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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-11-04

NJ. w. Covert Is hauling in some
fine potatoes from Grand river these
days,
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-11-04
r B. King W. In town for ) few

r. B. King was in town for . few
days this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. H. Lunnsy spent
Thursday In town.
Albert sater, forest ranger, has
gone TO New Castle.
Yves Tomlinson looked Ia on the
town folks Thursday.
J. R Mathes autographed ct the
Meeker early in the week.
o. L. Dudley, Of Piceancs, visited
the county seat Wednesday.
Sheriff Ellison IL down Picsance
this week serving legal papers
lack Mathes placed his sutogfsph
on the Meeker register Tuesday.
Herman Seila6, Of Axial. was .
guest 1t the Davitt HOUSE Monday.
Andy Rabinson left for Rlae Fri
day for his winters supply q apples.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Hermancs. OF
the mesa, were town visitors Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. James and
daughter registered At the Assker
Thursday.
Colonel Montgomery exchanged
greetings with his many Meeker
friends Thursday.
Robert Metzger is now on the sea,
returning to the land Of the free snd
the home Of the brave.
Manager Luxen returned to town
Monday after visit to Pueblo and
other points along the railroad.
w. g. Montgomery, in response to
Al urgent telephone messags. left last
Friday evening, via automobile, for
Pueblo.
Mrs. w. f. Saitmarsh received
word last Friday, October 9Th, Of the
death OF her father, H. A. Lcggstt, at
Syracuse, n. Y.
g. p. hard, who has long been con-
nected with the local forest service,
has gone TO Pagosa Springs ~ super
visor Of the San Juan forest.
c. L. Wilson, Of Morapos creek,
MofYat county, visited Meekcr Mon
day and Tuesday. Charley Is IN old
timer In the Axiai basin region.
F. H. and Mrs. Carroll left Tuesday
morning for Denver, where Mr.. Car
roll will be In the Office fthe district
forester for the next thirty days.
DR.. w. H. steadman returned Mon
day from several days professional
visit to Craig and vicinity. He re-
ports things there rs looking quiet.
Tom stith Is home again, after
spending most Of the summer In
North Park and the Medicine Bow
mineral belt, which he considefs q
promising field.
w. L. Parrotts departed Tor the
east last week. Mr.. Parrots yt1F1lsst
attsnd - slsIbsa 4. tss5 b ChiSa-
60, and then 60 south for the ap-
preaching winter.
J.. w. Vancleave, from Albuquer-
que, New Mexico, came In last week
on visit to his brother, Lindsey, and
family. Mr.. Vancleave is q promi-
nent business man OF the New Mexi-
can metropolis.
r. Hartke returned from Denver
Friday, after attending the session Of
the Odd Fellows grand lodge. Mr..
Hartke reports an interesting gather
ing OF the three link men and an en-
joyable time.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. D. Ferguson, Of
'Thornburg, visited town Monday and
Tuesday. Mrs. Ferguson returned
from Dragon, Utah, a few days ago,
where she was called on account Of
the illness Of her daughter, Mrs. Ora
ham. We are pleased to announce
that the lister Is we'll again.
A. N. Seymour, manager Of the
Hugus store at Craig, brought
Grand Lecturer Cooper, C. A. sey-
mour, general manager OF the COM
pany, and w. G. Early over lin his
auto) from the MofYat county capital
Wednesday. The Messrs. Seymour
inspected the new Hugus block that
afternoon and In the evening they
took In the Masonic doings.
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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-11-04

Get your chop feed ground at The
White River Lumber Company's.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-11-04

The Rsinsu boys are blowing and
putting under cultivation twenty
Aeses and building two miles Of road
on the Davitt Yellow Jacket Pass
uroperty.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-11-04

4 II quality counts, get Black Dia.
mond coal.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-11-04

See Hartke's new stock Of harness
and saddles.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-11-04

Prof and Mrs. G. e. Patton have
taken the Msbouey cottage on Main
street.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-11-04

