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Cheyenne record., 1914-12-17
Cresson Strike Shows Wide Ore Vein.

Cripple Creek.-One of the most
prominent mining experts in the Grip
rle Creek district was shown the
strike in the Cresson mine. When he
returned to the surface he declared
that the strike was the biggest he had
ever seen. Besides the enormously
rich sylvanite vein, which is said to
contain two inches of solid sylvanite
in some places. a body of good aver
age ore has been discovered in the
twelfth level. which is 100 feet wide
and 500 feet long, according to reliable
statements. This is tremendous
width for an ore body. Ore has also
been discovered in the thirteenth
level of the mine. 1t is estimated that
the high grade shipment. for which
sacking is being made in the interior
of the mine, will be worth more than
100000. Although all details of the
strike are carefully guarded the infor-
nation obtainable Is causing one Of
the biggest sensations ever known
here
Cheyenne record., 1914-12-17
ASKS$50,000 DAMAGES
MoNTRosE PRIEST SUES SCHOOL
MAN FOR sLANpER.
Bases His Suit on Statements D. e.
WIedman 10 Alleged to Have Made
to Students Regarding Girl.
Western Newspaper Union News Service. o.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Montrose, Colo. IS Suit for $4,000
damages in which defamation of char
acter is charged, has been filed in
the Montrose District Court by the
Rev. Father C. F. O'Farrell, pastor OF
st. Mary's Catholic church against
Prof. D. E. Weidman, superintendent
of the Montrose city schools.
The suit is the outcome of a con-
versation said to have taken place be-
tween Harry Netherton, seventeen, a
student. and Prof. Weidman, in which
it is alleged the name of Father OFar-
rell was linked with that of Emma
Hill, seventeen, also a student. to
whom Netherton had been paying at
tention.
Prof. Weidman, according to the
priests complaint, advised Netherton
to inform his parents of certain visits
between the girl and the priest to
save himself from disgrace. This is
said to have occurred about Nov. /.
Father O'Farrell. upon learning this.
it Is declared, went to Prof. Weidman
and demanded a retraction of re-
marks passed in the conversation.
Prof. Weidman Is said to have apollo
gized and declared that the priest was
mistaken as to certain illusions made
to him in the conversation
When rumors concerning the priest
became widely circulated, Weidman
sent a written apology to Father
O'Farrell in which he declared the
numerous statements he had made
were mere hearsay. that he did not
wish to injure Father O'Farrell's repu-
tation. The apology was printed in a
local paper and the suit followed.
Cheyenne record., 1914-12-17
Examinations for Federal Jobs.

Denver. - Examinations to create
eligible lists for agriculturist and
field agent, assistant engineer for
mapping oil wells, and assistant pho.
tographer in the government service
will be held by the United States Civil
Service Commission in Denver on
Dec. 30 and Jan. 6. The examinations
are to be competitive and open to
males only The position of agricul-
turist and field agent pays $3.50 per
year and that of assistant engineer.
S1,SOO, the examinations for which will
be held on Dec. 30. The examination
for assistant photographer will be
held on Jan. 6. The position pays
from $S4O to $1,000 per year.
Cheyenne record., 1914-12-17
STATECAPITAL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
BANKS GAIN IN RESOURCES.
Increase Of $1,575.63e.s9 Is Made In
Six Weeks, According to Report
of Commissioners,


