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The Ordway new era., 1911-07-21

Judge Wallis was over from La jun
tn Wednesday.
The Ordway new era., 1911-07-21

Mems hose at reasonable prices.
Mrs. G. W. Colgin.
The Ordway new era., 1911-07-21
For Sale

Two good work mares, sows and
IS pigs. Chas Schroeder 2Ot2
The Ordway new era., 1911-07-21

Come to Ordway on August s and
help us celebrate Crowley County day.
The Ordway new era., 1911-07-21

VIM. Erwin was In Pueblo over
Sunday
The Ordway new era., 1911-07-21
Unclaimed Letters

List OF letters remaining unclaimed
In the postoffice at Otdway, Colo,
July II. 1911:
Mrs. A. J. Price.
Mrs. John Williams.
Ralph Mitchell.
Mr.. II. II. Allen.
VIM. II. Wagner.
Heinrich Catler (fOreign).
Jacob Wagner tfnrcign)
MILTON f. BAsHoR, p. NJ.
For Sale
Secondhand tent and single buggy.
Mrs. Belle Brush,-20tf
For Sale
Mccormick haystacker good as new.
Will take team work in payment. -
A, Sonneland. -1t20
Crowley County Day, August 8.
The Ordway new era., 1911-07-21
Crowley Day, Tuesday. August 8.

Sheriff Potter was In town Wednes-
day.
The Ordway new era., 1911-07-21

Senator Cusaday arrived Wednesday
from Boulder.
The Ordway new era., 1911-07-21
Strd dyed

Strayed
Seven red pigs. Anyone knowing
OF their whereabouts will please no
tify E. p. johnson.
The Ordway new era., 1911-07-21
Money to Loan

On improved rarm property at s per
cent. J. A. Mast-20tf
The Ordway new era., 1911-07-21
For Sale

For Sale
Good sewing machine at n sacrihcc
price-S6. 90. NJ. A. Rhodes.-2t2O
The Ordway new era., 1911-07-21
Town Topics
Crowley Day, Tuesday, August 8.

Pocketbooks, all kinds.-Mrs. G. W.
The Ordway new era., 1911-07-21

Mrs. Nellie Reynolds spent Sunday
In Pueblo.
The Ordway new era., 1911-07-21
Do not forget that
Ticdcmann
sells
Coal, Feed, Iav and Grain

Lost
Crescent shaped gold pin. Leave at
New Era Office.
The Ordway new era., 1911-07-21

Cement blocks for sale. E. p. John
sOn,-tf
The Ordway new era., 1911-07-21

Crowley County Day, August 8.
The Ordway new era., 1911-07-21
Crowley County Day, August 8.

y, August s. Mrs. Nellie Reynolds spent Sunday
In Pueblo.
ule E. P. John. - --
Judge Wallis was over from La Jun
,-, v,.,,. tn Wednesday.
Ladies' underwear and hose at Mrs.
isitnv relatives -
$ week. Come to Ordway August and
help us celebrate Crowley County day.
Sunday In Pu- "
rom Denver. We furnish needles for any
- make sewing machines. Grfin & Col.
IS cleaned and gin.-42tf
Marshal Worker improved the con.
over Rocky dtion OF Denver boulevard Saturday
,rs OF a business by the use Of a road drag
Voiles, ginghams silks and white
ouse ior square waistings nice line to select from.
IT oay "ouse j" Call and see then.-Mrs j. b. Estes.
80, , ... We may have mentioned IT. before,
~ ssa ~ ,nv likewise elsewhere, but don't forget
" ~ to cut the weeds before Crowley Coun-
E'" ty day.
ed to his home in heavy hail storm reported to
ny morning and have done considerable damage the
ar as Pueblo by Cowden ranch west OF Olney Springs
last Sunday.
nat John T. Up Misses Marian and Marie Bass and
moving from the Arthur Bird went to Canon City Tues
to La Junta, day an outing and will spend
,sided time In the hills.
tic left for Canon Notice the hafpage ad. regarding
ny to be at the the Booster Envelope Everyone
nter, Mrs Clyde should these envelopes and help
are both serious to advertise Ordway
Thos. b. Duwney departed Sunday
'rty ana for Decatur. ILL.,, and will spend sew
may ior No'oraoo eral weeks visiting relatives and
y Will speno friends In his former home.
seeing and recu-
Miss Katharine Miles spent several
,rom Creede OF the past week with sister in
re hours with Colorado Springs and returned to her
oorv Ir NJ tho duties In Leary Bros & Co.'S. store
Co. He returned wednesday lhoro'ue.
G. NJ Jackson was lured away from
ba TX yard" "o.kaoaS me oy VISIONS o' cool o'.
OF getting lost, a"u spa. N!ue s'reahis ""o e'' "
N mr. own ad vice dayfor Colorado Springs to spend
ne weed jungle. IL" "ee"S '''se W "a'u'e'
wise. T. D,.,., ,, 49,, ~, ,,,,i,,
ia o,a,n in tho the Mast house Idaho avenue dc.
and d.narted parted Sunday for pastures TAX
Srrd.v IN snond ing his family with him. He has
,hor and Other been engaged in carpenter and cah-
tlng with the "'0 WI !" "e'' io' 'ne p"S'' IL" 'o''
With their families Ernest +.
KrOpf Is to give Greene and H. c. Tiedemann motcrcd
wareroom at the to Colorado Springs Saturday and
numerous friends spent couple Of days In the hills.
The Ordway They report the tourist business extra
he music and heavy this year and had difficulty In
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-27
BETWEEN GRINDSToNES

