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The daily sentinel., 1912-08-23
VAL
l LEY NOTES.
Collbran, Mesa. Plateau City and
Other Communities of One Of
Mesa County's Richest
Sections.

Miss Knapp left for Pallsade
Thursday.
Ruth Saunders Is visiting Mrs.
Scott Palmer.
Mrs. Court Skinner visited at the
Skinner home on Tuesday.
Miss Esther Sucher left for her
home In De Beque Friday morning.
l.. ]. Ryan and DR.. Anthem were
visitors in Grand Junction last week.
Anthony Stockert and John Car
michael went to Delta and Montrose
Tuesday.
Rev. Lace. our district superintend-
ent, was visitor In Plateau City
Wednesday.
Mrs. Ralph Reed is quite Ill with
typhoid fever She is under the care
of DR.. Craig.
Mrs. Herbert Mllholland is slowly
improving. She is still at the home
of her parents.
Ben Donahue returned Monday
from Denver and Pueblo. He says
Plateau valley suits him.
II. r. Handley and family spent
Sunday with Mrs. Handley's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Nattan.
Mrs. Iaswell and her grandson,
Marion. are down from the Cotton
wood Lakes for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Long returned
to the b. C. reservoir. They came
down because the weather prevented
them from working.
Another carload of manure spread
ers has come to De Beque. S. C..
Skinner and Harry Dolphin went over
Tuesday to unload II.
The recital by Prof. Moore Thurs
day night was enjoyed by all who
attended it. The weather prevented
many from coming out, however,
Professor Moore gave his recital at
Mesa Wednesday night.
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STRAYED-One bay and one sorrel
horse. Bay has white feet and
sorrel has brand y" on cheek.
Last seen near Pomona. Any in
formation will be greatly apprecl-
ated and all expenses paid. Phone
Hickory 3Ol5. S-2l-tf
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l.. ]. Ryan and DR.. Anthem were
visitors in Grand Junction last week.
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Messrs. Joseph and Val Kiefei
passed through Frulta yesterday, vel
supplied with fishing apparatus FOL
catching the finny folkl in the spark
ling waters OF the Grand.
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Fred Mantey for bussies ana har-
ness.
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Messrs. Kelleyhan and Hamilton
returned from a 2O0-mile trip In tn.
mountains TO the north. While ava!
they fished in Douglas creek and Wis
tied at the summer home Of Mr.. ant
Mrs. John White.
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A party of young people took ;
moonlight ride TO Monument Parl
last evening, built big camp fir'
and had 'weenie" roast Every
body has a fine time.
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Robert Adams has returned from
Kansas City. where he went to re-
ceive n big shipment of cattle. sent
out by Robert Adams. Bart Owens
and the Turner brothers. The cattle
commanded an exceptional price, Mr..
Adams received much more than he
expected.
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Miss Esther Sucher left for her
home In De Beque Friday morning.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Long returned
to the b. C. reservoir. They came
down because the weather prevented
them from working.
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The circus has come to town, and
everybody is going to see the big ele-
phant, and the small boy is doing all
kinds Of odd Jobs for . ticket to the
big show.
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Mr.. and Mrs. l. II. Whittemore
took their little daughter to the hos
pital at Grand Junction today. Some
time ago the little one was thrown
down and her leg was broken by a
bicycle rider. In healing the bone
slipped and in order to prevent her
from being n cripple the leg must be
broken over again. DR.. Bull Will
look after the little one.
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FOR RBNT-5-room house and barn
SIS per month. Call 253 Chipeta
S-214t
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Hair work. Mrs. Stewart. 30S
Rood. S-lO-Imo
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LOST-A diamond pin some where
between Fourth and Eighth and
Chipeta and Gunnlson. Return to
S2l Ouray avenue. Reward
S-22-tf
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Mrs. Court Skinner visited at the
Skinner home on Tuesday.
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FOR RENT-Light Housekeeping
rooms, 242 Grand avenue. S-l4-ti
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Another carload of manure spread
ers has come to De Belue. S, {
Skinner and Harry Dolphin went owe
Tuesday to unload IL.
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Mr.. and Mrs. John Austin enter
tained last evening in honor of MIR.
and Mrs. Oliver Austin, who leave
for Mcpherson, Kas., in about two
weeks.
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Misses Susie Cloud. Geneyieye
Bush. Zoe Philips. Ruth and Agnes
Ashford go to Bridgeport Wednesday
TO help harvest the big peach crop.
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Rev. Williams vii preach at tn
Christian tabernacle Sunday.
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c. C. Klefer Of Mack was a bust
ness visitor in Fruita today.
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FOR RENT-Mo Modern, well furnished
5-room house; sleeping porch
shade. lawn. etc. 1888 Ute. juno
ton $40. S-2O-tf
NycrrY a wONvvA
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What the People Are Doing
From Day to Day in the Live
ly Little City of the Lower
Valley.

