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WILL GRADUATE FRoM
goTGo PARK ecHooL

The Colorado Springs Gazette has
the following to say Of Harry H Max
'xsIl, former physical director u the
~ =. G. 4. heres but now holdlns !
similar position with the association
e that city:
n. =. MAxwell and W. 3. Mclkfb.
9cn, who have been Attending the =.
G. \ ounmor school Is ust6s
4{E - expodted q tetnru Thurn-
a. I'M bgth gra4uato this san
1efs ~, oxg(9u Il ~ phyb@e11 -
4r1qo1e ~ NJ McEl>1oa q ~
~ ~ linl(lt14ioo teoar(uont. IA6y
oeeolpe * fhts oeAeolIne. &rlnI
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Records on Labor
Cited on Colorado
Congress Members

WASHINGTON. Aug. 4.--The Amer
lean Federation Of Labor has made
public It's record of the votes OF Colo
RADIO members of Congress ON meas
ures OF interest TO labor. The sum-
mary Of the labor record Of the
rnembers, a. presented BY the fedora.
tton, follows:
Senator ThomAs--FavorabIe to Ia
Dor. II; unfavorable. n; mot voting.
II.
Senator Phipps to labor.
G; unfavorable to labor. 8.
vafle-Fhvorable. o: unfavorabie.
3: not voting. ;.
Observation-Disclosures. %; unfa-
vorabIe s: not voting. ,.
: Hardy-Fsvosasle. Il; unfaysesle.
raylor-Eavorable, -: unfavorabse.
s; not voting. -.
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PHANTOM u
is cL0SED AS
the Result Of A
BAD WASH0UT|
Heavy Rain Destroys Big Fill
and Bridge Will be Neces-
sary to Repair it.

An unusually heavy rainfall.
amounting almost to a cloudburst. in
Phantom canon Monday night put the
public highway there out Of commits
! sion. and 1t is not considered likely
that it win be available for through
travel to the Cripple Creek district
sfor two or three weeks.
At a point between the tunnels
where a big ill was made when the
road was built. washout 80 or 40
feet in width and many feet In depth
occurred. rendering the highway Inn
passable for vehicles OF any kind
The washout Il In Fremont county.
and the county commissioners have
taken prompt action to have the nee
essary repairs made. Men were put
10 work there today and will rush the
job until IL is completed Il is under
stood that a bridge will be put in
where the washout took place. Il Is
possible the task viii not be con-
pleted until late In the present month.
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Canon City Again
D0sS ROckvale In
A Fast Ball Game

The Canon City ball team with a
good many new men in the lineup won
game from the Rockvale men last
night by score of 4 to 2. The local
team was on its feat all the time and
the new men showed up well.
Dean who played right field is a
Texas boy and has been playing there
the past few seasons. He showed up
well at the bat and is expected to help
the batting average OF the club with
his personal average OF $50.
Kadenhead who has caught his third
game for the locals now Is holding all
the pitchers and ID there with his peg
whenever It Is IN need. He Is also Z
good club man and il sure Of fit
when it Is needed.
Stewart and Davis are both Rocky
Ford men and have been playing with
that club for eome time. They are
both tseady mea whom Ia the game.
F Bay who is hon the Western alope
pitched his first part Of game last
night and showed the coal minors that
he had something On the ban that they
never saw befoFs. Great thfngs ers
expected Of hin In the box an1 Also
when he q nsdo1 % hit ths pill
The old standby ptayprs Of The 10
Gals wefo thero and were playiak tno
Game all the dme pyer. D. Rns>u
and etegAll Al nj : sseeky - y.
pArks Go( 4 nlnele 66d los> sho 1e1l
for. . houaer Ia H. oioAkhs
| 4 all ~ oaxo was Wull plnyo1 ~
oeeh toons an1 - ~ <oeeeo1o4 u
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Teachers Reception
On Monday Night

