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The Springfield herald., 1916-06-30

Riggs wired the rev cour
house this week and put in a
phone. Now when you want to
talk with the county officers just
step to the phone, ring them up
and say, 'neilo!''
The Springfield herald., 1916-06-30
COLORADO OR BUST

BY Iona 1'ade Simpson.
The morning sun was rising
fast,
AS through an eastern village
passed
A youth, who drove with tho't-
full air
A wagon marked with tender care
Colorado or Bust"
His team was old and with the
rest
Made sad picture at its best;
But from his murmuring lips
there fell
The slogan that we know so well,
Colorado or Bust"
Afar behind he caught sight
OF his cd fcre in the morning
light.
Ahead ? h6ckoning hope held
out,
While from his heart arose a
shout
Colorado or Bust E"
Don't 90, my love-" his sweet
heart said;
Fer you return l may be dead.
He paused, half turned, his
eve grew dim,
Then muttered low, face set and
grim,
Colorado or Bust"
Don't go, my son." his old
dad cried,
The cattle men will tan your hide,
They'll drive you out of house
i and home::"
But from his lips escaped a
groan-
| Colorado or Bust.
Don't co." said ma, please
do remain,
For way out there they have no
rain;
In that dry place you stand no
chance.
He spoke, without one backward
glance,
Colorado or Bust"
The years they came and PASS
ed amain
The homesteader went oack east
again,
Anddrovea twin-six gas machine
On which this legend still was
seen,
Colorado or Bust"
His friends they came from
far and near,
And said, ALAS! what fools we
were;
From this time on the same az
he,
Well let oul household slogan bo
Colorado or Bust"
The Springfield herald., 1916-06-30

N. D. MAHBA. Yyes. Prsfl.si,
Norfolk q Western Railway.
JAMES RUSSELL. Gss Y Assse~.
Oenvss 4 Rio Crsnds Railroad.
A. NJ. SCHOrER. kssilsss Yies.ShsG.
Pesasyivsaia Liaes West.
". L. Seldom. Yles.Prs..
Sesbosrd Air Lias ksilway.
A. J. STONE. Yies- -Prssk[sss.
Erie Railroad M
q. 8. wAID. Hes-Prss. o Css1MR
Ssasst Csatral Liass.
The Springfield herald., 1916-06-30
A MODERNRED STORE

Change, eternal change, is the
law of nature. In nature the law
works slow, and the change
from year to year may be hai dly
noticeable: but in human affairs
the transformations are some
times like magic-as if touched
by the wand of the wizard. or as
it might be in the land of the
fairies.
Such you will find the store of
Flint & Hagerman at the present
time. The wizards wand that
has touched it has been welded
by a number of saw-and-hammer
artists, with the result thai the
old store will be no more for ev-
er and ever.
The old store, by the magic of
saws and hammers, has been
modernized- brought up to the
demands Of the country sur
roundings, and thus becomes a
mighty factor in the trend
towards greater Springfield
and a greater Baca county.
! Step into the store of Flint and
Hagerman and look down the
eighty feet of shelving on either
,aded
NAV
The Springfield herald., 1916-06-30
M CUNT AIN " lew

Miss Era Gibson of Stonin.ton
and Simon All"n, formerly fl ION
Oklahoma, spent the past week s
end at the ShiHet houle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris enter
tained for dinner the following
last Sunday: Less Laverty and
family, Miss Myrtle Smith, M.
Foster and family and Robert ".
Jay and wife.
Everyone anlnyed the after
service led by MIR. Morris last
Sunday
The Sunny side Skunk farm
met disaster last week. A dog
killed one of the mother skunks
and several of the little ones
died, but the manager is still
hopeful that he will not fail in
tirely.
Mckinley Smith was a visitor
at the Mountain View Sunday
school last Sunday.
Less Laverty is on the search
for one of his horses that strayed
away last week.
The Springfield herald., 1916-06-30
Federal Znquiry O.
Railroad Strike?


additional
problem
o ar mp
could
public body
Railroads Urge Public Inquiry and Arbitration
Of
follows
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Leaders Refuse Offer and Take Strike Vote
Leaders held New
The
public which be referred for
ae.commni nin.whhihe
arc m tins ~ s,.sra" ss ss s: ss' s,. I%Ss.
public s: sa f l a1 % s:s .i s
Question For the Public to Decide
The railroads feel perment Of
these employees highly paid and constituting only
o o
impartial Government indMrial naJave Is
atonalCon inference Conniueeo Of the Ralways
sGes. :RRas" sSs
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The Springfield herald., 1916-06-30
A Question For the Public to Decide

