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ELECTRIC STORM IN EAST.
Twenty-one Die in Heat Wave In
New York.

New Scorching heat and a
lightning shot thunder storm which
fell upon the city in the van OF a
sixty-mile gale We'd with each other
on the 18th in spreading death and
destruction through Manhattan and
the country near by-New England,
New Jersey and Long Island apparent
ly bearing with New York the brunt
OF the storm.
Heat killed fifteen persons in the
metropolitan district, including one in
Manhattan. and caused eighteen pros
trations in Manhattan and the Bronx
and six in Brooklyn.
Lightning destroyed three lives
one In Manhattan, one in Great Neck,
l.. l., and one in Belleville, N. j.
and slew also three blooded horses
within 100 yards of the crowded
grandstands at the Empire City track
near Yonkers.
Many houses were struck and set
afire by the flaming bolts.
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euardsmen to Get About s2s. 900.

The United States army paymaster3
will make their first distribution at
the Golden rifle range soon after
Aug. i. Announcement to this effect
was principal topic of interest
among guardsmen mustered into the
federal service. approximately $685.
900 will be distributed to the men.
based on the time they were called
into service-from June 19 on The
pay will range from SIS a month for
privates upward through the various
ranks. The federal ghost will walk
probably for all the men now at the
camp, as 1t is expected that by the
time the paymaster Is on the job all
the militiamen will have been mus
tered in under federal service. Over
GOO have already taken the federal
oath. The hospital division. the first
unit to be thoroughly recruited and
equipped in every detail, now has a
fully equipped field hospital capable
OF caring for los patients. directed
by Mai. w. A. Jolley 1t is said that
every operation possible in any Den.
yer hospital can be performed at the
camp.
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Parker Calls Progressive Convention.

New Orleans.-A statement and
call to the patriotic men and women
of America to hold new national
convention OF the Progressive party
in Chicago on Aug. and nominate
candidates for President and vice
president and continue the party's ex-
istence as distinct political organ
ization, was issued here by John NJ
Parker, vice presidential nominee of
the Progressive convention held in
Chicago last June. He urges the Pro-
gressiyes to "eternally bury" the Bull
Moose, which, he asserts, lied his
loyal followers into the wilderness"
and to adopt in its place the Ameri
can eagle as the emblem of the party
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-07-20
Colorado Gets $1,000 for Roads.

government and the states in high.
way improvement has begun on a
countrywide program. In the next
five years sl50,OO0,000 will be ey.
pended on half-and-half plan, upon
arterial roads selected by the high.
way authorities of the forty-eight
states. subject to the approval of the
secretary of agriculture. Colorado's S
share of this distribution is s1,302,.
900; ss6,SOO the first year, sl73.G01
the second year, s2G0,400 the third,
s3i7 200 the fourth and $4,000 the
fifth.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-07-20
Coal Output Increases 3.5 Per Cent

Washineton-The coal production
of the country last year increased
both In quantity and value accordi.g e
to a statement issued by the bureau
of mines. The production OF bitumi.
nous coal and anthracite amounted to
53l .G19.4S7 short tons, valued at 1885,
691, ,1S6, an increase. compared with
1914, OF lS.09i,0i0 tons Of 3.5 per cent
In quantity and $5.200,534 or per
cent In value.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-07-20
Place Searchlights on Hill Tops.

Eagle Pass, Tex.-Military authori.
ties are placing searchlights on hill
tops and other vantage points near
the Mexican border here. These will
make 1t virtually impossible for any
military activity to be conducted near
the border under cover of darkness.
A trainload of fifty-four motor trucks
for the use OF the regular and state
troops was received at the military
encampment today.
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s75,ooo,ooo for 1916 US Wool Clip.

