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The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-02
News Summary of the Past Week

Judge James Brooks Dill. until re-
Gently member of the New Jersey
Court of Errors and Appeals, and one
of the leading American authorities
on corporation law, died at East
Orange.
Copper Hill, town of 1900 people,
located in the famous Duck Town
copper basin, Tennessee, was almost
completely wiped out by fire, las
buildings being burned, with loss of
over $4,000.
Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Eddy, the
leader and founder of the Christian
Science church, is dead. Natural
causes" explained the death accord
ing to DR.. George L. West, district
medical examiner. who was sum-
moned few hours after Mrs. Eddy
passed away. Later DR.. West added
that the more immediate cause prob
ably vas pneumonia. Mrs. Eddy was
born in Bow, N. H, July 16, 1921, and
was in her ninetieth year.
Mourned by many men prominent
in Bostons financial district Robert
E. Davie. known as the boy Broker"
with offices on State street, has dis
appeared. He is twenty-three years
old. Between 100000 and $5OO,OOO
are said to be the losses of those with
whom he dealt, but the only specific
complaint SO far charges the larceny
of stock certificates valued at $4,000
from Hannah Y. Greenwood of Som
erville. To answer the charge, he is
being sought by the police.
The population of the United States
should be 91,193.490 is the rate of in
crese shown by states on which COM
plete returns have been received and
tabulated by the census offices is
maintained. Counting New Mexico
and Arizona, for present purposes, as
states, the full returns of the enum-
Grafton have been tabulated for SO out
of the 49 and the District of Columbia.
They show a grand total of 6,355,17S,
as against 55,299,6S6 for the same
area in 1900.
A life-saving service for the rescue
OF miners in time of disaster has lust
been inaugurated by the United States
Bureau of Mines. Six specially con.
structed cars, fully manned by a
corps of miners trained in rescue
work and equipped with the latest ap-
paratus and first-aid Appliances
have been located in the midst of the
great coal districts in different parts
OF the country. These cars will be
ready at moments notice to proceed
to the scene of a disaster, where the
rescue corps. in cooperation with the
state mining officials. will do every
thing possible to save entombed min.
ers.
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Colorado state Highway.

Denver.-The state highway project
known as the Colorado Circle route,
which will be an automobile road
through twenty-four counties from
Denver to Durango and return over
the northern route, promises to be-
come certainty during the coming
summer, according to a report made
to the Chamber of Commerce by w.
II. Tulley of the state highway COM
mission. The counties in southwest
ern Colorado are joining heartily in
the move and are appropriating funds
to carry on the construction. Louis
Wyman, chairman of the board of
county commissioners of San Juan
county, consulted with the commits
sioners of Garfield county, and it is
expected they will make an appropria-
tion to carry on the work. La Plata
county will raise $4,000, which. with
appropriations from the state, will
bring the sum up to $22.5OO to be ex-
pended on the road through that coun-
ty. Montezuma county has appropri-
ated $4,000. and the state highway
commission will furnish $500 for the
work through that county. The citi-
zens of the southwestern part of the
state are eager for the project, and
the success of the undertaking now
seems assured.
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congress has already manifested itself
and there will be an interesting strug-
gle for that position.
Aviator Falls to Death.

Salida.--Walter Archer. an amateur
aviator, proved he possessed great in
ventive genius by making an ascen.
of 700 feet in a heavier than air ma
chine near here. Incidentally he lost
his life. dropping 700 feet with the
speed OF a plummet. and breaking ev-
cry bone In his body by falling on a
pile of rocks. Young Archer, who
was only IT, was the son of H. J.
Archer, a miner. He had evidently
been working on his device for some
tine. and with the greatest secrecy.
for not soul knew of his operations
until he suddenly scared into the air
from point in the hills near the pow
er plan of the electric light company
eight miles west Of here. Flying
steadily and at terrific speed, he
scared upward until he seemed to be
after a new record, then suddenly
stopped and fell even more rapidly
than he had ascended
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-02
Insurance and suicide.

