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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
WARRINGTON.

A caucus of the House Democrats
on the iron and steel tariff schedule Is
likely in the very near future.
Huntington Wilson, assistant secre-
tahy of state, Is to succeed Robert
Bacon as ambassador to France.
Opposition from assayers and their
friends is believed to have effectually
put Quietus, for the present at least,
on the proposition to incorporate into
the bureau Of mines a provision for
the establishment of ore testing and
mine experiment stations in various
Western states.
With the return from q tour Of the
Panama canal zone of the House com.
mittee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce came the death knell Of
free tolls through the big ditch-for
coastwise or foreign-going American
ships. The House COMMITTEES ID
against it, almost to q man.
Under the arrangement made last
year for rotation in the office of chair.
man Of the Interstate Commerce Com.
mission, Charles A. Prouty has been
named to succeed Judson G. Clements
Prouty was next in point of seniority
of service on the commission. He ia
a native Of Vermont and has been on
the commission since 1896.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
SPORT.

Battling Nelson and O'Rourke
fought ten rounds to a draw in
Springfield, Mo-, before the Spring
field Athletic Club. The popular de-.
cision favored O'Rourke.
Fred Stokesbury, who pitched for
the Cheyenne Indians last season, has
been signed for 1912 by the Great
Fills team of the Union League. win
ners of the Utah-Montana-Idaho cham
pionship last season.
Des Moines will be back on the base
ball map this year and in the Western
League. After two years. in which
little interest has been taken in the
national game, Des Moines fans prom
ise to wake up and make this a han
ner year.
Charlie Pierson, the fighting ne VS.
boy, knocked out Rube Smith in the
fifteenth round of a 15-round bout in
Dallas, Tex, In one of the most fu.
rious fights ever witnessed in he
Lone Star state. He is matched to
fight with Joe German January 2Srd.
Bassano. Canada. is making q bid
for the worlds championship fight
between Jack johnson and Jim
Flynn of Pueblo.
Reports of the contest between
Bombardier Wells, the British heavy.
weight champion. who is to come to
America soon. and Fred Storbeck, sha
South African whom Wells detected
in eleven rounds, do not show Well.
in any more favorable light than he
was six months ago when he was DO
ing groomed for match with Ja.1
Johnson.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
GEN ERAL.

With 24o.ooo.oOo gallons of purified
water in the reservoirs the st. Louis
water crisis has passed.
The plant Of the Knabe Brothers
Piano Company in Norwood, Onio,
was burned with loss of 5000, 900.
Robert Bacon. ambassador of tho
United States at Paris, has confirmed
the report Of his resignation.
DR.. Harry Elgin Webster, in court
in Oregon, ILL.,, formally pleaded gull.
ty to the charge Of numbering his
wife. Bessie Kent Webster.
Wisconsin's income tax law, en-.
acted by the last Legislature, vas
held to be constitutional in . deci.
sion Of the State Supreme Court.
Five children Of Irwin Carlile, were
burned to death and Mr.. Carlile was
seriously burned in . fire which de-
stroyed their home at Brainerd, MINI
The Calumet & Hecla Copper Min.
ing Company Of Boston, have advanced
its price for the metal to IL cents in
Europe and lax cents in the domes
tic market.
John Grier Hibben, Ph.D., professo,
Of logic and philosophy Of Princeton
university has been elected the fourth
president of the institution by the
unanimous vote Of the board Of trus
tees:
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18

