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The Holbrook news., 1912-03-29
SLEUTH HAS VERY HARD JOB
Is Going to Ask the Legislature to Pass New Law Making Burglary
 Capital Offense.

Policeman Mccarthy of the Union Market station, saw three men loiter- ing in the vicinity of Goldstein & Millinger's jewelry store on the East side at three o'clock in the morning. Anal" he says, 'Tn sleuth some" !" And he did. He hid in a doorway. Soon he saw two of the men boost the third over the front transom.
 "Aha!" says he, 'Tn pinch 'em-" But he didn't. The two fled, leaving the third inside the store. making a most careful inventory of the stock, as is done by all burglars in the best sets.
 Come out'r there!" ordered McCar- thy, but the burglar merely hoisted his hand to position at right angles with his face, placed his thumb against his nose, and wiggled his dex- ter 1ngers-a most uncompromising position.
 Come in and get me, yer big stiff," he finally muttered.
 "That will, me bucko, and twill be no ladylike reception you'll re- ceive when I make your acquaint- ance," muttered Mccarthy. The rob ber's fingers continued to sway back and forth.
 Mccarthy got a box and tried to climb over. He couldn't reach the transom. The robber advised him to get a ladder. So Mccarthy got a barrel and put his box on top of 1t. Thus he managed to reach the tran som. The burglar encouraged him.
 You're doing fine, you big stiff," he remarked.
 You'll be doing finer when I reach reach you" pufred Mccarthy. Then he tried to wriggle in, as the bur glar had done. The robber was vol uble with advice. Move a little to the left. fatty" he jeered. Keep on coming, or wait until I get some grease and oil your sides"
 Thus encouraged, Mccarthy came through until he was amidship-and then he stuck, for no human being ever said Mccarthy was sylphlike. The robber got busy. He collected nice little missiles Qike Jumps of coaD and bombarded the wedged-in Mccarthy.
 Come on; yer doin' nne." he jeered.
 There was a supreme effort, and with mighty "OofI" Mccarthy wrig- gled through and, like a ton of bricks, landed upon the little robber.
 Charles Schwartz, muchly battered, Is held on a burglary charge, and Me Carthy is going to ask the legislature to pass a law so he can be sent to the electric chair.-Pittsburg Dis patch
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-29
Duel Fatal to Both.

While two men were spearing sal mon on the Columbia river. in Oregon, they noticed a large, gray eagle hoy ering over the water, but they paid no particular attention to the bird until it suddenly swooped down and bounced on big fish. The fish must have weighed 16 pounds. and 1t soon became evident that the eagle could not lift it clear of the water After several intellectual efforts the bird next tried to release its hold, but It was caught fast as If in trap. Final ly 1t was itself dragged into the wa ter, and the swift current swept the odd combatants down stream until they lodged in a flshnet, where both were caught The fish was killed; the eagle was already dead.
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-29

phoned under the Waikiki valley. The
 Moodna section of a siphon is entered and then it goes on a direct line for the Hudson river. The most interest ing crossing is that where the passage is made from one side of the Hudson to the other. Here the line of no pressure is 400 feet above the river. It has been found necessary to place the bottom of the aqueduct 1900 feet below the river surface. In conse- quence of these two facts, the upward pressure is enormous, being equal to that exerted by a column of water 1,600 feet high. This amounts to about 700 pounds per square inch. After being forced out from under the Hud- son the water goes halfway up the face of Breakneck mountain and then through two mountains and along the high valleys of the Highlands until 1t reaches Foundry Brook Four steel pipes carry the water across that stream After another mountain tun- nel and another slightly undulating course, 1t reaches High Service reservoir, 300 feet above sea level.
 Three kinds of construction will be used in the course of the aQueduct The largest part will be what is called "cut and cover" This form of work is used only on the hydraulic grade. The second form Is tunneIing. The third form of construction Is the build ing of steel pipes. This last form will require renewal from time to time.
 In New York city the aqueduct will be nothing less than subterranean river-ramifying through hundreds of miles of solid rock throughout, issu- ing finally through faucets and hy- drants to serve those who have bid den it. In no place will this aqueduct be less than ITO feet below the sur face of the streets. The natural pres sure will be of sufficient force in low CT Manhattan to carry the water to the top of a 20-story building. After traversing nearly the whole of the is- land, the aqueduct will cross the East river and enter Brooklyn The course will next swing round a semi-circle. pass across the Narrows and thus ar rive at its terminal point on Staten Island.
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-29
RestrIctIons on PuIque Drinking.