G. H. EMERSON. c.sT Mssss.s.
Great Northern Railway.
C. H. EWING. Cos z MSssss,.
PhilsdsIphia 4 READING Raiiway
g. W. CRICE. GssIS SsSf. Trssse
Chesapeaks & Ohio Railway
A. 8. GREIC. Asst. 70 Rsesfpsrs.
St. Louis 4 San Francisco Railrosd
C. ". KOUNS. Gss Y MSsas~.
Atehison. Topeka & Santa Fe Rsiiwav
H. W. McMASTER. Gen Mosa1sr
Wheeling 4 Lake Erie Railroad
Morris tribune., 1916-03-17
MRS. McNALLY DIES
AT EVENING MEAL
Well Known and Highly Respec'
ted Chokio Woman Called
Suddenly at Her Home

One of the saddest deaths in the
county for some time occurred at
Chokio last Saturday evening when
Mrs. P. H. McNally suddenly expired
after eating light supper with mem.
bers of her family. She was one of
the we'll known, popular and highly
respected women of the west end of
the county and her death has cast a
pail over the community.
The funeral was held Tuesday
morning at 10 80 from the Chokio
Catholic church with sermon by
Rev. Hengarten at the grave. A large
concourse of friends gathered to pay
their last respects, and the floral tri
butes were many and very beautiful.
Miss Katherine Griffith, a lifelong
friend and bridesmaid at the wed
dnig of the deceased, were among
those from his city who attended the
funeral. During the funeral Chokic
stores were closed.
Deceased was born at Morrisonville,
ILL.,, March 5, 1872, and came tc
Chokio in 1885 where she was mar
ried seven years later to Mr.. P. H.
McNally. Besides the husband, four
daughters and one son survive. They
are Hugh, May, Edna, Irene anc
Margaret.
Morris tribune., 1916-03-17
COLD DAYS BRING
MANY new GRAVES
Morris Grave Digger with IS
Mounds Breaks Gruesome
Record Following Holidays

P. W. French, premier grave dig
ger in Morris, has broken a record
in his line of business since the Holt
days. Unlike other men whose bust
ness show an increase in volume since
the first of the year and are proud of
the showing, Mr.. French feels mea-
surable sad. His partner in the bust
ness is Death and he thinks that he
would feel better if his partner had
been less active here or had confined
his work to the battlefelds of Europe
exclusively. Mr.. French has dug
and filled twenty-five graves since the
holidays and most of the corpses he
has laid away in the dust of the earth
were those of people he knew we'll in
life.
Twenty five graves in two months
is the largest number in the eight
years Mr.. French has given to grave
digging in Morris. Four years age
he had eleven in one month. Of the
twenty-four fresh mounds which hide
the remains of his friends a large
number are those of people who dice
away from Morris and who were
brought here for burial. Just how
many Mr.. French was not in a posi-
tion to state yesterday. All died from
natural causes. No epidemic of any
kind has been known here for severa
years. Only one of the graves mark
the resting place of a person under
twenty years of age. The great maj
GRITTY reached the allotted span of life
and others approached closely.
Continuous bitter cold has prevailed
since the first of the year and Mr.
French has met some of his worst ex
periences in his history of grave dig
ging. 1.-TWO weeks ago I had thu
worst day in the entire eight years,
said Mr.. French. "a fierce wine
came sweeping through the cemeter!
carrying heavy snow. The groun'
Morris tribune., 1916-03-17
Wants to Know about Weather

81 don't want to tell you how to.
run your paper" said farmer friend
this week, "but when l get away
from here want you to have an item
every week about the weather and the
crops. When I'm right here don t,
care, but whenever have been away
I always looked for that first, and L
know others that used to farm here do,
the same And the editor appre-
ciated that tip. We are constantly,
studying to find out what our readers
want, and we wish more of them
would speak up. Tell US either the
things you like or the things you don't t,
like, and don't be afraid that twe'll
think you're trying to tell us how to-
run cur business. We know that lots.
of people must like The Tribune or
they wouldn't keep paying good money
for it year after year, but we want
to make it better, and that's how
little suggestions will help US.
Morris tribune., 1916-03-17

was frozen harder than rock and my
pick seemed duller than an Indians
stone club. The grave filled with
snow about as fast as could clear it
and devoted all day in digging. 1t
was well into the night before / fin
ished the work and felt like quitting
this occupation of mine" Mr.. French
is large, strong man. Given a grave
to dig he becomes a veritable mole.
He can dig grave in half day I'M
der ordinary conditions.
Morris tribune., 1916-03-17
Keeps Same Prices

