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The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-01-25
BUSTING THE TRUSTS
E. w. HOWE'S MAGAZINE

he admitted that he had seen and
talked with 7. r. within a week or
ten days. And that settled it; Jim, the
Wise, represented T. r., another mod
est flower who is opposed to attract
ing attention.
1t was generally known that this
Chicago convention was composed Of
He'll Raisers who represented nobody
except active politicians who, being
Out, were anxious to Get In Yet the
newspapers gave the convention more
attention than they gave more wor-
thy Boy Scout convention meeting at
about the same time, the delegates 10
which were duly accredited.
AS have frequently said before. l
represent nobody, but it seems to me
that conditions should have been re-
versed. This Chicago convention
should have represented the business
interests of the country, with view
of bettering conditions rather than
making them worse. And instead OF
bringing a suit to needlessly annoy
our greatest business concern, the
attorney general should have brought
a suit to disperse and annoy the hell
raisers and busy bodies who have
forced their way into the business
game without single chip.
I stand pat on the proposition that
it is foolish to disturb the country
three or FIVE years when nothing is
accomplished except to boom certain
ambitious gentlemen for certain of-
fees. am poor myself. and naturally
want all that is coming to me. but |
do not believe in saving at the spigot
and wasting at the bung hole. l be-
lieve that the big corporations should
be regulated, but after regulation has
been accomplished. let us step before
it becomes mean. injurious persecu-
ton. And I say it is absurd to spend
five years in regulating a palpabie
public wrong; 1t should be accom-
plished in six months, and would be
accomplished in that time were the
wrong as great as is claimed by the
gentlemen who are making a profit
from disturbance. The trouble Is. our
executives are politicians and not
business men. and the men who are
trying to force our executives out. il
order that they may have their places,
are politicians and not business men.
Business should not only be encour-
aged in private life. but It should be
introduced at Washington.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-01-25
ROADS ASSOCIATION WILL
NOT SPLIT OVER TRAIL

At a meeting of the board of control
of the good roads convention held in
the Commerce club rooms at Pueblo
the bills incurred by the board in
holding the recent state convention
there were allowed and ordered paid
and the board was dissolved.
Secretary W. II. Emmons, of the
Good Roads association, was present
at the meeting All matters connected
with holding the convention in Pu-
eblo were settled except the turning
over of the stenographer's report.
Charles Williams, official stenograph.
ar for the convention, has not yet got
ten his report completed but will turn
II over to Secretary Emmons within a
few days.
Secretary Emmons does not think
there is danger of the Good Roads as
sociation being split over the action
Of the convention in Pueblo. and does
not believe that another association
will be formed by the Denveritea, who
we're displeased with the endorsement
OF the Santa Fe trail by the Pueblo
convention He declared that II an
other organization was formed II
would be purely a local association Of
Denver and one or two northern ooun-
ties. and that none OF the counties
would sccede from the state aasocia-
uop.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-01-25

/ desire to express another opinion,
but don't pay an attention to it; no.
body does.
l see that suit has been COM
menced to dissolve the steel trust.
They attorney general says that pos
sibly he was little slow in his suits
against the oil and tobacco people, as
he was five years in getting them
down, but he proudly expresses the
hope that he will be able, by means
of hard work, to get decision in the
steel suit within three years.
also note that there has already
been two nurries in steel stocks, and
that people of moderate neans who
owned these stocks, hurried to sell at
sacrifice. The big owners of steel
will possibly buy up these securities
at sacrifice; but anyway, the small
investors will certainly lose money
because of the suit filed by the gov
ernment
1 have already quoted a prominent
Muck Raking editor who admits that
the suits against the oil trust and the
tobacco trust, prosecuted at great ex-
pense for FIVE years, have not reduced
prices; that the ultimate result will
be higher prices for tobacco and oil.
The steel business is the greatest
American business. Since it is admit
ted that five years persecution of he
oil and tobacco men did no good, why
persecute the steel men three years
AS fair and noted a man as Theodore
Roosevelt is on record as saying that
the trust is inevitable, and economic.
Therefore why spend public money in
injuring the country? The small in
vestors in steel stocks have already
suffered. employees in the steel mills
will certainly suffer later on.
About the time the attorney general
announced his determination to per-
secute our greatest business, and
make as much trouble as possible. 4
Raise He'll convention was called in
Chicago. Two hundred delegates az
tended; thirty or forty states were
represented. Jim, the Wise. slipped
into Chicago. and gave 1t out that he
did not want to Attract Any Attention
although his real purpose was to az
tract as much as possible. 1t was
limited that he represented T. R., but
Jim, the Wise. would not say posi-
lively that he did; nor would he say
that he did not represent T. r. Bnt
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Save Money for You

