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shafroth Names Thursday, Nov. 20, a.
Thanksgiving Day.

Denver.-Following the recent proc
iamation OF President Taft designating
Thursday. November 2S. as Thanksgiv-
ing Day. Governor Shafroth. in accord.
ance with a custom followed by all
governors since the United States be-
gan. issued the following proclama-
tion: .tI
-'In conformity with the time-hon.
ored custom established by our fore.
fathers and In harmony with the proc
lamation OF our President. Hon. Will
liam H. Taft. l here designate Thurs
day. the 2Sth day of November. A. D.
1912. rs Thanksgiving day, and direct
that upon that day all the state offices
be closed.
Furthermore. recommend that all
secular occupations. as far as possible,
be laid aside. and that the people OF
this state come together in their nc.
customed places OF worship to render
praise and thanksgiving to the Divine
Ruler of the universe for the manifold
blessings showered upon our nation
and state during the past year. and
reverently beseech continuance OF
His gracious favor"
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JUMPING KANGAROO IS FUNNY
Latest Toy to Please Fancy Of ParlsIan
Boys and Girls Has No
Mechanical Motive Power.

A toy kangaroo which Jumps when
placed on slightly inclined board.
table or other surface. but which is
not provided with springs or mechani-
cal motive power of any kind. is the
lates toy to please the fancy Of Pari.
sian boys and girls.
The motive power Of the interesting
toy Is derived through the construc-
tion Of the hind legs and the arrange
ment OF the center Of gravity OF the
body. says the Popular Mechanics.
When the toy rests on a horizontal
board It Is supported by the tail and
the bends Of the hind legs. but when
the board Is gently tipped the center
Of gravity Of the body changes. the
toy leans forward until only the low
er part of the kind legs are resting
on the board. Then the momentum Of
the body causes the kangaro, to make
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copper as sources OF wealth. Our
grains. wheat. oats. rye. rice and In.
dan corn yield US enough to feed our
own people and replerish the exhaus.
ton Of other lands. When the crops
are abundant there is rejoicing from
coast to coast. The farmers have
many things to contend with. Some
times there is a plague Of grasshop-
pers or Of locusts. sometimes there Is
drought. and again there are floods.
but. on the whole. from years end to
years end. the soil gives back In Di.
vine multiplication the seed which the
human hand has sown. We cannot sit
down at the simplest Thanksgiving din.
ner without seeing upon It contribu-
tions from every section Of our big re-
public. .sr
AS women and girls are tho true
homemakers. It is well for them to
take sincere and intelligent inter
est in the affairs of their country. Men
seldom rise higher In goodness. frank.
ness and patriotism than the women
whose influence over them tends to
purity, bravery and truth. We ought
to sare about the politics Of ouredaA-
try. When we thank God for peace.
VS. ought to be additionally grateful
that the menace Of war has been
swept out Of sight by the wise lead.
ership in our councils Of state. When
We thank God for schools and for free
dom Of speech and an untrammeled
press and good books that are as
plentiful as autumn leaves. we should
again remind ourselves and the chill
dren around US that we owe these
tokens Of advanced civilization to our
republican government and to the
goodness and guardian care Of Je-
hovah. who has given US dominion
owe: palm and pine."
Another word may be in order.
Why should we compress our Thanks
giving into one day? Why not be
thankful all the time for the little
things as for the great ones. and
most of all for the dear ones Of
hearth and homer
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PANAMA TOLLS FIXED eY TAFT.
Experts Report Basis Of Tolls Pro-
muigated by President.

washington.-Presid TAFT has is.
sued proclamation fixing the rates
that foreign shipping shall pay for
passage through the Panama canal.
The proclamation, made under author.
ity Of the canal bill passed by Congress
in August, establishes a merchant ves-
sci rate Of $1.20 per net ton in actual
carrying capacity. with a reduction OF
40 per cent ship in ballast.
The provisions of the proclamation
are us follows:
ION merchant vessels carrying pas.
sengers or cargo. $1.2O per net vessel
ton-each 100 cubic feet-of actual
earning capacity.
"On vessels in ballast without pas
sengers or cargo. 40 per cent less than
the rate Of tolls for vessels with pas.
sengers or cargo.
upon naval vessels, other than
transports. colliers, hospital ships and
supply ships, SO cents per displace-
ment ton.
Upon army and navy transports,
colliers, hospital ships and supply
ships. $1.20 per net ton, the vessels to
be measured by the same rules as are
employed in determining the net ton.
mage Of merchant vessels.
THE secretary Of war will prepare
and prescribe such rules for the meas.
urement of vessels and such regula.
tions as may be necessary and proper
to carry this proclamation into full
force and effect"
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Home Influence Upon Child

