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La Junta tribune., 1910-09-17
FALL FESTIVAL NOTES.

Robert L. Cochran, Of Denver. state
dairy commissioner. was one Of the
interested spectators at the Farmers
Fall Festival.
DR.. S. Book. of Denver, formerly
state veterinarian OF Colorado. was
one Of The experts employed to Judge
the horses at the Farmers Fall Fes-
tival
j. l.. Trostle, of the HOlbrook
country. has a two-year-old colt, sired
by Soleil Levant, that weighed 1915
during the Farmers Fall Festival. II
was one of the prize winners.
r. +. Chase, OF Fort Collins. in
structor in the department OF animal
industry at the State Agricultural Col.
lege. judged the Belgians on exhibi-
tion at the Farmers Fall Festival.
NJ. f. Penrose. OF Denver. manager
Of the Windsor Dairy Farm. one Of
the biggest institutions OF the kind
in the state. judged the cattle at
the Farmers Fail Festival, and award
ed the ribbons impartially.
ID. A. Bole. OF the Fairmount coun-
try. was awarded first premium on
his display OF wheat, and second pre-
MUM on wheat In the sheaf. MIR.
BOle had twenty acres Of wheat that
averaged seventy-five bushels to the
acre and forty pounds to the bushel
Two diminutive Bantam roosters
crawled through the wire netting that
enclosed the front OF their cage In the
exhibit hall last Wednesday night
and roamed at large inspecting the
exhibits during the night The owner
had forgotten to tie a knot In their
tails.
The alfalfa hay which was used
in constructing the hay palace WAS
grown on the ranch OF c. Il. HiE-
gins, under the Otero canal. II Was
baled in the field Just after being
sue anu th' V"ahN! wan Soh''u'u "
be par excellent, making a fine ap-
pearance.
Rocky Ford did herself proud at
the Farmers Fail Festival. coming
down 600 strong on Thursday = 100
seroag ~ uh00nrnAnx. anA ssesaassas
accompanied by its famous band. In
the afternoon. La Junta appreciates
the honor thrust upon II. and will
promise In advance to rcciprocate
next year by visiting that burg 1900
strong on Watermelon Day.
T. T.. Wade. Of Holbrook. had on
exhibition = two-year-old colt OF So
ltel Levant. named Segmaw. who Is
worthy descendant Of his sire. tip.
ping the scales at 1865 during the
present week. In style and appear.
xnce he can give cards and spades
to his sire and beat him. This colt
WAS awarded 4 blue ribbon. and look.
ed . winner from every standpoint
oOme vi tue uotbeueu 8tr maAiuS
vigorous protest on the awards on
horses at the Farmers Fall Festival.
some Of the animals that have been
winning first premiums In this see
tia for years failing to win the blue
ribbon. The horsemen wanted men
for judges who were entire strsnE'
ers In this section. 10th as to own.
erx and animals. and got just what
they asked for.
Clara Belmont. Of the famous Bel
mont sisters. made two ascensions on
Thursday-onc In the morning and
another In the afterssoa. The morn
ing ascension WAS y beauty. but In
an attempt to hold the balloon In
the afternoon for the arrival Of the
Rocky Ford bunch. the hot air cool
I'd and the ascent as n thriller was
somewhat Of 4 fkxlc. Another as'
cent and parachute jump Was pulled
off yesterday morning-while no one
WAS looking.
La Junta tribune., 1910-09-17