Mrs. Harry Cooper and daughter.
Miss Beatrice Cooper. OF Bloomfield.
New Jersey. arrived hero one day last
week and viii spend tho winter Ia
Canon City for the benefit OF the lat
ter's health. Mrs. Cooper is a sister
in-iaw OF Mr.. and Mrs. Cooper of sos
Greenwood avenue and the visitors
are sojournlng at their home.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-01-25

Mrs. y, II. Blair. nee Miss Mamie
Preston. returned TO bor home st
Trinidad this morning after three
weeks visit hero as the guest OF her
parents, Mr. ana Mra. ". r. Preston.
At sol Macon avenue.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-01-25

W. a. chapson. vino WAS a Canon
City representative at tho National
Western stock show In Denver this
week. returned home Friday night
well pleased with bis visit to the cap
itai city.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-23
PHILAMDER AND THE ROSE
Little Joke That Clever Woman Played
on . Male FIirt at Cor
onado Beach.

All that you have to do to bring
ire 10 a certain stock and bond broker
down among the marts of Mammon Is
to wear red rose.
The stock and bond broker has a
reputation OF icing quite philanderer
"a devil among the wimmen." as It
we're. And on a recent visit to Corona
do he was looking about with a view
to conquest-looking about so obvious
ly that a clever woman who was a
guest at the hotel determined upon a
little plan.
She dropped him note, !ntimating
that she would like to make his ac-
quaintance He answered the note with
CELEBRITY He wasted no time He
asked her II she would have dinner
with him In San Diego that evening.
And, that | may know you accept"
he concluded. will you wear a red
rose in the dining room at lunch time
tomorrow"
At the appointed lunch time every
woman in the big dining room wore q
red rose!
The stock and bond broker left Cor
onado on the first train. Oh, you red
rose!-San Francisco Chronicle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-23

only one. An attempt was made to
publish newspaper in Boston in
1890, but only one issue was put
forth. 1t was called Public Occur
rences. and the watchful authorities
promptly snuffed it out for uttering
reflection of very high order" How
successfully have most newspapers OF
later years steered clear of any such
danger!
But we are wandering far from the
enterprising young adventures OF st.
Croix island and their newspaper OF
1904. Their effort was small one
and the results we're transient; but
there Is a certain sentiment which
attaches to first things, and in his
torical matters a certain importance
also. The Master William deserves
its rescue from oblivion, and should
not again be neglected when the
story of the feeble beginning of new
world journalism is told. But what an
opportunity was missed by the pub
fishers of tf> Calais Times or the
Eastport Sentinel when they failed
to take the name of the pioneer sheet
and to put forth the claim of being
its direct successor.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-23
Was Published Earlier Than BoS-
ton News Letter.
Periodical, In Manuscript Form, Called
master William" Issued 300
Years Ago by French on
ST. Croix Island, Me.

New York-An Industrious digger
into the depths of the past has
brought to light the interesting fact
that Americas first newspaper was
published full century earlier than
the date commonly ascribed. If 1t
was not newspaper in the later &C
ceptance Of the term it was at least
a periodical, prepared and published
with more or less regularity for the
eager perusal of the little community
which 1t served
In short it was on st. Croix island.
a few miles below the present city of
Calais; that the Master William was
published during the winter Of 1904
05 by the members of the French ex-
petition under DeMonts and Cham
plain, who were seeking to establish
there the capital Of the vast and
vague empire claimed by France in
America. They were the first Euro
peans to pass a winter on these north
ern shores of the new world since
the days of the legendary North
men centuries before; and at that
time they were the only Europeans
in America north of the Spaniards in
Florida.
Samuel Champlain himself, later
the founder of Quebec and the father
Of New France, was the chronicler
Of the expedition, and In his vivid
story of that winter on ST. Croix IS.
land he makes express mention Of the
Master William, the significance Of
which appears to have been over
looked by historians generally He
relates that the paper was prepared
from time to time "by the bright spir-
its of the party" to while away the
tedium of the long and severe win
ter. 1t was passed around in writ
ten, not printed. form; but among a
few score men. all deadhead sub
scribers, that was wholly satisfac-
tory method of publication.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-23

