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Cañon City record., 1910-05-05

this afternoon. 1t will be gra flying
to the readers of the Daily Record 70
learn that they have promised to re-
peat 1t in honor of the old soldiers
on Decoration day." To say that the
people of Canon City desire its re-
enactment every year as an annular
fete.
The May pole dances. the crown
ing Of the 1Dwer queen and the grand
ball at the rink tonight will be un-
usually interesting events and should
attract an attendance and ratronaxe
limited only by the capacity OF tas
building. The automobile parade 1t
1880 O'Clock this evening will be the
most beautiful affair OF the kind evea
attempted In Canon City and none
can afford to miss It. A large number
OF automobiles will be in the process
sion and with their decorations. red
lights, etc. will present a brilliant
scene and one long % be remember
Cd
The Flower carnival and its 40
companying festivities will 20 down
in the history Of the community a. .
distinguished success. That Il wfll b
repeated twelve months hence and %
indefinitely. is unquestionshly the
desire Of a very large majority OF
the people OF the community.
Cañon City record., 1910-05-05
MADDOX ELECTED
VICE PRESIDENT OF
COMMERCIAL ASSN
Prom Saturdays Daily.

Prom Saturdays Daily.
r. q. MADDOX returned home Lest
naght from La Junta. where he At
tended a conference yesterday Of
representatives OF the various busi-
nsss mems associations OF the Arkan-
sss valley looking TO the formation OF
. central organization which should
systematically take MP the mattsr OF
advertising the advantages Of Kansas
and Colorado in the eastern states
Tns meeting. according to Mr.. Mad
dog, was largely attended and was an
enthusiastic gathering OF progressive
and up-to-date mon who are desirous
Of advancing the interests OF this val
lsy. There were forty-two delegates
N the convention which included
practically all OF the commercial
bodies between Canon City and Dodge
Cañon City record., 1910-05-05

City. Kan. Fiorence was the only
tosn Of importance unrspressntsd In
the conference W. 4 Mitchell had
been expected to attend a. delegate
from Florence. but was unsxsDsctsd-
iy called to wallace. Idaho. BY the
sudden death OF his mothsr-in-law
Mrs. wickersham. from heart disease.
Mrs. wickersham had recently been
visiting at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs-
Mitchell and died directly after her
return TO the west
Il. II. Faxon of Garden City. Kan,
was elected president Of the associa-
ton. II. 5. Maddox of this city. vice
president. and l.. X. Fenalson OF
Rocky Ford. treasurer. The next
meeting OF the association win Be held
In Pueblo.
Cañon City record., 1910-05-05
ARE MAKING A SURVEY
FOR A BURRO TRAIL

Frank P. Smith. H. S. Maddox. w.
q. Rowland. Ira Carrier. DOC" Stew
art. Lawrence Smith and C. b. Mer-
riS left this afternoon on horse
back trip TO the summit of Fremont's
peak for the purpose of making a
preliminary survey for the burro
trails soon to be constructed under
the direction of the Canon City Bus
mess Mems association In the noun
tains beyond Soda point It Is the
intention Of those in charge OF the
Cañon City record., 1910-05-05
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Mrs. 5. B. Striblen Of st. Joe. NJ.
arrived here this afternoon for
visit with her daughter. Mrs. Chas-
II. Duncan and family. she win re-
main in Canon for a month or six
weeks.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-07
"23" FOR RUFF?

TN the hope of convincing the ap-
pellate court that he really isn't
l. very well and that he fears prison
life might have an injurious effect on
his health, Abe Ruef of San Francisco
has filed with the court statement
which we believe is sometimes called
by lawyers a brief" but which in this
case consists of 1900 words, divided
into twenty-three volumes, standing
four feet high when piled like shirt
boxes, as one paper expresses it.
However, the San Francisco Bulletin
reminds the court that the question
whether Ruef bribed Supervisor Furey,
to which Furey said yes" and jury
said "yes," is the one that ought to
take precedence over any other. 1t in
sists, with cold and unsympathetic
directness, that the learned court ought
to say whether four years behind the
bars is too much for a man who bribes
a public official.
The same paper finds consolation in
the situation. 1t believes that the
voluminous appeals--attorneys are pre-
pairing still another-may defer things
so long that by the time matters are
ready for a final decision the people
may have a representative on the ap-
peals bench.
Looking at the thing from another
angle, is there any significance in the
fact that if laid end to end Ruef's long
appeal would reach from San Fran
cisco to San Quentin" Or in the other
fact that the number of volumes is %?
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-07
THOSE PICTURES