Was comting hh auburn hair.
The monkey he got drunk
And climbed on the elephants trunk.
The elephant sneesed and fell on
his knees
And that was the end Of the monk
monk-monk-ey."
To be sure there was plenty Of
moonlight In which the haboon might
have completed his careful toilet.
but since the baboon and the monkey
and the elephant each went away
with the Sells Floto circus.a and Swink
has an option on all drinks stronger
than sweet cider. It was impossible
for La Junta to live up to the lat
ter part OF the quotation. Jokes
aside. though. We laid Rocky Ford In
the shade. Everybody Is satisfied
--Aes.lighted.
Under the big tent. which vas.
by the way. oaly In part . straw pal
ace. the rvdAlest and goldenest and
finest apples on earth laughed over
the edges Of crates and plates and
Loxes At handsome peaches that. In
turn, blushed red and delixhtfully ~
only Colorado girls aud other peaches
raised m the Arkaasas Valley can:
nctted gems shone In cool delicious
ness In plies and crates. and onions.
hths finest that ever cried-or made
Ddhs other fellow cry-for recognition.
occupied conspicuous places with gen
uine onion dignity. Purple and yel'
low plums. arrayed side By side
tempted almost beyond human en-.
durance. and great green watcrmel
ons brought visions to more than one
pair Of retrospective eyes. OF green
ranks under the melIow moon and
raids. not always planned BY Grant
or Lee. aaA which had impetus no
more patriotic than lust forsxing.
And what u there. pray. In the
Wy W sSU&s SooS W. oVk sOssS s~S'>
In heaps OF profusion. There were
all known varieties. and some %
unfamiliar tAae hey could b. nsithe'
spelled nor pronouncsd. There Wal
= saAll Pixies Peak Of swsstness Ia
the way Of bsst sugar. bushei afsei
bushei. the product q one acres
yisA oe sugar bssts. Thers was ths
danlssst grain-whsat. oats. barley
corn. etc.-that gave again the fras
rance and the sunlight q sumuei
days.
Al one end Of the straw palace
there was . barnysrd display thai
would have put 70 shame the barn
yasd SPECIES apSsarins II he popu
lar play. ''ChAataclsss," anl tAsrt
was ~ deubeiag ~ Osautnsssss o.
the spsesss Whsa ~ W reostsrI
oDseel tAsls nosGAs ~ esow-cfsv
\ -~svs6- (Dog SaroDA ~ vhsso
La Junta tribune., 1910-09-17
"Straw Palace" Exhibit.

Il went to the animal fair.
The beasts and birds were there"
This much at least OF an ancient.
quaint stanza is true OF experience In
La Junta through the season. all too
short, Of the Farmers Fall Festival
We dare not lay claim to the re-
mainder. however. which runs As
11sMs ,..- - --.,..s = ,.--~--s...
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-05
Some People
I'm the
Public Eye

TH g W b oil e
c o U n t T y
sy mpathizes
with William 81.
Moody. who may
be forced to re-
tire rom til e
United States su-
preme court on
account Of illness,
as no m a n in
public Office has
worked harder or
given Uncle Sam
more Of his time.
Even If he does
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-05
Meeting of Negro Politicians

Atlantic City, N. J. Aug 5-Presi-
dent Taft cane in for considerable
sharp criticism from the speakers to-
day at the third annual convention of
the National Independent Political
League, an organization of negroes
with membership extending over a
large section of the country. The
league resents the disposition of the
Brownsville cases and also objects to
the Presidents policy toward colored
Americans as "typified by his recent
removal of colOred office-holders in
the South, and the starting of a cam
paign of retaliation against indiffer-
ent republican congressman in all
close Districts Bishop Alexander
Walters and a number of other
Afro-Americans of prominence were
included among the speakers.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-05
|SUN-CRAzED MAN
FROZEN
Mexican Leaves Burning
Desert for Ice and Dies
on Cooling Block.

Ell Paso, Texas, Aug. 5.-When
Fernando Gonzales, a poor Mexican
found he was about to lose his mind
from the intense heat at MaricOpa,
800 miles west of here Tuesday, he
crawled into refrigerator car,
loaded with ice, and froze to death.
Gonzales has long lived on the
desert wastes north of Maricopa and
grew to believe he was immune from
the dangers of the parching sun rays
But Tuesday morning he basket too
long in the torrid glow and was
startled when he realized he was go
ing "sun crazy"
Not far away stood the box car
dripping with water from the thaw-
ing ice inside. Gonzales gained en-.
trance into the car and curled up on
a 2OO-pound cake of ice. He was
found several hours later quite dead
from freezing. The thermometer
stood at los in the share just out
side the car and the desert sun, to
which Gonzales had been subjected
would send the mercury fully to the
100 degree mark.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-05
NEW FIRES DEVOUR
TIMBER
ALI Eyes in British Colum
bia Again Turn to Skies
for Rain.

