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Ladies Aid Society.

The members of the Ladies Al' Society of the Alexander Memoria church held meeting Thursday al ternoon with Mrs. J. H. Mccain an did honor to Mrs. Blakely.. the retir ing president of the Aid who leave soon for Monticello. Refreshment Were served and Mrs. Blakely Wa
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Pine Bluff Chapter.

Pine Bluff Chapter, D. A. R., wi meet this afternoon at. 2:3Q o'clpc With Mrs. May Tomlinson, Mo- .5C Laurel street,
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presented With a handsome gold headed umbrella as a token of the high esteem in which she ie hold bv the members.
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Horseback Ride.

About ten young couples will enjo horseback ride this evening The will be chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs James Hudson and will spreaf lunches.
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Hospital Association.

The Ladies Hospital and Benevo ent Association will meet this after noon at 3 o'clock with Mrs. J. R Martin on West Fifth avenue.
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Ladies' Swimming Class.

The Ladies Swimming Class of tn Y. M. c. A., will meet this afternoo at o'clock at the Y.eM. e. A.
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Tine to Mako a ckanse.
 Brains haye5bea9 at a ditcount and braWI at sa fremiu5n5 quite long
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vices and hereby order you to vacate 1t once, and turn over the hospital to the charge of Mr. $. Wharton, whom we have appointed acting sup arint puHpUt
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SOCIETY

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WASHINGTON.

President Taft was in New YORK
City for the launching Of the battleship
New York at the Brooklyn navy yard
Mrs. Mary Louise Kennedy Hare,
seventy years old, widow OF the late
Judge Silas Hare OF Sherman. Texas,
died suddenly.
Farmers Bulletin 5ll OF the Depa-t.
ment OF Agriculture contains some in.
teresting facts and recommendation In
connection with bookkeeping on the
farm.
II the opinion OF the officers OF the
office OF farm management OF the de.
rartment OF agriculture counts for any.
thing. girls make better farmers than
boys.
Maj. Gen. Robert Maitland O'Reilly,
former surgeon general OF the United
States army. personal physician and
intimate friend Of President Cleveland,
died here OF uraemlc poisoning.
petltlon was llleu with the Inter
state Commerce Commission wlch con.
stitutes record in the history In two
respects. 1t contains the names OF l..
jG2 separate complainants, who are
business men Of Montana. and II de.
maEds reparatlon In the sum OF $780,.
900.
In promulga'ing the first revision
OF the equity rules Of federal courts in
the last fifty years the Supreme Court
OF the United States prohibited the
granting OF preliminary injunctions
without notice. and restricted the
granting Of temporary restraining or.
ders.
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he was nominated by acclamation eas

he was nominated by acclamation each
succeeding two years until his elee.
tIon as vice president.
On Appraisers Board.
In 1898 Sherman was appointed by
President Mckinley a member Of the
board OF general appraisers Of the city
OF New York and the nomination was
confirmed by the Senate. 1t was his
desire at the time to accept the ap.
pointment, but political and business
friends at home. including the Cham.
ber OF Commerce and the Republican
county committee. passed resolutions
and appointed a committee to walt up-
On him and urge him not 10 retire as
a member Of Congress, and In con.
formity with the desires Of his constit.
nents he declined the appointment.
Sherman. early in his congressional
career. became q prominent member
Of tho House. and during his last few
terms In Congress was numbered
among the leaders. His parliamen.
tary ability was early recognized and
perhaps no other member was 10 fire..
quently called to the chair to preside
over the comnittee OF the whole. He
was one Of the closest friends OF
Speaker Reed. as he WAS Of Speaker
Henderson and Speaker Cannon.
Chairman Of Committee.
Sherman was q candidate for the
speakership when Thomas B. Reed re-
tired. Fs twelve years he WAS chair.
man Of the committee on Indian a..
fairs. and his work as the head Of that
committee received unstinted praise
from all concerned In the work Of the
committee. without regard to the party.
He was also member Of the commit.
tee on rules and Of interstate and for.
e!gn commerce.
Sherman was regular attendant
at the Dutch Reformed church In
Utica since his marriage, In 1881.
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Dig. sister from Slayer. Side.