showed her to be, He said: You
are as sweet as peach:"
The duchess hands we're still on his
shoulders. She could feel his rapid
breath.
Il don't make you think Of a box OF
candy now?" she murmured. and the
boy covered her hand with his own
Il don't know what you make me
think Oft is bully, whatever 1t Isl"
If the Spanish tapestry could only
have reversed its idea. and If the I'M
maculate lady. or even one of the rab-
bits, could have drawn a sword to
protect the Green Knight. 1t would
have been passing well. But the
woven work. when it first had been
embroidered, was done for ever; 1t
was irrevocable in its mistaken idea,
that it is only the woman who needs
protectionl
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-23
CHAPTER Xl.-Con:inued.

She did not appear to hear him. In
deed she was not looking at him. and
Dan saw Prince Poniotowsky making
his way toward their table across the
room
Lefty Lane rose. Dan put her cloak
about her shoulders, and glancing to-
ward Ruggles and toward the boy as
indifferently as she had considered
the corners. who formed a small
group around the brilliant figure of
the actress, she nodded good night to
both Ruggles and Blair and went up
to the Hungarian as though he were
her husband, who had come to take
her home However, at the door she
sufficiently shook off her mood to
smile slightly at Dan:
~ have had lots of fun and the
Scotch broth was great! Thank you
both so much"
Until they were up in their sitting.
room her hosts did not exchange a
word Then Ruggles took a book up
from the table and sat down with his
Dan. Slept all day; feel as wide
awake as an owl"
Dan showed no desire to be COM
municative, however, to Ruggles' dis
appointment. but he exclaimed abrupt
":
I'll be darned, Ruggles. If | can
guess what you asked her fort"
We'll, it did turn out to be a pref
" Expensive party for you, Dannie,
didn't it?" Ruggles returned humor-
ousiy. IN let you off from any more
supper parties.
And Dan fumed as he turned MS
back. Expensive! There you are
agafn, Ruggles, with your Internal in.
trusion of money into everything
do"
When the Older man found himself
alone. he read a little and then put
his book down to muse And his med.
itations were on the tide of life and
the beds it runs over; the living whirl-
pool as Ruggles himself had seen 1t
coursing through London under fog
and mist. 1t seemed now to surge up
in the dark to his very windows, and
the flow mysteriously passed under
his windows in these silent hours over
which the waters go. Out of the
sound. as it flowed on, the cries rose,
he thought, kindly to his ears: God
bless her-God bless Lefty Lane!"
And with this sound he closed his
meditations, thinking of more peace
Z fal stream, the brighter. sweeter wa
ters of the boys nature translucent
and clear. The vision was happier,
and with it Ruggles rose and yawned.
and shut his book.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-23
A VALUABLE SUGGESTION
IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE

It Is now conceded by physicians
that the kidneys should have more at
tention as they control the other or
gans to a remarkable degree and do 9
tremendous amount of work in remoV-
ing the poisons and waste matter
from the system by filtering the blood
During the winter months especial
ly when we live an indoor life, the
kidneys should receive some assist
ance when needed, as we take less ex-
ercise, drink less water and often eat
more rich heavy food, thereby forcing
the kidneys to do more work than
Nature intended. Evidence Of kidney
trouble, such as lame back, inability
to hold urine, smarting or burning,
brick-dust or sediment, sallow COM
plexion, rheumatism, may be weak or
Irregular heart action, warns you tnar
your kidneys require help Immediate
ly to avoid more serious trouble.
An herbal medicine containing no
or opiates has the most heal
ing influence. An ideal herbal COM
pound that has had most remarkable
success as kidney and bladder rem
edy is Dr. kilmer's Swamp-Root.
You may receive sample bottle OF
by mail, absolutely free
Address DR.. Kilmer &c Co., Bingham
ton, n. Y, and mention this paper.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-23

