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The Meeker herald., 1922-04-29


Town Clerk
STATE OF COLORADO. }
County Of Rio Blanco. )ss
Town Of Meeker,
At q Adjourned Regular meeting of
Trustees Of the Town Of Meeker, held
at the County Court Room in sai!
Town, icing the regular place Of meet
ing of raid Board, on Tuesday, the
1sthe day Of April A d 1922, at 500
O'Clock r II at which meeting were
present and answering Mt roll call:
Mayor: W d simms
Trustees: G B Stephenson, v G Moul
ton, w A Fairfield. A b McWilliams.
w u Bailey and Edmund Pauls.
Also present: Herbert Gordon,
Town Clerk.
Ahsent: None
Thereupon. Trustee c B Stephenson
introduced an ordinance entitled,
An ordinance to contract an In
debtsiness on behalf Of the twon
debtedness on behalf Of the town
the credit thereof. by issuing
bonds on said town to the amount
Of twenty-four thousand two hun
dred dollars ($24.200) for the pur-
chase Of I plant to supply electric
light for said town and its inhabl
itants. perscrihing the form Of
said bonds and providing for the
levyinE Of taxes to pay the same.
which ordinance was thereupon read
in fail and is as follows, to-wit:
(Which said ordinance Is published
at length in the Meeker Herald in the
Issue Of Saturday April 20. 1022.)
1t was then moved by Trustee G r
Stephenson and seconded by Trustee
A b Mcwilliams that all rules Of this
Board which might prevent, unless
suspended. the final passage and adop-
tion of this ordinance at this meeting.
he and the same are hereby suspended
for the purpose Of permitting the fin
al passing and adopting Of said ordi-
nance at this meeting.
This question being, upon the adop-
tion,of said motion and the suspen-
sion Of the rules, the roll was called
with the following result:
Those voting Aye: G B Stephenson.
&c Moulton, w A Fairfield, "A B Nc
williams, " NJ Bailey and Edmund
Pauls.
Those voting Nay: None
Six members Of the Board Of Trus-
tees having voted In favor Of said mo-
ton, the. presiding officer declared
said motion carried and rules suspend
ed.
Trustee v C Moulton then moved
that said ordinance entitled.
An Ordinance to contract an in
debtedness on behalf of the Town
of Meeker. Colorado, and upon the
credit thereof by issuing bonds Of
said town to the amount Of Twen-
ty-four Thousand Two Hundred
Dollars ($24.20O) for the pur-
chase of plant to supply cleo
trio light for said town and its
inhabitants. prescribing the form
of said bonds, and providing for
the levyins Of taxes to pay the
same.
heretofore introduced and read in
full, at this meeting, be now placed
upon Its passage.
Trustee. @ B Stephenson seconded
the motion, and the question being up
on the placing of said ordinance upon
Its passage, the roll was called with
the following result;
Those voting Aye: g b Stephenson.
v c Moulton, W A Fairfield, A B Nc
Williams, W NJ Bailey and Edmund
Pauls.
Those voting Nay: None
The presiding officer declared the
motion carried and the ordinance
placed upon It's passage.
Trustee W NJ Bailey thsn moved
that said ordinances Be pasled and
| adopted q read. Trustee Q B steph-
enson secohded the motion.
The qpstsioa being upoa tie pes-
sass and e1sption 4 aid ordnance.
ths ron wss Gallsa With ~ fo,,cwtas
The Meeker herald., 1922-04-29

Let's be fair, and not get personal.
We don't want full; we want 4
school.
DIRECTORS OF SCHOOL DIS.
TRICT NO, !.
The Meeker herald., 1922-04-29
in MEMoR,AM

