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United labor bulletin., 1910-11-17
judge Ben 3. Lindsey
And His Great Work
Fouadsr of TucsnAs system IL JLaadsrsd BY
Corrupt Politicians. BY Theodore kooss0sif

The Bulletin. from its beginning as
publication, has cherished a warm
sense of disinterested devotion to
every good movement, and every
worthy citizen. A few columns will
be devoted to the consideration and
refution of certain charges which.
from time to time, have been brought
against the efficiency OF Denver's IA
ity and wisdom of its presiding Judge.
The cause of Juvenile courts In this
country-largely through the person
ality of Judge Lindsey-have become
a veritable test and measure of our
civilization.
To credit Judge Lindsey with truth,
breadth of vision. and dauntless cour-
age under these circumstances is but
to echo the self-evident. To admire
his methods in dealing with individual
boys and girls is equally common
4lace. His always original, flexible.
and inspired treatment of wards" of
his court is continual demonstra-
ton both OF the soundness OF his psy-
chology and the human worth of his
mission.
Another phase OF Judge Lindsey's
versatility. which is OF value because
so often overlooked b, those who have
reviewed his services. is his extra
ordinary constructive quality.
However. 1t is Judge Lindsey's mar
riage OF human service to his great
vision. which. above ali, fixes his per-
manent title to our regard. He has
recognized and proved that 1t is bet
ter to redeem bad citizens. young and
old. by intelligent understanding. than
to ALLEVIATE them by needless punish
ment. and that many offenders against
the law may be converted from men
acing uman society to most effective
cooperation with 1t. Judge Lindsey is
an old-time prophet OF the new order;
simple. sincere. brave. humanly-wise.
self-sacrificing TO the last degree. ut
terly needless OF the commercial and
financial appeal OF our time, and sim
gularly capable. II need be. even OF
the ancient and ultimate martyrdom.
The Denver Republican" on Sept
rs. 1908. in a long article commenting
upon fraudulent elections In Denver.
said OF Judge Lindsey's election OF
1901. in the headlines OF the article:
s.Judge Lindsey Was Honestly Elect
ed One ofhcial. at Least. Who Was
Chosen by People. Returns Prove
That Illegal Votes Of 1901 Did Not
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Among the many splendid agricultural
exhibils at the. Weld county fair at Gree
ley. this year was thai made by Mr..
Turner, who moved to Colorado eight
years ago. He had $4,000, and pur-
chased five acres at si.500-paying $3.50
down md the balance in payments. He
afterwards bought five more acres. He
has paid for this land. made good liv-
ing and educated his family of seven
children. and is worth today between
$4,000 and $4,000. all from this 10
acres Of Weld county irrigated land.
Mr.. Turner's four boys did all the
work on this 10-acre tract between June
and September of this year and they
have IN addition to paying all the living
expenses OF the family OF nine. saved
over $500 from products already sold.
and lave $500 produce on hand. ready
for the market. besides feeding six head
of stock.
The following are some Of the prod
ucts OF Mr.. Turner's exhibit at the fair.
and the estimated amount of land on
which they were grown. and the approx
innate price at which they We're sold,
value, ETC.:
Parsnps. y acres. 20 tons to
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Besides the above. this 10-acre tract
produced pie-pumpkin. sweet potatoes,
feed beets. fruits etc. for home use and
for the local market.
What Mr. Turner mas done others are
doing, and any one else may do who
pursues the same course.
Experience has shown that comfort
able living can be made from 10 to 20
acres of wellwatered snd fertile land,
and at present prices ano under existing
conditions there is no better investment
either for home or for profit
These lands are irrigated and practi-
cally every acre tillable. They have just
enough slope to insure perfect drainage
and easy irrigation. The soil is of the
best type of dark loan with clay sub
SOIL the best producing il northern Colo
rado.
In addition to the local markets. these
lands are all in close touch with Denver
the greatest market in the West Den
Yer now consumes $4,000 worth of vege-
tables and dairy products daily, and with
its fast-growing population. will afford
an increasingly ready and profitable
market for all the produce raised along
the line of The Denver. Laramie &
Northwestern railroad
1t should be stated that The Denver
Laramie Realty Company occupies
somewhat unique position owing to the
fact that it has been fortunate enough to
secure the services of Prof. w. H. Olin.
a widely known crop expert. and recog-
nized authority on all matters pertain
ing to irrigation and intesive farming
Prof. Olin has made an exhaustive study
of the soil. water and climatic condi-
tions of northern Colorado. and for some
time. as professor of agronomy at the
Colorado Agricultural College, at Fort
Collins, operated the experimental farms
of that institution. This company is,
therefore. in position to practically guar
antee to purchasers that certain crops
can be successfully grown upon these
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lite character" Mr.. Raine in a letter
to the Rocky Mountain News" says:
In seeking to disguise their identity
| consider it entirely fair to make
some harmless variations. and Clay
has seized. upon this in his desperate
effort to discredit Judge Lindsey"
Who is this Perry Clay? Judge
Lindsey wrote of him in "Everybody's
Magazine" June, 1910: Perry Clay
is graduate of the sheriff's office,
where he was sort of tool, in au-
thority, of the Denver gamblers and
divekeepers. He was undersheriff to
the sheriff who sold his Office for cor
rupt purposes for $4,000, as he after
sale, Clay bought a house with some
thousands of dollars in greenbacks
taken from a drawer in a safety-de-
posit vault. He was read out of the
Democratic party by Ex-Governor
Thomas, and obtained from his mas
ters the clerkship of the District court
of Denver, where he still draws sal
airy from the community for having
served so faithfully the enemies of
the community And in chapter X
of 1.-The Beast and the Jungle" the
Judge wrote: "'Clay's Review long
supported by the advertisements of
saloons, dives and brothels. is now
disguised as a temperance advocate:
and in this disguise, delivered free,
from door to door, whenever the
Beast needs aid. it carries the argu-
ments of the corporations to the
homes of the church element
The Expense of the Juvenile Court.
The criminal court method of han
ding juvenile offenders used to cost
our county an average OF S42 for each
case handled in court. expenses, etc.
1t now costs about $40. The criminal
court convicted and sentenced nearly
all for crime. and sentenced as per
cent to jails or reformatories. The
juvenile court conviots no child for
crime, and is compelled to send only
about 5 per cent of probationers to
the Industrial school. 1t sends none
to Jail, and the Detention House has
abolished the jail for children. We
spent about $4,000 last year (not in
cluding, of course, the expense of the
police Department., for salaries and
other similar expenses for officers to
convict criminals We spent practi-
cally nothing to save children, and
the juvenile court, seing already a
civil court with officers provided, did
not cost the county one cent addi-
tional- We now. however. recently
have been given three probation Off
GERS at a cost of about $4,000 in sal
aries per year.
1t is also gratifying to know that
the governor of the state, in his last
message to the assembly, called atten-
ton to the saving to Colorado in this
court alone by the different method
here employed in dealing with chill
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to prove that Judge Lindsey falsified
Eel Martins" record in order to gain
the credit Of having reformed Eel
Martin" and that be wrote this falsi-
fication in order to obtain money from
the American Magazine"
At the time that Perry Clay pub
lished and circulated his pamphlet,
he knew from statements and letters
sent to the newspapers by Judge
Lindsey and others, that Judge Lind
sey had falsified Eel Martins" rec
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some articles upon the court, one of
these articles to concern itself with
the history of gang of boys. after
wards called THE River Front Gang"
Mr.. Sedgwick on a visit to Colorado
Springs heard the history of these
boys from Judge Lindsey, and, at Mr..
Sedgwick's request, Judge Lindsey
subsequently dictated an account of
their case to a stenographer. This
rough draft was then taken by Mr..
Raine.
United labor bulletin., 1910-11-17