Enact laws to relieve the peo-
pie from bondage to the corpora
tions, and the higher courts wipe
out the law.
Establish a court that decides
for the people as against the cor
porations, and the higher courts
wipe out such decisions.
The Pacific coast shippers of
citrus fruits got from the inter
state commerce commission a de-
cision lowering railroad rates. It
looked like a tremendous boom
for thousands of growers. 1t was
at least prospect of relief from
robbery. Taft's court of com
merce promptly punctured that
decision.
The people of the northwest
got favorable decision from the
same commission in the matter of
long and short hauls by the rail
roads. They celebrated with en-
thusiasm, for it meant more bust
ness and larger profit to thou
sands of shippers and lower prices
to millions of consumers. Now,
'Taft's court of commerce knocks
the life out Of that decision.
Big Business knew what it was
about when it howled for creation
of that court of commerce. Taft
knew what he was about when he
appointed that court of COM
merce.
When laws and commissions
are secured for the people, ap-
point courts that will emasculate
them. That's the scheme.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-27

reduce the profits on watered cap-A
ital, which you surely pay. You
are between the grindstones of )
corporation greed.
Rise and recall the serville Taft !
and his whole galaxy of packed
courts!
--O-O---
HE'S "TIFFT"-THATsS ALL 4
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-27

Here's a man who has no
"frst" name. He's Tiff just
plain Tiff. He lives in New
York. Is
His parents either. couldn't
agree on a name or didn't wish
to burden the young child-with a
name he might afterwards grow
to dislike.
Once only has he had handle
to Tiff that was when an insur-
ance company refused to issue a
policy unless he identified himself
with an initial. So heis insured
as A. Tiff.
His two little sons each have
three names. But their father
says:
"I'm Tift-that's all"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-10
WHALER SECURES RICH CARGO

struck hv a squall three days out OF
port. and lost fore and main topmasts
and proceeded 400 miles under short
sail. arriving at Cape de Verde Oeto-
her s, where she was detained until
late in the month. reporting damages.
After leaving the Islands she went
to the whaling field off Great Little
Fish bays. west coast OF Africa. as her
recent arrival at st. Helena Indicates.
The viola's voyage since leaving
Cape verGe islands has been remark
ably successful. The oil catch alone
since leaving her last port Of call as.
sures profits far exceeding the aver,
age. length of cruise considered, while
The sale of the immensely valuable
ambergris should tend to swell the
gross profits TO a figure calculated to
surpass the best previous single sea
son sperm whale voyage Of the last
twenty years.
Allowing $500 a pound, the price re-
celved by the William A. Crozier com
pany for their fnd Of ten pounds, the
Viola's present lot Of ameersas
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-10
MONEY IN CHICKENS

tender green shoots Of grass or rye
is the best food
Barred Rocks. Plymouth Rocks,
White Leghorns and Indian Game are
the varieties of pure-bred stock which
are most in evidence at the farm
now, which has been running smooth
ly on scientific principles for several
months and is on a paying basis.
AS yet" says Mr. Elkins, "the In
novation is largely on experimental
lines. The proposition looks good to
me, and with the success assured Che
doesn't even consider the possibility
Of failure in the venture) additional
colony houses and other needed bald
ings will be erected. have found
one peculiar thing since took up the
chicken game and that is that every
raiser has his own peculiar ideas: no
two follow precisely the same method.
Il am deeply interested In chickens.
believe that. in chickens as well as
horses, cattle or anything else, pick
a good strain. get the best possible
stock, use good common sense in
treatment and development ana youll
get results, 1t Is possible that, after
awhile. I'll confine my efforts to a
couple of strains--possibly White
Rocks and Leghorns."
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-10
Dentists Declare Thousands of Pupils
Suffer in Health From Decayed
Molars--Defect Serious.

