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NOTICE. OF FINAL sErrLExENr.

In the Matter OF the Estate OF James
J. Beach. Deceased
Notice is hereby given, that pur-
suant to an order made by the county
cour, of Fremont county fixing time
for that purpose on Saturday. the 18th
day of February. A. ID. 1918, being one
OF the regular DAYS OF the December.
1912, Term OF the County Court OF
Fremont County. in the State OF Col
orado. |. Ralph W. Beach. administra-
tor De Bonis non of said estate. will
appear before the Judge OF said Court.
present my final settlement as such
administrator. pray the approval OF
the same. and will then apply TO be
discharged as such administrator. At
which time and place any person in
interest may appear and present OBJ
jectfons 10 the same. II any there be.
Dated n, Canon City. Colorado. jan
uary ltth. 1918.
RALPH W. BEACH.
Administrator DE Bonis non OF the
Estate Of James j. Beach. deceased
First Pub. Jan. l6. 1918.
Last Pub February Is. 1919
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]. W. HAwLEY,
C. C. wITHERs.

Date OF first publication Jan 10. 1918.
Date OF second publication Jan. %. 1913
Date Of third publication Jan. 30.19i3.
Date OF fourth publication Feb. 6. 1918.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Wright are happy
over the arrival OF baby girl born
on Thursday. Mother and child arc
we'd.
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NOTICE OF 4 SPECIAL sToCkHoL.
DERS' MEETING OF THE STA
DsCONA OIL AND IMPROVE
MENT COMPANY

Notice is hereby given and you are
hereby notified that. by virtue of. and
in compliance with a resolution OF the
Board of Directors OF The Stadacona
oil and Improvement Company. a spe-
cial meeting OF the stockholders OF
said company Is hereby called TO be
held at the principal office Of the COM
pany in the Acme Building. In Canon
City. Colorado. on Monday. the tenth
day of February. A. %. 1919. at the
hour of two o'clock p NJ. OF said day,
for the purpose OF considering the
question OF and a proposition to be
made 10 said special stockholders
meeting OF authorizing and instructlns
the Board OF Directors OF said corpor-
alton TO sell. exchange and otherwise
ALLEVIATE or dispose o. all Of or any
portion OF the property or the assets
OF the company. at such price. upon
such terms ana conditions and Al
such time or times as shall be deemed
advisable hy the Board OF Directors
uf the company. and authorizing the
said Board of Directors 10 empower
and instruct the proper officers OF sad
corporation TO execute and acknowl-
cige. under the corporate name and
seal OF the company. all deeds Of con-
vcyance contracts CT other instrU-
meuts in writing necessary or proper
10 carry out 10 the fullest extent said
authority.
Dated Canon City. Colorado. Janu-
AIRY sixth. A. d. 1918.
r. W. BORDEN.
President
Attest.
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Miss Valera ovcrman has rssixnca
her position al teacher at Adobe in
eraer to fiji the Vacancy In the thira
ana fourth grades 90 I4incoin Park
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FOR SALE OR TRADE-For stock.
Good ranch. Inquire G. @. Daley
s,s New York ave. s1&.f-
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or INTEREST TO
FRUIT GROWERS

