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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-19
TELEPHONE PROBE
Long Sadly Needed is Prom
ised Soon by Public Service
Commission.

CHARLESTON, June 19.-It has
been officially announced by the pub
lie service commission that an in
vestigation of telephone companies
in West Virginia relative to services
and charges will soon be commenced.
Only companies operating in the
northern counties of the state will be
affected by the order. Complaints
made to the commission declare that
rates are too high and the service in
some instances bad.
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baby CURED
OF Eczema by SaxO SaIve

Maspeth, L. 1. 'My dear little
baby's face was covered with eczema
and the constant itching was so great
& kept him awake most of the time.
! tried different remedies without re-
lief until ! tried Saxo Salve, and now
my baby's face is well. - Mrs. H.
CoFFRE, Maspeth, L. /.
If we can't cure your skin trouble
with our Saxo Salve and Saxo Soap we
will buy back the empty tube.
Stone & Mercer. Druggists, clarks.
burg, w. Va.
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RELEASED FROM JAIL.

CHARLESTON, June 1s.-Mrs.
Polly McSurley, who ten days age
killed her husband. Gilbert McSurely
when he attacked her and later drag,
ged his body on railway track
has been released from Jail without
bond, the Kanawha grand, jury fall
ing to return an indictment against
her.
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POST
Yourself by Reading the Prohi-
bition Amendment Law
Be independent.

Get a copy OF the Prohibition
Amendment Law and read it for
yourself. do not be dependent upon
others for your information, have II
as It Is. Pockes size, extra quality
PAPER, neatly and durably bound.
frice 15c. Call or address A. F
Combs, at the Daily Telegram office.
Advertisement.
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BUSINESS BLOCK BURNS.


WATERFOWL, n. Y, June 10
Fire which broke out In coal yard
In the northwestern part OF this city,
early yesterday quickly got be-
yond control Of the firemen and de-
stroyed many business blocks. The
flames were famed by stiff wind.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-19
LUckY FALL.
tnr .n,ee,.,rn rnr,,,

FAIRSfoNT. June l9.-Pauline
Ware, aged IT, domestic in the en-
ploy of Wilbur Brand, fell from a
third story porch, distance of So
feet, Thursday and with the ex-
ception of dislocating a finger was
otherwise uninjured.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-19
CRUELTY CHARGED.

Riley Ables paid $3.50 In police
court Thursday morning on charge
of cruelty to a child whom he is
raising. 1t was alleged that he had
beaten the child numerically though
this was not revealed by any marks
on the child and Ables was accord
ingly released with light fine. He
was arrested last night by omcer
Gill.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-19
FATAL FALL.

MARTINsBURG, June 1s.-Miss
Gay Bush, adopted daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Stewart, of Tabler's
Station, this county. fell from a
cherry tree recently. She alighted
upon her spine causing paralysis in
two hours. She was II years of age.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-19

A model house, with balcony, parlor
dining room, bed room, kitchen, bath
and toilet room, was erected by the
ninth grade pupils of the Juncos
porto Ricol schools on the grounds
of the third insular fair of Porto Rico
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-19
COURT VIEWS ROAD SITE.

The members OF the county court
went to Grasselli Thursday and In
spected route for a proposed road
in that section.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-19

Just for the sake of information
about things the ads. in the Daily
Telegram would be worth reading.
But much of this information has a
sasb value Of ITSELF.
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INSURANCE

If you want fire insurance that
pays in case of loss. you will do well
to let me write it. None but the best
old line companies represented.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-19

The oriental countries are being
flooded with cheap monographs from
GERMANY.
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TOO MUCH LOVE

Too much love for fun, frolic
and rich food causes stomach, liver
kidney and nervous troubles. 9th
er remedies help you. but DENNIS
SURE, SAFE AND SPEEDY cures
you. Our dlscoverer, ten years
miserable sufferer with the above
troubles. and RHEUMATISM for
years, was cured in one week. To
prove our remedy. while they last,
regular size bottles only 25c at
H. I. BURKE'S
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VIRGINIA sTREET

Five room cottage with bath. hall.
pantry and attic. Large basement.
House finished throughout in hard
wood. Lot 40x136 feet. Lot nicely
fenced and a fine lawn. Eight min
utes walk to court house.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-19

In 1913 2.715 coal miners were
killed in the United States.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-19
PRICE 5000

one-half cash, one and two years.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-19

Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Reraed, can
really be termed a wonderful remedy and the
benefits that il gives in many of the most
chronic cases of Stomach. Trouble has spread
its fame from one end of the country to the
other. No matter where you live-you will
find people who have suffered with stomach,
Liver and Intestinal Ailments etc, and have
been restored TO health and are loud in their
praise Of this remedy: There: is not day
but what one hears Of the wonderful results
obtained from this remedy and the benefits
are entirely natural, as il acts on the source
and foundation of these ailments, removing
the poisonous catarrh aud bile accretions, tax.
ing out the inflammation from the intestinal
tract and assist in rendering the same anti
septic. Sufferers are urged to try one dose.
which alone should relieve your suffering and
convince you that Mayr's Wonderful Stomach
Remedy should restore you to good health.
revelation to you and you will rejoice over
your quick. recovery and once again know the
JOYS OF living. Send for booklet on Stomach
Ailments to Geo. H. Mayr, Mfg. Chemist, ls6
Whiting ST., Chicago, or better still, obtain !
SUt.'~ from vnrr d-1'T'-'sf
For sale in clarksburg by Wells &
Haymaker Co,
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Real Estate

Don't overlook the fact that Co
Jnial Heights Addition is close in,
and fine residence section. II you
want an inside lot at the right price
you can get it in this addition.
Large lots with 40 foot frontage,
from
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-19
BROAD OAKS

Seven rooms, bath, and pantry,
nice porches. House almost new
and close to Con- addition. This
property is sure to increase in value.
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PRICE $1,000

. one-half cash. one and two years.
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HOUSE CAT is NEARLY BAKED
rhs Family Pet slept In Ovsn Of Geek
afevs and 10 Nearly burned

Waynesboro, PAN. B. Ayers.
Hamilton avenue. Waynesboro. almost
cooked a new dish at his home.
when he retired at night he left tho
oven door Of the kitchen stove open.
To get away from the cold the family
cat crawled into the oven and there
curled itself up for . sleep that lasted
all through the night.
When Mr.. Ayers went downstairs in
the morning to stir up the nre he
closed the oven door. The cat slept
on and made NO protest. Then Nj.
Ayers turned ON the drafts and thrust
the, poker into the bed Of Goals, and
In . short time he had . good IRE
going.
He heard the mewing Of . cat, but
he couldn't see . cat, and he fancied
the animal might be on the outside.
But the cat grew more persistent In
its mswins and added . tone Of an
guish to 1t, and then Mr.. Ayers be-
thought him Of the oven. He opened
the door and the cat sprang ON to
him, almost knocking him OF his feet.
The animal was burned terribly. Its
feet were badly charred and its body
was almost baked. It IL still living
and 10 on the road to recovery.
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ground down to rasorslfke sharpness.
Near the hilt ara die-cut Roman let
tiers "sabatier Rue, France" and be-
meath this an open hand. surrounded
by the letters "A Paris" The Ques-
tion at once arises: Who put the
knife there. and when? Tho steel IL
Of the finest. Not even its long i'm
mersion In the earth has eaten away
the surface to any considerable ex-
tent. Perhaps some French "voy-
sgeur" camped there two hundred
years ago. and forgot his knife. More
likely some wandering Indian band en-
camped there and left the knife that
they had bought Of the French. paying
for 1t with beaver skins. One can sur
mise almost anything. The chances
are that the owner left in . hurry. for
knives like that, even today. are valu-
able. and some hundreds Of years ago
would have been worth Its weight In
gold. Certain It 10 that the English
settlers did not carry French knives,
and this particular blade dates back
beyond the earliest English settle
ment. s.tl. 80
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Meatless Soup.

Boil six small turnips until sort
enough to put through sieve. Fry one
small onion in one tablespoon Of clear
dripping. Take great care not to brown
It. When cooked, put through sieve.
Add turnip to onion and put in double
boiler. Add one quart Of milk and one
scant teaspoon of-cornstarch wet with
little cold milk Salt and pepper to
taste. Cook slowly for forty minutes.
Put little grated cheese in bottom OF
each dish. Turn hot soup over 1t and
serve at once. 4r
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YOUNG CHILD GETS PIGS EYE
Operation In Baltimore Hospital the
FI1k Of lts Kind In United