w. w. Bragg and son, Roy, lef
for the mountains today.
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Ed Egolf is home from the Rain.
pentering for the last two months.
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Miss Knapp left for PaIlsade
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Ruth Saunders Is visiting Mrs
Scott Palmer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
Old BOoty's Ghost

From the London Chronicle.
 Stromboli, the island, volcano, known as the lighthouse of the Mediterranean, which is in violent eruption, once figured in a court of law in connection with one of the most circumstantial ghost stories on record. In 16Ss a Mrs. Booty brought an action of islander against certain Capt. Barnaby for saying that he had seen Old Booty running into the flames Of hell, pursued by the devil The words were admitted, but for the defence 1t was proved that on May 15. 16S7 the day Of Old Booty's death, the captain, with large party of friends, went ashore at Stromboli to shoot rabbits. At about 3:30 in the afternoon two men were seen run ming toward the volcano Capt Barnaby exclaimed, Lord bless me. the foremost is Old Booty, my next door neghbor." They then vanished in the flames, a fact of which every one took a note.
 In addition to the testimony of Capt Barnaby and his friends, Old Booty clothes were brought into court, and iien- dified by several witnesses as being sim- liar to those worn by the foremost man who ran into the crater. The judge, Chief Justice Sir Robert Wright. was so inn pressed by thi sevidence that he said:
 Lord have mercy upon me and grant that l may never see what you have seen One, two, or three may be mis- taken, but not 30'' Mrs. Booty lost the day, an dthe case still remains the only judiciaily accepted ghost story on record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
What Has Birmingham Done?

What has been done in Birmingham towards the idea of the city beautiful? A multitude of know-alls would imme- diately answer, nothing. The citizens are too busy making money to bother about the city beautiful. But that would not be the answer the true answer, for much has been done in Birmingham for it's Identification; the results attained speak well for the effort spent by the devotees in that cause Of course the squalid dis tricts ana the intertwining railroad tracks are stiil In our midst, but there is evil dence that the citizens are cognizant of this unsightliness and as the movement of>clvic betterment grows stronger fin this city ways and means will be found to remove these eye-sores of this progress . sive city.
 George B. Ward during the last year of his term as mayor of this city, in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
MYSTERIES THAT HAVE
 PUZZLED THE WORLD
From Pearson's Weekly

From Pearsons Weekly.
 Just before the Indian Mutiny broke out a native policeman entered the village of Oudh, carrying two chupatties, or cakes, and ordered the person who took them to bake ten more and distribute two each to the five nearest villages.
 In few hours the whole countryside was alive with natives running from place. to place with these cakes.
 Far and wide the mysterious craze sped, filling the minds of millions of natives, and of not a few Europeans. with a nameless dread.
 None knew what it protended. and the most extraordinary theories were ad- vanced.
 One highly-placed government official gravely announced that dyers vat had gone wrong, and that the owner thereof was trying to propitiate the gods by sending round gifts of food to his poorer neighbors.
 Next somebody suggested that the chupatties were being used to convey seditious messages; that they were, in fact, wheaton envelopes, the letters being inside. Forthwith many thousands of cakes were seized and broken open, but as nothing was ever found inclosed in them, this theory had to be abandoned as untenable.
 Thereupon public opinion amongst the Europeans veered round to the opposite quarter. People laughed, and said that 1t was just q silly practical joke on the part of some evilly disposed person or persons, entered upon perhaps for the purpose of creating uneasiness, or even alarm, but with no more serious ulterior motive behind it.
 Others, however, read into it far more sinister meaning, recalling the fact that similar mysterious distribution of cakes had been made in Madras some fifty years before, and had been followed by the mutiny of Vellor, local affair which aimed nevertheless at the destruction of all the Europeans in the presidency.
 Next some one, more learned than the average Anglo-Indian in Oriental lore, called attention to the fact that five cen turies previously a similar distribution of cakes in China led to the great up- rising which overthrow the dynasty of the Moguls.
 Meanwhile, the natives circulated their own theories. One was that 1t was all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
IRISH SERVANTS WIT
Humorous Stories of Celtic Sharp.
 ness

