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WASHINGTON.

BY virtually unanimous vote the
Senate rejec,ed the nomination of W.
N. Collins TO be postmaster at Kansas
City, Mo.
President Wilson nominated Otto F.
Heine. Lahaina. Hawaii; Henry X.
Piemer, Waialua, Hawaii, and Hugh
A. Nolan. Everett, Wash, as post
masters.
An appropriation of 32,2S6,OOO for a
United States was stricken from the
Legislative, executive and judicial ap-
preparation bill.
Pollution Of the Great Lakes and
tributary rivers is becoming serious
menace to health, according to the an
nual report of Surgeon General Ru.
pert Blue of the public health service.
Influenced by the prospective heavy
demand for grain by the warning coun.
tries of Europe, American farmers this
fall have sown record area to winter
wheat which the Department of Agri
culture estimated at 41,2G3,0OO acres
After months OF deliberation and re-
peated failure to get action. the for
eign relations committee ordered the
'lsicaraguan treaty reported to the
Senate for ratification. The United
States would pay $3,OOO,OOO for n
Sicaraguan canal route and naval base
on the bay sf Fonseca.
There are forty-four persons In the
United States with a net income of
million dollars year or more. accord.
Ing to a complete compilation of in
come tax returns in the annual report
OF the commfsgjoner of internal reve-
nue.. The report shows 357.59S indi.
viduals have paid taxes aggregating
$27,253,535. ere
France, in note to the State De-
partment through Ambassador Jusser.
and, gave assurances that she would
not interfere in any manner with
American cotton shipments. either to
is,'llserent or neutral countries.
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Probers End Denver Sessions.

In their probe into industrial condi-
ticns In Colorado. and suggestions as
to possible remedies for cause and re.
suits of industrial conflicts were gath
cred by the United States commission
ers on industrial relations In their
final sessions in Denver Wednesday.
prior to Adjournment for the Christ.
mas holidays. AS announced week
ago, the commission will meet in
Washington Dec. 90 to discuss the re-
suits Of Its probe conducted In Colo
RADIO.
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Want, treasurer. Salary Reduced.

Denver.-Allison Stocker, state
treasurer.elect. favors a reduction Of
the salary Of the office which he will
soCn occupy. The salary is now &c.
900, which is $1,000 more than the
governor receives. 1t was increased
several years ago by the Legislature
and made higher than that of the
chief executive in order that those
who become treasurer might meet the
expenses Of the $1,0O0,000 bonds re-
quired of them. Stocker would have
the salary reduced to $1,000 and would
have the state government pay the
expenses of the bonds In order that
the treasurer might be free from his
bondsmen In all respects as to the
conduct OF his office.
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condemned aEcoRp OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS. o oiM O .. ACHIEVE
MENrs, sUFFERiMes. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

Woman suffrage carried In Montana
in the November election by 3,7lf
votes, according to the official can
vaSs.
Two persons were killed and num-
ber injured. three OF them seriously
In fire which destroyed large
rooming, house In !Terre Haute, Ind.
Fire, starting in the City Opera
House, destroyed eleven business
houses, about half the business sec
tion of Dana, Ind, with n loss oil
SIZE, 900.
The name of James r. killian, clerk
of the Supreme Court of Colorado, has
been presented to Washington for ap-
pointment as United States ambassa.
dor to Mexico.
Heavy seas rolled up by forty.mile
wind along the southern coast cost one
life and wrought damage amounting TO
ut Hueneme. Cal.
Fair-haired. gray-eyed Mrs. Alma B.
Little, active in Detroit society and
lodge circles, is desperately fighting
the efforts OF her husband, Charles A.
Little, druggist, to prove her of ne
gro descent.
Mai. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, chief OF
staff, u. 8. A., is making his hurried
trip to Naco to task the gentlemen in
Mexico to move their war little far
ther south, SO 1t will not annoy the
Americans there"
There are S7,199 children OF school
age, of whom 2S,301 are enrolled In
tho public schools Of Wyoming. accord
ing to the biennial report of State Su-
pcrintendent of Public instruction
Rose A. Bird -Maley.
C. C. Lockhart and H. H. Sutton.
chauffeurs of Douglas. Ariz.. are held
prisoners and their automobiles have
been confiscated by the Maytorena
troops at Fronteras, Sonora, according
to a report received by Constitutional
ist Consul Maytorena.
Milwaukee police were searching'for
William Moore. colored, In connection
with the murder OF Mrs. Pearl Miller.
white wife Of John Miller. colored.
The woman's throat WAS cut by the
negro in the presence of her 5.year-old
soa. Moore was a boarder.
Mrs. David Korshak, whose husbnd
has confessed to setting fire to many
stores in the interest of the alleged
arson ring, at Chicago, told on the
witness stand that for $4,000 and $50
week she had contracted to expose
the arson ring and cause her husband
to confess.
II. E. Dunn Of Pittsburg. Pa, Thom-
as II. Francis. n mining contractor liv-
ing at Douglas, Ariz.. and Miguel Nc
Nornlc, Mexican, are reported to
nave been robbed and killed by Mex
lean outlaws while they were return
ing to Douglas by way OF Calasbasas
from mine which Francis had been
operating.
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wIlIl.m s.r.h, Aged c.pl,.Ii.t D.s.d.

