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The Washington herald., 1912-09-03
Guilty Until Proven Innocent.

From the Providence Journal
There is nothing sacrosanct about the
legal maxim that one charged with
crime shall be deemed innocent until
proved guilty. In Trench courts the
practice apparently follows the reverse
of this maxim-the defendant must prove
his innocence. The procedure by either
same to the view of the layman; but
judges in this country undertake to
keep the mind of the jury clear as to
the distinction, IL danger OF confusion
arises 1t sometimes may appear that
the ends of justice are better conserved
by the French method: but proba bly,
English and American courts will con-
tinue indefinitely to cling to their own
tradition. The habit manifestly will OBJ
struct the purpose of some of the men,
bers OF the Stanley steel investigating
committee to require that corporations
indicted under the antitrust statute shall
prove the reasonableness Of their COM
binations or operations. thereby reliev-
ing the government OF the task of prov
ing unreasonableness.
The Sherman act being a criminal stat
ute, the imposition of the burden of
proof upon the defendant would be an
unusual provision. The analogy with the
practice in railroad rate adjudications,
being compelled to prove the falsity of a
charge that a rate is excessive or dis
criminatory, is not impressive.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-03
What Is a Good Road :"

One of the commendable things done
by the last Congress was to appropriate
100000 for the purpose of gaining and
sending out broadcast information how
to build really good and desirable roads.
The sum is to be used in experimental
road building, and experts are to report
the results. By this means clear infor-
nation will be obtainable by an in every
State, in every county
Enthusiasm paired with inexperience
has done great deal of harm to the
good-road projects of this country.
Communities went to work firmly per-
suaded that they were in need of good
roads, but lacking in knowledge how to
build them properly and lastingly. We
recollect having read that out West
many miles of what they called macad-
amized roadbed have been constructed
only to see them disappear in the un-
derlying mud in low lands, or blow
away in dust Gas in Kansas.
No wonder that such failures have
produced encouragement and even
skepticism and what was more natural
than check upon improvement of the
highways. Before building an improved
road with success it is absolutely es-
sential that the builders know what is
the. best material obtainable in the
neighborhood and at reasonable outlay.
Next, engineers should be engaged who
know how to lay roadbed, and, above
all, the drainage question must be thor
oughly considered. Not to forget the
cost of maintenance, about which there
ought to be clear understanding.
1t costs money to build good roads,
but it also costs money to keep them
in condition. Counties or townships
should be prepared to bear all the ex-
pense. Then and only then will they
succeed and reap a benefit instead of
building on sand" in the true meaning
OF the word.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-03
Slaughter of Innocents.

Washington has had several noted
men who boast of their prowess on the
hunting field, one in particular who
travelled thousands of miles to satisfy
his lust for the life of wild beasts
who reveled in the sact that he killed
the mighy elephant not for food, bu,
simply for the satisfaction of proving
his prowess. The elephant had nc
chance, his pursuer Was accompanied
by dozens of hired natives to track
him, by other experts to shoot if he
missed.
In Washington, the seat of govern
ment of the most highly civilized ma
ton in the world, the season is now
open to young and old to satisfy their
lust for blood. And what record they
are making. Brave men and boys are
allowed TO carry deadly weapons, al
lowed to sneak up to lot of ferocious
and monster wild birds and animals,
such dangerous habitats of our fields
and marshes as the delicate little reed
bird, the stately blackbird, the pictur-
esque plover, the swift-fying snipe.
Brave men these who can face such
terrible enemies OF the human race.
The frightful fear these specimens of
wild life inspire to the Christian white
ran, the enormous damage they do
TO the country generally, is such that
the bravery of those who don their ar
NOR and face such fearful foes is almost
beyond comprehension. There are men
and even young boys who have faced
dozens of these ferocious birds at a
time, who have shot into fiocks of these
destroyers of human happiness when
they were engaged in the much-to-be-
deplored task of actually eating worms
and insects that were destroying fruit
trees. Congress should give them a
The Washington herald., 1912-09-03
POLLS.
.ChecEers.o

