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The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24
Weeks News from All Over Colorado

and deputy sheriff in Pueblo has been
conducting systematic search, NO
trace of Thomas Kvitko. the alleged
slayer of Tony Abamerich. saloon
keeper, has been found.
julie Plowhead of Kersey made the
record sale of the season on cattle
when he received $1,340 for twenty fat
steers on the Denver market They
averaged 1926 pounds each and
brought $5.40 hundred.
Citizens are now engaged in a cam
paign to make Boulder the most per-
feet city in Colorado from physical
point Of view. Paving Of the business
region and improvement of Boulder
creek to prevent damage by floods will
be done first
The flat refusal of the Colorado Con-
struction Company Of Denver to pro-
ceed with construction OF the Nile Ir-
rigation District project at Fort Nor
gan. will, in all probability. lead to
suit by the directors OF the district on
the 100000 bond furnished by the
company when the contract was
closed.
Colorado mining men want one or
more metallurgical experiment sta
tions located in the state by the gov
ernment, and to adopt resolutions for
these stations and to outline a cam
paign to appeal to Congress for such
stations there will be a meeting at the
Traffic Club in Denver, Tuesday even
ing, November IS.
The good roads conference at Pu-
eblo, in January, will be asked to rec
ommend the construction of at least
four highways across Colorado, as
part of the great continental highway
now partially constructed, and which
will be in first-class condition before
the opening of the Panama-Pacific. ex-
position in San Francisco in 1915.
Through either the State Game De-
partment's wanton neglect or dis
interestedness in the welfare of the
big game in that section, Rio Blanco
county is without game wardens. and
has been since the early part of last
summer. As result, slaughter of
deer and elk is going on which, If con-
tinued, will completely deplete the
hills of these animals.
The Fort Morgan Chamber of Com
merce has indorsed the plan of the
Weld County Farmers Club for rails
ing $4,000 to continue the work of
Profs. Hinman, Fitch and vaplon at
the State Agricultural college at Fort
Collins, and will request the county
commissioners to make an appropria-
ton of $125 as Morgan county's share
of the fund Efforts will be made to
obtain similar actions by other COM
mercial bodies.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24
GENERAL.

Chicago believes that it has cinched
the Republican national convention for
1912.
Secretary of the Navy Meyer. in his
annual report, will advocate increased
pay for the government clerks, and
age retirement.
The nations bank clearings continue
to expand. Last weeks disclosed a
gain of $255.000,00O over the corre-
spending period Of 1910.
Wellesley College girls of Boston
have started shoe shining parlor in
the basement of the college building
They earned $50 the first week.
Express Messenger Irving G. Barger
was killed and the safe In his car on
the Delaware. Lackawanna & Western
road looted of $500 to $4,000, near
Scranton. Pa.
Support Of the Catholic church for
the arbitration treaties, for which Pres
ident Taft is working. was assured
when an intervie wgiven by Cardinal
Gibbons was made public in Washing
ton.
Moving picture show promoters re-
ceived blow when the United States
Supreme Court decided that moving
pictures based on scenes of copyright
books may constitute an infringement
of copyright rights.
The Army Ordnance Bureau has
been obliged to go, abroad to place a
contract for 100 armor piercing shells
for the big fnurteeri-inch guns now be-
ing turned out. The contract has gone
to the Hadfield Steel Foundry Compa-
ny of England.
Charges that Chicago gamblers kept
a fund on hand of $4,000 for use in
leasing up public officials" were made
by Harry Brolaski. former gambler
before the Civil Service Commission
in its investigation Of public gambling
and vice.
Currency reform and the proposed
change in the banking system of the
country. as outlined by the National
Monetary Commission. was the cen
tral theme under consideration by the
delegates to the Transmississippi
Commercial Congress. which convened
in Kansas City in annual session.
A contract has been let at New Yorl
to the American Bridge Company. fol
a bridge across He'll Gate. The bridge
will be three miles in length and the
largest of its kind in the world. Work
upon the steel fabric will commence In
Pittsburg at once and the CONTRACT
must be completed in two years and .
half.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24

ing properties are valued for taxation.
The court held that the assessor OF
Teller county has misinterpreted sec
ton 5620 of the Revised Statutes of
1908 as to the meaning placed on the
words gross proceeds" He has de-
cided that gross proceeds" means
gross output. Judge Sheafor ruled tha.
the term means the amount received
in dollars and cents for ore after treat
ment and transportation charges have
been paid
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24
Court STOPS Sale Of Mines.

