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The Glenwood post., 1924-09-11
Sheep Aerders Beating a Ride Are
Attacked and One Of Them is
Perhaps Fatally Shot
BANDITS MAKE THEIR ESCAPE

A most daring holdup, which will
probably result in the death Of Soren
b. Thorsen, sheepherder SO years of
age, was perpetrated on a westpound
Rio Grande train last Sunday night
somewhere between Minturn and Sho-
shone.
Thorsen and his brother, Arlo Thor
sen, worked the past summer for Fred
A. Price, a sheepman who ranges his
flocks in the high country above Min
turn. Price had gone to market with
several carloads of sheep, and the
Thorsen brothers decided to return to
their home in Utah, but they found,
after Price had gone, that their passes
or shippers permits had been mislaid,
and being thus disappointed, and not
wishing to delay their trip until Price
returned to fix the matter up, they
decided to "beat it," and took .the
first opportunity to board a west
bound freight tram.
The men hid themselves in refrie.
orator car, where they felt secure, and
all went well until two mer from the
top Of the car opened the ventilators
and while one turned a flash light ON
them and the other covered them With
a revolver aad-orderAd them TO Ystick
up their mits's which they promptly
proceeded to do. Then one of the ban.
dts climbed down into the car and
grappled with one Of the Thorsens,
who was defended by his brother. A
lively tussle then took place and as
soon as the holdup was able to free
himself, he pointed to Soren Thorsen
and commanded that his confederate
"shoot this man." which the latter
proceeded to do, firing six shots, as
the brothers believe, four Of which
took effect. One shot glanced across
the forehead, .inflicting only slight
wound, one struck in the back of the
-s -SS1 WV AAdSOuIcu Lu6 leIt arm.
and the fourth bullet struck the left
side, ranging downward through the
abdominal cavity and punctlring the
intestines in nine places.
Following the shooting, the man who
entered the car hastily searched the
pockets Of his stricken victim but
finding nothing Of value the two men
hurriedly put themselves out of sieht.
probably between the cars or else
jumped from the fast moving ,r,an
and made their escape. ss'
Arlo Thorsen hunted up the trainmen
and advised them of what had hap-
pened, and message was droppsa at
Shoshone, asking that Glenwood off.
GERS meet the train and make a search
for the bandits, which was done. but
without any results.
The wounded man was rushed to the
dlenwood hospital and given medical
The Glenwood post., 1924-09-11
INDEPENDENCE PASS CLOSED

Independence Pass highway is closed
for the season. The bureau of public
roads y constructing Emile stretch
Of road eight miles from Aspen, an.
nounces Fred O. Hill, the engineer in
charge. This work has now reached
the point where it is necessary to
block tie present road, SO that begin
ming mkt Monday it will be closed to
all traffic for the 1pmainder Of the
seaecA So, Mr.. Hill says, don't try
to ~ Independents pass. You can It
get xcfoss.
The Glenwood post., 1924-09-11
.REsENTS SUGGESTION
OF FIRE ORIGIN

New Castle, Colo, Sept. 8, 1924.
Glenwood Post:
Gentlemen:
I notice under the heading "Slght
Forest Fire." that you attribute the
cause of the fire to the carelessness
Of "some Cowboy and I would like
to know how you get that way. The
country where this fire took place il
regular playground for high school
The Glenwood post., 1924-09-11

p creek water, which has not been
sufficient in quantity to supply all
claimants from that source. .
Mr.. Sweet and W. n. Harris, late
appropriations from Blue creek, have
been in much litigation with Paul
Gould and Ben Hotz, owners Of some
Of the early rights on the stream,
their case going to the supreme court,
where the action Of the district court
in giving them a decree for 80 foot Of
water a. developed or conserved water
was reversed, leaving only a very late
water right, which was not at an de-
ity.
Mr.. Sweets purchase, therefore, was
made necessary as an act Of self pro-
lection, as it makes him co-owner with
Gould in an excellent water right Of
an early priority date, to supply which
there is always sufficient water in the
stream. The past litigation has been
very expensive to all parties concern
ed, and at the same time very unsatis-
factory, for the very plain reason that
no amount of litigation or court de-
cisions can furnish people with water
that does not exist, and the supply
Of Blue creek has not been sufficient
to meet the demands that have been
made upon it. With Hotz eliminated
as a claimant, the situation will be
greatly improved.
The Glenwood post., 1924-09-11
Rockwell and Foote-- Western Slope
Candidates Both Defeated at
the Primary Tuesday
SOME SURPRISES IN COUNTY

