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The Ordway new era., 1912-05-17
MAKES DARING TRIP
W. P. Edwards of Reclamation
Service Has Thrilling Adventure.
Government Enabled to Build Huge
Tunnel Five Miles Long from Gum
nison Canyon a. Result OF
Remarkable Feat.

Denver, Colo.-One OF tho most dar.
ing feats that has been accredited to
the men OF the reclamation service In
their battles OF converting the deserts
of the west into productive farms was
the original trip through the swift wa.
ters OF the Gunnison canyon.
In the years previous to tho time
when the reclamation service went in
to Colorado and determined upon the
diversion OF the waters OF tho Gunni-
son river. that tho arid lands OF the
Uncompahgre project might be re-
claimed. man had never passed alive
through the Gunnison canyon. There
were many tales OF adventurous In.
dians and white men who had attempt
ed the dangers OF this canyon. but
none OF them had succeeded and lived
to tell the tale.
W. p. Edwards was the first man
to accomplish this feat. lie did 1t on
q rubber mattress. inflated with air.
Boarding his raft at the headwaters
OF the Gunnison. he started on the
wild ride through its canyon with the
portunity to divert its waters and get
them upon the desert.
This raft OF air and rubber was be-
lieved to be immune to the shocks that
It would meet In plunging headlong
down the currents OF this stream. TO
a inrge extent. It proved worthy OF
the confidence that was placed in It.
To be sure. 1t lost upon occasion much
Of the form which It had In the be-
ginning. It was punctured and mend
ed and reinfiated on many occasions
At times 1t became merely n fiabby
bag that was thrown over the shoulder
OF tho voyager rs he waded dowr
stream over the rapids. At other timet
It became merely n iife-preserver thai
kept him afioat in deep eddies.
At still other times the raft and 1T
operator chung to the sides OF rocks
and fought the currents in the face OF
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-17
Vouue Of Rouah Surfaces.

The liking for rough surfaces is a
continuation Of winter fad, and is
reflected into a very large percentage
of the new tailor suitings which the
merchants are showing since the first
Of the year. There are charming
stuffs of this kind in all the light
spring-like tones, soft gray mixtures.
white and black stripes, checks. etc.,
land particularly in the brownish tones
ranging from deep ecru through buff
and sand and light khaki tones. a
flecking Of white usual ygiving soft.
ness and character to the coloring.
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-17
WOMAN LOSES HER VOICE
Trainer Of Wild Beasts In Terror
When Gagged Grizzly Bear At
tacks Her Husband.

San Francisco.-Mme. Ricardo, a
lion trainer. known as the singing
girl In the tigers den." is speechless
as the result of an attack upon her
husband by a bear at Oakland. The
woman was one of the few in the
gathering at the circus who realized
her husbands peril
When the grizzly bore her husband
to the ground the woman screamed
for assistance. Ricardo remained
quiet, covering his head and face with
his arms.
Nine Ricardo attempted to sing the
next day, but found that she had lost
her voice. Physicians fear it may not
return. Ricardo escaped injury.
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-17
FROM THE EDITOR.
Ho Forgot That He Had . Stomach

Talking OF food. there Is probably
no professional man subjected to q
greater. more wearing mental strain
than the responsible editor OF q
modern newspaper.
To keep his mental faculties COM
stantly In good working order. tho
editor must keep his physical powers
up to the highest rate of efficiency.
Nothing Will 20 quickly upset tho
whole system US badly selected food
and a disordered stomach. 1t there
fore follows that he should have
right food. which can be readily as
simulated. and which furnishes true
brain nourishmcnt.
MY personal experience in the use
OF Grape-Suts and Postum" writes
n Philadelphia editor. 80 exactly
agrees with your advertised claim as
to their merits that any further ex-
position In that direction would seem
to be supcr!luous. They have benc-
fitted me so much. however. during
the five years that have used them
that do not feel justified In with
holding my testimony.
General high living with all
that the expression implies as to n
generous table. brought about indi-
gestion. in my case. with restless
ness at night and lassitude In tho
morning. accompanied by various
pains and distressing sensations
during working hours.
1.-THE doctor diagnosed the condi-
tion as 'catarrh OF the stomach and
prescribed various medicines. which
did me no good. I finally threw
physics to the dogs gave up tea
and coffee and heavy meat dishes.
and adopted Grape-Nuts and Postum
as the chief articles of my diet.
II can conscientiously say. and
wish to say 1t with all the emphasis
possible to the English language.
that they have benefited mo as med
icines never did. and more than any
other food that ever came on my
table.
MY experience Is that the Grape
Nuts food has steadied and strength
ened both brain and nerves to n most
positive degree. How 1t does 1t
cannot say. but I know that after
breakfastinE on Grape-Nuts food one
actually forgets he has a stomach.
let alone stomach trouble 1t is in
my opinion. the most beneficial as
we'll as the most economical food on
the market. and has absolutely no
rival" Name given by Postum Co..
Battle Creek. Mich.
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-17
Not In Any Way Desirable.

