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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-08-29

Verses 14-2O-A faithful witness.
The work of Jesus and his apostles
was being vigorously and systematic
ally carried Oh in different parts of
Galilee The activities in the chief cit
les of Capernnum. Bethsaida and Cko-
raZin had produced il deep impressyn.
With the exception of the Pharisr
who declared that Jesus was in league
with the devil. everybody recognized
.Hcrod heard of him." News about this
new prophet came to the palace in Ii
berias, the capital city. where Jesus
did not 20. for obvious reasons. Herod
had not forgotten John the Baptist"
who had been SO ou,spoken in his keen
condemnation of him. Mighty works
No miracles had been performed by the
preacher of repentance. but Herod con-
cluded that Jesus was John risen
from the dead" in proof of which
mighty works We're done by him.
Popular opinion was divided. but it
was in favor of his high claims. He
WIS supposed to be Elias" Elijah.
who was expected to precede the com
ing OF the Messiah. "Others'
that it is II prophet or as one" better.
even ais one" of the prophets" of the
Old Testament. John whom be
headed" Herod's guilty conscience
and his supersttious fears had kept
him restless since that night when he
had caused the Baptist to be executed
And he persuaded himself that Jesus
WAS truly his victim come back to
life For HerodiaS' sake" She had
been the wife of his brother Philip. and
/ his own niece. On her account he had
I divorced his lawful wife. who WAS the
daughter of Aretas. king of Petra ''It
is ror lawful" 1t Is very likely that
/ the Baptist had interviewed the king
/ Wien he visited his palace III Maclae-
rus. Would have killed him Hero
| dias was determined to wreak her VEN
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-08-29
TO CURE ALFALFA HAY.
This Method Requires Use Of No Bed.
ding, Dunehing Or Caps.


Much has been said about curing al
falfa. but as vet ! have not seen my
method explained. says a correspond
ent of the Rural New Yorker | COM
mence cutting when Tut few blossoms
are open and In the morning. soon as
the dew is OFF. IL the day is warm IA
good hay day, begin rakinG the next
volving wooden rake. going around the
field ih the same direction as when
moving. This gathers the stalks even-
ly on the rake and when revolved
places the leaves and small branches.
which are partially cured. underneath
top. where the sun can get at them d.
rect. In one or two days. or as soon rs
the stems are properly cured, haul
to the barn-no bedding. punching or
caps needed. and no loss Of leaves.
Being underneath the windrow, they
remain damp enough to handle with
out falling of. Should there come a
rain While in the windrow 1t will do
no damage. The leaves and small
branches do not bleach
have four and one-haff acres in al
falfa The first year | used a spring
tooth wheel rake and canvas covers.
When ! came to haul. which was soon
as properly cured. found the new
growth under the punches had all
turned yellow and did not recover for
several days.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-08-29
HAY FARMING.

Hay farming is not Il poor in
dustry if one knows how to raise
it and then how TO market it to
the best advantage. So many
have gone into other kinds Of
farming. and SO many dairies
now using up all the hay raised
In their ncighborhoOi. that the
competition is far less In the city
markets than formerly. says the
Farm and Fireside.
The idea that hay raising is ex-
hausting the soil and quickly
runs down IL farm is an exploded
fallacy. Nothing robs the soil so
quickly as continual cropping Of
timothy hay. but when the land
is sown to clover every alternate
or third season. with the second
crop under. the soil is not robbed,
but actually benefited. Taking
second crop OF clover from the
same field in one season gener-
ally runs down the soil. espe-
cia.!y If repeated more than one
>ea son.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-08-29
Homo Life on the Farm,

There Is great deal more n farm
life tnan full barns. broad acres and
strong banl; ',ccc Is. however valua-
BILE these things are. The home life Of
the .armer and his family should not
be sacrificed for ate.ia things.
Comfort. ,.asure nno happiness should
be paramount. Happiness need not
depend upon broad acres and high
priced land. but it does depend upon
tie home life Of the farmer and his
family.-Farm and Ranch.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-08-29