Viecs' H"st SiasteF 1se"pen osu'ano
delivered the following timely ana ap'
propriate address ON the occasion oi
the burial OF the late FRANK shcridan
last Friday afternoon:
I think before we pay our lust sad
duties as Masons to our departed
Brother, this Us an appropriate time t0
extend to his lereavcd wife and child
ren (as have been requested to d0)
the heart felt sympathy Of the whole
people OF Rio Blnnco county as tri-
butte of his services to them. We fully
appreciate how great Is the loss to his
wife and family an we also realize
how great Is his loss to every interest
Of this county. While we fully realize
we have lost our best representative
of perfect citizenship; how very sad
Is the thought he Is not to be with us
any more to help and encourage us In
our daily duties. Still to he honored
as our departed Brother and friend
has been honored today and to know
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say That his loss to us cannot he re-
paired You Will all agree with me. No
one ever gave as freely OF his time
ana ability for the good OF all, as he.
He was ever ready to put aside pri-
vnte interests for that of the public or
that of his many friends. He
was always In the lead and untiring
In his efforts for the general good and
cmp,ate tho exomplos and v,rtuos ~
tb,s preot man yreotor br for th.r
many who have acouire1 n ,.,;,,ol
reputation. Great for bis nsef,,l,pcss.
unse,,,shnoss lv,,,v ord ,or, =,
'i"e' .ou"'ry anu re'io"-mah. May
We al io'io" III ''is ioo's'eps ana De
o,tter 'or ME e*aniPie.
ZION a al stevenson Hon FRANK z
no''h!' mon. 1ra"A W howoef',
Messrs Normah' II Miner n
Auams anu prsoh Adams' acted az
among others III attendance II tine
seF'ices IN INIT city were: SENATORS
roiie'' VI ls""''t anu ea'leh OF Jar
ne'id' ana Representative Hees OF hio
G l. Gilbert, o F. Jackson, l. A Van
Tilborg, George A Crowdcr, John C.
Chamberlain, Miss Mullen IN niece)
anu
Mr. md Mrs Hamn Haley. Mr. md
Mrs w II James Mrs I n Pierce and
Mr. n RYAN .1, NJ no,vor o,so mold
The Meeker herald., 1922-04-29

Mrs w II Clark accompanied Mrs
Sheridan In from Denver, and will re-
main with her for a couple of weeks
Although in poor health, the latter is
bearing her affliction bravely.
The Meeker herald., 1922-04-29

LII Devlln accompanied the remains
In from Canon City. Mr. Devlin Is n
native of st. Sylvester. Canada. and n
boyhood cl,um of his departed friend
The Meeker herald., 1922-04-29

Our friend Hugh must have been
using an inferior brand Of "hooch-
lately: or possibly. he is preparing to
run for the Legislature on the Repub-
lican ticket the coming fall.
This paper being a sticker for the
truth. the whole truth, and nothing
Int the truth. is compelled to give the
real facts in this "bar" hunt: Hugh
Wilson Jones. Hugh's fine twelve year
old boy, laid the bear low. The truth
IL mighty, and, must prevail.
Now, Hugh you treat us right the
next time we go fishing In the South
Branch. Otherwise you will hear from
us again.
The Meeker herald., 1922-04-29

On his way back from Washington
Mr. ] N Neal remained over in Denver
to accompany the remains to Mcekcr
The Meeker herald., 1922-04-29

sus.crsoe for ne Herald.
The Meeker herald., 1922-04-29

Mr. and Mrs Hamp Haley. Mr. and
Mrs W II James. Mrs n Pierce and
Mr. r F Ryan. all of Denver also paid
their respects to the memory Of the
departed.
The Meeker herald., 1922-04-29

G C Sheridan, nephew, came all
the way from Minneapolis, Mimi, to
attend the funeral.
The Meeker herald., 1922-04-29
"a MIGHTY HuNrER'-
We take the following from 4 late
issue Of the sedgwich. Kansas. Pan
tagraph:

Bear Story Direct From the Wilds
H W Davis received letter last
week from Mr.. Hugh Jones OF Meeker.
Colo. In which he relates the killing
Of a large bear, that roamed the coun-
try thereabouts. In as much as Mr..
Jones Is well known to great many
Sedgwick folks and others In this part
OF Kansas who ever went to that part
Of Colorado to hunt, his story will be
of interest to oil.
The bear was one OF the largest
ones ever killed In Colorado, 1t Is
claimed. He weighed 1105 pounds For
years this bear had terrorIzed the
range and killed more stock than any
one other wild animal. st9ckmen Ind
placed standing bounty Of $500 for
the killing of the bear. He had killed
thousands of dollars worth Of stock.
ten of the best bear dogs in Colorado,
and has killed two hunters.
The Sunday before Mr.. Bruin was
reported to have been seen coming ont
Of winter quarters SO Mr.. Jones In
company with County Surveyor Shaw
and "wild Bill" went after him with
the latter's famous bear dog. After
trailing him for seven hours they
came upon him eating two year old
steer. 1t required twelve shots to kill
him. On skinning him It was ascer-
tainetl by bullet holes that he had
been shot six times before.
Mr. Jones. who lives Oh the south
Fork Of the White river, is one of the
Oldest and bravest Of bear hunters In
Colorado. having acted as guide to
cx-prcsident Roosevelt on several ex-
pe,litions, and has the record of kill
ing more bears with bowie knife
In hand to hand encounter than any
other man. Mr. Davis visited Mr.
Jones last summer while on his vac
alton in Colorado the two having been
old school mates. Mr.. Jones' explana-
tion Of his success for killing bear Is
to back up to tree, and while bruIn
is attempting to hug both you and the
tree, give him the knife. He explains
however that to lose your head il to
lose your life.
Our friend Hugh must have been
using an inferior brand Of "hooch"
lately: or possibly, he is preparing to
The Meeker herald., 1922-04-29

Among others In attendance at the
services in that city were: Senators
Follett Of Routt, and Callen Of Gar
field, and Representative Rces Of Rio
Blanco Garfield counties. W. H. Clark.
G l. Gilbert. o f Jackson, l. A Van
Tilborg, George A Crowder, John C.
Chamberlain. Miss Mullen "a niece)
and d E Clark.
The Meeker herald., 1922-04-29

Hon A II Stevenson. Hon. Frank {
aoudy. Hon. Frank W Howber,
Messrs N Norman. J II Miner. ;,
H Adams and Orson Adams, acted a,
pall-bearers nt Denver
The Meeker herald., 1922-04-29

All along the line from Denver to
Meeker every mark Of respect was
paid to the memory of Frank Sheri
dan.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-02-03
CLIPPED COMMENT
Social Values of Highways

1t cannot be doubted, says the Mo-
bile Register, that highways are
among our most humanizing and civil
LIKING influences The least progress
sive communities are those upon
which are inflicted the poorest roads.
an enlightened community, but they
also contribute to that enlightenment.
The broader ones acquaintanceship
and the more varied his friendships,
the broader are his views and sympa-
thies and the quicker are his intellec-
tual processes. There is no factor
that reacts more to the general well
fare of the community and of the in
dividual or family than good roads.
With good roads the churches pros
per, because bad Sundays do not
mean impossible roads. Members
may be drawn from a greater dis
lance, because good roads reduce dis
tances that were formerly prohibitive.
Good roads permit children to attend
schools regularly. They permit cen
tralization of schools and thus pro-
mote better instruction. Good roads
encourage social and community gath
erings. They improve business, be-
cause they facilitate trips to town of
people who live in the country. They
add wealth to the farmer, because
they enable him to do his hauling at
less expense. They encourage peo-
pie to stay on the farm, because it is
possible for them to live on the farm
and enjoy all the benefits of the city
as well, thanks to the automobile
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relieve the hearers Of money that
could be spent with better results
directly in the home field.
The sooner the people of this state
solidly and stodidly refuse to pat
ronize these landlopers the quicker
will conditions improve. And one
way to help in this work is for no
church, no school, no organization, to
offer free quarters for any of the per-
formances or to give free propaganda
to any project. They can probably
hire the school auditorium or get the
Casino for a Sunday performance
and take up their own collection on
the plan of "findin's havin's." In
such cases, provided they pay the rent
in advance-and any shrewd manager
would look out for that part of it
there will be no one to say a thing
in criticism.
Let's give the fakirs the cold
shoulders'-or a bit off the brisketi
-Kissimmee Gazette.
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Auspices. They ride all sorts OF
hobbies. They are willing to work
free-but, of course, they have been
to some expense to get here, and
there's the upkeep after they get
here, and for the good of the cause
they represent certainly the pastor or
one of the deacons ought to lunch
'em and lodge 'em. OF course they
had. Either that, or punch 'em and
dodge 'em.
They come from Chicago or Cripple
Creek-from Hannibal or Higgins
Hollow-from Boston or Benton
Boggs-from Kalamazoo or Kathleen
Krossing-from any old place. They
lust love dear old Florida, with her
balmy breeNes, her sunlight, her
thousand flowers" sure they do
Just as long as everything is free for
them. Florida is fairly fine so far as
the people are concerned-yet they
are somewhat crude and need little
touch of goodness injected into them
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seems that there is really nothing
lpreposterous about the idea that we
can increase our Indebtedness by
SAC, 100000 or more and still reduce
taxes very materially. We do not
pretend to know why, but it is very
evident that the county's bond bust
ness is not being properly handled at
present, when the taxpayers are pay
ling so much to take care of a small
issue than is necessary to take care
of a larger one. The plan for TAX
ling care of our bonds now in vogue
was evolved by the former emperor
of the former Empire of DeSoto, y
we understand.
1t should be clearly understood
that the Herald does not at this time
advocate the plan to consolidate all
district bond issues in a county issue
unless this can be done without hard
ship upon any large number of peo-
pie, but there is no doubt that the
carrying out of such plan would be
to the county as "a
whole in more ways than one, and it
is with this thought in mind that the
above information, which we believe
is fairly accurate, is given.
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while the season for injecting is ripe
and winter is the proper time.
Local clergymen are becoming SICK
of such trash. One of Kissimmee's
pastors recently said from his pulpit
that he was tired of endorsing" all
these wondermen who came unher-
aided except by few circulars tell
ing what success has crowned the per-
igrinating pilgrims at other points
They not only prayed in free pulpit
but they preyed on the parishioners'
pocketed the proceeds of the perform
ance, then pushed for other points.
Another pastor said that he was
going to investigate every tramp eX-
hOrter or reformer that came his way;
then he would take the proceeds of
the collection and forward it to the
headquarters of the organization
named. If this was not agreeable to
the itinerant he would have to hunt
another church in which 10 operate.
They impose on the congregation and
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Florida Overrun With En-