z OS ANGELES is only one of many
cities that proposes to put a ban
IA on the exhibitions of pugilistic
brutality. Cincinnati, Detroit, the
state of Texas, the District of Colum-
bia and other communities have al
ready taken steps to prohibit the de-
grading moving pictures, and the
movement bids fair to spread to an
extent that may well alarm the enter
prising promoters who paid a large
fortune for the privilege without reck-
oning on the dccency of the country.
But wouldn't a compromise in the
matter be possible? If the promoters
have any pictures of the two thousand
pickpockets, the rampant inebriety,
the gambling sharks and the other
dregs Of humanity that featured the
gathering in Reno, perhaps it would
not be a bad thing to let them be put
on exhibition so that the youth of
America could see some of the at
tributes of professional pugilism that
are not heroic.
Maybe, if the boys could have this
kind of lesson in temperance and
morals it would be worth while con-
tributing something to reimburse the
"gents" who now bid fair to suffer the
fearful fate of a fortune wasted on
their miscalculation of American pub
lie sentiment.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-07
Tariff and Packed Jury
(chrlstian scle ace Monitors


A dispatch from Vermont announces
that draft of the platform to be sub
mitted to the committee on resolutions
at the Republican state convention
contains an expression of belief that
the adjustment of the tariff should be
taken out of politics.
When the directors of joint stock
corporation and the stockholders agree
that some change must be made in the
methods of business to keep the COM
pany at its needed pitch of prosperity,
and are further agreed in large num-
bers that the old methods are not en-
tirely fair to some OF the stockholders,
the readjustment is governed by the
rules of commercial sense alone. IL
would be a bold director that argued
that because stockholder A was max
ing money, therefore stockholder. B
ought to be satisfied. Nor would B
willingly choose A to guide the reor-
ganization. Yet a spectacle akin to
this has been solemnly paraded before
the eyes of the country on more than
one occasion when tariff revision has
been undertaken and the people have
meekIy accepted the result. 1t is not
clear, however, that such meekness II
To he perennial. The national intelli-
gence is becoming sharpened under the
benevolent influence of system OF
taxation which il has no hand in
framing. and gradually is becoming
aware of the fact that tariff legislation,
a work calling for the greatest abll-
itv and the loftiest integrity, has been
not more than a scramble of grotesque-
ly unworthy interests.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-07
Old CaIIings That Survive
(Boston Transcript


When new inventions supersede its
first great utility, modern commerce
turns its attention to the opportunities
presented by by-products.
Thus we find that the candle busi-
ness, despite the progress of kerosene,
gas and electricity as illuminants, is
an industry that very proftably re-
fuses to vanish, though fallen from it's
highest estate. There is a demand for
candles that is esthetic and there is
another which is economic. There are
persons who regard burning candles as
very ornamental and there are others
who find burning candles very useful.
In many parts of Europe the candle
business is carried on by large estab-
lishments with abundant capital. In
Great Britain there was quite recently
at least what we should call a candle
trust that yielded good returns. Any
body who has sojourned in very rural
English inn will not need to be told
whence comes some of the demand for
candles.
Similarly, though modern transporta-
tion agencies have stolen away the
glories of the stage coach with its gal
Looping spans, it can still be found in
commission by those who seek it, 1t
runs in the White Mountain regions. in
Maine and in southwestern Massachu-
setts. In the south and west 1t is
known and respected. It's latest COM
mercial competitor is the rural free de-
livery, and as this expands and rail-
roads find a way of profitably nego-
tiating mountain regions and tapping
regions whose resources are vastly
greater than their population, the
stage coach must yield what place 1t
still has, but the process will be so slow
that the lovers of the inconveniently
picturesque may count for years to
come on the chance of meeting the
vehicle
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-07
MISCHIEVOUS TALK