Washinaton.-American sheep rails.
ers will receive about s75,00o,O0O for
this years wool clip, the Department
OF Agriculture announced. Average
prices during June were 2S.7 cents
per pound. higher than for many
years. The average weight of fleese
Of wool is 6.92 pounds and the coun-
try annually produces about 37.OOO.OO0
fleeces. The weight OF fleeces has
been Increasing year by year, accord.
Ing to department figures.
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WOULD GUST CARRANzA
TREviNO TO START NEW REvO.
LUTON IN MEXICO.
With Leaders in North He Is Said to
Be Fomenting Coup to Gust First
Chief and Gen. Obregon.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
FL Paso, Tex-"Get out of Mexico
or be shot" is the ultimatum to be
presented to Gen. Carranza and Gen.
Obregon by the Mexican generals Of
Northern Mexico, according to fur
ther reports brought from Chihuahua
City by arrivals concerning the new
movement, declared to be in prepara-
tion, for the substitution Of a govern
ment by the people for the present
dictatorship of Gen. Carranza. With
the ultimatum backed by almost the
entire military forces OF Mexico the
leaders are said to believe a simple
ultimatum to Carranza and Obregon
would be sufficient
That it would be a bloodless reyo-
luton to be followed by a national
election at which Francisco de la Bar.
ra would probably be elected Presi.
dent, the government would be re-
financed and bandits would be COM
pletely exterminated before the new
government would ask the recognition
of foreign nations.
Rumors of the approaching coup
are gaining wide circulation In Chi
huahua City, said the arrivals, and it
generally seems to meet with popular
favor. The masses of people realize
only that under Carranza they are
starving to death and they are willing
to undertake any desperate enterprise
for the sake of their families. Car
rama, too, is blamed for the continued
presence OF American troops on Mexi.
can soil.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-07-20
Banks Adopt Check Clearance.

Washington.-A check collecting
and clearing system has become oper-
alive in the banks of tte Federal Re
serve system. Although no reports
have been received by the board, most
of the banks are known to be conf
dent the system will meet with favor
at once by both bankers and businsss
houses.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-07-20
Riohtor Chosen Ruler Of EIks.

Baltimore, Md.-Edward o. Rightor
OF New Orleans was elected grand ex-
alted ruler of the Benevolent and Pro-
tectiye Order of Elks. over Lloyd Max.
well of Marshalltown, Iowa. at the an
nual convention of the order in ses.
sion here
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-07-20
Shoots at Father and Mother

East Las Vegas, New Mex.-Albert
Turner. is, while supposedly insnhe,
at his home at Yankee. near Ration,
shot at his father and mother with a
revolver. injuring neither Later he
went to the home Of a neighbor. Lou
10 Barbot, and shot him through the
chest. Barbot may die. Turner is In
isil at Ration.
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Estate Yields Double Tax.

Two inheritance tax fees were col.
lected by the state from the estate
of Mrs. Elizabeth Fox of Denver. who
died in 1915, her estate including that
OF her husband. NJ. P. Fox. who died
In 1911. The total paid was sl,576,74.
The total collections for the
week by State Inheritance Tax Ap.
praiser Hubbard was s2,120.93.
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y 90 - =
JOHN +. cAMPIoN is DEAD,
Notable Mining and Business Man
Expires Following Long illness.

Denver chimes of the Cathe.
dral OF the Immaculate Conception
,tt8an TO toll Monday morning when
/. John F.. Campion, Colorado builder,
pioneer and wealthy citizen, passed
away. The only other occasion when
\ the. chimes have been similarly used
= was when Pope Plus died
\ THese @hd were at his bedside
4 when the end came were Mrs. Cam.
pion and. their four children, Helen,
Phyllis. John and Roland Campon;
iAes. Father. Hugh McMpnamin; Miss
Nellie DAILY, sister of Mrs. Campion,
and George Campion, brother.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-07-20
Lieut.. Coffin Raised to Captain.

First Lieut. Roy G. Coffin of Bat.
terry A of the artillery battalion will
be promoted to captain of the battery,
1t was reported at the Golden Rifle
Range. He will fill the vacancy made
by the War Department In ordering
Lieut.. Joseph A. Rogers. regular
army officer. TO other duties. Lieu
tenant Rogers is assisting Capt. w. T.
Bates as mastering officer at the
rifle range
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BIG INHERITANCE TAX
HEIRS OF M. D. THATCHER ES-
TATE PAY s337.7so.3o.
Tax Is Largest Ever Collected in
colorado-other Payments to
State Commissioner.
Western Newspaper Union News Service

