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Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13
ncred the law and are beias round

ncred the law and are belhe round
Iy roasted In letting printing con-
tracts the commissioners should take
into consideration circulation and best
method of reaching the taxpayers. In
one sense the printing should be di-
vided between the Democrat and The
Herald at reasonable prices. Both
shops pay high union wages and The
Heralds telegraph bill amounts to
$1,000 to $4,000 per year to keep the
people of this southwest supplied with
the latest news. Not Boulder pa
per or paper in the northwest, in
Guiding Greeley, Fort Collins and 9TH
er towns, receive telegraphic report,
depending on the Denver papers for
such news. 1t is mighty expensive
running paper in Durango. In DEN
time as there are many idle printers
waiting for extra work. There is not
enough work in Durango to keep ex-
ira printers on the waiting list, hence
WHefl tneTt iS u TuSH VI WOTk pTlnL-
ers have to be worked extra hours at
overtime wages. So far as The Her.
aid is concerned it pays something
over 5000 a year in taxes and the
Democrat the same. But if it was
agreed to divide the printing between
the two papers, giving the public the
benefit of both daily and weekly cir
culation, cry would Immediately go
up of combine. All county officers
are paid according to salaries fixed
by law, road overseers and all others
doing work for the county are paid
what might be termed legal rates
and there is no reason why the print
ing should not divided between the
two papers the same as supplies are
divided between the merchants. But
when bids are requested than it is
the duty Of the commissioners to
award printing to the lowest, respon-
sible bidder, ability to serve the pub
| lie being taken into consideration.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13
Enrollment-Mcponsud. chairman:

Observation-Disclosures, chairman;
Kennedy, Boyle, Fincher, Hawkins.
Finance, Ways and Means-D Daley
chairman; Packer, TAFT. Hasty, Nor
veil, Young, cantu, Boyle, Kennedy.
Indian and Military Affairs-Row-
an, chairman; Andrew, Boyle, Smith.
McCarty, Kavanaugh, Humason, Fer
guson. Bennett.
Ruies-Old, chairman: Weaver, P.
Gates, Cunningham, Ardourel.
Fees and Salaries-Elmore chair
man; Packer, Knuth, Young, Philip,
Norvell, Finch, Valdez, Boyle.
Elections and Appointments
is, chairman; Gallup, Wood, Cantu, Ell
more. Knuth, Werner, Howels, vogt.
Laboi-Gilbert, chairman; Ardour-
ell, Sweet, Kavanaugh, Riddle, Left
wich, Ferguson, Garrie, Lee.
Mercantile and Manufacturing
Young, chairman; Turnbull, Andrew,
Mitchell, Carrig, Boyle, Newton, Ash
ton, Schaefer.
Public Buildings-Wood, chairman;
Leftwich, West, Cunningham, Howells,
Werner, Ashton, Rowan, Schaefer.
Revision and Constitution-Vog
chairman; Rowan, Smedley, Lewis,
Andrew, Philbin, McCarty, Norvell.
State Affairs and Reappointment-
Finch, chairman; Leftwich, Knuth
TAFT, Old, Mitchell, Richards, Newton
Young.
County and County Lines-Bennett
chairman; Daley, Riddle, Goes, Nc.
Donald, Hawkins, Old, Williams
Sweet
Federal Relations - Kavanaugh
chairman; McCarty, Mayer, Ashton
Fincher, Frazzini, Mitchell, Howells
Valdez.
Banking-Weaver, chairman; vogt
Mcdonald, Biles, Philip, Persons, G
| Gates, Hawkins.
Constitutional Amendments-Tait
chairman; Vogt, Smedley, McCarty
Hasty, Simpson, Andrew, Persons
Ferguson.
Education-Lee, chairman; Sweet
Daley, Persons, Riddle, Ardourel
| Thomas, Kennedy, Mann
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13
NOTES FROM THE LABOR WORLD

San Francisco broom makers have
received 10 per cent increase in pay.
Another movement has been start
ed in st. Paul for the purpose of
building labor temple.
Thirty states have provided fac
tory inspectors for the enforcement
of health and safety laws.
Three countries in the state of New
York propose to build hospitals for the
treatment of tuberculosis.
The Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
has established new lodges in the
states of Minnesota, West Virginia,
Idaho and Oklahoma.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13

