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The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
THIRTEEN Die
IN COAL MINE
FIVE MEN BLOWN FROM MOUTH
OF SHAFT AND HIGH
IN AIR
ONE RESCUED ALIVE
woRKMEN ARE DIGGING TO FINo
BODIES OF NINE MEN
ENToMBED

Antlers. Okla.-Thirteen miners
were killed in an explosion at the
Jumbo mine, 20 miles from here. Mon
day. and one. Gerrold Roberts, who
was in the workings at the time. was
brought out alive but unconscious.
Five men were blown from the
mouth OF the shaft by the force of the
explosion and the other nine were en-
tombed at depths varying from 225 to
290 feet
The bodies of eight were brought
ont of the mine after rescuers had
dug In the workings all day.
1t is believed gas accumulated in
the pocket in the mine Sunday and
was ignited by the torch of miner.
The five bodies were thrown from
the mouth of the mine, more than 200
feet In the air.
Every man who lost his life or was
entombed was married. A large
crowd is waiting at the mouth of the
mine while workmen are digging TO
recover the bodies of the nine men
buried
The cause of the explosion has not
been determined, but 1t is believed to
have been caused by the formation of
gas which was ignited from the
lamps Of the men.
Fifteen minutes after the explosion
news of the disaster had reached this
city and physicians. nurses and citi-
zens were hurrying to the scene.
The mine had been worked ten
years and is the property of the Choc-
taw Asphalt Company of st. Louis.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
Some Vital Statistics.

Denver.-The report of the State
Board of Health for the quarter end
ing September 30 shows that 2.77S peo-
pie died in the state during that pc
riod The greatest mortality was
among men, the death of males being
ESQ in excess of females. The report
shows that the greatest mortality was
between 20 to 80 years of age with a
total of TAI. Infants under l year and
persons between 40 and SO years tied
for second place with 534 deaths in
each class. There were 209 deaths
among children between l and years.
The least mortality of all was between
and Q years. One hundred Of those
who died were more than 80 years
old.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
Minor Mention.

Coiorados population now nn nbers
about 100000.
Major Miles Jain, pioneer oi
Boulder county is dead.
The tax levy for Pueblo for ne xt
year will be twenty mills.
Greeley is to have the first osteo
pathic sanitarium in Colorado.
The total deposits In the four
Greeley banks is close to $2,0O0,e0o.
An Olathe firm shipped five car
loads OF potatoes to Boulder recently.
The Elks OF Canon City have de-
cfded to erect $4,000 club building
A number of horses have been miss
ing from farms near Pueblo of late.
The Boston Americans probably will
play a game in Grand Junction in
March.
City tax levy for next year in Pur
eblo is 26 mills for every dollar of as
sessed value.
Ed Smith of MasonviITe had the
misfortune to- be badly injured by d
vicious hog recently.
George H. Lille, expert equestrian
and Denvers first ridingmaster, died
in that city recently.
Plans are being formulated by which
Greeley may have a monthly market
day for the benefit OF farmers.
Eastern Weld county promises to
be the scene of extensive irrigation
activity the coming spring.
The dates for the annual exhibition
of the Pueblo Poultry Association
have been set for December 10 to- "a.
In. Teller county the initiative and
referendum carried by 1900 and the
refunding. amendment lost by nine
votes.
Home architects have. been awarded
the contract for plans for the 100000
Masonic temple to be erected at
Montrose.
An automobile driven by L.. L.. Gray
of Pueblo was wrecked near Palmer
Lake and three of the four occupants
were injured.
Sixty days in Jail was the punish
ment of Martin NJ. Brown and wife,
of Manzanola. for abandoning thair
baby in Pueblo. recently.
AS result of inhaling steam and
being scalded by the explosion of an
engine, Edward Smith, stationary
engineer of Greeley is dead
The continued refusal of the census
bureau at Washington to give out
population returns on the Western
Slope is causing much anxiety.
The third annual conference of the
Boys department of the Y. NJ C. A.,
for the state of Colorado. opened in
Colorado Springs this week.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09