Reformers from northern points
have so congested this state that by
all means each of the profesh should
wear a special emblem so as to pre-
vent wasting time tackling one an
other.
They have become more numerous
in Florida than hooch- hawkers in
South Carolina-and are not one-half
as useful or entertaining,
They figure that local pastors can
keep the people from going to hell
in the summer, but in the winter,
when the blossoms on the orange and
strawberry's on the vine it is evident
these same local pastors are worked
Overtime and need co-workers who
in turn need expense-money.
They come under all sorts of
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ed in place of a stamp. The return
matter can then be mailed and the
permit holder pay the postage upon
delivery. Merchants in towns such
as ours are likely to be lured into
dangerous trap if they permit such
plan to go through without protest.
They may see only that they may use
the scheme themselves, but direct by
mail advertising is as limited as 1t
is ineffective in the smaller communi-
ties. On the other hand, such plan
would mean the most sweeping inva-
sion of the country by the mail order
houses that ever has been known.
The mail order men would save hun
dreds of thousands of dollars, which
could then be put into intensive cam
paigns TO take trade and money from
the home town. The merchants
know they can serve our people
quite as well as economically as any
mail order house in the world, and
the buyer can actually see the articles
being bought and get prompt deliv-
cry, but the catalogue oHers OF the
mail order specialists are painted in
alluring colors, and when they can be
put out without the danger of waste
for lost stamps affixed, local trade
will dwindle in every community.
This whole matter will rest in the
hand of the new postmaster general
and if the merchants are wise they |
will lose no time in calling his at
ention to the gravity of such ruling
20 far as local trade is concerned.
Merchants in several towns I'M
will take this matter up,
and it would not hurt to add our
protest to the others. The merchants
IAN stand open competition from the
mail order men, but they should not
he subjected to unfair advantage. /
The money spent at home circulates
and returns to the spender. When II
goes out of town it goes into the
nav of the giant corporations that
have little use for small communities
except what they can get out OF them.
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Only Florida Escapes

