The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-03
AT THE HOTELS.

There Is peculiar fascination in
firing a revolver said DR.. Henry S.
Walls, of Philadelphia. who is at the
New Willard. especially If you hit your
target a gun IS well enough in fits way.
and even the military rife is good. but
the revolver is the weapon Of romance,
and there is nothing like the feeling Of
confidence that comes over the man who
knows he can hit what he fires at For
this reason it is a matter Of wonder
that the enjoyment Of the sport is not
more general.
'One reason may be the fact" con-
tinued DIR. Walls, that the range OF a
pocket weapon IS limited, and that many
of these revolvers are pretty nearly
worthless as target weapons. But with
a IS or - caliber OF the best model
some marvellous scores have been made
in the past Military revolvers with per-
feet ammunition will shoot accurately up
to 900 yards. although target shooting is
seldom at a greater range than seventy
five yards.
with this class OF weapon one may
shoot into a two-inch circle at twenty
yards and into a four-inch circle at fifty
yards. Capt. W. scofeld. Of the Cleve-
land Rife and Revolver Club. scored 80
out of a possible 100 points. standard
count, May Is, 1906, placing nine shots
within the ten ring Of 1886 inches diameter
and one shot in the nine ring, which is a
trifie larger This remarkable shooting
was done offhand at fifty yards with a
regulation Colt. .3S caliber army revolver
. and government ammunition The best
pocket reviewers are capable Of doing
good work up 10 twenty yards, and Will
? shot into a S-inch circle. Because Of the
shorter barrel. small size. and necessarily
, heavy load for defensive purposes, this
class Of weapon is more difficult 10 shoot
close groups at target
Charles Beary Lands, former Repre-
sentative in Congress Of the Ninth Indi-
ana district, Is registered at the New
Willard. Mr.. lands registers from Del
phi Ind. on the map. and states this fact
explicitly. verbally, as well as in script.
There IS nothing new in politics" said
Mr. lands; mot thing. not a thing
that know or You know I am out Of
politics; yes, out Of politics, and don't
I ever expect 10 come back again 70 Wash
{ ington" There was a merry twinkle g.
z his steel-blue eyes.
Z Mr. Lands said ne had not heard Of the
sale OF the Chicago Record-Herald. and
that its columns were 10 be used for the
; purpose Of booming Senator Beverage
= for the Presidency. Nobody has made
y To- =
said. He is editor Of that paper.
a Mr. lands said that # the government
Z clerk wanted an increase IN salary. ne
s should go home and vote whenever the
occasion arises However, 7 an out OF
politics. and not being in Congress. Z
really have nothing 10 say about the mat
ter"
''The Mormon IS g religious colonizer,"
q said David ". Jones. Of Port Perry, on
tario, Canada, at the National last night
E For the sake Of his faith. he is ever
: ready 20 obey the mandate OF his supe-
D riors and move TO fresh fields. For the
: sake Of the power-pol.ticsl social re-
Hgious-that IS involved, he Is an earnest
: advocate OF a policy Of territorial ey-
Z tension
D Hence II IS that the Mormon power
has invaded Western Canada continued
Mr.. Jones. "and IS already causing some
apprehension there IN the province OF
. Alberta. bordering the foothills OF the
Rocky Mountains, is the latest stake OF
Zion. There 5000 from Utah are farm
Z ing and ranching. and incidentally build
. ing up a strong cause Of LaJter-day
{ Saints IN tie Dominion as an integral
part OF the army OF over 10000 that con
stitutes the sect the world over.
: NO less than 1850 Mormon mission
L aries are scattered over the globe, zeal
ously propagating their faith. without
L remuneration from the home center. It
was this ruling thought OF expansion
that led q small company Of eight or
: ten families 10 leave Utah a few years
. ago under the guidance Of c. c. Card,
who thus became one Of the pioneers Of
HIS people on the Western Canadian
plains. and who has had his reward Of
fame by having a town named after
!, him.
a few miles north OF the international
= boundary line Card and his company pre-
empted government lands and laid the
= foundations Of their prairie homes. They
y. were the first agriculrurists 10 settle in
-. what had up 70 that time been looked
upon as exclusively a ranching country;
. in fact, it was manifestly IL the interest
OF the cattle men 10 circulate such O re-
port. But the Western MOrm0us, who
had overcome the seeming obstacles Of
nature. were Just the type Of workers 10
!. solve the problem in Alberta, and hun
dreds Of farmers are there satisfactorily
solving It to-day
- The Mormons who settled in Canada
gave a pledge 10 the Canadian govern
ment that they would refrain from the
practice Of polygamy. and there Is no
evidence that they are not carrying out
this pledge. VIII these Mormon immi-
grants be Canadian and British? many a
Canadian anxiousIy asks Time is nee
essary in which to reply"
There IS probably no organization in
the United States, according 10 J. Z.
d Harvey, broker. OF New York. who was
~ seen at the Arlington, where the rules
p Of business conduct are more severely
r maintained or are Of a higher standard
- than upon the floor OF the New York
b Stock Exchange.
y IF any one believes said 3lr. Harvey,
o that majority OF the transactions upon
= the stock exchange are shams. mat the
. exchange IS nothing more than great
= bucket shop. where betting upon prices
is the rule and actual purchase and sale
= the exception, he should make exam
ination of the stock exchange clearing
j. house. Every transaction upon the floor
Of the exchange. excepting. Of course