T HERE have already been enough
cases of race hostility this week
Il to show how mischievOus is any
talk of the superiority of one class over
another in physical proWess. That we
should have to face terrible conditions
in some parts of our country if a race
war should break out cannot be
doubted, and all good citizens should
pray that we may be spared the hor-
rors of such a conflict. Hence, every
things that tends to raise the question
of superiority, especially in brute force,
should be sternly discouraged,
For this reason, if for no other, it is
to be hoped that no such situation will
again arise as led to the occurrence
that on July 4 set the country by the
ears. And let us be thankful that it's
probability seems remote, now that the
country has seen the dangers Of it.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-07

The launching at Essex of a vessel
built to cruise for whales is reminder
of the vitality callings have even when
they have sunk from their old-time
spectacular prominence. The whale
ships of New Bedford are no longer
found in every sea, as in the era be-
fore petroleum, but a serViceable fleet
that searches for spermacetti and
whalebone still has that city for its
sailing port. Some of these vessels pay
very handsome returns to their own
ers and crews, and New Bedford has
an interest in the whalers that make
San Francisco their base of operations.
Steam has been applied to the bust
ness carried on in Pacific Arctic waters,
but on the old whaling grounds sailing
vessels are free from its competition.
Provincetown is also the home of many
whalemen who find the calling profit
able, even If they do not push their
voyages so far as the oldtimers who
flew the house flags famous in New
Bedford's annals. Nantuckets glory
departed long ago. Whales come to
Nantucket, but Nantucket no longer
goes after whales.
New Bedford is now great mill city
and promises to be still greater, but
not all its people have lost their hank
ering for the sea. The old saying, "A
stove boat or dead whale" New
Bedford's equivalent for Victory or
Westminster abbey" has still its
charm. even if the number of those
to whom it appeals is small compared
with the time when the "harpooner"
was the local hero.
Whale oil still has its uses and
whalebone commands prices that make
the search for it we'll worth the capt.
tai invested. Once a calling has an
swered a great demand it seldom ut
terly disappears from human activities.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-07

The object of a protective tariff is
to provide money for the expenses of
the government and to preserve do
nestle trade for our citizens that they,
rather than foreigners shall profit. In
its large sense it is taxation for exclu-
sorry purposes. Whether the theory of
protection be good or bad Is not our
province to discuss at this time, but
we wish to point out that the proposal
of such a plank in a platform as that
submitted in Vermont Is significant.
1t is so for the reason that 1t shows a
proper and just sentiment that the
tariff is a matter of the business of
carrying on the government, and
that its revision or change should
be the object of the same impair
TALLY as the work of a government
department I'm agriculture. If the pro-
tective tariff as II exists today. in the
United States be correct, then Ii will be
strengthened by fair and impartial
treatment, for then II will be seen TO
rest on its own excellence 1t does not
receive this treatment today and never
can unless the question Is dealt with
by a body of men who are disinterested
and whose sole business Is to weigh
facts AS ii Is now, such work has
been done by those that, however good
their intentions may possibly have
been, have listened to politics with one
ear and to the country with the other,
and the result has not been agreeable
The people are perfectly right In
their instict that such matters must be
handled unselfishly, but that nothing
unselfish has ever been done by
packed jury.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-07


The friends of Charles r. Curry feel
outraged at the onslaughts being made
on his candidacy in those hallowed
precincts, such as the tenderloin, the
saloon and the following of Mayor
Mccarthy, which by a long sustained
political fraternity OF feeling MI cur
rv has felt he had a right to claim as
his peculiar preserves. 1t has been
noticed of late that in the saloons OF
San Francisco the poster pictures Oh
Curry have been disappearing ana IN
their places have been placed the llKe- IKE
able likeness of Alden Anderson, the
putative candidate of that "@rganlza-
ton" that is largely composed or
wheels. AS Mr.. Anderson himself has
said, if there be one thing that he likes
more than another it is TO see wheels
go round 1t is even being declared
that the efforts made by the governor
of California to stop the fight of the
grizzly and the gorilla were made
more to hurt Curry than in defense OF
the fair name of San Francisco. NO
doubt the stopping of that fight hurt
more of the friends of Charley curry
than of any other candidate but that
probably is not the reason for guber-
material action. It will give pam
also to most of the political subordi-
mates of Mr.. Herrin. The making of
these incursions into Mr.. Curry's spe-
cial preserves at this juncture seems
to be taking a mean advantage or an
untoward situation, and yet it be-
comes the duty of the Watchman to
make an ineursion into his last re-
naming preserve, the race track ira
ternity.
It viii be remembered that i'm Mr..
Curry's platform published in the Call
he took strong ground il favor of
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-07
Curry's Disappointing Platform
California Weekly)


