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The Arvada enterprise., 1910-12-09

There's nothing differs from real west
life than the tales of real western life told
by writer's who claim to have taken part and, In
deed played the star role in most of the adven.
lures they 80 carefully describe, with adver-
tlsed view to correct Details" said old from
tIersman of the seventies. And of all the tales
of western life there's that differs widely
from the real thing the tale of the stage-coach
hold-up.
THE breathless reader wildly the out
laws lying in walt along the edge of the mesa
bluf is too common a word to use-while the
coach tolls up from the 'arroyo'-so is 'gulch'-
the leader, well masked in his 'poncho'-likewise
is 'cloak'-carefully surveying the doomed vehicle.
Then comes the attack. the killing Of the
driver the wild pursuit. the staying Of the leader
OF the band by the brave young mining engineer,
who has thrown himself in front Of the beautiful
monaires daughter Just In time to her
life and get bullet in his arm that she nurses
through to marriage the repulse of the outlaws,
ETC., all plentlfully garnished with mongrel Mexi-
can terms that are never heard except on the
melodrama stage or seen outside the tale 'afore-
said
Now in real life there is seldom any shooting
in a stage.coach robbery. One thing is certain,
the driver never gets shot. The driver Is never
even shot at, for he very sensibly puts up his
hands, knowing how suicidal would be any at.
tempt at resistance against armed outlaws. and
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ne sitting up there pretty a target as
saw In shooting gallery. Furthermore, the last
man they want to shoot is the driver for that
would mean a, runaway team-of all things what
the robbers don't want; they've got enough to
Keep them busy, as 1t is. Perhaps cannot illus
trate better what occurs at real stage robbery
than by giving you my experience when I was
driving stage through southern Idaho in the early
eighties.
i was driving from Shoshone to Boise City,
about dusk one evening was going down the
canon road that leads from Camas prairie to the
headwaters of the Payette-not settler for miles
around. There was only passenger aboard
young woman from New England.
Now, while the country she had come from
and that she was going to civilized all right
the strip In southern Idaho we were then tray
cling over was pretty wild. But didn't say a
word to her about 1t for fear of frightening the
little thing.
She was sitting up the box with me and
admiring the sunset tints in the western sky
when, as we swung around a bend in the canon
a man standing In the middle of the road about
fifty feet ahead, with a Winchester rife lying in
the hollow OF his arm, flung up his hand to me-
He was the first human being we had seen since
we left Shoshone at daybreak that morning
though that wasn't the reason threw nv leaders
back on their launches. flung on the brake and
came to a sudden stop
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was iHNC'I uptcu ny lnToc otTdn9cIs g.
left his home in Springfield ILL.,, and
started on his eastern tour en- route
for Washington.
PinkertOn sent for more OF his men,
and redoubled his efforts to learn
something tangible of this or any
other plot. Time passed rapidly. Such
conspiracy, well organized, did ex-
ist-he learned enough in Baltimore
| to convince him of that; also-through
Stearns-that a branch of the organ
ization was at Perrymansville in the
guise OF cavalry company. Webster,
who had been withdrawn from there,
was hurried back. and within "a hours
mad been enrolled as a member of the
company Then. handicapped by the
shortness of time, he made a supreme
effort to gain the confidence OF the in.
ner circle of conspirators, who alone
were In the principal plot Few men
could have succeeded as Webster did,
few have such a personality as his.
Naturally he was OF quiet reserved
disposition, seldom speaking unless
spoken to, and -betraying emo
tion or excitement
"Webster's talent for sustaining n
role OF this kind amounted to positive
genius; in a lifetime of detective ex-
perience | have never met one who
could more readily adapt himself to
circumstances, Allan PInkerton has
written.
1t was with such a weapon that
