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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-31

the United States borrowed ov,r 81
f50,0V0.OOO. In the Same time II maid
OFF Its Indebtedness to the amount OF
S'lo'ooo'oo'' besides paying Its daily
expenses winch averaged nearly ST.
100000. And this was done when m.
government was in the throes Of an
internal war; when no one knew sure
ly but what the government wculd
tumble any day, and tho loans would DO
an entire loss
To meet these tremendous hills "a
they came due. the financial system OF
the nation won't through Siege of fire
equal 70 that of Its soldiers on the
battlefield. But this game siege &c,
mented the system into one that places
modern United States In the fore
front Of the business world to-day
The treasurer OF tho Confederacy had
even greater problems 70 solve. Chris
TOPPER @. Memminger vas the genius
behind It. Tho financing OF a new ma
ton devolved upon him. Memminger
began the day after Jefferson Davis
took Office as President. Within tween.
ty-four hours the Treasury and all
other departments of the Confederacy.
was located III banking house on
Commercial Street In Montgomery,
alabama.
THE world must know at once that
we are at work. and that we are In
earnest" announced Secretary Mem
mingcr
Tho newspapers the following day
carried card announcing the loca-
ton of the Treasury OF the Confeder-
acy. During the forenoon of the first
day. Memminger's private secretary
vas tho only occupant Of the Office
small room.
A captain of militia was the frst
customer. He entered and presented an
order on tho Treasury for money to
buy blankets and ratiors for 100 SOL
diers who Just enlisted The clerk
who smiled whimsically, turned his
own pocket book over 10 the captain.
This captain" he raid. rs ali the
money that will certify as being In
the Confederate Treasury at this mo.
ment."
The purse contained lees than $40
However. the Secretary OF the Treas
ury pledged his entire personal for
tune TO the government, and thus the
bills were met
Money! Money! Money: Was tho Cry.
Both governments needed cash TO
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-31

The law permitted groceries to carry
from two to six kegs of powder for
tho customers.
Tho owners of houses contributed
ieaden waterpipcs. window weights. and
copper vessels. especially old sugar.
boiling kettles. Tho pipes and win
uow weights won't into ths pot to come
out In the form OF bullets: tho copper
Kettles were bent and rerollcd to make
percussion caps.
Tho snltpetrs mines In tho Central
South were closely guarded, for these
were the means of making powder
Ihe principal armory OF the South WINS
In Richmond. When the Confederate
government was removed from Mont.
Someryr Ala. General Gorgas estab-
lished several depots within twenty
-FOUR hours after his arrival. and thers-
after during the war tho plants hardly
knew moment OF leisure
Mysterious Gun Maker In RIchmond.
There was man or mystery in the
Richmond armory, an Englishman
named Williams, who cumo unannounc-
cd one day to Armorer Sutherland
bearing an order from tho Secretary
or war 10 set him to work. He was
an expert steel forger. and tho only
one who could manufacture gun bar
ie4S oAtct inc ora English style twist
lie was allotted a space apart from;
the rest of the armory, wherein ne
erected his own forge and brought In
monstrous anvils and equipment the
like of which the others artisans had
never Seen nor understood He held
himself aloof. and soon earned the title
OF the Gun Maker of Moscow"
After this battles the quantities of
broken muskets and small arms were
picked UP by tho Confederates and
sent TO Richmond. These the pent up
Utica" would seize upon and soon
handed than back repaired, and in
hrst-class working order. During tho
war Williams remained the mystery
OF the armory. When Richmond was
ordered to be abandoned, Sutherland
and Williams locked the door for tho
last time and want to Capitol Hill.
whore they watched the little Con-
federate arsenal ascend In flames.
Both men burst Into tears as they
saw their workshop disappear. When
Sutherland recovered himself, he found
that Williams had disappeared and the
mystery OF his identity has never been
solved.
A Glimpse Inside the Government
Armory.
or all the varieties Of firearms used
by the Federal armies the Springfield
rifle was the best. The barrel was
forty inches long and O5S of an Inch in
diameter inside. and fired a bullet made
of lead and hollow. There were eigh-
ty-four pieces to each weapon. Each
gun before leaving the factory received
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-31
inside Workings of Governments in Great Wars