Denver-That suicide is no defense
against the payment of an insurance
policy unless there has been fraud in
the procurement of the policy, is one
of the important findings of the State
Supreme Court in a number of decis-
ions handed down. What is commonly
known as the suicide statute" passed
by the Legislature in 1904 is held by
the Supreme Court as being constitu-
tional. because the Legislature had a
perfect right to enact such measure.
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Weeks News from All Over Colorado

cendiary origin destroyed stack OF
over co tons CT fine alfalfa hay on the
farm of John Oster seven miles south
east of La Sale
The Hotchkiss school district is the
banner one of the state, we believe.
There is now attending school five
pair of twins, four pair who do not
attend, making nine pair in the dis
trict.
In the County Court in Gunnison
George F. Scodghill of Marble was
fined 5000 and costs, amounting to A
total of $500, for alleged bootlegging
in the dry territory of Gunnison coun-
ty.
Weld county is to be represented at
the annual state horticultural conven-
tion at Rifle Dec IL and 12 by men
from Greeley and Fort Lupton. c. r.
Root, George J. Spear and d. r. Stoc-
Ter will be among the speakers.
With 1000 head of stock pasturing
in the sand hills about twenty-five
miles east of Greeley, Bruce Johnston,
veteran cattleman, is the only man
in northern Colorado, so far as known,
who still ranges more than 100 head
of stock.
Following the lines of the latest
discovery in medical science Greeley
physicians have made cancer vac
cine to be used in the case of pa
tient operated on there in hope of pre-
venting a recurrence of the disease.
If successful. they will continue their
work on a large scale.
At the meeting of the Farmers I'm
ion in Grand Junction, at which rep
resentatives from Rifle and Delta
were present. movement for an In
gurated. which will be connected with
the independent system in Delta AMI
Garfield counties.
The Great Western Sugar Company
of Greeley issued checks for s420,0
to the beet growers of the Greeley.
Eaton and Windsor districts in final
payment for all beets delivered to the
factory during November and Decem.
ber, making total payment his year
to the beet farmers of these three dis
tricts of exactly $1,000,000. and to-
tai payment to farmers and en.pivy-s
at factories of $1,1S0.00O.
The Bureau of Plant Industry, De
partment- of Agriculture, is casting
around for botanists or those familiar
with plant nutrition. To this end the
United States Civil Service Commits
sion announces the holding of exami
nations in Colorado for the purpose ..
filling list of eligibles from which
vacancies may be filled. on December
80, 1910.
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National Apple Congress.

Denver.-"Denver must have a ni-
tional apple show next year" This
is the slogan that is being shouted
throughout the apple growing sections
of Colorado and the various towns and
cities in these districts are appoint
ing delegates to the American Apple
Congress, which will be held in Den
yer Dec. 15 to II, with the view of
completing arrangements on that oc-
casion to begin work on preparing for
the show. Keen rivalry among the ap-
pie districts of the state for the honor
of naming the president of the apple
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WESTERN.

Oil is used as fuel in California for
furnaces and for copper refining fur
naces.
The War Department will sell the
old Fort Mckinney military reserva-
ton near Buffalo. Wyo., containing
10000 acres.
The commandant at Fort Sam Hous-
ton, San Antonio. Tex, the point from
which troops would move should con-
ditions warrant, has received no ad-
vices as to the reported fighting az
Ojinga, Mexico. So far as advices re-
ceived are concerned everything is
tranquil
Lorenzo d. S. Patton, aged So ears.
one of the five persons poisoned by
eating home-preserved asparagus tips
at family Thanksgiving dinner at
North Yakima, Wash, died. Mr.. Pat
toms mother. Mrs. Carrie B. Fulker-
son, and his daughter. Mrs. Frank T.
Kuchen, died week ago.
Colorado railroads just now are pre-
pairing to issue the annual passes for
1911. and it is one of the biggest Jobs
of the year. 1t is stated that the Colo
RADIO & Southern. the Denver & Rio
Grande and other Colorado roads. will
issue each in the neighborhood OF
about 5000 or 1000 annual passes.
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OPENING OF SENATE AND HOUSE
MARKED BY USUAL
ANIMATION.
few BILLS INTRODUCED
MORE THAN USUAL INTEREST
MANIFESTED SENATORS
PRESENT.