flesh Of their flesh. How powerful,
how everlasting. when between moth
er and father. patience. self-considera-
tion. forbearance and forgiving are
always kept uppermost in the mind!
If. on the other hand. the child must
see in daily home life impatience, self
ishness: hear hasty or angry words,
from those whom 1t knows long before
1t understands the law Of city. county,
state. or nation. what contempt must
naturally grow in its heart for those
things that make for the best Of life
law and order. gentleness of speech,
regard and love for others. trustful.
ness and hopefulness. ~
The personal home environment of
a child has much to do with it's
future state Of mind as to respect for
work, law and humanity 'f
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RIDDLES.

When are two apples alike?
When pared.
What is 1t everybody wishes for
and tries to get rid Of?
A good appetite.
When may a man call his wife
's,oney?"
When she has a comb on her head.
If your letter Is too short what girl
will you ask for help?
Adaline.
Why is a comet more like a dog
than the Dog star?
The comet has tail and the Dog
star hasn't.
In what part of church do they
ring the bellies?
At the altar.
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be very nice fn1eed. I've heard you
and your brother practicing. That
symphony Of yours last night on the
cornet was exquisite"
Unfortunately the keen edge Of this
compliment was dulled. because Jo-
seph recalled that he had not played
a cornet on the previous night He
had practiced on a trombone, but
bravely refrained from making an ex.
PLANTATION.
"And there was another piece that
caught my fancy" the young lady con.
tiuued. 1T seemed like Wagnerian
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Pity About Pa.

Pity About Pa.
They have q wise ten-year.old boy
in an East End family and some Of
his sayings are really worthcpeddling.
AT least his father thinks they are, or
he wouldn't tell this one.
The other day the youngster ap-
preached the father and stared at him
for some time. ..
Daddy" he finally said, you think
you ever saw, don't you?"
"Of course" replied the father, with
great promptness.
Again the boy scrutinized his
parent - .ta .---.. .... .-.
Gee. daddy" he finally said, "it's
an awful pity she can't say the same
about you, isn't it,"
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country is? Should you 60 to Rome
you would find more old walls and
monuments and buildings that have
been standing for centuries, and still
testify to the past splendor Of the
once imperial city. Crossing the At
lantic and setting foot on the shores
Of England. the past greets you on
every hand. You are Immediately
made aware that our friends across
the water are living among old tradi.
tions. while In their ceremonials. as
queen at his side. they are keeping
up the customs and recalling the gran
deur that have been theirs for thou.
sand years.
Over here. in comparison with other
nations on the globs. we are still in
our childhood and can hardly be said
to have more than reached the begin
ming OF our maturity. Yet we have
eight million people. and we jostle
when We walk on the street people
who have sought US from the far east,
from the islands Of the ocean. from
northern and southern Europe. and.
indeed. from everywhere beneath the
sun. To my mind there is something
wonderful and significant and heart
stirring in the thought that q man of
our choice in Washington in the
White House presides Us our chief ex-
ecutive over our vast territory and
our mighty mass of citizens. He sends
out word in November. and 10! the
Who1o commonwealth Nutopo opA
obeys. BY one consent Americans.
native-born and adopted into our
ranks from abroad. cease from busi-
ness. observe holiday and thank
God on the last Thursday OF Eovem.
Der. Everyone does not 60 to
church. but the churches are open.
There are services. there is exquisite
music and eloquent sermons are
preached. and the nation Is thus up
lifted to higher plane. and there is
an obvious reminder that We owe
thanks to our Creator and praise to
our Father in heaven.
Another charming feature Of this
peculiarly popular and wholly Amer.
lean holiday is the assembling OF fam
files around the Thanksgiving dinner
table. Again look back, not over a
thousand years. but over very nearly
three hundred. and you will see how
significant was the origin OF this
annual jubilee. In 1921 Governor
Bradford Of Massachusetts issued
proclamation to the little colony set.
ting apart day of Thanksgiving for
the first in-gathering harvests. Should
you ever 60 to Plymouth, Mass, and
stroll through the old graveyard there,
tears would spring to your eyes even
now when you saw by the records on
tine stones that Death was very busy
In reaping the first harvest Of life in
New England. These hardy pioneers
who came to our bleak Atlantic coast
that they might have freedom to wor.
ship God as they chose, were made of
stun too strong to be daunted by
illness. want, famine or death. The
attacks OF hostile Indians in the night
did not turn them from their purpose
of settling in the new country. and
women and men alike were heroic in
their scorn Of peril and their determin.
alton to snatch success fro1a apparent
defeat. The first harvest was scanty
but they assembled in church and
thanked God for It, anc in their homes
they sal down to the best dinner thew
could provide. The wild turkey fur.
nished the meat for the feast This
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NAuohtyl.

