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The Jasper news., 1915-01-28
Twenty-Two Below Zero.

Colome, S. Oak.
Dear Jasper friends: Through
the kindness of the editor we take
this method of reaching our many
friends tn whom we have failed to
write.
We enjoyed as best we could a
very cold December-tcmperature
as low as az below zero The new
year, however, has been bright and
warm up to the 14th, since then
it has been some colder, but no
more disagreeable than the damp
chilliness of Missouri, we think.
The big December snow found
lots of corn in fields and farmers
are just now getting at the husk
ing again. This is Trip County's
largest corn crop, there being thus
far 100000 bushels of corn ship
ped from our little station, a good
deal yet to go. and lots of hogs
and cattle being fed in the county.
We think this a very healthful
climate. The entire family have
been we'll thus far. | really believe
| am getting tat and Mrs, Wal
dron has been so well for her.
We have many of the conven-
fences of an older country, are
one and one.fourth miles from
school, have telephone and loca-
ted on a railroad. Our little town,
five and one-half miles from US,
has about 500 inhabitants, has
several good stores, three eleva-
tors, three lumber yards, two
churches, good schools, five rural
routes and one star route.
My wife's mother and several
brothers and sisters are located
here, besides many friends she
formerly knew in northern Kansas.
We enjoyed turkey dinner with
the relatives Christmas Day.
The cold weather called a halt
to our building, which was an ad-
dition to our house. We can re-
sumo work now. however, which
when complete, will give us a very
good tive.room house.
Now, Mr.. Editor, ii this is too
lengthy leave out any part you
want to. We receive The News
on Monday and enjoy it thorough
ly, and await anxiously the edi-
ton with letters from the old
friends. Will assure any of the
Missouri friends a hearty welcome
who may come this way.
With good wishes for a prosper
Gus year to The News and all its
readers l am, Yours Truly,
W. 7. Peterson.
The Jasper news., 1915-01-28

the elevator window. 1t was
about the time of the Russian Jap.
anese war, so | selected the biggest
Russian name with its sky end
ing which | could find in the war
news, and honoring him with the
prefix of "Signor'' applied it to our
thrilling jumper. When Dan Wamp-
Ter read this in flaming let ters on
the bills and was heard to re-
mark. 1.-The town which advertises
such a lie as this will not enjoy my
presence and patronage or the
Fourth
In spite of the incredulity of Mr..
Wampler. however. the ''Signor''
jumped from the high elevator
window. for it was Charlie Leiss
and I who pushed him out. The
"Signor," 1T might be sail, was a
pair of overalls and jumper stuffed
with straw with a giant fire cracker
hid away in his abdomen. 1t WAS
arranged so that the cracker would
explode as the "Signor" struck the
ground, which it did much to the
surprise Ut several small boys who
ran up to the prustrate form ON q
sort of q first. aid to-the injured
errand.
But, last of all, l will never for
get the time the fireworks explod.
ed all at one on the high platform
in the city park. l never saw such
a scatterment in my life. How
"Doc" Gooding, Mont. Fairfield
and the other members of the fire
works committee who were engaged
in firing the works, ever got dowr
from the stand without injury
suppose remains a mystery unto
this day. / know it took about &
week for all Of Us TO tell how VIZ
got uver the woven wire fence
which surrounded the park. Ole
and decrepit rheumatics, womeI
with babies in arms and children
galore were in the streets in a jify
notwithstanding the five or six foo,
foot woven-wire fence between the
rad and the park, and very few
of us could tell how the feat was
accomplished in our individual
cases.
AS we have probably already
more than filled our allotted space
in the forthcoming "Old Friends
Edition we will close with regard.
and best wishes for a prosperou.
year for u old Jasper friends
whom we hope to see again some
day. Yours truly.
Lynn Monroe.
The Jasper news., 1915-01-28
THOSE oLD9TIME R
Lynn Monroe Recalls Scenes and
Events when Jasper Cele-
brated.
Montrose, Colo.