Cortez.-Indignant at the burial Of
her sister, Mrs. Charles ]. Sharnhorst
in the grave with her husband. who
killed her and then himself, Mrs. Ly.
dia Bruner. who arrived here from her
home In Kentucky, has had Mrs.
Sharnhorst's body exhumed and rein.
tered In a grave as far away from her
slayer as 1t was possible. The two
bodies were buried In the same grave
In compliance with request left by
Sharnhorst, who was former Judge Of
Montezuma county. Mrs. Bruner cana
to take charge Of the four children left
orphans by the act Of their father.
Sharnhorst left an estate valued at
$4,000 to the children. In the will the
children were given into the custody
Of a man in Germany. Mrs. Bruner
will contest the will, as will also Carl
Sharnhorst. son Of the suicide. whoss.as
had charge Of the children since the
tragedy. Both are desirous Of secur-
ing the custody Of the children, and
the case Will be bitterly contested.
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seminary. a preparatory school stu
ated in the village Of Whitssboro. -four
miles distant. From this school young
Sherman entered Hamilton college in
the fall Of 1874, and was graduated in
1878. He gained 4 considerable rep
utation as declaimer in both school
and college. carrying off first honors
In defamation at the end of his fresh.
man year. He also enjoyed a reputa'
ton as a debater and was one Of six
chosen from his class at the conclu.
sion of his senior year to contest for
prizes.
Began Study Of Law.
After leaving college Sherman began
at once the study Of law in the office
Of Beardsley, Cookinham & Burdick,
at Utica, n. Y. He was admitted 70
practice two years later, and at once
formed a partnership with H. ]. Cook
inham, his brother-in.law. and former
Mayor John G. Gibson. He contin'
ued the practice Of law in partner
ship with Cookinham, with various
changes in the personnel Of the firm.
until January /. 1907, when he with
drew as a member Of the law firm.
Sherman's first active work in poll
tics was the year succeeding his grad
uation from college. when he spoke Z
few times in different parts Of the
country in advocacy Of the election
of Alonzo B. Cornell. Republican can
didate for governor. making his first
speech In abe town Of his residence
Mayor Of Utica In 1884.
During the last fifteen years Sher'
man campaisned In various parts Of
the state, having spoken in most Of
the important cities OF the state and
great many minor places, a. well ~
In half = dozen or more other states.
During various campaigns he spoke In
substantially every town In Oneida
and Herkimer counties. He was chosen
mayor Of Utica In 1884.
He was first named for Congress In
1886. the contest being quite spirit
ed one. there being half dozen can
didates, his chief competitor being
Henry ]. Coggeshall, then state sena
tor from that district.
Sherman was renominated each sue.
ceeding two years by acclamation un'
til 1896. when there was contest for
the nomination, his competitors being
Seth G. Heacock Of Herkimer. now
state senator. and John L. Sayles OF
Rome. Oneida county. Since that time
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sHERmAN FUNERAL CEREMONIES
SIMPLE BUT MOST I'M
PREssIvE.
PRESIDENT IN TEARS
MANY PUBLIC OFFICIALS AT
UTICA TO PAY HOMAGE AT
sHERMAN's GRAVE.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

NsNsfn SsWspapsF Union SsNg 6erylce.
Utica, N. Y.-President Taft and
representatives Of national and for.
eign governments who attended the
funeral Of James Schoolcraft Sher.
man left Utica In their special train
for New York.
Tho ceremonies wore simple but
very impressive. and the body Of the
country. late vice president and
Utica's most famous son lies in the
the Prooate Court appraisers. All the
mothcr.in.law. Mrs. Carrie Babcock.
erected.
This city Il In mourning. Black.
drapod flags hang at half.mast.
President Taft was much affected
by the last rites attending the burial
Of bis colleague and running mate,
and during tho eloquent tribute
voiced by the Rev. w. NJ Strykcr,
president OF Hamilton College. his
eyeo filled with tears.
Mrn. Sherman was supported on
either side by her sons as she walked
slowly down the aisle. Her carriage
preceded that OF President Taft in the
long line that made Its way to the
cemetery.
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FOREIGN.