Investigations Which Show How Great Wars
Are Financed System Operated Luring the
civil War Gave Birth to the Seven Thousand
National Banks That Are Scattered Throughout
the Country on This Semi-Centennial-Th
also Is the Anniversary Of the Greenback, or
faper Bank-Note, Which Is the Medium OF Ex-
change Throughout the United States To-D ay.
Revelation of Secret Methods
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10
on Record
for First Ten Days

The first ten days of December,
1912, have been many degrees the
coolest on record here. Twenty years
of record in Grand junction has pro-
duced no such low temperatures as
have been experienced since the first
OF the month. The minimums for
the first ten days have been as fol-
lows: lG degrees, is degrees, "a
degrees. - degrees. S degrees. de
grees, degrees, s degrees, II de-
grees and 10 degrees this morning.
The mean temperatures for the first
ten days have also averaged 3.5 de
grees lower than the lowest on re-
cord heretofore.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10
Skips Town,

Skips Town.
Louis Levin. who has been renting
the French Electric Cleaning Estab-
lishment from j. w. McAllister for
some time, has skipped town and left
some few dozen irate creditors in
his wake. About SIS in unpaid bills
We're accumulated by the young man
before his departure, among which
was a considerable sum owed to Mr.
McAllister himself An effort is be-
ing made to locate him, but he seems
to have made good his escape,
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10
Corson Sentenced
to Canon City Pen

Withdrawing his plea of not gull
ty and admitting his crime. George
CorsOn, who was accused of stealing
several hundred dollars worth of
jewelry from Jack j. Silva. was SEN
fenced to a term of from one to two
years in the penitentiary. Corson Is
said to have admitted his crime to
the officers a week or more ago and
decided not to fight the case, in view
of the heavy chain of evidence which
had been prepared against him.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10
SPAIN BUILDING REAL NAVY.
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Paris, Dec. l0.-According to a
special dispatch received from Mad
rid, the Spanish naval program com
prlses three dreadnaughts of 2l .0O0
tons each, two destroyers. nine tor
pedo boats and three submarines.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10
Visited in Sali,Ia.

The Salida Record says Miss
Bessie Dean of Grand Junction. who
is attending the Colorado Teachers
college at Greeley, visited a short
while with her former roommate,
Miss Evelyn Foss. 72i d. street dur
Ing Thanksgiving vacation"
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10

Make someone happy with n box
of printed stationery for n Christmas
present, We are now selling sets of
100 sheets and 100 envelopes of
Hllltone Stationery printed in gold,
silver or any color for $l.5O. The
Daily Sentinel Job Rooms.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10
Associated Press.

Devonport, Eng, Dec. 10.-The
Centurion has arrived off Plymouth
sound, but no communication with
the shore is permitted.
The damage to the battleship was
caused by her anchors being driven
through the bows.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10
Associated Press

South Omaha, Neb., Dec. 10.--Cat-
tle-Receipts. 7.5G0; market steady:
native steers, $50 to 1880; native
cows and heifers. G.35 to $50; stock
ers and feeders. 1 so to 7.7j; calves,
500 to 800; bulls, $50 to G.2J.
Hogs Receipts. l5,4O0; market
slow to Toe lower; heavy, 7.55 to
7.G5; mixed, $50 TO 7.55: light, 7.35
to 7.6O; pigs, 500 to 725; bulk of
sales, $50 to 100
Receipts. $500; market
strong; yearlings, 500 to G.25: weth-
ers, $50 to 400 ewes. $50 to 4.40;
lambs. ESQ to 7S5.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10

Messrs, Biddick and Bert Colds
worthy made n trip to Grand June
tion today to visit at the home of
Elmer Goldsworthy and be introduc-
ed to the new heir to the Goldswor-
thy estate, who arrived recently via
the stork line
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10

Our careful way of handling nj
amos has won us an endless chain of
pleased patrons. Give us your next
job. and be one of them. Milne, 3l9
Colorado avenue. Phone Jet. 22S.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10

The Woman's Progressive club will
hold its next regular meeting Fri
day afternoon at the home of Mrs. j..
c. Carnahan.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10

Claire Wagner, little son of Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. V. Wagner of Collbran.
came down to Fruita for an indefi-
mite visit with relatives yesterday.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10
Slugged Man is Better.

