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The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09
TN putlIs Hsalth.

In cities having an active board Of
health with . competent corps Of 10.
spsefors less responsibility rests upon
thu individual regarding sanitary pre-
cautions. but In lesser cities and towns
every home owner should be vigilant
10, keep his or her premises neat and
clean
Garbage thrown about indiscrimi.
naeeiy II just AZ much Of 4 menace
to, health In = village ~ In q city. As
to neatness, tin cans and ash piles.
with miscellaneous lot Of rubbish,
aro far too commos In ANAL centers Of
pcpulati0n. Even II not dumped In
tn home ground the slovenly owners
tAsvw It upon the nearest vacant lot
orSgn the alley.
4his should constitute a crime pun
ishAbss only by imprisonment. for II
Il \ menace to public health. and may
bssfhe indirect cause Of many deaths.
CtiAAltssss IN persoa. In character and
n Surroundings sxsfts Q considerable
influence In molding clean characters.
Ths choice lies with 700.
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09

"He was star of first magnitude
in 1860" says writer in the Frank.
furter Zeitung, referring to Albert
Niemann. who celebrated his eightieth
birthday recently. "For many years
he sang the heroic tenor parts in grand
opera on the most important stages
Of the world and had the wisdom to
retire in 1880. while still In the fullness
of his powers. The veteran stage hero
h stout and wears his snow whits
beard much as be did the blond one as
Fnust in the memorable performances
when Pauline Lucca WINS the Mar.
Ruerite.n
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09

The deepest shaft in the bitumInous
coal field In Pennsylvania. according
to the report Of Colonel Henry G. DEM
ming. consulting geological. mineralo-
Eist and chemist, 10 operated by the
Maryland Coal company at st. MI
chncl. about two and one-half miles
south Of South Fork, on the Dunlo
branch Of the Pennsylvania railroad.
At the Maryland company's operation
the hoist shaft is 697 feet deep and the
air--.s:ft Ii 871 feet. Within ten miles
east Of this point il the highest noun
tain peak in the state. Blue Knob
Philadelphia Record.
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09
4 FUNNY FaElscMNlAM


- a..sA ~ Aun,ee NM Which Ns
u.A, psris lsvsh.
~ s..h. cu,trv. vho 4 the son Of
-. .es,s ec..,ncst .ctsr. n I.ucsen
cnitrv, q ona Of tbe funniest men In
psTs
NJ ,,v.. srom mornins nh nlsbt In
:. strcsnhsr. az constsnt tokins. II
M. wcsch h.. .topned Is rinr. nm 4
rrr,,.sr cho.e, ~ banhaxarA in the
s.lsrhnr. .i,rectory. .What time i Il ="
i. .ouiet,v M. Ths per.op 1t the
cshs- mi 4. a taker shack that he
60 rim Tia tsne. .sThanhs.r says
ssch. Gu,trt. .that's nil wanted to
rnov /. ana rines of arain. The other
-. - -hoos.S .o,,. stiW .nA starch
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09
Ras. and Gown. to Mateh.

There b woman at one Of the hotels
near Fifth avenue who has her own
furniture in her rooms. In der posses-
sion are six fine oriental rugs, each Of
a different shade. She entertains q
great deal, and on each occasion she
has rug put down that will harmo-
ni.e with the coloring Of her frock.
There Is said to be no shade that WIN
not harmonic with the color Of one or
other Of the russ.-New York Sun.
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09

A st. Louis prelate is credited with
this story. told by him at recent din
ner: Zoo
The head Of one of the big trusts
arrived at the gate Of heaven and. as
usual, found st. Peter on watch there.
Rather pompously the trust magnate
said:
pardon, is heaven here?"
at is." said st. Peter. "Step right
into the elevator"
After waiting for what seemed
long time the trust president said:
II beg your pardon. but when does
this elevator go up?
ut doesn't go up." said the saint.
at goes down as soon as get a load"
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09