Denver. Sept. 11.-Thirteen hundred
and twenty-seven out of q total Of
fourteen hundred and ninety-two pre-
cincts in the state give Rockwell, Re-
publican candidate for governor, 49,
211, Morley 5e,s23, Cooley $685.;
Lieutenant governor, Meston 32,755,
Millard "a, 177, Wollinger 35,4s0; Sec
retary of state, Millikin 75,4os, Troun-
stine 1s.7Os; Treasurer, MacGinnis
1891, Ralph s,259, stong 25,259, Tenn
Pile l2,472; Attorney general Boat
right 62,243, Laton 2o,544; superin-
tendent of schools, Foote 45,o29, Craig
1921; Justice supreme court, Brad
field 41,7O2, Adams 45,362. ~
Democratic nominees, U. 8. senator
shafroth 27,1s3, Hilliard 1O,949; Sec
retery of state, Humphrey 1883,
Brooks 1898; Auditor, Hall 2s,ss1,
l.ockard lc,c52; Treasurer, Cassidy
l7,724, Adams 1e,1sl; Attorney gen.
cral, Will ans 27,1l5, Beshoar 7,5s7.
In tais cornty, owing chiefly to the
fact that there was more opposition On
both tickets than usual, more interest
was taken in the result and : a 81
Vote was polled than in other years.
The returns wers slow in reaching
Glenwood, the last ballot box and tally
sheets being received at, the county
clerks office Thursday morning.
County Clerk Frost has announced
that the official count will be made
sometime next week, and prior to that
time no definite and accurate figures
will be available.
However, none Of the contestants
are close enough to leave any doubt a.
to the official result. The figures
given here are unofficial, but the most
reliable that are available at this
time, and it is conceded by all parties
interested that they win not be
changed enough by the official count
to make any difference in the result
as to who are to be the party nomi-
nees.
The Glenwood post., 1924-09-11
PRArr-DEvER GARAGE SOLD

III. Il. Pratt and j. L. Dever the first
OF the week sold their garage to Jesse
Reeves and Percy Jenkinson who took
possession at once. M. Reeves has for
some time been connected with Pratt
and Dever as mechanic and under.
stands the business, and the new pro.
prietors expect to continue the busi.
ness and serve the public in the care.
full and satisfactory manner that has
been responsible tor the success Of
their predecessors.
Mr.. Pratt viii devote all of hi.
time to the handling of the Texaco, OF,
and gas products for which he IL agent
Mrs. Fred O. Ewing, formerly OF
this city, arrived Tuesday morning
from her home In Los Angeles, by way
Of Denver, and will spend two weeks
here visiting her father, VIM. Cardnell,
and brother, Bert Cardne1l. "
Evening star., 1924-05-18

To square himself with the gods for
what he will do.
o Romulus & Remus,
& Now for a. slight eggnoggia
At Domum o. Pumpillii Bulbo,
In Vino Veritas,
Goshesi
Put another bottle under your toga,
Sporticus Obnoxius,
And we shall off with the boys
To the Ampitheater
For watch a few Christians
Amusing the lions.
Pretty good show, you report, but
not SO peppius
AS in tho former Lustrum.
10 Bacche.
| Banzai,
Where shall we go from here?
To the Bath House, by golles,
To take a slight workout,
Then no slaves!
Fetch me nine of those things
Called Stringorinii.
10 ye god G. goddesses,
What was in that drink to make il
| taste like several others?
Ho slaves!
Bring me a chariot
Bring six (6) of them.
Then with very rapid speed,
Making noises like a brick-wagon
running away,
Scooch Sporticus Obnoxius
To the Dansorium
OF Tessica Blondula
Where he holla enormally,
"Nunc est bibendumn'
Then take a seat on floor
And stop thinking.
(This are no great effort
For Sporticus ObnoxiusD
"Hic, Haec, hoe" he report so alarm
That Hon. DR.. Squintus Pillius ap-
proach
Who clutch his pulse,
Shook head & say thusly;
This attack have been brought on
BY drinking ice-water
On a hot stummick."
And that are one of the
Lies of Ancient Rome.
While going to Boat my Cousin
Nogi look backwards at Pompeii with
Baptist expression.
THAT town should be a lesson to
all persons who enjoy being sinful"
he narrate.
"Indedely it should" I divuldge
What do it teach you?" he ask
to know.
Il are ashamed to tell you, I pro-
nounce with happy eye-wink at the
jolliest ruin ever kicked over by the
envy of those Internal gods.
Hoping you are the same
HASHIMURA TOGO.
Copyright, 1934)
Evening star., 1924-05-18
Electric Kaleidoscope.

