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The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-01-14
sullivan Inheritance Tax 10 ssso4s.

An inheritance tax OF 93,048 on the
estate OF Dennis Sullivan, Denver
banker and millionaire who died last
October. was paid to the state. The
tax is one Of the largest ever col
lected on an estate in Colorado. Les.
lie E. Hubbard, state Inheritance tax
appraiser. placed the valuation OF
Sullivan's estate, at the time Of his
death, at $1,423,072. or this amount
$1,3oS,097 was in personal property
and 3119,975 in real estate.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-01-14
coIorade's Militia Has Good Showing.

OF the 100000 in federal property
shortages found In the 1915 inspec-
lions Of the National Guard organiza-
tons Of the different states. less than
one per cent Is charged to the Colo.
RADIO National Guard, according to
figures in the annual report of Bri-
gadier General A. L. Mills, chief of
the division Of militia affairs of the
War Department.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-01-14
Veal salad.

This Is nice when yon have finished
with a roast of veal: Cut up veal in
dice. also bunch Of celery diced, place
on bed of lettuc> leaves Pour over
dressing place few olives; stuffed
ones with red peppers look attractive
and add delics.e flavor, too. by chop
ping in few With the salad.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-01-14
Court Asked to Review oraeh Case.

The case of the state ex rel Grant
McFerson, seeking to GUST e. E. Draeb
from the office of state bank examin-
er, has bcen appealed to the Supreme
Court for review. McFerson was Ap
pointed by Governor Carlson April 10.
1915, but Drsch, the then incumbent
refused to give up his office, claiming
his term did not expire until April.
1916. Suit was commenced in the Dis
trict Court to GUST him. and recently
Judge Allen rendered a decision in IA
vor OF McFerson.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-01-14
Three state Employees Lose Jobs.

With the going into effect of the
state prohibition law on Jan. 1, three
employees of the state treasurers Of.
flee automatically lost their positions
The employees were: Charles Burk.
hardt and Thomas Baird, state liquor
license inspectors. and Mrs. Dorothy
Gum. license clerk.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-01-14
caII Annual Meeting Of Tax eo,rd.

Cal ANNUAL MoetIn0 Of Tax Board.
The Colorado Tax Commission has
called the annual meeting of assessors
Of the state to consider taxation ques-
tions Of common interest. The meet
ing will be held Jan. 20, 81 and %.
Because Of the time OF the meeting
the assessors will be able to take ad-
vantage Of the special railroad rates
to the Western National Livestock
show in Denver. ~.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-01-14
lnsersss "RdueatIenal Preparedness. !"

Mrs. Mary c. C. Bradford, state su'
perintendent Of public instruction, has
Endorsed nationwide campaign for
educational preparedness" being ad.
vocated by Dudley r. Cowles Of At.
lanta, Ga. One OF the chief objects
Of the campaign Ii to obtain national
Endorsement Of the recommendation
Of Secretary OF the Interior Lane that
Congress give the United States
Bureau Of Education an appropriation
Of 100000. ,..
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-01-14

An .
by Thomas Annea institution.
however,
Colorado
foreign countries
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-01-14
Good WASHING Material.

Two potatoes grated In a basin Of
warm water give better results than
soap in washing delicate flannel or
WOODEN goods. ribbons. etc.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-01-14
Tourists Spend 90, 600, 900.

During the past year 10000 people
have visited the Denver Tourist Blu
reau and COZ, 900 pieces of literature
hsve been distributed by the bureau.
The business during the past year
amounts to approximately $50. 00o. 900
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-01-14

Facts About State Land.
Colorado has s,294.0Oo acres of
state land.
Over 100000 acres contain coal de.
posits.
Large pasture areas are included.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-01-14


the total mum
total 10 Of
am I SIS 900 asa for ores 'S'''0 for
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-01-14
vvyomlna.


