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The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24
Polite Doubt.

A fond parent was telling Oliver
Herford Of the really bright remark
of her thrce-yrar-old daughter.
Herf0rd was much impressed.
"liow old did you say little Lena is1"
he asked.
"Only three" answered the mother
proudly.
"DO you know" said the humOrist,
solemnly, II have suspicion that
sometimes these children lie about
their age!"-McClure's Magazine.
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24
Same Old World,

Mother-You were II long time In the
conservatory with Mr.. Willing last
night, my child What was going on
Daughter-Dld you ever sit In the
conservatory with father before you
married him?
Mother-I suppose I did.
Daugh'er-Well, mother. It's the
same old world.
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24

say that I have been in good health
since and able to do considerable
work At the advanced age of seventy.
two. am glad you induced me to
continue their use at the time. % l
am cured.
Dodd's Kidney Pills. soc per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.,
Buffalo. N. 7. Dodd's Dyspepsia Tab.
let's for indigestion have been proved.
Soc per boX.-Adv.
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24

Compound made her we'll, % ] took L and
now ! an just - veil ssi svlf M I
g :ss1Ss e. 299sE:;s1s I(sE s Why women dsns
would escape By taking yor medicine.
! cannot praise it enough for 4 aved
my life and kept mo from tho Insane
Hospital. "-MA E. SHELDON, 6667 8
halsted St, Englswood, Ill
Physicians undoubtedly did their best
battled with this case steadily and could
do no moro, but often the most scientific
treatment Is surpassed by the medicinal
properties Of the good old fashioned
roots and herbs contained IN Lydia E
Pinkhsm's Vegetable Compound.
II any complication exists %
pays to write the Lydia +. Pink.
ham Medicine CO.. Lynn, Mass,
for special free advice.
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24

Dodd's Kidney Pills.
It 10 now three
years since I I'm.
ished taking these
Pills and | have had
no trouble with my
kidneys since. I
was pretty bad for
ten or twelve years
prior to taking your
treatment and will
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24
Hioh Brow.

Thinks well Of himself, doesn't
he?"
II don't consider him bumptlous."
"Oh, his concet isn't the aggressive
kind but l notice he quotes Plato
much more often than he does Mfr.
DOOley.' y.'"-Blrmlngham Age.Hcrald.
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24
LOSING Game.

"T'm sorry | asked the girl to clean
the typewriter"
"Why"
"She took fifteen minutes 10 clean
the typewriter and two hours to mani
cure her finger nails afterward."
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24
Time to MIGRATE.

Coin sout' fur the winter!"
"Sure Ting" answered Frisco Mike.
"Ain't heard none o. desc swells offer.
In ter give away fur Overcoats have
yer?"
mo"
"And none o. de welfare societies
Is invitin' b0es ter rally roun' an toast
deir tootsics ut u radiator TN de vi.lets
bloom againf"
"Dhat's right"
Exactly. So It's me fur n rattler
out O town an de Ian o. de sunny
sOut'." Age Herald.
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24
.SWAMP.ROOT FOR
KIDNEY DISEASES

TeS is only one medicine that really
stands out preeminent - . remedy for
diseases Of the kidneys. liver and bladder.
Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp Root stands the
highest for the reason that il has proven
70 be just the remedy needed in thousands
upon Thousands Of even the most distrcss.
ing cases. Swamp Root, q physicians pre-.
scription for special diseases, makes friends
quickly because its mild and immediate ef.
feet is soon realized in most cases. Il 10
gentle. healing vegetable compound.
Start treatment At once. Sold at all DRUG
stores in bottles Of two sizes-ffty cents
and one dollar.
However. IL you wish 6rst to test this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer 4 Co., Binshsmton. N. Y, for .
sample bottle. When writing Be sure and
Dsntion this psper.-Adv.
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24
Blind Wireless Operators.

Blind soldiers are being trained In
France as wireless operators. When
the sense Of sight Is lost the senses Of
hearing and touch become intensified.
and acuteness of hearing and sensitive
ness Of touch are just the qualities
most needed In wireless operator.
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24
Not So Mean,

They asked old Goldman II they
could put him down for II thonsant
dollars for the charity fund and HI
gave assent"
"The mean old skinflint."
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24
uruent.