One Of the most delightful social
gatheringn Of a semi-public character
that has taken place here for some
time. was the reception given at the
Y NJ. C. Al gymnasium Monday night
by the Canon City teachers. compli-
mentary to the officers, instructors
and attendants at the Seventh Normal
District Teachers Institute, now in
session here The affair was careful
ly planned. and was carried out in
such manner as to yield maximum
of pleasure to all privileged to attend.
For the splendid success of the eve
ming too much praise can not be given
Mrs Loaye West. chairman of the ar
rangements committee, and those who
SO ably assisted her in the undertak-
ing.
The gymnasium and Y NJ c. A..
lobby and reading rooms were decor
ated with dags and flowers and pre-
sented very pretty appearance The
setting was an attractive one for the
event to be celebrated and contri-
buted. no doubt, to its enjoyment In
addition to the reception proper there
MAS q muS1Cat anu general entertain
ment program, that was at once pleas
ing and dfverting. Light refresh
menfs were served during the eve
ming.
The motives and endeavors of the
entertainment committee on their be-
half were deeply appreciated by the
guests affording them as they did an
opportunity OF getting acquainted with
their associates in institute work and
OF enjoying an evehine of charming
hospitality.
Pleasure aud entertainment. as well
as real work. is TO feature the insti-
ute J. C. Kendall of Greeies. with
concert troupe from the State Teach
ers' College. rflI be here wednesday
evening. and will provide institute al
tendants and visitors iwfh a pleasing
program OF music and entertainment
Earl johnson OF Denver. musical di-
rector at the. institute. viii give an
evening OF entertainment some time
next week
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Mrs. Nelson Died
Tuesday Afternoon

Mrs. Elizabeth b. Nelson. widow of
the late William H. Nelson. died ct
here home, s15 Rudd avenue, at $3.50
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon after a
long invalidcy. The deceased would
have been n years OF age on Friday
Of this week. which will be the date OF
her funeral
Mrs. Nelson was born In Pennsylva-
mia and had been a resident OF Canon
City for 20 years. She was an almost
helpless invalid during the last seven
years OF her life, and for IL months
previous to the end was confined to
her bed. She suffered a stroke OF
paralysis early Tuesday morning. and
from that time until her death her
vitality declied rapidly Her hus-
band passed away In 1909.
The deceased leaves ave sons and
one daughter. They are z. H. Nelson.
81. Joseph, Mo-; E. X. Nelson. Canon
City; e. w, Nelson. Springfield. Mo-:
Clyde c. Nelson. Canon City: f. r.
Nelson, Pueblo. and Mrs. Horace Com
mack. Milwaukee. Wis. The funeral
viii take place from her recent home
on Rudd avenue At 2 o'clock Tomorrow
(Thursday) afternoon. and will be
conducted BY the Rev. Arnold. pastor
of the First Baptist church Friends
fof the family Invited 70 the o6seQuies.
Burial win Be At Lakeside cemetery.
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House Burns
at Concrete

A fre OF mystsrious origin held the
center Of the staee at Concrete Sat
urday afternoon. when frame house
was burned to the ground.
The flames had obtained clear title
to the right-of-way before II was dis
covered. and the house burned quickly
to the ground. It was reported that
the 6re had assumed large proper
ticns, nnd that two or three houses
had succumbed to the names. but this
story was without foundation. The
only structure that fell prey to the
connagration was snskii frame
house.
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Taxes Became De-
Ing lk.t Sunday

Saturday was the last day for the
payment of personal and properly
taxes. according to County Treasurer
Blake Rogers On August l taxes
became delinquent and will have to
be paid with additional I x per cent
The per cent is figured on a sliding
scale, which increases with the
lengthening of the period OF delin-
Quency- Tho collector is required
by law to assess Y per cent monthly
on the time taxes are allowed to re-
main unpaid Mr.. Rogers states that
but little delinquency is shown in the
settlement of the first half of the 1918
taxes in Fremont county.
Warrants Tor S534.OOO in taxes in
Fremont county were placed In the
hands of the county treasurer for col
lection the first of the year. In addi-
tion to this something like $25.000 or
$4,000 in miscellaneous taxes have
been collected by him this year under
the 1919 assessments These mis-
cellaneous items embrace sidewalk.
sewer and special taxes to be paid in
this county this year. including the
specials referred to. will be slightly
in excess OF 100000. OF this sum
the state will get anywhere from 10
to l5 per cent and the rest will go for
county and municipal purposes.
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School Pageant to
Be Impressive

The Aiamosa Courier. In a recent
date, gives the following account OF
the school pageant. America. yester-
day and Today depicted there by
Prof. James N. Mathensy and wife OF
indianapolis. and Miss Lora Yocum OF
Evasville. Ind. and which is to be pre-.
scented in this city at the close OF the
teachers institute next week. It
says:
"The first pageant ever staged In
Alamosa is a matter Of history. and
those who participated In IL have the
Coy that comes from having performed
their parts well in making others
happy The two large audiences that
went to the ball park 70 Witness the
delineation OF the play were more
Than satisfied, judging from the ex-
pressions OF appreciation aud delight
heard on every hand. The promoters
were highly gratined with the splen-
did manner OF its production.
"oeologfsts tell US that this great
San Luis valley was once prehis-
: ~ lake. The sandy bottom OF this
Nae 10 fertile soil for the raising of
alfalfa. peas and hogs Of the best kind.
And 1t Is Also dependable terra firma
for the raising Of children Alright.
when Il forms the best possible opera
stage for the production or play
which tnstitls lasting and practical In
formation into the minds OF the rising
generation concerning the country nf
which We are all proud - America
Yesterday and To-Day
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Heavy Rain Falls
at Westciff