Denver.-An increase of $1,575,.
639.S9 in resources was made between
Sept. IL and Oct. 81 by the state banks
in Colorado, according to State Bank
Commissioner T.. e. Drach, who has
comp Eleted an abstract of the reports
of the institutions for which he recent
ly called. National banks are not in
cluded in the list.
The average reserve of the institu.
tions increased from 1855 per cent to
27.1 per cent.
At the close of business on Sept. IL
the institutions held total resources Of
$54.323, ,O39.60, while at the close Of
business on Oct. 81, their total re-
sources were $55,S9S,679 40.
The 149 state and savings banks,
according to the October abstract,
have total resources OF s23,717.929.06;
the thirty-seven banks have resources
Of s2,S94,956.5S and twenty trust COM
panies have resources Of $29,2S5, 1885.
That decided gain has been made
by the banks. although this is a heavy
business period Of the year and de-
spite the effects on business Of the
European war, is shown by the fact
that the abstract gives an increase in
resources of $7O6,2O9 over the total re.
sources on Oct. 81. 1918, when an alb
stract was made last year.
Cheyenne record., 1914-12-17
Printing Commissioner Files Report.

Denver-Colorado pays less for its
state printing than any other state in
the Union according to population, the
report of Harry w. Risley. state print
ina commissioner. shows. The per cap
itaf expense for the state printing is
u cents. Risley submitted his bien-
nial report to Governor Ammons. It
gives the cost of state printing for the
period 1894 as s61,354.91, while the
cost in 1911-12 was s74,4S2.90. In Or
der to illustrate how the printing ex-
pense has been reduced, Commissioner
Risley recites that the expense in the
ye;rs 1907-S was s103,SO5.7S. The rec
ommendatiCn is made by him that all
the printing necessarrr for the General
Assembly be handled by the state
commissioner instead of by printing
committees in the House and Senate,
as in the past.
Cheyenne record., 1914-12-17
Horseman Wins 100000 in Will Suit.

Greeley.-J. A. Davis of Denver,
owner of valuable string of fast
horses, wins 100000 by a decision of
the District Court in his favor in his
suit to break the will of his father,
w. A. Davis of lone, who was drowned
by fall into a cistern some months
ago. The elder Davis left an estate
valued on it's face at 100000, worth
$24O,OOO at the present time, to his
three other children and cut ]. A.
Davis off with $40 on the ground that
the latter was not his son.
Cheyenne record., 1914-12-17

EE~HILDREN are conservative
beings, even old fashioned.
when it comes to choosing
toys. They aren't up to date and as
full of the modern spirit Of progress
and invention as the toymakers be-
lieve them to be-"
Thus spoke one who is sort OF
professional Santa Claus-that is, he
has played the part at SO many Sun.
day school Christmas parties that he
sometimes imagines he is growing cot.
ton whiskers.
"They display the same quaint, sim
pie, old-fashioned taste as their grand
fathers and grandmothers when they
were children" he continued. Most
of them, do, anyhow. Every year the
toy manufacturers break loose with
a new crop of automatic racing cars,
aeroplanes, submarines, fire engines
and kicking donkeys. If the children
were constructed on the same nervous
clock-work plan, they would give old
Santa Claus no rest unless he kept up
with all the modern Inventions. In
stead of toy soldiers they would de-
mand mortar batteries, and they would
not be satisfied with mooley cows, but
would demand that they have pedi-
grees and give only certified milk and
cream.
They would not accept a Noahs
ark unless it was a combination OF
Cheyenne record., 1914-12-17
HANGING M|STLETOE
Origin Of Custom Associated
With Christmas Festivities.
Plant 10 Surrounded With Many su-
perstItions In European Countries
Sign Of III Omen In Some
Parts Of ireland.

