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The Cimarron news and Cimarron citizen. (Cimarron, Colfax County, N.M.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-12

short uppercuts to winters stom-
ach. White was entitled to this
one.
Round 3. Winters lands up
on the nose and receives a right
handed punch in the jaw in return,
then came a slugging match both
landing with right and left on the
head and neck, White hands out
one with his right and it found q
resting place on Winters mouth.
White had a shade the best of this
round.
Round 4. Clinch and White
forced to the ropes, each receiv.
ing his share OF punches in the
stomach and ribs. winters got
busy and put some hot ones on
" hite's mouth and nose, but re-
ceived a few in return. winters
round.
Round S. winters right &c
neck, clinch, winters lands g
right on whites mouth, gets the
same thing handed him. white
makes a duck and avoids a right
swing from winters, white hangs
fast left to winters neck. Hon.
ors equal is this one.
Round 8. A swift right tc
W hite's mouth and a clinch then
followed a series OF vicious iabs
by both men with white landing
the most, and and getting the
best OF the round. Winters was
bleeding considerable at the nose,
Round ?. Short iabs to stom
ach and ribs by both, then winters
passed a swift left to the jaw, clinct
The Cimarron news and Cimarron citizen. (Cimarron, Colfax County, N.M.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-12

District Attorney Geo. (. Rem
ley returned home yesterday even
ing after spending several days in
Ration on legal business.
The tumble Social given
Thursday evening by the ladies' OF
the Methodist church was we'll at
tended and every body reports a
most enjoyable time. The ladies
are well pleased with the financial
success OF the affair.
H. H. Hankins was in the city
the FIRST OF the week from Ute Park
after supplies.
The Cimarron news and Cimarron citizen. (Cimarron, Colfax County, N.M.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-12
School Catalogue

Prof. c. F. Miller, the superinten-
dent of the city schools, has been
very busy the past week gathering
data for a catalogue the city school
which will be printed inside the
next two weeks. The catalogue
will be up-to-date in every respect,
as Prof. Miller is taking great
pains to have everything correct.
The Cimarron news and Cimarron citizen. (Cimarron, Colfax County, N.M.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-12
YELETTA BRACKET HAS
FATAL FALL FROM PONY
Thrown From Horse at Pinon and Neck Was
Broken by Fall Badly Dis6gured Before
frightened Animal is Caught

Ration, N. M. Aug. Io.-A
tragedy of terrible import took
place about four o'clock yesterday
afternoon at the ranch OF Wade
Bracket when the I6-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Bracket of Trinidad, was thrown
from frightened horse and sustain
ed broken neck, the fall killing
her instantly, In the tall, her foot
caught in the lariat rope hung
around the saddle horn in which
position she was dragged in cir
Gle for four or FIVE miutes by the
frenzied animal until finally stop
ped by the efforts of several cow
boys who happened to be near at
hand. When finally extricated
from the treacherous saddle and
rope, the girls body and head were
found bruised and crushed into
an almost unrecognizable mass.
The borse had stepped upon and
kicked the body a number of times
in its efforts to free itself from its
strange impediment and would
have succeeded in further iniuring
the body of its rider but for the
heroic work of Mr.. Wade Brackett,
who finally succeeded in cutting the
belly band holding the saddle in
place.
This heart-rending scene was
witnessed by the victims cousin,
Miss June Bracket and Mr.. Wade
Bracket who were assisting in a
roundup of stock on the Brackett
ranch. Miss Veletta's horse was
running at good rate when the
animal, very gentle beast by ma
ture and we'll trained cattle pony
made quick turn to head off a
calf. The unexpected turn threw
the girl off causing her to strike on
head. The succeeding part of the
affair mercifully took place after the
spark of life left had been snuffed
out. The horse was caught several
times but succeeded in its terroriz-
ed condition in wrenching the brid-
lie away from the men who did all
in their power TO extricate the dead
girl from her terrible situation. The
parents we're Immediately notified
inTrinidad and the body brought to
Ration where burial will take place.
Miss Veletta Bracket is a young
lady OF extended acquaintance in
Ration where she has visited her
cousin, Miss June, for the past
several summers. She was a most
beautiful girl, as beautiful in chara-
ter as in physical appearance and
shocking manner of her untimely
death will be read with the pro-
toundest regret and pain by all who
knew her. The funeral services
will take place tomorrow (Friday)
afternoon at ago o'clock from the
residence of James Rush at 100
south Fifth street. Rev. Cook
OF the Christian church of Trinidad
of which deceased was a member,
will be present to conduct the SER
vice and interment will take place
in FaiTmount cemetery.
The Cimarron news and Cimarron citizen. (Cimarron, Colfax County, N.M.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-12
Clerk Qualities