ties are named while In the markets
fewer than 200 varieties are to be
seen. The great bulk of the apples
marketed is included in something
like thirty varieties and ten or twelve
OF these cover more than ninety per
cent of the apples sold. Our Colorado
people have practically come down 20
three varieties as their profitable
market sorts and most of the CONNER
ciai orchards that have been planted
in the last ten years are confined 10
this trio. This is not saying that they
arc the best kinds but they do so well
with US that they have come into pop
lIar demand and viii hold their own
Tor many years at least or until some
lining superior eossses along.
.-s.s
There are several ways OF propogai-
ing the pear. In most other trees
there is little difference in results how
q tree is propogated. An apple can oe
grated. budded or piece root grated
and the trrees come on about the
same. A plum can be bndded on the
peach or on the plum. apricot or nee
tarine because they all belong to the
prunns family and one is about As
good as the other. but for pears the
scions have TO be worked on seedlings
OF their own order. The French seedl
ings are often used for budding the
Kelrer and CARRIER but the trees arc
Of little value because the Freneh
Seeding roots very shallow and when
the roots are plowed in tao they send
up thorn bushes which are a nuisance
and besides they blight and cause oth-
er trees TO blight So the man who in
tends setting pear orchard had bet
ter beware of French seedlings The
best thing in this country as we la
seen the problem worked out Is 20
grow our own seedlings from the ae-
elimated stock of an orchard and Il n
bud in the things Ne want a year cr
80 Before transplaniing. This Ecncr-
ally Droduces hardy stock that comes
through and this ls all We wan, after
having decided upon the variety.
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D~s,er riela s.s F.rm.

The fruit iobbinE trade Is begin
ming TO take more Lotice OF public
sentiment In regard 70 buslness- only
IN. other day the Fruit Produce
Exchange Of ST Louis aHnoanced shst
Il will post no more daily quotations
for the reason that the public thinss
the prices are arbitrarily fixed. We
understand that this plan Is 10 Ye
adopted In other cities 50 that ;he
whole dealing proposition may become
closer communion iica than ever.
The Federal government Il also begin
ming to look upon the exchanges %
,arions kinds as institutions ealea-
lated to restrain trade and the depart
Incnt OF Justice Is getting after soms
81 them We know that Il IL a very
sfiricuit matter right here in Denver
10 get honest quotations In the whole
sale districts. for the dealers seem y
5e working independently and are cut.
ting the corners pretty closely so -
10 meet the demands Of their buslneas.
We have no produce exchange In pen
yer.
One Of the apple packers ont in the
state OF Washington in a spirit OF fun
placed a big pear In the middle OF a
box OF apples which went with car
load to an eastern city. The con
! siFnecs on opening the car to inspect
the fruit happened to open this parts
mlar box nrst thing and OF eonrse
found the pear As the market price
OF apples there had suffered a slight
decrease the consignees took adsani-
age OF the presence of the pear to con-
denim the entire carload and the orch
ard owners had to accept nifty cents a
box less than the agreed price or have
the fruit left on their hands. The total
icss to the growers amounted to over
$3.50 which was a pretty biz price 50
nay for the thoughtiess act OF one ci
the packers.
At tho recent convention OF the Ma
fional genealogical association tho
proposition was made to reduce the
numbsr OF commercial varieties u
apples from $40 to about forty. This
Ii sanc proposition and should be
generally approved. We have always
mad supernuity Of varieties. In ths
naanusls several thousands Of vAris-
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A Missouri hortIculturist named
Evans has demonstrated that persirn-
mons can be cultivated. that they can
be developed into specimens vIee the
size of the largest OF the Wild varie-
ties, that scedless perslminons which
are larger aud more delicious than
any japanese perSimmou ever grown
can be produced. and that pcrsimmon
culture can. II properly managed. DO
made profitable Industry. The seed-
loss pcrsimmon Is like some OF t-nta-
er Burhank's horticultural funny
things In that ii il the accomplish
ment OF the presumably impossible
feat Not many specimens OF ii have
been produced as yet. but one tree in
the orchard bore seedless persimmons
this season. This tree represents ~
teen years OF planting. iransplantlng.
budding and all the other methods 1f
developments known TO horticulture.
Mr.. Evans says he has succeeded and
that the production Of scedless per
simmons hereafter IL only matter q
of carrying out the methods OF prol'A-
Entlon and cultivation which he has
worked out. This seedlcss persimuon
is a great orange Arolorcd satiny frait
with a bloom ON Its skin when ripe
like that OF plum. and with a smooth
pulp almost devoid OF nber. Some OF
these peculiar fruits heretofore un-
known to the trade were seen ON tae
Denver market this fall. They are
larger than the wild variety. with a
flavor all their own and quite the most
delicious persiinmon ever produced.
Young apple trees are injured for the
most part by freezing at the ground
line and by sun scaIding on the
trunks. Low temperatures result IN
perpendicular oreks which extend on
the trunk from the ground line or just
below upwards to a distance OF an
inch or sometimes more. In some va
rietics such as Rome Beauty. Il is Of
ten found shat the bark ridges up be-
tween these cracks. causing com
pletc girdilng Of tho trees which often
kills them. In most varieties such as
Jonathan and wInesap the tree gener-
ally has strength enough 10 heal thcse
wounds. 20 that In few years they
are hardly noticeable. When there 10
danger Of the tree dying Il would %
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STATE OF COLORADO.
County of Fremont. '-
IN THE DISTRICT COURT, ELEy.
EyTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
SUMMONS.

