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The Elbert County tribune., 1910-05-20
News Summary of the Past Week

John Ennis, an athlete of Stamford.
Conn, will leave New York May 23rd
in an effort to lower Edward Payson
Weston's record between New York
and San Francisco.
The most valuable dog in the world
died Thursday in the kennels of ].
Cooper Mott, at Great Neck, l.. I. The
dog was champion Chinehan Young
Jack of English bull breed, for which
Mr.. Mott paid $3.50 on May 12. 1909
The first annual championship races
of the American Automobile Associa-
tion will be run on the polished brick
course of the Indianapolis speedway
May Both. These events will occupy
the third day of the meet. On the Fri
day and Saturday preceding, other
programs, in which also will contest
many drivers and cars of national and
international reputation, will take
place.
A feat that will not be duplicated in
years occurred Saturday when two
men broke the worlds pole vaulting
record. The first man to accomplish
it was F. T. Nelson of Yale, who set
the mark at 12 feet 61s inches. 1t was
his fate to hold the record for only a
few hours, however. Scott of Stan
ford, who held the record before,
cleared the bar at - feet 6M inches.
Only the difference in time made Mel
son a worlds record-holder at all.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-05-20
WESTERN.

County Treasurer Gormley seized
1876 cars of the Seattle Electric Com
pany and thereby collected s167.000
delinquent taxes.
Fire of unknown origin Sunday al
most wiped out the little town of Bo-
nanza, thirty miles east of klamath
Falls. The loss is about $4,000, with
little insurance.
DR.. B. c. Hyde was found guilty at
Kansas City Monday of murder in the
first degree in the Swope case. His
punishment will be Imprisonment for
life.
Papers were signed Friday night
whereby the Butte copper properties
owned by William A. Clark, formerly
senator from Montana. were turned
over to the Amalgamated Copper Com
pany.
The Oklahoma state banking board,
it was learned Tuesday. has made an
assessment of one per cent on the in
creased deposits of the 66S state
banks as appeared on March IL, in or
der to replenish the state guaranty
fund, which was greatly depleted.
Director Campbell of the Lick OBJ
servatory Tuesday issued the follow
ing statement: Halley's comet is the
most conspicuous comet since that OF
September and October, 1882, and the
chances are good that in a few days
1t will surpass in apparent size the
great comet of 1882.
Gov. w. r. Stubs of Kansas has
refused to order out the state militia
to lend influence in the controversy
between the striking miners of the
Kansas coal fields and the operators
according to an announcement made
Sunday night by Charles S. Keith
president of the Southwestern Goa
Operators Association.
Los Angeles and surrounding terri
tory was visited Sunday by series
of earthquake shocks that alarmed
many people, but did little damage be
yond breaking dishes. destroying
house ornaments and cracking light
walls The shocks began about 81 sc
in the morning and were felt as late
as 1853 at the beach resorts and in
Pasadena. Riverside. Redlands and
San Bernardino. where tremblors oc
Cured Thursday night. Pasadena suf
fered the heaviest damage. so far as
reported.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-05-20
King solomon's Big Lead Strike.

Frisco.-At 1000 feet in the King
Solomon Tunneling and Development
Company has encountered six-foot
streak of what is known as steel ga
lena ore running seventy per cent.
pure lead. The vertical depth is about
1000 feet. The ore is exceedingly
heavy and is very close grained. The
vein is true fissure vein, running di-
agonally up and down through igneous
rock. The ore is rich in other miner
ais besides lead. A typical analysis
by Denver assaying firm shows the
total values to run over $50 ton. The
sample contained $40 worth of gold,
SIS to $40 worth Of silver and as high
as $40 worth of copper. Samples ran
as high as $40 in gold, $40 in silver
and $40 in copper.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-05-20
FOREIGN.

It is learned that the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
of Queen Victoria of Spain is expected
within a month.
One hundred and thirty-seven min.
ers lost their lives Thursday in a ex-
plosnio in the Wellington coal mine
at White Haven, England.
Daniel Kinet. the Belgian aviator,
at Mourmelon, France, Sunday broke
the worlds record for an aeroplane
flight with passenger. remaining in
the air for two hours and fifty-one
minutes. At Chalons Sur Marne on
April S, Kinet made flight with pas
senger of two hours and twenty min
utes. Previous to that Orville Wright
held the record, having remained in
the air at Berlin last September with
a passenger for one hour and thirty
five minutes.
Kaiser Wilhelm informed Co. Roose-
welt Wednesday after that the mill.
tary maneuvers near Berlin that he
was "the only private citizen who
ever had an opportunity to witness
the maneuvers of our German troops"
Thursday Mr.. Roosevelt delivered a
lecture on the topic "The World
Movement" at the University of Ber
lin and received from the university
the honorary degree of doctor of
philosophy. Emperor William honored
the occasion with his presence.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-05-20
Minor Mention.


