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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-05-26
CHAPTER XII.
The Marathon.

AS if two gods should play some heav'
emily match, and on this wager lay two
earthly women.-Shakespeare.
An automaton, scarcely thinking,
gained the platform of the station.
There was a sound of kissing steam, a
rolling cloud of sulphurous smoke, a
shouting of railway captains, creak.
ing of the wheels. Without volition of
my own, was on my northward jour-
ney. Presently l looked around and
found seated at my side the man
whom l then recollected l was to
meet-Dr. Samuel Ward.
whats wrong, Nicholas?" he asked
Trouble of any kind?'
So, briefly, / told him what little
knew of the events of the last hour
I told him of the shame and humilia-
ton of it ALL He pondered for a
minute and asked me at length if !
believed Miss Elizabeth suspected any
thing of my errand of the night be.
FORE
How could she?' l answered. $50
far as l can recollect, never men
toned the name of the Baroness Won
Ritz
Then, all at once, 1 did recollect!
/ did remember that l had mentioned
the name of the baroness that very
morning to Elizabeth, when the bar
oness passed us in the east room!
DR.. Ward was keen enough to see
the sudden confusion on my face, but
he made no comment beyond saying
that he doubted not time would clear
it all up; that he had known many
such affairs.
But mind you one thing" he added !;
keep those two women apart"
Then why do you two doddering
old idiots, you and John Calhoun,
with life outworn and the blood dried
in your veins, send me. since you
doubt me so much, on in errand OF
this kind. You see what it has
done for me. | am done with John
Calhoun. He may get some other fool
for his service"
Where do you propose going, then,
friend?"
West" l answered. West to the
Rockies"
DR.. Ward calmly produced q tor
toise shell snuff-box from his left
hand waistcoat pocket, and deliberate
ly took snuff. you are going to do
nothing of the kind" said he calmly
You are goirg to keep your promise
to John Calhoun and to me- Believe
me, the business in hand is vital"
Il care nothing for that" l an
swered bitterly.
But you are the agent of your
country. You are called to do your
country's urgent work All life is only
trouble vanquished. l ask you now
TO be man; l not only expect it, but
demand it of you'll"
His words carried weight in spite
of myself. l began to listen. l took
from his hand the package, looked at
it, examined it. Finally, as he sat 81
lently regarding me, broke the SEAL
Now, Nicholas Trist, resumed DR..
Ward presently, There is to be at
Montreal at the date named in these
papers meeting of the directors of
the Hudson Bay Company of England.
There will be big men there-the big
gest their country can produce; lead
lrs Of the Hudson Bay Company.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-05-26
In the Box Office.

All was quiet in the theater ticket
office Only the noise of a bull pup
crunching dog biscuits disturbed the
smoky atmosphere. Suddenly the tele-
phone bell rang loud and long.
Bang" went the ticket sellers feet
of the desk to the floor He grabbed
the telephone receiver in feverish
haste.
.Helloi" he said.
is this the Empire?" sweet voice
asked.
Eyes, ma'am."
well, do you put on Clothes to-
morrow afternoon?"
The ticket seller gasped.
WELL he blurted out. eff don't
I'll lose my job"
The other receiver went up with a
bang, and-after all it was only one of
the many questions that ticket sell
Ter always has to be prepared for
North Adams Transcript
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-05-26
An Ecclesiastical Umbrella.

An umbrella big enough to cover a
dozen persons belongs to the Church
of st. Peter Mancroft, Norwich. Eng
land 1t is used on wet days for we'd
ding parties. so that the bride and
bridegroom. the bridesmaids, and
guests may not get their smart
dresses spoiled when walking from
the church door to the carriages. 1t
is also used by the clergy at funer-
ais when the service has to be held by
the graveside in pouring rain. That
it is useful is obvious, and 1t is rath-
er remarkable that many other
churches do not posses such an article
as part of the ordinary church fur
niture.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-05-26
Has Written Memoirs.

Nine. Steinheil, who recently held
the attention of the world in a sensa-
tional trial in Paris. is now living very
quietly in England She has recently
completed her memoirs, which, it is
expected, will meet with a great sale.
both in England and France, owing
to her intimate relations with promin-
ent persons in the French republic.
She is said to have fully recovered
the beauty that has been so much re-
marked and which she almost lost in
her terrible ordeal
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-05-07
BOYS, ATTENTION!

