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Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-18
AUTOS AT THE BANK.

From the Ohio State Journal.
Indiana bankers have resolved to
loan no more money on mortgages CIV
ON to get funds to buy automobiles
with. 1t is said out there nearly all
the automobiles are thus secured and
that the notes often go by default or
are renewed. An Iowa banker says:
the mad resire of Iowa farmers Tor
automobiles has lost the state millions
of dollars"
This probably IL the situation over
the country 1t has become "a mania,
and people resort to every financial
device 10 get an automobile. This ties
them down to debt. which causes
IL struggle that must neutralize much
OF the pleasure OF auto riding. II the
situation ia as some bankers say. there
VIII be crash one OF these days that
VIII pun down general business.
so, the right thing to do Ii to wait
TIL one is able to buy an auto and
pay cash for IT, Then he can ride ana
see the yiolets smile and hear the
meadow larks whistle along the way.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-18
COMMON SENSE PHILANTHROPY

Richmond tVa) Dispatch.
David Ranken of st. Louis evidently
does not believe in death-bed charity
He is an lrishman by birth, came to
this country in his youth, and has ac
quired by thrift and sheer ability an
estate of about $4,000. 900, made up OF
gilt-edge securities and valuable St
Louis real estate. He has always been
generous and few years ago he es.
tablished a school where working
boys could be trained in the manual
arts while they were earning a living
A man never smells the roses on his
own grave, and man never sees the
good done with his money when he
is dead and gone. If the giver is al.
ways blessed as much as those to
whom he gives. whenever he does a
deed of charity he is doubly blessed
who sees the good he does.
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A FEW THOUGHTS.

Every day we spend without learn
Ing something is a day lost--Bethoven
He who would do great thing we'll
must first have done the simplest
thing perfectly. Cady.
or all the fine arts. music Is that
which has most influence on the pas
sions and which the legislator ought
the most TO Napoleon.
II all were determined to play the
first violin, we should never have
complete orchestra.-Schumann.
| am what am because | WAS In
dustrious. Whoever is equally seduIous
Will be equally successful.-Bach.
Genius at first is little more than
great capacity for receiving dis
cipllne.-George Eliot.
Music is a discipline and a Mistress
OF order and good manners.-Martin
Luther
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OIL NEWS OF THE WEEK.


The Connecticut Oil company, Oak
land, California, II. b. Keim, manager,
are taking down lumber this week to
build derrick house for their Column.
bia N. 5. rig capable of going 1000
feet. Mr.. Keim has just gotten In
bits for ten inch hole, the largest in
that part of the field This Will be
another drill in action for deep hole
and will prove that the lower sands
of the fields are oil bearing Work in
the oil fields has not stopped this year
on account of the hot weather, but is
proceeding steadily along, with fine re
suits thus far. Increased interest is
being shown in these fields by oper
ators in oil, the extra fine quality of
the oil produced and the sure striking
of the fluid, there not being a dry hole
In the district, presents to them re
marltable combination hereto unknown
and the land is being purchased there
there is n possibility of losing In this
great field.
The Lime Creek Oil company, the
stock of which is controlled by the
Western Investment company. of vie
tor, has appointed Closson q HUFF as
their resident agents here for the sale
of the stock of this company. Free
G. Bodfish manager. is now out az.
ter regular Standard rig the best
made, and capable of making five thou.
sand feet. Stock is being sold to put
in the development fund and as soon
as a good well is down the stock will
raise proportionately
Railroad men have been In the oil
fields of late looking into the like
lihood of a sufficient output of oil To
warrant the building of a road TO that
place. This Is most encouraging
denoting the interest that is being TAX
en- In that place by capitalists other
than oil men, and will give the South.
ern Pacific added reason for building
to this country.
The big well on the Arcola group
known as the Brice well, Is ut pres.
ent furnishing the different machines
In the field with oil for fuel. It has
been bailed out thus far, but now a
new pump is being put in Several
barrels per day is being hoisted. and
the well never lowers. 1t is the opin.
ion of Mr.. Brice that IL would furnish
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Indiana Mob
Threaten 10 Lynch

