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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-01-26

tomary speed. Daylight paid them
their wages In advance and arranged
the purchase of the supplies, though he
emptied his sack in doing so. He was
leaving the Sourdough. when he sud
denly turned back to the bar from the
door.
Got another hunch?" was the
query.
II sure have" he answered.
"Flour's sure going to be worth what
a man will pay for 1t this winter up
on the Klondike. Who'll lend me
some money!"
On the instant a score of the men
who had declined to accompany him
on the wild-goose chase were crowd
ing about him with proffered gold
sacks.
How much flour do you want?"
asked the Alaska Commercial Com
pany's storekeeper.
About two ton"
The proffered gold-sacks were not
withdrawn. though their owners were
guilty of an outrageous burst of merri
ment.
What are you going to do with two
tons?" the storekeeper demanded.
''I'll tell you-all in simple A. B. c
and one. two. three" Daylight held
up one finger and began checking on
"Hunch number one: a big strike com
ing in Upper Country. Hunch number
two: Carmack's made 1t. Hunch num-
ber three: amt no hunch at all. It's
cinch. If one and two is right, then
-four Just has to go sky-high. If I'm
riding lunches one and two. just got
to ride this cinch, which is number
three. II I'm right, -four II balance
gold on the scales this winter"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-01-26
PRACTICAL HELP FOR POOR
Man Undoubtedly Had Great Scheme,
Although There Was Slight
Obstacle In the Way.

In the den which opened off the liv-
ing room the man was roaring soul
fully his own modernized version Of
an old song. "If had but ten millions
q year. CATER Green, II had but ten
millions a year"
What would you do with it?" his
sister interrupted, less for purposes
of information than in pursuit of
quiet.
zone thing. anyhow. sis." he broke
OF with unexpected earnestness. I'D
establish a system of free laundries
for the poor. New Yorkers are won
derfully clean people. all things con
sidered, but you can't go around much
without realizing that more laundry
work and bathing would be an i'm
mense benefit in some directions"
But how would you manage It'll
Who would be the beneficiaries? How
could you discriminate"
"All that would have to be consid
cred, of course. Now. you work out
the details, Sis. and I'll go out and try
to scrape up the ten millions. New
York Press.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-01-26

Forty Mile and Circle City. The few
that possessed sufficient faith to re-
main were busy building log cabins
against the coming of winter. Car
mack and his Indian relatives were oc-
cupied in building a sluice box and
getting a head of water. The work
was slow, for they had to saw their
lumber by hand from the standing for
est But farther down Bonanza were
four men who had drifted in from up
river. Dan McGilvary. Dave Mckay.
Dave Edwards. and Harry Waugh.
They were quiet party, neither ask
ing nor giving condolences. and they
herded by themselves. But Daylight.
who had panned the spotted rim OF
Carmack's claim and shaken coarse
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-01-26