Colorado Springs.-In the Distric.
Court here Judge Sheafor issued a
temporary Injunction restraining the
treasurer and commissioners of Tel
Ter county from selling for taxes the
properties of fifteen mining companies
in the Cripple Creek district
Judge Sheafor's ruling is the first
step in the battle which mining men
have begun to obtain better laws re-
garding taxing of mines. The courts
action is important in mining tax suits
in Colorado in that it is the first in
depreciation by any court of the mean
ing of the statute under which min
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24
Minor Mention.

Joe Sargent, aged sixty-nine. was
found dead in bed at North Longmont.
A. w. Newcomb, a travelling man
from Denver. killed himself in hotel
in Oak Creek.
One hundred and two hunters par
ticipated in the third annual Platte
vile wolf hunt.
Pasquale Pachetti, an italian twenty
three years old, was shot three times
and died
Abraham Allaart, seventeen years
old. of Kuner, the twelfth child in
the family to succumb to tuberculosis,
died recently.
Mrs. Mary E. Tanning. aged seventy
one. and Solomon Patterson, aged
eighty-one, of Fort Collins. were re-
Gently married.
August Seiburg, resident OF Ida
no Springs for thirty years, paid with
his life for having set fire to bedding
in the jail of that city.
Water is again running in Morgan
county bitches following a temporary
shutdown at the headgates on account
of the recent cold weather.
To settle dispute of long standing.
Tom Quick, an Austrian. entered a
saloon in Pueblo and shot down Tony
Abamovic. who died on the way to the
hospital.
Isaac r. Miller. for the past seven.
teen years general foreman at the
Union depot, in Denver, and one of
the bestknown railroad employees in
Colorado. is dead.
United States District Attorney
Ward will soon begin proceedings in
Federal Court to obtain the property
of l.. c. Stephenson at Fort Morgan
as a site for postoffice.
James Robson is constructing an
aeroplane in the shops Of the C.. F. &
1. at Sopris. near Trinidad. 1t is about
sixty feet long and twenty feet from
front to rear OF the planes.
The alumni of she Agricultural col
lege at Fort Collins will hold its an
nual banquet in the Metropole hotel,
Denver, Nov. 20. Invitations are be-
ing sent to all the alumni to attend.
Frank Woods. sought by the Pueb-
10 police and sheriff for months in
connection with hold-up there, was
captured i'll Shoshone. Idaho, and will
be returned. Wood jumped his bond
there.
Joe Mikulich, recently convicted of
second degree murder, as the result of
Globeville stabbing affray, was SEN
fenced in the Denver Criminal Court
to from ten to fifteen years in the PEN
itentiary at Canon City.
Although every available policeman
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24
coIorado Mining Men Meet.

Denver.-A meeting of Colorado
mining men will be held at the as
sembly room OF the Chamber Of Com
merce on the evening of November 2s
to outline plans for campaign to be
started in Washington in December.
with a view of having Congress make
an appropriation for metallurgical
testing plant in the state.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24

The services accompanying the un-
yelling of the memorial tablet conn.,
memorating the tragic death of Father
Leo Hendricks, who was shot down in
the sanctuary of st. Elizabeth's church
in Denver by an assassin February
23, 1908, held at the church in that
city, were interesting and impressive.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24
church opposss opium Traffic.

Denver.-The Methodist Episcopal
ahurch. through its general commit
fee in session at Trinity church, went
On record against the opium traffic
in India and China and appointed a
committee which Will call upon Presi-
dent Taft at Washington to urge his
aid.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24
eeniamln E. KIee Dead.

Salt Lake. Utah. = Benjamin F.
Klee. prominent Colorado pioneer
and Indian fighter. mining man and
former adjutant general of the Colo
rado national guard, died at hospital
in Salt Lake City of cancer of the
stomach. He was fifty-eight years old
and unmarried.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24
Army Surgeon Dead.

Washington.--Wa Wyman. suf-
geon general sof the United States
public health and marine hospital ser
vice. IL dead.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24
FOREIGN.

The German steamer Carrara of the
Sloman line from Barcelona has been
given up for lost in the North Sea:
28 lives are thought to have been lost.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24
Western NEWSPAPER Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.

November z7-29-colorado Teachers.
Associatfon-Denver.
Jan. 16-20.-Seventh Annual Nation-
al Western Stock Show. Denver.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24
A Hard, Cruel World.

