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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
WHY GRIP Is DANGEROUS.

It requires a good tonic laxative to
keep the body of the patient as strong
rs possible to counteract the eject or
the poisons created by the grip bacil-
lus. An expectorant tonic with some
laxative Qualities IS the safest REM
edy. Such is Peruna.
Mrs. Gentry Gates. s219 First Ave.
East Lake. Ala, writes: 81 had
had case of grip. tried Peruna and
Il cured me. I can safely say 1t is a
fine medicine"
Mr.. George E.. Law. 1871 N. Frank
lin St, Brazil, Ind. writes: II am
satisfied that Peruna is wonderful
remedy for grip, and I do most heart
ily endorse and recommend it."
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
Tourists viii Spend s12,ooo,ooo.

Denver. - Twelve million dollars
will be spent this year in Colorado by
100000 automobile tourists alone, ac,
cording to figures compiled by T. ]
Ehrhart, state highway commissioner,
and delivered in an address before the
fifth annual convention OF the Colo.
RADIO Good Roads Association in Den.
YER Within the next five years Colo.
RADIO may expect an annual expendi,
ture OF s20.OoO,00o from automobile
tourists. according to his prediction.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
STATECAPITAL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
FAR-REAcHiNG LEGISLATION.
Industrial Board and Workman's Com
pensation Bills introduced.

Denver.-The Industrial Commits
sion and workmen's compensation bill.
the most important administration
measure to be presented for considera-
ticn by the Twentieth General ASSEM-
bly,, was introduced in the Senate by
Senator Eaton of Denver. 1t was re-
ferred to the newly created committee
on industrial relations, of which SEN
ators Eaton, chairman; Knauss, Lines
and Peterson, all Republicans, and
Hamilton and Pearson, Democrats, are
members.
The creation of an Industrial Com
mission to have full authority over
every detail of the relations between
the employer and employe and the
establishment of a schedule of COM
pensation under which the workman
may benefit without recourse to the
courts, gives the measure the distinc-
ton of being the most far-reaching
Legislation affecting industry ever in
troduced in Colorado Legislature. 1t
is approved by Governor Carlson as
containing within its provisions a So
luton for the industrial difficulties
which for the last eighteen months
attracted the eyes of the whole coun-
try to Colorado.
The essential features of the pro-
posed act are based on the Wisconsin
law, with certain provisions taken
from Industrial Commission and COM
pensation laws of other states.
Three members, appointed by the
governor. will comprise the commits
sion II the bill passes in its present
form. In this board of three, two OF
whom must be of different political
faith from the third. is vested powers
which make it practically supreme in
laying down the rules and regulations
under which the industries of the
state shall be operated so far as they
affect the respective rights of the en-
ployer and employe.
The proposed law vests in the com
mission all the powers. privileges and
authority now exercised by the COM
missioner of labor. deputy labor COM
missioner, steam boiler inspector.
state coal mine inspector, board of ex-
aminers Of coal mine inspectors, bu-
reau of labor statistics, factory in
spector and those privileges and
powers of the commissioner of mines
as they concern the relations between
employer and employee. The office of
commissioner of mines tmetallif-
erous). which is provided for in the
state constitution, cannot be abol-
ished by legislative act.
All laws in conflict with the act so
far as they refer to the departments
affected are abolished, while the COM
mission. in addition to taking over the
duties of these departments, is given
the right to take over all employees
If 1t sees fit.
The compensation act, which in
many particulars, is measure dis
tinct from that creating the Industrial
Commission. will be administered by
the commission. 1t fixes the compen.
sation to be paid to employees for
nearly every conceivable form of in
jury, this compensation being based
on scheduled rates for injuries rang
ing from the most minor to death or
total disability. The question of the
employer or employee coming under
the operation of the law is made op-
tional with them, their waving that
right removing them from all its
benefits.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
Misdemeanor to overdraw Account.

Denver.-A bill making it a misde-
meanor to overdraw ones checking
account and providing therefor pen.
atty Of $500 fine or SIX months i'm.
prisonment or both was introduced in
both houses of the Legislature by
Representative Thomas Tonge and
Senator C. B. Hamilton of Denver.
The proposed statute is urged by the
bankers. hotel mems and credit mems
associations of the state. All have
suffered through the acceptance in
payments of accounts of checks where
the man writing them had trifling ac.
counts.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
kenehan's Son Resigns.