gold from the grass-roots. and who
had panned the rim at a hundred 9TH
er places up and down the length OF
the creek and found nothing. was Gu
rious to know what lay on bedrock.
He had noted the four quiet men sink
ing a shaft close by the stream, and
he had heard their whip-saw going as
they made lumber for the sluice boxes.
He did not wait for an invitation. but
he was present the first day they
sluiced. And at the end of five hours
shoveling for one man. he saw them
take out thirteen ounces and a half OF
gold. 1t was coarse gold. running from
pinheads to a twelve-dollar nugget.
and It had come from of bedrock
The first fall snow was flying that day.
and the Arctic winter was closing
down; but Daylight had no eyes tor
the bleakgray sadness Of the dying.
short-lived summer. He saw his Wis
ion coming true. and on the big fat
was upreared anew his golden city Of
the SHOWS. Gold had been found on
bedrock That was the big thing
Carmack's strike was assured. Day
light staked a claim in his own name
adjoining three he had purchased with
plug tobacco This gave him block
two thousand feet long and extending
In width from rim-rock to rim-rock.
Returning that night to his camp at
the mouth of Klondike. he found in 1t
Kama, the Indian chief he had left at
Dyea. Kama was travelling by ca
noe, bringing in the last mail of the
year In his possession was some two
hundred dollars in gold-dust, which
Daylight Immediately borrowed In
return. he arranged to stake claim
for him. which he was to record when
he passed through Forty Mile. When
Kama departed next morning, he car
ried a number of letters for Daylight,
addressed to all the old-timers down
river, in which they were urged to
come up Immediately and stake. Also
Kama carried letters of similar import.
given him by the other men on Bo-
nanZa
"It will sure be the granddaughter
stampede that ever was. Daylight
chuckled. as he tried to vision the ex-
cited populations of Forty Mile and
Circle City tumbling into poling-boats
and racing the hundreds of miles up
the Yukon; for he knew that his word
would be unquestioningly accepted.
One day in December Daylight filled
pan from bedrock on his own claim
and carried 1t into his cabin. Here a
fire burned and enabled him to keep
water unfrozen in canvas tank. He
squatted over the tank and began to
wash Earth and gravel seemed to fill
the pan. AS he impaired to 1t cir
cular movement, the lighter, coarser
particles washed out over the edge.
At times he combed the surface with
his fingers, raking out handfuls of
gravel The contents OF the pan di-
minished At is drew near to the
bottom, for the purpose of fleeting and
tentative examination. he gave the
pan sudden sloshing movement.
emptying It of water. And the whole
bottom showed as II covered with but
ter. Thus the yellow gold flashed
up as the muddy water was filtered
away. 1t was gold-gold-du coarse
gold. nuggets. large nuggets. He was
all alone. He set the pan down for
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-01-26
SYNOPSIS.

ka as Burning Daylight" celebrates his
8oth birthday with crowd of miners at
the Circle City Tivoli. The dance leads
to heavy gambling. in which over 100000
is staked Harnish loses his money and
his mine but wins the mail contract He
starts on his mail trip with dogs and
in the big Yukon gold strike at the start
Burning Daylight makes a sensationaliy
rapid run across country with the mail.
appears at the Tivoli and is now ready
to Join his friends in dash to the new
Nold fields.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-01-26

gan taking Doan's Kidney Pills and
soon the swelling diminished. The
backache and other troubles quickly
disappeared. and was completely
cured"
when Your Back is Lame. Remem-
ber the eName-DOAN'S." 60c,all stores.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-01-26
CHAPTER v.

Still men were without faith in the
strike. When Daylight. with his heavy
outfit of flour. arrived at the mouth OF
the Klondike. he found the big fiat as
desolate and tenantless al ever. Down
close by the river, Chief Isaac and his
Indians we're camped beside the
frames on which they were drying sal
mon. Several old-times were also In
camp there. Having finished their
summer work on Ten Mile Creek. they
had come down the Yukon. bound for
Circle City. But at Sixty Mile they
had learned of the strike. and stopped
OF to look over the ground. They had
just returned to their boat when Day
light landed his flour. and their report
was pessimistic. But an hour later.
at his own camp. Joe Ladue strobe in
from Bonanza Creek. He led Daylight
away from the camp and men and
told him things In confidence.
shes sure there" he said in con-
clusion. II didn't sluice 1t. or cradle
1t. panned 1t, all In that sack, yes
terday. on the rim-rock tell you you
can shake 1t out of the grass-roots.
And what's on the bedrock down In
the bottom of the creek they ain't no
way of tellin'. But she's big. l tell
you. big. Keep 1t quiet. and locate all
you can. It's in spots. but ! wouldn't
be none surprised II some of them
claims yielded as high as fifty thou
sand. The only trouble is that It's
spotted"
A month passed by. and Bonanza
L. Inns
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-01-26

whole body bloated. l
had chills and hot
flashes and my an
kles swelled SO I
could scarcely wear
my shoes. Kidney
secretions bothered
me and my nerves
were unstrung. / be-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-01-26

Asking a Good Deal Of Her.
Mrs. Back-Bay-I shall want you to
be dressed by three o'clock. Ellen.
to receive any friends who may call.
Ellen-Oh. lor, mum! Amt you
goin' to be In?
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-01-26
SUFFERED FOURTEEN YEARS.

