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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-10-05
THE COST OF
MILITARISM
4 Fine Article On This Subject to
be Found in October Technical
World.

For the eight years preceding the war
with Spain our average ANIMAL expendi-
ture for the army was less than $24. 600, 4
600; for the eight years following the war
the annual average leaped to more than
s83, 600, 600; and now for the current
year the army appropriation is s05, 440. :
567. The navy has done even better
For The eight years preceding the Span
ish war the average annual expenditure
was little more than S27 500. 900; for
the next eight years it averaged $IO2,-
100000, and this year the navy gets
sl3l,S50,854 Adding the navy and
army appropriations gives the sum or
s226, 70l, AL, which is rather neat price
to pay for initiating the antics of those
ghost dancers on the farther side of the
Atlantic But that isn't all BY any
means To this sum must b. added the
current appropriation for the military
academy. sl,s56, 249; the appropriation
for forts and Notifications. s5.6l7, 200;
and the pension appropriation of sl55, :
$4,000, making grand total Of $500, !
022, $40 as the cost OF militarism for one
year, or at the rate ot 81, ,068, ,555 day
for every day in the year.
This enormous sum is paid out OF the
United States Treasury, q beneiicent in
stitntion which seems too remote and
intangible To concern the average man.
But when you bear In mind, as yon
should, that even the United States
Treasury cannot pay out what IL does
not take in and that its Unsuitable nav
i fed. but never filed, from your pocket
and mine and from every one else's, the
matter assumes quite different aspect.
The reality Of your contribution is III no
wise affected By your inability to per-
ceiye when you pay for it. Every
mouthful You eat. every thread you
wear. every need Of your life. bears its
tar which goes to make up the vast
aggregate Of government expenditure
Three hundred and ninety mIllion dol-
lars is "a. "a per capita Tor the inhabitants
of the United states exclusive of our
possessions. But this counts In the
women and children, the Idle and the
ineapitaled Getting down % an aver.
age for heads q families would multiply
this per capita TAX by i've u least. 81
~ 10 as the sum that each head Of 4
family speaking ID averages. must con
tribute Out oE bis earnings. whether III
wants 10 of nos. toward lhe snpport d
the army and navy and the fEIlls that 81
With them this year. Next year tal
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-10-05
DIES SUDDENLY
NEAR RICHLAND'
MRS. s. 1. Wide 0f MarslallfieId,
Oregon, Died Here While VS.
iting Win Her Daughter

Mrs. 8. r. Wilde oi Marshallfield,
Oregon. mother Of Mrs. Oliver Groethe.
who has been visiting st the latssr's
home near Richland the past two
months, died very suddenly Of renal
poisoning, last Monday mornlng at 4
o'clock. She waa only III about Two
weeks.
she had been Rebecca for q num-
Der oi ysars and was . vsry faithful
member.
MRS. Wilds leaves k0 mourn her loas
d husband and four children, namely.
Mrs. Oliver arosthe oi KIk Point, Mr..
The new era., 1911-01-12
To Feed Wild Birds,

Mrs. Marlborough Sherard, Virginia
woman who now lives in England, Las
formed an association of young people
Interested in birds, called the Uncle
Dick society. The purpose Of the so.
ciety is to furnish food and water for
wild birds, especially in the season
when provisions are, scarce. Last De
cember Christmas parties were gfyeff
to birds In Buckingliamshire and
Northamptonshire, at which the chill
dren acted as hosts. Meat bones and
cocoanut shells containing tallow
were fastened to the trees and shall
low dishes containing seeds and water
were placed in the ground. Thousands
of birds are said to have focked to
these parties. The organization is re-
ported to have more than 5000 mem
bers.
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Echoes from Haworth

Dan Macfarlane was IN town Satur
day.
W. A, Pierce was in Walden visiting
his family last week.
MONTE Blevins has bought some of
Fletcher Campbells cattle.
Wash Alderdice is building some feed
cribs in this neighborhood this week
Chas Winscom went to his ranch on
Monday to spend a couple of days.
Monte Blevins and Fletchel Camo-
bell went up to the latter's ranch Sun
day.
Very few in this neighborhood leave
home now unless necessary, as they are
afraid of being blown away
Wash Allerdice and Monte Blevins
were in our vicinity looking after the
cattle lately.
Frank and Charley Murphy were at
their Michigan ranch attending to their
cattle last week.
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LIverpooI's Costly Docks.