out that cooperative shops not
being obliged to make a profit and
being backed by the funds of the
municipality will be able to retail
goods at low prices and thus badly
damage, if not ruin, the business OF
private trades people
AT the same time the probable
raising of taxes and the various
notorious instances of mlsmanage-
ment by the state when 1t has tried
to compete in trade or commerce
are pointed to as proof of the I'M
soundness of the measure.
The bill has caused the greatest
CONSERVATION among the small shop
keepers of the country, who see them
selves threatened with ruin. Their
unions are prepared to defend them
selves to the utmost against the fav-
ored competitor
In view of the almost universal
disapproval Of the governments pro-
pressed plunge into socialism 1t seems
probable that the bill will quietly be
dropped.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-23

and around her head was wound
fillet of woven threads. mellow In
tone, a red, no doubt, originally, but
softened to a coral pink by time. This
lady In all her grace and virginia.
sweetness was only half of the woven
story To her right stood a youth In
forest green, his sword drawn, and
his intention evidently to Kill a crea-
ture which. near to the gentle rabbits.
out of the daisied grass lifted its cruel
snakelike head For nearly five hun
dred years tn serpent's venom had
been poised. and If the serpent should
start the Green knight would strike.
too, at the same magic moment
Close to the tapestry fire had been
laid in the broad fireplace. and the
duchess had ordered the luncheon
table for Dan and herself spread with
the cold things England knows how
to combine into delectable feast.
The room was, full of medieval fur
nishings, but the Green Knight was
the best of all. The Duchess of Break
water took him for granted. She had
known him all her life, and she had
only been struck by his expensive
beauty when the offer came to her
from the National Museum to buy
him, and she wondered how long she
could afford to stick to her price.
When Dan came in he found her in
a short tweed skirt, mannish blouse,
looking boyish and wholly charming.
and she mixed him a cocktail under
the Green Knights very nose and Of
fered it with the wisdom of the SER
pent itself, and the duchess didn't in
the least suggest the whibe-robed.
milk.white lady.
The friends drank their cocktails in
good spirits, and Dan presented the
lady with the flowers he had brought
her, and he felt strong sentiment
stir at the sight of her in this old
room. alone and waiting for him. The
servants left them. the duchess put
her hands on the boys broad shout
ders. Nearly as tall as he. she was
good example of the best-looking
English woman, straight and strong.
and her eyes were level. and Dap met
them with his own.
81 am so glad you came" she muir
INJURED. rive been Raging myself
every minute since you went away
from Osdene."
"You have? What for?"
Because was such perfect prig.
I'll do anything you like for Miss
Lane. mean to say. I'll arrange tor
a musicale and ask her to sing"
The color rushed into Dams face.
How bully of her! What brick this
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-23
SYNOPSIS.

Dan Blair, the 22-year-old son Ct {, tn the
dffv- mil ion dollar copper king or BLAIR
TOWN.. Mont, is a guest at the Engilsn
home OF Lady Galorey. Dams father ,,I mad
Ills visit to the United States and the
courtesy is now being returned to the
voung man. The youth has an ideal girl
III his mind He meets Lily. Duchess Of
Break water. a beautiful widow. who IS
aftrac;ed by bis immense fortune and
takes a liking to her. When Dan was a
boy. a girl sang a solo at church. and
ioreys. Lily and Dan attend London
theater where one Lefty Lane is the star
DaR recognizes her as the girl from his
town. and going behind the scenes intro
dnces himself and she remembers him.
He learns that Prince Poniotowsky is
sutton and escort to Lefty. Lord Ga
10rey and friend named Ruggles deter
mine TO protect the westerner from Lily
and other fortune hunters. Young Blair
goes to see Lily; he can talk of nothing
but Lefty and this angers the Duchess.
The westerner finds Lefty Ill from hard
work. but she RECEIVERS and Ruggles and
Dan invite her to supper. She asks Dan
to build a home for disappointed the
4trical people.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-23
California Legislature May Pass
Law for Their
Benefit.