Pulque shops must close earlier and restaurants may remain open later. was the decision reached at. the cab inet meeting. says the Mexican Her ald-
 Abraham Gonzalez, minister of Go bernacion, announced that after Jan uary Is all places where pulque was sold must close at p. m-, except on Sundays and holidays. when the clos ing hour would be at noon. Restau- rants, by paying higher license, may remain open until three o'clock in the morning Furthermore, the tax on pulQue is to be advanced from 75 cen tavos the hectoliter to a peso.
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-29
How 1t Turned Out.

'T told that dub he was foolish to be courting so many girls"
 How did 1t turn out?"
 "As you might expect. His expenses were so heavy that he got behind with his board and had to marry his land lady,"
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-29
sureIY so.

Tt is a wonder that down south, cotton instead of being a blessing, is not a curse"
 ''Why so?"
 Prom the way they keep on dam ming the cotton mills"
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-29
That Ia Natural

Mrs. Townsley-So Hiram Sharp's girl Fife has become a music teacher.
 Hepzibah-Yes; we call her En Sharp.
The Holbrook news., 1912-03-29
66e LYNX AND HIS HABITS
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N the early sos I settled in Mason county, Washing ton. My home was near the foothills of the famed Olympic mountain range, where the largest elk on the American continent roam today. When I first
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-21
CANDIDATE FOR SENATOR.

The Republicans of this senatorial
district nominated August Kuhlman
of Montezuma county for the office
Of state senator.
Mr.. Kuhlman is a farmer and one
of the pioneers of the southwestern
part Of the state. He has given his
energies to farm life and it is to
his credit to state that he has made
a success of it.
Those who know Mr.. Kuhlman well
recommend him very highly and ev-
cry Republican should vote for him.
Should he be elected he will bend all
his energies toward building up the
industries of this part of the state.
Mr.. Kuhlman is sound on the poll
cies Of government as advocated by
the Republican party and will give
his influence toward the successful
operation of the same in the state
and nation.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-21
UNWORTHY OF CONSIDERATION

The people of Colorado will be call
ed to vote upon some thirty amend
ments at the November election.
As a matter of fact the submission
Of that many amendments is the big
gest piece of nonsense ever indulged
in anywhere except in Oregon where
similar batch was submitted to the
people.
No one of clear mind believes that
justice will be done to those amend
ments. The people have no opportu-
nifty to determine the merits or de-
merits Of the amendments.
In the first place there are too
many TO be studied and understood
by the ordinary person who has any
business to engage in. In order to
make an intelligent study Of them il
should require few weeks with moth
ing else TO do.
In the second place the secretary
Of state caused the amendments to
be published in many papers that have
but little circulation and for that rea-
son but few in some Of the counties
will have access to them.
It is probable that about one-6fth
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-21
BIG RECLAMATION
PROJECT STARTED

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo, Oct. II.
Secretary of the Interior Fisher
turned the first shovel of earth to-
day for the construction of the giant
tunnel in connection with the Grand
valley reclamation project. When the
work is completed, about three years
hence, some $4,000 arid acres in Mesa
county will be supplied with an abund
ance of water and made to blossom
as the rose. The government is back
of the Grand valley project, which
will cost between $3,000,000 and S4,-
100000. A mammoth 450 foot diver
sion dam is to be constructed across
the Grand river eight miles above
Palisade, which will raise the water
of the river nearly twenty feet and
divert it into canal by means of
which it will be carried two miles in
the open and 4,300 feet through a
tunnel drilled out of solid rock through
a portion of the Mt. Garfield stone
cliffs. 1t is estimated that 10000
acres of the 10000 acres to be re-
claimed will be sent out to orchards.
The remainder will be used for the
growing of sugar beets, hay and grain.
1t is believed that the completion and
opening of the project will bring not
less than 10000 settlers to Mesa
county.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-21