Denver politicians are urging that
property be assessed at its full cash
value and it is said Governor Ammons
will make this recommendation in his
inaugural address. In the past the
one-third clause has been followed. At
full cash value the state tax will be
thribbled and afford members of the
legislature to create more boards and
more holes for the numerous pegs
willing to be inserted Increased tax
alton is not pleasing at this time. But
something must be done to enable po-
litical debts to be paid.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13
State Game Warden shinn wants

State Game Warden Shinn wants a
closed season on rabbits from Feb. l
to Sept. l. Many farmers through
out the state are up in arms. They
claim the cotton tail rabbit is the
arch enemy of all things agricultural
One thing we do know, they are very
destructive to fruit trees and we know
of several fruit growers in this sec
tion who have been damaged to quite
an extent by rabbits gnawing the bark
eff trees.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13
THE VANISHING HAREM.
(By Ivan Narondy.)

What attracts the most attention of
foreign traveller in Turkey is its
women. Like shadows in an atmos-
phere of secrecy and silence, these
1 veiled phantoms arouse in the heart
of a stranger feeling of pity and
Curiosity. Not only the stories of
| the Arabian Nights, but the roman
| tic mystery that surrounds oriental
lifo, have been the catfse or the eager
ness of the western Imagination to
know something of the harem, that
real home of the Turkish women.
According to the Islam, the master
of the house alone can enter the har-
EN-; although Mahomet the Prophet
did not give any definite prescription
for that, saying, "a virtuous woman
is the most precious thing in the uni
verse, and as such she should be kept
out of the public curiosity" His
daughter Fatima, the wife of Ali, was
more particular about it, and said,
The most virtuous woman is she who
sees no man, and whom no man sees,
except her husband and her father"
1t was the daughter of the Prophet
who introduced harems and wells for
the Turkish women; for she thought
that the most perfect feminine virtue
was that which was least exposed to
danger. On the other hand, she
taught that woman should be as fem
mime and romantic as possible by be-
ing out of the atmosphere of men
The absolute separation of sexes, the
males being responsible for the social
and the females for the domestic du
ties, was a fundamental principle of
the Islam religion. Allah, the god
of Islam, said to his Prophet, 20
Prophet, prescribe for. thy wives and
for the women of all thy followers
that they shall wear a veil, so that
they shall be neither recognized nor
slandered!'
"The girls seclusion in her fathers
house begins with the wearing of the
VEIL" writes the son of a former
Turkish cabinet minister. "This hap
pens generally between the age of
IL and 13, and then all comradeship
with her boy friends must cease, the
veil being the visible symbol of the
separation of the sexes. And this
separation is complete in every de-
tail. At Constantinople, in the trains,
in the tramways, in the subway from
Galata to Pera, in the stations, as
well as on the steamers that serve
the country along the Bosporus, we
find curtain to separate the beau
sexe from the other
In the streets of Turkish towns one
hears in early morning voices crying,
"Sudjal!" (the milkman); "Bakkall!"
(the grocer); "Ekmekdji! (the baker).
As each door opens little hand slips
out and takes the delivered goods
but the receiver remains eternally
hidden. 1t is true that often one
hears a feminine voice, giving new
orders or making some inquiries. A
Turkish woman never goes shopping.
and only on exceptional occasions goes
on business errands outside her home.
Every Turkish home is divided into
two distinct parts,-the selamlik for
the men, and the haremlik for the
women. In aristocratic households the
selamlik and the haremlik form two
independent sides Of life, each con-
tanning a separate staff of servants,
male for the selamlik and female for
the harcmlik. In the middle class this
division is less strict. When the hus-
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13

There is said to be intense rivalry
for the position of game and fish COM
missioner. The present encumbcnt,
having enjoyed good picking the past
two years, is willing to continue at
the public crib, solely of course, for
the benefit Of the service. On the
other hand Tom Holland, fish COM
missioner four terms, is after the
plncs. Holland believes the head place
n about his sise and that it will af-
lord ! comfortable berth the next two
yesrs. Both havs strong endorse
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13

Ex-Mayor Robert w. Speer is writ
ing some very interesting letters to
the Denver Times, the last one being
from Cairo, describing Egyptian life
and customs, including a trip up the
Nile to Luxor to visit the famous
temples. 1t must seem lonesome to
Mr.. Speer to be having such a quite
time abroad after the strenuous days
as mayor of Denver.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13