= ~ tAtN
] would like To &c back with my
old Jasper friends and copjure up
in II memories some of those old
Fourth of July celebrations which
we used to have when | was aie,i.
dent of Jasper.
The continued success which
seems to follow the annual fair,
an institution which had its birth
some years after we moved away,
as with those old Fourth of July
celebrations, is evidence that Jasper
is in the habit of doing the thing
up brown whenever she makes the
attempt.
| had the great honor and pleas
ure of being a member of the Jas
per Band during one of its most
prosperous periods, and you know
that it is on the Fourth of July
when a brass band shinestits bright
est. Among my most treasured
possessions are a number of kodak
pictures of jasper personages and
J~asperian seems And the choicest
OF these are a number Of snapshots
and flashlights of the Jasper Band
in its various and divers poses.
One of these was taken while the
band was in action at one of its
night rehearsalS in Brother Dray's
blacksmith shop, then located on
the corner opposite the Methodist
Church to the north. The black.
smith shop was naturally a rather
gloomy place in which to exercise
the art of photography, and when
you add to this the darkness of the
night one can realize what a flash
light had to overcome in order to
get the likenesses of the members
of the Jasper Band on the plate
without breaking the plate. The
result was that out of a rather
dense gloom | can recognize fear
ures of such fellows as Jumbo
Holmes, rising above that big horn
of his; Milt Boots, blowing on his
tenor horn, Brother Dray working
that slide of his for all it was worth
Leader Clarence Stratton fresh from
the farm in his corn-husking
clothes sitting on a saw horse car
rying the air to e.. Lauderbaugh's
old-time favorite Creole Belle"
DR.. Hendricks putting away at the
alto. Roy Well, and Homer Bayne
on the clarinets, "Bub" Burkett
on the snare drum and Walter
Stratton blowing" the bass drum.
However, the conspicuous feature
of the picture is the array of horse
bills tackled on the off wall of the
shop.
Another picture of the band is
one taken at Neck City, one time
when the band went over there to
furnish the music for an Odd Eel.
lows picnic. Another n pictures
the band in all of its glory march
ing down Grand Avenue at the
!. head of one of those famous
Fourth of July flower parades
which we used to have.
The best picture of all. however,
is the one taken of the band Just
after they had received their new
uniforms which consisted of elabor-
ate and be6gured white duck coats
and caps. We were all posing for
a picture on that occasion and fol-
lowed the instructions of the pho
tographer and looked our pleasant
est.
have often wondered whether
The Jasper news., 1915-01-28
Rev. w. o. Thompson Writes
from North Missouri.
Malta Bend. Mo.

Dear Brother Drake: Your let
ter at hand asking US to write a
letter for The News. We gladly
accept this invitation to write our
many friends around Jasper.
As you know, we left Jasper on
Wednesday morning, arrived in
Kansas City that afternoon and
stayed there until Friday morning,
leaving there early. We arrived
in Malta Bend about 10 o'clock
and found a committee at the sta
ton waiting for us The commit.
tee took us to a boarding house
across the street from the parson
age where we were entertained un-
til our goods came, and that was
the next day. A member of our
church living in the country
brought in his team and unloaded
the car for US. Wife and children
were greatly disappointed with the
scenery on the Missouri river, as
there were. a great many shacks
and little towns along the river.
and we had made up orr minds
we would not like Malta Bend. but
before we arrived the train pulled
out of the river bottom and on to
the plains and everything looked
quite different. We found Malta
Bend a fine little country town,
Malta was built several years ago
on the Santa Fe Trail, about three
miles north Of the Missouri river.
1t rs named after a bend in the
river, and the bend was named
after a steamboat that went down
in the bend in 80 feet of water
The boat was named Malta. and it
vas well named for it was loaded
down with Old Kentucky Bourbon.
The boat and contents have never
been seen from that day to this.
We moved into the parsonage
Saturday afternoon and camped
over Sunday. A union meeting
between our church and the NJ. E
South started Sunday night in our
church with d South Methodist
preacher by the name of Snead
doing the preaching. The meeting
continued for two weeks with no
visible results-not even a hand
raised and Brother Suead was a
good preacher.
Before the meeting closed we
had three small pox cases in town
which almost depopulated our
churches.
We have about 400 white people
and $50 colored in our town.
Three white churches and two
colored. Our church is consid
cred a little the strongest of the
churches. The Christian Church
has had the lead in the Sunday
schools, but at the present time
our church is leading. We have a
very nice frame building. The
main auditorium will seat about
$50, The main room is carpeted
with brussels carpet and seated
with nice pews The League room
will seat over a hundred. Back
of the pulpit is the pastors study,
east of the study the primary
Sunday School room. The church
has four ooms and is very nicely
arranged. The parsonage has five
rooms and a good cellar, a large
yard with plenty of garden room,
and fruit trees all over the lot.
We have a little country church
on this charge about seven miles
from Malta and two miles from
The Jasper news., 1915-01-28
"The Voice of One Crying From
the Wilderness"
Leslie, Ark.

