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| as though the pleasanter city ways and
the more smiling greetings of men
were insufficient to lift the load of
ms troubles. \ poor gathering of pen
, mes he doubtless makes. and, having
necessarily become knower more or
less. OF human nature. he cannot hope
wherever he might wander. for any
great likelihood of disposing before
nightfall of his group of colored worlds
held captive by invisible threads The
pity is that for reason of this weight
upon him he cannot go forth smiling
ana WlH step more attuued to the
sayety and lightness of his f,oating
wares.
1t is not among the dinsy. crowded
streets that the balloon man comes
INTO his own of appreciation and mean
ing. In the bright seasons brightes;
weather all things must be bright to-
sether- ne dark and poor ways seem
TO shrink into greater gloom. while
with almost the cruel Haunting of
youth all the open. cared-for places in
crease in brightness, fairly reveling
in their own fortune without pity for
the dark places.
Here the balloon man, in all his
shabbiness, makes an apotheosis of
brightness. He belongs in the sunny
paths. the green stretches of the park
AS he passes along. his gaunt shadow
on the clear pavement strangely
crowned with a dancing coronet of
colored globes, the flowers from their
prim beds dance up to greet him. and
the young children leave their ordered
games to follow him. striving and
leaping in small flights and rushes
toward the joyous toys above him.
Pennies are given unreluctantly by
mothers and governesses. They are
measure the value of coin as moth
ing against the ephemeral beauty and
joy which 1t may purchase for the
young buds of lives just opening to
understanding beneath their charge.
Fortunate vender. too, at the mo-
ment of selecting and detaching from
his group the volatile toys. to be able
to give into the little miraclegrasping
hands held up to him what will serve
only momentarily, perhaps. to give a
kind of companion spirit of the sense
of flying. lifting. oft-alighting. never
motionless joy in each baby breast
like hostage of immortality.
Slowly toward the edge of the park
the bright wave of childhood follow
ing on tiptoe after. caught still by
the joyous sight of floating balloons
high out of reach above the shoulder
of the balloon man, and only half con
tent with their own smaller share.
Circling and dancing. they follow
after. all their happy power of intense
interest centered still on this new.
great wonder of balloons.
The scene is all beauty until the
crossing is reached. when suddenly the |
danger seems perilously near The !
vender. slightly in advance. draws the /,
children on: will they. for the sake !
of their brightly nodding toy com !
panions. follow after, foreetful" viii |
the balloon man. like another piper, |
lure them forever from sight by the
magic of tune inaudible to our ears |
and the promise of land of immortal. |
shadowless young joy, where grown
up hearts with their burdens and bonds |
may never enter?
Who could blame them, with their |
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THE BALLOON MAN,

a T the brightest hour Of the
~ bright spring day, among va
riesated flowers newly sprung
from bulbs. beneath trees still un-
foliaged and cleaning bare with the
moist early sunlight upon their slight
ly budding branches, the balloon man
walks along.
Diaphanous globes held in groups by
invisible threads float over his Shout
der. following his step and mood like
trained creatures.
That the compelling reason of their
captivity is unseen lends an unreason-
ing sense of the possibility of magic.
the captives seeming now like unwill-
ing prisoners pulling vainly against
the spell. now like bright visitants
drawn by it down from their distant
homes
Slowly the vender strolls along. as
if unmindful of the necessity to make
Il living. His path through commerce
takes sudden turnings. and may at any
moment lead him with his wares away
nary streets and marts into peaceful,
open places where beauty fingers.
There is always welcome for him,
too, and usually pleasant looks instead
of the shrug of indifference or the
brusque scorn melted out to homelier
traders.
The sight of the balloon man, indeed.
is more apt to inspire quite an unusual
and fresh set of emotions which are
altogether too delicate and bright, too
fa nj f1Il nd hor To no nJHy
brushed aside: Rarely whiny or ag-
gressive in his approach himself. the
quiet of his manner, with the need of
few words. arrests the attention. In
voluntarily the eyes are lifted to the
bright, waving group of globes above,
and instantly a stir of quick pleasure
runs across the heart, that stirring
which is in common with all things in
spring.
1t is the Tilt of immortal childhood
in grown men; it is that irrepressible
gladness at meeting with symbols of
the eternal truths embodied humbly in
the bright colored balloons before
them, and the thought is refreshed as
though 1t had drunk from a clear pool.
1T is more consciousness than thought.
however. which can receive such rec
osnition. since consciousness is not
hampered by the process of formulat-
ing and reasoning.
But all men think of the simple as
ISOLATION of balloons with their own
childhood. that serious-eyed. uncalcu-
lating time which gagged great truths
with entire simplicity. AS grown men
they simply look at the bright globes
in passing. feel the stir of lightness
and smiling. pass on. But the miracu-
lous connection has taken place.
Yet the balloon man, besides being
shabby, looks so often sad and weary,
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Indirect Victim.