The Baptists are organizing con
gregation at Kirk.
The Evans town council has stopped
Sunday baseball there.
School at Eagle has been closed OF
account of scarlet fever.
A band has been organized at Ster
ling with twenty tooters.
Frederick e. Cole has been appoint
ed postmaster at Arriba.
The Order of Moose will build its
own lodge hall at Salida.
Wray is becoming metropolitan with
twenty-seven automobiles.
Clifton has petitioned the postoffice
department for rural mail route.
Patsie C. Nolan has been appointed
postmaster at Eureka, San Juan coun.
ty.
About $4,000 fruit trees were mar
keted by one firm alone in Montrose
this year.
Scott league and Oren Gray oi
Yampa bagged four bears in two days
last week.
The Logan County Sunday School
convention will be held in Sterling,
May 25th.
The government oil survey OF the
western slope is to be started within
few weeks.
Lake Crosho. eight miles from Yam
pa. is to be improved with fine ho-
tel. launches. etc.
Colorado Springs census guessers
believe that city will show a pcpula-
ton of 54,237.
The mail service from Craig to
Baggs, Wyo., will be changed back to
three times a week.
VIII. Beatty killed monster gray
wolf with his six-shooter near Parshall
one day last week.
A Fowler farmer has pig which ap-
peared on earth with only three legs.
And pork SO high. too.
One hundred acres of ground at
Steamboat Springs is being set with
100000 strawberry plants.
in Beaver creek, near Florence, last
week by the authorities.
The Park County Cattle Growers
association will hold its annual meet
ing at Fairplay on the 2sth.
Yampa people will build good road
to Trapper's lake, one Of the most
famous resorts in the state.
Mrs. Aurilla Snodgrass, resident
of Golden for forty-seven years. died
at that place at the age of eighty.
Senator Guggenheim Monday intro
duced bill granting the town OF
Fruita $40 acres for park
Uneva lake. 10000 feet up, near
Frisco, will be restocked with trout
by the company controlling it.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-05-20
Northern Mines to Open.

Denver.-Preparatio are being
made by the coal mine operators in
the northern fields to reopen every
one of the thirty mines in that district,
the majority of which have been
closed since the walk-out OF the miners
about six weeks ago over a disagree
ment in signing new wage schedules.
The operators believe that many of
their former employees are weary OF
idleness and willing to go back to
work. SO Saturday notices were posted
saying that the mines would be re-
opened on the eight-hour basis at the
scale in effect prior to April 1. 1910.
and that IL former employees did not
apply for work miners would be
brought in.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-05-20
Girl Gives Brother Fortune.

figuer, recently Miss Marietta Swort-
1iguer. is on her way with her hls-
band to st. Helena, Cal, with no prop
erty save the clothes she wore, hav-
ing decided back to her brother the
100000 estate which she inherited re-
gently.
Determined to prove that her cousin.
Edward Swortfiguer, was marrying her
Tor love, as n preliminary to the we'd
ding ceremony she transferred all
right in the estate of her mother. who
died recently, to her brother.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-05-20
chiIdren's Agricultural cIubs.

Greeley.-After covering 800 miles.
visiting thirty-three districts, thirty
four different schools, sixty-four teach.
ers and 1,45o pupils in the interest OF
forming boys and girls agricultural
clubs. Prof. Netherton of the State Ag-
ricultural college and L. H. Harrison.
superintendent OF schools of Weld
county. returned to Greeley Friday
morning, completing the canvass iH
eleven days. They report great en-
thusiasm over the club plan and that
practically every school district visit
ed will take it up.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-05-20
SPORT.
WESTERN LEAGuE-MAy Is.

The Philadelphia-Clevelan Ameri-
can game at Philadelphia Tuesday
was twelve innings and 1 to 1.
Pat Bohannan. with Denver several
years, is now pitching for the Frank
fort team in the Blue Grass league of
Kentucky.
Sunday baseball is to be encouraged
by the authorities in New York Not
the professional game, but baseball as
played by boys in the city parks.
Matt McGrath OF New York hurled
the 56-pound weight 81 feet 1O%
inches without run or follow, two
inches and a fraction beyond the
worlds record, Sunday. The record
was 81 feet 80 inches
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-05-20
Rancher Found Dead.