A look in our north window will
show you "what's doing" in shoes
for spring. Gail marked in a plain
cash prices" and by the way shoe
prices here are the same as last sea,
son. We protected ourselves by early
buying We also protect our custom
ers as long as present stock last,
Walker Towle Dry Goods Co. adv.
Morris tribune., 1916-03-17
Reached Ripe Age

Mrs. Elvira Hudspeth, aged -7e
years, mother of Mrs. Harry Rich
ardson in the town of Darnen, dice
Monday night following a stroke OF
apoplexy at the home of her daugh.
ter and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Richardson, with whom she
had lived for some time. The funeral
was held Wednesday afternoon, Rev.
Henry hobbs, pastor of the First
Methodist church in this city, officiat,
ing.
Morris tribune., 1916-03-17
MORRIS MAN FINDS
SOUTH WAKING UP
Mrs. and Mrs. Frank Hancock
Return from Florida Trip
and Visit to Washington

The southern states, long known as
the land of lassitude, are just waking
up to their possibilities and business
opportunities according to Frank Han
cock, a contractor of this city who
has spent nine weeks on pleasure
tour of the south. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hancock returned to Morris Friday
morning from Florida where they
spent most of the time.
Among the things which surprised
and interested Mr.. Hancock most was
the preparedness sentiment evidenced
everywhere through the south and at
the national capitol particularly. Mr..
and Mrs. Hancock were at Washington
at the time the vote was taken on the
issue of warning Americans off belli-
gerent ships but were unfortunately
late in getting to the congressional
galleries in time to witness the
tumult and excitement marking the
deliberations of the representatives.
All the Minnesota congressman includ-
ing Senator Clapp voted against the
president. Senator Knute Nelson
was the only one from Minnesota who
sided with Wilson. At the hotels
and on the streets, Mr.. Hancock says,
the prepondering sentiment was for
a larger army and navy, but at Min
neapolis and Morris sentiment seems
to be divided on the matter.
Atlanta was the most beautiful and
progressive city Mr.. Hancock saw in
the south. Building operations were
going on everywhere and money
seemed to be plentiful. At the beaches
and winter resorts in Florida he
learned the railroad companies had
handled almost twice as many tourists
this year as they did last year-the
number was over one million. Aside
from climate he things Florida has
nothing on Minnesota.
At Manassas, a town thirty -fve
miles from Washington which was
twice the scene of engagements dur
ing the Civil war and near which the
Battle of Bull Run was fought, Mr..
and Mrs. Hancock found a former
Morris druggist, C. R. C. Johnson,
living and enjoying good business and
health. Naturally Mr.. Johnson was
much pleased over the visit and piled
his guests with all kinds of questions
regarding Morris. Mr.. johnson owns
a drug store at Manassas, employs
two clerks and is busy all the time.
Mr.. johnson asked Mr.. Hancock to
remember him to all his Morris
friends and acquaintance. From
Manassas the Morris tourists went
to Washington where they met many
of the national lawmakers from Min
nesota and other friends from the
northwest.
Mr.. Hancock will get busy at once
upon the many building contracts he
has for the summer months. The first
to be tackled will be J. J. Gaffney s
new picture show house which will be
rushed to completion.
Morris tribune., 1916-03-17
death occurred on Washington's birth

death occurred on Washington's birth
day.
Painter was one of the three first
settlers at Howard Lake and Mrs
Burton's brother was the first male
child born in the village. Painter
conducted the village blacksmith shop
and in the pioneer days religious SER
vices were held there on Sunday
mornings and the meetings resulted
in the organization of the first Meth
odist church. He was a veteran of
the Civil war and had reached the ripe
old age of IS years. He was a native
of Pennsylvania and came from fami-
ly of eighteen children.
Morris tribune., 1916-03-17

money saving establishment" you will
find table containing dozens of pieces
of SO in. light and dark percales,
dress ginghams, cheviots, strong
cloths for kids wear. All at cash
price of 10c per yard. A table right
back of this contains $50 pieces of
light and dark prints, apron ginghams
all at cash price of SC per yard
made possible by early purchases,
protecting ourselves, and we also ex-
pect to protect our customers. Walk
err Towle Dry Goods Co. adv.
Morris tribune., 1916-03-17

