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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-29

new line of Brocaded Crepe. 40 inches wide, in black, naize lavender, golden brown blue latest novelty for waists and dresses.
The Winslow mail., 1913-08-30
New Mexico.

The machinery, lumber and pipe is
now all hauled out to the oil we'll 10
cation near Fruitland, and the work
on the derrick is going ahead rapidly.
The Torpedo Mining Company, to
the use and benefit of Edward c.,
Wade, -Sr., receiver, VS.. National Sure
ty Company, is the title of an action
filed in the Federal Court. 1t is a sui,
to recover some $4,000 on the bond
OF Nicholas Gales. as receiver of the
Torpedo Mining Company.
The work of shutting the water of
OF the oil stratum in the Belt we'll was
completed in very few days, the first
attempt to set the packer proving a
success. H. A. Long of Roswell was
in charge of the work, and those in
position to know, say that the water
is absolutely shut out. The gas pres
sure is sufficient to force the oil out
and it flows Of itself, but pump has
been installed which, it is thought
by relieving the backward pressure.
would aid in drawing off the water
which had backed in upon the oil for
nation.
The Winslow mail., 1913-08-30
Wyoming.

The Midwest Oil Company is put.
ting in foundry at Salt Creek tc
melt up the many tons of scrap iron
they have in the field.
The first of the smaller operators
of the Salt Creek field to begin de
liyering oil at the Casper refineries
is the Hjorth Oil Company.
The Northwest Sulphur Company.
operating a plant at Cody, decided al
a meeting of its board of directors, tc
double its plant with view to max
ing its output at least twice as great
as at present.
The Union Pacific Coal Company.
owner of the deep mines at Casper.
it is reported, may open hitherto un'
touched coal veins south of Cumber-
land, and build a good-sized camp al
the new workings.
The Big Horn Oil & Gas Company.
which is drilling for natural gas on
segregated federal lands near Basin,
operating under special permission
from the Interior Department, has
abandoned its first we'll at 780 feet
because of insurmountable physical
obstacles.
The Winslow mail., 1913-08-30
GEN ERAL.

DR.. C. l. Fletcher of Indianapolis
was instantly killed in Glacier Park
Mont, when scaling Blackfoot glacier
He fell 600 feet.
Four women deputy sheriffs were
appointed by Sheriff Lawrence Nc
Greal of Milwaukee, their terms to
cover the period of the state fair,
September S-12.
Striking employees of the Phillips
Sheet and Tin Plate Company in Mass
achusetts have decided to accept the
company's proposal to return to work
on the open shop plan.
Parents are to blame for large
part OF the immortality of girls today.
said DR.. c. A. Harper, secretary of the
state board of health, before the state
vice commission in the assembly
chamber at Madison Wis
Mayor Gaynor's determination to
run for reelection as an independent,
guarantees one of the liveliest munich
pal campaigns New York has seen in
several years There will be three
tickets in the field-Democratic, fu-
sion and Gaynor.
The Winslow mail., 1913-08-30
WASHINGTON.

Secretary Bryan ordered American
Consul Petcner at Chihuahua to in
vestigate the reported killing by fed
erals of Edward Hayes, an American,
and an unnamed negro.
Mrs. Anna Spute, formerly of Den
yer, has been granted a divorce by
Judge Chadwick of the Supreme Court
at Washington. She was refused a
decree in the lower courts.
Senator Clapp's bill to stop the
flooding of doubtful states with money
for national elections or pre-conyen-
ton campaigns was reported to the
Senate with recommendation for
passage by the elections committee.
Great Britain, France and Japan are
among the nations which have inter
posed their influence upon the Huerta
administration in Mexico in support
of the efforts of the United States to
bring about a peaceful settlement of
the revolution.
President Wilson has granted per-
mission for the expectation of 1000
rifles and $4,000 cartridges to the
Huerta government. All but 1000
rifles, which go to Vera Cruz from
New Orleans, will be shipped to Ell
Paso via Juarez.
Fifty Mexican bandits have paid
with their lives for the killing of one
German subject, according to reports
to the State Department The Ger
man was put to death by bandits near
Mexico City. A force sent out in pur-
suit captured and killed fifty of the
slayers.
The Winslow mail., 1913-08-30
SPORT.
Standing of Western League Clubs

