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Evening journal., 1910-09-02
DEATHS.

Isaac W. Haliam.
Anna Sivilla Jump.
Stephen B. Van Fossen.
Charles w. McFee.
Ella Schaeffer.
Annie Fox.
HALLAM-Entered into rest on August 81 n.
1910, Isaac W. Hallam, in his s3rd year
Relatives, friends, Hope Lodge No 81 l.
o. o. f., Reynolds Encampment No. Q. and
members Of the Order in general and mem
bers of the Washington Fire Co. are i'm
vited to attend the funeral from his late
residence, No. 11l4 West Eighth St. on
Saturday afternoon, Sept. B, 1910. at 2
O'Clock lnterment at Wilmington and Bran
DIVINE cemetery.
JUMP-In this city, on September 1. 1910
Anna Sivills infant daughter OF Harry
and Clara b. Jump, aged months.
Funeral services will be held at her par
ents' residence, Edgemoor. Del, on Saturday
afternoon September 3rd at 2 o'clock In.
terment Silverbrook cemetery.
VAN F0SSEN-On August 81. 1910 Ste
phen b. Van Fossen, in his 84th year.
Relatives, friends and members Of Morn
ing Star Lodge, No. 8, I. o. o. F., are in
vited 70 attend the funeral services at the
residence Of his son-in-law Henry saring
Marshallton, Del, on Friday evening Sep.
tembsr 2nd at 7so o'clock. Interment
Smyrna, De-.
McFEE-o Charles W. McFee, died in Quebec
Aug. 81, 1910.
Funeral from his late residence, Wash.
ington, d. G., Saturday, September 3rd.
SCHAEFFER-In this city. on September
l, 1910 Ella, widow Of tho late John II
Schaeffer.
Relatives and friends arc invited 20 attend
the funeral services at her late residence, 917
kirkwood street on Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Interment in Riverview cemetery
FON-At Ashland, Del. on September
1910, Annie Fox
Relatives and friends are invited 10 at.
tend the funeral at the residence Of her
nephew. Peter J. Donaghy, Ashland Del
I on Monday morning at o'clock. Re
/ QUEEN mass at St. Patrick s church. Inter
ment at st. Patrick's cemetery, AshlaAd
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Francis dell. Janvier.
Eleventh district-Roseby McMul-
lin.
Twelfth district-Albert I. Swan.
Thirteenth district-James T. Shall
cross.
Fourteenth district-Edward Hart
Fifteenth district-Charles f.
George and Andrew j. Wright.
For Assessors-First district
Thomas J. Hanningan and William j.
Meaney.
Fourth Edward ID. Carr
and Neal NJ. Kennedy.
/ Fifth tistrict-James A. McKeown
and Martin f. Mealey.
Sixth district-Larkin S. Handy.
Seventh dlstrict--John Frederick.
Eighth district-Thompson L. Baily.
Ninth district-Benjamin T. Eu-
banks and Gregg Lyman
Tenth district-Frank McGrory and
Samuel +. Toppin, Jr.
Eleventh district-John r. Butler
Twelfth district-John Amos Col
Inns.
Thirteenth district-Henry Heller.
Fourteenth district-Sherburn A
Collins and James W. Webber.
Fifteenth district-Charles w
Jones
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TOO LATE F0R CDiSSIFiCATlON
ID OoL TABLE FOR SALE. 6I2 WEST
Front St. seat
II OR RENT-STORE
Z NORTHEAST CORNER MARKET AND
THIRD SITS.
LOFTS.
Suitable for manufacturing purposes, 22x27
feet long Apply 500 Marke3 81. s2-tf
w ANTED-6o QUARTS OF MILK.
w Klund GIT f. 4th st. s2-tf
VIZ JANTED-YOUNG LADY TO WORK IN
w laundry. Apply Wilmington Wet Wash
laundry, 500 w. 9TH. s2-tf
FOR RENTS ROOM HOUSE AT oEDARs
Apply J. Fisher, Cedars. s2.8teod
NTANTED-TO BUY MILK ROUTE OF
w from 125 to $50 quarts daily. Address
II. Journal Office. s2-2t
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READING GETS
NEW EQUIPMENT