When an express train on the New
York division Of the Pennsylvania
railroad crashed into q light station
wagon at q grade crossing In Torres
dale. Pa, q suburb Of Philadelphia,
five women and one man were killed.
William Twiman. q negro. murdered
his father, Turner Twiman, shot dead
. deputy sheriff, seriously wounded
three other deputies and slightly in.
jured Sheriff Harley Hamill, the lead.
ers in . posse Of more than q hun.
dred persons. at Rochester, N. Z.
Executive heads of 1000 corpora
tions. capitalized at 100000 or more
each. have been invited to meet in
New York early in February to or
ganize the Society for Promoting Ef-
ficiency. 1t is expected that upward
Of 1000 will attend. The society is to
be national.
Committees of representative Ger
man citizens will begin. within the
next few weeks, to raise fund of
$4,000 for the international tourna-
ment Of the North Amrican Gymnas-
tic Union. which is to he held in Den.
yer in July, 1918. More than 10000
athletes from the United States and
Europe will attend.
The storm-swept Atlantic coast is
pilling up a record of shipwrecks and
suffering that promises to eclipse the
havoc Of all previous rigorous and Sc
we're winters on the Eastern seaboard.
During the last fortnight-and the
end is not yet in sight-the revenue
cutters patrolling the coast have bsen
called into greater activity than ever
before in their history.
About 15 per cent of the dspositorr
in the postal savings banks are mar.
ried women over whose money on de-
posit the husband has absolutely no
claim. OF the 1860 depositors on
June s0th, the latest date for which
figures are available. 2,15s were mar
risd women and 2.76o foreigners
While no statistics have been pro
pared. 1t is estimated there are now
about 100000 depositors.
There are serious defects in ths
general mining laws Of the United
States ~ applied to Alaska, and these
defects are becoming moro apparent
according to Gov. CLARK. who sets
forth his views in his annual report
to Secretary Of the Interior Fisher
The existence Of provisions tending
to retard development and to encour.
age more speculation has been com.
planned about frequently by Intelligent
and progressive mining men in the
] United States. hs says.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
REACHED LIMIT Of TORTURE
Real Reason Why Burglar Gave Even
Ing Papers Chance to Use EHso-
tive Headline.

A burglar b1Oke into New York
mansion early the other morning and
found himself after wandering about
the place in the music room. Hearing
footsteps approaching, he took refuge
behind a screen. From eight to nine
tho eldest daughter had q singing
lesson. From nine to ten the second
daughter took piano lesson. From
ten to eleven the eldest son got his
instruction on the violin. From eleven
to twelve the younger boy got . les
son on the flute and piccolo. Then.
at 1875. the family got together and
practiced music on all their instru-
ments. They were fixing up for q
concert. At 12:45 the porch-climbsr
staggered from behind the screen.
For heavens sake, send for the po-
lice!" he shrieked. Torture mo no
longer!" And in the evening paper
there was the headline: Merry Chill
dren Capture Desperate Burglar"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
INAUGURATION
AT SANTA FE
GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO
TAKES OATH or OFFICE IN
the ANCIENT CITY.
LARGE CROWD PRESENT
EVENT CLOSED WITH BALL.
THREE HUNDRED COUPLES
PARTICIPATED.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Santa Few. C. Mcdonald. Demo
crat. has been inaugurated governor
of New Mexico
The inaugural party was escorted
to the capitol by an imposing mill
tary and civic procession which was
witnessed by the largest crowd ever
assembled In the city.
The oath was administered by
Chief Justice Roberts OF the Supreme
Court, and addresses were made by
retiring Territorial Governor Mills
and by Governor Mcdonald.
The festivities incident to the
transition from territorial to state
government closed with a ball at The
National Guard armory. Three hun
dred couples participated in the
grand march. which was led by Gov.
ernor and Mrs. Mcdonald.
Santa Fe was thronged with thou
sands of visitors from all parts of
the new state. The Stars and Stripes
and Spanish colors, yellow and white,
were used profusely in decorating the
public buildings and streets, and the
city was aglow with myriads of elec-
trio lights.
Sun a-shining, flags a-flutteriag,
bands a-playing, and a spirit of activ-
ity in every nook and corner of the
ancient capital of Santa Fe marked
the Inauguration.
Governor Mcdonald. Mrs. McDon-
aid and daughter Frances, arrived
with large party of friends from Car
rizozo on special Pullman car and
We're the center of enthusiastic
crowds.
When at noon Governor Mcdonald
took the oath of office in the pres
ence of an immense crowd that over
flowed the capitol grounds. there was
unbounded enthusiasm, and the pro-
longed cheers were resumed again
and again.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
states Finances.

Denver.-State Treasurer Roady
Kenehan has struck . balance In the
states financial affairs. Kenehan
finds that the receipts for the year
have been $1.2sl. .064.3A plus 164.679.-
80. The latter figure represents a
surplus transferred from the biennial
period 1909-N. The total receipts for
the year have been. including the
transferred surplus. $1.345,744.24. IN
der first class appropriations war
rants have been paid amounting to
S797.553.6s; under second class ap-
propriations. s4O6.934.65. and under
third class. $31.s73.5s. Fourth and
fifth class appropriations have not
been paid at all. and there is no
money to pay them with. Kenehan is
holding $1,699.35 for the Railroad
Commission and $4,000 for interest
on old bonds. He has also paid S19..
1926 interest on revenue warrants.
$25,163 interest on insurrection bonds.
1894 interest ON delinquent tax
fund and $206.79 premium on county
assessors' bonds. The total is the
same as the total Of receipts: 31.345.-
744.24.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
WESTERN.