Liverpool's docks, which are to be
further extended at a cost, of over
$15,O0O,o0O, were begun in 17o9. when
the town constructed the first wet
dock in the world Down to 1913 the
docks were confined to the Liverpool
side of the Mersey, but in that year
Birkenhead's dock scheme was begun,
Liverpool owes its very origin to its
suitability for a port, having been
founded when the sitting of the Dee
robbed Chester of its position as chief
port for north Ireland. After Strong
bows partial conquest of the island
under Henry II. a fresh port was need
ed, and the foundations of what Is
now Liverpool were laid.
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In Memory Of Gutenbera.

A literary memorial to the memory
of Gutenberg, the founder of the print
ing industry, is about to be published,
after ten years of strenuous labor on
the part of the artistic, scientific and
publishing industries of Germany. 1t
takes the form of q new edition of the
so-called forty-two line Gutenberg edi-
tion of the Bible. This work is still!
not only one of the greatest monu-
ments of the. printers art. but also
marks the close of the first period Of
the Gutenberg era. Gutent4rg'ss forty
two line Bible contains y'neariy 1909
pages, some hundred of~whieh are
decorated In miniatures in color and
gold. - -. ,s5
The new era., 1911-01-12
Walden Chatter

]. L. Shippey wa in town on husiniss
Tuesday.
A. K Marr was Walden visitor
yesterday.
W. G. Barnes and father LIFT for tie
outside Saturday morning.
Miss Rose johnson stayed with Miss
June Shppey Tuesday night.
Tho d nver Record Stock man ISSUED
a very Han. SON New Year addition last
week.
Mrs. Ii peIt and niece, Miss Eunice
burns were visiting in Walden, a few
days this week
Mrs. Maggie Moore and MIR G e
Winterburn callc on Mr.. + Shippey
Sunday evening.
The Mos an Merct tile Co. are taxi
ing an invoice of there stock tn $ We i
The store has Deen closed for hat purp Sc
There was quite II snow fall Tuesday
night but the wind came up and blew it
into big DRIFTS which made travel very
bad for Il Mhile
II Q Chedsey came o er from Hebron
Tuesday t" he sworn in as County Judge
of Jackson and hus now taken up the
The new era., 1911-01-12
The Dance
Friday Night

The Women of Woodcraft made good
with their dance Friday night, January
9th. A goo sized crowd attended and
one of the best of times was had by all.
The dance lasted fro n nine o'clock il
the event ,g till about five the M. xt
morning when all went home grateful
for the splendid time shown them by e
ladies of the Woodcraft.
The music was furnished by tie Faker
Mandolin club and could not be bea
anywhere, and those who sta, ed away
missed IL rare treat in dance music.
Much credit is due the boys for the
effort they have made to establish a
musical club in Walden and We all hope
they will keep up their gate.
A fine supper was served at the Gresh
am House.
The new era., 1911-01-12
MAN BELONGS TO HIS AGE
Essentially Subject of Environment,
Life In Other Periods Would Be
impossible to Him,

Could a man, were he given the Or
pcrtunity, really live in any age wide
ly remote from his own? Modern phi
losophy tells us that life Is then at
IT'S highest and best when the organ
ism is perfectly adapted to it's en-
vironment. If this be SO, then 1t is
clear that any large, sudden and
abrupt change in the environment
must impair the vitality of the organ
ism. and might even destroy it alto
gether. If we think Of it, "a Greek Of
the age of Fericles, a Roman of the
age of Jaffus Caesar, wouid -aHd itsas
hard to live the life of today as any
man now alive would find Il hard to
live on were he by some freak of
magic, to fall asleep in his own world
tonight and to wake up tomorrow
morning in the Athens of Pericles or
in the Rome Of julius Caesar. The
mere effort of the organism to adapt
itself to the strange environment
would benumb all its energies and ar
rest all its functions. You might as
well expect palm tree to flourish in
the arctic regions. 1t would languish
and die in the attempt.
Yet there are many worthy people
who delight to call themselves old
fashioned and are always longing, so
they pretend, to live in some other
and better age than their own. They
make to themselves a paradise Of
past they have never known and fond
ly imagine that were they its Adam
and I've no serpent would ever be-
guile them into wanting to know the
good and the evil of the present. It
is-a'vain aspiration and those who en-
tertain It only succeed, so far as they
succeed at all, in getting hopalessly
out of touch with thcir own age
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POPULAR WITH THE FAIR SEX
Strange Fascination Exercised by
List over the Literary Women
of His Day.