The Reading Railroad Company is
now receiving its new passenger
equipment from Harlan and Hollings-
worth Corporation. Eight cars are
now in service. They are being brok-
en- in on the Reading division. after
which they will be sent to the New
York division. When the other fifty
are delivered some of the crack trains
on the Reading division will be
equipped with them.
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Financial and Commercial

By United Press Leased Special Wire.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2.-Trading at
the opening of the stock market to-
day was fairly activ and pressure was
resumed on the majority of issues.
Declines ranging from Is to 1-2 were
recorded in many issues. The market
soon presented badly mixed appear
ance. Steel common sold down 3-8
from yesterdays closing.
Noon-During the last half of the
forenoon the market was dull, with
prices varying little from yesterdays
close.
f. d. Lackey & Company says:
While the New York stock market
opened at about last nights final
prices, and continued dull during the
first session, there was some improve
ment in the buying demand and all
classes of securities advanced from
1-8 to a point.
II is expected the market will make
further improvement in view of the
triple holiday and a covering move
ment is likely to set in toward the
end of the day.
The Philadelphia market is very
dull and inactive, with prices practi-
cally unchanged from yesterday.
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FREE EXCURSION
every afternoon this week and Labor Day
TO Lawn Croft Cemetery. We pay OF re-
fund your fare both ways, except for chill
dren.
3 grave lot, $1,000 upward.
grave lot, $4,000 upward
grave lot. $500 upward.
With insurance feature, perpetual care, .
years 20 pay. Take Darby Trolley and come
direct to entrance.
once No. s2s Market Street.
Open evenings.
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SI1sIf sHEEG &C.
SPECIAL SATURDAY
By Mail 1c Copy Extra


Honey VIII Long For You.
Cutey.
I'm Longing for tomorrow.
All Join in the Chorus.
Wouldn't You like to Know me better
Silver Bell.
What's the matter with Father.
Til Make Ring Around RPsie.
Put on your old grey bonnet.
I'm on My Way to Reno.
By light Of siivery Moon.
Moonlight, Rose and You.
I Won't be Back Till August
Moving day in Jungletown.
Daisies won't tell.
When daisies bloom.
Loving Rubenstein Melody.
Mandy How Do You Do.
Song Of Old Kilkenny.
Goodbye Betty Brown
Call Me Up Some Rainy Afterno0
Cupids I. o. u.
Grizzly Bear Song.
Ogalalla.
Any Little Girl That's a Nice Girl.
You Are Ideal Of My Dreams.
In Dear Old Tennessee.
In The City Where Nobody Care
Where the River Shannon FloWt
Kate Killarney.
Silver Threads Among the Gold
Moonlight in Jungleland.
There Never Was Girl Like You.
I'm Afraid Of You.
Oh You Blondy.
Spaghetti Rag.
Wild Cherries
Midnight Fire Alarm
Burning Of Rome.
Beautiful Star of He
Mesmerizing Mendessohn Tuns.
I'm Awfully Glad ! Met You.
All / Ask is Love.
Garden Of Roses.
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FAIR ON In
FULL BLAST

CONTINUED From First Page.)
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Ireland goes on booming Industrial
ly. She raised four million sheep las
year. shipped nearly thirteen millions
OF linen from Belfast TO the United
States alone. and other exports were.
Cattle. $45.734.575; butter. sfT,SS3, 900
and eggs. Sf2-637- -0hn.
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Postoftice CLERK Goes South.

.POstOffice Clerk Goes South.
Herbert Strickland, of Atlantic
City, has been visiting friends in this
city. Mr.. Strickland, who for the past
two years has been a clerk in the
Chelsea postoffice. Atlantic City. and
accepted a position as clerk in the
Jacksonville, Fla, postoffice, and left
today for that place.
Evening journal., 1910-09-02
Muslin Underwear and Shoes

Special Ladies Corsets price soc
Lot OF Chdrens Gingham Dresses 75c to $50
Special Cover trimmed .I9c
of LaGies trimmed Skirts
All $3.50 and S400 La France Oxford and Pumps $500
Ladies $500 Suede Oxfods gray brown $29S
Ladies Strap Pumps $500
Beos and Youths $500 and $3.50 Oxfords S1-50
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Mr.. HenId at Convention.