President Taft at the Waldorf-As-
toria Republican banquet gave vent
to his long pent-up feelings and glo-
iied in defeating the Progressive par
ty which he denounced in unmeas-
ured terms. The president apologized
TO quite an extent for his administra-
| ton and said he had to the best of
his ability followed out the Republican
platform. Had President Taft really
done this there would have been no
third party. 1t was Mr.. Taft's yield
ing to the demands of the Aldrich-
Payne crowd in raising the tariff that
brought about the great hue and cry,
especially after the presidents Win
ona speech in which he said the new
tariff was the best ever placed on
the statute book when he knew spe-
cial interests had been listened to in
stead of the general public. The Her.
aid is still a believer in Republican
principles and we see no reason for
switching, at the same time it was
the duty of President Taft and the Re-
publican majority in the senate and
house to give relief instead of adding
burdens. Protection this country must
have to be prosperous and pay the
largest wages Of any nation on EARTH
but there is difference between pro-
tecting industries in behalf of the la
boring man and protecting certain
robber trusts. In this connection the
Democrats have promised great things
but we opine that they will not i'm
prove conditions. But time will tell
In the meantime The Herald will be
fair and give credit where credit is
due. We certainly trust the Demo
Gratis in Colorado and in the nation
will fulfill their pledges and bring
about great prosperity and restore the
rights of the people along all lines.
We are for the greatest good to the
greatest number, but we still believe
the Republican party the one that
really does things.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13


1t is quite evident more stringent
railroad laws will be passed the pres.
ent session than ever before in Colo
rado. The public utility court will
unquestionably take the place of the
present railroad commission law. The
court will be able to force railroads
to provide sufficient cars to handle
the traffic without delay; will pro-
vide for quick action by shippers in
obtaining redress. In fact, the new
court will have much greater author
ity than at present. The bill is being
drawn by Representative Mann of
Garfield and Richards of Mesa and is
backed by the commercial organiza-
tions Of that section of the state.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13
SPEAK Err SKINNER NAMES
COMMITTEES FOR HOUSE

Nc4i FUN
The committees of the house an.
pointed by Speaker Skinner are as
follows:
Medical Affairs and Public Health
Kennedy, chairman; Lee, Richards
Rowan, TAFT, West, Mayer, Newton
George Gates.
Penitentiary = Philbin, chairman
Gilbert, Finch, Mayer, Hasty, vii.
liams, Slattery, Finch, Eerguso1s
PrintingH-Leftwich, 4hairmans vii
liams, Newton, Mann, Norvell, Kava-
naugh, Gallup, Finch, Hasty.,t
Public Lands-George Gates, chair.
man; Kavanaugh, Howells, Knuth
West, Cantu, Fincher, Mitchell, Slat-
terry.
Roads and Bridges-H Hicks, chair
man; Simpson, Gilbert, P. Gates, Haw-
kins, Thomas, Goss, Gilmore, Biles.
State Canals and Reservoirs-Mc-
Carly, chairman; Werner, Mayer
Frazzini, Schaefer, Turnbull, Smith
Valdez, Ardourel
Stock-Simpson, chairman; George
Gates, Gallup, Knuth, Mann, Philip
Norvell, Cantu, Bennett.
Temperance-Richards, chairman;
Sweet, Mann, Newton. Cunningham
Williams, Old, Goss, Ashton.
Towns and Cities-Biles, chairman;
Rowan, Fincher, Thomas, Smith, Wer-
ner, Simpson, Frazzini, Philpin.
Agriculture and Irrigation-Goss
chairman; Simpson, Perl Gates, Wood
Cunningham, Hicks, Hawkins, Ben
nett, Packer, Riddle, Cantu, West,
George Gates.
Appropriations-Perl Gates, chair
man; Vogt, Cunningham, Wright
Weaver, Packer, Lee, Smedley, Car
rig, Gilbert, Hicks, Mcdonald, Ar
dourel
Corporations-Ashton, chairman; p.
Gates, Mann, Hicks, Newton, Wright,
Elmore, Young, Howells, Ferguson,
Simpson, Packer, Biles.
Mines and Mining-Turnbull chair
man; Lewis, Humason, Daley, Gil
bert, Persons, Philbin, Thomas, Slat-
terry, Old, Wood, Richards, Rowan.
State stitutions-Ardourel, chair
man; Philip, P. Gates, Wright, Gun
ningham, Philbin, Weaver, Biles, HUI
mason, Smith, Gallup, Persons, G..
Gates.
Railroads-Gallup, chairman; Ben
nett, Knuth, Fincher, Carrig, Young,
Goss. Old, Wood, Humason, Philbin,
Valdez, Kennedy.
Fish and Game-Norvell. chairman;
Leftwich, Weaver, Wood, Humason,
Elmore, Gilbert, Thomas, Biles.
House Expenses-Slattery chair
man; Weaver, Gallup, Carrig, Riddle,
Lewis. Lee. West, Frazzini.
1nsurance-Philip, chairman; Nc
Donald, Hicks, Riddle, Bennett, Ash
ton, West, Thomas, Frazzini.
Forest and Forest Reserves-Pack-
er, chairman; Finch, Hasty, Cantu,
Slattery, Mayer, Schaefer, Howells,
Ferguson.
Criminal Jurisprudence Werner,
chairman; Daley, Fincher, Lewis, Val
dez. Turnbull, Andrew, Smith, Smed.
ley, MITCHELL Hasty.
Judiciary-Wright, chairman; TAFT,
Vogt, Smedley, Smith, Persons, Turn
bull, Slattery, Richards, Philip, Left
wich.
Denver City Williams,
chairman; Lee, Frazzini, Smedley,
Mitchell, Wright, Andrew, TAFT, Nc
Carly, Sweet, Schaefer.
Engrossment Sweet, chairman;
Richards, Mann, Carrig, Mcdonald.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13