Just as the dinner was on the table,
and the family had gathered about 1t,
Big Sister stepped into the hall to look
ut her hair In the mirror there.
Helen was hungry. and everything
did look and smell so good, and yet
she knew well that father would not
say grace until Big Sister was also In
her seat.
"Hurry up, Ruth" she called, Gods
waiting."-New York Evening Post.
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24
Makes q Difference.

A mans right to change his mind de-
pends great deal on whether he Is at
present In agreement with you.
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24

DWt0 ~
| |vousnesa, flashes q
hsst and ] suffered
% much ] did MOI
know what ] voa
doing st dmsa ]
spent $500 o. doe.
tore and not oos did
me any god One
day . hdy called q
my houDe and ed
she bad bssn = siek
10 ] vas atone tims,
and Lydia E. PINK.
1hamsa vaRatahlA
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24
Its lIkenen,

Il suppose you couldn't tell me why
a banana is like wedding guest1"
"Oh, yes, l can. 1t Is always ready
to throw the slipper when the pairing
comes on"
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24

Nothing Is calculated to give the
selfmade citizen harder Jolt than
bill of fare In French.
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24
AN APPREclArive LETTER.

Mr.. NJ. A Page. Osceols. Wis.,. un.
der date Of Feb. ls. 1916. writes:
Some years ago I was troubled with
my kidneys and was advised to try
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24

And the less a man knows, the less
he seems to know II.
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24

"Now shoes are going up"
"Then 1t Is time for the public Il
put Its foot down."
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24

In this country 20 to 40 per cent of
the cases requiring charitable relief
are due to sickness
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24

A. Some Men Reason.
Some men think It Is well to do the
good for the reason that the good are
the easier to do,
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24

II you wish beautiful, clear white
clothes. use Red Croo Bag Blue. At all
good grocers. Adv.
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24

Red Cross Bag Blue makes the lsundress
happy. makes clothes whittier than snow.
All good grocers. Adv.
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24
Appropriate Remedy.

"Is Jim feeding his coldr"
Il believe so-with hay fever
Baltimore American.
II sometimes happens that a good
mans conscience doesn't keep him
from accumulating a million.
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24

Time waits for no woman-but a
man must wait for her.
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24
! REI1lRklbLE
Statement
M&slde. Spssx$ls fes
Irsatmsnt Without Bsne.
f. FnaI yMads Wen b
E6aE Pnkham's vss.
etAble Compound

Engisvood m -"whils Rolse
through The CAasge Of Life I suffered
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24

Dr.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the orig.
lnal little liver pills put up 40 years ago.
They regulate liver and bowels.-Adv.
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24

Wisdom Is better than weapons of
war.
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24

China has the longest national hymn,
The Lovington leader., 1916-11-24

important TO Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORlA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that It
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
Brewers Ash: to Make Beer.

The brewery interests of Denver
have started an initiated petition for
an amendment to the state prohibit
ton law which will permit the brew
cries of the state to manufacture
beer for sale direct to consumers ia
the circulators of the petition that in
this way the money, now being sent
by residents of Colorado to outside
points for beer, will be kept in the
state, giving employment to many
men. No attempt is made by the pc
TONERS to legalize the sale OF beer in
retail quantities.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
Totals
Arizona