That the ravages vi spinal meningi-
tbs in Texas have been checked is the
statement of the State Board of
Health.
Mrs. Rachael Sparln, seventy-six
and blind, of Baxter, Kan, burned to
death in her cottage when coal fell
from her clay pipe and set her dress
afire.
Three are known to be dead and
ten more or less seriously injured in
a Missouri Pacific wreck. which oc-
CURED at bridge mile west OF
Norton Lyndon, Kans.
Women of Greeley, Colo, who are
members of the Graphic Club. at .
meeting of the organization recently
laid plans for women's club rooms. a
Y. w. C. A., more lights and q new
water system.
Hope for~the lives of thousands Of
starving cattle on the Texas ranges
was held out by sudden rise in tenn
perature to 40 degrees above zero.
This is the first thaw in the Texas
Panhandle for three weeks.
Twenty-seven carloads Of American
farm machinery are being loaded on
steamships at Seattle for shipment to
Siberia. Shipping men scoff at the
rumor that Russia contemplates ex-
clusion of American farm machinery
in retaliation for the abrogation of
the treaty between the two countries.
The war department has announced
that joint militia and regular army
maneuvers will be held this year on
the Crow Creek military reserve near
Fort Russell. Wyo.. at time to be
set later, which will be attended by
regular troops and militia from Wyo-
ming, Nebraska, Colorado, Montana
and Utah. The maneuver grounds ag-
grsgate 10000 acres of we'll watered
aud timbered country and are re-
garded by the War Department as the
best at the disposal of the army for
summer camp and maneuvers. Up.
ward Of 10000 troops will participate.
BY order of the secretary of the
treasury. Chief Harry NJ Moffatt of
the United States Secret Service Of
flee. has seized at the First National
bank Of Oakland. Cal, valuable
painting entitled Barrels of Money
The seizure was made for the reason
that the painting represented $4,000.
900 In United States currency. piled
up In barrels. 1t is against the fed
eral regulations to paint, photograph
or make or exhibit any represents
tion Of the currency or coins Of the
United States. The painting is from
the brush Of Y. Dubreuil, a noted
French artist
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
New Interurban Line.

Grand Observation-Disclosures of an
interurban line across the Grand
river to the Redlands and thence
seven miles to the National Monu-
ment park, the greatest scenic attrac-
ton on the western slope. Is said to
be assured. The right of.way is be-
ing decided to right-of-way commit
tee. the route has been declared
feasible b$ engineers and as soon as
all right-of-way is decided 1t will be
offered to the Grand Junction & Grand
River Valley Railway Company. II
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
cattIe Rustllna Aaxet ~.


Grand JunctiOn.-The failure to Sc
cure . conviction In either of two
cattle rustling cases tried early last
fall. In which the Mesa County Stock.
mems Association employed skilled
detectives. and the Increasing loss to
cattlemen from thieves has caused the
executive board Of the organization
to take steps toward protection whicn
are Is drastic as those In vogue in
western Colorado before there were
courts. On each range . cowboy who
is known to be dead shot will be
placed. He will have the safety of
the herds In his hand and will patrol
his territory as 4 policeman does his
beat He will be paid by the stock
men. but will have \ commission
from the sheriff. He IL under orders
from his employers to shoot ON sight
any cattle thief whom he catches sepa-
rating cattle from the herds. and the
stockmen have received Assurances
from the district attorney that efforts
to prevent rustling will not bs inter
fered with.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
Weeks News from All Over Colorado

