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Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-20
BY CHARLES D. MERRILL

boats on the water and never tiring
in that simple sport. No one can
pass such a gathering without stop
ming to ioin in the fnerriment and ad-
mire it's fresh and innocent gaiety.
Let balloon sail over the city-a mil
lion people will see it before 1t van
ishes from sight, for each one who sees
il cries the gay alarm and from all
the streets and shops along its course
pour out hundreds to join the merri-
ment and admire the sight, though
If NAV he the hundredth balloon that
has passed over. So of any sight that
the city affords-anything and every
thing pleasant in sight or sound
amuses and pleases the Partisan and
Of the scores of new toys each season
each attracts it's crowd on street or
boulevard Go through the great
stores at holiday time. What eXpendl-
ture of money simply to please others,
with decorative and amusing things.
Show windows opening on the street
will have for a fortnight little thea-
ter of moving figures automatically go
ing through each five minutes Ter
rible tragedy or amusing comedy, pc
fore charmed and admiring crowds that
block the sidewalks all day long.
In the court of one great store
reaching 100 feet to the glass roof is
Rleriot. life size, on his aeroplane,
sailing across the channel. At an
other store a great Ferris wheel with
colored lights and ridiculous flgures
in its cars, revolves before the gath
cred thousands. In still another an
immense lion with moving head and
wagging tails and swapping jaws looks
down on other captivated thousands,
and terrifies them with a roar that
scatters them like sheep; children run
away crying, only to return iausn1ns
that they may see others terrllie6 py
the monster. Thus every establish
ment in the city celebrates the holiday
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-20

and they swear that if you Gull it again
thew will kill you. They mean II.
That's all why they wint to tn WOODS
this day."
FITZPATRICK swallowed his coffee IN
silence. In silence he arose and slipped
on his mackinaw blanket coat. In
silence he thrust his beechwood tablets
into his pocket, and picked his pliahle
scaler's rule from the corner.
"Where are ye goin'?" asked the
cook, anXiously.
arm goin' to do th' work they pay
me to do" answered Fitzpatrick.
He took his way down the trail, his
face set straight before him, the smoke
of his breath streaming behind. The
first skidway he scaled with care, lay
ing his rule fiat across the face OF
each log, entering the figures on his
many-leaved tablets of beech, marking
the timbers swiftly with his blue
crayon.
The woods were empty No ring OF
the ak, no shout of the driver, no fall
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-20
PARIS AS SEEN BY AN AMERICAN


season, and along all the boulevards
are booths and stalls, set up for fort
night by permission of the city coun-
ell and rag fairs and sales carts and
comic shows have their day of free
dom and gain. 1t is the chance of
the poor to have a real celebration of
the season by their own efforts and
without cost.
The city government is practically
adjourned and the regular business of
the city suspended that all may have
time and opportunity for the celebra-
ton. The national theaters give free
performances on Christmas and New
Years day--the churches resound with
splendid music from the midnight mass
of Noel to the midnight watch of Bonne
AIMEE. The railways carry passengers
at low rates on their annual visit to
their old homes and friends. The city
council gives liberty to every one to
beg if they will upon the streets, the
only time in the year. The whole spir-
it of the time and occasion is much
like that of the old Hebrew festival,
when the people were commanded TO
''eat the fat and drink the sweet and
give portions'' to them who had none.
In the opening of the worlds exposl-
ton in 'S9, over 100000 people con-
gregated in one great throng and spent
the hours from dusk to twelve o'clock
in the gardens, parks, boulevards,
ouays, bridges and places of the center
of Paris, while the city was Illuminated
as never before. The next morning
the papers announced that there had
not been one arrest the night before
for crime or misdemeanor 1t could
not happen so in any other great city
of the globe Such is the spirit of in
nocent mirth and gaiety that carries
the people Of Paris over such an coca
-. hn
highest credit to it's government and
laws
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-20

course you can stay" replied the
scaler. "Come here"
He washed the mans forehead ana
bound up the cut with surgeons plaster
from the van. The man fell SILENT
looking at him in wonderment for such
kindness.
Four hours later, dimly, through the
mist of his broken sleep, Fitzpatrick
heard the crew depart for the woods
in the early dawn. On the crest of
some higher waves of consciousness
were borne to him drunken shouts,
maudlin blasphemies. After a time he
arose and demanded breakfast.
The cook, pale and nervous, served
him. The man was excited, irresolute,
eager to speak. Finally he dropped
down on the bench opposite FitzPat-
rick, and began.
"Fitz," said he, don't go in tn woods
today. The men is fair wild wild tn
drink, and tn Rough Red is beside
hi'self. Las night heerd them. They
are goin' to skid the butt log again.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-20