Lives of explorers remind us
Folks will think our lives all crime.
II we do not leave behind us
Records where we climbed the elm
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24
$4,000 TROOPS
ORDERED OUT
PLAN TO NIP REVOLUTION IN
NORTHERN MEXICO By A
QUICK MOBILIZATION.
TEXAS ARMY MOVING
GENERAL DUNCAN INSTRUCTED
TO ENFORCE NEUTRALITY
LAWS WITHOUT ORDERS.

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Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Mexico City.-Orders to MOBILIZE
$4,000 men In zone paralleling the
northern boundary line were issued by
the War Department The government
is skeptical concerning the inaugural
ton OF the Reyes-vasquez revolution,
but should 1t begin, President Madero
and his cabinet believe the army
would be efficient to check it.
General Geronimo Trevino and
Guyince Robles will be in charge of
the troops. Robles being the chief OF
operations.
The rurales and volunteers will be
under command of Colonel Francisco
Naranjo. The regular forces are almost
equally divided between infantry and
cavalry. In addition, 2,400 volunteers
OF the state of Nuevo Leon, now under
the command of Naranjo. have been
detailed for service along the frontier.
Most of the troops will be stationed
in the states of Durango and Chihua-
hua.
November 20, which was expected to
mark the beginning OF new revolu-
tion, was celebrated as a holiday
throughout the republic. 1t being the
anniversary OF the commencement Of
the Madero revolt.
Washington.-Deter to stamp
out filibustering expeditions against
Mexico. Secretary of War Stimson au-
thorized General Duncan. commanding
the department of Texas, to enforce
the neutrality laws with vigor and to
move She troops under his command
within divisional limits without wait
ing orders from the department.
Secretary Stimson also informed
General Duncan he would not lack for
all the cavalry and infantry needed to
prevent the organization of expeditions
against Mexico. No additional troops
have yet been ordered to Texas, how
ever.
Stimson received q telegram from
General Duncan that Major Hagedorn,
commanding a battalion of the Twen-
ty-third infantry, had captured at Lare-
do Juan Merigo, a captain, and two
privates of company being organized
there for revolutionary service in
Mexico.
Major Hagedorn also captured forty
guns, 10000 rounds of ammunition and
fifty dynamite bombs. Merigo de-
clared he held commission from Cen
eral Reyes. This may have an import
ant bearing on Reyes trial.
Austin. Texas.--Governor Colquitt
was advised that serious trouble was
imminent at Brownsville. Texas. as a
result OF agitation by Mexican revolu-.
uonists there. The governor ordered
special policing at Brownsville at
once. The militia is in control Of the
town.
Douglas, Ariz.-Carl Shandelmeier,
an offfcer in the insurrecto army dur
ing the recent rebellion and now To-
GATED at Nacozari, declares that he had
seen and talked with General Escobo-
"a. the Mexican bandit chief. in Doug
las. Shandelmeier said that Escobosa
crossed the line into Mexico.
El Paso. Texas.-Two troops Of the
Fourth cavalry. stationed at Fort Bliss.
have been ordered out on the border
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The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24

Ri Paso, Texas.-Two troops Of the
Fourth cavalry. stationed at Fort Bliss.
have been ordered out on the border
presumably for patrol duty.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24

Douglas, Ariz.-Carl Shandelmeier.
an offfcer in the insurrecto army dur
ing the recent rebellion and now To-
GATED at Nacozari, declares that he had
eeen and talked with General Escobo-
90. the Mexican bandit chief. in Doug
las. Shandelmeier said that Escobosa
crossed the line into Mexico.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-24

Austin. Texas.-Governor Colquitt
was advised that serious trouble was
imminent at Brownsville. Texas. as a
result OF agitation by Mexican revolu-
donists there. The governor ordered
special policing at Brownsville at
once. The militia is in control Of the
town.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-04
STATE FAIR GROUNDS MUCH
ENLARGED AND IMPROVED

Huron. s. D.. May Among attrac-
lions at the state fair to be held here
September IL to 10. will be daily trips
by an experienced aeroplane artist
This was decided upon at a meeting
81 the board.
1t was also decided to begin improv-
ing the tract Of land south OF the
present fair grounds. 1t was condemn
I'D by the legislature last winter, and
Mat part not occupied by dwellings
will hereafter be under the control OF
The state board. BY the addition of
this land the fair grounds will be
among the largest and best in the
northwest, and 1t is the purpose of the
board to make improvements as rap
Idly as possible.
Among counties assigned space for
exhibits during the past few days are
codington, Kingsbury and Sanborn |;
besides these a number Of county as
yignments have already been made
Live stock men and manufacturers OF
all sorts Of farm machinery, nipple.
ments, etc., are being assigned posi-.
lions In the various departments.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-04
STATE s. s. CONVENTION HAS
CLOSED PROFITABLE MEETING