Mrs. Anna Hubbell of Aurora, Ohio.
not far from Cleveland, was buried as
dead and resurrected, according to a
daughter of Mrs. Hubben who lives in
Cleveland.
The experiment under control of the
board of education, of maintaining a
lunch room for the benefit of school
children, is to be given a trial in
New York.
Unless the liquor interests are sue
cessful in their fight to secure the sig
nature of 81 per cent of the voters to
their petitions of consent to operate
Des Moines will go dry.
William Mizner of Grahamsville, N.
Y, established a bear-killing record
He shot and killed three by design,
then slew fourth by accident when
| about to be killed himself.
Owen Moran. the British light
| weight. who knocked out Battling Mel
son In the eleventh round of their
| fight in San Francisco has received
several offers to appear on the stage.
A grand jury in Hudson county, New
Jersey, voted to return four indict-
ments against James ]. Gallagher, a
discharged city employe, who shot and
wounded Mayor Gaynor on August 8.
Insanely jealous, William Hassing,
an electrical worker of Portland, Ore,
formerly living in Denver. fired two
bullets into his wife's brain and,
turning the weapon upon himself, sent
| two moro into his owp
John Gardner is dead and Josie
kuge, Mrs. Gladys Harrel and Charles
Tanner are all seriously hurt follow
ing wild plunge of an automobile
In which they were riding early into
an irrigation ditch near Fresno, Cal.
Three persons were shot, one being
wounded seriously, and many others
were subjected to a rain of bullets in
Chicago in riot caused by striking
garment workers attacking non-union
workers on the Northwest side of the
city.
A sheetiron hat weighing 4ooo
pounds and standing eight feet high
has arrived in Atlanta, Ca, on a flat
car from Richmond, Va, in payment
OF bet between the editors of the
Richmond Evening Journal and the
Atlanta Journal as to which CITY
would show the largest population in
the 1910 census returns
Great damage wrought by weevil
which attacks alfalfa and which has
been confined SO far principally to
Utah, is causing officials of the De.
partment of Agriculture to make
plans for fight. This crusade proba.
bly, Will be the most important new
work, according to DR.. Howard. chief
Of the bureau.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
GENERAL.

The population. of Ohio is 4,767,121,
an increase of 609,576. or 14.7 per cent
over 1900.
For wager of $4,000, two German
acrobats will attempt to circle the
world on stills.
At least six persons are missing,
and two others are dying in Boston,
as the result of fire.
The population of Baltimore, ac-
cording to a police census just COM
pleted, is approximately $4,000.
Michael Cudahy. founder of the
packing firm bearing his name, died
at hospital in Chicago of double
pneumonia.
Rev. Armstrong, aged 80, pastor of
the Presbyterian Church at Trenton,
N. J.. and his wife were murdered in
their home by burglars.
One of the most remarkable mis-.
sionaries of modern times, the Rev.
John Everett Clough, D. D., of Roches-
ter, N. Y. is dead.
Near Garden City, Kansas. com
pany has been organized to irrigate
1000 acres of land from the under
flow of the Arkansas river.
Baltimore & Ohio passenger train
No. Z, New York express. wrecked
near Tltamont, w. Va. Three train
men were killed and three injured.
Eleven coal miners, two white men
and nine negroes, were entombed in
mine No. 8 of the Providence (Ky)
Mining Company by a-gas explosion.
So many men are buying their way
out of the army and refusing to re
enlist after serving a term that Off
GERS of the service have become
alarmed.
Five persons were injured, one fat
ally, when the automobile in which
they were riding crashed into tele
phone pole four miles south oi
Kansas City.
The premium list and classification
for the Sixth National Western STOCK
Show, which will be held in Denver
during the week Of January 1921. has
| just been issued. The premiums tota
over $4,000.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
Many Leaving Service.

WESTINGHOUSE many men are buy
ing their way out of the army and re-
fusing to re-enlist after serving term
that officers of the service have be-
come alarmed. 1t is causing them no
end of worry and concern. In the last
year 1898 soldiers bought their dis
charges from the military service. In
the preceding year. few more than
two-thirds of this number bought their
way into civilian life. In 1908 approx
1mately one-third, or 1.125 men
availed themselves of this privilege. In
other words. the increase in the last
three years has been almost so per
cent.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
Live Stock.

Kansas City. Cattle Market
steady. Native steers, $4.75@7.25;
Southern steers, s3.75@5.50; South
ern COWS, s2.75@4.25; native COWS and
heifers. $2.60@5.60; stockers and feed
ers. $3.50@5.25; bulls, s3.00@435.
calves. $4.00@S.25; Western steers,
s370@5.5O; Western COWS, s2.75@4.75.
Hogs-Market 10c lower. Bulk of
sales. s6.S5@6.95; heavy, $6.S5@7.00;
packers and butchers, s6.s0@7.00;
light, $6.S0@6.95.
Sheep-Market strong. Muttons.
s3.OO@4.oo; lambs. $4.5O@6.O0; fed
wethers and yearlings, $3.25@4.50; fed
Western ewes, $275@3.75.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
Money In New York.