DO those people who moved into
the nat across the hall seem to be de-
sirable neighbors?" asked the man.
NO" replied the woman. Il watch
ed everything that came out Of the
moving van. They haven't thing
that We would care to borrow"
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-17
SILK Flowers.

The song Of the silk flower has not
yet been finished. We are still using
the handmade blossom in all sizes on
dresses, hats and accessories.
Have you noticed the tiny wreaths
of roses on the ends of velvet and silk
sashes? These are made In the sim
plest way. the little roses being mere
ly ribbon that has been folded and
wound around itself and sewed.
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-17
Yale Receives a Prehistoric Chair.

New Haven, Conn.-Yale university
museum has received from Ecuador,
South America, an interesting prehis.
toric relic in the shape of large
stone chair, carved as crouching hui
man figure holding up stone seat
The chair is of a kind of stone found
nowhere in the world except on some
of the Ecuador hills. The donor is
Charles G. Brown. Yale. 1903.
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-17
Silk Net Gloves,

The demand for the diaphanous in
dress has brought out new glove
made Of silk net. This Is heavily in
crusted up the back in crystal beads.
with here and there rhinestone In
troduced in the design.
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-17

Some people are such sticklers fol
form that they expect Dame Fortune
to remember their ''at home" days.
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-17

Cure for Insomnia.
"Dibble says he can't sleep"
''Hc ought 10 read the war new
from Mexico"
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-17

We all admire man who says Just
what he thinks-about other people.
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-17
Rather Olslnterested.

Let me take your sister apart"
Don't. She is all broken up. as l,
is."
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-17
A Candid M an

It's an easy matter to forget an In.
jury. provided you don't keep forget
ting you have forgotten 1t.
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-17
IF You Like
a Little Quiet Fun
Ask some Pompou. person Grepe:Nut. Food help.

Ask some Pompous person It Grapefruit. Food hePe
build the brain:
Chance: are you get whitening 'neer and hiss
Then sweety play with the leaned toad.
Ask him to tell you the analysis Of brain material and
the analysis Of Crape-Nuts
Don't knowa Why, supposed you based your opinions
exact knowledge instead of pushing conclusion like you
would sneeze.
"Well your tire is puncwed. let's sit down
like good friends and repair i"
The bulky materials Of brain are water and albumin.
but these things blend without little worker known
as Phosphate of Potash. defined mineral salt"
One authority. Geohegan. shows in his analysis Of brain.
Acid and Potash combined phosphate Of Poa 29l per
Beauns another authority. shows Phosphoric Acid and
Potash phosphate Of Potash) than one half the total
mineral salts. being 7344 per in a total Of l01.07
Analysis of Grape. Nuts shows Pota ssium and Phos
phorus (which join and make Phosphate of Potash) is
considerable more than onehalf of all the mineral
salts in the food.
Dr. GeoW. Carey, authority the constituent elements
Of the body The matter of the brain controlled
Of Pota This salt unies with albumin and by the addition of
oxygen fluid the gray matter of the BRAIN OF
course there Of other salts and other organic matter
Au but Potassium Phosphate the chief factor and has
the power within itself to attract by its own law OF affinity
all things needed to manufacture the elixir of life"
Further he says: "The beginning and end Of the
matter to supply the lacking principle. and in molecular
IL
grain. To supply de6cencesh the only law Of cure.
Brain is made of Phosphate of Potash the
principal Mineral Salt, added to albumin and water.
Grape-Nuts contains that element than
one-half of all its mineral salts.
Every days Of brain away little
Suppose your kind Of food does contain Phophat
How are you going to rebuild today the wom-out
And you don't why shouldn't prostadon al
Remember Mind does work well brain
from lack of nourishment.
1t true that other food besides Grapefruit, contains
Plain wheat and barley do. But in Crape-Nus there
And if the elements demanded by Nature, are
the needed material to build from.
A healthy brain is important, if would do things
A man who sneers at "Nnd' snee at the best and
That part which folks believe links the Infinite.
Mind asks for healthy brain upon which act and \
healthy brain and day by day it is used up
Natures way rebuild is by the Of food which SUPP
"7here's Reason" for
Grape-N,
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-17