FLORENCE, Aug. 4.-Mr and Mrs.
Dan Morgan. accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. VIII Miner motored to Wost-
cliife Sunday. returning over the
storm-swept roads Monday morning.
Mr.. Miner states that 1t started rain
ing In the Wet Mountain valley about
noon. and did not cease its downpour
until evening. Il twas the hardest rain
that has visited westcline and vicia-
ity In . number OF years.
Water in the roads stood anywhere
from two to three feet deep. and -
|cordinS to old-tfuers there. 1t ratne1
90 hard that potatoes were vasha1
out Of the ground
Washouts on the Cotopaxf Fun1
nade tAe highxsy impassable ann1l4
night The autouooile reaeAoa tn
city It ; O'Clock Moadny uoeo1ik
|after hAving esen eight hours a ~
rad trom Weetc1i4e.
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Mr. an1 Nm. r. L. Groea u 49,
roso ars speadi.g sone 0ne d ~
IN.
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Hgag TODAY 70
eHg 0aApaooAu

Mr.. and Hr6. ~ Cole os WashiuR-
ton, D. c.. who hAve been visfllng "a
the Wost Tor the inst week Or 10 days.
osetoro1 70 Canon City frou Colorado
4prinGs soday 70 80 fholf littlo
oxou1oeeGhter, AlIce chasiene Cole.
~, V1>1 ~ mo&hor. Mrs Joe>te
49, Co1e. a<o Eoeots at IN koni q
~ la1>or'S poxGolc, 1lr. and Ur1.
c11sln9 AoD1o. ~ Meeoa aysnite. ~.
and MA col1 VII leave % tkecf -.
enrn y W4ah1nEoeA noxt GunGay. Mlo.
Qolo n. o1l ils11o G6ruSter viii -.
u1an ~ - : ulore e1(e41ed utay.
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sTARr ON gxr9Npgn
GAoTGRRo TRIP

Mr.. and Mr.. D. ". Rosa left on an
early train this morning for mouth
OF six weeks' Eastern visit. he greater
paft Of which will b spent h the
gteta o. New York. Their ohjoofivs
VIII ~ their forner hun> b Ao6Auo-
ter, Vhore n4och q her <lna will u
devo<o9 b. tho FoaeVaI ~ ~ 1x1oQl.
aAlDe ~ oe1oola1loa. 4 Weok ~ -
~ vtll ~ opent q lthioa4 w1ere
tho1z 9AoGAter. Mn A1ah, = 4 ~,
eeet 4 ~ eunrner eeheol q cernell
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Will Pave 4th Street
Bridge Approach

At the regular meeting of the city
council Tuesday, which was post.
poned from the previous evening, ow-
ing to the fact that Monday was @Col-
orado Day" a public holiday. the mat
ter of the paving with concrete the
northern approach to the Fourth
street bridge spanning the Arkansas
river was finally decided upon The
county road authorities are now en-
gagged in making repairs and improve
ments to the bridge in question, and
their work necessitates some expendi-
ture by the city. The north end Of
the bridge is being raised II inches
above its former level and to meet
the gradient which the alteration de-
mands the city win pave the space
between the bridge and the southern
limits of the viaduct. amounting 20
1.20o square feet. with concrete. at an
estimated cost OF about $3.50.
All members of the council were
present Tuesday evening excepting
Mayor Biggs. who is in Grand juno
fion. Alderman Turner. president OF
the council. presided in the absence
OF tn emayor-
Comparatively little legislative busi-
ness was transacted and the work of
the council was confined largely to a
discussion OF municipal Affairs and 70
hearing the reports OF special and
standing committees The sidewalk
committee. of which Alderman Tag
CART is chairman. reported progress
in the substitution OF concrete for the
fiagstones in the improvement being
made to the sidewalk on the north
side Of Main street. west of the inter
section of Third street Alderman
McIlvaney. chairman of the cemetery
committee. reported the completion OF
some important improvements at
Lakeside cemetery.
The matter OF the barbed wire
fence on the east side OF Fifteenth
street. 10 which protests were filed
several weeks ago. was considered at
some length II is reported thar the
owners OF the fence alluded to are
clearly within their legal rights in It's
present location bur are willing TO
make such concession as the city may
ask In the public jnterest an eoutt-
able Adjustment Of the matter Is prom
ised.
A number OF cottonwood trees along
the streets in various parts OF the city
were reported to be a menace to life
and property BY reason OF the danger
OF being blown down during wind
storm. and otherwise . nuisance be-
cause OF their cotton-producing traits.
These trees. under an order from the
council. viii be marked for removal
next winter
The mechanism OF the fire whistle
at the electric power plant. having
been found to be defective. has been
sent back to the factory In the East
for correction In the meatime no
means are At hand for souding q FIRE
alarm. according to the report of the
ire committee. After the adoption
OF the report of the finance committee
providing for the payment of bills
against the city for the month of July.
the council adjourned until Monday
evening. August ls
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The crumbIinq of Caste.