Denver.-Death has stricken the
name of William Barth from the lists
of all earthly courts. In the seclusion
of his modest home at 246O Welton
street the lonely old millionaire ended
his days. Pneumonia was given as the
direct cause OF death. But pneumonia
was only the agent that exacted the
toll sooner or later to be taken by
worry and age. William Barth typified
the successful pioneer OF the West
typified that romantic figure In de-
gree seldom parallelel. for he builded
a fortune of $C.0O0.OOO upon a founda-
ton of empty pockets.
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TO MEMORY DEAR.

Forget? Aye all but this-I love You.
The world outside Is dark and dreary.
beyond o heart of mine. will not go.
Beyond your love. dear heart, l cannot
When two who have loved fondly
begin to disagree. and after many q
falling out agree to go their separate
ways, each imagines that the heart
will not suffer.
There never was a greater mistake.
Memory will not be shifted. Other
would.be sweethearts may seize the
opportunity to come eagerly forward
and sue for the girls favor, but some
how not one OF them fills the lonely
void in her heart
It is quite the same with man. II
his heart has gone out to one girl
none other can have q like attraction
for him. He IL pleasant to all, but Is
careful to avoid anything like senti'
ment. thus giving the other girl rea'
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STATECAPITAL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
FARM VALUATION GAINS.
Tax Commissions Report Shows In
crease in Agricultural Land.

Tax commission's Report Shows In
crease In Agricultural Land.
Denver.--A saving of $733,0OO an
nually to taxpayers as the result OF
new values discovered under the full
cash valuation system and because OF
heavy. decrease In the amount OF
taxes rebated, is among the good re.
suits of the new method Of taxation,
according to statement issued by
Chairman ]. Frank Adams In connec-
ton with the annual report OF the
Colorado Tax Commission. The re-
port places the total assessed valua-
tion of Colorado for 1914 at $1,309''
559,205.
The report shows that since the full
cash value system went into effect In
1912 the value of agricultural land I'M
provements increased from 21.27 per
cent OF the total to 25.32 per cent In
1874. The valuation of town and city
lots in the same period has declined
frcm 40 per cent to 3i.S9 per cent, and
the valuation of corporations has In
creased from 14.il per cent to 20.o2
per cent.
The number of automobiles in Colo
RADIO has increased from 9.5G5 in 1919
to 1o.772 in 1914, with 4 valuation OF
$5,662,jJ
The increase In total valuation since
1911. under the new law, is $3l ,52O,G25,
and the annual gain In taxes, paid OIL
increased valuation. is $437.191.O6.
The total assessed valuation of the
state for 1914 is s1.3O9. 9.55a,2O5. The
increase In taxes from 1906 to 1913 is
shown in the report. School taxes in
creased, in that seven-year period,
73.i7 per cent; town taxes increased
Alb per cent; county taxes increased
iG.11 per cent, and state taxes In,
creased 22.2 per cent.
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LARGE WHEAT ACREAGE
FORECAST OF 1915 CROPS is $780,
100000 BUSHELS.
The Department Of Agriculture Est''
mates Low Yield Of Crop, Owing
to Poor Conditions.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ngton.-Owing to the poor
condition of winter wheat on Dec. /
the Department of Agriculture's esti-
mate, based on condition figures OF
production next year. Is only 5s0.O0O,-
900 bushels. although the area sown
this fall, Al, ,263,O00 acres, is the great
est ever planted in the United States.
The poor condition Is due principal
ly to very dry fall. which caused the
growing crop to get poor start ana
to the Hessian fly. scattering reports
of which have been received from
various localities from Maryland to
Oklahoma.
The bureau OF crop estimates. in in
terpreting the condition reports, Is
sued this statement:
THE condition of the winter wheat
crop on Dec. is estimated at Ss.3 per
cent of normal crop, which compares
with 97.2 per cent year ago. In the
past ten years, the condition on Dec.
] has averaged 90.3 per cent and the
outturn of the crops has averaged
about 14.4 bushels per acre on the
planted area.
In the same proportion the condi-
tion of Ss.3 would forecast yield OF
about 14.OS bushels, which, on the
ectimated acreage planted, amounts
to $3.50. 100000 bushels.
THE production in 1914 was esti-
mated at 675.623. 900 bushels tb:: far
the largest amount ever produced In
one year, and in the preceding five
years an average annual production OF
AL 100000 bushels.
"In forecasting this quantity of $780,.
oOO, 900 bushels, it should be consid'
cred as the amount of which the prob.
ability is equal that the outturn will
be either above or below it. The crop
will be larger or smaller than this
amount. according as the changes in
conditions from now to harvest are
better or worse than average changes.
Rye was sown this fall on 2.s5l.o0o
acres, an increase Of $4,000 acres over
the revised estimated area sown last
fall. The condition of rye on Dec.
was 1876 per cent OF u normal. against
95.3 per cent last year. 1876 in 1872
and SO the ten.year average.
The acreage and condition on Dec
1 OF winter wheat and rye by princi'
pal states follow:
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GENE RAJ.