geance on the prophet, but was pre-
vented by Herod. who had superb
cial regard for him. . -
Verses 2123-A festal offer.
Herodias had not forgotten her pur-
pose. 1t is true that John was In
prison in the gloomy dungeon of Ma
chaerus. but she would not be satis-
fled until he was put entirely out of
the way. Convenient day" for
tire execution Of her murderous pur-
pose. "A supper" great banquet
ovas given in honor of the kings birth.
day in the palace at Machaerus which
until recently had belonged to Aretas.
The program included lewd
dance. like that of the nautch girls of
India. which was performed by Sa-
lone. the daughter of Herodias" md
therefore the grand-nece and sten.
daughter of Herod. F.. y Herod who
had been stimulated by wine. smoke
unadrisedly with his lips; lie offered
as present to the dancing girl any,
thing she asked unto the half of NV
kingdom"
Verses 2f-2-A fatal beuuest
saio'he was her mothers child. She
promptly repaired to Herodias for fur-
ther instruction and soon appeared he-
fore the king with her request. .Tba
head of John the Baptist" These
words must have struck terror to tho
heart of Herod and his comnonv
They could not but be amazed ot snI.h
unwomanly bloodthirstiness.
Give me by and by In a charger +,
Better. forthwith give ME on II nlot-
ter. There was to he no DELAY I..+
the king would come to his senses and
urge some modification of his obsurd
offer. "Rehead him in prison ;,
HE Gospels maintained n pobl. re.
serve in dealing with the results or
this tragic episode I. TIL. head
was delivered to the profane woman
ana thr disciples of John took up his
corpse and paid their last resn.cts
I" their master. whom they burind In
one OF the rock tomhs round N,.
chnerns. which overlooked til. scenss
OF tile Baptist's notable ministry. s.s
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-08-29

- CHEMISTS are now ready 10
penetrate the prineval unex-
plored jungle Of the Amazon
country. They leave for their
tropical destination Sept. !. Very lit
tie is known about the section which
the expedition organized by the Uni
yersity of Pennsylvania museum in
tends visiting. Explorers have many
times made that country the object OF
their researches. but n vast territory
remains open for exploration.
Algot Iauge, a member of the EN-
plorers' club, who has already been on
the outskirts of the region now the
object Of attack. will lead the eNpedi-
ton, the primary object of which Is
the collection Of chronological speci-
mems for the university museum. But
Mr. Lange Is interested in the wild
beasts and dangerous reptiles which
tnfest the swamps and territory 2.oOo
miles from the Anazon's mouth. lie
is going to do Il little geological study
ing on his own account, gathering
collection to bring back to civilization.
He has positively announced that he
will not return until he has secured a
picture of a boaconstrictor ifty feet
long in action. Il saw one of these
monsters" he says. "tiftyfour feet in
length on my trip TO South America in
1910, but the facts were then dis
credited by some scientists.
The headquarters of the party will
Be In Manoas. capital Of the state of
beingA
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-08-29
oh,o's CONSTITUTION

Forty-two proposed constitutional
amendments have been framed and
made ready by, the Ohio constitutional
convention and will be presented to the
voters on Sept. 3. The most radical
change planned is limiting the power
Of the supreme court.
The convention voted the removal of
the word male" from the bill of rights
Of the present constitution and thereby
gives votes to women. A proposal was
passed providing for the direct primary
election Of delegates to the national
convention and for the primary nomi-
nations Of state and city officials. The
proposal also provides preferential
vote for the United States senate The
initiative and referendum passed by
the convention provides for the direct
initiative upon constitutional amend
ments on petition of 10 per cent of the
voters and indirect initiative upon leg
islative questions upon & per cent
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-08-29

the same Offices four years ago. Cha
fms home state is Arizona and Ohio
is Watkins. Candidate Chaiin was
the Prohibition choice for governor of
Wisconsin i'll lS!,S He has Il strong
faculty of winning friends
one of the other prominent figures
in the present national Prohibition
campaign is Robert II. Patton, who
lives in Springfield. Ill. Patton WIS
Il Democrat until 1883. when he be-
came Prohibitionist. running on its
ticket for the legislature and polling Il
vote almost twice the normal strength
of his party. In 1890 he was n candi-
date for congress and ran ahead of his
ticket. The Prohibitionists nominated
him for governor of Illinois in 1904.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-08-29
PArrERsoN,s CANDIDACY

The announcement of the candidacy
for United States senatorship from
Tennessee Of Malcolm T.. Patterson,
former governor Of that state, recalls
lively incidents that marked his in
cumbency OF the Office OF state execu-
i've. Attempts were made to implicate
him in the shooting tragedy of which
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-08-29
BAN ON AsSINTH OCT. Z

The importation OF absinth into the
United States and its sale in interstate
commerce We're prohibited after Oct. !
next by pure food decision signed by
Secretary Wilson. 1T is generally rec
ocniZed.' says the decision. that this
bes erase is dangerous TO health"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-08-29
ApnIss Without cers..