on leased land near Lowell.
The Saratoga OH and Developmens
Co. was organized In Saratoga for ths
purpose Of prospecting for OIL In that
vicinity.
An important deal ID reported 70. b
under way in connection with the ,osl
and gas production now booming IN
Byron and Greybull.
The Occidental Gold Mining Com
pany in the Hurricane district, near
New Castle, has completed its second
dam and 10 making active prepare
lions toward placer mining.
Active development OF the La Barge
oil fields In the southwestern portion
Of Wyoming seems to be assured for
the coming spring. A company haa
been organized and It 10 said that q
will make deep well tests.
Colorado.
:. The Pilot property In upper Cali
fornia gulch, Leadville. IL steadily b
ing developed into . rich producer a
sold ore.
A new hosting plant with capaSity
for hauling from q depth Of 1000 foes
has been ordered for the Dillon mime
ON Battle mountain. Cripple Greek.
silverton reports that at the Yukos
mill. ON Cement creek. the Colorado
Metals Company have been tasy mill
ing the first tungsten orc from tha
Dawn of Day mine, and are makine
some good concentrates.
1t 10 reported at Boulder that tuns
stem ore is known to exist IN ths
north Empire district, and ~ soon q
the weather will permit several proc
pectors are planning ON an sxpeditjos
to that section in search Of the lodea
bearing that mineral.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Cen
pany II not to have the local fiSld sa1l
to ITSELF" so far a social welfare q
concerned. The American Smeltina
and Refining Company announces
special appropriation Of $3.50. ~ fos
its welfare department.
Samples OF quartz taken from the
tunnel Of the Signal King Gold MIN
ing Company on Signal hill. south.
west OF Cripple Creek. by WiIlian
Christen. subjected to the fire test
show the ore from the vein recently
exposed ON the Lillian lode minine
claim TO carry an average value fce
six assays OF 314.40 q ton.
In the Idaho Springs district, Chi
q
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-01-14
FIGURES FOR 1915
CROP VALUE OF 100000, 900 THE
PAST YEAR SHOWS COLO
= RADIOS MAJESTY.
Mining Output and Live Stoek Riches
Attest Growth Of stats and Proc
pesity Of People Of Cen.
tsnntal STATE.
Union News Servica.

western Nswsosoer Union News servies
Dsnver.-Asain the statisticiaAs in
DEAring Colorado's annual state.
me have brought forth a balance
sheet that shows nothing in the red.
In . Material and a social sense, the
year 1915 was the most momentous
fP the history Of the state.
:. First In importance from q material
standpoint comes: Agriculture, queen
OF Colorado industries. Ceres bent her
beneficent head over the fertile
plains and valleys and serried ranks
OF wheat. corn, beets. hay, the product
Of the farm and the vegetable patch.
covered the ground. The unirrigated
lands Of the eastern plains, blessed
again by heavy precipitation. sprouted
like the banks of the Nile The wheat
crop was greater by 1000, 900 bushels
than ever before. The potato indus
try revived. In beet sugar production
Colorado again led the nation. Even
the apple crop, shortened by an un.
usually low summer temperature,
made up in quality what it lacked in
quantity. Colorado apples brought
fancy prices In all Eastern markets.
When the talesmen counted the re-.
eeipts, they credited Agriculture with
= $100.000.0o0 crop.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-01-14
Bonanza Year In Mines,