From Judge
Il see you have cold like every
body else.
This isn't cold. simply got
hoarse telling all my friends how TO
cure their colds"
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part of the world will TEEN with peo-
pie and its great crops will go forth
to feed the millions of workers and
non workers who have gathered to-
sether in the cities of the world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-16
Endless.

From the Buffalo Express
Paw, what's the longest period of
timer"
From one pay day to the next"
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the Cross" is Doroshevitch's story of
what he saw, and felt. along this bit
ter way. He tells of pitiful camps set
up, he tells how the people starved, how
they sickened and died. how the way
was sown thick with the crosses they
set up. And he tries to tell something
of the mental anguish that this long
road OF sorrow revealed to him. 1t is
a keen and poignant picture, a des-
perate story. A curious journalistic
style-sentences and paragraphs con-
densed to a single word, dashes for the
inexpressible, eXclama ton and interro-
cation signs doing service for whole
chapters of description for weeks of
serves to lay bare the heart of this
cruel business. In a note of introduce
ton. Stephen Graham gives a sketch
OF Doroshevitch. outlining his work.
his sptrits his influence. Mr.. Graham
thought. and thought rightly. one
thinks. that The Way of the Cross
should be made available to English
readers in order that these may come
they may get a truer sense of the suf-
fering of that country. This is among
the first of our chances. if not the very
first one. for English readers to get
Russians view of any aspect of the
great war.
THE GREATER TRAGEDY: And Other
Things. By Benjamin Apthorp
Noulu new OTh. u. T. f>utHdlll y
Sons.
The straight dealing articles that
make up this volume present the views
OF an American living in Canada. Their
chief purpose is to make clear what the
attitude of the United States, in view
Of its tradition and mission in the
world. should be. And this attitude the
writer defines. in large part. by con-
frO cfI ii 1,o
with what it is. in the present crisis
of the worlds affairs. Mr. Gould has
a great admirato for Canada at this
time. we all have. Canada and Aus
tralia. and all the rest of Englnd's CO.
lonial world are today Englands chief
glory. the full justification of her past.
He is. moreover. so jubilantly proud
of such of our young have
slipped across to enlist with the Can
adam troops that one feels the Unit
ed States to be under the condemnation
of this writer for not taking a fight
ing hand in the war. Mr.. Gould has
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Yet the balloon man, besides being
shabby, looks so often sad and weary,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-16

A PORTRAIT of Lincoln painted by
~ George H. Story of New York has
recently been presented to the National
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gift. But such, indeed, is all greatly,
ability-and of unmeasured worth.
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payment of interest on railroad bonds
even when the net earnings of the
railroad are not sufficient.
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BOOK REVIEWS.

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, 1876
1918; nm Autobiography. With
memorial address delivered Novem-
beI II. 1915. by Henry Cabo< Lodge.
Boston: Houghton Miff1in Company.
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GREEN MANSiO\S: Romance of the
Tropical FOrest. BY w. H. Hudson
author of The Purple Land" etc
lntroductIor by John Galsworthy
New York: Alfred A. Knopf
Green Mansions is a fanciful and
poetic story of the Venezuelan forest
WITHIN the tropical wild life of this
region the writer places Rima a radi-
ant creature-something less than girl
n good deal more than bird-who en-
bodies in lovely human form the free
and soaring spirit of the nature sur
rounding her. Rima is nature. nature
expressing itself in human form. nature
just al the point of achieving the soul
OF the human. Her kinship to the
winged deniZens of the wood is. re-
Fealed in thousand unmistakable
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-07-21
Notice to Contractors