Webster was making his great fight.
The tour OF the president.elect was
rapidly drawing to Its end. Webster,
consummate actor, was making haste
slowly; grave, fiery, serious. bolster.
ous-each at the golden time he
played with a masterful hand upon
the excited, high-strung conspirators
From the first his efforts had been
covertly direct against the cavalry
company's officers; they were in the
secret or no one was At last, one
morning after drill, the captain with
much secrecy asked him to call that
night at his house, "and say nothing
about It," How the time must have
dragged till the appointed hour. But
WIN 'i' III OF pNtp ut ulduB INTO a
room whose windows were hung with
heavy quilts and blankets he knew
that success had come at last. Web.
ster was introduced to three strangers
in the group, members of the league
from Baltimore; then took his place
at the table with the rest and listened
joining In now and then with a word
or two-as they discussed the plans
for the assassination of Abraham Lin.
coin at the Calvert street depot In
on February 23. The plans
were fully matured except for the Sc
lection of the person to fire the shot
The story of how Allan Pinkerton
placed his proofs of the conspiracy be-
fore Lincoln in the Continental hotel
in Philadelphia on the night OF Febru-
ary 2l; OF the spiritlng OF Mr.. Lincoln
out of Harrisburg next evening back
to Philadelphia in a private train
while Harrisburg, with telegraph
wires secretly grounded, lay cut of
from all communication with the out.
side world; OF the passage through
in the dead OF night, and
the safe arrival OF the president-elect.
by Allan Pinkerton and
Colonel Lamon. in Washington at six
o'clock In the morning OF the day he
was expected In Baltimore, has been
Iold again and again. but Timothy
Webster's part Is known to but few.
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ceeding crop report until 1t reaches a climax in
the case of the November and December reports
The department of agrio., 'ture uses every posi-,
Die precaution to preveLt any hint of the con-
tents of report becoming public until noon on
the appointed day when the bulletin Is given
simultaneously to every person who is waiting
for 1t at the headquarters of the crop reporting
bureau in Washington Then ensues mad
to telephones and telegraph wires and feverish
fight to be first to communicate the news to New
York and other cotton trading centers and to the
great cities Of Europe. The regular newspaper
correspondents vie with one another in their ef-
forts to be first to get the cotton forecast ION
the WIRE" but even more strenuous than their ef.
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lERhS W WE us. CROE
REalR7IIyG SL,2EHU
order TO help the officials
at Washington compile a
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order TO help the officials
at Washington compile a
thoroughly accurate sys-
TENS of reports which, It
is recognized, is to the in
terest OF all concerned.
To be sure most of these
correspondents who con.
tribute their mite to Uncle
Sans mine of informa.
ton on the growing cot
ton crop do not have to
devote much of their time
to the task. They merely
send a few lines to Wash
ington once each month,
each person giving his
frank opinion as to the
condition and prospects
of the crop on his parti
cular plantation or in his
immediate neighborhood.
Most of these reports are
sent by mail but under
certain circumstances the
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forts are those of the representatives of the cot
ton brokers and others trading On the stock mar.
kets. Almost every successive cotton report is.
sued by the government makes the price of cot.
ton go up or down according as It presages a
good or poor crop Tor crop that is different
In any way from popular anticpation) and the
broker who can get a ''tip' as to the contents OF
the report even few minutes ahead of his fell
lows may be enabled to make thousands of dol
lars
An Immense army of people scattered through
all the cottongrowng states cooperate with the
government In compiling its cotton reports and
almost all of them give their services free in
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-09-22
HERE Is A REMEDY THAT WILL CURE
ECZEMA
I'VE Prove II"

