davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-06-07
For Sale.

or 5 tons of timothy hay in barn.
Enquire Of FRED GERBER, Cresco, R.
F. D. No. 4.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-09-26
THE POLITICAL
SITUATION

It appears that the political mud
die is growing more complicated
each day as the time for final cleo
ton approaches. Little satisfaction
was gotten out of the results Of the
primaries as not over twenty per
cent of the voters paid any attention
and did not go near the polls on
election day. Many of the candi
dates who failed to get the nomina-
ton bolted their party and became
Bull Moosers. Taft seems to be laid
on the shelf at the present writing
and the main fight is being waged
hot and heavy between Roosevelt
and Wilson. Bryan is camped on
the trail of the Bull Moose with a
determination to put him down and
out if such thing is possible, but
it is believed that the more he stire
things up the more votes he will
make for Teddy or Taft. The COM
mon people have made up their
minds already whom they will sup
port in the coming election and all
the oratory that might be brought
from Heaven or Hades is not going
to persuade them TO vote against
their own interest this time.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-09-26
SAFETY FOR
THE MINER
MEANS FOR PREVENTION
OF EXPLOSIONS

A worldwide movement for
greater safety among the several
million men who work In the mines,
suggested by DR.. Joseph A. Holmes
the director of the United States
Bureau of Mines, will be inaugu-
rated at the Pittsburgh experiment
station of the Bureau tomorrow,
when government officials from the
leading nations of :he earth convene
to discues the great problem before
them. Invitations to participate in
such a conference have been cx-
tended by the federal government
through the State department and
the American ambassadors to the
different foreign countries that have
mining interests, including Great
Britain, Germany, France, Belgium,
Austria. Hungary, Mexico and
Canada.
The army of coal miners through
out the world numbers more than
3,OOO,OO men and each yenr be-
tween 5000 and 1000 meet death
through accident. THE death rate
amepu these nten in 1910 was 2.11
in every 900 employed. In the
United States ulone in the same
year, 1854 men were killed III the
coaa mince or 3.9f in, every 900
employed. Will conditions worse
in the United States than in any
other country, it is expected that
the conference Of experts will result
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-09-26

in great good to this country, and
perhaps a lessening of the death
rate Of the world.
The prevention of coal dust and
gas explosions in the mines Will be
the general theme of the conference
officials, who will continue in ses-
sion at Pittsburgh for ten dnys.
The United States has the only.ex-
perimental mines in the world and
the visitors, who are anxious to see
it, will witness the actual coal dust
explosions in the mine. Nearly all
of the visitors are the heads of ex-
plosives-testing stations in their re-
spcctive countries and the conference
will endeavor to develop more unn-
form, and if possible, new methods
of testing explosives. 1t is believed
that such d conference will contrib
ute largely to the initiation OF inn
provements in mining and will be
helpful in the adoption of snfer min
ing equipment and methods.
Mining Science.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-09-26

The following poem, written by
an Iowa man, expresses to a II the
feeling in that part of the country.
Where can we 90 to find man,
With nerve to face the foe;
And lead us on to victory,
Does anybody knowP
Our party is divided,
And the war Is waxing hot,
Between the monicd interests, (
And the men who can't be boughs.
The Man of Straw is anxious,
For he secs his doom is near,
He has had his chance and lost it,
His defeat is sure and near,
For the People they have spoken,
And we all can understand,
That the Masses want a Leader,
With the Big Stick in his hand.
They are tired of the Bosses,
With their Golfers filled with gold,
And they now demand Leader,
Who is fearless, just and bold.
They arc waiting and are anxious,
For the battle to begin,
With their guns all traind and loaded
They IRE ready for the din.
The rank and file are fcarless,d
And blood is in their eye,
To the nation they are loyal.
For the old flag they would die.
Down with the Bosses is the cry,
And let the People rule,
They surely ousht to know enough,
Taught in the Bosses school.
So if you want to win the strife,
Keep cool and be you ready,
And at the word throw up your hat,
And shout and vote for TEDDY.
G.. w. II.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-09-26
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior.

Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at Montrosc, Colorado.
Sept. o, 1912.
Notice is hereby gisch that Mike welsh, of
Crested Butte. Colorado, who, on August sth
1905 made Homestead Entry, No. 028s. Regular,
for Sw4 NE< Nwi4 SEh. NEi4 swli. ind Sc
X NWii, Section 7, Township II South. Range
IS West, Sixth Principal Meridian, has filed
notice of intention to make Final Three Year
Proof, to establish claim to the land above de-
scrihed, bsf"rc f. NJ. Noursc, Il. s. Commissions
or at Gunnison, on the 18th day of October 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses: D. Frank Nigro
Joseph Ecchet aud Mike Niccoli, all of Crested
Butte. Colorado and Joseph +, Heiner OF Guhhi
son, Colorado.
b. p. Blair, Register
First pub Sep. 10 Last nov. et, 1912.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-09-26
AERIAL NAVIGATION

1t is being predicted that before
another decade has passed air nav
igation will take tue place Of auto
mobile travel, as a good air ship may
be bought for less money now than
is required to buy an auto, while
the expense of operating an air craft
is no more than it takes to run a
buzz wagon that moves over the
ground ON wheels, instead OF an air
ship that rides the dir on wings.
Driving an auto is becoming too COM
mon and tame for the average up
to- date sporting class now-o-daSs.
The novelty has worn off and the
excitement and danger connected Is
not sufficient TO attract the dare
devil spirit of the present generation.
The ntan riding in an airship to and
from his business would create some
thing of q sensation for time, or
until his neighbors were all dong
the same thing, which would GER
tainly happen soon after the first
ship was in operation, for one in
novation means another to follow, mo
matter what the danger or expense,
so long Us the fad is established, the
greater the novelty and excitement
connected the more attractive it be-
comes. 1t is believed that ere long
the air ship will supersetle the auto
mobile among aristocratic fraterni-
ties who aspire to lead the common
populace, who, ever following in
their wake, taking the dust concon
liant. The ground is no longer ablc
! to hold these aspirants who have
been OILY hitting the high places
with their autos, and who will soon
be leaving terra firma and travelling
by air ship exclusively, far above
the noise and tumult of the common
herd.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-09-26
SCHOOL NOTES

The attendance for the first week
Of school was exceptionally good
notwithstanding the fact that whoop-
ing cough has been prevalent in the
town.
Certificates Of Attendance will be
given to those scholars who make a
record OF perfect Attendance and
punctuality during the school year I.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-09-26
MOUNTAIN
or IRON

The Cerro Mercado, us it is calle
after its discovercr, fazquez. del
Mcrcndo, ls described in Il recent
consular report. Humboldt pro-
nounccd 1t the eighth wonder Of tn e
world. The mountain rises about
400 feet abruptly from the plain,
is one and one half miles long, from
third to half mile wide, and is
practically solid mass OF iron ore,
of 60 tn 70 per cent iron. 1t Is est
yimatcd that there is fully 500 million
tons Of iron ore above the stirfacc Of
1.-THE surrounding plain. besides vast
deposits beneath, probably extend
ing Well undcr the city of Durango.
The most remarkable fact concern
ing these rich deposits, Is that all
attempts to work them profitably
have been failures for several tcasons
especially the long haul to market
and the high cost OF fuel. The new
Durango-Llano Grandc Railway now
approaching completion, will ptoba-
bly, solve the problem, as 1t taps :
timber country and the waste from
timber cutting is expected to supply
ample charcoal to use In smelling.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-09-26
R1!l57!l77l53 and EXPRESS

tequire twice as much red txpe, the order
is NO better, af,A II requires a longer time
70 feoovsF n It is lost thas cur BANK
MONEY ORDERS
BANK Of CRESTED BUTTE
Get some pointers about the sew
ing machine from the demonstrator
Of the New White Machine. now in
town.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-09-26
FOR SALE

SECOND handed single and double
buggy for sale cheap. Inquire ut
Robinrun's store.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-09-26

Mr.. C.. S. Robinson who has been
spending a few days with his brother,
$. C. Robinson, leaves today for Il
short stay in Paonia with E..S. Rob-
inson. From there he will go to
his home In San Diego, Calf.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-09-26
CHEAP HAY

Martin will sell some hay cheap
If hauled from the field. Also sell
some in stack.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-04
CONSERVATION.