MINING, tne rock upon which Colo
RADIO and Denver were founded, rose
again like q volcanic rock from the
sea. and the hills and the mountains
poured forth river Of precious metals
that closely Appropriated the bon.
ansa days Of the state.
From $19.SSs.000 worth Of gold in
1914 the production rose to S24,166..
1853. It 10 an i'll wind that blows no.
body good. The carnage in Europe
forced the price OF spelter up and an
advance Of 60 per cent was noted in
total production. Altogether, the
mines yielded $5O,62S.s6S in 1915, as
against $42,00O,00O in 1914.
The wind from the grass-covered
ranges waited over the prairies to all
who would listen the mingled voices
and the million-hoofed stamping Of
Colorados great herd of livestock
Trained judges of horses came from
far lands of shot and shell to take
from Colorado all it would offer in
the way Of horseflesh. From $47.237.-
900, the output Of the livestock mark.
cts in Colorado rose to $6O,2OS.00O In
- years time. And the stock within
the state increased in value from $102,.
100000 in December, 1914, to $780,
100000 In the December just closed.
With the coal mines once more op-
Grating at full blast, manufacturing
added another $5O,00O,0OO to the
states wealth.
While the outstanding feature OF
the year in railroad circles was the
enormous traffic caused by the unpre:
cedented passenger movement to and
from the Pacific coast, resulting In a
total Of 4,26S,340 passengers in and
out of the Denver Union station dur
ing the year, the trial balance for the
twelve months ending Dec. 81 shows
q record Of increasing traffic of all
kinds, and a number of notable events
in railroad history and excellent prom
Use for the future. especially In con-
nection with the concerted statewide
campaign for fair freight rates.
Mesa Verde Park Great Attraction.
The government has published more
literature dealing with the Mesa
Verde National Park than any of the
other national Fairgrounds. In this
district are the finest and best-pre-
served ruins that have been found in
North America.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-01-14

SPEND $24320o0 FOR Better HIGHWAYS THIS YEAR
by 800 ooo 60
Amount made
service 100000
Total
New-York tribune., 1916-07-09
learned it as a child from hearing his

learned it as a child from hearing his
mother sing it.
The next appeal was to Mr.. Fitch;
but he, meanwhile. had been taken III
and gone to Switzerland to recover his
health hope which proved vain. A
courteous replysto the letter which /
had addressed to him came from his
mother, who sent it from London She
wrote that she had learned the song
when a child from her mother in her
childhood home at Hagerstown. Md.
She had herself been curious about the
history of the song. and once had lnstl-
tuted inquiries about it in Boston, but
without profitable results. She found
only one person outside Of her family
who could recall having heard the song,
and that person was friend who came
from the neighboring city of Reading,
Pa. About the song itself and her
sons acquaintance with It Mrs. Fitch
wrote: I'VE were taught 20 say Out
into the Jews garden; but having
lovely neighbors in those days who
were Jews, and for fear of wounding
their feelings, Clyde, little fellow,
changed it into kings garden and
made several other little changes. as
even in those youthful days he had his
own ideas
New-York tribune., 1916-07-09

Quite the most remarkable and ro-
mantle experience that | ever had IN
the pursuit of ballad attaches to
version of "Sir Hugh of Lincoln. or
The Jews Daughter" which ] added TO
nv collection about fifteen years ago.
| told the story in The Tribune at the
time. but in view OF the present un-
usual interest in the subject IT VIII
bear retelling. In the winter OF 1901
1902 play by the late Clyde FItch
entitled "The Girl and the Judge was
brought out at the Lyceum Theatre IN
New York. In the course of this play
Miss Annie Russell sang verse or
two of song beginning at rained
mist. it rained a mist, It ralned all
over the town" 1t seemed childish
little ditty without significance or
value beyond that which came to 1t as
an episode which added to the gentle
ness and naturalness Of the scene IN
which it occurred but when it was de-
scribed to me | scented ballad, and
the singular manner IN which 1t was
used pioued my curiosity. Ny dramatic
colleague on The Tribune, Mr.. William
II Frost. asked Miss Russell about it,
and she replied that not she. but Mr..
Fitch had introduced the song into the
play and had told her that he had
New-York tribune., 1916-07-09