Wanted to Know.
He-My father weighed only four
pounds at his birth.
She-Good gracious. Did he live?
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-17
Appropriate,

WIllis-Why do you call your na
chine 'she?"
Gillls-lt Is said to be the last
word" in an automobile construction.
Judge.
The Ordway new era., 1912-05-17

Many a man loses time trying to
explain a mistake that he might util-
ize in making others.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-26

.E
We are. working short hours
through lack of yard lights, The
electricians say that the yard and
wall lights will be ready for light
ing by the end Of the week.
Guard Broostrom has been appo-
inted dollhouse captain. The night
officers remain as they were, j. e:
Night Capt. Hartman; Night Turn
key Stesnick and officer Buck.
The last lot of Irvine machinery
has been received and the work of
setting-up is rapidly advancing.
Thirty men worked Sunday fore
noon to further advance the work
and in a few days the entire Irvine
plant will be in operation,
John Frawley, our engineer, says
that the State Prison Power House
is running full blast and is furnish
ing the power for the entire new
prison, including lights and heat.
John claims that it is wonderful
plant and things run as smooth as a
new Elgin watch.
The man who cannot say No.
is of very small mental calibre,
so we, belive, if friend Bud Weiser
will allow us to say so. The man
who cannot say NO." when occa-
sion calls for it, is either coward
or daren't do it from some other
cause. He isn't much of man, to
my way of thinking. Don't tear
that paper, Bud Weiser.
Howard NJ, our chief, says that
this place is so large that it makes
him feel very small. Never mind
Howard, you will get used to it.
Speaking Of the new prison and it's
size we wish to state that we have
some imagination but it fell far
short of an estimate of this place.
1t is almost beyond ones imaginati-
on. You would have to see it to
belive that it is so large.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-26
Machine Shop Turnin$s.
Nil Desparandum.

The man who sings his own praise
seldom gets an encore.
Babies and grievances grow larger
with nursing.
Good resolutions. like pie crust,
are made to be broken; therefore we
shall make none. Anyhow 1913
will be an unlucky year.
Talk about vanity, the girls havn't
got anything on the willie Boys"
in this Dept. On shaving day it is
amusing to look around the shop.
Some are engaged in admiring them
selves in the mirror, while others are
deity touching up their eyebrows.
A few wear gloves while at work:
we presume this is so as not to spoil
their delicate touch.
The first number of the Compen-
dium," a newspaper for prisoners,
has appeared at Sydney, Australia.
The paper, which is under the SUI
pervision of the Comptroller of Pris-
ons, will circulate in all jails of New
South Wales.
= :
Fare for English Prisons New Years Day.
Skilly.
: Two Slabs. One cup of thick.
One pound OF roast beef. Plum Duff.
Potatoes. Soup
One more year gone off our ninty
nine! In spite of the situation we
cannot help smiling.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-26
Shoe Shop Notes.
Dept. n.
Sherlock

Happy New Year.
The way to get a reputation for
goodness is to be good.
A woman can say more in look
than man can in book.
1t is common enough to find fault;
if you want to be original lose it.
People who expect to have their
feelings hurt are seldom disappoint-
ed.
Yes larry blimme hif Hi wouldn't
blow ye to pipe o shay" Bah!
Jove!
Yes, hash or stew-you will have
it another day. They are invaria.
bly, booked for return date.
The public in general fails to APP
preciate the true Importance of
mere man until they make the &C
quaintaEce of an elevator operator.
1t is writ: There is no chance for
you unless you spend all your time
in the company Of one job" Whew!
I'd hate to think I was married to
mine.
New Year resolutions are in order;
here are mine.
To have Purpose.
To be as good while away from,
as I am in the company of the good.
Not all the daring jugglers are in
vaudeville; there is the local court
attendant D who can throw large
variety of explanations in an effort
to deceive some one.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-26
New Prison Tit Bits.
By R. G.

