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A DISGRACE TO BANKING.

IL Is almost in%conceivable that in
sny state in the Union one man or a
number Of men a by the simple pro.
cess Of giving a bond for n hundred
thousand dollars. set themselves up as
bankers receiving public funds. loan
out and handle those funds. and ex.
empt themselves rom examination of
any kind bys n official authority.
Yet that IS exactly what can happen.
end what has happened in New York
city.
Siegel & Company. the New York
department store concern. which has
just failed for six million dollars. op-
Grated a private bank. They gave a
bond TO the State OF New York for
one hundred thousand dollars. Bv
virtue OF this bond they were exempt
from examination by any state bank.
ing official. They received over two
million. five hundred thousand dollars
o. public money. much OF It the saw
ings OF poor people. Every dollar OF
mat great sum vas loaned by the
siegel bank TO the various Siegel
firms. The Siegel bank holds no secur-
ity except the notes OF the siegel com.
Danies. IL has not a single dollar OF
other commercial paper. and claims
against the Siegel corporations Will
probably pay only a small portion OF
the banks Indebtedness TO its depos.
itors.
"here such a transaction IL possible
banking laws are a farce. a shame and
a disgrace.
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BANKERS ACCEPT CURRENCY s,ur

National and state banks generally
have acted promptly in the acceptance
OF the currency bill Already some
two thousand. or about one-third OF
the national banks OF the country.
have notified the government OF their
desire TO become members OF the re.
sional banks. In certain states bank.
ing laws will prevent State banks
from actively participating. but many
OF the more important of the state
banks have indicated a desire TO co
operate. While the provisions OF the
currency bin were distastefuI 10
many bankers. on the whole there
seems To be..a decided disposition 10
accept the bill and to make the best
out OF 1t possible. Undoubtedly trial
and experience will show the weak
features Of the bill IL there are any,
and eventually bring about correction.
In the meanwhile II is gratifying 10
note the disposition on the part of
bankers generally to join in making
the law a success.
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NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY.

By E J. Edwards

IN ne early fall NJ 1878 I called
upon n late James T. Fields. who
had gained International reputation
as a book publisher. Is the Intimate
personal friend OF almost ali OF The
successful men n women Of let
ter.. both OF the United states and
OF Europe. and as the editor OF the
Atiantic Monthly. There Was also A
romantic association with Mr.. Fields.
que 10 the fact that. having explored
a drawer OF a writing desk OF Haw-
thCrnels home at Salem. he discov-
cred the manuscript OF A romance
which afterward gained recognition
as a great American classic. "The
Scarlet Letter"
When ! met Mr.. Fields at his hotel
In New York city he had lust re-
turned from Europe: In fact only a
rev hours earlier he had been stiII
at quarantine. I went to him with a
message from Charles A. Dana- who
was a personal friend.
MI Fields personality greatly in
terested me. The peculiar cut OF his
N~hiskers. a queer mannerism which
seemed 20 suggest an inability 10
Keep stu for even a moment. and.
above all. a constant twitching OF his
eyelids. as though he were rapidly
and without cessation wfnkinR. were
superficial characteristics which. for
ne moment. caused anyone at the
m OF HIS first meeting with Mr..
Fields TO forget his long and I'M
usual career as a publisher. editor
and intimate associate OF those two
had gained high repute in literature.
In the course of a very rapid con-
versation Mr.. Fields said that while
he was in Europe he had learned for
the nrst time that the novel written
by Mrs. Ann s. Stephens, entitled
Fashion and Famine" had been
translated into the French language
and had gained great popularity in
France.
ON my way back from Europe."
said Mr.. Fields. while I was think
ing OF Mrs. stephens success in
France with her very popular book.
II occurred to me that between 1850
and 1870 the really great successes
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case. where does Uncle sam come
I'M
We have as much need Tor a big
navy as an oyster has for wings.
Great Britain depends upon her navy
for the protection OF the trade routes,
which must be kept open to feed her
people. Germany is menaced on one
hand BY France and on the. other by
Russia. We have no enemies nearer
than three thousand miles. 10 for
eign nation is going { o pick a quarrel
with us because We are the best Gus
toner OF every important foreign ma
uon' yet to-day We are spending near.
ly. II o quite as much money for
foolish preparations for war as any
OF the nations OF Europe
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When Governor of New York, as |
have already described. I had been
in consultation with Clifford Pinchot
and f. III. Newely. and had shaped
my recommendation about forestry
largely in accordance with their
suggestions. Like other men who
had thought about the National fu-
ture at all. / had been growing more
and more concerned over the destruc-
lion of the forests.
Irrigation In the West.
While l had lived in the West I
had come to realize the vital need Of
irrigation to the country. and / had
been both amused and irritated by
the attitude of Eastern men who OBJ
tanned from Congress grants OF Ma
tional money 10 develop harbors and
yet fought the use of the Nations
power TO develop the irrigation work
of the West. MAJOR John Wesley
Powell, the explorer of the Grand
Canon. and Director OF the GeologicaI
Survey. was the first man who had
fought for irrigation. and he lived 10
see the Reclamation Act passed and
construction actually begun. Mr.. +.
II. Newell. the present Director OF
h Reclamation Service, began his
work as an assistant hydraulic engf-
neer under Major Powell: and unlike
Powell he appreciated the need of
saving the forests n the soil as
wen as the need OF irrigation. Be
fore Powell and Newell came "a
Director OF the Geological Survey.
Charles u. Walcoot. who. after the
Reclamation Act was passed. by his
force. p~ertinacity. and tact. succeed
ed in putting the act into effect In the
best possible amer Senator Fran
els G. Newlands. OF Nevada. fought
hard for the cause of reclamation IN
Congress. He attempted 10 get his
state 20 act. and whan that proved
hopeless to get the Nation to act.
and was ably assisted by Jr. G.. II.
Maxwell. a Californian. who had
taken a deep interest I'm irrigation
matters. Or. W. j. McGee was n
Of the leaders In all the larEes stages
of the movement.
Clifford P%inohot, Leader
But Clifford Pinchot is the man 10
whom the nation owes most for what
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oUR WAR