Tho boys Of Denver are organizing
a drill team under the Jurisdiction Of
the U. r. X. Of p. They welcome into
their society any boys Of good moral
character and sound mind and body.
The initiation fee is SO cents. They
meet every Tuesday and Thursday at
7:3o p. m, at Mr.. G. A. loqan's coal
office, oath and Lawrence.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-05-07


The board OF appraisers allowed 9
per cent CT the physical value of the
Denver system for Going Concern
Value
Going Concern Value is based upon
the fact that the various units of the
system are tested, connected up, and
performing the functions for which a
water system is designed; and. fur
ther, upon the fact that the service
pipes of a large number of consum-
ers are attached to the mains OF the
water plant and are furnishing busi-
ness for that plant which must be de-
veloped by new plant at considera-
bic cost. and to develop which the
rev plant must disconnect the serv.
ice pipes from the mains of the old,
and attach them to the mains OF the
new system.
Nine per cent for Going Concern
Value, on the physical valuation of
the Los Angeles plant according to
the prices fixed by the board of ap-
praisers for the Denver plant
amounts 10 sl6i,S7S.56.
auu avs .Aso.ob 10 Tue sl.o-h,ot --o's
valuation OF the physical property OF
the Los Angeles system. according to
the prices fixed by the board OF ap-
pralsers for the Denver system. and
the total valuation OF the system pur-
chased by the city OF Los Angeles is
81 900. .74e.i5.
The city of Los Angeles paid
So ,000. eco.
The Los Angeles valuation did not
include any water rights, for the wa
ter rights have always been owned by
the city and were merely leased to
the private company
These figures are absolutely au-
thentic; they prove that the city of
Los Angeles. despite the claims to
the contrary. paid higher price for
the water system ii bought than the
price fixed upon the Denver system
by the board OF appraisers.
If proper allowance were made for
the superior quality of pipe, superior
construction and greater efficiency Of
the Denver system. the valuation
placed upon it would be still more
conservative by comparison with the
Los Angeles system.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-05-07

struction in Denv r, and the value of
the Los Angeles reservoirs, on the
basis of the Denver appraisement, is
S2l6,606
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-05-07

The Denver conduit system. includ-
ing the conduits outside ard inside
the city limits, contains nearly 10
miles. ranging from 80 inches 20 4
feet in diameter. II contains a greater
percentage OF expensive work than
the Los Angeles system. including the
long tunnels in Platte Canon, at Mar
ston Lake. through Loretto Hill, the
bridges ard expensive river crossings,
standpipes and other equipment not
found In the Los Angeles system:
also the conduits are laid at least >
feet below the surface of the ground
instead OF ? feet. as in Los Angeles,
and much of It at far greater depth
In order TO conform TO the hydraulic
grade line.
The board of appraisers allowed a
valuation of 81 1,602 ,022 for the Denver
conduit system. including nearly
500 acres OF land owned for rights
OF way
Allowing one-eighth OF the Denver
valuation for less than one-eighth as
much conduit in Los Angeles brings
the valuation for the conduits of the
Los Angeles system. purchased by
the city. to $200,253.
TABLE NO. 8.
LOS ANGELES RESERVOIR SYS-
TEN.
Name Capacity in gallons
Highland, earth dam. 6000,o 600 no roof
Hazard. earth dam.
concrete lined go. $500 no roof
Buena Vista. earth
dam. riprapped l3,oo0,o 900 no roof
Angeline. earth dam 2,500,0o0 rooted
Bellevue, earth dam,
concrete lined 80. 30 ,o00. 600 rooted
Beaudry. earth banks,
concrete lined -. 5000. 900 rooted
Total reservoir
capacity ....... 6I,l5o,ooO gallons
The capacity of the five local dis
tributing reservoirs in Denver is l00.-
900 900 gallons. All of the Denver
reservoirs are built with heavy ma
sonry retaining walls, are concrete
lined and rooted The construction
is far more expensive and far better
than the Los Angeles construction.
The board of appraisers placed a
valuation of $i74.9l1 upon the local
distributing reservoirs in Denver. in
Guiding the land and equipment. AL
lowing two.thrds OF this price for the
Los Angeles reservoirs. on the basis
OF capacity. without computing the
difference in cost of the superior con-
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-05-07
TABLE NO. 4.
LOS ANGELES PUMPING PLANTS.