Supt. Williams is in evidence
everywhere. He claims that is
no snap to move a Irvine plant; and
we agree with him there.
Much obliged for good wishes,
St. Croix. Have in request for
an auto ride next month; hope to
take a street-car ride, too, home.
The work in the new dollhouse
is progressing rapidly, and it is
hoped that the south wing will be
completed by January 1.
Talk of observation-disclosures. Here
is one that gets my nanny: A man
going to work in a hurry pulled
out his watch to see if he had time
to go back after it.
Notice: All those having extra
library books are requested to place
same on the foot of their beds; and
day following the collection of lib
rary slips, the same.
Church services were postponed
last Sunday, it being moving day.
We hOne tn hear Onr noYt sermon
from the new chapel pulpit. 1t
is some chapel, too.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-26

-
Saltwater, MIMI,
Ny dear Mr.. N
Through the columns of The Mir
ror l would like to convey my
Christmas greetings to all inmates of
both the old and new prisons, as it
is impossible for me to write indi-
vidually to even those whose per-
sonal acquaintance it was my pri-
vilege to enjoy, when l was one of
the chaplains OF the institution. /
think of all of you often, and miss
my customary visits more than /
can express, and regret my inabi-
lily to make frequent calls at the
institution, but shall come as often
as / can for my heart is as much
in the work now as when I was in
Saltwater. l have seen some of
the men over here in Minneapolis
that recently left the prison, and
some are making good. and alas
some are not, and it makes my
heart ache when I see those whom
/ had hoped would brace up and
become good citizens, falling right
back into their old habits again;
but | must not continue to preach
to you as though / were in chapel,
instead of sending you Christmas
greetings. l hope your Christmas
will be just as happy and merry as
it is possible to have under such
trying circumstances, and that the
new year may have better things
in store for many of you, than
ever before.
Sincerely your friend,
Jay Scott Budlong
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-26

The Pierian Chantauqna Circle
will hold its regular fortnightly
meeting next Sunday afternoon.
The following papers will be pre-
sented: Reclamation of Land" by
Mr.. j. g.. (Apache); The Beauty
of the Earth" by Mr.. G. W., lGay-
hoppin), and The Last of Earth
and Man." by Mr.. Nc c..
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-26

Saltwater Gazette: Yesterday
(Dec. 81, was moving day and
about forty inmates of the old pris-
on changed to the new prison, go
ing down in the prison truck. They
haven't exactly gone to pastures
green but they are holding down
jobs in the best prison plant in the
country, if that is any satisfaction to
them. ..a.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-26

Transferred to new prison: 397,
SAB. COS, 629. $50. 621, 433, Alb, 415,
43O, 81. 41S, GA, 642, GAG, $50. Ali,
416. 421, 174, 229, 227, 431, ZIG, 522,
233, 55. 427, 4O5, 400, 4O7, 422.
Cell changes: 533-558; 397-522;
4Gl-346; S2-19S; 222-2OO; 334-3O5;
3O5-334; 533-131; 6l2-55; 613-4O6;
6i5-1O7; 617-110; 618-25O; 619-409;
62O-397; 622-4t8; 5S1-357; $780,
35S; 5s2-422; 5S3-226; 5S4-23O
5S5-417; 617-1lO 619-4O9; 624-
80; 643-61; 47-l00; 456-2O6; 519-
72;- 593-407; 595-72 597-69 $685.
421; 6OO-83 6O7-413; 609-4O5; GIL
4O2; 6O4-91; 1928; 2S-18; 615-
10; 616-175; 61S-25O; 62O-397;
628-580; 640-164; 133-hosp. 49,
201; 4S-222; 46-2O5; 5O-533; 1885,
Alb; 346-422; 181-416; 276-433;
94-430; 56O-276; 114-12O; 539-
418; 164-411; $4,000; 61-415; 81
421; 328-4O5; 330-3O6; 343-3O8;-
306-S30; 308-344; 84-114; 131-
5 5 8; 122-534; 53S-3rd. 116-122;
117-l31;
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-26

Saltwater Gazette: Rosa is dead.
For nearly thirty years she has
been seen on our streets and was a
familiar figure to many of our resi-
dents. She was proud and when
she paraded our streets she always
held her head high in the air. Al
though spirited she was easily con-
trolled and no one ever heard a
cross word from her or refusal to
do her duty when called. She was
as faithful and much more efficient
than Old Dog Tray. She gave of
her services for nearly thirty years
and was ill but one day before called
to the other shore. Rosa will long
be remembered as the faithful mare
of Mr.. w. S. Conrad. who departed
this life few days since. Con-"
says on her tombstone should be in
scribed: Well done thou good and
faithful servant.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-26
Che Voiees Of tbe CITY
By A. M.