Sealed bids will be received in the Of
fee Of the County Clerk of Gunnison
County, until 200 O'Clock p. m. on the
End day of August. 1916. for furnishing
the steel and all other material neces-
sary, and the erection of a one span
steel bridge complete and in place, ex-
cept abutments, which are to be furnish
ed by the county.
The bridge to be Ito feet long, with a
is foot roadway and to be erected over
the Gunnison river at Sapinero, Colo
RADIO.
The Board of County Commissioners
reserves the right to reject any and all
bids.
All proposals must be accompanied BY
q Certified or Cashiers check for the
som Of $4,000.
All material subject to inspection and
acceptance by the State Highway En-
gineer.
Plans and specifications are on file at
the Office of the County Clerk of Gun
niscn County, and at the office of the
State Highway Commission in the
Museum Building, Denver, Colorado.
Board of County Commissioners
Of Gunnison County. Colorado
First publication, July 81
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-07-21
.F|GHT|MG POISON WEEDS
IN San LUIS VALLEY
Water Hemlock and Lark.
spur Poisoning Cattle
Farmers Near Center
Fighting Hoppers

Agricultural College. Ft Collins, Colo
County Agriculturist E. H.H. Thomas
of San Luis Valley, reports: THE
meadows and ranges of the valley were
visited this week for the purpose of
looking into the presence of poisonous
weeds. Considerable trouble has been
reported along this line in the last few
years. Near Alamosa where the range
is very short, cattle are feeding along
the bitches and getting poisoned on the
water hemlock. Larkspur is fairly
common on some of the ranges.
In two places poison weed has been
introduced with alfalfa seed. In one
place in particular the weed is threaten
ing to become serious pest. It has
spread very rapidly in the last few
years and ~ it has . very heavy under
ground stem. it resists all the ordinary
methods of eradicatin.
Friday visit was made to the dis
trict near Center where they are fight
ing grasshoppers and part Of the day
was given to supervising the mixing
poison bran. The farmers who are use
ing this mixture are getting very salts
factory results.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-07-21
HEEPMEN PAY NO HEED
TO ORDERS ABOUT CREEK

Marble Booster
notwithstanding the protest of May
~ Stephenson to the forest service,
trough the state bosrd of health,
yainst the bedding down of sheep on
the headwaters of Carbonate creek,
Hhlch is the source of Marbles water
slpply. lot of sheep belonging to a
man named Sewell, from Idaho. have
been on the hesdwsters Of this creek.
within few feet of the creek itself for
the past week.
Marshal johnson went up Wednesday
to investigate the report that the sheep
we're being allowed to remain in one
psce there and brought back the report
that he spent more than two hours try
ing to find herder without success, al
though sheep were all about and up to
the banks Of the stream. Plenty Of
violence was visible. the marshal said,
nat the sheep had been bedded down
on the banks of the creek for the past
week
W. G. Baxter, acting forest supervis-
or, Of Aspen, was notified over the tel
ephone Thursday of this condition, and
he promised to see that it was stopped
at once. 1t is not his fault that the law
has been violated. He gave the sheep
men positive orders which they disobey-
ed. This is one reason why sheepmen
are SO unpopular in any community, the
fact that they pay TO attention to the
law in many instances.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-07-21
SURVEYORS At WORK ON
MONARCH PASS ROAD

S..ia Record
state Highway Commissioner Thos.
i EhrhArt was in Salida first Of the
H --s, and in company with County
missioner Burnett and Forest Rang
Cuenin inspected Monarch Pass with
q ew TO building new road. minus
sharp curves and excessively steep
.-aiss. Mr.. Ehrhart had with him U.
~ Engineer Phalen.
While no instruments were used, il is
wed that an entirely new road from
ere park to the top of the hill can be
IT with easy grades by following the
AN gulch, and finally cutting the
de l,OO0 feet further south and join
old road about two miles below the
p .-nmit of the western slope.
0mmissioner Ehrhsrt says that the
= road built by the county from VOL
ms ranch to Arborville will be COM
led in about ten days. From this
n the government will run line to
top. The steep grades east of Gar
s- q will be eliminated as well as the
-l.cult grades from there TO the top.
ne engineering corps began this
ming and will complete the survey
DO .oon as possible. Mr.. Ehrhart says
-.- work will be pushed with all speed
the government, state and county.
I'D that the road will probably be com.
. ted before snow flies.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-07-21

A. N. Anderson, editor of the Delta
Independent was Waiting our section
Saturday. especially interested in the
trout of the Gunnisln. He was accom-
panied by Gus Schlapp. clerk of the dis
trict court. and Frank Stearns Of the
Stearns Printing company. Of Delta.
''You have good town, said Mr.. An
derson. ''It il . growing town. The
Normal has helped it and is going to
help more. and you also have natur al
resources nearby in minss and cattle
and agriculture which hardly have been
touehsd. and thsss win also help"
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-07-21
DOES BACkACHE WORRY YOU?
Some Cunnison People Have Lesrsel
How 10 Get Relief