Denver.-Two members of the state
auditors force who served under for.
mer Auditor Kenehan. rendered their
designations to Auditor H. E. Mulnix,
who accepted them. Thomas b. Ken
chan, son of the former auditor and
a bookkeeper in the department, and
J. l.. Hunter. an assistant public ex.
aminer, were the men who resigned.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05

1t is only recently
and with reluctance that Eng
land, for the protection of her
shores and ships. has Tin imi'
tation of the Germans) resort
ed to the expedient OF sowing
the Straits of Dover and the
North sea with contact mines.
all the harbors of the British
isles have been planted with
submarine explosive contriv-
ances ever since the beginning
of the war. And the same may
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
Governor Plans Legislative Change.

Denver.-A constitutional amend
ment to change the time of the meet
ing of the Legislature SO that the AS
sembly will convene year after the
governor takes office is to be pro-
posed in bill which will be intro
duced into the General Assembly and
will have the support OF Governor
Carlson
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
HEARD IN A BARBER SHOP.

Barber tshaving customer)-Do you know that
when the edge of razor is examined under a
microscope 1t has teeth like those OF a saw?
Tortured Victim-I don't need a microscope to
know that
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
THE NEW JOKER,
money.

Well see the war is all over" announced a
fellow who was trying to be contributor
What do you mean. all over?" replied the fol,
low he brought along with him as feeder
"All over Europe!" cried the original comedian
with shrek of laughter.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
THE CAUSE.

"ChoIly has a swelIed head"
There is one thing only which with reason
could give that idiot sweed head"
And what might that be?"
"A good punching"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
He nWonu Out.

"Were you gambling last night?'
NO, indeed. l was a donation par
ty. / came away hundred to the
good"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
Very Much So.

my fate hangs on hair"
Then you have but a bald pros
pect."
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-29
German Praises Dickens.

DR.. Rudolf Fuerst. the well-known
German historian OF literature, having
recently criticized Dickens as an au-
thor who lacked ability to portray vir-
tue because he himself was devoid
Of love-" Albert Primer replies in the
Vossische Zeitung by asserting that
Dickens was full of love and there.
fore deserves love-"
When" he says, "a contemporary
writer or artist like Maeterlinck or
Holder, whom we have rendered ia
nous, now repays his gratitude to Ger
many by abusing her, then the man
and the artist are not separated, and
the door is to be shown to him, but
our revenge should not extend to the
heroes of the spirit Of former times,
to whom we owe our gratitude and
who never caused US any pain.
'Lissauer's Song of Hate speaks
out what millions among our people
feel, present-day England as our foe.
but when wish after the heavy cares
of the day to escape into the still neu-
trail domain Of the immortal works OF
the spirit of poetry, then may be al
lowed to forget, in the company OF
Pickwick, Micawber, and other crea-
tons of Dickens muse, that war is
stalking through the world"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-29
THE KITCHEN PORCH

The incest porch is enclosed with
wire screen, thus shutting out flies
and mosquitoes. If the kitchen is also
a dining room, the wide porch thus
enclosed is doubly available. giving
cool place to eat, secure from rain
or unpleasant insect visitors. It is
still another great Improvement over
the. lawn for eating because more con-
venient to the kitchen, saving the trou-
BILE of going up and down stairs.
A rocking chair and high stool en-
able one to work at the table while
seated, and are essentials to comfort.
It is much better to keep the washing
In one corner instead of Juggling it up
and down cellar every wash day. This
can be concealed from sight by .
cheaply constructed screen.
Shade will be needed during por-
ton of the day. The Virginia creep
er, readily obtained of a florist If not
q neighbor, is the most rapid grower
and most beautiful of our native vines.
Morning glory and wild cucumber
furnishes aedainty curtain, which must
be renewed from year to year, though
the latter renews without work on our
part through self-sown seed.
The clematis in several varieties,
native and exotic are favorites.
With vines for shade the housewife
may have a more enjoyable spot in
which to do the drudgery.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-29
Physician,s Responsibility.