Los Angeles, Collaborating to the
Ideas of County Clerk Lelande women
will not be required to give their ex-
act age when registering again. The
present register terminates in Janu-
sry and every voter must register
gain for the coming two years. Lee
ande is preparing new blanks and as
serts they will not require woman to
do more than state her age is twenty
one or more. He is anticipating the
passage of such a law by the legisla-
ture now in special session. as the
present law requires the exact age OF
every person who registers.
1t will be news to many women that
that they will have to go through the
registration process again within sixty
days. But the law requires all eligt-
BILE to register IN the even-numbered
years or be disqualified at the polls.
Carl next month It is exp acted the su-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-23
Strain of Husbands Fight With Chassis
Too Great for Passaic IN. J.)
Woman.

Passaic, N. ILLNESS brought on
by worry over the troubles her hus-
band had with the members of the
North Side Christian Reformed church
and the Chassis of Hudson. to which
it belongs, fastened the death of Mrs.
Arie J. Vandenheuvel, according to
statement made by her physician.
Six months ago Mr.. Vandenheuvel
was dragged into the divorce suit OF
one of his churchmen as witness.
His testimony was a large factor In
causing Vice-Chancellor Stevenson to
annul the marriage, but caused a row
in his congregation, which resulted Is
his being suspended by the classis.
Mrs. Vandenheuvel, who helped her
husband in the fight, was taken Ill, but
even in her illness she kept in touch
with every movement made by her
husbands enemies.
Recently the members of the church,
a majority of whom favored Mr.. Van
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-23
HAD PAPER IN 1904

Christmas day, 1904, was celebrated
by the colony with special zest-it
was the first Christmas observance,
by the way, in what is now New Eng
land-and after the religious exercises
of the morning and before the feast
ing and drinking and general merry,
making became too boisterous spe-
cial Christmas issue of the Master
William was read to the company by
the editors. So early did the idea of
the extra" and the holiday num-
Der" take root in American journal
ism! 1t is a great pity that the
chronicler did not include a copy of
the Master William in his record, or
something more about 1t than the
bare mention of it's occasional appear
ance.
1t was not until 1904, full century
later, that the Boston News Letter
was established, commonly spoken of
as the first newspaper in America. and
continuing for fifteen years to be the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-23
CHAPTER XII.
Tho Green Kniuht.


The Duchess of Breakwater had
made Dan promise at Osdene the day
he went back to London that he
would take her over to her own place.
Stainer Court, and with her see the
beauty. ruins and traditions of the
.place.
When Dan got up we'll on in the
morning, Ruggles had gone to the
bank. Dams thoughts turned from
Everything to Lefty Lane. With irri-
alton he put her out of his mind.
There had come up between himself
md the girl he had known slightly IN
lis own town two years ago wall OF
PARTITION Every time he saw her Poni-
otowsky was there, condescending, ar
fogant, rude and proud. The prince
HE night before had given the tips
81 his fingers to Dan. nodded to Rug.
gles as If the Westerner had been his
kailor, and had appropriated Lefty
Lane, and she had gone away under
his shadow. The simplicity of Dams
life, his decent bringing up. his i'm
maculate youth. for such 1t was. his
aloofness from the world. made him
naive. but he was not dull. He waited
NOT like a skeptic who would lit
every one into his pigeonholes-on
the contrary, he waited to find every
cne as perfect as he knew they must
be, and every time he tried to think OF
Lefty Lane, Poniotowsky troubled him
horribly and seemed to rise before
him, and sardonically look at him
Through his eye-glass. making the
boys belief in good things ridiculous.
* He wrote a note to Ruggles, saying
THAT he would be back late and not to
wait for him. and set out in his own
lcar for Blankshire. where the Ouch
Jess was to meet him at Stainer Court
lat noon. On his way out he decided
THAT he had been fool to discuss Let
Ity Lane with the Duchess of Breakwa-
|Tter, and that it had been none of his
business to put her duty before her.
land that he had judged her quickly
and unfairly. He fell in love with the
|!lovely English country over which his
motor took him. and 1t made him
more affectionate toward the English
woman. He sat back In his car. look
ing over the nne shooting land. the