Checkers" a play which is said to
have been successful because of the i'm
mortal line, Gee. but It's hell to be
poor"' Is this weeks attraction present.
ed by the Poll Players. 1t is just such
a piece as one would care to see to drive
away dull care. II requires no effort to
appreciate and enjoy 1t and, therefore,
is an appropriate attraction for warm
weather days
II memory does not trick, 1t was
Checkers that gave Henry Blossom
his first boost in the life dramatic. II
served for many years as vehicle Tor
Thomas W. Ross. who played the par,
so many times that he could sing his
way through IT, The piece Is race
track play, and is actually freckled with
the slang of the paddock and the lingo
of the tout. This gives the comedy to
the situation to the worldly, and to the
homely virtuous there is comedy In the
village characters. Checkers" seems
destined to pack the theater. for like
Tennyson's "Brook'-but what's the use!
Mr. Van Buren slips gracefully into the
role of Checkers" Naturally the part
tracts about all that can be gotten from
the part of the race-track gambler. who
wins in the last act.
To Miss Jewell falls the part Of Pert.
daughter of Barlow. the village Croesus.
The part is one of those Juvenile roles
calling for little effort, but just to be
natural. Miss Jewell is always this.
and thus lives through the four acts just
like one would imagine Persia Barlow
would really live in Clarksville. Ark.
To Mark Kent, however. the honors Of
the performance should go. Mr.. Kent
is a sterling character actor. and those
who have seen him during the last few
years have noticed him grow richer each
year in the artistry Of his splendid de-
The Washington herald., 1912-09-03
Michigan's Significant Primary.

Chairman Groesbeck, of the Michi-
gan Republican State Committee, de-
ducts from the result of the primaries
held there last week that the Taft
ticket will win there by at least 100000
in November.
State chairmen are wont to make the
most favorable forecasts for their can
dadates, but Mr.. Groesbeck substan-
tiates what he predicts by deduction
that the Republicans of Michigan have
not been led into political wild-goose
chases by any of the many ISSUES"
presented by the Bull Moose chief.
But should Mr.. Groesbeck prove to
be true prophet Mr.. Taft would have
a plurality in Michigan almost two
thirds as large as he received four
years ago. The State chairman says
he feels solid ground under his feet,
because the third termers cut a sorry
figure at the primaries, thus showing
beyond a doubt the steadiness ard 10y
atty with which the Republicans of
Michigan adhered to- their old party
affiliations. Besides, they were divid-
ed between two rival candidates for the
Governorship, Mr.. Musselman and Sec
retary of State Martindale The for
mer won to the discomfort of the
Bull Moosers.
Michigan was the first of the great
Republican States to hold nominating
primaries since the third ticket was
put in the field. Therefore the above
result is very significant. Michigan
ought to cast at least $4,000 votes,
which places it in the class of States
of determining power in a close ma
tional campaign.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-03
Especially


medal for their bravery. Especially
should those who succeed in murder
ing 1--WE mean shooting) such desperate
specimens of wild life as bird weigh
ing at least one ounce or perhaps three
ounces be honored.
Another grand feature of these
hunting excursions is the beautiful IL
lustrations they give to our little ones.
What possibly could help them more
than to have lot of these awful reed
birds to play with just after they have
been killed, with the blood dripping
from their powerful bills. What mag
niheent lesson they give to the infantile
mind of the bloodthirstiness of their
big brother or father. What a tribute
to the power of the Christian educa-
ton of the brave destroyers. How
much better than the atrocities COM
mitted in the Stone Age, when primi-
tive man had a stone OF club to, de-
fend himself against the monster di-
morris, when the wild life of those days
had fighting chance. To-day with
high-powered guns, smokeless powder,
a man can stand a safe distance away
from the dangerous reedbird and kill
him without a chance of being hurt He
can show his trophies to his little ones
and teach them to have no compunc-
tons of conscience in the taking of life.
How much better it is to kill these
little birds than it is for scientists to
practice vivisection in the interests of
broad humanity.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-03
Roosevelt Far from Confident.