Oscar Egg broke the worlds one
hour bicycle record, paced by covering
forty-three kilometers, 2S0 meters
(26.92 miles, at Paris.
By winning the Presidents match at
Camp Perry, Ohio, Captain w. H.
Clopton of the Thirteenth U. s..
cavalry, is the champion Individual
military rifleman of the United States.
In this match he has score of 266.
John w "Bull' Young, cowboy
heavyweight pugilist, died in a hos
pital at Los Angeles of injuries suf-
fered at Vernon arena, when he was
knocked cut by Jess Willard. I'm
mediately after his death warrants
charging manslaughter were issued
against Willard and eleven others
connected with the fight.
Society folk from all parts of the
Rocky Mountain region were at Broad
moor at Colorado Springs for the
opening of an eighteen-game series of
polo which marked the revival of the
sport in that section The Cheyenne
Mountain Country club defeated the
Denver Country club ten goals to
81 and in the second contest the
Denver Prairie Dogs won from the
Sheridan Polo ranch team to 3.
Roman gladiatorial contest and
Spanish bull fights in their palmiest
days had no more heart thrills than
the bucking contest at old Cheyenne,
Wyo. The great crowd screamed
scratch 'em"-the broncho busters
scratched with spur and slashed with
.quirt, the outlaw Kings of horsedom
leaped and twisted and wrenched
themselves convulsively about in mid
air, and the harvest was glory or gore
for the riders.
The Winslow mail., 1913-08-30
WE TERN
MINING NEWS
IN REF
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Trend of Metal Values.
Colorado.
IN 8 ri & r

Colorado.
Word has been received that the
diamond drill being operated on the
Elkhorn in the Eagle district is TWEEN.
ty feet into body of $100 ore.
Fulford is showing considerable dc
tivity again and the old Townsite tun
mel, now known as the 1913 Tunnel"
at Eagle, has ore running as high as
$37S ton.
A dividend of So a share on its cap
italization OF $3,O0O,O00, amounting to
100000, will be distributed to stock
pany, September 26.
An eight-inch streak of solid ore,
carrying values of from $40 to $40 a
ton in gold, silver and lead, has been
uncovered on the Banner property in
the Banner mining district at Idaho
Springs.
Westinghouse and Udickel, sub
lessees working a block of the Ell
Paso Gold King mine in Poverty
gulch, in the Cripple Creek districr,
under the original lease held by Owen
Roberts, are reported to have opened
up rich ore shoot.
During the last three or four
months the Mary Mckinney estate, on
the southwest slopes of Raven hill,
Gold hill and Guyot hill, in the Victor
district, has discovered new ore
shoots at different points in it's 900.
foot level workings.
c. w. Hilton of Boulder, who has
three claims about one mile north.
west of the Central Colorado power
plant in Boulder canon, has struck
some rich ore running $136.42 in gold
a ton. The ore runs we'll in vanadium
also, showing LOS per cent. Hilton is
working alone on the claims and has
driven tunnel about fifteen fee,
deep.
A wonderful ore shoot has been
found en- the Portland Gold Mining
Company's leasing territory at Victor
| by Fac Blanchard, who has been de
veloping a lease there for some time
Some of the quartz returns values OF
| 44S ounces in gold, or close to $4,000
TO the toll. 1t is reported that the
lessee has also developed large body
of commercial rock that is certain ia
result in fine profits.
The Winslow mail., 1913-08-30
FOREIGN.