FORT WAYNE. Ind. July ia mob
OF farmers near here are organizing to
storm the Fort Wayne jail and lynch
Moses Richer who was arrested last
night. and who confessed that he had
bitten strips OF flesh from the body
OF ~ year old Charles Coast, his
adopted son, and then killed him.
The boy aggravated me for long
time" Richer said. Neighbors who re-
ported to Sheriff Richer's cruelty to
the boy. They missed him yesterday
and demanded Richer to tell them
where he was Richer led them to a
bed where the BOY lay and told them
that Charles had been gored to death
by bull. The Sheriff summonded
and brought Richer to jail here. The
man confessed for months that he had
bitten the boy to punish him, holes had
been torn in the boys back. chest and
abdomen.
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CRAZED NEGRO
RUNS AMUCK
A Florida Negro Crazed With Cocaine Kills
Three, Fatally Wounds Three Others
and Then Commits Suicide

TAMPA, Fla, July 1G-Will ELI.
son, negro crazcd with cocaine last
night shot and killed his molher-in-law,
Celia Bryant, Rev. Jesse Avery of the
First African Methodist church, Henry
Clark, negro orgaBist at the church,
and seriously wounded his wife. Eva
Ellison, and his sister-in.law. Mary
Bryant, fatally wounded police Hay.
man, then committed suicide.
Ellison's outbreak began at the
church lie shouted that he was pre-
pairing TO send all sinners to their re.
ward, fired at Rev Avery, a load of
shot entering his breast causing in
stant death, then AT CLARK who was sit.
ting at the organ and was the next.
Ellisonthen hurried to the home of his
wife's mother where he shot his moth.
er-in.law's head off and when his wife
and sister-in-law appeared he fired on
them. Ellison then mounted horse
and started away lat gallop. he en-.
countered officer Hayman and opened
fire. The first shot took effect in the
officers LEFT breast Just above heart,
knocking him from his horse Hayman
returned the negros fire. the negro
darled down an Glley. The place that
he was supposed to be hiding in was
surrounded by Officers and after a
short wait they started in to run him
out They found him Just inside the
yard unconscious and he was hurried to
the Police station to escape the rap.
idly gathering mob ON arriving at
the station II was found that he was
dead
Ellison had drank most of the con
tents Of The whiskey bottle into which
he had poured a quantity of strychnine
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TRAVEL IN PARIS.

From the Rock Island 0ll) Argus.
There are nearly half a million hor.
SEES and motor vehicles in Paris today
with 10000 hand carts and 5000 wheel
barrows. In 1909, 65.S7O accidents
were caused in the Paris streets by
Sl,s6S vehicles. These statistics are
contained in report drawn up by EN-
lille Massard at the request of the Paris
Municipal Council on the incumber
ment OF Paris streets. One OF NJ
the street traffic in Paris, II station
airy, would occupy 445 acres of the
2079 acres OF streets which Paris pos
sesses. Last year 100000. 900 persons
Travelled by omnibus and tramway. and
there were 294 .0O0,0 passengers on
the underground railway.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-18
FATE OF CITY CHILDREN.

Rbeta Childe Dorr, In one of the
July magazines, says that of 1926 chill.
dren examined in New York fully 20
per cent were found to be suffering
with some pulmonary trouble. Iii.
nois, she says. has figured that II
spends si,SO0,000 to educate children
every year who die OF tuberculosis be
fore they reach the age of 20. The
national tuberculosis societies have
calculated that one-twentieth OF all
the children now In school. nearly Il
million children, are doomed to die
of the dread disease before they
reach the age OF womanhood or man.
hood
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-18
FAIR DIRECTORY MEETING.