We believe in the conservation and
the development for use of all the
people Of the natural resources of
the country. Our forests, our sources
Of water supply, our arabic and our
mineral lands, our navigable streams
and all the other material resourc-
es with which our country has been
so lavishly endowed, constitute the
foundation Of our national wealth.
Such additional legislation as may De
necessary to prevent their being was
ted or absorbed BY special or privi-
leecd interests. should be enacted
and the policy of their conesrva-
tion should be rigidly adhered to.
The public domain should be adj
ministered and disposed of with due
regard to the general welfare. Re-
servations shauld be limited to the
purposes which they puport to serve
and not extended to include land
NlOllg uHSulltu LnCt CAOA. h1 ~
.essary withdrawal from sale and set
Element Of enormous tracts of pub
lie land, upon which tree growth
never existed and cannot be pro-
NOTED, tends only to retard develop
ment, create discomfort and bring
reproach upon the Policy Of conserv-
alton.
THE PUBLIC LANDS SHOULD
BE administered in a spirit OF the
broadcast liberaIity toward the set
tier exhibiting a bona-ide purpose
to comply Herewith to the end that
the invitation of this government to
the landless should be as attractive
as possible and plain provisions OF
the forest act, permitting homestead
entries to be made within the ma
tionaI forests. should not be nullified
by administrative regulations which
mou to a withdrawal of great
areas OF the same from settlement.
Immediate action should be taken by
congress to make available thekvast
and valuable coal deposits Of Mas
ka undtr conditions that will nc
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-04

a perfectly guaranty against their
falling INTO the hands of monopoliz-
ing corporations, associations of in
terests. We rejoice in the inheritance
of minera! sources urcnualled in
extent. variety or value and in thr
development Of a mining industry
unequalled in its magnitude.
We have men VINO in their haz-
ardous toll underground, daily risk
their lives in extracting and pre-
pairing for our use the products of
the mine, so essential TO the indus
tries, the commerce and the comfort
of the people Of this country. and we
pledge Jul party to the extension OF
the work of the bureau Of mines
in every way appropriate for ma
tional legislation with a view of safe
guarding the lives of the miners,
.lessening the waste of essential re-
sources and promoting the economic
development of mining, which along
with agriculture, must in the future.
even more than in the past. serve as
the very foundation Of u national
prosperity and welfare and u inter
national commerce.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-04
WATERWAYS.

We renew the declaration in our
last platform relating to the con-
servation of our natural resources
and the development of u water
ways. The present devastation Of the
lower Mississippi valley a~ccentuates
the movement for the regulation of
river flow by additional bank and
levee protection below and the diver
sion. storage and control of the flood
waters above their utilization for
beneficial purposes in the rcclama-
ton of arid and swamp land and the
development of water power, insteaf
of permitting the floods to continue
as heretofore, agents of dos =
We hold that the control Of tn
Mississippi river is a national prob
lem. The preservation OF the derth
Of its water for the purpose of navi-
-gation, the building of levees to
maintain the integrity Of its chan
mel, the prevention of the overflow
of the land and it's consequent de-
VISITATION, resulting in the interrupt
ion of Interstate commerce, and the
disorganization of the mail service
and the enormous loss OF life and
property, impose an obligation which
alone can be discharged by the gen.
eral government.
To maintain an adequate depth Of
water the entire year and thereby
encourage water transportation is o
contamination worthy Of legislative
attention, and presents an issue ma
tional in its character. II calls for
prompt action or the part Of congress
and the democratic party Pledges it,
-~if " the enactment of legislation
leading to that end.
We favor the cooperation of the
u. S. and the respective states in
plans for the comprehensive treat
ment Of all waterways with a view
Of coordiHating plans for channel i'm
provenents with plans for drainage
OF swamp and overflowed lands. and
to this end we favor the aprropria-
ton by the federal government of
sufficient funds to make the surveys
of such lands. to develop plans Sor
draining of such lands and to super
vigc the work of construction.
We favor the adoption OF a liberal
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-04
KIT OF ABLE DOCUMENT
REPORTED AND ADOPTED
TARIFF REFORM, PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES, SINGLE PRES|
DENTAL TERM, PROHIBITION OF CAMPAIGN C0NTR|-
BUTTON BY CORPORATIONS, ARE AMONG
ITS GOOD FEATURES.