Galvanized chimneys, any size,
made to order, by A. E. Lytle.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-11-04

Water Comisioner Joy has just Nm
ished the headwork Of the new water
intake. The intake IL now on the
north side Of the river. and IL con-
nected with . cement pipe line to the
receiving gate. The pipe line is three
feet under the river bed. This will
insure plenty Of pure, soft water, in
stead Of the liu,e water and refuse We
have been getting from yeatch guich.
The work was done under the super
vision OF Engineer Dan Moog, and It
Is by far the best Job yet in connsc-
ton with the water system.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-11-04
Co,opel B. r. Montsomery, ". g.

Colopel b. r. Montgomery, w. g.
Montgomery and District Attorney
J. c. Gentry returned TO town Tues
day night from the Union Trading
eompany's stockholders' meeting In
Pueblo. They report IN interesting
time there, the upshot Of which was
that the stockholders nred all Of the
directors and Officers Who would al
low themselves to be fred, and insti-
tinted proceedings to remove tho more
obdurate ones. Tho only ouster pro-
cesdings that could Be effectively
employed waA petition to the court
asking for the appointment Of . re-
cciver In . cass Of involuntary bank
ruptcy. Thus all Of the old oficsrs
will involuntarily b relieved OF their
jobs. Among the company's officers
who refused TO resign was President
Schenck. The Affairs Of the COM
psny were found to be In good shape,
the assets far exceeding the liabilities.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-11-04

z. O. WATSON II among the latest
ssttlsfs 10 the Limekiln hill lection.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-11-04

Nrs. 7. ). Cassidy IL In tho dry
soods department At Oidland's these
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-11-04

Tbs HuSus company began moving
ioto IL now store this week.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-11-04

The boys appetite is often the
source of amazemont. fyou would
have such an appetite. take Cham
berlain's Tablets. They not only Gre
ate healthy appetite, but strength
en- the stomach and enable it to do its
work naturally. For sale by all deal
ers.
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DR.. Taylor, dentist, Meeker.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-14
a Fabl. From the Far East.

The hen remarked to the muley COW.
AS she cackled her daily lay
(That is, the hen cackled): Its funny
I'm good for an esq day.
I'm a fool to do it. for what do get?
My food and lodgin', My!
But the poodle gets that he's the
household pet.
And he never laid a single egg yet
Not even when eggs were high"
The nuley cow remarked to the hen,
AS she masticated her cud
Chat is, the COW did): well. what
then?
You quit and your name Is mud.
I'm good for six gallons of milk each
day,
And I'm given my stable and grub;
But the parrot gets that much-any-
way,
All she can gobble and what does she
pay?
Not q dribble of milk, the dub"
But the hired man remarked to the
pair:
"You get all that's comm to you;
The poodle does tricks and the parrot
can swear,
Which is better than you kin do.
You're necessary, but what's the, use
OF bewailing your daily part?
You're bourgeois; works your only
excuse;
You can't do nothin' but les produce,
What them fellers does is art
Calcutta Qndia) Capital.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-14

burden for some districts. Il their
schools were consolidated the high
school branches would be taught q
home and this expense taken away.
Then of course all the pupils In tho
township would have the advantage q
a splendid school while living at homA
The transportation problem 10 be-
ing solved in most districts by the use
of carryalls. IL
The cost Of maintaining the schools
in each Of the townships In Iowa coun-
ty ranges from $4,000 to $1,000. This
would be more than enough to support
a good township school with three
teachers and a carryall system.
Hilton township Is especially wAN
adapted geographically to consolida-
ton, as Conroy IL almost In the center
Of the township. Pilot. lincoln. and
Dayton townships could probably 10.
cate central schools at the centers. Of
the respective townships. With q map
OF the county showing the school dist
tricts any one can figure out consolida-
lions that would easily quadruple the
efficiency OF the rural school system.
and at the same time. 1t Is believed.
save the taxpayers money.
Miss McEachran. who u "a uch inter-
ested in the problem. OF Consolidation.
would, no doubt, be glad TO confer with
any who are likewise interested.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-14
A FOOL End HIs RcfFY.