- HE good old custom Of hang
ing mistletoe from the cell
ing at the Christmas festivi-
sAyES@I ties Is said to have its origin
in the idea that since the
plant did not have its roots in the
ground no part of it should ever be
permitted to touch the earth.
Among the Saxons the fact that mis-
tletoe was suspended from the roof
of q dwelling hltimated to the way
farer that the hospitality Of the house
was at his disposal, and beneath its
branches friend and stranger. vassal
and lord, gathered in comradeship and
good cheer.
The religious aspect of the mistle-
toe tradition, which had its origin in
the Druidical rites and the gathering
OF it by the archdrldd with his gold
en- sickle, merged later into a purely
social symbol, and the idea Of simple
hospitality developed into one of mer-
rymaking and a somewhat riotous en-
tertainment.
The kiss of the Scandinavian god
dess expanded into the custom of q
kiss given for every berry that grew
on the bough. Small wonder that, in
spite of the mistletoe having origin
ally existed in the odor of the sanctu-
ary, the church came to regard it as
an entirely pagan symbol and refused
to allow it to participate with the
lily and the evergreen in the Yuletide
decorations.
to Of hot "a
mistletoe was the tree from which the
holy cross was hewn and that after
this was made the plant withered and
ever afterward became mere para
site growth, clinging for support to
other and sturdier trees.
Other stories, however, credit 1t
with divine gifts in the healing Of dis
eases and the expulsion Of evil spirits.
Ram, the high priest of the Celts, re-
ceived in a dream the intimation that
by means of the plant he would be
enabled to save his people from the
plague which was decimating them.
To celebrate their delivery he insti-
tuted the feast of Noel (new health),
a midwinter holiday, which has come
to be considered coincident with the
new year.
In many parts of the United King
dom the silver berries and the gray
green leaves of the mistletoe are
looked upon as anything but an en-
blem of good cheer; on the contrary,
the plant is regarded with dread as be-
ing the bringer of i'll luck and the sign
of i'll omen. This superstition exists
both in Devonshire and in Ireland.
and. strange to say, in neither of these
places does the plant flourish. owing,
report has it, to the fact that both
incurred the displeasure of the Druids
and were in consequence cursed in
such a way that their soil became in
capable of nourishing the sacred
growth.
In the sixth book of Aeneid q
lengthy description of the mistletoe
is given by Virgil, who makes the
Sybil describe to his hero the exact
spot in hades where he will find it
growing. There is little doubt that
the strange ethereal appearance Of
the little Opaque berry is largely re-
sponsible for the mystic character it
has enjoyed among the people of d.
vers nations from the earliest histor-
ical times.
Cheyenne record., 1914-12-17
Denver's City Expenses Hiqh.

Denver.-Denver's per capita ex.
penses for city government is II per
cent higher than the average for 1876
cities of the United States having a
population of 10000 or more, accord.
ing to a report issued by the United
States Census Bureau. For cities of
Denver's class, between 100000 and
100000, the city's per capita expenses
are AZ per cent above the average
and per cent above the average for
cities having a population Of $4,000 to
100000. They are more than Is per
cent above the average for cities Of
10000 to $4,000 population.
Cheyenne record., 1914-12-17

the steamship Lusitania and a modern
cement bungalow, with sleeping
porches,s twin-screw propellers, elec-
trio searchlights, wireless apparatus,
second chattel mortgage-in fact, all
the comforts of ship and home CON-
plete. They would require Mr.. Noah
to carry a pilots license as well as
college degree in natural history. All
the animals would have to be trained
to do tricks, and poor Noah's family
would have fine time herding them
while wearing wooden raincoats and
stove-pipe hats.
Fortunately children, real children,
are not constructed that way. They
want their arks on the old-fashioned
plan, whereby you lift off the roof and
find Noah minus his head, and most of
the animals trying to hobble on three
legs.
Automobiles in miniature, with real
upholstered seats and rubber tires
may fascinate a small boy for few
hours, but you'd better place your
faith in a good, old-pattern rocking
horse, with saddle and stirrups, and
name and tail of real hair. The rock
ing horse Is not going out of fashion
by long ways, and l predict that In
| the horseless age, If that time ever
comes, our children's children will be
| jerking the name Of wooden 'horsey
and whipping him on his painted
| flanks, and trying to feed him crack
ers. Also, they'll be falling off his
back and humping their little fore
| heads in the old-fashioned way, and
| 'horsey' will have to be thrashed and
| locked up in the clothes closet for his
bad behavior.
And as for dolls, you've got to give
them real baby dolls and not grand
ladies in the latest tango gowns and
hats For the last so years or so
doting parents who are we'll to do have
been trying the experiment of present
ing their little girls with waxen fash
ion models-only to find the precious
one crying for the rag baby of the
laundress' daughter. Children show
the real mother instinct when they
spurn the 'play-child' which is too
| dressy and up to date.
II have one friend, the father of
large and lively family. I make him
happy every Christmas time by pre-
senting his kids with bunch of cheap,
mechanical toys. After about half an
hour of winding them up, the little
| ones tire of the clicking wonders and
return to their %oolly dogs, rubber
dolls and other simple favorites. That
| is when fathers fun begins. He in
! sists on winding up the toys and rum
ming them all Christmas day, osten-
sibly for the pleasure Of his young
sters. He does not cease winding until
the toys begin to get out Of order, and
then he has the additional pleasure of
| trying to repair them.
Sometimes l think that a manufac-
turer could make a fortune selling
toys just for grown-ups. Seeing
bunch of adults busy working me-
chanical toys reminds me of the time
when the whole family insists on TAX
ing little Johnny to the circus.
&2H2nGR2
Cheyenne record., 1914-12-17