From the London Express.
 In an article in the new number of the Nineteenth Century, the Hon, Mrs. Ed ward Littleton tells a number of good stories of the ready wit of Irish servants.
 Her father, the dean of St. Patrick s Dublin, had an old sevant called Edge with a mania fo marriage.
 When Mrs. Edgar No. was on her deathbed' Mrs. Littleton writes, "her greatest grief was not the parting from husband and friends, but the fact that she had just bought a new pair of boots. which of necessity would have to be left behind for the inevitable No. 8 to wear And sure enough this came to pass. Re- turning from her funeral in the mourning coach, Edge preached to my brother the subject of getting a suitable successor without further delay.
 "Tt 'ud never do,' he said for the masther to be widout a woman on the gate: if 1t 'ud be thing that Mir. D. could be wrote to, to get me another ould wan, of a good old Protestan' family, out O the County Wickla' J
 Mrs. Littleton recalls a gardener 'who wrote from Mullingar applying for sit uaton. He stated that he had testimo- nials from persons of all classes, or, as he phrased it, ranging from the nobleman to the common curate.
 She also tells of butler who was asked what had become of the whisky in a bot tie left in his charge.
 His explanation could not be consider ed altogether satisfactory. I'm thinkin' sir, 1t must have dhried in the night
 The humor of the Dublin car driver is proverbal. and Mrs Littleton has many memories of him:
 "A rich American, travelling in Ireland, had heard much about the exorbitant de- mands of the Dublin car drivers. He was told that no matter what you gave them they always asked for more Thinking to test the truth of this, he handed the man half a sovereign for a five minutes drive The driver was equal to the occasion. and. concealing his ecstacy, he merely ob- served. with a twinkle In his eye, Sure, your honor wouldn't have me break that wid dhrinkin your honor's health?'
 Gallant and gay was the answer given by yet another Dublin carman to an Eng fish friend of ours, whom he had driven across the town, from whom he, after the manner of his kind, had asked double the fare due to him. Its too much said she. Give me your name and address and I'll find out what the right fare is
 "Tll give ye me addthress ma'am, an welcome, but I can't give ye me name: sure, didn't I give that to another gairdle (girD before seen yeself?
 Apopos of Dublin car drivers. the late Dean Dickinson used to tell story abont a parishioner of his-Mr. Barnardo. (brother of the late Dr. Barnardo, of philanthropic fame) who was a partner in the of furriers of that name in Dub lin. He was said to have rather prideo himself on his military appearance, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20

keeps your sewer clean. We have great number and the city must have help from the householder
 Teach your boys and daughters to pick up scraps of paper and sticks on the street and put them in the trash barrel. The streets should be clean; they are your streets and it is to your interest to have them clean. It is we'll to teach the younger generation the needs of cleanliness of our city streets"
 These were the Do it now advice in Mayor Wards campaign of education for the city beautiful back in 1908. and at about this time of the year. Ills pamphlet advised planting tho gardens between October 10 and December IS. Also it de- voted much space to the lawn and its care According to MT. Ward. the foun- dation of the city beautiful Is the lawn. No matter whether it be the little plot of well kept grass in the yard, the strips between the walks and the curbs, the pretencious sward around the mansion, or the stretches of rich velvety turf vary ing in tones of green with the play of sunlight and cloud shadows. in our city parks, the lawn remains beautiful and pleasing to the eye.
 Effect on Citizenship
 Mir. Ward in recent conversation on the topic of the city beautiful outlined
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20

open spaces adorned with trees. shrubs and grass. point out to his friend stately public buildings and institutions hous- ing city government which is honest intelligent and efficient, that man is going to be devoted to that citys well fare.
 He is going to praise its greatness at every opportunity, and he is going to i'm press others with like confidence in Its future. The creation of such a spirit should be the goal of all government This is the ultimate aim of the city beau- tiful and it should be the ultimate aim of this city"
 Slowly Bringing Results The germ of the city beautiful which George Ward let loose In this city in 1908 has multiplied rapidly and at the present time the germ is to be found in every home and one is sure of an inter ested listener in accosting the average cit izen of Birmingham and leading the con versation on the subject of civic better ment and the Identification of the city. This live interest is slowly bringing re- suits; only recently the city commission has taken up the smoke evil. A report comes that the committee of engineers studying the viadnct problems will com plete their plans and present them to the commissioners by the drst of the year.
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a dodge of their British conquerors, who had caused bone dust to be mived with the flour from which the cakes were made; in order to defie the recipients and destroy their caste.
 Another similar lying legend was to the effect that the chupatties had been ordered by the government to be sent to every village and town throughout the length and breadth of India as an inti- nation that for the future everyone was to be forced to eat one food and profess one faith.
 Meanwhile, the authorities made frantic efforts to stop the further distribution Of the cakes. They might just as well have tried to stop the wind from blowing. Hundreds of men running about with chupatties in their hands were arrested. but thousands more swarmed over the country in their stead.
 Europeans. too. began to figure as the recipients of the cakes. much to their annoyance and mystifleation. They would be found in the most unexpected and inaccessible places.
 One lady, for instance, found one in her jewel-case, which was always kept locked, and to which no one but herself she could have sworn, had ever had access. Officers discovered them in their sleeping apartments, magistrates in locked drawers in their private offices. 1t was all very disquieting.
 The cakes are described as about the size and thickness of a ships biscuit, made from the coarseest flour, and un- marked with any stamp, or design of any kind Many millions must have been made. Yet apparently not a single one was preserved
 Indeed men soon had something else to occupy their minds. The mutiny broke out and India was drenched in blood.
 After 1t was suppressed, however. added importance attached itself to the dls. tribution of the cakes just prior to it's commencement. and the most painstak- ing efforts were made to fathom the mystery. But they were all in vain.
 Since then time has thrown but little light upon 1t. Opinions still widely diff fer. Yet that the chupatties were intend- ed as signals to those in the secret to hold themselves in readiness for the great explosion which followed almost immediately on their distribution can scarcely be doubted.
 At the same time it may safely be as- sumed that not one native in hundred, probably, amongst the millions who re- ceived the cakes. understood the real purport of the dread message they were meant to convey.
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the car drivers of Dublin used to humor this small foible by addressing him as Major or 'Colonel' or even General in the hope of getting an extra shilling or two out of him.
 He told Dean Dickinson how he had once just for the fun of the thing, offered cabman his legal fare (which happened to be sixpence. Hss -= tsffsaor fs.
 'Gineral indeedn he sneeed. 'Faix you're no Gineral, no, nor Colonel nay ther! Yer nothin' but an ould Boa-Con- sthructor. that's what Yare"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
Birmingham as "Ihe City Bea14tful''