A new effort to save the life OF Leo
NJ. Frank, sentenced to be hanged Jan.
22 for the murder of Mary, Phagan.
at Atlanta, Ga. ,sT-
The three.masted American schoon.
er Madeline is total wreck on Chan.
deiier island, fifty-five miles west Of
Mobile. Ala, bar, where she was driven
ashore by storm while on her way
from Havana to Gnlfport s
Six trained lions escaped from their
cage on the stage-of an EaSt Eighty.
sixth street vaudeville theater In New
York. and bounding into the audience.
consisting principally OF women and
children, created a panic.
Arrest of Benjamin Purnell. king OF
"Shiloh" and leader Of the House of
David colony, located ON the outskirts
OF Benton Harbor. Mich, was believed
imminent Following the discovery Of
1G-year-old girl. former member of
first hint that federal investigators
were to probe the charges OF gross
immortality against Purnell. Testi-
mony Of this girl, 1t Is declared, will
be the strongest evidence against Pur.
nell, Seventh angel Of the elect"
I James G. Brady. Illinois state audi
tor, was accused of having violated
the Mann white slave act The
charge was brought by Mrs. Mary
Quinlan Kuhns Brady, whom he mar
ried In Michigan. and whose suit al.
leginE breach of promise against
Brady is pending. Mrs. Brady visited
Charles F. Clyne United States dis,
trict attorney and charged that the
state auditor had violated. the federal
law In transporting her from Detroit
to Chicago. 5FU F.E
An order for $S00.0O0 worth of steel
shells, shrapnei cases and other muni-
tions OF war has been placed with a
Philadelphia manufacturing concern.
The funeral of Serene Elisha Payne.
veteran Republican leader in the
House of Representatives, was held
with simple services in the First Bap.
tist church at Auburn, N. Y.
Francis T. A. Junkin. for twenty
years general counsel for the Atchi-
son. Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, re-
signed at Chicago in order, he ex-
p'ained, to devote more time to travel
and to special work.
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NEVER MARRIED WOMAN.
common.Law Wife Given AIimony
and Divorce Suit to Go On.

Montrcse, Colo.-A new sensation
struck the town when Frank Plat, in
Ills answer to his wife's divorce suit
In which she names Julia Lechmere, q
niece living with them. declared that
he had never married the woman su
ing him for a divorce. Mrs. Plat ad
mi.ted II, saying Plat told her cere.
mony was unnecessary, after her first
husband deserted her. District Judge
Black ruled that/a common.law mar
riage existed and allowed the suit tC
continue, giving Mrs. Plat $50 Il
month temporary aliinony and attor.
neys' fees and court costs.
Plat in his answer charges jeal.
ousy IN respect to the girl for whom
he provided n home. - He says that he
does not possess the $4,000 estate he
is suppocd to have. but is worth only
81, 300.
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Cottages for TubereuIar Mothers.

Denver.-Thoughtful for the com
forts Of persons afflicted with tuber
cuIosis, of which he himself died
Frank Craig has bequenthed three
cottages at Craig colony to the Colo,
RADIO Mothers Congress. The Moth
ers' Congress will meet December 2S
to consider whether II. will be posi-,
BILE fer ii to assume control of the
cottages. If the members decide it
will not. the property will probably
be turned over to the National Purity
Association for the establishment of
a refuge for tubercular women.
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Walking Graveyards.

