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The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
Rejects OFFICERS
o. S. REED OF CANON CITY NAMED
COMMANDER
Woman's Relief Corps Also Chooses
Leaders-Next Encampment VIII
Be Held at La Junta.
estern Newspaper Union News serviee.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Fort Morgan, Colo-O. S. Reed OF
Canon City was elected commander of
the G. A. R. of the department of Colo
rado and Wyoming at the closing ses-
sion of the G. A r. encampment here.
Two other men named Reed, but in no
wise related, were selected as officers
directly under him.
They are Donald Reed of Fort Nor
gan. elected senior vice commander
and S. o. ID. Reed OF Fort Collins,
junior vice commander, F. o. Burdick
OF Boulder was elected as medical di-
rector. M. C. Dill of Denver was ap-
pointed adjutant and quartermaster
general, and C. a Brooks of Denver
patriotic instructor.
The 1915 encampment will be held
at La Junta.
The delegates to the encampment
here passed resolutions before ad-
journing indorsing law and order for
the state.
The new officers for the Womans
Relief Corps are: Department presi-
dent, Susie Carr McGwire, Longmont;
senior vice president, Julia E. Killiam,
Denver; junior vice president, Mary
M. Shelton, Fort Morgan; chaplain.
Clementine Hawes, Greeley; treasur-
er. Frances Ketterman, Boulder.
The department president made the
following appointments: Department
patriotic instructor, Annie S. Mills, Ar.
vada; press correspondent, Bessie
French. Pueblo; instituting and Install
ing officer. Kittie Hulett, Victor SEN
ior aide, Loretta Mummah, Colorado
Springs; inspector, Matte Stewart,
Golden.
A beautiful flag was presented to
the Fort Morgan High School by the
Woman's Relief Corps.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
THIRD OF Beet CROP
GROWN IN U. s.. RAISED BY
COLORADO FARMERS.
Annual TieId In Centennial State 10
Enough to Supply 5,5so,ooo
People for One Year.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-Colorado fields last year
produced nearly one-third of the beet
sugar refined in the United States.
yielding enough to supply 5.500.O00
people for n year, according to re-
port made public by the United States
Department of Agriculture.
Colorado factories produced 229,274
tons of sugar from 1.s40.653 tons of
beets. The total production of the ma
tion was 733.401 tons of sugar Colo
RADIO led all beet-sugar states, Cali
fornia ranking next, with production
about three-fourths as great as Colo
radios.
The 1913 production in the nation
and in Colorado, too. was the greatest
in the history of the industry Beets
were harvested from 16S,410 acres in
Colorado. the average yield being
1923 tons to the acre. The average
price to growers was 1857 a ton. the
average price to the acre being s61.97.
The price was 30 cents ton less than
in 1912, but IL cents ton above the
price in 1911.
Each ton of Colorado beets yielded
249 pounds of sugar in 1913, against
263 in 1912 and 261 in 1911.
The return per acre to the growers
OF beets in 1913 was as follows, ac-
cording to the government:
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
woman's Sad Lot.

Weren't you awfully shocked when
you heard that Mrs. Spozzum had be-
gun suit for a divorce?"
Not a bit. Why should l have
been?'
We'll. 1t seems such pity on ac-
count of the children"
Yes. 1t would be kind of unfor-
tunate II the court should decide to
give them to her to take care OF. But
a woman always will have to assume
that risk as long as we have only
men for judges"
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
New Parcel Post Stamps Issued.

Denver-A ne& issue of regular
United States postage stamps is being
sold at the Denver postoffice in de.
nominations of z, 9, 12. 20, 30 and so
cents. With the aid of these denomi.
nations two stamps will mail most any
letter or package. The new stamp is
convenience in the parcel post di,
vision, as it does away with the plas-
tering of ten and twelve parcel post
stamps upon the ordinary package
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
Dry Land Sells at $50 an Acre.

Denver-A quarter-section OF dry
farming land in Sedgwick county
brought s30.50 an acre when sold at
competitive bidding by the State Land
Board. 1t is a record price for land
of that character in eastern Colorado.
A. e. Edwards of Sedgwick county
was the purchaser of the 160 acres.
The land board sold 1900 acres. bring.
ing approximately s53.S00. Four acres
at Edgewater brought s4O0 per acre
plue $1,000 for Improvements.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19

Il can tell you how to do it, re-
piled the philosopher.
Now. Tell me. man. and I will
make 1t worth your while"
Look back over your career, find
out just how much OF your success
was due to your own genius and how
much of it resulted from sheer luck,
and make a public acknowledgment
OF it,
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
Another Notifying COMMITTEES.