Congressman William H. Heald
yesterday went TO Providence, r. /.
to attend the Waterways Convention.
His secretary Thomas w. Miller, will
Join him there tonight.
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Special Silk Sale

20oc yards choice Silks fine silk
Regular values "a and 2 inches wide New fall shades and styles
Saturday price s>23c
New Persian SILK .59c 6Sc 79c and S9c
Plaid Silks inches wide .59c S9c
soo guaranteed TaHeta inches price 7sc
-6O7-6OO rlarket Street
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GEN ERAL.

The population Of Connecticut, as
enumerated in the thirteenth census
is 1,114,756. This is an increase of
206.336, or 22.79o, over 908, ,42O in 1900
Navy Department officials have un-
earthed an old history in which the
claim is made that the North pole was
discovered in 1860 by friar of Ok
ford.
Mrs. H. w. Bomar Of Liberty. Miss,
lost her suit for $25,0O0 damages
against the Woodmen Of the World,
whom she blamed for the death OF
her husband.
New York's Chinatown is to be
cleaned up as it has never been
cleaned before. This is the decision
Of the new police administration. The
police have already been instructed
to order all white persons from the
district.
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DR.. Hawley H. Crippen. convicted of
the murder of his wife. Belle Gilmore.
the actress. will be hanged November
8th. The date originally announced
was November 18th, but the sheriff
advanced the day one week.
Lisbon The republican govern
ment is somewhat uneasy over the at
titude of the regiments which made
the revision possible. Although not
only insubordinate. the soldiers.
flushed with victory. are showing ex-
treme independence and are champion
ing the maintenance of strong power
in the hands of the military. The
governments real reason for accord
ing leave of absence for four months
to the soldiers who took part in the
rising with full pay is the desire to
break up the regiment temporarily.
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POLITICAL.

John A. Dix, the Democratic candi-
date for governor Of New York. has
received a definite assurance that
Mayor Gaynor would make public
statement favoring his candidacy.
The Illinois Federation of Labor has
adopted resolutions looking to ref
erendum vote Of workers IN this and
other states, upon forming a new po-
litical party, to be composed exclusive
ly of working classes, including farm
ers.
The Boston & Maine railroad will
not interfere In New Hampshire poll
tics hereafter, according to state
ment made by President Charles
8. Mellen in an address before
the Wonolncat club. The Boston &
Maine has been political issue in
New Hampshire and Massachusetts
for many years.
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Retain. Name, New Mexico

Santa Felt took the constitu-
tional convention only one hour to
adopt the preamble and Article I. of
the constitution Tuesday and then to
adjourn to Thursday. In order to
make sure that the name of New Mex
leo will be retained for the new state
a section was inserted in the first ar
ticle as reported from the committee.
The preamble reads:
I'VE. the people Of New Mexico.
grateful to Almighty God for the
blessings of liberty. in order to secure
the advantages Of a state government,
do ordain and establish this constitu-
tion."
Then follows Article l.. the first
section OF which reads:
"The name of this state shall be
New Mexico"
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SPORT.

The third day Of the international
aviation meet at Belmont park, Long
Island, was made remarkable by the
establishment of new American rec
ord for altitude, by ]. Armstrong Drex-
ell, and the competition in other events
was at all times full Of zest. Drexel
scared in great circles higher and
higher into the glare OF the setting
sun to a height of 7,1O5 feet. His de-
scent was swift, and he landed safely
in the middle of the field.
A remarkable incident of the Ath.
letics-Cubs game occurred in Judge
Scanlan's court in Chicago. The
judge, having ascertained that the
members of his jury were more in
terested In the game than In the case
at bar. sought to right matters by
having the score by innings read to
them by bailiff. This worked well
until the news OF the defeat of the
locals came in. Some of the jurors
looked so melancholy that the court
dismissed the panel for the day, ex-
planning that in the circumstances It
seemed impossible for the Jury to
spare enough attention from the game
and its result to hear any more evi-
deuce,
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WASHINGTON.