The capacity of the six pumping sta
tons of the Denver plant is 62,500,-
600 gallons daily. The board of ap-
iraisers placed valuation upon these
pumping plants, including lands,
buildings. boilers. machinery and all
equipment, of s4S2,l13.
Allowing the Los Angeles pumping
plants pro rata valuation, based on
capacity, this value is s120,991.64
SUMMARY OF WATER SYSTEM
PURCHASED BY THE CITY OF
LOS ANGELES, BASED ON THE
VALUATION PLACED ON THE
DENVER SYSTEM:
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-05-07
Facts VS.. Opinion
Comparison of Denver Water System
with Los Angeles, continued
from page

The prices allowed for pipe are the
prices allowed by the appraisers for
the heavy cast iron pipe used in the
Denver system and placed, at least,
5 feet below the surface OF the ground.
The pipe must be laid deeper in Den
yer than in Los Angeles because of
the hard frosts occurring here, and
it costs Go per cent more, per foot,
for labor TO bury pipe feet than to
bury it feet This proves that, al
lowing the Denver price of heavy high
grade pipe for the cheap Los Angeles
installation, is more than liberal.
TABLE NO. ..
LOS ANGELES CONDUITS AND
TUNNELS.
Length, feet
i.foot Los Feliz tunnel ....... 3,433
54.inch Dis brick and concrete
conduit Observation-Disclosures. 2,6I9
i4-inch Riveted sheet steel pipe Is, l52
i-foot Buena Vista tunnel ... 1886
"a, l6 and Pinch Crystal Spgs.
porcolation pipes ........ 5.3Os
Bellevue Branch
ii-inch 3iveted sheet steel pipe 100
finch tunnel ................. i,iSS
finch brick and concrete con
duit ................... G,OS1
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .i2'sZS
s.ll miles.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-17

For Sale-The Metropolitan Roomirg g
House. Good money maker. Good
reason for selling.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-17
Must Have II All.

Richard Parr, the discoverer Of the
sugar trus. frauds, was talking in
New York about the generous reward
granted him by the government
Some folks thought l was going
to get a reward of couple of millions
or So" said Mr. Parr. They put me
in the lawyer class"
The lawyer Glass;" said the report.
er puzzled.
Yes" said Mr.. Parr, the lawyer
class. The junior and senior partner
of law firm. you know, once put
their eheads together to draft a clients
bill
We've won the win contest for
him. said the junior partner, rubbing
his hands. Suppose we charge him
two hundred thousand?'
But the senior partner frowned.
Go on he SAID. He's worth
more than that"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-17
ANTIQUITY OF FAXED FOODS
PIiny Tells Of the Aduiterations Prae
tised in Ancient Rome-Wines
OFTEN Were Doetored.

So much is heard of pure food laws
and food adulteration these days that
one is prone to assume that the abuse
in question is result of modern con.
ditions of trade and competition. Such,
however. is not the case. for the Greeks
and Romans complained as bitterly
as the man of today of the adultera-
ton of their food.
In Pliny is found an account setting
forth how the bakers of Rome were
wont to mix with their dough a white
earth, soft to the touch and sweet to
the taste, thus turning out foodstuff
that had weight and fine appearance,
but little food value.
Pliny also touches upon wine adul-
teration- He assures us that not even
the rich Roman noble could be sure
that the wine he purchased was pure.
Moreover, the famous wines of Fa.er-
no were doctored. and wines from Gaul
generally esteemed to be the best
were as a matter of fact artifcially
colored by aloes and other drugs.
Much complaint was made in Athens
touching wine adulteration. SO that in
time it became necessary to appoint
special inspectors with view to put
ting an end TO the evil.
There was one wine merchant
named Canthare. who was SO skillful
IN the matter of adulteration that his
name actually became synonym for
the expression clever deceit" Can
thare's long suit was in imparting the
favors of old age to new wine
AND so on. Throughout Europe.
from the tenth century onward. are
found numerous instances OF food
adulteration in general practise by
bakers. brewers. winners, etc. The
tricks of the trade were originated
more than LOCO years ago
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-17
CT ALL FREEDOM
Without Liberty Of the Press the
World Would Return to Its Old
Barbarisn.