resurrecting the district fair system
and extending state aid thereto. A
few facts to refresh the public mind
in relation to those fairs may not come
amiss There are forty-five such dis.
tricts still existing, but in a comatose
condition for want of state aid When
they were at their height they were
racing propositions in the main, and
attracted to them whole circuits of
gamblers and confidence men. The last
"pulIdown" they got was for the year
1894, when they depleted the state
treasury to the tune Of $100,131. They
got that under the Markham admin
istration. Since then neither Cover
nors Budd nor Gage, Pardee nor Gill
lett have been willing TO turn that
rabble loose upon che state or the state
treasury. Mr.. Curry evidently thinks
that by now all except the racing men
have forgotten what that carnival of
criminality was like. AS for the rae
ing interests improving the breeds of
horses that is and always was a myth.
The race horse bears a similar rela-
tion to his reputable equine brother
that the coyote bears to a we'll bred
collie or st. Bernard. AS Carpar Whit
ney says of the race horse HE is a
craven at 2, a rogue at and a wreck
at. A." He is only good to split the
wind with, that does not need split
ting, for a mile or two and then he is
all in. 1t was thought that fairs could
not exist without racing but 1t was
the racing and attendant evils that
killed the fairs all over the United
States. Fairs are being resurrected
now, but on different lines. 1t is not
to the advocates of the new order that
Mr.. Curry is making appeal, but to the
old, and that order is in bad odor.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-07
Wonders of the Bodily Cell
tBy Hereward carrington)


spheres or close to them. They are
then grouped together and in this man
ner they form new nuclei. This pro-
cess is continued again and again in
definitely.
The astral rays that arrange all the
threadlke bodies of the cell seem to
exert just the influence upon these bod
les which we would expect them to do
were they magnetic, and the whole
arrangement closely resembles the ar
rangement of iron filings in the field
of a horseshoe magnet.
When such filings are sprinkled
about on a sheet of paper in front of
Il magnet they form certain lines,
which correspond to the Zines of
force" which pass from one pole to
the other. This strongly suggests,
therefore, the life is in its ultimate
analysis magnetic or electrical in its
character.
While the cell is generally studied by
itself chat Is, as if 1t were unit,
body having no relation to any other),
it is, nevertheless, related in the clos
est possible manner to all other sis
ter cells i'm the body. The manner of
this connection is not understood: in
deed, but little is understood of the
real nature of the processes we see
before us in the splitting of the cells,
their development, growth and inherit
ance.
There is belief I'm some quarters
that everything is known as to the ma
ture of life, but such is by no means
the case Indeed, there is a distinct
tendency among biologists to revert To
older doctrines and to believe that we
do not know much about Ii, after all.
As Prof e. b. Wilson of Columbia
university lately said
THE study of the cell has on the
whole seemed to widen rather than to
narrow the enormous gap that sepa-
rates even the lowest forms of life
from the inorganic world"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-07
EXTENSION PHONES

m HE city council certainly does not
want to retain Anything in the
= telephone ordinance that would
operate to discourage the use of the
telephone, and should give heed to
Mayor Alexapders suggestion of
amendments that will reduce what
seems too large an exaction for extern
sion instruments.
The retention of the provision in the
ordinance covering this point would
not alone be hardship on the tele-
phone companies. but on the users
who need more than one instrument,
and there must be thousands of them
in the city. Hotels are not the only
consumers that would be hard hit. The
private branch exchange is becoming
a greater necessity as business grows
more intensive and complex, but a
charge of 81 for each extension would
put the convenience out OF the reach
of many concerns.
The telephone companies have shown
a spirit of frankness in the presenta-
ton of their side of the case, in diff
fering with the authorities in the mat
ter of charges and have set an eX-
ample to other corporations that has
won for them popular respect and con-
fidence. The administration has a
chance to show in their case that 1t
proposes to treat corporations that stay
out of politics and acknowledge the
principle of the right of public super
vision with an absolutely fair and even
generous hand.
That it is safe to say, will be its
attitude toward all that do not forget
that all their rights come from the
public, and that the good will of the
public is an asset worth conserving.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-07