Of high prices is world wide extend
ing to China, to Japan, to South Afri-
ca, to South America, to Europe, and
especially in evidence in countries
where progress is manifest. Different
branches Of the human race are en-
joying higher standard of convent
ence and luxury. Not only does the
worldwide prevalence Of high prices
show that they are not due to our
politics, but the most notable instan-
ces are in the articles of which we
have a surplus for export. They ap-
pear in cases in which there were
reductions on duties in 1909, and as
regards specific articles the great
est increases have been where there
are no duties at all.
Senator Burton made an appeal to
the audience not to be misled by the
delusion that any substantial relief
would follow the drastic tariff re-
ductions.
There is no more dangerous fall
lacy" continued Senator Burton,
than the idea that great quantities
of goods are stored in foreign ware
houses TO be shipped here if tariff
barriers disappear or are lessened.
Prices are high abroad, foreign pro-
ducers are not altruists. They will
fix prices to us at figure just low
apnu,,h tn Jaut,ov M, bap,nar our in
dustries. The demand upon their
equipment for production would be
such as to raise the cost of pro-
duction abroad"
In still further treating the rise of
prices, Mr.. Burton said "The great
increase in the production of gold, the
standard of value, for credit, has been
leading factor. The annual produc-
tion now reaches 460,0OO,000 a year.
From 1870 to 1890 the average was
only 170O00,000 year. The increas-
ed cost of distribution is an equally
important factor. If one-tenth of the
attention which is given to tariff dis
cussion were given to more economi-
cal methods of distribution, more salu-
tary results would follow
Senator Burton eulogized President
Taft. "If any fault can be found with
him it is because he is not skillful
POLITICAL" the speaker said. "He
does not possess the dangerous gift
of appealing to the imagination. He
makes no promises which cannot be
fulfilled. He stands for all needed
reforms, but is as firms as rock
for the maintenance of the institu-
tions and policies which should not be
shaken"
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-21
THE WORST EVER.

The Democrats in their despera-
ton do all kinds of foolish things.
One of the ridiculous things they are
doing is to send their campaign hot
air dope to the Republican press.
The Herald received a bunch of the
yellow stuff this morning. More hot
air and less sound sense was perhaps
never sent through the mails before.
1t is the worst ever. Certainly they
have their nerve.
1t has been study for US to de.
termine how in the world the ordi-
nary Democratic editor could think of
so much nonsense to publish, but
we understand it now. 1t all cones
from the Democratic press bureau in
Chicago. When you first read it over
you are inclined to laugh, but after
moments reflection one becomes
thoroughly disgusted with the same
old stuff-only little worse-than
has been sent out in the same way
for more than half a century. Ap-
parently they can not think of any
thing new. They have no initiative.
1t is the same old grind. No wonder
the voters of the party get tired Of
trailing along in the same old rut
for ages and ages.
If the dope was worth two-cent
stamp we would mail it back to Dem
ocratic headquarters, but as it is not
we will simply consign it to the waste
basket.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-21
CITIZENS PARTY TICKET.

1t appears that the Citizens party
that turned things upside down in
Denver last spring is preparing to
name a ticket made up of the candi-
dates found on the other three tick
cts.
II is claimed that if the ticket is
not filed that ballots will be prepared
containing the names of the candi-
dates agreed upon and passed around
among the voters so that they may
all vote together at election time.
1t appears that of those selected
the majority is taken from the Dem
ocratic ticket although the Progress
sive and Republican tickets will be
represented on the Citizens ticket.
We notice that Charlie Thomas will
not be accepted. John E. Ramer and
Ben Griffith are to be among those
selected.
1t is claimed by some that the
Citizens party has no particular
strength in this campaign and that
its former forces have gone back in
large measure to the old parties
and to the Progressive party.
1t is probable that the Citizens
ticket will play but little part in the
selection of the stock ticket, but it
will have considerable effect on the
Democratic Denver county ticket. The
ticket will draw almost entirely from
the Democratic side.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-21
ACCUSED OF LARCENY.