The liberty of the press Is the high
est safeguard Of all free government
Ours could not exist without it. It Is
like a great exulting and abounding
river. II is fed by the dews of heaven
which distill their sweetest drops to
form It, 1t gushes from the rill as It
breaks from the deep caverns of the
earth. II is augmented by a thousand
affiuents that dash from the mountain
top to separate again into thousand
bounteous and irrigating streams
around.
On its broad bosom IT bears thou
sand barlis. There genius spreads its
purpling sail. There poetry dips its
silver oar. There art. invention, dis
covery, science. morality, religion may
safely and securely float II wanders
through every land. 1t has genial,
cordial source of thought and inspra-
ton wherever it touches. whatever It
surrounds. Upon its borders there
grows every flower of grace and every
fruit of truth
Sometimes that river oversteps its
bounds. Sometimes that stream be-
comes dangerous torrent and de-
stroys towns and cities upon its banks.
But without IL, civilization. humanity,
government-all that mates society
ftself-would disappear and the world
would return to It's ancient barbarism,
Edward D. Baker
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-17
Oramatists Usually Chiidless.

plays are generally childless. He says:
1T seems that the successful dramat-
ist is at the end of series. and never
leaves a successor Look down the
list of them, from Gilbert to Shaw. and
you will find never child Further
search brings up Thomas Hardy. Bar
rie, Maeterlinck, Pinero, Cecil Raj
eigh. Vaughan, Locke. Granville Bark
er, Frederick Fem. Louis Napoleon
Parker. and only Henry Arthur Jones
and Hall Caine are dramatists with
children
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-17
Another Panacea,

physician of some note has Just
announced another panacea for all the
ills humanity is heir to. 1t consists
simply of sunshine. II must, however.
fall upon the bare skin Among the
Affections which 1t Is ssid to have
cured by this means are tubercular ul-
cerations. skin diseases. old cuts and
sores and obesity. An abdomen
triple plated with adipose tissue will
melt like snow under the caresses OF
the sum-. II is declared ITO take a
sun bath" the doctor explains, 1T suf-
fees simply to stretch ones self COM
ple-ely unclothei in the direct rays
of the sun. taking care always to pro-
tect the head, and above al the back
of the neck. There must be no inter
mediary between the skin and the
sunlight. for the chemical power of
the solar rays is completely nullified
b. clothing and by glass. The inclina-
ton Of the rays is also important ::
when they fall perpendicularly their
acticn is much greater: oblique rays
@la7"2 ca the contrary. from the sur
face of tSe skin. and are without ef-
snct"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-17
Had e abies Mixed.

While shopping IN Shenandoah. Pa.
Mrs Katie Dumshoek OF Centralia
left her one-month-old daughter in a
so-cart outside of a department store,
End when. completing her purchases.
began to push home a carriage which
she apparently thought was hers.
After travelling several squares Mrs.
Dumshock noticed her error and be.
came so frantic that officers had to
restrain her.
A search was made throughout the
town and with newspaper assistance
the lost child was restored to the dis.
tracted mother
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-17

ri's Isief"a sltr >,.,n ,....-
gufstic wonder who VIII be apla m
understand pretty ne7rly all the would.
be citizens who land there. He is
Henry Gellitt of st. Louis. and ha ia
coming to the nations gateway as a
representative of the immigration com
mission of Missouri TO direct desirahle
aliens thither. Mr.. Gellitt speaks six
languages. German English. French
Italian, Spanish and Swedish. besides
many dialects of different sections of
Europe
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-17

