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The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-06-02
Weeks News from All Over Colorado

Eve thousand replies have already
been received in Denver from trou'
season postcards sent out recently.
Joseph l.. Lamb and Mrs. Sophia
Hayden, each Of whom are over ~
years of age. were married at Canon
City
Beet seeding around Fort Morgan
is finished, and considering the dry
spring the crops look exceptionally
we'll
George w. Click has been appointed
carried and Walter C. Aten substitute
carrier on Grand Junction rural route
No a.
The orchardists in the Cedaredge
vicinity have not been hurt by frosts
and full crop of everything is near
ly certain.
Over fifty Chinese ringneck and
golden pheasants were liberated re-
Gently at the ranch of E. W. Fuqua,
seven miles east of Greeley.
The Southern hotel burned at
Brush. Several Denver travelling men
saved their lives by jumping out OF
the windows. The loss is $4,000.
Senator Guggenheim has received a
request from the Silverton CONNER
cial Club for assistance in getting a
government mining experiment sta
ton at Silverton.
State superintendent of public in
struction. Mrs. Helen NJ. Wixon. made
o,o 1oor ;vto nopuIaritv xphau che do
clared there were too many formal
examinations in schools.
When helping guide a pile which
was being driven in the bed of the
creek at the bridge being built across
the Uncompahgre, near Ouray, Will
lam McCready was painfully injured.
For several weeks a body of poll
ticians, under control of the Citizens
party, has been at work on plans for a
new charter to place Denver under
the Commission form of govern
ment"
Midshipman Edward Ellsberg of Col
GRADE. OF the naval academy gradual
ing class, has ben awarded the medal
presented by the Navy league of New
York for the best essay on naval or
patriotic subjects.
George Gion, the champion middle
weight wrestler of Nebraska. proved
superior to Roy Toliver, the champion
lightweight of Colorado, at Greeley.
Gion agreed to throw Tcliver three
times in an hour and made good.
One of the entertainment features
of the G. A. R. encampment at Salida.
on the 9th. 18th and Sth of June will
be an excursion to Marshall pass.
The fare will be only 81 for the round
trip and will be open to everybody.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-06-02
GENERAL.

Miss Sarah M. Scheidley, whose
holdings in Kansas City realty were
valued at s2.000,000, is dead.
Backed by prominent Boston men.
hospital is to be established in Boston
which will be exclusively for the rich.
A bill providing that no woman shall
be permitted to work more than nine
hours in any day or more than fifty
hours In any week in Missouri will
take effect June goth.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-06-02

Donver.-S. L. Won Phul of ST. Louis,
aeronaut and agent of the Ruinhart
Wine Company of France, and G. E..
Copeland. a prominent mining operator
of Victor, Colo, are in ST. Luke's hos
pital, while ]. w. Atkinson, promi-
nent contractor of Colorado Springs,
is lying in room at the Brown Palace
hotel, all three being victims of a
shooting that took place in the bar
room of the hotel.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-06-02

nouncement OF Mayor Todd that he
believes the municipality owned and
managed saloon is the solution OF the
liquor problem in Grand Junction and
other "dry" towns. Grand Junction
has been dry" for over two years. 1t
is now perpetually dry" by a provi-
sion in the charter. Any attempt to
make the city wet" would necessi-
tate amendment of the charter.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-06-02
Planting Trees In Mon.ezuma.

Cortez.-According to the report OF
County horticultural Inspector Taylor
10000 fruit trees were received in
this county this year. and. as most OF
our orchard men figure fifty trees to
the acre, there are sufficient to plant
in the neighborhood of $500 acres.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-06-02

San Francisco. - Outfought. out
paced. outgeneraled. everything but
outgnmed. Frankie Burns of Oakland
was forced to hoist the white towel of
surrender as the gong rang for the
beginning of the seventeenth round of
his fight with Ad Wolgast, light
weight champion.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-06-02
oIl PROMOTER Busy.

