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The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-07
The Baseball Fan

The good old game is under way, so
let US watch the players play, without a
grief or fear oh, let US sit like broOdins
owls, and howl again the same old hOwls
that we put up last year. Wen roast a
player when he makes series of dis
astrous breaks, and call him names like
"quince )" and il himself he should re-
deem, wei hail him with joyous scream
and say he is a prince. Wen have an
idol every day and swear he has no feet
Of clay, our plaudits will resound; we'll
praise him till he muffs the ball, and then
the same old name we'll call and hoOt
him from the ground. And in these
happy baseball days we'll resurrect each
chestnut praise from our pile of junk
we'll call in vain to stop a whizzing fly,
and say theirs is punk. Wen sit and chew
the same old rags and spring again the
same old Gags, and make the same old
bets we'll use the same sarcastic strokes
and all the prehistoric Jokes, and breathe
the same old threats. wish there would
arise a man, gifted, soulful baseball fan,
g being real and true, who would upon
the bleachers sit and throw some move
sort of fit, and yell out something
new i-Walt Mason.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-07
May Secure Homestead
Entries in Four Months

Washington, July 3.-Homestead and
desert land patents may be obtained in
four months after final proof is made,
provided there is no contest or other con-
tinsency. Although there was an increase
Of only sixty-eight in the number of
patents issued in the fiscal year 1911 over
the preceding year, larger increase
was prevented by the necessary duplica-
ton of work following fhe withdrawal act
of June rs, 1910. During the fiscal year
ended June 80, last, u, ,I49 patents we're
issued as against 72,O8l for the cor
responding period Of the preceding year.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-07
DON'T

Do not keep your politeness to
put on with your good clothes>
because if you do, you will surely
plainly show that it is not natur-
al. Cultivate politeness, not only
tor what outsiders will say, but
because it is the right thing to
do, one of your many talents to
make good use Of, and anything
that improves, always increases
our self-respect as well as the
good opinion of the world.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-07
is YOUR MEMORY GOOD?

A newspaper has innumerabIe
opportunities to boost and extend
cOurtesies of various kinds to peo.
Pile, and is Willing to do so. In
doing these things il does not often
expect direct pay. But there are
people who will accept boost and
favors from paper and then when
an opportunity comes to recipro-
cate, they FORGET all about the things
the paper has done for them, and
give it the cold shoulder. For this
kind of people the newspaper has
good memory. The friendship Of
newspaper is worth something,
for the newspaper always returns
more boosting than it receives. No
man lives who does not at some.
time in hisslife, and perhaps often,
ask for and receive favors from a
newspaper. Then is when the
editors memory comes to his uid.
-JacksOnian.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-07

Two New Trains and Three
Nights Chicago or st. Louis to
San Francisco 8 the subject of a
striking circular announcing the
Burlington, Rock Island, Missouri
Pacific, Rio Grande, Western Pa
cifc new service to the Pacific
coast inaugurated Sunday last.
Whoever planned the circular evil
IDENTIFY intended it should be ''read. Z"
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-07
John Wesley. wife.

John Wesley married n widow. Mrs.
vizelle, who grew tired of his restless
" labOrious life and complained He
paid no attention. and from complaint
she went on to jealousy. thence to fury
He rebuked her sternly: DO not any
longer contend for mastery. for power.
money or praise. Be content to he n
srivate. insignificant person. OF what
importance Ia your character to man
kind? II you were buried just now or
had never lived. what loss would 1t be
to the cause of GOd?" She left him.
taking with her large number OF his
private papers. and he dismissed the
subject by writing In his journal: II
did not forsake her. ! did not dismiss
her. | shall not call her back"
kabyls Russ.
With what greed does the lover Of
beautiful weavings handle the cream
white fabric, with its blue. jewel-like,
Intricate border, or the all over figured
rug, indigo blue figures with but little
white showing. the blue interspers.d
with bits Of fine red and yellow. NO
small in quantity as compared to the
blue that 1t only serves to warm aic
mellow 1t. but seen near one 'iD'is
that there are innumerable tiny pat
terms in color running through the
blue, which sparkle as do the red aud
blue lights In the black opal.-Handi-
craft.
Her Coarse Laugh.
George-You are not calling on Miss
Rosebud any more. eh? Jack-No;
got disgusted. She has such a coarse
laugh. George-I never noticed that.
Jack-You would II you'd been within
hearing when l proposed to her.-Ex-
change,
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-07
Parsons Poem a Gem

