their aeroplanes vera
burned.
The Zeppelin II. one OF the three
dirigible balloons of the German gov
ernment's aerial fleet. ran away Mon
day at Limburg-an-der-Lahn and was
destroyed.
Mr.. Roosevelt passed a comparative
ly quiet Sunday in Paris. Accompanied
by Ambassador Bacon he attended the
morning service in the American
church in the Rue de Berri and lis
tened to the sermon of the Rev.
Chauncey w. Goodrich.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-04-30

Samuel l. Clemens. Mark Twain"
died at his home in Redding. Conn.
Thursday night. He was IS years old
and the best known OF American hu-
morists.
Capt. ]. E. Haggart. OF the Gulf
Fisheries steamer Avalon, and six
members Of the crew. swear they saw
a sea serpent, estimated At from sew.
enty-five to 140 feet in length. in the
Gulf of Mexico. Just north OF Cam
pechy. Mexico. Vessels. properly
equipped have gone in search.
The Drama League Of America. or
ganized at Chicago Monday. proposes
to abolish tights in stage productions.
to do away with suggestive costumes
and to drive criticism from the foot.
lights by enlisting. a. . fighting force.
100000 American women associated
either directly or indirectly with wo-
mems clubs.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-04-30
FROM LONDON
TO MANCHESTER
PAULHAN COVERS THE 1856 MILES
AND WINS THE $4,000 PRIZE
FOR HIS FEAT.
ENCuSHMAN IS TRICkEO
WHITE GETS LATER START BUT
is BEATEN BY HIS NERvY
FRENCH OPPONENT.

London-Louis Paulhan, the French
aviator. has won the $4,000 prize do
mated by Lord Northcliffe for the first
aeroplane flight from London to Man.
chester, 1s6 miles.
The winning of the prize involved
one of the most sensational contests
ever seen in Great Britain.
1t was race between Graham
White. the English aviator. and Paul
han.
White, few days ago, attempted
the trip, but was compelled to de-
scend at Lichfield. after covering lis
miles.
Paulhan the appeared on the scene
and the two aviators made hasty prep
arations for the flight. each striving
to be first at the start.
Paulhan stole a march on the En-
glishman. ascending from Hendon at
$40 p. m. Wednesday and winning the
race.
White. who was sleeping peace
fully at the time. was apprised OF
this fact and made quick start from
Park Royal at 6: 80 p. IN.
Paulhan. flying high and fast, COW
cred III miles before he landed. max
ing that distance in hours and SO
minutes. The records:
Paulhan-Hendon. start. $50 p. m;
Bletchey. At miles. 627 p. M; Reade.
5S1a miles. $40 p. m; Rugby. SO
miles. 1921 p. m; Lichfield. descent,
$40 p. m.
White-Start, $50 p. m, Tring, 80
miles. 7:15 p. M. Bletchley. AZ miles.
1885 p. m; Wolverton, SO miles, 1850
p. M; Reade, descent, 1855 p. m.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-04-30
WASHINGTON.

The President will be presented
with fine Jersey COW from Denver.
Representative Mondell of Wyoming
5000, 900 for the establishment of res
cue stations near coal mining centers
The House has passed the bill to
pay overtime claims OF letter carriers
previously passed by the Senate. The
claims of Colorado beneficiaries az
Fegate $S3S.
The Senate committee on judiciary
into the third degree methods of ex-
torting confessions from persons
charged with crime.
The recent withdrawal of IL ,OOO, 900
acres Of coal land in Montana from en-
try is stimulating Western members
toward securing passage of the bill
pending in the House permitting entry
Of the surface of coal lands for agri-
cultural purposes.
Western interests are urging the
adoption of the Dixon amendment to
the railroad bill providing that a
greater charge shall not be made for
a short haul than for a long one.
The future policy of the Agricultu-
raj Department will be to encourage
homesteading on forest reserves, as 1t
has been decided to be an advantage
to the forest service in many ways.
The million-dollar marble building
of the International Bureau OF Amer
lean Republics, near the White House,
was dedicated to universal peace
Tuesday.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-04-30
Another Instance.