In order to protect the boys from
the consequences Of publicity, ficti-
tious names were used in the story
and some of the unimportant personal
details were changed about from one
boy to another to prevent identifica-
tion. The name Eel Martin" was
invented by Mr.. Raine for the leader
of the gang. and this Eel Martin"
was made in some degree "a compos-
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ever advanced any evidence in dis
proof of the repeated statement OF the
oficers. Of the Juvenile court and
Judge Lindsey that he has sent hun
dreds of young boys to state institu-
tions alone on their word of honor;
and SO far not one has been lost, and
only five out of hundreds even tried
to run away.
One would think that the enemies
of Judge Lindsey had reached their
perfection of Misrepresentation. But
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Perry Clay has enlarged upon them
with a pamphlet against Judge Lind
sey which the corporation rulers of
Denver are distributing. through the
mails. over the United States.
He has called it Eel Martins Rec
ord" after an article published over
Judge Lindsey's name in the "Ameri-
can Magazine" for October, 1905. And
in this pamphlet Perry Clay pretends
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ord and that he had not received
money from the magazine for the
article. The facts are these:
Early in 1904. William Mcleod
Raine. the author. Interested Ellery
Sedgwick, editor OF the American
Magazine" (then Frank Leslie's
Monthly') in the work of the Denver
Juvenile court; and Mr.. Sedgwick
commissioned Mr.. Raine to write
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OF lands. but believe in dividing its prof.
los with the men who viii join with 1t In
building up these towns and take advan-
take of the opportunities that are Of
fered.
Another striking example of the sta
bility and energy of this realty company
is shown In the building up of the young
town OF vollmar. 30 miles north of Den
yer. Here lies a townsite that is beauti-
ful In location. Bordering on the south
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-04
.PLAYTlME OVER;
WORkTIME BEGINS