Grand Junction-The ell boom in
eastern Utah has spread to this city
and dozens of promoters are here at
temI ting to organize stock companies
to develop oil claims.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-06-02
rbirty.fIve Graduate School Of Mines

Golden.-The exercises marking the
close of the thirty-sventh year of the
Colorado School of Mines were held
at Guggenheim hall. the degrees of
mining and metallurgical engineer be-
ing conferred upon thirty-five young
men.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-06-02
Auto Smashed; Four Killed.

Los Angeles.-Four persons were
killed and one injured fatally at a
railroad crossing near Rivers in this
county in a collision between Pa
cific Electric car and an automobile.
Both were running at full speed.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-06-02
Eastern Produce.

Chicago.-Butter-Steady; creamer-
les, 16@21c; diaries, 15@19c..
Eggs-Steady; at mark, cases in
ciuded, 12h @13c; firsts. 141hc; prime
firsts, 15c.
Cheese-Steady; daisies, 11h@
11%c; twins. 1Okc; Young Americas,
11A OHIO; Long Horns, liz @11kc.
Potatoes--Strong; choice to fancy,
new, $1.15@1.25; old. 3S@4Oc; fair to
good. old, 35@37c.
Poultry-Steady; turkeys, live, 12c;
fowls. live. 12c; springs, dressed, 22@
yeal-steady; $3.50 lbs. 7@7hc;
6o-s5 lbs, sqsc; S5-110 lbs, az loo.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-06-02
Live stock.

Chicago. -Cattle-Market steady:
beeves, s5.75@6.35; Texas steers. s4.6O
@5.55; Western steers. sa.sO@5.6O;
stockers and feeders, s3.9O@5.75;
cows and heifers, s2.4O@5.7O; calves,
Hogs-Market generally sc higher;
light, $685. sos; mixed, $3.50 500;
heavy $5.40@5.S71s; rough $4,000
$50; good to choice heavy, $4,000
5:s1h; pigs. s5.Sc@5.95; bulk of sales,
$5.S0@5.95.
Sheep-Market slow generally; ma
tive, sS.5Oq5.O0; Western. s3.75@5.25;
yearlings, s475@5.9O; lambs, native,
s4.75@7.00; Western, s5.75@725.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-06-02
VIII Hitch Ship to Iceberg.

Sacramento. Cal.-Evelyn Briggs
Baldwin. Arctic explorer. who is here,
announces that, by hitching his ship
to an iceberg he expects to float over
the North Pole, starting in 1913 and
getting back to civilization about
1917.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-06-02
Wool at St. Louis.

st. Observation-Disclosures; me-
dunn grades, combing and clothing,
16@1sc light fine. 15@16c; heavy
fine, 12914c; tub washed. 16@2sc.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-06-02

Collbran. = The municipal water
works at Collbran has been completed
Mesa will now installa water system.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-06-02

Peoria, Ill.-A tornado struck Pekin,
ILL.,, killing two persons and causing
property damage that will amount to
thousands.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-06-02
Akron Lighted by Electricity.

Akron.--The gas and electric light
plant has been completed and lights
turned on. The plant was built in less
than four months.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-06-02

Municipal Ownership of Saloons.
Grand Junction. Widespread inter
est has been created in western Colo
RADIO. and particularly here. by the an
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-06-02

Duluth.-Flax on track, to arrive.
May and July, 1921; September.
$1.sS; October. s1.Ss.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-06-02
Hay.

Hay.
prices paid by Denver Jobbers F. o.
B. track Denver).
Colorado upland, per ton. .14.OO@15.O0
Nebraska upland, per ton. 13.00@14.00
Second bottom, Colorado
and Nebraska, per ton. .11.00@12.00
Timothy, per ton .13.00@14.00
Alfalfa. per ton ......... .12.00@13.00
South Park choice, per ton 16.00@17.00
San Luis Valley, per ton. .13.00@14.00
Gunnison Valley, per ton .1300@14.00
Straw. per ton ........... 1000 500
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-06-02
MARKET
DENVER MARKETS.
ou oTATIo N s