Though not Of a specially passion.
ate temperament, List exercised an
irresistible fascination over the en-
thusiastic literary ladies OF his day
They were all at his feet, and, as he
seems always to have had an eye &c
the main chance, he chose from time
to lime some lady of high rank as
well as mental ability to unite her
life with his The Comtesse d'Agoult
CDaniel Stern'D and Princess Caro-
lyme Sayr- -Wittgenstein were success.
lively the arbiters of his destiny, and
Doctor Knapp recounts a good many
other episodes more transient II less
important There was a singer of
great eminenoe~ Eve are not~told who
she was) who made her way into his
presence in male attire, hopeless of
attracting him by other means; an.
iothcr threatened to murder him; and
his experience read ike
a rather crude melodrama
1t is curious that when he was only
sixteen his dying father warned him
that women would upset and dominate
his life AS Doctor Knapp says, He
was neither made to do without a
woman nor to remain faithful TO one
alone"
The new era., 1911-01-12
NOTICE!
Change of Wolf Bounty

! On and after Jan. +, 1911, fhe North
Park Stock growers Association viii pay
"a wolf bounty of $1,000 ON all grown
wolves and $500 on all wolf pups killed
within the limits of jackson County,
Colorado. The boul ty previously offer
ed is hereby revoked Wolves caught
previous to this date will be paid for at
the cd rate, but should be presented
Immediately to the Secretary of the
Assn.
The new bounty will be paid through
the County Clerk and to him the hides
should be presented for identification.
The old met cd of Identification viii
prev; until further notice.
The new era., 1911-01-12
Skating Party
Monday Night.

A crowd of the young people Of Wal
den, went down to the Illinois creek
Monday night where they spent the time
skating. The Ice was in pretty good shape
and very nice time was had, The girl S
brought sandwiches and coffee with
them, and after every one had skated all
they wanted to. Coffee was cooked on
the big fire which the boys had made,
and a nice lunch was served, Hugh
Ames made the coffee and dished it out
The new era., 1911-01-12
THE BIG
DENVER SHOW
Promises To Break All Records, Both
In Attendance and Sixe Of
= Exhibition.

Denver, January l0.-Preparations
for the opening of the big National
Western Stock Show on next Monday,
January 10Th. are completed and it is
promised that all previous shows will he
eclipsed in the Sixth Annual. This is
made possible by the elegant new build
6;ags which have been added to the show
Accommodations at the stock yards.
Entries have been SO large that the man
agement is busy struggling with an
overflow. It is promised that the ex-
hibif Of breeding stock will be the great.
Show will have new features that will
stir up the greatest interest. The Poul-
try Show. which is added this year for
the drst time. will be the greatest ex-
hibition of the kind ever seen west of
the Missouri river The car load exhib-
it Of stock will tax the full capacity of
the Union stock yards and stockmen are
coming from all parts of the country,
not only to see, but to buy some of Colo
radios wonderful cattle
TIE big stock show at Denver was
starred to advance the interests of agri-
CULTURE and live stock in the West, and
it has been making good. 1t has an
educational value to the farmer and
stockmen impossible to under estimate.
Denver is proud of this big annual event
thathas grown in such a short time to
national proportions and a warm and
hearty invitation is being sent to the
whole West to come to Denver and en-
joy the show and profit through it. The
RAILROADS have made low rates and Den
yer Is ready to entertain $4,000 people
from outside
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Rand Reliable
(Fsom our special correspondent. J

y Tho girls are still scrapping over Joe.
Fred Hills took a bunch of cattle out
Wednesday.
Mss VIM. Dorsey spent Monday with
Mrs.t Donelson.
Frank Baldwin was in town last Sat-
urday afternoon.
John Jurgensen took dinner with the
So Is childrsn Sunday.
Willie Allen and Mr. Kelly are enjoy
ing quiet life at the Link Riddle place.
Several ladies gathered at the hotel
sewing.
Fred Donelson and John Slack went
to CRANKY Friday. Fred for freight and
John for his wife and babies. They are
expected home Sunday night
Everyone remembers what an exquis
itely beautiful afternoon we had last
Saturday. Mrs VIM. House and Mrs.
Dorsey took advantage of it and made
the burg visit
Mre. Clark, who is staying at Mark
Baldwins now, came to Rand Saturday
for her little brother Joe, who had come
up from Walden on the stage She also
called on Mrs. Arnold and the twins.
There was very touching tableau
o. ed by young lady and young
an in the kitchen of the hotel last Sun
day Mrs. Ish finally left the room nd
Guy was sick all the next day. We are
still wondering if they were only play
ing.
Mrs Ish has been confined to her bed
for several days with severe attack of
La Grippe. but she is duty bound to get
better soon, for the three cooks have
eaten up nearly everything she had
cooked, and altho they have lived well
this past week they fear streak Of lean
next week.
The new era., 1911-01-12