A log is culled, or thrown out, when,
for any reason, it will not make good
timber.
"I'n tell you, Jimmy Bourke," replied
Fitzpatrick, calmly, 9TH stick is souno
and good. or was before your murder
I'M crew got hold of it, but if ye'll take
a squint at the butt of it yen see that
your gang has sawed her on SIX
inch slant. They've wasted good foot
of tn log. 1 spoke of that afore; an
now I give We warnin that I Gull every
log, big or little, punk or sound, that
amt sawed true across tn butt.
9TH log is sound and good, an ye,ii
scale it, or I'll know tn reason why!
"I will not replied Fitzpatrick.
The following day he culled log In
another and distant skidway whose
butt showed a slant of a good SIX
inches. The day following he culled
another of the same sort on still an
other skidway. He examined 1t Closely
then sought the Rough Red. =,
"It Is useless, Jimmy Bourke," SAID
he, "to be hauling of the same poor
log from skidway to skidway. You can
shift her to every travoy trail in tn
Crother tract, but it will do ye little
good. I'll cut it wherever find 1t, ana
never will ye get tn scale of that log
The Rough Red raised his hand, tnen
dropped it again; whirled away with a
curse; Wnlrleu DICK Will othoIiSi' on"
spat out:
"By God, Fitzpatrick, ye go too far!
Ye've bounded me and harried me
through th woods all tn year! BY
God, tits a good stick, an ye shall scale
it,"
''Yo' and yore old fellows is robbers
alike!" cried one of the men.
FITZPATRICK turned on his heel ana
resumed his work. The men ceaseu
theirs and began to talk.
That night was Christmas eve. After
supper the Rough Red went directly
from the cook camp to the mems camp
FITZPATRICK, sitting lonely in the llttie
office. heard the sounds of debauch rls-
ing steadily like mysterious storm
winds in distant pines. He shrugged
his shoulders, and tailed his day S
scaling. and turned into his punk
weariiy, for of holidays there are none
in the woods save Sunday. About mid
night some one came in FitzPatrick'
reused from his sleep by aimless pun
derings, struck light, and saw the
cook looking uncertaily toward MIN
through blood-clotted lashes. The man
was partly drunk, partly hurt, but
more frightened. ~, r.
"They's too big fer me, too Dig Ter
mel" he repeated, thickly.
FITZPATRICK kicked aside the blankets
and set foot on the floor.
''IIe' me stay" pleaded the COOK; Il
won't bother you; I won't even make
a noise. I'm skeered!"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-20

of the tree broke the silence. FitZPat-
rick comprehended. He knew that at
the next skidway the men were gath
cred, waiting to see what he would do;
gathered openly at last in that final
hostility which had been maturing all
winter. He knew, besides, that most
of them were partly drunk and wholly
rackless, and that he was alone
Nevertheless, after finishing conscien-
tiously skidWay No. 1, he moved on to
skidway No. 2.
There, as he expected, the men were
waiting in ominous silence, their eyes
red with debauch and hate. FftzPat-
his business.
Methedically, deliberately, he did the
work. Then, when the last pencil mark
had been made and the tablets had
been closed with a snap of finality, the
Rough Red stepped forward.
aye have finished with this skid
way?" asked the foreman in soft, cat
tones.
II have" answered Fitzpatrick,
"Yo' have forgot to scale one stick"
mo"
"There is a stick not marked"
"I culled it."
"Why?"
''It was not sawed straight"
FITZPATRICK Threw his HSdu peICh
proudly, answering his man at ease, as
an accomplished swordsman. The
Rough Red shifted his feet, almost
awed in spite of himself. One after an
other the men dropped their eyes and
stood ill at ease. The scale turned
away; his heel caught a root; he
stumbled; instantly the pack was on
him, for the power of his eye was
broken.
Mad with rage they kicked and beat
and tore at FitzPatrick's huddled form
long after consciousness had left it.
Then an owl hooted from the shadow
of the wood, or puff of wind swept
by. or a fox barked, or some other little
thing happened, so that in blind un-
reasoning panic they fed. The pace
was deserted, save for the dark figure
against the red and white snow.
FITZPATRICK regained his wits in PAIN
and so knew he was still on earth.
EVERY movement cost him a moan,
and some agency outside himself IN
f1icted added torture. After a long
time he knew it was the COOK, VINO
was kindly kneading his limbs ana
knuckling his hair. The man proved
to be in a maze of wonderment over
his patients tenacity of life
"I watched ye," he murmured sooth-
ingly: "I did not dare interfere. But
I KEN to yo' s soon as l could. See,
here's a fire that l built for ye, ana
some tea. Take a little. And no
bones broke! True for we, ye're
hearty man, and strong with tn big
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1910-08-06
TURNED DOWN