The cruiser Des Moines, which is in
can interests, is steaming toward
Core, a town in the State of Falcon.
recently recaptured by government
troops.
Serapio Rendon, a member of the
chamber of deputies, was executed at
Mexico City. He was a strong ad-
herent of Madero, and was accused OF
having plotted to assassinate Presi-
Huerta.
w. Cameron Forbes, governor gen
eral of the Philippines since Novem-
Der, 1909, has sent his resignation to
Washington. 1t is effective Septem-
Der 1, when Mr.. Forbes will leave di-
rectly for the United States.
Porter Charlton, who is being taken
to Rome from America to stand trial
on a charge of Staying his wife at Lake
Como three years ago, will have
Onorovolo Camera, former minister OF
finance, as his chief counsel.
The Swedish battleship Oden Col
lided with and sank the Swedish gun
boat Urd, while fleet maneuvers were
in progress in the sound at Malmo.
The crew of the gunboat was saved.
The collision occurred west of the
island of Hven
To be assaulted, robbed and left for
dead by Mexicans and Indians that he
had supposed friendly was one of the
numerous experiences of James M.
Platt, formerly of Colorado Springs
and a graduate of Colorado college,
class of 1911, who has for four years
been superintendent of mine at
Zacualpan, state of Mexico.
According to an American who ar
rived at El Paso Tex, from the Ga
lena district in Western Chihuahua
today, General Francisco Villas revo
lutionists are ill-treating women in
each town they occupy, and have car
ried girls into captivity. Also they
have robbed the few Americans in
that section of horses, wagons and
money.
The Winslow mail., 1913-08-30
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EIGN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DoINcS AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARX THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

Twenty-eight persons were injured
In rearend collision between two ST.
Louis and San Francisco passenger
trains at Newburg, Mo.
With blistered arms and hands and
sore muscles, $4,000 enthusiastic good
road workers quit work in western
Missouri after a strenuous day OF
pulling Missouri out of the mud
James White and George Jones, rail-
road graders at Shoshoni, Wyo.,
quarreled. Jones is dead and White
a fugitive. Jones was shot through
the stomach by White and died in a
few hours.
Dolphin M. Delmas, Harry K. Thaws
first counsel and author of his ia
nous "dementia Americana" plea, be-
lieves Thaw's recent escape from
Matteawan has lessened his chances
for freedom.
Governor Colquitt, in a series of
vetoes, cut nearly $3,600,0O0 out of the
appropriation bills passed by the
special session of the Texas Legisla-
ture. AS reduced, the appropriations
for the next two years totalled approxi-
mately $11 100000.
Martin Wiezork was given a YER
dict of $4,000 by jury in Judge
Houser's court in Los Angeles against
Ralph Ferris, the twenty-one-year-old
son. of wealthy Rawlins, Wyo., wi
dow, whose automobile ran down and
killed Wiezork's seyen-year-old son.
James r. Lucas, a wealthy grain
broker who went to st. Louis from
Greeley, Colo, was found dead in a
car when the Frisco train pulled into
Valley Park, Mo. In the mans head
was bullet wound and the coroner
regards the case as one of accidental
shooting.
The Rev. H. w. Kulhman, pastor OF
church at Tillamook, Ore, was
convicted by a jury in the municipal
Court at Portland of disorderly con-
duct in accosting women on the streets
at an early hour The jury was COM
posed of three clergymen, two re-
porters and a woman.
IN eloping with Marsha Warrington
from Sacramento, Cal, to Reno, New,
the jury decided that Maury l. Diggs,
former state architect of California,
was guilty of violating the Mann act,
which makes it felony to transport
women for immoral purposes from one
state to another
Declaring that our standing army is
woefully small and urging the people
to demand of Congress that we be bet
ter prepared for war, Secretary of
War Garrison, at banquet rendered
him by the Deadwood, So. Oak, Busi-
ness club apparently forecasted the
Mexican situation without referring
directly to it.
The Winslow mail., 1913-08-30
NAY INDIcT TAMMANY HEADS
Allege Conspiracy to Put Sulzer Ou
of Governors Chair.