Discipline aboard men-of-war belong
Ing to tropical countries il not as
strtct n that obtaining on the ves-
na]s " colder ccqntftss. Indeed. In
p1le Instances II y vsfy lAx. a5s
~ Defense. Z HaitiaM naval vessel
WAS lying In the fiarbor Of Port ~
Prince. One day a mess cook for
some reason cleaned about . peck Of
knives and forks ON the gun deck. and.
being suddenly called away and not
wishing to spend time to go to the gal
ley. he seized the mess pot full Of
knives and forks and stuck It In the
muxzie of the ten inch gun. putting
the hampton in after 1t. About an
hour afterward the admiral came
aboard, and rs the gun was loaded
with blank cartridge they used 1t to
fre a salute.
It happened that the gun was aimed
toward the town and almost point
blank mt the Grand hotel. The guests
had assembled on the porch to wit
moss the ceremonies, when they were
saluted with rain of knives and
forks, which stuck against the wood
en- walls like quilts on porcupine and
drove the startled sightseers In a mad
head over heels scramble Indoors in
fear Of possible shower Of pots and
pans and dishes. Aa
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09
To Nothers-and Others

You can use Bucklen's Arnica Salvs
to cure children Of eczema, rashes.
letter, chafings, scaly and crusted
huinors, as well as their accidental
injuries - cuts, burns, bruises, etc.,
with perfect safety. Nothing else
heals SO quickly. For fboils. ulcers,
old or running or fever sores or piles
1t has no equal. 2oc, at all druggists.
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09
1DUY Ar HOME AND BEAT
THE BOGUS SALESMAN.
Tss Mveh Rick Involved In PstrsnIs-
Ing ths PsddIse.

Scarcely month passes that Il doss
no4 bring q report from some rural
cemmunity Of fraudulent sales or
fraudulent projects OF some eort being
paimed Oh on the farmers BY smooth
faikluR saleansn. The latest Cones
from Wisconsin and u In the nature
n Xxi. at the long suffering oil com
panjes. More properly speak king. II ID
m objection to certain oil company.
. carload Of whose product was sold
among tho farmers last summer and
which did not live up to Its agreement
IL 10 H. quality Of the oil. says tho
American Agricultural.
A canvasser drove through the coun-
ny from house to house. taking ad-
vance orders for kerosene. gasoline
and q paint oil which he offered an u
Substitute for linseed oil. The samples
Ne carried With him were apparently
nrst class, and orders were taken with
4hs understanding that the product de-
t1vered was to be equally good. The
kerosene was sold at II cents per gal
lon. II was furnlshed In barrels. which
were TO b taken back BY the company
when empty and a rebate Of u given.
The barrels were guaranteed not to
leak.
When the oil arrived most Of the bar
rsls leaked badly. and In soms cases
the loss was very heavy. The oil Itself
proved to BE- Of a very unsatisfactory
luaIity and in many cases entirely I'M
1t for use. Among the number Of
farmers who consider that they were
swindled in the deal Is ono who writes
that be II unable to use the kerosene
u lamps at all. but has transferred II
n tight receptacle and will keep It
10 use on Canada thistles and quack
gfass.
In cases Of this kind there 10 appar-
Entity no practical means of redress.
Purchasers either deposit their money
n advance or pay II Immediately upon
dsiivery. It IL much safer and usually
nore satisfactory to deal with some
well established. well known local con-
cern. Then in case Of dissatisfaction
there Is always an easy means Of ad-
5ustment.
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09

American Medicine thinks that 'the
reported effect OF subway travel is
another instance Of hasty and igno-
rant assumption" II says that It us
extremely doubtful. moreover. II the
difference between the subway air
pressure and that Of the surface at
mosphere Is ever suf1eient to affect
the. ear drum to any appreciable ex-
tent. The fear that there is to be any
Increase Of deafness a. result Of tia
development Of subways In our large
cities may be dismissed a. quite
gfoundless.'
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09

csfners 10 being tried With satisfac.
tdfy results In Pasadena. Cal. accord.
iug to the Technical World.
The numbers and letters are stencil.
~ by painters employed BY the city
They are In black and about one and
o. half inches high.
This 10 q system which would please
IL often puzzled stranger In city or
torn. 1t facilitates the ending of the
hSase he 10 often wastes hours In
hthtins.
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09

DR.. Hubbard is permanently locat-
ed In the Hugus building, room II.
Office phone, No. 81; residence phone,
No. a..
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09
Rustv Stall.

A good method for removing rust
from steel Is first to rub the object
with sweet oil and then after day o.
two to rub 1t with finely powdered
unsaaked lime until the rust disap-
pears. Then give 1t another coating q
oil with wooden cloth and put 1t In q
dry place.
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09
REALITY OF THE AaAzoNs.
Relies 81 Wsmsn Fighters u hish
Rank In oldsn Times.