The secretary of the interior has
affirmed the decision of the general
land Office, rejecting the joint ap-
plication of F. w. Bosco and Cy-
rus Miller for right Of way for the
Wagon Wheel Gap reservoir over
certain lands in Mineral county.
The decision appealed from is
based wholly upon report Of the
director of the reclamation service
dated October 10, 1909, which
states that the approval of this
application would constitute ser
ious interference with the Rio
Grande project now under consid-
Grafton. The merits of the case
were not discussed by the land
Office.
This decision refers to the Ele-
plant Butte irrigation project, the
biggest artificial water storage in
existence when completed. The
dam is now being constructed by
the government at a cost of S6, OOO,-
600 to 100000.
The main reservoir at Engle will
be over forty miles in length and
will reach an average width of
nearly four miles, varying from
three to six miles. In it will be
stored approximately 650,0OO,OOO,-
coo gallons or 100000 acre-feet
of water and it would take the en-
tire flow of the Rio Grande for
three years to fill this reservoir.
BY treaty with Old Mexico
10000 ac,e feet of water is to be
delivered to some land syndicate
in Mexico, and Colorado must
await the building of this dam be-
fore any more reservoirs can be
built on the Rio Grande river.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1910-08-06
Life % 1aaana Oasal

has had ono fr,ghtiul drawback. malaria
trouble-thst has brought suffering and
death 70 Thousands. Tho germs cause
ohills. fever and aGus. biliousnsss. jaun.
dice, lassituds, weakness and general
debility. But Electric Bittsrs never fail
70 destroy them and cure malaria trou.
bles. "Thrss bottles co@pletely cured
me Of . very severe attack OF malaria. !"
writes Wm. A Frstreli, Of Lucama. n.
c.. land I've had good health ever
since Cure Stomach, Liver and Kid.
nsy Troubles, sod prevent Typhoid. 6Oc.
Guaranteed by the Fuller Drug Co.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1910-08-06


The original Matinee Girl Mus
ical Company owned by Frank
DeAtley is to be seen here soon.
The fact that the management
OF the Broadway has been able to
land an attraction of such recog-
nized merit should secure for it
the earnest support of all show
goers of this city, who undoubted-
ly appreciate the opportunity of
witnessing this high class orga-
nization in which they have scored
the biggest hit of the four seasons
of their existence.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1910-08-06
MAKE A CHANGE

for the better. Permit u 70 shoe that
horse Of yours whose hoofs are 10 rathe,
bad condition. Good shooting will rem.
edy that and oftentimes prevent lame.
mess.
GOOD HORSE
should be carefully attended to and un.
lees shod they are not in proper condi.
ton to travel on the hard highways.
DURAN 4 SONS
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1910-08-06

w. Il. Poole has leased the store
building which has been occupied
by Correll & Savage as a barber
shop and by S. W. Mccoy as a
real estate Office the past two
years and will take possession of
the same September LIST. He will
add pianos and musical instru-
ments to his jewelry business.
Chas. Galucia returned Tuesday
from Denver where he spent two
weeks visiting his brother. He
says it was so terribly hot there
that he had to stay indoors most
of the time while in the city.
James Mcintosh and family re-
turned from Pagosa Springs Tues
day where they spent two weeks.
Mrs. Mcintosh was greatly i'm
proved by the celebrated springs
at that place.
Francis Joy came down from
Creole Monday and spent a few
days ct the Forest Office in Monte
Vista. BE says the late rains have
improved the grazing very much.
DR.. 8. q. Moore and wife 70
turned from Pagosa Wednesday.
DR.. Moore has sufficiently regained
his health a. TO b able to occupy
his pulpit Sunday.
The board Of directors OF the
San Luis District Irrigation Com.
pany and chief engineer went to
the reservoir site Wednesday to
inspect the progress Of the work.
The tunnel is now completed and
work on the dam will be begun at
once.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1910-08-06
Emilio Girard and w. A. Braiden

are busy rounding up a bunch of
horse thieves; some of them are
already behind the bars. Their
method has been to steal horses
from this vicinity and take them
east of the range and sell and steal
again from La Veta and vicinity
and dispose of them here. We
hope they will be taught that
there is better occupation than
stealing their neighbors' horses
La lara Enterprise.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1910-08-06