Professor Reed Smith reported yei'
sions of The Jews Daughter from
Kentucky and Virginia down to the
end of the year 1914, and Mr.. l..
Alphonso Smith prints two melodies
without the words in the Musical
Quarterly" Of last January. There are
many more versions besides that
which | recovered from Pennsylvania
through the agency of Miss Scoield.
SO far as | have seen them, all stop
with the dying boys request to be
I laid out with Bible and prayer-book
and that inquirers be told that he was
either asleep or dead. 1t is singular
to say the least, that the most com
plete version, though it stops short OF
the completion of the story, was one
which, strangely corrupted, Mr.. Will
lam Wells Newell, for many years
secretary of the American FOLKLORE
Society, heard group Of colored
children singing in New York near the
upper end of Central Park. Through
a little girl who recited the poem for
his notation he traced it 10 an irish
family the mother of which, born IN
New York. had learned it from her
mother, who had brought the knowl-
edge Of il with her from Ireland. Jhe
corruptions of the original text are in.
teresting and amusing. Hugh OF
Lincoln is become Little Harry
Hughes; the Jews daughter has
been transmogrifed into The young
est Dukes daughter In version
set forth by Jameson there is de-
scription of the bleeding wound
/ And first came out the thick. thick blood.
And syne came out the thin:
And syne came out the bonny heart blOod
There was nae mair within.
This was more than the transmit
ters could manage in poetical form;
but the picture of the flowing blood
was too grewsomely beautiful to be
lost. wherefore it found expression
/ thus:
I Little Harry hugnes hah 10 pray loi Hi'
soul.
| For his days were at an end
She stuck her penknife IN little Harry
heart
And first the blood came very thick, and
then came very thin.
The desire for Christian burial re-
mains an element, though the preju-
dice against the Jews has disappeared
to be replaced, possibly in Ireland,
with hatred of nobility. What is
most picturesque and dramatically de-
scriptive in the poem has been pre-
served such as the green dress OF the
murderess, her golden chair, the rain
which is utterly inconsequential IN
the oldest version. but somehow never
New-York tribune., 1916-07-09

The reference to Reading brought
singular coincidence to my MIND III
NV notebook there was version oi 'he
ballad words and music, which had
received in January, 1897, from Miss
Mary B. Scofeld, of Poughkeepsie' "
Y. In a lecture before the Vassar IN
stitute in the month preceding hSd
used THE Jews Daughter and some
variants collected in the United States
to illustrate the transmigratlon OF pai-
lads. Strangely enough, Miss Scoheld'
who was in the audience, had for some
weeks or months previously been en-
Gagged in an effort to recall version OF
the ballad which she had sung as child.
Stimulated by the references IN the
lecture she went 10 work again, and
acting on the belief that she must have
learned II from her nurse. she wrote TO
that obliging person and was at once
rewarded and delighted by RECEIVING
written copy of the song IN full.
The introduction Of the nurse into
the history of the version made fur
ther inquiry into its genesis necessary:
Where did Miss Scoield come from and
where the nurse? The answers threw
little light on the subject then, but be
came curiously interesting after the IN
formation contributed by Mrs. Fitch.
Miss Scofeld was born and reared IN
Reading. Penn, and her nurse was a
PENNSYLVANIA German girl, who came
from a farm hard by the city, and had
rover been outside of Berks County.
In melody. and so far as | could learn
in words. the versions OF Mr.. Fitch and
Miss Scofeld were practically Identical.
Here are the words;
+, rained mist. IT rained mist.
I, rained all over the town.
And All the boys IN our town
Won't out 10 toss their balls.
A, 6rst they tossed their balls too high
And then again too low.
.,d then into the garden
Where no one had dare TO 60.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-09
HOW 4 CLEW WAS FOUND IN ONE
OF CLYDE FITCHS PLAYS

the religious type, have been lost for
ever because the black people who had
lived in slavery were shamed into ST.
lence by the younger generation who
had never lived in the land OF Egypt
and thought Of it only with humilia-
ton. To the good, sound sense and
keen appreciation of an old black
nanny who had been a slave in Boone
Conntv. XIV. owe some of the finest
snecimens in my collection. She not
only loved to sing the old songs but
sho knew their worth, il not from an
ortist;c at least from religious point
~ view She had been domestic IN
the family of Miss Mildred ). hiii'
whose recent death many music lovers
and others in Louisville are deplorlng'
ord II was 10 her that Miss hlll went
wears ago in the furtherance OF my
work Did the pious old soul whose
heart was as full of song as II was o'
religion. say that her "splrituaIS were
not worth preserving, and refer MISS
Hill 10 the printed "ballets' IN the
news of the colored peoples churehes
Not at all. She took her to her bosom
metaphorically as she had frequently
done in very truth as child and sara
she was glad to sing the songs for 'ne
Gentleman in New York who wanted 20
print them. ,
"Youse doin' the Lawd's wuk' honey
she remarked TO Miss Ill., en-
couragingly. "Youse doin' the Lawd 5
wuk. and youse maxim your crown
suah! Songs as has sent SO many
nieeshs TO heben as desc yere ought
10 be saved" And so | came into pos
session of such a jewcl as weeping
Mary
New-York tribune., 1916-07-09
The Dulcimore-A Correc-
ton.