THE electric Kaleidoscope, so called
consists of circular metal frame
geometrically divided into compart-
ments, each containing a coIored in
candescent lamp. An ingenious de-
vice, operated on what is known as
the thermostat principle, causes the
lamps to be lighted in varying combi-
nations, one following another in
rapid succession and giving the eff
feet, at little distance, of clusters
Of rare gems. so brilliant is the illu-
mination.
The apparatus that operates the
Kaleidoscope is not dependent upon
clockwork or motor, but consists of a
group of thermo switches Each
switch consists of strip of metal
about five or six inches long having
few turns of resistance wire wound
around each end. The metal strip is
fastened to the base by means of
screws at the ends and a U-shaped
piece of brass sits astride of it half
way between them.
The current on entering the kalei-
doscope passes through the resist
ance coils on it's way to the first Sc
ries Of lamps. The coils, becoming
heated, expand the strip, which bows
upward in the middle until it comes
in contact with the point of a screw
passing through the U-shaped piece
above it. This contact cuts out the
first series of lamps and lights an
other series, at the same time discon-
tinuing the flow of current through
the resistance coils. allowing the
metal strip to become cool and con-
tract until it's contact with the screw
is broken. The operation of these
switches in this manner causes over
1000 changes to be made in the light
ing Of the groups Of lamps.
These kaleidoscopes are principally
used for the decoration of large signs,
and SO attractive are they that their
popularity is constantly increasing.
Evening star., 1924-05-18
)eposed King of Greece Told Writer He Desped

the second son Of the King of Den
mark, and he reigned over Greece
for more than fifty years. He was on
the throne when 1 first visited Ath-
ems. at just about the time that
Grover Cleveland was being inaugu-
rated, and / then had an interview
with him in the royal palace- l met
him again here twenty years later,
just four years before he was assas
sinated at Saloniki, and during the
presidency of Theodore Roosevelt.
King George 1 was succeeded by
his son, Constantine, who reigned
from 1913 to 1917. He was then de-
posed and his second son, Alexandros,
chosen About three years later Alex
taken back, only to be expelled again
in 1922, when George II, the present
king, took the throne. Constantine
went to Switzerland and died there
last year.
My interviews with King George /
took place in the old palace which
still stands on Constitution square.
Il is now occupied by the officials
of the Near East Relief. My audi
ence with King George II was in a
new building which has been erected
in the old palace grounds, just in the
rear of the former home of the king.
1t is an unostentatious but beautiful
stone building surrounded by a great
park, although it is right in the heart
of the city Soldiers in their petit
coats, which make up the typical
Greek uniform of the past, stand at
the gate. They saluted as we went
by.
Entering, we came into a hall
which would not be considered mag
nificent in any millionaire's house in
the states. Our hats were taken by
a servant clad in a modest uniform,
and hung up on a hall rack near the
entrance. We walked alone up the
white marble stairs to the main floor
and waited in the homelike parlor
which had none of the stiffness Of the
waiting room of a king.
Evening star., 1924-05-18
Naples and Pompeii Offer Thrills
For Togo and Nogi on World Tour
Japanese SchooIboy Sees JoIliest of Ruins
BY WALLACE IRWIN,

no Editor: Dearest Sir: This
were so asleepy that my eyes
morning early am. while 1
was stuck on themselves I
Evening star., 1924-05-18