Il may interest the average Amer.
lean who thinks that military burdens
do not rest heavily upon the American
people to know that the United states
stands second IN the list Of naval an.
preparations. Last year Great Britain
spent or her navy s235. 7i3.4ss. co. Tho
United States spent SifO.SfO.Gt3OO.
Germany spent only silI.270O25.OO
Yet we are told hat both Germany
and Great Britain are breaking them.
selves down In their mad competition
for naval supremacy. n this f. the
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CARNEGIE'S GIFTS.

Andrew Carnegie has donated an
other ten million dollars to the Dunn,
ferline trust. II is estimated that
this rich donation reduces C~arnegie's
private fortune TO a pitiful ten mil
lion dollars. In other words the great
iron and steel king has. through his
~benevolence. and especially through
the Carnegie Foundation. practically
given back TO the world more thar
30 per cent of the enormous fortune
which he accumulated. Mr.. Carnegie
Is likely TO achieve his ambitions 10
lie a poor man. In doing so. however
he Will set a princely example to Other
rich men.
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UNCLE WALT: The Poe, Pblo,o,b.,

when ailments through your system buzz. and aches are running
ot' te hst thing that the doctor does has reference ID vour Jct
lie asks you what you like 90 eat. his face ali st.r, ,ad
"lEIlNG wooden; you tell him hh and fowl and meat ana ne 49,
az ana puddin. Cut out all that you hear him saw.
nc wonder mat you totier! You'll cat a bran mash every dsy s9d
nonin TO drink but water No matter what nv trouble H 81.
90 10 the savboncs. he hands me out the same old biz gror,
yielding JaWbones. Cut out the pic. cut out the cake AVA. So.
nun muuer you would she'd YOUR pesky ache. cut out the cbcoe.
ana butter. diet for the jumping gout. ! diet for lumbaeo. I nav
10 Ut We good mngs out. and live on rice and sagot Tr f,r5 -
grub that's good and rich. that in the stomach fnotess h- " ".I oi
Tor che itch and diet for the shingles. I'm living now IN no. ~ ~
(hatS Why weep the buny). attempting 20 restore some baHr !, go,
old seaIp, 50 shiny. wonder why the blooming docs DOM cb,,g.
the1t meaieauonf They now accept a patients rocks and then ng.
~ WALT MASON.
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Monday. January IL, 1914.
DEMOCRATIC ALLIES.