Washington.-The closing session OF
the Sixty-first Congress opened at
noon Monday. No business was trans
acted, save introduction of few bills
in the House, both branches meeting
merely to appoint joint committee
formally to apprise the President that
the legislative branch of the govern
ment was ready to proceed, to call the
rolls, and to adjourn after adopting
resolutions to the memory of members
who had died since Congress last met.
The usual animation marked the
opening In both the Senate and House.
but the reunion OF old Legislative
friends was tinged with sadness be-
cause of the heavy toll death had
taken in the last few months.
In consequence the Senate was In
session only quarter of an hour,
while the House was in session fifty
minutes.
More than usual interest was mani
tested in the opening. because of the
passing of the balance of political
power with the session. AS result
the galleries were crowded. On the
floor secretaries and clerks lined the
walls.
Since adjournment last June there
have been four deaths in the sena-
torial ranks.
Vice President Sherman was prompt
in entering the Senate chamber. and
bringing the Senate to order just as
the hands of the clock indicated the
noon hour.
Immediately afterward came the
opening prayer by DR.. Ulysses Grant
Pierce, who referred to the unusual
number of deaths within the Con-
gress. Roll call that followed dis
closed eighty senators present, only
eight falling to respond.
Resolutions by Senators Hale and
Cullom providing for the notification
OF the House and the President. re-
spectively. that the Senate was pre-
pared for business. were adopted. Sen
ator Cullom and Mr.. Money of Miss
issippi were appointed to wait upon
the President The secretary of the
Senate was instructed to. carry the
necessary information to the House.
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Good Showing for treasury.

Washington.-Novem was high
ly favorable month for the treasury.
1t produced a surplus on all accounts
of nearly $1.0O0.O0O. where October
had produced deficit of more than
$5.000.000. The working conditions of
the nations cash drawer shows cor
responding improvement for the
month. December opened with work
ing balance OF $34.O00.000 on hand
and $s6.600.000 in the general fund,
an Improvement of about $2.000.000
in the cash available for immediate
operations.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-02
Court Holds Heinze.

Washington.-Holdin that the Cir
cult Court of the United States for
the Southern District of New York
had erred. the United States Supreme
Court reversed the lower court and
held sufficient various counts of indict-
ments charging F. Augustus Heinze
with the misapplication of funds of
the Mercantile National Bank of New
York City. of which he was president.
Further proceedings must now be ta.
ken in the lower courts.
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Fear Foul PLAY.

Denver.-With several husdreds Of
dollars upon his person, and jewels
worth about 5000, Axel Matson. thirty
one years old. son of wealthy manu-
facturer in Meckfjard. Sweden, disap
peared in Denver less than two days
before he was to start for his home.
The police fear that he may have been
the victim of thugs.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-02
Increasing Water supply.

Colorado Springs.--The water stor-
age system of this city will be in
creased nearly half a billion gallons
at cost of $4,000 during the coming
year, according to plans just made
public by Mayor Avery. This will be
done by increasing in size five of the
mountain reservoirs.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-02
State Gets Coal Mine Data.

Denver.-State Coal Mine Inspector
Dalrymple has received $50 replies
from coal mine operators in response
to letter requesting information re-
garding their mode of operation.
Questions were asked regarding ven
tilation, method of working. shot fir
ing and power used in the mines so
that the commission to revise the
mining laws will have complete data.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-02
HIqh Grade cokino Coal.

Trinidad.-To tap a new vein of
high grade coking coal the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company has started a
new mine at Sopris. one of the Oldest
Of It's camps in southern Colorado.
1t is expected that the new mine will
be producing 1000 tons daily within
few months.
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pepartment Makes rolling.

washington.-A special order, effec-
tive at once. has been issued by the
secretary of agriculture prohibiting
the landing at any port in the United
States. its territories or dependencies,
of horses, asses, sheep. mules, goats
and swine from any of the countries
of Asia and Africa.
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eIood.TaInted; Barred from School

Washington.-The possession of
one-sixteenth negro blood brings
person under the classification of
NEGRO" according to decision of the
District Court of Appeals in the case
OF Isabella /. Wall, aged eight,
against the Board Of Education.
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Colorado pay Bio Event.

Chicago.-Colorado capped the eli
max of the Chicago Land Show. with
the biggest attendance OF any state
day of the event not excepting nearby
Michigan which had the advantage of
Saturday half-holiday. Extra police
were required to keep the crowd NOV
ing.
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FOREIGN.