PROVIDENCE, X. l., Oct 1S.-Al-
fred w. Quigg, who claims to be a
brother of former Congressman Lem
uel Eli Quigg of New York, was ar
ranged in court here today to stand
trial on charge of larceny. Quigg
is accused of having stolen $4,000
from j. Irving Davis, treasurer of
the Ancient Order of United Work
men, who is now awaiting trial for
alleged embezzlement of the funds
of the order. 1t is alleged by the
police that Quigg borrowed the mon
ey from Davis, alleging that he was
going to buy newspaper in New
York and never paid it back. The
authorities are in possession of notes
for $4,000 purporting to have been
signed by Quigg, and held by Davis.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-21
PATRIOTISM ABOVE SELFISH
NESS,

After all the bitterness or sup
posed bitterness injected into the
campaign of 1912 it is pleasing to
note that the American spirit is above
petty partisan politics.
The words of sympathy sent to
Roosevelt by President Taft and also
by Wilson, the Democratic candidate,
and the return messages sent by Mr..
and Mrs. Roosevelt give evidence that
there is not that bitterness existing
between the candidates that many
would have exist. The rabid politi-
clan and the occasional slanderous
newspaper can not lead the American
people away from that loyalty our
people have for the rights of American
citizens. After all patriotism is
stronger than selfishness with our
people.
The Difference the great men Of this
nation have for each other and the
rights of the citizens of this country,
lead US to believe that, no matter
what opinions we may entertain and
what policies may be advocated, the
work of our fathers, in building up
patriotism in this country, has not
been in vain.
Certainly along with the deplora-
BILE affair at Milwaukee comes the
belief that the forces that tend to
pull our people apart will never be
stronger than the forces that tend to
hold us together.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-21
BECKER TO TELL HIS SIDE
OF ALLEGED CONSPIRACY


NEW YORK, Oct. 18.-The defense
began its inning today in the trial
of Police Lieutenant Becker, charged
with the murder of Herman Rosen-
thai, and before another week has
passed, it is expected that the case
will be in the jury's hands.
The story which Becker hopes TO
to be allowed to tell on the stand in
his own defense as outlined by him:
IF I am permitted to tell my story,
on the witness stand" he said, Il
can show how simple and obvious and
innocent, so far as / am concerned,
and offer explanations of all my meet
ings and assertions with Rose, whom
| used as my stool pigeon in getting
evidence against the gambling houses.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-21

The candidates for office feel that
owing to the worlds series of base
b..ll they lost practically ten days.
Look for a bill in congress changing
the time Of the regula' election so
that the national campaign shall not
interfere with the championship
games.
No doubt it has been noticed by the
ordinary voter that most any one can
hear Of straw vote that pleases him,
but it will be remembered that the
Independent voters seldom take part
in that kind Of voting. Oftentimcs
they are very active at the regular
elections where the vote is more than
straw.
In bustling little Colorado town
there is an an editor who has been
a Democrat for an hundred years.
He says he will not vote for every
candidate on the Democratic state
ticket. In answering the criticism Of
a fellow Democrat he says: THAT is
the editors position. II you like It
well and good; II you don't like IL
you know what you can do and where
you can CO."
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-21
FORMER GOVERNOR OF
HAWAII REAPPOINTED

BEVERLY, Mass, Oct. 18.-On the
recommendation Of Secretary of the
Interior Fisher, President Taft has de-
cided to reappoint as governor of Ha-
waii, Walter F. Frear, against whom
charges were made last spring by
the Hawaiian delegate, Kalanianole.
Mr.. Fisher made special trip to
Hawaii to investigate the charges.
The president will send Governor
Frear's name to the senate as soon
as congress meets in December.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-21