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Denver.-State Treasurer Allison
Stocker collected an inheritance tax
of s33I,79030 from the estate of the
late Mahlon d. Thatcher. who was a
banker OF Pueblo. The appraised val.
lie Of the estate was $9.3l0,705.80.
Without deductions the tax is the
largest ever assessed in Colorado and
totaled s353,55s2l The difference be-
tween the assessment and the amount
collected is allowed the estate for pay
ing the tax forty.five days before it
was due.
The state collected as inheritance
tax from the estate OF the late Win
field Scott Stratton $35O,00o. This
amount included interest and penal
ties assessed because of the delay in
paying the tax which was in the
courts for four years.
The largest item in the Thatcher es-
tate is the bond holdings which are
scheduled at $3,642,47255. The real
estate is given at only $54,275 and
mining stock at $4,000
The following inheritance taxes
were also paid the state;
Estate OF John Harvey Armand,
sl55.is upon an appraised value OF
s12,S70.
Estate of Carl Bernard Richter,
$3s5.s6 upon an appraised value of
sI7.5i74s
Estate Of Henry l.. Bowman. s5i.S0
upon an appraised value of $4,000.
State inheritance tax appraiser,
Leslie Hubbard. made the appraisals.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-07-20
Rabid VOLTS Bite Fatal to Man.

Terra Amarillo, N. M.-The bite of
a rabid wolf. which tore Miguel Ri
vera seriously before he killed it last
April proved fatal here Saturday. Ri.
vera was on his way to be treated,
the disease having manifested itself
about ten days before.
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School Fund Gets S26O, 900.

The State Superintendent of Public
insa nction has been notified by Audi.
tor Mulnix that there now Is S2GO.O0o
to the credit of the public school in.
come fund ready for distribution over
tffe state.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-07-20
Pension for Boyd's Widow.

Washington.-Senator Reed intro
duced bill to provide for payment
of $l25 month to the widow, daugh.
ter and son Of Capt. Charles T. Boyd
of the Tenth cavalry, killed at CARR.
zal, Mex.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-07-20
Weevil Destroys Cotton crop.

Jacksonville. Fla.-The Mexican
boil weeyil has destroyed the cotton
crop in large sections Of Florida.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-07-20
saca County Bank incorporates.

Incorporation papers were filed in
the secretary Of states office for the
Stonington State bank I'm Baca coun.
ty. The capital stock OF the new
concern Is $4,000.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-07-20
Italians Blow up castelIetto Summit.

Rome.-The summit of castelletto,
in the Tofana region, has been blown
up by the Italians, the entire Austrian
force there being buried in the wreck.
age.
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London. July 13.-More than COO 900
German bayonets are opposing Gen.
Haig's advance, according to reports
Of French airmen. In this drive the
British are aiming for the crest of the
ridge commanding the wide plateau
which Is held by the Germans and
which is considered the key to the
situation north of the Somme.
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Paris.-The bombardment along the
Belgian front has reached a point OF
the greatest intensity, according to
the official statement issued by the
French war office.
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Fienna,-The Russians penetrated
the Austrian lines northwest of Blu.
czacz after fierce fighting, but were
driven out by a counter attack, ac-
cording to the official statement.
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Petrograd, July ia furious coun.
ter attack was launched by Austrian
and German forces against the Rus
SLAMS west OF the Stripa. The war or
flee announcement says that In this
region the Russians took 5000 pris-
oners and captured two big guns and
nineteen machine guns.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-10
IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID WORK
In Some Form Every Man Must Do
His Share Toward the Progress
Of tho World.

Colonel Roosevelt says that those
who cloak their unwillingness to toll
and endure" are timid and lazy. But
what would he say of those who are
unwilling to toll and endure, and do
not cloak it? Perhaps he would say
that they are unjust to themselves and
to others, counting unhappiness for
themselves, and seeking to extend 1t
to others. If SO, he would not be far
wrong.
The person who is unwilling to toll
and endure does not properly belong
In this world. for happily this is a
world of work. He ought to go hence
or reform. Work Is, in ITSELF not .
thing to complain Of; rather is 1t some
thing to be joyous about. or course,
the conditions of work may be I'M
pleasant and the task before US may
be distasteful But the character OF
the task Is generally of our own choos-
ing and we are unfortunate II we have
made a poor selection. Loving some
work, the effort should be to get into
the work we love. AS for working con-
dittons, they also are sometimes Of
our own making; and where they are
not, they are always subject to cor.
rection. Work Is the discipline that
makes character; loving ones work is
the Joy of living. OF all mortals, we
can conceive OF none more unhappy
than those who are unwilling to toll
and endure and try to hide their I'M
willingness.-Columb Evening Dis.
patch.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-10
Pencils Made Sterile.