If the campaign to elect MIR. Roose-
velt President fails it will not be for
lack of money. In this respect-per-
haps in management also-the. third
party is better off than either the Re-
publicans or the Democrats. Those who
are supposed to know something about
such things admit freely that the third
party campaign is the most effectively
financed and the most efficiently man.
aged that this country has ever seen.
There seems no use in denying this, and
if it were IT would be far better for
Roosevelt's rivals to face this situation
squarely and try their level best to
overcome it and to meet 'like by like"
(according to the famous maximum of
the founder of the Homeopathic
School ''similia similibus curentur") }
than to ignore it, as Mr.. Hilles and his
advisers appear to be doing.
The third term movement, to begin
with, is headed by 4 man who in an
age of advertising is past grand master
in the art of blowing his own horn.
Publicity is essential nowadays as well
in politics as in business. We all know
that Mr. Roosevelt knows how to keep
himself in the limelight He is, in a
certain sense, his own publicity man.
ager, and. besides, his efforts are be-
ing aided by the most up-to-date meth
DDS known to advertising experts.
Contracts have been made with the
leading publicity mediums for space"
running into thousands of dollars. Pic
ture postal cards are being mailed by
the million, and the story of his ad-
venturous life is to be portrayed in
every State and every city, almost, by
means of moving pictures, &c.
True, the same sort of publicity could
not be attempted for either Mr.. Taft
or Mr.. Wilson. 1t is impossible, be-
cause neither of them would lend
themselves to the sort of publicity
which Roosevelt loves. Of the two
Taft will suffer less than Wilson as
the result of such doings, because
Roosevelt and Wilson are after al
most the same vote, while Mr.. Taft is
the candidate of the thoughtful, the
silent voter, the man who thinks and
votes rather than those who shout and
vote DR.. Wilson hopes to get both
classes.
- Yet withal, men very close to Roose-
welt, among themselves, declare that he
is far from confident of being elected
The reason they give is that otherwise
he would not have insisted upon plac-
ing a third ticket in the field in each.
State. To have put in a separate cleo
toral ticket only would have landed
for him more votes, but after the No
vember election and his defeat he
would have been down and out" and
would have had to start all over again
wphout the enthusiasm of the present
campaign to aid him.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-03

will be special features in addition to the
free attractions and amusement devices
that have made the resort so popular.
With the heavy attendance that mark
ed the opening of the carnival yesterday
the management expects that before the
end of the week a new record will have
been hung up and the season Of 1872 will
have had a closing that was even more
auspicious than was the opening, fitting
end for the greatest season Glen Echo
has ever known.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-03
Peruvian Rubber Scandals.

From Topics Of the Times" in the v Y Times.
With the Congo atrocities duplicated
around the headwaters of the ANA zon
the business of collecting wild" rubber
is likely to get bad name wherever it
is carried on. Even the cultivated rub
ber may be viewed with suspicion. since
1t. too. is very largely a product of
native labor. done under but little su-
pervision except from those whose imme-
diate interest lies in ruthlessly exploiting
their workers. Indeed, not a few scan
dals of this sort have already come from
the rubber plantations on this continent
as well as in the East.
OF course, there is nothing demorallz-
ing in rubber itself, however it may be.
by common report, as regards that noble
but now oblescent animal. the horse.
The familiar troubles arise doubtless
from the fact that the men sent to con-
troll the gathering or the growing of
rubber have to be marked by qualities
among which delicacy and sensitiveness
are apt TO be missing. They find them
selves alone in most uncomfortable con-
ditions and with much authority over
tribes so utterly alien in everything that
makes for social amenities that in their
often recurring moments of irritation the
remembrance that their workers are
human beings is lost. Not a few ex-
ploreTs of dark lands have suffered
from this form of amnesia, and more OF
them have been charged with it.
This, however, is not an excuse for
cruelty to black savages or red or yellow
ones. but it Is an explanation. so far as
it goes. why men who seemed much ike
ather men while among their own kind
have seemingly lost all regard for human
life when they have been long buried in
tropical jungles- Their usual defense OF
homicide is that IL was case of kill or
be killed. but that plea hardly applies
when only the making of big and quick
profits is concerned.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-03
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
LAVISH TIMES