From Maine to Georgia, and from
country is in the grip of blizzard.
The whole Atlantic seaboard is strug-
Cling with snow up to two feet deep
or sleet and slush, to the hampering
of business, the cessation of transpor-
tation and the suffering of humanity
Only in Florida is there no suffering
from the cold.
When the mercury gets down to
I34 in this section, and when it
touches the point of freezing in the
upper regions of the state, it is cold
weather, really cold weather, to the
north and west of Florida. We have
had three days of unpleasant cool
Idampness. No frost, no freezing, no
Isleet and no snow. Business goes on
as usual and pleasure speeds apace.
Fires are enjoyed in the home and
in the office; but outdoors one puts
on an overcoat and braces up" to
meet what in the north is late spring
tNhi pNi"'uiNo.
And the worst of this blizzard is
that Washington tells the country an
other of marked intensity is form
ing over the western plateau region!"
The moral is: The trains are run
ming to Florida; there is no blizzard
in Florida; the sun never stays hid
long in Florida; the blessings of ripe
Strawberries and the beauty of bloom
ling roses is over Florida!
Twelve inches of snow in Raleigh
and a carpet of green grass in Tam
Ina, Trees breaking with a load of
Isleet in Savannah, and trees bending
with load of ripe oranges in Flori'
Ida! Down to zero in the north;
laround the early forties in south
Florida. You can take your choice
but as for us and our people, we will
stay where the birds sing all TIT
year!-Tampa Tribune.
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Three years ago when the Ques-
ton Of whether or not this section
would have an exhIbir "a he Tampa
fair came M, we satd "Ou. ,yhot,,
the use? Arcadia will get the credit"
so we didn't have an exhibit that
year. Two years ago, when the same
question came up we said, Let's
wait until we get the county divided
and then We'll have a real exhibit
so we didn't have an exhibit that
year. We got the county divided all
right. but when the time came TO get
up the stuff for Charlotte county
exhibit. some people called attention
to the fact that there was storm in
October of 1921 and that the time
was so short that it would hardly
be possible to get up creditable eX
hibit-so we won't have an exhibi
this year. II is true that the qualit
of most of our products is not a
good this year as 1t might be. bu
at that, il is as good or better tina
the average over the state and "
can show greater variety of pro-
ucts than any other counties, with Il
possible exception of Lee and Man
tee-and even mediocre eXhit
would look better than the emp
booth reserved for Charlotte coun
at the fair. It's much easier
make excuses than exhibits-but I
excuses fool no one-not even
maker.
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Did Adam eat the apple? Indeed,
did Eve tempt him at all with the
apple? over in Britain, little while
ago, they were much agitated be-
cause Canon Barnes, of the Church OF
England, stated his belief in the
scientific theory Cor is It now law?)
of evolution. The canon says it has
been definitely proved by science that
man lived on the earth fully 100, 900
years ago and perhaps longer ago
than that. The theory is that some
thing produced electTons, that cleo
irons produced matter, that matter
produced life and that lief produced
mind. Then history blossomed out OF
the mist of tradition. This being so,
IL follows that the Adam and Eve of
some six or seven thousand years ago
were fictitious and therefore, that or
iginal sin was fictitious. Perhaps the
most interesting fact in the controv-
ersy, providing the canon is right, is
that woman comes out from under
the age-long load of being the daugh-
ter of her who tempted that poor,
weak masculine person to his dis
aster in the place called Eden. The
ladies are constantly getting ahead
these days, in more ways than one.
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DANGER TO LOCAL MERCHANTS

Our local merchants might wisely
give some consideration to the rec
ommendation Of the National Com
mission of the Associated Advertising
Clubs of the World, which recently
passed a resolution strongly favor
ing the establishing of a c. o. d.
postage permit plan. Under the plan.
direct by mail advertisers may send
out return envelopes and cards 10
prospects with a permit notice print
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Notice candidates are announcing
for office in some other COUNTIES. IT'S
likely there'll be full crop for Char
lotte county Offices and we would re-
mind all aspirants that it's the early
bird that gets the worm. The Her
AIDS rates for announcements will be
the same as before.
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Very few people ever succeed by
themselves. Those who succeed most
are those who have learned to work
comparatively with others. One bee
amounts to little. 1t is the hive that
counts.
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What will the anti-short skirt
howlers say, when in the near future
the women don't wear any skirts
a'tall?
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Additional charge for preferred
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Those Florida editors who write it
"alright" ought to know that it is not
all right.