Wank IN Vu0o0 uot,se.
The tradition Of the Amasons, q val
liant race Of women warriors, was .
favorite one with the writers and art
lists OF ancient Greece, but II has been
generally treated In modern times AZ a
poetic myth. Now comes an interest
ing archaeological discovery which
makes 1t appear certain that there
were indeed women fighters Of high
rank In the old days.
There was recently unearthed sep.
ulchre in the part Of Italy once known
as Etrurla In which was found war
chariot Of bronze and iron and crouch
ing In It the skeleton Of a woman.
There were about her not only the re-
mains Of rich robes and beautiful or
namsnts Of gold and ivory. attesting
truly feminine vanity. but also the
same weapons which the ancient ira.
diti0ns say the Amasons used in battle.
Ths bronze WORK md the terra Gotta
yaees deanitsly Exsd tho lato Of the
llGs5lat itlou3 ~ n q, *
- l1cas6 tt 4 ~ nessl TT oaft
~ ~ - -
e AG1 ~ Minoe and had attained
i hisA degree of am Ia certain Of the
arts long befeee Rome was founded
Such evidence - this tomb AFFORDS -
more convincing than the pictures Of
Amasons on the old vases or such leg
ends as that of Queen Penthesileia.
who is said to have led 5000 female
A. ~ - ~. =
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09
Needing Of the Town Council

The town board met Monday night
and disposed Of the following bust
ness:
+ The minutes Of the February meet
ing were read and approved.
For the coming municipal election
the following electors were appointed
Judges: J. f. Rooney, r. N. 10
Hantgen and H. J. Hay.
The following proposed ordinance,
No. lOi, was introduced by Trustee
hall.
Section l-That no person. persons,
firm or corporation shall hereafter
act as an auctioneer In Meeker
without FIRST paying 70 the clerk Of
said town the sum Of 1900 per year
for license as such Auctioneef.
Section 2-Any person, persons, Arm
or corporation violating Section l Of
this ordinance shall de deemed gull
ty Of misdeamor and fined 10 sun.
not less than t950O. nor more than
5000
Section 8-Providsd that the exer-
cise Of their powers shall In no way In
terfere with sales made BY any other
persons required by law to sell real
or personal property Ut auction.
The roll call resulted: Ayes-Hu-
lett, Hall, Graham and Bowen. Nays
none. Absent and not voting-Sel-
mon and Strehlke. Carried.
The following bills against the
town were examined and ordered
paid:
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09

Once Of County superintendent Of Schools,
Meeker, Colorado, Mar. Q. lsI9
The regular county examination for Rio
Blanco county will be held At my ONCE 1t he
court house, in Meeker, Colorado, Thurs
day and Friday, March II and =, 1911,
.. M, each day.
Applicants Will please notice that the Col
oredO constitution 10 now one Of the re-.
Quired branches.
MES. sELxNA D. LYrrLx.
County Superintendent.
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09
viii cure your cold
BROMO.FERRIN
while you sleep.
For Sale-House and Lots

Good four-room house and three
lots corner Park avenue and Fourth
streets; southern frontage. Inquire
at this office. II
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09

To RORROw-sl5o for 8 months;
will pay t2b for the use Of 1t; gilt edge
security. Inquire 1t once, this ONCE.
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09
For Sale

Pure-bred Poland China bears, and
pure-bred White Leghorn ROSTERS
Is cents. P. H. Hansen, Powell Park
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09

You can say goodbye to consttpa-
ton with q clear cons ,ience II you
use Chamberlain's Tablets. Many
have been permanently cured by
their use. For sale by all dealers.
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09

Better than bank account Is an en-
dOwment policy In the New York Life.
Your money back with interestAtthe
end Of 10, Is or 20 years-and you are
insured In the meantime.-RoBERTs.
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09
Wind Mills

See the new Star wind mill, sold
by A. f. Lyle. These mills are per-
fectly self-governing; automatically
throwing themselves out Of gear;
adjusted to any velocity OF wind.
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09

The man whs never makes
mistakes 10 the man with NJ In.
itistivs o. originality. Setter .
clerk whs dess thinas ard dese
eenss q them seene than Sns
whs never desc anything.
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09

Some folks spend 80 much time
trying to preserve their dignity that
they have little time for anything
else.
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09

See THE HERALD for your society
engraving. The best this side of Chi
cAgo.
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09
Get Your Harness

repaired and oiled during the winter
months. We will be rushed with
work in spring. AT r. Hartke's Har-
ness and Saddiery shop, BAer block.
The Meeker herald., 1912-03-09

The history OF the rverage man !.
largely foot notes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-03
TONCS GLARE
WITH WEAPONS RAISED
Making Ready to Avenge
Slaughtered Friends in
Pacific Coast Cities.