Cattle.
Beef steers. grain fed. good
to choice ....-...-..-. -o-ooVo.zo
Beef steers. grain fed. fair
to good .....-....-.. -foePo-oV
Beef steers, pulp fed. good to
choice .....-..-. -o-4ooSo.VV
Beef steers. pulp fed, fair to
good ......-....... -o-Voeo'fo
Beef steers, hay fed. good to
choice .54o@5.sO
goos .5.oo@5.4o
Cows and heifers, grain FED,
good to choice ......-.. .5.25@6.0O
Cows and heifers, grain fed.
fair to good ........... .4.5O@5.2o
Cows and heifers. pulp fed,
good to choice 4.5o@5.s5
Cows and heifers, pulp fed.
fair to good ............ .4.0OQ4-50
Cows and heifers, hay fed,
good to choice .45O@5.25
Cows and heifers. hay fed,
fair to good ............ .3.90@4.50
Stock cows and heifers -. .3.00@4.00
Gamers and cutters $3.50. .2.50@3.25
veal calves .............. .1.OUQo.1o
Bulls ................ 3.50@4.50
Stays .4.00@5.
Feeders and stockers, good
to choice ........... 5.OODo.5U
Feeders and stockers, fair
to good ........... .4.25Q5.OO
Feeders and stockeYs, COM
mon to fair ............. .3.75@4.25
Hogs.
Good hogs :. ........... 100000
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The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-06-02
Live Poultry.
Butter.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

Eggs. case count. case ..... 1920
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-04-28

and the line slipped out over the DOW ugh.-
ening with jerk as he snubbed 1t on a Great.
So we had one walrus, at any rate, haru anu
fast on the business end Of the line. When
he came up to breathe-for he was 1ar from
dead fired at him again and missed, and ne
ducked under The same thing happened sew
eral times. and though | did finally finish him
with a bullet through his brain, had no idea
until then what a lot OF practice 1t takes to
shoot accurately out of a boat when rocked
even by small waves, as was ours
The sixth OF August was calm and warm.
the sun shone brightly and the innumerable
pans of floating ice glistened under the slant
ing rays, as the Erik showed her nose into
the mouth of Whale sound.
Just the day for walruo-no wind and
they'll be out on the ice sleeping In the sun"
said Mat Henson, who had come aboard from
the Roosevelt to take charge of the hunt; and
Mat knew for he had hunted walrus in Whale
sound many time.
In half an hour several pans of walrus had
been sighted-it was then four in the morn
ing-and two boats were launched Norton,
Henson, two Eskimo and myself in a rowboat;
Whitney. with crew, in the launch We
were soon busy. When animal was killed
an car hoisted and the ship steamed up
TO the spot and hauled the dead monster
aboard with the winch the boat showing of
again to search for more game. Some of the
tricks of the trade" were soon learned. for
instance: a walrus killed in the water would
sink nine times out of ten, and unless there
was a harpoon in him would be lost The
same was generally true of one shot an
ice pan, unless killed instantly-he would
slide off into the water and sink.
Our party finally returned aboard exhaust
ed, to ind that about 40 walrus had been
taken.
When I awoke next morning we were drop
ping anchor off a little Eskimo village named
Kangerderlooksoah situated near the mouth
of Ingleheld gulf Commander Peary had
been with us aboard the Erik since leaving
North Star bay and said that he would remain
here long enough to give US chance at the
caribou. That afternoon we pushed off in the
whaleboat. bound for the head of the gulf.
five Eskimo companions as pleased and as
excited as children at the idea of hunt. We
worked along shore. zlgzagGinS between low
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-04-28
-azXpES lz9o EIRNc74k roar