The Columbian Sterling Publishing
Company, a $4,000 900 organization col
lected hundreds of thousands of dollars
from investors in its stock. This is
the company which absorbed Hamp-
tons and the Columbian. Its solicitors
from all classes. 1t came in tens and
hundreds from savings of the workers
from the pinched incomes Of widows
and small salaried persons. Little, if
any. Of it will ever go back to the
dupes. 1t was squandered along the
white ways" of New York and other
eastern cities.
Why is it that the ordinary person
inclines to lend an attentive ear to the
CRATER and turn away from safe in
vestment under his nose? A building
and loan association could build a
$4,000 house for every non house own
Ing family in any town in Iowa and
turn it over to them unincumbered in
ten years with the money lost to coarse
graft. And the family might live in
the house while it was being paid for
But building and loan solicitor might
work hard six months for a tenth OF
the coin a crook can draw out Of socks
and savings banks in week of florid
promises. Why is it?
Paste this in your hat: there's no
investment so good as one you can
watch every day and check up by the
smooth stranger gets you going re-
member the difference between the
man who bought the Masonic temple
and the other who built a house on a
3. & L. loan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-14

spend on II, but mainly because "1lli-
nois is recognized by the leaders Of the
party as a doubtful state" Not alone
Illinois but other rockribbed republican
states are being listed as doubtful"
What made these states doubtful, II
they are doubtful? Had Lorimer any
thing to do with the doubtful condition
which exists in Illinois? There was
nothing doubtful about Illinois eight
years ago and the returns for Taft four
years ago are not indicative Of doubt
then.
Iowa is suggested as doubtful state
also. If there is any basis for the doubt
what made 1t so? Iowa has never been
doubtful Her vote for Mckinley,
Roosevelt and for Taft was not doubt
full. Why should there be sugges- ION
OF doubt over Iowa?
Still, careful observers confess to
doubt over good republican states in
event that President Taft is renomin-
ated. The doubt becomes greater by
possibility that the opposition party
may nominate man on their own in
terest with a corroborative record back
Of the appeal.
Has the present administration
siren gthened or weakened the repuh'i-
can party? Who is to blame for the
! fact that strong republican states are
considered doubtful, the RalAngcrs,
Cannons. Aldriches and Lorimers Of the
, party or the LaFollettes, Cummins IS
and Rristows? Have the Wileys and
the Pinchots made this condition or the
Wilson's and McClians? Putting these
groups one against the other which is
responsible? Are the Roosevelts or the
, Tafts to blame?
There was no doubt of the strength
Of the party when Roosevelt was is
leader; then the only doubtful ques ion
was what states will set away from
him, not what states can he carry.
There is no doubt about Wisconsin's
confidence in LaFollette, Iowa's in
Cumrins. of the country in Wiley
There is no doubt of the lack Of con
fidence in the administration. Of the
common conclusion of the voters tha:
whether or not the president has been
deliberate or deceived that the PROM
ises of the party to itself and the coun
try have been repudiated and thai an
untrustworthy crew was shipped in the
beginning and has done most OF tire
sailing Of the ship Of state.
The fact is that given the leadership
it demands there is nothing doubtful
about the republican party in Illinois.
Iowa or any Of the allegedly doubtful
states. Conditions are the same as
when Missouri went for Roosevelt. The
conclusions of the voters have uot
changed The change has been else
where. The attitude of the rank anc
file is the sa -..e toward public qles
tons. Given leadership in which trey
have confidence there would be n,
doubtful states.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-14
eccp luck TO The tesEs7 FicFs,