Dear Boys and Girls:
Your editor, who has gone off on her
holiday, left good-by for you She
Will be back in two weeks, 80 you
will scarcely have time to realize her
absence.
School will be opening about the
time she returns, and you good vaca-
ton and your playtime will have
changed into worktime. But one thing
that, more than any other, makes a
boy or a girl ready for work Is rest. And
while summer is such a fragrant and
happy season. autumn has Its pleasures,
too. By the time the evenings begin
to grow sharp and chill, Halloween
will be coming around. And after
Halloween there is Thanksgiving.
Autumn walks are delightful, and
the air Is 80 fine that study and busy
hours In school seem to come along
naturally. And then you have two
weeks still for fun and frolic. And
am quite sure you Will make the most
of them.
YOITR EDITOR PRO TEN.
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AN INDIAN ATTACK.

Three trappers were seated around a
table In little hut. right in the heart
OF the Indian country "Itssa pretty
good night for them thar redskins to
attack us Tonight" remarked one.
Yes" answered another, and one OF
us better stand guard; who'll go?"
will" the first ono who had spoken
said shortly. And grasping his gun no
walked out. The other two talked a
little wlaale longer. then went to bed.
About midnight the one who was on
guard came in and reused the others,
at is Just as thought" he said. II
heard something getting over the
fence, then one OF the dogs growled,
and thought 1t about time to move
In"
The other men took their rifles and
awaited the attack. They had waited
perhaps three minutes, when terrible
warwhoop rose on the air. An In.
slant later a great rush was made on
the door; It creaked and groaned un-
der the great weight, but 1t did not
break. Then the whites rifles, loaded
to the muzzle with grape-shot, rang
out. 'shrieks and groans followed each
shot Twice the Indians faced this
terrible fira, then reiterated in con-
fusion. Their loss had been so great
that they went away. much to the
Joy OF the white trapper5.
a. BY EDWIN WAKEFIELD.
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THE WAR BETWEEN THE srAEs

The War Between the States was
caused by differences of opinion con-
corning the extension Of slavery and
the sovereign rights of the States. The
war was precipitated by Lincolp's call
on the South for troops.
The Southern States seeded and
formed what was known as the South
ern Confederacy Jefferson Davis. OF
Mississippi, was President OF the Con-
federacy, and the first capital was
Montgomery, Ala, afterward changed
to Richmond. The first real battle
was that of Fort Sumter for the pos
session of the fort. The South gained
the victory.
MANY daring battles we're fought
and many men lost their lives on
both sides. Some OF tho most noted
war generals were Jackson, Johnston
and Lee, and of the North Mcclellan
Grant and Sherman. One Of the most
fatal battles of the war was that OF
the Crater. Much powder was ex-
ploded, which killed hundreds OF sol-
diers. The war was ended by the capture
of Richmond. when Grants army sur
rounded Lees army at Appomattox
Courthouse, and Lee surrendered April
Q. 1865.
The war left the South In ruined
condition. Composed by
NAOMI NJ. RUTLAND.
Boaz. Va.
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THE PIED PIPER OF HAMEL1N.