A Bisbee company has been formed
to operate Ajo copper property.
The Mona property at Kingman has
been sold to Denver capitalists
The Gold Roads property at Oat-
man shipped a $4,000 bar OF bullion
Hugh Daggs of Phoenix has To-
Gated porphyry ledge OF great pro-
portions on the east side of the Verde.
The tungsten property In tho
Huachucas has been bonded and
leased for s25o.oo0 to eastern capital
lists.
Scheelite. running 2S per cent In
tungstic acid has been struck on the
claims OF ]. f. Miller. twelve miles
east of Yucca. The strike was made
In vein six feet wide. and not far
from an eighty feet ledge that Is two
per cent tungsten.
Copper mining in Yavapai county.
for a number of years past the most
important branch of the mining In
dustry. has of late assumed unpre-
cedented proportions both as to out
put of copper ore and number OF op-
Grating properties.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
PROVIDE SURVEY FUNDS
SUPREME COURT TO PASS ON
coNsTiTUTioNAIiTv
OF ACT.
Governor Carlson Asks Aid for Com
mittee That Best Possibis Re-
suits May Be Obtained.
w~.terp Newspaper Union New. service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denyer-Arrangeme have been
made by which the survey of the
state institutions provided for in an
act OF the last Legislature will be be-
gun pending a decision on the consti-
tutionality of the act by the State SUI
preme Court. Governor Carlson sent
u letter to department heads of state
institutions which. in part. was as fol-
lows:
In view of the benefits to be de-
rived from such constructive sur
vey / desire to have the survey be-
gun and carried forward under the d.
rection OF the Civic and Legislative
Bureau OF the Denver Civic and Com
mcrcial Association and under the di.
rect supervision of Mr.. r. e. Wright,
secretary Of the State Survey commit
tee. The Civic and Legislative Bu-
reau has contributed jointly with
Messrs. p b. Stewart and l.. G.
Phipps sufficient funds to finance the
survey until the appropriation under
the legislative act becomes available
Il hope you win ard the work In
every way possible and give those in
charge of the survey the benefit of
your experience and knowledge of
state government and of your depart
ment in particular. The survey is un-
dertaken solely for constructive ben
efits and not in a spirit OF unsympa-
thetio criticism"
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09

warspite tsunk, Berlin report)-
Dreadnought. 27.500 tons; eight 16-
In. guns. crew $50.
Queen Mary (sunk)--Battio cruis-
er. $1,000 tons. eight 13.5-In. guns,
crew $50.
Indefatigabie (sunle) - Battle
cruiHer. 1880 tons. eight f2-in. and
sixteen 4-in- guns, crew $50.
Invincible tsunk) battle cruiser.
II. 7.250 tons, eight 12-in. and sixteen
4-in- guns, crew 73t.
Defense (sunk k)-Armored cruiser.
1880 tons. four e-2-in. and ten ID
In. guns. crew 756.
Black Prince (s n k)-Armored
cruiser. 1850 tons, six 9.2-in. and
four 7.5-in. guns. 7O4 men.
Warrior abandoned. In sinking
ndition)-Armored cruiser. 1850
tons. six 9.2-ln. and four 7.5-in.
guns.
Marlborough (structe by torpedo,
Berlin report) rt)--Dreadnought, $4,000
tons. ten 13.5-in. guns
Twelve torpedo boat destroyers
sunk. according to Berlin estimate.
(England admits loss OF eighG.)
One British submarine sunk. Ber-
lin report,
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
Colorado.

Great improvements are planned for
the Up-to-Datc mine in Boulder.
Cripple Creek to date has pro
duced. in round numbers. $3.50, ,00O,0
in gold.
In the Silverton district the Dawn
of Day mine is shipping tungsten ore
to the Tucker mill.
Telluride reports that the vanadium
industry In southwestern Colorado II
evidently reviving.
At Cripple Creek operations have
been resumed at both the Gold Coin
and Dillon shafts.
Prospects are favorable for flota-
tion mill to be established at the
Copper Hill properties in the La
Platas.
For the past two weeks the Con.
tention mill has been grinding out
fine grade OF concentrates from the
ores OF the Big Giant mine near Sir
yerton, now being operated by Pete
Orella and associates.
An ore shoot has been entered ON
either the lie Clair or Mary Mckinney
veins, which lie parallel and close to
each other, and in several OF the up
per levels have converged at Cripple
Creek. The ore is a heavy fluorite
quartz. carrying caiaverite. and with
the core of the vein a streak of about
ten to twelve inches strong carrying
values of from twelve to sixteen
ounces gold, or from $240 to 1920 to
the ton.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
New Mexico.

Mining around Ration Is receiving
heavy impetus.
The first few days OF operation of
the concentration plant at the Car
Isle property In the Steeple Rock
district proved the new installation
a success.
The receipt OF assay reports on
some ore treated in Denver created
much excitement at La Luz. The az
says showed some OF the samples
carried as high as $500 ton mMt-
'ly in silver.
The Eclipse mine OF the Steeple
Rock district is the scene OF a prom
ising strike. made In the first level.
Ore bodies five feet wide, six feet
thick and running the whole width OF
the drift were encountered.
Ore shipments from Silver CITY arc
averaging a trainload a day, the ship
pers OF greatest tonnage being the
Empire Zinc Company, the Austin
mine and the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company. Shipments of the Chino
Copper Company and the Burro
Mountain Copper Company also are
reaching a record mark.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
immigration Board Revived.