Some of the Indian princes have
given over two million dollars apiece
to Britain for the war. Beside such
gifts, the gifts of London business
milliOnnires seem small.
I'm fact" said James Douglas, In an
interview, lin fact, the gifts Of the
nizam OF Hyderabad and the mahara-
jah Of Mysore and the gaekwar OF Ia
roda give our English Merchant
princes, who owe England 30 much
more, look of avarice: and you
know the definition Of avarice.
"Avarice, like n graveyard, takes in
all 1t can get, and never gives any
thing back"
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son to believe that he Is in the matri-

son to believe that he Is In the matri.
monial market
1t Is claimed that time heals all
griofs. This is undoubtedly true; yet,
try as We may, we cannot forget the
ole love which made the dull. old
world heaven on earth while 1t lasted.
/! Destiny may turn our steps into other
paths; we may find Consolation with
other hearts. But in our lonely mo-.
ments memory harks back to the lost
past.
What woman, in such Idle moments.
has not wondered what became Of the
lover who was once all In all to her;
II he found it easy to forget her, or
II 1t was with him as 1t was with her
though lost to sight. to memory
dear" It is not enough to cherish =
beautiful memory: better that than
bitter feelings. sg
On the other hand, there is no use
in brooding over the happiness which
might have been. The realities Of life
are never what we have pictured they
would be. How many woman, had she
welded her first love, might not have
been 30 happy with him as with the
man who eventually wooed and won
her when her heart was ripper and
she knew better how to appreciate a
good mans love. There are many
people who fancy because a man re
mains a bachelor late in life that ne
Is grieving over some old love affair.
The fact Is he gives the old love but
passing thought. When a sweet.
heart Is lost to man by his marriage
to another. he philosophically con.
cludes that it's useless to cry over
while her memory is still sweet. to
him. he concludes that their parting
must have been for the best. Once
In while we hear Of old loves patch.
ing up their differences in after years,
which shows that there are some
hearts. after all. which cling to faded
romances. Love once disrupted is
never quite the same. The rock which
they stumbled against in earlier life
mast always be carefully avoided.
Young girls often become acquainted
with young men and proceed to fall in
love with them without encourage
ment. He takes his leave never to
cross her path again. The girls dis
appointment is great. For years she
continues to hold memory dear, when
she should not waste even passing
thought upon him. The past is past.
II the old love is ashes. so let 1t rest.
Wise are the women who transfer
their affections from one who Is not
thinking Of them to the man who Is
present. Memory is poor food to feed
q lonely heart.
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FOREIGN:

Sir John Barker, the millionaire de-
partment store owner, died in London.
He was 72 years old.
A dispatch from Constantinople to
the Amsterdam TELEGRAPH says that the
tribes in northern Albania have de-
clared war on Servia.
It Is officially announced in London
that Prince Hussein kemal has been
appointed to succeed the Khedive Of
Egypt, Abbas Hilmi. Prince Hussein
Kemal will take the. title of Sultan.
The new Sultan is an uncle of Abbas
Hilmi. 4fa
Gen. Louis Botha, premier OF the
Union OF South Africa, considers that
the rebellion, apart from the rounding
up of few stray bands, is at an end.
Accordingly he has gone for short
vacation on his farm before undertak-
ing campaign against German South,
west Africa. taa a1
Reuters has received dispatch
from It's Athens correspondent saying
that Greek naval officer attached to
the Greek legation at Constantinople
demned to death on the charge of spy
Ing. particularly in connection with
the departure of steamers from Con-
stantinople.
Telegrapiling from Athens, the cor.
respondent of the London Exchange
Telegraph Company says the Turkish
government has yielded to the com.
bincd representations of the United
States, Italy and Greece, and removed
the Introduction on the departure
from Syria OF the consular represen,
tatives and citizens of neutral coun,
tries. Ett
A dispatch to Reuters Telegram
Company from Constantinople by way
of Amsterdam gives the gist of the
speech from the throne by Sultan
Mehmed v at the opening of the Turk.
ish Parliament. The Sultan announced
that he was forced to declare war
when the Russian fleet attacked the
Turkish fleet in the Black sea and
England and France began actual hos.
tilities by sending troops to the Turk.
ish frontiers,
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NOT NAMED MERE

made its author famous and earned
a great fortune. William A. Pinker-
ton, chief of the Pinkerton National
Detective Agency, says it is the grcat-
est detective story he ever read. Soon
this story will be printed in THE
GREAT DIVIDE, 2O5 Post Build
ing, Denver, Colorado. Send
stamp for sample copy. Write To-
day-also say where you read this
Adv.
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Is GETTING A PROPOSAL A
kNAck7