b Pittsburgh Pest. Democratic
notes with considerable giee tho nc.
tivity OF the Progressiyes In PennsyL
wanna. Concluding an editorial noting
the meeting OF the Progressive State
Committee at Harrisburg. and com.
menting upon the position taken by the
Progressives. the Post says:
After the meeting. which Is 20 be at
srs 4, % sensral or the national lead
or organizing for the ampaig and 10
pnta full ticket In the held. This ac.
ana should be an incentive for the nght
Of his life. "s"'
To be sure. Progressive activity
ought to nerve every Democrat TO
prime himself for conflict. Only in
continued Progressive activity do
Democrats see a hope OF ces
Woodrow Wilson today is President
or the United States through the votes
OF a minority of the people. His pol.
icies represent the wishes and the de
sires OF fewer than two-hfths OF the
American voters. He is President.
solely because the forces opposed to
MIN have been split by foolish strife.
a strife augmented and fed by the
ambitions OF disappointed office seek
ers. " a Democratic President is
elected in 1916. it will simply be be-
cause this division has been needless
~ continued. The Progressive move
ment as an independent party move
ment anticipating success. has ceased
to exist. AS n factor cooperating with
Democracy II - stil "A danger.
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all such cases. there followed the
criticisms OF alleged illegally and
haste which are so a to make
after results have been accomplished
and the need for measures without
which nothing could have been done
has gone by.
Success Assured.
Every item of the whole great plan
OF Reclamation now in effect was IN
dertaken between 1902 and 1906. BY
the spring of 1909 the work was an
assured success, and the Government
had become fully committed 10 its
continuance. The work Of Reclama-
ton was at first under the United
States Geological Survey. OF which
Charles ID. Walcott was at that time
director. In the spring Of 1905 the
United States Reclamation Service
was established to carry ~ on, under
the direction of Frederick HAYES
Newell, TO whom the inception OF the
plan was due.
Although the great expenditure
under the Reclamation Act Is not vet
as large as that for the Panama Ca
nal. the engineering obstacles to be
overcome have beee almost as great.
ana the political impediments many
times greater. The Reclamation
work had to be carried on az widely
separated points, remote from rail
roads. under the most difficult pion-
eer conditions.
What the Reclamation Act has
done for the country is By no means
limited to its material ACCOMPLISH
ment. This Act and the results How
ing from II have helped powerfully 10
prove TO the Nation that IL can handle
It's " resources and exercise direct
y business-like control over them
The population which the Reclama-
Tor Act has brought into the arid
West, while comparatively small
when compared with that in the more
closely inhabited East. has been a
most effective contribution 10 the
National life. for IL has gone far to
transform the social aspect Of the
est, making for the stability Of the
institutions upon which the welfare
OF the whole country rests: Il has
substituted actual hOmemakers. who
have settled OF the land with their
families. for huge. migratory bands OF
sheep herded by the hired shepherds
Of absentee owners.
To be continued Wednesday morning
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IN The field Of fiction were made By
american women. They beat The
men out completely.
Then II also occurred 10 me thar
these successes Of American women
were not TO BE- attributed TO n To-
AMY or special environment. For
Instance. there was Augusta !
AZ nome. eve SO far as I knew in
personal touch with the leading liter
any men and women OF the United
states. VINO, while still a very young
Noulah. wrote a novel Gale "Beu-
an which sold enormously.
II was at about the same time
tnat MIS- stowe. lin her humble home
IA maine, wrote the experimenting
mover, Uncle Toms Cabin" Her en-
ure rainlng was different from that
OF MIS- a Yet her story sold by
n hundreds of thousands. and. like
MIS- Ivan "Beulah." Is still selling.
ABOUT that time a young woman.
VINO was born and reared on a beau
tliui little island in Long Island
sound-by the way. IL IS the identi-
cal Island which is now the Summer
home OF Mr.. Dana-wrote and pub
nshed a novel without even putting
ner name on the title page. II was
called "Rutledge." II sold by he
hundreds and thousands. and n was
IN practically the same decade that
Mrs. Ann :. stephens. who was a ma
v i think. Of a little village in
Cohnecucut. wrote and published a
novel called Fashion and Famine.
which became also enormously pop
ular. ny
i have been trying to explain that
singular phenomenon. / can't do IL.
u the fact remains that the great
est popular -uccesse in the field OF
notion writing between 1850 and 1870
were those gained by four women
nose birth and training were In en-
tirely different parts OF the country"
copyright. 1914. by L. J. Edwards.
All rights reserved)
Tomorrow Mr. Eduardg will .on
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a that there should he all
this howl about interlocking director.
ates' when the only business OF a az,
rector nowadays is to go around 10
the annual meeting and throw a lot
OF proxies into the basket.
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DIR. Anna Howard Shaw is getting
the ONE to refuse TO pay the in.
come tax. This is what happens when
congressman pass laws without ask.
ing their wives permission.
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o that the total income tax ex-
emption Tor married couples is placed
at $1,000 instead of $1,000. what in.
ducement is there for a woman to sup
port her husband.
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TwENTY-FIRST NSTALLMENT