An apology Is due from me to MISS
McGill. and II is offered here win
contrite heart and an humble spirit
When she wrote that one string of the
indigenous Kentucky dulclmore "as
fretted she knew what she was AK
ing about; when +, misied by photo
graph. presumptuously volunteered q
correction OF her statement, didnI
I know better now, tor | have du''
cimore. The three strings are OF meta
and the first, which is tuned IN unisor
with the second, lies over a series o.
brass frets set into the hngerboard. lts
office is plainly like that OF the ehsun-
ter of the Highland bagpipe, while the
third. tuned to the hftn Of the scale
together with the open second string
proyides a drone accompaniment. "hen
the three strings are strummed Win
out stopping 70 an unvarying rhythm
the effect IS not unlike Rattan Deyis
,amboura. The fretted fngerbosrd al
lows the production OF two octayes and
a fourth OF distonic tones, with the
seventh OF the scale Astted
Colonel ". J. Hampton - hen.
tuckian and a poet and therefore smis-
bic. know hat he will not take Of
fence II print part Of letter jls'
received from him snent The Trlbune's
ballad articles: While ! do not know
Miss NcGul. do know another folk
song expert down there. josiah H..
Combs. OF Hindman. Knox County. and
have heard him play the dulcimors.
II YOU have never heard that lnstru'
men, may say that II sounds good
deal Ike the rhyme ana rhythm Of
some Of the verses which you quote in
YOUR song-taik. n sou are not already
IN touch with Combs ! would suggest
that YOU get HIM on your string a.
valuable material for reference. He rs
n Young lecturer. a born mounta neer
and about as non-typical IN tone and
appearance as could be imagined. He
travels about 10 little, ard am trying
TO induce him 10 prepare an lllus,rat-
cd lecture on his native heath. He has
state anthology 20 his credit. All
That's Kentucky being a collection OF
most OF the brickba,s and bouquets
thrown At the state In prose and rhyme
Good stuff D. is. and no other state
has anything like IT,"
New-York tribune., 1916-07-09

She wrapped him in napkin,
And pinned il with pin.
And called out for the carving knife
To stab his little heart in.
"Oh. save me- Oh. save me-
The little boy did cry
III ever / live 10 be man
Ny treasure shall all be thine.
Pray lay the Bible at my head.
The prayer book at my feet.
And if my parents ask for me
Pray tell them that I'm asleep.
Pray lay the Bible at my feet.
The prayer book at my head.
And If my playmates ask for me
Pray tell them that I'm dead
To scientific folklorists there is in
this ballad an echo that has been re
verberating in the chambers OF the
human mind for centuries and wick
ed and unspeaksbly cruel superstition
that has endured at least 1000 years.
A superstition, moreover, that seems
10 be ineradicsble 1t is indeed prob
able that not a generation has passed
during the last thousand years IN
which in one form or another II mas
not entered into the criminal annals OF
peoples who boast Of being leaders IN
civilization. In scientific phrase it is
called ritual murder, or the blood &C
cusation. Bishop Percy, who recorded
one Of the first English or Scottish
ballads in which it is proclaimed, de-
scribed il as "the supposed practice OF
the Jews in crucifying or otherwise
numbering Christian children out of
hatred to the religion of their parents
a practice which hath always been
alleged in excuse for the cruelties ex-
ercised upon that wretched people. but
which probably never happened in a
single instance. For if we consider, on
the one hand, the ignorance and su-
perstition Of the times when such
stories took their rise, the virulent
nreiudices Of the monks who record
them and the eagerness with which
they would be catched up by the bar
barous populace a. pretence for plum
der; on the other hand, the great dam