Castle Rock.-Thomas Linklater, a
prominent ranchman living south of
here. was found dead in his house sat
urday afternoon and is supposed to
have committed suicide. His wife and
family had been away and on their re-
turn found Linklater lying in the
kitchen on the floor. with pistol by
his side. No motive can be suggested
for his action, as he had been in ap-
parently good health and spirits.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-05-20
MiIIIken lot Gets = Lot.

Milliken.-Without doubt the most
unique deed ever recorded in Weld
county was that filed Thursday at
BILE, the first child born on the town
site of Milliken. Little Miss Tromble
owns lot 6, block "a, Milliken. and the
deed was presented to her by Judge
Milliken OF Denver
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-05-20
D., L. & N. W. Plans Joy Rides.

Greeley.-Enthused over the assured
success of the Denver. Laramie G.
Northwestern railway, investors from
Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska are
planning trips for the summer to fol-
low the line from Denver through
Greeley, Severance and up into Wyo-
ming. One delegation of 35 arrived
Thursday morning from Denver in five
automobiles, bound for the Riverside
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-05-20
Modern Farming In Colorado.

Grover.-Automoblle have been put
to many uses. but none more practi-
cal than that devised by H. T. Mutt Of
this place. He had $40 acres plowed
which needed narrowing. Not having
available horses, he attached two
large harrows to the rear of his auto
mobile and successfully narrowed his
land in half the time required in the
ordinary way.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-05-20
VII, Keep Mint susy.

washington.-The Denver mint will
be permitted to make bullion pay
ments with New York drafts. en-
abling deposits of bullion to be made
in the Denver institution and keeping
the mint force constantly employed.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-05-20
school Of Mines commencement.

Golden.-The thirty-sixth annual
commencement exercises OF the Colo
rado School OF Mines will be held on
the afternoon OF Friday. May 27th, in
the new Simon Guggenheim hall. The
annual address will be delivered by A.
A. Blow. and there viii be a recep-
tion at the Integral club at the close
of the exercises.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-05-20
Big Case Not Decided.

Washington.-The supreme court Of
the United States Monday failed to
announce a decision in the corpora
tion tax cases. The court fixed May
"a as the date for the rehearing of the
Tobacco and STANDARD Oil cases.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-05-20
GENERAL.

Forest fires are still threatening
several settlements in Minnesota.
The battleship Florida. largest in
the navy, was launched at the Brook
lyn navy yard Thursday
The B'nai Birth convention. in ses-
sion in st. Louis. urged Jews to boy
colt theaters where their race is bur
lesqued.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-05-20
Old D. & R. G. Engineer Dead.

Gunnison.-George Estes. the Oldest
engineer on the Rio Grande system,
is dead from paralysis. He was strick-
en- while on his engine at Almont
Monday and was brought here. where
he died, surrounded by his family.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-05-20
To Celebrate Highway Opening.

Colorado Springs.-The celebration
in honor OF the completion of the new
highway between here and Canon City,
which will be held on Little Fountain
creek. at the east entrance to Dead
Mans canon, about May 25th. The
date is subject to change to suit the
convenience of the governor. who has
promised to be present.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-05-20
pIrIoIbIe Gown the Latest.

New York.-The dirigible gown, so
named because the wearer can put it
Through many evolutions. is ready for
kts debut
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-05-20

ranch, near Laramie. which is owned
by the Denver-Laramie Realty com
pany.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-17

Every day at noon at Grindelwald
there Is q rush Of visitors for the tele-
scopes in order to gaze at one Of the
most interesting natural scenes in the
Alps, the chamois trail" Regularly
at this hour a herd of twenty to thir-
ty chamois may be seen passing in
Indian file up the yawning abysses Of
the PERCEPTIONS Mettenberg rocks. sep
arating two glaciers, the male animals
leading the way. the king Of the herd
keeping twenty yards In advance and
on the watch At the bottom OF the
Mettenberg. where the slope Is freed
from snow. the chamois find a meager
subsistence when their usual feeding
grounds art Under deep snow. 1t is
curious fat that the channels de-
scend to their feeding grounds at
dawn, when there is little likelihood
Of avalanches. and return TO their
haunts at an hour when ayalanches-
FOR this portion Of the mountain BIAS
frequent avaanches-have already fall
en- and the danger Is past.-Geneva
Cor. Pail Mall Gazette.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-17
BENNINGTON BRIEF S
News of the Town and Village Told Briefh
Cor BUS Readers
A. B. Gardner of Pownal was in the
village Monday.