Huron, S. D., May 1.-The state
Sunday school convention In session
here since Tuesday, closed to meet in
WATERFOWL next year. The closing ad-
dress was by DR.. Frank Fox, Of the
Congregational church at Sioux Falls
in which he Interestingly gave some
impressions and views Of the holy land
Among other speakers at the closing
sessions were F. e. White Of Vermil-
lion, w. NJ Grafton of Mitchell, and a
number of delegates. The sessions were
all interesting and well attended; the
convention, really, being the best yet
held. The officers for the ensuing year
are c. II. Leggett Of FIT. Pierre, presi-
dent; T. II. Hagen of Huron, vice pres
ident; f. p. Leach Of Sioux Falls, re-
cording secretary; B. d. Frederick Of
Sioux Falls, treasurer.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-04
ENLISTED AT SIOUX CITY
AT FINAL CALL For MEN

Jefferson, S. D., April 29.-The funer-
al Of George w. Miller was held at
McCook. He was n years old, and the
first man to enlist in Sioux City No
vember /, 1861. He placed his name on
the roll of Company /, Of the Seventh
Iowa cavalry, under the command of
Capt. A. ]. Millard. Soon after he was
appointed assistant wagon master and
went with Gen. Sully to fight the red
men on the plains. He was wounded
twice, but would not retire. He was
mustered out Of service on the 23d day
of November. 1864, and returned to
Union county May 4, 1878. He was mar
ried to Miss Randy Toner who, along
with one daughter. Miss Cora. survives
him
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-04
oRAToRIcAL CONTEST.

Huron, s. D., May 2.-Huron high
school will be represented In the dis
trict high school oratorical contest tc
be held in Pierre on the 9TH, by Miss
Hazel Peek and Charles Harper. who
won first and second places at the local
contest. There were five contestants
and all scored high, giving the Judges
very little leeway In making a deci.
sion. The exercises were heard by a
large audience. They were interspersed
with vocal music by students under
the direction of Miss Alice McKenna
superintendent Of music in the city
schools.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-04

Nine. Lilli Lehman, the German
prima donna, has issued a stirring ap-
peal to Berlin dog lovers. A new dog
law ia soon to go into effect at Ber-
lin. whereby. every dog for which the
owner has failed to pay the dog tax
must be turned loose, either to be cap.
cured by the authorities for slaughter
Or to become the prey of dog thieves.
Writing to the newspapers, Nine,
Lehman says that Berlin is likely ia
present "a picture of prerpediaeval
horror" The prima donna calls upon
Jog owners who can not pay the new
shx to do their pets at least "a last ia,
sor" by handing the animals to the
Anti-Cruelty society, which will kill
)he dogs, free Of charge as humanely
IS possible
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-04
LAWYER SUED TO RECOVER
FEE FOR ALLEGED NEGLECT

Is still in session.
The civil action of Albert Bjornson
against w. F. Harrington, Of O'Neill
for the recovery of 81, 900 fees paid for
alleged failure to properly defend the
plaintiff in criminal action originat-
ing In 1906, In the case Of Rostad
against Bjornson, Is being tried. Both
sides are contesting every inch of the
ground. The case will probably go to
the jury today.
After this case is disposed Of it is
said $4,000 case Of the Lamro Town
site company against the Western
Townsite company, from Trip county,
will come up for trial.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-04

1t has taken the women OF Greece
many centuries to win for themselves
q place In affairs comparing in i'm
portance to that their ancient sisters
held, but Catherine Panagiotaton
shows they are succeeding. There never
was woman physician in modern
Greece until Miss TRANSPORTATION gained
permission to practice. Her road was
not easy, for recognition Of her abil-
ity came only after long stay in
Egyptian hospitals, where her success
at last attracted the attention Of the
profession. The young woman's goal
was a professorship in the University
Of Athens, where no woman before her
time had been admitted to the facul-
ty. The Grecian graybeards shook their
heads. but bowed in the end to her un-
deniable ability, and a petticoat now
has a place on an Athens lecture plat
torn.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-04