Occasionally we find a man SO it,
telligent that he can learn from the
blunders of others.
1t has been suggested that it is as
difficult to drive woman as it is a
fly on sticky paper.
There is this in favor OF the thor
oughbred dog: The owner is more
likely to keep it shut up.
There may be such thing as luck
but isn't it a fact that steady job
of work is more dependable
If there is one faculty of the hu-
man mind more important than that
of memory it is the forgetting fac
ulty.
Shame on that discourteous fellow
who said that it is now the time
of the year when dirty elbows dis
appeared from view.
There is great waste in giving
advice and much of it that is scat
tered abroad over the land should be
kept for home consumption.
1t has been proven beyond the
shadow of doubt that man can
win in an argument with woman
just as often as she wants him to.
1t has been proposed that the most
appropriate question for debate today
is, Resolved that a good cook con-
tributes more to the general supply
Of indigestion than bum cook.
1t is not kicking that makes a mule
valuable neither is it kicking that
makes a man valuable. A continual
knocker belongs in the same class as
the kicker. There is no chocie.
Have you ever taken time to de-
termine the difference between the
distance around the field of possi-
bilities and that around the little
patch Of probabilities?
The latest reason given for the
rapid growth Of the large cities is
the fact that people may live in the
cities without knowing their nearest
neighbors.
A man wa heard To Ien,GrT that
Ike is vecy funny proposition, bu-
a bystander was quick to take ex-
ceptions and state that it isn't funny
by any means.
1t was observed that the only bust
ness that could crowd out politics
this year was the games between the
Boston Americans and the New York
Nationals.
You will notice tina. the expression
short line" is one much in use these
days in railroad business, but really
the short line in many % the states
seems to be the divorce court.
It has been estimated that about
go per cent of the praise we get is
fnttery. There is one consoling fea-
ture of the condition and that is that
the recipient can't tell the differ
tnce.
Some people seem TO worry over 'hc
matter of determining whcm they
shall vote for. They Eeem TO forget
that their nearest neighbo- will be
glad TO give them the information,
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-21

PARIS, Oct. 18.-A dispatch from
Athens, received here at 2 O'Clock this
morning, states that the Greek gov
ernment has ordered the Greek min
lister at Constantinople to deliver the
declartion of war against Turkey to
the sultan's sublime porte today
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-21
SARATOGA BATTLE
MEMORIAL UNVEILED

SARATOGA, N. Y, Oct. 18-In the
village of Schuylerville, where the
British army under Lord Burgoyne
was surrendered to the Americans un-
der General Gates 1856 years ago, fol-
lowing the victorious battle of Sara
toga, there was unveiled today hand
some monument to commemorate that
event, which, next to the surrender
of CORVALLIS at Yorktown, was the
most important American victory of
the Revolution.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-21
TURKS KILL HUNDREDS
OF CHRISTIANS

CORFU, Oct. 1s.-Throwing open
the doors of the jails Of Epirus, the
Turks have released the savage Mos
lem horde, who are committing afro
cities upon the Christians. Hundreds
of Christians have been slain.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-21

of the amendments are worthy of
consideration. The others can be dis
posed Of by voting mo" in each par
ticular case.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-21
"DR. ]. B. MURPHY.
"DR. A. d. BEVAN.
"DR. ALEX LAMBERT.


Last night brought Colonel Roose.
welt more sleep than he has had since
he was wounded. Shortly after II
o'clock he dropped asleep. Mrs. Roos-
evelt retired to her room. The lights
were extinguished and he fell asleep
not to awaken until 4:30 o'clock this
morning, when his clinical record was
taken for the only time during the
night. In all, Colonel Roosevelt slept
more than six and half hours, which
he declared, upon waking, was more
than he has been accustomed to in
all his life.
Colonel Roosevelt is anxious to be
up and doing. Whether he can be
restrained longer than next Monday,
when he is planning to start for Oy-
ster Bay, is regarded doubtful by his
physicians.
1t is said that the colonel Is now
suffering no pain because of the pres
sure of the bullet against his frac-
tured rib. The rib itself is believed
to be mcnding rapidly. Some doctors
still shake their heads at the colonel's
condition.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-21

CHICAGO, Oct. 1s.-Campaign ac-
tivities should not cease because Of
Colonel Roosevelts attempted assassi-
nation, so far as he is concerned.
A statement was issued by him at
Mercy hospital, in which he said:
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-21

CARLSTADT, Alberta, Oct. 49,
The bodies of Mrs. Julia Bokowski
and her two children, aged 0 and 2
years, were found in their home on
the farm of Mrs. Bokowski, twenty
six miles north of here today. The
bodies were lying in a pool Of blood
and the indications are that the wom-
an killed the children with a knife
and then stabbed herself to death.
Neighbors say that since the death
of Mrs. Bokowski's husband, two
years ago, she had tried to conduct
the farm and at times had become
Respondent.