Bennie +. Baca, tho Mexican who
was slugged over the head Sunday
night, is getting along very well at
ST. Mary's.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10
DAILY REPORT OF
LIVE STOCK and
WOOL Markets.. 80.
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Kansas City. Mo, Dec. lO.-Cattle
Receipts, 10000; market steady.
native steers. 100 to 1850: southern
steers, 800 to 80; stockers and
feeders, 800 70 80; bulls, $50 to
600; calves. 600 to 1000; western
steers, $50 to $50: western cows
and heifers, 400 to ESQ.
Hogs Receipts, 10000; market
lOc lower; bulk of sales. 7.55 to
775: heavy. 7.7O to $50: packers.
100 to 7.75; light, 7.5O to 7.7O;
pigs, $50 to 700.
Sheer Receipts. 900: market
strong; muttons, / 90 to 500: lambs.
GOO to 7.75; range wethers. 400 to
CSC: range ewes, 800 10 $50.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10

Lyall Rlghdenour and Delbert
Diehl spent Sunday in the junction
at the home of their uncle. w. S.
Price.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10
WOOL MARKET.

Associated Press.
St Louis, Mo, Dec. lO-Wool
prices today We're steady and un-
changed
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10
STEAMER SUNK BY BATTLESHIP
Associated Press.

Devonport, Eng, Dec. lO.-The
British battloship Centurian today
collided with and sank an unknown
steamer off this port. The bow of
the hattIeship was damaged and she
is returning to Devonport.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10
ruitaNews Notes
What the People Are Doing
From Day to Day in the Live.
ly Little City of the Lower
Valley.

c. r. Beach made a business trip
to Grand Junction yesterday.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10

Axle grease IN 1O-pound buckets.
Fred Mantey.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10

Thomas Millen of Mountain Home.
Ida, is in Fruita looking over the
country. He is thinking of locating
here.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10

Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Violet and
son, Horace, spent Sunday the guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Adams.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10

Mrs. Glen Minton came down from
Grand Junction yesterday to visit
her father, Mr.. Swanson, for a few
days.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10

Easy Rocker, Smoker Stand. Cos
tuner, Chiffioneer, Morris Chair,
Leather Couch-a few useful sug-
gesttons for husband. father or
brother. Make your selections early.
Bannister Bros & SilcoN.
l2-7-lm
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10

Everybody is talking about the di-
vision of the county these days. and
many have signed the petition.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10
ATTENTION, CLERKS, LAUNDRY
WORKERS AND ALL OTHER
WORKING MEN AND WOMEN

You are hereby cordially invited to
attend an open meeting of the Grand
Junction Trades & Labor Assembly,
to be held in Margery hall Tuesday
evening, December 10, at o'clock
sharp. Good speaking on questions
concerning organized labor. Lunch
will be served.
w. II. AuPPERLE,
President.
f A. HOISINGTON
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10
GRAIN MARKET.
Associated Press

NssOciated Press.
Chicago, Dec. Today's closing
quotations.: December wheat. S3&
corn, Al y to 5s: oats, 32H.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10

Messrs Llnkens and Robinson are
visiting Fruita merchants today.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10

Judge Penfield was business Wis Z
ltor 10 Grand Junction Monday.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10

Mrs. Clayton of Iona came in to-
day to do some Christmas shopping
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10

Mrs. A. J. Lee, who has been quite
i'll with rheumatism, is much improv-
ed and able TO be up now.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10

W. 4. Nerriell made business
trip To the county seat yesterday.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10

The Odd Fellows held a regular
meeting at Masonic hall last evening.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10

Mrs. G.. +. Biddck is visiting this
week with Mrs. w. II. Pollock at the
Park hotel.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10

DR.. S. T. Green and o. O. Fellows
made a business trip to the Junction
Saturday.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10

Misses Emma and Edith Corbln
were visitors at the county seat Sat
urday.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10

Mrs. II. w. White and daughter.
Helen, spent Saturday in Grand
Junction.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10

TVNTVVTTV.
+. A. HOISTNGTON,
Secretary.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-10

Messrs Llnkens and Robinson are
visiting Fruita merchants today.
Judge Penfield was business Wis
itor TO Grand Junction Monday.
W. 4. Nerriell made a business
trip TO the county seat yesterday.
Mrs. Clayton of Iona came in to-
day to do some Christmas shopping.
The Odd Fellows held a regular
meeting at Masonic hail last evening.
Misses Emma and Edith Corbln
were visitors at the county seat Sat
urday.
Mrs. G.. F. Biddick Is visiting this
week with Mrs. w. II. Pollock at the
Park hotel.
Mrs II. w. White and daughter.
Helen, spent Saturday in Grand
Junction.
DR.. S. =. Green and o. O. Fellows
made business trip to the Junction
Saturday.
Mrs. A. J. Lee. who has been quite
i'll with rheumatism, is much imprOy-
ed and able to be up now.
Everybody is talking about the dl-
afsaE.. 4 a.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-30
TEAM BOTH GOOD
AND bAD--BREWER
Saturdays Game, Although
Ragged, Showed Possibili-
ties, says Director.
AMES GAME A CRISIS
Iowa Aggies Began Practice
Two Weeks Earlier with
Nine Veterans.