The directors Sof the Colorado New
Mexico fair association met last even
ing in the Board of Trade rooms. ]. o.
Taylor, Conrad Riester. A. Leiner, Geo
Logan. j. w. Jarvis, Harry Thomas,
and George w Moody were present
II was decided that the soliciting
committee commence work on Monday
so as to secure a guarantee fund of
S. 800. An effort Will be made to
make each assessment proportionately
as low as possible
The premiums In horticulture, agri.
culture and dairy and pantry exhibits
have all been doubled over last year
Plans for advertising were discuss
ed, as well as a number of matters
not yet definitely settled
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GOV. SHAFROTH NAMES
DELEGATES TO IRRIGATION
CONGRESS, AT PUEBLO

PUEBLO. July 16.-Governor Shat
roth Of Colorado has not only named
a very DISQUALIFICATION at large from
the state to the Eighteenth National Ir-
rigation congress. Pueblo, September
$500. but now comes to the front with
the suggestion that the delegation
should have several meetings. one of
them very soon now. before the con
gress begins. Governor Shafroth has
suggested this to T. c. Henry. who is
not necessarily chairman of the Colo
RADIO delegation, but who was the first
delegate named by the governor in his
list
In furtherence of this suggestion, the
Colorado delegation will shortly be
called together for consultation as to
the course of the delegation at the
congress There are some matters
affecting the reclamation policy, irri.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-18
COLORADO BRIEFS

Fruita entertained 1900 people in
Belt road
have taken steps to revive the Noun
tain and Plain festival
All efforts to locate the body of At.
torney Rodney Rist who was drowned
early in the week, have thus far been
unsuccessful.
State Chemist Hill boasts that not
one mortality from ptomaine poison.
ing has occurred in Denver for three
years.
Rev. Thomas West, pastor of the
Methodist church has disappeared and
his friends fear he has committed sui.
eide.
On account of the shortage of water
this year farmers of northern Colo
RADIO are learning to conserve their
irrigation water as never before.
Work was started in Grand Junction
Wednesday on the boring of second
artesian well in hopes of finding a
water supply sufficient for city use.
Irrigation by electricity was done In
when the Eaton Electric Light com
pany ran a line from its plant to the
district to operate % electric pumps.
The name of w. II. Allison the
Boulder banker who was killed In an
auto accident Sunday was robbed while
the family were attending the fun
eral. The thief represented himself
to be an undertaken.
The Chamber of Commerce of the
capital city have voted to raise a fund
of $500 to bring back to Denver men
who defraud the merchants of that
city by the bad check method and then
leave town abruptly.
Lieutenant Calvin =. Titus, nephew
OF the Rev w. II. Lee of Colorado
Springs, and well known in the state
has been appointed by the Chinese
government to the head of the depart.
ment OF military tactics.
Farmers flocked to the Bennett ranch
10 miles east OF Fort Collins Wednes
day to see the grass hoppers dying and
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-18
Officials Preparing
For a Strike

PHILADELPHIA, July 16-Although
officials OF the Pennsylvania railroad
profess to believe that their twenty
five thousand conductors and trainmen
Will not quit work. they today took
measures to meet any contingency. -
Continued negotiations between Gen.
eral Manager Pee and the discomfort.
ed men on the western lines OF Penn.
sylvania only nope for peace. but it is
feared however by men on both sides
that the signal to break will likely
come at any moment.
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cation laws, resolutions, etc, which
the delegation expects to bring active.
~ TO the attention of the congress.
tits probable that this course will be
adopted by other states to the end
that when each state reaches Pueb.
10 in September next there will be n
harmonized course of action outlined
on policies and important questions
that will permit of expedition and
success.
Leading Colorado papers are print
ing editorials these days urging such
conferences. and congratuating the
governor for suggesting il.
Says one:
The Colorado delegation to the
Eighteenth National Irrigation con
sress will meet next September should
agree upon definite policy and line
of action to present to that conyen-
ton
Since the next congress will meet
in Colorado city at least the dele
gates from this state should be able
to give n reason for their coming to.
gether They should have definite
purpose. and they should be prepared
TO push 1t through
There is IL similar movement ON in
respect to the Kansas delegation Chas.
L. Sutton of Lawrence, president of
the state board of agriculture, is the
first-named on the state delegation
and has given it out that he will prob
ably assume to call the delegation to-
sether at some central point in ad.
vance of the Pueblo congress
The thought is expressed at con.
gress headquarters that other govern
ors and other state chairmen will take
similar action. 1t will result in great
e. state cohensiveness and great unan.
unity of action when the congress
meets.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-18
Commits Suicide
on High Seas