Write Frank R. Dutton, Proprietor of
the Standish Hotel, Denver Colo, and
he will mail you full and completd in
structions on How to Save Money.
All correspondence answered prompt
ly and cheerfully.
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duties of that office.

The Routt County Republican of Hay
den Colo got out big addition of their
paper last week telling about the pros
pectf of Routt County which was very
good and shows it to be wide awake
and enterprising Newspaper.
The new era., 1911-01-12
Keeping Cream Sweet.

To Ieep cream sweet, heat almost
to boiling point, put it in a glass or
earthen vessel, cover and set aside to
cool Cream thus treated will keep
sweet and fresh several days in mod
crate weather and over the second
day in warm days.
The new era., 1911-01-12
The Frivolous One.

A frivolous person has place in So
ciety. Keep on making fun, and the
serious side may show itself in time,
We must take folks, as heaven made
them
The new era., 1911-01-12
The kino's Enulish.

The spread Of the English Fapguaga
and the cosmopolitan, character of
Singapore. was shown ri a RieeGng
there of the Ep%orth seague, at-wldeh
81 nationa'ities were represented, yet
every person knew English. =
The new era., 1911-01-12
Customs Differ.

In some towns the little girl who
practises on the piano the greatest
number of hours per day is distin
guished. In other places people eH
pect little girls to also help their
mothers with the dishes.-Atchison
Globe.
The new era., 1911-01-12
West Side Notes

(From our special correspondent
Still it storms and blows
Several of the ranchmen of the West
Side are going to attend the stock show
at Denver next week.
Mrs. Leek and daughter we're down to
Victor Hansons one day last week.
Fred Brands has been in Walden un
der the doctors care with throat trouble
for the past week or so.
Miss Sofie Erickson has been spending
the holidays at Mrs. Bcrgquists.
Clarance and Albert Manville we're
seen on the West Side Monday.
The new era., 1911-01-12
HiGller Priced,

Hub-Always complaining about
your clothes. You should set your
mind on higher things. Wife-G do:
on higher things than your circum.
stances will allow me to y'@Bos.
ton Evening Transcript.
The new era., 1911-01-12
Annual Stockholders Meeting
of
Tho Larimer and Routt County
Railway Company

The regular annual meeting OF the
stockholders of the Larimer and Routt
County Railway Company, for the cleo
ton of directors and the transaction OF
such other business az may properly
come before it, will be held at Walden,
Colorado, on Friday, February 10, 1911;
at 6 o'clock p. NJ.
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Eeverence.

IN reverence is the chief joy and
power of lite.-Ruskn.
The new era., 1911-01-12

Sincerity Portrayed.
silent address ts the genuine elo
1uence ci siuceIity.-G nith.
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Tho New Era for the home news
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A. S. HOWE. Secretary.
(SeaD
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-08-25
OUR CHICAGO VISITORS.