Why waste time and money expert
menting with greasy salves and lotions.
trying to drive the eczema germ from
underneath the skin when Grover Bros.
Drug Store guarantees ZEMO, a clean
liquid preparation for external use to rid
the skin of the germ life that causes the
trouble? One application will relieve the
itching and often times one bottle is suffi-
cienl to7cure aminor case of eczema.
In over 1000 towns and cities i'll
America. the leading druggist has the
agency for ZEMO and he will tell you
ofsthe marvellous cures made by this
clean, simple treatment ZEMO is rec
ognized as the cleanest and most popu-
lar treatment for eczema, pimples, dand-
ruff and all other forms of skin or scalp
affectsons whether on infant or grown
person. Will you try bottle, on our
recommendation? Grover fBros. Drug
Store.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-09-22
BRAZIL HAS IRON ORE,
BUT POOR FACILITIES.
Big Republic May Replenish OWN.
ding Supply of World.

A fl report regarding the
worlds ing iron supply has
been subj. to the Stockholm geo
logical cOn-rvss. 1t deals with the
latest official information supplied to
the congress by the Brazilian govern
ment regarding the sources Of supply
that exist in Brazil.
Reviewing the possibilities Of Brazil
as an iron exporting country, the re
are found all along the coast line from
Santa Catharina TO Ceara and also far
ther inland. Official statistics men
ton fifty-two great iron ore deposits in
the state of Minas Geraes alone. The
ore here Is of high grade purity and
contains from GO to 70 per cent pure
iron.
The itabirite ore deposits near Cara
ca are estimated to be able to cover
the worlds annual needs, say 10000
600 tons, for sixteen years. In seven
other states of Brazil high grade ore
is found and medium grade ore in all
the other states. The ore deposits in
tiAttS NNi'iN' arc SANNtAtth S'iliN Opp
miles from the coast, but the govern
ment Is about to lay down a railroad
TO the port of Victoria. north OF Rio
Janeiro.
Brazil would be the richest iron pro-
ducing country Of the future, the re-
port concludes. if it possessed coal sup
plies in corresponding quantities. That
l.. -. l..
draulic power is also scarce in the ore
fields Brazil cannot hope 10 rise to the
first rank. although it will always oc-
cupy a prominent position as an iron
producing country.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-09-22
SKIN AFFECTIONS
whether on Infant or iraWn Person Cured b.
ZemO And lemO soap.
An Unusual Offer

The Central Drug Store saws 10 every
person, be il man, woman or child, who
has anlrritated, tender or itching skin
to come to our store and procure a
bottle of ZEMO and a cake of ZEMO
soap and if you are nos entirely satisfied
with aeults, come back and get your
money. So confident are we of the
efficacy of this clean, simple treatmen
that we make you this unsual offer,
ZEMO is a clear liquid tor external
use that has cured so many cases of
eczema, pimples, dandruff and other
forms of skin eruption, ZEMO and
ZEMO soap are the most economical rs
well as the cleanest and most effective
treatment for affections of the skin or
scalp, whethef on infant or grown person.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-09-22
Newspaper Veteran Loses.

One of the Maine representatives
who will not come back is Edwin G..
Burleigh, likewise newspaper man,
the publisher of the Kennebec Journal.
Maine, being n brainy state, appre-
ciateS her newspaper men. James c..
Blaine was one of them. Some other
states that have not so much brains
but why make invidiOus comparisons?
Returning TO Burleigh, it is whispered
that he has been the real boss Of
Maine. Outside of the state that role
was usually ascribed to Hale, but Bur
leigh evidently did not care who was
thought the boss outside Of the state
so long as he was the boss inside it.
1t is also whispered that the real rea-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-09-22
OFFICIAL CALL FOR
Republican State Convention.
To the Republican Electors OF the
State of Michigan:

To the Republican Electors OF the
State of Michigan:
The State Convention OF the Re
publicans of Michigan is hereby called
to meet at the Wayne Pavilion in the
city of Detroit on Thursday, the 9th
day of October, 1910, at IL o'clock in
the forenoon, for the purpose of nomi-
mating candidates for State Offices, for
the election of Republican State
Central Committee, and Chairman
thereof, and for the transaction of
such other business as may properly
come before the Convention.
In accordance with the provisions
of law and the acrion of the Repub-
lican State Central Committee, every
county will be entitled to one delegate
for each two hundred and fifty of the
total vote cast therein for the Re-
publican candidate for Secretary of
State at the last election and one addi-
tional delegate for a mOiety OF 10
votes or more.
Pursuant to law, Wednesday, the
l4th day of September, 1910, is hereby
designated as the day on which shall
be held in each county, the County
Convention of the Republican Party
for the election of delegates 10 the
Republican State Convention herein
called, and for the transaction of
other business provided for by law or
which may otherwise properly come
before said county convention
Under the resolution of 1853, no
delegate will be entitled TO a seat in
the State Convention who does not
reside in the county he proposes TO
represent.
The delegates from the several
counties in each Congressional Dis
trict are requested to meet in district
caucus at $50 o'clock a. m. on the
day of the State Convention, and Sc
lect officers as follows, to be present
ed TO the State Convention for con-
firmation:
lone Vice-President.
22One Assistant Secretary.
3-One member of the committee
on Credentials"
4One member of the committee
on Permanent Organization and
Order of Business"
5-One member Of the committee
on Resolutions"
eTwo members of the Republican
State Central Committee.
By order of the Republican State
Central Committee.
GERRIT J. DIEKEMA,
DENNIS E. AWARD j,'''''
Secretary.
Grand Rapids, July %, 1910.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-09-22