You have often stood in crowd
listening to the talk, listening to
the human voice. and from the
ones of that human voice you have
gone on to Judge of the man that
spoke. The voice is one of the sign
posts of character. What is true of
the human voice is also true of the
mighty voices Of the city. We may
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-26


Strange but true. all our eminent
literateurs are cobblers.
The smile that won't come off is
the smile that gets the mark.
Don't make mistake and start
rafting your cell. furniture New
Year Eve.
Our Serial story.
A man was sitting by the bank of
a river watching his float bob lazily
to and fro; the day was hot, and the
flies were very tormentine. Feeling
in his pockets he produced short
clay pipe and proceeded to fill it.
This done to his satisfaction he lit it
and leaned back against the bank.
He had not been settled many min
utes when he heard voices coming
from the direction of the woods just
behind him. It seemed to him they
were quarreling over something; one
of them said: 'Old 'ard there, matey,
'arf of it's mine" Just then he re-
membered bottle he had left under
a large oak tree, and was just going
after it when -.
(To be continued)
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-26

Prof. Webb was heard to remark
Christmas morning, that while he
would rather set down to dinner of
nice juicy possum, roasted W j b
yams, he was sure he could make out
all right if they gave him plenty of
chicken.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-26

A crew of inmates in charge of
guard Bloom, are engaged in tearing
out the floor and ceiling of shop v,
preparatory to the installing of the
farm machinery Dept's. foundry.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-26

be an entire stranger in city,
stopping over between trains, and
beguiling away few weary hours
by walk around the street; talking
to none. getting information from
none; and yet we finish our ramble
with very definite impression
about the town inspected, and it is
curious how often that impression
is right. We have been listening
to the voice which has spoken to
us. Different cities have different
stories to tell; different stories
require different keys, but the won
derfully attuned voice of great
city is able to hit the exact key
required to tell us the story; only,
sometimes, we are not able to read.
and, sometimes, of course, we read
it incorrectly.
In knocking about the world /
have often, to pass the time, taken
stock of the tunes sung and the
stories told, and in the next few
weeks | propose telling you some
of the stories that / have heard,
and seeing if you have read the
same tale as myself. | am going
to try and give pen pictures of
some of the towns and cities
have seen; just pen sketches-not
travellers description of place;
nothing about it's wealth or poverty;
nothing about the straightness of
its streets or the crookedness of
it's lanes; not statistics about the
size of it's buildings. What shall
endevor to do is to describe the
more human note in the city's voice,
the. note that will describe to us it's
listless despair.
The population of nearly all the
large cities are the same; there is
very little difference between the
individual citizen in New York
or London; little difference between
the woman that worships at the
beautiful services at Notre Dame in
Paris and the woman standing in
the crowd round Volunteer Lassie
in the slums of Chicago. The in
duviduals are the same; the same
hopes and fears. the same likes and
dislikes, the same wants and the
same ideals; but the cities. them
selves; how different they are!
Each with it's own note, each with
its own song. And next, week
we will hear what the voice of
Seattle tells us.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-26

Large numbers of Christmas
packages have arrived, the past
week. Those containing eatables;
as. candy, etc., were not permitted,
and were returned to the senders.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-26

Things have Quoted down con-
siderable at the old prison since the
removal of the Irvine plant. The
old familiar roar of the spinning
machines is sadly missed.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-26

Thirty-fve barrels of apples n d
$40 lbs. of mixed candy was djstrib-
uted among the inmates, Christmas
Eve; each receiving l Id. of candy
and ! PIX. Of apples.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-26

Guards Foss, Parent. McCarty,
Haeffner, Keene and Trombleson
were transferred to the new prison,
the past two weeks.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-26
Population

Total number of inmates. $50. 852,
Working at New Prison. $50. 257
Received during week.. ...... A.
Discharged during week -. 0
Number in First Grade 1850. GA
Number in Second Grade 80. 173
Number in Third Grade -. 5
Paroled o
Last serial number 80. 1887
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-26

Mr.. Kilograms has installed a
large stand up'' desk in his baili-
wick. He is apparently Dting
on an increase of work in his de-
partment in the near future.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-26

A cheerful Christmas letter was
received at the sanctum last week,
from Rev. j. S. Budlong, Rector of
All Saints Episcopal C b urc b of
Minneapolis. Rev. Budlong, who
was formerly chaplain at the new
prison, is held in high esteem by
the inmates of both institutions, and
all will be pleased to read his Christ
mas massage to them. which appears
in another column of this issue.