A statewide campaign to secure new
settlers and promote trade and social
relations between the cities and the
rural districts received an initial i'm
petns when the state immigration
board named James II. Jenkins Of
Pueblo secretary OF the Board. For
nine months the board has been dor
mant because of failure to agree upon
a secretary. The last session of the
Legislature appropriated $4,000 to
carry on the work OF the board and
to start a State Chamber OF Com
merce.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
PRIZES FOR DRILLING
AeeiE CADETS AT FORT COLLINS
AWARDED MEDALS.
Whedbee Cup, and Trophy Pre-
sented to the Captain.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Fort Collin, Colon. Lee Foster,
Denver youth, captain of C. Company.
Aggie cadets received the Whedbee
cup for his company. it having been
declared winner in the company drill.
The drill for the medals offered by
Lieutenant Rogers was held with
Maj. w. p. Stone of the coast artil-
lery. Capt. w. T. Bates of the in
fantry service, and Lieut.. w. f. Sharp
of the field artillery. officers in the
United States army. as judges.
Pvt. ]. Chiids was awarded the
Courier medal for the best drilled
cadet
First Sergt Claude A White won
the Rogers medal for the highest
grade in the infantry drill. theoreti-
cal.
Sergt. H. L. Gaymon won for the
highest grade infantry drill. theoreti-
cal and practical combined.
Corp. H. Nichols OF Denver won the
medal for field artillery drill and gun
merry, theoretical.
Capt. Herbert 8. Thompson of Fort
Morgan won the medal for the high
est grade drill in field artillery, theo-
retical and practical combined.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
Mining Employees to Get Bonus.

u Nctices have been sent to the State
Industrial Commission from several
mining and smelter companies of the
state announcing that bonuses will be
paid to the employees of the com
panies as long as the present prices
for zinc. lead and silver continue. The
Leadville smelters and the Mary Muir
ply Gold Mine Company are two of
the concerns which have raised the
pay of their men In this way. The
men working for $3.50 per day and
under will receive 25-cent increases,
while those working for more than
that amount will get 50-cent raises.
If the st. Louis price of spelter falls
below 10 cents or silver below 10
cents, the bonuses will be cut in half.
Only the regular employees will profit
by the bonus.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
rwo-ysar inheritanee Tax 5000. 900.

An unusual number of deaths of
wealthy residents of Denver and Colo
rado in the last few years has rolled
up the receipts of the State Inherit
ance Tax Department to figure
never before reached since the in
heritance tax went into effect in 1902.
Figures complied on June 1 by Les
lie Il. Hubbard. state inheritance tax
appraiser. show that besides the
$60S,192S4 already collected during
this biennial period In taxes on es.
tates. additional revenue OF 100000
is In sight. SO that the total for the
period will run more than 100000
When the Legislature met last year
1t was estimated that the income
from the Inheritance Tax Department
would be 100000. Instead, 1t will
amount to 100000. Since 1913 Hub
bard has collected s573.39747 more
than the estimated revenue from his
department
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
Trainmen Open Thirty-Day Meeting

Denver.-President w. S. Carter
called the twenty-seventh triennial
convention of the Brotherhood of Lo-
comotiye Firemen and Enginemen.
composed of S43 delegates. represent
ing 10000 railroad employees in the
United States and Canada, to order
for a thirty-day session at the Audi
torium. In his annual address Presi-
dent Carter declared that the organi.
zation was in most prosperous con
dition. The balance on hand. he said.
amounted to $4.6S5,93S.67. the largest
in the history of the organization.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
wife Falls Dead a. Husbands Feet.

Sterling.-"Pm going to take your
picturei" Mrs. Clara Latham Arm
strong, 35, cried from the top of a
cliff to her husband, who was cutting
pines 40 feet below her In Old Sandy
Canon. The next moment she plunged
forward with shrek. Her head
struck rock at hor husbands feet as
she fell and the body bounced, rolling
100 feet down the steep slope of the
canon. She was killed instantly. The
Armstrong; had left their home in
Sterling for short camping trip and
had pitched their tent in the canon
midway between Sterling and KIM
ball. Neb. The woman was Mr.. Arm
strong's third wife.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
Six Injured in Auto Crash.