Love thee? Thou canst not ask of me
80 freely as fain would give;
'Tis woman's great necessity
To love 80 long she shall live:
Therefore, II thou dost lovely prove.
cannot choose but give thee love!
The timid young girl who 10 always
finding herself a wallnower at little
social affairs which she attends IL
wont to believe that there certainly
must be some knack in other girls get
ting 10 many beaux.
She can see that she Is quite as
fair as they. When young men call
upon her she does her best to enter.
tain them. They bid her adieu, asking
the privilege Of calling again. But
they seldom, II ever, avail themselves
Of her permission. Yet these same
young men call upon other girls who
do not lack callers every evening. In
fact. their parlor Is full Of bea,ix. Ev-
cry young man admires and is attract.
ed to them.
The girl who Is not so fortunate
looks on with chagrin and wonder.
ment. She Is too proud to talk over
her grievance with her girl friends.
1t rankles in her mind how strenuous
were her efforts to have him PASS q
pleasant evening. She did most all Of
the talking, telling him Of the latest
books she had read. repeating the
latest poems. played and sang for him.
regaled him with q luncheon that
might be almost considered a dinner.
After all those hours she had striven
<4 ol,4 lnh MI foi iv,t 1y
he had not seemed to regard It worth
while to come again.
Before he had put in an appearance
her mother had said: BE animated
Nothing a man detests SO much as
dreary subjects" Her spinster aunt
put in: "In my young days man re-
spected girl who could sit down at
an organ and sing a hymn such as
My Days Are Gliding Swiftly By or
Nearer. My God, to Thee" Auntie
is Immediately silenced by the girls
elder sister, who whispers in her ear:
"Times have changed since then. I'm
sorry to say young fellows nowadays
want to hear Jolly. rollicking songs Of
ragtime order. we will say. I've been
married twice. I kept both suitors
roaring with laughter. They thought
me a jolly good fellow and enjoyed
coming. Almost before they knew 1t
they had popped the question while
In this merry mood" tG.E
''The way to mans heart is
through his stomach" suggested her
dependent cousin, adding: I'll be the
cook" This was one word for the
girls beneft and two for herself.
It is little wonder that the girl who
has to listen to this advice finds her
nerves pitifully upset by the time the
young man arrives. She tries to ride
all these hobbies. and makes freak
of herself In the young mans eyes.
He has no wish to repeat the call. The
only knack, II 1t be SO called, in lead
ing a man up to a proposal, is for a
girl to just be natural. Such girls
do not give man an impression that
they are putting themselves out to en-
tertain him. They let him do his full
share Of the chatting. s
II n is . pleasant evening and he
suggests little stroll, she makes no
ado about slipping on her hat and
Jacket and is ready to sally forth With
himl
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ass saloon Men Pay $500 License.

Denver.--Two hundred and eighty
five saloons In Denver paid the $500
license for the siX-month period ex-
tending from Dec. II to June II, 1915.
Of the remaining 1872 saloons In the
city It is believed that more than half
will renew their licenses, the re.
mainder going out OF business chiefly
as n result Of the adoption of the
statewide prohibition amendment
which becomes effective Jan. 1, 1916.
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holding up their
hands in pious
horror. A group
of them. over their
knitting the other
day, swapped ex-
periences. 8 a ! d
one: Young peo-
pie are different
from what t b g y
were in my day.
My sons-and l
had a bakers doz-
en- Of them-never
grew so old but
that I ruled them.
If they wanted to
go to a dance or
a transforming
show they had to
first find out my
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State School Lands Safe, Wires Lane

Denver.-Secretary Of the Interior
Lane declares that the rumored inten-
ton of the government to withdraw
lands supposed to contain coal is
without foundation, according to
telegram received from Senator Chas.
s. Thomas in Washington by Mrs.
Mary c. c. Bradford, state superin-
tendent. of public instruction.
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Governors Join Park Campaign.

Denver.--Governor-e George A.
Carlson and Governor Elias NJ. Am.
mons have Joined the campaign to
have the United States government
set aside Estes Park as a national
park and are planning to go to Wash
ineton together to appear before the
public lands committee OF the House
Of Representatives with this purpose
I'm view.
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LauraJeanLbbeu's
Talks on
Heart Topics
2 a NAUGHTY WORLD.
lc,,is.. MA = I. Mecu. N.w...- 5,

Beauty IL but a vain and doubtful good;
A shining gloss that fadeth suddenly;
A flower that fades when first 1t gins to
bud;
A brittle glass that's broken presently.
A doubtful good, gloss. a glass. a
flower
Lost. faded, dead within the hour.
What . naughty world this is get
ting to be-" cry our grandmammas,