Once upon a time there was Ger
man city that was oyerrun by rats and
mice. Their sharp teeth cut holes
through the walls; they robbed the
pantr!es and ate the grain; the fright
ened the women and troubled the men.
So the people offered n large sum OF
money to any one who would rid the
city Of them. One day a man whom
no one knew. strangely dressed In red
and yellow velvet appeared in the
city carrying a beautiful flute made Of
ebony and gold. He offered to relieve
the city of these troublesome little
animals If they would pay him the re-
ward. This they promised to do. Then
he raised the flute to his lips and play
ed the sweetest music that was ever
heard. No sooner had he played the
frst notes than the mean little rats
and mice began to come from the
houses and stables. They filled the
streets There were old rats, young
rats, old mice. young mice; every rat
and mouse in the city flocked at his
heels. He carried them through the
city gates and far. far away; so far
that they never returned, When the
flute player came back and asked for
his money the people refused to pay
him. But ne raised the flute to his
lips and played a stil sweeter tune.
And Gil the children Of the city hocked
at his heels. Then still playing the
wonderful tune, he led them out OF
the city gates and over the hills. Where
he led them was never known, for not
one OF them ever came back to tell.
So the city was left childless and there
were no laughing babies in the cradles,
nor merry children In the schools. be-
cause the people had broken their
promise to the "Pied Piper"
JULIA LATANE WEARING.
darlington. Va
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FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.

Florence Nightingale was born May
AZ 1920, and died August 10. 1910, at
tho age OF ninety years and three
months.
After being an Invalid for number
OF years, she succumbed to heart fall
ure. which caused instant death.
she was the first woman to follow
. modern army into battle as a nurse.
ana ~ me Crlmean War she gained the
title Of angel OF the Crimea,"
When a very small girl one OF her
nefghbors had very valuable dog
which was highly priced, bur one day
as the dog was watching the flock OF
sheep a naughty boy threw stone at
the dog and broke his leg, When tia
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Observation-Disclosures.

Pascal Adolphe Dagnan- Bouveret Is
a French artist. When he was boy
he tlonged to become a painter OF pic,
lures, but his father said he must be
a merchant Pascal was in great trou-
BILE, He loved art, but had no money
10 pay for lessons In painting, and his
father was angry with him for wish
Ing to BIO an artist Just thcn his
grandfather. who loved him tenderly,
offered to pay for the lessons, and so
Pascal began to paint He became n
famous artist and has painted some
fine pictures. "At the Watering
Trough" 10 one of his paintings, He
painted this picture while visiting on
farm. One day he saw one of tho
farmers men with two splendid horses
at the watering trough, The artist
saw the strength and beauty of these
horses.
Selected b. NoYELL4A HAWKES.
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A POLICEMAN AND A Darby WHOM
HE HAS CAUGHT STEALING.

Really, boss, I amt done nuthin',
clare 70 gracious didn't steal no
chickun.''
well, 1t looks mighty suspicious.
anyway" said the boss" otherwise
known as Policeman Jones. Come
along with me-"
Look hyar. Mr.. Policeman, yuh sec
1-I-er. 1t was dis away--a-"
Never mind that. you come on!'
well, cayn't yuh let me 'splain how
'twas?"
Hurry up then and tell your story"
well, twas dis err way. My ole
'oman's gal. Suc-she allus knows all
dere news--she done tole me dat ole
man links was sick err bed WIZ De
rheumatics. He allus has EN- every
winter. complainin' an keepin' 1s ole
oman up nights docterin MIN, an
YES yes, go on
so all says tub maself. says ]. All
m swine tub go see UNI, cayse yum
he was ma chum way long time ago,
befo' de war, an onct durin de war
he"
That has nothing to do with your
stealing that chicken. Hurry up or I :.
take you to the police station at
once!"
"Ah nebher took no chickun though
-ah, yuh see, ah went tuh see o.e man
links an foun him alayin' dere IN rs
bed wifi de rheumatocs: an an felt
sorry To- him, an so when he axed me
tu.l go lock up de chickuns TO him
ah was willin' to do him good turn,
cayse onct durin' de war he"
"Oh, come alongl"
wait err minut, boss, ah'u soon be
through"
Let US hope So"
les see, where was I? Oh yes. so
yuh know an went out to lock desc
yere chickuns up an seed one fine
ole rooster. an I all says. How much
you take TO- dat ole rooster he say
he ain't gw!ne tub sell I'm, SO all tist
lock de chickuns up men all goes In an
talks tub him uh little bit tub kinder
cheer him up, yuh know; an ak I'm
-oes he tink as how
"what did you do with that
chicken?"
.Ain't done nuthin' VIII 1t; non ali
come .way-but all clare TO- gracious
ah amt took no rooster"
Look here, old uncle, It looks
mighty strange to me since You were
so anxious for the rooster and now 1t
has disappeared. Yet you persist In
saying you never took 1t,
mo. boss, ah-ah clare an neober
took dat draggle tail ole rooster
ah-'
Just at this moment the old Negroes
hat began to move. and the rooster,
peeping from It's hiding place. crowed
| at the top Of Its voice. The Negroes
knees began to tremble as he looked
| at the policeman
Now" triumphantly. "if you never
| stole that rooster, maybe you can tell
me how 1t got in your hat"
Observation-Disclosures don't erzactly
know. sub. but all clare ah didn't steal
It; it must have Just gone up dere tub
roost"
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dogs master found this out he was
very much grleved, as he, said he would
be compelled. to kill him.