To vote An additional $4,000 In
bonds for completion Of the Greeley
High school. district Nc. s will hold
. special election.
The Cripple Creek Short Lias .
considering the advisability Of sstab-
fishing up-to-date sightseeing astooo-
bilss In the Pixies Peak region.
The proposed federation of railway
trainmen on the Denver 4 Rio Grande
has fallen through because Of the ~
fusai Of the engineers to Join it.
Judge Lewis in the Federal Court
has issued an order enioininS Otero
county from collecting taxes assessed
against the Santa Fe railroad.
Economy In the management OF
Greeley's affairs has put q surplus OF
S15.1SO In the treasury after all eK-
penses for the last twelve months
have been paid.
The largest single shipment of po-
tatoes from the Greeley district this
season was twenty-three cars. which
went to Kansas and Oklahoma, and
was valued at $1,000.
Grand Junction has Offered Jim
Flynn . gymnasium and free training
quarters II he will make that city his
headquarters during his training for
bis fight with Jack Johnson.
In the game Of Billiards in Denver re-
Gently. played between Joe Carney and
Alfredo De Oro. for the world cham
pionship as well as for the Lambert
trophy. Carney won by a score of 63
to 80.
The recent land muddle. a. result
Of which between fifty and seventy
five families on the Little Beaver, near
Meeker. were deprived of their homes.
may be adjusted and the filings per-
mitted to stand.
The county commissioners have
grsnted the farmers of the Fountain
valley permission to hold an election
on the proposition to create an irrf.
CATION district and issue bonds for an
irrigation system.
At the point of . revolver In the
hands Of a bandit, DR.. A. M. Forster
was robbed of the money box in the
office Of the Cragmore SanItarium,
about five miles east of Colorado
Springs.
Plans are maturing for the erection
Of club house by the Farmers Club
Of Weld county. Tho building will be
used for club meetings. demonstrations
and experiments. an agricultural H.
brary will bs available and q legal bu.
reau maintained.
The second fire within q month 90
CURED at Lakeside park, Denver. de-
stroying the skating rink and damag-
ing the derby. entailing loss Of $751;
900.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
Alleged Murderess Attends Funeral,

Oklahoma City.-With a sheriff on
one side and jailer on the other,
Mrs. Alberta Gentry, charged with
completely in the murder of her hus-
band. Thomas j. Gentry, yesterday
braved the gaze of 5000 persons to be
present at her husbands funeral. The
services were held at the First Chris
tion church. Mrs. Gentry refused an
opportunity to take a last look at the
body, thereby disappointing many who
fought to get inside the fashionable
church.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
Miaor MoatIoN.

otAoe 0oattoN.
Three feet Of snow has fallen q
Steamboat Springs.
A recent fire h Greeley did Aanasa
to the extent of t1s.000.
W. 5. Sewer OF Eaton is one Of the
heirs to an estate valued at q. .OO0. 900.
H. Madenick vas found guilty ol
bootleEging at LOveland and fined 500
and costs.
Range stock In eastern Colorado are
dying OF thirst On account Of water
freezing.
victor's new auto fire truck has
been given . try0ut and found salts
factory.
DIR. L. 8. Cornell. . prominent physi.
clan OF Berthoud. died recently Of
penum0nia.
The Buena Vista dancing pavilion
WAS burned with loss of 1850. with
no insurance.
Rev. Clarence e. Campbell OF Chi.
cago has been called to the Presby-
terian church at Greeley.
Great preparations are being made
for the Farmers Institute to be held
At Loveland January 3eth.
Mangled beyond recognition. an un.
Identified man was killed In the I'm
ion Pacific yards in Denver.
Paul Pauline. saloonkeeper at vii.
liamsburg. was shot and killed BY .
negro named Will Thomas.
Owing to the unusually cold weath-
er. work in the Gross oil fields. near
Hayden. has been suspended.
w. H. Caywood. OF Meeker. the wide
ly known wolf and bear hunter. who
was recently operated on. 10 recover.
ing.
A strong protest has been sent from
Boulder county to President TAFT
against making Estes park . national
park.
The twenty-eighth annual session Of
the Boulder County Teachers Associa-
ton will convene in Boulder January
eth.
The $4,000 Methodist church at
Trinidad was recently dedicated.
Bishop Quayls Of Oklahoma City pre-
siding.
Reports say there are $500 head
Of cattle starving to death in the
snowbound region near Craig. Moffat
county.
Az . result Of the recent severe
cold weather. gray. or lobo, wolves
are unusually active in the vicinity Of
Meeker.
The Exchange National Bank Of
Colorado Springs has purchased $751;
900 worth Of school bonds at . pre-
MUM Of $3.50.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
FOREIGN.

Sun Vat Sen, president Of the new
Chinese Republic, personally will lead
an army of 100000 men against the
Manchus at Peking.
Two important developments have
intensified the interest in the situation
in China. These were a renewal Of
hostilities and the demand Of the Rus
sian government that China recognize
the independence of outer Mongolia.
Shen Chow has been captured.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
Liability Law Declared LEGAL.

Washington.-The constitutionality
OF the employers liability law passed
by Congress in 1908 has been upheld
by the Supreme Court of the United
States in all cases before it. The
court also. decided that state courts
may enforce that act when local laws
are appropriate.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
News Summary of the Past Week

Three acres Of buildings comprising
the plant of the Commercial Acid
Company. near East st. Louis, burned.
The loss was 100000.
Relief from the low temperatures
prevailing over Iowa, Nebraska, Mis-
souri,. Kansas and Oklahoma is in
sight. 1t is raining in the Northwest
and the storm center is turning this
way.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
Earmer,, conare., Nests.