which have usually gone to charity and diverted them to municipal uses and the city is coming to mean something to the citizen, to the voter as the sense of art, of beauty. of co-ordinated parks, the civic center and architectural grandeur
 that are being developed in our progress sive cities are the direct result of private citizen movements.
 The citizens of Birmingham should be the last to be backward in such civic movements. as this city is going to be great at no distant day and the time is the present to repair the crudities of haste In early city building. The citizens
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
Electric Sleep
London Daily Mail.

From the London Daily Mail
 Electric sleep, to be "turned on or turned off, at will, is the alluring pro- mise held out to sufferers from sleepless- ness by Dr. Nagelschmidt, a German physician, who describes his invention in the Berliner Klnische Wochenscrift Ser lin Clinical Weekly)
 So far electric sleep has been produced only in rabbits and dogs, but the experi- ments on animals have been so free from ill effects that pr. Nagelschmidt thinks human beings can be subjected to the same treatment without danger.
 Sleep is produced by new form of electric current devised by pr. Nagel- schmidt. When applied to the base of the brain. he declares. a narcotic effect is caused which can be maintained as long as is desired. The animals on which experiments were tried returned to con- sciousness and an entirely normal con- dition within a minute or two.
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be interested, even if but half dozen be gathered together for the start"
 Don't be discouraged if this movement seems to lag at times. All such unselfish and philanthropic ideas are subject to ebb and flow, but the flood tide Is higher each time, when the courage of the good wom- en is maintained"
 Keep sewer inets free from trash. It saves your street from washing and
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his views in the following: 'The man who looks upon dark and dirty leaden skies, heavy with smoke, no tree or plants to relieve the pail, along streets lined with ugly bill boards or interminable walls of brick and stone, cannot be ex- pected to have much civic spirit.
 "On the other hand, if he can go to his work daily along clean and we'll paved streets, past frequent small parks and
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should develop civic pride and the newer city sense It involves and implies love and affectionate interest in the city and conception of its unity and purpose. Nothing is more convincing of the sub stantial municipal uplift amongst the citizens of cities than the comparatively recent awakening of interest in civic bet torment In America. The interest in art and public beauty and the willingness of the citizens to make such sacrifices as may be necessary to bring their realiza- ton about denotes that the ideal of the city beautiful is not a hgment of the imag agination of the idle dreamer, but the reality of the future.
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 fall of 1908, initiated a city beautiful movement to which during his incum- bency in office he gave his personal at tention and devoted much time. MT. Wards activities were towards clean streets, removal of fences, planting of trees and gardens, even decorating win dow slls in apartments with flower pots, and he spoke and issued pamphlets to and public affairs to encourage and as- sist the authorities in securing cleaner streets, alleys and public places; more parks. children's backgrounds and boule- wards: to encourage the more general planting of trees, flowers and lawns, tho improvement or vacant property and in general to do all things that would aid in the creation of the city beautiful
 Under Mr. Wards leadership block im- provement societies were formed in the majority of the blocks of the city and great deal of enthusiasm was aroused for time. These improvement societies were under the auspices of the municipal government with Mayor Ward as their chief supporter That Mayor Ward was the prime factor and backbone of this out of office the improvement societies succumed to the hook worm" and adopt ed 'laisses faire" policy and no public official since that time has endeavored to revive the movement