Baltimore, Md.-What II believed to
be the first operation Of its kind in
this country was performed at local
hospital when the cornea of . pigs
eye was grated on the sightless eye
Of . three-months-old boy. 1t was said
that previous operations. in which rab-
bits eyes had been used, were unsuc-
cessful. but that experiments with
pigs eyes had led scientists to believe
that they were more adaptable. Two
cases are said to be on record where
the grating Of human cornea gave
sight to totally blind eyes.
In the operation the pig was chloro-
formed. the eyebAll taken out and
the cornea cut from It. An extraordi.
narily fine needle and fine silk were
used in sewing the cornea In place.
The eye will remain bandaged for
about week.
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DID NOT IMPRESS LANDLORD
innkespsr Could Serve ExesIisnt
Luncheon, But Evidently Was
Not Of Literary Mind.


They are telling in Westchester .
story about Richard Harding Davis
and Gouvernor Morris.
These two writer's. It appears. were
motoring the other day. and stopped
at an inn for luncheon. The luncheon
was excellent. and after It was over
Mr.. Davis went out to look over the
car. leaving Mr.. Morris alone. MI.
Morris. in good spirits from his fne
meal, said genially to the landlord:
Landlord, you'll be interested, per-
haps, to know that my companion Is
Mr. Richard Harding Davis"
The landlord tried his best to look
impressed and Interested.
you don't say" he remarked. And
what business might he be in?
A few minutes later Mr.. Norris took
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symmetrical, exquisitely perfect. The
little group with whom she sat looked
somewhat out of place in that mixed
assemblage. smartly sroomed and
palpably members Of . set to whom
John Valiant was familiar. they had
had only friendly mods and smiles for
the young man at whom 10 many there
had gaxed with jaundiced eyes.
To the general public which read its
daily newspaper perhaps none Of the
Rildsd set was better known than
Vanity Valiant" Tho new Panhard
he drove was the smartest car on the
avenue, and the collar ON the white
bulldog that pranced or dozed on its
leather seat sported diamond buckle.
To the spacewriters Of the social col
umns, he had been q perennial inspira-
ton. The patterns Of bis waistcoats.
and the splendors Of his latest bache-
lors' dinner at sherry's-with such
The Ordway new era., 1914-05-01
eIrdles Of Roses.

Entire girdles Of roses are the latest
accessory for evening gowns. They
add inches to the apparent width OF
the waist line. But to give touch OF
color to gown in black velvet, satin.
chiffon or brocade they are invaluable.
and decidedly more striking in effect
than the ordinary corsage bouquet.
The roses OF the usual dimensions OF
the almot full-blown flower are made
in satin or silk ribbon or In gauzs
'thickiy powdered with beads OF .
matching shade of yellow. pink. cream
or red.
The Ordway new era., 1914-05-01
Natures Adjustment.

In the case Of all fsh which take
care Of their young. curious adapta-
tion Of natural law to circumstances
is found. Those which take the great.
est pains and care in sheltering their
offspring have the fewest eggs, per.
haps less than one hundred at a lay,
while on the other hand. species of
fab which pay not the slightest atten-
tion to their young produce hundreds
of thousands, and even millions Of
eggs, at single lay.
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man with gold eye-slasses. who
smelled OF some curious sickish-swest
perfume. came and took him BY the
hand and led him into . room whsre
his father lay in bed. very gray and
quiet.
Tho white hand on the covsrlst
had bsckoned to him and he had gone
close up to the bed. standing very
straight, his heart beating fast and
hard.
"Johnl" the word had been almost
. whisper. very tense and anxious.
very distinct John. you're . little
boy, and father IL going away"
Toto Wishing Houser'
The gray lips had smiled then. ever
20 little. and sadly. mo. John"
Take me with you. fatherl Take
me with you!"
His voice had trembled then. and he
had had to gulp hard.
Listen, John, for what am say
ing il very important. You don't
know what mean now. but some.
time you will" The whisper had
grown strained and frayed. but It was
still distinct. II can't 20 to the Never
Never Land. But You may sometime.
II you II you do. and II you
md Wishins-House. remember that
the men who lived In II be-
fore you and mo . were gen
tlemen. Whatever else they were.
they were always that. Be
like them. John. win your"
"Yes, father. NF
The Old gentleman with the eye
glasses had come forward then. hasti-
H.
Goodnight, father
He had wanted to kiss him. but .
strange cool hush had settled ON the
room and his father seemed all at
once TO have fallen asleep. And he
had gone out, 30 carefully. on tptos.
wondering. and suddenly afraid.
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CHAPTER III.
The Turn Of the Page.