School physicians have recently de-
cided that school lead pencils may do
deadly work as dissemnators of dis
ease germs. The lead pencils for an
entire room are usually in charge or
the teacher and are distributed when
they are needed for class work. Chill
dren habitually moisten the pencils In
their mouths, a practice more unsani-
tary than the use of the old fashioned
slate cleaned with saliva. 1t is now
proposed to have the pencils fumi-
gated daily with formaldehyde gas,
and a small fumigator has been de-
signed for that purpose. The fumi-
gator is the size of one burner gas
hot plate. The top will hold so pen
ellis They are set in place and the
fumigatng gas turned on for Is min
utes, which renders them absolutely
stayi1o
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Sterilizer for School Pencils.

In many public schools where the
children do not own their individual
pencils, but where these are distribut.
ed and collected by the teachers, it
has been felt that infectious diseases
might easily be communicated from
one child to another by the pencils.
For boys and girls have habit of
chewing or sucking the ends Of their
pencils, and the germs CT the many
diseases that Turk in the mouth are
thus transferred to the soft wood.
Thus might any of the affections of
the throat, nose and lungs, to say
nothing Of the more serious diseases
that manifest themselves in sores Of
the mouth, be transmitted.
1t is to safeguard against this that
E. S. Mathis of Haddonfield, N. j., has
patented a sterilizer for pencils. These
are put in a rack, their point being
immersed in formalin gas, which kills
any germs that may be upon them.
Mr.. Mathis says it will cost 81 year
to sterilize the pencils of school
with his device.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-10

have taken rect between the rows, 1t
Is advisable to pillow up the center of
the rows, leaving the younger plants
to form the new row.
Strawberry plants produce the heavi-
est at the first seasons frultng and
decline very rapidly after that time.
For this reason, ii is advisable to re-
move he old plants and give the
younger ones Il chance to develop. The
old plants can easily be told from the
young plants by the roots. Old plants
have dark-colOrcd roots, while young
plants have Ight-colurcd, Also, the
crowns of the old plants become black
and elongated, While on the young
plants the crowns are short and light
cOlored.
Good fruit growers will ordinarily
not fruit the beds more than Two seal
sons, it being cheaper and more profit
able to set out Il new bed. But where
only limited ground is to be had, the
renovating system above described can
be utilized To advantage.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-10
MINE HAS PECULIAR VALUE
Great Variety Of Most Useful Products
Taken From the Ground In Yer
dite, South Africa.

Situated in the beautiful Kaap val
ley, In the jamestown district Of Bar
berton, Transvaal. there is mine
known by the name Of Verdite. The
name was given to 1t on account OF
the peculiar greensboro found in the
mine, which is unknown in any other
part of the globe. Articles OF jewelry
and ornaments are made Of verdite.
and it has been called the lucky green
stone of South Africa. This green
stone is a silicate of magnesia, or
tale, colored green by nature in the
course of its formation. Other silicates
of magnesia may be mentioned here;
peridote, serpentine, meerschaum and
steatite. The mine, or, rather, hill,
consists Of three varieties Of tale,
green, white and black. But Pc
culiar fact is that in the black talo
there is present pure gold. Some of
the finest specimens of gold-bearing
rock have been found at this mine.
Everyone knows that gold is found
In quartz, pyrites, or even In sea
water, but scarcely ever has 1t been
mentioned In books that gold exists
in tale. When the verdite rock has
gone through the ordinary process of
crushing and the gold has been ex-
tracted, the waste Tor what is called
the shines from a gold mine) is
used In the manufacture Of soap,
grease, paint, paper, toilet powders,
gas jets, electric insulators, crayons
and many other articles of everyday
use. In fact, one might say that
everything got from this mine can be
used for some commercial purpose.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-10
TELL OF HUMAN SACRIFICE
Significance of Pair Of Thongs, in New
York Museum, Will Be Ap-
parent to All.

The curator of anthropolOgy at the
American Museum of Natural History,
New York, values among recent acqui-
sitions in the Pawnee Indian eollec-
ton a pair of thongs which are, so
far as known, the only existing relics
OF the Pawnees' tribal rite of max
ing a human sacrifice to the Morning
Star, god of war. Curiously enough,
the Pawnee god of war star is believed
to have been the planet Mars.
When life grew dull it devolved
upon the Pawnee priests to relieve the
tedium of the tepees by dreaming that
Old Morning Star demanded a sacri-
fee. Then the bloods went on the
warpath until they captured maiden
of hostile tribe. After due ceremony
she was bound by thongs to u scat
fold, her feet pointing right at old
Morning Star himself. When the
brave bucks, who rather prided them
selves ON their sharpshooting, had
stuck her so full of arrows that she
looked like a hedgehog, and when her
heart had been cut out the party was
over.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-10
TURTLES AS TONNES PETS
British Soldiers on the Tigris Amuse
Themselves With Captured
Tortoses.