The crowd that attended the game
between the University of Missouri
and Central College Saturday was the
second largest that ever watched a
game on Rollins Field, according to
the statement Of Prof. C. l.. Brewer,
director of athletics of the University.
The only game that has been better
attended was the one with the Uni
versity OF Kansas last fall.
"Our team was good and bad" said
Professor Brewer of the Saturday
game this morning while the play
was at times ragged, it showed points
of possibility in the team. and also
points where brushing up is needed.
The work in the last half led us to
believe that the team is fighting.
Central played a more polished and
finished game because they had been
coached especially for this game. They
had been trained to try to win the
game. We did not try anything ex-
cept plain rudimentary football be-
cause We had been trying out men in
most of the practices. | shifted play
ers frequently to get as many men in
the game as | could. While you could
not call the playing of the Tigers bad,
you could not call it good
I'VE will begin this week to point
the team for the Ames game. October
10. That looms up as one of the most
dangerous games of the season. Ames
probably is the strongest team that
we will have to play this season. They
have weight and experience combined.
Nine of their old men are back on
the team.
Last year they won the Iowa cham
pionship. They were beaten only
once in the season. losing to Mime
sofa, 6 to 0. Nebraska tied them with
a score of 6 to G.
Il consider that game the turning
point in our season." Mr.. Brewer con-
tinued. They will be in their best
shape for the game. for they began
Dracticing the first of September and
will have just about enough time to
be at the height of their strength,
while we will no be in the best form
on account of our shorter period of
practice"
Mr.. Brewer said that several men
whom he did not use in the game Sat
urday had been showing up well in
practice, and that the lineup probably
would be changed materially in the
game with the freshmen next Satur
day.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-30
husx DAVIS Of the farm While a lad

busy days of the farm While a lad
he attended, for while, country
school in Gentry county. He had
barely got started in his work there
when his family moved into Nebraska
There he attended another countr;
school and read, he says, from the
fifth reader" not because he was
qualified to read from this book but
simply because it was the most ele-
mentary in the art of language
which the school afforded.
After a few years at this Nebraska
school Walker returned to Missouri
going to live with his grandfather in
the northeast part of the state where
he again enrolled in a country school.
Finishing there. where he worked on
a farm during the vacations, he went
to Elton in his native county with
empty pockets and ambition as his
sole assets and entered the high
school there. He applied for the job
as janitor of the school and got it,
He was IS years old at this time,
strong and husky, able physically as
well as mentally, and here is where
his strenuous farm life helped him in
good stead. He got up at o'clock
in the morning and went to the
school where he kindled fires in seven
stoves every morning. The school
warm, and the mornings work as
tanitOr over, he removed his grimy
Oyeralls and took his seat with his
classmates who enjoyed the fruits OF
his labor. When school was over for
the day, he cleaned out all the stoves
and swept out the building. Notwith-
standing this handicap. OF mental du-
ties, as compared to the other stu
dents, Walker, left his classmates by
the roadside and finished the four
years course in three years.
Leaving the high school at the age
of 81 he learned the painters trade
and painted for his living during the
summer. With the coming
of fall, he studied some more and ap-
piled for and received a second grade
teachers certificate. He was unable
to obtain a position. however, in Cass
SO he went to Oklahoma and
taught there a year. He returned to
Cass county he got a teachers posi-
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-30
CITY TO SUE FORTY.NINE
Circuit Court Docket for Fall Tern
Has Sfe Gases.