1Otdl : $''"""'Ao
The largest tax was obtained from
the estate of John D. Best, the Denver
merchant who died recently.
Cheyenne record., 1914-12-17
CRAIG Funeral Held In Auditorium

Denver-The funeral Of Frank Ny
ron Craig, founder Of the Colony Of
Brotherly Love, better known as
Craig Colony, was held Sunday at the
Auditorium.
Cheyenne record., 1914-12-17
ANNUAL "HOLLER" DAY.

When children have their Christmas toys
The house will ring with laughter gay:
And thus, in truth, by girls and boys,
In Christmas made a "holler" day.
Cheyenne record., 1914-12-17
State Gets s4,e5e Inheritance Ia,

Denver.-Leslie e. Hubbard, state
inheritance tax appraiser, reports col
lection of the following inheritance
taxes for the state:
Cheyenne record., 1914-12-17
Incline Depot Burns.

Colorado Springs.-fre of mysteri-
Gus origin destroyed the Manitou Sum-
NIT Incline roads depot at the foot Of
Mount Manitou.
Evening journal., 1914-09-05
artists PLEASE IN
Benefit CONCERT

For the benefit of the trip associa-
tion of Delaware Lodge No. 1, I. o. o.
F.. a successful concert and musicale,
followed by a dance was given in Odd
Fellows Hall, Tenth and Kind streets,
last night. and was very largely at
tended
The program. which was very ably
presented, proved a very interesting
one and was much enjoyed All the
artists who were obtained through
the courtesy of Snellenburg and Com
pany, were in excellent voice and
sang their solos in a very pleasing
manner. Also through the courtesy
Of Snellenburg and Company a Del
marvia piano player was loaned
which added much to the enjoyment
of the evenings program
The artists who took part in the
entertainment were: Miss Vera Gil
bride. soprano; Mrs Catherine Cal
lahan, contralto; j. Frank Ayres
tenor, and Frank f. Palmer, baritone
Miss Irene Fulton gave several ex-
cellent readings and William Lawton
was at the Delmarvia player
Evening journal., 1914-09-05
CONSUMERS now
PAY s. FOR FLOUR
Condition OF Market May
Force a SIS Price Before
Long
ADVANCE, TOO, IN
PRICE OF EGGS