We'll. sir" said the fair maiden's
father when the young man had been
ushered into the private office. what
is your business with me?"
81 have been appointed to serve as a
committee of one to notify you that
you have been nominated to become
my father-in-law."
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
HIS CHANCE.

81 wish / could
do something that
would be abso-
lutely new-some-
thing that no man
had ever dcne be-
FORE" said the
sad-faced million
aire.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
Rain and Hail sweeps Valley.

Puetlo.-The Arkansas valley from
point fifteen miles west OF Pueblo
to the state line on the east was Wis
tied by heavy hail storm which
flooded fields. destroyed the banks of
irrigation bitches. and tore down tele-
phone wires.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
What He Had pone.

What have you ever done for me?''
complained the young man whose IA
ther had chided him for his inability
to get ahead.
We'll, I kept your mother from nam
ing you Percy or Clarence"
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
The Real Terror.

Come around tomorrow evening"
she said. Father will be away"
NO" he replied. II must beg that
you will excuse me. But II that butler
of yours ever has night of wish
you'd lie. rls know
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
Nurses at Picnic.

Pueblo.-Thirty Of st. Mary's hos
pital nurses participated in picnic
at City park. The entire day and ev-
ening were spent in the open. dancing
in the pavilion concluding the diver
sion
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
School system a. Fault AGAIN

Say, pa. what's an ldiom?"
That's the Latin meanin for more
than one idiot. don't know what
you're goin' to school for II they don't
learn you them kind of things there"
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
Tho Only way.

Come now. Johnny said the teach
er. tell us how Washington crossed
the Delaware"
"on a pass" said Johnny. whose IA
ther was a member OF the legislature
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
Griffith Candidate for U. s. Senate.

Denver-Ben Griffith, former at
torney general of Colorado announced
his candidacy for nomiration to the
United States Senate on the Progress
sive ticket.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
WILLIAM A. SUNDAY,
Noted Evangelist.

gelist. was robbed of $3.50 in money.
The burglars ransacked the dwelling,
pilfered trunks. but carried away moth
ing else of value.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19

Billy Sunday Robbed During Revival.
Colorado Sprlngs.-While conduct
ing a revival meeting here the home
of BILLY" Sunday, the baseball evan
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
ROOSEVELT WILLARD
FORMER PRESIDENTS SON WEEDS
AMBASSADORS DAUGHTER.
Brilliant Religious Ceremony Held In
Chapel Of the British Embassy at
Madrid, Spain.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Madrid, June 13.-In the presence
of brilliant throng. with the uni
forms of diplomatists and army and
navy officers forming an attractive
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
Mrs. Grant Heads colonial DANES

Colorado Springs.-Patriotism to the
country and loyalty to the flag were
emphatic features of the meeting here
OF the Colorado Society of the Colonial
Danes of America, when officers were
elected for the ensuing year and the
two handsome American flags were
presented to the society. one the flag
OF the National society. by Mrs. Eliza
beth Goddard of this city, who is hon
orary president for life in this state,
and the other by Mrs. James b. Grant
of Denver, the president of the state
society.
The annual election OF officers re-
suited as follows: President, Mrs.
James r. Grant. reelected; first vice
president. Mrs William T. Gauss; sec
ond vice president, Mrs. Joel F. Vale;
third vice president. Mrs. Walter c..
Frost; board of managers, Mrs. Samuel
B. Childs, Denver: Mrs. William F.
Greenwood. Colorado Springs; Mrs.
John Harris Johnston, Denver; Mrs
Edgar M. Marbourg, Colorado Springs;
Mrs. Mahlon d. Thatcher, Pueblo;
Mrs. Frank Wheaton, Denver.
Nominating committee: Mamie L.
Bonney, Elizabeth X. Kelly, Annie G.
Whitmcre (chairman).
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19

The flower whose beauty gives sladncss
to me.
Whose scent makes mo happy. contemp-
tuously
He leaves II It merely In beautifui-he
Prizes flowers for naught but their
honey.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
Candid Opinion.

