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CURED HER FITS

Mrs Paul Gram, residing at GIG Fourth Street
Milwaukee. Wis, recently gave out the following
statement: Il had suffered with Fits Epilepsy
for over fourteen years. Doctors and medicine
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hope of relief. when at last secured prepare.
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Avenue. Milwaukee, Wis, and ask for bottle of
the same kind Of medicine which he gave me. He
mas generously promised to send it prepaid. free,
70 anyone who writes him."-Adv.
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Wheeler were the delegates from Ter
rell precinct. Rev. l. c. Chapple
and Mr. Geo. Townsell were delegates
to the Congressional Convention
which met at Mineola Saturday. The
convention split Hear D. L. X.
Williams of Chicago, ILL.,, at New
Hope Baptist church Tuesday night,
May 10,
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his home on account of illness. Mrs.
Tommie Cooper of Paris is now
here looking over old friends. Miss
G. r. Layne entertained in honor of
Mrs. and Prof ]. ID. Lewis.
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Gray Opposed To
County Division

Brett Gray. one of the substantial
stockmen of the Hugo district was in
he city yesterday. Mr. Gray is max
.ng little trip over this sec5ipn of
he state with the idea of using ais
influence against the Limon and Flag
Ter county amendments. which will -
voted upon at Tuesdays election
Mr.. Gray states that 80 PEI cent of
the residents of the counties affected
are against the measures. which were
placed on the ballot through the mis-
use of the initiative and referendum
by some real estate boomers who ex-
pect to clean up handsomely in the
event the consolidation is carried 1T
the polls.
Most of the names on the petition
to initiate the measure were secured
in the large cities of the state at 10
cents a name. and not represent the
sentiment of the district affected Mr.
Gray left for the western part of the
county yesterday afternoon where he
will visit a brother.
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A BASIS FOR THE
BUSINESS OF THE COUNTRY

Too many business men. an
afraid, have failed 10 appreciate fui-
b the importance of agriculture or
their dependence on H. This has re-
suited. In many instances. In lack OF
sympathetic understanding OF the far.
fners problems and OF the difficulties
confronting him not only in produe.
fng his crops and live stock but al
DO in marketing OF his products Az
riculture furnishes the basis for much
OF 'he business of the country There
are many industries which are en-
tirely dependent on IL, such as the
manufacture of farm implements and
machinery. the packing houses. grain
merchants and many Others: and
farm products. OF course. play 4 LARGE
part in transportation. Neither the
business man nor the farmer. there
fore. can be genuinely and perma-
nentiy prosperous without, ihe good
vii and me material aid % the other
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DESTROYED the i,iu,;oo.

Ipto the restaurant she came with
the air NJ "A princess. "a truly regnl fig
ure. clad In brown from top TO toe and
looking as n she had Just visited n
Partisan modiste and n beauty parlor
"a perfectly groomed. handsome wom-
an. There was an mir Of refinement
about her, Sh- looked expensively
turned orh In the simple. deceptive
way.
She seated herself at a table and
there were little cxclamations Of ad-
mlration from other diners near. A
waitress approached: every one
hushed to listen TO the beautiful crea-
ture speak.
In hlsh-pitchcd, Eas, side voice
she ordered FIRING me onion
omle,te." II was brought, and she
played II golfishly speaking. with her
knife.-New York Evening Post.
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FARMERS ASKED TO
JOIN FORCE STRIKE
aDy United Pre>.l

WASHINGTON, Oct 2e.-An farm
ers virtually have been asked to Join
In possible strike against the pres.
cnt low prices OF agricultural prod.
ucts in resolution adopted BY rep
resentatives of more than 30 farm or
ganizations in session here. The
resolution calls on farmers to band
themselves together so that all 0:
their products may be marketed IN
an orderly manner" Cotton and
wheat farmers have been asked 70
withhold their products from sale Al
the present prices by Charles S. Bar
rett, president of the National Farm
ers' Union. Besides Withholding their
products from the market. the pro
gram adopted by the farmers calls
upon the government TO finance the
work OF developing foreign markets
and the immediate revival OF the War
Finance Corporation. They also de-
mand protective tariff for dairy
dairy products and the immediate Or
ganization OF farmers committee.
representing all OF the agricultural in
terests OF the country, to formulate n
program to make credits easier for
farmers to obtain.
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[LIED POWERS
kY RECOGNIZE
ExIC0 IF U. s.
AXES THE MOVE.
my United Pre-..)