slabs of ice, where pigeons 1oated and
little auks dove and flew away as the boat ap-
preached Looking over the side one could see
their little blackand-whte bodies shooting
the water, using their wings vigorously and
leaving trail of bubbles behind. Several seals
were seen and rounded point half an
hour later, another village appeared the pointed
huts hardly distinguishable at first from the
pointed rocks native came out In a kayak
to accompany ashore.
At least half the population expressed a
strong desire to go with US, by getting into the
boat when We were making ready to leave,
compromise being finally effected by taking
along two hne-looking young bucks each dressed
In new bear and sealskin suit.
AT seven the next morning the sun burst
through the mist and shone the wet rocks
the white ice in the bay, and also on the glisten-
ing black head of curious seal wallowing
about just off shore Things we're moving in
no time The husldes crawled out from under
the boat cover and beat their fur clothing with
sticks to get out the dampness and the oil
stoves were set going in preparation for break
fast. At eight started inland, accompanied
by the Eskimo hunters, carrying rifles and a
few biscuits.
The first ridge sharply from the shore.
the trail beyond leading up broad, racky val
ley. Here we separated my two guides turn
ing up dry creek bed 1t was hard travelling
over the broken rock in the valleys and the
steep slants OF the r1ugeS, and my .4O5 WlncheS-
ter got pretty heavy before sighted the first
game, in the shape of two bluegray caribou
bulls feeding at the edge of a rock-rimmed
pond One of the huskies and l circled around
the down-wind side and crawed bellies
up to a big boulder near the head of the pond,
bringing both animals within range AS we
reached the boulder and peeked cautiously
around 1t the nearer caribou began to get I'M
easy and started out of the water but pulled
up on the bank, at range of about 100 yards.
long enough to get himself properly shot At
that distance his coat was much the same shade
OF gray as the rocks which he fell.
Not long after leaving this pond we killed,
between us, Is ptarmigan with the 20 rifle. A
few hours later standing on the top of a high
ridge looking across big valley with a lake
at the bottom. the inland ice cap could be plain
ly seen curving down, smooth and white, smoth-
ering all but this narrow strip of barren land
along the coast; and at the foot of the ridge on
the other side, standing ankle deep at the edge
Of another little pond. were two more caribou,
bull and cow We dropped back of the crest
of the ridge and, following down a ravine fur
Their on. came out level with the pond hid
den from the sight Of the game by small hum
mock of rock. By crawling to the top of the
hummock were able 30 get a view of the
pond The caribou were still there, but lying
down among the stones. and so like them In
color that they were very hard to locate without
tie glasses-though only 300 yards distant. as
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-04-28

Fahrenheit, making Hawk Harbor. a whaling
station and factory the Labrador coast
Sunday evening at eight
The whale meat for which we came to
Hawk Harbor having been slowed on deck
forward we left in company with the Roose-
gelt on Tuesday afternoon and the following
day entered the harbor at Turnivik our last
stop on the Labrador coast, in the midst of a
thunderstorm. Turnivik is a fishing station.
and here Capt. Bob Bartlett said goodby to
his father. Capt. William Bartlett who is
owner of the station.
The run through Davis strait, across Baf-
I'm and Melville bays. around Cape York and
into North Star bay. where waited for the
Roosevelt. consumed nine days, during which
time overhauled our outfit worked on a
sail for the whaeboat and fished for gulls that
wouldn't bite. We crossed the arctic circle
on the twenty-eighth of July. At midnight on
the thirtieth of July | took a snapshot pho
tograph of the ship from the end of the bow
spirit
The Roosevelt came in the third of
August having stopped at Cape York to pick
up dogs and natives, and at the suggestion Of
Peary we lost no time in preparing for wal
rus hunt Commander Peary helped us in
every way possbe-as indeed he had done
from the start and continued to do until the
ships separated-procuring Eskimo guides for
and telling where to go and what to do
when we got lhere we left the ship at three
In the morning with three Eskimo guides,
steering power whaleboat west through
Wolstenholm sound to where Saunders island
lifts its steep, bare sides, washed on the west
by the open water of Baffin bay. In the sound
and about Saunders island congregate the old
bull walrus. while further north in the Whale
sound regions are found only the COWS and
young bulls.
on the eastern end Of the island one of
ba EeEmO nOfntpd n "a black On
ing cake OF ice. and pushed nearer the
black turned to dirty brownish yellow, soon
easily recognized two big walrus bulls lying
asleep on the ice pan. The engine was stopped
and the boat drifted up quietly. TWO Eskimo
stood in the bow with harpoons ready, stood
next, and the others somewhere behind me.
When within abont 80 feet both walrus raised
their heads, showing long white tusks and
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-04-28
Fall Of Ancient Building.