With wheat at record prices, -four
wholesaled In Wilmington today at
$3.50 a barrel while consumers had to
pay SS.
Strength of the market was one Of
the leading topics of discussion in
business circles and speculation was
rife as to how high -four prices will
go. One prominent firm was notified
from Philadelphia that mills will be
charging $3.50 a barrel for -four be-
fore tonight This probably will send
the retail price TO SS.75 by Monday.
Quotations are going up so rapidly
that il is almost impossible 70 say
what the high point will be. Some
dealers say that Sl5 -four for consum-
ers is not far away il the advances
continue.
Wholesale price OF sugar was OFF 10
points this morning the quotation be-
ing $3.50 a hundred. Despite this
there Was no reduction in the retail
price of s cents a pound. This was
because the drop is regarded as tenn
porary Sugar merchants look for a
substantial advance about the FIRST OF
next week.
Eggs are up 2 cents a dozen whole
sale, the tap price being 81 cents. But
ter prices remain unchanged, retail
dealers paying 3l-33 cents a pound
Pork is selling at Is cents whole
sale with lamb a cent less, while beef
costs butchers Sl4.5O a hundred.
Evening journal., 1914-09-05
MRS. N'KINNEY soon
TO HEAR Sentence
Oyer and Terminer Court
VIII Pass on Case at
Present Term
TWO OTHER
CASES LISTED

Sherin Walter S. Burris issued a
proclamation this morning calling for
a special session of the Court OF
oyer and Terminer on Wednesday.
September 30.
Clerk of the Peace Harry A. Brown
has two cases scheduled for this ses-
sion of court Mrs Elizabeth Nc
Kinney who was convicted at the
last term of court on the charge of
manslaughter, will hear the courts
decision
Following Mrs. McKinney's convic-
tion by the jury on the manslaughtel
charge, j. Frank Ball. her counsel
made motion for new trial
which however, was refused. Mr.
Ball then entered plea that his
client be released on parole. Tn,
court informed Mr.. Ball that they did
not think they could grant this re.
quest, but decided to withhold de-
cision until the September term OF
court
The other case TO come before the
court viii be that OF James Brady
colored, who will be charged with
murder
Evening journal., 1914-09-05
Shoes ARE scarce
BECAUSE OF WAR

Morris Levy, shoe merchant Of No.
223 Market street. who has just re-
turned from a trip to the factories in
Massachusetts, reports an unusual
condition brought about by the war
in Europe He found the factories
with only a small portion of their
usual stock on hand, because OF a
scarcity Of materials with which to
make shoes.
Fifty per cent. of the-hides used in
shoes are imported, and the war has
shut off these imports from Europe.
Mr.. Levy visited the factories in Bos-
ton, Haverhill, Brockton and Lynn be-
fore he could get his stock The
manufactures would sell only for
cash for immediate deliveries, and Mr
Levy paid cash in order 10 assure his
fall and winter stock They would
not take orders for future deliveries
Agents representing the various gov
ernmcnts in Europe are at the shoe
making cities trying to buy all the foot
wear they can for shipment abroad. Not
only are they gobbling up the stocks on
hand but they are ready TO buy count
less thousands of pairs Of shoes for the
men in the armies.
As the situation now stands. Mr.. Levy
says, there is to be a scarcity Of shoes
because of the shipments Of hides being
shut off. The outcome of the situation
in all probability viii be an advance
soon in the price of shoes, the supply of
which is daily growing less
Evening journal., 1914-09-05
JUDGE WOOLLEY TO
RESIGN This MONTH
Expects TO Qualify as Federal
Court JuriSt Early in
October
TALKING OF
HIS SUCCESSOR

According to present plans, Judge
Victor B. Woolley. who was recently
appointed by President Wilson to
succeed Judge George Gray as judge
Of the United States Circuit Court Of
Appeals for the Third Judicial Cir
cult, will probably present his resig-
nation from the state bench to Gov
ernor Miller about September %. At
a conference held recently between
the judges of the state court, Judge
Woolley selected that date. Some
cases in which Judge Woolley sat Will
b. disposed of September 21. Judge
WoOlley will not assume his duties as
a judge of the United States Circuit
Court until the first Tuesday in Oc-
tOber.
A number of prominent Democratic
members Of the Delaware bar are
being mentioned as the probable sue
sessor Of Judge Woolley, although nc
appointment can be made until after
the resignation of Judge Woolley is
presented to the governor Among
those who are mentioned in connec-
ion with the appointment are William
7. Lyman and William f. Kurtz, OF
New Castle county; Judge William
H. Boyce. now resident judge of Kent
county: Judge Henry c. Conrad, now
resident judge of Sussex county. and
c. w. Cullen, of Georgetown.
Evening journal., 1914-09-05
WOMAN UNDER Peace
BOND FOR CUTTING THREAT