Grants Pass has been honored this week by visit Of
several Chicago capitalists connected with the Chicago
Rogue River company and their coming is of the highest
Importance to the people Of this part of Josephine county,
as they here to investigate the demand for the eXten
slon OF their irrigation canals to supply the needs OF
the farmers in this part OF the Rogue River valley. They
who have made their mark in the financial world
and as result OF experience good Judges OF business
opportunities generally They and their associates have al
ready large investments in this section and making
arrangements for the placing of additional capital for the
completion OF their plans for the irrigation OF many thou
sands Of of land both the north side and the south
side OF Rogue river
1t is pleasing to note the fact that the leading men of
Grants Pass have welcomed these visitors and given them
every encouragement in the extension of their irrigation
system which promises to become of the leading enter
prss In the north west 1t has been generally conceded
that this part of the Rogue River valley lacked but one
thing to make it ideal general farming and fruit cou
try and that was water the lands and this being sup
piled by the corporation which visitors represent The
trustees Of the Grants Pass Commercial club invited the
Chicago representatives to their Tuesday even
ing and the occasion made memorable for the friendly
feeling and good wishes which interchanged The
committee of the club assured them of their hearty support
in the important enterprise which the irrigation company
is carrying forward and told them that the farmers of the
valley would in their opinion appreciate the opportunity
to water for their lands representative of The
Courier took the trouble to get the opinion of members
who entertained visitors and each and everyone said
substantially that it of the utmost Importance to TIE
best interests of Grants Pass to assist in CARRYING forward
this enterprise which capitalized by these Chicago leo
pie they to give the thing of importance and
that s water to rrgate farms 1t is to be hoped that
the people of Grants Pass well the farmers Under
the proposed system of irrigation will act in harmony
from this to build up the industrial interests of
both city and county The success of irrigation means
more to Grants Pass it has been claimed than the building
of two additional railroads and this opinion is not diff
cult to believe.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-08-25
BIG OPPORTUNITY MISSED.

y. L. Mangum, who wrote the Commercial Club pamph-
e1 Mining In Josephine County, says in that publica-
toh tat few years ago he had an opportunity to locate
the Big Yank ledge at Gace but neglected to do so and
othels came IN and took ii up and sold it the Ameda
consolidated Mines company OF the mine itself he SAYS
The Almeda Consolidated Mines Co. owns the Big
iank group OF quartz mining claims covering several hun
dled acres which is equipped with compressos air drills
HOSTS, concentratos rock cushers and smeer of 100
tons capacity The company has been actively engaged
continuously during the last ten years in developing this
gigantic mining proposition and it has either in sight
or immediately available thirty million dollars worth of
smelling ore The big ledge where the river cuts il in
TWAIN measures $50 feet WIDE thus proving it to be one of
the largest mneazed veins of quartz ever discovered in
North America There more than mile of underground
works on this ledge and numerous cross cuts drifts VIM
es and tunnels still being driven to make available ad
dona tonnage for the Smeter which was recently blown
n The ore carries iron pyes, copper suphdes and ga
lena Values go from 500 to $1,000 in gold and sves and
from to 10 per cent in copper Selected ores go as high
as $4,000 per ton in the three metals represented in the
assays One remarkable feature of the ore is that it in
IN richness depth is attained This fact rees
the claims o few that the of the mines in Oregon do
not hold their value with depth The company is active
and progressive and realizing the fact that it owns one of
the most extensive and valuable mining properties in
America, is considering the idea of constructing
much larger plant to handle the immense tonnage that is
being developed The officers of the company are NJ
Crouch president; H. b. NJ Simons vice presidents r. c.
Kinney. secretary and treasurer; John f. Wckham man
ager and Z. B. Wickham superintendent of the mine
Mr. Mangm is without doubt one of the best posted
men in southern Oregon in regard to mines and mining
matters. He has spent much time in investigating prop
critics and known MS mining engineer whose opinions
are valuable His pamphlet Just issued, will become pop-
lar and already there is considerable demand for it,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-08-25
SHORT ROAD TO PROSPERITY.

In the dawning of that prosperity which is to follow
irrigation and to make Grants Pass an industrial center
and the outlying districts farming territory rich be
yond measure it becomes us people to make he most
of our golden opportunities We all expecting much
from irrigation and yet The Courier feels constrained to
point out the fact that there much land to make ready
for water before practical work be done There
scarcely ten-acre tract that does not require the SER
vices of machine known as grader to make it avail
able for irrigation and raising crop. There has been
seemingly much delay in the matter of constructing the
irrigation bitches and as a result many farmers NAV
think that such hindrances will continue but from what
we can learn from those who speak with authority
the land holders can be assured that rapid progress will
be made from on and therefore, those who have land
to prepare for the water should get to work at the very
earliest opportunity they will miss another crop Dur
ing the of 1872 thousands of acres of grain and
alfalfa and must be raised This cutting and hauling
wood to town to get money to buy hay and other feed
should stop Get the land ready for the water not later
than May 15 next year. and put in your crops which will
find ready sale in the home market at big prices Stop
paying the Southern Pacific thousands upon thousands
of dollars for hauling these articles from other parts of
the state Mind you, the Southern Pacific Railroad COM
pany not responsible for your short comgs and please
remember these self eident truths.