Chicago. Declaring that in some
districts of Chicago 81 per cent. of the
school children have decayed teeth
and that bad teeth cause criminal in
stincts, a research committee of the
Chicago Dental society today made an
appeal for the establishment of fund
of $4,000 to establish dental clinics in
the schools and for the school children
of Chicago.
The report of the committee char
acterizes the condition as alarming
and dangerous Attention OF city Of
ficials, as well as dentists and philan-
thropic citizens, is urged to start a
eity-wide movement to have the school
children given dental treatment.
This MEANS says the report, that
unless something is done to ameliorate
the condition there are ninety-seven
out of every 100 school children who
ere to be handicapped In their efforts
to make for themselves an honorable
place in the world"
Several well.known Chicago philan-
thropists already have pledged sums
ranging from $1,000 to $4,000 toward
the fund
Continuing. the report says: School
children of Chicago are suffering seri.
GUS disability through neglect of their
teeth. In one district in the southern
part of the city where an examination
Of roo children has been made 1t Is
found that 81 per cent. are in need OF
dental service. A child with defective
teeth cannot masticate properly, poor
mastication leads to bad digestion
bed digestion to faulty assimilation
and this to serious lack of nourish
ment. poorly nourished child Is
not capable of keeping pace with
wellnourished child. He naturally
| Graves stimulants such as tea, cot
| fee. and often something worse, and
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-10
LEAVING 1T TO THE GUIDE
Bishop Didn't Have Language Equal to
the Occasion When the Trout
Escaped.

The bishop was an angler and was
keen on trout fishing. Early in the
season, If not the opening day, he re
sponded to the lure of the ripping
brook AS he crept softly through the
elder thicket that bordered the
stream he had the good fortune to
hook trout that put up a stormy
fight Evidently the fish had no mind
to grace the creel of even an apostolic
expert.
The guide held his breath. 1t was
not possible for him to get near
enough through the brush to help the
bishop and the enemy. He could only
watch the fight and hope for the best
The struggle eliminated in swift
Jerk that landed the dripping old war
rior up in the branches of maple
which lowered above the alders-not
an unusual experience for an angler.
but the firss of the kind that had fall
en- to the lot of the bishop. Well-he
was always seeking experience and
now he had It. This, however, was
different from casting and the result
was dire. The line snapped. the bril-
liant and dashing Fontinalis dropped
back into the brook and with an in
solent wave of hts tail said as plainly
as words, by. by, old boy"
The bishop and guide looked at each
other. Then the bishop said to the
guide in the earnest and appealing
tone with which he was wont to stir
the emotions of his congregation
John. you say it"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-10
EVILS OF AMERICAN JAIL;
British Expert Declares United States
Behind Tines-Commends State
Reformatories.

London.-The home Office publishes
the report Of Sir Evelyn John Ruggles-
Brise, chairman of the English prison
commission, and the British represent.
alive at the prison congress held at
Washington last October. In his re-
port on American penal institutions
Sir Evelyn commends state prisons
and reformatcries, but condemns the
system in vogue in city and county
jails.
"Promiscuity, unsanitary conditions,
the absence of supervision, idleness
and corruption-these remain features
Of many places" says the report.
After telling some of the evils he
saw. Sir Evelyn concludes:
Until the abuses of the jail system
are removed it is impossible for the
United States to have assigned to her
by general consent place in the van
guard of progress in the domain OF
Ia Science Penitentiarie.'
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-10
Electric Life Buoy.

An electrically lighted life buoy has
been brought out by an English firm
for use in places where workers are
exposed to the risk of drowning, as in
docks and on shipboard. Ii carries
two nine csndle-power electric lamps
above the water and two below the
surface. and in clear weather the light
from these is visible to considerable
distance The two primary batteries
feeding the lamps are sealed until the
buoy Is lifted from it's rack. This ac
ton automatically lights the lamps
and they continue Illuminated fol
three or four hours. The weight ci
the buoy is but % pounds. In the
tests made. a man Of average weigh
was carried by the buoy while lyinf
across, and three men kept theil
heads up by It's means when theII
bodies were submerged.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-10
ROAD TO WEALTH is PLAIN
But the Man Of Millions Quotes On,
Vital Point From His
Directions.

