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The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-28
BOARD SAVES MILLION
ACCORDING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES
REPORT TO GOVERNOR
Rail Rate Reductions Bring Benefits
to coIoradoans-Expenses, S3t,4es
Only Two Cases on Docket.

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Denver.-More than s1.000,00O was
saved to the people of Colorado
through Investigations and reductions
OF railroad passenger and freight
rates and those of public utilities, ac-
cording to the annual report OF the
Public Utilities Commission, submit
ted to Governor Carlson.
This saving, according to the report
was effected on an expenditure OF
S31, 80. the salaries of the three
commissioners. their secretary and
employees and travelling and miscel.
laneous expense.
BY its decision on passenger rates,
the commission saved about 100000,
based on estimates made by officials
OF railroads affected.
The most notable decision was the
one compelling the Colorado Springs
Light, Heat & Power Company to re-
duce its rates.
Expenses for the maintenance OF
the commission, according to figures
set forth in the report, are:
Salaries of commissioners. s13,5o0.
Salaries of employees, S1S,709.35.
Travelling expenses. s2.224.
Miscellaneous expense, s2,O32.
Out of the $4,000 appropriated for
employees salaries by the Twentieth
Assembly, the commission has bal
ance Of s1,29O65. 1t has s2,46S re
naming of $4,000 set aside for mis-
cellaneous expenditures and s276 left
oi $4,000 for railroad expenses.
At the close of last year there rc
mained on the commissions docket
for hearing but two cases out of forty
seven
The report is signed by S. s. Ken
call, George T. Bradley aud NJ. II
Aylesworth. 1t gives a recapitulaticn
of the miles of track owned and cper
ated by railroads. the figures having
been Obtained from reports subTittod
by the companies.
Steam roads own 5.521.76 miles ci
main track, 153.4s miles Of secona
main track, 1.S7s.99 miles of yard
track and sidings-a total of 1855 %
They operated 5,9S6.20 miles of mair
track and 2,150.96 miles of Other
track, or a total in all of S.l3716.
Electric roads operate S,597.26 miles
of track and own 7.952.6O.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-28
Wyoming.

Four million dollars will be spent
by Butte capitalists to put in a Pipe
line from that city to the gas wells
at Byron
1t is reported that sulphur mining
operation on large scale will soon
begin on what has been known as the
Northwest and Yellowstone properties
near Cody.
Work on the drilling of third well
on the Pulley land at Cody, known as
the Cottonwood anticline. now under
lease to the Mountain States Oil Com
pany, will begin as soon as a rig can
be erected.
The giant gas well near Byron,
which was capped several weeks ago
after months of effort, again has brok-
en- from restraint and is spouting
30.000,000 cubic feet of gas daily. The
roar of the escaping gas can be heard
for fifteen miles.
The Ohio Oil Company, the Wyom-
ing representative of the producing de-
partment of the Standard Oil Com
pany, has taken over all the holdings
of the Valentine syndicate in the
Torchlight district and is shipping in
machinery with which to sink addition
al wells.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-28

niture polish T. tn exclusion o.
everything that's beautiful an wifely
an Ill show you husband that's
tryin' Z git travelin' position thatll
keep him away from home as much as
possible. No matter what a wife has
been she must understand those lit
tie touches that make married life
tolerable even II tn curtains do hang
crooked an tn windows need washin'.
An intellectual girl should remain
single er not be heard. TIL average
husband has a hard enough time tryin'
t argue in tn corner drug store with
out havin' some one at home T. show
him up ever time he offers an opin-
ion. No matter how inferior hus-
band may be he should be allowed
tn freedom o. his own home II he
shows tn least disposition t provide.
That love an companionship 80 nee
essary L an endurin' marriage II
allus be absent in q home where tn
rollin' pin gathers no moss-in home
where tn evenin' meal is served ON
doilies. No husband likes t feel like
he wuz eatin' off O. tn Thousand
Islands"
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The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-28
Would Stop Pay of Absent Judge.