India is in the midst of one of her
greatest famines. Grain is twice as
high as it was in 1900 but In spite of
this people are not dying as they did
then. a.@
A missionary gives two reasons for
the lower death rate:
In the last 20 years the people
have learned to work. Formerly one
or two members Of a family supported
the rest. Now, all who are able to
work earn something, and so during
the years of plenty something has been
saved up-not much but enough to
help a little.
Another reason why India is in a
better condition now than in 1900 is
that the caste system is breaking down.
Now you will find men and women of
many castles doing work which for
merly was done by one caste alone.
High-caste Hindus are coming to see
that manual labor is not disgrace
World Outlook.
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FAMOUS IN VERSE
Smithy, ImmortaIized by Long,
fellow, Still Stands.
Shop Of the Village Blacksmith, al
Cambridge, Mass, Looks Today
Almost as 1t Did When the.
Poet Wrote Of Il.


In his diary of October 8, 1880
Longfellow made this note: "Wrote a
new psalm of life-it is The Village
Blacksmith
And the house of the village black.
smith, built in 1911, still stands in
Cambridge, covered with vines and
sought after by tourists and lovers of
the old, although the spreading chest.
nut tree" has been cut down to make
room for the widening of Brattle
street.
1t was the home of Dexter Pratt
the village blacksmith, and the friend
of Longfellow, who immortalized him
and his smithy in verse. The Bach
, elder family, who bought the place
from the heirs of Mary Walker in
1912, have restored the place to It's
former simple beauty. 1t still bears
the "Sign of the Cockhorse."
Inside, the rooms are restored with
all the quaintness of their original
form. AS one goes in the door they
open from both sides OF the small hall
and each room has large open fire.
place. The mantels are wide and
plain, as was the fashion in the early
days.
Upstairs, at the Brattle street end
of the house, one goes down three
steps into the end room. You pass
through a narrow back passage and
find two small bedrooms and back
stairs which are sharp and steep.
Dexter Pratt, Longfellow's black
smith friend, succeeded Torrey Han
cock in the ownership of the property
who in turn bought it from the heirs
of Thomas Brattle. who built the
house. Pratt had lived there a long
time when Longfellow came to Cam
bridge in 1886. After the death OF
Dexter Pratt in 1847, the property
passed through various hands until
in 1876, friends bought it for Mary
Walker, an escaped quadroon slave, q
woman of refinement and beauty, who
had been servant in several Cam
bridge families, ana afterward taught
school In the South.
After her return to the North two
of her three children were found and
returned to her through the efforts OF
General O. o. Howard. They were then
grown man and woman, although
when she last saw them they were
children.
While she occupied the house many
Harvard students lived there. Now,
purchased from the heirs of the es.
capped slave, it has become one of the
show places of Cambridge.
Longfellow, in the Knickerbocker
Magazine, in 1910, first immortalized
the place. He made word picture
of the village smithy and the black
smith, and also made a pen and ink
sketch of the chestnut tree and the
smithy. The tree UP to 1876 spread
Its branches in front of the house.
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PIywood Given Severe Test.