The Turkish army is In full retreat
on Constantinople and the Turkish
government has asked the powers to
intervene.
The German Crown Prince Frederick
William was injured in hunting ac.
cident near Danzig. Germany. and II
confined to his residence.
Alaska territory elected Tuesday its
first legislature, composed Of eight sen.
ators and sixteen representatives.
There are four parties In the territory.
The home secretary, Reginald Mac
Kcnna. was prevented from making a
speech in Holborne town hall in Lon
don because Of the uproar caused by
suffragettes.
Senator Adam Carr Bell OF Pictou,
n. E, is dead at the Royal Victoria
hospital at Montreal. He was prom.
rent in advocating imperial federation
and protection.
A steamer which has arrived at
Archangel. Russia, from Norway, re.
PORTS that the steamer Phoke. with
Captain Sjedoff's polar expedition. has
been wrecked. The steamer brought
no details.
Abdullah Pasha, commander OF the
Turkish eastern army. has been re.
lieved OF his post. and Nazim Pasha,
the minister of war. has direct com.
mand Of 1t, says Constantinople dis.
patch.
The belief 10 held ut Constantincple
that King Ferdinand will not be sor.
ry to accept European Intervention, as
1t is considered that after its tremen.
dous sacrifices the Bulgarian army
must be nearly exhausted.
The prospect that a considerable
portion OF the defeated Turkish army
will be able to reform behind the lines
Of Tchatalja, the last Notifications be.
fore Constantinople. is not altogether
excluded. but whether the Turks Will
be able to maintain there any serious
resistance to the Bulgarian advance is
doubtful.
The sale to former Senator William
A. Clark of Montana. OF a collection OF
old masters for $4,000. by Sir George
Donaldson ic the subject Of suit
which began in the Lord Chief Jus.
tees Court in London. Alfred c. TEN.
pie. director of the art gallery of the
corporation Of London. is suing Sir
George Donaldson for 100000 commits.
sion on the sale.
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Born and Died In Same Ward.

James Schoolcraft Sherman. vice
president OF the United States, was
born October 25. 1855, In the same
ward OF Utica In which hc died.
When he was two years old his
father moved. with his family, to .
farm two miles south OF the village Of
New Hartford. and here they lived un.
III 1868. In the fall Of 1858 sher.
mans parents purchased house In
the village Of New Hartford. where
they continued to live until the death
Of Sherman's mother, In 1896. his faith.
er having died the year previous.
Sherman lived with bis parents un.
I'll, 1881. when he was married at East
Orange. N. j.. to Carrie Babcock. tax.
Ing up his residence In the Seventh
ward Of the city Of Utica.
While he lived on his fathers farm
he attended the district school. half
q mile from home. and when old
enough to do SO. he assisted In such
work on the farm as boy OF his
years would be capable Of doing. Aft.
er removing to tho village OF New
Hartford he attended the public school
Of that town. and later attended the
Utica academy.
Later he attended the Whitestown
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Runaway Train XIII. Engineer.

La Junta.-Speeding thirty-seven
miles In twenty-five mines. q string
Of eighteen loaded coal cars crashed
into an engine standing In the local
yards. killing Engineer John Fessler.
age forty. and injuring Fireman Arth.
ur Simmons. The engineer was
crushed beneath the debris. which was
piled fifty feet high on the right OF
way. The freight train ran Wild from
Thatcher station. thirtyssven miles
south. after the engine had been de-
tsched for switching. There we're thir-
ty.two cars In the train, but during
the flight some were thrown from the
track 1t Delhi and Ormega.
Engineer Fessler was waiting for
signal to enter the yards whom the
runaway cars were seen coming In .
cloud Of dust. When the crash came
the cars were reduced to matchwood.
Fessler was thrown high In the air
and his body fell to the track under
an avalanche Of wood, iron and coal.
When found he was breathing but soon
died. The engine ran 1000 yards be.
fore II could be stopped. Fessler leaves
q family.
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SPORT.

The UniyorDlty OF Utah football
lcaE. DEBATED the University OF Mon.
tana al Salt Lake, by score OF 10 to
Two hundred yachtsmen badc fare.
well to Sir Thomas Upton at a ban.
quet at Chicago before he sailed for
home.
Minnesota's football team fought Ito
way another step toward the big
Line" conference championship, de.
feating the Illinois BY a score OF la to
D. at Minneapolis.
Bouldcr's superior weight told to a
marked degree at Colorado Springs,
and State university won the annual
football battle from Colorado college
by q score OF 10 10 Z. The college has
not won from Boulder In eight years.
The drop.kIcking and end line plung.
Ing OF Charles L. Brickley. backed by
wcll.drilled Crimson team mates.
gained ut Cambridge Haryard's foot.
ball supremacy over Princeton after
n lapse OF n quarter Of century. The
score was; Harvard. 15: Princeton, G.
Centennial high school football team
Of Pueblo defeated the North Denver
eleven In a spirited game a: Pueblo
by n score OF 25 to l2.
Charles Comiskey OF the American
league team announced In Chicago that
the team. will leave about February 20
for seven weeks training at Paso
Koblcs. Cal. and return about April 10.
Richard KlegIn OF Sioux City, Iowa,
who five years ago took several prize
fighters TO Paris for the purpose OF
giving h King exhibitions there, now
proposes TO Introduce the game Of
baseball In France.
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CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EvEN1O
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