The Man of Millions smiled benignly
upon the earnest faced youth who
stood before him. hat in hand
You wish to know" he said to me
young man. "the rules to be followed
to attain fortune. It is a simple mat.
ter and it is no secret Yet so many
men fall
The Man Of Millions sighed. After
momentary pause. he resumed in his
most gracious manner.
First. / wish to say that every boy
has today the same opportunities
nay. better opportunities-that had
You have better knowledge of men
and books than ! had at your age
Furthermore. you have glorious ex.
ampies of men like--well, / might men
ton myself. but modesty forbids. Any
way. the magazines and newspapers
are filled with stories of the successes
OF our great men Of industry from
which you may profit.
Work and save, by boy, and oppor-
tunity will come. For instance, you
might buy few good standard stocks
when they are down at rockbottom
and sell when they get high: or you
might buy some good lots in local
ity where some great city is to be
built and hold them until the city
springs into being. and gold viii flow
in upon you in a steady stream"
The Man of Millions swung back to
his desk to contemplate the plans for
the new hospital he was building fol
sufferers from govt
But" suggested the youth timidly
how am I to know when stocks are a,
rock.bottom p
q have already given you too much
of my valuable time said the Man Of
Millions shortly. as he pushed an cleo
trio button on his desk which released
the section of the floor on which the
youth was standing and lowered him
gently to the reception room below
Roy r. Atkinson In Puck.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-10
Had lis Directs.

The man observed that his wife, on
her return from the Easter service,
seems greatly uplifted in spirit.
1.-THE services evidently have had
a good effect upon you.' remarks the
man.
yes. it was so helpful to me to go
to church this morning"
I'm glad of that"
81 don't know when I've been so
cheered and helped. Mrs. Nextdore is
wearing her last years bonnet, made
over; Mrs. Dounstrete is wearing her
old crepe de chine dyed blue; Mrs.
Buzzaroun has on hat she got two
years ago at bargain sale, but she
has sewed some blue ribbon and a
plume on 1t, and"
But her husband had immersed him
self once more in his paper
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-10
SWEf RING is ONLY NATURAL
Amherst Professor and Graduate Of
Yale Asserts IL is the Universal
Language of Mar"

Amherst, Mass Swearing is as
necessary as any other form of Ian.
guage.' said Prof. Clarence Andrews
to an English class at Amherst col
tege. When you bun your finger. !"
he added, you do nc. stop to consider
what you are going to say. It IS
natural tG break out with some sweal
word. some oath which has served
mankind for many ages.
Swearing is and always will be the
universal language Of man. Even
though the exact meaning of a phrase
be not known TO a foreigner. still he
can comprehend the nature Of an ex.
pletive through its force. appropriate
ness and innate exprsssiyeness.
Professor Andrews is q graduate Of
Yale. 1905. and Is Q popular menee'
OF the Amherst faculty.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-10
| THE
ELECTRICAL
| WORLD
CLOCK FACE ON THE CEILING
BY Pressing a Button at Night Owner
of Recently Invented Device
May Tell Time.

Yankee ingenuity" has been
eclipsed by the Englishman who in
vented the ceiling clock. Awaking In
the middle of the night, the owner of
one OF these devices can have the
clock dial reflected on the ceiling
above his bed by the mere pressing
of button. The clock is mounted on
a stand which contains an electric
battery. 1t is swiveled on pair Of
uprights and during the day assumes
the position of any ordinary time
piece. At night it is turned so that
its dial faces the ceiling. A flexible
cord with a push button at the free
end extends to the bed. The own
or need not get up to learn the time,
but can simply press the button. In
stanuy the clock face Is lighted up
and a magnified reflection Of 1t ap-
pears on the ceiling. Removal of the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-10
CHAMPION EATERS MAY MEET
Staten Island Man Wants TO Wrest
Title From Hungry" Sam Miller
Of Pennsylvania.

Wilkesbarre. Pa.--John r. Mckay,
of 81 Sherman avenue. Tompkinsville,
s. l., wants to meet Hungry Sam
Miller. of Strawberry Ridge, near
here, the champion eater of Pennsyl-
vania, in an eating contest for the
championship Of the eastern section
of the United States. George w. Will
Jams. Miller's manager, received a
letter from Mckay, in which he says
that he is willing to meet Miller for
$500 a side or more. Mckay says:
MY reputation as an eater is local,
having not been In any contest out
side of New York city. l won the
beef-eating contest of the Forty.see-
ond Street Country club recently,
having eaten rs pounds of beef.
loaves of bread and having drank 12
quarts of milk"
Mckay adds he is willing to deposit
5000 with New York newspaper to
bind the match.
Williams says he believes that Mil
Ter will be glad to make the match.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-10
TO RESTORE OLD PAINTINGS
Marvellous Results Obtained by
Frenehman In Experiments With
Electrical Currents.