There will be no core to throw away
after one has eaten an apple If Frank
Rodgers. n fruit grower of George
town. Del. succeeds in experiments he
has under way. He owns a tree that
has produced now for two years seed
less and coreless apples.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-08-29
THE PROHIBITION CAMPAIGN

The hat of the national Prohibition
party is still in the ring. Undaunted.
its leaders are wagins Il spirited cam
paign under the leadership of its nomi-
nee for president, Eugene W. Chafin.
and Aaron S. Watkins. the vice presi-
dental nominee The two men named
also were their party's nominees for
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-08-29

former Senator e. W. Carmack was
the victim. but these attempts failed.
As governor, Patterson took vigorous
hand 10 apprehending and Furnishing
the notorious Tennessee night riders,
and this activity on his part placed his
life in jeopardy. AS a result he was
constantly under guard. Patterson's
veto Of state wide prohibition bill
which had passed his legislature caused
state sensation. as Tennessee was un-
deniably pervaded with strong tenn
perance sentiment. The political stua-
tion was extremely tense In Tennessee
when Patterson was nominated to run
for third term as governor but he
withdrew his nomination. The political
career Of the senatorial aspirant began
IN 1894 as attorney general of Shelby
county. Tenn. He has served three
terms in congress
GREATEST eATTLEshIP VET
In the opinion of Senator Ben Till
man Of South Carolina one record
breaking warship outclassing any
hghtng machine ever built or that can
be constructed. capable Of maintaining
the worlds peace, should be developed
and added to the American navy. Then
the increase of the navy should cease
and the enormous sum now yearly
appropriated for that purpose devoted
to national development
p =
TREASURES OF GOLD
Herr Friedrich Ludwig Cans of
Frankfort-onMain has given his col
lection Of ancient works of art indus,
try to the Berlin museum. 1t contains
about GAS different pieces and repre-
eents marketable value of S37J 600.
The peculiar strength of this collection
are ornaments almost exclusively of
gold. They cover almost every period
from the Mycenic times to the middle
ages and are surpassed only by the f;-
nous collection in the Hermitage at st.
Petersburg.
Besides ornaments of pure gold the
ancients had also some decorated with
pearls. precious stones and enamel
- =
"S"NN SN - 'ISNC
The Socialists of Rhode Island es-
tablished Il precedent by the choice of
a woman as the party's nominee for
secretary of state ut the election next
November. The candidate is Helen
Dougherty Of Providence. She is the
first woman to run for state office in
Rhode Island, where, although women
l,n,
fed to hold elective offices.
= =
A POLITICAL PRECEDENT
Regardless Of how California may 20
politically in the presidential election
in November, at least one Los angeles
woman will sit in the electoral college.
Because such a thing has never hap.
pened before in the political history of
the United States, two Los Angeles
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-08-29
The Sunday School Lesson
SENIOR eEREAN INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Golden TeXt-Be thou faithful unto
death. and | will give thee Il crown of
life.-Rev. ii. 10.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-08-29
Finding an Amiable Wife
By AUSTIN ARMSTRONG

~ TATHAT l want in wife is
A amiability don't care
" how many other good traits
she has. If she hasn't tha I
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-08-29
WOMAN ON STATE TICKET
A POLITICAL PRECEDENT

Regardless of how California may go
politically in the presidential election
in November, at least one Los angeles
woman will sit in the electoral college.
Because such thing has never hap
pened before in the political history of
the United States, two Los Angeles
The state herald., 1912-03-01

There has been considerable noise
made principally by the democratic
press over the suggestion that. II Colo.
mel Roosevelt failed Of the nomination
before the republican convention at
Chicago, he would accept the nomins.
tion for third party movement. There
certainly has been no foundation for
any such talk. Colonel Roosevelt is a
republican and having failed to secure
the nomination at the hands Of his par.
~ convention would not for moment
sioop 10 consider a sug-
gestion OF entering the race as nm inde.
pendent candidate. Assurance Of Col.
oncl Roosevelt's position has been Civ.
en- TO the press bu, It was wholly un-
necessary for the people know him well
enough TO feel fully satisfied that he
would have nothing whatever 10 DO
With an Independent movement
The state herald., 1912-03-01