How many people suffer from an
aching back?
How many know the cause?
II it hurts to stoop or lift
II you euffer sudden, ,darting pains
If you are weak. lame and tired
Suspect your kidneys.
Watch for natures signal.
The first sign may be headache or
dizziness,
Scanty. painful or too frequent
urination,
Nervousness or q constant dead
tired feeling.
Avert the serious kidney diseases,
Treat the weakened kidneys with
Doan's Kidney Pills.
A remedy especially for sick kid
neys.
Gratefully endorsed BY residents
Of this locality.
W. j. Faircloth, Escalanta Boz.
Delta. Colo, says: Il was bothered
With various annoying symptoms of
kidney complaint Ny back was
weak and painful and the secretions
were irregular and too frequent in
passage. took two boxes of Doan's
Kidney Pills and was cured"
Price 60c, ct al dealers Don't sim.
ply ask for . kidney remedy-get Doan's
Kidney Pills-the same that cured
Mr.. Faircloth.
Foster Milburn Co.. Props.. Buffalo,
N. Y.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-07-21
National Songs.

Every nation has its national song.
or hymn, corresponding to our Star
Spangled Banner" Poor. inAeed. would
the nation be that did not aave its pa,
triotic songs and music. nnd. above
all. its one crowning song Of country
love and devotion.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-07-21

FISH TAGS for express shipments.
cent each at this Office or by mail.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-07-21
EMcaeious.

EfficaciouS.
Philadelphia editor announces tlAt
he has cured stomach trouble by fsAt-
ting IS days The same treatment c m
tinued indefinitely will cure all he
MS that nesh IL heir to.-Brooksyn
Times.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-01
Famous Salem Cherrians
Uniformed Booster Club

ganizati0n got down to business july
I, 1918, by sclcctln' George r., ROdg-
ers, King Bing, and holding its inst
drill.
The Pendcton Roundup was the
first public appearance OF the Chcrriun'
in II DOIy and in unll0rm, almost the
entire membership attending, Scptcnl'
ber II, 1919.
At the invitation of the Rev. llar-
ry II. Marshall, the Chcrrians attend
ed services at the First Baptist
church Septembcr -, 1913, and ON Oc-
tober made their first appearance
to the state in general by attending
in II body, the state fair
The first annual banquet was held
january q, 1911. At this time DR.,
II. II. Olinger was elected King Bing
but he resigned after holding the Of
flee one month, when NJ. j.. Meyers
was elected for the remainder Of the
year.
Every Chcuian is proud of the word
Cnerr0ngo, and it was ut the meet
ing held March l3, 1914, that this
name was adopted for the show to be
given by the Chcrriuns April II aud
10. That this show was one Of the
greatest home talent affairs ever held
in the city is attcstod from the fact
that 5000 real money was cleared aud
put in the cOflcrs Of the organization
and the name Of ChcrringO is stlll dcal
to every loyal Chcrriun.
The Rose Festival was attended IN
Portland, June 1914, and later the
Chcrriuns attended the Lane county
fair at Eugene. The next enterprise
the Cherry fair, held in July Of l9ll
was great success from an artistic
aud social standpoint but the tinau
ciul end Of this event brings u feel
ing of sadness over the Chcrriuns who
labored for its success.
Again the Chcrans attended tn,
state fair IN body, aud for the see
ond time. attended services In mi
form at the First Baptist church, De
cclmer -, 1914,
Having voted for nm annual Christ
mas tree in November the tree on
the court house lawu was 0ppr0pri
atcly decorated, and the distribution
of presents made with appropriate
exercises, Dee. %, 1911,
January 3, 1915, at the second an
nual banquet and limitations held NJ
the Marion hotel, saw the election Oi
'rhos. b. Kay as King Bng, rs the Al
bany Commercial club wished to organ
ize u representative club similar Ia
the ChcrriAns, nm invitation was ne
cepted aud January 20, a body OF
Chcrriuns went to Albany and assisted
in the organization Of the Albany
'heasnnts,
The Salem Military band was yOt
ed in as part Of the Chcrrlms May 3
1915, TO be known ns the Chcrria
Concert band The members of the
baud were provided with Cherrian
uniforms aud accompanied the boys tc
Portland In June wncn the orguni1a
iion captured two first prizes for be-
ing tho best uniformed and for being
The best drilled organization competing
ut the Rose fcatiynl
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-01