'0r BUS HeddeTS
A. b. Gardner of Pownal was in the
village Monday.
Mrs. Newman Elwell Of Bradford
street is i'll of pneumonia.
Frank c. Archibald OF Manchester
was in town Monday On business.
William belong, who has been visit
ing his sister, Mrs. Lottie Hoffman OF
Troy, has returned.
The Molly Stark bridge club will be
entertained this evening by Mrs
Frank h. Howe.
The board of directors of the Y. NJ
G. A. will meet in the association
rooms this evening.
Samuel d. Pierson of Geneva, n. Y.
IS visiting his brother, Philip T. II
Pierson for few days.
The sales room of the Holden Leon
ard Co, will be open Tuesdays only
as formerly until further notice.
SIT
MI and Mrs William e. Hawks. Jr.
who have been passing some time il
New York and Philadelphia, returned
Monday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-17
Her Esther,s Job.

The young daughter Of a popular
Chicago Clergyman some time ago
manifested quick wit. Her father
had gone on "A brief holiday with a
business parishioner and associate, and
the talk Of the children turned on the
problem Of which father needed the
rare rest most sorely
well. thiuk my father works the
hardest" said ll.tlc Miss Business.
"and his work keeps him stirred up
aud anxious most of the time"
Your father may work the hardest
In one way" was little Miss Clergy
mans answer at once thoughtful and
diplomatic. but think he gets more
rest as he goes along. You see. he can
let down little evenings and sun
days. and II he gets cross and nervous
nobody says anything. But my daddy
has TO be better than ever Sundays
and evenings. because then cverybody's
taking notice aud the whole lot OF US
children are around."-Chlcago Rec.
Drd-Herald
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-17
) fresh Start.

A girl came ~ ana sat IN front of
them AT The play she and her escort.
What a lovely profile" said be
'Heantifu. Delicate little upturued
nose. small mouth deep. pretty eyes,
Isn't she beaniifnl beauilfuT
"Beauliiul." said Sue but not half
so much Sc ~ he nun she Is with.
lsnt he me hundSomest chap you
ever saw; Look ~ his color his mus.
tache bis mvely head OF hair So
many men are md or beginning TO be
bald do love TO see fine head OF
hair 90 man
You know he whimpered. Iii al
ways makes me- sore TO speak Of peo-
pie hesiuhine Ia he bald, and you
know why
viii you iei M on the pretty profile
II CUT oul The bald hrGdT' she asked
Yes" sand ne
IAN rgn" said she = New York
Press
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-17
Pussy and the HuroIar.

4 good dog has hitherto been con-
Sidered the best protection against bur
glars. hut certain old lady differs
from this view. She believes IN cats.
aud. her house being broken into not
long ago, she proceeded TO put her
theory into practice. and with marvel
ously good results. The midnight hour
had not long struck when She heard
unusual sounds IN the hall bclng She
Slipped out Of bed. took her faithful
feline In her arms and walked quietly
on TO the landiug. She leaned over.
The burglar was on the stairs. sud.
lcnly In an unlucky moment he struck
4 match upon the staircase The lady
could see the burglar but the burglar
could not see the lady. She held puss
up rand then dropped her unon the bur.
glars head The cat uttered an un-
earthly screech and then commenced
TO scratch for all 1t was worth Puss
was certainly the willing worker. The
next instant the man was outside In
the street Manchester Guardian.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-17
shor,.n,d Al. Wait

Experience" said Mark Twain once.
makes Us wise, but II also makes us
hard. Consider the old. experienced
man IN the busy restaurant. He took
seat, looked round him and. point
ing to n well dressed gentleman who
had not yet been served. said to the
waiter:
Waiter, how long has that gentle.
man been horeT
"'About twelve minutes. sir the
waiter answered.
"'whats his orderT
Porterhouse aud French fried, sir
with mince pie aud coffee to come
"rhe old man. hardened by expert
ence, slipped n quarter IN the walters
hand.
waiter he said. I'm In a hurry
Put on another porterhouse and bring
me his"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-17
SUNDERLAND

Laura Bailey was at /. NJ. Bentley's
one day last week.
Norman Mattison OF Glastonbury
was in town Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bentley Of Sa-
lem were in town one day last week.
Clark Hamilton and son James of
Sandgate were in town one day last
week.
Eli Smith and daughter Nellie of
Cambridge were at /. NJ Bentley's re-
Gently.
Lena Bentley, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. M. Bentley died Tuesday night
aged z years
Edward ]. Bailey and James +.
Bailey of Cambridge were at |. NJ.
Bentley's Thursday.
Mrs. George Washington of North
Hoosick spent Sunday with her sister
Mrs. Charles Whitman.
John Bacon died Wednesday morn.
ing at o'clock Funeral was held
from his residence Friday afternoon
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-17
FOUND SOMETHING
TO CURE ECZEMA
~ 10 sIno slsldmoo u sllnssA lelIL
teen-Year Case in Two Weeks