The Turn Of the Page.
John Valiant stirred and laughed. .
little self-consciously. for there had
been drops on his face.
Presently he took . check-book from
his pocket and began to figure on the
stub, looking mp with q WY smile. ITO
come down to brass tacks." he mutt
tered. when I've settled everything
(thank heaven. I don't owe my tailori)
tAsrs will be . little naAtsrs Of twsnty-
eight hundred odd dollars. passs mo-
tor and my clothes between me and
the bread-line!"
Everything else he had disposed Of
-everything but the fourfooted com
rade there at his feet. But I'd not
sell you, old chap" he said. softly;
mot . single lick Of your friendly
pink tongue: not for . beastly hum
dred thousandi"
He withdrew his caressing hand and
looked again at the check-stub. Twen-
ty-eisht hundred! He laughed bleakly.
Why. he had spent more than that .
month ago on . ball at Sherry's! This
morning he had been rich: tonight he
was poori
What could he do? He could not
remember Q time when he had not had
all that he wanted. He had never Dor.
roweo from . friend or been dunned
by an importunate tradesman. And
he had never tried to earn dollar in
his life: ~ to current methods Of max
ing living. he was a. ignorant a. .
Pueblo Indian.
He rose grimly and dragged his
chair facing the window. The night
was balmy and he looked down across
the darker sea Of reefs. barred like .
gigantic checker-board BY the shining
lines Of streets. to whore the flashing
electric signs Of the theatsr district
laid their wide swath Of colored ra-
dance. The manifold calls Of the
street and the buxx Of trolleys made .
dull tonal background. subdued and
farRway. a.J
rro BE coNrINuEDl
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cTo BE CONTINUED,

his seat In the car. and Mr.. Davis
remained behind to settle the bill. Al
he counted his change Mr.. Davis in
his turn said to the landlord:
Landlord. my friend there 10 Gou-
verneur Norris"
Again the landlord looked impressed
and puzzled.
''Morrisf Morris?" he said. The
name sounds familiar. Meat line. amt
Il, SIR"
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CHAPTER l.
The Crash.

The Crash.
.Failed!" calculated John Valiant
blankly. and the hat he held dropped
to the claretcolored rug like . huge
white splotch of sudden fright The
Corporation-failed!"
The young man was the glass OF
fashion, from the silken ribbon on the
spotless Panama to his pearl-gray gait
srs, and well favored-a 1.-the stalwsrt
ngure, with wide-set hazel eyes and
strong brown hair waving back nom
. candid forehead. =
Never had his innocuous and but
ter-ny existence known . surprise
more startling. He had swung into
the room with all the nonchalant hab-
its, the ingrained certitude Of the man
born with achievement ready-mads in
his hands. And . single curt state
ment-like the ruthless blades OF .
pair Of shears-had shipped across
the one splendid scarlet thread In the
woof that constituted me ~ he knew
It. He had knotted his lavender scarf
that morning . vice-president OF the
Valiant Corporation-one OF the great
est and most successful Of modern.
day organisations: he sat now in the
fading afternoon trying to realize that
the huge fabric, without warning. had
toppled to Its fall
How solid and changeless II had
always seemed-that great business
fabric woven by the father he could
90 dimly remember! His own invested
fortune had been derived from the
great corporation the elder Valiant
had founded and controlled until his
death. With almost unprecedented
earnings, It had stood ~ . very Glib
raitar Of finance. . type and sign Of
brilliant organization. Now. on the
heels Of . trusts dissolution which
would be nine-days' wonder. the vast
structure had crumbled up like . card
board. The rains had descended and
the floods had come, and It had fallen!
The man at the desk had wheeled
In his revolving chair and was looking
at the trim athletic back blotting the
daylight. with . smile that was little
short Of covert sneer. He was one
Of the local managers Of the corpora
tion whose ruin was to BE- that days
sensation. . colorless man who had 40
Quired middle age with his nrst long
trousers and had been dedicated to the
enWmerciai trsaAmsll hefeSe hst'haa
bodkkt& satsty-rxsoS. = h 4sspised an
loiterers along the primrose paths. and
John Valiant was but decorative ng-
urahead.
Valiant started ~ the other spoke at
his elbow. He had come TO the win
dow and was looking down at the
pavement. 'How quickly some news
spreads!"
& For the nrst time the young man
noted that the street below was 6lling
with . desultory crowd. He distin.
guished knot Of Italian laborers talk
ing with excited gesticulations "A
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FIND A VERY CURIOUS KNIFE
Relic Of Past Found When Stump Of
Apple Tree 10 Removed From
Canton, Pa, Garden.