Almost proverbial in certain
sections of the New State and es-
pecially in Oklahoma City, the
social and amusement center of
this section, has the name of Dan
Russell become; an / this in a city
where amusement lovers are af-
forded the very best in the show
line.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1910-08-06

The assessors report shows a
total valuation of Rio Grande
county of 1888, 100.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1910-08-06
EVOLUTION

Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan,
ct al, have been the unconscious
agents of the Supreme in the nee
essary work of systematizing and
organizing productive industry;
and in the end, their work will
contribute immensely toward in
creased life for all. Their day 10
nearly over; they have organized
production and will soon be sue
ceeded by the agents of the multi.
tude, who will organize the
machinery of distribution.
The multi. millionaires are like
the monster reptiles Of the pre-
historic eras; they play a neces.
sary part in the evolutionary pro-
cess, but the same Power which
produced them will dispose of
them. And it 10 we'll to bear in
mind that they have never been
really rich; a record Of the private
lives of most of this class will
show that they have really been
the most abject and wretched of
the poor.-Wallace d. Wattles.
We are today living in the COM
petitive age. Man nets as if his
needs were limited and every one
10 oontending for his share Of the
worlds goods.
When mon learn that there is
enough for all they will turn their
attention to creation or production
and the new era Of cooperation
will be ushered in. Nature 10 Law.
ish in its bounties which by mod
ern machinery can readily be made
70 satisfy all the needs Of mankind
the world over.
The high cost Of living has been
solved in many ways, but not the
right way. Nobody would com.
plain Of high prices II their in
comes were in proportion. Rents
are too high, the profits paid the
trusts arc too high, and transpor.
tation 10 too high for men living
on small salaries and low wages.
A populist wave swept over
Kansas Tuesday. Six stantlpat
congressman were defeated for 70.
election. There was no opposition
70 the two 1nsurgent congressman.
Missouri also felt the effects Of tho
insurgeut movement at to prima-
Siss Tuesday.
A party q sixteen young folks
went 10 Platoeo Tuesday on q
camping end fishing trip.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1910-08-06

A party q sixteen young folks
went 70 Platoro Tuesday on .
camping end fishing trip.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-24
5. D. man SAW
COMET in 1885

Aberdeen, S. D., May 24.-Henry
Williams aged 81, who makes his
home with j. K, williams, his son.
at POI Second avenue northwest in
this city, is the only Aberdeen resi-
dent who saw Halley's comet upon the
occasion of it's visit in 1885. Mr.. Will
Hams, who was then husky sailer lad
or IT, was with his ship, British ves-
sci, on the east coast Of Africa. and
ne WILDLY remembers the heavenly
visitor and the excitement it created
among the sailormen. The aged man
agrees with the scientists that the
comet has lost it's tail during the last
seventy-t1ve years of it's wanderings.
Tor he recollects distinctly that when
he saw it, the comet bore a tail of
great brtlliance, which he describes as
being extending clear across the hor-
ZION. Despite his great age, Williams
Is quite vigorous and very intelligent.
He states the sailors were not fright
ened at the great spectacle, but awed
by the beauty of the comet.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-24
GRADUATES At
CASSELTON HIGH
EXCEL EMIT COMMENCEMENT
PROGRAMME ARRANGED FOR
EVENING OF MAY 2e.