Though Mrs. Taft has not openly
Joined the movement against the use
Of orchids and other nigh priced flow
lrs for social affairs, she Is assisting
i greatly by the decorations she in
sists on at her own receptions. The
wife Of the president is great lover
Sf spring blossoms, and, in fact
throughout the year. prefers them tc
he imported exotics. At her largest
dinners this season there always is ar
abundance of white lilies with dainty
Earlands Of arbutus. The effect IL
alarming for long table and maker
more artistic combination than hot
nouse roses and carnations, or heavy
orchids.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-04
lvER s. HENJUM NATIONAL
SECRETARY OF FARMERS

Hartford, S. D., May 1.-The people
of this place have been greatly pleased
by the election, at a meeting held in
Chicago by the manager OF the farm
ers' elevators in the United States Of
liver S. Henjum to the position of Sec
rotary Of the national organization
Mr.. Henjum Is the manager Of the local
farmers elevator, and has made a great
record in that position, being one Of
the most successful elevator managers
in the country. His aim will be to
make the national organization one Of
the most powerful associations in the
United States
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-04
AN $4,000 HOTEL BUILT
BECAUSE TOWN GOES WET

Mitchell. S. D.. May Thomas
Navin will resume the construction of
his building next week. He started
last year to erect a three story build
ing, with a 50-foot frontage, but laid
off work in the winter. doing nothing
this spring until 1t was determined
Having gone wet, Mr.. Navin, who is
a wholesale and retail liquor dealer.
has decided to make his building five
stories high and convert the larger
portion of it into a hotel. The build
ing when completed will be practically
fireproof and will cost about $4,000.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-04
DRUG PEDDLER HELD TO
FACE SERIOUS CHARGES

Yankton, May 1.-Richard Lynch, a
we'll known county man. who has been
peddling medicine for Tom Klasi of
Utica, is under arrest here, held in
bonds of $500. on complaint of Clarence
Fisher, who charges him with attempt
ing to assault his nine-year-old daugh-
ter. Lynch denies the charge and says
he was just giving the little girl a ride
in his rig. The hearing is set for Mon
day. Lynch Is also under arrest for
peddling without license.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-04
COMMERCE STUDENTS WILL
STUDY PRACTICAL INDUSTRY

Mitchell. s. D.. May !. - An excep-
tionally fine trip is planned for six
students of Dakota Wesleyan univer-
sity. who leave Sunday for Chicago In
the charge Of Professor S. d. van Ben
thuysen. dean Of the school of COM
merce. The expenses of these students
will be paid by one Of the largest in
dustrial establishments of the country,
and they will be given 10 days in the
Windy city to make a personal inves-
tigation of at least IL of these institu-
tions. 1t is the first time that students
from a college have been given this
privilege Of having their expenses paid
for making the industrial trip. On their
return the students will be required
to write data of the trip as a part of
the course in the school of commerce.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-04
HIGHER COURT SAYS THE
LIBEL CASE MAY GO ON

WATERFOWL, 8. D., May 2.--Reversins
the decision of Judge MeNulty, the su-
preme court has handed down q deci.
zion allowing the $4,000 libel suit OF
A. Sherin against the former publish.
to trial.
The case has attracted a great deal
Of attention because Of the prominence
Of the parties involved. The case was
thrown out Of court on a point Of law
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-04

People living In the western part OF
southwestern Dakota, states the Amerf-
IAN Machinist. are to be congratulated
m having a never failing supply of hot
yater for heating their houses and fol-
ther purposes. BY drilling artesiar
vells they get spouters varying In tenn.
eerature from 100 degrees to 13G de.
Crees. and even higher. In Boise City
d., about half the houses are heated
by natural hot water.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-04

YANKTON, S. D.-The case against
Richard Lynch for alleged assault upor
the 9-year-old daughter Of Clarence
Fisher was continued until today. The
defense submitted afiidavits from a
number Of well known citizens testify.
ing to the moral character Of Mr.
Lynch, who has lived in Yankton coun.
ty number Of years and has many
acquaintances. The alleged assault
was made while Lynch was peddlins
in the country
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-04

In France, by the cultivation Of lu-
ninous marine microbes in a LIQUID
Medium contained in little glass yes
els, there have been produced some of
NE most curious lax7ps imaginable.
few Of these living lamps are ar
anged about bust In dark room.
ne bust Is made plainly visible and
photographs may be taken Of it,