At the meeting Of the city coun-
Gil Thursday night Henry LivTan
was qualified as city clerk, his
bond being approved and filed.
The matter has been held up since
the spring election on account Of
some hitch in the question of bonds
men.
The Cimarron news and Cimarron citizen. (Cimarron, Colfax County, N.M.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-12
Perperator Of Revolving Outrage, Az
ter Being Fed by His Victim,
Battered Down Doors and Shot
Her -Four Times

phlstry which | found IN hooks and
speeches by theorists and Office
seeking politicians, but il was
hauling half a load of hogs to
market the other day over a road
knee-deep in mud that made me
realize there were other things than
freight rates involved in the high
cost of living. | had a case of
eggs at my feet on one side and a
tub of butter on the other, both
bringing such good prices that
mother-biess her dear heart, she
looks better in calico than other
women in silks cautioned me
against reckless driving.
"A new idea came to me. 1t
was that by giving the consumer
the benefit of the waste that at
taches to existing methods and
conditions, we could by this alone
greatly reduce the cost OF living.
That set me to figuring. 1t
took me whole day with a team
and wagon to haul 1900 lbs. OF
hogs the ten miles ! had to 60.
At the rate of 1850 per day foE
team and driver, easily ascer-
tanned that the wagon haul, with.
out allowing anything tor repairs
or keeping OF myself and team,
was costing 80 cents a ton per
mile. Great Heavensl, that was
over sixty-one times more than the
average charge a ton per mile by
the railroads, as shown by the re-
ports of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, and yet everybody
seeking to reduce the high cost OF
living was bitterly inveighing
against railroad rates and blindly
marching behind blind leaders to
that end. When roads were not
muddy, | hauled $500 lbs. to a
load and yet that was 28 cents a
ton per mile, or over thirty-seveu
times more than the average charge
by the railroads. The reports ol
of the Interstate Commerce Com.
mission showed that the average
cost by railroad was 3-4 OF one
cent a ton per mile.
I'm a pamphlet issued by the
Department OF Agriculture, / reaC
that the farmers OF several states,
particularly the farmers oil Penn
sylvanis, by the construction o.
good roads had doubled theil
their wagon loads and their wagor
transportation so per cent. Tbs
ment on poor roads a saving Of a.
cents a ton per mile, and on the
dry roads basis a saving OF Il
cents a ton per mile.
When | realized that this en-
ormous waste applied to all tbs
great farm crops OF this grea
country-for every pound or ton o.
surplus farm products must be
moved by wagon TO the cars or el'
evators at the railway station
was staggered, first at the enormous
waste and, second, at the stupidity
OF so-called economic philosophy
1t cost me So. so to haul 1900 lbs.
whereas with good roads coulC
6ooo lbs. at the same cost, show
ing very clearly to me that on tina
wagon haul had a clean waste
and loss OF rs per cent. The aver
age amount | would have to pa,
the railroad for hauling the sam'
load the same distance is less thar
g cents. In other words, tor wha
The Cimarron news and Cimarron citizen. (Cimarron, Colfax County, N.M.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-12

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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-09-06
PROBE MAY COVER PRIMARY
Senator Hepburn, Chairman of Steph-
enson Investigating Committee, De-
clares Scope of Work Uncertain.

Milwaukee.-Until the committee
appointed to investigate the elsction
of Senator Isaac Stephenson meets in
Milwaukee early in October, it will
not be known whether the inveEtiga-
ton will be confined to the election
of Senator Stephenson or whether the
primary nomination will be included
in the investigation.
This was the statement made by
Senator W. B. Hepburn, chairman of
the committee, who stopped over in
Milwaukee while on his way from
Washington to his home in Wallace,
Idaho.
Senator Heyburns visit was for
the purpose of looking over the situa-
ton and making preliminary arrange
ments for the meeting of the commit
tee.
There will be much interest taken
in the decision of the committee re-
garding the scope of the investiga-
ton. Those opposed to Senator Steph-
enson are anxious that the commit
tee take up the expense at the
primary election, as that was where
Senator Stephenson's money was
spent
If the investigation extends to the
primary the committee may remain
in session six or seven weeks.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-09-06
TWO ARE KILLED
IN ELGlN RACE
Dave" Buck and Mechanieian Jacobs
Are siain-Grand Stand in
Collapse.

