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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-07

sibly more. Darwin puts forward the
hypothesis that all of these are de-
scended from single species, having
been modified in form and color dur.
ing the course of ages.
OF the reptiles, the most interesting
are the turtles and lizards. The for.
mer, the Galapagos, are found no
where else, and at one time literally
swarmed over the islands. They were
huge, measuring sometimes three feet
from the breast shell to the dome of
the back; slow Of movement, making
about four miles day when walking;
long, thin necks and curiously small
heads and broad fiat flappers; their
whole appearance suggesting some
dwarfed descendant of the Pleistocene
age. Some specimens weighed as
much as 600 pounds, but these giants
are very rare nowadays An expedi.
ton that sailed from San Francisco
with the special object Of getting spec.
linens of the Galapagos turtle, after
considerable difficulty could only find
few weighing 40 or so pounds. For
merly, cruisers or ships that stopped
at the island had no difficulty in kill
ing great numbers of these reptiles,
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-07
AeuHE NRz<v

but latterly a combination Of circum.
stances are working for their complete
extinction.
The turtles yield a peculiar quality
Of oil that can be used in place of
lard. The medium.sized ones contain
from five to six gallons of this prod.
uct. worth about Is cents. gold, Der
gallon. and as 1t is a very simple mat.
ter to extract the oil, 1t IL easily seen
how the turtle hunters would pursue
their calling until they had complete
ly extermtnated this remarkable rep
tile. The dogs that roam the islands
have also contributed to the destruc.
ton Of the turtles.
The Ecuadorean government has
several times begun negotiations for
the disposition Of the islands. and a.
far back a. 1851 the preliminaries Of
transfer were arranged with the
United States, the sum offered being
100000 for the right Of collecting
the guano that could be found on the
islands. For various reasons the deal
fell through. and while since that
time tentative negotiations have been
commenced during different admins
rations. no definite agreement has
ever been reached.
GRANVILLE FoRTEscUE.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-07

thousand dollars In silver and gold
mostly the former-had been left un-
touched by the looters.
Excitement ran high, but luckily the
banks strength and it's large surplus
were so we'll known that the deposit
tors were not alarmed. Business went
On as usual, for the cashier was able
to borrow enough from other banks
In town to carry the Drillers' and
Droyers' until funds could be secured
from indianapolis. AS usual In cases
Of the sort, the local police were at
loss, chiefly because there We're no
clews: the robbers had made a clean
getaway; there had been no noise,
no explosion, for the simple reason
that the vault had been entered by
manipulating the combination-'there
was no time lock-a feat, as was
pointed out, by no means impossible
to a clever and expert safe-breaker.
BY virtue of its general retainer for
the Associated Banks of the Middle
West. the Chicago Office of Bullivants
Limited was Immediately apprised OF
the burglary, and within few hours
q shrewd special agent, Abner Hemus.
stepped OF the Monon train IN the
Dorsey depot. A quiet. yet alert, per-
sonality, smooth shaven, five feet ten
In height, lean and sinewy IN FRAME
with a cold gimlet-like gray eye. he
mus would have passed easily for one
Of the scores of drummers who weekly
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-07
sponsible for the Introduction OF
bananas into the western continent.

sponsible for the Introduction OF
bananas into the western continent.
His discovery Of the Galapagos
islands was quite accidental and came
about during voyage from Panama
to Peru. whittier he had been sent to
report on the doings Of Pizarro. for
the worthy bishop enjoyed the conn.
dence Of his king. The good bishop
was scientist as well as a church.
man, and he determined the exact lat.
itude and longitude Of the archipela-
go; but he gave no name to the group,
and after q stay Of ten days turned
the PROV Of his ship toward Peru.
The archipelago now was well known
to the Spanish mariners, and for rea-
sons already suggested were called
the Enchanted Isles. During the ps-
Rod Of revolution against Spanish an
thority in South America the ISLANDS
were much used BY the privateers
that preyed on Spanish commerce.
With the fall Of Spanish power the
isles were in q measure forgotten
and these desolate shores were only
touched BY an occasional whaler or
some eircumnavigating sailor, the
archipelago actually remaining no
mans land until February u. 1889.
when tho Ecuadorean government for.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-07
Copyright, 1910, by W. G. Chapman)