Senator S. B. Elkins of West Vir-
ginia, whose illness has been serious.
continues to improve, according to his
physicians.
Rewards have been offered by the
government for Information leading
to conviction Of persons who careless
ly or maliciously set fire to the ma
tional forests.
Robert E. Peary, the Artic explorer.
has been advanced to the rank of cap
tain in the corps of civil engineers Of
the navy by reason OF the retirement
on account Of age Of Capt. u. s. G.
White. 3,
A tentative system for collecting
credit information for the benefit of
the national bank examiners with the
compilation and checking up of the
commitments of large local and ex-
tended borrowers, has been formulated
by committee of the examiners who
have been meeting at the Treasury
Department.
The final attempt of the feredal gov
ernment to uphold the validity of the
indictment in the New York federal
courts of the Press Publishing Comps-
ny In charge Of libel. growing out
of the publication of an article in the
New York World on the purchase OF
the Panama canal, was made in oral
argument before the Supreme Court
of the United States. The govern
ment's efforts were opposed by argu-
ments for the Press Publishing Com
pany designed to sustain the action of
the lower federal court in quashing
the indictment.
Figures, the compilation of which
has just been completed at the Post
office Department, show that the ex-
act reduction Of the postal def.
icit during the fiscal year end
ed June Goth last was $11,5OO,.
900. The deficit of the previous fiscal
year was $17,600,000, SO that in one
year the deficit was reduced to $780,.
900. More than 1900 new postoffices
were established during the last fiscal
year. Great extensions were made in
the rural delivery system, SIS new
routes with total mileage of 1926
being put into operation. There were
appointed from the civil service list
over 1900 postoffice clerks to enlarge
the working forces Of the city postof.
fices, and more than 1000 additional
letter carriers.
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Minor Mention.

The new Odd Fellows home is to
be located between Denver and Ar
vada.
The Farmers National Bank of Auit
proposes to double its capitalization
of $4,000.
Conrad Benzowosay was killed in
the mine at Hastings, near Trinidad
Friday. by fall of rock.
A civil service examination for
rural delivery carriers will be held at
Rocky Ford. Colo, Nov. 10th.
Potatoes without warts or eyes the
result of scientific experimenting,
were exhibited at the Carbondale fair.
Richard B. Cutler is appointed post
master at HOLLYWOOD, Ebert county.
Colorado. vice NJ. G. Rector, resigned.
The kersey school district mas voted
the issuance of OF $4,000 in bonds,
4 portion to be set aside as sinking
fund.
Caught in blizzard while on a
hunting trip, Arthur ]. Moore. aged
%, resident of Black Hawk, was
frozen to death.
Olathe has just dedicated what is
claimed as one of the finest Metho-
dist churches in any small town on
the western slope.
S. w. Berry, the Olathe rancnman
who assaulted w. G. Packer, school
teacher, was fined 800 ard costs,
with another sui. coming. Berry is
recovering.
The board of army engineers which
has ben examining government irriga-
West, has arrived in Washington and
will devote month to preparation OF
their report to the President
1t is the plan of the Associated
Relief organization at Greeley to Sc
cure employment for needy persons
who are strong and well instead Of
making them objects of charity.
Samuel Griffith. farmer living
near Milliken, has just finished har-
vesting ten acres of potatoes that gave
an average yield of 203 sacks to the
acre. They netted the owner $2.100.
After being in court for seven years
H. E. English has won suit for 5000
against the Union Pacific railroad.
English charged the road with failing
to forward car of potatoes from
Greeley to Denver.
While sitting in high chair watch
ing his mother wash. Arthur Spencer,
8 years old, of Starkville. fell back
ward into a tub OF boiling water and
was SO badly scalded that he died
four hours later.
In the Rocky Ford district Peter
Arnold, prominent sheep man of
Otero county, had dispute with the
The new era., 1910-10-27
weld and philip. irrigation project.