]. W. DANIELS.
Plaintiff,
VS. SUMMONS.
CHARLES d. SHOOK.
Defendant
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wM. l. NORRIS.

Clerk.
By E. P. ARTHUR.
Deputy Clerk
!. p. Thomas Jr.. Attorney
Firs; Pub Dec. IS. 1919.
Last Pub. Jan. Is. 1918.
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First Pub. Jan. 1s. 1913.
Last Pub roo. ls, 1919.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-08
OoQ Oeteetixea.

The latest from Mole street, Wich
ita
Bird dogs have been leased for the
season by the Santa Fe, Rock Island
and Frisco railroads to be used in
Kansas and Oklahoma in detecting
quail smugglers. Shipping quail from
one state to another is prohibited BY
law. Sportsmen forget this law and
after seasons shooting either in
western Kansas or in Oklahoma bring
back suitcases and boxes filled with
birds.
As rule trainmen are unable g
detect suitcase filed with qua
Dogs are sent through the coachos IL
frequent intervals in the quail sea
son and permitted to sniT bagu e
If there IS dead quail thereabo
tho dos detective points. The oH
must show what his suitcase conta
Sometimes the DOES rot anxious
ct a point on a cold fried chict p
but 10 harm is done They never le
any coitraband quail get by. Tia.
why railroad companies pay out
eral hundred dollars in dog detecti&.
bilis.-kansas City Journal.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-08
C.yUI W. w
LIKE A ...Mj
AIR C2cra..ca Failed to Help
Carol Worked Like a Charm.

-oncsv!.!c. s. CT suffered WIN
woraaly trouble" writes Mrs. J. d
Kend..ck. in q letter from this plaza
"and at times. I could not bear to stana
on nv feet. The doctor said would
never BE- any better. and that wculd
have to have An operation. or vouls
have a cancer.
Invent to the hospital. and they opss'
sted on me. but got no better. They
said medicines would DO me no goo@
and thought would have to die
At last 1 tried Cardui. and began -
improve, 20 l continued using It Nov.
I an we'll, and can do my own wos8
don't feel any pains.
Cardui worked like charm.
There muct be merit in this purely
vegetable, tonic remedy. for WONT n
Cardu!-tor 1t has been in successful
use for more than 80 years. for tho
treatment Of womanly weakness ans
disease.
Please try 1t. for your troubles.
Mr. Write 10: Ladies' Advisory Der'. Chstee;
eoo,a Medicine Co., Chattanooga. Tenn. Tor Specsds
Instructions. and 6A-page book. Home lLeas.
hr Women. sent 10 plain wrapper On 's8os'"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-08
Trouble With Corruption.