visited Dorsey; yet he was one Of
the ablest members of Bullivants' staff
and the terror of the professional
bank-looting fraternity.
Hemus went directly to the bank,
handed in his card, and was immedi-
ately admitted behind the brass rail
ing and plate-glass partition and con-
Quoted to the directors room, where
he was first greeted by the vice-presi-
dent, then introduced to the president
and three or four of the directors.
Glad to have you with us, Mr.. He
mus" said Virgil P. Moomaw, a little
too effusively, the visitor thought
Hope you can throw some light on
this rather unfortunate occurrence"
II trust so," answered Hemus, grave
ly. Let me have the facts, please.
Afterwards, l should like to go over
the premises"
Unfortunately, the facts are fewer
than we might WISH" said Mr.. Moo
nav, easily. The burglars gained &C.
cess from the alley some time Satur-
day or Sunday night. There's an iron
grating in the brick wall which leads
into our cellar. This grating they tore
up and replaced so that any chance
foot passenger would not notice that
It had been tempered with. But as
a matter of fact, the alley is seldom
used after dark. Once in the cellar
1t was an easy matter to force the
door at the head of the stairway and
thus gain access to the main bank
ing room, which you just passed
through. Our vault is really big
steel safe built around with brick and
protected by guaranteed lock, the
combination to which was known to
but three persons-Mr. Moody, our
president; Mr.. Summers, the cashier,
and myself. We have often talked of
building an up-to-date vault with
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-07

modern time lock, but-well, you know
how these things are sometimes al
lowed to hang fire."
GLOW about the watchman?" queried
Hemus.
"A most faithful fellow-been with
us ten or twelve years, and quite
above suspicion; eh, gentlemen"
The others nodded confirmation of
this and Moomaw went on glibly:
HE claims to have seen or heard
nothing until he opened the bank yes.
terday morning, when he noticed the
door of the vault ajar and the cellar
door wide open. Made his rounds as
usual every hour from six p. m. to six
a. m, on both Saturday and Sun.
day"
"And what was the total loss?" in.
CURED Hemus, casually.
1.-TWO hundred and ten thousand
dollars, all in currency; most of it in
bills Of large denominations" This
was big cash balance for small
town bank to carry, and prompted He.
mus to inquire:
DO you usually carry SO much cash
in the vault?"
Not as a regular thing" admitted
the vice-president; "the amount was
greater than usual because our glass
factories pay their hands monthly, and
we needed the cash early this week"
Guess Id better look around bito
said Abner Hemus, rising.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-07
Has Cardinal Gibbons Approval.

Cardinal Gibbons, the highest au-
thority Of the Roman Catholic church
IN America, has expressed his ap.
prevail of Tuberculosis day, which is
to be observed by the churches of the
United States on or about April so.
and of the general organized anti-tu-
borcu,osis campaign. according to a
report of an interview made public by
the National Association for the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis.
The interview was granted by his
eminence to H. Writ Steele. executive
secretary Of the Maryland Associa-
ton for the Prevention and Relief of
Tuberculosis. and Dr. Charles O'Dono-
van, one of the leading physicians Of
Baltimore. The cardinal expressed
his entire sympathy with the plan Of
the Tuberculosis day movement and
Endorsed the program both of the
Maryland association and of the ma
tional association.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-07
Work Hard and Live Lonu.