When the earlier settlers diverted
the waters OF the Platte and tributary
streams upon their lands, naturally
enough they did not engage In any
very intricate surveying. letting the
water follow the wei; known law Of
gravitation and running their laterals
in the most convenient course. 1t has
been said that one OF the earlier
bitches in this county was surveyed
by an engineer whose only instrument
was a plumb-bob. But that was long
ago, and there are men here yet who
never dreamed of the extent to which
irrigation would be carried, though
even in those days the value of water
on the land was seen. Just now there
are two irrigation projects on foot
which will redeem much land that has
heretofore been considered too re
mote from the source of supply to
ever have water brought TO ii. One
of these is that which will irrigate
some twenty thousand acres of land
in Phillips county. and another in
northeastern Weld county in section
which has never as yet been irrigated.
The reservoir. which will ne built to
conserve the flood waters of Coal
creek, is about three miles from the
little town of Hereford There are
twelve thousand ceres In the district.
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WEEKS NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS

Zion City is soon to be governed by
the same strict blue laws under the
same secret espionage that dis
tinguished it during the reign of John
Alexander Dowie, its founder.
Too late for census but earnestly
doing her share in Cleveland's re-
markable growth, Mrs. William G.
Clarke, Lakeside avenue matron.
Friday became the mother of her
third set of triplets. Busy at her
usual housework, she showed the
family Bible. which displayed the fact
that she is also the mother of four
pairs of twins and that she herself is
the only sister of twenty brothers.
The German balloon Germania. Capt.
Hugo Won Abercron, pilot, and August
Blancketz, aide, has landed at Coo
coocash, Quebec. 179 miles north OF
Quebec. This is approximately LIDS
miles, and may mean that all worlds
records have been broken. The Aero
club called upon Gen. Allen, chief Of
the signal corps at Washington, D. G.,
to have the revenue cutters patroling
the Great Lakes look for wreckage il
Lake Huron. Steamship companies
which have vessels plying Lake Huron
to Join in the search.
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WESTERN.

Ralph Wilson, aged 10 years. is
dead, and two st. Louisians seriously
injured by reformed" football in st.
Louis.
Declaration of intention to build a
railroad from Springer, N. NJ, to San
Francisco. was contained In a letter
received by Secretary Of State Curry
from H. 8. Wanamaker. secretary Of
the Mountain Valley & Plains Railroad
Company.
Twenty-Five thousand people cele-
brated Colorado day at the Pittsburg
Land show. From every booth
Duquesne garden banners, with the
words Colorado Leads in Opportuni-
ties" were feature Of the decora-
tons. Twenty thousand badges lab
eled Colorado" were given out in the
evening.
Lewis Larned Coburn. attorney and
civist, is dead at his home in Chicago,
aged rs years. Mr.. Coburn was the
founder of the Union League Club
here and was chosen the first presi-
dent. He also was instrumental in
organizing the Athaneum and was a
member of the Art institute, Loyal
Legion and Grand Army Of the Re-
public.
The lectures were devoted entirely
to the state and its resources. Profes-
sor Brandenberg spoke on 1.-The San
Luis Valley" Mrs. Dora Phelps Buell.
lectured on Colorado" showing $50
colored slides and the Grand Valley
moving pictures. Alfred Patek spoke
on Colorado as Health Resort" In
the evening these lectures were re-
peated to large audiences.
The forty-eight cities in which the
trial is to be made Of the new saw
ings banks have been announced by
Postmaster General Hitchcock, on be-
half of the board of trustees. On &C.
count OF the limited appropriation,
second-class postoffices were selected
as follows: Bessemer. Ala; Globe,
Ariz.; Stuttgart. Ark: Oroville. Cal |;
Leadville, Colo; Couer d'Alene, Idaho;
Pekin, ILL.,; Princeton. Ind; Decorah,
Iowa; Pittsburg. Kan: Middlesboro.
Ky; New Iberia. La; Houghton,
Mich: Demidji. Mimi; Gulfport,
Miss; Carthage, Mo-; Anaconda,
Mont; Nebraska City, Neb.; Carson
City. New; Ration. N. M; Wahpeton,
N. D.; Ashtabula. Ohio; Guymon,
Okla; klamath Falls, Ore: Dubois,
Pa; Deadwood, 8. D.; Johnson City,
Tenn; Port Arthur. Texas; Provo.
Utah; Olympia, Wash; Grafton. w.
Va; Manitowoc, Wis. and Laramie.
Wyo. It IL practically certain they
xill omen hafora the first of tna year,
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COLORADO. STATE NEWS