1.-THE trouble about political cor
ruption is that it is never open. and
Straightforward said Frank ]. Rice,
the reform mayor of New ':a.,i..
Political corruption is c.rcuitous.
indefini q; you can't put your finger
on it.
No, sir, never sold my vote u
nobody a man once said to me.
But, George, said |, 1 saw the
rival candidate give you S. only two
days before the election
YES said George, I don't vote,
though. He just gave 1t to me for
nothin'. And when a man comes along
and gives you S. for nothin', why, it's
no more than common decency to vote
for him for nothin' In return"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-08

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, TENTH
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT. POLK COT n
TY, FIORIDA.-lN ClIANCERf
e. +. Shelhamer vs.. Robert u
Jones ct al.-Bill to Quiet Title.
1t appearing by the affidavit OF r.
f. Shelhamer in the above stated
cause that Robert II. Jones. Jean
cite NJ. Thurber. widow of Francis
b. Thurber, the American Grocery
Company, Mabel NJ. Shedd. the de-
PENDANTS named in the bill of COM
plaint. who are nOn-residents of the
state Of Florida, but who are resi-
tents of the United States of Amer
ca.
That there is no person within the
state OF Florida, the service of sub
rocna upon whom would bind said
defendants and that the said de-
{, ndants are over the age of twenty
one years; il is therefore ordered
that said nonresident defendants be
and they are hereby required to ap-
lear to the bill of complaint filed IL
said cause on or before Monday, the
list dav of March, \. u. l"13 other
wise the allceatons of said bill will
be taken as confessed by said de-
PENDANTS.
II is further ordered that this or
der be published once week for !
consecutive weeks in the Lakeland
Evening Telegram, 4 newspaper pub
llshcd i'm said county and State
This February |, 1913.
J. A. JOHNSON.
Clerk Circuit Court.
/ true copy.
Attest:
J. A. JOHNSON.
Clerk Circuit Court.
lOHN s. EDWARDS,
Solicitor for Complainant. f7
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-08
A Dh.5K, F0dGY NIGHT
Ry j. N. PHILLIPS.

Oh you zen III ssiiisi 49, -
asked the new boarier of the hos n.
The hos n took a big drink of water
and began: When | was pirut-
a pirate" gasped the new board
or
Eyes. I used to he pirut. 1t isn't
generally known. but was. ! sailed
the Sorry Sue as pirut"
How did you come to give It up!
That's just what | was getting
ready to tell you-how come to give
up pirutin'. We had been Twin high
for seven months on the gold which
we'd taken out of a church at Juana-
patan when we sacked the town there
We hadn't done any pirutin' nor
fightin for SO long that we was get
tin pretty rusty. Some of US had
forgotten how to pirut in the scien-
tiic way We was good individual
, work.
Il set the boys on edge by giving
them a coed roastin' You SEQ. vas
the head pirlt. told them they
were a bunch OF tiidi,winkers and
tennis players. got them so exctt-
ed that they were greedy to tackle a
fleet Of warships if necessary. just to
show me they were game. figured
out that they would scuttle the next
ship in good shane.
I'VE didn't have long to wait for .
ship to scuttle. It was dark. fog.
gy night. The boys were asleep down
below. was able to lash our ship
alongside the other craft that we
were to scuttle without anybody else
knowing anything about 1t.
when got the ships dashed to-
gether good and tight | went below
and reused the boys. We climbed
aboard our prize and opened the door
that led down into the cabin Of the
ship.
II had no more'n opened the door
than the doggondest noise ever
heard came out OF these, The boys
turned pale AMI shivcred | tried to
shut the door till their wits came
back. but wasn't quick enough. Every
one OF the boys made break for
our own ship and when they saw
that we were dashed tight to that dia.
bolical craft 80 we couldn't gel
away, they ran and jumped into the
sea!
1T was a terrible sound that had
frightened them. was something ol
society man and I had heard the
same noise before, and wasn't q
frightened as the others. Still. I,
made my blood run cold. al right
But there was nothing to do. All my
men had drowned themselves. and 4
had had any sense I would hav(
lone the same. They found rest II
! the bosom Of the peaceful ocean
while -"
But what was that noise." aske,
the new boarder.
LADY" said the bOs'n, 1T was
\ womans club going on. Il was
wOman's meeting under full sail
There was q million different sound
mixed up In it! My. it was awful
"A womans club meeting on
there"
1T was woman's ship. I was tn
only man on it. How ever live,
through II is more than know! On
Of the women married me- and all tn
rest were jealous and there was a 10
of trouble. offered to walk tn
plank and tried to jump overheard
hut all the women started to cry g,
cry time | mentioned such a thing.
They made mo let nv hair gro,
long. and curled it and tied pink Ri
bons in It. ! had TO walk polite an
talk polite. cant tell you how
suffered"
I'm glad there's something 70
can't tell" said the new boarder.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-08
COURAGE Ever In Demand.