Leading Grand Valley fruit grow
erssare planning 100000 Company
which will provide cash working
capital of $l65,000 for the handling
of fruit. There is no question but
that greater facilities are demanded
for handling fruit and the investment
will prove paying one.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13

Colonel Roosevelt SEM scorching
telegram resenting the decision OF IN,
Idaho supreme court in the contempt
proceedings against the editor and
manager of the Boise Capitol-News
Full of vitrol
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13

When the patronage committee OF
the house first parcelled out jobs il
was given out that each representa-
tive would be able to hand out a plum
Now it is reported the list has beer
greatly increased because certain ones
had to be cayed for In this connec-
ton the Legislature has no more uss
for more than half of its employees
than dog has for two tails. Emer-
gency clerks were provided for To be
given work towards the close of the
session. Now they are placed on the
payroll at the beginning and are SO
thick they fill every vacant nook. This
was just as true when Republicans
were in the saddle. But with Colo
RADIO Democrats pledged to all kinds
of reforms isn't it about time re.
trenchment took place. Are the men,
bers afraid to pass law restricting
the number of its employees. We can
answer. They are. But maybe the
day will come when holding office will
not be "A public snap-when those hold
ing office will have to perform work
and earn their money the same as the
general run of people.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13

ments, Holland having the endorse
ment Of the Colorado Sportsmen's
cub. There are some thirty more
aspirants for the same place with
more or less backing and it is possi-
Bile Governor Ammons will name a
dark horse"
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13

Becker claims his conviction was a
"frame-up.' Wonder how he came
into possession of great wealth, hav-
ing deposits in over twenty banks in
side of year. Was this also a
"frame-up?" Did the gunmen make
the deposits Just to help out
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13

Chicago is experiencing crime
wave never before known. The po-
lice have been forcibly reminded of
this by Mayor Harrison but robbers
continue to get in their work just
the same.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13

The Burlington expects TO be run
ming coast-to-coast trains over its CHI.
cago-Seattle line by the first of Feb
i,pary. Another strong competitor fol
facIiIo---- hIIsiness
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13

Denver Times says the pork bar
rel' system proved fizzle and the
state highway commission has not re-
moved road building from the politi
cal rut, hence the paper favors a
change in the program.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13

Denver Times has been awarded the
printing for the city and county Of
Denver, being the lowest responsible
bidder. This is proper. At Pueblo,
Grand Junction and other cities the
same honesty was observed. but in
Boulder county the commissioners w.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13

Three Estes park citizens were ar
rested for cutting holes in the ice
and fishing out of season. Plead
guilty and fined s25 each and costs
Proper caper
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13

President Wilson writes that he
will give Alva Adams claims for
position in his cabinet serious con
sideration.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13

Democratic women politicians are
demanding at least one-third of the
patronage to be given out by Governor
Ammons. Hot times ahead.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13