A genius is just an ordinary man
with kinks in his mind.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19

The man who doesn't care what
other people think of him would gen
orally be very unhappy IL he did.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
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HENPY HOWLAND
GMo PROFIT n
so SEEKER MI

IIe lives In a peI-
ace whose tow
ers are high.
He says you ana
me- when he
means you and
T."
But where others
would fail and
in poverty sigh
He could man
age. somehow.
to make money
His soul. 10 a soul
he possesses. Is
small.
He can sec naught
In art to uplift
or enthraii.
He has no sense of
h u m or h 9
smiles not at all
At things which
to others arc
funny.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19

Some men think they are philan-
thropic when they give back what
they have stolen.
Tact is deceit in its dress suit.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
Master PIumbers Elect New offIcers

Pueblo-The final session of the
seventeenth annual meeting of the Col
orado Master Plumbers Association
was held, at which the following Off
GERS were elected: President, F. l..
Cuddeback, Pueblo; vice president,
John Wallace. Denver; secretary, H.
H. Cannon. Pueblo; treasurer. John
Hudspeth, Pueblo; executive commit
tee: F. l.. Cuddeback. L. NJ Troutman,
Denver; John Wallace, John August,
Colorado Springs; William Coday, Pu
eblo; John c. Costello. Colorado
Springs. and NJ. ]. Stone. Jr.. Greeley.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-12-25
AUTO BANDITS GET $4,000.

Worcester, Dec. 81. Five yeggmen,
all masked and heavily armed, made a
raid on the Blackstone valley between
and o'clock this morning. Travel
ing in high-powered automobile, the
desperadoes visited five villages,
robbed 18 places, terrorized the country
folk and escaped with loot estimated at
between $4,000 and $4,000.
People who live in the peaceful val
ley are in high state of excitement
today over the Wild West antics of the
yeggs, and the police of all the cities
and towns between here and Pawtucket,
aided by state detective and posses of
Infatuated farmers, are searching for
trace of the band.
The village of Baskerville was first
visited. Three stores were robbed.
Farnumsville came next. The New
Haven ra lroan station safe there was
dynamited. Two stores were robbed in
Blackstone, several stores in Whitins-
vile and two safes blown in the car
barn of the street railway company in
Uxbridge.
The most sensational escapade &C.
Cured in the car barn robbery Arthur
Brown of UXbridge, night Waterman,
was sweeping there when he was con-
fronted by two men with handk erchiefs
covering their faces. who sprang from
around corner and surprised him by
aiming revolvers at his head.
Thinking that some employees of the
company were playing a joke on him,
Brown attacked them with his broom,
inste.d of throwing up his hands as or
dered. He knocked the gun out of one
mans hand by wel-directed swing,
and lodged just in time to escape bull
let fired by the other. Both then closed
in and clinched with Brown.
While the struggle was going on, the
three other companions of the pair hur
ried up and Brown was quickly beaten
into insensibility. He is today in seri-
Gus condition, under the care of his
physician. His body was badly bruised.
Five hundred dollars was secured
from one of the car barn safes. The
robbers couldn't get into the interior of
the other even after it was blown.
State Detective Robert E. Mott and
Edward ]. McCarty are directing the
pursuit of the 'yegg." They We're last
seen headed towards the Rhode Island
state line.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-12-25
WEYBRIDGE HILL.

Miss Barbara Smith. who is "a teacher
in the High school at Richford, is spend
ing her vacation with her mother, Mrs
Mary Smith.
A social was held at the home of e.
mer Wright last Friday evening and was
well attended. All present had pleas
ant time.
Thomas j. MacMurtry of Manchester,
n. III is at the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. L. j. MacMurtry, for the holt
days.
Charles S. James was in New York
city the first of the week, going with a
shipment of cattle.
Margaret Roberts of Tacoma. Wash.
who is a student at Mt. Holyoke college,
is at the home of her uncle, J. a. James,
for the holidays.
Mrs. William j. Macfee and little son
of Scotia, n. Y, are at the home of her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. T. j. MacMurtry,
for few days.
Prof. Cady of Middebury college, who
is supplying at the Congregational
church, preached an impressive sermon
last Sunday morning. Special Christ
mas music WAS given by the choir.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-12-25
Autoist Fined SIS for Crash and
Orunke mess.

Grant p. Kenneally of Everett was
arraigned before Judge Bruce in
the Maiden District Court yesterday
charged with drunkenness and opera
atihg an automobile while under the
influence of liquor. Kenneally was ar
rested by the Everett police after his
machine had crashed into an electric
car. On the former charge he was as
sessed So and on the latter charge $50.
Through his attorney, E. C. Buabank,
he asked for a continuance till Feb. 10,
which was granted.
Patrolman Morse stated at the time
of the auto and car collision he asked
the defendent for his license and was
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-12-25
THE COST OF MILK.