WASHINGTON, Oct. S0-Recog-
pn by the principal Allied powers
soon be extended to the Mexican
ernment as the result of virtual
= mise OF recognition by the United
Dhtes. representatives OF the new reg
me in Mexico here have declared.
& Several of the South American and
EKral American governments have
kygnized the new administration in
exico, but the great powers have
withheld action. 1t is understood
8ey have been awaiting a definition
a the attitude OF the United States
> relation to the matter.
4 There is considerable skepticism
Dmong officials here regarding the
confidence of Mexico in winning the
recognition of European nations
They point out that Great Britain
bever granted recognition 20 the Car
rama government. II is believed that
lhe statement OF Secretary OF State
CoIby that "the preliminaries looking
n a recognition OF Mexico can now
pyqeeed." means that there will soon
pc a formal recognition of the for
Dign government in Mexico by the
Cnited States.
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Lithuania Is
Preparing t.
Fight Poles
lBy United Pre.s.)

LONDON. Oct. 3o.-Lithuania is
preparing to issue call for volun-
teers to repel the threatened Polish
invasion, according to information re-
ceiyed here. With Wilma in the hands
OF the Poles and Kovono imperiled
old men and students are reported to
be joining the Lithuanian army. Sew
eral attacks have been made by the
Poles on the Kovono-Vilna railway,
but have been repulsed, it is stated.
Large German detachments have ar.
rived at Kovono to aid the Lithuanian
forces. but their assistance has been
declined. IL is reported.
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Aircraft Conditions.

Several American commissions have
recently nad' IA Investigation into
the aircraft conditions IN different
parts Of the world. and they agree that
this country has the opportunity to lead
the world 10 civilian aeronauticsl &C
tivities and as parket for aircrafr
In 1910. II WAS the iotnt opinion Of
these commissions that the United
States is ahead OF all other countries
In number OF planes actually ordered
and bonghi for civilian purposes. mum
Der of aerial transportation lines be
ing organized, actual daily perform
ance of the aerial mall service. and
volume OF mail carried. and possibili-
ties for the use Of aircraft for com
mercial purposes. and that the fact
that the post Office has proved that
military planes can be converted into
mail carriers makes possible the utili-
xatiou Of service planes 20 meet the i'm
mediate demand which manufacturers
sre unable to meet.
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RESEMBLE ACRES OF LILIES
Visitors Beautiful Description OF the
American Cemeteries in France
Exquisite In Uniformity.

Though American relatives usually
want 10 plant flowers on the graves
Of their sons or brothers in the Amer
lean army cemeteries In France. an
army ruling forbidding this has been
adhered To. The cemeteries. a uni
form stretch of green grass with white
crosses, look Ike acres Of white Ill
les. according to Miss Elsie Goddard,
a Wellesley graduate who has returned
to this country nfter having had super
vision Of the Y. W. G. A. rest huts
built for The comfort Of relatives Wis
iting the graves In four Of the Ameri-
can cemeteries in France. AT first
every one wants to plant flowers on
the grave they love" SAYS Miss God
dard. but they soon see that the army
ruling keeps the cemeteries most beau
tiful and impressive because Of the
uniformity. Cut flowers can he placed
on graves and flowers can be planted
In the flower beds near by. but not
on the graves. The French people
who are eager to decorate the graves
In some parts are often surprised nj
this ruling. but our cemeteries as cared
for are wonderful. impressive. Aft
ter visiting them few Americans want
To take the bodies of their boys home
though they have been determined TO
do II before they came" The Y. w. c.
A. and Red Cross combine in main
tnining rest huts al Romagne. Bony
Belieau Woods and Fere-en-T -TardeDois.
"No matter how prepared mother
and father are for what they expect
TO see. the first sight Of the field NJ
American graves overwhelms them
says Miss Goddard.
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MADE GOOD WITH CAMERA
Kermit Rooseveit's Photographs. Ia
ken In Africa. Are Looked on
as masterpieces-