"What is the matter. dearest?" ask
ed the mother Of a small girl who
had been discovered crying In the
hall d.
"somefing awful's happened. moth.
er." a.
well, what is 1t, sweetheart?" Il,
"My d.doll-baby got away from me
and broked a plate in the pantry
Lippincott's.
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Kangaroo Toy.

a jump. bringing It back into its orig
inal position on the tail and bends Of
the hind leg again. The shock re-
sulting from the completion Of the
jump throws the body forward again
and the jump is repeated. and 50 on
The Ordway new era., 1912-11-22
Advice to Alpine cIimbers.

In the earlier part of the nineteenth
century many even of those who had
been up Alpine peaks themselves de-
nounced the sport. Regarding the as.
cent Of Mount Blanc. Murray's Hand
book in the year 1888 stated that all
who have succeeded have advised no
one to attempt it." and nearly 20
years later noted the remarkable
fact that large proportion of those
who have made this ascent have been
persons Of unsound mind"
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DULLS EDGE OF COMPLIMENT
But Amateur Musician eraveIy Re-
Trained From Making Explanation
to Young Lady.

Every evening for three weeks twin
brothers had been practicing for an
amateur band concert One twin,
Joseph, played a cornet. and the other,
Joel. operated on the violin. Meeting
a young woman. Joseph asked her II
she would attend the musical feast
"Yes," she said, land think It will
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AMERICAN HOUSE
Depot. Rates: Soc. 75c and 100. European
A homc.like place. All outside rooms. Steam

orput. MTHtcs; 5Oc. .3c and >! 10 European Plan.
a home like place. All outside rooms Steam brat
DENVER s RIO GRANDE-WESTERN
PACIFIC
1.-THE Royal Gorge Feather River
Canon Route"
Taken together form the most hcouti Z
full line of continuous travel Denver
Salt Lake. City. San Francisco.
A.. The marvellous scenic attractions OF
the Rockies. the Great Salt Reds ofA
Utah and the wonders Of the sierras
can be seen from the car windows.
without extra expense for side trims
SUPERB DINING CAR SERVICE.
For Illustrated descriptive matter.
Passenger Agent. Denver & Rio SSnerss Grnnde
Railroad. Denver. Colo
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squares-that is. leave as many match
es as possible. but have no absolute
ly perfect squares In the arrangement.
The accompanying diagram shows
how the removal of nine matches
breaks up all squares.
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extract Do you also play a saxo-
phone?"
mo. MISS" was the amateurs ad.
mission. -5aa ,.-...
II wonder what was the other instru-
ment heard last night?"
Il can't say positively. but II It
was about nine o'clock. l think broth.
er Joel was either putting a new
string on his violin or tuning the Old
piano."
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Auto owner ae Guilty as Driver.

Philadelphia.-The rights OF the
public against the reckless running OF
automobiles are defined b. Judge Sulz'
berger of the Criminal Court here In
q decision which holds that an owner
of a car who occupies 1t when an &C.
cident occurs is equally guilty OF man
slaughter with the driver. Incidental
ly the Judge notes that the streets OF
the city belong to the people and de-
clares that the speed Of the automo'
biles should be regulated ITO the walk
ing power OF pedestrians" .I
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ferent rectangles can you find In this
Arrangement OF forty matches?
One hundred rectangles of which
thirty were perfect squares could be
found In the diagram Of forty matches.
interesting puzzle consists
in discovering the least number Of
matches that may be removed from
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PUZZLE WITH FEW MATCHES
Trick 10 to Find How Many Reetan.
giles May Be Made BY Removing
Little Bits Of Wood.