Frank Foster Of Iowa Falls, who
knows how to do most things and does
great many, took a picture of Iowa
Falls first football team a few years
ago. Not long ago he dug up the mega
tive or print and started out looking
for the boys who had posed for it. Only
one was left IN the city. The others
were scattered far and wide by noun
tain stream and seat" as Mrs Hemans
put it in the old Fourth reader lesson
beginning They grew in beauty side
by side" etc.
Iowa Falls thought It strange. 1t
isn't. Take any fve-year-old photo
graph Of group Of boys or men OF
women and go seeking the originals.
They are hard to hnd. The family
group 10 no exception. Some ARE in
the churchyard laid" others are scat
tered far and wide from Florida TO
Saskatchewan. The American neigh
borhood. group. family, breaks like q
bombshell and its pieces rain down
over all the world from Moose Jaw to
Manila, from Sitka to Suez. If the
postmarks on all the different letters
which come to waiting friends in any
Iowa city might be gathered they
would make a fairly competent gazet-
Ger Of the world.
It isn't wonderlust or globe fever
The American usually starts for a def
mite spot on the worlds surface with
q definite aim. Mainly it's business He
likes to 20 away poor and come back
rich Seven times out of ten he does
il. II not rich he is doing well, knows
It and doesn't care who else hears of it
But he goes. Everlastingly. unfalter-
ingly. consistently, he goes. Every
picture taken yesterday is a solvent,
tomorrow The Iowan born is OF the
blood Of pioneers. When it stirs in him
he answers its impulse as naturally al
. wild goose takes wing.
They are hard to spare but the work.
needs them more than we do. They ar,
the advance guard OF progress. The,
belong on ahead builders Of camps an,
bridges, setting guide posts for thu
world to follow. Good luck to the Dig
ugoe and faces in the old photographs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-14
Topics of Ike Times

The brewers convention. where Sec
rotary Wilson made his speech, con-
Guided that the saloon should be made
more homelike. Are they going to fix
up a cozy corner for ma and the chill
dren?
y granite shaft will be dedicated to
the 256 victims of the Cherry mine
disaster. But it is more monument
TO the criminal neglect which renders
disaster common than to its victims.
President Taft is to explain tina, his
Chicago pessin1isnl was not pessi:nism
but something else. Somehow Presi
dent Taft's explanations always fail
to explain.
The defeated candidate for governor
in Kentucky bears the name OF O'Rear
Some connection perhaps of Also Ran.
whose name appears SO often in the
race reports.
If the annexation question came up
to choice between annexing Canada
or annexing the nomination. which do
you s'pose Champ Clark would choose?
That was an admirable consistency
displayed by DR.. Cook when he booked
passage in the steamer George Wash
ington.
1t is disa greeable fact that Cali
fornia's first woman jury disagreed
first on an eating place and later on
verdict.
There isn't much difference exceot
in language and dress between stand
patter in China and in Iowa.
Many man who is extremely eau
tious to keep his cattle herd pure bred
seems to be utterly careless over the
blood lines Of his grandchildren.
Des a hen "sit" or "set?" Not in
November. She doesn't even Tie" or
lay"
woman named O'Cornor has been
SleCteu mayor over III litIuolS. Seeils
as tho she ought with that name to
be chief OF police instead OF mayor.
That vegetables are more nourishing
than meat is held to be true by the
test being made by Jesse and Warren
Fl. Buffun, brothers. who are walking
across the continent. as an expert
roent. under the direction OF Harvard
University. They have walked as far
as Denver. One is eating meat and the
ether vegetables. The vegetarian !:
fifteen pounds heavier than the meat
eater. However, that doesn't prove
much. See how much heavier Taft II
than LaFollette!
1.-The devil isn't as black as he II
painted" quoted :hs Wise Guy. NC
agreed the Simple Mug. - good bit o.
his blackne.s has rubbed OF on tn
people who have tried to investigate
the truth Of that comforting proverb.'
t-Philadelphia Record.
"How long have you been married ?
$50 long now that can quarrel witt
my husband without bursting int
'tears."-Detroit Free Press.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-14
LIBERTIES AND SUNDAYS. ,