New York.-The Indictment OF
Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tam
many hall; Aaron j. Levy, leader OF
he Democratic majority in the Assem-
bly,, and James Frawley, chairman OF
he committee which investigated Gov
srnor Suffers campaign contributions
las been requested of the district at
:orneys of New York and Albany coun
les by Lynn J. Arnold of Albany, an
ardent Sulzer supporter.
The indictment of the three leaders
s asked on statements of many per.
sons presented by Judge Arnold to
he district attorneys, regarding an al
eyed conspiracy to put Sulzer out OF
he governors chair. In so announc.
ng, Judge Arnold repeated his decla-
:ation that money had been freely
lsed to accomplish this result.
The Winslow mail., 1913-08-30
GOVERNOR AMMONS ASKS THAT
STATES BE GIVEN CONTROL
OF ALL WATERS RISING IN
THEM.
PUBLIC LANDS CONTROL
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
FRANKLIN X. LANE AMONG
THOSE AT MEETING.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Colorado Springs, Aug. 26.-Federal
recognition of the third house or
governors conference, was given sub
stantial impetus by the arrival upon
the scene of Franklin K Lane, secre-
tary of the interior and his party
The presence of the secretary is par.
ticularly gratifying in view of the
many questions to be brought up at
the conference dealing with the state
control OF public lands and having re
lation to the water rights of the re
Spective states.
Colorado's governor, Elias M. Am
cure concessions from the government
that will give the states control of al
the waters that rise IN them, and the
south Is expected to come to the aid
of Colorado and other western states
in this matter.
The southern states, because of the
destruction wrought by flood waters
are vitality concerned and it is be
lieved will view with favor the posi-
| ton of Ammons and other western
governors that ii the West is allowed
to conserve its streams and utilize
the flood waters of the Mississippi
and Missouri for irrigation it will tenC
to solve the problem of levee protec
ton for the south.
+! The conference opened officially
Tuesday morning Discussions viii
continue through Saturday, with foul
main subjects which are expected tt
develop many laterals. General in
terest centers in the question o
''State Efficiency and Economy"
Governor George w. P. Hunt O
Arizona and Governor George H
Hodges of Kansas will introduce the
subject of "D1strust of State Legisla
tures," defining the cause and seeking
to apply tie remedy
| Governor Edward F. Dunno OF Hi
nois will he here to tell of his obser
vations of Administrative Commits
sion,' and this will be one of the big
subjects of the conference.
The final day will be given over tt
l discussion O. the "State Assump
ion of Nominations and Elections.
The East and West will be sectional
" represented by Governor Simeon E
Baldwin of Connecticut and JOSEPH
VI. Carey of Wyoming.
The Winslow mail., 1913-08-30
Chicago Grain and Provision Prices

Chicago.-Wheat-Cash: No. 2 red,
SSh@S9Ac; No. 8 red, S71a @881ac;
No. hard, 8S1A @9Oc; No. 8 hard, SO
@SS3sc; No. l Northern, 92A @92%c:
No Northern, 91@92c; No. 3 North
ern, S9@91c; No. spring, 91@92c;
No 8 spring, 89@91c; velvet chaff, SO
@91c; durum, S6091c.
Corn-No. 2. 78@7SHc; No. 2
white, 7S42c; No. yellow, 7S@781ac;
No 5, 7S07SAc; No. 3 white, 7SAc;
No 3 yellow, 78@7SAc.
Oats-No. white, 43A043%c; No.
8 white, 42A @43c; standard, $50
43Hc
Rye-No. 2. CSC.
Barley-55076c.
Timothy-$45OO51O
The Winslow mail., 1913-08-30
Knights of Pythias Meet at Trinidad

Trinidad.-The grand lodge, Knights
of Pythias, convened here for four.
lay session. In addition to the bust
aess sessions, there were competition
md exhibition drills by the uniform
.ank a grand parade of the knights
and military bodies on Tuesday and a
oyrotechnic parade Wednesday night
The drills of the Pythian Sisters and
A theatrical entertainment by the 10
,al chapter were also features.
The Winslow mail., 1913-08-30
Italian Bride Gets 10000 in Presents

Chicago. Thousands of residents OF
the Italian quarter on the North Side
flocked to the home of the King OF
Little He'll for the wedding of his
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Kaplan TheJ
showered her with presents to the
value of $4,000 and drank wine which
cost their host $1,000.
The Winslow mail., 1913-08-30
Woman Probably Fatally Burned.