In 1909. when the Roosevelt expedi-
ton went TO Africa on the greatest
OF all sAfsriS- By the dropping out Of
the professional photographic. Ker-
mli Roosevelt suddenly was thrust
into the position Of official photog
rapher 70 the expedition. viewed this
arrangement with many mlsgivings-
because Il was task for maturity
and long experience-hut the young
man made good. He made good 100
per cent. not only with the big game
rife hut in wild animal photography
as well.
Mr.. Kcrnit's masterpiece IL his best
picture Of whole herd Of elephants
IN high hut rather open forest. VIII
liam Hornaday writes In Scribner's
The light Was none too good, but for
tuna;eiy II was good enough. This real
achievement was scored from a perch
on = low limb Of o tree. conveniently
placed TO drop the intervening brush
out OF view. Five tuskers appear In
the front line. and the elephants are
massed together In t'e composition as
neatly and perfectly ss n the hand
OF man had grouped them TO eet all
the fiankers into the picture.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt was very
proud Of this picture. and 40 were
the editors Of Scribner's magazine and
the African Game Trail book.
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Youthful Cattle Ralser.

Little Edwin. age seven, lives on n
farm In Gram county. II has been
for some time his fathers custom to
sell calves TO n neighhorinr farmer
when they were about three days old.
The other day little Edwin was In
strucied to go To the home of tn,
nelghbor. and tell him that calf
would be ready for him the followips
day. and that IL was "bull calf"
with an air OF great importance tn.
young farmer delivered the following
message: MY father told me 70 toll
you that ,anr. hull has new calf. and
yon can hare Il tomorrow l"--I~-''.-
spolis News
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Where The United
States Stands

The mothers and fathers who are
Moving their babies weighed aah
essured are finding out that the care
Provided for mothers and babies in
fhis country Is not adequate. They
nasy well ask. ''Do more mothers and
babies die here than in other coun
1ries,"
rabies IN the United States die at
. rate twice that of New Zeatsnd.
Where much has been done to maxi
nursing care available for nil mother
sni to spread information about the
care of mothers and babies. Ten Of
the principal countries of the world
take place ahead of the Unified States
n baby saving.
One OF the chief purposes OF baby
weeks and weighing and measuring
tests is to make generally known the
need which these figures make plain.
THE prevention OF maternal deaths
Involves the problem OF making uni
versally available and universally de.
SIRED adequate care for mothers at
childbirth and before" Miss Julia G
Lathrop declared in her sixth annual
report. when this can be accom-
phshed, new step will have been
taken in the prevention also OF infant
deaths among the large number OF ba-
bies whose mothers escape the dan.
Sers involved in the lack OF proper
care"
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SCHOOL BOARDS SENDING
IN THEIR YEARLY BUDGETS

The school boards of many of the
rural districts Of the county are send
ing in to the county superintendent
of schools their budgets. with an out
line of their expense accounts for
next years work, practically all of
which are larger than they were u
months ago.
These budgests. provided they are
not in excess of per cent Of last
years tax income. are filed by the
Superintendent OF schools with the
board of county commissioners, which
makes the school levy for them. II
the budget is more than per cent Of
last years tax income, 1t Is forward
ed to the state tax commission In
Denver and it passes upon the advis-
ability OF the allowance The IN
creased budgets this year are due to
the desire of school boards to pay
teachers more liberal salaries for
their work in the future than has been
the case heretofore.
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Enthusiasm Marked
Thursday Nights
Republican Rally
Page Seven