The installments OF the
Roosevelt autobiography which
were 10 have appeared last
week were delayed and the
first Is given this morning.
The remainder will appear
Wednesday morning and these
articles will continue each
Monday a n d Wednesday
morning until they are com
plsted.
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Under Wisconsin's new eugenics
law. the girls will have their medical
certificates framed and hung in the
parlor where the fellows can read
them.
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1t ought not to cost much for dress.
making for those peg-top crowns the
m are wearing. as they are not
stylish unless they don't 1T.
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1t Is hoped that the President and
John Lind looked under the sofa care
fully for eavesdropping Huerta ennis.
%saries.
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WHERE N

Van St"wrd Prunos. OF some
i'u % name. 70 society leader in Nr
laNk. after adopting some fad to ~.
''' iln lfdtum ~ 'toas' and "Gtnr.
.nnt had p pro-s agent a4 usual
press fo ~hr0adca.f "
iI" use ol nice poetic Justice frr
SUN appeared iu tho connie rerfior
~ Tho Wheeling 1n-InUIroucpr
EVER The right come uuuermnnf
Ever is Justice done
-Nfrora' Herald
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Discount on Water Tar will be ex-
tended to January 18th.
W. 5. McELROY.
City Treasurer.
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Some merchants won't advertise.
but they keep on paying money 10
store clerks.
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AetnaNille, Ohio.
--.Nst.onsl Phone AZ.

INatINWaI fN0We AL.
GRADUATE oPToMETsisT.
Eyes examined free Clnesss MO-
nrir tffoC. Spectacle and rvar'a.-er
made aud repaired.
nou-de16Nh
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Copyright. 1914. by Z. J. Edwards.
All rights reserved.)
tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell
How Sentiment Influenced President
Harrison"
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Support the Arch

IF you have flat-foot. broken
arch or weak ankles YOU should
have a pair Of Out arch supports
fitted 10 YOU feet.
Step In and let Is
Show You.
These arch supports. when are
fully fitted 10 the foot and shoe.
strengthen the weakened muscles
and bring grateful relief from pain
and strain.
We have furnished relief 10
many feet and we arc az the serv-
zee OF every Man or Woman suf-
fering from fallen arch.
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10" IWU8t0nc0 " fho WcIfrrn
l'opl' 20 500 thc immediate r..uf
from the reclamation Ncf was ao
great that red tape was d-IreqarJ,f
ana the work WAS pushed forward
ar Q r1'" previously unknown In GOV
affair Later. as in almost
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To be continued wednesday morning.
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oDnshed Daily. Except SUNDAY. By IN.
Antshiseneer Publishes Company.
The chronicle=news., 1914-01-05

Ws.hins"a s.ariish f7<eiai
there reas"1 for Great
ine o'
.at h- rsos~sstnns
,h- hssshx fssi'
tsd~s vii h~ sn''
As
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81 siS-
ksn goo!
only 'hehn'fisss
ol onsr
business. -'n not ~ the
st sinse~f
Philadelphia aKa IL in Texas sna
rhlsasphia In
.si-r hy N. ss~
n a t-ip,hs
''is s1ts
of
3 i. a roI'isAi pay that sns'.
n.. fr..lHs . s,stonai ssasnss
Thr q
tans anah -ssh' a .r~~tsi ans
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oePo0JAJNUS TO BEr
SUBJECT Of Pao@
af,ooeADssU eeoo eeaD ~