An indictment charging physical
with manslaughter in the second de-
gree because Of negligence in the oper.
alton of an X-ray machine, as the re-
suit of which patient received a NOR
tai burn, has been upheld by the SUI
preme court of Minnesota in State vs.
Lester. The court said:
We must take judicial notice that
X-ray machines sometimes inflict Sc
rious burns, and the Indictment char
acterizes the instrument used as dan
gerous unless skillfully handled and
presumptively known by defendant to
be such, Notwithstanding which ne
placed it too close to his subject. and
also failed during an excessive ex.
posture to give her the attention requi-
site to prevent injury. These allega-
lions import criminal negligence. and
the questions raised thereby are for
the jury"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-29
MODEL FOR ALL TIME
LAWS OF THE INcAs REMARK.
ABLE FOR THEIR WISDOM.
just Imposition Of Taxes, and eenefI-
cent Mandates Concerning the In
fortunate Principal Features
Of Ancient Civilization.

In the remote Businesses CT huge
mountain range, on continent I'M
known to the civilized world of Eu-
rope and Asia 400 years ago-the An.
des Of South America-ther existed q
civilization SO remarkable that the
most famous of the historians of the
conquest said OF it: Laws so benef-
cent have never been enjoyed by any
country under any Christian monarch,
or under any kings, whether of Asia,
Africa or Europe" That. writes G. R.
Enock, in s'The Secret OF the Pacific,
is not an exaggeration.
Among the most remarkable laws Of
the Incas we're those concerning taxa
ton. The principal feature Of those
laws was that the taxes were not paid
in money, but in work and IN produce,
whether manufactured or grown. The
Inca emperors thought it unjust to
demand that taxes should be paid in
any kind OF commodity that the peo-
pie could not produce by their own
personal labor.
The people also paid another sort OF
tribute. They made clothes, shoes and
arms for the soldiers, and for the poor,
who could not work themselves, ow-
ing to age or infirmity. The cloth
was made of wool from the fiocks OF
llamas that abounded in the noun
tains. On the plains of the seacoast.
where the climate is warm and they
do not dress in woolens, the people
made cotton clothes, the cotton being
supplied from the crops Of the en-
peror The shoes were made in the
provinces where aloes were most
abundant, for they we're made of the
leaves Of tree called maguey. Each
province furnished its own produce,
and no province had to supply any
thing that did not belong to it.
There was a beneicent mandate
that forbade beggary and restitution;
that, of course, followed upon due pro
vision in their laws. Every citizen
was provided for, theoretically and
practically. No man need be idle; no
man need lack land or seed, or imple-
ments for cultivation; therefore, NO
one was permitted to beg. If any
were found doing SO, it was clear
proof Of idleness, for the incapable
were provided for; and contempt and
punishment we're melted out on all
tramps, vagabonds and idlers.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-29
BROTHERS in MISERY
coMRADEsHIP OF WOUNDED ON
THE BATTLEFIELD.
Letter Written to His FIances BY
Dying French ofFScer Reveals
Triumph Of the Finer Feel
inss Of Humanity.

A letter, which is among the most
moving documents written since the
beginning Of the war, has been re-
ceived by a young American woman in
Paris. It was written by her fiance,
Z French cavalry officer, as he lay
dying in Flanders, and with the letter
she received the news of his death.
After narrating how he was wound
ed in the chest during q cavalry
charge and temporarily lost conscious
ness, the writer goes on:
There are two other men lying
near me and do not think there Is
much hope for them, either One is
an officer of Scottish regiment and
the other a private in the uhlans.
They were struck down after me
and when l came to myself found
them bending, over me, rendering first
aid. The Britisher was pouring water
down my throat from his flask, while
the German was endeavoring to
stanch my wound with an antiseptic
preparation served out by their med
ical corps.
1.-THE Highlander had one of his legs
shattered and the German had several
pieces OF shrapnel buried in his side.
In spite Of their own sufferings they
were trying to help me, and when |
was fully conscious again the German
gave me a morphia injection and took
one himself His medical corps had
also provided him with the injection
and the needle, together with printed
instructions for its use.
after the injection, feeling wonder
fully at ease, we spoke Of the lives we
had lived before the war. We all.
spoke English, and we talked of the
women we had left at home. Both the
German and the Britisher had only
been married year.
Il wondered, and suppose the 9TH
ers did, why we had fought each other
at all looked at the Highlander,
who was falling to sleep exhausted.
and in spite of his drawn face and
mud-stained uniform, he looked the
embodiment Of freedom. Then /
thought of the tricolor of France and
all that France had done for liberty.
"Then ] watched the German. who
had ceased to speak. He had taken a
prayer book from his knapsack and
was trying to read service for sol
diers wounded in battle
The letter ends with reference to
the failing light and the roar of guns.
It was found at the dead officers side
by a Red Cross file and forwarded to
his fiancee.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-29
Monkey War Nateran.