Victoria, B. c., Aug. 5.-A recru-
descence of forest fires is reported
from various parts of the province,
and again hundreds are looking to
the skies for hoped-for rain, which
properties. Fresh fires of threaten
ing proportions are reported from
the vicinity of Sandon, from the Big
Bend district, from Comox, Salt
Springs Island and from other
places.
A telegram from Nelson indicates
the seriousness of the situation in
that district. The telegram reads:
Forest fires are raging through
out this district. 1 have so far an
swered all calls for assistance and
done everything possible to check,
but the demands are increasing, and
expenses also. New fires are break
ing out in every direction, and !
find it very difficult to cope with
the situation. The Halls Siding fire
has extended to the Silver King mine
and burned out a number of mine
buildings and is spreading rapidly.
Bad fires are reported from many
points and small ones are numerous.
If rain does not come soon the stu
alton will be exceedingly serious"
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-05
PERIL NOW ON WANE
Oriental Immigration Decreases and
L. S. Actually losing Japanese.

Washington, Aug. 5.-The yellow
peril is in the wane. The exclusion
laws have effectively put the brakes
on Chinese immigration and the ia
panese government has observed the
agreement relative to restricting the
exodus of Japanese from home. The
Chinese entering during the last year
numbered but 1,770, slightly less
than the figure of the previous year,
and not a third of the number which
entered in 1904. But the story can
best be told in figures of population
The number of Chinese admitted,
both immigrant and non-immigrant,
during the ten months ending with
April last, was 5,489, and the num-
Der departing was $500. For the
ten months the country has suffered
a loss of 1,131, loss which Ameri-
cans on the Pacific coast claim they
can endure without suffering.
The loss of Japanese has been even
more pronounced. For the entire
year ending June 80, 1910, japanese
immigrants entered to the number
of only 2,79S. This is the smallest
record made by japanese in a decade.
In 1907 the number of Japanese i'm
migrants was 30,824. The fact is
the United States is losing Japan
csc. In the ten months ending with
last April, the loss was both in that
class which comes here for more or
| less permanent residence and belongs
chiefly to the labor elements, and
in that other class which is here tenn
porarily for study, travel or business
In the ten months ending with April
2,212 japanese immigrants entered
and 1852 departed. These were
Japanese aliens who entered for
work and for more or less permanent
residence. Of the other class, 1927
entered and 1929 departed.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-05
Minnesota Banker Leaves Prison.

ST. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 5-Broken in
health and bowed down by sorrow
and age, Thomas B. Clement, former
ly well known banker in Faribault.
will be released from the state prison
at Saltwater today. Clement was
convicted in 1907 of placing worth
less paper to the amount of half a
million dollars in his bank. The
money was lost in Southern specula-
tons. Clement is now in his eighth
eth year At the intercession of his
friends his sentence was committed to
four years by President Taft.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-05
Politics i'm Connecticut.

New Haven, Conn, Aug. 5.-The
first steps looking to the republican
campaign in Connecticut this fall
were taken today when the state
committee met here to fix the time
and place for holding the state nom
mating convention and incidently to
review the outlook. All politicians
are agreed that the campaign will be
one of the most interesting the Nut
meg state has seen in some years. In
addition to the fight now on between
Charles A. Goodwin and Everett Lake
for the gubernatorial nomination
there is to be a spirited contest for
United States Senator between the
incumbent, Morgan G. Buckley, and
former Governor George P. Mclean.
Lively fights are in prospect also in
several of the congressional districts.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-05

JUSTICE MOODY. retire be won't
loaf. He doesn't know how. He held
the long. short and middle distance
records as a worker when he was In
congress and when he was secretary
Of the navy and attorney general and
later on when he joined the supreme
bench. 1t may seem out of place to
relate funny story in writing of a
sick man. but then it cannot hurt his
case, which is the writer's excuse for
telling 1t.
In his constant industry Mr. Moody
reminds one Of that young man whose
relatives took him to Peoria. ILL.,. one
night and led him to the heights over
looking the city.
"Jim." they said. you might as well
quit drinking. You can't drink all
they make each day. The task is
hopeless"
Jim looked at the myriad lights OF
Peoria's distilleries and was pensive
for time. Then he frightened up.
mot so blame hopeless at that.
said he courageously. Haven't l got
'em working nights?"
The sudden illness that struck
Queen Eliza beth of Roumania came as
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-05
lQ5WII3I ;!;!l9