Fourteen government soldiers were
killed in clash with insurrectionists
at Gomez. state of chihuahua. Mexico,
according to cowboys employed in the
Sulphur Springs valley.
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Hope of finding B. E. Corbin, vice.
president of the Union Savings Build
ing & Trust Company of Boise, Idaho,
who became lost in the mountains
west of Yellowstone park some time
ago, has been all but abandoned.
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The Western Slope Fruit Growers
Association, capitalized at 100000.
has been incorporated as the first
step toward combining all the fruit
growing associations in western Colo
RADIO
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New Wireless station.

Ft. Riley. Kan.-Fort Riley. Kansas.
is to have a wireless telegraph sta
tion. which is rapidly nearing COM
pletion.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-18
AGENT OF PROMOTERS
is BOOSTING FOR RENO

RENO. June 17.-William McCar-
ney, special representative of Rick
ard and Gleason in Reno made the fol-
lowing statement regarding the posi-
bility of the fight being taken to Gold
field and the probability of its being
held in Reno:
Il do not attach any Importance to
the Goldfeld offer at ALL On leaving
San Francisco there was no mention of
Goldfield, Carson, Ely or any place else
but Reno. The city officials and the
businessmen Of Reno have gone to the
battle with vim and have assured
them every protection. They will erect
the arena and take care of the license.
Every offer made by the Reno people is
bona fide and this looks like the logical
place to decide the fight
"The businessmen mean to go
through with every promise they have
made. This is proven by the fact that
they have already arranged with lum-
Der merchants, contractors and labor
ers and are ready to start work on the
arena at once. Nowhere In the coun-
try will promoters or fighters be ac-
corded as good treatment as they will
here in Reno.
'I have looked into the hotel. res
taurant and railway facilities and find
them perfect. Sufficient sidings are on
the edge of the town to take care of
all the special trains coming from the
east and west. Further than this, the
Southern Pacific will make such a. low
rate from San Francisco that it makes
it an inducement to the people on the
GOA eff
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-18
"GOLDFIELD WANTS IT."
IS SULLIVAN,S WIPE

GoLDFIELD, New, June 17.-The Of
fer of $4,000 for the Jeffries-John-
son fight on July 4, which caused Tex
Rickard to favor this city as a site
for the battle. was telegraphed by
Maurice J. Sullivan, president of the
GoldfeId chamber of commerce.
"Goldfeld wants the fight" Sullivan
said today. 'and we will get it If there
is any way of doing so. We carried
through the Gans-Nelson battle when
Goldfield had but one railroad and the
gate receipts were $4,000, the great
est gate money on record up to that
time. Since then another railroad out
let has been supplied for the town. In
fact, there are three roads, one direct
to Los angeles, another direct to Salt
Lake and the old road connecting with
the Southern Pacific's main line al
Hazen.
so far as the arena is concerned il
would not take us "a hours to bring
In lumber from San Pedro. Goldfeld
wants the fight and is going to try
mighty hard to clinch Richards ten
tative acceptance of its offer.~
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-18

pear. But this is as far as he is will
ing to go. Woodman has been warned
by Chief of Police Martin that the fight
can not take place and he does not
care much about buckipg the law.
Yes, l will be there, ready to do my
duty as the referee" said Eddie Graney.
II don't know whether there will be
anything for me to do, but if there is
they will find me right on the spot.
have clear conscience and l am not
going to violate the law in any way.
The outlook is none too bright, but
will take a chance at all events
Rickard, Gleason, Berger and possi-
bly, Johnson will all be there to look
the situation over. Just as soon as he
feels convinced that the fight is to be
stopped Rickard will make up his mind
to hop on the next train for Reno and
say goodby to San Francisco so far as
the big battle is concerned. It is his
own private opinion that kaufman and
Langford will not step into Blot's new
ring this afternoon at the appointed
hour.
1t is not known whether or not the
authorities will bother any of the
spectators, but the belief is that the
principals, promoter, referee and sec
onds will be the only ones whom the
minions of the law will pay any atten-
tion to. The chances are that most of
the crowd will remain on the outside.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-18

