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The Monte Vista journal., 1910-10-15
A BANK CIRCULAR

Denver, Colo, February 26, 1909.
To the Banker Addressed:
Owing to the unusual expense in
CURED by reason of the extraordinary
legislation proposed concerning banks
in this state, the legislative committee
has consumed its entire appropriation
of $500, and is several hundred dollars
IN debt at this time. The money has
been expended for printing copies of
bills, circular letters, and other matters
pertaining to the campaign, postage,
typewriting, meetings Of the executive
council and legislative committee, legal
counsel, etc, etc.
1t will be necessary for this committee
to raise more money if we wish to con
tinue the tight. 1t has therefore seemed
necessary that we ask the4hanks of the
state to contribute to this fund.
In looking over the list we have de
cided that 1t will be fair for you to pay
SO as your share. Kindly remit the
same as quickly as possible to the un-
dersigned, and n receipt will be sent to
you for the amount contributed.
Yours very respectfully,
FRANK n. BRIGGS,
Chairman Legislative Committee,
Colorado Bankers Association.
This circular was quietly for
warded, as am informed, to every
bank belonging to the association.
1t bears date corresponding to
the middle of the last legislative
session, when the house had favor
ably considered the bill. The re-
cipient of the copy forwarded me,
was an officer in n state bank with
a capital Of but $1,000. 1t was
assessed $25, or one sixth of one
per cent of its capitalization. AT
that time there were al state
banks, which, according to the re-
port of November y, 1908, were
capitalized at 81 499, $50.
1t is fair to assume that each Of
these institutions was assessed i'm
partially; in which event, if they
responded TO the chairman's call
Of distress, they contributed total
Of 81, 1888 "to continue the fight :"
But the national banks also be-
long to the association and were
more earnest, if possible, than the
Others in opposing the Guaranty
Act. We may therefore assume
that they too received the circular
There were ll2 of these in the
state on November 81, 1908, with a
combined capital Of $9,l3O,0OO,
one-sixth of one per cent of
which would be Sl5,2l3.33. If
they responded to the chairman's
call, his fund was S22,7l226. IL
only quarter of the whole assess
ment was forthcoming it would
make the goodly sum of S5,67S.05.
or enough with which Ito continue
the fight" What chance had the
people in its effort TO secure IA
change in their banking laws?
What chance have they now,
when in all human probability
these tactics have been repeated.
How much of this money was
used for the specific purposes en-.
umeratcd in the circular letter,
and how much was devoted to the
items, etc, etc? We do not
know. All that We know was that
''the fight was continued" and the
bill met its death, where every
popular measure Of the session was
killed at the hands Of "a Demo-
cratic senate"
The bankers of this state are
high-class men. Individually they
would stoop TO no questionable or
undetermined practices. But as nm
association they are unfortunately
like other modern business nssoci.
ations. united for the "urotcction'
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01


There are times in the early life Of
a well-bred hog when he will give
you 100 pounds of gain for 500
pounds of feed; there are other times
later in life When he will charge yon
500 pounds of feed for 100 pounds Of
gain. The profits on feeding are
greater therefore in early life.
Profits indeed may fail altogether il
the hogs are not developed rapidly to
market size and sold before they have
passed the stage where gains In
weight can be made economically.
The number of pounds of feed re-
quired to make one pound of polk
varies from less than three pounds Of
feed to considerably over FIVE pounds,
according TO how heavy the hog IS.
when its weight ranges between If
teen and $50 pounds. Henry com.
piled the figures on more than I'VE
hundred tests that included over
twenty-five hundred hogs and repre-
scented the tests of many stations and
that extended through a good number
of years, and found that the average
is that:
A fifteen to fifty pound hog needs
293 pounds Of feed for 100 Of gain.
A fifty to 100 pound hog needs 400
pounds Of feed for 100 of gain.
A 100 to $50 pound hog needs 4S7
pounds of feed for 100 of gain.
A $50 to 200 pound hog needs 4S2
pounds of feed for 100 of gain.
A 200 to ESQ pound hog needs 49S
pounds of feed for 100 gain.
A $50 to 300 pound hog needs 535
pounds of feed for 100 of gain.
II man will use any of the good
breeds of hogs-and no one breed
possesses all the good qualities-and
will use enough good pasture ard
crops that they can harvest them
selves, the feed needed to make a
20O-pound hog ought not to cost over
So or Sc: and other weights will
make gain at a cost proportionata
with the figures just quoted. This is
on the supposition that well-bred
hogs are used and that the manage
ment Is good all the time.
These figures carry their own
moral; and if a man will not work
with the laws of Nature, they wiR
work against him.-The Progressive
Farmer.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01
Reading and Conversation.