The Fiji cannibal reluctantly pro-
duced quarter in response to the
Lightning Calculators pathetic plea
at the psychological moment.
"If you would only cut out the
BOOZE" he growled, land pass up the
crap and dice and the handbook thing.
you wouldn't have to be touching your
friends for a grub-stake so regularly"
"Ah! You're like SO many others,
my Philistine friend" sighed the
Lightning Calculator; at seems i'm
possible for you to understand the &C.
centricities of genius. LOS Angeles
Herald.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-04-30
WOMAN SEEKS GOvERNORSHIP
Mrs. MariiIa M. Kicker Announces She
viii Seek the Office in New
Hampshire.

Dover. n. H.-The announcement Of
Mrs. Marilla NJ. Kicker. Dover law
yer, leader in the suffrage movement
and a well-known disciple of Ingersoll.
that she will be candidate for the
governorship Of New Hampshire. has
aroused an interest unprecedented In
the history Of New England politics.
Mrs. Kicker announces herself as q
candidate on a womans rights plat
form. In 1870 when she attempted to
vote she declared: so long as wom-
er are hanged under the laws they
should have a voice in making them. "
For a number of years past she has
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-04-30
AIRSHIP RUNS AWAY TO DOOM
Zeppelin H., Belonging to German
Army Post, 10 Wrecked
In Gale.

Limburg- g-an-der-Lahn.-The Zeppe
pelin H., one Of the three di-
rigible balloons OF the German govern
ment's aerial fleet, ran away and was
destroyed. The airship. which was
forced to descend here, owing to a
storm, encountered while attempting
a return trip from Homburg to Co.
logne, broke its moorings and without
a crew drifted in northeasterly di-
rection. A half hour after its escape
the dirigible dropped at Wellburg and
was smashed to pieces.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-04-30
WESTERN.

Mrs. Lucy A. Phillips. colored. cele-
brated her 106th birthday anniversary
at Cheyenne. Wyo., Friday.
W. J. Bryan was formally ordained
and installed . Presbyterian elder OF
his home church at Lincoln Sunday.
DR.. William F. Barbatt. one Of the
best known surgeons in San Francis
co, committed suicide in his office
Sunday
The warmest weather at this sea
son for many years has been expert
few days.
A bad switch near North Yakima.
Wash. was the cause OF wreck
which killed Engineer Gordon and
Fireman Myers and injured two mail
clerks.
Shipments of bullion from the assay
offices at Boise and Salt Lake City
will hereafter be made to the Denver
mint instead of going to Philadelphia
as heretofore.
When he was arraigned in Los An
geles Tuesday on the charge of hav-
ing murdered his wife last Friday.
Ernest Wirth, who kicked the woman
to death. begged the court to hang
him without delay.
Senator Guggenheim's bill for the
appropriation of $5O.00O to assist in
defraying the expenses OF the next ir-
rigation congress at Pueblo was not
fayorably acted upon by the Senate
irrigation committee.
AS the result of mutiny at the
Colorado state penitentiary at Canon
City, Colo, Monday night, Andrew
Johnson and Harry Brophy. convicts.
are dead, and two others badly wound
ed, one perhaps fatally. 1t had been
planned to blow up the prison with
dynamite when the conspiracy was
discovered.
That the sugar investigation insti-
tuted by the government in the East
some time ago 10 about to be taken up
in San Francisco was indicated Mon
day when representatives of four OF
the biggest sugar concerns in this city
and Honolulu were summoned to ap-
pear before the federal grand jury in
session there.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-04-30
GIRL IS HELD AS DYNAAaITER
Suspected Of Wreckins Residence Oc-
eupied by Her Former Fiance
and His Bride.

Prairie City, la. - Suspected OF
having exploded dynamite which
tore almost to atoms the mag
nificent $4,000 residence of Jesse A.
Quick, wealthy farmer. three miles
east, Miss Mary Guthrie of Carthage.
H., has been arrested.
Occupants of the house escaped in
fury. In the home were DR.. Alexander
Hall Of Colfax. former suitor OF
Miss Guthrie, and his bride. formerly
Miss Myrtle Quick.
At one time Miss Guthrie and DR..
Hall were engaged to be married.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-04-30
GEN ERAL.