Our whole body-the body of any
animal-is built entirely of cells, mi
mute bodies, which can only be seen
under the strongest microscope. The
cells split up and form tissues; these
in turn form organs and the organs
form the hody--together with bones,
skin, etc, also composed of cells.
When we grow these cells split in
two, and after growing in size split
in turn, and so on indefinitely. There
is constant multiplication of ceHs.
The process of this multiplication is
one of the most marvellous in the
whole world. As the life of the body
depends upon the cells 1t would seem
that we need only seek far enough ana
closely enough in order to discover
the very life principle itself.
For a long time it was thought that
the cell was a simple body, but now
it is known to be very complex. 1t
contains a nucleus or cell center,
which in turn contains a nucleolus. A
certain network also runs through the
nucleus. Close to the nucleus there
are two minute points which together
constitute what is known as the at
traction sphere. There are many var
iations, but the above is a general de-
scription of the average cell.
Now. when this cell divides to form
two cells. the most extraordinary
changes take place. The two points
of the attraction sphere" descend to
opposite sides of the nucleus and a
number of rays" seem to shoot out
of these attraction centers so that they
look like stars.
Indeed they are now called AS
ters" (stars) and their rays astral
rays. These rays are seen TO spread
through the nucleus. The little thread
49,. IL lIaasl
by these astral rays into distinct and
evenly formed lines. They are then
pulled apart and drawn toward the
central point over the attraction
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-07
SUNSHINE MAIDEN

I lay within the forest
one gentle summers day,
And saw a lovely maiden
Trip lightly down the way.
The path grew bright and brighter
As she passed beneath the trees;
The flowers seemed to know her,
And nodded in the breeze.
l quickly rose to meet her.
And take her hand in mine;
My eyes were fairly blinded.
Her beauty was divine.
She came and sat beside me.
In the nook that / had found;
Twas good to have her near me,
Her glory all around.
She only stayed a moment,
She had other friends to see;
The birds were calling for her,
She was needed by the bee.
l watched her slowly going,
Twas just as | had feared;
The woods were dark without her,
The light had disappeared.
She left me in the forest,
She could no longer stay;
But the memory Of her presence
Shed light upon my way.
Would you know this gentle maiden?
Would you like to know her name?
She was just a ray Of sunshine,
But 1 love her all the same.
DIR. William Porter
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-07
TAKING CHANCES

mn HE California supreme court hav-
ing ruled in a sweeping decision
Il that there is nothing in the state
constitution to prevent a municipality
from owning and operating its means
of public utilities, including street rail-
ways. san Francisco purposes to go
ahead and build a line known as the
Geary street line, and is raising money
for the purpose among its citizens.
So it seems that the revelations of
the Calhoun trial, which was regarded
by many a a flasco and productive of
no good, really did accomplish some
thing in the way of creating a public
sentiment against conditions that led,
there as in many other towns, to cor
ruption in furthering the interests of
private capital. But so long as San
Francisco has so little civic pride as
to elect discredited officials she will be
in danger of leaping from the frying
pan into the fire by embarking upon
a program of municipal ownership.
It will only increase the opportunity
for graft if great public works are put
into the hands of politicians Municipal
ownership and municipal operation,
however, are two different things. If
San Francicco builds a street railway
and adopts a charter provision COM
pelling its lease for a term of years
to the highest bidder, as in Toronto,
she may not regret the business enter
prise. otherwise she may create a
chance for crooked politicians to ex-
ploit her in worse degree than she has
unhappily suffered from private capi-
talists and public officials in the past.