Pointing out that Juvenile Judge
Lindsey, who is now in Europe ac.
tually engaged In bearing upon his
delicate shoulders the world burden
of a settlement of the war in Europe"
at the instance of and in the pay OF
Henry Ford, but that, nevertheless,
solemn oath has been made before the
city auditor, who passes upon his sal
ary voucher, that he is, and has been
since Jan. 1. In Denver. performing
his duties as Judge of the childrcn's
court, w. F. Daniels, a Denver tax
payer, has filed protest with tho
city commissioners against the pay.
ment of his salary while he is absent
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-28
Colorado,

The Matchless property on Fryer
hill, Leadville, is producing a heavy
tonnage of low grade carbonate of zinc
from No. shaft. The ore is being
shipped to the Western Zinc Oxide
Company.
Despite the unfavorable conditions
in Mexico. the American Smelling and
Refining Company, with Western
headquarters in Denver. has blown
in three furnaces at Monterey, not
far from the scene of the recent mas.
acre.
December was n record breaking
month for Breckenridge according to
the latest reports from the Summit
county gold camp. Eighty-six car
loads of better than the average gold
bearing ore were shipped from the
camp.
From the London office of the Camp
Bird-Ouray's big mine with 10, 700
foot tunnel in progress--it is stated
that In November last the Camp Bird
produced 1853 tons OF ore, the net
profit therefrom being s34.400. The
Scenta Gertrudis, which is the Camp
Birds Mexican property. had a pro-
duction of 17,425 tons of silver-gold
ore I'm November, yielding a profit of
s37,450.
Good progress is now being made ad-
vancing the breast of the Anderson
tunnel into the northeastern slope Of
Prospect mountain at Leadvilla.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-28

agin' plowin' an other manual labor.
TheT kin never be anything In com
mon between enlightenment an druid
gerry. an tn less we know tn more
bountiful will be tn yield from our
fertile valleys. Surely tn young man
who is educated an reads tn adver-
tisin' pages O. our current literature
ha.nt goin' L plow new land an blow
stumps very long when he kin take
few lessons by mail an then hunt a
fine position in a great city where
theirs life an excitement.
'Everbuddy seems t be fgurin on
tn day when they kin lay down tn
shovel an tn hoe IN pick up ther
suit case an go. Ever'buddy that's
got a job considers it only temporary
that fine position awaits 'em.
You cant expect a feller that's
diggin' cellar er drainin' farm. an
who sinks int chair ever evenin' at
tn close o. hard kidney rackin' day.
an reads o. tn allurin' opportunities
t make great fortunes by learnin' this
er that. t keep from bein restive.
Somehow a feller never likes t hop
right out o. college an go t work. He
seems t want t look around fer few
years. An it's gittin' so fellers with
out any education are gittin' tn same
inclination from list lookin' on. Their
seems L be CROWN tendency 'mongst
young men L step aside till somothin
that list suits 'em comes along. That q
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-28
Road Men Propose Elaborate Work

hSou "ch fioPoSc Gidpo'dtc WoTN.
Construction of permanent roads
in the state, establishment of a de-
partment of maintenance under direc-
ton of the State Highway Commits
sion, obtaining federal aid for road
building, general extension of good
roads, the advertisement of scenic
attractions, and enlargement OF plans
to bring automobile tourists to The
state, are among strong features of
the platform of the Colorado Good
Roads Association. as outlined in The
reports of the committee on resolu-
tions and In discussions at the con-
vention. II the purpose of one of The
resolutions adopted is carried out.
Colorado will be one of the best ad-
vertised states in the union. 1t pro-
vides that the commission lay aside
q sum of money to insure the printing
OF attractive booklets, containing
logs, up-todate road maps, concise
descriptions of scenic attractions and
hotel and other facilities. E. Il. Som
mers of Denver was reelected presi-
dent; John Y. Munson of Berthoud,
vice president. and w. II. Emmons of
Denver. secretary.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-28
suIser Appeal Cites "A Reasons.

Denver.-An appeal was filed with
the State Supreme Court by attorneys
for James C. Bulger asking that the
tribunal grant him a new trial in the
West Side Court to determine whether
or not he is insane. Forty-four alleged
errors in the trial in the West Side
Court in which Bulger was declared
sane are given as the grounds for ask
ing that the verdict be set aside and
a retrial ordered.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-28
One Dead, One Dying, Six Injured.

Denver-One killed. another dying
and six persons injured. two of them
women. was the toll of automobile ac-
cidents Sunday. The first and more
severe accident occurred near Ber-
thoud, when Roy Holloway, a young
Johnstown farmer, was instantly
killed; Miss Violet Bein. Berthoud, in
jured probably fatally, and three 9th
ers slightly injured. The afternoon
accident near the Littleton courthouse
claimed as its victims Charles Housley
of Denver and Fred Foote and VIII.
lam Grebb, farmers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-28
Education, Flowing and
Problems of the Day