Fcrty-nine of the cases to be tried
at the next term of the Boone County
Circuit Court are suits by Columbia
against citizens of Columbia for I'M
paid back taxes. According to the
circuit court bar docket, court will
convene next Monday and last for the
succeeding ten days. A total number
of 240 cases are scheduled for this
term of court. OF this number there
are only nine new divorce suits this
year. There are seven divorce cases
continued from the last term of court.
which will be tried during this term.
Besides these. there are twenty-six
state cases, twenty-five parole cases
and nine damage suits among the to-
tai number to be tried
The panel of petit jurors who will
serve during this term of court is as
follows: W. +. Ridgeway and Wesley
Lewis. Bourbon township; Bruce Fin
ley and w. T. Hodge. Centralia town.
shin; J. p. Royston, B. J. Brown, Hugh
Devier, F. NJ. Tandy, Robert Palmer,
George Cason and Felix Reuther. Col
umbia township: o. b. Hart, Henry
Beckers, l.. ID. Bass. w. w. Hall and
T. H. Christian, Cedar township; Emil
Thee, A. E. Daily and Arthur Vanland-
ingham. Missouri township: John Ais
pach and Albert Fenton, Perche town.
ship, and l.. s. VIM, Granville Shock
and Leslie Faucet, Rocky Fork town.
ship.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-30

ton and thus found himself school
teacher in the county where he was
once school janitor-and considerably
ahead of many of his former class
mates too. He taught school for
about seven years and spent his sum-
mers in studying at the Warrensburg
State Normal School.
In 1907 he ran for the office of
county superintendent of schools and
lost by one vote. His opponent who
was elected soon got into difficulty.
however, and Walker was appointed
to the position by Governor Joseph
W. Folk in March. 1908. At the next
election he ran and won the Office and
has held it ever since.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-30
VI. L. "GRAD" % YEARS OLD
James Love Celebrating His Birthday
Anniversary TOday,

James Love of Liberty. Mo-. who
probably is the Oldest living alumus
of the University, celebrated his nine
ty-second birthday anniversary today
Mr.. Love was graduated from the Uni
versity in 1853 when the Rev. James
Shannon was president. There were
thirteen other graduates the same
year and the entire enrolment WAS
only ia.
MIR. Love taught several years in
William Jewell College after leaving
the University. then in 1855, he esta5-
lished Clay Seminary, a girls school
at Liberty and conducted it ten years
Since that time he has lived a retired
life in Liberty with the exception of
an extensive trip to Europe and the
Orient in 1881 and 1882.
Although his former strength and
activity have been reduced by age Mr..
Love says his health and eyesight is
perfect for one of his age and he
counts himself fortunate i'm retaining
his mental ability. He still takes part
In local religious and civil affairs.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-30
Now lie Won't Forget.

Smith is a young New York lawyer
clever in many ways, but very Tor
getful. He was recently sent to St
Louis to interview an important client
in regard to a case then pending in
the Missouri courts. Later the head
Of his firm received this telegram
from St. Louis:
Have forgotten name OF client
Please wire at once.
This was the reply sent from New
York:
"Client's name Jenkins. Your name
Smith. Everybody
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-30
Miss Mary Springer Visits Here.

Miss Mary H. Springer. who was a
student in the School of Education OF
the University of Missouri last year
and last summer, is visiting in Col
umbia. Miss Springer is teaching
science and history in the high school
at Plattsburg. Mo. While she is in
Columbia she will arrange with the
University authorities to take a CORE
spondence course to complete the re-
quirements for the degree of B. S. in
Education. She lacks only about
twenty minutes of credit having the
course completed
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-30
ONCE JANITOR NOW TEACHER
r. ]. Walker Superintendent i'm County
Where Once o Poor Boy.

Thomas J. Walker. Iiarrisonviile
Mo-, a student at the University dur
ing the summer session. told of his
difficulties in getting an education
At one time he was janitor of school
house in Cass County. New he is su-
perintendent of 100 schools in that
county.
Walker was born in Cass county
in 1878. In his early days he re-
ceived little or no education. His
father was a farmer and it was to
farm life that Walker early in life
had to adapt himself, receiving such
education as he could during the least
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-30
TO TRY TO KEEP JONES
Students Star Movement Against Iii,
Leaving VI. l..

A movement to keep Coach T. f
Jones at Missouri has been started
The general sentiment among the stu.
dent is that Zones must stay" if there
is chance to keep him here. one Of
the leaders say. He recently received
an offer to go to Wisconsin and will
leave sometime near the first of the
Year.
Captain John P. Nicholson who won
the high hurdle race at the National
A. A. L. meet in Pittsburg last week
has not returned to school. He was
expected here last Friday night. No
other word has been received from
him.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-30
Music mt Assembly Tomorrow,

A musical program will be given at
assembly tomorrow morning under
the direction of Prof. w. II. Pommer