Although he has been studying the
stars for 60 years, and is now eighty
six years old, Sir William Higgins, the
grand old man of astronomy" is still
in harness. Every day he works for
hours in his laboratory and afterward
In his study, thinking and reading,
reading and thinking" to quote his
own words. Life is work and work
Is life," is Sir Williams favorite say
ing. He ascribes his perfect health to
his temperate habits-he is a non
smoker and almost an abstainer.
Smoking, he says, is not beneficial
to astronomers, and he tells a story
of German astronomer who. seeing
mysterious vapor rejected in his
telescope, thought he had made a
great discovery, until some one point
ed out that it was simply the smoke
curling up from the astronomers
favorite pipe.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-07
At THE cR0J5R0A0J a. CQnnepc@

M [ HAS been admitted by the state
department in Washington that
negotiations for the acquisition OF
~ the Galapagos islands, off the
coast of Ecuador on the west
coast Of South America, by the United
States as naval base have been I'M
der way for some time between the
United States and Ecuador. The
islands, which are sparsely settled,
cannot be bought outright, because OF
clause in the constitution Of Ecua-
DOR which prevents their sale.
1t is said in Ecuador that the United
States offers to pay $35,ooO,ooO in
rent. That would be $353,C0O a year.
From commercial or an industrial
point of view they would be of little
value to the United States. Their
total area is only about 2,4O0 square
miles. But they would serve, thrust
out into the Pacific as they are, as an
advance post of the Panama canal.
And, which is the main point, they
would not be the menace to it they
would be under certain circumstances
for the next 100 years.
So, the completion of the Panama
canal will bring the Galapagos islands
into the limelight of the world stage.
IN almost straight line and half way
from Southampton to Sidney, their fu-
ture maritime Importance cannot be
exaggerated. The islands, about two
days run from Panama, stand in the
same relation to the Pacific entrance
OF the canal that the West Indies does
to Its Atlantic gateway. It will also
be noticed that they are little more
than half way on the trade route from
San Francisco to Valparaiso.
This group is remarkable in many
ways, and the story of the isles from
the prehistoric period when nature
In the throes Of some great = agony
threw them up from the bed of the
Pacific. to the time Of their discovery
and occupation by man, holds much Of
interest.
Nothing is known definitely of the
date when the islands came into be-
ing, except that they We're of dis
tinctly later appearance than the
mountains Of the South American
mainland. Some scientists think them
the remains of a now.sunken CONT
nent. Owing to the isolation OF the
islands, there is no authentic record
Of active eruptions, but we know that
as far back as 1875 volcanic disturb
ances were noticed, while in 1914 and
1925 English shippers reported the
craters active, and as late as 1907 a
new opening appeared on James
island, from which q torrent of lava
flowed to the sea.
The archipelago consists of Is
larger islands and about 40 smaller,
with total area variously estimated
at from 2,400 to 5000 square miles.
Leaving the question Of discovery
perhaps forever undetermined, we do
know that Thomas de Berlanga, third
bishop of Panama, was the first Eu-
ropean to sight the Galapagos, on the
10th of March, 1885. This exploring
prelate is also credited with being re.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-07

mally took possession OF the group. 1t
Is curious to note that this act of oc-
cupation was inspired by q North
American, a Louisianian named Vii
| lamil, who left his native territory
when it came under the jurisdiction OF
the United States.
AS already stated, the indigenous
animal life Of the archipelago is in its
way perhaps the most interesting in
the world. When Darwin first visited
the islands he determined 26 distinct
species of land birds, Is of which were
found nowhere else in the world, and
since that time other naturalists, who
have studied this feature, claim that
there are IS peculiar species, and pos.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-07

what sort Of looking boy was
he" gasped the old man after half
an hour Of this. The child looked at
him, startled.
Willy" she asked. "he amt no
boy. He's dog-there he Isl" And
with a whoop Of Joy she pounced upon
a very fat and very muddy pup and
clasped It to her heart
But the kind-hearted old man didn't
smile. He clutched BIZ cane tightly
and strobe ansrily axay.-0alysston
News.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-07

Have you seen Willy" she asked
him. The old man. holding her dirty
little hand, listened eagerly.
Yes, I've saw him." said the man
Gle was runnin' down the street.
that way"
Come on" said the little girl.
dragging the kind-hearted old gentle.
man after her. Block after block
they travelled. and the old mans knees
began to get shaky. The little girl
looked into all the ash barrels and
boxes along the way and poked into
corners, but no Willy appeared.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-07
hut Kindly Old Gentleman Had en-
tlreIy Misunderstood the Oh.
iect Of the Search.