just been scraped out of the hill
Blindness of Italian Archarlogickial
Society I went inside G. find they
was preparing for the Feast of Bac-
chus Cor annual spree) at the time
when Vesuvio blew off, In Main
Dining Room, which were about the
size & color of a German hotel, they
had sat up double rows of wine-jugs
all along wall Each one of those
Jugs was Zee as large as a Irish
policeman When that was gone,
Hon. Italian Professore tell me, il
were pussible to send round the cor
ner to the Bar and send in another
chariot load
Goshes! 1 do not see how j escape
from Pompeii and retain so many
pure thoughts in my head.
THE Pompeians was a race of sign
painters, kalsominers & interior
decorators. Even the floors was covered
with pictures. When you enter a
Domum (that are the way the ignrant
Latins spoke of their Houses) you
the portrait of a hot dog & the motto
Gave Canem," which mean, Book
Agts & Others Use Tradesman En-
trance" Then you notice the walls
unless you are blind. Every inch OF
plaster have been covered with a por-
trait, either sacrid or profane. Those
| was indeedly Pagan times. Some o!
| those illustrations I observed make
me blush brite yellow to think that
am a Heather.
And yet in several ways Pompei
are such a cheerio town that my hear,
gets the two-step, even thinking
about it.
1t did not seem so awfully dead
Perhapsly it are because like Shakspere
| (famus bookmaker) says about it
| The evil that men do certainly make
| the world pleasant From what
observe in that deliciously picked
city 1 wrote following
| Japanese Sonnet
| Sporticus Obnoxius, the Centaur,
Have just blew in
From Rome.
| Leaving his wife, mother-in law 6
auntS
Playing bridge
On the Appian Way.
Vox Populi.
The f1ascus on his hippocritus
Are about empty.
So what shall he do?
Firstly he take a slight
| Smiffticus
| At the Refreshorium
| OF Rummio Tonsolitis
He feel better.
Then to the Temple of Apollo
| To sacrifice a flock of sheep
Evening star., 1924-05-18
Tungsten FilamentS.

METALLIC tungsten is obtained
A'A generally in the form Of very
fine powder which is difficult to ag-
glomerate, and when this agglomera-
tion is effected the metal has not suf-
ficient ductility to admit of drawing.
To transform the powder of tung-
stem, which must be nearly pure. into
a filament sufficiently supple and re-
sistant for use in an electric lamp
the following process is used:
The metallic powder is first strong
ly compressed in a steel mold and
given the form of a bar, which, how
ever is very fragile and which must
be first strengthened by annealing.
This is done in a tubular furnace at
a very high temperature, the heating
being carried on in a blast of hydro
gen. The bars are then submitted to
vitrefcation at a temperature of 2,S5o
degrees centigrade in an electric fur
mace, on coming out of which they
have a crystalline appearance.
The bar has thus sufficient resist
ance to be drawn by hammering,
which is done by a special machine
striking rapidly until the thickness
is about three-hundredths of an inch.
1t is then put into a wire-drawing 6
machine, in which it passes through
a tube of decreasing diameter, and
then through the diamond edged
jaws of the wire drawer, both tube
and jaws being heated by a continu-
Gus supply of gas. After passing
through this machine about hun
dred times. it has finally a thickness
Of twenty-five thousandths of a milli-
meter, and after being again annealed
in a current of hydrogen to remove
the coating of oxide it is ready for
the lamps.
Evening star., 1924-05-18

rooms 1t is simply furnished, the
paintings are modern, and some of
the decorations would not be out of
place in the country home of a we'll
to-do American. For instance, I no.
ticed a center table which was cover
ed with an Indian cotton cloth such
as might be bought for two dollars
in any large department store OF New
York or Boston. The upholstery had
on summer suit of blue gingham,
the walls were kalsomined a light
blue, and very ordinary electric
chandelier hung from the ceiling.
The same simple furnishings prevail
throughout the palace.
THE king is simple in his tastes,
and he has always preferred his
country home, known as Tatoi, which
is situated about twenty-five miles
from Athens. The palace here be-
longs to the people. It is the prop
erty of the nation. but the estate of
Tatoi was bought of Gen. Setzoff
by King George I, this young mans
grandfather, and it is run as a farm
as well as royal dwelling. Tatoi has
excellent soil, and George I had large
vineyards from which he made wine
that found a ready market in Athens.
The estate is not far from Mara
thon, where the invading Persians
were defeated by the Athenians in
40 B. c. There is a fairly good mo-
tor-car road from there to Athens,
over which 1 understand A1exandros,
who was king from 1917 to 1890,
could make the trip to his palace
here in twenty-five minutes King
Alexandros was famous as q motor
ist. While merely a prince he was
honorary president Of the Chauneurs:
Union in Paris, and later was wont
to drive down University street here
in Athens at fifty miles an hour and
whirl around on a dry skid.
He was also democrat in his
tastes, and considered the 'king-job"
kind Of an amusement. You may
remember that he was playing with
Evening star., 1924-05-18