A select home school for the train
ing of manly boys. Instruction thor
ough and personal. Athletics encour-
aged; fine new gymnasium; a
healthy country school life; modern
buildings; pure water; wholesome
food. Prepares for college and bust
ness life. Special college prepare
tory courses and instruction in Ian
guages. Fall term begins Sept. Is,
1910.
Located on Lake Steilacoom, eight
miles south of Tacoma.
For full information, address
ID. S. FULFORD, Principal,
South Tacoma, Wash.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-05
CARMEN SYLVIA.

great shock to the world. her work
for her people having made her uni
versally known and beloved. She was
born in Neuwied. Germany, on Dec.
%. 1S43. and in 1869 married Prince
Charles Of Roumania. At the outset
mans. entering with characteristic
energy into the life Of the people.
studying their customs and endeavOr-
ing to understand their thoughts and
aspirations. During the war Of 1877
the princess worked day and night in
the hospitals. setting an example
which was emulated by Roumanian
women. In 1881 Roumania was de-
clared a kingdom. and on the 22d Of
May of the same year the princess
was crowned queen.
1t was subsequently that she be-
came known as writer of poems.
novelettes. dramatic sketches and
fairy stories and adopted the pen name
of Carmen Sylvia" Her romantic nom
de plume signifies songs Of the
woods" Many of her .majesty's liter
airy productions have been translated
into English. Sir Edwin Arnold having
rendered some of her verses into our
language
Governor Jared Young Sanders Of
Louisiana. who was recently elected to
the United States senate. will be the
youngest member. excepting Senator
Gore Sanders is fOrty-One. He has
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-05
Americans at World Congress.

Berlin, Aug. 5-Many Americans
are included among the delegates ana
visitors who have arrived in Berlin
to take part in the fifth World Cong
ress of Free Christianity and Religi-
Gus Progress. The congress begins
its sessions tomorrow, continuing un-
til next Thursday. More than a score
of religious bodies, ranging from
Hicksite Quakers to Hindu THESIS,
will be represented in the proceed
ings.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-05

race tracks and other gambling. Rae
ing promptly ceased at the City park
and fair grounds tracks. but certain
races had really caused the bills pas
sage. kept on racing at Suburban park.
in Jefferson parish. across the Missis-
sipi from New Orleans. Governor San
ders. however. threatened to call out
the militia. and that settled the mat
ter. He was elected to the senate to
ill out the unexpired term of the late
Samuel D. McEnery. which will ex-
pire In 1915.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-05
Band Concert.

The Wenatchee Military Band will
render the following program in the
park this evening beginning at 8
o'clock:
March-"The Vanquisher" :. Heed
Overture-"King Rose. Barnard
Idyl-"Hearts and Flowers" TObani
Valse Brilliante-"Cariss Penn
Mazurka-"La Czarine". Came
Southern Oidity-"On the Level
...... Hall
Medley-"Remick's Hits" Lampe
F'inale-"Kentucy Thoroughbred"
Yingling
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-05
Attempt to Rob POStOffiCe.

Four sticks of dynamite and some
burglars tools were found in the
postoffice at CosmOpolis Monday
mourning when the building was
opened for business. 1t is thought
it was the intention of the burglars
to blow the safe
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-05
Columbia County Rich.

The total value of assessable pro-
perty in Columbia county, according
to the semi-annual financial exhibit
at Dayton, as $S,O7O,19S. The as
sets are $72,S25 more than the liza
bilities.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-05

taken a leading
part in state poll
tics and has beer
much in the lime
light. He is a
lawyer. has been
speaker Of the
lower house. a
state senator and
lieutenant govern
or and was elect
ed governor two
years ago.
While in that Of
fee Mr.. Sanders
signed the Locke
bill. which prohib-
tied betting on
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-05
Made Record Run,