halem river in the western portion OF
Columbia county While this is primar.
ily intended to provide transportation
for forest products, the standard OF
construction is high, and the compile
tion of the line will provide trimspor-
totion facilities for the upper Ncha'
lem Valcy-a section which has here.
toforc been obliged to haul its products
to the Columbia river by team.
Great Southern Railway Co. Minor
improvements have been made in the
station buildings at The Dallcs, Dufur,
and Friend, aud the engine house at
The Dallcs has been completed.
Mount Hood Railroad Co. Additional
ballast to the amount of $500 and n
track scale cost ing $4,000 were in
stalled.
Nevada California Oregon Railway
\ new stock yard was constructed at
Lakevcw.
Northern Pacific Terminal Company
of oregon. \ Encouragement was made
of the yards at Portland, and approx.
matcly 5000 feet Of additional trackage
was added to take care of the incrcas.
ing business \ modern electric inter
locking plant. was installed at the south
end Of the yards. New industry spurs
steel shed for the transfer of the
mail, concrete house for crossing flag
man, one story brick building for clec
trical machinery, and rcmodcling of the
public facilities in the interior Of the
depot comprise other additions and bet.
termcnts made TO the physical proper
ties of this company. Their total cx.
pcnditurc was $j0.6lS.
Oregon Electric Railway Co. Minor
additions and bcttermcnts aggregated
1888, 500.
Pacific Power & Light Co. (Strect
railway at Astoria). Additional track.
age to the amount ~ 1.0I miles in
length was constructed at cost Of
$4,000. Twelve hundred dollars was
spent for additional electrical equip.
mcnt for the cars.
Portland & oregon City Railway Co.
\ new electrical line of railroad is un.
der construction from Portland to Vcola
Clackamas county. This company plans
to make use Of the common user clause
in the franchise Of Portland. Light &
Power company, and Oregon Electric
Railway company, United Railways
company, and Southern Pacific compa.
ny in crossing the Hawthorne bridge
aud reaching the western side Of the
willamette river in the city Of Port
land.
Portland Railway, Light & Power
co. Minor additions and bctterments
to rond and equipment aggregated ap.
proximately $ll6,j00 in cost.
ST. Helens LUMBER Co. A modern
electric interlocking plant was con.
structcd and placed In operation at the
crossing of the Spokane, Portland &
Seattle Railway company in South
Houlton.
Southern oregon Traction co. The
property of the Rogue River Valley
Railway company, formerly operated az
n steam railroad between Mcdford and
Jacksonville, was purchased by this
company. Electrifiention Is now under
way. Two miles Of track has been built
by the Southern Oregon Traction com
pany.
Sumpter Valley Railway co. Minor
additions and bcttermens aggregating
s22.0 in cost We're made.
Willamette valley Southern Railway
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-01
W. W. Moore Has Big Stock
But Bigger Faith in Salem
Business Has Been Good With This Firm
the Past Year---ProspeCts for the
Coming Year Are Far Better Says
Mr.. W. W. Moore.

"The best answer can give to that
is that | have ordered Il carload of
ranges, to be here sometime early in
February, had to order TO get in be-
fore the raise, for they are going up.
| have also ordered big supplies in all
lines, in order to be ready for the
trade / feel sure is coming-that is
bound to come ! am going to sell this
stuff too, and then some.
Mr.. Moore has splendid stock,
and Of all kinds from the very best to
lower grades for hard, everyday use.
Tables, iron and BRASS bedsteads,
ranges desks, chairs, bedroom sets,
carpets, rugs, mattings, and the hun
dreds of dainty and useful things the
housewife delights to have.
Since purchasing his partners in
terest he has not only increased the
stock but mas also added to the store
room. This gives opportunity for a
better display of wares and enables the
purchaser to get look at everything
before making selection. The display
Of tables is large and artistic, and GER
varied, and the big array of
ranges that greet WOW as you enter the
store just makes the little woman want
to get fire going in one Of them and
try it out by getting up a big dinner
with cakes, pies and all the trimmings
that require the use OF a range in their
preparation.
As was remarked in the beginning of
this little story it viii do you good to
call at Moorc's, for, though you might
purchase nothing you will 90 away
with u higher view Of life, and more
cheerful think tank. You just catch
it. Try it and see,