A look of disgust came over the
face of the young monarch as he
| emphatically replied:
Il loath it. l hate it. ] despise it,
I would like to be free from it, but
how can 1 help it?''
1T would not be hard, perhaps, to
| find some one who would change
places with YOU" said I.
Let him come forth, and 1 will
give him the chance" said the king
How about yourself? will give you
my job and take yours. 1t seems to
me it would be much the more in
| teresting."
1t was only a few months after this
| that the king lost his Job and depart
ed almost in tears from Athens to
Rumania- When 1 read the news, |
was glad to feel / still held my job.
Nevertheless, Georgios III made an
excellent king for the Greeks. He
knows the country well and showed
that he was interested in it's develop
ment. He believes Greece has a great
future in agriculture, and 1 am told
| that he has a practical knowledge of
| farming. I don't think he is a fol-
| lwo-the plow. milk -the-cow, dirt farm
er, like Magnus Johnson, but he
realizes that Greece and southern
California are alike. and that the
methods we are adopting in the culti-
walton of the latter region would
serve here
His majesty did not shirk work. nor
any service that is deman nded of him.
He was with the Greek army in Asia
Minor and did ihbit there. He had
a reputation for being most demo-
cratic in his ways. Shortly before
he left Athens a friend of mine
walked with him around the slope
of Mount Lykabettos, the two chat
taing as familiarity as though they
were not king and subject. Ny friend
referred to the fact that the kings
presence seemed to cause no remark.
George II replied: 'I like that We
people of Athens do not worship our
rulers. 1 can go for an hours walk
almost anywhere and not be bothered
by having my photograph snapped"
Evening star., 1924-05-18

tually absorb all it's refugees. and that
their young blood would add greatly
to the strength of the nation.
I asked him as to farming condi-
tions. He replied that the country of
Greece is not we'll titled and that the
crops can be greatly increased by in
tensive cultivation. He compared the
climate and soil to those of California,
saying that what Greece needs is ir-
rigation, and a careful study of its
natural resources. He referred to the
wonders that the navel orange has
done for southern California, saying
cuttings of that tree and were going
to try them out in different parts of
the country.
T HERE said that I hoped his ma
jesty might visit America Your
majesty would be heartily welcom ed, 4"
said I. you might stay two or three
months with us and every day there
would be columns Of publicity about
Greece and her king in the news
papers"
That is just what 1 dread" ex-
claimed his majesty. IF I could only
slip in and wander about incognito,
as the Caliph Haroun-al-R Raschid used
to do in Bagdad, should like nothing
better. But if I went, ] should prob
ably have to meet great many
people, and there would be so much
dress parade that I would really see
nothing. If 1 could only take an
airplane here and drop right down
into Boston or Los Angeles without
any one knowing me, and then let the
flying machine disappear, it would be
fine"
Then your majesty does not like
the pomp that comes with royalty"
said I. You remember the quotation
from Hamlet about the divinity that
doth hedge a king By the way, will
you permit me to ask personal
question:"
What is that?" inquired King
George II.
"I should like to have your majesty
tell me frankly how you like YOUR
job"
Evening star., 1924-05-18

waited but a short time when the
high court chamberlain, plainly
dressed man, appeared and asked me
gether across the hall and entered
the library, where, at a desk, with
photographs of his father. mother,
grandfather, and others facing him,
sat young man of thirty-two. 1t
was his majesty Georgios II, King
high court chamberlain introduced
me, and his majesty gave me a cor
dial shake of the hand, motioning
me to a seat at his side. The presen-
tation was about the same as that
one would have to any business man
or captain Of industry, and the dress
of the king carried out this simplio-
ity. He wore a pepper and salt busi-
ness suit of Scotch tweed, and his
soft collar Of white linen was held
tight to a black silk four-in-hand tie
by a gold pin. ], have a pin much
like it, which cost me three dollars.
His shoes were of tan, and his only
jewelry consisted of two rings on
the fingers Of his left hand. One Of
these was a gold wedding ring.
AS we talked I had good chance
to study the king. His appearance
is pleasing. He is we'll set up and
looks healthy. He is about five feet
eight inches high, and he weighs, I
Judge, $50 pounds. His features are
strong, his hair is dark, and his eyes
are as blue as the skies over his
palace. He is cordial in his greeting
and smiles as he talks. He has no
mannerisms whatsoever, and he i'm
pressed me as being modest and force
full. Our conversation was in English,
and his majesty spoke without reser-
vation.
Among the subjects discussed were
the difficulties Of Greece in caring for
the mi1lion-odd refugees who have
been forced. out of Smyrna and other
parts of the Turkish empire. King
George said he wanted to thank the
United States for its aid in the care
of them. He said Greece could even