How much does it cost a Vermont
farmer to produce quart of milk?
Some meetings have already been held
and other are soon to be held in var
ious parts of the State in the hope of
arriving at an intelligent solution of the
question.
At meeting in Rutland last week,
one of the principle Vermonters ques-
toned by the Boston committee was
Ernest Hitchcock of Pittsford, well
known farmer and former member of
the State board of agriculture.
Mr.. Hitchcock believed that the clean
ing of milk supply rests with the con-
sumner in Boston; he can demand better
milk of the factories and they in turn
would get after the producers. Mr..
Hitchcock did not think State legislation
establishing a grade for milk would
work out well. He had kept record of
25-cow farm and ascertained that it
cost $I61. 40 to care for a cow a year.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-12-25
FRIDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1914.
VERMONT PRODUCTION OF MEAT.

The western capitalists who bought
land in Grand Isle county with the idea
of producing beef probably builded bet
ter than many of us thought at the time
the announcement of their move was
made. According to Henry j. William
son, government statistican in the de-
partment of agriculture, meat in Amer
lea viii be a rarity before the European
war ends with its drain on our supply.
The number of cattle had already
diminished while the population had in
creased, until now the two are too wide
ly divergent to make it possible to pro-
vide an adequate supply of meat pro-
ducts in the coming ten years.
We have long been convinced that
Vermont was sending too much milk as
well as too much hay to the large cities
and feeding too little on the farm, as
regards both fertility of the soil and the
raising of livestock. Reason teaches
us that the repeated warnings of sta
tisticians regarding the coming shortage
of various food products is we'll found
ed, for the lands of this country are all
taken up. This means increasing de-
mand not only for beef, but also for
pork and mutton and poultry, and these
are already produced in Vermont at a
handsome profit.
We must increase the productivity of
our farms and in order to do this there
must be more thorough fertilization,
and this will be impossible if we con-
tinue to strip our land and our diaries
for the sake of apparently fancy prices,
especially for milk for the New York
and Boston markets. - Burlington Free
Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-12-25
BURSTING SHELLS.
They Shstter the Nerves OF Soldiers
They Do Not Even Scratch.

'ney 10 NOT even scratch.
1t has BEEN proved that the compare
lively harmless bomlVrding. so far as
wounds are concerned. Of besiege,I
town is terribly der alizing to the
bravest men
When shell bursts near group Of
twenty men II may kill one and wound
two. while the remaining seventeen es~
cape without IA scratch It Will be
found. however that many OF these
are never the same men again. No
matter how iron nerved they were be-
fore. they are now irresolute and
timid and all their faculties are weak
ened Very often they are jeered at by
their comrades because Of this change
But this Is utterly unjust-ip fact
their brains and spinal cords have been
injured by being violently shaken
against the walls of their bony cavities
The same thing occurs in railway
collisions People who were robust be-
come quite feeble and nervous. though
they may not have received scratch.
This curious state in the case OF SOL
diers is well recognized by doctors un-
der the name of the mental injuries OF
explosives. The injuries are really
quite as physical as a shattered leg.
for they consist of kind OF bruising
of the very delicate tissue of the spinal
cord and brain. London Standard
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-12-25
TO LESSEN DEATH LIST.

Through the safety first movement
which is being advocated by the
United States Bureau of Mines in the
metal mines of the country, a de-
creasing death rate has resulted among
the miners. Recently the bureau is
in the metal mines for the year 1913,
showing 683 men killed among 1913, 0SS
employed, death rate per 1000 en-
ployed Of 1854. This compares with a
death rate of 3 81 for the year 1912 and
4.19 for the year 1911. AS indicating
the progress that is being made, the
bureau makes the statement that, if the
1911 death rate had prevailed in 1913,
the number killed would have been 500
instead of 6S3. This means saving of
l26 lives for the year.
A noteworthy extension of the safety
principle is just getting under way
in Boston More than 5000 killed and
1000, 900 injured, are figures startling
enough to warrant war scare headlines
resent, as might be supposed, the re-
suits of ferocious battle across the sea,
but an average years toll of industrial
workers engaged in pursuit of peace in
the United States. The necessity for
preventing such wholesome inroads on
human life and efficiency was en-
phasized at the first meeting of the
Boston Safety Society, the other even
ing. The new movement is directed
toward the reduction of fatalities and
casualties among factory workers. The
the safety of people employed in Boston
il dustries, but of those similarly en-
gagged in other parts of the State.
The Industrial Accident Board of Mas
sachusetts recorded last year 10000
accidents, more than five hundred of
which were fatal. 1t has been proved
that very large proportion of such ac-
cidents are preventable, and the Boston
Safety Society will conduct a campaign
of education designed both to assist the
employers to the knowledge that it is
far cheaper to prevent accidents than
to pay for them, and to impress upon
the employee that taking a chance"
when life or limb is jeopardized by
moving machinery, is a practice that
very easily may be followed once too
often. Burlington News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-12-25
SUDB URY
Mrs. E. j. Foster is confined to the
house by illness.