From Rev. H. Stubenvoll. Allison. Ia, in
praise Of Dr.. Kings New Life Pills.
They re such health necessity.
In every home these pills should be.
II other kinds you We tried in vain.
USE DR.. KINGS
and be well again. Only 25c ut all druggists.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-07
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department, Of the Interior,
U. S. Land OiI,ce ai

Department Of The Interior,
U. S. Land UGee q, Lamar. Colo.
June 30. 1911
Colo, ~ho April 6. 1909 made homestead application
No. 05lS7 for the half Of nor,hwes, quarter and
half Of northeast quarter. 4 on June 49, 1909
east quarter o. the southwest north half OF south
east section all township "A SOUTH range Il
west 9Th principal meridian has filed notice Of intention
make final 6ve.yesr proof sae;sk claim to the land
Comms soner, Holly. Colo. the l6.h day Of Aug
ust. 1911.
Claimant npmes as Witnesses Robert Y. Fowler
Charles w. Crawford, Francis j. rspley. James Price
all Of Holly. Colo.
EUGENE M. WHITAKER.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-07
Happiest Girl in Lincoln

A Lincoln, Neb., girl writes, II had
been aiIing for some time with chronic
constipation and stomach trouble. be-
gan taking Chamberlain's Stomach and
able to be up and got better right along.
l am the proudest girl in Lincoln to find
such good medicine" For sale by
all dealers.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-07
Making 1t Easy.

Chimmie-I told the boss I'd quit
this elevator boy job unless be made
it easier Jimmie-What do YOU want
him to do? Chimmie-Ju put on an
arrangement SO that the elevator will
stay still and the floors will run up
and down in front of it.-Puck.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-07
II WAS MURDER
Nccxy Foz1 Officers Meet Fate
at the Hands OF an En-
ragged Negro

ao6So NG6AS
Rocky Ford, July Al. Il. Craig,
chief of police of this city was shot
and instantly killed here tonight
at about ii O'Clock by Bob Harris,
negro of this city, who jerked
the chiefs revolver from its holster
and fatally wounding Jack Ripper,
a member of the night police force.
Craig was shot first through the
heart, then in the hip and Ripper
was shot through the jaw, tearing
his face in frightful manner.
This cold-blooded murder by
drink-criized.negro has cast gloom
over the entire Valley which will
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-07
Your Neiohbor's Experience

How you may profit by it. Take Foley Kid.
ney Pills Mrs. E. G. Whining. $50 Willow
ST.. Akron. o., says: ''For soma time had
specks floating before my eyes and ! felt all
tired out and miserable. saw Foley Kidney
Pills advertised and got bottle and took them
according to directions and results showed al.
most 1T once. The pain and dizzy headaches
left me, my eye.sisht became clear and today
can say am we'll woman. thanks 10 Foley
Kidney Pills." For sale by all druggists.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-07
Homeseeker's Excursion Rates

To Texas & New Mexico points during
1911. On the first and third Tuesdays of
each month during the entire year The
COLORADO AND SOUTHERN RY.
will sell roundtrip homeseeke ers excursion
tickets to great many points in New
Mexico and Texas at greatly reduced
rates. Final limit twenty-five days al.
lowing liberal stop.over privileges. For
detailed Information, rates, etc., call On
your nearest Colorado and Southern
Agent or address T. E. Fisher, General
Passenger Agent, Denver, Colo. Dec.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-07
A Leading California Druggist

Pasadena, Cal. Mar. 9. 1911.
Foley & Co.. Gentlemen have sold
and recommended Foey's Honey and Tar Com
pound for years. We believe it to be one Of
the most efficient expectorants the market.
Containing no oPates or narcotics it can be
given freely to children. Enough Of the remedy
can be taken to relieve a cold. as it has no
nnuseating results. and does not interfere with
digestion. Yours very truly. c. H. Ward Drug
Co.. c. L. Parsons. Sec'y and Treas Get
the original FoIey's Honey and Tar Compound
in the yellow package. For sale bv all drug gists
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-07
Middle Aged and Elderly People

Use Foley Kidney Pills for quickly and per-
manent results in all cases Of kidney and bladerd
troubles. and for painful and annoying irregu-
larities. For sale by all druggists.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-07

take wears to efface. Both victims
of the negro's bullets We're we'll
known and respected, and as The
Chieftain go to press there are
rumors of necktie party with the
negro as the stellar attraction.
Later-Bob Harris, the negro
who shot and killed Craig and
Ripper, was captured in the HOl-
brook district yesterday. Indig.
nation runs high and it is probable
that Judge Lynch will take q
hand.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-07

Patronize Chieftain advertisers.
1T means the continued prosperity
II our town. Montgomery-War
have never as yet built up any
hing but a mail order business.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-07

Job Printing of the stylish kind.
Chieftain office.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-07
fUBLIc LAND AND MINING
CASES.