Fort Morgan.-An automobile con
tanning six Fort Morgan residents,
tree women and three men. was
wrecked while running forty miles an
hour north of Brush. Mrs. Myrtle
Parker. one of the occupants. was
badly cut on the head and is in a
Brush hospital, where she is not ex-
pected to live. The other five per-
sons escaped with bad cuts and
bruises. The car was demolished.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
pefaulter's wife Assumes Blame.

Denver.-While pleading for leni.
sncy for her husband, Mrs. Ernest H
Pettigrove. wife of the man charge
with embezzling $4,000 from the 10
cal branch of Swift &c Co., admitted
to the district attorney that she was
responsible for her husbands down
fall and that she should be punished
in his place. at was the beautiful
things in life that / wanted" she said
"and to get them for me he took the
money. l am the one that should snf
fer instead of him."
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
Roads Sued for Coal Rates Rebate.

Three railroads, the Colorado &
Southern, Burlington and the Union
Pacific, are defendants in actions be-
gun in the District Court for the pay
ment of s15,634.65 alleged excess
charges for freight on coal shipped to
Denver from northern Colorado. The
coal company declares the railroads
ignored rulings of the State Commits
sion made in 1916 and that the Colo.
rado & Southern wrongfully collected
si1,313.SS: the Burlington. s2,97J.4s
and the Union Pacific. s1.34429.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
GERMAN LOSSES

Pommern (sunk) Pre-drend-
nought type. $4,000 tons. four Hin.
and fourteen 6.7-in. guns; crew 720.
Derfflinger or Lutsow - Battle
cruiser-blown up. British report.
Wlesbaden (sunk)-smail cruiser.
Frauenlob (misslng) Protected
cruiser, 2.T15 tons. ten +.I-in. guns.
Six torpedo boat destroyers sunk.
according to British report.
Two battle cruisers seriously dam
aged or disabled.
British reports add to this list of
ships sunk two dreadnoughts of the
Kaiser class carrying t.0sS mon
each, and one German submarine.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
Denies Destroying Fence.

Pueblo.-Arrested on warrant
charging her with destroying sec
tion of fence belonging to G. A. Far
low, Mrs. Sarah Brown, a Sloan
ranchwoman. denied her guilt before
Justice Leddy. She was released on
bond She came to the court house
unattended. having been notified by
Undersheriff Sam Thomas to come.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
Pueblo quarry Man Electrocuted.

Pueblo-Peter Johnson, a resident
of Stone City. eighteen miles north
west of Pueblo. endeavored to make
his own electrical connection in his
home and paid with his life. He was
electrocuted. dying Instantly. while
his wife and two children looked on.
johnson was an employe in the stone
quarries and was As years old.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
Tungsten Ris. Predicted.

Nederland.-The market for tung-
stem is due to rise within the next
few days. mining men and others who
have studied the situation say.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
School Pupil Sent to Reforrhatory.

Pueblo.-Because he was so unap-
preciative of the efforts of his teach
er and visitors to entertain him that
he yelled Rotten" when one of them
was making a speech, a 16-year-old
pupil of a Beulah school was sen
fenced to the reform school by Judge
Mirick in JuvenIie Court.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
Wyoming.

Work on two new oil derricks in
The Little Buffalo basin has been
commenced.
That the Ohio OIL Company expects
TO locate a refinery at Greybuli there
seems no longer reason for doubt.
The Greybull Oil & Development
Company. which owns thirty-seven
acres of land Just south of the Grey
bull river. about mile and half
from Greybull. has begun work on its
ground.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
Man Fires Bullet Through Brain.

Colorado Springs.-Ceorge G. Car
penter, 25. resident of this city for
some time, killed himself at Prospect
lake in the southeastern part of the
city by firing a bullet through his
head.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
Apply for Compensation.

Compensation for the death OF Fred
Doublecheck. an employe of the
Black Iron mine of Red Cliffe. who
was killed while at work May 2s, has
been applied for by his relatives from
the state compensation fund.