publicans have been making gains
throughout the country. Already they
have supplanted enough regulars by
their own nominees to increase their
total membership of simon pure pro-
gressives 10 something like fifty. In
addition, there are Il number of regu-
lars who have declared against Can
non. The insurgents claim that their
successes will stem the Democratic
tide How much there may be In the
claim Is largely II matter of opinion
since no election has yet been held in
which n progressive Republican was
pitted against Democrat
AS matters now stand the progress
sives have most of the congressional
nominees west Of Ohio. the regulars
controlling the bulk of those in the
Buckeye State and east of it. Granting
that the Democrats make no gains in
insurgent territory, can they pick off
enough men in the northeast to give
them majority? Champ Clark. still
thinking Of those mules, says yes. Can
non says-but il is not printable.
All this is the merest speculation.
however. Conditions are so unsettled
that almost anything is possible. even
to the formation of new party. The
only things that seem certain in the
house election are that Uncle Joe's
speakership candidacy is not very
promising and that the Democrats
alone or the Democrats and progress
sives together will control the body by
a larger margin than at present
James Il. Watson of Indiana, former
Republican whip OF the house. is re-
ported TO be pessmistic to the extent
of predicting that the Democrats will
have thirty majority. Watson is alleged
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-09-22
Kinds Takes the Hint.

Precedent is a mighty thing in con-
gress, however. or is at least where it
does not interfere with the interests,
so Asher Kinds concluded he wanted
to be a rea! full fedged member of the
house that he had presided over By
proxy SO long. To crafty his ambi-
ton he had to beat Colonel Hale son
of the Hon. Eugene Hale. for the nom
nation and then To defeat q Democrat
for the election. The first task he
only accomplished after Colonel Hale
had almost whipped an editor, and the
second he got through by the skin of
his teeth. Evidently Mr.. Kinds has
concluded that ii is easier to give the
house parliamentary points than 1t is
to break into the body itself.
There is no doubt that he would
make a fine speaker. but no sooner
does he get i'm line for the place than
Clark and his Missouri mules. The
Hon. Champ might have been willing
enough to help elect a nonpartisan
speaker while the Republicans had
majority, but will he show the same
spirit II the shoe should be on the
other foot? Nay, nay. Asher; you
have another guess coming.
If the next house is Democratic, Mr..
Clark proposes that the big noise shall
be a partisan Of the Missouri brand.
The man he has In mind halls from
Pike county. has large. open counte-
nance that reaches nearly to the back
Of his head and possesses an ability to
quote Scripture. That last seems to
be necessary qualification for the
vpeakership. since Uncle Joe can also
quote Scripture either forward or back
ward.
Asher Kinds Is also bald faced man
who has little more hair than Clark
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-09-22

A gun that its inventor says can
shoot 100000 bullets an hour at a
cost of $40; that uses neither powder
nor compressed air, and that fires bull
lets that do not require shells, was
shot for the enlightenment of dele
CATION of New York reporters. They
saw the gun shoot, but they were not
permitted to see that part of the gun
out of which the little steel bullets
came with such rapidity.
A Swiss named Bangerter was in
troduced as the inventor, and the press
agent who staged the exhibition stated
that Bangerter, who used to make
watches, will ego down in history
alongside such geniuses as Thomas
Edison, Eli Whitney and John Eric
son."
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-09-22