foreman Of the sheep company. 1t is
believed none of the four gunshot
wounds he received are fatal.
An increase Of $372.160 is shown in
the valuation Of property in Larimer
county. One-third OF the gain is shown
in the increased valuation of Fort Col
Inns property. The total valuation in
the county is $9,543,35O.
Because of success OF the expert
ment of oiling portion Of North
Cascade avenue. at Colorado Springs.
Commissioner Lawton will ask for an
appropriation next year to extend the
work to several more streets.
Julius C. Gunter, formerly of Trini-
dad, has been chosen by the Demo-
cratic state executive committee to
take the place of the late Justice R.
w. Steele on the party ticket as can
didate for the supreme bench.
Fruit growers of Colorado are prac-
tically unanimous in favor of 4 move
ment to have an apple show In Denver
next year on a larger and more elab-
crate scale than the one which was
successfully conducted last year.
A record pumpkin at Fort Lupton.
11Sk pounds. measuring SO inches in
circumference, is estimated to be suf-
ficient to furnish filling for 100 pies.
How many small boys that number of
pies would furnish filling for is still
problem.
The town of Alder, twenty miles
south of Salida. was destroyed by fire
Friday night. The town consisted of
dozen or more houses. two stores
and the postoffice, all of which were
burned. The 100 inhabitants fled to
Round Hill. the nearest settlement.
The Independent Kansas oil refin-
cries intend to make bid for the
"smudgers' business and knock out
some of the monopoly which the
Standard Oil Company has been en-
joying in the fruit valley. The ranch
ers will probably use 200 or 300 cars
of oil next season, and up to the pres
ent Rockefeller has been selling all of
it.
AS result of the sliding scale sys-
tenn of paying beet growers, based on
sugar contents. farmers in the Fort
Collins district are getting more mon,
ey than ever for teets. Out of 422
growers. 333 received more than five
dollars per ton, prices running up to
$6.75. Victor Peterson turned in beets
which tested twenty-five per cent
sugar. the highest since the local fac
tory started. He got $6.75 per ton.
Large qualities Of beets averaged six
teen to seventeen per cent and the
sugar content increases as the season
! advances. -. u a-.--.- :
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Royal Fruit Growers Combine


Canon City.-At a meeting of 100
fruit growers yesterday. final steps
were taken toward organizing the
Royal Gorge Fruit Growers Associa-
ton. The articles of Incorporation
have been signed and forwarded to
the secretary of state.
The officers and directors of the
new organization are B. W. Rowland,
president: A. E. Sharman, treasurer;
William .Godding. William Biddan and
A. r. Ralston.
The association is Incorporated for
$4,000. This is distributed among
the stockholders on an acreage basis.
1t is the intention to harvest this
years apple crop for its members. All
packing will be done by fruit men en-
ployed by the association.
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IIIinoi. society Of coIorado.

Denver.-Former residents of Illi-
nois in Denver have organized the
Illinois Society Of Colorado and will
invite all native-born Illinoisans in
Colorado to become members. The
object OF the society is to preserve
the recollections and traditions OF the
great prairie state. and to observe its
anniversaries. Hon. John W. Springer
was elected president for the first
year, and James w. Kelley. secretary;
1854 Grant street, Denver.