republican administration. "W.J.B."
is the man above all other men who
should have the credit for them. In
fact. It has come to pass in these days
that no reform can be advocated or
carried into effect on which w J.Bryan
cannot discover his brand and, II any
maverick reform has ever escaped his
branding iron. Il is simply because he
has no, yet discovered Il
Such talk on the part Of Mr.. Bryan
Ia an insult to the intelligence Of read
ing public. He takes Il for granted
that the people arc not Informed as TO
President Tnft's attitude toward the
reforms Of which he speaks and imag-
aims that hia statement Of the matter
will go unehallonFod by his hearers.
OF course President Taft and his nd
ministration win deserve no credit for
any reforms carried into effect durning
the four years. Il would be much
more reasonable, Of course, TO credit
these reforms 10 W, J Bryan, the o
riginal md only rcformer. who. for the
past 10 years. when not campaigning
for tho Office OF president. has been
travelling over the country aa II high
snlaricd lecturer for ehautnuqua circles.
The cgo,ism Of the man 10 certainly
without limit,
The state herald., 1912-03-01

Some of the republican dailies are
certainly taking very unwise course
in making bitter attack upon some Of
the candioates for the republican presi,
dentiel nomination. There is no ex
cuse Tor making such a fight on any
man who is before the republicans ask
ing for the nomination. They are all
good, clean men with the ability to fill
the office of president with satisfaction
to the people and credit to themselves
and their party. Itis all right forthe
followers of each candidate to do their
best possible boosting for their favorite
candidate butanything beyond this can
not but lessen the chances of party sue
cess at the polls. One Of these men
will be the candidate and, the less bit
ter feeling that is stirred up in the cam
paigp for the nomination, the bette'
the chances are for success at the poll,
in November n. .s.,s = 81 x
The state herald., 1912-03-01


The democratic press Of Colorado
seems very much worried over the fact
that the republican state central com
mi,tee failed to provide for holding
presidential primaries IN the counties.
II these democratic editors had shed
their tears Of sympathy for the dear
voters prior TO the meeting OF the dem
ocratic state central committee. Il nigh,
have at least resulted In securing a
vote Of that committee on the resolu.
tion which Is now reported to have been
lost In the shuttle.
II the voters are enough interested
In selecting delegates who favor theil
choice for president TO attend the party
primaries and exercise their rights In
these primaries. the result cannot fai
to be the selection OF delegates to N,
state convention who will represent III,
wishes Of a majority Of the party IL
each county. There Is nothing 10 pre-
vent voters from putting up and voting
for Taft. Roosevelt, u La Follett,
or Cummins ticket Of delegates TO III,
county convention and. " voters do mol
have enough interest In the result Of
the presidential nomination to exereis,
their rights In the party primaries, thoy
certainly should not be heard TO .make
complaint after the nomination hsi
been made.
The state herald., 1912-03-01

In bis speech In Denver recently. ".
J. Bryan stated that this ndministra-
ton viii probably SOC eonsummnted d
thrsc sreat reforms and tha, President
Taft has taken no part In bringing a.
bout these reforms. The reforms men
toned are, the direct election Of Unit.
ed States senators, the Income tax and
The purifying Of politics.
OF course Mr. bryan would have the
dear people understand that these re-
forms are nll branded "w.j.B." hhd,
while they aro being instituted under q
The state herald., 1912-03-01
The President and, The People,

II
This is what Colonel Roosevelt thought
-and said-of his successor at The
White house less than four yeare ago:
"No man Of better training, no man Of
more dauntless courage, Of sounder
common sense and of higher and fner
character has ever come toSlhe 'ptcsi.
dgpcy than William Howard Taft" II
was ! portait from ths hfe then,
s4sb.cs srrczn6 'vtviss -tsaaS--A6s.
Taft has shown the training, the cour-
age, the common sense, and the char
setter He has scrupulously kept his
oath Of Office, he has been faithful to
the pledge given to the people by his
party, he has succeeded in placing on
the statute book constructive legisla-
ton which his predecessor desired but
didn't get and he has enforced the laws
with manly disregard Of the possible
effect upon his own political future
True, he used his own judgment in max
ing up his cabinet, and dismissed a IA
grant contumacious and defiant subor
dinate. and didn't accept the gospel of
the New nationalism" the instant 1t
was revealed. Is the sober judgment
Of the American people going to hold
these things against i'm as ofrenses
heinous and objectionable? We think
not Hartford Courant.
The state herald., 1912-03-01