In City Court today Jennie Tucker
was fined 81 and costs on a charge Of
using bad language on the street
Rose Sillinger was the prosecuting
witness.
Carrie Laws, colored. was charged
by Sarah Bolden with using threats
Sarah said that Carrie threatened to
carve her into pieces and cut her
into mince meat This threat hap
pened on Thursday night at No. sos
Buttonwood street Carrie denied she
used the threats. George Evans.
however. said he was present and
beard Carrie swear and curse and
tell Sarah she would tear her in
two.
The Court placed Carrie under a
$500 peace bond.
Mary jenkins, colored, was charged
by Hattie Chippey with disorderly
conduct but upon request of the
prosecuting witness the case was dis
missed
Frank Kelly was fined IS and costs
for trespass on the p B. and w.
railroad.
Evening journal., 1914-09-05
four MORE trains
OFF PENNSY Line
Latest Retrenchment Order
Effective on Local Division
September Is
MILEAGE BOOK
COST GOES UP $3.50

Following its policy of retrench-
ment, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company is to discontinue four trains
On the Maryland division, between
Philadelphia and Wilmington, on
September 10.
Announcement today o. the curtail-
ment of service accompanies the
statement that mileage books will be
Increased price. Books now COST
ing $40 are TO be $3.50 higher. This
change viii be made on October I.
Trains which viii be removed are
No. 105. which leaves Philadelphia at
1.31. and arrives here at 2.37 p. m. (;
No. 1856, which departs from Phila-
delphia at $40 and arrives here at
1880 D. m. No. 104. which leaves
Wilmington at 7.1S a. m, and No. 10,
which leaves here at 9.35 a. m.
Train 1876 will run only on Sunday
Train 1873, which now leaves Phila-
delphia AT $50 p. m. will depart at
S.55 p m. under the new schedule.
Il was stated at the company's Of
fees that crews working on trains
10 be discontinued viii not lose their
places.
Evening journal., 1914-09-05
million FOR RIVER
WORK Threatened
Burton Says Money Cannot
Be Spent Economically
on Delaware
CANAL PROJECT
WOULD SUFFER

WASHINGTON. Sept. Senator
Burton flibustering on the river and
harbor bill yesterday, gave il as his
opinion that the Senate would eliminate
the s2.25oOoo appropriation from the
bill for the purchase of the Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal and be forced 90
reduce slightly the amount apportioned
to the Delaware River project. The lat
ter reduction. be said would be made
because it would be- impossible to spend
economically Sl,0O0.OOO and authorize
contracts for the same amount in the
next fiscal year
With the great fight i'm progress and
Senators of other states making deals
and forming combinations to capture app
preparations for their respective districts,
Pennsylvania is unrepresented in the
Senate Senator pcnrose, who has at.
tended seven days of this session. D.
campaigning in Pennsylvania and Sena.
tor Oliver. who was hi Europe six weeks
aud has just returned. is now again
away.
Senator Burton occupied the floor vir-
tually an of the day. as he did yester
day. From time 10 time he was reliev
ed by other Senators. among them Ken
yon, of Iowa. and Borah. OF Idaho, who
are opposed TO the bin In its present
form. Mr.. Burton. howeVr says be j.
in trim to speak daily for at least d
month ID necessary, and Senator kenyon
thinks he can hold the fort for thre'
weeks
The opponents of the bill have theii
forces we'll organized and apparently
are determined to Use every effort %
prevent its passage unless certain itcmN
are stricken out