Six inches of snow in Grand juno
tion last Saturday and more Sunday.
The Herald would like to have the
same visitation for this section.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13

A sharp increase in shoes is pre-
dicted. Taking the tariff off increased
instead of reducing the price of foot
wear.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13

When it gets ls below zero at Pue-
bio it's sure some cold.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-02-18

which is too expensive to operate
(thanks to the heavy grades and
curves, to the natural one out OF
Valdez all of Cordova will, of course,
be ruined.
That there has not been a rival
railway line opened out of Valdez is
owing to the single fact that the
Guggenheims own the right of way
over the only available passes. A
few years ago they allowed this to
lapse, and so others came in to take
it. Then, we are told at Valdez, the
Guggenheims got lot of armed men
to defend the route, and several per-
sons were killed before they took up
the right of way once more.
1t is II o'clock in the morning
when amid heavy rain and mist your
steamer drops into Valdez. At the
dock there are several of the natives
and you note their rudy cheeks and
false hair at once. Little Miss Fish,
the postmaster's daughter, is return
ing on the boat, and a chum, on the
dock, calls out recent items of news.
A mutual friend is going to leave
soon for school; another girl friend
has come visiting. The while a boy
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-02-18
CITY BUILT ON A GLACIER
Moving Mass of Ice Constitutes the Foundation OF val
DEE, the Entrepot of the Territory of Alaska

By Felix j. Koch in Saturday Evening Globe.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-02-18

Last autumn press dispatches told
| of earthquake shocks threatening
once more the city of Valdez, entire
pot of Alaska. On the maps Valdez
is just dot, like any other Alaskan
city. Up in the great American
| Northwest it is a trade center for the
north land, to be reckoned with, but
even UP there not one man in a
thousand knows that Valdez is
unique among all the worlds cities,
in that it is built upon moving ice.
To such extent is this true that
there are places in the city where, II
| householders dig down in their cellar
bottoms, they will strike ice. Basic
ally this is the nail of the toe of a
great glacier up on the mountain be-
hind the town. The glacier in its de-
scent either has showed it's foot far
into the earth here, or perhaps cent
uries of morraine have put earth over
this foot, as a shoe, and now the ice
proper is hidden far back to where it
emerges, a glacier itself But this ice
pack, like every other the world over,
is advancing, slowly, relentlessly. To-
day Valdez may be a few inches, a
few feet from where it was five years
ago, but given three centuries, a
thousand years-which is what all
towns look forward to-and one
wonders where it will be then. AL
though you may never have supposed
it Valdez, which seems comparatively
close to Canada, as compared with
far-away Nome and the like, lies real
" in almost the same latitude as st.
Petersburg, and the light fingers here
so long in the summer that twilight
and dawn almost meet.
Long before we arrive at Valdez
we hear of it's destined greatness. 1T
is the great metropolis of the future, "
in Alaska, for to get into the inte-
rior you have to go by way OF it. The
railway extending in from Cordova
now, experts say, should have been
built from here. That Valdez lost
the railway, it seems, is owing to
the fact that it refused the Guggen-
helms the town sites they desired.
So these great exploiters of Alaska
built the new line and practically
founded the town of Cordova. Cor
dova's business must remain unsta-
BILE, however, for should the Guggen-
helms ever decide to change the route
from the one along the Copper river,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-02-18
BLESSING THE JORDAN.
Picturesque and Impressive Cere-
mOny in the Holy Land.

Picturesque and Impressive Cere-
mOny in the Holy Land.
Of the numerous religious cere-
monies which may be witnessed IN
the Holy Land none, perhaps, IS SO
picturesque and impressive as the
Greek ceremony of the blessing OF
the Jordan, which takes place at
Epiphany. The spot selected for the
blessing is that known as the PHI
grims Ford, where, it is said, Christ
was baptized.
At this years blessing over 1000
pilgrims, mostly Russians, crowded
the western bank of the sacred
stream, where hundreds of tents and
dressing sheds were erected for their
convenience. At the appointed hour
the archbishop of the Jordan, with
his attendant priests and deacons, all
gorgeously appareled, appeared IN
the stream in their frail craft, from
which the service is conducted. This
consists in the reading of the script
ures having reference to the baptism
Of Christ, followed by appropriate
prayers. Then, as the bishop drops
the cross into the water and the
blessing is pronounced, a great shout
rends the air and hundreds of men
and women, clad in white robes,
plunge into the sacred stream.