]. A. Berg OF Holdrcgc. Neb.. has
recently purchased the Jewell farm
near liolyokc. We are not informed as
to whether Mr.. Berg will make his
home on the farm or not but We sus.
pleion him Of such intention, ~ he re.
sided too long In Phillips county to be
able to stay away from the county per.
mhnently.
The state herald., 1912-03-01

phillips county received another big
snow Tuesday night aud Wednesday.
There has been nearly foot Of snow
fall during the past weeks. The fell
low. who says thnt Il never SHOWS In
eastern Colorado. Is not talking very
oud this winter.
The state herald., 1912-03-01

The directors OF the Phillips County
Irrigation District held meeting Mon.
day. IL seems now that the expense Of
the irrigation district will not require
more than half Of the tax levied for
that purpose. Tho money not used viii
bc refunded 10 the taxpayer.
The state herald., 1912-03-01
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Ensered at the post Office at Holyoke
Colo, az second-class mail matter. !
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The state herald., 1912-03-01
Holyoke, Phillip. Colorado, Friday Mar. 1lsI2
The STATE HERALD.

J. H. PAINTER, Editor and Proprietor,
OFFICIAL PAPER OF PHILLIPS
COUNTY. o.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-08

EVERYWHERE'S NEW
Washington. = Congressional
leaders fixed Aug. II as day of adj
journment, following passage of
Panama canal bill by Senate last
night.
Only stumbling block is SEN
ate amendment granting free
passage. to railroad owned YES
sells.
Washington.-Local police are
stumped in their anti-firting cru
SADIE, on account of regulation
which provide that masher can't
be arrested if he responds to
''goo-goo" eyes.
Denver. = Marriage License
Clerk Peck announced that he
would issue licenses to any first
cousins who want to wed.
Colorado Springs, Colo.-An-
nuar convention of Knights of
Columbus closed with 2 business
sessions.
Lamosa, Colo.-3 men believed
to have been drowned while sail
ing on San Acacia reservoir.
Overturned boat found floating
near shore.
London.-Police keeping close
watch over suffragette leaders for
fear they'll start something on &C
count of sentencing of sufra-
gettes yesterday.
Public aroused by Swear SEN
fences passed upon 2 educated
and refined women for what was
Hill ill., H.. o-..,,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-08

IIOulJ (ISVGldIlu anu Dan T1duClS-
co Millionaire, will not resist sale
of his Euclid Heights Realty Co.
property to satisfy ST., 100000
debt.
John D. Rockefeller owns most
of company's bonds.
Anderson, Ind Rodney H.
Brandon, supreme sec'y Loyal
Order of Moose, denied that or
der will ask for injunction to re-
strain Progressive party using
moose as party emblem.
Sea Girt, N. Gov. Wilson
went to New York today to pose
for photographs that will be used
for campaign purposes.
London. = Diplomatic circles
alarmed over Turkish situation.
Everything points to breakup of
Ottoman empire and it can't
break up without dragging all
European nations into mix-up,
Bluefelds, Nicaragua. = Gen.
Menas, rebel leader, is not daunt-
ed by his defeat at Rivas, but is
adding to his forces.
Dusseldorf. = 100 men may
have been killed in fire and ex-
.ploSion in. coal mine at Gerthe. so
rescued.
Washington.-Taft called spe-
cial cabinet meeting as soon as he
returned from Cincinnati. Wants
to map out his many veto mes
sages.
About the best thing Taft does
nowadays is undo the work of
Congress.
GaII;oo1;s n H., az LII
The Washington times., 1912-12-04

which they do not even dream today"
The defeat OF the Republican candi.
date and the fact that Mr.. Wilson
polIed q million less votes az Demo.
cratic candidate for President than did
Mr.. Bryan four years ago. Berger de-
ciared, shows that the voters Of the
United States not only repudiated the
Republican party but showed lack OF
confidence in the Democratic party.
THE Democratic party cannot help
being reactionary because Il IL con.
trolled by q coalition Of the South and
Tammany," no said.
III the Democrats fall to cut down
the high cost Of living and carry out
their platform promises for abolition
Of the trusts, o political revolution and
an industrial panic 10 due within the
next two or four years. That will mean
Democratic hard times and soup kitch-
ems. This time the panic also will strike
the South, break up the solid South and
give cause to riots and disturbances.
"As for my own person." concluded
Berger. II will say that like my work
In the House and shall enjoy II TO the
last moment. In fact. I am sorry for
the Interruption"