New York.-Money on call. easy, at
2A @2h per- cent; ruling rate. 2k;
closing bid. 2A; offered at ~. Time
loans very soft and dull, with 60-days.
404A per cent and 90-days, 4, and six
months, 4@4A. Close: Prime mer-
camille paper, 5 to 5N per cent; ster-
ling exchange. steady with actual busi-
ness in bankers bills at s4.S205@
4.s220 for 60-day bills and at $4.s610
for demand. Commercial bills. $4.S1ss
Q4S2. Mexican dollars. Acc.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
Leaves wIfe destitute.

Greeley.-Leaving no message as to
where he was going, John Van Alt, a
wealthy farmer of western Weld coun-
ty, has disappeared and his wife. re-
Gently acquitted Of insanity. declares
he has left Colorado, taking with him
all proceeds from the sale of their
farm and other property, leaving her
destitute.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
Sentenced at seventy.Flve.

Greeley.-Andrew Hunter, who shot
and seriously wounded his wife, Mrs.
Emma Hunter, at Rim, July 21st, was
found guilty of assault with intent to
fill by a jury in the District Court. He
was given from six to seven years in
the penitentiary. Hunter gave his
age as 75 years, and his attorney at
tempted to prove that he was insane.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
Weld Has Many Foreigners.

Greeley.-During the last four years
113 foreign-born residents have been
naturalized in the county and there
are still 126 applications pending. Most
of the new citizens are German Rus
SLAMS, who have taken up homesteads,
and the remainder represent every
other nation on the globe
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
POLITICAL.

Politics Is the chief game now be-
ing played at Washington. The Dem
ocrats having the next House of Rep
resentatives by sixty-six majority are
planning to organize the Senate, while
the progressive Republicans in compa-
ny with the more reasonable of their
own party opponents are at work on
plans for reorganization OF the en-
tire Republican party machinery.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
coIoradans Gel Fortune.

Los Angeles--Several Colorado peo-
pie will share in the estate of John
Howell, the noted mining expert,
whose death occurred in Denver, No
vember 18th. and whose will was filed
for probate here. 1t disposes OF an
estate valued at 100000. of which
s25s,00O is personal. property. Howell
was as years old.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
Indictments Are Expected.

Los Angeles. The final stage of the
Times explosion investigation has
been reached. The special grand jury
which has been conducting the inquiry
for four weeks will reconvene and the
district attorneys office expects the
immediate return OF indictments.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
Laraest ParsnIp on RECORD.

Fort Collins.-Henry Hart. gerden-
er, has raised what he believes is the
largest parsnip on record. The yege-
table weighs five founds and nine
ounces. is fifteer inches long and six
and one-half inches in diameter. Hart
has offered reward for larger
parsnip.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
Body too Large for Church Door.

Greeley.--When the funeral of Ed
ward Smith, who died from burns re-
ceived when the boiler of his traction
engine exploded near Pueblo. was held
here. heavy express wagon, carried
the casket instead of the usual hearse,
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09

as the latter is not large enough.
Smith was six feet two inches tall
and weighed nearly $50 pounds. His
casket was made to order and is so
large that it cannot enter the church
door.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
Constructing Double Loop.

Greeley.-The Northern Colorado
Power Company. which furnishes cleo
tricity. for many towns In northern
Colorado, to provide continuous powe,
for its patrons is constructing a dou-
Bile loop, whose ends are at Layafette.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09

Colorado will this year receive $50.
306.19 as its proportion of the fees
collected by the government during
1910 from timber sales, grazing per-
mits. ETC., on government land in the
state.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
Three Lives Lost.

Canton. Ohio.-Three persons were
killed and two badly hurt when a
Wheeling & Lake Erie train struck y
crowded surrey.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
GRAIN.

Wheat. choice milling, per 100 lbs,
s1.32. Rye. Colorado, bulk. per 100
lbs, S1.10. Nebraska oats, sacked.
$1.25; corn in sacks, s112; corn chop.
sacked. s1.13; bran. Colorado. per 100
lbs, $1.10.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
Hay.

Upland, per ton, s15.Oo@16.O00; sec
ond bottom. s13.0O@14.00; timothy.
s15.0O@16.O0; alfalfa. $1,000 "a 1900;
straw, s4.0O@50O; South Park. wire :
grass, s17O0@1S.O0. San Luis Valley
wire grass, $15O0@16.OO.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
M A r K E T
al CITATION S
i, DENVER MARKETS.