LAVISH TIMES.
When good King Arthur ruled the land
He was . goodly king.
He bought three pecks Of barley meal
To make q bag pudding.
A bag pudding the queen did make
And stuffed 1t well with plums.
And in It put great Jumps OF fat
As big as my two thumbs.
The king invited kin and kith.
All hearty trenchermen.
They didn't have to bother with
The cost of living then.
3 Uncle Pennysvise Says,
hate a man who goes around flashing
a big wad OF bills. and Dragging that he
didn't take any vacation.
Goins some.
In India. brides Of twelve are not un-
common"
II don't expect to equal that record. .
said the summer belle. but SO far I've
been the fiancee Of six"
september in History.
September .. l57s-oueen Elizabeth ac-
cepts Sir Walter Raleigh. A summer en-
gagement.
September g. r755-oliver Goldsmith buys
a toothbrush on easy weekly payments.
Might Work Well.
There is some talk of abolishing the
cabinet"
What would take its placer"
They might let each department be
conducted by some. good magazine"
A Pause I'm Battle.
Let deadly bullets cease to n.y.,
A truce to clashing steel.
zone minute needed" is the cry
ITO fix another reel"
Even with Living High.
II get $4,000 year, and save quarter
of IT."
IF got that salary I think I could
save as much as 50 cents"
DeIixhtful Campaigning.
Pretty women campaign in England"
las to how?"
Giving kisses for votes"
'Um. I must admit that England Is
ahead of us in some things"
Perfectly Satisfied.
IT weighed her pets daily" said the
drug clerk at the summer resort. Her
canary gained half an ounce and her pug
dog gained two pounds"
And the lady herselfT'
"Oh. she lost seven pounds. But she's
well pleased with the place"
The Washington herald., 1912-09-03
LAST NIGHT AT THE THEATERS

iinsstions. Miss Barlow could not be I'M
proved upon.
Mr.. Haines. as Push" Miller. a splen-
did role. did well. except being inclined
to forget his lines.
Miss Bondhill also deserves mention for
her bit Of character work as Cynthia" I"
the slavey. Graham velsey, as Arthur
kepdall. thankless part from an au-
dience's standpoint. was also acceptable.
In the company which Is presenting
Checkers there are thirty-two charac-
ters.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-03

A large increase of salaries is requested
for the police department of New York.
Most likely the desire of the members to
open bank account has something to do
with IL.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-03

Trade follows the explorers nag also
An American company mined 5000
tons Of coal near spitzbergen last year.
There is something else besides ice in the
arctics.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-03

There will not be heated campaign
In the Taft camp. seeing that former Vice
President Fairbanks is going on the
stump for him.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-03

We dare the Boston police to raid $50
cial and literary clubs" as their New
York confreres are doing.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-03

The only issue Mr.. Roosevelt has man.
aged to raise thus far In the campaign
is that of veracity.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-03

An ordinary carpenters clamp be made TO
hold twice much with half the pressure Of the
screw By fling a groove in the center Of the anvil.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-03

In the forty years that records have been
kept more than $50 ooo.ooo worth of sewing ma
chimes have been exported from the United States.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-03

Why not end 1t all by putting = nick In
Nicaragua rebellions7
The Washington herald., 1912-09-03
From the Philadelrhi

From the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph
That story of New England textile
manufacturers planting dynamite "a
discredit their striking employees is one
that ought to be false, even II Il is not
The Washington herald., 1912-09-03
PERTINENT AND IMPERTINENT

From the New York work
The mouth of Oyster Bay is foaming a
little more than usual.
From the Houston Chronicle.
If the new woman movement is to re-
suit in good national. State and CITY
housekeeping, alls well that ends well.
From the Boston Transcript.
1t is never too late to mend political
fences.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-03

Pretty women campaign in England" !"
"As to how?"
Giving kisses for votes"
'Um. I must admit that England is
ahead of US in some things"
The Keota news., 1912-01-12