Great excitement prevailed in Not
tingham few days ago. when three
stored warehouse was blown over
bodily. nothing but the foundations re-
naming. says an English exchange.
The building was used as grain
a hundred yards long and 200 years
old. The building heeled bodily over
and collapsed into the street, the up
per part striking the houses on the
opposite side. The inhamitants of
the district left their beds and hurried
into the street, believing an earth
quake had taken place.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-04-28
Wanted His Old Rooms.

A man well known in sporting cir.
cles returned TO New York the other
day from spending six months in Eu-
rope and got the same rooms in his
hotel he had had before going abroad.
so anxious was he before he went
away to retain the rooms, which he
said just suited him. that he paid
three months rent in advance. The
manager offered to give him the
rooms when he returned If they were
not occupied. but that was no assur-
ance to him. He said he would pay
three months rent in advance any
now just to keep the rooms vacant
and II he stayed longer In Europe he
would pay rent for the rest of the
time when he got back. And he did.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-04-28

Strong love and longing for her wild
island home. which she had not seen
for rs years, prompted dying woman
in Inverness to ask that her body be
buried in the far-away burial ground
in North Uist, an island of the group
OF the South Hebrides. The coffin
was taken by rail to Kyle OF Lochalsh
and thence by steamer to Portree,
and after having been driven over
rough country for 80 miles 1t was
safely Inferred at Kilmuir. in the Out
err Isles.-Glasgow Herald.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-04-28

After firing two anglers in fight,
the seasons record albiscore was land
ed here by Capt, G. Farnsworth. The
fish weighed Sig pounds.
Thomas r. Elliot of New Orleans
was the angler who hooked the fish,
but owing to its terrific fight to gain
liberty he was unable to continue the
battle. Next to take a hand in the
fray" was Mr.. Elliot's brother, who
was fishing from the same launch.
Before the fight could be won the rod
had to be turned over to the boat
man.-Avalon correspondence Los An
geles Times.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-04-28
NO GROUND FOR DIVORCE
Absence Of Pie and Cake in Household
Did Not Obtain Judicial
Separation.

Is the lack of pie and cake in a
home for four long months cause for
divorce? And is 40 cents day too
much to spend for groceries for a fam
fly OF two?
These intricate problems of domes-
tic science were. put squarely up to
Judge o. A. Lucas of the circuit court
IN the divorce suit which Alexander
Herbach had brought against Cathe.
dine Herbach. Judge Lucas, however,
was not disposed to rule hastily on the
pie question. and was inclined to say
that the enjoyment of pie largely is a
matter of digestion. He refused the
divorce after the wife, in testifying,
had made the pie assertions
1t was mail order" romance this
OF the Herbachs, and the court refused
to exchange unsatisfactory goods Mrs
Herbach that was to be and still Is,
was living on farm In Iowa. She
grew weary OF the single life and adj
vertised for a partner. The ad which
asked for a loving, gentle. kind and
generally housebroken husband,
SouSht tue eye VI IltIBdCu, WHO ran II
hotel near Twelfth street and Broad
way. He answered There was letter
after letter. Both professed-in their
letters-to have something of this
worlds goods.
An so they were married At this
point, where romances usually end
this one only fairly starts.
This is what Mrs. Herbach had to
say on the witness stand about their
married life:
Even on my wedding day Mr. Her
bach would not go to breakfast with
me. He didn't evensgive me carfare to
get home. He said:
Now go home and tend to the
business
with that he left me standing on
the street. And on the second day aft
er we were married he made q fuss
because | spent 40 cents In the grocery
for things we had to have to eat If
the bill was over 25 cents day he
was mad, and would criticize me.
why. judge, there was not one
piece OF pie or cake in that house from
the time we were married until he put
me out four months afterward.
said: When | was a working girl | al
ways got enough to eat kansas
City Journal
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-04-28

Little Willie-This paper says there
are no statues of women in the hall
of fame, pa. Why is that?
Pa-Oh, that is easily explained,
my son. There isn't any hall in the
country half large enough for all our
famous women.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-04-28
For Awhile.

81 see your son has gone to work"
yep"
How is he getting along?"
"Oh, fine Anything in the way of
4 novelty always appeals to him"