Remembering that square is al.
ways rectangle. but that a rectanEle
Is not always square. how many DIFF
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GATHERING THE CpANbERREo

HE household year. like the
year of the nation. has it's
red-letter days and its 10Y.
GUS anniversaries. Around
Thanksgiving the sweetest
associations Of the home
and the tenderest memo
ries OF the nation meet
and cluster. Do you ever
stop to think how new this
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Even the chronic kicker doesn't
look forward to kicking the bucket
The Calumet news., 1912-07-25
GREAT WAR GAME IS ON;
BIG BATTLE EXPECTED SOON

Camp Douglas. Wis, July ga
battle between the Reds. composed
wholly of United States regular troops
and the Blues. composed of regulars
and state militia, began at dawn to-
day.
on the theory that the Reds had i'm
vaded hostile country by crossing the
Mississippi river at La Crosse, and al
ready had planted their flag in the
interior as far as Tonap. 10 miles east
of Sparta. the Blues broke camp at
daylight and FASTENED to meet the
foes.
1t is expected the two armies will
not face each other within 80 hours
because much theoretical burning OF
bridges and blowing up of railroads
is To he done to harass the advancing
enemy. Already the Blues have post
ed on the railroad tunnel a notice:
"This tunnel is blown up" This is ex-
pected to enectually cut off the Reds
from the base of supplies at Camp
Mccoy.
one of the important functionaries
left with the Blues today He is
Lieut.. Robert Brek. Jr., known as the
damage officer. who is detailed to rec
ord the claims of farmers and others
who allege damage TO property be-
cause of the movements of troops
through unharvested crops.
The Calumet news., 1912-07-25
MAY BECOME THE BRIDE
OF THE RICHEST BACHELOR

Newport r. l., July 25.-A new
mark for lavishness and splcndor is
expected to be set for Newport society
by the entertainment Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul A. Andrews will give tomorrow
evening. at their summer home here.
to introduce formally their daughter,
Margaret. The cottage colony is in
tcrsely interested in the debut FOR
Miss Margaret is one of the acknOw-
ledeed bellies of Newport this season.
In fact. she has almost monopOlized
public attention, especially since It was
noticed that young Vincent AstCr,
Americas richest bachelor. was ex-
ceedingly fond of her company. DGr-
ing his visit to Newport before lesv-
ing for Europe young Astor paid de-
voted attention to Miss Andrews. The
fact that Vincent Astor's most intimate
friend Young Hermann Celrichs, is al
SO a devoted attendant upon the young
lady mas added interest to the situa.
tion, and it would not be surprising IL
sporty Newport would soon be laying
wagers on the result of the contest be-
tween the two millionaire kids for
the heart and hand of the fair Miss
Margaret.
The Calumet news., 1912-07-25
JAP NAVY LIKELY SOON
TO PASS THAT OF U. S.

Washington. July 25.-The increase
of the number of dreadnaUghts in the
British navy authorized by the new
building program just announced i'm
London emphasizes the deficiency Of
the United States i'm this regard. While
the American navy now ranks second,
IL will very soon be forced back to
third, fourth and ever fifth place un-
less congress takes steps to meet tine
pace sof the Euaoptan nations. The
nations of Europe and even Japan are
building dreadnaughts so much faster
than the United States that II will he
hut short time before the American
navy is far out -distanced.
At present the United States has
eight dreadnaughts. These eight m
clude the North Carolina and Micni
gan. not always counted as dread
because of certain weaknesses. II also
in cludes the Wyoming and Arkansas
which. though built, have not yet been
accepted by tile navy. Four others
are building. The total dreadnaught
strength Of the United States navy will
be only IL in 1914
Against this, in 1914 Great Britain,
according to the new program, will
have 33 dreadnaughts, while Germany
will have % and France and Japan
will have no less than 10 each. Japan,
however. is planning naval expansion
within the next five years which Is
expected To advance her considerably
among the dreadnaught navies.
The Calumet news., 1912-07-25
ACTOR WHO FIGURED IN
SENSATIONAL MURDER DIES

New York. July 25,-James Gentry
the actor who served fifteen years Ia
the penitentiary for killing Madge
York, in Philadelphia. and who was
released two years ago through the in
fuence of theatrical men, was found
dead in his room In hote! today.
Heart disease caused his death.
Gentry was involved i'm one of the
most sensational murders I'm Phi!adel-
phia. He was infatuated with Madgc
York, both members of the Baggage
Check company. She refused to mar
ry him. and on February IL, 1897, when
the company was in Philadelphia, he
went To the actress room an6 shot
her He was sentenced To be hanged,
but the sentence was commuted To
life Imprisonment.
The Calumet news., 1912-07-25
George R. Sheldon, Associated
UnofficialIy With Bliss, Is
Questioned Today
MORGAN & co. GAVE Big SUM
Harriman's Contribution Went In.
to New York State Fight
FRICk ALSO HELPED THE G. 0. P.