of stock watering, Of discrimination
in price, and the control by any on.
corporation Of so large a proportion
of any industry as to make it a me
mace to competitive conditions.
We condemn the action Of the re
publican administration in compro
missing with the Standard Oil Com
pany and the tobacco trust and its
failure to invoke the criminal pro
visions of the antitrust law against
the officers of those corporations af.
ter the court had declared that fror'
the undisputed facts in the record
they had violated the criminal provi
sions of the law.
We regret that the Sherman anti
trust law had received a judicial cor
rtruction depriving it Of much o
its efficiency and we favor the enact
ment of legislation which will res
tore to he statute the strength @
which il has been deprived by sue.
Interpretation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-04
RURAL CREDITS.

Of equal Importance with the
question of currency reform is the
question of rural credits or agricu!-
.ural finance. The reform we recon-
mend is chat an Investigation of ag-
.ricultural credit societies in foreign
countries be made so that it may be
fscertained whether a system of ru-
raj credits may b. devised snitabl'
I conditions in theG S. and we alsU
fcv !. Iegislat On permitting "a o;r.l
b.rks to loan q reasonable proper
ton Of their funds on real estate
security.
We recognize the value of voca-
.tiOnal education and urge federal ap-
propria;ions for such training and ex-
tension of teaching in agriculture
in cooperation with the several
states.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-04

delegates and a~lterna.es made
through a primary election conduo
ed by the party organization in each
state where such expression and el
ection are not provided for by state
law. Committeeman who are hereaf-
ter to constitute the membership z
the democratic national cen mittcc
and whose election is provided for
by law, shall be chosen in each state
at such primary elections and the
service and authority of commit ee-
men, however chosen. shall begin
Immediately upon the receipt of their
credentials respectively.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-04

We believe in encouraging the de-
velopment of a modern system O.
agriculture and a systematic effort
to improve the conditions of trade
in farm products so as TO benefit
both the and producers
and as an efficient means to this q
we favor the enactment by congress
Of legislation that will suppress the
pernicious practice of gambling in
agricultural products by organized
oxohonuac nr nfhQrS
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-04
CIVIL SERVICE LAW.

The law pertaining to the civil
service should be honestly and RI
gidly enforced 20 the end that merit
and ability shall be the standard OF
appointment and promotion, rather
than service rendered to a political
party, and we favor a reorganization
OF the civil service with adequate
compensation commensurate with y
class OF work performed for all of
ficers and employees. we also favor
the extension to all classes of civil
service employees of benefits of the
provisions Of the liability compensa-
tion act, we also recognize the right
OF direct petition TO congress by en-
ployes for the redress OF grievances.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-04

George w. Perkins say that mo-
body dare steal "a red hot stove I'M
der the eyes or 10000. 900 Amer
leans. Maybe not. But IN he hsr-
vester trust would not u would not
because OF any well grounded fear
that its reputation would be im-
jurled=I0uiEyille ConrEer-Journal
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-04
RAILROADS. FXPRFSS C0MPAN-
les TELEGRAPH & TELE-
PHONE LINES.