A Terrible Case Of Dropsy and How
Il Was Cured.
Mrs. W. r. Cody. 603 Tenth St.,
Lewiston. Idaho, says: Il was SO
lame and sore could hardly move.
Headaches were frequent and my
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-01-26

It's easier for young man to write
a satisfactory love letter during court
ship than It is to write a satisfactory
check after marriage.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-01-26

mrs. wfnsiow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces innammA-
ton, allnys pain, cures wind collie, 25c bottle.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-01-26

ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE."
That fs LAXATIVE BROAO QUlNINE. Look TO
the signature of X. W. GRovE. Used the worlt
over 10 Cure . Cold in One Day. 2c.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-01-26

Don't be misled. Ask for Red Cros.
Bag Blue. Makes beautiful white clothes
At all good grocers.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-01-26

One thing rarer than a day in June
is a woman who has nothing to say.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-01-26

The motto of a grass widow: "Once
stung, always shy"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-01-26

Even II a woman can't AFFORD new
hat she can criticise her neighbor's.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-01-26

A man is as young as he feels--and
woman. but she doesn't always
look 1t
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-01-26

A month passed by. and Bonanza
Creek remained quiet. A sprinkling
of men had staked; but most of them.
after stalking. had gone on down to
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-19

Including the embroidery work and
crocheting. which Is being taught
particularly at the Forty seventh
street grounds
The dates were also set for the
holding Of the exhibitions which are
10 takd place during the present
month. and each of the teachers are
preparing the children for the meet.
u was decided that the judges who
would BE- selected later. would decide
which grounds was showing the most
progress. Everything is 10 be taken
into consideration. the attendance
the manner In which the games are
executed and the general appearance.
and Tho winning grounds will be pre-
s"nted with large pcnnani. witch
VIII be raised AZ the grounds. Much
enthusiasm Us being shown bv the
children and daily rehearsals will
begin today Following are the dates
FOR the exhibitions Thursday> Angus,
p. Fast Wheeling Friday q. Twenty
sixth street Tuesday 27th. Forty
seventh street. THURSDAY 29th. Island
Plans were talked Of FOR a Boys
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-19
How n Wa. Nar..

Nottingham lace was 30 called be.
cause IL originally WIS made by the
semisavage people who lived in tho
caves in England By keeping tho
work between them and tho dark
mouth Of the cave the women could
work The pattern easily. Nottingham
or any other lace. even the nnost and
hlmes'. can be washed safely and
quickly with Easy Task soap. which
is natural scientific cleanser and
leaves the lace In the best condition
Easy Task costs but FIVE cents cake
az your grocers
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-19
LOCAL MEN
viii Attend Annual Convention Of
Pennsylvania Business Mems
Association.

When the annual convention OF the
Retail Business Mems Association Of
Pennsylvania convenes Tuesday in
Johnstown. there will be at least
three members of the West Virginia
business Mems association present.
President a. Il. Scott, of Fairmont,
and Secretary William Schwertfeger.
of this city. have been selected as
representatives OF this states associ-
alton. while G. W Greig. of this city.
has been selected 10 represent. the
National Federation OF Retail Mer-
chants.
Mr.. Greig. who is a member OF the
board OF directors OF the National Fed
Grafton. will deliver an address on
the subject. The Importance OF the
National Federation 10 the State and
Local Associations"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-19
cHAUTAUoUA CLOSED 49, -.
AT EPWORTH PARK.

The chautauque season - Epworth
Park. the beautiful little summer re.
sort. at Bethesda, O., was brought to
a successful close. yesterday after.
noon. bun the park will not close for
over a month and the Belmont coun-
~ Teachors >insHt1te will be held
there thisr pseeIl-,. The season just
closed has bess very successful IN
every way and has placed quite a
sum Of money in the Association
treasury. s.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-19

WILL EXHIBIT
CHILDREN WILL HAVE BOOTH IN
EXPOSITION HALL.
At the stare Fair. Dates Set For
Exhibitions az Different Grounds.
Boys Social Club Planned.