Washington July 25. - George r.
Sheldon. treasurer of the Republican
national committee in 1908. and asso-
cated in an unofficial capacity with
the late Cornelius Bliss. who was
treasurer I'm 1904. told the Senate com
mittee today he could not remember
the amounts j. p. Morgan & Co. and
Henry Frick gave in 1904. but classod
them among tie large contributors.
Senator Paynter introduced the sub
ject of Edward III. Harrman's con-
tribution
THAT has all been printed-my let
Ter to Roosevelt" responded Sheldon.
II don't recall you had written any
thing. Tell us anyway"
About two weeks before election"
began sheldon. Gov. Odell. who was
state chairman. came to Bliss. the
treasurer of the national committee,
and stated that whereas IL was per-
fectly clear Roosevelt would be elect
ed, the state ticket was i'm doubt. He
asked for money Bliss said. he would
see what he could do and he went
to Hartman. and Hartman and Bliss
got together about quarter of n mil
lion That money was handed to the
state committee and never went into
the nationai committees"
Sheldon said the contributions TO
the national committee in 1908
amounted TO sl.655.5iS
1t was Senator Clapp who asl;e
Sheldon for his recollection Of contri-
buttons above five thousand dollars in
1904. in which the witness mentioned
Morgan & Co. and Frick. He was un-
able To say definitely what others hal
contributed In that campaign. He was
confused as To the contributors of the
last four national campaigns.
How DO you happen to remember
these two contributors" asked Payn-
ter.
They told me So"
Some OF the committee were SUI
priscd that Chairman Clapp question
ed sheldon about the 1904 campaign
instead Of the 1908 fight
DO YOU know of any contribution in
1904 by any one, connected with the
steel corporation inquired Clapp.
II is difficult to answer that not
10 my personal knowledge" replied
sheldon.
lie gave similar answer to que3-
tons about the tobacco trust" 'har
vester trust" sugar trust" Standard
oil. American Protective league ard
various manufacturers as we'll
The Calumet news., 1912-07-25
MUROERERS OF GAMBLER
ROSENTHAL STILL AT LARGE

New York. July 25.-Efforts to dis
cover the identity of the men who
plotted the death of Gambler Rosen-
thai have been balked for time by
the failure Of the police to round up
the gang who murdered Rosenthal
With exception OF Vallon who sur
rendered. not one of the passengers
in the automobile has been brought to
headquarters by the police. though
several of the supposed assassins have
been seen in the city the past week
The grand jury continued today the
investigation of the gambling charges
made by Rosenthal.
The Calumet news., 1912-07-25
CHILD MAKES COMPLAINT.
Charges older Woman With Use OF In
decent Language.

Mary Vidosh was arrested and
brought before Justice Jackola last
evening. charged with using indecent
language In the presence of children.
The complaint was made by little thir-
teen year old Annie Grentz. who 1t is
claimed was present when the alleged
offense occurred. The defendant Piled
not guilty and demanded an examina-
tion which was set for August /. She
was released on her own recognizance.
a. Lekin. who was arrested some
time ago on complaint Of Ben Blum.
charged with wlfully breaking mir
ror in the lattcr's saloon, appeared be &.
fore Justice Jackola, this morning. Be
cause Of cxtenuating circumstances. the
complaint was withdrawn the Defend
ant paying the amount CT the damages
and the expense of the case so far.
The Calumet news., 1912-07-25
SPECIAL RATES ANNOUNCED.
Knights Of KaleVs TO Convene az
Cleveland on August 19.

Special rates Of one ana one third
fares for the round trip have been an
nounced by the South Shore for the
benefit of local Knights Of Itoleva who
desire to attend the national conven-
ton To be held i'm Cleveland, commenc-
ing August ~. Tickets will be on
sale August ~. rs and 10 good for re-
turn up to and including Sept 5.
Calumet Knights % Kaleva viii pie
nic at the White City on Sunday, to-
gether with other members of the or
der from Houghton county.
The South Shore road announces
special rates for the Upper Peninsula
F'iremcn's tournament at Gladstone,
commencing July 81, Tickets will be
sold via FsCanaba on Jlly 80 and 81
and August I. The copper country
departments probably will leave for
Gladstone on the morning of July 81,
special accommodations having been
arranged for that day.