Jacko. the pet monkey of H. NJ. s.
Loyal. who has been in three wars, re-
Gently paid a flying visit to Harwich,
and for the sake ofvariety made part
OF the journey on the roof Of railway
carriage.
Born in South Africa during the
war, JACKIE was made the pet of regi-
ment, and was with the troops on two
or three battlefields A seaman faith
cred him and took him afioat. He went
to the China station, and was with the
naval brigade In the Boxer rebellion.
Back to sea he9went from ship to ship,
and he was in the Loyal during its re-
cent engagement with German de-
stroyers.
Being an old soldier, he then took
refuge in the nsh-kettle, emerging
quite gay and hearty when the shoot
ing was over.-London Daily Mail.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-29
PLANTS OF MAILING SIZE

Many fine varieties of fruit, as well
as shrubbery, are to be had very
cheaply by ordering mailing-size
plants from reliable firm or nursery
man. Many of these nurserymen
make up a collection, containing some
excellent fruits, which they offer at a
cost that most of us can reach, and
the plants are SO well packed that,
with ordinary care and small knowl-
edge of their needs, almost anyone
will succeed in growing every one Of
them. In case of standard fruits, the
plants will be a little longer in reach
ing the bearing period, but it is bet
ter than not to have them at all. Look
up the catalogues, be sure you deal
with a reliable, responsible firm, and
try the mailing-size plants
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-29

and are done blooming before the
moving machine is run over that part
of the grass.
find the Roman hyacinth will in
crease from year to year If left in the
ground.
While Roman hyacinths are cata-
logued as not hardy, have them here
in my garden in southern Connecti.
cut, and their sweet, graceful blossoms
greet one in May time, If give them
a very light covering of rough ma
nure late in the fall.
In my hardy bulb border I have
some old-fashioned double white tu-
lips, and these with few of the Cot
tage Garden tulips Of brilliant color
ings make a gay showing all through
May.
They may be left in the ground from
year to year and need no winter pro-
lection.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-29
Germany's Dead Letter Mail.

Thes German post Office is to spare
the feelings, SO far as possible, of the
families of soldiers who have fallen
in battle, when mail matter, nondeliv-
cradle for that reason, is returned to
the sender Hitherto it was the Gus
tom to stamp on the letter or package
merely the word fallen" or dead
and send it back home to shock the
relatives with this harsh hrevity. Now
the military authorities have been d.
rected to use the words fallen for the
fatherland," or fallen on the field of
honor"
In still another way the authorities
are trying to soften the blow of death
notices from the front. Hitherto this
was attempted only in country dis
tricts, where the returned mail of the
fallen soldiers was handed over to the
local authorities or the clergyman,
who then undertook to break the fatal
news gently to the family. Something
like this is now to be done also in the
towns and cities. The local authori-
ties will now be asked to select some
person suitable for bearing the mes
sage Of DEATH.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-29

work in the home garden. BY securing
the children's aid, permanent improve
ment in the physical condition of the
neighborhood Is assured.
Deficient, ungraded children have
found great delight in the garden and
have proved themselves capable Of
understanding how to plant and care
for the crops. To this end, brighter
future has been secured for children,
who, by the beneficent healing of the
great Mother Nature, have found a
little niche they can adequately fill in
the scheme of things and instead Of
a burden to the community they will
become useful members of society. 4
commercialized farm has been 81
cured, the earnings of which will be
apportioned to the young workers as
their reward.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-29
When Erlaatea Came 70 Blown.