If you are interested in any contest
or any matter before the Interior De-
partment, write to Clark & Wright,
registered land lawyers, oo2 F Street
N. w. Opposite Gen'l Land Ofice),
Washington, D. c. Free information
about contests and where to obtain
scrip, locatabls-upon public lands,
without residence or cultivation.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-28
Fired First and Last Shots
CIVIL WAR WAS OPENED AND CLOSED BY EDMUND RrrFE1x
OF VIRGINIA

but ! was instructed after surrender
had been refused to go at once to the
nearest battery and. order the com
mandant to open fire.
when I got to Battery johnson and
was met by the young captain in
charge 1 presented my order, and he.
with much emotion, embraced me and
said that 1t was my impassioned
speech Of the previous evening that
had made war possible. and he offered
me the chance OF fame by firing the
nrst u at Ft. Sumter. It was an
honor l could not Well refuse, and yet
was not anxious for it. Just as I
wal pondering what answer to take a
solution Of the difficulty presented it.
self.
Back there in Virginia whore the
fight for and against secession had
been prolonged and bitter I had known
Mr.. Edmund Ruftin, a gentleman OF
considerable estate and owning many
slaves. When the Virginia conven.
ton voted against secession Mr.. Ruff
I'm was sn incenscd that he shook the
dust Of his native state from his feet
and became a citizen Of South Caro-.
lima. Then, old as was. he. promptly
enlisted as a private at Charleston. It
! was while I was in the midst of my
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-28
Was First Labor Trial
AN INTERESTING CASE IN PHILADELPHIA ONE HUNDRED aNn
FIVE YEARS AGO

ual under date of May 81. 1907. APP
pears on the upper right hand corner
Of the front cover.
The oHense as shown BY the title
was q conspiracy to raise the wages Of
the shoemakers of Philadelphia and
70 answer to the Indictment George
Pulls and five more of his associate
snoemakers were brought to the bar
OF the mayors court. This court was
opened by Recorder Levy. Mayor
lnskeep was also on the bench. So
were Aldermen Petit Douglas and
Carswell. Tho members of the Jury
consisted Of three tavern keepers and
three grocers and the remaining six
represented other occupations. iona.
than Wharton. a. shoemaker, who was
drawn in the vcnire, was excused for
obvious reasons.
The counsel on both sides were
their profession. For Jared Ingersoll
and Joseph Hopkinson appeared for
the prosecution while. Caesar Rodney
and Walter Franklin looked after the
interests of the shocmakers. Thirteen
witnesses. chiefly shoemakers. were
examined by the prosecution to estab.
iish the proof of it's Indictment and
the chief feature OF interest at this
time In their testimony is the man.
ner IN which the word ''scab" was fire.
quently used to express precisely its
modern meaning. The defense sum-
moned ten witnesses and after argu-
ments by counsel, the recorder de-
livered bis charge to the jury.
Judge Levy's instructions in this
case in 1906 ts certainly interesting
reading to all who are concerned in
labor's uplift at the present day. Many
Of the things which this Philadelphia
Judge los years ago told that Phila.
delphia jury might shed some light on
the present day issues. But there
were other doctrines laid down by
Judge Levy on this occasion which the
country has outgrown.
Especially 30 vas the approving
reference to the dictum Of Chief JUS.
ice Mansfield Of England as applied
to this case. that. broadly speaking,
an act which was lawful on the part Of
an individual is rendered criminal BY
a confederacy to effect 1t.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-28
New York Herald.)