dogs master found this out he was
very much grleved. as he, said he would
be compelled to kill him.
When Florence heard this she went
Immediately and begged him not to kill
the dog, which he did not She splin-
tered it and bandaged 1t, and the faith
full dog laid down much easier. She
cared for 1t every day two or three
times until 1t got we'll. Then the dog
was good as ever, and always glad to
see "the nurse"
She studied nursing under the Pro-
testant Sisters of Mercy at Kaiser
werth, Germany. and returned to Eng
land at the beginning OF the Crimean
War She organized a corps of VOL
unteer nurses, whom she led into the
field to do their best for the fallen
soldiers.
She was especially celebrated for her
nobility at Scutari. When the war
closed she was enabled by testimo-
NAL fund to found an institution for
| the training of nurses. The amount
was s250,ooo.
| In 1908 she received the freedom OF
the city of London. King Edward be-
slowed upon her the order of Merit"
\ the most exclusive distinction in the
gift OF the BRUSH sovereign. She was
the only woman that ever received the
| order of Merit.
On May 10. 1910, she celebrated her
ninetieth birthday, and was the recipi-
ent OF a congratulatory message from
King George.
Long live the kind deeds. good, brave
and noble work of Florence Nightin-
gale.
| Written by
Aida BARNETT.
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HERO.

once there was a little girl who
lived in the country, She lived In a
very pretty cottage, with we'll near
it. One day she came out with a pail
In her hand, She went to the we'll.
and let the bucket down, She looked
into the we'll to see II the bucket was
full, lost her balance and fell into
the WE'LL Jack, her dog, was lying
lazily on the porch nearby. On hearing
this Jack ran to the well'barked loudly
and pulled at the rope Tho mother
heard the dog bars and came out to see
what was the matter, Seeing her child
was in the we'll, she got some ropes
and brought the child out safe. The
dog was called Hero ever alter,
ESSIE EHRSTEIN,
~ West Marshall Street, Richmond,
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A LEGEND.

Once upon a time there lived a lady
who had many servants to do her
bidding. One OF these was a little
girl, sailed Martha. who stayed In her
mistress room as her maid
Now there was little box on this
lady's bureau, which contained valu-
able string OF pearls,
One day Martha was sent by her
mistress to get the chain, The little
girl found the box lying open as her
mistress had left 1t, but the necklace
was gone, After looking for it the
child went to the window and looked
out, Her glance rested upon the gilded
statue of Justice, which looked very
lovely on the town hnll, with its scales
In one hand and sword in the other.
She stood at the window longer than
she intended and her mistress be-
came impatient. The lady called
sharply to the child to hurry, and SO
startled her that she stammered in
confusion that the necklace was not
there.
Tho lady now rushed in greatly ex.
cited, and accused the child or being a
thief, Martha had never been called
such before, so she was, confused and
could only deny the charge. All the
chi!d's clothes and boxes We're search
ed, hut the chain was not found. Yet
every one said the child was guilty.
She was put in prison awaiting trial
At last the day came and she WAS led
before her Judges, They pronounced
her guilty OF death.
She was taken to the scaffold under
the statue Of Justice. which she had
seen that morning The sentence was
abhlt to be given, when suddenly the
sky was dnrlxened A. great holt of
lightning descended with deafenins
crash and struck off the arm OF tile
statue. which held the scales. The
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Editorial and Literary Departm

child shut her eyes, thinking she was
surely struck, but soon opened them.
And what a wonderful sight she
saw! There In the scales lay the
chain of pearls entwined In mag
Composed by JOHN s. TERRY.
Rockingham, N. c.