One of the most inspiring political
rallies held in Canon City in recent
years was staged b. the colored people
Of Fremont county at Smiths hal; IN
Thursday night In enthusiasm. ar
dor and applause it has not been ap-
preached by either of the big party
organizations here during ,he present
campaign
Colored people from all over the
county were present to enjoy the oc-
casion and show their appreciation OF
The speakers and hear what they had
to say. Many of them were from Flor
ence and the coal camps. They lis
tened with the utmost attention to
the addresses and seemed TO be of one
accord in their deductions and conciu-
sions.
The speakers were John Adams of
Pueblo and Maj. Thomas Campbell of
Denver, two of the best speakers
among the colored people of the state.
Both are real orators, and they pre-
sented the issues of the campaign in
the most pleasing and effective man
ner. arousing tremendous applause
among their auditors they reviewed
all OF the questions involved in the
campaign, pointed out the shortcom-
ms of the national administration.
and gave reasons why a change
should be made at this time.
Few campaigners among the col
ored people of the West are as force
full, clear and convincing as John
Adams and Mai. Campbell. and those
in charge of the meeting here Thurs
day night were fortunate in being able
to secure them for addresses. IL
there was any disparity Of opinion
among the coolred voters OF Fremont
county on the political issues of the
day previous to Thursday nights rally
1t was healed and unified by the splen-
did meeting they had at that time.
Following the speaking refresh
ments were served, which was in turn
succeeded by dancing and a social
good time. The festivities lasted un-
/ Ill midnight. The affair was a red
letter event in the political and enter
tainment annals of the colored people
OF this section OF the state.
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Cox To Speak
Several Times
In Chicago
CBy United Pre>-.l

CHICAGO. Oct. 30-Gov. Cox is
here for several speeches tonight. his
first in Chicago during the campaign.
He declares that If he is elected presi-
dent he Will consult leading members
of the Senate and prominnt people of
the country on the League of Nations
question, and in regard 10 the Irish
and Jewish problems would counsel
with the leaders of both races before
recommending any governmental pro-
gram. He is confident be will carry
Ohio following meetings at Akron
yesterday, where thousands of people
were turned away.
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r. r. Association
Refuses Help of
Adjustment Board
tBy United Pre-s.b

NEW YORK. Oct 3O-The Amer
lean Railway Association, composed
of the presidents of the principal
transportation lines Of the country,
has refused to ask the United States
Railroad Board to appoint a National
Wage Adjustment. The presidents
were requested by the railroad labor
organizations to enter plea with the
national board for the appointment of
a permanent adjustment committee
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Famous Welsh
Chorus Coming

Undoubtedly the finest organization
Of its kind which has ever come to
america is the Mountain Ash tma'el
horus. booked to sing at the Meth-
h. Episcopal church on the eve
yhng OF December Il. This is the
fourth visit of these singers under
the leadership of the greatest chorus
master living today Mr.. T. Glyndwr
Richards. On the last tour through
Afnerica the chorus visited practically
a1l OF the larger cities. and the ap-
penrances met with triumphant sue
cess everywhere.
OF the work of the chorus the SYRIA
cuse Daily Standard had this to say:
III is seldom that an audience at u
musical entertainment in Syracuse be
comes sufficiently enthusiastic to
Esnout Bravo but this is what some
n the people did at the weiting Opera
Iouse last night after the Mountain
ksh Male voice party of Wales sang
The Soldiers Chorus These men
Are fauit,essly trained as individuals.
ND when It comes to collective work
ero is spontaneity. unity and har-
ony that is nothing short OF marvel
ps." tAdv)
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Governor PrOclaims
''Red Cross Day"