He was a kind-hearted old gentle
man to be sure. When he found toe
little girl sitting on the steps O. the
congregational church weepingvbitter-
" he went to her and patted ,aer On
the head.
"What's the matter. sister! ne
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-07
Found the Missing 'tWilly"

asked kindly. did anybody hurt you p"
The child dried her eyes on her
checkered Bingham dress.
mo, sir" she smiled. willy run
OF an left me" The old man snorted
Indignantly.
HE ought to be whipped" he said
Come on, sister. we'll find him." At
the corner the little girl found an &C.
quaintance in the shape of a bakery
man.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-07
Severe Critic.

ALICE like Tom immensely and
he's very much the gentleman: but
he does like to talk about himself!
Grace-Yes, dear, your knight hath
a thousand Fs.-Puck.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-07

Household troubles: Headache. Tooth
ache. Earache. Stomach ache. Hamlins
Wizard Oil cures these aches and pains
so why don't you keep bottle in the
house.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-07

OF half as much more -one of the
solidest institutions in the thrifty
Hoosier state. In view of what
Is to come it should be noted
that the president of the Drillers and
Drovers', owing to his advanced age,
was mere figurehead; the actual con-
troll OF the banks affairs, both within
and without the board of directors,
was vested in the vice-president, one
Virgil P. Moomaw, commonly &C.
counted one of the solid men" of
Lincoln county, with each of his eight
hngers in some financial pie or other.
But what the citizens of Dorsey did
not know about Virgil P. Moomaw
would have filled a book, as will ap-
pear later
one Monday morning in December,
when the days are short and the
nights are long, the good people of
Dorsey were electrified by the news
that some time between the closing
hour on the preceding Saturday after
noon and nine o'clock Monday MORN
Ing the bank vault had been entered
and stripped of its cash, amounting to
something over two hundred thousand
dollars, all in bills; the sum of five
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-07

It's no use church advertising the
Bible when 1t is lodging its bills.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-07

Russla's Immense Size.
Russia occupies nearly one-sixth of
the globe.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-04-07

STRAIGHT line drawn
south-southeast from
Chicago would inter-
sect the town of Dor
sey, a prosperous and
wealthy community of
5000 souls in the heart
Of one of the richest
farming and oil-well
districts of Indiana.
Chief among the
three banks boosted by
Dorsey was the Drill.
ers' and Drovers', with
a capital of two million
dollars and q c,rr,l,,c
The Delta independent., 1911-06-23
WiIson-(:rOyc.

At the home of the brides
mother, Mrs. w. ID. Wheeler, in
the presence of only few close
friends and relatives, DR.. Frank w.
Grove and Miss Mary Wilson were
united in marriage Monday, June
10, at 2:30 O'Clock, by Rev. Robin
son, of Paonia. The couple are both
ceipients of many beautiful presents
The happy pair left for a short
honeymoon trip to Denver Monday
afternoon, after which they will be
at home to their friends in Delta
The Independent joins In extend
ing congratulations to our able
young Dentist and to Mrs. Grove.
The Delta independent., 1911-06-23

Mrs. A. B. Crabill and Mrs. w.
of friends yesterday.
The Delta independent., 1911-06-23
AUSTIN BRIEFS.

Mrs. Clarence Crosson and two
visiting relatives here.
Mrs. James Estes of Gunnison is
children came in Wednesday from
Denver to visit the Estes and Grow
families. Mrs. Crosson is sister
of Bryan Jones.
Mrs. Wood, Mrs. White and Mrs.
Watts will entertain the Methodist
Ladies' Aid at Mrs. Whites home
this week.
A little son was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Ison Williamson, Monday,
June 10.
Dr. Archer of Delta, was a bust
ness visitor here Tuesday.
Peter Hyenga is building a cot
tage on the land he recently pur-
chased from John Watts.
Helen Wyman of Silverton came
in Saturday evening to spend the
summer with her aunts, Mrs. Stell
and Mrs. Brewer.
The Surface Creek base ball team
has cleared off piece of land near
]. o. Simpsons to be used for
practice ground.
Godfrey Bros, who live out from
Austin on R. F. D. No. l, have in
stalled an ideal water system by
piping from a spring over against
the side Of the mesa to their resi-
dence distance of 800 feet, under
some so foot pressure. They have
installed a small motor to turn such
farm implements as the grindstone,
washing machine, etc.
The Delta independent., 1911-06-23
County Officers of Lake
County Charged With Fraud.