to have said this as he rode across
New York city in Il taxicab. If there
is anything will give man a dark
brown crouch ii is Il New York taxi
cab. so perhaps too much reliance
should not be placed on the interview
Maine Reduces Senate Majority.
AS TO the senate. the Republican ma
jority is twenty-four A change of
thirteen will do the trick in the upper
house, and that thirteen is bound to
be unlucky for somebody Take one
off for Maine. and that leaves twelve.
The man most prominently mention
ed as Hale's successor is Charles +.
Johnson. Il lawyer of Waterville. John
son has twice led Il hopeless race for
governor OF Maine. and his friends
think that any man who would will
ingly let himself be run over twice by
Burleigh's steam roller should be re-
warded now that roller rolls no more.
julius Caesar Burrows OF Michigan
is another Of the old guard who has
fallen by the wayside Burrows did
not withdraw. He was pushed. The
man who takes his place Is Charles Il.
Townsend. who is an insurgent at
least part of the time Mr.. Townsend
first achieved national fame as one of
the authors Of the railroad bill that
passed after one of those perfectly
"corking" fights that President Roose-
welt had with congress.
Altogether there are thirty senators
who go out on the 4th of next March.
twenty-four Of them Republicans. For
the Democrats TO win control of the
body it would be necessary for them
to elect successors to Ahdrich of Rhode
Island. Beverage of Indiana. Burkett
of Nebraska, Buckley of Connecticut,
Carter of Montana, Depew Of New
York. Dick of Ohio. Du Pont Of Della
ware, Kean OF New Jersey. Lodge Of
Massachusetts. McCumber Of North
Dakota. Nixon of Nevada and Warner
of Missouri
Can they do It? Well. l am not a
valorous prophet to make any wild
guesses Of that kind. Yet there Is
Maine
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-09-22
Political Gales Grow Fiercer.

One day Kansas goes insurGent. the
next California makes scrap iron out
Of the Southern Pacific political ma
chine. and on the third day comes a
killing frost in Maine. Later events
make it appear that Senator Eugene
Hale did not merely retire. He re-
treated TO the cyclone cellar. Those
who said the Withdrawals of Aldrich
and Hale were not in good faith can
no longer make that charge against
the Maine senator. The people of his
state have given bond that Hale
meant just what he said. Think of q
Democratic senator from Maine! Aft
er that the bottom will fall out and
the world will come to an end.
The Maine Republicans managed TO
save two congressman from the wreck.
but these two were so nearly blown
away with the rest of the debris that
they will not get over the shock for
years. One Of them is Asher C. Kinds.
who has been the assistant speaker Of
the house ever since the days of Tom
Reed. Officially Kinds has been known
as the clerk at the speakers desk.
Unofiicially he is the real speaker, SO
far as parliamentary law goes. He
has studied all the parliamentary prec-
edents from julius Caesar down and
has written a modest little work Of
eight volumes on the subject, which is
a textbook for all the parliamentary
sharps in congress and the various
legislatures.
Last winter when the insurgents
were talking about leading Uncle Joe
Cannon up TO the top of the capitol
and pushing him off there was a pro-
posal to take all political power from
the speaker and elect Kinds 10 the
chair as nonpartisan. The mere fact
that Kinds was not then a member of
congress did not worry them, although
no one but q member had ever been
elected to the position. There is no
specific requirement in the constitu-
ton that the speaker be member
So far as that honorable document is
concerned he may be q constable at
Scroggs Center or q bank clerk at
Podunk.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-09-22

son Hale withdrew from the senate
was that Burleigh told him the game
was up.
Burleigh can afford to retire since
he is nearly seventy years old. He
has been state treasurer and governor
of Maine and has been in congress for
nearly fifteen years. He was beaten
for reelection by something over 1000
They do things in no half hearted
manner in the Pine Tree State. When
the voters got ready to dump the DOM
inant machine they did it with enough
tentions.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-09-22
Democrats See Sweep of Nation
In Congressional Elections. but
Republicans ASCribe Big Up.
heayaI TO Local Conditions.
By J. a. EDGERTON.

n FTER hearing the news from
~ Maine Champ Clark was so
"A certain Of being the next speak
er of the house that he said
when he was elected he would drive a
team of Missouri mules to and from
the capitol. Even so, he might find
driving Missouri mules easier than rid
ing the Democratic donkey. 1t has
been known to throw a number Of
men in the mud. There is Brother
Bryan. Champ should not count his
chickens before they are hatched or
his speakership mules before they are
harneSsed.
The Maine Republicans say the state
went Democratic because the people
were tired of prohibition. Evidently
they were tired Of something. Ii took
them a long time to get that way, but
when they did catch the weary feeling
they had it good and hard
The Maine election makes us recast
our political horoscopes. In fact, every
election that comes along knocks all
the political prophets seven ways To
prognosticate on elections it is neces-
sary that conditions stay put. In these
days of disappearing majorities and
insurgent overturnings nobody knows
what to expect. ordinarily one OF
these September elections tells us the
direction of the political wind. But
this is not wind. 1t is cyclone.
Who is going to tell the direction OF
Il breeze that is blowing in all direc-
tons at once?