Chicago.-T7yo lives were sacrificed
in the final days session Of the auto
mobile races In Elgin-
On the twenty-fifth lap of the ma
tional trophy race a Pope-Hartford
racer driven by David Buck threw a
tire on the back stretch and, whirling
completely over. fatally injured Buck
and instantly killed Samuel Jacobs. his
mechanician. Buck died a little less
than two hours later in an Elgin hos
pitaL He was nephew of the late
David Buck, music composer
The trophy was won by Lon Zen
gel In a National car. who ran at an
average speed of 6645 miles an hour.
four miles an hour faster than the
record of 1910. The trophy race was
the big" one Of the meeting
Zengel sustained an engine killing
speed for the 305 miles. His car ran
in splendid luck. outlasting Ralph Null
ford's Lozier. Ralph De Paima's Sim
plex and Spencer Wishart's Simplex,
three Of the most touted cars in the
race. Every one of them fell before
the tremendous pace. leaving the
trophy between Zengel, Grant and
Hughes. who finished In the order
named.
The crowd had a touch OF excite
ment not on the program at the end
OF the first lap when the grand stand
folded up like a window shutter and
tobogganed 1000 persons to the
ground
II was at first thought that there
were some fatal injuries, but investi-
CATION showed that the worst suffer
ers sustained nothing more thar a
broken limb. Nearly a hundred per
sons in all sustained bruises and 9th
er minor hurts.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-09-06
EPIDEMIC FEARED
AFTER HURRICANE
Big Force Works to clear Charleston
Streets-GaIe Is Fatal to
Fifteen.

Charleston. S. C.-With the danger
of an epidemic of sickness in
the lowIying sections of the city
greatly increased by the effects of
Sundays hurricane. Charleston began
Its earnest effort to recover from the
disastrous result OF the gale A large
force OF laborers is cleaning up the
debris-strewn streets and train serv-
Ice is approaching normal.
So far as can be ascertained 10
lives were lost and a score or more
OF people injured The property dam
age amounts to at least 81, 000, 600.
Shipping has suffered heavily, but
1t is impossible at this time to fix the
loss in dollars. Scores of launches
have broken away and efforts are be-
ing exerted to catch them.
The Clyde Line steamer Apache
made port after a thrilling experience
of this harbor during the hurricane.
Passengers wore life preservers for
several hours aud were prepared to
leave the ship at any moment.
Savannah's parks are scenes Of
desolation as result of the winds.
Two men are reported to have been
drowned in Lazarette creek.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-09-06
BOY At WIRELESS
SAVES IS LIVES
Youthful operate" F IVeS hI...-
self a ief..
CALL FOR HE'LL ANSWERED
Climbs into WaVe-Dashed Rigging and
Repairs Wrecked Electrical Appa-
ratus-Passengers Taken of
by Revenue Cutter.

Charleston, S. C.-Climbing into the
rigging OF the wrecked liner Lexing-
ton, when the steamers wireless sta
ton went down in the storm, Operator
Scheetz, sixteen years old, repaired
the apparatus while waves swept over
him, established connection and called
for help.
The revenue cutter Yamacraw an
swered and saved the IL passene ers
and crew of A. The Lexington les
In the quicksands off Hunting island
and is probably a total wreck.
Two firemen are reported - have
been burned to death and third ter
ribly scalded when the vessel ground
ed First Officer Chamberlain suffered
a fracture of his right shoulder
The Lexington, which is a Mer-
chants and Miners liner, was bound
from Savannah to Philadelphia. Three
times she was covered with water, the
pumps expelling enough to clear the
upper portions and float the stern.
Three times in one hour the entire
hull Of the Lexington was lost 10 view.
With the craft at the mercy Of the
storm because It was impossible to
make the least Roadway. great seas
were swept down on the bow. cover
ing her from stem to stern.
Sunday night and Monday morning
Captain Connally, almost naked and
half frozen. stood at the wheel with
his pilot house glasses turned in every
directions, with stokers working des-
perately while standing 10 their arm
pits In water trying to increase the
small pressure of % pounds of steam
to sufficient power to enable the Lex
ington to steer away from the treach-
erous shore
Passengers and crew declare they
owe their lives TO the daring act of the
wireless operator.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-09-06
STATES VALUATION
NOW s2,94I, 4I2,842
WISCONSIN TAX COMMISSION
ANNOUNCES ASSESSMENTS
FOR CURRENT YEAR.
GREAT INCREASE IS SHOWN
Value Is SIee. 232. 43s More Than
Last Year-MIWaukee County Gam
$50. 10000 Dane, SII.4ie, SEA
Douglass Loses Half Million.