Casselton, N. d., May 24.--The COM
mencement exercises of the city schools
will take place in the operahouse on
Saturday, June 4. The baccalaureate
sermon will be given by Rev. E. p.
Laurence in the Presbyterian church
on Sunday evening, May 20. The fol-
lowing graduating class programme
will be given In the operahouse in the
afternoon Of June 4:
Instrumental Solo Fruhlingsraus-
Chen ..s................. Einding
Alice Gilbert
Salutatory-Norse Mythology .....
Observation-Disclosures. Ruth F.. Johnson
The British Parliament :. . Miriam Jones
Ave Maria ........... Girls Glee Club
The Wealth of Alaska. Paul H. Rowe
Luther Burbank. .Rebecca Mae Smith
Out on the Deep ...... Boys Chorus
With Obligato Accompaniment
Life and Works of Schiller .........
................... Ella M. Wendorff
Recitation--The Swan Song ........
neutrality-suspicious.. Valedictory
Gertrude o. Dalrymple
Come to the Gay Feast Of Song 80.
............... High School Chorus
In the evening at the following
graduation exercises will be given:
Bridal Chorus. From The Rose Maiden
Invocation ........ Rev. H. P. Cooper
Address. Pres. B. II. Kroeze, A. M. D. D
OF the jamestown College
Springtime .......... Girls Glee Club
Presentation Of Glass .............
........ Stunt Nelson Sauxaty
Of the Diplomas .......
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. DR.. H. J. Rowe
President Board Of Education
Vocal Solo-Pm Wearing Ava 800.
''''''' ..s..... Arthur FOOLe
The Dewdrop Loves the Morning
'''"'..". INTERPRETATIONS. Hardelat
Laura Cooper
Benediction :. Rev. George Jay Childs
There are six graduates: Paul H.
Rowe, Ruth F. Johnson, Gertrude 0.
Rebecca M. Smith, Ella M.
Wendorff, Miriam Jones.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-24
shot At SKUNK;
KILLED BROTHER
SOMETHING OF MYSTERY AS TO
HOW ACCIDENT HAPPENED
LAD LIVED WITH BULLET
IN BRAIN.

Minor Teller: About o'clock
wednesday morning two of the E1lofson
boys located skunk under their gran
airy. The 14-year- old boy slipped into
the house, obtained possession of a
Stevens 22-calibre rifle and returned
to the granary where his Swear old
brother was awaiting him.
Both brothers stopped down to get
view of the skunk. The boys were
about three feet apart, facing in the
same direction. The eldest brother
taking careful aim, shot and killed the
animal, firing only once. Upon aris-
Ing the eldest boy was Mortified to
discover his brother apparently dead.
Help was summoned and the injured
boy was carried TO the house. A ply
stefan was hastily called and upon the
doctors arrival 1t was found that the
injured boy had a bullet wound in the
forehead about one inch above the
right eye.
The child was unconscious and was
paralyzed on right side and had a good
pulse and easy breathing. The wound
was enlarged and carefully examined.
The brain was oozing out. The track
Of the bullet seemed to be upward and
to the right, the missile being still
lodged somewhere in the brain. Be-
cause of the damage to the brain that
might be done by probing, no attempt
was made to locate the bullet in the
brain.
The shattered fragments of bone
were removed, the wound cleansed,
drained, dressed antiseptically, and
bandaged. The boy lived for sometime
but finally died without regaining con-
seriousness.
How was the boy shot? Assuming
that the eldest brother told a truthful
story, then 1t follows that the bullet,
after passing through the skunk, struck
a stone, was reflected and rebounded,
striking the small boy in the head.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-24
WheatIand Escaped Comet.

Wheatland, N. D., May Ito The
Forum: Halley's comet didn't strike
us; we are still here. A number of our
citizens remained up the greater part
of the night in order to get a glimpse
of the heavenly visitor. All were
doomed to disappointment. It is be-
lieved that any who took. down their
lightning rods will have them replaced
this morning.
The spirit of Improvement has taken
possession of Wheatland. Blocks and
blocks of cement walks are being pIac-
ed, the work being superintendent by
John Trelease.
Duncan Mckenzie has put up a SUBJ
stantial addition to his dwelling house
and otherwise improved his properly.
The N. P. r. r. Co. Is working a
crew of men at Magnolia, four miles
west of this point. The men are put
ting in what is known as a "stweetner'.
The water in the reservoir contains too
much alkali for use in the engines. q
DR.. Jameson returned on Tuesday
from Winnipeg, where he had been to
attend the funeral of his brother.
Chas Mishow has retired from the
dray line and taken work on a railroad
job near Minot.
Little Fanny. the black and tan ter
rier belonging to the McCookery family
and a great favorite with all the vii
layers, had the misfortune TO get under
freight train last week with the re-
suit that Veterinary Trelease had to
amputate one of her front legs.
The youngsters at school are busy
reviewing for final examinations. What
a sigh of relief when all is over!
Cor w