lCeOdf R1pl-S HepuONCdHJ.
The Iowa Post. German paper, ut
ters the following complaint:
In the downtrodden European coun-
tries the workmen, after being penne.1
up all week. look forward to the en-
5oyments Of Sunday, their only day Of
liberty. like the travellers In the desert
towards the oasis. For besides their
religious needs, they also ind their So
cial and musical needs catered to;
while in this free" country they only
have the alternative Of being penned
up or Sunday In endless religious
meetings OF the different sects IN
church or be blacklisted, with no way
Of enjoying life. except by breaking a
lot Of narrow. unjust and tyrannicai
tlue laws which ought to be swept M
the slate as unworthy Of . sensible
people"
Thst 70 hardly the whole truth. On
the whole, we have some 1ecent libef.
ties in this eo"ntry on Sunday. No
one Is blackiisted in this eounfry II he
does not 90 to church. Church attend
snce and membership n no test In this
country. No one cares shout whether
. man goes to church or not: the only
leeal requirement IL that he shall not
disturb the peace Of others, and no
man really wants to do that. A great
many OF our Sunday laws have beesl
made by labor itself. Laboring mn
'ob5ect to keeping open 1ee0ee oeoDe
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-14
Looker-Cn In Iona
Murder In Iowa.

Miss Marjorie Sutherland, OF Gilman,
put a pertinent question in her COM
munication to the Times-Republican
seeking reasons for the number OF
murders committed in Iowa. The
writer may, without too much assump-
lion, lay claim to fairly familiar
knowledge of Iowa and Its people
{ based on a quarter century OF contin-
uous Reorganization from one town and
community to another during which II
has been part Of mis- business as Of in
clination to stop, look, and listen.
Thus he assumes to modestly assert
some reasons, which TO his mind are
good ones. for the present epidemic
of murder IN Iowa-and elsewhere.
First. whether we admit it or not.
the human family has no, changed
since the days IF Cain ard Abel, this
referring to our passions, our animal
propensities ana the disposition each
individual has to personally avenge
! his wrongs.
Second. in this day and age religion
has but little power in controlling the
actions OF the individual, for excepting
perhaps one church organization, FL
! ture punishment, literal hell and
eternal torment has ceased TO be a
; part OF the teaching Of the church and
the belief OF its members. In other
words, we no longer fear the future
that is, future of punishment.
Third. we have no fear Of the pres
ent. The crime of murder M longer
ost-acises the murder or murderers
Our communities rally to the defense
Of individuals who Kill others. and our
co~rts acquit such murderers on evil
derce that would have no effect in ar
English. French, German or Russian
court Of law.
| Fourth. our murder trials are farces
nine times out of ten. Our Judges al.
low procedure, admit and throw Out
evidence, allow dilatory action and
sustain exceptions. permit retrials an
sustain technicalities that In nearly az
cases are in favor of the accused. L
a woman is on trial the chances are
len TO one she vii! go free 0. escape
with a light sentence. This CONDITION
of affairs not only suggests the almos
certainty Of escape from legal pun
iiehment. bit in several cases til,
criminal performs the murderous ac
in line and with reference to the man.
ner and procedure Of the trial that I.
to follow. Another form Of murder
mob LAWS the direct result Of ou
present form of murder trial.
The writer Is aware some OF thes,
statements seem extreme. but let an
sober minded person sit down ant
bring to mind the cases here in Iowa
where either a personal ACQUAINTANCE
with the parties. the accused In suci
murder trials, or close reading Of tn
newspaper reports Of such trials give
one an Intimate knowleoee OF fh
crime what led no to 1t and the result
ant trial and verdice. Apply these fou
statements 70 svcil q crime snd trial
before these statements are denied sn'
6is,u+ed. And not here WIFI fhis w-ite
attempt to o~er rewedv. This 1
simply TO OFFER some reas~nS whv W
iare having 20 many Murder essss 7,
1ow.-and elsewhere In the Unite
States.
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