A strange case has been going on
FOR some time In the Paris law courts
concerning process for restoring old
paintings, claimed TO have been in
vented by a prisoner who is being
prosecuted on the charge of having
obtained money on the pretext of the
success of his me, nod. This method
is a mysterious kind of application of
electric currents to the pictures in
question.
The prosecution seemed to have
strong arguments at first. but now the
state of the case has suddenly
changed, since the well-known paint.
er. Nj. Tony Robert-Fleury. former
president of the Societe des Artistes
Francois. has come forward and given
evidence in favor of the prisoner. M.
Robert.Fleury said that the prisoner
had long been a pupil of his and he
had witnessed some experiments. The
results were really marvellous
They seemed to me extraordinary. /"
said NJ. Robert -Fleury. HE sent Ger.
tain currents through tho picture.
which caused an oxidation, He alb
sorbed this with cotton waste. The
painting is restored to virgin state
without being In the least deteriorated.
All the black, oily grease is eliminat-
ed and the painting is revarnished
with astonishing rapidity, | gave him
an old portrait OF my father out of
my studio. II was in q terrible state
of grease. accumulated by age. In
half an hour It was cleaned Of all oily
matter and restored to freshness. The
leader salts were eliminated and tho
color lame back to the picture. which
is now saved"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-10
George w. EIkins Establishes
Model Poultry Farm.
hember Of Millionaire Farriy Erects
SIS, 900 Plant, All Under One Roof
Business Is Now on Pay
ing Basis.

Philadelphia.--In Abingdon, one Of
to the famous Folly Farms on the Ell
kins estate. young George w Elkins,
a member of the millionaire family,
has succeeded In establishing a chick
en- farm that Is really model
Ten acres, upon which are built the
most improved types of shelters and
feeding spaces for the chickens, COM
prise the farm. 1t cost in addition to
the original purchase price of the
handsome 20.000--the sum of $751;
900 more. Experts have said that
the investment is q sound. paying
business proposition and. not simply
the qualification of a millionaire's
whim.
Mr.. BllKins, business man, clubman,
horseman, golfer and motorist, is also
an expert on chickens. The farm Is
under his personal supervision and
care. Every detail of its management
has been carefully planned. Richard
Smith, the superintendent OF the
chicken farm, frequently goes TO Mr..
Elkins for advice and suggestions.
The farm is built on a portion OF
the Ash property. which Mr.. Elkins
acquired recently. unique idea OF
Mr.. Elkins was to have his whole
plant under one roof. Builders told
him this was impracticable. but he
succeeded In having his scheme car
ried out and 1t has proved extremely
justifiable
A building one story in height, 20
feet wide and 49S feet long, was
erected facing the south. 1t was d.
vided into IT compartments, each
capable of accommodating 125 chick
ems. At the western end of the house
is a brooder, 115 by 20 feet, fitted up
with 80 brooders and capable of car
ing for 4,S00 little chicks.
At the extreme northern end is a
large colony house for setting hens.
In this end also are the feed rooms.
| the heating plant and the incubator
rooms. One long passageway runs
the entire length of the whole house.
and the entire plant Is thus under one
roof This simplifles construction.
makes for economy and is big saving
of time in handling the chickens, be-
sides being a sanitary arrangement.
With the large acreage at his dis
posal Mr. Elkins is not bothered with
the question of runs. Five runs have
been constructed. each about so by
200 feet These have been set out
In rye and grass and nearly 400 peach
trees have been planted Wire net
ting incloses the runs aud the space
provided Is ample for each batch OF
500 chickens.
Feeding troughs, nests. lofts and al
equipment Is kept spouessly clean
Here the personal supervision ant
care of Mr., Elkins is manifested al
most daily. Mr., Elltins says he does
not believe In feeding chickens pre-
pared food, but that plenty OF corn
meal. milk and bread, boiled. with
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-10
Not So Easy as II Seemed.

Twelve persons decided to lunch to
gether every day and agreed not to
sit twice in the same order. One Of
the number. mathematician, sur
prssed his associates by informing
them that their decision meant that
one and one-third million years must
elapse before they would again be
seated in the original order. Two men
can sit together only in two different
ways. three in six ways, four In "a.
Eve in 100, six in 720. seven in 5.040l
eight in 40.32o, nine in 1862, SIS, ten in
4. SOS 500. eleven in 3s,s16,S0o and
twelve in 40. 100000.