In a letter published in his lodge
paper, Mr.. +. o. Thompson, of Eliza
beth, n. j., states that he was suf-
ferer from eczema for fifteen years,
and one day spoke about his trouble
to DR.. l.. Il. Todd. Or. Todd replied
that he had something that would re-
lieve IL not permanently cure me-"
says Mr. Thompson, but after treat
ment for so many years | had grave
doubts. The doctor produced a box
of poslam, and | promised to give 1t
faithful trial. | followed directions
and in two weeks time find myself
entirely cured The fifty cents | paid
for the box was the best investment
ever made"
Not alone eczema but every surface
skin disease is permanently eradicat-
ed by Poslam, itching being stopped
at once.
Write to the Emergency Laborator-
les 80 West Twenty-fifth street, New
York Cit. Tor a lree trial package Of
poslam. With this sample alone
complexious may be cleared and PIN
pies banished from the face
w. J.. Gokay as well as all good
dru slsts everywhere, always carry
po' lam In the regular SIS at so
CO Is and 81.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-17
Our National Game.


"The raw American citizen" says
Ellis Parker Butler In Success Maya
zine. "who takes his seat at ball
game for the first time feels as he
would should he drop into the Metro
politan Opeya House and find himself
hearing WagnerIan opera from a seat
In the midst OF seasoned German opera
goers. He hears language that is
new to him. The man at his right can
tell more about the first baseman's
peculiarities than he could tell about
the manners Of his own wife. The
man at his left has trouble remember
Ing the size collar he wears, but he
can name every man in every club Of
both major leagues. tell the age OF
each. give the complete table OF bat
ting records offhand and recite, item
by item, every feature Of every game
played on the home grounds during the
last i've years. That is why baseball
Is our national game. We love the
game not because We are Chicagoans
and the Chicago nine wins nor be-
cause we are pittsburgers and the
pittsburg nine Is winning. but because
We are educated In baseball and like
10 see good game played by the best
men In their field that can be found
in the world"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-17
Whistler's Friendships.

That Whistler the man Of famous
enemies. had faithful friends is re-
called by Ford MADDOX Hueffer. writing
Of the pre- Raphaelites in Harper's
Magazine MADDOX Brown had circu-
lar printed drawing the attention Of
all his old patrons to the merits of
Whistler's etchings and begging them
in the most urgent terms to make pur-
chases because Whistler was in in
digent circumstances. The story Is
that upon one occasion MADDOX Brown.
going to tea party at the Whistlers
In Chelsea. was met in the hall by
Mrs. Whistler, who begged him to go
TO the poulterer's aud purchase pound
of butter The bread was cut, but
there was nothing to put upon it.
There was no money In the house, the
poulterer had cut of his credit. and
Mrs. Whistler said "she dared not send
her husband. for he would certainly
punch the BRIDESMAIDS head
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-17
Why He Waited.

The man who Is anXiousiy watching
the stecple jack NJ work 900 feet from
the ground Is approached 10y a pass
ing acquaintance.
"Hello. Brown" says the latter. "Are
you still hercy It's fully an hour ago
that saw YOU standing In the very
same spot"
THAT fellow up there gives me the
cold shlvcrs." says Brown. "IIe makes
me feel weak In the knees"
Going back To your odiccg' inquiries
the friend.
Il GUESS 80" Brown reluctantly re-
plies There doesn't seem TO b. much
use In waiting auy longer don't be-
licvc he Is going 20 fall"
And he turned away with a lingering
glance nc lhc intrepid jack.-Clcvcland
Plain Dealer
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-17

Many years ag0 an American natu
ralist. Dana. discovered On the surface
lar a character that he named 1t
"monslrillu Il is u small crustacean
akin TO the cyclops 50 common In
ponds But. while the latter are fur
nished with an that is necessary to
capture aud digest their food. the mon.
strilla has neither apparatus for seiz-
ing prey nor any digestive tube. It Is
richly provided with muscles. nervous
system aud organs Of sense; 1t lacks
only What is necessary to prolong life
by alimeniaiion. The monstrila Is
doomed. therefore, TO natural DEATH
Exchange.