49,
We foreigners Il p e ume we
are foreigners, at least, that is
what the natives here call us, and
the genial editor of this paper
told me last summer that. if |
moved down here | would have
to take out naturalization papers
when | wanted to come batk)
certainly appreciate the opportuni-
ty of meeting with you once more,
if only in split.
l presume, from the letters of
inquiry which we have received
from Missouri since locating here,
that many faces are turned in. this
| direction. So when | received a
request from The News for a letter
for this edition, I jumped at once
/ to the conclusion that the editor
had, perhaps, contracted a mild
form of the Arkansas fever-Nit!
Many people are coming into
this section, and from all direc.
tons. The two families whose
farms join us on the south are
from Kansas, near Abilene. Just
south of them is another Kansas
family from Chanute. East of us,
but not on adjoining land, is a
handsome bachelor from Iowa, on
a homestead. He has only been
here a month. Besides these
Foreigners" who are all in our
school district, there is one family
from Texas, and two others from
Missouri with. of course. many
natives" that is what they call
themselves
Oxley, our school district, is a
large one, having a roomy, COM
Portable schoolhouse with lodge
room above. We had a fairly
} good school, which only lasted
, five months. and is now out.
They began the terms here in July,
and Oxley had IS pupils enrolled.
BY the. way, Arkansas is badly in
need of good school teachers. The
!; districts have short terms now,
but it will soon be different, with
outsiders coming 50 fast, and
boards pay fair wages even now
from forty to sixty dollars, but the
rural schools much prefer male
teachers.
To our many friends who won
der how we like it here, We would
say, las we'll as we expected to-
We we're not hunting a better
place than Jasper when we moved,
but wished to try mountain eli
mate and the water here for Mr..
Moulton's health, and so far we
are we'll satisfied in that, as he has
been very well, indeed.
We like the mountains, the
forests, and our neighbors. We
did not expect to like the rough
roads. coming as We did from
good ones, nor did we think this
would be like home. We do not
expect any place to seem like Jas
!, per, to us, and that place will
likely always mean home; but it
is very pleasant here and the wea-
ther seems so very mild, though
!; every one says we are having an
unusually severe winter.
Land values are advancing here,
in keeping with other localities.
This would not seem strange to
you if you could realize the advan-
!, tages of the country, in spite Of
its roughness. The cheap building
materials, the climate, the health
fulness, the soil and beyond all
l. IL. c. -a@a. c,,DDAca ~
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WORK ON THE CAIIroENIA.

(bfOOklAu fdBle.)
The California is expected 10 be the
largest battleship in the world. II Will
be- unless the secret plan of some 9TH
err government includes construction
on scale not guessed by Washington.
She is TO burn only oil as fuel, and
use dynamos to give the electric pow
or to propel her. In the same way
every bit Of power on board will be
electrical. easily and instantly under
control She win have a displacement
Of $4,000 tons, length Of GOO feet
over ALL IA beam of % feet 4 inches,
land will carry twelve l4-inch guns in
four turrcts. Her diaught will DC 80
feet
But the speed Of the California viii
/ BE only twenty-one knots, at least four
knots less than that Of battleship
lcruiser such as other powers are
building. This calls attention TO the
greatest need of our navy Perhaps
the Brooklyn navy yard may have a
chance 60 do something to supply that
lneel. sooner or later. In the mean
time It viii try to surpass itself in the
excellence of the work and the
lprompmcss Of construction displayed
on the California
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run mALL or FAME.