tn way we git our SOLICITORS an poll
ticians. With knowledge comes dis
content. r. be poor an educated is
even worse than bein' rich an dys-
peptic. A fine education is like a fine
tourin car. You should not have
either unless you are able t. take care
o. tn upkeep. I wish had his money
with my brains is common express
sion, an every man with fortune
would give 1t all to be young agin. an
In nickle the-ater.
But tn great question is, who In
goin' t do tn work after we're all edu
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-28
Kin Hubbard Essays
Miss Fawn Lippincut on the
Menace Of Good Housekeeping"

but tn average feller hain't lookin'
fer business partner when he goes
after wife. A girl that peels tina
ters In cannery er sews buttons on
four dollar coats 10 list as liable t
make happy home as tn gushin'
dame that meets her husband with
open arms an dressin' Jacket.
Show me first class housekeeper an
I'll show you a gilt edged billiard
player. er husband that belongs Z
all tn lodges. Show me wife with
her head filled with receipts fer fur.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-28
BY KIN HUBBARD

Hon. Wick Peel. O. Bloom Center.
Ohio. addressed tn members O. Bald
Knob Grange, Number 28. at Melodeon
Hall last night. takin' fer his subject.
Education. Plowin' an Problems O.
tn Day" After orderin' tn gallery
windows raised he said:
Il will say without fear O. success
full controversy that there is no longer
any doubt that tn pilin up O. tre-
mendous fortunes an then bequeathin
'em t. colleges an libraries is doin'
much t. breed dangerous sentiment
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-28

Gated an holdin' positions? After our
Poles and Hunyaks git educated an
discard their hobnailed shoes an gar
lie an loaf around our great public
libraries whose goin L take tn kinks
out G. tn street car tracks an do tn
thousand other things that tn COM
monest American has long since
passed up?
AS long as we educate people L
better things they'll try t git EN-. tn
young man O. t'day hasn't got time t
wait fer tn natural course O. events.
No bottom o. tn ladder fer him. He
wants { git on from tn roof Tn
farmer that talks glowinly L his son
O. tn beauties O. Niagary Falls an edu-
Gates him t believe it's tn greatest
sight in tn world needn't be surprised
If he gifts up some bright mornin' an
finds that his son has flown instead o.
plowin' fer oats. All knowledge o.
Niagary Falls should be withheld from
a son until he is well on in years.
But. my friends" said tn speaker.
as tn applause began to dwindle, in
spite o. any Legislation er educational
processes tn ole reliable law O. tn
survival o. tn fittest cannot be re-
pealed. 1t win be with us long after
thers a library on ever hill an q col
lege near ever legislature, an tn
nonproducer will continue L be a PEN
sioner on thrift an contentment.''
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The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-28
Colorado Springs Girl Is Recovering.

Colorado Springs. Rhea
James, the Colorado Springs artist
who was found dressed in evening
clothes at a railway station in Ports
mouth, N. H., recently and who at the
time was unable to tell who she was,
is reported to be rapidly improving in
a New York hospital. where she has
been since her nervous breakdown.
According to a telegram received here
from her sister, Miss James. though
still suffering considerably from
shock, is out of danger and rapidly i'm
proving.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-28
UphoIds Refusal to Raise Assessment.

Denver.-Holding that the State
Tax Commission acted arbitrarily, ir.
regularly and without proper knowl.
edge or information when it ordered
Commissioner of Finance Pitcher. act.
ing in his capacity as assessor, to in.
crease his assessment on Denver prop.
erty for 1915 by s55.4OS,952 the Dis.
trict Court, through Judge Perry, up.
held Mr.. Pitchers refusal to comply
with the order.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-28
BY KIN HUBBARD

A little smatterin' O. tn Home Max
hrs' Club met in ordinary ses-
sion. Yesterday. in tn Queen Anne
room O. tn New Palace hut-tel. After
some seventeen er eighteen receipts
fer rhubarb had been tabled tn ques-
ton as T. what sort O. girl made
tn best housewife wuz thrashed out.
TIL shop girl. tn college girl, tn
girl with tn business education, an
tn tired hction lovin' girl with tn
yeiler neck an big eyes were all free
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-28
$40 Ore Struck In Acacia erouo

Cripple Creek.-Rich ore has been
encountered on the Langdon and Rel
ton lease on the 1,0O0-foot level of the
South Burns mine, part of the Aca.
cia group of claims. The ore was
found between two well-defined walls
and assays taken with the rich syl.
vanite seams eliminated showed val.
ues of $50 to $50 ton.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-28
Game wardens stiu Collect Evidence

Until the United States Supreme
Court announces its decision in the
test case involving the validity of the
federal migratory bird law, the United
States game wardens will obtain evil
dence for prosecutions for violation
of the law
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-28
Pardon Board Hear shercliffe Again

The State Board of Pardons, for the
second time this year, granted an alb
solute pardon to a Canon City peni-
tentiary convict. when it voted to lib
crate Hans Arnoldson, convicted of a
statutory crime, and, as in the case OF
Russell Boles, to give him his uncon-
ditionai liberty. 1t also reopened hear
ing on the application OF Frank 5her-
cliffe. alias Sherman w. Morris. SEN
fenced to a term of twenty-five years
on charge of killing John W. Walsh.
I.eadville saloon keeper. in 1893.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-28
Arizona.