Not in changing fights and desper'
ate marches only is heroism to bs
looked for, but on every railway
bridge and tirepr0of building that 10
going up today. On freight trains. on
the decks OF vessels. in cattle yards.
on lumber RATS. among the iiremcn
and the policemen. the demand for
courage is incessant and the supply
never William James
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-08
Sr'cnc,.d Chance.

c., Van lis there good chance
&, r.1 men: around herc?" Native
: II 49, lore opportunity than
til r WIS land thai my father
n oY aero for 30 years ago |
C.. .rr * NOW. Puck.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-13
boy SCOUT BRANCH.
TO BE ORGANIZED
Authority Has Been Granted for the
Establishment Of an Ana.
| costa AuxiIiarv.

SbSAA&sosys
The April meeting Of the Minnesota
Avenue Improvement Association will
be held Tuesday evening at the resi-
dence Of J. T. Herbert. in Good Hope
Road. Definite plans will be made for
celebrating the inauguration Of the new
pumping station.
Tomorrow evening the Hillsdale as
ISOLATION will hold meeting in Odd
Fellows Hall. Omcers will be elected.
Frank c. Wood, assistant scoutmas-
ter of the Boy Scouts in the District
Of Columbia. has approved Of the for
nation Of an Anacostia branch. Will
lam Marshall, scoutmaster, will be in
charge Of the seven boys. A room for
their use has been obtained.
The original Garfield Citizens Associa-
ton has arranged its contest for the
best kept lawn in that suburb. Presi-
dent w. A. Bell has designated a COM
mittee to conduct the contest. Every
resident will be asked to enter. The
association also is arranging for an en-
tertainment on May II, for the purpose
of raising playground funds.
Three acres of ground adjoining the
public. school is to be used.
Numerous arrests for auto speeding re-
Gently haze been made. The increase
is attributed to the Marlboro race
crowds.
Capt. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith have gone
to the Philippine Islands. whore Capt.
Smith has been detailed on hospital
duty.
More sewer lines are being laie in the
streets Of Congress Heights.
A locomotive weighing 10000 pounds
has been purchased, and placed in serv-
ice at the Government Hospital for the
Insane 1t will be used to shift cars
from the railroad siding to the hospi-
tai grounds.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-13
LOCAL MENTION.
EXCURSIONS TODAY.

Steamer Charles Manchester leaves from foot d
Seventh Street Southwest for Mount Vernon, home
and tomb Of Washington. daily. except Sunday. Il
10 Q. m. and Is p N.
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
steamers from foot Of Seventh Street for Old Point
Comfort and Norfolk daily at SIS p N.
Can from Fifteenth Street and New Yosk Avenue
svsRy quarter hour for main entr1ncs Zoo Paxt and
CHEVY Chase
10 Great Fslls-washington and Old Dominica
Railroad carr every few minutes from Thirty4xth
and N StreetA
10 Mount Vanon-Washington-vir Virginia RAILWAY
carr every hour the hour from 10 Q. a. to d N.
last car. Station. Twelfth Strsst and Psnnsylvlnis
AvGnuA
Greatest Sensation Ever. "Selig's AMI
mai Kings Of the Forest" Virginia today.
Have Holmes Deliver Your Bread.
Holmes Milk Bread deserves all the
fame IL has won. Absolutely pure, fresh.
Wholesome, and eminently delicious. e
loaf. n tickets, 81.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-13
DR., MARY E. WALKER
APPLIES FOR HEAD
OF PENSION BUREAU