Since the organization Of the play
grounds in this CRY. much has been
accomplished. and the only district
without grounds. Is North Wheeling
but II Is likely thar with the first ~
next year a large play ground viii be-
opened IN that secfion.
" was decided 40 "a meeting held
Saturday ~ reserve space a. tho OK
position hail a. the West Virginia
State Fair for each % tho play
grounds 70 exhibit some ~ their work
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-19

social club. which is 70 be a big feat
IRE In the Fairgrounds work. and this
new department will be brought he.
Tore the next melting ~ the board Of
education in an attempt TO have tho
cooperation OF tho schools The
place viii probably have a school
centrally located wherein meetings
can be held and the work will con.
Sist mainly OF sociology. although
other work will be taken up later
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-19

ConGpctor-Y ou1l have 10 pay for
that child. mum.
Fare-lndeed won't. Young man
never ave yet. and amt a goin'
TO begin ow-Punch 0.ondon,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-07-24
lows the Great Hog State.

The farmers of Iowa own over
seven million head Of hogs. They
have more hogs than are to be found
in any other state of the union, more
tl,an in any other two states of the
union, and the Iowa hog has long
been famous for his capacity to make
money for the farmers.
This is one reason why the swine
exhibit at the Iowa State Fair has
come to be regarded as the standard
for all the world. No other eSAih:t
of swine is in the same class at all
with that of Iowa. There are more
breeders and more buyers who attend
this swine exhibition than attend any
o..,1cr fair or live stock show.
The Iowa farmer who is at all in-
torested in swine cannot afford to
ro'ss a careful study Of the exhibit
at Des Moines, August 22d to Both.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-07-24

Iowa Fruit.-According to the re.
port compiled by Wesley Greene, state
horticulturist, the apple crop is going
to be below normal. The extreme
GOODNESS of the early part of June is
believed to be the reason. Plums are
plentiful, and the cherry crop made up
in quality what it lacked in quantity.
The small berries are going to come
in fairly large quantities if the weat-
her is seasonable. The percentage on
the fruit crop obtained by Mr.. Greene
are: Summer apples, p per cent;
fall apples, 20; winter apples, IT.;
pears, %; American plums, II; do
nestle plums, %; japanese plums, 49,;
cherries, 50; red raspberries, 65;
blackberries, 40; grapes, CO.; currants,
70; gooseberries, 70.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-07-24

The fact that the contest for the
National Draft Horse Breeders fu-
turtles has been located definitely in
Iowa at the Iowa State Fair for the
next three years is high compli-
ment to the state of Iowa as horse
breeders state The fact seems to be
that Iowa has made wonderful gains
in recent years in breeding the finest
of horses, and each year the big
horse show at the Iowa State Fair
has been gaining in interest.
There is no finer sight anywhere
in the world than that in the stock
Judging pavilion at the Iowa State
Fair when the ribbons are being
placed on the finest horses that the
world can produce.
The estimated value of the futur-
tiles for draft horses is $4,000, which
is in addition to the $13,541 offered
as premiums in the horse depart
ment.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-07-24
Iowa Boys Encampment at Fair.

A fine feature Of the Iowa State
Fair this year will be an encamp-
ment of one hundred boys from the
farms of Iowa, selected by competi
ton through the educational depart
llent, each one to have his expenses
paid to and at the fair.
The State Fair management has
adopted this method of interesting
farm boys of the state in the great
est educational event of the year re-
lating to farm life.
The competition for places in this
encampment has been spirited amlng
the boys of the state.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-07-24
Popularity of the Races.

Iowa people continue to place the
races in the forefront of the fair at
fractions. More than PTS horses
were named in the stake races for
the Iowa State Fair this year.
The premiums in the speed depart
ment have been increased to $15,-
$4,000 and the speed program is such
as will bring to the Iowa State Fair
the very fastest horses in the country.
Additional seating capacity has
been arranged for this year for those
who attend the races, in anticipation
Of increasing crowds at the State
Fair.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-07-24
The Newport Monoplane.

Visitors to the Iowa State Fair wal
have the pleasure this year of seeing,
for the first time in this part of the
country, Newport monoplane,
which is the highest type Of flying
machine developed in Europe.
The contract calls for two flights
daily Of the Newport, also two each
for the Curtis and Wright biplanes..
This will be the finest flying machine
exhibition ever given in the state.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-07-24
The money for the expected pay.