b. Samu~i Ghmp~ss. president af the
osssuisssioa.
This uas learned by Chasi~~ u.
Mo9es. president ot the W-.,ssn f-A.
ssassns os Miser.. here today. lie
~ss asked soaeesnins samor~ that ss
sss~mp. ~osid ~ made In cali a..
sina.uiA~ strike IN syapaihy with
the Nashisan and Colorado m!aess
Nay such demand must s~ made
oe the American f~d~sssion of La.
hos. he replied. sppar~ntly ehoo>-
ing hi. words carefully Ut ssirh a
saias !. s"ssia~r~s. IL aaaid b~ s"a.
.ii-sed b, thai hos'y''
''iiss- soa asked for = nation
eide ssfites" he "a. asked
There has bern -ossiaesahi. ps~..
saS- that .ush demand h~ made.
however i. may b~ ssld that nas own
plan. are in .iAsa quo. wIli soss-s
sossosso~ usih Charles y. Nshoa~s.
vice rs-sia~ns NJ nas federation: Gay
4. Miller sad fsaeo TessirA. mem.
hsss os the executive hoss6a asd nc
viii Asssvmiae what further aesia~
In take .tsA
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'ruh. Ian. :-Jan. ~. isiiI
uOnCE OF ANNUAL
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

Notice y hereby gives tha, tho
Annual Meeting of the stocxnoIdcr.
Of The Troy Laundry & Supply Com.
pany. will he held at the office Of
said Company. corner NJ Film opd
Chestnut streets. Trinidad, co,o.
RADIO. on the I tth day of lauuary.
A. u. 1914. at the hour Of ::3o n. M.
of said date. for the purpose of elect
ing board OF Directors Of said
COMPANY. and the transaction q,
such other business rs may properly
como before said meeting,
Done at Trinidad. Colorado. this
i2th day of December. A. u. 1919,
". W. McHENDRiI.
President.
Attest: A. w McHENDRIE.
"a Ia Secretary.
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hsmM LIE.

Mr.. w1ddls-wsil. my deaf, you've
made 70 much fuss because ! doa't
sponA ny evenings At hoD1 like q
good husband and father that I have
resigned from the clsb.. Does that
suit you! =.
Mrs. widdle-1t's Just splendid
Now hurry through dinnsf and get
dressed. 70 We can 20 to Mn. High.
ap's hall: ~ te0serov ni0bt wen
- 70 Mrs. Tiptop'e pasy: aad sths
aext. night. you tlow. Mrs., wasst
ass . receDeiea: oAo. We Assta't for.
!. sst tie olobstrotters' rsseDaisa IN
, s'aht A1les. .-.. .----,-,.-------.
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frah. bec. -. 'is-iaa. s. 'iil
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

You arc hereby notified that the
annual ssorkhnlAcr.' mcctise cf The
Trinidad nrick & Tile company viii
hc hcid at tho office of tho pscs:d~n,
nj tn" said company. :sl cnnvrn,
street. in tho City of Trinidad. State
of Colorado. on tho 18th day of Ian.
nary. 1914. =, ::so o'clock r. ".
The said meeting will hc held sor
the purpose NJ cicctinx n hoard nj:
Directors tn manage tho affair." os
the Company for the ensuing year.
and to transact such other business
~ may como properly before stock.
holdcr.' meeting.
r. ". PIERCE. scc.s
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3OIICS
Sealed bids ~iii b~ received .af ,hs
construction ot the las Naimas .oaa.
~ Court ttous~. uhsii ~ o'ctork .. n.
1saaasy 80. 1911. by the Heard a:
couasy Coa0iseioaess Of Las Anlnas
coaaiy. Colo. Al sheis office. e.sasr
Maia saa Chestnut ssE~ess. rsinidsa.
Colorado. seeosdiax 10 piaas saa
sre-ifsssssoas On file with I. n. ard
". ~. Rspp coopAay. arrhisecs..
Nsspsie Raildias. Triaidad. Cola
~ ahnse date and hoar all htAs siil
te rsahiieiy opesea and read alone,
All hi1s TO b. marked ''niAs ~
co,ss loas~-. aad addressed TO the
Undetermined. The Doard yearstes The
sisht 10 reject any and all bids II:
=. Harlan. Chairman.
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fIsr7R ron the WHISTLE.

Liatca for the whistles. The C-N
carrier boys now posscss new Wits
ties. The boys Will blow the whistle.
wnens,ihey deliver papers. When
you hear the whistle tonight and
nights hereafter get your C-N lust
after u has been thrown.