Denver.-Mrs. Ella Stokes, 63, EN-
ployed as a nurse at the home of Mrs
Cecilia Bladhom, 703 West Ninth ave
nue., was fatally burned, as the result
If a gasoline explosion, which occurred
while she was alone ina bedroom, try.
ing to rid cot of bedbUgs.
The Winslow mail., 1913-08-30
Bob MeIdrum Gets s5-Year Sentence

Rawlins, Wyo.-R. D. (Bob) Mel
drum, formerly of Telluride, Colo,
professional gunman, almost as noto-
rious as the late, unlamented Tom
Horn, was sentenced by Judge V. j.
TidbalI to serve from twenty-one to
thirty-fiye years in the penitentiary
for the murder of Chick" Bowen at
Baggs, in February, 1912 Meldrum,
wko has the backing of powerful live
stock interests, accepted the sentence
calmly
The Winslow mail., 1913-08-30
Fruit.
Vegetables.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Lead and SpeIter.

New York.-Lead- Quiet, 1920 bid.
London, G20 Is Cd. Spelter-Steady,
$5.75@5.90. London, $50 12s Cd.
st. Louis. = Lead = Strong, $40,
Spelter-IIigher, $3.50.
The Winslow mail., 1913-08-30
Arizona.

The Old Dominion reports for July
per.
The Winslow mail., 1913-08-30
Live Poultry.
EGGS.

Eggs, graded No. 1 net F.
0. B. Denver .... 17%
Eggs, graded No. 2 net F.
o. B. Denver ......... 10
Eggs, case count .. .30O05.OC
The Winslow mail., 1913-08-30
Butter.

Elgin 27
Creameries, ex. Colo, h. 80
Creameries, ex. East, lb. :. 80
Creameries, I'd grade, lb. E. 27
Process 26
Packing stock ........... %
The Winslow mail., 1913-08-30

Hay.
(Prices Paid by Denver Jobbers F. O.,
B. Track Denver)
Colorado upland, per ton. .11.00@12.0C
Nebraska upland, per ton. .10.OO@l1.00
Second bottom, Colorado
and Nebraska, per ton. $500 9.5c
Timothy, per ton .12.O0@14OC
Alfalfa, per ton ....... 5000 900
South Park, choice, per
ton .13.OO@14.OO
San Luis Valley, per ton. 11.00@12.0l
Gunnison Valley, per ton. .1100@12.00
Straw, per ton ....... 1850 400
The Winslow mail., 1913-08-30

Flour.
Standard Colorado, net -. $213
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-10-11

Mrs. j. @. Strawn returned to
Monte Vista Tuesday. morning
from Salida where she went to
visit her daughter, Mrs. William
Lewis, who is in the hospital at
that place. Mrs. Lewis is reported
as doing nicely.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-10-11

Assistant Car Foreman George
Hilzer was crushed to death last
Wednesday in the Alamosa wards
while at work repairing a box car
He was underneath the car and
WAS caught between the car trucks
and track when a switching crew
oarelessly backed train against it.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-10-11

Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Doebler and
children left Wednesday for Dan
vers, ILL.,, where they will visit Mr..
Doeblers mother for several weeks
expecting to reach their home in
Salmon City, Idaho, about Dec. l.
Mrs. Doebler is daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. j. P. Veerkamp.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-10-11

Mr., and Mrs. z. V. Chambers
who have been in Platoro for some
time where Mr.. Chambers has
been looking after his mining in
terests, left Monday for Salida.
w. II. Ellis, father of Mrs. Cham
bers, went with them for an OK.
tended visit.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-10-11

W. s. Woods planted about 100
acres to potatoes last spring. The
yield WAS little better than 100
sacks to the acre or 10000 pounds.
He is hoping to realize about
So 900 for the crop.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-10-11

You can read all you want
without accumulating a lot of
fiction in your library. Try our
fiction library. Fuller D. Co.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-10-11

The High school orchestra has
been organized and they gave sew
eral selections in chapel Monday
morning.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-10-11
FOOTBALL