The money for the expected pay.
ment on the Atlantic property did not
n1ater:alize at the agreed time. After
a hard fight, however, an extension of
time was secured and agents were
sent post haste to London to learn
the trouble 1t was discovered that
Iowa railroad forces were fighting the
Shaw syndicate through powerful
banking interests of New York and
London The Iowa railroad systems
did not want the syndicate to succeed
The syndicate was tapping territory
which the Iowa roads covered and
coveted.
At one time the hope Of success in
London became luminous and the syn
dictate increased its deposit about
$1,000 fer another extension of time.
The expense OF sending men TO Europe
and the printing of the bonds and the
deposits tied about 100000 in the
deal.
Even Shaw Couldn't Win.
The agents at London several times
were on the verge of success, but
the pressure brought to bear by the
American railroad bankers was too
much. Leslie NJ Shaw was urged by
cable to visit London in person. Mr..
Shaw is an able man and had back
of him the reputation of a United
States cabinet officer which command
ed for him respectful consideration.
1t was felt that if anyone could
swing the deal Mr.. Shaw could. The
man who at one time directed the
financial affairs of the nation lost out.
Shaw, dismayed, but not discouraged,
went to Belgium.
After weeks of negotiation with the
bankers at Brussels success seemed
to reward his efforts. That the ne
gotiations were successful would ap-
pear evident from the fact that Mr..
Shaw OlQ not hesitate Recently W oC-
post $4,000 of his own money in or
der to secure further time.
What the hitch is now is not yet
positively known. The only informa-
ton that has come from the syndi-
cate is that there has been delay on
the part of the London bankers in
delivering the bonds to the Belgian
CAPITALISTS. There is probably a
deeper reason behind the present de-
lay. The fact that Mr.. Luffberry, one
Of the syndicate, is now in the money
centers of the east is a fact which
speculation and deepens
he mystery.
Regardless of the outcome, admira-
ion must go out to Leslie NJ. Shaw
tor the battle he has put up. He has
made a good fight in the face of the
most stubborn odds and he deserves
20 win.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-07-24
BIG BATTLE FOR
LITTLE RAILROAD
Great Financial Fight Being Waged
in Order to Gain Control Of the
Atlantic Road.
OPPOSITION VERY MYSTERIOUS
Story of the Struggle That Has Been
Met by Shaw Syndicate in e.
fort to Float Bonds.

According to railroad man in Des
by the Des Moines Register anC
Leader, a terrific struggle has been ir
progress underneath the surface III
the long drawn out negotiations of the
Shaw syndicate to float the $4,000,
600 bond issue of the Iowa Short
Line, with which it is proposed to
take over the Atlantic Northern &
Southern.
The origin of the opposition, of
which considerable is known by those
on the inside of the deal in Council
Bluffs, is more or less mysterious, but
is generally attributed to the int1u-
ence of the other railroads with which
the Short Line, when extended from
Council Bluffs to Des Moines, would
be an active competitor.
The story of the obstacles which
have been combated by the syndicate
back of the Short Line, as attributed
to a railroad man by the Des Moines
paper, follows:
Big Struggle for Short Road.
In the financial fight to gain pos
session of the Atlantic North & South,
Iowa people are witnessing one of the
greatest struggles that has been
thrown on the railroad map of Iowa.
The Atlantic property as railroad
proposition is perhaps insignificant
1t is a line originally built on the CO.
operative plan by agricultural inter-
ests. One branch extends north, the
other south of Atlantic. Its mileage
is immaterial. 1t is the principles
that are involved.
All the elements involved in the
fight to finance the road are not un-
derstood yet, becaues the men who
made it are still abroad. But wheth-
er the syndicate headed by Leslie M.
Shaw eventually wins or loses, it will
not destroy the fact that Shaw is a
remarkable man and that he has put
up remarkable financial fight against
the most discouraging odds. His de-
termination in the face of overwhelm
ing and continued resistance has been
unusual.
1t is known that when the Atlantic
line was bid in first by the Shaw syn
dictate the men had every assurance
that they could finance the property
and carry out their intention to eX-
tend their Iowa & Omaha Short line
to Des Moines. The Iowa &, Omaha
is an interurban electric line which
is being operated between Treynor
and Council Bluffs.
Bid in BY Short Line.
The Atlantic porperty was bid in
for 100000, and the representative Of
London banking house, who was in
Iowa at the time, advanced the first
$4,000 deposit to hold the property
until financial arrangements could be
completed to take over the property
and also float bonds for $5,000,000 to
extend the Iowa & Omaha line.