Albert Walter was convicted Friday
in New York OF the murder of Ruth
Wheeler.
Welton Reihburg shot and killed his
cousin, James C. Young in a church
at Portageville. Mo-. Sunday night.
Fire of unknown origin in the wrole
sale business district of Indianapolis
destroyed property valued at 100000.
The current census is expected to
place Chicago as the fourth city in
the world
Eighteen miners were killed by a
mine explosion at Amsterdam, Ohio.
Friday night.
Coal operators in the Pittsburg dis
trict have posted notices that they will
pay the new scale.
Fire destroyed $530.00O worth Of the
Anheuser-Busch brewery at st. Louis
Wednesday morning.
Gov. Folk of Missouri is reported to
have announced himself as candi-
date for President in 1912.
Thirty-nine bodies have been taken
from the Mulga (Ala.) mine. where
the explosion took place last week.
By an explosion in the Mulga mine
at Mulga, Ala, Wednesday night, it 10
believed forty miners have perished.
The cold snap in the central west
ern states the last OF the week was
the most severe for years. Fruit losses
will total $45,00O.O00.
The recent frost has given the
South its greatest setback since the
war Millions Of acres Of young cotton
are reported to have been destroyed.
The parents Of Lorraine Clark, who
e. is in a sanitarium as result Of haz-
ing, are having the Bridgeport, Conn,
high school Investigated.
The Massachusetts House Tuesday
voted in favor of an amendment to the
federal constitution providing for cleo
ton of United States senators by di-
rect vote of the people.
Two new confessions have been
made to the detectives that are in
vestigating the alleged conspiracy by
which the Illinois Central Railroad has
been robbed of between $3.OO0,OOO and
$5,0o0.000.
Demands of the trainmen and con-
ductors Of the New York Central will
be arbitrated.
w. d. Nesbit OF the Decatur. Ala.
cotton firm Of Knight. Yancy & Co..
filed a bankruptcy petition with liza
bilities Of between $2,00O,00O and $3.-
100000, and assets Of $500.O00 and
some equities.
Miss Lacy White Hayes of Colora-
do Springs, grand daughter Of the only
president of the Confederacy, Jeffer-
son Davis. was given an ovation at the
reunion OF Confederate veterans at
Mobile, Ala, Wednesday.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-04-30
AUTOS TO CROSS CASCADES
state Of Washington to Complete Link
In Highway Through Sno-
qualmie Pass.

Seattle, Wash. Orders will be
given Immediately by the state
highway commission for the construc-
ton Of SnoQuaimie pass road across
the Cascade mountains. connecting
the eastern and western sections OF
the state and completing q transcon
tinental automobile road. A gap Of Is
miles ID all that needs to be covered
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-04-30
HoW'S This?

We onef One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by HAhs
CAtArrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY 4 CO.. Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned. have known +. J. Cheney
for years and believe him perfectly hon.
orable In all business transactions and financially
able to carry any obligations made by his nrm.
WALpIN0. kiSSAN A MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
Haii1 Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. acting
directly upon blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free Price 70 cents pes
bottle. Sold by all Druggists
Take Halls Family Pills for consultation.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-04-30
A Cinch.

Il want to hire you to go on the
stage at my entertainment"
"Whatche want me to do, boss?"
Il want to hypnotic you and have
you saw a cord of wood in full view
of the audience. but l am trying to
figure out how l can convince the
audience that you are really hypno.
tized.'
Don't you worry, boss; II saw any
wood de audience kin be sure I'm
hypnotixed or crazy"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-04-30
saxes Train From Disaster.

Spokane, Wash. Because the
engineer put on brakes after his
engine struck defective switch near
North Yakima Burlington passenger
train over the Northern Pacific rail.
road was saved from disaster. En-
gineer Gordon OF Ellensburg and Fire
man Meyers of Pasco were killed.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-04-30
Settled at Last.

Washington.-The secretary of the
treasury gave directions Wednesday
for the award of the contract for the
erection of the Denver public building
to the Hedden Construction Company
of New York. This concern will re-
ceive s1.212.290 for the erection Of the
building.
Colorado Yule marble will be used.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-04-30
Stampede Of Elephants.

Danville. Ill.-Several persons were
injured and 100000 worth of property
damaged when eight bulls and one fe-
male elephant of the Ringing circus
stampeded here Wednesday.