What Is said to be the largest crop
OF walnuts ever known In southwest
Missouri Is being harvested this fall.
Gustaye Kostupulos. a Greek. alleged
slayer OF Mrs. Augusta Robinson In
Denver on May 6. was arrested at Nil.
waukee.
J. Beal Sneed, slayer OF AL. Boyce.
Jr., at Amarillo, Tex, was granted bail
by the Court OF Criminal Appeals un-
der $4,000 bond.
Burns Lyman Smith has begun the
erection Of forty.two-story office
building In Seattle. 1t will be the tall.
est and largest or the Pacific coast.
Charles Kemp. street car conduct.
or, was killed and fifteen passengers
injured in Sioux City, Ia. when Bur.
llngt0n engine struck the car In the
center.
Rutherford B. Cook, assistant sec.
retary OF the Chicago Nationals, shot
and killed one OF two men In an auto
who attempted TO rob him on Wash.
ington boulevard In Chicago.
After drugglng a trusty. saving
through two iron barriers and scaling
jail yard wall, four former inmates
ci the Kern county, California, Jail
fed through the hills with two posses
In pursuit.
His Eminence John Cardinal Farley,
bearer OF message Of good will and
kindlness to the Pacific coast from the
head OF the Roman Catholic church
at the vatican, arrived In San Fran.
cisco.
Mrs. G. Purdue, 35, wife OF rail.
road conductor. and her six.m0nths.
old daughter, were burned to death
in shed In the rear of the Perdue
home at Ossowatomie. Kan. A five
yearold son. who was burned. died.
That Colonel Roosevelt will come to
Milwaukee and beg the local courts TO
inflict a minimum sentence instead OF
the expected maximum OF fifteen years
lr what John Schrank. who attempted
to siay the former President. says he
expects.
There is 1852 in cash and notes"
said $. II. Vowel to men and women
dcposItors who besieged the Kirby
Savings Bank at Chicago. The bank
went into the hands OF receivers after
It's president had been adjudged in.
sane.
Mrs. Louise Lindloff. splritualist
crystal gazer. was found guilty Of
murder at Chicago and her punish
ment was fixed ut twenty-five years
IN the penitentiary. She was charged
with poisoning her l5-year.old son.
Arthur.
After following tracks In the snow
leading to the stronghold OF Richard.
son. Burke and BaItrum. escaped con.
victs from the state prison at Rawlins.
Wyo,. a sherlifs posse engaged In u
sun fight with the men. killing Rich.
ards0n and Baxtrum. Burke escaped
Governor Marshall was delayed nine
hours on trip across South Dakota
by freight wreck In which two train.
men were killed. During the delay the
governor delivered an unscheduled
speech 10 an audience made up main.
ly OF passengers OF ,raips blocked by
the wreck. While he spoke Mrs. Mar.
shall was busy seeking aid for the
family Of Brakeman Breting who was
killed and left eleven children.
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GEN ERAL.

The exports Of copper last week
were 4,42S tons and the total for the
month OF October 1850 tons. equiv.
pltnt to $3.50, 500 pounds.
Breaking from jail to secure liquor,
Jesse Nelson Of Highland Falls. got II.
drank what he wanted. then returned
to his cell and hanged himself.
Governor Wilson received the elec.
ton returns at Princeton through the
same telegraph instrument that licked
off victory to Grover Cleveland In
1892.
Rev. william F. Dunno OF Granite
City. H., Is under arrest, charged
with Turing Essel Nickel. IS. to Evans.
Vile. Ind. Miss Nickel sang In the
choir OF Rev. DUNES church.
Angered because she had spurned
his attentions. Antonio J. Opatto. an
Italian. shot and killed Martha Hal.
Ter. a l7.year-old salesgirl. In a de-.
partment store in Cleveland. Ohio. and
then committed suicide.
Announcement was made In New
York that the Standard OIL interests
had sold to Henry Clay Pierce all
their holdings In the Waters.Pierce OIL
Company. thus ending the litigation
that has been In the courts for some
time.
Doctor Woodrow Wilson wears a
strip OF collodlon and gauze across
the top OF his head covering a scalp
wound three inches long which he re-.
ceivcd In q motor car mishap on the
way home to Princeton from Red
Bank. N. J.
Shortage Of freight cars. the menace
OF n coal famine and Industrial par.
alysis In some parts OF the country
have become 10 serious that the Inter.
state Commerce Commission proposed
to shippers and railroads drastic REQ
concentrations for its relief.
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Analf. Crop I. Worth 100000