Mrs. E. j. Foster is confined to the
house by illness.
Rolln Reese is spending the holidays
with his father in Brooklyn. N. Y.
Christmas exercises were held in dis
trict No 2, Miss Arda Pierce, teacher,
Wednesday evening December 23); in
Willow Brook school, Miss Nellie
Meehan. teacher, Thursday afternoon
December 24) and Thursday evening
december pa in the church by MEM
bers of the ngregational Sunday
school.
Miss Margaret Warehouse of Sails
bury and Miss Nellie Meehan of Bristol
are spending their vacations at their
homes.
A masquerade ball will be held in
the town hall Wednesday evening, De-
cember 30.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Selleck are NOV.
ing into their new house which they re
Gently purchased and on which they
have made extensive repairs.
Miss Margaret Farnham, Miss Ruth
Sawyer, Miss Ruth Demo, Miss Irma
Bucklin and Ray Foster are home for
the holidays from their school in Bran
don.
The regular meeting of Sudbury
Grange was held Tuesday evening, De-
cember %. A program and the re
port of officers were given.
Clarence Slasson is building a garage
and ice-house.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-12-25
HORSESHOE CURRENCY.
Curious Shaped Money In Use on the
West Coast OF Africa

CURIOUS SNAPPED Money In Use on the
West Coast OF Africa.
Among the strangest coins in the
world are those used in certain ont Of
the way towns and villages In south
west Nigeria. on the west coast OF At
RIGA. and called "manillas"
In shape they resemble a horseshoe
with the two extremities 1attened out
like a Gamers foot Being made OF
solid copper three eighths OF an inch
thick, they weigh oveI eight ounces
each. In face value" seven of these
queer coins are equivalent to one quar-
ter. so that dollars worth would be
an intentionally heavy load
Not only are these "manllas" used
among the natives. but white traders
accept them as legal tender for goods
sold at the various stores. At one time
this strangely shaped money had quite
a circulation In certain parts OF the
coast, but its use is now restricted to
few bush towns and one OF two OF
the smaller SeabOard places, including
Bonny. Brass and Akassa.
"Manlllas" are now very difficult to
obtain. and curio collectors value them
Iot solely by reason of their scarcity.
but because of the novel serviette rings
they make when silver plated. -Wide
World Magazine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-12-25

TO most persons Edward Young is
the author of Might Thoughts" and
nothing more, but he was also man
of the world and a shrewd and caustic
wilt as well as the rector of St Mary's
church at Welwyn.
1t was there in the garden OF the rec
tory that he composed some OF the best
impromptu verses known. He was
walking with two ladies when some
one summoned him to the house. His
companions were agreeable. and he
was in no haste to leave them Turn
ing as he reached the gate, he said
Thus Adam looked when from the garden
driven
AND thus disputed orders sent from
heaven
Like him. 1 go ana yet 10 go am loath;
Like him. / go for angels drove us both
Hard was his fate, but mine still more
unkind.
His Eve went with him. but mine stays
behind
London Express
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-12-25
Checks CroupInstantIy.

You know Group is dangerous. And
you should also know the sense of Sc.
curity that comes from always having
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound in the
house. 1t cuts the thick mucous and
clears away the phlegm, stops the
strangling cough and gives easy breath
ing and quiet sleep. Take it for coughs,
colds, tickling throat, hoarseness and
for bronchial and la grippe coughs.
Contains no opiates. Every user is a
friend. Frost's Pharmacy.-adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-12-25

Against this she is credited 81 for calf
and SIS for a fertilizer produced. Figur-
ing that she gives 8, 900 pounds of milk,
the cost of producing milk in Vermont
is SIS per hundred
A meeting will soon be held in St.
John lbury to discuss the same question
and nearby farmers should be ready to
add intelligent information to the dis
cussion. st. Johnsbury Republican.