An English critic AYERS that Amer
leans are poor takers Mr.. Howells,
in reply, remarks that lack Of con-
versation doesn't necessarily imply
lack of culture. Many cultured men
are silent men," He remarks that in
New England people read more than
they talk, whereas in the South peo-
pie are more prone TO talk than to
read. That is a generalization that
may OF may not be accurate, though
it is made with amenity But one
test of reading may be found in talk.
A book, II read with searching dis
elimination, should stimulate ideas
worth sharing or discussing with 9TH
ers. But readers of novels are likely
to become silently absorbed in a mar
rative and to ignore comment. Again,
it takes at least two to make CONVEX
sation. as we'll as a quarrel Perhaps
the English critic did not meet APP
propriate Americans. 1t might also
be noted that other observers have
found the average Briton distinctly
taeiturn, although he may thaw upon
acquaintance. It was Bacon's dictum,
in part, that reading makes a full
Washington Herald.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

There has been a great deal of COM
plant about tomatoes rotting this
year. 1t is dry. black rot that at
taeks the blossom end about the time
or Just before the tomato begins to
get ripe, Some people think it is
caused by too much dampness when
the tomatoes are close to the ground;
or by the vines being too thick. My
experience is that il is dry weather
and hot sunshine that causes them to
rot, instead of the wet weather.
When l trimmed myffomatoes to
single stem and tied them up to
stakes. they rotted a great deal worse
than they did when | let the vines
run and fall down to shade the to-
matoes. II you have noticed. those
that come up volunteer" around the
fence where they are shaded from
the sun are generally the first ones
to geDripe and rot the least So you
81 rs not because they are shaded
Il aey rot.
<Wnal caused the tomatoes 10 rot
so bad last year, think. was on ac-
count of the hot sun and dry weather
when they first began to ripen and
before the vines had got thick enough
to shade them. AS soon as the rains
came and the vines got rank enough
to shade the tomatoes and keep them
damp. they quit rotting.
Nature knows what Is best and
has given the tomato vine to cover
her fruit from the burning sun. When
we try to improve on nature by cut
ting away part of the vine to let in
the sunshine, we ruin the fruit IL the
weather is hot and dry. And the
vines that are not trimmed will bear
fruit of better favor, the tomatoes
not being so strong and sour as they
are when the sun shines directly on
them.
This is my experience and we never
fail to have plenty of tomatoes even
when our neighbors have none.-L.
o. H., in the Indiana Farmer.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

Not an Inch Of Healthy Skin Left.
MY little son, boy OF FIVE. broke
out with an itching rash Three doc
tors prescribed for him. but he kept
getting worse until we could not dress
him any more. They finally advised
me to try certain medical college.
but Its treatment did no good. At
the time / was induced to try Cuti-
cura he was so bad that | had to cut
his hair OF and put the Cuticura OInt-
ment on him on bandages, as It was
impossible to touch him with the bare
hand. There was not one square inch
OF skin on his whole body that was
not affected He vas one mass OF
sores. The bandages used to stick to
his skin and in removing them 1t used
to take the skin off with hem, and
the screams from the poor child were
heartbreaking, began to think that
he would never get we'll. but after the
second application OF Cuticura Oint-
ment began to see signs Of improve
ment, and with the third and fourth
applications the sores commenced to
dry up. His skin peeled off twenty
times. out II finally yielded to the
treatment Now can say That he Is
entirely cured. and stronger and
healthier boy you never saw than
no is to-day, twelve years or more
since the cure was effected. Robert
Wattam, 1148 Forty-eighth St. Chi
cago, III Oct. 9. 1909
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01
Nasal certifcate Rennlrea

A mare is never satisfied by either
sight or whinny that her colt is really
her own until she has a certified nasal
certificate to the fact. A blind horse,
recently living, would not allow the
approach Of any stranger without
showing signs Of anger not safely TO
be disregarded. The distinction is
evidently made by his sense of smell.
and alta considerable distance. Blind
horses, as a rule, will gal,op wildly
about a pasture without striking the
surrounding fence. The sense Of
smell informs them Of its proximity.
Others will, when loosened from the
stable, go directly to the gate or bars
opened to their accustomed feeding
grounds, and when desiring to re-
turn, after hours of careless wander,
ing, will distinguish one outlet, aud
patiently await its opening. The
odor of that particular part Of ,he
fence is their pilot to it.--Amerlcan
Cultivator.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

A small boy in Yonkers recently
became the proud possessor of a dom
key-not SO handsome or so young
as it might have been. However, it
answered the purpose of its acquisi-
ton. which was to AFFORD back rides
One day the urchin was enjoying a
ride when the minister OF the parish
met him.
Hullo. sonny" greeted the min
lister. Quite rare beast you have
there -
Yes, replied the boy, but sup
pose there are a great many of EN-
in the theological gardens. "-Lippin-
colts
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