The first shot fired in the Civil war;"
said Judge Roger A. Pryor the other
day. was fired by the hand Of Ed
mund Rufiin Of Virginia. 1t may be
recalled that Virginia stood out long
against secession. At the" Virginia
convention a majority opposed taking
the state out Of the union and the se-
cessionists knew that without the bor-
der states Of which Virginia was the
leader. the cotton states would speedily
be crushed. We all felt, I in particu-
lar. that the one way to get Virginia
to unite with her southern neighbors
was to strike a blow against the union,
After consultation with Mr.. Jeffer.
son Davis and others Of the secession
leaders ! went down to Charleston and
from the porch OF the Mills hotel de.
hvered a speech to practically the en-.
tire population Of Charleston. In that
speech I urged the southern troops to
strike the first blow, and assured them
that once the conflict was on Virginia
would secede within an hour BY
Shrewsbury clock
The next morning ] was deputed
by General Reauregard to demand the
surrender IF FIT. Sumter. We knew Of
course. that surrender was impossible.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-28
From Catapult to 12-Inch Gun
ABOUT THE POWER OF, THE ANCIENT LONG AND
CROSS BOW IN BATTLE.

curate and deadly as the steel QUOT
OF the Sikhs, sharp as a razor OF the
cutting edge. Sir Ralph has thrown
the quot with a very low trajectory,
to a distance of 200 yards.
The god Vishnu, having four hands.
quot. the most deadly and terrible
~projectile the unaided human arm was
ever capable of welding" AS to
bows and arrows, several races have
never evolved and never borrowed
them. Our famous English longbow
is commonly said to have been adapt
ed from Welsh usage by Edward 1 who
thus broke up an defeated the squares
or "schtltrons" of Wallace's spear
men at Falkirk. But even then, on
the northern side, the archers of Ell
trick forest We're famous. 1t is GER
tain that in prehistoric Greece the
bow, though apparently more power
full by far than u English longbow,
fell early into some disrepute, and was
mainly superseded by the heavy mis-
sile spear. The English longbow wa
a mere staff of foreign yew. shaped at
home. 1t could. not be used on horse
back and II kept strung for some
hours. lost much Of its power. ''-
The war range for a powerful nan
was about $50 yards. though Sir John
Smyth gives it a range of q quarter
of a mile-apparently for a military
arrow-but it seems that 10 yards
battle. At $50 yards Sir Ralph thinks
that the bow equaled, If it did not
excel. the old Brown Bess musket used
up to 1870. A hundred of the bow
men of Crecy might have beaten a
hundred musketeers of Waterloo.
shooting six arrows for each bullet OF
the musket.. The bow was used by
$1,000 - ~ SN.,, r>M4N. to- <-,~ CfSfI
war. though Dugald Dalgetty was
amazed at the same period by the
bows Of the Children Of the Mist.
General Marriott was wounded by a
Tartar's arrow at Leipsic-of that we
have official record.
Despite our brag of the yew bow,
it was not nearly SO powerful as the
short. prehistoric oriental composite
bow-small, light and capable of be-
is the familiar attribute of Cupid in
art, ancient and modern. 1t is COM
posite, having a basis OF a thin lath
Of wood. while strength is given by
layers of horn and sinew glued to-
gether and lacquered over. The art
Of making such bows appears to he
lost, even in Persia and Turkey. The
by Homer's ccoun of the boats horns
used in making the bow of .Pandarus.
wherewit hhe loosed 1.-The arrow do
lorous,' as Mallory would have said.
that broke the truce and sealed the
doc moi Troy. The records of Minoan
Crete Of the second millennium be-
fore our era prove hat goats horns
We're already in use for the short COM
posite and reflex bow (palintona toxa.)
Such bows have many times the
elasticity Of the old English bow of
yew. Thus the frequency with which
arrows penetrate corslets in Homer,
does not prove that the corslet was
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-28
(London Post)