Madison.-The Wisconsin tax COM
mission has announced the 1911 as
sessment of the taxable property of
the several counties of the state, and
filed the assessmen rolls in the Office
of the secretary of state. The apDor-
tionment among the counties of the
special taxes next January for the
construction of the new capitol. main
tenance of the state charitable and
penal institutions. state aid for
schools and other special purposes
will be based on this assessment.
The value of all taxable property
in the state. according to the assess
ment, is $2,941,412,S42, an increase
of S198,232,4 3S over that of last
year. The valuation of real estate is
S2,202, 5,226, an increase of S94,-
0S5,205, and the valuation of per-
sonai property is $739,187,616, an in
crease of $19S,232,43S.
The value of all property in Mil
waukee county is fixed at S57S,715,-
754, an increase of $3S, 230,90G over
that of last year; Dane county at
$13S,501, SAB, an increase of SILL
419,564; Dodge at SS2,9S9,547, aS
increase of $7,667,594; Racine eoun-
ty at SIS, S5O,2S4, an increase of &c.
557,379; Walworth at $5S,973,994,
an increase of $5,921,100 Rock at
$S4,S42, 581, an increase of $5,210,-
691; Winnebago at $74,775,471, an
Increase of S4,9SS,9O9; Green at
S4G,214,062, an increase of $4,005,-
1922; Waukesha at $56,732,2S2, an
increase of $3,391,653; Sank at $46,-
034, 2S4, an increase of $3,S40,G17;
Manitowoc at $59.393.45S, an in
crease of S3,764,SS9; jefferson at
S56,9O6,349, an increase of $3,273,-
304; Eau Claire at $32,001,56O, an
increase of $3,053,158; Fond du Lac
at S75,217. 63S, an increase of $2,-
TABS; Grant at $56,601, 295, an
increase of $2,450,534; Brown at
$57,73S,4S1, an increase of $2,230,-
46e; La Crosse at $44,42O,464, an
increase of $2,1S7,279; Iowa at $39,-
924,96S, an increase of $2,O92,0O
The only county not drawing an in
crease of assessment is Douglas. The
assessment of that county is $46,-
441,3S6, a decrease of $691,71S. The
assessment of real estate there in
creased S1,514, $50, but that of per-
sonal property decreased $2,206,07S,
leaving net decrease of $691,71S.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-09-06
400 FLEE FROM
BLAZING BUILDING
Girls Stampede Is Prevented by
Cool Heads.
HEROES DEVELOPED BY FIRE
Elevator Men In Patton Block at Chi.
esgo Save Scores of Lives
Telephone Operator Sticks
to Her Post.

Chicago.-Four hundred men, wom-
en- and girls fed terror-stricken
by stairway, elevator and fire es-
cape when flames suddenly burst
from the windows OF the twelVe-story
Patten office building at West Har-
rison street and Fifth avenue.
Only few were injured slightly,
cool-headed men and women prevent
ing a stampede that might have result
ed in great loss of life With scores
OF frightened women cllnging to the
fire escapes men in the street gave
warning that there was no great dan
ger and prevented several from jump
ing
Meanwhile there was the greatest
confusion inside. as hundreds STAN
peded for the stairways and elevators.
The stairways were jammed and only
the act of some foolhardy person was
needed to send scores of human beings
to their death in heap at the bottom
OF the stairways. But always there
was some man or woman in the right
place to calm the fears.
A. B. Greig proved the hero of the
elevators. He was the operator of one
and he never left his post until the
last person was out OF the building.
When he brought down the final
load" he had to be carried from his
car. but quickly revived in the open
air The three other elevator men also
did heroic work. all sticking to their
cars till the last.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-09-06
keep THE WORLDS PEACE.

The United States. free of entan-
CLING alliances with other great pow.
era. powerful Ia point OF population
sBd szturaI resources. protected from
successful foreign invasion by dis
lance and great intervening seas. and
at peace with all nations, are in a pc
cuhsarfy favorable situation to take
diplomatic lead in the effort to make
the firm establishment Of interna-
.eionzl peace a great internations, I'M
dertaAing. says the Philadelphia Fec
ord. The success of The Hague tri-
8unzi Ia the arbitrament and final set
tEemcBe Of iong-standing. irritating
disputes. that had outlived years OF
ssIsS ffectnzl diplomatic attempts for
compromise. opens the -ay to the
adoption Of SIN more eflectual means
sof ahoiishlng future wars. The steps
which have been taken by our govern
Euent IN urging other powers to unite
In endOwing The Hague tribunal With
the functions of an arbitrai court OF
Justice. and the further proposal. APP
proved by Congress. to assemble an
international peace commission to
consider the advisability Of using ex
fstiHg diplomatic means for bringing
about an international limitation Of
armsments and for turning the com
sSined aeets Of the world into an inter
rGtfosat force for the preservation Ji
n-sversai peace. put this country in
the lead Ia peace championship.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-09-06