Last Saturday proved to be the
first real spring day and the fire de-
partment and city water commission
decided danger from freezing hydrants
had passed and accordingly many of
the hydrants were flushed. The quail
ity of water released from the mains
startled citizens who believed they
had been drinking from the same sup
ply.
Morris tribune., 1916-03-17
Millinery

We desire to call your attention to
our showing of new spring millinery,
Saturday, March 18th, and suggest
that you arrange an early visit.
Our display is most attractive and
complete. The styles are stunning,
materials rich, exclusive and smart
and the highest quality at the price.
Call on us, The CAVITY Millinery.
adv.
Morris tribune., 1916-03-17
VIII Protect Customers

Probably every women in Morris
realizes that merchandise is higher
and still advancing. About the only
thing that would cause her to doubt
this fact would be a walk thru our
store where cash prices prevail.
Along the the center part of "this
Morris tribune., 1916-03-17
Graduates Have Program

A program by the music graduates,
including numbers by Beethoven,
Handel, Chopin, Sinding, Schubert,
and others will be presented on Tues
day evening, March FL, at 8:15, in
the chapel of the University Farm
School. The public is invited.
Morris tribune., 1916-03-17

An item from the Pioneer Press at
Pioneer, Ia, last week states B. E.
Adams, of Morris, was. there scouting
up land buyers. Adams has reputa-
ton for getting good, substantial
fellows, and he has planted many of
them on the broad and productive
acres in Stevens county.
Morris tribune., 1916-03-17
Attended Fathers Funeral

Mrs. Fife Burton returned last
week from Howard Lake to which
place she went to attend the funeral
of her father, John Painter, whose
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-08-18
CAPE MAY
COUNTY DIRECTORY

Justice of Supreme Court-Charles
G. Black, Democrat. Term expire:
1921
Circuit Judge-Howard Carlow, D.
1920.
Law Judge-Henry H. Eldredge, D
1915.
Prosecutor of Pleas-James r. Car.
row, D.
Sheriff-Coleman F. Corson, d. 1916
Coroners-Mark Lake, Ocean City
l916;'B. c. Ingersoll, Wildwood, 1917
DR.. Wilson A. Lake, Erma, 1918.
County Clerk-A. Carlton Hildreth
Republican, January, 1920.
Surrogate-Edward L. Rice, D., No.
vember, 1917.
State Senator-LewisT Stevens, r.
1919.
Neutrality-suspicious. Lake, r.
County Superintendent of Schools
Aaron w Hand, r October, 1920.
Terms of Court-Second Tuesday in
April, September and December.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-08-18
Board OF Chosen Freeholders

Terms expire January 1st
Director-Charles II. Clouting.
Vice Director-Joseph P. MacKissic.
Clerk-Frank w. Fowkes, Sea Isle
City.
Collector-Joseph I.Scull, Ocean City
Solicitor-Joseph Douglass, Cape May
Court House.
Road Supervisor-Daniel Schellen-
ger, Erma.
Sea Isle City-Charles H. Ciouting,
1917; James F. Eustace, 1917.
Upper Township-HoIe w. Candy,
Tuckahoe, 1916.
Wildwood-Charles w. Saul, 1918;
Augustus Hilton, 1918.
Cape May City-John T. Bennett,
1916; Henry S. Rutherford, 1918.
Dennis Township-Levi Wentzell,
Dennisville, 1916.
Lower Township-Joseph P. Mac
Kissic, Wildwood Crest, 1918.
Middle Township-Robert S. Miller,
Cape May Court House, 1917.
Ocean City-John P.Fox, 1915 john
E. Townsend, 1919.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-08-18
SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS.
The Precious First Edition Quartos
Are Now Next to Priceless.