The EVOLUTION of missile weapons is
q curious topic, lately %elucidated in
the proceedings of the Royal Insti-
tuition of Great Britain by Sir Ralph
Payne-Gallwey.
The experiments he made in the
construction and use of various kinds
OF bows and of Roman and medieval
machines for throwing heavy weights
are original and most curious. Leav-
ing aside such missiles as Juror minis
trat. the mere throwing of stones by
hand, as at Troy, Culloden and Inker-
the range of the heavy missile spear,
commonly used in Homer, can have
exceeded eighty yards.
In practice one supposed that q war
rfor carrying only two spears would
seldom risk losing them by throws
much over twenty years. 1t was easy
Tor an enemy to sec and dodge a spear
thrown from a longer distance and
these missiles. being ponderous. were
relatively bulky and easily watched.
No throwing stick. adding power and
pace. as among the Australians, was
in use in Homer's time. but a leath:
ern loop, later. took up, in Greek. and
Roman war, the task of the throw
ing stick. However. the loop, being
attached to the shaft, served the enc
my who escaped the shot and enabled
"a " 4OSuA LAX SPCdIs pcI ltd pS
with a better aim. Therefore q long
thong, which the warrior retained in
his hand. was substituted for the loop.
In the West Riding a willow wand
and a short cord was used for throw
ing in sportive competitions. A throw
Of q wanda yard in length and no
thicker than a pencil-to a distance Of
$50 Yards Is recorded and is amaz-
ing. The powers of the thong are far
beyond those of the throwing stick.
The method Of using the thong is not
easy to describe, or even, when describ-
cd. to understand. The throwing stick
practically adds an extra long joint
to the arm of the thrower and has
been developed in Australia. New
Zealand. Central America and the Arc
tic north, while an eniEmatic imple-
ment Of p%alaeolithic man in southern
France Is recognized as a throwing
stick by some students.
The sling Sir Ralph thinks. was
never a weapon of precision, despite
what the bible says of the Benjamite
singers "at a hairs BREADTH" Where
he learned that Achaean singers could
not hit any given feature of the enc
little about the Locrian singers from
Homer; they were held of little ac-
count. David's famous shot at the
Philistine giant needed "a heaven sent
moment" Sir Ralph himself, sling
ing at rocks in a tree, rarely went near
the rec and was dangerous to people
around and behind him, though he is
a good shot with any other %projectile.
The making of good bomerangs is
practically confined to the Austral-
ians, who are masters in the delicate
art Of imparting carefully calculated
twists to the hard wood. The war
boomerang is dangerous at eighty
yards. but not nearly SO powerful, ac-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-28
(Roston Globe)

. 0AOOCI
A pamphlet volume Of 100 pages
that was printed in 1906 by B. Graves
at 10 North Fourth street and which
has recently fallen into the posses.
sion of the Boston public library, is
of special interest to all who are
ENGAGED in the movement of organiz-
&c labor.
The volume as the story is told upon
It's fyleaf. purports to be a shorthand
account Of the proceedings in THE
Trial OF the Boot and Shoe Makers of
Philadelphia on Indictment for a Com
Dlnatton and Conspiracy to Raise Their
Wages. Taken in Shorthand by Thos.
Lloyd"
1t fs doubtless a surprise to most
readers to learn that as far back as
105 yea ago. in the p]rovcrbially
slow town of Philadelphia a movement
OF this kind was in active existence and
that the shoe makers Of William
PENIS city had perfected an organi-
cation with which to antagonize CAPT.
tal-or. stated in another way, 70 Sc
cure for the organizers and members
OF this first Of the labor unions, a
living wage for their work.
The stenographer, Thomas Lloyd,
dedtcates his volume in the follow
ing fashion:
ITO Thomas Mexican. governor, and
the general assembly OF Pennsylvania
is dedicated the report Of the most
interesting law case which has oc-
Cured IN this state since our revolu.
tion-with the hope of attra acting their
particular attention to the next meet
ing OF the Legislature.
1T IL better that the law be known
and certain than that 1t be right.
with respect I am, fellow citizens,
you mos obedient Thomas Lloyd.''
The pamphlet was duly copyrighted
as a the custom in those days, by
depositnig a copy Of it's title in the
ONCE Of the clerk Of the district court
OF the United States and the book
was placed upon the market at the
rate OF seventy-five cents per copy
This particular copy at the public Ii.
brary was once the property OF pet
er Robinson" whoever he may have
been and wherever he may have re-
sided. as Peter Robinson's sign man
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-28

quandary with the captain Of Battery
johnson that I saw Mr.. Rufin. musket
on his shoulder.
ITO the commandant 1 said: Sir,
I appreciate the honor you would do
me, but l could no think Of depriving
others more worthy than myself.
Here Is the mar whose devotion to the
cause makes him worthy of
the honor I introduced Mr.. Rufin to
the commandant and explained the
circumstances, and when l left the fort
TO watch. from the front, the effect of
that first shot Mr.. Ruffin had the lam
yard OF the u in his hand, prepara-
tory to firing. d.
Scarce had We got outside when the
gun-the first gun Of the Civil war
went off with u roar. We could follow
quite distinctly the flight Of the she'll,
and We watched 1t in its course until