The Monte Vista High School
is fast shaping up football team
to represent the school this season.
Claude Ditto has been selected as
captain, and among those who are
trying to make the team are: Tur-
ner Carr, Claude Corlett, Louie
Braiden, Robt Bone, Floyd Trapp,
Arthur Heilman, Alfred Linden
meyer, Myron Schall, Robt. Keg
ley, Ed Chavez, Cline Maddox,
Chas. Baird, Harry Branson, Nor
man Burritt and Ralph Baird.
Good football material is repre-
sented in this list of names and
the boys selected for the team will
no doubt give a good account of
themselves.
The first game of the season will
be against Creede Saturday, Oct.
ii, at the Monte Vista ball park.
The farewell concert given by
the Band at the Christian church
last Friday night WAS a success in
every way. Besides the several
band selections, Miss Rougton gave
piano solo, Miss Silcott a vocal
solo, and Mayor Bronaugh an ad-
dress on "The Municipal Family"
Many thanks are due the Band
boys who have 80 willingly taken
part in the open air concerts each
Tuesday evening in the School
park.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-10-11

The Del Norte and Creede
High school football teams played
at Del Norte last Saturday, result
ing in victory for the home team,
Is to 6.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-10-11

Mrs. Earl Overholt went to
Humbolt, Kas., Monday to visit
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. s.
Brothers.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-10-11

Mrs. Jas. Conant enjoyed a visit
Thursday with her sister Mrs.
Lewis and niece Mrs. Boiler from
Alamosa.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-10-11

Frank Bowers went to Antonito
Monday on business, expecting to
be gone week.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-10-11

Eddie Leslie, of College Mound,
Mo-, came in Wednesday for an
indefinite visit with his mother.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-10-11
H. E. DARRAH, Monte Vista

Earle Stout left Monday night
for visit in different parts of
Missouri.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-10-11

Thos. Drysdale left for Kansas
City Tuesday night to be gone
during the winter.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-03-10
REORGANIZED PALO ALTO
BANK AGAIN PROSPEROUS
Secretary of Organization MuIcted by
Marshall Black Announces Pay
ment of Interest

PALO ALTO, March 9.-The reorgan-
lied Palo Alto Mutual Building and
Loan association, which was forced to
close it's doors last September when a
big shortage was discovered in the
accounts of it's former secretary. Mar
shall Black, is once more in pros
porous financial condition, according to
a statement issued today by Secretary
Alfred Scale.
The secretary announces that the
association will be prepared to pay in
terest amounting to $500 to the de-
positors and stock holders on April 1.
These payments will represent interest
on paid up stock certificates of de-
posit and "E' deposits.
In the future interest payments will
be made April 1 and October /, owing
to the fact that the fiscal year of the
association ends September so. Doctor
&c. H. Gilbert of the Stanford faculty
is the new president of the associat alton.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-03-10
POLAR CONTINENT
GOAL OF EXPLORER
Whalcr Outfttcd for Stefannson
Expedition TO Far North VIII
Get Apap Wednesday

The Quitting of the steam whaler
Karluck for a three year arctic ex-
ploration led by DR. yilhjaimar Stef-
annson has been completed and the
craft is expected to leave San Francisco
Wednesday for British Columbia,
whence the expedition will start. Cap
tain c. t. Petersen. engaged to act as
navigator on the cruise. will take the
whaler out
The Canadian government is fnanc-
ing the expedition in hope that Doctor
Stefannson will find new polar con-
tinent to add to British possessions.
The Dominion government purchased
the Karluk and had 1T remodeled and
copper plated at the United Engineer
ing works in Oakland estuary.
Doctor Stefannson will join the ex
pedition either at Victoria or Nome.
DIR. Robert NJ Anderson. who accom-
panied Sefannson in the expedition
which discovered the "blonde Eskimos.'
will go second in command and join
the craft with Stefannson
Prince Patrick island will be the
base of supplies. The party will be
gone three years. The reiuvenated
whaler was towed from the estuary to
Mission street wharf No. yesterday.
1t attracted many sightseers.