Italics were invented. or rather. de-
signed, by Aidus Manutius, eele-
brated Venetian printer, who first
employed the new style of letter in
an edition Of Virgil in 1901. The
imitation Of script. neat vet decora-
tive, became SO popular that Manu-
thus dedicated it to his native country,
Italy, whence it became to be known
as italian. or, more correctly. ItaIlc.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

a curious objection has been raised
by some anti-cruelty people against
Londoners playing with Mexican
jumping beans on warm plate. It
seems they draw a ring around the
beans, and the owner of the first bean
to jump out Of the circle wins the
money. Now. inside of each bean is
a maggot, and the idea of making
these helpless creatures hop and jump
off warm plate is form Of cruelty,
and nothing warmer than the natural
warmth Of the hand should be per-
mitted, say these kindly people,
New York Press.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

1t is not often that Gil Monohan
gets the sharp end of joke. This is
what happened to Gil Friday as he
was behind the bar in waish's place.
A farmer came in with a dozen eggs
and sold them to Gil. GIL noticed
that the farmer had one egg left.
You ought to give me that one. :"
said Gil.
Cant do it" said the farmer.
Eggs is eggs these days"
give me the odd egg and will
give you a drink" said Gil.
IAN right" said the man, 81 viii
do that
What win you take?" said Gil.
"sherry and egg" said the man.
and he got it.-PoIghkeepsie News
Press.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01
Was The Motion carrIed7

He had made a poor job OF his
woolng and the young woman was
desperate One day he bought her
a bouquet and said; May offer you
my handful OF fowers7" She re-
piled: II move to amend BY emitting
all after the word hand. kansas
Ctv Times.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

Write Murine Eye Kennedy Co, Chicago,
for 4s-page Illustrated Eye Book Free:
Write ali about Your Eye Trouble and
they will advise as to the Proper Applica-
ton Of the Murine Eye Remedies in Your
Special Case. Your Druggist will tell you
that Murine Relieves Sore Eyes, Strength
ems Weak Eyes Doesn't Smart, Soothes
Eve Pain. and sells for soc Try 1t in Your
Eyes and in Babys Eyes, for Scaly Eyelids
aud Granulation.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

A New Jersey farmer has pat
ented cover for milking pals that
admits the milk through a strainer
covered with cloth that may be
removed for cleansing, and which
even keeps impure air from entering
the pail.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

Queer thing about men, isn't it?s
remarked the thoughtful thinker.
What's queer about emp asked
the innocent bystander.
why" rejoined the T. T., "a man
will sit on a log half day waiting
for fish to bite, but he won't wait
three minutes for his wife to get
ready for church. Denver News.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01
A sricultural
ocooooooooooooooooooo


When oats are scalded at night and
allowed to remain until morning they
make an agreeable change Of food
from the regular diet. Twice week
is sufficient to feed such food. Oats
make better food in summer than
corn, as they are not so heating IN
their effects; but some object to oats
on account Of the small proportion OF
grain compared with the husks. The
scaiding Of oats softens the hard.
woody husks and renders them nutrl-
uous.-Weekly Witness.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

not filter on all the
bad matter. This is
the cause of rheu-
matte pains, back
ache and urinary dis
orders. Doan's Kid
ney Pills cure weak
Kidneys.
Henry ]. Brown,
SO Columbus ST.,
Charleston, s. c.,
says: For two years
| suffered with my
kidneys. Rheumatic
pains drove me near
ly frantic. My limbs
swelled. Nothing
helped me until / be-
gan using nnanta
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

The water in Lake Van, in Asiatie
Turkey. which is about 60 miles long
by from 20 to so wide, is so strongly
impregnated with potash that the res
idenls along It's shores use TO wash
clothing without the use of soap.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

why do You have those stout
rubber bands about the bills Of all
your hens?" we ask.
Keep em from cackling." an
swers our friend, the hen-and-eggery
owner When they find they can't
cackle they think they were mis-
taken and lay another egg Chi
cago Evening Post.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

When l got home yesterday
found that my wife had gone home to
her mother"
You did? What did you do?n
"Oh. Just hurried over there and
had good meal, too. detroit Free
Press.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

Patience feel awfuliy sorry for
her.
Patrice-Wh12
She's getting hard OF hearing.
and she does so like 10 hear herself
talkl"-Yonkers Statesman.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

The Doctor-You must put a por-
GUS plaster on. the small OF your
back.
The Lady-That's impossible, doc
tor, I'm going to the opera tonight
how would look2--Cleveland Lead
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

1T was Satan" said the mother
to one OF her children, who put It
into your head to pull Elsle's hair. 7"
Perhaps II was, replied the
hopeful. but kicking her shIns was
my own Idea. The Housekeeper.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01
Substitute for Gate.