sunday, november Il. VIII be Red
Gross Sunday throughout the nation
Gov. Shoup. in common with many
OF the chief executives of other states.
has issued a proclamation setting the
day apart for Red Cross observance
and urging support OF the Red Cross
cause. The ministers OF churches OF
denominations are requested 10
preach special sermons on that date
c1mmemorating the work Of this great
organization. Gov. Saoup's procia
nation follows:
Whereas. The great national Or
eanization know as>the American Red
Cross, by congressional charter. is
the authorized medium of communi-
cation between the people OF the
RETURNED TO HOME
Mr.. and Mrs. J. d. Gorton. parents
of w. A. Gorton, their son, Herbert.
an dtheir son, Arthur Gorton, wife
and two children, left for their home
in Kingfsher county, Okla. this
morning. after a several days visit
! this city. during which they were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Cor
ton and family.
The visitors arrived here last Sunday
morning from Cheyenne. Wyo., where
hey spent some time while returning
fro man automobile trip TO the Pa
eific coast The party stopped over
here a Few days at the beginning Of
The summer while on the way. 10 Cal
wornia.
for disaster relief during the past
year, has assisted l4.247 transient
ex-service men and their families dur
.ng a 30-month period with infor1ns.
ton assistance and S10s,47l in loans:
has expended si24.764 during the past
three years in relieving the families
OF soldiers and sailors and needy ei-
vilians; has given Service to 2O7, ,ssi
cases and aided through a period NJ
stress f5.57o families; and.
Whereas. The American Red Cross
makes an annual appeal to the people
Of the country TO join in the work
or taking ont memberships: ami.
Whereas National observance. IF
one Sunday viii be made this year in
order that the people OF the country
HAY Learn OF the work of the Ameri-
can Red Cross through the organ of
the pulpit:
Therefore. I. oliver H Shoup. gov
-rnor OF the commonwealth of Colo
rzdo. do hereby name and set aside
sunday. November Il. as Red Cross
%unday in Colorado. and do urge that
on this day the clergy of the state
assist in the nurtherance of this great
work by recalling to their followers
the achievements of the Red Cross in
the past and the high goal at which
IL aims for the future.
Inited States and their army and
navy; and,
Whereas. The American Red Cross.
in time of peace. not only holds itself
ready AT all time for disaster or emer-
gency relief but has undertaken 4
broad program OF community service
OF instruction in health and social
hygiene: of suecor for the poor and
the sick: OF wholesome community
recreation; and.
Whereas, In the state OF Colorado.
the American Red Cross today has on
duty 80 Red Cross public health
nurses; has established IL health cen
ters and six recreation centers: has
organized extensive classes of instruc-
ton in first aid. home ctAe of the
sick and dietetics: and,
Whereas. In the four states com
prising the Mountain division Of Col
orado. Utah. Wyoming and New MAY
ico. the Red Cross has allotted 1000
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The hardware and dry goods mer-
chants of the city have co-operated
with the Red Cross in celebrating
baby week by placing in their show
windows articles necessary or help
full to the welfare OF the baby Films
showing the proper car and handling
OF the child will be shown at the Red
Cross rooms during the hours of the
clinic. from to 5 o'clock Saturday
afternoons
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Nineteen Are
Missing After
A Ship Wreck
aBy Unltes Pre-..l

NEWPORT, r. l.. Oct. 30.-Nineteen
members of the crew of the Shipping
Boards concrete steamer. Cape Fear.
are missing. following a collision or
that vessel with the steamer. City of
Atlanta. in Narragansett bay last
night. All of them are believed 10
have drowned. The Cape Fear sank
in l30 fathoms of water in minutes
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Mr.. and Mrs. Orb Price and chill.
dren. who have been in the city for
the past week. left Thursday morning
for Montana
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Wanderer Gets
But Is Years For
Numbering Wife
tBs United Pres..p

CHICAGO. Oct. So.-carl Wan.
derer faces the charge OF numbering
a ragged stranger after being sen.
fenced % . years Imprisonment fc,
killing his w.fe and unborn child. 7
iudge scored the jurors for recu-.
such light sentence azslrst The ,r.
orer.
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Mrs. NJ, 5. Thornton. who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ira Co
lumbia, left Tuesday for her home ai
Grand Island. Neb.