Secretary of the Interior Lane yesterday
received an application from DR.. Mary r.
Walker for appointment as Commissioner
of Pensions. DR.. Walker has had the fol-
lowing government service:
She enlisted March IL, 1864. and was dis
charged June II, 1865. She was pensioned
under the general law for disease of the
eyes at one-half total of rank, $3.50 per
month. The rate was increased to $40 a
month by special act of Congress. In 1851
she served as assistant surgeon in the
Patent once Hospital, and in 1862 and
1863 served at the front, before she was
regularly in the service, having been ap-
pointed by surgeons in charge because of
efficiency. and was finally employed reg
ularly. She was appointed to clerkship
in the Bureau of Pensions May !, 1882 and
served until July Is, 1888.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-13
HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO MEET.
Members and Invited Guests Il
Gather Tuesday Evening.

The District Of Columbia Historical So
ciety will hold meeting Tuesday even
ing in the Octagon Building for the
members of the society and their in
vited guests.
The following are members OF the re-
ception committee:
Mrs. Charles W. Richardson, chair
man; Mrs. Abby Gum Baker. Mrs. Will
lam Kearny Carr. Mrs. James Dudley
Morgan, Mrs. Glenn Brown, Mrs. Mary
Stevens Beall, Mr. Glenn Brown. Hon.
Cuno Rudolph, Miss Alice Riggs, Miss
Maude Burr Morris, Miss Mary Perry
Brown, Miss Cordelia Jackson, Mrs. John
A. T. Hull, Mr.. Hennen Jennings, and
Mr.. William Corcoran Eustis.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-13
Poultry Expert Will Lecture.

A lecture on Diseases of Poultry and
Pigeons and Some Remedies by DR.. B.
A. Gallagher division Of pathology. De-
partment Of Agriculture, will be held
under the auspices of the Greater Wash
ington Poultry and Pigeon Club In the
assembly room Of the Y. M C.. A. at
o'clock on the night of April Is. DIR.
Gallagher Is a recognized authority on
the diseases Of poultry. and the lecture
will be illustrated.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-13

Besieged for the past month by steady
stream of Congressman and others in
terested in the appointment of fourth
class postmasters First Assistant Post
master General Daniel c. Roper slipped
out of Washington yesterday for a week.
end stay at Norfolk, Va. Since as
Stunning Office. March 10, Mr.. Roper has
received more than 1900 callers the ma
jority of whom were interested in the
appointment Of a postmaster.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-13
Omce-seekers Tire OmciaI.

Shelters Floral Decorations Reveal
artistic originality; all flowers. 18th &
The Washington herald., 1913-04-13

Greatest Sensation Ever. "Selix's AMI
NAL Kings Of the Forest" Virginia today.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-13
VIRGINIA BOYS MEET.
Two Hundred Youngsters Hear Adj.
dresses mt Falls Church.

The Northern Virginia Boys Confer
ence held it's sessions yesterday at Falls
Church, Va, and was attended by more
than 200 boys of high school age from
all the neighboring cities and towns.
Addresses were made by number of
Washington men interested In 1.-The boy
problem" Mr.. A. M. Chisley. of the
local Y. NJ. c. A., and NJ. A. Watson
conducted conferences. Charles ]. Gates
spoke on the Power of Organization,
and s. E. Kramer. supervisor Of the
third division, public schools, made an
address on THE Game of Life" He
marked a high standard foS boys IL they
would play the game successfully, and
closed with the historic boys prayer
written by President w. D. Hyde, OF
Bowdoin College, Maine.