The steamer Columbia one day
this week arrived at Entiat at $40.
Chelan was reached Z little after 10
and Brewster about o'clock. The
boat was in charge of Captain Gray
and this is the best run made so far.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-05

character from the truly honorable
and upright"
Polk was endowed with a burnin.
ambition, and he expressed II before
the Dialectic Society in glowing Ian
guage. He looked out with conf
dence to a great career for himself,
and for his fellows, too. He must
have seen some OF the future that
fate had reserved for HIM and for
them. Witness the following. II
Is taken f-om the same inaugural al
dress: Seize then with aviditN the
opportunities of Improvement as they
pass, for ere long YOU may be called
upon TO succeed those who now stand
up the representatives of the people,
to WELD by the thunder of your clo-
quence the council OF a great nation
and to retain by YOUR prudent meas
ures that liberty for which our faith
ers bled. 1t may be a delusiVe phan-
tom that plays before my imagina-
ton but my reason tells me that il is
not. For why may We not expect
talents in this seminary in proportion
to the number OF youths which il
fosters, and with the advantages
which have been named why may Ne
not expect something more han OF
binary? But if it were visionary. l
would delight to dwell for a m
upon the pleasing hope
ON the walls of the historic Dia-
lectic Literary Society hangs an ul
painting of James Knox Polk, the
eleventh president Of the United
States, sitting in profile. In his hand
is a parchment roll. ana on the table
before him is a White feathered pen
staff. The poise of his head. It's pro-
p~OrtiOnate development. suggests Keen
mentality and intellectual gift. IN
silence, with many others. eGUaI n
ability if not in eminence, he pre-
sides over the old hall where he So
eagerly served his early opportanI-
ties.
NIXON 5. PLJMMER.
Chapel Hin, y. Z.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-05
Wilmington STAR

There came into This office yestcr-
day a remarkable negro, she son CT
a Robson county slave, bearing TO-
Gay in honor the name of his father
"Ole Marster." He was James r.
McGirt, once a p~ickaninny, now a
man of letters. McGirt is d poet
not a colored poet. for poets have
no race, as musicians are said 30
haV no sex. McGirt. the man. is 4
negro, neither proud nor ashamed
of the iact. McGirt, the poet. .sa
poet.
This North Carclinian was bora IN
Robson county, and Went to Gieer1-
boro, where he studied at Bennett
college. His parents had the African
jingle IN their veins. They trans
lated it betines into jinSles of their
own. McGirt inherited and improv-
ed. A subtle poetry Of birth he put
to use in the poetry of today, IN the
form Of yesterday. He developed the
tinkle of bangles into the music OF
words. But, with rare discernment
he put his music into the form OF his
race.
McGirt has been in a sense lucky"
in the sense of opportunity. He
found friends who had both
agement and money to offer HIM
He went to Philadelphia. and ne
'made good He has written four
of poetry. and two of short
stories. 1t is real poetry, and they
are real stories. Chestnut, Whs
promised much, has a successor who
promises even more.
There is something uncanny about
the work Of a negro poet, for the rea-
son tina we have mentioned above,
that the dream of the impractical abo-
i real talent-an equality beyond
condition. Some of McGirt's poems
strike the universal note. The spark
that his parents bore, he mas famed
into a blaze.
For all that, it is remarkable that
this man should have preserved along
with a fiattering success, a sense Of
proportion. He is still a Tar Heel
Negro" personally, say what YOU VIII
about his abilities otherwise. Through
his talk runs a strain of halt-hurnOr-
Gus, half-pathetic reminiscence Of
humble days. And the beauty Of 1t al
is that he so evidently enjoys The
memory.
The North has lauded McGirt. 1t
has sung his genius, bought his
poems, hailed him as what he is not
an pon of his race. Intellect
ually, he is, IN the other hand, an
exception. What the North does not
see-and what the south IAN ap-
preciate-is that. barring his gift. he
Is tSpiCdl OF MS race. tOSl -MCIiTt
present mission is 20 write Of n
Southern negro for Northern maya
zines. We do not doubt. after a cas-
uaf interview, that ne will do 50
wisely; that he Will observe With
kindness, and with that accuracy
possible only to sympathy with those
of whom he writes. The Ray stan
nard Bakers see With an alien eye
the surface-McGirt, by reason Of his
peculiar Abilities. ought to be able -
see deep. And we know that he
.-understands.''