Joseph Foy has completed his rock
barn.
l.. T. McGlynn was business caller
at the News Office Wednesday.
Fred Trumbo will attend dance nine
miles northwest tonight, Friday.
Miss Violet Harvey returned to Paw
nee, Saturday, after week visit with
Lila Besaw.
Clyde Owens, a student in the schools
at Boulder, has returned to that city af-
ter visit here.
Lila and Ruth Besaw have recovered
from their attack of tonsilitis. Little
Ruth will start to school Monday.
Miss Coburn, of Fort Lupton, arrived
here Saturday, and will teach the school
in District No. 4, Sunshine Valley.
G. J. McQuiston and D. w. Schoon-
over and family were dinner guests Of
Mr. and Mrs. w. X. Stewart, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Beardsley were guests
over Sunday at the Wertz home. re-
manning over night on account of the
storm.
Jerry Codwell of Merna, Nebraska,
after delightful two weeks visit with
friends here, departed for the east,
Tuesday.
Christian Science service will be held
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Muir
ply, Sunday at 1920 a. m. Sunday
School at 1890.
Mr. Miller who had finished contract
Of ditch work at Num-, passed through
here Monday with bunch of horses on
his way to Julesbnrg,
C. S. Jordan, of Grover, was caller
at the News office, Wednesday. He
was one of party who were here prov
ing up on homestead.
The News Office received a call from
Messrs l. S. Griffin of Keota, Richard
c. Davis of Goodrich, and E. G. Hoyt of
Buckingham, Wednesday.
John Wylie, who died of tuberculosis
at his home in Greeley, January 5, left
wife and one child. The body was
brought to Sterling for interment.
The Keota news., 1912-01-12
PLEASANT VIEW


w. C. Rupe had the misfortune to lose
his dog.
w. o. Hughes sold fine young mule
last week.
Miss Myrtle Rupe spent Sunday at
Benefits.
Will Mckinley made business trip to
Keota last week.
Grandpa and Grandma Lamon took
dinner with H. S. Lamon one day last
week.
Henry Lamon is taking care of Mr..
Wolworth's things during the latter's
absence.
Miss Julia Robinson was unable to
teach schoolsthe first of the week on ac-
count of being sick.
Messrs Henry I.amon, Will Mckinley,
DR.. Rowe and John Hartman took sup
per at Hughes, Tuesday.
w. o. Hughes enjoyed his fifty first
birthday, Monday, Jauary 8, by sitting
around the fire. The News wishes Mr..
Hughes and family abundant health and
prosperity, and also for himself many
happy returns Of his birthday
The Keota news., 1912-01-12
The Weather

A commercial traveller was asked the
other day in Denver: 'How do you like
our climate?" He replied: (Which one?'
The temperature had changed from 60
Here in keota the temperature was zero
on Monday, 32 degrees Tuesday, 65 on
Wednesday, 10 below zero Thursday, and
zero Friday morning.
The Keota news., 1912-01-12
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The Keota news., 1912-01-12

On Tuesday Joseph Tighe of Raymer
was here before U S. Land Commits
sioner l. S. Griffin, proving up on his
homestead. located eight miles south
west of Raymer. l. N. Vik and II. ID.
Eddy of Raymer were here as witnesses
for Mr.. Tighe. These gentlemes at
tended the meeting of the keota Com
mercial Club, Tuesday evening, and took
part in discussing the new county
question.
Miss Fac Stanley of Boulder had a
very pleasant two weeks visit at home
at High Tower and with friends in keo-
ta. Being her first visit to such new
country, she was much pleased with the
friendly disposition manifested by our
citizens. She will probably make keota
district her home after finishing school
in Boulder, to which city she returned
on January6.
Nebraska, who was a holiday guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. O. Dodder, left for his
home, Monday. He informed US that
Buffalo Bill' CIV. F. Cody and wife
Of North Platte will move to Tucson,
Arizona, where Mr.. Cody has mining
interests. 1t is understood he has re-
tired from the show business.
c. l.. Stanley of Fort Collins made
visit to his home at High Tower during
the holidays, and was also engaged in
the printing business at the News Office
several days. He returned to Fort Col
Inns January 7, and when spring opens
trict his permanent residence.
Mrs. c. S. Jordan of near Grover, was
in Keota, Wednesday, proving up on
section 2, township II, range 81, before
U. S. Land Commissioner l. S. Griffin.
F. C. Benskin and l.. A. Durbin of Gro
yer, were here as witnesses. They re-
manned over night in Keota.
Arthur Rupp, S. S. Potter and Mrs.
Silvis, citizens Of Buckingham, were
here Wednesday, making proof on a
homestead before U. S. Land Commits
sioner l. S. Griffin.
F. C. Benskin and L. A. Durbin of
Grover, formerly of Lafayette, called
at the News Office, Wednesday, to pay
their respects to the local editor.
John Bowles who is employed in Chey
enne, visited few days at his home
here and returned to the city, Saturday.
Tom Gurwell and family moved, Tues
day, from the Harley Jobbins property
to the house owned hx Dorie Palmer