Meeker.-Returns concerning this
years alfalfa seed crop in the White
River valley indicates mammoth
yield. The industry is q new one In
this section. the acreage planted here
tofore being very small and the yield
Insignificant. Experiments made by the
State Agricultural College last year
Of seed grown here showed 1t to be
of an exceptionally hardy variety and
100 per cent pure. This finding served
as an incentive for the farmers Of the
valley to plant seed alfalfa this year
from White River City to Rangely.
The crop will total about 100000 bush.
els. The seed is worth SO . bushel.
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eudy Estate 10 settled.

Boston.-Mrs. Mary Baker @. Eddy.
founder Of the Christian Science
church. had In Massachusetts, at the
time OF her death $s2,47375 In per.
sonal property. and real estate valued
at sl55.o00. according to the report OF
Probate Court appraisers, All the
personal property goes to the Chris.
tian Science church under the decision
Of the Supreme Court OF New Hamp.
shire. which sustained the will Of Mrs.
Eddy. The entire amount which the
New Hampshire administrator will
turn over about S2.ooo.ooo.
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Utica, N. Y.-Vicc President James
Schoolcraft Sherman died at his home
here. Oct. 30. Members Of his family
were at the bedside. Mr.. Shermen
had been sinking rapidly all day. but
at o'clock his pulse was better and
II was thought he would live through
the night. Soon after there was
change for the worse and he began to
sink rapidly. He lay In n comatose
condition for several house before the
end came.
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Waits Until so to Apply For pension.
Ault.-Although Judge ]. G. Sheepz.
a veteran Of the Civil War. has passed
his eightieth birthday, he has just
asked for q pension. The Judge has
always believed that pension should
not be sought until It IL needed. I'm
der the new pension law he will get
81 per day.
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Child s,..l. so.mll. Rid. on pll.A.

Pueblo.-Georgs Carver, aged 6. sDu
Of George Carver. climbed on the
cowcatcher Of Rio Grande locomo-
tive and rode thirty miles, until TAX
en- from his perilous position at Bes-
yer. The boy was seen by the agent
at Swallows. who wired the Beaver
agent. He tagged the train and toAk
the boy off. SO numb with cold he
could not stand.
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veteran Preacher Dead.

Fort Collins.-The Rev. John Thorn.
as. aged ninety years. one Of the Oldest
residents Of Fort Collins. died at the
home Of his daughter. Mrs. ]. 8. Stan.
ley. Two months ago he received 90.
rious injury from a fall.
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Jap Fatally Injured.

Jap Fatally Injured.
Fort Lupton.-G. Turakawa, q jap
anese, lost control Of his team while
hauling beets- from the w. A. Davis
farm and was thrown from the wagon
and fatally hurt. His head struck on
q rail and his skull was fractured.
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Lanotry DsnIes She Iced King edward

Boston.-lIly Langtry Is writing her
memoirs and she declares In them that
she will denY she lost the friendship
Of the Prince Of Wales liking Ed.
ward) BY dropping a piece Of Ice down
bis back at q royal dinner party.
THAT fable follows me everywhere y
she said.
THE fact Of the matter is. Lady
Cornwallis-west slipped q piece OF Ice
'own the princes back and angered
him greatly. | witnessed the cpl
sode"
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Negro Killed by Train.

walsenburg.-The body Of an uni.
Identified negro was found on the Colo.
RADIO & Southern tracks about q half
mile north Of the depot here
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Find. RattIesnaks Under chlId's Bed.

Finds Rattlesnaks Under chlId's Bed.
Raymer.SMrs. T. A. BARLEY almost
tainted when. in sweeping under the
bed in which her two children were
lying. she swept out a four-foot rattle
snake. 1t showed fight and had she
not pinned It's head to the floor with
her broom, would have reached tho
bed. The snake had IL rattles and q
button.
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Boy Misses Target; Shoots Companion.
Pueblo.-Inaccurat aim at . target
with q .22 calibre rifle resulted In the
shooting Of Jules Peters, age seven, BY
Frank Lane. also seven. at Pinon.
fourteen miles north Of here.
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COLORADO NEWS |
GATHERED FROM
All Parts of the State
w,.tern Newspaper Union Nsvs Service.
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS. :,

January 2o-2s-Eighth Annual West
srn Stock Show-Denvsr.