Fort Collins.-The third annual ses-
sion Of the Colorado Farmers Con-
gress convened at the Agricultural
College with delegates from all over
the state. The sessions opened with
George Lang, of Denver. presiding.
President James d. Hustled of Denver
was unable to be present.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
Grand Junetie~ Advsrtises.

Grand Junction.-Citizens claim TINS
city II the first in the state. If not In
the country. to make advertisement
Of its resources as much part OF
municipal business and duties as the
sprinkling of streets or fire protection.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
Mines Pay BIG Dividends.

Colorado Springs.-More than $780,
900 will be paid in dividends by two
Cripple Creek mining companies dur
ing the next two weeks. The Portland
Company will make its quarterly dis
bursement Of 2 cents. or $4,000, and
the Vindicator Company, controlled by
Denver men, will pay $4,000.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
Fruit Men Combine.

Palisade.-ConsolidatiOn Of the
Grand Valley Fruit Growers Associa-
tion OF Grand Junction and the West
ern Slope Fruit Growers Association
Of Palisade wik probably take place
within few days. 1t will be amply
financed and plans to extend opera
tiOQS
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
Now Factory for Grand Junction.

Grand Junction - A Massachusetts,
manufacturing firm has written
Mayor Todd and the city commits
sioners asking permission to establish
. factory here for baby carriages and
high chairs. Permission will be
granted.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Louie Newman Matched.

Pueblo.-LOuie Newman. the we'll
known Denver lightweight. who 10
well known In this city. has been
matched with Eddie johnson for q
ten-round bout. which will be held in
this city January 22nd.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
Horse Show 10 Winner.

Denver.-Derver's horse show, run
in connection with the National West
ern Stock. Show, was opened in the
STOCK, Yards .amphitheater, :. before a
crowd that taxed the capacity of the
huge arena, and with representation
of the local smart set that can hardly
be excelled on society night.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
No Scrap Over Hitchcock. Plan.

Washington. - After Postmaster
General Hitchcock had been in con.
ference with President Taft for more
than an hour, an authoritative state
lQnt was made at the White House
that there had been no friction be-
tween the President and the postmas-
ter general over the latter's recon-
mendation that the government ac-
quire and operate all telegraph lines
as an adjunct Of the postal system.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
Blizzard Sweeping Newfoundland,

North Sydney, n. S.-Reports have
heached here of a blizzard in New
fouhdland that is said to be the worst
the colony has ever known. In some
districts the snow is thirty-five feet
deep. Traffic is at standstill and
telegraph systems are demoralized.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18

this company refuses to build at once.
the Detroit capitalists Who financed
the 100000 Redlands Irrigation prof.
ect. will. 1t is said. construct the line.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
Church Fire At Holly.

Holly.-Fire in the basement of the
Methodist church destroyed the lower
part Of the building and its furnish
ings. The structure is of native stone
and the damage will approximate
$1,000.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
Rock island Issue. Bonds.

New York.-An issue Of $4,000, 900
per cent gold bonds has been sold
to . New York banking house. by the
Rock Island Railway Company.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
Where the Fruit orow..

Michael Casey. politician in San
Francisco, who has been in ONCE and
on the city payroll for many years,
was addressing a meeting Of his fel.
low-citizens. 1t was labor meeting.
You men must know" spouted
Casey. that you are the great .bodyl
polite In this city. You are the roots
ana trunks Of our great municipal
tree, while we who represent you In
ONCE are merely the branches on that
magnificent tree"
True for you. Nike" piped q man
In the back Of the hall, ''but did 70
ever notice all the fruit grows ON the
oranchesf"-Saturday Evening Post,
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18
The noy-rhe Girl. :

He-Crtme seems in q pretty low
way. Only last week some woman
kidnapped baby-photographs of it in
all the newspapers.
she-What did she take It fort
He-Nothing else to take, I suppose.
l should have thought myself that any.
body who kidnapped baby would steal
an earthquake or borrow an attack Of
Asiatic cholera.
She-Babies are not 30 bad a. all
that. The only thing have really
got against them is that II you lsavs
them long enough they grow up into
human beings.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-18

Hosx-He is exceedingly Ill, but ho
is still holding his own.
Joax-He has to. There are two
doctors with him all the time.