London.-During lulls In the fight
ing on the Tigris British soldiers off
duty found it very hard to amuse
themselves, according to Edmund
Gambler, the British press representa-
tive in Mesopotamia.
AT one time when the British force
intrenched near El Hannah, because
the Turkish position was too strong to
be taken by a direct frontal attack, the
soldiers found themselves ON a narrow
strip of ground with the Tigris on one
side and a salt marsh on the other.
The soldiers enjoyed bathing in the
salt marshes, and Il fav0ritc sport was
catching tortoSes A Tommy Atkins
would tie Il string around the leg of his
pet and put him up on the parapet Of
the trenches to Craze while he fought
the enemy.
The pet of one of the soldiers, a
Scotsman, found too little food on the
parapet, and died. The body of the
victim was gravcly buried by the sol
dierS with an Identification disk about
its neck.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-10
LOST IDENTITY FOR YEARS
Man Hurt in San Francisco Earth.
quake, Receivers His Memory
in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee. Wis.-Samuel SHmuels
of San Francisco "uwOke" In Milwau.
kee, he says. after his memory had
been dimmed for ten years through
an injury sustained during the San
Francisco earthquake.
Wandering amlesSly, as though lost,
SamuelS, who is about 90 years old.
acc0Stcd policeman at Van Buren,
and Brady streets with the question,
Am | in San Francisco" When told
that he was in Milwaukee. 1900 miles
from Frisco. SunliciS was dubious.
81 owned clothing store in Frisco
ana had money" he said. "Where
Lave been and how have | lived all
This time? ! know | have wandered
and trnmpel to many places. hut until
this lay | did not know my own name
or where ] belonged
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-10
Hamlet ONLY Told the Truth,

"Tell people the truth and break so
cial conventions as Hamlet did, and
they will think you crazy!" DR.. John
Duncan Spaeth, professor of English
literature in Princeton university said
recently in lecture on Shakespeare
and the Democratic Spirit"
Hamlet was perfectly sane" Doc
tor Spaeth added, "but when he told
the truth to foolish people they
thought him crazy. He called Polo
MUS a fool, and the latter at once
tapped his head and was quite con-
WINGED Hamlet had gone mad. Hamlet
did the same thing with many others
who figured in his life. With the ex.
ception Of his mother and Horatio.
all other characters in the play, when
told the plain, unvarnished truth
thought him insane"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-10
RENEW OLD STRAWBERRY BED
Young Plants Should Be Given Chance
to Deveop-Heaviest Crop From
First Fruiting.

By r. p. SANDSTEN, Colorado Agri-
cultural College, Fort Collins, Colo)
AS soon as the picking season Is
over, the strawberry bed should be
moved and raked off. The dead
leaves around the old crowns should
also be removed and burned. The
rows are generally crowded with
plants in the center, and these should
be thnned ont and the rest thoroughly
cultivated with the hoe. Then the
beds should be given Il coating Of well
rotted barnyard manure worked into
the ground, and liberal supply of
water applied,
In many cases where the rows are
heavily matted and the young plants
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-10

usually short time after birth. The
foals do not always die at once, but
may linger for weeks or months with
swollen joints and other parts.
Care should be taken to provide a
clean stall with plenty Of bedding for
the mare several days before foaling
and to disinfect the floor and walls
with ) per cent solution of carbolic
acid or some other reliable germicide.
Cleanliness and sanitation used with
Intelligence will lessen the losses from
this disease. Disintection OF the ma
vel with iodine Immediately after birth
is recommended by most veterna-
rians. 1t might pay to protect the ma
vel with antiseptic bandages until it
heals.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-08-10
telephone" CURES THIRST
French Soldier Makes a Confession
and Penalty Is Lessened
by Half.

Paris.-A court-martial Mt the front.
The presiding officer, speaking with
distinctly kindly intOnation, to the &C.
cused:
"Now, now, admit that you tele-
phoned."
NO. my colonel, l did not tele-
phone
''If you confess, you will only have
half the penalty"
"Well, then, yes, my colonel, l DID
telephone
All the court laughed and nominal
sentence was pronounced.
The civilian should not imagine that
the use of telephone is crime in
the French army. TO "telephone," in
army slang, is to bore Il little hole In a
full barrel of wine, to fit II rubber tube
thereto and apply the mouth to the
other end