Few literary prophecies have been SC
strikingly fulfilled as that Of the "neueI
writer who in the preface which fol
lowed the revised title of the first edi
ton of "Troilus and Cresida" Q609
predicted OF Shakespeare that "wheI
he is gone and his commodies out OF
sale you will scramble for them and
set up a new English inquisition."
The number of first editions in quar-
to of Shakespeare's plays now known
to exist is IA, with two fragments, OF
which eighty are in public ownership
and siXty~four in private ownership
These volumes are worth not merely
their weight in gold, but their weigh
in banknotes of high denominations
They represent sixteen different plays
two of them having double texts, max
ing an average of eight copies of each
and those which were most popular
having already been pirated-"Romec
and Juliet" the first Hamlet" Henry
v" and the Merry Wives"-mustel
only seventeen copies among them.
The authors of "a Census of Shake
6pedTe = rays LII QudIlO, 1Oot-l lO0
yale University Press, Henrietts
Bartlett and Alfred Pollard, estimate
that most of Shakespeare's plays print
ed in Guarto received editions of 1,20(
copies each. The wear and tear of the
centuries has thus disposed of many
thousands of these priceless books
The total is much larger if we add the
quartos which appeared after the frs
editions, but before the authorized
folio editions of 1923, issued by Shake
speare's colleagues Of the theater. The
survivals alone Of these intermediate
quartos number 301 copies, of which
IA are in public and 157 In private
owners hip.-New York Post
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-08-18
DEMANDS OF r. R. TRAINMEN.
Wage Increase of $1oo,ooo,ooo a Year
Would Have to Be Borne by Public.

Would Have to Be Borne by Public.
The train service employees of all
railroad lines In the United States have
united in a demand for a new basis of
pay for all men engaged in operating
trains, except those in passenger serv-
Ice. At the present time they are paid
on the basis of ten hours Of time or
100 miles of distance, whichever gives
them the higher pay; and every mai
receives a full days paw, no matter
how short a time he works.
The trainmen now demand that, In
all but passenger service, ~ the pres
ent ten hours pay shall be given for
eight hours, OF less, with a guarantee
of a full days pay, no matter how lit
tie service is performed; () overtime
to begin after eight hours, instead Of
after ten hours, and to be paid for at
one and one-half times the hourly rate.
These demands would increase the
hourly rate of pay % per cent, and the
overtime rate S712 per cent
They also insist that all special extra
pay provisions IN the 1O-hour schedules
shall be included in the proposed
S-hour schedule.
These special rules frequently give
double pay for the same service, and
enable the employees to earn two and
three days pay in a single day of
ordinary working hours.
As the increase for all the lines is es-
timated to amount to 100000 700 a
year the railroads say hat they cannot
pay it unless they are allowed to In
crease freight and passenger rates.
The average wages of the men en-
gagged in train service are already very
much higher than those of other EN-
ployees and they receive % per cent OF
the total payroll although constituting
only 1S per cent of the whole number
u railroad workers.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-08-18
MARX TWAIN'S HOME.
les Charm and Hospitality and I'll,
Motto II Lived Up To.


Many frequenters have tried to ex'
press the charm Of Mark Twain's
household. Few have succeeded, for it
lay not in the house itself nor in its
furnishings. beautiful as these things
were, bur IN the personality of it's oc
cupants, the daily round of their lives
the atmosphere which they uncOn
sciously created. From its wide IN
trance hall and tiny jewel-like COZ
servatory below to the billiard room a.
the top of the house it seemed perfect
~ appointed. serenely ordered and full
of welcome.
The home Of one of the most un
usual and u~naccountable personalities
in the world was filed with gentlenes>
and peace. 1t was Mrs. Clemens who
was chiefly responsible. She was NJ
longer the half timid- inexperienced
girl he had married. Association
study and travel had brought hel
knowledge and confidence. When the
great ones of the world came to WISH
Americas most picturesque literary
figure, she gave welcome to them an(
filed her place at his side with such
sweet grace that those who came tt
pay their duties to him often returned
to pay still greater devotion to his
companion.
William Dean Howells, so often 6
visitor there, once said to the writer:
"Words cannot express Mrs. Glen.
ens-her 1neness, her delicate, wonder
full tact" And again, "She was moi
only a beautiful soul, but a woman OF
singular intellectual power"
There were always visitors in the
Clemens home. Above the mantel IL
the library was written, 'The Orna
ment of a house is the friends thai
frequent it." and the Clemens home
never lacked of these ornaments, and
they were of the worlds best. No dis.
tinguished person came to America
that did not pay a visit to Hartford
and Mark Twain. Generally 1t was
not merely a call, but a stay of days
The welcome was always genuine. the
entertainment unstinted.-Albert Bige.
low Paine in st. Nicholas.