Cattle.
Beef steers, grain fed, good
to choice ........... .5.z5dQ6.Oo
Beef steers, grain fed, fair
to good .4.759b-2b
Beef steers grassers, good to
choice ........ .4.5e@5,5o
Beef steers, grassers. fair TO
good -. ......... .4.oo@4.so
Cows and heifers, grain fed
good to choice. ..... .4-75@5.2o
Cows and heifers, grain fed,
fair to- good .4.oo@z7B
Cows and heifers, grassers,
good TO choice ......... g. 3.75@44O
Cows and heifers. grassers,
fair to good .3.00@3.65
Stock cows and heifers. -. .2.6043.40
Gamers and cutters. .-... .2-O0@3.00
Veal calves .4.50@ 600
Bulls .. .2.75@3.50
Stays :. F. ...... .3.00@4.00
Feeders and stockers, good
to choice .......- ...........- .4.40@5.25
Feeders and stockers, fair to
good -5.IoU 4.4V
Feeders and stockers, COM
mon to fair :. .-....-..-~2.0o03.7b
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
Grand Jury Makes Report.

Denver.-The federal grand jury. af-
ter session lasting several weeks.
returned thirty one indictments.
mostly against violators of the postal
laws.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
New Your Flour

New k.-Flour-Quiet, with
prices nominally lower. Receipts, 49,
1923 barresl; shipments, 35,537.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
Wool at st. Louis.

st. Louis.-Wool-Un Medi-
um grades, combing and clothing.
23h @24c; light fine, 21@22c; heavy
fine. 15@17c; tub washed. 2O@23c.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
Grain and Hax.

Chicago.-Rye-Cash soc.
Barley-Cash, 75@S1c.
Hay-Timothy. cash, ssO0@9.50;
March, $500. Glover, cash, 10000
400; March, $1450.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09

Galveston. = Cotton : Higher at
14%c.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
Eggs.
GaIuestnn Cntton.

Eggs. Denver, candled. case $50
Eggs, case count, case 49,. 900
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
Live Poultry.
Butter.

Elgin .-...... .......... 81
Creameries, ex- East, ID. .33 @34
Creameries, ex. Colo, lb.. .33 @34
Creameries, End grade. lb.. %
Process and renovated. -. %
Packing stock ........ 22K
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09
Hogs.

Good h0gs ............,.s.sO97O5-
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-09

Sheep.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-12
OPEN ENOUGH.

4 Tie American" chief says there Is
no open" gambling In salt Lake.
Which means. undoubtedly. that gam
/ bling Is not carried on on the street
corners. In open daylight, visible to
everybody. In that sense 1t Is not
open" Rut inasmucli as tbs carried
on In about half hundred different
places, where gamblers can find n
chance TO skin their victims. it is
open" enough.
I Furthermore, the slot machines on
which the vice Of gambling is taught
to boys of all ages nre Openly cx-
posed and operated without attempt at
nnce Of both the spirit and the letter
of the anti-gambling law may still be
maintained Gambling is open
enough in this City as are other SOUL
destroying kinds of business. under
tho protecting wings of the unspeakable
hypocricy that now. obtains in munich
pal government.
Even Nevada has enacted laws for
closing the gambling dens. In Reno.
tho gamblers have held their farewell
meetings. It has been said, that
everything goes in Nevada" This
saying may have to be revised to;
Everything goes In Salt Lake" under
y"AmerIcan" rule.
The full truth Of the matter is that
the onslaught OF the anti-"Mormon"
forces upon the Church was an attempt
In behalf OF the power of darkness to
remove from public positions every bar
rler to the more or less open practice
of vice In its various forms. 1t was
but ono event in the great war be-
tween the forces Of light and darkness.
vice and virtue, for the possession of
tho institutions established for the
moral benefit of man. That is the
full truth, nnd IT may just as well DO
told. tpresent the forces in the serv-
ice, of darkness have the best Of 1t, tem-
porarily. and the result is the running
OF dens OF vice and infamy almost In
full daylight. and in defiance of both
law and public sentiment. But 1t Is
tonly temporarily.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-12
FALSE WEIGHTS AND PRICES
Omaha Bee.