Las Vegas and Tonopah railroad, yes
terday. Brown is in this city working
to secure the big mill for the big Ne
yada mining camp
we have guaranteed Rickard 5000
tickets at $50 each and I have no
doubt that we can guarantee at least
another 1000 tickets at the same price.
Goidheld has more and better hotel
accommodations than any other town
In Nevada and besides we have a large
railroad yard and can easily park 20
or 80 special trains.
Then we have all of the other camps
TO draw from-Manhattan Tonopah.
Rhyol1te, Beatty and Blair Rickard
can pull the big fight off in Goldfleld
and stands to do just as well there as
in San Francisco.
We have committee in Goldfield
working on the matter and may make
a better guarantee tomorrow. We ca n
get the lumber for the arena from this
city to Goldfield within so hours and
II VIII be easy to land large force
or carpenters there In less time than
1t takes to haul the lumber"
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-18

he leads all questiOners to take this
view of it. Gleason can't see why the
governor will not stand for that fight
at Eighth and Mission streets. Neither
can he explain why the governor won't
stand for it. But at all events the
local man absolutely refuses to take
the situation seriously.
All day long Rickard was kept busy
opening kilograms from various min
ing towns which are looking for the
fight. Goldfeld came in early with an
offer of a bonus of $780, to be de-
rived by the sale of 5000 tickets at
$50 each. This rather appealed to Rick
ard, but he admitted that he could
not for the life of him figure out where
the good citizens of GoIdheld are going
to get their hands on 100000.
RENO THE HEIR APPARENT
Then came Reno once again. Rick
ard looks upon Reno as the most log
ical place of them all. He has been
positively assured by the leading busi-
nessmen of that city that they will
build him an arena and give him a
fight license free of. charge. This is
as far as they will go, but at that it
looks mighty good to the wandering
promoter at this stage of the game.
Just as he was endeavOring to frame
himself up to take a chance at the
dinner table Tex was handed another
telegram. This one came from Las
Vegas, another little mining camp
away down in southern Nevada. OF
course they want the fight there, and
of course Rickard wired back that he
would consider the offer. But it does
not look as though Las Vegas stands
much of a chance to land. Still, it is
on the fighting map.
Ely is still on the job. Rickard re-
ceived several wires from it's leading
businessmen yesterday afternoon and
last night. The only objection Rickard
has to Ely is that it is too far off
the main railroad line and that the
telegraph facilities are not adequate
to handle a great big championship
affair. Still, If the proper inducements
are made, Rickard may decide to cast
his lot with the men in the copper
camp, which, by the way, is his own
present home and scene of his mining
operations.
So far as the two fighters are con-
cerned, Rickard is not worrying at all.
Both of them have promised him faith
fully that they will fight wherever he
decides to pitch the ring.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-18

Work on the big arena at Eighth
and Market streets was resumed yes
terday morning because of a miSun-
derstanding between Rickard and
Gleason On Thursday afternoon Rick
ard notified the contractors TO cease
operations. Gleason ordered them to
resume work again yesterday. and they
managed to nail up several thousands
of dollars worth of lumber before
Rickard was advised OF what was go-
ing on. He hurried out to the place
and quickly called the carpenters and
laborers off the job
colonel Henry Kowalsky, attorney.
who drew up the articles for the con-
test, had long conference with the
promoters yesterday afternoon. His
advice to them is to stick and to test
the law. He declares enphatically that
the governor is in the wrong and that.
If Gleason and Rickard make up their
minds to go through with their plans
they can pull the battle OFF in San
Francisco and make money out of it.
NO USE FOR LAWYERS NOW
Opinions of like nature came pour
ing in from several well known local
attorneys yesterday afternoon and last
night. But Rickard paid little or no
attention to them 1t is his firm belief
that the governor has made up his
mind to prevent the fight and that it
would be foolish for him or any other
man to attempt to buck the state
executive. Rickard has heard so much
legal advice during the last three days
that he has become calloused. He does
not take it seriously any more.
Sam Berger, Jeffries' manager, made
a hurry up trip from the Rowardennan
camp yesterday morning and spent a
large portion of the day cOnferring
with Gleason. Berger brings the news
that his fighter is simply waiting to
hear where the battle is to be fought.
He is practically packed and ready to
move at a moments notice. Apparent
ly JEFF is not doing any worrying
Rickard announced last night that
already the sum of $135,00O has been
taken in for tickets and that as much
more is in sight for seats reserved but
not yet paid for kilograms cancelins
seat orders poured in from all parts Of
the country yesterday and several per-
sons wired in an effort to get their
money back. believing that the fight
will be called off.