Philadelphia.-When the stump OF
an apple tree was removed from the
garden belonging to e. w. Walborn.
near Canton. Pa. directly under the
stump and sticking straight down in
the ground was found curious knife.
The blade. from shaft to point. is 1lh
inches. 1t Is IN inches wide at tho
hilt and tapers to . needle point Tbs
back Of the blade is thick and heavy
and the edge has evidently been
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CHAPTER u.
Vanity Valiant.
"The witness Is excused"

In the ripple that stirred across the
court room at the examiners abrupt
conclusion. John Valiant. who had
withstood that pitiless hall of ques-
tions. rose. bowed to him and slowly
crossed the cleared space to his coun-
sci. The chairman looked severely
over his eyeglasses, with his gavel
lifted, and statuesque girl. in the
rear of the room, laid her delicately
gloved hand on a companions and
smiled slowly without Withdrawing her
gaze, and with the faintest tint of col
or In her face.
Katharine Fargo neither smiled nor
flushed readily. Her smile was an in
dex of her whole personality, languid.
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Banking coneern's Assets Small.

Chicago.-A Canadian nickel. q PEN
ny. q desk. several chairs and a safe
containing some bonds of small value
were found to be the total assets Of
the American Banking association,
when John w. Worthington, its presi.
dent. was brought before q referee in
bankruptcy.
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sits Very Good Living Abroad.
There's Boat Leaving Tomorrow"
smudged plasterer. tools In hand
clerks. some hatless and with thin
alpaca coats-all peering at the voice
less front Of the great building. and
all, he imagined. with q thriving fear
in their faces. As he watched. . wom-
an, coarsely dressed. ran across the
street, her handkerchief pressed to her
eyes. ~
THE notice has gone up ON the
door" said the manager. 81 sent word
to the police. Crowds are ugly some
times"
Valiant drew a sudden sharp breath.
The corporation down in the mire.
with crowds at Its doors ready to
clamor for money entrusted TO 1t. the
aggregate savings of widow and or.
phar, the piteous boarded sums earned
by labor over which pinched sickly
faces had burned the midnight oil!
The older man had turned back to
the desk to draw a narrow typewrit-
ten slip OF paper from n pigeonhole.
Here" he said, "is a list of the bonds
Of the subsidiary companies recorded
in your name. These are all. OF
course, engulfed in the larger failure.
You have. however, your private for.
tune. II you take my advice. by the
way" he added significantly. you'll
make sure OF keeping that"
What do you ,mean?" John Va
liant faced him quickly.
The other laughed shortly. "A word
to the wise.'" he quoted. ITS very
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A novel newspaper has appeared in
st. Petersburg. called the vagabonds'
Gazette. It is sintended for circulation
among the criminal classes. and Its
chief contributors are well known to
the Russian police. Signed articles re-
lating the details OF famous coups are
an ltfapsrant feature of the new Jour
nal.
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wAnoERLusr COSTS $4,000.

Farmer, Seventy, on First Trip From
Home, 10 Victim Of swindier.
Buffalo.-George Crestesinger. the
Wflliamsvil!e farmer. who reported to
the police that he had been ,swindled
out Of $4,000. admitted that in all the
swindler had relieved him Of $4,000.
Crestesinger is seventy years old. The
trip to Florida. during which he met
the confidence man, was the first time
he had been away from home.
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How to Wed H,op,Iv.

Princeton, N. ITO assure happy
marriages all applicants for marriage
licenses should file declarations OF In.
tentions a month before the license is
granted" said Prof. r. NJ. Ross, in q
lecture on social economics.
The Ordway new era., 1914-05-01

The Czar of Russia probably owns a
greater quality of china than any
other person in the world. He has the
china belonging to all the Russian rul.
ers as far back as Catherine the Great.
1t Is stored in the Winter palace at st.
Petersburg.
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Passenger Agents Meet In Denver.

Shreveport, La.-Chairman J. e.
Hanegan Of the Southwestern Passen-
ger Association meeting here an
nounced that the next meeting of the
association would he held in Denver
following the meeting of the Western
association in Colorado Springs. in
July.