Mining Application No. 0i3s4J. Mineral Survey
No. lsaSs
L. s. Land Office nenver. Colo,
August p. 1910.
NORGE Is hereby given that Lucy Coulter and
fact and Martin Miner hose p, sto.Tice addres, is
idaho springs, G"nrabo. have made application
for ;at. for l50J linear feet respectively on ihs
Portland and Independence loGes bearing guld
ana silver. with surface grruHi 80 feet in width
Respectively. situate in Lincoln mining district
Clear Creek County, Staie OF Colorado, and de-
scribed in the plat aud I'd on file in this
office as follows. viz:
PORTLAND LODE
sol # n u "a ami 999 I, il' 81 from dis
covery shaft. Beginning ! cor No, |. whence The
bea=s l.' 5 lO'' 45,5 65 H. thence iss 70 1.u
II Ia c'r No. =. teence iIe 81 1890 II 70 cor No
3; thence II Iso % $50 # 10 cor Nh 4 ,h,uce
az IA 1900 IT 10 cor No /. the place Of begin
ming.
INDEPENDENCE LODE
6 fl n Al "a e aud l4al # iio 81 " from dis
eovery shaft. Beginning at cor No . whence the
$ " cor SET 36 twp Is. II W of he Gin D. In bears
i 81 20 c 533, l9 #, therce 80 % l51 II 10
cor No >; rnence Al "a W 1900 feet TO cor 40 4.
thence u IS 20 10 fl to cor No. l. THENCE n 4le
Com Amin :. M acres. expressly exec ri ing and
esclgdin al conflict with SURVEYS Nos ltOI3 ana
lsi2i. hnd forming ptrrion # The unsubdiyided
Twp > :. - " Of The principal meridian Said
location being Fec'rd. in vol I59, page 367 of the
records Of CIeal Creek county COLORADO
adJo.Hins Claimants owners of above excluded
surveys.
c. D. FORD Register.
Isl pub Aug y; last pub Oct 90 1910.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-17

Republican will week
complete ticket responsible duty devolve
make such selection will commend the
to The
They should be from domination clique
The time soppoune redeem the
hn grand stand playing the
planks should be the regular
able lead the There
successfully will wisely This
is a nutshell.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-17

MAYOR GEO K kIMBALL has appointed W. l. Bush W. T.
Rensh c.. l delegates
Mountain Good Roads Association This will
Ogden Utah September to The states that will be
include all those the Pacific the
Mountains At the Ogden the place
holding will be determined and the dega
Colorado.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-17
She Knew, ANYWAY.

Anxious Mother-Iiow do you know
Cashleigh Is In love with you, Has
he told you SO?
Pretty Daughter-No-o! But you
should see the way he looks at me
when I'm not looking at him.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-17

THE protection of a country great national
duty obligation avages year destroy
would suffice for years
industrial purposes The Uuned States has upwards
of forest lands giving employment 5000
vdua During the liable prevalent
has about under his while the
nrests of Germany there each The
of timber annually would support large
but with guards they could be literally
timber would result It's much the duty have
citizenship parent
kin The latter measured by while the former measured
by 1t is the duty protect plant
posery APPARENT prepare
for life usefulness Whatever be the difference opinion
methods getting results the fact remains that the
do its full duty protecting and developing timber
raising
In protecting the United
fire the telephone ba become of salvation and
many case forestry where
this modern appliance has saved nnumerabe lives and
many hundred thousand dollars worth of timber.
Experience has taught the officials charge of the for
estry that is question cope
with fires after they been fully
they get good conditiors
brisk breeze dry the flames sweep through
surrounding country meeting
any great resistance Therefore, officials lo
have determined that the only possible control these
fires them--that is attack the fire
this point where the telephone gets its work ard
has demonstrated itself important factor machine
salvation As preventing fires and
those who have gained of headway, tious
and of have been employed annually by the
and patromen They assigned districts
which they called patrol but the work this
did really become effective until telephone
introduced
AS condition presents o day, forest ranger
leaves his cabin secluded valley
to His well kept
order with call boxes arranged every miles along
the path and fire lanes, and observation He
spot where have been camp
and left their FIRE without exiting gushing it Since
their depart prior appearance ranger
along the ground in the
pet and assumed proportions for him handle
alone, though his efforts be sufficient check
a period The ranger can
fight for the arrival of other rang
attracted by the smoke,
telephone box and send emergency
Before days of the telephone the after dis
covering compelled ride to the
settlement, which might have been days
obtain his absence the fire would
yond and he and the mena al command
practically helpless.
The of the telephone the forest a
positona merely contingent The officials
forestry that trial has been practical
Il hasnro h, tirnet be eiuuau
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-17
Since She Asked.

Sue-Don't you know. George kissed
me at the door last night twice before
could stop him!
Mae-Gracious, What cheek,
ue-Both-Smart Set
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-17

Your complexion as we'll as your
temper is rendered miserable by dis
ordered liver. By taking Chamberlain s
Stomach and Liver Tablets you can
improve both Sold by j. j. Sherwin.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-17

Every body who letter should enclose of the postal
cards by the Commercial Association 1t is small mat
several thousand that thus
mailed will back reward They moth
and the that required for inserting them If
friend and help along good
card procession If don't do this
much then don't kick.