We favor the efficient supervision
and rate-regulation OF railroads. ex-
press companies, telegraph and telr-
Phone by the interstate commerce
commission. such valuation to take
into consideration the physical va
Inc of the property. the original cost.
the cost reproduction, and IN elc-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-04
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS

We pledge the democratic party to
the enactment Of a law p~rohiDitinr
any corporation from cor ributinc TO
a campaign fund and any individr"
from contributing any mount above
a reasonable maximum.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-04
MERCHANT MARINE.

We believe in fostering by consti-
tutional regulation Of commerce the
growth Of a merchant marine whicf
shall develop and strengthen the COM
mercial ties which bind us to a
sister republics Of the south but
without imposing additional bur-
dens upon the people and without
bounties or subsidies from the pub
lie treasury. We urge upon congress
the speedy enactment Of laws for the
greater security OF life and property
at sea, and we favor the repeal Of
all laws and the abrogation Of 20
much of our treaties with other ma
tions. which provide for the arrest
and imprisonment of seaman charg-
ed with desertion, or with violation
of their contract of service. Such
laws and treaties are un-American
and violate the spirit If not the let
ter Of the constitution Of the II. 5.
We favor the exemption from tolls
OF American ships engaged In coast
wise trade passing through the Pan
anna canal.
We also favor legislation forbid
ding the use of the Panama canal by
ships or controlled by railroad car
riers engaged in transportation
competitive with the canal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-04
TERM OF PRESIDENT

We favor a single presidential
term, and to that end urge the adop-
ton of an amendment to the consti-
tuition making the president Of the
u. s. ineligible for reelection. and
we pledge the candidate of this con-
vention to this principle.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-04
BANKING LEGISLATION.

We ~ csc the so-called Aldrich
bill FOR the establishment of a central
bank, and we believe the people of
the country will be largely freed
from panics and consequent unem-
ployment and business depression by
such a systematic revision Of our
banking laws as will render
temporary relief in localities where
such relief is needed, with protec-
ton from control or domination of
what is known as the money trust.
Banks exist for the accommodation
of the public and not for the control
OF business. All legislation on the
subject Of banking and currency
should have for its purposes the Sc
curing of these accommodations on
terms of absolute security to the pub
lie and of complete protection from
the misuse of the power that wealth
gives to those who possess it.
We condemn the present methods
of deTositing government funds in a
few favored banks, largely situated
in or controlled by wal Street
in return for political favors and we
pledge our party to provide by law
for their deposit by competitive bid
ding in the banking Inscriptions
of the country. national and state,
without discrimination as to location
upon approved securities and subject
TO call by the government.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-04
REPUBLICAN, EXTRAvAGANCE

We denounce the profligate waste
Of the money wrung from the people
by oppressive taxation through the
lavish appropriations of recent repun-
lican congresses. which kept taxes
high and reduced the purchasing 20
wer Of the peoples toll. We demand
a return to that simplicity and econo-
ny which benefits a democratic go
vernment and a reduction in the
number Of useless offices. the salar-
les Of which drain the substance of
the people.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-04

ment of valuation fair and just.
We favor such legislation as will
effectually prohibit the railroads, ex-
press, telegraph and telephone COM
panies from engaging in business
which brings them into competition
with the shippers or patrons also
legislation preventing the over
issue of stocks and bonds by
interstate railroads, express COM
panies, telegraph and telephone
companies and legislation which
portations as concluded will permit
care being taken to avoid reduction
that would compel a reduction OF
wages, prevent inadequate service or
do injustice to legitimate invest
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-04
THE PHILIPPINES.

We reafirm the position thrice
announced by the democratic party
in national convention assembled
against a policy of Imperialism and
colonial exploitation in the Phillip
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-04
Law REFORM.

We recognize the urgent need OF
reform in the administration OF civil
and criminal laws in the U. s., and
we recommend the enactment o
such legislation, and the promotion
OF such measures as will rid the pre-
SEN legal system OF the delays. ex-
pense and uncertainties incident 70
the system as now administered.