The other day a man was arrested
and Ened for using disrespectful Ian
Guage To q policeman. thereby inter
fer5ns with him in the discharge of his
duty e ts strange that there should
be men who think they can do that
with immunity, says the Chicago Tri.
Sune- One may be guilty of bigamy
or run a trust. or be steady CRATER
ana iet escape punishment, but the
RUences of reviling a policeman
are. Inevitable So. when there are so
many crimes to pick from. no intelli-
gent maj should select this A police
mani ON bis beat Is greater than a
major general or than a teamster in
Ais gsids of place. If the president OF
the Bnited States should be ordered
by a policeman to move on" It
wo0Sd be- his duly to obey. saying,
perhaps. as he moved on. excuse me,
officer" That being the case. how
smprOper It ig for commonplace,
mediocre citizen who does not relish
snn1e reply an officer has made, or
acme srder ne has given. to call him
"A fool, or words to that effect. He
invites an unpleasant last act OF the
play-a trip to the station. an inter
view with the desk sergeant, a cell,
n fine. unpleasant publicity,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-09-06

Ft ia Failacy to suppose that the re-
@trsctton Of racetracks In the crusade
against poolroom gambling has put an
end 90 tire career of the thoroughbred
horse Gays the Washington Herald.
There still remains an undimlnished
demand Ger hunters, and IL the gam.
bling evil can be eliminated II is more
than likely that racing may be re-
vived for sports sake. Then there
continues 20 be the acquisition Of
cavalry horses by the government.
which in itself offers a remunerative
Field SoT the horse breeder Nor has
the automobile put out of business
The draft and work horse of trade and
commerce Il will be a long while
before che necessity for horses will
Geese. and IL market prices are any
criterion TO Judge by, the demand is
greater chan the present supply.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-09-06

Some measure of comfort can be
obtained In the intense heat spells
which occur at intervals through the
summer. by noting that even when
this death toll is high, II is AN exceed.
fngly sriaii percentage OF any given
total pocuiation. For instance. the
twenty who succmnbed in Greater
New York the other day made but
nm lRfinItesimal fraction of the mil
Hons forming the population AS a
matter Of fact. even this mortality
wsich does exist coula be reduced by
more care OF individuals for them.
selves aEd more prudent attention to
heat conditions II goes to prove that
nature provides endurance for un
uSgEat eraetions IL people are observ
ant enough of the ordinary laws OF
health 10 develop IT,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-09-06
COST OF DYING is HIGHER.
Monument Dealers Say People De-
mand Better Tombstones.

Cincinnati.-Informal talks on the
floor Of the convention of the
National Retail Monument Dealers as
sociation, which convened at Music
hall, indicated that the cost Of dying
has increased greatly within the last
year and will prove even more ex.
pensive In the future. Asked about 1t,
President e. A. McCally said:
We'll, it's a fact that the people
want better gravestones than they
used to-that is their relatives do. It's
kind or form Of high cost of dying
| guess, but it's a good sign of this
times"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-09-06
FATHER KILLS TWO CHILE ZEN.
Shotgun is Accidentally Discharged
White Hunting.

Winnipeg, Man. A homestead
er. Phillip Vollman. living in Hap
pyland settlement on Saskatchew-
au river, north of Maple Creek. Sask,
accidentally shot dead his two chill
dren. a boy and girl. aged three and
eleven While out berry picking with
his family he got out of his rig to
shoot ducks. His gun caught in a twig
and discharged into the bodies Of
the children, who were close by.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-09-06
No Deduction for Repairs

La Crosse.-In a ruling on the
estate of the late George H. Ray,
John Harrington. inheritance tax
collector. holds that repairs on a
homestead or taxes on real estate
cannot be figured as an inheritance
tax Offset.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-09-06
GEN. H. c. OTIS is ACCUSED.
Charged That Los Angeles Times Pub
llshed Indecent Matter.

Los Angeles, Cal-Guy Eddie, city
prosecuting attorney, fled in the Uni
versity court two complaints against
Harrison Gray Otis. publisher of the
Times; Harry Z. Andrews, managing
editor, and r. M. Whitney, telegraph
editor, charging them with printing
and circulating indecent matter in
the Times.
A story in the paper of August 10
relating to the divorce of Mrs. Claudia
Libbey Haines is alleged to have con-
tanned the obscene matter as charged
in the first complaint The story Of
the Beattie murder trial in Virginia
as printed last Monday morning was
the cause of the second complaint