There are places where common
everyday gate is an utter nuisance
and where a turnstile or some other
gate substitute or continuance is par
ticularly convenient and welcoms.
With the arrangement herewith illus
trated the gateway is always closed
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

The Koh-i-noor diamond originally
weighed eight hundred karats. but
by successive cuttings has been re-
dueed to 106 karats.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chill
dren, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in
Children's Home, New York, cure Fever
ishness, Headache, Stomach Troubles,
Teething Disorders and Destroy Worms.
Atall Druggists 25c. Sampemaiied FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. lie Roy, N. Y.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

to animals, but men may pass through
it without difficulty. The accompany
ing drawing will give clear idea Of
the plan. The sketch is made to rep
resent very small gate, but to an
swer all purposes the wing panels and
gate perhaps should be half rod in
length.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

An architect Of Chihuahua, Mex,
has been granted a patent on meth
cd for making concrete houses in one
piece.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

Argentina consumes 44,092, 900
pounds Of malt for brewing Annually,
representing 100000 pounds loi
barley. m
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01
The worlds population is esti-
mated at 1,467,000,000.
Bur nBArr1r AZ SHOES

Cypress wayer sirs' n; ~ -ssss.s-
known to defy decay for a quarter
OF a century and white pine ones
two decades.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01
ForesIaht Needed.

Yes. Sarah. It is unlawful IN Texas
10 eat poached game; but you may
eat poached eggs II you have feather
ed your nest.-Dalls News.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

The harry eagle Of Brazil feeds
exclusively on monkeys.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething. softens the gums. Observation-Disclosures
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie. csc bottle
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

Terrv Darts Tainliiter when thoroughly
ru bed in relieves strains, sprainsi or ach-
ing joints, whatever may be the cause.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

That is Laxative Bromo Canine Look
World over to Cure Cod in One Day. CSC
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and
invigorate stomach. liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated. tiny granules, easy to take.
Do not gripe.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

The German Army boasts the best
health record of all the worlds fight
ing forces.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01
WELL KIDNEYS KEEP THE BODY
WELL.

When the kidneys do their duty
the blood is filtered clear of uric acid
and other waste. Weak kidneys do
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

Kidney Pills. and by that time had
nearly given up hope. They brought
me quick relief and final cure"
Remember the Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. Foster-Mil5urn Co.
Buffalo. N. Y. so cents a box.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

Religious workers say the Gospel
is preached in so different languages
in the United States.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

Alaska has 1000 miles OF water
WAYS navigable BY steam vessels.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

Cooked food Is sold from automo-
biles In the streets Of Paris, Berlin
and Moscow.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

Eighty-seven in every hundred
Canadian farmers own their own
farms.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01
For MEADAcHE-HIcks, cApUDivR

Whether from Colds Heat, stomach or
Nervous Troubles Capudine will relieve you
It's lauid pleasant 10 take acts immedi-
ately, Try IT. i0c., 25c. and See at drug
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

Itch cured in so minutes by WoolioId's
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. AT druggists.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

London has 2,151 miles Of streets
and $50 miles OF tramways
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

Louisiana supplies two-thirds Of
the worlds sulphur.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

The eastern coast of ireland has
more than 200 days OF rain year.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01

Baltimore became a customs port
in 1850.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01
NEOPLATONISM.

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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-04-01
Sooooococoooc ooooooooooo%
Buy "BAITLtAxE' SHOEs

Maryland Farm, $40 per Acre
1 TO 800 acres. level land.
Mild, healthful climate. Two crops per year no
failures r.. Q. DREW, salisbury, Md.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-24

Horn. presiding. Speakers, Dr. Rufus B.
Perry, DR.. John Aberly.
Methodist Episcopal-First Methodist
church, Bishop W. S. Lewis, presiding.
Speakers, DR.. John F. Gouche, DR..
Homer G. Stuntz,' Mr. T. Earl Taylor.
Presbyterian - First Presbyterian
church, Mr.. w. w. Bowman, presiding.
Speakers, DR.. Charles E. Brodt. Rev.
w. c. IselI
Reformed Presbyterian = Reformed
Presbyterian church. Mr.. S. G. Thomp-
son, presiding.
United Brethren-First United Breth-
rem church. Bishop W. NJ. Weekly, pre-
siding.
United Presbyterian-First United
Presbyterian church, DR.. w. s. Lindsay,
presiding. Speakers, DR.. w. B. Ander-
son, Rev. w. E. NicolI
Luncheon will be served at most of
these devotional rallies presiding Of
hcers subject to change).