The plywood tested at, the Wisconsin
forest products laboratory is built up
in thin layers laid crosswise to one
another, and glued with water-resist-
ing glue. Various protective finishes
are applied to the wood. All materials
are subjected to every variety Of cl:-
matte temperature and moisture,
and in glue tests, plies must not sep
arate after boiling in water eight
hours, or soaking at room temperature
ten days. The products developed find
many important uses besides that of
making airplane propellers. The
woven plywood, designed as substi-
tute for linen in wing covering, is
basket woven from strips Of spruce
veneer about one and one-fourth to one
and seven-eighths inches wide and OF
inch thick, the finished sheet being
about one-ffth inch thick.
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carneqie DoubIy interested.

One more statue was unveiled, re-
Gently. of the immortal Robbie Burns,
this time in Boston. Andrew Carnegie
spent much of his holiday time in
Scotland. and divided 1t between ded-
icating free libraries. opening church
organs, and unwilling Burns statues.
Meeting Mr.. Carnegie at ST. Andrews
dinner in New York. Draw Scot but
recently come over said. ''Mr. Car
negie. would like to shake you by
the hand; you unveiled statue of
Robbie Burns last summer in my home
town." Aye" said Mr.. Carnegie.
after pause. "that would be Mont
rose. the only place ever had any
thing to do with Burns statue that I
didna pay for. On that account I'm
doubly pleased to meet Chris
tan Science Monitor.
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Victor Peterson, who is attending
the Normal school at Superior, spent
the week end visiting with relatives
and friends in the city
FOR SALE, a good four year old
COW, to freshen inside of ten days.
Inquire of F A. Bell. 2w.
Tom Tramnall, who has been sick
for some weeks, expects to enter a
sanitorium at Eau Claire His
brother Ludwig will take his place as
Clerk for the County Highway Com
mmissioner John Friberg.
The w. c, I. u. will meet at the
home of Mrs. Albert Paulson on Fri
day afternoon, Feb. goth.
President j. A. LaLonde of the
Badger Oil Company returned the
latter part of last week from the
kentucky oil fields where he has
been looking after business in con-
nection with the drilling of oil wells
on the company property. Two
small wells were hit by the company
in the first two holes drilled, while
the third came in with salt water.
The company has number of good
leases and expect to hit a winner.
Miss Catherine Howell has accept
ed a position as Register of Probate
in the office of the County Judge.
Miss Howell is graduate of Cor
don S business college of Ashland.
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EarIy Euyptian Tombs.

The kings of the earliest dynasties
reared no pyramids. Their tombs were
great structures mainly underground
that of Aha (who is possibly Mena
the first king of Egypt, at Naqada
measures It's feet by 49, and contains
81 Misunderstanding sometimes OF
brick, with lining of wood. and some
times foored with stone. as in the
case of the tomb of King Den at Any
dos, whose granite floor furnishes the
earliest known example of the use of
stone in building National Geograph-
ic Society Bulletin.
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BUD HoIdup.

A bug may hold up locomotive. II
takes large number to do the trick,
but 1t has been done. Specialists In
the train holdup line in bugdom are
the army worm, the tent caterpillar,
the cotton worm and migratory 10.
Gusts. Huge water beetles travelling
In force have been known to accom-
plish the same feat. When these in
sects swarm upon the track they so
effectually grease the rails tbet no
wheel can be kept turning. Boston
Post.
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For sprains and bruises,
Stings and bites,
Stiff joints and Neuralgia
Use DIR. NYAL'S WHITE IMMINENT
It's in the van today. cFox BROS,

Mrs. Guy Mccall left the first of
the week for Virginia, MINI. where
she will visit with friends.
Mrs. John Moha and daughter
Dorothy of Iron Belt, Wis. are visiting
in the city at the home of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Lizotte.
A baby boy was born to Mr. and
Mrs. John Garberg last Friday.
Thous sands of acres Of North Wis
consin land for sale. j. B. Mathews,
Broker, Ashland Wis. Bristol Block.
At.
George R Moore made business
trip to Superior the first of-the week.
Oscar Bodin, who has been having
a severe run OF the flu, is reported
as getting along nicely now.
Mrs. Harry Mason of Barksdale
has been among those having infu-
enza during the past week.
Mrs. Harry Newman, residing on
the Green farm near Barksdale, has
been i'll with the flu during the past
week.
John Cudmore was called home
the first Of the week Oh account OF
the serious illness Of his mother Mrs.
Ed. Cudrnore.
Gray Thompson, General Manager
for the Washburn Mfg. Company,
who has been spending most of his
time looking after woods work for
the company, was here the frest of
the week visiting with his family.
DR.. FL. q. Mertens OF Bayfield,
was business visitor in the city last
Saturday afternoon and evening.
John Sundell has been transacting
business at Ironwood, Mich. during
the past week.