SAN FRANCISCO, February 3.-Pacific
coast cities from San Diego, CAL, to Van
couver. B. c.. found themselves today
confronted with Chinese tong war.
With three men already bullet-riddled and
an armistice fagrantly violated. mercen-
aries and leaders Of the great Chinese
family societies made ready to defend
themselves and avenge their friends.
While tong wars are strictly Chinese az
fairs. they interrupt all business done
with orientals.
Two distinct feuds must be wiped out
before the clans in Portland, Orc: San
Jose, CAL; San Francisco and other points
may lay down their modern automatic
firearms, which have replaced the Ratchet
of former days. and turn over to the oc-
cfdentals the taxicabs in which they pur-
sue and escape. =,
At San Jose, Lee Kee, a member of the
Hip Sing Tong, is dead, and .Wah Get, a
Hop Sing Tong man. is under arrest.
This feud. starting in the beating of a
Hop Sing man who was collecting a
gambling fund. has swept over the efforts
at pacification of the Six Companies. the
supervising body of all the tongs. In
San Francisco, when Lee KEGS death be-
came known. allies Of the Hip Sings shot
two Hop Sing men, Luis Song and Wong
Yuk Sun This news, reaching Portland.
led to rush for quantities o. arms pur-
chased earlier In the day. In Portland
also the situation Is accumulated by the
Hop Sings and the Bow Lung Tong, over
the recent murder of Seid Bling, who was
2 Boy Lung man. Finally. the suey
to fight the Hop Sings, although 1T is not
generally known just where the Suey
Sings come into the fray.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-03
NEW YORK BANKS.

NEW YORK. February 3.-The state
ment of clearing house banks for the
week shows that the banks hold $46O15,-
600 reserve In excess of legal require
nents. This is an increase of $317 600 in
the propOrtionate cash reserve as COM
pared with last week.
The statement follows:
Daily average-Loans, 81 $685. 407 600 in
crease $50. 400. COO: specie, 1901, 393. 600. in
600, decrease 81, 453, 90; net deposits ST.
9O1 ,S94, 600, increase 81, 3s4 900; circula-
ton sJO.6H 600. decrease $131 600; banks
cash reserve I'm vault, S16,662OOO trust
companies cash reserve in vault. 500. 697. -
COO; aggregate cash reserve, $3.50 800 600;
excess lawful reserve. $46,O15. 900 increase
$317 600: trust companies reserve with
clearing house members carrying % per
cent cash reserve. $T.26O0O.
Actual condition-Loans, 5000, 73SO00;
increase. $24. $4,000. Specie. $3S9, 604 900;
increase, 100000. Legal tenders, $S7 1885,
OOO; decrease, $S.61s.0OO. Net deposits, ST.
sO6, 423, 900: increase, S17.55O.OOO CircuIa-
ton, $50 748, 900: increase. $177,OOO. Banks
cash reserve in vault. $414 ,67O, GOO Trust
companies cash reserve in vault. So. 100, :
900. Aggregate cash reserve, $476 $40. 600.
Excess lawful reserve. $4O,775, $50; de-
crease N,9S7, 200 Trust companies re-
serve with clearing house members carry
ing % per cent cash reserve. $40, 273 600.
Summary of state banks and trust COM
panies in Greater New York not report
ing to the New York clearing house:
Loans $56S, ISIS, 100: decrease, $3752 100
Specie, $62 7S7. 500: decrease. 1887 600.
Legal tenders. $1006o.UO; decrease. $A3,-
TOO. Total deposits, $701 344, 200; increase,
s2.57o,2Oo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-03
THREE-YEAR-OLD ACROBAT
Wrists and Ankles Broken in In.
fancy in Training Process.