NEW YORK, July 16-When the
French liner Lorraine locked here to.
day her commander reported a suicide
at sea, Miss Eleanor Hoffman, a sa-
loon passenger was the unfortunate
woman. The woman jumped over
board Thursday morning while the yes.
sci was running in dense fog. An
alarm was quickly given and a life
belt was thrown over board and a
boat launched but the woman was not
seen again.
She was resident of New Jersey
Miss HOFFMAN was 80 years old, and
seemingly in good health and spirits
up to the time when she jumped over
board. Her sister expressed the belief
that she had suddenly become insane
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-18
SAVE cHILpREN's EYES.

Mrs. Ella Flagg Young says that it
is surprising how many children in
the Chicago schools have defective eye
sight and TO try to remedy the de-
feet she has had pasted in all the
school books warning to this effect:
Your eyes are worth more to you
than any book. Your safety and your
success in life depends upon your eyes.
Therefore take care OF them. Always
hold your book up when you read.
Hold your book II inches from your
face. BE sure that the light is clear
and good. Never read In n bad light.
Never read when the sun is shining
directly on your book. Never face the
light In reading Let the light come
behind or over your left shoulder.
Avoid books or paper printed indis.
tinctly or in small type, Rest your
eyes by looking away from the book
every few minutes. Cleanse your eyes
night and morning with clear water.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-18
THE TIGHT SKIRT.

While the "hobble" skirt seems to
have come into fashion In Paris. &C
cording to foreign illustrated papers
1t is not worn in this country as yet
But most women over 30 remember
when the skirt was so tight that one
could scarcely walk in 1t, and the arms
had TO be rubbed at night to set up
sleeves all day. History only is re-
peating Itself. after all. and the tight
skirt Ia sure to be fashionable again,
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-18
PRESENT DRY SPELL HAS
BEEN ExPEcTE1 BY EXPERTS

WASHINGTON,D h. July l5.-The
drought from which the west is sui.
fering only verifies what many agri.
culturists have expected for long
time, saidacting secretary Hays of the
Department of Agriculture today.
Many OF us knowing that the west
has suffered from cyclones of drought,
believed these cyclones would again
hamper the farmers there, but period
of many years may follow during
which rain will be regular Will cause
the people to forget the real conditions
that face them, continued Mr.. Hays
who was at one time j. farmer in MINI.
csota.
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among the poor of Syracuse and teach
them the art OF cooking. She did this
in Rochester. and it has been found
that trained women, going about
among the poor. can teach them how
to cook more healthful foods and to
do II more economically. Other wo,
men in New York are engaged In
this work. and 1t has been found to
be very successful.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-18
RADIO. Another evidence OF good Iudg-
mont.