Arizona.
The Big Jim Mining Company at
Oatman is planning extensive develop
ment work.
The drift from the lower level of
the Golconda Extension is being driv-
en- in excellent milling grade ore.
"Copperfield drill shows forty-six
feet of ore and no signs of bottom"
reads q telegram from Kingman, in
Mohave county.
The Gilt Edge, the newest mine in
the Oatman field that is interesting
the public, is about to install machin-
cry to get quicker results in shaft
sinking.
The work being done in the Whet-
stone mining district. few miles from
Turner. is much more active than has
ever been undertaken in the history of
the district.
The phenomenal record of produc-
tion for Arizona was reached in 1915
by gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc.
amounting to almost 100000 900, jump
ing in one year from 60,000,000.
Eighty tons of concentrates and
high-grade ores are being shipped daily
from the plant of the Magma Copper
Company to the Hayden smelter, and
it is expected that the output will be
steadily increased.
Mining activity continues to In
crease in the Paradise part of the
country and more ore is being sent
out at the present time than for num-
Der OF years past. Ore is being hauled
to San Simon and to Rodeo.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-28
Pueblo Boy KILLED While coastina

Pueblo.-Howard Taylor. aged thir.
teen. while coasting down hill here
was unable to steer his coaster at the
foot of the hill and plunged over a
fifty-foot embanknent into the rail
road yards opposite the union station.
He suffered concussion of tine brain
and died in hospital here yesterday.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-28
Aylesworth Named Utilities Chairman

NJ. II. Aylesworth was appointed
chairman of the State Public Utilities
Commission by the governor. He sue
ceeds Sheridan S. Kendall, whose
term of appointment for one year had
expired.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-28
WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS
.estern New.paper unIon Sew. seryIe..

Metal Market Prices
Spelter. st. Louis-s15.75.
Copper. casting-$23.121s.
Lead, n. Y.-s5.90.
Bar silver-56Ac.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-28
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.

Feb. 11-12-Annual convention Colo
Denver
FEB; 12ZMeeting Republican state
central Committee in Denver.
Feb 16-1S-Sports Carnival at Steam
boat Springs.
March 2O-Apru &c oiora Retail
Merchants' Associations Food and
industrial Exposition at Denver
april l3-Democratic State Convention
at Pueblo
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-10-25
REDUCED VALUES
PROBABLY WILL
STAND FOR STATE
Cut in Equalization Justified by
Governor - Increase Would
Not Be Popular
COMMISSION HAS POWER
TO DECREASE ITS LEVIES

Although the state tax commission
has discovered clause in the North
Dakota statutes which might nullify
the recent action of the state board of
equalization in making a fiat 10 per
cent reduction on farm lands ard GER
tain other classes of property, it is
highly improbable that the tax Com
mission or any other agency, individ-
ual or public, will endeavor to press
the advantage by asking the supreme
court to mandamus the board.
First and foremost, the reduction in
taxes is by no means unpopular with
the class principally benefited-the
farmers. 1t means that their contri-
button to the expenses of operating
North Dakota will be cut more than
$4,000 this year, and this decrease
is very welcome in a season when
crops have not been up to the gen.
eral standard.
Board Has Right to Reduce.
In the second place, even if, as the
clause upon which the state tax COM
mission bases its stand would tend to
indicate. the board has overstepped
its authority in making reduction
which would exceed 1 per cent upon
the whole assessed valuation of all
the property in the state, there would
seem to be no mans whereby the
equalizers can be made to back down,
as. if they cannot reduce the assessed
valuation, they have absolute author
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-10-25
ROOSEVELT MAKES
URGENT PLEA FOR
AMERICAN YOUTHS
Declares Universal Military Train.
ing is Necessary for Proper
Development
ADVOCATES REPEAL OF
HAY MILITARY BILL