b . . f.
k 1t Is quite probable that false
weights and measures have played a
much larger part in this problem OF
the high-cost- Of living than the people
generally have understood. a system OF
scientific cheating has been imposed
ON the purchaser in divers lines OF
trade and been done SO skillfully as
to defy detection, but at last it has
fallen under the eye OF the public
through alert officials hero and there
and must now fight for It's existence.
This subtle scheme to swindlc peo-
ple has had numerous qualifications.
1t has been very hard to deal with
False bottoms. false sides In buckets
and measures, scale weights plugged
with cork and covered over with black
wax, fixed scales--these are only few
of the ways In which this nefariOus
business hns been carried on. In some
cases employees have been In on tho
conspiracy and have been well paid In
commissions. The high prices of COM
modities have been burdensome
enough, but if people were getting
what they really bought and paid for
II would not be so bad. The trouble
has been they were paying exorbltant
prices and often receiving under
weights and measures, not In all cases.
Of course. but in too many. So long
rs the records are cXtant 1t will not do
for anybody to become supersensi-
tive of criticism OF these methods. The
people have stood them rather pa
tiently. Do not blame them now II they
revolt.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-12
IN = - Y 1"sI-7 =
GOOD ADVICE.

IL N g
Gov. Hughes's parting advice as he
,tIeft 1.-The gubernatorial chair was:
l"Never permit yourself to be discour-
aged, Whatever has merit Will stand
discussion. and IL 1t has merit It VIII
be had" No more important truth was
ever uttered, Whatever has merit VIII
stand Discussion, In fact truth comes;
out from controversy moro brilliant,
like the diamond that becomes more
ilustrous through polishing And, fur
lthermore. 1t will win out In the end.
.rIf 1t has merit 1t Will be had"
The reason for this Is that Providence
sesuperlntends human affairs, and shapes
y them, without interference With indi-
5iridual free agency, otis own ends
4 and purposes. The law OF evolution Is
Slas apparent In the thread that connects
1.-THE events of history, rs in nature.
1 land under the care Of Providence oil
twill come out Just right
4 But this does not relieve anyone Of
Sthe duty to work for the furtherance
Iof that Which has merit. 1T Is through
human agency that tho salvation OF
the race, as well US the individual,
must he worked out.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-12

IL - I 4 ~ :
recognise tho Portuguese Republic
s.l.s 70 treat with lit. They are awnre
a .a anarchy and utter Incompetence.
saasgrayated by dishonest greed. charac-
t ,,.!.i1. the government of Portugal
know that almost any change must be
= IN ~ Improvement. provided the change
IS really desired and backed by IA
ne asonably strong public sentiment
mere .is, We imagine, little danger that
any an; great power will deliberately give
az az and comfort to the forces OF reac-
ZION ana fraud for the sake of the
t.monarchtcal principle" The para
mount need of Europe is peace, tran
quillty, and IL a republican govern
linent OF honest and patriotic men, can
with hope ana coincidence 1t certainly
deserves the sincere sympathy and
moral aid of enlightened rulers and
diplomatists
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-12
a HURRY CALL FOR JOBS.

They had very interesting session
tof the city council on Monday. the
analn question being tho approval of a
contract generously given to MI.
Moran, as usual, involving $109,7s94b.
Notice the IS cents. There Is no pos.
sibility of defraudins the City when
the cost is calculated down to 40
cents, even If the men handling the,
5Gity's money and contracts were not
the very souls OF honor and honesty
So do not miss the As cents, They are
not there merely as an ornament.
And yet Councilman Fcrnstrom had
the temerity to say thatFthe council
was spending $50, 900 too much on tho
proposed job. But then, what Is Sso'ooo
when the question is of spending the
public funds? Are not the taxpayers
patient as Isachar of whom II was
said: '.lsacharls n strong ass. COUGHING
sdoyn between two burdcns?" AS LONG
as Isachar Is willing to couch between
two burdens why should not the task
masters pile them up.
Councilman Hall. who is both an
honest and a capable councilman,
rolnted out that the council was about
IL violate the pledges made to the tax
payers when the last bond issue was
asked for, but that did not deter the
4 "American" councilmcn from taking
action. Is there amy pledge that an
5.American'' councilman is under obli-
CATION to keep?
Mulvey who seems to be the mouth
piece In the council. Of the boss Of
the City, declared that 1t was impera-
tive4-he may not have used that word.
but some term more common in tho
saloon vochhulary--that the work be
done Immediately, and on that state
ment the vote was made Mulvcy
pulled the strings and all the dunn
mics moved rs he wanted them to, z
Z And II is Imperative that the work
Ssbel done now. The American party
needs a. lot of men to vote for their
y ticket at the fall election. So Mulvey
4, undoubtedly knew what he was talk
Z Ing about when he said5it was impera-
II tive that the work begin now
And then, we understand, that by
CONSTRUCTING this pipe line. the water
nov flowing to a certain part OF the
city will he diverted to another. That
twill create d demand for more water.