Irregularities found in the &C.
counts of some of the officers of
Lake county by State Public Ex-
aminer H. ]. Leddy will probably
lead to the institution of suits to
recover the money alleged to have
been wrongfully used or to criminal
prosecution where such a step is
possible.
In some cases the Irregularities
it is alleged, were caused by the
ignorance of the law and in other
cases they are set down as pure
graft.
Leddy says that for the past ten
years the clerk of the board of
county commissioners has been paid
a salary of $4,000 per annum. At
torney General Benjamin Griffith
has rendered an opinion to the eff
feet that, according to the statutes,
the clerk should receive SIS day
for every meeting held. If a meet
ing was held every day in the year,
it would mean that he would be
entitled to only s1,s35 a year. In
that case there is due the county
$3.50 for illegal disbursements to
the clerk during the ten years. Led
dy alleges that the board has never
neld more than IL meetings month
and aggregately there is owing the
county something like $4,000.
In the sheriff's office Leddy
claims to have found the most flag
rant of the irregularities. During
the year 1909 he found that the
county commissioners had paid for
the following expenditures of the
sheriff: kilograms, s454; hack hire,
$1,313; railroad fare, s462; sleeper,
$1O2; and during the year of 1910,
The Delta independent., 1911-06-23

,elegrams, $ys, hack hire, $3.50. and
car1are, $I18.
Ledoy alleges that not only were
these bills excessive, but that there
Is hot d single receipt on file with
me county commissioners for the
moneys paid to the sheriff for the
expenditures.
Leddy asked the attorney general
If there was any penalty for sherin
laiIiLg to report fees collected by
MS office or other moneys received.
Inc attorney general replied that
the statute termed such failure a
mlsdemeanor punishable by fine
of $1,000 or Imprisonment of one
year in the county Jail or both and
dismissal IRON oIlice.
The Delta independent., 1911-06-23
Mother Saves Drowning
Baby IRON GunnisOn

All the excitement in White
water Monday, was focused on the
.lser front. Mrs. Joe LeattO, wife
oil the section foreman at White
water, was busy with her household
duties, when she heard her two
year-old in the yard lisp Mamma,
DaDy!" She glanced out the door
and missing one of her offspring
ran to the river bank, few steps
away, only to see disappearing
pinafore in a whirling flood. With
out a sound or a pause, she gave a
frantic leap that carried her out in
to the river beyond her little one.
When she came up she grabbed for
the baby, happened to catch hold of
ner foot and struggled for the shore.
The bank at this point is a mud
precipice, riprapped by the railroad
company to save the track and Mrs.
Leatto knew nothing of the art of
swimming. But the emergency and
the effort saved the day and she
got to the bank with her child. The
effort, however, was supreme one
and when she had drawn herself
and babe out of the water she was
thoroughly spent and it is fortunate
for their two lives that the bank
was no further away. Gus Hall,
who happened to be at the depot,
had perceived that something was
going on and ran to the spot in
time to carry the infant and assist
the exhausted woman to the section
house. AS might be expected, Mrs
Leatto was hysterical as soon as
the event proved to be a narrow es-
cape, and while so wrought up Law
ished such a wealth of loving en-
dearments upon her infant child,
as would make any love episode
which may be awaiting it in the
future seem hand raised and saw
dust filled.
When it is considered that the
Gunnison and Colorado rivers have
collected toll of lives of hardy
pioneers as well as of weak and
inexperienced, the wonder of this
rescue will be appreciated. There
are plenty of strong men who would
prefer that someone else leaped in
to the Gunnison at the time of the
spring flood; but this woman who
couldn't swim saved her baby
Grand Junction News.