Denver, Oct. 24.-Pleas for univer-
sal military training and criticism Of
President Wilson for 'debauchery Of
the civil service" characterized the
addressed here tonight by Col. Theo.
Roosevelt, the principal one of trio
of speeches made in the course of his
one-day stay in Denver. Col. Roose-
welt urged that compulsory training
would rebound to the benefit of the
nation by increasing democracy, de.
veloping American youth, physically
and mentally, and aiding the country's 8
social and industrial development. His
criticism of President Wilson includ-
ed a declaration that the executive
had Exchanged Offices for political
support" ..-
Col. Roosevelt advocated repeal of
the Hay military bill, and the restora.
tion Of the militia to it's former status.
He cited Switzerland's development
as an instance of what compulsory
military training would do in develop
ing country physically, mentally
and morally"
Makes Appeal for Hughes.
The colonel divided his afternoon
speech, which primarily was to the
women of the state, between an ap.
peal to them to vote for Charles E..
Hughes, as president, and a sharp
criticism of the administrations for.
eign and Mexican policies. He declar-
ed the passage of constitutional
amendment enfranchising women was
the most practicable and speedy goal
for the suffragists now, and asserted
Mr.. Hughes would maintain his an
nOunced stand in favor of this amend.
ment
Late this afternoon, he spoke brief.
ly to the members of the "Hughes
Women's Special" campaign party,
which arrived late today.
"Strict Accountability"
The colonel told the women's meet.
ing that if he had been president and
had said President Wilson's "strict
accountability" message to Germany,
there would have been no more ships
sunk. unless there was fight after
The Lusitania was sunk with it's 1894
deaths as a consequence, because 9TH
er nations believed as we'd welcome
being kept out Of war. II had been
president then, I'd have siezed every
German interned ship, and would have
said to Germany, Now, Wen see not
what you are going to give us as COM
pensation for this, hut what we are
going to give you
Abhors Wanton War.
81 abhor an unjust wanton war. But
IL it were necessary to protect our
UI0nfinne0 IN Pae.. 1W0,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-10-25
OFFENSIVE IS /.
SWITCHED FROM
SOMME REGION
Teutons Are Driven Back Two
Miles; Fort Douamount Falls !;
in Attack . :;
5000 PRISONERS AND -
WAR MATERIALS TAKEN
Russians and Roumanians Contin.
lie to Retreat From Black See
To Danube 1885,. ;

London, Oct. 24.-Switching their
offensive from the somme region In
France-possibly as a counter to the
advance of the TeutOnic allies in tho
Dobrudja region of Roumanis. s.-the
French have smashed the German line
north and northeast of Verdun, over Z
front of four and one-third miles, pen
etrating it along its entire length, in
the center, gaining a distance OF near
ly two miles.
When night fell, the village and fort
of Douamount in the center were in
the hands of the French, while ON
their left wing, the Frenchmen had
pushed beyond ThiaumOnt and cap
tured the Haudlromont quarry, and
taken up positions along the Bras.
Douamount road. On their right wing
considerable progress had also been
made from DouamOunt and Damloup.
More than 3.GGc prisoners and Quan.
titles of war materials were captured
by the French. ...4
~. Allies Retreat Steadily.
In DObrdja, region Of ROumania, the.
Germans. Bulgarians and Turks are
giving no rest to the Russisnss and
Roumanians, who continue to retreat
all along the entire front from tho
Black sea to the Danube river, al.
though at some points they are Wig.
orously opposing the advance Of the
invaders. 49,,
constanza Falls. -
Rachvo, on the river a short dist
ance below Tchernavoda, and Medji.
die, on the railway midway between
Tchernayoda and Constanza, have fal-
len into the hands of the Teutonic
allies. More than $500 prisoners
have been taken.
Turk Submarine In Black Sea.
Constantinople reports the opera
ton of Turkish submarines in the
Black sea off the Roumanian coast, in
the sinking of 5000 ton Roumanian
transport and sailing supply ship
bound from Constanza with provi-
sions.
On the Austrian.ltalian front, tho
Austrians and Italians. at several
points, especially at Isag0 plateua in
the Sugana valley, in the PLAYA Sec
tor OF the Middle IsOnzo. and on tho
Carso front are vigorously lombard
ing opposing positions.
Serbs Put Down Attack.
The Serbs, in the Cerna region Of
the Macedonia front, have put down 4
German-Bulgar attack, and themselves
delivered a thrust which was reward.
ed by the capture Of several trenches.
In the Doiarn sector, the British also
captured a Teutonic allied trench.
Floods are interfering with the opera
tiOns on the Struma.
Four British and four Norwegian
steamers have been sunk BY submar-.
ines or mines. The tonnage Of the
British steamers aggregated 12,2Sl
tons.