rado. Another evidence OF good judy
mont.
While driving a team OF horses In
Boston Wednesday. James Smith was
overcome by the heat and died. He
continued to hold the reins OF the ami
nal for fully 20 minutes after death,
the animals galloped mile and a half
before they were stopped.
All hopes OF break In the monopoly
which controls the diamond output OF
the world was disappointed today
An agreement has been reached that
places the price of diamonds under
the control of the monopoly for the
next five years was made.
A new postage stamp has been or.
dered printed. 1t will be used by the
postmasters In connection with postal
savings banks. Instead OF using the or.
binary ranked or penalty envelope for
official postal savings bank mail. spe-
cial stamps will be used, enabling the
postal authorities to accurately record
the expense of transmitting postal saw.
ings mail II Is the purpose OF the law
that the postal savings banks should
be self-supportIng. pay interest to de-
postors, all clerk hire and cost OF
TRANSFORMATION
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-18
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Denver took third place in the Elks
prize drill at Detroit
Secretary Of War Dickinson IL to
make a tour OF the world
Mayor Gaynor OF New York has call.
ed hal. on all night saloons.
The fight against the objectionab BILE
bill boards has bssn virtually won In
Chicago.
The martial troubles of millionaire
IIartje are again being aired In the
divorce court
High authorities say the present con
ddon of the stoc market is due to
extreme caution rather than actual
dullness.
Ramona ranch including 100 acres
of bearing orchard, In the Touchet
valley, Washington has been sold for
100000.
w. ]. Bryan. the famed authority on
the Reconciliation of wampum is hold.
ing forth at the Fort Morgan Chau.
tauqua today.
The quiet Fourth OF July In New Or.
leans found n marked contrast Thurs.
day in the celebration OF the French
colony of the fall of the bastile.
Five millions In fortunes we're uni.
ted in Saginaw. Mich, Tuesday whom
Edwin =. Stone, millionaire lumber.
man and Mrs. Isaac Rearinger were
united in marriage.
The protracted drought which had
threatened to ruin the crops In the cen
tial portion OF the Mississippi val.
ley was broken by a fine rain Thurs.
day which was inestimable in value.
Probably the most elaborate pro.
gram ever prepared for the entertain
ment in the u. S. OF dignitary from
South America Is being arranged for
President elect Hermes Fonseca. OF
Brazil.
| Ten year old Thomas Simson of
Sheridan, Wyo., met a horrible death
Wednesday afternoon. lie became en-.
tangled in the harness of family
horse and was crushed TO death by
the horses hoofs.
| The announcement comes from New
York that william Loeb. Jr.. who ID
evidently slated by Roosevelt and Taft
for the next governor of New York. Is
going to spend his vacation In Colo
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-18
BOOSTERS MEET, DINE AND
DISCUSS WELFARE OF COUNTY

Some thirty-one Durango citizens at
tended the Boosters" banquet arrang-
ed for by p o. Walker, and held last
night In Red Men hall. Mr.. Walker
was POSTMASTER. There were address.
es by w w. Parshall, A. L. Fisher, H.
W. Redman and John WiHgate, and a
number of informal talks by II Il Sloan
p. G. Ellis. b. n. Freeman. A. r. Mol
lette and others. The subjects dis.
cussed were of general interest. in
Guiding our mining resources. the city
pipe line, and the good roads ques-
lion.
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ANOTHER
VICTIM
First Aeroplane Acct.
dent in Canada Re-
suits in Death

WINNIPEG, Mani July l6-The
first serious aeropiane accident in Can.
ada took place today
Eugene Ely. who contracted TO fly
between Winnipeg and Portage La
Prairie, made his third attempt today.
Before he had travelled far his en-.
CINE went wrong and his aeroplane
fell distance of so feet. Ely was
picked up out of the wreckage In a
dying condition
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-18
YESTERDAYS BASEBALL SCORES

National
New York z; Pittsburg 8.
Boston / Cincinnati 5.
Others postponed; rain.
American
Chicago 2; Boston 6.
st. Louis O.; Philadelphia 2.
Cleveland z; New York 8.
Washington q; Detroit 3.
Western
Denver 2; Topeka A..
Sioux City / Des Moines o.
Omaha / Lincoln 3.
Wichita 4; ST. Joseph 3.
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MRS MARY sAkEH EDDY
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
o.

BROOKLINE.Mass. July 16-Mrs.
Mary Baker Glover Eddy, founder and
leader of the Christian Science demon.
nation. observed her eighty ninth
birthday at her home here today
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This is called free country, but
II man chooses to tie his COW to
your front door. what can you do
about It? II you complain you are
called q crank.