CINCINNA II, Ohio. February 3.-Hu-
name society officers here witnessed a
private performance yesterday given by
a three-year-old boy whose ankles and
wrists had been broken when he was
ten days old in order to make him an
acrobat and wrestler. The youngster is
the son Of r. G. Neof. a Greek, who
claims that he was a student Of physical
culture in Greece.
Neof told the officers that he had
broken the wrists and ankles of his son
when he was ten days old and a month
later began training the baby for an
athletic career. In his performance the
Neof child dislocated his ankles and
wrists at will and caused them to assume
many unnatural positions.
BY bending backward with hands and
feet on the floor in wrestler's bridge
the child easily supported 15O pounds on
his chest.
The humane officers decided not to in
terfere with Neof's plan of developing
the child, but exac+ed a promise that no
public exhibition would be given by the
boy for at least five years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-03
Schools of Forty Years Ago.
To the Editor of The Star:

AS a subscriber ind reader Of our
highly esteemed Evening Star, l would
like to be grar>ed the privilege of lit
tie space to make a few remarks in
criticism of DR.. Davidson's addl .ss at
the m,dyear graduation exercises of
Business High School. January 81, 1912,
wherein he asserts that the average
education obtained in the public schools
forty years ago was on a par with that
obtained now in the fourth grade Of to-
day desire to challenge this state
ment as being misleading, and also an
act of injustice to the schools and pupils
Of forty years ago. I was q pupil about
that time in the Grammar or High
School of Washington, taught by q man
by the name of Strong John Thomson,
whose fame as a school teacher will al
ways be looked upon as being unexceiled
In the history of the public Schools Of
Washington, D. c. ! could name score
or more Of the ablest men of Washington
today who owe their success in the
world to the teaching they received at
the hands of this teacher forty or more
years ago. And I am sure that no child
in the fourth grade Of the schools, or
even the eighth, has the degrees Of edu-
cation that were developed In Strong
John Thomson's school forty .or more
years ago. Let us give credit where
credit Is due. JOSEPH +. HURDLE,
Thoroughfare, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-03
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

A recovery of two points in the selling
price Of Capital Traction stock was made
at today's meeting Of the local stock ex-
change. There was not as much stock
for sale as yesterday, when as the out
come Of rather heavy selling for that
security the price went down to 1l9A.
Today. however, the stock was we'll sup
ported by buying orders. Only two twen-
ty-f1ve-share' lots were traded In, and
both sold for 122, while eighteen shares
brought half a point more.
An advance was made by Washington
Railway and Electric common, a continu-
alton of an upward movement that yes
terday registered its highest point at 611s.
Today the stock sold for b2k. The trad
ing aggregated about $50 shares. The
principal buyer bid "a for large blocks,
and at the close the bid was 81 and the
asking price 6.
A few lots of the Washington Railway
and Electric preferred stock sold for 9OA,
and the stock was offered at that level at
the close, with the bid an eighth less.
After call 100 shares sold ON range Of
from sou to 9ON.
The trading was limited in gas stock.
Seventy-five shares, in twenty-five-shar
lots, sold for 84k and S4A, and two Of
odd lots for IS. At the close the bid
Of point better. After call two twenty
five-share lots were sold for 84h.
Not much interest was shown in Mar-
ale, the stock was passed without get
ting an offering. After the call ten
shares sold for 219. No change was
made in the selling price Of Lanston.
One lot went for 81, and more were to
be had at quarter of a point advance.
About eighty shares of United States
Trust Company were sold on ran e
from 1868 to 12S. The last selling
price was 121.
Howard Moran treasurer Of the Home
Savings Bank, was host last night to the
employees Of the bank. Members of all
departments of the institution were his
guests at the theater. and afterward at
his home, where refreshments were
served.
In the annual report of the Washington
Gas Light Company. submitted yesterday
to Congress, 1t Is shown that the COM
pany manufactured and sold 2.294, 948. go
cubic feet of gas during the past year.
for which consumers paid an aggregate
Of 1880, 633. The sale OF coke, tar and
other residium incident to gas production
increased the income Of the company to
the total Of $202S 278. Expenditures az
gregated $1,5aS, 288. exclusive OF divi-
OenOS Inc QNt0eHOS VI Tue year tOtAloo
t62a.0OO. The 10000 shares Of the COM
pany's stock. December 81, 1911. were
owned by ISL stockholders.
The paid up capital stock, according
to the report. was Zoo 900. The value
of the plant, exclusive of the working
capital, was So 733. 050. The company's
Indebtedness amounted to $3,515.932
which includes ffty-year per cent gold
coupon bonds. valued at $3.452, 102: i'm
provement bonds. valued at $780, and
accounts payable current, valued at
$5d.2SO.
sale Of gas was $50 cents per 1000 cubic
feet. The average candlepower for the
year. taken from the report Of the United
States inspector, was 2200. The total
number Of consumers meters in use De-
cember 81. 1911. was 58.042