seven more names Of great Ameri-
cans have lust been added to the list
In the Hall " Fame at New York unit
vorsity SIX men and one woman
They are.
Francis parkman, historian, born in
Boston In 1888 who won recognition
as the highest authority on the rise
ana fan of French dominion IN Amer
lea: died In 1898.
Mark Hopkins. educator born In
s.oekbridge Mass. 1902 died in 1881
Elias Howe. inventor. born In Spcn-
Ger. Mass, In l sac, who perfected the
scwinp machine IN 1916, died in 1861
Joseph Henry. scientist born In
Washington IN 1877, who was con
nccted with the Smithsonian lnsttu-
ton from 1876 to 1873: died in 1875
Charlotte Cusmans actress, born in
Boston In 1916. who won distinction
in shakespearean roles retiring In
1876: died In 1875.
Rufus Choate. iurist, born in Essex
Mass, in 1899. who succeeded Daniel
Webster in the United states senate
and next to him was Massachusetts
leading member Of the lar, died In
1855.
Daniel Boone. pioneer.
The Hall Of Fame was founded with
Ia gift Of $3.50 eco to New York uni
yersitv la an unnamed donor In 1900
Il plans to honor IN all 100 great
Americans, thirty foreign-born Amer
leans and sixty American women
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WORK Of GETTING
RODRIGUEZ JURY
BECOMES HARDER
Excitement Caused by ESCAPE
of Prisoner Has Caused
Nearly Everybody in County
to Form an Opinion,

Roswell, y. NJ. Nov. 1S.-With Juan
Rodriguez charged with the murder
Of Marion Cartwright whose escape
caused the sheriff's force and the en-
tire city a two-day search. safely in
Jail. another difficulty presented itself
when court opened for the continual
ton Of the trial this morning 1t was
quickly discovered that citizens who
have been trying to round up fugi-
tive do not make ideal Jurors to sin
on his case In the eyes Of the defen-
dants attorneys, at least
a special venire OF twenty-four sum-
moned to appear this morning was eX-
hausted by noon with only two pos
sibe jurors obtained from the num-
Der. ana with an excellent prospect
that the defense will challenge them.
This was the second special venire
drawn and there are still only eight
jurors selected. Another special has
been ordered for tomorrow morning
thirty-six citizens from the southern
part of the county being included in
this one, This will make total of
no men who have been summoned
to act as jurors In this case
The defendants attorneys added u
their list Of questions details regard
ing the past two days activity, The
greater part OF those examined today
said they had formed an opinion as ia
the guilt or innocence Of the defen-
dant and that they could not lay it
aside and give Rodriguez a fair trial
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TO A wAX FIGURE.

air lady Of the dress display
! pay fun tribute TO your charm,
'Tis somewhat cold, but, anyway
IL does not lead one into harm
Your beauty measured line by line,
No human can approximate;
It u.s. indeed, too perfeet-fine-
but you can't talk, at amy rate.
You wear, al present silk and down,
But YOU would not complain, my
sweet
II forced to wear cotton gown
And then. fair maid, you do not eat
NV heart and home you would adorn
Though, like your sex, you'd mufi
my Jokes.
YOU'D not wait mp for me tin morn
And, O my love! You have no folks
My nose against the pane, my dear,
dream vi making you my wife,
But--like Pypmaliou's Galateu,
fear me YOU might come to life!
Chicago News.
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u 'NIottin NfhNhla ~
Anothcf good story about Lord
Kitchener concerns a visit he paid to
some trenches that had been made by
members Of the new army some
where iu England
His lordship was conducted from
point q point by the officer in
churke hut he never said word of
praise or criticism
His guide evidently considered that
*. Of X" was satisfied with what he
saw. for he looked very pleased with
himself until kitchener was getting
into his ear to return to London.
Then Il was that the war minister
let fall his bombshell
Those trenches Of yours, he said
primly. as he settled down on the mo-
tor seat wouldn't keep out the SAL
walton Army
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PROSPERITY As NrvrR DrroH:

Within few months, the deposits
n American banks have been I'M
creased moro than OOO.OOO,OO0l
The help wanted advertisements
n Chicago newspapers have doubled
and they have Quadrupled In the
newspapers OF Now York city
Il. q. Duns last weekly Review
mid
"Ru~Incss Is no longer wholly de-
pendent upon the war demands the
bumper crops tie widespread in-
crease III production, IN tho working
force aud IN the power of the people
20 purchase having established the
basis for an era OF uncXamplcd pros
pcriiy."
Whatever the farmer on the nan-
ufacturcr has to sell whatever the
miner can take from the ground
whatever bruln ana muscle are FOR
hire. can all be disposed OF now al
the highest prices FOR cash ever be-.
fore known IN the history of the
United states.
Furthermore the tide Of prosper
ity is Just rising The world is bene
'rcmnde. Sew conditions have 10 com,
to the people Of this milton, just as
they are coming to tho peoples OF the
old world
when peace comes pohuca
boundaries viii be shifted some MAJ
tious VIII be greater and some vii
De- smaller. but whatever other re-
suits may hc, the financial capital Of
the earth has already been moyeS
from London 10 New York, and th'
reign OF The pound sterling has beer
suppNnted by the American dollar
as the standard of commercial values
In world trade
From Maine to California from
iar-off Alaska 20 Florida, the Who'll,
nation Is feeling the throb Of now
life, of increasing energy. Of uppor.
tunlty 90 conduct industry upon {
basis that win return profits New
enterprises are being projected, sur
iplus capital Is being absorbed Tn,
country is approaching what Ia any
other period would he termed boom
ihut now 70 Is merely matter OF
supply and demand much OF IN,
demand being the result Of som,
years Of inactivity because OF fnan
cial uncertainty
The new banking law has made
money stringenoy impossible and 4
panic. such As we had in 1898 an,
again lH 1897, never can occur again
our currency system stood a strain
from August /. 1914, 10 December I
81 that wear. which under the oh
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CURED RoY OF GROUP.

Nothing frightens a mother more
than the loud, hoarse cough of Group.
The labored breathing, strangling,
choking and gasping for breath call
for instant action. Mrs. 7 Neureucr,
Eau Claire, Wis, says: "Foley's Honey
and Tar cured my boy of a serious att
tack of Group after other remedies
had failed ] recommend It to every
one as We know from our own expert
ence that it Is a wonderful remedy for
coughs. colds. Group and whooping
cough" 1t clears air passages, soothes
and heals. Sold everywhere.
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NittNi"i "fN'tN tNtN'''
a tablet commemorative the birth
Of Joaquin Miller is unveiled a Liber-
ty. Ind Miller who was Indiana born,
was not recognized generally in his
own state as poet until he had
achieved considerable fame elsewhere.
The monument Is "a boulder from the
farm In Union county on which Miller
was said 90 have been horn. lie was
christeped Cincinnaus geine Miller
and was the son Of farmer parents
who came to Indiana tn the early
DAYS from Kentucky. They first set
lied In Union county and lived later
In Grant county This most rustwor-
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iihan the million and q half who paid
admissions in 1915 The exposition
vm he more comprehensive la its
scope more attractive more heauti-
I ml though such O. propnesy seems
presumptIous The addition of thc
word international to the maine.
making t The Panama-California
International exposition indicates
the greater importance OF the fair in
1916 than g had thia year
New Mexico. fortunately and wise
iy. erected a building at san Diego
ana made ID display that placed the
state pt once Ia the forefront among
the exhibitors az the exposition The
story ~ New Mcxico's triumph has
been told from day 20 day On these
columns and ny other newspapers me
world over suffice il 20 say that
as many as 5000 visitors IN our state
building were recorded IN singl
month. and that The total for the year
win exceed half million. New
Mexico has derived and IL reaplng
untold benefits from its enterprise.
The publicity alone was worth ten
times the entire expenditure by the
state Managed most economically
ana IN thoroughly husiness-like
manner. New Mexicos achievement
al san Diego has been no burden
upon any taxpayer The character
81 the exhibit and the attractivcness
Of the building made them none the
less unitarian
Would Il not be the greatest folly
10 tear down "Thc Cathedral ~ the
Desert" when 1t might serve even
greater purpose next year than Il dld
this. The Investment has been made,
The business has been established
upon firm foundations the profits
are certain TO be greater In 1915 than
In 1915.
Surely it should not be necessary
for Chairman ralph t. Twitchell. to
whose Inspiration and hard work for
more than two years the success OF
New Mexico'a building and exhibit
at san Diego is due, 20 90 up and
down the state with his hat in his
hand. begging for pennies when the
duty OF the commonwealth is 80 OBJ
vious and the reward so certain. A
contribution of thousand dollars
from each county would uphold the
honor Of the state and rot6rn to each
county a hundreafold its expenditure
or II the eighty banks in the state
each subscribed three dollars week
The Job would be done. aud there
isn't bank that directly and indi-
roctly wouldn't get back the princi-
pal and compound interest on the IN
ycstment Il will take only about
one-half Of what It cost to run the
state fair for four days to to main
tain the New Mexico building and
exhibit the entire year Surely here
X 4 duty which every county every
every public official and
private citizen should deem Il priv
ilcge TO meet wholehcgrtedy and
enthusiastically