Naval warfare had its horrors be
fore the day Of the mine and the sub
marine. Lady Dorothy Nevill, for in
stance, tells of noted evidence given
by British naval officer Of the Mel
son school: (which was the most sol
emn and awful moment Of naval
battle?" he was asked by lady. THE
moment before the battle, madam,
when they sprinkled the sand on the
decks to absorb the blood that was to
fowP was the reply.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-29

The utilizing of vacant property
to extend nature study facilities for
the school children is becoming more
OF a fact every day. Teachers and
parents alike are realizing the added
benefits, both mental and physical, to
the child student of nature from work
in the great out of doors.
The elementary classes in the pub
lie schools of New York are allowed
so minutes a week, divided into two
periods Of As minutes each, for ma
ture study. Vacant lots adjacent to
the schools are converted into gar
dens, where practical instruction is
given out of DOORS.
Prizes are offered the children for
the best results in the school garden
and added interest is given by re-
ward for continuation of the good
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-29

provide vehicle. Each carrier from
this office uses a horse and buggy
for this. service. While horses have
not become much faster the carriers
have become more efficient as can
be seen from the fact that they leave
and return at the same time as they
were scheduled in 1897, yet handle
a vast quantity more mail
Cost of the service per piece ID
1897 was l.85 cents. The average cost
per piece today IS approximately one
cent, Il. n. BRADLEY
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-29
rramps Raid Peacock Pen.

A feast fit for kings. perhaps. has
been INDUCED by hoboes who raided
the grounds Of Millionaire Gardner
Hammond of Montecito, Cal, and
made on with the peacocks, The
beautiful fowls have attracted no end
Of comment, being imported birds,
The loss was discovered in the
morning and all day Sheriff Nat Stew
art searched the hobo camps. but in
vain. Raids on Montecito hen coops
have been OF nightly occurrence.
Big reward paid and no questions
asked" Is the way the Hammonds are
advertising fer the return of their pea
cocks.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-29

In 1897, while the rural delivery SER
vice was in the experimental stage,
the carriers from this office delivered
and collected in 81 days $3.50 pieces
of mail matter. In the same number
Of days during 1914 and 1915 the car
riers have delivered and collected 75,-
35z pieces which shows awonderful
growth in the service. The volume
Of mail has SO increased that It is no
longer expedient to carry mail horse
back and Carriers are required e
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-29
SOME SATISFACTORY BULBS
By JULIE ADAMS POWELL

BY JULIE ADAMS POWELL.
In planting a perennial flower gar
den one must spare a corner, or strip
of ground, for the hardy bulbs which
come up from year to year with very
little care, excepting the general care
which flower lovers all give to their
gardens such as keeping the weeds
down, fertilizing the ground in the
fall, and loosening the earth in the
springtime.
Scilla Siberica is very satisfactory,
it being one of the first bright-blue
flowers to greet us, for it comes in
crocus time. Then there is the Scilla
Campanulata, or Spanish bluebell
These bulbs, grown in masses with
snowdrops, grape and feathered n.y.
acinths, are charming in effect.
My crocuses are planted in the lawn
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-29

delivery, and collect mail.
Throughout the United States rural
delivery is now established on nearly
], 900 900 miles of road, serving more
than 100000 people, and it is esti-
mated that more than 1000, 100000
pieces of mail were handled by the.
rural carriers during the past fiscal
year with the expenditure. Of more
than $40 ,000, 600 The expenditures
Tor the fiscal year ending June 80. 1897
vas $40.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-04-29
SOME SUMMER FLOWERS

A bed 81 nasturtiums will supply
blossoms until frost comes
In planting mixed sweet peas you
can tell whether they will be dark or
light by the color Of the seeds.
Mas the different varieties Of a
single flower and the effect is more
pleasing than when made up of a
dozen varieties. On the lawn, as in
the vase, popular taste has been
trained to admire the harmony Of
unity.